Where are the Souldiers that escaped with thee Io. Dead all save this whom I desire you both To favour as my special friend and one Whose valour may deserve your love The circumstances of the others loss We will refer untill some fitter time Va. Let it be so Come my brave Souldier great Vespatians son Will joy to see thee safe Exeunt Sound Musick and enter a Dumb Shew Vespatian and Titus two Souldiers follow bearing a Crown Vespa confâ—rreth with Titus then enter Valerio and Nicanor with Ioseph and the Cap. they present Ioseph to Vespa Ioseph kneels Vespatian and Titus imbrace him Valerio and Nicanor whisper with the Souldiers take the Crown of them and present it kneeling to Vespatian he refuseth twice they draw and force him to ascend and take it Titus kneeleth Vespatian imbraceth him Ioseph takes leave of Titus and the rest and exit with Vespatian and the Captains consult and exeunt at the other doors Chorus Romes great Commander Nero lately dead Behold now good Vespatians aged head Enjoyes the Diadem conceive him now Ariv'd at Rome there with a solemn vow Of bloody war he raiseth fresh supply to aid his valiant son in Galile Ioseph is sent to Rome by Cesars son there lives a captive till the wars begun Against Ierusalem mean time we pray Let pleasing musick charm the time away Finis Actus Secundies Incipit Actus tertius Scena secunda Enter Zareck with Ieho Letter THe times steals on apace I must be brief in my delivery Knockâ— within Who knocks Za. A servant to the Lord Ichochanan Serv. Your business Za. T is private to yor Lord Serv. I will inform him so Enter Skimeon Skim From whom thy business Za. Read this my Lord and you shall be resolv'd Skim My Lord multiplicity of words protract time the third night from the date of this you shall have entrance into the City be sudden strong a bold farewel Reads the Letter I shall not fail commend me to thy Lord and bid him rest assured of my appearance Exit Za. I will my Lord. Skim Farewel be sudden strong and bold Za. I will be all Exit But 't is Ichochanan to work thy fall Enter Eleazer Elea. To be or not to be I there 's the doubt For to be Sovereign by unlawful means Is but to be a slave to base desire And where 's my honour then What a strange buzzing of ambition Pusues my thirsty soul O Eleazer can thy traytor breast Give harbour to a thought of Paricide It is thy father O the sacred tye Of filial duty how that awful name Affrighteth all my faculties with fear With fear of what with foolery by heaven If there be ought within this awful name That can extort obedience from a son 'T is but the rotten Carcass there 's the thing That for to please its self begets another So does a beast and yet 'twixt them we see An equal freedome of society As for the nobler part of man we know That 's of a higher birth if it be so Thus low my knee shall bend but thou my heart Bends his knee Scorn to obey remember where thou art I am resolv'd the times are bloody and the peoples hearts I hear are bent on me Ichochanans the man that I must fairly close withall this done We shall be strong for opposition Soft here a comes Enter Jehochanan Iehoc. My Lord Eleazer Elea. Iehochanan well met Ie. My Lord if without a breach of manners I might be bold to question with your Lordship I should desire to know the secret cause of your accustomed sadness which good my Lord pardon my boldness as tender of your Lordships health and honour I have of late observed Elea. O my Iehochanan I know thou lovest me well imbraces him Nor will I in words or actions give the cause To say I am unthankful though I must confess The greatest part of my requital is Too mean for thy deserts the means Iehochanan I want the means to counterpoise thy worth Io. O my gracious Lord your love hath ever been A full requital to my poor deserts But good my Lord the cause of this your sadness Elea. O I have been tormented to the soul To see the strange distraction of the times To see the sacred City rul'd by those Whose poor decrepid brains are fiâ—ter far For drowsing pillows than for bloody war Ie. My Lord your father Elea. O that cheating name With what a magick spell it doth bewitch The crazy judgement and besot the soul With adoration of this lump of earth Ie. You