King HENRY the Sixth. Duke of GLOSTER, uncle to the king, and protector. JOHN BEAUFORT, earl of Somerset; afterwards, duke. Earl of WARWICK. Earl of SALISBURY. Earl of SUF FOLK. Lord TALBOT, afterwards earl of Shrewsbury: 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. Duke of ALENÇon. Governor of Paris. Bastard of Orleans. Master-Gunner of Orleans, and his son. General of the French Forces in Bourdeaux.` 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 sev ral Attendants both on the English and French. SCENE,-partly in England, and partly in France. THE 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 night! And with them scourge the bad revolting stars, Glo. England ne'er had a king, until his time. His brandish'd sword did blind men with his beams He ne'er lift up his hand, but conquered. ; Exe. We mourn in black; Why mourn we not in blood? Henry is dead, and never shall revive : Upon a wooden coffin we attend; And death's 'dishonourable victory [1] Crystal is an epithet repeatedly bestowed on comets by our ancient writers. There is also a white comet with silver haires," says Pliny, as translated by P. Holland, 1601. STEEVENS. [2] Consented, or as it should be spelt, concented, means, have thrown themselves into a malignant configuration, to promote the death of Henry. Milton uses the word, and with the same meaning, in his Penseroso : "Whose power hath a true consent "With planet, or with element. STEEVENS. Consent, in all the books of the age of Elizabeth, and long afterwards, is the spelling of the word concent. MALONE. E 2 |