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 matenrs, with Twenty-three colored Illustrations. Price 50 cents. 
 
 No. cexxxi. 
 
 F RENCH’S STANDARD DRAMA 
 
 
 
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 HE KNIGHT OF ARVA 
 
 A COMIC DRAMA, IN TWO ACTS 
 
 By DION BOURCICAULT, 
 
 Author of “ London Assurance,” “Old Heads and Young Heart-,’ 
 14 Used IJp,” ‘ Phantom,” “ And) Blake,” &c., Ac. 
 
 W ITH CAST OF CH ARACTERS, STAGE BUSINESS, COSH OKIES 
 RELATIVE POSITIONS, ETC., ETC. 
 
 AS PERFORMEL AT THE PRINCIPAL THEATRES. 
 
 New York: 
 
 SAMUEL FRENCH & SON, 
 
 PUBLISHERS 
 
 28 West 23d Street. 
 
 London: 
 
 SAMUEL FRENCH, 
 
 PUBLISHER 
 
 89 STRAND. 
 
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 M/ o* H f “ir Brushes, Hare’s Foci, "Wool, Craped F dr, old Cream, Joining Paste, Min* 
 Iffs, Scissors and Looku g Glass, packed neatly in Strong Fancy Card-boar^ 
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 1V5 ARTICLES TO BE ?AD SEPJSATELY. PAR PRICES. SCP ftATULftP* 
 

 
 SCENERY. 
 
 
 With 6 view to obviate the gr«at difficulty eiporiencod by Amateurs (par- 
 
 ticularly in country houses) in obtaining Scenery* &c., to fix m a Drawing Koom, 
 and then only by considerable outlay for hire and great damage caused to walls, 
 we have decided to keep a series of Scenes, &c., coloured on strong paper, which 
 can be joined together or pasted on canvas or wood, according to requirement. 
 Full directions, with diagrams shewing exact size of Back Scenes, Borders, and 
 Wings, can be had free on application. The following four Beenes each consists 
 of thirty sheets of paper. 
 
 GARDEN. 
 
 The above is Bn illustration of this scene. It is kept in two sizes. The small 
 size would extend to 15 feet wide and 8 feet high, and the large size to 20 feet 
 long and 11* feet high. It is not necessary to have the scene the height of the 
 room, as blue paper to represent sky is usually hung at the top. Small size, with i 
 Wings and Border complete, $7.50 ; larg<< size, do., $10.00. 
 
 WOOD. 
 
 This is similar in style to the above, only a wood scene 2a introduced in the 
 centre. It is kept in two sizes, as the previous scene, and blue paper can be 
 introduced as before indicated. Small size, with Wings and Borders com¬ 
 plete, $7.50 ; large size, c!o., $10.00. ...... 
 
 TR°OT,T This is a sh&et of paper on which foliage is 
 
 drawn, which can be repeated and cut in any shape required. Small size, 30 in. 
 by 20 in., 25 cts. per sheet.; large size, 40 in. by 30 in., 35 cts. per shoet. 
 
 DRAWING ROOM. 
 
 This 8oene is only kept in the large size, to extend to 20 feet long and 11* feet 
 high. In the centre is a French window, leading down to the ground, which 
 could be made practicable if required. On vhe left wing is a fire-place with 
 mirror above, and on the right wing is an oil painting. The whole scene is 
 tastefully ornamented and beautifully coloured, forming a most elegant picture. 
 Should a box scene be required extra wings can be had, consisting of doors each 
 side, which could be mado practicable. Price, with Border and one set of 
 Wings, $10.; with Border and two sets of Wings, to form box scene, $12.50. 
 
 COTTAGE INTERIOR. 
 
 This is also kept in the large size only. In the centre is a door leading 
 outside. On the left centre is a rustic fireplace, and the right centre is a window. 
 On the wings are painted shelves, &c., to complete the scene. A box scene can ba 
 uiidf bv purchasing extra wings, as before described, and forming doors on eaob 
 side. Price, with Border and one set of Wings, $10.00 ; with Border and two 
 sets of Wings, to form box scene, $12.50. i 
 
 The 
 
 Drawing E,oom mounted can he seen at 28 West 23d St.,' 
 New York. Full directions accompany each Scen^^j 
 
THE KNIGHT OF ARVA: 
 
 % Comit grama, 
 
 IN TWO ACTS. 
 
 By DION BOUCICAULT, 
 
 AUTHOR AND ADAPTATOR OF 
 
 Awodon Assurance, Irish Heiress, A Lover by Proxy, Alma Mater, Curiosities of Literature, Tbt 
 Bastile, The Old Guard, Woman, Victor and Hortense, Love in a Sack, Lolah, Used up, Ola 
 Heads and Young Hearts, Don Caesar de Bazan, A Match for a King, Mother and Son, Fox an< 
 Goose, Laying a Ghost, The Confidence, The Old School, Found Out at Home, The Water Cure 
 Shakspeare in Love, Love and Money, The Willow Copse, Satamandine, Geralda, Invisibi* 
 Husband, A Radical Cure, Love in a Maze, Sextus Fifth, The Garde Mobile, Queen of Spades 
 Corsican Brothers, The Vampire, The Prima Donna, Genevieve, The Young Actress, The Fox 
 Hunt, Andy Blake, Faust and Margaret, Louis XI., Apollo in X. Y., Janet Pride, The Chamelion, 
 The Fairy Star, The Life of an Actress, The t hantom, Azael, Una, Nothing in It, Blue Belle, 
 George D'Arville, Poor of New York, Jessie Brown, Vanity Fair, Octoroon, Jennie Deans 
 Golleen Bawn, etc., etc., etc. 
 
 TO WHICH ARE ADDED 
 
 l Description of the Costume—Cast of the Characters—Entrance* and Exit*— 
 Relative Positions of the Performers on the Stage, and 
 the whole of the Stage Business 
 
 New York: 
 
 SAMUEL FRENCH & SON, 
 
 PUBLISHERS, 
 
 48 WEST 23d STREET. 
 
 London; 
 
 SAMUEL FRENCH, 
 
 PUBLISHER, 
 
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THE KNIGHT OF ARYA 
 
 ACT I. 
 
 SCENE I.— A Posada (or Roadside Inn) in Catalona, 2 e.r.h. 1Moun¬ 
 tainous country in the distance. High road winding down from 
 u. e. r. h. on to stage. Rocky pass and road winding up, u. e. l. h. 
 Rock piece and road winding up, 3 e. r. h. 
 
 Peasants discovered grouped in different parts of the stage with 
 baskets of fruit, wine, Sfc., <fc.—In the centre is a Group, dancing— 
 Jose handing wine, and busying himself about , cleaning scene, 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 When our daily toil is done, 
 
 Tra-la-la. Tra-la-la. 
 
 Then we dance till set of sun, 
 
 Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la. Repeat 
 
 Hearts and feet are heating free, 
 Tra-la-la-la-la-la, 
 
 Nature’s happy children we, 
 
 Tra-ia-la-la, &c. Repeat. 
 
 At the end of chorus , the sound of a whip is heard — Peasants rist 
 
 and look offv. e. r. h. 
 
 Enter Manuel u. e. r. h. 
 
 Jose. Ah ! here comes Senor Manuel, the courier of her highness, 
 the Princess Marina ! 
 
 Manuel. Jose, her highness, the Princess Marina, will pass yout 
 posada in half an hour, on her road to Lerida. 
 
 Jose. Passs my posada without refreshment! Forbid it hospitali¬ 
 ty ! forbid it interest! Listen, Senor Manuel. Her highness will 
 find at my posada the best of cheer—the whole commune shall be ran¬ 
 sacked to do honor to her high and mighty majesty ! 
 
 Man. The thing is impossible. Her highness’ train consists of at 
 least thirty persons—thirty hungry mouths, Master Jose—and I well 
 remember on our last excursion your larder could turnish no more 
 than a dozen suspicious eggs and a piece ol mountain kid more fit 
 
4 
 
 THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. 
 
 for the tan-yard than the table. No, the cortege must proceed to 
 Lerida. 
 
 Jose. Senor Manuel, if her highness pass my posada, it shall only 
 be over my dead body ! ‘ Shall it be said that a commune could not 
 furnish cheer for her train 1 Shall we become the bye-word of all 
 Spain 1 I will procure provisions, be satisfied. [To Peasants, and 
 crosses to c.] Friends, neighbors, townsmen, come here! I’ve news for 
 y 0U —great, glorious news ! [Peasants come forward.] Here stands 
 the courier of her most superb and most inconceivable immensity, the 
 Queen of all the Castiles. The princess doth intend to rest awhile at 
 my humble posada, and I here require of you to scour the country 
 round, and within the half hour let its best cheer be gathered to 
 prove its gratitude for the unparalleled honor. As magistrate 1 call on 
 you all to seize, take, wring, stick, and murder, without regard to 
 age or sex, every cock, hen, chick, calf, goose, pig, or peacock in the 
 commune! Spare nothing, from the oldest wine to the newest egg— 
 away with ye ! 
 
 Music. — Peasants repeat last eight bars of chorus and exeunt , 
 
 r. and l. 
 
 Oh ! had I but known of this yesterday, we had the most beautiful 
 young ass a month old, and my wife is such a hand at a roast! 
 
 Man. But there is another matter. Her highness is accompanied 
 by Don Diego Yolpone, her minister, and the ambassadors of Austria 
 and Fiance. Your posada will scarce contain the troop. 
 
 Arva. [In posada.] Jose! Jose! 
 
 Man. Your posada, I perceive, is already occupied. You have a 
 guest. 
 
