unto the flame Brun. What mean you give me your private hearing Thier. Perswasion is a partner in the crime I will renounce my claim unto a mother If you make offer on 't Brun. E'er a Torch can take flame I will produce The author of the fact Thier. Withdraw but for your Lights Memb. Oh my too true suspition Exeunt Martel Memberg Thier. Speak where 's the Engine to this horrid act Brun. Here you do behold her upon whom make good Your causeless rage the deed was done by my incitement Not yet repented Thier. Whether did nature start when you conceiv'd A birth so unlike woman say what part Did not consent to make a son of him Reserv'd it self within you to his ruine Brun. Ha ha a son of mine doe not dissever Thy fathers dust shaking his quiet urn To which my breath would send so foul an issue My Son thy Brother Thier. Was not Theodoret my brother or is thy tongue Confederate with thy heart to speak and do Only things monstrous Brun. Hear me and thou shalt make thine own belief Thy still with sorrow mention'd father liv'd Three careful years in hope of wished heirs When I conceiv'd being from his jealous fear Injoyn'd to quiet home one fatal day Transported with my pleasure to the chase I forc'd command and in pursuit of game Fell from my horse lost both my child and hopes Despair which only in his love saw life Worthy of being from a Gard'ners Arms Snatcht this unlucky brat and call'd it mine When the next year repaid my loss with thee But in thy wrongs preserv'd my misery Which that I might diminish though not end My sighs and wet eies from thy Fathers Will Bequeath this largest part of his Dominions Of France unto thee and only left Austracia unto that changling whose life affords Too much of ill ' gainst me to prove my words And call him stranger Thier. Come doe not weep I must nay do believe you And in my fathers satisfaction count it Merit not wrong or loss Brun. You doe but flatter there 's anger yet flames In your eyes Thier. See I will quench it and confess that you Have suffer'd double travel for me Brun. You will not fire the house then Thier. Rather reward the author who gave cause Of knowing such a secret my oath and duty Shall be assurance on 't Brun. Protaldye rise good faithful servant heaven knows How hardly he was drawn to this attempt Enter Protaldye Thier. Protaldye he had a Gard'ners face I 'll swear Tell by thy hand Sir we doe owe unto you for this service Brun. Why lookest thou so dejected Enter Martel Prot. I want a little shift Lady nothing else Mart. The fires are ready please it your grace withdraw Whilst we perform your pleasure Thier. Reserve them for the body since he had the fate To live and die a Prince he shall not lose The Title in his Funeral Exit Mart. His fate to live a Prince Thou old impiety made up by lust and mischief Take up the body Exeunt with the body of Theod. Enter Lecure and a Servant Lecu. Dost think Leforte's sure enough Serv. As bonds can make him I have turn'd his eyes to the East and left him gaping after the Morning star his head is a meer Astrolobe his eyes stand for the Poles the gag in his mouth being the Coachman his five teeth have the nearest resemblance to Charles Wain Lecure. Thou hast cast a figure which shall raise thee direct my hair a little and in my likeness to him read a fortune suiting thy largest hopes Ser. You are so far'bove likeness you are the same If you love mirth perswade him from himself 'T is but an Astronomer out of the way And lying will bear the better place for 't Lecure. I have profitable use in hand haste to the Queen And tell her how you left me chang'd Exit Servant Who would not serve this virtuous active Queen She that loves mischief'bove the man that does it And him above her pleasure yet knows no heaven else Enter Thierry Thier. How well this loans suits the Art I seek Discovering secret and succeeding Fate Knowledge that puts all lower happiness on With a remiss and careless hand Fair peace unto your meditations father Lecure. The same to you you bring Sir Thier. Drawn by your much fam'd skill I come to know Whether the man who owes his character Shall e'er have issue Lecure. A resolution falling with most ease Of any doubt you could have nam'd he is a Prince Whose fortune you enquire Thie He is nobly born Lecure. He had a Dukedom lately fall'n unto him By one call'd Brother who has left a Daughter Thier. The question is of Heirs not Lands Lecure. Heirs yes he shall have Heirs Thier. Begotten of his body why look'st thou pâ—le Thou canst not suffer in his want Lecure. Nor thou I neither can nor will Give farther knowledge to thee Thier. Thou must I am the man my self Thy Sovereign who must owe unto thy wisdom In the concealing of my barren shame Lecure. Your Grace doth wrong your Stars if this be yours You may have children Thier. Speak it again Lecure. You may have fruitful issue Thie By whom when how Lecure. It was the fatal means first struck my bloud With the cold hand of wonder when I read it Printed upon your birth Thier. Can there be any way unsmooth has end So fair and good Lecure. We that behold the sad aspects of Heaven Leading sence blinded men feel grief enough To know though not to speak their miseries Thier. Sorrow must lose a name where mine finds life If not in thee at least ease pain with speed Which must know no cure else Lecure. Then thus The first of Females which your eye shall meet Before the Sun next rise coming from out The Temple of Diana being slain you live Father of many sons Thier. Call'st thou this sadness can I beget a Son Deserving less than to give