of strange whispers I am least in rumour Enter Aecius and Phidias And so I le keep my selfe Here comes Aecius I see the bait is swallow'd If he be lost He is my Martyr and my way stands open And honour on thy head his bloud is reckond Aec. Why how now friend what make ye here unarmd Are ye turnd Merchant Max. By your faire perswasions And such a Marchant trafficks without danger I have forgotten all Aecius And which is more forgiven Aec. Now I love ye Truly I doe ye are a worthy Roman Max. The faire repentance of my Prince to me Is more then sacrifice of bloud and vengeance No eyes shall weep her ruins but mine owne Aec. Still ye take more love from me vertuous friend The gods make poore Aecius worthy of thee Max. Only in me y' are poore Sir and I worthy Only in being yours But why your arme thus Have ye bin hurt Aecius Aec. Bruisd a little My horse fell with me friend which till this morning I never knew him doe Max. Pray gods it boade well And now I think on 't better ye shall back Let my perswasions rule ye Aec. Back why Maximus The Emperor commands me come Max. I like not At this time his command Aec. I doe at all times And all times will obey it why not now then Max. I le tell ye why and as I have bin governd Be you so noble Friend The Courts in Guard Armd strongly for what purpose let me feare I doe not like your going Aec. Were it fire And that fire certain to consume this body If Cesar sent I would goe never feare man If he take me he takes his armes away I am too plaine and true to be suspected Max. Then I have dealt unwisely Aec. If the Emperor Because he meerely may will have my life That 's all he has to worke on and all shall have Let him 'a loves me better here I wither And happily may live till ignorantly I run into a fault worth death nay more dishonour Now all my sinnes I dare say those of duty Are printed here and if I fall so happy I blesse the grave I lye in and the gods Equall as dying on the Enemy Must take me up a Sacrifice Max. Goe on then And I le goe with ye Aec. No ye may not friend Max. He cannot be a friend bars me Aecius Shall I forsake ye in my doubts Aec. Ye must Max. I must not nor I will not have I liv'd Only to be a Carpet friend for pleasure I can endure a death as well as Cato Aec. There is no death nor danger in my going Nor none must goe along Max. I have a sword too And once I could have usd it for my friend Aec. I need no sword nor friend in this pray leave me And as ye love me do not overlove me I am commanded none shall come At supper I le meet ye and wee le drink a cup or two Ye need good Wine ye have bin sad Farwell Max. Farwell my noble Friend let me embrace ye Ere ye depart it may be one of us Shall never doe the like agen Aec. Yes often Max. Farwell good deer Aecius Aec. Farwell Maximus Till night indeed you doubt too much Exit Max. I doe not Goe worthy innocent and make the number Of Cesars sinnes so great heaven may want mercy I le hover hereabout to know what passes And if he be so divelish to destroy thee In thy bloud shall begin his Tragedy Exit Scaen. 3. Enter Proculus and Pontius Pro. Besides this if you do it you enjoy The noble name Patrician more than that too The Friend of Cesar ye are stild ther 's nothing Within the hopes of Rome or present being But you may safely say is yours Pon. Pray stay Sir What has Aecius done to be destroyd At least I would have a colour Pro. Ye have more Nay all that may be given he is a Traitor One any man would strike that were a subject Pon. Is he so fowle Pro. Yes a most fearefull Traytor Pon. A fearefull plague upon thee for thou lyest I ever thought the Souldier would undoe him With his too much affection Pro. Ye have hit it They have brought him to ambition Pon. Then he is gone Pro. The Emperor out of a foolish pittie Would save him yet Pon. Is he so mad Pro. He 's madder Would goe to 'th Army to him Pon. Would'a so Pro. Yes Pontius but we consider Pon. Wisely Pro. How else man that the state lies in it Pon. And your lives too Pro. And every mans Pon. He did me All the disgrace he could Pro. And scurvily Pon. Out of a mischiefe meerly did you mark it Yes well enough Pro. Now ye have meanes to quit it The deed done take his place Pon. Pray let me thinke on 't T is ten to one I doe it Pro. Doe and be happy Exit Pro. Pon. This Emperor is made of naught but mischiefe Sure Murther was his Mother none to lop But the maine linck he had upon my conscience The man is truly honest and that kills him For to live here and study to be true Is all one to be Traitors why should he die Have they not Slaves and Rascalls for their Offrings In full abundance Bawds more then beasts for slaughter Have they not singing whores enough and knaves too And millions of such Martyrs to sink Charon But the best sons of Rome must saile too I wil shew him since he must dye a way to doe it truly And though he beares me hard yet shall he know I am born to make him blesse me for a blow Exit Scaen. 2. Enter Phidias Aretus and Aecius Phi. Yet ye may scape to 'th Camp wee 'l hazard with ye Aretus Loose not your life so basely Sir ye are armd And many when they see your sword out and know why Must follow your adventure Aec. Get ye from me Is not the doom of Cesar on this body Doe not I beare my last houre here now sent me Am I not old Aecius ever dying You think this tendernesse and love you bring me T is treason and the strength of disobedience And if ye tempt me further ye shall feele it I seek the Camp for safety when my death Ten times more glorious then my life and lasting Bids me be happie Let the foole feare dying Or he that weds a woman for his honour Dreaming no other life to come but kisses Aecius is not now to learne to suffer If ye dare shew a just affection kill me I stay but those that must why do ye weep Am I so wretched to deserve mens pities Goe give your teares to those that lose their worths Bewaile their miseries for me wear Garlands Drink wine and much sing Peans to my praise I am to triumph friends and more then Cesar For Cesar feares to die I love to die Phi. O my deare Lord Aec. No more goe goe I say Shew me not signes of sorrow I deserve
Nothing that beares a life but beings a treasure The people they shew brave too civill manner'd Proportioned like the Mastres of great minds The women which I wonder at Py. Ye speake well Ar. Of delicate aspects faire clearly beauteous And to that admiration sweet and courteous Py. And is not that a good thing brave Armusia You never saw the Court before Ar. No certaine But that I see a wonder too all excellent The Government exact Chr. Ye shall see anon That that will make ye start indeed such beauties Such riches and such forme Enter Bakam Syana Governour Soz. We are fire already The wealthy Magazine of nature sure Inhabits here Arm. These sure are all Ilanders Py. Yes and great Princes too and lusty lovers Ar. They are goodly persons what might he be signeor That beares so proud a state Py. King of Bakam A fellow that farts terrour Em. He lookes highly Sure he was begot o' th top of a steeple Chr. It may well be For you shall heare him ring anon Py. That is Syana And a brave temper'd fellow and more valiant Soz. What rugged face is that Py. That 's the great Governour The man surpriz'd our friend I told ye of him Ar. Has dangerous eyes Py. A perilous theefe and subtle Chr. And to that subtlety a heart of Iron Py. Yet the young Lady makes it melt Ar, They start all And thunder in the eyes Ba. Away ye poore ones Am I in competition with such bubbles My vertue and my name rank'd with such trifles Sy. Ye speake loud Ba. Young-man I will speake louder Can any man but I deserve her favour You petty Princes Princes flie at one another Py. He will put 'em all in 's pocket Sy. Thou proud mad thing be not so full of glory So full of vanity Ba. How I contemne thee And that fort-keeping fellow Py. How the dog lookes The bandog Governour Gov. Ha why Ba. Away thing And keepe your ranke with those that fit your toyalty Call out the Princesse Gov. Dost thou know me bladder Thou insolent impostume Ba. I despise thee Gov. Art thou acquainted with my nature baby Let my revenge for injuries darst thou hold me So far behind thy file I cannot reach thee What canst thou merit Ba. Merit I am above it I am equall with all honours all atchievements And what is great and worthy the best doer I keepe at my command fortune 's my servant 'T is in my power now to despise such wretches To looke upon ye slightly and neglect ye And but she daines at some houres to remember ye And people have bestowed some titles one ye I should forget your names Sy. Mercy of me What a blowne foole has selfe affection Made of this fellow did not the Queene your mother Long for bellows and bagpipes when she was great with ye She brought forth such a windy birth Gov. 'T is ten to one She eate a Drum and was deliver'd of alarum Or else he was swadled in an old saile when he was yong Sy. He swels too mainly with his meditations Faith talke a little hansomer ride softly That we may be able to hold way with ye we are Princes But those are but poore things to you talke wiser 'T will well become your mightinesse talke lesse That men may thinke ye can do more Gov. Talke truth That men may thinke ye are honest and beleeve ye Or talke your selfe asleep for I am weary of you Ba. Why I can talke and do Gov. That wou'd do excellent Ba. And tell you only I deserve the Princesse And make good only I if you dare you sir Or your Syanas Prince Py. Here 's a storme toward Me thinkes it sings already to him Governour Gov. Here lies my proofe Draw Sy. And mine Gov. I 'le be short with ye For these long arguments I was never good at Py. How white the boaster lookes Enter Ruy Dias Quisara Quisana Panura Ar. I see he lackes faith Ru. For shame forbeare great Princes rule your angers You violate the freedome of this place The state and royalty Gov. He 's well contented It seemes and so I have done Ar. Is this she signior Py. This is the Princesse sir Ar. She is sweet and goodly An admirable forme they have cause to justle Quisar Ye wrong me and my court ye forward Princes Comes your love wrapt in violence to seeke us Is 't fit though you be great my pretence should be Staind and polluted with your bloudy rages My privacies affrighted with your swords He that loves me loves my command be temper'd Or be no more what ye professe my Servants Omnes We are calme as peace Ar. What command she carries And what a sparkling Majesty flyes from her Quisar. Is it ye love to do ye shall find danger And danger that shall start your resolutions But not this way 't is not contention Who loves me to my face best or who can flatter most Can carry me he that deserves my favour And will enjoy what I bring love and Majesty Must win me with his worth must travell for me Must put his hasty rage off and put on A well confirm'd temperate and true vallour Omnes But shew the way Quisar. And will and then shew you A will to tread the way I 'le say ye are worthy Py. What taske now Will she turne 'em to these hot youths I feare will find a coolling card I read in her eyes Something that has some swinge must flye amongst 'em By this hand I love her a little now Quisar. 'T is not unknown to you I had a royall brother now miserable And Prisoner to that man if I were ambitious Gap'd for that glory was ne're borne with me There they should lye as miseries upon him If I were covetous and my heart set On riches and those base effects that follow On pleasures uncontroul'd or safe revenges There he should dye his death would give me all these For then stood I up absolute to do all Yet all these flattering shews of dignity These golden dreames of greatnesse cannot force To forget nature and my faire affection Therefore that man that would be known my lover Must be known his redeemer and must bring him Either alive or dead to my embraces For even his bones I scorne shall feele such slavery Or seeke another Mistris 't will be hard To do this wondrous hard a great adventure Fit for a spirit of an equall greatnesse But being done the reward is worthy of it Chr. How they stand gaping all Quisar. Ruy Dias cold Not flye like fire into it may be you doubt me He that shall do this is my husband Prince By the bright heavens he is by whose justice I openly proclame it if I lye Or seeke to set you on with subtilty Let that meet with me and reward my falshood No stirring yet no start into a bravery Ruy. Madam it may be but being a maine danger Your Grace must give me leave to looke about
confesse I speak well Prethee remember 't is a womans weaknesse And then thou wilt forgive it Euph. You speake nothing But what would well become the wisest man And that by you deliver'd is so pleasing That I could heare you ever Bel. Fly not from Your word for I arrest it and will now Expresse my selfe a little more and prove That whereas you professe your selfe my debtor That I am yours Euph. Your Ladiship then must use Some Sophistry I ne're heard of Bel. By plaine reasons For looke you had you never sunk beneath Your wants or if those wants had found supply From Crates your unkinde and covetous brother Or any other man I then had miss'd A subject upon which I worthily Might exercise my bounty whereas now By having happy opportunity To furnish you before and in your travells With all conveniencies that you thought usefull That Gold which would have rusted in my Coffers Being thus imploy'd has rendred me a partner In all your glorious actions And whereas Had you not been I should have di'd a thing Scarce knowne or soone forgotten there 's no Trophy In which Euphanes for his worth is mentioned But there you have been carefull to remember That all the good you did came from Beliza Euph. That was but thankfulnesse Bel. 'T was such an honour And such a large returne for the poore trash I ventur'd with you that if I should part With all that I possesse and my selfe too In satisfaction for it 't were still short Of your deservings Euph. You o're-prize them Madam Bel. The Queen her selfe hath given me gracious thanks In your behalfe for she hath heard Euphanes How gallantly you have maintain'd her honour In all the Courts of Greece and rest assur'd Though yet unknown when I present you to her Which I will doe this evening you shall finde That she intends good to you Euph. Worthiest Lady Since all you labour for is the advancement Of him that will live ever your poore servant He must not contradict it Bel. Here 's your Brother 'T is strange to see him here Enter Crates Cra. You are welcome home Sir Your pardon Madam I had thought my house Considering who I am might have been worthy Of your first visit Euph. 'T was not open to me When last I saw you and to me 't is wonder That absence which still renders men forgotten Should make my presence wish'd for Bel. That 's not it Your too kinde Brother understanding that You stand in no need of him is bold to offer His entertainment Cra. He had never wanted Or yours or your assistance had he practiz'd The way he might have tooke to have commanded What ever I call mine Euph. I studied many But could finde none Cra. You would not finde your selfe Sir Or in your selfe what was from you due to me The priviledge my birth bestow'd upon me Might challenge some regard Euph. You had all the Land Sir What else did you expect and I am certaine You kept such strong Guards to preserve it yours I could force nothing from you Cra. Did you ever Demand helpe from me Euph. My wants have and often With open mouthes but you nor heard nor saw them May be you look'd I should petition to you As you went to your Horse flatter your servants To play the Brokers for my furtherance Sooth your worse humours Act the Parasite On all occasions write my name with theirs That are but one degree remov'd from slaves Be drunk when you would have me then wench with you Or play the Pander enter into Quarrels Although unjustly grounded and defend them Because they were yours these are the tyrannies Most younger Brothers groane beneath yet beare them From the insulting Heire selling their freedomes At a lesse rate then what the State allowes The sallary of base and common Strumpets For my part ere on such low termes I feed Upon a Brothers trencher let me dye The Beggers death and starve Cra. 'T is bravely spoken Did what you doe ranke with it Bel. Why what does he You would not wish were yours Cra. I le tell you Lady Since you rise up his Advocate and boldly For now I finde and plainly in whose favour My love and service to you was neglected For all your wealth nay adde to that your beauty And put your vertues in if you have any I would not yet be pointed at as he is For the fine Courtier the womans man That tells my Lady stories dissolves riddles Ushers her to Coach lyes at her feet At sollemne Maskes applauding what she laughs at Reads her asleep a nights and takes his oath Upon her Pantoffles that all excellence In other Madams doe but zany hers These you are perfect in and yet these take not Or from your birth or freedome Euph. Should another Say this my deeds not lookes should shew Bel. Contemne it His envie faines this and he 's but reporter Without a second of his owne dry fancies Cra. Yes Madam the whole City speakes it with me And though it may distaste 't is certaine you Are brought into the sceane and with him censur'd For you are given out for the provident Lady That not to be unfurnish'd for her pleasures As without them to what vaine use is greatnesse Have made choyce of an able man a young man Of an Herculean back to doe you service And one you may command too that is active And does what you would have him Bel. You are foule mouth'd Cra. That can speake well write Verses too and good ones Sharp and conceited whose wit you may lie with When his performance failes him one you have Maintain'd abroad to learne new waies to please you And by the gods you well reward him for it No night in which while you lye sick and panting He watches by you but is worth a tallent No conference in your Coach which is not paid with A scarlet Suit this the poore people mutter Though I beleeve for I am bound to doe so A Lady of your youth that feeds high too And a most exact Lady may doe all this Out of vertuous love the last bought vizard That Leachery purchas'd Euph. Not a word beyond this The reverence I owe to that one wombe In which we both were embrions makes me suffer What 's past but if continued Bel. Stay your hand The Queene shall right mine honour Cra. Let him doe it It is but marrying him and for your anger Know that I slight it when your Goddesse here Is weary of your sacrifice as she will be You know my house and there amongst my servants Perhaps you l finde a livery Exit Bel. Be not mov'd I know the rancour of his disposition And turne it on himselfe by laughing at it And in that let me teach you Euph. I learne gladly Exeunt Scaena Tertia Enter Neanthes Sosines and Eraton severally Nea. You are met unto my wishes if you ever Desir'd true mirth so far as to adventure To dye with the extreamity
