List of Characters

VITTORIA COROMBONA wife of Camillo; later married to Bracciano

Duke of BRACCIANO, Paulo Giordano Orsini, husband of Isabella; later married to Vittoria

FLAMINIO1 secretary to Bracciano, brother to Vittoria and Marcello

CORNELIA mother of Vittoria, Flaminio and Marcello

MARCELLO soldier and follower of Francisco, brother of Vittoria and Flaminio

ZANCHE a Moor, servant to Vittoria

MONTICELSO, Lorenzo de, a Cardinal, later Pope Paul IV

CAMILLO husband of Vittoria, nephew of Monticelso

FRANCISCO de Medici, Duke of Florence, brother of Isabella, later disguised as Mulinassar, a Moor

ISABELLA sister of Francisco, wife of Bracciano

GIOVANNI son of Bracciano and Isabella

JAQUES* a Moor, page to Giovanni

GUID-ANTONIO* attendant or steward of Isabella

LODOVICO2 an Italian count, later disguised as a Capuchin

GASPARO follower of Lodovico, later disguised as a Capuchin

ANTONELLI follower of Lodovico

CARLO and PEDRO attendants of Bracciano, secretly in league with Francisco

DOCTOR Julio, a physician and conjurer

CHRISTOPHERO* Doctor Julio’s associate

CONJURER

HORTENSIO attendant of Bracciano

YOUNG LORD attendant of Bracciano

FERNEZE* servant of Bracciano

PAGE attendant on Cornelia

COURTIER attendant on Giovanni

MATRON of the House of Convertites

SAVOY AMBASSADOR

Two FRENCH AMBASSADORS

ENGLISH AMBASSADOR

SPANISH AMBASSADOR

Maltese AMBASSADOR

LAWYER

Cardinal of ARAGON

ARMOURER

Two PHYSICIANS

Senators, four Captains, Chancellor, Register, Officers, Guards, Attendants, Servants, Cardinals, Ladies*