No Fear Shakespeare: Henry IV Part 1: Act 2, scene i

Enter a CARRIER with a lantern in his hand

FIRST CARRIER enters, holding a lantern.

	FIRST CARRIER
	Heigh-ho! An it be not four by the day, I'll be hanged.
	Charles's Wain is over the new chimney, and yet our horse
	not packed.—What, ostler!

FIRST CARRIER

I'll be damned if it isn't 4 A.M. already. The Big Dipper has already risen above the chimney, and our horses aren't ready yet. Hey, ostler!

	OSTLER
	(within) Anon, anon.

OSTLER

(offstage) Just a second!

	FIRST CARRIER
5	I prithee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle. Put a few flocks in the
	point. Poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess.

FIRST CARRIER

Hey, Tom , give the saddle of my horse, Cut, a few whacks to soften it up, and stuff some wool under it—the old nag's got some bad bruises on her shoulders.

Enter another CARRIER

SECOND CARRIER enters.

	SECOND CARRIER
	Peas and beans are as dank here as a dog, and that is the
	next way to give poor jades the bots. This house is turned upside
	down since Robin ostler died.

SECOND CARRIER

The feed here's as damp as anything. That's a fast way for a horse to get parasites. This stable's upside down since Ostler Robin died.

	FIRST CARRIER
10	Poor fellow never joyed since the price of oats rose. It was
	the death of him.

FIRST CARRIER

Poor guy. Once the price of oats went up, he was never happy again. It killed him.

	SECOND CARRIER
	I think this be the most villanous house in all London road
	for fleas. I am stung like a tench.

SECOND CARRIER

This stable's got worse fleas than any in London. I'm stung like a tench .

	FIRST CARRIER
	Like a tench? By the Mass, there is ne'er a king christen
15	could be better bit than I have been since the first cock.

FIRST CARRIER

Like a tench? I'm telling you, not even a king could be bitten more than I've been bitten since midnight.