THE

THIRD PART

OF

King HENRY VI.

With the DEATH of the

DUKE of YORK.

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KING Henry VI.

Edward, Son to the King, and Prince of Wales.

Duke of Somerfet,,

Earl of Northumberland,

Earl of Oxford,

Earl of Exeter,

Earl of Westmorland.

Lord Clifford,

Lord's of King Henry's fide.

Earl of Richmond, a Youth, afterwards King Henry VII.

Richard, Duke of York.

Edward, eldeft Son to the Duke of York, afterwards King Edward IV. George, Duke of Clarence, fecond Son to the Duke of York.

Richard, Duke of Gloucester, third Son to the Duke of York, afterwards King Richard III.

Edmund, Earl of Rutland, youngest Son to the Duke of York.

Duke of Norfolk,

Marquis of Montague,

Earl of Warwick,
Earl of Salisbury,

Earl of Pembroke,
Lord Haftings,

Lord Stafford,

Sir John Mortimer,

Of the Duke of York's Party.

Sir Hugh Mortimer, Uncles to the Duke of York.

Sir William Stanley, afterwards Earl of Derby.
Lord Rivers, Brother to the Lady Gray.

Sir John Montgomery.

Lieutenant of the Tower.

Mayor of Coventry.

Mayor and Aldermen of York.
Somerville.

Humphry and Sinklo, two Huntfmen."

Lewis, King of France.

Bourbon, Admiral of France.

Queen Margaret,

Bona, Sifter to the French King.

Lady Gray, Widow of Sir John Gray, afterwards Queen to Edward IV.

Soldiers and other Attendants on King Henry, and King,

Edward.

In Part of the Third Act, the SCENE is laid in France; during all the reft of the Play, in England.

The

The THIRD PART of (1)

King HENRY VI

A C T I.

SCENE, London.

Alarm. Enter Duke of York, Edward, Richard, Norfolk, Montague, Warwick, and Soldiers.

WARWICK.

Wonder, how the King efcap'd our hands!
York. While we purfu'd the horsemen of

the north.

He flily ftole away and left his men : Whereat the great Lord of Northumberland, Whofe warlike ears could never brook retreat,

(1) The Third Part of King Henry VI.] The action of this Play (which was at first printed under this Title, The true Tragedy of Richard Duke of York, and the good K. Henry VIth or, the Second Part of the Contention of York and Lancaster) opens juft after the first Battle at St. Albans, wherein the York Faction carried the day; an with the Murder of K. Henry VI, and the Birth of Pri afterwards King Edward V. So that this History

Space of full fixteen Years.

Chear'd up the drooping army; and himself,
Lord Clifford, and Lord Stafford, all a-breaft,
Charg'd our main battle's front; and, breaking in,
Were by the fwords of common foldiers flain.
Edw. Lord Stafford's father, Duke of Buckingham,
Is either flain or wounded dang'roufly.

I cleft his beaver with a downright blow:
That this is true, father, behold his blood.

Mont. And brother, here's the Earl of Wiltshire's blood;
Whom I encounter'd, as the battles join'd;
Rich. Speak thou for me, and tell them what I did.-
[Throwing down the Duke of Somerset's Head.
York. Richard hath beft deferv'd of all my Sons:
Is his Grace dead, my Lord of Somerfet?

Norf. Such Hope have all the Line of John of Gaunt!
Rich. Thus do I hope to shake King Henry's head.
War. And fo do I. Victorious Prince of York,

Before I fee thee feated in that Throne,
Which now the House of Lancaster ufurps,
I vow by heav'n, these eyes fhall never clofe.
This is the palace of that fearful King,
And this the regal Seat; poffefs it, York;
For this is thine, and not King Henry's heirs'.
York. Affift me then, fweet Warwick, and I will;
For hither we have broken in by force.

Norf. We'll all affift you; he, that flies, fhall die. York. Thanks, gentle Norfolk; ftay by me, my Lords, And, foldiers, ftay and lodge by me this night.

[They go up. War. And when the King comes, offer him no violence; Unless he feek to thrust you out by force.

York. The Queen this day here holds her Parliament, But little thinks, we fhall be of her Council; By words or blows here let us win our Right.

Rich. Arm'd as we are, let's ftay within this house. War. The bloody Parliament fhall this be call'd, Unlefs Plantagenet, Duke of York, be King; And bathful Henry depos'd; whose cowardise Hath made us By-words to our enemies.

York.