appetite Which every creature in his stomach feels Oh leave leave yet at last thus to torment me Three several Sallads have I sacrific'd Bedew'd with precious oil and vinegar Already to appease thy greedy wrath Boy Boy Sir Laza. Will the Count speak with me Boy One of his Gentlemen is gone to inform him of your coming Sir Laza. There is no way left for me to compass the Fish-head but by being presently made known to the Duke Boy That will be hard Sir Laza. When I have tasted of this sacred dish Then shall my bones rest in my Fathers tomb In peace then shall I dye most willingly And as a dish be serv'd to satisfie Deaths hunger and I will be buried thus My Bier shall be a charger born by four The Cossin where I lye a powd'ring-tub Bestrew'd with Lettice and cool Sallad herbs My Winding-sheet of Tansies the black Guard Shall be my solemn Mourners and instead Of ceremonies wholsom burial Prayers A printed dirge in rhyme shall bury me Instead of tears let them pour Capon sauce upon my hâ—arse And salt instead of dust Manchets for stones for other glorious shields Give me a Voider and above my Hearse For a Trutch sword my naked knife stuck up The Count discovers himself Boy Master the Count 's here Laza. Where my Lord I do beseech you Count. Y' are very welcome Sir I pray you stand up you shall dine with me Laza. I do beseech your Lordship by the love I still have born to your honourable house Count. Sir what need all this you shall dine with me I pray rise Laza. Perhaps your Lordship takes me for one of these same fellows that do as it were respect victuals Count. Oh Sir by no means Laza. Your Lordship has often promised that whensoever I should affect greatness your own hand should help to raise me Count. And so much still assure your self of Laza. And though I must confess I have ever shun'd popularity by the example of others yet I do now feel my self a little ambitious your Lordship is great and though young yet a Privy Counsellor Count. I pray you Sir leap into the matter what would You have me do for you Laza. I would intreat your Lordship to make me known to the Duke Count. When Sir Laza. Suddainly my Lord I would have you present me unto him this morning Count. It shall be done but for what virtues would you have him take notice of you Laza. Your Lordship shall know that presently Count. 'T is pity of this fellow he is of good wit and sufficient understanding when he is not troubled with this greedy worm Laza. 'Faith you may intreat him to take notice of me for any thing for being an excellent Farrier for playing well at Span-counter or sticking knives in walls for being impudent or for nothing why may not I be a Favorite on the suddain I see nothing against it Count. Not so Sir I know you have not the face to be a Favourite on the suddain Laz. Why then you shall present me as a Gentleman well qualified or one extraordinary seen in divers strange mysteries Count. In what Sir as how Laz. Marry as thus Enter Intelligencer Count. Yonder 's my old Spirit that hath haunted me daily ever since I was a privy Counsellor I must be rid of him I pray you stay there I am a little busie I will speak with you presently Laza. You shall bring me in and after a little other talk taking me by the hand you shall utter these words to the Duke May it please your grace to take note of a Gentleman well read deeply learned and throughly grounded in the hidden knowledge of all Sallads and Pot-herbs whatsoever Count. 'T will be rare if you will walk before Sir I will overtake you instantly Laza. Your Lordships ever Count. This fellow is a kind of an informer one that lives in Alehouses and Taverns and because he perceives some worthy men in this Land with much labour and great expence to have discovered things dangerously hanging over the State he thinks to discover as much out of the talk of drunkards in Tap-houses he brings me informations pick'd out of broken words in mens common talk which with his malicious mis-application he hopes will seem dangerous he doth besides bring me the names of all the young Gentlemen in the City that use Ordinaries or Taverns talking to my thinking only as the freedom of their youth teach them without any further ends for dangerous and seditious spirits he is besides an arrant whoremaster as any is in Milan of a Lay-man I will not meddle with the Clergy he is parcel Lawyer and in my conscience much of their religion I must put upon him some piece of service come hither Sir what have you to do with me Int. Little my Lord I only come to know how your Lordship would employ me Count. Observed you that Gentleman that parted from me but now Int. I saw him now my Lord. Count. I was sending for you I have talked with this man and I do find him dangerous Int. Is your Lordship in good earnest Count. Hark you Sir there may perhaps be some within ear-shots He whispers with him Enter Lazarello and his Boy Laz. Sirrah will you venture your life the Duke hath sent the Fish-head to my Lord Boy Sir if he have not kill me do what you will with me Laz. How uncertain is the state of all mortal things I have these crosses from my Cradle from my very Cradle insomuch that I do begin to grow desperate Fortune I do despise thee do thy worst yet when I do better gather my self together I do find it is rather the part of a wise man to prevent the storms of Fortune by stirring than to suffer them by standing still to pour themselves upon his naked body I will about it Count. Who 's within there Enter a Servingman Let this Gentleman out at the back door forget not my instructions if you find any thing dangerous trouble not your self to find out me but carry your informations to the Lord Lucio he is a man grave and well experienced in these businesses Int. Your Lordships Servant Exit Intelligencer and Servingman Count. Your Lordships servant Laz. Will it please your Lordship to walk Count. Sir I was coming I will overtake you Laz. I will attend you over against the Lord Gonderinoes house Count. You shall not attend there long Laz. Thither must I to see my Loves face the chaste Virgin head Of a dear Fish yet pure and undeflowred Not known of man no rough bred countrey hand Hath once toucht thee no Pandars withered paw Nor an un-napkin'd Lawyers greasie fist Hath once slubbered thee no Ladies supple hand Wash'd o'er with Urine hath yet seiz'd on thee With her two nimble talents no Court hand Whom his own natural filth or change of air Hath bedeck'd with scabs hath marr'd thy whiter grace Oh let it be thought lawful then
not to be broken with the marriage Of young Mentivole and fair Clarissa So you consent great Lady your Biancha Shall call Caesario Husband Julia. 'T is a motion I gladly yield to Cesar One in which you make a sad man happy Offers to kneel Bian. Kneel not all forgiven Duke With the Duke your Uncle I will make attonement and will have no denial Enter Host Forobosco Clown and Officers Mar. Let this day be still held sacred Host Now if you can conjure let the Devil unbind you Foro. We are both undone Clow. Already we feel it Host Justice Sir Duke What are they Pros I can resolve you slaves freed from the Gallies By the Viceroy of Sicilia Duke What 's their offence Host The robbing me of all my Plate and Jewels I mean the attempting of it Clow. Please your Grace I will now discover this Varlet in earnest this honest pestilent rogue profest the Art of Conjuring but all the skill that ever he had in the black Art was in making a Seacole fire only with wearing strange shapes he begot admiration amongst Fools and Women Foro. Wilt thou peach thou varlet Duke Why does he goggle with his eyes and stalke so Clow. This is one of his Magical raptures Foro. I do vilifie your censure you demand if I am guilty whir says my cloak by a trick of Legerdemain now I am not guilty I am guarded with innocence pure Silver Laceâ— assure you Clow. Thus have I read to you your virtues which notwithstanding I would not have you proud of Foro. Out thou concealment of Tallow and counterfeit Mummia Duke To the Gallies with them both Clow. The only Sea-physick for a knave is to be basted in a Gally with the oil of a Bulls Peesel Foro. And will not you make a sour face at the same sauce sirrah I hope to find thee so lean in one fortnight thou mayst be drawn by the ears through the hoop of a a firkin Duke Divide them and away with them to th' Gallies Clow. This will take down your pride Jugler Duke This day that hath given birth to blessings beyond hope admits no criminal sentence to the Temple and there with humbleness praise heavens bounties For blessings ne'er descend from thence but when A sacrifice in thanks ascends from men Exeunt omnes CUPIDS REVENGE The Persons represented in the Play Cupid Leontius the old Duke of Lycia Leucippus Son to the Duke Ismenus Nephew to the Duke Telamon a Lycian Lord. Courtiers Dorialus Agenor Nisus Timantus a villainous Sycophant The Priest of Cupid Four young Men and Maids Nilo sent in Commission to pull down Cupid's Image Zoilus Leucipp us's Dwarf Four Citizens Women Hidaspes Daughter to the Duke Cleophila and Hero her Attendants Bacha a Strumpet Urania her Daughter Bacha's Maid Urania's Maid Servants and Attendants Actus Primus Scaena Prima Enter Dorialus Agenor Nisus Agenor TRust me my Lord Dorialus I had mist of this if you had not call'd me I thought the Princesses birth-day had been to morrow Nisus Why did your Lordship sleep out the day Dor. I marvel what the Duke meant to make such an idle vow Nis Idle why Dor. Is' t not idle to swear to grant his Daughter any thing she shall ask on her birth-day she may ask an impossible thing and I pray heaven she do not ask an unfit thing at one time or other 't is dangerous trusting a mans vow upon the discretion on 's Daughter Age. I wonder most at the Marquiss her Brother who is always vehemently forward to have her desires granted Dor. He 's acquainted with 'em before Age. She 's doubtless very chaste and virtuous Dor. So is Leucippus her brother Nis She 's twenty year old I wonder She aske not a Husband Dor. That were a folly in her having refus'd all the Great Princes in one part of the world She 'll die a Maid Age. She may ask but one may she Nis A hundred times this day if she will And indeed every day is such a day for though The Duke has vow'd it only on this day He keeps it every day he can deny Her nothing Cornets Enter Hidaspes Leucippus Leontius Timantas Tellamon Leon. Come fair Hidaspes thou art Duchess to day Art thou prepar'd to aske thou knowest My oath will force performance And Leucippus if she now ask ought that shall Or would have performance After my death when by the help of heaven This Land is thine accursed be thy race May every one forget thou art my Son And so their own obedience Leucip. Mighty Sir I do not wish to know that fatal hour That is to make me King but if I do I shall most hastily and like a Son Perform your grant to all chiefly to her Remember that you aske what we Agreed upon Leon. Are you prepar'd then speak Hida. Most Royal Sir I am prepar'd Nor shall my Will exceed a Virgins bounds What I request shall both at once bring Me a full content Leon. So it ever does Thou only comfort of my feeble age Make known thy good desire For I dare swear thou lov'st me Hidas. This is it I beg And on my knees The people of your Land The Lycians are through all the Nations That know their name noted to have in use A vain and fruitless superstition So much more hateful that it bears the shew Of true Religion and is nothing else But a false-pleasing bold lasciviousness Leon. What is it Hidas Many ages before this When every man got to himself a Trade And was laborious in that chosen course Hating an idle life far worse than death Some one that gave himself to Wine and Sloth Which breed lascivious thoughts And found himself conjoyn'd For that by every painful man To take his stain away fram'd to himself A god whom he pretended to obey In being thus dishonest for a name He call'd him Cupid This created god Mans nature being ever credulous Of any vice that takes part with his blood Had ready followers enow and since In every age they grew especially Amongst your Subjects who do yet remain Adorers of that drowsie Deitie Which drink invented and the winged Boy For so they call him has his sacrifices These loose naked statues through the Land And in every Village nay the palace Is not free from ' em This is my request That these erect obscene Images May be pluckt down and burnt and every man That offers to 'em any sacrifice may lose his life Leon. But be advis'd my fairest daughter if he be A god he will express it upon thee my child Which heaven avert Leucip. There is no such power But the opinion of him fills the Land With lustful sins every young man and maid That feel the least desire to one another Dare not suppress it for they think it is Blind Cupid's motion and he is a god Leon. This makes our youth unchaste I am resolv'd Nephew Ismenus break the Statues down Here in the Palace
