you 'd rather Have in Chaines than all the list of Traitors I have nam'd Sir commit the Uucasing Him to me and suffer me to proceed With Aratus as I shall see cause Exeunt all but Timeus Aratus and the Guard King Take your way I 'll leave him to you Time My Lord with the perswasion of your Innocence I have procur'd your Freedom Of my Father and do desire in Return Of this kindness if it be such to let Me see the face of this my Enemy Once more if your Acquaintance as appears By your words be not too late to know his Abode My Lord I shall receive him otherwise Than you expect The Relation you have Made of him and what my self was witness of Have turn'd my Hate into Admiration Of him and if I can move his Love as I have done his Anger I shall be happy In his Valour 'T is not the first time that The Brav'ry of Enemies have made them Friends And that Wounds have been the first Seals of Love I do consider how much I injur'd him And that on such provocation he could not Have done less At the first sight I call'd him Dog And without more Circumstance commanded To have him kill'd Ara. Now Sir I must kneel to you You have the goodness of a Prince He shall Submit for his Offence or suffer for it And if you find not that Noble Spirit In him I have told you of in the most Dangerous Business you shall imploy him Let him be punish'd for this his Ill-plac'd-Valour Time My Lord I 'll take no other Surety But your Word ever oblige me thus Exit Timeus and Guard Ara. But my Lord though I can Answer I cannot give Credit to your smooth Tongue This last Accident might have lost all I 'll Hazard no more by my Delayes And seeing They know not their time to strike I 'll teach em Both the How and When to do it Before To morrow this time I 'll ring their Dull Security such an Alarm Enter Haimantus disguis'd like a Saylor Haim My Lord Prince Clearchus Salutes you Ara. Ha! Prince Clearchus Said'st thou Come nearer friend Haim Do you not know me My Lord Ara. My Lord Haimantus I crave your Pardon How fares the Prince Haim Well and both He And my Lord Pallantus who happily made His Escape to our Ships from his Pursuers Have sent me in this Disguise to let you know The Block-house is privately surrender'd To 'em in which they now are with three hundred Of our Selectest Men and undertake With this strength to rescue the Princess Hianthe This Even if the state of your other Affairs Will suffer it Our Navy besides rides Clear And disengag'd near to the Block-house Where they can land what greater Force they please Ara. Hum. The Gallant Prince and bold Pallantus safe The Block-house surrender'd and the Ships at hand Both for a Reserve and a Retreat Why should They not attempt it My Lord tell 'em Their Design is Noble and like Themselves Full of Youth of Fire of Bravery of Justice That where such Spirits as theirs move in any Action all Designs ought to Follow and Not Lead they make the Period and the Poynts Of Business Say I do not onely approve Of this their Purpose but will Assist 'em In their Retreat and at the same time give A Divertisement by some hundreds of Great shot pour'd into the City Come my Lord I 'll direct you a way to return less Hazardous than that you came in hither Exeunt Omnes Enter Hianthe The time of their great Plot is now compleat The hours are finish'd O let it not You Which look down which favourablylook down Upon this Isle want your Power which first Did strengthen it let the same Hand that bid Disclose it too Shame not at so Glorious An Off-spring when it is Heavenly and doth Confess the Father when none but Gods dare Call it theirs nor without Blasphemy can Own it Ye were kind Parents at the first Shew your selves still so and Rear the Child ye Have Gotten Where Humane strength shall fail there Hold it up and make that Want the Strongest Enter Mellssa Mel. Madam I now met my Lord Ara us Who intreats your Highness to keep within Your Lodgings this Night and to fear nothing What euer Embroylments you hear abroad Or near you Enter Timeus Time Madam I come to tell you The Infection which caus'd this your Retirement Is now clear'd up and vanish'd and abroad You may safely bless us with your Presence The Court has for these dayes suffer'd an Eclipse But when it shall again shew forth its Beams Your Beautyes it will look more Glorious By its short Obscuring Enter the King Comastes Minetius King Weil said Timeus Now I like thee here thy Cares and Services Are bent the right way would I could see thee Once look pale in these Can a young Man when He may have leave to breath in such a Paradise As this draw a common Ayre an Ayre o' th' People I am loath to change thy present thoughts but The business I have to tell thee will bring Thee peace and more leasure for them The suspition Thou had'st of a Treason was not Vain since It hath broke out but 't is