Chastelard, a tragedy

by Algernon Charles Swinburne

     Another Yle is there toward the Northe, in the See Occean,
     where that ben fulle cruele and ful evele Wommen of Nature:
     and thei han precious Stones in hire Eyen; and their ben of
     that kynde, that zif they beholden ony man, thei slen him anon
     with the beholdynge, as dothe the Basilisk.

          Maundevile's Voiage and Travaile, Ch. xxviii.

Dedication

I dedicate this play,
as a partial expression of reverence
and gratitude,
to the chief of living poets;
to the first dramatist of his age;
to the greatest exile, and therefore
to the greatest man of France;
to
Victor Hugo.

Persons

• Mary Stuart
• Mary Beaton
• Mary Seyton
• Mary Carmichael
• Mary Hamilton
• Pierre de Boscosel de Chastelard
• Darnley
• Murray
• Randolph
• Morton
• Lindsay
• Father Black
• Guards, Burgesses, a Preacher, Citizens, etc.

Contents

• Act I
• Act II
• Act III
• Act IV
• Act V