SECOND PART OF

KING HENRY VI.

PERSONS REPRESENTED.

KING HENRY THE SIXTH.

HUME and SOUTHWELL, two Priests. HUMPHREY, Duke of Gloster, his Uncle.

BOLINGBROKE, a Conjurer. CARDINAL BEAUFORT, Bishop of Winchester, great A Spirit raised by him. Uncle to the King.

Thomas HORNER, an Armorer. RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York.

PETER, his Man. EDWARD and RICHARD, his Sons.

Clerk of Chatham. DUKE OF SOMERSET,

Mayor of Saint Alban's.
DUKE OF SUFFOLK,

SIMPCox, an Impostor.
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM, of the King's Party. Two Murderers.
LORD CLIFFORD,

JACK CADE, a Rebel.
Young Clifford, his Son,

GEORGE, JOHN, Dick, Smith the Weaver, Mi. EARL OF SUISMERK; } of the York Faction.

CHAEL, &c., his Followers.
WARWICK,

ALEXANDER IDEN, a Kentish Gentleman.
LORD SCALES, Governor of the Tower.

MARGARET, Queen to King Henry.
LORD SAY.
SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD, and his Brother.

ELEANOR, Duchess of Gloster.

MARGERY JOURDAIN, a Witch.
SIR JOHN STANLEY.

Wife to Simpcox.
A Sea-Captain, Master, and Master's Mate, and
WALTER WHITMORE.

Lords, Ladies, and Attendants; Petitioners, AlderTwo Gentlemen, Prisoners with Suffolk.

men, a Beadle, Sheriff, and Officers; Citizens, A Herald.

Prentices, Falconers, Guards, Soldiers, MessenVAUX.

gers, &c

SCENE, dispersedly in various parts of England.

ACT 1.

SCENE I.-London. A Room of State in the I can express no kinder sign of love,
Palace.

Than this kind kiss.-0 Lord, that lends me life, Flourish of Trumpets; then Hautboys. Enter, on

Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!

For thou hast given me, in this beauteous face, one sine, KING HENRY, DUKE OF GLOSTER, SALIS

A world of earthly blessings to my soul, BCRY, WARWICK, and CARDINAL BEAUFORT; on

If sympathy of love unite our thoughts. the other, QUEEN MARGARET, led in by SUFFOLK;

Q. Mar. Great king of England, and my graYORK, SOMERSET, BUCKINGHAM, and others, fol

cious lord; Lowing.

The mutual conference that my mind hath hadSuf. As by your high imperial majesty

By day, by night, waking, and in my dreams; I had in charge, at my depart for France,

In courtly company, or at my beadsAs procurator to your excellence,

With you, mine alder-liefest' sovereign, To marry princess Margaret for your grace;

Makes me the bolder to salute my king
So in the famous ancient city, Tours,

With ruder terms; such as my wit affords,
In presence of the kings of France and Sicil, And over-joy of heart doth minister.
The dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretaigne, Alençon,

K. Hen. Her sight did ravish: but her grace in Seven earls, twelve barons, twenty reverend bi

speech, shops,

Her words y-clad with wisdom's majesty, I have perform'd my task, and was espous'd:

Makes me, from wondering, fall to weeping joys; And humbly now upon my bended knee,

Such is the fulness of my heart's content. In sight of England, and her lordly peers,

Lords, with one cheerful voice welcome my love. Deliver up my title in the queen

All. Long live queen Margaret, England's hapTo your most gracious hands, that are the sub

piness!
Q. Mar. We thank you all.

[Flourish stance Of that great shadow I did represent;

Suf. My lord protector, so it please your grace, The happiest gift that ever marquess gave,

Here are the articles of contracted peace, The fairest queen that ever king receiv'd.

