KING HENRY VI. HUMPHRY Duke of Gloucester, Uncle to the King. Duke of YORK, pretending to the Crown. Duke of BUCKINGHAM, Duke of SOMERSET, Duke of SUFFOLK, Earl of SALISBURY, Earl of WARWICK, S Of the King's Party: Of the York Faction. Lord CLIFFORD, of the King's Party. Lord SCALES, Governor of the Tower. Sir HUMPHRY STAFFORD. Young STAFFORD, his Brother. ALEXANDER IDEN, a Kentish Gentleman. Young CLIFFORD, Son to the Lord Clifford. EDWARD PLANTAGENET, RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Sons to the Duke of York. Vaux, A Sea-Captain, and Walter Whitmore-Pirates. HUME and SOUTHWEL BOLINGBROKE, an Aftrologer. 2 Priefts. A Spirit attending on Jordan the Witch. THOMAS HORNER, an Armorer. Mayor of St. Albans. SIMPCOX, an Impoftor. Jack Cade, Bevis, Michael, John Holland, Dick the Butcher, Smith the Weaver, and several others — Rebels. · MARGARET, Queen to King Henry VI. fecretly in Love with the Duke of Suffolk. Dame ELEANOR, Wife to the Duke of Gloucefter. Mother Jordan, a Witch employ'd by the Dutchess of Gloucester. Wife to SIMPCOX. Petitioners, Aldermen, a Bedel, Sheriff and Officers, Citizens, with Faulconers, Guards, Meffengers, and other Attendants. The SCENE is laid very dispersedly in several Parts of England. THE *THE SECOND PART O F King HENRY VI. ACT I. SCENE I The PALACE. Flourish of trumpets: then bautboys. Enter King Henry, Duke Humphry, Salisbury, Warwick, and Cardinal on the one fide. The Queen, Suffolk, York, Somerfet, and Buckingham on the other. Suf.t A S by your high imperial Majefty I had in charge at my depart for France, So in the famous ancient city Tours, In prefence of the Kings of France and Sicil, This and the third part were firft written under the Title of The Contention of York and Lancaster: printed in 1609; but fince vastly improved by the Author. +Vide Hall's Chron. fol. 66, year 23. Init. A 3 Seven Seven Earls, twelve Barons, twenty reverend Bishops, [Prefenting the Queen to the King. To your moft gracious hand, that are the fubftance Of that great fhadow I did represent : The happiest gift that ever Marquifs gave, The fairest Queen that ever King receiv'd. K. Henry. Suffolk, arife. Welcome, Queen Margaret; I can exprefs no kinder fign of love Than this kind kiss. O Lord, that lend'ft me life, For thou haft giv'n me, in this beauteous face, A world of earthly bleffings to' my foul, If fympathy of love unite our thoughts. Q. Mar. Great King of England, and my gracious Lord, The mutual conf'rence that my mind hath had, By day, by night, waking, and in my dreams, With you mine alder-liefeft Sovereign; K. Henry. Her fight did ravish, but her grace in speech, Her words yclad with wifdom's majesty, Make me from wondring fall to weeping joys, Such is the fulness of my heart's content, Lords, with one cheerful voice welcome my love. All kneel. Long live Queen Margret, England's happinefs! Q. Mar. We thank you all. [Flourish. Suf. My Lord Protector, fo it please your Grace, Between our Sovereign and the French King Charles, Glou. reads.] Imprimis, it is agreed between the French King Charles, and William de la Pole, Marquifs of Suffolk, Ambafador for Henry King of England, that the faid Henry Henry fhall efpoufe the Lady Margaret, daughter unte Reignier, King of Naples, Sicilia, and Jerufalem, and crown ber Queen of England, ere the thirtieth of May next enfuing. Item, That the Dutchy of Anjou, and the County of Maine, shall be released and delivered to the King her father. [Lets fall the paper. K. Henry. Uncle, how now? Some fudden qualm hath ftruck me to the heart, Car. Item, That the Dutchies of Anjou and Maine ball be releafed and delivered to the King her father, and she fent over of the King of England's own proper coft and charges, without baving any dowry. K. Henry. They please us well. Lord Marquifs, kneel We here create thee the firft Duke of Suffolk, We thank you all for this great favour done, To [Exeunt King, Queen, and Suffolk. SCENE II. Manent the reft. Glou. Brave Peers of England, pillars of the state, Your grief, the common grief of all the land. In winter's cold, and fummer's parching heat, And And did my brother Bedford toil his wits Car. Nephew, what means this paffionate difcourfe ? For France, 'tis ours; and we will keep it ftill. . Glou. Ay, uncle, we will keep it if we can; But now it is impoffible we fhould. Suffolk, the new-made Duke that rules the roaft, Sal. Now by the death of him who died for all, Delivered |