recompence Unto so poor a loss what e'er thou art Rest peaceable blest creature born to be Mother of Princes whose grave shall be more fruitful Than others marriage beds methinks his Art Should give her form and happy figure to me I long to see my happiness he is gone As I remember he nam'd my brothers Daughter Were it my Mother 't were a gainful death Could give Ordella's virtue living breath Exeunt Actus Quartus Scaena Prima Enter Thierry and Martel Mart. YOur Grace is early stirring Thier. How can he sleep Whose happiness is laid up in an hour He knows comes stealing towards him Oh Martel Is' t possible the longing Bride whose wishes Out-runs her fears can on that day she is married Consume in slumbers or his Arms rust in ease That hears the charge and sees the honor'd purchase Ready to gil'd his valour Mine is more A power above these passions this day France France that in want of issue withers with us And like an aged
about it Arb. Give consent why I will have 'em all that know it rackt to get this from 'em all that wait without come in what ere you be come in and be partakers of my joy O you are welcome Enter Bessus Gentlemen Mardonius and other attendants Arb. The best news nay draw no nearer they all shall hear it I am found no King Mar. Is that so good news Arb. Yes the happiest news that ere was heard Mar. Indeed 't were well for you if you might be a little less obey'd Arb. One call the Queen Mar. Why she is there Arb. The Queen Mardonius Panthea is the Queen and I am plain Arbaces go some one she is in Gobrias house since I saw you there are a thousand things delivered to me you little dream of Exit a Gent. Mar. So it should seem my Lord what fury 's this Gob. Believe me 't is no fury all that he saies is truth Mar. 'T is very strange Arb. Why do you keep your hats off Gentlemen is it to me I swear it must not be nay trust me in good faith it must not be I cannot now command you but I pray you for the respect you bare me when you took me for your King each man clap on his hat at my desire Mar. We will you are not found so mean a man but that you may be cover'd as well as we may you not Arb. O not here you may but not I for here is my Father in presence Mar. Where Arb. Why there O the whole story would be a wilderness to lose thy self for ever O pardon me dear Father for all the idle and unreverent words that I have spoke in idle moods to you I am Arbaces we all fellow-subjects nor is the Queen Panthea now my Sister Bes Why if you remember fellow-subject Arbaces I told you once she was not your Sister I and she lookt nothing like you Arb. I think you did good Captain Bessus Bes Here will arise another question now amongst the Sword-men whether I be to call him to account for beating me now he is proved no King Enter Lygones Mar. Sir here 's Lygones the agent for the Armenian State Arb. Where is he I know your business good Lygones Lyg We must have our King again and will Arb. I knew that was your business you shall have your King again and have him so again as never King was had go one of you and bid Bacurius bring Tigranes hither and bring the Lady with him that Panthea the Queen Panthea sent me word this morrning was brave Tigranes mistress Ex. two Gent. Lyg 'T is Spaconia Arb. I I Spaconia Lyg She is my Daughter Arb. She is so I could now tell any thing I never heard your King shall go so home as never man went Mar. Shall he go on 's head Arb. He shall have chariots easier than air that I will have invented and ne're think one shall pay any ransome and thy self that art the messenger shalt ride before him on a horse cut out of an intire Diamond that shall be made to go with golden wheeles I know not how yet Lyg Why I shall be made for ever they beli'd this King with us and said he was unkind Arb. And then thy Daughter she shall have some strange thing wee 'l have the Kingdom sold utterly and put into a toy which she shall wear about her carelesly some where or other See the vertuous Queen behold the humblest subject that you have kneel here before you Enter Panthea and 1 Gent. Pan. Why kneel you to me that am your Vassal Arb. Grant me one request Pan. Alas what can I grant you what I can I will Arb. That you will please to marry me if I can prove it lawfull Pan. Is that all more willingly than I would draw this air Arb. I 'le kiss this hand in earnest 2 Gent. Sir Tigranes is coming though he made it strange at first to see the Princess any more Enter Tigranes and Spaconia Arb. The Queen thou meanest O my Tigranes Pardon me tread on my neck I freely offer it and if thou beest in given take revenge for I have injur'd thee Tigr. No I forgive and rejoyce more that you hâ—â—â— found repentance than I my liberty Arb. Mayest thou be happy in thy fair choice for thâ—â— art temperate You owe no ransom to the state know thâ—â— I have a thousand joyes to tell you of which yet I dare 〈◊〉 utter till I pay my thanks to Heaven for 'em Will you gâ— with me and help me pray you do Tigr. I will Arb. Take then your fair one with you and you Quâ—â—â— of goodness and of us O give me leave to take you arm in mine come every one that takes delight iâ— goodness help to sing loud thanks for me that I am provâ—â— no King THE SCORNFUL LADY A COMEDY Persons Represented in the Play Elder Loveless a Sutor to the Lady Young Lov less a Prodigal Savil Steward to Elder Loveless Two Sisters Lady and Martia Your glove or Abigal a waiting Gentlewoman Welford a Sutor to the Lady Sir Roger Curate to the Lady Hangers on to Young Loveless A Captain A Travailer A Poet A Tabaco-man Wenches Fidlers