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Charles Di Tocca: A Tragedy
Charles Di Tocca: A Tragedy

Chapter I

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_McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }
NARDO, a boy, and DIOGENES, a philosopher.
A Captain of the Guard, Soldiers, Guests, Attendants, etc.
_Time_: _Fifteenth Century._ ACT ONE _Scene._--_The Island Leucadia.
A ruined temple of Apollo near the town of Pharo.
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Charles Di Tocca: A Tragedy

Chapter I

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_McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }
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NARDO, a boy, and DIOGENES, a philosopher.
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A Captain of the Guard, Soldiers, Guests, Attendants, etc.
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_Time_: _Fifteenth Century._ ACT ONE _Scene._--_The Island Leucadia.
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A ruined temple of Apollo near the town of Pharo.

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Captain noun US /ˈcaptain/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “A Captain of the Guard, Soldiers, Guests, Attendants, etc.”

ONE pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “_Time_: _Fifteenth Century._ ACT ONE _Scene._--_The Island Leucadia.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

Under preposition US /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

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1903

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

ACT

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From this reading _Time_: _Fifteenth Century._ ACT ONE _Scene._--_The Island Leucadia.

AGABUS

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading NARDO, a boy, and DIOGENES, a philosopher.

ANTONIO

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Apollo

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From this reading A ruined temple of Apollo near the town of Pharo.

Arta

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Attendants

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From this reading A Captain of the Guard, Soldiers, Guests, Attendants, etc.

BARDAS

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

BASIL

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

boy

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From this reading NARDO, a boy, and DIOGENES, a philosopher.

CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading A Captain of the Guard, Soldiers, Guests, Attendants, etc.

CARDINAL

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Castle

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

CECCO

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Century

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From this reading _Time_: _Fifteenth Century._ ACT ONE _Scene._--_The Island Leucadia.

CHARLES

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Co

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

COLONNA

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

DI

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

DIOGENES

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From this reading NARDO, a boy, and DIOGENES, a philosopher.

Duke

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

duke's

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

etc

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Fifteenth

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From this reading _Time_: _Fifteenth Century._ ACT ONE _Scene._--_The Island Leucadia.

friend

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

FULVIA

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

GIULIA

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Greek

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Guard

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From this reading A Captain of the Guard, Soldiers, Guests, Attendants, etc.

Guests

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From this reading A Captain of the Guard, Soldiers, Guests, Attendants, etc.

HAEMON

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

HELENA

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Island

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From this reading _Time_: _Fifteenth Century._ ACT ONE _Scene._--_The Island Leucadia.

JULIAN

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Legate

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Leucadia

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

LYGIA

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

mad

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

March

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

McClure

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

monk

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

MydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

NARDO

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From this reading NARDO, a boy, and DIOGENES, a philosopher.

near

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From this reading A ruined temple of Apollo near the town of Pharo.

New

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

noble

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

ONEpronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading _Time_: _Fifteenth Century._ ACT ONE _Scene._--_The Island Leucadia.

PAULA

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

PHAON

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Pharo

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From this reading A ruined temple of Apollo near the town of Pharo.

Phillips

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

philosopher

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From this reading NARDO, a boy, and DIOGENES, a philosopher.

Pope's

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

protection

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Published

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

R

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Revellers

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

ruined

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From this reading A ruined temple of Apollo near the town of Pharo.

Scene

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From this reading _Time_: _Fifteenth Century._ ACT ONE _Scene._--_The Island Leucadia.

Seneschal

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Serving

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Sister

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Soldiers

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From this reading A Captain of the Guard, Soldiers, Guests, Attendants, etc.

son

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

temple

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From this reading A ruined temple of Apollo near the town of Pharo.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

TimenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Time_: _Fifteenth Century._ ACT ONE _Scene._--_The Island Leucadia.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

TOCCA

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

town

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From this reading A ruined temple of Apollo near the town of Pharo.

Tragedy

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Tyrant

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

Wife

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

York

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }

ZOE

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From this reading _McClure, Phillips & Co._ _New York_ Published, March, 1903, R _To My Wife_ _A Tragedy_ CHARLES DI TOCCA _Duke of Leucadia, Tyrant of Arta, etc._ ANTONIO DI TOCCA _His son._ HAEMON _A Greek noble._ BARDAS _His friend._ CARDINAL JULIAN _The Pope's Legate._ AGABUS _A mad monk._ CECCO _Seneschal of the Castle._ FULVIA COLONNA _Under the duke's protection._ HELENA _Sister to Haemon._ GIULIA _Serving Fulvia._ PAULA _Serving Helena._ LYGIA } PHAON } _Revellers._ ZOE } BASIL }