Captaine within these three dayes you cannot avoyde it sir who will not honour that man whom the bullets are afraid of The Princesse Enter Rosinda Cassandra Fabrichio Fab. Repent your grace thought me a gentleman If I faile in this duty Ros. Not a syllable Of me Fab. I am charm'd Cas. Happy successe attend you Fab. Your highnesse has much honourd me and Lady I kisse your faire hand Paz. Captaine Captaine a word Fab. I am in haste now Exit Paz. Sure the Captain 's afraid of me he knowes by instinct What I am Pag. Your grace mist excellent mirth Ros. T is done then bid him follow us Exit Pag. The Princesse desires to speak with you Paz. Desires to speake with me you have not told her Pag. d ee thinke I would betray you Paz. Would somebody would challenge mee to fight before her if the Ladies knew I were sticke free they would teare me in peeces for my company Pag. You do not know what you may get by your body that way I attend you Paz Knives daggers swords pikes gunnes both great small Now Pazzarello doth defie you all Exeunt Enter Alphonso Alberto Alp. You tell me wonders my sonne Generall Of all the enemies Forces can Vittori Lay such a staine upon our family Speake it my Lord no more no private injury Can so corrupt his nature come I know He dares not fight their cause Alb. I thinke so too The Prince hath coold his resolution By this time Alp. Ha you are misticall Alb. He has sent Him word the first attempt he makes against The towne your head must answere it and I cannot Beleeve how ere particular wrongs inflame him To a revenge but he retaines that piety Which nature printed in him toward a Father Alp. Is obligation to a parent more Then that we owe our Country oh Vittori My life were profitably spent to save Thy honour which is great in the worlds eye Time shall be grieved to have preserv'd thy name So long and when this blot shall be observ'd Vpon the last leafe of thy Chronicle It shall unsettle quite the readers faith To all the former story Enter Iulio Alb. Iulio Alph. My Lord Iulio It was the Kings command I should deliver Alp. What Jul. What must displease you You must prepare for death Alp. Has my sonne put Rebellion into act already that Will save my executioner a labour He has I read it looke into the tombes Of all our ancestours and see their ashes Looke paler then before the Marble sweates The Eboine pillars that so many yeares Sustain'd our titles shake and sinke beneath em The Genius of our house grones at this treason I will not live for any man to tell me I am Vittories Father Enter Prince Alb. Here the Prince Alp. Forgive me sir my passions I have guilt Enough without em to deserve your anger He was my sonne and that must needes condemne me But I will loose him from my bloud and cut His name from that faire list that numbers up Our family but I forget my selfe I have no minutes at command my life Is at the last sand and I cannot stay Be just and purge Vittories sinne with his Old Fathers bloud I do obey your doome Pr. What doome you talke as you were destin'd To some blacke execution I have Beene too unkinde already and must aske Your gentle pardon for t by goodnesse selfe I mocke not I bring life Alphonso to thee And but prepar'd by Iulio thy heart With sorrow to meete honour with more tast Alp. Good my Lord distract me not let me dy In my right wits Iul. Alphonso you may trust The Prince my message was but counterfeit Pr. Th' art a brave man and can'st not be provok'd I see to wound thy honest fame so just To vertue that thou darst preferre her cause To thy owne life and rather violate The lawes of nature to thy sonne then leave Exit Iulio The priviledge of honour undefenc'd Thus we embrace thee do not kneele Alphonso Vnlesse You 'le bring us lower thus as a friend We circle thee and next as a Souldier Able in spight of age and active still We give these armes this sword the best in all My Fathers armory and us'd to conquest Take from thy Prince and fight fight for thy Country And purchase new wreathes to thy honoured browes Before the old be wither'd I do see thee Already mounted as a challenger The proud steed taking fire and mettall from the rider all bedewd with his white foame Flying to meete thy sonne whose once faire plume Is staind with bloud of his owne countrimen Alp. I reach your sense