That English may as French, French Englishmen, All. Amen! K. Henry. Prepare we for our marriage; on which day, My lord of Burgundy, we'll take your oath And all the Peers, for furety of our leagues. Enter Chorus. [Exeunt. Thus far with rough, and all-unable, pen Mangling by ftarts the full courfe of their glory, Henry the Sixth, in infant bands crown'd King That they loft France, and made his England bleed: Which oft our ftage hath fhown; and, for their fake, In your fair minds let this acceptance take. ** Dramatis Perfonæ. KING Henry VI. Duke of Gloucefter, Uncle to the King, and Protector. Duke of Bedford, Uncle to the King, and Regent of France. Cardinal Beauford, Bishop of Winchester, and Uncle likewife to the King. Duke of Exeter, Duke of Somerfet. Earl of Salisbury. Earl of Sufolk. Young Talbot, his Son. Richard Plantagenet, afterwards Duke of York. Mortimer, Earl of March. Sir John Faftolfe. Woodvile, Lieutenant of the Tower. Lord Mayor of London. Sir Thomas Gargrave. Sir William Lucy. Vernon, of the White Rofe, or York Faction. Charles, Dauphin, afterwards King of France. Reignier, Duke of Anjou, and Titular King of Naples. Duke of Burgundy. Duke of Alanfon. Baftard of Orleans, Governor of Paris. Mafter Gunner of Orleans. Boy, his Son. An old Shepherd, Father to Joan la Pucelle. Margaret, Daughter to Reignier, and afterwards Queen to King Henry. Countess of Auvergne. Joan la Pucelle, a Maid pretending to be inspir'd from Heaven, and fetting up for the Championess of France. Fiends, attending her. Lords, Captains, Soldiers, Meffengers, and several Attendants both on the English and French. The SCENE is partly in England, and partly in France. THE THE FIRST PART OF King HENRY VI. A C T I. SCENE I. WESTMINSTER-Abbey. Dead March. Enter the Funeral of King Henry the Fifth, attended on by the Duke of Bedford, Regent of France; the Duke of Gloucefter, Protector; the Duke of Exeter, and the Earl of Warwick, the Bishop of Winchester, and the Duke of Somerset. BEDFORD. UNG be the heav'ns with black, yield day to HU night! Comets, importing change of times and states, And with them fcourge the bad revolting stars, Glou. England ne'er had a King until his time: His brandifh'd sword did blind men with its beams; Exe. |