THE map on the next page is a modified reproduction of one included in the famous Atlas of ORTELIUS (edition of 1580), those places only being indicated which are of interest in connection with the 'First Part of Henry VI' and 'Henry V.' Parallels of latitude are reckoned eastwardly around the globe from a line in the Atlantic Ocean about 20 degrees west of Greenwich; parallels of longitude are as in modern maps. The two lines of dashes mark the approximate limits of English dominion in France prior to the relief of Orleans in 1429. Only the central district, south of the Loire and east of Bordeaux, and the besieged city of Orleans then recognized the Dauphin's authority. KING HENRY THE SIXTH DUKE OF BEDFORD, Uncle to the King, Regent of France DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, Uncle to the King, and Protector DUKE OF EXETER, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, Great-Uncles to the King RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Son of Richard, late Earl of Cambridge; afterwards Duke of York DUKE OF SOMERSET EARL OF WARWICK EARL OF SALISBURY EARL OF SUFFOLK LORD TALBOT, afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury EDMUND MORTIMER, Earl of March SIR JOHN FASTOLFE SIR WILLIAM GLANSDALE SIR THOMAS GARGRAVE SIR WILLIAM LUCY VERNON, of the White-Rose, or York, Faction Mayor of London A Lawyer of the Temple Lords, Warders of the Tower, Mortimer's Keepers, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and Attendants CHARLES, Dauphin of France (legitimately, King Charles REIGNIER, Duke of Anjou, and titular King of Naples DUKE OF ALENÇON Governor of Paris General of the French Forces in Bordeaux Master-Gunner of Orleans, and his Son An old Shepherd, Father to Joan la Pucelle COUNTESS OF AUVERGNE JOAN LA PUCELLE, commonly called Joan of Arc SCENE: London and Westminster; various parts of France.] The First Part of Henry the Sixth ACT FIRST Scene One [Westminster Abbey] Dead March. Enter the Funeral of King Henry the Fifth, attended on by the Duke of Bedford, Regent of France; the Duke of Gloucester, Protector; the Duke of Exeter; Warwick; the Bishop of Winchester; and the Duke of Somerset [with Heralds, &c.]. Bed. Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night! Comets, importing change of times and states, Glo. England ne'er had a king until his time. 12 His brandish'd sword did blind men with his beams; 10 his: its 1 Hung... black; cf. n. He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered. 16 Exe. We mourn in black: why mourn we not in blood? Henry is dead and never shall revive. Upon a wooden coffin we attend, Win. He was a king bless'd of the King of kings. Unto the French the dreadful judgment-day 28 So dreadful will not be as was his sight. The battles of the Lord of hosts he fought: The church's prayers made him so prosperous. 32 32 Glo. The church! where is it? Had not churchmen pray'd, His thread of life had not so soon decay'd: None do you like but an effeminate prince, Whom like a school-boy you may over-awe. 36 Win. Gloucester, whate'er we like thou art pro- And lookest to command the prince and realm. Glo. Name not religion, for thou lov'st the flesh, And ne'er throughout the year to church thou go'st, 16 lift: lifted 40 |