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MASSACRE AT PARIS

By Christopher Marlowe




Table of Contents with inital stage directions:



 Dramatis Personae

 Scene 1: Enter Charles the French King, [Catherine] the Queene
   Mother, the King of Navarre, the Prince of Condye, the Lord high
   Admirall, and [Margaret] the Queene of Navarre, with others.

 Scene 2: Enter the Duke of Guise.

 Scene 3: Enter the King of Navar and Queen [Margaret], and his
   [olde] Mother Queen [of Navarre], the Prince of Condy, the
   Admirall, and the Pothecary with the gloves, and gives them
   to the olde Queene.

 Scene 4: Enter [Charles] the King, [Catherine the] Queene
   Mother, Duke of Guise, Duke Anjoy, Duke Demayne [and Cossin,
   Captain of the Kings Guard].

 Scene 5: Enter Guise, Anjoy, Dumaine, Gonzago, Retes, Montsorrell,
   and Souldiers to the massacre.

 Scene 6: Enter Mountsorrell and knocks at Serouns doore.

 Scene 7: Enter Ramus in his studie.

 Scene 8: Enter Anjoy, with two Lords of Poland.

 Scene 9: Enter two with the Admirals body.

 Scene 10: Enter five or sixe Protestants with bookes, and kneele
   together.

 Scene 11: Enter [Charles] the King of France, Navar and Epernoune
   staying him: enter Queene Mother, and the Cardinall [of Loraine,
   and Pleshe].

 Scene 12: Sound Trumpets within, and then all crye vive le Roy two
   or three times.

 Scene 13: Enter the Duchesse of Guise, and her Maide.

 Scene 14: Enter the King of Navarre, Pleshe and Bartus, and
   their train, with drums and trumpets.

 Scene 15: Enter [Henry] the King of France, Duke of Guise,
   Epernoune, and Duke Joyeux.

 Scene 16: Alarums within.  The Duke Joyeux slaine.

 Scene 17: Enter a Souldier.

 Scene 18: Enter the King of Navarre reading of a letter, and
   Bartus.

 Scene 19: Enter the Captaine of the guarde, and three murtherers.

 Scene 20: Enter two [Murtherers] dragging in the Cardenall [of
   Loraine].

 Scene 21: Enter Duke Dumayn reading of a letter, with others.

 Scene 22: Sound Drumme and Trumpets, and enter the King of France,
   and Navarre, Epernoune, Bartus, Pleshe and Souldiers.





DRAMATIS PERSONAE

   CHARLES THE NINTH--King of France
   Duke of Anjou--his brother, afterwards KNIG HENRY THE THIRD
   King of Navarre
   PRINCE OF CONDE--his brother

   brothers
   DUKE OF GUISE
   CARDINAL OF LORRAINE
   DUKE DUMAINE

   SON TO THE DUKE OF GUISE--a boy
   THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL
   DUKE OF JOYEUX
   EPERNOUN
   PLESHE
   BARTUS
   TWO LORDS OF POLAND
   GONZAGO
   RETES
   MOUNTSORRELL
   COSSINS,--Captain of the King's Guard
   MUGEROUN
   THE CUTPURSE
   LOREINE,--a preacher
   SEROUNE
   RAMUS
   TALEUS
   FRIAR
   SURGEONENGLISH AGENT
   APOTHECARY
   Captain of the Guard, Protestants, Schoolmasters, Soldiers,
      Murderers, Attendants, &c.
   CATHERINE,--the Queen Mother of France
   MARGARET,--her daughter, wife to the KING OF NAVARRE
   THE OLD QUEEN OF NAVARRE
   DUCHESS OF GUISE
   WIFE TO SEROUNE
   Maid to the Duchess of Guise




THE MASSACRE AT PARIS.

With the Death of the Duke of Guise.




[Scene i]


        Enter Charles the French King, [Catherine] the Queene Mother,
        the King of Navarre, the Prince of Condye, the Lord high
        Admirall, and [Margaret] the Queene of Navarre, with others.

   CHARLES. Prince of Navarre my honourable brother,
   Prince Condy, and my good Lord Admirall,
   wishe this union and religious league,
   Knit in these hands, thus joyn'd in nuptiall rites,
   May not desolve, till death desolve our lives,
   And that the native sparkes of princely love,
   That kindled first this motion in our hearts,
   May still be feweld in our progenye.

   NAVAREE. The many favours which your grace has showne,
   From time to time, but specially in this,
   Shall binde me ever to your highnes will,
   In what Queen Mother or your grace commands.

   QUEENE MOTHER. Thanks sonne Navarre, you see we love you well,
   That linke you in mariage with our daughter heer:
   And as you know, our difference in Religion
   Might be a meanes to crosse you in your love.

   CHARLES. Well Madam, let that rest:
   And now my Lords the mariage rites perfourm'd,
   We think it good to goe and consumate
   The rest, with hearing of an holy Masse:
   Sister, I think your selfe will beare us company.

   QUEENE MARGARET. I will my good Lord.

   CHARLES. The rest that will not goe (my Lords) may stay:
   Come Mother,
   Let us goe to honor this solemnitie.

   QUEENE MOTHER. Which Ile desolve with bloud and crueltie.

       [Aside.]

        Exit [Charles] the King, Queene Mother, and [Margaret]
        the Queene of Navar [with others], and manet Navar,
        the Prince of Condy, and the Lord high Admirall.

   NAVARRE. Prince Condy and my good Lord Admiral,
   Now Guise may storme but does us little hurt:
   Having the King, Queene Mother on our side,
   To stop the mallice of his envious heart,
   That seekes to murder all the Protestants:
   Have you not heard of late how he decreed,
   If that the King had given consent thereto,
   That all the protestants that are in Paris,
   Should have been murdered the other night?

   ADMIRALL. My Lord I mervaile that th'aspiring Guise
   Dares once adventure without the Kings assent,
   To meddle or attempt such dangerous things.

   CONDY. My Lord you need not mervaile at the Guise,
   For what he doth the Pope will ratifie:
   In murder, mischeefe, or in tiranny.

   NAVARRE. But he that sits and rules above the clowdes,
   Doth heare and see the praiers of the just:
   And will revenge the bloud of innocents,
   That Guise hath slaine by treason of his heart,
   And brought by murder to their timeles ends.

   ADM