Sweet Lerenica loath but I must go My soul bids fly my heart cryes out the same Then fair Lerenica please to take th' air Of other Princes from Numenia So I must go my tongue fails nought but this I can express fair give me adieu kiss Constant Lerenica constant Lerenica Exit Holl. Ler. Go noble Prince stay take another kiss What art thou gone woe woe Lerenica Cannot my warbling voyce crave Niobe To be with her turn'd into a dull stone That those stretching motions may then faint At my more flinty nature then my breast Can expell from it as such stormy blowes Or with Iphianassa and Lysippe Chang'd to strange furies that no woe may pierce My vitall spirits pish now I feel A stronger temper then those Goddesses No Daelalus his Labyrinth can hide My woe from running its due ordered course Then let me frame a twist as Iphis did For to make sorrow have abortive birth Or turn'd to man to have a stronger heart In the defiance of my wandring woe But stay I wrong poor natures time For to detard the blow that rids my pains So pangs strikes larums to my parting close Then do appear thou ender of my life Drawes her knife Bring licence from Elizian souls to me Come come thou quick Physitian welcome now Thy medicines to my poor panting soul No tears shall hinder virtue of thy will Nor Ivory breast turn point of steely form So then I come Hollarro dear Hollarro stabs To which place thou 'l follow me woe woe woe Now I will frame an ocean for my soul Of pure blood to hoyst a Gallie in And its same say I shall aim at no port else But the Hollarro Hollarro of my joy So spend you drops and make a quick conv•y Drench all my soul to make that great deluge But if your wandring channels run to him Inform his ear my heart was th' messenger And for his own dear soul I bleed my last I wrong my soul to stay the time so long stabs aga•n Now then you happy Nymphs make passage free Let no foul ghost turn back my bloody hand Though grim Prometheus vulture's tear my breast Yet still my journey tempers all those paines Then Iove that loves Diana's Nymph that 's fair Ruling the whole universe in form Send down a smiling look take pitty of Her who doth welter in her own hot blood As in the great red Sea whose water boyls The time begins to challenge priviledge Oh oh I fail oh oh I fail and come Now now methinks whole Kingdoms •ome to me Oh sweet sweet Musick and a melody Hollarro so I go Hollarro Falls and dyes and lies on the Stage S•en 6. Celerinus Gervoron Bellerrio Cel. Mars Armocares is still our friend The mounting Eagle soars upon the wind And makes pale Moon a Diadem to her Crow• And so all language smiles •i•h hollowing cryes To shew our force like the Athenian Great Agatho strange man of might but weak Unto our souls who are Hyperions Son They stood like Pigmies while we A•bions And Bergions stood to oppose the wrath Their Towns are ours we 'l make a happy skie Present a prosperous morn unto our souls And when crystall Aurora gives the foy To Cynthia's wandring Chariot then I 'le give And all divide the Land according to the place Of every Souldier the whole Kingdom shall Be in fragments Ger. Great King the appointment of your sun-bright Judgement gives peace and plenty to our minds Whole Regions of a violentiall form is turn'd To peace her wishes in a splendent case And as the aggregate of future losse Is over-vail'd by joy of present time Even so your sacred will stops envies teeth To give this Kingdome in a recompence Cel. Though Maulinus they were noble in their deeds To use the chain of liberty with friends The Phoenix of that age which rob'd the time With his best deeds are trifles to my vote I hope my time will not prove like Cavinus But live to see my men in silver forests Urania's • vre shall not content the mind Nor 〈◊〉 Lu•e so well as gift will do Tomorrow morning it shall be confirm'd Bell. Your royall Majesty hath shap'd my lot If Achilles were here and Pargamus Their same could be no greater then ours won Neptune and Nereus conspir'd with all one vote And Titans rays for to redeem your Land And noble Leige you have fulfil'd your part Ger. The storm is over of great rage and War Rhenus her waves ne'r flowed with Nilus tides To make a fertile soyl may be compar'd To this your most King-like decree of fame Cel. Here I Ulysses they Alcanders stand While the Troys blades strike dead those Sarpedons The Agonius god is at command I 'le do what pleaseth fancy of my care Though Alexanders fame runs much in world Yet bounty takes the place of all his acts Alecto and the other two cannot Withdraw the purpose that I have decreed So we 'l begon to morrow is the day Exeunt Cel. Ger• manet Bellerrio Bell. Where 's now Lerenica sure• speed will drive Her feet to make a ranscat for her bold Attempt I shall be King or Prince the King Fore-tells by service I did perform The brazen Gates of Hell dare not withstand The bilbow blades of my great thundering arm Finds Lerenica But stay what 's this the spoils of some strange story 'T is not Lerenica sure her face is black A contrary climate to her element I 'le cl•nse thy face to see with sorrows eyes Sure't cannot be fair L•renica Let 's see thy chin thy finger and thy ring Oh las it is the signature I gave To her dear soul oh curst Bel•errio I have done wrong for to defame my King And lose my Dame a mock-star of the Sun Oh slavery of Heirs to fight and die By that great War I overcame by blows Let one Urn conclude both of our ashes A servile man unto my sorrow no This arm shall send a weapon to my heart No policy shall work by quick design To turn the mind that hangs on that same string She 's dead she 's dead and stab'd her selfe for griefe By home-bred strife and a full stretcht arm What shall I live to see those dayes of woe With this my body and want the life of th' soul No sure I may with Carthaginians Be buried quick as Philenius were Make Celerinus prove to me a Cyrene Oh that would be a joyfull day to see Such a mutation in my barbarous plot Or like Orpheus wife Euridice Be stung with the Aristaean Adder And so cause end to this my gloomy light But these afford no aid unto my dying soul Then let me be with Babylonian dame To Dirces fish converted in moment That all Pallanian dames may hiss my woe To see my foul and unreserving thought Let flocking furies strangle breath within Such a presumptious soul to venture it I caus'd h•r death then death must recompence That virgins act I
