105Iohn Cob. All is well here, all is well maisters.

106Robin. How say you neighbour Iohn Cobler?

107I thinke it best that my neighbour

108Robin Pewterer went to Pudding lane end,

109And we will watch here at Billinsgate ward.

110How say you neighbour Robin, how like you this?

111Robin. Marry well neighbours:

112I care not much if I goe to Pudding lanes end.

113But neighbours, and you heare any adoe about me,

114Make haste: and if I heare any ado about you,

115I will come to you.

117Law. Neighbor, what newes heare you of y^e young Prince:

118Iohn. Marry neighbor, I heare say, he is a toward yoong(Prince,

119For if he met any by the hie way,

120He will not let to talke with him,

121I dare not call him theefe, but sure he is one of these takingfellowes.

122Law. Indeed neighbour I heare say he is as liuely

123A young Prince as euer was.

124Iohn. I, and I heare say, if he vse it long,

125His father will cut him off from the Crowne:

126But neighbour say nothing of that.

127Law. No, no, neighbour, I warrant you.

128Iohn. Neighbour, me thinkes you begin to sl}eepe,

129If you will, we will sit down,

130For I thinke it is about midnight.

131Law. Marry content neighbour, let vs sleepe.

133Dericke. Who, who there, who there?

136Robin. O neighbors, what mean you to sleepe,

137And such ado in the streetes?

138Ambo. How now neighbor, whats the matter?

140Dericke. Who there, who there, who there?

141Cobler. Why what ailst thou? Here is no horses.

142Dericke. O alas man, I am robd, who there, who there?

143Robin. Hold him neighbor Cobler.

144Robin. Why I see thou art a plaine Clowne.

145Dericke. Am I a Clowne, sownes maisters,

146Do Clownes go in silke apparell?

147I am sure all we gentlemen Clownes in Kent scant go so

148Well: Sownes you know clownes very well:

149Heare you, are you maister Constable, and you be speake?

150For I will not take it at his hands.

151Iohn. Faith I am not maister Constable,

152But I am one of his bad officers, for he is not here.

153Dericke. Is not maister Constable here?

154Well it is no matter, ile haue the law at his hands.

155Iohn. Nay I pray you do not take the law of vs.

156Der. Well, you are one of his beastly officers.

157Iohn. I am one of his bad officers.

158Der. Why then I charge thee looke to him.

159Cobler. Nay but heare ye sir, you seeme to be an honest

160 Fellow, and we are poore men, and now tis night:

161And we would be loth to haue any thing adoo,

162Therefore I pray thee put it vp.

163Der. First, thou saiest true, I am an honest fellow,

164And a proper hansome fellow too,

165And you seeme to be poore men, therefore I care not greatly,

166Nay, I am quickly pacified:

167But and you chance to spie the theefe,

168I pray you laie hold on him.

169Robin. Yes that we wil, I warrant you.

170Der. Tis a wonderful thing to see how glad the knaue

171Is, now I haue forgiuen him.

172Iohn. Neighbors do ye looke about you?

173How now, who's there?

175Theefe. Here is a good fellow, I pray you which is the

176Way to the old Tauerne in Eastcheape?

177Der. Whoope hollo, now Gads Hill, knowest thou me?

178Theef. I know thee for an Asse.

179Der. And I know thee for a taking fellow,

180Upon Gads hill in Kent:

181A bots light vpon ye.

182Theef. The whorson vilaine would be knockt.

183Der. Maisters, vilaine, and ye be men stand to him,

184And take his weapon from him, let him not passe you.

185Iohn. My friend, what make you abroad now?

186It is too late to walke now.

187Theef. It is not too late for true men to walke.

188Law. We know thee not to be a true man.

189Theef. Why what do you meane to do with me?

190Sownes I am one of the kings liege people.

191Der. Heare you sir, are you one of the kings liege people?

192Theef. I marry am I sir, what say you to it?

193Der. Marry sir, I say you are one of the kings filching (people.

194Cob. Come, come, lets haue him away.

195Theef. Why what haue I done?

196Robin. Thou hast robd a poore fellow,

197And taken away his goods from him.

198Theefe. I neuer sawe him before.

199Der. Maisters who comes here?

201Boy. How now good man Cobler?

202Cob. How now Robin, what makes thou abroad

203At this time of night?

204Boy. Marrie I haue beene at the Counter,

205I can tell such newes as neuer you haue heard the like.

206Cobler. What is that Robin, what is the matter?

207Boy. Why this night about two houres ago, there came

208the young Prince, and three or foure more of his compani-

209ons, and called for wine good store, and then they sent for a

210noyse of Musitians, and were very merry for the space of

211an houre, then whether their Musicke liked them not, or

212whether they had drunke too much Wine or no, I cannot

213tell, but our pots flue against the wals, and then they drew

214their swordes, and went into the streete and fought, and

215some tooke one part, & some tooke another, but for the space

216of halfe an houre, there was such a bloodie fray as passeth,

217and none coulde part them vntill such time as the Maior

218and Sheriffe were sent for, and then at the last with much

219adoo, they tooke them, and so the yong Prince was carried

220to the Counter, and then about one houre after, there came

221a Messenger from the Court in all haste from the king, for

222my Lord Maior and the Sheriffe, but for what cause I

223know not.

224Cobler. Here is newes indeed Robert.

225Law. Marry neighbour, this newes is strange indeede,

226I thinke it best neighbour, to rid our hands of this fellowe

227first.

228Theefe. What meane you to doe with me?

229Cobler. We mean to carry you to the prison, and there

230to remaine till the Sessions day.

B Theefe

231Theef. Then I pray you let me go to the prison where

232my maister is.

233Cob. Nay thou must go to y^ecountry prison, to newgate,

234Therefore come away.

235Theef. I prethie be good to me honest fellow.

236Der. I marry will I, ile be verie charitable to thee,

237For I will neuer leaue thee, til I see thee on the Gallowes.