a faire riddance of this Calidonian Bore Eud. O most prodigious audaciousnesse Thar. True Madam O fie vpon am they are intollerable And I can not but admire your singular vertue of patience not common in your sexe and must therefore carrie with it some rare indowment of other Masculine and Heroicall vertues To heare á rude Spartane court so ingenuous a Ladie with dull newes from Athens or the Vicerois court how many dogs were spoil'd at the last Bull-baiting what Ladies dub'd their husbands Knights and so forth Eud. But hast thou no shame No sense of what disdain I shew'd thee in my last entertainment chacing thee from my presence and charging thy dutie not to attempt the like intrusion for thy life and dar'st thou yet approch mee in this vnmannerly manner No question this desperate boldnesse can not choose but goe accompanied with other infinite rudenesses Thar. Good Madam giue not the Child an vnfit name terme it not boldnes which the Sages call true confidence founded on the most infallible Rocke of a womans constancie Eud. If shame can not restraine thee tell mee yet if any brainlesse foole would haue tempted the danger attending thy approch Thar. No Madam that proues I am no Foole Then had I been here a Foole and a base low-sprited Spartan if for a Ladies froune or a Lords threates or for a Guard of Groomes I should haue shrunke in the wetting and suffer'd such a delicious flower to perish in the stalke or to be sauadgely pluckt by a prophane finger No Madam First let me be made a Subiect for disgrace let your remorselesse Guard seaze on my despised bodie bind me hand and foot and hurle me into your Ladiships bed Eud. O Gods I protest thou dost more and more make me admire thee Thar. Madam ignorance is the mother of admiration know me better and you le admire me lesse Eud. What would'st thou haue mee know what seekes thy comming why dost thou hant me thus Thar. Only Madam that the Aetna of my sighes and Nilus of my teares pour'd forth in your presence might witnesse to your Honor the hot and moist affection of my hart and worke me some measure of fauour from your sweete tongue or your sweeter lips or what else your good Ladiship shall esteeme more conducible to your diuine contentment Eud. Pen and Inck-horne I thanke thee This you learn'd when you were a Seruing-man Thar. Madam I am still the same creature and I will so tie my whole fortunes to that stile as were it my happinesse as I know it will be to mount into my Lords succession yet vow I neuer to assume other Title or State then your seruants Not approching your boord but bidden Not pressing to your bed but your pleasure shall be first known if you will command me any seruice Eud. Thy vowes are as vaine as a Ruffins othes as common as the aire and as cheape as the dust How many of the light huswiues thy Muses hath thy loue promist this seruice besides I pray thee Thar. Compare shadowes to bodies Madam Pictures to the life and such are they to you in my valuation Eud. I see wordes will neuer free me of thy boldnesse and will therefore now vse blowes and those of the mortallest enforcement Let it suffice Sir that all this time and to this place you enioy your safetie keepe backe No one foote follow mee further for I protest to thee the next threshold past le ts passe a prepar'd Ambush to thy latest breath Exit Eud. Thar. This for your Ambush He drawes Dare my loue with death Clin. Slight follow an t please your Honour Arg. Not I by this light Clin. I hope Gentle-women you will Sthe. Not we Sir we are no parters of fraies Clin. Faith nor I le be any breaker of customes Exeunt Finis Actus Secundi Actus Tertij Scoena Prima Enter Lysander and Lycus booted Lyc. WOuld any heart of Adamant for satisfaction of an vngrounded humour racke a poore Ladies innocencie as you intend to doe It was a strange curiositie in that Emperour that ript his Mothers wombe to see the place he lay in Lys. Come do not lode me with volumes of perswasion I am resolu'd if shee be gold shee may abide the tast le ts away I wonder where this wild brother is Enter Cynthia Hylus and Ero. Cynth. SIr Lysand. I pray thee wife shew but thy selfe a woman and be silent question no more the reason of my iourney which our great Viceroies charge vrg'd in this letter doth enforce me to Cynth. Let me but see that letter there is somthing in this presaging bloud of mine tells me this sodaine iourney can portend no good resolue me sweet haue not I giuen you cause of discontent by some misprision or want of fit obseruance let mee know that I may wreake my selfe vpon my selfe Lysand. Come wife our loue is not growne old and staid And must not wanton it in tricks of Court Nor enterchang'd delights of melting louers Hanging on sleeues fighting loth to depart These toies are past with vs our true loues substance Hath worne out all the shew let it suffice I hold thee deare and thinke some cause of weight With no excuse to be dispendst with all Compells me from thy most desir'd embraces I stay but for my Brother came he not in last night Hyl. For certaine no sir which gaue vs cause of wonder what accident kept him abrode Cynth. Pray heauen it proue not some wild resolution