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A06289
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The maides tragedy As it hath beene diuers times acted at the Blacke-friers by the Kings Maiesties Seruants.
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Beaumont, Francis, 1584-1616.; Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. aut
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my hand To thine behold the power thou hast in me I doe beleeue my sister is a whore A leprous one put vp thy sword young man AMINT. How should I beare it then she being so I feare my friend that you will loose me shortly And I shall doe a foule act on my selfe Through these disgraces MEL. Better halfe the land Were buried quick together no Amintor Thou shalt haue ease of this adulterous King That drew her too 't where got he the spirit To wrong me so AMIN. What is it then to me If it be wrong to you MEL. Why not so much the credit of our house Is throwne away But from his iron den I le waken death And hurle him on this King my honestie shall steele my sword and on my horrid point I le weare my cause that shall amaze the eyes Of this proud man and be to glittring For him to looke on AMIN. I haue quite vndone my fame MEL. Drie vp thy watrie eyes And cast a manly looke vpon my face For nothing is so wilde as I thy friend Till I haue freed thee still this swelling brest I goe thus from thee and will neuer cease My vengeance till I finde thy heart at peace AMIN. It must not be so stay mine eyes would tell How loath I am to this but loue and teares Leaue me a while for I haue hazarded All that this world calls happy thou hast wrought A secret from me vnder name of friend Which art could nere haue found nor torture wrong From out this bosome giue it me agen For I will finde it where so ere it lies Hid in the mortal'st part inuent a way To giue it backe MEL. Why would you haue it backe I will to death persue him with reuenge AMIN. Therefore I call it frō thee for I know Thy blood so high that thou wilt stir in this take to thy weapon MEL. Heare thy friend that bears more yeares then thou AMIN. I will not heare but draw or I MEL. Amintor AMIN. Draw then for I am full as resolute As fame and honor can inforce me I cannot linger draw MEL. I doe but is not My share of credit equall with thine If I doe stir AMIN. No for it will be cald Honor in thee to spill thy sisters blood If she her birth abuse and on the King A braue reuenge but on me that haue walkt With patience in it it will fixe the name Of fearefull cuckold O that word Be quick MEL. Then ioyne with me AMIN. I dare not doe a sinne or else I would be speedy MEL. Then dare not fight with me for that 's a sin His griefe distracts him call thy thoughts agen And to thy selfe pronounce the name of friend And see what that will worke I will not fight AMIN. You must MEL. I will be kild first though my passions Offered the like to you t is not this earth Shall by my reason to it thinke awhile For you are I must weepe when I speake it All most besides your selfe AMIN. Oh my soft temper So many sweete words from thy sisters mouth I am afraid would make me take her To embrace and pardon her I am mad indeede And know not what I doe but haue a care Of me in what thou doest MEL. Why thinks my friend I will forget his honor or to saue The brauerie of your house will loose his fame And feare to touch the throne of Maiestie AMIN. A curse will follow that but rather liue And suffer with me MEL. I will doe what worth shall bid me AMIN. Faith I am sicke and desperately I hope Yet leaning thus I feele a kinde of ease MEL. Come take agen your mirth about you AMIN. I shall neuer doo 't MEL. I warrant you looke vp wee le walke together Put thine arme here all shall be well agen AMIN. Thy loue o wretched I thy loue Melantius why I Haue nothing else Exeunt MEL. Be merry then Enter Melantius agen MEL. This worthie yong man may doe violence Vpon himselfe but I haue cherisht him As well as I could and sent him smiling from me To counterfeit againe sword hold thine edge My heart will neuer faile me Diphilus Thou comst as sent Enter Diphilus DIPH. Yonder has bin such laughing MEL. Betwixt whom DIPH. Why our sister and the King I thought their spleenes would breake They laught vs all out of the roome MEL. They must weepe Diphilus DIPH. Must they MEL. They must thou art my brother if I did beleeue Thou hadst a base thought I would rip it out Lie where it durst DIPH. You should not I would first mangle my selfe finde it MEL. That was spoke according to our strain come ioyne thy hands And sweare a firmenesse to what proiect I Shall lay before thee DIPH. You doe wrong vs both People hereafter shall not say there past A bond more then our loues to tie our liues And deathes 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 le right our selues MEL. Stay not prepare the armour in my house And what friends you can draw vnto our side Not knowing of the cause make ready too Hast Diph the time requires it hast Exit Diphilus I hope my cause is iust I know my blood Tels me it is and I will credit it To take reuenge and loose my selfe withall Were idle and to scape impossible Without I had the fort which miserie Remaining in the hands of my olde enemy Calianax but I must haue it see Enter Calianax Where he comes shaking by me good my Lord Forget your spleene to me I neuer wrong'd you But would haue peace with euery man CAL. T is well If I durst fight your tongue would lie at quiet MEL. Y' are touchie without all cause CAL. Doe mock me MEL. By mine honor I speake truth CAL. Honor where i st MEL. See what starts you make into your idle hatred I am come with resolution to obtaine a sute Of you CAL. A sute of me t is very like it should be granted sir MEL. Nay goe not hence T is this you haue the keeping of the fort And I would wish you by the loue you ought To beare vnto me to deliuer it Into my hands CAL. I am in hope thou art mad to talke to me thus MEL. But there is a reason to moue you to it I would Kill the King that wrong'd you and your daughter CAL. Out traitor MEL. Nay but stay I cannot scape the deede once done Without I haue this fort CAL. And should I help thee now thy treacherous mind betraies it selfe MEL. Come delay me not Giue me a suddaine answere already The last is spoke refuse my offerd loue When it comes clad in secrets CAL. If I say I will not he will kill me I doe see 't writ In his lookes and should I say I will hee le run and tell the King I doe not shun
