King Henry VI, Part II (Webster's Thesaurus Edition)

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by  William Shakespeare

KING HENRY VI, PART II

Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®,
GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation

William Shakespeare

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King Henry VI, Part II

Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®,
GMAT®, and AP® English Test Preparation

William Shakespeare

PSAT® is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board and the National Merit
Scholarship Corporation neither of which sponsors or endorses this book; SAT® is a registered
trademark of the College Board which neither sponsors nor endorses this book; GRE®, AP® and
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sponsors nor endorses this book, GMAT® is a registered trademark of the Graduate Management
Admissions Council which is neither affiliated with this book nor endorses this book, LSAT® is a
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King Henry VI, Part II: Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT®, SAT®, GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT®, and
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Contents

PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR..........................................................................................1

PERSONS REPRESENTED................................................................................................3

ACT I................................................................................................................................5

ACT II.............................................................................................................................35

ACT IV............................................................................................................................97

ACT V...........................................................................................................................133

GLOSSARY...................................................................................................................151

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PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR

Designed for school districts, educators, and students seeking to maximize performance on
standardized tests, Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently
assigned readings in English courses. By using a running thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this
edition of King Henry VI, Part II by William Shakespeare was edited for students who are actively
building their vocabularies in anticipation of taking PSAT®, SAT®, AP® (Advanced Placement®),
GRE®, LSAT®, GMAT® or similar examinations.1

Webster’s edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of
synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in
other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic
words and expressions are given lower priority in the notes compared to words which are “difficult,
and often encountered” in examinations. Rather than supply a single synonym, many are provided
for a variety of meanings, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of the English language,
and avoid using the notes as a pure crutch. Having the reader decipher a word’s meaning within
context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not
already highlighted on previous pages. If a difficult word is not noted on a page, chances are that it
has been highlighted on a previous page. A more complete thesaurus is supplied at the end of the
book; Synonyms and antonyms are extracted from Webster’s Online Dictionary.

Definitions of remaining terms as well as translations can be found at www.websters-online-
dictionary.org. Please send suggestions to [email protected]

The Editor
Webster’s Online Dictionary
www.websters-online-dictionary.org
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PERSONS REPRESENTED

KING HENRY THE SIXTH.%
HUMPHREY, Duke of Gloster, his uncle.
CARDINAL BEAUFORT, Bishop of Winchester, great-uncle to the King.
RICHARD PLANTAGENET, Duke of York.
EDWARD and RICHARD, his sons.
DUKE OF SOMERSET.
DUKE OF SUFFOLK.
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.
LORD CLIFFORD.
YOUNG CLIFFORD, his son.
EARL OF SALISBURY.
EARL OF WARWICK.
LORD SCALES.
LORD SAY.
SIR HUMPHREY STAFFORD, and WILLIAM
STAFFORD, his brother.
SIR JOHN STANLEY.
VAUX.
MATTHEW GOFFE.
A SEA-CAPTAIN, MASTER, and MASTER'S-MATE, and WALTER
WHITMORE.
TWO GENTLEMEN, prisoners with Suffolk.

Thesaurus
brother: (n) fellow, blood brother, nobleman, fist, chief; (v) pass, box, according to Matthew, St Matthew.
associate, counterpart, crony, deliver. uncle: (n) father's younger brother,
comrade, buddy, peer, chum, earl: (n) baron, jarl, peer, thane, elder uncle, father's older brother,
sidekick, monk. ANTONYMS: (n) viscount, banneret, chief, lord. father's sister's husband, husband of
enemy, opposer, opponent. edward: (n) prince Edward, Black paternal aunt, maternal uncle, niece,
cardinal: (adj) capital, fundamental, Prince. benefactor, EME, helper, kinsman.
central, main, key, chief, primal; (adj, lord: (n) chief, king, noble, sir, duke, young: (n, v) offspring; (adj, n)
n) paramount, essential, vital, radical. master, God, seignior, nobility, juvenile; (adj) immature, fresh,
ANTONYMS: (adj) secondary, Mister, potentate. ANTONYM: (n) adolescent, new, raw, baby, childish,
inessential, insignificant, minor, lady. early; (n) progeny. ANTONYMS:
ordinal, unimportant. matthew: (n) St Matthew the apostle, (adj) old, mature, adult, ripe, older,
duke: (n) lord, prince, hand, saint Matthew, Levi, gospel late; (adj, n) aged.
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JOHN HUME,
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Priests

