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A63834	The adventures of five hours a tragi-comedy.	Tuke, Samuel, Sir, d. 1674.; Coello, Antonio, 1611-1652. Empeños de seis horas.; Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681.	1663 (1663)	Wing T3229; ESTC R23158	54,649	80

thither And for more safety made the door be lock'd Whilst I went down in haste to fetch a Light Henr. As sure as Death this Madness is Infectious My Man is now in one of Carlos Fits Ger. Returning with a Light a moment after No sooner open'd I the door but Heavens Who should I see there standing just before me In the same place where I left Porcia but Octavio your Enemy Octavio Hen. Here is some Witch-craft sure what can this mean Ger. Amaz'd at th' sight I let the Candle fall And clapt the door to then I double-lock'd it And brought away the Key Carl. But how could he get in if you be sure You lock'd the door when you went out for Lights Ger. I know not whether he was there before Or got in after but of this I 'm sure That there I have him now and safe enough Carl. I am sorry for it E Aside ' Henr. Let 's not Don Carlos now perplex our selves With needless Circumstances when and how Those Queries are too Flegmatick for me If the Beast be i' th'd Toil it is enough Let us go seize upon him he must die Enter Antonio Ant. Good Brother what unhappy Man is he Whom you so positively doom to death I have a Sword to serve you in all occasions Worthy of you and me Henr. His intervening Carlos is unlucky How shall we govern our selves towards him In this Affair so unfit for his knowledge Carl. Antonio is a Man of shining Honor But having such a share in this Affront If once he know 't I am afraid he 'l bring Fuel not Water to Don Henrique's Fire Aside Don Henrique To Henrique you must suddenly resolve What answer to return he 's not a Man To be put off with any slight Pretences Nor yet to be engag'd in such an Action As bears th' appearance rather of Cruelty Than Honor and you know Antonio needs No fresh Occasions to support his Name Who Dangers seek are indigent of Fame Ant. I find my coming hath disorder'd them There 's somthing they would fain conceal from me All here is discompos'd what er's the matter Aside Carl. Perhaps 't were better to suspend a while The Execution of your just Revenge Time and mature weighing of Circumstances Never did harm in Actions of this Nature Where one has still the Party in his Power Henr. A Curse on your Tame Proposition Carlos Carl. He who the Rules of Temperance neglects From a Good Cause may produce Vile Effects Henr. To Antonio I doubt not of your kind Concurrence Sir In all the near Concernments of a Person Alli'd to you as I am but Noble Brother It were against the Laws of Hospitality And Civil Prudence to engage a Guest Newly arriv'd after so long a Journey In an occasion Sir of Blood and Hazard Ant. If such be the occasion I must then Acquaint you freely that I wear a Sword Which must not be excluded from your Service I 'm sure you are too Noble t' imploy yours In any Cause not justifi'd by Ho●●r But I confess there are Affronts so great And heightned by such odious Circumstances As do release us from the usual Forms Of Generous Revenge and set us free To tak 't on any Advantage Henr. Though with Regret I see Sir I must yield To your excess of Generosity This onely I shall say to satisfie Your just Reflections that my Resentments Are grounded on Affronts of such a Nature That as nothing but the Offender's Life Can e'r repair them so as to the Forms Of taking that Revenge they can't admit Of the least scruple Ant. Honor 's my Standard and 't is true that I Had rather Fall than Blush for Victory But you are such a Judge of Honor's Laws That 't were Injurious to suspect your Cause Allow me Sir th' honor to lead the way Exit Antonio and Henrique Carl. If Porcia be there too as I believe 'T will prove I fear a fatal Tragedy But should she not be there yet 't is too much For such a Heart as mine through Ignorance To have betraid a Gentleman though Faulty In to such Cruel hands I must go with them But so resolv'd as in this Bloody strife I 'l salve my Honor or I 'l lose my Life Exit Carlos The Scene changes to Carlos's House Enter Octavio Diego Flora with a Candle Flo. O the unluckiness I vow t'you Sir I have scarce known that door e'r lock'd before Oct. There 's no Remedy Flora I am now At the Mercy of my Enemies Die Having broken into another's Ground 'T is just i'faith you should be put i' th' Pound Oct. The Tide of my ill Fate is swoln so high 'T will not admit encrease of Miserie Since amongst all the Curses there is none So wounds the Spirit as Privation For 't is not where we Lie but whence we Fell The Loss of Heaven 's the greatest Pain in Hell When I had sail'd the doubtful Course of Love Had safely gain'd my Port and far above My Hopes the precious Treasure had