Greatness is the Centre Of all happiness and felicity Like our Lands at first is ty'd to the Crown Kings comes near unto the Gods and are like them Both in power and pleasure do command all Enjoy all are miserable onely in having Of too much and wanting what to wish for Theirs is the dazling happyness 'T is idle Therefore to prefer Private joyes before The Crown-pleasures The King may throw by his Greatness when he please and be poorly happy But the Begger will nere sigh unto a Scepter King Why I Polyander ther 's some life in this A little heaven even in the apprehension Aratus art not thou of this opinion Ara. Not I Sir nor of my Lord the Fools there Kings are more miserable than they seem Happy flatter'd by themselves and others Into a joy that is not and what they feel They rather do imagine than find so Yet I grant too a King may be happy But not then as a King Felicity Is a Purchase and no Inheritance Nor has the Prerogative more than one life In 't ever it dyes still with the Buyer Troubles are the good Kings profession In the Wars the first Dart is thrown at him Where oft times his happyness is in a Glorious death or perhaps his God-like Raies Are pluck'd from him by some accursed hand And so falls less happy being after Vainly wish'd so by a poor revenge he Knows not Com. Very Grave and unseasonable Thus your Lord-ship gets the reputation Of Singularity which the Vulgar Suspect to be Wisdom Ara. Sir you see How this place and my freenes are injur'd King Mirth onely mirth Aratus He means Thy speech would better have become a Councel Than a Banquet Timeus welcome Nay Keep your seats Would thou had'st been partaker Enter Timeus Of our Mirth Time Sir when my actions or my age Shall make me worthy of your ease and pleasures I shall be a thankfull sharer but till then Your Troubles will become me better than Your Sports and Cares will sit more lovely on My Brow than Roses Sir those that are about you Seek to drown your Vertues Ara. Your Highnesse meanes None here Time I name none here my Lord King Nay Timeus Thou nere look'st friendly on our pleasures Time I must confesse Sir I had rather see you Bloudy than thus Wet nor are my Wishes Impious Polyander Poly. My Lord Time How basely that Smile became thee I had Rather thou had'st answer'd me with a Blow Than such a Look I thought to have ask't thee Something but I see thou art unworthy Of a brave Demand Thy Skill lies onely In the Curiosity of a Meal To say at the first touch o' th' tongue this is A Chian this a Falernian Wine Streight by the colour of the flesh to know Whether the foul were cram'd or whether fed Prethee Polyander how sat the Wind When this Bore was slain Were not these Apples Pull'd the Moon Encreasing Degenerate I have seen thee put thy face into a Frown And were 't so constant in that look as if Thou had'st no other Poly Sir when you shall find Or make a cause I 'le put them on again Here they 'l but sour the Entertainment Com. You see my Lord they are not drownd they live Still under water Time Like thine Beast King Prethee Timeus let us enjoy our Mirth While the Gods give it the time will come That we shall wish for it and not have it On my Conscience thou could'st be content To have Enemies onely that thou might'st cut 'em off Time I am sorry Sir if I have offended Against your Mirth it was not my intent I came to bring you News King News What is 't Good Time 'T is as you shall esteem of 't Sir There 's A Stranger Prince ariv'd King Hither Time Yes Sir His Visit 's forc't by a Storm as he pretends King What ere the Occasion is he shall be Welcome The time 's far spent Aratus it Shall be thy Employment From us fairly Salute the Prince and tell him though the Seas Have been Unfriendly the Land shall Court him Ara. Great Sir you highly Honour me Phro So now we have time to speak What think'st thou Exeunt all but Aratus Phronimus and Eurylochus Aratus of these passages Arat. Well bravely well Eury. Your speech strook desperately at the King He will not swallow it without some touch of jealousie Ara. 'T is no matter He cannot crosse us now We have not tan'e so many yeares to build A Work up and then to have it ruin'd With a push No he that will shake 't must first Overthrow a Kingdome a Prince a Law so large The Extents are Nere did Plot thrive like it It has infected with the Holy Sore The greatest part o' th' Realm and catches daily Like some Unheard of New Opinions Streightned at first and prison'd in the brests Of two or three gain strength by Time and Eares And daily fed by curiosity Thrust out at last the Old and most Receiv'd And grow the whole Religion of the Place When we have call'd our Party forth the Work Will seem done the thin Numbers that are left Not deserving the Name of Enemies The Tyrant then will see himself no more A King but onely the Wretched Cause of Warre His Power being ravisht from him Phr. While the fruit 's thus ripe why doe we let it grow Eury. And spoil perhaps Arat. We will no longer onely A little Ceremony detaines us To Crown our King that past our actions With our thoughts shall then contend in swiftnesse Phro How sped your visit to the young Prince Arat. Most happily O had you seen with me The Dear Cause of this our Danger how Cheap Would you have thought the Greatest for his Sake And stood contemning Life thinking your bloud Ill-stored within your veines when that his service Call'd it sure 't was some such Shape and Sweetness Which first slav'd men and gain'd a Rule before there was A Kingdome Eury. You forget your Message to the Prince Arat. 'T is true pray bear me Company we may get thankes For our Complement another day Exeunt Omnes Enter Harpastes Harp Devill whether wilt thou hurle me The Ship Sunk under so much Ill nor can the Earth Bear us both together the greatest Hills Presse not her face with half that Load one thought Of Goodnesse made me lighter than the Waves And in an instant taught me how to swim Enter Melampus to him Melampus Melam Harpastes Harp Are we onely scap't Melam I hope so Harp Then the Storm has plaid the Hangman And sav'd us Innocent Melam Innocent What 's that It has sav'd us so much labour and a broken head perhaps Harp The Wrack was great and full of horror Melam How the rogues pray'd and roar'd above the Waves Vow'd whole heards of Off rings for their safety But Neptune sav'd 'em Charges and took the Verier Beasts Harp We scapt miraculously Melam I hope you 'l burn no Bullocks to the
