FOOTNOTES:

[446] [This piece was first printed (very incorrectly) from Lansdowne MS., 807, in Baldwin's "Old English Drama," 1824-5, 2 vols. 12^o.]

[447] Mr Robert Goughe appears from the MS. to have acted the part of the Tyrant in this play. [John Gough, author of the "Strange Discovery," 1640, and, according to Bliss, editor of the "Academy of Compliments," 1640, is not known to have written so early as 1611.]

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.[448]

The Usurping Tyrant.
Govianus, the deposed King.
Anselmus, his Brother.
Votarius, the friend of Anselmus.
Helvetius, }
Memphonius, } Nobles.
Sophonirus, }
Bellarius, the lover of Leonella.
The Lady, the Daughter of Helvetius.
The Wife of Votarius.
Leonella, her Woman.
Nobles, Soldiers, and Attendants.