my self take heed boy Jul. If you be he that have receiv'd these blessings And this the Lady love her honor her You cannot do too much to shew your gratitude Your greatest service will shew off too slender Vir. This is the Lady Lady of that bounty That wealth that noble name that all I spoke of The Prince Ascanio and my self the slaves Redeem'd brought home still guarded by her goodness And of our liberties you tast the sweetness Even you she has preserv'd too lengthen'd your lives Jul. And what reward do you purpose it must be a main one If love will do it we 'll all so love her serve her Vir. It must be my love Jul. Ha! Vir. Mine my only love My everlasting love Pand. How Vir. Pray have patience The recompence she ask'd and I have render'd Was to become her husband then I vowed it And since I have made it good Pand. Thou durst not Vir. Done Sir Jul. Be what you please his happiness yet stays with me You have been mine oh my unhappy fortune Pand. Nay break and dye Jul. It cannot yet I must live Till I see this man blest in his new love And then Pand. What hast thou done thou base one tell me Thou barren thing of honesty and honor What hast thou wrought Is not this she look on her Look on her with the eyes of gratitude And wipe thy false tears off Is not this she That three times on the Rack to guard thy safety When thou stood'st lost and naked to the Tyrant Thy aged Father here that shames to know thee Ingag'd i th' jaws of danger was not this she That then gave up her body to the torture That tender body that the wind sings through And three times when her sinews crack'd and tortur'd The beauties of her body turn'd to ruines Even then within her patient heart she lock'd thee Then hid thee from the Tyrant then preserv'd thee And canst thou be that slave Martia This was but duty She did it for her Husband and she ought it She has had the pleasure of him many an hour And if one minutes pain cannot be suffer'd Mine was above all these a nobler venter I speak it boldly for I lost a Father He has one still I left my friends he has many Expos'd my life and honor to a cruelty That if it had seiz'd on me racks and tortures Alas they are Triumphs to it and had it hit For this mans love it should have shewed a triumph Twise lost I freed him Rossana lost before him His fortunes with him and his friends behind him Twise was I rack'd my self for his deliverance In honor first and name which was a torture The hang-man never heard of next at Sea In our escape where the proud waves took pleasure To toss my little Boat up like a bubble Then like a meteor in the ayr he hung Then catch'd and flung him in the depth of darkness The Cannon from my incensed Fathers Ship Ringing our Knell and still as we peep'd upward Beating the raging surge with fire and Bullet And I stood fixt for this mans sake and scorn'd it Compare but this Vir. 'T is too true O my fortune That I must equally be bound to either Jul. You have the better and the nobler Lady And now I am forc'd a lover of her goodness And so far have you wrought for his deliverance That is my Lord so lovingly and nobly That now methinks I stagger in my Title But how with honesty for I am a poor Lady In all my dutious service but your shadow Yet would be just how with fair fame and credit I may go off I would not be a strumpet O my dear Sir you know Vir. O truth thou knowest too Jul. Nor have the world suspect I fell to mischief Law Take you no care for that here 's that has done it A fair divorce 't is honest too Pand. The devil Honest to put her off Law Most honest Sir And in this point most strong Pand. The cause the cause Sir Law A just cause too Pand. As any is in hell Lawyer Law For barrenness she never brought him children Pand. Why art thou not divorc'd thou canst not get 'em Thy neighbors thy rank neighbors O base jugling Is she not young Jul. Women at more years Sir Have met that blessing 't is in heavens high power Law You never can have any Pand. Why quick Lawyer My Philosophical Lawyer Law The Rack has spoil'd her The distentions of those parts hath stopt all fruitfulness Pand. O I could curse Jul. And am I grown so miserable That mine own pitty must make me wretched No cause against me but my love and duty Farewell Sir like obedience thus I leave you My long farewell I do not grudge I grive Sir And if that be offensive I can dye And then you are fairly free good Lady love him You have a noble and an honest Gentleman I ever found him so the world has spoke him And let it be your part still to deserve him Love him no less than I have done and serve him And heaven shall bless you you shall bless my ashes I give you up the house the name of wife Honor and all respect I borrowed from him And to my grave I turn one farewell more Nothing divide your Loves not want of Children Which I shall pray against and make you fruitful Grow like two equal flames rise high and glorious And in your honor'd age burn out together To all I know farewell Ronver. Be not so griev'd Lady A nobler fortune Jul. Away thou parasite Disturb not my sad thoughts I hate thy greatness Ron. I hate not you I am glad she 's off these hinges Come let 's pursue Ex. Ronvere and Law Pand. If I had breath to curse thee Or could my great heart utter farewell villain Thy house nor face agen Exit Pand. Mar. Let 'em all go And now let us rejoyce now freely take me And now embrace me Virolet give the rites Of a brave Husband to his love Vir. I 'll take my leave too Mar. How take your leave too Vir. The house is furnish'd for you You are Mistress may command Mar. Will you to bed Sir Vir. As soon to hell to any thing I hate most You must excuse me I have kept my word You are my Wife you now enjoy my fortune Which I have done to recompence your bounty But to yield up those chast delights and pleasures Which are not mine but my first vowes Mar. You jeast Vir. You will not find it so to give you those I have divorc'd and lost with Juliana And all fires of that nature Mar. Are you a Husband Vir. To question hers and satisfie your flames That held an equal beauty equal bounty Good heaven forgive no no the strict forbearance Of all those joys like a full sacrifice I offer to the sufferings of my first love Honor and wealth attendance state all duty Shall wait upon
excellencies far far beyond Or my deservings or my hopes we are now Going our latest journey and together Our only comfort we desire pray give it Your charity to our ashes such we must be And not to curse our memories Hip. I am much mov'd Clod. I am wholly overcome all love to women Farewell for ever ere you dye your pardon And yours Sir had she many years to live Perhaps I might look on her as a Brother But as a lover never and since all Your sad misfortunes had original From the barbarous Custom practis'd in my Country Heaven witness for your sake I here release it So to your memory chaste Wives and Virgins Shall ever pay their vowes I give her to you And wish she were so now as when my lust Forc'd you to quit the Country Hip. It is in vain To strive with destiny here my dotage ends Look up Zenocia health in me speaks to you She gives him to you that by divers ways So long has kept him from you and repent not That you were once my servant for which health In recompence of what I made you suffer The hundred thousand Crowns the City owes me Shall be your dower Man 'T is a magnificent gift Had it been timely given Hip. It is believe it Sulpitia Enter a Servant and Sulpitia Sulp. Madam Hip. Quick undoe the charm Ask not a reason why let it suffice It is my will Sulp. Which I obey and gladly Exit Man Is to be married sayest thou Ser. So she sayes Sir And does desire your presence They are born off in chairs Man And tell her I 'le come Hip. Pray carry them to their rest for though already They do appear as dead let my life pay for 't If they recover not Man What you have warranted Assure your self will be expected from you Look to them carefully and till the tryal Hip. Which shall not be above four hours Man Let me Intreat your companies there is something Of weight invites me hence All. We 'll wait upon you Exeunt Enter Guiomar and Servants Guio. You understand what my directions are And what they guide you to the faithfull promise You have made me all All. We do and will perform it Guio. The Governour will not fail to be here presently Retire a while till you shall find occasion And bring me word when they arrive All. Wee shall Madam Guio. Only stay you to entertain 1 Ser. I am ready Guio. I wonder at the bold and practis'd malice Men ever have o' foot against our honours That nothing we can do never so vertuous No shape put on so pious no not think What a good is be that good ne're so noble Never so laden with admir'd example But still we end in lust our aims our actions Nay even our charities with lust are branded Why should this stranger else this wretched stranger Whose life I sav'd at what dear price sticks here yet Why should he hope he was not here an hour And certainly in that time I may swear it I gave him no loose look I had no reason Unless my tears were flames my curses courtships The killing of my Son a kindness to me Why should he send to me or with what safety Examining the ruine he had wrought me Though at that time my pious pity found him And my word fixt I am troubled strongly troubled Enter a Servant Ser. The Gentlemen are come Guio. Then bid 'em welcom I must retire Exit Enter Rutilio and Duarte. Ser. You are welcom Gentlemen Rut. I thank you friend I would speak with your Lady Ser. I 'le let her understand Rut. It shall besit you How do I look Sir in this handsome trim Exit Servant Me thinks I am wondrous brave Duar. You are very decent Rut. These by themselves without more helps of nature Would set a woman hard I know 'em all And where their first aims light I 'le lay my head on 't I 'le take her eye as soon as she looks on me And if I come to speak once woe be to her I have her in a nooze she cannot scape me I have their several lasts Dua. You are throughly studied But tell me Sir being unacquainted with her As you confess you are Rut. That 's not an hours work I 'le make a Nun forget her beads in two hours Dua. She being set in years next none of those lusters Appearing in her eye that warm the fancy Nor nothing in her face but handsom ruines Rut. I love old stories those live believ'd Authentique When 20. of your modern faces are call'd in For new opinion paintings and corruptions Give me an old confirm'd face besides she sav'd me She sav'd my life have I not cause to love her She 's rich and of a constant state a fair one Have I not cause to wooe her I have tryed sufficient All your young Phillies I think this back has try'd 'em And smarted for it too they run away with me Take bitt between the teeth and play the Devils A staied pace now becomes my years a sure one Where I may sit and crack no girths Dua. How miserable If my Mother should confirm what I suspect now Beyond all humane cure were my condition Then I shall wish this body had been so too Here comes the Lady Sir Enter Guiomar Rut. Excellent Lady To shew I am a creature bound to your service And only yours Guio. Keep at that distance Sir For if you stir Rut. I am obedient She has found already I am for her turn With what a greedy hawks eye she beholds me Mark how she musters all my parts Guio. A goodly Gentleman Of a more manly set I never look'd on Rut. Mark mark her eyes still mark but the carriage of ' em Guio. How happy am I now since my Son fell He fell not by a base unnoble hand As that still troubled me how far more happy Shall my revenge be since the Sacrifice I offer to his grave shall be both worthy A Sons untimely loss and a Mothers sorrow Rut. Sir I am made believe it she is mine own I told you what a spell I carried with me All this time does she spend in contemplation Of that unmatch'd delight I shall be thankfull to ye And if you please to know my house to use it To take it for your own Guio. Who waits without there Enter Guard and Servants they seize upon Rut. and bind him Rut. How now what means this Lady Guio. Bind him fast Rut. Are these the bride-laces you prepare for me The colours that you give Dua. Fye Gentle Lady This is not noble dealing Guio. Be you satisfied If seems you are a stranger to this meaning You shall not be so long Rut. Do you call this wooing Is there no end of womens persecutions Must I needs fool into mine own destruction Have I not had fair warnings and enough too Still pick the Devils teeth you are not mad Lady Do I come fairly and
love I think but not with you I can assure you saw ye Fabritio Ang. Is he come over Fred. Yes a week ago Shall we dine Ang. I cannot Fred. Prethee do Ang. Believe me I have business Fred. Have you too Gentlemen Piso No Sir Fred. Why then let 's dine together Lod. With all my heart Fred. Go then Farewel good Angelo Commend me to your friend Ang. I will Exeunt SCENE II. Enter Frank and Clora Clo. Do not dissemble Frank mine eyes are quicker Than such observers that do ground their faith Upon one smile or tear y' are much alter'd And are as empty of those excellencies That were companions to you I mean mirth And free disposure of your blood and Spirit As you were born a mourner Fran. How I prethee For I perceive no such change in my self Clo. Come come this is not wise nor provident To halt before a Cripple if you love Be liberal to your friend and let her know it I see the way you run and know how tedious 'T will prove without a true companion Fran. Sure thou wouldst have me love Clo. Yes marry would I I should not please ye else Fran. And who for Heavens sake For I assure my self I know not yet And prethee Clora since thou 'lt have it so That I must love and do I know not what Let him be held a pretty handsome fellow And young and if he be a little valiant 'T will be the better and a little wise And faith a little honest Clor. Well I will found ye yet for all your craft Fran. Heigh ho I 'le love no more Clo. Than one and him You shall love Frank. Fran. Which him thou art so wise People will take thee shortly for a Witch But prethee tell me Clora if I were So mad as thou wouldst make me what kind of man Wouldst thou imagine him Clo. Faith some pretty fellow With a clean strength that cracks a cudgel well And dances at a Wake and plays at Nine-holes Fran. O what pretty commendations thou hast given him Faith if I were in love as I thank Heaven I do not think I am this short Epistle Before my love would make me burn the Legend Clor. You are too wild I mean some Gentleman Fran. So do not I till I can know 'em wiser Some Gentleman no Clora till some Gentleman Keep some land and fewer whores believe me I 'le keep no love for him I do not long To go a foot yet and solicite causes Clor. What think you then of an adventurer I mean some wealthy Merchant Fran. Let him venture In some decai'd Ware or Carack of his own he shall not Rig me out that 's the short on 't out upon 't What young thing of my years would endure To have her Husband in another Country Within a month after she is married Chopping for rotten Raisins and lye pining At home under the mercy of his fore-man no Though they be wealthy and indifferent wise I do not see that I am bound to love ' em Clo. I see ye are hard to please yet I will please ye Fran. Faith not so hard neither if considered What woman may deserve as she is worthy But why do we bestow our time so idlely Prethee let us entertain some other talk This is as sickly to me as faint weather Clor. Now I believe I shall content you Frank What think you of a Courtier Fran. Faith so ill That if I should be full and speak but truth 'T would shew as if I wanted charity Prethee good wench let me not rail upon 'em Yet I have an excellent stomach and must do it I have no mercy of these Infidels Since I am put in mind on 't good wench bear with me Clo. Can no man fit you I will find him out Fran. This Summer fâ—uit that you call Courtier While you continue cold and frosty to him Hangs fast and may be found but when you sâ—ing Too full a heat of your affections Upon his root and make him ripe too soon You 'll find him rotten i' th' handling His oaths and affections are all one With his apparel things to set him off He has as many Mistrisses as Faiths And all Apocrypha his true belief Is only in a private Surgion And for my single self I 'd sooner venture A new conversion of the Indies Than to make Courtiers able men or honest Clo. I do believe you love no Courtier And by my troth to ghess you into love With any I can think of is beyond Either your will or my imagination And yet I am sure y' are caught and I will know him There 's none left now worthy the thinking of Unless it be a Souldier and I am sure I would ever bless my self from such a fellow Fran. Why prethee Clo. Out upon 'em fire-locks They are nothing i' th' world but Buff and Scarlet Tough unhewn pieces to hack swords upon I had as lieve be courted by a Cannon As one of those Fran. Thou art too malicious Upon my faith me thinks they 're worthy men Clo. Say ye so I 'le pull ye on a little further What worth can be in those men whose profession Is nothing i' th' world but drink and damn me Out of whose violence they are possest With legions of unwholsome whores and quarrels I am of that opinion and will dye in 't There is no understanding nor can be In a soust Souldier Fran. Now 't is ignorance I easily perceive that thus provokes thee And not the love of truth I 'le lay my life If thou'dst been made a man thou hadst been a coward Clo. If to be valiant be to be a Souldier I 'le tell ye true I had rather be a Coward I am sure with less sin Fra. This Heresie must be look'd to in time for if it spread 'T will grow too Pestilent were I a Scholar I would so hamper thee for thy opinion That ere I left I would write thee out of credit With all the world and make thee not believ'd Even in indifferent things that I would leave thee A reprobate out of the state of honour By all good things thou hast flung aspersions So like a fool for I am angry with thee Upon a sort of men that let me tell thee Thy mothers mother would have been a Saint Had she conceiv'd a Souldier they are people I may commend 'em while I speak but truth Of all the old world only left to keep Man as he was valiant and vertuous They are the model of those men whose honours We heave our hands at when we hear recited Clo. They are and I have all I sought for 't is a souldier You love hide it no longer you have betray'd your self Come I have found your way of commendations And what I said was but to pull it from ye Fran. 'T was pretty are you grown so cunning Clora I grant I love a souldier But what souldier Will be a new task to ye But
good Captain we cannot tell whether we shall have any more such Adue dear Captain Exit Bac. Bes I will make better use of this than of my Sword A base spirit has this vantage of a brave one it keeps alwayes at a stay nothing brings it down not beating I remember I promis'd the King in a great Audience that I would make my back-biters eat my sword to a knife how to get another sword I know not nor know any means left for me to maintain my credit but impudence therefore I will out-swear him and all his followers that this is all that 's left uneaten of my sword Exit Bessus Enter Mardonius Mar. I 'le move the King he is most strangely alter'd I guess the cause I fear too right Heaven has some secret end in 't and 't is a scourge no question justly laid upon him he has followed me through twenty Rooms and ever when I stay to wait his command he blushes like a Girl and looks upon me as if modesty kept in his business so turns away from me but if I go on he follows me again Enter Arbaces See here he is I do not use this yet I know not how I cannot chuse but weep to see him his very Enemies I think whose wounds have bred his fame if they should see him now would find tears i' their eyes Arb. I cannot utter it why should I keep A breast to harbour thoughts I dare not speak Darkness is in my bosom and there lie A thousand thoughts that cannot brook the light How wilt thou vex'em when this deed is done Conscience that art afraid to let me name it Mar. How do you Sir Arb. Why very well Mardonius how dost thou do Mar. Better than you I fear Arb. I hope thou art for to be plain with thee Thou art in Hell else secret scorching flames That far transcend earthly material fires Are crept into me and there is no cure Is it not strange Mardonius there 's no cure Mar. Sir either I mistake or there is something hid That you would utter to me Arb. So there is but yet I cannot do it Mar. Out with it Sir if it be dangerous I will not shrink to do you service I shall not esteem my life a weightier matter than indeed it is I know it is subject to more chances than it has hours and I were better lose it in my Kings cause than with an ague or a fall or sleeping to a Thief as all these are probable enough let me but know what I shall do for you Arb. It will not out were you with Gobrias And bad him give my Sister all content The place affords and give her leave to send And speak to whom she please Mar. Yes Sir I was Arb. And did you to Bacurius say as much About Tigranes Mar. Yes Arb. That 's all my business Mar. O say not so You had an answer of this before Besides I think this business might Be utter'd more carelesly Arb. Come thou shalt have it out I do beseech thee By all the love thou hast profest to me To see my Sister from me Mar. Well and what Arb. That 's all Mar. That 's strange I shall say nothing to her Arb. Not a word But if thou lovest me find some subtil way To make her understand by signs Mar. But what shall I make her understand Arb. O Mardonius for that I must be pardon'd Mar. You may but I can only see her then Arb. 'T is true Bear her this Ring then and One more advice thou shalt speak to her Tell her I do love My kindred all wilt thou Mar. Is there no more Arb. O yes and her the best Better than any Brother loves his Sister That 's all Mar. Methinks this need not have been delivered with such a caution I 'le do it Arb. There is more yet Wilt thou be faithul to me Mar. Sir if I take upon me to deliver it after I hear it I 'le pass through fire to do it Arb. I love her better than a Brother ought Dost thou conceive me Mar. I hope you do not Sir Arb. No thou art dull kneel down before her And ne'r rise again till she will love me Mar. Why I think she does Arb. But better than she does another way As wives love Husbands Mar. Why I think there are few Wives that love their Husbands better than she does you Arb. Thou wilt not understand me is it sit This should be uttered plainly take it then Naked as it is I would desire her love Lasciviously lewdly incestuously To do a sin that needs must damn us both And thee too dost thou understand me now Mar. Yes there 's your Ring again what have I done Dishonestly in my whole life name it That you should put so base a business to me Arb. Didst thou not tell me thou wouldst do it Mar. Yes if I undertook it but if all My hairs were lives I would not be engag'd In such a case to save my last life Arb. O guilt ha how poor and weak a thing art thou This man that is my servant whom my breath Might blow upon the world might beat me here Having this cause whil'st I prest down with sin Could not resist him hear Mardonius It was a motion mis-beseeming man And I am sorry for it Mar. Heaven grant you may be so you must understand nothing that you can utter can remove my love and service from my Prince But otherwise I think I shall not love you more For you are sinful and if you do this crime you ought to have no Laws For after this it will be great injustice in you to punish any offender for any crime For my self I find my heart too big I feel I have not patience to look on whilst you run these forbidden courses Means I have none but your favour and I am rather glad that I shall lose 'em both together than keep 'em with such conditions I shall find a dwelling amongst some people where though our Garments perhaps be coursâ—â— we shall be richer far within and harbour no such vices in 'em the Gods preserve you and mend Arb. Mardonius stay Mardonius for though My present state requires nothing but knaves To be about me such as are prepar'd For every wicked act yet who does know But that my loathed Fate may turn about And I have use for honest men again I hope I may I prethee leave me not Enter Bessus Bes Where is the King Mar. There Bes An 't please your Majesty there 's the knife Arb. What knife Bes The Sword is eaten Mar. Away you fool the King is serious And cannot now admit your vanities Bes Vanities I 'me no honest man if my enemies have not brought it to this what do you think I lie Arb. No no 't is well Bessus 't is very well I 'm glad on 't Mar. If your enemies brought it to this your enemies are Cutlers come leave the King Bes
