like him Tim. How I like him Leon. Yes for you in conversation may see more Than a Father Bac. It works Timantus Your Grace has chosen out an ill observer Leon. Yes I mean of his ill you talk rightly Tim. But you take me wrong All I know by him I dare deliver boldly He is the store-house And head of virtue your great self excepted That feeds the Kingdome Leon. These are flatteries speak me his vices there you do a service worth a Fathers thanks Tim. Sir I cannot If there be any sure they are the times which I could wish less dangerous But pardon me I am too bold Leon. You are not forward and open what these dangers are Timan. Nay good Sir Leon. Nay fall not off again I will have all Timan. Alas Sir what am I you should believe My eyes or ears so subtle to observe Faults in a State all my main business Is service to your Grace and necessaries For my poor life Leon. Do not displease me Sirrah But that you know tell me and presently Timan. Since your Grace will have it I 'll speak it freely Alwayes my obedience And love preserv'd unto the Prince Leon. Prethee to the matter Tim. For Sir if you consider How like a Sun in all his great employments How full of heat Leon. Make me understand what I desire Tim. And then at his return Leon. Do not anger me Tim. Then thus Sir All mislike ye As they would do the gods if they did dwell with ' em Leon. What Tim. Talke and prate as their ignorant rages Leads 'em without Alleageance or Religion For Heavens sake have a care of your own person I cannot tell their wickedness may lead Farther than I dare think yet Leo. O base people Tim. Yet the Prince for whom this is pretended may Persuade 'em and no doubt will virtue is ever watchfull But be you still secur'd and comforted Leon. Heaven how have I offended that this rod So heavy and unnaturall should fall upon me When I am old and helpless Tim. Brave Gentl. that such a madding love should follow thee to rob thee of a Father All the Court is full of dangerous whispers Leon. I perceive it and ' spight of all their strengths will make my safety I 'll cut him shorter I 'll cut him shorter first then let him rule Bach. What a foul Age is this when Virtue is made a sword to smite the virtuous Alas alas Leon. I 'll teach him to fly lower Tim. By no means Sir rather make more your love And hold your favor to him for 't is now Impossible to yoke him if his thoughts As I must ne'er believe run with their rages He never was so innocent but what reason His Grace has to withdraw his love from me And other good men that are near your person I cannot yet find out I know my duty Has ever been attending Leon. 'T is too plain He means to play the villain I 'll prevent him not a word more of this be private Exit Leontius Tim. Madam 't is done Bac. He cannot escape me Have you spoken with the noble men Tim. Yes Madam they are here I wait a farther service Bac Till yet be the Prince you need no more instructions Tim. No I have it Exit Timantus Enter Dorialus Nisus Agenor Bac. That fool that willingly provoks a woman Has made himself another evill Angell And a new Hell to which all other torments Are but mere pastime Now my noble Lords You must excuse me that unmannerly We have broke your private business Agen. Your good Grace may command us and that Bac. Faith my Lord Agenor 'T is so good a cause I am confident you cannot loose by it Dorialus Which way does she fish now The devill is but a fool to a right woman Nisus Madam we must needs win in doing service to such a gracious Lady Bac. I thank you and will let you know the business So I may have your helps never be doubtfull For 't is so just a cause and will to you Upon the knowledge seem so honorable That I assure my self your willing hearts Will strait be for me in it Age. If she should prove good now what wer 't like Dorial. Thunder in Ianuarie or a good woman That 's stranger than all Affrick Bac. It shall not need your wonder this it is The Duke you know is old and rather subject To ease and prayers now than all those troubles Cares and continuall watchings that attend Aâ Kingdomes safety therefore to prevent The fall of such a flourishing Estate As this has been and to put off The murmure of the people that encrease Against my government which the gods knows I onely feel the trouble of I present The Prince unto your loves a Gent. In whom all Excellencies are knit together All peeces of a true man let your prayers Win from the Duke half his Vexation That he may undertake it whose discretion I must confess though it be from the Father Yet now is stronger and more apt to govern 'T is not my own desire but all the Lands I know the weakeness of it Nisus Madam this noble care and love has won us For ever to your lives we 'll to the King And since your Grace has put it in our mouths We 'll win him with the cunning'st words we can Dorial. I was never cousen'd in a woman before For commonly they are like Apples If once they bruise They will grow rotten thorow and serve for nothing but to asswage swellings Bac. Good Lords delay no time since 't is your good Pleasures to think my counsell good and by no means Let the Prince know it whose affections Will stir mainly against it besides his Father May hold him dangerous if it be not carried So that his forward will appear not in it Go and be happy Dorial. Well I would not be Chronicl'd as thou Wilt be for a good woman for all the world Nisus Madam we kiss your hand and so inspire Nothing but happiness can crown our prayers Exeunt Actus Quarti Scaena Prima Enter Leucippus Ismenus Leu. ANd thus she has us'd me is' t not a good mother Ismenus Why kill'd you her not Leu. The gods forbid it Ismenus S'light if all the women i' th' world were barren shee had dy'd Leuc. But 't is not reason directs thee thus Ismen Then have I none at all for all I have in me Directs me Your Father 's in a pretty rage Leucippus Why Ismenus Nay 't is well if he know himself but some of the Nobility have deliver'd a petition to him what 's in 't I know not but it has put him to his trumps he has taken a months time to answer it and chafes like himself Enter Leontius Bacha and Tellamon Leu. He 's here Ismenus .. Leon. Set me down Tellamon Leucippus Leu. Sir Bach. Nay good Sir be at peace I dare swear he knows not of it Leon. You are foolish peace Bach. All will
tri'd his valour Men. 'T was all to the best meant Lady Cel. I must think so âor how to mend it now he 's here you tell me Men. He 's Madam and the joy to see you only Will draw him out Leo. I know that womans tongue ãâã think I have seen her face too I 'le goe nearer If this be she he has some cause of sorrow 'T is the same face the same most excellent woman Cel. This should be Lord Leontius I remember him Leo. Lady I think ye know me Cel. Speak soft good Souldier I do and know ye worthy know ye noble Know not me yet openly as you love me But let me see ye again I 'le satisfie ye I am wondrous glad to see those eyes Leo. You have charged me Cel. You shall know where I am Leo. I will not off yet She goes to knock at 's door This must be she The fellow told me of right glad I am on 't He will bolt now for certain Cel. Are ye within Sir I 'le trouble you no more I thank your courtesie Pray leave me now All. Me. We rest your humble servants Ex. Me. c. Cel. So now my jives are off pray Heaven he be here Master my royal Sir do you hear who calls ye Love my Demetrius Leo. These are pretty quail-pipes The Cock will Crow anon Cel. Can ye be drowsie When I call at your Window Leo. I hear him stirring Now he comes wondring out Enter Demetrius Dem. 'T is Celias sound sure The sweetness of that tongue draws all hearts to it There stands the shape too Leu. How he stares upon her Dem. Ha do mine eyes abuse me 'T is she the living Celia your hand Lady Cel. What should this mean Dem. The very self same Celia Cel. How do ye Sir Dem. Only turn'd brave I heard you were dead my dear one compleat She is wondrous brave a wondrous gallant Courtier Cel. How he surveyes me round here has been foul play Dem. How came she thus Cel. It was a kind of death Sir I suffered in your absence mew'd up here And kept conceal'd I know not how Dem. 'T is likely How came you hither Celia wondrous gallant Did my Father send for ye Cel. So they told me Sir And on command too Dem. I hope you were obedient Cel. I was so ever Dem. And ye were bravely us'd Cel. I wanted nothing My maiden-head to a mote i' th' Sun he 's jealous I must now play the knave with him though I dye for 't 'T is in my nature Dem. Her very eyes are alter'd Jewels and rich ones too I never saw yet And what were those came for ye Cel. Monstrous jealous Have I liv'd at the rate of these scorn'd questions They seem'd of good sort Gentlemen Dem. Kind men Cel. They were wondrous kind I was much beholding to 'em There was one Menippus Sir Dem. Ha Cel. One Menippus A notable merry Lord and a good companion Dem. And one Charinthus too Cel. Yes there was such a one Dem. And Timon Cel. 'T is most true Dem. And thou most treacherous My Fathers bawds by they never miss course And were these daily with ye Cel. Every hour Sir Dem. And was there not a Lady a fat Lady Cel. O yes a notable good wench Dem. The Devil fetch her Cel. 'T is ev'n the merriest wench Dem. Did she keep with ye too Cel. She was all in all my bed-fellow eat with me Brought me acquainted Dem. You are well know here then Câl There is no living here a stranger I think Dem. How came ye by this brave gown Cel. This is a poor one Alas I have twenty ficher do you see these jewels Why they are the poorest things to those are sent me And sent me hourly too Dem. Is there no modestie No faith in this fair Sex Leo. What will this prove too For yet with all my wits I understand not Dem. Come hither thou art dead indeed lost tainted All that I left thee fair and innocent Sweet as thy youth and carrying comfort in 't All that I hoped for vertuous is fled from thee Turn'd back and bankrupt Leo. By 'r Lady this cuts shrewdly Dem. Thou art dead for ever dead sins surfeit slew thee The ambition of those wanton eyes betrai'd thee Go from me grave of honour go thou foul one Thou glory of thy sin go thou despis'd one And where there is no vertue nor no virgin Where Chastity was never known nor heard of Where nothing reigns but impious lust and looser faces Go thither child of bloud and sing my doating Cel. You do not speak this seriously I hope Sir I did but jest with you Dem. Look not upon me There is more hell in those eyes than hell harbours And when they flame more torments Cel. Dare ye trust me You durst once even with all you had your love Sir By this fair light I am honest Dem. Thou subtle Circe Cast not upon the maiden light eclipses Curse not the day Cel. Come come you shall not do this How fain you would seem angry now to fright me You are not in the field among your Enemies Come I must cool this courage Dem. Out thou impudence Thou ulcer of thy Sex when I first saw thee I drew into mine eyes mine own destruction I pull'd into my heart that sudden poyson That now consumes my dear content to cinders I am not now Demetrius thou hast chang'd me Thou woman with thy thousand wiles hast chang'd me Thou Serpent with thy angel-eyes hast slain me And where before I touch'd on this fair ruine I was a man and reason made and mov'd me Now one great lump of grief I grow and wander Cel. And as you are noble do you think I did this Dem. Put all the Devils wings on and flie from me Cel. I will go from ye never more to see ye I will she from ye as a plague hangs o're me And through the progress of my life hereafter Where ever I shall find a fool a false man One that ne're knew the worth of polish'd vertue A base suspecter of a virgins honour A child that flings away the wealth he cri'd for Him will I call Demetrius that fool Demetrius That mad man a Demetrius and that false man The Prince of broken faiths even Prince Demetrius You think now I should cry and kneel down to ye Petition for my peace let those that feel here The weight of evil wait for such a favour I am above your hate as far above it In all the actions of an innocent life As the pure Stars are from the muddy meteors Cry when you know your folly howl and curse then Beat that unmanly breast that holds a false heart When ye shall come to know whom ye have slung from ye Dem. Pray ye stay a little Cel. Not your hopes can alter me Then let a thousand black thoughts muster in ye And with those enter in a thousand doatings Those eyes be never shut but
fool Tir'd with his joyes Mich. Alas poor Gentleman Ye promis'd me Sir to bear all these crosses Val. I bear 'em till I break again Mich. But nobly Truly to weigh Val. Good neighbours no more of it Ye do but fling flax on my fire where is she Enter Alice Ali. Not yonder Sir nor has not this night certain Been in her bed Mich. It must be truth she tells ye And now I 'le shew ye why I came this morning A man of mine being employed about business Came early home who at S. Katherines Nunnery About day peep told me he met your Mistress And as I spoke it in a dream so troubled And so received by the Abbess did he see her The wonder made me rise and hast unto ye To know the cause Val. Farewel I cannot speak it Exit Val. Alice For Heaven sake leave him not Mich. I will not Lady Alice Alas he 's much afflicted Mich. We shall know shortly more apply yââ At home good Alice and trust him to my ãâã Nay do not weep all shall be well despair not ãâã SCENA II. Enter Sebastian and a Servant Seb. At Valentines house so merry Ser. As a pie Sir Seb. So gamesom dost thou say Ser. I am sure I heard it Seb. Ballads and Fidles too Ser. No but one Fidle But twenty noyses Enter Launcelot Seb. Did he do devises Ser. The best devises Sir here 's my fellow Launcelot He can inform ye all he was among 'em A mad thing too I stood but in a corner Seb. Come Sir what can you say is there any hope yet Your Master may return Laun. He went far else I will assure your worship on my credit By the faith of a Travellor and a Gentleman Your son is found again the son the Tom. Seb. Is he the old Tom Laun. The old Tom. Seb. Go forward Laun. Next to consider how he is the old Tom. Seb. Handle me that Laun. I would ye had seen it handled Last night Sir as we handled it cap à pe Footra for leers and learings O the noise The noise we made Seb. Good good Lan. The windows clattering And all the Chambermaids in such a whobub One with her smock half off another in hast With a serving mans hose upon her head Seb. Good still Lan. A fellow railing out of a loop-hole there And his mouth stopt with durt Seb. I' faith a fine Boy Lan. Here one of our heads broke Seb. Excellent good still Lan. The Gentleman himself young M. Thomas Inviron'd with his furious Myrmidons The fiery Fidler and my self now singing Now beating at the door there parlying Courting at that window at the other scalling And all these several noises to two Trenchers Strong with a bottom of brown thred which show'd admirable Seb. There eat and grow again I am pleas'd Lan. Nor here Sir Gave we the frolick over though at length We quit the Ladies Skonce on composition But to the silent streets we turn'd our furies A sleeping watchman here we stole the shooes from There made a noise at which he wakes and follows The streets are durty takes a queen-hith cold Hard cheese and that choaks him o' Munday next Windows and signs we sent to Erebus Acrue of bawling curs we entertain'd last When having let the pigs loose in out parishes O the brave cry we made as high as Algate Down comes a Constable and the Sow his Sister Most traiterously tramples upon Authority There a whole stand of rug gowns rowted manly And the Kings peace put to slight a purblind pig here Runs me his head into the Admirable Lanthorn Out goes the light and all turns to confusion A potter rises to enquire this passion A Boar imbost takes sanctuary in his shop When twenty dogs rush after we still cheering Down goe the pots and pipkins down the pudding pans The cream-bolls cry revenge here there the candlesticks Seb. If this be true thou little tyney page This tale that thou tell'st me Then on thy back will I presently hang A handsom new Livery But if this be false thou little tyney page As false it well may be Then with a cudgel of four foot long I 'le beat thee from head to toe Enter Servant Seb. Will the boy come Ser. He will Sir Enter Thomas Seb. Time tries all then Lan. Here he comes now himself Sir Seb. To be short Thomas Because I feel a scruple in my conscience Concerning thy demeanour and a main one And therefore like a Father would be satisfi'd Get up to that window there and presently Like a most compleat Gentleman come from Tripoly Tom. Good Lord Sir how are you misled what fancies Fitter for idle boys and drunkards let me speak 't And with a little wonder I beseech ou Choak up your noble judgement Seb. You Rogue Launcelot You lying Rascal Lan. Will ye spoil all again Sir Why what a Devil do you mean Tom. Away knave Ye keep a company of sawcy fellows Debosh'd and daily drunkards to devour ye Things whose dull souls tend to the Celler only Ye are ill advis'd Sir to commit your credit Seb. Sirrah Sirrah Lan. Let me never eat again Sir Nor feel the blessing of another blew-coat If this young Gentleman sweet Master Thomas Be not as mad as heart can wish your heart Sir If yesternights discourse speak fellow Robin And if thou speakest less than truth Tom. 'T is strange these varlets Ser. By these ten bones Sir if these eyes and ears Can hear and see Tom. Extream strange should thus boldly Bud in your sight unto your son Lan. O deu guin Can ye deny ye beat a Constable Last night Tom. I touch Authoritie ye Rascal I violate the Law Lan. Good Master Thomas Ser. Did you not take two wenches from the watch too And put 'em into pudding lane Lan. We mean not Those civil things you did at M. Valentines The Fiddle and the fa'las Tom. O strange impudence I do beseech you Sir give no such licence To knaves and drunkards to abuse your son thus Be wise in time and turn 'em off we live Sir In a State govern'd civilly and soberly Where each mans actions should confirm the Law Not crack and cancel it Seb. Lancelot du Lake Get you upon adventures cast your coat And make your exit Lan. Pur lamour de dieu Seb. Pur me no purs but pur at that door out Sirrah I 'le beat ye purblind else out ye eight languages Lan. My bloud upon your head Exit Lan. Tom. Purge me 'em all Sir Seb. And you too presently Tom. Even as you please Sir Seb. Bid my maid servant come and bring my Daughter I will have one shall please me Exit servant Tom. 'T is most fit Sir Seb. Bring me the mony there here M. Thomas Enter two Servants with two bags I pray sit down ye are no more my son now Good Gentleman be cover'd Tom. At your pleasure Seb. This mony I do give ye because of whilom You have
keyes of all I have come let 's be merry For now I see thou art right Tho. Shall we to Church straight Val. Now presently and there with nuptial The holy Priest shall make ye happy all Tho. Away then fair afore Exeunt TO THE NOBLE HONOURER OF THE Dead Author's Works and Memory Master CHARLES COTTON SIR MY directing of this piece unto you renders me obvious to many censures which I would willingly prevent by declaring mine own and your right thereto Mine was the fortune to be made the unworthy preserver of it yours is the worthy opinion you have of the Author and his Poems neither can it easily be determined whether your affection to them hath made you by observing more able to judge of them than your ability to judge of them hath made you to affect them deservedly not partially In this presumptuous act of mine I express my twofold zeal to him and your noble self who have built him a more honourable monument in that fair opinion you have of him than any inscription subject to the wearing of time can be You will find him in this Poem as active as in others to many of which the dull apprehensions of former times gave but slender allowance from malitious custom more than reason yet they have since by your candid self and others been clearly vindicated You shall oblige by your acceptance of this acknowledgment which is the best I can render you mine own weak labours being too unworthy your judicious perusal him that is ambitious to be known Your most humble Servant RICHARD BROME THE CHANCES A COMEDY Persons Represented in the Play Duke of Ferrara Petruccio Governour of Bolognia two Spanish Gentlemen and Comerades Don John Don Frederick Antonio an old stout Gentleman Kinsman to Petruccio Three Gentlemen friends to the Duke Two Gentlemen friends to Petruccio Francisco a Musician Antonio's Boy Peter Vecchio a Teacher of Latine and Musick a reputed Wizard two Servants to Don John and Frederick Peter and Anthonie A Surgeon WOMEN Constancia Sister to Petruccio and Mistriss to the Duke Gentlewoman Servant to Constancia Old Gentlewoman Landlady to Don John and Frederick Constancia a Whore to old Antonio Bawd The Scene Bolognia Actus Primus Scena Prima Enter 2. Serving men Peter and Anthony Peter I WOULD we were remov'd from this town Anthony That we might taste some quiet for mine own part I 'm almost melted with continual trotting After enquiries dreams and revelations Of who knows whom or where serve wenching soldiers That knows no other Paradise but Plackets I 'll serve a Priest in Lent first and eat Bell ropes Ant. Thou art the froward'st fool Pet. VVhy good tame Anthonie Tell me but this to what end came we hither Ant. To wait upon our Masters Pet. But how Anthony Answer me that resolve me there good Anthony Ant. To serve their uses Pet. Shew your uses Anthony Ant. To be imploy'd in any thing Pet. No Anthony Not any thing I take it nor that thing VVe travel to discover like new islands A sâlt itch serve such uses in things of moment Concerning things I grant ye not things errant Sweet Ladies things and things to thank the Surgeon In no such things sweet Anthony put case Ant. Come come all will be mended this invisible woman Of infinite report for shape and vertue That bred us all this trouble to no purpose They are determin'd now no more to think on But fall close to their studies Pet. VVas there ever Men known to run mad with report before Or wonder after they know not where To find or if found how to enjoy are mens brains Made now adays of malt that their affections Are never sober but like drunken People Founder at every new Fame I do believe too That men in love are ever drunk as drunken men Are ever loving Ant. Prithee be thou sober And know that they are none of those not guilty Of the least vanity of love only a doubt Fame might too far report or rather flatter The Graces of this Woman made them curious To find the truth which since they find so blocked And lockt up from their searches they are now setled To give the wonder over Pet. Would they were setled To give me some new shoos too for I 'll be sworn These are e'en worn out to the reasonable souls In their good worships business and some sleep Would not do much amiss unless they mean To make Bell man on me and what now Mean they to study Anthony moral Philosophy After their mar-all women Ant. Mar a fools head Pet. 'T will mar two fools heads and they take not heed Besides the Giblets to ' em Ant. Will you walk Sir And talk more out of hearing your fools head May chance to find a wooden night-cap else Pet. I never layin any Enter Don John and Frederick Ant. Then leave your lying And your blind prophesying here they come You had best tell them as much Pet. I am no tell-tale Exeunt John I would we could have seen her though for sure She must be some rare Creature or Report lies All mens Reports too Fred. I could well wish I had seen her But since she is so conceal'd so beyond venture Kept and preserv'd from view so like a Paradise Plac'd where no knowledge can come near her so guarded As 't were impossible though known to reach her I have made up my belief John Hang me from this hour If I more think upon her or believe her But as she came a strong Report unto me So the next Fame shall lose her Fred. 'T is the next way But whither are you walking John My old Round After my meat and then to Bed Fred. 'T is healthful John Will not you stir Fred. I have a little business Joh. Upon my life this Lady still Fred. Then you will lose it John 'Pray let 's walk together Fred. Now I cannot John I have something to impart Fred. An hour hence I will not miss to meet you John Where Fred. I' th' high street For not to lie I have a few Devotions To do first then I am yours John Remember Exeunt SCENE II. Enter Petruchio Antonio and two Gentlemen Ant. Cut his wind-pipe I say 1 Gent. Fye Antonio Ant. Or knock his brains out first and then forgive him If you do thrust be sure it be to th'hilts A Surgeon may see through him 1 Gent. You are too violent 2 Gent. Too open undiscreet Pet. Am I not ruin'd The honour of my house crack'd my bloud poyson'd My Credit and my Name 2 Gent. Be sure it be so Before ye use this violence Let not doubt And a suspecting anger so much sway ye Your wisedom may be question'd Ant. I say kill him And then dispute the cause cut off what may be And what is shall be safe 2 Gent. Hang up a true man Because 't is possible he may be thievish Alas is this good Justice Pet. I know as certain As day must
sitting I espi'd a lovely Dame Whose Master wrought with Lingell and with All And underground he vampied many a Boot Straight did her love prick forth me tender sprig To follow feats of Arms in warlike wise Through Waltham Desart where I did perform Many atchievements and did lay on ground Huge Barbaroso that insulting Giant And all his Captives soon set at liberty Then honor prickt me from my native soil Into Moldavia where I gain'd the love Of Pompiana his beloved Daughter But yet prov'd constant to the black thumm'd Maid Susan and scorn'd Pompianaes love Yet liberal I was and gave her pins And money for her Fathers Officers I then returned home and thrust my self In action and by all means chosen was The Lord of May where I did flourish it With Scarfs and Rings and Poesie in my hand Afrer this action I preferred was And chosen City-Captain at Mile-end With Hat and Feather and with leading staff And train'd my men and brought them all off clear Save one man that beraid him with the noise But all these things I Ralph did undertake Only for my beloved Susans sake Then coming home and sitting in my shop With Apron blew Death came unto my stall To cheapen Aquavitae but e'r I Could take the bottle down and fill a taste Death come and caught a pound of Pepper in his hand And sprinkled all my Face and Body o'r And in an instant vanished away Cit. 'T is a pretty fiction i'faith Ralph Then took I up my Bow and Shaft in hand And walkt in Moor-fields to cool my self But there grim cruel death met me again And shot this forked Arrow through my head And now I faint therefore be warn'd by me My fellows every one of forked heads Farewel all you good boys in merry London Ne'r shall we more upon Shrove-Tuesday meet And pluck down houses of iniquity My pain increaseth I shall never more Hold open whilst another pumps both legs Nor daub a Sattin Gown with rotten Eggs Set up a stake Oh never more I shall I die flie flie my soul to Grocers Hall oh oh oh c. Wife Well said Ralph do your obeysance to the Gentlemen and go your ways well said Ralph Exit Ralph Old Mer. Methinks all we thus kindly and unexpectedly reconciled should not part without a Song Merch. A good motion Old Mer. Strike up then SONG Better Musick ne'r was known Than a Quire of hearts in one Let each other that hath been Troubled with the gall or spleen Learn of us to keep his brow Smooth and plain as ours are now Sing though before the hour of dying He shall rise and then be crying Hey ho 'T is nought but mirth That keeps the bodie from the earth Exeunt omnes Epilogus Cit. Come Nell shall we go the Play 's done Wife Nay by my saith George I have more manners than so I 'll speak to these Gentlemen first I thank you all Gentlemen for your patience and countenance to Ralph a poor fatherless child and if I may see you at my house it should go hard but I would have a pottle of Wine and a Pipe of Tobacco for you for truly I hope you like the youth but I would be glad to know the truth I refer it to your own discretions whether you will applaud him or no for I will wink and whilst you shall do what you will I thank you with all my heart God give you good night come George Loves Pilgramage a Comedy The Persons Represented in the Play Governor of Barcellona Leonardo a noble Genoese Father to Mark Antonio Don Zanchio an old lame angry Soldier Father to Leocadia Alphonso a cholerick Don Father to Theodosia Philippo Son to Alphonso Lover of Leocadia Marc-Antonio Son to Leonardo Pedro a Gentleman and friend to Leonardo Rodorigo General of the Spanish Gallies Incubo Bailiff of Castel Bianco Diego Host of Ossuna Lazaro Hostler to Diego Host of Borcellona Bailiff of Barcellona Chirurgeons Soldiers Attendants Townsmen Attendants WOMEN Love-sick Ladies in pursuit of M. Anton. Theodosia Daugh. to Alphonso Leocadia Daugh. to Don Zanchio Eugenia Wife to the Governor of Barcellona Hostess Wife to Diego Hostess Wife to the Host of Barcellona The Scene Barcellona and the Road. Actus Primus Scaena Prima Enter Incubo the Bailiff Diego the Host Inc. SIgnior Don Diego and mine Host save thee Die I thank you Mr. Baily Inc. O the block Die Why how should I have answer'd Inc. Not with that Negligent rudeness But I kiss your hands Signior Don Incubo de Hambre and then My Titles Master Baily of Castle-blanco Thou ne'r wilt have the elegancy of an Host I sorrow for thee as my friend and Gossip No smoak nor steam out-breathing from the kitchen There 's little life i' th Hearth then Die I there there That is his friendship harkening for the spit And sorrow that he cannot smell the pot boil Inc. Strange An Inn should be so curst and not the sign Blasted nor withered very strange three days now And not an Egg eat in it nor an Onion Die I think they ha' strew'd the high-ways with caltraps I No horse dares pass 'em I did never know A week of so sad doings since I first Stood to my Sign-post Inc. Gossip I have found The root of all kneel it is thy self Art cause thereof each person is the Founder Of his own fortune good or bad but mend it Call for thy Cloak and Rapier Die How Inc. Do call And put 'em on in haste Alter thy fortune By appearing worthy of her Dost thou think Her good face e'r will know a man in cuerpo In single body thus in Hose and Doublet The horse-boys garb base blank and halfe blank cuerpo Did I or Mr Dean of Sivil our neighbor E'r reach our dignities in cuerpo think'st thou In squirting Hose and Doublet Signior no There went more to 't there were Cloaks Gowns Cassocks And other paramentos Call I say His Cloak and Rapier here Enter Hostess Host What means your Worship Inc. Bring forth thy Husbands Sword so hang it on And now his cloak here cast it up I mean Gossip to change your luck and brink you guests Host Why is there charm in this Inc. Expect now walk But not the pace of one that runs on errands For want of gravity in an Host is odious You may remember Gossip if you please Your Wife being then th' Infanta of the Gipsies And your self governing a great mans Mules then Me a poor Squire at Madrid attending A Master of Ceremonies But a man believe it That knew his place to the gold weight and such Have I heard him ought say ought every Host Within the Catholique Kings Dominions Be in his own house Die How Inc. A Master of Ceremonies At least Vice-Master and to do nought in cuerpo That was his Maxim I will tell thee of him He would not speak with an Ambassadors Cook See a cold bake-meat from a forreign part In cuerpo had
Above there Enter Maria and Byancha above Mar. Chevai'a Liv. A friend By. Who are you Liv. Look out and know Mar. Alas poor wench who sent thee What weak fool made thy tongue his Orator I know you come to parly Liv. Y' are deceiv'd Urg'd by the goodness of your cause I come To do as you do Mar. Y' are too weak too foolish To cheat us with your smoothness do not we know Thou hast been kept up tame Liv. Believe me Mar. No prethee good Livia Utter thy Eloquence somewhere else By. Good Cosin Put up your Pipes we are not for your palate Alas we know who sent you Liv. O' my word By. Stay there you must not think your word Or by your Maidenhead or such Sunday oaths Sworn after Even-Song can inveigle us To losâ our hand-fast did their wisdoms think That sent you hither we would be so foolish To entertain our gentle Sister Sinon And give her credit while the wooden Jade Petruchio stole upon us no good Sister Go home and tell the merry Greeks that sent you Ilium shall burn and I as did Aeneas Will on my back spite of the Myrmidons Carry this warlike Lady and through Seas Unknown and unbeliev'd seek out a Land Where like a race of noble Amazons We 'll rooâ our selves and to our endless glory Live and despise base men Liv. I 'll second ye By. How long have you been thus Liv. That 's all one Cosin I stand for freedom now By. Take heed of lying For by this light if we do credit you And find you tripping his infliction That kill'd the Prince of Orange will be sport To what we purpose Liv. Let me feel the heaviest Mar. Swear by thy Sweet-heart Rowland for by your maiden-head I fear 't will be too late to swear you mean Nothing but fair and safe and honourable To us and to your self Liv. I swear By. Stay yet Swear as you hate Moroso that 's the surest And as you have a certain fear to sind him Worse than a poor dry'd Jack full of more aches Than Autumn has more knavery and usury And foolery and brokery than dogs-ditch As you do constantly believe he 's nothing But an old empty bag with a grey beard And that Beard such a bob-tail that it looks Worse than a Mares tail eaten off with Fillies As you acknowledge that young handsome wench That lies by such a Bilboa blade that bends With ev'ry pass he makes to th' hilts miserable A dry Nurse to his Coughs a fewterer To such a nasty fellow a robb'd thing Of all delights youth looks for and to end One cast away on course beef born to brush That everlasting Cassock that has worn As many Servants out as the Northeast passage Has consum'd Sailors if you swear this and truly Without the reservation of a gown Or any meritorious Petticoat 'T is like we shall believe you Liv. I do swear it Mar. Stay yet a little came this wholsome motion Deal truly Sister from your own opinion Or some suggestion of the Foe Liv. Nev'r fear me For by that little faith I have in Husbands And the great zeal I bear your cause I come Full of that liberty you stand for Sister Mar. If we believe and you prove recreant Livia Think what a maim you give the noble Cause We now stand up for Think what women shall An hundred years hence speak thee when examples Are look'd for and so grâat ones whose relations Spoke as we do 'em wench shall make new customs By. If you be false repent go home and pray And to the serious women of the City Confess your self bring not a sin so hainous To load thy soul to this place mark me Livia If thou be'st double and betray'st our honors And we fail in our purpose get thee where There is no women living nor no hope There ever shall be Mar. If a Mothers daughter That ever heard the name of stubborn husband Find thee and know thy sin By. Nay if old age One that has worn away the name of woman And no more left to know her by but railing No teeth nor eyes nor legs but wooden ones Come but i' th' wind-ward of thee for sure she 'll smell theâ Thou 'lt be so rank she 'll ride thee like a night-Mare And say her Prayers back-ward to undo thee She 'll curse thy meat and drink and when thou marriest Clap a sound spell for ever on thy pleasures Mar. Children of five year old like little Fairies Will pinch thee into motley all that ever Shall live and hear of thee I mean all women Will like so many furies shake their keys And toss their flaming distaffs o'r their heads Crying revenge take heed 't is hideous Oh 't is a fearful office if thou hadst Though thou be'st perfect now when thou cam'st hither A false imagination get thee gone And as my learned Cosin said repent This place is sought by soundness Liv. So I seek it Or let me be a most despis'd example Mar. I do believe thee be thou worthy of it You come not empty Liv. No here 's Cakes and cold meat And Tripe of proof behold here 's Wine and Beer Be suddain I shall be surpriz'd else Mar. Meet at the low parlour door there lies a close way What fond obedience you have living in you Or duty to a man before you enter Fling it away 't will but defile our Off'rings By. Be wary as you come Liv. I warrant ye Exeunt Scaena Tertia Enter three Maids 1 Mai. How goes your business Girls 2. A foot and fair 3. If fortune favour us away to your strength The Countrey Forces are arriv'd be gone We are discover'd else 1. Arm and be valiant 2. Think of our cause 3. Our Justice 1. 'T is sufficient Exeunt Scaene Quarta Enter Rowland and Tranio at several doors Tra. Now Rowland Row How doe you Tra. How dost thou man Thou look'st ill Bow Yes pray can you tell me Tranio Who knew the devil first Tra. A woman Row So. Were they not well acquainted Tra. May be so For they had certain Dialogues together Row He sold her fruit I take it Tra. Yes and Cheese That choak'd all mankind after Row Canst thou tell me Whether that woman ever had a faith After she had eaten Tra. That 's a School-question Row No 'T is no question for believe me Tranio That cold fruit after eating breâd naught in her But windy promises and chollick vows That broke out both ways Row Thou hast heard I am sure Of Esculapius a far famed Surgeon One that could set together quarter'd Traitors And make 'em honest men Tra. How dost thou Rowland Row Let him but take if be dare do a cure Shall get him fame indeed a faithless woman There will be credit for him that will speak him A broken woman Tranio a base woman And if he can cure such a rack of honor Let him come here and practice Tra. Now for honors
more Witty You may pursue L. Ruin As I am a Gentleman I never will Only we 'll bind you to quiet behaviour Till you call out for Bail and on th' other Side of the hedge leave you but keep the peace Till we be out of hearing for by that We shall be out of danger if we come back We come with a mischief Lady You need not fear me Prise Come we 'll bestow you then Exit Ruin Prisâ and Lady Wit Why law you Sir is not this a swifter Revenââ than Sic probas ergo's igitur's can bring in why is not this one of your Syllogismes in Barbara Omne utile est bonestum Cred. Well Sir a little more of this acquaintance Will make me know you fully I protest You have at first sight made me conscious Of such a deed my dreams ne'er prompted yet I could almost have wish'd rather ye 'ad rob'd me Of my Cloak for my Purse 't is a Scholars Than to have made me a robber I had rather have answered three difficult questions Than this one as easie as yet it seems Witty Tush you shall never come to farther answer for 't Can you confess your penurious Uncle In his full face of love to be so strict A Nigard to your Commons that you are fain To size your belly out with Shoulder Fees With Rumps and Kidneys and Cues of single Beer And yet make Daymy to feed more daintily At this easier rate sie Master Credulous I blush for you Cred. This is a truth undeniable Wit Why go to then I hope I know your Uncle How does he use his Son nearer than you Cred. Faith like his Jade upon the bare Commons Turn'd out to pick his living as he can get it He would have been glad to have shar'd in such A purchase and thank'd his good fortune too Enter Ruinous and Priscian But mum no more is all safe Bullies Ruin Secure the Gentleman thinks him most happy in his loss With his safe life and limbs and redoubles His first vow as he is a Gentleman Never to pursue us Wit Well away then Disperse you with Master Credulous who still Shall bear the purchase Priscian and I Will take some other course You know our meeting At the Three Cups in St Gile's with this proviso For 't is a Law with us that nothing be open'd Till all be present the looser saies a hundred And it can weigh no less Ruin Come Sir we 'll be your guide Cred. My honesty which till now was never forfeited All shall be close till our meeting Exit Cred. and Ruin Witty Tush I believ 't And then all shall out where 's the thief that 's robb'd Enter Lady Ruinous L. Rui. Here Master Oldcraft all follows now Witty 'T was neatly done wench now to turn that bag Of counterfeits to current pieces actum est L. Rui. You are the Chymist we 'll blow the fire still If you can mingle the ingredients Witty I will not miss a cause a quantity a dram You know the place Pris I have told her that Sir Witty Good turn Ruinous to be a Constable I 'm sure We want not beards of all sorts from the Worshipful Magistrate to the under Watchman Because we must have no danger of life But a cleanly cheat attach Credulous The cause is plain the theft found about him Then fall I in his own Cosins shape By mere accident where finding him distrest I with some difficulty must fetch him off With promise that his Uncle shall shut up all With double restitution Master Constable Ruinous His mouth shall be stopt you Mistriss rob-thief Shall have your share of what we can gull my Father of Is' t plain enough L. Rui. As plain a cozenage as can be faith Witty Father I come again and again when this is Past too Father one will beget another I 'd be loath to leave your posterity barren You were best come to composition Father Two hundred pieces yearly allow me yet It will be the cheaper Father than my wit For I will cheat none but you dear Father Exeunt Actus Tertius Scaena Prima Enter Old Knight and Sir Gregory Old K. WHy now you take the course Sir Gregory Fop I could enforce her and I list but love That 's gently won is a man 's own for ever Have you prepar'd good Musick Sir Gr. As fine a noise Uncle as heart can wish Old K. Why that 's done like a Suitor They must be woo'd a hundred several ways Before you obtain the right way in a woman 'T is an odd creature full of creeks and windings The Serpent has not more for sh 'as all his And then her own beside came in by her mother Sir Gr. A fearful portion for a man to venture on Old K. But the way found once by the wits of men There is no creature lies so tame agen Sir Gr. I promise you not a house-Rabbit Sir Old K. No sucker on 'em all Sir Gr. What a thing 's that They 're pretty fools I warrant when they 'r tame As a man can lay his lips too Old K. How were you bred Sir Did you never make a fool of a Tenants daughter Sir Gr. Never i'faith they ha' made some fools for me And brought 'em many a time under their aprons Old R. They could not shew you the way plainlier I think To make a fool again Sir Gr. There 's fools enough Sir ' Less they were wiser Old K. This is wondrous rare Come you to London with a Maiden-head Knight A Gentleman of your rank ride with a Cloak-bag Never an Hostess by the way to leave it with Nor Tapsters Sister nor head-Ostlers Wife What no body Sir Gr. Well mock'd old Wit-monger I keep it for your Neece Old K. Do not say so for shame she 'll laugh at thee A wife ne'er looks for 't 't is a batchelors penny He may giv 't to a begger-wench i' th' progress time Ex. And ne'er be call'd to account for 't Sir Gr. Would I had known so much I could ha' stopt a beggers mouth by th' way Enter Page and Fidlers boy That rail'd upon me ' cause I 'd give her nothing What are they come Pag. And plac'd directly Sir Under her window Sir Gr. What may I call you Gentleman Boy A poor servant to the Viol I 'm the Voice Sir Sir Gr. In good time Master Voice Boy Indeed good time does get the mastery Sir Gr. What Countreyman Master Voice Boy Sir born at Ely we all set up in Ela But our house commonly breaks in Rutland-shire Sir Gr. A shrewd place by my faith it may well break your voice It breaks many a mans back come set to your business SONG FAin would I wake you Sweet but fear I should invite you to worse chear In your dreams you cannot fare Meaner than Musick no compare None of your slumbers are compil'd Vnder the pleasure makes a Child Your day-delights so well compact That what you
sooner leads to mischief I believe it And him an honest man he could not carry Under an evil cause so true a sorrow Ism Take heed this is your Mothers scorpion That carries stings even in his tears Whose soul is a rank poison through Touch Not at him if you do you are gone if you had twenty Lives I knew him for a Roguish boy when He would poison Dogs and keep tame Toads He lay with his Mother and infected her and now She begs i' th' Hospital with a patch of Velvet Where her Nose stood like the Queen of Spades And all her teeth in her purse the Devil and this Fellow are so near 'T is not yet known which is the eviler Angel Leu. Nay then I see 't is spite Come hither friend Hast thou not heard the cause yet that incens'd my Mother to my death for I protest I feel none in my self Tim. Her Will Sir and Ambition as I think Are the provokers of it as in Women Those two are ever powerful to destruction Beside a hate of your still growing virtues She being only wicked Leu. Heavens defend me as I am innocent And ever have been from all immoderate thoughts and Actions that carry such rewards along with ' em Tim. Sir all I know my duty must reveal My Countrey and my Love command it from me For whom I 'll lay my life down this night coming A Counsel is appointed by the Duke To sit about your apprehension If you dare trust my faith which by all good things Shall ever watch about you goe along And to a place I 'll guide you where no word Shall scape without your hearing nor no plot Without discovering to you which once known you have your answers and prevention Ism You are not so mad to goe shift off this fellow you shall be rul'd once by a wise man Ratsbane get you gone or Leu. Peace peace for shame thy love is too suspitious 't is a way offer'd to preserve my life and I will take it be my Guide Timantus and do not mind this angry man thou know'st him I may live to requite thee Tim. Sir this service is done for virtues sake not for reward however he may hold me Ism The great pox on you but thou hast that curse so much 't will grow a blessing in thee shortly Sir for wisdoms sake court not your death I am your friend and subject and I shall lose in both if I lov'd you not I would laugh at you and see you run your neck into the noose and cry a Woodcock Leu. So much of man and so much fearful âie prethee have peace within thee I shall live yet many a golden day to hold thee here dearest and nearest to me Go on Timantus I charge you by your love âo ââre âo more Exeunt Leu. Tim. Ism Goe and let your own rod whip you I pity you And dog if he miscarry thou shalt pay for 't I 'll study for thy punishment and it shall last Longer and sharper than a tedious Winter Till thou blasâhem'st and then thou diest and damn'st Exit Enter Leontius and Tellamon Leon. I wonder the Dutchess comes not Tel. She has heard Sir your Will to speak with her But there is something leaden at her heart Pray God it be not mortal that even keeps her From conversation with her self Enter the Dutchess B. Oh whither will you my cross affections pull me Fortune Fate and you whose powers direct our actions And dwell within us you that are Angels Guiding to virtue wherefore have you given So strong a hand to evil wherefore suffer'd A Temple of your own you Deities Where your fair selves dwelt only and your goodness Thus to be soyl'd with sin Leon. Heaven bless us all From whence comes this distemper speak my fair one Bac. And have you none Love and Obedience You ever faithful Servants to imploy In this strange story of impiety But me a Mother Must I be your strumpet To lay black Treason upon and in him In whom all sweetness was in whom my love Was prov'd to have a Being in whom Justice And all the gods for our imaginations Can work into a man were more than virtues Ambition down to hell where thou wert foster'd Thou hast poison'd the best soul the purest whitest And meerest innocent'st it self that ever Mens greedy hopes gave life to Leon. This is still stranger lay this treason Open to my correction Bac. Oh what a combat duty and affection Breeds in my blood Leon. If thou conceal'st him may Beside my death the curses of the Countrey Troubles of conscience and a wretched end Bring thee unto a poor forgotten grave Bach. My Being for another tongue to tell it Cease a Mother some good man that dares Speak for his King and Countrey I am full Of too much womans pity yet oh Heaven Since it concerns the safety of my Sovereign Let it not be a cruelty in me Nor draw a Mothers name in question Amongst unborn people to give up that man To Law and Justice that unrighteously Has sought his Fathers death be deaf be deaf Sir Your Son is the offender Now have you all Would I might never speak again Leon. My Son Heaven help me No more I thought it and since His life is grown so dangerous Let them that Gave him take him he shall dye And with him all my fears Bac. Oh use your mercy you have a brave subject To bestow it on I 'll forgive him Sir and for his Wrong to me I 'll be before ye Leon. Durst his villany extend to thee Bac. Nothing but heats of youth Sir Leon. Upon my life he sought my bed Bacha I must confess he loved me Somewhat beyond a Son and still pursu'd it With such a Lust I will not say Ambition That clean forgetting all obedience And only following his first heat unto me He hotly sought your death and me in Marriage Leon. Oh Villain Bac. But I forget all and am half asham'd To press a man so far Enter Timantus Tim. Where is the Duke for Gods sake bring me to him Leon. Here I am each corner of the Dukedom Sends new affrights forth what wouldst thou speak Tim. I cannot Sir my fear ties up my tongue Leon. Why what 's the matter Take thy courage To thee and boldly speak where are the Guard In the gods name out with it Tim. Treason treason Leon. In whom Bacha Double the Guard Tim. There is a fellow Sir Leon. Leave shaking man Timan. 'T is not for fear but wonder Leon. Well Timan. There is a fellow Sir close i' th' Lobby You o' the Guard look to the door there Leon. But let me know the business Tima. Oh that the hearts of men should be so hard'ned Against so good a Duke for Gods sake Sir Seek means to save your self This wretched slave Has his sword in his hand I know his heart Oh it hath almost kill'd me with the thought of it Leon. Where is
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 pâle 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
thy maker and the purest That ever dull flesh shewed us oh my heart-strings Exit Mart. I see you full of wonder therefore noblest And truest amongst Women I will tell you The end of this strange accident Ordel. Amazement Has so much wove upon my heart that truly I feel my self unfit to hear oh Sir My Lord has slighted me Mart. Oh no sweet Lady Ordel. Robb'd me of such a glory by his pity And most unprovident respect Mart. Dear Lady It was not meant to you Ordel. Else where the day is And hours distinguish time time runs to ages And ages end the world I had been spoken Deââ I 'll tell you what it was if but your patience Will give me hearing Ordel. If I have transgrest Forgive me Sir Mart. Your noble Lord was counsel'd Grieving the barrenness between you both And all the Kingdom with him to seek out A man that knew the secrets of the gods He went found such an one and had this answer That if he wou'd have issue on this morning For this hour was prefixt him he should kill The first he met being Female from the Temple And then he should have children the mistake Is now too perfect Lady Ordel Still 't is I Sir For may this work be done by common women Durst any but my self that knew the blessing And felt the benefit assume this thing In any other 't'ad been lost and nothing A curse and not a blessing I was figur'd And shall a little fondness barr my purchase Mart. Where should he then seek children Ordel. Where they are In wombs ordain'd for issues in those beauties That bless a marriage-bed and makes it proceed With kisses that conceive and fruitful pleasures Mine like a grave buries those loyal hopes And to a grave it covets Mart. You are too good Too excellent too honest rob not us And those that shall hereafter seek example Of such inestimable worthies in woman Your Lord of such obedience all of honor In coveting a cruelty is not yours A Will short of your Wisdom make not error A Tomb-stone of your virtues whose fair life Deserves a constellation your Lord dare not He cannot ought not must not run this hazard He makes a separation nature shakes at The gods deny and everlasting justice Shrinks back and sheaths her sword at Ordel. All 's but talk Sir I find to what I am reserv'd and needful And though my Lord's compassion makes me poor And leaves me in my best use yet a strength Above mine own or his dull fondness finds me The gods have given it to me Draws a knife Mart. Self-destruction Now all good Angels bless thee oh sweet Lady You are abus'd this is a way to shame you And with you all that knows you all that loves you To ruin all you build would you be famous Is that your end Ordel. I would be what I should be Mart. Live and confirm the gods then live and be loaden With more than Olive-bear or fruitful Autumn This way you kill your merit kill your cause And him you would raise life to where or how Got you these bloudy thoughts what Devil durst Look on that Angel face and tempt doe you know What is' t to die thus how you strike the Stars And all good things above do you feel What follows a self-bloud whether you venture And to what punishment excellent Lady Be not thus cozen'd do not fool your self The Priest was never his own sacrifice But he that thought his hell here Ordel. I am counsell'd Mart. And I am glad on 't lie I know you dare not Ordel. I never have done yet Mart. Pray take my comfort Was this a soul to lose two more such women Would save their sex see she repents and prayes Oh hear her hear her if there be a faith Able to reach your mercies she hath sent it Ordel. Now good Martel confirm me Mart. I will Lady And every hour advise you for I doubt Whether this plot be heavens or hells your mother And I will find it if it be in mankind To search the center of it in the mean time I 'll give you out for dead and by your self And shew the instrument so shall I find A joy that will betray her Ordel. Do what 's fittest And I will follow you Mart. Then ever live Both able to engross all love and give Exeunt Enter Brunhalt Protaldye Brun. I 'm in labour To be deliver'd of that burthenous project I have so long gone with ha here 's the Midwife Or life or death Enter Lecure. Lecu. If in the supposition Of her death in whose life you die you ask me I think you are safe Brun. Is she dead Lecu. I have us'd All means to make her so I saw him waiting At the Temple door and us'd such Art within That only she of all her Sex was first Giv'n up unto his fury Brun. Which if love Or fear made him forbear to execute The vengeance he determin'd his fond pity Shall draw it on himself for were there left Not any man but he to serve my pleasures Or from me to receive commands which are The joyes for which I love life he should be Remov'd and I alone left to be Queen O'er any part of goodness that 's left in me Lecu. If you are so resolv'd I have provided A means to ship him hence look upon this But touch it sparingly for this once us'd Say but to dry a tear will keep the eye-lid From closing until death perform that office Brun. Give 't me I may have use of it and on you I 'll make the first experiment if one sigh Or heavy look beget the least suspition Childish compassion can thaw the Ice Of your so long congeal'd and flinty hardness Slight go on constant or I shall Prot. Best Lady We have no faculties which are not yours Lecu. Nor will be any thing without you Baun Be so and we will stand or fall together for Since we have gone so far that death must stay The journey which we wish should never end And innocent or guilty we must die When we do so let 's know the reason why Enter Thierry and Courtiers Lecu. The King Thier. We 'll be alone Prot. I would I had A Convoy too to bring me safe off For rage although it be allai'd with sorrow Appears so dreadful in him that I stake To look upon 't Brun. Coward I will meet it And know from whence 't has birth Son kingly Thierry Thier. Is cheating grown so common among men And thrives so well here that the gods endeavour To practise it above Brun. Your Mother Thier. Ha! or are they only careful to revenge Not to reward or when for your offences We study satisfaction must the cure Be worse than the disease Brun. Will you not hear me Thier. To lose th' ability to perform those duties For which I entertain'd the name of Husband Ask'd more than common sorrow but t' impose For the redress of
Amintor and will swear again If you will wish to hear me Amin. To whom have you Sworn this Evad. If I should name him the matter were not great Amin. Come this is but the coyness of a Bride Evad. The coyness of a Bride Amin. How prettily that srown becomes thee Evad. Do you like it so Amin. Thou canst not dress thy face in such a look But I shall like it Evad. What look likes you best Amin. Why do you ask Evad. That I may shew you one less pleasing to you Amin. How 's that Evad. That I may shew you one less pleasing to you Amint. I prethee put thy jests in milder looks It shews as thou wert angry Evad. So perhaps I am indeed Amint. Why who has done thee wrong Name me the man and by thy self I swear Thy yet unconquer'd self I will revenge thee Evad. Now I shall try thy truth if thou dost love me Thou weigh'st not any thing compar'd with me Life Honour joyes Eternal all Delights This world can yield or hopeful people seign Or in the life to come are light as Air To a true Lover when his Lady frowns And bids him do this wilt thou kill this man Swear my Amintor and I 'le kiss the sin off from thy lips Amin. I will not swear sweet Love Till I do know the cause Evad. I would thou wouldst Why it is thou that wrongest me I hate thee Thou shouldst have kill'd thy self Amint. If I should know that I should quickly kill The man you hated Evad. Know it then and do 't Amint. Oh no what look soe're thou shalt put on To try my saith I shall not think thee false I cannot find one blemish in thy face Where falshood should abide leave and to bed If you have sworn to any of the Virgins That were your old companions to preserve Your Maidenhead a night it may be done without this means Evad. A Maidenhead Amintor at my years Amint. Sure she raves this cannot be Thy natural temper shall I call thy maids Either thy healthful sleep hath left thee long Or else some Fever rages in thy blood Evad. Neither Amintor think you I am mad Because I speak the truth Amint. Will you not lie with me to night Evad. To night you talk as if I would hereafter Amint. Hereafter yes I do Evad. You are deceiv'd put off amazement and with patience mark What I shall utter for the Oracle Knows nothing truer 't is not for a night Or two that I forbear thy bed but for ever Amint. I dream awake Amintor Evad. You hear right I sooner will find out the bees âf Snakes And with my youthful blood waâm their cold flesh Let ãâã cââââ themselves about my Limbs ãâã âeep one night with thee this is not feign'd Nor founds it like the covness of a Bride Amint. Is flesh so earthly to endure all this A chiefe the joyes of Marriage Hymen keep This sâââ that will make succeeding youth Neglect thy Ceremonies from all ears Let it not rise up for thy shame and mine To after ages we will scorn thy Laws If thou no better bless them touch the heart Of her that thou hast sent me or the world Shall know there 's not an Altar that will smoak In praise of thee we will adopt us Sons Then vertue shall inherit and not blood If we do lust we 'l take the next we meet Serving our selves as other Creatures do And nover take note of the Female more Nor of her issue I do âage in vain She can but jest Oh! pardon me my Love So dear the thoughts are that I hold of thee That I must break forth satisfie my fear It is a pain beyond the hand of death To be in doubt confirm it with an Oath if this be true Evad. Do you invent the form Let there be in it all the binding words Devils and Conjurers can put together And I will take it I have sworn before And here by all things holy do again Never to be acquainted with thy bed Is your doubt over now Amint. I know too much would I had doubted still Was âver such a marriage night as this You powers above if you did ever mean Man should be us'd thus you have thought a way How he may bear himself and save his honour Instruct me in it for to my dull eyes There is no mean no moderate course to run I must live scorn'd or be a murderer Is there a third why is this night so calm Why does not Heaven speak in Thunder to us And drown her voice âââd This rage will do no good Amint. Evadne hear me thou hast ta'ne an Oath But such a rash one that to keep it were Worse than to swear it call it back to thee Such vows as those never ascend the Heaven A teaâ or two will wash it quite away Have mercy on my youth my hopeful youth If thou be pitiful for without boast This Land was proud of me what Lady was there That men call'd fair and vertuous in this Isle That would have shun'd my love It is in thee To make me hold this worth Oh! we vain men That trust out all our reputation To rest upon the weak and yielding hand Of feeble Women but thou art not stone Thy flesh is soft and in thine eyes doth dwell The spirit of Love thy heart cannot be hard Come lead me from the bottom of despair To all the joyes thou hast I know thou wilt And make me careful lest the sudden change O're come my spirits Evad. When I call back this Oath the pains of hell inviron me Amin. I sleep and am too temperate come to bed or by Those hairs which if thou hast a soul like to thy locks Were threads for Kings to wear about their arms Evad. Why so perhaps they are Amint. I 'le drag thee to my bed and make thy tongue Undo this wicked Oath or on thy flesh I 'le print a thousand wounds to let out life Evad. I fear thee not do what thou dar'st to me Every ill-sounding word or threatning look Thou shew'st to me will be reveng'd at full Amint. It will not sure Evadne Evad. Do not you hazard that Amint. Ha' ye your Champions Evad. Alas Amintor thinkst thou I forbear To sleep with thee because I have put on A maidens strictness look upon these cheeks And thou shalt find the hot and rising blood Unapt for such a vow no in this heart There dwels as much desire and as much will To put that wisht act in practice as ever yet Was known to woman and they have been shown Both but it was the folly of thy youth To think this beauty to what Land soe're It shall be call'd shall stoop to any second I do enjoy the best and in that height Have sworn to stand or die you guess the man Amint. No let me know the man that wrongs me so That I may cut his body into motes And scatter it before the
