Persons Represented. King Henry the Sixth. Humphrey, duke of Gloster [Gloucester], uncle to the king. Cardinal Beaufort, bishop of Winchester. Duke of York [Plantagenet], pretending to the crown. Duke of Buckingham, of the king's party. Duke of Somerset, of the king's party. Duke of Suffolk, of the king's party. Earl of Salisbury, of the York faction. Earl of Warwick, of the York faction. Lord Clifford, of the king's party. Lord Say. Lord Scales, governor of the Tower. Sir Humphrey Stafford. Young Stafford [William Stafford], his brother. Alexander Iden, a Kentish gentleman. Young Clifford, son to lord Clifford. Edward Plantagenet, son to the duke of York. Richard Plantagenet, son to the duke of York. Vaux, a sea captain [Lieutenant], and Walter Whitmore, pirates. A Herald. Hume and Southwell, two priests. Bolingbroke, an astrologer. A spirit, attending on Jordan the witch. Thomas Horner, an armourer. Peter, his man. Clerk of Chatham. Mayor of Saint Albans. Simpcox, an impostor. Jack Cade, Bevis [George], Michael, John Holland, Dick the butcher, Smith the weaver, and several others, rebels. Margaret, queen to king Henry VI. Dame Eleanor, wife to the duke of Gloster. Mother Jordan [Margery Jourdain], a witch. Wife to Simpcox. Petitioners, Aldermen, a Beadle, Sheriff, and Officers, Citizens, with Faulconers, Guards, Messengers, and other Attendants. [Petitioner 1], [Petitioner 2], [Townsman], [Sir John Stanley], [Neighbour 1], [Neighbour 2], [Neighbour 3], [Prentice 1], [Prentice 2], [Servant], [Post], [Soldier], [Citizen 1], [Murderer 1], [Murderer 2], [Commons], [Gentleman 1], [Master], [Master's Mate], [Gentleman 2], [Messenger], [Messenger 2] The SCENE is laid very dispersedly in several parts of England.

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