_Farewell . . . humanity_. These lines are placed by
A at the close of the Scene, and are preceded by
three lines which B omits:--

My terrors are strook inward, and no more
My pennance will allow they shall enforce
Earthly afflictions but upon my selfe.

147 _reliques_. A, relicts.

149 _Joine flames with Hercules_. So in A; B, Jove flames
with her rules.

151 _chrystall_. A, continent.

154 _Son . . . soule_. Before this line B has _Frier_.

155 _Rues . . . heaven_. After this line A inserts:--

Since thy revengefull spirit hath rejected
The charitie it commands, and the remission
To serve and worship the blind rage of bloud.

163 _kneeling_. A, sitting.

173 _No place . . . compriseth_. After this line A
inserts:--

My soule more scruple breeds than my bloud sinne,
Vertue imposeth more than any stepdame.

186-187 _Come . . . plaints_. A omits.

192 [_are_]. Added by Dilke; Qq omit.

196 _enterd_. A; B, enterr'd.

201 _a_. A omits.

EPILOGUE

With many hands you have seene D'Ambois slaine;
Yet by your grace he may revive againe,
And every day grow stronger in his skill
To please, as we presume he is in will.
The best deserving actors of the time 5
Had their ascents, and by degrees did clime
To their full height, a place to studie due.
To make him tread in their path lies in you;
Hee'le not forget his makers, but still prove
His thankfulnesse, as you encrease your love. 10

_FINIS._

LINENOTES:

_Epilogue_ Not found in A.

Notes To Bussy D'Ambois

_For the meaning of single words see the Glossary._

=Prologue.= The allusions in these lines can be only partially
explained. The play had evidently been performed, not long before 1641,
by a company which had not possessed original acting rights in it. The
performance had been successful (cf. ll. 3-4 "the grace of late It did
receive"), and the "King's men," while not claiming a monopoly in it,
nor seeking to detract from their rivals' merits, felt bound to revive
the play on their own account, lest they should seem to be letting their
claim