the Cup Are you so much Below him Time There are greater thoughts in hand Than Curious Points of Gallantry If he send Any Present to you you must return it Back with Scorn Eud. Pride is ill becomming And hateful even to the next Proud man does Practise it Time Then take 'em and laugh at him Eud. No where my thankes are too much I 'll rather Return Gifts for Gifts I should shame to be A gainer on such a Score which the Meanest Honest Purchaser would blush at Time He 'l take Those Gifts for Favours Eud. They will not prove so Yet He will deserve some as he is a Stranger Time Not from You. Presents the State will send him You hear my Fathers Will You must not see him While he stayes Eud. I doe and shall eas'ly keep That I doe not care to break Time Farewell Eud. Must you be gone Time There 's a little business Calls me Eud. If it be but a little stay Time Onely the Welcome of the Stranger Eud. 'T is too much to hinder I see a Causelesse and a Needlesse Rage Hid in your breast The Prince may be Noble Valiant if you receive him then with Scorn Hee 'l prove a stronger Enemy than those Unworthy Ones you fear at home whose own Actions daily ruine and whose ill-made Knots will loosen faster than they tie 'em You have prevail'd with me I 'll not be wonn To see him now but let it not Appear By your Default and that my Retirement Is onely in scorn to him which will be Made plain if that you change not this Face you Have put on It becomes you at no time A Prince should alwaies Smile or look indifferent He has no need of Frowns as other men Life and Death are in his breath and if any do Offend his Revenge is known and need not Be declar'd by Face-expressions Where there 's Power to Punish 't is Tyranny to Rage Anger is no Attribute of Justice 'T is true she is painted with a Sword but looks As if she held it not Though Warbe in Her Hand yet Peace dwels in her Face Learn once Of me and when you have no Cause of A Distemper express none Now you have made All sure doubt not but receive the stranger With fearless and confident Imbraces Time I will or at lest I 'll tell thee so when Thou perswad'st me thus Farewel Eudora Exit Timues Eud. Thy subtile Plots will ruine thee at last Valour and Policy do seldom meet Yet here they are in their Extreams in One But do most strangely Divide the Owner Make him Dread none and yet confirm him not Within a Guard Exit Eudora CHORUS What can our Wishes deprecate When Vice is seen both Law and Fate When for the good o' th' Commonweal The Councel 's cal'd to Plot a Meal And Beasts brought in with solemn Cry As Spoyles got from the Enemy Whose life 's the Table and the Stage He doth not Spend but Lose his Age The Kings eyes like his Jewels be Set to Adorn not to Fore-see And as his Crown he thinks each thing Runs round in a continued Ring But Sacrifices Crowned be And Garlands fit for destinie Fates thus we fear have writ this Latt That Wint shall lose what Blood hath Gott ACTUS 2. SCENA 1. Enter Clearchus IS this your Royal Entertainment A common Host would have given one as Civil Have shewn his Guests their Quarter and then left'em To stumble out again My Receivers are Are all vanish'd An undeserved Affront Will trouble me Neither of the Princesses Were in the Train they might have trusted 'em I could have gag'd a Kingdom for their security One passes by him reeling and by and by after another Last of all Melissa they all make reverence to Clearchus as they pass Enter Comastes Was not that fellow drunk Now they begin To Muster up again Here I stand like one That learns to make his first Honour in a Dauncing School Sir by your favour If your Business calls you not pray let me intreat Your Company a while Com. Troth and 't like your Highness I am in hast in very great hast The King has sent for me and I know he 's thirsty till I come I would your Highness were as resolute and as well Arm'd this way as I * you 'd be the welcom'st man He loves a Royal-Drunkard to admiration he never saw one yet but in a Glass Sir have you any business with him You need no other Orator than such as this such a Mouth without a Tongue will perswade any thing Yet this is o' th least fit onely for Physick-dayes when he would not surfeit a meer Toy that troubles the Wayters with often filling But I have One as high Here 's nothing to measure't by but 't was that made me so Inward with him I alwayes use to Petition him with it 't is bigger than any of his own and pleas'd him above Measure The first time he saw it he commended the Gallantry of my Mind and said it was a Noble Emulation in me He has a Daughter Sir a beautiful Lady my Hopes unless some Neighbour-Prince do Reel betwixt us Your Highness comes the right way he hates a dry In-land Traveller but that you Kiss the Cup when you should Drink and have too much Bounce and Down-with-him in you which are things he surfeited of some sixteen years since and still the very Names turn his stomack Besides your Navy and Attendants are too great he 'd have esteemed more of you had they been fewer enough onely to lean on when you were Overtaken or if you had wanted those and borrowed his unto your Chamber it had been better Where he finds Worth the Pomp delights him not Your pardon Sir Exit Comastes Clear Why here 's a fellow now With what Licence He belies his Master or speaks Truths Altogether as Unpardonable Sure He has his Patent for 't I find at my Return from Travel I shall want Names For all the Monsters I have seen Enter Aratus to him Ara. Though your Highness be here a stranger I may demand of you where the King is Clear If none know more than I my Lord y 'ave lost Your King Arat. Sure he is not well I hope he is not with a safe Loyalty I may wish he hath a Dangerous Cause Rather than none to take him from a Prince The first Night of his Arival in his Court Clea. My Lord I have found much Honour in you One that knowes to shew more Civility To a Stranger than he can deserve And y' are unhappy onely at this time In an Unworthy Choyce but if still you Can continue this Noblenesse though the King frown I shall gladly make some stay at least Till I have satisfied a Strangers Curiosity And may seem rather to have left the Place Than to have been thrust from it Ara. Believe me Sir Both your Reception and this Necessity That you are drove to seek so mean
