By no means Enter Albinus and Drawer Albin Save you Gentlemen Adrast You are welcom Sir I am glad to see you well Pray sit down Drawer reach a chair And how doth our noble friend Drawer is call'd without Draw I come I come Anon anon Sir Ex. Drawer Albin In perfect health And how and how Gentlemen Faith how do you like my shape Adrast I hardly can beleeve that thou can'st be Albinus Albin Very likely nor that you are this day to dine with Letesia Your fair Mistris Adrast Yes that I shall be to dine with her I doubt not Albin Thou man of little faith Mettle fill mee a glasse of sack Mett Here Sir here 's wine Albin Here Symphronio here 's to Hollands Master-piece Adrast You are very merry Albinus Albin And so may you be if you please I am sure you have cause enough Adrast Prethee Mad-cap be serious Didst thou see her Albin Yes by this flesh and blood did I and feel her too Had I not loved thee well I had become my own petitioner And deceived thy trust Adrast Dear Albinus be serious And let mee know The event of thy proceedings Albin Mark then and rejoice for by our friendship I 'le utter nought but truth Adrast Then I beleeve thee Prethee proceed Albin Then thus This morning early as well Symphrenio Can witnesse I parted with him And as hee directed Towards Gripe-mans house I steered my course Where when arrived and knocking at the door There comes a wench demanding what my businesse was I in a zealous tone as if I had worn my own clothes Told her I desired to speak with her Master whose condition I had ever a pinte of wine with a poor botcher his neer Neighbour sufficiently enquired she intreated mee come in Telling mee her Master shee thought was ready but not Come down Away shee went and no sooner gone But down comes a bad father for so I am given to understand To a most virtuous childe I told him I had a businesse To impart that much concerned him Hee immediately Had mee into a handsom parlor where I was blest With a sight of I must confesse your beauteous Mistris If e're my eyes beheld one her father commanded his Daughter and Maid-servant forth the room which they Obediently obeying I began my story which as wee go I 'le tell you for dine with him this day I have engaged my self you shall And this dear friend is truth Adrast I know not how to husband this poor life I hold To make thee satisfaction Albin Nay if you complement I 'le dis-engage my self again Adrast Thou know'st with thee I cannot Come wee 'l knock off and all go to my chamber Albin Where you must smug your self up for your encounter Mettle wee must not forget three of clock this afternoon The whore must be remembred Mett And the rogue too or I am much mistaken Adrast. Mettle pay you the reckoning Come let 's go Mett I shall Sir Ex. Omnes ACT II. SCENE I. Enter Gripe-man Adrastus Albinus and Letesia as from dinner Adrast SIr wee thank you for your noble entertainment and shall as men You highly have obliged to the uttermost of our poor power Faithfully serve you Gripe Gentlemen you are heartily welcom to such poor fare you have found And what was amisse to day Letesia Pray let it be your care next time to mend For Gentlemen I shall expect you 'l be my daily Guests Sir pray a word with you Gripe Albin whisper aside Adrast. Sir wee humbly thank you and rest your gratefull servants Lady content wait on your fair soul May I deserve the honoured title of your servant Letes Sir I want a judgment to pay desert yet never hated Where I ne're found any Albin Sir be confident I shall not fail speedily To put it in execution Gripe I doubt it not Adrast Lady the gratefull'st of your poor servants kisses your hand And humbly takes his leave Letes Your servant Sir Ex. Gripe Adrast Alb. 'T is hee You just Powers that have vouchsafe't To hear the poor petitions of a distressed Virgin Be still assisting the humblest of your hand-maids What should his businesse with my father be There must be strange pretences of large profit in it They hardly else should be invited here My youth and unexperience I have in Cupid's school Puts me in doubt of what I fane would credit I do confesse I blush to speak the rest I eyed him more then Became my modesty to do I hope hee thought not so And if I not mistake his looks betrayed much more of love Then businesse with my father Yes yes it must be so And yet it may be otherwaies Suppose which Venus grant hee may Hee love mee if it be possible as well as I love him The hopes I have to enjoy him with consent of my father is so little Despair awaits that thought His looks speaks too much of honesty to be rich enough as times go now For his consent No no Lotesia it must be one dares lift his hand Against his sacred Prince which sure hee dares not do And by sinister waies hoard up unlawfull Wealth Must by my fathers choice be made my Bridegroom