man Siph. But Chilax Where are her women Chi. None but your Graces Sister Because she would have it privat to the world yet Knowes of this businesse Siph. I shall thanke the Chilax Thou art a carefull man Chi. Your Graces servant Siph. I 'le find a fit place for thee Chi. If you will not There 's a good Lady will she points yee forward Away and take your fortune not a word sir So you are greas'd I hope Exit Siph. Cloe. manet Chi. Enter Stremon Foole and Boy Chi. Stremon Foole Picus Where have you left your Lord Strem. I' th' Temple Chilax Chi. Why are ye from him Strem. Why the King is with him And all the Lords Chi. Is not the Princesse there too Strem. Yes And the strangest coile amongst 'em She weeps bitterly The King entreats and frownes my Lord like Autumne Drops off his hopes by handfulls all the Temple Sweats with this Agonie Chi. Where 's young Polidor Strem. Dead as they said o' th' sudden Chi. Dead Strem. For certaine But not yet knowne abroad Chi. There 's a new trouble A brave young man he was but we must all die Strem. Did not the Generall meet you this morning Like a tall stallion Nun Chi. No more a that Boy Strem. You had been ferreting Chi. That 's all one Foole My Master foole that taught my wits to traffique What has your wisdome done how have you profited Out with your Audit come you are not emptie Put out mine eye with twelve pence do you shaker What thinke you of this shaking here 's with coxcombe Ha boyes ha my fine rascalls here 's a Ring Pulls out a Purse How right they goe Foole. O let me ring the fore-bell Chi. And here are thumpers Chickens golden rogues â—it wit ye rascalls Foole. I have a Sty here Chilax Chi. I have no gold to cure it not a penny Not one crosse Cavalier we are dull Sou'diers Grosse heavy-headed fellowes fight for victualls Foole. Why ye are the spirits of the time Chi. By no meanes Foole. The valiant firie Chi. Fy fie no Foole. Be-lee-me sir Chi. I woo'd I could sir Fool. I will satisfie ye Chi. But I will not content you alas poore boy Thou shewst an honest nature weepes for thy Master There 's a red rogue to buy thee handkerchers Foole. A was an honest Gentleman I have lost too Chi. Ye have indeed your labour Foole but Stremon Doest thou want money too no virtue living No firking out at fingers ends Strem. It seemes so Chi. Will ye all serve me Strem. Yes when ye are Lord Generall For lesse I will not goe Chi. There 's gold for thee then Thou hast a souldiers minde Foole Fool. Here your first man Chi. I will give thee for thy wit for 't is a fine wit A daintie diving wit hold up just nothing Goe graze i' th' commons yet I am mercifull There 's six pence buy a Saucer steale an old gowne And beg i' th' Temple for a Prophet come away boyes Let 's see how things are carried Foole up sirra You may chance get a dinner Boy your preferment I 'le undertake for your brave Masters sake You shall not perish Fool. Chilax Chi. Please me well Foole And you shall light my pipes Away to th' Temple But stay the Kings here sport upon sport Boyes Enter King Lords Siphax kneeling Cloe with a Vaile King What would you have Captaine Speake suddenly for I am wondrous busie Siph. A Pardon Royall sir King For what Siph. For that Which was heav'ns will should not be mine alone sir My marrying with this Lady King It needs no Pardon For marriage is no sin Si. Not in it selfe sir But in presuming too much Yet heav'n knowes So does the Oracle that cast it on me And the Princesse royall sir King What Princesse Siph. O be not angrie my dread King your Sister King My sister she 's i' th' Temple man Siph. She is here sir Lord The Captain 's mad she is kneeling at the Altar King I know she is with all my heart good Captain I do forgive ye both be unvail'd Lady Puts off her vaile Will ye have more forgivenes the mans frantick Come let 's goe bring her out God give yee joy sir Siph. How Cloe my old Cloe Exit King Lords Cloe. Even the same sir Chi. Gods give your manhood much content Strem. The Princesse Lookes something mustie since her comming over Fool. 'T were good youl 'd brush her over Siph. Fooles and Fidlers Make sport at my abuse too Foole. O 't is the nature Of us Fooles to make bold with one another But you are wise brave sirs Chi. Cheere up your Princesse Believe it sir the King will not be angry Or say he were why 't was the Oracle The Oracle and like your Grace the Oracle Strem. And who most mighty Siphax Siph. With mine owne whore Cloe. With whom els should ye marry speak your conscience Will ye transgresse the law of Armes that ever Rewards the Souldier with his owne sins Siph. Devills Cloe. Ye had my maiden-head my youth my sweetnes Is it not justice then Siph. I see it must be But by this hand I 'le hang a lock upon thee Cloe. You shall not need my honesty shall doe it Siph. If there be wars in all the world Cloe. I 'le with ye For you know I have bin a souldier Come curse on when I need another Oracle Chi. Send for me Siphax I 'le fit ye with a Princesse And so to both your honours Foole. And your graces Siph. The Devill grace ye all Cloe. God a mercy Chilax Chi. Shall we laugh halfe an houre now Strem. No the King comes And all the traine Chi. Away then our Act 's ended Exeunt Enter King Calis Memnon and Cleanthe Curtisan Lords King You know he do's deserve ye loves ye dearly You know what bloody violence had us'd The Hearse ready Polidor Eumenes Captains Upon himselfe but that his brother crost it You know the same thoughts still inhabit in him And covet to take birth Look on him Lady The wars have not so far consum'd him yet Cold age disabled him or sicknesse sunk him To be abhorr'd looke on his Honour sister That beares no stamp of time no wrinkles on it No sad demolishment nor death can reach it Looke with the eyes of heaven that nightlie waken To view the wonders of my glorious Maker And not the weaknesse looke with your vertuous eyes And then clad royaltie in all his conquests His matchlesse love hung with a thousand merits Eternall youth attending Fame and Fortune Time and Oblivion vexing at his vertues He shall appeare a miracle looke on our dangers Looke on the publique ruine Calis O deare brother King Fie let us not like proud and greedy waters Gaine to give off againe this is our Sea And you his Cynthia govern him take heed His stouds have bin as hie and full as any And gloriously now is got up to the girdle The
old together And no distast e're find you and before The Characters of age are printed on you May you see many Images of your selves Though I like some false Glasse that 's never look'd in Am cast a side and broken from this hower Unles invited which I dare not hope for I never will set my forbidden feete Over your threshold onely give me leave Though cast off to the world to mention you In my devotions 't is all I sue for And so I take my last leave Hen. Though I am Devoted to a wife nay allmost sol'd A slave to serve her pleasures yet I cannot So part with all humanity but I must Shew something of a Father thou shalt not goe Unfurnish'd and unfriended too take that To guard thee from necessities may thy goodnes Meet many favours and thine innocence Deserve to be the heire of greater fortunes Then thou wer 't borne to Scorne me not Violante This banishment is a kind of civill death And now as it were at his Funerall To shed a teare or two is not unmanly And so farewell for ever one word more Though I must never see thee my Ascanio When this is spent for so the Judge decreed Send to me for supply are you pleas'd now Viol. Yes I have cause to see you howle and blubber At the parting of my torment your shame Bed ready wine table Standish Paper 'T is well proceed supply his wants doe doe Let the great dowre I brought serve to maintain Your Bastards riots send my Clothes and Jewells To your old acquaintance your deare dame his Mother Now you begin to melt I know 't will follow Hen. Is all I doe misconstrude Viol. I will take A course to right my selfe a speeding one By the bless'd Saints I will if I prove cruell The shame to see thy foolish pitty taught me To loose my naturall softnes keepe off from me Thy flateries are infectious and I 'le fle thee As I would doe a Leaper Hen. Let not fury Transport you so you know I am your Creature All love but to your self with him hath left me I 'le ioyne with you in any thing Viol. In vaine I 'le take mine owne waies and will have no partners Hen. I will not crosse you Viol. Doe not they shall find That to a Woman of her hopes beguil'd A viper troad on or an Aspick 's mild Exeunt Scena Secunda Enter Lopez Millanes Arsenio Lop. Sits the game there I have you by mine order I love Leandro for 't Mil. But you must shew it In lending him your helpe to gain him meanes And opportunitie Lop. He shall want nothing I know my Advocate to a hayre and what Will fetch him from his prayers if he use any I am honyed with the project I would have him horn'd For a most pretious Beast Ars. But you loose time Lop. I am gon instruct you Diego you will find him A sharpe and subtle knave give him but hints And he will amplifie Se all things ready I 'll fetch him with a vengeance Exit Ars. If he faile now Wee 'll give him over too Mil. Tush he is flesh'd And knowes what vaine to strike for his owne credit Ars. All things are ready Mil. Then we shall have a merry Scene no're feare it Exeunt Scena Tertia Enter Amaranta with a note and Moore Amar. Is thy Master gone out Moore Even now the Curat fetch'd him About a serious businesse as it seem'd For he snatch'd up his Cloak and brush'd his hat strait Set his Band handsomely and out he gallop'd Amar. 'T is well 't is very well he went out Egla As luckily as one would say goe Husband He was call'd by providence fling this short paper Into Leandro's Cell and waken him He is monstrous vexed and musty at my Chesse-play But this shall supple him when he has read it Take your owne recreation for two houres And hinder nothing Moore If I doe I 'll hang for 't Exeunt Scena quarta Enter Octavio Jacintha Oct. If that you lov'd Ascanio for himselfe And not your private ends you rather should Blesse the faire opportunitie that restores him To his Birth-right and the Honours he was borne to Then grieve at his good Fortune Jac. Grieve Octavio I would resigne my Essence that he were As happy as my love could fashion him Though every blessing that should fall on him Might prove a curse to me my sorrow springs Out of my feare and doubt he is not safe I am acquainted with Don Henrique's nature And I have heard too much the fiery temper Of Madam Violante can you thinke That she that almost is at war with heaven For being barren will with equall eyes Behold a Son of mine Oct. His Fathers care That for the want of Issue tooke him home Though with the forfeiture of his owne fame Will looke unto his safetie Jac. Step-mothers Have many eyes to find a way to mischiefe Though blind to goodnesse Enter Jamy and Ascanio Oct. Here comes Don Jamy And with him our Ascanio Jamy Good youth leave me I know thou art forbid my company And onely to be seene with me will call on Thy Fathers anger Ars. Sir if that to serve you Could loose me any thing as indeed it cannot I still would follow you Alas I was borne To doe you hurt but not to help my selfe I was for some particular end tooke home But am cast off againe Jam. Is 't possible Asc. The Lady whom my Father calls his wife Abhors my sight is sick of me and forc'd him To turne me out of dores Iac. By my best hopes I thanke her crueltie for it comes neere A saving charitie Asc. I am onely happy That yet I can relieve you 'pray you share My Father 's wondrous kind and promises That I should be supplide but sure the Lady Is a malitious woman and I feare Meanes me no good Enter Servant Iamy I am turn'd a stone with wonder And know not what to thinke Ser. From my Lady Your private eare and this Iamy New Miracles Ser. She sayes if you dare make your selfe a Fortune She will propose the meanes My Lord Don Henrique Is now from home and she alone expects you If you dare trust her so if not despaire of A second offer Exit Jam. Though there were an Ambush Layd for my life I ll on and sound this secret Retire thee my Ascanio with thy Mother But stir not forth some great designe 's on foot Fall what can fall if e're the Sun be set I see you not give me dead Asc. We will expect you And those bless'd Angels that love goodnesse guard you Exeunt Scena Quinta Enter Lopez and Bartolus Bar. Is 't possible he should be rich Lop. Most possible He hath bin long though he had but little gettings Drawing together Sir Bar. Accounted a poore Sexton Honest poore Diego Lop. I assure ye a close Fellow Both close and scraping and that fills the bags Sir Bar. A notable
spare me life and health 2 Gen. Blesse your Grace Du. And you with all my heart 1 Gen. Now heaven preserve your happy days Du. I thank you too 3 Gen. Now heaven save your Grace Du. I thanke you all Bew. On there before Du. Stand Gentlemen stay yet a while For I am minded to impart my love To these good people and my friends Whose love and prayers for my greatnesse Are equall in abundance note me well And with my words my heart for as the tree Long. Your Grace had best beware 't wil be inform'd Your greatnesse with the people Duke I had more My honest and ingenious people But The weight of businesse hath prevented me I am call'd from you but this tree I spake of Shall bring forth fruit I hope to your content And so I share my bowels amongst you all Omnes A noble Duke a very noble Duke Enter a Gentleman Ser. Afore there Gentlemen Gen. You 'r faithfully met good Monsieur Mount Marine Ser. Be advis'd the time is alter'd Gen. Is he not the same man he was afore Duke Still the same man to you Sir Long. You have received mighty grace be thankfull Gen. Let me not dye in ignorance Long. You shall not Then know the King out of his loue hath pleased To stile him Duke of Burgundy Gen. O great Duke Thus low I plead for pardon and desire To be enrol'd amongst your poorest slaves Du. Sir you have mercy and withall my hand From henceforth let me call you one of mine Ser. Make room afore there and dismisse the people Du. Every man to his house in peace and quiet Peop. Now heaven preserve the Duke heaven blesse the Duke Exeunt Omnes Enter Wife Wife This letter came this morn from my Cozen To the great Lady high and mighty Duchesse Of Burgundy be these delivered O For a stronger lace to keep my breath That I may laugh the nine dayes till the wonder Fall to an ebb the high and mighty Duchesse The high and mighty God what a stile is this Methinks it goes like a Duchy lope-man A ladder of 100. rounds will faile To reach the top on 't well my Gentle Cozen I know by these contents your itch of honour You must to the Court you say and very shortly You shall be welcome and if your wife have wit I 'le put her in a thriving course if not Her own sin on her owne head not a blot Shall staine my reputation only this I must for healths sake sometimes Make an asse of the tame moyle my husband 'T will do him good and give him fresher brains Me fresher blood Now for the noble Duke I heare him comming Enter Duke his traine Your Grace is well return'd Du. As well as may be Never in younger health never more able I meane to be your bed-fellow this night Let me have good encounter Bow Blesse me heaven What a hot meat this greatnesse is Long. It may be so For I 'le be sworn he hath not got a snap This two months on my knowledge or her woman Is damd for swearing it Du. I thank you Gentlemen for your attendance And also your great paines pray know my lodgings Better and oftner do so Gentlemen Now by my honour as I am a Prince I speake sincerely know my lodgings better And be not strangers I