you 'd rather Have in Chaines than all the list of Traitors I have nam'd Sir commit the Uucasing Him to me and suffer me to proceed With Aratus as I shall see cause Exeunt all but Timeus Aratus and the Guard King Take your way I 'll leave him to you Time My Lord with the perswasion of your Innocence I have procur'd your Freedom Of my Father and do desire in Return Of this kindness if it be such to let Me see the face of this my Enemy Once more if your Acquaintance as appears By your words be not too late to know his Abode My Lord I shall receive him otherwise Than you expect The Relation you have Made of him and what my self was witness of Have turn'd my Hate into Admiration Of him and if I can move his Love as I have done his Anger I shall be happy In his Valour 'T is not the first time that The Brav'ry of Enemies have made them Friends And that Wounds have been the first Seals of Love I do consider how much I injur'd him And that on such provocation he could not Have done less At the first sight I call'd him Dog And without more Circumstance commanded To have him kill'd Ara. Now Sir I must kneel to you You have the goodness of a Prince He shall Submit for his Offence or suffer for it And if you find not that Noble Spirit In him I have told you of in the most Dangerous Business you shall imploy him Let him be punish'd for this his Ill-plac'd-Valour Time My Lord I 'll take no other Surety But your Word ever oblige me thus Exit Timeus and Guard Ara. But my Lord though I can Answer I cannot give Credit to your smooth Tongue This last Accident might have lost all I 'll Hazard no more by my Delayes And seeing They know not their time to strike I 'll teach em Both the How and When to do it Before To morrow this time I 'll ring their Dull Security such an Alarm Enter Haimantus disguis'd like a Saylor Haim My Lord Prince Clearchus Salutes you Ara. Ha! Prince Clearchus Said'st thou Come nearer friend Haim Do you not know me My Lord Ara. My Lord Haimantus I crave your Pardon How fares the Prince Haim Well and both He And my Lord Pallantus who happily made His Escape to our Ships from his Pursuers Have sent me in this Disguise to let you know The Block-house is privately surrender'd To 'em in which they now are with three hundred Of our Selectest Men and undertake With this strength to rescue the Princess Hianthe This Even if the state of your other Affairs Will suffer it Our Navy besides rides Clear And disengag'd near to the Block-house Where they can land what greater Force they please Ara. Hum. The Gallant Prince and bold Pallantus safe The Block-house surrender'd and the Ships at hand Both for a Reserve and a Retreat Why should They not attempt it My Lord tell 'em Their Design is Noble and like Themselves Full of Youth of Fire of Bravery of Justice That where such Spirits as theirs move in any Action all Designs ought to Follow and Not Lead they make the Period and the Poynts Of Business Say I do not onely approve Of this their Purpose but will Assist 'em In their Retreat and at the same time give A Divertisement by some hundreds of Great shot pour'd into the City Come my Lord I 'll direct you a way to return less Hazardous than that you came in hither Exeunt Omnes Enter Hianthe The time of their great Plot is now compleat The hours are finish'd O let it not You Which look down which favourablylook down Upon this Isle want your Power which first Did strengthen it let the same Hand that bid Disclose it too Shame not at so Glorious An Off-spring when it is Heavenly and doth Confess the Father when none but Gods dare Call it theirs nor without Blasphemy can Own it Ye were kind Parents at the first Shew your selves still so and Rear the Child ye Have Gotten Where Humane strength shall fail there Hold it up and make that Want the Strongest Enter Mellssa Mel. Madam I now met my Lord Ara us Who intreats your Highness to keep within Your Lodgings this Night and to fear nothing What euer Embroylments you hear abroad Or near you Enter Timeus Time Madam I come to tell you The Infection which caus'd this your Retirement Is now clear'd up and vanish'd and abroad You may safely bless us with your Presence The Court has for these dayes suffer'd an Eclipse But when it shall again shew forth its Beams Your Beautyes it will look more Glorious By its short Obscuring Enter the King Comastes Minetius King Weil said Timeus Now I like thee here thy Cares and Services Are bent the right way would I could see thee Once look pale in these Can a young Man when He may have leave to breath in such a Paradise As this draw a common Ayre an Ayre o' th' People I am loath to change thy present thoughts but The business I have to tell thee will bring Thee peace and more leasure for them The suspition Thou had'st of a Treason was not Vain since It hath broke out but 't is already supprest The two Chief of 'em are taken in their passage As they went to Head their Forces And I Have commanded they be set so High As to enjoy a Large View of that Land they Were Ambitious of and then to strangle 'em At that Height Time Are there but two Sir of Note That you have taken Flatter not your self Had they been thousands they had left more behind Your Majesty counts that a Victory Which they scorn to account a Loss and think Y' are safe when they are not indangered Is Aratus Phronimus or Eurylochus Among them Is Pallantus one of the two Are taken King Pallantus Thou dream'st of the Dead And the Ages past Time Sir he 's Living And if my Aimes deceive me not he has Lately Walk'd among us and makes up the Knot Of Traitors Ha! King What can this mean Look out A vollie of Great Shot interrupts their discourse and they stand amaz'd Enter Polyander Poly. Sir arme speedily put your self within Your Strength or y' are lost The Block-house Is revolted Prince Clearchus poures Men In Swarmes upon the Shore Aratus has Seiz'd both the Gate and Fort that lead unto Great Shot still The Haven and thunders as you hear Upon the City Time These were the Evills I was a Prophet of I saw them when They were Disguis'd Sir 't is no time now to Stand But Doe King Madam we intreat your Pardon That thus we have offended 'gainst your peace And made you the first partaker of our Troubles That ought to have Known them Last Hian. Sir your Trouble Is too sad to be excus'd Mel. How likes your Hignesse the Serenade of this fair Evening Exeunt all but Hian. Meliss Hian. I like it
