THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY VI With a Portrait of Henry VI. from the picture KING HENRY THE SIXTH. HUMPHREY, Duke of Gloucester, his uncle. CARDINAL BEAUFORT, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King. LORD CLIFFORD. Young CLIFFORD, his son. LORD SCALES. LORD SAY. SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD, and WILLIAM STAFFORD, his brother. A SEA-CAPTAIN, MASTER, and MASTER'S-MATE, and WALTER Two GENTLEMEN, prisoners with Suffolk. JOHN HUME and JOHN SOUTHWELL, priests. BOLINGBROKE, a conjurer. THOMAS HORNER, an armourer. PETER, his man. CLERK OF CHATHAM. MAYOR OF SAINT ALBAN'S. SIMPCOX, an impostor. ALEXANDER IDEN, a Kentish gentleman. JACK CADE, a rebel. GEORGE BEVIS, JOHN HOLLAND, DICK the butcher, SMITH the weaver, MICHAEL, etc., followers of Cade. Two MURDERERS. MARGARET, Queen to King Henry. ELEANOR, Duchess of Gloucester. MARGARET JOURDAIN, a witch. Wife to SIMPCOX. Lords, Ladies, and Attendants, Petitioners, Aldermen, a A Spirit. Scene-England. SECOND PART OF KING HENRY VI ACT THE FIRST. SCENE I. London. The palace. Flourish of trumpets: then hautboys. Enter the KING, HUMPHREY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, SALISBURY, WARWICK, and CARDINAL BEAUFORT, on the one side; the QUEEN, SUFFOLK, YORK, SOMERSET, and BUCKINGHAM, on the other. SUF. As by your high imperial majesty To marry Princess Margaret for your grace, In presence of the Kings of France and Sicil, The Dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretagne 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. 131609 Deliver up my title in the queen To your most gracious hands, that are the substance The happiest gift that ever marquess gave, KING. Suffolk, arise. Welcome, Queen Margaret: I can express no kinder sign of love Than this kind kiss. O Lord, that lends me life, If sympathy of love unite our thoughts. QUEEN. Great King of England and my gracious lord, The mutual conference that my mind hath had, And over-joy of heart doth minister. KING. 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! |