THE DRAMAS
OF
VICTOR HUGO
MARY TUDOR
MARION DE LORME
ESMERALDA
Profusely Illustrated with Elegant
Wood Engravings
VOLUME TWENTY-ONE
NEW YORK
Peter Fenelon Collier, Publisher
CONTENTS
VOLUME TWENTY-ONE
ILLUSTRATIONS
[Illustration: The Rendezvous.]
MARY TUDOR
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ
  • Mary, The Queen.
  • Jane.
  • Gilbert.
  • Fabiano Fabiani.
  • Simon Renard.
  • Joshua Farnaby.
  • A Jew.
  • Lord Clinton.
  • Lord Chandos.
  • Lord Montague.
  • Master Eneas Dulverton.
  • Lord Gardiner.
  • A Jailer.
Lords, Pages, Guards, the Executioner.
LONDON, 1553.
MARY TUDOR
FIRST DAY
A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
Scene.—Border of the Thames. A deserted strand. An old parapet inruins, conceals the borders of the water. To the right, a house ofmean appearance. At the corner of this house, a statuette of theVirgin, at whose feet burns a wick in an iron lattice. In thebackground, beyond the Thames, London. Two high buildings areseen—the Tower of London and Westminster. The sun is setting
SCENE I
Several men are grouped here and there on the Strand, among whom areSimon Renard, John Bridges, Baron Chandos, Robert Clinton, AnthonyBrown, Viscount of Montague
LORD CHANDOS.
You are right, my lord, this damned Italian must have bewitched theQueen. She can't exist without him; she lives only for him, findspleasure only in him, listens only to him. If a day passes withoutseeing him, her eyes droop as they did when she loved Cardinal Polus,you remember?
SIMON RENARD.
She is very much in love, it is true, and, consequently, veryjealous.
LORD CHANDOS.
The Italian has bewitched her.
LORD MONTAGUE.
For a fact, they say that people of his nationality have philters forthat purpose.
LORD CLINTON.
The Spanish are clever at poisons which kill people, the Italians areclever at poisons which make people fall in love.
LORD CHANDOS.
Then Fabiani is Spanish and Italian, at the same time. The Queen isin love and is ill. He has made her drink both.
LORD MONTAGUE.
As to that, is he really Spanish or Italian?
LORD CHANDOS.
It appears certain that he was born in Italy, in the Capitanate, andthat he was brought up in Spain. He claims to be connected with agreat Spanish family. Lord Clinton has the story at his finger-                        
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