Sea Harp No my Vowes were of another Nature I vow'd to live well and change my bloudy purpose Melam Thou did'st not mean in Earnest Harp I did then but I no sooner toucht the shore And safety but my Old thoughts return'd Melam Come wee 'l goe claim our Hire and swear we kill'd him Before the storm Our Fellowes dead-pay will Fall to us Wee 'l demand for losses I Enter Pallantus And our dangers too Harp If my Eyes deceive Me not here comes one will deny the payment Melam 'T is he how the Devil scapt he Be resolute and second me Pallan How now friends amaz'd at what 's past Dangers Ore-blown are Dreames no more to be esteemed of Within this hour you would have given a world To stand thus had it been yours let not smaller Losses then afflict you The greatest Riches Are trifles after such Deliverance Our Birth-day was not half to us so happy As is this Minute then we had no sence Of Life now we perceive and joy in 't They assault him and he kills 'em What mov'd these Villaines hatred Sure they know Me not Nor did I ere see them before This Voyage They could not hope for Money There 's more in 't Let me see What 's here a beard Black patches Sure 't is their trade they are so He searches 'em Furnisht Both are of the same profession He finds a Letter about the last I am glad to hear you have found Pallantus receive this man the bearer into your Company and Counsell and if your secret practises fail you assault him openly and by violence perform the Murder let the one or the other be done speedily my imployments here for you are many and instant Your Lord and Friend Timeus Art thou the Lord my wonder then is o're Thy l' reachery was ever greater than thy Hate And that too was something more than Malice Above the search of Innocence a Knot Unto the subtil'st Traitors a Ridde To thy self Were not thy Home-Cruelties Enough but thou must maintain thy Factors Out for lives in Forrain Kingdomes I have Lain hid so long am now so New Form'd by Art No friend can know me Hate thy Eyes are more Percieving far than Friendships I have not Dared to Name my self because with it I doe Name my Father and yet thou hast me perfect Him with many more that were to Good to look on So much Ill as thine and thy fathers Lives Were made away Some God give me temper Or too much Rage instead of a Revenger Will turn me a Stock a Fool Hear me yee Banisht Gods for I may justly fear If that your powers are absent anywhere 'T is from this place where Tyranny doth raign On this Altar I doe vow to be your Martyr If not your surviving Instrument Nere to let fall your Vengeance till it light On those which slew the King your King the Image of your Goodnesse Which kill'd the Prince And dared to say that he was lost lost indeed Which on the Princesse doe intend a Rape Their Marriage is no better Which slew My Father and last resolv'd on me Had I a thousand lives I 'd ' gage them here And think your judgement yet not bought too dear Enter Aratus Phronimus and Eurylochus Arat. In the name of wonder what are thou Pall Why What am I Sir Arat. Nay I know not Nor does any but an Antiquary Or a Conjurer certainly Th' art no Man Or if thou be'st I am sure none of the Last Edition Pall Were your Troop absent I 'd make you find I were without those helpes T is so long since you saw a Man a true One That you know not when you meet one Your Lordships Glass shewed you none this morning Eury. Whence camest thou Ara. I that I 'd fain know here 's no hole open In the Earth Pall From Sea Ara. From the bottom sure Above Water nothing floats like thee Phro Of what profession art thou a Soldier Pall Yes Ara. Thou shouldst be hang'd for thy very looks If thou wert not they are excusable aside In no Calling else Pall I know ye all but At this time will not be known unto you These are some insolent Scoffers that breath Their Wits on all they see weaker than themselves Against they meet the Fool next I wrong my self To talk to 'em Eury. Dost hear Pall None of your wit yet Eury. Thou bleed'st Pall Was 't that made me such a wonder I do so Eury. And much blood is spilt upon The Ground Know'st thou the cause Pall Yes I was Assaulted by two Rank Rascals which I Let blood and cured Phro Hast thou not kill'd and rob'd'em Pall Sir your thoughts are base And you do ill thus To insult upon my Innocency Rob'd'em Money 's more below my thoughts than Earth My Education has been Noble and Though the Midwife wrapt me not in Purple Nor Princes Gossipt at my Birth I have Dared to be as Honest as the Greatest My Word hath commanded more than all your Lands and Money Those Deeds which I have done Dishonesty dared not to have look'd on They would have frighted your Lordship if but Told you toward bed-time Phro I never saw Such fierceness Ara. I begin to admire this fellow Eury. Where hast thou bestow'd'em Pall behind there If you search 'em you may find more What Money They had the Sea wash'd 'em clean of before their deaths Phro Why were they cast away Pall Yes but it seems they search the villaines They had a Land-fate Ara. Who 's here rogues limbs Their two heads a piece Phro Here 's a Paper speaks 'em Most notorious Villains Eury. They were proper men Ara. They were so Did'st kill 'em both alone Pall I told you once so and am not proud of 't To boast it o're again and tell you how I did it Ara. Trust me th' art a brave fellow And I admire thy stoutness Thou look'st As if thou hadst been Nure'd in perils Darest thou with us confront a Bold One But as Honest as'tis Great What say'st thou Canst thou like of us Phro Thou shalt not find us As we appear'd at first Pall While ye talk thus I can And in your Business if Honesty Go yok'd with Danger it cannot fright me then No though all the Monsters of Sea and Land And Hell to boot were fram'd into one Horror I 'd face it Charge it and wager a life I 'd Conquer it Ara. Thy words go high as thunder Pall Pardon my words if my actions bear up Equal Arat. I believe they will And dare promise thou wilt do wonders Let meimbrace the Th' art welcome to our Friendship Mine eyes did look on thee unworthily Before me thinks th' art Comely now thy scarrs Are so many Graces not set by an Effeminate but by a manly and A War-like skill Business cals us hence thou shalt not Part one Minute from me Thy wounds needs help Come thou shalt Heal before me Exeunt omnes Enter Clearchus