't To which I dedicate my beaten body I must trouble you a little further Gentlemen o' th' Sword 2 No trouble at all to us Sir if we may Profit your understanding we are bound By vertue of our calling to utter our opinions Shortly and discreetly Bes My forest business is I have been kick'd 2 How far Sir Bes Not to flatter my self in it all over my sword forc'd but not lost for discreetly I rendred it to save that imputation 1 It shew'd discretion the best part of valour 2 Brother this is a pretty cause pray ponder on 't Our friend here has been kick'd 1 He has so brother 2 Sorely he saies Now had he set down here Upon the meer kick 't had been Cowardly 1 I think it had been Cowardly indeed 2 But our friend has redeem'd it in delivering His sword without compulsion and that man That took it of him I pronounce a weak one And his kicks nullities He should have kick'd him after the delivering Which is the confirmation of a Coward 1 Brother I take it you mistake the question For say that I were kick'd 2 I must not say so Nor I must not hear it spoke by the tongue of man You kick'd dear brother you 're merry 1 But put the case I were kick'd 2 Let them put it that are things weary of their lives and know not honour put the case you were kick'd 1 I do not say I was kickt 2 Nor no silly creature that wears his head without a Case his soul in a Skin-coat You kickt dear brother Bes Nay Gentlemen let us do what we shall do Truly and honesty good Sirs to the question 1 Why then I say suppose your Boy kick't Captain 2 The Boy may be suppos'd is liable 1 A foolish forward zeal Sir in my friend But to the Boy suppose the Boy were kickt Bes I do suppose it 1 Has your Boy a sword Bes Surely no I pray suppose a sword too 1 I do suppose it you grant your Boy was kick't then 2 By no means Captain let it be supposed still the word grant makes not for us 1 I say this must be granted 2 This must be granted brother 1 I this must be granted 2 Still this must 1 I say this must be granted 2 I give me the must again brother you palter 1 I will not hear you wasp 2 Brother I say you palter the must three times together I wear as sharp Steel as another man and my Fox bites as deep musled my dear brother But to the cause again Bes Nay look you Gentlemen 2 In a word I ha' done 1 A tall man but intemperate 't is great pity Once more suppose the Boy kick'd 2 Forward 1 And being thorowly kick'd laughs at the kicker 2 So much for us proceed 1 And in this beaten scorn as I may call it Delivers up his weapon where lies the error Bes It lies i' th' beating Sir I found it four dayes since 2 The error and a sore one as I take it Lies in the thing kicking Bes I understand that well 't is so indeed Sir 1 That is according to the man that did it 2 There springs a new branch whose was the foot Bes A Lords 1 The cause is mighty but had it been two Lords And both had kick'd you if you laugh 't is clear Bes I did laugh But how will that help me Gentlemen 2 Yes it shall help you if you laught aloud Bes As loud as a kick'd man could laugh I laught Sir 1 My reason now the valiant man is known By suffering and contemning you have Enough of both and you are valiant 2 If he be sure he has been kick'd enough For that brave sufferance you speak of brother Consists not in a beating and away But in a endgell'd body from eighteen To eight and thirty in a head rebuk'd With pots of all size degrees stools and bed-staves This showes a valiant man Bes Then I am valiant as valiant as the proudest For these are all familiar things to me Familiar as my sleep or want of money All my whole body's but one bruise with beating I think I have been endgell'd with all nations And almost all Religions 2 Embrace him brother this man is valiant I know it by my self he 's valiant 1 Captain thou art a valiant Gentleman To bide upon a very valiant man Bes My equall friends o'th'Sword I must request your hands to this 2 'T is fit it should be Bes Boy get me some wine and pen and Ink within Am I clear Gentlemen 1 Sir the world has taken notice what we have done Make much of your body for I 'll pawn my steel Men will be cover of their legs hereafter Bes I must request you goe along and testife to the Lord Bacurius whose foot has struck me how you find my cause 2 We will and tell that Lord he must be rul'd Or there are those abroad will rule his Lordship Exeunt Enter Arbaces at one door and Gob. and Panthea at another Gob. Sir here 's the Princess Arb. Leave us then alone For the main cause of her imprisonment Must not be heard by any but her self Exit Gob. You 're welcome Sister and would to heaven I could so bid you by another name If you above love not such sins as these Circle my heart with thoughts as cold as snow To quench these rising flames that harbour here Pan. Sir does it please you I should speak Arb. Please me I more than all the art of musick can Thy speech doth please me for it ever sounds As thou brought'st joyfull unexpected news And yet it is not fit thou shouldst be heard I pray thee think so Pan. Be it so I will Am I the first that ever had a wrong So far from being sit to have redress That 't was unfit to hear it I will back To prison rather than disquiet you And wait till it be fit Arb. No do not goe For I will hear thee with a serious thought I have collected all that 's man about me Together strongly and I am resolv'd To hear thee largely but I do beseech thee Do not come nearer to me for there is Something in that that will undoe us both Pan. Aâ—as Sir am I vâ—nome Arb. Yes to me Though of thy self I think thee to be In equall degree of heat or cold As nature can make yet as unfound men Convert the sweetest and the nourishing'st meats Into diseases so shall I distemper'd Do thee I pray thee draw no nearer to me Pan. Sir this is that I would I am of late Shut from the world and why it should be thus Is all I wish to know Arb. Why credit me Panthea Credit me that am thy brother Thy loving brother that there is a cause Sufficient yet unsit for thee to know That might undoe thee everlastingly Only to hear wilt thou but credit this By Heaven 't is true believe it if thou canst Pan. Children and fools
When her smock was over her ears but she was no more pliant than if it hung about her heels El. Lo. I prethee deliver my service and say I desire to see the dear cause of my banishment and then for France Young I 'le do 't hark hither is that your Brother El. Lo. Yes have you lost your memory Young As I live he 's a pretty fellow Exit Yo. Lo. O this is a sweet Brache El. Lo. Why she knows not you Yo. Lo. No but she offered me once to know her to this day she loves youth of Eighteen she heard a tale how Cupid struck her in love with a great Lord in the Tilt-yard but he never saw her yet she in kindness would needs wear a Willow-garland at his Wedding She lov'd all the Players in the last Queens time once over she was struck when they acted Lovers and forsook some when they plaid Murthers She has nine Spur-royals and the servants say she hoards old gold and she her self pronounces angerly that the Farmers eldest son or her Mistres Husbands Clerk shall be that Marries her shall make her a joynture of fourscore pounds a year she tells tales of the serving-men El. Lo. Enough I know her Brother I shall intreat you only to salute my Mistres and take leave we 'l part at the Stairs Enter Lady and waiting women Lady Now Sir this first part of your will is performed what 's the rest El. Lo. First let me beg your notice for this Gentleman my Brother Lady I shall take it as a favour done to me though the Gentleman hath received but an untimely grace from youâ— yet my charitable disposition would have been ready to have done him freer courtesies as a stranger than upon those cold commendations Yo. Lo. Lady my salutations crave acquaintance and leave at once Lady Sir I hope you are the master of your own occasions Exit Yo. Lo. and Savil. El. Lo. Would I were so Mistris for me to praise over again that worth which all the world and you your self can see Lady It 's a cold room this Servant El. Lo. Mistris La. What think you if I have a Chimney for 't out here El. Lo. Mistris another in my place that were not tyed to believe all your actions just would apprehend himself wrong'd But I whose vertues are constancy and obedience La. Younglove make a good sire above to warm me after my servants Exordium El. Lo. I have heard and seen your affability to be such that the servants you give wages to may speak La. 'T is true 't is true but they speak toth ' purpose El. Lo. Mistris your will leads my speeches from the purpose But as a man La. A Simile servant This room was built for honest meaners that deliver themselves hastily and plainly and are gone Is this a time or place for Exordiums and Similes and Metaphors If you have ought to say break into 't my answers shall very reasonably meet you El. Lo. Mistris I came to see you La. That 's happily dispatcht the next El. Lo. To take leave of you La. To be gone El. Lo. Yes La. You need not have despair'd of that nor have us'd so many circumstances to win me to give you leave to perform my command is there a third El. Lo. Yes I had a third had you been apt to hear it La. I Never apter Fast good servant fast El. Lo. 'T was to intreat you to hear reason La. Most willingly have you brought one can speak it El. Lo. Lastly it is to kindle in that barren heart love and forgiveness La. You would stay at home El. Lo. Yes Lady La. Why you may and doubtlesly will when you have debaâ—â—d that your commander is but your Mistris a woman a weak one wildly overborn with passions but the thing by her commanded is to see Dovers dreadful cliffe passing in a poor Water-house 〈◊〉 the dangers of the merciless Channel 'twixt that and Callis five long hours sail with three poor weeks victuals El. Lo. You wrong me La. Then to land dumb unable to enquire for an English hoast to remove from City to City by most chargeable Post-horse like one that rode in quest of his Mother tongue El. Lo. You wrong me much La. And all these almost invincible labours performed for your Mistris to be in danger to forsake her and to put on new allegeance to some French Lady who is content to change language with your laughter and after your whole year spent in Tennis and broken speech to stand to the hazard of being laught at at your return and have tales made on you by the Chamber-maids El. Lo. You wrong me much La. Louder yet El. Lo. You know your least word is of force to make me seek out dangers move me not with toyes but in this banishment I must take leave to say you are unjust was one kiss forc't from you in publick by me so unpardonable Why all the hours of day and night have seen us kiss La. 'T is true and so you told the company that heard me chide Elder Lov. Your own eyes were not dearer to than I. Lady And so you told ' em Elder Lo. I did yet no sign of disgrace need to hâ—â— stain'd your cheek you your self knew your pure 〈◊〉 simple heart to be most unspotted and free from the 〈◊〉 baseness Lady I did But if a Maids heart doth but once thâ—â—â— that she is suspected her own face will write her guilty Elder Lo. But where lay this disgrace The world the knew us knew our resolutions well And could it be hopâ— that I should give away my freedom and ventâ—e a perpetual bondage with one I never kist or could â—â—n strict 〈◊〉 doth take too much love upon me from her that chose 〈◊〉 for her Husband Lady Believe me if my Wedding-smock were on Were the Gloves bought and given the Licence come Were the Rosemary-branches dipt and all The Hipochrist and Cakes eat and drunk off Were these two armes incompast with the hands Of Bachelors to lead me to the Church Were my feet in the door were I John said If John should boast a favour done by me I would not wed that year And you I hope When you have spent this year commodiously In atchieving Languages will at your return Acknowledge me more coy of parting with mine eyes Than such a friend More talk I hold not now If you dare go Elder Lo. I dare you know First let me kiss Lady Farewel sweet Servant your task perform'd On a new ground as a beginning Sucor I shall be apt to hear you Elder Lo. Farewel cruel Mistres Exit Lady Enter Young Loveless and Saviâ—â— Young Lo. Brother you 'l hazard the losing your tide to Gravesend you have a long half mile by Land to Greenewich Elder Lo. I go but Brother what yet unheard of course to live doth your imagination flatter you with Your ordinary means are devour'd Young Lo. Course why Horse-coursing
Now you may kiss me 'T is the first kiss I ever askt I swear to ye Arn. That I dare do sweet Lady Hip. You do it well too You are a Master Sir that makes you coy Arn. Would you would send your people off Hip. Well thought on Wait all without Exit Zab. and Servants Zab. I hope she is pleas'd throughly Hip. Why stand ye still here 's no man to detect ye My people are gone off come come leave conjuring The Spirit you would raise is here already Look boldly on me Arn. What would you have me do Hip. O most unmanly question have you do Is' t possible your years should want a Tutor I 'le teach ye come embrace me Arn. Fye stand off And give me leave more now than e're to wonder A building of so goodly a proportion Outwardly all exact the frame of Heaven Should hide within so base inhabitants You are as fair as if the morning bare ye Imagination never made a sweeter Can it be possible this frame should suffer And built on slight affections fright the viewer Be excellent in all as you are outward The worthy Mistress of those many blessings Heaven has bestowed make 'em appear still nobler Because they are trusted to a weaker keeper Would ye have me love ye Hip. Yes Arn. Not for your beauty Though I confess it blowes the first fire in us Time as he passes by puts out that sparkle Nor for your wealth although the world kneel to it And make it all addition to a woman Fortune that ruines all makes that his conquest Be honest and be vertuous I 'le admire ye At least be wise and where ye lay these nets Strow over 'em a little modesty 'T will well become your cause and catch more Fools Hip. Could any one that lov'd this wholesome counsel But love the giver more you make me fonder You have a vertuous mind I want that ornament Is it a sin I covet to enjoy ye If ye imagine I am too free a Lover And act that part belongs to you I am silent Mine eyes shall speak my blushes parly with ye I will not touch your hand but with a tremble Fitting a Vestal Nun not long to kiss ye But gently as the Air and undiscern'd too I 'le steal it thus I 'le walk your shadow by ye So still and silent that it shall be equal To put me off as that and when I covet To give such toyes as these Arn. A new temptation Hip. Thus like the lazie minutes will I drop 'em Which past once are forgotten Arn. Excellent vice Hip. Will ye be won look stedfastly upon me Look manly take a mans affections to you Young women in the old world were not wont Sir To hang out gaudy bushes for their beauties To talk themselves into young mens affections How cold and dull you are Arn. How I stagger She is wise as fair but 't is a wicked wisdom I 'le choak before I yield Hip. Who waits within there Zabulon within Make ready the green Chamber Zab. It shall be Madam Arn. I am afraid she will injoy me indeed Hip. What Musick do ye love Arn. A modest tongue Hip. We 'l have enough of that sye sye how lumpish In a young Ladyes arms thus dull Arn. For Heaven sake Profess a little goodness Hip. Of what Country Arn. I am of Rome Hip. Nay then I know you mock me The Italians are not frighted with such bug bears Prethee go in Arn. I am not well Hip. I 'le make thee I 'le kiss thee well Arn. I am not sick of that sore Hip. Upon my Conscience I must ravish thee I shall be famous for the first example With this I 'le tye ye first then try your strength Sir Arn. My strength away base woman I abhor thee I am not caught with stales disease dwell with thee Exit Hip. Are ye so quick and have I lost my wishes Hoe Zabulon my servants Enter Zabulon and Servants Zab. Call'd ye Madam Hip. Is all that beauty scorned so many su'd for So many Princes by a stranger too Musâ— I endure this Zab. Where 's the Gentleman Hip. Go presently pursue the stranger Zabulon He has bâ—oke from me Jewels I have given him Charge him with theft he has stoln my love my freedome Draw him before the Governour imprison him Why dost thou stay Zab. I 'le teach him a new dance For plaâ—â—â— fast and loose with such a Lady Come fellows come I 'le execute your anger And to the sail Hip. His scorn shall feel my vengeance Exeunt Scena Tertia Enter Sulpicia and Jaques Sul Shall I never see a lusty man again Ja. Faith Mistress You do so over labour 'em when you have 'em And so dâ—y sounder 'em they cannot last Sul. Where 's the French-man Ja. Alas he 's all to fitters And lyes taking the height of his fortune with a Syringe He 's chin'd he 's chin'd good man he is a mourner Sul. What 's become of the Dane Ja. Who goldy-locks He 's soul i' th' touch-hole and recoils again The main Spring 's weaken'd that holds up his coâ—k He lies at the sign of the Sun to be new breech'd Sul. The Rutter too is gone Ja. O that was a brave Rascal He would labour like a Thrasher but alas What thing can ever last he has been ill mew'd And drawn too soon I have seen him in the Hospital Sul. There was an English-man Ja I there was an English-man You 'l sâ—ant find any now to make that name good There were those English that were men indeed And would perform like men but now they are vanisht They are so taken up in their own Country And so heatâ—n of their speed by their own women When they come here they draw their legs like Hackneys Drink and their own devices have undone ' em Sul I must have one that 's strong no life in Lisbon else Perfect and young my Custom with young Ladies And â—â—gh sâ—d City dames will fall and break else I want my self too in mine age to nourish me They are all sunk I mantain'd now what 's this business What goodly fellow 's that Enter Rutilio and Officers Rut. Why do you dâ—ag me Pox o' your justice let me loose 1 Offi. Not so Sir Rut. Cannot a man fall into one of your drunken Collars And venture the breaking on 's neck your trap-doors open But he must be us'd thus rascally 1 Offi. What made you wandring So late i' th' night you know that is imprisonment Rut May be I walk in my sleep â— Offi. May be we 'l walk ye What made you wandring Sir into that vault Where all the City store and the Munition lay Râ—t I fell into it by chance I broke my shins sor't Your worships feel not that I knockt my head Against a hundred pasts would you had had it Cannot I break my neck in my own defence 2 Offi. This will not serve you cannot put it off so Your
gladly I would hear thee But that 's impossible Dua. Please you but read this You shall know better there why I am sent Than if I should deliver it Gui. From whom comes it Dua. That will instruct you I suspect this stranger Yet she spake something that holds such alliance With his reports I know not what to think on 't What a frown was there she looks me through through Now reads again now pauses and now smiles And yet there 's more of anger in 't than mirth These are strange changes oh I understand it She 's full of serious thoughts Gui. You are just you Heavens And never do forget to hear their prayers That truly pay their vows the defer'd vengeance For you and my words sake so long defer'd Under which as a mountain my heart groans yet When 't was despair'd of now is offer'd to me And if I lose it I am both wayes guilty The womans mask dissimulation help me Come hither friend I am sure you know the Gentleman That sent these charms Dua. Charms Lady Gui. These charms I well may call them so they 've won upon me More than ere letter did thou art his friend The confidence he has in thee confirms it And therefore I 'le be open breasted to thee To hear of him though yet I never saw him Was most desir'd of all men let me blush And then I 'le say I love him Dua. All men see In this a womans vertue Gui. I expected For the courtesie I did long since to have seen him And though I then forbad it you men know Between our hearts and tongues there 's a large distance But I 'le excuse him may be hitherto He has forborn it in respect my Son Fell by his hand Dua. And reason Lady Gui. No he did me a pleasure in 't a riotous fellow And with that insolent not worth the owning I have indeed kept a long solemn sorrow For my friends sake partly but especially For his long absence Dua. O the Devil Guio. Therefore Bid him be speedy a Priest shall be ready To tye the holy knot this kiss I send him Deliver that and bring him Dua. I am dumb A good cause I have now and a good sword And something I shall do I wait upon you Exeunt Enter Manuel Charino Arnoldo Zenocia born in a chair 2 Doctors Clodio Doct. Give her more air she dyes else Arn. O thou dread power That mad'st this all and of thy workmanship This virgin wife the Master piece look down on her Let her minds virtues cloth'd in this fair garment That worthily deserves a better name Than flesh and bloud now sue and prevail for her Or if those are denyed let innocence To which all passages in Heaven stand open Appear in her white robe before thy throne And mediate for her or if this age of sin Be worthy of a miracle the Sun In his diurnal progress never saw So sweet a subject to imploy it on Man Wonders are ceas'd Sir we must work by means Arno. 'T is true and such reverend Physicians are To you thus low I fall then so may you ever Be stil'd the hands of Heaven natures restorers Get wealth and honours and by your success In all your undertakings propagate Your great opinion in the world as now You use your saving art for know good Gentlemen Besides the fame and all that I possess For a reward posterity shall stand Indebted to you for as Heaven forbid it Should my Zenocia dye robbing this age Of all that 's good or gracefull times succeeding The story of her pure life not yet perfect Will suffer in the want of her example Doct. Were all the world to perish with her we Can do no more than what art and experience Give us assurance of we have us'd all means To find the cause of her disease yet cannot How should we then promise the cure Arn. Away I did bely you when I charg'd you with The power of doing ye are meer names only And even your best perfection accidental What ever malady thou art or Spirit As some hold all diseases that afflict us As love already makes me sensible Of half her sufferings ease her of her part And let me stand the butt of thy fell malice And I will swear th' art mercifull Doct. Your hand Lady What a strange heat is here bring some warm water Arn. She shall use nothing that is yours my sorrow Provides her of a better bath my tears Shall do that office Zeno. O my best Arnoldo The truest of all lovers I would live Were heaven so pleas'd but to reward your sorrow With my true service but since that 's denied me May you live long and happy do not suffer By your affection to me I conjure you My sickness to infect you though much love Makes you too subject to it Arn. In this only Zenocia wrongs her servant can the body Subsist the Soul departed 't is as easie As I to live without you I am your husband And long have been so though our adverse fortune â—â—ndying us from one hazard to another Would never grant me so much happiness As to pay a husbands debt despite of fortune In death I 'le follow you and guard mine own And there enjoy what here my fate forbids me Clod. So true a sorrow and so feelingly Exprest I never read of Man I am struck With wonder to behold it as with pity Char. If you that are a stranger suffer for them Being tied no further than humanity Leads you to soft compassion think great Sir What of necessity I must endure That am a Father Hippolyta Zabulon and Sulpitia at the door Zab. Wait me there I hold it Unfit to have you seen as I find cause You shall proceed Man You are welcom Lady Hip. Sir I come to do a charitable office How does the patient Clod. You may enquire Of more than one for two are sick and deadly He languishes in her her health 's despair'd of And in hers his Hip. 'T is a strange spectacle With what a patience they sit unmov'd Are they not dead already Doct. By her pulse She cannot last a day Arn. Oh by that summons I know my time too Hip. Look to the man Clod. Apply Your Art to save the Lady preserve her A town is your reward Hip. I 'le treble it In ready gold if you restore Arnoldo For in his death I dye too Clod. Without her I am no more Arn. Are you there Madam now You may feast on my miseries my coldness In answering your affections or hardness Give it what name you please you are reveng'd of For now you may perceive our thred of life Was spun together and the poor Arnoldo Made only to enjoy the best Zenocia And not to serve the use of any other And in that she may equal my Lord Clodio Had long since else enjoyed her nor could I Have been so blind as not to see your great And many
