swear you saw it not and are forsworn 1 Slave 'Sfoot Stratzo Spin. This is the other fellow took his oath Vere VVhat come you here to say sir 2 Slave That we swore falsely may it please your Grace Hyr'd by my Lord with gifts and promises And as I now have spoke the muth so heaven Forgive my former perjury Vero. Hear you cosen 1 Slave VVould you would say something I have nettles in my breeches Lor. Now now I hope your eyes are open Lords The bed of snakes is broak the tricks's comes about And here 's the knot i' th' rush good heaven good heaven That craft in seeking to put on disguise Should so discover her self Vero. Explain your self Lor. Now see sir where this scorpion lutks to sting Mine honour unto death this noble Dule By nature is ingag'd to defend a sister And to this Duke so ingag'd this malitious Lord For sin still ha her scourger makes repair And prepossesses him with that suppos'd innocence Of an injur'd sister which he had hir'd this Slave To follow him and affirm and layes the cause To scruple and to conscience they did consent To steal belief by seeming accident Sin Jugler-like casts sin before our eyes Craft sometimes steals the wonder of the wise VVith an equal hand now weigh me and if I want A grain of honour tear me from your blood And cast me to contempt 1 Slave My Lord would have made an excellent state-sophister Vero. In what a strange dilemma judgement sits Charm'd to her chair with wonder Ven. Shall I have justice Pan. Yes in that this fellow swears for the Duke Reach him the book you shall see him again Take the former oath Vero. This doubt must be so ended If it give not satisfaction send back our hostage You have fair regress to your forces but The blood remains on you and still remember The price of blood is pretious Phil. Let us end it Ven. Oh what a Combat Honour holds with Conscience Reach him the book and if thou false dost say May thine own tongue thine own foul heart betray 1 Slave Amen say I Give me the book my oath must end all then Spin. It must Lor. Now you shall hear him swear He saw them both in the base act 1 Slave Nay I swear They are now both seen in the base act Omn. How 's this Pan. 'T is a strange oath 1 Slave 'T is true though Lor. True villain are both now seen in the base act 1 Slave Yes both Lor. VVhich both 1 Slave You and I sir Omn. How 1 Slave Both you and I are seen in the base act Slandering spotless honour an act so base The barbarous Moor would blush at Phil. D' ye hear him now Lor. Out Slave wilt thou give ground too fear works upon ' em Did you not both here swear i' th' Senate-chamber You saw them both dishonest 1 Slave Then we swore true sir Lor. I told you 't was but fear Vero. Swore ye true then sir when ye swore Ye both saw them dishonest 1 Slave Yes marry did we sir For we were both two villains when we saw them So we saw them dishonest Ven. Heaven thou art equal 1 Slave This is a jealous Lord his Lady chaste A rock of christal not more clear this gentleman Basely abus'd this great Prince dishonour'd And so we kneel for mercy Vero. You have redeem'd it Depart prove honest men that I should bear Dishonour in my blood Omn. Much injur'd Lady Ven. VVhat justice sir belongs unto the injur'd Vero. First witness heaven I tear thee from my blood And cast thee off a stranger Assume you sir Since the great cause is yours my seat of justice And sentence this foul homicide it must be And suddenly he will infect the air else Proceed great sir with rigor whilst I stand by And do adore the sentence Ven. Answer Lorenzo Art thou not guilty Lor. Give me my merit death Princes can build and ruine with one breath Ven. The cause may seem to merit death in that Two souls were hazarded a Princess iame A Duke dishonour'd and a noble Lord Wounded in reputation but since she lives And that no blood was spilt though something dearer Mercy thus far stretches her silver wings Over your trespass we do banish you Both from our Dukedomes Limits and your own If you but set a daring foot upon them Whilest life lends you ability to stand You fall into the pit of death unless You shall finde out our most unfortunate sister And bring her to our Court. Lor. You sir are merciful Vero. This let me adde in that you have made impartial justice sir Princes should punish vice in their own blood Until you finde that excellent injur'd Lady Upon this gentleman who hath suffer'd for you We confer your lands revenues and your place That during three days stay within our confines It shall be death to any that relieves you But as they do a begger at their door So cast him from our presence Lor. Your dooms are just Oh love thy first destruction is distrust Exeunt Lord Jaspro and Jovani Vero. For you fair sir until we shall hear tydings Of your most injur'd sister please you to call My Court