suspicion Of being discovered Dua. I am confident No moisture sooner dies than womens tears And therefore though I know my Mother vertuous Yet being one of that frail sex I purpose Her farther tryal Doct. That as you think fit I 'le not betray you Dua. To find out this stranger This true Physician of my mind and manners Were such a blessing He seem'd poor and may Perhaps be now in want would I could find him The Innes I 'le search first then the publick Stewes He was of Italy and that Country breeds not Precisians that way but hot Libertines And such the most are 't is but a little travail I am unfurnisht too pray Mr. Doctor Can you supply me Doct. VVith what summ you please Dua. I will not be long absent Doct. That I wish too For till you have more strength I would not have you To be too bold Dua. Fear not I will be carefull Exeunt Enter Leopold Zabulon Bravo Zab. I have brought him Sir a fellow that will do it â—hough Hell stood in his way ever provided â—ou pay him for 't Leop. He has a strange aspect â—nd looks much like the figure of a hang-man 〈◊〉 a table of the Passion Zab. He transcends â—ll precedents believe it a flesh'd ruffian â—hat hath so often taken the Strappado â—hat 't is to him but as a lofty trick 〈◊〉 to a tumbler he hath perused too â—ll Dungeons in Portual thrice seven years â—owed in the Galleys for three several murthers â—hough I presume that he has done a hundred â—nd scap't unpunisht Leop. He is much in debt to yâ—â— â—ou set him off so well VVhat will yâ—u take Sir â—o beat a fellow for me that thus wrong'd me Bra. To beat him say you Leop. Yes beat him to lameness â—o cut his lips or nose off any thing â—hat may disfigure him Bra. Let me consider â—ive hundred pistolets for such a service 〈◊〉 think were no dear penniworth Zab. Five hundred â—Vhy there are of your Brother-hood in the City â—e undertake shall kill a man for twenty Bra. Kill him I think so I 'le kill any man â—or half the mony Leop. And will you ask more â—or a sound beating than a murther Bra. I Sir â—nd with good reason for a dog that 's dead â—he Spanish proverb says will never bite â—ut should I beat or hurt him only he may â—ecover and kill me Leo. A good conclusion â—he obduracie of this rascal makes me tender â—le run some other course there 's your reward â—Vithout the employment Bra. For that as you please Sir â—hen you have need to kill a man pray use me â—ut I am out at beating Exit Zab. What 's to be done then Leop. I 'le tell thee Zabulon and make thee privy â—o my most near designs this stranger which â—ippolyta so dotes on was my prisoner â—hen the last Virgin I bestowed upon her â—as made my prize how he escaped hereafter â—le let thee know and it may be the love â—e bears the servant makes him scorn the Mistris Zab. 'T is not unlike for the first time he saw her â—is looks exprest so much and for more proof â—â—nce he came to my Ladys house though yet â—e never knew her he hath practis'd with me â—o help him to a conference without â—he knowledge of Hippolyta which I promis'd Leop. And by all means perform it for their meeting â—ut work it so that my disdainful Mistris Whom notwithstanding all her injuries 'T is my hard fate to love may see and hear them Zab. To what end Sir Leop. This Zabulon when she sees â—ho is her rival and her Lovers baseness â—o leave a Princess for her bondwoman â—he fight will make her scorn what now she dotes on â—le double thy reward Zab. You are like to speed then â—or I confess what you will soon believe â—e serve them best that are most apt to give For you I 'le place you where you shall see all and yet be unobserv'd Leop. That I desire too Exeunt Enter Arnoldo Arn. I cannot see her yet how it afflicts me The poyson of this place should mix it self With her pure thoughts 'T was she that was commanded Or my eyes failed me grosly that youth that face And all that noble sweetness May she not live here And yet be honest still Enter Zenocia Zen. It is Arnoldo From all his dangers free fortune I bless thee My noble husband how my joy swells in me But why in this place what business hath he here He cannot hear of me I am not known here I left him vertuous how I shake to think now And how that joy I had cools and forsakes me Enter above Hippolyta and Zabulon This Lady is but fair I have been thought so Without compare admired She has bewitched 〈◊〉 And he forgot Arn. 'T is she again the same the 〈◊〉 Zab. There they are together Now 〈◊〉 Hip. Peace let 'em parly Arn. That you are well Zenocia and once 〈◊〉 Bless my despairing eyes with your wisht pâ—â—â—â—â— I thank the gods but that I meet you here Hip. They are acquainted Zab. I found that secret Madam When you comanded her go home pray hear ' em Zen. That you meet me here ne're blusn at that Arnolâ—â— Your coming comes too late I am a woman And one woman with another may be trusted Do you fear the house Arn. More than a fear I know it Know it not good not honest Zen. VVhat do you here then I' th' name of vertue why do you approach it Will you confess the doubt and yet pursue it Where have your eyes been wandring my Arnoldo What constancy what faith do you call this Fie Aim at one wanton mark and wound another I do confess the Lady faiâ— most beauteous And able to betray a strong mans liberty Leopold places himself â—â—feâ—â— below But you that have a love a wife you do well To deal thus wisely with me yet Arnoldo Since you are pleas'd to study a new beauty And think this old and ill beaten with misery Study a nobler way for shame to love me VVrong not her honesty Arn. You have confirm'd me Zen. VVho though she be your wise will never hinder you So much I rest a servant to your wishes And love your Loves though they be my destructions No man shall know me nor the share I have in thee No eye suspect I am able to prevent you For since I am a slave to this great Lady Whom I perceive you follow Arn. Be not blinded Zen. Fortune shall make me useful to your service I will speak for you Arn. Speak for me you wrong me Zen. I will endeavour all the wayes I am able To make her think well of you will that please To make her dote upon you dote to madness So far against my self I will obey you But when that 's done and I have shewed this duty This great obedience few will buy it at mâ— price Thus will I shake hands with
so I may make you first understand â—hat a strange monster you have made your self welcome it Wol. To me this is strange language Hub. To you why what are you Wol. Your Prince and Master â—he Earl of Flanders Hub. By a proper title â—ais'd to it by cunning circumvention force â—ood and proscriptions Wol. And in all this wisdom â—ad I not reason when by Gerrards plots â—hould have first been call'd to a strict accompt â—ow and which way I had consum'd that mass â—f money as they term it in the War Who underhand had by his Ministers â—etracted my great action made my faith â—nd loyalty suspected in which failing â—e sought my life by practice Hub. With what fore-head â—o you speak this to me who as I know 't â—ust and will say 't is false Wol. My Guard there Hub. Sir you bad me sit and promis'd you would hear Which I now say you shall not a sound more For I that am contemner of mine own Am Master of your life then here 's a Sword Between you and all aids Sir though you blind The credulous beast the multitude you pass not These gross untruths on me Wol. How gross untruths Hub. I and it is favourable language They had been in a mean man lyes and foul ones Wol. You take strange Licence Hub. Yes were not those rumours Of being called unto your answer spread By your own followers and weak Gerrard wrought But by your cunning practice to believe That you were dangerous yet not to be Punish'd by any formal course of Law But first to be made sure and have your crimes Laid open after which your quaint train taking You fled unto the Camp and their crav'd humbly Protection for your innocent life and that Since you had scap'd the fury of the War You might not fall by treason and for proof You did not for your own ends make this danger Some that had been before by you suborn'd Came forth and took their Oaths they had been hir'd By Gerrard to your Murther This once heard And easily believ'd th' inraged Souldier Seeing no further than the outward-man Snatch'd hastily his Arms ran to the Court Kill'd all that made resistance cut in pieces Such as were Servants or thought friends to Gerrard Vowing the like to him Wol. Will you yet end Hub. Which he foreseeing with his Son the Earl Forsook the City and by secret wayes As you give out and we would gladly have it Escap'd their fury though 't is more than fear'd They fell amongst the rest Nor stand you there To let us only mourn the impious means By which you got it but your cruelties since So far transcend your former bloody ills As if compar'd they only would appear Essays of mischief do not stop your ears More are behind yet Wol. O repeat them not 'T is Hell to hear them nam'd Hub. You should have thought That Hell would be your punishment when you did them A Prince in nothing but your princely lusts And boundless rapines Wol. No more I beseech you Hub. Who was the Lord of house or land that stood Within the prospect of your covetous eye Wol. You are in this to me a greater Tyrant Than e're I was to any Hub. I end thus The general grief now to my private wrong The loss of Gerrards Daughter Jaqueline The hop'd for partner of my lawful Bed Your cruelty hath frighted from mine arms And her I now was wandring to recover Think you that I had reason now to leave you When you are grown so justly odious That ev'n my stay here with your grace and favour Makes my life irksome here surely take it And do me but this fruit of all your friendship That I may dye by you and not your Hang-man Wol. Oh Hubert these your words and reasons have As well drawn drops of blood from my griev'd heart As these tears from mine eyes Despise them not By all that 's sacred I am serious Hubert You now have made me sensible what furies Whips Hangmen and Tormentors a bad man Do's ever bear about him let the good That you this day have done be ever number'd The first of your best actions Can you think Where Goswin is or Gerrard or your love Or any else or all that are proscrib'd I will resign what I usurp or have Unjustly forc'd the dayes I have to live Are too too few to make them satisfaction With any penitence yet I vow to practise All of a man Hub. O that your heart and tongue Did not now differ Wol. By my griefs they do not Take the good pains to search them out 't is worth it You have made clean a Leper trust me you have And made me once more fit for the society I hope of good men Hub. Sir do not abuse My aptness to believe Wol. Suspect not you A faith that 's built upon so true a sorrow Make your own safetys ask them all the ties Humanity can give Hemskirk too shall Along with you to this so wish'd discovery And in my name profess all that you promise And I will give you this help to 't I have Of late receiv'd certain intelligence That some of them are in or about Bruges To be found out which I did then interpret The cause of that Towns standing out against me But now am glad it may direct your purpose Of giving them their safety and me peace Hub. Be constant to your goodness and you have it Exeunt SCENA II. Enter 3. Merchants 1 Mer. 'T is much that you deliver of this Goswin 2 Mer. But short of what I could yet have the Country Confirm'd it true and by a general oath And not a man hazard his credit in it He beats himself with such a confidence As if he were the Master of the Sea And not a wind upon the Sailers compass But from one part or other was his factor To bring him in the best commodities Merchant e're ventur'd for 1. 'T is strange 2. And yet This do's in him deserve the least of wonder Compared with other his peculiar fashions Which all admire he 's young and rich at least Thus far reputed so that since he liv'd In Bruges there was never brought to harbour So rich a Bottom but his bill would pass Unquestion'd for her lading 3 Mer. Yet he still Continues a good man 2 Mer. So good that but To doubt him would be held an injury Or rather malice with the best that trassique But this is nothing a great stock and fortune Crowning his judgement in his undertakings May keep him upright that way But that wealth Should want the power to make him dote on it Or youth teach him to wrong it best commends His constant temper for his outward habit 'T is suitable to his present course of life His table furnish'd well but not with dainties That please the appetite only for their rareness Or their dear price nor given to wine or women Beyond his health or warrant
me more Cousin Beaupre Champ. Repent not What thou hast done my life thou shalt not find I am decrepit in my love and service I will be young and constant and believe me For thou shalt find it true in sâ—orn of all The scandals thâ—se rude men have thrown upon me I 'le meet thy pleasures with a young mans ardour And in all circumstances of a Husband Perform my part Lamira Good Sir I am your sâ—rvâ—nt And 't is too late now iâ— I did repent Which as I am a virgin yet I do not To undoe the â—not that by the Church is tyed Only I would beseech ye as you have A good opinion of me and my vertues For so you have pleas'd to stile my innocent weakness That what hath pass'd be wâ—en Dinant and me Or what now in your hearing he hath spoken Beget not doubts or fears Champ. I apprehend you You think I will be jealous as I live Thou art mistaken sweet and to confirm it Discourse with whom thou wilt ride where thou wilt Feast whom thou wilt as often as thou wilt For I will have no other guards upon thee Than thine own thoughts Lamira I 'le use this liberty With moderation Sir Beaup. I am resolv'd Steal off I 'le follow you Champ. Come Sir you droop Till you find cause which I shall never give Dislike not of your Son in Law Verta Sir you teach me The language I should use I am most happy In being so near you Exeunt Verdone and Beaupre Lamira O my fears good nurse Follow my Brother unobserv'd and learn Which way he takes Nurs I will be carefull Madam Exit Nurse Champ. Between us complements are superfluous On Gentlemen th' affront we have met here We 'l think upon hereafter 't were unfit To cherish any thought to breed unrest Or to our selves or to our Nuptial feast Exeunt Enter Dinant and Cleremont Cler. We shall have sport ne'r fear 't Din. What sport I prethee Cler. Why we must fight I know it and I long â—or't It was apparent in the fiery eye Of young Verdoâ—e Beaupre look'd pale and shook too Familiar signs of anger They are both brave fellows Tri'd and approv'd and I am proud to encounter With men from whom no honour can be lost They will play up to a man and set him off When e're I go to the field heaven keep me from The meeting of an unflesh'd youth or Coward The first to get a name comes on too hot The Coward is so swift in giving ground There is no overtaking him without A hunting Nag well breath'd too Din. All this while You ne'r think on the danger Cler. Why 't is no more Than meeting of a dozen friends at Supper And drinking hard mischief comes there unlook'd for I am sure as suddain and strikes home as often For this we are prepar'd Din. Lamira Loves Her Brother Beaupre dearly Cler. What of that Din. And should he call me to account for what But now I spake nor can I with mine honour Recant my words that little hope is left me E're to enjoy what next to Heaven I long for Is taken from me Câ—er Why what can you hope for She being now married Din. Oh my Cleremont To you all secrets of my heart lye open And I rest most secure that