So by a swifter motion life surviews The dregs of mortalls to the prime of things My appetite is fresht by gizard of a cause To view the spirits of transcendent Kings Great Iove who weighs the ponder of this ball Make creatures Angels in Numenia's Land To stand the stratagems of forrai• foes Brazen their souls to yield to no deceits Oh death makes my senses fly And dare Aberden rule great Ce•erinus Suffer the primum mobile to rest Which rules the sphere according to their Orbs Consume the highest Region and drive down The splendent lights but at length I must die Desist thy talk thy Candle waxeth dim And onely such is left to see death grim Sist. The smoaky mists bids light adieu with her Obscure cloak then suffer a dolefull sound To eccho my spirits with an Ebian cry These chaines sayes Mirth depart So decent are These new found novelties unto my soul So hymns of Elegies please a parting close Rack I must suffer for my King and Land Well 't is my duty my breath 's bound thereto Onely a faculty's left to close a hymn to Spend all its bounds to eternize your fame Inform some Goddess where I shall begin To make a prayer according to the time Brave valiant soul Burgargo I 'le relate Because thy death my pain doth propagate Thy sacred shrine directed journey sweet In leaving us bids mine go to and sleep The griefs doth punish consume the fountain Of my weak vitall spirits and the main A frustrous case bids anger play her part And aim at nothing but my wounded heart My life is trouble but my death gives ease So Jaylemen Keepers take us when you please Attend We are ready in our office H•ll Procure them to the Queen her grace I 'le stay a season but I 'l follow straight Exeunt omnnes praeter Hollarro Bellerrio and Lerenio• and Histerica and while Beller and Lerenica discourse Hollarro walketh on one side of the Stage viewing Lerenica Scen. 4. Bellerrio Lerenica Histerica Hollarro Bell. Madam It is a vain trifle of a small dispair I bring to presence and not tediousness The businesse concerns much your safe-guard Grant it and then I will relate Ler. 'T were colours of a melanchollious sight For to convert the gesture to the sense And meaning of the close your generous thoughts Must speak to Ladies not covert with a smile Bell. The night spends forth her dews beguils her hour With strange adventures of a darksome truth So I diluted in the practice of In courting Ladies to their own content Shall crave a place of watchman to your selfe In the foul progress of a dangerous time Ler. Contempt despise and onely disdain grows In my own breast against a cowards soul If that report doth bring a news unto My audience not valour flowes from veins Of your Microcosm I should deride The case unto your face so plead not that I 'le shift for one take you no care for me Bell. Oh obstinate Holl. Heavens bless the wisdom of my genius now Aside What State or Generall drew that velvet screene Of painting troubles 'twixt my eye and heart Lerenica what 's that name Lerenica Sure 't is no Taper of a fiery blaze She pierceth the rights and joyneth union Could my stiffe arm withstand Numenia And not the glances of a womans eye The Realm produceth no such knots of fear I see her basis and her vertex too Surround the Camp of her delicious soul Yet stand a loof not undertake the cause Because discr•erest deeds bid me forbear The various forms that heart and spirit moves Were cause enough to make one lunatick She enters souls not cares for mortall shews And makes my tongue tremble 'cause I report it Well 't is thy garb and gesture wins the soul Of Prince Hollarro to a nuptiall song My breath must have no passage if dis-joyn'd From the bright rayes of such a mo•-•un's light Bellerrio shall know 't was 〈◊〉 laid The same design I love Lerenica I long to see the wells and springs of fire Still kindled more so I 'le go to my sire And make his Majestie acquainted with 't Exit Hollarro Hist. A heap of vermine dispatch a famine To a common-wealth and ill-disposed manners So you dispair unto a Ladies will Bell. Hold your tongue you are troubled with Histerical fits Time which reacheth forwards by its means Falls under question of a sole denyall Muse no more but let discretion answer Unto the cause the bud is sprung and fruit Must have its time to come unto maturity But too long kept grows putrid in it selfe Trenches and shelves are horrid stratagems Unto the ships tost on the ruder waves But time dilate them