Scene 11.
Enter the Unfortunate Dutchess, and her Woman.
WOman.
Madam, doth your Highness here of the Apocriphal Dutchess?
Unfortunate Dutchess.
What Apocriphal Dutchess?
Woman.
Why the Duke hath married another Lady.
Unfortunate Dutchess.
That he cannot, untill I dye, 'tis true a Mistriss may take the name of a VVife, but cannot possess the right of a VVife.
Woman.
She will be as a Dutchess in a Play, she will only act the part of greatness.
Unfortunate Dutchess.
Indeed most Stage-Players are Curtizans.
Woman.
And most Curtizans are good Actors.
Unfortunate Dutchess.
I make no question but she will now have enough Spectators.
Woman.
But I hope they will hiss her from off the Stage.
Exeunt.