whatsoe're I loâ—k up there is as a private thought And will no farther wrong me I am a French-man And for the greater part we are born Courtiers She is a woman and however yet No heat of service had the power to melt Her frozen Chastity time and opportunitie May work her to my ends I confess ill ones And yet I must pursue 'em now her marriage In probabilitie will no way hurt But rather help me Cler. Sits the wind there pray you tell me How far off dwells your love from lust Din. Too near But prethee chide me not Cler. Not I goe on boy I have faults my self and will not reprehend A crime I am not free from for her Marriage I do esteem it and most batchellors are Of my opinion as a fair protection To play the wanton without loss of honour Din. Would she make use of 't so I were most happy Cler. No more of this Judge now Whether I have the gift of prophecie Enter Beaupre and Verdone Beaup. Monsieur Dinant I am glad to find you Sir Din. I am at your service Verd. Good Monsieur Cleremont I have long wish'd To be known better to you Cler. My desires Embrace your wishes Sir Beaup. Sir I have ever Esteem'd you truly noble and profess I should have been most proud to have had the honour To call you Brother but my Fathers pleasure Denied that happiness I know no man lives That can command his passions and therefore Dare not condemn the late intemperate language You were pleas'd to use to my Father and my Sister He 's old and she a woman I most sorrie My honour does compel me to entreat you To do me the favour with your sword to meet me A mile without the Citie Din. You much honour me In the demand I 'le gladly wait upon you Beaup. O Sir you teach me what to say the time Din. With the next Sun if you think fit Beaup. The place Din. Near to the vineyard eastward from the Citie Beaup. I like it well this Gentleman if you please Will keep me company Cler. That is agreed on And in my friends behalf I will attend him Verd. You shall not miss my service Beaup. Good day Gentlemen Ex. Beaup. and Verd. Din. At your Commandment Cler. Proud to be your servants I think there is no Nation under Heaven That cut their enemies throats with complement And such fine tricks as we do If you have Any few Prayers to say this night you may Call 'em to mind and use 'em for my self As I have little to lose my care is less So till to morrow morning I bequeath you To your devotions and those paid but use That noble courage I have seen and wo Shall sight as in a Castle Din. Thou art all honour Thy resolution would steel a Coward And I most fortunate in such a Friend All tenderness and nice respect of woman Be now far from me reputation take A full possession of my heart and prove Honour the first place holds the second Love Exâ—uâ—â— Enter Lamira Charlote Lami. Sleeps my Lord still Charlote Char. Not to be wak'd By your Ladiships cheerfull looks I well perceive That this night the good Lord hath been At an unusual service and no wonder If he rest after it Lamira You are very bold Char. Your Creature Madam and when you are pleas'd Sadness to me 's a stranger your good pardon If I speak like a fool I could have wisht To have ta'ne your place to night had bold Dinant Your first and most obsequious servant tasted Those delicates which by his lethargie As it appears have cloy'd my Lord. Lamira No more Charl. I
and disdainful The sign given by Delphia The Persians break thorow and seize upon Charinus and his Sister with Maximinian And free Cassana For their speedy rescue Enraged Dioclesian draws his Sword And bids his Guard assist him Then too weak Had been all opposition and resistance The Persians could have made against their fury If Delphia by her Cunning had not rai ' d A foggy Mist which as a Cloud conceal'd them Deceiving their Pursuers Now be pleas'd That your imaginations may help you To think them safe in Persia and Dioclesian For this disaster circled round with sorrow Yet mindful of the wrong Their future fortunes We will present in Action and are bold In that which follows that the most shall say 'T was well begun but the End crown'd the Play Exit SCENE II. Enter Diocles Niger Senators Guard Dio. Talk not of comfort I have broke my faith And the gods fight against me and proud man However magnified is but as dust Before the raging whirl-wind of their justice What is it to be great ador'd on Earth When the immortal Powers that are above us Turn all our Blessings into horrid Curses And laugh at our resistance or prevention Of what they purpose O the Furies that I feel within me whipt on by their angers For my tormentors Could it else have been In Nature that a few fugitive Persians Unfriended and unarmed too could have rob'd me In Rome the World's Metropolis and her glory In Rome where I command inviron'd round With such invincible Troops that know no fear But want of noble Enemies of those jewels I priz'd above my life and I want power To free them if those gods I have provok'd Had not given spirit to the undertakers And in their deed protected ' em Nig. Great Caesar Your safety does confirm you are their care And that howe'r their practices reach others You stand above their malice 1 Sen. Rome in us Offers as means to further your revenge The lives of her best Citizens And all they stand possess'd of 1 Guard Do but lead us on With that invincible and undaunted Courage Which waited bravely on you when you appear'd The minion of Conquest married rather To glorious Victory and we will drag Though all the Enemies of life conspire Against our undertakings the proud Persian Out of his strongest hold 2 Guard Be but your self And do not talk but do 3 Guard You have hands and swords Limbs to make up a well proportion'd Army That only want in you an Head to lead us Dio The gods reward your goodness and believe Howe'r for some great sin I am mark't out The object of their hate though Jove stood ready To dart his three-fold thunder on this head It could not fright me from a fierce pursuit Of my revenge I will redeem my friends And with my friends mine honour at least fall Like to my self a Souldier Nig. Now we hear Great Dioclesian speak Dio. Draw up our Legions And let it be your care my much lov'd Niger To hasten the remove And fellow Souldiers Your love to me will teach you to endure Both long and tedious Marches 1 Guard Dye he accurs'd That thinks of rest or sleep before he sets His soot on Persian-Earth Nig. We know our glory The dignity of Rome and what 's above All can be urg'd the quiet of your mind Depends upon our haste Dio. Remove to night Five days shall bring me to you All. Happiness To Caesar and glorious victory Exeunt Dio. The cheerfulness of my Souldiers gives assurance Of good success abroad if first I make My peace at home here There is something chides me And sharply tells me that my breach of faith To Delphia and Drusilla is the ground Of my misfortunes And I must remember While I was lov'd and in great Delphia's Grace She was as my good Angel and bound Fortune To prosper my designs I must appease her Let others pay their Knees their Vows their Prayers To weak imagin'd Powers She is my All And thus I do invoke her Knowing Delphia Thou more than Woman and though thou vouchsafest To grace the Earth with thy celestial Steps And taste this grosser air thy heavenly Spirit Hath free access to all the secret Counsels Which a full Senate of the gods determine When they consider man The brass-leav'd Book Of Fate lies open to thee where thou read'st And fashionest the destinies of men At thy wish'd pleasures Look upon thy creature And as thou twice hast pleased to appear To reprehend my falshood now vouchsafe To see my low submission Delphia and Drusilla appear Del. What 's thy Will False and unthankful and in that deserving All humane sorrows darst thou hope from me Relief or Comfort Dio. Penitence does appease Th' incensed Powers and Sacrifice takes off Their heavy angers thus I tender both The Master of great Rome and in that Lord Of all the Sun gives heat and being to Thus sues for mercy Be but as thou wert The Pilot to the Bark of my good fortunes And once more steer my actions to the Port Of glorious Honour and if I fall off Hereafter from my faith to this sweet Virgin Joyn with those Powers that punish perjury To make me an example to deter Others from being false Dru. Upon my soul You may believe him nor did he e'r purpose To me but nobly he made tryal how I could endure unkindness I see Truth Triumphant in his sorrow Dearest Aunt Both credit him and help him and on assurance That what I plead for you cannot deny I raise him thus and with this willing kiss I seal his pardon Dio. O that I e'r lookt Beyond this abstract of all womans goodness Del. I am thine again thus I confirm our league I know thy wishes and how much thou suffer'st In honour for thy friends thou shalt repair all For to thy Fleet I 'll give a fore-right wind To pass the Persian Gulf remove all lets That may molest thy Souldiers in their March That pass by land and destiny is false If thou prove not victorious Yet remember When thou art rais'd up to the highest point Of humane happiness such as move beyond it Must of necessity descend Think on 't And use those Blessings that the gods pour on you With moderation Dio. As their Oracle I hear you and obey you and will follow Your grave directions Del. You will not repent it Exeunt SCENE III. Enter Niger Geta Guard Souldiers Ensigns Nig. How do you like your entrance to the War When the whole Body of the Army moves Shews it not gloriously Get. 'T is a fine May-game But eating and drinking I think are forbad in 't I mean with leisure we walk on and feed Like hungry Boys that haste to School or as We carried Fish to the City dare stay no where For fear our ware should stink 1 Guard That 's the necessity Of our speedy March Get. Sir I do love my ease And though I hate all
presently convey you hence Fear nothing dearest love I 'll be your second Lye close so all goes well yet boy Boy At hand Sir Jasp Convey away the Coffin and be wary Boy 'T is done already Jasp Now must I go conjure Exit Enter Merchant Merch. Boy boy Boy Your servant Sir Merch. Do me this kindness boy hold here 's a crown before thou bury the body of this fellow carry it to his old merry father and salute him from me and bid him sing he hath cause Boy I will Sir Merch. And then bring me word what tune he is in and have another crown but do it truly I have fitted him a bargain now will vex him Boy God bless your Worships health Sir Merch. Farewell boy Exeunt Enter Master Merry-thought Wife Ah old Merry-thought art thou there again let 's hear some of thy Songs Old Mer. Who can sing a merrier note Thâ—â— be that cannot change a great Not a Dinner left and yet my heart leaps I do wonder yet as old as I am that any man will follow a Trade or serve that may sing and laugh and walk the streets my wife and both my sons are I know not where I have nothing left nor know I how to come by meat to supper yet am I merry still for I know I shall find it upon the Table at six a Clock therefore hang Thought I would not be a Servingman to carry the cloke-bag still Nor would I be a Fawlconer the greedy Hawkes to fill But I would be in a good house and have a good Master â—o But I would eat and drink of the best and no work would I do This is that keeps life and soul together mirth this is the Philosophers stone that they write so much on that keeps a man ever young Enter a Boy Boy Sir they say they know all your Money is gone and they will trust you for no more drink Old mer. Will they not let 'em chuse the best is I have mirth at home and need not send abroad for that let them keep their drink to themselves For Jillian of Berry she dwells on a hill And she hath good Beer and Ale to sell And of good fellows she thinks no ill And thither will we go now now now and thither Will we go now And when you have made a little stay You need not know what is to pay But kiss your Hostess and go your way And thither c. Enter another Boy 2. Boy Sir I can get no bread for supper Old mer. Hang bread and supper let 's preferve our mirth and we shall never feel hunger I 'll warrant you let 's have a Catch boy follow me come sing this Catch Ho ho no body at home meat nor drink nor money ha we none fill the pot Eedy never more need I. Old mer. So boyes enough follow me let 's change our place and we shall laugh afresh Exeunt Wife Let him go George a shall not have any countenance from us not a good word from any i' th' Company if I may strike stroke in 't Cit. No more a shannot love but Nell I will have Rafe do a very notable matter now to the eternal honour and glory of all Grocers sirrah you there boy can none of you hear Boy Sir your pleasure Cit. Let Rafe come out on May day in the morning and speak upon a Conduit with all his Scarfs about him and his Feathers and his Rings and his Knacks Boy Why sir you do not think of our plot what will become of that then Cit. Why sir I care not what become on 't I 'll have him come out or I 'll fetch him out my self I 'll have something done in honor of the City besides he hath been long enough upon Adventures bring him out quickly for I come amongst you Boy Well sir he shall come out but if our Play miscarry Sir you are like to pay for 't Exit Cit. Bring him away then Wife This will be brave i'faith George shall not he dance the Morrice too for the credit of the Strand Cit. No sweet-heart it will be too much for the boy O there he is Nell he 's reasonable well in reparel but he has not Rings enough Enter Rafe Rafe London to thee I do present the merry Month of May Let each true Subject be content to hear me what I say For from the top of Conduit head as plainly may appear I will both tell my name to you and wherefore I came here My name is Rafe by due descent though not ignoble I Yet far inferiour to the flock of gracious Grocery And by the Common-counsel of my fellows in the Strand With gilded Staff and crossed Skarfe the May-lord here I stand Rejoyce O English hearts rejoyce rejoyce O Lovers dear Rejoyce O City Town and Countrey rejoyce eke every Shire For now the flagrant flowers do spring and sprout in seemly sort The little Birds do sit and sing the Lambs do make fine sport And now the Burchin Tree doth bud that makes the Schoolboy cry The Morrice rings while Hobby horse doth foot it featuously The Lords and Ladies now abroad for their disport and play Do kiss sometimes upon the Grass and sometimes in the Hay Now butter with a leaf of Sage is good to purge the blood Fly Venus and Phlebotomy for they are neither good Now little fish on tender stone begin to cast their bellies And sluggish snails that erst were mute do creep out of their shellies The rumbling Rivers now do warm for little boys to paddle The Sturdy Steed now goes to grass and up they hang his saddle The heavy Hart the blowing Buck the Rascall and the Pricket Are now among the Yeomans Pease and leave the fearful thicket And be like them O you I say of this same noble Town And lift aloft your velvet heads and slipping of your gown With bels on legs and napkins clean unto your shoulders ti'de With Scarfs and Garters as you please and Hey for our Town cry'd March out and shew your willing minds by twenty and by twenty To Hogsdon or to Newington where Ale and Cakes are plenty And let it nere be said for shame that we the youths of London Lay thruming of our caps at home and left our custom undone Vp then I say both young and old both man and maid a Maying With Drums and Guns that bounce aloud and merry Taber playing Which to prolong God save our King and send his Countrey peace And root out Treason from the Land and so my friends I cease Finis Act. 4. Actus Quintus Scaena Prima Enter Merchant solus Merch. I will have no great store of company at the wedding a couple of neighbors and their wives and we will have a Capon in stewed broth with marrow and a good piece of beef stuck with Rose-mary Enter Jasper and his face mealed Jasp Forbear thy pains fond man It is too late Merch. Heaven bless me Jasper Jasp