I forget not all respects That are Religious on another word Sounded like that and through a Sea of sins Will wade to my revenge though I should call Pains here and after life upon my soul King Well I am resolute you lay not with her And so leave you Exit King Evad. You must be prating and see what follows Amint. Prethee vex me not Leave me I am afraid some sudden start Will pull a murther on me Evad. I am gone I love my life well Exit Evadne Amint. I hate mine as much This 't is to break a troth I should be glad If all this tide of grief would make me mad Exit Enter Melantius Mel. I 'le know the cause of all Amintors griefs Or friendship shall be idle Enter Calianax Cal. O Melantius my Daughter will die Mel. Trust me I am sorry would thou hadst ta'ne her room Cal. Thou art a slave a cut-throat slave a bloody treacherous slave Melan. Take heed old man thou wilt be heard to rave And lose thine Offices Cal. I am valiant grown At all these years and thou art but a slave Mel. Leave some company will come and I respect Thy years not thee so much that I could wish To laugh at thee alone Cal. I 'le spoil your mirth I mean to sight with thee There lie my Cloak this was my Fathers Sword And he durst sight are you prepar'd Mel. Why wilt thou doat thy self out of thy life Hence get thee to bed have careful looking to and eat warm things and trouble not me my head is full of thoughts more weighty than thy life or death can be Cal. You have a name in War when you stand safe Amongst a multitude but I will try What you dare do unto a weak old man In single sight you 'l ground I fear Come draw Mel. I will not draw unless thou pul'st thy death Upon thee with a stroke there 's no one blow That thou canst give hath strength enough to kill me Tempt me not so far then the power of earth Shall not redeem thee Cal. I must let him alone He 's stout and able and to say the truth However I may set a face and talk I am not valiant when I was a youth I kept my credit with a testie trick I had Amongst cowards but durst never sight Mel. I will not promise to preserve your life if you do stay Cal. I would give half my Land that I durst sight with that proud man a little if I had men to hold I would beat him till he ask me mercy Mel. Sir will you be gone Cal. I dare not stay but I will go home and beat my servants all over for this Exit Calianax Mel. This old fellow haunts me But the distracted carriage of mine Amintor Takes deeply on me I will find the cause I fear his Conscience cries he wrong'd Aspatia Enter Amintor Amint. Mens eyes are not so subtil to perceive My inward misery I bear my grief Hid from the World how art thou wretched then For ought I know all Husbands are like me And every one I talk with of his Wife Is but a well dissembler of his woes As I am would I knew it for the rareness afflicts me now Mel. Amintor We have not enjoy'd our friendship of late for we were wont to charge our souls in talk Amint. Melantius I can tell thee a good jest of Strato and a Lady the last day Mel. How wa st Amint. Why such an odd one Mel. I have long'd to speak with you not of an idle jest that 's forc'd but of matter you are bound to utter to me Amint. What is that my friend Mel. I have observ'd your words sall from your tongue Wildly and all your carriage Lâke one that strove to shew his merry mood When he were ill dispos'd you were not wont To put such scorn into your speech or wear Upon your face ridiculous jollity Some sadness sits here which your cunning would Cover o're with smiles and 't will not be What is it Amint. A sadness here what cause Can sate provide for me to make me so Am I not lov'd through all this Isle the King Rains greatness on me have I not received A Lady to my bed that in her eye Keeps mounting fire and on her tender cheeks Inevitable colour in her heart A prison for all vertue are not you Which is above all joyes my constant friend What sadness can I have no I am light And feel the courses of my blood more warm And stirring than they were faith marry too And you will feel so unexprest a joy In chast embraces that you will indeed appear another Mel. You may shape Amintor Causes to cozen the whole world withal And your self too but 't is not like a friend To hide your soul from me 't is not your nature To be thus idle I have seen you stand As you were blasted midst of all your mirth Call thrice aloud and then start feigning joy So coldly World what do I here a friend Is nothing Heaven I would ha' told that man My secret sins I 'le search an unknown Land And there plant friendship all is withered here Come with a complement I would have fought Or told my friend he ly'd ere sooth'd him so Out of my bosom Amint. But there is nothing Mel. Worse and worse farewel From this time have acquaintance but no friend Amint. Melantius stay you shall know what that is Mel. See how you play'd with friendship be advis'd How you give cause unto your self to say You ha' lost a friend Amint. Forgive what I have done For I am so ore-gone with injuries Unheard of that I lose consideration Of what I ought to do oh oh Mel. Do not weep what is' t May I once but know the man Hath turn'd my friend thus Amint. I had spoke at first but that Mel. But what Amint. I held it most unfit For you to know saith do not know it yet Mel. Thou feest my love that will keep company With thee in tears hide nothing then from me For when I know the cause of thy distemper With mine own armour I 'le adorn my self My resolution and cut through thy foes Unto thy quiet till I place thy heart As peaceable as spotless innocence What is it Amint. Why 't is this it is too big To get out let my tears make way a while Mel. Punish me strangely heaven if he escape Of life or same that brought this youth to this Amint. Your Sister Mel. Well said Amint. You 'l wish 't unknown when you have heard it Mel. No. Amint. Is much to blame And to the King has given her honour up And lives in Whoredom with him Mel. How this Thou art run mad with injury indeed Thou couldst not utter this else speak again For I forgive it freely tell thy griefs Amint. She 's wanton I am loth to say a Whore Though it be true Mel. Speak yet again before mine anger grow
than our loves to tie our lives And deaths together Mel. It is as nobly said as I would wish Anon I 'le tell you wonders we are wrong'd Diph. But I will tell you now wee 'l right our selves Mel. Stay not prepare the armour in my house And what friends you can draw unto our side Not knowing of the cause make ready too Haste Diphilus the time requires it haste Exit Diphilus I hope my cause is just I know my blood Tells me it is and I will credit it To take revenge and lose my self withal Were idle and to scape impossible Without I had the sort which misery Remaining in the hands of my old enemy Calianax but I must have it see Enter Calianax Where he comes shaking by me good my Lord Forget your spleen to me I never wrong'd you But would have peace with every man Cal. 'T is well If I durst sight your tongue would lie at quiet Mel. Y' are touchie without all cause Cal. Do mock me Mel. By mine honour I speak truth Cal. Honour where is' t Mel. See what starts you make into your hatred to my love and freedom to you I come with resolution to obtain a suit of you Cal. A suit of me 't is very like it should be granted Sir Mel. Nay go not hence 'T is this you have the keeping of the Fort And I would wish you by the love you ought To bear unto me to deliver it into my hands Cal. I am in hope that thou art mad to talk to me thus Mel. But there is a reason to move you to it I would kill the King that wrong'd you and your daughter Cal. Out Traytor Mel. Nay but stay I cannot scape the deed once done Without I have this fort Cal. And should I help thee now thy treacherous mind betrays it self Mel. Come delay me not Give me a sudden answer or already Thy last is spoke refuse not offered love When it comes clad in secrets Cal. If I say I will not he will kill me I do see 't writ In his looks and should I say I will he 'l run and tell the King I do not shun your friendship dear Melantius But this cause is weighty give me but an hour to think Mel. Take it I know this goes unto the King But I am arm'd Ex. Melant. Cal. Me thinks I feel my self But twenty now agen this fighting fool Wants Policy I shall revenge my Girl And make her red again I pray my legs Will last that pace that I will carry them I shall want breath before I find the King Actus Quartus Enter Melantius Evadne and a Lady MEL. Save you Evad. Save you sweet Brother Mel. In my blunt eye methinks you look Evadne Evad. Come you would make me blush Mel. I would Evadne I shall displease my ends else Evad. You shall if you command me I am bashful Come Sir how do I look Mel. I would not have your women hear me Break into commendation of you 't is not seemly Evad. Go walt me in the Gallery now speak Mel. I 'le lock the door first Exeunt Ladies Evad. Why Mel. I will not have your guilded things that dance in visitation with their Millan skins choke up my business Evad. You are strangely dispos'd Sir Mel. Good Madam not to make you merry Evad. No if you praise me 't will make me sad Mel. Such a sad commendation I have for you Evad. Brother the Court hath made you witty And learn to riddle Mel. I praise the Court for 't has it learned you nothing Evad. Me Mel. I Evadne thou art young and handsom A Lady of a sweet complexion And such a flowing carriage that it cannot Chuse but inflame a Kingdom Evad. Gentle Brother Mel. 'T is yet in thy remembrance foolish woman To make me gentle Evad. How is this Mel. 'T is base And I could blush at these years thorough all My honour'd scars to come to such a parly Evad. I understand you not Mel. You dare not Fool They that commit thy faults fly the remembrance Evad. My faults Sir I would have you know I care not If they were written here here in my forehead Mel. Thy body is too little for the story The lusts of which would fill another woman Though she had Twins within her Evad. This is saucy Look you intrude no more there lies your way Mel. Thou art my way and I will tread upon thee Till I find truth out Evad. What truth is that you look for Mel. Thy long-lost honour would the Gods had set me One of their loudest bolts come tell me quickly Do it without enforcement and take heed You swell me not above my temper Evad. How Sir where got you this report Mel. Where there was people in every place Evad. They and the seconds of it are base people Believe them not they lyed Mel. Do not play with mine anger do not Wretch I come to know that desperate Fool that drew thee From thy fair life be wise and lay him open Evad. Unhand me and learn manners such another Forgetfulness forfeits your life Mel. Quench me this mighty humour and then tell me Whose Whore you are for you are one I know it Let all mine honours perish but I 'le find him Though he lie lockt up in thy blood be sudden There is no facing it and be not flattered The burnt air when the Dog raigns is not fouler Than thy contagious name till thy repentance If the Gods grant thee any purge thy sickness Evad. Be gone you are my Brother that 's your safety Mel. I 'le be a Wolf first 't is to be thy Brother An infamy below the sin of a Coward I am as far from being part of thee As thou art from thy vertue seek a kindred ' Mongst sensual beasts and make a Goat thy Brother A Goat is cooler will you tell me yet Evad. If you stay here and rail thus I shall tell you I 'le ha' you whipt get you to your command And there preach to your Sentinels And tell them what a brave man you are I shall laugh at you Mel. Y' are grown a glorious Whore where be your Fighters what mortal Fool durst raise thee to this daring And I alive by my just Sword h 'ad safer Bestride a Billow when the angry North Plows up the Sea or made Heavens fire his food Work me no higher will you discover yet Evad. The Fellow 's mad sleep and speak sense Mel. Force my swollen heart no further I would save thee your great maintainers are not here they dare not would they were all and armed I would speak loud here 's one should thunder to 'em will you tell me thou hast no hope to scape he that dares most and damns away his soul to do thee service will sooner fetch meat from a hungry Lion than come to rescue thee thou hast death about thee h 'as undone thine honour poyson'd thy vertue and of a lovely rose left thee a
Mel. Why Diphilus it is A thing to laugh at in respect of this Here was my Sister Father Brother Son All that I had speak once again What youth lies slain there by thee Amint. 'T is Aspatia My senses fade let me give up my soul Into thy bosom Cal. What 's that what 's that Aspatia Mel. I never did repent the greatness of my heart till now It will not burst at need Cal. My daughter dead here too and you have all fine new tricks to grieve but I ne're knew any but direct crying Mel. I am a pratler but no more Diph. Hold Brother Lysip Stop him Diph. Fie how unmanly was this offer in you Does this become our strain Cal. I know not what the mater is but I am Grown very kind and am friends with you You have given me that among you will kill me Quickly but I 'le go home and live as long as I can Mel. His spirit is but poor that can be kept From death for want of weapons Is not my hand a weapon good enough To stop my breath or if you tie down those I vow Amintor I will never eat Or drink or sleep or have to do with that That may preserve life this I swear to keep Lysip Look to him tho' and bear those bodies in May this a fair example be to me To rule with temper for on lustful Kings Unlookt for sudden deaths from heaven are sent But curst is he that is their instrument PHILASTER OR Love lies a Bleeding The Scene being in Cicilie Persons Represented in the Play The King Philaster Heir to the Crown Pharamond Prince of Spain Dion a Lord. Noble Gentlemen his Associates Cleremont Thrasiline Arethusa the Kings Daughter Galatea a wise modest Lady attending the Princess Megra a lascivious Lady An old wanton Lady or Croan Another Lady attending the Princess Eufrasia Daughter of Dion but disguised like a Page and called Bellario An old Captain Five Citizens A Countrey fellow Two Woodmen The Kings Guard and Train Actus primus Scena prima Enter Dion Cleremont and Thrasiline Cler. HEre 's not Lords nor Ladies Dion Credit me Gentlemen I wonder at it They receiv'd strict charge from the King to attend here Besides it was boldly published that no Officer should forbid any Gentlemen that desire to attend and hear Cle. Can you ghess the cause Di. Sir it is plain about the Spanish Prince that 's come to marry our Kingdoms Heir and be our Soveraign Thra. Many that will seem to know much say she looks not on him like a Maid in Love Di. O Sir the multitude that seldom know any thing but their own opinions speak that they would have but the Prince before his own approach receiv'd so many confident messages from the State that I think she 's resolv'd to be rul'd Cle. Sir it is thought with her he shall enjoy both these Kingdoms of Cicilie and Calabria Di. Sir it is without controversie so meant But 't will be a troublesome labour for him to enjoy both these Kingdoms with safetie the right Heir to one of them living and living so vertuously especially the people admiring the bravery of his mind and lamenting his injuries Cle. Who Philaster Di. Yes whose Father we all know was by our late King of Calabria unrighteously deposed from his fruitful Cicilie My self drew some blood in those Wars which I would give my hand to be washed from Cle. Sir my ignorance in State-policy will not let me know why Philaster being Heir to one of these Kingdoms the King should suffer him to walk abroad with such free liberty Di. Sir it seems your nature is more constant than to enquire after State news But the King of late made a hazard of both the Kingdoms of Cicilie and his own with offering but to imprison Philaster At which the City was in arms not to be charm'd down by any State order or Proclamation till they saw Philaster ride through the streets pleas'd and without a guard at which they threw their Hats and their arms from them some to make bonefires some to drink all for his deliverance Which wise men say is the cause the King labours to bring in the power of a Foreign Nation to aw his own with Enter Galatea Megra and a Lady Thra. See the Ladies what 's the first Di. A wife and modest Gentlwoman that attends the Princess Cle. The second Di. She is one that may stand still discreetly enough and ill savour'dly Dance her Measure simper when she is Courted by her Friend and slight her Husband Cle. The last Di. Marry I think she is one whom the State keeps for the Agents of our confederate Princes she 'll cog and lie with a whole Army before the League shall break her name is common through the Kingdom and the Trophies of her dishonour advanced beyond Hercules-pillars She loves to try the several constitutions of mens bodies and indeed has destroyed the worth of her own body by making experiment upon it for the good of the Common-wealth Cle. She 's a profitable member La. Peace if you love me you shall see these Gentlemen stand their ground and not Court us Gal. What if they should Meg. What if they should La. Nay let her alone what if they should why if they should I say they were never abroad what Foreigner would do so it writes them directly untravel'd Gal. Why what if they be Meg. What if they be La. Good Madam let her go on what if they be Why if they be I will justifie they cannot maintain discourse with a judicious Lady nor make a Leg nor say Excuse me Gal. Ha ha ha La. Do you laugh Madam Di. Your desires upon you Ladies La. Then you must sit beside us Di. I shall sit near you then Lady La. Near me perhaps But there 's a Lady indures no stranger and to me you appear a very strange fellow Meg. Me thinks he 's not so strange he would quickly be acquainted Thra. Peace the King Enter King Pharamond Arethusa and Train King To give a stranger testimony of love Than fickly promises which commonly In Princes find both birth and burial In one breath we have drawn you worthy Sir To make your lair indearments to your daughter And worthy services known to our subjects Now lov'd and wondered at Next our intent To plant you deeply our immediate Heir Both to our Blood and Kingdoms For this Lady The best part of your life as you confirm me And I believe though her few years and sex Yet teach her nothing but her fears and blushes Desires without desire discourse and knowledge Only of what her sell is to her sell Make her feel moderate health and when she sleeps In making no ill day knows no ill dreams Think not dear Sir these undivided parts That must mould up a Virgin are put on To shew her so as borrowed ornaments To speak her perfect love to you or add An Artificial shadow to her
Pharamond Thra. The Prince Pha. Not a bed Ladies y' are good sitters up What think you of a pleasant dream to last Till morning Meg. I should choose my Lord a pleasing wake before it Enter Arethusa and Bellario Are. 'T is well my Lord y' are courting of Ladies Is' t not late Gentlemen Cle. Yes Madam Are. Wait you there Exit Arethusa Meg. She 's jealous as I live look you my Lord The Princess has a Hilas an Adonis Pha. His form is Angel-like Meg. Why this is he must when you are wed Sit by your pillow like young Apollo with His hand and voice binding your thoughts in sleep The Princess does provide him for you and for her self Pha. I find no musick in these boys Meg. Nor I. They can do little and that small they do They have not wit to hide Di. Serves he the Princess Thra. Yes Di. 'T is a sweet boy how brave she keeps him Pha. Ladies all good rest I mean to kill a Buck To morrow morning ere y 'ave done your dreams Meg. All happiness attend your Grace Gentlemen good rest Come shall we to bed Gal. Yes all good night Ex. Gal. and Meg. Di. May your dreams be true to you What shall we do Gallants 'T is late the King Is up still see he comes a Guard along With him Enter King Arethusa and Guard King Look your intelligence be true Are. Upon my life it is and I do hope Your Highness will not tye me to a man That in the heat of wooing throws me off And takes another Di. What should this mean King If it be true That Lady had been better have embrac'd Cureless Diseases get you to your rest Ex. Are. and Bel. You shall be tighted Gentlemen draw near We shall imploy you Is young Pharamond Come to his lodging Di. I saw him enter there King Haste some of you and cunningly discover If Megra be in her lodging Cle. Sir She parted hence but now with other Ladies King If she be there we shall not need to make A vain discovery of our suspicion You gods I see that who unrighteously Holds wealth or state from others shall be curst In that which meaner men are blest withall Ages to come shall know no male of him Lest to inherit and his name shall be Blotted from earth If he have any child It shall be crossly matched the gods themselves Shall sow wild strife betwixt her Lord and her Yet if it be your wills forgive the sin I have committed let it not fall Upon this understanding child of mine She has not broke your Laws but how can I Look to be heard of gods that must be just Praying upon the ground I hold by wrong Enter Dion Di. Sir I have asked and her women swear she is within but they I think are bawds I told 'em I must speak with her they laught and said their Lady lay speechless I said my business was important they said their Lady was about it I grew hot and cryed my business was a matter that concern'd life and death they answered so was sleeping at which their Lady was I urg'd again she had scarce time to be so since last I saw her they smil'd again and seem'd to instruct me that sleeping was nothing but lying down and winking Answers more direct I could not get in short Sir I think she is not there King 'T is then no time to dally you o' th' Guard Wait at the back door of the Princes lodging And see that none pass thence upon your lives Knock Gentlemen knock loud louder yet What has their pleasure taken off their hearing I 'le break your meditations knock again Not yet I do not think he sleeps having this Larum by him once more Pharamond Prince Pharamond above Pha. What sawcy groom knocks at this dead of night Where be our waiters By my vexed soul He meets his death that meets me for this boldness K. Prince you wrong your thoughts we are your friends Come down Pha. The King King The same Sir come down We have cause of present Counsel with you Pha. If your Grace please to use me I 'le attend you To your Chamber Pha. below King No 't is too late Prince I 'le make bold with yours Pha. I have some private reasons to my self Makes me unmannerly and say you cannot Nay press not forward Gentlemen he must come Through my life that comes here Enter King Sir be resolv'd I must and will come Pha. I will not be dishonour'd He that enters enters upon his death Sir 't is a sign you make no stranger of me To bring these Renegados to my Chamber At these unseason'd hours King Why do you Chase your self so you are not wrong'd nor shall be Onely I 'le search your lodging for some cause To our self known Enter I say Pha. I say no. Meg. Above Meg. Let 'em enter Prince Let 'em enter I am up and ready I know their business 'T is the poor breaking of a Ladies honour They hunt so hotly after let 'em enjoy it You have your business Gentlemen I lay here O my Lord the King this is not noble in you To make publick the weakness of a Woman King Come down Meg. I dare my Lord your whootings and your clamors Your private whispers and your broad steerings Can no more vex my soul than this base carriage But I have vengeance yet in store for some Shall in the most contempt you can have of me Be joy and nourishment King Will you come down Meg. Yes to laugh at your worst but I shall wrong you If my skill fail me not King Sir I must dearly chide you for this looseness You have wrong'd a worthy Lady but no more Conduct him to my lodging and to bed Cle. Get him another wench and you bring him to bed in deed Di. 'T is strange a man cannot ride a Stagg Or two to breath himself without a warrant If this geer hold that lodgings be search'd thus Pray heaven we may lie with our own wives in safety That they be not by some trick of State mistaken Enter with Megra King Now Lady of honour where 's your honour now No man can fit your palat but the Prince Thou most ill shrowded rottenness thou piece Made by a Painter and a Pothecary Thou troubled sea of lust thou wilderness Inhabited by wild thoughts thou swoln cloud Of Infection thou ripe Mine of all Diseases Thou all Sin all Hell and last all Devils tell me Had you none to pull on with your courtesies But he that must be mine and wrong my Daughter By all the gods all these and all the Pages And all the Court shall hoot thee through the Court Fling rotten Oranges make ribald Rimes And fear thy name with Candles upon walls Do you laugh Lady Venus Meg. Faith Sir you must pardon me I cannot chuse but laugh to see you merry If you do this O King nay if you dare do it By all these
good Captain we cannot tell whether we shall have any more such Adue dear Captain Exit Bac. Bes I will make better use of this than of my Sword A base spirit has this vantage of a brave one it keeps alwayes at a stay nothing brings it down not beating I remember I promis'd the King in a great Audience that I would make my back-biters eat my sword to a knife how to get another sword I know not nor know any means left for me to maintain my credit but impudence therefore I will out-swear him and all his followers that this is all that 's left uneaten of my sword Exit Bessus Enter Mardonius Mar. I 'le move the King he is most strangely alter'd I guess the cause I fear too right Heaven has some secret end in 't and 't is a scourge no question justly laid upon him he has followed me through twenty Rooms and ever when I stay to wait his command he blushes like a Girl and looks upon me as if modesty kept in his business so turns away from me but if I go on he follows me again Enter Arbaces See here he is I do not use this yet I know not how I cannot chuse but weep to see him his very Enemies I think whose wounds have bred his fame if they should see him now would find tears i' their eyes Arb. I cannot utter it why should I keep A breast to harbour thoughts I dare not speak Darkness is in my bosom and there lie A thousand thoughts that cannot brook the light How wilt thou vex'em when this deed is done Conscience that art afraid to let me name it Mar. How do you Sir Arb. Why very well Mardonius how dost thou do Mar. Better than you I fear Arb. I hope thou art for to be plain with thee Thou art in Hell else secret scorching flames That far transcend earthly material fires Are crept into me and there is no cure Is it not strange Mardonius there 's no cure Mar. Sir either I mistake or there is something hid That you would utter to me Arb. So there is but yet I cannot do it Mar. Out with it Sir if it be dangerous I will not shrink to do you service I shall not esteem my life a weightier matter than indeed it is I know it is subject to more chances than it has hours and I were better lose it in my Kings cause than with an ague or a fall or sleeping to a Thief as all these are probable enough let me but know what I shall do for you Arb. It will not out were you with Gobrias And bad him give my Sister all content The place affords and give her leave to send And speak to whom she please Mar. Yes Sir I was Arb. And did you to Bacurius say as much About Tigranes Mar. Yes Arb. That 's all my business Mar. O say not so You had an answer of this before Besides I think this business might Be utter'd more carelesly Arb. Come thou shalt have it out I do beseech thee By all the love thou hast profest to me To see my Sister from me Mar. Well and what Arb. That 's all Mar. That 's strange I shall say nothing to her Arb. Not a word But if thou lovest me find some subtil way To make her understand by signs Mar. But what shall I make her understand Arb. O Mardonius for that I must be pardon'd Mar. You may but I can only see her then Arb. 'T is true Bear her this Ring then and One more advice thou shalt speak to her Tell her I do love My kindred all wilt thou Mar. Is there no more Arb. O yes and her the best Better than any Brother loves his Sister That 's all Mar. Methinks this need not have been delivered with such a caution I 'le do it Arb. There is more yet Wilt thou be faithul to me Mar. Sir if I take upon me to deliver it after I hear it I 'le pass through fire to do it Arb. I love her better than a Brother ought Dost thou conceive me Mar. I hope you do not Sir Arb. No thou art dull kneel down before her And ne'r rise again till she will love me Mar. Why I think she does Arb. But better than she does another way As wives love Husbands Mar. Why I think there are few Wives that love their Husbands better than she does you Arb. Thou wilt not understand me is it sit This should be uttered plainly take it then Naked as it is I would desire her love Lasciviously lewdly incestuously To do a sin that needs must damn us both And thee too dost thou understand me now Mar. Yes there 's your Ring again what have I done Dishonestly in my whole life name it That you should put so base a business to me Arb. Didst thou not tell me thou wouldst do it Mar. Yes if I undertook it but if all My hairs were lives I would not be engag'd In such a case to save my last life Arb. O guilt ha how poor and weak a thing art thou This man that is my servant whom my breath Might blow upon the world might beat me here Having this cause whil'st I prest down with sin Could not resist him hear Mardonius It was a motion mis-beseeming man And I am sorry for it Mar. Heaven grant you may be so you must understand nothing that you can utter can remove my love and service from my Prince But otherwise I think I shall not love you more For you are sinful and if you do this crime you ought to have no Laws For after this it will be great injustice in you to punish any offender for any crime For my self I find my heart too big I feel I have not patience to look on whilst you run these forbidden courses Means I have none but your favour and I am rather glad that I shall lose 'em both together than keep 'em with such conditions I shall find a dwelling amongst some people where though our Garments perhaps be coursââ we shall be richer far within and harbour no such vices in 'em the Gods preserve you and mend Arb. Mardonius stay Mardonius for though My present state requires nothing but knaves To be about me such as are prepar'd For every wicked act yet who does know But that my loathed Fate may turn about And I have use for honest men again I hope I may I prethee leave me not Enter Bessus Bes Where is the King Mar. There Bes An 't please your Majesty there 's the knife Arb. What knife Bes The Sword is eaten Mar. Away you fool the King is serious And cannot now admit your vanities Bes Vanities I 'me no honest man if my enemies have not brought it to this what do you think I lie Arb. No no 't is well Bessus 't is very well I 'm glad on 't Mar. If your enemies brought it to this your enemies are Cutlers come leave the King Bes
't To which I dedicate my beaten body I must trouble you a little further Gentlemen o' th' Sword 2 No trouble at all to us Sir if we may Profit your understanding we are bound By vertue of our calling to utter our opinions Shortly and discreetly Bes My forest business is I have been kick'd 2 How far Sir Bes Not to flatter my self in it all over my sword forc'd but not lost for discreetly I rendred it to save that imputation 1 It shew'd discretion the best part of valour 2 Brother this is a pretty cause pray ponder on 't Our friend here has been kick'd 1 He has so brother 2 Sorely he saies Now had he set down here Upon the meer kick 't had been Cowardly 1 I think it had been Cowardly indeed 2 But our friend has redeem'd it in delivering His sword without compulsion and that man That took it of him I pronounce a weak one And his kicks nullities He should have kick'd him after the delivering Which is the confirmation of a Coward 1 Brother I take it you mistake the question For say that I were kick'd 2 I must not say so Nor I must not hear it spoke by the tongue of man You kick'd dear brother you 're merry 1 But put the case I were kick'd 2 Let them put it that are things weary of their lives and know not honour put the case you were kick'd 1 I do not say I was kickt 2 Nor no silly creature that wears his head without a Case his soul in a Skin-coat You kickt dear brother Bes Nay Gentlemen let us do what we shall do Truly and honesty good Sirs to the question 1 Why then I say suppose your Boy kick't Captain 2 The Boy may be suppos'd is liable 1 A foolish forward zeal Sir in my friend But to the Boy suppose the Boy were kickt Bes I do suppose it 1 Has your Boy a sword Bes Surely no I pray suppose a sword too 1 I do suppose it you grant your Boy was kick't then 2 By no means Captain let it be supposed still the word grant makes not for us 1 I say this must be granted 2 This must be granted brother 1 I this must be granted 2 Still this must 1 I say this must be granted 2 I give me the must again brother you palter 1 I will not hear you wasp 2 Brother I say you palter the must three times together I wear as sharp Steel as another man and my Fox bites as deep musled my dear brother But to the cause again Bes Nay look you Gentlemen 2 In a word I ha' done 1 A tall man but intemperate 't is great pity Once more suppose the Boy kick'd 2 Forward 1 And being thorowly kick'd laughs at the kicker 2 So much for us proceed 1 And in this beaten scorn as I may call it Delivers up his weapon where lies the error Bes It lies i' th' beating Sir I found it four dayes since 2 The error and a sore one as I take it Lies in the thing kicking Bes I understand that well 't is so indeed Sir 1 That is according to the man that did it 2 There springs a new branch whose was the foot Bes A Lords 1 The cause is mighty but had it been two Lords And both had kick'd you if you laugh 't is clear Bes I did laugh But how will that help me Gentlemen 2 Yes it shall help you if you laught aloud Bes As loud as a kick'd man could laugh I laught Sir 1 My reason now the valiant man is known By suffering and contemning you have Enough of both and you are valiant 2 If he be sure he has been kick'd enough For that brave sufferance you speak of brother Consists not in a beating and away But in a endgell'd body from eighteen To eight and thirty in a head rebuk'd With pots of all size degrees stools and bed-staves This showes a valiant man Bes Then I am valiant as valiant as the proudest For these are all familiar things to me Familiar as my sleep or want of money All my whole body's but one bruise with beating I think I have been endgell'd with all nations And almost all Religions 2 Embrace him brother this man is valiant I know it by my self he 's valiant 1 Captain thou art a valiant Gentleman To bide upon a very valiant man Bes My equall friends o'th'Sword I must request your hands to this 2 'T is fit it should be Bes Boy get me some wine and pen and Ink within Am I clear Gentlemen 1 Sir the world has taken notice what we have done Make much of your body for I 'll pawn my steel Men will be cover of their legs hereafter Bes I must request you goe along and testife to the Lord Bacurius whose foot has struck me how you find my cause 2 We will and tell that Lord he must be rul'd Or there are those abroad will rule his Lordship Exeunt Enter Arbaces at one door and Gob. and Panthea at another Gob. Sir here 's the Princess Arb. Leave us then alone For the main cause of her imprisonment Must not be heard by any but her self Exit Gob. You 're welcome Sister and would to heaven I could so bid you by another name If you above love not such sins as these Circle my heart with thoughts as cold as snow To quench these rising flames that harbour here Pan. Sir does it please you I should speak Arb. Please me I more than all the art of musick can Thy speech doth please me for it ever sounds As thou brought'st joyfull unexpected news And yet it is not fit thou shouldst be heard I pray thee think so Pan. Be it so I will Am I the first that ever had a wrong So far from being sit to have redress That 't was unfit to hear it I will back To prison rather than disquiet you And wait till it be fit Arb. No do not goe For I will hear thee with a serious thought I have collected all that 's man about me Together strongly and I am resolv'd To hear thee largely but I do beseech thee Do not come nearer to me for there is Something in that that will undoe us both Pan. Aâas Sir am I vânome Arb. Yes to me Though of thy self I think thee to be In equall degree of heat or cold As nature can make yet as unfound men Convert the sweetest and the nourishing'st meats Into diseases so shall I distemper'd Do thee I pray thee draw no nearer to me Pan. Sir this is that I would I am of late Shut from the world and why it should be thus Is all I wish to know Arb. Why credit me Panthea Credit me that am thy brother Thy loving brother that there is a cause Sufficient yet unsit for thee to know That might undoe thee everlastingly Only to hear wilt thou but credit this By Heaven 't is true believe it if thou canst Pan. Children and fools
and speak it to thy self Gob. Sir you shall know your sins before you do 'em if you kill me Arb. I will not stay then Gob. Know you kill your Father Arb. How Gob. You kill your Father Arb. My Father though I know 't for a lie made out of fear to save thy stained life the very reverence of the word comes cross me and ties mine arm down Gob. I will tell you that shall heighten you again I am thy Father I charge thee hear me Arb. If it should be so as 't is most false and that I should be found a Bastard issue the despised fruit of lawless lust I should no more admire all my wild passions but another truth shall be wrung from thee if I could come by the Spirit of pain it should be poured on thee till thou allow'st thy self more full of lies than he that teaches thee Enter Arane Ara. Turn thee about I come to speak to thee thou wicked man hear me thou tyrant Arb. I will turn to thee hear me thou Strumpet I have blotted out the name of Mother as thou hast thy shame Ara. My shame thou hast less shame than any thing why dost thou keep my Daughter in a prison why dost thou call her Sister and do this Arb. Cease thy strange impudence and answer quickly if thou contemnest me this will ask an answer and have it Ara. Help me Gentle Gobrias Arb. Guilt dâaâ not help guilt though they grow together in doing ill yet at the punishment they sever and each flies the noise of other think not of help answer Ara. I will to what Arb. To such a thing as if it be a truth think what a creature thou hast made thy self that didst not shame to do what I must blush only to ask thee tell me who I am whose son I am without all circumstance be thou as hasty as my Sword will be if thou refusest Ara. Why you are his son Arb. His Son swear swear thou worse than woman damn'd Ara. By all that 's good you are Arb. Then art thou all that ever was known bad now is the cause of all my strange mis-fortunes come to light what reverence expectest thou from a child to bring forth which thou hast offended heaven thy husband and the Land adulterous witch I know now why thou wouldst have poyson'd me I was thy lust which thou wouldst have forgot then wicked Mother of my sins and me show me the way to the inheritance I have by thee which is a spacious world of impious acts that I may soon possess it plagues rot thee as thou liv'st and such diseases as use to pay lust recompence thy deed Gob. You do not know why you curse thus Arb. Too well you are a pair of Vipers and behold the Serpent you have got there is no beast but if he knew it has a pedigree as brave as mine for they have more descents and I am every way as beastly got as far without the compass of Law as they Ara. You spend your rage and words in vain and rail upon a guess hear us a little Arb. No I will never hear but talk away my breath ââd die Gob. Why but you are no Bastard Arb. How 's that Ara. Nor child of mine Arb. Still you go on in wonders to me Gob. Pray you be more patient I may bring comfort to âou Arb. I will kneel and hear with the obedience of a âhild good Father speak I do acknowledge you so you ââring comfort Gob. First know our last King your supposed Father âas old and feeble when he married her and almost all âhe Land thought she was past hope of issue from him Arb. Therefore she took leave to play the whore because âhe King was old is this the comfort Ara. What will you find out to give me satisfaction âhen you find how you have injur'd me let fire consume âe if ever I were a whore Gob. For-bear these starts or I will leave you wedded to despair as you are now if you can find a temper my breath shall be a pleasant western wind that cools and blasts not Arb. Bring it out good Father I 'le lie and listen here âs reverently as to an Angel if I breath too loud tell me for I would be as still as night Gob. Our King I say was old and this our Queen desir'd to bring an heir but yet her husband she thought was past ât and to be dishonest I think she would not if she would have been the truth is she was watcht so narrowly and had so slender opportunities she hardly could have been but yet her cunning found out this way she feign'd her self with child and posts were sent in hast throughout the Land and humble thanks was given in every Church and prayers were made for her safe going and delivery she feign'd now to grow bigger and perceiv'd this hope of issue made her fear'd and brought a far more large respect from every man and saw her power increase and was resolv'd since she believ'd she could not hav 't indeed at least she would be thought to have a child Arb. Do I not hear it well nay I will make no noise at all but pray you to the point quickly as you can Gob. Now when the time was full she should be brought to bed I had a Son born which was you this the Queen hearing of mov'd me to let her have you and such reasons she shewed me as she knew would tie my secrecie she swore you should be King and to be short I did deliver you unto her and pretended you were dead and in mine own house kept a funeral and had an empty cossin put in Earth that night this Queen feign'd hastily to labour and by a pair of women of her own which she had charm'd she made the world believe she was delivered of you You grew up as the Kings Son till you were six years old then did the King dye and did leave to me Protection of the Realm and contrary to his own expectation left this Queen truely with child indeed of the fair Princess Panthea then she could have torn her hair and did alone to me yet durst not speak in publick for she knew she should be found a traytor and her tale would have been thought madness or any thing rather than truth This was the only cause why she did seek to poyson you and I to keep you safe and this the reason why I sought to kindle some sparks of love in you to fair Panthea that she might get part of her right again Arb. And have you made an end now is this all if not I will be still till I be aged till all my hairs be Silver Gob. This is all Arb. And is it true say you too Madam Ara. Yes heaven knows it is most true Arb. Panthea then is not my Sister Gob. No. Arb. But can you prove this Gob. If you will give consent else who dares go
very young Arn. Yes Rut. And fair I dare proclaim her Else mine âyes fail Arn. Faââ as the ând unblasted Rut. I cannot blame him then if 't were mine own case I would not go an Ace less Arn. âye Rutilio Why do you make your brothers misery Your sport and game Rut. There is no pastime like it Arn. I look'd for your advice your timely Counsel How to avoid this blow not to be mockt at And my afflictions jeer'd Rut. I tell thee Arnoldo An thou wert my Father as thou art but my Brother My younger Brother too I must be merry And where there is a wench yet can a young wench A handsome wench and sooner a good turn too An I were to be hang'd thus must I handle it But you shall see Sir I can change this habit To do you any service advise what you please And see with what Devotion I 'le attend it But yet me thinks I am taken with this Custom Enter Charino and Zenocia And could pretend to th' place Arn. Draw off a little Here comes my Mistress and her Father Rut. A dainty wench Wou'd I might farm his Custom Char. My dear Daughter Now to bethink your self of new advice Will be too late late this timeless sorrow No price not prayers can infringe the fate Your beauty hath ãâ¦ã âou my best Zenocia Be rul'd by me a Faââââ care directs ye Look on the Count look chearfully and sweetly What though he have thâ power to possess ye ãâã pluck your Maiâââonour and then slight ye ãâ¦ã unresistible to enjoy you ãâã âââet Child so much your youth and goodness ãâã ââauty of your soul and Saint-like Modesty Have won upon his mild mind so much charm'd him That all power laid aside what Law allows him Or sudden fires kindled from those bright eyes He sues to be your servant fairly nobly For ever to be tyed your faithful Husband Consider my best child Zeno. I have considered Char. The blessedness that this breeds too consider Besides your Fathers Honour your own peace The banishment for ever of this Custom This base and barbarous use for after once He has sound the happiness of holy Marriage And what it is to grow up with one Beauty How he will scorn and kick at such an heritage Left him by lust and lewd progenitors All Virgins too shall bless your name shall Saint it And like so many Pilgrims go to your shrine When time has turn'd your beauty into ashes Fill d with your pious memory Zeno. Good Father Hide not that better Pill I loath to swallow In such sweet words Char. The Count 's a handsome Gentleman And having him y' are certain of a fortune A high and noble fortune to attend you Where if you fling your Love upon this stranger This young Arnoldo not knowing from what place Or honourable strain of blood he is sprung you venture All your own sweets and my long cares to nothing Nor are you certain of his saith why may not that Wander as he does every where Zen. No more Sir I must not hear I dare not hear him wrong'd thus Vertue is never wounded but I suffer 'T is an ill Office in your age a poor one To judge thus weakly and believe your self too A weaker to betray your innocent Daughter To his intemp'rate rude and wild embraces She hates as Heaven hates falshood Rut. A good wench She sticks close to you Sir Zeno. His faith uncertain The nobleness his vertue springs from doubted D' ye doubt it is day now or when your body 's perfect Your stomach 's well dispos'd your pulse's temperate D' ye doubt you are in health I tell you Father One hour of this mans goodness this mans Nobleness Put in the Scale against the Counts whole being Forgive his lusts too which are half his life He could no more endure to hold weight with him Arnoldo's very looks are fair examples His common and indifferent actions Rules and strong ties of vertue he has my first love To him in sacred vow I have given this body In him my mind inhabits Rut. Good wench still Zeno. And till he sting me off as undeserving Which I confess I am of such a blessing But would be loth to find it so Arn. O never Never my happy Mistress never never When your poor servant lives but in your favour One foot i' th' grave the other shall not linger What sacrifice of thanks what age of service What danger of more dreadful look than death What willing Martyrdom to crown me constant May merit such a goodness such a sweetness A love so Nobly great no power can ruine Most blessed Maid go on the Gods that gave this This pure unspotted love the Child of Heaven In their own goodness must preserve and save it And raise you a reward beyond our recompence Zeno. I ask but you a pure Maid to possess And then they have crown'd my wishes If I fall then Go seek some better love mine will debase you Rut. A pretty innocent fool well Governour Though I think well of your custom and could wish my self For this night in your place heartily wish it Yet if you play not fair play and above board too I have a foolish gin here I say no more I 'le tell you what and if your honours guts are not inchanted Arn. I should now chide you Sir for so declining The goodness and the grace you have ever shew'd me And your own vertue too in seeking rashly To violate that love Heaven has appointed To wrest your Daughters thoughts part that affection That both our hearts have tyed and seek to give it Rut. To a wild fellow that would weary her A Cannibal that feeds on the heads of Maids Then flings their bones and bodies to the Devil Would any man of discretion venture such a gristle To the rude clawes of such a Cat-a-mountain You had better tear her between two Oaks a Town Bull Is a meer Stoick to this fellow a grave Philosopher And a Spanish Jennet a most vertuous Gentleman Arn. Does this seem handsome Sir Rut. Though I confess Any man would desire to have her and by any means At any rate too yet that this common Hangman That hath whipt off the heads of a thousand maids already That he should glean the Harvest sticks in my stomach This Rogue breaks young wenches to the Saddle And teaches them to stumble ever after That he should have her for my Brother now That is a handsome young fellow and well thought on And will deal tenderly in the business Or for my self that have a reputation And have studied the conclusions of these causes And know the perfect manage I 'le tell you old Sir If I should call you wise Sir I should bely you This thing you study to betray your child to This Maiden-monger When you have done your best And think you have fixt her in the point of honour Who do you think you have tyed her to a
and of his power If we finde cause to use them otherwise I would not be known here and these disguises Will keep us from discovery Enter Manuel Doctor Arnoldo Guard Char. What are these Clo. The Governour with him my Rival bound Char. For certain 't is Arnoldo Clo. Let 's attend What the success will be Mar. Is' t possible There should be hope of his recovery His wounds so many and so deadly Doct. So they appear'd at first but the blood stop'd His trance forsook him and on better search We found they were not mortal Man Use all care To perfect this unhop'd for cure that done Propose your own rewards and till you shall Hear farther from me for some ends I have Conceal it from his Mother Doct. Wee 'l not fail Sir Exit Man You still stand confident on your innocence Arn. It is my best and last guard which I will not Leave to relye on your uncertain mercy Enter Hippolyta Zabulon Leopold Zenocia 2 Servants Hip. Who bad you follow me Goe home and you Sir As you respect me goe with her Arn. Zenocia And in her house a Servant Char. 'T is my Daughter Clo. My love Contain your joy observe the sequel Zen. passes Man Fye Madam how undecent 't is for you So far unlike your self to bee seen thus In th' open streets why do you kneel pray you rise I am acquainted with the wrong and loss You have sustain'd and the Delinquent now Stands ready for his punishment Hip. Let it fall Sir On the offender he is innocent And most unworthy of these bonds he wears But I made up of guilt Man VVhat strange turn 's this Leo. This was my prisoner once Hip. If chastity In a young man and tempted to the height too Did ere deserve reward or admiration He justly may claim both Love to his person Or if you please give it a fouler name Compel'd me first to train him to my house All engines I rais'd there to shake his vertue VVhich in the assault were useless he unmov'd still As if he had no part of humane frailty Against the nature of my Sex almost I plaid the Ravisher You might have seen In our contention young Apollo fly And love-sick Daphne follow all arts failing By slight he wan the victory breaking from My scorn'd embraces the repulse in women Unsufferable invited me to practise A means to be reveng'd and from this grew His Accusation and the abuse Of your still equall justice My rage ever Thanks heaven though wanton I found not my self So far engag'd to Hell to prosecute To the death what I had plotted for that love That made me fall desire him then accuse him Commands me with the hazard of my self First to entreat his pardon then acquit him Man VVhat âre you are so much I love your vertue That I desire your friendship do you unloose him From those bonâs you are worthy of your repentance Makes part of satisfaction yet I must Severely reprehend you Leo. I am made A stale on all parts But this fellow shall Pay dearly for her favour Arn. My life 's so full Of various changes that I now despair Of any certain port one trouble ending A new and worse succeeds it what should Zenocia Do in this womans house Can chastity And hot Lust dwell together without infection I would not be or jealous or secure Yet something must be done to found the depth on 't That she lives is my bliss but living there A hell of torments there 's no way to her In whom I live but by âhis door through which To me 't is ââath to enter yeâ I must And ãâã maâe tryal Man Let me hear no more Of these devices Lady this I pardââ And at your intercession I forgive Your instrument the Jew too get you home The hundred thousand crowns you lent the City Towards the setting forth of the last Navy bound for the Islands was a good then which I ballance with your ill now Char. Now Sir to him You know my Daughter needs it Hip. Let me take A farewell with mine eye Sir though my lip Be barr'd the Ceremonie courtesie And Custom too allows of Aââ Gentle Madam I neither am so cold nor so ill bred But that I dare receive it you are unguarded And let me tell you that I am asham'd Of my late rudeness and would gladly therefore If you please to accept my ready service Wait on you to your house Hip. Above my hope Sir if an Angel were to be my convoy He should not be more welcom Ex. Arn. and Hip. Clo. Now you know me Man Yes Sir and honour you ever remembring Your many bounties being ambitious only To give you cause to say by some one service That I am not ungratefull Clod. 'T is now offer'd I have a suit to you and an easie one Which e're long you shall know Man When you think fit Sir And then as a command I will receive it Till when most welcom you are welcom too Sir 'T is spoken from the heart and therefore needs not Much protestation at your better leisure I will enquire the cause that brought you hither In the mean time serve you Clod. You out-doe me Sir Exeâât Actus Quartus Scena Prima Enter Duarte Doctor Dua. YOU have bestow'd on me a second life For which I live your creature and have better'd What nature fram'd unperfect my first being Insolent pride made monstrous but this later In learning me to know my self hath taught me Not to wrong others Doct. Then we live indeed When we can goe to rest without alarm Given every minute to a guilt-sick conscience To keep us waking and rise in the morning Secure in being innocent but when In the remembrance of our worser actions We ever bear about us whips and furies To make the day a night of sorrow to us Even life 's a burthen Dua. I have found and felt it But will endeavour having first made peace VVith those intestine enemies my rude passions To be so with man-kind but worthy Doctor Pray if you can resolve me was the Gentleman That left me dead ere brought unto his tryal Doct. Nor known nor apprehended Dua. That 's my grief Doct. Why do you wish he had been punished Dua. No The stream of my swoln sorrow runs not that way For could I find him as I vow to Heaven It shall be my first care to seek him out I would with thanks acknowledge that his sword In opening my veins which proud bloud poison'd Gave the first symptoms of true health Doct. 'T is in you A Christian resolution that you live Is ãâã the Governours your Uncles charge As yet conceal'd And though a sons loss never Was solemniz'd with more tears of true sorrow Than have been paid by your unequal'd Mother For your supposed death she 's not acquainted With your recovery Dua. For some few dayes Pray let her so continue thus disguis'd I may abroad unknown Doct. Without
art Heaven knows I am free Leop. The thought of that 's dead to me I gladly take your offer Rut. Do so Sir A piece of crackt gold ever will weigh down Silver that 's whole Gov. You shall be all my guests I must not be denyed Arn. Come my Zenocia Our bark at length has found a quiet harbour And the unspotted progress of our loves Ends not alone in safety but reward To instruct others by our fair example That though good purposes are long withstood The hand of Heaven still guides such as are good Exâoâââ The Prologue SO free this workes Gentlemen from offence That we are confident it needs no defence From us or from the Poets we dare look On any man that brings his Table-book To write down what again he may repeat At some great Table to deserve his meat Let such come swell'd with malice to apply What is mirth here there for an injurie Nor Lord nor Lady we have tax'd nor State Nor any private person their poor hate Will be stare'd here for envy shall not finde One touch that may be wrested to her minde And yet despair not Gentlemen The play Is quick and witty so the Poets say And we believe them the plot neat and new âasââon'd like those that are approv'd by you Only 't will crave attention in the most Because one point unmark'd the whole is lost Hear first then and judge after and be free And as our cause is let our censure be Epilogue WHY there should be an Epilogue to a play I know no cause the old and usuall way For which they were made was to entreat the grace Of such as were spectators in this place And time 't is to no purpose for I know What you resolve already to bestow Will not be alter'd what so e're I say In the behalf of us and of the Play Only to quit our doubts if you think fit You may or cry it up or silence it Another Prologue for the Custom of the Country WE wish if it were possible you knew What we would give for this nights look if new It being our ambition to delight Our kind spectators with what 's good and right Yet so far know and credit me 't was made By such as were held work men in their Trade At a time too when they as I divine Were truly merrie and drank lusty wine The nectar of the Muses Some are here I dare presume to whom it did appear A well-drawn piece which gave a lawfull birth To passionate Scenes mixt with no vulgar mirth But unto such to whom 't is known by fame From others perhaps only by the name I am a suitor that they would prepare Sound palats and then judge their bill of fare It were injustice to decry this now For being like'd before you may allow Your candor safe what 's taught in the old schools All such as liv'd before you were not fools The Epilogue I Spake much in the Prologue for the Play To its desert I hope yet you might say Should I change now from that which then was meant Or in a syllable grow less confident I were weak-hearted I am still the same In my opinion and forbear to frame Qualification or excuse If you Concur with me and hold my judgement true Shew it with any sign and from this place Or send me off exploded or with grace THE ELDER BROTHER A COMEDY Persons Represented in the Play Lewis a Lord. Miramont a Gentleman Brisac a Justice Brother to Miramont Sons to Brisac Charles a Scholar Eustace a Courtier two Courtiers friends to Eustace Egremont Cowsy Andrew Servant to Charles Servants to Brisac Cook Butler Priest Notary Servants Officers Angellina Daughter to Lewis Sylvia her Woman Lilly Wife to Andrew Ladies LECTORI Would'st thou all Wit all Comick Art survey Read here and wonder Fletcher writ the Play Actus primus Scena prima Enter Lewis Angellina and Sylvia Lewis NAY I must walk you farther Ang. I am tir'd Sir and ne'er shall foot it home Lew. 'T is for your health the want of exercise takes from your Beauties and sloth dries up your sweetness That you are my only Daughter and my Heir is granted and you in thankfulness must needs acknowledge you ever find me an indulgent Father and open handed Ang. Nor can you tax me Sir I hope for want of duty to deserve these favours from you Lew. No my Angellina I love and cherish thy obedience to me which my care to advance thee shall confirm all that I aim at is to win thee from the practice of an idle foolish state us'd by great Women who think any labour though in the service of themselves a blemish to their fair fortunes Ang. Make me understand Sir what 't is you point at Lew. At the custom how Virgins of wealthy Families waste their youth after a long sleep when you wake your Woman presents your Breakfast then you sleep again then rise and being trimm'd up by other hands y' are led to Dinner and that ended either to Cards or to your Couch as if you were born without motion after this to Supper and then to Bed and so your life runs round without variety or action Daughter Syl. Here 's a learned Lecture Lew. Frow this idleness Diseases both in body and in mind grow strong upon you where a stirring nature with wholesome exercise guards both from danger I 'd have thee rise with the Sun walk dance or hunt visit the Groves and Springs and learn the vertue of Plants and Simples Do this moderately and thou shalt not with eating Chalk or Coles Leather and Oatmeal and such other trash fall into the Green-sickness Syl. With your pardon were you but pleas'd to minister it I could prescribe a Remedy for my Lady's health and her delight too far transcending those your Lordship but now mention'd Lew. What is it Sylvia Syl. What is' t a noble Husband in that word a noble Husband all content of Woman is wholly comprehended He will rouse her as you say with the Sun and so pipe to her as she will dance ne'er doubt it and hunt with her upon occasion until both be weary and then the knowledge of your Plants and Simples as I take it were superfluous A loving and but add to it a gamesome Bedfellow being the sure Physician Lew. Well said Wench Ang. And who gave you Commission to deliver your Verdict Minion Syl. I deserve a Fee and not a frown dear Madam I but speak her thoughts my Lord and what her modesty refuses to give voice to Shew no mercy to a Maidenhead of fourteen but off with 't let her lose no time Sir Fathers that deny their Daughters lawful pleasures when ãâã for them in some kinds edge their appetites to taste of the fruit that is forbidden Lew. 'T is well urg'd and I approve it No more blushing Girl thy Woman hath spoke truth and so prevented what I meant to move to thee There dwells
