again good Bartolo Bar. Why a brave Cods head Lor. So soon why by my account it should not be These five days yet in season But prythee on where is this Cods head Bar. In the Governours Kitchin by this time Lor. Yee Rogue yee lie In the Governours Kitchin They know not how to Dress it the Heavens would never bless them with the Luck of such a Rarity a Cods head now So soon it cannot be Bar. 'T is true my Lord. Lor. Slave 't was then thy fault This comes on thy drowzy hoggish nature You cannot rise you nor look unto your Business Sirrah I 'le have you ty'd to closer duty Dog And you shall turn the wheel below With your own beastly weight Was ever man so curst as I Such Servants oh such Servants I shall be starved or else be fed With stinking Mackarel O the brave politick Italians That early rise to buy their meat themselves Bar. Truly my Lord it is not altogether my fault Lor. How how can that be let 's hear Nay I am reasonable Bar. Truly I offered two Ryals Lor. Well and would not that do Would not that fetch it Bar. May be with entreaties I might have prevail'd And promises of further custom But in came that villainous Caterer and out-bid Me six Maravedies Lor. What Tyranny is this Snatch the morsel from my mouth The King his Master were he such a Tyrant Would finde no Subjects to owne him for their Prince Enter a servant Serv. My Lord here is a young Gentleman would Speak with your Lordship Lor. Who is it Serv. 'T is young Signior Felices Lor. Oh tell him 't is my writing day You know he is invited here to supper Tell him I should be glad to see him then Come Bartolo I 'le write the rest within And give thee all directions for this night Exeunt Enter Felices Sancho Feli. Not speak with me San. He sent you word you were invited to Supper And then as I have learnt Is his time of speaking Fel. But I would fain have known what Company San. Oh his Nieces I 'le warrant you Sir And all his acquaintance To night's a night of mirth Feli. Sirrah be sure you make us some It was the only virtue I took you for San. Sir and I chose you for the same reason Feli. How 's that you Rogue San. Nay Sir this is the way home Feli. Well Sir Exeunt Enter Ferdinando Fer. Thou Arbitrator of all humane Fate That giv'st such fair Idaeas to the mind Thou Passions Ruler even that of Hate Nay Master of each one to which th' art joyn'd Thou whom the wisest do Misguider call The Tyrant of our Reason and our Will Dost make predominant to Act in all Without distinguishing of Good or Ill Thou that such Flames canst kindle in one hour Nay thou that canst those violent Flames destroy Shewing a Master-Beauty one whose Power Is fram'd of all that 's Love and all that 's Joy Yet thou against thy self hast now rebell'd And brought new force where thou a Conquerour wast And thy own Subject by bright Armes expell'd Whom as thy Viceroy in my heart th' hadst plac't Shall I obey thee now speak shall I love Remember what thou counseld'st me before But who will judge but that I still shall rove If thus I break what I so oft have swore I but Elvira's fair I too too fair That such polluted Sacrifice as I Should dare unto her Deity appear Scorched before by Beatrices Eye Enter Alvaredo Ha her Brother Love hide thy self since now so guilty grown Alva What melancholy friend Fer. I hope you are not so And know by this time 't is a foolish sin To pine and languish for a womans Love Alv. No matter what I think I 'le live as merrily as thee Or any man in Sevil Hang looking pale or hanging of the head Come let 's be merry very merry Where shall we dance to night Or shall we go to this peevish woman's That she may see how easily I bear her scorn Come wee 'l go in Masquerade Her frowns can neither make my Vizard blush With grief nor shame Fer. This mirth is forc'd come I know 't is Do not go see the Cause again There may be danger in 't Alv. And that 's the reason I will go She then shall see I dare her shot Nay would she now be kind I would not love again Fer. Are you sure of that Alv. I think I should not Fer. What and sigh nay nay believe you that will Alv. Prithee don't think of her Fer. Your Counsel comes too late aside Alv. What say'st thou friend Fer. I wish you did not Sir Nor do not think of going thither Alva Nay that I am resolv'd of All things are ready for the Masque Your Brother goes and a friend or two more Fer. Come Sir I 'le wait on you in any thing Alva How ill on outward shews we place belief My mirth is but my overflow of grief Exeunt Enter Quintagona Beatrice Quin. Come come Charge I must not have You melancholy why d' ye know where We are going why look up I say Charge thou shalt see him You know I know your mind Bea. Dear Nurse you