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• Publisher's Notice
• To My Worthy Friend , Master Thomas Hammon, of Gray's Inn , &c.
• Persons Represented.
• The Jew of Malta.
• Act the First.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Act the Second.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Act the Third.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Scene V.
• Scene VI.
• Act the Fourth.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Scene V.
• Scene VI.
• Act the Fifth.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Scene V.
• Edward the Second.
• Act the First.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Act the Second.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Scene V.
• Act the Third.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Act the Fourth.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Scene V.
• Scene VI.
• Act the Fifth.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Scene V.
• Scene VI.
• The Massacre At Paris.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Scene V.
• Scene VI.
• Scene VII.
• Scene VIII.
• Scene IX.
• Scene X.
• Scene XI.
• Scene XII.
• Scene XIII.
• Scene XIV.
• Scene XV.
• Scene XVI.
• Scene XVII.
• Scene XVIII.
• Scene XIX.
• Scene XX.
• Scene XXI.
• Scene XXII.
• Scene XXIII.
• Scene XXIV.
• The Tragedy of Dido, Queen of Carthage.
• Act I.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Act II.
• Scene I.
• Act III.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene III.
• Scene IV.
• Act IV.
• Scene I.
• Scene II.
• Scene Iii
• Scene IV.
• Scene V
• Act V.
• Scene I.

SCENE VI.

Enter1Guise, Anjou, Dumaine, Gonzago, Retes, Mountsorrell, and Soldiers, to the massacre.

Guise.

• Anjou, Dumaine, Gonzago, Retes, swear,
• By the argent crosses in your burgonets,
• To kill all that you suspect of heresy.

Dum.

• I swear by this, to be unmerciful.

Anj.

• I am disguis'd, and none knows who I am,
• And therefore mean to murder all I meet.

Gon.

• And so will I.

Retes.

• And I.

Guise.

• Away, then! break into the Admiral's house.

Retes.

• Ay, let the Admiral be first despatch'd.

Guise.

• The Admiral,

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• Chief standard-bearer to the Lutherans,
• Shall in the entrance1 of this massacre
• Be murder'd in his bed.
• Gonzago, conduct them thither; and then

Anj.

• That charge is mine.—Switzers, keep you the streets;
• And at each corner shall the king's guard stand.

Gon.

• Come, sirs, follow me.
• [ExitGonzagowith others

Anj.

• Cousin, the captain of the Admiral's guard,
• Plac'd by my brother, will betray his lord.

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• Now, Guise, shall Catholics flourish once again;
• The head being off, the members cannot stand.

Retes.

• But look, my lord, there's some in the Admiral's house.
• Gonzagoand others enter theAdmiral'SHouse; TheAdmiraldiscovered in bed.

Anj.

• In lucky time: come, let us keep this lane,
• And slay his servants that shall issue out.

Gon.

• Where is the Admiral?

Adm.

• O let me pray before I die!

Gon.

• Then pray unto our Lady; kiss this cross
• [Stabs him.

Adm.

• O God, forgive my sins!
• [Dies

Guise.

• Gonzago, what, is he dead?

Gon.

• Ay, my lord.

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Guise.

• Then throw him down.1
• [The body of theAdmiralis thrown down.

Anj.

• Now, cousin, view him well:
• It maybe 'tis some other, and he escap'd.

Guise.

• Cousin, 'tis he; I know him by his look
• See where my soldier shot him through the arm;
• He miss'd him near, but we have struck him now.—
• Ah, base Chatillon and degenerate,
• Chief Standard-bearer to the Lutherans,
• Thus, in despite of thy religion,
• The Duke of Guise stamps on thy lifeless bulk!

Anj.

• Away with him! cut off his head and hands,

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• And send them for a present to the Pope,2
• And, when this just revenge is finishèd,
• Unto Mount Faucon3 will we drag his corse.
• And he, that living hated so the Cross,
• Shall, being dead, be hanged thereon in chains.

Guise.

• Anjou, Gonzago, Retes, if that you three
• Will be as resolute as I and Dumaine,
• There shall not a Huguenot breathe in France.

Anj.

• I swear by this cross, we'll not be partial,
• But slay as many as we can come near.

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Guise.

• Mountsorrell, go shoot the ordnance off,
• That they, which have already set the street,
• May know their watchword; then toll the bell,
• And so let's forward to the massacre.

Mount.

• I will, my lord.
• [Exit

Guise.

• And now, my lords, let's closely to our business

Anj.

• Anjou will follow thee.

Dum.

• And so will Dumaine.
• [The ordnance being shot off, the bell tolls

Guise.

• Come, then, let's away.
• [Exeunt.

[1]Scene: a street.

[1]Commencement. Dyce quotes from Heywood's Four Prentices of London.—

• “Take them to guard: this entrance to our warres
• Is full of spirit, and begets much hope.”

[1]From the upper stage.

[2]“Then a certain Italian of Gonzague's band cut off the Admiral's head, and sent it, preserved with spices, to Rome to the Pope and the Cardinal of Lorraine. Others cut off his hands.' —Three Parts of Commtaries, &c., Book x. p. 14.

[3]“So the old ed., and so indeed our early autbors usually wrote the name:

• 'O, may they once as high as Haman mount,
• And from Mount Faulcon give a sad account, &c Sylvester's Du Bartas's Works.”—Dyce.