are happy a mony no not ten shillings Isab You search nearly Wid. I know it as I know your folly one that knows 〈◊〉 where he shall eat his next meal take his rest unless it 〈◊〉 i' th' stocks what kindred has he but a more want 〈◊〉 Brother or what vertues Isab You have had rare intelligence I see sister Wid. Or say the man had vertue is vertue in this age a â—ll inheritance what Joynture can he make you Plutarchs â—â—rals or so much penny rent in the small Poets this is not â—ell 't is weak and I grieve to know it Isab And this you quit the town for Wid. Is' t not time Isab You are better read in my affairs than I am that 's â—ll I have to answer I 'le go with you and willingly and â—hat you think most dangerous I 'le sit laugh at â—or sister 't is not folly but good discretion governs our main â—â—rtunes Wid. I am glad to hear you say so Isa I am for you Enter Shorthose and Humphrey with riding rods Hum. The Devil cannot stay her she 'l on 't eat an egg â—ow and then we must away Short I am gaul'd already yet I will pray may London â—ayes from henceforth be full of holes and Coaches crack â—heir wheels may zealous Smiths so housel all our Hackâ—eys that they may feel compunction in their feet and tire â—t High-gate may it rain above all Almanacks till Carriers â—â—il and the Kings Fish monger ride like Bike Arion upon 〈◊〉 Trout to London Hum. At S. Albanes let all the Inns be drunk not an Host â—ober to bid her worship welcom Short Not a Fiddle but all preach't down with Puriâ—ans no meat but Legs of Beef Hum. No beds but Wool-Packs Short And those so crammed with Warrens of starved â—leas that bite like Bandogs let Mims be angry at their S. â—el Swagger and we pass in the heat on 't and be beaten beaten â—bominably beaten horse and man and all my Ladies linnen â—prinkled with suds and dish-water Short Not a wheel but out of joynt Enter Roger laugh-ing Hum. Why dost thou laugh Rog. There 's a Gentleman and the rarest Gentleman â—nd makes the rarest sport Short Where where Rog. Within here h 'as made the gayest sport with Tom â—he Coachman so tewed him up with Sack that he lies â—ashing a But of Malmsie for his Mares Short 'T is very good Rog. And talks and laughs and sings the rarest songs and â—horthose he has so maul'd the Red Deer pies made such an â—lms i' th' butterie Short Better still Enter Val. Widow Hum. My Lady in a rage with the Gentleman Short May he anger her into a feather Exeunt Wid. I pray tell me who sent you hither for I imagine â—t is not your condition you look so temperately and like a Gentleman to ask me these milde questions Val. Do you think I use to walk of errands gentle Lady â—r deal with women out of dreams from others Wid. You have not know me sure Val. Not much Wid. What reason have you then to be so tender of my â—redit you are no kinsman Val. If you take it so the honest office that I came to do you is not so heavy but I can return it now I perceive you â—re too proud not worth my visit Wid. Pray stay a little proud Val. Monstrous proud I griev'd to hear a woman of your value and your abundant parts stung by the people but â—ow I see 't is true you look upon me as if I were a rude and â—aucie fellow that borrowed all my breeding from a dunghil or such a one as should now fall and worship you in hope of pardon you are cozen'd Lady I came to prove opinion a loud liar to see a woman only great in goodness and Mistress of a greater fame than fortune but Wid. You are a strange Gentleman if I were proud now I should be monstrous angry which I am not and shew the effects of pride I should despise you but you are welcom Sir To think well of our selves if we deserve it it is a lustre in us and every good we have strives to shew gracious what use is it else old age like Seer trees is seldom seen affected stirs sometimes at rehearsal of such acts as his daring youth endeavour'd Val. This is well and now you speak to the purpose you please me but to be place proud Wid. If it be our own why are we set here with distinction else degrees and orders given us In you men 't is held a coolness if you lose your right affronts and loss of honour streets and walls and upper ends of tables had they tongues could tell what blood has followed and what feud about your ranks are we so much below you that till you have us are the tops of nature to be accounted drones without a difference you will make us beasts indeed Val. Nay worse than this too proud of your cloaths they swear a Merceâ—s Lucifer a tumour tackt together by a Taylour nay yet worse proud of red and white a varnish that butter-milk can better Wid. Lord how little will vex these poor blind people if my cloaths be sometimes gay and glorious does it follow my mind must be my Mercers too or say my beauty please some weak eyes must it please them to think that blows me up that every hour blows off this is an Infants anger Val. Thus they say too what though you have a Coach lined through with velvet and four fair Flanders mares why should the streets be troubled continually with you till Carmen curse you can there be ought in this but pride of shew Lady and pride of bum-beating till the learned lawyers with their fat bags are thrust against the bulks till all their causes crack why should this Lady and t'other Lady and the third sweet Lady and Madam at Mile-end be daily visited and your poorer neighbours with course napses neglected fashions conferr'd about pouncings and paintings and young mens bodies read on like Anatomies Wid. You are very credulous and somewhat desperate to deliver this Sir to her you know not but you shall confess me and find I will not start in us all meetings lie open to these lewd reports and our thoughts at Church our very meditations some will swear which all should fear to judge at least uncharitably are mingled with your memories cannot sleep but this sweet Gentleman swims in our fancies that scarlet man of war and that smooth Senior not dress our heads without new ambushes how to surprize that greatness or that glorie our very smiles are subject to constructions nay Sir it 's come to this we cannot pish but 't is a favour for some fool or other should we examine you thus wer 't not possible to take you without Perspectives Wid. It may be but these excuse not Wid. Nor yours force no truth Sir what deadly tongues you have and to those tongues what hearts and what
lest I prove Too soon unhappy Clo. Happy thou would'st say My dearest Daphnis blush not if tâ—â— day To thee and thy soft heats be enemie Then take the coming Night fair youth 't is free To all the World Shepherd I 'll meet thee then When darkness hath shut up the eyes of men In yonder Grove speak shall our Meeting hold Indeed you are too bashful be more bold And tell me I. Daph. I 'm content to say so And would be glad to meet might I but pray so Much from your Fairness that you would be true Clo. Shepherd thou hast thy Wish Daph. Fresh Maid adieu Yet one word more since you have drawn me on To come this Night fear not to meet alone That man that will not offer to be ill Though your bright self would ask it for his fill Of this Worlds goodness do not fear him then But keep your 'pointed time let other men Set up their Bloods to sale mine shall be ever Fair as the Soul it carries and unchast never Ext Clo. Yet am I poorer than I was before Is it not strange among so many a score Of lusty Bloods I should pick out these things Whose Veins like a dull River far from Springs Is still the same slow heavy and unfit For stream or motion though the strong winds hit With their continual power upon his sides O happy be your names that have been brides And tasted those rare sweets for which I pine And far more heavy be thy grief and time Thou lazie swain that maist relieve my needs Than his upon whose liver alwayes feeds A hungry vultur Enter Alexis Aâ—e Can such beauty be Saâ—â— in his own guard and not draw the eye Of â—im that passeth on to greedy gaze Or covetous desire whilst in a maze The better part contemplates giving rein And wished freedom to the labouring vein Fairest and whitest may I crave to know The cause of your retirement why ye goe Thus all alone methinks the downs are sweeter And the young company of swains far meeter Than those forsaken and untroden places Give not your self to loneness and those graces Hid from the eyes of men that were intended To live amongst us swains Cloe. Thou art befriended Shepherd in all my life I have not seen A man in whom greater contents have been Than thou thy self art I could tell thee more Were there but any hope left to restore My freedom lost O lend me all thy red Thou shamefast morning when from Tithons bed Thou risest ever maiden Alex. If for me Thou sweetest of all sweets these flashes be Speak and be satisfied O guide her tongue My better angel force my name among Her modest thoughts that the first word may be Cloe. Alexis when the sun shall kiss the Sea Taking his rest by the white Thetis side Meet in the holy wood where I 'le abide Thy coming Shepherd Alex. If I stay behind An everlasting dulness and the wind That as he passeth by shuts up the stream Of Rhine or Volga whilst the suns hot beam Beats back again seise me and let me turn To coldness more than ice oh how I burn And rise in youth and fire I dare not stay Cloe. My name shall be your word Alex. Fly fly thou day Exit Cloe. My grief is great if both these boyes should fail He that will use all winds must shift his sail Exit Actus Secundus Scena Prima Enter an old Shepherd with a bell ringing and the Priest of Pan following Priest SHepherds all and maidens fair Fold your flocks up for the Air 'Gins to thicken and the sun Already his great course hath run See the dew-drops how they kiss Every little flower that is Hanging on their velvet heads Like a rope of crystal beads See the heavy clouds low falling And bright Hesperus down calling The dead night from under ground At whose rising mists unsound Damps and vapours fly apace Hovering o're the wanton face Of these pastures where they come Striking dead both bud and bloom Therefore from such danger lock Every one his loved flock And let your Dogs lye loose without Lest the Wolf come as a scout From the mountain and e're day Bear a Lamb or kid away Or the clasty theevish Fox Break upon your simple flocks To secure your selves â—â—om these Be not too secure in 〈◊〉 Let one eye his watches keep Whilst the t'other eye doth sleep So you shall good Shepherds prove And for ever hold the love Of our great god Sweetest slumbers And soft silence fall in numbers On your eye-lids so farewel Thus I end my evenings knel. Exeunt Enter Clorin the Shepherdess sorting of herbs and telling the natures of them Clor. Now let me know what my best Art hath done Helpt by the great power of the vertuous moon In her full light O you sons of Earth You only brood unto whose happy birth Vertue was given holding more of nature Than man her first born and most perfect creature Let me adore you you that only can Help or kill nature drawing out that span Of life and breath even to the end of time You that these hands did crop long before prime Of day give me your names and next your hidden power This is the Clote bearing a yellow flower And this black Horehound both are very good For sheep or Shepherd bitten by a wood Dogs venom'd tooth these Ramuns branches are Which stuck in entries or about the bar That holds the door fast kill all inchantments charms Were they Medeas verses that doe harms To men or cattel these for frenzy be A speedy and a soveraign remedie The bitter Wormwood Sage and Marigold Such sympathy with mans good they do hold This Tormentil whose vertue is to part All deadly killing poyson from the heart And here Narcissus roots for swellings beâ—â— Yellow Lysimacus to give sweet rest To the saint Shepherd killing where it comes All busie gnats and every fly that hums For Ieprosie Darnel and Sellondine With Calamint whose vertues do refine The blood of man making it free and fair As the first hour it breath'd or the best air Here other two but your rebellious use Is not for me whose goodness is abuse Therefore foul Standergrass from me and mine I banish thee with lustful Turpentine You that intice the veins and stir the heat To civil mutiny scaling the seat Our reason moves in and deluding it With dreams and wanton fancies till the sit Of burning lust be quencht by appetite Robbing the soul of blessedness and light And thou light Varvin too thou must go after Provoking easie souls to mirth and laughter No more shall I dip thee in water now And sprinkle every post and every bough With thy well pleasing juyce to make the grooms Swell with high mirth as with joy all the rooms Enter Thenot. The. This is the Cabin where the best of all Hâ—◠〈◊〉 tâ—at ever breath'd or ever shall Give heat or happiness to the Shepherds side
too The â—atest way to find the truth out hark ye Ye shall be rul'd by me Mem. It will be but Pol. I reach it If the worst fall have at the worst we 'll both go But two days and 't is thus ha Mem. 'T will do well so Pol. Then is' t not excellent do ye conceive it Mem. 'T will work for certain Pol. O 't will tickle her And you shall know then by a line Mem I like it But let me not be fool'd again Pol. Doubt nothing You do me wrong then get ye in there private As I have taught ye Busta Mem. Work Exit Memnon Pol. I will do Eum. Have ye found the cause Pol. Yes and the strangest Gentlemen That e'r I heard of anon I 'll tell ye Stremon Be you still near him to affect his fancy And keep his thoughts off let the Fool and Boy Stay him they may do some pleasure too Eumenes What if he had a Wench a handsome Whore brought Rarely drest up and taught to state it Eum. Well Sir Pol. His cause is meerly heat and made believe It were the Princess mad for him Eum. I think 'T were not amiss 1 Cap. And let him kiss her Pol. What else 2 Cap. I 'll be his Bawd an 't please you young and wholesome I can assure ye he shall have Eum. Faith let him Pol. He shall I hope 't will help him walk a little I 'll tell you how his case stands and my project In which you may be mourners but by all means Stir not you from him Stremon Strem. On our lives Sir Exeunt Enter Priestess and Chilax Pri. O y' are a precious man two days in town And never see your old Friend Chi. Prithee pardon me Pri. And in my Conscience if I had not sent Chi. No more I would ha' come I must Pri. I find ye God a mercy want ye never care for me But when your Slops are empty Chi. Ne'r fear that Wench Shall find good currant Coin still Is this the old House Pri. Have ye forgot it Chi. And the door still standing That goes into the Temple Pri. Still Chi. The Robes too That I was wont to shift in here Pri. All here still Chi. O ye tuff Rogue what troubles have I trotted through What fears and frights every poor Mouse a Monster That I heard stir and every stick I trod on A sharp sting to my Conscience Pri. 'Las poor Conscience Chi. And all to liquor thy old Boots Wench Pri. Out Beast How you talk Chi. I am old Wench And talking to an old man is like a stomacher It keeps his blood warm Pri. But pray tell me Chi. Any thing Pri. Where did the Boy meet with ye at a Wench sure At one end of a Wench a Cup of Wine sure Chi. Thou know'st I am too honest Pri. That 's your fault And that the Surgeon knows Chi. Then farewel I will not fail ye soon Pri. Ye shall stay Supper I have sworn ye shall by this ye shall Chi. I will Wench But after Supper for an hour my business Pri. And but an hour Chi. No by this kiss that ended I will return and all night in thine Arms wench Pr. No more I 'le take your meaning come 't is Supper time Exeunt Enter Calis Cleanthe Lucippe Calis Thou art not well Clean. Your grace sees more a great deal Than I feel yet I lye O Brother Cal. Mark her Is not the quickness of her eye consumed wench The lively red and white Lucip. Nay she is much alter'd That on my understanding all her sleeps Lady Which were as found and sweet Cle. Pray do not force me Good Madam where I am not to be ill Conceit 's double sickness on my faith your highness Is meer mistaken in me A Dead March within of Drum and Sagbutts Cal. I am glad on 't Yet this I have ever noted when thou wast thus It still forerun some strange event my Sister Dâ—ed when thou wast thus last hark hark ho What mournfull noise is this comes creeping forward Still it grows nearer nearer do ye hear it Enter Polydor and Captains Eumenes mourning Lucip. It seems some Souldiers funeral see it enters Cal. What may it mean Pol. The Gods keep ye fair Calis Cal. This man can speak and well he stands and views us Wou'd I were ne'r worse look't upon how humbly His eyes are cast now to the Earth pray mark him And mark how rarely he has rankt his troubles See now he weeps they all weep a sweeter sorrow I never look't upon nor one that braver Becâ—me his grief your will with us Pol. Great Lady Plucks out the Cup. Excellent beauty Cal. He speaks handsomely What a rare rhetorician his grief plaies That stop was admirable Pol. See see thou Princess Tâ—â— great commander of all hearts Cal. I have found it On how my soul shakes Pol. See see the noble heart Of him that was the noblest see and glory Like the proud God himself in what thou hast purchas'd Behold the heart of Memnon does it start ye Cal. Good gods what has his wildness done Pol. Look boldlie You boldlie said you durst look wretched woman Nay flie not back fair follie 't is too late now Vertue and blooming honour bleed to death here Take it the Legacie of Love bequeath'd ye Of cruel Love a cruel Legacie What was the will that wrought it then can ye weep â—â—balm it in your truest tears If women can weep a truth or ever sorrow sunk yet Into the soul of your sex for 't is a Jewel The worlds worth cannot weigh down Take it Lady And with it all I dare not curse my sorrows And may they turn to Serpents Eumen. How she looks Still upon him see now a tear steals from her 2 Capt. But still she keeps her eye firm Pol. Next read this But since I see your spirit somewhat troubled I 'le doe it for ye 2 Capt. Still she eyes him mainlie Got happy heart for thou shalt lye Intomb'd in her for whom I dye Example of her cruelty Tell her if she chance to chide Me for slowness in her pride That it was for her I died If a tear escape her eye 'T is not for my memory But thy rights of obsequy The Altar was my loving breast My heart the sacrificed beast And I was my self the Priest Your body was the sacred shrine Your cruel mind the power divine Pâ—â—as'd wâ—th hearts of men not â—inâ— Fumen Now it pours down Pol. I like it rarelie Ladie Eumen. How greedily she swallows up his language 2 Capt. Her eye inhabits on him Pol. Cruel Ladie Great as your beautie scornfull had your power But equal poâ—se on all hearts all hearts perish't But Cupid has more shafts than one more flames too And now he must be open ey'd 't is Justice Live to injoy your longing live and laugh at The losses and the miseries we suffer Live to be spoken when your crueltie Has cut off all the
