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If you knovv not me, you know no bodie: or, The troubles of Queene Elizabeth; If you know not me, you know no bodie. Part 1
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Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.
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How now what 's the matter Clown O Lord the house is beset shouldiers are as hot as fier Are reddy to enter euerie hole about the howse For as I was a' th toppe of the stacke the sound of the Drumme Hott mee such a box a' th Eare that I came tumbling downe The stacke with a thousand byllets a' th top on me looke about And helpe for gods sake Gage Heauen guard the Princesse grant that all be well This Drumme I feare will prooue her passing-bell Enter Tame and Shandoyse with souldiers Drum c. Tame Wher 's the Princesse Gage O my honor'd Lords May I with reuerence presume to aske What meanes these armes why doe you thus begirt A poore weake Lady neere at poynt of death Shand: Resolue the Princesse we must speake with her Woman My Lords know there is no admittance to her presence VVithout the leaue first granted from her selfe Tame Goe tell her we must and will Wom I le certifie so much Exit Woman Gage My Lords as you are honorably borne As you did loue her father or her brother As you do owe alegeance to the Queene In pitty of her weaknes and lowe state With best of fauor her commisserate Enter Woman Wom Her grace intreates you but to stay till morne And then your message shal be heard at full Shand: T is from the Queene and wee will speake with her Wom I le certifie so much Tame It shall not neede presse after her my Lord Enter Elizabeth in her bed Doctor Owine and Doctor Wendith Eliz We are not pleas'd with your intrusions Lords Is your hast such of your affayres so vrgent That sudenly and at this tyme of night You presse on one and will not stay till morne Tame Sorry we are sweet Lady to behold you in this sad plight Eliz And I my Lords not glad My hart oh how it beats Shand: Madam our messuage and our duty from our Queene Wee come to tender you It is her pleasure That you the 7. day of this moneth appeare at Westminster Eliza: At Westminster my Lords no soule more glad then I To doe my duty to her Maiestie But I am sorry at the hart my hart oh good Doctor rayse me Oh my hart I hope my Lords considering my extremity and Weaknes you will dispence a little with your hast Tame Doctor Owine and Doctor Wendith You are the Queenes Phisitions truly sworne On your alegeance as before her highnes you will answere it Speake may the Princesse be remoou'd with life D: Owine Not without danger Lords yet without death Her feauer is not mortall yet you see into what danger It hath brought the Princesse Shand: Is your opinion so D: Wend: My Iudgment is not deadly but yet dangerous No sooner shall she come to take the ayre But she will faint and if not well prepar'd and attended Her life is in much danger Tame Madam we take no pleasure to deliuer so strict a messuage Eliza: Nor I my Lords to heare a messuage deliuered with such strictnes well must I goe Shand: So sayes the Queene Eliza: Why then it must be so Tame To morrow earlie then you must prepare Eliza: T is many a more 〈◊〉 my feeble leggs Felt this my bodies waight O I shall faynt And if I tast the rawnes of the ayre I am but dead indeed I am but dead T is late conduct these Lordes vnto their chambers And cheere them well for they haue iorneyd hard whilst we prepare vs for our morrowes Iorney Shand: Madam the Queene hath sent her letter for you Eliza: The Queene is kind and we will striue with death To tender her our life We are her subiect and obay her hest Good night we wish you what wee want Good rest Exeunt omnes Enter Queene Mary Phillipp and all the Nobles but Tame and Shandoyse Que: Thus in the face of heauē broad eie of all the multitude We giue a welcome to the Spanish Prince Those plausiue shouts which giue you entertaine Ecchoes as much to the almighties cares And there they sownd with pleasure and excels The claymorous trumpetts and loud ringing bells Phil. Thrise excellent and euer gracious Princesse Doubly famous for vertue and for beautie We embrace your large stretcht Honors with the armes of loue Our Royall marriage treated first in Heauen To be solemniz'd here both by Gods voice And by our loues consent