THE PLAYS OF William Shakspeare, ACCURATELY PRINTED FROM The Text of the Corrected Copy left by the late GEORGE STEEVENS, ESQ. WITH GLOSSARIAL NOTES, AND A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF SHAKSPEARE IN EIGHT VOLUMES. VOL. V. CONTAINING KING HENRY VI. PART I....KING HENRY VI. PART II. Stereotyped by J. Howe.....N. York. PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY M'CARTY & DAVIS, NO. 171 MARKET STREET. 1830. King Henry the Sixth. Duke of Gloster, 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, eldest son of Richard, late earl of Cambridge; afterwards duke of York. Earl of Salisbury. Earl of Warwick. Earl of Suffolk. Lord Talbot, afterwards earl of Shrewsbury. John Talbot, his son. Edmund Mortimer, earl of March. Mortimer's keeper, and a lawyer. Sir William Lucy. Sir John Fastolfe. Governor of Paris. Duke of Alençon. Master-gunner of Orleans, and his son. General of the French forces in Bourdeaux. A French Sergeant. A Porter. An old shepherd, futher to Joan la Pucelle. Margaret, daughter to Reignier; afterwards mar ried to King Henry. Countess of Auvergne. Joan la Pucelle, commonly called Joan of Arc. Fiends appearing to La Pucelle, lords, warders of the Tower, heralds, officers, soldiers, messengers, and several attendants, both on the English and French. Scene, partly in England, and partly in France. FIRST PART OF KING HENRY VI. ACT I. SCENE I-Westminster Abbey. Dead march. Corpse of King Henry the Fifth discovered, lying in state; attended on by the Dukes of Bedford, Gloster, and Exeter; the Earl of Warwick, the Bishop of Winchester, Heralds, &c. Bedford. HUNG be the heavens with black, yield day to Comets, importing change of times and states, His brandish'd sword did blind men with his beams; (1) Alluding to our ancient stage-practice when 3925 (RECAP) |