Morecraft an Vsurer A Rich Widow Attendants Actus primus Scena prima Enter the two Lovelesses Savil the Steward and a Page Elder Love BRother is your last hope past to mollifie Morecrafts heart about your Morgage Young Love Hopelesly past I have presented the Usurer with a richer draught than ever Cleopatra swallowed he hath suckt in ten thousand pound worth of my Land more than he paid for at a grip without Trumpets El. Lo. I havâ— as hard a task to perform in this house Yo. Lo. Faith mine was to make an Usurer honest or to lose my Land El. Lo. And mine is to perswade a passionate woman or to leave the Laâ—â— Make the boat stay I fear I shall begin my unfortunate journey this night though the darkness of the night and the â—â—ughness of the waters might easily disswade an unwilling maâ— Savil. Sir your Fathers old friends hold it the sounder course for your body and estate to stay at home and marry and propagate and govern in our Country than to Travel and die without issue El. Lo. Savil you shall gain the opinion of a better servant in seeking to execute not alter my will howsoever my inâ—â—â—nts succeed Yo. Lo. Yoâ— leâ—s Mistres Younglove Brother the grave râ—â—her of your Mistresses toes Enter Mâ—â—tres Younglove the waiting woman El. Lo. Mistres Younglove Young Mâ—ster Loveless truly we thought your sails had been boist â—y Mistres is perswaded you are Sea-sick ere 〈◊〉 El. Lo. Loveâ—â—â—e her ill taken up resolution so dearly 〈◊〉 thou move her from me 〈◊〉 By thâ—â— light that shines there 's no removing her â—â—ngger a still opinion by the end I attempted her to day when they say a woman can deny nothing El. Lo. What critical minute was that Young
certainly inform'd Ot. Reward the fellow and look you mainly to it Ser. My life for yours Sir Soph. Now am I straight my Lords and young again My long since blasted hopes shoot out in blossomes The fruits of everlasting love appearing Oh! my blest boys the honour of my years Of all my cares the bounteous fair rewarders Oh! let me thus imbrace you thus for ever Within a Mothers love lock up your friendships And my sweet sons once more with mutual twinings As one chaste bed begot you make one body Blessings from heaven in thousand showrs fall on you Aub. Oh! womans goodness never to be equall'd May the most sinfull creatures of thy sex But kneeling at thy monument rise saints Soph. Sit down my worthy sons my Lords your places I now me thinks the table 's nobly furnisht Now the meat nourishes the wine gives spirit And all the room stuck with a general pleasure Shews like the peacefull boughs of happiness Aub. Long may it last and from a heart fill'd with it Full as my cup I give it round my Lords Bald. And may that stubborn heart be drunk with sorrow Refuses it men dying now should take it And by the vertue of this ceremony Shake off their miseries and sleep in peace Rol. You are sad my noble Brother Ot. No indeed Sir Soph. No sadness my son this day Rol. Pray you eat Something is here you have lov'd taste of this dish It will prepare your stomach Ot. Thank you brother I am not now dispos'd to eat Rol. Or that You put us out of heart man come these bak't meats Were ever your best dyet Ot. None I thank you Soph. Are you well noble child Ot. Yes gracious Mother Rol. Give him a cup of wine then pledge the health Drink it 〈…〉 I 'le give it to my Mother Soph. Doe me best child Ot. 〈…〉 my best Mother Indeed 〈…〉 for of late my body Has been 〈◊〉 weakned by excess of dyet The 〈◊〉 of a feaver hanging on me And even now ready if not by abstinence Rol. And will you keep it in this general freedom A little health preferr'd before our friendship Ot. I pray you excuse me Sir Rol. Excuse your self Sir Come 't is your fear and not your favour Brother And you have done me a most worthy kindness My Royal Mother and you noble Lords Here for it now concerns me to speak boldly What faith can be expected fâ—om his vows From his dissembling smiles what fruit of friendship From all his dull embraces what blest issue When he shall brand me here for base suspicion He takes me for a poysoner Sop. Gods defend it son Rol. For a foul knave a villain and so fears me Ot. I could say something too Sop. You must not so Sir Without your great forgetfulness of vertue This is your Brother and your honour'd Brother Rol. If he please so Sop. One noble Father with as noble thoughts Begot your minds and bodies one care rockt you And one truth to you both was ever sacred Now fye my Ottâ— whither flyes your goodness Because the right hand has the power of cutting Shall the left preseâ—tly cry out 't is maimed They are one my child one power 〈◊〉 one performance And joyn'd together thus one 〈◊〉 one body Aub. I do beseech your grace take to your thoughts More certain counsellors than doubts or fears They strangle nature and disperse themselves If once believ'd into such foggs and errours That the bright truth her self can never sever Your Brother is a royal Gentleman Full of himself honour and honesty And take heed Sir how nature bent to goodness So streight a Cedar to himself uprightness Be wrested from his true use prove not dangerous Rol. Nay my good Brother knows I am too patient Lat. Why should your grace think him a poysoner Has he no more respect to piety And but he has by oath ty'd up his fury Who durst but think that thought Aub. Away thou firebrand La. If men of his sort of his power and place The eldest son in honour to this Dukedom Bald. For shame contain thy tongue thy poysonous togue That with her burning venome will infect all And once more blow a wilde fire