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The Female Prelate

being The History of the Life and Death of Pope Joan. A tragedy
Settle, Elkanah (1648-1724)
  
THE Female Prelate:
  
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ACT I.
  
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SCENE II.
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ACT II.
  
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SCENE II.
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ACT III.
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ACT the Fourth.
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ACT the Fifth.
  
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Scene the Last.

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    Actors Names.

  • John, Lord Cardinal of Rhemes, originally a German Lady, named Joanna Anglica; afterwards disguis'd in the habit of a Priest of the Benedictine Order, next a Cardinal, and lastly created Pope.
  • Lorenzo, a Courtier of a mean Extract, preferr'd by the lust of Cardinal John, and privately her Inamorato.
  • Amiran, a woman in the habit of a Page, a sworn Confident to the Intrigue of Lorenzo and Rhemes.
  • The Duke of Saxony, at present a Guest in Rome, brought thither for the love of a beautiful Roman Lady called Angeline, to whom he is newly married.
  • Angeline, his Dutchess.
  • Carlo, his Servant.
  • The Consistory of Cardinals.
  • The old Duke of Saxony's Ghost.
  • Priests, Hereticks, Romans, Witnesses; with Messengers, Servants, and all other Attendants.
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