Between our sovereign and the French king Charles, K. Hen. Suffolk, arise.-Welcome, queen Mar. For eighteen months, concluded by consent. garet :

Glo. [Reads.] Imprimis, It is agreed, between the That dims the honor of this warlike isle! French king, Charles, and William de la Poole, France should have torn and rent my very heart, marquess of Suffolk, ambassador for Henry, king Before I would have yielded to this league. of England,--thut the sail Henry shall espouse the I never read but England's kings have had lady Margaret, daughter unto Reignier, king of Large sums of gold, and dowries, with their wives: Naples, Sicilia, and Jerusalem; and crown hér And our king Henry gives away his own, queen of England, ere the thirtieth of May next to match with her that brings no vantages. ensuing-ltem,—That the duchy of Anjou, und Glo. A proper jest, and never heard before, the county of Maine, shall be released and delivered That Suffolk should demand a whole fifteenth, to the king, her father,

For cost and charges in transporting her! K. Hen. Uncle, how now?

She should have staid in France, and starv'd in Glo. Pardon me, gracious lord;

France, Some sudden qualm hath struck me at the heart, Before And dimm'd mine eyes, that I can read no further. Car. My lord of Gloster, now you grow too hot.

K. Hen. Uncle of Winchester, I pray read on. It was the pleasure of my lord the king.

Car. Item,- It is further agreed between them,- Glo. My lord of Winchester, I know your mind; that the duchies of Anjou and Maine shall be re-i 'Tis not my speeches that you do mislike, leased and delivered over to the king, her father; But 'tis my presence that doth trouble you. and she sent over of the king of Englani's own Rancor will out: Proud prelate, in thy face proper cost and charges, without having dowry. I see thy fury: if I longer stay, K. Hen. They please us well.-Lord marquess, We shall begin our ancient bickerings.skneel down;

Lordings, farewell; and say, when I am gone,
We here create thee the first duke of Suffolk, I prophesied-France will be lost ere long. (Exit.
And girt thee with the sword.-

Car. So, there goes our protector in a rage.
Cousin of York, we here discharge your grace 'Tis known to you, he is mine enemy:
From being regent in the parts of France,

Nay, more, an enemy unto you all;
Till term of eighteen months be full expir'd.- And no great friend, I fear me, to the king.
Thanks, uncle Winchester, Gloster, York, and Consider, lords, he is the next of blood,
Buckingham,

And heir apparent to the English crown;
Somerset, Salisbury, and Warwick;

Had Henry got an empire by his marriage, We thank you all for this great favor done, And all the wealthy kingdoms of the west, In entertainment to my princely queen.

There's reason he should be displeas'd at it. Come, let us in, and with all speed provide Look to it, lords ! let not his smoothing words To see her coronation be perform’d.

Bewitch your hearts; be wise and circumspect. Exeunt KING, QUEEN, and SUFFOLK. What though the common people favor him, Glo. Brave peers of England, pillars of the state, Calling him-Humphrey, the good duke of Gloster; To you duke Humphrey must unload his grief, Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voiceYour grief, the common grief of all the land. Jesu maintain your royal excellence! What! did my brother Henry spend his youth, With-God preserve the good duke Humphrey! His valor, coin, and people in the wars?

I fear me, lords, for all this flattering gloss, Did he so often lodge in open field,

He will be found a dangerous protector. In winter's cold, and summer's parching heat, Buck. Why should he then protect our sovereign, To conquer France, his true inheritance?

He being of age to govern of himself? And did my brother Bedford toil his wits,

Cousin of Somerset, join you with me, To keep by policy what Henry got?

And all together-with the duke of Suffolk,Have you yourselves, Somerset, Buckingham, We'll quickly hoise duke Humphrey from his seat. Brave York, Salisbury, and victorious Warwick, Car. This weighty business will not brook delay; Receiv'd deep scars in France and Normandy? I'll to the duke of Suffolk presently.

Erit. Or hath my uncle Beaufort, and myself,

Som. Cousin of Buckingham, though Humphrey's With all the learned council of the realm,

pride, Studied so long, sat in the council-house,

And greatness of his place, be grief to us, Early and late, debating to and fro

Yet let us watch the haughty cardinal; How France and Frenchmen might be kept in His insolence is more intolerable awe?

