[V. 4. 121]. Malone, followed by Singer, Mr Collier, and Herr Delius, attributes the emendation ‘prison’d’ for ‘poison’d’ to Pope. Mr Staunton rightly assigns it to Theobald.
THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH.
DRAMATIS PERSONƆ.
- KING HENRY the Sixth.
- HUMPHREY, Duke of Gloucester, his uncle.
- CARDINAL BEAUFORT, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King.
- RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York.
- EDWARD and RICHARD, his sons.
- DUKE OF SOMERSET.
- DUKE OF SUFFOLK.
- DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.
- LORD CLIFFORD.
- Young CLIFFORD, his son.
- EARL OF SALISBURY.
- EARL OF WARWICK.
- LORD SCALES.
- LORD SAY.
- SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD, and WILLIAM STAFFORD, his brother.
- SIR JOHN STANLEY.
- VAUX.
- MATTHEW GOFFE‡.
- A Sea-captain, Master, and Master’s-Mate, and WALTER WHITMORE.
- Two Gentlemen, prisoners with Suffolk.
- JOHN HUME and JOHN SOUTHWELL, priests.
- BOLINGBROKE, a conjurer.
- THOMAS HORNER, an armourer. PETER, his man.
- Clerk of Chatham. Mayor of Saint Alban’s.
- SIMPCOX, an impostor.
- ALEXANDER IDEN, a Kentish gentleman.
- JACK CADE, a rebel.
- GEORGE BEVIS, JOHN HOLLAND, DICK the butcher, SMITH the weaver, MICHAEL, &c., followers of Cade.
- Two Murderers.
- MARGARET, Queen to King Henry.
- ELEANOR, Duchess of Gloucester.
- MARGARET JOURDAIN, a witch.
- Wife to Simpcox.
Lords, Ladies, and Attendants, Petitioners, Aldermen, a Herald, a Beadle, Sheriff, and Officers, Citizens, ’Prentices, Falconers, Guards, Soldiers, Messengers, &c.
A Spirit.
SCENE: England.
† DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.] First given imperfectly by Rowe.
‡ MATTHEW GOFFE.] Edd. (French conj.). om. Rowe.