Richard II is saddened to learn that his horse Barbary has been ridden by Henry Bolingbroke - his rival and successor as king.

He asks a loyal groom: "Rode he on Barbary? Tell me, gentle friend, How went he under him?" (Act 5, Scene 5)

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