Than all the princes in the land beside; And hath his highness in his infancy

If Gloster be displaced, he'll be protector. Been crown'd in Paris, in despite of foes?

Buck. Or thou, or I, Somerset, will be protector, And shall these labors, and these honors, die? Despite duke Humphrey, or the cardinal. Shall Henry's conquest, Bedford's vigilance,

Exeunt BUCKINGHAM and SOMERSET. Your deeds of war, and all our counsel, die? Sal. Pride went before, ambition follows him. O peers of England, shameful is this league! While these do labor for their own preferment, Fatal this marriage, cancelling your fame:

Behoves it us to labor for the realm. Blotting your names from books of memory: I never saw but Humphrey duke of Gloster Razing the characters of your renown;

Did bear him like a noble gentleman. Defacing monuments of conquer'd France; Oft have I seen the haughty cardinalUndoing all, as all had never been!

More like a soldier, than a man o' the church, Car. Nephew, what means this passionate dis- As stout, and proud, as he were lord of all, course?

Swear like a ruthan, and demean himself
This peroration with such circumstance ?

Unlike the ruler of a commonweal.-
For France, 'tis ours; and we will keep it still. Warwick, my son, the comfort of my age!

Glo. Ay, uncle, we will keep it, if we can; Thy deeds, thy plainness, and thy house-keeping,
But now it is impossible we should:

Hath won the greatest favor of the commons, Suffolk, the new-made duke that rules the roast, Excepting none but good duke Humphrey.-Hath given the duchies of Anjou and Maine, And, brother York, thy acts in Ireland, Unto the poor king Reignier, whose large style In bringing them to civil discipline; Agrees not with the leanness of his purse.

Thy late exploits, done in the heart of France, Sal. Now, by the death of him that died for all, When thou wert regent for our sovereign, These counties were the keys of Normandy :- Have made thee fear'd,and honor'd,of the people But wherefore weeps Warwick, my valiant son ? Join we together, for the public good;

War. For grief, that they are past recovery: In what we can to bridle and suppress For, were there hope to conquer them again, The pride of Suffolk, and the cardinal, My sword should shed hot blood, mine eyes no With Somerset's and Buckingham's ambition; tears.

And, as we may, cherish duke Humphrey's deeds. Anjou and Maine, myself did win them both; While they do tend the profit of the land. Those provinces these arms of mine did conquer: War. So God help Warwick, as he loves the land, And are the cities that I got with wounds,

And common profit of his country!

York. And so says York,for he hath greatest cause.

Sal. Then let's make haste away, and look unto York. For Suffolk's duke-may he be suffocate

the main. This speech, crowded with so many circumstances of

War. Unto the main ! O father, Maine is lost; aggravation.

a Skirmishings.

Mort Dieup again with peaceful words?

That Maine, which by main force Warwick did Duch. What dream'd my lord ? tell me, and I'll win,

requite it And would have kept, so long as breath did last:

With sweet rehearsal of my morning's dream. Main chance, father, you meant; but I meant Maine; Glo. Methought, this stait, mine office-badge in Which I will win from France, or else be slain.

court, [Exeunt WARWICK and SALISBURY.

Was broke in twain, by whom, I have forgot, York. Anjou and Maine are given to the French; But, as I think, it was by the cardinal; Paris is lost; the state of Normandy

And on the pieces of the broken wand Stands on a ticklei point, now they are gone:

Were placed the heads of Edmond duke of Somerset, Suffolk concluded on the articles ;

And William de la Poole first duke of Suffolk. The peers agreed; and Henry was well pleas'd, This was my dream; what it doth bode, God knows. To change two dukedoms fora duke's fair daughter. Duch. Tut, this was nothing but an argument I cannot blame them all; What is't to them ?