court their Garlands miseries Ceres doth lavish forth her full ripe ears Venus complains her selfe with watrish fears Iuno is lumpish and her love is gone Pallas turn'd foolish and she wit hath none Mars rules full out with his most severe look Themis stands potent with her justice book Nemesis is troubled from the funded deep Morpheus is waken from his creeping sleep Apoll• stands smiling at their folly so Iove bids me fight and know my friend from foe Per. More aid shall come I 'l fetch them out my self Exit Per. Qu. Great Prince my valour risse beyond its bounds All for your Fathers right Holl. Now let Burgargo come my weapon's fixt To play its part pierce tender bowel with Its three form'd point and make his blood Still wait upon his shooes Scen. 3. Burgargo following the flight Bur. Stand still your ground the day breaks from the Skies for to discern the foe my hands are over loaded by the spoyls of this days labour While some lie gasping others crying loud Here leggs there arms all bodies mortified My spirit thirsts to see the Prince Hollarro And to change Gloves with him try valour at The point of naked nimble swords Oh Goddesse blind thou fortune hath inforc'd To shew my progress of my lingering dayes In this brave soul so stand prepare to fight Hol. Your worthy carriage shews as much nay more After the encounter of our steelly blades Let after victory either rise or fall And let Astrea poyse the truest cause By this the combate of our martial will So General come on stand see your selfe Bur. Your valour 's to be prais'd he that dare Twist his hand with me must have a grace More then such young years can put forth I praise thy courage but not thy discretion Because thou runs upon thy death They fight and he wounds Hollarro Hol. Desist your purpose till I close my wound The blood speaks on my cause a fury leads •y temper now stand still and pause and then • will renew the second blow Bur. Vain purpose of your will to strive with him Who alwayes return'd with victory in his hands You cherish folly in a strange conceit strive with a weaker hand for to oppose A decreed sense which is much stronger Yet shall it not be utter'd with a voyce I kill'd thee unawares but take thy time Holl. Rest upon your blade ground its point The time runs in swift motion to one Of our ends the Elizium field doth open Large her panting soul for to disgorge The vicious humour of our Fabricke Within that space the which we shall possesse Rewards stand ushering in our power To have the Crown allotted by those Saints Come lend your force again I now prepare For to receive my death by your unnaturall Hand Bur. Fortune support then both our hands Valour with-drawes unskilful helps And shews a fair prospect to a foul design They fight and he gives Burgargo a deadly wound Burg. Hold hold I dye take you the day And Crown your self with Trophies of my blood Your riper years sprung in a blossome stout Shall be Encomium to Bruzantia My spirit it doth vanish as my blood Flowes from the veins sending by legate cause All praise to your most severe stoutest arm * * sighs Oh my breath is prov'd an airy substance now I wish it were confin'd a longer space To run its course that I my King may shew The man gave me this wound him to exalt Above the rest by Title degree and honour * * sighs Oh now the fading hour-glass consumes its sand Each corn a drop of blood and the three fates Come with their hungry appetite to cut My fatall end and blood doth b•bble by The hottest combate that us two did fight * * sighs Oh I must I must the bones begin to be Afraid of flesh the sinews stand at difference All my body cold save onely heart doth Leap by its extremity of pains and Hot with sorrow * * staggers I come I come make room Amongst you ghosts see there be place for Me I dye Falls dow• and dies Hol. Thou dyes then like a man whose breath did bear The whole Numenia's Land in a subjection The onely pillar of thy Countries good Death hath surpris'd the conquest of thy soul And this thy trickling blood that 's here display'd Doth shew thy progeny to take its flight From rutus or other greater Monarch My spirit 's sorry for such a thrice noble friend Derisius enters Holl. Return return thou runs upon thy death Deris Draw in that sulphurous breath I live and Here my Generall he lies slain no no Fight Deris falls and dyes Hol. Die slave as thou hast been ordained Exit Hol. Quer. turns the bodies over and over to see whether they be dead or no Quer. R•bi• dead dead Iack dead dead are you Or no faith if you be not I 'le make you He drawes his Sword I 'le panch you Rogue• and make you know What I am what not Deris shakes his legge and Quer. runs away but after draws nigh again Dead still but stir you hang You hang you I 'le have one of you sure Enough come away come away come come He trayles Deris off the Stag• by his hea• Scen. 4. Yernom•y Yer Fight fight the day 's our own Squeeze forth thy spleen with a censorious frown And turn my serious blows into a wrack of gall Deliver'd to my sight ten thousand men Were slain and like an Abyssus did the earth Inclose all in a lump converting so Their oakey chaists into a putrid form And these my Robes a badge receives from those Of honour pomp and glory to the day I follow them my selfe so the compunction Of their boyling blood did then rebate My f•rm•r st••mes into most pleasant cal•s Stand stand thou slave B•rnomoy enters Bur. I fear no Rebell such an one as thee They fight he kills Yerno Consume thy selfe to ashes and there lie My Generall Burgargo what thou kill'd What mortall motion propagated it This cannot be withstood but hymns must sound And El•gies complain thy dolefull fall The Firmament crack with a thunder and The stars want light at this thy funerall A marble shall inclose thy sacred soul But cause its nature weeps and may be term'd for thee Exit Bur. and carries out Burg. Aberd•n Hollarro Fafrisius Buzarai Nevermo Orestes Sisterus taken captives and bound Perpurgerus Quermero Souldiers Fla• Ensigns Drums aretreat Aber. We contemn liberty and honour with the same By a most sottish will and by idlenesse Their ranks dispers'd doth inflame fear with it The blew pavillions in which comfort liv'd Are routed by the heavens stormy blasts His Forts demolished and his Army broke Into a hundred squadrons not able To do a damage to our potent strength His Subjects hear our captives and his chiefs Of all the Souldiers slain shot powder by Them vanished all Bulworks they consum'd The best politick way that must come here