 Jose. A guest, senor ! a guest! He’s a walking famine ! He has 
 emptied my larder, and drunk all my wine; heaven send me rid of 
 him, for he has more mouth than the Nile. 
 
 Arva. [Inside.] Jose! 
 
 Man. From his accent ho appears to be a foreigner. 
 
 Jose. To judge by his oaths—and you may always tell a man’s 
 country by his oaths—he should be a Frenchman, but his appetite 
 .•onvicts him an Englishman. 
 
 Man. A soldier of fortune. 
 
 Jose. Of misfortune, senor. He has ruined me! 
 
 [ Crosses to c. 
 
 Man. But why don’t you get rid of him 1 
 
 lose. By St. iago, he would soon get rid of me ! Besides, Mrs. 
 Jose won’t hear of his going. 
 
 Arva. [Inside.] Jose ! 
 
 Jooe. Here he comes—the foreign cormorant! 
 
 Arva. [Inside ] Jose, you marauder, [enter from posada ,] wher<* 
 are you 7 Ah ! why did you not answer 1 
 
 Jose, [c.] Excelence, I did not hear you. 
 
 [Takes off his hat and remains uncovered. 
 
 Arva. Then you should have said so at once. Give me another 
 
THE KNIGHT OP ARVA. 
 
 leather. [Throws leather in Jose 's face.] Here’s Tippitiwitchet has 
 caught a speck of rust, poor soul; how thin he looks ; ’tis five months 
 since he tasted any food, and the last was a mere smack, the rascal¬ 
 ly wine-skin of a landlord at Saragossa, whom I pricked in the 
 sesophagus. 
 
 Jose. Iu the where I 
 
 Arra. The aesophagus—so the doctor said when he gave him up. 
 
 Jose. Poor devil! what was the crime, your excellence ? 
 
 Arva. [Business with sword — Jose avoids him, and gets to r. h.] 
 The ignorant malefactor said that Spain grew the finest sherry in the 
 world, when I well knew that I had tasted finer sherry in Galway 
 than I ever hear of here. [ Crosses to c. and takes his hat off to Man¬ 
 uel.] Your servant—whose livery may you wear I 
 
 Man. [Scanning him rather contemptuously.] I am in the service 
 of the princess Marina. 
 
 Arva. So, so—Marina, the Catalan, whose hand has been sought 
 by every sucking potentate of Europe. Aye, Charles of Burgundy 
 mentioned her to me. 
 
 Man. Charles the Bold ! Your excellency knew that great prince? 
 
 Arva. Knew him? Ask that Italian blackguard, Campo Basso, 
 who, in our last battle, betrayed the great duke. My parting blow in 
 that affair was at the traitor’s head, and if an inquisitive bullet had 
 not broken my sword arm before I got him fair cut number five, I 
 would have made twins of him, by St. Patrick ! 
 
 [Crosses to l. — Exit Manuel into posada. 
 
 Jose. Your excellency’s pardon !—but the princess is about to honor 
 my humble posada. 
 
 Arva. The princess here ? [Looks at his attire.] Tete bleu!—as we 
 swear in Burgundy—here’s a state to be discovered in ! 
 
 Jose. As your excellency occupies the principal apartment— 
 
 Arva. Well, man, is it not there still ? Would you accuse me of 
 pocketing part of your building ? You miserable spiggot, go-go to 
 your wife! [Exit Jose into posada.] The Princess Marina !—here’a a 
 chance. But dunner and blitzen!—as we used to swear in Germany 
 —if I present myself to her in these rags, she will take me for some 
 beggarly Lansquenet—yet, to lose such an opportunity!—oh! For¬ 
 tune. you must be an ugly jade, after all, for I never yet found a 
 good looking woman I could not win a smile from. [Distant flourish 
 of trumpets.] She comes ! [Runs up and looks off r. u. e.J Yes, I see 
 the cortege winding down the road. [Advances and arranges his 
 dress ] Will she observe my golden spurs ?—by my honor, in another 
 week my heels would have had to serve my stomach, and that’s a 
 compliment thev never have paid my head. [Cries, and noise of con¬ 
 flict off l. h.] What! is that the sound of steel ? Oh! a traveler in 
 the mountain’s pass attacked by brigands ! Tippitiwitchet, you’re 
 wanted! [Draws sword, and exit up rocks, l h. 
 
 Enter Manuel and Sosv from posada— Peasants enter rapidly at 
 different entrances , laden with various articles of food and wine. 
 
 Jose. In with you—in—my wife is ready for ye ! 
 
6 
 
 THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. 
 
 Peasants pass quickly into posada, and reappear immediately, hav¬ 
 ing deposited their burdens within. 
 
 Jose. [Looking off r. u. e. to Manuel.] Which is she? Ah ! I see, 
 in the litter drawn by the white mules. [ Music — A march is played 
 
 Enter Heralds, who stand r. and l. of the road—All the Peasants, 
 with Manuel and Jose, get on l. h , looking off R. u. e. 
 
 Voice. [Without.] Halt! 
 
 Enter Count Offenboer r. h. u. e., followed by two Pages. 
 
 Jose. Who’s that ? [He goes down to r. h. corner. 
 
 Man. The Count Offenboer, the Austrian envoy. He never quits 
 the princess—he presses the suit of the archduke. 
 
 Enter the Duke De Chabonnes r. h. u. e., followed by two Pages; 
 
 gets r. c. 
 
 That is the ambassador of France. 
 
 Enter Volpone r. u. e. ; goes down r. c. 
 
 Hush ! Don Diego Volpone. 
 
 Jose. The minister! 
 
 Man. Such is his influence that they say the hand of the princess is 
 almost in his gift—here he comes ! 
 
 Jose. [To Peasants.] Be ready to shout, you fellows. 
 
 Enter the Baroness Buckramstern, r. u. e., who goes down l. c. 
 
 Oh ! what a superb— [Peasants begin to shout. 
 
 Man. Stop ! not yet—that’s the Baroness Buckramstern, the Came- 
 rara of her highness. 
 
 Enter the Princess, followed by two Pages and Guard —She goes 
 
 down c. 
 
 That’s she! 
 
 The Guard form across and fill the back of the stage—The Peasants 
 shout—As the Princess enters , grand flourish. 
 
 Volpone. Her highness thanks you for your duty—begone ! 
 Princess, [c.] Nay, Don Volpone, why dismiss them so rudely 1 
 [To Peasants.] Kind people— 
 
 Baroness, [l. c.] Your highness will surely not address the mob ! 
 Prin. How tedious—may I not even say “Thanks!” for their 
 greeting ! 
 
 Bar. Was a royal voice created to ennoble the ears of the rabble ? 
 Prin. Well, as you will. 
 
 Jose. [Advancing l.J May it please your—your serenity—your 
 humblest— 
 
 Volp. Who is this man? 
 
 Man. Excellence, it is the host. 
 
 Volp. Her highness will receive your homage in the form of your 
 
the knight of arva. 
 
 7 
 
 cheer — to your spit, man! Let your eloquence be roast aiuJ 
 
 boiled! . 
 
 Jose. Your supremacy is tlie perfection of all that is in the right. 
 
 The Knight of Ary a, from the rocks, leaps on to the stage—All ad¬ 
 vance— Volpone. Chabonnes and Offenboer draw their swords 
 and rush before the Princess —The Baroness gets behind Manuel 
 —The Guard level their spears at Arva— General movement— hv- 
 erybody cries out “ Treason !” 
 
 Arva. I only killed two out of the covey, after all! 
 
 All. Treason! 
 
 Offenboer. Protect the princess ! 
 
 Chabonnes. Cut him down ! 
 
 Volp. Run him through ! 
 
 Bar. Let us get into the house, and then you can shoot him. [A 
 pause.] Well, gentlemen, which of you is going to begin 7 
 All. Down with him ! 
 
 Prin. [Advancing c.] Hold! 
 
 Arva. Angels in heaven ! his sword. 
 
 Prin. Your accent, sir, bespeaks you a foreigner. . 
 
 Arva. As your person, madam, betrays your title the Princess 
 Marina. [Lays his sword before her feet , and kneels. 
 
 Prin. Rise, sir. Your name! 
 
 Arva. [Rising.] I am called the Knight of Arva. I do not wish to 
 humiliate these gentlemen when I say that Ireland is my countij , niv 
 only fortune is my right arm, and that that blade, which has filled 
 the hands of a hundred of my ancestors, was never drawn save to aid 
 ti e weak, or sheathed but to save the fallen ; I own no land but the 
 ground on which I stand, and I never met that gallant yet, who Car¬ 
 ina- to dispute my title to it, could make me budge one foot—my birth 
 is "nobler than my name—my forefathers so willed it that each of em 
 might write his own patent of nobility with the pen that lies before you; 
 so, madam, men call me Connor the Rash, Knight of Aiva. [Crosses l.c. 
 
 The Princess points to the sword which Arva has placed at her 
 feet — Manuel lifts it—She takes it from, him. 
 
 Prin. Knight of Arva— 
 
 Bar. Your highness—be circumspect. 
 
 Volp. You may commit yourself. 
 
 Offen. Let me present the fellow with a golden crown. 
 
 Chub. Pray, madam, let us deal with him. [Touching his swoid. 
 Arva. [Aside.] They are settling which I am to be here—Master oi 
 Horse, or Captain of the Guard. 
 
 Bar. Give the fellow a crown, and bid him go. 
 
 / rin No, I will not have it so. [She takes a bunch of ribbons from 
 her throat , and, filing them on the blade , offers it to him.] I fear that 
 you have suffered some indignities at the hands of my over-zealous 
 followers! — you wear no colors — accept those of Marina the 
 Catalan ! 
 
