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DRAMATIS
PERSON M:
Ring Richard the Second.
Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, ) uncles to
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, j the king.
Henry, surnamed Bolingbroke, Duke of Here¬
ford, son to John of Gaunt; afterwards King
Henry IV.
Duke of Aumerle, son to the Dulce of Yofk.
Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk.
Duke of Surrey.
Earl of Salisbury.
Earl Berkley.-
Bushy, Bagot, Green, creatures to King Richard.
Earl of Northumberland.
Henry Percy, his son.
Lord Ross.
Lord Willoughby.
Lord Fitzwater.
Bishop of Carlisle.
Abbot of Westminster.
Lord Marshal.
Sir Pierce of Exton.
Sir Stephen Scroop.
Captain of a hand of Welshmen.
Queen to King Richard.
Duchess of Gloster.
Duchess of. York.
Lady attending on the Queen.
Lords, Heralds, Officers, Soldiers, Two Gardeners, Keeper, Messenger, Groom, and
other Attendants.
SCENE.—Dispersedly in England and Wales.
KING RICHARD II.
ACT L
SCENE I.—London. A Room in the Palace.
Enter King Richard, attended; John of Gaunt, and other
Nobles.
TT'ING RICHARD. 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, 5
Against the Duke of Norfolk, Thomas Mowbray ?
Gaunt. I have, my liege.
K. Rich. Tell me, moreover, hast thou sounded him,
If he appeal the duke on ancient malice ;
* The old editions do not contain any list of the characters represented, and the omission was
first supplied by Rowe. Steevens added some particulars:—‘ Duke of Aumerle : Aumerle or
Aumale is the French for what we now call Albemarle, which is a town in Normandy. The old
historians generally use the French title.—Earl Berkley : it ought to be Lord Berkley: there
was no Earl Berkley till some ages after.—Lord Ross: now spelt Roos, one of the Duke of
Rutland's titles.’ George, the fourteenth Lord Berkley, was created Earl of Berkley in 1675).
Thomas, the thirteenth Lord Roos or Ros, was created Earl of Rutland in 1525 ; the dukedom was
not conferred till 1703>