your own For Wives are reckon'd in the rank of Servants Under your own roof to command ye Juan Brave a strange Conversion thou shalt lead In chief now Duke Is there no difference betwixt her and you Sir Leon. Not now Lord my Fortune makes me even And as I am an honest man I am nobler Mar. Get me my Coach Leon. Let me see who dares get it Till I command I 'll make him draw your Coach too And eat your Coach which will be hard diet That executes your Will or take your Coach Lady I give you liberty and take your People Which I turn off and take your Will abroad with ye Take all these freely but take me no more And so farewel Duke Nay Sir you shall not carry it So bravely off you shall not wrong a Lady In a high huffing strain and think to bear it VVe stand not by as Bawds to your brave fury To see a Lady weep Leon. They are tears of anger I beseech ye note 'em aâ— worth pâ—â— Wrung from her rage because her Will prevails not She would swound now if she could not cry Else they were excellent and I should grieve too But falling thus they show nor sweet nor orient Put up my Lord this is oppression And calls the Sword of Justice to relieve me The law to lend her hand the King to right me All which shall understand how you provoke me In mine own house to brave me is this princely Then to my Guard and if I spare your Grace And do not make this place your Monument Too rich a Tomb for such a rude behaviour I have a Cause will kill a thousand of ye mercy forsake me Juan Hold fair Sir I beseech ye The Gentleman but pleads his own right nobly Leon. He that dares strike against the husbands freedom The Husbands Curse stick to him a tam'd Cuckold His Wife be fair and young but most dishonest Most impudent and have no feeling of it No conscience to reclaim her from a Monster Let her lye by him like a flattering ruine And at one instant kill both Name and Honour Let him be lost no eye to weep his end Nor find no earth that 's base enough to bury him Now Sir fall on I am ready to oppose ye Du. I have better thought I pray Sir use your Wife well Leon. Mine own humanity will teach me that Sir And now you are all welcome all and we 'll to dinner This is my Wedding day Duke I 'll cross your joy yet Juan I have seen a miracle hold thine own Souldier Sure they dare fight in fire that conquer Women Sanch. H 'as beaten all my loose thoughts out of me As if he had thresht 'em out o' th' husk Enter Perez Per. 'Save ye which is the Lady of the house Leon. That 's she Sir that pretty Lady If you would speak with her Juan Don Michael Leon another darer come Per. Pray do not know me I am full of business When I have more time I 'll be merry with ye It is the Woman good Madam tell me truly Had you a Maid call'd Estifania Marg. Yes truly had I. Per. Was she a Maid do you think Marg. I dare not swear for her For she had but a scant Fame Per. Was she your Kinswoman Marg. Not that I ever knew now I look better I think you married her ' give you joy Sir You may reclaim her 't was a wild young Girl Per. Give me a halter is not this house mine Madam Was not she owner of it pray speak truly Marg. No certainly I am sure my money paid for it And I ne'r remember yet I gave it you Sir Per. The Hangings and the Plate too Marg. All are mine Sir And every thing you see about the building She only kept my house when I was absent And so ill kept it I was weary of her Sanch. What a Devil ails he Juan He 's possest I 'll assure you Per. Where is your Maid Marg. Do not you know that have her She is yours now why should I look after her Since that first hour I came I never saw her Per. I saw her later would the Devil had had her It is all true I find a wild-fire take her Juan Is thy Wife with Child Don Michael thy excellent wife Art thou a Man yet Alonz. When shall we come and visit thee Sanch. And eat some rare fruit thou hast admirable Orchards You are so jealous now pox o' your jealousie How scurvily you look Per. Prithee leave fooling I am in no humour now to fool and prattle Did she ne'r play the wag with you Marg. Yes many times so often that I was asham'd to keep her But I forgave her Sir in hope she would mend still And had not you o'th'instant married her I had put her off Per. I thank ye I am blest still Which way so e'r I turn I am a made man Miserably gull'd beyond recovery Juan You 'll stay and dine Per. Certain I cannot Captain Hark in thine ear I am the arrantst Puppy The miserablest Ass but I must leave ye I am in haste in haste bless you good Madam And you prove as good as my Wife Exit Leon. Will you come near Sir will your Grace but honour me And taste our dinner you are nobly welcome All anger 's past I hope and I shall serve ye Juan Thou art the stock of men and I admire thee Ex. Actus Quartus Scena Prima Enter Perez Per. I 'll go to a Conjurer but I 'll find this Pol-cat This pilfering Whore a plague of Vails I cry And covers for the impudence of Women Their sanctity in show will deceive Devils It is my evil Angel let me bless me Enter Estifania with a Casket Estif 'T is he I am caught I must stand to it stoutly And show no shake of fear I see he is angry Vext at the uttermost Per. My worthy Wise I have been looking of your modesty All the town over Estif My most noble Husband I am glad I have found ye for in truth I am weary VVeary and lame with looking out your Lordship Per. I have been in Bawdy Houses Estif I believe you and very lately too Per. 'Pray you pardon me To seek your Ladyship I have been in Cellars In private Cellars where the thirsty Bawds Hear your Confessions I have been at Plays To look you out amongst the youthful Actors At Puppet Shews you are Mistress of the motions At Gossippings I hearkned after you But amongst those Confusions of lewd Tongues There 's no distinguishing beyond a Babel I was amongst the Nuns because you sing well But they say yours are Bawdy Songs they mourn for ye And last I went to Church to seek you out 'T is so long since you were there they have forgot you Estif You have had a pretty progress I 'll tell mine now To look you out I went to twenty Taverns Per. And are you sober Estif Yes I reel not
a sweeter But in this business Sir Cac. Let 's do it first And then dispute the Ladies use may long for 't Estif All secrecy she would desire she told me How wise you are Cac. We are not wise to talk thus Carry her the gold I 'le look her out a Jewel Shall sparkle like her eyes and thee another Come prethee come I long to serve thy Lady Long monstrously now valor I shall meet ye You that dare Dukes Estif Green goose you are now in sippets Exeunt Enter the Duke Sanchio Juan Alonzo Duke He shall not have his will I shall prevent him I have a toy here that will turn the tide And suddenly and strangely hear Don Juan Do you present it to him Juan I am commanded Exit Duke A fellow founded out of Charity And moulded to the height contemn his maker Curb the free hand that fram'd him This must not be Sanc. That such an oyster shell should hold a pearl And of so rare a price in prison Was she made to be the matter of her own undoing To let a slovenly unweildy fellow Unruly and self will'd dispose her beauties We suffer all Sir in this sad Eclipse She should shine where she might show like her self An absolute sweetness to comfort those admire her And shed her beams upon her friends We are gull'd all And all the world will grumble at your patience If she be ravish't thus Duke Ne'r fear it Sanchio We 'l have her free again and move at Court In her clear orb but one sweet handsomeness To bless this part of Spain and have that slubber'd Alon. 'T is every good mans cause and we must stir in it Duke I 'le warrant he shall be glad to please us And glad to share too we shall hear anon A new song from him let 's attend a little Exeunt Enter Leon and Juan with a commission Leon. Coronel I am bound to you for this nobleness I should have been your officer 't is true Sir And a proud man I should have been to have serv'd you 'T has pleas'd the King out of his boundless favours To make me your companion this commission Gives me a troop of horse Juan I do rejoyce at it And am a glad man we shall gain your company I am sure the King knows you are newly married And out of that respect gives you more time Sir Leon. Within four daies I am gone so he commands me And 't is not mannerly for me to argue it The time grows shorter still are your goods ready Juan They are aboard Leon. Who waits there Enter Servant Servant Sir Le. Do you hear ho go carry this unto your Mistris Sir And let her see how much the King has honour'd me Bid her be lusty she must make a Souldier Exit Enter Lorenzo Lorenzo Sir Go take down all the hangings And pack up all my cloths my plate and Jewels And all the furniture that 's portable Sir when we lye in garrison 't is necessary We keep a handsom port for the Kings honour And do you hear let all your Ladies wardrobe Be safely plac'd in trunks they must along too Lor. Whither must they goe Sir Leon. To the wars Lorenzo And you and all I will not leave a turn-spit That has one dram of spleen against a Dutchman Lor. Why then St Jaques hey you have made us all Sir And if we leave ye does my Lady goe too Leon. The stuff must goe to morrow towards the sea Sir All all must goe Lor. Why Pedro Vasco Dego Come help me come come boys soldadoes comrades We 'l fley these beer-bellied rogues come away quickly Juan H 'as taken a brave way to save his honour Exit And cross the Duke now I shall love him dearly By the life of credit thou art a noble Gentleman Enter Margarita led by two Ladies Leon. Why how now wife what sick at my preferment This is not kindly done Marg. No sooner love ye Love ye intirely Sir brought to consider The goodness of your mind and mine own duty But lose you instantly be divorc'd from ye This is a cruelty I 'le to the King And tell him 't is unjust to part two souls Two minds so nearly mixt Leon. By no means sweet heart Marg. If he were married but four daies as I am Leon. He would hang himself the fifth or fly his Country Marg. He would make it treason for that tongue that durst But talk of war or any thing to vex him You shall not goe Leon. Indeed I must sweet wife What shall I lose the King for a few kisses We 'l have enough Marg. I 'le to the Duke my cousin he shall to th' King Leon. He did me this great office I thank his grace for 't should I pray him now To undoe 't again fye 't were a base discredit Marg. Would I were able Sir to bear you company How willing should I be then and how merry I will not live alone Leon. Be in peace you shall not knock within Mar. What knocking 's this oh Heaven my head why rascals I thinks the war 's begun i' th' house already Leon. The preparation is they are taking down And packing up the hangings plate and Jewels And all those furnitures that shall besit me When I lye in garrison Enter Coachman Coachm. Must the Coach goe too Sir Leon. How will your Lady pass toth ' sea else easily We shall find shipping for 't there to transport it Marg. I goe alas Leon. I 'le have a main care of ye I know ye are sickly he shall drive the easier And all accommodation shall attend ye Marg. Would I were able Leon. Come I warrant ye Am not I with ye sweet are her cloaths packt up And all her linnen give your maids direction You know my time 's but short and I am commanded Marg. Let me have a nurse And all such necessary people with me And an easie bark Leon. It shall not trot I warrant ye Curvet it may sometimes Marg. I am with child Sir Leon. At four days warning this is something speedy Do you conceive as our jennets do with a west winde My heir will be an arrant fleet one Lady I 'le swear you were a maid when I first lay with ye Mar. Pray do not swear I thought I was a maid too But we may both be cozen'd in that point Sir Leon. In such a strait point sure I could not err Madam Juan This is another tenderness to try him Fetch her up now Mar. You must provide a cradle and what a troubles that Leon. The sea shall rock it 'T is the best nurse 't will roar and rock together A swinging storm will sing you such a lullaby Marg. Faith let me stay I shall but shame ye Sir Leon. And you were a thousand shames you shall along with me At home I am sure you 'l prove a million Every man carries the bundle of his sins Upon his own back you are mine I 'le sweat
thee excellent Estif If I prove otherwaies let me beg first Hold this is yours some recompence for service Use it to nobler ends than he that gave it Du. And this is yours your true commission Sir Now you are a Captain Leon. You are a noble Prince Sir And now a souldier Gentleman we all rejoyce in 't Juan Sir I shall wait upon you through all fortunes Alon. And I. Altea And I must needs attend my Mistris Leon. Will you goe Sister Altea Yes indeed good Brother I have two ties mine own bloud And my Mistris Marg. Is she your Sister Leon. Yes indeed good wife And my best Sister For she prov'd so wench When she deceiv'd you with a loving Husband Alt. I would not deal so truly for a stranger Marg. Well I could chide ye But it must be lovingly and like a Sister I 'le bring you on your way and feast ye nobly For now I have an honest heart to love ye And then deliver you to the blue Neptune Juan Your colours you must wear and wear 'em proudly Wear 'em before the bullet and in bloud too And all the world shall know We are Vertues servants Duke And all the world shall know a noble mind Makes women beautifull and envie blind Excunt Prologue PLeasure attend ye and about ye sit The springs of mirth fancy delight and wit To stir you up do not your looks let fall Nor to remembrance our late errors call Because this day w' are Spaniards all again The story of our Play and our Scene Spain The errors too do not for this cause hate Now we present their wit and not their state Nor Ladies be not angry if you see A young fresh beauty wanton and too free Seek to abuse her Husband still 't is Spain No such gross errors in your Kingdom raign W' are Vestals all and though we blow the fire We seldom make it flame up to desire Take no example neither to begin For some by precedent delight to sin Nor blame the Poet if he slip aside Sometimes lasciviously if not too wide But hold your Fanns close and then smile at ease A cruel Scene did never Lady please Nor Gentlemen pray be not you displeas'd Though we present some men fool'd some diseas'd Some drunk some mad we mean not you you 're free We taxe no farther than our Comedie You are our friends sit noble then and see Epilogue GOod night our worthy friends and may you part Each with as merry and as free a heart As you came hither to those noble eyes That deign to smile on our poor faculties And give a blessing to our labouring ends As we hope many to such fortune sends Their own desires wives fair as light as chast To those that live by spight Wives made in hast The Laws of Candy A TRAGI-COMEDY Persons Represented in the Play Cassilanes General of Candy Antinous Son to Cassilanes and his Competitor Fernando a Venetian Captain Servant to Annophel Philander Prince of Cyprus passionately in love with Erota Gonzalo An ambitious Politick Lord of Venice Gaspero Secretary of State Melitus a Gentleman of Candy Arcanes a noble Souldier Friend to Cassilanes Decius Friend to Antinous Senators Porphycio Possenne Paolo Michael Venetian Ambassadour Mochingo an ignorant Servant to Erota Gentlemen Souldiers Servants WOMEN Erota a Princess imperious and of an overweaning Beauty Annophel Daughter to Cassilanes Hyparcha Attendant on the Princess Erota The Scene Candy The principal Actors were Joseph Taylor William Eglestone Nicholas Toolie Richard Sharpe John Lowin John Vnderwood George Birch Thomas Pollard Actus Primus Scena Prima Enter Gaspero and Melitus Mel. SIR you 're the very friend I wish'd to meet with I have a large discourse invites your ear To be an Auditor Gas And what concerns it Mel. The sadly thriving progress of the loves Between my Lord the Prince and that great Lady Whose insolence and never-yet-match'd Pride Can by no Character be well exprest Bet in her only name the proud Erota Gas Alas Melitus I should guess the best Success your Prince could find from her to be As harsh as the event doth prove but now 'T is not a time to pity passionate griess When a whole Kingdom in a manner lyes Upon its Death-Bed bleeding Mel. Who can tell Whether or no these plagues at once Hang over this unhappy Land for her sake That is a Monster in it Gas Here 's the misery Of having a Child our Prince else I presume The bold Venetians had not dar'd to attempt So bloody an invasion Mel. Yet I wonder Why Master Secretary still the Senate So almost superstitiously adores Gonzalo the Venetian Lord considering The outrage of his Countrymen Gas The Senate Is wise and therein just for this Gonzalo Upon a Massacre performed at Sea By the Admiral of Venice on a Merchant Of Candy when the cause was to be heard Before the Senate there in open Court Professed that the cruelty the Admiral Had shewed deserved not only fine but death For Candy then and Venice were at peace Since when upon a motion in the Senate For Conquest of our Land 't is known for certain That only this Gonzalo dar'd to oppose it His reason was because it too much savour'd Of lawless and unjust ambition The Wars were scarce begun but he in fear Of quarrels ' gainst his life fled from his Country And hither came where to confirm his truth I know Melitus he out of his own store Hath monied Cassilanes the General Mel. What without other pledges than Cassilanes Bare promise of payment Gas No it may be He has some pretty Lordship to retire to But thus he hath done now 't is fit Melitus The Senate should be thankful otherwise They should annihilate one of those Laws For which this Kingdome is throughout the World Unfollowed and admired Mel. What Laws are those Sir Let me so much importune you Gas You shall And they be worth your knowledge briefly thus Who e'r he be that can detect apparently Another of ingratitude for any Received Benefit the Plaintiff may Require the Offenders life unless he please Freely and willingly to grant remission Mel. By which strict Law the Senate is in danger Should they neglect Gonzalo Gas Right the Law Permits a like equality to Aliens As to a home-bred Patriot Mel. Pray Sir the other Gas Know Melitus The elder Cretans flourished many years In War in Peace unparallel'd and they To spur heroick Spirits on to Vertue Enacted that what man so ere he were Did noblest in the field against his enemy So by the general voice approv'd and known Might at his home return make his demand For satisfaction and reward Mel. They are Both famous Laws indeed Enter a Messenger Mes Master Secretary The Senate is about to sit and crave Your presence Gas What so suddenly Mes These Letters Will shew the causes why Gas Heaven thou nâ—t great And worthy to be thanked Mel. Your countenance Sir Doth promise
Have you any more mind to Wenches Cler. To be abus'd too Lady you might have help'd this Ana. Sit now 't is past but 't may be I may stand Your friend hereafter in a greater matter Cler. Never whilst you live Ana. You cannot tell now Sir a parting hand Cler. Down and Roses Well I may live to see you again A dull Rogue No revelation in thee Lam. Were you well frighted Were your fitts from the heart of all colds and colours That 's all your punishment Cler. It might have been all yours Had not a block-head undertaken it Cham. Your swords you mnst leave to these Gentlemen Verd. And now when you dare fight We are on even lee again Din. 'T is well To be a Mistris is to be a monster And so I leave your house and you for ever Lam. Leave your wild lusts and then you are a master Cham. You may depart too Cler. I had rather stay here Cham. Faith we shall fright you worse Cler. Not in that manner There 's five hundred Crowns fright me but so again Din. Come Cleremont this is the hour of fool Cler. Wiser the next shall be or we 'll to School Exeunt Champ. How coolly these hot gallants are departed Faith Cousin 't was unconscionably done To lye so still and so long Anab. 'T was your pleasure If 't were a fault I may hereafter mend Champ. O my best Wife Take now what course thou wilt and lead what life Lam. The more trust you commit the more care still Goodness and vertue shall attend my will Cham. Let 's laugh this night out now and count our gains We have our honours home and they their pains Exeunt omnes Actus Quartus Scena Prima Enter Cleremont Dinant Din. IT holds they will go thither Cler. To their Summer-house Din. Thither i' th' evening and which is the most infliction Only to insult upon our miseries Cler. Are you provided Din. Yes yes Cler. Throughly Din. Throughly Cler. Basâ—a enough I have your mind I will not fail you Din. At such an hour Cler. Have I a memory A Cause and Will to do thou art so sullen Din. And shall be till I have a fair reparation Cler. I have more reason for I scaped a fortune Which if I come so near again I say nothing But if I sweat not in another fashion O a delicate Wench Din. 'T is certain a most handsome one Cler. And me thought the thing was angry with it self too It lay so long conceal'd but I must part with you I have a scene of mirth to drive this from my heart And my hour is come Din. Miss not your time Cler. I dare not Exeunt severally Enter Sampson and a Gentleman Gent. I presume Sir you now need no instruction But fairly know what belongs to a Gentleman You bear your Uncles cause Sam. Do not disturb me I understand my cause and the right carriage Gent. Be not too bloody Sam. As I find my enemy if his sword bite If it bite Sir you must pardon me Gent. No doubt he is valiant He durst not undertake else Sam. He 's most welcome As he is most valiant he were no man for me else Gent. But say he should relent Sam. He dies relenting I cannot help it he must dies relenting If he pray praying ipso facto praying Your honourable way admits no prayer And if he fight he falls there 's his quietus Gent. Y' are nobly punctual let 's retire and meet 'em But still I say have mercy Samp. I say honour Exeunt Enter Champernel Lamira Anabel Beaupre Verdone Charlote and a Servant Lam. Will not you go sweet-heart Champ. Go I 'le fly with thee I stay behind Lam. My Father will be there too And all our best friends Beau. And if we be not merry We have hard luck Lady Verd. Faith let 's have a kind of play Cham. What shall it be Verd. The story of Dinant Lam. With the merry conceits of Cleremont His Fits and Feavers Ana. But I 'le lie still no more Lam. That as you make the Play 't will be rare sport And how 't will vex my gallants when they hear it Have you given order for the Coach Charl. Yes Madam Cham. My easie Nag and padd Serv. 'T is making ready Cham. Where are your Horses Beau. Ready at an hour Sir we 'll not be last Cham. Fie what a night shall we have A roaring merry night Lam. We 'll flie at all Sir Cham. I 'le flie at thee too finely and so ruffle thee I 'le try your Art upon a Country pallet Lam. Brag not too much for fear I should expect it Then if you fail Cham. Thou saiest too true we all talk But let 's in and prepare and after dinner Begin our mirthful pilgrimage Lam. He that 's sad A crab-face'd Mistris cleave to him for this year Exeunt Enter Cleremont and La-writ La-writ Since it cannot be the Judge Cler. 'T is a great deal better La-writ You are sure he is his kinsman a Gentleman Cler. As arrant a Gentleman and a brave fellow And so near to his blood La-writ It shall suffice I 'le set him further off I 'le give a remove Shall quit his kindred I 'le lopp him Clor. Will ye kill him La-w. And there were no more Cousins in the world I kiâ— him I do mean Sir to kill all my Lords kindred For every cause a Cousin Cler. How if he have no more Cousins La-writ The next a kin then to his Lordships favour The man he smiles upon Cler. Why this is vengeance horrid and dire La writ I love a dire revenge Give me the man that will all others kill And last himself Cler. You stole that resolution La-writ I had it in a Play but that 's all one I wou'd see it done Cler. Come you must be more merciful La-writ To no Lords Cousins in the world I hate 'em A Lords Cousin to me is a kind of Cockatrice If I see him first he dies A strange Antipathy Cler. What think you of their Nieces La-writ If I like 'em They may live and multiply 't is a cold morning Cler. 'T is sharp indeed you have broke your fast La-writ No verily Cler. Your valour would have ask'd a good foundation La-writ Hang him I 'le kill him fasting Enter Sampson and the Gent. Cler. Here they come Bear your self in your language smooth and gently When your swords argue La-writ 'Pray Sir spare your precepts Gent. I have brought you Sir La-writ 'T is very well no words You are welcome Sir Sam. I thank you Sir few words La writ I 'le kill you for your Uncles sake Sam. I love you I 'le cut your throat for your own sake La-writ I esteem of you Cler. Let 's render 'em honest and fair Gentlemen Search my friend I 'le search yours Gent. That 's quickly done Cler. You come with no Spells nor Witchcrafts Sam. I come fairly to kill him honestly La-writ Hang Spells and Witchcrafts I come
