to sight for all the world if it could come in question Now I have spoke consider to your self find out a use if so then what shall fall to me is not material Arb. Is not material more than ten such lives as mine Mardonius it was nobly said thou hast spoke truth and boldly such a truth as might offend another I have been too passionate and idle thou shalt see a swift amendment but I want those parts you praise me for I fight for all the world Give me a sword and thou wilt go as far beyond me as thou art beyond in years I know thou dar'st and wilt it troubles me that I should use so rough a phrase to thee impute it to my folly what thou wilt so thou wilt paron me that thou and I should differ thus Mar. Why 't is no matter Sir Arb. Faith but it is but thou dost ever take all things I do thus patiently for which I never can requite thee but with love and that thou shalt be sure of Thou and I have not been merry lately pray thee tell me where hadst thou that same jewel in thine ear Mar. Why at the taking of a Town Arb. A wench upon my life a wench Mardonius gave thee that jewel Mar. Wench they respect not me I 'm old and rough and every limb about me but that which should grows stiffer I'those businesses I may swear I am truly honest for I pay justly for what I take and would be glad to be at a certainty Arb. Why do the wenches encroach upon thee Mar. I by this light do they Arb. Didst thou sit at an old rent with ' em Mar. Yes saith Arb. And do they improve themselves Mar. I ten shillings to me every new young fellow they come acquainted with Arb. How canst live on 't Mar. Why I think I must petition to you Arb. Thou shalt take them up at my price Enter two Gentlemen and Bessus Mar. Your price Arb. I at the Kings price Mar. That may be more than I 'me worth 2 Gent. Is he not merry now 1 Gent. I think not Bes He is he is we 'l shew our selves Arb. Bessus I thought you had been in Iberia by this I bad you hast Gobrias will want entertainment for me Bes And please your Majesty I have a sute Arb. Is' t not lousie Bessus what is' t Bes I am to carry a Lady with me Arb. Then thou hast two sutes Bes And if I can prefer her to the Lady Pentha your Majesties Sister to learn fashions as her friends term it it will be worth something to me Arb. So many nights lodgings as 't is thither wilt not Bes I know not that Sir but gold I shall be sure of Arb. Why thou shalt bid her entertain her from me so thou wilt resolve me one thing Bes If I can Arb. Faith 't is a very disputable question and yet I think thou canst decide it Bes Your Majesty has a good opinion of my understanding Arb. I have so good an opinion of it 't is whether thou be valiant Bes Some body has traduced me to you do you see this sword Sir Arb. Yes Bes If I do not make my back-biters eat it to a knife within this week say I am not valiant Enter a Messenger Mes Health to your Majesty Arb. From Gobrias Mes Yes Sir Arb. How does he is he well Mes In perfect health Arb. Take that for thy good news A trustier servant to his Prince there lives not than is good Gobrias 1 Gent. The King starts back Mar. His blood goes back as fast 2 Gent. And now it comes again Mar. He alters strangely Arb. The hand of Heaven is on me be it far from me to struggle if my secret sins have pull'd this curse upon me lend me tears now to wash me white that I may feel a child-like innocence within my breast which once perform'd O give me leave to stand as fix'd as constancy her self my eyes set here unmov'd regardless of the world though thousand miseries incompass me Mar. This is strange Sir how do you Arb. Mardonius my mother Mar. Is she dead Arb. Alas she 's not so happy thou dost know how she hath laboured since my Father died to take by treason hence this loathed life that would but be to serve her I have pardoned and pardoned and by that have made her fit to practise new sins not repent the old she now had stirr'd a slave to come from thence and strike me here whom Gobrias sifting out took and condemn'd and executed there the carefulst servant Heaven let me but live to pay that man Nature is poor to me that will not let me have as many deaths as are the times that he hath sav'd my life that I might dye 'em over all for him Mar. Sir let her bear her sins on her own head Vex not your self Arb. What will the world Conceive of me with what unnatural sins Will they suppose me loaden when my life Is fought by her that gave it to the world But yet he writes me comfort here my Sister He saies is grown in beauty and in grace In all the innocent vertues that become A tender spotless maid she stains her cheeks With morning tears to purge her mothers ill And ' mongst that sacred dew she mingles Prayers Her pure Oblations for my safe return If I have lost the duty of a Son If any pomp or vanity of state Made me forget my natural offices Nay farther if I have not every night Expostulated with my wandring thoughts If ought unto my parent they have err'd And call'd 'em back do you direct her arm Unto this soul dissembling heart of mine But if I have been just to her send out Your power to compass me and hold me safe From searching treason I will use no means But prayer for rather suffer me to see From mine own veins issue a deadly flood Than wash my danger off with mothers blood Mar. I n'ere saw such suddain extremities Exeunt Enter Tigranes and Spaconia Tigr. Why wilt thou have me die Spaconia What should I do Spa. Nay let me stay alone And when you see Armenia again You shall behold a Tomb more worth than I Some friend that ever lov'd me or my cause Will build me something to distinguish me From other women many a weeping verse He will lay on and much lament those maids That plac'd their loves unfortunately high As I have done where they can never reach But why should you go to Iberia Tigr. Alas that thou wilt ask me ask the man That rages in a Fever why he lies Distempered there when all the other youths Are coursing o're the Meadows with their Loves Can I resist it am I not a slave To him that conquer'd me Spa. That conquer'd thee Tigranes he has won But half of thee thy body but thy mind May be as free as his his will did never Combate thine and take it prisoner Tigr. But if he
fearful you do look On me as if I were some loathed thing That you were finding out a way to slain Gob. Sir you should speak to her Arb. Ha Pan. I know I am unworthy yet not ill arm'd with which innocence here I will kneel till I am one with earth but I will gain some words and kindness from you Tigr. Will you speak Sir Arb. Speak am I what I was What art thou that dost creep into my breast And dar'st not see my face shew forth thy self I feel a pair of fiery wings displai'd Hither from hence you shall not tarry there Up and be gone if thou beest Love be gone Or I will tear thee from my wounded breast Pull thy lov'd Down away and with thy Quill By this right arm drawn from thy wonted wing Write to thy laughing Mother i' thy bloud That you are powers bely'd and all your darts Are to be blown away by men resolv'd Like dust I know thou scar'st my words away Tigr. O misery why should he be so slow There can no falshood come of loving her Though I have given my saith she is a thing Both to be lov'd and serv'd beyond my faith I would he would present me to her quickly Pan. Will you not speak at all are you so far From kind words yet to save my modesty That must talk till you answer do not stand As you were dumb say something though it be Poyson'd with anger that it may strike me dead Mar. Have you no life at all for man-hood sake Let her not kneel and talk neglected thus A tree would find a tongue to answer her Did she but give it such a lov'd respect Arb. You mean this Lady list her from the earth wâ—â— do you let her kneel so long Alas Madam your beaâ—â— uses to command and not to beg What is your sute to me it shall be granted yet the time is short and my affairs are great but where 's my Sister I bade she should be brought Mar. What is he mad Arb. Gobrias where is she Gob. Sir Arb. Where is she man Gob. Who Sir Arb. Who hast thou forgot my Sister Gob. Your Sister Sir Arb. Your Sister Sir some one that hath a wit answer where is she Gob. Do you not see her there Arb. Where Gob. There Arb. There where Mar. S'light there are you blind Arb. Which do you mean that little one Gob. No Sir Arb. No Sir why do you mock me I can see No other here but that petitioning Lady Gob. That 's she Arb. Away Gob. Sir it is she Arb. 'T is false Gob. Is it Arb. As hell by Heaven as false as hell My Sister is she dead if it be so Speak boldly to me for I am a man And dare not quarrel with Divinity And do not think to cozen me with this I see you all are mute and stand amaz'd Fearful to answer me it is too true A decreed instant cuts off ev'ry life For which to mourn is to repine she dy'd A Virgin though more innocent than sheep As clear as her own eyes and blessedness Eternal waits upon her where she is I know she could not make a wish to change Her state for new and you shall see me bear My crosses like a man we all must die And she hath taught us how Gob. Do not mistake And vex your self for nothing for her death Is a long life off I hope 'T is she And if my speech deserve not faith lay death Upon me and my latest words shall force A credit from you Arb. Which good Gobrias that Lady dost thou mean Gob. That Lady Sir She is your Sister and she is your Sister That loves you so 't is she for whom I weep To see you use her thus Arb. It cannot be Tigr. Pish this is tedious I cannot hold I must present my self And yet the sight of my Spaconia Touches me as a sudden thunder-clap Does one that is about to sin Arb. Away No more of this here I pronounce him Traytor The direct plotter of my death that names Or thinks her for my Sister 't is a lie The most malicious of the world invented To mad your King he that will say so next Let him draw out his sword and sheath it here It is a sin fully as pardonable She is no kin to me nor shall she be If she were ever I create her none And which of you can question this My power Is like the Sea that is to be obey'd And not disputed with I have decreed her As far from having part of blood with me As the nak'd Indians come and answer me He that is boldest now is that my Sister Mar. O this is fine Bes No marry she is not an 't please your Majesty I never thought she was she 's nothing like you Arb. No 't is true she is not Mar. Thou shou'dst be hang'd Pan. Sir I will speak but once by the same power You make my blood a stranger unto yours You may command me dead and so much love A stranger may importune pray you do If this request appear too much to grant Adopt me of some other Family By your unquestion'd word else I shall live Like sinfull issues that are left in streets By their regardless Mothers and no name Will be found for me Arb. I will hear no more Why should there be such musick in a voyce And sin for me to hear it All the world May take delight in this and 't is damnation For me to do so You are fair and wise And vertuous I think and he is blest That is so near you as my brother is But you are nought to me but a disease Continual torment without hope of ease Such an ungodly sickness I have got That he that undertakes my cure must first O'rethrow Divinity all moral Laws And leave mankind as unconfin'd as beasts Allowing 'em to do all actions As freely as they drink when they desire Let me not hear you speak again yet see I shall but langish for the want of that The having which would kill me No man here Offer to speak for her for I consider As much as you can say I will not toil My body and my mind too rest thou there Here 's one within will labour for you both Pan. I would I were past speaking Gob. Fear not Madam The King will alter 't is some sudden rage And you shall see it end some other way Pan. Pray heaven it do Tig. Though she to whom I swore be here I cannot Stifle my passion longer if my father Should rise again disquieted with this And charge me to forbear yet it would out Madam a stranger and a pris'ner begs To be bid welcome Pan. You are welcome Sir I think but if you be not 't is past me To make you so for I am here a stranger Greater than you we know from whence you come But I appear a lost thing and by whom Is yet uncertain found here i' th'
Though ambition Be the last sin he touches at or never Yet what the people mad with loving him And as they willingly desire another May tempt him to or rather force his goodness Is to be doubted mainly he is all As he stands now but the meer name of Caesar And should the Emperour inforce him lesser Not coming from himself it were more dangerous He is honest and will hear you doubts are scatter'd And almost come to growth in every houshold Yet in my foolish judgment were this master'd The people that are now but rage and his Might be again obedience you shall know me When Rome is fair again till when I love you No name this may be cunning yet it seems not For there is nothing in it but is certain Besides my safety Had not good Germanicus That was as loyal and as straight as he is If not prevented by Tiberius Been by the Souldiers forc'd their Emperour He had and 't is my wisdom to remember it And was not Corbulo even that Corbulo That ever fortunate and living Roman That broke the heart-strings of the Parthians And brought Arsaces line upon their knees Chain'd to the awe of Rome because he was thought And but in wine once fit to make a Caesar Cut off by Nero I must seek my safety For 't is the same again if not beyond it I know the Souldier loves him more than Heaven And will adventure all his gods to raise him Me he hates more than peace what this may breed If dull security and confidence Let him grow up a fool may find and laught at But why Lord Maximus I injur'd so Should be the man to counsel him I know not More than he has been friend and lov'd allegeance What now he is I fear for his abuses Without the people dare draw blood who waits there Enter a Servant Ser. Your Grace Emp. Call Phidias and Aretus hither I 'le find a day for him too times are dangerous The Army his the Emperour in doubts I find it is too true did he not tell me 1. As if he had intent to make me odious 2. And to my face and by a way of terror What vices I was grounded in and almost Proclaim'd the Souldiers hate against me is not The sacred name and dignity of Caesar Were this Aecius more than man sufficient To shake off all his honesty He 's dangerous Though he be good and though a friend a fear'd one And such I must not sleep by are they come yet I do believe this fellow and I thank him 'T was time to look about if I must perish Yet shall my fears go formost Enter Phidias and Aretus Phi. Life to Caesar Emp. Is Lord Aecius waiting Phi. Not this morning I rather think he 's with the Army Emp. Army I do not like that Army go unto him And bid him straight attend me and do ye hear Come private without any I have business Only for him Phi. Your Graces pleasure Exit Phidias Emp. Go What Souldier is the same I have seen him often That keeps you company Aretus Are. Me Sir Emp. I you Sir Are. One they call Pontius And 't please your Grace Emp. A Captain Are. Yes he was so But speaking something roughly in his want Especially of Wars the Noble General Out of strict allegiance call his fortunes Emp. H 'as been a valiant fellow Are. So he 's still Emp. Alas the General might have pardon'd follies Souldiers will talk sometimes Are. I am glad of this Emp. He wants preferment as I take it Are. Yes Sir And for that noble Grace his life shall serve Emp. I have a service for him I shame a Souldier should become a Begger I like the man Aretus Are. Gods protect ye Emp. Bid him repair to Proculus and there He shall receive the business and reward for 't I 'le see him setled too and as a Souldier We shall want such Are. The sweets of Heaven still crown ye Emp. I have a fearful darkness in my soul And till I be deliver'd still am dying Exeunt SCENE II. Enter Maximus alone Max. My way has taken all the Court 's in guard And business every where and every corner Full of strange whispers I am least in rumour Enter Aecius and Phidias And so I 'le keep my self 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 blood is reckon'd Aec. Why how now friend what makes ye here unarm'd Are ye turn'd Merchant Max. By your fair perswasions And such a Merchant trafficks without danger I have forgotten all Aecius And which is more forgiven Aeci. Now I love ye Truly I do ye are a worthy Roman Max. The fâ—â—r repentance of my Prince to me Is more than sacrifice of bloud and vengeance No eyes shall weep her ruins but mine own Aeci. Still ye take more love from mâ— vertuous friend The gods make poor Aecius worthy of thee Max. only in me y' are poor Sir and I wo thy Only in being yours But why your arm thus Have ye been hurt Aecius Aeci. Bruis'd a little My horse fell with me friend which till this morning I never knew him do Max. Pray gods it boâ—d well And now I think on 't better ye shall back Let my perswasions rule ye Aeci. Back why Maximus The Emperour commands me come Max. I like not At this time his command Aeci. I do at all times And all times will obey it why not now then Max. I 'le tell ye why and as I have been govern'd Be you so noble friend The Court 's in Guard Arm'd strongly for what purpose let me fear I do not like your going Aeci. Were it fire And that fire certain to consume this body If Caesar sent I would goe never fear man If he take me he takes his arms away I am too plain and true to be suspected Max. Then I have dealt unwisely Aeci. If the Emperour Because he meerely may will have my life That 's all he has to work on and all shall have Let him he 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 sins I dare say those of duty Are printed here and if I fall so happy I bless the grave I lye in and the gods Equal as dying on the Enemy Must take me up a Sacrifice Max. Goe on then And I 'le goe with ye Aeci. No ye may not friend Max. He cannot be a friend bars me Aecius Shall I forsake ye in my doubts Aeci. 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 Aeci. 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 us'd it for my friend Aeci. I need no sword noâ—
friend in this pray leave me And as ye love me do not over love me I am commanded none shall come at supper I 'le meet ye and wee l drink a cup or two Ye need good Wine ye have been sad Farewel Max. Farewel my noble friend let me embrace ye E're ye depart it may be one of us Shall never do the like again Aeci. Yes often Max. Farewel good dear Aecius Aeci. Farewel Maximus Till night indeed you doubt too much Exit Max. I do not Goe worthy innocent and make the number Of Caesars sins so great Heaven may want mercy I 'le hover hereabout to know what passes And if he be so devilish to destroy thee In thy bloud shall begin his Tragedy Exit SCENA III. Enter Proculus and Pontius Pro. Besides this if you do it you enjoy The noble name Patrician more than that too The friend of Caesar ye are stil'd there '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 destroy'd 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 foul Pro. Yes a most fearfull Traytor Pon. A fearfull 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 Emperour out of a foolish pitie Would save him yet Pon. Is he so mad Pro. He 's madder Would goe to 'th Army to him Pon. Would he 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 mischief meerly did you mark it Pro. Yes well enough Now ye have means to quit it The deed done take his place Pon. Pray let me think on 't 'T is ten to one I do it Pro. Do and be happy Exit Pro. Pon. This Emperour is made of nought but mischief Sure Murther was his Mother none to lop But the main link 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 Rascals for their Offrings In full abundance Bawds more than 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 sail too I will shew him since he must dye a way to do it truly And though he bears me hard yet shall he know I am born to make him bless me for a blow Exit SCENA II. Enter Phidias Aretus and Aecius Phi. Yet ye may ' scape to th' Camp we 'l hazard with ye Aret. Lose not your life so basely Sir ye are arm'd And many when they see your sword out and know why Must follow your adventure Aeci. Get ye from me Is not the doom of Caesar on this body Do not I bear my last hour here now sent me Am I not old Aecius ever dying You think this tenderness and love you bring me 'T is treason and the strength of disobedience And if ye tempt me further ye shall feel it I seek the Camp for safety when my death Ten times more glorious than my life and lasting Bids me be happy Let the fool fear dying Or he that weds a woman for his honour Dreaming no other life to come but kisses Aecius is not now to learn 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 tears to those that lose their worths Bewail their miseries for me wear Garlands Drink wine and much sing Peans to my praise I am to triumph friends and more than Caesar For Caesar fears to die I love to die Phi. O my dear Lord Aeci. No more goe goe I say Shew me not signs of sorrow I deserve none Dare any man lament I should die nobly Am I grown old to have such enemies When I am dead speak honourably of me That is preserve my memory from dying There if you needs must weep your ruin'd Master A tear or two will seem well this I charge ye because ye say you yet love old Aecius See my poor body burnt and some to sing About my Pile and what I have done and suffer'd If Caesar 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 suddainly and wisely from my dangers My death is catching else Phi. We fear not dying Aec. Yet fear a wilfull death the just Gods hate it I need no company to that that Children Dare do alone and Slaves are proud to purchase Live till your honesties as mine has done Make this corrupted age sick 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 Aeci. We must all die All 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 fear Women for want of will and anger is there In noble man that truly feels both poyses Of life and death so much of this wet weakness To drown a glorious death in child and woman I am asham'd 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 see you more Aeci. '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 return no traffick of my travels No pay to have been Souldier but this Silver No Annals of Aecius but he liv'd My friends ye had cause to weep and bitterly The common overflows of tender women And children new born crying were too little To shew me then most wretched if tears must be I should in justice weep 'em and for you You are to live and yet behold those slaughters The drie and wither'd bones of death would bleed at But sooner than I have time to think what must be I fear you 'l find what shall be If ye love me Let that word serve for all be gone and leave me I have
strength to touch him Rol. I prethee look upon me turn not from me Alas I do confess I 'me made of mischiefs Begot with all mans miseries upon me But see my sorrows maid and do not thou Whose only sweetest sacrifice is softness Whose true condition tenderness of nature Edi. My anger melts Oh I shall lose my justice Rol. Do not thou learn to kill with cruelty As I have done to murther with thy eyes Those blessed eyes as I have done with malice When thou hast wounded me to death with scorn As I deserve it Lady for my true love When thou hast loaden me with earth for ever Take heed my sorrows and the stings I suffer Take heed my nightly dreams of death and horrour Pursue thee not no time shall tell thy griefs then Nor shall an hour of joy adde to thy beauties Look not upon me as I kill'd thy Father As I was smear'd in blood do not thou hate me But thus in whiteness of my wash't repentance In my hearts tears and truth of love to Edith In my fair life hereafter Edi. He will fool me Rol. Oh with thine Angel eyes behold and close me Of Heaven we call for mercy and obtain it To Justice for our right on Earth and have it Of thee I beg for love save me and give it Edi. Now heaven thy help or I am gone for ever His tongue has turn'd me into melting pity Enter Hamond and Guard Ham. Keep the doors safe and upon pain of death Let no man enter till I give the word Guard We shall Sir Exeunt Ham. Here he is in all his pleasure I have my wish Rol. How now why dost thou stare so Edi. A help I hope Rol. What dost thou here who sent thee Ham. My Brother and the base malicious Office Thou mad'st me do to Aubrey pray Rol. Pray Ham. Pray pray if thou canst pray I shall kill thy soul else Pray suddenly Rol. Thou can'st not be so trayterous Ham. It is a Justice stay Lady For I perceive your end a womans hand Must not rob me of vengeance Edi. 'T is my glory Ham. 'T is mine stay and share with me by the gods Rollo There is no way to save thy life Rol. No Ham. No it is so monstrous no repentance cures it Rol. Why then thou shalt kill her first and what this blood Will cast upon thy cursed head Ham. Poor Guard Sir Edi. Spare not brave Captain Rol. Fear or the Devil has thee Ham. Such fear Sir as you gave your honor'd Mother When your most vertuous Brother shield-like held her Such I 'le give you put her away Rol. I will not I will not die so tamely Ham. Murtherous villain wilt thou draw seas of blood upon thee Edi. Fear not kill him good Captain any way dispatch Him my body 's honor'd with that sword that through me Sends his black soul to Hell Oh but for one hand Ham. Shake him off bravely Edi. He 's too strong strike him Ham. Oh am I with you Sir now keep you from him What has he got a knife Edi. Look to him Captain for now he will be mischievous Ham. Do you smile Sir Do's it so tickle you have at you once more Edi. Oh bravely thrust take heed he come not in Sir To him again you give him too much respite Rol. Yet will you save my life and I 'le forgive thee And give thee all all honours all advancements Call thee my friend Ed. Strike strike and hear him not His tongue will tempt a Saint Rol. Oh for my soul sake Edi. Save nothing of him Ham. Now for your farewel Are you so wary take you that Rol. Thou that too Oh thou hast kill'd me basely basely basely Dyes Edi. The just reward of murther falls upon thee How do you Sir has he not hurt you Ham. No I feel not any thing Aub. I charge you let us passe within Gua. You cannot yet Sir Aub. I 'le make way then Gua. We are sworn to our Captain and till he give the word Enter Sophia Matilda Aubrey Lords and attendants Ham. Now let them in there Sop. Oh here he lies Sorrow on sorrow seeks me Oh in his blood he lyes Aub. Had you spoke sooner This might have been prevented Take the Dutchess And lead her off this is no sight for her eyes Mat. Oh bravely done wench Edi. There stands the noble doer Mat. My honour ever seek thee for thy justice Oh 't was a deed of high and brave adventure A justice even for heaven to envy at Farewel my sorrows and my tears take truce My wishes are come round Oh bloody Brother Till this hour never beauteous till thy life Like a full sacrifie for all thy mischiefs Flow'd from thee in these rivers never righteous Oh how my eyes are quarri'd with their joys now My longing heart even leaping out for lightness But dye thy black sins with thee I forgive thee Aub. Who did this deed Ham. I and I 'le answer it Dies Edi. He faints oh that same cursed knife has kill'd him Aub. How Edi. He snatch'd it from my hand for whom I bore it And as they grappl'd Aub. Justice is ever equal Had it not been on him th'adst dy'd too honest Did you know of his death Edi. Yes and rejoyce in 't Aub. I 'me sorry for your youth then though the strictness Of Law shall not fall on you that of life Must presently go to a Cloyster carry her And there for ever lead your life in penitence Edi. Best Father to my soul I give you thanks Sir And now my fair revenges have their ends My vows shall be my kin my prayers my friends Exit Enter Latorch and Juglers Lat. Stay there I 'le step in and prepare the Duke Nor. We shall have brave rewards Fis That is without question Lat. By this time where 's my hussing friend Lord Aubrey Where 's that good Gentleman oh I could laugh now And burst my self with meer imagination A wise man and a valiant man a just man To suffer himself be juggl'd out of the world By a number of poor Gipseys farewel Swash buckler For I know thy mouth is cold enough by this time A hundred of ye I can shave as neatly And ne'r draw bloud in shew now shall my honour My power and vertue walk alone my pleasure Observ'd by all all knees bend to my worship All sutes to me as Saint of all their fortunes Prefer'd and crowded to what full place of credit And what place now your Lordship no 't is common But that I 'le think to morrow on now for my business Aub. Who 's there Lat. Dead my Master dead Aubrey alive too Gua. Latorch Sir Aub. Seize his body Lat. My Master dead Aub. And you within this half hour Prepare your self good Devil you must to it Millions of gold shall not redeem thy mischief Behold the Justice of thy practice villain The mass of murthers thou hast drawn upon us Behold thy doctrine you