shall see your service And your deservings when you least expect Om. We humbly thank your Grace for this great favor Du. Jaques Ja. Your Grace Du. Be ready for the Countrey And let my Tenants know the Kings great love Say I would see them but the waight at Court Lyes heavy on my shoulders let them know I do expect their duties in attendance Against the next feast wait for my comming To take up post and be full of speed Exit Jaques Wife I would desire your Grace Du. You shall desire and have your Full desire sweet Duchesse speak Wife To have some conference with a Gentleman That seems not altogether void of reason He talks of titles and things neare the Crown And knowing none so fit as your good Grace To give the difference in such points of State Du. What is he If he be noble or have any part That 's worthy our converse We do accept him Wife I can assure your Grace his straine is noble But he 's very subtle Duke Let him be so Let him have all the braines I shall demonstrate How this most Christian Crown of France can beare No other shew of title then the Kings I will goe in and meditate for halfe an houre And then be ready for him presently I will convert him quickly or confound him Ser Is mad Shattillion here Wife Is here and 's Lady I prethee servant fetch him hither Ser. Why what do you meane to put him to Wife To chat with the mad lad my husband 'T will be brave to heare them speake babl Stare and prate Bew. But what shall be the end of all this Lady Enter Shattillion and Servant Wife Leave that to me now for the grand dispute For see here comes Shattillion as I live me thinks All France should beare part of his griefes Long. I le fetch my Lord the Duke Shat. Where am I now or whether will you lead me To my death I crave my priviledge I must not dye but by just course of law Ser. His Majesty hath sent by me your pardon He meant not you should dye but would intreate you To lay the full state of your Title open Unto a grave and noble Gentleman Enter Duke and Longovile The Duke of Burgundy who here doth come Who either by his wisedome will confute you Or else informe and satisfie the King Bew. May 't please your grace this is the Gentleman Duke Is this he that chops logicke with my liege Shat. d ee mocke me you are great the time will come When you shall be as much contemned as I Where are the ancient complements of France That upstarts brave the Princes of the bloud Duke Your title Sir in short Shat. He must Sir Be a better states man then your selfe that can Trip me in any thing I will not speake Before these witnesses Duke Depart the roome for none shall stay No not my dearest Dutches Wife Wee 'le stand behind the Arras heare all Exeunt Duke In that chaire take your place I in this Discourse your title now Shat. Sir you shall know My loves true title mine by marriage Setting aside the first race of French Kings Which will not here concerne us as Pharamond With Clodian Meron and Chilperik And to come downe unto the second race Which we will likewise slip Duke But take me with you Shat. I pray you give me leave of Martell Charles The Father of King Pippin who was Sir To Charles the great and famous Charlemaine And to come to the third race of French Kings Which will not be great pertinent in this cause Betwixt the King and me of which you
Pallace And the rich Magazines that neighbour it In which the wealth of Aegypt is contain'd Start not it shall be so that while the people Labour in quenching the ensuing flames Like Caesar with this handfull of my friends Through fire and swords I force a passage to My conquering Legions King if thou darst follow Where Caesar leads or live or dye a Free-man If not stay here a bond-man to thy slave And dead be thought unworthy of a grave Exeunt Scena Tertia Enter Septinius Sep. I feele my resolution melts againe And that I am not knave alone but foole In all my purposes This Devill Photinus Employs me as a property and grown uselesse Will shake me off againe he told me so When I kill'd Pompey nor can I hope better When Caesar is dispatch'd Services done For such as only study their owne ends Too great to be rewarded or return'd With deadly hate I learnd this principle In his own Schoole yet still he fooles me well And yet he trusts me Since I in my nature Was fashion'd to be false wherefore should I That kill'd my Generall and a Roman one To whom I owe all nourishments of life Be true to an Aegyptian to save Caesar And turn Photinus plots on his own head As it is in my power redeem my credit And live to lye and swear again in fashion Oh 't were a Master-piece ha me Ceasar How 's he got off Enter Caesar Ptolomy Antony Dollabella Achoreus Appollodorus Souldiers Caesar The fire has tooke And shews the City like a second Troy The Navy too is scorch'd the people greedy To save their wealth and houses while their souldiers Make spoile of all only Achillas troops Make good their guard break through them we are safe I 'le lead you like a Thunder-bolt Sep. Stay Caesar Caesar Who 's this the dog Septinius Ant. Cut his throat Dol. You barkt but now fawne you so soone Sep. O heare me What I 'le deliver is for Caesars safety For all your good Ant. Good from a moneth like thine That never belch'd but blasphemy treason on Festivall dayes Sep. I am an altered man altered indeed And I will give you cause to say I am a Roman Dol. Rogue I grant thee Sep. Trust me I 'le make the passage smooth and easy For your escape Ant. I 'le trust the Devill sooner And make a safer bargaine Sep. I am trusted With all Photinus secrets Ant. There 's no doubt then Thou wilt be false Sep. Still to be true to you Dol. And very likely Caesar Be breife the meanes Sep. Thus Caesar To me alone but bound by terrible oathes Not to discover it he hath reveal'd A dismall vault whose dreadfull mouth do's open A mile beyond the Citty in this cave Lye but two houres conceal'd Ant If you believe him Hee 'le bury us alive Dol. I 'le fly in the ayre first Sep. Then in the dead of night I 'le bring you backe Into a private roome where you shall finde Photinus and Achillas and the rest Of their Commanders close at Counsell Caesar Good what followes Sep. Fall me fairly on their throates Their heads cut off and shorn the multitude Will easily disperse Caesar O Devill away with him Nor true to friend nor enemy Caesar scornes To find his safety or revenge his wrongs So base a way or owe the meanes of life To such a leaprous Traytor I have towr'd For victory like a Faulcon in the clouds Not dig'd for 't like a Moale our Swords and Cause Make way for us and that it may appeare We tooke a noble course and hate base Treason Some souldiers that would merit Caesars favour Hang him on yonder turret and then follow The lane this sword makes for you Exit 1 Sold. Here 's a Belt Though I dye for it I 'le use it 2 Sold. T is too good To trusse a Cur in Sep. Save me here 's gold 1 Sold. If Rome Were offered for thy ransome it could not help thee 2 Sold. Hang not an arse 1 Sold. Goad him on with thy sword Thou dost deserve a worser end and may All such conclude so that their friends betray Exeunt Scena Quarta Enter severally Arsino Eros Cleopatra Ar. We are lost Eros Undon Ar. Confusion Fire and Swords And fury in the souldiers face more horrid Circle us round Eros The Kings command they laugh at And jeere at Caesars threats Ars. My brother seizd on By the Roman as thought guilty of the tumult And forc'd to beare him company as mark'd out For his protection or revenge Eros They have broke Into my Cabinet my Trunks are ransak'd Ar. I have lost my Jewels too but that 's the least The barbarous Rascalls against all humanity Or sense of pity have kill'd my little dog And broke my monkeys chaine Eros They rufled me But that I could endure and tire 'em too Would they proceed no further Ar. O my sister Eros My Queen my Mistresse Ar. Can you stand unmov'd When an Earth-quake of rebellion shakes the City And the Court trembles Cleo. Yes Arsino And with a masculine constancy deride Fortunes worst malice as a servant to My Vertues not a Mistress then we forsake The strong fort of our selves when we once yield Or shrink at her assaults I am still my selfe And though dis-roab'd of Sovereignty and ravisht Of ceremonious duty that attends it Nay grant they had slav'd my body my free mind Like to the Palm-tree walling fruitfull Nyle Shall grow up straighter and enlarge it selfe Spight of the envious weight that loads it with Think of thy birth Arsino common burthens Fit common shoulders teach the multitude By suffering nobly what they feare to touch at The greatnesse of thy mind does soare a pitch Their dim eyes darkned by their narrow soules Cannot arrive at Ar. I am new created And owe this second being to you best sister For now I feele you have infus'd into me Part of your fortitude Eros I still am fearfull I dare not tell a lye you that were born Daughters and Sisters unto Kings may nourish Great thoughts which I that am your humble handmaid Must not presume to ryvall Cleo. Yet my Eros Though thou hast profited nothing by observing The whole course of my life learn in my death Though not to equall yet to imitate Thy fearlesse Mistresse Enter Photinus Eros O a man in armes His weapon drawn too Cleo. Though upon the point Death sate I 'le meete it and out-dare the danger Pho. Keep the watch strong and guard the passage sure That leads unto the Sea Cleo. What sea of rudenesse Breaks in upon us or what Subjects breath Dare raise a storme when we command a calm Are duty and obedience fled to heaven And in their roome ambition and pride Sent into Aegyt that face speaks thee Photinus A thing thy Mother brought into the world My Brothers and my Slave but thy behaviour Oppos'd to that an insolent Intruder Upon that Soveraignty thou shouldst bow to If
on my child Which here would be too rude and troublesome Exit Phil. Franio you knew this before Bust. Oh oh Item for you Miller Fra. I did my Liege I must confesse I did And I confesse I ne'r would have confess'd Had not that womans tongue begun to me We poor ones love and would have comforts Sir As well as great this is no strange fault Sir There 's many men keep other mens children As though they were their own Bust. It may stretch farther yet I beseech you my Liege let this woman be a little farther examin'd let the words of her conscience be search'd I would know how she came by me I am a lost childe if I be theirs though I have been brought up in a mill yet I had ever a minde me thought to be a greater man Phil. Shee will resolve you sure Gill. I I Boy thou art mine own flesh and blood Born of mine own body Bust. 'T is very unlikely that such a body should bear me There 's no trust in these millers Woman tell the truth my father shall forgive thee whatsoever he was were hee Knight Squire or Captain lesse he should not be Gill. Thou art mine own child Boy Bust. And was the Miller my Father Gill. Wouldst thou make thy mother a whore Knave Bust. I if she make me a Bastard The rack must make her confesse my Lord I shall never come to know who I am else I have a worshipfull mind in mee sure mee thinks I do scorn poor folks Enter Otrante Florimell and Julio c. Phil. Here comes the brightest glory of the day Love yoak'd with love the best equality Without the levell of estate or person Jul. You both shall be rewarded bountifully Wee 'll be a-kin too Brother and Sister shall be chang'd with us ever Bust. Thank you Unkle my sister is my cosen yet at the last cast Farewell sister foster If I had known the Civill law would have allowed it thou hadst had another manner of husband then thou hast but much good doe thee I 'll dance at thy wedding kisse the Bride and so Jul. Why how now sirha Bust. 'T is lawfull now she 's none of my Sister It was a Miller and a Lord That had a scabberd and a sword He put it up in the Country word The Miller and his daughter Shee has a face and she can sing Shee has a Grace and she can spring Shee has a place with another thing Tradoodle Fra. A knavish Brother of yours my Lord Bust. would I were acquainted with your Tailor Noble Brother Otr. You may there he is a mine newly entertain'd Ver. If you have any work for me I can fit you Sir I fitted the Lady Bust. My Sister Tailor what fits her wil hardly fit me Ver. Who fits her may fit you Sir the Tailor can do both Bust. You have a true yard Tailor Ver. Ne'r a whit too long I warrant you Bust. Then Tailor march with me away I scorn these robes I must be gay My Noble Brother he shall pay Tom Tailor Exeunt Phil. Your recovered friendships are sound Gentlemen Bel. At heart at heart my Lord the worm shall not Beyond many ages find a breach to enter at Phil. These Lovers unities I will not doubt of How happy have you made our Progresse then To be the witnesse of such fair Accords Come now we 'll eat with you my Lord Otrante 'T is a charge sav'd You must not grudge your guest 'T is both my Welcome and your Wedding-Feast Exeunt FINIS THE PROPHETESSE Actus primus Scaena prima Enter Charinus Aurelia Niger Char. You buz into my head strange likelihoods and fill mee full of doubts But what proofes Niger what certainties that my most noble Brother came to his end by murther Tel me that assure me by some circumstance Niger I will Sir And as I tell you truth so the gods prosper me I have often nam'd this Aper Char. True ye have done and in mysterious senses I have heard ye break out o' th' sudden and abruptly Niger True Sir Fear of your unbeliefe and the Times giddinesse made me I durst not then go farther So your Grace please out of your wonted goodnesse to give credit I shall unfold the wonder Aur. Do it boldly you shall have both our hearty loves and hearings Niger This Aper then this too much honourd villain for he deserves no mention of a good man great Sir give ear This most ungratefull spightfull above the memory of mankind mischievous with his owne bloody hands Char. Take heed Nig. I am in Sir and if I make not good my Storie Aur. Forward I see a Truth would break out be not fearfull Nig. I say this Aper and his damn'd Ambition cut off your Brothers hopes his life and fortunes the honourd Numerianus fell by him fell basely most untimely and most treacherously For in his Litter as he bore him company most privately and cunningly he kill'd him yet still hee fils the faithfull Souldiers ears with stories of his weaknesse of his life that he dare not venture to appear in open and shew his warlike face among the souldiers the tendernesse and weaknesse of his eyes being not able to endure the Sun yet Slave that he is he gives out this infirmitie because hee would dispatch his honour too to arise from wantonnesse and love of women and thus he juggles still Aur. O most pernitious most bloody and most base Alas deer Brother art thou accus'd and after death thy memory loaden with shames and lies Those pious tears thou daily showerdst upon my fathers Monument when in the Persian Expedition he fell unfortunately by a stroak of thunder made thy defame and sins Those wept out eyes the fair examples of a noble Nature those holy drops of Love turn'd by depravers malitious poyson'd tongues to thy abuses We must not suffer this Char. It shows a truth now and sure this Aper is not right nor honest hee will not now come neer me Nig. No he dare not He has an inmate here that 's call'd a conscience bids him keep off Char. My Brother honourd him made him first Captain of his Guard his next friend then to my mother to assure him neerer he made him husband Nig. And withall ambitious for when he trod so nigh his false feet itch'd Sir to step into the State Aur. If ye beleeve Brother Aper a bloody knave as 't is apparant Let 's leave disputing and do something Noble Char. Sister be rul'd I am not yet so powerfull to meet him in the field He has under him the flower of all the Empire and the strength the Brittain and the Germain Cohorts pray ye be patient Niger how stands the Souldier to him Nig. In fear more Sir then love or honour he has lost their fair affections by his most covetous and greedy griping Are ye desirous to do something on him that all the world may know ye lov'd your Brother and do it safely too
