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mes, and disperst by way of patronage through the 10 most noble notices of Europe. Howsoever, therefore, in the scaenicall presentation it might meete with some maligners, yet, considering even therein it past with approbation of more worthy judgements, the ballance of their side (especially being held 15 by your impartiall hand) I hope will to no graine abide the out-weighing. And for the autenticall truth of eyther person or action, who (worth the respecting) will expect it in a poeme, whose subject is not truth, but things like truth? Poore envious soules they are that cavill at truths 20 want in these naturall fictions: materiall instruction, elegant and sententious excitation to vertue, and deflection from her contrary, being the soule, lims, and limits of an autenticall tragedie. But whatsoever merit of your full countenance and favour suffers defect in this, I shall soone 25 supply with some other of more generall account; wherein your right vertuous name made famous and preserved to posteritie, your future comfort and honour in your present acceptation and love of all vertuous and divine expression may be so much past others of your rancke encreast, as 30 they are short of your judiciall ingenuitie, in their due estimation. For howsoever those ignoble and sowre-brow'd worldlings are carelesse of whatsoever future or present opinion spreads of them; yet (with the most divine 35 philosopher, if Scripture did not confirme it) I make it matter of my faith, that we truely retaine an intellectuall feeling of good or bad after this life, proportionably answerable to the love or neglect we beare here to all vertue and truely-humane instruction: in whose favour 40 and honour I wish you most eminent, and rest ever, _Your true vertues most true observer, Geo. Chapman_. THE ACTORS NAMES _Henry_, the King. _Monsieur_, his Brother. _Guise_, D[uke]. _Renel_, a Marquesse. _Montsureau_, an Earle. _Baligny_, Lord Lieutenant [of Cambray]. _Clermont D'Ambois._ _Maillard._ } _Challon._ } Captaines. _Aumal._ } _Espernone._ _Soissone._ _Perricot_, [An _Usher_.] [A _Messenger._] The _Guard._ _Souldiers._ _Servants._ { _Bussy_.
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