know I 've trusted you with all The treasure of my heart Quin. Well well and have I ever wrong'd your trust Bea. I do not say thou hast good Nurse Qui. Why then be merry be merry or I 'le be Out of humour and then who shall dance the Pavan With Ossorio Sings Si chirés que lo ramo Enter Miranda running Mir. Sister Sister Sister prithee come away my Brother Is almost ready Bea. Prithee dear Sister take you good notice which is Fernando you may go any where and see how That he does disguise I would not be mistaken In the men Mir. So they be not mistaken in us no matter Bea. They cannot me they 'l know from thee By my height Mir. And cannot you know Ferdinando by your heart You love Pish if I were in Love I could follow My Lover by instinct as a Dog does his Master By the scent at two Leagues distance Bea. Fye Miranda how thou talkest Mir. Fye Sister how you are moapt If thou art ordain'd to love love as I live merrily Bea. I in love away fool I 'le turn Nun sooner Mir. Do good Sister do it is a pretty melancholy vocation That I am infinitely taken with Here 's Quintagona shall be a Lady Abbess Quin. Why you young Tit I could discharge the office For all your grinning Mir. Why who says the contrary good Nurse Quin. You are always fleering But I shall fit you one day Mir. With whom good Nurse now I thank you Quin. I won't go now that I won't Bea. Nay prithee Nurse Why Sister Why dost thou vex her so Mir. I nay dear Nurse no dudgeon You know I meant no harm Quin. Go go I 'de trust a Monkey in a Glass-shop sooner Come Charge let 's make our selves ready Bea.
your Don's looks fantastically blowing up his cheeks Pray which is better to play the fool well Or to dissemble the wise man And be an errant Cockscomb here Shews his head Why I have seen the Lord of our Village When he has been ask'd what a Clock 't is Look on the Meddal of his Rosario as if That could direct him and durst not as We do look in the Sun for that dazling Of him makes him grin and then Boutoua Crispo a looses his Gravity Enter Ossorio running Osso Why Pedro Pedro come away Man San. I do d' ye hear pox how a stays Osso Why what are you friend San. One of Gods making and his own undoing Osso Prithee about thy business Sancho So I am Oh! in good time Enter Pedro. Pedro. Bezo los Manos San. Hi hi hi hi Pedro. Ossorio what a Devil ails this fellow Ossor He 's mad I think what Trade art of San. A Giber sweet Gentlemen Ossor Why then about thy business I say again For we are not for thy Turn San. The properest men in Sevil. Osso Nay that we are not neither My Friend Pedro is not tall by any means San. O Signior I meant it not in that sence Pedro. How then San. Pray Gentlemen what 's likest a Horse and Is no Horse Pedro. Oh I can answer that I read it in a Book T'other day 't is a Mare friend Sancho Troth and that 's true but I thought Ye would have answered an Ass Osso Well come suppose I answer so San. Why then Gentlemen you come much Nearer my Conceit For you two are as like one another As one Ass can be to t'other Hi hi hi Osso You Rogue if I light on you Exit Pedro. What a Rascall's this But come Our Master stays for us Exeunt Enter Alvaredo Ferdinando Felices Alva I have her leave this night And yet I fear this favour may all turn To my undoing Ferdi. She cannot have so much of Marble 'Bout her heart Or indeed why should she grant you this Without she meant it kind Alva She bad me bring a friend with me And he should judge between us of our Case Nay she will freely there confess she says That her denial does not spring from hate For she has so much Justness in her Nature To see that all the Actions of my Life Are bent to court the honour of her Love And yet I fear shee 'l never understand An Argument so much to my advantage As may confute her of her too much Coldness Feli. This needs must be your fault Talk of a womans Coldness Why who should warm the poor Wretches But we we who are the sprightly active Animals And they the phlegmatick passive Sweet or not sweet Leering or lowring visible Creatures Fer. Peace prithee Brother peace For shame shew not your mirth When your poor friend lays open thus his wounds Alva Nay let him talk I could wish that I could talk so too It moveth not my Anger but my Envy To see him in so much a better state Stay here we 're near the house Come friend now thou shalt see if I have Cause to mourn That can behold the Joys of Heaven Wrapt in Hells chiefest Torment black Despair Fer. I hope your Love like Children in the dark Fancies the Bugbear you shall never see Brother pray stay and see that none come up this Street till we are entred I 'le call upon you here Feli. Well Gallants remember ye owe me a watching Pedro