of my Mistris can use a temper An. Brave your mistris Enter Machvile with Officers Ma. Lay hold on him Ere we presume to meete the enemy Wee le purge the City lest the wrath of heaven Fall heavy on us Antonio I arrest thee Of Capitall treason 'gainst the King and Realme To prison with him Evad. O my lost brother Gi. 'T is but an errour treason d' ye call it to kill The Governour in heate of blood and not intended For my Evadne's sake something I le doe Shall save his life Exit Ma. To prison with him An. Farewell Evadne as thou lovest the peace Of our dead Ancestors cease to love So loath'd a thing a Tayler Why 't is the scorne of all therefore be rul'd By thy departing Brother doe not mixe With so much basenesse Come Officers beare me e'ne where you please My opprest conscience no where can have ease Exit with Officers Ma. Lady we here enjoyne you to Your Chamber as a prisoner to Waite a further censure your brothers Fault has pul'd a punishment upon your head Which you must suffer Evad. Ene what you please your tyranny can't beare A shape so bad to make Evadne feare Strong innocence shall guard my afflicted soule Whose constancy shall tyranny controule Exeunt A noise within crying Rescue Rescue Enter Antonio and Guard to them Giavanno and Taylers and Rescues him and beate them off Enter a Officer meeting Machvile Of. A troope of Taylers by force have tane Antonio from us and have borne him spight Of the best resistance we could make unto some Secret place we can not finde him Ma. Screech owle dost know what thou hast said Death finde him or you dye O my crosse starres He must not live to torture our next sence But dye though he had no fault but innocence Exit Enter Giovanno Antonio and the old Tayler Gi. Can this kindnesse merit your love Doe I deserve your sister An. My sister worthy Tayler 't is a gift lyes not in me to give aske something else 't is thine although it bee gain'd with the quite extinguishing of this this breath you gave mee Gi. Have not I An. Speake no further I confesse you have bin all unto me life and being I breath but with your licence will no price buy out your interest in me but her love I tell thee Tayler I have blood runs in mee Spaine cannot match for greatnesse next her Kings Yet to requite thy love I le call thee friend be thou Antonio's friend a favour nobles have thirsted for will this requite thee Gi. Sir this may but An. My sister thou wouldst say most worthy Tayler shee is not mine to give honour spake in my dying Father 't is a sentence that 's Registred here in Antonio's heart I must not wed her but to one in blood calls honour Father Prethee be my friend forget I have a sister in love I le bee more than a brother tho' not to mingle blood Gi. May I not call her mistresse An. As a servant far from the thoughts of Wedlocke Gi. I 'me yours friend I am proud on 't you shall finde That though a Tayler I 'ave an honest mind Pray Master helpe my Lord unto a Suite his life Lyes at your mercy 1 Tay. I le warrant you An. But for thy men 1 Tay. O they are proud in that they rescued you And my blood of honour since you are pleas'd To grace the now declining Trade of Taylers By being shrouded in their homely cloaths And decke a Shop-board with your noble person The taunting scornes the foule mouth'd World can throw upon our needfull Calling Shall be answered They injure honour since your honour is a Noble practitioner in our Mistery Gi. Cheere up Antonio take him in The rest will make him merry I le goe try The temper of a sword upon some Shield That guards a foe Pray for my good successe Exit 1 Tay. Come come my Lord leave melancholy To hired slaves that murther at a price Yours was An. No more flatter not my sin 1 Tay. You are too strikt a convertite let 's in Exit After a confused noyse within Enter Raymond Leonis Gilberty hastily Ra. What meanes this capering Eccho Or from whence did this so lively Counterfeit Of Thunder breake out to liberty Gil. 'T is from the City Ra. It cannot be their voyce should out-roare Iove Our Army like a Bassiliske has strucke Death through their eyes our number like a wind Broke from the Icy prison of the North Has froze the Portalls to their shivering hearts They scarce have breath enough to speake 't A shoute within They live Gil. 