PERSONS OF THE DRAMA. SOLINUS, Duke of Ephesus. ANTIPHOLUS of Ephesus, ANTIPHOLUS of Syracuse, DROMIO of Ephesus, Twin Brothers, and Sons to unknown to each other. Twin Brothers, and Attendants DROMIO of Syracuse, S on the two ANTIPHOLUS's. BALTHAZAR, a Merchant. ANGELO, a Goldsmith. A Merchant, Friend to ANTIPHOLUS of Syracuse. PINCH, a Schoolmaster, and a Conjurer. EMILIA, Wife to ÆGEON, an Abbess at Ephesus. LUCIANA, her Sister. LUCE, her Servant. A Courtezan. Gaoler, Officers, and other Attendants. SCENE, Ephesus. SCENE I.—A Hall in the Duke's Palace. Enter Duke, ÆGEON, Gaoler, Officers, and other Atten dants. Æge. Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall, And, by the doom of death, end woes and all. Duke. Merchant of Syracusa, plead no more ; I am not partial, to infringe our laws : The enmity and discord, which of late Have sealed his rigorous statutes with their bloods,- If any, born at Ephesus, be seen Æge. Yet this my comfort; when your words are done, My woes end likewise with the evening sun. Why thou departedst from thy native home; Æge. A heavier task could not have been impos'd, Than I to speak my griefs unspeakable : |