to their confusion Making no Caves but solid earth of them Mark then that Gentleman which is rough before But bald behind and there no hold to get Lere The revenue of a Maiden• life Is the whole Wardrope of all mirth and joy But when combin'd unto a fouler Mass Provision of all strife and vain discord Venturing the plundering of such nature gifts Were sacriledge beyond the end of hope Therefore desist a truder to bereive The same which never nature doth restore Mine's kept for better spirits than your selfe Bell. Those words are like a Parthian flying kills And raise a mutiny of f•ries in my brain Forbear that contemplating case Homer Had ne're blast•d fair ••elen's fame so far But knew the disposition of that shrine Would equalize her ••ibuted parts Prefer no more those sparing words but quench The concealed fire of affection Shall limbrace gran• help my mind Lere Great D•k• you take a spangled action of No man to cou•• he meeting of two Opposites secresie requir•• advantage of a sight But you erre grosl• losing honour by it Because you fo•c• rather then perswade Bel. Madam 't is my desire must br•ng excuse Because it's parts are invisibl• to the eye Then a short return shall not impoverish My honour I must because in love Lere Vouchsafe no further to prolong your talk For it is tedious and the time requires Our absence now Histerica make a Fire in my Bed-chamber Hist. 'T is done Madam Bell. Since yet dejected still I 'le beg the place To be your servant for an hours space Exeunt Scen. 5. Aberden Hollarro Aber. Dismiss that faculty Holl. Forbear I cannot My Leige Aber. Oh strange that pale Eos should feed the Tweed Shouting such murdering cryes unto th' Altar Steeping its sound in poyson of a rage Of all victorious souls your own fame Strives at a higher glory then one fair It is a painted hieu that Ladies use To put fine art before true plain Nature Though you feel a pain 't is onely love A foggy wrath ascends when bright Sol mounts Swift Pyrosus play no more upon faire Let worth surmount the Towers of its foul mask That influence cannot strike such unheard blows As make your soul fly to dispair for help Holl. Oh Lerenica Lerenica thou
triangular shapes Within its Region where all the Pole doth count Full fifty Degrees it doth with height surmount Yet comes not near the torrid Zone whereby Our skins are scorched and our flesh doth fry We 'l know the nature of Numenia's Land In what longitude or latitude doth stand Aber. We 'l know my Son his resolution to This great design this overtaking of I hope it will not be so as I call or prove In it our strange unseeming enterprise In following that my subjects do devise Exeunt Scen. 2. Hollarro alone Hol. Stentorian voyces doth surround my ear Echoing within the concave of the terrestiall Ball all dolefull sighs doth pierce my tender Sense of hearing from those our spoyls Formerly obtained and deeply groaning Bidding farewell to Neighbours and their friends With clamorous noyses of loath departing And still Bizantia stands who feeds the blood Of free born souls who wisheth nothing but Th' element they move on Oh spirits Generous who nothing else desire to be Sepulchers for their falling lumps What is it thought a vapour impure Of restless waters can withdraw the fight Of quick-sight fury or the bellowing waves Stopt danger courses so which gravell not Below but fly above the sense perceiving And shall we thus decrepit rest at length Which will accompanied be with flegmatick And cholerous humours for to be drawn Out by artificiall manner skill and art As verity doth us shew whose Turrets In a Tapers manner gives light to all Our Hospitality and yet we are almost Stupid lull'd with idleness nothing but Slumbring dreams doth take abode and seize Upon our faculties rowse rowse your leaden sense Display your Arms cleanse rusty swords amain Look out your Helmets Coats bring home againe Your lost deceiving follies search them out And let not rust and canker turne their edge from Shedding blood let not the hymns of musick Dull your ears let Drums and Trumpets sound Still your intentions untill there be found No vile lascivious fact with wanton ones Which brings dull hearts and lingeringness in bones Hollarro's part doth differ far from it They 'l know as much if they then defraud not Their much infeebled hands for th' star where I And under which my native time did come Did impregnate here in stout acts to be As valour rage