and Haimantus Cler. Have you commanded all the Mariners Aboard each Captain to his charge bid the Souldiers fill the Decks with their full numbers And display their Colours left nothing wanting That may add to the Glory of the Navy Haim Sir all things are in their Pride and height The Captains Bravery seems to lend brightness To the day and like the Sun throwes raies and light About 'em Nor lookstheir Gold less awful Than the Souldiers Steel On the Ships appear The Joy and Riches of a Conquest and yet they Keep the Order of a joyning-battel There wants nothing to make a War-like Princely And well-commanded Navy but your Presence Sir Clear I would not have them think us such Poor Men That we are drove to seek for their Relief To sue for Bread and Water but rather That we come like Noble Woers full of Rewards and Presents able to return All favours we receive and equally To honour Them that honour Us as Great As they It shall appear that he that is Master of such a Fleet may style himself Prince though Lord of nothing else Haim The people Flock upon the shore and with one Voyce say You come to fetch their Princess Sir you have More than their Consents already you have Their wishes too Clear I marry Haimantus Such a Jewel would make the rest look dim There are two Ladies in this Isle if fame Say true the wonders of the World When Nature Made them she summon'd her whole God-head And unwearied wrought till she had done Form'd each limb as if she had begun there She seem'd to practise on the World till then And what like beautiful she fram'd before Were but Degrees to this Height these the Ascent From which she now must fall They made her Older Than the labour of a thousand years Enter a Servant Serv. Ther 's a great train it seems from Court coming To your Highness Clear Come le ts meet 'em As Clearchus is going out Arats Phronimus Eurylochus and Pallantus meet him Ara. Sir the King congratulates your safety And is glad of your Arrival though the Cause Were dangerous You would have Oblig'd him Much Sir if you had been bound for Creet Clear The King is Royal and chides me kindly He binds a Stranger ever to his Service Ara. His Majesty expects you 'll honour him With your Presence this night at Court Clear My Lord I shall wait upon him But I must fist Entreat you 'l favour me with your Company A ship-board I shall not need to excuse A Souldiers Entertainment I doubt not But your Lordships knows it well Coursnesse and Plainnesse are the Praise of it Arat. Sir you are The Envy of your Neighbour Princes you So farre exceed them in a Brave Command I nere was happy in the like sight before And my Lord they that can boast the strangest Have not seen one so Common and so Rare Your Navy lookes as if she wore the Spoiles Of a whole Land or came to purchase 'em Clea. My Lord you 'l make me proud Your presence yet Will adde unto its Glory Enter Timeus and Coracinus Exeunt Omner Time Found dead upon the shore Cor. I my Lord Thrown into a Cliffe Time Were they drown'd Cora. 'T is believ'd not my Lord for many fresh Wounds Were found upon their bodies and yet their Clothes Were wet Time 'T is strange Were there but two Cor. No my Lord Time That 's stranger yet Reward the Men that found them And bid'm make no farther enquiry After their Deaths nor speak of it Let it Exit Coraos Die with you too doe you hear The Villaines Have rob'd at their return and got their deaths That way I nere could spare 'em worse the State Stands in greater need of theirs than of the Sword of Justice Rodia Rod My Lord He calls Rodia and she Entern Time Is your Lady to be spoke with Rod Alwayes My Lord by you But now she 's coming forth Enter Endora Time Save you sweet Sister End O y' are welcome Sir Time Sure Eudora Venus and the Graces Had their hands to day about you You look Fairer than your self and move in the Sphear Of Love and Beauty Cupid has taken His Stand up in your Eyes and shootes at all That come before him Pray Venus he misse me Eud. When doe you grow serious Time These are the Fair Lookâ— Must captivate the Stranger Prince in a Free Country And this the Dresse that must inchant him ha Eud. There is no Charm in 't certainly it pleas'd Me the least of Many No 't is your Fair Mistresse that beares those Love-Nets about her If the Stranger'scape her he 's safe Time ' Had better Kill his Father and then gaze upon the Spectacle than look upon her with the Eyes of Love Eud. Nay then you are unjust Would you have him stronger than your self was If he for that be guilty the same Doom Must belong to both alike Time But I have Prevail'd so far that he shall be free both From the danger of Love and seeing Nor must You make up his entertainment Eud. I was Commanded to be ready and Attend there Time But now the Commissions alter'd And runs in the Other Sence Eud. I shall be Content to obey either May I not Know the cause Time You may We would not feed The Prince here with hopes to get a Wife This Was the Storm that drove him in Nor must you Onely for this time forbear his presence But while he staies He 's unworthy of you Eud. If you know him so I shall then without Excuse denie his Visits But I think This businuesse may be borne a Nobler Way Nor will the End Fail though the Meanes be Fair Leave it to me If he Sue with Honour He will take an Honourable Answer Though he gain none from me I 'le get his Love And send him home no lesse a Friend than if He were a Husband By my Restraint you 'l Onely procure unto your self the markes Of Jealousie and Rudenesse and fouler Staines If that the Crime were nam'd to the desert Besides it does proclaim in Me too such A Weaknesse as I am much asham'd of Had he a Face adorn'd with the Graces Of both Sexes Beauty and Manlinesse And these after the Custome of the Roman Princes in their Statues Engrafted on On the body of some God I could look on Converse I and neglect him too when I Have reason for it Fear not me then Time I doe not I know thee strong the Honour Of a Kingdome may lean with safety on Thee But he will linger here too long besot The State with Feastings and in this Jollity Give Opportunity to Treacherous Practises He must be us'd Ill there are Reasons for it Eud. Is there then a Policie In Rudenesse Why doe you not rather send A Defiance to him Proclaim him Enemie This were Nobler far than to receive him In your armes and then Affront him say Health And wish Poyson in
