DRAMATIS PERSONE. KING HENRY THE SIXTH. HUMPHREY, Duke of Gloster, his uncle. CARDINAL BEAUFORT, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King. RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York. EDWARD and RICHARD, his sons. DUKE OF SOMERSET. DUKE OF Suffolk. DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. LORD CLIFFORD. Young CLIFFORD, his son. EARL OF SALISBURY. EARL OF WARWICK. LORD SAY. SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD, and WILLIAM STAFFORD, his brother. SIR JOHN STANLEY. VAUX. MATTHEW GOUGH. A Sea-captain, Master, and Master's-Mate, and Walter Whit MORE. Two Gentlemen, prisoners with Suffolk. ALEXANDER IDEN, a Kentish gentleman. JOHN HUME and JOHN SOUTHWELL, two priests. ROGER BOLINGBROKE, a conjurer. THOMAS HORNER, an armorer. PETER, his man. Clerk of Chatham. Mayor of Saint Alban's. SAUNDER SIMPCOX, an impostor. JACK CADE, a rebel. GEORGE BEVIS, JOHN HOLLAND, DICK the butcher, SMITH the weaver, MICHAEL, &c., his followers. Two Murderers. MARGARET, Queen to King Henry. MARGERY JOURDAIN, a witch. Wife to Simpcox. Lords, Ladies, and Attendants, Petitioners, Aldermen, a Herald, a Beadle, Sheriff, and Officers, Citizens, Prentices, Falconers, Guards, Soldiers, Messengers, &c. A Spirit. SCENE-In various parts of England. THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH. ACT I. SCENE I. London. A room of state in the palace. Flourish of trumpets: then hautboys. Enter the KING, DUKE OF GLOSTer, Salisbury, WARWICK, and CARdinal Beaufort, on the one side; the QUEEN, SUFFOLK, YORK, SOMERSET, and BUCKINGHAM, on the other. Suf. As by your high imperial majesty I had in charge at my depart for France, As procurator to your excellence, To marry Princess Margaret for your So, in the famous ancient city Tours, Grace; In presence of the Kings of France and Sicil, The Dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretagne, and Alençon, Seven earls, twelve barons, and twenty reverend bishops, I have perform'd my task, and was espoused: And humbly now, upon my bended knee, In sight of England and her lordly peers, Deliver up my Το your title in the queen most gracious hands, that are the substance Of that great shadow I did represent; The happiest gift that ever marquess gave, The fairest queen that ever king received. K. Hen. Suffolk, arise.-Welcome, Queen Margaret: I can express no kinder sign of love Than this kind kiss.-O Lord, that lends me life, 10 20 |