and defend them Because they were yours these are the tyrannies Most younger Brothers groan beneath yet bear them From the insulting Heir selling their freedoms At a less rate than what the State allows The sallary of base and common Strumpets For my part e'r on such low terms I feed Upon a Brothers trencher let me dye The Beggars death and starve Cra. 'T is bravely spoken Did what you do rank with it Bel. Why what does he You would not wish were yours Cra. I 'll tell you Lady Since you rise up his Advocate and boldly For now I find and plainly in whose favor My Love and Service to you was neglected For all your wealth nay add to that your beauty And put your virtues 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 her Coach lies at her feet At solemn Masks applauding what she laughs at Reads her asleep anights and takes his oath Upon her Pantoffles that all excellence In other Madams do but zany hers These you are perfect in and yet these take not Or from your birth and freedom Euph. Should another Say this my deeds not looks should shew Bel. Contemn it His envie fains this and he 's but reporter Without a second of his own dry fancies Cra. Yes Madam the whole City speaks it with me And though in my distaste 't is certain you Are brought into the scene 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 vain use is greatness Have made choice of an able man a young man Of an Herculean back to do you service And one you may command too that is active And does what you would have him Bel. You are foul-mouth'd Cra. That can speak well write Verses too and good ones Sharp and conceited whose wit you may lie with When his performance fails him one you have Maintain'd abroad to learn new ways 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 talent No conference in your Coach which is not paid with A Scarlet Suit this the poor people mutter Though I believe for I am bound to do so A Lady of your youth that feeds high too And a most exact Lady may do all this Out of a virtuous love the last bought vizard That Leachery purchas'd Euph. Not a word beyond this The reverence I owe to that one womb In which we both were embrions makes me suffer What 's past but if continu'd Bel. Stay your hand The Queen shall right my honor Cra. Let him do it It is but marrying him and for your anger Know that I slight it when your goddess here Is weary of your sacrifice as she will be You know my house and there amongst my servants Perhaps you 'll find a livery Exit Bel. Be not mov'd I know the rancor of his disposition And turn it on himself by laughing at it And in that let me teach you Euph. I learn gladly Exeunt Scaena Tertia Enter Neanthes Sosines and Eraton severally Nean. You are met unto my wishes if you ever Desir'd true mirth so far as to adventure To dye with the extremity of laughter I come before the object that will do it Or let me live your fool Sos Who is' t Neanthes Nea. Lamprias the Usurers Son Era. Lamprias the youth Of six and fifty Sos That was sent to travel By rich Beliza till he came to age And was fit for a Wife Nea. The very same This gallant with his Guardian and his Tutor And of the three who is most fool I know not Are newly come to Corinth I 'll not stale them By giving up their characters but leave you To make your own discoveries here they are Sir Enter Onos Uncle and Tutor Tutor That leg a little higher very well Now put your Face into the Travellers posture Exceeding good Vncle Do you mark how they admire him Tut. They will be all my Scholars when they know And understand him truly Era. Phoebus guard me From this new Python Sos How they have trimm'd him up Like an old Reveller Nea. Curl'd him and perfum'd him But that was done with judgement for he looks Like one that purg'd perpetually trust me That Witches face of his is painted too And every ditch upon it buries more Then would set off ten Bawds and all their tenants Sos See how it moves towards us Nea. There 's a salutation ' Troth Gentlemen you have bestowed much travel In training up your Pupil Tut. Sir great buildings Require great labours which yet we repent not Sâ—â—â— for the Countreys good we have brought home An absolute man Vnc. As any of his years Corinth can shew you Era. He 's exceeding meagre Tut. His contemplation Vnc. Besides 't is sit Learners should be kept hungry Nea. You all contemplate For three such wretched pictures of lean famine I never saw together Vnc. We have fat minds Sir And travell'd to save charges Do you think 'T was fit a young and hopeful Gentleman Should be brought up a glutton he 's my Ward Nor was there ever where I bore the bag Any superfluous waste Era. Pray you can it speak Tut. He knows all Languages but will use none They are all too big for his mouth or else too little T' express his great conceits and yet of late With some impulsion he hath set down In a strange method by the way of question And briefly to all business whatsoever That may concern a Gentleman Nea. Good Sir let 's hear him Tut. Come on Sir Nea. They have taught him like an Ape To do his tricks by signs now he begins Onos When shall we be drunk together Tut That 's the first Onos Where shall we whore to night Vnc. That ever follows Era. ' Odds me he now looks angry Onos Shall we quarrel Nea. With me at no hand Sir Onos Then le ts protest Era. Is this all Tut. These are Sir the four new Virtues That are in fashion many a mile we measur'd Before we could arrive to this knowledge Nea. You might nave spar'd that labour for at home here There 's little else in practice Ha the Queen Good friends for half an hour remove your motion To morrow willingly when we have more leasure We 'll look on him again Onos Did I not rarely Vnc. Excellent well Tut. He shall have six Plumbs for it Exeunt Enter Agenor Leonidas Theanor Queen Merione Beliza Euphanes Crates Ladies Attendants with Lights Qu. How much my Court is honour'd Princely Brother In your vouchsafing it your long'd-for presence Were tedious to repeat since 't is already And heartily acknowledg'd may the gods That look into Kings actions smile upon The league we have concluded and their justice Find me
hasty rage off and put on A well confirmed a temperate and true valor Omnes But shew the way Quisar And will and then shew you A will to tread the way I 'll say ye are worthy Py. What task now Will she turn 'em to these hot youths I fear will find a cooling 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 royal Brother now miserable And Prisoner to that Man if I were ambitious Gap'd for that glory was n're born with me There he should lie his miseries upon him If I were covetous and my heart set On riches and those base effects that follow On pleasures uncontrol'd or safe revenges There he should die his death will give me all these For then stood I up absolute to do all Yet all these flattering shews of dignity These golden dreams of greatness cannot force To forget nature and my fair 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 scorn shall feel such slavery Or seek another Mistriss 't will be hard To do this wondrous hard a great adventure Fit for a spirit of an equal greatness 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 proclaim it if I lye Or seek to set you on with me and reward my falshood No stirring yet no start into a bravery Ruy. Madam it may be but being a main danger Your grace must give me leave to look about me And take a little time the cause will ask it Great Acts require great counsels Quisar Take your pleasure I fear the Portugal Ba. I 'll raise an Army That shall bring back this Island Fort and all And fix it here Gov. How long will this be doing You should have begun in your Grandfather's days Sy. What may be And what my power can promise noblest Lady My will I am sure stands fair Quisar Faire be your fortune Few promises are best and fair performance Gov. These cannot doe Their power and arts are weak ones 'T is in my will I have this King your brother He is my prisoner I accept your proffer And bless the fair occasion that atchiev'd him I love ye and I honor ye but speak Whether alive or dead he shall be rendred And see how readily how in an instant Quick as your wishes Lady Quisar No I scorn ye You and your courtesie I hate your love Sir And ere I would so basely win his liberty I would study to forget he was my brother By force he was taken he that shall enjoy me Shall fetch him back by force or never know me Py. As I live a rare Wench Ar. She has a noble spirit Gov. By force Quisar Yes Sir by force and make you glad too To let him goe Gov. How you may look nobler on me And think me no such Boy by force he must not For your love much may be Quisar Put up your passion And pack ye home I say by force and suddenly He lies there till he rots else although I love him â—ost tenderly and dearly as a brother And out of these respects would joy to see him â—â—t to receive him as thy courtesie With all the honor thou couldst add unto him From his hands that most hate him I had rather Though no condition were propounded for him â—ee him far sunke i' th earth and there forget him Py. Your hopes are gelt good Governor Arm. A rare Woman Gov. Lady 〈◊〉 pull this pride I 'll quench this bravery And turne your glorious scorn to tears and howlings 〈◊〉 will proud Princess this neglect of me â—all make thy brother King most miserable â—all turn him into curses ' gainst thy cruelty 〈◊〉 where before I us'd him like a King â—d did those Royal Offices unto him Now he shall lie a sad lump in a dungeon â—den with chains and fetters colds and hunger â—rkness and lingring death for his companions And let me see who dare attempt his rescue What desperate fool â—ook toward it farewel And when thou know'st him thus lament thy follies Nay I will make thee kneel to take my offer Once more farewel and put thy trust in puppits Exit Quisar If none dare undertake it I 'll live a mourner Ba. You cannot want Sy. You must not Ru. 'T is most dangerous And wise men wou'd proceed with care and counsel Yet some way would I knew Walke with me Gentlemen Exeunt Manent Arm. and his Comp. Ar. How do you like her spirit Soz. 'T is a clear one Clog'd with no dirty stuff she is all pure honor Em. The bravest Wench I ever look'd upon And of the strongest parts she is most fair Yet her mind such a mirrour Arm. What an action Wou'd this be to put forward on what a glory And what an everlasting wealth to end it Methinks my soul is strangely rais'd Soz. To step into it Iust while they think and ere they have determin'd To bring the King off Ar. Things have been done as dangerous Em. And prosper'd best when they were least consider'd Ar. Bless me my hopes And you my friends assist me None but our companions Soz. You deale wisely And if we shrink the name of slaves dye with us Em. Stay not for second thoughts Ar. I am determin'd And though I lose it shall be sung I was valiant And my brave offer shall be turn'd to story Worthy the Princess tongue A Boat that 's all That 's unprovided and habits like to Merchants The rest wee 'l councel as we goe Soz. A way then Fortune looks fair on those make haste to win her Exeunt Actus Secundus Scaena Prima Enter Keeper and 2 or 3 Moores Kee. I Have kept many a Man and many a great one Yet I confess I nere saw before A Man of such a sufferance he lies now Where I would not lay my dog for sure 't would kill him Where neither light or comfort can come near him Nor air nor earth that 's wholsome it grieves me To see a mighty King with all his glory Sunk o' th' sudden to the bottome of a dungeon Whether should we descend that are poor Rascals If we had our deserts 1. Mo. 'T is a strange wonder Load him with Irons oppress him with contempts Which are the Governors commands give him nothing Or so little to sustain life 't is next nothing They stir not him he smiles upon his miseries And beares 'em with such strength as if his nature Had been nurs'd up and foster'd with calamities 2. He gives no ill words curses nor repines not Blames nothing hopes in
of news that I am staid Evad. Noble Amintor put off thy amaze Let thine eyes loose and speak am I not fair Looks not Evadne beauteous with these rites now Were those hours half so lovely in thine eyes When our hands met before the holy man I was too foul within to look fair then Since I knew ill I was not free till now Amint. There is presage of some important thing About thee which it seems thy tongue hath lost Thy hands are bloody and thou hast a knife Evad. In this consists thy happiness and mine Joy to Amintor for the King is dead Amint. Those have most power to hurt us that we love We lay our sleeping lives within their arms Why thou hast rais'd up mischief to this height And found out one to out-name thy other faults Thou hast no intermission of thy sins But all thy life is a continuall ill Black is thy colour now disease thy nature Joy to Amintor thou hast touch't a life The very name of which had power to chain Up all my rage and calm my wildest wrongs Evad. 'T is done and since I could not find a way To meet thy love so clear as through his life I cannot now repent it Amint. Could'st thou procure the Gods to speak to me To bid me love this woman and forgive I think I should fall out with them behold Here lies a youth whose wounds bleed in my brest Sent by his violent Fate to fetch his death From my slow hand and to augment my woe You now are present stain'd with a Kings blood Violently shed this keeps night here And throws an unknown wilderness about me Asp. Oh oh oh Amint. No more pursue me not Evad. Forgive me then and take me to thy bed We may not part Amint. Forbear be wise and let my rage go this way Evad. 'T is you that I would stay not it Amint. Take heed it will return with me Evad. If it must be I shall not fear to meet it take me home Amint. Thou monster of cruelty forbear Evad. For heavens sake look more calm Thine eyes are sharper than thou canst mâ—â—â— thy sword Amin. Away away thy knees are more to me than violence I am worse than sick to see knees follow me For that I must not grant for heavens sake stand Evad. Receive me then Amint. I dare not stay thy language In midst of all my anger and my grief Thou dost awake something that troubles me And sayes I lov'd thee once I dare not stay There is no end of womens reasoning Leaves her Evad. Amintor thou shalt love me once again Go I am calm farewell and peace for ever Evadne whom thou hat'st will die for thee Kills her self Amint. I have a little humane nature yet That 's lest for thee that bids me stay thy hand Returns Evad. Thy hand was welcome but came too late Oh I am lost the heavy sleep makes haste She dies Asp. Oh oh oh Amint. This earth of mine doth tremble and I feel A stark affrighted motion in my blood My soul grows weary of her house and I All over am a trouble to my self There is some hidden power in these dead things That calls my flesh into'em I am cold Be resolute and bear 'em company There 's something yet which I am loth to leave There 's man enough in me to meet the fears That death can bring and yet would it were done I can find nothing in the whole discourse Of death I durst not meet the boldest way Yet still betwixt the reason and the act The wrong I to Aspatia did stands up I have not such a fault to answer Though she may justly arm with scorn And hate of me my soul will part less troubled When I have paid to her in tears my sorrow I will not leave this act unsatisfied If all that 's left in me can answer it Asp. Was it a dream there stands Amintor still Or I dream still Amint. How dost thou speak receive my love and help Thy blood climbs up to his old place again There 's hope of thy recovery Asp. Did you not name Aspatia Amint. I did Asp. And talkt of tears and sorrow unto her Amint. 'T is true and till these happy signs in thee Did stay my course 't was thither I was going Asp. Th' art there already and these wounds are hers Those threats I brought with me sought not revenge But came to fetch this blessing from thy hand I am Aspatia yet Amint. Dare my soul ever look abroad agen Asp. I shall live Amintor I am well A kind of healthful joy wanders within me Amint. The world wants lines to excuse thy loss Come let me bear thee to some place of help Asp. Amintor thou must stay I must rest here My strength begins to disobey my will How dost thou my best soul I would fain live Now if I could would'st thou have loved me then Amint. Alas all that I am's not worth a hair from thee Asp Give me thy hand mine hands grope up and down And cannot find thee I am wondrous sick Have I thy hand Amintor Amint. Thou greatest blessing of the world thou hast Asp. I do believe thee better than my sense Oh! I must go farewell Amint. She swounds Aspatia help for Heavens sake water Such as may chain life for ever to this frame Aspatia speak what no help yet I fool I 'le chase her temples yet there 's nothing stirs Some hidden Power tell her that Amintor calls Aâ—â— let her answer me Aspatia speak I haâ—e heard if there be life but bow The body thus and it will shew it self Oh she is gone I will not leave her yet Since out of justice we must challenge nothing I 'le call it mercy if you 'l pity me You heavenly powers and lend for some few years The blessed soul to this fair seat agen No comfort comes the gods deny me too I 'le bow the body once agen Aspatia The soul is fled for ever and I wrong My self so long to lose her company Must I talk now Here 's to be with thee love Kills himself Enter Servant Ser. This is a great grace to my Lord to have the new King come to him I must tell him he is entring O Heaven help help Enter Lysip Melant. Cal. Cleon. Diph. Strato Lys Where 's Amintor Sirat O there there Lys How strange is this Cal. What should we do here Mel. These deaths are such acquainted things with me That yet my heart dissolves not May I stand Stiff here for ever eyes call up your tears This is Amintor heart he was my friend Melt now it flows Amintor give a word To call me to thee Amint. Oh! Mel. Melantius calls his friend Amintor Oh thy arms Are kinder to me than thy tongue Speak speak Amint. What Mel. That little word was worth all the sounds That ever I shall hear agen Diph. O brother here lies your Sister slain You lose your self in sorrow there
Mel. Why Diphilus it is A thing to laugh at in respect of this Here was my Sister Father Brother Son All that I had speak once again What youth lies slain there by thee Amint. 'T is Aspatia My senses fade let me give up my soul Into thy bosom Cal. What 's that what 's that Aspatia Mel. I never did repent the greatness of my heart till now It will not burst at need Cal. My daughter dead here too and you have all fine new tricks to grieve but I ne're knew any but direct crying Mel. I am a pratler but no more Diph. Hold Brother Lysip Stop him Diph. Fie how unmanly was this offer in you Does this become our strain Cal. I know not what the mater is but I am Grown very kind and am friends with you You have given me that among you will kill me Quickly but I 'le go home and live as long as I can Mel. His spirit is but poor that can be kept From death for want of weapons Is not my hand a weapon good enough To stop my breath or if you tie down those I vow Amintor I will never eat Or drink or sleep or have to do with that That may preserve life this I swear to keep Lysip Look to him tho' and bear those bodies in May this a fair example be to me To rule with temper for on lustful Kings Unlookt for sudden deaths from heaven are sent But curst is he that is their instrument PHILASTER OR Love lies a Bleeding The Scene being in Cicilie Persons Represented in the Play The King Philaster Heir to the Crown Pharamond Prince of Spain Dion a Lord. Noble Gentlemen his Associates Cleremont Thrasiline Arethusa the Kings Daughter Galatea a wise modest Lady attending the Princess Megra a lascivious Lady An old wanton Lady or Croan Another Lady attending the Princess Eufrasia Daughter of Dion but disguised like a Page and called Bellario An old Captain Five Citizens A Countrey fellow Two Woodmen The Kings Guard and Train Actus primus Scena prima Enter Dion Cleremont and Thrasiline Cler. HEre 's not Lords nor Ladies Dion Credit me Gentlemen I wonder at it They receiv'd strict charge from the King to attend here Besides it was boldly published that no Officer should forbid any Gentlemen that desire to attend and hear Cle. Can you ghess the cause Di. Sir it is plain about the Spanish Prince that 's come to marry our Kingdoms Heir and be our Soveraign Thra. Many that will seem to know much say she looks not on him like a Maid in Love Di. O Sir the multitude that seldom know any thing but their own opinions speak that they would have but the Prince before his own approach receiv'd so many confident messages from the State that I think she 's resolv'd to be rul'd Cle. Sir it is thought with her he shall enjoy both these Kingdoms of Cicilie and Calabria Di. Sir it is without controversie so meant But 't will be a troublesome labour for him to enjoy both these Kingdoms with safetie the right Heir to one of them living and living so vertuously especially the people admiring the bravery of his mind and lamenting his injuries Cle. Who Philaster Di. Yes whose Father we all know was by our late King of Calabria unrighteously deposed from his fruitful Cicilie My self drew some blood in those Wars which I would give my hand to be washed from Cle. Sir my ignorance in State-policy will not let me know why Philaster being Heir to one of these Kingdoms the King should suffer him to walk abroad with such free liberty Di. Sir it seems your nature is more constant than to enquire after State news But the King of late made a hazard of both the Kingdoms of Cicilie and his own with offering but to imprison Philaster At which the City was in arms not to be charm'd down by any State order or Proclamation till they saw Philaster ride through the streets pleas'd and without a guard at which they threw their Hats and their arms from them some to make bonefires some to drink all for his deliverance Which wise men say is the cause the King labours to bring in the power of a Foreign Nation to aw his own with Enter Galatea Megra and a Lady Thra. See the Ladies what 's the first Di. A wife and modest Gentlwoman that attends the Princess Cle. The second Di. She is one that may stand still discreetly enough and ill savour'dly Dance her Measure simper when she is Courted by her Friend and slight her Husband Cle. The last Di. Marry I think she is one whom the State keeps for the Agents of our confederate Princes she 'll cog and lie with a whole Army before the League shall break her name is common through the Kingdom and the Trophies of her dishonour advanced beyond Hercules-pillars She loves to try the several constitutions of mens bodies and indeed has destroyed the worth of her own body by making experiment upon it for the good of the Common-wealth Cle. She 's a profitable member La. Peace if you love me you shall see these Gentlemen stand their ground and not Court us Gal. What if they should Meg. What if they should La. Nay let her alone what if they should why if they should I say they were never abroad what Foreigner would do so it writes them directly untravel'd Gal. Why what if they be Meg. What if they be La. Good Madam let her go on what if they be Why if they be I will justifie they cannot maintain discourse with a judicious Lady nor make a Leg nor say Excuse me Gal. Ha ha ha La. Do you laugh Madam Di. Your desires upon you Ladies La. Then you must sit beside us Di. I shall sit near you then Lady La. Near me perhaps But there 's a Lady indures no stranger and to me you appear a very strange fellow Meg. Me thinks he 's not so strange he would quickly be acquainted Thra. Peace the King Enter King Pharamond Arethusa and Train King To give a stranger testimony of love Than fickly promises which commonly In Princes find both birth and burial In one breath we have drawn you worthy Sir To make your lair indearments to your daughter And worthy services known to our subjects Now lov'd and wondered at Next our intent To plant you deeply our immediate Heir Both to our Blood and Kingdoms For this Lady The best part of your life as you confirm me And I believe though her few years and sex Yet teach her nothing but her fears and blushes Desires without desire discourse and knowledge Only of what her sell is to her sell Make her feel moderate health and when she sleeps In making no ill day knows no ill dreams Think not dear Sir these undivided parts That must mould up a Virgin are put on To shew her so as borrowed ornaments To speak her perfect love to you or add An Artificial shadow to her