already supprest The two Chief of 'em are taken in their passage As they went to Head their Forces And I Have commanded they be set so High As to enjoy a Large View of that Land they Were Ambitious of and then to strangle 'em At that Height Time Are there but two Sir of Note That you have taken Flatter not your self Had they been thousands they had left more behind Your Majesty counts that a Victory Which they scorn to account a Loss and think Y' are safe when they are not indangered Is Aratus Phronimus or Eurylochus Among them Is Pallantus one of the two Are taken King Pallantus Thou dream'st of the Dead And the Ages past Time Sir he 's Living And if my Aimes deceive me not he has Lately Walk'd among us and makes up the Knot Of Traitors Ha! King What can this mean Look out A vollie of Great Shot interrupts their discourse and they stand amaz'd Enter Polyander Poly. Sir arme speedily put your self within Your Strength or y' are lost The Block-house Is revolted Prince Clearchus poures Men In Swarmes upon the Shore Aratus has Seiz'd both the Gate and Fort that lead unto Great Shot still The Haven and thunders as you hear Upon the City Time These were the Evills I was a Prophet of I saw them when They were Disguis'd Sir 't is no time now to Stand But Doe King Madam we intreat your Pardon That thus we have offended 'gainst your peace And made you the first partaker of our Troubles That ought to have Known them Last Hian. Sir your Trouble Is too sad to be excus'd Mel. How likes your Hignesse the Serenade of this fair Evening Exeunt all but Hian. Meliss Hian. I like it
Company One Glance of him as he past by th' other day Broke the Kings Draught which a Cubit-Cup could Nere do See see here he comes with as many Enter Pallantus Patches and such like properties as would Furnish a Casheerd Companie to beg with Sure he was Scar-Bearer to some Armie Let 's observe it what it does look look its Pleas'd with the Hangings Poly. He cannot be thus By Nature nor by Accident ' has studied To appear horrid Mene. Danger is not so Dreadfull in it self as it shewes in him Com. Well I cannot forbear I must enter Parley with it What Rare things shall I know If I can get it speak I 'le enquire the fortune O' th' Kingdome for the next thousand Yeares That 's not worth the asking I 'le enquire when The Dissolution of the World shall be And where it's Treasure lies He cannot choose But know the very Heart o' th' Earth If I Can't perswade I 'le Conjure something from him Bo Bull-begger What art thou Who let thee loose Where is any Gold hid My feares were just Nothing but a Charm will do 't Anaell Maâ—fo Rachimas Thulnear Vemoby Savâ—an Vernesa Elty Famelron Ausculta obtempora madatis meis This was not terrible enough it must be More powerful yet I adjure thee by those Bootes Thy Velvet Eye the Taylors work about thee Pall Peace Fool the King will hear and thou 't be Whipt for bawling Com. Prethee good Devill something Exit Pallantus O' th' other World Mene. Ha ha ha Poly. I hope 't has Satisfied your Curiosity Comastes ha ha ha Com. Nay I 'le not leave him thus be baffl'd by A Goblin I 'le follow it to the place Where it shakes the Chain that 's certain Exit Comastes Men Ha ha ha Come let 's see the End o' th' Conjuration Exaunt Omnes Enter King and Timeus King But these are things for the following Age Timeus we are hedg'd in beyond all fear If Loyalty can prove destructive there is Yet some danger Time Because you see a Calm enwrap all round About you you conceive 't will be as Lasting As 't is Pleasing Tempests Sir may contradict you Even while you think so Evils are silent now Not done away they Couch and lie in-wait Sedition walks with Clawes bow'd in and a Close Mouth Which onely she keeps for Opportunity Of Prey Y' are not to suppose that all Shut Eyes Do sleep they are ne'er more watchful than when thus They counterfeit neglect securely they Pry into the Depth of things by seeming Not to observe the Face and Out-side Your Ruine yet appears not and you think Because it Lurks y' are Safe Enemies Reconcil'd are like Wilde-Beasts brought up to hand Th 'ave more Advantage given them to do Mischief King Can the Urnes quicken their Ashes into Souldiers Can the Graves and Tombs send forth a Race Of Enemies From those that Live we are safe They have no will to hurt us and those that Sleep in the forgotten Dust cannot There 's Nothing remaining to our Care but to Give thanks the gods are favourable and if We could be grateful our Felicity And safety were both summ'd and perfect I tell Thee often thou let'st thy best dayes pass Without receiving of that Fruit that should Be crop'd from 'em I did expect thou should'st Have urg'd me to thy Nuptials such Cares Befit thee best how the Triumphs should be Ordered and Hymen's Torch well lighted Time Pray Heaven no other