is true Lady Const Was it a Boy too Land A brave Boy deliberation And judgment shew'd in 's getting as I 'll say for him He 's as well paced for that sport Const May I see it For there is a neighbour of mine a Gentlewoman Has had a late mischance which willingly I would know further of now if you please To be so courteous to me Land Ye shall see it But what do ye think of these men now ye know 'em And of the cause I told ye of Be wise Ye may repent too late else I but tell you For your own good and as you will find it Lady Const I am advis'd Land No more words then do that And instantly I told ye of be ready Don John I 'll fit you for your frumps Const I shall be But shall I see this Child Land Within this half hour Let 's in and there think better she that 's wise Leaps at occasion first the rest pay for it Exeunt SCENE IV. Enter Petrucchio Don John and Frederick John Sir he is worth your knowledg and a Gentleman If I that so much love him may commend him Of free and vertuous parts and one if foul play Should fall upon us for which fear I brought him Will not flye back for phillips Pet. Ye much honour me And once more I pronounce ye both mine Fred. Stay what Troop Is that below i' th' Valley there John Hawking I take it Pet. They are so 't is the Duke 't is even he Gentlemen Sirrah draw back the Horses till we call ye I know him by his Company Fred. I think too He bends up this way Pet. So he does John Stand you still Within that Covert till I call you Frederick By no means be not seen unless they offer To bring on odds upon us he comes forward Here will I wait him fairly to your Cabins Pet. I need no more instruct ye John Fear me not I 'le give it him and boldly Ex. Pet. and Fred. Enter Duke and his faction Duke Feed the Hawks up We 'll flie no more to day O my blest fortune Have I so fairly met the man John Ye have Sir And him you know by this Duke Sir all the honour And love John I do beseech your Grace stay there for I know you too now that love and honour I come not to receive nor can you give it Till ye appear fair to the world I must beseech ye Dismiss your train a little Duke Walk aside And out of hearing I command ye Now Sir John Last time we met I was a friend Duke And Nobly You did a friends office let your business Be what it may you must be still John Your pardon Never a friend to him cannot be friend To his own honour Duke In what have I transgress'd it Ye make a bold breach at the first Sir John Bolder You made that breach that let in infamy And ruine to surprise a noble stock Duke Be plain Sir John I will and short Ye have wrong'd a Gentleman Little behind your self beyond all justice Beyond mediation of all friends Duke The man and manner of wrong John Petrucchio The wrong ye have Whor'd his Sister Duke What 's his will in 't John His will is to oppose you like a Gentleman And single to decide all Duke Now stay you Sir And hear me with the like belief this Gentleman His Sister that you nam'd 't is true I have long lov'd Nor was that love lascivious as he makes it As true I have enjoy'd her no less truth I have a Child by her but that she or he Or any of that family are tainted Suffer disgrace or ruin by my pleasures I wear a Sword to satisfie the world no And him in this cause when he please for know Sir She is my Wife contracted before Heaven Witness I owe more tye to than her Brother Nor will I flye from that name which long since Had had the Churches approbation But for his jealous danger John Sir your pardon And all that was my anger now my service Duk. Fair Sir I knew I should convert ye had we But that rough man here now too John And ye shall Sir Whoa hoa hoo Duke I hope ye have laid no Ambush Enter Petrucchio John Only friends Duke My noble Brother welcome Come put your anger off we 'll no fighting Unless you will maintain I am unworthy To bear that name Pet. Do you speak this heartily Duke Upon my soul and truly the first Priest Shall put you out of these doubts Pet. Now I love ye And I beseech you pardon my suspicions You are now more than a Brother a brave friend too John The good man 's over-joy'd Enter Frederick Fred. How how how goes it John Why the man has his Mare again and all 's well Frederick The Duke professes freely he 's her Husband Fred. 'T is a good hearing John Yes for modest Gentlemen I must present ye may it please your Grace To number this brave Gentleman my friend And noble kinsman amongst those your servants Duke O my brave friend you shower your bounties on me Amongst my best thoughts Signior in which number You being worthily dispos'd already May place your friend to honour me Fred. My love Sir And where your Grace dares trust me all my service Pet. Why this is wondrous happy But now Brother Now comes the bitter to our sweet Constantia Duke Why what of her Pet. Nor what nor where do I know Wing'd with her fears last night beyond my knowledge She quit my house but whither Fred. Let not that Duke No more good Sir I have heard too much Pet. Nay sink not She cannot be so lost John Nor shall not Gentlemen Be free again the Lady 's found that smile Sir Shews ye distrust your Servant Duke I do beseech ye John Ye shall believe me by my soul she is safe Duke Heaven knows I would believe Sir Fred. Ye may safely John And under noble usage this fair Gentleman Met her in all her doubts last night and to his Guard Her fears being strong upon her she gave her person Who waited on her to our lodging where all respect Civil and honest service now attend her Pet. Ye may believe now Duke Yes I do and strongly Well my good friends or rather my good Angels For ye have both preserv'd me when these vertues Dye in your friends remembrance John Good your Grace Lose no more time in complement 't is too precious I know it by my self there can be no Hell To his that hangs upon his hopes especially In way of lustly pleasures Pet. He has hit it Fred. To horse again then for this night I 'le crown With all the joyes ye wish for Pet. Happy Gentlemen Exeunt Enter Francisco Fran. This is the maddest mischief never fool Was so sob'd off as I am made ridiculous And to my self mine own Ass trust a Woman I 'le trust the Devil first for he dare be Better than
sit and how men will adore it Is still the question I 'le tell you what they 'l say Sir What the report will be and 't will be true too And it must needs be comfort to your Master These are the issues of her impudence I 'le tell your Grace so dear I hold the Queen So dear that honour that she hurs'd me up in I would first take to me for my lust a Moor One of your Gally-slaves that cold and hunger Decrepit misery had made a mock-man Than be your Queen Fred. You are bravely resolute Evan. I had rather be a Lepâ—r and be shun'd And dye by pieces rot into my grave Leaving no memory behind to know me Than be a high Whore to eternity Fre. You have another Gamester I perceive by ye You durst not slight me else Sor. I 'le find him out Though he lye next thy heart hid I 'le discover him And ye proud peat I 'le make you curse your insolence Val. Tongue of an Angel and the truth of Heaven How am I blest Exit Val. Sor. Podramo go in hast To my Sisters Gentlewoman you know her well And bid her send her Mistris presently The lesser Cabinet she keeps her Letters in And such like toyes and bring it to me instantly Away Pod. I am gone Exit Enter the Queen with two Ladies Sor. The Queen Fred. Let 's quit the place she may grow jealous Ex. Fred. Sorano Queen So suddenly departed what 's the reason Does my approach displease his Grace are my eyes So hateful to him or my conversation Infected that he flies me Fair Evanthe Are you there then I see his shame Evan. 'T is true Madam 'Thas pleas'd his goodness to be pleasant with me Que. 'T is strange to find thy modesty in this place Does the King offer fair does thy face take him Ne'r blush Evanthe 't is a very sweet one Does he rain gold and precious promises Into thy lap will he advance thy fortunes Shalt thou be mighty Wench Evan. Never mock Madam 'T is rather on your part to be lamented At least reveng'd I can be mighty Lady And glorious too glorious and great as your are Que. He will Marry thee Evan. Who would not be a Queen Madam Que. 'T is true Evanthe 't is a brave ambition A golden dream that may delude a good mind What shall become of me Evan. You must learn to pray Your age and honour will become a Nunnery Que. Wilt thou remember me Weeps Evan. She weeps Sweet Lady Upon my knees I ask your sacred pardon For my rude boldness and know my sweet Mistris If e're there were ambition in Evanthe It was and is to do you faithful duties 'T is true I have been tempted by the King And with no few and potent charms to wrong ye To violate the chaste joyes of your bed And those not taking hold to usurp your state But she that has been bred up under ye And daily fed upon your vertuous precepts Still growing strong by example of your goodness Having no errant motion from obedience Flyes from these vanities as meer illusions And arm'd with honesty defies all promises In token of this truth I lay my life down Under your sacred foot to do you service Que. Rise my true friend thou vertuous bud of beauty Thou Virgins honour sweetly blow and flourish And that rude nipping wind that seeks to blast thee Or taint thy root be curst to all posterity To my protection from this hour I take ye Yes and the King shall know Evan. Give his heat way Madam And 't will go out again he may forget all Exeunt Enter Camillo Cleanthes and Menallo Cam. What have we to do with the times we cannot cure 'em Let 'em go on when they are swoln with Surfeits They 'l burst and stink then all the world shall smell ' em Cle. A man may live a bawd and be an honest man Men. Yes and a wise man too 't is a vertuous calling Cam. To his own Wife especially or to his Sister The nearer to his own bloud still the honester There want such honest men would we had more of ' em Men. To be a villain is no such rude matter Cam. No if he be a neat one and a perfect Art makes all excellent what is it Gentlemen In a good cause to kill a dozen Coxcombs That blunt rude fellows call good Patriots Nothing nor ne'r look'd after Men. 'T is e'en as much as easie too as honest and as clear To ravish Matrons and deflower coy Wenches But here they are so willing 't is a complement Cle. To pull down Churches with pretension To build 'em fairer may be done with honour And all this time believe no gods Cam. I think so 't is faith enough if they name 'em in their angers Or on their rotten Tombs ingrave an Angel Well brave Alphonso how happy had we been If thou had'st raign'd Men. Would I had his Disease Tyed like a Leprosie to my posterity So he were right again Cle. What is his Malady Cam. Nothing but sad and silent melancholy Laden with griefs and thoughts no man knows why neither The good Brandino Father to the Princess Used all the art and industry that might be To free Alphonso from this dull calamity And seat him in his rule he was his eldest And noblest too had not fair nature stopt in him For which cause this was chosen to inherit Frederick the younger Cle. Does he use his Brother With that respect and honour that befits him Cam. He is kept privately as they pretend To give more ease and comfort to his sickness But he has honest servants the grave Rugio And Fryar Marco that wait upon his Person And in a Monastery he lives Men. 'T is full of sadness To see him when he comes to his Fathers Tomb As once a day that is his Pilgrimage Whilst in Dâ—votion the Quire sings an Anthem How piously he kneels and like a Virgin That some cross Fate had cozen'd of her Love Weeps till the stubborn Marble sweats with pity And to his groans the whole Quire bears a Chorus Enter Frederick Sorano with the Cabinet and Podramo Cam. So do I too The King with his Contrivers This is no place for us Exeunt Lords Fred. This is a jewel Lay it aside what paper 's that Pod. A Letter But 't is a womans Sir I know by the hand And the false Orthography they write old Saxon. Fred. May be her ghostly Mother 's that instructs her Sor. No 't is a Cousins and came up with a great Cake Fred. What 's that Sor. A pair of Gloves the Dutchess gave her For so the outside says Fred. That other paper Sor. A Charm for the tooth-ach here 's nothing but Saints and Crosses Fre. Look in that Box methinks that should hold secrets Pod. 'T is Paint and curls of Hair she begins to exercise A glass of Water too I would fain taste it But I am wickedly afraid 't
set forward Exeunt Actus Tertius Scena Prima Enter divers Monks Alphonso going to the Tomb Rugio and Frier Marco discover the Tomb and a Chair Mar. THe night grows on lead softly to the Tomb And sing not till I bid ye let the Musick Play gently as he passes Rug. O fair picture That wert the living hope of all our honours How are we banisht from the joy we dreamt of Will he ne're speak more Mar. 'T is full three moneths Lord Rugio Since any articulate sound came from his tongue Set him down gently Sits in a Chair Rug. What should the reason be Sir Mar. As 't is in nature with those loving Husbands That sympathize their wives pains and their throes When they are breeding and 't is usuall too We have it by experience so in him Sir In this most noble spirit that now suffers For when his honour'd Father good Brandino Fell sick he felt the griefs and labour'd with them His fits and his disease he still inherited Grew the same thing and had not nature check'd him Strength and ability he had dyed that hour too Rug. Embleme or noble love Mar. That very minute His Fathers breath forsook him that same instant A rare example of his piety And love paternal the Organ of his tongue Was never heard to sound again so near death He seeks to wait upon his worthy Father But that we force his meat he were one body Rug. He points to'th' Tomb. Mar. That is the place he honours A house I fear he will not be long out of He will toth ' Tomb good my Lord lend your hand How sing the Funeral Song and let him kneel For then he is pleas'd A Song Rug. Heaven lend thy powerfull hand And ease this Prince Mar. He will pass back again Exeunt Enter Valerio Val. They drink abundantly I am hot with wine too Lustily warm I 'le steal now to my happiness 'T is midnight and the silent hour invites me But she is up still and attends the Queen Thou dew of wine and sleep hang on their eye-lids Steep their dull senses in the healths they drink That I may quickly find my lov'd Evanthe The King is merry too and drank unto me Sign of fair peace O this nights blessedness If I had forty heads I would give all for 't Is not the end of our ambitions Of all our humane studies and our travels Of our desires the obtaining of our wishes Certain it is and there man makes his Center I have obtain'd Evanthe I have married her Can any fortune keep me from injoying her Enter Sorano I have my wish what 's left me to accuse now I am friends with all the world but thy base malice Go glory in thy mischiefs thou proud man And cry it to the world thou hast ruin'd vertue Flow I contemn thee and thy petty malice And with what scorn I look down on thy practice Sor. You 'l sing me a new Song anon Valerio And wish these hot words Val. I despise thee fellow Thy threats or flatteries all I fling behind me I have my end I have thy noble Sister A name too worthy of thy blood I have married her And will injoy her too Sor. 'T is very likely Val. And that short moneth I have to bless me with her I 'le make an age I 'le reckon each embrace A year of pleasure and each night a Jubile Every quick kiss a Spring and when I mean To lose my self in all delightfulness Twenty sweet Summers I will tye together In spight of thee and thy malignant Master I will dye old in love though young in pleasure Sor. But that I late thee deadly I could pity thee Thou art the poorest miserable thing This day on earth I 'le tell thee why Valerio All thou esteemest and build'st upon for happiness For joy for pleasure for delight is past thee And like a wanton dream already vanisht Val. Is my love false Sor. No she is constant to thee Constant to all thy misery she shall be And curse thee too Val. Is my strong body weakn'd Charm'd or abus'd with subtle drink speak villain Sor. Neither I dare speak thou art still as lusty As when thou lov'dst her first as strong and hopefull The month thou hast given thee is a month of misery And where thou think'st each hour shall yield a pleasure Look for a killing pain for thou shalt find it Before thou dyest each minute shall prepare it And ring so many knels to sad afflictions The King has given thee a long month to dye in And miserably dye Val. Undo thy Riddle I am prepar'd what ever â—ate shall follow Sor. Dost thou see this Ring Val. I know it too Sor. Then mark me By vertue of this Ring this I pronounce to thee 'T is the Kings will Val. Let me know it suddenly Sor. If thou dost offer to touch Evanthes body Beyond a kiss though thou art married to her And lawfully as thou think'st may'st injoy her That minute she shall dye Val. O Devil Sor. If thou discover this command unto her Or to a friend that shall importune thee And why thou abstainest and from whose will ye all perish Upon the self-same forfeit are ye fitted Sir Now if ye love her ye may preserve her life still If not you know the worst how falls your month out Val. This tyranny could never be invented But in the school of Hell Earth is too innocent Not to injoy her when she is my wife When she is willing too Sor. She is most willing And will run mad to miss but if you hit her Be sure you hit her home and kill her with it There are such women that will dye with pleasure The Are will follow else that will not fail To fetch her Maiden head and dispatch her quickly Then shall the world know you are the cause of Murther And as 't is requisite your life shall pay for 't Val. Thou dost but jest thou canst not be so monstrous As thou proclaim'st thy self thou art her Brother And there must be a feeling heart within thee Of her afflictions wert thou a stranger to us And bred amongst wild rocks thy nature wild too Affection in thee as thy breeding cold And unrelenting as the rocks that nourisht thee Yet thou must shake to tell me this they tremble When the rude sea threatens divorce amongst 'em They that are senceless things shake at a tempest Thou art a man Sor. Be thou too then 't will try thee And patience now will best become thy nobleness Val. Invent some other torment to afflict me All if thou please put all afflictions on me Study thy brains out for 'em so this be none I care not of what nature nor what cruelty Nor of what length Sor. This is enough to vex ye Val. The tale of Tantalus is now prov'd true And from me shall be registred Authentick To have my joyes within my arms and lawfull Mine own delights yet dare
attend you go thy ways Thou hast a clear and noble soul for thy sake I 'll hold that man mine enemy who dares mutter The Court is not the sphere where vertue moves Humanity and Nobleness waiting on her Enter Servant Serv. Two Gentlemen but what they are I know not Their faces are so mustl'd press to see you And will not be deny'd Dor. What e'r they are I am too old to fear Serv. They need no Usher they make their own way Enter Lasander Alcidon Dor. Take you yours Lisander Exit Servant My joy to see you and my sorrow for The danger you are in contend so here Though different passions nay oppos'd in Nature I know not which to entertain Lis Your hate should win the victory from both with justice You may look on me as a Homicide A man whose life is forfeited to the Law But if howe'r I stand accus'd in thought I sin'd against Cleanders life or live Guilty of the dishonour of your Daughter May all the miseries that can fall on man Here or hereafter circle me Dor. To me this protestation 's useless I embrace you As the preserver of my life the man To whom my son ows his with life his honour And howsoever your affection To my unhappy Daughter though it were For I have sifted her in a noble way Hath printed some taint on her fame and brought Her life in question yet I would not purchase The wish'd recovery of her reputation With strong assurance of her innocence Before the King her Judge with certain loss Of my Lisander for whose life if found There 's no redemption my excess of love Though to enjoy you one short day would lengthen My life a dozen years boldly commands me Upon my knees which yet were never bent But to the King and Heaven to entreat you To flye hence with all possible speed and leave Calista to her fortune Lis O blessed Saints forsake her in affliction can you Be so unnatural to your own bloud To one so well deserving as to value My safety before hers shall innocence In her be branded and my guilt escape Unpunish'd does she suffer so much for me For me unworthy and shall I decline Fating the bitter bread of banishment The course of Justice to draw out a life A life I style it false a living death Which being uncompell'd laid down will clear her And write her name a new in the fair legend Of the best women seek not to disswade me I will not like a careless Poet spoil The last Act of my Play till now applauded My giving the World just cause to say I fear'd Death more than loss of Honour Dor. But suppose Heaven hath design'd some Other saving means for her deliverance Lis Other means that is A mischief above all I have groan'd under Shall any other pay my debt while I Write my self Bankrupt or Calista owe The least beholdingness for that which she On all the bonds of gratitude I have seal'd to May challenge from me to be freely tender'd Avert it mercy I will go to my Grave Without the curses of my Creditors I 'll vindicate her fair name and so cancel My obligation to her to the King To whom I stand accountable for the loss Of two of his lov'd subjects lives I 'll offer Mine own in satisfaction to Heaven I 'll pay my time Repentance to the timâ—s Present and future I 'll be register'd A memorable President to admonish Others however valiant not to trust To their abilities to dare and do And much less for the airy words of Honour And false stamp'd reputation to shake off The Chains of their Religion and Allegiance The principal means appointed to prefer Societies and Kingdoms Exit Dor. Let 's not leave him his mind 's much troubles Alc. Were your Daughter free Since from her dangers his distraction rises His cause is not so desperate for the slaughter Of Cloridon and Chrysanthes but it may Find passage to the mercy of the King The motives urg'd in his defence that forc'd him To act that bloudy Scene Dor. Heaven can send ayds When they are least expected let us walk The hour of tryal draws near Alci May it end well Exeunt Enter Olinda and Lidian Oli. That for my love you should turn Hermit Lidian As much amazes me as your report Clarange's dead Lidi He is so and all comforts My youth can hope for Madam with him buried Nor had I ever left my cell but that He did injoin me at his death to shed Some tears of friendship on his Monument And those last Rites perform'd he did dequeath you As the best legacie a friend could give Or I indeed could wish to my embraces Oli. 'T is still more strange is there no foul play in it I must confess I am not sorry Sir For your fair fortune yet 't is fit I grieve The most untimely death of such a Gentleman He was my worthy Servant Lid. And for this acknowledgment if I could prize you at A higher rate I should he was my friend My dearest friend Oli. But how should I be assur'd Sir For slow belief is the best friend of truth Of this Gentlemans death if I should credit it And afterward it fall out contrary How am I sham'd how is your vertue tainted Lid. There is a Frier that came along with me His business to deliver you a Letter From dead Clarange You shall hear his Testimonie Father my reverend Father look upon him Such holy men are Authors of no Fables Enter Clarange with a Letter writ out and Frier Oli. They should not be their lives and their opinions Like brightest purest flames should still burn upwards To me Sir delivers the Letter Clar. If you are the fair Olinda Frier I do not like these cross points Clar. Give me leave I am nearest to my self What I have plotted Shall be pursu'd you must not over-rule me Oli. Do you put the first hand to your own undoing Play to betray your game Mark but this letter Lady I am come to claim your noble promise Reads If you be Mistris of your word ye are mine I am last return'd your riddle is dissolv'd And I attend your faith Your humble servant Clarange Is this the Frier that saw him dead Gâ—â— Lid. 'T is he Clarange on my life I am defeated Such reverend habits juggle my true sorrow For a false friend not worth a tear derided Fri. You have abus'd my trust Oli. It is not well nor like a Gentleman Clar. All stratagems In love and that the sharpest war are lawfull By your example I did change my habit Caught you in your own toyle and triumph in it And what by policy 's got I will maintain With valour no Lisander shall come in again to fetch you off Lid. His honour'd name Pronounc'd by such a treacherous tongue is tainted Maintain thy treason with thy sword With what Contempt I hear it in a Wilderness I durst encounter it and
