Massacre at Paris

Name: Massacre at Paris
Author: Christopher Marlowe

by Christopher Marlowe

Pages: about 41
Category: Literature & Fiction
Language: English
Reading time: 45 min at 250 wpm

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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 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 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 18: Enter the King of Navarre reading of a letter, and Bartus.
Scene 22: Sound Drumme and Trumpets, and enter the King of France, and Navarre, Epernoune, Bartus, Pleshe and Souldiers.
CHARLES THE NINTH--King of France Duke of Anjou--his brother, afterwards KNIG HENRY THE THIRD King of Navarre PRINCE OF CONDE--his brother
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
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.

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Massacre at Paris

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