[Enter Prince John and several of his retainers.]
JOHN
Who is this night-jar?
[The retainers laugh.]
Surely, master Sheriff,
You should have cut its tongue out, first. Its cries
Tingle so hideously across the wood
They'll wake the King in Palestine. Small wonder
That Robin Hood evades you.
SHERIFF
[To the Serf.]
Silence, dog,
Know you not better than to make this clamour
Before Prince John?
SERF
Prince John! It is Prince John!
For God's love save me, sir!