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Francis the First

An Historical Drama
  
  
  

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  • Francis the First, King of France.
  • Charles of Bourbon, Prince of the Blood.
  • Charles of Alençon, Prince of the Blood.
  • Henri D'Albret, King of Navarre.
  • Chabannes, old General.
  • Vendôme, old General.
  • Laval, French Noble.
  • Lautrec, French Noble.
  • Bonnivet, French Noble.
  • Varennes, French Noble.
  • Clement Marot, a Poet.
  • Triboulet, the King's Jester.
  • Gonzales, a Monk.
  • Pescara, a Spanish General.
  • Leyva, Governor of Pavia.
  • Nobles, Pages, Guards, Heralds, Soldiers, &c.

    WOMEN.

  • Louisa of Savoy, the King's Mother.
  • Margaret of Valois, her Daughter.
  • Françoise de Foix, Lautrec's Sister.
  • Florise, her Attendant.
  • Ladies of the Court.


The scene lies in Paris, at Court, during the two First Acts and part of the Third; during the Fourth and part of the Third, in the Chateau de Foix; and the whole of the Fifth Act passes under the walls of Pavia, in Italy.