CONTENTS.

KING HENRY VI. PART I.

KING HENRY VI. PART II.

KING HENRY VI. PART III.

KING RICHARD III.

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KING HENRY VI.

PART I.

VOL. V.

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King Henry the Sixth. horse of Lancaster) Duke of Gloster, uncle to the king, and protector. Duke of Bedford, uncle to the king, and regent of France.

Thomas Beaufort, duke of Exeter, great uncle to the king.

Henry Beaufort, great uncle to the king, bishop of Winchester, and afterwards cardinal.

John Beaufort, earl of Somerset; afterwards duke. Richard Plantagenet, eldest son of Richard, late

earl of Cambridge; afterwards duke of York. Earl of Salisbury.

Earl of Warwick.

Earl of Suffolk.

Lord Talbot, afterwards earl of Shrewsbury.

John Talbot, his son.

Edmund Mortimer, earl of March.

Mortimer's keeper, and a lawyer.

Sir John Fastolfe.

Sir William Glansdale.

Sir William Lucy.

Sir Thomas Gargrave.

Mayor of London. Woodville, lieut.of the Tower.
Vernon, of the white rose, or York faction.
Basset, of the red rose, or Lancaster faction.
Charles, dauphin, and afterwards king of France.
Reignier, duke of Anjou, and titularking of Naples.
Duke of Burgundy.

Governor of Paris.

Duke of Alençon.

Bastard of Orleans.

Master-gunner of Orleans, and his son.

General of the French forces in Bourdeaux.
A French sergeant.

A porter.

An old shepherd, father to Joan la Pucelle.

Margaret; daughter to Reignier; afterwards mur

ried to King Henry. Countess of Auvergne. Joan la Pucelle, commonly called Joan of Arc. Fiends appearing to La Pucelle, lords, warders

of the Tower, heralds, officers, soldiers, messengers, and several attendunts, both on the English and French.

Scene, partly in England, and partly in France.

FIRST PART OF

KING HENRY VI.

ACT I.

SCENE 1. Westminster Abbey.

Dead march. Corpse of King Henry the Fifth discovered, lying in state; attended on by the Dukes of Bedford, Gloster, and Exeter; the Earl of Warwick, the Bishop of Winchester, Heralds, &c.

Bedford.

HUNG be the heavens with black*, yield day to

night!

Comets, importing change of times and states,

Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky;

And with them scourge the bad revolting stars,
That have consented unto Henry's death!
Henry the Fifth, too famous to live long!
England ne'er lost a king of so much worth.
Glo. England ne'er had a king, until his time.
Virtue he had, deserving to command:

• Alluding to our ancient stage-practice when a tragedy was to be acted.