"Tis full three months since I did see him last:

If any plague hang over us, 't is he.

I would to God, my lords, he might be found:
Inquire at London, 'mongst the taverns there,
For there, they say, he daily doth frequent,3
With unrestrained loose companions,
Even such, they say, as stand in narrow lanes,
And beat our watch, and rob our passengers;
While he, young wanton and effeminate boy,
Takes on the point of honour to support
So dissolute a crew.

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[Exit.

Aum. Boling.

Duch. After, Aumerle! mount thee upon his horse;

Spur post, and get before him to the king, And beg thy pardon ere he do accuse thee. I'll not be long behind; though I be old, I doubt not but to ride as fast as York: And never will I rise up from the ground Till Bolingbroke have pardon'd thee. Away, be gone! [Exeunt. [SCENE III.

Windsor. A room in the castle. Enter BOLINGBROKE, PERCY, and other Lords. Boling. Can no man tell me of my unthrifty son?

1 Teeming date, i.e. period of child-bearing. 2 Appeach, inform against.

Enter AUMERLE hastily.

Where is the king?

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