ever Die I give to fatal Dames that spin mens threads out ând poor distreâsed Damseis that are militant âs members of our own Afflictions ãâã ââââred Crowns to buy warm Tubs to work in ãâã give five hundred pounds to buy a Church-yard ãâã spacious Church-yard to lay Thieves and Knaves in âich men and honest men take all the room up Lop. Are ye not weary Die Never of well doing Bar. These are mad Legacies Die They were got as madly My Sâeep and Oxen and my moveables My Plate and Jewels and five hundred Acres â have no heirs Bar. This cannot be 't is monstrous Die Three Ships at Sea too Bar. You have made me full Executor Die Full full and total would I had more to give ye âut these may serve an honest mind Bar. Ye say true â very honest mind and make it rich too âich wondrous rich but where shall I raise these moneys âbout your house I see no such great promises Where shall I find these sums Die Even where you please Sir âou are wise and provident and know business âv'n raise 'em where you shall think good I am reasonable Bar. Think good will that raise thousands What do you make me Die You have sworn to see it done that 's all my comfort Bar. Where I please this is pack'd sure to disgrace me Die Ye are just and honest and I know you will do it ââ'n where you please for you know where the wealth is Bar. I am abused betrayed I am laugh'd at scorn'd âaffl'd and boared it seems Ars No no ye are fooled Lop. Most finely fooled and handsomely and neatly ââch cunning Masters must be fool'd sometimes Sir ând have their Worships noses wiped 't is healthful We are but quit you fool us of our moneys â every Cause in every Quiddit wipe us Die Ha ha ha ha some more drink for my heart Gentlemen âhis merry Lawyer ha ha ha ha this Scholar â think this fit will cure me this Executor ãâã shall laugh out my Lungs Bar. This is derision above sufferance villany ââotted and set against me Die Faith 't is Knavery â troth I must confess thou art fool'd indeed Lawyer Mil. Did you think had this man been rich Bar. 'T is well Sir Mil. He would have chosen such a Wolf a Canker ãâã Maggot-pate to be his whole Executor Lop. A Lawyer that entangles all mens honesties ând lives like a Spider in a Cobweb lurking ând catching at all Flies that pass his pit-falls âuts powder to all States to make 'em caper Would he trust you Do you deserve Die I find Gentlemen âhis Cataplasm of a well cozen'd Lawyer âaid to my stomach lenisies my Feaver Methinks I could eat now and walk a little Bar. I am asham'd to feel how stat I am cheated âow grossly and maliciously made a May-game ãâã damned trick my Wife my Wife some Rascal My Credit and my Wife some lustful Villain âome Bawd some Rogue Ars Some crafty Fool has found ye This 't is Sir to teach ye to be too busie âo covet all the gains and all the rumours âo have a stirring Oare in all mens actions Lop. We did this but to vex your fine officiousness Bar. Good yield ye and good thank ye I am fooled Gentlemen The Lawyer is an Ass I do confess it A weak dull shallow Ass good even to your Worships Vicar remember Vicar Rascal remember Thou notable rich Rascal Die I do remember Sir 'Pray ye stay a little I have ev'n two Legacies To make your mouth up Sir Bar. Remember Varlets Quake and remember Rogues I have brine for your Buttocks Exit Lop. Oh how he frets and sumes now like a Dunghil Die His gall contains fine stuff now to make poysons Rare damned stuff Ars Let 's after him and still vex him And take my Friend off by this time be has prosper'd He cannot lose this dear time 't is impossible Mil. Well Diego thou hast done Lop. Hast done it daintily Mil. And shalt be as well paid Boy Ars Go let 's crucifie him Exeunt SCENA VI. Enter Amaranta Leandro Lean. I have told ye all my story and how desperately Ama. I do believe let 's walk on time is pretious Not to be spent in words here no more wooing The open Air 's an enemy to Lovers Do as I tell ye Lean. I 'le do any thing I am so over-joyâ'd I 'le fly to serve ye Am. Take your joy moderately as it is ministred And as the cause invites that man 's a fool That at the sight o' th' Bond dances and leaps Then is the true joy when the mony comes Lean. You cannot now deny me Ama. Nay you know not Women have crotchets and strange fits Lean. You shall not Ama. Hold ye to that and swear it confidently Then I shall make a scruple to deny ye 'Pray ye let 's step in and see a friend of mine The weather 's sharp we 'll slay but half an hour We may be miss'd else a private fine house 't is Sir And we may find many good welcomes Lean. Do Lady Do happy Lady Ama. All your mind 's of doing You must be modester Lean. I will be any thing Exeunt SCENA VII Enter Bartolus Bar. Open the doors and give me room to chase in Mine own room and my liberty why Maid there Open I say and do not anger me I am subject to much fury when ye Dish clout When do ye come asleep ye lazie Hell-hound Nothing intended but your case and eating No body here why Wife why Wife why Jewel No tongue to answer me pre'thee good Pupil Dispense a little with thy careful study And step to th' door and let me in nor he neither Ha! not at 's study nor asleep nor no body I 'le make ye hear the house of ignorance No sound inhabits here I have a Key yet That commands all I fear I am Metamorphiz'd Enter Lopez Arsenio Milanes Diego Lop. He keeps his fury still and may do mischief Mil. He shall be hang'd first we 'll be sticklers there boys Die The hundred thousand Dreams now that possess him Of jealousie and of revenge and frailtie Of drawing Bills against us and Petitions Lop. And casting what his credit shall recover Mil Let him cast till his Maw come up we care not You shall b still seântââ A great noise within Diâ We 'll pay him home then Hâââ wâât a noise he keeps within â p Wâ ãâ¦ã or the Devil roars there Dâ ãâ¦ã Law are broke loose Gentlemen A s H ââghting sure ãâã I'ââ tâll ye that immediately Exit Mil Oâ doing some strange out rage on himself A s Haâg him ãâã daââs not be so valiant Enter Diego Diâ There 's no body at home and he chases like a Lyon And ãâã withal Noise still Lop. No body ãâã Not a Creature Nothing within but he and his Law tempest The Ladlâs Dâshes Kettles how they she all And how the Glasses through the Rooms Enter Bartolus
is well prevented then yes I perceiv'd it When he took leave now he made a hundred stops Desir'd an hour but half an hour a minute Which I with anger cross'd I knew his business I knew 't was she he hunted on this journey man I beat out suddenly for her cause intended And would not give him time to breath When comes she Men. This morning Sir Ant. Lodge her to all delight then For I would have her try'd toth ' test I know She must be some crackt coyn not fit his trassique Which when we have found the shame will make him leave her Or we shall work a nearer way I 'le bury him And with him all the hopes I have cast upon him E're he shall dig his own grave in that woman You know which way to bring her I 'le stand close there To view her as she passes and do you hear Menippus Observe her with all sweetness humour her 'T will make her lie more careless to our purposes Away and take what helps you please Men. I am gone Sir Exeunt SCENA II. Enter Celia and Governess Cel. Governess from whom was this Gown sent me Prethee be serious true I will not wear 't else 'T is a handsom one Gov. As though you know not Cel. No faith But I believe for certain too yet I wonder Because it was his caution this poor way Still to preserve me from the curious searchings Of greedy eyes Gov. You have it does it please you Cel. 'T is very rich methinks too prethee tell me Gov. From one that likes you well never look coy Lady These are no gifts to be put off with powtings Cel. Powtings and gifts is it from any stranger Gov. You are so curious that there is no talk to ye What if it be I pray ye Cel. ânpin good Governess Quick quick Gov. Why what 's the matter Cel. Quick good Governess Fie on 't how beastly it becomes me poorly A trick put in upon me well said Governess I vow I would not wear it out it smells musty Are these your tricks now I begin to smell it Abominable musty will you help me The Prince will come again Gov. You are not mad sure Cel. As I live I 'le cut it off a pox upon it For sure it was made for that use do you bring me Liveries Stales to catch Kites dost thou laugh too thou base woman Gov. I cannot chuse if I should be hang'd Cel. Abuse me And then laugh at me too Gov. I do not abuse ye Is it abuse to give him drink that 's thirsty You want cloaths is it such a hainous sin I beseech ye To see you stor'd Cel. There is no greater wickedness Than this way Gov. What way Cel. I shall curse thee fearfully If thou provok'st me further and take heed woman My curses never miss Gov. Curse him that sent it Cel. Tell but his name Gov. You dare not curse him Cel. Dare not By this faiâ light Gov. You are so full of passion Cel. Dare not be good be honest dare not curse him Gov. I think you dare not I believe so Cel Speak him Gov. Up with your valour then up with it bravely And take your full charge Cel. If I do not hang me Tell but his name Gov. 'T was Prince Demetrius sent it Now now give site kill him i' th' eye now Lady Câl Is he come home Gov. It seems so but your curse now Cel. You do not lie I hope Gov. You dare not curse him Cel. Prethee do not abuse me is he come home indeed For I would now with all my heart believe thee Gov. Nay you may chuse alas I deal for strangers That send ye scurvie musty Gowns stale Liveries I have my tricks Cel. 'T is a good gown a handsome one I did but jest where is he Gov. He that sent it Cel. How he that sent it is' t come to that again Thou canst not be so foolish prethee speak out I may mistake thee Gov. I said he that sent it Cel. Curse o' my life why dost thou vex me thus I know thou meanest Demetrius dost thou not I charge thee speak truth if it be any other Thou knowst the charge he gave thee and the justice His anger will inflict if e're he know this As know he shall he shall thou spightfull woman Thou beastly woman and thou shalt know too late tâo And feel too sensible I am no ward No sale stuff for your money Merchants that sent it Who dare send me or how durst thou thou Gov. What you please For this is ever the reward of service The Prince shall bring the next himself Cel. 'T is strange That you should deal so peevishly beshrew ye You have put me in a heat Gov. I am sure ye have kill'd me I ne're receiv'd such language I can but wait upon ye And be your drudge keep a poor life to serve ye Cel. You know my nature is too easie Governess And you know now I am sorry too how does he Gov. O God my head Cel. Prethee be well and tell me Did he speak of me since he came nay see now If thou wilt leave this tyranny good sweet governess Did he but name his Celia look upon me Upon my saith I meant no harm here take this And buy thy self some trifles did he good wench Gov. He loves ye but too dearly Cel. That 's my good Governess Gov. There 's more cloaths making for ye Cel. More cloaths Gov. More Richer and braver I can tell ye that news And twenty glorious things Cel. To what use Sirrah Gov. Ye are too good for our house now we poor wretches Shall lose the comfort of ye Cel. No I hope not Gov. For ever lose ye Lady Cel. Lose me wherefore I hear of no such thing Gov. 'T is sure it must be so You must shine now at Court such preparation Such hurry and such hanging rooms Cel. Toth ' Court wench Was it toth ' Court thou saidst Gov. You 'l find it so Cel. Stay stay this cannot be Gov. I say it must be I hope to find ye still the same good Lady Cel. Toth ' Court this stumbles me art sure for mâweââ This preparation is Gov. She is perilous crafty I fear too honest for us all too Am I sure I live Cel. Toth ' Court this cannot down what should I ãâã thârâ Why should he on a suddain change his mind thus And not make me acquainted sure he loves me His vow was made against it and mine with him At least while this King liv'd he will come hither And see me e're I goe Gov. Wou'd some wise woman Had her in working That I think he will not Because he means with all joy there to meet ye Ye shall hear more within this hour Cel. A Courtier What may that meaning be sure he will see me If he be come he must Hark ye good Governess What age is the King of Gov. He 's an old man and
change the forms o' th' coins and execute His anger on a fault she ne'r committed Only to keep me safe why should I think so She never was to me but all obedience Sweetness and love Leo. How heartily he weeps now â have not wept this thirty years and upward But now if I should be hang'd I cannot hold from 't ât grieves me to the heart Dem. Who 's that that mocks me Leo. A plague of him that mocks ye I grieve truly Truly and heartily to see you thus Sir And if it lay in my power gods are my witness Who e'r he be that took your sweet peace from you â am not so old yet nor want I spirit Dem. No more of that no more Leontius Revenges are the gods our part is sufferance Farewell I shall not see thee long Leo. Good Sir tell me the cause I know there is a woman in 't Do you hold me faithful dare you trust your Souldier Sweet Prince the cause Dem. I must not dare not tell it And as thou art an honest man enquire not Leo. Will ye be merry then Dem. I am wondrous merry Leo. 'T is wondrous well you think now this becomes ye Shame on 't it does not Sir it shews not handsomely If I were thus you would swear I were an Ass straight A wooden ass whine for a Wench Dem. Prithee leave me Leo. I will not leave ye for a tit Dem. Leontius Leo. For that you may have any where for six pence And a dear penny-worth too Dem. Nay then you are troublesome Leo. Not half so troublesom as you are to your self Sir Was that brave Heart made to pant for a placket And now i' th' dog-days too when nothing dare love That noble Mind to melt away and moulder For a hey nonny nonny Would I had a Glass here To shew ye what a pretty toy ye are turn'd to Dem. My wretched Fortune Leo. Will ye but let me know her I 'll once turn Bawd go to they are good mens offices And not so contemptible as we take 'em for And if she be above ground and a Woman I ask no more I 'll bring her o' my back Sir By this hand I will and I had as lieve bring the Devil I care not who she be nor where I have her And in your arms or the next Bed deliver her Which you think fittest and when you have danc'd your galliard Dem. Away and fool to them are so affected O thou art gone and all my comfort with thee Wilt thou do one thing for me Leo. All things i' th' World Sir Of all dangers Dem. Swear Leo. I will Dem. Come near me no more then Leo. How Dem. Come no more near me Thou art a plague-sore to me Exit Leo. Give you good ev'n Sir If you be suffer'd thus we shall have fine sport I will be sorry yet Enter 2 Gentlemen 1 Gent. How now how does he Leo. Nay if I tell ye hang me or any man else That hath his nineteen wits he has the bots I think He groans and roars and kicks 2 Gent. Will he speak yet Leo. Not willingly Shortly he will not see a man if ever I look'd upon a Prince so metamorphos'd So juggl'd into I know not what shame take me This 't is to be in love 1 Gent. Is that the cause on 't Leo. What is it not the cause of but bear-baitings And yet it stinks much like it out upon 't What giants and what dwarffs what owls and apes What dogs and cats it makes us men that are possest with it Live as if they had a Legion of Devils in 'em And every Devil of a several nature Nothing but Hey-pass re-pass where 's the Lieutenant Has he gather'd up the end on 's wits again 1 Gent. He is alive but you that talk of wonders Shew me but such a wonder as he is now Leo. Why he was ever at the worst a wonder 2 Gent. He is now most wonderful a Blazer now Sir Leo. What ails the Fool and what Star reigns now Gentlemen We have such Prodigies 2 Gent. 'T will pose your heaven-hunters He talks now of the King no other language And with the King as he imagines hourly Courts the King drinks to the King dies for the King Buys all the Pictures of the King wears the Kings colours Leo. Does he not lye i' th' King street too 1 Gent. He 's going thither Makes prayers for the King in sundry languages Turns all his Proclamations into metre Is really in love with the King most dotingly And swears Adonis was a Devil to him A sweet King a most comely King and such a King 2 Gent. Then down on 's marrow-bones O excellent King Thus he begins Thou Light and Life of Creatures Angel-ey'd King vouchsafe at length thy favour And so proceeds to incision what think ye of this sorrow 1 Gent. Will as familiarly kiss the King horses As they pass by him ready to ravish his footmen Leo. Why this is above Ela But how comes this 1 Gent. Nay that 's to understand yet But thus it is and this part but the poorest 'T would make a man leap over the Moon to see him act these 2 Gent. With sighs as though his heart would break Cry like a breech'd boy not eat a bit Leo. I must go see him presently For this is such a gig for certain Gentlemen The Fiend rides on a Fiddle-stick 2 Gent. I think so Leo. Can ye guide me to him for half an hour I am his To see the miracle 1 Gent. We sure shall start him Exeunt SCENE V. Enter Antigonus and Leucippe Ant. Are you sure she drank it Leu. Now must I lye most confidently Yes Sir she has drunk it off Ant. How works it with her Leu. I see no alteration yet Ant. There will be For he is the greatest Artist living made it Where is she now Leu. She is ready to walk out Sir Ant. Stark mad I know she will be Leu. So I hope Sir Ant. She knows not of the Prince Leu. Of no man living Ant. How do I look how do my cloaths become me I am not very grey Leu. A very youth Sir Upon my maiden-head as smug as April Heaven bless that sweet face 't will undo a thousand Many a soft heart must sob yet e'r that wither Your Grace can give content enough Enter Celia with a Book Ant. I think so Leu. Here she comes Sir Ant. How shall I keep her off me Go perfume the room make all things ready Ex. Leu. Cel. No hope yet of the Prince no comfort of him They keep me mew'd up here as they mew mad folks No company but my afflictions This royal Devil again strange how he haunts me How like a poyson'd potion his eyes fright me Has made himself handsome too Ant. Do you look now Lady You will leap anon Cel Curl'd and perfum'd I smell him He looks on 's legs too sure he will cut a caper God-a
Maidens strictness that the grooms May ever ãâã to tempt their blowing youth Banish all complements but single truth From every tongue and every Shepherds heart Let them still use perswading but no Art Thus holy Priest I wish to thee and these All the best goods and comforts that may please Alex. And all those blessings Heaven did ever give We pray upon this Bower may ever live Priest Kneel every Shâpherd whilest with powerful hand I bless your after labours and the Land You seed your flocks upon Great Pan defend you From misfortune and amend you Keep you from those dangers still That are followed by your will Give ye means to know at length All your riches all your strength Cannot keep your foot from falling To lewd lust that still is calling At your Cottage till his power Bring again that golden hour Of peace and rest to every soul May his care of you controul All diseases sores or pain That in after time may raign Either in your flocks or you Give ye all affections new New desires and tempers new That ye may be ever true Now rise and go and as ye pass away Sing to the God of Sheep that happy lay That honest Dorus taught ye Dorus he That was the soul and god of melodie They all Sing The SONG All ye woods and trees and bowers All you vertues and ye powers That inhabit in the lakes In the pleasant springs or brakes Move your feet To our sound Whilest we greet All this ground With his honour and his name That defends our flocks from blame He is great and he is just He is ever good and must Thus be honour'd Daffadillies Roses Pinks and loved Lillies Let us sting Whilest we sing Ever holy Ever holy Ever honour'd ever young Thus great Pan is ever sung Exeâââ Satyr Thou divinest fairest brightest Thou must powerful Maid and whitest Thou most vertuous and most blessed Eyes of stars and golden tressed Like Apollo tell me sweetest What new service now is meetest For the Satyr shall I stray In the middle Air and stay The sayling Rack or nimbly take Hold by the Moon and gently make Sute to the pale Queen of night For a beam to give thee light Shall I dive into the Sea And bring thee Coral making way Through the rising waves that fall In snowie fleeces dearest shall I catch the wanton Fawns or Flyes Whose woven wings the Summer dyes Of many colours get thee fruit Or steal from Heaven old Orpheus Lute All these I 'le venture for and more To do her service all these woods adore Clor. No other service Satyr but thy watch About these thickets lest harmless people catch Mischief or sad mischance Satyr Holy Virgin I will dance Round about these woods as quick As the breaking light and prick Down the Lawns and down the vails Faster than the Wind-mill sails So I take my leave and pray All the comforts of the day Such as Phoebus heat doth send On the earth may still be friend Thee and this arbour Cle. And to thee All thy Masters love be free Exeunt To my Friend Master JOHN FLETCHER upon his Faithfull Shepherdess I Know too well that no more than the man That travels through the burning Desarts can When he is beaten with the raging Sun Half smother'd in the dust have power to run From a cool River which himself doth find E're he be slack'd no more can he whose mind Joyes in the Muses hold from that delight When nature and his full thoughts bid him write Yet wish I those whom I for friends have known To sing their thoughts to no ears but their own Why should the man whose wit ne'r had a stain Vpon the publick Stage present his vain And make a thousand men in judgment sit To call in question his undoubted wit Scarce two of which can understand the laws Which they should judge by nor the parties cause Among the rout there is not one that hath In his own censure an explicite faith One company knowing they judgement lack Ground their belief on the next man in black Others on him that makes signs and is mute Some like as he does in the fairest fute He as his Mistress doth and she by chance Nor want there those who as the Boy doth dance Between the Acts will censure the whole Play Some if the Wax-lights be not new that day But multitudes there are whose judgement goes Headlong according to the Actors cloathes For this these publick things and I agree So all that but to do a right for thee I had not been perswaded to have hurl'd These few ill spoken lines into the world ââth to be read and censur'd of by those ââose very reading makes Verse senseless Prose Such as must spend above an hour to spell A Challenge on a Post to know it well ââ since it was thy hap to throw away Much wit for which the people did not pay Because they saw it not I not dislike This second publication which may strike Their consciences to see the thing they scorn'd To be with so much wit and Art adorn'd Besides one vantage more in this I see Your censurers now must have the qualitie Of reading which I am afraid is more ãâã half your shrewdest Judges had before Fr. Beaumont To the worthy Author Mr. Jo. FLETCHER THe wise and many headed Bench that sits Vpon the Life and Death of Playes and Wits Compos'd of Gamester Captain Knight Knight's man Lady or Pusill that wears mask or fan Velvet or Taffata cap rank'd in the dark With the shops Foreman or some such brave spark That may judge for his six pence had before They saw it half damn'd thy whole Play and more Their motives were since it had not to doe With vices which they look'd for and came to I that am glad thy Innocence was thy Guilt And wish that all the Muses blood were spilt In such a Martyrdome to vex their eyes Do crown thy murdred Poeme which shall rise A glorified work to Time when Fire Or mothes shall eat what all these Fools admire BEN. JONSON This Dialogue newly added was spoken by way of Prologue to both their Majesties at the first acting of this Pastoral at Somerset-house on Twelfth-night 1633. Priest A Broiling Lamb on Pans chief Altar lies My Wreath my Censor Virge and Incense by But I delay'd the pretious Sacrifice To shew thee here a Gentle Deity Nymph Nor was I to thy sacred Summons slow Hither I came as swift as th' Eagles wing Or threatning shaft from vext Dianaes bow To see this Islands God the worlds best King Priest Bless then that Queen that doth his eyes invite And ears t' obey her Scepter half this night Nymph Let 's sing such welcomes as shall make Her sway Seem easie to Him though it last till day Welcom as Peace t'unwalled Cities when Famine and Sword leave them more graves than men As Spring to Birds or Noon-dayes Sun to th' old
snatch'd 'em up again again ye wore 'em Again you stain'd 'em stain'd your vow the Church too And rob'd it of that right was none of yours Sir For which the Law requires your head ye know it Ar. Those arms I fought in last Bor. The same Ar. God a mercy Thou hast hunted out a notable cause to kill me A subtle one I dye for saving all you Good Sir remember if you can the necessity The suddenness of time the state all stood in I was entreaâed to kneel'd to and pray'd to The Duke himself the Princes all the Nobles The cries of Infants Bed-rid Fathers Virgins Prethee find out a better cause a hand somer This will undo thee too people will spit at thee The Devil himself would be asham'd of this cause Because my haste made me forget the ceremony The present danger every where must my life satisfie Bor. It must and shall Ar. O base ungrateful people Have ye no other Swords to cut my throat with But mine own nobleness I confess I took 'em The vow not yet absolv'd I hung 'em up with Wore 'em sought in 'em gilded 'em again In the sierce Tartars blouds for you I took 'em For your peculiar safety Lord for all I wore 'em for my Countries health that groan'd then Took from the Temple to preserve the Temple That holy place and all the sacred monuments The reverent shrines of Saints ador'd and honour'd Had been consum'd to ashes their own sacrifice Had I been stack or staid that absolution No Priest had liv'd to give it my own honour Cure of my Country murder me Bor. No no Sir I shall force that from ye will make this cause light too Away with him I shall pluck down that heart Sir Ar. Break it thou mayest but if it bend for pity Doggs and Kites eat it come I am honours Martyr Ex. SCENE VI. Enter Duke and Burris Du. Exceed my Warrant Bur. You know he loves him not Du. He daies as well eat death as do it eat wild-fire Through a few seats I mean to try his goodness That I may find him sit to wear here Burris I know Boroskie hates him to death hates him I know he 's a Serpent too a swoln one Noise within But I have pull'd his sting out what noise is that The. within Down with 'em down with 'em down with the gates Sââd within Stand stand stand Puts within Fire the Palace before ye Bur Upon my life the Souldier Sir the Souldier A miserable time is come Enter Gentleman Gent. Oh save him Upon my knees my hearts knees save Lord Archas We are undone else Du. Dates he touch his Body Gent He tacks him fearfully most fearfully Du. Away Burris Take men and take him from him clap him up And if I live I 'll find a strange death for him Ex. Bur. Are the Souldiers broke in Gent. By this time sure they are Sir They beat the Gates extreamly beat the people Du Got me a guard about me make sure the lodgings And speak the Souldiers fair Gent. Pray Heaven that take Sir Exeunt Enter Putskie Ancient Souldiers with Torches Puts Give us the General we 'll fire the Court else Render him safe and well Anc. Do not fire the Cellar There 's excellent Wine in 't Captain and though it be cold weather I do not love it mull'd bring out the General We 'll light ye such a Bone fire else where are ye Speak or we 'll toss your Turrets peep out of your Hives We 'll smoak ye else Is not that a Nose there âut out that Nose again and if thou dar'st But blow it before us now he creeps out on 's Burrough Enter Gentleman Puts Give us the General Gent. Yes Gentlemen Of any thing ye can desire Anc. You musk cat Cordevant-skin we will not take your answer Puts Where is the Duke speak suddenly and send him hither Anc. Of we 'll so sâye your Buttocks Gent. Good sweet Gentlemen Anc. We are neither good nor sweet we are Souldiers And you miscreants that abuse the General Give fire my Boys 't is a dark Evening Let 's light 'em to their lodgings Enter Olympia Honora Viola Theodore Women Hon. Good Brother be not fierce The. I will not hurt her Fear not sweet Lady Olym. Nav do what you please Sir I have a sorrow that exceeds all yours And more contemns all danger Enter Duke above The. Where is the Duke Du. He 's here what would ye Souldiers wherefore troop ye Like mutinous mad men thus The. Give me my Father Puts Anc. Give us out General The. Set him here before us Ye see the pledge we have got ye see the Torches All shall to ashes as I live immediately A thousand lives for one Du. But hear me Puts No we come not to dispute Enter Archas and Burris The. By Heaven I swear he 's rackt and whipt Hon. Oh my poor Father Puts Burn kill and burn Arc. Hold hold I say hold Souldiers On your allegiance hold The. We must not Arc. Hold I swear by Heaven he is a barbarous Traitor stirs first A Villain and a stranger to Obedience Never my Souldier more nor Friend to Honour Why did you use your old Man thus thus cruelly Torture his poor weak Body I ever lov'd ye Du. Forget me in these wrongs most noble Archas. Arc. I have balm enough for all my hurts weep no more Sir A satisfaction for a thousand sorrows I do believe you innocent a good man And Heaven forgive that naughty thing that wrong'd me Why look ye wild my friends why stare ye on me I charge ye as ye are men my men my lovers As ye are honest faithful men fair Souldiers Let down your anger Is not this our Soveraign The head of mercy and of Law who dares then But Rebels scorning Law appear thus violent Is this a place for Swords for threatning fires The Reverence of this House dares any touch But with obedient knees and pious duties Are we not all his Subjects all sworn to him Has not he power to punish our offences And do we not daily fall into ' em assure your selves I did offend and highly grievously This good sweet Prince I offended my life forfeited Which yet his mercy and his old love met with And only let me feel his light rod this way Ye are to thank him for your General Pray for his life and fortune swear your bloods for him Ye are offenders too daily offenders Proud insolencies dwell in your hearts and ye do 'em Do 'em against his Peace his Law his Person Ye see he only sorrows for your sins And where his power might persecute forgives ye For shame put up your Swords for honesty For orders sake and whose ye are my Souldiers Be not so rude The. They have drawn blood from you Sir Arc. That was the blood rebell'd the naughty blood The proud provoking blood 't is well 't is out Boy Give you example first draw out and
thee excellent Estif If I prove otherwaies let me beg first Hold this is yours some recompence for service Use it to nobler ends than he that gave it Du. And this is yours your true commission Sir Now you are a Captain Leon. You are a noble Prince Sir And now a souldier Gentleman we all rejoyce in 't Juan Sir I shall wait upon you through all fortunes Alon. And I. Altea And I must needs attend my Mistris Leon. Will you goe Sister Altea Yes indeed good Brother I have two ties mine own bloud And my Mistris Marg. Is she your Sister Leon. Yes indeed good wife And my best Sister For she prov'd so wench When she deceiv'd you with a loving Husband Alt. I would not deal so truly for a stranger Marg. Well I could chide ye But it must be lovingly and like a Sister I 'le bring you on your way and feast ye nobly For now I have an honest heart to love ye And then deliver you to the blue Neptune Juan Your colours you must wear and wear 'em proudly Wear 'em before the bullet and in bloud too And all the world shall know We are Vertues servants Duke And all the world shall know a noble mind Makes women beautifull and envie blind Excunt Prologue PLeasure attend ye and about ye sit The springs of mirth fancy delight and wit To stir you up do not your looks let fall Nor to remembrance our late errors call Because this day w' are Spaniards all again The story of our Play and our Scene Spain The errors too do not for this cause hate Now we present their wit and not their state Nor Ladies be not angry if you see A young fresh beauty wanton and too free Seek to abuse her Husband still 't is Spain No such gross errors in your Kingdom raign W' are Vestals all and though we blow the fire We seldom make it flame up to desire Take no example neither to begin For some by precedent delight to sin Nor blame the Poet if he slip aside Sometimes lasciviously if not too wide But hold your Fanns close and then smile at ease A cruel Scene did never Lady please Nor Gentlemen pray be not you displeas'd Though we present some men fool'd some diseas'd Some drunk some mad we mean not you you 're free We taxe no farther than our Comedie You are our friends sit noble then and see Epilogue GOod night our worthy friends and may you part Each with as merry and as free a heart As you came hither to those noble eyes That deign to smile on our poor faculties And give a blessing to our labouring ends As we hope many to such fortune sends Their own desires wives fair as light as chast To those that live by spight Wives made in hast The Laws of Candy A TRAGI-COMEDY Persons Represented in the Play Cassilanes General of Candy Antinous Son to Cassilanes and his Competitor Fernando a Venetian Captain Servant to Annophel Philander Prince of Cyprus passionately in love with Erota Gonzalo An ambitious Politick Lord of Venice Gaspero Secretary of State Melitus a Gentleman of Candy Arcanes a noble Souldier Friend to Cassilanes Decius Friend to Antinous Senators Porphycio Possenne Paolo Michael Venetian Ambassadour Mochingo an ignorant Servant to Erota Gentlemen Souldiers Servants WOMEN Erota a Princess imperious and of an overweaning Beauty Annophel Daughter to Cassilanes Hyparcha Attendant on the Princess Erota The Scene Candy The principal Actors were Joseph Taylor William Eglestone Nicholas Toolie Richard Sharpe John Lowin John Vnderwood George Birch Thomas Pollard Actus Primus Scena Prima Enter Gaspero and Melitus Mel. SIR you 're the very friend I wish'd to meet with I have a large discourse invites your ear To be an Auditor Gas And what concerns it Mel. The sadly thriving progress of the loves Between my Lord the Prince and that great Lady Whose insolence and never-yet-match'd Pride Can by no Character be well exprest Bet in her only name the proud Erota Gas Alas Melitus I should guess the best Success your Prince could find from her to be As harsh as the event doth prove but now 'T is not a time to pity passionate griess When a whole Kingdom in a manner lyes Upon its Death-Bed bleeding Mel. Who can tell Whether or no these plagues at once Hang over this unhappy Land for her sake That is a Monster in it Gas Here 's the misery Of having a Child our Prince else I presume The bold Venetians had not dar'd to attempt So bloody an invasion Mel. Yet I wonder Why Master Secretary still the Senate So almost superstitiously adores Gonzalo the Venetian Lord considering The outrage of his Countrymen Gas The Senate Is wise and therein just for this Gonzalo Upon a Massacre performed at Sea By the Admiral of Venice on a Merchant Of Candy when the cause was to be heard Before the Senate there in open Court Professed that the cruelty the Admiral Had shewed deserved not only fine but death For Candy then and Venice were at peace Since when upon a motion in the Senate For Conquest of our Land 't is known for certain That only this Gonzalo dar'd to oppose it His reason was because it too much savour'd Of lawless and unjust ambition The Wars were scarce begun but he in fear Of quarrels ' gainst his life fled from his Country And hither came where to confirm his truth I know Melitus he out of his own store Hath monied Cassilanes the General Mel. What without other pledges than Cassilanes Bare promise of payment Gas No it may be He has some pretty Lordship to retire to But thus he hath done now 't is fit Melitus The Senate should be thankful otherwise They should annihilate one of those Laws For which this Kingdome is throughout the World Unfollowed and admired Mel. What Laws are those Sir Let me so much importune you Gas You shall And they be worth your knowledge briefly thus Who e'r he be that can detect apparently Another of ingratitude for any Received Benefit the Plaintiff may Require the Offenders life unless he please Freely and willingly to grant remission Mel. By which strict Law the Senate is in danger Should they neglect Gonzalo Gas Right the Law Permits a like equality to Aliens As to a home-bred Patriot Mel. Pray Sir the other Gas Know Melitus The elder Cretans flourished many years In War in Peace unparallel'd and they To spur heroick Spirits on to Vertue Enacted that what man so ere he were Did noblest in the field against his enemy So by the general voice approv'd and known Might at his home return make his demand For satisfaction and reward Mel. They are Both famous Laws indeed Enter a Messenger Mes Master Secretary The Senate is about to sit and crave Your presence Gas What so suddenly Mes These Letters Will shew the causes why Gas Heaven thou nât great And worthy to be thanked Mel. Your countenance Sir Doth promise
Demand Antinous Ant. Thus my Lords to witness How far I am from arrogance or thinking I am more valiant though more favour'd Than my most matchless father my demand is That for a lasting memorie of his name His deeds his real nay his royal worth You set up in your Capitol in Brass My Fathers Statue there to stand for ever A Monument and Trophy of his victories With this Inscription to succeeding ages Great Cassilanes Patron of Candy's Peace Perpetual Triumpher Por. Pos It is granted What more Ant. No more Cas How Boy Gonz. Thou art immortal Both for thy Son-like pietie and beauties Of an unconquer'd minde Ant. My Prisoner Lords To your more sacred wisedoms I surrender Fit you his ransom half whereof I give For largess to the Souldiers the other half To the erection of this monument Cass Ambitious villain Gonz. Thou art all un-imitable My Lords to work a certain peace for Candy With Venice use Fernando like a Prince His ransom I 'le disburse what e're it be Yet you may stay him with you till conditions Of amitie shall be concluded on Are ye content Porp. We are and ever rest Both friends and debters to your nobleness Gonz. Souldiers attend me in the Market-place I 'le thither send your largess Sold. Antinous Antinous Exeunt Cas I have a sute too Lords Porp. Pos Propose it 't is yours if fit and just Cas Let not my services My being forty years a drudge a pack-horse To you and to the State be branded now With Ignominy ne're to be forgotten Rear me no Monument unless you mean To have me fam'd a Coward and be stamp'd so Pos We understand you not Cas Proud boy thou dost And Tyrant like insult'st upon my shame Ant. Sir Heaven can tell and my integrity What I did was but only to inforce The Senates gratitude I now acknowledge it Cas Observe it Fathers how this haughty boy Grows cunning in his envy of mine honours He knows no mention can of me be made But that it ever likewise must be told How I by him was master'd and for surety That all succeeding times may so report it He would have my dishonour and his Triumphs Ingrav'd in Brass hence hence proceeds the falshood Oâ his insinuating piety Thou art no child of mine thee and thy bloud Here in the Capitol before the Senate I utterly renounce So thrift and fate Confirm me henceforth never see my face Be as thou art a villain to thy Father Lords I must crave your leaves come come Arcanes Ex. Gonz. Here 's a strange high-born spirit Pos 'T is but heat Of suddain present rage I dare assure Antinous of his favour Ant. I not doubt it He is both a good man and a good Father I shall attend your Lordships Poss Do Antinous Gonz. Yes feast thy Triumphs With applause and pleasures Por. Poss Lead on Exeunt Flor. Cornets Ant. I utterly renounce 'T was so Was 't not my Decius Dec. Pish you know my Lord Old men are cholerick Ant. And lastly parted With never henceforth see my face O me How have I lost a Father Such a Father Such a one Decius I am miserable Beyond expression Dec. Fie how unbecoming This shews upon your day of same Ant. O mischief I must no more come near him that I know And am assur'd on 't Dec. Say you do not Ant. True Put case I do not what is Candy then To lost Antinous Malta I resolve To end my dayes in thee Dec. How 's that Ant. I 'le trie All humble means of being reconcil'd Which if deny'd then I may justly say This day has prov'd my worst Decius my worst Exeunt Actus Secundus Scena Prima Enter Gonzalo and Gaspero Gasp NOw to what you have heard as no man can Better than I give you her Character For I have been both nurs'd and train'd up to Her petulant humours and been glad to bear them Her Brother my late Master did no less Strong apprehensions of her beauty hath Made her believe that she is more than woman And as there did not want those flatterers 'Bout the worlds Conquerour to make him think And did perswade him that he was a god So there be those base flies that will not stick To buzze into her ears she is an Angel And that the food she feeds on is Ambrosia Gonz. She should not touch it then 't is Poets fare Gas I may take leave to say she may as well Determine of her self to be a goddess With lesser flatterie than he a god For she does conquer more although not farther Every one looks on her dyes in despair And would be glad to do it actually To have the next age tell how worthily And what good cause he had to perish so Here beauty is superlative she knows it And knowing it thinks no man can deserve But ought to perish and to dye for her Many great Princes for her love have languish'd And given themselves a willing sacrifice Proud to have ended so And now there is A Prince so madded in his own passions That he forgets the Royaltie he was born to And deems it happiness to be her slave Gonz. You talk as if you meant to winde me in And make me of the number Gas Sir mistake me not the service that I owe ye Shall plead for me I tell you what she is What she expects and what she will effect Unless you be the miracle of men That come with a purpose to behold And goe away your self Gonz. I thank you I will do it But pray resolve me How is she stor'd with wit Gas As with beauty Infinite and more to be admired at Than medled with Gonz. And walks her tongue the same gate with her feet Gas Much beyond what e're her heart thinks she utters And so boldly so readily as you would judge It penn'd and studied Enter Erota Philander Annophil Hyparcha Mochingo Attendants Gonz. She comes Gas I must leave you then But my best wishes shall remain with you Exit Gonz. Still I must thank you This is the most passionate Most pitifull Prince Who in the Caldron of affections Looks as he had been par-boy'ld Ph l If I offend with too much loving you It is a fault that I must still commit To make your mercy shine the more on me Erot. You are the self-same creature you condemn Or else you durst not follow me with hope That I can pity you who am so far From granting any comfort in this kind That you and all men else shall perish first I will live free and single till I find Something above a man to equal me Put all your brave Heroes into one Your Kings and Emperours and let him come In person of a man and I should scorn him Must and will scorn him The god of love himself hath lost his eyes His Bow and Torch extinguish'd and the Poets That made him first a god have lost their fire Since I appear'd and from my eyes
Cas Are ye so conscionable Gonz. 'T is your own Cas Pish pish I 'le not receive what is not mine That were a dangerous business Gon. Sir I am paid for 't The summes you borrowed are return'd The bââds Cancell'd and your acquittance formerly seal'd Look here Sir Gaspero is witness to it Gas My honoured Lord I am Gon. My Lord Fernando Arcanes and the rest you all shall testifie That I acquit Lord Cassilane for ever Of any debts to me Gas 'T is plain and ample Fortune will once again smile on us fairly Cas But hark ye hark ye if you be in earnest Whence comes this bounty or whose is' t Gon. In short The great Erota by this Secretary Return'd me my full due Cas Erota why Should she do this Gon. You must ask her the cause She knows it best Cas So ho Arcanes none But women pity us soft-hearted women I am become a brave fellow now Arcanes Am I not Arc. Why Sir if the gracious Princess Have took more special notice of your services And means to be more thankfull than some others It were an injury to gratitude To disesteem her favours Anno. Sir she ever For your sake most respectively lov'd me Cas The Senate and the body of this Kingdom Are herein let me speak it without arrogance Beholding to her I will thank her for it And if she have reserv'd a means whereby I may repay this bounty with some service She shall be then my Patroness come Sirs We 'l taste a cup of wine together now Gon. Fernando I must speak with you in secret Fer. You shall Now Gaspero all 's well Gas There 's news You must be acquainted with Come there is no master-piece in Art like Policie Exeunt Actus Quintus Scena Prima Enter Fernando and Michael Fer THE Senate is inform'd at full Mic. Gonzalo Dreams not of my arrival yet Fer. Nor thinks 'T is possible his plots can be discover'd He sats himself with hopes of Crowns and Kingdoms And laughs securely to imagine how He means to gull all but himself when truly None is so grosly gull'd as he Mich. There was never A more arch villain Fer. Peace the Senate comes Enter Porphicio Pos Senators and Gaspero Attend. Por. How closely Treason cloaks it self in forms Of Civil honesty Pos And yet how palpably Does heaven reveal it Fer. Gracious Lords Gas The Embassadour Lord Paulo Michael Advocate To the great Duke of Venice Por. You are most welcome Your Master is a just and noble Prince Mic. My Lords he bad me say that you may know How much he scorns and as good Princes ought Defies base indirect and godless treacheries To your more Sacred wisdomes he refers The punishment due to the false Gonzalo Or else to send him home to Venice Pos Herein âhe Duke is royal Gaspero the Prince ãâã Cyprus answer'd he would come Gas My Lords He will not long be absent Enter Philander and Melitus Porp. You Fernando Have made the State your debter worthy Prince We shall be sutors to you for your presence ãâã hearing and determining of matters Greatly concerning Candy Phi. Fathers I am A stranger Pos Why the cause my Lord concerns A stranger please you seat your self Phi. How e're Infit since you will have it so my Lords You shall command me Por. You my Lord Fernando With the Ambassador withdraw a while Fer. My Lords we shall Ex. Pos Melitus and the Secretary Give notice to Gonzalo that the Senate Requires his presence Ex. Gas and Mel. Enter Cassilane and Arca. Phi. What concerns the business Por. Thus noble Prince Cas Let me alone thou troublest me will be heard Arc. You know not what you do Pos Forbear who 's he that is so rude what 's he that dares âo interrupt our counsels Cas One that has guarded Those Purple robes from Cankers worse than Moths One that hath kept your fleeces on your backs That would have been snatch'd from you but I see 'T is better now to be a Dog a Spaniel In times of Peace then boast the bruised scars Purchas'd with loss of bloud in noble wars My Lords I speak to you Por. Lord Cassilane We know not what you mean Cas Yes you are set Upon a bench of justice and a day Will come hear this and quake ye potent great ones When you your selves shall ãâã before a judge Who in a pair of scales will wâigh your actions Without abatement of one grain as then You would be sound full weight I charge ye fathers Let me have justice now Pos Lord Cassilane What strange distemperature provokes distrust Of our impartiality be sure We 'l flatter no mans injuries Cas 'T is well You have a Law Lords that without remorse Dooms such as are belepred with the curse Of soul ingratitude unto death Por. We have Cas Then do me justice Enter Antinous Decius Erota Hyparcha Dec. Mad-man whither run'st thou Ant. Peace Decius I am deaf Hyp. Will you forget Your greatness and your modesty Er. Hyparcha leave I will not hear Ant. Lady great gentle Lady Er. Prethee young man forbear to interrupt me Triumph not in thy fortunes I will speak Pos More uproars yet who are they that disturb us Cas The viper 's come his fears have drawn him hither And now my Lords be Chornicled for ever And give me justice against this vile Monster This bastard of my bloud Er. 'T is justice Fathers I sue for too and though I might command it If you remember Lords whose child I was Yet I will humbly beg it this old wretch Has forfeited his life to me Cas Tricks tricks Complots devices 'twixt these pair of young ones To blunt the edge of your well temper'd Swords Wherewith you strike offenders Lords but I Am not a baby to be fear'd with bug bears 'T is justice I require Er. And I. Ant. You speak too tenderly and too much like your self To mean a cruelty which would make monstrous Your Sex yet for the loves sake which you once Pleas'd to pretend give my griev'd Father leave To urge his own revenge you have no cause For yours keep peace about ye Cas Will you hear me Phil. Here 's some strange novelty Pos Sure we are mock'd Speak one at once say wherein hath your Son Transgress'd the Law Cas O the gross mists of dulness Are you this Kingdomes Oracles yet can be So ignorant first hear and then consider That I begot him gave him birth and life And education were I must confess But duties of a Father I did more I taught him how to manage Arms to dare An Enemy to court both death and dangers Yet these were but additions to compleat A well accomplish'd Souldier I did more yet I made him chief Commander in the field Next to my self and gave him the full prospect Of honour and preferment train'd him up In all perfections of a Martiallist ââat he unmindful of his gratitude You know with what contempt of my
Plants and Flowers shall spring And the merry Plough-man sing In my bidden waves I bring Bread and wine and every thing Let the Damsells sing me in Sing aloud that I may rise Your holy Feasts and hours begin And each hand bring a Sacrifice Now my wanton Pearls I show That to Ladies fair necks grow Now my gold And treasures that can ne're be told Shall bless this Land by my rich Flow And after this to crown your Eyes My hidden holy head arise Caesar The wonder of this wealth so troubles me am not well good-night Sce. I am glad ye have it âow we shall stir again Ptol. Thou wealth still haunt him Sce. A greedy spirit set thee on we are happy Ptol. Lights lights for Caesar and attendance Cleo. Well shall yet find a time to tell thee Caesar Thou hast wrong'd her Love the rest here Ptol. Lights along still Musick and Sacrifice to sleep for Caesar Exeunt Actus Quartus Scena Prima Enter Ptolomy Photinus Achillas Achoreus âch I Told ye carefully what this would prove to What this inestimable wealth and glory âould draw upon ye I advis'd your Majesty âver to tempt a Conquering Guest nor add âbait to catch a mind bent by his Trade To make the whole world his Pho. I was not heard Sir Or what I said lost and contemn'd I dare say And freshly now 't was a poor weakness in ye A glorious Childishness I watch'd his eye And saw how Faulcon-like it towr'd and flew Upon the wealthy Quarry how round it mark'd it I observ'd his words and to what it tended How greedily he ask'd from whence it came And what Commerce we held for such abundance The shew of Nilus how he laboured at To find the secret wayes the Song delivered Ach. He never smil'd I noted at the pleasures But fixt his constant eyes upon the treasure I do not think his ears had so much leisure After the wealth appear'd to hear the Musique Most sure he has not slept since his mind 's troubled With objects that would make their own still labour Pho. Your Sister he ne're gaz'd on that 's a main note The prime beauty of the world had no power over him Ach. Where was his mind the whilst Pho. Where was your carefulness To shew an armed thief the way to rob ye Nay would you give him this 't will excite him To seek the rest Ambition feels no gift Nor knows no bounds indeed ye have done most weakly Ptol. Can I be too kind to my noble friend Pho. To be unkind unto your noble self but savours Of indiscretion and your friend has found it Had ye been train'd up in the wants and miseries A souldier marches through and known his temperance In offer'd courtesies you would have made A wiser Master of your own and stronger Ptol. Why should I give him all he would return it 'T is more to him to make Kings Pho. Pray be wiser And trust not with your lost wealth your lov'd liberty To be a King still at your own discretion Is like a King to be at his a vassail Now take good counsel or no more take to ye The freedom of a Prince Achil. 'T will be too late else For since the Masque he sent three of his Captains Ambitious as himself to view again The glory of your wealth Pho. The next himself comes Not staying for your courtesie and takes it Ptol. What counsel my Achoreus Ach I 'le goe pray Sir For that is best counsel now the gods may help ye Ex. Pho. I found ye out a way but 't was not credited A most secure way whither will ye flye now Achil. For when your wealth is gone your power must follow Pho. And that diminisht also what 's your life worth Who would regard it Ptol. You say true Achil. What eye Will look upon King Ptolomy if they do look It must be in scorn For a poor King is a monster What ear remember ye 't will be then a courtesie A noble one to take your life too from ye But if reserv'd you stand to fill a victory As who knows Conquerours minds though outwardly They bear fair streams O Sir does this not shake ye If to be honyed on to these afflictions Ptol. I never will I was a Fool. Pho. For then Sir Your Countreys cause falls with ye too and fetter'd All Aegypt shall be plough'd up with dishonour Ptol. No more I am sensible and now my spirit Burns hot within me Achil. Keep it warm and fiery Pho. And last be counsel'd Pt l. I will though I perish Pho. Goe in we 'l tell you all and then we 'l execute Exeunt SCENA II. Enter Cleopatra Arsino Eros Ars You are so impatient Cleo. Have I not cause Women of common Beauties and low Births When they are slighted are allow'd their angers Why should I not I a Princess make him know The baseness of his usage Ars Yes 't is fit But then again you know what man Cleo. He is no man The shadow of a Greatness hangs upon him And not the vertue he is no Conquerour H 'as suffer'd under the base dross of Nature Poorly delivered up his power to wealth The god of bed-rid men taught his eyes treason Against the truth of love he has rais'd rebellion Desi'd his holy flames Eros He will fall back again And satisfie your Grace Cleo. Had I been old Or blasted in my bud he might have shew'd Some shadow of dislike But to prefer The lustre of a little art Arsino And the poor glow-worm light of some faint Jewels Before the life of Love and soul of Beauty Oh how ât vexes me he is no Souldier All honourable Souldiers are Loves servants He is a Merchant a meer wandring Merchant Servile to gain he trades for poor Commodities And makes his Conquests thefts some fortunate Captains That quarter with him and are truly valiant Have flung the name of happy Caesar on him Himself ne're won it he is so base and covetous He 'l sell his sword for gold Ars This is too bitter Cleo. Oh I could curse my self that was so foolish So fondly childish to believe his tongue His promising tongue e're I could catch his temper I had trash enough to have cloy'd his eyes withal His covetous eyes such as I scorn to tread on Richer than e're he saw yet and more tempting Had I known he had stoop'd at that I had sav'd mine honour I had been happy still but let him take it And let him brag now poorly I am rewarded Let him goe conquer still weak wretched Ladies Love has his angry Quiver too his deadly And when he finds scorn armed at the strongest I am a fool to fret thus for a fool An old blind fool too I lose my health I will not I will not cry I will not honour him With tears diviner than the gods he worships I will not take the pains to curse a poor thing Eros Doe not you shall not
yield your Sword Cler. Pray ye stay a little Enter two Gentlemen Upon mine honestie you shall be fought with Well Dinant well these wear swords and seem brave fellows As you are Gentlemen one of you supply me I want a Sâcond now to meet these gallants You know what honour is 1 Gent. Sir you must pardon us We goe about the same work you are ready for And must fight presently else we were your servants 2 Gent. God speed you and good day Exit Gent. Cler. Am I thus Colted Beaup. Come either yield Cler. As you are honest Gentlemen Stay but the next and then I 'le take my fortune And if I fight not like a man Fy Dinant Cold now and treacherous Enter Monsieur La-writ within La Writ I understand your causes Yours about corn yours about pins and glasses Will you make me mad have I not all the parcells And his Petition too about Bell-sounding Send in your witnesses what will you have me do Will you have me break my heart my brains are melted And tell your Master as I am a Gentleman His Cause shall be the first commend me to your Mistris And tell her if there be an extraordinary feather And tall enough for her I shall dispatch you too I know your cause for transporting of Farthingales Trouble me no more I say again to you No more vexation bid my wife send me some puddings I have a Cause to run through requires puddings Puddings enough Farewel Cler. God speed you Sir Beaup. Would he would take this fellow Verd. A rare Youth Cler. If you be not hastie Sir La writ Yes I am hastie Exceeding hastie Sir I am going to the Parliament You understand this bag if you have any business Depending there be short and let me hear it And pay your Fees Cler. 'Faith Sir I have a business But it depends upon no Parliament La writ I have no skill in 't then Cler. I must desire you 'T is a Sword matter Sir La writ I am no Cutler I am an Advocate Sir Beaup. How the thing looks Verd. When he brings him to sight Cler. Be not so hastie You wear a good Sword La writ I know not that I never drew it yet or whether it be a Sword Cler. I must entreat you try Sir and bear a part Against these Gentlemen I want a second Ye seem a man and 't is a noble office La writ I am a Lawyer Sir I am no fighter Cler. You that breed quarels Sir know best to satisfie Beaup. This is some sport yet Verd. If this fellow should fight La-writ And for any thing I know I am an arrant coward Do not trust me I think I am a coward Cler. Try try you are mistaken walk on Gentlemen The man shall follow presently La-writ Are ye mad Gentleman My business is within this half hour Cler. That 's all one We 'll dispatch within this quarter there in that bottom 'T is most convenient Gentlemen Beaup. Well we 'll wait Sir Verd. Why this will be a comick fight you 'l follow La writ As I am a true-man I cannot fight Ex. Beaupre Verdone Cler. Away away I know you can I like your modesty I know you will fight and so fight with such metal And with such judgement meet your enemies fury I see it in your eye Sir La-writ I 'le be hang'd then And I charge you in the Kings name name more fâgâ ãâã Cler. I charge you in the Kings name play the man Which if you do not quickly I begin with you I 'le make you dance do you see your fiddlestick Sweet Avocate thou shalt fight La-writ Stand farther Gentleman Or I 'le give you such a dust o' th' chapps Cler. Spoke bravely And like thy self a noble Advocate Come to thy tools La-writ I do not say I 'le fight Cler. I say thou shalt and bravely La-writ If I do fight I say if I do but do not depend upon 't And yet I have a foolish itch upon me What shall become of my Writings Cler. Let 'em ly by They will not run away man La-writ I may be kill'd too And where are all my causes then my business I will not fight I cannot fight my Causes Cler. Thou shalt fight if thou hadst a thousand causes Thou art a man to fight for any cause And carry it with honour La-writ Hum say you so if I should Be such a coxcombe to prove valiant now Cler. I know thou art most valiant La-writ Do you think so I am undone for ever if it prove so I tell you that my honest friend forever For I shall ne're leave quarrelling How long must we fight for I cannot stay Nor will not stay I have business Cler. We 'l do 't in a minute in a moment La writ Here will I hang my bag then it may save my belly I never lov'd cold Iron there Cler. You do wisely La writ Help me to pluck my Sword out then quickly quickly 'Thas not seen Sun these ten years Cler. How it grumbles This Sword is vengeance angry La writ Now I 'le put my hat up And say my prayers as I goe away boy If I be kill'd remember the little Lawyer Exeât Enter Beaupre Beaup. They are both come on that may be a stubborn rascal Take you that ground Enter La-writ I 'le stay here fight bravely La-writ To 't chearfully my boyes you 'l let 's have far play None of your foyning tricks Beaup. Come forward Monsieur figât What hast thou there a pudding in thy belly I shall see what it holds La-writ Put your spoon home then Nay since I must fight have at you without wit Sir God a mercy bagg Beaup. Nothing but bumbast in ye The Rogue winks and fights La-writ Now your fine fencing Sir Beau. loses his sword La-writ tread ãâã Stand off thou diest on point else I have it I have it yet further off I have his Sword Cler. Then keep it be sure you keep it La-writ I 'le put it in my mouth else Stand further off yet and stand quietly And look another way or I 'le be with you Is this all I 'le undertake within these two daies To furnish any Cutler in this Kingdom Beau. Pox what fortune 's this disarm'd by a puppâe A snail a Dog La-writ No more o' these words Gentleman Sweet Gentleman no more do not provoke me Go walk i' th' horse-fair whistle Gentleman What must I do now Enter Cleremont pursued by Verdone Cler. Help me I am almost breathless La-writ With all my heart there 's a cold pye for you Sir Cler. Thou strik'st me fool La-writ Thou fool stand further off then Deliver deliver Cler. Hold fast He strikes up the others heels and takes his Sword too La-writ I never fail in 't There 's twelve pence go buy you two leaden Daggers Have I done well Câer Most like a Gentleman Beau. And we two basely lost Verd. 'T is but a fortune We shall yet find an hour Ex. Beau.
