it first and who better then he May borrow that which himself lent to me In this quandary make thy self a sheath Farewel once Mistriss I must bid adieu To my own self but first of all to you Enter Berania When I am dead that you may know the truth Sets it to his Brest My blood shall be the pen and writer both Though you to others kindness could impart Yet your name onely's graven within my heart If ask'd what did this tragedy incur You 've been the cause but I the Murtherer Throw fury on it self He goes to kill himself Berania catches the sword Berania For Heavens sake my Lord tell me the cause Lidorus enters seeing Petus walks away Petus 'T is true ye darts of Pluto nail me here Berania Good Sir speak He turns from her 'T is too much to bear he has been my friend Well but now he is my foe and I as justly May make my self his my sword shall reward it Exeunt Losana and Litus in the Gallery Losana How now what think you Litus Whither is he gone Losana To write an invitation to Lidorus Litus Then one or both Lidorus has the best judgement Losana I know 't my Lord tother 's sooner dispatcht He has no skill at all he dyes my life for 't Litus 'T is well contriv'd thanks to your wit and will Go from the Gallery Enter Petus with a letter and Page Petus Deliver this to Lord Lidorus flee Exit Petus Page meets Lidorus he reads it Lidorus Upon suspition my Lord where 's the Wisdom And sobriety was moderator In all your passion quite forgot tho he Be frenzied with an Amorous fire I 'll Not take it as a challenge Yet consider He 's in earnest if I don't accept it A woman or a coward nick-names me In Challenges we ought more to reflect On honours splendor then the fight 's neglect And invitations warlike ought to be Answer'd with courage not benignity Tell him I stay how clear am I from it Exit Page Sweet is a life retir'd from all affairs Of State or Court one sad mischance or other Waits upon Pomp 't has always emulation To study ones own private houshold-good In the short walks of an inclosed Garden And there content strikes envy in the bosome Petus coming Petus My life or his this treason must redeem Honor then friendship should have more esteem Lidorus bare to meet Petus Lidorus Sir Petus Hold your villany's too obvious to admit of ceremonious parles Lidorus Charge Petus Defend Fight and breath Lidorus End it Petus Dispatch in justice Fight again Lidorus falls Lidorus One thing I crave before I dye tell me The reason of this fight Petus By your life that sees his last period resolve The truth to what I ask Lidorus Else Heavens shew themselves my everlasting enemies Petus Hast not betray'd me tell your unjust dealing With Berania you are both dishonest Lidorus Some miracle of the Gods shew my innocence Or if I have been guilty all the torments In Hell torment me for disloyalty Who blowed this fire in your brest my Lord Petus Will 't make me kill my self is it not true Losana told me and I see it too Lidorus What did you see Petus You walk away as soon As entred 't was because we were together She must be alone to entertain your visits Lidorus Losona told me you suspected me Of being too familiar with your Mistress Advised me to march off when I beheld Berania with you that in time it might Abate your jealousie Petus Your coming was upon a match what say you Lidorus If so let me be match'd with the worst fury That ever howl'd in Hell Losana bid me Come to meet her here about some business I went when I see you you know the cause Petus I smell sulphur Losana told me What I have spoke and that you were lov'd of her Lidorus Trayterous Losana she-Devil she 't was she Brought me to my grave secure her I am faint The house is full of treason use your judgement To punish it I could divulge it now But I want breath I am sent for Sir farewel Your innocent servant remits you his death Once more farewel and think upon me Petus skreeks Enter Berania Berania My Lord what 's this Petus Speak woman did'st thou think He 'd a dyed with a heavy conscience and Conceal'd your sin to damn him Berania I 'll be tryed with fire and in my defence Kiss glowing steel bring burning coles to me I 'll keep 'um in my hand till they extinguish And never cry to shew you I am clear Believe me Sir Body took away Petus Did not you and Lidorus 'gree to meet He was a coming but seeing me with you return'd Berania My Sister bid me come about some business I thought