} of the York faction. King Henry the Sixth: to the king of the king's party. Sir John 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. 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, Suf. As by your high imperial majesty 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. 6 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; you Till term of eighteen months be full expir'd. Buckingham, [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; |