I I am his Ghost Whom thou hast injur'd for his constant love Fond worldly wretch who dost not understand In death that true hearts cannot parted be First know thy daughter is quite born away On wings on Angels through the liquid Ayre Too far out of thy reach and never more Shalt thou behold her face But she and I Will in another world enjoy our loves Where neither fathers anger poverty Nor any cross that troubles earthly men Shall make us sever our united hearts And never shalt thou sit or be alone In any place but I will visit thee With gastly looks and put into thy mind The great offences which thou didst to me When thou art at thy Table with thy friends Merry in heart and sild with swelling wine I 'll come in midst of all thy pride and mirth Invisible to all men but thy self And whisper such a sad tale in thine ear Shall make thee let the Cup fall from thy hand And stand as mute and pale as Death it self Merch. Forgive me Jasper Oh! what might I do Tell me to satisfie thy troubled Ghost Jasp There is no means too late thou thinkst on this Mer. But tell me what were best for me to do Jasp Repent thy deed and satisfie my father And beat fond Humphrey out of thy doors Exit Jasp Enter Humphrey Wife Look George his very Ghost would have folks beaten Hum. Father my bride is gone fair Mistris Luce My soul 's the font of vengeance mischiefs sluce Mer. Hence fool out of my sight with thy fond passion Thou hast undone me Hum. Hold my father dear For Luce thy daughters sake that had no peer Mer. Thy father fool there 's some blows more begon Jasper I hope thy Ghost be well appeased To see thy will perform'd now I 'll go To satisfie thy father for thy wrongs Exit Hum. What shall I do I have been beaten twice And Mistris Luce is gone help me device Since my true-love is gone I never more Whilst I do live upon the Skie will pore But in the dark will wear out my shoo-soles In passion in Saint Faiths Church under Pauls Exit Wife George call Rafe hither if you love me call Rafe hither I have the bravest thing for him to do George prethee call him quickly Cit. Rafe why Rafe boy Enter Rafe Rafe Here Sir Cit. Come hither Rafe come to thy Mistris Boy Wife Rafe I would have thee call all the youths together in battle-ray with Drums and Guns and flags and march to Mile-end in pompous fashion and there exhort your Souldiers to be merry and wise and to keep their beards from burning Rafe and then skirmish and let your flags fly and cry kill kill kill my husband shall lend you his Jerkin Rafe and there 's a Scarfe for the rest the house shall furnish you and we 'll pay for 't do it bravely Rafe and think before whom you perform and what person you represent Rafe I warrant you Mistress if I do it not for the honor of the City and the credit of my Master let me never hope for freedome Wife 'T is well spoken i'faith go thy waies thou art a spark indeed Cit. Ralph double your files bravely Ralph Ralph I warrant you Sir Exit Ralph Cit. Let him look narrowly to his service I shall take him else I was there my self a Pike-man once in the hottest of the day wench had my feather shot shaer away the fringe of my pike burnt off with powder my pate broken with a scouring-stick and yet I thank God I am here Drum within Wife Hark George the Drums Cit Ran tan tan tan ran tan Oh wench an thou hadst but seen little Ned of Aldgate drum Ned how he made it roar again and laid on like a tyrant and then struck softly till the Ward came up and then thundred again and together we go sa sa sa bounce quoth the Guns courage my hearts quoth the Captains Saint George quoth the pike-men and withal here they lay and there they lay And yet for all this I am here wench Wife Be thankful for it George for indeed 't is wonderful Enter Ralph and his company with Drums and Colours Ralph March fair my hearts Lieutenant beat the rear up Ancient let your Colours flie but have a great care of the Butchers hooks at White-Chappel they have been the death of many a fair Ancient Open your files that I may take a view both of your persons and munition Serjeant call a Muster Serg. A stand William Hamerton Pewterer Ham. Here Captain Ralph A Corslet and a Spanish Pike 't is well can you shake it with a terror Ham. I hope so Captain Ralph Charge upon me 't is with the weakest put more strength William Hamerton more strength as you were again proceed Serjeant Serj. George Green-goose Poulterer Green Here. Ralph Let me see your Peece neighbor Green-goose when was she shot in Green And like you master Captain I made a shot even now partly to scour her and partly for audacity Ralph It should seem so certainly for her breath is yet inflamed besides there is a main fault in the touch-hole it runs and stinketh and I tell you moreover and believe it Ten such touch-holes would breed the Pox in the Army Get you a Feather neighbor get you a Feather sweet Oil and Paper and your Peece may do well enough yet Where 's your Powder Green Here. Ralph What in a Paper As I am a Soldier and a Gentleman it craves a Martial Court you ought to die for 't Where 's your horn answer me to that Green An 't like you Sir I was oblivious Ralph It likes me not it should be so 't is a shame for you and a scandal to all our Neighbors being a man of worth and estimation to leave your horn behind you I am afraid 't will breed example But let me tell you no more on 't stand till I view you all What 's become o' th' nose of your flaske 1 Sold. Indeed law Captain 't was blown away with powder Ralph Put on a new one at the Cities Charge Where 's the stone of this Peece 2 Sold. The Drummer took it out to light Tobacco Ralph 'T is a fault my friend put it in again you want a Nose and you a Stone Serjeant take a note on 't for I mean to stop it in the pay Remove and march soft and fair Gentlemen soft and fair double and files as you were faces about Now you with the sodden face keep in there look to your Match sirrah it will be in your fellows flask anon So make a Crescent now advance your Pikes stand and give ear Gentlemen Countrey-men Friends and my fellow-Soldiers I have brought you this day from the Shop of Security and the Counters of Content to measure out in these furious fields Honor by the ell and Prowess by the pound Let it not O let it not I say be told hereafter the noble issue of
own advice My friends engag'd too Jul. You stand further bound Than to weak men that have betrai'd themselves Or to my counsel though then just and loyal Your phansie hath been good but not your judgement In choice of such to side you will you leap From a steep Tower because a desperate fool Does it and trusts the wind to save his hazard There 's more expected from you all mens eies are fixt On Virolet to help not hurt them Make good their hopes and ours you have sworn often That you dare credit me and allow'd me wise Although a woman even Kings in great actions Wait opportunity and so must you Sir Or loose your understanding Vir. Thou art constant I am uncertain fool a most blind fool Be thou my guide Jul. If I fail to direct you For torment or reward when I am wretched May constancy forsake me Vir. I 've my safety Enter Castruchio and Villio Vil. Why are you rapt thus Cast Peace thou art a fool Vil. But if I were a flatterer like your worship I should be wise and rich too There are few else that prosper Bawds excepted They hold an equal place there Cast A shrewd knave But oh the King the happy King Vil. Why happy In bearing a great burthen Cast What bears he That 's born on Princes shoulders Vil. A Crowns weight Which sets more heavy on his head than the Oar Slaves dig out of the Mines of which 't is made Cast Thou worthily art his fool to think that heavy That carries him in the air the reverence due To that most sacred Gold makes him ador'd His Footsteps kist his smiles to raise a begger To a Lords fortune and when he but frowns The City quakes Vil. Or the poor Cuckolds in it Coxcombs I should say I am of a fool Grown a Philosopher to hear this parasite Cast The delicates he is serv'd with see and envy Vil. I had rather have an Onion with a stomack Than these without one Cast The Celestial Musick Such as the motion of the eternal sphears Still musick Yields Jove when he drinks Nectar Vil. Here 's a fine knave yet hath too many fellows Cast Then the beauties That with variety of chice embraces These pass o'r Renew his age Vil. Help him to crouch rather And the French Cringe they are excellent Surgeons that way Cast Oh Majesty let others think of heaven While I contemplate thee Vil. This is not Atheisme but Court observance Cast Now the God appears usher'd with earth-quakes Vil. Base Idolatry Flourish Enter Ferrand Guard Women Servants Fer. These meats are poisoned hang The Cooks no note more on Forfeit of your fingers do you Envie me a minutes slumber what are these 1 Gu. The Ladies appointed by your Majesty Fer. To the purpose for what appointed 1 Gu. For your graces pleasure Fer. To suck away the little blood is left me By my continual cares I am not apt now Injoy them first taste of my Diet once And your turns serv'd for fifty Crowns apiece Their Husbands may redeem them Wo. Great Sir mercy Fer. I am deaf why stare you is what we command To be disputed who 's this bring you the dead T' upbraid me to my face Cast Hold Emperor Hold mightiest of Kings I am thy vassal Thy footstool that durst not presume to look On thy offended face Fer. Castruchio rise Cast Let not the lightning of thy eie consume me Nor hear that musical tongue in dreadful thunder That speaks all mercy Vil. Here 's no flattering rogue Cast Ferrand that is the Father of his people The glory of mankind Fer. No more no word more And while I tell my troubles to my self Be Statues without motion of voice Though to be flatter'd is an itch to greatness It now offends me Vil. Here 's the happy man But speak who dares Fer. When I was innocent I yet remember I could eat and sleep Walk unaffrighted but now terrible to others My guards cannot keep fear from me It still pursues me Oh! my wounded conscience The Bed I would rest in is stuft with thorns The grounds strew'd o'r with adders and with aspicks Where e'r I set my foot but I am in And what was got with cruelty with blood Must be defended though this life 's a hell I fear a worse hereafter Ha! Enter Ronvere and Guard Ron. My Lord. Fer. Welcome Ronvere welcome my golden plummer With which I sound mine enemies depths and angers Hast thou discover'd Ron. All as you could wish Sir The Plot and the contrivers was made one Of the conspiracie Fer. Is Virolet in Ron. The head of all he only scented me And from his fear that I plaid false is fled The rest I have in fetters Fer. Death and Hell Next to my mortal foe the pirate Sesse I aim'd at him he 's virtuous and wise A lover of his freedom and his Countries Dangerous to such as govern by the sword And so to me no tract which way he went No means to overtake him Ron. There 's some hope left But with a rough hand to be seiz'd upon Fer. What is' t Ron. If any know or where he is Or which way he is fled it is his wife Her with his Father I have apprehended And brought among the rest Fer. 'T was wisely order'd Go fetch them in and let my executioners Exit Ronvere Appear in horror with the rack Vil. I take it Signior this is no time for you to flatter Or me to fool in Cast Thou art wise in this let 's off it is unsafe to be near Jove When he begins to thunder Vil. Good morality Exit Fer. I that have pierc'd into the hearts of men Forc'd them to lay open with my looks Secrets whose least discovery was death Will rend for what concerns my life the fortress Of a weak womans faith Enter Ronvere Guard Executioners with a Rack Camillo Brissonet Pandulfo Juliana Ca. What e're we suffer The weight that loads a Traitors Heart sits ever heavy on thine Briss As we are caught by thee Fall thou by others Ron. Pish poor fools your curses will Never reach me Jul. Now by my Virolets life Father this is a glorious stage of murther Here are fine properties too and such spectators As will expect good action to the life Let us perform our parts and we shall live When these are rotten would we might begin once Are you the Master of the company Troth you are tedious now Fer. She does deride me Jul. Thee and thy power if one poor syllable Could win me an assurance of thy favor I would not speak it I desire to be The great example of thy cruelty To whet which on know Ferrand I alone Can make discovery where my Virolet is Whose life I know thou aim'st at but if tortures Compel me to 't may hope of heaven forsake me I dare thy worst Fer. Are we contemn'd Jul. Thou art Thou and thy Ministers my life is thine But in the death of victory