JOHN SOUTHWELL,
ROGER BOLINGBROKE, a conjurer.%
THOMAS HORNER, an armourer.
PETER, his man.
CLERK OF CHATHAM.
MAYOR OF SAINT ALBAN’S.
SIMPCOX, an impostor.
ALEXANDER IDEN, a Kentish gentleman.
JACK CADE, a rebel.
GEORGE BEVIS,
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JOHN HOLLAND,
DICK the butcher, followers of Cade
SMITH the weaver,
MICHAEL,
TWO MURDERERS.
MARGARET, Queen to King Henry.
ELEANOR, Duchess of Gloster.
MARGARET JOURDAIN, a witch.
WIFE to Simpcox.
LORDS, LADIES, and ATTENDANTS, PETITIONERS, ALDERMEN, a
HERALD, a BEADLE, SHERIFF, and OFFICERS, CITIZENS, PRENTICES,
FALCONERS, GUARDS, SOLDIERS, MESSENGERS, etc.
A SPIRIT.

Thesaurus
alexander: (n) Alexanders, horse accountant, recorder; (v) scrivener, mutineer; (n) traitor, insurrectionist,
parsley, black lovage. scribe. anarchist. ANTONYMS: (adj, n)
armourer: (n) maker, manufacturer, impostor: (n) fraud, cheat, hypocrite, conformist; (n) stalwart; (adj)
artificer. fake, imposter, sham, charlatan, compliant, content, obedient; (v)
butcher: (v) slaughter, kill, murder, deceiver, faker, cheater, pretender. agree, obey.
slay; (n, v) massacre, botch; (n) mayor: (n) provost, mayoress, city weaver: (n) avadavat, Baya, ricebird,
assassin, bungler, slaughterer, manager, politician, mayoralty, amadavat, oscine, weaver finch,
meatman, murderer. ANTONYMS: official, civil authority, administrator; tissue, texture, textile fabric,
(v) develop, create, grow, build. (adj) major. weaverbird, oscine bird.
clerk: (n, v) writer, secretary, rebel: (v) mutiny, disobey, arise; (adj, witch: (n) hag, pythoness, sorceress,
transcriber; (n) servant, shop n) nonconformist, insurgent; (adj, n, enchantress, magician, lamia; (v)
assistant, salesclerk, employee, v) renegade; (n, v) revolt; (adj) charm, bewitch, glamour, hex, jinx.
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ACT %I

SCENE I. LONDON. THE PALACE

[Flourish of trumpets: then hautboys. Enter the KING, GLOSTER,
SALISBURY, WARWICK, and CARDINAL BEAUFORT, on the one side; the
QUEEN, SUFFOLK, YORK, SOMERSET, and BUCKINGHAM, on the other.]
SUFFOLK.
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,
So, in the famous ancient city Tours,
In presence of the Kings of France and Sicil,
The Dukes of Orleans, Calaber, Bretagne, and Alencon,
Seven earls, twelve barons, and twenty reverend bishops,
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
To your most gracious hands, that are the substance

Thesaurus
bended: (adj) bent, bowed. boorish, discourteous, reserved, rude, (adj) haughty, grand, August,
depart: (v) go, deviate, decease, abrupt, critical, unkind, hardhearted, domineering, disdainful, arrogant,
diverge, start, stray, wander, leave, harsh, poor. imperious, lofty. ANTONYM: (adj)
die, vary, part. ANTONYMS: (v) stay, humbly: (adv) lowly, meanly, humble.
arrive, enter, come, abide, conform, modestly, submissively, low, shyly, procurator: (n) agent, proxy, assignee,
continue, remain, appear, converge, lowlily, naturally, regretfully, attorney, substitute, lawyer, deputy,
return. remorsefully, repentantly. vicegerent, placeholder, bureaucrat,
gracious: (adj) genial, benign, good, ANTONYMS: (adv) conceitedly, administrative official.
courteous, compassionate, kind, haughtily, pompously, trumpets: (n) Sarracenia flava, yellow
accommodating, civil; (adj, n) ostentatiously, unrepentantly, pitcher plant, pitcher plant, yellow
benevolent, congenial, gentle. affluently, brashly, pretentiously. trumpet.
ANTONYMS: (adj) ungracious, lordly: (adj, v) dignified, proud, noble;