know my Lord there is a sacred tye Enjoyns obedience Elea. Tush meer policy A trick a cheat to keep the world in aw Death I am vext to think how men are gull'd Ie. My Lord I understand not what you mean Elea. Thou canst not be so dull Is' t so I dare not utter now what I conceive O my good Lord remember that your father Apart Elea. No more by all that 's good I hate the name of father Ie. Death I am discover'd Ie. Now I have found ye Sir and must have leave To tell your Lordship that you do me wrong From which of all my actions have ye pickt Even but a shew of treason to the state Elea. How ye forget your self Ie. T is you my Lord that both forget your slef and me Elea. Agen Ie. Nay I must tell ye 't was not for your honour Vpon the buzzing of some bare report To undermine your friend Elea. Speakst thou this in earnest Ie. I do and will in earnest stand Against that traytor whose presumptuous hand Dare touch your aged father Elea. Vngrateful slave the traytor I return With interest of what thou dost deserve Traytor to me and traytor to the state Ie. This but to play another time upon me Which ended still Iehochanan's the same Elea. Dar'st thou not stand for Eleazer then Ie. I neither dare nor will Elea. Then I dare kill thee They draw and sight Ie. Hold art thou in earnest Elea. The to'ther bout will tell thee Ie. Swear by the honour of a loyal friend And I beleeve it Elea. By heaven I swear and by the sacred tye Of settled friendship what my words express My actions shall confirm Ie. Then thus I do imbrace your love Now my Lord What ere the project be I vow assistance and fidelity Elea. Then take it thus Thou hast command to muster up thy forces Let it be done with expedition My doting father hath devis'd this plot To cheat the Citizens whose greedy souls thirst for Vespatians blood but fearful they while thus they gull the people mean to pay the wonted tribute money and with slavish fear to crave a peace of the proud Emperour This on my life is true but wee 'l prevent it Ie. I but the means my Lord E. To morrow morning ere the break of day Muster thy forces to the market place there I will meet thee with a warlike troop Of youthful
shake hands shake hands Pen. Why thou art not run away from thy Lady too art Pet. No but I am sent of an everlasting Errand and will leave the answer to my Executors I 'me for push a pike boy Pen. Stand close stand close here come the Captains Enter Eleazer Skimeon and Zareck with a Paper in his hand Elea. The Commons are in arms against us Skimeon And resolutely take our Fathers part Yet he I hear gives no allowance too 't But rhinks with fair perswasions to prevail But we are arm'd with resolution Sk. We must be wise my Lord those aged hairs Are taught by long experience to intrap our younger brains and this may be a plot to take us at ' advantage Therefore my Lord in time let me advise that we encrease our forces speedily Let us make know â— the Proclamation Elea. Read the â—â—ntents of it once again Zareck reads Whosoever listeth to be rid from the bondage of his Master or hath any injury in his Countrey or what servant soever desireth to beset at liberty or who so cannot abide the rule of his father or his mother all that be in debate and stand in fear of their Creditors or fear the Iews for shedding innocent blood If there be any man that is accused of any notorious crime in danger therefore To be short whosoever iâ— disposed to rob to haunt Whores to murder and to live freely at other mens cost let him come to me and I will relieve him Pet. O rare I am ravished I am ravished the wenches the wâ—nches boy Elea. I do not like the Proclamation the subject sounds too harsh and will beget Distractions in the graver Citizens Skim Death what need we care for that So we be strong for opposition Elea. Delays are dangerous and we may be surpriz'd Indeed upon the sudden well let it be done But in thy Name for I must seem to be Vpright and zealous for their liberty Enter the High Priest and Gorion the High Priest kneels Ananias Behold young man thy aged Father kneels And knnels to thee even unto thee his Son And begs with tears with tears of bitterness the ransom of thy soul and of the State Both lost for ever ever lost if thou