hasten the remove And fellow-souldiers your love to me will teach you to endure both long and tedious marches 1 Gu. Die hee accurs'd that thinks of rest or sleep before he sets his foot on Persian earth Nig. Wee know our glory the dignitie of Rome and what 's above all can be urg'd the quiet of your mind depends upon our hast Dio. Remove to night five dayes shall bring me to you All Happinesse to Cesar and glorious victorie Exeunt Dio. The cheerfulnesse of my Souldiers gives assurance of good successe abroad if first I make my peace at home here There is something chides me and sharply tels 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 angell and bound Fortune to prosper my designes I must appease her Let others pay their knees their vows their prayers to weak imagin'd Powers shee is my All and thus I do invoke her Knowing Delphia thou more then woman and though thou vouchsafest to grace the earth with thy celestiall steps and taste this grosser air thy heavenly spirit hath free accesse to all the secret counsels which a full Senat of the gods determine when they consider man The brasse-leav'd book of Fate lies open to thee where thou read'st and fashionest the destinies of men at thy wish'd pleasure Look upon thy creature and as thou twice hast pleased to appear to reprehend my falshood now vouchsafe to see my lowe submission Del. What 's thy will false and unthankfull and in that deserving all humane sorrowes dar'st thou hope from me relief or comfort Dio. Penitence does appease th' incensed Powers and Sacrifice takes off their heavie 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 joyne with those Powers that punish perjury to make me an example to deter others from being false Dru. Upon my soul you may beleeve him nor did he ere purpose to me but nobly hee made triall how I could endure unkindnesse I see Truth triumphat in his sorrow Deerest 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 kisse I seale his pardon Dio. O that I ere look'd beyond this abstract of all womans goodnesse Del. I am thine again thus I confirm our league I know thy wishes and how much thou sufferest in honour for thy friends thou shalt repair all for to thy fleet I 'll give a fore-right winde to passe the Persian gulf remove all lets that may molest thy souldiers in their March that passe 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 happinesse such as move beyond it must of necessitie descend Think on 't and use those blessings that the gods powre 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 Scaena Tertia Enter Niger Geta Guard Souldiers Ensignes Nig. How do you like your entrance to the Warre 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 leasure wee walk on and feed like hungry boyes that haste to School or as we carried fish to the City dare stay no where for fear our ware should stink 1. Gu. That 's the necessitie of our speedy March Get. Sir I doe love my ease and though I hate all Seats of Judicature I mean in the Citie for conveniencie I still will be a Justice in the War and ride upon my foot-cloth I hope a Captain and a gown'd-Captain too may be dispens'd with I tell you and do not mock me when I was poor I could endure like others cold and hunger but since I grew rich let but my finger ake or feel but the least pain in my great toe unlesse I have a Doctor mine own Doctor that may assure me I am gone Nig. Come fear not you shall want nothing 1. Gu. We will make you fight as you were mad Get. Not too much of fighting Friend it is thy trade that art a common souldier We Officers by our place may share the spoile and never sweat for 't 2. Gu. You shall kil for practice but your dozen or two a day Get. Thou talkst as if thou wert lowsing thy self but yet I will make danger If I prove one of the Worthies so However I 'll have the fear of the gods before my eyes and doe no hurt I warrant you Nig. Come March on and humour him for our mirth 1. Gu. 'T is a fine peak-goose Nig. But one that fools to the Emperor and in that a wise man and a Souldier 1. Gu. True moralitie Exeunt Scaena quarta Enter Cosroe Cassana Persians and Charinus Maximinian Aurelia bound with Souldiers Cos. Now by the Persian gods most truly welcom encompass'd thus with tributary kings I entertain you Lend your helping hands to seat her by me and thus rais'd bow all to do her honour O my best Cassana Sister and partner of my life and Empire wee 'll teach thee to forget with present pleasures thy late captivitie and this proud Roman that us'd thee as a slave and did disdain a Princely Ransom shall if she repine be forc'd by various Tortures to adore what she of late contemn'd Cas. All greatnesse ever attend Cosroe though Persia be stil'd the nurse of pomp and pride wee 'll leave to Rome her native crueltie For know Aurelia a Roman Princesse and a Cesars Sister though now like thee captiv'd I can forget thy barbarous usage and though thou to me when I was in thy power didst shew thy self a most insulting Tyrannesse I to thee may prove a gentle Mistris Aur. O my Stars a Mistris can I love and owe that name to flesh and bloud I was borne to command train'd up in Soveraigntie and I in death can quit the name of slave She that scorns life may mock captivitie Char. Rome will be Rome when we are nothing and her powr's the same which you once quak'd at Max. Dioclesian lives hear it and tremble Lives thou King of Persia the Master of his fortune and his honour and though by divelish Arts wee were surpriz'd and made the prey of Magick and of Theft and not won nobly we shall be redeem'd and by a Roman war and every wrong we suffer here with interest be return'd on the insulting doer 1 Per. Sure these Romanes are more then men 2 Per. Their great
it 1 Daugh. And then be sure to die Nen. It shall go hard else Bond. Fare well with all my heart we shall meet yonder where few of these must come Nen. Gods take thee Lady Exit Nennius Bond. Bring up the swords and poison Enter one with swords and a great cup 2 Daugh. O my fortune Bond. How how ye whore 2 Daugh. Good mother nothing to offend ye Bond. Here wench behold us Romanes Swet. Mercy yet Bond. No talking puff there goes all your pitie Come short prayers and let 's dispatch the businesse you begin shrink not I 'll see ye do 't 2 Daugh. O gentle mother O Romanes O my heart I dare not Swet. Woman woman unnatural woman 2 Daugh. O perswade her Romanes alas I am young and would live Noble mother can ye kill that ye gave life are my yeers fit for destruction Swet. Yeeld and be a Queen still a mother and a friend Bond. Ye talk come hold it and put it home 1 Daugh. Fie sister fie what would you live to be Bond. A whore still 2 Daugh. Mercie Swet. Hear her thou wretched woman 2 Daugh. Mercie mother O whither will you send me I was once your darling your delight Bond. O gods fear in my family do it and nobly 2 Daugh. O do not frown then 1 Daugh. Do it worthy sister 't is nothing 't is a pleasure we 'll go with ye 2 Daugh. O if I knew but whither 1 Daugh. To the blessed where we shall meet our father Swet. Woman Bond. Talk not 1 Daugh. Where nothing but true joy is Bond. That 's a good wench mine own sweet girl put it close to thee 2 Daugh. O comfort me still for heavens sake 1 Daugh. Where eternal our youths are and our beauties where no Wars come nor lustful slaves to ravish us 2 Daugh. That steels me a long farewel to this world Bond. Good I 'll help thee 1 Daugh. The next is mine Shew me a Romane Lady in all your stories dare do this for her honour they are cowards eat coals like compell'd Cats your great Saint Lucrece di'd not for honour Tarquin topt her well and mad she could not hold him bled Petill. By I am in love I would give an hundred pound now but to lie with this womans behaviour O the devil 1 Daugh. Ye shall see me example All your Rome if I were proud and lov'd ambition if I were lustful all your ways of pleasure if I were greedie all the wealth ye conquer Bond. Make haste 1 Daugh. I will Could not intice to live but two short hours this frailty would ye learn how to die bravely Romanes to fling off this case of flesh lose all your cares for ever live as we have done well and fear the gods hunt Honour and not Nations with your swords keep your mindes humble your devotions high so shall ye learn the noblest part to die Bond. I come wench to ye all Fates hang-men you that case the aged destinies and cut the threds of Kingdoms as they draw 'em here here 's a draught would ask no lesse then Caesar to pledge it for the glories sake Cur. Great Lady Swet. Make up your own conditions Bond. So we will Swet. Stay Dem. Stay Swet. Be any thing Bond. A Saint Swetonius when thou shalt fear and die like a slave Ye foole ye should have ti'd up death first when ye conquer'd ye sweat for us in vain else see him here he 's ours still and our friend laughs at your pities and we command him with as easie reins as do our enemies I feel the poison Poor vanquish'd Romanes with what matchlesse tortures could I now rack ye But I pitie ye desiring to die quiet nay so much I hate to prosecute my victory that I will give ye counsel ere I die If you will keep your Laws and Empire whole place in your Romane flesh a Britain soul Enter Decius Swet. Desperate and strange Dec. 'T is won Sir and the Britains all put to th' sword Swet. Give her fair Funeral she was truely noble and a Queen Petill. take it a love-mange grown upon me what a spirit Iun. I am glad of this I have found ye Petill. In my belly O how it tumbles Iun. Ye good gods I thank ye Exeunt Actus Quintus Scaena Prima Enter Caratach upon a rock and Hengo by him sleeping Car. Thus we afflicted Britains climb for safeties and to avoid our dangers seek destructions thus we awake to sorrows O thou woman thou agent for adversities what curses this day belong to thy improvidence to Britanie by thy means what sad millions of widows weeping eyes The strong mans valour thou hast betraid to fury the childes fortune to fear and want of friends whose pieties might wipe his mournings off and build his sorrows a house of rest by his blest ancestore the virgins thou hast rob'd of all their wishes blasted their blowing hopes turn'd their songs their mirthful Marriage songs to Funerals the Land thou hast left a wildernesse of wretches The boy begins to stir thy safety made would my soul were in heaven Heng. O noble Uncle look out I dream'd we were betraid a soft dead march within Car. No harm boy 't is but thy emptinesse that breeds these fancies thou shalt have meat anon Heng. A little Uncle and I shall hold out bravely What are those look Uncle look those multitudes that march there they come upon us stealing by Car. I see 'em and prethee be not fearful Heng. Now ye hate me would I were dead Car. Thou know'st I love thee dearly Heng. Did I ere shrink yet Uncle were I a man now I should be angry with ye Enter Drusus Regulus and Souldiers with Penyus Herse Drums and Colours Car. My sweet chicken see they have reach'd us and as it seems they bear some Souldiers body by their solemn gestures and sad solemnities it well appears too to be of eminence Most worthy Souldiers let me intreat your knowledge to inform me what noble body that is which you bear with such a sad and ceremonious grief as if ye meant to woo the world and nature to be in love with death Most honourable excellent Romanes by your ancient valours as ye love fame resolve me Sould. 'T is the body of the great Captain Penyus by himself made cold and spiritlesse Car. O stay ye Romanes by the religion which you owe those gods that lead ye on to Victories by those glories which made even pride a vertue in ye Dru. Stay what 's thy will Caratach Car. Set down the body the body of the noblest of all Romanes as ye expect an offering at your graves from your friends sorrows set it down a while that with your griefs an enemy may mingle a noble enemy that loves a Souldier and lend a tear to vertue even your foes your wild foes as you call'd us are yet stor'd with fair affections our hearts fresh our spirits though sometimes stubborn yet when vertue dies
save some little Bisket for the Lady Till we come to the Land La-m. Must my goods over too Why honest Master here lies all my money The money I ha wrackt by usurie To buy new Lands and Lordships in new Countryes 'Cause I was banisht from mine own I ha been this tweenty yeers a raising it Tilb. Out with it The devils are got together by the eares who shall have it And here they quarrell in the clouds La-m. I am undone Sir Tib. And be undone 't is better then we perish La-m. O save one Chest of Plate Tib. A way with it lustily Saylors It was some pawne that he has got unjustly Down with it low enough and let Crabs breed in 't Mast. Over with the Truncks too Enter Albert Alb. Take mine and spare not Mast. We must over with all Fran. Will ye throw away my Lordship That I sold put it into clothes and necessaries To goe to Sea with Tib. Over with it I love to see a Lordship sincke Sir you left no Wood upon 't to bovy it up You might ha sav'd it else Fran. I am undone for ever Alb. Why we are all undone would you be only happy La-m. Sir you may loose too Tib. Thou liest I ha nothing but my skinne And my Clothes my sword here and my self Two Crowns in my Pocket two paire of Cards And three false Dice I can swime like a Fish Rascall nothing to hinder me Boatsw. In with her of all hands Mast. Come gentlemen come Captain ye must helpe all My life now for the Land 'T is high and rocky and full of perils Alb. How ever let 's attempt it Mast. Then cheer lustily my hearts Exit Enter Sebastian and Nicusa Sebast. Yes 't is a Ship I see it now a tal Ship She has wrought lustily for her deliverance Heavens mercy what a wretched day has here been Nicu. To still and quiet minds that knew no misery It may seeme wretched but with us 't is ordinary Heaven has no Storm in store nor earth no terror That can seeme new to us Sebast. 'T is true Nicusa if fortune were determin'd To be wanton and would wipe out the stories Of mens miseries yet we two living We could crosse her purpose for 't is impossible She should cure us we are so excellent in our afflictions It would be more then glory to her blindnes And stile her power beyond her pride to quit us Nicusa Doe they live still Sebast. Yes and make to harbour Nicu. Most miserable men I greive their Fortunes Sebast. How happy had they been had the Sea cover'd 'em They leap from one calamity to another Had they been drown'd they had ended all their sorrows What showts of joy they make Nicu. Alas poor wretches had they but once experience Of this Island they 'd turn their tunes to waylings Sebast. Nay to curses That ever they set foot on such calamities Here 's nothing but rocks and barrennes Hunger and cold to eat here 's no Vineyards To cheere the heart of man no Christall Rivers After his labour to refresh his body If he be feeble nothing to restore him But heavenly hopes nature that made those remedies Dares not come here nor looke on our distresses For fear she turn wilde like the place and barren Nicu. O Uncle yet a little memory of what we were 'T will be a little comfort in our calamities When we were seated in our blessed homes How happy in our kindreds in our families In all our Fortunes Sebast. Curse on those French Pirates that displanted us That flung us from that happinesse we found there Constrain'd us to Sea to save our lives honours and our riches Withall we had our kinsmen and our jewels In hope to finde some place free from such robbers Where a mighty storme severd our Barkes That where my wife my daughter And my noble Ladyes that went with her Virgins and loving soules to scape those Pirates Nicus. They are living yet such goodnesse cannot perish Sebast But never to me Cozen Never to me againe what beares their Flag-staves Nicu. The Armes of France sure Nay doe not start we cannot be more miserable Death is a cordial now come when it will Sebast. They get to shore a pace they 'le flye as fast When once they find the place what 's that which swims there Ni. A strong young man Sir with a handsome woman Hanging about his Neck Sebast. That shewes some honour May thy brave charity what ere thou art Be spoken in a place that may renown thee And not dye here Nicasa The Boat it seemes turn'd over So forced to their shifts yet all are landed They 're Pirats on my life Sebast. They will not rob us For none will take our misery for riches Come Cozen let 's descend and try their pitties If we get off a little hope walkes with us If not we shall but load this wretched Island With the same shadows still that must grow shorter Ex. Enter Albert Aminta Tibalt Morillat La-mure Master Franvile Surgeon Saylors Tibal. Wet come a shore my mates we are safe arrived yet Mast. Thanks to heavens goodnesse no man lost The Ship rides faire to and her leakes in good plight Albert The weathers turn'd more courteous How does my deere Alas how weake she is and wet Amint. I am glad yet I scapt with life Which certain Noble Captain next to heavens goodnesse I must thanke you for and which is more Acknowledge your deer tendernesse your firme love To your unworthy Mistresse and recant to Indeed I must those harsh opinions Those cruell unkind thoughts I heapt upon ye Farther then that I must forget your Injuries So farre I am tyde and fetred to your service Beleeve me I will learne to love Albert I thank ye Madam And it shall be my practise to serve What cheere companions Tibalt No great cheere Sir a peece of souced Bisket And halfe a hard egge for the Sea has taken order Being young and strong we shall not surfet Captaine For mine own part I le Dance till I 'm dry Come Surgeon out with your Glister-pipe And stricke a Galliard Alb. What a brave day again And what faire weather after so fowle a storme La-mure I an t pleas'ed the Master he might ha seen This weather and ha sav'd our goods Alb. Never think on em we have our lives and healths La-m. I must think on em and think 'T was most maliciously done to undoe me Fran. And me to I lost all I hant another shirt to put upon me nor Clothes But these poor raggs I had fifteen faire sutes The worst was cut upon Taffaty Tib. I am glad you ha lost give me thy hand Is thy skin whole art thou not purl'd with scabbs No Ancient monuments of madam Venus Thou hast a suit then will pose the cunningst Taylor That will never turn fashion nor forsake thee Till thy executors the wormes uncase thee They take off glorious sutes Franvile thou art happy Thou art
