[126] There is no list of characters in the old editions.
THE
INSATIATE COUNTESS.
ACT I.
SCENE I.
Venice.—Room in Isabella’s house.
Isabella, Countess of Suevia, discovered sitting at a table covered with black, on which stands two black tapers lighted, she in mourning.
Enter Roberto Count of Cyprus, Guido Count of Arsena, and Signior Mizaldus.
Miz. What should we do in this countess’s dark hole?
She’s sullenly retirèd as the turtle.
Every day has been
A black day with her since her husband died;
And what should we unruly members make[127] here?
Gui. As melancholy night masks up heaven’s face,
So doth the evening star present herself
Unto the careful shepherd’s gladsome eyes,
By which unto the fold he leads his flock. 9