King Henry the Sixth Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, his uncle Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York Edward and Richard, his sons Duke of Som...

London. The palace. King: Flourish of trumpets: then hautboys. Enter the King, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, Salisbury, Warwick, and Cardinal Beaufort, on the one side; the Queen, Suffolk, York, Somer...

London. The palace. King: Flourish of trumpets: then hautboys. Enter the King, Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, Salisbury, Warwick, and Cardinal Beaufort, on the one side; the Queen, Suffolk, York, Somer...

The Duke of Gloucester’s house. Duke Humphrey: Enter Duke Humphrey and his wife Eleanor. Duchess: Why droops my lord, like over-ripen’d corn, Hanging the head at Ceres’ plenteous load? Why doth the gr...

The palace. Petitioners: Enter three or four Petitioners, Peter, the Armourer’s man, being one. First Petitioner: My masters, let’s stand close: my lord protector will come this way by and by, and the...

Gloucester’s garden. Margaret Jourdain: Enter Margaret Jourdain, Hume, Southwell, and Bolingbroke. Hume: Come, my masters; the duchess, I tell you, expects performance of your promises. Bolingbroke: M...

Saint Alban’s. King: Enter the King, Queen, Gloucester, Cardinal, and Suffolk, with Falconers halloing. Queen: Believe me, lords, for flying at the brook, I saw not better sport these seven years’ day...

Saint Alban’s. King: Enter the King, Queen, Gloucester, Cardinal, and Suffolk, with Falconers halloing. Queen: Believe me, lords, for flying at the brook, I saw not better sport these seven years’ day...

London. The Duke of York’s garden. York: Enter York, Salisbury, and Warwick. York: Now, my good Lords of Salisbury and Warwick, Our simple supper ended, give me leave In this close walk to satisfy mys...

A hall of justice. King: Sound trumpets. Enter the King, the Queen, Gloucester, York, Suffolk, and Salisbury; the Duchess of Gloucester, Margery Jourdain, Southwell, Hume, and Bolingbroke, under guard...

A street. Gloucester: Enter Gloucester and his Servingmen, in mourning cloaks. Gloucester: Thus sometimes hath the brightest day a cloud; And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wra...

The Abbey at Bury St. Edmund’s. King: Sound a sennet. Enter the King, the Queen, Cardinal Beaufort, Suffolk, York, Buckingham, Salisbury and Warwick to the Parliament. King: I muse my Lord of Gloucest...

The Abbey at Bury St. Edmund’s. King: Sound a sennet. Enter the King, the Queen, Cardinal Beaufort, Suffolk, York, Buckingham, Salisbury and Warwick to the Parliament. King: I muse my Lord of Gloucest...

Bury St. Edmund’s. A room of state. Murderers: Enter certain Murderers, hastily. First Murderer: Run to my Lord of Suffolk; let him know We have dispatch’d the duke, as he commanded. Second Murderer: ...

A bedchamber. King: Enter the King, Salisbury, Warwick, to the Cardinal in bed. King: How fares my lord? speak, Beaufort, to thy sovereign. Cardinal: If thou be’st death, I’ll give thee England’s trea...

The coast of Kent. Captain: Alarum. Fight at sea. Ordnance goes off. Enter a Captain, a Master, a Master’s-mate, Walter Whitmore, and others; with them Suffolk, and others, prisoners. Captain: The gau...

The coast of Kent. Captain: Alarum. Fight at sea. Ordnance goes off. Enter a Captain, a Master, a Master’s-mate, Walter Whitmore, and others; with them Suffolk, and others, prisoners. Captain: The gau...

Blackheath. George Bevis: Enter George Bevis and John Holland. Bevis: Come, and get thee a sword, though made of a lath: they have been up these two days. Holland: They have the more need to sleep now...

Another part of Blackheath. Staffords: Alarums to the fight, wherein both the Staffords are slain. Enter Cade and the rest. Cade: Where’s Dick, the butcher of Ashford? Dick: Here, sir. Cade: They fell...

London. The palace. King: Enter the King with a supplication, and the Queen with Suffolk’s head, Duke of Buckingham and the Lord Say. Queen: Oft have I heard that grief softens the mind And makes it f...

London. The Tower. Lord Scales: Enter Lord Scales upon the Tower, walking. Then enter two or three Citizens below. Scales: How now! is Jack Cade slain? First Citizen: No, my lord, nor likely to be sla...

London. Cannon Street. Jack Cade: Enter Jack Cade and the rest, and strikes his staff on London-stone. Cade: Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sitting upon London-stone, I charge and comman...

London. Smithfield. Matthew Goffe: Alarums. Matthew Goffe is slain, and all the rest. Then enter Jack Cade, with his company. Cade: So, sirs: now go some and pull down the Savoy; others to the inns of...

Southwark. Cade: Alarum and retreat. Enter Cade and all his rabblement. Cade: Up Fish Street! down Saint Magnus’ Corner! Kill and knock down! throw them into Thames! Sound a parley. What noise is this...

Kenilworth Castle. King: Sound Trumpets. Enter King, Queen, and Somerset, on the terrace. King: Was ever king that joy’d an earthly throne, And could command no more content than I? No sooner was I cr...

Kent. Iden’s garden. Cade: Enter Cade. Cade: Fie on ambition! fie on myself, that have a sword, and yet am ready to famish! These five days have I hid me in these woods and durst not peep out, for all...

Fields between Dartford and Blackheath. York: Enter York, and his army of Irish, with drum and colours. York: From Ireland thus comes York to claim his right, And pluck the crown from feeble Henry’s h...

Fields between Dartford and Blackheath. York: Enter York, and his army of Irish, with drum and colours. York: From Ireland thus comes York to claim his right, And pluck the crown from feeble Henry’s h...

Saint Alban’s. Warwick: Alarums to the battle. Enter Warwick. Warwick: Clifford of Cumberland, ’tis Warwick calls: And if thou dost not hide thee from the bear, Now, when the angry trumpet sounds alar...

Fields near St. Alban’s. York: Alarum. Retreat. Enter York, Richard, Warwick, and Soldiers, with drum and colours. York: Of Salisbury, who can report of him, That winter lion, who in rage forgets Aged...