The Dutch lady
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The plot of this play centers around Juscara Gabriella, a widow who has come to England from Holland in order to collect the sizable debts owed to her late husband by two merchants. Nearly destitute and unable to collect what she is owed, Juscara instead searches for a suitable new husband to rescue her from financial ruin, along the way contriving various plots to lure wealthy men into marriage. At the same time, several other men, either taken by her beauty, or under the mistaken belief that she is still wealthy, hatch their own marriage gambits. These men include Dispensation Surfet, a lascivious and corrupt Puritan preacher; Hotlove, a young gallant enamored of Juscara, who plans to marry her off to the wealthy, elderly Sir Ralph Beetl so that the two might both inherit his fortune; Justinian Aimwell, the wise and charitable elder; and Aimwell's lawyer, the corrupt and foolhardy Francis Withernam.
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