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

    WILLIAM STAFFORD,
           his brother

   SIR JOHN STANLEY

   VAUX

   MATTHEW GOFFE

    A LIEUTENANT,
           a SHIPMASTER,
         a MASTER'S MATE,
           and WALTER WHITMORE

    TWO GENTLEMEN,
           prisoners with Suffolk

    JOHN HUME and JOHN SOUTHWELL,
           two priests

    ROGER BOLINGBROKE,
           a conjurer

    A SPIRIT raised by him

    THOMAS HORNER,
           an armourer

    PETER,
           his man

   CLERK OF CHATHAM

   MAYOR OF SAINT ALBANS

    SAUNDER 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

    MARGERY JOURDAIN,
           a witch

    WIFE to SIMPCOX

    Lords,
           Ladies,
         and Attendants;
        Petitioners,
           Aldermen,
         a Herald,
           a Beadle,
         a Sheriff,
           Officers,
         Citizens,
           Prentices,
         Falconers,
           Guards,
         Soldiers,
           Messengers,
         &c.

   SCENE:

    England
 
  ACT I. SCENE I. London. The
       palace

    Flourish of trumpets;
        then hautboys.

    Enter the KING,
           DUKE HUMPHREY OF 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 Alencon,
           Seven earls,
         twelve barons,
           and twenty reverend bishops,
         I have perform'd my task,
           and was espous'd;
        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 marquis gave,
           The fairest queen
             that ever king receiv'd.

    KING HENRY.

    Suffolk,
           arise.