in part my Lord but cannot Gather your words into a summe beside The honour is so great I dare not with The safety of my understanding thinke One so unworthy as Alphonso Pr. What Dares fight against a Traitor for his Country Alp. Gainst all the world I dare Pr. Be valiant And breath defiance against one Alp. A glory My soule 's ambitious of Pri. Vittori Is That traitor whose offence whom dost become More nobly to chastise then his owne Father Which title if you should forget to encourage you Thinke whose defence you undertake for Whom You punish and what consequence of fame Waites on this pious action Enter Julio Iul. My Lord A Captaine of the other side hath boldly offer'd Himselfe a prisoner and desirees accesse To your highnesse to whom only he must impart Something he sayes that will be acceptable We have search'd him and find nothing but a letter Directed to your selfe Pr. To me admit him Meane time you may consider Is it with us Captaine Enter Fabrichio Fab. Please you peruse this paper Pr. Ha from Cassandra Alp. Oh Alberto I Could wish Vittori dead but two not satisfie Vnlesse we murder one another too And I must challenge him he is my sonne Although he be a Rebell Pr. Iulio Thy bosome is my owne Captaine a word Iu. I am astonishd ha I like not this my Lord Alb. The Prince is troubled something like Excesse of joy transports him Pr. Th' art a foole Iu. This may be a plot how dare you trust yourselfe upon this invitation Pr. Not on this be coward then for ever Iu. Are you sure this is her character Pr. Perfectly beside she has confirm'd me by this Ring Vittori gave it her I know 't and woed her Once to exchange Iu. Yet thinke upon the danger Pr. I would run through flames to meet her use no argumets I can be at the worst a prisoner And shall be ransom'd keepe you councell sir Captaine the word Enough Kisse her white hand and say I come this night waite on him to the gates Let his returne be safe Alphonso how Stands your resolve dare you be Naples Champion Against the enemy proposd Alp. My sonne Will both the Kings trust to our swords their cause Pr. I cannot promise that Alp. What profit brings My valour then if I orecome Pr.
marke As those are shot pointblanke Pr. This Courtier loves To heare himselfe talke be not so impertinent We know your care Fa. And cost my Lord sometimes For they that hold intelligence abroad To benefit their countrey must not make Idolls of their estates and t is a happinesse To sell their fortunes for their Princes smile Which I am confident you will vouchsafe When you have heard my newes Pr. Woud you would vouchsafe To let us heare Fa. Vouchsafe my Lord alas You may command my tongue my hands my feete My head I should account that limbe superfluous That would not be cut off to do you service Pr. I do command thee silence dost heare silence Fa. It is a verture my good Lord I know But where the tongue has something to deliver That may delight a Princes care and so forth Iu. Now there 's some hope he 's come to his and so forth Fa. The newes concernes the Admirall Vittori Pr. What of him is he slaine Fa. The starres forbid he is return'd my Lord Triumphant brave and glorious Pr. Be dumbe Another syllable I le ha thy tongue out And leave no roote lest there grow out another Was all your circumstance for this Ju. My Lord You are too open brested let this fellow See into your heart wisemen disguise their counsels Till things are ripe Pr. Begon pox o' your legges And the curse ha'not beene before yet stay Give order that no man goe forth to meete him Vntill our pleasure further knowne command The Governour o th City place a guard About the gates let no mans face appeare Without the walls the King our father meanes To salute him first in person d ee stand Fa. Give order that no man goe forth to meete him I shall my Lord Pr. He shall be entertain'd I feele new armies in my brest His father Enter Alphonso Thine care Iulio Iu. I shall attend you straight My honorable Lord Al. Your servant Iulio Where is the Prince I beg your graces pardon Pr. Oh my good Lord your sonne I heare's return'd With honour has defeated the Sicilian Bravely Al. He has and please your highnesse heaven Has smild upon his undertaking it renewes my youth to heare it Pr. He had good souldiers But all their valour still conspires