choller blood temper free Adrenimia with Attendants Adre Hollarro Prince my son and onely joy The matter still stands in a doubtfull way To whom it bend• your judgement Prince I pray Decides the cause Aberdens fickle will Runs hazzard yet on tiptoe• whether the heads Be mine or no Holl. Great Queen you know I nere led my mind in opposition To the same decree let not de•oysterous Humours so vail your discretion• for Aberden the King cannot deny I 'l undertake with temperance so far Without a self-disaster to bring on The purpose to a head if you 'l detard Procrastinate the thing which you have heard But to the same effect the cause to me 's Unknown Adr. Why it is this if pardon lead The will of him the subjects heads who captives Are by legions of his forces might 'T is the elixar of my diligence May be a sacrifice to me I•m my hand May have command of them disposing with At pleasures will none challenge dare the same It is no crime since reason doth not blame If it doth violate the Land the Laws It 's soon amended where is known the cause Let nothing interpose the same but try And gain my favour least it come dearly Holl. And were it not sufficient to have all their Bodies for your servitude but in a fine B••eaving of their troubled lives and to Send them to some unknown coast where all New found discovered creatures and their souls Doth sleep while you injoy onely vain Pattern of a hairy scalp sure reason Should discover more then it to please a Fancy so with noysom shapes Adre Hold you there The King though private carried in 't Devines as much nay more for surely it By the discerning Iove was long foretold So waver not in will more this or that But bring the same Holl. Great Queen your counsell is A severe guide I 'l go i• earth and sky Were twist together by a prodigie And all the foes with branded Lances met Making such airy sounds with swords helmet That to the clouds doth raise a clamour so By wounded souls which is deep 〈◊〉 most low And all the sky with comets range their course I would not fail no not by all their gorse But bring a sure certificate Exeunt Scen. 3. Belerrio Murgorus Nercius Bel. My Uncles Palace is Apelles shop Of living pictures which are set in No forms else but Ladies models The Palace is the Judges Ladies Diamonds So it 's a store each Madam is an Angel Murg I counterfeit Bel. Unheard of sound who can dispose it so They that do enlighten dull natures eyes Ner. Why can it be so term'd Cupid is blind And it should follow his strange fashions Bel. Yet opposition rise though fortune deem The splendour of its rayes therefore to seem In much lesse oh that it could be said She turned was to moory shape 〈…〉 It may not forth her worth so bright For in her breast carries concealed fire Which makes her fumes still by the flame aspire All else were rightly coloured but if she Give elimation they turn ' quickly be To Auro•a's blushes none dare take its place What decent is unlesse she first imbrace Their rosey colour but dejected are Her crimson lips doth so excell them far Mur. Do then explain her sure she may be known No fire there is but by its smoak is shown Bel. Her splendent parts doth so transcend clearness That by its supernatures work it dazels all Bright shining shadows she is transparent No muddy form is placed in her but she Is the elixar of Virginity Ner. Divulge her then she sure cannot be leare You count her so beyond the crystall clear Bel. No quick-sight apprehension can discern The mould from whence she is took nor delicacy By all her pencil art demonstrate her Diana still grows shapelesse by comparison Yea all the Goddesses are immur'd by her None dare appear nor in place come nigh her Mur. Oh sure she is invisible to be Nam'd in our presence that know her may we Bel. In her you may discern Loves onely face All Nymphs their parts and that with comely grace A front dependent eye much like a sloe Her lip a cherry in her chin a bow Her breast like alablaster crimson rose Her waste like slender Pine disovered shews Her hair the tresses on her neck like milk Display their pastimes like a twisted silk Or threds of gold Mur. Still fomie passage lights in thy design Name her that this discourse may be at fine Bel. What stupid still possest with ignorance Not know her by these tokens I advance I 'l spare no passage now to spend my breath To name 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