do well to spare your Ladies Bed-fellow and her you may keep for a Spawner King I see the injuries I have done must be reveng'd Di. Sir this is not the way to find her out King Run all disperse your selves the man that finds her Or if she be kill'd the Traytor I 'le may him great Di. I know some would give five thousand pounds to find her Pha. Come let us seek King Each man a several way here I my self Di. Come Gentlemen we here Cle. Lady you must go search too Meg. I had rather be search'd my self Exeunt omnes Enter Arethusa Are. Where am I now Feet find me out a way Without the counsel of my troubled head I 'le follow you boldly about these woods O're mountains thorow brambles pits and flouds Heaven I hope will ease me I am sick Enter Bellario Bell. Yonder 's my Lady Heaven knows I want nothing Because I do not wish to live yet I Will try her Charity O hear you that have plenty From that flowing store drop some on dry ground see The lively red is gone to guard her heart I fear she saints Madam look up she breaths not Open once more those rosie twins and send Unto my Lord your latest farewell Oh she stirs How is it Madam Speak comfort Are. 'T is not gently done To put me in a miserable life And hold me there I pray thee let me go I shall do best without thee I am well Enter Philaster Phil. I am to blame to be so much in rage I 'le tell her coolely when and where I heard This killing truth I will be temperate In speaking and as just in hearing Oh monstrous Tempt me not ye gods good gods Tempt not a frail man what 's he that has a heart But he must ease it here Bell. My Lord help the Princess Are. I am well forbear Phi. Let me love lightning let me be embrac'd And kist by Scorpions or adore the eyes Of Basilisks rather than trust to tongues And shrink these veins up stick me here a stone Lasting to ages in the memory Of this damn'd act Hear me you wicked ones You have put the hills on fire into this breast Not to be quench'd with tears for which may guilt Sit on your bosoms at your meals and beds Despair await you what before my face Poyson of Aspes between your lips Diseases Be your best issues Nature make a Curse And throw it on you Are. Dear Philaster leave To be enrag'd and hear me Phi. I have done Forgive my passion not the calm'd sea When AEolus locks up his windy brood Is less disturb'd than I I 'le make you know it Dear Arethusa do but take this sword And search how temperate a heart I have Then you and this your boy may live and raign In lust without control Wilt thou Bellario I prethee kill me thou art poor and maist Nourish ambitious thoughts when I am dead This way were freer Am I raging now If I were mad I should desire to live Sirs feel my pulse whether have you known A man in a more equal tune to die Bel. Alas my Lord your pulse keeps madmans time So does your tongue Phi. You will not kill me then Are. Kill you Bell. Not for a world Pha. I blame not thee Bellario thou hast done but that which gods Would have transform'd themselves to do be gone Leave me without reply this is the last Of all our meeting Kill me with this sword Be wise or worse will follow we are two Earth cannot bear at once Resolve to do or suffer Are. If my fortunes be so good to let me fall Upon thy hand I shall have peace in death Yet tell me this will there be no slanders No jealousies in the other world no ill there Phi. No. Are. Shew me then the way Phi. Then guide My feeble hand you that have power to do it For I must perform a piece of justice If your youth Have any way offended Heaven let prayers Short and effectual reconcile you to it Are. I am prepared Enter a Country-fellow Coun. I 'le see the King if he be in the Forest I have hunted him these two hours if I should come home and not see him my Sisters would laugh at me I can see nothing but people better horst than my self that outâ—ide me I can hear nothing but shouting These Kings had need of good brains this whooping is able to put a mean man out of his wits There 's a Courtier with his sword drawn by this hand upon a woman I think Phi. Are you at peace Are. With Heavens and Earth Phi. May they divide thy soul and body Coun. Hold dastard strike a Woman ' th' art a craven I warrant thee thou wouldst be loth to play half a dozen of venies at wasters with a good fellow for a broken head Phi. Leave us good friend Are. What ill bred man aâ—t thou to intrude thy self Upon our private sports our recreations Coun. God ' uds I understand you not but I know the Rogue has huâ—t you Phi. Pursue thy own affairs it will be ill To multiply bloud upon my head which thou wilt force me to Coun. I know not your Rhetorick but I can lay it on if you touch the woman They fight Phi. Slave take what thou deservest Are. Heavens guard my Lord. Coun. Oh do you breath Phi. I hear the tread of people I am hurt The gods take part against me could this Poor Have held me thus else I must shift for life Though I do loath it I would find a course To lose it rather by my will than force Exit Phil. Coun. I cannot follow the Rogue I pray thee wench come and kiss me now Enter Phaâ—a Dion Cle. Thra. and Woodmen Pha. What art thou Coun. Almost kil'd I am for a foolish woman a knave has hurt her Pha. The Princess Gentlemen Where 's the wound Madam Is it dangerous Are. He has not hurt me Coun. I'saith she lies has hurt her in the breast look else Pha. O sacred spring of innocent blood Di. 'T is above wonder who should dare this Are. I felt it not Pha. Speak villain who has hurt the Princess Coun. Is it the Princess Di. I. Coun. Then I have seen something yet Pha. But who has hurt her Coun. I told you a Rogue I ne're saw him before I. Pha. Madam who did it Are. Some dishonest wretch Alas I know him not And do forgive him Coun. He 's hurt too he cannot go far I made my Fathers old Fox flie about his ears Pha. How will you have me kill him Are. Not at all 't is some distracted fellow Pha. By this hand I 'le leave ne'er a piece of him bigger than a Nut and bring him all in my Hat Are. Nay good Sir If you do take him bring him quick to me And I will study for a punishment Great as his fault Pha. I will Are. But swear Pha. By all my love I will Woodmen conduct
talk bear him to prison Are. Sir they did plot together to take hence This harmless life should it pass unreveng'd I should to earth go weeping grant me then By all the love a Father bears his Child Their custodies and that I may appoint Their tortures and their death Di. Death soft our Law will not reach that for this fault King 'T is granted take 'em to you with a Guard Come Princely Pharamond this business past We may with more security go on to your intended match Cle. I pray that this action lose not Philaster the hearts of the people Di. Fear it not their overwise heads will think it but a trick Exeunt Omnes Actus Quintus Scena Prima Enter Dion Cleremont and Thrasiline Thra. HAS the King sent for him to death Di. Yes but the King must know 't is not in his power to war with Heaven Cle. We linger time the King sent for Philaster and the Headsman an hour ago Thra. Are all his wounds well Di. All they were but scratches but the loss of bloud made him faint Cle. We dally Gentlemâ—n Thra. Away Di. We 'l scuffle hard before he perish Exeunt Enter Philaster Arethusa and Bellario Are. Nay dear Philaster grieve not we are well Bell. Nay good my Lord forbear we are wondrous well Phi. Oh Arethusa O Bellario leave to be kind I shall be shot from Heaven as now from Earth If you continue so I am a man False to a pair of the most trusly ones That ever earth bore can it bear us all Forgive and leave me but the King hath sent To call me to my death Oh shew it me And then forget me And for thee my boy I shall deliver words will mollifie The hearts of beasts to spare thy innocence Bell. Alas my Lord my life is not a thing Worthy your noble thoughts 't is not a life 'T is but a piece of child-hood thrown away Should I out-live I shall then out live Vertuâ— and honour And when that day comes If â—vâ—â— I should close these eyes but once May I live spotted for my perjury And wasâ—â— my limbs to nothing Are. And I the woful'st maid as ever was Fo 〈◊〉 with my hands to bring my Lord to death Do bâ—th honour of a Virgin swear To tâ—ll no hours beyond it Phi. Make me not hated so Are. Come from this prison all joyful to our deaths Phi. People will tear me when they find you true To such a wretch as I I shall die loath'd 〈◊〉 our Kingdoms peaceably whil'st I Fo◠〈◊〉 â—lâ—p so gotten with my faults I verâ— put 〈◊〉 every maid in love Will have a piece of me if you be true Are. My dear Lord say not so Bell. A piece of you He was not born of women that can out it and look on Phi. Take me in tears betwixt you For my heart will break with shame and sorrow Are. Why 't is well Bell. Lament no more Phi. What would you have done If you had wrong'd me basely and had found My life no price compar'd to yours For love Sirs Deal with me truly Bell. 'T was mistaken Sir Phi. Why if it were Bell. Then Sir we would have ask'd you pardon Phi. And have hope to enjoy it Are. Injoy it I. Phi. Would you indeed be plain Bell. We would my Lord. Phi. Forgive me then Are. So so Bell. 'T is as it should be now Phi. Lead to my death Exeunt Enter King Dion Cleremont and Thrasiline King Gentlemen who saw the Prince Cle. So plâ—â—â— you Sir he 's gone to see the City And tâ—â— new Platform with some Gentlemen Attenâ—ing on him King Is the Princess ready To bring her prisoner out Thra. She waits your Grace King Tell her we stay Di. King you may be deceiv'd yet The head you a mâ—â— cost more setting on Than to be lost so slightly If it must off Like a wild overflow that soops before him A golden Stack and with it shakes down Bridges Cracks the strong hearts of Pines whose Cable roots Hâ—ld out a thousand Storms a thousand Thunders And so made mightier takes whole Villages Upon his back and in that heat of pride Charges strong Towns Towers Castles Palaces And layes them desolate so shall thy head Thy noble head bury the lives of thousands That must bleed with thee like a sacrifice In thy red ruines Enter Phil. Are. and Bell. in a Robe and Garland King How now what Mask is this Bell. Right Royal Sir I should Sing you an Epithalamium of these lovers But having lost my best ayres with my fortunes And wanting a celestial Harp to strike This blessed union on thus in glad story I give you all These two fair Cedar-branches The noblest of the Mountain where they grew Straightest and tallest under whose still shades The worthieâ— beasts have made their layers and slept Free from the â—yâ—â—aâ— Staâ— and the fell Thunder-stroke Free from the Clouds when they were big with humour And delivered in thousand spouts their issues to the earth O there was none but silent quiet there Till never pleas'd fortune shot up shrubs Base under brambles to divorce these branches And for a while they did so and did raign Over the Mountain and choakt up his beauty With Brakes rude Thornes and Thistles till thy Sun Scorcht them even to the roots and dried them there And now a gentle gale hath blown again That made these branches meet and twine together Never to be divided The god that sings His holy numbers over marriage beds Hath knit their noble hearts and here they stand Your Children mighty King and I have done King How how Are. Sir if you love it in plain truth For there is no Masking in 't This Gentleman The prisoner that you gave me is become My keeper and through all the bitter throws Your jealousies and his ill fate have wrought him Thus nobly hath he strangled and at length Arriv'd here my dear Husband King Your dear Husband call in The Captain of the Cittadel There you shall keep Your Wedding I 'le provide a Mask shall make Your Hymen turn his Saffron into a sullen Coat And sing sad Requiems to your departing souls Bloud shall put out your Torches and instead Of gaudy flowers about your wanton necks An Ax shall hang like a prodigious Meteor Ready to crop your loves sweets Hear you gods From this time do I shake all title off Of Father to this woman this base woman And what there is of vengeance in a Lion Cast amongst Dogs or rob'd of his dear young The same inforc't more terrible more mighty Expect from me Are. Sir By that little life I have left to swear by There 's nothing that can stir me from my self What I have done I have done without repentance For death can be no Bug-bear unto me So long as Pharamond is not my headsman Di. Sweet peace upon thy soul thou worthy maid When ere thou dyest for this time I 'le excuse thee Or
and dull and joyful and sorrowful in extremity in an hour Do not think me thy friend for this for if I car'd who knew it thou shouldst not hear it Bessus Here he is with his prey in his foot Enter c. Senet Flourish Enter Arbaces and Tigranes two Kings and two Gentlemen Arb. Thy sadness brave Tigranes takes away From my full victory am I become Of so small fame that any man should grieve When I o'recome him They that plac'd me here Intended it an honour large enough For the most valiant living but to dare oppose me single though he Lost the day What should afflict you you are as free as I To be my prisoner is to be more free Than you were formerly and never think The man I held worthy to combate me Shall be us'd servilely Thy ransom is To take my only Sister to thy Wife A heavy one Tigranes for she is A Lady that the neighbour Princes send Blanks to fetch home I have been too unkind To her Tigranes she but nine years old I left her and ne're saw her since your wars Have held me long and taught me though a youth The way to victory she was a pretty child Then I was little better but now fame Cries loudly on her and my messengers Make me believe she is a miracle She 'l make you shrink as I did with a stroak But of her eye Tigranes Tigr. Is' t the course of Iberia to use their prisoners thus Had fortune thrown my name above Arbace I should not thus have talk'd Sir in Armenia We hold it base you should have kept your temper Till you saw home again where 't is the fashion Perhaps to brag Arb. Be you my witness earth need I to brag Doth not this captive Prince speak Me sufficiently and all the acts That I have wrought upon his suffering Land Should I then boast where lies that foot of ground Within his whole Realm that I have not past Fighting and conquering Far then from me Be ostentation I could tell the world How I have laid his Kingdom desolate By this sole Arm prop't by divinity Stript him out of his glories and have sent The pride of all his youth to people graves And made his Virgins languish for their Loves If I would brag should I that have the power To teach the Neighbour world humility Mix with vain-glory Mar. Indeed this is none Arb. Tigranes Nay did I but take delight To stretch my deeds as others do on words I could amaze my hearers Mar. So you do Arb. But he shall wrong his and my modesty That thinks me apt to boast after any act Fit for a good man to do upon his foe A little glory in a souldiers mouth Is well-becoming be it far from vain Mar. 'T is pity that valour should be thus drunk Arb. I offer you my Sister and you answer I do insult a Lady that no suite Nor treasure nor thy Crown could purchase thee But that thou fought'st with me Tigr. Though this be worse Than that you spake before it strikes me not But that you think to overgrace me with The marriage of your Sister troubles me I would give worlds for ransoms were they mine Rather than have her Arb. See if I insult That am the Conquerour and for a ransom Offer rich treasure to the Conquered Which he refuses and I bear his scorn It cannot be self-flattery to say The Daughters of your Country set by her Would see their shame run home and blush to death At their own foulness yet she is not fair Nor beautiful those words express her not They say her looks have something excellent That wants a name yet were she odious Her birth deserves the Empire of the world Sister to such a brother that hath ta'ne Victory prisoner and throughout the earth Carries her bound and should he let her loose She durst not leave him Nature did her wrong To Print continual conquest on her cheeks And make no man worthy for her to taste But me that am too near her and as strangely She did for me but you will think I brag Mar. I do I 'le be sworn Thy valour and thy passions sever'd would have made two excellent fellows in their kinds I know not whether I should be sorry thou art so valiant or so passionate wou'd one of 'em were away Tigr. Do I refuse her that I doubt her worth Were she as vertuous as she would be thought So perfect that no one of her own sex Could find a want had she so tempting fair That she could wish it off for damning souls I would pay any ransom twenty lives Rather than meeâ— her married in my bed Perhaps I have a love where I have sixt Mine eyes not to be mov'd and she on me I am not fickle Arb. Is that all the cause Think you you can so knit your self in love To any other that her searching sight Cannot dissolve it So before you tri'd You thought your self a match for me in sight Trust me Tigranes she can do as much In peace as I in war she 'l conquer too You shall see if you have the power to stand The force of her swift looks if you dislike I 'le send you home with love and name your ransom Some other way but if she be your choice She frees you To Iberia you must Tigr. Sir I have learn'd a prisoners sufferance And will obey but give me leave to talk In private with some friends before I go Arb. Some to await him forth and see him safe But let him freely send for whom he please And none dare to disturb his conference I will not have him know what bondage is Exit Tigranes Till he be free from me This Prince Mardonius Is full of wisdom valour all the graces Man can receive Mar. And yet you conquer'd him Arb. And yet I conquer'd him and could have don 't Hadst thou joyn'd with him though thy name in Arms Be great must all men that are vertuous Think suddenly to match themselves with me I conquered him and bravely did I not Bes And please your Majesty I was afraid at first Mar. When wert thou other Arb. Of what Bes That you would not have spy'd your best advantages for your Majesty in my opinion lay too high methinks under favour you should have lain thus Mar. Like a Taylor at a wake Bes And then if please your Majesty to remember at one time by my troth I wisht my self wi' you Mar. By my troth thou wouldst ha' stunk 'em both out o' th' Lists Arb. What to do Bes To put your Majesty in mind of an occasion you lay thus and Tigranes falsified a blow at your Leg which you by doing thus avoided but if you had whip'd up your Leg thus and reach'd him on the ear you had made the Blood-Royal run down his head Mar. What Country Fence-school learn'st thou at Arb. Pish did not I take him nobly Mar. Why you did and
by force convey my body hence What helps it me or thee to be unwilling Spa. O Tigranes I know you are to see a Lady there To see and like I fear perhaps the hope Of her make you forget me ere we part Be happier than you know to wish farewel Tigr. Spaconia stay and hear me what I say In short destruction meet me that I may See it and not avoid it when I leave To be thy faithful lover part with me Thou shalt not there are none that know our love And I have given gold unto a Captain That goes unto Iberia from the King That he will place a Lady of our Land With the Kings Sister that is offered me Thither shall you and being once got in Perswade her by what subtil means you can To be as backward in her love as I. Spa. Can you imagine that a longing maid When she beholds you can be pull'd away With words from loving you Tigr. Dispraise my health my honesty and tell her I am jealous Spa. Why I had rather lose you can my heart Consent to let my tongue throw out such words And I that ever yet spoke what I thought Shall find it such a thing at first to lie Tigr. Yet do thy belt Enter Bessus Bes What is your Majesty ready Tigr. There is the Lady Captain Bes Sweet Lady by your leave I could wish my self more full of Courtship for your fair sake Spa. Sir I shall feel no want of that Bes Lady you must hast I have received new letters from the King that require more hast than I expected he will follow me suddenly himself and begins to call for your Majesty already Tigr. He shall not do so long Bes Sweet Lady shall I call you my Charge hereafter Spa. I will not take upon me to govern your tongue Sir you shall call me what you please Actus Secundus Enter Gobrias Bacurius Arane Panthe and Mandane Waiting-women with Attendants Gob. MY Lord Bacurius you must have regard unto the Queen she is your prisoner 't is at your peril if she make escape Bac. My Lord I know 't she is my prisoner from you committed yet she is a woman and so I keep her safe you will not urge me to keep her close I shall not shame to say I sorrow for her Gob. So do I my Lord I sorrow for her that so little grace doth govern her that she should stretch her arm against her King so little womanhood and natural goodness as to think the death of her own Son Ara. Thou knowst the reason why dissembling as thou art and wilt not speak Gob. There is a Lady takes not after you Her Father is within her that good man Whose tears weigh'd down his sins mark how she weeps How well it does become her and if you Can find no disposition in your self To sorrow yet by gracefulness in her Find out the way and by your reason weep All this she does for you and more she needs When for your self you will not lose a tear Think how this want of grief discredits you And you will weep because you cannot weep Ara. You talk to me as having got a time fit for your purpose but you know I know you speak not what you think Pan. I would my heart were Stone before my softness should be urg'd Against my mother a more troubled thought No Virgin bears about should I excuse My Mothers fault I should set light a life In losing which a brother and a King Were taken from me if I seek to save That life so lov'd I lose another life That gave me being I shall lose a Mother A word of such a sound in a childs ears That it strikes reverence through it may the will Of heaven be done and if one needs must fall Take a poor Virgins life to answer all Ara. But Gobrias let us talk you know this fault Is not in me as in another Mother Gob. I know it is not Ara. Yet you make it so Gob. Why is not all that 's past beyond your help Ara. I know it is Gob. Nay should you publish it before the world Think you 't would be believ'd Ara. I know it would not Gob. Nay should I joyn with you should we not both be torn and yet both die uncredited Ara. I think we should Gob. Why then take you such violent courses As for me I do but right in saving of the King from all your plots Ara. The King Gob. I bad you rest with patience and a time Would come for me to reconcile all to Your own content but by this way you take Away my power and what was done unknown Was not by me but you your urging being done I must preserve my own but time may bring All this to light and happily for all Ara. Accursed be this over curious brain That gave that plot a birth accurst this womb That after did conceive to my disgrace Bac. My Lord Protector they say there are divers Letters come from Armenia that Bessus has done good service and brought again a day by his particular valour receiv'd you any to that effect Gob. Yes 't is most certain Bac. I 'm sorry for 't not that the day was won But that 't was won by him we held him here A Coward he did me wrong once at which I laugh'd And so did all the world for nor I Nor any other held him worth my sword Enter Bessus and Spaconia Bes Health to my Protector from the King These Letters and to your grace Madam these Gob. How does his Majesty Bes As well as conquest by his own means and his valiant Cammanders can make him your letters will tell you all Pan. I will not open mine till I do know My Brothers health good Captain is he well Bes As the rest of us that fought are Pan. But how 's that is he hurt Bes He 's a strange souldier that gets not a knock Pan. I do not ask how strange that souldier is That gets no hurt but whether he have one Bes He had divers Pan. And is he well again Bes Well again an 't please your Grace why I was run twice through the body and shot i' th' head with a cross-arrow and yet am well again Pan. I do not care how thou do'st is he well Bes Not care how I do Let a man out of the mightiness of his spirit fructifie Foreign Countries with his blood for the good of his own and thus he shall be answered Why I may live to relieve with spear and shield such a Lady as you distressed Pan. Why I will care I 'me glad that thou art well I prethee is he so Gob. The King is well and will be here to morrow Pan. My prayer is heard now will I open mine Gob. Bacurius I must ease you of your charge Madam the wonted mercy of the King That overtakes your faults has met with this And struck it out he has forgiven you freely Your