That he that breaks a stick of Gloster's grove, 'Tis thine they give away, and not their own.

Shall lose his head for his presumption. Pirates may make cheap pennyworths of their But list to me, my Humphrey, my sweet duke, pillage,

Methought, I sat in seat of majesty, And purchase friends, and give to courtezans,

In the cathedral church of Westminster, Still revelling, like lords, till all be gone;

And in that chair where kings and queens are While as the silly owner of the goods

crown'd; Weeps over them, and wrings his hapless hands,

Where Henry, and dame Margaret, kneel'd to me, And shakes his head, and trembling stands aloof,

And on my head did set the diadem. While all is shar'd, and all is borne away;

Glo. Nay, Eleanor, then must I chide outright: Ready to starve, and dare not touch his own. Presumptuous dame, ill-nurtur'd Eleanor ! So York must and fret, and bite his tongue,

Art thou not second woman in the realm; While his own lands are bargain'd for, and sold.

And the protector's wife, belov'd of him ? Methinks, the realms of England, France, and Hast thou not worldly pleasure at command, Ireland,

Above the reach or compass of thy thought! Bear that proportion to my flesh and blood,

And wilt thou still be hammering treachery, As did the fatal brand Althea burn'd,

To tumble down thy husband, and thyself, Unto the prince's heart of Calydon.

From top of honor to disgrace's feet? Anjou and Maine, both given unto the French!

Away from me, and let me hear no more. Cold news for me, for I had hope of France,

Duch. What, what, my lord! are you so choleric Even as I have of fertile England's soil.

With Eleanor for telling but her dream?
A day will come, when York shall claim his own; Next time, I'll keep my dreams unto myself,

And not be check'd.
And therefore I will take the Nevil's part,
And make a show of love to proud duke Humphrey,

Glo. Nay, be not angry, I am pleas'd again. And, when I spy advantage, claim the crown,

Enter a Messenger.
For that's the golden mark I seek to hit:
Nor shall proud Lancaster usurp my right,

Mess. My lord protector, 'tis his highness' plea

sure, Nor hold his sceptre in his childish fist,

You do prepare to ride unto Saint Alban's, Nor wear the diadem upon his head,

Whereass the king and queen do mean to hawk. Whose church-like humors fit not for a crown. Glo. I go.-Come, Nell, thou wilt ride with us? Then. York, be still awhile, till time do serve:

Duch. Yes, good my lord, I'll follow presently. Watch thou, and wake, when others be asleep,

Exeunt GLOSTER und Messenger. To pry into the secrets of the state;

Follow I must, I cannot go before, Till Henry, surfeiting in joys of love,

While Gloster bears this base and humble mind. With his new bride, and England's dear-bought | Were I a man, a duke, and next of blood, queen,

I would remove these tedious stumbling-blocks, And Humphrey with the peers be fall'n at jars :

And smooth my way upon their headless necks: Then will I raise aloft the milk-white rose,

And, being a woman, I would not be slack
With whose sweet smell the air shall be perfumed; To play my part in fortune's pageant.
And in my standard bear the arms of York, Where are you there? sir John!: nay, fear not, man,
To grapple with the house of Lancaster;

We are alone; here's none but thee, and I.
And, force perforce, I'll make him yield the crown,
Whose bookish rule hath pul'd fair England down.

Enter HUME.
[Exit. Hume. Jesu preserve your royal majesty!

Duch. What say'st thou, majesty! I am but grace. SCENE II.-A Room in the Duke of Gloster's Hume. But, by the grace of God, and Hume's House.

advice,
Your grace's title shall be multiplied.

Duch. What say'st thou, man? hast thou as yet
Enter GLOSTER and the DUCHESS.

conferr'd Duch. Why droops my lord, like over-ripen'd corn, And Roger Bolingbroke, the conjurer?

With Margery Jourdain, the cunning witch; Hanging the head at Ceres' plenteous load?