to put to silence A fawning sycophant Fer. Thou speak'st truth in all And mercy is a vice when there needs rigor Which I with all severity will practice And since as subjects they pay not obedience They shall be forc'd as slaves I will remove Their means to hurt and with the means my fears Goe you the fatal executioners Of my commands and in our name proclaim That from this hour I do forbid all meetings All private conferences in the City To feast a neighbor shall be death to talk As they meet in the streets to hold discourse By writing nay by signs see this perform'd And I will call your cruelty to those That dare repine at this to me true service 1 Gard. This makes for us 2 Gard. I now we have employments If we grow not rich 't were fit we should be beggars Fer. Ronvere Exit Guard Ron. My Lord. Cast Thou enemy to Majesty What think'st thou of a kingdom Vil. As of a man That hath power to do ill Cast Or a thing rather That does divide an Empire with the gods Observe but with how little breath he shakes A populous City which would stand unmov'd Against a whirlwind Vil. Then you make him more Than him that rules the winds Cast For me I do profess it Were I offer'd to be any thing on earth I would be mighty Ferrant Fer. who names me Deliver thy thoughts slave thy thoughts and truly Or be no more Cast They rather will deserve Your favour than your fury I admire As who does not that is a loyal subject Your wisdom power your perfect happiness The most blest of mankind Fer. Didst thou but feel The weighty sorrows that fit on a Crown Though thou shouldst find one in the streets Castruccio Thou wouldst not think it worth the taking up But since thou art enamour'd of my fortune Thou shalt e'r long taste of it Cast But one day And then let me expire Fer. Goe to my Wardrobe And of the richest things I wear cull out What thou thinkst fit do you attend him sirrah Vil. I warrant you I shall be at his elbow The fool will never leave him Exit Cast Villio Cast Made for ever A shout within Fer. What shout is that draw up our Guards Enter Virolet Ascanio and a Servant Ron. Those rather Speak joy than danger Bring her to my house I would not have her seen here Fer. My Ascanio The most desir'd of all men let me die In these embraces how wert thou redeem'd Asc Sir this is my preserver Fer. At more leisure I will enquire the manner and the means I cannot spare so much time now from my More strickt embraces Virolet welcome too This service weighs down your intended Treason You long have been mine enemy learn now To be my friend and loyal I ask no more And live as free as Ferrant let him have The forty thousand crowns I gladly promis'd For my Ascanio's freedom and deliver His Father and his wife to him in safety Something hath passed which I am sorry for But 't will not now be help'd come my Ascanio And reap the harvest of my winter travels Flourish Cornets My best Ascanio my lov'd Ascanio Vir. My Lord all former passages forgot Exit Fer. Ascanio I am become a suitor Ron. To me Virolet Vir. To you yet will not beg the courtesie But largely pay you for it Ron. To the purpose Vir. The forty thousand crowns the King hath given me I will bestow on you if by your means I may have liberty for a divorce Between me and my wife Ron. Your Juliano That for you hath indur'd so much so nobly Vir. The more my sorrow but it must be so Ron. I will not hinder it without a bribe For mine own ends I would have further'd this I will use all my power Vir. 'T is all I aske Oh my curs'd fate that ever man should hate Himself for being belov'd or be compell'd To cast away a Jewel Kings would buy Though with the loss of Crown and Monarchy Exeunt Enter Sesse Master Boatswain Gunner Sesse How do I look Mast You are so strangely alter'd We scarce can know you so young again and utterly From that you were figure or any favour Your friends cannot discern you Sesse I have none None but my fair revenge and let that know me You are finely alter'd too Boats To please your humour But we may pass without disguise our living Was never in their element Gun This Jew sure That alter'd you is a mad knave Ses Oh! a most excellent fellow Gun How he has mew'd your head has rub'd the snow off And run your beard into a peak of twenty Boats Stopt all the crannies in your face Mast Most rarely Boats And now you look as plump your eies as sparkling As if you were to leap into a Ladies saddle Has he not set your nose awry Ses The better Boats I think it be the better but 't is awry sure North and by East I there 's the point it stands in Now halfe a point to the Southward Ses I could laugh But that my business requires no mirth now Thou art a merry fellow Boats I would the Jew Sir Could steer my head right for I have such a swimming in 't Ever since I went to Sea first Mast Take Wine and purge it Boats I have had a thousand pils of Sack a thousand A thousand pottle Pills Gun Take more Boats Good Doctor Your patient is easily perswaded Mast The next fair open weather Methinks this Jew If he were truly known to founder'd Courtiers And decay'd Ladies that have lost their fleeces On every bush he might pick a pretty living Boats The best of all our gallants should be glad of him For if you mark their marches they are tender Soft soft and tender then but observe their bodies And you shall find 'em cemented by a Surgeon Or some Physitian for a year or two And then to th' tub again for a new pickle This Jew might live a Gentile here Ent. 2 Cittizens at both doors saluting afar off Ses What are these Stand câ—ose and mark Boats These are no men th' are motions Ses What sad and ruthful faces Boats How they duck This senceless silent courtesie methinks Shews like two Turks saluting one another Upon two French Porters backs Ses They are my Countrey-men And this some forc'd infliction from the tyrant What are you why is this why move thus silent As if you were wandring shadows why so sad Your tongues seal'd up are ye of several Countries You understand not one another Gun That 's an Englishman He looks as though he had lost his dog Ses Your habits Shew ye all Neopolitanes and your faces Deliver you oppressed things speak boldly Do you groan and labor under this stiff yoak Mast They shake their heads and weep Ses Oh misery Give plenteous sorrow and no tongues to shew ' em This is a studied cruelty 1 Cit. Begone Sir t seems you
cause to love those wanton motions They having hope you to an excellent whipping For doing something I but put you in mind of it With the Indian Maid the Governor sent my mother From Mexico Bob. Why I but taught her a Spanish trick in charity and holpe the King to a subject that may live to take Grave Maurice prisoner and that was more good to the State than a thousand such as you are ever like to doe and I will tell you in a fatherly care of the Infant I speak it if he live as bless the babe in passion I remember him to your years shall he spend his time in pinning painting purling and perfuming as you do no he shall to the wars use his Spanish Pike though with the danger of the lash as his father has done and when he is provoked as I am now draw his Toledo desperately as Luc. You will not kill me oh Bob. I knew this would silence him how he hides his eies If he were a wench now as he seems what an advantage Had I drawing two Toledo's when one can do this But oh me my Lady I must put up young Master I did but jest Oh custom what hast thou made of him Enter Eugenia and Servants Eug. For bringing this be still my friend no more A servant to me Bob. What 's the matter Eug. Here Even here where I am happy to receive Assurance of my Alvarez return I will kneel down and may those holy thoughts That now possess me wholly make this place A Temple to me where I may give thanks For this unhop'd for blessing Heavens kind hand Hath pour'd upon me Luc. Let my duty Madam Presume if you have cause of joy to intreat I may share in it Bob. 'T is well he has forgot how I frighted him yet Eug. Thou shalt but first kneel with me Lucio No more Posthumia now thou hast a Father A Father living to take off that name Which my too credulous fears that he was dead Bestow'd upon thee thou shalt see him Lucio And make him young again by seeing thee Who only hadst a being in my Womb When he went from me Lucio Oh my joyes So far transport me that I must forget The ornaments of Matrons modesty And grave behaviour but let all forgive me If in th' expression of my soul's best comfort Though old I do a while forget mine age And play the wanton in the entertainment Of those delights I have so long despair'd of Luc. Shall I then see my Father Eug. This hour Lucio Which reckon the beginning of thy life I mean that life in which thou shalt appear To be such as I brought thee forth a man This womanish disguise in which I have So long conceal'd thee thou shalt now cast off And change those qualities thou didst learn from me For masculine virtues for which seek no tutor But let thy fathers actions be thy precepts And for thee Zancho now expect reward For thy true service Bob. Shall I you hear fellow Stephano learn to know me more respectively how dost thou think I shall become the Stewards chair ha will not these slender hanches show well with a chain and a gold night-Cap after supper when I take the accompts Eug. Haste and take down those Blacks with which my chamber Hath like the widow her sad Mistriss mourn'd And hang up for it the rich Persian Arras Us'd on my wedding night for this to me Shall be a second marriage send for Musique And will the Cooks to use their best of cunning To please the palat Bob. Will your Ladyship have a Potato-pie 't is a good stirring dish for an old Lady after a long Lent Eug. Begone I say why Sir you can goe faster Bob. I could Madam but I am now to practise the Stewards pace that 's the reward I look for every man must fashion his gate according to his calling you fellow Stephano may walk faster to overtake preferment so usher me Luc. Pray Madam let the wastcoat I last wrought Be made up for my Father I will have A Cap and Boot-hose sutable to it Eug. Of that We 'll think hereafter Lucio our thoughts now Must have no object but thy Fathers welcome To which thy help Luc. With humble gladness Madam Exeunt Scaena Tertia Enter Alvarez Clara. Alv. Where lost we Syavedra Cla. He was met Ent'ring the City by some Gentlemen Kinsmen as he said of his own with whom For compliment sake for so I think he term'd it He was compell'd to stay though I much wonder A man that knows to do and has done well In the head of his troop when the bold foe charg'd home Can learn so sodainly to abuse his time In apish entertainment for my part By all the glorious rewards of war I had rather meet ten enemies in the field All sworn to fetch my head than be brought on To change an hours discourse with one of these Smooth City-fools or Tissue-Cavaliers The only Gallants as they wisely think To get a Jewel or a wanton Kiss From a Court-lip though painted Alv. My Love Clara For Lucio is a name thou must forget With Lucio's bold behaviour though thy breeding I' th' Camp may plead something in the excuse Of thy rough manners custom having chang'd Though not thy Sex the softnest of thy nature And fortune then a cruel stepdame to thee Impos'd upon thy tender sweetness burthens Of hunger cold wounds want such as would crack The sinews of a man not born a Soldier Yet now she smiles and like a natural mother Looks gently on thee Clara entertain Her proffer'd bounties with a willing bosom Thou shalt no more have need to use thy sword Thy beauty which even Belgia hath not alter'd Shall be a stronger guard to keep my Clara Than that has been though never us'd but nobly And know thus much Cla. Sir I know only that It stands not with my duty to gain-say you In any thing I must and will put on What fashion you think best though I could wish I were what I appear Alv. Endeavour rather Musick To be what you are Clara entring here As you were born a woman Enter Eugenia Lucio Servants Eug. Let choice Musick In the best voice that e'er touch'd humane ear For joy hath ti'd my tongue up speak your welcome Alv. My soul for thou giv'st new life to my spirit Myriads of joyes though short in number of Thy virtues fall on thee Oh my Eugenia Th' assurance that I do embrace thee makes My twenty years of â—orrow but a dream And by the Nectar which I take from these I feel my age restor'd and like old Aeson Grow young again Eug. My Lord long wish'd for welcome 'T is a sweet briefness yet in that short word All pleasures which I may call mine begin And may they long increase before they find A second period let mine eies now surfeit On this so wish'd for object and my lips Yet modestly pay back
