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A56731
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The fatal jealousie a tragedy acted at the Duke's Theatre.
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Payne, Henry Neville, fl. 1672-1710.
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1673
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Wing P889; ESTC R11156
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other wayes in that you trust it But I 'le be gone and Execute your Orders Exit Ger. A Faithful Servant is the best of Friends Since he is nearest alwayes to assist us But stay I cannot guess from all I 've heard The cause that should disturb Antonio Except 't is Jealousie Yet how can that be If Caelia's vitious there 's no vertuous Women But now I think how much he rail'd at Marriage And more our Arguments concerning doubt These things perswade he 's Jealous But of whom The more I think the more I am confounded How Clouded Man Doubts first and from one doubt doth soon proceed A thousand more in solving of the first Like Nighted Travellers we lose our way Then every Ignis Fatuus makes us stray By the false Lights of Reason led about Till we arrive where we at first set out Nor shall we e're Truths perfect High-way see Till dawns the Day-break of Eternity Exit Enter Eugenia Eug. I am amaz'd the Nurse should stay so long My Anger makes each minute seem an hour That Woman is a thing made up of mischief Some Fatal Devil sure did guide the Choyce My Mother made in choosing her our Nurse She 's Fool to th' height And yet hath wit enough To tread all Labyrinths of Treachery But that 's no wonder For who 's Treacherous That wants not Eyes to see it's ugly Form For now I fear and I believe not vainly That Villain Jasper knows all my concerns Or what could prompt him to that Impudence He did express in his address to day Enter Nurse Thou fatal Hagg thou Mother of all mischief What Devil taught thy perjur'd Tongue the way To tell the shame which thou didst first occasion Nurse Pray what ayls you Madam are you mad Eug. I wish I was as I have cause enough For then I should not know the shame attends me In being Table-talk for every Rascal As thou Hell thank thee for it now hast made me Nurse I made you Table-talk There 's no such thing I 've been too faithful to you that I have Losing my sleep full oft to watch your pleasure And is this all I get It is no matter I Shall be even with you Eug. Threaten on for thou hast Acted all thy threats Imp In letting Jasper know my shame and folly Nurse Jasper knows nothing that he does not from me And I will ask him fore your face I will If I e're said Francisco lay with you Eug. 'T is plain thy guilt transported thee to madness Else thou wouldst never make thy Tongue a Herauld So loud for to proclaim to all the House The Action you 'd perswade me still is secret Nurse If you talk lowd your self why may not I But I 'le bring Jasper to you shall deny all Eug. What mischief upon mischief she designs Dost think like thine my Modesty is gone To have this argu'd out before my face And such a Villaine y Nurse A Villain say you No Villain neither I wou'd have you know No more then is Francisco pick that bone Or if you will I 'le bid Gerardo do it Dee' think to rail at me Is that my thanks Eug. My feares I see will force me to dissemble Nurse I but try'd thy patience I believe Thou would'st not tell that secret for the world No tho' it were to Jasper Nurse Jasper's an honest fellow and no Villain And did he know a secret he could keep it Eug. But have you told it then Nurse No matter what I 've done I will not tell you Because you vext and rated at me so Eug. Well Nurse I did believe you lov'd me better Weeps And wou'd trust me with any thing you did But I perceive your kindness all for Jasper Nurse I love Jasper well and love you too And you shall have no wrong I warrant you Eug. The thing is plain I need nor ask no further But where 's the remedy Nurse prethee tell me What did Francisco say unto my message Nurse I there 's a bus'ness now worth asking for He sayes he 's glad you 'l condescend to meet Nay he 's a glad man I 'le tell you that i'faith He bid me say you were a gallant Girle So to Revenge his quarrel on Gerardo Eug. Gerardo said you O thy mouth 's a Sieve There 's not a secret thou canst keep a moment Did I not charge thee not to name Gerardo Till I should speak of it my self to him Nay 't is the greatest motive makes me meet him For to prevent the mischiefs else may follow Well I am curst for sin and thou art made The cause o' th' sin and curse that does attend it Nur. What are you got to railing again for nothing Pray who has most discretion to tell a bus'ness You or I But you forsooth are grown so proud of late Because you hope to Marry Don Gerardo That there 's no speaking to you Marry gip 'Faith I shall spoil your Market Exit Eug. Do thy worst for I am resolv'd to suffer once for all Death would be better then this Slavery And that 's the worst can happen Should she tell my Brother or Gerardo my whole story That 's dying once but I by fear thus fool'd Do hourly dye since still I Death behold Exit Enter Jasper and Antonio Jasp My Lord I 'm confident this is the House Wherein the Woman Lives I told you of Anto. Knock then and if she comes do you speak to her I 'le stand aloof a while and hear you talk Jasper knocks Enter Witch with a block Rod which she turns over her Head whilst Jasper makes a private sign of his Lord 's being there Jasp Hail Reverend Mother I suppose you are That famous Artist who Commands this House Which if you be with confidence I beg You would resolve some Questions I should ask Which if you please to do my gratitude Shall be proportion'd to the kindness done Witch What prating Fellow's here Your Lord Antonio Need not to doubt my Art or if he did He might have sent some wiser Man to try me Come come my Lord I am no Cheating Chymist that requires A Faith in Fools to make his work successful No no my Power is boundless I can search The secrets of your Soul and when I 've done Solve all the doubts that there possess your mind That Women should be Women is no wonder Anto. But that Women should turn Devils is Witch No no my Lord I am no Devil neither Anto. Mother I meant not you when I said so Witch Son Son excuse it not you have no cause To love us Women much and I 'm not angry At what you said though I know what you meant Ant. Then Mother by these Powers you practice by I do Conjure you shew me all the truth Of what you know concerns my coming hither Witch Come enter in my Lord and nothing fear There 's not a doubt of yours but shall be clear I 've sent a Spirit out