EPILOGUE.
In graving, with Pygmalion to contend; Or painting, with Apelles; doubtless the end Must be disgrace: our actor did not so, He only aimed to go, but not out-go. Nor think that this day any prize [5] was played; Here were no bets at all, no wagers laid; [6] All the ambition that his mind doth swell, Is but to hear from you (by me), 'twas well.
PERSONS REPRESENTED.
Ferneze, Governor of Malta.
Selim Calymath, Son of the Grand Seignior.
Don Lodowick, the Governor's Son, in love with
Abigail.
Don Mathias, also in love with her.
Martin del Bosco, Vice-Admiral of Spain.
Barabas, the Jew of Malta.
Ithamore, Barabas' slave.
Barnardine, a Friar
Jacomo, a Friar
Pilia-Borsa, a Bully.
Two Merchants.
Three Jews.
Bassoes, Knights, Officers, Reader, Messengers,
Slaves, and Carpenters.
Katharine, mother of Don Matthias
.
Abigail, the Jew's Daughter.
Abbess.
Two Nuns.
Bellamira, a Courtesan.
Machiavel, the Prologue.
Scene—Malta.