your own conceive it so where live Two partnersin one passion we will be And sweeten sorrow with a sympathy Exeunt Enter Lodovico like a Fryer Jaspro and Jovani Lod. What am I fitted gallants am I fitted Jasp To th' life able to cheat suspition and so like Father Antony the confessor that I protest There 's not more semblance in a pair of egges Jov. An apple cut in half is not so like Lod. VVell of Lords you 're mad Lords to counsel me to this but now in this habit shall I know the very core of her heart all her little pedling sins which will shew in my book as foils to her giant-bodied vertues Jasp. That will be admirable Jov. We 'll step aside by this she 's upon coming Jasp. We shall know all Lod. Reveal confession but go your ways as much as may lawfully be reveal'd we 'll laugh as at next meeting Jasp. Come let 's be gone but once upon a time sir A begger found a larks nest and o'er-joy'd At his suddain glut for he thought 't was full of young ones Looking they were all gone he was forc'd again to beg For he found in the Larks nest a Serpents egge So much good d' ye sir Exeunt Enter Dorothea Lod. Well thou surpassest all the courtiers in these pretty ones if a man had the wit to understand them Yonder she comes I can hardly forbear blushing but that for discovering my self Right reverend habit I honour thee With a Sons obedience and do but borrow thee As men would play with flyes who i' th' midst of modest mirth With care preserve themselves Dor. Hail holy Father Lod. Welcome my chaste daughter Dor. Death having taken good father Jacomo Upon the plenal and approv'd report Of your
fear do lurk where you would walk Like a pair of Serpents in a flow'ry Mead Lust sees with pleasure but with fear doth cread Phil. Very brave woman Abst. VVhat is the pleasure thou pursu'st a sin Finish'd with infinite sorrows read and find How barb'rous Nations punish it with death How a minutes sin so stolen though in the Face Sit summer calms all smooth yet thou wilt hear From the Eternal Alarm of thy Conscience How it sets within thy soul continual tempests Thunder and dismal blackness mark but the course Of the holy-seeming hollow-man and see How he that glories Heaven with no Honour Covets to glorifie himself with Honesty And to put you past your hopes let me leave this with you Thou mayst hold an Elephant with a thread eat fire And not be burnt or catch Birds with desire Quench Flame with Oyl cut Diamonds with Glass Pierce Steel with Feathers this thou mayst bring to pass Sooner then hope to steal that Husband 's Right Whose Wife seems honest and no Hypocrite Exit Phil. What think you now Sir Lor. Why now I do think it possible for the world To have an honest woman in 't Good-buy Sir I must go meet the Duke adieu Phil. Farewel Oh Jealousie how near thou dwell'st to Hell Exeunt Enter Lodovico Pandulpho Spinoso Jaspro and Iovani and Clown Lod. The Duke not seven leagues off my horse Rogues Pand. Our negligence deserves just blame and how 'T will please his Grace to conster it we know not Jasp But where 's your fair chaste wife my Lord Lod. Marry with my man Francisco Oh that fellow She were undone without him for indeed She takes great pleasure in him he learns her Musick To hear what counsel she will give him if he but screw His look sometimes with the pin she will tell him straight 'T was an unchristian look I love him dearly Spin. But can your Honour never woo your Lady To a more sociable affability She will not kiss nor drink nor talk but against new fashions Lod. Oh Sir she is my Crown nor is it requisite VVomen should be so sociable I have had such a coil with her to bring her but to look out at window when we were first married she would not drink a cup of wine unless nine parts of it were water Omn. Admired Temperance Lod. Nay and ye knew all my Lords ye would say so t'other day I brought an English Gentleman home with me to try a Horse I should sell him he as ye know their custom though it be none of ours makes at her lips the first dash Clown He dash'd her out of countenance I 'm sure of that Lod. She did so powt and spit that my hot-brain'd Gallant could not forbear but ask the cause quoth she Clown No Sir she spit again before quoth she left her lips Lod. I think she did indeed but then quoth she A kiss Sir is sins earnest-penny is 't not true Pambo Clown Very true Sir by the same token Quoth he to her again If you dislike the penny Lady pray let me change it into English half-pence and so gave her two for 't Lod. But how she vex't then then she rattled him and told him roundly Though confidence made Cuckolds in England she could no Coxcombs in Italy Clown But did ye mark how bitterly he clos'd it with a midling Jest Lod. What was that I prethee Clown Why quoth he to her again Confidence makes not so