And will they undertake to do me good? Why doth the great duke Humphrey knit his brows, Hume. This they have promised,—to show your As frowning at the favors of the world?

highness Why are thine eyes fix'd to the sullen earth,

A spirit rais'd from depth of under ground,
Gazing on that which seems to dim thy sight?

That shall make answer to such questions,
What seest thou there? king Henry's diadem,
Enchas'd with all the honors of the world?

As by your grace shall be propounded him.

Duch. It is enough; l’ll think upon the questions: If so, gaze on, and grovel on thy face,

When from Saint Alban's we do make return, Until thy head be circled with the same.

We'll see these things eflected to the full. Put forth thy hand, reach at the glorious gold :- Here, Hume, take this reward; make merry, man, What, is't too short? I'll lengthen it with mine:

With thy confederates in this weighty cause. And, having both together heav'd it up, We'll both together lift our heads to heaven;

[Exit DUCHESS:

Hume. Hume must make merry with the duchess' And never more abase our sight so low,

gold; As to vouchsafe one glance unto the ground. Glo. O Nell, sweet Nell, if thou dost love thy lord, Seal up your lips, and give no words but-mum!

Marry, and shall. But how now, sir John Hume? Banish the canker of ambitious thoughts:

The business asketh silent secrecy.
And may that thought, when I imagine ill
Against my king and nephew, virtuous Henry,

Dame Eleanor gives gold, to bring the witch:

Gold cannot come amiss, were she a devil, Be my last breathing in this mortal world!

Yet have I gold, flies from another coast : My troublous dream this night doth make me sad. I dare not say from the rich cardinal,

And from the great and new-made duke of Suffolk; • For ticklish.

Yet I do find it so: for, to be plain, Meleager; whose life was to continue only so long as a certain firebrand should last. His mother Alches having They, knowing dame Eleanor's aspiring humor, thrown it into the fire, he expired in torment.

& Where. A title frequently bestowed on the cicrgy.

Have hired me to undermine the duchess,

The imperiouschurchman; Somerset,Buckingham, And buz these conjurations in her brain.

And grumbling York: and not the least of these, They say, a crafty knave does need no broker; But can do more in England than the king. Yet am I Suffolk and the cardinal's broker;

Suf. And he of these that can do most of all, Hume, if you take not heed, you shall go near Cannot do more in England than the Nevils: To call them both a pair of crafty knaves.

Salisbury, and Warwick, are no simple peers. Well, so it stands; And thus, I fear, at last,

Q. Mar. Not all these lords do vex me half so Hume's knavery will be the duchess' wreck;

much, And her attainture will be Humphrey's fall: As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife. Sorts how it will, I shall have gold for all. (Exit. She sweeps it through the court with troops of ladies,

More like an empress than duke Humphrey's wife; SCENE III-A Room in the Palace.

Strangers in court do take her for the queen:

She bears a duke's revenues on her back,
Enter PETER, and others, with Petitions.

And in her heart she scorns her poverty: 1 Pet. My masters, let's stand close; my lord Shall I not live to be avenged on her ? protector will come this way by-and-by, and then Contemptuous base-born callat3 as she is, we may deliver our supplications in the quill.9. She vaunted 'mongst her minions t'other day,

2 Pet. Marry, the lord protect him, for he's a The very train of her worst wearing-gown good man! Jesu bless him!

Was better worth than all my father's lands, Enter SUFFOLK, and QUEEN MARGARET. Till Sulolk gave two dukedoms for his daughter. 1 Pet. Here 'a comes, methinks, and the queen

Suf. Madam, myself have limed a bush for her; with him : I'll be the first, sure.

And placed a quire of such enticing birds, 2 Pet. Come back, fool; this is the duke of That she will light to listen to the lays,

And never mount to trouble you again.
Suffolk, and not my lord protector.
Suf. How now, fellow? wouldst any thing with So, let her rest: and, madam, list to me;
me?

For I am bold to counsel you in this.

