[ Scene I.—THE PAINTED CHAMBER IN THE ROYAL PALACE AT WESTMINSTER.]
[Frequent reference is made in the Chronicles to the Painted Chamber, as the room wherein Henry V. held his councils.]
Trumpets sound.
King Henry([B]) discovered on his throne (centre)[*], Bedford,([C]) Gloster,([D]) Exeter,([E]) Warwick, Westmoreland, and others in attendance.
K. Hen. Where is my gracious Lord of Canterbury?
Exe. (L.) Not here in presence.
K. Hen. Send for him, good uncle.
Exeter beckons to a Herald, who goes off, L.H.
West. (L.) Shall we call in the ambassador, my liege?
K. Hen. Not yet, my cousin: we would be resolv’d,