secur'd For which so many Storms I had endur'd To be so soon from this great Blessing torn That 's hard to say if 't were first Dead or ●orn May doubtless seem such a transcendent Curse That even the Fates themselves could do no worse Yet this I bore with an erected face Since Fortune not my Fault caus'd my Disgrace But now my Eyes unto the Earth are bent Conscious of meriting this Punishment For trusting a fond Maid's Officious Care My Life and Honor 's taken in this Snare And thus I perish on this unseen Shelf Pursu'd by Fate and False unto my self Flora He pulls out his Tablets when I am dead be sure that you These Tablets give to Porcia there she 'l find That to th' Extremest Moment of my Life I constantly pursu'd those Noble Ways Which might Deserve her though I could not Have her Give me the Candle Octavio sets the Candle on a Table and sits down as to write in his Tablets Die A double Curse upon all Love in earnest All Constant Love 't is still accompani'd With strange Disasters or else ends in that Which is the worst of all Disasters Marriage Flo. Sure you could wish that every body living Had such a Soul of Quick-silver as yours That can fix no where Die Why 't would not be the worse for you dear Flora You then might hope in time to have your Turn As well as those who have much better Faces Flo. You I presume Sir would be one o'th'latest Which I should hear of yet 't is possible That one might see you before you should be welcom Die She has Wit and good Humor excellent Ingredients to pass away the time And I have kindness for her Person too But that will end with Marriage and possibly Her good Humor for I have seldom known The Husband and the Wife make any Musick Though when asunder they can play their parts Well friend Diego

Innocence secure As to my self t'others I shall appear Some wicked Woman that has sold her Honor To purchase Infamy Flo. They 'l instantly be here Por. O that Octavio should just now be absent But to expect till he return were madness Ant. Y' have reason Madam and if you dare trust Your Person to the Conduct of a Stranger Upon my Honor Lady I 'l Secure you Or Perish in th' Attempt Por. Generous Sir how shall a wretched Maid Abandon'd by her Fare to the pursute Of an Inhumane Brother e'rbe able Either to Merit or Requite your Favours Ant. Madam they 're more than Paid in the Admission And your Acceptance of them will transfer The Obligation making me the Debtor Por. To your Protection I resign my self With equal Gratitude and Confidence Ant. Come Madam there is no time to be lost Diego find out your Master presently And tell him that the Danger not allowing Our Stay till his Return I shall convey His Mistris safely to a Nunnerie Por. And Flora stay you here to bring me word What he resolves to do in this our desp'rate Condition Exit Diego Flo. Madam I shall Ant. But stay Going out returns I swear I 'd like to have committed A foul Mistake the Monastery Gates Will not be open'd at this time of Night Without a strict Inquiry into the Cause Besides 't is possible that once Lodg'd there She may be out of my Friends Power or mine Ever to get her thence if it be known Lady I have thought better on 't I shall Conduct you to my brother-in-Brother-in-law's house A Person of such Quality and Honor As is fit to engage in your Protection And there my Wife may have the Happiness T' accompany you and pay the Offices Due to your Virtue and distress'd Condition And going to a House that 's so much mine Make account Madam 't is to your own Home Sancho stay you here to attend Octavio And guide him the next way to my Apartment Turning to Sancho Here is the Key I shall have little use on 't Having left Ernesto waiting for me there One word more Sancho let Octavio know 'T is my advice that he come in a Chair He by that means may scape Examination Should he be met with Por. Flora I pray do you continue here And if by any accident Octavio Should hindred be from coming after us Observe his Motions and where he Fixes Then return home and I shall find some way Of sending to you to inform my self Flo. I shall not fail t' observe your Orders Madam Ant. Madam I 'm ready to wait on you Por. An cruel Brother ah my dear Octavio O how perverse and rigorous is my Fate Thus to torment me betwixt Love and Hate Exeunt Antonio Porcia San. 'T is no small Compliment my Master makes Your Ladie and her Gallant at this time O' th' night to quit his Brother-in-laws and leave So fair a Bride as Porcia all alone Flo. What is his Mistris's name Porcia too San. Yes and if she has but as fair a Hand-maid As your self I shall soon forget my Damsel In the Low-countries Flo. If your Low-country Damsels resemble us You would not be put to 't to forget first But I believe that you are safe enough I have not heard such Praises of their Wit But that we may suppose they have good Memories Enter Diego Die Is not my Master yet return'd Flo. No. Die Well now have we an Honorable Cause To wear the Beadles Livery faith Flora If your tender Sex had not been privileg'd From this harsh Discipline how prettily Would the Beadles Crimson Lace show upon Thy white back Flo. 