. The standard edition of the pictorial Shakspere. [Duke of Glosters Garden. Incantation Scene.] 80. [Marriage of Henry VI. and Margaret of Anjou.] ILLUSTRATION OF ACT L HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATION. The connexion between the last scene of the FirstPart of Henry VI. and the first scene of the SecondPart is as perfect as if they each belonged to oneplay. The concluding words of that last scene showus SufiFolk departing for France for the accomplish-ment of the anxious wish of Henry— That Lady IMargaret do vouchsafe to comeTo cross the seas to England. In the first lines of the Second Part we find Su
. The standard edition of the pictorial Shakspere. [Duke of Glosters Garden. Incantation Scene.] 80. [Marriage of Henry VI. and Margaret of Anjou.] ILLUSTRATION OF ACT L HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATION. The connexion between the last scene of the FirstPart of Henry VI. and the first scene of the SecondPart is as perfect as if they each belonged to oneplay. The concluding words of that last scene showus SufiFolk departing for France for the accomplish-ment of the anxious wish of Henry— That Lady IMargaret do vouchsafe to comeTo cross the seas to England. In the first lines of the Second Part we find Suffolkreturned from his mission, the purpose of which, asexpressed in the last scene of the First Part, he hererecapitulates. The passage of the poet is almostexactly copied from the historians, — Holinshedbeing in this case a literal transcriber from Hall:— The Marquis of Suffolk, as procurator to KingHenry, espoused the said lady in the church ofSaint Martins. At the which marriage were pre-sent the father and mother of the bride; the Frenchking himself, which was uncle to the husband ; a
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