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} of the York faction.

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,

of the king's party.
Lord Clifford,
Young Clifford, his son.
Earl of Salisbury,
Earl of Warwick,
Lord Scales, Governour of the Tower. Lord Say.
Sir Humphrey Stafford, and his brother.

Sir John
Stanley.
A Sea-captain, Master, and Master's Mate, and Wal.

ter Whitmore. Two Gentlemen, prisoners with Suffolk. A Herald. Vaux. Hume and Southwell, two priests. Bolingbroke, a Conjurer. A spirit raised by him. Thomas Horner, an Armourer. Peter, his man. Clerk of Chatham. Mayor of Saint Alban's. Simpcox, an Impostor. Two Nurderers, Jack Cade, a Rebel : George, John, Dick, Smith, the Weaver, Michael, etc.

his followers. Alexander Iden, a Kentish Gentleman.

Margaret, Queen to King Henry.
Eleanor, Dutchess of Gloster.
Margery Jourdain, a Witch,
Wife to Simpcox.

Lords, Ladies, and Attendants; Petitioners, Aldermen,

a Beadle, Sheriff, and Officers; Citizens, Prentices,

Falconers, Guards, Soldiers, Messengers, etc. SCENE, dispersedly in various parts of England.

SECOND PART

OF

KING: H E N R Y VI.

Аст І.

SCENE I.

London. A Room of state in the Palace.

Flourish of trumpets: then hautboys. Enter, on one

side, King Henry, Duke of Gloster, SALISBURY,
WARWICK, and Cardinal BEAUFORT; on the other,
Queen MARGARET, led in by SUFFOLK; YORK,
SOMERSET, BUCKINGHAM, and Others, following,

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 grace;
So, in the famous ancient city, Tours,
In presence of the kings of France and Sicil,

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The dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretaigne, and

Alençon, Seven earls, twelve barons, and twenty reverend

bishops, I have perform'd my task, and was espous'd: And humbly now upon my bended knee, In sight of England and her lordly peers, Deliver up my title in the

queen To your most gracious hands, that are the sub

stance Of that great shadow I did represent; The happiest gift that ever marquess gave, The fairest queen that ever king receiv’d. 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, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness ! For thou hast given me, in this beauteous face, A world of earthly blessings to my soul, * If sympathy of love unite our thoughts. Q. Mar. Great king of England, and my gra

cious lord; 6 The mutual conference that my mind hath

had • By day, by night; waking, and in my dreams; • In courtly company, or at my beads, "With you mine, alder-lefest sovereign, • Makes me the bolder to salute my king • With ruder terins; such as my wit affords, *And over-joy of heart doth minister. ·K. Hen. Her sight did ravish: but her grace

in speech, Her words y-clad with wisdom's majesty, • Makes me, from wondering, fall to weeping

joys; Such is the fulness of

my

heart's content.

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Lords, with one cheerful voice welcome my

love. All. Long live queen Margaret, England's happiness!

(Flourish. Q. 0. Mar. We thank you all.

Suf. My lord protector, so it please your grace, Here are the articles of contracted peace, Between our sovereign and the French king

Charles, . For eighteen months concluded by consent.

Glo. (reads.] Imprimis, It is agreed between the French king, Charles, and William de la Poole, marquess of Suffolk, ambassador for Henry king of England, - that the said Henry shall espouse the lady Margaret, daughter unto Reignier king of Naples, Sicilia, and Jerusalem; and crown her queen of England, ere the thirtieth of May next ensuing. Item, That the dutchy of Anjou 'and the county of Maine, shall be released and delivered to the king her father

K. Hen. Uncle, how now?

Glo. Pardon me, gracious lord; Soine sudden qualm hath struck me at the heart, And dimm'd mine eyes, that I can read no fur

ther. K. Hen, Uncle of Winchester, I

pray,

read on. Win. Item, - It is further agreed between them, that the dutchies of Anjou and Maine shall be released and delivered over to the king her father; and she sent over to the king of England's oun proper cost and charges, without having dowry. K.'Hen. They please us well. --Lord marquess,

kneel down;
We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk,
And girt thee with the sword.
Cousin of York, we here discharge your grace
From being regent in the parts of France,

you

Till term of eighteen months be full expir'd.
Thanks, uncle Winchester, Gloster, York, and

Buckingham,
Somerset, Salisbury, and Warwick;
We thank all for this great favour done,
In entertainment to my princely queen.
Come, let us in; and with all speed provide
To see her coronation be perform’d.

[Exeunt King, Queen, and SUFFOLK. Glo. Brave peers of England, pillars of the

state, "To you duke Humphrey must unload his grief, « 'Your grief, the common grief of all the land. • What! did my brother Henry spend his youth, •His valour, coin, and people, in the wars ?

Did he so often lodge in open field, "In winter's cold, and summer's parching heat, "To conquer France, his true inheritance ? * And did my brother Bedford toil his wits, “To keep by policy what Henry got?

Have you yourselves, Somerset, Buckingham, Brave York, Salisbury, and victorious Warwick, "Receiv'd deep scars in France and Normandy? Or hath mine uncle Beaufort, and myself, «With all the learned council of the realm, 'Study'd so long, sat in the council- house, Early and late, debating to and fro * How France and Frenchmen might be kept in

awe? And hath his highness in his infancy • Been crown'd in Paris, in despight of foes ; "Aud shall these labours, and these honours, die? •Shall Henry's conquest, Bedford's vigilance, Your deeds of war, and all our counsel, die?

O peers of England, shameful is this league! • Fatal this marriage! cancelling your fame; 'Blotting your names from books of memory; Razing the characters of your renown;

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