At these words he started up, and beheld--not his Sophia--no, nor a Circassian maid richly and elegantly attired for the grand
Signior's seraglio.
Signior Martino and his wife and daughters; County Anselme and his beauteous sisters; the lady widow of Vitravio;
Signior Placentio and his lovely nieces; Mercutio and his brother Valentine; mine uncle Capulet, his wife and daughters; my fair niece Rosaline; and Livia;
Signior Valentio and his cousin Tybalt, Lucio and the lively Helena.
For comming from Venice the last Summer, and taking Bergamo in my waye homeward to England, it was my happe soiourning there some foure or five dayes, to light in fellowship with that famous Francatrip Harlicken, who perceiving me to bee an English man by my habit and speech, asked me many particulars, of the order and maner of our playes, which he termed by the name of representations: amongst other talke he enquired of me if I knew any such Parabolano here in London, as
Signior Chiarlatano Kempino.
Enter ROBERTO Count of Cypres, GVIDO Count of Arsena, and
Signior MIZALDVS" (A2r).
y[o.sup.r] Spanish Iennett an English gallop, a dios
signior; oh what a Tyde of fortunes spight am I now to swim through?
Whedon's invention of a scene that is not in the original play is justified by an exchange in Act II, Scene 1, in which Don Pedro says to Beatrice, 'Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of
Signior Benedick,' to which she replies:
(16) 'The amazing Musical Clock lately made by Mr Pinchbeck, which has two moving pictures and performs on several instruments a vast variety of fine Pieces of Music, compos'd by
Signior Corelli, Bononcini, Mr Handel and many other celebrated Masters ...
The shape of the bottle is inspired by art, one of
Signior Armani's biggest passions.
Ballad triumphs and leaves
Signior Cantileno cursing "dat dam English Ballad-singing Dog" (1742b: 488, 490).
The Grand
Signior Soliman has taken to himself as his Empress a slave woman from Russia, called Roxolana, and there has been a great feasting wedding.
signior - used as an Italian courtesy title; can be prefixed to the name or used separately