many Cuckolds in England but Craft picks open more Padlocks in Italy Jov. That was something sharp But here she comes Enter Dorothea and Francisco Lod. Ye shall see how I 'll put ye all upon her presently Clown Then I shall take my turn Dor. Francis Fran. Madam Dor. Have you chang'd the Ditty you last set Fran. I have Madam Dor. The Conceit may stand but I hope you have cloath'd the method in a more Christian-like apparel Fran. I have Lady Dor. Pray let me hear it now Fran. She that in these days looks for Truth Seldom or never findes in sooth Dor. That 's wondrous well Clown Yes in sadness Lod. Peace sirrah nay she 's built of modesty Fran. Even as a wicked Kiss defiles the Lips So do new fashions her that through them trips Dor. Very modest language Fran. She that doth pleasure use for what 't will bring her will pluck a Rose although she prick her finger Dor. Put in hurt her finger good Francis the phrase will be more decent Pand. Y' are a wondrous happy man in one so vertuous Lod. Nay ye shall have no Count Lorenzo of me I warrant ye Clown Nor no Count Lorenzo's Lady of your wife I warrant ye Lod. Sweet Chick I come to take leave of thee finger in nye already VVe are all to meet the Duke this afternoon Bird VVho is now come from Venice thou mayst walk and see The Count Lorenzo's Lady Dor. ' Lae she 's too merry for my company Jasp Too merry I have seen her sad But very seldom merry Dor. I mean my Lord That she can walk tell Tales run in the Garden Clown VVhy then your Ladiship may hold your tongue say nothing and walk in the Orchard Dor. She can drink a cup of wine not delay'd with water Clown VVhy then you may drink a cup of water without wine Dor. Nay if a Noble man come to see her Lord She will let him kiss her too against our custom Pand. VVhy a modest woman may be kist by accident Yet not give the least touch to her Reputation Lod. VVell said touch her home Dor. Nay but they may not she that will kiss they say VVill do worse I warrant her Jov. VVhy I have seen you Madam kist against your will Dor. Against my will it may be I have been kist indeed Clown Pshew there 's nothing against a womans will and I dare be sworn if my Lady kiss but any one man 't is because she cannot do with all Lod. Nay I know that to be true my Lords and at this time Because ye cannot do with all pray kiss them in order Kiss her all over gentlemen and we are gone Dor. Nay good my Lord 't is against our Nations custome Lod. I care not let naturals love Nations My humour 's my humour Spin. I must have my turn too then Jov. It must go round Dor. Fie fie Lod. Look how she spits now Jasp The deeper the sweeter Lady Clown The neerer the bone the sweeter the flesh Lady Dor. How now sauce-box Clown Did not my Lord bid the gentlemen kiss you all over Lod. I have sweet cause to be jealous have I not gentlemen no Crede quod habes habes still he that believes he has horns has them Will you go bring my horse sir Clown I will bring your horse sir and your horse shall bring his tail with him Exit Lod. Francis I prithee stay thou at home with thy Lady get thy instrument ready this melancholy will spoil her before these
integrity and upright dealing Lod. Delicate Doll Dor. I have made a modest choyce of you grave sir To be my ghostly father and to you I fall For absolution Lod. Empty then my daughter That vessel of your flesh of all the dregs VVhich since your last confession clear'd you have Taken a setled habitation in you And with a powerful sweet acknowledgment Hunt out those spirits which haunt that house of flesh Tears makes dry branches flourish green and fresh Dor. Since last I confest then I do confess My first sin was that my Taylor bringing home My last new gown having made the sleeves too slanting In an unchristian passion I did bid The devil take him Lod. That was something 〈◊〉 dear daughter Yet the more pardonable for it may be your taylor Lyes in hell night by night pray to your second Dor. Next in a more savage rage my chamber-maid Putting a little saffom in her starch I most unmercifully broak her head Lod. 'T was rashly done too but are ye sure dear daughter The maids head was not broak before Dor. No no sir she came to me with neer a crack about her Lod. These will be brave sins to mix with her vertues why they will make no more shew then three or four bayliffs amongst a company of honest men These sins my Dove-like daughter are out of contradiction venial trivial and light have you none of greater growth Dor. Oh Yes sir one Lod. One what should that be I wonder Dor. One yet remains behind Of weight and consequence the same order Heralds prescribe in shews I now observe In placing of my sins as there inferiours Because the last lives freshest in our memories Far more the persons of great note so last My great sin comes