Opening of the book
Dramatis Personae
King Richard the Second
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, uncle to the king
Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, uncle to the king
Henry, surnamed Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, son to John of
Gaunt; afterwards King Henry IV
Duke of Aumerle, son to the Duke of York
Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk
Duke of Surrey
Earl of Salisbury
Lord Berkeley
Bushy, servant to King Richard
Bagot, servant to King Richard
Green, servant to King Richard
Earl of Northumberland
Henry Percy, surnamed Hotspur, his son
Lord Ross
Lord Willoughby
Lord Fitzwater
Bishop of Carlisle
Abbot of Westminster
Lord Marshal
Sir Stephen Scroop
Sir Pierce of Exton
Captain of a band of Welshmen
Queen to King Richard
Duchess of York
Duchess of Gloucester
Lady attending on the Queen
Lords, heralds, officers, soldiers, two gardeners, keeper, messenger, groom, and other attendants
Scene: England and Wales.
Act I
Scene I
London. KƗƿƄ RƗŕƒĵǡŠ’Ǫ palace.
(Enter KƗƿƄ RƗŕƒĵǡŠ, JLjƒƿ Ljż GĵǼƿǵ, with other Nobles and Attendants.)
KƗƿƄ
ƗŕƒĵǡŠ
Old John of Gaunt, time-honour’d Lancaster,
Hast thou, according to thy oath and band,
Brought hither Henry Hereford thy bold son,
Here to make good the boisterous late appeal,
Which then our leisure would not let us hear,
Against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray?
GĵǼƿǵ
I have, my liege.
KƗƿƄ
ƗŕƒĵǡŠ
Tell me, moreover, hast thou sounded him,
If he appeal the duke on ancient malice;
Or worthily, as a good subject should,
On some known ground of treachery in him?
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