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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 XX.

Enter2 theKing Of Navarre, reading a letter, andBartus.

Nav.

• My lord, I am advertisèd from France
• That the Guise hath taken arms against the king,
• And that Paris is revolted from his grace.

Bar.

• Then hath your grace fit opportunity
• To show your love unto the king of France,
• Offering him aid against his enemies,

Nav.

• Bartus, it shall be so: post, then, to France,
• And there salute his highness in our name;
• Assure him all the aid we can provide

  10

• Against the Guisians and their complices.
• Bartus, be gone: commend me to his grace,

Bar.

• I will, my lord.
• [Exit.

Nav.

• Pleshè!
• EnterPleshè.

Pleshè.

• My lord?

Nav.

• Pleshè, go muster up our men with speed,
• And let them march away to France amain,
• For we must aid the king against the Guise.
• Begone, I say; 'tis time that we were there.

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Pleshè.

• I go, my lord.
• [Exit.

Nav.

• That wicked Guise, I fear me much, will be
• The ruin of that famous realm of France;
• For his aspiring thoughts aim at the crown,
• And1 takes his vantage on religion,
• To plant the Pope and Popelings in the realm,
• And bind it wholly to the see of Rome.
• But, if that God do prosper mine attempts,
• And send us safely to arrive in France,
• We'll beat him back, and drive him to his death,

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• That basely seeks the ruin of his realm.
• [Exit.

[2]It cannot be determined where this scene takes place.

[1]Dyce reads “'A takes” (i.e. “He takes”), but the omission of a personal pronoun, where the sense is plain, occurs not unfrequently.