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KING HENRY THE SIXTH.

DUKE OF GLOSTER, Uncle to the King, and Protector.

and

DUKE OF BEDFORD, Uncle to the King,
Regent of France.
THOMAS BEAUFORT, Duke of Exeter, great
Uncle to the King.

Henry Beaufort, great Uncle to the King,
Bishop of Winchester; and afterwards
Cardinal.

JOHN BEAUFORT, Earl of Somerset; afterwards Duke.

RICHARD PLANTAGENET, eldest son of Richard, late Earl of Cambridge; afterwards Duke of York.

EARL OF WARWICK.-EARL OF Salisbury.— EARL OF SUFFOLK.

LORD TALBOT, afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury.
JOHN TALBOT, his Son.

EDMUND MORTIMER, Earl of March.
MORTIMER'S KEEPER, and a Lawyer.
SIR JOHN FASTOLFE.-SIR WILLIAM LUCY.
SIR WILLIAM GLANDSDALE.-SIR THOMAS
GARGRAVE.

MAYOR OF LONDON.

WOODVILLE, Lieutenant of the Tower.

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ACT 1.

SCENE I-Westminster Abbey. Dead march. Corpse of King HENRY the Fifth discovered, lying in state; attended on by the Dukes of BEDFORD, Gloster, and EXETER; the Earl of WARWICK, the Bishop of WINCHESTER, Heralds, &c. Bed. Hung be the heavens with black,* yield day to night! Comets, importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky; And with them scourge the bad revolting

stars,

That have consented unto Henry's death! Henry the fifth, too famous to live long! England ire'er lost a king of so much worth.

Glo. England ne'er had a king, until his Virtue he had, deserving to command: [time, His brandish'd sword did blind men with his

beams;

His arms spread wider than a dragon's wings;
His sparkling eyes replete with wrathful fire,
Alluding to our ancient stage-practice when a tra-
dy was to be acted.
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VERNON, of the White Rose, or York Faction
BASSET, of the Red Rose, or Lancaster Faction.
CHARLES, Dauphin, and afterwards King of
France.
REIGNIER, Duke of Anjou, and Titular King
of Naples.

DUKE OF BURGUNDY.-DUKE OF ALENÇON.
GOVERnor of Paris.—Bastard of OrleaNS.
MASTER-Gunner of OrleANS, and his Son.
GENERAL OF THE FRENCH FORCES, in Bour-
deaux.

A FRENCH SERGEANT.-A PORTER.
AN OLD SHEPHERD, Father to Joan la Pucelle

MARGARET, Daughter to Reignier; afterwards
married to King Henry.
COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE.
JOAN LA PUCELLE, commonly called, Joan of
Arc.

Fiends appearing to La Pucelle, Lords, Warders of the Tower, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and several Attendants both on the English and French.

SCENE; partly in England, and partly in France

|More dazzled and drove back his enemies, Than mid-day sun, fierce bent against their faces. [speech: What should I say? his deeds exceed all He ne'er lift up his hand, but conquered.

Exe. We mourn in black; Why mourn we
not in blood?

Henry is dead, and never shall revive :
Upon a wooden coffin we attend;
And death's dishonourable victory
We with our stately presence glorify,
Like captives bound to a triumphant car.
What? shall we curse the planets of mishap,
That plotted thus our glory's overthrow?
Or shall we think the subtle-witted French
Conjurors and sorcerers, that, afraid of him,
By magic verses* have contriv'd his end?
Win. He was a king bless'd of the King of
kings.

Unto the French the dreadful judgment day
So dreadful will not be, as was his fight.
The battles of the Lord of hosts he fought:
The church's prayers made him so prosperous.

There was a notion long prevalent, that life might be taken away by metrical charms.