not to meet you and much less him Petus It 's clear a plot to make us fight tells him That I suspected he was too familiar With Berania then tells me that he Was naught with her indeed and more that he Agreed to meet her but to walk away At any time when he see her with me Then bids him walk away when he see me That it might in time abate my Jealousie And so got's all together here unknown To each other a cast a contrived Devilry He went away for fear of my displeasure And I thought he went guilty of what was told me That we were both innocent and both suspitious Beran Litus contrives it my Maid once or twice see 'um together Petus Desperate Losana could the Devil invent To cloak thy damn'd malice with this pretence Of love to us both Enter Servant Servant Lidorus is dead it 's known you kill'd him Petus Justice suffer not A wretch to tread the earth Villanous woman Wert here I 'd gore thy hellish heart O Monster Treacherous Monster no less then thy infernal Life shall satisfie me Dear Lidorus How dare I name thee every noise I hear Crokes horror to me why I could not help it He can't be brought to life again I 'll dye And punish my self for so damn'd a sin Losana Tiger-bitch to thy breath My hands inrag'd shall give a mournful death And for your witch-craft I will make thee rue it By just revenge if my lifes price can do it Exit with Berania and Servant Enter two Watch-men First Hereabouts 't was done Petus is fled Second He 's gone the King must pardon him or we shall see him no more what was it about First They talk of treachy i' th' business Second Let 's return First Good morrow my Masters all good morrow Exeunt Enter King Guard and Marus and Chancellor Marus May it please your Majesty it 's I am King Why you know it is against our Act that Duels should be fought the penaltie's death Marus I come not to know rigor but crave pardon King To pardon this would against Justice tend King sits in a chair Chancellor Justice draws mercy Sir at every end King Yea
lives I protest I 'll go to him I vow so I will Third Stay my Lord I 'll go fetch him he lives at next door Exit Occus Why I vow I think I was wrapt in my Mothers smock so I do every body loves me so so they do I vow to tell me how to get my money as I 'm here Enter third Man and Conjurer Third This is he my Lord. Occus Why Sir after humble commendations I vow there is a man his man is Mr. Hare as I 'm here a duce take him for a knave oweth me almost two hundred pounds and he won't pay me I vow I came to ask your counsel so I do for a small piece d' ye see Conjurer Have you brought your bond my Lord Occus No Sir but I 'll fetch it d' ye see Exit running Conjurer Now for my skill Enter Occus with the bond Occus Here it is d' ye see Third I have business my Lord. Exit Conjurer Well will you stand still I I I I I vow Conjurer makes a Circle Conjurer Your mony comes my Lord all to you I 'll warrant you when we have made a Scheme Earth and Saturn you 'll have it Occus So much the better Conjurer My Lord you will stand still be sure Occus Shall I ha' my mony then Conjurer No fear hold up your bond in your right hand Occus I I will hold it as fast as you will I vow Conjurer Hy surge tu grande nebulo He makes figures Occus shaking draws further off Iterum per nomen Poldavi surge Devil rises Occus Satan I defie thee Satan I defie thee d' ye see O I 'll ha' no mony I 'll ha' no mony crying Conjurer goes behind Occus and holds him Conjurer Throw down the bond or we shall be torn Devil rumbles Occus goes to throw it down twice or thrice and pulls back Occus I' th' Red Sea for ever i' th' Red Sea lay him Conjurer Down with it or you dye Devil steps further Occus O good O good Throws down the bond and runs away Devil takes it up unvails his face Devil Here 't is our will 's obtain'd our skill is shown The deed is done and now the bond 's my own Wit plays the critick Policie keeps school I 've got my wish and Devil take the fool Exeunt Omnes ACT. IV. SCEN. 1. Enter Lonus and a Servant Lonus DIsconsolate old man under an Aspect Shewing afflictions were thy Infant-griefs Conceived Oh my Son Litus is he dead Gray-hairs repose your sorrow in the Grave Oblivious of all future happiness Is he devoured Monstrous cruelty Barbarism in wilde Beasts could you not content Your hungry stomacks with the woful ruines Of my deceased life so often walking Through dismal Alleys of your