Act II, Scene II: A Room in the Palace

by William Shakespeare

　　[Enter DUKE FREDERICK, Lords, and Attendants.]

　　DUKE FREDERICKCan it be possible that no man saw them?It cannot be: some villains of my courtAre of consent and sufferance in this.

　　FIRST LORDI cannot hear of any that did see her.The ladies, her attendants of her chamber,Saw her a-bed; and in the morning earlyThey found the bed untreasur'd of their mistress.

　　SECOND LORDMy lord, the roynish clown, at whom so oftYour grace was wont to laugh, is also missing.Hesperia, the princess' gentlewoman,Confesses that she secretly o'erheardYour daughter and her cousin much commendThe parts and graces of the wrestlerThat did but lately foil the sinewy Charles;And she believes, wherever they are gone,That youth is surely in their company.

　　DUKE FREDERICKSend to his brother; fetch that gallant hither:If he be absent, bring his brother to me,I'll make him find him: do this suddenly;And let not search and inquisition quailTo bring again these foolish runaways.

　　[Exeunt.]