to make The generall a garland he must weare The conquering bayes whose blood soever pay's for 't Al. My Lord Pr. Nay nay I envie not his victory Al. You envie him it was your cause he fought And for his Country Pr. Right and t is the cause That often prospers that without his valour Would ha defenc'd it selfe Al. If all vertue Were left to her owne protection my Lord Vnarm'd with strength and policie best states Would finde shrew'd innovations Pr. You had best Tell me I lie Al. I dare not thinke so foulely Pr. Y' are a traitor Enter Iulio with a Guard Lay hands on him Al. He that shall dare to say Alphonso is A traytor let his veines partake no blood Of yours and he shall curse he had a tongue Pr. Disarme the rebell and to prison with him Al. Ingratefull Prince Exit Pr. I le tame your ruffian spirit So so I le now acquaint my father Iulio Who must allow my act diseases that Are desperate require a rugged handling This is for thee Cassandra Exit Enter Vittori Mauricion Captaine and Souldiers Vi. Stand 1. Stand 2 Stand 3 Stand Vi. The King received intelligence Ma. Our ships Must needes report that loud enough Vi. T is strange Is it not possible we have mistooke The shore transported with our navall victory Speake gentlemen or doe we dreame Ma. Those walls Are certainely the same and that the City Peopled when we launch'd forth and full of prayers For our successe Ca. It may be they reserve Their welcome till we march into the City Ma. They may have some conceit Vi. A generall silence Like night dwels round about us and no signe That men inhabite have we wonne at Sea To lose our selves upon the Land or in Our absence hath some monster landed here And made it desolate devour'd the Natives And made em creepe into the earth agen Ma. They might salute us with one peece of ordnance Vi. They cannot take us for their enemies Captaine enquire the cause let none else move Yet stay unlesse it be some strange mortality And yet that cannot be have we brought home Their safety purchas'd through so many horrours And is this all the payment for our conquest To shut the gates upon us Cap. Force them open With the Canon shake their walls about their eares They are asleepe Vi. For such another rashnesse Thy head shall be the bullet of that Canon And shot into the towne go to be temperate As I grudge none the merit of their valour I must heare none so bold Cap. I ha done sir Vi. Subjects are bound to fight for princes they Not bound to the reward of every service I looke upon thee now fighting at sea And have forgot this error give no breath To such a thought hereafter Honour payes Double where Kings neglect and he is valiant Truely that dares forget to be rewarded 1. So. This is but cold comfort for a knapsacke man Vi. And yet t is strange the King should thus neglect us This is cheape entertainement for a conquerour I st not Mauritio misery of Souldiers When they have sweat blood for their Countries honour They stand at others mercy Ma. They have slept since And dream't not of our sufferings Vi. Is the Prince Alive to whom we owe our Countries quarrell The difference of both Kingdomes Our warre and fortunes justifie his act Can he be guilty of this shame no more There 's something would faine mutinie within me Strangle the snakes betime Vittori so This was a way to forfeit all our fames Fold up your Ensignes throw off all the pride That may expresse a triumph well march on As we had over bought our victory Ma. The gates are opend now and we discover A woman by her veile in mourning habit Comming this way Vi. Alone more strange and fatall It may be t is my genius come to give A melancholy warning of my death As Brutus had from his I le stand my destiny Yet bearing the resemblance of a woman It will lesse terrifie who should this be Enter Cassandra veild in mourning Lady your garment speakes you a sad woman Greefes should salute no neerer if it were In poore Vittories power to dispossesse you Of any sorrow Cass. Oh my deare Vittori My wishes ayme at none beside Vi. Cassandra We are rewarded had Vittori taken Into his body a thousand wounds this kisse Had made me well againe or but one droppe Of this rich balsome for I know thy teares Are joy to see Vittori safe the King With all the glories of his Province cannot Doe halfe this honour to his Admirall I have a place above all happinesse And meete a greater empire in thy
