[PHILIP MASSINGER][Z]
[A New Way to Pay Old Debts]
Persons in the Play
Lovell, an English lord
Sir Giles Overreach, a cruel extortioner
Wellborn, a prodigal, nephew to Sir Giles
Allworth, a young gentleman, page to Lord Lovell,
stepson to Lady Allworth
Marrall, a creature of Sir Giles Overreach
Willdo, a parson
Lady Allworth, a rich widow
Margaret, Sir Giles's daughter
The scene is laid in an English county
Act I
Scene I.—A room in Overreach's house. Enter Overreach and Marrall.
Overreach: This varlet, Wellborn, lives too long to upbraid me
With my close cheat put on him. Will not cold
Nor hunger kill him?