THE ARGVMENT Introducing to the following SCENES.
Sicily
had been a long time
tormented with civil wars,
and the Crown was still in
dispute, till Aldebrand
geting the upper hand in a set Battel,
establish'd himself in the throne,
and gave a period to all those
troubles in shew only; for the old
Factions were set on foot again
shortly after, and the House of the
Floretties and the Cleonaxes strove
now as much who should be most
powerful with the King, as before
who should make him. In conclusion,
the favor of
Aldebrand inclining
to the
Cleonaxes, and by degrees resting
wholly upon them, the
Floretties
took Arms, but in a set Field lost all;
The Father and the Son being both
taken prisoners, the one was banish'd,
the other condemned suddenly to
lose his head.
Thus far the Author drew the
curtain; the rest of the Plot is wrapt
up in the following Scenes.