propitious still and guide my steps Thou hast engag'd me thus farre Paz. Coughes Paz. Vh uh Pr. Whos 's that Paz. There 's somebody now I begin for all this to be afraid flesh will be flesh and tremble in spight of the devill what were I best to doe Pr. T is some perdue Paz. Though I be sticke and shotfree I may be beaten and bruis'd as I remember more I may be taken prisoner by the enemy and be hang'd afterward and then what am I the better for my inchantment what a dull rogue was I not to except the gallowes in my conditions but it may be there is but one qui vala the word Pr. Rosinda Paz. Oh are you there t is my Lady the Princesses name Pr. Thy Lady prethee shew me the way to her tent Paz. I had almost forgot such a gentleman is expected Pr. Here 's gold prethee make haste Paz. Now by your favour you shall first goe to my Captaine Pr. His Name Paz. Fabrichio Pr. The same with all my heart here 's more gold Paz. I will make the more haste Exit Enter King of Sicily Horatio and a Guard King Thy newes does take me infinitely if he Keepe touch we may propound what Articles We please Hor. Fabrichio is confident hee le come Ki. He will deserve our favour keepe at distance Sent for in Cassandras name belike He loves that Lady let him t is a strange Adventure sure my daughter is of counsell With her she had some bend that way till he Became ingratefull to us Hor. When you have Him in possession you may throw off Vittori one whose honesty I feare Vnder your princely favour you have built Too much but heaven has sent the young Prince hither To disengage your trust he that dares prove A rebell to his Country dares be guilty Of any other treason King What shall we Doe with Cassandra Hor. Keepe her still to waite Vpon the Princesse and expect the first Opportunity for your kingdome Naples will Attend your leisure then and court your mercie Enter Prince Cassandra Rosinda Flavia Pazzorello aloofe Ki. Be silent Hor. Lose no time Pr. For this embrace I dare agen neglect my life villaines Ro. We are betrayd my father Cas. Oh misfortune Paz. What will become of me Ki. Y' are welcome prince of Naples Pr. Am I betrayd false woman Paz. And please your majesty I am innocent I brought him hither I confesse Ki. Reward him Hor. Come hither sirra Paz. Howe 's this are you in earnest my Lord a word but is this the Prince of Naples Hor. The very same sir Paz. Take your gold agen I will have more for taking a Prince I crave the law of armes I will have his ransome Ki. Away with the foole Paz. Give me my prisoner agen then Exit Ros. Sir heare me Ki. Another time Rosinda by thy duty Exit Ros. Flavia Cas. Heare me great sir Ki. Wee le heare and thanke thee at more leisure too attend our daughter Cas. Oh my Lord be you But master of so much charity Pr. Away Never was such a blacke and fatall houre As that when I first saw thy cozening face Enter Vittori Vi. The Prince I dare not trust my senses ha How came he hither wonder circles me Cassandra busie with him too she courts him The Basiliske is not more killing than This object Pr. Strumpet hence Vi. Ha Cas. My Lord Vittori Vi. What name was that the Prince bestow'd upon you Yet doe not answere me away new tortures Exit Cas. Pr. Vittori ha ha ha Vi. Your grace is mighty merry I could wish You had more cause Pr. Vittori I see trouble in thy face Perhaps t is wonder upon what invitation I am a guest here Vi. Are you not a prisoner Pr. You are no stranger to the plot it seem̄es Base villaine to betray thy Prince Vi. My Lord You are too rash in censure I betray you I am so farre from the conspiracy That yet I cannot reach it in my thought Much lesse with guilty knowledge I dare tell you The Devill shannot tempt me too 't nor more Wrongs then your hate can throw upon me Pr. Iuggling Can he that dares take armes against his Countrey Make conscience to betray a part of it His Prince degenerate rebell Vi. Heaven and this King Know upon what severe necessity I am engag'd to warre Ki. As things fall out Your valour may be uselesse we acknowledge This happinesse from Cassandra though she meant Other successe Vi. Cassandra Pr. Yes that peece Of frailety rather impudence by the witchcraft Of her letter tempted me thus farre a curse