CHARACTERS

Rab, apprentice to Nicoll Edward.

Mistress Edward

Bailie Morison, an Edinburgh shipping merchant.

Her Grace Queen Anne of Scotland, formerly Princess Anne of Denmark.

Margaret Vinstar, a lady-in waiting.

The Laird Logie, a gentleman of the King’s chamber.

The Lord Atholl

The Lady Atholl

His Grace King James the Sixth of Scotland.

Bailie Nicoll Edward, an Edinburgh cloth merchant.

The Lord Spynie, a gentleman of the King’s chamber.

John Maitland of Thirlstane, the Lord Chancellor.

The Lord Ochiltree

Lodovick Stewart, Duke of Lennox.

Sir Robert Bowes, resident ambassador from her Majesty Queen Elizabeth of England.

Sir James Melville

Francis Stewart, Earl of Bothwell.

John Colville, an accomplice of Bothwell’s.

Robert Bruce, a preacher.

The Earl of Morton

The Earl of Morton’s fair daughter.

Sir Robert Bowes’ English servant