woody territories But you must chaw the Branch of all our Race Servant Be not immoderate my Lord in sorrow May be some nimble Buck while he was hunting Was trac'd to death by his toilsome pursuit Or else so far some honest passer by Must guide his looks to homeward thousand chances Hinder intents of coming back and yet When he returns makes mirth to think upon 't Lonus No he 's lost Enter Hacca Pray young Gentlewoman do you hear report of Lord Litus Hacca Do I dream or is his Villany before me I 'm terrified at 's thoughts Lonus How dar'st O base woman Takes her by the sleeve Stain my Sons honour with the name of Villain Unless your words be reasonable I 'll make My aged hands the tragick instruments Of your untimely murther Hacca Hold my Lord I have cause enough to speak it Lonus Out with 't quickly Hacca If he 's your Son Sir understand he lately Fained to sigh for my Mistriss Berania But she knowing his rashness would not suffer Him see much less to confer with her At which I weep to name it he gave so much scope To his vile passion that he hir'd a Ruffin Help'd by himself to force her from the Garden As she was walking with her Father and me She had perish'd had not two young Gentlemen Rescu'd her fainting soul they kill'd his Ruffin Drove him away my Lord and since that time Shame has conceal'd him Lonus Swear that this is true Hacca By all my love to truth Lonus Now farewel comfort Long since I have predicted some disastrous And gloomy accident to follow his High-minded stubbornness Oh me oh me Servant A chair a chair my Lord faints Enter Servant with a chair he sits in 't Lonus My sons departure tells me I must have A doleful life or else a doleful grave Fear ne'r to see him more affrights me so It makes me loth to stay and loth to go Lest he should live still then if I expire 'T would kill his joy and kill my own desire I 'll tarry perchance Heavens so kinde may be To revive my Son and so to revive me By his return if not I 'll yeild my breath First due to sorrow and next due to death But why cheer I so if he liv'd ah then He 'd send me news by word or news by pen To ease my fears or else expel my grief By a quick burial or a quick relief He 's gone I forgive you now suffer me To Hacca To slide from this vale of extremity Enter another Servant Servant My Lord I 've here one lately see your son i' th' wood hereby Lonus Away kill me no more Enter Marus Marus What news my Lord has taught your eyes to weep Shed one tear more and let that be bestowed For not accepting crosses as you should The change of all things here puts you in minde You 're tossed like a Ball between the Rackets Shew your self Master of your passions use 'um As a wise Angler play 'um all to death Lonus My son is buried but where I know not Servant Since this days dawning Sir his son was seen Alive and well in these adjacent Woods Marus Won't all perswade a change my Lord believe it Breath while there 's hopes the truth is quickly known Lonus How I pray Marus If he 's there you have waies enough For his recovery beseech the King His Forests may be search'd and every place Suspected enter'd by his Commission The Seal makes people double diligent Let your reward provoke them to industry Lonus I 'll go and beg that favour of the King Exeunt all but Hacca Enter Thele Hacca Poor man how sad he is Joy to you Mistriss Make much of your Servant Beucer Thele Is he mine Steward count out a hundred Dollers for her Your news deserves it till now I could not trust So fair a Fortune Hacca 'T is so never mock Thele Forget to part the Cash add ten times more It 's seconded the Guinian Neger never Humm'd for his passage more to serve a Master Then I at this may it be credited Hacca As what you see Thele The business Amorous Takes up the thoughts awakes and conveys them To