are ever credulous And I am both I think for I believe If you dissemble be it on your head I 'le back unto my prison yet me-thinks I might be kept in some place where you are For in my self I find I know not what To call it but it is a great desire To see you often Arb. Fie you come in a step what do you mean Dear sister do not so Alas Panthea Where I am would you be Why that 's the cause You are imprison'd that you may not be Where I am Pan. Then I must indure it Sir Heaven keep you Arb. Nay you shall hear the case in short Panthea And when thou hear'st it thou wilt blush for me And hang thy head down like a Violet Full of the mornings dew There is a way To gain thy freedome but 't is such a one As puts thee in worse bondage and I know Thou wouldst encounter fire and make a proof Whether the gods have care of innocence Rather than follow it Know that I have lost The only difference betwixt man and beast My reason Pan. Heaven forbid Arb. Nay 't is gone And I am left as far without a bound As the wild Ocean that obeys the winds Each sodain passion throwes me where it lists And overwhelms all that oppose my will I have beheld thee with a lustfull eye My heart is set on wickedness to act Such sins with thee as I have been afraid To think of if thou dar'st consent to this Which I beseech thee do not thou maist gain Thy liberty and yield me a content If not thy dwelling must be dark and close Where I may never see thee For heaven knows That laid this punishment upon my pride Thy sight at some time will enforce my madness To make a start e'ne to thy ravishing Now spit upon me and call all reproaches Thou canst devise together and at once Hurle 'em against me for I am a sickness As killing as the plague ready to seize thee Pan. Far be it from me to revile the King But it is true that I shall rather choose To search out death that else would search out me And in a grave sleep with my innocence Than welcome such a sin It is my fate To these cross accidents I was ordain'd And must have patience and but that my eyes Have more of woman in 'em than my heart I would not weep Peace enter you again Arb. Farwell and good Panthea pray for me Thy prayers are pure that I may find a death However soon before my passions grow That they forget what I desire is sin For thither they are tending if that happen Then I shall force thee tho' thou wert a Virgin By vow to Heaven and shall pull a heap Of strange yet uninvented sin upon me Pan. Sir I will pray for you yet you shall know It is a fullen fate that governs us For I could wish as heartily as you I were no sister to you I should then Imbrace your lawfull love sooner than health Arb. Couldst thou affect me then Pan. So perfectly That as it is I ne're shall sway my heart To like another Arb. Then I curse my birth Must this be added to my miseries That thou art willing too is there no stop To our full happiness but these meer sounds Brother and Sister Pan. There is nothing else But these alas will separate us more Than twenty worlds betwixt us Arb. I have liv'd To conquer men and now am overthrown Only by words Brother and Sister where Have those words dwelling I will find 'em out And utterly destroy 'em but they are Not to be grasp'd let 'em be men or beasts And I will cut 'em from the Earth or Towns And I will raze 'em and them blow 'em up Let 'em be Seas and I will drink 'em off And yet have unquencht fire left in my breast Let 'em be any thing but meerly voice Pan. But 't is not in the power of any force Or policy to conquer them Arb. Panthea What shall we do Shall we stand firmly here and gaze our eyes out Pan. Would I could do so But I shall weep out mine Arb. Accursed man Thou bought'st thy reason at too dear a rate For thou hast all thy actions bounded in With curious rules when every beast is free What is there that acknowledges a kindred But wretched man Who ever saw the Bull Fearfully leave the Heifer that he lik'd Because they had one Dam Pan. Sir I disturb you and my self too 'T were better I were gone Arb. I will not be so foolish as I was Stay we will love just as becomes our births No otherwise Brothers and Sisters may Walk hand in hand together so will we Come nearer is there any hurt in this Pan. I hope not Arb. Faith there is none at all And tell me truly now is there not one You love above me Pan. No by Heaven Arb. Why yet you sent unto Tigranes Sister Pan. True but for another for the truth Arb. No more I 'le credit thee thou canst not lie Thou art all truth Pan. But is there nothing else That we may do but only walk methinks Brothers and Sisters lawfully may kiss Arb. And so they may Panthea so will we And kiss again too we were too scrupulous And foolish but we will be so no more Pan. If you have any mercy let me go To prison to my death to any thing I feel a sin growing upon my blood Worse than all these hotter than yours Arb. That is impossible what shou'd we do Pan. Flie Sir for Heavens sake Arb. So we must away Sin grows upon us more by this delay Exeunt several wayes Actus Quintus Enter Mardonius and Lygones Mar. SIR the King has seen your Commission and believes it and freely by this warrant gives you power to visit Prince Tigranes your Noble Master Lyg I thank his Grace and kiss his hand Mar. But is the main of all youâ— business ended in this Lyg I have another but a worse I am asham'd it is a business Mar. You serve a worthy person and a stranger I am sure you are you may imploy me if you please without your purse such Offices should ever be their own rewards Lyg I am bound to your Nobleness Mar. I may have need of you and then this courtesie If it be any is not ill bestowed But may I civilly desire the rest I shall not be a hurter if no helper Lyg Sir you shall know I have lost a foolish Daughter And with her all my patience pilfer'd away By a mean Captain of your Kings Mar. Stay there Sir If he have reacht the Noble worth of Captain He may well claim a worthy Gentlewoman Though she were yours and Noble Lyg I grant all that too but this wretched fellow Reaches no further than the empty name That serves to seed him were he valiant Or had but in him any noble nature That might hereafter promise him a good man
but a lump a chaos of confusedness dwelt in me then from those eyes shot Love and he distinguish'd and into form he drew my faculties and now I know my Land and now I love too Bri. We had best remove the Maid Char. It is too late Sir I have her figure here Nay sâ—own not 〈◊〉 there are less worthy Souls for younger Brothers this is no form of Silk but Sanctity which wild lascivious hearts can never dignifie Remove her where you will I walk along still for like the light we make no separation you may sooner part the Billows of the Sea and put a barr betwixt their fellowships than blot out my remembrance sooner shut old Time into a Den and stay his motion wash off the swift hours from his downy wings or steal Eternity to stop his glass than shut the sweet Idea I have in me Room for an Elder Brother pray give place Sir Mir. H 'as studied duel too take heed he 'll beat thee H 'as frighted the old Justice into a Feaver I hope he 'll disinherit him too for an Ass for though he be grave with years he 's a great Baby Char. Do not you think me mad Ang. No certain Sir I have heard nothing from you but things excellent Char. You look upon my cloaths and laugh at me my scurvy cloaths Ang. They have rich linings Sir I would your Brother Char. His are gold and gawdie Ang. But touch 'em inwardly they smell of Copper Char. Can ye love me I am an Heir sweet Lady however I appear a poor dependent love you with honour I shall love so ever Is your eye ambitious I may be a great man is' t wealth or lands you covet my Father must die Mir. That was well put in I hope he 'll take it deeply Char. Old men are not immortal as I take it is it you look for youth and handsomness I do confess my Brother 's a handsome Gentleman but he shall give me leave to lead the way Lady Can you love for love and make that the reward The old man shall not love his heaps of Gold with a more doting superstition than I 'le love you The young man his delights the Merchant when he ploughs the angry Sea up and sees the mountain billows falling on him as if all the Elements and all their angers were turn'd into one vow'd destruction shall not with greater joy embrace his safety We 'll live together like two wanton Vines â—â—â—cling our souls and loves in one another we 'll spring together and we 'll bear one fruit one joy shall make us smile and one grief mourn one age go with us and one â—ouâ— of death shall shut our eyes and one grave make us happy Ang. And one hand seal the Match I 'm yours for ever Law Nay stay stay stay Ang. Nay certainly 't is done Sir Bri. These was a contract Ang. Only conditional that if he had the Land he had my love too this Gentleman 's the Heir and he 'll maintain it Pray be not angry Sir at what I say or if you be 't is at your own adventure You have the out-side of a pretty Gentleman but by my troth your inside is but barâ—en 't is not a face I only am in love with nor will I say your face is excellent a reasonable hunting face to court the wind with not they 're not words unless they be well plac'd too not your sweet Dam-mes not your hired Verses not telling me of Clothes nor Coach and Horses no not your visits each day in new Suits nor your black Patches you wear variously some cut like Stars some in Half-moons some Lozenges all which but shew you 〈◊〉 a younger Brother Mir. Gramercy Wench thou hast a noble Soul too Ang. Nor your long travels nor your little knowledgâ— can make me doat upon you Faith go study and gâ—â—â— some goodness that you may shew manly your Broâ—â—â—â— at my suit I 'm sure will teach you or only study hoâ—â— get a Wife Sir Y' are cast far behind 't is good you 〈◊〉 be melancholy it shews like a Gamester that had lost 〈◊〉 mony and 't is the fashion to wear your arm in a skarf 〈◊〉 for your have had a shrewd cut o'er the fingers Lew. But are y'in earnest Ang. Yes believe me Father you shall ne'er choose iâ— me y' are old and dim Sir and th' shadow of the 〈◊〉 Eclips'd your judgment Y' have had your time without control dear Father and you must give me leave to taâ—â— mine now Sir Bri. This is the last time of asking will you set yâ—â— hand to Char. This is the last time of answering I will never Bri. Out of my doors Char. Most willingly Mir. He shall Jew thou of the Tribe of Many aâ—a Coxcomb and never trouble thee more till thy chops be cold fool Ang. Must I be gone too Lew. I will never know thee Ang. Then this man will what Fortune he shall 〈◊〉 Father be 't good or bad I must partake it with him Enter Egremont Egre. When shall the Masque begin Lust 'T is done already all all is broken off I am 〈◊〉 done Friend my Brother 's wise again and has spoil'd 〈◊〉 will not release the Land has won the Wench too Egre. Could he not stay till the Masque was past wâ— ready What a scurvy trick 's this Mir. O you may vanish perform 〈◊〉 at some Hall wheâ— the Citizens Wives may see 't for Six pence a piece and cold Supper Come let 's go Charles And now 〈◊〉 noble Daughter I 'le sell the Tiles of my House e're thâ—â— shalt want Wench Rate up your Dinner Sir and 〈◊〉 it cheap some younger Brother will take 't up in Commâ—dities Send you joy Nephew Eustace if you study 〈◊〉 Law keep your great Pippin-pies they 'll go far with ye Char. I 'd have your blessing Bri. No no meet me no more Farewel thou 〈◊〉 blast mine eyes else Char. I will not Lew. Nor send not you for Gowns Ang. I 'll wear course Flannel first Bri. Come let 's go take some counsel Lew. 'T is too late Bri. Then stay and dine it may be we shall vex'em Exeâ—â—â— Actus Quartus Scena Prima Enter Brisac Eustace Egremont Cowsy Brisac NE'er talk to me you are no men but Masqueâ— shapes shadows and the signs of men Coâ— bubbles that every breath or breaks or blows away Yâ—â— have no souls no metal in your bloods no heat to stirâ—â— when ye have occasion frozen dull things that must be turn'd with Leavers Are you the Courtiers and 〈◊〉 travell'd Gallants the spritely Fellows that the people 〈◊〉 of Ye have no more spirit than three sleepy sopes Eust What would ye have me do Sir Bri. Follow your Brother and get ye out of doors 〈◊〉 seek your Fortune Stand still becalm'd and let an 〈◊〉 Dotard a hair-brain'd Puppy and a Bookish Boy 〈◊〉 â—ever knew a Blade above a Pen-knife and how to cut â—is meat in
break your sleeps Of if you do but slumber I 'le appear In the shape of all my wrongs and like a fury Fright you to madness and if all this fail To work out my revenge I have friends and kinsmen That will not sit down tame with the disgrace That 's offer'd to our noble familie In what I suffer Hen. How am I divided Between the duties I owe as a Husband And pietie of a Parent Asc I am taught Sir By the instinct of nature that obedience Which bids me to prefer your peace of mind Before those pleasures that are dearest to me Be wholly hers my Lord I quit all parts That I may challenge may you grow old together And no distaste 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 glass that 's neverlook'd in Am cast aside and broken from this hour Unless invited which I dare not hope for I never will set my forbidden feet Over your threshold only 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 almost sold 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 goodness Meet many favours and thine innocence Deserve to be the heir of greater fortunes Than thou wer 't born to Scorn me not Violante This banishment is a kind of civil death And now as it were at his funeral To shed a tear or two is not unmanly And so farewel 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 Vio. Yes I have cause to see you howl and blubber At the parting of my torment and your shame 'T is well proceed supply his wants doe doe Let the great dower I brought serve to maintain Your Bastards riots send my Clothes and Iewels To your old acquaintaince your dear dame his Mother Now you begin to melt I know 't will follow Hen. Is all I doe misconstru'd Viol. I will take A course to right my self a speeding one By the bless'd Saints I will if I prove cruel The shame to see thy foolish pity taught me To lose my natural softness keep off from me Thy flatteries are infectious and I 'le flee thee As I would doe a Leper Hen. Let not fury Transport you so you know I am your Creature All love but to your self with him hath left me â—le joyn with you in any thing Viol. In vain â—'le take mine own waies and will have no partners Hen. I will not cross you Viol. Do not they shall find That to a Woman of her hopes beguil'd A Viper trod on or an Aspick 's mild Exeunt SCENA II. Enter Lopez Milanes Arsenio Lop. Sits the game there I have you by mine order 〈◊〉 love Leandro for 't Mil. But you must shew it â—n lending him your help to gain him means And opportunity Lop. He shall want nothing 〈◊〉 know my Advocate to a hair 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 precious Beast Ars But you lose time Lop. I am gone instruct you Diego you will find him A sharp and subtle Knave give him but hints And he will amplifie See all things ready â—'le fetch him with a vengeance Exit Ars If he fail now We 'll give him over too Mil. Tush he is flesh'd And knows what vein to strike for his own credit Ars All things are ready Mil. Then we shall have a merry Scene ne're fear it Exeunt SCENA III. Enter Amaranta with a note and Moor. Amar. Is thy Master gone out Moor. Even now the Curate fetch'd him About a serious business as it seem'd For he snatch'd up his Cloak and brush'd his Hat straight 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 go Husband He was call'd by providence sling this short Paper Into Leandro's Cell and waken him He is monstrous vexed and musty at my Chess-play But this shall supple him when he has read it Take your own Recreation for two hours And hinder nothing Moor. If I do I 'll hang for 't Exeunt SCENA IV. Enter Octavio Jacintha Octa. If that you lov'd Ascanio for himself And not your private ends you rather should Bless the fair opportunity that restores him To his Birth-right and the Honours he was born to Than grieve at his good Fortune Jac. Grieve Octavio I would resign 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 fear 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 think That she that almost is at war with Heaven For being barren will with equal eyes Behold a Son of mine Octa. His Father's care That for the want of Issue took him home Though with the forfeiture of his own same Will look unto his safety Jac. Step-mothers Have many eyes to find a way to mischief Though blind to goodness Enter Jamie and Ascanio Octa. Here comes Don Jamie And with him our Ascanio Jam. Good youth leave me I know thou art forbid my company And only to be seen with me will call on Thy Fathers anger Ars Sir if that to serve you Could lose me any thing as indeed it cannot I still would follow you Alas I was born To do you hurt but not to help my self I was for some particular end took home But am cast off again 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 turn me out of doors Jac. By my best hopes I thank her cruelty for it comes near A saving Charity Asc I am only happy That yet I can relieve you 'pray you share My Father's wondrous kind and promises That I should be supplied but sure the Lady Is a malicious Woman and I fear Means me no good Enter Servant Jam. I am turn'd a stone with wonder And know not what to think Ser. From my Lady Your private ear and this Jam. New Miracles Ser. She says if you dare make your self a Fortune She will propose the means my Lord Don Henrique Is now from home and she alone expects you If you dare trust her so if not despair of A second offer Exit Jam. Though there were an Ambash Laid for my life I 'le on and found this secret
wondrous gracious to ye Si. Hâ—av'n make me thankful Chi. She would have ye read it He reads Si. Siphax the will of Heaven hath cast me on thee To be thy Wife whose Will must be obey'd Use me with honour I shall love thee dearly And make thee understand thy worths hereafter Convey me to a secret Ceremony That both our hearts and loves may be united And use no Language till before my Brother We both appear where I will shew the Oracle For till that time I am bound I must not answer Si. O happy I Chi. Ye are a made man Si. But Chilax Where are her Women Chi. None but your Graces Sister Because she would have it private to the World yet Knows of this business Si. I shall thank thee Chilax Thou art a careful man Chi. Your Graces Servant Si. I 'll find a fit place for thee Chi. If you will not There 's a good Lady will she points ye forward Away and take your fortune not a word Sir So you are greas'd I hope Ex. Si. and Cloe manet Chilax Enter Stremon Fool and Boy Chi. Stremon Fool Pieus 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 Princess there too Strem. Yes And the strangest Coil amongst 'em She weeps bitterly The King â—â—treats and frowns my Lord like Autumn Drops off his hopes by handfulls all the Temple Sweats with this Agony Chi. Where 's young Polydore Strem. Dead as they said o' th' sudden Chi. Dead Strem. For certain But not yet known abroad Chi. There 's a new trouble A brave young man he was but we must all dye Strem. Did not the General meet you this morning Like a tall Stallion Nun Chi. No more o' that Boy Strem. You had been feâ—â—etting Chi. That 's all one Fool My Master Fool that taught my wits to traffick What has your Wisedom done how have you profited Out with your Audit come you are not empty Put out mine eye with twelve pence do you shaker What think you of this shaking here 's wit Coxcomb Hâ— Bâ—â—sâ— ha my fine Rascals here 's a Ring Pulls out a Purse How â—â—ght they go Fool. O let me ring the sore Bell. And here are thumpers Chiqueens golden rogues Wit wit ye Rascals Fool. I have a Stye here Chilax Chi. I have no Gold to cure it not a penny Not one cross Cavalier we are dull Souldiers Gross heavy-headed fellows fight for Victuals Fool. Why ye are the Spirits of the time Chi. By no means Fool. The valiant firie Chi. Fie fie no. Fool. Be-lee me Sir Chi. I wou'd I cou'd Sir Fool. I will satisfie ye Chi. But I will not content you alas poor Boy Thou shew'st an honest Nature weepst for thy Master There 's a red Rogue to buy thee Handkerchiefs Fool. He was an honest Gentleman I have lost too Chi. You have indeed your labour Fool but Stremon Dost thou want money too no Vertue living No sinking out at fingers ends Strem. It seems so Chi. Will ye all serve me Strem. Yes when ye are Lord General For less I will not go Chi. There 's Gold for thee then Thou hast a Souldiers mind Fool Fool. Here your first man Chi. I will give thee for thy Wit for 't is a fine wit A dainty diving Wit hold up just nothing Go graze i' th' Commons yet I am merciful There 's six pence buy a Saucer steal an old Gown And beg i' th' Temple for a Prophet come away Boys Let 's see how things are carried Fool up Sirrah You may chance get a dinner Boy your preferment I 'll undertake for your brave Masters sake You shall not perish Fool. Chilax Chi. Please me well Fool. And you shall light my pipes away to the Temple But stay the King 's here sport upon sport Boys Enter King Lords Siphax kneeling Cloe with a Vail King What would you have Captain Speak suddenly for I am wondrous busie Si. A pardon Royal Sir King For what Si. For that Which was Heaven's 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 self Sir But in presuming too much yet Heaven knows So does the Oracle that cast it on me And the Princess royal Sir King What Princess Si. O be not angry my dread King your Sister King My Sister she 's i' th' Temple Man Si. She is here Sir Lord. The Captain 's mad she 's 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 Vail Will ye have more forgiveness the man 's frantick Come let 's go bring her out God give ye joy Sir Si. How Cloe my old Cloe Ex. King Lord. Clo. Even the same Sir Chi. Gods give your manhood much content Strem. The Princess Looks something musty since her coming over Fool. 'T were good you 'd brush her over Si. Fools and Fidlers Make sport at my abuse too Fool. O 't is the Nature Of us Fools to make bold with one another But you are wise brave sirs Chi. Cheer up your Princess Believe it Sir the King will not be angry Or say he were why 't was the Oracle The Oracle an 't like your Grace the Oracle Strem. And who most mighty Siphax Siph. With mine own whore C oe With whom else should ye marry speak your conscience Will ye transgress the law of Arms that ever Rewards the Souldier with his own sins Siph. Devils Cloe. Ye had my maiden-head my youth my sweetness 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 hon sty shall doe it Siph. If there be wars in all the world Cloe. I 'le with ye For you know I have been a Souldier Come curse on when I need another Oracle Chi. Send for me Siphax I 'le fit ye with a Princess And so to both your honours Fool. And your graces Siph. The Devil grace ye all Cloe. God a mercy Chilax Chi. Shall we laugh half an hour now Strem. No the King comes And all the train Chi. Away then our Act 's ended Exeunt Enter King Calis Memnon and Cleanthe Lords King You know he do's deserve ye loves ye dearly You know what bloody violence had us'd Upon himself but that his Brother crost it You know the same thoughts still inhabit in him The Hearse ready Polydor Eumenes Captains And covet to take birth Look on him Lady The wars have not so far consum'd him yet Cold age disabled him or sickness sunk him To be abhorr'd look on his Honour Sister That bears no stamp of time no wrinkles on it No sad demolishment nor death can reach it Look with the eyes of Heaven that nightly waken To view the wonders of the glorious Maker
