In the opening scene, the title character's conception is shown to have occurred after his father was captured by Tuscan Mariners "Coasting the Tyrrhene shore."  Later on, the plant Haemony is offered as protection by the shepherd Thyrsis, but more help is needed to allow the courtiers to return to Ludlow Castle.  A collaboration with Henry Lawes who composed the music, it concerns a forest god, the title character and son of Bacchus and Circe, w
In the opening scene, the title character's conception is shown to have occurred after his father was captured by Tuscan Mariners "Coasting the Tyrrhene shore."  Later on, the plant Haemony is offered as protection by the shepherd Thyrsis, but more help is needed to allow the courtiers to return to Ludlow Castle.  A collaboration with Henry Lawes who composed the music, it concerns a forest god, the title character and son of Bacchus and Circe, who waylays a lady and tempts her with a transforming liquor.  However, she is saved by the Severn goddess, "Sabrina fair."  FTP, name this 1634 masque by John Milton.
In the opening scene, the title character's conception is shown to have occurred after his father was captured by Tuscan Mariners "
Comus (accept A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle)