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(The following transcription is based on Joseph Quincy Adams' in  "The Author Plot of an Early Seventeenth Century Play," ''The Library'', 4th ser., 26 (1945-46): 24-25.)
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:<span style="color: white"> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span>Act. i.
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Scaen: i.
:Philander and his sister Suauina walke and conferre:
:she greiues for y<sup>e</sup> warre.
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc. 2.
:Philander telleth Euphrastes y<sup>e</sup> cause why he will not
:marry Suauina to any but a present K.
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc:3.
:Aristocles and Suauina discouer theire passions and are
:discouered by Phonops.
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc:4.
:Philander doth banish Aristocles.
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc: 5.
:Euphrastes doth counsell Aristocles to go to y<sup>e</sup>
:warres between y<sup>e</sup> Epirot and Achaian.
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:<span style="color: white"> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span>Act. 2.
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc: 1.
:Salohcin breathing att y<sup>e</sup> battle is told of y<sup>e</sup> victory
:by an vn-knowen souldier. which was Aristocles.
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc. 2.
:Aristocles is brought to Salohcin: with colours wonne
::and enterteyn'd with honour.
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc. 3.
:A parley bet Philander and Salohcin. Aristocles banished
::both Kingdomes. and peace concluded.
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc. 4.
:The lady's brought in. Philander and Corintha mutually
:taken, and Salohcin with Suauina. Ascania see's itt: greives
:that e're she made him king.
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc. 5.
:<Philocles o>
:Aristocles obtaynes of Corintha to mediate for him
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc. 6.
:Corintha of Philander obteynes pardon for Aristocles.
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc. 7.
:Suauina alone <iea 1> iealous and passionate.
:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc:8.
:Suavina confirm'd in iealousy. Corintha declares to Aristocles
:his pardon. Philander wo's but is coldly returned: and told
:that he must gett Aristocles to pleade for him.
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:<span style="color: white"> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</span>Act. 3.
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:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc. 1.
:Svavina mournfull.
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:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc. 2.
:Salohcin wo's and winnes Svavina to make promise: reportes his
:wife Ascania sicke.
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:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc.3.
:Ascania feeles y<sup>e</sup> neglectfull coldnes of Salohcin.
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:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc.4.
:Corintha hauing much obserued Suavina's sadnesse sendeth to
:her. whom being come she comfortes: confesseth her loue vnto
:Philander but will try him. cleares Suauina's iealousy. and
:sendeth for Aristocles.
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:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc.5.
:Aristocles and Svauina exceed for ioy, att meeting. recounting
:theire weale and wo. Corintha weepes to sympathize
:with theire free passions. and vowes an aemulous but
:bond [?] loue to Aristocles. Suavina declares y<sup>e</sup> promise
:made to Salohcin. they all conspire to defeate him. y<sup>e</sup> manage
:whereof <l> is left to Aristocles, but charg'd to be bloudles.
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:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc.6.
:whilst he sitts bet y<sup>e</sup> two lady's y<sup>e</sup> two K<sup>s</sup>. come in: each iea-
:-lous and enuious that Aristocles doth impede theire loues.
:they court theire severall mistresses, svavina breifely de-
:-ferres him to <y<sup>e</sup> sibyll's> y<sup>e</sup> Phoebade Vertumna: where <that>
:next night shee'l meete him: and so goes out.
:Salohcin <bidds> asketh Phonops if Ascania be deade: he sayth she
:shall that <d>night. Salo< >hcin asketh Philander how he speedes
:who sayth but coldly and conditionally. Corintha leaues them
:Philander's vowe will not suffer him appeare in any sentence
::::::::complaints to
:against Aristocles and therefore <winne's> Salohcin <to banish
:him<span style="color: white"> . . .</span> > who biddes him feare not he will but think
:on itt and take care. he biddeth Phonops dispatch him
:att advantage.<span style="color: white"> . . . </span> <Sc. 7.>
:<Aristocles complaynes of banishment unlook't for.>
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:<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc.7.
:Phonops stayeth considering how, and reckoning how many he
:had before: resolu's he must now do any. <Philocles>
:::::::::::sayth that
:<coming> his two bloudhound's Dolphus and Panascrus
:shall att aduantage with his helpe do this.
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<span style="color: white"> . . . . .</span>Sc.8
:<Philocles> Aristocles alone ruminating y<sup>e</sup> dangers and diffi-
:-culty's of rescuing Suavina etc. Phonops hauing dogged
:him to y<sup>e</sup> groue beckoneth his two associates to him they
:all putt on vizard's. and rush on him, he defend's
:him self kill's two, Phonop's flyeth he followeth and
:ouertakes him: Phonop's begges mercy on his knees: chargeth
:him to lett him know y<sup>e</sup> cause. Phonops sayth 'twas
:Salohcin: for whom he most do more. Aristocles kicks
:him away yett promising silence, so as Phonops do
:report him deade to Salohcin, and he resolves to
:fly or alter his condition.
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