ACT I.—SCENE I.

_Enter_ Alexander.—Alexander _speaks_.

SILENCE, brave gentlemen; if you will give me an eye, _Alexander_ is my name, I’ll sing the Tragedy; A ramble here I took, the country for to see, Three actors here I’ve brought so far from _Italy_; The first I do present, he is a noble king, He’s just come from the wars, good tidings he doth bring; The next that doth come in, he is a docter good, Had it not been for him, I’d surely lost my blood: Old _Dives_ is the next, a miser you may see, Who, by lending of his gold, is come to poverty. So, gentlemen, you see four actors will go round; Stand off a little while, more pastime shall be found. [_Exeunt._