PERSONS REPRESENTED. 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 Warwick. Earl of Salisbury. Earl of Suffolk. John Talbot, his son. Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March. Mortimer's keeper, and a lawyer. Sir John Fastoife. 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. Charles, dauphin, and afterwards King of France. Reignier, Duke of Anjou, and titular King of Naples. Duke of Burgundy. Duke of Alençon. 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. 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. 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 Bed. HUNG be the heavens with black *, yield day to night! Comets, infporting change of times and states, Glo. England ne'er had a king, until his time. His brandish'd sword did blind men with his beams; Exe. We mourn in black; Why mourn we not in blood? * Alluding to our ancient stage-practice when a tragedy was to be acted. Henry is dead, and never shall revive : His thread of life had not so soon decay'd: Win. Gloster, whate'er we like, thou art protector; And lookest to command the prince, and realm. Glo. Name not religion, for thou lov'st the flesh; And ne'er throughout the year to church thou go'st, Except it be to pray against thy foes. Bed. Cease, cease these jars, and rest your minds in peace! Let's to the altar :-Heralds, wait on us :- Posterity, await for wretched years, When at their mothers' moist eyes babes shall suck; Our isle be made a nourish† of salt tears, * There was a notion long prevalent, that life might be taken away by metrical charms. Nurse was anciently so spelt. |