to obliterate those past Lod. Sh 'as trod some chicken to death I warrant her Dor. Hear me and let a blush make you look red Unseemly I have abus'd my husbands bed Lod. You did ill to drink too hard ere you went to bed Dor. Alas sir you mistake me I have lain With another man besides my husband Lod. How Dor. Nay the same way I use to lye with him But not altogether so often Lod. VVhy then Crede quod habes habes I will believe I have hornes for I have 'em 'Sfoot a woman I perceive is a neat Herald she can quarter her husbands coat with Butchers Arms at pleasure but I have a penance for your pure whoreship you are somewhat broad are you not with childe daughter Dor. Yes yes sure 't was that nights work Lod. How know you that Dor. Alas by experience sir the kind fool my husband VVishes all well but like a light piece of gold He 's taken for more then he weighs Lod. VVith child there 's charges too at other side there should follow A zealous exhortation but great affairs That brook no stay make me be brief remembring Lawful necessity may dispence with ceremony You are ingenuously sorry Dor. Yes indeed sir Lod. And resolve to fall no more so Dor. No in truth sir Lod. I then pronounce you here absolv'd now for your penance Dor. Any thing Lod. As the fact in you seems strange so blame me not If your penance be as strange you may wonder it But it is wondrous easie in performance But as your penance I enjoyn it nay now I remember In an old French Authentick Author his book Titled De Satisfactione I read the same Enjoyn'd a Lady of Dauphin 'T is no holy fast No devout prayer nor no zealous pilgrimage 'T is out of the prescrib'd road Dor. Let it be So strange story ne'er matcht the injunction I do vow The plenal strict performanc◠Lod. Listen to me Soon at night so rumour spreads it through the City The two great Dukes of Venice and Verona Are feasted by your Lord where a mask's intended Dor. That 's true sir Lod. Now when ye all are set round about the Table In depth of silence you shall confess these words Aloud to your husband YOU ARE NOT THIS CHILD'S FATHER And ' cause my orders bar me such inquisition You shall say Such a man lay with me naming the party Was partner in your sin Dor. Good sir Lod. This is your penance I enjoyn you keep it You are absolv'd break it you know the danger of it god-buy Dor. Oh good sir stay never was penance of more shame then this Lod. You know the danger of the breach as to us 'T is the shameful loss of our religious orders if we reveal Dor. For heaven sake Enjoyn me first upon my knees to creep From Verona to Loretto Lod. That 's nothing Dor. Nothing indeed to this is this your penance so wondrous easie in performance Lod. 'T is irrevocable Dor. I am silent your new penance nay meet a new performance farewel sir You are the cruelst ere confest me before Lod. And this the trick to catch a near pure whore Exeunt Finis Actus Tertius Actus Quartus Enter Abstemia Abst HEre miserable despis'd Abstemia In Millain let thy misery take breath Wearied with many sufferings Oh Lorenzo How far in love I am with my affliction Because it calls thee father unto this house Where gentlewomen lodge I was directed But I here discover Strange actions closely carried in this house Great persons but not good here nightly revel In surfets and in riots yet so carried That the next day the place appears a sanctuary Rather then sins foul receptable these ways Have to me still been strangers but Lorenzo Thou couldst not though believe it Oh jealousie Loves eclipse thou art in thy disease A wild mad patient wondrous hard to please Enter Timpanina and Morbo Mor. Yonder she walks mumbling to her self the Prince Antonio has blest her with 's observation and ye win her but to him your house bears the bell away accost her quaintly Tim. I warrant thee Morbo Madona Timpania has effected wonders of more weight then a maiden-head have I ruin'd so many City-Citadels to let in Court-martialists and shall this Country-Cottage hold our I were more fit for a Cart then a Coach then yfaith how now Millicent how d' ye this morning Abst VVell I do thank so good a Landlady Tim. But hark you Mill is the door close Morbo Mor. As a Usurers conscience Grace was coming in till she saw the door shut upon her Tim. I 'll set Grace about her business and I come to her is here any work for Grace with a wannion to her we shall have Eaves-droppers shall we Abst Chastity guard me how I tremble Tim. Come hither mistress Millicent fie how you let your hair hang about your ears too how do you like my house Mill Abst VVell indeed well Tim. Nay I know a woman may rise here in one month and she will her self but truths truth I know yoo see something as they say and so forth Did you see the gallant was here last till 12 Abst VVhich of them mean