MARY TUDOR.
FIRST DAY.THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE.
The Shore of the Thames.—A deserted strand. An ancient parapet all in ruins conceals the margin of the stream. At the right a house of mean aspect. At the corner of the house a statuette of the Virgin, at whose foot a bit of tow is burning in an iron cage. In the background, across the Thames, London. Two lofty buildings, the Tower and Westminster, can be distinguished. Night is beginning to fall.
Scene 1.—Several men standing in groups on the strand, among them Simon Renard; John Bridges, Baron Chandos; Robert Clinton, Baron Clinton; Anthony Browne, Viscount Montagu.
Chandos.You are right, my lord. It must be that the accurst Italian has bewitched the Queen. She can not do without him; she lives but through him, she has no joy save in him, she listens to none but him. If she but pass a day without seeing him, her eyes take on a languishing look, as in the days when she loved Cardinal Pole, as you recall.
Renard.Most amorous, in truth, and therewithal most jealous.
Chandos.The Italian has bewitched her!
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