KING HENRY the Sixth. HUMPHREY, Duke of Gloucester, his uncle. CARDINAL BEAUFORT, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King. RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York. EDWARD and RICHARD, his sons. DUKE OF SOMERSET. DUKE OF SUFFOLK. DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. LORD CLIFFORD. Young CLIFFORD, his son. EARL OF SALISBURY. EARL OF WARWICK. LORD SCALES. LORD SAY. SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD, and WILLIAM STAFFORD, his brother. SIR JOHN STANLEY. VAUX. MATTHEW GOFFE‡. A Sea-captain, Master, and Master’s-Mate, and WALTER WHITMORE. 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, &c., 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 Herald, a Beadle, Sheriff, and Officers, Citizens, ’Prentices, Falconers, Guards, Soldiers, Messengers, &c. A Spirit. SCENE: _England_. ────────── † DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.] First given imperfectly by Rowe. ‡ MATTHEW GOFFE.] Edd. (French conj.). om. Rowe. THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY VI. ACT I. 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   [baa001] I had in charge at my depart for France,   [baa002] As procurator to your excellence, To marry Princess Margaret for your grace, So, in the famous ancient city Tours,   ·baa005· In presence of the Kings of France and Sicil, The Dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretagne and Alençon,   [baa007] Seven earls, twelve barons and twenty reverend bishops, I have perform’d my task and was espoused: And humbly now upon my bended knee,   ·baa010· In sight of England and her lordly peers, Deliver up my title in the queen To your most gracious hands, that are the substance   [baa013] Of that great shadow I did represent; The happiest gift that ever marquess gave,   ·baa015· The fairest queen that ever king received. _King._ Suffolk, arise. Welcome, Queen Margaret: I can express no kinder sign of love Than this kind kiss. O Lord, that lends me life,   [baa019] Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!   ·baa020· For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of earthly blessings to my soul, If sympathy of love unite our thoughts.