Note 112 — SCENE I.—The Presence-chamber in the Duchess' Palace at Malfi.

The Two Faithful Friends, the pleasant History of Alexander and Lodwicke, who were so like one another, that none could know them asunder; wherein is declared how Lodwicke married the Princesse of Hungaria, in Alexander's name, and how each night he layd a naked sword betweene him and the Princesse, because he would not wrong his friend, is reprinted from the Pepys collection in Evans's Old Ballads. There was also a play written by Martin Slaughter, called Alexander and Lodowick.—Dyce.