and take our meat from us Cla. These are weak abject things that shew ye poor ones What 's the great service ye so oft have threatned If ye might see me and win my favour Jul. That businesse of discovery Mor. O I le tell ye Lady Lam. and so will I Fran. And I Pray let me speak first Mor. Good no confusion We are before a Lady that knows manners And by the next meat I shall eate t is certain This little Gentlewoman that was taken with us Cla. Your Captains sister she you mean Mor. I I she 's the businesse that we would open to ye You are cousned in her Lam. How what is 't you would open Fran. She is no sister Mor. Good sirs how quick you are She is no sister Madam Fran. She is his Mor. Peace I say Cla. What is she Mor. Faith sweet Lady She is as a man would say his Cla. What Lam. His Mistris Mor. Or as some new translators read his Cla. O me Mor. And why he should delude you thus Unlesse he meant some villany these ten weeks He has had her at Sea for his own proper appetite Lam. His Cabin-mate I le assure ye Cla. No sister say ye Mor. No more then I am brother to your beauty I know not why he should juggle thus Cla. Do not lie to me Mor. If ye find me lie Lady hang me empty Cla. How am I fool'd Away with 'em Juletta and feed 'em But hark ye with such food as they have given me New misery Fran. Nor meat nor thanks for all this Exit Cla. Make 'em more wretched O I could burst curse and kill now Kill any thing I meet Juletta follow me And call the rest along Iul. We follow Maddam Exeunt Enter Albert and Aminta Amin. I must be gone now else she may suspect me How shall I answer her Alb. Tell her directly Amin. That were too sudden too improvident Fires of this nature must be put out cunningly They 'l waste all come neere 'em else Farewell once more Alb. Farewell And keep my love entire Nay kisse me once again me thinks we should not part Amin. O be wise sir Alb. Nay one kisse more Amin. Indeed you 'r wanton Enter Clarinda Juletta Crolale Hippolita We may be taken too Cla. Out thou base woman By Heaven I le shoot 'em both Cro. Nay stay brave Lady hold A sudden death cuts of a Nobler vengeance Cla. Am I made Bawd to your lascivious meetings Are ye grown so wise in sin Shut up that villaine and sirra Now expect my utmost anger Let him there starve Alb. I mock at your mischiefes Exit Cla. Tie that false witch unto that Tree There let the savage beasts Gnaw of her sweetnesse and Snakes Embrace her beauties tie her and watch That none relieve her Hip. We could wish ye better fortune Lady But dare not help ye Amin. Be your own friends I thank ye Now onely my last audit and my greatest Enter Raymond O Heaven be kind unto me And if it be thy wil preserve Raym. Who is this Sure t is a woman I have trod this place And found much footing now I know t is peopl'd Ha let me see t is her face O Heaven turn this way mayd Amin. O Raymond O brother Raym. Her tongue to t is my sister what rude hand Nay kisse me first O joy Amin. Fly fly deere brother You are lost else Jul. A man a man a new man Raym. What are these Enter Juletta Crocale Clarinda Cro. An Enemy an Enemy Cla. Dispatch him Take him off shoot him straight Raym. I dare not use my sword Ladies Against such comely foes Amin. O brother brother Cla. Away with 'em and in darke prisons bind 'em One word replyd ye die both Now brave mother follow thy Noble Anger And I le help thee Exeunt Actus quintus Scaena prima Enter Rossella Clarinda Crocale Juletta Hippolita Ros. I am deaf to all your intreaties she that moves me For pity or compassion to these Pirates Digs up her fathers or her brothers Tombe And spurns about their ashes Couldst thou remember what a father thou hast once T would steele thy heart against foolish pity By his memory and the remembrance of his deere embraces I am taught that in a Noble cause revenge is Noble And they shal fall the sacrifices to appease His wandering Ghost and my incensed fury Cla. The new come prisoner to Ros. Him to Yet that we may learn Whether they are the same or neere ally'd To those that forc'd me to this cruell course Better their poore allowance and permit 'em To meet together and confer Within the distance of your eare perhaps They may discover something that may kill Despaire in me and be a means to save 'em From certain ruine Cro. That shal be my charge Ros. Yet to prevent All hope of rescue for this new come Captain Hath both a ship and men not far off from us Though ignorant to find the onely Port That can yeeld entrance to our happy Island Guard the place strongly and ere the next Sunne Ends his diurnall progresse I wil be Happy in my revenge or set 'em free Exeunt Enter Crocale Juletta Hippolita A Table furnisht Cro. So serve it plentifully And lose not time to enquire the cause There is a main design that hangs upon this bounty See the Table furnisht with Wine too That discovers secrets which tortures cannot open Open the doores too of the severall prisons And give all free entrance into this room Undiscover'd I can here marke all Enter Tib. Mast. Here 's Captain carelesse and the tough Ship-master The slaves are nos'd like Vultures How wilde they look Tib. Ha the mystery of this Some good Hobgoblin rise and reveale Mast. I am amazed at it nor can I sound the intent Tib. Is not this Bread Substantiall bread not painted Mast. But take heed You may be poysoned Tib. I am sure I am famisht And as the wise man says Gripes the guts as much as any Minerall This may be Treacle sent to preserve me After a long fast or be it Vipers spittle I le run the hazzard Mast. We are past all feare I le take part with ye Tib. Do and now yfaith how d' e feel your selfe I finde great ease in 't What 's here Wine and it be thy will Strong lusty Wine Well fooles may talke Of Metridate Cordials and Elixars But from my youth this was my onely Physick Here 's a colour what Ladies cheek Though ceruss'd over comes neere it It sparkles too hangs out Diamonds O my sweet heart how I will hug thee Again and again They are poor drunkards And not worth thy favours That number thy moyst kisses in these Christals Mast. But Mounsiuer Here are Suckets and sweet dishes Tib. Tush boys meat I am past it here 's strong food fit for men Nectar old lad Mistris of merry hearts Once more I am bold with you Mast. Take heed man Too much will
her anger shews how it sets off Her naturall beauty under what happy star Was Virolet born to be belov'd and sought to By two incomparable women Noblest Lady I have heard your wrongs and pity them and if The service of my life could give me hope To gain your favour I should be most proud To be commanded Mart. T is in you my Lord To make me your glad servant Ron. Name the means Mar. T is not preferment Jewels Gold or Courtship He that desires to reap the harvest of My youth and beauty must begin in blood And right my wrongs Ron. I apprehend you Madam And rest assur'd t is done I am provided Of instruments to fit you To the King I le instantly present you if I faile He shal make good your aymes he 's lesse then man That to atchieve your favour would not doe Deeds friends would fear to put their agents to Exeunt Enter Virolet Reading Vir. Quid invitus facis non est scelus T is an axiome Now whether willingly I have departed With that I lov'd with that above her life Lov'd me again crownd me a happy husband Was full of children her afflictions That I begot that when our age must perish And all our painted frailties turn to ashes Then shal they stand and propagate our honors Whether this done and taking to protection A new strange beauty it was a useful one How to my lust if it be so I am sinful And guilty of that crime I would fling from me Was there not in it this fair course of vertue This pious course to save my friends my Countrey That even then had put on a mourning garment And wept the desolation of her children Her noblest children Did not she thrust me on And to my duty clapt the spur of honour Was there a way without this woman left me To bring 'em off the marrying of this woman If not why am I stung thus why tormented Or had there been a wild desire joyn'd with it How easily both these and all their beauties Might I have made mine own why am I toucht thus Having perform'd the great redemption Both of my friends and family fairly done it Without base and lascivious ends O Heaven Why am I still at war thus why this a mischiefe That honesty and honour had propounded I and absolv'd my tender wil and chid me Nay then unwillingly flung me on Enter Juliana and the Boy Boy He 's here Madam This is the melancholy walk he lives in And chooses ever to encrease his sadnesse Jul. Stand by Vir. T is she how I shake now and tremble The vertues of that mind are torments to me Jul. Sir if my hated face shal stir your anger Or this forbidden path I tread in vex you My love and faire obedience let behind me Your pardon asked I shal return and blesse you Vir. Pray stay a little I delight to see you May not we yet though fortune have divided us Ana set an envious stop between our pleasures Look thus one at another sigh and weep thus And read in one anothers eyes the Legends And wonders of our old loves be not fearful Though you be now a Saint I may adore you May I not take this hand and on it sacrifice The sorrows of my heart white seale of vertue Jul. My Lord you wrong your wedlock Vir. Were she here And with her all severe eyes to behold us We might do this I might name Julian And to the reverence of that name bow thus I might sigh Juliana she was mine once But I too weak a guard for that great Treasure And whilst she has a name believe me Lady This broken heart shal never want a sorroW Jul. Forget her sir your honour now commands you You are anothers keep those griefes for her She richly can reward 'em I would have spoken with you Vir. What is your wil for nothing you can aske So ful of goodnesse are your words and meanings Must be denied speak boldly Jul. I thank you sir I come not To beg or flatter onely to be believ'd That I desire for I shal tell a story So far from seeming truth yet a most true one So horrible in nature and so horrid So beyond wickednesse that when you heare it It must appeare the practice of another The cast malice of some one you have wrongd much And me you may imagine me accus'd to Unlesse you call to mind my daily sufferings The infinite obedience I have born you That hates all name and nature of revenge My love that nothing but my death can sever Rather then hers I speak of Vir. Juliana To make a doubt of what you shall deliver After my full experience of your vertues Were to distrust a providence to think you can lie Or being wrong'd seek after foule repairings To forge a Creed against my faith Jul. I must do so for it concernes your life sir And if that word may stir you heare and prosper I should be dumb else were not you at stake here Vir. What new friend have I found that dares deliver This loden Trunke from his afflictions What pitying hand of all that feeles my miseries Brings such a benefit Jul. Be wise and manly And with your honour fall when Heaven shall call you Not by a Hellish mischiefe Vir. Speak my blest one How weak and poor I am now she is from me Jul. Your wife Viro. How 's that Jul. Your wife Vir. Be tender of her I shal believe else Jul. I must be true your eare sir For t is so horrible if the ayre catch it Into a thousand plagues a thousand monsters It will disperse it selfe and fright resistance Viro. She seeke my life with you make you her agent Another love O speake but truth Jul. Be patient Deare as I love you else I leave you wretched Vir. Forward t is well it shal be welcome to me I have liv'd too long numbred too many daies Yet never found the benefit of living Now when I come to reap it with my service And hunt for that my youth and honour aimes at The Sunne sets on my fortune red and bloody And everlasting night begins to close me T is time to die Enter Martia and Ronvere Jul. She comes her selfe Ron. Believe Lady And on this Angel hand your servant seales it You shal be Mistris of your whole desires And what ye shal command Mart. Ha mynion My precious dame are you there nay go forward Make your complaints and poure out your faind pities Slave like to him you serve I am the same still And what I purpose let the world take witnesse Shal be so finisht and to such example Spite of your poore preventions my deare Gentleman My honourable man are you there too You and your hot desire Your mercy sir I had forgot your greatnesse Jul. T is not wel Lady Mart. Lord how I hate this fellow now how desperately My stomack stands against him this base fellow This
defeazance To cut off even the surest bonds of mercy After all this having given up thy selfe Like to a sensuall beast a slave to lust To play the whore and then high Heaven it racks me To finde out none to quench thy appetite But the most cruell King whom next to Hell Thy father hated and whose black imbraces Thou shouldst have fled from as the whips of furies What canst thou look for Enter Pandulph and bodies borne on the Herse Mart. Death and t is not in you To hurt me further my old resolution Take now the place of feare in this I liv'd In this I le die your daughter Pand. Look but here You had I know a guilty hand in this Repent it Lady Mart. Juliana dead And Virolet Pand. by her unwilling hand Mart. Fates you are equall What can now fall on me That I wil shrink at now unmov'd I dare Look on your anger and not bend a knee To aske your pardon let your rage run higher Then billows rais'd up by a violent Tempest And be as that is deafe to all intreaties They are dead and I prepar'd for in their fall All my desires are sum'd up Ses. Impudent too Die in it wretch Bots. Stay sir Botsw kils her Ses. How dar'st thou villaine Snatch from my sword the honour of my justice Bots. I never did you better service sir Yet have been ever faithfull I confesse That she deserv'd to die but by whose hand Not by a fathers Double all her guilt It could not make you innocent had you done it In me t is murder in you t were a crime Heaven could not pardon Witnesse that I love you And in that love I did it Ses. Thou art Noble I thank thee for 't the thought of her die with her Ascan. My turn is next since she could finde no mercy What am I to expect Cit. With one voyce sir The Citizens salute you with the stile Of King of Naples Ses. I must be excus'd The burden is too heavy for my shoulder Bestow it where t is due Stand forth Ascanio It does belong to you live long and weare it And warn'd by the example of your Unkle Learn that you are to govern men not beasts And that it is a most improvident head That strives to hurt the limbs that do support it Give buriall to the dead for me and mine We wil again to Sea and never know The place which in my birth first gave me woe Exeunt Flor. Trumpets FINIS THE PILGRIM Actus Primus Scaena Prima Enter Alphonso Curio Seberio Curio SIgnor Alphonso ye are too rugged to her Believe too full of harsnesse Al. Yes it seemes so Seb. A father of so sweet a child so happy Fy Sir so excellent in all endowments In blessednesse of beauty such a mirror Alp. She is a foole away Seb. Can ye be angry Can any wind blow rough upon a blossom So faire and tender Can a Fathers nature A noble Fathers too Al. All this is but prating Let her be rul'd let her observe my humor With thy eyes let her see with my eares listen I am her Father I begot her bred her And I will make her Cur. No doubt ye may compell her But what a misceivous unhappy fortune May wayt upon this wil of yours as commonly Such forcings ever end in hates and ruines Al. Is 't not a man I wish her to a strong man What can she have what could she have a Gentleman A yong man and an able-man a rich man A handsome man a valiant man do you marke me None of your peeced-companions your pin'd-Gallants That flie to fitters with every flaw of weather None of your impt bravados what can she ask more Is not a mettal'd-man fit for a woman A strong chind man I 'le not be foold nor flurted Seb. I grant ye Rodorigo is all these And a brave Gentleman must it therefore follow Upon necessity she must doate upon him Will ye allow no liberty in choosing Cur. Alas she is tender yet Al. Enough enough enough Sir She is malliable shee 'l endure the hammer And why not that strong workeman that strikes deepest Let me know that she is fifteen with the vantage And if she be not ready now for mannage Seb. You know he is a banish'd man an out-Law And how he lives his nature rough and bloody By customary rapines now her sweet humor That is as easy as a calme and peacefull All her affections like the dewes on Roses Faire as the flowers themselves as sweet and gentle How would you have these meet Al. A bed a bed sir Let her be the fairest Rose and the sweetest Yet I know this faire rose must have her prickles I grant ye Rodorigo is an out-Law An easie composition cals him in again He is a valiant man and he is a rich man And loves the foole a little rough by custome Shee 'l like him ten times better Shee 'l doat upon him If ere they come to grapling run mad for him But there is an other in the wind some castrell That hovers over her and dares her dayly Some flickring slave Cur. I dare not think so poorely Al. Something there is and must be but I shall sente it And hunt it narrowly Seb. I never saw her yet Make offer at the least glance of affection But still so modest wise Al. They are wise to gull us There was a fellow old Ferandos son I must confesse handsome but my enemy And the whole family I hate yong Pedro That fellow I have seen her gaze upon And turn and gaze again and make such offers As if she would shoot her eyes like meteors at him But that cause stands removed Cur. You need not doubt him For long since as 't was thought on a griev'd conscience He left his father and his friends more pitty For truth reports he was a noble Gentleman Al. Let him be what he wil he was a begger And there I 'le leave him Seb. The more the Court must answer But certainly I think though she might favour him And love his goodnesse as he was an honest man She never with loose eyes stuck on his person Al. She is so full of conscience too and charity And outward holinesse she will undoe me Relieves more beggers then an hospitall En. Alinda and Juletta And all poor rogues that can but say their prayers And tune their pipes to Lamentations She thinks she is bound to dance to good morrow to you And that 's as ye deserve too you know my mind And studdy to observe it doe it cheerfully And readily and home Alin. I shall obey ye But noble sir Al. Come come away with your flatteries And your fine phrases Cur. Pray ye be gentle to her Al. I know 'em and know your feates if you will find me Noble and loving seek me in your duty You know I am too indulgent Seb. Alas poor Lady Al. To your devotions I take no good thing from you
