KING HENRY THE FIFTH. DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, brothers to the King. DUKE OF BEdford, DUKE OF EXETER, uncle to the King. The EARL Of Westmoreland. The ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY. The EARL OF CAMBRIDGE, LORD SCROOP, and Sir PISTOL, NYм, BARDOLPH, a Herald, and Boy. Charles the SIXTH, King of France. LEWIS, the Dauphin. The DUKE OF BURGUNDY, the DUKE OF ORLEANS, and the DUKE OF BOURBON. The CONSTABLE OF FRANCE. RAMBURES and GRANDPRÉ, French Lords. Governor of Harfleur. MONTJOY, a French Herald. Ambassadors to the King of England. ISABEL, Queen of France. KATHARINE, daughter to Charles and Isabel. ALICE, a Lady attending on the Princess Katharine. Hostess of a tavern in Eastcheap, formerly Mistress Quickly, now married to Pistol. Lords, Ladies, Officers, English and French Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants. CHORUS. SCENE,-At first in ENGLAND; afterwards in FRANCE. KING HENRY THE FIFTH. CHORUS. FOR a muse of fire, that would ascend Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Crouch for employment. But, pardon, gentles all, Are now confined two mighty monarchies, Think, when we talk of horses, that you see them Carry them here and there; jumping o'er times; Who, prologue-like, your humble patience pray, ACT I. SCENE I.-London. An Ante-chamber in the King's Palace. Enter the ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY and BISHOP OF ELY. Canterbury. Y lord, I'll tell you,—that self bill is urged, Which, in the eleventh year of the last king's reign, Was like, and had indeed against us pass'd, But that the scambling and unquiet time Did push it out of further question. Ely. But how, my lord, shall we resist it now? |