redeeme thee CAL. I must let him alone Hee s stout and able and to say the truth How euer I may set a face and talke I am not valiant when I was a youth I kept my credit with a testie tricke I had mongst cowards but durst neuer fight MEL. I will not promise to preserue your life if you doe stay CAL. I would giue halfe my land that I durst fight with that proud man a little if I had men to holde him I would beate him till hee askt mee mercie MEL. Sir will you begone CAL. I dare not stay but I will beate my seruants all ouer 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 feare his conscience cries he wrongd Aspatia Enter Amintor AMIN. Mans eyes are not subtile to perceiue My inward miserie I beare my griefe Hid from the world how art thou wretched then For ought I know all husbands are like me And euery one I talke with of his wife Is but a well dissembler of his woes As I am would I knew it for the rarenesse Afflicts me now MEL. Amintor we haue not enioy'd our friendship of late for we were wont to charge our soules in talke AMIN. Melantius I can tell the a good iest of Strato and a Lady the last day MEL. How wa st AMIN. Why such an odde one MEL. I haue longd to speake with you not of an idle iest that 's forst but of matter you are bound to vtter to me AMIN. What is that my friend MEL. I haue obseru'd your wordes fall from your tongue Wildely and all your carriage Like one that striues to shew his merry moode When he were ill dispos'd you were not wont To put such scorne into your speech yow weare Vpon your face ridiculous iollity Some sadnesse sits heere which your tongue would Couer ore with smiles and t will not be What is it AMIN. A sadnesse here what cause Can Fate prouide for me to make me so Am I not lou'd through all this Isle the King Raines greatnesse on me haue I not receiued A Lady to my bed that in her eye Keepes mounting fire and on her tender cheekes Immutable colour in her heart A prison for all vertue are not you Which is aboue all ioyes my constant friend What saddnesse can I haue no I am light And feele the courses of my blood more warme And stirring then they were faith marry too And you will feele so vnexprest a ioy In chaste embraces that you will indeed Appeare another MEL. You may shape Amintor Causes to cozen the whole world withall And yourselfe too and t is not like a friend To hide your soule from me t is not your nature To be thus idle I haue seene you stand As you were blasted midst of all your mirth Call thrice aloud and then start fayning ioy So coldly world what doe I here a friend Is nothing heauen I would ha told that man My secret sinnes I le search an vnknowne land And there plant friendship all is withered here Come with a complement I would haue fought Or told my friends a lied ere soothd him so Out of my bosome AMIN. But there is nothing MEL. Worse and worse farewell From this time haue acquaintance but no friend AMIN. Melantius stay you shall know what that is MEL. See how you plead with friendship be aduis'd How you giue cause vnto your selfe to say You ha lost a friend AMIN. Forgiue what I ha done For I am so ore-gon with miseries Vnheard of that I lose consideration Of what I ought to do oh oh MEL. Doe not weepe what i st May I once but know the man Hath turnd my friend thus AMIN. I had spoke at first but that MEL. But what AMIN. I held it most vnfit For you to know faith doe not know it yet MEL. Thou seest my loue that will keep company With thee in teares hide nothing then from me For when I know the cause of thy distemper With mine old armour I le adorne my selfe My resolution and cut through thy foes Vnto thy quiet till I place thy heart As peaceable as spotlesse innocence What is it AMIN. Why t is this it is too bigge To get out let my teares make way awhile MEL. Punish me strangly heauen if he scape Of life or fame that brought this youth to this AMIN. Your sister MEL. Well sayd AMIN. You 'l wisht vnknowne when you haue heard it MEL. No AMIN. Is much to blame And to the King has giuen her honour vp And liues in whoredome with him MEL. How 's this Thou art run mad with iniury indeed Thou couldst not vtter this else speake againe For I forgiue it freely tell thy griefes AMIN. shee s wanton I am loth to say a whore Though it be true MEL. Speake yet againe before mine anger grow Vp beyond throwing downe what are thy griefes AMIN. By all our friendship these MEL. What am I sane After mine actions shall the name of friend Blot all our family and stick the brand Of whore vpon my sister vnreueng'd My shaking flesh be thou a witnesse for me With what vnwillingnesse I goe to scourge This rayler whom my folly hath cald friend I will not take thee basely thy sword Hangs neere thy hand draw it that I may whip Thy rashnesse to repentance draw thy sword AMIN. Not on thee did thine anger goe as high As troubled waters thou shouldst doe me ease Heere and eternally if thy noble hand Would cut me from my sorrowes MEL. This is base And fearefull they that vse to vtter lies Prouide not blowes but wordes to qualifie The men they wrong'd thou hast a guilty cause AMIN. Thou pleasest me for so much more like this Will raise my anger vp aboue my griefes Which is a passion easier to be knowne And I shall then be blessed MEL. Take then more to raise thine anger t is meere Cowardise makes thee not draw I will leaue thee dead How euer but if thou art so much prest With guilt and feare as not to dare to fight I le make thy memory loath'd and fix a farewell Vpon thy name for euer AMIN. Then I draw As iustly as our Magistrates their swords To cut offenders off I knew before T would grate your eares but it was base in you To vrge a waighty secret from your friend And then rage at it I shall be at ease If I be kild and if you fall by me I shall not long out liue you MEL. Stay a while The name of friend is more then familie Or all the world besides I was a foole Thou searching humane nature that didst make To doe me wrong thou art inquisitiue And thrusts me vpon questions that will take My sleepe away would I had died ere knowne This sad dishonor pardon me my friend If thou wilt strike here is a faithfull heart Pearce it for I will neuer heaue