we thus embrace Now Spaine and England two populous Kingdomes That haue a long time been oppos'd In Hostile-emulation shal be at one This shal be Spanish England ours English Spaine Quee. Harke the redoubling ecchoes of the people Florish How it proclaymes their loues and welcome to this Vnion Phil. Then here before the 〈◊〉 of the Land We doe embrace and make a publique contract Our soules are ioyfull then bright Heauens smile Whil'st we proclaime our new vnited Stile Queen Read Sussex Sussex reades Phillip and Mary by the grace of God King and Queene of England Spayne France and Ireland King and Queene of Naples Scifcillia Leon and Aragon Arch. Duke and Dutches of Assria Burgondy of Brabant Zeland of Holand Prince and Princesse of Sweaue Count and Countesse Hasburdge Maliorca Sardinia of the firme Land and the maine Ocean Sea Palatins of Ierusalem of Henolt Lord and Ladie of Freeseland and of the Isles And Gouernor and Gouernesse of all Africa and Asia Omnes Long liue the King and Queene Florish Kin. and Qu. We thanke you all Con. When please your Highnesse to solemnize this your Nuptials Qu The 25. day of this month Iuly Phil. It likes vs well but royall Queene we want One Ladie at this hye solemnitie We haue a Sister cal'd Elixaebeth Whose vertues and endowments of the mind Hath fil'd the eares of Spaine Winch. Great are the causes now too long to say Why she my Soueraigne should be kept away Const: The Lord of Tame and Shandoyse are return'd Enter Tame and Shandoyse and Gage Quee. How fares our Sister Is she come alonge Tame We found the Princesse sicke and in great danger Yet did we vrge our strickt Commission She much intreated that she might be spar'd Vntill her health and strength might be restor'd Shand. Two of your Highnesse Doctors we then cal'd And charg'd them as they would answere it To tell the truth if that our iourneys toyle Might be no preiudice vnto her life Or if we might with safetie bring her thence They answered that we might we did so Here she is to doe her dutie to your Maiestie Quee: Let her attend we will find time to heare her Phil. But royall Queene yet for her vertues sake Deeme her offences if she haue offended VVith all the lenitie a Sister can Quee: My Lord of VVinchester my Lord of Sussex Lord Howard Tame and Shandoyse Take you Commission to examine her Of all supposed Crimes so to our Nuptials Phil. VVhat Festiuall more Royall hath been seene Than twixt Spaines Prince and Englands Royall Queene Exeunt
behold the sunnes bright face Suss: Now god forbid a better hap heauen send Thus men may mourne for what they cannot mend Exeunt omnes Enter three white-cote souldiers with a Iacke of beere 1 Come my masters you know your chardge t is now about Alcauin here we must watche till morning And then carry the Princesse to the tower 2 How shall we spend the time till morning 3 Mase wee le drinck and talke of our frendes 2 I but my frnd do not talke of state matters 1 Not I I le not meddle with the state I hope this a man may say without offence Prethee drincke to me 3. With all my harry faith this a man might Lawfully speake but now faith what wa st about to say 1 Masse I say this That the Lady Elizabeth is both a lady And Elizabeth and if I should say she were a vertuous Princesse Were there any harme in that 2 No by my troth ther 's no harme in that But beware of talking of the Princesse Let 's meddle with our kindred there we may be bold 1 Well sirs I haue two sisters and the one loues the other And would not send her to prison for a million is there any harme In this I le keepe my selfe within compas I warrant you For I doe not talke of the Queene I talke of my sisters I le keepe my selfe within my compas I warrant you 3 I but Sir that word sister goes hardly downe 1 Why Sir I hope a man may be bold with his owne I learn'd that of the Queene I le keepe my selfe within compasse I le warrant you 2 I but Sir why is the Princesse committed 1 It may be she doth not knowe her selfe It may be the Queene knowes not the cause It may be my Lord of Winchester does not know It may be so nothing's vnpossible to god It may be ther 's knauery in Munckery Ther 's nothing vnpossible is there any harme in that 2 Shoomaker you goe a little beyond your last 1 Why in saying nothing's vnpossible to God I le stand to it for saying a truth 's a truth I le proue it For saying there