Claudio’s home
San Mir hr !r \
Dr Leone’s home \\
\ S. Pietro <li Caste llo
What profit love that cannot show his face? What profit joy if she doth bring disgrace?
If thou must ask, then thou hast never known The sweetness and the sorrow that is love’s renown. Now listen well, for here thou will be told Of darkness, danger, and of lovers bold,
Of poison plots, of vengeance, and of love supreme, In fairest Venice, where we set our scene.
—from The Lovers of Venice, by Edward Fletcher
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