he be above ground and besides George here be a number of sufficient Gentlemen can witness and my self and your self and the Musicians if we be call'd in question but here comes Ralph George thou shalt hear him speak as he were an Emperal Enter Ralph and Dwarfe Ralph Comes not Sir Squire again Dwarf Right courteous Knight Your Squire doth come and with him comes the Lady Enter Mistriss Mer. and Michael and Squire For and the Squire of Damsels as I take it Rafe Madam if any service or devoir Of a poor errant Knight may right your wrongs Command it I am prest to give you succor For to that holy end I bear my Armour Mist Mer. Alas Sir I am a poor Gentlewoman and I have lost my money in this Forrest Desart you would say Lady and not lost Whilst I have Sword and Launce dry up your tears Which ill befits the beauty of that face And tell the story if I may request it Of your disastrous fortune Mist Mer. Out alas I left a thousand pound a thousand pound e'n all the money I had laid up for this youth upon the sight of your Mastership you lookt so grim and as I may say it saving your presence more like a Giant than a mortal man Ralph I am as you are Lady so are they All mortal but why weeps this gentle Squire Mist Mer. Has he not cause to weep do you think when he has lost his inheritance Ralph Young hope of valour weep not I am here That will confound thy foe and pay it dear Upon his coward head that dare denie Distressed Squires and Ladies equity I have but one horse on which shall ride This Lady fair behind me and before This courteous Squire fortune will give us more Upon our next adventure fairly speed Beside us Squire aed Dwarfe to do us need Exeunt Cit Did not I tell you Nell what your man would do by the faith of my body wench for clean action and good delivery they may all cast their caps at him Wife And so they may i'faith for I dare speak it boldly the twelve Companies of London cannot match him timber for timber well George and he be not inveigled by some of these paltery Players I ha much marvel but George we ha done our parts if the Boy have any grace to be thankful Cit. Yes I warrant you duckling Enter Humphrey and Luce. Hum. Good Mistriss Luce how ever I in fault am For your lame horse you 're welcome unto Waltham But which way now to go or what to say I know not truly till it be broad day Luce. O fear not master Humphrey I am guide For this place good enough Hum. Then up and ride Or if it please you walk for your repose Or sit or if you will go pluck a Rose Either of which shall be indifferent To your good friend and Humphrey whose consent Is so intangled ever to your will As the poor harmless horse is to the ill Luce. Faith and you say the word we 'll e'n sit down And take a nap Hum. 'T is better in the Town Where we may nap together for believe me To sleep without a snatch would mickle grieve me Luce. You 're merry master Humphrey Hum. So I am And have been every merry from my Dam. Luce. Your Nurse had the less labour Hum. Faith it may be Unless it were by chance I did beray me Enter Jasper Jasp Luce dear friend Luce Luce. Here Jasper Jasp You are mine Hum. If it be so my friend you use me fine What do you think I am Jasp An arrant Noddy Hum. A word of obloquie now by gods body I 'll tell thy Master for I know thee well Jasp Nay and you be so forward for to tell Take that and that and tell him Sir I gave it And say I paid you well Hum. O Sir I have it And do confess the payment pray be quiet Jasp Go get you to your night-cap and the diet To cure your beaten bones Luce. Alas poor Humphrey Get thee some wholsome broth with Sage and Cumfrie A little oil of Roses and a Feather To noint thy back withal Hum. When I came hither Would I had gone to Paris with John Dorry Luce. Farewel my pretty Nump I am very sorry I cannot bear thee company Hum. Farewel The Devils Dam was ne'r so bang'd in Hell Exeunt Manet Humphrey Wife This young Jasper will prove me another Things a my conscience and he may be suffered George dost not see George how a swaggers and flies at the very heads a fokes as he were a Dragon well if I do not do his lesson for wronging the poor Gentleman I am no true Woman his friends that brought him up might have been better occupied I wis then have taught him these fegaries he 's e'n in the high-way to the Gallows God bless him Cit. You 're too bitter Connie the young man may do well enough for all this Wife Come hither master Humphrey has he hurt you now beshrew his fingers for 't here Sweet-heart here 's some Green Ginger for thee now beshrew my heart but a has Pepper-nel in 's head as big as a Pullets egg alas sweet Lamb how thy Temples beat take the peace on him sweet heart take the peace on him Enter a Boy Cit. No no you talk like a foolish woman I 'll ha Ralph fight with him and swinge him up well-favour'dly sirrah boy come hither let Ralph come in and fight with Jasper Wife I and beat him well he 's an unhappy boy Boy Sir you must pardon us the plot of our Play lies contrary and 't will hazard the spoiling of our Play Cit. Plot me no plots I 'll ha Ralph come out I 'll make your house too hot for you else Boy Why Sir he shall but if any thing fall out of order the Gentlemen must pardon us Cit. Go your ways good-man boy I 'll hold him a penny he shall have his belly full of fighting now ho here comes Ralph no more Enter Ralph 〈◊〉 Michael Squire and Dwarf Ralph What Knight is that Squire ask him if he keep The passage bound by love of Lady fair Or else but prickant Hum. Sir I am no Knight But a poor Gentleman that this same night Had stoln from me on yonder Green My lovely Wife and suffered to be seen Yet extant on my shoulderr such a greeting That whilst I live I shall think of that meeting Wife I Ralph he beat him unmercifully Ralph and thou spar'st him Ralph I would thou wert hang'd Cit. No more wife no more Ralph Where is the Caitiff wretch hath done this deed Lady your pardon that I may proceed Upon the quest of this injurious Knight And thou fair Squire repute me not the worse In leaving the great venture of the purse Enter Jasper and Luce. And the rich Casket till some better leisure Hum. Here comes the Broker hath purloin'd my treasure Ralph Go Squire and tell him I am here
Bob. 'T wil never be He has been three days practising to drink Yet still he sips like to a waiting woman And looks as he were murdering of a fart Among wild Irish swaggerers Luc. I have still Your good word Zancho father Alv. Milk-sop coward No house of mine receives thee I disclaim thee Thy mother on her knees shall not entreat me Hereafter to acknowledge thee Luc. Pray you speak for me Bob. I would but now I cannot with mine honor Alv. There 's only one course left that may redeem thee Which is to strike the next man that you meet And if we chance to light upon a woman Take her away and use her like a man Or I will cut thy hamstrings Pach. This makes for us Alv. What do'st thou do now Luc. Sir I am saying my prayers For being to undertake what you would have me I know I cannot live Enter Lamorall Genevora Anastro and Pages with Lights Lam. Madam I fear You 'll wish you had us'd your coach your brothers house Is yet far off Gen. The better sir this walk Will help digestion after your great supper Of which I have fed largely Alv. To your task Or else you know what follows Luc. I am dying Now Lord have mercy on me by your favor Sir I must strike you Lam. For what cause Luc. I know not And I must likewise talk with that young Lady An hour in private Lam. What you must is doubtful But I am certain Sir I must beat you Luc. Help help Alv. Not strike again Lam. How Alvarez An. This for my Lord Vitellis love Pach. Break out And like true theeves make prey on either side But seem to help the stranger Bob. Oh my Lord They have beat him on his knees Luc. Though I want courage I yet have a sons duty in me and Compassion of a fathers danger that That wholly now possesses me Alv. Lucio This is beyond my hope Met. So Lazarillo Take up all boy well done Pach. And now steal off Closely and cunningly An. How have I found you Why Gentlemen are you mad to make your selves A prey to Rogues Lam. Would we were off Bob. Theeves theeves Lam. Defer our own contention and down with them Luc. I 'll make you sure Bob. Now he plays the Devil Gen. This place is not for me Exit Luc. I 'll follow her Half of my pennance is past oe'r Exit Enter Alguazier Assistant and other Watches Alg. What noyse What tumult 's there keep the Kings peace I charge you Pach. I am glad he 's come yet Alv. O you keep good Guard Upon the City when men of our ranck Are set upon in the streets Lam. The assistants Shall hear on 't be assur'd An. And if he be That careful Governor he is reported You will smart for it Alg. Patience good Signiors Let me survey the Rascals O I know them And thank you for them they are pilf'ring rogues Of Andaluza that have perus'd All Prisons in Castile I dare not trust The dungeon with them no I 'll have them home To my own house Pach. We had rather go to prison Alg. Had you so dog-bolts yes I know you had You there would use your cunning fingers on The simple locks you would but I 'll prevent you Lam. My Mistriss lost good night Exit Bob. Your Son 's gone too What should become of him Alv. Come of him what will Now he dares fight I care not I 'll to bed Look to your prisoners Alguazier Exit with Bobâ— Alg. All 's clear'd Droop not for one disaster let us hug And triumph in our knaveries Assist This confirms What was reported of him Met. 'T was done bravely Alg. I must a little glory in the means We Officers have to play the Knaves and safely How we break through the toyles pitch'd by the Law Yet hang up them that are far less delinquents A simple shopkeeper 's carted for a bawd For lodging though unwittingly a smock-Gamster Where with rewards and credit I have kept Malroda in my house as in a cloyster Without taint or suspition Pach. But suppose The Governor should know 't Alg. He good Gentleman Let him perplex himself with prying into The measures in the market and th' abuses The day stands guilty of the pillage of the night Is only mine mine own fee simple Which you shall hold from me tenants at will And pay no rent for 't Pach. Admirable Landlord Alg. Now we 'll go search the Taverns commit such As we find drinking and be drunk our selves With what we take from them these silly wretches Whom I for form sake only have brought hither Shall watch without and guard us Assist And we will See you safe lodg'd most worthy Alguazier With all of you his comrads Met. 'T is the Governor Alg. We are betray'd Assist My guard there bind them fast How men in high place and authority Are in their lives and estimations wrong'd By their subordinate Ministers yet such They cannot but imploy wrong'd justice finding Scarce one true servant in ten officers ' T' expostulate with you were but to delay Your crimes due punishment which shall fall upon you So speedily and severely that it shall Fright others by th' example and confirm How ever corrupt Officers may disgrace Themselves 't is not in them to wrong their place Bring them away Alg. We 'll suffer nobly yet And like to Spanish Gallants Pach. And we 'll hang so Laz. I have no stomach to it but I 'll endeavor Exeunt Scaena Quarta Enter Lucio and Genevora Gen. Nay you are rude pray you forber you offer now More than the breeding of a Gentleman Can give you warrant for Luc. 'T is but to kiss you And think not I 'll receive that for a favour Which was enjoyn'd me for a pennance Lady Gen. You have met a gentle confessor and for once So then you will rest satisfied I vouchsafe it Luc. Rest satisfied with a kiss why can a man Desire more from a woman is there any Pleasure beyond it may I never live â—f I know what it is Gen. Sweet Innocence Luc. What strange new motions do I feel my veins Burn with an unknown fire in every part â— suffer alteration I am poyson'd Yet languish with desire again to tast it â—o sweetly it works on me Gen. I ne'r saw A lovely man till now Luc. How can this be â—he is a woman as my mother is And her I have kiss'd often and brought off My lips unscortch'd yours are more lovely Lady And so should be less hurtful pray you vouchsafe Your hand to quench the heat tane from your Lip Perhaps that may restore me Gen. Willingly Luc. The flame increases if to touch you burn thus What would more strict embraces do I know not And yet methinks to die so were to ascend To heaven through Paradise Gen. I am wounded too Though modesty forbids that I should speak What ignorance makes him bold in why do you fix Your eyes
name â—â—th sound harmoniously to men at distance â—â—d those who cannot penetrate beyond â—he bark and out-skin of a Common-wealth â— state have eyes but ravish'd with the Ceremony â—â—at must attend a Prince and understand not â—hat cares allay the glories of a Crown â— good Kings find and feel the contrary â—â— have try'd my Lord the burden and can tell â—ould require a Pilot of more years â—o steer this Kingdom now impos'd on me By justice of my birth Cas I wish not life But to partake those happy days which must Succeed these fair proceedings we are blest But Sir be sparing to your self we shall Hazard our joyes in you too soon the burden Of state affairs impose upon your counsel 'T is fitter that we waste our lives than you Call age too soon upon you with the trouble And cares that threaten such an undertaking Preserve your youth Leo. And choose you our Protestor Is' t that you would conclude my Lord We will Deserve our subjects faith for our own sake Not sit an idle gazer at the helm Enter Messenger Phi. How observ'd you that Mark how Cassander's Planet struck Eu. He might have look'd more calmly for all that I begin to fear but do not yet seem troubled Leo. With what news travels his haste I must secure My self betimes not be a King in jest And wear my Crown a Tenant to their breath Cas Demetrius Sir your brother With other Traitors that oppose your claims Are fled to the Castle of Nestorius And fortifie Mes I said not so my Lord. Cas I 'll have it thought so hence Exit Messen Leo. Plant forces to batter The walls and in their ruin bring us work They live not Eub. Good Sir hear me Cas Let it work Were Demetrius dead we easily might uncrown This swoln Impostor and my Son be fair To piece with young Sophia who I hear Repents her late affront Eub. Their lives may do You service let not blood stain your beginnings The people not yet warm in their allegeance May think it worth their tumult to revenge it With hazard of your self Leo. Who dares but think it Yet offer first our mercy if they yield Demetrius must not live my Lord your counsel What if he were in heaven Cas You have my consent You sha'not stay long after him Leo. Sophia is Not my Sister To prevent all that may indanger us we 'll marry her That done no matter though we stand discover'd For in her Title then we are King of Epire Without dispute Cas Hum in my judgement Sir That wonot do so well Leo. What 's your opinion Cas He countermines my plot are you so cunning Leo. What 's that you mutter Sir Cas I mutter Sir Leo. Best say I am no King but some impostor Rais'd up to gull the state Cas Very fine to have said within Few hours you 'd been no King nor like to be Was not in the compass of High Treason I take it Eub. Restrein your anger the Kings mov'd speak not Cas I will speak louder do I not know him That self-same hand that rais'd him to the throne Shall pluck him from it is this my reward Leo. Our guard to prison with him Cas Me to prison Leo. Off with his head Cas My head Eub. Vouchsafe to hear me great Sir Cas How dares he be so insolent I ha' wrought my self into a fine condition Do' e know me Gentlemen Phi. Very well my Lord How are we bound to heaven for multiplying These blessings on the Kingdom Leo. We allow it Eub. Counsel did never blast a Princes ear Leo. Convey him to the sanctuary of Rebels Nâ—storius house where our proud brother has Enscons'd himself they 'll entertain him lovingly He will be a good addition to the Traitors Obey me or you dye for 't what are Kings When subjects dare affront ' em Cas I shall vex Thy soul for this Leo. Away with him when Kings Frown let offenders tremble this flows not From any cruelty in my nature but The fate of an Usurper he that will Be confirm'd great without just title to 't Must lose compassion know what 's good not do 't Exeunt Enter Polidora and her servant Serv. Madam the Princess Sophia Pol. I attend her Highness Enter Sophia How much your grace honors your humble servant Sop. I hope my brother 's well Pol. I hope so too Madam Sop. Do you but hope he came to be your guest Pol. We are all his whilst he is pleas'd to honor This poor roof with his royal presence Madam Sop. I came to ask your pardon Polidora Pol. You never Madam trespass'd upon me Wrong not your goodness Sop. I can be but penitent Unless you point me out some other way To satisfie Pol. Dear Madam do not mock me Sop. There 's no injury like that to love I find it now in my own sufferings But though I would have rob'd thee of Arcadius Heaven knew a way to reconcile your hearts And punish me in those joys you have found I read the story of my loss of honor Yet can rejoyce and heartily that you Have met your own agen Pol. Whom do you mean Sop. My brother Pol. He is found to himself and honor He is my King and though I must acknowledge He was the glory of my thoughts and I Lov'd him as you did Madam with desire To be made his reason and duty since Form'd me to other knowledge and I now Look on him without any wish of more Than to be call'd his subject Sop. Has he made Himself less capable by being King Pol. Of what Sop. Of your affection Pol. With your pardon Madam Love in that sense you mean lost Polidora When he forsook Arcadius I disclaim All ties between us more than what a name Of King must challenge from my obedience Sop. This does confirm my jealousie my heart For my sake Madam has he lost his value Pol. Let me beseech your grace I may have leave To answer in some other cause or person This argument but opens a sad wound To make it bleed afresh we may change this Discourse I would elect some subject whose Praises may more delight your ear than this Can mine let 's talk of young Lisimachus Sop. Ha! my presaging fears Pol. How does your grace Sop. Well you were talking of Lisimachus Pray give me your opinion of him Pol. Mine It will be much short of his worth I think him A gentleman so perfect in all goodness That if there be one in the world deserves The best of women heaven created him To make her happy Sop. You have in a little Madam Exprest a volume of mankind a miracle But all have not the same degree of faith He is but young Pol. What Mistriss would desire Her servant old he has both Spring to please Her eye and Summer to return a harvest Sop. He is black Pil. He sets a beauty off more rich And she that 's fair will love him faint
Over unbeaten grounds go level to the mark Not by circular bouts rare things are pleasing And rare 's but seldom in the simple sence But has her Emphasis with eminence Exit Guard My Neece she the rival of my abuse My flesh and blood wrong me I 'll Aunt her for 't Enter Mirabel Oh opportunity thou blessest me Now Gentlewoman are you parted so soon Where 's your friend I pray your Cuningam Mir. What say you Aunt Guard Come come your Cuningame I am not blind with age yet nor deaf Mir. Dumb I am sure you are not what all you Aunt Are you not well Guard No nor sick nor mad nor in my wits nor sleeping nor waking nor nothing nor any thing I know not what I am nor what I am not Mir. Mercy cover us what do you mean Aunt Guard I mean to be reveng'd Mir. On whom Guard On thee Baggage Mir. Revenge should follow injury Which never reacht so far as thought in me Towards you Aunt Guard Your cunning minion Nor your Cuningame can either blind me The gentle Beggar loves you Mir. Beseech you Let me stay your error I begin to hear And shake off my amazement if you think That ever any passage treating love Hath been betwixt us yet commenc'd any Silent eye-glance that might but sparkle fire So much as Brother and Sister might meet with The Lip-salute so much as strangers might Take a farewel with the commixed hands Nay but the least thought of the least of these In troth you wrong your bosom by that truth Which I think yet you durst be bail for in me If it were offer'd ye I am as free As all this protestation Guard May I believe this Mir. If ever you 'll believe truth why I thought he had spoke love to you and if his heart prompted his tongue sure I did hear so much Guard Oh falsest man Ixion's plague fell on me Never by woman such a masculine cloud So airy and so subtle was embrac'd Mir. By no cause in me by my life dear Aunt Guard I believe you then help in my revenge And you shall do 't or lose my love for ever I 'll have him quitted at his equal weapon Thou art young follow him bait his desires With all the Engines of a womans wit Stretch modesty even to the highest pitch He cannot freeze at such a flaming beauty And when thou hast him by th' amorous gills Think on my vengeance choak up his desires Then let his banquetings be Tantalisme Let thy disdain spurn the dissembler out Oh I should climb my Stars and sit above To see him burn to ashes in his love Mir. This will be a strange taste Aunt and an Unwilling labour yet in your injunction I am a servant to 't Guard Thou 'lt undertak 't Mir. Yes let the success commend it self hereafter Guard Effect it Girl my substance is thy store Nothing but want of Will makes woman poor Exeunt Enter Sir Gregory and Clown Sir Greg. Why Pompey thou art not stark mad art thou Wilt thou not tell me how my Lady does Clow. Your Lady Sir Greg. Did she receive the thing that I sent her kindly or no Clow. The thing that you sent her Knight by the thing that you sent was for the things sake that was sent to carry the thing that you sent very kindly receiv'd first there is your Indenture now go seek you a servant secondly you are a Knight thirdly and lastly I am mine own man and fourthly fare you well Sir Greg. Why Pompey prethee let me speak with thee I 'll lay my life some hare has crost him Clow. Knight if you be a Knight so keep you as for the Lady who shall say that she is not a fair Lady a sweet Lady an honest and a virtuous Lady I will say he is a base fellow a blab of his tongue and I will make him eat these fingers ends Sir Greg. Why here 's no body says so Pompey Clow. Whatsoever things have past between the Lady and the other party whom I will not name at this time I say she is virtuous and honest and I will maintain it as long as I can maintain my self with bread and water Sir Greg. Why I know no body thinks otherwise Clow. Any man that does but think it in my hearing I will make him think on 't while he has a thought in his bosom shall we say that kindnesses from Ladies are common or that favours and protestations are things of no moment betwixt parties and parties I say still whatsoever has been betwixt the Lady and the party which I will not name that she is honest and shall be honest whatsoever she does by day or by night by light or by darkness with cut and long tail Sir Greg. Why I say she is honest Clow. Is she honest in what sense do you say she is honest Knight Sir Greg. If I could not find in my heart to throw my dagger at thy head hilts and all I 'm an ass and no Gentleman Clow. Throw your Dagger at me do not Knight I give you fair warning 't is but cast away if you do for you shall have no other words of me the Lady is an honest Lady whatsoever reports may go of sports and toys and thoughts and words and deeds betwixt her and the party which I will not name this I give you to understand That another man may have as good an eye as amorous a nose as fair a stampt beard and be as proper a man as a Knight I name no parties a Servingman may be as good as a Sir a Pompey as a Gregory a Doodle as a Fop so Servingman Pompey Doodle may be respected as well with Ladies though I name no parties as Sir Gregory Fop so farewell Exit Sir Greg. If the fellow be not out of his wits then will I never have any more wit while I live either the sight of the Lady has gaster'd him or else he 's drunk or else he walks in his sleep or else's a fool or a knave or both one of the three I 'm sure 't is yet now I think on 't she has not us'd me so kindly as her Uncle promis'd me she should but that 's all one he says I shall have her and I dare take his word for the best worse I have and that 's a weightier thing than a Lady I 'm sure on 't Exit Enter Lady Ruinous as a man Witty-Pate Sir Ruinous Priscian and Master Credulous binding and robbing her and in Scarfs Credulous finds the bag Lady Ruin Nay I am your own 't is in your pleasure How you 'll deal with me yet I would intreat You will not make that which is bad enough Worse than it need be by a second ill When it can render you no second profit If it be coin you seek you have your prey All my store I vow and it weighs a hundred My life or any hurt you give my body Can inrich you no
