KING HENRY THE FIFTH. DUKE of GLOSTER, DUKE of BEDFORD, } Brothers to the King. DUKE of YORK, DUKE of EXETER,Uncles to the King, EARL of SALISBURY. EARL of WESTMORELAND. EARL of WARWICK. ARCHBISHOP of CANTERBURY, Henry Chichelcy. BISHOP of ELY, John Fordham. EARL of CAMBRIDGE, LORD SCROOP, SIR THOMAS GREY, } c Conspirators against the King. SIR THOMAS ERPINGHAM, GOWER, FLUELLEN, MACKMORRIS, JAMY, Officers in King Henry's army. NYM, BARDOLPH, PISTOL, BOY, formerly Servants to Falftaff, now Soldiers in the King's Army. BATES, COURT, WILLIAMS, Soldiers. CHARLES, the Sixth, King of France. The DAUPHIN. DUKE of BURGUNDY. CONSTABLE, ORLEANS, RAMBURES, BOURBON, GRANDPREE, French Lords. GOVERNOR of HARFLEUR. MONTJOY, a Herald. Ambaffadors to the King of England. ISABEL, Queen of France. KATHARINE, Daughter to the King of France. ALICE, a Lady attending on the Princefs Katharine. Chorus. Lords, Meffengers, French and English Soldiers, with other Attendants. The SCENE, at the Leginning of the Play, lies in England; but afterwards, wholly in France. This Play was written in the year 1599, upon the Plan of exhibiting a continuance of our Annals in a series of theatrical compofitions: it contains the principal tranfactions of the first eight years of this king's reign, concluding with his marriage of Katharine Princefs of France, and thereby cementing the differences between the two Grown CHOR U S. O, for a mufe of fire, that would afcend The brightest heaven of invention! A kingdom for a ftage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the fwelling scene! On this unworthy fcaffold, to bring forth b That did affright the air at Agincourt? And let us, cyphers to this great accompt, bounds," the dogs of war." JULIUS CAESAR, Act III. S.1. Ant. this wooden O,]-this circular theatre-the Globe, where most of Shakespeare's plays were performed. the very cafques]-even the helmets, the helmets alone. crooked figure may atteft,]-the numeral character j may exprefs. imaginary forces]-powers of imagination. Into a thousand parts divide one man, And make imaginary puissance:]— Suppofe each man to reprefent a thoufand, thus let your fancy multiply our forces. B 2 And And make imaginary puiffance: Think, when we talk of horfes, that you fee them Who, prologue-like, your humble patience pray, f deck our kings,]-furnish them with all the enfigns and appendages of royal magnificence. & Turning, &c.]-reprefenting, within the space of a few hours, the tranfactions of many years. For the which jupply, &c.]-Permit me, after apologizing for these defects, humbly to befpeak your patient hearing, and candid judgment of this performance. LIF LIFE OF KING HENRY V. ACT I. SCENE L An antichamber in the English court, at Kenelworth. But that the scambling and unquiet time Ely. But how, my lord, fhall we resist it now? Would they strip from us; being valu'd thus,- Self-felfsame. B 3 |