Above there Enter Maria and Byancha above Mar. Chevai'a Liv. A friend By. Who are you Liv. Look out and know Mar. Alas poor wench who sent thee What weak fool made thy tongue his Orator I know you come to parly Liv. Y' are deceiv'd Urg'd by the goodness of your cause I come To do as you do Mar. Y' are too weak too foolish To cheat us with your smoothness do not we know Thou hast been kept up tame Liv. Believe me Mar. No prethee good Livia Utter thy Eloquence somewhere else By. Good Cosin Put up your Pipes we are not for your palate Alas we know who sent you Liv. O' my word By. Stay there you must not think your word Or by your Maidenhead or such Sunday oaths Sworn after Even-Song can inveigle us To losâ— our hand-fast did their wisdoms think That sent you hither we would be so foolish To entertain our gentle Sister Sinon And give her credit while the wooden Jade Petruchio stole upon us no good Sister Go home and tell the merry Greeks that sent you Ilium shall burn and I as did Aeneas Will on my back spite of the Myrmidons Carry this warlike Lady and through Seas Unknown and unbeliev'd seek out a Land Where like a race of noble Amazons We 'll rooâ— our selves and to our endless glory Live and despise base men Liv. I 'll second ye By. How long have you been thus Liv. That 's all one Cosin I stand for freedom now By. Take heed of lying For by this light if we do credit you And find you tripping his infliction That kill'd the Prince of Orange will be sport To what we purpose Liv. Let me feel the heaviest Mar. Swear by thy Sweet-heart Rowland for by your maiden-head I fear 't will be too late to swear you mean Nothing but fair and safe and honourable To us and to your self Liv. I swear By. Stay yet Swear as you hate Moroso that 's the surest And as you have a certain fear to sind him Worse than a poor dry'd Jack full of more aches Than Autumn has more knavery and usury And foolery and brokery than dogs-ditch As you do constantly believe he 's nothing But an old empty bag with a grey beard And that Beard such a bob-tail that it looks Worse than a Mares tail eaten off with Fillies As you acknowledge that young handsome wench That lies by such a Bilboa blade that bends With ev'ry pass he makes to th' hilts miserable A dry Nurse to his Coughs a fewterer To such a nasty fellow a robb'd thing Of all delights youth looks for and to end One cast away on course beef born to brush That everlasting Cassock that has worn As many Servants out as the Northeast passage Has consum'd Sailors if you swear this and truly Without the reservation of a gown Or any meritorious Petticoat 'T is like we shall believe you Liv. I do swear it Mar. Stay yet a little came this wholsome motion Deal truly Sister from your own opinion Or some suggestion of the Foe Liv. Nev'r fear me For by that little faith I have in Husbands And the great zeal I bear your cause I come Full of that liberty you stand for Sister Mar. If we believe and you prove recreant Livia Think what a maim you give the noble Cause We now stand up for Think what women shall An hundred years hence speak thee when examples Are look'd for and so grâ—at ones whose relations Spoke as we do 'em wench shall make new customs By. If you be false repent go home and pray And to the serious women of the City Confess your self bring not a sin so hainous To load thy soul to this place mark me Livia If thou be'st double and betray'st our honors And we fail in our purpose get thee where There is no women living nor no hope There ever shall be Mar. If a Mothers daughter That ever heard the name of stubborn husband Find thee and know thy sin By. Nay if old age One that has worn away the name of woman And no more left to know her by but railing No teeth nor eyes nor legs but wooden ones Come but i' th' wind-ward of thee for sure she 'll smell theâ— Thou 'lt be so rank she 'll ride thee like a night-Mare And say her Prayers back-ward to undo thee She 'll curse thy meat and drink and when thou marriest Clap a sound spell for ever on thy pleasures Mar. Children of five year old like little Fairies Will pinch thee into motley all that ever Shall live and hear of thee I mean all women Will like so many furies shake their keys And toss their flaming distaffs o'r their heads Crying revenge take heed 't is hideous Oh 't is a fearful office if thou hadst Though thou be'st perfect now when thou cam'st hither A false imagination get thee gone And as my learned Cosin said repent This place is sought by soundness Liv. So I seek it Or let me be a most despis'd example Mar. I do believe thee be thou worthy of it You come not empty Liv. No here 's Cakes and cold meat And Tripe of proof behold here 's Wine and Beer Be suddain I shall be surpriz'd else Mar. Meet at the low parlour door there lies a close way What fond obedience you have living in you Or duty to a man before you enter Fling it away 't will but defile our Off'rings By. Be wary as you come Liv. I warrant ye Exeunt Scaena Tertia Enter three Maids 1 Mai. How goes your business Girls 2. A foot and fair 3. If fortune favour us away to your strength The Countrey Forces are arriv'd be gone We are discover'd else 1. Arm and be valiant 2. Think of our cause 3. Our Justice 1. 'T is sufficient Exeunt Scaene Quarta Enter Rowland and Tranio at several doors Tra. Now Rowland Row How doe you Tra. How dost thou man Thou look'st ill Bow Yes pray can you tell me Tranio Who knew the devil first Tra. A woman Row So. Were they not well acquainted Tra. May be so For they had certain Dialogues together Row He sold her fruit I take it Tra. Yes and Cheese That choak'd all mankind after Row Canst thou tell me Whether that woman ever had a faith After she had eaten Tra. That 's a School-question Row No 'T is no question for believe me Tranio That cold fruit after eating breâ—d naught in her But windy promises and chollick vows That broke out both ways Row Thou hast heard I am sure Of Esculapius a far famed Surgeon One that could set together quarter'd Traitors And make 'em honest men Tra. How dost thou Rowland Row Let him but take if be dare do a cure Shall get him fame indeed a faithless woman There will be credit for him that will speak him A broken woman Tranio a base woman And if he can cure such a rack of honor Let him come here and practice Tra. Now for honors
the length That fault 's reform'd and now 't is to be try'd Before such Judges 't will not be deny'd A free and noble hearing nor fear I But 't will deserve to have free liberty And give you cause and with content to say Their care was good that did revive this Play Actus Primus Scaena Prima Enter Richardo and Viola Rich. LEt us make use of this stolen privacy And not loose time in protestation Mistriss For 't were in me a kind of breach of faith To say again I love you Vio. Sweet speak softly For though the venture of your love to me Meets with a willing and a full return Should it arrive unto my Fathers knowledge This were our last discourse Rich. How shall he know it Vio. His watching cares are such for my advancement That every where his eye is fix'd upon me This night that does afford us some small freedom At the request and much intreaty of The Mistriss of the House was hardly given me For I am never suffer'd to stir out But he hath spies upon me yet I know not You have so won upon me that could I think You would love faithfully though to entertain Another thought of you would be my death I should adventure on his utmost anger Rich. Why do you think I can be false Vio. No faith You 'ave an honest face but if you should Rich. Let all the stor'd vengeance of heaven's justice Vio. No more I do believe you the dance ended Which this free womans ghests have vow d to have E'r they depart I will make home and store me With all the Jewels Chains and Gold are trusted Unto my custody and at the next corner To my Fathers house before one at the farthest Be ready to receive me Rich. I desire No bond beyond your promise let 's go in To talk thus much before the door may breed Suspition Enter Mercury and Antonio talking Vio. Here are company too Rich. Away Those powers that prosper true and honest loves Will bless our undertakings Vio. 'T is my wish Sir Exit Rich. and Viol. Mer. Nay Sir excuse me I have drawn you to Too much expence already in my travel And you have been too forward in your love To make my wants your own allow me manners Which you must grant I want should I increase The bond in which your courtesies have ti'd me By still consuming you give me leave To take mine own ways now and I shall often With willingness come to visit you and then thank you Ant. By this hand I could be angry what do you think me Must we that have so long time been as one Seen Cities Countreys Kingdoms and their wonders Been bedfellows and in our various journey Mixt all our observations part as if We were two Carriers at two several ways And as the fore-horse guides cry God be with you Without or compliment or ceremony In Travellers that know transalpine garbs Though our designs are nee'r so serious friend â—t were a capital crime it must not be Nay what is more you shall not you e'r long â—hall see my house and find what I call mine Is wholly at your service Mer. 'T is this tires me Sir I were easily woo'd if nothing else But my Will lay in the choice but 't is not so My friends and kindred that have part of me And such on whom my chiefest hopes depend Justly expect the tender of my love After my travel then mine own honesty Tells me 't is poor having indifferent means To keep me in my quality and rank At my return to tire anothers bounty And let mine own grow lusty pardon me Ant. I will not cannot to conclude I dare not Can any thing conferr'd upon my friend Be burthensome to me for this excuse Had I no reason else you should not leave me By a travellers faith you should not I have said And then you know my humor there 's no contending Mer. Is there no way to ' scape this Inundation I shall be drown'd with folly if I go And after nine days men may take me up With my gall broken Ant. Are you yet resolv'd Mer. Wou'd you would spare me Ant. By this light I cannot By all that may be sworn by Mer. Patience help me And heaven grant his folly be not catching If it be the Town 's undone I now would give A reasonable sum of gold to any Sheriff That would but lay an execution on me And free me from his company while he was abroad His want of wit and language kept him dumb But Balaam's Asse will speak now without spurring Ant. Speak have I won you Enter Servant and Musician Mer. You are not to be resisted Ser. Be ready I intreat you the dance done Besides a liberal reward I have A bottle of Sherry in my power shall beget New crotchets in your heads Musi Tush fear not us we 'll do our parts Serv. Go in Ant. I know this fellow Belong you to the house Serv. I serve the Mistriss Ant. Pretty and short pray you Sir then inform her Two Gentlemen are covetous to be honor'd With her fair presence Serv. She shall know so much This is a merry night with us and forbid not Welcome to any that looks like a man I 'll guide you the way Ant. Nay follow I have a trick in 't Exit Enter Uberto Silvio Richardo Maria Pedro. Portia Viola with others Vber Come where 's this Masque fairest for our chear Our thanks and service may you long survive To joy in many of these nights Mar. I thank you Vber We must have Musick too or else you give us But half a welcome Mar. Pray you Sir excuse me Silv. By no means Lady Vber We 'll crown our liberal feast With some delightful strain sitting your love And this good company Mar. Since you enforce it I will not plead the excuse of want of skill Or be or nice or curious every year I celebrate my marriage night and will Till I see my absent Husband Vber 'T is fit freedom Silv. Richardo thou art dull Enter Servant Rich. I shall be lighter When I have had a heat Mar. Now Sir the news Serv. Mistriss there are two Gentlemen Mar. Where Serv. Complimenting who should first enter Mar. What are they Serv. Heaven knows but for their strangeness have you never seen a Cat wash her face Vber Yes Serv. Just such a stir they keep if you make but haste You may see 'em yet before they enter Enter Antoniâ— and Mercurie Mer. Let 'em be what they we'll I 'll keep them fair Entertain and gentle welcome Ant. It shall be so Mer. Then let it be your pleasure Ant. Le ts stand aside and you shall see us have Fine sport anon Mer. A fair society do you know these Gentlewomen Ant. Yes Mer. What are they Ant. The second is a neighbors Daughter her name is Viola There is my kinsmans wife Portia her name and a Friend too Mer. Let her
premeditating More than their actions But oh Jove your actions Soon as they move as Asprays do the fish Subdue before they touch think dear Duke think What beds our slain Kings have 2 Qu. What griefs our beds That our dear Lords have none 3. Qu. None fit for th' dead Those that with Cords Knives Drams precipitance Weary of this worlds light have to themselves Been deaths most horrid Agents humane grace Affords them dust and shadow 1 Qu. But our Lords Lie blist'ring 'fore the visitating Sun And were good Kings when living Thes It is true and I will give you comfort To give your dead Lords graves The which to do must make some work with Creon 1 Qu. And that work presents it self to th' doing Now 't will take form the heats are gone to morrow Then bootless toil must recompence it self With its own sweat Now he 's secure Not dretms we stand before your puissance Wrinching our holy begging in our eyes To make petition clear 2 Qu. Now you may take him Drunk with his victory 3 Qu. And his Army full Of Bread and sloth Thes Artesis that best knowest How to draw out fit to this enterprize The prim'st for this proceeding and the number To carry such a business forth and levy Our worthiest Instruments whilst we dispatch This grand act of our life this daring deed Of Fate in wedlock 1 Qu. Dowagers take hands Let us be Widows to our woes delay Commends us to a famishing hope All. Farewell 2 Qu. We come unseasonably But when could grief Cull forth as unpanged judgement can fit'st time For best solicitation Thes Why good Ladies This is a service whereto I am going Greater than any was it more imports me Than all the actions that I have foregone Or futurely can cope 1 Qu. The more proclaiming Our suit shall be neglected when her Arms Able to lock Jove from a Synod shall By warranting Moon-light corslet thee oh when Her twining Cherries shall their sweetness fall Upon thy tastful Lips what wilt thou think Of rotten Kings or blubber'd Queens what care For what thou feel'st not what thou feel'st being able To make Mars spurn his Drâ—m Oh if thou couch But one night with her every hour in 't will Take hostage of thee for a hundred and Thou shalt remember nothing more than what That Banquet bids thee too Hip. Though much unlike You should be so transported as much sorry I should be such a Suitor yet I think Did I not by th' abstaining of my joy Which breeds a deeper longing cure their surfeit That craves a present med'cine I should pluck All Ladies scandal on me Therefore Sir As I shall here make trial of my Prayers Either presuming them to have some force Or sentencing for ay their vigor dumb Prorogue this business we are going about and hang Your Shield afore your heart about that neck Which is my Fee and which I freely lend To do these poor Queens service All Queens Oh help now Our Cause cries for your knee Emil. If you grant not My Sister her petition in that force With that Celerity and nature which She makes it in from henceforth I 'll not dare To ask you anything nor be so hardy Ever to take a Husband Thes Pray stand up I am intreating of my self to do That which you kneel to have me Pyrithous Lead on the Bride get you and pray the gods For success and return omit not any thing In the pretended Celebration Queens Follow your Soldier