LOVE and WAR A TRAGEDY Written by Tho. Meriton Gent. Demosthen ex Orat. Bellum gloriosum pace turpi optabilius est LONDON Printed for Charle• Webb at the Bore's Head in St. Paul• Church-yard 1658. Drammatis Personae A Berden King of Bruzantia Hollarro the young Prince his Son Bellerrio A Duke his Nephew Murgorus two Courtiers Nercius Lords subjects to King Aberden Yernomy Fafrisius Buzarain Nevermo Quermero a humorous fellow Perpurgerus his Companion Celerinus King of Numenia Burgargo a Generall two Lords Orestes Sisterus two Captains Derisius Gervoron Burnomoy a valiant Souldier Adrenimia Queen to Aberden Lerenica a Lady of honour Histerica her woman Bardes to sing the Chorus Souldiers Attendants the Graces Aglaia Thalia Euphrosyne Scene Bruzantia To the truly Noble Ingenious Judicious Gent And my most esteemed Brother Mr. George Meriton SIR YOu cannot favour the Book so much as wonder at my presumption nor I could not have had the boldness as to present it but that the symphaticall nature betwixt us did draw my Genius as by a North-Pole virtue to make you the Patron of these my indeavours I wish the Praises were like Tearus streams and rellish so in the Appetite as to invite your serious eye to make pursuit through it gaining your favour so farre which is my sole Ambition to rest under the wings of your Piety and Learning which having obtain'd it may say I merrily through the World fearing neither Rock nor Quick-sand for they are like Castor and Pollux to scoure the carping Criticks from it in their censorious manner of guiding and directing Now my intreaties mixt with a little hope have made their Petition which if they return with fertility it shall ever binde me to your virtues in the chains of Amity with a Phrygian knot which to loose is impossibility in my heart thus fearing no tempestuous scorns nor full mouth Borea's blasts of reprehension because you are the Pilot stearing the Rudder of its weaknesse from all such dangerous shelves and wishing eternal honour to your virtues is the hearty desire of Sir Your most affectionate Brother and humble Servant Tho. Meriton The Prologue IF once is shewn the glimering Star whereby Pluto is daunted and great Jove knowes why When by its circulation driven course At last by passage lights upon by force Some watrish cloud which by its structure foul Is obscur'd from mens mortall eyes they houl To see the radiall beams so quickly gone As if all vanish reliques thereof none Iust in resemblance so shall I produce My future breathing till some me conduce To see your sparkling splendent orient eyes Shining like Luna Sol Stars in the skies Viewing my Pigmie if perchance there be Pleasant looks in the Royall company Of your bright Train more Angel-like then she Apelles drew by art yet could not be So well as nature wrought her that same look Would purchase more then I can with my Book For it would raise Ambition and bereave My fancy of its reason to perceive Nothing but a Chimaera and thereby Term my selfe new again if possibly But if in opposition it appear Iust to the contrary no looking chear Nor smiling carriage but then takes their place Frowns discommending and absurd disgrace Then I much like a Prisoner at the Bar Shall be dejected flying hence and far Do purpose to remain as long as sense I have to weep for this my insolence If story produce no laughter nor the Wit Laugh at my folly in so doing it LOVE and WAR A TRAGEDY Act 1. Scen. 1. Aberden Yernomy Fafrisius Buzaraine Nevermo Drum Trumpet a Florish Souldiers Aber. REceiv'd with gladness still my Lords you are Gladly receiv'd I say we 'l suffer all Our hands to be now numb'd with sense l•t fall Our deadly swords nothing in opposition Stands we hear but the whole Universe Endures in a paralectick posture vast Worlds did Iulius C•sar conqu•r yet ne're Was able to withdraw our minds but forc't To fly our summons we 'l range the steepy Bancks those which with rudenesse hide Titan his rai•s seek some terra in••gnita Where men are absent beasts may fulfil Our Warlike yet not willful intentions Let us find it out that by the prospect We 'l gain the Victory and surround the foe Drench their hot hearts as we all else you know Yer None dare appear but Numenia land Is said to have a will bent to withstand Your Majesties dread Soveraign Army for To know the right of Kingdoms we abhor Faf. The same great Aberden I will confirm that They did help with unknown potent strength The last great Camp we rais'd shewing to them Benigne favours so they took them for their friends No •oe which caus'd detard in winning the Rich Trophies that you overcame at length Aber. What sure it cannot be but if perchance That they do act a matter so disliking Me and mine they shall not further• trouble Their dull braines to make a search in pursuit After it but I will so imploy their Grasping hands to set all labour by but what Concerns the martiall Banner and bring it Home to them War which treads dame Nature's Cour•es trampling under feet her set Delivered forms shall disclose inclose to This Realm strange unheard •les Numenia With the rest of former Victories shall Know my tribute and I 'l quickly see Wherein they my great force do disobay Find them as farre as stars doth light the way Buz Then let us make a rule and raise a Camp Fall on them undiscreatly and berdane Their Forces of a time in which they Premeditating may find Ammunition To dissolve our Troops and to disgorge The obdure faculty of their sense Defraud them in the time and send them all To the native Earth the Mother which they call And fitly may be term'd so and boyling Blood into the air by the meteorious form Of it a strange essence make a full Similitude betwixt we foresee they Purpose for to lead on but let us go Aber. Pray know for what and why you do so Nev. The thing is known Aberden yea it is Great Soveraign Aber See that the thing be fit And bear within its selfe the full prologue Whereby it purposes to maintain its selfe For too rash Counsell often breeds within A subject height which may be call'd a sin And that in prodigality then done Beside its shifts it can no other shun But come to ruine Yer I it is so but this is not so bent Because great King we have Your Counsel in 't Aber. But for I know rash counsel doth maintain Faf. Fear not that thought for it will prove most vaine Aber. If it be so yet danger may be with Buz It cannot be it is a thing of mirth Aber. Your censure so the subject for to be Nev. Yea that we do that to eternity Yer So shall we move with freenesse till we come To that same object which we in delay Do stand most fearfull of hoyst •ails To it search the