What does the Diamond Concern my Cozen Sir Lady No more did the Money But he shall answer all now Wit There 's your conscience It shewes from whence you sprung Lady Sprung I had leapt a Thief Had I leapt some of your alliance Wit Slave Lady You prevent me still O. K. 'Slid Son Are you mad Lady Come come I 'll take a legal course O. K. Will you undo us all What 's your demand Sir Now we 're in 's danger too Lady A hundred Mark Sir I will not bate a doit Witty A hundred Rascals Lady Sir find 'em out in your own blood and take ' em Wit Go take your course follow the Law and spare not O. K. Does fury make you drunk know you what you say Wit A hundred dogs dungs do your worst O. K. You do I 'm sure Whose loud now Wit What his own asking O. K. Not in such a case Wit You shall have but threescore pound spite a your teeth I 'll see you hang'd first O. K. And what 's seven pound more man That all this coyle 's about stay I say he shall ha 't Wit It is your own you may do what you please with it Pardon my zeal I would ha' sav'd you money Give him all his own asking O. K. What 's that to you Sir Be sparing of your own teach me to pinch In such a case as this go go live by your wits go Wit I practise all I can O. K. Follow you me Sir And Master Constable come from the knave And be a witness of a full recompence Wit Pray stop the Constables mouth what ere you do Sir O. K. Yet agen as if I meant not to do that my self Without your counsel As for you precious kinsman Your first years â—ruits in Wales shall go to rack for this You lie not in my house I 'll pack you out And pay for your lodging rather Exeunt Knight Ruin and Lady Witty Oh sie Cozen Theâ—e are ill courses you a Scholar too Crâ—â— â— was drawn into 't most unfortunately By 〈…〉 boâ—â—t company Wâ—◠〈…〉 I. ' 〈…〉 the spoil of all our youth in England 〈…〉 they Gentlemen 〈◊〉 Faith so like some on 'em They were ev'n the worse agen Wit Hum. Cred. Great Tobacco whiffers They would go near to rob with a pipe in their mouths Wit What no Cred. Faith leave it Cozen because my Rascals use it Wit So they do meat and drink must worthy Gentlemen Refrain their food for that an honest man May eat of the same Pig some Parson dines with A Lawyer and a fool feed of one Woodcock Yet one ne'er the simpler t'other ne'er the wiser 'T is not meat drink or smoak dish cup or pipe Co-operates to the making of a Knave 'T is the condition makes a slave a slave There 's London Philosophy for you I tell you Cozen You cannot be too cautelous nice or dainty In your society here especially When you come raw from the University Before the World has hard'ned you a little For as a butter'd loaf is a Scholars breakfast there So a poach't Scholar is a cheaters dinner here I ha' known seven of 'em supt up at a Meale Cred. Why a poacht Scholar Wit ' Cause he powres himself forth And all his secrets at the first acquaintance Never so crafty to be eaten i' th' shell But is outstript of all he has at first And goes down glib he 's swallowed with sharp wit Stead of Wine Vinegar Cred. I shall think Cozen O' your poach't Scholar while I live Enter Servant Serv. Master Credulous Your Uncle wills you to forbear the House You must with me I 'm charg'd to see you plac'd In some new lodging about Theeving Lane What the conceit 's I know not but commands you To be seen here no more till you hear further Cred. Here 's a strange welcome Sir Wit This is the World Cozen When a Man's fame 's once poyson'd fare thee well Lad. Exit Cred. and Servant This is the happiest cheat I e'er claim'd share in It has a two-fold fortune gets me coyne And puts him out of grace that stood between me My fathers Cambridge Jewel much suspected To be his Heir now there 's a bar in 's hopes Enter Ruinous and Lady Gentry Ruin It chinks make haste Lady The Goat at Smithfield Pens Enter Cunningame Wit Zo zo zufficient Master Cunningame I never have ill luck when I meet a wit Cun. A Wit 's better to meet than to follow then For I ha' none so good I can commend yet But commonly men unfortunate to themselves Are luckiest to their friends and so may I be Wit I run o'er so much worth going but in haste from you All my deliberate friendship cannot equal Cun. 'T is but to shew that you can place sometimes Enter Mirabell Your modesty a top of all your virtues Exit Wit This Gentleman may pleasure me yet agen I am so haunted with this broad-brim'd hat Of the last progress block with the young hat-band Made for a sucking Devil of two years old I know not where to turn my self Mir. Sir Cun. More torture Miâ— 'T is rumor'd that you love me Cun. A my troth Gentlewoman Rumor's as false a knave as ever pist then Pray tell him so from me I cannot fain With a sweet Gentlewoman I must deal down right Mir. I heard though you dissembled with my Aunt Sir And that makes me more confident Cun. There 's no falshood But payes us our own some way I confess I Fain'd with her 't was for a weightier purpose But not with thee I swear Mir. Nor I with you then Although my Aunt enjoyn'd me to dissemble To right her splene I love you faithfully Cun. Light this is worse than ' t was Mir. I find such worth in you I cannot nay I dare not dally with you For fear the flame consume me Cun. Here 's fresh trouble This drives me to my conscience for 't is soul To injure one that deals directly with me Mir. I crave but such a truth from your love Sir As mine brings you and that 's proportionable Cun. A good Geometrician ' shrew my heart Why are you out o' your wits pretty plump Gentlewoman You talk so desperately 't is a great happiness Love has made one on 's wiser than another We should be both cast away else Yet I love gratitude I must requite you I shall be sick else but to give you me A thing you must not take if you mean to live For a' my troth I hardly can my self No wise Physitian will prescribe me for you Alass your state is weak you had need of Cordials Some rich Electuary made of a Son an Heir An elder brother in a Cullisse whole ' Tmust be some wealthy Gregory boyl'd to a Jelly That must restore you to the state of new Gowns French Russs and mutable head-tires Mir. But Where is he Sir One that 's so rich will ne'er wed me with nothing Cun.
Claris But he receiv'd it from a friend And the unkindness ta'en at that may kill him Mari. Let me see him Physi By no means he slumbers Mari. Then I cannot believe you When you tell me there 's hope of him Alber. Yet many Ladies Do give more saith to their Physitian Than to their Confessor Claris O my poor lost brother And friend more dear than Brother Alber. More loud instruments To disturb his slumbers goe goe take Caroch And as you love me you and the Girle retire To our Summer house i' th' Country I 'll be with you Within these two days Maria. I am yours in all things Though with much sorrow to leave him Exeunt Maria Claris Alber. I pray you Gentlemen With best observance tend your Patient The loss of my heir-male lies now a bleeding Enter Mentivole And think what payment his recovery Shall show'r upon you Of all men breathing Exeunt Physitian Chirur. Wherefore do you arrive here Are you mad My injury begins to bleed afresh At sight of you why this affront of yours I receive more malitious than the other Your hurt was only danger to my son But your sight to me is death Why come you hither Do you come to view the wounds which you have made And glory in them Menti. Rather worthy Sir to pour Oyl into them Alber. I am a Soldier Sir Least part of a Courtier and understand By your smooth Oyl Your present flattery Menti. Sir for my Fathers sake acknowledge me To be born a Gentleman no slave I ever Held flatterers of that breed do not misconstrue In your distaste of me the true intent Of my coming hither for I do protest I do not come to tell you I am sorry For your sons hurt Alber. Not sorry Menti. No not sorry I have to the lowest ebbo lost all my fury But I must not lose my honesty 't was he Gave heat unto the injury which return'd Like a Petar ill lighted into ' th' bosome Of him gave fire to 't yet I hope his hurt Is not so dangerous but he may recover When if it please him call me to account For the loss of so much blood I shall be ready To do him noble reason Alber. You are arm'd me thinks with wondrous confidence Menti. O with the best Sir For I bring penitence and satisfaction Alber. Satisfaction Why I heard you say but now You were not sorry for his wounds Menti. Nor am I the satisfaction which I bring Sir is to you You are a Gentleman ne'er injur'd me One ever lov'd my Father the right way And most approv'd of noble amity Yet I have run my sword quite through your heart And slightly hurt your son for 't may be scar'd A grief ta'en at these years for your sons loss May hazard yours And therefore I am sent By him that has most interest in your sorrow Who having chid me almost to the ruin Of a disheritance for violating So continued and so sacred a friendship Of 50 Winters standing such a friendship That ever did continue like the spring Ne'er saw the fall o' th' leaf by him I am sent To say the wrong I have done Sir is to you And that I have quite lost him for a Father Until I find your pardon nay there follows A weightier deprivation his Estate I could with a less number of sighs part with Fortune might attend my youth and my deservings In any Climate but a Fathers blessing To settle and confirm that fortune no where But only here Your pardon give me that And when you have done kill me for 't is that Takes from me the effect of excommunication A Fathers heavy curse Alber. Nay may that curse Light on himself for sending thee in this minute When I am grown as deaf to all compassion As the cruellest Sea-fight or most horrid tempest That I had drown'd i' th' Sea a thousand duckets Thou hadst not made this visit rash young man Thou tak'st me in an ill Planet and hast cause To curse thy Father for I do protest If I had met thee in any part o' th' World But under my own roofe I would have kill'd thee Within there Enter Physitian Chirurgion and Servants Look you Here 's a triumph sent for the death of your young Master Serv. Shall we kill him Alber. No I 'll not be so unhospitable but Sir By my life I vow to take assurance from you That right hand never more shall strike my son Menti. That will be easily protested Alber. Not easily when it must be exacted and a bloody seal to 't Bind him and cut off's right hand presently Fair words shall never satisfie foul deeds Chop 's hand off Menti. You cannot be so unrighteous to your own honor Phy. O Sir collect your self And recall your bloody purpose Alber. My intents of this nature do ever come to action Chirur. Then I must fetch another stickler Exit Alber. Yet I do grieve at heart And I do curse thy Father heartily That 's the cause of my dishonor sending thee In such an hour when I am apt for mischief Apt as a Dutch-man after a Sea-fight When his enemy kneels afore him come dispatch Phys Intreat him Noble Sir Menti. You shall excuse me Whatsoever he dares do that I dare suffer Enter Caesario and Chirurgion Caesar Oh Sir for honors sake stay your foul purpose For if you do proceed thus cruelly There is no question in the wound you give him I shall bleed to death for 't Alber. Thou art not of my temper What I purpose cannot be alter'd Serv. Sir the Duke With all speed expects you You must instantly Ship all your followers and to sea Alber. My blessing stay with thee upon this condition Take away his use of fighting as thou hop'st To be accounted for my son perform 't Exit Cesar You hear what I am injoyn'd to Menti. Pray thee take it Only this ring this best esteem'd Jewel I will not give 't to 'th hangman chops it off It is too dear a relique I 'll remove it nearer my heart Caesar Ha that Rings my Sisters The Ring I injoyn'd her never part withal Without my knowledge come Sir we are friends Pardon my fathers heat and melancholy Two violent Fevers which he caught at Sea And cannot yet shake off only one promise I must injoyn you to and seriously Hereafter you shall never draw a Sword To the prejudice of my life Menti. By my best hopes I shall not Caesar I pray deliver me your sword On that condition Menti. I shall Sir may it hereafter Ever fight on your part Caesar Noble Sir I thank you But for performance of your vow I intreat Some gage from you Menti. Any Sir Caesar Deliver me that ring Menti. Ha this Ring indeed this Jewel binds me If you knew the vertue of it never more To draw my sword against you Caesar Therefore I will have it Menti. You may not Caesar Come you must I that by violence could
Pal. No no we 'll use no horses I perceive You would fain be at that Fight Arc. I 'm indifferent Pal. Faith so am I Good Cosen thrust the buckle Through far enough Arc. I warrant you Pal. My Cask now Arc. Will you fight bare-arm'd Pal. We shall be the nimbler Arc. But use your Gantlets though those are o' th' least Prethee take mine good Cosen Pal. Thank you Arcite How doe I look am I falen much away Arc. Faith very little Love has us'd you kindly Pal. I 'll warrant thee I 'll strike home Arc. Doe and spare not I 'll give you cause sweet Cosen Pal. Now to you Sir Me thinks this Armor's very like that Arcite Thou wor'st that day the 3. Kings fell but lighter Arc. That was a very good one and that day I well remember you out-did me Cosen I never saw such valour When you charg'd Upon the left wing of the Enemie I spur'd hard to come up and under me I had a right good horse Pal. You had indeed A bright Bay I remember Arc. Yes but all Was vainly labour'd in me you out-went me Nor could my wishes reach you Yet a little I did by imitation Pal. More by virtue Yor are modest Cosen Arc. When I saw you charge first Me thought I heard a dreadfull clap of Thunder Break from the Troop Pal But still before that flew The lightning of your valour Stay a little Is not this peece too streight Arc. No no 't is well Pal. I would have nothing hurt thee but my Sword A bruise would be dishonor Arc. Now I 'm perfect Pal. Stand off then Arc. Take my Sword I hold it better Pal. I thank ye No keep it your life lyes on it Here 's one if it but hold I aske no more For all my hopes My Cause and honor guard me They bow severall wayes then advance and stand Arc. And me my love Is there ought else to say Pal. This only and no more Thou art mine Aunts Son And that blood we desire to shed is mutuall In me thine and in thee mine My Sword Is in my hand and if thou killst me The gods and I forgive thee If there be A place prepar'd for those that sleep in honor I wish his wearie soul that falls may win it Fight bravely Cosen give me thy noble hand Arc. Here Palamon This hand shall never more Come near thee with such friendship Pal. I commend thee Arc. If I fall curse me and say I was a coward For none but such dare die in these just Tryalls Once more farewell my Cosen Pal. Farewell Arcite Fight Horns within they stand Arc. Loe Cosen loe our Folly has undone us Pal. Why Arc. This is the Duke a hunting as I told you If we be found we 're wretched O retire For honors sake and safely presently Into your Bush agen Sir we shall find Too many hours to dye in gentle Cosen If you be seen you perish instantly For breaking prison and I if you reveal me For my contempt Then all the world will scorn us And say we had a noble difference But base disposers of it Pal. No no Cosen I will no more be hidden nor put off This great adventure to a second Tryall I know your cunning and I know your cause He that faints now shame take him put thy self Upon thy present guard Arc. You are not mad Pal. Or I will make th' advantage of this hour Mine own and what to come shall threaten me I fear less then my fortune Know weak Cosen I love Emilia and in that I 'll bury Thee and all crosses else Arc. Then come what can come Thou shalt know Palamon I dare as well Die as discourse or sleep Only this fears me The law will have the honor of our ends Have at thy life Pal. Look to thine own well Arcite Fight again Horns Enter Theseus Hippolita Emilia Perithous and train Theseus What ignorant and mad malicious Traitors Are you That ' gainst the tenor of my Laws Are making Battail thus like Knights appointed Without my leave and Officers of Armes By Castor both shall dye Pal. Hold thy word Theseus We are certainly both Traitors both despisers Of thee and of thy goodness I 'm Palamon That cannot love thee he that broke thy Prison Think well what that deserves And this is Arcite A bolder Traytor never trod thy ground A Falter never seem'd friend This is the man Was beg'd and banish'd this is he contemnes thee And what thou dar'st doe and in this disguise Against this own Edict follows thy Sister That fortunate bright Star the fair Emilia Whose servant iâ— there be a right in seeing And first bequeathing of the soul to justly I 'm and which is more dares think her his This treacherie like a most trusty Lover I call'd him now to answer If thou be'st As thou art spoken great and virtuous The true descider of all injuries Say Fight again and thou shalt see me Theseus Doe such a Justice thou thy self wilt envie Then take my life I 'll wooe thee to 't Per. O Heaven What more than man is this Thes I have sworn Arc. We seek not Thy breath of mercy Theseus 'T is to me A thing as soon to dye as thee to say it And no more mov'd where this man calls me Traitor Let me say thus much If in love be Treason In service of so excellent a Beautie As I love most and in that faith will perish As I have brought my life here to confirme it As I have serv'd her truest worthiest As I dare kill this Cosen that denies it So let me be most Traitor and ye please me For scorning thy Edict Duke aske that Lady Why she is fair and why her eyes command me Stay here to love her And if she say Traytor I 'm a villain fit to lye unburied Pal. Thou shalt have pity of us both O Theseus If unto neither thou shew mercy stop As thou art just thy noble ear against us As thou art valiant For thy Cosens soul Whose 12. strong labors crown his memory Let 's die together at one instant Duke Only a little let him fall before me That I may tell my Soul he shall not have her Thes I grant your wish for to say true your Cosen Has ten times more offended for I gave him More mercy than you found Sir your offences Being no more than his None here speak for 'em For ere the Sun set both shall sleep for ever Hippol. Alas the pity now or never Sister Speak not to be denied That face of yours Will bear the curses else of after ages For these lost Cosens Emil. In my face dear Sister I find no anger to 'em Nor no ruin The misad venture of their own eyes kill 'em Yet that I will be woman and have pitty My knees shall grow to 'th ground but I 'll get mercie Help me dear Sister in a deed so virtuous The powers of all women will