But far above your finding he that gives Out of his providence to all that lives And no man knowes his treasure no not you He that made Egypt blind from whence you grew Scaby and lowsy that the world might see Your calculations are as blind as ye He that made all the stars you dayly read And from thence filtch a knowledge how to feed Hath hid this from you your conjectures all Are drunken things not how but when they fall Man is his own star and the soule that can Render an honest and a perfect man Command all light all influence all fate Nothing to him fals early or too late Our acts our Angels arc or good or ill Our fatall shadowes that walke by us still And when the stars are labouring we believe Jt is not that they govern but they grive For stubborn ignorance all things that are Made for our generall uses are at war Even we among our selves and from the strife Your first unlike opinions got a life O man thou image of thy makers good What canst thou fear when breath'd into thy blood His spirit is that built thee what dull sence Makes thee suspect in need that providence Who made the morning and who plact the light Guid to thy labours who cal'd up the night And bid her fall upon thee like sweet showers In hollow murmurs to lock up thy powers Who gave thee knowledge who so trusted thee To let thee grow so neer himselfe the Tree Must he then be distrusted shall his frame Discourse with him why thus and thus I am He made the Angels thine thy fellowes all Nay even thy servants when devotions call Oh canst thou be so stupid then so dim To seek a saving influence and loose him Can Stars protect thee or can poverty Which is the light to Heaven put out his eye He is my star in him all truth I find All influence all fate and when my mind Is furnished with his fullnesse my poor story Shall outlive all their Age and all their glory The hand of danger cannot fall amisse When I know what and in whose power it is Nor Want the cause of man shall make me groan A holy hermit is a mind alone Doth not experience teach us all we can To work our selves into a glorious man Love 's but an exhalation to best eyes The matter spent and then the fooles fire dyes Were I in love and could that bright star bring Increase to wealth honour and every thing Were she as perfect good as wee can aime The first was so and yet she lost the Game My mistris then be knowledge and faire truth So I enjoy all beauty and all youth And though to time her lights and lawes she lends She knowes no Age that to corruption bends Friends promises may lead me to believe But he that is his own friend knowes to live Affliction when J know it is but this A deep allay whereby man tougher is To bear the hammer and the deeper still We still arise more image of his will Sicknesse an humorous cloud twixt us and light And Death at longest but another night Man is his own Star and that soule that can Be honest is the only perfect man FINIS The Queene of Corinth Actus primus Scaena prima Enter Neaneres Sosicles Eraton Era. THe Generall is returned then Nean. With much honour Sol. And peace concluded with the Prince of Argos Nean. To the Queens wishes the conditions sign'd So farre beyond her hopes to the advantage Of Corinth and the good of all her Subjects That though Leonidas our brave Generall Ever came home a faire and great example He never yet return'd or with lesse losse Or more deserved honour Era. Have you not heard The motives to this generall good Nean. The maine one Was admiration first in young Agenor For by that name we know the Prince of Argos Of our Leonidas wisedome and his valour Which though an enemy first in him bred wonder That liking Love succeeded that which was Followed by a desire to be a friend Upon what termes soever to such goodnesse They had an enterview and that their friendship Might with our peace be ratified 't was concluded Agenor yeelding up all such stronge places As he held in our Territories should receive With a sufficient Dower paid by the Queene The faire Merione for his wife Era. But how Approves the Queene of this since we well know Nor was her Highnesse ignorant that her Sonne The Prince Theanor made love to this Lady And in the noblest way Nean. Which she allowed of And I have heard from some familiar with Her neerest secrets she so deeply priz'd her Being from an Infant train'd up in her service Or to speake better rather her owne Creature She once did say That if the Prince should steale A Marriage without her leave or knowledge With this Merione with a little suit She should grant both their pardons where as now To shew her selfe forsooth a Spartan Lady And that 't is in her power now it concernes The common good not alone to subdue Her owne affections but command her Sons She has not onely forc'd him with rough threats To leave his Mistris but compell'd him when Agenor made his entrance into Corinth To wait upon his Rivall Sos. Can it be The Prince should sit downe with this wrong Nean. I know not I am sure I should not Era. Trust me nor I A Mother is a name but put in ballance With a yong wench 't is nothing where did you leave him Nean. Neere Vesta's Temple for there he dismiss'd me And full of troubled thoughts calling for Crates He went with him but whither or to what purpose I am a stranger Enter Theanor and Crates Era. They are come backe Neanthes The. I like the place well Cra. Well Sir it is built As if the Architect had been a Prophet And fashion'd it alone for this nights action The vaults so hollow and the walls so strong As Dian there might suffer violence And with loud shrikes in vaine call Jove to helpe her Or should he heare his thunder could not finde An entrance to it The. I give up my selfe Wholly to thy direction worthiest Crates And yet the desperate cure that we must practice Is in it selfe so foule and full of danger That I stand doubtfull whether 't were more manly To dye not seeking helpe or that helpe being So deadly to pursue it Cra. To those reasons I have already urg'd I will adde these For but consider Sir Era. It is of weight What ere it be that with such vehement action Of eye hand foot nay all his bodies motion Crates incites the Prince to Nean. Then observe With what variety of passions he Receives his reasons now he 's pale and shakes For feare or anger now his naturall red Comes backe againe and with a pleasing smile He seemes to entertaine it 't is resolv'd on Be it what 't will to his ends may it
I le prove the man you ever wished Isab. You have blest me Exeunt Actus Quartus Scaena Prima Enter Silvio Sil. WHat labour and what travell have I runne Through And through what Cities to absolve this Riddle Diviners Dreamers Schoolemen deep Magitians All have I tride and all give severall meanings And from all hope of any future happinesse To this place am I come at length the country The people simple plaine and harmlesse witty Whose honest labours Heaven rewards with plenty Of Corne Wine Oyle which they againe as thankfull To their new Cropps new pastimes celebrate And crowne their joyfull harvests with new voyces By a rich farmer here I am entertain'd And rank't among the number of his Servants Not guessing what I am but what he would have me Here may be so much wit though much I feare it To undo this knotty question and would to Heaven Enter Soto with a Proclamation My fortunes had been hatch'd with theirs as innocent And never knowne a pitch above their plainnesse Soto That it is that it is what 's this word now this Is a plaguy word that it is r. e. a. that it is reason By your leave Mr. Soto by your leave you are too quick Sir Ther 's a strange par'lous T. before the reason A very tall T. which makes the word High Treason Sil. What Treason 's that do's this fellow understand Himselfe Soto Pitch will infect I le meddle no more with this geere What a Devill ayles this fellow this foolish fellow Being admitted to be one of us too That are the masters of the Sports proceeding Thus to appeare before me too unmorriss'd Do you know me friend Sil. You are my Matters Son Sir Soto And do you know what sports are now in season Sil. I heare there are some a foot Soto Where are your Bells then Your Rings your Ribanes friend your clean Napkins Your nosegay in your hat pinn'd up am not I here My fathers eldest Son and at this time Sir I would have ye know it though ye be ten times his servant A better man then my father far Lord of this Harvest Sir And shall a man of my place want attendance Sil. 'T was want of knowledge Sir not duty bred this I would have made suit else for your Lordships service Soto In some sort I am satisfied now mend your maners But thou art a melancholly fellow veng'ance melancholly And that may breed a insurrection amongst us Go too I le lay the best part of two pots now Thou art in love and I can guesse with whom too I saw the wench that twir'd and twinkled at thee The other day the wench that 's new come hither The young smug wench Sil. You know more then I feele Sir Soto Go too I le be thy friend I le speak a good word for thee And thou shalt have my Lordships countenance to her May be I have had a snap my self may be I may be no We Lords are allow'd a little more Sil. 'T is fit Sir I humbly thank ye you are too too tender of me But what Sir I beseech ye was that paper Your Lordship was so studiously Imployed in When ye came out a doores Soto Thou meanest this paper Sil. That Sir I think Soto Why 't is a Proclamation A notable piece of villany as ever thou heard'st in thy life By mine honour it is Sil. How Sir or what concernes it Soto It comes ye from the Duchesse a plaguy wise woman To apprehend the body of one Silvio As arrant a Rascall as ever pist against post And this same Silvio or this foresaid rascall To bring before her live or dead for which good service The man that brings him has two thousand Duckets Is not this notable matter now Sil. 'T is so indeed This Proclamation beares my bane about it Can no rest finde me no private place secure me But still my miseries like blood-hounds haunt me Unfortunate young man which way now guides thee Guides thee from death the Countrey 's laid round for thee O Claudio now I feele thy blood upon me Now it speaks lowdly here I am sure against me Time now has found it out and truth proclam'd it And Justice now cries out I must die for it Soto Hast thou read it Sil. Yes Soto And dost thou know that Silvio Sil. I never saw him Sir Soto I have and know him too I know him as well as I know thee and better And if I light upon him for a trick he plaid me once A certaine kinde of dog-trick I le so fiddle him Two thousand Duckets I le so pepper him And with that money I le turne Gentleman Worth a browne Bakers dozen of such Silvio's Sil. There is no staying here this rogue will know me And for the money sake betray me too I must bethink me suddenly and safely Enter Morrisdancers Soto Mine owne deare Lady have at thy honey-comb Now for the honour of our Towne Boyes trace sweetly Cry within of Arme Arme What a vengeance ayles this whobub pox refuse 'em Cannot they let us dance in our owne defence here Enter Farmer and Captaine Capt. Arme honest friends arme suddenly bravely And with your antient resolutions follow me Look how the Beacons show like comets your poor neighbours Run maddingly affrighted through the Villages Syennas Duke is up burnes all before him And with his sword makes thousand mothers childlesse Soto What 's this to our Morrisdancers Sil. This may serve my turne Soto There 's ne're a Duke in Christendome but loves a May-game Cap. At a Horse you were alwaies ceaz'd put your Son on him And arme him well i' th States name I command ye And they that dare go voluntary shall receive reward Soto I dare go no way Sir this is strange Master Captaine You cannot be content to spoile our sport here Which I do not think your Worship 's able to answer But you must set us together by the ears with I know not who to We are for the bodily part o' th dance Cap. Arme him suddenly This is no time to foole I shall returne ye else A rebell to the Generall State and Duchesse And how you 'l answer then Far. I have no more Sons Sir This is my onely boy I beseech ye Master Captain Soto I am a rank coward too to say the truth Sir I never had good luck at buffets neither Far. Here 's vorty shillings spare the childe Cap. I cannot Soto Are ye a man will ye cast away a May-Lord Shall all the wenches in the Country curse ye Sil. An 't please you Captaine I le supply his person 'T is pitty their old custome should be frighted Let me have Horse and good Armes I le serve willingly And if I shrink a foot of ground Hell take me Cap. A promising aspect face full of courage I le take this man and thank ye too Far. Ther 's for thee 'T is in a clout but good old gold Sil. I
upon the same security deliver him a box Evan. A Bottle-head Fred. You shall have cause to chafe as I will handle it Eva. I had rather thou hadst delivered me to Pirats Betraid me to uncurable diseases Hung up my Picture in a Market place And sold me to wilde bawds Cassan. As I take it Madam Your Maidenhead lyes not in that Cabinet You have a Closer and you keep the key too Why are you vext thus Eva. I could curse thee wickedly And wish thee more deformed then age can make thee Perpetuall hunger and no teeth to satisfie it Waight on thee still nor sleep be found to ease it Those hands that gave the Casket may the palsie For ever make unusefull even to feed thee Long winters that thy bones may turne to Isicles No Hell can thaw againe inhabit by thee Is thy care like thy body all on crookednesse How scurvily thou criest now like a drunkard I le have as pure teares from a durty spout Do sweare thou didst this ignorantly sweare it Sweare and be damn'd thou halfe witch Cassan. These are fine words well Madam Madam Evan. 'T is not well thou mummy 'T is impudently basely done thou durty Fred. Has your young sanctity done railing Madam Against your innocent Squire do you see this Sonnet This loving Script do you know from whence it came too Eva. I do and dare avouch it pure and honest Fred. You have private Visitants my noble Lady That in sweet numbers court your goodly vertues And to the height of adoration Evan, Well Sir There 's neither Heresie nor Treason in it Fred. A Prince may beg at the doore whilst these feast with ye A favour or a grace from such as I am Enter Valerio and Podrano Course common things You are welcome pray come neer Sir Do you know this paper Val. I am betray'd I do Sir 'T is mine my hand and heart if I die for her I am thy Martyr Love and time shall honour me Cass. You sawcy Sir that came in my Ladies name For her guilt Cabinet you cheating Sir too You scurvy Usher with as scurvy leggs And a worse face thou poore base hanging holder How durst thou come to me with a lye in thy mouth An impudent lye Pod. Hollow good Jill you hobble Cass. A stinking lye more stinking then the teller To play the pilfring knave there have been rascals Brought up to fetch and carry like your Worship That have been hang'd for lesse whipt there are daily And if the Law will do me right Pod. What then old Maggot Cass. Thy mother was carted younger I le have thy hide Thy mangy hide embroder'd with a dog-whip As it is now with potent Pox and thicker Fred. Peace good antiquity I le have your bones else Ground into Gunpowder to shoot at Cats with One word more and I le blanch thee like an Almond There 's no such cure for the she-falling-sicknesse As the powder of a dried bawds skin be silent You are very prodigall of your service here Sir Of your life more it seems Val. I repent neither Because Your Grace shall understand it comes From the best part of love my pure affection And kindled with chaste flame I will not fly from it If it be error to desire to marry And marry her that sanctity would dote on I have done amisse if it be a Treason To graft my soule to vertue and to grow there To love the tree that beares such happinesse Conceive me Sir this fruit was ne're forbidden Nay to desire to taste too I am Traytor Had you but plants enough of this blest Tree Sir Set round about your Court to beautifie it Deaths twice so many to dismay the aproachers The ground would scarce yeeld graves to noble Lovers Fred. 