you my onely will Hath free beatitude content and life All things what else that is then void of strife I will endure for to maintain the cause Of your brave sex and Champion in the Laws That concerns you and yours who perfect is Sole happinesse a thing beyond all blisse Let me imbrace your will Lere Illustrious Duke it were an injury Inforc'd by me and I should by liberall Freedom violate the means of your true amity Not concluding with a favourite the Purpose was my own decree you did Display their flames so in their ardency Of generous contemplations that In circumference of its boundlesse hope No room was left for me to expresse My selfe in equall ballance poysed your worth But with a back-recalling sound of love Made a retreat not worthy of the same And with cherishing thoughts that pleasure Might be fill'd and no disliking taste rise From its stench you for to term me Most unworthy of such bright enterprises Bel. Alass your answer is indisposed now Do but resolve me how it would become A Peasant to deny a Prince a martial man Women fine smiling shews surely I should Condemn my self as guilty one stupifi'd by art If that I should think so come come Your words doth not diminish but give aid To my dull hopes of a brave Victory His• Madam if leave may have so much freedom hear This time to help the case give me a word A Dialogue is good when there 's three persons The Duke speaks fair not sending his words As if they dealt more cruell by sighs and Sieges more tempestuous than storming Neptune's blast Or as if he intended Batteries against your beauties favour But with a comely grace understood of Sweetnesse and smiling passage withall a Brave decorum it would pierce an Adamant Make restless motions calme serene and clear And in stern looks where fury hath before Took potent place 't would quickly extinguish all Lere No want here is of foul conspiracy A problem sure and that invisible too Contain'd therein no new found art can be By stars or reason or interpreter So quick-sighted in the way of these strange Politick notes to lay it open or Divulge the same it must be silence with Perseverance thereof who is the spouse Of long-sought mysterie reveal this same How can it be that you should both joyn in The same broad channel of deliverance As if slit-looks should reason so the case To be nunciate betwixt their tongues Histerica keep silent in these hours Bellerrio I 'me not worthy to be yours Bel. What still perswaded so you transform it And where you think conspiracy to be It is not so but the Oracles means Delivered to our ears the cause is right Come bring no criticall point no posture of Confusion to my maladies be more mild You deserve all I single you from th' rest Because an Angell and a Virgin blest Exeunt Scen. 3. Celerinus Orestes Sisterus Burnomoy Cele It is decreed the businesse pursues the cause Orest My Leige the post of quick known news Did come not knowing your Majesties Privy Chamber to my hands he being Accompanied with many conditions Of King Aberdens will and the fuel That now maintains the quarrell betwixt us And him sent to your Highnesse presence Did leave then to your best times consideration Celer Are they now present Orest They are my Liege Cele Read them I 'le attend Orest Aberdens Conditions of this waging War sent from Bruzantia to Celerinus King of Numenia Since all the Regions Under Nothern Pole Stretch forth their Distance as far as they can Doth do obedience not One doth condole Unto the Country and Bruzantia's man Send yearly tribute And their dayly vowes Unto their Gods to Prosper our successe That by the clamour of Their open mouthes We have a musick that Beyond all blesse It is the purpose and The onely care Of great Aberden to Have you do so And that hereafter You do not dispaire To do the like and to His presence owe If you refuse his ships Are all rig'd for The Ocean waves and by A prosperous gale To sally out and come Unto your shoar Before you think his Ships be put to sale Therefore consider take A serious time Regard your cause to Whom it •hould then bend Do not then waver follow Streight a l•ne To have Aberden either Foe or Friend Sist. Put it up it s read inclose the lines A bold design to such a powerfull name Cele His usurping grace strives too too high Who swels with blood of lost innocent ones Which will by vacuation prove a gall He cannot carry manhood for a praise Of Warlike courage as the free-born souls For country good and health without more time My