Vpon her lust Vi. Indeed you cald her strumpet She may deserve it by this story t is Her character my eyes take in new horrour he reades My Lord if it be not too late to be sensible of your princely affection to me I implore your mercie and will deserve it by my repentance I am by misfortune a captive to your enemy but blest with the freedome to remember you I have a designe for my enlargement and if I durst cherish an ambition of your presence this night dare confidently pronounce our mutuall happinesse this ring be witnesse of my true invitation and doubt not her faith to your safety who will sooner forfeit her owne life than betray you to the least dishonour This gentleman shall instruct you with more particulars pardon great prince this infinite boldnesse of your servant and if all the seedes of love be not destroyd visite and preserve your otherwise miserable Cassandra And all this while I live and have my senses O woman woman sir if you remember T was your conclusion if I refus'd To be your Generall against my Country Cassandras head should off be constant King I wonot Ki. What Vi. Not fight nor for your Kingdome She cannot bleed too much as for you sir Pr. What of me Vi. Y' are still my Prince thanke heaven for that Did you else graspe an Empire and your person Guarded with thunder I would reach and kill you By my just rage I would stay I will fight Hor. With whom Vi. With you or all the world that dare maintaine There is a woman vertuous Hor. Neglect him Pr. How he breakes out at forehead this is some Revenge yet Ki. Come my Lord you must with us Here your command determines we shall have No further use of your great valour sir Vi. You may with as much ease discharge me of A life too your breath does it for I dare Not kill my selfe in that I am a Coward Oh my hearts griefe preserve my right wits heaven The wickednesse of other women could But shame themselves which like wild branches being Cut off the tree is beautifull agen But this spreads an infection and all The sexe is wounded in Cassandr'as fall Exit The fift Act Enter Rosinda Flavia Page Ros. Away your mirth displeases Fla. Madam I hope I have not offended Ros. Let the boy begon Pag. Good
undone me Alp. Sir my Lord Lady you were t oo-blame my Lord Ros. Your sonne Shall live and blesse your age to see him live If you will be so kinde to allow your selfe But eyes to witnesse it Kin. Flatter not my soule That is already weary of her burden And would begon to rest Ros. Gather your spirits Ki What hopes Ros. Assurance sir if you but please To entertaine it I came hither on No empty motive but to offer you A pledge for young Cesario Kin. Where what pledge Ros. A pledge of as full value to the owner As your sonnes life to you Alp. Such security were welcome Ki. Make me blest Ros. Receive me then your prisoner and you make your ballance even Lose not your thought in wonder when you know The price of what I have presented you Your reason shanot thinke him undervalued I am Rosinda Daughter to that King Whose Souldiers threaten Naples equally As pretious to my Father and a Kingdome And to your power thus I expose my selfe If young Cesario meet unkinde conditions 'I th same proportion let Rosinda suffer Erect a Scaffold quickly ore the walles And fright their jealous eyes when they behold Who is prepard for death to equall their Revenge upon Cesario whom thei 'le threaten To make you stoope but lose no part of honour As you are a King their trembling hangman Shall thinke himselfe mock'd and let fall his sword Or both our heads take their farewell together Ki. Alphonso i st a woman Alp. And a brave one Ma. I admire her noblenesse Ros. You are slow to aske The cause that hath engag'd me to all this And yet you cannot chuse but reade it plainely In my guilty blushes I do love the Prince Perhaps t is more then he imagines and Since I first saw him in my Fathers court Without dishonour I dare justifie My heart was his and to this love you owe The sorrow of his absence for Cassandra That noble Lady to whose breast I gave My secret'st thought for my sake by a letter In her owne name by tie of former love To her ingag'd his meeting at my tent Whither no sooner privately arriv'd But by a vilaine that deceive our trust My Father was brought in and he made prisoner You have the