'T is well maintain'd you wish and pray to fortune Here in your Sonnet and she has heard your prayers So much you dote upon your owne undoing But one Month to injoy her as your wife Though at the expiring of that time you die for 't Val. I could wish many many ages Sir To grow as old as time in her imbraces If heaven would grant it and you smile upon it But if my choice were two houres and then perish I would not pull my heart back Fred. You have your wish To'morrow I will see you nobly married Your Month take out in all content and pleasure The first day of the following Month you dye for 't Kneele not not all your prayers can divert me Now marke your sentence mark it scornfull Lady If when Valerio's dead within twelve houres For thar 's your latest time you finde not out Another husband on the same condition To marry you againe you dye your self too Evan. Now you are mercifull I thank your Grace Fre. If when you are married you but seek to scape Out of the Kingdome you or she or both Or to infect mens minds with hot commotions You dye both instantly will you love me now Lady My tale will now be heard but now I scorne ye Exe. Manent Valerio and Evanthe Eva. Is our faire love our honest our intire Come to this hazard Val. 'T is a noble one and I am much in love with malice for it Envy could not have studied me a way Nor fortune pointed out a path to honour Straighter and nobler if she had her eyes When I have once injoyed my sweet Evanthe And blest my youth with her most deere Imbraces I have done my journey here my day is out All that the world has else is foolery Labour and losse of time what should I live for Think but mans life a moneth and we are happy I would not have my joyes grow old for any thing A paradise as thou art my Evanthe Is only made to wonder at a little Enough for humane eyes and then to wander from Come do not weep sweet you dishonour me Your teares and griefes but question my ability Whether I dare dye Do you love intirely Eva. You know I do Val. Then grudge not my felicity Eva. I le to the Queene Val. Do any thing that 's honest But if you sue to him in death I hate you Actus Secundus Scaena Prima Enter Camillo Cleanthes and Menallo Cam. WAs there ever heard of such a marriage Men. Marriage and hanging go by destiny 'T is the old proverb now they come together Cle. But a month married then to lose his life for 't I would have a long month sure that payes the Souldiers Ent Tony with Urinall Cam. Or get all the Almanacks burnt that were a rare trick And have no month remembred How now Tony Whose water are you casting Tony. A sick Gentlemans Is very sick much troubled with the stone He should not live above a month by his Urine About Saint Davids day it will go hard with him He will then be troubled with a paine in his neck too Men. A pestilent foole when wilt thou marry Tony Ton. When I mean to be
to abuse thee Made thee believe poore innocent Evanthe Wretched young girle it was his impotency Was it not so deny it Evan. O my anger at my yeares to be cozen'd with a young man Fred A strong man too certaine he lov'd ye deerly Evan. To have my shame and love mingled together And both flung on me like a wait to sinke me I would have dyed a thousand times Fred. So would any Any that had the spirit of a man I would have been kill'd in your armes Evan. I would he had been And buried in mine armes that had been noble And what a monument would I have made him Upon this breast he should have slept in peace Honour and everlasting love his mourners And I still weeping till old time had turn'd me And pittying powers above into pure christall Fred. Hadst thou lov'd me and had my way been stuck With deaths as thick as frosty nights with stars I would have ventur'd Evan. Sure there is some trick in 't Valerio ne're was coward Fred. Worse then this too Tamer and seasoning of a baser nature He set your woman on ye to betray ye Your bawdy woman or your sin solicitor I pray but think what this man may deserve now I know he did and did it to please me too Evan. Good Sir afflict me not too fast I feele I am a woman and a wrong'd one too And sensible I am of my abuses Sir you have loved me Fred. And I love thee still pitty thy wrongs and dote upon thy person Evan. To set my woman on me 't was too base Sir Fred. Abominable vilde Evan. But I shall fit him Fred. All reason and all Law allowes it to ye And ye are a foole a tame foole if you spare him Evan. You may speake now and happily prevaile too And I beseech your Grace be angry with me Fred. I am at heart She staggers in her faith And will fall off I hope I le ply her still Thou abused innocence I suffer with thee If I should give him life he would still betray thee That foole that feares to dye for such a beauty Would for the same feare sell thee unto misery I do not say he would have been bawd himself too Evan. Follow'd thus far nay then I smell the malice It tasts too hot of practis'd wickednesse There can be no such man I am sure no Gentleman Shall my anger make me whore and not my pleasure My sudden unconsiderate rage abuse me Come home againe my frighted faith my vertue Home to my heart againe he be a bawd too Fred. I will not say he offered faire Evanthe Evan. Nor do not dare 't will bean impudence And not an honour for a Prince to lye Fie Sir a person of your ranke to trifle I know you do lye Fred. How Evan. Lye shamefully and I could wish my selfe a man but one day To tell you openly you lye too basely Fred. Take heed wilde foole Evan. Take thou heed thou tame Devill Thou all Pandora's box in a Kings figure Thou hast almost whor'd my weake beliefe already And like an Engineer blowne up mine honour But I shall countermine and catch your mischiefe This little Fort you seeke I shall man nobly And strongly too with chaste obedience To my deere Lord with vertuous thoughts that scorne ye Victorious Tameris nere won more honour In cutting off the Royall head of Cyrus Then I shall do in conquering thee farewell And if thou canst be wise learne to be good too 'T will give thee nobler lights then both thine eyes do My poore Lord and my selfe are bound to suffer And when I see him faint under your sentence I le tell ye more it may be then I le yeeld too Fred. Foole unexampled shall my anger follow thee Exeunt Enter Rugio and Fryer Marco amazed Rugio Curst on our sights our fond credulities A thousand curses on the slave that cheated us The damn'd slave Mar. We have e'ne sham'd our service Brought our best care and loyalties to nothing 'T is the most fearefull poyson the most potent Heaven give him patience oh it works most strongly And teares him Lord Rug. That we should be so stupid To trust the arrant'st villaine that e're flatter'd The bloodiest too to believe a few soft words from him And give way to his prepar'd teares Within Alpbonso Oh oh oh Rug. Harke Fryer Marco harke the poore Prince that we should he such blockheads As to be taken with his drinking first And never think what Antidotes are made for Two wooden sculls we have and we deserve to be hang'd for 't For certainly it will be laid to our charge As certaine too it will dispatch him speedily Which way to turne or what to Mar. Le ts pray Heavens hand is strong Rug. The Poysons strong you would say Enter Alphonso carrried in a Coach by two Fryers Would any thing He comes let 's give him comfort Alphon. Give me more ayre ayre more ayre blow blow Open thou Easterne gate and blow upon me Distill thy cold dewes O thou icy Moone And rivers run through my afflicted spirit I am all fire fire fire the raging dog star Raines in my blood oh which way shall I turne me AEtna and all his flames burne in my head Fling me into the Ocean or I perish Dig dig dig till the springs fly up The cold cold springs that I may leap into 'em And bathe my scorcht limbs in their purling pleasures Or shoot me up into the higher Region Where treasures of delicious snow are nourisht And banquets of sweet haile Rug. Hold him fast Fryer O how he burnes Alph. What will ye sacrifice me Upon the Altar lay my willing body And pile your wood up fling your holy incense And as I turne me you shall see all flame Consuming flame stand off me or you are ashes Both Most miserable wretches Alph. Bring hither charity And let me hug her Flyer they say she 's cold Infinite cold devotion cannot warme her Draw me a river of false lovers teares Cleane through my brest they are dull cold and forgetfull And will give ease let Virgins sigh upon me Forsaken soules the sighs are precious Let them all sigh oh hell hell hell oh horror Mar. To bed good Sir Alpha. My bed will burne about me Like Phaeton in all consuming flashes I am inclosed let me fly let me fly give roome Betwixt the cold beare and the raging Lyon Lyes my safe way O for a cake of ice now To clap unto my heart to comfort me Decrepid winter hang upon my sholders And let me we are thy frozen Isicles Like Jewels round about my head to coole me My eyes burne out and sinke into their sockets And my infected braine like brimstone boyles I live in hell and severall furies vex me O carry me where no Sun ever shew'd yet A face of comfort where the earth is christall Never to be dissolv'd where nought inhabits But night and cold and nipping frosts and
their vertues Stampt in the dangers of a thousand Battailes For goodnesse sake their honors time out daring I thinke for our example Aeci. Ye speake nobly Mac. Why are we seeds of these then to shake hands With Bawdes and base Informers kisse discredit And court her like a Mistris pray your leave yet You 'l say the Emperor is young and apt To take impression rather from his pleasures Then any constant worthynsse it may be But why do these the people call his pleasures Exceed the moderation of a man Nay to say justly freind why are they vices And such as shake our worthes with forraigne Nations Aec. You search the soare too deep and I must tel ye In any other man this had been boldnesse And so rewarded pray depresse you spirit For though I constantly beleeve ye honest Ye were no freind for me else and what now Ye freely spake but good ye owe toth Empire Yet take heed worthy Maximus all eares Heare not with that distinction mine doe few You 'l find admonishers but urgers of your actions And to the heaviest freind and pray consider We are but shadowes motions others give us And though our pitties may become the times Iustly our powers cannot make me worthy To be your ever freind in faire allegiance But not in force For durst mine own soule urge me And by that soule I speake my just affections To turn my hand from truth which is obedience And give the helme my vertue holds to Anger Though I had both the blessings of the Brutij And both their Instigations though my cause Carried a face of Iustice beyond theirs And as I am a servant to my fortunes That daring soule that first taught disobedience Should feele the first example Say the Prince As I may well beleeve seemes vitious Who justly knowes t is not to try our honors Or say he be an ill Prince are we therefore Fit fires to purge him No my dearest freind The Elephant is never won with anger Nor must that man that would reclaime a Lyon Take him by 'th teeth Max. I pray mistake me not Aeci. Our honest actions and the light that breakes Like morning from our service chaste and blushing Is that that pulls a Prince backe then he sees And not till then truly repents his errors When subjects Chrystall soules are glasses to him Max. My ever honored freind I le take your councel The Emperor appeares I le leave ye to him And as we both affect him may he flourish Exit Max. Empe. Is that the best newes Enter the Emperor and Chilax Chil. Yet the best we know Sir Empe. Bid Maximus come to me and be gone then Mine own head be my helper these are fooles How now Aecius are the Souldiers quiet Aeci. Better I hope Sir then they were Empe. They are pleas'd I heare To censure me extremely for my pleasures Shortly the 'l fight against me Aeci. Gods defend Sir And for their censures they are such shrew'd Iudgers A donative of ten Sesterties I le undertake shall make 'em ring your praises More then they sang your pleasures Empe. I beleeve thee Art thou in love Aecius yet Aeci. O no Sir I am too course for Ladies my embraces That only am acquainted with Alarums Would break their tender bodies Empe. Never feare it They are stronger then ye think they 'le hold the hammer My Empresse sweares thou art a lusty Souldier A good one I beleeve thee Aeci. All that goodnesse Is but your Graces creature Empe. Tell me truly For thou darst tell me Aeci. Any thing concernes ye That 's fit for me to speake and you to pardon Emp. What say the soldiers of me and the same words Mince 'em not good Aecius but deliver The very forms and tongues they talke withall Aeci. I le tell your Grace but with this caution You be not stirr'd for should the Gods live with us Even those we certainly beleeve are righteous Give 'em but drinke they would censure them too Empe. Forward Aeci. Then to begin they say you sleep too much By which they judge your Majesty too sensuall Apt to decline your strength to ease and pleasures And when you do not sleepe you drink too much From which they feare suspitions first then ruines And when ye neither drinke nor sleepe ye wench much Which they affirm first breakes your understanding Then takes the edge of honor make us seeme That are the ribbes and rampires of the Empire Fencers and beaten Fooles and so regarded But I beleive 'em not for were these truths Your vertue can correct them Empe. They speake plainly Aec. They say moreover since your grace wil have it For they will talke their freedoms though the sword Were in their throat that of late time like Nero And with the same forgetfullnes of glory You have got a vaine of filing so they terme it Empe. Some drunken dreames Aecius Aeci. So I hope Sir And that you rather study cruelty And to be feared for blood then lov'd for bounty Which makes the Nations as they say despise ye Telling your yeares and actions by their deathes Whose truth and strength of duty made you Caesar They say besides you nourish strange devourers Fed with the fat o' th Empires they call Bawdes Lazie and lustfull creatures that abuse ye A people as they terme 'em made of paper In which the secret sins of each mans monyes Are sealed and sent a working Empe. What sin 's next For I perceive they have no mind to spare me Aeci. Nor hurt ye ô my soule Sir but such people Nor can the power of man restraine it When they are full of meat and ease must prattle Empe. Forward Aeci. I have spoken too much Sir Empe. I le have all Aeci. It fits not Your eares should heare their vanities no profit Can justly rise to you from their behaviour Vnlesse ye were guilty of those crimes Empe. It may be I am so therefore forward Aeci I have ever Learn'd to obey nor shall my life resist it Empe. No more Apologies Aeci. They greive besides Sir To see the nations whom our ancient vertue With many a weary march and hunger conquer'd With losse of many a daring life subdude Fall from their faire obedience and even murmure To see the warlike Eagles mew their honors In obscure Townes that wont to prey on Princes They cry for enemies and tel the Captaines The fruits of Italy are luscious give us Aegypt Or sandy Affrick to display our valours There where our Swords may make us meat and danger Digest our well got Vyands here our weapons And bodyes that were made for shining brasse Are both unedg'd and old with ease and women And then they cry agen where are the Germaines Linde with hot Spaine or Gallia bring 'em on And let the son of war steel'd Mithridates Lead up his winged Parthians like a storme Hiding the face of Heaven with showres of arrowes Yet we dare fight like Romanes then as Souldiers