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 SCENE IV. Enter severally Arsino Eros Cleopatra Ars We are lost Eros Undone Ars Confusion Fire and Swords And fury in the Souldiers face more horrid Circle us round Eros The Kings Command they laugh at And jeer at Caesars threats Ars My Brother seiz'd on By the Roman as thought guilty of the tumult And forc'd to bear him company as mark'd out For his protection or revenge Eros They have broke Into my Cabinet my Trunks are ransack'd Ars I have lost my jewels too but that 's the least The barbarous Rascals against all humanity Or sense of pity have kill'd my little Dog And broke my Monkeys Chain Eros They rifled me But that I could endure would they proceed no further Ars O my Sister Eros My Queen my Mistress Ars Can you stand unmov'd VVhen the 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 self And though disrob'd of Soveraignty and ravish'd Of ceremonious duty that attends it Nay grant they had slav'd my Body my free mind Like to the Palm-tree walling fruitful Nile Shall grow up straighter and enlarge it self ' Spight of the envious weight that loads it with Think of thy Birth Arsino common burdens Fit common Shoulders teach the multitude By suffering nobly what they fear to touch at The greatness of thy mind does soar a pitch Their dim eyes darkened by their narrow souls Cannot arrive at Ars I am new created And owe this second being to you best Sister For now I feel you have infus'd into me Part of your fortitude Eros I still am fearful I dare not tell a lie you that were born Daughters and Sisters unto Kings may nourish Great thoughts which I that am your humble handmaid Must not presume to rival Cleo. Yet my Eros Though thou hast profited nothing by observing The whole cou se of my life learn in my death Though not to equal yet to imitate Thy fearless Mistress Enter Photinus Eros O a man in Arms His Weapon drawn too Cleo. Though upon the point Death sate I 'll meet it and outdare the danger Pho. Keep the Watch strong and guard the passage sure That leads unto the Sea Cleo. What Sea of rudeness Breaks in upon us or what Subjects Breath Dare raise a storm when we command a calm Are Duty and Obedience sled 〈◊〉 â—aven And in their room ambition anâ— pâ—iâ—e Sent into Egypt That Face speaks thee Photinus A thing thy Mother brought into the World My Brother's and my Slave but thy behaviour Oppos'd to that an insolent intruder Upon that Soveraignty thou shouldst bow to If in the Gulph of base ingratitude All loyalty to Ptolomy the King Be swallowed up remember who I am Whose Daughter and whose Sister or suppose That is forgot too let the name of Caesar Which Nations quake at stop the desperate madness From running headlong on to thy Confusion Throw from thee quickly those rebellious Arms And let me read submission in thine Eyes Thy wrongs to us we will not only pardon But be a ready advocate to plead foâ— thee To Caesar and my Brother Pho. Plead my Pardon To you I bow but scorn as much to stoop thus To Ptolomy or Caesar Nay the gods As to put off the figure of a man And change my â—ssence with a sensual Beast All my designs my counsels and dark ends Were aim'd to purchase you Cleo. How durst thou being The scorn of baseness nourish such a thought Pho. They that have power are royal and those base That live at the devotion of another VVhat birth gave Ptolomy or fortune Caesar By Engines fashion'd in this Protean Anvil I have made mine and only stoop at you Whom I would still preserve free to command me For Cesar's frowns they are below my thoughts And but in these fair Eyes I still have read The story of a supream Monarchy To which all hearts with mine gladly pay tribute Photinus's Name had long since been as great As Ptolomies e'r was or Caesars is This made me as a weaker tye to unloose The knot of Loyalty that chain'd my freedom And slight the fear that Caesars threats might cause That I and they might see no Sun appear But Cleopatra in the Egyptian Sphear Cleo. O Giant-like Ambition marryed to Cymmerian darkness inconsiderate Fool Though flatter'd with self-love could'st thou believe Were all Crowns on the Earth made into one And that by Kings set on thy head all Scepters Within thy grasp and laid down at my feet I would vouchsafe a kiss to a no man A guelded Eunuch Pho. Fairest that makes for me And shews it is no sensual appetite But true love to the greatness of thy Spirit That when that you are mine shall yield me pleasures Hymen though blessing a new married Pair Shall blush to think on and our certain issue The glorious splendor of dread Majesty Whose beams shall dazel Rome and aw the world My wants in that kind others shall supply And I give way to it C eo Basâ—â— thaâ—â—â—y Birth Can there be geâ—â—â—â—nd hear this and no thunder Rain thee into the Earth Pho. They are asleep And cannot hear thee Or with open Eyes Did Jove look on us I would laugh and swear That his artillery is cloy'd by me Or if that they have power to hurt his Bolts Are in my hand Cleo. Most impious Pho. They are dreams Religious Fools shake at yet to assure thee If Nemesis that scourges pride and scorn Be any thing but a name she lives in me For by my self an oath to me more dreadful Than Stix is to your gods weak Ptolomy dead And Caesar both being in my toil remov'd The poorest Rascals that are in my Camp Shall in my presence quâ—ncâ— their lustful heat In thee and young Arsino while I laugh To hear you howl in vain I deride those gods That you think can protect you Cleo. To prevent thee In that I am the Mistress of my Fate So hope I of my sister to confirm it I spit at thee and scorn thee Pho. I will tame That haughty courage and make thee stoop too Cleo. Never I was born to command and will dye so Enter Achillas and Souldiers with the Body of Ptolomy Pho. The King dead this is a fair entrance to Our future happiness Ars Oh my dear Brother Cleo. Weep not Arsino common women do so Nor lose a tear for him it cannot help him But study to dye nobly Pho. Caesar fled 'T is deadly aconite to my cold heart It choaks my vital Spirits where was your care Did the Guards
against me Aecius Gods defend Sir And for their censures they are such shrew'd Judgers A donative of ten Sestertias I 'll undertake shall make 'em ring your praises More than they sang your pleasures Emp. I believe thee Art thou in love Aecius yet Aecius O no Sir I am too course for Ladies my embraces That only am acquainted with Alarms Would break their tender Bodies Emp. Never fear it They are stronger than ye think they 'll hold the Hammer My Empress swears thou art a lusty Souldier A good one I believe thee Aecius All that goodness Is but your Graces Creature Emp Tell me truly Foâ—â—ou dar'st tell me Aecâ—uâ— Any thing concerns ye Thaâ—'s fit for me to speak and you to pardon Emp What say the Souldiers of me and the same words Minâ—â—â—m not good Aecius but deliver The very forms and tongues they talk withal Aecius I 'll tell your Grace but with this caution You be not stir'd for should the gods live with us Even those we certainly believe are righteous Give 'em but drink they would censure them too Emp. Forward Aecius Then to begin they say you sleep too much By which they judge your Majesty too sensual Apt to decline your strength to ease and pleasures And when you do not sleep you drink too much From which they fear suspicions first then ruines And when ye neither drink nor sleep ye wench much Which they affirm first breaks your understanding Then takes the edge of Honour makes us seem That are the ribs and rampires of the Empire Fencers and beaten Fools and so regarded But I believe 'em not for were these truths Your vertue can correct them Emp They speak plainly Aâ—c They say moreover since your Grace will have it For they will talk their freedoms though the Sword Were in their throat that of late time like Nero And with the same forgetfulness of glory You have got a vein of fidling so they term it Emp. Some drunken dreams Aecius Aecius So I hope Sir And that you rather study cruelty And to be fear'd for blood than lov'd for bounty Which makes the Nations as they say despise ye Telling your years and actions by their deaths Whose truth and strength of duty made you Caesar They say besides you nourish strange devourers â—ed with the fat o' th' Empire they call Bawds Lazie and lustful Creatures that abuse ye A â—eople as they term 'em made of paper In which the secret sins of each man's monies Are seal'd and sent a working â—mp What sin 's next For I perceive they have no mind to spare me Aecius Nor hurt you o' my soul Sir but such People Nor can the power of man restrain it When they are full of meat and ease must prattle Emp. Forward Aecius I have spoken too much Sir Emp. I 'll have all Aecius It fits not Your ears should hear their Vanities no profit Can justly rise to you from their behaviour Unless ye were guilty of those crimes Emp. It may be I am so therefore forward Aecius I have ever Learn'd to obey nor shall my life resist it Emp No more Apologies Aecius They grieve besides Sir To see the Nations whom our ancient Vertue With many a weary march and hunger conquer'd With loss of many a daring life subdu'd Fall from their fair obedience and even murmur To see the warlike Eagles mew their honours In obscure Towns that wont to prey on Princes They cry for Enemies and tell the Captains The fruits of Italy are luscious give us Egypt Or sandy Africk to display our valours There where our Swords may make us meat and danger Digest our well got Vyands here our weapons And bodies that were made for shining brass Are both unedg'd and old with ease and women And then they cry again where are the Germans Lin'd with hot Spain oâ— Gallia bring 'em on And let the Son of War steel'd Mithridates Lead up his winged Parthians like a storm Hiding the face of Heaven with showrs of Arrows Yet we dare fight like Romans then as Souldiers Tir'd with a weary march they tell their wounds Even weeping ripe they were no more nor deeper And glory in those scars that make them lovely And sitting where a Camp was like sad Pilgrims They reckon up the times and living labours Of Julius or Germanicus and wonder That Rome whose Turrets once were topt with Honours Can now forget the Custom of her Conquests And then they blame your Grace and say Who leads us Shall we stand here like Statues were our Fathers The Sons of lazie Moors our Princes Persians Nothing but silks and softness Curses on 'em That first taught Nero wantonness and blood Tiberius doubts Caligula all vices For from the spring of these succeeding Princes Thus they talk Sir Emp. Well Wâ—y do you hear these things Aecius Why do you do ' em I take the gods to witness with more sorrow And more vexation do I hear these tainters Than were my life dropt from me through an hour glass Emp. Belike then you believe 'em or at least Are glad they should be so take heed you were better Build your own Tomb and run into it living Than dare a Princes anger Aecius I am old Sir And ten years more addition is but nothing Now if my life be pleasing to ye take it Upon my knees if ever any service As let 〈◊〉 â—ag some have been worthy notice If evâ— anâ— woâ—th oâ— trust ye gave me Deserv d a word â—pect if all my actions The haâ— of my youth colds burnings wants For you and â—or the Empire be not vices By that stilâ— ye havâ— stampt upon me Souldier Let me not faâ—l into the hands of Wretches Emp. I understand you not Aecius Let not this body That has look'd bravely in his blood for Caesar And covâ—tous of wounds and for your safety After thâ—â—â—eape of Swords Spears Slings and Arrows ' Gainst which my beaten body was mine armour The Seas and thirsty Desarts now be purchase For Slavâ—s and base Informers I see anger And death look through your Eyes I am markt for slaughter And know the telling of this truth has made me A man clean lost to thiâ— World I embrace it Only my last Pâ—tition sacred Caesar Is I may dye a Roman Emp. Rise my friend still And worthy of my love reclaim the Souldier I 'll study to do so upon my self too Go keep your Command and prosper Aecius Lifâ— to Caesar Exit Aecius Enter Chilax Chi. Lord Maximus attends your Grace Emp. Go tell him I 'll meet him in the Gallery The honesty of this Aecius Who is indeed the Bull-wark of the Empire Has div'd so deep into me that of all The sins I covet but this Womans beauty With much repentance now I could be quit of But she is sucâ— a pleasure being good That though I were a god she 'd fire my blood Exeunt Actus Secundus Scena Prima Enter the Emperour Maximus Licinius Proculus Chilax
Have I no rule yet as I live he dyes That does not execute my will and suddenly Bal. All that thou canst do takes but one short hour from me Rol. Hew off her hands Ham. Lady hold off Ed. Nay hew 'em Hew off my innocent hands as he commands you Exeunt Guard Count Baldwin They 'll hang the faster on for Deaths convulsion Thou seed of Rocks will nothing move thee then Are all my tears lost all my righteous Prayers Drown'd in thy drunken wrath I stand thus then Thus boldly bloody Tyrant And to thy face in Heavens high Name defie thee And may sweet mercy when thy soul sighs for it When under thy black mischiefs thy flesh trembles When neither strength nor youth nor friends nor gold Can stay one hour when thy most wretched Conscience Wak'd from her dream of death like fire shall melt thee When all thy Mothers tears thy Brothers wounds Thy Peoples fears and curses and my loss My aged fathers loss shall stand before thee Rol. Save him I say run save him save her Father Fly and redeem his head Exit Latorch Ed. May then that pity That comfort thou expect'st from Heaven that mercy Be lockt up from thee fly thee howling find thee Despair Oh my sweet father storms of terrours Blood till thou burst again Rol. Oh fair sweet anger Enter Latorch and Hamond with a Head Lat. I am too late Sir 't was dispatch'd before And his Head is here Rol And my Heart there go bury him Give him fair Rites of Funeral decent Honours Ed. Wilt thou not take me Monster highest Heaven Give him a punishment fit for his mischief Lat. I fear thy Prayer is heard and he rewarded Lady have patience 't was unhappy speed Blame not the Duke 't was not his fault but Fates He sent you know to stay it and commanded In care of you the heavy object hence Soon as it came have better thoughts of him Enter Citizens 1 Cit. Where 's this young Traytor Lat. Noble Citizens here And here the wounds he gave your soveraign Lord. 1 Cit. This Prince of force must be Belov'd of Heaven whom Heaven hath thus preserv'd 2 Cit. And if he be belov'd of Heaven you know He must be just and all his actions so Rol. Concluded like an Oracle Oh how great A grace of Heaven is a wise Citizen For Heaven 't is makes 'em wise as 't makes me just As it preserves me as I now survive By his strong hand to keep you all alive Your Wives your Children Goods and Lands kept yours That had been else preys to his tyrannous Power That would have prey'd on me in Bed assaulted me In sacred time of Peace my Mother here My Sister this just Lord and all had felt The certain Gulph of this Conspiracy Of which my Tutor and my Chancellour Two of the gravest and most counted honest In all my Dukedom were the monstrous Heads Oh trust no honest men for their sakes ever My politick Citizens but those that breathe The Names of Cut-throats Usurers and Tyrants Oh those believe in for the foul-mouth'd World Can give no better terms to simple goodness â—ven me it dares blaspheme and thinks me tyrannous For saving my own life sought by my Brother Yet those that sought his life before by poyson Though mine own servants hoping to please me I 'll lead to death for 't which your Eyes shall see 1 Cit. Why what a Prince is here 2 Cit. How just 3 Cit. How gentle Rol. Well now my dearest Subjects or much rather My Nerves my Spirits or my vital Blood Turn to your needful rests and setled peace Fix'd in this root of steel from whence it sprung In Heavens great help and Blessing but ere sleep Bind in his sweet oblivion your dull senses The Name and Vertue of Heavens King advance For yours in chief for my deliverance Cit. Heaven and his King save our most pious Soveraign Exeunt Citizen Rol. Thanks my good people Mother and kind Sister And you my noble Kinsmen things born thus Shall make ye all command whatever I Enjoy in this my absolute Empire Take in the Body of my Princely Brother For whose Death since his Fate no other way Would give my eldest birth his supream Right We 'll mourn the cruel influence it bears And wash his Sepulchre with kindly tears Aub. If this game end thus Heavens will rule the set What we have yielded to we could not let Exeunt omnes praeter Latorch and Edith Lat. Good Lady rise and raise your Spirits withal More high than they are humbled you have cause As much as ever honour'd happiest Lady And when your Ears are freer to take in Your most amendful and unmatched fortunes I 'll make you drown a hundred helpless deaths In Sea of one life pour'd into your Bosome With which shall flow into your arms the Riches The Pleasures Honours and the rules of Princes Which though death stop your ears methinks should open 'em Assay to forget death Ed. Oh slaughter'd Father Lat. Taste of what cannot be redress'd and bless The Fate that yet you curse so since for that You spake so movingly and your sweet eyes With so much Grace fill'd that you set on fire The Dukes affection whom you now may rule As he rules all his Dukedome is' t not sweet Does it not shine away your sorrows Clouds Sweet Lady take wise heart and hear and tell me Ed. I hear no word you speak Lat. Prepare to hear then And be not barr'd up from your self nor add To your ill fortune with your far worse judgment Make me your servant to attend with all joys Your sad estate till they both bless and speak it See how they 'll bow to you make me wait command me To watch out every minute for the stay Your modest sorrow fancies raise your graces And do my hopes the honour of your motion To all the offered heights that now attend you Oh how your touches ravish how the Duke Is slain already with your flames embrac'd I will both serve and visit you and often Ed. I am not fit Sir Lat. Time will make you Lady Exeunt SCENE II. Enter the Guard 3 or 4 Boys then the Sheriff Cook Yeoman of the Cellar Butler Pantler to execution 1 Guard Come bring in these fellows on away with ' em 2 Guard Make room before there room for the Prisoners 1 Boy Let 's run before Boys we shall have no places else 2 Boy Are these the youths Cook These are the youths you look for And pray my honest friends be not so hasty There will be nothing done till we come I assure you 3 Boy Here 's a wise hanging are there no more Butl. Do you hear Sir you may come in for your share if you please Cook My friend if you be unprovided of a hanging You look like a good fellow I can afford you A reasonable penny-worth 2 Boy Afore afore Boys here 's enough to make us sport Yeom
will silence me Never a Conduit-Pipe to convey this watâ—r Sor. These are all Rings Deaths heads and such Memento's Her Grandmother and worm-eaten Aunts left to her To tell her what her Beauty must arrive at Fred. That that Pod. They are written songs Sir to provoke young Ladies Lord here 's a Prayer Book how these-agree Here 's a strange union Sor. Ever by a surfeit you have a julep set to cool the Patient Fred. Those those Sor. They are Verses to the blest Evanthe Fred. Those may discover Read them out Sorano To the blest Evanthe Let those complain that feel Loves cruelty And in sad legends write their woes With Roses gently has corected me My War is without rage or blows My Mistriss eyes shine fair on my desires And hope springs up enflam'd with her new fires No more an Exile will I dwell With folded arms and sighs all day Reckoning the torments of my Hell And stinging my sweet joys away I am cal'd home again to quiet peace My Mistriss smiles and all my sorrows cease Yet what is living in her Eye Or being blest with her sweet tongue If these no other joys imply A golden Give a pleasing wrong To be your own but one poor Month I 'd give My Youth my Fortune and then leave to live This is my Rival that I knew the hand now Sor. I know it I have seen it 't is Valerio's That hopeful Gentlemans that was brought up with ye And by your charge nourish'd and fed At the same Table with the same allowance Fred. And all this courtesie to ruine me Cross my desires ' had better have fed humblier And stood at greater distance from my fury Go for him quickly find him instantly Whilst my impatient heart swells high with choler Better have lov'd despair and safer kiss'd her Ex. Lords Enter Evanthe and Cassandra Evan. Thou old weak fool dost thou know to what end To what betraying end he got this Casket Durst thou deliver him without my Ring Or a Command from mine own mouth that Cabinet That holds my heart you unconsiderate Ass You brainless Ideot Cas I saw you go with him At the first word commit your Person to him And make no scruple he is your Brothers Gentleman And for any thing I know an honest man And might not 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 Evan. I had rather thou hadst delivered me to Pirats Betray'd me to uncurable diseases Hung up my Picture in a Market-place And sold me to wild Bawds Cas As I take it Madam Your maiden-head lies not in that Cabinet You have a Closer and you keep the Key too Why are you vex'd thus Evan. I could curse thee wickedly And wish thee more deformed than Age can make thee Perpetual hunger and no teeth to satisfie it Wait on thee still nor sleep be found to ease it Those hands that gave the Casket may the Palsie For ever make unuseful even to feed thee Long winters that thy Bones may turn to Isicles No Hell can thaw again inhabit by thee Is thy Care like thy Body all one crookedness How scurvily thou cryest now like a Drunkard I 'll have as pure tears from a dirty spout Do swear thou didst this ignorantly swear it Swear and be damn'd thou half Witch Cas 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 Evan. 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 door whilst these feast with ye A favour or a grace from such as I am Enter Valerio and Podramo Course common things You are welcome Pray come neat Sir Do you know this paper Val. I am betray'd I do Sir 'T is mine my hand and heart if I dye for her I am thy Martyr Love and time shall honour me Cas You sawcy Sir that came in my Ladies name For her gilt Cabinet you cheating Sir too You scurvy Usher with as scurvy legs And a worse face thou poor base hanging holder How durst thou come to me with a lye in thy mouth An impudent lye Pod. Hollow good Gill you hobble Cas A stinking lye more stinking than the teller To play the pilfering Knave there have been Rascals Brought up to fetch and carry like your Worship That have been hang'd for less whipt they are daily And if the Law will do me right Pod. What then old Maggot Cas Thy Mother was carted younger I 'll have thy hide Thy mangy hide embroider'd with a dog-whip As it is now with potent Pox and thicker Fred. Peace good Antiquity I 'll have your Bones else Ground into Gunpowder to shoot at Cats with One word more and I 'll blanch thee like an almond There 's no such cure for the she-falling sickness As the powder of a dryed Bawds Skin be silent You are very prodigal 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 flye from it If it be errour to desire to marry And marry her that sanctity would dote on I have done amiss if it be a Treason To graft my soul to Vertue and to grow there To love the tree that bears such happiness Conceive me Sir this fruit was ne'r 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 approachers The ground would scarce yield 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 own undoing But one Month to enjoy her as your Wife Though at the expiring of that time you dye for 't Val. I could wish many many Ages Sir To grow as old as Time in her embraces If Heaven would grant it and you smile upon it But if my choice were two hours and then perish I would not pull my heart back Fred. You have your wish Tomorrow 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 Kneel not not all your Prayers can divert me Now mark your sentence mark it scornful Lady If when Valerio's dead within twelve hours For that 's your latest time you find not out Another Husband on the same
Because I love you because I dote upon ye Because I am a man that seek to please ye Evan. I have man enough already to content me As much as noble and as worthy of me As all the World can yield Fred. That 's but your modesty You have no man nay never look upon me â— know it Lady no man to content ye No man that can or at the least that dares Which is a poorer man and nearer nothing Evan. Be nobler Sir inform'd Fred. I 'll tell thee Wench The poor condition of this poorer fellow And make thee blush for shame at thine own errour He never tendred yet a husbands duty To thy warm longing bed Evan. How should he know that Fred. I am sure he did not for I charg'd him no Upon his life I charg'd him but to try him Could any brave or noble spirit stop here Was life to be preferr'd before affection Lawful and long'd for too Evan. Did you command him Fred. I did in policy to try his spirit Evan. And could he be so dead cold to observe it Brought I no beauty nor no love along with me Fred. Why that is it that makes me scorn to name him I should have lov'd him if he had ventur'd for 't Nay doted on his bravery Evan. Only charg'd And with that spell sit down dare men fight bravely For poor slight things for drink or ostentation And there indanger both their lives and fortunes And for their lawful loves fly off with fear Fred. 'T is true and with a cunning base fear too to abuse thee Made thee believe poor innocent Evanthe Wretched young Girl it was his impotency Was it not so deny it Evan. O my anger at my years to be cozen'd with a young man Fred. A strong man too certain he lov'd ye dearly Evan. To have my shame and love mingled together And both flung on me like a weight to sink 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 arms Evan. I would he had been And buried in mine arms 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 pitying powers above into pure crystal 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'r was Coward Fred. Worse than 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 feel 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 pity thy wrongs and dote upon thy person Evan. To set my woman on me 't was too base Sir Fred. Abominable vile Evan. But I shall fit him Fred. All reason and all Law allows it to ye And ye are a fool a tame fool if you spare him Evan. You may speak now and happily prevail 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 'll ply her still Thou abused innocence I suffer with thee If I should give him life he would still betray thee That fool that fears to dye for such a Beauty Would for the same fear 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 tastes too hot of practis'd wickedness There can be no such man I am sure no Gentleman Shall my anger make me whore and not my pleasure My sudden inconsiderate rage abuse me Come home again my frighted faith my vertue Home to my heart again he be a Bawd too Fred. I will not say he offered fair Evanthe Evan. Nor do not dare 't will be an impudence And not an honour for a Prince to lye â—ye Sir a person of your rank to trifle I know you do lye Fred. How Evan. Lye shamefully and I could wish my self a man but one day To tell you openly you lye too basely Fred. Take heed wild fool Evan. Take thou heed thou tame Devil Thou all Pandora's Box in a Kings figure Thou hast almost whor'd my weak belief already And like an Engineer blown up mine honour But I shall countermine and catch your mischief This little Fort you seek I shall man nobly And strongly too with chaste obedience To my dear Lord with vertuous thoughts that scorn ye Victorious Thomyris ne'r won more honour In cutting off the Royal head of Cyrus Than I shall do in conquering thee farewel And if thou canst be wise learn to be good too 'T will give thee nobler lights than both thine eyes do My poor Lord and my self are bound to suffer And when I see him faint under your sentence I 'll tell ye more it may be then I 'll yield too Fred. Fool unexampled shall my anger follow thee Exeunt Enter Rugio and Fryar 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'n sham'd our service Brought our best care and loyalties to nothing 'T is the most fearful poyson the most potent Heaven give him patience Oh it works most strongly And tears him Lord. Rug. That we should be so stupid To trust the arrant'st Villain that e'r flatter'd The bloodiest too to believe a few soft words from him And give way to his prepar'd tears Within Alphonso Oh Oh Oh. Rug. Hark Fryar Marco hark the poor Prince that we should be such Block-heads 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 certain too it will dispatch him speedily Which way to turn or what to Mar. Let 's pray Heavens hand is strong Rug. The poyson's strong you would say Enter Alphonso carried on a Couch by two Fryars Would any thing He comes let 's give him comfort Alph. Give me more air air more air blow blow Open thou Eastern Gate and blow upon me Distill thy cold dews O thou icy Moon And Rivers run through my afflicted spirit I am all fire fire fire the raging dog star Reigns in my bloud Oh which way shall I turn me Aetna and all his flames burn 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
