DRA. A pig new-stick'd.
SKINK. Fetch me a saucer of the blood; quick, run; [Exit DRAWER.
I'll fit the pursuivant, and alderman,
And Fauconbridge, if Skink have any wit.
Well, Gloster, I did never love thee yet;
But thou'st the maddest lord that e'er I met.
If I 'scape this, and meet thee once again,
Curse Skink, if he die penny in thy debt.
Re-enter DRAWER.
DRA. O my lord, the house is full of halberts, and a great many gentlemen ask for the room where Prince John is.
SKINK. Lend me thy apron; run and fetch a pot from the next room.
Betray'd, swounds, betray'd by gout, by palsy, by dropsy—
Re-enter DRAWER with a pot.
O brave boy, excellent blood! up, take my cloak
And my hat to thy share; when I come from Kent, I'll pay
Thee like a king.
DRA. I thank you, my lord.
[Exit DRAWER.
SCENE THE TWENTY-THIRD.
Enter JOHN, RICHARD, FAUCONBRIDGE, SHERIFFS, and OFFICERS.
SKINK. Now, fortune, help or never. They come—and ye were a prince, as ye say ye are, ye would be ashamed to abuse a poor servant thus; but and if ye were not of the blood royal, I'd break the neck of ye down the stairs, so would I, I'd teach you to hurt 'prentices.
RICH. Who hurt thee, fellow?