The excommunicated prince, or, The false relique a tragedy, as it was acted by His Holiness's servants, being the Popish plot in a play / by Capt. William Bedloe.

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Title: The excommunicated prince, or, The false relique a tragedy, as it was acted by His Holiness's servants, being the Popish plot in a play / by Capt. William Bedloe.
Author: Bedloe, William, 1650-1680.
Publication: London :: Printed for Tho. Parkhurst, D. Newman, Tho. Cockerill, and Tho. Simmons,; 1679.
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Subject terms: Tʻeimuraz I, -- King of Georgia, 1589-1663.
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TEimurazez, Prince of Georgia, Excommunicated by the Pope.
Morinus, Brizander, Friends to the Prince, and Zealous for the esta∣blish't Religion and Government.
Salvirus, Another of the Prince's Friends, poyson'd by Zo∣lazer.
Piazer, A Divine of the Grecian Church: A fierce Preacher and Writer against the Papists, most unmercifully Mur∣ther'd by some of the Conspirators.
Polidorus, General of the Prince's Forces, who by the instiga∣tion of the Pope, Conspires the Prince's Death, and the Sub∣version of the Grecian Religion: For the better carrying on of this Design, he insinuates himself into the favour and good opinion of Teimurazez, pretending to be of the Grecian Church, though really he's of none at all.
Zolazer, Governor of the Tower, a disguis'd Papist, another of the Pope's creatures.
Miletas, At first one of the Conspirators, but travelling into England, was there converted to the Protestant Religion; and afterwards returning to Georgia, discovered the whole Conspiracy.
Pedro, Servant to Miletas.
Dubois, Lucan, Tyrone, Lumbus, Jesuits employ'd by the Pope to propagate the Popish Religion in Georgia, and to whose care the pretended Relique of Queen Ceteba was com∣mitted.
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... Ceteba, Queen Dowager of Georgia, an Amcrous old Woman▪ in love with Polidorus, and in hopes of obliging him, is a great furtherer of the Conspiracy against her Son.
Maada, Maid of Honour to the Queen, and taken prisoner with her.
Cosmelia, Known for some time by the name of Melanthus; She was Wife to Miletas, in whose absence Polidorus in∣tic'd her to be his Miss; and afterwards growing weary of her, forceth her to serve him in a mans habit.

With Guards, Soldiers, Attendants, several diseas'd per∣sons, and strangers which came to see the Reliques.

The Scene is Cremen in Georgia.