'Ts certainely from thence Leo. Y' are deceived poore Spaniards feare Ha's chang'd their elevated Gate to a dejection Their Planet strooke Ra. 'T is from our jocond Fleet my Genius prompts me They have already plough'd the unruly seas And with their breasts proofe 'gainst the battering Waves dasht the bigge billowes into angry froth And spight of the contentious full mouth'd gods Of Sea and wind have reach't the Citty frontiers And begirt her Navigable Skirts Againe 't is so againe within Gil. My Creeds another way I have no faith but to the City Alarum Enter a Souldier bloody Leo. Here 's one Now we shall know ha he appeares Like one compos'd of horrour Ra. What speakes thy troubled front Leo. Speak crimson Metor Ra. Speake Prodigy or on my sword thou fallst Sol. The bold Spaniards setting aside al cold acknowledgment Of any oddes or notice of the number our Army Is made proud with sends from their Walls More lightning than great Iove afrights The trembling world with when the aire Is turned to muteny Ra. Villaine thou lyest 'T were madnesse to beleeve thee Foolish Spaine may like those Giants that Heapt hill on hill mountaine on mountaine To plucke Iove from heaven who with A hand of vengeance flung 'em downe beneath The centure and those Cloud contemning Mounts Heav'd by the strength of their ambitious Armes Became their Monuments so Spaines rash Folly from this arme of mine shall find their Graves amongst the rubbish of their Ruin'd Cities Enter a second souldier What another thy hasty newes 2 Mess. The daring enemies have through their gates Made a victorious sally all our troopes Have joyntly like the dust before the wind Made a dishonoured flight Harke Alarum within The Conquering foe makes hitherward Ra. Runne to my Tent fetch my Philippa Slave why mov'st thou not 2 Mess. The enemy 's upon us Ra. Shall I send thy coward soule down the strikes him Vaults of Horrour flye Villaine or thou dyest Alarum Enter Machvill Alerzo Fulgentio Pandolpho with Philippa prisoner Giovanno with Taylers Mach. Let one post to my Castle and conduct my Lady Tell her I have a prisoner wou'd become proud In her forc't captivity to waite upon her beauty Flye let not the tardy clouds out-saile thee Phil. Canst thou proud man thinke that Philipa's Heart is humbled with her fortunes no
full of merit Be not daunted Aur. I have a thought tel's me it is religious To sacrifice a murtherer to death Especially one that did act a deed So generally accounted odious Pet. By holy Iaques I 'me a governour And should my life though by the hand of him My duty does call King be stroke i' th aire My injur'd corps should not forsake the earth Till I did see 't reveng'd be resolute thy foot Is guided by a power that though unseene Is still a furtherer of good attempt Aur. Pray sir lend me the Key of the backe ward For though my conscience tells me 't is an act I may hereafter boast off yet I le passe unto our Ladies Chappell when t is done to be confest Ere I am seene of any Pet. I am proud to see thee so well given Take 'em girle and with 'em take my prayers Aur. He wakes pray leave me sir Exit Pet. So I le make fast the doore Goodnesse beare witnesse 't is a potent power Out-weighs my duty Ant. Amazement oh what tentors doe you stretch O how this alteration wracks my reason i 'me To find the Axeltree on which it hangs Am I asleepe Aur. Shake thy wonder off and leave that seate 'T was set to sinke thy body for ever From the eyes of humane sight To tell thee how wou'd be a fatall meanes To both our ruines briefly my love Has broke the Bands of nature with my father To give your being Ant. Happy happy vision the blest preparative To this same houre my joy wo'd burst me else Aur. Receive me to thy armes Ant. I would not wish to live but for thee life were A trouble welcome to my soule Au. Stand I have a Ceremony to offer to our Safetry ere we goe She takes Dugge and tye sit to the Chaire shee stampes The Chaire and Dogge descends a Pistoll shot within a noise of a Mill Had not my love like a kind branch Of some o're looking tree catcht thee thou 'dst fallen never to looke upon the world againe Ant. What shall I offer to my life preserver Aur. Onely thy heart Crown'd with a wreath of love Which I will ever keep and in exchange Deliver mine Ant. Thus I deliver in this kisse receive 't Aur. In the same forme Aurelia