s, hee'le appeare
To faint, or goe lesse, so your free consent, 25
As heretofore, give him encouragement._

LINENOTES:

_Prologue._ The Prologue does not appear in A.

10 (_charitably judge_). So punctuated by ed. B has:--

_To your review, we farre from emulation
(And charitably judge from imitation)
With this work entertaine you, a peece knowne
And still beleev'd in Court to be our owne,
To quit our claime, doubting our right or merit,
Would argue in us poverty of spirit
Which we must not subscribe to._

13 _doubting_. In some copies of B this is misprinted
_oubting_.

[DRAMATIS PERSONAE.[4:1]

HENRY III, King of France.
MONSIEUR, his brother.
THE DUKE OF GUISE.
MONTSURRY, a Count.
BUSSY D'AMBOIS.
BARRISOR, }
L'ANOU, } Courtiers: enemies of D'AMBOIS.
PYRHOT, }
BRISAC, }
MELYNELL, } Courtiers: friends of D'AMBOIS.
COMOLET, a Friar.
MAFFE, steward to MONSIEUR.
NUNCIUS.
MURDERERS.

BEHEMOTH, }
CARTOPHYLAX, } Spirits.
UMBRA OF FRIAR.

ELENOR, Duchess of Guise.
TAMYRA, Countess of Montsurry.
BEAUPRE, niece to ELENOR.
ANNABLE, maid to ELENOR.
PERO, maid to TAMYRA.
CHARLOTTE, maid to BEAUPRE.
PYRA, a court lady.
Courtiers, Ladies, Pages, Servants, Spirits, &c.

SCENE.--Paris[4:2]]

FOOTNOTES:

[4:1] The Quartos contain no list of _Dramatis Personae_. One is however
prefixed to D'Urfey's version (1691), with the names of the performers
added. C. W. Dilke prefixed a somewhat imperfect one to his edition in
vol. III of _Old English Plays_ (1814). W. L. Phelps, who did not know
of Dilke's list, supplied a more correct one in his edition in the
_Mermaid Series_ (1895). The subjoined list adds some fresh details,
especially concerning the subordinate characters.

[4:2] Many episodes in Bussy D'Ambois's career, which took place in the
Province of Anjou, are transferred in the play to Paris.

Bussy D'Ambois

A
Tragedie

ACTUS PRIMI SCENA PRIMA.

[_A glade, near the Court._]

_Enter Bussy D'Ambois poore._

[_Bussy._] Fortune, not Reason, rules the state of things,
Reward goes backwards, Honor on his head,
Who is not poore is monstrous; only Need
Gives forme and worth to every humane seed.
As cedars beaten with co