Flames break out But such as Mirth shew forth But Sir I must Be bold to tell you a few flattering Lords Guild o'er the Defects and Ruines of your State They make you call a Lethargie Security And that a Kingdome which like to Childrens Houses on the Sand rear'd up in Sport and Toying will become a Prey unto the Wave That first approaches it They can perhaps Judge well of Meats and Wines good Table-States men Souldiers at a Banquet strong to overcome A Charger or a Goblet but Kingdomes Safeties are not ow'd unto the Palat And the stomack if these were State-Affairs Your Councel were most sound and every Breast A Synod If Musick could now raise Walls And Cityes as of Old your Realm would be Impregnable King Hast thou yet done Not all The Ghosts that I have made have been thus Cruel To me nor at yet their Graves have threatn'd Half these Evils Thy Mothers Labour was A Conception to the pains thou hourly Bring'st upon me Time Sir I am sorry Yet 'T was my Love that so did dictate to me My desire that your sports might follow one Another and succeed so just that they Might seem to bring the season on and not The season them that thus they might continue Ever but 't was then that they might continue And not fail by Treason But Sir I will No more I shall hereafter think 't more Piety Hand in hand to fall in Perils with you Than my self to bring them King What would'st thou have The Power I have is wholly thine If that I never did deny was not thought given Now I do Use all the Means thou wilt by Lawes Or our Prerogative to remove thy fears Time Sir I thank you humbly thus Low I thank you Nor will I in a Complement return You back this Power till I have made you safe I shall work like a Resolute but skilful Surgeon that dares feel and search a Wound And if he find Dead-flesh dares cut it off Exeunt Omnes Or more Corruption will not spare a Limb Enter Clearchus habited like a Flamen Aratus Haimantus and Pallantus Ara. My Lord Cupid put his Hood-wink on you Heuses to Aime with and then you could not Miss the Mark I fear the second View will not Prove so Ravishing The most Excellent Things Scarce please twice Clear My Lord think not so For were the World dark about her or I blind To all things else in Her I could find Variety enough and so long as Her Beauties were not Eclips'd I could not Envy him that were so plac't as to behold The World as in a Map Ara. These Habits then My Lord will secure your Visite Me thinks Your Highness becomes them Rarely well Y' are a Person now most Sacro-sanct Twice Holy made so by your Dignity And Order We 'll go before Sir and inform The Princess of your Coming You 'll draw less Suspicion likewise if you walk alone Exeunt all but Clearchus Clear The King of Crete is a Usurper His Son 's a Villain by their Masters Blood They have reach'd the Diadem and by The Violation of his Daughter Seek to support their Greatness but this last Evil is still i' th' Forge not yet Compleated And the fair Princess looks on her Destin'd Nuptials as her Rape her Lover as her Murtherer Fates I hope have in their Blest Decrees Writme the Rescuer of this Royal Virgin The VVinner and the VVearer of this Jewel And neither the Error that threw me Unawares upon her close
to the Prince and there unburden Our hearts of this our grief and if he have A Service that commands our Lives all hazards Now will be welcome to us 1. Guard The Villain That committed this Sacrilegious Act 's escap't 2. Guard We were too soft to obey Dying-Speech Cap. His Entrance and Escape were ordained Both by Fate 't was not in Our Power to hinder Either Exeunt Omnes Enter Timeus Give me a Power Mightie as my Rage That my Revenge may reach unto the Clouds And unthrone those Gods that joyn'd hands with Men To commit so Black a Deed It were but Justice they should loose their Deitie that So would throw it off Oh my Father did I Unload thy Shoulders of the Kingdome That thou might'st fall under a lesse Weight And bereft thee of thy Jealousies to Ruine thee with more Assurance onely Where are all those Flatt'ring Tongues that when There was no Need would in a Complement Hourlie Suffer for Thee Not One to die In thy Defence Or by his fall to make Thine more Decent What ho Charisius Erastus Acmanthes not one Voyce How Dismall is this Place The Graves where Death Inhabits are not so dreadfull l I 'le flie thee Though I run among the thickest of my Foes They can present no Horrors like this Lownesse The Cries the Sword the Trumpet in the Battell Strike not so deep Amazement I walk like He goes out as in search of some of those that had wont to attend and returnes again Aeneas among the Shades all is Hell About me I see nothing but what my Phansie frames in Horrid Shapes O yee vain fears Of Guiltie Men All are Unreasonable But yours Ridiculous When you have contemn'd The greatest