قراءة كتاب The Scottish History of James the Fourth 1598
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broken, read misled:)
In ll. 1062, 1090 the speaker’s name is given as ‘8. Atten.’ Whatever this may be meant for it is clear that the speeches belong to the Bishop of St. Andrews. In ll. 2015-6 a complicated error has occurred, the ‘e’ of ‘her’ in the lower line having worked its way up into an accidental space after the ‘d’ of ‘and’ in the upper.
List of Characters
in order of appearance.
In the Induction and Chorus:
Oberon, king of fairies.
Bohan, a Scot.
Slipper } his sons.
Nano }
an antic (dance), fairies, a dancer ‘boy or wench’.
In the Dumb Shows:
Semiramis, queen of Assiria.
Stabrobates, king of India.
Cyrus, king of Persia.
Olive Pat, (?).
Alexander, king of Macedon.
Sesostris, king of Egypt.
In the Play:
The King of Scots.
The King of England.
Dorothea, his daughter, wife of the King of Scots.
The Countess of Arran.
Ida, her daughter.
Ateukin (or Gnato).
Andrew Snoord, a servingman.
Slipper, a clown.
Nano, a dwarf.
Sir Bartram, a Scottish gentleman.
Sir Eustace (Dick), an English gentleman.
(A Servant of Sir Bartram.)
The Bishop of Saint Andrews.
Earl Douglas.
Lord Morton.
a Purveyor.
Jaques, a Frenchman.
Lord Ross.
a Huntsman.
a Tailor.
a Shoemaker.
a Cutler.
Sir Cutbert Anderson.
Lady Anderson.
a Servant of the Countess of Arran.
a Lawyer.
a Merchant.
a Divine.
a Scout.
Lady Douglas, Sir Egmond, Lord Percy, Samles, an English Herald, lords, ladies, huntsmen, soldiers, antics.
In V. iii the speeches of the King of England have the prefix ‘Arius’ (ll. 2095, 2105, 2126, 2129), a name which in a stage-direction in II. ii (l. 1050) is apparently applied to the King of Scots. Ateukin (twice misprinted ‘Auteukin’, ll. 1451, 2562) is repeatedly called Gnato, which would seem to have been the original name of the character, subsequently altered, for in I. i ‘Ateukin’ several times scans as a dissyllable (ll. 355, 362, 365). Twice Ateukin and Gnato are mentioned together in a stage-direction (ll. 1550, 2053), apparently through misunderstanding of an alteration. Sir Eustace, who is also addressed as Lord Eustace, is several times called Dick (ll. 565, 568, 571, 601, 608, 629). One speech (l. 629) assigned to him, clearly belongs to a servant, who has therefore been added to the characters. In II. ii Nano is throughout called ‘Dwarfe’ except in the exit at l. 1049. Andrew’s surname appears from l. 551. The name of