their hands charm with pleasure Refiners are not half so jocund Sir To see gold drops fall thick as Rain from Ore That promist little Marus As I my Lord have been About your age to dwell on the melting lips Of those sweet Females Lidorus Excellent I faith it posts to him my Lord. Losana Nothing more welcome I have often wish'd to see my Sister muse A reverend Priest would joyn 'um both together Lidorus What undiscerned mischief dare lurk private The assenting trumpets of our holy Temples Confound all Treason her one presence has Power to kill the infection of an Adder That leaps cross their can did intentions Losan None can be sure of futures every point Of time 's defended from black Maladies By something pious or the influence Of prosperous sighs Lidorus Where both are pure as they I 'll prophesie the eights of Harmony Losana Curst not to credit you Lidorus Your bashfulness To Petus Kept you at distance like a well-bred Masty Will see a shoulder of Mutton in a Dish And Perish ere he 'll taste it 'T was me Madam Beat the Alarm Petus Noble Centinel To acknowledge it I 'll wait upon your safety And beg for watch-nights to attend your person Exeunt all but Losana and Thele Losana Go for Litus Thele stay you there Hell be almost angry I tarry so long To kill or wound or poyson some of these Shall open to the right or left I can't I can't nor won't bear it see my own self Spit upon while my younger flattering imp Is always pray'd for and admired away Let me be melted into nothing if I don't cure this ere I am two Suns older Enter Litus Stab me if I don't convert my promise To performance My Lord their visits tire The day Cabinets full of letters stand For gold to stare on every breath brings message Of new devoyrs and returns deep loden With Lovers whimsies to your last discourse I have paid reverence 't was right and true The hodge-podge words of her phantastick pate Serve for good morrow to me all their studies Are for others to conjure one another In changing hearts catalogues of their flouts Swell when I 'm amongst 'um every moment I ha' been urgent in perswasions to her She has scorn'd ' um Litus Troth Madam I wondred you So long together could forget your birth Two gallant spirits their continual practice Strikes deeper then a Chinian Dart You know The unfit receiving she has of your counsel To all but who their cogging words and looks Buy respect of your Nobler minde is plain Kill bad examples famous for a Pattern Shew their dull Genius the way to mend Correction's studied quickly though I must Confess revenge is hungry at their carriage I thought to come ere now Losana Take this prevention shortly I intend To put in practice arms that shall divide 'um It 's time enough the more intire they One bullet takes two bodies glew'd together D' ye think I can forget their outrages Sooner my name and Country I 'll bear both Fair looks till then Litus My Father I 'm inform'd Has ordered for my search I 'll sooner dye Then be discovered 'fore we have ended this Losana I 'll flee to 't Exit Litus If you don 't and quickly too I 'll be contriver and Executioner She can't help it may be but my oath Tears out the heart of one if not of both Exit Enter Sarah Winifred and Thele Sarah I have defer'd so long dear Cosen In expectation of your promist help That I can't hide it longer my shame begins To increase I fear without your sudden counsel I shall be forc'd to give the world an Infant I blush to think on 't Winifred Don't do so my Joy Sarah Heal my distemper use time while you have it Winifred I do do my sweet Nephew my love my Daughter 's with Childe for sooth Thele Be diligent ben't absent shortly I 'll send Till then I 'll pray for good success Sarah Heavens grant it My Cause is just what rockie heart can hear My sad complaints and not relieve me Wonders Have brought content to th' harmless let some vision Threaten his disloyalty and then beseech Him view the curses ready to fall on him For taking holy things to witness how Clear his thoughts were from this impiety Man 's not impenetrable can't a sin Be frighted into goodness sure it may Skies send I live to see that happy day Exit she and Winifred Thele Witness impartial ordinances how I loath the falshood of a perjured lover Nature commands me to do justice and It 's in my power she admires him still Help me some shining Spirit to consult Your own affairs and reap the glory on 't Enter Beucer Beucer Dear Mistriss I have seen a thousand doomsdays since you said I pleased you one word now makes me lighter hearted then a feather in sober sadness I shall be seen no more if I dye for love My tears run faster then Greyhounds for you a good simile is the chiefest part of Language I 've read over the Academy of Complements and pick'd out the best rhetorick to wo you a Parson may Marry us be attracted be attracted Thele The eagerness I have of Marrying you Makes Moons seem twelve-months every minute hours But for my friends good will I had long ere now Seal'd to our