as before hence you And at the banks of Anly meet us with The forces you can raise where we shall find The moiety of a number for a business More bigger look't since that our Theme is haste I stamp this kiss uppon thy currant Lip Sweet keep it as my token set you forward For I will see you gone Exeunt towards the Temple Farewel my beauteous Sister Pyrithous Keep the Feast full bate not an hour on 't Pyri Sir I 'll ollow you at heels The Feasts solemnity Shall want till your return Thes Cosin I charge you Budge not from Atheus we shall be returning E'r â—ou can end this Feast of which I pray you Ma e no abatement once more farewel all 1 Qu. Thus dost thou still make good the tongue o' th' world 1 Qu. And earnst a Deity equal with Mars 3 Qu. If not above him for Thou being but mortal makest affections bend To godlike honors they themselves some say Groan under such a Mast'ry Thes As we are men Thus should we doe being sensually subdu'd We loose our humane Title good cheer Ladies Florish Now turn we towards our Comforts Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Palamon and Arcite Arcite Dear Palamon dearer in Love than Blood And our prime Cosin yet unhard'ned in The Crimes of nature Let us leave the City Thebs and the temptings in 't before we further Sully our gloss of youth And here to keep in abstinence we shame As in Incontinence for not to swim I' th' aid o' th' current were almost to sink At least to frustrate striving and to follow The common stream 't would bring us to an Eddy Where we should turn or drown if labour through Our gain but life and weakness Pal. Your advice Is cry'd up with example what strange ruins Since first we went to School may we perceive Walking in Thebs Skars and bare weeds The gain o' th' Martialist who did propound To his bold ends honor and golden Ingots Which though he won he had not and now flurted By peace for whom he fought who then shall offer To Mars's so scorn'd Altar I doe bleed When such I meet and wish great Juno would Resume her antient fit of jealousie To get the Soldier work that peace might purge For her repletion and retain anew Her charitable heart now hard and harsher Than strife or war could be Arcite Are you not out Meet you no ruin but the Soldier in The crancks and turns of Thebs you did begin As if you met decaies of many kinds Perceive you none that do arouse your pity But th' unconsider'd Soldier Pal. Yes I pity Decaies where-e'er I find them but such most That sweating in an honourable toil Are paid with Ice to cool ' em Arcite 'T is not this I did begin to speak of this is virtue Of no respect in Thebs I spake of Thebs How dangerous if we will keep our honors It is for our residing where every evil Hath a good colour where ev'ry seeming good 's A certain evil where not to be ev'n jump As they are here were to be strangers and Such things to be meer Monsters Pal. 'T is in our power Unless we fear that Apes can Tutor's to Be Masters of our manners what need I Affect anothers gate which is not catching Where there is faith or to be fond upon Anothers way of speech when by mine own I may be reasonably conceiv'd sav'd too Speaking it truly why am I bound By any
guard Can put back from access whose tongue no threats Nor praises can silence a bold suitor and For that which if you are your self a King You were made so to grant it Justice Justice Thier. With what assurance dare you hope for that Which is deny'd to me or how can I Stand bound to be just unto such as are Beneath me that find none from those that are Above me Memb. There is justice 't were unfit That any thing but vengeance should fall on him That by his giving way to more than murther For my dear fathers death was parricide Makes it his own Brun. I charge you hear her not Memb. Hell cannot stop just prayers from ent'ring heaven I must and will be heard Sir but remember That he that by her plot fell was your brother And the place where your Palace against all Th' inviolable rites of hospitality Your word a Kings word given up for his safety His innocence his protection and the gods bound to revenge the impious breach of such So great and sacred bonds and can you wonder That in not punishing such a horrid murther You did it that heavens favour is gone from you Which never will return until his bloud Be wash'd away in hers Brun. Drag hence the wretch Thier. Forbear with what variety Of torments do I meet oh thou hast open'd A Book in which writ down in bloudy Letters My conscience finds that I am worthy of More than I undergoe but I 'll begin For my Ordella's sake and for thine own To make less heavens great anger thou hast lost A father I to thee am so the hope Of a good Husband in me have one nor Be fearful I am still no man already That weakness is gone from me Brun. That it might Aside Have ever grown inseparably upon thee What will you do Is such a thing as this Worthy the lov'd Ordella's place the daughter Of a poor Gardener Memb. Your Son Thier. The power To take away that lowness is in me Brun. Stay yet for rather than thou shalt add Incest unto thy other sins I will With hazard of my own life utter all Theodoret was thy Brother Thier. You deny'd it Upon your oath nor will I now believe you Your Protean turnings cannot change my purpose Memb. And for me be assur'd the means to be Reveng'd on thee vile hag admits no thought But what tends to it Brun. Is it come to that Then have at the last refuge art thou grown Insensible in all that thou goest on Without the least compunction there take that To witness that thou hadst a mother which Foresaw thy cause of grief and sad repentance That so soon after blest Ordella's death Without a tear thou canst imbrace another Forgetful man Thier. Mine eyes when she is nam'd Cannot forget their tribute and your gift Is not unuseful now Lecu. He 's past all cure that only touch is death Thier. This night I 'll keep it To morrow I will send it you and full of my affliction Exit Thierry Brun. Is the poison mortal Lecu. Above the help of Physick Brun. To my wish Now for our own security you Protaldye Shall this night post towards Austracia With Letters to Theodorets bastard son In which we will make known what for his rising We have done to Thierry no denial Nor no excuse in such acts must be thought of Which all dislike and all again commend When they are brought unto a happy end Exeunt Actus Quintus Scaena Prima Enter Devitry and four Soldiers Devi NO War no Money no Master banish'd the Court not trusted in the City whipt out of the Countrey in what a triangle runs our misery let me hear which of you has the best voice to beg in for other hopes or fortunes I see you have not be not nice nature provided you with tones for the purpose the peoples charity was your heritage and I would see which of you deserves his birth-right Omnes We understand you not Captain Devit You see this cardicue the last and the only quintessence of 50 Crowns distill'd in the limbeck of your gardage of which happy piece thou shalt be treasurer now he that can soonest perswade him to part with 't enjoyes it possesses it and with it me and my future countenance 1. If they want Art to perswade it I 'll keep it my self Devit So you be not a partial judge in your own cause you shall Omnes A match 2. I 'll begin to you brave Sir be proud to make him happy by your liberality whose tongue vouchsafes now to petition was never heard before less than to command I am a Soldier by profession a Gentleman by birth and an Officer by place whose poverty blushes to be the cause that so high a virtue should descend to the pity of your charity 1. In any case keep your high stile it is not charity to shame any man much less a virtue of your eminence wherefore preserve your worth and I 'll preserve my money 3. You perswade you are shallow give way to merit ah by the bread of a good man thou hast a bonny countenance and a blith promising mickle good to a sicker womb that has trode a long and a fore ground to meet with friends that will owe much to thy reverence when they shall hear of thy courtesie to their wandring countreyman 1. You that will use your friends so hardly to bring them in debt Sir will deserve worse of a stranger wherefore pead on pead on I say 4. It is the Welch must do 't I see comrade man of urship St. Tavy be her Patron the gods of the mountains keep her cow and her cupboard may she never want the green of the Leek and the fat of the Onion if she part with her bounties to him that is a great deal away from her cozines and has two big suits in law to recover her heritage 1. Pardon me Sir I will have nothing to do with your suits it comes within the statute of maintenance home to your cozines and some garlick and hempseed the one will stop your hunger the other end your suits gammawash comrade gammawash 4. ' Foot he 'll hoord all for himself Vitry Yes let him now comes my turn I 'll see if he can answer me save you Sir they say you have that I want Money 1. And that you are like to want for ought I perceive yet Vitry Stand deliver 1. ' Foot what mean you you will not rob the Exchequer Vit. Do you prate 1. Hold hold here Captain 2. Why I could have done this before you 3. And I. 4. And I. Vit. You have done this brave man be proud to make him happy by the bread of God man thou hast a bonny countenance comrade man of urship St. Tavy be her patron out upon you you uncurried colts walking cans that have no souls in you but a little Rosin to keep your ribs sweet and hold in liquor Omnes Why what would
or City La-p. Indeed corruption is a Tree whose branches are of an unmeasurable length they spread every where and the dew that drops from thence hath infected some chairs and stools of authority Mal. Ah Captain lay not all the fault upon Officers you know you can shark tho you be out of action witness Montague Lav. Hang him he 's safe enough you had a hand in it too and have gained by him but I wonder you Citizens that keep so many books and take such strict accounts for every farthing due to you from others reserve not so much as a memorandum for the courtesies you receive Mal. Would you have a Citizen book those thankfulness is a thing we are not sworn to in our Indentures you may as well urge conscience Lav. Talk no more of such vanities Mountague is it recoverably sunk I would we had twenty more to send after him the Snake that would be a Dragon and have wings must eat and what implies that but this that in this Cannibal age he that would have the sute of wealth must not care whom he feeds on and as I have heard no flesh battens better then that of a profest friend and he that would mount to honor must not make dainty to use the head of his mother back of his Father or neck of his Brother for ladders to his preferment for but observe and you shall find for the most part cunning villany sit at a Feast as principal guest and innocent honesty wait as a contemn'd servant with a trencher La-p. The Ladies Enter Montague bare-headed Lamira Lady Orleance Charlotte and Voramour Mont. Do ye smell nothing Char. Not I Sir Mont. The carrion of knaves is very strong in my nostrils Lav. we came to admire and find Fame was a niggard Which we thought prodigal in our report Before we saw you Lam. â—ush Sir this Courtship 's old La-p. I 'll sight for thee sweet wench This is my tongue and woes for me Lam. Good man of War Hands off if you take me it must be by siege Not by an onset and for your valour I Think that I have derseved few enemies And therefore need it not Mal. Thou need'st nothing sweet Lady but an obsequious husband and where wilt thou find him if not in the City We are true Muscovites to our Wives and are never better pleased than when they use us as slaves bridle and Saddle us Have me thou shalt command all my wealth as thine own thou shalt sit like a Queen in my Ware-house And my Factors at the return with my ships shall pay thee tribute of all the rarities of the earth thou shalt wear gold feed on delicates the first Peascods Strawberries Grapes Cherries shall Lam. Be mine I apprehend what you would say Those dainties which the City pays so dear for The Countrey yields for nothing and as early And credit me your far-fet viands please not My appetite better than those that are near hand Then for your promis'd service and subjection To all my humors when I am your wife Which is as it seems is frequent in the City I cannot find what pleasure they receive In using their fond Husbands like their Maids But of this more hereafter I accept Your proffer kindly and yours my house stands open To entertain you take your pleasure in it And ease after your journey La. Orl. Do you note the boldness of the fellows Lam. Alas Madam a Virgin must in this be like a Lawyer And as he takes all Fees she must hear all suitors the One for gain the other for her mirth stay with the Gentlemen we 'll to the Orchards Exeunt Lamira Lady Orleance Vera. and Charl. La-p. What art thou Mont. An honest man though poor And look they like to monsters are they so rare Lav. Rose from the dead Mal. Do you hear Monsieur Serviture didst thou never hear of one Montague a prodigal gull that lives about Paris Mont. So Sir Lav. One that after the loss of his main estate in a Law-sute bought an Office in the Court. La-p. And should have Letters of Mart to have the Spanish treasure as it came from the Indies were not thou and he twins put off thy Hat let me see thy Fore-head Mont. Though you take priviledge to use your tongue I pray you hold your fingers 'T was your base cozenages made me as I am And were you somewhere else I would take off This proud film from your eyes that will not let you Know I am Montague Enter Lamira behind the Arras Lam. I will observe this better Lav. And art thou he I will do thee grace give me thy hand I am glad thou hast taken so good a course serve God and please thy Mistriss if I prove to be thy Master as I am very likely I will do for thee Mal. Faith the fellow 's well made for a Serving-man and will no doubt carry a chine of Beef with a good grace La-p. Prethee be careful of me in my chamber I will remember thee at my departure Mont. All this I can endure under this roof And so much owe I her whose now I am That no wrong shall incense me to molest Her quiet house while you continue here I will not be ashamed to do you service More than to her because such is her pleasure But you that have broke thrice and fourteen times Compounded for two shillings in the pound Know I dare kick you in your shop do you hear If ever I see Paris though an Army Of musty Murrions rusty brown Bills and Clubs Stand for your guard I have heard of your tricks And you that smell of Amber at my charge And triumph in your cheat well I may live To meet thee be it among a troop of such That are upon the fair face of the Court Like running Ulcers and before thy whore Trampel upon thee La-p. This a language for a Livery take heed I am a Captain Mont. A Coxcomb are you not that thou and I To give proof which of us dares most were now In midst of a rough Sea upon a piece Of a split Ship where only one might ride Lamira from the Arras I would but foolish anger makes me talk Like a Player Lam. Indeed you act a part Doth ill become you my servant is this your duty Mont. I crave your pardon and will hereafter be more circumspect Lav. Oh the power of a Womans tongue it hath done more than we three with our swords durst undertake put a mad man to silence Lam. Why sirrah these are none of your comrades To drink with in the Cellar one of them For ought you know may live to be your Master La-p. There 's some comfort yet Lam. Here 's choice of three a wealthy Merchant Mal. Hem she 's taken she hath spy'd my good Calf And many Ladies chuse their Husbands by that Lam. A Courtier that 's in grace a valiant Captain And are these mates for you away be gone
