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Item, that the duchy of Anjou and the county of Maine shall be released and delivered to the king her father"

K. Hen. Uncle, how now!
Glo.

Pardon me, gracious lord;

Some sudden qualm hath struck me at the heart,

And dimm'd mine eyes, that I can read no further.

K. Hen. Uncle of Winchester, I pray, read on.

Car. [Reads.] "Item, that the duchies of Anjou and Maine shall be released and delivered to the king her father; and she sent over of the King of England's own proper cost and charges, without having any dowry."

K. Hen. They please us well.-Lord marquess, kneel
down:

We here create thee the first Duke of Suffolk,
And girt thee with the sword.-Cousin of York,
We here discharge your grace from being regent
I' the parts of France, till term of eighteen months
Be full expired.—Thanks, Uncle Winchester,
With Gloster, York, Warwick, and Somerset :
We thank you all for this great favour done,
In entertainment to my princely queen,
Come, let us in; and with all speed provide
To see her coronation be performed.

[Exeunt.

KING HENRY VI

PART II

PERSONS REPRESENTED

KING HENRY THE SIXTH.

HUMPHREY, Duke of Gloster, his uncle.

CARDINAL BEAUFORT, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King. RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York.

EDWARD, RICHARD, AND RUTLAND, his sons.

DUKE OF SOMERSET.

DUKE OF SUFFOLK.

DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.

DUKE OF EXETER.

LORD CLIFFORD.

YOUNG CLIFFORD, his son.

EARL OF SALISBURY.

EARL OF WARWICK.

EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND.

LORD SAY.

SIR HUMPHREY Stafford, and William Stafford, his brother.

VAUX.

THOMAS HORNER, an armorer. PETER, his man.

Clerk of Chatham. Mayor of Saint Alban's.

SAUNDER SIMPCOX, an impostor.

JACK CADE, a rebel.

GEORGE BEVIS, JOHN HOLLAND, DICK the butcher, SMITH the

weaver, and MICHAEL, followers of Cade.

MARGARET, Queen to King Henry.

Wife to Simpcox.

KING HENRY VI

PART II

ACT I

SCENE I.—A Room in the Palace at Westminster.

Enter GLOSTER, Cardinal BeauFORT, YORK, SOMERSET, BUCKINGHAM, SALISBURY, and WARWICK.

Glo.

Brave peers of England, pillars of the state,
To you Duke Humphrey must unload his grief,-
Your grief, the common grief of all the land.
What! did my brother Henry spend his youth,
His valour, coin, and people, in the wars?
Did he so often lodge in open field

In winter's cold and summer's parching heat,
To conquer France, his true inheritance?
And did my brother Bedford toil his wits,
To keep by policy what Henry got?

Have you yourselves, Somerset, Buckingham,
Brave York, Salisbury, and victorious Warwick,
Receiv'd deep scars in France and Normandy?
Or hath mine uncle Beaufort and myself,
With all the learned council of the realm,
Studied so long, sat in the council-house
Early and late, debating to and fro

How France and Frenchmen might be kept in awe?
And had his highness in his infancy
Crowned in Paris in despite of foes?

And shall these labours and these honours die?
Shall Henry's conquest, Bedford's vigilance,

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