LA MONTAGNE, _servant to Eraste_.

L'EPINE, _servant to Damis_.

LA RIVIERE _and_ TWO COMRADES.

ORPHISE, _in love with Eraste_.

ORANTE, _a female bore_.

CLIMENE, _a female bore_.

_Scene_.--PARIS.

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[Footnote: Moliere himself played probably the parts of Lisandre the
dancer, Alcandre the duellist, or Alcippe the gambler, and perhaps all
three, with some slight changes in the dress. He also acted Caritides
the pedant, and Dorante the lover of the chase. In the inventory taken
after Moliere's death we find: "A dress for the Marquis of the
_Facheux_, consisting in a pair of breeches very large, and
fastened below with ribbands, (_rhingrave_), made of common silk,
blue and gold-coloured stripes, with plenty of flesh-coloured and yellow
trimmings, with Colbertine, a doublet of Colbertine cloth trimmed with
flame-coloured ribbands, silk stockings and garters." The dress of
Caritides in the same play, "cloak and breeches of cloth, with picked
trimmings, and a slashed doublet." Dorante's dress was probably "a
hunting-coat, sword and belt; the above-mentioned hunting-coat
ornamented with fine silver lace, also a pair of stag-hunting gloves,