Thorder of the seconde dumbe
shevve.
Before
the beginning of this seconde Acte dyd
sound a very doleful noise of flutes, during the
which there came in vpon the stage two coffines
couered with hearceclothes, & brought in by .viij.
in mourning weed, & accōpanied with .viij. other
mourners, & after they had caried the coffins about
the stage, there opened & appeared a Graue,
wherin they buried the coffins & put fire to them,
but the flames did seuer & parte in twaine, signifying
discord by the history of two brethrē, whose
discord in their life was not onely to be wondred
at, but being buried both in one Tombe (as some
writers affirme) the flames of their funeralls did
yet part the one frō the other in like manner, and
would in no wise ioyne into one flame. After the
Funerals were ended and the fire consumed, the
graue was closed vp again, the mourners withdrew
thē off the stage, & immediately by y
e gates
Homoloydes entred
Pollinyces accompanied with
vj. gentlemen and a page that carried his helmet
and Target, he & his men vnarmed sauing their
gorgets, for that they were permitted to come
into the towne in time of truce, to the end
Iocasta
might bring the two brethrē to a parle, and
Pollinyces
after good regard taken round about him,
spake as followeth.