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 unbelief and the times giddiness Made me I durst not then go farther So your Grace please Out of your wonted goodness 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 honour'd Villain For he deserves no mention of a good man Great Sir give ear this most ungrateful spightful Above the memory of mankind mischievous VVith his own bloody hands Char. Take heed Nig. I am in Sir And if I make not good my story Aur. Forward I see a truth would break out be not fearful Nig. I say this Aper and his damn'd Ambition Cut off your Brothers hopes his life and fortunes The honour'd 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 he fills the faithful Souldiers ears With stories of his weakness of his life That he dare not venture to appear in open And shew his warlike face among the Souldiers The tenderness and weakness of his eyes Being not able to endure the Sun yet Slave that he is he gives out this infirmity Because he would dispatch his honour too To arise from wantonness and love of women And thus he juggles still Aur. O most pernicious Most bloody and most base Alas dear Brother Art thou accus'd and after death thy memory Loaden with shames and lies Those pious tears Thou daily showeâ—â—st upon my Fathers monument When in the Persian Expedition He fell unfortunately by a stroke 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 Malicious 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 He will not come near me Nig. No he dare not He has an inmate here that 's call'd a conscience Bids him keep off Char. My Brother honour'd him Made him first Captain of his Guard his next friend Then to my Mother to assure him nearer He made him Husband Nig. And withal ambitious For when he trod so nigh his false feet itch'd Sir To step into the State Aur. If ye believe Brother Aper a bloody Knave as 't is apparent Let 's leave disputing and do something noble Char. Sister be rul'd I am not yet so powerful To meet him in the field he has under him The Flower of all the Empire and the strength The Britain and the German Cohorts pray ye be patient Niger how stands the Souldier to him Nig. In fear more Sir Than 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 without an Army Char. Most willingly Nig. Then send out a Proscription Send suddenly And to that man that executes it I mean that brings his head add a fair payment No common Summ then ye shall see I fear not Even from his own Camp from those men that follow him Follow and flatter him we shall find one And if he miss one hundred that will venture it Aur. For his reward it shall be so dear Brother So far I 'll honour him that kills the Villain For so far runs my love to my dead Brother Let him be what he will base old or crooked He shall have me nay which is more I 'll love him I will not be deny'd Char. You shall not Sister But ye shall know my love shall go along too See a Proscription drawn and for his recompence My Sister and half Partner in the Empire And I will keep my word Aur. Now ye do bravely Nig. And though it cost my life I 'll see it publish'd Char. Away then for the business Nig. I am gone Sir You shall have all dispatch'd to night Char. Be prosperous Aur. And let the Villain fall Nig. Fear nothing Madam SCENE II. Enter Delphia and Drusilla Dru. 'T is true that Diocles is courteous And of a pleasant nature sweet and temperate His Cousin Maximinian proud and bloudy Delph Yes and mistrustful too my Girl take heed Although he seem to love thee and affect Like the more Courtier curious complement Yet have a care Dru. You know all my affection And all my heart-desires are set on Diocles But Aunt how coldly he requites this courtesie How dull and heavily he looks upon me Although I woo him sometimes beyond modesty Beyond a Virgins care how still he slights me And puts me still off with your Prophecy And the performance of your late prediction That when he is Emperour then he will marry me Alas what hope of that Del. Peace and be patient For though he be now a man most miserable Of no rank nor no badge of honour on him Bred low and poor no eye of favour shining And though my sure Prediction of his Rising Which can no more fail than the day or night does Nay let him be asleep will overtake him Hath found some rubs and stops yet hear me Neece And hear me with a faith it shall come to him I 'll tell thee the occasion Dru. Do good Aunt For yet I am ignorant Del. Chiding him one day For being too near and sparing for a Souldier Too griping and too greedy he made answer When I am Caesar then I will be liberal I presently inspir'd with holy fire And my prophetick Spirit burning in me Gave answer from the gods and this it was Imperator eris Romae cum Aprum grandem interseceris Thou shalt be Emperour O Diocles When thou hast kill'd a mighty Boar. From that time As giving credit to my words he has employ'd Much of his life in hunting many Boars Hideous and fierce with his own hands he has kill'd too But yet not lighted on the fatal one Should raise him to the Empire Be not sad Neece E're long he shall Come let 's go entertain him For by this time I guess he comes from hunting And by my Art I find this very instant Some great design 's o' foot Dru. The gods give good Aunt Exeunt SCENE III. Enter Diocles Maximinian Geta with a Boar. Dio. Lay down the Boar. Get. With all my heart I am weary on 't I shall turn Jew if I carry many such burthens Do you think Master to be Emperour With killing Swine you may be an honest Butcher Or allied to a seemly family of fowse-wives Can you be such an Ass my Reverend Master To think these springs of Pork will shoot up Caesars Max. The fool says true Dio. Come leave your fooling Sirrah And think of what thou shalt be when I am Emperour Get. Would it would come with thinking
Seats of Judicature I mean in the City for conveniency 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 dispenc'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 Unless I have a Doctor mine own Doctor That may assure me I am gone Nig. Come fear not You shall want nothing 1 Guard 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 spoil And never sweat for 't 2 Guard You shall kill for practice But your dozen or two a day Get. Thou talkst as if Thou wert lousing 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 do no hurt I warrant you Nig. Come march on And humour him for our mirth 1 Guard 'T is a fine peak-Goose Nig. But one that fools to the Emperour and in that A wise man and a Souldier 1 Guard True morality Exeunt SCENE IV. Enter Cosroe Cassana Persians and Charinus Maximinian Aurelia bound with Souldiers Cos Now by the Persian gods most truly welcome 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 We 'll teach thee to forget with present pleasures Thy late Captivity and this proud Roman That us'd thee as a Slave and did disdain A Princely Ransome shall if she repine Be forc'd by various Tortures to adore What she of late contemn'd Cas All greatness ever Attend Cosroe though Persia be styl'd The Nurse of Pomp and Pride we 'll leave to Rome Her native Cruelty For know Aurelia A Roman Princess and a Caesars Sister Though late 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 Tyranness I to thee May prove a gentle Mistriss Aur. O my Stars A Mistriss can I live and owe that name To flesh and blood I was born to command Train'd up in Soveraignty and I in death Can quit the name of Slave she that scorns life May mock Captivity Char. Rome will be Rome When we are nothing and her power '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 devilish arts we 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 Romans Are more than men 2 Per. Their great hearts will not yield They cannot bend to any adverse Fate Such is their Confidence Cos They then shall break Why you rebellious Wretches dare you still Contend when the last breath or nod of mine Marks you out for the fire or to be made The prey of Wolves or Vulturs the vain name Of Roman Legions I slight thus and scorn And for that boasted bug bear Dioclesian Which you presume on would he were the master But of the spirit to meet me in the field He soon should find that our immortal Squadrons That with full numbers ever are supply'd Could it be possible they should decay Dare front his boldest Troops and scatter him As an high towring Falcon on her stretches Severs the fearful fowl And by the Sun The Moon the Winds the nourishers of life And by this Sword the instrument of death Since that you fly not humbly to our mercy But yet dare hope your liberty by force If Dioclesian dare not attempt To free you with his Sword all slavery That cruelty can find out to make you wretched Falls heavy on you Max. If the Sun keep his course And the Earth can bear his Souldiers march I fear not Aur. Or liberty or revenge Char. On that I build too A Trumpet Aur. A Roman Trumpet Max. 'T is comes it not like A pardon to a man condemn'd Cos Admit him Enter Niger The purpose of thy coming Nig. My great Master The Lord of Rome in that all Power is spoken Hoping that thou wilt prove a noble Enemy And in thy bold resistance worth his conquest Defies thee Cosroe Max. There is fire in this Nig. And to encourage thy laborious powers To tug for Empire dares thee to the field With this assurance if thy Sword can win him Or force his Legions with thy barbed horse But to forsake their ground that not alone Wing'd Victory shall take stand on thy Tent But all the Provinces and Kingdoms held By the Roman Garrisons in this Eastern World Shall be deliver'd up and he himself Acknowledge thee his Sovereign In return Of this large offer he asks only this That till the doubtful Die of War determine Who has most power and should command the other Thou wouldst entreat thy Prisoners like their Births And not their present Fortune and to bring 'em Guarded into thy Tent with thy best strengths Thy ablest men of War and thou thy self Sworn to make good the place And if he fail Maugre all opposition can be made In his own person to compel his way And fetch them safely off the day is thine And he like these thy Prisoner Cos Though I receive this But as a Roman Brave I do embrace it And love the sender Tell him I will bring My Prisoners to the field and without odds Against his single force alone defend 'em Or else with equal numbers Courage noble Princes And let Posterity record that we This memorable day restor'd to Persia That Empire of the World great Philip's Son Ravish'd from us and Greece gave up to Rome This our strong comfort that we cannot fall Ingloriously since we contend for all Exeunt Flourish Alarms SCENE V. Enter Geta Guard Souldiers Get. I 'll swear the Peace against 'em I am hurt Run for a Surgeon or I faint 1 Guard Bear up man 'T is but a scratch Get. Scoring a man o'r the Coxcomb Is but a scratch with you o' your occupation Your scurvy scuffling trade I was told before My face was had enough but now I look Like bloody Bone and raw head to fright Children I am for no use else 2 Guard Thou shalt fright men 1 Guard You look so terrible now but see your face In the Pummel of my Sword Get. I dye I am gone Oh my sweet physiognomy Enter three Persians 2 Guard They come Now fight or dye indeed Get. I will ' scape this way I cannot hold my Sword what would you have Of a
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 wooe the World and Nature To be in love with death Most honorable Excellent Romans by your antient valours As ye love Fame resolve me Sold. 'T is the Body Of the great Captain Penyus by himself Made cold and spiritless Car. O stay ye Romans By the Religion which you owe those gods That lead ye on to Victories by those glories Which made even pride a virtue in ye Dru. Stay What 's thy Will Caratach Car. Set down the body The body of the noblest of all Romans As ye expect an offering at your Graves From your friends sorrows set it down awhile That with your griefs an enemy may mingle A noble enemy that loves a Soldier And lend a tear to virtue even your foes Your wild foes as you call'd us are yet stor'd With fair affections our hearts fresh our spirits Though sometime stubborn yet when virtue dies Soft and relenting as a Virgins prayers Oh set it down Dru. Set down the body soidiers Car. Thou hallowed relique thou rich Diamond Cut with thine own dust thou for whose wide fame The world appears too narrow mans all thoughts Had they all tongues too silent thus I bow To thy most honour'd ashes though an enemy Yet friend to all thy worths sleep peaceably Happiness crown thy soul and in thy earth Some Lawrel fix his seat there grow and flourish And make thy grave an everlasting triumph Farewell all glorious Wars now thou art gone And honest Arms adieu all noble battels Maintain'd in thirst of honour not of bloud Farewell for ever Heng. Was this Roman Uncle So good a man Car. Thou never knew'st thy Father Heng. He dy'd before I was born Car. This worthy Roman Was such another piece of endless honor Such a brave soul dwelt in him their proportions And faces were not much unlik boy excellent nature See how it works into his eyes mine own boy Heng. The multitudes of these men and their fortunes Could never make me fear yet one mans goodness Car. O now thou pleasest me weep still my child As if thou saw'st me dead with such a flux Or flood of sorrow still thou pleasest me And worthy soldiers pray receive these pledges These hatchments of our griefs and grace us so much To place 'em on his Hearse Now if ye please Bear off the noble burden raise his pile High as Olympus make heaven to wonder To see a star upon earth out-shining theirs And ever loved ever living be Thy honoured and most sacred memory Dru. Thou hast done honestly good Caratach And when thou diest a thousand virtuous Romans Shall sing thy soul to heaven Now march on soldiers Exeunt A dead march Car. Now dry thine eyes my boy Heng. Are they all gone I could have wept this hour yet Car. Come take cheer And raise thy spirit child if but this day Thou canst bear out thy faintness the night coming I 'll fashion our escape Heng. Pray fear not me Indeed I am very hearty Car. Be so still His mischiefs lessen that controuls his ill Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Petillius Pet. What do I ail i' th' name of heaven I did but see her And see her die she stinks by this time strongly Abominably stinks she was a woman A thing I never car'd for but to die so So confidently bravely strongly Oh the devil I have the bots by she scorn'd us strangely All we could do or durst do threatned us With such a noble anger and so governed With such a fiery spirit the plain bots A upon the bots the love-bots hang me Hang me even out o' th' way directly hang me Oh penny pipers and most painful penners Of bountiful new Ballads what a subject What a sweet subject for your silver founds Is crept upon ye Enter Junius Jun. Here he is have at him Sings She set the sword unto her Breast great pity it was to see That three drops of her Life-warm bloud run trickling down her knee Art thou there bonny boy and i'faith how dost thou Petil. Well gramercie how dost thou h 'as found me Sented me out the shame the devil ow'd me H 'as kept his day with And what news Junius Jun. It was an old tale ten thousand times told Of a young Lady was turn'd into mold Her life it was lovely her death it was bold Pet. A cruel rogue now h 'as drawn pursue it on me He hunts me like a devil No more singing Thou hast got a cold come let 's go drink some Sack boy Jun. Ha ha ha ha ha ha Pet. Why dost thou laugh What Mares nest hast thou found Jun. Ha ha ha I cannot laugh alone Decius Demetrius Curius oh my sides Ha ha ha The strangest jest Petil. Prethee no more Jun. The admirablest fooling Pet Thou art the prettiest fellow Jun. Sirs Pet. Why Junius Prethee away sweet Junius Jun. Let me sing then Pet. Whoa here 's a stir now sing a song o' six pence By if prethee on 't Junius Jun. I must either sing or laugh Pet. And what 's your reason Jun. What 's that to you Pet. And I must whistle Jun. Do so Oh I hear 'em coming Pet. I have a little business Jun. Thou shalt not go believe it what a Gentleman Of thy sweet conversation Pet. Captain Junius Sweet Captain let me go with all celerity Things are not always one and do not question Nor jeer nor gybe none of your doleful Ditties Nor your sweet conversation you will find then I may be anger'd Jun. By no means Petillius Anger a man that never knew passion 'T is most impossible a noble Captain A wise and and generous Gentleman Pet. Tom Puppie Leave this way to abuse me I have found ye But for your mothers sake I will foâ—give ye Your subtil understanding may discover As you think some trim toy to make you merry Some straw to tickle ye but do not trust to 't Y' are a young man and may do well be sober Carry your self discreetly Enter Decius Demetrius Curius Jun Yes forsooth Dem. How does the brave Petillius Jun. Monstrous merry We two were talking what a kind of thing I was when I was in love what a strange monster For little Boys and Girls to wonder at How like a fool I lookt Dec. So they do all Like great dull slavering fools Jun. Petillius saw too Pet. No more of this 't is scurvie peace Jun. How nastily Indeed how beastly all I did became me How I forgot to blow my nose there he stands An honest and a wise man if himself I dare avouch it boldly for I know it Should find himself in love Petill. I am angry Jun Surely his wise self would hang his beastly self His understanding-self so mawl his ass-self Dec. He 's bound to do it for he knows the follies The poverties and baseness that belongs to 't Ha's read upon
in the behalf of this child Mer. Are you not wise to Merri-thought Mist mer. Yes truly would I had nere seen his eyes he has undone me and himself and his children and there he lives at home and sings and hoyts and revels among his drunken companions but I warrant you where to get a penny to put bread in his mouth he knows not And therefore if it like your Worship I would intreat your Letter to the honest Host of the Bell in Waltham that I may place my child under the protection of his Tapster in some setled course of life Mer I 'm glad the heavens have heard my prayers thy Husband When I was ripe in sorrows laught at me Thy son like an unthankful wretch I having Redeem'd him from his fall and made him mine To shew his love again first stole my daughter Then wrong'd this Gentleman and last of all Gave me that grief had almost brought me down Unto my grave had not a stronger hand Reliev'd my sorrows go and weep as I did And be unpittied for here I profess An everlasting hate to all thy name Mist mer. Will you so Sir how say you by that come Micke let him keep his wind to cool his Pottage we 'll go to thy Nurses Micke she knits silk stockings boy and we 'll knit too boy and be beholding to none of them all Exeunt Michael and Mother Enter a Boy with a Letter Boy Sir I take it you are the Master of this house Mer. How then boy Boy Then to your self Sir comes this Letter Mer. From whom my pretty boy Boy From him that was your servant but no more Shall that name ever be for he is dead Grief of your purchas'd anger broke his heart 〈◊〉 saw him dye and from his hand receiv'd This paper with a charge to bring it hither Read it and satisfie your self in all Merch. LETTER SIR that I have wronged your love I must confess in which I have purchast to my self besides mine own undoing the ill opinion of my friends let not your anger good Sir outlive me but suffer me to rest in peace with your forgiveness let my body if a dying man may so much prevail with you be brought to your daughter that she may know my hot flames are now buried and withall receive a testimony of the zeal I bore her vertue farewell for ever and be ever happy Jasper Gods hand is great in this I do forgive him Yet am I glad he 's quiet where I hope He will not bite again boy bring the body And let him have his will if that be all Boy 'T is here without Sir Mer. So Sir if you please You may conduct it in I do not fear it Hum. I 'll be your Usher boy for though I say it He ow'd me something once and well did pay it Exeunt Enter Luce alone Luce. If there be any punishment inflicted Upon the miserable more than yet I feell Let it together seize me and at once Press down my soul I cannot bear the pain Of these delaying tortures thou that art The end of all and the sweet rest of all Come come oh death bring me to thy peace And blot out all the memory I nourish Both of father and my cruel friend O wretch'd maid still living to be wretched To be a say to fortune in her changes And grow to number times and woes together How happy had I been if being born My grave had been my cradle Enter servant Ser. By your leave Young Mistris here 's a boy hath brought a Coffin What a would say I know not but your father Charg'd me to give you notice here they come Enter two bearing a Coffin Jasper in it Luce. For me I hope 't is come and 't is most welcome Boy Fair Mistriss let me not add greater grief To that great store you have already Jasper That whilst he liv'd was yours now dead And here inclos'd commanded me to bring His body hither and to crave a tear From those fair eyes though he deserve not pitty To deck his Funeral for so he bid me Tell her for whom he di'd Luce. He shall have many Exeunt Coffin-carrier and Boy Good friends depart a little whilst I take My leave of this dead man that once I lov'd Hold yet a little life and then I give thee To thy first heavenly being O my friend Hast thou deceiv'd me thus and got before me I shall not long be after but believe me Thou wert too cruel Jasper ' gainst thy self In punishing the fault I could have pardoned With so untimely death thou didst not wrong me But ever wer 't most kind most true most loving And I the most unkind most false most cruell Didst thou but ask a tear I 'll give thee all Even all my eyes can pour down all my sigh's And all my self before thou goest from me There are but sparing Rites But if thy soul Be yet about this place and can behold And see what I prepare to deck thee with It shall go up born on the wings of peace And satisfied first will I sing thy Dirge Then kiss thy pale lips and then dye my self And fill one Coffin and one grave together SONG Come you whose loves are dead And whilst I sing Weep and wring Every hand and every head Bind with Cipress and sad Ewe Ribbands black and Candles blue For him that was of men most true Come with heavy mourning And on his grave Let him have Sacrifice of sighs and groaning Let him have fair flowers enow White and purple green and yellow For him that was of men most true Thou fable cloth sad cover of my joys I lift thee up and thus I meet with death Jasp And thus you meet the living Luce. Save me Heaven Jasp Nay do not flye me fair I am no spirit Look better on me do you know me yet Luce. O thou dear shadow of my friend Jasp Dear substance I swear I am no shadow feel my hand It is the same it was I am your Jasper Your Jasper that 's yet living and yet loving Pardon my rash attempt my foolish proof I put in practice of your constancy For sooner should my sword have drunk my blood And set my soul at liberty than drawn The least drop from that body for which boldness Doom me to any thing if death I take it And willingly Luce. This death I 'll give you for it So now I am satisfied you are no spirit But my own truest truest truest friend Why do you come thus to me Jasp First to see you Then to convey you hence Luce. It cannot be For I am lockt up here and watcht at all hours That 't is impossible for me to scape Jasp Nothing more possible within this Coffin Do you convey your self let me alone I have the wits of twenty men about me Only I crave the shelter of your Closet A little and then fear me not creep in That they may