Wedding Beucer You are so wise Mistriss that I should be worse then a Fanatick to wish any thing till you say the word Thele These are expressions fit for strangers Sir Not her that duty tyes to you cease 'um pray Beucer The best quality of a Sutor is to be well spoken and pronounce every word with an emphasis and I thank my Stars I have both as sure as a dye and if I live will delight your ears with the high-flown words of Romances Amadis de Gaule and Palmorin de Oliva shall be my every days discourse Thele High properties Beucer And I 'll delight your ears with songs of my own making Thele Would you not have me coy Beucer 'T would kill me twenty times Thele Provide a Priest we 'll invite nobody Beucer Am I above or no methinks I turn round and see a hundred nooks and a bag of gold in every one so high and mighty is my rapture when Angel when Thele Be Lord o' th' time your self when you 'll appoint it I have chang'd my condition already What a tode am I to speak passionately Thele Why Sir Beucer I bought a Token of my love and forgot to give it you Gives her a stomacher of Ribonds and a Love-hood Thele You put your self to charge I humbly thank you These shall be my Wedding-Furniture Beucer Every particle of 'um I bought them for the same purpose to be privately and suddenly Married are the symptoms of a fiery and Elegant Lover you know my meaning Thele You have forc'd my will meet me at S. Thomas Church Ere half an hour 's spent I 'll be your wife Shall
Watch what 's this what bloudy business Enter Watch and Constable Constable How came this do you know my Lord I dare not but ask you Petus Coming by and seeing it made me cry out Constable Alack he is newly kill'd Watch go pursue the murderers Alas my Lord Exeunt Watch. This is my Lord Lonus his son Litus for whom We have search'd so long Petus I was subdu'd and carried to his father Instead of him not twenty minutes ago Curst be the foolish messengers for 't Enter Watch with one of the Murtherers Murtherer O be gratious good my Lord I 'll confess all Constable To the Justice with him Watch. We caught him by himself just at the gate Exeunt all and carry the body Enter Lonus Lonus Oh my son could I not see him ere he dyed Exit Enter a Nymph singing Nymph Now all 's fulfill'd that I Did with my Sister prophesie Within It is it is it is Voices heard answering within Nymph Their days shall increase In kindness love and peace Within Yea yea yea Nymph Till the terms of their breath Shall be ended by death Within Agreed agreed agreed Chorus Now the Season draws nigh That we welcome our Bride With our Songs Melody When all grief 's laid aside Exit Enter Petus Marus Berania and Hacca Berania For thee Petus The Crocodel confest it was But by kinde providence those Clowns ordain'd To stop me by mistake I should ha' perish'd Berania Is my father so long a getting my Sister clear Marus You have run through tryals Petus This was the most horrid Take all the story at a fitter time Enter Occus and Losana distracted in a Night-gown Occus O come in my Daughter Losana doth almost despair so she does she is forgiven so she is and at liberty I vow come in Petus offers to run at her Berania holds him Berania She is penitent Losana Here they come I won't go to the Justices I shall be burnt keep me there 's Lidorus his Ghost Berania What ails her Losana I 'll go to bed the man in the white cap the dead man bound under the chin the great Devils and the little Devils twitch and twitch off all the clothes Look the dead horse heads chop and chop in the sea and the water all over my chamber O dear help help a cave in the Wet-wood the Fryars and the Nuns that are dead look how they run by me Now now again there 's the spirit with the withered face stands boult upright d' ye see the little beads tumble about tingle tingle tingle that 's the bell in the Monastery Through the grates the woman in Pautado is hang'd without her head for saying her prayers Here comes the Devil like a mourning Gentlewoman with a peak The Candles burn dim Occus Hold hold what shall I do here 's nobody what shall I do Marus In the name of all the Powers be silent She falls down in a swound they recover her kneeling Los Oh I 'm undone what ails me terror I 'm dead forgive me Berania Sister you have offended grievously Losana I am tho griev'd not sham'd to ask pardon For that which will defile good lips to utter Caus'd