bred in him by his second repulse from the Countesse Lysand. Trust me I something feare it this insatiate spirit of aspiring being so dangerous and fatall desire mounted on the wings of it descends not but headlong Enter Thars. Hyl. Sir sir here 's my Vncle Lysand. What wrapt in carelesse cloake face hid in hat vnbanded these are the ditches brother in which outraging colts plunge both themselues and their riders Thar. Well wee must get out as well as wee may if not there 's the making of a graue sau'd Cynth. That 's desperately spoken brother had it not been happier the colt had beene better broken and his rider not fallen in Thar. True sister but wee must ride colts before wee can breake them you know Lysand. This is your blind Goddesse Confidence Thar. Alas brother our house is decaid my honest ambition to restore it I hope be pardonable My comfort is the Poet that pens the storie wil write ore my head magnis tamen excidit ausis which in our natiue Idiome lets you know His mind was high though Fortune was his Foe Lysand. A good resolue brother to out-iest disgrace come I had been on my iourney but for some priuate speech with you le ts in Thar. Good brother stay a little helpe out this ragged colt out of the ditch Lysand. How now Thar. Now I confesse my ouersight this haue I purchas'd by my confidence Lysand. I like you brother 't is the true Garb you know What wants in
newest stamp Know you what t is to forsake your stand There 's one of the bodies in your charge stolne away how answere you that See here comes the Gouernour Enter a Guard bare after the Gouernour Tharsalio Argus Clinias before Eudora Cynthia Laodice Sthenio Ianthe Ero c. Guard STand aside there Cap. Roome for a strange Gouernour The perfect draught of a most brainelesse imperious vpstart O desert where wert thou when this woodden dagger was guilded ouer with the Title of Gouernour Guard Peace Masters heare my Lord Thar. All wisedome be silent Now speakes Authoritie Gouer. I am come in person to discharge Iustice Thar. Of his office Gouer. The cause you shall know hereafter and it is this A villaine whose very sight I abhorre where is he Let mee see him Cap. Is 't Lycus you meane my Lord Gouer. Goe to sirrha y' are too malipert I haue heard of your Sentinells escape looke too 't Cap. My Lord this is the Sentinell you speake of Gouer. How now Sir what time a day i st Arg. I can not shew you precisely an t please your Honour Gouer. What shall we haue replications Reioinders Thar. Such a creature Foole is when hee bestrides the back of Authoritie Gouer. Sirrha stand you forth It is supposed thou hast committed a most inconuenient murther vpon the body of Lysander Lyc. My good Lord I haue not Gouer. Peace varlet dost chop with me I say it is imagined thou hast murther'd Lysander How it will be prou'd I know not Thou shalt therefore presently bee had to execution as iustice in such cases requireth Souldiers take him away bring forth the Sentinell Lyc. Your Lordship will first let my defence be heard Gouer. Sirrha I le no fending nor prouing For my part I am satisfied it is so that 's enough for thee I had euer a Sympathy in my minde against him Let him be had away Thar. A most excellent apprehension Hee 's able yee see to iudge of a cause at first sight and heare but two parties Here 's a second Solon Eud. Heare him my Lord presumptions oftentimes Though likely grounded reach not to the truth And Truth is oft abus'd by likelyhood Let him be heard my Lord Gouer. Madam content your selfe I will doe iustice I will not heare him Your late Lord was my Honourable Predecessour But your Ladiship must pardon me In matters of iustice I am blinde Thar. That 's true Gouer. I know no persons If a Court fauourite write to mee in a case of iustice I will pocket his letter and proceede If a Suiter in a case of iustice thrusts a bribe into my hand I will pocket his bribe and proceede Therefore Madam set your heart at rest I am seated in the Throne of iustice and I will doe iustice I will not heare him Eud. Not heare him my Lord Gouer. No my Ladie and moreouer put you in mind in whose presence you stand if you Parrat to me long goe to Thar. Nay the Vice must snap his Authoritie at all he meetes how shalt else be knowne what part he plaies Gouer. Your husband was a Noble Gentleman but Alas hee came short hee was no Statesman Hee has left a foule Citie behinde him Thar. I and I can tell you t will trouble his Lordship and all his Honorable assistants of Seauingers to sweepe it cleane Gouer. It 's full of vices and great ones too Thar. And thou none of the meanest Gouer. But I le turne all topsie turuie and set vp a new discipline amongst you I le cut of all perisht members Thar. That 's the Surgeons office Gouer. Cast out these rotten stinking carcases for infecting the whole Citie Arg. Rotten they may be but their wenches vse to pepper them and their Surgeons to perboile them and that preserues them from stinking an t please your Honour Gouer. Peace Sirrha peace and yet t is well said too A good pregnant fellow yfaith But to proceede I will spew drunkennesse out ath ' Citie Thar. In to th' Countrie Gouer. Shifters shall cheate and