9 
 
 8 THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. 
 
 Arva. [Receiving sword from Princess — crosses io c.] Heavensent 
 your higliness a few foes, that I may baptize your priceless gift! 
 
 [Kisses the hand of the Princess, and crosses l. 
 
 Prin. [Aside to Volpone, as she enters the posada. ] Now, Yolpone, 
 for your lecture. 
 
 Volp. If your highness cannot trust to my judgment, wherefore 
 have a minister 1 
 
 Prin. Nay, then, Diego, if ministers be so infallible, wherefore have 
 a queen ? 
 
 Exeunt Princess, Baroness, Offenboer, Volpone, Chabonnes, 
 
 and Pages, into posada — Peasants exit l. and r. h, shouting — 
 
 Flourish. 
 
 Arva . Paradise and pathos, and all that’s delicious and lovely!— 
 there's a woman !—what a voice—a trumpet is nothing to it! Her 
 colors, too ! 1 wear her colors from her neck! I hound mon dioul— 
 if I had a line of Swiss there now—oh, diavolo !—as we swore in Lom¬ 
 bardy—but I forgot my late engagement in the rocky pass above 
 there ! Confound their whirligig paths, I could not arrive in time— 
 and when at last I landed, by a bound, across a chasm, upon a ledge 
 where the scuffle was going on, I was just in time to see the unlucky 
 cavalier run through by a vilain, and fall headlong into the abyss— 
 away scurries the covey all but two, who turned to protect their re¬ 
 treat. “ Well,” says I, “ three are off, but two are better than 
 none,”— aiK j at it we went—tough blades enough, considering; but 
 Tippitiwitchet inquired into the state of one of the rascals’ liver, with 
 the slip under point, and parrying cut number eight, from his friend, 
 with my dagger, I felt my hilt against his ribs. The blackguard made 
 a wonderful face, and slipped over the precipice before I could ask 
 him what was the matter with him. Stooping to examine my other 
 cutpurse, I found this packet of papers clinched tightly in his grasp. 
 [Draws out packet sealed and hound with silk,} for “ Don Diego Vol¬ 
 pone.” There now, what is to be done 7 I dare not avow my dis¬ 
 cussion with these vagabonds, for Spanish laws take a queer view of 
 these matters, [Guard enters from r. u. e., and range down l. h.,] 
 and I only escaped that affair at Saragossa with my life and an inch to 
 spare; so, at the next town I will inquire who this Don Diego Vol¬ 
 pone may be—some merchant at Barcelona, I dare say—and I will 
 forward the packet without a word of explanation. 
 
 Captain, [l.] Sir Knight, I crave pardon ! 
 
 Arva. Sir 7 
 
 Capt. I am deputed to ask which of the neighboring kingdoms you 
 would prefer to enter 1 
 
 Arva. You are very obliging, sir, but I have no choice. 
 
 Capt. What say you to Bearne 1 
 
 Arva. Bearne is a fine hunting country. 
 
 Capt. We are under orders to escort you thither. 
 
 Arva. Under orders to turn me out I 
 
 Capt. With all possible attention and respect, but on the spot. 
 
THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. 
 
 ft 
 
 Arva. Under whose orders, sir 1 
 
 Capt. Those of the minister, Don Diego Volpone. 
 
 Arva. Volpone, the minister 1 
 
 Capt. Of her highness, the princess. 
 
 Enter Volpone from posada. 
 
 Arva. Stop a bit. 
 
 [Reproduces the packet and reads—“ Don Diego Volpone.” 
 
 Volp. Himself, sir. 
 
 Arva. Allow me to discharge a sacred trust, sir—after which. I 
 have something to observe to you. [Presents packet. 
 
 Volp. A packet addressed to me 1 [Opens the packet — another 
 packet , sealed with a broad seal , inside.] 0 la! [Aside.] The royal 
 arms and signet ot England. [Opens again and reads. J “ Your excel¬ 
 lency :—The offer made by you relative to the hand of the Princess 
 Marina in favor of our son, has been weightily counseled by us, and 
 we receive your pledges of attachment to our person with deep plea¬ 
 sure. Understanding the dangers and difficulties by which your 
 policy is beset, we dispatch our trusty ar.d noble cousin, the bearer. 
 [Looks at Arva.] He will seek an introduction to your court under an 
 assumed and modest name, and, to avoid suspicion, will travel with¬ 
 out any suite, hut these are his credentials. If your excellency can 
 bring our hopes to a successful issue, our secret envoy has our royal 
 powers to act as proxy for our son. Receive from us the enclosed 
 marks of our esteem, and the assurance of our love- Henry Rex.” 
 Hum ! [To the Guard.] Retire. 
 
 [lie watches them as they exit r. 3 e., then hastily approaches Arva. 
 
 Arva. And now, sir, allow me to observe— 
 
 Volp. Your hand—your disguise is perfect—perfect! 
 
 Arva. My disguise I 
 
 Volp. But your caution is needed—and now, you had somewhat to 
 observe. 
 
 Arva. True—I wanted to ask at what hour do you usually dismiss 
 the cares of the day, to indulge in the necessary relaxations of amuse¬ 
 ment 1 
 
 Volp. You seek an interview—to-night— 
 
 Arva. It promises to be fine, and the moon rises at eight—accident 
 led me discover a little platform on the rocks above there. 
 
 Volp. I see it. 
 
 Arva. What say you—shall we continue our conversation up therel 
 
 Volp. Strange place for business. 
 
 Arva. But an elegant spot for pleasure—I’ve tried it. By the 
 way, I may as well just mention that my blade is three feet eight, and 
 my dagger— 
 
 Volp. You astonish me—why, this is a challenge ! 
 
 Arva. I hope I have omitted nothing essential to make it so. 
 
 Volp. What offence have I done you 1 
 
 Arva. Your orders to have me shown out of Spain. 
 
 Volp. I recall them—I beg you to remain, to became my guest. 
 
10 
 
 THE KNIGHT OF ARYA. 
 
 jKfva. Oh ! I see this little contemplated conversation. 
 
 Volp. My views are changed, now that I know you. Of course, 1 
 apologise most cordially. 
 
 Arva. Enough, sir. Tippitiwitchet, be aisy. 
 
 Volp. Allow me to congratulate you upon the destiny you are call¬ 
 ed upon to fulfill. Your admirably concocted scheme has made a 
 profound impression on the princess. 
 
 Arva. Concocted 1 
 
 Volp. You are the most cautious rascal that ever served a sovereign 
 — 3 r ou will not even betray yourself to me ; be it so, sir ; I like your 
 circumspection—although, in my case, you may over-act the char¬ 
 acter. 
 
 Arva. [Aside.] This old gentleman has been drinking one glass too 
 many after dinner. 
 
 Volp. France is all eyes! 
 
 Arva. Like a peacock’s tail, she can’t see out of any one of 
 them. 
 
 Volp. Austria is all ears ! 
 
 Arva. So is an ass, but the animal is none the wiser for long lis¬ 
 tening. 
 
 Volp. It now remains for me to discover the means whereby I may, 
 without attracting suspicion, attach you to the person of her high¬ 
 ness. 
 
 Arva. Attached to her person! 
 
 Volp. I fear I must offer you a very subordinate position. 
 
 Arva. My dear sir— 
 
 Volp. But one that will require your constant attendance upon the 
 princess. 
 
 Arva. Very strange. 
 
 Volp. Day and night. 
 
 Arva. The very thing ! Grom aboo !—as we swore in Tipperary. 
 
 Volp. Your post will be Knight Protector of the princess. 
 
 Arva. An Irish body-guard—Tippitiwitchet, do you hear that 1 
 
 Volp. I must recommend you not to omit those minutiae which you 
 would, perhaps, be likely to forget— now, for example, the salary— 
 
 Arva. Oh, ay! 
 
 Volp. Will bo one thousand crowns—of course, a mere matter of 
 form in your case—but you will not forget to take it. 
 
 Arva. Never fear, I’ll not forget—and what am I to do for it 1 
 
 Volp. Do nothing. ’Tis a post of honor. 
 
 Arva. A post of honor—that means a salary of one thousand crowns, 
 and all your duty is to count and see that they are not short. 
 
 Volp. Exactly, but you can do that by deputy. 
 
 Arva. Tare and agest!—where has my head been all my life 1 I 
 ask your pardon, old gentleman—I don’t wish to flatter you, but you 
 are by no means my notion of a great genius—yet, here you are sous¬ 
 ing me in good fortune till I am nearly blind !—now— 
 
 Volp. I understand you. It may seem strange, almost suspicious, 
 hat I should thus advance the fortunes of a nameless adventurer. 
 
THE KNIGHT OF ARVA, 
 
 11 
 
 Arva. Nameless ! 
 
 Volp. Of course I mean nameless only as Knight of Arva. 
 
 Arva. Yet, sir, to him who bears that name you owe your life. 
 
 Volp. My life ! . 
 
 Arva. I thought I remembered your face again, although when J 
 
 saw it some years ago, it was by torchlight. 
 
 Volp. Ha! . . , 
 
 Arva. I commanded a plump of spears in the service of Charles oi 
 
 Burgundy. One night we were stationed on outpost; a cavalcade ap¬ 
 proached us. The moonbeams played on the glittering ranks of the 
 Scotch guard, but the glare of torches revealed the iron features of 
 Tristram the hermit, the ruihless headsman of King Louis. Beside 
 him rode a man bound—a prisoner; his haggard tace was green with 
 fear; my lieutenant whispered that it was a Spanish minister; they 
 were bearing him to the dungeons of the Bastile. 
 
 Volp. Ah ! the ruffians !—true—’twas I—they seized on me by 
 stealth. I had given myself up for lost, when of a sudden I heard a 
 shout, and then a crash—my bands were cut, and a voice neai me 
 cried out, “ Run !” 
 
