V. 7. 97. Sidney Walker (_Criticisms_, I. p. 293) is of opinion that the word 'princes' is a corruption, the transcriber's or compositor's eye having been caught by the word 'prince' in the preceding line. Or the error may be in the word 'prince,' for which it would be easier to suggest a substitute than for 'princes.' As an illustration of the facility with which such mistakes may be made we may mention that Sidney Walker himself, quoting _King John_, IV. 3. 44, 45: 'Could thought without this object Form such another?' wrote inadvertently 'such object.' In another place, as Mr Lettsom remarks, he wrote '_Swings_ on his horse back' for '_Sits_ ...,' the word 'swinged' of the previous line being in his eye or his mind. NOTE XXXII. V. 7. 115. Mr Lloyd suspects that this line is spurious: 'A compliment to Steenie and Baby Charles, who came back from Madrid in the year that the first edition of King John was published, and thrust in by the editors, or perhaps by the actors, in place of a line of similar purport, but less applicable.' KING RICHARD THE SECOND. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ[C]. KING RICHARD the Second. JOHN of GAUNT, Duke of Lancaster, } uncles to the King. EDMUND of LANGLEY, Duke of York, } HENRY, surnamed BOLINGBROKE Duke of Hereford, son to John of Gaunt; afterwards KING HENRY IV. DUKE of AUMERLE, son to the Duke of York. THOMAS MOWBRAY, Duke of Norfolk. DUKE of SURREY. EARL of SALISBURY. LORD BERKLEY[D]. BUSHY, } BAGOT, } servants to King Richard. GREEN, } EARL of NORTHUMBERLAND. HENRY PERCY, surnamed Hotspur, his son. LORD ROSS. LORD WILLOUGHBY. LORD FITZWATER. Bishop of Carlisle. Abbot of Westminster. Lord Marshal[E]. SIR STEPHEN SCROOP. SIR PIERCE of Exton. Captain of a band of Welshmen[F]. QUEEN to King Richard. DUCHESS of YORK. DUCHESS of GLOUCESTER. Lady attending on the Queen. Lords, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers, two Gardeners, Keeper, Messenger, Groom, and other Attendants[G]. SCENE: _England and Wales_[H]. [C] First given imperfectly by Rowe. [D] Lord Berkley.] Earl Berkley. Capell. om. Rowe. See note (1). [E] Lord Marshal] Capell. om. Rowe. [F] Captain ...] Capell. om. Rowe. [G] Lords ...] Rowe and Capell. [H] and Wales] Capell. om. Rowe. THE TRAGEDY OF KING RICHARD II. ACT I. SCENE I. _London_. KING RICHARD'S _palace_. _Enter_ KING RICHARD, JOHN of GAUNT, _with other_ Nobles _and_ Attendants.[692] _K. Rich._ Old John of Gaunt, time-honour'd Lancaster, Hast thou, according to thy oath and band,[693] Brought hither Henry Hereford thy bold son,[694] Here to make good the boisterous late appeal, Which then our leisure would not let us hear,[695] 5 Against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray?[696] _Gaunt._ I have, my liege.