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    The Actors Names.

  • Night . Speaks the Prologue.
  • Melisso. A Sheapheard of Smyrna, and the supposed Father of Cloris.
  • Sireno. Father of Phillis, and Amyntas.
  • Cloris. Phillis, under the name of Cloris, espoused to Thirsis.
  • Celia. The Daughter of Ormino, in love with Niso and Amintas.
  • Amintas. The Son of Sireno, and in love with Celia.
  • Niso. Thirsis, under the name of Niso, in love with Celia, but espoused to Phillis.
  • Ormino. Father of Thirsis, and Celia.
  • Oronte. A Captain of the Grand Signiors.
  • Perindo. One of Orontes Souldiers.
  • Serpilla. Aged Nymph.
  • Nerea. Aged Nymph.
  • Fillino. A Boy that keeps Ormino's Flocks.
  • Narete. An old Shepheard.