that defect a torture In marking her to death for whom alone I felt that weakness as a want requires More than the making the head bald or falling Thus flat upon the earth or cursing that way Or praying this oh such a Scene of grief And so set down the world the stage to act on May challenge a Tragedian better practis'd Than I am to express it for my cause Of passion is so strong and my performance So weak that though the part be good I fear Th' ill acting of it will defraud it of The poor reward it may deserve mens pity Brun. I have given you way thus long a King and what Is more my Son and yet a slave to that Which only triumphs over cowards sorrow For shame look up Thier. Is' t you look down on me And if that you are capable to receive it Let that return to you that have brought forth One mark'd out only for it what are these Come they upon your privilege to tread on The Tomb of my afflictions Prot. No not we Sir Thier. How dare you then omit the ceremony Due to the funeral of all my hopes Or come unto the marriage of my sorrows But in such colours as may sort with them Prot. Alas we will wear any thing Brun. This is madness Take but my counsel Thier. Yours dare you again Though arm'd with th' authority of a mother Attempt the danger that will fall on you If such another syllable awake it Goe and with yours be safe I have such cause Of grief nay more to love it that I will not Have such as these be sharers in it Lecu. Madam Prot. Another time were better Brun. Do not stirr For I must be resolv'd and will be statues Enter Martel Thier. I thou art welcome and upon my soul Thou art an honest man do you see he has tears To lend to him whom prodigal expence Of sorrow has made bankrupt of such treasure Nay thou dost well Mart. I would it might excuse The ill I bring along Thier. Thou mak'st me smile I the heighth of my calamities as if There could be the addition of an Atome To the gyant-body of my miseries But try for I will hear thee all sit down 't is death To any that shall dare to interrupt him In look gesture or word Mart. And such attention As is due to the last and the best story That ever was deliver'd will become you The griev'd Ordella for all other titles But take away from that having from me Prompted by your last parting groan enquir'd What drew it from you and the cause soon learn'd For she whom barbarism could deny nothing With such prevailing earnestness desir'd it 'T was not in me though it had been my death To hide it from her she I say in whom All was that Athens Rome or warlike Sparta Have registred for good in their best Women But nothing of their ill knowing her self Mark'd out I know not by what power but sure A cruel one to dye to give you children Having first with a setled countenance Look'd up to Heaven and then upon her self It being the next best object and then smil'd As if her joy in death to do you service Would break forth in despight of the much sorrow She shew'd she had to leave you and then taking Me by the hand this hand which I must ever Love better than I have done since she touch'd it Go said she to my Lord and to goe to him Is such a happiness I must not hope for And tell him that he too much priz'd a trifle Made only worthy in his love and her Thankful acceptance for her sake to rob The Orphan Kingdom of such guardians as Must of necessity descend from from him And therefore in some part of recompence Of his much love and to shew to the world That 't was not her fault only but her fate That did deny to let her be the mother Of such most certain blessings yet for proof She did not envy her that happy her That is appointed to them her guick end Should make way for her which no sooner spoke But in a moment this too ready engine Made such a battery in the choisest Castle That ever nature made to defend life That strait it shook and sunk Thier. Stay dares any Presume to shed a tear before me or Ascribe that worth unto themselves to merit To do so for her I have done now on Mart. Fall'n thus once more she smil'd as if that death For her had studied a new way to sever The soul and body without sense of pain And then tell him quoth she what you have seen And with what willingness 't was done for which My last request unto him is that he Would instantly make choice of one most happy In being so chosen to supply my place By whom if heaven bless him with a daughter In my remembrance let it bear my name Which said she dy'd Thier. I hear this and yet live Heart art thou thunder proof will nothing break thee She 's dead and what her entertainment may be In th' other world without me is uncertain And dare I stay here unresolv'd Mart. Oh Sir Brun. Dear son Prot. Great King Thier. Unhand me am I fall'n So low that I have lost the power to be Disposer of my own life Mart. Be but pleas'd To borrow so much time of sorrow as To call to mind her last request for whom I must confess a loss beyond expression You turn your hand upon your self 't was hers And dying hers that you should live and happy In seeing little models of your self By matching with another and will you Leave any thing that she desir'd ungranted And suffer such a life that was laid down For your sake only to be fruitless Thier. Oh thou dost throw charms upon me against which I cannot stop my ears bear witness heaven That not desire of life nor love of pleasure Nor any future comforts but to give Peace to her blessed spirit in satisfying Her last demand makes me defer our meeting Which in my choice and suddain choice shall be To all apparent Brun. How doe I remove one mischief To draw upon my head a greater Thier. Go thou only good man to whom for her self Goodness is dear and prepare to interr it In her that was oh my heart my Ordella A monument worthy to be the casket Of such a jewel Mart. Your command that makes way Unto my absence is a welcome one For but your self there 's nothing here Martel Can take delight to look on yet some comfort Goes back with me to her who though she want it Deserves all blessings Exit Brun. So soon to forget The loss of such a wife believe it will Be censur'd in the world Thier. Pray you no more There is no argment you can use to cross it But does increase in me such a suspition I would not cherish who 's that Enter Memberge Memb. One no
some hope I have me thinks a kind of fever upon me Exit Boy A certain gloominess within me doubting as it were betwixt two passions there is no young maid upon her wedding night when her husband sets first foot in the bed blushes and looks pale again oftner than I doe now There is no Poet acquainted with more shakings and quakings towards the latter end of this new play when he 's in that case that he stands peeping betwixt Curtains so fearfully that a Bottle of Ale cannot be opened but he thinks some body hisses than I am at this instant Count. Are they in consultation If they be either my young Duke hath gotten some Bastard and is persuading my Knight yonder to father the child and marry the wench or else some Cock-pit is to be built Laz. My Lord what Nobleman's that Count. His name is Lucio 't is he that was made a Lord at the request of some of his friends for his wives sake he affects to be a great States-man and thinks it consists in night-caps and jewells and tooth-picks Laz. And what 's that other Count. A Knight Sir that pleaseth the Duke to favour and to raise to some extraordinary fortunes he can make as good men as himself every day in the week and doth Laz For what was he raised Count. Truely Sir I am not able to say directly for what But for wearing of red breeches as I take it he 's a brave man he will spend three Knighthoods at a Supper without Trumpets Laza. My Lord I 'll talk with him for I have a friend that would gladly receive the humor Count. If he have the itch of Knighthood upon him let him repair to that Physitian he 'll cure him but I will give you a note is your friend fat or lean Laz Something fat Count. 'T will be the worse for him Laza. I hope that 's not material Count. Very much for there is an impost set upon Knighthoods your friend shall pay a Noble in the pound Duke I doe not like examinations We shall find out the truth more easily Some other way less noted and that course Should not be us'd till we be sure to prove Some thing directly for when they perceive Themselves suspected they will then provide More warily to answer Luc. Doth she know your Grace doth love her Duke She hath never heard it Luc. Then thus my Lord. They whisper again Laz. What 's he that walks alone so sadly with his hands behind him Count. The Lord of the house he that you desire to be acquainted with he doth hate women for the same cause that I love them Laz. What 's that Count. For that which Apes want you perceive me Sir Laz. And is he sad Can he be sad that hath so rich a gem under his roof as that which I doe follow What young Lady 's that Count. Which Have I mine eye-sight perfect 't is my sister did I say the Duke had a Bastard What should she make here with him and his Councell She hath no papers in her hand to petition to them she hath never a husband in prison whose release she might sue for That 's a fine trick for a wench to get her husband clapt up that she may more freely and with less suspition visit the private studies of men in authority Now I doe discover their consultation you fellow is a Pander without all salvation But let me not condemn her too rashly without weighing the matter she 's a young Lady she went forth early this morning with a waiting woman and a Page or so This is no garden house in my conscience she went forth with no dishonest intent for she did not pretend going to any Sermon in the further end of the City Neither went she to see any odd old Gentlewoman that mourns for the death of her husband or the loss of her friend and must have young Ladys come to comfort her those are the damnable Bawds 'T was no set meeting certainly for there was no wafer-woman with her these three days on my knowledge I 'll talk with her Good morrow my Lord. Gond. Y' are welcome Sir here 's her brother come now to doe a kind office for his sister is it not strange Count. I am glad to meet you here sister Orian. I thank you good brother and if you doubt of the cause of my coming I can satisfie you Count. No faith I dare trust thee I doe suspect thou art honest for it is so rare a thing to be honest amongst you that some one man in an age may perhaps suspect some two women to be honest but never believe it verily Luci. Let your return be suddain Arri. Unsuspected by them Duke It shall so shall I best perceive their Love if there be any Farewell Count. Let me entreat your grace to stay a little To know a gentleman to whom your self Is much beholding he hath made the sport For your whole Court these eight years on my knowledge Duke His name Count. Lazarello Duke I heard of him this morning which is he Count. Lazarello pluck up thy spirits thy Fortune is now raising the Duke calls for thee and thou shalt be acquainted with him Laz. He 's going away and I must of necessity stay here upon business Count. 'T is all one thou shalt know him first Laz. Stay a little if he should offer to take me away with him and by that means I should loose that I seek for but if he should I will not goe with him Count. Lazarello the Duke stayes wilt thou lose this opportunity Laz. How must I speak to him Count. 'T was well thought of you must not talk to him as you doe to an ordinary man honest plain sence but you must wind about him for example if he should aske you what a clock it is you must not say If it please your grace 't is nine but thus thrice three a clock so please my Sovereign or thus Look how many Muses there doth dwell Upon the sweet banks of the learned Well And just so many stroaks the clock hath struck And so forth And you must now and then enter into a description Laz. I hope I shall doe it Count. Come May it please your grace to take note of a Gentleman wel seen deeply read and throughly grounded in the hidden knowledge of all sallets and pot-herbs whatsoever Duke I shall desire to know him more inwardly Laz. I kiss the Oxe-hide of your graces foot Count. Very well will your grace question him a little Duke How old are you Laz. Full eight and twenty several Almanacks Have been compiled all for several years Since first I drew this breath four prentiships Have I most truely served in this world And eight and twenty times hath Phoebus Car Run out his yearly course since Duke I understand you Sir Luci. How like an ignorant Poet he talks Duke You are eight and twenty years old what time of the day doe you
There is not any step into her throne But is the same degree of thy own state Come Gentlemen Lisa We attend your grace Cas Lisimachus Lisi What heretofore could happen to mankind Was with much pain to climb to heaven but in Sophias marriage of all Queens the best Heaven will come down to earth to make me blest Exe. Actus Secundus Scaena Prima Enter Arcadius and Polydora Pol. INdeed you shall not go Arc. Whither Pol. To travel I know you see me but to take your leave But I must never yield to such an absence Arc. I prethee leave thy fears I am commanded To th' contrary I wonot leave thee now Pol. Commanded by whom Arc. The Queen Pol. I am very glad for trust me I could think Of thy departure with no comfort thou Art all the joy I have half of my soul But I must thank the Queen now for thy company I prethee what could make thee so desirous To be abroad Arc. Only to get an appetite To thee Polidora Pol. Then you must provoke it Arc. Nay prethee do not so mistake thy servant Pol. Perhaps yea surfeit with my Love Arc. Thy love Pol. Although I have ho beauty to compare With the best faces I have a heart above All competition Arc. Thou art jealous now Come let me take the kiss I gave thee last I am so confident of thee no Lip Has ravisht it from thine I prethee come To Court Pol. For what Arc. There is the throne for beauty Pol. 'T is safer dwelling here Arc. There 's none will hurt Or dare but think an ill to Polydora The greatest will be proud to honor thee Thy luster wants the admiration here There thou wot shine indeed and strike a reverence Into the gazer Pol. You can flatter too Arc. No praise of thee can be thought so thy virtue Will deserve all I must confess we Courtiers Do oftentimes commend to shew our Art There is necessity sometimes to say This Madam breaths Arabian Gumms Amber and Cassia though while we are praising We wish we had no nostrils to take in Th' offensive steam of her corrupted Lungs Nay some will swear they love their Mistriss Would hazard lives and fortunes to preserve One of her hairs brighter than Berinices Or young Apollo's and yet after this A favour from another toy would tempt him To laugh while the officious hangman whips Her head off Pol. Fine men Arc. I am none of these Nay there are women Polidora too That can do pretty well at flatteries Make men believe they dote will languish for 'em Can kiss a Jewel out of one and dally A carcanet of Diamonds from another Weep into th' bosome of a third and make Him drop as many Pearls they count it nothing To talk a reasonable heir within ten days Out of his whole Estate and make him mad He has no more wealth to consume Pol. You 'll teach me To think I may be flattered in your promises Since you live where this Art is most profest Arc. I dare not be so wicked Polidora The Infant errors of the Court I may Be guilty of but never to abuse So rare a goodness nor indeed did ever Converse with any of those shames of Court To practise for base ends be confident My heart is full of thine and I so deeply Carry the figure of my Polydora It is not in the power of time or distance To cancel it by all that 's blest I love thee Love thee above all women dare invoke A curse when I forsake thee Pol. Let it be some Gentle one Arc. Teach me an oath I prethee One strong enough to bind if thou dost find Any suspition of my faith or else Direct me in some horrid imprecation When I forsake thee for the love of other Women may heaven reward my apostacy To blast my greatest happiness on earth And make all joys abortive Pol. Revoke these hasty syllables they carry Too great a penalty for breach of Love To me I am not worth thy suffering You do not know what beauty may invite Your change what happiness may tempt your eye And heart together Arc. Should all the graces of your sex conspire In one and she should court with a Dowry Able to buy a Kingdom when I give My heart from Polidora Pol. I suspect not And to requite thy constancy I swear Arc. 'T were sin to let thee waste thy breath I have assurance of thy noble thoughts Enter a Servant Serv. My Lord your Uncle hath been every where I' th' Court inquiring for you his looks speak Some earnest cause Arc. I am more acquainted with Thy virtue than to imagine thou wilt not Excuse me now one kiss dismisses him Whose heart shall wait on Polidora prethee Let me not wish for thy return too often My Father Enter Nestorius and a servant Nes I met Arcadius in strange haste he told me He had been with thee Pol. Some affair too soon Ravish'd him hence his Uncle sent for him You came now from Court how looks the Queen This golden morning Nes Like a Bride her soul Is all on mirth her eyes have quick'ning fires Able to strike a spring into the earth In winter Pol. Then Lisimachus can have No rost in 's blood that lives so near her beams Nes His politick father the Protector smiles too Resolve to see the ceremony of the Queen 'T will be a day of state Pol. I am not well Nes How not well retire then I must return My attendance is expected Polidora Be careful of thy health Pol. It will concern me Enter Arcadius and Macarius Arc. You amaze me Sir Mac. Dear Nephew if thou respect thy safety My honor or my age remove thy self Thy life 's in danger Arc. Mine who 's my enemy Mac. Take horse and instantly forsake the City Or else within some unsuspected dwelling Obscure thy self stay not to know the reason Arc. Sir I beseech your pardon which i' th' number Of my offences unto any should Provoke this dishonourable flight Mac. I would when I petition'd for thy stay I had pleaded for thy banishment thou knowst not What threatens thee Arc. I would desire to know it I am in no conspiracy of treason Have ravish'd no mans Mistriss not so much As given the lye to any what should mean Your strange and violent fears I will hot stir Until you make me sensible I have lost My innocence Mac. I must not live to see Thy body full of wounds it were less sin To rip thy Fathers Marble and fetch from The reverend vault his ashes and disperse them By some rude winds where none should ever find The sacred dust it was his Legacy The breath he mingled with his prayers to Heaven I would preserve Arcadius whose fate He prophesied in death would need protection Thou wot disturb his ghost and call it to Affright my dreams if thou refuse to obey me Arc. You more inflame me to enquire the cause Of your
distraction and you 'll arm me better Than any coward flight by acquainting me Whose malice aims to kill me good Sir tell me Mac. Then prayers and tears assist me Arc. Sir Mac. Arcadius Thou art a rash young man witness the spirit Of him that trusted me so much I bleed Till I prevent this mischief Exit Enter Philocles Lisander Arc. Ha. keep off Phi. What mean you Sir Lis We are your friends Arc. I know your faces but Am not secure I would not be betraid Lis You wrong our hearts who truly honor you Arc. They say I must be kill'd Phi. By whom Arc. I know not nor wou'd I part with life so tamely Phi. We dare engage ours in your quarrel hide Your sword it may beget suspition It 's enough to question you Arc. I am consident Pray pardon me come I despise all danger Yet a dear friend of mine my Uncle told me He would not see my body full of wounds Lis Your Uncle this is strange Arc. Yes my honest Uncle If my unlucky Stars have pointed me So dire a fate Phi. There is some strange mistake in 't Enter Antigonus Ant. Arcadius the Queen would speak with you You must make haste Arc. Though to my death I flie Upon her summons I give up my breath Then willingly if she command it from me Phi. This does a little trouble me Lis I know not What to imagine something is the ground Of this perplexity but I hope there is not Any such danger as he apprehends Enter Queen Lisimachus Macarius Eubulus Seleucus Arcadius Ladies Attendants and Gent. Qu. We have already granted to Seleucus And they shall try their valour if Arcadius Have spirit in him to accept the challenge Our Royal word is past Phi. This is strange Eub. Madam my son knew not what he ask'd And you were cruel to consent so soon Mac. Wherein have I offended to be rob'd At once of all the wealth I have Arcadius Is part of me Eub. Seleucus's life and mine Are twisted on one thred both stand or fall Together hath the service for my Countrey Deserved but this reward to be sont weeping To my eternal home Was 't not enough When I was young to lose my bloud in wars But the poor remnant that is scarcely warm And faintly creeping through my wither'd veins Must be let out to make you sport Mac. How can We that shall this morn see the sacred oyl Fall on your Virgin tresses hope for any Protection hereafter when this day Too sacrifice the blood of them that pray for you Arcadius I prethee speak thy selfe It is for thee I plead Eub. Seleucus kneel And say thou hast repented thy rash suit If e'er I see thee fight I be thus wounded How will the least drop forc'd from thy veins Afflict my heart Mac. Why that 's good Arcadius speak to hâ—r hear him Madam Arc If you call back this honor you have done me I shall repent I live doe not perswade me Seleucus thou arâ— a noble enemy And I will love thy soul though I despair Our bodies friendly conversation I would we were to tugg upon some cliffe Or like two prodigies i' th' air our conflict Might generally be gaz'd at and our bloud Appease our grandfires Ashes Mac. I am undone Sel. Madam my father says I have offended If so I beg your pardon but beseech you For your own glory call not back your word Eub. They are both mad Qu. No more we have resolv'd And since their courage is so nobly slam'd This morning we 'll behold the Champions Within the List be not afraid their strife Will stretch so far as death so soon as we Are Crown'd prepare your selves Seleucus Kisses her hand Sel. I have receiv'd another life in this high favour And may lose what nature gave me Qu. Arcadius to encourage thy young valour We give thee our Fathers sword Command it from our Armory Lisimachus To our Coronation Exeunt Sel. I 'll forfeit My head for a rebellion than suffer it Exit Arc. I am circled with confusions I 'll do somewhat My brains and friends assist me Exit Phi. But do you think they 'll fight indeed Lis Perhaps Her Majesty will see a bout or two And yet 't is wondrous strange such spectacles Are rare i' th' Court and they were to skirmish naked Before her then there might be scome excuse There is gimcracks in 't the Queen is wise Above her years Phi. Macarius is perplex'd Enter Eubulus Lis I cannot blame him but my Lord Eubulus Returns they are both troubled 'las good men But our duties are expected we forget Ex. Phil. Lis Eub. I must resolve and yet things are not ripe My brains upon the torture Mac. This may quit The hazard of his person whose least drop Of blood is worth more than our families My Lord Eubulus I have thought a way I stay the young mens desperate proceedings It is our cause they fight let us beseech The Queen to grant us two the priviledge Of Duel rather than expose their lives To eithers fury it were pity they Should run upon so black a destiny We are both old and may be spar'd a pair Of fruitless trees mossie and wither'd trunks That fill up too much room Eub. Most willingly And I will praise her charity to allow it I have not yet forget to use a sword Let 's lose no time by this act she will licence Our souls to leave our bodies but a day Perhaps an hour the sooner they may live To do her better service and be friends When we are dead and yet I have no hope This will be granted curse upon our faction Mac. If fine deny us Eub. What Mac. I wou'd do somewhat Eub. There 's something o' th' suddain struck upon My imagination that may secure us Mac. Name it if no dishonor wait upon 't To preserve them I 'll accept any danger Eub. There is no other way and yet my heart Would be excus'd but 't is to save his life Mac. Speak it Eubulus Eub. In your ear I shall It sha'not make a noise if you refuse it Mac. Hum though it stir my bloud I 'll meet Arcadius If this preserve thee not I must unseal Another mistery Exit Enter Queen Lisimachus Cassander Charilla Lisander Philocles Antigonus Qu. We owe to all your loves and will deserve At least by our endeavours that none may This day repent their prayers my Lord Protector Cas Madam I have no Such Title now and am blest to lose That name so happily I was but trusted With a glorious burden Qu. You have prov'd Your self our faithful Counsellor and must still Protect our growing state a Kingdoms Scepter Weighs down a womans arm this Crown sits heavy Upon my brow already and we know There 's something more than mettal in this wreath Of shining glory but your faith and counsel That are familiar with mysteries And depths of state have power to make us fit For such a bearing in which