persist Elea. Patience defend me or I shall be o'recom Sk. Take heed ye be not caught Elea. Caught is' t possible for man to view this sight Apart this most prodigious sight and not be caught O Heavens Did I not hear him say a was my Father Go this passion I hope wil work some good effect the Carter comes Have I not heared him beg and seen him kneel Had a been Jewries slave a could have done no more Is' t possible these Rivolets of blood should flow From such a Fountain Come hither fellow Time and Maturity do seem to say Pet. Hee 'l hang him sure thou mayest have been a Father to a Son tell me hadst thou e're a son Cart. Had I and have too an 't like your Worship or chood be zorry Elea. The power of Nature works as strong in thee As in thy Prince thou lov'st him too I know Cart. By th' mass I zee your Worship 's vilely cunning I do indeed Elea. Couldst thou afford upon some weighty cause Suppose to save thy life to kneel unto thy son Car. Kads nails kneel I scorn that esaith I hil make the Looby kneel to me I hil warrant him El. Come hither seest thou this old man Car. Ay Canst thou believe this man to be my Father C. Vather ketha no by my troth not I. El. Vp thou decrepped lump of vanity thou base impostor that wouldst cheat the world With a supposed Name thou beastly shame Of Age and Honour thou indignity Vnto thy self and thy Posterity Come come disrobe thy self I say and yeild Whilst he speaks he disrobes him these ornaments to him that scorns to kneel Here fellow put um ofâ— put um on I say for I will have it so Let our Proclamation be publisht Za. It shall my Lord. Exit Elea. Skim and Zareck at one door and Anna. Gor. at the other weeping and after them the Carter whistling Pet. St Pennel ' st Pennel The heighth of his preserment will not let him answer me Well I am astonished to think what honor I shall come too Finis Actus primus Incipit Actus Quartus Enter Titus Valerio Nicanor Titus NOw fellow-Souldiers what Methinks ye look Not smiling on Vespatians Son Let not the miss of your old Captain strike Your manly hearts with grief Come come let me See your cheerful countenances speak My hearty welcome Courage noble friends For know there 's not a dram of worth infus'd Within Vespatians noble loins but lives Invested here these lusty Roman veins Swell high as ere did his with hopeful pride Of happy victory this loyal brest Harbours a heart as full of Clemency If gently sought unto but slighted once the daring Lyon harbours one more mild More merciful the I I tell ye Lords I 'le not expect more duty from your hands then my deserving actions truly weigh'd Shall justly challenge And be thus assur'd My aged Father thus far I le out-do there 's not a tiâ—tle of his former promises to either here but shall by me be crown'd With fair performance To witness which we give you joint Command And Martial Pow'r as next unto our self Val. My gracious Lord the best of my endeavours Shall strive to merit what your noble hand Hath now conferr'd my hearts best blood my Lord Shall seal my faithful protestation Ni. My actions my good Lord shall better speak My humble thâ—nks then my unskilful phrase Mean time your Lordships pardon for my silence Ti. T is well Now I must tell ye Lords As I have ript my heart to let you see My lifes Compendium I expect that you Should shape your actions to deserve my love For I must tell ye Lords 't is not a formal shew of gilded words that can perswade me so Let me behold your brave attempts pursue Imperious victory through seas of blood Your panting souls in midst of Massacre thirst after Honour till the reaking blade cry 't is enough Have ye not seen when in a bloody fray My Noble Father hath been left alone Alone begirt with ranks of Enemies Whose strong Batalio's kept all rescue from him How then even then when horror infinite Stood gazing on him with a grim aspect How then I say his daring countenance Stood in defiance of them all at once How the more danger still the more he durst Like a strange Mastiff fiercely set upon by mungril Curs in number ten to one With angry teeth and courage bravely bold A snarles and snaps now this now that doth bite And stoutly still maintains the unequal fight with equal fury till the bawling curâ—es be quite disperst So he but with such Kingly awful Majesty as if in midst of this confusion A found but sport of recreation Such and so daring