 Arva. ’Twas mine, and by St. Patrick, you took the hint. 
 
 Volp. There your title to my gratitude is clear. 
 
 Enter the Princess, Baroness, Offenboer and Chabbonnes from 
 
 posada. 
 
 I will loudly avow the obligation. Your highness, permit me to crave 
 your favor for this noble gentleman—to whom, princess, X owe it, 
 that I am still the humblest of your servants. 
 
 Prin. Why did not this gentleman avow this obligation when you 
 so lately thus publicly insulted him 'l 
 
 Bar. Your highness puts a cogent question. 
 
 Arva. Madam, your sex, like that of the old lady that just spoke, 
 can scarcely understand these matters. Do you think that I sell every 
 thrust of my sword, and book every scratch, like a tradesman, and 
 then present my bill thus, “Don Diego Volpone, to the Knight of 
 Arva_One life X” No, madam, a craftsman sells and duns—a gentle¬ 
 man gives and forgets. [Goes up. 
 
 Prin. Baroness ! 
 
 Bar. Highness! 
 
 Prin. I would attach this stranger’s fortunes to my own. leli 
 Volpone to repeat his services. 
 
 Bar. Princess you cannot dream of such a thing. Reflect aie we 
 a roving company of free lances, that should pick up every stiaggler 
 on the highway ? 
 
 Prin. Can I have nothing my own way? 
 
 Bar. Your highness is a princess—we are here to advise hei how 
 
 to act and speak. , 
 
 Prin. Yes, but your advice is nothing but “ Hold your tongue and 
 keep quiet ” One might as well be born dumb and a cripple, as a 
 princess ! [Crosses to r. h. 
 
12 
 
 THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. 
 
 Vol. Exercise your prerogative, madam, freely. 
 
 Pnn. Yes, freely — so I will ! [A pause.—Aside to Volpone.] 
 
 Diego ! 
 
 Vol. Highness! 
 
 Prin. What is freely 1 
 
 Vol. Freely is a—hem—when one says free, it a—means—that when 
 one is told to do—a—a—then a—one is free to—do it a —freely. 
 
 Prin. Will yonder gentleman accept my services 1 
 
 Vol. You would have his attendance ? 
 
 Prin. I would, sir. 
 
 Vol. Madam, I served your father for twenty years—bequeath to 
 me the cares of state—reserve the pleasures and the power. Sir 
 knight, [to Arva,] the princess, in reward for the service which you 
 rendered to her humble minister, bestows on you the vacant post of 
 Knight Protector of the Presence. Her highness offers her hand to 
 salute. [Crosses to c. 
 
 Arva. [ Advancing .J Madam, I am a soldier—a man of blood, not 
 words ; my tongue is of steel, and lies in my scabbard, so that I could 
 turn more easily an enemy’s flank than a courtly phrase; but here I 
 tender you the oath of the Free Lance—On horseback, or on foot, with 
 lance, sword, or dagger, through fire and anathema, ’gainst and 
 against foes, I carry thy will, silent and certain, knowing no mas- 
 ter but thee and death, and thus I seal my pledge! 
 
 [Kneels, and kisses Princess’ hand. 
 
 Bar. What a horrid assemblage of bloodthirsty expressions! 
 
 Chab. I congratulate your highness on your acquisition ! 
 
 Offen. An office which has only been filled by scions of the oldest 
 families and the purest blood ! 
 
 Arva. Old—what do you call old ? We are the finest family ip 
 Ulster—a fine old hunting family, with a descent clear down from 
 Nimrod ; and as to pure blood—your Norman puddle is mud to it— 
 old ! I like that ! 
 
 Chab. I seek not to measure births with the savage inhabitants o/ 
 some rock called Ireland. 
 
 Arva. A rock ! the ignoramus—and that’s an ambassador ! 
 
 Chab. But my ancestor— 
 
 Arva. Was in the ark with Nimrod, I dare say. 
 
 Chab. Well, sir, and suppose he was—can you disprove it? 
 
 Arva. Not a bit of it; but to show you the superiority of my family 
 on that occasion—damme, they had a boat of their own ! 
 
 [All laugh. 
 
 Vol. Enough, gentlemen. Her highness will proceed to Lerida 
 Let the train be formed. [Aside to Arva.] I leave you alone with he? 
 —press your suit with activity. 
 
 Arva. Press my suit— 
 
 Vol. Give way to your feelings. 
 
 Arva. To my feelings!—do you mean that I am to make love to 
 feer ? 
 
THE KNLJHT OF ARVA. 
 
 13 
 
 Vol. With all your eloquence ! I will hold off Austria and France, 
 who will never suspect your purpose. 
 
 Arva. Suspect! The devil take me if I can suspect it myself—that 
 old griffin with her petticoat of arms— 
 
 Volp. Do not observe her opposition; she is instructed to cross every 
 wish of the princess. 
 
 Arva. Then, in spite of everything, my duty is to make love to the 
 princess—that is your order 1 
 Volp. Exactly. 
 
 Arva. That is enough. 
 
 Volp. [Crosses the Princess c.] Madam, we precede your highness. 
 [Aside."] This knight is not what he seems; accord a favorable ear 
 to his suit. My lords, I attend you. [Crosses in front. 
 
 off! I Madam! 
 
 [They bow and exeunt , with Volpone intoposada 
 Arva. Madam ! I am to be alone with her—alone l and my duty 
 is to make love to her. Ah ! by my honor, I do not wonder that peo¬ 
 ple fight for places at court, if such be the duties and perquisites. 
 
 Prin. [Aside.] He is not what he seems—lend his suit a favorable 
 ear—wliat suit 1 
 
 Arva. [Approaching the Princess.] Madam, I am—I am— 
 
 [Pauses. 
 
 Prin Yes, sir, I have been inlormed, sir— 
 
 Arva. Heaven, earth, and Ireland! it’s a wonderful thing! 
 
 Prin. Sir ! [Recoiling. 
 
 Bar. What manners are these 1 What camp followers have we 
 here '! 
 
 Arva. Your pardon, old lady ! have the kindness to take your 
 griffins out of this, and let me perform my duty. 
 
 Bar. What duties you have to pay her highness must be addressed 
 to me. 
 
 Arva. To you ? Oh ! There now do you conceive that I would 
 perform this duty to you 1 
 
 Bar. And if I so conceived, sir—what then! 
 
 Arva. Then, madam, you have a mighty florid imagination for 
 your age. Only think of that old female sturgeon wanting me to 
 make love to her ! Success to the griffins ! 
 
 Bar. Princess, must I resign my charge—my right to reply to all 
 addresses to your highness 1 
 
 Prin. Reply, Baroness, but let the knight address. 
 
 Arva. That splits the difference. [Aside.] Besides, Yolpone told me 
 not to mind her opposition, so I must show them that I comprehend 
 the arrangement. 
 
 [Plucks the Baroness by the robe , when he makes a grimace of in¬ 
 telligence. upon his repeating which. the Baroness, with gestures 
 of astonishment and alarm, passes to the side of the Prin¬ 
 cess. 
 
14 
 
 THE KNIGHT OP ARVA. 
 
 Priii. [Aside.] What does he mean? I think, sir, you have some 
 suit to press ? 
 
 Arva. A suit, madam—bewildered as I am, pardon me if I am un¬ 
 able to halt and reform my sealed faculties. An angel form has 
 guided my footsteps, and I feel as one walking in those fairy palaces 
 raised by magicians in romance. 
 
 Prin. [To Baroness, after a pause.] Tell him to go on. 
 
 Par. Speak on, sir. 
 
 Arva. You bid me speak, but I dread to trust a word, lest its bru¬ 
 tal sound might fracture the lovely hues of what I fear is but a 
 vision! 
 
 Prin. Ah ! Baroness, how sweet! how courtly! 
 
 Arva. Not courtly, lady, but most hearty. 
 
 Par. Hearty, sir! We beg you will measure your expressions. 
 
 Prin. Why, let it pass, Baroness, and may I hear for once things 
 called by the names they bear, in my native language. 
 
 Arva. [Aside. J She calls the tongue of love her native language ! 
 [Aloud.] Princess of Beauty— 
 
 Par. Moderate your transports. 
 
 Arva. It seems that old woman is to stand by with buckets "of cold 
 water. [To the Princess.] Peerless princess, let what I can’t sav 
 speak for me, and what I dare not utter be all my eloquence! Judge 
 my sincerity by its silence ! 
 
 Par. What mad tirade is this? I cannot reply, sir, for her high¬ 
 ness. ’Tis past my understanding. 
 
 Arva. By thirty years, I know it—each age has a language of its 
 own. But her highness— 
 
 Prin. [In a low voice.] I will hear that suit another time. [Aside J 
 What words were these ? They seem the echo of some dream-some 
 girlish dream—when I was cooped up in my convent, and knew the 
 world only as I could dream of it! 
 
 Enter Manuel, r. u. e. 
 
 Man. The litter of her highness awaits her pleasure. 
 
 Prin. The tones of his voice—so different from all who have ever 
 addressed me. 
 
 Enter Volpone, Chabonnes, Offenboer, fromposada. 
 
 v olp. [r.] Madame, the cortege is formed. My Lord of Arva, the 
 flistody of the litter is your duty. 
 
 Prin. [Aside to Volpone.] Tell me, Diego, who is he? 
 
 Volp. [Aside.] The secret ambassador of England. 
 
 Prin. [Aside.] And his suit ? 
 
 Volp. He lays at your feet the heart of the Prince of Wales. 
 