Retirement Nor yet the Flame conceiv'd from Her fair Eyes VVere meerly Casual but things of a Deeper And Diviner working Love who art Ruler Of the Destinies themselves if Youth And Greatness powerfully do invoke thee If a Vertuous Mind a Spirit bold Affections pure And Constant Faith are Oblations gratefull To thy Altar favour my Present Hopes All these I offer to thee And proudly Do exchange my peace and Quiet for the Troubles and perturbations of a passion Crown but the End and let all the Doubts The Suff'rings and the Dangers that ever rackt A Lovers Soul be made my Portion possesse me then with the Fulnesse of thy Deity let not thy Shades and Flourie Bankes Withhold thee make Paphos but thy Refuge The Heart 's thy Native Soyl thy Mothers Lap 's A Banishment to it But idely I invoke The God while favourably he beckons me To Recieve my Vowes and the Happinesse I Sue for does Attend me The houre 's already past That Calls me to the Princesse Exit Enter Hianthe Aratus Mclissa two Ladies Haimantus and Pallantus Hian. May I ever hope to see such Happinesse Arat. To injoy it long Madam and know no End Ofit Hian. Can I be no way assistant To the Businesse Ara. Onely in your Prayers 'T is our Task to Subdue the Men but the Gods Who must with piety be conquer'd we 'l leave Unto your Goodnesse And yet Madam me thinks The present Opportunitie prompts us With a Meanes to adde both Strength and Reputation To our Affaires This Gallant Prince whose Visit You expect is not I find a Stranger To the Interests of Crete nor lightly resents The Tyranny it groanes under The power You seem to have ore him may improve This Compassion into a Zeal to re-instate us In the Libertie we have Lost. Hian. My Lord I 'le use my best Endeavours if I find him fit To be Engag'd Leave this particular to me Enter Clearchus who puts off his Disguise with the help of Haimantus Ara. Madam he 's now ariv'd That 's he in the disguise Hian. So fell the Cloud from off the Trojan Lord Not able to Contain the Raies it held But being pierc't dissolv'd at Once to Air Exposing to the Worlds Astonisht Eye A Lusture rivalling the Mid-day Sunnes Clear Sure I was Rude and Barbarous before This Nobler Fire did touch my Heart and from The Wild Inhabitants of the Wood Differ'd in Passion onely and not Reason That without more Amaze I could behold Such Brightnesse and with a Readie Speech Excuse The Fault my Error had committed I cannot now find out a Word to sute With my Desires nor does the whole Store Afford me One but what must prejudice Her Excellence and my Estimation of it Pardon Madam that like the Ascendants To the Altar by Degrees I thus approach you Pausing at each Step and bowing to that Nearnesse Rashnesse was my Crime before and should I Throw that Blot a second time upon my Actions Rudenesse might be justly thought my Nature And Barbaritie my best Knowledge Hian. My Lord that which you call your Crime was the Incivilitie of the Court that left A Stranger to commit an Error So unhappy to himself I dare not Undertake to Patronize the Act Nor yet to Excuse it I shall believe I have Obtain'd much If I may be thought wholy To Disclaim it Clear Madam allow me then To beg your Pardon for the Presumption With which I made this Visit that I thought it A Hard Nay Injurious Treatment to be forc'd To Quit this Isle before I had the Honour To look upon you for since I have beheld Those Wonders of Beauty you are Mistresse of I find my Voyage was too Short my Hazards Too Slight and Few to be rewarded with so High A Favour Hian. My Lord had you directed Your Words to my Misfortunes I should have Acknowledg'd then you had seen a Raritie One in the perfection and Excellence Of Misery but I have no pretence No Title unto ought besides my Troubles Please you my Lord to with-draw unto a place That admits not so publique an Accesse Your Visit to me is not without all Danger Exeunt Clearchus Hianthe Melissa and the Ladies Ara. If I would set a Spectacle to the World It should be such a Close Where Vertue Ador'd Vertue and Greatnesse bow'd to Greatnesse Me thinks the Heavens doe open and the Clouds Are spun into a Thread to let down some God Unto this Meeting Let us withdraw The Power is now descended and all within Is Sacred and Mysterious and if we prie Into these Secrets our Curiositie Will be punisht Exeunt Omnes Chorms VVHile this Old Poppy thus doth sleep And doth in Vice as Age grow deep Benumming all the Plants are nigh Into a Drowsie Lethargie Behold a Nobler Branch appeares As farre from 's Manners as his Yeares O shed Thou then thy Influence And we 'l resume fresh Beauties thence The Fiercer Sweetnesse of his Face Presents a Rigour mixt with Grace And though there were a Want of Bloud His Worth would make his Title Good Vertues so Grown in so Few Yeares Make Him even Such become their Feares On then and cause the Scepter bee Thought but Reserv'd not Snatcht from Thee ACTUS 3. SCENA 1. Enter Aratus Phronimus Eurylochus Pallantus Aratus ARe all things ready for the Ceremony The Crown and Robes Phro They are there 's nothing wanting If the Prince were come Eury He 's now come Enter Clearchus and Haimantus Ara. Your Highness is welcom but I fear it may Appear to a strange Place and Persons What Do you think my Lord Are you not fallen Into the Company of so many Traitrous and lost Men Clear Say not so Sir You have not Warrant though you rank your self Within the Number The Place and Persons Rather appear to me as if some Holy Rite Or piece of Sacred Worship were intended Ara. My Lord you understand it right 't is a Piece Of Holy Worship and Devotion that is Intended by us And I may truly say That this our private Meeting and close Counsel Is more Just and Glorious than the loudest Deed In Court that all our publick Acts Edicts And Forms of Law are dark and impious Compar'd to it Nay that this Time and Place Made holy by our Purposes hath the Gods More manifest and present than the Altars And the Temples long since made Void and Empty Of a Deity by those which sue for Favours and requests for Him who justly Heard deserves their Horrid'st Vengeance We are not met here to Plot a general Ruin For a private Injury we know and teach That the Greatest done by the King unto The Subject cannot give him Cause to throw off His Faith Kings are petty Gods and may tempt us Nor is it Want or desire of Innovation That thus stirreth us we are in the Best Ill-State already Nor Ambition To strike at that Lawrel which the Thunder Spares no we Reverence it and know that As Men are the works