'T won't do so well as on a darker ground 'T will suit much better with your Tawney hide San. I pray Camerade is it the Mode in Sevil To be Whip'd for Company Die Oh! a well-bred Soldier will ne'r refuse Such a Civility to an old Friend This is a new way of being a Second To shew your Passive Courage San. We Soldiers do not use to show our Backs Die Not to your Enemies but Sir the Beadle Will prove your Friend for your Blood being Heated With your long Journey Breathing of a Vein Is very requisite San. Would to Heaven that I were in the Camp again There we are never stript till we are dead Enter Octavio and the Chair-men appear at the door Oct. Be sure you stir not thence till I return To the Chair-men Sirrha where 's Porcia Die She 's fled away i'th'dark with a Young man Of your acquaintance Oct. Rascal leave your fooling Die There 's none i' th' case Sir 't is the wisest thing She ever did had she staid your return She would have fall'n into those very Clutches In which you will immediately be grip'd Unless you make more haste Flora is come With all possible speed to let you know Th' are coming with the Justice to lay hold Of all within this House upon pretence Of a most horrid Murder be quick Sir And save your self She 's safe in a Nunnerie Conducted thither by Antonio Where poor Lady she 's dropping for you now More Beads perhaps than Tears Oct. Peace Screetch-Owl Fire consume that Tongue of thine What saist thou Villain in a Nunnerie Porcia in a Nunnerie O Heavens nothing But this was wanting to make me Desperate What hope 's there left ever to get her thence After such Accidents as these made Publique Ah Flora is it true that my dear Porcia Is gone into a Monastery Flo. Once Sir 't was so resolv'd and Diego sent To give you notice on 't but afterwards He being gone they chang'd their Resolutions There 's one can tell you more San. My Master bad me stay to let you know He has convey'd her to his own Apartment Pointing to Sancho In his Brother-in-laws House a person So eminent in Quality and Credit That the ingaging him in her and your Protection Sir may much avail you both Besides she 'l have the pleasure there of being Very well treated by my Master's Bride There he 'l expect you Sir and does advise Your coming in a Chair to avoid Question In case of any Encounter Flo. And my walking by Sir as an Attendant Will pass you without scruple for a Lady Oct. I 'l take his counsel he 's a generous Friend Come Chair-men away * To Sancho Pray friend do you guide us Die Up with your Burden Beasts and fall forth-with To your Half-Trot Exeunt The Chair is carri'd over the Stage Diego Sancho and Flora follow A Noise within Follow follow follow Enter Carlos the Corigidor and Serjeants pursuing Sancho Flora and Diego Die This is one of Don Cupid's pretty Jeasts W' are struck upon a Shelf before we could Put out to Sea Flo. Oh we are undone Diego Car. You find To the Corrigidor Sir my Conjectures not ill grounded Cor. What are you Sirrha Die A Living Creature very like a Man Onely I want a Heart Cor.

THE ADVENTURES OF FIVE HOURS A Tragi-Comedy Non ego Ventosae Plebis suffragia venor Horat. Febr. 21 o 1662. IMPRIMATUR JOHN BERKENHEAD LONDON 〈…〉 To the Right HONORABLE HENRY HOWARD OF NORFOLK SInce it is Your Pleasure Noble Sir that I should hold my Fortune from You like those Tenants who pay some Inconsiderable Trifle in lieu of a Valuable Rent I humbly offer You this Poem in Acknowledgment of my Tenure and I am well pleas'd with this Occasion to Publish my Sense of Your Favours since it seems to me a kind of Ingratitude to be Thankful in Private It was bred upon the Terrace-Walks in Your Garden at Aldbury and if I mistake not it resembles the Place where it was Brought up The Plot is Delightful the Elevations Natural the Ascents Easie without any great Embellishments 〈…〉 I design'd the Character of Antonio as a Copy of Your Stedy Virtue if it appear to those who have the Honor to know You short of the Original I take leave to inform them that You have not sat to me long 'T is possible hereafter I may Gratifie my Country for their Civility to this Essay with something more worthy of Your Patronage and their Indulgence In the Interim I make it my Glory to avow That had Fortune been Just to me She could not have Recompens'd the Loyal Industry of my Life with a more Illustrious Title than that which You have been pleas'd to Confer upon me of YOUR FRIEND To which as in Gratitude I am bound I Subjoyn that of Your most humble Servant S. TUKE The First SCENE is The City of SEVIL The Prologue Enters with a Play-Bill in his hand and Reads This Day being the 