 Prin. The Prince of Wales ! The envoy of another !—Baroness- - 
 ^ utlemen toLerida! [Leans upon Baroness. 
 
THE KNIGHT 0/ ARVA 
 
 15 
 
 Enter from posada Offenboer, and Chabonnes, followed by their 
 Pages. The Guard enter from r. u. e. and go off l. u. e. Peas¬ 
 ants appear at different entrances. Jose at inn door waving 
 napkin. Princess goes up stage with Baroness, followed by 
 Volpone and Arva. Grand flourish. Peasants shout. 
 
 END OF ACT I. 
 
 ACT II. 
 
 SCENE l—The Palace of Lerida. An ante-room—The walls are 
 
 tapestried—Two entrances r. and l. —Opening c., with curtains to 
 
 draw—Two tables l. h —Writing materials—A taper lighted— 
 
 Chairs. 
 
 Manuel is in waiting , c. — Volpone at table, l. h. 
 
 Volp. [Writing ] What is the hour ? 
 
 Man. Excellency, the palace clock is on the stroke of ten. 
 
 Volp. [Still writing.) Has my dispatch been [A pause] forwarded 
 to the Bishop of Tortosa ? 
 
 Man. Yes, excellency. His gravity will arrive at midnight. 
 
 Volp. [Still writing.) Let the chapel of the palace be prepared, and 
 the altar illuminated. [Manuel goes up, r. h. —Volpone, rising , ad¬ 
 vances to L- c.] Stay ! I gave orders that the city gales and all ac¬ 
 cesses should be guarded. 
 
 Man. Strict watch is kept. 
 
 Volp. Every foreigner to be searched, and all papers of which he 
 may be the bearer to be seized. 
 
 Man. Your excellency’s orders are obeyed. [Exit r. h. c. 
 
 Volp. The obstinate mystery with which this knight surrounds him¬ 
 self, has baffled me. In his adopted character, he has in ten days 
 completed the conquest of her highness [ Walks about.) Hum be 
 excludes me from his confidence, and evidently wishes to monopolize 
 the glory of this marriage—not so fast—hum ! What it I betray to 
 Chabonnes and Offenboer that a secret agent of England is ?t work 
 here, and warn them to beware, so I can watch the manoeuvres on 
 both sides, and, by a word, direct the helm of the intrigue into the 
 channel of my own imprests ? 
 
 Enter the Baroness, c. r. h. 
 
 Baroness, how fares our cause ? 
 
 Bar. [r.] Minister, I can make nothing of the island satago He 
 
16 
 
 THE KNIGHT OF ARVA, 
 
 bursts through all rule and ceremony with the brutality of a wild boar. 
 Why, but now, in one of his many movements, I do believe, had I not 
 screamed, he would have kissed the princess ! 
 
 Volp. And her highness 1 
 
 Bar. Let it be said most humbly—but her serenity is very young—■ 
 at the barbarian savageries of this man of the woods, she laughs! 
 Yes, minister, as we stood by the palace window this morning, her 
 highness fixed her fancy on a lily that grew in the lake beneath. I 
 was about to dispatch a lacquey for it, when, to my horror, the prin¬ 
 cess littered a scream of fright—the knight had leaped from the win¬ 
 dow—a fearful height—and rushed across all the beds of Indian 
 flowers—plunged into the lake and swam like a duck, till he seized 
 the flower, and, returning as he went, came dripping into her princely 
 presence, panting like a hound, and red as a cardinal’s hat S 
 
 [ Crosses , l. h 
 
 Volp. Was the princess displeased 1 
 
 Bar. After her fright, she watched his return with an eagerness as 
 wild as his own, and when he reappeared, her look, oh minister, was 
 more fit for the cheek of a country girl, than the heiress of a prince! 
 
 [Site at table , l. 
 
 Volp. [Aside.] St. Iago ! he is a very great man ! 
 
 [Returns to table , r. h. 
 
 Offen \l° utside -1 Ha! ha! ha! 
 
 Re-enter Manuel, r. h. c. 
 
 Man. Their excellencies. 
 
 Enter Ch4bonnes and Offenboer, r. h. c. 
 
 Chab. [Taking r. h. Cor.] Ha! Ha! Ha! He is spasmodically 
 amusing [Aside.] I will secure his interest for France this very night, 
 I think a peerage and the grand cross of St. Louis will tempt him. 
 
 Offen. How admirably he mimicked Volpone. [Aside.] I will se¬ 
 cure his interest for Austria at any cost. He will scarcely refuse the 
 future vice-royalty of Catalonia, and the Golden Fleece. 
 
 Volp. [o.J My lords. We are the dupes of a daring scheme—a 
 plot! 
 
 Chab. } . , . , 
 
 Offen. \ A P' ot! 
 
 Volp. Against us all. Your excellencies are aware that England 
 has made advances to negotiate a marriage between her Highness and 
 the Prince of Wales. 
 
 Chab. But no envoy has arrived. 
 
 Volp. A mistake, duke, a secret envoy has arrived. 
 
 Offen. His name] 
 
 Volp. Ay, count, here lies the mystery. 
 
 Bar. This lunatic swash buckler is an agent of Britain, depend 
 upon it. 
 
THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. 
 
 17 
 
 Chab. What! our mad knight ? To resolve your minister, when he 
 comes, you shall be convinced. I will question him. 
 
 Bar. Here comes the Vandal paladin! See how he strides along, 
 as if he were in a tavern, There’s a gait! 
 
 Enter Manuel, r. h. 0. 
 
 Man. The Knight of Arva! 
 
 Enter Arva, r. h. c. 
 
 Arva. Ha! gentlemen! What, a counsel of war? and Griffin’s in 
 the chair. I beg your pardon Baroness, but we barons call each other 
 by our devices, and I can only recognize you as a Griffin. 
 
 Bar. The Astragoth! 
 
 Chab. Knight ! [Crosses to Arva. 
 
 Arva. Duke! 
 
 Chab. [Aside to Volpone.] Now to assay him, watch his demeaa- 
 or. [To Arva.] We were speaking of you as you entered. 
 
 Arva. Oh, ho! 
 
 Chab. His excellency, Don Volpone, unmasked the strangeness 
 of your position here and declared to us his suspicion that you might 
 be- 
 
 Arva. That I might be— 
 
 Chab. A secret agent of England. 
 
 [They all fix their eyes on him. 
 
 Arva. Did he now ? 
 
 Chab. [Aside.] He does not move a muscle. 
 
 OJfen. [Aside.] Not a hair. 
 
 Volp. [Aside.] That man deserves a statue of brass. 
 
 Bar. You are aware that these lords represent Austria and France. 
 
 Arva. The bantam cock and the goose with two heads, excuse me 
 gentlemen, I only know countries by their devices. 
 
 Chab. My mission to this court is to claim the hand of the Princess 
 for my leige. 
 
 Offen. I press the suit of the archduke. 
 
 Volp. And it is suspected that you, Sir Knight, adventure here to 
 secure the Princess for the Prince of Wales. 
 
 Arva. Then let me inform you, gentlemen, that were I so honored 
 by King Henry, my policy would have been plain, for in one hour by 
 this dial I should have cut the coxcomb in your person my lord 
 duke, and I could have deprived the goose of one of its heads at 
 least, Count, to wit that same which now flourishes upon your shoul¬ 
 ders. Think you, sirs, that lions creep upon their prey like cats 1 No' 
 were I the delegated paw, I’d like to see the bird or beast in Christen¬ 
 dom could scan my purpose or could shake my hold. 
 
 [ Crosses to l. c. 
 
 Volp. A rugged soldier, gentlemen, is less to be dreaded than a hid 
 den foe. 
 
 Manuel enters r. h. c. 
 
 Man. Her Highness, the Princess. 
 
18 
 
 THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. 
 
 Enter Princess, r. h. c. The nobles incline before her as she ad¬ 
 vances. She fixes her eyes on Arva as she speaks to the Baroness. 
 
 Prin. [r. c.] Baroness, I come to seek- 
 
 Bar. Me, Madam ? I am covered with confusion, pardon my ab¬ 
 sence. 
 
 Prin. Volpone, [To Chabonnes and Offenboer.] With your leave 
 lords. 
 
 Draws Volpone aside , Baroness goes up r., Chabonnes and Offen¬ 
 boer go up c. 
 
 Volp. [r.] Your Highness ! 
 
 Prin. Of what scheme am I the victim. Why have you placed 
 that stranger by my side? what mean his words? You say he is the 
 bearer of another’s vows. 
 
 Volp. He brought me credentials written by the hand of Henry of 
 England. 
 
 Prin. Let me see them. 
 
 Volp But Madam! 
 
 Prin. Hear me Diego. Men call you crafty, false, and avaricious, 
 that gives me no care. My father lifted you from obscurity, and 
 made you noble, he trusted you with all, even the future of his only 
 child; that child has loved you, Diego, but she is a child no longer; 
 look into her eyes and there read her father’s unbending will. You 
 have betrayed me! 
 
 Volp. Madam, madam ! 
 
 Prin. You have, or you will, I know not which, but I feel the 
 traitor in you. Now mark me, by the false love you bore my father, if 
 you sell his child, I’ll have my price wrought into a golden axe, and 
 with it take your head. 
 
 Bar. [c.] Your Highness! 
 
 Prin. [Haughtily.) Back, madam, till your duty is demanded. 
 
 Bar. Hey-d ! 
 
 Prin. The papers. 
 
 Volp. I will fetch them. 
 
 Prin. No, you have them—give— 
 
 Volp. I know not Madam—perhaps I may have— [Searches his 
 vest.) Ha ! indeed, here be— 
 
 Prin. Quick, [Snatches the parcel as he produces it hurriedly'] ’tis 
 so—my—so—and he bore these credentials. 
 
