The death of Essex

Prologue

E burn across the desert till at eve We halt the caravan to lay our dead Beside some fair oasis of our hopes; And ere the larkless dawn hath paled the stars,

There swaddle our new born. Soon forth the sun Stalks, bidding forward on the endless way.

The burthened camels, drowsing ’neath their loads, Go thirsting onward to far wells that wait The weary coming of our pilgrimage,

And ask not when or where it hath its end.

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DRAMATIS PERSONAE

Lord Keeper.

Earl of Essex.

Earl of Oxford.

Earl of Rutland.

Earl of Southampton.

Lord Cobham.

Lord Gray.

Lord Chief Justice.

Sir Christopher Blount.

Sir Robert Cecil.

Sir Harry Compton.

Sir Ferdinando Gorges.

Sir John Harrington.

Sir William Knollys.

Sir John Lumley.

Sir Walter Ralegh.

Sir John Spencer.

Sir Francis Walsingham.

President of Council.

Garter King at Arms.

Francis Bacon.

Prosecutor.

Essex's Captain.

Second Captain.

Dramatis Personae

Ralegh's Captain.

Captain of Guard.

Shipmaster.

Clod.

Hinde, a Citizen .

Baker.

Yokel.

Queen Elizabeth.

Countess of Essex.

Magaret Lambrun.

Courtiers, Ladies , Officers, Citizens, Soldiers , Sailors, Servants, etc .

THE

Death of Essex