yeelds up hers Ant, What noise is that A noise Aur. I feare my Father Ant. What 's to be done Aur. Through the backe ward of which I have The Key wee le suddeinly make scape Then in two Gownes of which I am provided Wee le cloath our selves till we be past all feare Ant. Be 't as you please 't is my good genious will Thee I obey command I le follow still Exeunt Enter Petruchio with servants Pet. She 's gone unto her prayers may every bead Draw downe a blessing on her that like seed May grow into a Harvest 't is a girle My age is proud of she 's indeed the Modell Of her dead Mothers vertues as of shape Beare hence this Banquet Exit with the Banquet Giovanno is discovered sleeping in the lap of Evadne Evad. Thou silent god that with the leaden Mace Arresteth all save those prodigious birdes That are Fates Heraulds to proclaime all ill Deafe Giovanno let no fancied noise Of ominous Screech owles or night Ravens voyce Affright his quiet sences let his sleepe Be free from horrour or unruly dreames That may beget a tempest in the streames Of his calme reason let 'em run as smooth And with as great a silence as those doe That never tooke an injury where no wind Had yet acquaintance but like a smooth Cristall Dissolv'd into a water that never frown'd Or knew a voyce but musicke Enter Antonio and Aurelia in Hermits gownes Holy Hermits for such your habits speake you Joyne your prayers with a distressed Virgins That the wits of this distracted yong man May be setled Ant. Sure 't is my sister and that sleeping man Giovanno She loves him still Hee wakes Gio. O what a blessednesse am I bereft of What pleasure has the least part of a minute Stollen from my eyes me thought I did imbrace A Brother and a friend and both Antonio Evad. Blest be those gentle powers that Gio. What Evadne have deceived my eyes Take heede Evadne worship not a dreame 'T is of a smoaky substance and will shrinke Into the compasse of report that 't was And not reward the labour of a word Were it substantiall Could I know but see That man of men I 'de by my practice Of Religious prayers add to the Kalender One Holy-day and keepe it once a yeare Ant. Behold Antonio Evad. Brother To Antonio Aur. Brother To Giovanno Ant. What earth-quake shakes my heart With what a speed she flew into his armes Evad. Some power that hearkens to the prayer of virgins Has bin distill'd to pitty at my Fortunes And made Evadne happy Aur. Now my longing that was growne big Is with your sight delivered of a joy That will become a Giant and overcome me Welcome thrice welcome brother Ant. Ha her brother Fortune has bound me So much in their debts I must dispaire to pay 'em Twice has my life bin by these twins of goodnesse Pluckt from the hand of death that fatall emnity Betweene our houses here shall end Though my Father at his death commanded me To eternity of hatred What tye binds stronger then Reprieve from death Come hither friend now brother take her Thou hast bin a noble Tayler Gio. Be moderate my joyes doe not o're whelme me Here take Aurelia may you live happy O Antonio this this was the cause of my disguise Sebastine could not win Evadne's love But Giovanno did come now to our fathers Castle Ant. Pardon me there is a barre that does Concerne my life forbids you as a friend To thinke on going to any place But to the Taylers house which is not farre Come as we goe I will relate the cause Aur. Doe good brother Evad. Goe good Sebastiano Gio. Sebastine is your Page and bound to follow Leade on Ant. O noble temper I admire thee may The world bring forth such Taylers every day Exeunt Enter three Taylers on a Shop board 1 Tay. Come come let 's worke For if my guesses point the right we sha'nt Worke long 3 Tay. I care not how soone for I have a notable Stomacke to bread 2 Tay Dost heare I suspect that Courtier my master Brought in last night to be the King Which if it be bullies all the bread in the Towne sha'nt satisfie us for we will eate Cum Privelegio 1 Tay. Come let 's have a device a thing a song Boy 3 Tay. Come an aire The Song 1 Tay 'T is a merry life we live All our worke is brought unto us Still are getting never give For their Cloaths all men doe woe us Yet unkind they blast our Names With aspertions of dishonour For which we make bold with their Dames When we take our measure on her All Tay.