Act 2, scene 3 Hotspur reads a letter from a nobleman who refuses to join the rebellion against King Henry.Act 2, scene 2 Falstaff, Peto, Bardolph, and Gadshill rob the travelers and are, in turn, robbed by Prince Hal and Poins in disguise.
Act 2, scene 1 Gadshill, the “setter” for Falstaff and his fellow thieves, seeks information at an inn about the travelers whom they plan to rob. Hotspur is enraged by Henry’s accusation that Mortimer is a traitor and is happy to go along with a plot devised by Worcester and Northumberland to oust Henry from the throne. Hotspur agrees to do so only if Henry will ransom Mortimer, Hotspur’s brother-in-law, from captivity in Wales. Act 1, scene 3 King Henry meets with Hotspur, Hotspur’s father (Northumberland), and his uncle (Worcester) to demand that Hotspur yield his prisoners to the crown. 
Alone, Hal reveals that he will soon end his association with his companions and that, after his “reformation,” he will shine all the brighter against his background of irresponsible living. Hal refuses, but, after Falstaff leaves, Poins persuades Hal to join in a plot to rob and embarrass Falstaff and the other thieves. Poins enters to enlist them in an upcoming robbery.
Act 1, scene 2 Prince Hal and Sir John Falstaff taunt each other, Hal warning Falstaff that he will one day be hanged as a thief and Falstaff insisting that, when Hal becomes king, thieves will have a friend in court. In the face of these crises, the crusade is once again put off as the king calls a meeting at Windsor. In Wales, an English nobleman named Mortimer has been captured by Owen Glendower in the north, England’s forces have prevailed over the Scots, but Hotspur, a young English nobleman, refuses to yield his prisoners to King Henry. Act 1, scene 1 King Henry meets with his advisers to discuss his proposed crusade to the Holy Land, but the discussion turns instead to new battles on England’s borders. Falstaff, meanwhile, cheats his soldiers, whom he leads to slaughter, and takes credit for Hotspur’s death. The trick succeeds, but Prince Hal is summoned to war.In the war, Hal saves his father’s life and then kills Hotspur, actions that help to redeem his bad reputation. Hal and a companion will rob them of their loot-then wait for Falstaff’s lying boasts. Hotspur, Northumberland, and Hotspur’s uncle Worcester plan to take the throne, later allying with Mortimer and a Welsh leader, Glendower.As that conflict develops, Prince Hal-Henry IV’s son and heir-carouses in a tavern and plots to trick the roguish Sir John Falstaff and his henchmen, who are planning a highway robbery. The dispute begins when Hotspur, the son of Northumberland, breaks with the king over the fate of his brother-in-law, Mortimer, a Welsh prisoner. Entire Play Henry IV, Part 1, culminates in the battle of Shrewsbury between the king’s army and rebels seeking his crown.
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