Lord Beaufort's house; Knavesbe's wife turns up and flirts with Beaufort's page Selenger. When Beaufort agrees to see her, she "confesses" that she is in love with Selenger, and will give herself to Beaufort so long as she is given the page in return. He is disgusted by this insult and sends her back home, vowing vengeance on her husband. She exults at having kept her honesty in this way and hopes Beaufort will carry out his threat against Knavesbe, who she now hates. Meanwhile, Camlet catches up with Young Franklin and attempts to arrest him for the theft of the cloths; Franklin, with the help of a passing French bawd, manages to persuade Camlet that he is a Frenchman and it is a case of mistaken identity. George enters to say that Mistress Camlet will never trouble her husband again: enraged at the continuing presence of the children, she has left home to stay with her cousin, Knavesbe, and insists that she wants a divorce. Camlet is distraught: for all his wife's shrewishness, he loves her and wants her back. He resolves to send the children home.