Although we fancy not the cardinal, 1 Pet. I pray my lord, pardon me! I took ye for my lord protector.

Yet must we join with him, and with the lords,

Till we have brought duke Humphrey in disgrace. Q: Mar. [Reading the superscription.) To my

As for the duke of York,—this late complainti lord protector! are your supplications to his lord

Will make but little for his benefit: ship? Let me see them: What is thine ?

1 Pet. Mine is, an't please your grace, against So, one by one, we'll weed them all at last, John Goodman, my lord cardinal's man, for keeping And you yourself shall steer the happy helm. my house, and lands, and wife, and all, from me. Enter KING HENRY, YORK and SOMERSET con

Suf, Thy wite too? that is some wrong, indeed.- versing with him; DUKE and DUCHESS OF What's yours ?-What's here! [Reads.] Against

GLOSTER, CARDINAL BEAUFORT, BUCKINGHAM, the Duke of Suffolk, for enclosing the commons of SALISBURY, and WARWICK. Meiforit.- How now, sir knave?

K. Men. For my part, noble lords, I care not 2 Pet. Alas, sir, I am but a poor petitioner of our which; Or Somerset, or York, all's one to me. whole township.

York. If York have ill demean'd himself in France, Peter. (Presenting his Petition.] Against my Then let him be denay'd the regentship. master, Thomas Horner, for saying, "That the duke Som. If Somerset be unworthy of the place, of York was rightful heir to the crown.

Let York be regent, I will yield to him. Q. Mar. What say'st thou? Did the duke of War. Whether your grace be worthy, yea, or no, York say,

he was rightful heir to the crown? Dispute not that: York is the worthier. Peter. That my master was? No, forsooth: my Car. Ambitious Warwick, let thy betters speak. master said, That he was; and that the king was War. The cardinal's not my better in the field. an usurper.

Buck. All in this presence, are thy betters, WarSuf. Who is there? [Enter Servants.l-Take

wick. this fellow in, and send for his master with a pur- War. Warwick may live to be the best of all. suivant presently:-we'll hear more of your matter Sal. Peace, son; and show some reason, before the king. (Exeunt Servants with PETER.

Buckingham,
Q. Mar. And as for you, that love to be protected Why Somerset should be preferr'd in this.
Under the wings of our protector's grace,

Q. Mar. Because the king, forsooth, will have it so Begin your suits anew, and sue to him.

Glo. Madam, the king is old enough himself

[Tears the Petition. To give his censure; these are no women's matters. Away, base cullions!' Suffolk, let them go.

Q. Mar. If he be old enough, what needs your All. Come, let's be gone. (Exeunt Petitioners.

grace Q. Mar. My lord of Suilolk, say, is this the guise To be protector of his excellence ? Is this the fashion in the court of England ?

Glo. Madam, I am protector of the realm ; Is this the government of Britian's isle,

And, at his pleasure, will resign my place. And this the royalty of Albion's king?

Suf. Resign it then, and leave thine insolence. What, shall king Henry be a pupil still,

Since thou wert king, (as who is king but thou ?) Under the surly Gloster's governance ?

The commonwealth hàth daily run to wreck: Am I a queen in title and in style,

The dauphin hath prevail'd beyond the seas; And must be made a subject to a duke?

And all the peers and nobles of the realm I tell thee, Poole, when in the city Tours

Have been as bondmen to thy sovereignty: Thou ran'st a tilt in honor of my love,

Car. The commons hast thou rack'd; the And stol'st away the ladies' hearts of France;

clergy's bags I thought king Henry had resembled thee,

Are lank and lean with thy extortions. In courage, courtship, and proportion:

Som. Thy sumptuous buildings, and thy wife's But all his mind is bent to holiness,

attire, To number Ave-Maries on his beads;

Have cost a mass of public treasury. His champions are-the prophets and apostles: Buck. Thy cruelty in execution, His weapons, holy saws? of sacred writ;

Upon oflenders, hath exceeded law, His study is his tilt-yard, and his loves

And left thee to the mercy of the law. Are brazen images of canonized saints.

