THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY VI by William Shakespeare Contents ACT I Scene I. London. The palace Scene II. The Duke of Gloucester’s House Scene III. London. The palace Scene IV. Gloucester’s Garden ACT II SCENE I. Saint Albans SCENE II. London. The Duke of York’s Garden SCENE III. A Hall of Justice SCENE IV. A Street ACT III SCENE I. The Abbey at Bury St. Edmund’s SCENE II. Bury St. Edmund’s. A Room of State SCENE III. A Bedchamber ACT IV SCENE I. The Coast of Kent SCENE II. Blackheath SCENE III. Another part of Blackheath SCENE IV. London. The Palace SCENE V. London. The Tower SCENE VI. London. Cannon Street SCENE VII. London. Smithfield SCENE VIII. Southwark SCENE IX. Kenilworth Castle SCENE X. Kent. Iden’s Garden ACT V SCENE I. Fields between Dartford and Blackheath SCENE II. Saint Albans SCENE III. Fields near Saint Albans Dramatis Personæ KING HENRY THE SIXTH MARGARET, Queen to King Henry Humphrey, Duke of GLOUCESTER, his uncle ELEANOR, Duchess of Gloucester CARDINAL Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King DUKE OF SOMERSET DUKE OF SUFFOLK DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM LORD CLIFFORD YOUNG CLIFFORD, his son VAUX Richard Plantagenet, Duke of YORK EDWARD and RICHARD, his sons EARL OF SALISBURY EARL OF WARWICK THOMAS HORNER, an armourer PETER THUMP, his man JOHN HUME, a priest JOHN SOUTHWELL, a priest Margery JOURDAIN, a witch ROGER BOLINGBROKE, a conjurer SIMPCOX, an impostor Wife to Simpcox Mayor of Saint Albans SIR JOHN STANLEY Two Murderers A LIEUTENANT MASTER Master’s-Mate Walter WHITMORE Two Gentlemen, prisoners with Suffolk Jack CADE, a rebel George BEVIS John HOLLAND DICK the butcher SMITH the weaver MICHAEL, etc., followers of Cade CLERK of Chartham SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD WILLIAM STAFFORD, his brother LORD SCALES LORD SAYE MATTHEW GOUGH Alexander IDEN, a Kentish gentleman Lords, Ladies, and Attendants, Petitioners, Aldermen, a Herald, a Beadle, Sheriff, and Officers, Citizens, Prentices, Falconers, Guards, Soldiers, Messengers, &c. A Spirit SCENE: England. ACT I SCENE I. London. The palace Flourish of trumpets, then hautboys. Enter the King, Gloucester, Salisbury, Warwick, and Cardinal Beaufort on the one side; the Queen, Suffolk, York, Somerset and Buckingham on the other. SUFFOLK. As 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, Bretagne, and Alençon, Seven earls, twelve barons, and twenty reverend bishops, I have performed 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 substance Of that great shadow I did represent: The happiest gift that ever marquess gave, The fairest queen that ever king received.