Ossorio are not you two stout enough To keep this Streets end I 'le go but hard by And be back again before they come forth Osso O Lord Sir your Brother will take it unkindly Pedro. Indeed Sir my Master will wonder if he hears on 't Feli. And I should wonder if he did not hear on 't As long as such a Tadpole Rascally Gurmudgeonly Whelp as thou know'st it Sirrah do you remember The fright you put me and my poor Whore in At your Masters house you Rogue I got the Whole truth out of him and I yet owe thee A beating for 't and now I have nothing Else to do I will pay my debts Pedro. Hold Sir for Heavens sake hold Here comeâ— Company Enter Sancho San. Oh cry you mercy Sir I find you were busie pray Sir Let not my presence put any constraint Upon your humour but kick him again Soundly and that Fellow too if your Worship Pleases you have my leave freely Feli. Your leave Rascal San. Yes my leave Sir Why I can give any body leave to kick me If I please Feli. I am one of those never ask it kicks him Especially of such sawcy Companions San. Oh your humble servant Sir Pray no farther 't is too much honour I assure you Sir Osso This is the Rogue that jeer'd us to day Pedro. I I peace peace man The young Signior's blown How a pants Feli. This is the pleasantest Rogue that e're I Met with Sancho within Help help murther murther Feli. Ha what 's that let 's go see San. No help good people help help Feli. Come fellows this way the Cry is Exeunt all drawn Enter Sancho This way Gentlemen I'm Exit Enter Feli. c. Where art thou sure 't is some Ghost Peeps in Sancho Hi hi hi hi Pedro. 'T is that Rogue jeers us Feli. If I can but catch you Exeunt all running The Scene changes to a Parlour Enter Alvaredo Ferdinando Elvira Alva But Madam must I never hope for more then this Elvi. Pray ask this Gentleman If I ha'nt dealt most like a friend That 's plainly with you Sir The Laws of Gratitude make me deny To tye a woman to you when her heart Is so averse to what you now desire Alva Strange Paradoxes these that out of Love You will deny me what I most esteem Well Madam I will leave you Never to see the world again I 'le be your Beadsman since I am deny'd To be your Lover Fer. Stay Friend Madam can any thing so fair Have so much Cruelty Look with the Eyes of Justice on his Merits You 'l find so rich a Jewel worth your Care Elvi. As which good Sir Fer. As yonder Gentleman you so afflict And let me freely tell you Madam 'T is peevishness Which is as far from Virtue Elvi. As you from Charity To chide me for a fault That you your self are cause of Alva Come friend there is no remedy Fer. Stay I will have two words more Elvi. No go with him But if you will return alone I 'le tell you freely what you long to know Exit Fer. Ha I understand you Come dearest Friend remember 't is a woman Not worth the trouble of a gallant man Think on their follies and their weakness The scarcity of good ones in the Sex The danger you had run in the great plenty Of evil cunning self-will'd hair-brain'd women And all these put together Thus I would part with Love puffs And tread the Earth in liberty again Alva
And thus would I advise a Friend to do But did you know the Passion I had for her How vain you would esteem all such advice And guess the world should reel beyond its Orbe And mix in great Confusion with some Star Ere I should leave to love the fair Elvira Mistress of all my Love and all my Hopes Fer. Nay rather term her Sir Mistress of all the Cruelty and Scorn A wilful woman ever yet did owne Why should man lose his Birthright and proclaim Himself a servant to a peevish Sex That from the first was meant a slave To all his will and pleasures Alva Peace Heretick it were a sin to hear thee 'T was force that first made Laws to be obey'd And that 's the only priviledge that we Can claim above those beauteous Creatures Was the poor Lamb created for the use Of wrongful theevish and of Ravenous Wolves Or was the Constant Turtle only fram'd To be the Quarry of a Tyrant Hawk These have our Plea and had they industry Would frame as Rigid Laws as we For all were not so strong Ferd. And it were justice they should be obey'd Alva How much of baseness then must all we owne That stoop and bow in such humility And treasonably court them from their strength Which being Masters of we then proclaim And use our usurp'd priviledge Fer. Heyda a womans Orator Pray heaven your Fee Answers your Eloquence Alva I care not the fault shall all be hers But come dear Friend I swear I am not well Fer. Here I did leave my Brother Ha! Brother Pheu Alva No matter come Exeunt Enter Felices leading in Sancho by the hair Ossorio Pedro. Feli. Oh Rogue have I caught you San. No. Feli. Sure