But I 'le assoon imbrace a Leper As tye my self to what my soul abhorres Enter Clarathea Clarath What meditating Mistris who your noble Guest should be You din'd with all to day Letes That requires but small study They are men that come 'bout businesse to my father Clarath My maiden-head upon it you will not finde it so Letes Why do'st thou laugh Clarath To think how you mistake Letes Prethee unfold thy riddles and let mee know thy thoughts Clarath Cannot you call to minde you e're did see one Or both of them before Letes Never to my best of knowledge Clarath Why then I can assure you these are the very Gentlemen Wee sawith ' Change the one of which enquired of mee Your name and dwelling Letes That cannot be they were all Gentlemen Clarath If you examine strictly so you 'l finde these to be For know hee that wee took to be the pitifull holy brother Is in disguise the Gentleman enquired of mee for you Letes It is impossible Clarath 'T is so That I should be mistaken Letes What should this mean Clarathea Canst thou guesse Clarath Yes that one for both I cannot think Would fain make love to you Letes What e're it be dear wench keep secret Till time reveal the event Clarath Be confident of mee for when Clarathea shall betray Your trust may shee live neglected And dye forgotten Ex. Letes Clarath Enter Adrast Symphr as in a Tavern Adrast Symphronio Your haste hath brought us hither an hour Before our time and 't is too soon to drink After so full a meal Symph 'T was well considered Let mee alone to drive away some Time without the help of Sack Mettle hath perfectly got the part I gave him if the Bulls pizill put him not out And
now Athe. Go and from me give them strickt charge they speedily Draw out all those commanded men I gave them order for I le have the prisoner shot before I put to Sea Ex. Athe. 3. Sould. Now what say you you that were confident He should not die for this 2. Sould. Why I say I am sorry for it and could almost die for him There is no Justice he should suffer death for this For what he did he was provok't too by uncivill language 3. Sould. 'T is all the Justice now in fashion every man in office Makes his will his Law Were all the Souldiers In the Garrison of my minde he should shoot him himself And that I think he dares not do and Look him in the face come let 's go Ex. Sould Enter Atheos and Clarathea in Letesias habit Athe. 'T is your best way to tell me where she is gone Clarath It lies not in my power or if it did can you think I that have undertaken thus much for her will now betray her Athe. Art ' not afraid of Torture Clarath Not I I can assure you I came to undergo What you d are lay upon me Athe. That 's nobly spoken yet Let me but this night enjoy thee And I le not onely forgive thee all and set thee free our Garrison But generously reward thee Clarath Sir I thank you for your courteous proffer but I le not buy My freedom at that rate Had my Sister stayed Perhaps you might have had her consent Athe. She jeers me aside I do believe I should was she your Sister then Clarath She was Athe. And do you love her so well to die for her Clarath Indeed I do Athe. Then speedily prepare your time is short Or will you yet consent do but consider what it is to live Which weighed with what you foolishly deny And you must yield in reason Clarath Indeed I must not and when I do to save this wretched life May all diseases mankinde hateth most Proclaim it on my fore-head Enter 1. Souldier Athe. So brave 1. Sould. Sir the prisoner wounded our Lieutenant is fled And another in his cloaths left in his room Athe. Then by the Gods the Marshall shall to Torture This is brave juggling Lady you know now who this Valiant villain is that dares die for his friend But you have Engines I doubt not now at work For your escapes But I le prevent them And since you are so valiant you dare die You shall have your desire Souldier run to the Goal And let the Gallant know at five a clock this evening He dies For by my Tortured Soul at my return from Sea Ex. Sould. Without you do repent and yield to my desires You both shall suffer death Clarath You 'l ease me of a pain ther 's nothing else Can quit me from Ex. Om. Enter Adristus Solus What are we men we should desire to live in this frail World where there is nothing certain but uncertainty To day with the rising of the Sun rais'd to the height Of what our joys can aim at And by his setting Ruined and forgotten A friend The Ecche T was friend I said Answers friend Hark how theretorting Eccho shrilly through the grove Eccho answers again Conveighs the name of friend and rests its self As weary in the Toyling search Of what deserved that name And shall my friend the worthiest of what deserves That Title die to preserve my life No Dear Letesia whom by the Gods I love and value Next my