Enter Bolingbroke, Percy, and other Lords.[1799]
Boling. Can no man tell me of my unthrifty son?[1800]
'Tis full three months since I did see him last:
If any plague hang over us, 'tis he.
I would to God, my lords, he might be found:[1801]
Inquire at London, 'mongst the taverns there,5
For there, they say, he daily doth frequent,
With unrestrained loose companions,
Even such, they say, as stand in narrow lanes,
And beat our watch, and rob our passengers;[1802]
Which he, young wanton and effeminate boy,[1803]10
Takes on the point of honour to support[1804]
So dissolute a crew.[1804][1805]
Percy. My lord, some two days since I saw the prince,
And told him of those triumphs held at Oxford.[1806]
Boling. And what said the gallant?15
Percy. His answer was, he would unto the stews,[1807]
And from the common'st creature pluck a glove,[1808]
And wear it as a favour; and with that
He would unhorse the lustiest challenger.
Boling. As dissolute as desperate; yet through both[1809]20
I see some sparks of better hope, which elder years[1809][1810]
May happily bring forth. But who comes here?[1809][22]
Enter Aumerle.[1811]
Aum. Where is the king?
Boling. What means our cousin, that he stares and looks[1812][1813]
So wildly?[1812]25