that speed too And kill as deadly Verd. You are as far from justice In him you praise as equitie in the censure You load me with Beaup. Dinant he durst not meet us Lam. How durst not Brother Beaup. Durst not I repeat it Verd. Nor was it Cleremont's valour that disarm'd us I had the better of him for Dinant If that might make my peace with you I dare Write him a Coward upon every post And with the hazard or my life defend it Lam. If 't were laid at the stake you 'd lose it Nephew Cham. Came he not say you Verd. No but in his room There was a Devil hir'd from some Magician I' th' shape of an Atturney Beau. 'T was he did it Verd. And his the honour Beau. I could wish Dinant But what talk I of one that stept aside And durst not come Lam. I am such a friend to truth I cannot hear this why do you detract Thus poorly I should say to others basely From one of such approv'd worth Cham. Ha! how 's this Lam. From one so excellent in all that 's noble Whose only weakness is excess of courage That knows no enemies that he cannot master But his affections and in them the worst His love to me Cham. To you Lam. Yes Sir to me I dare for what is that which Innocence dares not To you profess it and he shun'd not the Combat For fear or doubt of these blush and repent That you in thought e're did that wrong to valour Beaup. Why this is rare Cham. 'Fore heaven exceeding rare Why modest Lady you that sing such Encomiums Of your first Suiter Verd. How can ye convince us In your reports Lam. With what you cannot answer 'T was my command that staid him Cham. Your command Lam. Mine Sir and had my will rank'd with my power And his obedience I could have sent him With more ease weaponless to you and bound Than have kept him back so well he loves his honour Beyond his life Cham. Better and better still Lam. I wrought with him in private to divert him From your assur'd destruction had he met you Cham. In private Lam. Yes and us'd all Arts all Charms Of one that knew her self the absolute Mistris Of all his faculties Cham. Gave all rewards too His service could deserve did not he take The measure of my sheets Lam. Do not look yellow I have cause to speak frowns cannot fright me By all my hopes as I am spotless to you If I rest once assur'd you do but doubt me Or curb me of that freedom you once gave me Cham. What then Lam. I 'le not alone abuse your bed that 's nothing But to your more vexation 't is resolv'd on I 'le run away and then try if Dinant Have courage to defend me Champ. Impudent Verd. And on the sudden Beau. How are ye transform'd From what you were Lam. I was an innocent Virgin And I can truly swear a Wise as pure As ever lay by Husband and will dy so Let me live unsuspected I am no servant Nor will be us'd like one If you desire To keep me constant as I would be let Trust and belief in you beget and nurse it Unnecessary jealousies make more whores Than all baits else laid to entrap our frailties Beau. There 's no contesting with her from a child Once mov'd she hardly was to be appeas'd Yet I dare swear her honest Cham. So I think too On better judgement I am no Italian To lock her up nor would I be a Dutchman To have my Wife my soveraign to command me I 'le try the gentler way but if that fail Believe it Sir there 's nothing but extreams Which she must feel from me Beau. That as you please Sir Charl. You have won the breeches Madam look up sweetly My Lord limps toward you Lam. You will learn more manners Charl. This is a fee for counsel that 's unask'd for Cham. Come I mistook thee sweet prethee forgive me I never will be jealous e're I cherish Such a mechanick humour I 'le be nothing I 'le say Dinant is all that thou wouldst have him Will that suffice Lam. 'T is well Sir Cham. Use thy freedom Uncheck'd and unobserv'd if thou wilt have it These shall forget their honour I my wrongs We 'll all dote on him hell be my reward If I dissemble Lam. And that hell take me If I affect him he 's a lustfull villain But yet no coward and sollicites me To my dishonour that 's indeed a quarrel And truly mine which I will so revenge As it shall fright such as dare only think To be adulterers C ham Use thine own waies I give up all to thee Beau. O women women When you are pleas'd you are the least of evils Verd. I 'le time to 't but provokt the worst of Devils Exeunt Enter Monsieur Sampson and three Clients Samp. I know Monsieur La writ 1 Cly. Would he knew himself Sir Samp. He was a pretty Lawyer a kind of pretty Lawyer Of a kind of unable thing 2 Cly. A fine Lawyer Sir And would have sâk'd you up a business And out of this Court into that Samp. Ye are too forward Not so fine my friends something he could have done But short short 1 Cy. I know your worships favour You are Nephew to the Judge Sir Samp. It may be so And something may be done without trotting i' th' dirt friends It may be I can take him in his Chamber And have an hours talk it may be so And tell him that in 's ear there are such courtesies I will not say I can 3 Cly. We know you can Sir Sam. Peradventure I peradventure no but where 's La-writ Where 's your sufficient Lawyer 1 Cly. He 's blown up Sir 2 Cly. Run mad and quarrels with the Dog he meets He is no Lawyer of this world now Sam. Your reason Is he defunct is he dead 2 Cly. No he 's not dead yet Sir But I would be loth to take a lease on 's life for two hours Alas he is possest Sir with the spirit of fighting And quarrels with all people but how he came to it Samp. If he fight well and like a Gentleman The man may fight for 't is a lawfull calling Look you my friends I am a civil Gentleman And my Lord my Uncle loves me 3 Cly. We all know it Sir Sam. I think he does Sir I have business too much business Turn you some forty or fifty Causes in a week Yet when I get an hour of vacancie I can fight too my friends a little does well I would be loth to learn to fight 1 Cly. But and 't please you Sir His fighting has neglected all our business We are undone our causes cast away Sir His not appearance Sam. There he fought too long A little and fight well he fought too long indeed fâs But ne'r the less things must be as they may And there be wayes 1 Cly. We know Sir if you
first quick Eele that sav'd her tail Exeunt SCENE II. Enter Lucina Ardelia and Phorba Ardel. You still insist upon that Idol Honour Can it renew your yâuth can it add wealth That takes off wrinkles can it draw mens eyes To gaze upon you in your age can honour That truly is a Saint to none but Souldiers And look'd into bears no reward but danger Leave you the most respected person living Or can the common kisses of a Husband Which to a sprightly Lady is a labour Make ye almost Immortal ye are cozen'd The honour of a woman is her praises The way to get these to be seen and sought too And not to bury such a happy sweetness Under a smoaky roof Luci. I 'le hear no more Phor. That white and red and all that blessed beauty Kept from the eyes that make it so is nothing Then you are rarely fair when men proclaim it The Phenix were she never seen were doubted That most unvalued Horn the Unicorn Bears to oppose the Huntsman were it nothing But tale and meer tradition would help no man But when the vertue 's known the honour 's doubled Vertue is either lame or not at all And love a Sacriledge and not a Saint When it bars up the way to mens Petitions Ard. Nay ye shall love your Husband too we come not To make a Monster of ye Luc. Are ye women Ard. You 'll find us so and women you shall thank too If you have grace to make your use Luc. Fye on ye Phor. Alas poor bashful Lady by my soul Had ye no other vertue but your blushes And I a man I should run mad for those How daintily they set her off how sweetly Ard. Come Goddess come you move too near the earth It must not be a better Orb stayes for you Here be a Maid and take ' em Luc. Pray leave me Phor. That were a sin sweet Lady and a way To make us guilty of your melancholy You must not be alone in conversation Doubts are resolv'd and what sticks near the conscience Made easie and allowable Luc. Ye are Devils Ard. That you may one day bless for your damnation Luc. I charge ye in the name of Chastity Tempt me no more how ugly ye seem to me There is no wonder men defame our Sex And lay the vices of all ages on us When such as you shall bear the names of women If ye had eyes to see your selves or sence Above the base rewards ye play the bawds for If ever in your lives ye heard of goodness Though many Regions off as men hear Thunder âf ever ye had Mothers and they souls If ever Fathers and not such as you are If ever any thing were constant in you Besides your sins or coming but your courses If ever any of your Ancestors Dyed worth a noble deed that would be cherish'd Soul-frighted with this black infection You would run from one another to repentance And from your guilty eyes drop out those sins That made ye blind and beasts Phor. Ye speak well Lady A sign of fruitful education If your religious zeal had wisdom with it Ard. This Lady was ordain'd to bless the Empire And we may all give thanks for 't Phor. I believe ye Ard. If any thing redeem the Emperour From his wild flying courses this is she She can instruct him if ye mark she is wise too Phor. Exceeding wise which is a wonder in her And so religious that I well believe Though she would sin she cannot Ard. And besides She has the Empires cause in hand not loves There lies the main consideration For which she is chiefly born Phor. She finds that point Stronger than we can tell her and believe it I look by her means for a reformation And such a one and such a rare way carried That all the world shall wonder at Ard. 'T is true I never thought the Emperor had wisdom Pity or fair affection to his Country Till he profest this love gods give 'em Children Such as her vertues merit and his zeal I look to see a Numa from this Lady Or greater than Octavius Phor. Do you mark too Which is a Noble vertue how she blushes And what a flowing modesty runs through her When we but name the Emperour Ard. But mark it Yes and admire it too for she considers Though she be fair as Heaven and vertuous As holy truth yet to the Emperour She is a kind of nothing but her service Which she is bound to offer and she 'll do it And when her Countries cause commands affection She knows obedience is the key of vertues Then flye the blushes out like Cupid's arrows And though the tye of Marriage to her Lord Would fain cry stay Lucina yet the cause And general wisdom of the Princes love Makes here find surer ends and happier And if the first were chaste this is twice doubled Phor. Her tartness unto us too Ard. That 's a wise one Phor. I rarely like it shews a rising wisdom That chides all common fools as dare enquire What Princes would have private Ard. What a Lady Shall we be blest to serve Luc. Go get ye from me Ye are your purses Agents not the Princes Is this the vertuous Loâe ye train'd me out to Am I a woman fit to imp your vâces But that I had a Mother and a woman Whosoever living fame turns all it touches Into the good it self is I should now Even doubt my self I have been sâarch't so near The very soul of honour why should you two That happily have been as chaste as I am Fairer I think by much for yet your faces Like ancient well built piles shew worthy ruins After that Angel age turn mortal Devils For shame for woman-hood for what ye have been For rotten Cedars have born goodly branches If ye have hope of any Heaven but Court Which like a Dream you 'l find hereafter vaniâh Or at the best but subject to repentance Study no more to be ill spoken of Let women live themselves if they must fall Their own destruction find 'em not your Fâvours Ard. Madam ye are so excellent in all And I must tell it you with admiration So true a joy ye have so sweet a fear And when ye come to anger t is so noble That for mine own part I could still offend To hear you angry women that want tâ And your way guided else I count ãâ¦ã Are either Fools or Cowards Phor. She were a Mistris for no pâ ãâ¦ã Could she not frown a ravish'd kiss ãâ¦ã And such an anger as this Lady leaâ ãâã Stuck with such pleasing âangers ãâ¦ã Which of ye all could hold from Luc. I perceive ye Your own dark sins dwell with ye and t' at prâ You sell the chastity of modest wives at Runs to diseases with your bones I scorâ And all the nets ye've pitcht to catch my vâ Like Spiders Webs I sweep away before me Go tell the Emperour ye have met a woman That
neither his own person which is God like The world he rules nor what that world can purchase Nor all the glories subject to a Caesar The honours that he offers for my body The hopes gifts everlasting flatteries Nor any thing that 's his and apt to tempt me No not to be the Mother of the Empire And Queen of all the holy fires he worships Can make a Whore of Ard. You mistake us Lady Luc. Yet tell him this has thus much weaken'd me That I have heard his Knaves and you his Matrons Fit Nurses for his sins which gods forgive me But ever to be leaning to his folly Or to be brought to love his lust assure him And from her mouth whose life shall make it certain I never can I have a noble Husband Pray tell him that too yet a noble name A Noble Family and last a Conscience Thus much for your answer For your selves Ye have liv'd the shame of women dye the better Exit Luc. Phor. What 's now to do Ard. Ev'n as she said to dye For there 's no living here and women thus I am sure for us two Phor. Nothing stick upon her Ard. We have lost a mass of mony well Dame Vertue Yet ye may halt if good luck serve Phor. Worms take her She has almost spoil'd our trade Ard. So godly This is ill breeding Phorba Phor. If the women Should have a longing now to see this Monster And she convert 'em all Ard. That may be Phorba But if it be I 'll have the young men gelded Come let 's go think she must not scape us thus Thâre is a certain season if we hit That women may be rid without a Bit. Exeunt SCENE III. Enter Maximus and Aecius Max. I cannot blame the Nations noble friend That they fall off so fast from this wild man When under our Allegiance be it spoken And the most happy tye of our affections The worlds weight groans beneath him Where lives vertue Honour discretion wisdom who are call'd And chosen to the steering of the Empire But Bawds and singing Girls O my Aecius The glory of a Souldier and the truth Of men made up for goodness sake like shells Grow to the ragged walls for want of action Only your happy self and I that love you Which is a larger means to me than favour Aâci No more my worthy friend though these be truths And though these truths would ask a Reformation At least a little squating yet remember We are but Subj cts Maximus obedience To what is done and grief for what is ill done Is all we can call ours The hearts of Princes Are like the Templâs of the gods pure incense Until unhallowed hands defile those offerings Burns ever there we muât not put 'em out Because the Priests that touch those sweets are wicked We dare not dearest Friend nay moâ we cannot While we consider who we are and how To what laws bound much more to what Law-giver Whilest Majesty is made to be obeyed And not to b inquired into whilst gods and angels Make but a rule as we do though a stricter Like desperate and unseason'd Fools let flye Our killing angers and forsake our honours Max. My noble Friend from whose instructions I never yet took surfeit weigh but thus much Nor think I speak it with ambition For by the gods I do not why Aecius Why are we thus or how become thus wretched Aecius You 'll fall again into your fit Max. I will not Or are we now no more the Sons of Romans No more the followers of their happy fortunes But conquer'd Gauls or Quivers for the Parthians Why is this Emperour this man we honour This God that ought to be Aecius You are too curious Max. Good give me leave why is this Author of us Aecius I dare not hear ye speak thus Max. I 'll be modest Thus led away thus vainly led away And we Beholders misconceive me not I sow no danger in my words But wherefore And to what end are we the Sons of Fathers Famous and fast to Rome why are their Vertues Stampt in the dangers of a thousand Battels For goodness sake their honours time outdaring I think for our example Aecius Ye speak nobly Max. Why are we seeds of these then to shake hands With Bawds and base informers kiss discredit And court her like a Mistriss 'pray your leave yet You 'll say the Emperour is young and apt To take impression rather from his pleasures Than any constant worthiness it may be But why do these the people call his pleasures Exceed the moderation of a man Nay to say justly friend why are they vices And such as shake our worths with forreign Nations Aecius You search the sore too deep and I must tell ye In any other man this had been boldness And forewarded 'pray depress your spirit For though I constantly believe you honest Ye were no friend for me else and what now Ye freely spake but good you owe to th' Empire Yet take heed worthy Maximus all ears Hear not with that distinction mine do few You 'll find admonishers but urgers of your actions And to the heaviest friend and pray consider We are but shadows motions others give us And thougn our pities may become the times Justly our powers cannot make me worthy To be your friend ever in fair Allegiance But not in force For durst mine own soul urge me And by that Soul I speak my just affections To turn my hand from Truth which is obedience And give the helm my Vertue holds to Anger Though I had both the Blessings of the Bruti And both their instigations though my Cause Carried a face of Justice beyond theirs And as I am a servant to my fortunes That daring soul that first taught disobedience Should feel the first example say the Prince As I may well believe seems vicious Who justly knows 't is not to try our honours Or say he be an ill Prince are we therefore Fit sires to purge him No my dearest friend The Elephant is never won with anger Nor must that man that would reclaim a Lion Take him by th' teeth Max. I pray mistake me not Aecius Our honest actions and the light that breaks Like morning from our service chaste and blushing Is that that pulls a Prince back then he sees And not till then truly repents his errours When Subjects Crystal Souls are glasses to him Max. My ever honour'd friend I 'll take your counsel The Emperour appears I 'll leave ye to him And as we both affect him may he flourish Exit Max. Enter the Emperour and Chilax Emp. Is that the best news Chil. Yet the best we know Sir Emp. Bid Maximus come to me and be gone then Mine own head be my helper these are fools How now Aecius are the Souldiers quiet Aecius Better I hope Sir than they were Emp. They are pleas'd I hear To censure me extreamly for my pleasures Shortly they 'll fight
serves for both Lic About it then I must to th' Cupbord and be sure good Paulus Your Grace be fasting that he may hang cleanly If there should need another voice what then Paul I 'le hang another Grace in Lic Grace be with ye Exeunt SCENE VIII Enter in state Maximus Eudoxa with Souldiers and Gentlemen of Rome the Senators and Rods and Axes born before them A Synnet with Trumpets With a Banket prepared with Hoboies Musick Song wreath 3 Sen. Hale to thy imperial honour sacred Caesar And from the old Rome take these wishes You holy gods that hitherto have held As justice holds her Ballance equal pois'd This glory of our Nation this full Roman And made him fit for what he is confirm him Look on this Son O Jupiter our helper And Romulus thou Father of our honour Preserve him like thy self just valiant noble A lover and increaser of his people Let him begin with Numa stand with Cato The first five years of Nero be his wishes Give him the age and fortune of Emylius And his whole raign renew a great Augustus SONG Honour that is ever living Honour that is ever giving Honour that sees all and knows Both the ebbs of man and flowes Honour that rewards the best Sends thee thy rich labours rest Thou hast studied still to please her Therefore now she calls thee Caesar Chor. Hale hale Caesar hale and stand And thy name outlive the Land Noble Fathers to his brows Bind this wreath with thousand vows All. Stand to eternity Max. I thank ye Fathers And as I rule may it still grow or wither Now to the Banket ye are all my guests This day be liberal friends to wine we give it And smiling pleasures Sit my Queen of Beauty Fathers your places these are fair Wars Souldiers And thus I give the first charge to ye all You are my second sweet to every cup I add unto the Senate a new honour And to the ãâã of Mars a donative SONG God Lyeus ever young Ever honour'd ever sung Stain'd with bloud of lusty Grapes In a thousand lusty shapes Dance upon the Mazers brim In the Crimson liquor swim From thy plenteous hand divine Let a River run with Wine God of youth let this day here Enter neither care nor fear Boy Bellona's feed the glory of old Rome Envy of conquer'd Nations nobly come And to the fulness of your war-like noise Let your feet move make up this hour of joys Come come I say range your fair Troop at large And your high mâasure turn into a charge Semp. The Emperor 's grown heavy with his wine Afra The Senate staies Sir for your thanks Semp. Great Caesar Eud. I have my wish Afra Wilt please your Grace speak to him Eud. Yes but he will not hear Lords Semp. Stir him Lucius the Senate must have thanks 2 Sen. Luc. Your Grace Sir Caesar Eud. Did I not tell you he was well he 's dead Semp. Dead treason guard the Court let no man pass Souldiers your Caesar's murdered Eud. Make no tumult Nor arm the Court ye have his killer with ye And the just cause if ye can stay the hearing I was his death that wreath that made him Caesar Has made him earth Sould. Cut her in thousand pieces Eud. Wise men would know the reason first to die Is that I wish for Romans and your swords The heaviest way of death yet Souldiers grant me That was your Empress once and honour'd by ye But so much time to tell ye why I kill'd him And weigh my reasons well if man be in you Then if ye dare do cruelly condemn me Afr. Hear her ye noble Romans 't is a Woman A subject not for swords but pity Heaven If she be guilty of malitious murder Has given us Laws to make example of her If only of revenge and bloud hid from us Let us consider first then execute Semp. Speak bloudy Woman Eud. Yes This Maximus That was your Caesar Lords and noble Souldiers And if I wrong the dead Heaven perish me Or speak to win your favours but the truth Was to his Country to his friends and Caesar A most malitious Traitor Semp. Take heed woman Eud. I speak not for compassion Brave Aecius Whose blessed soul if I lye shall afflict me The man that all the world lov'd you ador'd That was the master-piece of Arms and bounty Mine own grief shall come last this friend of his This Souldier this your right Arm noble Romans By a bâse letter to the Emperor Stufft full of fears and poor suggestions Anâ by himself unto himself directed Was cut off bâââly basâly cruelly Oh loss O innocent can ye now kill me And the poor state my Noble Lord that knew not More of this villain than his forc'd fears Like ouâ foreseen to sâtisfie dy'd for it Thââe was a murdre too Rome would have blusht at Was this woâth bâing Cââsar or my patience nay his Wife By Hââven he to ãâã mâ in wine and joy Anâ swoââ it deeply tâ himself prepar'd To be abus'd how let me grieve not tell ye And weâp the ãâã that did it and his end Was only me anâ Cââsar âut me he lyed in These are my reasons Romans and my soul Tells me sufficient and my deed is justice Now as I have done well or ill look on me Afra What less could nature do what less had we doââ Had we known this before Romans she is righteous And such a piece of justice Heaven must smile on Bend all your swords on me if this displease ye For I must kneel and on this vertuous hand Seal my new joy and thanks thou hast done truly Semp. Up with your arms ye strike a Saint else Romans May'st thou live ever spoken our Protector Rome yet has many Noble Heirs Let 's in And pray before we choose then plant a Caesar Above the reach of envy blood and murder Afra Take up the body nobly to his urn And may our sins and his together burn Exeunt A dead March EPILOGUE WE would fain please ye and as fain be pleas'd 'T is but a little liking both are eas'd We have your money and you have our ware And to our understanding good and fair For your own wisdoms sake be not so mad To acknowledge ye have bought things dear and bad Let not a brack i' th' Stuff or here and there The fading gloss a general loss appear We know ye take up worse Commodities And dearer pay yet think your bargains wise We know in Meat and Wine ye fling away More time and wealth which is but dearer pay And with the Reckoning all the pleasure lost We bid ye not unto repenting cost The price is easie and so light the Play That ye may new digest it every day Then noble friends as ye would choose a Miss Only to please the eye a while and kiss Till a good Wife be got So let this Play Hold ye a while until a better may Monsieur
see The least distemper pulls 'em back again And seats 'em in their old course fear her not Unless he be a Devil Mary Now Heaven bless me Dor. What has he writ Mary Out out upon him Dor. Ha what has the mad man done Mary Worse worse and worse still Alice Some Northern Toy a little broad Mary Still fouler Hey hey Boys goodness keep me Oh. Dor. What ail ye Mary Here take your Spell again it burns my fingers Was ever Lover writ so sweet a Letter So elegant a style pray look upon 't The rarest inventory of rank Oaths That ever Cut-purse cast Alice What a mad Boy is this Mary Only i' th' bottom A little Julip gently sprinkled over To cool his mouth lest it break out in blisters Indeed law Yours for ever Dor. I am sorry Mar. You shall be welcome to me come when you please And ever may command me vertuously But for your Brother you must pardon me Till I am of his nature no access friend No word of visitation as ye love me And so for ' now I 'le leave ye Exit Alice What a letter Has this thing written how it roars like thunder With what a state he enters into stile Dear Mistress Dor. Out upon him bedlam Alice Well there be waies to reach her yet such likeness As you two carry me thinks Dor. I am mad too And yet can apprehend ye fare ye well The fool shall now fish for himself Alice Be sure then His tewgh be tith and strong and next no swearing He 'l catch no fish else Farewel Dol. Dor. Farewel Alice Exeunt Actus Secundus Scena Prima Enter Valentine Alice and Cellide Cel. INdeed he 's much chang'd extreamly alter'd His colour faded strangely too Val. The air The sharp and nipping air of our new climate I hope is all which will as well restore To health again th' affected body by it And make it stronger far as leave it dangerous How do's my sweet our blessed hour comes on now Apace my Cellide it knocks at door In which our loves and long desires like rivers Rising asunder far shall fall together Within these too daies dear Cel. When heaven and you Sir Shall think it fit for by your wills I am govern'd Alice 'T were good some preparation Enter Frank. Val. All that may be It shall be no blind wedding and all the joy Of all our friends I hope he looks worse hourly How does my friend my self he sweats too coldly His pulse like the slow dropping of a spowt Scarce gives his function how is' t man alas Sir You look extreme ill is it any old grief The weight of which Fra. None gentle Sir that I feel Your love is too too tender Nay believe Sir Cel. You cannot be the master of your health Either some feaver lyes in wait to catch ye Whose harbinger's already in your face We see preparing or some discontent Which if it lye in this house I dare say Both for this noble Gentleman and all That live within it shall as readily Be purg'd away and with as much care soften'd And where the cause is Fran. 'T is a joy to be ill Where such a vertuous fair Physitian Is ready to relieve your noble cares I must and ever shall be thankfull for And would my service I dare not look upon her But be not fearfull I feel nothing dangerous A grudging caus'd by th' alteration Of air may hang upon me my heart 's whole I would it were Val. I knew the cause to be so Fra. No you shall never know it Alice Some warm broths To purge the bloud and keep your bed a day Sir And sweat it out Cel. I have such cordials That if you will but promise me to take 'em Indeed you shall be well and very quickly I 'le be your Doctor you shall see how finely I 'le fetch ye up again Val. He sweats extreamly Hot very hot his pulse beats like a drum now Feel Sâster feel feel sweet Fra. How that touch stung me Val. My gown there Cel. And those julips in the window Alice Some sâe his bâd made Val. This is most unhappy Take courage man 't is nothing but an ague Cel. And this shall be the last fit Fra. Not by thousands Now what 't is to be truly miserable I feel at full experience Alice He grows fainter Val. Come lead him in he shall to bed a vomit I 'le have a vomit for him Alice A purge first And if he breath'd a vein Val. No no no bleeding A Clyster will cool all Cel. Be of good cheer Sir Alice He 's loth to speak Cel. How hard he holds my hand aunt Alice I do not like that sign Val. Away to 's chamber Softly he 's full of pain be diligent With all the care ye have would I had scus'd him Exeunt SCENA II. Enter Dorothea and Thomas Dor. Why do you rail at me do I dwell in her To force her to do this or that your letter A wilde-fire on your letter your sweet Letter You are so learned in your writs ye stand now As if ye had worried sheep you must turn tippet And suddenly and truely and discreetly Put on the shape of order and humanity Or you must marry Maikyn the May Lady You must dear Brother do you make me carrier Of your confound-mee's and your culverings Am I a seemly agent for your oaths Who would have writ such a debosh'd Thom. Your patience May not a man profess his love Dor. In blasphemies Rack a maids tender ears with dam's and Devils Thom Out out upon thee How would you have me write Begin with my love premised surely And by my truly Mistress Dor. Take your own course For I see all perswasion 's lost upon ye Humanitie all drown'd from this hour fairly I 'le wash my hanâs of all ye do farewel Sir Tho. Thou art not mad Dor No if I were dear Brother I would keep you company get a new Mistress Some suburb Saint that six pence and some others Will draw to parley carowse her health in Cans And candles ends and quarrel for her beauty Such a sweet heart must serve your turn your old love Releases ye of all your tyes disclaims ye And utterly abjures your memory Till time has better manag'd ye will ye command me Thom. What bob'd of all sides Dor. Any worthy service Unto my Father Sir that I may tell him Even to his peace of heart and much rejoycing Ye are his true Son Tom still will it please ye To beat some half a dozen of his servants presently That I may testifie you have brought the same faith Unblemish'd home ye carried out or if it like you There be two chamber maids within young wenches Handsom and apt for exercise you have been good Sir And charitable though I say it Signiour To such poor orphans and now by th' way I think on 't Your young rear Admiral I mean your last bastard Don John ye
the matter Whither go all these men-menders these Physicians Whose Dog lies sick o' th' mulligrubs Sam. O the Gentleman The young smug Seigniour Master Valentine Brought out of travel with him as I hear Is faln sick o' th' sudden desperate sick And likely they go thither Thom. Who young Frank The only temper'd spirit Scholar Souldier Courtier and all in one piece 't is not possible Enter Alice Sam. There 's one can better satisfie you Thom. Mistress Alice I joy to see you Lady Alice Good Monsieur Thomas You 're welcome from your travel I am hasty A Gântleman lyes sick Sir Thom. And how dost thou I must know and I will know Alice Excellent well As well as may be thank ye Thom. I am glad on 't And prithee hark Alice I cannot stay Thom. A while Alice Sam. Never look so narrowly the mark 's in her mouth still Hyl. I am looking at her legs prithee be quiet Alice I cannot stay Thom. O sweet Alice Hyl. A clean instep And that I love a life I did not mark This woman half so well before how quick And nimble like a shadow there her leg shew'd By th' mass a neat one the colour of her Stocking A much inviting colour Alice My good Monsieur I have no time to talk now Hyl. Pretty Breeches Finely becoming too Thom. By Heaven Alice She will not I can assure you that and so Thom. But this word Alice I cannot nor I will not good Lord Exit Hyl. Well you shall ãâã more from me Thom. We 'll go ãâã 'T is Charity bâââies I know she is there And under visitation I shall see her Will ye along Hyl. By any meanâ Thom. Be sure then I be a civil man I have sport ân hand Boââ Shall make mirth for a Mââriage dây Hyl. Away then Exeunt SCENE III. Enter three Physicians with an Vâââal 1 Phy. A Pleurisie I see it 2 Phy. I rather hold it For tremor Cordis 3 Phy. Do you mark the Faeceâ 'T is a most pestilent contagious âeaâââ A suâââit a plaguey surfeit he must blâeâ 1 Phy. By no means 3 Phy. I say bleed 1 Phy. I say 't is dangerous The Person being spent so much bâfore hand And Nature drawn so low Clysters Cool Clysters 2 Phy. Now with you favours I should think a Vomit For take away the Cause the Effect must follow The Stomach's soul and fur'd the pot 's unflam'd yet 3 Phy. No no we 'll rectifie that part by mild means Nature so sunk must find no violence Enter a Servant Serv. Will 't please ye draw near the weak Gentleman Grows worse and worse still 1 Phy. Come we will attend him 2 Phy. He shall do well my friend Serv. My Masters love Sir 1 Excellent well I warrant thee right and straight friend 3 Phy. There 's no doubt in him none at all ne'r fear him Exeunt SCENE IV. Enter Valentine and Michael Mich. That he is desperate sick I do believe well And that without a speedy cure it kills him But that it lyes within the help of Physick Now to restore his health or art to cure him Believe it you are cozen'd clean beside it I would tell ye the true cause too but 't would vex ye Nay run ye mad Val. May all I have restore him So dearly and so tenderly I love him I do not know the cause why yea my life too Mich. Now I perceive ye so well set I 'll tell you Hei mihi quod nullis Amor est medicabilis herbis Val. 'T was that I only fear'd good friend go from me I find my heart too full for further conference You are assur'd of this Mich. 'T will prove too certain But bear it nobly Sir Youth hath his errours Val. I shall do and I thank ye 'pray ye no words on 't Mich. I do not use to talk Sir Exit Val. Ye are welcome Is there no Constancy in earthly things No happiness in us but what must alter No life without the heavy load of Fortune What miseries we are and to our selves Even ãâã wh n full content seems to sit by us What âaily sores and sorrows Eâter Alice Alice O dear Brother The Gentleman if ever you will see him Alive as I think Enter Cellide Cel. O he faints for Heavens sake For Heavens sake Sir Val. Go comfort him dear Sister Exit Alice And ouâ word sweet with you then we 'll go to him What think you iâ this Gentleman Cel. Mâ p ty thinks Sir 'T is greââ miâfortunâ that ãâã should thus perish Val Iâ is inâeed ãâã he must dye Cel. That were a cruelty when carâ may cure him Why do you weep so Sir he may recover Val. He may but with much danger my sweet Cellide You have a powerful tongue Cel. To do you service Val. I will betray his grief he loves a Gentlewoman A friend of yours whose heart another holds He knows it too yet such a sway blind fancy And his not daring to deliver it Have won upon him that they must undo him Never so hopeful and so sweet a Spirit Misfortune fell so foul on Cel. Sure she 's hard hearted That can look on and not relent and deeply At such a misery she is not married Val. Not yet Cel. Nor near it Val. When she please Cel. And pray Sir Does he deserve her truly that she loves so Val. His love may mââât much his Person little For there the match lyes mangled Cel. Is he your friend Val. He should be for he is near me Cel. Will not he dye then When th' other shall recover Val. Ye have pos'd me Cel. Methinks he should go near it if he love her If she love him Val. She does and would do equal Cel. 'T is a hard task you put me yet for your sake I will speak to her all the art I have My best endeavours all his Youth and Person His mind more full of beauty all his hopes The memory of such a sad example Ill spoken of and never old the curses Of loving maids and what may be alledg'd I 'll lay before her what 's her Name I am ready Val. But will you deal effectually Cel. Most truly Nay were it my self at your entreaty Val. And could ye be so pitiful Cel So dutiful Because you urge it Sir Val. It may be then It is your self Cel. It is indeed I know it And now know how ye love me Val. O my dearest Let but your goodness judge your own part 's pity Set but your eyes on his afflictions He is mine and so becomes your charge but think What ruine Nature suffers in this young man What loss humanity and noble manhood Take to your better judgment my declining My Age hung full of impotence and ills My Body budding now no more seer Winter Hath seal'd that sap up at the best and happiest I can but be your infant you my Nurse And how unequal dearest where his years His sweetness and his ever spring
is true Lady Const Was it a Boy too Land A brave Boy deliberation And judgment shew'd in 's getting as I 'll say for him He 's as well paced for that sport Const May I see it For there is a neighbour of mine a Gentlewoman Has had a late mischance which willingly I would know further of now if you please To be so courteous to me Land Ye shall see it But what do ye think of these men now ye know 'em And of the cause I told ye of Be wise Ye may repent too late else I but tell you For your own good and as you will find it Lady Const I am advis'd Land No more words then do that And instantly I told ye of be ready Don John I 'll fit you for your frumps Const I shall be But shall I see this Child Land Within this half hour Let 's in and there think better she that 's wise Leaps at occasion first the rest pay for it Exeunt SCENE IV. Enter Petrucchio Don John and Frederick John Sir he is worth your knowledg and a Gentleman If I that so much love him may commend him Of free and vertuous parts and one if foul play Should fall upon us for which fear I brought him Will not flye back for phillips Pet. Ye much honour me And once more I pronounce ye both mine Fred. Stay what Troop Is that below i' th' Valley there John Hawking I take it Pet. They are so 't is the Duke 't is even he Gentlemen Sirrah draw back the Horses till we call ye I know him by his Company Fred. I think too He bends up this way Pet. So he does John Stand you still Within that Covert till I call you Frederick By no means be not seen unless they offer To bring on odds upon us he comes forward Here will I wait him fairly to your Cabins Pet. I need no more instruct ye John Fear me not I 'le give it him and boldly Ex. Pet. and Fred. Enter Duke and his faction Duke Feed the Hawks up We 'll flie no more to day O my blest fortune Have I so fairly met the man John Ye have Sir And him you know by this Duke Sir all the honour And love John I do beseech your Grace stay there for I know you too now that love and honour I come not to receive nor can you give it Till ye appear fair to the world I must beseech ye Dismiss your train a little Duke Walk aside And out of hearing I command ye Now Sir John Last time we met I was a friend Duke And Nobly You did a friends office let your business Be what it may you must be still John Your pardon Never a friend to him cannot be friend To his own honour Duke In what have I transgress'd it Ye make a bold breach at the first Sir John Bolder You made that breach that let in infamy And ruine to surprise a noble stock Duke Be plain Sir John I will and short Ye have wrong'd a Gentleman Little behind your self beyond all justice Beyond mediation of all friends Duke The man and manner of wrong John Petrucchio The wrong ye have Whor'd his Sister Duke What 's his will in 't John His will is to oppose you like a Gentleman And single to decide all Duke Now stay you Sir And hear me with the like belief this Gentleman His Sister that you nam'd 't is true I have long lov'd Nor was that love lascivious as he makes it As true I have enjoy'd her no less truth I have a Child by her but that she or he Or any of that family are tainted Suffer disgrace or ruin by my pleasures I wear a Sword to satisfie the world no And him in this cause when he please for know Sir She is my Wife contracted before Heaven Witness I owe more tye to than her Brother Nor will I flye from that name which long since Had had the Churches approbation But for his jealous danger John Sir your pardon And all that was my anger now my service Duk. Fair Sir I knew I should convert ye had we But that rough man here now too John And ye shall Sir Whoa hoa hoo Duke I hope ye have laid no Ambush Enter Petrucchio John Only friends Duke My noble Brother welcome Come put your anger off we 'll no fighting Unless you will maintain I am unworthy To bear that name Pet. Do you speak this heartily Duke Upon my soul and truly the first Priest Shall put you out of these doubts Pet. Now I love ye And I beseech you pardon my suspicions You are now more than a Brother a brave friend too John The good man 's over-joy'd Enter Frederick Fred. How how how goes it John Why the man has his Mare again and all 's well Frederick The Duke professes freely he 's her Husband Fred. 'T is a good hearing John Yes for modest Gentlemen I must present ye may it please your Grace To number this brave Gentleman my friend And noble kinsman amongst those your servants Duke O my brave friend you shower your bounties on me Amongst my best thoughts Signior in which number You being worthily dispos'd already May place your friend to honour me Fred. My love Sir And where your Grace dares trust me all my service Pet. Why this is wondrous happy But now Brother Now comes the bitter to our sweet Constantia Duke Why what of her Pet. Nor what nor where do I know Wing'd with her fears last night beyond my knowledge She quit my house but whither Fred. Let not that Duke No more good Sir I have heard too much Pet. Nay sink not She cannot be so lost John Nor shall not Gentlemen Be free again the Lady 's found that smile Sir Shews ye distrust your Servant Duke I do beseech ye John Ye shall believe me by my soul she is safe Duke Heaven knows I would believe Sir Fred. Ye may safely John And under noble usage this fair Gentleman Met her in all her doubts last night and to his Guard Her fears being strong upon her she gave her person Who waited on her to our lodging where all respect Civil and honest service now attend her Pet. Ye may believe now Duke Yes I do and strongly Well my good friends or rather my good Angels For ye have both preserv'd me when these vertues Dye in your friends remembrance John Good your Grace Lose no more time in complement 't is too precious I know it by my self there can be no Hell To his that hangs upon his hopes especially In way of lustly pleasures Pet. He has hit it Fred. To horse again then for this night I 'le crown With all the joyes ye wish for Pet. Happy Gentlemen Exeunt Enter Francisco Fran. This is the maddest mischief never fool Was so sob'd off as I am made ridiculous And to my self mine own Ass trust a Woman I 'le trust the Devil first for he dare be Better than
's word sometime what faith have I brâke In what observance fail'd Let me consider Enter Don John and Frederick For this is monstrous usage Fred. Let them talk We 'll ride on fair and softly Fran. Well Constantia Fred. Constantia what 's this fellow stay by all means Fran. Ye have spun your self a fair thread now Fred. Stand still John Fran. What cause had you to fly what fear possest ye Were you not safely lodg'd from all suspicion Us'd with all gentle means did any know How ye came thither or what your sin was Fred. John I smell some juggling John John Yes Frederick I fear it will be found so Fran. So strangely Without the counsel of your friends so desperately To put all dangers on ye Fred. 'T is she Fran. So deceitfully After a strangers lure John Did ye mark that Frederick Fran. To make ye appear more monster and the Law More cruel to reward ye to leave all All that should be your safegard to seek evils Was this your wisdom this your promise well He that incited ye Fred. Mark that too John Yes Sir Fran. ' Had better have plough'd farther off now Lady What will your last friend he that should preserve ye And hold your credit up the brave Antonio Think of this slip he 'll to Petrucchio And call for open justice John 'T is she Frederick Fred. But what that he is John Fra. I do not doubt yet To bolt ye out for I know certainly Ye are about the Town still ha no more words Exit Fred. Well John Very well Fred. Discreetly John Finely carried Fred. You have no more of these tricks John Ten to one Sir I shall meet with 'em if ye have Fred. Is this honest John Was it in you a friends part to deal double I am no Ass Don Frederick Fred. And Don John It shall appear I am no fool Disgrace me to make your self a lecher 'T is boyish 't is base John 'T is false and most unmanly to upbraid me Nor will I be your bolster Sir Fre. Thou wanton boy thou hadst better have been Eunuch Thou common womans courtesie than thus Lascivious basely to have bent mine honour A friend I 'e make a horse my friend first John Holla holla Ye kick too fast Sir what strange brains have you got That dare crow out thus bravely I better been an Eunuch I privy to this dog trick clear your self For I know where the wind sits and most nobly Or as I have a life Fred. No more they 're horses A noise within like horses Nor shew no discontent to morrow comes Let 's quietly away if she be at home Our jealousies are put off John The fellow Enter Duke Petrucchio We have lost him in our spleens like fools Duke Come Gentlemen Now set on roundly suppose ye have all Mistresses And mend your pace according Petr. Then have at ye Exeunt Actus Quartus Scena Prima Enter Duke Petrucchio Frederick and John Petr. NOW to Bologna my most honoured Brother I dare pronounce ye a hearty and safe welcome Our loves shall now way-lay ye welcome Gentlemen John The same to you brave Sir Don Frederick Will ye step in and give the Lady notice Who comes to honour her Petr. Bid her be sudden We come to see no curious wench a night-gown VVill serve the turn here 's one that knows her nearer Fred. I 'le tell her what ye say Sir Exit Fred. Duke My dear brother Ye are a merry Gentleman Petr. Now will the sport be To observe her alterations how like a wildfire She 'll leap into your bosom then seeing me Her conscience and her fears creeping upon her Dead as a fowl at souse she 'll sink Duke Fair Brother I must intreat you Petr. I conceive your mind Sir I will not chide her yet ten Duckets Duke She falls upon her knees ten more she dare not Duke I must not have her frighted Petr. VVell you shall not Enter Frederick and Peter But like a Summers evening against heat Mark how I 'le guild her cheeks John How now Fred. Ye may Sir Not to abuse your patience noble friends Nor hold ye oft with tedious circumstance For you must know Petr. VVhat Duke VVhere is she Fred. Gone Sir Duke How Petr. VVhat did you say Sir Fred. Gone by Heaven removed The woman of the house too John Well Don Frederick Fred. Don John it is not well but Pet. Gone Fred. This fellow Can testifie I lye not Peter Some four hours after My Master was departed with this Gentleman My fellow and my self being sent of business As we must think of purpose Petr. Hang these circumstances They appear like Owls to ill ends John Now could I eat The Devil in his own broth I am so tortur'd Gone Petr. Gone Fred. Directly gone fled shifted what would you have me say Duke Well Gentlemen Wrong not my good opinion Fred. For your Dukedom I will not be a Knave Sir John He that is A rot run in his bloud Petr. But hark ye Gentlemen Are ye sure ye had her here did ye not dream this John Have you your nose Sir Petr. Yes Sir John Then we had her Petr. Since you are so short believe your having her Shall suffer more construction John Let it suffer But if I be not clear of all dishonour Or practice that may taint my reputation And ignorant of where this Woman is Make me your Cities monster Duke I believe ye John I could lye with a Witch now to be reveng'd Upon that Rascal did this Fred. Only thus much I would desire your Grace for my mind gives me Before night yet she is yours stop all opinion And let no anger out till full cause call it Then every mans own work 's to justifie him And this day let us give to search my man here Tells me by chance he saw out of a window Which place he has taken notice of such a face As our old Landladies he believes the same too And by her hood assures it Let 's first thither For she being found all 's ended Duke Come for Heavens sake And Fortune and thou be'st not ever turning If there be one firm step in all thy reelings Now settle it and save my hopes away friends Exeunt SCENE II. Enter Antonio and his Servant Ant. With all my Jewels Ser. All Sir Ant. And that mony I left i' th' trunk Ser. The Trunk broke and that gone too Ant. Francisco of the plot Ser. Gone with the wench too Ant. The mighty pox go with 'em belike they thought I was no man of this world and those trifles Would but disturb my conscience Ser. Sure they thought Sir You would not live to persecute ' em Ant. Whore and Fidler Why what a confort have they made Hen and Bacon Well my sweet Mistris well good Madam mar-tail You that have hung about my neck and lick't me I 'le try how handsomely your Ladyship Can hang upon a Gallows there 's your Master-piece
like Brothers Petr. A rare fellow Vec. And what ye see stir not at nor use a word Until I ask ye for what shall appear Is but weak apparition and thin air Not to be held nor spoken to Knocking within John Frederick and a Servant within Duke We are counsell'd Vec. What noise is that without there Fred. within We must speak with him Serv. within He 's busie Gentlemen John within That 's all one friend We must and will speak with him Duke Let 'em in Sir We know their tongues and business 't is our own And in this very cause that we now come for They also come to be instructed Vec. Let 'em in then Sit down I know your meaning Enter Frederick John and Servant Fred. The Duke before us Now we shall sure know something Vec. Not a question But make your Eyes your Tongues John This is a strange Jugler Neither indent before-hand for his payment Nor know the Breadth of the business sure his Devil Comes out of Lapland where they sell men Winds For dead drink and old Doublets Fred. Peace he conjures John Let him he cannot raise my Devil Fred. Prithee Peace Vec. Appear appear And you soft Winds so clear That dance upon the leaves and make them sing Gentle Love-lay to the Spring Gilding all the Vaies below With your Verdure as ye blow Raise these forms from under ground With a soft and happy sound Soft Musick John This is an honest Conjurer and a pretty Poet I like his words well there 's no bumbast in 'em But do you think now he can cudgel up the Devil With this short Staff of Verses Fred. Peace the Spirits 2 shapes of women passing by John Nay and they be no worse Vec. Do ye know these faces Duke No. Vec. Sit still upon your lives then and mark what follows Away away John These Devils do not paint sure Have they no sweeter shapes in Hell Fred. Hark now John Constantia passes by John I marry this moves something like this Devil Carries some metal in her gate Vec. I find ye You would see her face unvail'd Duke Yes Vec. Be uncovered Duke O Heaven Vec. Peace Pet. See how she blushes John Frederick This Devil for my mony this is she Boy Why dost thou shake I burn Vec. Sit still and silent Duke She looks back at me now she smiles Sir Vec. Silence Duke I must rise or I burst Exit Constantia Vec. Ye see what follows Duke O gentle Sir this shape agen Vec. I cannot 'T is all dissolv'd again this was the Figure Duke The very same Sir No hope once more to see it Vec. You might have kept it longer had ye ãâã Now 't is impossible Du. No means to find it Vec. Yes that there is sit still a while therâ ãâã To thaw the wonder from your hearts ãâã welâ Exit Vââ John This Conjurer is a right good fellow too A Lad of mettle two such Devils more Would make me a Conjurer what wine is it Fred. Hollock John The Devil 's in it then look how it dances Well if I be Pet. We are all before ye That 's your best comfort Sir John By th' Mass brave Wine Nay and the Devils live in this Hell I dare venture Within these two months yet to be delivered Of a large Legion of ' em Enter Vecchio Du. Here he comes Silence of all sides Gentlemen Vec. Good your Grace Observe a stricter temper and you too Gallants You 'll be deluded all else This merry D v l That next appears for such a one you 'll find it Must be call'd up by a strange incantation A Song and I must sing it 'pray bear with me And pardon my rude Pipe for yet ere paâting Twenty to one I please ye Du. We are arm'd Sir Pet. Nor shall you see us more trangress Fred. What think'st thou Now John John Why now do I think Frederick And if I think amiss Heaven pardon me This honest Conjurer with some four or five Of his good fellow Devils and my self Shall be yet drunk ere midnight SONG COme away thou Lady gay Hoist how she stumbles Hark how she mumbles Dame Gillian Answer ãâ¦ã By old Claret I enlarge thee By Canary thus I charâe thee By Britain Matââwghn and âeâter Appear and answer me in meeter Answer You 'll tarry ãâ¦ã Once again I conjure thee By the Pose in thy Nose And the Gout in thy Toes By thine old dryed Skin And the Mummie within By thy little little Ruff And thy Hood that 's made of Stuff By thy Bottle at thy Breech And thine old salt Itch By the Stakes and the Stones That have worn out thy Bones Appear Appear Appear Answer Oh I am here Fred. Peace he conjures John Why this is the Song Frederick twenty pound now To see but our Don Gillian Enter Land lady and the Child Fred. Peace it appears John I cannot peace Devils in French hoods Frederick Satans old Syringes Duke What 's this Vec. Peace John She Boy Fred. What dost thou mean John She Boy I say Fred. Ha John She Boy The very Child too Frederick Fred. She laughs on us Aloud John has the Devil these affections I do believe 't is she indeed Vec. Stand still John I will not Who calls Jeronimo from his naked Bed Sweet Lady was it you if thou beest the Devil First having crost my self to keep out wildfire Then said some special Prayers to defend me Against thy most unhallowed Hood have at thee Land Hold Sir I am no Devil John That 's all one Land I am your very Landlady John I defie thee Thus as St. Dunstan blew the Devil's Nose With a pair of tongs even so Right Worshipful Land Sweet Son I am old Gillian Duke This is no Spirit John Art thou old Gillian flesh and bone Land I am Son Vec. Sit still Sir now I 'll shew you all Ex. Vec. John Where 's thy Bottle Land Here I beseech ye Son John For I know the Devil Cannot assume that shape Fred. 'T is she John certain John A hogs pox o' your mouldy chaps what makes you Tumbling and juggling here Land I am quit now Seignior For all the pranks you plaid and railings at me For to tell true out of a trick I put Upon your high behaviours which was a lie But then it serv'd my turn I drew the Lady Unto my Kinsman 's here only to torture Your Don-ships for a day or two and secure her Out of all thoughts of danger here she comes now Enter Vecchio and Constantia Duke May I yet speak Vec. Yes and embrace her too For one that loves you dearer Duke O my Sweetest Pet. Blush not I will not chide ye Const To add more Unto the joy I know I bring ye see Sir The happy fruit of all our Vows Duke Heavens Blessing Be round about thee ever John Pray bless me too For if your Grace be well instructed this way You 'll find the keeping half the getting Duke How
and stand upon your guard And while your Brother is continue arm'd And yet this fear is needless for I know My Rollo though he dares as much as man So tender of his yet untainted valour So noble that he dares do nothing basely You doubt him he fears you I doubt and fear Both for others safety and not mine own Know yet my sons when of necessity You must deceive or be deceiv'd 't is better To suffer Treason than to act the Traytor And in a War like this in which the glory Is his that 's overcome consider then What 't is for which you strive is it the Dukedom Or the command of these so ready subjects Desire of wealth or whatsoever else Fires your ambition This still desp'rate madness To kill the people which you would be Lords of With fire and sword to lay that Country waste Whose rule you seek for to consume the treasures Which are the sinews of your Government In cherishing the factions that destroy it Far far be this from you make it not question'd Whether you have interest in that Dukedom Whose ruine both contend for Otto I desire but to enjoy my own which I will keep Rol. And rather than posterity shall have cause To say I ruin'd all divide the Dukedom I will accept the moiety Ott. I embrace it Soph. Divide me first or tear me limb by limb And let them find as many several Graves As there are villages in Normandy And 't is less sin than thus to weaken it To hear it mention'd doth already make me Envy my dead Lord and almost Blaspheme Those powers that heard my prayer for fruitfulness And did not with my first birth close my womb To me alone my second blessing proves My first of misery for if that Heaven Which gave me Rollo there had staid his bounty And Otto my dear Otto ne're had been Or being had not been so worth my love The stream of my affection had run constant In one fair current all my hopes had been Laid up in one and fruitful Normandy In this division had not lost her glories For as 't is now 't is a fair Diamond Which being preserv'd intire exceeds all value But cut in pieces though these pieces are Set in fine gold by the best work-mans cunning Parts with all estimation So this Dukedom As 't is yet whole the neighbouring Kings may covet But cannot compass which divided will Become the spoil of every barbarous foe That will invade it Gis How this works in both Bal. Prince Rollo's eyes have lost their fire Gis And anger that but now wholly possessed Good Otto hath given place to pity Aub. End not thus Madam but perfect what 's so well begun Soph. I see in both fair signs of reconcilement Make them sure proofs they are so the Fates offer To your free choice either to live Examples Of Piety or wickedness if the later Blinds so your understanding that you cannot Pierce through her painted out side and discover That she is all deformity within Boldly transcend all precedents of mischief And let the last and the worst end of tyrannies The murther of a Mother but begin The stain of bloud you after are to heighten But if that vertue and her sure rewards Can win you to accept her for your guide To lead you up to Heaven and there fix you The fairest Stars in the bright Sphere of honour Make me the parent of an hundred sons All brought into the world with joy not sorrow And every one a Father to his Country In being now made Mother of your concord Rol. Such and so good loud fame for ever speak you Bal. I now they meet like Brothers The Brothers cast away their Swords and embrace Gis My hearts joy flows through my eyes Aub. May never Womans tongue Hereafteâ be accus'd for this ones Goodness Otto If we contend from this hour it shall be How to o'recome in brotherly affection Rol. Otto is Rollo now and Rollo Otto Or as they have one mind rather one name From this attonement let our lives begin Be all the rest forgotten Aub. Spoke like Rollo Soph. And to the honour of this reconcilement We all this night will at a publick Feast With choice Wines drown our late fears and with Musick Welcome our comforts Bald. Sure and certain ones Exeunt Manent Grandpree Verdon Trevile and Duprete Grand Did ever such a hopeful business end thus Ver. 'T is fatal to us all and yet you Grandpree Have the least cause to fear Grand Why what 's my hope Ver. The certainty that you have to be hang'd You know the Chancellours promise Grand Plague upon you Ver. What think you of a Bath and a Lords Daughter To entertain you Grand Those desires are off Frail thoughts all friends no Rollians now nor Ottoes The sev'ral court'sies of our swords and servants Defer to after consequence let 's make use Of this nights freedom a short Parliament to us In which it will be lawful to walk freely Nay to our drink we shall have meat too that 's No usual business to the men o' th' sword Drink deep with me to night we shall to morrow Or whip or hang the merrier Tre. Lead the way then Exeunt Actus Secundus Scena Prima Enter Latorch and Rollo Lato. WHY should this trouble you Rol. It does and must do till I find ease Lato. Consider then and quickly And like a wise man take the current with you Which once turn'd head will sink you blest occasion Offers her self in thousand safeties to you Time standing still to point you out your purpose And resolution the true child of Vertue Readie to execute what dull cold weakness Has crept into your bosom whose meer thoughts Like tempests plowing up the sayling Forests Even with their swing were wont to shake down hazards What is' t your Mothers tears Rol. Pray thee be patient Lat. Her hands held up her prayers or her curses Oh power of paper dropt through by a woman Take heed the Souldiers see it not 't is miserable In Rollo below miserable take heed your friends The sinews of your cause the strength you stir by Take heed I say they find it not take heed Your own repentance like a passing-bell Too late and too loud tell the world y' are perisht What noble spirit eager of advancement Whose imployment is his plough what sword whose sharpness Waits but the arm to wield it or what hope After the world has blown abroad this weakness Will move again or make a wish for Rollo Rol. Are we not friends again by each oath ratified Our tongues the Heralds to our hearts Lat. Poor hearts then Rol. Our worthier friends Lat. No friends Sir to your honour Friends to your fall where is your understanding The noble vessel that your full soul sail'd in Rib'd round with honours where is that 't is ruin'd The tempest of a womans sighs has sunk it Friendship take heed Sir is
