BLANCHE OF NAVARRE. A PLAY. BY G. P. R. JAMES, ESQ., AUTHOR OF " ■THE : GENTLEMAN OP THE OLD SCHOOL. THE HUGUENOT," &C. ~ BLANCHE OF NAVARRE A PLAY, a/pfK. JAMES, ESQ., AUTHOR OP "THE GENTLEMAN OF THE OLD- SCHOOL," "THE HU- GUENOT," "THE GIPSY," "THE ROBBEB," &c., &;c., &c. NEW. YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, 82 CLIFF-STREET. 18 3 9. Gft.'^i. 7^, 5-' ay 1> DEDICATION. TO THOMAS NOON TALFOURD, ESQ., &c., &c., Sic. My dear Sir, You have so many claims on personal regard, as well as on public admiration and respect, that I hardly know whether to address this little work to you as to one from whose legal talents I have received impor- tant professional aid ; one from whose noble poetry I hare derived unmixed delight ; or one to whom I, as well as every literary man, am deeply indebted for a gallant, and, I trust, successful, struggle in assertion of our undeniable rights against the virulent and in- iquitous opposition of a greedy and devouring faction. Suffer me, however, to make this the vehicle for expressing many various feelings towards you; and accept this first attempt at dramatic composition, as a testimony of gratitude for your excellent legal advice upon a difficult question, of esteem for your generous and persevering efforts in behalf of the literature of your country, of admiration for the poet, and regard for the friend. Believe me, also. Ever yours faithfully, G. P. R. JAMES. DRAMATIS PERSONS. MEN. Philip, King op Navarre. Don Ferdinand de Leyda. The Chancellor. Francis, Count op Foix. Don John. Two Navarrese Lords. Officer of the Guard. Priest. Jailer. French and Navarrese Noblemen, Pages, Surgeons, Attendants, Soldiers, &c. WOMEN. Isabel of Valois, Queen of Navarre. Blanche, Princess of Navarre. Maids, Ladies, Attendants, &c. BLANCHE OF NAVARRE. ACT I. SCENE I. A Gothic Hall in the Palace of Pampeluna, with large folding doors in the hack scene, and decorations as for a royal bridal. Loud acclamations from without heard as the curtain rises. Philip, King of Navarre, Blanche, Princess of Na- varre, Don Ferdinand de Leyda, Commander of the King's Guard, the Chancellor, Nobles, Ladies attend- ing on the Princess, dfc,