 Volp. As I have said. 
 
 Prin. Forgive me, Diego, but, I thought—’tis very strange—the 
 demeanor of the Knight—his language—but why should I pause. 
 Why should he not avow his purpose, at least to me, and yet I dread 
 — [A pause.) Leave me. [Crosses r. c. Cor. 
 
 Volp. My lords. Baroness, her highness gives us leave [CVossrs l.J 
 Not a word, I recognize the humor she is in—her father to a wrinkle—• 
 her bloo 1 is up and a word may cause ours to flow. 
 
 Arva. [As he passes all exeunt except Princess and Arva, l. h. 
 
 Arva. [Aside. J There’s a coronet of clouds upon her brow that 
 looks mighty well there. 
 
THE KNIGHT OF ARVa. 
 
 19 
 
 Prin. [r. c. aside.] Do I tremble? Wliat do I dread. It seems as 
 if I had an inner life to lose, and my heart awaited the death sentence, 
 when I think upon the words he dared to utter, the looks he never 
 feared to cast, and these were borrowed, that he was hired to bear 
 the livery of love, and learned a paper to repeat by lote. 
 
 Arva. [Aside. J How her eyes flash ! she is as beautiful as an Al¬ 
 pine thunder storm. 
 
 Prin. [Aside.] He shall not see that he has the power to move me 
 thus. [Aluud.] Knight! [Points to chair. 
 
 Area. Madam! 
 
 Prin. We were conversing but now of a knight who was repulsed 
 by his mistresss. We were interrupted. The lady you say was won 
 at last. 
 
 Arva. As thus he sung. [Song introduced —“Love’s Serenade.” 
 
 Prin. Sir Knight! I had congratulated myself that one person in 
 my court at least, was what he seemed. My graiitude to fortune has 
 been premature. 
 
 Arva. ’Tis fortune should be grateful to have such a creature as 
 yourself on whom to lavish her favors. 
 
 Prin. Craft does not become you, Sir Knight. 
 
 Arva. I never feigned in my life. 
 
 Prin. Never ! reflect. 
 
 Arva. Oh, pardon, yes, once. I feigned to engage Chevalier St 
 Mars in Carte, but slipped through his lunge in seconde. 
 
 Prin. I heard a tale told of you. Was it not some peasant girl 
 that was beloved by some chief under whose banner you served. This 
 chief deputed you to seek the fair one in disguise, to press his suit, 
 the suit of another, and you feigned the language and the garb of 
 passion, crept like a spy- 
 
 Arva. Madam ! 
 
 Prin. Or have I forgotten the particulars 1 Was it a peasant girl, 
 or was it a princess? 
 
 Arva. Ah ! Princess, they say the spotless virgin can check and 
 rule the untamed lion. Your experiment has proved at once your 
 power and the truth of the adage. 
 
 Prin. Knight! you sought my court and by your simple, bold and 
 chivalrous bearing—you gained—our—our admiration—chance as I 
 thought, brought you before me, but wherefore, was it to chide me 
 for my girlish dreams, to rob me of my better nature, to show me 
 that truth and honor are but finer craft, and teach tho princess to 
 forget the woman, and to color a ruthless reign by her contempt of 
 all humanity. If so, begone, ere I despise you sir, and thereby all 
 you like. 
 
 Arva. Honor, madam, is not an idea but a thing like love and 
 courage, and beauty ; it is not to be engendered, but exists, and with 
 his arms, devices, titles, and his name, honor descends upon a gentle¬ 
 man as his inheritance—ask my blade to recount its deeds—it is 
 dumb, but I speak for it. Ask me to vindicate my honor, 1 am silent, 
 but Tippitivvitchet is eloquent. 
 
THE KNIGHT OF ARYA. 
 
 20 
 
 Prin. [Aside.] What plot is then weaving around me. Volpone 
 has deceived me. Still shall I expose these papers, no, it will seem as 
 if I still doubted. 
 
 Arva. Sure that old fox Volpone dared not hint to your highness 
 his suspicions about which you joked awhile ago. 
 
 Prin. Suspicions ! 
 
 Arva. That I had come here on some mission to demand your 
 hand. 
 
 Prin. For England. Yes, and is it not so'? 
 
 Arva. For another'? Could you believe that my devotion—my 
 was—St. Patrick! Is it acting like an Italian stroller you thought T 
 was I 
 
 Prin. Forgive me Knight—no. 
 
 Arva. The lacquey of a passion, to fetch and bring, to make my 
 heart do service 7 Not for all the Caesars. 
 
 Prin. No, no! I see—I see—I feel it was not so. I am the victim 
 of some dark intrigue—it winds around me. 
 
 Arva. Were it as endless as the Gordian knot, here, [ touching 
 his sword,] is the classic panacea that shall free you. Let me just 
 cross the ears of those two ambassadors, and quarter Volpone. I will 
 be back in five minutes. 
 
 Prin. No, do not leave me; I bear them no anger now. I know 
 not why, but all their schemes appear unworthy of my heed, but 
 what could Diego mean—he told me you had a suit to press. 
 
 Arva. And he bid me press it. 
 
 Prin. He prayed me to lend a favorable ear. 
 
 Arva. And did you so 7 
 
 Prin. To listen was my duty. I thought you proffered me a great 
 alliance. ’Twas for my people’s welfare. 
 
 Arva. Ah, madam! Those same royal marriages for the people’s 
 welfare, are not made in Heaven as they should be, for sure, ’twas 
 never decreed that a nation’s happiness should be formed on a mon¬ 
 arch’s misery. 
 
 Volpone appears c. 
 
 Prin. I hesitate, in knowledge I am but a child, and in this mat¬ 
 ter I have no counsel but what I must distrust and fear. 
 
 Volp. [Advancing.] Madame, forgive my boldness; distrust no 
 more, fear nothing, the moment is propitious—yield to the solicita¬ 
 tions of your earliest friend and counsellor—accept this great alli¬ 
 ance. 
 
 Prin. This great alliance I 
 
 Volp. The chapel has been prepared. The Bishop of Tortosa is 
 already at the altar. Allow this noble gentleman to lead you 
 thither. 
 
 Arva. Is it me 7 I marry her 7 her highness! 
 
 Volp. Certainly. What else did you come for 7 
 
 Arva. Did I come for that 7 
 
 Volp Of course, really my lord, you carry your diplomacy so mys¬ 
 teriously far that you take me beyond my depth. 
 
the knight of arva. 
 
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 Arva. And. her highness will consent! 
 
 Volp If her people’s prayers added to ours can prevail. 
 
 Prin. Diego! 
 
 Volp. [Aside to Arva.] She hesitates—now my lord all necessity for 
 mystery is at an end. One word, will you receive the hand of her 
 Highness from me 1 
 
 Arva. Receive her hand! dare I but dream of it! 
 
 Prin. Diego, you told me to bequeath to you all the cares of state. 
 
 Volp. And to resume its pleasures. 
 
 Prin. Is the disposal of my hand a care of state ! 
 
 Volp. Eminently. 
 
 Prin And you would bestow it! 
 
 Volp. Here/ [Takes Arva’s hand, 
 
 Prin. Be it so. 
 
 Volp Your Highness consents' 1 
 
 Prin. I do. [Volpone places her hand in Arva’s. 
 
 Arva. Consent to become—I cannot—I— 
 
 Volp. May I implore your highness to pardon my anxiety that the 
 ceremony should not be delayed an hour. 
 
 Prin. [To Arva.] You are pale! 
 
 Arva. Mine, [Gazing on her.\ my own—my— 
 
 Prin. You tremble. [Giving him both her hands. 
 
 Arva. [Sinks at her feet.] As a miser for his treasure. 
 
 Prin. [Bending down and in a low voice.] Arva, do you wed th© 
 princess, or the woman ! 
 
 Arva. Marina! 
 
 Prin. Hush! forgive my first doubts. They shall be the last. 
 
 [Exit R. H. 2 E. 
 
 Volp. Bravo! Bravissimo ! Bravissimo! Bravo! allow me to assist 
 your lordship to rise. Ah, ah ! let us assist each other to rise. 
 
 Arva. What have I done to deserve all this good fortune! 
 
 Volp. You have conducted the most delicate intrigue, with a genius 
 that will immortalize you, but let us lose no time; it is fitting on this 
 august occasion that her highness should bestow on you some signal 
 honor. Here are the insignia of the Grand Crosses of St. Iago de 
 Compastello and Isabella, and your title of Grandee [Giveshim crosses 
 and two parchments.] I must see to the preparations in the chapel 
 and during the ceremony I will so engage the rival envoys here that 
 you need fear no interruption. Ha, ha ! your hand once more. Santo 
 Bartolomes! Machiavelli was an imposter to you. Hush ! 
 
 [Rushes out c. 
 
 Arva. Where the devil am I; am I myself, or somebody else ! 
 Have I been dreaming all my life ! Here’s a deluge of fortune. Oh! 
 I’ll not complain, rain on ye deceiver. I am as patient under your 
 showers as a cow in clover. 
 
 Enter Chabonnes cautiously , l. h. 
 
 Chab Knight, hush! are you alone! 
 
 Arva. I’ll sweat to nothing. I have discharged my five senses for 
 
 lying- 
 
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 THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. 
 
 Chab. Have I misinterpreted your feelings? you take an interi .ia 
 
 France ? 
 
 Arva. How can I help it ? Have I not been fighting against her 
 for the last six years. 
 
 Chab. So high does his Christian majesty esteem your valor, that 
 he has deputed me to enlist you in his service, as a peer of his realm 
 and to salute you as Baron D’Arva, knight commander of St. Louise, 
 Grand Cross! 
 
