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    The Actors Names.

  • PHOCAS —Emperor of the East, by usurpation upon Mauritius.
  • HERACLIUS Son to the deceased Emperor Mauritius, but taken for Martian the Son of Phocas; in love with Eudoxia.
  • MARTIAN Son to Phocas, but taken for Leontius, Leontina's Son; in love with Pulcheria.
  • PULCHERIA Daughter to the Emperor Mauritius; in love with Martian.
  • LEONTINA —A Lady, sometime Governess of the two Princes, Heraclius and Martian.
  • EUDOXIA Her Daughter, in love with Heraclius.
  • CRISPUS—Phocas his Son-in-Law.
  • EXUPERIUS A Noble-man of Constantinople.
  • AMINTAS —His Friend.
  • Courtiers, Guards and other Attendants, Men and Women.