none Dare any man lament I should die nobly Am I grown old to have such enemies When I am dead speake honourably of me That is preserve my memory from dying There if you needs must weep your ruind Master A teare or two will seem well this I charge ye because ye say you yet love old Aecius See my poore body burnt and some to sing About my Pile and what I have done and sufferd If Cesar kill not that too at your banquets When I am gone if any chance to number The times that have been sad and dangerous Say how I fell and t is sufficient No more I say he that laments my end By all the gods dishonours me be gone And sodainly and wisely from my dangers My death is catching else Phi. We feare not dying Aec. Yet feare a wilfull death the just Gods hate it I need no company to that that children Dare doe alone and Slaves are proud to purchase Live till your honesties as mine has done Make this corrupted age sicke of your vertues Then dye a sacrifice and then ye know The noble use of dying well and Roman Are. And must we leave ye Sir Aec. We must all die And leave our selves it matters not where when Nor how so we die well and can that man that does so Need lamentation for him Children weep Because they have offended or for feare Women for want of will and anger is there In noble man that truly feeles both poyses Of life and death so much of this wet weaknesse To drown a glorious death in child and woman I am a shamd to see ye yet ye move me And were it not my manhood would accuse me For covetous to live I should weep with ye Phi. O we shall never sece you more Aec. T is true Nor I the miseries that Rome shall suffer Which is a benefit life cannot reckon But what I have been which is just and faithfull One that grew old for Rome when Rome forgot him And for he was an honest man durst die Ye shall have daily with ye could that dye too And I returne no trafficke of my travells No pay to have bin Souldier but this silver No Annalls of Aecius but he liv'd My friends ye had cause to weep and bitterly The common overflowes of tender women And children new borne crying were too little To shew me then most wretched if teares must be I should in justice weep 'em and for you You are to live and yet behold those slaughters The drie and witherd bones of death would bleed at But sooner then I have time to thinke what must bee I feare you 'l find what shall be If ye love me Let that word serve for all be gone and leave me I have some little practise with my soule And then the sharpest sword is welcom'st goe Pray be gon ye have obeyd me living Be not for shame now stubborn so I thank ye And faryewell a better fortune guide yee Exeunt Phi. and Aretius I am a little thirstie not for feare And yet it is a kind of feare I say so Is it to be a just man now againe And leave my flesh unthought of t is departed I heare 'em come who strikes first I stay for ye Enter Balbus Chilax Lycinius Yet I will dye a Souldier my sword drawne But against none Why doe ye feare come forward Bal. You were a Souldier Chilax Chil. Yes I musterd But never saw the Enemy Lyc. Hee 's drawne By heaven I dare not doe it Aec. Why doe ye tremble I am to die come ye not now from Cesar To that end speake Bal. We doe and we must kill ye T is Cesars will Chil. I charge you put your sword up That we may doe it hansomly Aec. Ha ha ha My sword up hansomly where were ye bred Ye are the merriest murderers my masters I ever met withall Come forward fooles Why doe ye stare upon mine honour Bawds I will not strike ye Lyc. I le not be first Bal. Nor I Chil. You had best die quietly the Emperour Sees how you beare your selfe Aec. I would die Rascalls If you would kill me quietly Bal. Of Proculus He promisd us to bring a Captaine hither That has been used to kill Aec. I le call the Guard Vnlesse you will kill me quickly and proclaim What beastly base and cowardly companions The Emperor has trusted with his safetie Nay I le give out ye fell of my side villaines Strike home ye bawdy slave Chil. By heaven he will kill us I markd his hand he waits but time to reach us Now doe you offer Aec. If ye doe mangle me And kill me not at two blowes or at three Or not so stagger me my sences faile me Look to your selves Chil. I told ye Aec. Strike me manly And take a thousand strokes Enter Pontius Bal. Heer 's Pontius Pon. Not kild him yet Is this the love ye beare the Emperor Nay then I see yee are Traitors all have at yee Lyc. runs away Chil. Oh I am hurt Balb. And I am killd Exeunt Chil. and Bal. Pon. Dye Bawdes As ye have liv'd and flourish'd Aec. Wretched fellow What hast thou done Pon. Killd them that durst not kill And you are next Aec. Art thou not Pontius Pon. I am the same you cast Aecius And in the face of all the Camp disgracd Aec. Then so much nobler as thou wert a Souldier Shall my death be is it revenge provoked thee Or art thou hir'd to kill me Pon. Both Aec. Then doe it Pon. Is that all Aec. Yes Pon. Would you not live Aec. Why should I To thanke thee for my life Pon. Yes if I spare it Aec. Be not deceiv'd I was not made to thank For any curtesie but killing me A fellow of thy fortune doe thy duty Pon. Doe not you feare me Aec. No Pon. Nor love me for it Aec. That 's as thou dost thy businesse Pon. When you are dead Your place is mine Aecius Aec. Now I feare thee And not alone thee Pontius but the Empire Pon. Why I can governe Sir Aec. I would thou couldst And first thy selfe Thou canst fight well and bravely Thou canst endure all dangers heates colds hungers Heavens angry flashes are not sodainer Then I have seene thee execute nor more mortall The winged feete of flying enemies I have stood and viewd thee mow away like rushes And still kill the killer were thy minde But halfe so sweet in peace as rough in dangers I died to leave a happy heire behind me Come strike and be a Generall Pon. Prepare then And for I see your honour cannot lessen And 't were a shame for me to strike a dead man Fight your short span out Aec. No thou knowst I must not I dare not give thee so much vantage of me As disobedience Pon. Dare ye not defend ye Against your enemy Aec. Not sent from Cesar I have no power to make such enemies For as I am condemn'd my naked sword Stands
cost Travell and fruitlesse wishes may in vain Search through the world but never find again Theo. Good Sir be patient I have done no fault Worthy this banishment Phil. Yes Leocadia The Lady so distress'd who was content To lay her story and to lay her heart As open as her story to your self Who was content that I should know her Sex Before dissembl'd and to put her self Into my conduct when I undertook Safely to guard is in this Tumult lost Theo. And can I help it Sir Phil. No would thou couldst You might have done but for that scale religion You woman bear to swownings you do pick Your times to faint when some body is by Bound or by nature or by love or service To raise you from that well dissembled death Inform me but of one that has been found Dead in her private chamber by her self Where sicknesse would no more forbear then here And I will quit the rest for her Theo. I know not What they may do and how they may dissemble But by my troth I did not Phil. By my troth Would I had try'd would I had let thee layen And followed her Theo. I would you had done so Rather then been so angry wher 's Antonio Phil. Why do'st thou vex me with these questions I le tell thee where he 's carried to the Gallyes There to be chain'd and row and beat and row With knotted ropes and pizzels if he swound He has a dotes of bisket Theo. I am glad He is alive Phil. Was ever man thus troubled Tell me where Leocadia is Theo. Good brother be not so hasty and I think I can You found no error in me when I first Told you she was a woman and beleeve me Something I have found out which makes me think Nay almost know so well that I durst swear She follow'd hurt Antonio Phil. What do we Enter the Governor two Attendees and the Townsmen Then lingring here we will aboard the Gallyes And find her Gov. Made he a shot into the Town 1. Attend. He did Sir Gov. Call back those Gentlemen 1. Attend. The Governour commands you back Phil. We will obey him Sir Gov. You gave him cause so shoot I know he is So far from rash offence and holds with me Such curious friendship could not one of you Have call'd me while 't was doing such an uproar Before my dore too 1. Townsm. By my troth Sir we were so busy in the publick cause of our own Private falling out that we forgot it at home we see now You were not but as soon as the shot made us fly we ran Away as fast as we could to seek your honour Gov. 'T was gravely done but no man tels the cause Or chance or what it was that made you differ 1. Towns For my part Sir if there were any that I knew Of the shot drove it out of my head do you know any neighbours all Not we not we Gov. Not wel nor can you tell 1. Attend. No other cause But the old quarrell betwixt the Town and the Gallyes Gov. Come neerer Gentlemen what are your names Phil. My name Philippo Theo. And mine Theodoro Gov. Strangers you are it seems Phil. Newly ariv'd Gov. Then you are they begun this Tumult Phil. No Sir Gov. Speak one of you 1. Attend. They are not I can quiet 'em Theo. Yet we saw part and an unhappy part Of this debate a long sought friend of ours Strook down for dead and borne unto the Gallyes His name is Markantonio Phil. And another Of our own company a Gentleman Of noble birth besides accompanied With all the gifts of nature ravish'd hence We know not how in this dissention Gov. Get you home all and work and when I hear You meddle with a weapon any more But those belonging to your Trades I le lay you Where your best Customers shall hardly find you Exit Townsmen I am sorry gentlemen I troubled you Being both strangers by your tongues and looks Of worth To make ye some part of amends If there be any thing in this poor Town Of Barcelona that you would command Command me Theo. Sir this wounded Gentleman If it might please you if your pow'r and love Extend so far I would be glad to wish Might be remov'd into the Town for cure The Gallyes stay not and his wound I know Cannot endure a voyage Gov. Sir he shall I warrant you Go call me hither Sirrah One of my other Servants Exit 1. attendant Phil. And besides The gentleman we lost Signior Francisco Shall he be render'd too Enter a Servant Rowl Ashton Gover. And he Sir too Go sirrah bear this ring To Rodorigo my most noble friend The Generall of the Gallys Tell him this Exit servant Theo. Now we shall have 'em both Phil. Blest be thy thoughts For apprehending this blest be thy breath For utring it Gover. Come gentlemen you shall Enter my roof and I will send for Surgeons And you shall see your friends here presently Theo. His name was Markantonio Gover. I know it And have sent word so Phil. Did you not forget Francisco's name Gover. Nor his you' ar truly welcome To talk about it more were but to say The same word often over you are welcome Exeunt SCAENA SECUNDA Enter Markantonio carried Leocadia following and the Servant 2 Soldiers carrying him Serv. This is the house Sir Mar. Enter it I pray you For I am faint although I think my wound Be nothing Soldiers leave us now I thank you 1. Sold. Heaven send you health Sir Serv. Let me lead you in Mark My wounds not in my feet I shall entreat 'em I hope to bear me so far Exit 2. Sold. How seriously these land men fled when our Generall made a Shot as if he had been a warning to cal 'em to their Hall 1. Sold. I cannot blame 'em What a man have they now in the Town able to maintain a Tumult or uphold a matter out Of square if need be O the quiet hurley burleys that I Have seen in this Town when we have fought four howrs Together and not a man amongst us so impertinent or Modest to ask why but now the pillars that bare Up this blessed Town in that regular debate and Scambling are dead the more 's the pity 2. Sold. Old Ignatio lives still 1. Sold. Yes I know him he will do pretily well at a mans liver But where is there a man now living in the Town That hath a steady hand and understands Anotomy Well if it come to a particular matter of the lungs Or the spleen why alas Ignatio is to seek are There any such men left as I have known that Would say they would hit you in this place is there Ever a good heartist or a member percer or a Small-gut man left in the Town answer Me that 2. Sold. Masse I think there be not 1. Sold. No I Warrant thee Come come 't is time We were at the Gallys Exeunt Enter
let 's view 'em Alph. 'T was a long journey are you not weary Sir Sanc. Weary I could have rid it in mine Armour Leoc. Alas Phil. What ayl you deer Leoc. It is my Father Phil. Your Father which Leoc. He that is carried oh Let us make hence Phil. For loves sake good my heart Leoc. Into some house before he see me Phil. Deer Be not thus frighted Leoc. O his wrath is tempest Phil. Sweet take your spirit to you and stay bee 't he He cannot know you in this habit and me I 'me sure he lesse knows for he never saw me Alph. Ha who is that my Son Philippo Phil. Sir Alp. Why what make you here Is this Salamanca And that your study ha nay stay him too Wee 'l see him by his leave Serv. You must not strive Sir Alph. No no come neer Sanc. My daughter Leocadia Alph. How Sir your daughter Sanc. Yes Sir and as sure As that 's your Son Come hither what now run Out o' your sex breech'd was 't not enough At once to leave thy Father and thine honor Unlesse th' hadst quit thy self too Phil. Sir what fault She can be urg'd off I must take on me The guilt and punishment Sanc. You must Sir how If you shal not though you must I deal not With boys Sir I you have a Father here Shal do me right Alph. Thou art not mad Philippo Art thou Mark-antonie Son to Leonardo Our businesse is to them Sanc. No no no no I le ha' the businesse now with you none else Pray you let 's speak in private carry me to him Your Son 's the ravisher Sir and here I find him I hope you 'l give me cause to think you noble And do me right with your sword sir as becomes One gentleman of honor to another All this is fair Sir here 's the sea fast by Upon the sands we will determine 'T is that I call you too let 's make no days on 't I le lead your way to the seaside Rascals Phil. Sir I would beseech your stay he may not follow you San. No turn I le kill him here then Slaves Rogues Blocks Why do you not bear me to him ha' you been Acquainted with my motions loggs so long And yet not know to time 'em Phil. Were you Sir Not impotent Alph. Hold you your peace Boy Sanc. Impotent Death I le cut his throat first and then his Fathers Alph. You must provide you then a sharper razor Then is your tongue for I not fear your sword Sanc. Heart bear mee to either of 'em Phil. Pray Sir your patience Enter Governor and Attendants Alph. My curse light on thee if thou stay him Phil. Hold Gov. Why what 's the matter Gentlemen what tumult Is this you raise i' th street before my door Know you what 't is to draw a weapon here Sanc. Yes and to use it bear me up to him Rogues Thus at a Traytors heart Alph. Truer then thine Gov. Strike strike Some of the people disarm 'em Kil 'em if they resist Phil. Nay generous sir Let not your courtesie turn fury now Gover. Lay hold upon 'em take away their weapons I wil be worth an answer ere we part Phil. T is the Governour sir Alph. I yield my selfe Sanch. My Sword what thinkst thou of me pray thee tell me 1 Attend. As of a Gentleman Sanch. No more 1 Attend. Of worth And quality Sanch. And I should quit my Sword There were small worth or quality in that friend Pray thee learn thou more worth and quality Then to demand it Gov. Force it I say 1 Atten. The Governour You heare commands Sanch. The Governour shall pardon me Phil. How Leocadia gone again Exit Phil. Sanch. He shall friend I' th point of honour by his leave so tell him His person and authority I acknowledge And do submit me to it but my Sword He shal excuse me were he fifteen Governours That and I dwell together and must yet Till my hands part assure him Gov. I say force it Sanch. Stay heare me Hast thou ever read Curanza Understandst thou honour Noble Governour Gov. For that we 'l have more fit dispute Sanch. Your name sir Gov. You shall know that too But on colder termes Your blood and brain are now too hot to take it Sanch. Force my Sword from me this is an affront Gov. Bring 'em away Sanch. You 'l do me reparation Exeunt Enter Philippo Phil. I have for ever lost her and am lost And worthily my tamenesse hath undone me She 's gone hence asham'd of me yet I seek her Will she be ever found to me again Whom she saw stand so poorly and dare nothing In her defence here when I should have drawn This Sword out like a meteor and have shot it In both our parents eyes and left 'em blind Unto their impotent angers O I am worthy On whom this losse and scorn should light to death Without the pity that should wish me better Either alive or in my Epitaph Enter Leonardo Marc-Antonio Leon. Well son your father is too neere himselfe And hath too much of nature to put off Any affection that belongs to you I could have onely wish'd you had acquainted Her father whom it equally concerns Though y 'had presum'd on me it might have open'd An easier gate and path to both our joyes For though I am none of those flinty Fathers That when their children do but naturall things Turn rock and offence streight yet Marc-antonio All are not of my quarry Mar. T is my feare sir And if hereafter I should ere abuse So great a piety it were my malice Enter Attendants Atten. We must intreat you Gentlemen to take Another room the Governour is comming Here on some businesse Enter Governour Sanchio Alphonso Attendants Mar. We will give him way Sanch. I will have right sir on you that believe If there be any Marshals Court in Spaine Gov. For that sir we shall talke Sanch. doe not slight me Though I am without a Sword Gov. Keep to your chaire sir Sanch. Let me fall and hurle my chaire slaves at him Gov. You are the more temperd man sir let me intreat Of you the manner how this brawle fell out Alph Fell out I know not how nor do I care much But here we came sir to this Town together Both in one businesse and one wrong engag'd To seeke one Leonardo an old Genoese I ha' said enough there would you more false father Of a false sonne cal'd Marc-antonio Who had stole both our daughters and which father Conspiring with his sonne in treachery It seemd to fly our satisfaction Was as we heard come private to this Town Here to take ship for Italy Leon. You heard More then was true then by the feare or falshood And though I thought not to reveale my selfe Pardon my manners in 't to you for some Important reasons yet being thus character'd And challeng'd know I dare appeare and doe To who dares threaten Mar.