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That never may ill office, or fell jealousy,
Which troubles oft the bed of blessed marriage,
Thrust in between the paction of these kingdoms,
To make divorce of their incorporate league;
That English may as French, French Englishmen,
Receive each other!-God speak this Amen!
All. Amen!

K. Hen. Prepare we for our marriage:-on which day,

My lord of Burgundy, we'll take your oath,
And all the peers, for surety of our leagues.-
Then shall I swear to Kate, and you to me;
And may our oaths well kept and prosp'rous be!

Enter CHORUS.

[Exeunt.

Thus far, with rough, and all unable pen,
Our bending author hath pursu'd the story;
In little room confining mighty men,

Mangling by starts the full course of their glory.
Small time, but, in that small, most greatly liv'd
This star of England: fortune made his sword;
By which the world's best garden he achiev'd,
And of it left his son imperial lord.

Henry the sixth, in infant bands crown'd king

Of France and England did this king succeed; Whose state so many had the managing,

That they lost France, and made his England bleed:

Which oft our stage hath shown; and, for their sake, In your fair minds let this acceptance take. [Exit.

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FIRST PART

OF

KING HENRY VI.

PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.

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.

Lord TALBOT, afterwards earl of Shrewsbury :
JOHN TALBOT, his son.

EDMUND MORTIMER, earl of March.

Mortimer's Keeper, and a Lawyer.

Sir JOHN FASTOLFE. Sir WILLIAM LUCY.
Sir WILLIAM GLANSDALE. Sir THOMAS GAR-
GRAVE.

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.
Governor of Paris. Bastard of Orleans.
Master-Gunner of Orleans, and his Son.

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