be that fruits the tree so blasting Can grow in nature take heed gentle Son Lest some suborn'd suggester of these treasons Believ'd in him by you provok'd the rather His tender envies to such foul attempts Or that your too much love to rule alone Breed not in him this jealous passion There is not any ill we might not bear Were not our good held at a price too dear Ot. So apt is treachery to be excused That innocence is still aloud abused The fate of vertue even her friends perverts To plead for vice oft times against their hearts Heavens blessing is her curse which she must bear That she may never love Sop. Alas my son nor fate nor heaven it self Can or would wrest my whole care of your good To any least secureness in your ill What I urge issues from my curious fear Lest you should make your means to scape your snare Doubt of sincereness is the only mean Not to incense it but corrupt it clean Ot. I rest as far from wrong of sincereness As he flyes from the p actice trust me Madam I know by their confessions he suborn'd What I should eat drink touch or only have scented This evening feast was poysoned but I fear This open violence more that treacherous oddes Which he in his insatiate thirst of rule Is like to execute Sop. Believe it Son If still his stomach be so foul to feed On such gross objects and that thirst to rule The state alone be yet unquench'd in him Poysons and such closâ treasons ask more time Than can suffice his fiery spirits hast And were there in him such desire to hide So false a practice there would likewise rest Conscience and fear in him of open force And therefore close nor open you need fear Mat. Good Madam stand not so inclin'd to trust What proves his tendrest thoughts to doubt it just Who knows not the unbounded flood and sea In which my Brother Rollo's appetites Alter and ragâ with every puffe and breath His swelling blood exhales and therefore hear What gives my temperate Brother cause to use His readiest circumspection and consult For remedy against all his wicked purposes If he arm arm if he strew mines of treason Meet him with countermines it is justice still For goodness sake t' encounter ill with ill Sop. Avert from us such justice equal heaven And all such cause of justice Ot. Past all doubt For all the sacred privilege of night This is no time for us to sleep or rest in Who knows not all things holy are prevented With ends of all impietie all but Lust gain ambition Enter Rollo armed and Latorch Rol. Perish all the world E're I but lose one foot of possible Empire Be slights and colour us'd by slaves and wretches I am exempt by birth from both these curbs And since above them in all justice since I sit above in power where power is given Is all the right suppos'd of Earth and Heaven Lat. Prove both Sir see the traytor Ot. He comes arm'd see Mother now your confidence Sop. What rage affects this monster Rol. Give me way or perish Sop. Make thy way viper if thou thus affect it Ot. This is a treason like thee Rol. Let her go Sop. Embrace me wear me as thy shield my Son And through my breast let his rude weapon run To thy lives innocence Ot. Play not two parts Treacher and coward both but yield a sword And let thy arming thee be odds enough Against my naked bosom Rol. Loose his hold Mat. Forbear base murtherer Rol. Forsake our Mother Sop. Mother dost thou name me and put'st off nature thus Rol. Forsake her traytour Or by the spouse of nature through hers This leads unto thy heart Ot. Hold. Sop. Hold me still Ot. For twenty hearts and lives I will not hazard One drop of blood in yours Sop. Oh thou art lost then Ot. Protect my innocence Heaven Sop. Call out murther Mat. Be murthered all but save him Ed. Murther murther Rol. Cannot I reach you yet Ot. No fiend Rol. Latorch rescue I 'me down Lat. Up then your sword cools Sir Ply it i' th' flame and work your ends out Rol. Ha have at your there Sir Enter Aubrey Aub. Author of prodigies what sights are these Ot. Oh give me a weapon Aubrey Sop. Oh part 'em part ' em Aub. For Heavens sake no more Ot. No more resist his fury no rage can Add to his mischief done Dyes Sop. Take spirit my Otto Heaven will not see thee dye thus Mat. He is dead and nothing lives but death of every goodness Sop. Oh he hath slain his Brother curse him heaven Rol. Curse and be cursed it is the fruit of cursing Latorch take off here bring too of that blood To colour o're my shirt then raise the Court And give it out how he attempted us In our bed naked shall the name of Brother Forbid us to inlarge our state and powers Or place affects of blood above our reason That tells us all things good against another Are good in the same line against a Brother Exit Enter Gisbert Baldwin Gis What affairs inform these out-cries Aub. See and grieve Gis Prince Otto slain Bal. Oh execrable slaughter What hand hath author'd it Aub. Your Scholars Baldwin Bald. Unjustly urg'd Lord Aubrey as if I For being his Schoolmaster must own this doctrine You are his Counsellours did you advise him To this foul parricide Gis If rule affect this licence who would live To worse than dye in force of his obedience Bal. Heavens cold and lingring spirit to punish sin And humane blood so fiery to commit it One so out goes the other it will never Be turn'd to fit obedience Aub. Burst it then With his full swing given where it brooks no bound Complaints of it are vain and all that rests To be our refuge since our powers are strengthless Is to conform our wills to suffer freely What with our murmurs we can never master Ladys be pleased with what heavens pleasure suffers Erect your princely countenances and spirits And to redress the mischiefs now resistless Sooth it in shew rather than curse or cross it Which all amends and vow to it your best But till you may perform it let it rest Gis Those temporizings are too dull and servile To breath the free air of a manly soul Which shall in me expire in execrations Before for any life I sooth a murtherer Bal. Pour lives before him till his own be dry Of all lives services and humane comforts None left that looks at heaven is half so base To do those black and hellish actions grace Enter Rollo Lat. Ham. and Guard Rol. Haste Latorch And raise the Citie as the Court is rais'd Proclaiming the abhor'd conspiracy In plot against my life Lat. I haste my Lord. Exit Rol. You there that mourn upon the justly slain Arise and leave it if you love your lives And hear from me what kept by you may save
bless me Sure if I had provok'd 'em they had quarter'd me I am a most ridiculous Ass now I perceive it A Coward and a Knave too 1 Gent. 'T is the mad Gentleman Let 's set our Faces right Bel. No no laugh at me And laugh aloud 2 Gent. We are better manner'd Sir Bel. I do deserve it call me Patch and Puppy And beat me if you please 1 Gent. No indeed we know ye Bel. ' Death do as I would have ye 2 Gent. You are an Ass then A Coxcomb and a Calf Bel. I am a great Calf Kick me a little now Why when Sufficient Now laugh aloud and scorn me so good b'ye And ever when ye meet me laugh 1 Gent. We will Sir Exeunt SCENE III. Enter Nantolet La-Castre De-Gard Lugier Mirabel Mir. Your patience Gentlemen why do ye bait me Nan. Is' t not a shame you are so stubborn hearted So stony and so dull to such a Lady Of her Perfections and her Misery Lug. Does she not love ye does not her distraction For your sake only her most pitied lunacie Of all but you shew ye does it not compel ye Mir. Soft and fair Gentlemen pray ye proceed temperately Lug. If ye have any feeling any sense in ye The least touch of a noble heart La Cas Let him alone It is his glory that he can kill Beauty Ye bear my Stamp but not my Tenderness Your wild unsavoury Courses set that in ye For shame be sorry though ye cannot cure her Shew something of a Man of a fair Nature Mir. Ye make me mad De-Gard Let me pronounce this to ye You take a strange felicity in slighting And wronging Women which my poor Sister feels now Heavens hand be gentle on her Mark me Sir That very hour she dies there 's small hope otherwise That minute you and I must grapple for it Either your life or mine Mir. Be not so hot Sir I am not to be wrought on by these policies In truth I am not Nor do I fear the tricks Or the high sounding threats of a Savoyan I glory not in Cruelty ye wrong me Not grow up water'd with the tears of Women This let me tell ye howsoe'r I shew to ye Wild as ye please to call it or self-will'd When I see cause I can both do and suffer Freely and feelingly as a true Gentleman Enter Rosalure and Lelia Ros O pity pity thousand thousand pities Lel. Alas poor Soul she will dye she is grown sensless She will not know nor speak now Ros Dye for love And love of such a Youth I would dye for a Dog first He that kills me I 'll give him leave to eat me I 'll know men better ere I sigh for any of ' em Lel. Ye have done a worthy act Sir a most famous Ye have kill'd a Maid the wrong way ye are a conqueror Ros A Conquerour a Cobler hang him Sowter Go hide thy self for shame go lose thy memory Live not ' mongst Men thou art a Beast a Monster A Blatant Beast Lel. If ye have yet any honesty Or ever heard of any take my Counsel Off with your Garters and seek out a Bough A handsom Bough for I would have ye hang like a Gentleman And write some doleful matter to the World A Warning to hard hearted men Mir. Out Kitlings What Catterwauling's here what Gibbing Do you think my heart is softned with a black Santis Shew me some reason Enter Oriana on a Bed Ros Here then here is a reason Nant. Now if ye be a man let this sight shake ye La. C. Alas poor Gentlewoman do you know me Lady Lug. How she looks up and stares Ori. I know ye very well You are my Godfather and that 's the Monsieur De-Gar And who am I Ori. You are Amadis de Gaul Sir Oh oh my heart were ye never in love sweet Lady And do you never dream of Flowers and Gardens I dream of walking Fires take heed it comes now Who 's that pray stand away I have seen that face sure How light my head is Ros Take some rest Ori. I cannot For I must be up to morrow to go to Church And I must dress me put my new Gown on And be as fine to meet my Love Heigh ho Will not you tell me where my Love lies buried Mir. He is not dead beshrew my heart she stirs me Ori. He is dead to me Mir. Is' t possible my Nature Should be so damnable to let her suffer Give me your hand Ori. How soft you feel how gentle I 'll tell you your fortune Friend Mir. How she stares on me Or. You have a flattering face but 't is a fine one I warrant you may have a hundred Sweet-hearts Will ye pray for me I shall dye to morrow And will ye ring the Bells Mir. I am most unworthy I do confess unhappy do you know me Ori. I would I did Mir. Oh fair tears how ye take me Ori. Do you weep too you have not lost your Lover You mock me I 'l go home and pray Mir. 'Pray ye pardon me Or if it please ye to consider justly Scorn me for I deserve it Scorn and shame me Sweet Oriana Lel. Let her alone she trembles Her sits will grow more strong if ye provoke her La Cas Certain she knows ye not yet loves to see ye How she smiles now Bel. Where are ye Oh why do you laugh come laugh at me What a Devil art thou sad and such a subject Such a ridiculous subject as I am Before thy face Mir. Prithee put off this lightness This is no time for mirth nor place I have us'd too much on 't I have undone my self and a sweet Lady By being too in dulgent to my foolery Which truly I repent look here Bel. What aââs she Mir. Alas she 's mad Bel. Mad Mir. Yes too sure for me too Bel. Dost thou wonder at that by this light they are all so They are coz'ning mad they are brawling mad they are proud mad They are all all mad I came from a World of mad Women Mad as March-Hares get 'em in Chains then deal with ' em There 's one that 's mad she seems well but she is dog mad Is she dead dost think Min. Dead Heaven forbid Bel. Heaven further it For till they be key cold dead there 's no trusting of 'em Whate'r they seem or howsoe'r they carry it Till they be chap faln and their Tongues at peace Nail'd in their Coffins sure I 'll ne'r believe 'em Shall I talk with her Mir. No dear friend be quiet And be at peace a while Bel. I 'll walk aside And come again anon but take heed to her You say she is a Woman Mir. Yes Bel. Take great heed For if she do not cozen thee then hang me Let her be mad or what she will she 'll cheat thee Exit Mir. Away wild Fool how vile this shews in him now Now take my faith before ye all I speak it
jealous may she grow Leon. I will be rul'd But you have promis'd and I must enjoy you Clar. We shall find time for that you are too hasty Make your self fit and I shall make occasion Deliberation makes best in that business And contents every way Leon. But you must feed This foolish Steward with some shadow of A future favour that we may preserve him To be our instrument Clar. Hang him Leon. For my sake Sweet I undertook to speak for him any Bauble Or slight employment in the way of service Will feed him fat Enter Malfort Clar. Leave him to me Mal. She comes my Lady Clar. I will satisfie her Mal. How far have you prevail'd Leon. Observe Clar. Monsiâur Malfort I must be brief my cousin hath spoke much In your behalf and to give you some proof I entertain you as my servant You shall have the grace Leon. Upon your knee receive it Clar. And take it as a special favour from me To tye my shooe Malf. I am o're-joy'd Leon. Good reason Clar. You may come higher in time Leon. No more the Lady Enter Calista Malf. She frowns Clar. I thank you for this visit cousin But without leave hereafter from my Lady I dare not change discourse with you Malf. Pray you take your mornings draught Leon. I thank you Exeunt Leon Malf. Happiness attend your honour Calist Who gave warrant to this private parle Clar. My innocence I hope My conference with a kinsman cannot call Your anger on me Calist Kinsman Let me have No more of this as you desire you may continue mine Clar. Why madam under pardon Suppose him otherwise yet coming in A lawfull way it is excusable Calist How 's this Clar. I grant you are made of pureness And that your tenderness of honour holds The soveraigntie o're your passions Yet you have A noble Husband with allow'd embraces To quench lascivious fires should such flame in you As I must ne're believe Were I the wife Of one that could but zanie brave Cleander Even in his least perfâctions excuse My o're-bold inference I should desire To meet no other object Cal. You grow fancie Do I look further Clar. No dear Madam and It is my wonder or astonishment rather You could deny the service of Lisander A man without a rival one the King And Kingdom gazes on with admiration For all the excellencies a Mother could Wish in her only Son Cal. Did not mine honour And obligation to Cleander force me To be deaf to his complaints Clar. 'T is true but yet Your rigor to command him from your presence Argu'd but small compassion the Groves Witness his grievous sufferings your fair name Upon the rinde of every gentle Poplar And amorous Myâtle trees to Venus sacred With adoration carv'd and knee'ld unto This you unsâân of him both saw and heard Without compassion and what receiv'd he For his true sorrows but the heavy knowledge That 't was your peremptory will and pleasure How e're my Lord liv'd in him he should quit Your sight and house for ever Cal. I confess I gave him a strong potion to work Upon his hot bloud and I hope 't will cure him Yet I could wish the cause had concern'd others I might have met his sorrows with more pity At least have lent some counsel to his miseries Though now for honours sake I must forget him And never know the name more of Lisander Yet in my justice I am bound to grant him Laying his love aside most truely noble But mention him no more this instant hour My Brother Lidian new return'd from travel And his brave friend Clarange long since rivals For fair and rich Olinda are to hear Her absolute determination whom She pleases to elect see all things ready To entertain 'em and on my displeasure No more words of Lisander Clar. She endures to hear him nam'd by no tongue but her own How e're she carries it I know she loves him Exit Cal. Hard nature hard condition of poor women That where we are most su'd to we must flye most The trees grow up and mix together freely The Oak's not envious of the sailing Cedar The lustie Vine not jealous of the Ivie Because she clips the Elm the flowers shoot up And wantonly kiss one another hourly This blossome glorying in the others beauty And yet they smell as sweet and look as lovely But we are ty'd to grow alone O honour Thou hard Law to our lives chain to our freedoms He that invented thee had many curses How is my soul divided O Cleander My best deserving husband O Lisander The truest lover that e're sacrific'd To Cupid against Hymen O mine honour A Tyrant yet to be obey'd and 't is But justice we should thy strict Laws endure Since our obedience to thee keeps us pure Exit Enter Clender Lidian and Clarange Clean. How insupportable the difference Of dear friends is the sorrow that I feel For my Lisanders absence one that stamps A reverend print on friendship does assure me You are rivals for a Lady a fair Lady And in the acquisition of her favours Hazard the cutting of that Gordian knot From your first childhood to this present hour By all the tyes of love and amity fasten'd I am blest in a wife Heaven make me thankfull Inferiour to none sans pride I speak it Yet if I were a free-man and could purchase At any rate the certainty to enjoy Lisanders conversation while I liv'd Forgive me my Calista and the Sex I never would seek change Lid. My Lord and Brother I dare not blame your choice Lisanders worth Being a Mistris to be ever courted Nor shall our equal suit to fair Olinda Weaken but adde strength to our true affection With zeal so long continued Claran. When we know Whom she prefers as she can choose but one By our so long tri'd friendship we have vow'd The other shall desist Clea. 'T is yet your purpose But how this resolution will hold In him that is refus'd is not alone Doubtfull but dangerous Enter Malfort Malf. The rich heir is come Sir Cleand. Madam Olinda Malf. Yes Sir and makes choice After some little conference with my Lady Of this room to give answer to her suitors Cle. Already both look pale between your hopes To win the prize and your despair to lose What you contended for Lid. No Sir I am arm'd Clar. I confident of my interest Cle. I 'le believe ye when you have endur'd the test Enter Calista Olinda and Clarinda Malf. Is not your garter Unty'd you promis'd that I should grow higher In doing you service Clar. Fall off or you lose me Exit Malfort Câe Nay take your place no Paris now sits judge On the contending goddesses You are The Deitie that must make curst or happy One of your languishng servants Ol. I thus look with equal eyes on both either deserves A fairer fortune than they can in reason Hope for from mâ fâom Lidian I expect When I have
would but that In my retired hours not counterfeited As thy religious shape was I have learn'd When Justice may determine such a cause And oâ such weight as this fair Lady is Must not be put to fortune I appeal Unto the King and he whose wisedom knows To do his subjects right in their estates As graciously with judgement will determine In points of honour Oli. I 'le steer the same course with you Clar. I 'le stand the tryal Fri. What have you done or what intend you Cla. Ask not I 'le come off with honour Exeunt Enter Beronte Clarinda Malsort a Bar set forth Officers Ber. Be constant in your proofs should you shrink back now Your life must answer it nor am I safe My honour being engag'd to make that good Which you affirm Clar. I am confident so dearly I honour'd my dead Lord that no respect Or of my Ladies bounties which were great ones I must confess nor of her former life For whilâ that she was chast indeed I lov'd her Shall hinder me from lending my assistance Unto your just revenge mine own I mean Aside If Leon keep far off enough all 's secure Lisander dares not come in modest blushes Parted with me long since and impudence Arm'd with my hate unto her innocence shall be The weapon I will sight with now Ber. The rack Being presented to you you 'l roar out What you conceal yet Mal. Conceal I know nothing But that I shall be hang'd and that I look for It is my destiny I ever had A hanging look and a wise woman told me Though I had not the heart to do a deed Worthy the halter in my youth or age I should take a turn with a wry mouth and now 'T is come about I have pen'd mine own ballad Before my condemnation in fear Some tâmer should prevent me here 's my Lady Would I were in heaven or a thousand miles hence That I might not blush to look on her Enter Dorilaus Calista Olinda Dor. You behold this preparation and the enemies Who are to fight against your life yet if You bring no witness here that may convince ye Of breach of saith to your Lords bed and hold up Unspotted hands before the King this tryal You are to undergo will but refine And not consume your honour Cal. How confirm'd I am here whatsoever Fate falls on me You shall have ample testimony till the death Of my dear Lord to whose sad memory I pay a mourning widows tears I liv'd Too happy in my holy day trim of glorie And courted with felicitie that drew on me With other helps of nature as of fortune The envie not the love of most that knew me This made me to presume too much perhaps Too proud but I am humbled and if now I do make it apparent I can bear Adversity with such a constant patience As will set off my innocence I hope Sir In your declining age when I should live A comfort to you you shall have no cause How e're I stand accus'd to hold your honour Ship-wrack'd in such a Daughter Oli. O best friend my honour 's at the stake too for Dor. Be silent the King Enter King Lemure and Attendants Lem. Sir if you please to look upon The Prisoner and the many services Her Father hath done for you King We must look on The cause and not the persons Yet beholding With an impartial eye th' excelling beauties Of this fair Lady which we did believe Upon report but till now never saw 'em It moves a strange kind of compassion in me Let us survey you nearer she 's a book To be with care perus'd and 't is my wonder Iâ such mishapen guests as lust and murther At any price should ever find a lodging In such a beauteous Inne Mistake us not Though we admire the outward structure if The rooms be soul within expect no favour I were no man if I could look on beautie Distress'd without some pity but no King If any superficial gloss of feature Could work me to decline the course of Justice But to the cause Cleander's death what proofs Can you produre against her Ber. Royal Sir touching that point my Brothers death We build on suppositions King Suppositions how Is such a Lady Sir to be condemn'd On suppositions Ber. They are well grounded Sir And if we make it evident she is guilty Of the first crime we charge her with Adulterie That being the parent it may find belief That murther was the issue King We allow It may be so but that it may be must not Infer a necessary consequence To cast away a Ladies life What witnesses To make this good Ber. The principal this woman For many years her servant she hath taken Her oath in Court Come forward King By my Crown a lying face Clar. I swore Sir for the King And if you are the partie as I do Believe you are for you have a good face How ever mine appears swearing for you Sir I ought to have my oath pass King Impudent too well what have you sworn Clar. That this Lady was A goodly tempting Lady as she is How thinks your Majestie and I her servant Her officer as one would say and trusted With her closest Chamber-service that Lisander Was a fine timber'd Gentleman and active That he cou'd do sine gambolls To make a Lady merrie that this pair A very loving couple mutually Affected one another so much for them Sir That I a simple waiting-woman having taken My bodily oath the first night of admittance Into her Ladiships service on her slippers That was the book to serve her will in all things And to know no Religion but her pleasure 'T is not yet out of fashion with some Ladies Thar I as the premisses shew being commanded To do my function in conveyance of Lisander to her chamber my Lord absent On a pretended sickness did the feat It cannot be deny'd and at dead mid night Lest 'em together what they did some here Can easily imagine I have said Sir Dor. The Devils Oratrix King Then you confess you were her Bawd Clar. That 's course her Agent Sir King So goodie Agent and you think there is No punishment due for you agentship Clar. Let her suffer first Being my better for adulterie And I 'le endure the Mulct impos'd on Bawds Cull it by the worst name Cal. Live I to hear this King Take her aside Your answer to this Lady Cal. Heav'n grant me patience to be thus confronted O pardon Royal Sir a womans passion By one and this the worst of my mis-fortunes That was my slave but never to such ends Sir Would give a statue motion into furie Let my pass'd life my actions nay intentions Be by my grand accuser justly censur'd For her I scorn to answer and if they Yield any probability of truth In that she urges then I will confess A guilty cause the peoples voyce which is The voyce of truth my husbands
and the Sea whose surges Shook their white heads in Heaven to be as mid-night Still and attentive steals into our souls So suddenly and strangely that we are From that time no more ours but what she pleases Ang. Why look how far you have thrust your self again Into your old disease are you that man With such a resolution that would venture To take your leave of folly and now melt Even in repeating her Jul. I had forgot me Ang. As you will still do Jul. No the strongest man May have the grudging of an ague on him This is no more let 's go I would fain be fit To be thy friend again for now I am no mans Ang. Go you I dare not go I tell you truly Nor were it wise I should Jul. Why Ang. I am well And if I can will keep my self so Jul. Ha thou mak'st me smile though I have little cause To see how prettily thy fear becomes thee Art thou not strong enough to see a woman Ang. Yes twenty thousand but not such a one As you have made her I 'le not lye for th' matter I know I am frail and may be cozen'd too By such a Syren Jul. Faith thou shalt go Angelo Ang. Faith but I will not no I know how far Sir I am able to hold out and will not venture Above my depth I do not long to have My sleep ta'ne from me and go pulingly Like a poor wench had lost her market-mony And when I see good meat sit still and sigh And call for small beer and consume my wit In making Anagrams and faithful posies I do not like that Itch I am sure I had rather Have the main pox and safer Jul. Thou shalt go I must needs have thee as a witness with me Of my repentance as thou lov'st me go Ang. Well I will go since you will have it so But if I prove a fool too look to have me Curse you continually and fearfully Jul. And if thou seest me fall again good Angelo Give me thy counsel quickly lest I perish Ang. Pray Heaven I have enough to save my self For as I have a soul I had rather vânture Upon a savage Island than this woman Exeunt SCENE II. Enter Father and Servant Fath. From whom Sir comes this bounty for I think You are mistaken Serv. No Sir 't is to you I am sure my Mistris sent it Fath. Who 's your Mistris That I may give her thanks Serv. The vertuous Widow Fath. The vertuous widow Sir I know none such Pray what 's her name Ser. Laelia Fath. I knew you err'd 'T is not to me I warrant ye there Sir Carry it to those she feeds fat with such favours I am a stranger to her Serv. Good Sir take it And if you will I 'le swear she sent it to you For I am sure mine eye never went off ye Since you forsook the Gentlemen you talk'd with Just at her door Fath. Indeed I talkt with two Within this half hour in the street Serv. 'T is you Sir And none but you I am sent to wiser men Would have been thankful sooner and receiv'd it 'T is not a fortune every man can brag of And from a woman of her excellence Fa. Well Sir I am Catechiz'd what more belongs to 't Ser. This only Sir she would intreat you come This evening to her without fail Fath. I will Serv. You ghess where Fath. Sir I have a tongue else Exit Ser. She is down right Devil or else my wants And her disobedience have provok't her To look into her foul self and be sorry I wonder how she knew me I had thought I had been the same to all I am to them That chang'd me thus Heaven pardon me for lying For I have paid it home many a good man That had but found the profit of my way Would forswear telling true again in hast Enter Lodovico and Piso Here are my praters now if I did well I should belabour 'em but I have sound Away to quiet 'em worth a thousand on 't Lod. If we could get a fellow that would do it Fat What villany is now in hand Pis 'T will be hard to be done in my opinion Unless we light upon an English-man With seven-score surfeits in him Lod. Are the English-men such stubborn drinkers Piso Not a leak at Sea Can suck more liquor you shall have their children Christened in mull'd sack and at five years old able To knock a Dane down Take an English-man And cry St. George and give him but a rasher And you shall have him upon even terms Defy a hogâhead such a one would do it Home boy and like a work-man at what weapon Lod. Sherry sack I would have him drink stark dead If it were possible at worst past portage Piso What is the end then Lod. Dost thou not perceive it If he be drunk dead there 's a fair end of him If not this is my end or by enticing Or by deceiving to conduct him where The fool is that admires him and if sober His nature be so rugged what will 't be When he is hot with wine come let 's about it If this be done but handsomely I 'le pawn My head she hath done with Souldiers Piso This may do well Fat Here 's a new way to murther men alive I 'le choak this train God save ye Gentlemen It is to you stay yes it is to you Lod. VVhat 's to me Fath. You are fortunate I cannot stand to tell you more now meet me Here soon and you 'l be made a man Exit Father Lod. What Vision 's this Piso I know not Lod. Well I 'le meet it Think you o' th' other and let me a while Dream of this fellow Piso For the Drunkard Lodovick Let me alone Lod. Come let 's about it then Exeunt SCENE III. Enter Clora and Frank. Clor. Ha ha ha pray let me laugh extreamly Fra. Why prethee why hast thou such cause Clor. Yes faith my Brother will be here straightway and Fra. VVhat Clor. The other party ha ha ha Fra. VVhat party VVench thou art not drunk Clor. No faith Fra. Faith thou hast been among the bottles Clora Clor. Faith but I have not Frank Prethee be handsom The Captain comes along too wench Fra. O is that it That tickles ye Clor. Yes and shall tickle you too You understand me Fran. By my troth thou art grown A strange lewd wench I must e'ne leave thy company Thou wilt spoil me else Clor. Nay thou art spoil'd to my hand Hadst thou been free as a good wench ought to be When I went first a birding for thy Love And roundly said that is the man must do it I had done laughing many an hour agoe Fra. And what dost thou see in him now thou knowst him To be thus laught at Clor. Prethee be not angry And I 'le speak freely to thee Fran. Do I will not Clor. Then as I hope to have a handsom husband
fane and So much life for e're an humorous asse i' th' world Fra. Why Clora I have known you cry as much For Julio that has not half his worth All night you write and weep too much I fear I do but what I should Clora If I do write I am answer'd Frank. Fran. I would I might be so Jac. Good Frederick let me go I would fain try If that thing do not counterfeit Fred. Give me your Sword then Jac. No but take my word As I am man I will not hurt a creature Under this roof before I have deliver'd My self as I am now into your hands Or have your full consent Fred. It is enough Ja. Gentlewoman I pray you let me feel your face I am an Infidel if she do not weep Stay where 's my handkerchief I 'le wipe the old wet off fresh tears come pox on 't I am a handsom gracious fellow amongst women and Knew 't not Gentlewoman how should I know these tears are For me is not your Mother dead Fran. By heaven they are for you Jac. 'Slight I 'le have my head curl'd and powder'd to morrow By break of day if you love me I pray you kiss me For if I love you it shall be such love as I will not be Asham'd of if this be a mock kisses It is the heartiest and the sweetest mock That e're I tasted mock me so again kiss again Fred. Fy Jacomo why do you let her kneel So long Jac. It 's true I had forgot it lifts her up And should have done this twelve-moneth pray you rise Frederick if I could all this while have been perswaded she could Have lov'd me dost thou think I had not rather kiss her Than another should and yet you may gull me for ought I know but if you do hell take me if I do not cut All your throats sleeping Fred. Oh do not think of such a thing Jac. Otherwise she be in earnest the short is I am Fran. Alas I am Jac. And I did not think it possible any woman Could have lik'd this face it 's good for nothing is' t Clor. Yes it 's worth forty shillings to pawn being lin'd almost quite Through with velvet Fran. 'T is better than your Julio's Jac. Thou thinkest so But otherwise in faith it is not Frank whilst Jacomo is kissing Frank. Enter Fabritio Fab. Hist Jacomo How do'st thou Boy ha Jac. Why very well I thank you Sir Fab. Do'st thou perceive the reason of matters and passages Yet Sirrah or no Jac. 'T is wondrous good Sir Fab. I have done simply for you but now you are beaten to some Understanding I pray you dally not with the Gentlewoman But dispatch your Matrimony with all convenient speed Fred. He gives good counsel Jac. And I will follow it Fab. And I you prethee do not take it unkindly For trust me I boxt thee for thy advancement A foolish desire I had to joggle thee into preferment Jac. I apprehend you Sir and if I can study out a course How a bastinadoing may any wayes raise your fortunes In the State you shall be sure on 't Fab. Oh Sir keep your way God send you much joy Clora And me my Julio O God I hear his voyce now he is true Have at a marriage Frank as soon as you Exeunt all but Fred. Enter a Messenger Mess Sir I would speak with you Fred. What is your hastly business friend Mess The Duke commands your present attendance at Court Fred. The cause Mess I know not in particular but this Many are sent for more about affairs Forraign I take it Sir Fred. I will be there Within this hour return my humble service Mess I will Sir Exit Messenger Fred. Farewel friend what new's with you Enter a Servant Ser. My Mistris would desire you Sir to follow With all the hast you can she is gone to Church To marry Captain Jacomo and Julio To do as much for the young merry Gentlewoman Fair Mistris Clora Fred. Julio marry Clora Thou art deceiv'd I warrant thee Ser. No sure Sir I saw their lips as close upon the bargain As Cockles Fred. Give 'em joy I cannot now go The Duke hath sent for me in hast Ser. This note Sir when you are free will bring you where they are Ex. Fred. reads You shall find us all at Signeur Angelo's Where Piso and the worthy Lelia Of famous memory are to be married And we not far behind Would I had time To wonder at this last couple in hell Enter Messenger again Mess You are stai'd for Sir Fred. I come pray God the business Hold me not from this sport I would not lose it Exeunt SCENE V. Enter Father Piso Angelo and Lelia Ang. God give you joy and make you live together A happy pair Piso I do not doubt we shall There was never poor gentleman had such a sudden fortune I could thrust my head betwixt two pales and strip me out of My old skin like a Snake will the guests come thou saidst Thou sentest for to solemnize the Nuptials Fath. They will I lookt for 'em e're this Enter Julio Jacomo Fabritio Frank Clora Jul. By your leave all Fath. They 're here Sir Jul. Especially fair Lady I ask your pardon to whose marriage-bed I wish all good success I have here brought you Such guests as can discern your happiness And best do know how to rejoyce at it ââe âuâh a fortune they themselves have run The worthy Jacomo and his fair Bride Noble Fabritio whom this age of peace Has not yet taught to love ought but the warrs And his true friends this Lady who is but A piece of me Exit Father Leli. Sir you are welcom all Are they not Sir Piso Bring in some wine some of the wine Lodowick the fool Sent hither who ever thou bid'st welcom shall find it Leli. An unepected honour you have done To our too hasty wedding Jac. Faith Madam our weddings were as hasty as yours We are glad to run up and down any whither to see where We can get meat to our wedding Piso That Lodowick hath provided too good Asse Ang. I thought you Julio would not thus have stollen a marriage Without acquainting your friends Jul. Why I did give thee inklings Ang. If a marriage should be thus stubber'd up in a play e're almost Any body had taken notice you were in love the Spectators Would take it to be but ridiculous Jul. This was the first and I will never hide Another secret from you Enter Father Fath. Sir yonder 's your friend Lodowick hide your self And 't will be the best sport Piso Gentlemen I pray you take no notice I 'm here The coxcomb Lodowick is coming in Enter Lodowick Lod. Is that the Lady Fath. That is my Lady Lod. As I live she 's a fair one what make all these here Fath. O Lord Sir she is so pester'd Fab. Now will the sport be it runs right as Julio told us Lod. Fair Lady
says I believe him Vncle We be three Heroicall Prince Nea. Nay then we must have the Picture of 'em and the Word Nos sumus Tut. That have travell'd all parts of the Globe together Vnc. For my part I have seen the vicissitude of fortune before Onos Peace Vncle for though you speak a little better than I Nea. 'T is a very little in truth Onos Yet we must both give place as they say to the best Speaker The Tutor Tut. Yet since it hath pleased your radience to decline so low as on us Poor and unworthy dunghils Nea. What a stinking knaves this Tut. Our Peregrination was nere so facilitated as since we enter'd the line of your gracious favor under whose beamy aspect and by which infallible Mathematical compass may we but hereafter presume to sail our industries have reach't their desir'd termination and period and we shall voluntarily sacrifice our lives to your resplendent eyes both the Altars and fires of our devoted offerings Onos Oh divine Tutor Cra. Can you hold Sir Era He has spoken this very speech to some Whore in Corinth Nea. A plague on him for a fustian Dictionary on my conscience this is the Vlissâan Traveller that sent home his Image riding upon Elephants to the great Mogoll Sos The same his wit is so huge nought but an Elephant could carry him Era. So heavy you mean Nea. These three are ev'n the fin'st one fool tripartite that was ere discovered Sos Or a treatise of famine divided into three branches Era. The Prince speaks The. I thank ye for your loves but as I told you I have so little means to do for those Few followers I have already that I would have none shiprack themselves and fortune Upon my barren shelf Sue to Euphanes For he is Prince and Queen I would have no man Curse me in his old age Cra. Alass Sir they desire to follow you But a far off the farther off the better Tut. I Sir and 't be seven mile off so we may but follow you only to countenance us in the confronts and affronts which according to your Highness will we mean on all occasions to put upon the Lord Euphanes Onos He shall not want gibing nor jeering I warrant him if he do I 'l forswear wit Nea. It has forsworn thee I 'l swear it is the ancient enemy to thy house The. Well be it so I here receive ye for my followers a great way off Nea. Seven miles my Lord no further Onos By what time Sir by this measure may I come to follow him in his Chamber Nea. Why when his Chamber Sir is seven miles long Enter Euphanes Conon Page Gent. Attendants Gent. Make way there for my Lord Euphanes Cra. Look Sir Jove appears The Peacock of our State that spreads a train Brighter than Iris blushes after rain Euph. You need not thank me Conon in your love You Antidated what I can do for you And I in gratitude was bound to this And am to much more and what ere he be Can with unthankfulness assoile me let him Dig out mine eyes and sing my name in verse In Ballad verse at every drinking house And no man be so charitable to lend me A Dogg to guide my steps Nea. Haile to Euphanes Sos Mighty Euphanes Era. The great Prince Euphanes Tut. Key of the Court and Jewell of the Queen Vnc. Sol in our Firmament Onos Pearl in the States eye Nea. Being a black man Era. Mistress of the Land Nea. Our humble humble poor Petitions are That we may hold our places All. May we Euph. Yes be you malicious knaves still and you fools Con. This is the Princes and your brothers spight Euph. I know 't but will not know it Con. Yonder they are Who 's fine child 's this Vnc. Sir Onos Unckle le'be Let him alone he is a mighty Prince Euph. I ask your Highness pardon I protest By Jupiter I saw you not The. Humh it may be so You have rais'd such mountaines 'twixt your eyes and me That I am hidden quite what do ye mean Sir You much forget your self Euph. I should much more Not to remember my due duty to your Grace I know not wherein I have so transgress'd My service to your Highness to deserve This rigour and contempt not from you only But from your followers with the best of whom I was an equal in my lowest ebbe Beseech you Sir respect me as a Gentleman I will be never more in heart to you Five fair Descents I can derive my self From Fathers worthy both in Arts and Armes I know your goodness companies your greatness But that you are perverted Royal Sir I am your humblest subject use your pleasure But do not give protection to the wrongs Of these subordinate Slaves whom I could crush By that great destined favor which my Mistris And your majestick Mother deignes to me But in respect of you I know lean envy Waites ever on the steps of virtue advanc'd But why your Mothers grace gets me disgrace Or renders me a slave to bear these wrongs I do not know Oh Mediocrity Thou prizeless jewel only mean men have But cannot value like the precious Jem Found in the Mukhill by the ignorant Cock The. Your creamy words but cozen how durst you Intercept me so lately to my Mother And what I meant your Brother you obtain'd Unto the forfeitoe again Cra. Your answer to that my Lord my Brother Euph. May I perish âere I heard you intended such a suit Though 't would have stuck an ignominious brand Upon your Highness to have given your servant A Gentlemans whole state of worth and quality Confiscate only for a youthful brawle The. Your rudiments are too sawcy teach your Page Con. I so are all things but your flatterers Onos Hold you your prating Con. You know where you are you fleeten face Euph. Yet Sir to appease and satisfie your anger Take what you please from me and give it him In lieu of this you shall not take it neither I freely will impart it half my state Which Brother if you please Cra. I le starve in Chains first Eat my own armes Euph Oh that you saw your self You ne'r made me such offer in my poorness And ' cause to do you ease I sought not to you You thus maligne me yet your nature must not Corrupt mine nor your rude examples lead me If mine can mend you I shall joy you know I fear you not you have seen me proved a man In every way of fortune 't is my comfort I know no more such Brothers in the World As Crates is Con. Nor I such as Euphanes The temper of an Angel reigns in thee Euph. Your Royal Mother Sir I had forgot Entreats your presence The. You have done her errand I may do yours Exit Euph. Let it be truth my Lord. Con. Crates I le question you for this Cra. Pish your worst Exit Con. Away you hounds after your scent Onos Come we
Guard Qu. What e'r it be I 'll meet it I was not born to fear Who 's that Beliza Euph. My worthiest noblest Mistriss Exit Qu. Stay her ha All of you look as you were rooted here And wanted motion what new Gorgons head Have you beheld that you are all turn'd Statues This is prodigious has none a tongue To speak the cause Leo. Could every hair great Queen Upon my head yield an articulate sound And altogether speak they could not yet Express the villany we have discoverd And yet when with a few unwilling words I have deliver'd what must needs be known You 'll say I am too eloquent and wish I had been born without a tongue Qu. Speak boldly For I unmov'd with any loss will hear Leo. Then know we have found out the Ravisher Of my poor Sister and the place and means By which th' unfortunate though fair Beliza Hath met a second violence Euph. This confirms what but before I doubted to my ruine My Lady ravish'd Qu. Point me out the villain That guilty wretched monster that hath done this I hat I may look on him and in mine eye He reads his Sentence Leo. That I truly could Name any other but the Prince that heard You have it all Qu. Wonder not that I shake The miracle is greater that I live Having endur'd the thunder that thy words Have thrown upon me dar'st thou kneel with hope Of any favor but a speedy death And that too in the dreadful'st shape that can Appear to a dispairng leprous soul If thou hast any no libidinous beast Thy lust hath alter'd so thy former Being By Heaven I know thee not The. Although unworthy Yet still I am your Son Qu. Thou lyest lyest falsly My whole life never knew but one chaste bed Nor e'r desir'd warmth but from lawful fires Can I be then the Mother to a Goat Whose lust is more insatiate than the grave And like infectious air ingenders plagues To murder all that 's chaste or good in Woman The gods I from my youth have serv'd and fear'd Whose holy Temples thou hast made thy Brothels Could a Religious Mother then bring forth So damn'd an Atheist read but o'r my life My actions manners and made perfect in them But look into the story of thy self As thou art now not as thou wert Theanor And reason will compel thee to confess Thou art a stranger to me Ag. Note but now heavy The weight of guilt is it so low hath sunk him That he wants power to rise up in defence Of this bad cause Qu. Perswade me not Euphanes This is no Prince nor can claim part in me My Son was born a Free-man this a Slave To beastly passions a Fugitive And run away from virtue bring bonds for him By all the honour that I owe to Justice He loses me for ever that seeks to save him âind him I say and 'ts like a wretch that knows He stands condemn'd before he hears the Sentence With his base Agents from my sight remove him And lodge them in the Dungeon As a Queen And Patroness to Justice I command it Thy tears are like unseasonable showrs And in my heart now steel'd can make no entrance Thou art cruel to thy self Fool 't is not want In me of soft compassion when thou left'st To be a Son I ceas'd to be a Mother Away with them The children I will leave To keep my name to all posterities Shall be the great examples of my Justice The government of my Countrey which shall witness How well I rul'd my self bid the wrong'd Ladies Appear in Court to morrow we will hear them And by one Act of our severity For fear of punishment or love to virtue Teach others to be honest all will shun To tempt her Laws that would not spare her Son Ex. Scaena Tertia Enter Onos Uncle and Tutor Vnc. Nay Nephew Tut. Pupill hear but reason On. No I have none and will hear none oh my honor My honor blasted in the bud my youth My hopeful youth and all my expectation Ever to be a man are lost for ever Vnc. Why Nephew we as well as you are dub'd Knights of the Pantofle Tut. And are shouted at Kick'd scorn'd and laugh'd at by each Page and Groom Yet with erected heads we bear it Onos Alas You have years and strength to do it but were you As I a tender gristle apt to bow You would like me with Cloaks envelloped Walk thus then stamp then stare Vnc. He will run mad I hope and then all 's mine Tut. Why look you Pupil There are for the recovery of your honor Degrees of Medicines for a tweak by the Nose A man 's to travel but six months then blow it And all is well again the Bastinado Requires a longer time a year or two And then 't is buried I grant you have been baffl'd 'T is but a journey of some thirty years And it will be forgotten Onos Think you so Tut. Assuredly Vnc. He may make a shorter cut But hang or drown himself and on my life 'T will no more trouble him Onos I could ne'r endure Or Hemp or Water they are dangerous tools For youth to deal with I will rather follow My Tutors counsel Tut. Do so Onos And put in For my security that I 'll not return In thirty years my whole ' state to my Uncle Vnc. That I like well of On. Still provided Uncle That at my coming home you will allow me To be of age that I may call to account This Page that hath abus'd me Vnc. 'T is a match On. Then Corinth thus the bashful Lamprias Takes leave of thee and for this little time Of thirty years will labour all he can Though he goes young forth to come home a man Ex. Scaena Quarta Enter Euphanes and Marshal Euph. Are your Prisoners ready Mar. When it shall please the Queen To call them forth my Lord. Euph. Pray you do me the favour To tell me how they have born themselves this night Of their imprisonment Mar. Gladly Sir your Brother With the other Courtiers willingly receiv'd All courtesies I could offer eat and drank And were exceeding merry so dissembling Their guilt or confident in their innocence That I much wondred at it But the Prince That as born highest should have grac'd his fall With greatest courage is so sunk with sorrow That to a common judgement he would seem To suffer like a Woman but to me That from the experience I have had of many Look further in him I do find the deep Consideration of what 's past more frights him Than any other punishment Euph. That is indeed True magnanimity the other but A desperate bastard valour Mar. I pressed to him And notwithstanding the Queens strict command Having your Lordships promise to secure me Offer'd to free him from his bonds which he Refus'd with such a sorrow mixt with scorn That it amaz'd me yet I urg'd his Highness To give one Reson for
hold thee up Theo. You help me To life but I would see Antonio That 's dead Phil. Thou shalt see any thing how dost thou Theo. Better I thank you Phil. Why that 's well call up Thy senses and uncloud thy cover'd spirits How now Theo. Recover'd but Antonio Where is he Phil. We will find him art thou well Theo. Perfectly well saving the miss of him And I do charge you here by our allyance And by the love which would have been betwixt us Knew we no kindred by that killing fear Mingled with twenty thousand hopes and doubts Which you may think plac'd in a Lovers heart And in a Virgins too when she wants help To grant me your assistance to find out This man alive or dead and I will pay you In service tears or prayers a world of wealth But other treasure I have none alas You men have strong hearts but we feeble maids Have tender eyes which only given be To blind themselves crying for what they see Phil. Why do'st thou charge me thus have I been found Slow to perform what I could but imagine Thy wishes were have I at any time Tender'd a business of mine own beyond A vanity of thine have I not been As if I were a sensless creature made To serve thee without pow'r of questioning If so why fear'st thou Theo. I am satisfied Phil. Come then let 's go where 's Leocadia Theo. I know not Sir Phil. Where 's Leocadia Theo. I do not know Phil. Leocadia This Tumult made the streets as dead as night A man may talk as freely what 's become Of Leocadia Theo. She 's run away Phil. Begone and let us never more behold Each others face till we may both together Fasten our eyes on her accursed be Those tender cozening names of charity And natural affection they have lost Me only by observing them what cost Travel and fruitless wishes may in vain Search through the world but never find again Theo. Good Sir be patient I have done no fault Worthy this banishment Phil. Yes Leocadia The Lady so distress'd who was content To lay her story and to lay her heart As open as her story to your self Who was content that I should know her Sex Before dissembl'd and to put her self Into my conduct whom I undertook Safely to guard is in this Tumult lost Theo. And can I help it Sir Phil No would thou couldst You might have done but for that zeald religion You women bear to swownings you do pick Your times to faint when some body is by bound or by nature or by love or service To raise you from that well dissembled death Inform me but of one that has been found Dead in her private chamber by her self Where sickness would no more forbear than here And I will quit the rest for her Theo. I know not What they may do and how they may dissemble But by my troth I did not Phil. By my troth Would I had try'd would I had let thee layn And followed her Theo. I would you had done so Rather than been so angry where 's Antonio Phil. Why do'st thou vex me with these questions I 'll tell thee where he 's carried to the Galleys There to be chain'd and row and beat and row With knotted ropes and pizzels if he swound He has a dose of bisket Theo. I am glad He is alive Phil. Was ever man thus troubled Tell me where Leocadia is Theo. Good brother be not so hasty and I think I can You found no error in me when I first Told you she was a woman and believe me Something I have found out which makes me think Nay almost know so well that I durst swear She follow'd hurt Antonio Phil. What do we Enter the Governor two Attendants and the Townsmen Then lingring here we will aboard the Galleys And find her Gov. Made he a shot into the Town 1. Attend. He did Sir Gov. Call back those Gentlemen 1. Attend. The Governor commands you back Phil. We will obey him Sir Gov. You gave him cause to shoot I know he is So far from rash offence and holds with me Such curious friendship could not one of you Have call'd me while 't was doing such an uproar Before my dore too 1. Towns By my troth Sir we were so busy in the publick cause of our own Private falling out that we forgot it at home we see now You were not but as soon as the shot made us fly we ran Away as fast as we could to seek your honor Gov. 'T was gravely done but no man tells the cause Or chance or what it was that made you differ 1. Towns For my part Sir if there were any that I knew Of the shot drove it out of my head do you know any neighbours all Not we not we Gov. Not we nor can you tell 1. Attend. No other cause But the old quarrel betwixt the Town and the Galleys Gov. Come nearer Gentlemen what are your names Phil. My name Philippo Theo. And mine Theodoro Gov. Strangers you are it seems Phil. Newly arriv'd Gov. Then you are they begun this Tumult Phil. No Sir Cov. Speak one of you 1. Attend. They are not I can quit ' em Theo. Yet we saw part and an unhappy part Of this debate a long sought friend of ours Strook down for dead and born unto the Galleys His name is Markantonio Phil. And another Of our company a Gentleman Of noble birth besides accompanyed With all the gifts of nature ravish'd hence We know not how in this dissention Gov. Get you home all and work and when I hear You meddle with a weapon any more But those belonging to your Trades I 'll lay you Where your best Customers shall hardly find you Exit Townsmen I am sorry gentlemen I troubled you Being both strangers by your tongues and looks Of worth To make ye some part of amends If there be any thing in this poor Town Of Barcelona that you would command Command me Theo. Sir this wounded Gentleman If it might please you if your pow'r and love Extend so far I would be glad to wish Might be remov'd into the Town for cure The Galleys stay not and his wound I know Cannot endure a voyage Gov. Sir he shall I warrant you Go call me hither Sirrah One of my other Servants Exit 1. attendane Phil. And besides The Gentleman we lost Signior Francisco Shall be render'd too Enter a Servant Gover. And he Sir too Go sirrah bear this ring To Roderigo my most noble friend The General of the Galleys Tell him this Exit servant Whispers to his Servant Theo. Now we shall have 'em both Phil. Blest be thy thoughts For apprehending this blest be thy breath For uttering it Gov. Come Gentlemen you shall Enter my roof and I will send for Surgeons And you shall see your friends here presently Theo. His name was Markantonio Gover. I know it And have sent word so Phil. Did you not forget Francisco's
cause 't will double arm you This woman never knew it yet my daughter Some discontents she has Daugh. Pray sir go forward Ses These fourteen years I have stored it here at Sea Where the most curious thought could never find it Boats Call up the Master and all the Mates Enter below the Master and Sailers Ses Good morrow Mast Good morrow to our General a good one And to that Noble Lady all good wishes Daugh. I thank you Master Ses Mark me thus it is then Which I did never think to have discovered Till full revenge had wooed me but to satisfie My faithful friends thus I cast off my burden In that short time I was a Courtier And followed that most hated of all Princes Ferrant the full example of all mischiefs Compell'd to follow to my soul a stranger It was my chance one day to play at Chesse For some few Crowns with a mynion of this Kings A mean poor man that only serv'd his pleasures Removing of a Rook we grew to words From this to hotter anger to be short I got a blow Daugh. How how my Noble Father Ses A blow my girl which I had soon repaid And sunk the slave for ever had not odds Thrust in betwixt us I went away disgrac'd Daugh. For honors sake not so Sir Ses For that time wench But call'd upon him like a Gentleman By many private friends knockt at his valour Courted his honor hourly to repair me And though he were a thing my thoughts made slight on And only worth the fury of my footman Still I pursu'd him Nobly Daugh. Did he escape you My old brave father could you sit down so coldly Ses Have patience and know all Pursu'd him fairly Till I was laugh'd at scorn'd my wrongs made Maygames By him unjustly wrong'd should be all justice The slave protected yet at length I found him Found him when he suppos'd all had been buried And what I had received durst not be questioned And then he fell under my Sword he fell For ever sunk his poor life like the air Blown in an empty bubble burst and left him No noble wind of memory to raise him But then began my misery I fled The Kings frowns following and my friends despair No hand that durst relieve my Countrey fearful Basely and weakly fearful of a tyrant Which made his bad Will worse stood still and wondred Their virtues bedrid in 'em then my girl A little one I snatch'd thee from thy Nurse The modell of thy fathers miseries And some small wealth was fit for present carriage And got to Sea where I profest my anger And will do whilst that base ungrateful Countrey And that bad King have blood or means to quench me Now ye know all Mast We know all and admire all Go on and do all still and still be fortunate Daught. Had you done less or lost this Noble anger You had been worthy then mens empty pities And not their wonders Go on and use your justice And use it still with that fell violence It first appeared to you if you go less Or take a dyating mercy to protection The honor of a Father I disclaim in you Call back all duty and will be prouder of Th' infamous and base name of a whore Than daughter to a great Duke and a coward Ses Mine own sweet Martia no thou knowst my nature It cannot must not be Daugh. I hope it shall not But why Sir do you keep alive still young Ascanio Prince of Rossana King Ferrants most belov'd one You took two months agoe Why is not he flung ' overboard or hang'd Ses I 'll tell thee girl It were a mercy in my nature now So soon to break the bed of his afflictions I am not so far reconcil'd yet to him To let him die that were a benefit Besides I keep him as a bait and diet To draw on more and nearer to the King I look each hour to hear of his Armados And a hot welcome they shall have Daugh. But hark you If you were oversway'd with odds Ses I find you I would not yield no girl no hope of yielding Nor fling my self one hour into their mercies And give the tyrant hope to gain his kingdom No I can sink wench and make shift to die A thousand doors are open I shall hit one I am no niggard of my life so it go nobly All waies are equal and all hours I care not Daugh. Now you speak like my father Mast Noble General If by our means they inherit ought but bangs The mercy of the main yard light upon us No we can sink too Sir and sink low enough To pose their cruelties to follow us And he that thinks of life if the world go that way A thousand cowards suck his bones Gun Let the worst come I can unbreech a Cannon and without much help Turn her into the Keel and when she has split it Every man knows his way his own prayers And so good night I think Mast We have liv'd all with you Boy a top And will die with you General Ses I thank you Gentlemen Boy above A Sail a Sail. Mast A cheerful sound Boy A Sail. Boats Of whence of whence boy Boy A lusty Sail. Daugh. Look right and look again Boy She plows the Sea before her And fomes i' th' mouth Boats Of whence Boy I ken not yet sir Ses Oh may she prove of Naples Mast Prove the Devil We 'll spit out fire as thick as she Boy Hoy. Mast Brave boy Boy Of Naples Naples I think of Naples Master Methinks I see the Arms. Mast Up up another And give more certain signs Exit Sailor Ses All to your business And stand but right and true Boats Hang him that halts now Boy Sh 'as us in chase Mast We 'll spare her our main top-sail He shall not look us long we are no-starters Down with the foresail too we 'll spoom before her Mart. Gunner good noble Gunner for my honor Load me but these two Minions in the chape there And load 'em right that they may bid fair welcome And be thine eye and level as thy heart is Gun Madam I 'll scratch 'em out I 'll piss 'em out else Sayl above Ho. Ses Of whence now Sail. Of Naples Naples Naples I see her top-Flag how she quarters Naples I hear her Trumpets Ses Down she 's welcome to us Exit Mast Boats Gun Sail. Every man to his charge mann her i' th' bow well And place your Rakers right Daughter be sparing Mart. I swear I 'll be above Sir in the thickest And where most danger is I 'll seek for honor They have begun hark how their Trumpets call us Hark how the wide-mouth'd Cannons sing amongst us Hark how they sail out of our shels for shame Sir Ses Now fortune and my cause Mart. Be bold and conquer Exit Charge Trumpets and shot within Enter Master and Boatswain Mast They 'll board us once again they 're
