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KING HENRY THE SIXΤΗ.

HUMPHREY, Duke of Gloucester, uncle to the King. CARDINAL BEAUFORT, Bishop of Winchester, great

uncle to the King.

RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York.
Edward and RICHARD, his sons.

The Dukes of SOMERSET, SUFFOLK, and BUCKINGHAM.
LORD CLIFFORD; and Young CLIFFORD, his son.

The Earls of SALISBURY and WARWICK.

LORD SCALES, Governor of the Tower.

LORD SAY.

Sir HUMPHREY STAFFORD, and WILLIAM STAFFORD,

his brother.

Sir JOHN STANLEY.

VAUX.

A Sea-Captain, Master, and Master's-Mate; and WAL

TER WHITMORE.

MATTHEW GOFFE.

Two Gentlemen, prisoners with Suffolk.

JOHN HUME and JOHN SOUTHWELL, Priests.

BOLINGBROKE, a conjurer.

THOMAS HORNER, an armourer; and PETER, his man.

The Clerk of Chatham.

The MAYOR of St. Alban's.

SIMPCOX, an impostor.

JACK CADE, a rebel.

GEORGE BEVIS, JOHN HOLLAND, DICK the butcher,

SMITH the weaver, MICHAEL, &c., followers of
Jack Cade.

ALEXANDER IDEN, a Kentish gentleman.
Two Murderers.

MARGARET, Queen to King Henry.

ELEANOR, Duchess of Gloucester.
MARGERY JOURDAIN, a witch.

Wife to Simpcох.

Lords, Ladies, and Attendants; Petitioners, Aldermen, a Herald, a Beadle, Sheriff, and Officers; Citizens, 'Prentices, Falconers, Guards, Soldiers, Messengers, &c.

A Spirit.

SCENE,-In various parts of ENGLAND.

THE SECOND PART OF

KING HENRY THE SIXTH.

ACT I.

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.

Suffolk.

S 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,
The dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretaigne, and

Alençon,

Seven earls, twelve barons, and twenty reverend

bishops,

I have perform'd my task, and was espoused;
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 received.

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

gracious lord,

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-liefest sovereign,
Makes me the bolder to salute my king
With ruder terms, 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.

Lords, with one cheerful voice welcome my love.

All. [kneeling :) Long live queen Margaret,

England's happiness !

Q. Mar. We thank you all.

[Flourish.

Suj. 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 Ferusalem; and crown her queen of England, ere the thirtieth of May next ensuing. Item, -That the duchy 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; Some sudden qualm hath struck me at the heart, And dimm'd mine eyes, that I can read no

further.

K. Hen. Uncle of Winchester, I pray, read on. Car. [reads.]

Item, It is further agreed between them, that the duchies of Anjou and Maine shall be released and delivered over to the king her father; and she sent over of the king of England's own proper cost and charges, without having any 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, till term of eighteen

months

Be full expired. Thanks, uncle Winchester,
Gloster, York, Buckingham, Somerset,

Salisbury, and Warwick;

We thank you 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, Received deep scars in France and Normandy? Or hath mine uncle Beaufort, and myself, With all the learned council of the realm, Studied so long, sat in the council-house, Early and late, debating to and fro

How France and Frenchmen might be kept in

awe;

And had his highness in his infancy
Crowned in Paris, in despite of foes?
And 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;
Defacing monuments of conquer'd France;
Undoing all, as all had never been !

Car. Nephew, what means this passionate discourse,

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