quintessence of a•• the earth Lerenica she disposeth of My fickle will and fancy at one both Ner. What she how backward runs the course The time hath been when opportunities Hath sought occasion in their properties By casting favours by her mush-red eye Deluding objects to sobriety To get the will of him who intended The Zenith of love where under it did •est should be prolonged further casting Aside those indisposed fight and tricks As vain and whom doth none regard Bel. The Styx her mists doth paraphrase your words VVherein grim Cerberus doth bathe himselfe Let the same vapour rise and by its stench Infuse an opiate virtue there to dull My vitall spirits to cut the hair Of danger's purpose and whereby I shall Receive a quiet death for a vexed life Ner. Fear not A gilded bait shall intrap this Barbell VVe 'l find her stratagems devise a way The filly blind boy knows not the which shall Imploy affairs deserving worth a name Of Chronolgoy a cheat or somewhat May worke effect with this same peevish brat Bel. Let hope go with that design to the end Methinks my top-sayls move with celerity I gain acuteness and agility VVho ever did take arrogance in strength Or sound brave Nectars notes with Bacchus juyce More freely then do I must be more then Mother Nature doth put forth sweep away Inclose within thy arms oh Cynthia Thy master Titan's Candle let not him Praunce on his journey to the top of th' hill But curb his fiery trigon suffer not No more his fight till we have done our plot Mur. Though friendship promise more then strangenesse doth Deride not one but do receive them both I 'l bring whole fountaines of new-found desires VVhich shall suck up the hony of your fires And flames of love we go Exeunt Scen. 4. Celerinus Bugargo Orestes Sisterus Dirisius Gervoron Burnamoy Cel. Since time tradition forces against will And all the Countries invitations Me to withstand Aberdens 〈◊〉 Of choller which at length consumes all what It meets with whose vast supportment would Not subsist but be demolisht and top Submissive to its feet know if let rest Sloath would enter course yet Fame not be Ejected your valour still would •••gne And Bugargo if you maintain our right Supporting all our cause and not detarding Shame but Derisius Gervoron both Take part with him you shall have recompence I stand oblig'd all due to common sense Burg. Courage strikes my resolute contentment High Celerinus immense vast Trophies A Diadem be purged from my thoughts If all the prises then were equall poysed And shar'd the lot deciding judgement would As me possest term trouble for a Peasant Without delay transported to a Prince VVere a too great Hyperboly I 'le undertake Cele All grateful motions attend then your soul You are the head we members wait there on And what composure may be thought upon By loving deeds all experientiall skill May be put forth or sacrifice thy will Stand firm to it inform us then no more Affection lead thou shalt have gold or ore I wave my selfe though speciall charge commands Either gain Kingdom or else lose your Lands VVhat spoyls can blind or mask our piercing glance VVhat keen struck sword black armour or the lance VVhose sight corrupts the Element which pare Contain'd in its selfe the cold moist air Put forth betwixt my eye all my desire To know the day it 's that thou dost require Deris VVhat is it thought that King Aberden will Hoyst sayles to us dreads he nor land nor soyl Which lends a death a murror and a broyl To their inhabitants they 'l nere wait Pitching a leagure to o'recome the wall They are bent against which shares with Nile The Alpes would fair imprint a backward call If once their eyes cast upwards be Burgargo doe command my legion when Fear smites thy arm fire Beacons and let Drums sound loud Ger. Let Bizantia's Monarch pursue the way He has at length begun for Morpheus Doth bear more frequent rule with leaden Mace Then Mars with valour carried in his face Here 's no determed theam by whose oppose May vent hot sparks of manhood from our Loyns for as quick sight with well wrought temper Gives a gloss to affect the matter so Oft experience by assiduate practice Makes that which is uncord then most prompt Though love is strong yet Cupid by might Combines with Mars a steely shirt though hard Yet oftentimes is safer then a linnen frock My blood doth buble when is brought before Idle disposed fashions martiall blades Seeking lost nothing all armour proof yet Uselesse are which would possesse with a Fear they stand in danger of each other Nor can the same be nought but great They raise a Camp postreeme with us when as The East and West doth seem a distance not A foot in length being fadomed by their might Since then so large our enemies be found Our glory still grows greater by their sound What answer you Orest 'T is right renowned friend In prime to carefull be of our Soveraign In maintaining right next to this City And thy Country good if truth thou binds in That same Gordian knot Sist. Then bold fac'd Champions leviated from the blood Of well tryed Princes you may discern the Blast if by prevention not made sure Cause ruine o're this Land if flint and sie Being met expell their fiery beams Well may your generous souls inflaming With valour betwixt rough danger and Mild sloth let fly over sleepy hill until you Are conducted to th' contrary by grim death Bur. Since cause is equall victory cannot be Debard from us and no wayes misery Take here abode Cele Le ts then beguile the time no more by talk But see your guard and front be sure Call o're in summons display your Colours Flags Banners Pendents Streamers see your men Be right for th' cause great Generall Bugardo When that is done I 'l cause my sacred Priests To move the gods and all their hymnes set forth For your welfare all what can thought be worth Exeunt Scen. 5. Quermero Perpurgerus Perp. Why so since time delivers otherwise to be Stretch forth thy arm it 's nought but exercise Brings on the same Quer. Oh hold then pray you there I 'l stretch my hand if fortune will give leave But shall not be to kill but to maintain Life by its help Per. How strange to common sense Draw out thy sword I 'l shew thy postures What if a man should challenge field with thee Quer. Then I should dye Per. Before the blow did come Quer. I quickly sure the sight 's as good as blows With me but since your Treaty is to draw He stands in a foolish posture I stand hear guardian of my selfe Per. See see If 't were possible he would invite Heraclitus To laugh I dare swear Plato might read A piece of Philosophy in his posture Stand up man with a full breast surely Mr. Quermero your breech and feet are