Q. Mar. Thy sale otoffices, and towns in France, I would, the college of cardinals

If they were known, as the suspect is great,Would choose him pope, and carry him to Rome, Would make thee quickly hop without thy head. And set the triple crown upon his head;

[Exit GLOSTER. The QUEEN drops her fan. That were a state tit for his holiness.

Give me my fan: what, minion! can you not? Suf. Madam, be patient: as I was cause

(Gires the Duchess a box on the ear. Your highness came to England, so will I

I cry you mercy, madam; Was it you? In England work your grace's full content.

Duch. Was't I? yea, I it was, proud FrenchQ. Mar. Beside the haught protector, have we

woman! Bea ort,

3 Drab, trull. • liarpen.

4i. e. The complaint of Peter, the armorer's man, # With great exactness and observance of form.

against his master.

• Denied. Scoundrels.

» Sayings

« Censure bere means simple judgment or opinion.

Could I come near your beauty with my nails, against me. O Lord, have mercy upon me! I shall
I'd set my ten commandments in your face.7 never be able to fight a blow: 0 Lord, my heart!
K. Hen. Sweet aunt, be quiet: 'iwas against her Glo. Sirrah, or you must fight, or else be hang'd.
will.

K. Hen. Away with them to prison, and the day
Duch. Against her will! Good king, look to't Of combat shall be the last of the next month.-
in time;

Come, Somerset, we'll see thee sent away. [ Exeunt.
She'll hamper thee, and dandle thee like a baby:
Though in this place most master wear no breeches, SCENE IV.--The Duke of Gloster's Garden.
She shall not strike dame Eleanor unrevenged.

[Exit Duchess. Enter MARGERY JOURDAIN, HUME, SOUTHWELL, and Buck. Lord Cardinal, I will follow Eleanor,

BOLINGBROKE.
And listen after Humphrey, how he proceeds: Hume. Come, my masters; the duchess, I tell
She's tickled now; her fume can need no spurs, you, expects performance of your promises.
She'll gallop fast enough to her destruction.

Boling. Master Hume, we are therefore pro[Exit BUCKINGHAM. vided : Will her ladyship behold and hear our Re-enter GLOSTER.

exorcisms 8 Glo. Now, lords, my choler being over-blown,

Hume. Ay; What else? fear you not her courage. With walking once about the quadrangle,

Boling. I have heard her reported to be a woman I come to talk of commonwealth affairs.

of an invincible spirit: But it shall be convenient, As for your spiteful false objections,

master Hume, thai you be by her aloft, while we bé Prove them, and I lie open to the law:

busy below; and so, I pray you, go, in God's name, But God in mercy so deal with my soul,

and leave us. [Exit HUME.) Mother Jourdain, bé As I in duty love my king and country!

you prostrate, and groves on the earth :-John But, to the matter that we have in hand:

Southwell, read you; and let us to our work.
I say, my sovereign, York is meetest man

Enter DUCHESS, above.
To be your regent in the realm of France.
Suf. Before we make election, give me leave

Duch. Well said, my masters; and welcome all.
To show some reason, of no little torce,

To this gear;' the sooner the better.
That York is most unmeet of any man.

Boling. Patience, good lady; wizards know their
York. I'll tell thee, Suflolk, why I am unmeet

times: First, for I cannot flatter thee in pride:

Deep night, dark night, the silent of the night, Next, if I be appointed for the place,

The time of night when Troy was set on tire; My lord of Somerset will keep me here,

The time when screech-owls cry, and ban-dogs' Without discharge, money, or furniture,

howl, Till France be won into the dauphin's hands.

And spirits walk, and ghosts break up their graves, Last time, I danced attendance on his will,

That time best fits the work we have in hand. Till Paris was besieg'd, tamish'd, and lost.