the skirmish Ni. My Lord Ni. My Lord what nothing â—ut â—â—y Lord Souns must I dance attendance on your answer Strikes him Now sir what my Lord Ni. Souns what d' ye strike me Va. Fye fye vilely spoken very vilely spoken Ask his Lordship why a strikes Why this â—avours of too much arrogance and woo'd incense him beyond measure Ye should rather have said My Lord I am sorry I have trespast on your patience Or I crave your Lordships pardon for my duâ—â—ess Or the like Ni. Pox a patience and your Lordship too Why did ye strike me so hard Val. Out upon 't worse and worse by this light Limit his Lordship how hard to strike Why this were to tell his Lordship what to do How to command and where to punish this woo'd not be endur'd Ni. I prethee leave thy jesting Or by this light I shall fall out in earnest and let your Lordship know I am displeased Val. Well I have done but prethee canst thou tell the cause of this distemper For in himself what e're hath alter'd him He is a Captain of as mild a nature As brave Command and of as sweet converse as Rome hath ever bred Ni. Faith I am ignorant nor can I judge the cause But Val. Peace the General Enter Titus Ti. Valerio Val. My Lord Ti. Come hither nearer yet nearer nearer yet I say Souns must I trumpet my Oration Or dost thou think my throat 's an Organ-pipe There has been lately a great out-rage done within the Camp know you ought of it Val. Not I my Lord. Ti. Take heed I trap thee not upon thy life take heed By Heaven if I do I say agen there has been lately acted A most inhumane murder on the Jews the Captive Jews that fled to us for mercy Know'st thou ought yet V. My Lord I know not ought nor ought have ever heard of this inhumane act Ti. Nor you why dost not speak speak I say Death if I ask agen Ni. My Lord Nor I. Ti. Nor I what nor I Death are ye so sparing of your speech sir Take heed I do not frame an answer for thee By Heaven if I do 't will cost thee dear the penning Ni. My gracious Lord Ti. Comma Ni. I am Ti. Comma Ni. Altogether Ti. Colon. Ni. Ignorant Ti. Period Troth I believe thee Ni. Of this proceeding Ti. What 's all this put together now Ni. My Lord Ti. My contumelious Coxcomb Why was not this mishapen answer given without distraction If thy soul be clear Why did thy guilty looks proclaim thee evil Why didst thou vail the face of honesty and innocence within the mask of fear Thou wert begotten sure in some distraction When Nature was disturb'd to get a man Go get thee hence and get more Faith but yet look to 't look to 't I say for if I find thee guilty thy life shall pay the ransome of thy sin Go get thee hence stay read that going away He reads and read it out A Catalogue of the Massacre of the Captive Jews who fled to us for mercy Vnder Valerio's Squadron four hundred Vnder Nicanor's five hundred Murdred out of the camp and ript for their Jewels VVhich they had swallowed for fear of rifling eleven hundred The whole number amounting to two thousand Ni. This is strange my Lord. Gives him the Paper Ti. Yes 't is wondrous strange that we Whose Princely-Valour Power and Clemency the world admires should be so foul abus'd Abus'd by you by you I say abus'd And say 't agen Death if tâ—were not so who durst attempt attempt durst think to do An act so foul so most inhumane Have we not given the sole command to you and you to do what you think fit And must we have our Honor now traduc't Trampled and trod upon through your neglect Must we when we have past our princely word For fair protection have our Subjects snatcht By such discorder from our Princely bosom By heaven this is not well I say it is not Look too 't look too 't I say I hear no more of this For by a Romans honour if I do go to I say look too 't Va. Now by my life but this is wondrous strange Exit Two thousand Jews destroi'd and we not know'â—â— Ni. T is so nor can I blame the General To be distemperd But now the storm is over Let us by strict inquiry search the truth Perchance he may be mis-inform'd and we abus'd Va. Content let us about it Exeunt Enter the Lady Miriam with a knife in her hand How tedious are