Quer. nods his head At difference Per. Hold up your hand and stiddy how like you It What no answer but by conjecture Postures he shakes his head 't is well hold up I say hold in I say this breech oh Quer. makes a face Pretty face but if you 'l make no answer It is my means shall force you Per. beats him and he runs away and layes down his Sword What none what none what none Quer. Gently good cousin my bum is addle Have care you break no Eggs for if you do The sent perfumes the room beside all Myrrh or Spiknard Per. Why answer you not Quer. Let pitty force compassion 't is My weak stomack and foolish condition The nakedness of sword lends such terrour To my heart reflects amazement to my Eyes that while supported by my hand no Word can utter the cause I it dismist Per. Oh senseless pagan take 't up again He takes his sword What affraid here take it try thy valour Shake thy weapon now I 'l draw mine Quer. Then I 'l Put up Per. Hold stay thy hand and let us two inclose Quer. I wish Aberden had no greater foes They clatter their swords Per. Hey bravely done this is all well man'd Quer. Hey-day methinks I am a second George for England have at you then Per. Stand further off Quer. Stand further off Per. Have care Q. Stand further off Per. You 'l run in danger hazzard the little life You have put up put up Q. Stand further off He cuts him Per. What now draw blood brave Champion My joyes still grow the greater wind whistle Forth thy fame like sturdy Oak thou stand• All other are but shrubs my blood cryes blood Again stand Guardian still Quer. Stand further off He hollowes Per. Your dexterous art works opposition to My term'd design none can then curb your will But what must spring from Bizantia Quer. What kicks thou stand further off Per. The pumel of my sword is lost thou art like A Crocodile pursuing flyes flyes pursuing Your hardy courage rises more and more I hope to see the Land all in a gore My spleen now riseth works in the concave A desperate motion nothing shall thee save Quer. I fear neither friend nor foe stand further off Per. I purpose now to put in motion some Beyond capacity strange unheard act So then thou goes He trips his heels up Quer. Oh oh What my back broken by a fall Murther murther But stir not till he is gone make much Foster what I have got perchance the fact Is such that quickly will not go Per Lie still When sense bereaves thee of thy will conjeal'd By a known accident inforc'd by that Works invisible a coard yet staies His friend favouring by course what licence Give it's aid I fetch attendants to wait On thee Exit Perpur Quer. Attend thy selfe see that thou dost Is he gone Sword where art thou Hay hay He rises by degrees What as lively as thy Master is oh How the flesh corrupts thy edge stay is Perpurgerus gone I 'l lye close still may Be he stands perdue but gone or no I 'l Up and see my wound hay boyes none none none He leaps Oh stay here what 's this oh deadly thrust He finds a hole in his Stocking Fetch a Chyrurgion I cannot go But must because am forc't Oh oh oh oh He halts from off the Stage Exit Scen. 6. Hollarro Hol. A Conquest lost for want of obedience That superstitious terrour which with Force con•atenates the will• of naturall Bears and hangs its Flag a sign of true Discretion as making votes sole Recreation in nought but prayer And offering sacrifice still stands in Behoving power imploring the aid of Sublime Gods or Deities a decree Not challeng'd by a right then let us la•d Them according to their deserts we shall receiv• Pledges of felicity and cancell out Our black transgressions thus should it none In exchange betwixt them and us for what •Ascends when we descend three-fold descends •Again when we asc•nd this same it will By graduation form a ladder passing From the celestiall quier to the terrestiall ball And now nere want pleaded more her Cause than at this present my care shall Be to see it fulfill'd yet my Mother Queen Stayes out her time my duty shall wait Leasure of her coming Adrenimia sola Adr. Well Prince Hollarro I see you are not perverse You wait my leasure I•• recompence My ears hang at your tongue by a symphaticall Attention striving with priority who to Super-excede the •enor by your voyce will give The Victory what answers King Aberden Hol. Most mighty Queen my intreates did play Their course as Fortune thought it fit Bent with a resolution not to return with Fruitlesse answers until thought possest My tender judgement they had gained Anger from King Aberden yet like a Valorous Champion stood his ground not Flying at the first but reply over the Same again but when the fury ended mildnesse Did deliver he would conceal Adr. What not the head the least request could be Why when the swift long-winged faul•on play•• Her game her recompence shall be the head What so e're her prey be he would conceal O If King would favour me with majesty Of his great presence I'uld know the reason why Hol. Great Princess I 'l see Exit Hol. Adr. So go thy way Aberden Hollarro Yernom•y Fafrisius Buzaraine and Nevermo Aber. Adrenimia you sent for me I know the cause Griefe still doth poyse the libra of my will By a just weight the beam is leavel but to Whom give down it 's yet reserving power Is unknown you plead for it ten thousand Pleads against you are my Queen all Other are my subjects you save my name The other save my life to whom should it Give down pray Lords aid you me in 't She pleads for head of those that captive be The request is small though much denyed by me Are you content then I shall notwithstand Do you deny then I will leave the Land Hol. Your Majesty Astrea yet much courts She with her grasped hand and severe looks With scale and sword makes in your mind her Sphere yet will it enter into the hearts Of your subjects and deem t 'the clemency of a King Grant it the Queen great Soveraign Yer The Prince answers for all Abe Are you so all agreed Yer Faf. Buz Ne We are all brave King Hol. The game is up Aber. My Queen the onely will of him who ever 〈◊〉 Thy sole refuge doth grant with •ervency The subjects heads that taken are by us They are thy ransome take you them when you please My Ships have gain'd upon the angry Seas Dancing levalto my courage not refuse To do the same thy pleasure wills to chuse Therefore brave Princess this thy self-design Shall be a virtue not in least a crime So take it freely take it as a bliss He kisseth the Queen Before my subjects confirm it with a kisse Omnes