Madam, sit you, and fear not; whom we raise,
War. That I can witness, and a fouler fact

We will make fást within a hallow'd verge.
Did never traitor in the land comm

(Here they perform the ceremonies appertaining, Suf. Peace, head-strong Warwick!

and make the circle; BOLINGBROKE, or SOUTHWur. Image of pride, why should I hold my

WELL, reads Conjuro te, &c. It thunders and peace?

lighiens, terribly; then the Spirit riseth.]
Enter Servants of SUFFOLK, bringing in HORNER Spir. Adsum.
and PETER.

M. Jourd. Asmath,
Suf. Because here is a man accus'd of treason:

By the eternal God, whose name and power

Thou tremblest at, answer that I shall ask;
Pray God the duke of York excuse himself!.
York. Doth any one accuse York for a traitor ?

For, till thou speak, thou shalt not pass from hence.
K. Hen. What mean'st thou, Suffolk ? tell me:

Spir. Ask what thou wilt:—That I had said and What are these ?

done! Suf. Please it your majesty, this is the man

Boling. First, of the King. What shall of him That doth accuse his master of high treason:

become?

[Reading out of a paper. His words were these ;—that Richard, duke of York, But him outlive, and die a violent death.

Spir. The duke yet lives that Henry shall depose;
Was rightful heir unto the English crown;
And that your majesty was an usurper.

[As the Spirit speaks, SOUTHWELL writes the K. Hen. Say, man, were these thy words?

answer. Hor. An't shall please your majesty, I never said

Boling. What fate awaits the duke of Suffolk? nor thought any such matter: God is my witness,

Spir. By water shall he die, and take his end. I am falsely accused by the villain.

Boling. What shall befall the duke of Somerset ? Pet. By these ten bones, my lords, (Holding up

Spir. Let him shun castles; his hands,] he did speak them to me in the garret

Sater shall he be upon the sandy plains,
one night, as we were scouring my lord of York's Than where castles mounted stand.

Have done! for more I hardly can endure.
York. Base dunghill villain, and mechanical,

Boling. Descend to darkness, and the burning

lake:
I'll have thy head for this thy traitor's speech:-
I do beseech your royal majesty,

False fiend, avoid !
Let him have all the rigor of the law.

[Thunder and lightning. Spirit descends. Hor. Alas, my lord, hang me, if ever I spake the Enter YORK and BUCKINGHAM, hastily, with their words. My accuser is my prentice: and when I

Guards, and others. did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me: I York. Lay hands upon these tractors, and their have good witness of this; therefore, I beseech your

trash. majesty, do not cast away an honest man for a Beldame, I think, we watch'd you at an inch.villain's accusation.

What, madam, are you there? the king and com-
K. Hen. Uncle, what shall we say to this in law?

monweal
Glo. This doom, my lord, if I may judge:- Are deeply indebted for this piece of pains:
Let Somerset be regent o'er the French,

My lord protector will, I doubt it not,
Because in York this breeds suspicion :

See you well guerdon'd2 for these good deserts.
And let these have a day appointed them

Dúch. Not half so bad as thine to England's king, For single combat in convenient place;

Injurious duke; that threat'st where is no cause. For he hath witness of his servant's malice:

Buck. True, madam, none at all. What call This is the law, and this duke Humphrey's doom.

[Showing her the papers.
K. Hen. Then be it so. My lord of Somerset, Away with them; let thein be clapp'd up close,
We make your grace lord regent o'er the French. And kept asunder :-You, madam, shall with us.-
Som. I humbly thank your royal majesty.

Staflörd, take her to thee.-
Hor. And I accept the combat willingly.

Exit Duchess from above.
Pet. Alas, my lord, I cannot fight; for God's
sake, pity my case ! the spite of man prevaileth spirits, and not to lay them.

• Ry exorcise, Shakspeare invariably means to raise

9 Matter or busiuess. : The marks of her fingers and thumbs.

Watch-dogs.

Rewarded.

armor.

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