 Arva. Another, here’s more of it. 
 
 Chab. Knight of Jerusalem ! and companion of the white and green 
 ladies ! Permit me to present them with the deeds. 
 
 [Hands him the two papers and two crosses. 
 
 Arva. Baron D’Arva, peer of France, Grandee of Spain, which is 
 the green lady? 
 
 Chab. I ventured in my last despatch to mention your attachment 
 to the house of Valois, and enlarged on your influence with the 
 Pi 'incess. 
 
 Arva. Oh you flatter me. Do you think so ? 
 
 Chab. I am sure of it. may I count upon it? 
 
 Arva. What for ? 
 
 Chab. To conclude this contemplated marriage. 
 
 Arva. Make your mind easy, that is settled. 
 
 Chab. You think so? 
 
 Arva. I have her word for it, and to-night, this very night, the 
 dear, the irrevocable promise will be pledged. 
 
 Chab. So soon? Then I must engage our rivals, so that you may 
 have free scope to play the game. Your hand, Baron, France is 
 grateful! 
 
 Arva. Is she ? I beg she won’t mention it. 
 
 Chab. I will not detain you from the prosecution of our plans, rely 
 on my co-operation. [Goes up and exit l. h. 3 e. 
 
 Arva. Tron de hair—as we swore in Germany. I wonder what 
 will become of me next, or who I shall turn out to be. ’Tis mighty 
 clear I have been living under a mistake all my life. 
 
 Enter Offenboer r. h. c. 
 
 Offen. Hush! 
 
 Arva. Another! 
 
 Often. Knight, I have just received instructions from Vienna. 
 
 Arva. Not before you wanted them Count. 
 
 Offen. Let me hasten to inform you that the Emperor is aware of 
 your presence here. 
 
 Arva. Now stop. Tare alive! don’t say he has sent me— 
 
 Offen. The future vice royalty cf Catalonia— 
 
 Arva. And a cross ? 
 
 Offen. Of the Golden Fleece and the Great Eagle—here they are. 
 
 Arva. I knew it. Oh St. Patrick, if that darling Colleen Fortune 
 is anywhere near you up there give her a kiss for me, and I’ll do as 
 much for you below and ask no questions; hand over your jewels 
 
THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. 
 
 23 
 
 and the sheepskin—I accept everything and make no apologies. I 
 feel as it a thousand faries were fluttering their wings around my 
 ears and scrambling about my heart. 
 
 Offen. May I speak'? 
 
 Arva. Out with it! 
 
 Offen. The Princess! 
 
 Arva. I know the rest; this marriage, is’nt that it? 
 
 Offen. Can I rely upon you ? 
 
 Arva. And on Tippitiwitchet. 
 
 Offen. And I may despatch a courier to Vienna ? 
 
 Arva. You may despatch yourself. 
 
 Offen. Mean you that the marriage is settled ? 
 
 Arva. As its consequences. 
 
 Enter Volpone, c. 
 
 Volp. [Aside to Arva.] The Bishop has arrived ; quick ! I will en¬ 
 gage their excellencies here until the ceremony is concluded. 
 
 Re-enter Chabonnes l. h. 
 
 Chab. [Aside .] Volpone and OfFenboer. what a contretemps—now 
 for a grand stroke of diplomacy ! One half hour and Catalonia is 
 a French province ! I must occupy their excellencies. 
 
 Arva. [Aside.] Honors and titles are coming upon me as thick as 
 blackberries on the back of a ditch. If matters go on at this rate I 
 will have more stars to make knights of me than there are days in the 
 year. I will not have room on my breast to carry my illuminations. 
 I must make a map of Europe on it, and confine each country to its 
 legal limits. St. Patrick, if titles increase on me too, it will take a 
 month to learn who I am. [Exit r. h. 
 
 Offen. [r .aside.] I hope they suspect nothing. 
 
 Volp [l. aside.] They look rather uneasy. 
 
 All. [Advancing towards c.] Ha! Ha! Ha! 
 
 Chab. Your excellencies will pardon the expression, but there 
 positively exists between us, a sentiment of distrust. 
 
 Volp. A distrust? 
 
 Offen. Distrust France 1 what an idea! 
 
 Chab. Really, Count, I esteem so highly your diplopmatic abili¬ 
 ties, that upon my dukedom I would not trust you an ell further than 
 I could see. 
 
 Offen. Oh Duke! allow me to assure you, that your policy is so 
 impenetrable, that by my ancestors! I could not trust you so far. 
 
 A series of bows indicative of their mutual sense of the compliment 
 Volp. Your excellencies have engaged wits so well in this affair 
 that you may be said to be further from your object than whea you 
 began. 
 
 Chab. I have a coalition to propose. 
 
the knight of arva. 
 
 ^Ohab. Every” umpire of the question named by me has been reject 
 ed 0j^»! ie My referees have shared a similar fate at your grace s 
 
 I have discovered a means to bring about an issue. 
 
 Volp. What can you mean ! , . 
 
 Chab. Let us remain here until the princess shall appear, find thee 
 
 let her highness be simply asked to make a choice. 
 
 Offen. But no undue influence must be used. 
 
 Volp . If we remain here, are we not guarantees for each othc. . 
 Tour -race has hit upon an admirable expedient, but be it agreed 
 that whatever may be the reply of the princess, we must be bound 
 
 by it. 
 
 Offen. Agreed ! for Austria! 
 
 Chab. And I! for France ! [They go up. 
 
 Volp. Without question or appeal. 
 
 Enter Manuel, l. h. 
 
 Man. r Aside to Volpone.] Your excellency, according to your 
 orders, a foreign courier has just been arrested at the city gates; upon 
 
 searching his person, this dispatch was found. 
 
 [Hands Volpone sealed paper. 
 
 Volp. Enough. [Reads.] “ For the most noble, the Earl of Suffolk. 
 Ha! that then is the title which he conceals. Suffolk, a kinsman of 
 
 the king. . , ... ,, 
 
 Chab. [l. stopping Manuel aside.] Where is her highness f 
 
 Man. Excellence, she has just passed into the chapel with the 
 
 Knight of Arva. „ , . . , , 
 
 Chab. Hd! [Aside.) True to his word! Catalonia is annexed to 
 France ! [Crosses to r. h. behind. 
 
 Offen. [l. stopping Manuel.] Hist! where is the Knight of Arva 1 
 
 Man. Excellence, he is now in the chapel with her highness. 
 
 [Exit Manuel, l. ii. 
 
 Offen. [Aside.] The Golden Fleece and the Great Eagle have 
 triumphed ! The princess is our own ! 
 
 Volp. [Who has been fingering the dispatch .] These may be im¬ 
 portant instructions. I must hasten to him. _ [Going up c. 
 
 Chab. [r. ringing one of his arms.) No, minister, no ! 
 
 Offen. [l. ringing the other arm.) Fair play, no, no. 
 
 f They draw him forward. 
 
 Volp. [c.] Eh! 
 
 Offen. Our convention, our agreement. [Goes up l. 
 
 Chab. No undue influence. We are guarantees for each other. 
 
 [Goes up r. 
 
 Volp. Ah'.true. [Aside.] What is to be done. Bah! delicacy is 
 folly, the intelligence contained in these dispatches, may in s<>mo 
 manner modify our views, and as all mystery is at an end between ns 
 l will make bold. [Tears open the dispatch — reads aside J “My 
 
THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. 
 
 25 
 
 trusty Suffolk, herewith know that the dispensation which we have 
 so long begged from Rome, has been granted by the Sovereign Pon¬ 
 tiff. Our son of Wales can now wed Katherina of Arragon, the 
 widow of his lamented brother. Frorp the receipt hereof we com¬ 
 mand you to break off treaties for the alliance with the Princess Ma¬ 
 rina, for as much as by the hour you read this our writing, the Prince 
 of Wales will be united to the Lady of Arragon.” Distraction ! Mai- 
 ried ! [Sound of an organ heard within.] Ho ! the ceremony is pro¬ 
 ceeding, it must be arrested ! 
 
 He runs up hut is seized 6i/Chabonnes and Offenboer, who change 
 
 sides. 
 
 Chab. No, no! 
 
 Offen. Not a step! 
 
 Volp. But my lords—my lords ! 
 
 Chab. Your word is pledged. 
 
 Volp. You are ignorant. I have deceived you! 
 
 Chab. No you have not, and we do not intend to give you the 
 
 ct) ance 
 
 Volp. Listen! you hear those sounds. Do you know what they 
 mean 1 
 
 Offen. Perfectly. Ha, ha, ha! , , . A , , ... 
 
 Volp. The Knight of Arva is in the royal chapel with her high¬ 
 ness ! 
 
 Offen. I know it. Ha, ha, ha! 
 
 Volp. He is exacting from her a pledge— . 
 
 Chab. Which you shall not interrupt. Remember your promise . 
 
 Volp. Do you know what pledge it is ? 
 
 Offen. I do. He has won her highness for the Archduke, and is 
 now receiving her troth for Austria. 
 
 Volp. Then I have been betrayed! 
 
 Chab. Be comforted, minister, you have a fellow sufferer. I he 
 Knight is at this moment employed in the service of his monarch, and 
 has pledged his fealty to France. 
 
 Enter Baroness l. in great agitation. 
 
 Bar. My lords ! Your excellencies! 
 
 Volp. You have come from the chapell 
 
 Bar. From the altar, Hidalgo! In the midst of the ceremony I 
 could not restrain my horror! What words did I hear 1 His Gravity, 
 the Bishop, himself turned pale and hesitated. 
 
