in 2 Henry the Sixth (The First Part of the Contention betwixt the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster) — Shakespeare, William; Marlowe, Christopher; Anonymous (?)
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2 Henry the Sixth (The First Part of the Contention betwixt the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster)
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never see a lord wear a leather aperne, now adais. Why theres Dick the Butcher, & Robin the Sadler, and Will that came a wooing to our Nan last sunday, & Harry and Tom, & Gregory that should have your Pa nil, & a great sort more is come from Rochester, & from Maidstone, & Can terbury, & all the towns here about, and we must all
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Come away Neck, and put a long staff in thy pike, and provide thy self, for I can tell thee, they have been up this two days. Why sirrah, Jack Cade the Diar of Ashford here, He means to turn this land, and set a new nap on it. I warrant thee, thou shalt never see a lord wear a leather aperne, now adais. Why theres Dick the Butcher, & Robin the Sadler, and Will that came a wooing to our Nan last sunday, & Harry and Tom, & Gregory that should have your Pa nil, & a great sort more is come from Rochester, & from Maidstone, & Can terbury, & all the towns here about, and we must all be lords or squires, assoon as Jack Cade is King. Thats true, I know he can endure any thing, For I have seen him whipped two market days together. Yea and stinking law too, for his breath stinks so, that one cannot abide it. My Lord, a prize, a prize, heres the Lord Say, Which sold the towns in France.
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Plot — 2 Henry the Sixth (The First Part of the Contention betwixt the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster)
Siiffolk brings KingiHenryiVd his new queen, Margaret, having been his proxy at their wedding in France; the agreement means peace with France, but also the surrender of some of England’s French possessions. In England, factions develop for and against Gioueester, the Lord Protector, while WOFk intends to claim the crown for himself; moreover, rivalry brews between the Queen and Gloucester’s ambitious wife, who also covets the throne. Common talk about York’s claim to the crown means that SOimierset supplants him as Regent of France, and this talk is later verified in a trial by combat. _ ile incites the DGGHESSIGAEGIONEESEr to solicit demonic predictions about England’s political future (some of which come true later in the play); she is forced to do penance, and banished. By careful questioning, Gloucester establishes that a supposed miracle is actually fraudulent. Somerset’s regency results in the loss of all England’s French lands; the Queen and barons unite to lay the blame on Gloucester and have him first arrested for high treason, then murdered. Suffolk is . banished by popular acclamation, captured at sea by pirates, and beheaded. MH@NCaFdifial dies in a delirium ‘of guilt for his part in Gloucester’s murder. , ’ York goes to put down a rising in Ireland, and arranges for a rebellion in his absence to give him a reason to return in arms: Jaeki@ade and his men duly wreak havoc in London before Glifférd quells the rebellion with a promise of pardon; Cade himself is caught, starving, on private land, and killed. York returns in arms, but dismisses his troops on learning that Cade has been defeated and Somerset imprisoned; -but Somerset’s disgrace proves to be a deception, and civil war breaks out. The Yorkists win the battle of St Albans, and Henry flees to London to hold a parliament.