A tavern. Enter JOHN, FAUCONBRIDGE, ROBIN
HOOD, RICHARD, and the others[537].
JOHN. Baffled and scoff'd! Skink, Gloster, women,
Fools and boys abuse me. I'll be reveng'd.
RICH. Reveng'd? and why, good child?
Old Fauconbridge hath had a worser basting.
FAU. Aye, they have banded [me] from chase to chase;
I have been their tennis-ball, since I did court.
RICH. Come, John, take hand with virtuous Isabel,
And let's unto the court, like loving friends.
Our kingly brother's birth-day's festival
Is forthwith to be kept; thither we'll hie,
And grace with pomp that great solemnity.
JOHN. Whither ye will; I care not, where I go.
If grief will grace it, I'll adorn the show.
FAU. Come, madam; we must thither; we are bound.
LADY.[538] I'm loth to see the court, Gloster being from thence,
Or kneel to him that gave us this offence.
FAU. Body of me, peace, woman, I prythee, peace.
Enter REDCAP.