through the Dukedom Gis Latorch if thou be'st honest or a man Contain thy self Aub. Go to no more by Heaven You 'le find y' have plai'd the fool else not a word more Sop. Prethee sweet son Rol. Let him alone sweet Mother and my Lords To make you understand how much I honour This sacred peace and next my innocence And to avoid all further difference Discourse may draw on to a way of danger I quit my place and take my leave for this night Wishing a general joy may dwell among you Aub. Shall we wait on your grace Rol. I dare not break you Latorch Ex. Rol. and Lat. Ot. Oh Mother that your tenderness had eyes Discerning eyes what would this man appear then The tale of Synon when he took upon him To ruine Troy with what a cloud of cunning He hid his heart nothing appearing outwards But came like innocence and dropping pity Sighs that would sink a Navie and had tales Able to take the ears of Saints belief too And what did all these blew the fire to Ilium His crafty art but more refin'd by study My Brother has put on oh I could tell you But for the reverence I bear to nature Things that would make your honest blood run backward Sop. You dare tell me Ot. Yes in your private closet Where I will presently attend you rise I am a little troubled but 't will off Sop. Is this the joy I look'd for Ot. All will mend Be not disturb'd dear Mother I 'le not fail you Ex. Sop. and Otto Bald. I do not like this Aub. That is still in our powers But how to make it so that we may like it Bald. Beyond us ever Latorch me thought was busie That fellow if not lookt to narrowly will do a suddain mischief Aub. Hell look to him For if there may be a Devil above all yet That Rogue will make him keep you up this night And so will I for much I fear a danger Bald. I will and in my watches use my prayers Exeunt Actus Tertius Scena Prima Enter Sophia Otto Matillda Edith Ot. YOu wonder Madam that for all the shews My Brother Rollo makes of hearty love And free possession of the Dukedom 'twixt us I notwithstanding should stand still suspicious As if beneath those veils he did convey Intents and practices of hate and treason Sob It breeds indeed my wonder Ot. Which makes mine Since it is so safe and broad a beaten way Beneath the name of friendship to betray Sop. Though in remote and further off affections These falsehoods are so common yet in him They cannot so force nature Ot. The more near The bands of truth bind the more oft they sever Being better cloaks to cover falshood over Sop. It cannot
trim youth Piso what do you call him Piso Why Captain Jacomo Lod. O Captain Jack-boy That is the Gentleman Fred. I think he be A Gentleman at worst Lod. So think I too Would he would mend Sir Fred. And a tall one too Lod. Yes of his teeth for of my faith I think They are sharper than his sword and dare do more If the Buff meet him fairly Fred. Very well Piso Now do I wonder what she means to do When she has married him Lod. Why well enough Trail his Pike under him and be a Gentlewoman Of the brave Captains Company Fred. Do you hear me This woman is my Sister Gentlemen Lod. I am glad she is none of mine but Frederick Thou art not such a fool sure to be angry Unless it be with her we are thy friends man Fred. I think ye are Lod. Yes 'faith and do but tell thee How she will utterly overthrow her credit If she continue gracing of this pot-gun Piso I think she was bewitcht or mad or blind She would never have taken such a scar-Crow else Into protection of my life he looks Of a more rusty swarth Complexion Than an old arming Doublet Lod. I would send His face to the Cutlers then and have it sanguin'd 'T will look a great deal sweeter then his Nose I would have shorter and my reason is His face will be ill mounted else Piso For his Body I will not be my own Judge lest I seem A Railer but let others look upon 't And if they find it any other thing Than a Trunk-sellar to send wines down in Or a long walking bottle I 'll be hang'd for 't His Hide for sure he is a Beast is ranker Than the Muscovy-Leather and grain'd like it And by all likelihoods he was begotten Between a stubborn pair of Winter boots His body goes with straps he is so churlish Lod. He 's poor and beggarly besides all this And of a nature far uncapable Of any benefit for his manners cannot Shew him a way to thank a man that does one He 's so uncivil you may do a part Worthy a Brother to perswade your Sister From her undoing if she prove so foolish To marry this cast Captain look to find her Within a month where you or any good man Would blush to know her selling cheese and prunes And retail'd Bottle-Ale I grieve to think Because I lov'd her what a march this Captain Will set her into Fred. You are both believe me Two arrant Knaves and were it not for taking So just an execution from his hands You have bely'd thus I would swaddle ye Till I could draw off both your skins like Scabbards That man that you have wrong'd thus though to me He be a stranger yet I know so worthy However low in fortune that his worst parts The very wearing of his Cloaths would make Two better Gentlemen than you dare be For there is vertue in his outward things Lod. Belike you love him then Fred. Yes marry do I. Lod. And will be angry for him Fred. If you talk Or pull your face into a stich again As I love truth I shall be very angry Do not I know thee though thou hast some land To set thee out thus among Gentlemen To be a prating and vain-glorious Ass I do not wrong thee now for I speak truth Do not I know thou hast been a cudgel'd Coward That has no cure for shame but Cloath of Silver And