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A King, and No King.
by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher.
Persons Represented in the Play.
Arbaces, _King_ of Iberia.
Tigranes, _King of_ Armenia.
Gobrias, _Lord Protector, and Father of_ Arbaces.
Bacurius, _another Lord_.
Mardonius.) Bessus, ) _Two Captains_
Ligo[n]es, _Father of_ s.p.a.conia.
_Two Gentlemen_.
_Three Men and a Woman_.
Philip, _a servant, and two Citizens Wives_.
_A Messenger_.
_A Servant to_ Bacurius.
_Two Sword-men_.
_A Boy_.
Arane, ) _The [Queen-Mother_.
Panthea,) _Her Daughter_.
s.p.a.conia,) _A Lady Daughter of_ Ligones
Mandane,) _A waiting woman, and other attendants_.
_Actus primus. Scena prima_.
_Enter_ Mardonius _and_ Bessus, _Two Captains_.
_Mar_.
_Bessus_, the King has made a fair hand on't, he has ended the Wars at a blow, would my sword had a close basket hilt to hold Wine, and the blade would make knives, for we shall have nothing but eating and drinking.
_Bes_.
We that are Commanders shall do well enough.
_Mar_.
Faith _Bessus_, such Commanders as thou may; I had as lieve set thee Perdue for a pudding i'th' dark, as _Alexander_ the Great.
_Bes_.
I love these jests exceedingly.
_Mar_.
I think thou lov'st 'em better than quarrelling _Bessus_, I'le say so much i'thy behalf, and yet thou 'rt valiant enough upon a retreat, I think thou wouldst kill any man that stopt thee if thou couldst.
_Bes_.
But was not this a brave Combate _Mardonius_?
_Mar_.
Why, didst thou see't?
_Bes_.
You stood wi'me.
_Mar_.
I did so, but me thought thou wink'dst every blow they strook.
_Bes_.
Well, I believe there are better souldiers than I, that never saw two Princes fight in lists.
_Mar_.
By my troth I think so too _Bessus_, many a thousand, but certainly all that are worse than thou have seen as much.
_Bes_.