The Tragedie of Dido Queene of Carthage: Played by the Children of her Maiesties Chappell. Written by Christopher Marlowe, and Thomas Nash. Gent. At London, Printed, by the Widdowe Orwin, for Thomas Woodcocke, and are to be solde at his shop, in Paules Church-yeurd, at the signe of the blacke Beare. 1594. 4to. DRAMATIS PERSONE. JUPITER. GANYMEDE. HERMES. CUPID. JUNO. VENUS. ENEAS. ASCANIUS, his son. ACHATES. ILIONEUS. CLOANTHUS. SERGESTUS. OTHER TROJANS. IARBAS. CARTHAGINIAN LORDS. DIDO. ANNA, her sister. NURSE. THE TRAGEDY OF DIDO, QUEEN OF CARTHAGE. ACT I. Here the curtains draw: there is discovered JUPITER dandling GANYMEDE upon his knee, and HERMES * lying asleep. JUP. Come, gentle Ganymede, and play with me; I love thee well, say Juno what she will. GAN. I am much better for your worthless love, That will not shield me from her shrewish blows! To-day, whenas+ I fill'd into your cups, And held the cloth of pleasance whiles you drank, She reach'd me such a rap for that I spill'd, As made the blood run down about mine ears. JUP. What, dares she strike the darling of my thoughts? By Saturn's soul, and this earth-threatening hair‡, That, shaken thrice, makes nature's buildings quake, I vow, if she but once frown on thee more, * Hermes] Here the old ed. has“ Mercury"; but afterwards "Hermes." t whenas] i. e. when. hair] Old ed. "aire". |