think'st the wearing of a gawdy Suit Hides all disgraces Lod. I understand you not you hurt not me Your anger flies so wide Piso Seignior Frederick You much mistake this Gentleman Fred. No Sir Piso If you would please to be less angry I would tell you how Fred. You had better study Sir How to excuse your self if ye be able Or I shall tell you once again Piso Not me Sir For I protest what I have said was only To make you understand your Sisters danger Lod. He might if it pleas'd him conceive it so Fred. I might if it pleas'd me stand still and hear My Sister made a May-game might I not And give allowance to your liberal jests Upon his Person whose least anger would Consume a Legion of such wretched people That have no more to justifie their actions But their tongues ends that dare lie every way As a Mill grinds from this hour I renounce All part of fellowship that may hereafter Make me take knowledg of ye but for Knaves And take heed as ye love whole skins and coxcombs How and to whom ye prate thus for this time I care not if I spare ye do not shake I will not beat ye though ye do deserve it Richly Lod. This is a strange Course Frederick But sure you do not or you would not know us Beat us Piso 'T is somewhat low Sir to a Gentleman Fred. I 'll speak but few words but I 'll make 'em truths Get you gone both and quickly without murmuring Or looking big and yet before you go I will have this confess'd and seriously That you two are two Rascals Lod. How Fred. Two Rascals Come speak it from your hearts or by this light My sword shall flye among ye answer me And to the point directly Piso You shall have Your will for this time since we see y' are grown So far untemperate Let it be so Sir In your opinion Fred. Do not mince the matter But speak the words plain and you Lodovick That stand so tally on your reputation You shall be he shall speak it Lod. This is pretty Fred. Let me not stay upon 't Lod. Well we are Rascals Yes Piso we are Rascals Ex. Lod. and Piso Fred. Get ye gone now not a word more y' are Rascals Enter Fabricio and Jacomo Fab. That should be Frederick Jac. 'T is he Frederick Fred. Who 's that Jac. A friend Sir Fred. It is so by the voyce I have sought you Gentlemen and since I have found you So near our house I 'le force ye stay a while I pray let it be so Fab. It is too late We 'l come and dine to morrow with your Sister And do our services Jac. Who were those with you Fab. We met two came from hence Fred. Two idle fellows That you shall beat hereafter and I 'le tell ye Some fitter time a cause sufficient for it Fab. But Frederick tell me truly do you think She can affect my friend Fred. No certainer Than when I speak of him or any other She entertains it with as much desire As others do their recreations Fabr. Let not him have this light by any means He will but think he 's mockt and so grow angry Even to a quarrel he 's so much distrustfull Of all that take occasion to commend him Women especially for which he shuns All conversation with 'em and believes He can be but a mirth to all their Sex Whence is this musique Fred. From my Sisters chamber Fab. The touch is excellent let 's be
made of you And think upon his merit Ori. Only thought Can comprehend it Mir. And can you be so Cruel thankless to destroy his youth That sav'd your honor gave you double life Your own and your fair Infants that when fortune The blind foe to all beauty that is good Pandied you from one hazard to another Was even heavens Messenger by providence Call'd to the Temple to receive you there Into these Arms to give ease to your throwes As if 't had thunder'd take thy due Miranda For she was thine Gomera's jealousie Struck death unto thy heart to him be dead And live to me that gave thee second life Let me but now enjoy thee Oh regard The torturing fires of my affections Ori. Oh master them Miranda as I mine Who follows his desires such tyrants serves As will oppress him insupportably My flames Miranda rise as high as thine For I did love thee 'fore my marriage Yet would I now consent or could I think Thou wert in earnest which by all the souls That have for chastity been sanctified I cannot in a moment I do know thou 'ldst call fair temperance up to rule thy blood Thy eye was ever chaste thy countenance too honest And all thy wooings was like Maidens talk Who yieldeth unto pleasures and to lust Is a poor captive that in Golden Fetters And pretious as he thinks but holding gyves Frets out his life Mir. Find such another woman And take her for his labour any man Ori. I was not worthy of thee at my best Heaven knew I was not I had had thee else Much less now gentle Sir Miranda's deeds Have been as white as Oriana's fame From the beginning to this point of time And shall we now begin to stain both thus Think on the legend which we two shall breed Continuing as we are for chastest dames And boldest Soldiers to peruse and read I and read thorough free from any act To cause the modest cast the book away And the most honour'd Captain fold it up Mir Fairest let go my hand my pulse beats thick And my mov'd blood rides high in every vain Lord of thy self now Soldier and ever I would not for Aleppo this frail Bark This bark of flesh no better steers-man had Than has Mountferrat's may you kiss me Lady Ori. No though 't be no essential injury It is a circumstance due to my Lord To none else and my dearest friend if hands Playing together kindle heat in you What may the game at Lips provoke unto Mir. Oh what a tongue is here whil'st she doth teach My heart to hate my fond unlawful love She talks me more