of Nature so Kings Of Jove But 't is our Oath the Sacrament We took which still holds us though our Lord be dead Until his Successor release us from it By taking of a New One We are not Subjects but Slaves to Him we now Obey And therefore as Slaves we ought to hate our Master He was born less than We and hides The Private Man under the Publick Gown The Purple which he wears was dipt deep in The blood of Innocents to colour 't so But I vainly waste my self in Words here Are no Minds to be perswaded nor Ears To be instructed The sins we are to punish VVe all know and the gods remember Our strength then is all we are to speak of VVhich is more than three parts o' th' Isle sixteen Years Undisturb'd Provision so carelesly VVas that secur'd which was got by Blood There 's but one Lord-ship small in respect Of others the Tyrants Own Possession That will be Cordial for him but they are So besotted with their Fortunes that their Greatest Aid will be but in their VVills to Do him Service They may offer up their Lives Like so many Sacrifices for his sake But not like Souldiers they are Unworthy Of that Name They may Dye but never Conquer VVar was never talk'd of but in their Banquets Nor dare they Fight beyond a Brawl Phro And if we would count part of our Strength In their VVeakness we have no Opposition In the City where They and their Vices Are daily seen nothing is so Contemptible And in Remoter Parts where Majesty Is more reverenc'd being known onely By the Power and Lawes and where the name of King Hears like the Name of God even there those sonns O' th' Earth as I may call 'em dare menace him And pile hills on hills to set their Bodyes Equal to their Hates Eury. Here we are thee my Lord Can each of raise such Forces which though They fail'd to effect it yet could make The Kingdome fear a Conquest Pall Your Highness Is a Souldier and though but Young perhaps Have seen already what others whole Lives Have not shewn them yet wee 'l play a Game VVe dare invite You to though you were Accompani'd with all the Ancient Heroes VVho had they leave but in their Aery shapes To set on a Tribunal Spectators Of the VVar this their second Leaving of The Earth should be more grievous to them than Their former Deaths and they would wish this Isle Might be their Elizium Ara. You see my Lord How each can bring his Forces in and prompt The other Those which have none on Earth Can bring them down from Heaven in stead of Men Bring Manly Spirits VVords and Looks confirming More than Armies Clear M Lords I must confess with no small pleasure I have heard the Justice the Strength the Courage Of your Cause And for the first of which although I never doubted or from the other two Meant ever to withdraw my Aid however VVeak yet I am glad to see the Enterprize So hopeful For though most greedily I Should imbrace all Hazards for two such Mistresses As Justice and the Excellent Princess Yet where their Interests are Disputed I cannot wish to see a Danger what Ever weight of Glory I might purchase By it My Lords the small Force I am Master of Either in my Person or those Commanded by me Reckon on till you see us Conquer or lye Upon the ground Ara. Our Designs are then succesful Above our wishes Phronimus introduct. The Priest we are now ready for him Though Exit Phronimus We need nothing to strengthen our Resolutions Yet we 'l take an Oath 't is good to have the Gods Along with us A Sacrament is the Tie No lesse of Loyaltie than of Treason Here let us all before this Sacred Witnesse Phronimus returnes with a Plamen bearing in his hand an Image Of Faith and Perjurie make a Holy Vow Of Loyalty to Our Selves and Cause And as we draw near to so Divine an Essence consider that 't is not Gold or Marble That we touch but a Moddle of a Sensible And Living Power which has Vouchsaft to be Imbrac'd by One Hand when the Vastnesse of Our Thoughts could not comprehend it Here they all seeâ— to take an Oath by Kissing of the Image Exit Eurylochus Now we are ready for the Prince Eurylochus Conduct him in Your Grace shall see a Stronger Perswasion than any you have yet heard The lively Image of Her you so much Serve He Knowes not yet his Fortunes but I dare Warrant He 'l bear them bravely He has read The Lives of Kings though he never acted Any and you shall perceive he 's Princely-Born Though not bred in Court Eurylochus returns with Cleander Royall Sir y' are welcome Start not at the Name it is your Due You Were born to the Title and I doubt not Though you never heard it thus appli'd before 'T is not altogether Strange unto you There was a Spark which in the first Womb After a Speciall Manner was infus'd Into you and is another Soul Within you as the One Informes your Body So this Informes your Soul we may call 't The Difference of a King That will tell you We are all here your Subjects and this No Strange Philosophie I teach And though This Rich Perfume hath hitherto been wrapt In this Disguise of Learning and defended From the air o' th Court 't is not decai'd But grown stronger by such keeping which when It shall be open'd will cast a fragrant Smell ore all the Kingdome and cure the Infections Of the Former Age To open it we Are met it is a Medicine we too long Have languisht for And Sir though it be a short Warning to so Great a Matter you must Presently resolve to be a King We Have no time now to instruct you in Your Right and how you lost it It was Yeares In doing and will require Yeares to relate it In the mean time let what you see perswade you Our Serious Lookes Respects and the Presence Of these Holy Rites Clean I need not excuse My want of Answer there 's nothing fit for me To say Which way so e're I shall declare My self to this Purpose will appear Foolish Whether I Refuse or Grant both are alike Ridiculous 'T is not with Me as with Elder Yeares They may refuse Offers like these And be admir'd for such their Moderation Or accept them and for that Magnanimitie Be honour'd But should I assume an Action So many Yeares above my Age I must Expose my self a Pagent to the Beholders Scorn and Laughter My Lord That which I have To say is onely this My Yeares are yet in Non-Age My Actions not my Own to Others Wills I am wholly Subject you may Command me Even to Wear a Crown and to submit to Accept the Highest Honours Set me if You please on the Throne you speak of and when You see a time again remove me Yet My Lord I 'd have you