15 th of December shall be Acted a New Play never Plai'd before call'd The Adventures of Five Hours A NEW PLAY TH' are i' the right for I dare boldly say The English Stage ne'r had so New a Play The Dress the Author and the Scenes are New This ye have seen before ye'l say 't is true But tell me Gentlemen who ever saw A deep Imrigue confin'd to Five Hours Law Such as for close Contrivance yields to none A Modest Man may praise what 's not his own 'T is true the Dress is his which he submits To those who are and those who would be Wits Ne'r spare him Gentlemen for to speak truth He has a per'lous Cens'rer been in 's Youth And now grown Bald with Age Doating on Praise He thinks to get a Periwig of Bays Teach him what 't is in this Discerning Age To bring his heavy Genius on the Stage Where you have seen such Nimble Wits appear That pass'd so soon one scarce could say th'were here Yet after our Discoveries of late Of their Designs who would Subvert the State You 'l wonder much if it should prove his Lot To take all England with a Spanish Plot But if through his ill Conduct or hard Fate This Forein Plot like that of Eighty Eight Should suffer Shipwrack in your Narrow Seas You 'll give your Modern Poet his Writ of Ease For by th' Example of the King of Spain He resolves ne'r to trouble you again THE PROLOGUE AT COURT He Addresses himself to the Pit AS to a dying Lamp This refers to the Authors purpose of Retirement at that time when his Majesty recommended this Plot to him one drop of Oyl Gives a new Blaze and makes it live a while So th' Author seeing his decaying Light And therefore thinking to retire from sight Was hindred by a Ray from th'upper Sphere Just at that time he thought to disappear He chanc'd to hear his Majesty once say He lik'd this Plot he staid and writ the Play So should Obsequious Subjects catch the Minds Of Princes as your Sea-men do the Winds If this Attempt then shews more Zeal than Light 'T may teach you to Obey He looking up and seeing the King starts though not to Write HA he is there himself * He Kneels He Rises Pardon my sight My Eyes were dazled with Excess of Light Even so the Sun who all things else displays Is hid from us i' th' Glory of his Rays Will You vouchsafe Your Presence You that were given To be our Atlas and support our Heaven Will You Dread Sir Your Pretious Moments lose To Grace the first Endeavours of our Muse This with Your Character most aptly suits Even Heaven it self is pleas'd with the first Fruits DRAMMATIS PERSONAE Porcia Camilla Young Ladies Don Carlos A Kind Brother to Camilla Don Henrique A Severe Brother to Porcia Don Antonio Pimentel Contracted by the Mediation of Friends to Porcia before he saw her Don Octavio Secret Gallant to Porcia but feigning to be in Love with Camilla Flora. Waiting-woman to Porcia Ernesto Sancho Servants to Don Antonio Diego Servant to Octavio Sylvio Geraldo Pedro. Servants to Don Henrique The Corigidor and Attendants THE SCENE SEVIL The Reader is desir'd to take notice of these Errors of the Printer Page 6. line 4● read Does fully state the difference of our Fortunes Page 12. line 8. read These Descants on our Griefs c. Page 19. line 43. read And trusted to her Eyes when she did Wake The First Act. THE SCENE DON HENRIQVE's HOUSE Enter Don Henrique who is immediately follow'd by Sylvio Sylvio SIgnior Don Carlos is without Henr. Wait on him in Enter Carlos Car. Cozin to me this day hath longer seem'd than usual Since 't is so far advanc'd without our seeing one another Henr. Me thinks so too but you repair your Stay By coming hither opportunely now You have so often born with my Distempers 'T is fit that once at least you should partake Of my Good humour Car. What ere the Cause may be I 'm sure I joy In the Effect and may it long continue Henr. I can inform you by experience now How great a satisfaction 't is to find A Heart and Head eas'd of a weighty care For a Gentleman of my warm temper Jealous of the Honour of his Family Yet never blemish'd to be fairly freed From the Tuition of an Orphan Sister Rich Beautiful and Young Car. You know Don Henrique that for divers years Your Friend has been with the like Province charg'd A tender Sister by our Parents will When they were call'd from all their Cares below To mine committed and though more expos'd Still to the world than yours and Sir unless Nearness of blood deceive me short of few In the advantages that draw Pretenders Yet thanks to my Temper Cozin as well As to her Virtue I have seen her grow Up from her Childhood to her Dangerous Age Without the least Disturbance to my rest And when with equal Justice I reflect On the great Modesty and Circumspection Of lovely Porcia I conclude that you Might well have slept as Undisturb'd as I. Henr. Sir I complain not of my Sisters conduct But you know well young Maids are so expos'd To the Invasion of audacious men And to