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Title
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[Act XX – Melibea, Lucrecia, and Pleberio]
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Description
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After Lucrecia guides Melibea to her bedroom, she wakes Pleberio and informs him that Melibea has been afflicted by a grave illness. Pleberio rushes to help Melibea and asks her the nature of her illness. Melibea responds that it is an illness of the heart for which there is no cure. He takes her outside for some fresh air, and Lucrecia follows (presumably the scene depicted in this illustration). Melibea says that music might help alleviate her sickness, and Pleberio goes to fetch some instruments. She then asks Lucrecia to join her in ascending the house’s tower, but once they reach the top, she claims that the height is making her uneasy. When Lucrecia begins descending the stairs, Melibea closes the door and locks herself in. As Pleberio stands at the base of the tower, Melibea reveals the true cause of her illness --the death of Calisto-- and tells him that she had been meeting with Calisto for months. She then jumps from the tower, taking her own life.[The figures in this illustration are used in multiple other illustrations throughout this edition.]
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Jacobo Cromberger (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:19905
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Source Name
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Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea : en la qual se contiene de mas de su agradable e dulce estilo muchas sentencias filosofales : e auisos muy necessarios para mancebos : mostrandoles los engaños quastan encerrados en seruientes e alcabuetas : e nueuamente añadido el tractado de Centurio.
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Image
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