when their monstrous sins like earth-quakes shake 'em And those eyes that forgot heaven would look upward The bloody ' larms of the conscience beating Let mercy flye and day strook into darkness Leave their blind souls to hunt out their own horrors Jul. Enough enough we must forget dear Father For then we are glorious formes of heaven and live When we can suffer and as soon forgive But where 's my Lord methinks I have seen this house And have been in 't before Pand. Thine own house jewel Jul. Mine without him or his without my company I think it cannot be it was not wont Father Pand. Some business with the King let it be good heaven Reteins him sure Enter Boy Jul. It must be good and noble For all men that he treats with tast of virtue His words and actions are his own and Honour 's Not brought nor compell'd from him Pand. Here 's the Boy He can confirm us more how sad the child looks Come hither Lucio how and where 's thy Master Jul. Speak gentle Boy Pand. Is he return'd in safety Jul. If not and that thou knowst is miserable Our hopes and happiness declin'd for ever Study a sorrow excellent as thy Master Then if thou canst live leave us Lucio Noble Madam My Lord is safe return'd safe to his friends and fortune Safe to his Countrey entertain'd with honour Is here within the house Jul. Do not mock me Lucio But such a melancholly hangs on his mind And in his eyes inhabit such sad shadowes But what the cause is Pand. Go tell him we are here Boy There must be no cause now Jul. Hast thou forgot me Lucio No noblest Lady Jul. Tell him I am here Tell him his wife is here sound my name to him And thou shalt see him start speak Juliana And like the Sun that labors through a tempest How suddainly he will disperse his sadness Pand. Go I command thee instantly And charge him on his duty Jul. On his love Boy I would fain go to him Pand. Away away you are foolish Jul. Bear all my service sweet Boy Pand. Art thou here still Jul. And tell him what thou wilt that shall become thee Pand. i th' house and know we are here Ex. Boy Jul. No no he did not I warrant you he did not could you think His love had less than wings had he but seen me His strong affection any thing but sire Consuming all weak lets and rubs before it Till he had met my flame and made one body If ever heavens high blessings met in one man And there erected to their holy uses A sacred mind fit for their services Built all of polisht honor 't was in this man Misdoubt him not Pand. I know he 's truely noble But why this sadness when the general cause Requires a Jubile of joy Jul. I know not Enter Virolet and Boy Pand. Pray heaven you find it not Jul. I hope I shall not O here he comes and with him all my happiness He stays and thinks we may be too unmannerly Pray give him leave they stand off Pand. I do not like this sadness Vir. O hard condition of my misery Unheard of plagues when to behold that woman That chast and virtuous woman that preserv'd me That pious wife wedded to my afflictions Must be more terrible than all my dangers O fortune thou hast rob'd me of my making The noble building of a man demolisht And flung me headlong on a sin so base Man and mankind contemn even beasts abhor it A sin more dull than drink a shame beyond it So foul and far from faith I dare not name it But it will cry it self out loud ingratitude Your blessing Sir Pand. You have it in abundance So is our joy to see you safe Vir. My Dear one Jul. H 'as not forgot me yet O take me to you Sir Vir. Must this be added to increase my misery That she must weep for joy and loose that goodness My Juliana even the best of women Of wives the perfectest let me speak this And with a modesty declare thy vertues Chaster than Chrystal on the Scythian Clifts The more the proud winds Court the more the purer Sweeter in thy obedience than a Sacrifice And in thy mind a Saint that even yet living Producest miracles and women daily With crooked and lame souls creep to thy goodness Which having toucht at they become examples The fortitude of all their sex is Fable Compar'd to thine and they that fill'd up glory And admiration in the age behind us Out of their celebrated urns are started To stare upon the greatness of thy spirit Wondring what new Martyr heaven has begot To fill the times with truth and ease their stories Being all these and excellent in beauty For noble things dwell in the noblest buildings Thou hast undone thy husband made him wretched A miserable man my Juliana Thou hast made thy Virolet. Jul. Now goodness keep me Oh! my dear Lord. Pand. She wrong you what 's the meaning Weep not but speak I charge you on obedience Your Father charges you she make you miserable That you your self confess Vir. I do that kils me And far less I have spoke her than her merit Jul. It is some sin of weakness or of Ignorance For sure my Will Vir. No 't is a sin of excellence Forgive me heaven that I prophane thy blessings Sit still I 'll shew you all Exit Virolet. Pand. What means this madness For sure there is no tast of right man in it Grieves he our liberty our preservation Or has the greatness of the deed he has done Made him forget for whom and how he did it And looking down upon us scorn the benefit Well Virolet if thou beest proud or treacherous Jul. He cannot Sir he cannot he will shew us And with that reason ground his words Enter Virolet Martia Ronvere Pand. He comes What Masque is this what admirable beauty Pray heaven his heart be true Jul. A goodly woman Vir. Tell me my dear and tell me without flattery As you are nobly honest speak the truth What think you of this Lady Jul. She is most excellent Vir. Might not this beauty tell me it 's a sweet one Without more setting off as now it is Thanking no greater Mistress than meer nature Stagger a constant heart Pand. She is full of wonder I But yet yet Virolet. Vir. Pray by your leave Sir Jul. She would amaze Vir. O! would she so I thank you Say to this beauty she have all additions Wealth noble birth Pand. O hold there Vir. All virtues A mind as full of candor as the truth is I and a loving Lady Jul. She must needs I am bound in conscience to confess deserve much Vir. Nay say beyond all these she be so pious That even on slaves condemn'd she showre her benefits And melt their stubborn Bolts with her soft pitty What think you then Pand. For such a noble office At these years I should dote
't is dark But she has such a lustre Enter Ismena and Aminta above with a Taper Ant. Yes Martine So radiant she appears Mar. Else we may miss Sir The night grows vengeance black pray heaven she shine clear Hark hark a window and a candle too Ant. Step close 't is she I see the cloud disperse And now the beauteous Planet Mar. Ha 't is indeed Now by the soul of love a Divine Creature Ism Sir Sir Ant. Most blessed Lady Ism 'Pray ye stand out Am. You need not fear there 's no body now stirring Mar. Beyond his commendation I am taken Infinite strangely taken Am. I love that Gentleman Methinks he has a dainty nimble body I love him heartily Ism 'T is the right Gentleman âât what to say to him Sir Am. Speak Ant. I wait still And will do till I grow another Pillar To prop this house so it please you Ism Speak softly And 'pray ye speak truly too Ant. I never ly'd Lady Ism And don't think me impudent to ask ye I know ye are an enemy speak low But I would make ye a friend Ant. I am friend to beauty There 's no handsomness I dare be foe to Ism Are ye married Ant. No. Ism Are ye betrothed Ant. No neither Ism Indeed fair Sir Ant. Indeed fair sweet I am not Most beauteous Virgin I am free as you are Ism That may be Sir then ye are miserable For I am bound Ant. Happy the bonds that hold ye Or do you put them on your self for pleasure Sure they be sweeter far than liberty There is no blessedness but in such bondage Give me that freedom Madam I beseech ye Since you have question'd me so cunningly To ask you whom you are bound to he must be certain More than humane that bounds in such a beauty Happy that happy chain such links are heavenly Ism Pray ye do not mock me Sir Ant. Pray ye Lady tell me Ism Will ye believe and will ye keep it to ye And not scorn what I speak Ant. I dare not Madam As Oracle what you say I dare swear to Ism I 'll set the candle by for I shall blush now Fie how it doubles in my mouth it must out 'T is you I am bound to Ant. Speak that word again I understand ye not Ism 'T is you I am bound to Ant. Here is another Gentleman Ism 'T is you Sir Am. He may be lov'd too Mar. Not by thee first curse me Ism And if I knew your name Ant. Antonio Madam Ism Antonio take this kiss 't is you I am bound to Ant. And when I set ye free may heaven forsake me Ismena Ism Yes now I perceive ye love me You have learn'd my name Ant. Hear but some vows I make to ye Hear but the protestations of a true love Ism No no not now vows should be cheerful things Done in the cleerest light and noblest testimony No vow dear Sir tie not my fair belief To such strict terms those men have broken credits Loose and dismembred faiths my dear Antonio That splinter 'em with vows am I not too bold Correct me when you please Ant. I had rather hear ye For so sweet Musick never struk mine ears yet Will you believe now Ism Yes Ant. I am yours Ism Speak louder If ye answer the Priest so low you will lose your wedding Mar. Would I might speak I would holloa Ant. Take my heart And if it be not firm and honest to you Heaven Ism Peace no more I 'll keep your heart and credit it Keep you your word when when will you come again Friend For this time we have woo'd indifferently I would fain see ye when I dare be bolder Ant. Why any night only dear noble Mistriss Pardon three daies my Uncle Julio Has bound me to attend him upon promise Upon expectation too we have rare sports there Rare Countrey sports I would you could but see ' em Dare ye so honor me Ism I dare not be there You know I dare not no I must not Friend Where I may come with honourable freedom Alas I am ill too we in love Ant. You flout me Ism Trust me I do not I speak truth I am sickly And am in love but you must be Physician Ant. I 'll make a plaister of my best affection Ism Be gone we have supp'd I hear the people stir Take my best wishes give me no cause Antonio To curse this happy night Ant. I 'll lose my life first A thousand kisses Ism Take ten thousand back again Mar. I am dumb with admiration shall we goe Sir Exeunt Ism Dost thou know his Uncle Am. No but I can ask Cosin Ism I 'll tell thee more of that come let 's to bed both And give me handsome dreams Love I beseech thee Am. ' Has given ye a handsome subject Ism Pluck to the windows Exeunt Actus Secundus Scaena Prima Enter Bustofa Bust THe thundring Seas whose watry fire washes The whiting mops The gentle Whale whose feet so sell Flies o'r the Mountains tops within Franio Fra. Boy Bust The thundring Fra. Why boy Bustofa Bust Here I am the gentle Whale Enter Franio Fra. Oh are you here Sir where 's your Sister Bust The gentle Whale flies o'r the Mountain tops Fra. Where 's your Sister man Bust Washes the whiting-Mops Fr. Thou ly'st she has none to wash Mops The boy is half way out of his wits sure Sirrah who am I Bust The thundring Seas Fra. Mad stark mad Bust Will you not give a man leave to con Fra. Yes and feâse too e'r I have done with you Sirrah Am I your father Bust The question is too hard for a child ask me any thing That I have learn'd and I 'll answer you Fra. Is that a hard question Sirrah am not I your Father Bust If I had my Mother-wit I could tell you Fra. Are you a thief Bust So far forth as the Son of a Miller Fra. Will you be hang'd Bust Let it go by eldership The gentle Whale Fra. Sirrah lay by your foolish study there And beat your brains about your own affairs or Bust I thank you you 'ld have me goe under the sails And beat my brains about your Mill a natural Father you are Fra. I charge you goe not to the sports to day Last night I gave you leave now I recant Bust Is the wind turn'd since last night Fra. Marry is it Sir go no farther than my Mill There 's my command upon you Bust I may go round about then as your Mill does I will see your Mill gelded and his Stones fry'd in steaks E'r I deceive the Countrey so have I not my part to study How shall the sports go forward if I be not there Fra. They 'll want their fool indeed if thou be'st not there Bust Consider that and go your self Fra. I have fears Sir that I cannot utter You goe not nor your Sister there 's my charge Bust The price of your golden thumb cannot hold
Nor. Speed ye then what mirth is this The Watches are not yet discharg'd I take it These are brave careless Rogues I 'll hear the Song out And then I 'll fit ye for 't merry Companions Here 's notable Order now for a trick to tame ye Owgh owgh 1 Wat. Hark hark what 's that below us who goes there Nor. Owgh owgh owgh 2. Wat. 'T is a Bear broke loose pray call the Corporal 1. Wat. The Dutchmans huge fat Sow 2 Wat. I see her now and five fine pigs Nor. Owgh owgh Corp. Now what 's the matter 1 Wat. Here 's the great fat Sow Corporal The Dutchmans Sow and all the Pigs brave fat Pigs You have been wishing long she would break loose Nor. Owgh owgh Cor. 'T is she indeed there 's a white pig now sucking Look look do you see it Sirs 1 Wat. Yes very well Sir Cor. A notable fat whorson come two of ye Go down with me we 'll have a tickling breakfast 2 Wat. Let 's eat 'em at the Cross Cor. There 's the best liquor Nor. I 'll liquor some of ye ye lazie rogues Your minds are of nothing but eating ann swilling What a sweet Beast they have made of me a Sow Hogg upon hogg I hear 'em come Enter Cor. below and Watch. Cor. Go softly and fall upon 'em finely nimbly 1 Wat. Bless me Cor. Why what 's the matter 1 Wat. Oh the devil The devil as high as a Steeple 2 Wat. There he goes Corporal His feet are Cloven too Cor. Stand stand I say death how I shake Where be your Muskets 1 Wat. There 's no good of them Where be our Prayers man 2 Wat. Lord how he stalks speak to him Corporal Cor. Why what a devil art thou Nor. Owgh owgh Cor. A dumb devil The worst devil that could come a dumb devil Give me a Musket he gathers in to me I' th' name of speak what art thou speak devil Or I 'll put a plumb in your belly Nor. Owgh owgh owgh Cor. Fie fie in what a sweat I am Lord bless me My Musket's gone too I am not able to stir it Nor. Who goes there stand speak Corp. Sure I am inchanted Yet here 's my Halbert still nay who goes there Sir What have I lost my self what are ye Nor. The Guard Corp. Why what are we then he 's not half so long now Nor he has no tail at all I shake still damnably Nor. The word Corp. Have mercy on me what word does he mean Prethee devil if thou be'st the devil Do not make an Ass of me for I remember yet As well as I am here I am the Corporal I 'll lay my life on 't devil Nor. Thou art damn'd Corp. That 's all one but am not I the Corporal I would give a thousand pound to be resolv'd now Had not I Soldiers here Nor. No not a man Thou art debauch'd and cozen'd Corp. That may be It may be I am drunk Lord where have I been Is not this my Halbert in my hand Nor. No 't is a May-pole Cor. Why then I know not who I am nor what Nor whence I come Nor. Ye are an arrand Rascal You Corporal of a Watch. Cor. 'T is the Dane's voice you are no devil then Nor. No nor no Sow Sir Cor. Of that I am right glad Sir I was ne'r so frighted in my life as I am a Soldier Nor. Tall watchmen A guard for a Goose you sing away your Centuries A careful company let me out o' th' port here I was a little merry with your worships And keep your guards strong though the devil walk Hold there 's to bring ye into your wits again Goe off no more to hunt Pigs such another trick And you will hunt the gallows Cor. Pray Sir pardon us And let the devil come next I 'll make him stand Or make him stink Nor. Doe doe your duty truly Come let me out and come away no more rage Exe. Scaena Secunda Enter Abdella with a Letter and Rocca Ab. Write thus to me he hath fearfully and basely Betraid his own cause yet to free himself He now ascribes the fault to me Roc. I know not What he hath done but what he now desires His Letters have inform'd you Ab. Yes he is Too well acquainted with the power he holds Over my mad affections I want time To write but pray you tell him if I were âo better steel'd in my strong resoâutions Than he hath shown himself in his or thought There was a hell hereafter or a Heaven But in enjoying him I should stick here And move no further bid him yet take comfort For something I would doe the devil would quake at But I 'll untie this Nuptial knot of love And make way for his wishes in the mean time Let him lie close for he is strictly sought for And practise to love her that for his ends Scorns fear and danger Enter Oriana and Velleda Roc. All this I will tell him Exit Rocca Ab. Do so farewel My Lady with my fellow So earnest in discourse what e'r it be I 'll second it Vel. He is such a noble Husband In every circumstance so truly loving That I might say and without flattery Madam The Sun sees not a Lady but your self That can deserve him Abd. Of all men I say That dare for 't is a desperate adventure Wear on their free necks the sweet yoak of woman For they that do repine are no true husbands Give me a Soldier Ori. Why are they more loving Than other men Abd. And love too with more judgement For but observe your Courtier is more curious To set himself forth richly than his Lady His baths perfumes nay paintings too more costly Than his frugality will allow to her His clothes as chargeable and grant him but A thing without a beard and he may pass At all times for a woman and with some Have better welcome Now your man of Lands For the most part is careful to manure them But leaves his Lady fallow your great Merchant Breaks oftner for the debt he owes his wife Than with his creditors and that 's the reason She looks elsewhere for payment Now your Soldier Vel. I marry do him right Abd. First who has one Has a perpetual guard upon her honor For while he wears a sword slander her self Dares not bark at it next she sits at home Like a great Queen and sends him forth to fetch in Her tribute from all parts which being brought home He laies it at her feet and seeks no further For his reward than what she may give freely And with delight too from her own Exchequer Which he finds ever open Ori. Be more modest Abd. Why we may speak of that we are glad to taste of Among our selves I mean Ori. Thou talkst of nothing Abd. Of nothing Madam You have found it something Or with the raising up this prettty mount here My Lord hath dealt with spirits Enter Gomera Ori. Two long
not yet content She in my hand put to restore her life As I imagin'd what did execute Their devilish malice farther great with child Was this poor innocent that too was lost They doubled death upon her not staying there They have done violence unto her Tomb Not granting rest unto her in the grave I wish Miranda had enjoy'd my prize For sure I 'm punish'd for usurping her Oh what a Tyger is resisted Lust How it doth forrage all Mount Part of this tale I grant you true but 't was not poison given her Ab. I would it had we had been far enough If we had been so wise and had not now Stood curtesing for your mercies here Mount Beside What is become o' th' body we know not Val. Peace impudence And dear Gomera practise patience As I my self must by some means at last We shall dissolve this Riddle Gom. Wherefore comes This villain in this festival array As if he triumph'd for his treachery Cast That is by our appointment give us leave You shall know why anon Enter Miranda Norandine Collona Val. One of the Esguard Esg The Gentlemen are come Val. Truce then awhile With our sad thoughts what are you both resolv'd Nor. Not I my Lord your down-right Captain still I 'll live and serve you not that altogether I want compunction of conscience I have enough to save me and that 's all Bar me from drink and drabs ev'n hang me too You must ev'n make your Captains Capons first I have too much flesh for this spiritual Knighthood And therefore do desire forbearance Sir Till I am older or more mortifi'd I am too sound yet Val. What say you Miranda Mir. With all pure zeal to Heaven duty to you I come to undergo it Val. Proceed to th' ceremony Gom. Before you match with this bright honor'd title Admir'd Miranda pardon what in thought I ever did transgress against your virtue And may you find more joy with your new Bride Than poor Gomera e'r enjoy'd with his But 't was mine own crime and I suffer for 't Long wear your dignity and worthily Whilst I obscurely in some corner vanish Mir. Have stronger thoughts and better first I crave According to the order of the Court I may dispose my Captives and the Fort That with a clean and purified heart The fitlier I may endue my Robe All. 'T is granted Enter Oriana vail'd Ladies Lucinda Child Mir. Bring the Captives To your charge And staid tuition my most noble friend I then commend this Lady start not off A fairer and a chaster never liv'd By her own choice you are her Guardian For telling her I was to leave my Fort And to abandon quite all worldly cares Her own request was to Gomera's hands She might be given in custody for sh 'ad heard He was a Gentleman wise and temperate Full of humanity to Women-kind And ' cause he had been married knew the better How to entreat a Lady Val. What Countrey-woman is she Mir. Born a Greek Val. Gomera 't will be barbarous to denie A Lady that unto your refuge flies And seeks to shrowd her under virtues wing Gom. Excuse me noble Sir oh think me not So dull a devil to forget the loss Of such a matchless wife as I possess'd And ever to endure the sight of woman Were she the abstract of her sex for form The only warehouse of perfection Were there no Rose nor Lilly but her Cheek No Musick but her tongue Virtue but hers She must not rest near me my vow is graven Here in my heart irrevocably breath'd And when I break it Ast This is rudeness Spaniard Unseasonably you play the Timonist Put on a disposition is not yours Which neither fits you nor becomes you Gom. Sir Cast We cannot force you but we would perswade Gom. Beseech you Sir no more I am resolv'd To forsake Malta tread a pilgrimage To fair Jerusalem for my Ladies soul And will not be diverted Mir. You must bear This Child along w' ye then Gom. What Child All. How 's this Mir. Nay then Gomera thou art injurious This Child is thine and this rejected Lady Thou hast as often known as thine own wife And this I 'll make good on thee with my sword Gom. Thou durst as well blaspheme if such a scandal I crave the rights due to a Gentleman Woman unvail Ori. Will you refuse me yet Gom. My Wife Val. My Sister Gom. Some body thank Heaven I cannot speak All. All praise be ever given Mount This saves our lives yet would she had been dead The very sight of her afflicts me more Than fear of punishment or my disgrace Val. How came you to the Temple Mir. Sir to do My poor devotions and to offer thanks For scaping a temptation near perform'd With this fair Virgin I restore a wife Earth cannot parallel and busie nature âf thou wilt still make women but remember To work 'em by this sampler take heed Sir Henceforth you never doubt Sir Gom. When I do Death take me suddainly Mir. To increase your happiness To your best wife take this addition Gom. Alack my poor knave Val. The confession The Moor made 't seems was truth Nor. Marry was it Sir the only truth that ever issued out of hell which her black jawes resemble a plague o' your bacon-face you must be giving drinks with a vengeance âah thou branded bitch do ' ye stare goggles I hope to make winter-boots o' thy hide yet she fears not damning hell fire cannot parch her blacker than she is d' ye grin chimney-sweeper Ori. What is' t Miranda Mir. That you would please Lucinda might attend you Col. That suit Sir I consent not to Luc. My husband My dearest Angelo Nor. More Jiggam-bobs is not this the fellow that swom Like a duck to th' shore in our sea-service Col The very same do not you know me now Sir My name is Angelo though Colonna vail'd it Your Countrey-man and kinsman born in Florence Who from the neighbor-Island here of Goza Was captive led in that unfortunate day When the Turk bore with him three thousand souls Since in Constantinople have I liv'd Where I beheld this Turkish Damsel first A tedious suitor was I for her love And pittying such a beauteous case should hide A soul prophan'd with infidelity A labour'd her conversion with my love And doubly won her to fair faith her soul She first betroth'd and then her faith to me But fearful there to consummate this contract We fled and in that flight were ta'en again By those same Gallies 'fore Valetta fought Since in your service I attended her Where what I saw and heard hath joy'd me more Than all my past afflictions griev'd before Val. Wonders crown wonders take thy wife Miranda Be henceforth called our Malta's better Angel And thou her evil Mountferrat Nor. We 'll call him Cacodemon with his black gib there his Succuba his devils seed his spawn of Phlegeton that o' my conscience was bred o'
Bob. 'T wil never be He has been three days practising to drink Yet still he sips like to a waiting woman And looks as he were murdering of a fart Among wild Irish swaggerers Luc. I have still Your good word Zancho father Alv. Milk-sop coward No house of mine receives thee I disclaim thee Thy mother on her knees shall not entreat me Hereafter to acknowledge thee Luc. Pray you speak for me Bob. I would but now I cannot with mine honor Alv. There 's only one course left that may redeem thee Which is to strike the next man that you meet And if we chance to light upon a woman Take her away and use her like a man Or I will cut thy hamstrings Pach. This makes for us Alv. What do'st thou do now Luc. Sir I am saying my prayers For being to undertake what you would have me I know I cannot live Enter Lamorall Genevora Anastro and Pages with Lights Lam. Madam I fear You 'll wish you had us'd your coach your brothers house Is yet far off Gen. The better sir this walk Will help digestion after your great supper Of which I have fed largely Alv. To your task Or else you know what follows Luc. I am dying Now Lord have mercy on me by your favor Sir I must strike you Lam. For what cause Luc. I know not And I must likewise talk with that young Lady An hour in private Lam. What you must is doubtful But I am certain Sir I must beat you Luc. Help help Alv. Not strike again Lam. How Alvarez An. This for my Lord Vitellis love Pach. Break out And like true theeves make prey on either side But seem to help the stranger Bob. Oh my Lord They have beat him on his knees Luc. Though I want courage I yet have a sons duty in me and Compassion of a fathers danger that That wholly now possesses me Alv. Lucio This is beyond my hope Met. So Lazarillo Take up all boy well done Pach. And now steal off Closely and cunningly An. How have I found you Why Gentlemen are you mad to make your selves A prey to Rogues Lam. Would we were off Bob. Theeves theeves Lam. Defer our own contention and down with them Luc. I 'll make you sure Bob. Now he plays the Devil Gen. This place is not for me Exit Luc. I 'll follow her Half of my pennance is past oe'r Exit Enter Alguazier Assistant and other Watches Alg. What noyse What tumult 's there keep the Kings peace I charge you Pach. I am glad he 's come yet Alv. O you keep good Guard Upon the City when men of our ranck Are set upon in the streets Lam. The assistants Shall hear on 't be assur'd An. And if he be That careful Governor he is reported You will smart for it Alg. Patience good Signiors Let me survey the Rascals O I know them And thank you for them they are pilf'ring rogues Of Andaluza that have perus'd All Prisons in Castile I dare not trust The dungeon with them no I 'll have them home To my own house Pach. We had rather go to prison Alg. Had you so dog-bolts yes I know you had You there would use your cunning fingers on The simple locks you would but I 'll prevent you Lam. My Mistriss lost good night Exit Bob. Your Son 's gone too What should become of him Alv. Come of him what will Now he dares fight I care not I 'll to bed Look to your prisoners Alguazier Exit with Bobâ Alg. All 's clear'd Droop not for one disaster let us hug And triumph in our knaveries Assist This confirms What was reported of him Met. 'T was done bravely Alg. I must a little glory in the means We Officers have to play the Knaves and safely How we break through the toyles pitch'd by the Law Yet hang up them that are far less delinquents A simple shopkeeper 's carted for a bawd For lodging though unwittingly a smock-Gamster Where with rewards and credit I have kept Malroda in my house as in a cloyster Without taint or suspition Pach. But suppose The Governor should know 't Alg. He good Gentleman Let him perplex himself with prying into The measures in the market and th' abuses The day stands guilty of the pillage of the night Is only mine mine own fee simple Which you shall hold from me tenants at will And pay no rent for 't Pach. Admirable Landlord Alg. Now we 'll go search the Taverns commit such As we find drinking and be drunk our selves With what we take from them these silly wretches Whom I for form sake only have brought hither Shall watch without and guard us Assist And we will See you safe lodg'd most worthy Alguazier With all of you his comrads Met. 'T is the Governor Alg. We are betray'd Assist My guard there bind them fast How men in high place and authority Are in their lives and estimations wrong'd By their subordinate Ministers yet such They cannot but imploy wrong'd justice finding Scarce one true servant in ten officers ' T' expostulate with you were but to delay Your crimes due punishment which shall fall upon you So speedily and severely that it shall Fright others by th' example and confirm How ever corrupt Officers may disgrace Themselves 't is not in them to wrong their place Bring them away Alg. We 'll suffer nobly yet And like to Spanish Gallants Pach. And we 'll hang so Laz. I have no stomach to it but I 'll endeavor Exeunt Scaena Quarta Enter Lucio and Genevora Gen. Nay you are rude pray you forber you offer now More than the breeding of a Gentleman Can give you warrant for Luc. 'T is but to kiss you And think not I 'll receive that for a favour Which was enjoyn'd me for a pennance Lady Gen. You have met a gentle confessor and for once So then you will rest satisfied I vouchsafe it Luc. Rest satisfied with a kiss why can a man Desire more from a woman is there any Pleasure beyond it may I never live âf I know what it is Gen. Sweet Innocence Luc. What strange new motions do I feel my veins Burn with an unknown fire in every part â suffer alteration I am poyson'd Yet languish with desire again to tast it âo sweetly it works on me Gen. I ne'r saw A lovely man till now Luc. How can this be âhe is a woman as my mother is And her I have kiss'd often and brought off My lips unscortch'd yours are more lovely Lady And so should be less hurtful pray you vouchsafe Your hand to quench the heat tane from your Lip Perhaps that may restore me Gen. Willingly Luc. The flame increases if to touch you burn thus What would more strict embraces do I know not And yet methinks to die so were to ascend To heaven through Paradise Gen. I am wounded too Though modesty forbids that I should speak What ignorance makes him bold in why do you fix Your eyes
Lord Alvarez Vitelli Gentlemen No Town in Spain from our Metropolis Unto the rudest hovel but is great With your assured valors daily proofs Oh will you then for a superfluous fame A sound of honor which in these times all Like hereticks profess with obstinacy But most erroneously venture your souls 'T is a hard task through a Sea of blood To sail and land at Heaven Vit. I hope not If justice be my Pilot but my Lord You know if argument or time or love Could reconcile long since we had shook hands I dare protest your breath cools not a vein In any one of us but blows the fire Which nought but blood reciprocal can quench Alv. Vitelli thou sayst bravely and sayst right And I will kill thee for 't I love thee so Vit. Ha ha old man upon thy death I 'll build A story with this arm for thy old wife To tell thy daughter Clara seven years hence As she sits weeping by a winters fire How such a time Vitelli slew her husband With the same Sword his daughter favor'd him And lives and wears it yet Come Lamorall Redeem thy self Lam. Lucio Genevora Shall on this Sword receive thy bleeding heart For my presented hat laid at her feet Luc. Thou talk'st well Lamorall but 't is thy head That I will carry to her to thy hat Fie Father I do cool too much Alv. Oh boy Thy fathers true Son Beat Drums and so good morrow to your Lordship Enter above Eugenia Clara Genevora Say Brave resolutions Anast Brave and Spanish right Gen. Lucio Cla Vitelli. Eug. Alvarez Alv. How the devil Got these Cats into th'gutter my pusse too Eug. Hear us Gen. We must be heard Cla. We will be heard Vitelli look see Clara on her knees Imploring thy compassion Heaven how sternly They dart their emulous eyes as if each scorn'd To be behind the other in a look Mother death needs no Sword here oh my Sister Fate fain would have it so persuade entreat A Ladies tears are silent Orators Or should be so at least to move beyond The honest tongu'd-Rhetorician Why will you fight why do's an uncles death Twenty year old exceed your love to me But twenty days whose forc'd cause and fair manner You could not understand only have heard Custom that wrought so cunningly on nature In me that I forgot my sex and knew not Whether my body female were or male You did unweave and had the power to charm A new creation in me made me fear To think on those deeds I did perpetrate How little power though you allow to me That cannot with my sighs my tears my prayers Move you from your own loss if you should gain Vit. I must forget you Clara 'till I have Redeem'd my unkles blood that brands my face Like a pestiferous Carbuncle I am blind To what you do deaf to your cries and Marble To all impulsive exorations When in this point I have perch'd thy fathers soul I 'll tender thee this bloody reeking hand Drawn forth the bowels of that murtherer If thou canst love me then I 'll marry thee And for thy father lost get thee a Son On no condition else Assist Most barbarous Say Savage Anast Irreligious Gen. Oh Lucio Be thou merciful thou bear'st fewer yearâ Art lately wean'd from soft effiminacy A maidens manners and a maidens heart Are neighbors still to thee be then more mild Proceed not to this combat be'st thou desperate Of thine own life yet dearest pitty mine Thy valour 's not thine own I gave it thee These eyes begot it this tongue bred it up This breast would lodge it do not use my gifts To mine own ruine I have made thee rich Be not so thankless to undo me for 't Luc. Mistriss you know I do not wear a vein I would not rip for you to do you service Life 's but a word a shadow a melting dream Compar'd to essential and eternal honor Why would you have me value it beyond Your brother if I first cast down my sword May all my body here be made one wound And yet my soul not find heaven thorough it Alv. You would be catter-walling too but peace Go get you home and provide dinner for Your Son and me wee 'll be exceeding merry Oh Lucio I will have thee cock of all The proud Vitellies that do live in Spain Fie we shall take cold hunch I am hoarse Already Lam. How your Sister whets my spleen I could eat Lucio now Gen. Vitelli Brother Ev'n for your Fathers soul your uncles blood As you do love my life but last and most As you respect your own Honor and Fame Throw down your sword he is most valiant That herein yields first Vit. Peace you fool Cla. Why Lucio Do thou begin 't is no disparagement He 's elder and thy better and thy valor Is in his infancy Gen. Or pay it me To whom thou ow'st it Oh that constant time Would but go back a week then Lucio Thou would'st not dare to fight Eug. Lucio thy Mother Thy Mother begs it throw thy sword down first Alv. I 'll throw his head down after then Gen. Lamorall You have often swore you 'ld be commanded by me Lam. Never to this your spight and scorn Genevora Has lost all power in me Gen. Your hearing for six words Ass Say An. Strange obstinacy Al. Vit. Lu. Lam. We 'll stay no longer Cla. Then by thy oath Vitelli Thy dreadful oath thou wouldst return that Sword When I should ask it give it to me now This instant I require it Gen. By thy vow As dreadful Lucio to obey my will In any one thing I would watch to challenge I charge thee not to strike a stroak now he Of our two brothers that loves perjury Best and dares first be damn'd infringe his vow Say Excellent Ladies Vit. Pish you tyrannize Luc. We did equivocate Alv. On. Cla. Then Lucio So well I love my husband for he is so Wanting but ceremony that I pray His vengeful sword may fall upon thy head Succesfully for false-hood to his Sister Gen. I likewise pray Vitelli Lucio's sword Who equally is my husband as thou hers May find thy false heart that durst gage thy faith And durst not keep it Assist Are you men or stone Alv. Men and we 'll prove it with our swords Eug. Your hearing for six words and we have done Zancho come forth we 'll fight our challenge too Now speak your resolutions Enter Bobidilla with two swords and a Pistol Gen. These they are The first blow given betwixt you sheathes these swords In one anothers bosomes Eug. And rogue look You at that instant do discharge that Pistol Into my breast if you start back or quake I 'll stick you like a Pig Alv. Hold you are mad Gen. This we said and by our hope of bliss This we will do speak your intent Cla. Gen. Strike Eug. Shoot All. Vit. Lat. La. Hold hold all friends Assist Come down Alv. These devilish
These Diamonds of Ormus bought for little Here vented at the price of Princes Ransomes How bright they shine like constellations The South Seas treasure here Pearl fair and orient Able to equal Cleopatra's Banquet Here chains of lesser stones for Ladies lusters Ingotts of Gold Rings Brooches bars of Silver These are my studies to set off in sale well And not in sensual surfeits to consume 'em How rosts mine egg he heats apace I 'll turn him Penurio where you knave do you wait Penurio You lazie knave Pen. Did you call Sir Lop. Where 's your Mistriss What vanity holds her from her attendance Pen. The very sight of this egg has made him cockish What would a dozen butter'd do She is within Sir Lop. Within Sir at what thrif ye knave what getting Pen. Getting a good stomach Sir and she knew where to get meat to it She is praying heartily upon her knees Sir That Heaven would send her a good bearing dinner Lop. Nothing but gluttony and surfeit thought on Health flung behind had she not yesternight sirrah Two Sprats to supper and the oil allowable Was she not sick with eating Hadst not thou Thou most ungrateful knave that nothing satisfies The water that I boil'd my other egg in To make thee hearty broth Pen 'T is true I had Sir But I might as soon make the Philosophers Stone on 't You gave it me in water and but for manners sake I could give it you again in wind it was so hearty I shall turn pissing-Conduit shortly my Mistriss comes Sir Enter Isabella Lop. Welcome my Dove Isab Pray ye keep your welcome to ye Unless it carries more than words to please me Is this the joy to be a Wife to bring with me Besides the nobleness of blood I spring from A full and able portion to maintain me Is this the happiness of youth and beauty The great content of being made a Mistriss To live a Slave subject to wants and hungers To jealousies for every eye that wanders Unmanly jealousie Lop. Good Isabella Isab Too good for you do you think to famish me Or keep me like an Alms-woman in such rayment Such poor unhandsome weeds am I old or ugly I never was bred thus and if your misery Will suffer wilful blindness to abuse me My patience shall be no Bawd to mine own ruine Pen. Tickle him Mistris to him Isab Had ye love in ye Or any part of man Pen. Follow that Mistriss Isab Or had humanity but ever known ye You would shame to use a woman of my way thus So poor and basely you are strangely jealous of me If I should give ye cause Lop. How Isabella Isab As do not venture this way to provoke me Pen. Excellent well Mistriss Lop. How 's this Isabella Isab 'T will stir a Saint and I am but a woman And by that tenure may Lop. By no means chicken You know I love ye fie take no example By those young gadding Dames you are noted virtuous That stick their Husbands wealth in trifles on 'em And point 'em but the way to their own miseries I am not jealous kiss me I am not And for your Diet 't is to keep you healthful Surfeits destroy more than the sword that I am careful Your meat should be both neat and cleanly handled See Sweet I am Cook my self and mine own Cater Pen. A of that Cook cannot lick his fingers Lop. I 'll add another dish you shall have Milk to it 'T is nourishing and good Pen. With Butter in 't Sir Lop. This knave would breed a famine in a Kingdom And cloths that shall content ye you must be wise then And live sequestred to your self and me Not wandring after every toy comes cross ye Nor struck with every spleen what 's the knave doing Penuria Pen. Hunting Sir for a second course of Flies here They are rare new Sallads Lop For certain Isabella This ravening fellow has a Wolf in 's fellow Untemperate knave will nothing quench thy appetite I saw him eat two Apples which is monstrous Pen. If you had given me those 't had been more monstroâ Lop. 'T is a main miracle to feed this villain Come Isabella let us in to supper And think the Roman dainties at our Table 'T is all but thought Exeunt Pen. Would all my thoughts would do it The Devil should think of purchasing that Egg-shell To victual out a Witch for the Burmoothes 'T is Treason to any good stomach living now To hear a tedious Grace said and no meat to 't I have a Radish yet but that 's but transitory Exit Scaena Tertia Enter Soto Soto Can any living man unless a Rascal That neither knows himself nor a fashion'd Gentleman Take me for a worse man than my Master now I am naturally proud in these clothes but if pride now Should catch a fall in what I am attempting 'T is but a Proverb sound and a neck broken That 's the worst can come on 't a Gentleman 's gone then A Gentleman o' th' first house there 's the end on 't My Master lies most pittifully complaining Wringing and kicking up to th' ears in love yonder And such a lamentable noise he keeps it kills me I have got his cloaths and if I can get to her By hook or crook here such a song I 'll sing her I think I shall be hang'd but that 's no matter What 's a hanging among friends I am valiant now as an Elephant I have consider'd what to say too let me see now This is the place 't is plaguy high stay at that lower window Let me aim finely now like a good Gunner ãâã may prove but a whipping Enter Silvio Sil. I saw some body Pass by me now and though it were dark me-thought yet â knew the clothes ha let me not be cozen'd The Ladder too ready to fling it monstrous 'T is he 't is Claudio most voluptuous villain Scandal to womans credit Love I forget thee Soto What will he do i' th' name of Heaven what 's that there Sil. And all the friendship that I bore thee bury here Soto What has he in 's hand I hope but a Cudgel Sil. Thy faul'ts forgive O Heaven farewel thou traitor Soto I am slain I am slain Sil. He 's down and dead dead certain 'T was too rash too full of spleen stark dead This is no place now to repent in only Would I had given this hand that shot the Pistol I had miss'd thee and thou wer 't once more Claudio Exit Enter Claudio Cla. Why should I love thus foolishly thus desperately And give away my heart where no hope 's left me Why should not the true counsel of a friend restrain me The Devils mouth I run into affright me The honor of the Lady charm my wildness I have no power no Being of my self No reason strong enough now left within me To bind my Will Oh Love thou god or devil Or what thou art that playes the
than other to deserve a favour Bloud has been spilt many brave spirits lost And more unless she had been kept close from their violence Had like to have followed therefore for due prevention Of all such hazards and unnoble actions This last Edict was publish'd which thou Silvio Like a false man a bad man and a Traitor Hast rent a-peeces and contemn'd for which cause Thou standest a guilty man here now Enter Claudio Clark Speak Silvio What canst thou say to avoid the hand of Justice Sil. Nothing but I confess submit and lay my head to it Bel. Have ye no eyes my Lords no understandings The Gentleman will cast himsel away Cast himself wilfully are you or you guilty No more is he no more taint sticks upon him I drew him thither 't was my way betrai'd him I got the entrance kept I entertain'd him I hid the danger from him forced him to me Poor gentle soul he 's in no part transgressing I wrote unto him Sil. Do not wrong that honor Cast not upon that pureness these aspersions It was my love my violence My life must answer it I broke in to her Tempted the Law solicited unjustly Bel. As there is truth in Heaven I was the first cause How could this man have come to me left naked Without my counsel and provision What hour could he find out to pass the Watches But I must make it sure first Reverend Judges Be not abus'd nor let an innocent life lie Upon your shaking Conscience I did it My love the main wheel that set him a going His motion but compell'd Sil. Can ye believe this And know with what a modesty and whiteness Her life was ever ranck'd Can you believe this And see me here before ye young and wilful Apt to what danger Love dares thrust me on And where Law stops my way apt to contemn it If I were bashful old or dull and sleepy In Loves allarms a woman might awake me Direct and clew me out the way to happiness But I like fire kindled with that bright beauty Catch hold of all occasions and run through ' em Bel. I charge ye as your honest souls will answer it Sil. I charge ye as you are the friends to virtue That has no pattern living but this Lady Bel. Let not his blood Sil. Let not her wilfulness For then you act a Scene Hell will rejoyce at Bel. He is clear Sil. She is as white in this as Infants Cla. The god of Love protect your cause and help ye Two nobler pieces of affection These eyes ne'er look'd on if such goodness perish Let never true hearts meet again but break Exit 1 Lord. A strange exemple of strong love a rare one 2 Lord. Madam we know not what to say to think on Duch. I must confess it strikes me tender too Searches my Mothers heart you found 'em there Bar. Yes certain Madam Dutch And so linked together Bar. As they had been one piece of Alablaster Dutch Nothing dishonourable Sil. So let my soul have happiness As that thought yet durst never seek this bosom Dutch What shall I do ' has broke my Law abus'd me Fain would I know the truth either confess it And let me understand the main offender Or both shall feel the torture Sil. Are ye a Mother The Mother of so sweet a Rose as this is So pure a Flower and dare ye lose that nature Dare ye take to your self so great a wickedness Oh holy Heaven of thinking what may ruine This goodly building this Temple where the gods dwell Give me a thousand tortures I deserve 'em And shew me death in all the shapes imagin'd Bel. No death but I will answer it meet it seek it No torture but I 'll laugh upon 't and kiss it 1 Lord. This is no way 2 Lord. They say no more for certain Than their strong hearts will suffer Dutch I have bethought me No Lords although I have a Child offending Nature dares not forget she is a Child still Till now I never look'd on love imperious I have bethought me of a way to break ye To separate though not your loves your bodies Silvio attend I 'll be your Judge my self now The sentence of your death because my Daughter Will bear an equal part in your afflictions I take away and pardon this remains then An easie and a gentle punishment And this shall be fulfill'd because unnobly You have sought the love and marriage of a Princess The absolute and sole Heir of this Dukedom By that means as we must imagine strongly To plant your self into this rule hereafter We here pronounce ye a man banish'd from us Sil. For ever banish'd Lady Dutch Yet more mercy But for a year and then again in this place To make your full appearance yet more pitty If in that time you can absolve a question Writ down within this scrowl absolve it rightly This Lady is your wife and shall live with ye If not you loose your head Sil. I take this honor And humbly kiss those Royal hands Dutch Receive it Bartello to your old guard take the Princess And so the Court break up Sil. Farewel to all And to that spotless heart my endless service Exit 1 Lord. What will this prove 2 Lord. I 'll tell you a year hence Sir Exeunt Scaena Sexta Enter Penurio Isabella Claudio Pen. Are you pleas'd now have not I wrought this wonder Non eben fatto Signieur Cla. Rarely Penurio Pen. Close close then and work wax Cla. I am studying for thee A dinner that shall victual thee for ten year Pen. Do you hear Mistriss You know what a dundir whelp my Master is I need not preach to ye how unfit and wanting To give a woman satisfaction How he stinks and snores a Bull 's a better bed-fellow And for his love never let that deceive ye Isab Nay sure he loves me not Pen. If he could coyn ye Or turn ye into mettal much might be then He loves not any thing but what is traffique I have heard him swear he would sell ye to the Grand Signior Isab The Turk Pen. The very Turke and how they would use ye Isab I 'll fit him for 't the Turk Pen. I know the price too Now ye have time to pay him pay him home Mistriss Pay him o' th' pate clout him for all his courtesies Here 's one that dances in your eyes young delicate To work this vengeance if ye let it slip now There is no pittying of ye od's precious Mistriss Were I his wife I would so mall his Mazard 'T is charity meer charity pure charity Are you the first has it not been from Eves time Women would have their safe revenges this way And good and gracious women excellent women Is' t not a handsome Gentleman a sweet Gentleman View him from head to foot a compleat Gentleman When can ye hope the like again I leave ye And my revenge too with ye I know my office I
of these same fooleries Bewailling others maiden-heads La. Come then We 'll wait in the next room Ju. Do not tarry For if thou dost by my troth I shall fall asleep Mall Ex. Wit Do do and dream of Doterels get you to bed quickly And let us ha' no more stir come now no crying 'T is too late now carry your selves discreetly The old thief loves thee dearly that 's the benefit For the rest you must make your own play Nay not that way They 'll pull ye all to pieces for your whim-whams Your garters and your gloves go modestly And privately steal to bed 't is very late Mall For if you go by them such a new larum Ma. I know not which way to avoid'em Wi. This way This through the Cloysters and so steal to bed When you are there once all will separate And give ye rest I came out of my pitty To shew you this Ma. I thank you Wi. Here 's the keyes Go presently and lock the doors fast after ye That none shall follow Ma. Good night Wi. Good night sweet Cosen A good and sweet night or I 'll curse thee Frank. Exit Enter Frank Hartlove Fra. She stay 's long sure young Wildgoose has abus'd me He has made sport wi' me I may yet get out again And I may see his face once more I ha'foul intentions But they are drawn on by a fouler dealing Enter Maria. Hark hark it was the door Something comes this way wondrous still and stealing May be some walking spirit to affright me Ma. Oh heaven my fortune Fr. 'T is her voice stay Ma. Save me Bless me you better powers Fr. I am no devil Ma. Y' are little better to disturb me now Fr. My name is Hartlove Ma. Fye fye worthy friend Fye noble Sir Fr. I must talk farther with ye You know my fair affection Ma. So preserve it You know I am married now for shame be civiller Not all the earth shall make me Fr. Pray walk this way And if you ever lov'd me Ma. Take heed Frank How you divert that love to hate go home prethee Fr. Shall he enjoy that sweet Mar. Nay pray unhand me Fr. He that never felt what love was Ma. Then I charge you stand farther off Fr. I am tame but let me walk wi' ye Talk but a minute Mar. So your talk be honest And my untainted honor suffer not I 'll walk a turn or two Fr. Give me your hand then Exit Enter Wildbrain Justice Lady Nurse Gent. Women Newlove Just Shee 's not in her Chamber La. She is not here Wil. And I 'll tell you what I dream'd Ju. Give me a Torch 1. G. Be not too hasty Sir Wil. Nay let him go For if my dream be true he must be speedy He will be trickt and blaz'd else Nur. As I am a woman I cannot blame her if she take her liberty Would she would make thee Cuckold thou old bully A notorious cuckold for tormenting her La. I 'll hang her then Nur. I 'll bless her then she does justice Is this old stinking dogs-flesh for her dyet Wil. Prethee honest Nurse do not fret too much For fear I dream you 'll hang your self too Just The Cloister Wil. Such was my fancy I do not say 't is true Nor do I bid you be too confident Ju. Where are the keyes the keyes I say Wil. I dream'd she had 'em to lock her self in Nur. What a devil do you mean Enter reSvant Wil. No harm good Nurse be patient Ser. They are not in the window where they use to be Wil. What foolish dreams are these Ju. I am mad Wil. I hope so If you be not mad I 'll do my best to meyake 1. This is some trick 2. I smell the Wildgoose Ju. Come Gentlemen come quickly I beseech you Quick as you can this may be your case Gentlemen And bring some light some lights Exit Wil. Movâ faster faster you 'll come too late else I 'll stay behind and pray for ye I had rather she were dishonest Than thou shouldst have her Enter Maria and Franke. Mar. Y' are most unmanly yet I have some breath left And this steel to defend me come near me For if you offer but another violence As I have life I 'll kill you if I miss that Upon my own heart will I execute And let that fair belief out I had of you Fr. Most vertuous Maid I have done forgive my follies Pardon O pardon I now see my wickedness And what a monstrous shape it puts upon me On your fair hand I seal Enter Ju. Ju. Down with the door Ma. We are betraid oh Franke Franke Fr. I 'll dye for ye Rather than you shall suffer I 'll Enter all Ju. Now enter Enter sweet Gentlemen mine eyes mine eyes Oh how my head askes 1. Is it possible 2. Hold her she sinks Ma. A plot upon my honor To poyson my fair name a studied villany Farewell as I have hope of peace I am honest Ju. My brains my brains my monstrous brains they bud sure Nu. She is gone she is gone Ju. A handsome riddance of her Would I could as easily lose her memory Nur. Is this the sweet of Marriage have I bred thee For this reward 1. Hold hold he 's desperate too Ju. Be sure ye hold him fast we 'll bind him over To the next Sessions and if I can I 'll hang him Fr. Nay then I 'll live to be a terror to thee Sweet Virgin Rose farewell heaven has thy beauty That 's only fit for heaven I 'll live a little To find the Villain out that wrought this injury And then most blessed soul I 'll climb up to thee Farewell I feel my self another creature Exit La. Oh misery of miseries Nu. I told ye Madam La. Carry her in you will pay back her portion Ju. No not a penny pay me back my credit And I 'll condition wi' ye La. A sad wedding Her grave must be her Bridal bed oh Mall Would I had wed thee to thy own content Then I had had thee still Ju. I am mad farewell Another wanton wife will prove a hell Exeunt Actus Secundus Enter Tom. Lurch and his Boy Lur. What hast thou done Boy I have walked through all the lodgings A silence as if death dwelt there inhabits Lur. What hast thou seen Boy Nought but a sad confusion Every thing left in such a loose disorder That were there twenty theeves they would be laden Lu. 'T is very well I like thy care but 't is strange A wedding night should be so solitary Boy Certainly there is some cause some death or sickness Is faln suddenly upon some friend Or some strange news is come Lu. Are they all a bed Boy I think so and sound asleep unless it be Some women that keep watch in a low parlor And drink and weep I know not to what end Lur. Where 's all the plate Boy Why lockt up in that room I saw the
would crave a little rest Lady And for my hurts some Surgerie I am a Gentleman That fortune of a fight Mist A handsome Gentleman Alas he bleeds a very handsome Gentleman Wild. A sweet young wench beshrew my heart a fair one Fortune has made me some recompence Mist Pray come in the air is hurtful for you Pray let me lead you I 'll have a bed for you presently I 'll be your Surgeon too alas sweet Gentleman Wild. I feel no hurts the morning comes too fast now Mist Softly I beseech you Exit Enter Lady and Toby Tob. He is not up yet Madam what meant you To come forth so early La. You blockhead Your eyes are sow'd up still they cannot see When it is day oh my poor Maria Where be the women Tob. They said they would follow us La. He shall not laugh thus at my misery And kill my child and steal away her body And keep her portion too Tob. Let him be hang'd for 't You have my voice La. These women not come yet A Son-in-law I 'll keep a Conjurer But I 'll find out his knavery Tob. Do and I 'll help him And if he were here this whip should conjure him Here 's a Capias and it catch hold on 's breech I 'de make him soon believe the Devil were there La. An old Usurer Tob. He married the money that 's all he lookt for For your daughter let her sink or swim La. I 'll swim him This is his house I wonder they stay thus That we might rail him out on 's wits Tob. They 'll come Fear not Madam and bring clappers with 'em Or some have lost their old wont I have heard No disparagement to your Ladyship some o' their tongues Like Tom-a-Lincoln three miles off La. Oh fie How tedious are they Tob. What and we lost no time You and I shall make a shift to begin with him And tune our Instruments till the Consort come To make up the full noise I 'll knock Ju. Who 's that rapt so saucily Tob. 'T is I Toby come down or else we 'll fetch you down Alas this is but the Saints-bell here 's a Gentlewoman Will ring you another peal come down I say Ju. Some new fortifications look to my doors Put double barrs I will not have her enter Nor any of her Tribe they come to terrifie me Keep out her tongue too if you can La. I hear you And I will send my tongue up to your worship The eccho of it shall flye o'er the street My Daughter that thou killedst with kindness Jew That thou betrayedst to death thou double Jew And after stol'st her body Tob. Jew 's too good for him Ju. I defie you both Thy daughter plaid the villain and betraid me Betrai'd my honor La. Honor Rascal And let that bear an action I 'll try it with thee Honor Tob. Oh Reprobate La. Thou musty Justice Buy an honourable halter and hang thy self Tob. A worshipful ropes end is too good for him La. Get honor that way thou wot die a dog else Tob. Come and be whipt first La. Where is her Portion Enter Nurse and Women Ju. Where I 'll keep it safely Nur. Traitor thou shalt not keep it Ju. More of the kennel put more bolts to th'doors there And arm your selves hell is broke loose upon us Tob. I am glad y' are come we 'll blow the house down La. Oh Nurse I have such cause Wo. Villain viper although you had no cause we are bound To help Nur. Yes and believe we come not here to examine And if you please we 'll fire the house Ju. Call the Constable Tob. A charitable motion fire is comfortable La. No no we 'll only let him know our minds We will commit no outrage he 's a Lawyer Ju. Give me my Musket La. Where 's my daughters body That I may bury it Wo. Speak or we 'll bury thee Nur. Alive we 'll bury thee speak old Iniquity Tob. Bury him alive by all means for a testimony Ju. Their voices make my house reel oh for Officers I am in a dream thy daughters spirit Wa'ks a nights and troubles all the neighhors Go hire a Conjurer I 'll say no more La. The Law shall say more Wo. Nur. We are witnesses And if thou be'st not hang'd Enter Lurcher and Boy Lur. Buy a Book of good manners A short Book of good manners Boy Buy a ballad a ballad of the maid was got with child Tob. That might ha been my case last night I 'll ha 't what e'er it cost me Boy A ballad of the Witches hang'd at Ludlow Tob. I will have that too There was an Aunt of mine I think amongst 'em I would be glad to hear her Testament Lur. A new Book of Women Ju. The thunder 's laid how they stare at him Lur. A new Book of Fools a strange Book Very strange fools Ju. I 'll owe thee a good turn whate'er thou art Lur. A Book of Walking Spirits Ju. That I like not Tob. Nor I they walk'd me the Fools Morris Lur. A Book of Wicked Women Ju. That 's well thought on Dââ Of rude malicious Women of proud Women Of scolding Women we shall ne'er get in Boy A ballad of wrong'd Maids La. I 'll buy that Lur. A little very little Book Of good and godly Women a very little one So little you may put it in a Nutshel Tob. With a small print that no body can read it Nur. Peace sirrah or I 'll tear your Books Ju. Open the door and let him in I love him Lur. A Book of evil Magistrates La. I marry d' ye hear that Justice Lur. And their eviller wives That wear their Places in their Petticoats Ju. D' ye hear that Lady Boy A Book new printed against Playing Dancing Masking May-poles a zealous Brothers Book And full of Fables Lur. Another Book of Women of mad women Women that were born in March Eâ La. Are you got in We would ha pull'd your knaves hide else this fellow Was sent to abuse us but we shall have timâ To talk more with this Justice Ju. Farewel Madam as you like this come visit me agâ You and your treble strings now scold your hearts out Wo. Shall he carry it thus away Nur. Go to the Judge and what you 'll have us swearâ La. I thank ye heartily I 'll keep that for the last I will go home And leave him to his Conscience for a while If it sleep long I 'll wake it with a vengeance Eâ Enter Servants 1. What book has he given thee 2. A dainty book a book of the great Navy Of fifteen hundred ships of Cannon-proof Built upon Whales to keep their keels from sinking And Dragons in 'em that spit fire ten mile And Elephants that carry goodly Castles 1. Dost thou believe it 2. Shall we not believe Books in print 1. I have John Taylors book of Hempseed too Which for two lines I hapned on by chance I reverence 2. I
another Were things but well prepar'd this gave her boldness To employ me thus far Ha. A strange message boy Boy If you incline to meet my Mistriss love It may beget your comforts besides that 'T is some revenge that you above their scorn And pride can laugh at them whose perjury Hath made you happy and undone themselves Ha. Have you done boy Boy Only this little more When you but see and know my Mistriss well You will forgive my tediousness she 's fair Fair as Maria was Ha. I 'll hear no more âo foolish boy and tell thy fonder Mistriss âe has no second Faith to give away ââd mine was given to Maria though her death Allow me freedom see the Picture of her Enter Maria Nurse â would give ten thousand Empires for the substance Yet for Maria's sake whose divine Figure That rude frame carries I will love this counterfeit Above all the world and had thy Mistriss had all The grace and blossom of her sex now she âs gone that was walking a Spring of beauty I would not look upon her Boy Sir your pardon ââave but done a message as becomes A servant nor did she on whose commands â gladly waited bid me urge her love To your disquiet she would chide my diligence âf I should make you angry Ha. Pretty boy Boy Indeed I fear I have offended you Pray if I have enjoyn me any pennance for it â have perform'd one duty and could as wiâlingly To purge my faulâ and shew I suffer with you â lâad your cause to another Ha. And I 'll take thee At thy word boy thou hast a moving language That pretty innocent Copy of Maria ãâã all I love I know not how to speak Winn her to think well of me and I wiâl Reward thee to thy wishes Boy I undertake Nothing for gain but since you have resolv'd To love no other I 'll be faithful to you And my prophetick thoughts bid me already âây I shall prosper Ha. Thou wert sent to bless me Boy Pray give us opportunity Ha. Be happy Exit Nur. He 's gone Boy With your fair leave Mistriss Ma. Have you business with her pray you Boy I have a message from a Gentleman Please you vouchsafe your ear more private Nur. You shall have my absence Neece Exit Ma. Was the sentleman afear'd to declare his matters openly here was no bodies was not very honest if her like ãâã her errands the petter was wist to keep her preaths ãâã cool her porridges can tell her that now for aule her ââivate hearings and tawgings Boy You may if please you find another language And with less pains be understood Ma. What is her meaning Boy Come pray speak your own English Ma. Have boyes lost her itts and memories bless us aule Boy I must be plain then come I know you are ââis this thin vail cannot obscure you I 'll tell the world you live I have not lost ye Sââce first with grief and shame to be surpriz'd A violent trance took away shew of life I could discover by what accident You were convey'd away at midnight in Your coffin could declare the place and minute When you reviv'd what you have done since as perfectly Ma. Alas I am betraid to new misfortunes Boy You are not for my knowledge I 'll be dumb For ever rather than be such a traitor ââdeed I pity you and bring no thoughts ãâã fâll of peace call home your modest blood ââle hath too long usurp'd upon your face Think upon love agen and the possession Of full blown joyes now ready to salute you Ma. These words undo me more than my own griefs Boy I see how fear would play the tyrant with you But I 'll remove suspition have you in Your heart an entertainment for his love To whom your Virgin faith made the first promise Ma. If thou mean'st Hartlove thou dost wound me still I have no life without his memory Nor with it any hope to keep it long Thou seest I walk in darkness like a thief That fears to see the world in his own shape My very shadow frights me 't is a death To live thus and not look day in the face Away I know thee not Boy You shall hereafter know and thank me Lady I 'll bring you a discharge at my next visit Of all your fears be content fair Maria 'T is worth your wonder Ma. Impossible Boy Be wise and silent Dress your self you shall be what you wish Ma. Do this and be My better Angel Boy All your care 's on me Exeunt Actus Quintus Scaena Primâ Enter Lurch and Boy Lur. I Must applaud thy diligence Boy It had been nothing To have left him in tâe Porch I call'd his servants With wonders they acknowledg'd him I pretended It was some spice sure of the falling sickness And that 't was charity to bring him home They rubb'd and chaf'd him ply'd him with Strong water Still he was senseless clamors could not wake him I wish'd 'em then get him to bed they did so And almost smother'd him with ruggs and pillows And ' cause they should have no cause to suspect me I watch'd them till he wak'd Lur. 'T was excellent Boy When his time came to yawn and stretch himself I bid 'em not be hasty to discover How he was brought home his eyes fully open With trembling he began to call his servants And told 'em he had seen strange visions That should convert him from his heathen courses They wondred and were silent there he preach'd How sweet the air of a contented conscience Smelt in his nose now ask'd 'em all forgiveness For their hard pasture since they liv'd with him Bid 'em believe and fetch out the cold Sur-loin Pierce the strong beer and let the neighbors joy in 't The conceal'd Muskadine should now lie open To every mouth that he would give to th' poor And mend their wages that his doors should be Open to every miserable sutor Lur. What said his servants then Boy They durst not speak But blest themselves and the strange means that had Made him a Christian in this over-joy I took my leave and bad 'em say their prayers And humor him lest he turn'd Jew agen Lur. Enough enough Who 's this Enter Toby 'T is one of my ringers stand close my Ladies Coachman To. Buy a mat for a bed buy a mat Would I were at rack and manger among my horses We have divided the Sextons Houshold-stuff among us one has the rugg and he 's Turn'd Irish and another has a blanket and he must beg in 't The sheets serve another for a frock and with the bed-cord He may pass for a Porter nothing but the mat would fall To my share which with the help of a tune and a hassock Out o' th' Church may disguise me till I get home A pox o' bell-ringing by the ear if any man take me At it agen let him pull mine to the Pillory I could