hold thee up Theo. You help me To life but I would see Antonio That 's dead Phil. Thou shalt see any thing how dost thou Theo. Better I thank you Phil. Why that 's well call up Thy senses and uncloud thy cover'd spirits How now Theo. Recover'd but Antonio Where is he Phil. We will find him art thou well Theo. Perfectly well saving the miss of him And I do charge you here by our allyance And by the love which would have been betwixt us Knew we no kindred by that killing fear Mingled with twenty thousand hopes and doubts Which you may think plac'd in a Lovers heart And in a Virgins too when she wants help To grant me your assistance to find out This man alive or dead and I will pay you In service tears or prayers a world of wealth But other treasure I have none alas You men have strong hearts but we feeble maids Have tender eyes which only given be To blind themselves crying for what they see Phil. Why do'st thou charge me thus have I been found Slow to perform what I could but imagine Thy wishes were have I at any time Tender'd a business of mine own beyond A vanity of thine have I not been As if I were a sensless creature made To serve thee without pow'r of questioning If so why fear'st thou Theo. I am satisfied Phil. Come then let 's go where 's Leocadia Theo. I know not Sir Phil. Where 's Leocadia Theo. I do not know Phil. Leocadia This Tumult made the streets as dead as night A man may talk as freely what 's become Of Leocadia Theo. She 's run away Phil. Begone and let us never more behold Each others face till we may both together Fasten our eyes on her accursed be Those tender cozening names of charity And natural affection they have lost Me only by observing them what cost Travel and fruitless 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 whom 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 zeald religion You women 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 sickness would no more forbear than 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 layn And followed her Theo. I would you had done so Rather than been so angry where 's Antonio Phil. Why do'st thou vex me with these questions I 'll tell thee where he 's carried to the Galleys There to be chain'd and row and beat and row With knotted ropes and pizzels if he swound He has a dose 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 believe 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 Attendants and the Townsmen Then lingring here we will aboard the Galleys And find her Gov. Made he a shot into the Town 1. Attend. He did Sir Gov. Call back those Gentlemen 1. Attend. The Governor commands you back Phil. We will obey him Sir Gov. You gave him cause to 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. Towns 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 honor Gov. 'T was gravely done but no man tells 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 we nor can you tell 1. Attend. No other cause But the old quarrel betwixt the Town and the Galleys Gov. Come nearer Gentlemen what are your names Phil. My name Philippo Theo. And mine Theodoro Gov. Strangers you are it seems Phil. Newly arriv'd Gov. Then you are they begun this Tumult Phil. No Sir Cov. Speak one of you 1. Attend. They are not I can quit ' em Theo. Yet we saw part and an unhappy part Of this debate a long sought friend of ours Strook down for dead and born unto the Galleys His name is Markantonio Phil. And another Of our company a Gentleman Of noble birth besides accompanyed 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 'll 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 Galleys 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. attendane Phil. And besides The Gentleman we lost Signior Francisco Shall be render'd too Enter a Servant Gover. And he Sir too Go sirrah bear this ring To Roderigo my most noble friend The General of the Galleys Tell him this Exit servant Whispers to his Servant Theo. Now we shall have 'em both Phil. Blest be thy thoughts For apprehending this blest be thy breath For uttering it Gov. 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
dispence With his faith given I cannot with mine Phi. You do mistake cleer soul his precontract Doth annul yours and you have giv'n no faith That ties you in Religion or humanity You rather sin against that greater precept To covet what 's anothers Sweet you do Believe me who dare not urge dishonest things Remove that scruple therefore and but take Your dangers now into your judgements skale And weigh them with your safeties Think but whither Now you can goe what you can do to live How near you ha' barr'd all Ports to to your own succor Except this one that I here open Love Should you be left alone you were a prey To the wild lust of any who would look Upon this shape like a temptation And think you want the man you personate Would not regard this shift which love put on As virtue forc'd but covet it like vice So should you live the slander of each Sex And be the child of error and of shame And which is worse even Mark-antoniâ— Would be call'd just to turn a wanderer off And Fame report you worthy his contempt Where if you make new choice and settle here There is no further tumult in this stood Each current keeps his course and all suspitions Shall return honors Came you forth a Maid Go home a Wiseâ— alone and in disguise Go home a waited Leocadia Go home and by the viruue of that charm Transform all mischiefs as you are transform'd Turn your offended Fathers wrath to wonder Add all his loud grief to a silent welcome Unfold the Riddles you have made what say you Enter Sanchio carried Alphonso and Servants Now is the time delay is but despair If you be chang'd let a kiss tell me so Leo. I am but how I rather feel than know Sanc. Come Sir you are welcome now to Barcelona Take off my hood Phi. Who be these stay 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 Leo. Alas Phi. What ail you dear Leo. It is my Father Phi. Your Father which Leo. He that is carried oh Let us make hence Phi. For loves sake good my heart Leo. Into some house before he see me Phi. Dear Be not thus frighted Leo. Oh his wrath is tempest Phi. Sweet take your spirit to you and stay be 't he He cannot know you in this habit and me I 'm sure he less knows for he never saw me Alph. Ha who is that my Son Philippo Phi. Sir Alph. Why what make you here Is this Salamanca And that your study ha nay stay him too We 'll see him by his leave Serv. You must not strive Sir Alph. No no come near 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 Unless th' hadst quit thy self too Phi. Sir what fault She can be urg'd of I must take on me The guilt and punishment Sanc. You must Sir how If you shall not though you must I deal not With boys Sir I you have a Father here Shall do me right Alph. Thou art not mad Philippo Art thou Mark-antonie Son to Leonardo Our business is to them Sanc. No no no no. I 'll ha' the business 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 'll 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 to let 's make no daies on 't I 'll lead your way to the sea-side Rascals Phil. Sir I would beseech your stay he may not follow you San. No turn I 'll kill him here then Slaves Rogues Bloks 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 Phi. Were you Sir Not impotent Alph. Hold you your peace Boy Sanc. Impotent ' Death I 'll cut his throat first and then his Fathers Alph. You must provide you then a sharper Razor Than is your tongue for I not fear your sword Sanc. ' Heart bear me to either of ' em Phi. Pray Sir your patience Enter Governor and Attendants Alph. My curse light on thee if thou stay him Phi. 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 Traitors heart Alph. Truer than thine Gov. Strike strike Some of the people disarm 'em Kill 'em if they resist Phi. Nay generous Sir Let not your courtesie turn fury now Gov. Lay hold upon 'em take away their weapons I will be worth an answer e'r we part Phi. 'T is the Governor Sir Alph. I yield my self 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 Than to demand it Gov. Force it I say 1 Attend. The Governor You hear commands Sanch. The Governr shall pardon me Phi. How Leocadia gone again Exit Phi. Sanch. He shall friend I' th' point of honor by his leave so tell him His person and authority I acknowledge And do submit me to it but my Sword He shall excuse me were he fifteen Governors That and I dwell together and must yet Till my hands part assure him Gov. I say force it Sanch. Stay hear me Hast thou ever read Caranza Understandst thou honor Noble Governor Gov. For that we 'll have more fit dispute Sanch. Your name Sir Gov. You shall know that too but on colder terms 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 'll do me reparation Exeunt Enter Philippo Phi. I have for ever lost her and am lost And worthily my tameness 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 eies and left 'em blind Unto their impotent angers Oh I am worthy On whom this loss and scorn should light to death Without the pity that should wish me better Either alive or in my Epitaph Enter Leonardo Mark-Antonio Leo. Well Son your Father is too near himself
broken heart shall never want a sorrow Jul. Forget her sir your honor now commands you You are anothers keep those griefs for her She richly can reward ' em I would have spoken with you Vir. What is your will for nothing you can ask So full of goodness are your words and meanings Must be denied speak boldly Jul. I thank you sir I come not To beg or flatter only to be believ'd That I desire for I shall tell a story So far from seeming truth yet a most true one So horrible in nature and so horrid So beyond wickedness that when you hear it It must appear the practice of another The cast and malice of some one you have wrong'd much And me you may imagine me accuse too Unless 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 than hers I speak of Vir. Juliana To make a doubt of what you shall deliver After my full experience of your virtues Were to distrust a providence to think you can lie Or being wrong'd seek after foul repairings To forge a Creed against my faith Jul. I must do so for it concerns your life Sir And if that word may stir you hear and prosper I should be dumb else were not you at stake here Vir. What new friend have I found that dares deliver This loaden trunk from his afflictions What pittying hand of all that feels my miseries Brings such a benefit Jul. Be wise and manly And with your honor fall when Heaven shall call you Not by a hellish mischief 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 shall believe else Jul. I must be true your ear sir For 't is so horrible if the ayr catch it Into a thousand plagues a thousand monsters It will disperse it self and fright resistance Whispers Viro. She seek my life with you make you her agent Another love O speak but truth Jul. Be patient Dear as I love you else I leave you wretched Vir. Forward 't is well it shall be welcome to me I have liv'd too long numbred too many days Yet never found the benefit of living Now when I come to reap it with my service And hunt for that my youth and honor aims at The Sun sets on my fortune red and bloody And everlasting night begins to close me 'T is time to dye Enter Martia and Ronvere Jul. She comes her self Ron. Believe Lady And on this Angel hand your servant seals it You shall be Mistriss of your whole desires And what ye shall command Mart. Ha mynion My precious Dame are you there nay go forward Make your complaints and pour out your fain'd pitties Slave like to him you serve I am the same still And what I purpose let the world take witness Shall be so finisht and to such example Spite of your poor preventions my dear Gentleman My honorable man are you there too You and your hot desire your mercy Sir I had forgot your greatness Jul. 'T is not well Lady Mart. Lord how I hate this fellow now how desperately My stomach stands against him this base fellow This gelded fool Jul. Did you never heaâ— of modesty Mart. Yes when I heard of you and so believ'd it Thou bloodless brainless fool Vir. How Mart. Thou despised fool Thou only sign of man how I contemn thee Thou woven worthy in a piece of Arras Fit only to enjoy a wall thou beast Beaten to use Have I preserv'd a beauty A youth a love to have my wishes blasted My dotings and the joys I came to offer Must they be lost and sleighted by a dormouse Jul. Use more respect and woman 't will become you At least less tongue Mart. I 'll use all violence Let him look for 't Jul. Dare you stain those beauties Those heavenly stamps that raise men up to wonder With harsh and crooked motions are you she That overdid all ages with your honor And in a little hour dare loose this triumph Is not this man your husband Mart. He 's my halter Which having sued my pardon I fling off thus And with him all I brought him but my anger Which I will nourish to the desolation Not only of his folly but his friends And his whole name Vir. 'T is well I have deserved it And if I were a woman I would rail too Mart. Nature nere promised thee a thing so noble Take back your love your vow I give it freely I poorly scorn it graze now where you please That that the dulness of thy soul neglected Kings sue for now And mark me Virolet Thou image of a man observe my words well At such a bloody rate I 'll sell this beauty This handsomness thou scornst and flingst away Thy proud ungrateful life shall shake at take your house The petty things you left me give another And last take home your trinket fare you well Sir Ron. You have spoke like your self Y' are a brave Lady Exeunt Ronvere and Martia Jul. Why do you smile Sir Vir. O my Juliana The happiness this womans scorn has given me Makes me a man again proclaims it self In such a general joy through all my miseries That now methinks Jul. Look to your self dear Sir And trifle not with danger that attends you Be joyful when y' are free Vir. Did you not hear her She gave me back my vow my love my freedom I am free free as air and though to morrow Her bloody will meet with my life and sink it And in her execution tear me piecemeal Yet have I time once more to meet my wishes Once more to embrace my best my noblest truest And time that 's warranted Jul. Good Sir forbear it Though I confess equal with your desires My wishes rise as covetous of your love And to as warm alarums spur my will to Yet pardon me the Seal oth'Church dividing us And hanging like a threatning flame between us We must not meet I dare not Vir. That poor disjoynting That only strong necessity thrust on you Not crime nor studied cause of mine how sweetly And nobly I will bind again and cherish How I will recompence one dear imbrace now One free affection how I burn to meet it Look now upon me Jul. I behold you willingly And willingly would yield but for my credit The love you first had was preserv'd with honor The last shall not cry whore you shall not purchase From me a pleasure that have equally Lov'd your fair fame as you at such a rate Your honesty and virtue must be bankrupt If I had lov'd your lust and not your lustre The glorious lustre of your matchless goodness I would compel you now to be forgive me Forgive me Sir how fondly still I love you Yet nobly too make the way straight before
Flatter not thy self With these deluding hopes thou cruel beast Thou art ith'toyle and the glad Huntsman prouder By whom thou art taken of his prey than if Like thee he should command and spoil his Forrest Fer. What art thou Sess To thy horror Duke of Sesse Fer. The Divel Sess Reserv'd for thy damnation Fer. Why shakes my love Mart. O I am lost for ever Mountains divide me from him some kind hand Prevent our fearful meeting Or lead me To the steep rock whose rugged brows are bent Upon the swelling main there let me hide me And as our bodies then shall be divided May our souls never meet Fer. Whence grows this Sweetest Mar. There are a thousand furies in his looks And in his deadly silence more loud horror Than when in hell the tortur'd and tormentors Contend whose shreeks are greater Wretched me It is my father Sess Yes and I will own her Sir Till my revenge It is my daughter Ferrand My daughter thou hast whor'd Fer. I triumph in it To know she 's thine affords me more true pleasure Than the act gave me when even at the height I crack'd her Virgin zone Her shame dwell on thee And all thy family may they never know A female issue but a whore Ascanio Ronvere look cheerfull be thou a man too And learn of me to dye That we might fall And in our ruines swallow up this Kingdom Nay the whole world and make a second Chaos And if from thence a new beginning rise Be it recorded this did end with us And from our dust hath embryon Ron. I liv'd with you And will dye with you your example makes me Equally bold Asc And I resolv'd to bear What ere my fate appoints me Sess They are ours Now to the spoyl Boats Pitty the Lady to all else be deaf Exeunt Within Kill kill kill Alarum Flo. Trumpets Retreat Enter Sesse with Ferrands head the Citizens Master Boteswaine Gunner Souldiers bringing in Ascanio and Martia Sess Cruel beginnings meet with cruel ends And the best sacrifice to Heaven for peace Is tyrants blood and those that stuck fast to him Flesh'd instruments in his commands to mischief With him dispatch'd Boats They are cut off Sess 'T is well All. Thanks to the Duke of Sesse Sess Pay that to Heaven And for a general joy give general thanks For blessings nere descend from Heaven but when A grateful Sacrifice ascends from men To your devotion leave me there 's a Scene Which I would act alone yet you may stay For wanting just spectators 't will be nothing The rest forbear me Cit. Liberty liberty liberty Mar. I would I were as far beneath the Centre As now I stand above it how I tremble Thrice happy they that dyed I dying live To stand the whirlwind of a fathers fury Now it moves toward me Sess Thou I want a name By which to stile thee All articulate sounds That do express the mischief of vile woman That are or have been or shall be are weak To speak thee to the height Witch Parricide For thou in taking leave of modesty Hast kild thy father and his honor lost He 's but a walking shadow to torment thee To leave and rob thy father then set free His foes whose slavery he did prefer Above all treasure was a strong defeazance To cut off even the surest bonds of mercy After all this having given up thy self Like to a sensual beast a slave to lust To play the whore and then high Heaven it racks me To find out none to quench thy appetite But the most cruel 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 born on the Herse Mart. Death and 't is not in you To hurt me farther my old resolution Take now the place of fear in this I liv'd In this I 'll dye 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 equal What can now fall on me That I will shrink at now unmov'd I dare Look on your anger and not bend a knee To ask your pardon let your rage run higher Than billows rais'd up by a violent Tempest And be as that is deaf to all intreaties They are dead and I prepar'd for in their fall All my desires are summ'd up Sess Impudent too Die in it wretch Boats Stay Sir Boats kills her Sess How dar'st thou villain Snatch from my sword the honor of my justice Boats I never did you better service Sir Yet have been ever faithful I confess That she deserv'd to dye 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 Witness that I love you And in that love I did it Sess Thou art Noble I thank thee for 't the thought of her dye with her Asc My turn is next since she could find no mercy What am I to expect Cit. With one voyce Sir The Citizens salute you with the stile Of King of Naples Sess 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 wear 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 burial to the dead for me and mine We will again to Sea and never know The place which in my birth first gave me woe Exeunt Flor. Trumpets FINIS THE Maid in the Mill. A COMEDY The Persons Represented in the Play Don Philippo King of Spain Otrante a Spanish Count in love with Florimel Julio A Noble Man Vncle to Antonio Bellides Father to Ismenia Enemy to Julio Lisauro Brother to Ismenia Bellides Son Terzo Kinsman to Lisauro and friend to Bellides Antonio In love with Ismenia an enemy to Bellides Martino Friend to Antonio and his secret Rival Gerasto Friend to Otrante Two Courtiers Pedro. Moncado Gostanzo Three Gentlemen Friends to Julio Giraldo Philippo Vertigo A French Taylor Lords attending the King in progress Franio A Miller supposed Father to Florimell Bustopha Franio his Son a Clown Constable Officers Pedro A Songster Servants WOMEN Ismenia Daughter to Bellides Mistriss of Antonio Aminta Cousen to Ismenia and her private competrix in Antonio's love Florimell Supposed Daughter to Franio Daughter to Julio stolen from him a child Gillian Franio the Millers Wife Countrey Maids The Scene Spaine The principal Actors were Joseph Tailor John Lowin John Vnderwood William Rowly John Thomson Robert Benfield Tho. Polard Actus Primus Scaena Prima Enter Lisauro Terzo Ismenia and Aminta Lis LEt the Coach go round we 'll walk along
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 known a pitch above their plainness 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 There 's a strange parlous T. before the reason A very tall T. which makes the word High Treason Sil. What Treason 's that does this fellow understand Himself Soto Pitch will infect I 'll meddle no more with this geer What a devil ails this fellow this foolish fellow Being admitted to be one of us too That are the masters of the sports proceeding Thus to appear before me too unmorris'd Do you know me friend Sil. You are my Masters Son Sir Soto And do you know what sports are now in season Sil. I hear there are some a-foot Soto Where are your Bells then Your Rings your Ribons 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 than 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 manners But thou art a melancholy fellow vengeance melancholy And that may breed an insurrection amongst us Go too I 'll lay the best part of two pots now Thou art in love and I can guess 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 than I feel Sir Soto Go too I 'll be thy friend I 'll 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-doors 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 honor it is Sil. How Sir or what concerns it Soto It comes ye from the Dutchess a plaguy wise woman To apprehend the body of one Silvio As arrant a Rascal as ever pist against a post And this same Silvio or this foresaid rascal 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 bears my bane about it Can no rest find 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 Oh Claudiâ— now I feel thy blood upon me Now it speaks loudly here I am sure against me Time now has found it out and truth proclaim d it And Justice now crieâ— 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 certain kind of dog-trick I 'll so fiddle him Two thousand Duckets I 'll so pepper him And with that money I 'll turn Gentleman Worth a brown Baker's dozen of such Silvios 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 Morris-dancers Soto Mine own dear Lady have-at-thy honey-comb Now for the honor of our Town Boyes trace sweetly Cry within of Arm Arm. Who a vengeance ails this whobub pox refuse 'em Cannot they let us dance in our own defence here Enter Farmer and Captain Capt. Arm honest friends arm suddenly and bravely And with your antient resolutions follow me Look how the Beacons show like Comets your poor neighbors Run maddingly affrighted through the Villages Syenna's Duke is up burns all before him And with his sword makes thousand mothers childless Soto What 's this to our Morris-dancers Sil. This may serve my turn Soto There 's ne'r a Duke in Christendom but loves a May-game Capt. At a horse you were always ceaz'd put your Son on him And arm 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 Captain You cannot be content to spoil 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 too We are for the bodily part o' th' dance Cap. Arm him suddainly This is no time to fool I shall return ye else A rebel to the General State and Duchess And how you 'll answer then Far. I have no more Sons Sir This is my only 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 child Cap. I cannot Soto Are ye a man will ye cast away a May-Lord Shall all the wenches in the Countrey curse ye Sil. An 't please you Captain I 'll supply his person 'T is pity their old custom should be frighted Let me have Horse and good Arms I 'll serve willingly And if I shrink a foot of ground Hell take me Cap. A promising Aspect face full of courage I 'll take this man and thank ye too Far. There 's for thee 'T is in a clout but good old Gold Sil. I thank ye Sir Far. Goe saddle my fore-horse put his feather on too He 'll praunce it bravely friend he fears no Colours And take the Armor down and see him dizin'd Soto Farewel and if thou cary'st thy self well in this matter I say no more but this there must be more May-Lords And I know who are fit Sil. Dance you I 'll fight Sir Cap. Away away Sil. Farewel I am for the Captain Exit Far. Now to this matter again my honest fellows For if this goe not forward I â—oresee friends This war will fright our neighbors out o' th' villages Cheer up your hearts we shaâ—â— hear better news boys Hob. Surely I will dance no more 't is most ridiculous I find my wives instructions now mere verities My learned wives she often hath pronounc'd to me My safety Bomby defie these sports thou