noyce Whistle like Orpheus reed Ti•an in Aestivious time• when torrid heat hath power Dismisseth night and gives day the full hour Of number twenty four then Burgargo This Region which I named by scituation Transcends the metropolis of every Nation I stand defiance with a barbarous call I purpose to choose you my Generall Burg. When sense doth rave beyond its bounds why then There is no reason that we should be men Let sense and reason scorn my onely state When I deny to govern this by fate Which hath been separated from the rest By Iove his hand and he to be the guest That it should entertain this Ile that which Gives livelihood and makes the inhabitants rich My hope is fixt upon and firmly too That sacred Gods will aid and fortune shew Because we stand in our defence not lust To have a War but this our cause is just We stand for right not what is got by pelfe For lives for wives who are our second selfe 'T is pitty that this Nation should go down And save your Majesty none ought to wear the Crown Except your selfe who wisely with your hand With voyce gives leave with that their force with-stand Let them display their colours black visage so unseemly sight with plaited hair you know Much like a Horses main which gives a light They are savage creatures speciall in the night When skyes become their favour let them come I 'le be your Generall till day of doome Cel. Your answer 's good they are both rash and rude In judgment doing actions and before Their nature be by valour curbed so They 'l ne're rest silent but stratagems Inventing still though with grief and amazing Flashes bring a float of destruction With whole waves of sorrow to their pedigree My breast doth breathe not with a fair clear passage Because corruption grows from nomination of Such hellish heathens the Numenia's Land They strive to make their prey and spoil of it 'T is not the fear of their great potent arme 'T is not Aberden with his hellish charm 'T is not their Chariots with their Iron wheels 'T is not their Ships with their well pitched keels 'T is not the fiercenesse of their nature soul 'T is not the savagenesse of their grim soul 'T is not the words of their well threatned 〈◊〉 'T is not the stroaks with which they make their noyse 'T is not the armour that they dayly wear 'T is not the colours wrought with silver clea• 'T is not the conditions that they all sent 'T is not the words that they pleased to put in 't 'T is neither this nor that shall work so fast But I will fight their fury to the last Deris Your answer 's like your selfe noble and that Most generous I like a branch you are The root if you perish I must not stand Gervo Let fame want Trumpets for to blaze her self Let my poor soul want blood to raise her selfe Wh•n I deny to be as firm as you Cele Then my Lord Orestes see a Legate Be prepared to send to King Aberden You know the drift of th' cause we will maintain The War he promiseth to our Land and Burgargo with these two Captains which are Derisius and Gervoran and that valiant Souldier Burnomoy draw down your forces To the port-Towns cast trenches ditches that If they gain the Land they know not where to Lead a squadern up but stand amazed at their rash stricking shore Omnes Heavens blesse Numenia's King Cel. After you return as undoubtedly victorious Trophies shall be prepared of pure Gold Elixars essence what doth Nature hold Be presents to your reward Exeunt Scen. 5. Adrenimia Hollarro with Attendants Adre My soul runs wandring from its way Not knows its guide till fortune by favours Whip lash the occasion forward that they May joyn their Forces by Sea or Land My hands want blood that by its natural heat R•ceive a quickning sense my •ury playes U•on the strings of the ••••cordium Which causeth a palfie in my hand th•• Hold I cannot till some blood I have I could with ease disgest the wrong that 's done If I should cause one of Aberdens friends To use my Altar his head upon my spear In the air to be an attom of delight It is a thing disgorge with me most sure I feel a weakning cause rise in my bones Which can be deemed nought else but want of blood Prethee Hollarro what must still vacation A rust corrupt your souls and weapon too Resolve my quere sure you are not bent To raise perplexity to a Queen her will Blood blood still I will call Holl. Great Adrenimia the conditions which your King Was pleased to make a War expected answers Are when Post brings news the tydings which you Wait leasure on unto my Fathers Court No sooner arrival shall take its abode But with a fiery look and watry eyes Bring to your Highnesse those same prodigies Which lurk betwixt affection and defraud Your pleasure wills to crave that harsh design Like Ebian wood whose colour cannot be Changed to a whitish hue no more can your Intreaty turn its black melanchollious Humour to a white waterish flegmatick Cause my spirits raise ambition in my Veins that such who works against natures will Receives no free permission there to lay Its store for that same matter which you crave But if a War go on with immatchlesse forces My father 's such a man your Husband Aberden Stands to a word though mentioned long before To let those captive subjects which by lot Caught in the gins of our free-born like souls Of Amazons ne'r yeeld field to any Either foe or friend to lesse or many Adr. What is it so what is it so still Hollarro stand against That same cannary bird what 's e're it be Sings such a note with pains repining forth Such unagreeing discord and unhandsome Quavers shall quickly have a Pip upon His tongue a slit or ga•• about his neck Make him sing sweeter changes then those same Hollarro take care look not to untwist Those arms of great Aberden and his Queen He granted me you stand in opposition Talk more with silent counsell then to th' face Of a Queens power condemn it a disgrace That she takes pleasure in it's blood that I Crave of my King untill the day I dye If none can have from forraign Countries then Constrain'd I must take then our innocent men Your part shall not scape free if you do not Go to the Wars the next will be your lot Therefore blow up those fires that almost dye In your stout Souldier that perpetually They may bring home great spoils unto the Queen As captives bracelets all what my youth hath seen See see you do do so dispatch the cause Or else in this Land I will bring new Lawes Hol. Your will 's a Law great Madam to my force I shall not be him that withstands your losse The frigid Zone ne'r new the Icie way Or tract her
