Chapter I: Front Matter

BORGIA

“ ... AUTANT EN EMPORTE LY VENS”

PERSONS

POPE ALEXANDER VI _formerly Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia_ CARDINAL CESARE BORGIA _afterwards Duc de Valentinois and Duke of Romagna, the Pope’s son_ DON JOFFRÉ _Duke of Squillace, the Pope’s younger son_ LOUIS XII _King of France_ DON JUAN _King of Navarre_ CARDINAL FRANCESCO BORGIA _cousin to the Pope_ CARDINAL IPPOLITO D’ESTE _son of the Duke of Ferrara_ CARDINAL GIULIANO DELLA ROVERE _afterwards Pope Julius II and other Cardinals_. PRINCE DON ALFONSO _Duke of Bisceglia, a natural son of the King of Naples, husband to Lucrezia Borgia, after her divorce from Giovanni Sforza_ PRINCE DJEM _the Sultan’s brother and the Pope’s hostage_ THE BISHOP OF VENOSA _the Pope’s Private Physician_ MONSIGNORE BONAFEDE _Bishop of Chiusi_ MONSIGNORE BURCHARD _Master of the Ceremonies_ MONSIGNORE GASPARE POTO _the Pope’s Private Chamberlain_ MONSIGNORE GASPARE TORELLA _Cesare Borgia’s Physician_ CAVALIERE VINCENZO CALMETA _a poet_ DON PEDRO DE TORPIA _Cesare Borgia’s Spanish jailer_ DON MICHELOTTO CORELLA _one of Cesare Borgia’s captains_ DON FEDERICO ALTIERI _a young Roman gentleman_ DON GARCILASO DE LA VEGA _Spanish Ambassador_ MESSER NICCOLO MACCHIAVELLI _Florentine Envoy_ MESSER BERNARDINO BETTI (PINTORICCHIO) _a painter_ MESSER ERCOLE _a goldsmith and metal-worker_ MESSER CRISTOFERO _Lucrezia Borgia’s Secretary_ MESSER AGAPITO DA AMALIA _Cesare Borgia’s Secretary_ MESSER PINCIONE _an apothecary_ JUANITO GRASICA _Cesare Borgia’s page_ GARCIA DE MAGONA _a Spanish boy_ GIORGIO _a waterman_ DONNA LUCREZIA BORGIA _the Pope’s daughter_ DONNA ADRIANA BORGIA _the Pope’s cousin_ DONNA ANGELA BORGIA _Maids of Honour to Lucrezia_ DONNA HIERONYMA BORGIA _Maids of Honour to Lucrezia_ DONNA SANCIA D’ARAGON _sister to Don Alfonzo and wife to Don Joffré Borgia_ MADEMOISELLE CHARLOTTE D’ALBRET _afterwards wife to Cesare Borgia_ DONNA VANOZZA DE’ CATANEI _once the Pope’s mistress, and the mother of Cesare and Lucrezia Borgia_ DONNA GIULIA FARNESE (LA BELLA) _the Pope’s young mistress_ DONNA FIAMMETTA _A Roman woman, Cesare Borgia’s mistress_ DONNA CATILENA DE VALENCE _Maid of Honour to Lucrezia_ SUOR LUCIA _an Anchoress_ CLARICE _Maid to Lucrezia_

_A Mute, Shepherds, Citizens of Rome, Attendants, Bargemen, Girls and Women_

BORGIA
A PERIOD PLAY

LONDON
A. H. BULLEN
1905

BORGIA