VALENTINE.
I warrant you, my lord, more grace than boy.

DUKE.
What mean you by that saying?

VALENTINE.
Please you, I’ll tell you as we pass along,
That you will wonder what hath fortuned.
Come, Proteus, ’tis your penance but to hear
The story of your loves discovered.
That done, our day of marriage shall be yours,
One feast, one house, one mutual happiness.

[Exeunt.]

THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN

Contents

ACT I
[PROLOGUE]
[Scene I. Athens. Before a temple]
[Scene II. Thebes. The Court of the Palace]
[Scene III. Before the gates of Athens]
[Scene IV. A field before Thebes.]
[Scene V. Another part of the same, more remote from Thebes]
ACT II
[Scene I. Athens. A garden, with a castle in the background]
[Scene II. The prison]
[Scene III. The country near Athens]
[Scene IV. Athens. A room in the prison]
[Scene V. An open place in Athens]
[Scene VI. Athens. Before the prison]
ACT III
[Scene I. A forest near Athens]
[Scene II. Another part of the forest]
[Scene III. The same part of the forest as in scene I.]
[Scene IV. Another part of the forest]
[Scene V. Another part of the forest]
[Scene VI. The same part of the forest as in scene III.]
ACT IV
[Scene I. Athens. A room in the prison]
[Scene II. A Room in the Palace]
[Scene III. A room in the prison]
ACT V
[Scene I. Athens. Before the Temples of Mars, Venus, and Diana]
[Scene II. Athens. A Room in the Prison]
[Scene III. A part of the Forest near Athens, and near the Place appointed for the Combat]
[Scene IV. The same; a Block prepared]
[EPILOGUE]

Dramatis Personæ

PROLOGUE

ARCITE, the two noble kinsmen, cousins,
PALAMON, nephews of Creon, King of Thebes