wish I had lost mine ears so I had my cloaths again The weather wo'not allow this fashion I do look for an Ague besides Lur. How the raskal shakes To. Here are company Buy a Mat for a Bed buy a Mat A hassock for your feet or a Piss clean and sweet Buy a Mat for a Bed buy a Mat Ringing I renounce thee I 'll never come to church more Lur. You with a Mat. Tob. I am call'd If any one should offer to buy my Mat what a case were I in Oh that I were in my Oat-tub with a horse-loaf Something to hearten me I dare not hear 'em Buy a mat for a bed buy a mat Lur. He 's deaf Tob. I am glad I am buy a mat for a bed Lur. How the raskal sweats What a pickle he 's in Every street he goes through will be a new torment Tob. If ever I meet at midnight more a jangling I am cold and yet I drop buy a mat for a bed buy a mat Lur. He has punishment enough Exit Enter Wildbrain Who 's this my tother youth he is turn'd Bear Wild. I am halfe afraid of my self this poor shift I got o' th' Sexton to convey me handsomly To some harbor the wench will hardly know me They 'll take me for some Watchman o' th' parish I ha ne'r a penny left me that 's one comfort And ringing has begot a monstrous stomach And that 's another mischief I were best go home For every thing will scorn me in this habit Besides I am so full of these young bell-ringers If I get in adoors not the power o' th' countrey Nor all my Aunts curses shall disembogue me Lur. Bid her come hither presently hum 't is he Exit Serv. Wild. I am betraid to one that will eternally laugh at me Three of these rogues will jeer a horse to death Lur. 'T is Mr. Wildbrain sure and yet me thinks His fashion's strangely alt'red sirrah Watchman You rugamuffin turn you louzie Bears skin You with the Bed-rid Bill Wild. H 'as found me out There 's no avoiding him I had rather now Be arraign'd at Newgaâe for a robbery Than answer to his Articles your Will Sir I am in haste Lur. Nay then I will make bold wi' ye A Watchman and asham'd to shew his countenance His face of authority I have seen that physiognomy Were you never in prison for pilfering Wild. How the rogue worries me Lur. Why may not this Be the villain robb'd my house last night And walks disguis'd in this malignant rugg Arm'd with a tun of Iron I will have you Before a Magistrate Wild. What will become of me Lur. What art thou speak Wild. I am the wandring Jew and please your worship Lur. By your leave Rabbi I will shew you then A Synagogue iclip't Bridewel where you Under correction may rest your self You have brought a bill to guard you there be dog-whpis To firk such rugg'd currs whips without bells Indeed Wild. Bells Lur. How he sweats Wild. I must be known as good at first now jeer on But do not anger me too impudently The Rabbi will be mov'd then Lur. How Jack Wildbrain What time o' th' Moon man ha what strange bells Hast in thy brains Wild. No more bells No more bells they ring backwards Lur. Why where 's the wench the blessing that befel thee The unexpected happiness where 's that Jack Where are thy golden days Wild. It was his trick as sure as I am louzie But how to be reveng'd Lur. Fie fie Jack Marry a Watchmans widow in thy young daies With a revenue of old Iron and a Rugg Is this the Paragon the dainty piece The delicate divine rogue Wild. 'T is enough I am undone Mark'd for a misery and so leave prating Give me my Bill Lur. You need not ask your Taylors Unless you had better Linings it may be To avoid suspition you are going thus Disguis'd to your fair Mistriss Wild. Mock no further Or as I live I 'll lay my Bill o' thy pate I 'll take a Watchmans fury into my fingers To ha no judgement to distinguish persons And knock thee down Lur. Come I ha done and now Will speak some comfort to thee I will lead thee Now to my Mistriss hitherto conceal'd She shall take pity on thee too she loves A handsome man thy misery invites me To do thee good I 'll not be jealous Jack Her beauty shall commend it self but do not When I have brought you into grace supplant me Wild. Art thou in earnest by this cold Iron Lur. No oaths I am not costive here she comes Enter Mistriss Sweet-heart I have brought a Gentleman A friend of mine to be acquainted with you He 's other than he seems why d' ye stare thus Mist Oh Sir forgive me I have done ye wrong Lur. What 's the matter didst ever see her afore Jack Wild. Prethee do what thou wot wi' me if thou hast A mind hang me up quickly Lur. Never despair I 'll give thee my share rather Take her I hope she loves thee at first sight She has petticoats will patch thee up a suit I resign all only I 'll keep these trifles I took some pains for 'em I take it Jack What think you pink of beauty come let me Counsel you both to marry she has a trade If you have audacity to hook in Gamesters Let 's ha a wedding you will be wondrous rich For she is impudent and thou art miserable 'T will be a rare match Mist As you are a man forgive me I 'll redeem all Lur. You wo'not to this geer of marriage then Wild. No no I thank you Tom I can watch for A groat a night and be every gentlemans fellow Exit Mâ Lur. Rise and be good keep home and tend your busineâ Wild. Thou hast don 't to purpose give me thy hand Toâ Shall we be friends thou seest what state I am in I 'll undertake this pennance to my Aunt Jâât as I am and openly I 'll goe Where if I be received again for currant And fortuâe smile once more Lur. Nay nay I 'm satisfied so farewâl honest louzie Jack Wild. I cannot help it some men meet with strange destinies âf things go right thou mayst be hang'd and I May live to see 't and purchase thy apparel So farewel Tom. commend me to thy Polcat Exit Enter Lady Nurse Servanâ La. Now that I have my counsel ready and my cause ripe The Judges all inform'd of the abuses Now that he should be gone Nur. No man knows whether And yet they talk he went forth with a Constable Thât told him of strange business that would bring him Money and Lands and Heaven knows what but they Have search'd and cannot find out such an Officer And as a secret Madam they told your man Nicholas whom you sent thither as a spie They had a shrewd suspition 't was the devil I' th' likeness of a Constable that has tempted him By this time to
'T is a folly And you will find it so to clap the curb on E're you be sure it proves a natural wildness And not a forc'd Give her conditions For on my life this trick is put into her Petron. I should believe so too Soph. And not her own Tra. You 'll find it so Soph. Then if she flownder with you Clap spurs on and in this you 'll deal with temperance Avoid the hurry of the world Tra. And loose Musick above Mor. No honor on my life Sir Petru. I will do it Petron. It seems they are very merry Enter Jaques Petru. Why Heaven hold it Mor. Now Jaques Jaq. They are i' th' flaunt Sir Soph. Yes we hear ' em Jaq. They have got a stick of Fiddles and they firk it In wondrous ways the two grand Capitano's They brought the Auxiliary Regiments Dance with their coats tuckt up to their bare breeches And bid the Kingdom kiss 'em that 's the burden They have got Metheglin and audacious Ale And talk like Tyrants Petron. How knowest thou Jaq. I peept in At a loose Lansket SONG A Health for all this day To the woman that bears the sway And wears the breeches Let it come let it come Let this health be a Seal For the good of the Common-weal the woman shall wear the breeches Let 's drink then and laugh it And merrily merrily quaff it And tipple and tipple a round here 's to thy fool and to my fool Come to all fools though it cost us wench many a pound Tra. Hark Petro. A Song pray silence All the Women above Citizens and Countrey women Mâr. They look out Petru. Good ev'n Ladies Mar. Good you good ev'n Sir Petru. How have you slept to night Mar. Exceeding well Sir Petru. Did you not wish me with you Mar. No believe me I never thought upon you Cun. Is that he Bya. Yes Cun. Sir Soph. She has drank hard mark her Hood Cun. You are Soph. Learnedly drunk I 'll hang else let her utter Cun. And I must tell you viva voce friend A very foolish fellow Tra. There 's an Ale figure Petru. I thank you Susan Brotes Cit. Forward Sister Cun. You have espoused here a hearty woman A comly and courageous Petru. Well I have so Cun. And to the comfort of distressed damsels Women out-worn in wedlock and such vessels This woman has defied you Petru. It should seem so Cun. And why Petru. Yes can you tell Cun. For thirteen causes Petru. Pray by your patience Mistriss Cit. Forward Sister Petru. Do you mean to treat of all these Cit. Who shall let her Petro. Do you hear Velvet hood we come not now To hear your doctrine Cun. For the first I take it ât doth divide it self into seven branches Petru. Hark you good Maria Have you got a Catechiser here Tra. Good zeal Soph. Good three pil'd predication will you peace And hear the cause we come for Cun. Yes bob-tails We know the cause you come for here 's the cause But never hope to carry her never dream Or flatter your opinions with a thought Of base repentance in her Cit. Give me Sack By this and next strong Ale Cun. Swear forward Sister Cit. By all that 's cordial in this place we 'll bury Our bones fames tongues our triumphs and all That ever yet was chronicl'd of woman But this brave wench this excellent despiser This bane of dull obedience shall inherit His liberal Will and march off with conditions Noble and worth her self Cun. She shall Tom Tilers And brave ones too my Hood shall make a Hearse-cloth And I 'll lie under it like Jone o' Gaunt E'r I go less my Distaff stuck up by me For the eternal Trophy of my conquests And loud fame at my head with two main bottles Shall fill to all the world the glorious fall Of old Don Gillian Cit. Yet a little further We have taken Arms in rescue of this Lady Most just and Noble if ye beat us off Without conditions and we recant âse us as we deserve and first degrade us âf all our antient chambring next that The Symbols of our secresie silk Stockings Hew of our heels our petticoats of Arms Tear off our bodies and our Bodkins break Over our coward heads Cun. And ever after To make the tainture most notorious At all our Crests videlicet our Plackets Let Laces hang and we return again Into our former titles Dary-maids Petru. No more wars puissant Ladies shew conditions And freely I accept ' em Mar. Call in Livia She 's in the Treaty too Enter Livia above Mor. How Livia Mar. Hear you that Sir There 's the conditions for ye pray peruse ' em Petron. Yes there she is 't had been no right rebellion Had she held off what think you man Mor. Nay nothing I have enough o' th' prospect o' my conscience The worlds end and the goodness of a woman Will come together Petron. Are you there sweet Lady Liv. Cry you mercy Sir I saw you not your blessing Petron. Yes when I bless a jade that stumbles with me How are the Articles Liv. This is for you Sir And I shall think upon 't Mor. You have us'd me finely Liv. There 's no other use of thee now extant But to be hung up Cassock Cap and all For some strange monster at Apothecaries Petron. I hear you whore Liv. It must be his then Sir For need will then compel me Cit. Blessing on thee Petron. There 's no talking to 'em How are they Sir Petru. As I expected Liberty and clothes Reads When and in what way she will continual moneys Company and all the house at her dispose No tongue to say why is this or whether will it New Coaches and some buildings she appoints here Hangings and Hunting-horses and for Plate And Jewels for her private use I take it Two thousand pound in present then for Musick And women to read French Petron. This must not be Petru. And at the latter end a clause put in That Livia shall by no man be importun'd This whole month yet to marry Petron. This is monstrous Petru. This shall be done I 'll humor her awhile If nothing but repentance and undoing Can win her love I 'll make a shift for one Soph. When ye are once a bed all these conditions Lie under your own seal Mar. Do you like ' em Petru. Yes And by that faith I gave you 'fore the Priest I 'll ratifie ' em Cun. Stay what pledges Mar. No I 'll take that oath But have a care you keep it Cit. 'T is not now As when Andrea liv'd Cun. If you do juggle Or alter but a Letter of these Articles We have set down the self-same persecution Mar. Mistrust him not Petru. By all my honesty Mar. Enough I yield Petron. What 's this Inserted here Soph. That the two valiant women that commanded here Shall have a Supper made 'em and a large one And liberal entertainment without grudging And pay for all
she may Sir Petru. What may she or what do's she or what is she Speak and be hang'd Ped. She 's mad Sir Petru. Heaven continue it Ped. Amen if 't be his pleasure Petru. How mad is she Ped. As mad as heart can wish Sir she has drest her selâ Saving your worships reverence just i' th ' cut Of one of those that multiply i' th Suburbs For single Money and as durtily If any speak to her first she whistles And then begins her compass with her fingers And points to what she would have Petru. What new way 's this Ped. There came in Master Sophocles Petru. And what Did Master Sophocles when he came in Get my Truncks ready sirha I 'll be gone straight Ped. He 's here to tell you She 's horne mad Jaques Enter Sophocles Soph. Call ye this a Woman Petru. Yes sir she is a Woman Soph. Sir I doubt it Petru. I had thought you had made experience Soph. Yes I did so And almost with my life Petru. You rid too fast Sir Soph. Pray be not mistaken by this hand Your wife 's as chaste and honest as a Virgin For any thing I know 't is true she gave me A Ring Petru. For rutting Soph. You are much deceiv'd still Believe me I never kist her since and now Coâing in visitation like a friend I think she is mad Sir suddainly she started And snatch'd the Ring away and drew her knife out To what intent I know not Petru. Is this certain Soph. As I am here Sir Petru. I believe you honest And pray continue so Enter Maria. Soph. She comes Petru. Now Damsel What will your beauty do if I forsake you Do you deal by signs and tokens as I ghess then You 'll walk abroad this Summer and catch Captains Or hire a piece of holy ground i' th' Suburbs And keep a Nest of Nuns Soph. Oh do not stir her You see in what a case she is Petru. She is dogged And in a beastly case I am sure I 'll make her If she have any tongue yet tattle Sophocles Prethee observe this woman seriously And eye her well and when thou hast done but tell me For thou hast understanding in what case My sense was when I chose this thing Soph. I 'll tell you I have seen a sweeter Petru An hundred times cry Oisters There 's a poor Begger-wench about Black-Fryers Runs on her breech may be an Empress to her Soph. Nay now you are too bitter Petru. Nev'r a whit Sir I 'll tell thee woman for now I have day to see thee And all my wits about me and I speak Not out of passion neither leave your mumping I know you 're well enough Now would I give A million but to vex her when I chose thee To make a Bedfellow I took more trouble Than twenty Terms can come to such a cause Of such a title and so everlasting That Adams Genealogie may be ended E'r any Law find thee I took a Leprosie Nay worse the plague nay worse yet a possession And had the devil with thee if not more And yet worse was a beast and like a beast Had my reward a Jade to fling my fortunes For who that had but reason to distinguish The light from darkness wine from water hunger From full satiety and Fox from Fern-bush That would have married thee Soph. She is not so ill Petru She 's worse than I dare think of she 's so lewd No Court is strong enough to bear her cause She hath neither manners honesty behaviour Wife-hood nor woman-hood nor any mortal Can force me think she had a mother no I do believe her stedfastly and know her To be a Woman-wolfe by transmigration Her first forme was a Ferrets under-ground She kils the memories of men not yet Soph. Do you think she 's sensible of this Petru. I care not âe what she will the pleasure I take in her Thus I blow off the care I took to love her Like this point I untie and thus I loose it The husband I am to her thus I sever My vanity farewel yet for you have been So near me as to bear the name of wife My unquench'd charity shall tell you thus much Though you deserve it well you shall not beg What I ordain'd your Joynture honestly You shall have setled on you and half my house The other half shall be imploy'd in prayers That meritorious charge I 'll be at also Yet to confirm you Christian your apparel And what belongs to build up such a folly Keep I beseech you it infects our uses And now I am for travel Mar. Now I love you And now I see you are a man I 'll talke to you And I forget your bitterness Soph. How now man Petru. Oh Pliny if thou wilt be ever famous Make but this woman all thy wonders Mar. Sure Sir You have hit upon a happy course a blessed And what will make you virtuous Petru. She 'll ship me Mar. A way of understanding I long wish'd for And now 't is come take heed you fly not back Sir Methinks you look a new man to me now A man of excellence and now I see Some great design set in you you may think now And so may most that know me 't were my part Weakly to weep your loss and to resist you Nay hang about your neck and like a dotard Urge my strong tie upon you but I love you And all the world shall know it beyond woman And more prefer the honor of your Countrey Which chiefly you are born for and may perfect The uses you may make of other Nations The ripening of your knowledge conversation The full ability and strength of judgement Than any private love or wanton kisses Go worthy man and bring home understanding Soph. This were an excellent woman to breed School-men Mar. For if the Merchant through unknown Seas plough To get his wealth then dear Sir what must you To gather wisdom go and go alone Only your noble mind for your companion And if a woman may win credit with you Go far too far you cannot still the farther The more experience finds you and go sparing One meal a week will serve you and one sute Through all your travels for you 'll find it certain The poorer and the baser you appear The more you look through still Petru. Dost hear her Soph. Yes Petru. What would this woman do if she were suffer'd Upon a new Religion Soph. Make us Pagans I wonder that she writes not Mar Then when time And fulness of occasion have new made you And squar'd you from a Sot into a Signior Or nearer from a Jade into a Courser Come home an aged man as did Vlysses And I your glad Penelope Petru. That must have As many Lovers as I Languages And what she does with one i' th' day i' th' night Undoe it with another Mar. Much that way Sir For in your absence it must be my honor That that must
sound of joy is this whence comes it May be the Princes are in sport Enter Pynicro Christoph Py. Where are ye Ru. Now Pyniero What 's the haste you seek me Py. Doe you know this sign Sir Ru. Ha! Py. Do you know this embleme Your nose is boar'd Ru. Boar'd What 's that Py. Y' are topt Sir The King 's come home again the King Ru. The Devil Py. Nay sure he came a Gods name home He 's return'd Sir Christ And all this joy ye hear Ru. Who durst attempt him The Princes are all here Chry. They are worthy Princes They are special Princes all they love by ounces Believe it Sir 't is done and done most bravely and easily What fortune have ye lost Sir What justice have ye now unto this Lady Py. How stands your claim That ever Man should be sool'd so When he should do and prosper stand protesting Kissing the hand and farting for a favor When he should be about his business sweating She bid you go and pickt you out a purpose To make your self a fortune by a Lady a Lady and a lusty one A lovely that now you may go look she pointed ye Knowing you were a man of worth and merit And bid you fly you have made a fair slight on 't You have caught a Goose Ru. How dare you thus molest me Ashout It cannot be Chr. Heark how the general joy rings Py. Have you your hearing left Is not that drunk too For if you had been sober you had been wise sure Ru. Done Who dares do Py. It seems an honest fellow That has ended his Market before you be up Chr. The shame on 't 's a stranger too Py. 'T is no shame He took her at her word and tied the bargain Dealt like a man indeed stood not demurring But clapt close to the cause as he will do to the Lady ' Is a fellow of that speed and handsomness He will get her with child too ere you shall come to know him Is it not brave a gentleman scarce landed Scarce eating of the air here not acquainted No circumstance of love depending on him Nor no command to shew him must start forth At the first sight to Ru. I am undone Py. Like an Oyster She neither taking view nor value of him Unto such deeds as these Pox o' these These wise delayings They make men cowards You are undone as a man would undoe an egge A hundred shames about ye Enter Quisara Panura and Traine Quisar Can it be possible A stranger that I have not known not seen yet A man I never grac'd O Captain Captain What shall I do I am betray'd by fortune It cannot be it must not be Py. It is Lady And by my faith a hansome Gentleman 'T is his poor Schollers prize Quisar Must I be given Unto a Man I never saw ne're spoke with I know not of what Nation Py. Is a Portugal And of as good a pitch he will be giv'n to you Lady For he 's given much to hansome flesh Quisar Oh Ruy Dias This was your sloth your sloth your sloth Ruy Dias Py. Your love sloth Unckle do you find it now You should have done at first and faithfully A shout And then th' other had lyed ready for ye Madam the general joy comes Quisar We must meet it but with what comfort Enter Citizens carrying boughs boyes singing after 'em Then King Armusia Soza Emanuel The Princes and train following Quisar Oh my dear brother what a joy runs through me To see you safe again your self and mighty What a blest day is this Kin. Rise up fair Sister I am not welcome till you have embraced me Ru. A general gladness sir flies through the City And mirth possesses all to see your Grace arrive Thus happily arriv'd again and fairly 'T was a brave venture who so e'er put for it A high and noble one worthy much honor And had it sail'd we had not sail'd great Sir And in short time too to have forc'd the Governor In spight of all his threats Kin. I thank ye Gentleman Ru. And all his subtilties to set you free With all his heart and will too Kin. I know ye love me Py. This had been good with something done before it Something set off to beautifie it now it sounds empty like A Barbers bason pox there 's no metall in 't no noble marrow Ba. I have an Army Sir but that the Governor The foolish fellow was a little provident And wise in letting slip no time became him too That would have scour'd him else and all his confines That would have rung him such a peal Py. Yes backward To make dogs houl I know thee to a farthing Thy Army 's good for Hawks there 's Nothing but sheeps hearts in it Sy. I have done nothing Sir therefore I think it convenient I say little what I purposed And what my love intended Kin. I like your modesty And thank ye royal friends I know it griev'd ye To know my misery but this man Princess I must thank heartily indeed and treuly For this Man saw me in 't and redeemed me He lookt upon me sinking and then caught me This Sister this this all Man this all valor This pious Man Ru. My countenance it shames me One scarce arriv'd not harden'd yet not Read in dangers and great deeds sea-sick not season'd Oh I have boy'd my self Kin. This noble bulwark This launce and honor of our age and Kingdome This that I never can reward nor hope To be once worthy of the name of friend to This this Man from the bowels of my sorrows Has new begot my name and once more made me Oh sister if there may be thanks for this Or any thing near recompence invented Ar. You are too noble Sir there is reward Above my action too by millions A recompence so rich and glorious I durst not dreame it mine but that 't was promised But that it was propounded sworn and sealed Before the face of Heaven I durst not hope it For nothing in the life of man or merit It is so truly great can else embrace it Kin. O speak it speak it bless mine ears to hear it Make me a happy man to know it may be For still methinks I am a prisoner And feel no liberty before I find it Ar. Then know it is your sister she is mine Sir I claime her by her own word and her honor It was her open promise to that Man That durst redeeme ye Beauty set me on And fortune crowns me fair if she receive me Kin. Receive ye Sir why Sister ha so backward Stand as you knew me not nor what he has ventured My dearest Sister Ar. Good Sir pardon me There is a blushing modesty becomes her That holds her back Women are nice to wooe Sir I would not have her forc'd give her fair liberty For things compell'd and frighted of soft natures Turn into fears and flie from their own wishes Kin. Look on him my
wonder From which all hearts take fire all hands their valour And when he stands disputing when you bid him Or but thinks of his Estate Father Mother Friends Wife and Children H 'is a fool and I scorn him And 't be but to make clean his sword a coward Men have forgot their fealty to beauty Had I the place in your affections My most unworthy Uncle is fit to fall from Liv'd in those blessed eyes and read the stories Of everlasting pleasures figur'd there I wou'd find out your commands before you thought 'em And bring 'em to you done e'r you dream't of ' em Quis I admire his boldness Pyn. This or any thing Your brothers death mine Uncles any mans No state that stands secure if you frown on it Look on my youth I bring no blastings to you The first flower of my strength my faith Quis No more Sir I am too willing to believe rest satisfi'd If you dare do for me I shall be thankful You are a handsome Gentleman a fair one My servant if you please I seal it thus Sir No more till you deserve more Exit Pyn. I am rewarded This woman's cunning but she 's bloody too Although she pulls her Tallons in she 's mischievous Form'd like the face of Heaven clear and transparent I must pretend still bear 'em both in hopes For fear some bloudy slave thrust in indeed Fashion'd and flesh'd to what they wish well Uncle What will become of this and what dishonor Follow this fatal shaft if shot let time tell I can but only fear and strive to cross it Exit Enter Armusia Emanuel and Soza Em. Why are you thus sad what can grieve or vex you That have the pleasures of the world the profits The honor and the loves at your disposes Why should a man that wants nothing want his quiet Ar. I want what beggars are above me in content I want the grace I have merited The favor the due respect Soz. Does not the King allow it Ar. Yes and all honors else all I can ask That he has power to give but from his Sister The scornful cruelty forgive me beauty That I transgress from her that should look on me That should a little smile upon my service And foster my deserts for her own faiths sake That should at least acknowledge me speak to me Soz. And you goe whining up and down for this Sir Lamenting and disputing of your grievances Sighing and sobbing like a sullen School-boy And cursing good-wife fortune for this favour Ar. What would you have me doe Soz. Doe what you should do What a man would doe in this case a wise man An understanding man that knows a woman Knows her and all her tricks her scorns and all her trifles Goe to her and take her in your arms and shake her Take her and toss her like a barr Em. But be sure you pitch her upon a Feather-bed Shake her between a pair of Sheets Sir There snake these sullen fits out of her spare her not there There you may break her Will and bruise no bone Sir Soz. Goe to her Em. That 's the way Soz. And tell her and boldly And do not mince the matter nor mock your self With being too indulgent to her pride Let her hear roundly from ye what ye are And what ye have deserved and what she must be Em. And be not put off like a common fellow With the Princess would be private Or that she has taken physick and admits none I would talk to her any where Ar. It makes me smile Em. Now you look handsomly Had I a wench to win I would so flutter her They love a man that crushes 'em to verjuce A woman held at hard meat is your Spaniel Soz. Pray take our council Sir Ar. I shall do something But not your way it shews too boisterous For my affections are as fair and gentle As her they serve Enter King Soz. The King King Why how now friend Why do you rob me of the company I love so dearly Sir I have been seeking you For when I want you I want all my pleasure Why sad thus sad still man I will not have it I must not see the face I love thus shadowed Em. And 't please your Grace methinks it ill becomes him A soldier should be jovial high and lusty King He shall be so come come I know your reason It shall be none to cross you ye shall have her Take my word 't is a Kings word ye shall have her She shall be yours or nothing pray be merry Arm. Your Grace has given me cause I shall be Sir And ever your poor servant King Me my self Sir My better self I shall find time and suddainly To gratifie your loves too Gentlemen And make you know how much I stand bound to you Nay 't is not worth your thanks no further complement Will you go with me friend Arm. I beseech your Grace Spare me an hour or two I shall wait on you Some little private business with my self Sir For such a time King I 'll hinder no devotion For I know you are regular I 'll take you Gentlemen Because he shall have nothing to disturb him I shall look for your friend Exeunt manet Armusia Enter Panura Arm. I dare not fail Sir What shall I do to make her know my misery To make her sensible This is her woman I have a toy come to me suddenly It may work for the best she can but scorn me And lower than I am I cannot tumble I 'll try what e'er my fate be Good even fair one Pan. 'T is the brave stranger A good night to you Sir Now by my Ladies hand a goodly Gentleman How happy shall she be in such a Husband Wou'd I were so provided too Arm. Good pretty one Shall I keep you company for an hour or two I want employment for this evening I am an honest man Pan. I dare believe ye Or if ye were not Sir that 's no great matter We take mens promises wou'd ye stay with me Sir Arm. So it please you pray let 's be better acquainted I know you are the Princesses Gentlewoman And wait upon her near Pan. 'T is like I do so Arm. And may be friend a man do him fair courtesies If he have business your way Pan. I understand ye Arm. So kind an office that you may bind a gentleman Hereafter to be yours and your way too And ye may bless the hour you did this benefit Sweet handsome faces should have courteous minds And ready faculties Pan. Tell me your business Yet if I think it be to her your self Sir For I know what you are and what we hold ye And in what grace ye stand without a second For that but darkens you wou'd do it better The Princess must be pleas'd with your accesses I 'm sure I should Arm. I want a Courtiers boldness And am yet but a stranger I wou'd fain speak with her Pan. 'T
'll carry it Ru. Does this become you Princess Arm. The Captain 's jealous Jealous of that he never durst deserve yet Goe freely goe I 'll give thee leave Ru. Your leave Sir Arm. Yes my leave Sir I 'll not be troubled neither Nor shall my heart ake or my head be jealous Nor strange suspitious thoughts reign in my memory Go on and do thy worst I 'll smile at thee I kiss your fair hand first then farewel Captain Exit Quisar What a pure soul inherits here what innocence Sure I was blind when I first lov'd this fellow And long to live in that fogg still how he blusters Ru. Am I your property or those your flatteries The banquets that ye bid me to the trust I build my goodly hopes on Quisar Be more temperate Ru. Are these the shews of your respect and favour What did he here what language had he with ye Did ye invite could ye stay no longer âo be so gracious in your eye Quisar You are too forward Ru. Why at these private hours Quisar You are too saucy Too impudent to task me with those errors Do ye know what I am Sir and my prerogative Though you be a thing I have call'd by th' name of friend â never taught you to dispose my liberty âow durst you touch mine honor blot my meanings ând name an action and of mine but noble Thou poor unworthy thing how have I grac'd thee âow have I nourisht thee and raised thee hourly Are these the gratitudes you bring Ruy Dias The thanks the services I am fairly paid Was 't not enough I saw thou wert a Coward ând shaddowed thee no noble sparkle in thee Daily provok'd thee and still found thee coward âais'd noble causes for thee strangers started at Yet still still still a Coward ever Coward And with those taints dost thou upbraid my virtues Ruy. I was too blame Lady Quisar So blindly bold to touch at my behaviour Durst thou but look amiss at my allowance If thou hadst been a brave fellow thou hadst had some licence Some liberty I might have then allowed thee For thy good face some scope to have argued with me But being nothing but a sound a shape The meer sign of a Soldier of a Lover The dregs and draffy part disgrace and jealousie I scorn thee and contemn thee Ru. Dearest Lady If I have been too free Quisar Thou hast been too foolish And go on still I 'll study to forget thee I would I could and yet I pity thee Exit Ru. I am not worth it if I were that 's misery The next door is but death I must aim at it Exit Actus Quartus Scaena Prina Enter King and Governor like a Moor-Priest Kin. SO far and truly you have discovered to me The former currents of my life and fortune That I am bound to acknowledge ye most holy And certainly to credit your predictions Of what are yet to come Gov. I am no lyer 'T is strange I should and live so near a neighbor But these are not my ends Kin. Pray ye sit good father Certain a reverend man and most religious Gov. I that belief 's well now and let me work then I 'll make ye curse Religion e'r I leave ye I have liv'd a long time Son a mew'd up man Sequester'd by the special hand of Heaven From the worlds vanities bid farewel to follies And shook hands with all heats of youth and pleasures As in a dream these twenty years I have slumber'd Many a cold Moon have I in meditation And searching out the hidden Wils of heaven Lain shaking under many a burning Sun Has fear'd my body and boil'd up my blood Feebl'd my knees and stampt a Meagerness Upon my figure all to find out knowledge Which I have now attained to thanks to heaven All for my countreys good too and many a vision Many a mistick vision have I seen Son And many a sight from heaven which has been terrible Wherein the Goods and Evils of these Islands Were lively shadowed many a charge I have had too Still as the time grew ripe to reveal these To travel and discover now I am come Son The hour is now appointed My tongue is touch'd and now I speak Kin. Do Holy man I 'll hear ye Gov. Beware these Portugals I say beware 'em These smooth-sac'd strangers have an eye upon ' em The cause is now the God's hear and believe King King I do hear but before I give rash credit Or hang too light on belief which is a sin father Know I have found 'em gentle faithful valiant And am in my particular bound to 'em I mean to some for my most strange deliverance Gov. Oh Son the future aims of men observe me Above their present actions and their glory Are to be look'd at the Stars shew many turnings If you could see mark but with my eyes pupil These men came hither as my vision tells me Poor weather-beaten almost lost starv'd feebled Their vessels like themselves most miserable Made a long sute for traffique and for comfort To vent their childrens toys cure their diseases They had their sute they landed and to th' rate Grew rich and powerful suckt the fat and freedom Of this most blessed Isle taught her to tremble Witness the Castle here the Citadel They have clapt upon the neck of your Tidore This happy Town till that she knew these strangers To check her when she 's jolly King They have so indeed Father Gov. Take heed take heed I find your fair delivery Though you be pleas'd to glorifie that fortune And think these strangers gods take heed I say I find it but a handsome preparation A fair-fac'd Prologue to a further mischief Mark but the end good King the pin he shoots at That was the man deliver'd ye the mirror Your Sister is his due what 's she your heir Sir And what 's he a kin then to the kingdom But heirs are not ambitious who then suffers What reverence shall the gods have and what justice The miserable people what shall they do King He points at truth directly Gov. Think of these Son The person nor the manner I mislike not Of your preserver nor the whole man together Were he but season'd in the Faith we are In our Devotions learn'd King You say right Father Gov. To change our Worships now and our Religion To be traytor to our God King You have well advised me And I will seriously consider Father In the mean time you shall have your fair access Unto my Sister advise her to your purpose And let me still know how the gods determine Gov. I will but my main end is to advise The destruction of you all a general ruine And when I am reveng'd let the gods whistle Exeunt Enter Ruy Dias and Pyniero Ruy. Indeed I am right glad ye were not greedy And sudden in performing what I will'd you Upon the person of Armufia I was afraid for I well
For a stronger lace to keep my breath That I may laugh the nine days till the wonder Fall to an ebb the high and mighty Duchess The high and mighty God what a stile is this Methinks it goes like a Duchy lope-man A ladder of 100 rounds will fail To reach the top on 't well my gentle Cosin I know by these contents your itch of honor You must to the Court you say and very shortly You shall be welcome and if your wife have wit I 'll put her in a thriving course if not Her own sin on her own head not a blot Shall stain my reputation only this I must for healths sake sometimes make an ass Of the tame moil my Husband 't will do him good And give him fresher brains Me fresher bloud Now for the noble Duke I hear him coming Enter Duke his train Your Grace is well return'd Duke As well as may be Never in younger health never more able I mean to be your bed-fellow this night Let me have good encounter Bew. Bless me heaven What a hot meat this greatness is Long. It may be so For I 'll be sworn he hath not got a snap This two months on my knowledge or her woman Is damn'd for swearing it Duke I thank you Gentlemen for your attendance And also your great pains pray know my Lodgings Petter and oftner do so Gentlemen Now by my honor as I am a Prince I speak sincerely know my lodgings better And be not strangers I shall see your service And your deservings when you least expect Om. We humbly thank your grace for this great favor Du. Jaques Jaq. Your Grace Du. Be ready for the Countrey And let my Tenants know the Kings great love Say I would see them but the weight at Court Lies heavy on my shoulders let them know I do expect their duties in attendance Against the next feast wait for my coming To take up Post-horse and be full of speed Exit Jaq. Wife I would desire your Grace Du. You shall desire and have your Fâll desire sweet Duchess speak Wife To have some conference with a Gentleman That seems not altogether void of reason He talks of Titles and things near the Crown And knowing none so fit as your Grace To give the difference in such points of State Du. What is he if he be noble or have any part That 's worthy our converse we do accept him Wife I can assure your Grace his strain is noble But he 's very subtle Duke Let him be so Let him have all the brains I shall demonstrate How this most Christian Crown of France can bear No other shew of Title than the Kings â will go in and meditate for half an hour ând then be ready for him presently â will convert him quickly or confound him Serv. Is mad Shattillion here Wife Is here and 's Lady I prethee servant fetch him hither Serv. Why what do you mean to put him to Wife To chat with the mad lad my Husband 'T will be brave to hear them speak babble Stare and prate Bew. But what shall be the end of all this Lady Enter Shattillion and Lady Wife Leave that to me now for the grand dispute For see here comes Shattillion as I live methiâks All France should bear part of his griess Long. I 'll fetch my Lord the Duke Shat. Where am I now or whether will you lead me To my death I crave my priviledge I must not dye but by just course of Law Serv His Majesty hath sent by me your pardon He meant not you should dye but would intreat you To laâ the full state of your Title open Unto a grave and Noble Gentleman Enter Duke and Longovile The Duke of Burgundy who here doth come Who either by his wisdom will confute you Or else inform and satisfie the King Bew. May 't please your grace this is the Genâleman Duke Is this he that chops Logick with my Liege Shat. D' ye mock me you are great the time will come When you shall be as much contemn'd as I Where are the antient compliments of France The upstarts brave the Princes of the bloud Duke Your Title Sir in short Shat. He must Sir Be a better States-man than your self that can Trip me in any thing I will not speak Before these witnesses Duke Depart the room for none shall stay No not my dearest Duchess Wife We 'll stand behind the Arras and hear all Exeunt Duke In that chair take your place I in this Discourse your Title now Shat. Sir you shall know My Loves true Title mine by Marriage Setting aside the first race of French Kings Which will not here concern us as Pharamond With Clodian Meroveus and Chilperick And to come down unto the second Race Which we will likewise slip Duke But take me with you Shat. I pray you give me leave of Martel Charles The Father of King Pippin who was Sire To Charles the Great and famous Charlemain And to come to the third Race of French Kings Which will not be greatly pertinent in this cause Betwixt the King and me of which you know HVGH CAPET was the first Next his Son Robert Henry then and Philip With Lewis and his Son a Lewis too And of that name the Seventh but all this Springs from a Female as it shall appear Duke Now give me leave I grant you this your Title At the first sight carries some shew of truth But if ye weigh it well ye shall find light Is not his Majesty possest in peace And justice executed in his name And can you think the most Christian King Would do this if he saw not reason for it Shat. But had not the Tenth Lewis a sole Daughter Duke I cannot tell Shat. But answer me directly Duke It is a most seditious question Shat. Is this your justice Duke I stand for my King Shat. Was ever Heir-apparant thus abus'd I 'll have your head for this Duke Why do your worst Shat. Will no one stir to apprehend this Traitor A guard about my person will none come Must my own royal hands perform the deed Then thus I do arrest you Duke Treason help Enter Wife Long. Bew. and Serv. Wife Help help my Lord and Husband Duke Help the Duke Long. Forbear his grace's person Shat. Forbear you to touch him that Your Heir-apparent weds But by this hand I will have all your heads Exit Serv. How doth your Grace Duke Why well Serv. How do you find his Title Duke 'T is a dangerous one As can come by a female Serv. I 't is true But the Law Salique cuts him off from all Long. I do beseech your Grace how stands his Title Duke Pew nothing the Law Salique cuts him off from all Wife My gracious Husband you must now prepare In all your Graces pomp to entertain Your Cosin who is now a convertite And follows here this night he will be here Duke Be ready all in haste I do intend To
thought upon 't and I find it plain The King cannot take back what he has given Unless I forfeit it by course of Law Not all the water in the River Seine Can wash the blood out of these Princely veins Wife God-a-mercy Husband thou art the best To work out a thing at a pinch in France Duke I will ascend my State again Duchess take your place And let our Champion enter Long. Has he his Champion that 's excellent Duke And let loud Musick sound before his entrance Sound Trumpet Enter Jaques in Armor one carrying a Scutcheon before him and a two-handed Sword Wife How well our Champion doth demean himself As if he had been made for such an action Methinks his sturdy truncheon he doth weild Like Mars approaching to a bloody field Duke I think there 's no man so desperate To dare encounter with our Champion But trust me Jaques thou hast pleas'd us well Once more our warlike Musick then proceed Enter Shattillion Shat. What wondrous age is this what close proceedings I hear the clang of Trumpets in this house To what intent do not our States-men search Oh no they look not into simple truth For I am true and they regard not me A man in Armor too God save the King The world will end there 's nought but treachery Jaq. I Jaques servant to the high and mighty Godfrey Duke of Burgundy do come hither to prove by natural strength and activity of my body without the help of sorcery inchantment or negromancy that the said Godfrey late of Mount Marine and now of Burgundy hath perfect right thereto notwithstanding the Kings command to the contrary and no other person whatsoever and in token that I will be ready to make good the same I throw down my gage which is my honor pronounced the 37 of Feb. Stilo novo God save the Duke Shat. Of all the plots the King hath laid for me This was the shrewdest 't is my life they seek And they shall have it if I should refuse To accept the challenge in the Kings behalf They have some cause to take away my life And if I do accept it who can tell But I may fall by doubtful chance of War 'T was shrew'd but I must take the least of evils I take thy gauntlet up thou treacherous man That stands in armed Coat against the King Whom God preserve and with my single sword Will justifie whatever he commands I 'll watch him for catching of my words Duke Jaques go on defend our Princely Title Shat. Why shrink'st thou back thou hast an evil cause Come forward man I have a rock about me I fight for my true Liege Duke Go forward Jaques Jaq. I do beseech your Grace to pardon me I will not fight with him with any else I 'll shew my resolution speedily Shat. Come do thy worst for the King shall see All is not true that is reported of me Jaq. I may not fight with him by Law of Arms. Duke What shall my Title fall wilt thou not fight Jaq. Never with him that once hath sav'd my life Shat. Dar'st thou not fight behold then I do go Strong with the zeal I bear my Sovereign And seize upon that haughty man himself Descend the steps that thou hast thus usurp'd Against the King and State down to the ground And if thou do utter but a syllable To cross the Kings intent thou art but dead There lye upon the earth and pine and dye Did ever any man wade through such storms To save his life as poor Shattillion Long. I fear this challenge hath spoil'd all Duc. Ne'er fear it he 'll work it out again servant See where Shattillion 's Love poor Lady comes Enter Love Duke Jaques Jaq. Lie still Sir if you love your life I 'll whistle when he 's goââ Love Oh Gentlemen I charge you by the Love Which you bear to women take some pitty On this distressed man help to restore That precious Jewel to him he hath lost Bew. Lady what ever power doth lie in us By Art or Prayer or danger we are yours Lov. A strange conceit hath wrought this malady Conceits again must bring him to himself My strict denial to his Will wrought this And if you could but draw his wilder thoughts To know me he would sure recover sense Long. That charge I 'll undertake Duke Look Jaques look for Gods sake let me rise This greatness is a jade I cannot sit it Jaq. His sword is up and yet he watcheth you Du. I 'll down again pray for thy Master Jaques Shat. Now the King may see all the suggestions are not trâ He hath receiv'd against my loyalty When all men else refuse I fight his battels And thrust my body into dangers mouth I am become his Champion and this sword Has taught his enemies to know themselves Oh that he would no more be jealous of me Long. Monsieur Shattillion the King assures you That for this valiant loyal act of yours He hath forgot all jealousies and fears And never more will tempt you into danger Shat. But how shall I believe this what new token Of reconcilement will he shew me Let him release my poor Love from her torment From her hard fare and strict imprisonment Long. He hath donâ this to win your after-love And see your Lady sent you from the King By these two Gentlemen be thankful for her Shat. She lives she lives I know her by the power Shoots from her eyes Love Rise dear Shattillion Shat. I know my duty Next unto my King I am to kneel to you Love I 'll have you rise fetch me a chair sit down Shat. Shat. I am commanded and faith tell me Mistriss What usage have you had pray be plain Love Oh my most lov'd Shattillion pain enough But now I am free thanks to my God and King Long. His eyes grow very heavy not a word That his weak senses may come sweetly home Shat. The King is honourable Duke When do you whistle Jaques Jaq. By and by Long. Come hither Monsieur canst thou laugh a little Serv. Yes Sir Long. So thou shalt then Bewford how dost thou Bew. Why well Long. I 'm glad on 't and how does thy wife Bew. Why you may see her Sir she stands behind you Long. By the mass she 's there indeed but where 's her belly Bew. Belly Long. Her great belly man what hast thou sent thee Serv. A Boy I 'll lay my life it tumbled so Bew. Catcht by this light Long. I 'll be a Gossip Bewford Serv. And I. Long. I have an odd Apostle spoon Bew. S'foot catcht Duc. Why what 's the matter Gentlemen Long. He 's married to your woman Duc. And I not know it Serv. 'T was a venial sin Bew. Gall gall gall Duc. Forgive her Monsieur Bewford 't was her love Bew. You may rise if you please I must endure it Long. See how my great Lord lies upon the ground ând dare not stir
it must be granted Sop. If you have Cancell'd your kind opinion of me Deny me not to know who hath succeeded Sophia in your heart I beg the name Of your new Mistriss Lis You shall know her Madam If but these tumults cease and fate allow us To see the Court agen I hope you 'll bring No mutiny against her but this is No time to talk of Love let me attend you Sop. I must expect till you are pleas'd to satisfie My poor request conduct me at your pleasure Exeunt Enter Leonatus Eubulus Bishop Lisander and Philocles Leo. They are too slow dispatch new messengers To intreat 'em fairly hither I am extasi'd Were you witness for me too is it possible I am what this affirms true Leonatus And were you not my Father was I given In trust to you an Infant Eub. 'T is a truth Our soul 's bound to acknowledge you supply'd The absence and opinion of my Son Who died but to make you my greater care I know not of Demetrius but suppos'd Him dead indeed as Epire thought you were Your Fathers character doth want no testimony Which but compar'd with what concerns Demetrius Will prove it self King Theodosius act Your Royal Father Bish I am subscrib'd to both his Legacies By oath oblig'd to secresie until Thus fairly summon'd to reveal the trust Eub. Cassander had no thought you would prove thus To whose policie I gave this aim although He wrought you up to serve but as his Engine To batter young Demetrius for it was Your Fathers prudent jealousie that made him Give out your early deaths as if his soul Prophecy'd his own first and fear'd to leave Either of you to the unsafe protection Of one whose study would be to supplant Your right and make himself the King of Epire. Bish Your Sister fair Sophia in your Fathers Life was design'd to marry with Lisimachus That guarded her although she us'd some Art To quit her pupillage and being absolute Declar'd love to Demetrius which enforc'd Macarius to discover first your brother Leo. No more lest you destroy agen Leonatus With wonder of his fate are they not come yet Something it was I felt within my envy Of young Demetrius's fortune there were seeds Scattered upon my heart that made it swell With thought of Empire Princes I see cannot Be totally eclips'd but wherefore stays Demetrius and Sophia at whose names A gentle spirit walk'd upon my blood Enter Demetrius Polidora Sophia Macarius Cassander Lisima Eub. They are here Leo. Then thus I flie into their bosoms Nature has rectifi'd in me Demetrius The wandrings of ambition our dear Sister You are amaz'd I did expect it read Assurance there the day is big with wonder Mac. What means all this Leo. Lisimachus be dear to us Cassander you are welcome too Cas Not I I do not look for 't all this sha'not bribe My conscience to your faction and make Me false agen Seleucus is no son Of Theodosius my dear Countrey-men Correct your erring duties and to that Your lawful King prostrate your selves Demetrius Doth challenge all your knees Dem. All Love and Duty Flow from me to my Royal King and Brother I am confirm'd Cas You are two credulous What can betray your faith so much Leo. Sophia you appear sad as if your Will Gave no consent to this days happiness Sop. No joy exceeds Sophia's for your self Lis With your pardon Sir I apprehend A cause that makes her troubled she desires To know what other Mistriss since her late Unkindness I have chosen to direct My faith and service Leo. Another Mistriss Lis Yes Sir Leo. And does our Sister love Lisimachus Sop. Here 's something would confess Leo. He must not dare To affront Sophia Cas How my shame confounds me I beg your justice without pity on My age Leo. Your pennance shall be to be faithful To our state hereafter Omnes May you live long and happy Leonatus King of Epire. Leo. But where 's your other Mistriss Lis Even here Sir Leo. Our Sister is this another Mistriss Sir Sis It holds To prove my thoughts were so when she began Her sorrow for neglecting me that sweetness Deserv'd I should esteem her another Mistriss Then when she cruelly forsook Lisimachus Your pardon Madam and receive a heart Proud with my first devotions to serve you Sop. In this I am crown'd agen now mine for ever Leo. You have deceiv'd her happily Joy to you both Dem. We are ripe for the same wishes Polidora's part of me Pol. He all my blessing Leo. Heaven pour full joys upon you Mac. We are all blest There wants but one to fill your arms Leo. My Mistriss And Wife shall be my Countrey to which I Was in my birth contracted your love since Hath plaid the Priest to perfect what was ceremony Though Kingdoms by just Titles prove our own The subjects hearts do best secure a Crown Exeunt Omnes EPILOGUE THere is no Coronation to day Vnless your gentle votes do crown our Play If smiles appear within each Ladies eye Which are the leading Stars in this fair skie Our solemn day sets glorious for then We hope by their sad influence the men Will grace what they first shin'd on make 't appear Both how we please and bless our covetous ear With your applause more welcome than the Bells Vpon a triumph Bonfires or what else Can speak a Coronation And though I Were late depos'd and spoil'd of Majesty By the kind aid of your hands Gentlemen I quickly may be Crown'd a Queen agen THE COXCOMB A Comedy The Persons represented in the Play Ricardo a young Gentleman in love with Viola Antonio the Coxcomb Gentleman Mercurie fellow-traveller with Antonio three merry Gentlemen friends to Ricardo Uberto Pedro Silvio Valerio a Countrey Gentleman Curio Kinsman to Antonio Justice a shallow one Andrugio Father to Viola Alexander servant to Mercurie's Mother Marke the Justice's Clerk Rowland servant to Andrugio Tinker Constable Watch Drawer Musicians Women Viola Daughter to Andrugio Maria Wife to Antonio A Countrey-woman Mother to Mercurie Milk-maids Nan and Madge Dorothie the Tinkers Trull The Scene England France The Principal Actors were Nathan Field Giles Gary Rich. Allen Robert Benfeild Joseph Taylor Emanuel Read Hugh Atawell Will. Barcksted PROLOGUE THis Comedy long forgot by some thought dead By us preserv'd once more doth raise her head And to your noble censures does present Her outward form and inward ornament Nor let this smell of arrogance since 't is known The makers that confest it for their own Were this way skilful and without the crime Of flatteries I may say did please the time The work it self too when it first came forth In the opinion of men of worth Was well receiv'd and favour'd though some rude And harsh among th' ignorant multitude That relish gross food better than a dish That 's cook'd with care and serv'd into the wish Of curious pallats wanting wit and strength Truly to judge condemn'd it for
Wench to night and she shall be yours to morrow Ped. Let go the Wench Sil. Let you go the Wench Viol. O Gentlemen as you had mothers Vber They had no mothers they are the Sons of bitches Ric. Let that be maintain'd Sil. Marry then Viol. Oh bless me heaven Vber How many is there on 's Ric. About five Vber Why then le ts fight three to three Sil. Content Draw and fall down Draw The Watch the watch the watch Where are you Exit Ric. Where are these Cowards Exit Ped. There 's the Wore Viol. I never saw a drunken man before But these I think are so Sil. Oh! Ped. I mist you narrowly there Viol. My state is such I know not how to think A prayer fit for me only I could move That never Maiden more might be in love Exit Enter Drawer Constable and Watch. Watch. Where are they Boy Draw Make no such haste Sir they are no runners Vb. I am hurt but that 's all one I shall light upon some of ye Pedro thou art a tall Gentleman let me kiss thee Watch. My friend Vber Your friend you lie Ric. Stand further off the watch you are full of fleas Con. Gentlemen either be quiet or we must make you quiet Rich. Nay good Mr. Constable be not so Rigorou s. Vber Mr. Constable lend me thy hand of Justice Const That I will Sir Vber Fy Mr. Constable What golls you have is Justice so blind Y' cannot see to wash your hands I cry you Mercy Sir Your gloves are on Draw Now you are up Sir Will you go to bed Ped. I 'll truckle here Boy give me another pillow Draw Will you stand up and let me lay it on then Ped. Yes Draw There hold him two of ye now they are up be going Mr. Constable Rich. And this way and that way tom Vber And here away and there away tom Silv. This is the right way the others the wrong Ped. Th' others the wrong All. Thou art over-long at the pot tom tom Rich. Lead valiantly sweet Constable whoop ha Boyes Const This Wine hunts in their heads Rich. Give me the bill for I 'll be the Sergeant Const Look to him Sirs Rich. Keep your Ranks you Rascalls keep your Ranks Exeunt Actus Secundus Scaena Prima Enter Mercury Mer. I Cannot sleep for thinking of this Asses Wife I 'll be gon presently there 's no staying here with this Devil about me hoe this is the house of sleep hoe again there 'sfoot the darkness and this love together will make me lunatick ho Enter a Servingman above unready Ser. Who calls there Mer. Pray take the pains to rise and light a candle Ser. Presently Mer. Was ever man but I in such a stocks well this shall be a warning to me and a fair one too how I betray my self to such a Dunce by way of benefit Enter Servingman Ser. Did you call Mer. Yes pray do me the kindness Sir to let me out and not enquire why for I must needs be gone Ser. Not to night I hope Sir Mer. Good Sir to night I would not have troubled you else pray let it be so Ser. Alas Sir my Master will be offended Mer. That I have business no I warrant ye Ser. Good Sir take your rest Mer. Pray my good friend let me appoint my own rest Ser. Yes Sir Mer. Then shew me the way out I 'll consider you Ser. Good Lord Sir Mer. If I had not an excellent temper'd patience now should I break this fellows head and make him understand 't were necessary the onely plague of this house is the unhandsome love of servants that ne'er do their duty in the right place but when they muster before dinner and sweep the Table with a wodden dagger and then they are troublesome too to all mens shoulders the Woodcocks flesht agen now I shall have a new stir Enter Antonio Ant. Why how now friend What do you up so late are you well Do you want any thing pray speak Mer. Onely the cause I rise for Ant. What knaves are these What do you want why Sirrah Mer. Nothing i' th' World but the keyes to let me out of dores I must be gon be not against it for you cannot stay me Ant. Be gon at this time that were a merry jest Mer. If there be any mirth in 't make you use on 't but I must go Ant. Why for loves sake Mer. 'T will benefit your understanding nothing to know the cause pray go to bed I 'll trouble your Man only Ant. Nay Sir you have rais'd more that has reason to curse you and you knew all my Wifes up and coming down too Mer. Alas it will be a trouble pray go up to her and let me disturbe no more 't is unmannerly Enter Wife as out of her hed Ant. Shee 's here already sweet heart How say you by this Gentleman he would away at midnight Wife That I am sure he will not Mer. Indeed I must Mar. Good Sir let not your homely entertainment press you to leave your bed at midnight if you want what my house or our town may afford you make it your own fault if you call not for it pray go to bed again let me compel you I am sure you have no power to deny a Woman the ayr is piercing and to a body beaten with long travel 't will prove an ill Physitian Mer. If she speak longer I shall be a knave as rank as ever sweat for 't Sir if you will send your Wife up presently I will either stay with you d' ye mark me or deliver you so just a cause that you your self shall thrust me out of dores both suddenly and willingly Ant. I would fain hear that 'faith pray thee go up sweet heart I have half perswaded him besides he hath some private business with me Mar. Good night Sir and what content you would have I wish with you Exit Mer. Could any man that had a back ask more O me O me Ant. Now deal directly with me Why should you go Mer. If you be wise do not enquire the cause 't will trouble you Ant. Why prithee why Mer. 'Faith I would not have you know it let me go 't will be far better for you Ant. Who 's that that knocks there i' st not at the street door Ser. Yes Sir Ant. Who 's there cannot you speak Within Vio. A poor distressed Maid for gods sake let me in Mer. Let her in and me out together 't is but one labor 't is pity she should stand i' th' street it seems she knows you Ant. There she shall stand for me you are ignorant this is a common custome of the Rogues that lie about the loose parts of the City Mer. As how Ant. To knock at doors in dead time of night and use some feigned voice to raise compassion and when the doors are open in they rush and cut the throats of all and take the booty we cannot be too