sterue And no man shall doe good but where there is no neede Braggarts shall liue at the head and the tumult that hant Tauernes Asses shall beare good qualities and wise men shall vse them I will whip lecherie out ath ' Citie there shall be no more Cuckolds They that heretofore were errand Cornutos shall now bee honest shop-keepers and iustice shall take place I will hunt ielousie out of my Dominion Thar. Doe heare Brother Gouer. It shall be the only note of loue to the husband to loue the wife And none shall be more kindly welcome to him then he that cuckolds him Thar. Beleeue it a wholsome reformation Gouer. I le haue no more Beggers Fooles shall haue wealth and the learned shall liue by their wits I le haue no more Banckrouts They that owe money shall pay it at their best leisure And the rest shall make a vertue of imprisonment and their wiues shall helpe to pay their debts I le haue all yong widdowes spaded for marrying againe For the old and wither'd they shall be confiscate to vnthriftie Gallants and decai'd Knights If they bee poore they shall bee burnt to make sope ashes or giuen to Surgeons Hall to bee stampt to salue for the French mesells To conclude I will Cart pride out ath ' Towne Arg. An t please your Honour Pride an t be nere so beggarly will looke for a Coch Gouer. Well said a mine Honour A good significant fellow yfaith What is he he talkes much does he follow your Ladiship Arg. No an t please your Honour I goe before her Gouer, A good vndertaking presence A well-promising fore head your Gentleman Vsher Madam Eud. Yours if you please my Lord Gouer. Borne i th' Citie Arg. I an t please your Honour but begot i th' Court Gouer. Tressellegg'd Arg. I an t please your Honour Gouer. The better it beares a bredth makes roome a both sides Might I not see his pace Argus stalkes Arg. Yes an t please your Honour Gouer. T is well t is very well Giue me thy hand Madame I will accept this propertie at your hand and wil weare it thred-bare for your sake Fall in there sirrha And for the matter of Lycus Madam I must tell you you are shallow there 's a State point in 't hearke you The Viceroy has giuen him and wee must vphold correspondence Hee must walke say one man goes wrongfully out ath ' world there are hundreds to one come wrongfully into th' world Eud. Your Lordship will giue me but a word in priuate Thar. Come brother we know you well what meanes this habite why staid you not at Dipolis as you resolu'd to take aduertisement for vs of your wiues bearing Lys. O brother this iealous phrensie has borne mee headlong to ruine Thar. Go to be comforted vncase your selfe and discharge your friend Gouer. Is that Lysander say you And is all his storie true Berladie Madam this iealousie will cost him deare he vndertooke the person of a Souldier and as a Souldier must haue iustice Madam his Altitude in this case can not dispence Lycus this Souldier hath acquited you Thar. And that acquitall I le for him requite the body lost is by this time restor'd to his place Soul It is my Lord Thar. These are State points in which your Lordships time has not yet train'd your Lordship please your Lordships graces Nuptiall we haue now in hand Hylus and Laodice stand together Twixt this yong Ladie and this Gentleman Your Lordship there shall care the ample storie And how the Asse wrapt in a Lyons skin Fearefully rord but his large eares appeard And made him laught at that before was feard Gouer. I le goe with you For my part I am at a non plus Eudora whispers with Cynthia Thar. Come brother Thanke the Countesse shee hath suet to make your peace Sister give me your hand So Brother let your lips compound the strife And thinke you haue the only constant Wife Exeunt FINIS
tooke my entertainment the better that 't was no better Lysand. Now the Gods forbid that this opinion should run in a bloud Thar. Haue not you heard this principle All thinges by strife engender Lysand. Dogges and Cats doe Thar. And men and women too Lysand. Well Brother in earnest you haue now set your confidence to schoole from whence I hope 't has brought home such a lesson as will instruct his master neuer after to begin such attempts as end in laughter Thar. What Sir you lesson my Confidence still I pray heauens your confidence haue not more shallow ground for that I know then mine you reprehend so Lysand. My confidence in what Thar. May be you trust too much Lysand. Wherein Thar. In humane frailtie Lysand. Why brother know you ought that may impeach my confidence as this successe may yours hath your obseruation discouered any such frailtie in my wife for that is your aime I know then let me know it Thar. Good good Nay Brother I write no bookes of Obseruations let your confidence beare out it selfe as mine shall me Lysand. That 's scarce a Brothers speech If there be ought wherein your Brothers good might any way be question'd can you conceale it from his bosome Thar. So so Nay my saying was but generall I glanc't at no particular Lysand. Then must I presse you further You spake as to your selfe but yet I ouer-heard as if you knew some disposition of weaknesse where I most had fixt my trust I challenge you to let me know what t' was