Innocence or Pietie Or both though you stood for many Yeares So Great a Person in the State Kept you From looking in this Mysterie And if You doubt the truth of what I have said Or can suspect your Enemies Cause is pleaded By me ask of the most Zealous to your House And Name and you will find I have not onely Declar'd a Veritie but restrain'd by Manners And by Duty conceal'd a Storie of the horrid'st Crueltie that any Age or time can Parallel Eud. If this be true our Sinnes are mightier Than our Suff'rings and had we a greater Debt Than Life we ought to pay it My Miseries Are due to me I was a Partie and Enjoy'd my Fathers Violence and Treason Rod You are as Innocent as at that Time Your Age was and onely doe offend in these Your Teares and too much Sorrow which on this Occasion shew'd excessively is not To Grieve but to Repine The King was Old And taking his Latest Leave and 't is hard To say whether he were First opprest with Yeares Or Vengeance My Lord Time us 't is true Was Young but waigeing so seaslesse and perverse A Warre 'gainst Vertue and 'gainst Justice What wonder if at last he sunk in such A Quarrell Eud. How ill these Words become thee To speak and me to hear 'em Think'st thou the Shame And Vices of our House can bring a Comfort To me Rod I think their Shame and Vices Madam Ought not to oppresse your Innocence Eud. As the Glories so the Dishonours of A Familie reflect upon the Rest Of Kin Rod 'T is the Error of the Blind Mistaking World that placeth either where They are not deserv'd Eud. Can any shift off With Honour from themselves the Sad Calamitie That O're-whelmes their House Rod If that Calamitie Be the punishment of Particular Crimes To dote on the Calamitie is to Allow The Crimes Eud. None can be suspected to allow A Crime that punish even their Innocence For their Alliance to the Vitious Rod Nor none can be admired for Justice more That punish Innocence on any Score Enter Lady to 'em Lady There 's one of the Adverse party that seems Of Note desires admittance to your Highnesse Eud. See Rodia who it is Rodia goes out as to see and returnes again Who is it Rod Madam I Know not nor did I e'er see Any like him His Grace and Forme admit No Paralell He speaks like the Souldier That first broke in upon us but him It cannot be He was the Terror This the Delight And Wonder of those that look upon him Eud. Whether will thy Unseemly Admiration Carry thee In Men Beauty 's the Least Part. Rod Madam it appears so in him Yet where Such Excellence of Form is seen the Beauties Of the Mind are seldome Common He craves Admittance to your Highnesse and will not Take it before that it be granted Eud. Admit him It will not become our State To deny Commands much lesse when they Intreat Rodia goes out and returns again with Pallantus richly habited Pal. The Kingdome owes a Sacrifice for your Life All will joy to hear of it which had it falid Would have pul'd more Guilt upon us then the Sinns Of a whole Age Eud. It is my shame you tell me of And a great Share of my Grief that thus I stay To Grieve Pal. My Offensive Tongue can utter Nothing pleasing to you so great are your Misfortuues and your Honour so tender To you Yet if my Bloud could Cure the Wounds I have given you I would not stick to make A Balsome with it Eud. Thou art not He Which gave'em me Pal. If my Repentance can make Me Clear I am not Otherwise t was I Who blinded with the beauty of a Rash Revenge tore from you all your Joyes and with it Lost my Owne Eud. Th' art strangly Alterd If thou bee'st he Pal. Nothing so strangely As my Hopes are Which first appeared to me In a shape most Heavenly and told me All should be as Blessed as their Form That if I would strike one Noble Blow I should remove the Numerous Wrongs and Evils Of a Nation But treacherously hid it From my sight that with the same stroke I should Produce One Evill out-weighing all the rest That I had Remedied Eud. Why dost thou Colour thus Thy Cruelty with Outward shew of Justice And Compassion Thou hadst no Cause for that Which thou hast done The Wrongs were General Thou Urgest so and of a Publique Nature And came not in the Compasse of thy Private Vengance but that thou hadst a Hand was ever prest And ready to act a Cruelty Pal. Yet I had A Cause pardon me that I say so and being That I saw not You before I did it A Just One I lost a Soveraigne as near To me in Bloud as Love And if this Cause Seeme Remote I had a Father Murdered Whose Death it became me to Right with Vengeance As it becomes you to mourn ore yours with Teares My self the First Prince of all this Isle Was drove a Fugitive to other Countrys My Wrongs and Innocence were my onely Guilt Nor did my Persecutors here give ore They thought too Much was Left me in my Life So Poore at that time so Orewhelmd with Miseries T was hardly from a Death to be distinguish't Their Injuries put a New One in me And blew the Sparke unto a Flame Consumd'em Look on this It may bring you Comfort He gives her the Letter he found at the beginning in the Villaines pocket that should have kil'd him With making you Out-of-love with the Subject Of your Grief Eud. Pallantus are you Pallantus Pal. This is the first Day I have dared to be so Eud. And to all the Treason and Injustice named Here 's signd Timeus Couldst thou be so Cruell So foully Impious Degenerate Brother This hath made a Mercy of all that hath Befallen thee Nay thou dost deserve To have thy Punishments out-Live thee To have this Blasting Character engraved upon Thy Tombe to all Posterity Here lies The Bloudy Treacherous and to make thee Monstrous to have thy Age joynd to it The Young Timeus that was subtle in His Youth What remaines for me That Happinesse The most Wretched do enjoy is taken From me A Worthy Cause of Sorrow Now I can neither Live or Dye without a Staine Pal. Can you find yet a Resemblance but of Justice Inmy Actions Eud. I Know not how to Answer you The Tongue that can defend such Impious Deeds Must be as Wicked as the Will that did Commit'em Had Equity poynted all Your Actions out given you Rules to work by Told you how much how farre you must have gon You could not have done more Justly There wants Not any thing to Crown your Judgment but My Death the onely Surviving Issue Of that Sinful Race I have a long time Loathd my Life and now I loath My Self too I find I know not how a Guiltinesse Possesse me my Fathers Crimes flow like his