FRANCIS BEAUMONT Born 1584 Died 1616 JOHN FLETCHER Born 1579 Died 1625 _BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER_ THE MAID IN THE MILL THE KNIGHT OF MALTA LOVES CURE, OR THE MARTIAL MAID WOMEN PLEAS'D THE NIGHT-WALKER, OR THE LITTLE THIEF THE TEXT EDITED BY A. R. WALLER, M.A. [Illustration] Cambridge: at the University Press 1909 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS London: FETTER LANE, E.C. C. F. CLAY, MANAGER [Illustration] Edinburgh: 100, PRINCES STREET Berlin: A. ASHER AND CO. Leipzig: F. A. BROCKHAUS New York: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS Bombay and Calcutta: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. _All rights reserved_ CONTENTS PAGE The Maid in the Mill 1 The Knight of Malta 78 Loves Cure, or the Martial Maid 164 Women Pleas'd 237 The Night-Walker, or the Little Thief 311 Notes 385 THE Maid in the Mill. A COMEDY. The Persons Represented in the Play. _Don_ Philippo _King of_ Spain. Otrante _a Spanish Count, in love with_ Florimel. Julio, _A Noble Man, Uncle to_ Antonio. Bellides, _Father to_ Ismenia, _Enemy to_ Julio. Lisauro, _Brother to_ Ismenia, Bellides _Son_. Terzo, _Kinsman to_ Lisauro, _and friend to_ Bellides. Antonio, _In love with_ Ismenia, _an enemy to_ Bellides. Martino, _Friend to_ Antonio, _and his secret Rival_. Gerasto, _Friend to_ Otrante. Pedro. } _Two Courtiers._ Moncado. } Gostanzo, } _Three Gentlemen, Friends to_ Julio. Giraldo, } Philippo, } Vertigo, _A French Taylor_. _Lords, attending the King in progress._ Franio, _A Miller, supposed Father to_ Florimell. Bustopha, Franio _his Son, a Clown_. _Constable._ _Officers._ Pedro, _A Songster_. _Servants._ WOMEN. Ismenia, _Daughter to_ Bellides, _Mistriss of_ Antonio. Aminta, _Cousen to_ Ismenia, _and her private competrix in_ Antonio's _love_. Florimell, _Supposed Daughter to_ Franio, _Daughter to_ Julio, _stolen from him a child_. Gillian, Franio _the Millers Wife_. _Countrey Maids._