King Henry VI, the second part

by William Shakespeare

[Here they do the ceremonies belonging, and make the circle; Bolingbroke or Southwell reads “Conjuro te”, etc. It thunders and lightens terribly; then the Spirit riseth.]

SPIRIT.
Adsum.

M. JOURDAIN.
Asnath,
By the eternal God, whose name and power
Thou tremblest at, answer that I shall ask;
For till thou speak thou shalt not pass from hence.

SPIRIT.
Ask what thou wilt. That I had said and done!

BOLINGBROKE.
[Reads.] First of the King: what shall of him become?

SPIRIT.
The duke yet lives that Henry shall depose,
But him outlive and die a violent death.

[As the Spirit speaks, Southwell writes the answer.]

BOLINGBROKE.
[Reads.] What fates await the Duke of Suffolk?

SPIRIT.
By water shall he die and take his end.

BOLINGBROKE.
[Reads.] What shall befall the Duke of Somerset?