and most reall Dangers You tremble at a Ghost a Thing lesse than a Man And when the Substance could not the Shadow Frights you There is no way but this to set me Above my Feares when I am Lesse I shall Be Equall to 'em Cap. O hold my Lord He prepares to fall on his Sword and the Guard return and save him Offer not up your Self a Sacrifice When there are so many that gladly would Redeem you with their Lives Let that thought Prevail with you That you ought to Live for them That so willinglie would Die for you Y' are the Prop of thousands and if you sink You pull a Kingdome with you Take your Sword By the Other End and so holding it Seek to appease this Royal Ghost If you Cannot regain a Crown yet win a Memorie By the losse of it This Object makes your Grief A burden to your Honour Lean on us My Lord and we 'l conduct you to the Camp Exeunt Omnes Enter Polyander Comastes Menetius and a Captain at their entrance a Shout is heard Poly. What Shout is this among the Enemies Cap. 'T is their Acclamations still for the Arivall Of their Fellowes with whom they have now joyn'd Campes Poly. I am glad of 't I hope we shall have Command to trie the Fortune Of the Field to morrow Would the Whole Knot Of them were there that we might make quick Work And like Alexander untie it with a Blow Com. I and a Wall round about 'em to keep Them to the Slaughter that we may not be Troubl'd to kill a Thousand in a Thousand Places I like not this pursuing 't is The greatest Evill next to the being Pursued the Wine nere tasts well when 't is so Jumbl'd Give me a Standing-Camp that Flourishes like a Peacefull City and wants No Necessaries Here stand your Engins There Victuall on this hand a Palesado Defends you on the other a Barecado Of Pork-tubs as impregnable before A Fose is cut of some two hundred paces And the Souldiers tipling in 't behind a Coop Runs out of the same length and the Poultrie Tipling in their Trenches whose bodies are Too delicate and tender to bear travell Here a Man may even among the Tents forget To be a Souldier Poly. Ha ha ha On my Conscience Comastes thou art wearie Of the Camp alreadie Com. Yes faith As your Selves are if you 'd confesse the truth Poly. Why me thinks there 's no Pleasure like the Souldiers Who takes his Swing in all Delights and sates Himself with 'em as if he were near to Tast 'em more and if Fortune be so kind To grant him a second and a third Fruition Like Friends which parted in the Morn two Dangerous And Hopeless wayes of ever seeing they Meet With a Multiply'd and Unexpected Joy His very Wounds are Pleasures and Elizium Comesfaster on him than his Death Com. When Honour is the Prize and wrong'd Justice The Cause that thrust him on he throws off One That he may gain a Better Life a Life Of Fame which is Eternal even in Death That he enjoy'd before was Fading Sustain'd onely by the Infirmities Of One Weak Body now 't is supported By the Memories of All the Charge of it Is committed unto a World of Men Nor is 't Extinguish'd before the Frame o' th' Whole Universe None are so surviving As the Sons of Glorious War Jove gave Life to Hercules and Theseus but Mars Eternity they breath'd from one but gain'd Heaven by the other These were the great Thoughts Which when I was yet Young and not able To effect 'em did dwell in me they did Suggest unto my soul that I ought to raise my hand Against the Gods if they slept at Perjury And favour'd Injustice Poly. Holloe Comastes What Rapture 's this Com. To shew you how easie A thing it is to talk like a Souldier And be as brave a fellow as either of you Omnes Ha ha ha Mene. Thou wouldst make an excellent Run-away-Souldier Such a speech on the High-way Were greater Violence than Bidding-stand A long staff would not get an Almes so soon Poly. What saist thou now Comastes to a jovial Round Or two beyond the Court-Healths Those at the Kings Own Table Com. I believe I shall say more Than you at this as well as at the Other Poly. Captain command 'em to bring some VVine in Exit Captain Come in the mean time le ts sit Enter to 'em one of the Guard that was present at the Kings Death Guard My Lords stand upon your Guard The King 's slain Omnes The King They all start up upon the Newes and draw their Swords Poly. Thou look'st distractedly speak it again Guard He 's slain My self was present at his Death Poly. By what accursed Hand Guard That Devil that Awhile since wounded the Prince has Murder'd him But my Lords I lose the time and Betray you In it The Prince is come into the Camp And commands you strait to repair to him He finds the Army wavering in their Faith The City Bands are already Revolted And others begin to draw off The Kings death And a Declaration from the Enemy Pretending that a Son of the former King 's Preserv'd by Aratus heads their Forces Has almost gain'd them a Victory