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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01836	The couragious Turke, or, Amurath the First A tragedie. Written by Thomas Goffe Master of Arts, and student of Christ-Church in Oxford, and acted by the students of the same house.	Goffe, Thomas, 1591-1629.	1632 (1632)	STC 11977; ESTC S122361	35,029	66

concerning Bajazet Amurath's E●…dest ●…onne and the Mahometans Daughter Cairadin Bassa presents Amurath with his Captives for ●…anizaries Schahin c. Amurath How like our Captaines the last Victory If any can prophesie of future things Me thought I did dreame of this blessed hap How Fortune did involue them in their ruine And slight from danger brought them into danger Each one astonished with a suddaine feare Knew not the danger that was then most neare Bass●… To adde more tryumph I present my Liege Bass●… Schahin presents Amurath with Cap●…ives for Ianizaries With these young Rebels which you may bring up In all the praecepts of our Mahomet S●…ah And for great Emperor your person wants A thing which much ore-Clouds your light of state Attendant Ianizarie●… to a Prince These may be so trained up as to supply The duty fit for such a Majesty Am. Bassa we thanke thy strength Schahin your counsaile And to that end let them have safe protection But we must treat now of a marriage Lords The German Og●…y he who Scept●…r swayes The 〈◊〉 confines in strong Asia By Embassie intreates that he may joyne His Daughter H●…tam to our 〈◊〉 Embassador here to our Councell speake Your Masters Message Emb. Please then your Maj. and these reverend heads To be inform'd my Masters will by me In Wedlocke if your Prince may be combin'd To the faire Princesse his sole Daughter He freely giues the Phr●…gian territories And B●…thinia to you for your Dowry Cata●… Simon Egreg●…os Sansale Abbettin●…on the Ottomans estate Which Ottomans because he not endures The Noble Zelzucciom family protests To joyne with you in quelling their ambition Scah. May 't please your Majesty to like mine advice It 's good to have allyance with such friends Kings that combine themselves are like to shafts The ancient Sage propos'd unto his sonne Which whilst together they were close compact Armes knees and his wh●…le strength could never breake Take one by one they with a touch were tract So Kings may be orecome that stand alone But two such Princes knit thus hand in hand Should Nations totter they would firmely stand Am. Yes Schahin we 'll approve what thou sayest Then from us carry the great Asians Monarch This his kindest greeting Tell him the gates of Prusa shall stand ope And the glad ayre shall Eccho notes of joy To ent●…rtaine her who shall blesse our Land With hopefull issue gre●…dy thoughts expect Her soone arrivall and so Emba●…sador Enforme thy Priucesse when she shall appeare A lasting Starre shall shi●…e within our Sphaere Scaena 6. Actus 3. Enter Sasmenos La●…arus Cobelitz Sa. O Servia our Cities are turned flames Each stayes to hast his owne and others death And as though Heaven conspir'd destructiou too That raignes downe scalding Sulphure on our heads Here one that lyes thicke gasping for his breath Is choakt with bloud that runs from 's fellowes wounds Whilst others for the dead are making Graves Themselves are made the coarses that doe fill them Nobles and base together perish all And a drawne sword stickes fast in every rib Our stones are dyed Vermillion with our bloud Old creatures that are creeping to the graue Are thrust on fast●…r Infants but in the 〈◊〉 of their lives And thus kickt off O most disastrous times To love our deaths and make our life our crimes Laz. See see the ruines of our goodly Walles Our Cities smoake hinders the sight of heaven The conquerour yet amaz'd measures ou●… our Townes With eyes of terror and doth scarce beleeve He hath orecome us yet among these fires Our dead men are denyed their funerall flames Aud those infectious Carka●…ses doe performe A second murder on the rest that live And all the hope of safety that we have Is now to fixe our flattering lips at 's feet Mercy perhaps may wearied slaughter meet Sas. Wil you doe so speake for I am determi'nd Cob. No worthy Generall Heaven avert And ●…rme you with the proofe of better thoughts What though a Tyrant strives to terrifie All Christendome and would not be beloved Let not your feares give impious rage such scope As for to bring Religion to prophanesse Fortune and Heaven will scorne to try a man That hurles his weapons hence and runs away How is he worthy of heavens victory That when it frownes dares not looke u●… and see Me thinks w●… three are now inviron'd round With hosts of Angels and our powerfull Mars Is putting bowes of steele into our hands He doth suggest our wrath and bids us on O what an army 't is to have a cause Holy and just there there 's our strength indeed Tu mente Labantes Dirige nos dubios Certo Robore firmâ If we must dye the narrow way to blisse Shall be made wide for us the gate wide ope And the spread Pallace entertaines with joy Meane time let 's looke like men upon our g●…iefe Out frowne fate Despot Bulgaria come Turke once more at thee Tyrant mortals must Command Heavens favor in a cause so just Actus IIII. Scaena I. Enter Aladin King of Caramania sonne in Law to Amurath with Nobles Embassad●…rs from Amurath Aladin Sends our proud father in Law this greeting to us Was our sword sheath'd so soone to heare this answer Embass. My Lord he bad me tell you that 't was you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him leave off this great Prophets Warres When he was hewing downe the Christians Therefore submission ●…hould not now appease him Mo though your Wife his Daughter ●…hould her selfe Vpon her penitent knees be supplyant No sooner shall the Tycian splendent Sol Open Heavens Casements and inlarge the day But his horse hoofes shall beat your treacherous Earth And that you may be warn'd of his approach Murder and flames shall be his Prodromo's Alad. Confederate Princes and my kind allyes Shall his proud nosthrils breath those threats on us Emb. Moreover my Lord wil or win or raz●… I●…ouium and Larenda Alad. Iconium and Larenda I No more Had best looke first how safe his Prusa stands Lords I am mov'd and will forget my Queene Was ere the issue of his hated blood My splene is tost within mine entrailes pant As wen the Sea is rais'd with Southerne gusts The wind allay'd yet still the Waves will tremble Princes now binde your selves with such strong chaines Your faith and breaths can make sweare to me all To be as firme to me 'gainst Amurath As is the skin and ●…lesh unto the Nerves Here they all kneele and sweare vpon his sw●…rd Nobles We all sweare we will Aladin Then all here kisse my Sword Which shall be steept within the head-mans thr●…at We 'l make him know those will not ●…lye in Warre Which may in policie in treat a peace Hast thy course time and soone reduce the yeare Ensignes may Ensignes meet 〈◊〉 King Great 〈◊〉 scornes to avoyd a Turke Princes and Neighbours muster up your strength That we may meet him on his full Cariere And let it