FRANCIS BEAUMONT Born 1584 Died 1616 JOHN FLETCHER Born 1579 Died 1625 _BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER_ THE SEA-VOYAGE WIT AT SEVERAL WEAPONS THE FAIR MAID OF THE INN CUPID'S REVENGE THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN THE TEXT EDITED BY A. R. WALLER, M.A. [Illustration] Cambridge: at the University Press 1910 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 Sea-Voyage 1 Wit at Several Weapons 66 The Fair Maid of the Inn 143 Cupid's Revenge 220 The Two Noble Kinsmen 290 THE SEA-VOYAGE. A Comedy. The Persons represented in the Play. Albert, _a_ French _Pirat, in love with_ Aminta. Tibalt du Pont, _a merry Gentleman, friend to_ Albert. Master of the Ship, _an honest merry man_. Lamure, _an usuring Merchant_. Franville, _a vain-glorious gallant_. Morillat, _a shallow-brain'd Gentleman_. Bo[a]tswain, _an honest man_. Sebastian, _a noble Gentleman of Portugal, Husband to_ Rosellia. Nicusa, _Nephew to_ Sebastian, _both cast upon a desart Island_. Raimond, _brother to_ Aminta. Surgeon. Sailors. WOMEN. Aminta, _Mistriss to_ Albert, _a noble French Virgin_. Rosellia, _Governess of the_ Amazonian Portugals. Clarinda, _Daughter to_ Rosellia, _in love with_ Albert. Hippolita, } _three Ladies, Members_ Crocale, } _of the Female Common-wealth_. Juletta. } The Scene, First at Sea, then in the desart Islands. The Principal Actors were _Joseph Taylor_, _William Eglestone_, _Nich. Toolie_, _Joh Lowin_, _John Underwood._ _Actus Primus. Scæna Prima._ _A Tempest, Thunder and Lightning._ _Enter Master and two Sailors._