borrow money of you Frig. That 's an excellent motive Rin. No my sweet Don nor to ask what you owe me Frig. Why that is the very motive of motives why I ought and will know thee and if I had not wound thee up to this promise I would not have known thee these fifteen years no more than the errantst or most founder'd Castillian that followed our new Queens Carriages a-foot Rin. Nor for any thing dear Don but that you would place me conveniently to see the Play to night Frig. That shall I Signior Rinaldo but would you had come sooner you see how full the Scaffolds are there is scant room for a Lovers thought here Gentlewomen sit close for shame Has none of ye a little corner for this Gentleman I 'll place ye fear not And how did our brave King of Portugal Emanuel bear himself to day You saw the solemnity of the marriage Rin. Why like a fit Husband for so gracious and excellent a Princess as his worthy mate Isabella the King of Castiles Daughter doth in her very external linaments mixture of colours and joyning Dove like behaviour assure her self to be And I protest my dear Don seriously I can sing prophetically nothing but blessed Hymns and happy occasions to this sacred union of Portugal and Castile which have so wisely and mutually conjoyned two such virtuous and beautiful Princes as these are and in all opinion like to multiply to their very last minute Frig. The King is entring Signior hover here about and as soon as the Train is set clap into me we 'll stand near the State If you have any Creditors here they shall renew bonds a Twelvemonth on such a sight but to touch the pomel of the King's Chair in the sight of a Citizen is better security for a thousand double Duckets than three of the best Merchants in Lisbon Besides Signior we will censure not only the King in the Play here that Reigns his two hours but the King himself that is to rule his life time Take my counsel I have one word to say to this noble Assembly and I am for you Rin. Your method shall govern me Frig. Prologues are bad Huishers before the wise Why may not then an Huisher Prologize Here 's a fair sight and were ye oftner seen Thus gather'd here 't would please our King and Queen Vpon my conscience ye are welcome all To Lisbon and the Court of Portugal Where your fair eyes shall feed on no worse sights Than preparations made for Kings delights We wish to men content the manliest treasure And to the Women their own wish'd for pleasure Enter King and Queen Emanuel and Isabella Lords and attendants Em. Fair fountain of my life from whose pure streams The propagation of two Kingdoms flowes Never contention rise in eithers brest But contestation whose love shall be best Isab Majestick Ocean that with plenty feeds Me thy poor tributary Rivolet Sun of my beauty that with radiant beams Dost gild and dance upon these humble streams Curst be my birth-hour and my ending day When back your love-floods I forget to pay Or if this brest of mine your crystall brook Ever take other form in other look But yours or ere produce unto your grace A strange reflection or anothers face But be your love-book clasp'd open'd to none But you nor hold a storie but your own A water fix'd that ebbs nor floods pursue Frozen to all onely dissolv'd to you Em. O who shall tel the sweetness of our love To future times and not be thought to lye I look through this hour like a perspective And far off see millions of prosperous seeds That our reciprocall affection breeds Thus my white rib close in my brest with me Which nought shall tear hence but mortalitie Lords Be Kingdoms blest in you you blest in them Frig. Whist Seignior my strong imagination shews me Love me thinks bathing in milk and wine in her cheeks O! how she clips him like a plant of Ivie Rin. I Could not you be content to be an Owl in such an ivie-bush or one of the Oaks of the City to be so clipt Frig. Equivocal Don though I like the clipping well I could not be content either to be your Owl or your Ox of the City The Play begins Flourish Enter a Poet with a garland Poet Prologue Low at your sacred feet our poor Muse layes Her and her thunder-fearless virdant Bayes Four severall Triumphs to your Princely eyes Of Honor Love Death and Time do rise From our approaching subject which we move Towards you with fear since that a sweeter Love A brighter Honor purer Chastitie March in your brests this day triumphantly Then our weak Scenes can show then how dare we Present like Apes and Zanies things that be Exemplifi'd in you but that we know We ne'r crav'd grace which you did not bestow Enter in triumph with Drums Trumpets Colours Martius Valerius Sophocles bound Nicodemus Cornelius Captains and Soldiers Mar. What means proud Sophocles Soph. To go even with Martius And not to follow him like his Officer I never waited yet on any man Mar. Why poor Athenian Duke thou art my slave My blows have conquerd thee Soph. Thy slave proud Martius Cato thy countrey-man whose constancie Of all the Romans I did honor most Rip'd himself twice to avoid slavery Making himself his own Anatomie But look thee Martius not a vein runs here From head to foot but Sophocles would unseame and Like a spring garden shoot his scornfull blood Into their eyes durst come to tread on him As for thy blows they did conquer me Seven Battailes have I met thee face to face And given thee blow for blow and wound for wound And till thou taught'st me knew not to retire Thy sword was then as bold thy arm as strong Thy blows the Martius cannot conquer me Val. What is it then Soph. Fortune Val. Why yet in that Thou art the worse man and must follow him Soph. Young Sir you erre If Fortune could be call'd Or his or your's or mine in good or evill For any certain space thou hadst spoke truth But she but jests with man and in mischance Abhors all constancie flowting him still With some small touch of good or seeming good Midst of his mischief which vicissitude Makes him strait doff his armour and his fence He had prepar'd before to break her strokes So from the very Zenith of her wheel When she has dandled some choice favorite Given him his boons in women honor wealth And all the various delecacies of earth That the fool scorns the gods in his excess She whirls and leaves him at th' Antipodes Mar. Art sure we have taken him Is this Sophocles His fettred arms say no his free soul I. This Athens nurseth Arts as well as Arms. Soph. Nor glory Martius in this day of thine 'T is behind yesterday but before to morrow Who knows what Fortune then will do with thee She never yet could make
and command the City Do the like let proclamations Be drawn and hastily sent through the Land To the same purpose Ismen Sir I will break down none my self But I will deliver your command Hand I will have none in 't for I like it not Leon. Goe and command it Pleasure of my life Wouldst thou ought else make many thousand suits They must and shall be granted Hid. Nothing else Exit Ismenus Leon. But go and meditate on other suits Some six days hence I 'll give thee Audience again And by a new oath bind my self to keep it Ask largely for thy self dearer than life In whom I may be bold to call my self More fortunate than any in my age I will deny thee nothing Leu. 'T was well done Sister Exeunt all but these three Lords Nis How like you this request my Lord Dor. I know not yet I am so full of wonder We shall be gods our selves shortly And we pull 'em out of Heaven o' this fashion Age. We shall have wenches now when we can Catch 'em and we transgress thus Nis And we abuse the gods once 't is a Justice We should be heâ—d at hard meat for my part I 'll e'en make ready for mine own affection I know the god incenst must send a hardness Through all good Womens hearts and then we have Brought our Eggs and Muskadine to a fair Market Would I had giv'n an 100 l. for a tolleration That I might but use my conscience in mine Own house Dor. The Duke he 's old and past it he would Never have brought such a plague upon the Land else 'T is worse than Sword and Famine Yet to say truth we have deserv'd it we have liv'd So wickedly every man at his Livery and wou'd that Wou'd have suffic'd us we murmur'd at this Blessing that was nothing and cry'd out to the God for endless pleasures he heard us And suppied us and our Women were new still As we need 'em yet we like beasts still cry'd Poor men can number their woers give us Abundance we had it and this curse withal Age. Berlady we are like to have a long Lent on 't Flesh shall be flesh now Gentlemen I had rather Have anger'd all the gods than that blind Gunner I remember once the people did but slight him In a sacrifice and what followed Women kept their houses grew good huswives Honest forsooth was not that fine Wore their own faces Though they wear gay cloaths without surveying And which was most lamentable They lov'd their Husbands Nis I do remember it to my gries Young Maids were as cold as Cowcumbers And much of that complexion Bawds were abolisht and to which misery It must come again There were no Cuckolds Well we had need pray to keep these Divels from us The times grow mischievous There he goes Lord Enter one with an Image This is a sacriledge I have not heard of Would I were gelt that I might not Feel what follows Age. And I too You shall see within these Few years a fine confusion i' the Countrey mark it Nay and we grow for to depose the Powers And set up Chastity again well I have done A fine new goddess certainly whose blessings Are hunger and hard beds Nis This comes of fulness a sin too frequent with us I believe now we shall find shorter commons Dor. Would I were married somewhat has some savour The race of Gentry will quite run out now 'T is only left to Husbands if younger Sisters Take not the greater charity 't is lawful Age. Well let come what will come I am but one and as the plague salls I 'll shape my self If Women will be honest I 'll be found If the god be not too unmerciful I 'll take a little still where I can get it And thank him and say nothing Nis This ill wind yet may blow the City good And let them if they can get their own children They have hung long enough in doubt but howsoever the old way was the surer then they had ' em Dor. Farewel my Lords I 'll e'en take up what Rent I can before the day I fear the year will fall out ill Age. We 'll with you Sir And love so favour us As we are still thy servants Come my Lords Let 's to the Duke and tell him to what folly His doting now has brought him Exeunt Priest of Cupid with four young men and Maids Priest Come my children let your feet In an even measure meet And your chearful voices rise For to present this Sacrifice Lo great Cupid in whose name I his Priest begin the same Young men take your Loves and kiss Thus our Cupid honour'd is Kiss again and in your kissing Let no promises be missing Nor let any Maiden here Dare to turn away her ear Unto the whisper of her Love But give Bracelet Ring or Glove As a token to her sweeting Of an after secret meeting Now boy sing to stick our hearts Fuller of great Cupids darts SONG LOvers rejoyce your pains shall be rewarded The god of Love himself grieves at your crying No more shall frozen honor be regarded Nor the coy faces of a Maids denying No more shall Virgins sigh and say we dare not For men are false and what they do they care not All shall be well again then do not grieve Men shall be true and Women shall believe Lovers rejoyce what you shall say henceforth When you have caught your Sweet-hearts in your arms It shall be accounted Oracle and Worth No more faint-hearted Girls shall dream of harms And cry they are too young the god hath said Fifteen shall make a Mother of a Maid Then wise men pull your Roses yet unblown Love hates the too ripe fruit that falls alone The Measure After the Measure Enter Nilo and others Nilo No more of this here break your Rights for ever The Duke commands it so Priest do not stare I must deface your Temple though unwilling And your god Cupid here must make a Scare-crow For any thing I know or at the best Adorn a Chimney-piece Priest Oh Sacriledge unheard of Nilo This will not help it take down the Image And away with ' em Priest change your coat you had best all service now Is given to men Prayers above their hearing Will prove but bablings learn to lye and thrive 'T will prove your best profession for the gods He that lives by 'em now must be a beggar There 's better holiness on earth they say Pray God it ask not greater sacrifice Go home And if our god be not deaf as well as blind He will some smoak for it Gent. Sir Nilo Gentlemen there is no talking This must be done and speedily I have commission that I must not break Gent. We are gone to wonder what shall follow Nilo On to the next Temple Exeunt Cornets Descendit Cupid Cupid Am I then scorn'd is my all-doing Will And Power that knows no limit nor