our daies of miseries And yet how breefe the means to cut them off What multitudes of Wretched dayes and nights In whose each minute the affrighted soul Lives on the wrack of grief and discontent Wâ—â—'d this smal instrument of death dispatch And why do I then VVretched I protract My dayes of misery I' st not enough that I have liv'd to see My parents slain by native crueltie My countrey Sackt and my religion Scorn'd My self forsaken and my stripling live To ask me food and I not food to give Can I have brains to know and wil to do Reason to judge and hands to help me too And still procrastinate my daies of woâ— Doo 't Miriam doo 't I say it must be so Goes to stab her self VVhat i st that barrocadoes back mine arm Nor will nor brain nor heart nor hand are mine All stand subjected to a power divine Tush I am deceived Henceforward I nor God nor good will know Religion is a thing fantasticall And heaven and hell are meer Poeticall Hence coward fear t is thou that dost command Mine arm to slack thou makst my shaking hand Let fall the fatal instrument of death I will no more be subject to thy Law But in a minute Goes to stab her self agen Alas how cruell mercifull am I To free my self from sad calamity And leave my pretty child to suffer more I le kill him first and that once bravely done I le kill the mother that has kild her son Enter boy Now swift occasion tempt us to do evil See where the stripling comes How pretily a looks upon me and must I doest Was ever mother so unatural Shee weeps And yet I must My pretty boy art thou not very sick for want of meat Boy Yes very sick indeed and feeble too So feeble I have much adoe to go La. Had'st thou not rather die then live In this extremity Boy Alas good mother I am loath to die I wood fain live to see you get some food La. would'st therefore live my boy Why thou shalt be my food When I have kill'd thee I will feed on thee Boy Good God forbid such Crueltie I hope you do not mean to kill me mother La. Yes my sweet Lamb look here 's the knife prepar'd Boy Nay then I see I shall be kill'd indeed Alass what have I done what deed so foul To make you so unkinde Weeps Indeed I did not think you
could have been so cruell La. How prettily a talks Boy have I forgotten ought of those respects That duty binds me too Or through forgetfulness Not done that service which you did command Is this the cause O hold pray hold your hand My duty shall observe ye ten times more Kneels Then ever my obedience did before La. How hard a pleads for life the Gentle Phrase Weeps agen Begins to mollifie my cruell breast In what a sad dilemma stands my choise Affection bids me spareâ— affliction strike Nor can I well approve nor yet dislike Of either Something must be done Forgive me heaven for I must kill my Son Boy O I am Kill'd indeed farewell She stabs him La. That well sound 's ill t is done it may be no For still a sturs and sturs but now t is done indeed Come take him up and Quarter him and then Invite the cruell Captain to a feast That they may see a mother eat her Son She takes him up and Exit And kill her self before the feast be done Come take him up I say Enter Eleazer with his sleeves stript up to the Elbowes with two Attendants following I have washt and washt and washt and cannor wash this blood away 〈◊〉 Att. What blood my Lord. Elea. The blood of batts put out thine eyes Doo'st thou not see how red and fresh it lookes T is very not too reaking hot so hot It Scaldes the cunduit pipes of life Fryes all my vitalls into Aetna's flames And makes a bonfire of my burning heart My Spoongy bellows that were wont to blow Cool fannings to my bodies center Are Suffocate with Sulphrous heat no crany left To cool a tortur'd Soul Go fetch me Vulcans bellows they 'l doo 't sure Or if not they I'â—â— force a passage through this house of clay and let in air Att. Lay hands upon him till the fit be past E. These flaming Lampes burn red with fury rage To feel my marrow broil my singed scull Reverberates the fury to my brain And makes me mad All this whole mass of man Is metamorphiâ—'d to confusion Hurry me strait unto the Eolean cave That Boreas may bore me through and through There shall ye see this active torrid Zone Tug for the mastry with the