mind is fixt no other fancy takes My genius but send a daring challenge To his will Bur. It is right dread Soveraign My never tyr'd yet hand shall bring with it Vermillian hue when ' se're return and I As long as strength doth give its aid Withstand their bold attempt Orest My mind by looks did so much answer him They were so fixt by fury in my brow I slight his threatning lines with spitting fume We can set envy up as well as he Upon a banner tost and make him know 'T was rash without a Councell chose Thus answers him Orestes Sist. The Chaos was my Mother so to Chaos Will return e're I be thought base in a Pedigree my mind stands to their will Celer So Hector by way ne'r gain'd such fame as we By this dread undertaking but before We force a Camp I shall ingagement bring Upon your souls that you a solemn vow By this my signature of all Numenia To stand your colours as long as flesh or Bone and blood by circulation keeps dame Nature in and fight for him my selfe the Meaning is as breath hath interal passage And then postreme to kill who 's e're you take See that you do confirm Omnes Long live Celerinus King They bow and kiss the Signature on his hand Celer Well said brave noble souls But before we for leagure do provide We 'l know our Generals will and Captains too So Burnomoy bring them then into presence Exit Burn. And things right managed with a discreet will Brings good well hap and very seldom ill For if the case be plain and take no heed Oft ruin comes by that same bad misdeed Scen. 4. To them Burnomoy Burgargo Derisius Gervoron Burn. Your command great Prince is here fulfill'd Burg. Your businesse stout Leige Celer It runs by Cypreans fields Br•zantia's plain By a spectatious sight and information A Paradise to shew whose in beyond The •agus fragments go by Poets fam'd to be Paved with a Pearl her grace surrendring to The Queen of beauties pride Chlo•is with her Decency strikes admiration to th' insatiate Soyls to see themselves by Autum's clusters So prest down and cooling Rivers which with Melodious tunes sing by the woody banks While they with as well pleasing
course more plainer then doth I In your bright Horizon the sphere of hope Wherein my restlesse will doth make her Orb. While Titan drives four prauncing Horses That needs neither whip nor bridle so move I To please the tender affection of your Princely grace take not in least in heart My bad attempt which flyes by the swift wings of ignorance guided by staffe of folly Ranging within the bowers of restlesse will Seeking the corners of vain bad defigns Still let them fly for refuge to your grace Let them there take their most reserving place Adre You are most hollow-hearted while you see No good there is in gaining what your will Hath minde to work its force you then detard Most fatigated in that what your purpose was Desist your talk I leave your presence Holl. I Stand submissive as becomes your Son And wait your royal Person Exeunt Scen. 6. Aberden Yernomoy Fafrisius Buzaraine Nev•rmo Aber. The Legate is dismist from them 't is well Their answer riseth so high against our will Which hath bid stern Mars stand off and the Brute Of troy-novant his race hath stood with his Shoulders pending to the ground by its Massy and assured w•ight blest in the Perifery of a swallowing main burst Great Numenia's wall make skies to eccho As you do at Rome when Pope stand elevated Quell you their voyce by your secret harmony That will make Hercules for to wonder And Leo rejoyce to hear such single notes And Tygers repeat it as a loving Song That when the Inhabitants hear struck with the Amazement of a terrours will terming it Thunder let Auster Boreas and the other two Of Cardinall points your fame blow aloud In represention of wrongs new redrest Not to be vail'd by curtain of a foe Or frightment but fully resolved to be Revenged of th' quarrell and his Majesty Yer Our glorious purpose like the sparkling star Gives light in dark when leaden Saturn stands Nigh on his side whose pale-fac'd tanyed state Makes splendor rise of th•••ar above the rest When all the mists and watrish vapours of The middle Region cannot withstand him But like a Diamond among •ebble stones Cast bighter blaze above the rest then them So we proceed excell the others hope Faf. Liberty stands bound when with the crafty Whistle or second sound of their advanced Pinnions dives to the burroughs of a Childish fear we will afford upon their Terrestiall