in love with love to her My fires she quencheth with her arguments But as she breathes 'em they blow fresher fires â—it further now my flame cools Husband Wife There is some holy mystery in those names That sure the unmarried cannot understand Ori. Now thou art strait and dost enamour me â—o far beyond a carnal earthly love My very soul doats on thee and my spirits â—o embrace thine my mind doth thy mind kiss And in this pure conjunction we enjoy â— heavenlier pleasure than if bodies met This this is perfect love the other short â—et languishing fruition every Swain â—nd sweating Groom may clasp but ours refin'd Two in ten ages cannot reach unto Nor is our spiritual love a barren joy For mark what blessed issue we 'll beget Dearer than children to posterity A great example to mens continence And womens chastity that is a child More fair and comfortable than any heir Mir. If all wives were but such lust would not find One corner to inhabit sin would be So strange remission superfluous But one petition I have done Ori. What Sweet Mir. To call me Lord if the hard hand of death Seize on Gomera first Ori. Oh much too worthy How much you undervalue your own price To give your unbought self for a poor woman That has been once sold us'd and lost her show I am a garment worn a vessel crack'd A Zone unti'd a Lilly trode upon A fragrant Flower cropt by another hand My colour sully'd and my odor's chang'd If when I was new blossom'd I did fear My self unworthy of Miranda's spring Thus over-blown and seeded I am rather Fit to adorn his Chimney than his bed Mir. Rise miracle save Malta with thy virtue If words could make me proud how has she spoke Yet I will try her to the very block Hard-hearted and uncivil Oriana Ingrateful payer of my Industries That with a soft painted hypocrisie Cozen'st and jeer'st my perturbation Expect a witty and a fell revenge My comfort is all men will think thee false Beside thy Husband having been thus long On this occasion in my Fort and power Enter Nor. Collonna Lucinda with a Child I 'll hear no more words Captain let 's away With all care see to her and you Lucinda Attend her diligently she is a wonder Nor Have you found she was well deliver'd What had she a good Midwife is all well Mir. You are merry Norandine Luc. Why weep you Lady Ori. Take the poor Babe along Col Madam 't is here Ori. Dissembling death why didst thou let me live To see this change my greatest cause to grieve Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Astorius Castriot Valetta Gomera Synnet Knights two Bishops Mountferrat guarded by Corporal and Soldiers Abdella a Gentleman with a Cloak sword and Spurâ—â— Gomera Val. A tender Husband hast thou shew'd thy self My dearest brother and thy memory After my life in brazen Characters Shall monumentally be register'd To ages consequent till times running hand Beats back the world to undistinguish'd Chaos And on the top of that thy name shall stand Fresh and without decay Gom. Oh honor'd Sir If hope of this or any bliss to come Could lift my load of grief off from my soul Or expiate the trespass ' gainst my wife That in one hours suspition I begat I might be won to be a man again And fare like other Husbands sleep and eat Laugh and forget my pleasing penitence But till old nature can make such a wife Again I vow ne'r to resume the order And habits that to men are necessary All breath I 'll spend in sighs all sound in groans And know no company but my wasting moans Ast This will be wilful murder on your self Nor like a Christian do you bear the chance Which th' inscrutable Will of Heaven admits Gom. What would you have my weakness do that Suffer'd it self thus to be practis'd on By a damn'd hell-hound and his agent dam The impious Midwife to abortive births And cruel instrument to his decrees By forgery they first assail'd her life Heaven playing with us yet in that he wrought My dearest friend the servant to her virtue To combat me against his Mistriss truth That yet effectless this enchanting Witch Bred baneful jealousie against my Lady My most immaculate Lady which seiz'd on her Almost to death Oh yet
me not Your smock's Monopolie come let 's be friends Look here 's a Jewel for thee I will come At night and Mal. What ' yfaith you shall not Sir Vit. 'Faith and troth and verily but I will Mal. Half drunk to make a noise and rail Vit. No no Sober and dieted for the nonce I am thine I have won the day Mal. The night though shall be mine Exeunt Scaena Quarta Enter Clara and Bobadilla with Letters Cla. What said he sirrah Bob. Little or nothing faith I saw him not Nor will not he doth love a strumpet Mistriss Nay keeps her spitefully under the Constables nose It shall be justified by the Gentleman Your brothers Master that is now within A practising there are your Letters come You shall not cast your self away while I live Nor will I venture my Right worshipful place In such a business here 's your Mother down And he that loves you another ' gates fellow I wish If you had any grace Enter Eugenia and Sayavedra Cla. Well rogue Bob. I 'll in to see Don Lucio manage he 'll make A pretty piece of flesh I promise you He does already handle his weapon finely Exit Eug. She knows your love Sir and the full allowance Her Father and my self approve it with And I must tell you I much hope it hath Wrought some impression by her alteration She sighs and saies forsooth and cries heigh-ho She 'll take ill words o' th' Steward and the Servants Yet answer affably and modestly Things Sir not usual with her there she is Change some few words Say Madam I am bound t' ye How now fair Mistriss working Cla. Yes forsooth Learning to live another day Say That needs not Cla. No forsooth by my truly but it does We knew not what we may come to Eug. 