windy King That fire with air and air with fire may burn Till fire and air do into Chaos turn The devil sure 's a rare Doctor of ancient standing too I 'le have him sent for and to bid him welcome a shall break his fast with braines t will be a rare breakfast they are already frying in my scull For to have them cookt in a Kitchin-pan woo'd shew poor and not Suit with his greatness But let the Mercurian messenger make hast they will be fry'd too much else and then all 's not worth a button Hark hark hark how the furies laugh to see me tortur'd See See See where they come from Erebus There 's Megara Alecto there Tisiphone ho ho ho ho that 's not she t is some bastard fury made of Air to cheat my fancy I am abused I le not indur't Can your inky King Cure my black soul my soul I there 's the thing Att. See now the â—it is past How temperate he walks With what a serious eye A views the heaven and then the earth and then Himself with wonder As if heaven and earth VVere there infused See now a starts agen I fear another fit Elea. The soul 's the thing indeed this but a reaking dunghil Stay what i' st made of t is extracted sure From the pure Essence of refined air Puff'd for when the wind is gone Commend me to the Carâ—ion carcass There 's nothing left but meat for mistress maggot Of your Philosophers give me Pythagoras For all the rest are fools meer fools d ee mark me Sir Why may not this same windy soul of mine Make musick in a musty midwife Or in a mouldy bawd O t wood ' do rare in her t woo'd make her mumpe out mischiefs by the dozen Marry of all your beasts I wood not be A post horse Souns then I should be trotted and trotted and trotted to the devil No no no I le no poast horse Enter his Fathers Ghost in white Room room room for the miller Maâ— now I think on t t is as bad to be mil horse For he goes round about and round about goes round his Father And round about Ghost Fool thou art posting to the stage of death Adiew adiew adiew expect thy doom Exit Eleaz. by this light a rare miller Wo ho ho wo ho ho Miller Miller Exit Atten. We must not leave him Exeunt Enter Jehocanan and Simeon upon the Walls Sim. their valour yet lives fresh within the walls They man the breaches bravely Je. Call ye this valour meer dunghil cocks by heaven Sâ—â—ut put a Coward in the face of death Extremity of fear will make him fight Fight Valiantly too Give me the man That mans a breach in breaking through the rancks Of Romans foes their Courages dismaid the walls will man themselve A trumpet sounds and Enter Joseph in Compleat Arms Jo My honored Lords and deerest Countrymen From the right noble Titus I am come to Offer mercy Ah! my worthy friends Even on my knees I beg you to imbrace it Jeho Bring forth the rack and torture the old râ—ffin Gorion brought out and put on the rack Jo. hold hold O hold Let not your fury fall On those decreppid lims for heavens sake hold And here but Joseph speak Sim. Torture him I say Go Oh O O Jo. Tortures and torments endless vex your Souls O hold yet hold for heavens love hold not yet Go oh O O Must I indure to see those Sinews strecht And not relieve them Must I basely beg And kneel and supplicate and not be heard Wrack on wrack on I say thou cruell wretch Tear the distressed Carcass from the soul And send it up to heaven to cry for vengeance Agen they torture him O I am tortured too Go Oh And torne in peices with the spectacles Villains tormentors Rebells they beat him down with a stone S. Forsake the walls and take him Enter Jehochanan and Simeon at one door and Valerio and Nicanor as another they repulse the Jewish Captains and Joseph riseth Va. How fares Josephus Io. Hurt my good friends I thank you for this rescue they lead him away and Exeunt Enter Zareck Lord Elazer's mad there 's my revenge on him A comes a comes Now the sport begins Enter Eleazer My conscience is a bawling curr Buz buz buz Hee 's gone hee 's gone I le creep and creep and creep away And then I 'le laugh to think how I have gulld him Enter his two Atten. Whist whist whist and catch a mouse Zareck Za. My Lord E. For heavens love help me Zareck Za. Why what 's the matter now E. O vengeance I am pesterd with a Rascal beyond measure And knocks and knocks and knocks both day