honour thou must excuse me Too well I know Albinus did but pretend the way Of his own safety to encourage me in the securing mine How soon that fatal sentence of his death May be pronounc'd I know not Something I must pretend to fair Letesia of business For some time which will be difficulty obtain'd Forgive me my Letesia my honour is more than life Justice and friendship now parts man and wife Exit Enter Albinus in Adrastus cloaths and two Souldiers Sould. Sir it is the pleasure of our Governour that I should let You know about five a clock this evening you must prepare to die Albin Thanks honest Souldier there 's for thy news gives him money He shall not take me unprovided Know'st thou what death he is resolved I suffer 1. Sould. Shot I believe Sir for there 's no order to the contrary Albin It is a noble death I thank him for 2. Sould. Would I could save your life 'T is pity such true friendship should be cut off Albin Thank thee noble Souldier A great shout without What may this shout of joy proclaim 1. Sould. Truly Sir I know not Enter Corporal How now Corporal know you the reason of this shout Hark the great Guns are fired too Corpor. Yes it is to welcom a Gentleman ashore That this day saved our Governour 's life 2. Sould. By what strange means there was no storm at Sea Corpor. No no 't was thus Our Governour no sooner had put out to Sea Whether to take the air or make himself Sea-sick I know not But a small Boat of Pirats well mann'd With Musketeers hid in a small creek whipt out And got between our shore and them Who being far Too nimble for our Boat having more Oars Soon boarded them who to save their lives were forc'd To yield When to the amazement of our Governour This Gentleman now landed and then their Captain Clap't in our Governour 's hand a good broad sword Bidding our men if ever now fight for Liberty and injoy it Himself giving a brave testimony to our doubtfull men By the death of two or three of the chief Pyrats that he was in earnest This done they all fell to it The Pyrats distracted at this Surprisal not knowing what to think and less to do The major part was soon cut off the rest brought prisoners in In this same skirmish we had but two men hurt And this brave Gentleman the preserver of their lives Received two wounds i' th' shoulder Now you may judg whether our Governor hath not just cause nobly to entertain this stranger 2 Sould. Come let 's go see him Sir we wish it lay within the compass of our powers to serve you Albin I thank you honest Souldiers Ex Om Ent. Letesia Sol. disguised I was a curst to let him go what businesse can he have here in a place he is a stranger to His noble soul will not endure to let Albinus suffer in his cause And this a plot by him contrived for to procure my safety You powers above that looks with joy on penitential tears She weeps behold a poor beblubbered Maid on bended knees She kneels to implore your mercy Let not your vengeance fall upon the innocent for the Guilties sake spare my Adrastus and lay your load on me She riseth But if my cruell Fathers fins cannot be wash't off but with our bloods we 'l make one sacrifice And since our bodies are denied to enjoy
makes Tends to your ruine Can the Woolf and Lamb imbrace Or can there be A sympathy where nature hath made antipathy Nor are you oblieged by duty to obey him in what 's unjust You know his soul is black with sin Forgive mee Dearest That I am forc't to put you in minde of what I know You gladly would forget Can you expect to enjoy one happy hour With him whose sole delight must be to hoard up wealth Gotten by base sinister meanes Besides the daily curses for his sake you 'l have Your door wash't too with tears of Orphans and such Oppressed poor as hee shall hourly boast hee hath undone For know sweet Creature the free accesse wee at this present have To your fair self is onely that wee will assist him In the ruine of a young Gentleman for ought I know Unborn but as wee do pretend knowing his griping way of gain That I thereby might have the happy means To make my love known to you I am a Gentleman though I must confesse a husband Far unworthy so Angelical a Beauty Nor have I to my wish for your virtuous sake means Worthy your acceptance But what I have though not so poor to want Shall be enjoyed by mee onely to do you service And as you are known to be your fathers Heir You may suppose his wealth more then your virtue is what I aim at Make mee but happy in your self Let him enjoy his pelf which when I covet May I live long forgotten of my friends and loose you love Which with my life must in one grave be buried Letes Sir what you have said touching my fathers life I could with tears wish were not true And for your love to mee I thank you which To my poor power I 'le labor to requite Pray take this for present