Volume II Part 62 (1/2)

_Nav._ Long may you live, and still be king of France!

_Eper._ Or else, die Epernoun! 90

_Henry._ Sweet Epernoun, thy king must die.--My lords, Fight in the quarrel of this valiant prince, For he's your lawful king, and my next heir; Valois's line ends in my tragedy.

Now let the house of Bourbon wear the crown; And may it ne'er end in blood as mine hath done!-- Weep not, sweet Navarre, but revenge my death.-- Ah, Epernoun, is this thy love to me?

Henry, thy king, wipes off these childish tears, And bids thee whet thy sword on Sixtus' bones, 100 That it may keenly slice the Catholics.

He loves me not [the most[431]] that sheds most tears, But he that makes most lavish of his blood.

Fire Paris, where these treacherous rebels lurk.-- I die, Navarre: come bear me to my sepulchre.

Salute the Queen of England in my name, And tell her Henry dies her faithful friend. [_Dies._

_Nav._ Come, lords, take up the body of the king, That we may see it honourably interr'd: And then I vow so[432] to revenge his death, 110 As Rome, and all these popish prelates there, Shall curse the time that e'er Navarre was king, And ruled in France by Henry's fatal death.

[_They march out, with the body of_ KING HENRY _lying on four men's shoulders, with a dead_ _march, drawing weapons on the ground._

THE TRAGEDY OF DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE.

_Dido_ was published in 1594, with the following t.i.tle:--

_The Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage: Played by the Children of her Maiesties Chappell. Written by Christopher Marlowe, and Thomas Nash, Gent._

_Actors._

_Jupiter._ _Ascanius._ _Ganimed._ _Dido._ _Venus._ _Anna._ _Cupid._ _Achates._ _Juno._ _Ilioneus._ _Mercurie, or_ _Iarbas._ _Hermes._ _Cloanthes._ _aeneas._ _Sergestus._

_At London, Printed, by the Widdowe Orwin, for Thomas Woodc.o.c.ke, and are to be sold at his shop, in Paules Churchyeard, at the signe of the blacke Beare._ 1594. 4_to._

A copy of this edition is in the Bodleian Library; and I am indebted to my friend Mr. C. H. Firth for kindly comparing Dyce's text with the text of the Bodleian copy.

_PERSONS REPRESENTED._

JUPITER.

GANYMEDE.

HERMES.

CUPID.

JUNO.

VENUS.

aeNEAS.

ASCANIUS, his son.

ACHATES.

ILIONEUS.

CLOANTHUS.