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
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
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
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
Ruine of Greatness in this The Ruine of my Name A Rape were a Glory To thy Affection and though it had Lost It would have Got me Fame the Honour of A Ravish'd Virgin Did'st thou Woe me with the Highest Services as thou com'st in my Fathers Blood I could Reward thee but could Never yeeld thee Love I was too long A Princess and lost the name too Late To entertain so low a thought Pall The World Of Causes that part me and Happyness Eud. Love is soft and full of Curtesie A greater Opposite to Lust than Hate The Flames thou feel'st are more preposterous Than those which burn the Brests of Satyrs or Of Beasts which kill the Young and in that blood Enjoy the Dam. Think'st thou that any is So bold in Lust to imbrance the Fears thy Love Brings with it Pall My Youth and Comliness how Are you obscur'd Eudo. My Miseries have put A new Nature in me chang'd that Calmness I had wont enjoy into the Looks and Language of a Fury How ill does Rage Become a Virgins brest I will suppress it And if it must break forth dissolve it into Tears An Age worn out in thought cannot present One Comfort to me I am so Wretched Oh! My soul 's more Earthy than my body This War that is within me I hope will Gain a Victory o'er my Life at last Pall Accursed that I was to be the Authour Of so much Miserie Is there no way to restore That Peace which you have lost If there be any Despair not of it though it be held within The jawes of Death I 'll snatch it for you Though it were lost in the Darkest Mass of things My Love would distinguish 't in a Chaos If it have no Being but what your Thought Gives Life to I 'll Wish it for you so strong My Phansie is to serve you Let it be Any thing to be done I 'll do it Can I The wretched Cause removed bring ease unto You Sufferings Here on my Knee I yeeld my Life Unto your taking or if you had rather I 'll offer 't up my self Eudo. No and yet There is a way and thou may'st do it Pall Is there a way O my joyes The Gods are Merciful Name it name it to me Eudo. If thou wilt vow to do it presently Pall Need I an Oath to confirm I would be Happy 'T is my own Happyness I thus Eagerly pursue in yours Ev'ry sigh You give doth make me breathless and ev'ry Tear which you let fall doth bow me nearer To the Earth than all the years and Wounds that I have suffer'd Yet I will swear By all things Holy all that I fear and reverence To refuse no Labours Death to gain your Ease And restore joy unto your Life again Eudo. Now thou can'st not thy last words have render'd Thee Unable The Ease was Death which yet I beg from thee Pall From what a Heaven of happyness Am I fallen Eud. Assist me all my strength Ye Gods this way ye have ordained I should Come to you pardon that Fate then which your selves Did give me She makes an offer to stab her self Rod O my Lady Pall Stay O stay that hand Let that Goodness in you which would spare Things Fair and Holy preserve the Fairest and The Holiest The Angells would be proud to take Such Shape upon them when they Visit Earth 'T is such as Your self ought to look with Reverence on Eudor Ther 's a Weapon hid within my Heart which None can take away it wounds deeply now Death thou art a Lover and dost Court me mildly Ladies O my Lady help help O my Lady She faints Rod Give her more air Pall She 's gone my time 's no longer Our Lives were woven on the same Web the Destinies condemn ' me to see her Death And then to follow He prepares to fall upon his Sword Rod She breaths stand off Eud. My Brother O my Father Rod How doe you Madam Eud. Too well my strength returnes to fast unto me Pall Were my Soul fled that Voyce would call it back Again it self would return and choose this Paradise on Earth I 'le not disturbe her With my Longer stay Fair One if your Lady Shall need any thing you may have it with A thought No lesse respect shall wait on her Than if her Father still Rul'd all The Guard Shall be at your Command and attend onely For your Quiet and your Safety Rod Souldier Th' art Noble The Gods reward thy goodnesse Exit Pallantus at one door and Eudora led off by the Ladies at the other CHORUS HE who Unjustly sway'd the State Lives no where now but in their Hate There 's Nothing left of him but Shame Which both Preserves and Clouds his Name When Civill-Beasts fall let it be Call'd Slaughter and not Victory When that He dyes that lived a Shade His Sleep's Continu'd then not Made Arise thou Starre of Honour here And in his Stead shine round our Sphear Grace thou the Throne and let us see Thy Father once more Raign in thee We 'l now in nought but Love Conspire And no brest burn but with True Fire While that such manners rule the Throne Live all by his he by his Own ACTUS 5. SCENA 1. Enter Eudora and Rodia Eud. THis Quiet we enjoy does strike Amazement In me Sure they have Slain the Body with The Head which makes this Generall Calm Rod Madam 'T is much more Innocent And though that part Of it we find by particular Command Be Order'd so yet 't is but an Image Of the Universall Peace that Blesses All the Isle No Noise of Armes Rapine of Souldiers Tumults Slaughters are seen in any Place but Securitie and Joy doe reign As in a long and Setl'd Peace The Conspirators Having brought about their Great Design Desire to have it seen to all the World They Sought a Change but not a Desolation Eud. Their Moderation is too Late nor will It satisfie the Gods when they have spilt So much Bloud that they will Spill no more Rod O Madam how farre you wander and are lost In Error and to all your other Miseries Is added this your Mistaking of the Ground On which you Suffer and whether with my Duty It will stand to inform you of the Right I know not Yet while there is a Charitie In the Rudenesse I shall be bold to tell you This Last Alteration the State has suffer d This wresting of the Scepter from your Name Together with your Fathers Life has not Befallen through the Impious and black Contrivance of a few bloudie and ambitious Lords greedie to assume the Royall Ensignes To themselves but in the Name of Justice And the Owner they have made this Seizure And there stands up a King to Countenance And Justifie the Fact a King not known Unto the Latter Age a Son of Him From whom with the like violence but more Injustice pardon what I say your Father Formerlie did tear the Diadem O Madam Your
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