 Chab. Hesitated to accept the pledge 1 
 
 Bar. I was about to appeal, but the monster !— 
 
 Chab. You allude to the Bishop. , , .. , 
 
 Bar. No, Heaven forbid ! The knight. He looked the unuttered 
 words down my throat! The bishop asked for his authority. I he 
 wretch drew that horrible long sword of his, and laid it on the altar, 
 saying, 11 there is your authority and my witness. 
 
 Volp And he received the hand of the princess as proxy for Eng¬ 
 land 1 
 
*6 
 
 THE KNIGHT OF ARVA. 
 
 j Bar. No • 
 
 Offen For Austria 1 
 Bar. No! 
 
 Chab. For France? 
 
 Bar. No! 
 
 All. No! 
 
 Volp. For whom then 1 
 Bar. F—F—For himself! 
 
 Chab. Himself. You do not mean to say!— 
 
 Offen. That he, in propria persona— 
 
 Bar. Will in a few moments be the husband of our princess! 
 
 [Crosses r. 
 
 Volp. And we have been the tools of an adventurer. 
 
 Chab. An imposter! 
 
 Offen. To the chapel! Gentlemen, let us frustrate— 
 
 'Jiie tapestry is lifted and an illuminated corridor leading to the 
 chapel is discovered. A troop of Pages and Heralds enter rap¬ 
 idly. Arva appears leading the Princess. Grand jlourish. 
 Arva. [ Advancing with Princess.] Your excellencies are satisfied, 
 we trust, and we tender oui acknowledgments to our trusty minister, 
 the Don— 
 
 Chab. We! the fellow is a plural already. 
 
 Aiva. France observed, I think—what did France observe 1 
 Chab. Do you imagine my master will acknowledge this pro¬ 
 ceeding 1 
 
 Offen. Her highness has been duped, imposed upon. 
 
 I'rin. Your excellencies grant us pardon. We followed implicitly 
 the desires of your prime minister. 
 
 Offen. ( v olponel 
 
 Prin. In the name of my people’s welfare, and Europe’s peace he 
 implored me— 
 
 Arva. With an honest conviction of your highness’s interests, that 
 induces us to beg his acceptance of our confidence. He will remain 
 in his post, but as Duke of Lerida. 
 
 Volp. Duke of Lerida, your highness ! [Bows to Arva.] Your ex¬ 
 cellencies, you seem to have forgotten our agreement. 
 
 Chab. \ . 
 
 Offen. { Agreement 1 
 
 Volp. Allow me to put the question to your highness by wbose re¬ 
 ply your excellencies promised to be bound. Madam, France and 
 Austria are content to leave to your sole uninfluenced choice the dis¬ 
 posal of your hand. 
 
 Prin. It is bestowed, my lords. [ Gives her hand to Arva. 
 
 Offen. On an adventurer—a Lackland ! 
 
 Arva. Are we not Viceroy of Catalonia, under the emperor’s hand 
 and seal I 
 
 Chab. Penniless and nameless ! 
 
 Arva. Oh! we are nameless. One moment. 4m I not Knight 
 
THE KNIGHT OP ARVA. 
 
 27 
 
 companion of St. Iago of Compostello, Knight Commander of St. 
 Louis, Grand Cross Knight companion of St. Iago of the Grand Eagle, 
 first class, and Grand Star of the Golden Fleece, Baron D’Arva of 
 Valentinais in the county of Dauphiny in the Kingdom of France, and 
 Tilly Kilbeggar in the county Tipperary in the Kingdom of Ireland 1 
 I believe it would take me till some day in next week before I could 
 recall my baptismal cognomen ! 
 
 Chab. But you have no ancestors of royal descent. 
 
 Arva. No. Our ancestors of royal descent are all to come, but 
 don’t fear, just examine our geneological tree, five hundred years 
 hence. 
 
 Offcn. Austria has been duped, insulted. I demand my pass¬ 
 ports. 
 
 Prin. Your Grace of Lerida, grant his excell mcy’s passports. 
 
 Arva. Ycur Grace of Lerida, grant his excellency’s passports for 
 60,000, so that he may return with them. By St. Patrick, they shall 
 find such a welcome in our realm, that not one of them shall leave it 
 again. 
 
 Chab. Count, remember our pledge to each other. Your highness 
 [To Arva] has won the fairest jewel in all Christendom. France 
 loves a galiant gentleman and can forgive a fall, if it be given with 
 wit. By St. Louis, your bold adventure well told, would enlist a 
 thousand gallant swords to back your cause, and if needs be, Cha- 
 bonnes will break a lance or two for the honor of his sunny land. 
 
 Arva. Duke, if I have crossed your path I am heartily sorry for it, 
 and if Tippitiwitchet here can make up for it by giving you a hand¬ 
 some and a showy cut to take back to France, he is at your service, 
 for pasque dieu, as we swore in Loraine, you deserve a mark of my 
 esteem. 
 
 Volp. In return for the stars you wear 1 
 
 Arva. Stars! lie showered on me; I’m a perfect constellation ! 
 
 Bar. Yes, the great Bear! 
 
 OJfen. Your highness, I ask nothing officially until I send to 
 Vienna. 
 
 Arva. Send Griffins! 
 
 Prin. My lords. We bid no envoys leave. Nor shall we threaten 
 idly. You came here to demand my hand—it is refused. Remain, 
 my lords, and grace our nuptials if it so please you, you shall be 
 most welcome, or else defy us and begone ! 
 
 Volp. I countersign that ultimatum as president of the council. 
 
 Arva. And Tippitiwitchet makes his hole in it as minister of war. 
 
 Offen. Your highness, since France and Britain. In fact I think- 
 may—you—to receive Austria’s compliments. But without preju¬ 
 dice— 
 
 Volp. And now my lord, having won my admiration by your dex¬ 
 terity and our defeat, may we not gather from your lips, some of the 
 golden precepts which guide your measures. 
 
 Arva. Certainly. Listen and remember. Whenever you would 
 attain an object that is possible, always take your stand thus—your 
 
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 THE KNIGHT OF ARVA 
 
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 or bother Providence. Then if ’tis to be—’twill be. But never con* 
 suit the past, it will only expose you; never interfere with the future, 
 it is insulting fortune, but treat tne present like a woman—make 
 the most of it. Spaniards, Marina the Catalan will still reign alone. 
 I, like yourselves, will be subject, but should the foreigners invade 
 her rights or your liberties, from Galway to Rome, from the Shan¬ 
 non to the Rhine, there rides not a freelance but will cry “To Horse” 
 when the war cry is sounded by the poor Knight of Arva. 
 
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 t’s Alarm 
 
 ppeal to tVtq feelings 
 of a Comet 
 False Colors 
 
 , 1 th ropy 
 Vixens 
 bone 
 
 ate to Sav© 
 Just My Luck 
 Grateful Father 
 Happy Medium 
 Sole Survivor 
 Neck or Nothing 
 
 Poppleton’s Predicaments 
 Auld Acquaintance 
 Weeds 
 
 White Pilgrim 
 Dentist’s Clerk 
 Lancers 
 Lucille 
 
 Rand all’s Thumb 
 Wicked World 
 Two Orphans 
 ’Twixt Axe and Crown 
 ■Wonderful Woman 
 Curious Case ' 
 
 Forty Winks 
 Lady Clancariy 
 Never Too Late to Mend 
 Lily of France 
 Led Astray, 25'cts. 
 
 Horry V., new version 
 Unequal Match ■ 
 
 May, or Dolly’s Delusion 
 As Like as Two Peas 
 Court Cards 
 Happy Land 
 Allatoona 
 Enoch Arden 
 Weak Woman 
 How She Loves Him 
 Our Society 
 Mother-in-Law 
 Snowed In 
 Terrible Tinker 
 My Uncle’s Will 
 Our Friends 
 Queen of Hearts 
 Lady of Lyons Married 
 and Settled 
 Bitter Cold 
 Peacock’s Holiday 
 Daisy Farm 
 Wrinkles 
 Lancashire Lass 
 On an Island 
 Q. E. D. 
 
 Withered Leaves 
 Ruth’s Romance 
 
 Old Sailor 
 Pampered Menials 
 Noblesse Oblige 
 Lad from the Country 
 Not False but Fickle 
 Infatuation 
 Davenport Bros. & Co. 
 Freezing a Mother-in-3 
 That Dreadful Doctcw 
 Plot for Plot 
 Our Relatives 
 Engaged 
 My Awful Dad 
 On Bail 
 Tom Cobb 
 Bow Bells 
 Married for Money 
 Eunnibone’s Fix 
 Patter versus ClatteL* 
 For her Child’s Sake 
 Married in Haste 
 Our Boys 
 Which 
 
 My Father’s Will 
 
 Daniel Rochat 
 
 Caste 
 
 School 
 
 Home 
 
 Da vid Garrick 
 Ours 
 
 Social Glass 
 Daniel Druce 
 Pinafore 
 Old 3oldier 
 My Daughter’s Debut. 
 Word of Honor 
 Sold Again 
 Guy Fawkes 
 Little Madcap 
 Handsome Jack 
 Scarlet Dick 
 Wedding March 
 My Wife’s Father’s Sis 
 His Novice 
 Much too Clever 
 Hamlet Improved 
 
 ARTICLES, NEEDED BY AMATEUES, 
 
 Such as ableaux Lights. Magnesium Tableaux Lights, Prepared Bv 
 Cork, Grease, Paints, Lightning for Private Theatricals. 
 
 Guide to Selecting Plays, Hints on Costnme, Scenery to fit any Stage. 
 
 Jarley’s Wax ‘Works, Ethiopian Plays, CharadG3, Amateur’s Guide, Guide 
 
 the Stage. 
 
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