'T is strange Say Come I ha begg'd leave for you to play Cla. Forsooth 'T is ill for a fair Lady to be idle Say She had better be well-busied I know that Turtle me thinks you mourn shall I sit by you Cla. If you be weary Sir you had best be gone I work not a true stitch now you 're my mate Say If I be so I must do more than side you Cla. Ev'n what you will but tread me Say Shall we bill Cla. Oh no forsooth Say Being so fair my Clara Why d' ye delight in Black-work Cla. Oh White Sir The fairest Ladies like the blackest men I ever lov'd the colour all black things Are least subject to change Say Why I do love A black thing too and the most beauteous faces Have oftnest of them as the blackest eyes Jet-arched brows such hair I 'll kiss your hand Cla. 'T will hinder me my work Sir and my Mother Will chide me if I do not do my taske Say Your Mother nor your Father shall chide you Might have a prettier taske would you be rul'd And look with open eyes Cla. I stare upon you And broadly see you a wondrous proper man Yet 't were a greater taske for me to love you Than I shall ever work Sir in seven year O' this stitching I had rather feel Two than sow one this rogue h' as given me a stitch Clean cross my heart Now you grow troublesome pish the man is foolish Say Pray wear these trifles Cla. Neither you nor trifles You are a trifle wear your self Sir out And here no more trifle the time away Say Come you 're deceiv'd in me I will not wake Nor fast nor dye for you Cla. Goose be not you deceiv'd I cannot like nor love nor live with you Nor fast nor watch nor pray for you Eug. Her old fit Say Sure this is not the way nay I will break Your melancholly Cla. I shall break your pate then Away you sanguine scabbard Eug. Out upon thee Thou 'lt break my heart I am sure Enter Alvarez Piorato Lucio and Bobadilla Say She 's not yet tame Alv. On Sir put home or I shall goad you here With this old Fox of mine that will bite better Oh the brave age is gone in my young daies A Chevalier would stock a needless point Three times together strait i' th' hams Or shall I give ye new Garters Bob. Faith old Master There 's little hope the linnen sure was danck He was begot in he 's so faint and cold Ev'n send him to Toledo there to study For he will never fadge with these Toledos Bear ye up your point there pick his teeth Oh base Pio. Fie you are the most untoward Scholar bear Your body gracefully what a posture 's there You lie too open-breasted Luc. Oh! Pio. You 'ld never Make a good States-man Luc. Pray no more I hope to breathe in peace and therefore need not The practise of these dangerous qualities I do not mean to live by 't for I trust You 'll leave me better able Alv. Not a Button Let 's goe get us a new heir Eug. I by my troth your Daughter 's as untoward Alv. I will break thee bone by bone and bake thee E'r I 'll ha' such a wooden Son to inherit Take him a good knock see how that will work Pio. Now for your life Signior Luc. Oh alas I am kill'd My eye is out look Father Zancho â—'ll play the fool no more thus that I will not Cla. ' Heart ne'r a rogue in Spain shall wrong my brother Whilst I can hold a sword Pio. Hold Madam Madam Alv. Clara. Eug. Daughter Bob. Mistress Pio. Bradamante Hold hold I pray Alv. The devil 's in her o' the other side sure There 's Gold for you they have chang'd what ye calt's Will no cure help well I have one experiment And if that fail I 'll hang him then here 's an end on 't Come you along with me and you Sir Exeunt Bob. Now are you going to drowning Alv. Eug. Luc. Bob. Exit For me and would prove more then my match Cla. You 'r he spoke of Vitelli to the Stewerd Pio. Yes and I thank you you have beat me for 't Cla. But are you sure you do not wrong him Pio. Sure So sure that if you please venture your self I 'll shew you him and his Cokatrice together And you shall hear 'em talk Cla. Will you by Sir You shall endear me ever and I ask You mercy Pio. You were somewhat boystrous Cla. There 's Gold to make you amends and for this pains I 'll gratifie you farther I 'll but masque me And walk along with ye faith let 's make a night on 't Exit Scaena Quinta Enter Alguazier Pachieco Mendoza Metaldi Lazarillo Alg. Come on my brave water-Spaniels you that hunt Ducks in the night and hide more knavery under your gownes than your betters observe my precepts and ediâ—ie by my doctrine at yond corner will I set you if drunâ—ards molest the street and fall to brabling knock you â—own the malefactors and take you up their cloaks and â—ats and bring them to me they are lawful prisoners â—nd
