DRAMATIS PERSONÆ Chorus. King Henry the Fifth. Duke of Gloucester, brother to the King. Duke of Bedford, brother to the King. Duke of Exeter, uncle to the King. Duke of York, cousin to the King. Earl of Salisbury. Earl of Westmoreland. Earl of Warwick. Archbishop of Canterbury. Bishop of Ely. Earl of Cambridge, conspirator against the King. Lord Scroop, conspirator against the King. Sir Thomas Grey, conspirator against the King. Sir Thomas Erpingham, officer in the King's army. Gower, officer in the King's army. Fluellen, officer in the King's army. Macmorris, officer in the King's army. Jamy, officer in the King's army. Bates, soldier in the King's army. Court, soldier in the King's army. Williams, soldier in the King's army. Nym, soldier in the King's army. Bardolph, soldier in the King's army. Pistol, soldier in the King's army. Boy. A Herald. Charles the Sixth, King of France. Lewis, the Dauphin. Duke of Burgundy. Duke of Orleans. Duke of Britaine. Duke of Bourbon. The Constable of France. Rambures, French lord. Grandpre, French lord. Governor of Harfleur. Montjoy, a French herald. Ambassadors to the King of England. Isabel, Queen of France. Katharine, daughter to Charles and Isabel. Alice, a lady attending her. Mrs. Quickly of the Boar's Head, Eastcheap; now married to Pistol. Lords, Ladies, Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, Attendants. Messenger, French Soldier, Knight

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[Prologue] Enter Prologue.
O For a Muse of Fire, that would ascend
The brightest Heauen of Inuention:
A Kingdome for a Stage, Princes to Act,
And Monarchs to behold the swelling Scene.
Then should the Warlike Harry, like himselfe,
Assume the Port of Mars, and at his heeles
(Leasht in, like Hounds) should Famine, Sword, and Fire
Crouch for employment. But pardon, Gentles all:
The flat vnraysed Spirits, that hath dar'd,
On this vnworthy Scaffold, to bring forth
So great an Obiect. Can this Cock-Pit hold
The vastie fields of France? Or may we cramme
Within this Woodden O, the very Caskes
That did affright the Ayre at Agincourt?
O pardon: since a crooked Figure may
Attest in little place a Million,
And let vs, Cyphers to this great Accompt,
On your imaginarie Forces worke.
Suppose within the Girdle of these Walls
Are now confin'd two mightie Monarchies,
Whose high, vp-reared, and abutting Fronts,
The perillous narrow Ocean parts asunder.
Peece out our imperfections with your thoughts:
Into a thousand parts diuide one Man,
And make imaginarie Puissance.
Thinke when we talke of Horses, that you see them
Printing their prowd Hoofes i'th' receiuing Earth:
For 'tis your thoughts that now must deck our Kings,
Carry them here and there: Iumping o're Times;
Turning th'accomplishment of many yeeres
Into an Howre-glasse: for the which supplie,
Admit me Chorus to this Historie;
Who Prologue-like, your humble patience pray,
Gently to heare, kindly to iudge our Play. Exit.

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