by my envy to my Sister dear Envy damn'd envy makes me kneeling here The Devil and Litus urg'd me with their tongues To cause my Sisters and your death at once Which sinful thought with grief I now repent To Litus vile that I should so consent All men me seem'd did onely well affect My virtuous Sister and my self neglect That prompted me to this revengeful spight Fit to be nam'd in Charon's dismal night I 'm justly serv'd and Heavens just Judge hath brought My wicked purpose to this wicked nought And made that evil light on my own head With which I hop'd you would be ruined Oh pardon me and I 'll henceforward be Your humble Hand-maid in captivity Petus Rise Losana I forgive you Your basest Treason and henceforward wish That better graces may your Brest inrich Your freest freedom I do not deny Do what you please Beran Dear Sister so do I. Losana I repent all for a preparative To order and Religon if I may Be worthy on 't I humbly beg your leave That my devotion may be fitted by A pilgrimage to the Shrine of Loretto By a new favour I may be absolv'd As penitent for all the impious stains Of my bad life Petus I grant you your petition Go if I never see you any more Labour to expoliate these sins By earnest penitence live holy And the everlasting goodness be your guide Berania If we ne'er see more adieu dear Sister Weeps I wish you all the sweetest contents of Your strict and holy being Kisses her Occus Well dear hony God b'w'y I weep to part so I do you had best take some Strong-water with you I vow so I do to cheer you up in your long Journey d' ye see Losana kneels Losana That ere we see if this be the last day Do you for me as I for you will pray Exit All. Adieu Petus takes Berania by the hand Petus Now what remains but after all our fears Griefs sorrows troubles terrors frights and tears We beg Enter Messenger gives Petus a Letter Petus Make me not miserable again Or is it true speak can Lidorus live Messenger Read the just cause of his being secret Petus Stars That of a man have made me an Angel Or happier if 't be true don 't tantalize me Lidorus My Master fearing your displeasure vow'd I' th' Holy Temple to see you bestow'd On that fair Lady or see his Winding-sheet Laid at his head ere you should know he liv'd But now rejoyces at your welfare Petus Where remains the crown of all our sweetness Enter Lidorus Lidorus Here if you are resolv'd to call it so Petus Forgive me or punish I am at your mercy Lidorus Rise and be as happy in your Mistriss As I in seeing you my wounds though deep Were cured on this condition Berania Noble Sir Lidorus For offering him a thrust my eyes have since I 've been recovered paid the private walls A thousand tears Marus Let this bright day be worship'd A universal benefit lives with you The King has got his thoughts clad all in black For your supposed loss chang'd to ambition My son but you to make him glorious Occus It vext me to the heart to hear you were kill'd so it did Lidorus Don't let me hinder your proceedings crown your expectation my felicity Marus Your hands I joyn you both you 're man and wife Takes 'um by the hand The Ceremonies take another time Occus And so say I I vow but hark who comes here RECORDERS Enter God Hymen Hymen WIth Joy and delight We 'll fill up the night That your marriage should be ended This dance we intended Minerva and the Gods When you first were at ods Did order this sporting For your innocent courting Then happen what will We 'll of mirth have our fill Your tears were our askers Look here come the Masquers Descend three Goddesses two Gods one singing Hymen and all the Gods above That on this Wedding kindly smile Grant your blessings and your love Envy and mischief to remove Peace and plenty all the while Chorus We grant it all it shall be so The Stars our bounty and our will shall know Hymen and Gods sing Your nuptial pleasures shall abide So long as love your hearts inflames Neer to cease for time or tide In joy your days shall swiftly glide With honour we 'll ingross your names Chorus We grant it all it shall be so The Stars our bounty and our wills shall know Other God Live like our selves may every hour renew Triumphs for constancy Garlands for you Shall be prepared rich to make you prove Shining below as we are bright above Till then our Dance and Banquet shall display The pleasure we have in this happy day Musick All dance Exeunt Omnes FINIS