distraction and you 'll arm me better Than any coward flight by acquainting me Whose malice aims to kill me good Sir tell me Mac. Then prayers and tears assist me Arc. Sir Mac. Arcadius Thou art a rash young man witness the spirit Of him that trusted me so much I bleed Till I prevent this mischief Exit Enter Philocles Lisander Arc. Ha. keep off Phi. What mean you Sir Lis We are your friends Arc. I know your faces but Am not secure I would not be betraid Lis You wrong our hearts who truly honor you Arc. They say I must be kill'd Phi. By whom Arc. I know not nor wou'd I part with life so tamely Phi. We dare engage ours in your quarrel hide Your sword it may beget suspition It 's enough to question you Arc. I am consident Pray pardon me come I despise all danger Yet a dear friend of mine my Uncle told me He would not see my body full of wounds Lis Your Uncle this is strange Arc. Yes my honest Uncle If my unlucky Stars have pointed me So dire a fate Phi. There is some strange mistake in 't Enter Antigonus Ant. Arcadius the Queen would speak with you You must make haste Arc. Though to my death I flie Upon her summons I give up my breath Then willingly if she command it from me Phi. This does a little trouble me Lis I know not What to imagine something is the ground Of this perplexity but I hope there is not Any such danger as he apprehends Enter Queen Lisimachus Macarius Eubulus Seleucus Arcadius Ladies Attendants and Gent. Qu. We have already granted to Seleucus And they shall try their valour if Arcadius Have spirit in him to accept the challenge Our Royal word is past Phi. This is strange Eub. Madam my son knew not what he ask'd And you were cruel to consent so soon Mac. Wherein have I offended to be rob'd At once of all the wealth I have Arcadius Is part of me Eub. Seleucus's life and mine Are twisted on one thred both stand or fall Together hath the service for my Countrey Deserved but this reward to be sont weeping To my eternal home Was 't not enough When I was young to lose my bloud in wars But the poor remnant that is scarcely warm And faintly creeping through my wither'd veins Must be let out to make you sport Mac. How can We that shall this morn see the sacred oyl Fall on your Virgin tresses hope for any Protection hereafter when this day Too sacrifice the blood of them that pray for you Arcadius I prethee speak thy selfe It is for thee I plead Eub. Seleucus kneel And say thou hast repented thy rash suit If e'er I see thee fight I be thus wounded How will the least drop forc'd from thy veins Afflict my heart Mac. Why that 's good Arcadius speak to hâ—r hear him Madam Arc If you call back this honor you have done me I shall repent I live doe not perswade me Seleucus thou arâ— a noble enemy And I will love thy soul though I despair Our bodies friendly conversation I would we were to tugg upon some cliffe Or like two prodigies i' th' air our conflict Might generally be gaz'd at and our bloud Appease our grandfires Ashes Mac. I am undone Sel. Madam my father says I have offended If so I beg your pardon but beseech you For your own glory call not back your word Eub. They are both mad Qu. No more we have resolv'd And since their courage is so nobly slam'd This morning we 'll behold the Champions Within the List be not afraid their strife Will stretch so far as death so soon as we Are Crown'd prepare your selves Seleucus Kisses her hand Sel. I have receiv'd another life in this high favour And may lose what nature gave me Qu. Arcadius to encourage thy young valour We give thee our Fathers sword Command it from our Armory Lisimachus To our Coronation Exeunt Sel. I 'll forfeit My head for a rebellion than suffer it Exit Arc. I am circled with confusions I 'll do somewhat My brains and friends assist me Exit Phi. But do you think they 'll fight indeed Lis Perhaps Her Majesty will see a bout or two And yet 't is wondrous strange such spectacles Are rare i' th' Court and they were to skirmish naked Before her then there might be scome excuse There is gimcracks in 't the Queen is wise Above her years Phi. Macarius is perplex'd Enter Eubulus Lis I cannot blame him but my Lord Eubulus Returns they are both troubled 'las good men But our duties are expected we forget Ex. Phil. Lis Eub. I must resolve and yet things are not ripe My brains upon the torture Mac. This may quit The hazard of his person whose least drop Of blood is worth more than our families My Lord Eubulus I have thought a way I stay the young mens desperate proceedings It is our cause they fight let us beseech The Queen to grant us two the priviledge Of Duel rather than expose their lives To eithers fury it were pity they Should run upon so black a destiny We are both old and may be spar'd a pair Of fruitless trees mossie and wither'd trunks That fill up too much room Eub. Most willingly And I will praise her charity to allow it I have not yet forget to use a sword Let 's lose no time by this act she will licence Our souls to leave our bodies but a day Perhaps an hour the sooner they may live To do her better service and be friends When we are dead and yet I have no hope This will be granted curse upon our faction Mac. If fine deny us Eub. What Mac. I wou'd do somewhat Eub. There 's something o' th' suddain struck upon My imagination that may secure us Mac. Name it if no dishonor wait upon 't To preserve them I 'll accept any danger Eub. There is no other way and yet my heart Would be excus'd but 't is to save his life Mac. Speak it Eubulus Eub. In your ear I shall It sha'not make a noise if you refuse it Mac. Hum though it stir my bloud I 'll meet Arcadius If this preserve thee not I must unseal Another mistery Exit Enter Queen Lisimachus Cassander Charilla Lisander Philocles Antigonus Qu. We owe to all your loves and will deserve At least by our endeavours that none may This day repent their prayers my Lord Protector Cas Madam I have no Such Title now and am blest to lose That name so happily I was but trusted With a glorious burden Qu. You have prov'd Your self our faithful Counsellor and must still Protect our growing state a Kingdoms Scepter Weighs down a womans arm this Crown sits heavy Upon my brow already and we know There 's something more than mettal in this wreath Of shining glory but your faith and counsel That are familiar with mysteries And depths of state have power to make us fit For such a bearing in which