The Second Part of Henry the Sixth, with the Death of the Good Duke Humphrey
ACT FIRST
Scene One
[London. A Room of State in the Palace]
Flourish of Trumpets: then hautboys. Enter King, Duke Humphrey, Salisbury, Warwick, and Beaufort, on the one side. The Queen, Suffolk, York, Somerset, and Buckingham on the other.
Suf. As by your high imperial majesty
I had in charge at my depart for France,
As procurator to your excellence,
To marry Princess Margaret for your Grace; 4
So, in the famous ancient city, Tours,
In presence of the Kings of France and Sicil,
The Dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Britaine, and Alençon,
Seven earls, twelve barons, and twenty reverend bishops, 8
I have perform'd my task, and was espous’d:
And humbly now upon my bended knee,
In sight of England and her lordly peers,
Deliver up my title in the queen 12
To your most gracious hands, that are the substance
Of that great shadow I did represent;
The happiest gift that ever marquess gave,
The fairest queen that ever king receiv'd. 16
The Second . . . Henry the Sixth; cf. n.
2 had in charge: was commissioned
depart: departure
3 procurator: proxy
6 Sicil: Réné, Margaret's father, titular king of Sicily