careful Within Vi. As ever you had pity let me in I am undone else Ant. Who are you Vio. My name is Viola a Gentlewoman that ill chance hath distressed you know my Father Mer. Alas of god we 'll let her in 't is one of the Gentlewomen were here i' th' evening I know her by her name poor soul shee 's cold I warrant her let her have my warme Bed and I 'll take her fortune come pray come Ant. It is not Viola that 's certain she went home to her Fathers I am sure Vio. Will not you be so good to let me in Ant. I 'll be so good to have you whipt away if you stay a little longer Shee 's gone I warrant her now let me know your cause for I will hear it and not repent the knowing Mer. Since you are so importunate I 'll tell you I love your Wife extreamly Ant. Very well Mer. And so well that I dare not stay Ant. Why Mer. For wronging you I know I am flesh and blood and you have done me friendships infinite and often that must require me honest and a true Man and I will be so oâ I 'll break my heart Ant. Why you may stay for all this methinks Mer. No though I wood be good I am no saint nor is it safe to try me I deal plainly Ant. Come I dare try you do the best you can Mer. You shall not when I am right agen I 'll come and see you till when I 'll use all Countryes and all means but I will lose this folly 't is a Divel Ant. Is there no way to stay you Mer. No unless you will have me such a villain to you as all men shall spit at me Ant. Do's she know you love her Mer. No I hope not that were recompence fit for a Rogue to render her Ant. If ever any had a faithful friend I am that Man and I may glory in 't this is he that ipse he that passes all Christendome for goodness he shall not over goe me in his friendship 't were recreant and base and I 'll be hang'd first I am resolv'd go thy wayes a Wife will never part us I have consider'd and I find her nothing to such a friend as thou art I 'll speak a bold world take your time and woe her you have overcome me clearly and do what 's fitting with her you conceive me I am glad at heart you love her by this light ne're stare upon me for I will not flye from it if you had spoken sooner sure you had been serv'd Sir you are not every Man now to your taske I give you free leave and the sin is mine if there be any in it Mer. He will be hang'd before he makes this good he cannot be so innocent a Coxcombe he can tell ten sure if I had never known you as I have done I might be one as others perhaps sooner but now 't is impossible there 's too much good between us Ant. Well thou art e'en the best man I can say no more I am so over-joy'd you must stay this night and in the morning go as early as you please I have a toy for you Mer. I thought this pill would make you sick Ant. But where you mean to be I must have notice And it must be hard by too do you mark me Mer. Why What 's the matter Ant. There is a thing in hand Mer. Why What thing Ant. A sound one if it take right and you be not peevish We two will be you would little think it as famous for our friendship Mer. How Ant. If Heaven please as ever Damon was and Pytheas or Pylades and Orestes or any two that ever were do you conceive me yet Mer. No by my troth Sir he will not help me up sure Ant. You shall anon and for our names I think they shall live after us and be remember'd while there is a story or I 'll lose my aime Mer. What a vengeance ailes he How do you Ant. Yes faith we two will be such friends as the world shall ring of Mâr. And why is all this Ant. You shall enjoy my wife Mer. Away away Ant. The wonder must begin so I have cast it 't will be scurvy else you shall not stir a foot in 't pray be quiet till I have made it perfect Mer. What shall a Man do with this wretched fellow there is no mercy to be used towards him he is not capable of any pitty he will in spight of course be a Cuckold And who can help it must it begin so needs Sir think agen Ant. Yes marry must it and I my self will woe this woman for you Do you perceive it now ha Mer. Yes now I have a little sight i th' matter O that thy head should be so monstrous that all thy Servants hats may hang upon 't but do you meane to do this Ant. Yes certain I will woe her and for you strive not against it 't is the overthrow of the best plot that ever was then Mer. Nay I 'll assure you Sir I 'll do no harm you have too much about you of your own Ant. Have you thought of a place yet Mer. A place Ant. I a place where you will bide prethee no more of this modesty 't is foolish and we were not determin'd to be absolute friends indeed 't were tolerable Mer. I have thought and you shall hear from me Ant. Why this will gain me everlasting glory I have the better of him that 's my comfort good night Exit Mer. Good night well go thy wayes thou art the tydiest wittall this day I think above ground and yet thy end for all this must be mottly Exit Enter a Tinker with a Cord and Dorothy Tink 'T is better cold a plague upon these Rogues how wary they are grown not a door open now but double barr'd not a Window but up with a case of wood like a spice box and their locks unpickable the very Smiths that were half ventures drink penitent single Ale this is the Iron age the Ballad sings of well I shall meet with some of our loose Linnen yet good fellows must not starve here 's he shall shew God a mighties dog bolts if this hold Dorothy Faith thou art but too merciful that 's thy fault thou art as sweet a Thief that sin excepted as ever suffer'd that 's a proud word and I 'll maintain it Tinck. Come prethee let 's shogg off and browze an hour or two there 's Ale will make a Cat speak at the harrow we shall get nothing now without we batter 't is grown too near morning the Rogues sleep sober and are watchful Dorit. We want a Boy extreamly for this function kept under for a year with milk and knot-grass in my time I have seen a boy do wonders Bobbin the red Tinker had a Boy Rest his Soul he suffer'd this time 4 years for two Spoons and a Pewter Candlestick that sweet
Sir Ant. I have a Cause Sir that 's enough for you well iâ I be not famous I am wrong'd much for any thing I know I will not trouble him this week at least no let them take their way one of another 1 Ser. Sir VVill you be still an Irish-man Ant. Yes a while 2 Ser. But your VVorship will be beaten no more Ant. No I thank you William 1 Ser. In truth Sir if it must be so I 'll do it better than a stranger Ant. Goe you are Knaves both but I forgive you I am almost mad with the apprehension of what I shall be noâ a word I charge you Exeunt Enter Valerio and Viola Val. Come pretty soul we now are near our home And whilst our horses are walkt down the hill Let thou and I walke here over this Close The foot-way is more pleasant 't is a time My pretty one not to be wept away For every living thing is full of love Art not thou so too ha Vio. Nay there are living things empty of love Or I had not been here but for my self Alas I have too much Val. It cannot be that so much beauty so much youth and grace should have too much of love Vio. Pray what is love for I am full of that I do not know Val. Why love fair Maid is an extream desire That 's not to be examin'd but fulfill'd To ask the reason why thou art in love Or what might be the noblest end in love Would overthrow that kindly rising warmth That many times slides gently o'r the heart 'T would make thee grave and staid thy thoughts would be Like a thrice married Widow full of ends And void of all compassion and to fright thee From such enquiry whereas thou art now Living in ignorance mild fresh and sweet And but sixteen the knowing what love is Would make thee six and forty Vio. Would it would make me nothing I have heard Scholars affirm the world 's upheld by Love But I believe women maintain all this For there 's no love in men Val. Yes in some men Vio. I know them not Val. Why there is love in me Vio. There 's charity I am sure towards me Val. And love which I will now express my pretty maid I dare not bring thee home my wife is foul And therefore envious she is very old And therefore jealous thou art fair and young A subject fit for her unlucky vices To work upon she never will endure thee Vio. She may endure âf she be ought but Devil all the friendship That I will hold with you can she endure I should be thankful to you may I pray For you and her will she be brought to think That all the honest industry I have Deserves brown bread if this may be endur'd âhe'll pick a quarrel with a sleeping child E'r she fall out with me Val. But trust me she does hate all handsomness Vio. How fell you in love with such a creature Val. I never lov'd her Vio. And yet married her Val. She was a rich one Vio. And you swore I warrant you she was a fair one then too Val. Or believe me I think I had not had her Vio. Are you men all such wou'd you wou'd wall us in a place Where all we women that are innocent âight live together Val. Do not weep at this Although I dare not for some weighty reason Displease my Wife yet I forget not thee Vio. What will you do with me Val. Thou shalt be plac'd ât my mans house and have such food and raiment âs can be bought with money these white hands ââall never learn to work but they shall play As thou say'st they were wont teaching the strings To move in order or what else thou wilt Vio. I thank you Sir but pray you cloath me poorly And let my labor get me means to live Val. But fair one you I know do so much hate A foul ingratitude you will not look ãâã âould do this for nothing Vio. I will work as much out as I can and take as little That you shall have as duely paid to you âs ever servant did Val. But give me now a trial on 't I may believe We are alone shew me how thou wilt kiss And hug me hard when I have stolen away From my too clamorous wife that watches me To spend a blessed hour or too with thee Vio. Is this the love you mean you would have that Is not in me to give you would have lust Val. Not to dissemble or to mince the word 'T is Lust I wish indeed Vio. And by my troâh I have it not for heavens sake use me kindly Though I be good and shew perhaps a monster As this world goes Val. I do But speak to thee thy answers are thy own I compel none but if refuse this motion Thou art not then for me alas good soul What profit can thy work bring me Vio. But I fear I pray goe for lâst they say will grow Outragious being deni'd I give you thanks For all your courtesies and there 's a Jewel That 's worth the taking that I did preserve Safe from the robbers pray you leave me here Just as you found me a poor innocent And Heaven will bless you for it Val. Pretty maid I am no Robber nor no Ravisher I pray thee keep thy Jewel I have done No wrong to thee though thou beest virtuous And in extremity I do not know That I am bounâ to keep thee Vio. No Sir for gods sake if you know an honest man in all these Countreys give me some directions to find him out Val. More honest than my self good sooth I do not know I would have lain with thee with thy consent and who would not in all these parts is past my memory I am sorry for thee farewel gentle maid God keep thee safe Exit Vio. I thank you Sir and you Woman they say was only made of man Methinks 't is strange they should be so unlike It may be all the best was cut away To make the woman and the naught was left Behind with him I 'll sit me down and weep All things have cast me from 'em but the earth The evening comes and every little flower Droops now as well as I. Enter two Milk-maids with pails Nan. Good Madge le ts rest a little by my troth I am weary this new pail is a plaguy heavy one would Tom were hang'd for choosing it 't is the untoward'st fool in a Countrey Madg. With all my heart and I thank you too Nan. Vio. What true contented happiness dwels here More than in Cities wou'd to God my Father Had liv'd like one of these and bred me up To milk and do as they do methinks 'T is a life that I wou'd choose if I were now To tell my time agen above a Princes maids for charity Give a poor wench one draught of Milk That weariness and hunger have nigh famish'd Nan. If I had but
that without spectacles Cur. Sure this fellow deals in revelation he 's so hidden Goe thy ways thou wilt stick a bench spit as formally And shew thy Agot and hatch'd chain As well as the best of them Just And now I have consider'd I believe it Cur. What Sir Just That he was murdered Cur. Did you know him Just No. Cur. Nor how it is suppos'd Just No nor I care not two-pence those are toys and yet I verily believe he was murdered as sure as I believe thou art a man I never fail'd in these things yet w' are a man that 's beaten to these matters experience is a certain conceal'd thing that fails not pray let me ask you one thing why do you come to me Cur. Because the Letter is addrest to you being the nearest Justice Just The nearest is that all Cur. I think it be Sir I would be loth you should be the wisest Just Well Sir as it is I will endeavour in it yet if it had come to me by name I know not but I think it had been as soon dispatcht as by another and with as round a wisdom I and as happily but that 's all one I have born this place this thirty years and upwards and with sufficient credit and they may when they please know me better to the nearest well Cur. Sir it is not my fault for had I known you sooner Just I thank you Sir I know it Cur. I 'll be sworn you should have plaid for any business now Just And further they have specified unto me his Wife is forely suspected in this matter as a main cause Cur. I think she be Sir for no other cause can be yet found Just And one Mercury a traveller with whom they say directly she is run away and as they think this way Cur. I knew all this before Just Well Sir this Mercury I know and his breeding a neighbors child hard by you have been happy Sir in coming hither Cur. Then you know where to have him Sir Just I do Sir he dwells near me Cur. I doubt your Worship dwels near a knave then Just I think so pray put on but 't is a wonder To see how graceless people are now given And how base virtue is accounted with them That should be all in all as says a wise man I tell you Sir and it is true that there have been such murthers and of late days as 't would make your very heart bleed in you and some of them as I shall be enabled I will tell you it fell out of late days Cur. It may be so but will it please you to proceed in this Just An honest Weaver and as good a workman a e'er shot shuttle and as close but every man must dye this honest Weaver being a little mellow in his Ale that was the evidence verbatim Sir God bless the mark sprung his neck just in this place well Jarvis thou hadst wrongs and if I live some of the best shall sweat for 't then a wench Cur. But Sir you have forgot my business Just A sober pretty maid about 17. they say certainly howsoever 't is shuffled she burst her self and fondly if it be so with Furmety at a Churching but I think the Devil had another agent in 't either of which if I can catch shall stretch for 't Cur. This is a mad Justice that will hang the Devil but I would you would be short in this before that other notice can be given Just Sir I will doe discreetly what is fitting what Antonio Ant. within Your Worship Just Put on your best coat and let your fellow Mark goe to the Constable and bid him and me with all the speed he can and all the power and provide Pen and Ink to take their confessions and my long sword I cannot tell what danger we may meet with you 'll go with us Cur. Yes what else I came to that end to accuse both parties Just May I crave what you are Cur. Faith Sir one that to be known would not profit you more than a near kinsman of the dead Antonio's Just 'T is well I am sorry for my neighbor truly that he had no more grace 't will kill his Mother she 's a good old woman will you walk in I 'll but put my cloak on and my chain off and a clean band and have my shooes blackt over and shift my Jerkin and we 'll to our business and you shall see how I can bolt these matters Cur. As soon as 't please you Sir Exit Enter Valerio and Richardo Val. This is the place here did I leave the Maid Alone last night drying her tender eyes Uncertain what to do and yet desirous To have me gone Rich. How rude are all we men That take the name of Civil to our selves If she had set her foot upon an earth Where people live that we call barbarous Though they had had no house to bring her to They would have spoil'd the glory that the spring Has deckt the trees in and with willing hands Have torn their branches down and every man Would have become a builder for her sake What time left you her there Val. I left her when the Sun had so much to sett As he is now got from his place of rise Rich. So near the night she could not wander far Fair Viola Val. It is in vain to call she sought a house Without all question Rich. Peace fair Viola Fair Viola who should have left her here On such a ground if you had meant to lose her You might have found there were no ecchos here To take her name and carry it about When her true Lover came to mourn for her Till all the neighboring valleys and the hills Resounded Viola And such a place You should have chose You pity us because The dew a little wets our feet Unworthy far to seek her in the wet And what becomes of her where wandred she With two showers raining on her from her eyes Continually abundantly from which There 's neither tree nor house to shelter her Will you go with me to travel Val. Whither Rich. Over all the world Val. No by my faith I 'll make a shorter journey When I do travel Rich. But there 's no hope To gain my end in any shorter way Val. Why what 's your end Rich. It is to search the earth Till we have found two in the shapes of men As wicked as our selves Val. 'T were not so hard to find out those Rich. Why if we find them out It were the better for what brave villany Might we four do we wou'd not keep together For every one has treachery enough For twenty countreys one should trouble Asia Another should sow strife in Africa But you should play the knave in at home in Europe And for America let me alone Val. Sir I am honester Than you know how to be and can no more Be wrong'd but I shall find my self aright Rich. If
does he mean Some good god help me at the worst how dost thou Let not thy misery vex me thou shalt have What thy poor heart can wish I am a Prince And I will keep thee in the gayest cloaths And the finest things that ever pretty boy had given him Vra I know you well enough Feth I am dying and now you know all too Leu. But stir up thy self look what a Jewel here is See how it glisters what a pretty shew Will this make in thy little ear ha speak Eat but a bit and take it Vra Do you not know me Leu. I prethee mind thy health why that 's well said my good boy smile still Vra I shall smile till death an I see you I am Vrania your Sister-in-law Leu. How Vra I am Vrania Leu. Dulness did seize me now I know thee well Alas why cam'st thou hither Vra Feth for love I would not let you know till I was dying for you could not love me my Mother was so naught Leu. I will love thee or any thing what wilt Thou leave me as soon as I know thee Speak one word to me alas she 's past it She will ne'er speak more What noise is that it is no matter who Enter Ismenus with the Lords Comes on me now What worse than mad are you That seek out sorrows if you love delights Begone from hence Isme Sir for you we come as Soldiers to revenge the wrongs you have suffer'd under this naughty creature what shall be done with her say I am ready Leu. Leave her to Heaven brave Cosin they shall tell her how she has sinn'd against 'em my hand shall never be stain'd with such base bloud live wicked Mother that reverend Title be your pardon for I will use no extremity against you but leave you to Heaven Bacha Hell take you all or if there be a place Of torment that exceeds that get you thither And till the devils have you may your lives Be one continued plague and such a one That knows no friends nor ending May all ages that shall succeed curse you as I do And if it be possible I ask it heaven That your base issues may be ever Monsters That must for shame of nature and succession Be drown'd like dogs Would I had breath to please you Leu. Would you had love within you and such grief As might become a Mother look you there Know you that face that was Vrania These are the fruits of those unhappy Mothers That labour with such horrid births as you do If you can weep there 's cause poor innocent Your wickedness has kill'd her I 'll weep for you Isme Monstrous woman Mars would weep at this and yet she cannot Leu. Here lies your Minion too slain by ãâã I will not say you are the cause yet certain I know you were too blame the gods forgive you Isme See she stands as if she were inventing Some new destruction for the world Leu. Ismenus thou art welcome yet to my sad company Isme I come to make you somewhat sadder Sir Leu. You cannot I am at the height already Isme Your Fathers dead Leu. I thought so Heaven be with him Oh woman woman weep now or never thou hast made more sorrows than we have eyes to utter Bac. Now let Heaven fall I am at the worst of evils a a thing so miserably wretched that every thing the last of humane comforts hath left me I will not be so base and cold to live and wait the mercies of these men I hate no 't is just I die since fortune hath left me my step discent attends me hand strike thou home I have soul enough to guide and let all know as I stood a Queen the same I 'll fall and one with me She stabs the Prince with a knife Leu. Ho. Isme How do you Sir Leu. Nearer my health than I think any here my tongue begins to faulter what is man or who would be one when he sees a poor weak woman can in an instant make him none Dor. She is dead already Isme Let her be damn'd already as she is post all for Surgeons Leu. Let not a man stirr for I am but dead I have some few words which I would have you hear And am afraid I shall want breath to speak 'em First to you my Lords you know Ismenus is Undoubtedly Heir of Lycia I do beseech you all When I am dead to shew your duties to him Lords We vow to do 't Leu. I thank you Next to you Cosin Ismenus that shall be the Duke I pray you let the broken Image of Cupid Be re-edified I know all this is done by him Isme It shall be so Leu. Last I beseech you that my Mother-in-law may have a burial according to Dies Isme To what Sir Dor. There is a full point Isme I will interpret for him she shall have burial according to her own deserts with dogs Dor. I would your Majesty would haste for setling of the people Isme I am ready Age. Goe and let the Trumpets sound Some mournful thing whilst we convey the body Of this unhappy Prince unto the Court And of that virtuous Virgin to a Grave But drag her to a ditch where let her lie Accurst whilst one man has a memory Exeunt Cupid's Speech The time now of my Revenge draws near Nor shall it lessen as I am a god With all the cries and prayers that have been And those that be to come though they be infinite In need and number The Two Noble Kinsmen The Persons represented in the Play Hymen Theseus Hippolita Sisters to Theseus Emelia Sisters to Theseus Nymphs Three Queens Three valiant Knights The two Noble Kinsmen in love with fair Emelia Palamon Arcite Perithous Jaylor His Daughter in love with Palamon Countreymen VVenches A Taborer Gerrold A Schoolmaster PROLOGUE Florish NEw Plays and Maidenheads are near a-kin Much follow'd both for both much money gi'n If they stand sound and well And a good Play Whose modest Scenes blush on his marriage day And shake to loose his honour is like hir That after holy Tie and first nights stir Yet still is Modesty and still retains More of the Maid to sight than Husbands pains We pray our Play may be so for I 'm sure It has a nobleâ breeder and a pure A Learned and a Poet never went More famous yet 'twixt Po and silver Trent Chaucer of all admir'd the Story gives There constant to eternity it lives If we let fall the Nobleness of this And the first sound this Child hear be a hiss How will it shake the bones of that good man And make him cry from under-ground Oh fan From me the witless chaff of such a writer That blasts my Bayes and my fam'd Works makes lighter Than Robin Hood this is the fear we bring For to say Truth it were an endless thing And too ambitious to aspire to him Weak as we are and almost breathless swim In this
blows and paints the Sun With her chaste blushes When the North comes near her Rude and impatient then like Chastity She locks her beauties in her bud again And leaves him to base briers Wom. Yet good Madam Sometimes her modesty will blow so far She falls for 't a Maid If she have any honor would be loth To take example by her Emil. Thou art wanton Arc. She is wondrous fair Pal. She is all the beauty extant Emil. The Sun grows high let 's walk in keep these flowers We 'll see how near Art can come near their colours I 'm wondrous merry-hearted I could laugh now Wom. I could lie down I am sure Emil. And take one with you Wom. That 's as we bargain Madam Emil. Well agree then Exeunt Emilia and Woman Pal. What think you of this beauty Arc. 'T is a rare one Pal. Is' t but a rare one Arc. Yes a matchless beauty Pal. Might not a man well lose himself and love her Arc. I cannot tell what you have done I have Beshrew mine eyes for 't now I feel my Shackles Pal. You love her then Arc. Who would not Pal. And desire her Arc. Before my liberty Pal. I ââw her first Arc. That 's nothing Pal. But it shall be Arc. I saw her too Pal. Yes but you must not love her Arc. I will not as you do to worship her As she is heavenly and a blessed goddess I love her as a woman to enjoy her So both may love Pal. You shall not love at all Arc. Not love at all Who shall denie me Pal. I that first saw her I that took possession First with mine eye of all those beauties In her reveal'd to mankind if thou lov'st her Or entertain'st a hope to blast my wishes Thou art a Traitor Arcite and a fellow False as thy Title to her friendship bloud And all the ties between us I disclain If thou once think upon her Arc. Yes I love her And if the lives of all my name lay on it I must do so I love her with my soul If that will lose ye farewel Palamon I say again I love and in loving her maintain I am as worthy and as free a Lover And have as just a title to her beauty As any Palamon or any living That is a mans Son Pal. Have I call'd thee friend Arc. Yes and have found me so why are you mov'd thus Let me deal coldly with you am not I Part of your blood part of your soul you have told me That I was Palamon and you were Arcite Pal. Yes Arc. Am not I liable to those affections Those joyes griefs angers fears my friend shall suffer Pal. Ye may be Arc. Why then would you deal so cunningly So strangely so unlike a Noble Kinsman To love alone speak truly do you think me Unworthy of her sight Pal. No but unjust If thou pursue that fight Arc. Because another First sees the Enemy shall I stand still And let mine honor down and never charge Pal. Yes if he be but one Arc. But say that one Had rather combat me Pal. Let that one say so And use thy freedom else if thou pursuest her Be as that cursed man that hates his Countrey A branded villain Arc. You are mad Pal. I must be Till thou art worthy Arcite it concerns me And in this madness if I hazard thee And take thy life I deal but truly Arc. Fie Sir You play the child extreamly I will love her I must I ought to do so and I dare And all this justly Pal. Oh that now that now Thy false-self and thy friend had but this fortune To be one hour at liberty and graspe Our good swords in our hands I would quickly teach thee What 't were to filch affection from another Thou art baser in it than a Cutpurse Put but thy head out of this window more And as I have a soul I 'll nail thy life to 't Arc. Thou dar'st not fool thou canst not thou art feeble Put my head out I 'll throw my Body out And leap the Garden when I see her next Enter Keeper And pitch between her Arms to anger thee Pal. No more the Keepers coming I shall live To knock thy brains out with my Shackles Arc. Doe Keep By your leave Gentlemen Pala. Now honest Keeper Keep Lord Arcite you must presently to th' Duke The cause I know not yet Arc. I am ready Keeper Keep Prince Palamon I must awhile bereave you Of your fair Cosins company Exeunt Arcite and Keeper Pal. And me too Even when you please of life why is he sent for It may be he shall marry her he 's goodly And like enough the Duke hath taken notice Both of his Bloud and Body but his falshood Why should a friend be treacherous if that Get him a Wife so noble and so fair Let honest men ne'er love again Once more I would but see this fair one blessed Garden And Fruit and Flowers more blessed that still blossom As her bright eies shine on ye Would I were For all the fortune of my life hereafter Yon little Tree yon blooming Apricock How I would spread and fling my wanton arms In at her window I would bring her fruit Fit for the gods to feed on youth and pleasure Still as she tasted should be doubled on her And if she be not heavenly I would make her So near the gods in nature they should fear her Enter Keeper And then I 'm sure she would love me how now Keeper Where 's Arcite Keep Banish'd Prince Pirithous Obtain'd his liberty but never more Upon his oath and life must he set foot Upon this Kingdom Pal. He 's a blessed man He shall see Thebes again and call to Arms The bold young men that when he bids 'em charge Fall on like fire Arcite shall have a Fortune If he dare make himself a worthy Lover Yet in the Field to strike a battel for her And if he lose her then he 's a cold Coward How bravely may he bear himself to win her If he be noble Arcite thousand ways Were I at liberty I would do things Of such a virtuous greatness that this Lady This blushing Virgin should take manhood to her And seek to ravish me Keep My Lord for you I have this charge too Pal. To discharge my life Keep No but from this place to remove your Lordship The windows are too open Pal. Devils take 'em That are so envious to me prethee kill me Keep And hang for 't afterward Pal. By this good light Had I a sword I would kill thee Keep Why my Lord Pal. Thou bring'st such pelting scurvy news continually Thou art not worthy life I will not go Keep Indeed you must my Lord. Pal. May I see the Garden Keep No. Pal. Then I am resolv'd I will not go Keep I must constrain you then and for you are dangerous I 'll clap more irons on you Pal. Doe good Keeper I 'll shake 'em so
Pal. No no we 'll use no horses I perceive You would fain be at that Fight Arc. I 'm indifferent Pal. Faith so am I Good Cosen thrust the buckle Through far enough Arc. I warrant you Pal. My Cask now Arc. Will you fight bare-arm'd Pal. We shall be the nimbler Arc. But use your Gantlets though those are o' th' least Prethee take mine good Cosen Pal. Thank you Arcite How doe I look am I falen much away Arc. Faith very little Love has us'd you kindly Pal. I 'll warrant thee I 'll strike home Arc. Doe and spare not I 'll give you cause sweet Cosen Pal. Now to you Sir Me thinks this Armor's very like that Arcite Thou wor'st that day the 3. Kings fell but lighter Arc. That was a very good one and that day I well remember you out-did me Cosen I never saw such valour When you charg'd Upon the left wing of the Enemie I spur'd hard to come up and under me I had a right good horse Pal. You had indeed A bright Bay I remember Arc. Yes but all Was vainly labour'd in me you out-went me Nor could my wishes reach you Yet a little I did by imitation Pal. More by virtue Yor are modest Cosen Arc. When I saw you charge first Me thought I heard a dreadfull clap of Thunder Break from the Troop Pal But still before that flew The lightning of your valour Stay a little Is not this peece too streight Arc. No no 't is well Pal. I would have nothing hurt thee but my Sword A bruise would be dishonor Arc. Now I 'm perfect Pal. Stand off then Arc. Take my Sword I hold it better Pal. I thank ye No keep it your life lyes on it Here 's one if it but hold I aske no more For all my hopes My Cause and honor guard me They bow severall wayes then advance and stand Arc. And me my love Is there ought else to say Pal. This only and no more Thou art mine Aunts Son And that blood we desire to shed is mutuall In me thine and in thee mine My Sword Is in my hand and if thou killst me The gods and I forgive thee If there be A place prepar'd for those that sleep in honor I wish his wearie soul that falls may win it Fight bravely Cosen give me thy noble hand Arc. Here Palamon This hand shall never more Come near thee with such friendship Pal. I commend thee Arc. If I fall curse me and say I was a coward For none but such dare die in these just Tryalls Once more farewell my Cosen Pal. Farewell Arcite Fight Horns within they stand Arc. Loe Cosen loe our Folly has undone us Pal. Why Arc. This is the Duke a hunting as I told you If we be found we 're wretched O retire For honors sake and safely presently Into your Bush agen Sir we shall find Too many hours to dye in gentle Cosen If you be seen you perish instantly For breaking prison and I if you reveal me For my contempt Then all the world will scorn us And say we had a noble difference But base disposers of it Pal. No no Cosen I will no more be hidden nor put off This great adventure to a second Tryall I know your cunning and I know your cause He that faints now shame take him put thy self Upon thy present guard Arc. You are not mad Pal. Or I will make th' advantage of this hour Mine own and what to come shall threaten me I fear less then my fortune Know weak Cosen I love Emilia and in that I 'll bury Thee and all crosses else Arc. Then come what can come Thou shalt know Palamon I dare as well Die as discourse or sleep Only this fears me The law will have the honor of our ends Have at thy life Pal. Look to thine own well Arcite Fight again Horns Enter Theseus Hippolita Emilia Perithous and train Theseus What ignorant and mad malicious Traitors Are you That ' gainst the tenor of my Laws Are making Battail thus like Knights appointed Without my leave and Officers of Armes By Castor both shall dye Pal. Hold thy word Theseus We are certainly both Traitors both despisers Of thee and of thy goodness I 'm Palamon That cannot love thee he that broke thy Prison Think well what that deserves And this is Arcite A bolder Traytor never trod thy ground A Falter never seem'd friend This is the man Was beg'd and banish'd this is he contemnes thee And what thou dar'st doe and in this disguise Against this own Edict follows thy Sister That fortunate bright Star the fair Emilia Whose servant iâ there be a right in seeing And first bequeathing of the soul to justly I 'm and which is more dares think her his This treacherie like a most trusty Lover I call'd him now to answer If thou be'st As thou art spoken great and virtuous The true descider of all injuries Say Fight again and thou shalt see me Theseus Doe such a Justice thou thy self wilt envie Then take my life I 'll wooe thee to 't Per. O Heaven What more than man is this Thes I have sworn Arc. We seek not Thy breath of mercy Theseus 'T is to me A thing as soon to dye as thee to say it And no more mov'd where this man calls me Traitor Let me say thus much If in love be Treason In service of so excellent a Beautie As I love most and in that faith will perish As I have brought my life here to confirme it As I have serv'd her truest worthiest As I dare kill this Cosen that denies it So let me be most Traitor and ye please me For scorning thy Edict Duke aske that Lady Why she is fair and why her eyes command me Stay here to love her And if she say Traytor I 'm a villain fit to lye unburied Pal. Thou shalt have pity of us both O Theseus If unto neither thou shew mercy stop As thou art just thy noble ear against us As thou art valiant For thy Cosens soul Whose 12. strong labors crown his memory Let 's die together at one instant Duke Only a little let him fall before me That I may tell my Soul he shall not have her Thes I grant your wish for to say true your Cosen Has ten times more offended for I gave him More mercy than you found Sir your offences Being no more than his None here speak for 'em For ere the Sun set both shall sleep for ever Hippol. Alas the pity now or never Sister Speak not to be denied That face of yours Will bear the curses else of after ages For these lost Cosens Emil. In my face dear Sister I find no anger to 'em Nor no ruin The misad venture of their own eyes kill 'em Yet that I will be woman and have pitty My knees shall grow to 'th ground but I 'll get mercie Help me dear Sister in a deed so virtuous The powers of all women will
makes me do so may beget in you A contrary effect Theod. Why what 's the matter Vitry I see and joy to see that sometimes poor men And most of them are good stand more indebted For mean's to breathe to such as are held vitious Than those that wear like Hypocrites on their foreheads Th' ambitious titles of just men and vertuous Mart. Speak to the purpose Vitry Who would e'er have thought The good old Queen your Highness reverend mother Into whose house which was an Academ In which all principles of lust were practis'd No soldier might presume to set his foot At whose most blessed intercession All offices in the state were charitably Confer'd on Panders o'er-worn chamber wrestlers And such physitians as knew how to kill With safety under the pretence of saving And such like children of a monstrous peace That she I say should at the length provide That men of war and honest younger brothers That would not owe their feeding to their cod-peece Should be esteem'd of more than mothers or drones Or idle vagabonds Theod. I am glad to hear it Prethee what course takes she to doe this Vitry One that cannot fail she and her virtuous train With her jewels and all that was worthy the carrying The last night left the court and as 't is more Than said for 't is confirm'd by such as met her She 's sled unto your brother Theod. How Vitry Nay storm not For if that wicked tongue of hers hath not Forgot ti 's pace and Thierry be a Prince O such a fiery temper as report Has given him out for You shall have cause to use Such poor men as my self And thank us too For comming to you and without petitions âray heaven reward the good old woman for 't Mart. I foresaw this Theod. I hear a tempest comming That sings mine my kingdomes ruin haste And cause a troop of horse to fetch her back Yet stay why should I use means to bring in A plague that of her self hath lest me Muster Our Soldiers up we 'll stand upon our guard For we shall be attempted Yet forbear The inequality of our powers will yield me Nothing but loss in their defeature something Must be done and done suddainly save your labor In this I 'll use no counsell but mine own That course though dangerous is best Command Our daughter be in readiness to attend us Martell your company and honest Vitry Thou wilt along with me Vitry Yes any where To be worse than I 'm here is past my fear Exeunt Actus Secundus Scaena Prima Enter Thierry Brunhalt Bawdber Lecure c. Thier. You are here in a sanctuary and that viper Who since he hath forgot to be a Son I much disdain to think of as a brother Had better in despight of all the gods To have raiz'd their Temples and spurn'd down their Altars Than in his impious abuse of you To have call'd on my just anger Brun. Princely Son And in this worthy of a near name I have in the relation of my wrongs Been modest and no word my tongue deliver'd T' express my insupportable injuries But gave my heart a wound Nor has my grief Being from what I suffer But that he Degenerate as he is should be the actor Of my extremes And force me to divide The fiers of brotherly affection Which should make but one flame Thier. That part of his As it deserves shall burn no more or if The tears of Orphans Widows or all such As dare acknowledge him to be their Lord Ioyn'd to your wrongs with his heart blood have power To put it out and you and these your servants Who in our favours shal find cause to know In that they lest not you how dear we hold them Shal give Theodoret to understand His ignorance of the prizeless Jewel which He did possess in you mother in you Of which I am more proud to be the donor Than if th' absolute rule of all the world Were offer'd to this hand Once more you are welcome Which with all ceremony due to greatness I would make known but that our just revenge Admits not of delay Your hand Lord Generall Enter Protaldie with soldiers Brun. Your favor and his merit I may say Have made him such but I am jelous how Your subjects will receive it Thier. How my subjects What doe you make of me Oh heaven My subjects How base should I esteem the name of Prince If that poor dust were any thing before The whirle-wind of my absolute command Let 'em be happy and rest so contented They pay the tribute of their hearts knees To such a Prince that not alone has power To keep his own but to increase it That Although he hath a body may add to The fam'd night labor of strong Hercules Yet is the master of a continence That so can temper it that I forbear Their daughters and their wives whose hands though strong As yet have never drawn by unjust mean Their proper wealth into my treasury But I grow glorious and let them beware That in their least repining at my pleasures They change not a mild Prince for if provok'd I dare and will be so into a Tyrant Brun. You see there 's hope that we shall rule again And your fal'n fortunes rise Bawd I hope your Highness Is pleas'd that I should still hold my place with you For I have been so long us'd to provide you Fresh bits of flesh since mine grew stale that surely If cashir'd now I shall prove a bad Cator In the Fish-market of cold chastity Lecure. For me I am your own nor since I first Knew what it was to serve you have remembred I had a soul but such an one whose essence Depended wholy on your Highness pleasure And therefore Madam Brun. Rest assur'd you are Such instruments we must not lose Lecure. Bawd Our service Thier. You have view'd them then what 's your opinion of them In this dull time of peace we have prepar'd 'em Apt for the war Ha Prota. Sir they have limbs That promise strength sufficient and rich armors The Soldiers best lov'd wealth More it appears They have been drill'd nay very pretily drill'd For many of them can discharge their muskets Without the danger of throwing off their heads Or being offensive to the standers by By sweating too much backwards Nay I find They know the right and left hand file and may With some impulsion no doubt be brought To pass the A B C of war and come Unto the Horn-book Thier. Well that care is yours And see that you effect it Prota. I am slow To promise much But if within ten days By precepts and examples not drawn from Worm-eaten presidents of the Roman wars But from mine own I make them not transcend All that e'er yet bore armes let it be said Protaldye brags which would be unto me As hatefull as to be esâeem'd a coward For Sir few Captaines know the way to
hold it to be Laz. About the time that mortals whet their knives On thresholds on their shooe sols and on stairs New bread is grating and the testy Cook Hath much to doe now now the Tables all Duk. 'T is almost dinner time Laz. Your grace doth apprehend me very rightly Count. Your grace shall find him in your further conference Grave wise courtly and scholar like understandingly read In the necessities of the life of man He knows that man is mortal by his birth He knows that man must dye and therefore live He knows that must live and therefore eat And if it shall please your grace to accompany your self with him I doubt not but that he will at the least make good my commendations Duk. Attend us Lazarello we doe want Men of such Action as we have received you Reported from your honorable friend Laza. Good my Lord stand betwixt me and my overthrow you know I 'm ti'd here and may not depart my gracious Lord so waightie are the businesses of mine own which at this time do call upon me that I will rather chuse to die than to neglect them Count. Nay you shall perceive besides the virtues that I have alreadie inform'd you of he hath a stomach which will stoop to no Prince alive Duk. Sir at your best leisure I shall thirst to see you Laza. And I shall hunger for it Duk. Till then farewell all Gon. Count. Long life attend your Grace Duk. I doe not tast this sport Arrigo Lucio Arrigo. Luci. We doe attend Exeunt Duke Arrigo Lucio Gond. His grace is gone and hath left his Hellen with me I 'm no pander for him neither can I be won with the hope of gain or the itching desire of tasting my Lords lecherie to him to keep her at my house or bring her in disguise to his bed Chamber The twyns of Adders and of Scorpions About my naked brest will seem to me More tickling than those claspes which men adore The lustfull dull ill spirited embraces Of women The much praysed Amazones Knowing their own infirmities so well Made of themselves a people and what men They take amongst them they condemne to die Perceiving that their folly made them fit To live no longer that would willingly Come in the worthless presence of a woman I will attend and see what my young Lord will doe with his sister Enter Lazarilloes Boy Boy My Lord The fish head is gone again Count. Wither Boy I know whither my Lord. Count. Keep it from Lazarillo Sister shall I confer with you in private to know the cause of the Dukes coming hither I know he makes you acquainted with his business of State Oria. I 'll satisfie you brother for I see you are jealous of me Gond. Now there shall be some course taken for her conveiance Laza. Lazarillo thou art happy thy carriage hath begot love and that love hath brought forth fruits thou art here in the company of a man honorable that will help thee to tast of the bounties of the Sea and when thou hast so done thou shalt retire thy self unto the court and there tast of the delicates of the earth and be great in the eyes of thy Sovereign now no more shalt thou need to scramble for thy meat nor remove thy stomach with the Court But thy credit shall command thy hearts desire and all novelties shall be sent as pâesents unto thee Count. Good Sister when you see your own time wil you return home Oria. Yes brother and not before Laza. I will grow popuâar in this State and overthrow the fortunes of a number that live by extortion Count. Lazârello bestirr thy self nimbly and sodainly and hear me with patience to âear Laza. Let me not fall from my self Speak I 'm bound Count. So art thou to revenge when thou shalt hear the fish head is gone and we know not whither Laza. I will not curse nor swear nor rage nor rail Nor with contemptuous tongue accuse my Fate Though I might justly doe it nor will I Wish my self uncreated for this evil Shall I entreat your Lordship to be seen A little longer in the company Of a man cross'd by Fortune Count. I hate to leave my friend in his extremities Laza. 'T is noble in you then I take your hand And doe protest I doe not follow this For any malice or for private ends But with a love as gentle and as chast As that a brother to his sister bears And if I see this fish head yet unknown The last words that my dying father spake Before his eye strings brake shall not of me So often be remembred as our meeting Fortune attend me as my ends are just Full of pure love and free from servile lust Count. Farwell my Lord I was entreated to invite your Lordship to a Lady's upsiting Gond. O my ears why Madam will not you follow your brother you are waited for by great men hee l bring you to him Oria. I 'm very well my Lord you doe mistake me if you think I affect greater company than your self Gond. What madness possesseth thee that thou canst imagine me a sit man to entertain Lady's I tell thee I doe use to tear their hair to kick them and twindge their noses if they be not carefull in avoiding me Oria. Your Lordship may discant upon your own behavior as please you but I protest so sweet and courtly it appeares in my eye that I mean not to leave you yet Crnd. I shall grow rough Oria. A rough carriage is best in a man I 'll dine with you my Lord. Gond. Why I will starve thee thou shalt have nothing Oria. I have heard of your Lordships nothing I 'll put that to the venture Gond. Well thou shalt have meat I 'll send it to thee Oria. I 'll keep no state my Lord neither doe I mourn I 'll dine with you Gond. Is such a think as this allowed to live What power hath let the loose upon the earth To plague us for our Sins Out of my doors Oria. I would your Lordship did but see how well This fury doth become you it doth shew So neer the life as it were natural Gond. O thou damn'd woman I will flie the vengeance That hangs above thee follow if thou dar'st Exit Gondarino Oria. I must not leave this fellow I will torment him to madness To teach his passions against kind to move The more he hates the more I 'll seem to love Exeunt Oriana and Maid Enter Pandar and Mercer a citizen Pand. Sir what may be done by art shall be done I wear nor this black cloak for nothing Mer. Perform this help me to this great heir by learning and you shall want no black cloaks taffaties silkgrograns sattins and velvets are mine they shall be yours perform what you have promis'd and you shall make me a lover of Sciences I will study the learned languages and keep my shop-book in Latine Pand. Trouble me not
now 'Fore Heaven I am angrie with thee Sirha sirha This whitmeat spirit 's not yours legitimate Advance your hope and 't please you ghess again Ang. And let your thoughts flee higher aim them right Sir you may hit you have the fairest white Ferd. If I may be so bold then my good Lord Your favour doth encourage me to aspire To catch my Ladyes Gentlewoman Ben. Where Where would you catch her Do you know my daughter Violanta Sir Ang. Well said no more about the bush Ferd. My good Lord I have gaz'd on Violanta and the stars Whose Heavenly influence I admir'd not knew Nor ever was so sinful to believe I might attain 't Ben. Now you are an aââ again For if thou ne'er attain'st 't is onely long Of that faint heart of thine which never did it She is your Lords heir mine Benvoglio 's heir My brothers too Randulpho s her descent Not behinde any of the Millanois And Ferdinand although thy parentage Be unknown thou know'st that I have bred thee up From five yeers old and do not blush to hear it Have found thy wisdom trust and fair success So full in all my affaris that I am fitter To call thee Master then thou me thy Lord. Thou canst not be but sprung of gentlest blood Thy minde shines thorow thee like the radiant sun Although thy body be a beauteous cloud Come seriously this is no flatterie And well thou know'st it though thy modest blood Rise like the morning in thy cheek to hear 't Sir I can speak in earnest Vertuous service So meritorious Ferdinand as yours Yet bashful still and silent should extract A fuller price then impudence exact And this is now the wages it must have My daughter is thy wife my wealth thy slave Ferd. Good Madam pinch I sleep does my Lord mock And you assist Custom 's inverted quite For old men now adays do flout the young Ben. Fetch Violanta As I intend this Religiously let my soul finde joy or pain Exit Angelina Ferd. My honor'd Lord and Master if I hold That worth could merit such felicitie You bred it in me and first purchas'd it It is your own and what productions In all my faculties my soul begets Your very mark is on you need not add Rewards to him that is in bebt to you You sav'd my life Sir in the Massacre There you begot me new since foster'd me O! can I serve to much or pray for you Alas 't is slender paiment to your bountie Your daughter is a paradice and I Unworthie to be set there you may chuse The royalst seeds of Milain Ben. Prethee peace Thy goodness makes me weep I am resolv'd ââm no Lord o' th' time to tie my blood To sordid muck I have enough my name My estate and honors I will store in thee Whose wisdom will rule well keep and increase A knave or fool that could confer the like Would bate each hour diminish every day Thou art her price-lot than drawn out by fate An honest wise man is a Princes mate Ferd. Sir Heaven and you have over-charg'd my brest With grace beyond my continence I shall burst The blessing you have given me witness Saints I would not change for Millain But my Lord Is she prepar'd Ben. What needs Preparative Where such a Cordial is prescrib'd as thou Thy person and thy virtues in one scale Shall poize hers with her beautie and her wealth If not I add my will unto thy weight Thy mother 's with her now Son take my keys And let this prepartion for this Marriage This welcome Marriage long determin'd here Be quick and gorgeous Gerrard Enter Gerrard Ger. My good Lord My Lord your brother craves your conference Instantly on affairs of high import Ben. Why what news Ger. The Tyrant my good Lord Is sick to death of his old Apoplexie Whereon the States advise that Letters-missive Be straight dispatcht to all the neighbour-Countreys And Schedules too divulg'd on every post To enquire the lost Duke forth their purpose is To re-instate him Ben. 'T is a pious deed Ferdinand to my daughter this delay Though to so good a purpose angers me But I 'll recover it Be secret son Go woo with truth and expedition Exit Ferd. O my unsounded joy how fares my Gerrard My noble twin-friend fie thy loook is heavie Sullen and sowre blanch it didst thou know My cause of joy thou ' Idst never sorrow more I know thou lov'st me so How dost thou Ger. Well Too well my fraught of health my sickness is In life I am dead by living dying still Ferd. What sublunary mischief can predominate A wise man thus or doth thy friendship play In this antipathous extreme with mine Lest gladness suffocate me I I I do feel My spirit 's turn'd to fire my blood to air And I am like a purifi'd essence Tri'd from all drossie parts Ger. Were 't but my life The loss were sacrifie'd but virtue Must for me be slain and innocence made dust Ferd. Fare well good Gerrard Ger. Dearest friend stay Ferd. Sad thoughts are no companions for me now Much less sad words thy bosom bindes some secret Which do not trust me with for mine retains Another which I must conceal from thee Ger. I would reveal it 't is a heavie tale Canst thou be true and secret still Ferd Why friend If you continue true unto your self I have no means of falshood Lock this door Come yet your prisoner 's sure Ger. Stay Ferdinand Ferd. What is this trouble Love Why thou art capable of any woman Doth want oppress thee I will lighten thee Hast thou offended law My Lord and thine And I will save thy life Does servitude Upbraid thy freedom that she suffers it Have patience but three days and I will make thee Thy Lords companion Can a friend do more Ger. Lend me the means How can this be Ferd. First let this Cabinet keep your pawn and I will trust Yet for the form of satisfaction Take this my Oath to boot By my presum'd Gentrie and sacred known Christianitie I 'll die ere I reveal thy trust Ger. Then hear it Your Lords fair daughter Violanta is My betrothed wife goes great with childe by me And by this deed both made a pray to Law How may I save her life advise me friend Ferd. What did he say Gerrard whose voice was that O death unto my heart bane to my soul My wealth is vanish'd like the rich mans store In one poor minute all my daintie fare But jugling dishes my fat hope despair Ger. Is this so odious where 's your mirth Ferd. Why thou Hast robb'd me of it Gerrard draw thy sword And if thou lov'st my Mistris chastitie Defend it else I 'll cut it from thy heart Thy theevish heart that stole it and restore 't Do miracles to gain her Ger. Was she thine Ferd Never but in my wish and her fathers vow Which now he left with me on such sure terms He call'd
go ill deny it boldly Sir trust me he cannot prove it by you Leu. What Bach. You 'll make all worse too with your facing it Leuc. What is the matter Leon. Know'st thou that petition Look on it well wouldst thou be joyn'd with me Unnaturall child to be weary of me E'r Fate esteem me sit for other worlds Bac. May be he knows not of it Leu. Oh strange carriages Sir as I have hope that there is any thing To reward doing well my usages Which have been but 't is no matter what Have put me so far from the thought of Greatness That I should welcome it like a disease That grew upon me and I could not cure They are my enemies that gave you this And yet they call me friend and are themselves I fear abus'd I am weary of my life For Gods sake take it from me it creates More mischief in the State than it is worth The usage I have had I know would make Wisdom her self run frantick through the streets And Patience quarrel with her shadow Sir this sword Bac. Alas help for the love of Heaven Make way through me first for he is your Father Leon. What would he kill me Bac. No Sir no. Leon. Thou always makes mak'st the best on 't but I sear Leu. Why do you use me thus who is' t can think That I would kill my Father that can yet Forbear to kill you Here Sir is my sword I dare not touch it lest she say again I would have kill'd you let me not have mercy When I most need it if I would not change Place with my meanest servant Let these faults Be mended Madam if you saw how ill They did become you you would part with them Bac. I told the Duke as much before Leu. What what did you tell him Bac. That it was only an ambition Nurst in you by your youth provok'd you thus Which age would take away Leon. It was his doing then come hither Love Bac. No indeed Sir Leu. How am I made that I can bear all this If any one had us'd a friend of mine ne'r this My hand had carried death about it Leon. Lead me hence Tellamon come my dear Bacha I shall find time for this Ism Madam you know I dare not speak before The King but you know well if not I 'll tell you You are the most wicked'st and most murderous Strumpet that ever was call'd Woman Bac. My Lord what can I do for him he shall command me Leon I know thou art too kind away I say Exit Leon. Bac. Tima. Tella. Isme Sir I am sure we dream this cannot be Leu. Oh that we did my wickedness has brought All this to pass else I should bear my self Enter Urania Isme Look doe you see who 's there your virtuous Mothers issue kill her yet take some little pidling revenge Leu. Away the whole Court calls her virtuous for they say she is unlike her Mother and if so she can have no vice Ism I 'll trust none of 'em that come of such a breed Leu. But I have found A kind of love in her to me alas Think of her death I dare be sworn for her She is as free from any hate to me As her bad Mother's full She was brought up I' th' Countrey as her tongue will let you know Enter Urania If you but talk with her with a poor Uncle Such as her Mother had Ism She 's come again Vra I would âene speak to the good Marquess my brother if I but thought he could abaid me Leu. Sister how do you Vra Very well I thank you Ism How does your good Mother Leu. Fie fie Ismenus for shame mock such an innocent soul as this Vra Feth a she be no good god may her so Leu. I know you wish it with your heart dear Sister but she is good I hope Ism Are you so simple to make so much of this Do you not know That all her wicked Mother labours for is but to raise Her to your right and leave her this Dukedom Vra I but ne'r Sir be afred For though she take th' ungain'st weas she can I 'll ne'er ha 't fro' you Leu. I should hate my self Ismenus If I should think of her simplicity Ought but extreamly well Ism Nay as you will Vra And though she be my Mother If she take any caurse to do you wrong If I can see 't youst quickly hear on 't Sir And so I 'll take my leave Leu. Farewel good Sister I thank you Exit Urania Ism You believe all this Leu. Yes Enter Timantus Ism A good faith doth well but methinks It were no hard matter now for her Mother to send her Yonder 's one you may trust if you will too Leu. So I wiâl if he can shew me as apparent signs Of truth as she did Does he weep Ismenus Ism Yes I think so some good 's happen'd I warrant Do you hear you What honest man has scap'd misery that thou art crying thus Tim. Noble Ismenus where 's the Prince Ism Why there hast wept thine eyes out Tim. Sir I beseech you hear me Leu. Well speak on Ism Why will you hear him Leu. Yes Ismenus why Ism I would hear blasphemy as willingly Leu. You are too blame Tim. No Sir he is not to blame If I were as I was Ism Nor as thou art ysaith awhit too blame Leu. What 's your business Tim. Faith Sir I am ashamed to speak before you My conscience tells me I have injur'd you And by the earnest instigation Of others have not done you to the King Always the best and friendliest ostices Which pardon me or I will never speak Ism Never pardon him and silence a knave Leu. I pardon thee Tim. Your Mother sure is naught Leu. Why shouldst thou think so Tim. Oh noble Sir your honest eyes perceive not The dangers you are led to shame upon her And what fell miseries the gods can think on Shower down upon her wicked head she has plotted I know too well your death would my poor life Or thousand such as mine is might be offer'd Like sacrifices up for your preserving What free oblations would she have to glut her But she is merciless and bent to ruin If heaven and good men step not to your rescue And timely very timely Oh this Dukedom I weep I weep for the poor Orphans i' th' Countrey Left with but Friends or Parents Leu. Now Ismenus what think you of this fellow This was a lying knave a flatterer Does not this Love still shew him so Ism This Love this Halter if he prove not yet The cunning'st rankest rogue that ever Canted I 'll never see man again I know him to bring And can interpret every new face he makes Look how he wrings like a good stool for a tear Take heed Children and Fools First feel the smart Then weep Leu. Away away such an unkind distrust Is worse than a dissembling if it be one And