may be knauerie in Monckery I le iustifie it I do not say there is but may be I know what I know You know what you know he knowes what he knowes Marry we know not what euery man knowes 3 My masters we haue talkt so long that I thinke t is day 1 I think so too is there any harme in all this 2 No harme i th world 3 And I thinke by this time the Princesse is ready To take her barge 1 Come then let 's goe would all were well Is there any harme in all this but alas wishes and teares Haue both one property they shew their loue that Exeunt omnes want the remedy Enter Winchester and Beningfield Winch: Did you not marke what a pitious eie she cast To the Queens window as she past along Fayne she would haue stayd but that I caus'd The bargmen to make hast and row away Bening: The bargmen were too desperat my Lord In staying till the water was so lowe For then you know being vnderneath the bridge The barges sterne did strike vppon the ground And was in danger to haue dround vs all Winch: Well she hath scapt that danger Would she but conforme her selfe in her opinion She only might rely vppon my loue To winne her to the fauour of the Queene Bening: But that will neuer be this is my censure If she be guilty in the least degree May all her wronges suruiue and light on her If other wayes that she be cleered Thus both wayes I wish her downe Or els her state to rayse Enter Sussex Tame Howard Shandoyse and Gage Suss: Why doth the Princesse keepe her barge so longe Why lands she not Some one goe see the cause Gage That shall be my charge my Lord Exit Gage Suss: Oh me my Lord her state is wondrous hard I haue seene the day my hand I de not haue lent To bring my Soueraignes Sister to the Tower Good my Lords stretch your Commission To doe this Princesse but some little fauour Shand: My Lord my Lord let not the loue we beare the Princesse incurre the Queenes displeasure t is no dallying with matters of Estate who dares gaine-say the Queene Suss: Marry a God not I no no not I Yet who shall hinder these my eyes to sorrow For her sorrow By Gods marry deere That the Queene could not though her selfe were here My Lords my Lords if it were held fowle treason To grieue for her hard vsage by my Soule My eyes would hardly prooue me a true Subiect But t is the Queenes pleasure and we must obay But I shall mourne should the King and Queene say nay Enter Gage Gage My grieued Mistresse humbly thus intreats For to remooue backe to the Common stayres And not to land where Traytors put to shore Some difference she intreats your Honors make Twixt Christall Fountaines and fowle muddy Springs Twixt those that are condemned by the law And those whome Treasons staine did neuer blemish Thus she attends your answere and sits still Whilst her wet eyes full many a teare did spill Suss: Marry a God t is true and t is no reason Lanch Bargeman Good Lady land where Traitors vse to land And fore her guilt be proou'd Gods marry no And the Queene wils it that it should be so Shand: My Lord you must looke into our Commission No fauors granted she of force must land T is a decree which we can not withstand So tell her master Gage Exit Gage Suss: As good a Lady as ere England bread Would he that caus'd this woe had lost his head Enter Gage Elizabeth and Clarentia her gentlewoman Gage Madam you haue stept too short into the water Eliz No matter where I tread Would where I set my foote there lay my head Land Traytor like my foot 's wet in the flood So shall my hart ere long be drencht in blood Enter Constable Winch: Here comes the Constable of the tower This is your charge Const: And I receiue my prisoner come will you goe Eliz. Whither my Lord vnto a grate of Iron Where greife and care my poore hart shall enuirone I am not well Sussex A chayre for the Princesse Const: Here 's no chayre for prisoners Come will you see your chamber Eliza: Then on this stone this cold stone I will sit I needes must say you hardly me intreat VVhen for a chayre this hard stone is my seate Suss: My Lord you deale too cruelly with the Princesse You knew her father shee 's no stranger to you Tame Madam it raynes Suss: Good Lady take my cloake Eliz No let it alone See gentle men The pittious heauens weepes teares into my bosome On this cold stone I sit raine in my face But better heere than in a worser place VVhere this bad man will lead me Clarentia reach my booke now leade