story and my resolution To be companion of his fate Vi. Agen Those words deere Lady that concern'd Cassandra Ki. Alp. Vittori Vi. All your pardon I must heare this first Ros. Cassandra is innocent and but fram'd that letter To bring us two acquainted the earth has not A purer chastity Vi. You have kept your word heaven reward your soule for 't My duty sir to you and to my Father Ros. He hath deserv'd his welcome for my sake Ki. We thus confirme it Alp. My poore sonne Vittori Ki. But teares of joy salute thee best of Ladies Alphonso she is faire well shap'd my sonne Gave her deform'd with what eyes could he looke Vpon this beauty and not love it Vi. This beauty is her least perfection It speakes her woman but her soule an Angell But I forget Cassandra all this while Ki. Welcome agen faire Princesse my Cesario Is here supplied Alphonso Fab. This may bring the peace about Ma. May it so what thinke you of halfe your Land Do not your acres melt apace Ki. Away Never did Lady such an act of Noblenesse And what we cannot reach in honouring thee Ages to come shall pay thy memory Exeunt Enter King of Sicily and Cassandra Ki. S. May I beleeve Rosinda loves the Prince And yet so cunningly disguyse it from me Cas. It was my plot I must confesse but her Affection bid me too 't I did expect Another consequence Ki. I le to my Daughter Cas. The Prince now in your power I hope great sir You 'le looke more gently on Vittori Ki. We shall thinke on him The Prince excuse my absence Enter Prince Pr. Can those deceiving eyes looke still upon me Is not thy soule asham'd have I for thee Neglected my owne Fortune and my Father All the delights that waite upon a Kingdome For thy sake drawne this warre upon my Country And done such things I did forget I was A Prince i' th acting and is all my love Rewarded thus no devill to betray me But she to whom I durst have given my soule Degenerate woman Cas. Sir throw of your passion And when you have heard me speake but a few minutes You 'le change opinion and if you do not Accuse your selfe you will at least acquit Me from the guilt of your dishonour Pr. Did not The magicke of your letter bring me hither Cas. I must not sir deny I usd what motive I could to gaine your presence but no magicke Pr. T was worse and shewes more blacke for thy intention Hast thou a Conscience and canst deny Thou didst not meane this treachery Cas. May heaven Then shoot his anger at me I sent for you But as I have a life not to betray you Pr. What could induce thee then Cas. Love love my Lord Pr. Ha pardon my rashnesse and my errour Do I heare thee pronounce t was love sent for me What streames of joy runne through me I am free Have suffred nothing nothing worthy of So rich a satisfaction I forget Naples with as much ease as I can kisse thee Have you no more vexation Oh my starres Your influence is too mercifull Cas. Mistake not T was love I must confesse but not that love Your wild imagination prompts you too And yet it was my love to wish you happie Pr. You are in Paradoxes Lady t was love it was not Cas. Love with another Lady In birth and all that 's good above Cassandra Had toward your person did command my service In that rude letter my ambition Reach'd at no greater honour then to bring Her passions to your knowledge thinke my Lord Ypon Rosinda Pr. Ha Cas. And prison all Your wanton thoughts Rosinda was by heaven Design'd for you as I was for Vittori Enter King of Sicily Kin. T is treason to be ignorant search every where I le hang yee all unlesse you find my Daughter Prince where 's Rosinda I will have her or Your head shall off Pr. My head Ki. I cannot take Too great revenge no punishment can fall Severe enough upon his head was guilty Of all these tumults Cas. Is the Princesse lost Ki. Not without some conspiracy ya 're all Traytors if I recover not my Child I will sacrifice the lives of my whole army Pr. How ill this violence sits upon a King Alphonso Enter Alphonso Horatio Trivulsi Fabrichio Pazzorela Page Kin. What are you sir Hor. One from the King of Naples Ki. I le heare nothing unles Rosinda be concernd i th message Alp. She is Ki. Ha where Alp. Safe in the City sir Ki. A prisoner Alp. Guarded with love and honour which he hopes Is not here wanting to Cesario Ki. How came she thither Alp. With Vittori sir Cas. Ha