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The Complete Apocryphal Works of William Shakespeare - All 17 Rare Plays in One Edition
Arden of Faversham, The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine, Mucedorus and Amadine…
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Table of Contents
ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM
A YORKSHIRE TRAGEDY
THE LAMENTABLE TRAGEDY OF LOCRINE
MUCEDORUS THE KING’S SON OF VALENTIA, AND AMADINE, THE KING’S DAUGHTER OF ARRAGON.
THE LONDON PRODIGAL
THE PURITAINE WIDDOW
THE SECOND MAIDEN’S TRAGEDY
SIR JOHN OLD CASTLE
LORD CROMWELL
KING EDWARD THE THIRD
EDMUND IRONSIDE
SIR THOMAS MORE
FAIRE EM
A FAIRY TALE IN TWO ACTS
THE MERRY DEVILL OF EDMONTON
ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
ADAM FOWL
FRANKLIN
ARDEN
ALICE ARDEN, his wife
MICHAEL, their servant
MOSBIE, Alice’s lover
BLACK WILL, Assasin
SHAKEBAG, Assassin
CLARKE, a clerk
BRADSHAW
DICK GREENE
SUSAN
LORD CLIFFORD
MAYOR OF FAVERSHAM
FERRYMAN
PRENTICE, An Apprentice
DICK REEDE
A SAILOR
Enter Arden and Fraknlin
FRANKLIN
Arden, cheer up thy spirits, and droop no more
My gracious lord, the duke of somerset,
Hath freely given to thee and to thy heirs,
by letters patent from his majesty,
All the lands of the abbey of feversham.
Read them, and leave this melancholy mood.
ARDEN
Franklin, thy love prolongs my weary life;
And but for thee how odious were this life,
That shows me nothing but torments my soul,
And those foul objects that offend mine eyes,
Which makes me wish that for this vale of heaven
The earth hung over my head and covered me.
Love letters past twixt Mosbie and my wife,
And they have privy meetings in the town:
Nay, on his finger did I spy the ring
Which at our marriage-day the priest put on.
Can any grief be half so great as this?
FRANKLIN
Comfort thyself, sweet friend; it is not strange
That women will be false and wavering.
ARDEN
Ay, but to dote on such a one as he
Is monstrous, Franklin, and intolerable.
FRANKLIN
Why,
