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King Henry the Fourth, III. iii

Now, Hal, to the news at court: for the robbery,

lad, how is that answered?

Prince. O! my sweet beef, I must still be good

angel to thee: the money is paid back again.

Fal. O! I do not like that paying back; 'tis

a double labour.

Prince. I am good friends with my father

and may do anything.

Fal. Rob me the exchequer the first thing

thou dost, and do it with unwashed hands too.

Bard. Do, my lord.

Prince. I have procured thee, Jack, a charge

of foot.

Fal. I would it had been of horse. Where

shall I find one that can steal well? O! for a

fine thief, of the age of two-and-twenty, or there-

abouts; I am heinously unprovided. Well, God

be thanked for these rebels; they offend none

but the virtuous: I laud them, I praise them.

Prince. Bardolph!

Bard. My lord?

Prince. Go bear this letter to Lord John of Lancaster,

To my brother John; this to my Lord of Westmoreland.

Go, Peto, to horse, to horse! for thou and I

Have thirty miles to ride ere dinner-time.

Jack, meet me to-morrow in the Temple-hall

At two o'clock in the afternoon:

There shalt thou know thy charge, and there receive

Money and order for their furniture.

The land is burning; Percy stands on high;

 205 unwashed hands; cf. n.

224 furniture: equipment 