Earl Of Suffolk.

Appears, Act II. sc. 4. Act III. sc. 1. Act IV. to. 1.
Act V. sc. 3; sc. 6.

Lord Talbot, afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury.
Appears, Act I. sc. 4; sc. 5. Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 3. Act III.
sc. 2; sc. 3. Act IV. sc. 1; sc. 2; sc. 5; sc. 6; sc. 7.
John Talbot, son to Lord Talbot.
Appears, Act IV. sc. 5; sc. 6; sc. 7.
Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March.
Appears, Act II. sc. 5.

Mortimer's Keeper.

Appears, Act II. sc. 5.

A Lawyer.

Appears, Act II. sc. 4.

Sir John Fastolfe.
Appears, Act III. sc. 2. Act IV. sc. 1.
SIR WILLIAM LUCY.
Appears, Act IV. sc. 3; sc. 4; sc. 7.

Sir William Glansdale.
Appears, Act I. sc. 4.

Sir THOMAS GARGRAVE.

Appears, Act I. sc. 4.

Mayor of London.

Appears, Act I. sc. 3. Act III. sc. 1.

Woodville, Lieutenant of the Tower.
Appears, Act I. sc. 3.

Vernon, of the White Rose, or York, faction.
Appears, Act II. sc. 4. Act III. sc. 4. Act IV. sc. 1.

Basset, of the Red Rose, or Lancaster, faction.
Appears, Act III. sc. 4. Act IV. sc. 1.

CHARLES, Dauphin, and afterwards Ring, of France. Appears, Act I. sc. 2; sc. 5; sc. 6. Act II. sc. 1. Aet III. sc. 2; sc. 3. Act IV. sc. 7. Act V. sc. 2; sc. 4.

REIGNIER, Duke of Anjou, and titular King of Naples. Appears, Act I. sc. 2; sc. 0. Act II. sc. 1. Act V. sc. 3; sc. 4.

Duke Of Burgundy.

Appears, Act II. sc. 1; sc. 2. Act III. sc. 2; sc. 3. Act IV. se. 7. Act V. sc. 2.

Appears, Act I. sc. 2. Act II. sc. 1. Act III. sc. 2; sc. 3.
Act IV. sc. 7. Act V. sc. 4.

Master-Gunner of Orleans, and his Son.
Appear, Act 1- sc. 4.

General of the French Forces in Bonrdeaux.
Appears, Act IV. sc. 2.

A French Sergeant.

Appears, Act II. sc. 1.

A Porter.

Appears, Act II. sc. 3.

An old Shepherd, father to Joan la Pucelle.
Appears, Act V. sc. 4.

Margaret, daughter to Reignier; afterwards married to King Henry.

Appears, Act V. sc. 3.

COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE.
Appears, Act II. sc. 3.

Joan La Pucelle, commonly called Joan o{ Arc. Appears, Act I. sc. 2; sc. 5; sc. 6. Act II. sc. 1. Act III. sc. 2; sc. 3. Act IV. sc. 7. Act V. sc. 2; sc. 3; sc. 4.

Fiends appearing to La Pucelle, Lords, Warders of the Tower, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and several Attendants both on the English and French.

SCENE,—Partly In Englann, And Partly In

France.

KING HENRY VI.

PART I.

ACT I.

SCENE I.—Westminster Abbey.

Dead march. Corpse of King Henry V. discovered, lying in state; attended on by the Dukes Of BEDFORD, GLOSTER, and Exeter; the Earl Of WARWICK, the Bishof Of Winchester, Heralds, &c. Bed. 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!
King 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:

His brandish'd sword did blind men with his beams;
His arms spread wider than a dragon's wings:
His sparkling eyes, replete with wrathful fire,
More dazzled and drove back his enemies,

Than mid-day sun, fierce bent against their faces.
What should I say? his deeds exceed all speech:
He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered.

* Consented. Probably the word should be spelt concerted. To concent is to be in harmony—to act together.

Exe. We mourn in black: Why mourn we not in

blood?

Henry is dead, and never shall revive :
Upon a wooden coffin we attend;
And death's dishonourable victory
We with our stately presence glorify,
Like captives bound to a triumphant car.
What! shall we curse the planets of mishap,
That plotted thus our glory's overthrow?
Or shall we think the subtle-witted French
Conjurers and sorcerers, that, afraid of him,
By magic verses have contriv'd his end?

Win. He was a king bless'd of the King of kings.
Unto the French the dreadful judgment-day
So dreadful will not be, as was his sight.
The battles of the Lord of hosts he fought:
The church's prayers made him so prosperous.

Glo. The church! where is it? Had not churchmen pray'd,

His thread of life had not so soon decay'd;
None do you like but an effeminate prince,
Whom, like a schoolboy, you may over-awe.

Win. Gloster, whate'er we like, thou art protoctor;
And lookest to command the prince and realm.
Thy wife is proud; she holdeth thee in awe,
More than God or religious churchmen may.

Glo. Name not religion, for thou lov'st the flesh; And ne'er throughout the year to church thou go'st, Except it be to pray against thy foes.

Bed. Cease, cease these jars, and rest your minds in peace!

L^t's to the altar:—Heralds, wait on us :—

Instead of gold, we '11 offer up our arms;

Since arms avail not, now that Henry 's dead.

Posterity, await for wretched years,

When at their mothers' moisten'd eyes babes shall suck;