In this short scene, we are introduced to the Duchess of York, a young woman who has just given birth to a baby girl. She is overjoyed to have a daughter, but she is also very unhappy about the fact that her husband, King Henry IV, has not yet married her daughter. The Duchess is also upset because she thinks that King Henry's beard has "accidentally" hit her daughter's face. She asks her husband to shave his beard, but he refuses, saying that he has "made a mistake." The Duchess, however, is not satisfied with her husband's treatment of her daughter, and she