Yet those shall stand in no similitude To our own Land contrivings chear then up Your Numenia bloods we 'l put them to 't Great King Celerinus will you please to lead Le ts ralley them before they gather head They march and goe out Aberden Hollarro Yernomoy Fafrisius Buzarain Nevermo Quermero Perpurgerus Ensigns Drums a march Souldiers Aber. March march let swift and sure set feet strike off Sloath her entreatie• the metamorphious forms Of their strange Land shall lend to none of our Determi'd thoughts such a prodigious sense As make a quick flown fury rise as Choller in the veins created by burnt Adust blood but with a milder grace Send comfort to our hope with new supplies The soaring Eagle ne'r prided more To play with air or stand upon her wing In the defiance of the lesser birds Then I do in my potent Souldiers strength Let them strike lance with dexterous art My care shall ever be imployed to gain The field her triumphs by Bruzantia's hands Le ts detard time no longer Hol. My Leige your will Though putrid bodies by corrupted stench Breeds impure Atoms infects pure air Yet those most innocent souls must not go To the Elizium of eternall rest Without reve•ge do follow They march and go out A great shouting and hollowing and the Battel within Aberden et c••t Aber. What still multiplies surround their courses They rise like Ants from muddy mole hills Surely want ne'r shew'd her face within the bounds Of this new prodigall I le men like the Putrifaction of a loathsome forme breed Like the Atoms the Sun his rayes and Ne'r diminish though voyce with bloody notes Send thousands to their far-sought homes They lye with arms spread open to receive Their unnatural mothers like Vipers to their dams Yet Terrour strikes no sense to their benummed wills But a carriage of presumptuous Law Of free dom licence of their free born right They like a Fury more than modest Grace Spend wind and limbs a sacrifice to us We fear nor courage nor their valour no Their sights are not the weapons of our lust VVe have to fight come come march on Holl. We will For ne'r shall that strange sound take place VVithin receptacles of a hearing That Bruzantia's men lost ground come march VVith me my Lords Yer VVe follow your command Exeunt Celeriuns .c. Cele The service was hot yet fear not you Though ground doth thirst with her insatiate Will to drink up more conjeal'd coagulated blood Of our lost soules and Souldiers receiving A surfeit by its strange and faulty virtue We have enough to stand a field and face Burg. Le ts draw the scattered forces to a head Bring ranks in order and each his Ensign place Not lose the day with folly in our hand Burn. My stomack n'er did faint with killing till This day my arm bids not desist though Reason would plead for it my sword cryes Vengeance still each blow it gave brings rosey Blood its hue from those strange hags Bruzantia's Men sending their woefull cryes to the skies To frame a thunder Cele Valour runs with thy great will from hence Lead thou the blew male-frocks to the field Thy manhood shews thy grace thy fame this day Won first its root the next the branches they •hou wilt obtain on which the Trophies hang Of those lost men of which they made a mang Let us see them once more come follow me Exeunt Scen. 2. Quermero enters with two Swords and all in Armour Que. They force me to 't well surely I shall be Prepar'd for the cause this sword shall curb These will and this maintain its right A Caesar nay a Caesar ne'r was So valiant as my two swords are one cuts The flesh the other hews the bone my helmet Shews a force to kill a Guy or Hercules My Armour binds my body to the same I wish a fortune would give more advice To him that falls in hand then run his life Suppose this Pillar were great Bevis stout And I a Hector as I am stand to He cuts the Pillar Oppose the feind my first progress it should Strike him under th' •ar the n•xt take him here Oh oh have at the man have at thee Nay this is nought when Drums and Trumpets sound A fame unto my valour I should be More like a Generall then a common man I am sure as fancy pleaseth now I could Put ten to flight if all were Trojans stout I should redresse my selfe with Tygars strength And make them fear my swords Burgargo enters and Quermero throwes away his swords and runs into a corner Bur. The pillage of the soyl is left for him Who bears the victory of these two land broyls At present doth an opportunity shew forth The way to steer thy course forbear I 'le not As long as heat infuse my livelihood To cast a backward look to those before Lie gasping on the ground I will exchange My broken sword for two which are like clifts For them to gaze at and keep them under The thraledom of a fear but I 'le pursue The chase to find my prey Exit Burgar and Querm runs and gets up the broken sword• Quer. What art thou gone 't is well Thou scapedst so he knew I was here Or if he had not I would have made him fear To take my swords and leave a stump for me Oh I wish he were now present for now My chollar riseth I would shew him such A twisting combate as know a friend from foe I am a Lion now he 's but a Lamb I 'le tear him tear him tear him what a Broken piece he left unto my lot Come come again and let me flesh my Appetite and kill thee for a name Perpurgerus with a bloody sword Quer. Come come Perpurgerus Per. What stand you still rouse leaden spirits from Thy earthly soul Que. This broken sword hath caused the absence of The bravest Hector this sword and hand cau•'d it I made him run I run Per. Some childish boy Que. He was a Man whose shoulders were like Mountains a foot a Pasty peel would Equall with its birth his eyes strike dead the Heartiest man that goes all armour furnished Yet forc't to run Per. How did he bear the blows Qu. How did I bear the blows like V•lcans anvill For as he struck my rebounding sense Answered him again he stood like Nicodemus or a fool while I stood Breaking my sword upon his nose He snuft and said nought else but run Per. You are stout Quer. I ne'r knew my heart until this day Now I perceive the rigor of its will •Hollarro enters with his sword drawn and bloody Hol. The stygian lakes recoyl Hero and Leander Maketh cold their loves are froken to an Ice Proserpina doth rule with fiery look Pan now doth make a sword a shepheards crook Diana chaste begins to fly for fear Cynthia doth mask her face till the next year Endymion waken is by these loud cryes Nymphs they do
