RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York. EDWARD, Earl of March, afterwards MARQUIS OF MONTAGUE, EARL OF PEMBROKE, LORD HASTINGS, LORD STAFFORD, SIR JOHN MORTIMER, Lieutenant of the Tower. Two Keepers. A Huntsman. Uncles to the Duke of York. Lady GREY. his Sons. A Son that has killed his Father. of the Duke of York's Party. HENRY, Earl of Richmond, a Youth. QUEEN MARGARET. LADY GREY, afterwards Queen to Edward the BONA, sister to the French Queen. Soldiers, and other Attendants on King Henry and SCENE, during part of the third act, in France; during all the rest of the play, in England. ACT I. SCENE I-London. The Parliament House. Drums. Some Soldiers of YORK's party break in. Then enter the DUKE OF YORK, EDWARD, RICHARD, NORFOLK, MONTAGUE, WARWICK, and others, with white Roses in their Hats. War. I wonder how the king escaped our hands. York. While we pursued the horsemen of the north, He slily stole away, and left his men: Is cither slain, or wounded dangerous: I cleft his beaver with a downright blow, [Showing his bloody Sword. Mont. And, brother, here's the earl of Wiltshire's blood, [To YORK, showing his. Whom I encounter'd as the battles join'd. Rich. Speak thou for me, and tell them what I did. [Throwing down the DUKE OF SOMERSET'S Head. York. Richard hath best deserv'd of all my sons.What, is your grace dead, my lord of Somerset? Norf. Such hope have all the line of John of Gaunt! Rich. Thus do I hope to shake king Henry's head. War. And so do I.-Victorious prince of York, Before I see thee seated in that throne Which now the house of Lancaster usurps, I vow by heaven, these eyes shall never close. This is the palace of the fearful king, the swords or common soldiers slain. - in, Edw. Lord Stafford's father, duke of Buckingham, Is cither slain, or wounded dangerous: Which now the house of Lancaster usurps, 524 |