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Dulcitius

A Roman governor who woos three Christian virgins with flattery, then torture, and ends up caressing cookware in the dark.

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Also known as Dulcitius, The Governor Dulcitius, Governor Dulcitius

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Governor; lusts after the sisters, is divinely deluded into kissing kitchen pots, and becomes blackened with soot.

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Governor of Thessalonica
Dulcitius
Governor; lusts after the sisters, is divinely deluded into kissing kitchen pots, and becomes blackened with soot.
Scene I
The governor to whom the sisters are sent for further examination.
Scene II
The governor who becomes infatuated with the prisoners and schemes to win their affection through flattery or force.
Scene III
The governor, intent on assaulting the imprisoned Christian women.
Scene IV
Mistakes kitchen utensils for the women and becomes covered in soot.
Scene V
Befouled and mistaken for a devil by his soldiers; plans to complain at the palace.
Scene VI
Dulcitius appears in filthy rags, is beaten by ushers, and seeks his wife in confusion.
Scene VII
Realizes he has been made a fool of by the Christian women and vows to punish them.
Scene VIII
The governor who ordered the stripping of the holy women but has fallen into an unrousable sleep.
Scene IX
Governor Dulcitius is mentioned as having been insulted and hoaxed by the girls.

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