answer Indeed I am not well and must retire onely This your language I shall seriously weigh and at our Next meeting resolve you more at large So heavens preserve you Ex. Letesia Adrast Angels protect thee sweetest of thy Sex Ex. Adrast Enter Gripe-man Sent-well and Clarathea Sent. Wee have been at Old Firmstand's Lodging but to no purpose Hee left the town three dayes since but will return for certain Two dayes hence at furthest Gripe It was ill luck you mist him but since his stay from town Will be so short the matter is the lesse Sent-well here 's money for your present wants You must about a businesse presently for mee You know the Golden-head Sent. Very well Sir Gripe There lyes a Gentleman his name Adrastus I think you have seen him Sent. Marry have I Sir Gripe So much the better Be sure you dog him Forth his Lodging and if you house him in a tavern as ten to one you will Use all the slights you can to Riggle into his company VVhich if you cannot do be sure you take a rome or wait so neer him You may discover what their discourse is And let mee know what you can gather this night And if their plot contrived stand right 't is rare I 'le firk my youngsters when they come to share Sent. Sir I 'le do my best and doubt not to perform your will Gripe Go go about it straight make haste Ex. Sent. Yes yes it must be so Gripe pulls out a letter and reads it to himself There 's danger in delayes The Girle Must from temptation or shee 's lost Some few moneths more shee will be head-strong And carve her own bits which I 'le in time prevent hee calls Letesia Letesia Enter Letesia Letesia here 's newes for you Your unkle Miser writes old Avaritia likes well of The match between his son and you And that because hee would have you neer one another Hee thinks it fit you should be at his house And sojorn there a while till things between us Fully are agreed on You see Girle what a care I have of your well doing My thoughts are often hammering about your good When you full soundly sleep young Avaritia Will make a wealthy husband for thee Up with your trinkets and prepare to go Nay no study I have said it and it must be so Ex. Gripe Letes Indeed it must not Good Avaritia match in your own Dunghill it will avoid a bastard breed Money makes men ador'd faith not by mee Virtue and honour crowns felicitie Enter Clarathea How now Clarathea Ar't sure Sent-well is imployed To pry into his actions Clarath Am I sure I live I stood by when your father gave the charge And the Villain undertook it greedily Letes How shall wee do to give Adrastus notice of it This slave will discover else they do delude my father And then wee are all undone Clarath Why faith for once to do you service I 'le to His Lodging my self I heard what directions my Master Gave him Let mee alone to acquaint him with the plot But now I think on 't too I 'le not go neither Letes Dear wench why not Clarath Why Faith cause you 'l be jealous Letes Prethee leave thy jesting by my life not I. T is more then time thou wer 't gone Clarath You have prevailed and I resolved to venture Ex. Amb. Enter Atheos richly clad admiring himself Marry Sir this is something like I see my Taylor can fit mee without taking measure of my conscience The same quantitie serves how large so ever Fools report 't is streach't What a handsom bug-bear it is to ' fright men out of a happinesse Their reason wer 't not enslaved by doting on a world i th' moon To recompence their pining Miserie must prompt them to enjoy puts off his hat Persist in beggary do and let your admired conscience Ushered in with rags and meagre chops Attend you to your graves Where if your dust More brighter shine then mine Be thankfull to the Glow-worm Let mee imbrace this world till I forbear For conscience sake to enjoy with full delights What lust unsatisfied desires This dumb God I 'le adore Money to thee I 'le sacrifice thou art my Deitie How now Rogastos Enter Rogastos How drawes the lungs of our new Government The air of profit sweeter then are the Arabian winds Into our garrison Doth conscience still part freely with her outward Garments trusting the soul for to re-cloath the body Rogast As yet they gallop to their sufferings as wee can wish Only the Lady that wee ravished Hangs still an arse Athe. Shee still continues firm in belief It was the private Souldier Rogast Shee doe's but wonders much there 's no severer search To apprehend what foolishly shee tearmes her foes Athe. For that wee shall with fair pretences gild Much thicker then her eyes can pierce Rogast As thus the wrack shall force a guiltlesse prisoner To confesse the fact which done before such Witnesses as soon shall publish it Wee may with safety murder him And it cryed up for Justice Athe. Securely contrived my better Genius and politickly But wee 'l forbear a