PRINCE.
Call in the sheriff.
[Exeunt all but the Prince and Peto.]
Enter Sheriff and the Carrier.
Now, master sheriff, what is your will with me?
SHERIFF.
First, pardon me, my lord. A hue and cry
Hath followed certain men unto this house.
PRINCE.
What men?
SHERIFF.
One of them is well known, my gracious lord,
A gross fat man.
CARRIER.
As fat as butter.
PRINCE.
The man I do assure you is not here,
For I myself at this time have employ’d him.
And, sheriff, I will engage my word to thee,
That I will by tomorrow dinner-time,
Send him to answer thee, or any man,
For anything he shall be charged withal.
And so let me entreat you leave the house.
SHERIFF.
I will, my lord. There are two gentlemen
Have in this robbery lost three hundred marks.