Come Captives here must be your doom She 'l have your lives if you were twenty more But yet my favour goes with you Orest I thank your Majesty Sist. Great King all glory wait on you But I am conduc'd by willingnesse to dye Orest So I am since I am an exile Aber. You are stay here 's the Queen Scen. 2. Adrenimia Nevermo Attendants Adr. Aberden welcome to your Kingdom and your Queen Loe I see Celerinus subjects bound And for my use which gives a resolution To my sense if your own Queen by tractive Operation work effect to dismisse From contemplation of your soul all Opportunities that doth bring dispair You shall find no stratagem that to be Irrevocable and the objects of Foul melancholly shall not afford the Idols of vain puffing fears For those are they that doth commit and doth Drop unto eternity great contrarieties Unto your majesty and place of Prince The service of a sadfull humour Works undiscreetly and changing certain things It 's alwayes proved the Chaos testifies You a great Warriour both in Waves and Land Whose pectorall force expected did prevail No losse of War or Arms if nature stood To oppose the slaughter of so many lost But I 'le sacrifice my wishes to your selfe Gladly received my King Aber. Your patient favour receives a great applause And I your King expect no future joy My Queen your receivance is most gratefull And bids adieu all sadnesse but not contemplation Which shews a firm judge of a prime design Safety pleads leasure and shew fair shape To commonalty not a vain flasse-glass Of best contriving virtues To effect the Gardian not a bad excuse Of their firm liberty the Gems of all The Indians strikes no lustre to your Fame you are not fair but virtue follows it My Queen the Captives stand at your command Adr. My Leige your favour Holl. Duty doth force obedience to my knees Kneels Great Queen your sacred will if 't please to grant A blessing to Hollarro a wounded subject To serve the Queen your will Adr. Rise valiant Prince my bless go to thy years To find Aberdens blood in thy young youth Holl. You may term void of sense unto my state But hope survives the spirits 'cause I bring A pardon firm and just 't is my duty Aber. Hollarro rise your duty binds no further But what I know Holl. Your will great Queen Faf It were a sacriledge and that rashly Committed against your Princess goodnesse Not to offer my selfe a Souldier to your will Buz Mine follows by a triple form great Queen Your subject salutes you with a happy Bliss Nev. I stand a safeguard to your goodnesse Adr. Faithfully done here wants brave Yernomoy Aber. Forgive the fact that 's done not rob'd your will He 's slain to pay devotion to your looks Rude was his fancy but senselesse was his guide Allowing no recovery to his kindled fame He dy'd a Hector a Prince nay more he slew Millions of Forces to ransom then his death He left the world by Burnomoy's stout arm But Burgargo Hollarro sleep did charm For to describe true valour in fancy fair In reall substance to deserve the chair The Goddess of all hope favour'd his deeds The Goddess of all might helpt him in needs The Goddess of all right stood true to him The Goddess of all happ did valour bring The Gods and Goddesses struck union to His well fast blade his stiffe fram'd bow of Yew So brave Hollarro shall be onely name Through all Numenia there to carry fame Adr. Hollarro still thy atchievements soar above The mean capacity of a Queens recompence These are the captives I like them well their Heads are large to be a pinnacle of fame They 're mine great King Aber. They are for recompence Of your deserts Adr. You render pure substance of a divine will By outward shew no excuse they expect But dye a sacrifice for to restore The jewel of my fainting liberty The Harchet's well prepar'd to execute The case the block perceives its finish'd not In gaud but martiall way to make the Harmony My attendants expecting the prosperous Sight of that same day by forming new Altitudes erecting large Houses for t•e Same I 'le make no great dispute but finish it Holl. Great Queen the subjects I avouch by true Affect and powerfull law descend of noble Blood Adr. Well they are no worse but better for my use Cap. Ah las we must then dye Adr. I I see who attends us there Scen. 4. Quermero Quer. I am here I am here Aberd. Well what art thou Que. A Gentleman of quality as good as your self Aber. Why I am a King Quer. Well so am I sause-box Aber. My Lords conduct the knave to prison and Prepare a lash to execute its office Quer. Oh las you will I 'le try your force They carry Quer. out and he struggles mightily with them How how how let go your hold Aber. The slaves and bondmen which have wrought a Councell to digg the works of War as the Pioneers do raggifie the walls And they who use to toyl in labyrinth And founders of their folly are prisoners To your pick-axe Hospitalls doth crave my Aid and Euncuchs make a market for My home return so force pleading my will I leave you with my Serpents and my foes As emblems to my valour and my state Use discretion as time doth interview And appoint a season to your sport For I must dismiss your rank Ex. Aberd. Adr. My King a happy repose unto your soul Who attends there Bellerrio Lerenica Histerica and attendants Adr. The passage of a drowsie pomp withdrew A door of breathing betwixt the ark of store Of hidden vowes shewing the pride of fortune In a chance ravishing the beauty of a Monsters hide and stuck a stage of desire To harbour the fancy of a dreadfull sign To spill the blood of captives Lerenica You 'l screek and vanish with the dame of fear But I 'le repulse that guide that titles it So bring the captives to the slaugher-house I 'le shift such Robes fit for such enterprise Exit Adre Holl. Madam I 'le improve my reverend service To see the same fulfill'd Ler. The soveraign balm for fear must be a heart Void of a sensuall cause but I 'le attend To see the genius of all mortall souls Wear the sad Cypress of a gloomy day Bell. Lerenica your servant will wait your time Orest Spare us and let us speak before we dye Holl. Give them time to breathe their last farewell Orest The stroke 's a Basilick the sight doth kill Confirms a death by venom of its raze Perfidious creature more degenerate Fate Steeping his aspects in foul Leth•'s streams So Adrenimia by her cursed hand But fury bids defiance to those guiles My time doth shew by prospect now full old Tossing my senses by grim horror's wav•s So noble Prince confirm to future time And to posterity I dye a Man A prop of th' Country the Numenia