SCENE: England.
KING HENRY THE SIXTH

MARGARET, Queen to King Henry

Humphrey, Duke of GLOUCESTER, his uncle

ELEANOR, Duchess of Gloucester

CARDINAL Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King

DUKE OF SOMERSET

DUKE OF SUFFOLK

DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM

LORD CLIFFORD

YOUNG CLIFFORD, his son

VAUX

Richard Plantagenet, Duke of YORK

EDWARD and RICHARD, his sons

EARL OF SALISBURY

EARL OF WARWICK

THOMAS HORNER, an armourer

PETER THUMP, his man

JOHN HUME, a priest

JOHN SOUTHWELL, a priest

Margery JOURDAIN, a witch

ROGER BOLINGBROKE, a conjurer

SIMPCOX, an impostor

Wife to Simpcox

Mayor of Saint Albans

SIR JOHN STANLEY

Two Murderers

A LIEUTENANT

MASTER

Master’s-Mate

Walter WHITMORE

Two Gentlemen, prisoners with Suffolk

Jack CADE, a rebel

George BEVIS

John HOLLAND

DICK the butcher

SMITH the weaver

MICHAEL, etc., followers of Cade

CLERK of Chartham

SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD

WILLIAM STAFFORD, his brother

LORD SCALES

LORD SAYE

MATTHEW GOUGH

Alexander IDEN, a Kentish gentleman

Lords, Ladies, and Attendants, Petitioners, Aldermen, a Herald, a Beadle, Sheriff, and Officers, Citizens, Prentices, Falconers, Guards, Soldiers, Messengers, &c.

A Spirit