KING HENRY THE SIXTH

    DUKE OF GLOUCESTER,
           uncle to the King,
         and Protector

    DUKE OF BEDFORD,
           uncle to the King,
         and 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,
        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

   SIR JOHN FASTOLFE

   SIR WILLIAM LUCY

   SIR WILLIAM GLANSDALE

   SIR THOMAS GARGRAVE

    MAYOR of LONDON

    WOODVILLE,
           Lieutenant of the Tower

    VERNON,
           of the White Rose
              or York faction

    BASSET,
           of the Red Rose
              or Lancaster faction

   A LAWYER

    GAOLERS,
           to Mortimer

    CHARLES,
           Dauphin,
         and afterwards King of France

    REIGNIER,
           DUKE OF ANJOU,
         and titular King of Naples

   DUKE OF BURGUNDY

   DUKE OF ALENCON

   BASTARD OF ORLEANS

   GOVERNOR OF PARIS

    MASTER-GUNNER OF ORLEANS,
           and his SON

    GENERAL OF
           THE FRENCH FORCES in Bordeaux

   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

    Lords,
           Warders of the Tower,
         Heralds,
           Officers,
         Soldiers,

    Messengers,
           English and French Attendants.

    Fiends appearing to La Pucelle

   SCENE:

    England and France
           The First Part
         of King Henry the Sixth
 
  ACT I. SCENE 1.

    Westminster Abbey Dead March.

    Enter the funeral
           of KING HENRY THE FIFTH,
         attended on
               by the DUKE OF BEDFORD,
         Regent of France,
           the DUKE OF GLOUCESTER,
         Protector,
           the DUKE OF EXETER,
         the EARL OF WARWICK,
           the BISHOP OF WINCHESTER

    BEDFORD.

    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!

    King Henry the Fifth,
           too famous to live long!

    England ne'er
          lost a king
               of so much worth.

    GLOUCESTER.

    England ne'er had a king
         until his time.

    Virtue he had,
           deserving to command;
        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,
         More dazzled and drove
             back his enemies
                   Than mid-day sun fierce
                  bent against their faces.

    What should I say?

    His deeds exceed all speech:
        He ne'er lift