I have San. Why did ye ask the question then Feli. A Wit too San. The people of our Village think me one Pheu within Pedro. Yonder 's my Master Feli. Go get ye both gone I 'le follow straight Ex. Osso Ped. Sirrah what bundle of Trumpery Have you got here San. Why I hope you will not rob me Feli. Rob thee hang thee what is 't San. Why Sir I was employ'd Deputy from Our Village for Vizards and fools Bawbles You know to morrow is our Carnival Feli. A pleasant Rogue this Sirrah wilt thou serve Me I 'le pay thee well and I 'le go down With more Company to thy Village San. Yes I think we shall be well met Like master like man Feli. Come then follow me Exeunt Enter Ferdinando Pedro. Fer. If ever thou beest ask'd which way I went Say home directly home Ped. I shall Sir Fer. And thither go you now But if my Brother should come home before me As he do's seldom use Say you have mist me know not where I am Ped. I shall not fail in ought Exit Pedro. Fer. What should this woman mean She said I was the cause of his repulse Nay she did urge that he should bring me thither I 've seen her often at the Church with him And she is fair most Excellently fair But all the while that he discours'd with her My thought the moving Language of her Eyes Did seem to tell me had I been the man That did implore her mercy she had then Not been so cruel Here is the house I hope she doth Expect me Knocks softly at the Window Within Who 's there Fer. 'T is I I parted just now hence Enter Elvira Elv. You 'r wellcome Sir Yet did I not expect you would return so soon Fer. 'T were disobedience did I but prolong The least of your Commands and that 's a Crime I never would forgive my self Elv. And I can hardly be induc'd To grant a pardon to my foolish self That now commit a fault ' Gainst Womens Honour and faire Modesty Fer. 'T were so did you permit this favour to a man That brought not all the reverence and respect So fair a presence merits But you are safe from scandal Relying on the strength of my discretion Farewell all honesty I am o'recome Aside And am to weak to struggle ' gainst such Charms Elv. I hope your fair construction will admit No thoughts are tending to my prejudice You seem'd to think I was unreasonable In the denying Alvaredo's Love He is a Gentleman I much Esteem But when he talks of Love I lose all that And almost grow to hate what I esteem'd Fer. Madam 't is true Love is a thing that cannot be constrain'd And if a heart not yieldeth of it's self All force and stratagems are vain Elv. You speak most learnedly of a subject I thought you had been ignorant in Fer. As well you may deem him a cold That 's in a Calenture Or him that faints and melts away Under the Torrid Zone Those beauteous eyes can thaw a heart And make an Anchorite knowing in this Art Elv. Yet would he want this Eloquence Without some practice I doubt I am not Sir the first That you have strove to flatter from themselves Fer. But when that doubt shall be remov'd Elv. I can but thank yee for your complement Fer· Why will ye term it so Here shall I swear Kneels Elv. Hold Sir you go too far A Gallant yet did never want an Oath For the undoing of a harmless Maid But grant I knew 't were true What could you then Expect in Recompence Fer. Nothing for 't is your due And what you e're shall grant of Love I will call Charity meer mercy to your Creature Nor will I trouble yee with tedious talk How much I love and honour your fair beauty Since where the truth is cleer And in your power by any strict Command To put me to the test All circumstance is Needless For Madam as I cannot live without yee So I dare die to shew how much I lov'd yee Elv. That were a testimony I 'le never claime No live and live to let me see your Love That is the first command I 'le lay upon you Fer. Proceed dear Madam Takes her in his Arms she puts him away Elv. The next and chiefly wherein I conjure ye By all the vertue faith and honour in yee You ne're misconster this my easiness Nor ever use a priviledge or make an offer To what may cause a blush Were the whole world our witness In recompence I 'll promise to be kind And what my honour will permit I 'll grant Fer. And by that tie I 'll claim it Can ye vouchsafe a promise to be mine Your Brothers absence and this fittest time Do's prompt us not to slip it Elv. I dare believe yee Sir Find you the means And I 'll not foolishly pretend to know Nothing of what I 've given you cause to hope Fer. To morrow then I 'll see you And bring a man shall so unite us Never to be parted The Streets are full of Gambols and of Tricks We shall not be observ'd Elv. Farewell Sir 't is late And let my love preserve the title ever That you to night have given it