Thar. Brother are you wise Lysand. Why Thar. Be ignorant Did you neuer heare of Actaeon Lysand. What then Thar. Curiositie was his death He could not be content to adore Diana in her Temple but he must needes dogge her to her retir'd pleasures and see her in her nakednesse Doe you enioy the sole priuiledge of your wiues bed haue you no pretie Paris for your Page No mysticall Adonis to front you there Lysand. I thinke none I know not Thar. Know not still Brother Ignorance and credulitie are your sole meanes to obtaine that blessing You see your greatest Clerkes your wisest Politicians are not that way fortunate your learned Lawyers would lose a dozen poore mens causes to gaine a lease an t but for a Terme Your Phisition is ielous of his Your Sages in generall by seeing too much ouersee that happinesse Only your block-headly Tradesman your honest meaning Cittizen your not-headed Countrie Gentleman your vnapprehending Stinckerd is blest with the sole prerogatiue of his Wiues chamber For which he is yet beholding not to his starres but to his ignorance For if he be wise Brother I must tell you the case alters How doe you relish these thinges Brother Lysand. Passing ill Thar. So do sick men solid meates hearke you brother are you not ielous Lysand. No doe you know cause to make me Thar. Hold you there did your wife neuer spice your broth with a dramme of sublimate hath shee not yeelded vp the Fort of her Honour to a staring Soldado and taking courage from her guilt plaid open banckrout of all shame and runne the Countrie with him Then blesse your Starres bow your knees to Iuno Looke where shee appeares Enter Cynthia Hylus Cynth. We haue sought you long Sir there 's a Messenger within hath brought you letters from the Court and desires your speech Lysand. I can discouer nothing in her lookes Goe I le not be long Cynth. Sir it is of weight the bearer saies and besides much hastens his departure Honourable Brother crie mercie what in a Conquerours stile but come and ouercome Thar. A fresh course Cynth. Alas you see of how sleight mettall Widdowes vowes are made Thar. And that shall you proue too ere long Cynth. Yet for the honour of our sexe boast not abroade this your easie conquest another might perhaps haue staid longer below staires but vpon your confidence that surpris'd her loue Hyl. My vncle hath instructed me how to accoast an honorable Ladie to win her not by suite but by surprise Thar. The Whelp and all Hyl. Good Vncle let not your neare Honours change your manners bee not forgetfull of your promise to mee touching your Ladies daughter Laodice My fancie runns so vpon 't that I dreame euery night of her Thar. A good chicken goe thy waies thou hast done well eate bread with thy meate Cynth. Come Sir will you in Lysand. I le follow you Cynth. I le not stirre a foot without you I can not satisfie the messengers impatience Lys. He takes Thar. aside Wil you not resolue me brother Thar. Of what Lysander stamps and goes out vext with Cynth. Hyl. Ero. So there 's venie for venie I haue giuen 't him 'i th place speeding for all his confidence Well out of this perhaps there may bee moulded matter of more mirth then my baffling It shall goe hard but I le make my constant sister act as famous a Scene as Virgil did his Mistris who caus'd all the Fire in Rome to faile so that none could light a torch but at her nose Now forth At this house dwells a vertuous Dame sometimes of worthy Fame now like a decai'd Merchant turn'd Broker and retailes refuse commodities for vnthriftie Gallants Her wit I must imploy vpon this businesse to prepare my next encounter but in such a fashion as shall make all split Ho Madam Arsace pray heauen the Oister-wiues haue not brought the newes of my woing hether amongst their stale Pilcherds Enter Arsace Tomasin Ars. WHat my Lord of the Palace Thar. Looke you Ars. Why this was done like a beaten Souldier Thar. Hearke I must speake with you I haue a share for you in this riche aduenture You must bee the Asse chardg'd with Crownes to make way to the Fort and I the Conquerour to follow and seise it Seest thou this iewell Ars. Is 't come to that why Tomasin Tom. Madam Ars. Did not one of the Countesses Seruing-men tell vs that this Gentleman was sped Tom. That he did and how her honour grac't and entertained him in very familiar manner Ars. And brought him downe staires her selfe Tom. I forsooth and commanded her men to beare him out of dores Thar. Slight pelted with rotten egges Ars. Nay more that he had alreadie possest her sheetes Tom. No indeede Mistris t was her blanquets Thar. Out you yong hedge-sparrow learne to tread afore you be fledge He kicks her out Well haue you done now Ladie Ars. O my sweet kilbuck Thar. You now in your shallow pate thinke this a disgrace to mee such a disgrace as is a batterd helmet on a souldiers head it doubles his resolution Say shall I vse thee Ars. Vse me Thar. O holy reformation how art thou fallen downe from the vpper-bodies of the Church to the skirts of the Citie honestie is stript out of his true substance into verball nicetie Common sinners startle at common termes and they that by whole mountaines swallow downe the deedes of