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The Plays and Poems of Cyril Tourneur (v. 1)
The Plays and Poems of Cyril Tourneur - v. 1 Author:Cyril Tourneur Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE ATHEIST'S TRAGEDIE: The honest Man's Reuenge. As in diuersplaces it hatli often bccne Acted. Written By Cyril Tourneur. AT LONDON, Pr... more »inted for John Stepneth, and Richard Rcdmer, and are to be sold at their Shops at the West End of Paules. chapter{Section 4The names and qualities of the Actors. Montferrers, a. Baron. Belforest, a Baron. D'amville, brother to Montferrers. Leuidulda, Lady to Belforest. Castabella, Daughter to Bel- forest. Charlemont, sonne to Montferrers. Rousard, elder Sonne to Jffamville. Sebastian, younger sonne to D'amville. Languebeau Snuffe, a Puri- tane; Chaplaine to Bel- forest. Borachio, D'amville's instrument. Cataplasma, a maker of Periwigges and Attires. Soquette, a seeming Gentlewoman to Cataplasma. Fresco, Seruant to Cataplasma. Other seruants. Serieant in warre. Souldiers. Watchmen. Officers. Judges. chapter{Section 5THE ATHEIST'S TRACE DIE. ACTUS PRIMI SCENA PRIMA Enter D'amuille, Borachio, attended. Damuilk. SAW my Nephew Charlemont but now Part from his Father. Tell him I desire To speake with him. Exit Seruant. Borachio, thou art read In Nature and her large Philosophie. Obseru'st thou not the very selfe same course Of reuolution, both in Man and Beast ? Bvr. The same, for birth, growth, state, decay and death; Onely a man's beholding to his Nature For th' better composition o' the two. TJam. But where that fauour of his Nature is Not full and free, you see a man becomes A foole, as little-knowing as a beast. Bor. That showes there's nothing in a Man aboue His nature; if there were, cpnsid'ring 'tis His being's excellencie, 'twould not yeeld To Nature's weakenesse. Dam; Then, if Death casts up Our...« less