plains such unheard language That shall not by graduation but at first Seize on their clownish brains and endue Our native Land unto posterity With victorious praise Buza Right Fafrisius The caelestiall Quiers runs counter for to Gain us trophies by their help for the Globe Which was the Antipodes Land is now ours By fortunes onely guiding by womens Innocent looks strives with her force and will To have all good for us and nothing ill Nev. Your speeches are fully poys'd no venture done No good is had we 'l strike an oblick cross Unto their Land if 't be for no cause else But for our Countries good as for our King That all the Penates with divine sound Blesse all the Cities Towns and Castles of our Land With most tranquillous times Linraides Spreads Fields with Flora's Vesprey and that Sol May have perpetuall motion in the Ram Though hot and chollerick yet a handsome Spring which shall bestow on this the Title Of a fruitfull soyl Abe Your souls are generous To the last Yer And doth hope for to endure Aber. As long as blood doth warm the heart Faf. We will not flinch our ground Aber. Your valour 's stout Much like a Trojan blade Buz Or Irish Moor Who never stept from him that gain'd Ground Aber. Then you will fight Nev. VVe will my Leige Aber. Then let valour range her course go see what Ships are rig'd and Gallies fit for sayl That in two hours space or lesse we may Bestride the Sea with the whole Navy of Our Army ten thousand Ships well prepared To bear within concaves of their vast Great bellies both men and Ammunition Shot under the conduct of Hollarro Prince Twelve thousand horse and forty thousand foot Bearing the colours of a golden Ball Set in a large black field with chevern of Three Mullits ore next him you Yernomoy Bring up a wing of thirty thousand foot Furnish'd with pike and sword musket and bandalere And all displayed with Griffins rampant on Their shield so you Fafrisius follow next With nine thousand horse well saddled bearing A Rose upon their Armes beset in Arg. Buzaraine with your Captains and the rest As Nevermo stand you a distance from the rest VVith nine thousand both of foot and horse To aid these Lords if that need require VVhat subject you take bring home unto my Queen These are all your precepts Omnes Heavens bless Aberden King and prosper his success Exeunt Scen. 7. Chorus Song 1. 1. Acteon was not wise Diana him espies And caused him to be by Dogs tor• Because he did her see Naked with modesty And grac'd him with two horns before 2. Hellen she was most fair Paris thought none compare Unto her well shap'd soul and face She did at length destr•y That famous City Troy And caus'd both famine and disgrace 3. Demonica that Queen VV•o for lucre and gain Pe•raid Ephesus with a wile Unto Brennus that man VVhich afterwards became His sole distruction and exile 4. And Atalanta she Did chaste Peleus see Would not give way unto her will She falsely did accuse and basely did abuse Him to Acasius of ill Song 2. You see by these four examples how women they do fail In any matter that mantles the good in ill prevail They seek with sweet sugard words And all things that pleasure affords for to destroy their onely joy b• they •ar Knights or Lords Then fie upon this world that such a thing should be Then let us leave those silly brats that do perdition bring And discourse of more serious that 's belonging Aberden He draws his stout Capt•ins •n And his potent Army long against his foe which he doth know to be of the same throng Then fie upon this world that such a thing should be Act 3. Scen. 1. Celerinus Burgargo Orestes Sisterus Derisius Gervoron Burnomoy Souldiers Ensign Drums Flagge Cel. THeir first arrival on Numenia's Land They purchased it by a Legion of Their sacrificed lives Aberdens men Were new beginners in those stratagems Their Armour was no friend but plai'd a foe To their well nigh and half sweltred bodies Our trenches work by wisdom not by force While we like Trojans stood and maz'd their folly Come brave souls le ts meet them in the front Bur. Let them strike anchor in our barren forts While there no controversie riseth on ground For their determed wills to make a choyce Whether Sea or Land afford their execution Though AE•lus confirm with Neptunes Blustering noyse on the azure gliding Seas Which hoysteth to th' memory a panick fear
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
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