no understanding â—â— I should miss the right Chest Lu. The happy Chest Boy That which I saw and markt too Lu. Well passion wo'not help us Had I twenty falls for this Boy 'T was my fault sir And twenty thousand fears for this oth'devil Now could I curse well we have her now And must dispose her Enter Mistress Mi. Hang both for two blind buzzards here 's a Spade Quickly or I 'll call the neighbors There 's no remedy Would the poor hungry prisoners had this pastie Exeunt Enter Justice and a Servant with a light Ser. 'T was a strange mischance Sir Ju Mischance sayst No 't was happiness to me There 's so much charge sav'd I have her portion I 'll marry twenty more on such conditions Ser. Did it not trouble you Sir To see her dead Ju. Not much I thank my conscience I was tormented till that happen'd furies Were in my brain to think my self a Cuckold At that time of the night When I come home I charge you shut my doors Locks bolts and bars are little enough to secure me Ser. Why and please you Ju. Fool to ask that question To keep out women I expect her Mother Will visit me with her clamors oh I hate Their noise and do abhor the whole sex heartily They are all walking Devils Harpyes I will study A week together how to rail sufficiently Upon 'em all and that I may be furnish'd Thou shalt buy all the railing Books and Ballads That Malice hath invented against women I will read nothing else and practise 'em Till I grow fat with curses Ser. If you 'll go To th' charge let me alone to find you Books Ju. They come neer us Ser. What 's that Ju. Where hold up the Torch Knave Ser. Did you hear nothing 't is a Ju. Why dost make a stand Ser. What 's that Ju. Where where dost see any thing We are hard by the Church-yard and I was never Valiant at midnight in such irksome places They say Ghosts walk sometimes hark de' e hear nothing Enter Lurcher Boy and Mistress Mi. No farther dig here and lay her in quickly Lur. What light is that Boy we shall be discover'd Set the Coffin up an end and get behind me There 's no avoiding Boy Oh! Ju. Where 's that groan I begin to be afraid Ser. What shall we do Sir Ju. We are almost at home now thou must go forward Perhaps 't was my imagination Lur. 'T is he Boy I know him too let me alone Ser. Oh Sir a Ghost the very Ghost of Mistress Bride I have no power to run away Ju. Cursed Ghost bless me preserve me I do command thee what so ore thou art I do conjure thee leave me do not fright me If thou beest a devil vex me not so soon If thou beest The spirit of my wife Boy Thy Wife Ju. I shall be tormented Boy Thy abus'd wife that cannot peaceably Enjoy her death thou hast an evil conscience Ju. I know it Boy Among thy other sins which black thy soul Call to thy mind thy vow made to another Whom thou hast wrong'd and make her satisfaction Now I am dead thou perjur'd man or else A thousand black tormentors shall pursue thee Untill thou leap into eternal flames Where gold which thou ador'st here on earth Melted the fiends shall powre into thy throat For this time pass go home and think upon me Lur. Away Ser. There are more spirits Ju. Thank you dear wife I 'll bestow twenty nobles of a Tomb for thee Thou shalt not walk and catch cold after death They go Backward in Lu. So so they 'r gone 't was my ingenious rascal But how dost thou know he made vows to another Boy I over-heard the woman talk to night on 't But now let 's lose no time Sir pray le ts bury This Gentlewoman where 's my Mistress Enter Mistress Mi. Here I durst not tarry Lu. We ha so cosen'd the old forty i' th hundred And the devil hinder him not he 'll go a pilgrimage But come about our business set her down again Mar. Oh! Lur. She groans ha Mar. Oh! Lur. Again she stirs Mi. Le ts fly or else we shall be torn in pieces Lur. And you be good at that bury your self Or let the Sexton take ye for his fee Away boy Exit Mar. I am very cold dead cold Where am I What 's this a Coffin where have I been Mercy defend me Ha I do remember I was betray'd and swounded my heart akes I am wondrous hungry too dead bodies eat not Sure I was meant for burial I am frozen Death ' like a cake of Ice dwells round about me Darkness spreads o're the world too where what path Best providence direct me Exit Actus Tertius Enter Lady Wildbraine Women Toby La. Thou art the most unfortunate fellow Wil. Why Aunt what have I done La. The most malicious varlet Thy wicked head never at rest but hammering And haching hellish things and to no purpose So thou mayst have thy base will Wi. Why do you rail thus Cannot a scurvy accident fall out But I must be at one end on 't La. Thou art at both ends Wi. Cannot young sullen wenches play the fools And marry and dye but I must be the agent All that I did and if that be an injury Let the world judge it was but to perswade her And as I take it I was bound to it too To make the reverend coxcombe her husband Cuckold What else could I advise her was there harm i'th is You are of years and have run through experience Would you be content if you were young again To have a continual cough grow to your pillow A rottenness that vaults are perfumes to Hang in your roof and like a fog infect you Anointed hammes to keep his hinges turning Reek ever in your nose and twenty night caps With twenty several sweats To. Some Jew some Justice A thousand heathen smels to say truth Madam And would you mellow my young pretty Mistriss In such a mis-ken La. Sirra Where 's the body of my Girl Wi. I know not I am no Conjurer you may look the body I was like to be stol'n away my self the Spirit Had like to ha surpris'd me in the shape of a woman Of a young woman and you know those are dangerous To. So had I Madam simply though I stand here I had been ravish'd too I had twenty Spirits In every corner of the house a Fiend met me La. You lye like Raskals Was Mistriss Newlove such a spirit Sir To fright your worship Well I discharge you Sir y' are now at liberty Live where you please and do what pranks you fancy You know your substance though you are my Nephew I am no way bound Sir to protect your mischief So fare you well Wi. Farewell good Aunt I thank you Adiew honest Nick the devil if he have power Will persecute your old bones for this Marriage Farewell Mistress Win. To. And
For a stronger lace to keep my breath That I may laugh the nine days till the wonder Fall to an ebb the high and mighty Duchess The high and mighty God what a stile is this Methinks it goes like a Duchy lope-man A ladder of 100 rounds will fail To reach the top on 't well my gentle Cosin I know by these contents your itch of honor You must to the Court you say and very shortly You shall be welcome and if your wife have wit I 'll put her in a thriving course if not Her own sin on her own head not a blot Shall stain my reputation only this I must for healths sake sometimes make an ass Of the tame moil my Husband 't will do him good And give him fresher brains Me fresher bloud Now for the noble Duke I hear him coming Enter Duke his train Your Grace is well return'd Duke As well as may be Never in younger health never more able I mean to be your bed-fellow this night Let me have good encounter Bew. Bless me heaven What a hot meat this greatness is Long. It may be so For I 'll be sworn he hath not got a snap This two months on my knowledge or her woman Is damn'd for swearing it Duke I thank you Gentlemen for your attendance And also your great pains pray know my Lodgings Petter and oftner do so Gentlemen Now by my honor as I am a Prince I speak 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 Jaq. Your Grace Du. Be ready for the Countrey And let my Tenants know the Kings great love Say I would see them but the weight at Court Lies heavy on my shoulders let them know I do expect their duties in attendance Against the next feast wait for my coming To take up Post-horse and be full of speed Exit Jaq. Wife I would desire your Grace Du. You shall desire and have your Fâ—ll desire sweet Duchess speak Wife To have some conference with a Gentleman That seems not altogether void of reason He talks of Titles and things near the Crown And knowing none so fit as your 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 strain is noble But he 's very subtle Duke Let him be so Let him have all the brains I shall demonstrate How this most Christian Crown of France can bear No other shew of Title than the Kings â— will go in and meditate for half an hour â—nd then be ready for him presently â— will convert him quickly or confound him Serv. Is mad Shattillion here Wife Is here and 's Lady I prethee servant fetch him hither Serv. Why what do you mean to put him to Wife To chat with the mad lad my Husband 'T will be brave to hear them speak babble Stare and prate Bew. But what shall be the end of all this Lady Enter Shattillion and Lady Wife Leave that to me now for the grand dispute For see here comes Shattillion as I live methiâ—ks All France should bear part of his griess Long. I 'll 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 Serv His Majesty hath sent by me your pardon He meant not you should dye but would intreat you To laâ— 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 wisdom will confute you Or else inform and satisfie the King Bew. May 't please your grace this is the Genâ—leman Duke Is this he that chops Logick with my Liege Shat. D' ye mock me you are great the time will come When you shall be as much contemn'd as I Where are the antient compliments of France The upstarts brave the Princes of the bloud Duke Your Title Sir in short Shat. He must Sir Be a better States-man than your self that can Trip me in any thing I will not speak Before these witnesses Duke Depart the room for none shall stay No not my dearest Duchess Wife We 'll stand behind the Arras and hear all Exeunt Duke In that chair 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 concern us as Pharamond With Clodian Meroveus and Chilperick And to come down unto the second Race Which we will likewise slip Duke But take me with you Shat. I pray you give me leave of Martel Charles The Father of King Pippin who was Sire To Charles the Great and famous Charlemain And to come to the third Race of French Kings Which will not be greatly pertinent in this cause Betwixt the King and me of which you know HVGH CAPET was the first Next his Son Robert Henry then and Philip With Lewis and his Son a Lewis too And of that name the Seventh but all this Springs from a Female as it shall appear Duke Now give me leave I grant you this your Title At the first sight carries some shew of truth But if ye weigh it well ye shall find light Is not his Majesty possest in peace And justice executed in his name And can you think the most Christian King Would do this if he saw not reason for it Shat. But had not the Tenth Lewis a sole Daughter Duke I cannot tell Shat. But answer me directly Duke It is a most seditious question Shat. Is this your justice Duke I stand for my King Shat. Was ever Heir-apparant thus abus'd I 'll have your head for this Duke Why do your worst Shat. Will no one stir to apprehend this Traitor A guard about my person will none come Must my own royal hands perform the deed Then thus I do arrest you Duke Treason help Enter Wife Long. Bew. and Serv. Wife Help help my Lord and Husband Duke Help the Duke Long. Forbear his grace's person Shat. Forbear you to touch him that Your Heir-apparent weds But by this hand I will have all your heads Exit Serv. How doth your Grace Duke Why well Serv. How do you find his Title Duke 'T is a dangerous one As can come by a female Serv. I 't is true But the Law Salique cuts him off from all Long. I do beseech your Grace how stands his Title Duke Pew nothing the Law Salique cuts him off from all Wife My gracious Husband you must now prepare In all your Graces pomp to entertain Your Cosin who is now a convertite And follows here this night he will be here Duke Be ready all in haste I do intend To
Instantly Pol Not so But take a time when his joy swels him most When his delights are high and ravishing When you perceive his Soul dance in his eyes When she that must be his hath drest her beauty With all her pride and sends a thousand Cupids To call him to the tasting of her lip Then give him this and tell him while I live I 'll pray for him Ser. I shall Exeunt Enter Cassander and Lisimachus Cas There is no way but death Lisi That 's black and horrid Consider Sir it was her sin not his I cannot accuse him what man could carry A heart so frozen not to melt at such A glorious flame Who could not fly to such A happiness Cas Have you ambition To be a tame fool see so vast an injury And not revenge it make me not suspect Thy Mother for this sufferance my Son Lis Pray hear me Sir Cas Hear a patient gull A property thou hast no blood of mine If this affront provoke thee not how canst Be charitable to thy self and let him live To glory in thy shame Nor is he innocent He had before crept slily into her bosome And practised thy dishonor Lisi You begin to stir me Sir Cas How else could she be guilty Of such contempt of thee and in the eye Of all the Kingdom they conspir'd this stain When they had cunning meetings shall thy love And blooming hopes be scatter'd thus and Lisimachus Stand idle gazer Lisi What Sir will his death Advantage us if she be false to me So irreligious and to touch her person Pause we may be observed Enter Philocles and Lisander Lisa 'T is the Protector And his son Phi. Alas poor Gentleman I pitty His neglect but am not sorry for his Father Phi. 'T is a strange turne Lisa The whirligigs of Women Phi. Your Graces servant Cas I am yours Gentlemen And should be happy to deserve your loves Phi. Now he can flatter Lisa In't Sir to inlarge your sufferings I have A heart doth wish The Qeeen had known better to reward Your love and merit Lisa If you would express Your love to me pray do not mention it I must obey my fate Phi. She will be married To t'other Gentleman for certain then Cas I hope you 'll wish 'em joy Phi. Indeed I will Sir Lisa Your Graces servant Exit Cas We are grown Ridiculous the pastime of the Court Here comes another Enter Seleucus Sel. Where 's your Son my Lord Cas Like a neglected servant of his Mistress Sel. I would ask him a question Cas What Sel. Whether the Queen As 't is reported lov'd him he can tell Whether she promis'd what they talke of marriage Cas I can resolve you that Sir Sel. She did promise Cas Yes Sel. Then shee 's a Woman and your Son Cas What Sel. Not worthy his blood and expectation If he be calme Cas There 's no opposing destiny Sel. I would cut the Throat Cas Whose throat Sel. The destinies that 's all your pardon Sir I am Seleucus still a poor shadow o th' World a walking picture it concerns Not me I am forgotten by my stars Cas The Queen with more discretion might ha chosen Thee Sel. Whom Cas Thee Seleucus Sel. Me I cannot dance and frisk with due activity My body is lead I have too much phlegme what should I do with a Kingdome no Arcadius Becomes the cushion and can please yet setting Aside the trick that Ladies of Blood look at Another Man might make a shift to weare Rich Clothes sit in the chair of state and nod Dare venture on discourse that does not trench On compliment and think the study of Armes And Arts more commendable in a Gentleman Than any Galliard Cas Arcadius And you were reconcil'd Sel. We yes oh yes But 't is not manners now to say we are friends At our equality there had been reason But now subjection is the word Cas They are not Yet married Sel. I 'll make no Oath upon 't My Lord Lisimachus A word you 'll not be angry if I love you May not a Batchellor be made a Cuckold Lisi How Sir Cas Lisimachus this Gentleman Is worth our embrace hee 's spirited And may be useful Sel. Hark you can you tell Where 's the best Dancing-master and you mean To rise at Court practise to caper farewel The noble science that makes work for cutlers It will be out of fashion to weare swords Masques and devices welcome I salute you Is it not pitty any division Should be heard out of Musick Oh 't will be An excellent age of crotchets and of Canters Buy Captains that like fools will spend your blood Out of your Country you will be of less Use than your feathers if you return unman'd You shall be beaten soon to a new march When you shall think it a discretion To sell your glorious buffes to buy fine pumps And pantables this is I hope no treason Enter Arcadius leading the Queen Charia Eubulus Lisander Philocles Polidora servant Cas Wot stay Lisimachus Lisi Yes Sir And shew a patience above her injury Arc. This honor is too much Madam assume Your place and let Arcadius waite still 'T is happiness enough to be your servant Cas Now he dissembles Que. Sir you must sit Arc. I am Obedient Que. This is not Musick Sprightly enough it feeds the soul with melancholy How sayes Arcadius Arc. Give me leave to think There is no harmony but in your voice And not an accent of your heavenly tongue But strikes me into rapture I incline To think the tale of Orpheus no fable 'T is possible he might inchant the Rocks And charme the Forrest soften hell hell it self With his commanding Lute it is no miracle To what you work whose very breath conveyes The hearer into Heaven how at your lips Day-winds gather Perfumes proudly glide away To disperse sweetness round about the world Sel. Fine stuff Que. You cannot flatter Arc. Not if I should say Nature had plac'd you here the creatures wonder And her own spring from which all excellence On Earth's deriv'd and copyed forth and when The character of fair and good in others Is quite worne out and lost looking on you It is supply'd and you alone made mortal To feed and keep alive all beauty Sel. Ha ha Can you indure it Gentlemen Lisa What do you meane Sel. Nay ask him what he meanes mine is a down Right laugh Que. Well Sir proceed Arc. At such bright eyes the stars do light themselves At such a forehead Swans renew their white From such a lip the morning gathers blushes Sel. The morning is more modest than thy praises VVhat a thing does he make her Arc. And when you flie to Heaven and leave this work No longer maintenance of goodness from you Then Poetry shall lose all use with us And be no more since nothing in your absence Is left that can be worthy of a Verse Sel. Ha ha Que. VVhos 's that Sel. 'T was I
Of mens miseries yet we two living We could cross her purpose for 't is impossible She could cure us we are so excellent in our afflictions It would be more than glory to her blindness And stile her power beyond her pride to quit us Nicu. Do they live still Sebast Yes and make to harbor Nicu. Most miserable men I grieve 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 shouts of joy they make Nicu. Alas poor wretches had they but once experience Of this Island they 'd turn their tunes to wailings Sebast Nay to curses That ever they set foot on such calamities Here 's nothing but Rocks and barrenness Hunger and cold to eat here 's no Vineyards To cheer the heart of man no Christal 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 look on our distresses For fear she turn wild like the place and barren Nicu. Oh 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 Pirats that displanted us That flung us from that happiness we found there Constrain'd us to Sea to save our lives honors and our riches With all we had our kinsmen and our jewels In hope to find some place free from such robbers Where a mighty storm sever'd our Barks That where my Wife my Daughter And my noble Ladies that went with her Virgins and loving souls to scape those Pirats Nicus They are yet living such goodness cannot perish Sebast But never to me Cosin Never to me again what bears their Flag-staves Nicu. The Arms 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 apace they 'll flie as fast When once they find the place what 's that which swims there Ni. A strong young man Sir with a handsom woman Hanging about his neck Sebast That shews some honor May thy brave charity what e'er thou art Be spoken in a place that may renown thee And not dye here Nicus The Boat it seems turn'd over So forced to their shifts yet all are landed They 're Pirates on my life Sebast They will not rob us For none will take out misery for riches Come Cosin let 's descend and try their pities If we get off a little hope walks 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 Sailors Tib. Wet come ashore my mates we are safe arrived yet Mast Thanks to heavens goodness no man lost The Ship rides fair too and her leaks in good plight Alb. The weathers turn'd more courteous How does my Dear Alas how weak she is and wet Amint. I am glad yet I scap'd with life Which certain noble Captain next to heavens goodness I must thank you for and which is more Acknowledge your dear tenderness your firm love To your unworthy Mistriss and recant too Indeed I must those harsh opinions Those cruel unkind thoughts I heapt upon ye Farther than that I must forget your injuries So far I am ti'd and fet'red to your service Believe me I will learn to love Alb. I thank ye Madam And it shall be my practise to serve What cheer companions Tib. No great cheer Sir a piece of souc'd Bisket And halfe a hard egg for the Sea has taken order Being young and strong we shall not surfet Captain For mine own part I 'll dance till I 'm dry Come Surgeon out with your Clister-pipe And strike a Galliard Alb. What a brave day again And what fair weather after so foul a storm La mure I an 't pleas'd 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 too I lost all I ha'n't another shirt to put upon me nor cloaths But these poor rags I had fifteen fair suits 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 scabs No antient monuments of Madam Venus Thou hast a suit then will pose the cunning'st Tailor That will never turn fashion nor forsake thee Till thy executors the Worms uncase thee They take off glorious sutes Franvile thou art happy Thou art deliver'd of 'em here are no Brokers No Alchymists to turn 'em into Mettal Nor leather'd Captains with Ladies to adore 'em Wilt thou see a Dog-fish rise in one of thy brave doublets And tumble like a tub to make thee merry Or an old Haddock rise with thy hatch'd sword Thou paid'st a hundred Crowns for A Mermaid in a Mantle of your Worships Or a Dolphin in your double Ruffe Fran. Ye are merry but if I take it thus If I be foisted and jeer'd out of my goods La-m. Nor I I vow thee Nor Master nor Mate I see your cunning Alb. Oh be not angry Gentlemen Moril. Yes Sir we have reason And some friends I can make Mast What I did Gentlemen was for the general safety If ye aim at me I am not so tame Tib. Pray take my counsel Gallants Fight not till the Surgeon be well He 's damnable sea-sick and may spoil all Besides he has lost his Fiddlestick and the best Box of Bores-grease why do you make such faces And hand your swords Alb. Who would ye fight with Gentlemen Who has done ye wrong for shame be better temper'd No sooner come to give thanks for our safeties But we must raise new civil broils amongst us Inslame those angry powers to shower new vengeance on us What can we expect for these unmanly murmurs These strong temptations of their holy pitties But plagues in another kind a fuller so dreadful That the singing storms are slumbers to it Tib. Be men and rule your minds If you will needs fight Gentlemen And think to raise new riches by your valours Have at ye I have little else to do now I have said my prayers you say you have lost And make your loss your quarrel And grumble at my Captain here and the Master Two worthy persons indeed too worthy for such rascals Thou Galloon gallant and Mammon you That build on golden Mountains thou Money-Maggot Come all draw your swords ye say ye are miserable Alb. Nay hold good Tibalt Tib. Captain let me correct 'em I 'll make ye ten times worse I will not leave 'em For look ye fighting is as nourishing to me as eating I was
Clarinda Juletta Crocale Hippolita Cla. Out thou base woman I 'll shoot 'em both Cro. Nay stay brave Lady hold A suddain death cuts off a Nobler vengeance Cla. Am I made Bawd to your lascivious meetings Are ye grown so wise in sin Shut up that villany and sirrah Now expect my utmost anger Let him there starve Alb. I mock at your mischiefs Exit Cla. Tie that false witch unto that Tree There let that savage beasts Gnaw off her sweetness 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 only my last audit and my greatest Oh Heaven be kind unto me And if it be thy Will preserve Enter Raymond Ray. Who is this Sure 't is a woman I have trode this place And found much footing now I know 't is peopl'd Ha let me see 't is her face Oh Heaven turn this way Maid Amin. Oh Raymond oh Brother Raym. Her tongue too 't is my Sister what rude hand Nay kiss me first Oh joy Amin. Fly fly dear 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. Oh brother brother Cla. Away with 'em and in dark prisons bind ' em One word reply'd ye die both Now brave â—other follow thy noble anger And â—â—l help thee Exeunâ— 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 Pirats Digs up her Fathers or her Brothers Tomb And spurns about their ashes Couldst thou remember what a Father thou hadst once 'T would steel thy heart against all foolish pity By his memory'and the remembrance of his dear embraces I am taught that in a Noble cause revenge is Noble And they shall fall the sacrifices to appease His wandring Ghost and my incensed fury Cla. The new come prisoner too Ros He too yet that we may learn Whether they are the same or near ally'd To those that forc'd me to this cruel course Better their poor allowance and permit 'em To meet together and confer Within the distance of your ear perhaps They may discover something that may kill Despair in me and be a means to save 'em From certain ruine Ceo. That shall be my charge Ros Yet to prevent All hope of rescue for this new-come Captain Hath both a Ship and Men not far from us Though ignorant to find the only Port That can yield entrance to our happy Island Guard the place strongly and e'r the next Sun Ends his diurnal progress I will be Happy in my revenge or set 'em free Exteunt Enter Crocale Juletta Hippolita A Table furnish'd 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 doors too of the several prisons And give all free entrance into this room Undiscover'd I can here mark all Enter Tib. Mast Here 's Captain careless and the tough Ship-master The slaves are nos'd like Vultures How wild they look Tib. Ha the mistery of this â—ome good Hobgoblin rise and reveal Mast I 'm amazed at it nor can I sound the intent Tib. Is not this bread â—ubstantial bread not painted Mast But take heed You may be poisoned Tib. I am sure I am famish'd And famine as the wise man says Gripes the guts as much as any Mineral This may be Treacle sent to preserve me After a long Fast or be it Vipers spittle â—'ll run the hazard Mast We are past all fear I 'll take part with ye Tib. Do and now i'faith how d' ye feel your self find great ease in 't What 's here Vine and it be thy Will â—trong lusty Wine Well fools may talk Of Mythridate Cordials and Elixirs But from my youth this was my only Physick Here 's a colour what Ladies cheek Though cerus'd over comes near it â—t sparkles too hangs out Diamonds Oh my sweet-heart how I will hug thee Again and again They are poor drunkards And not worth thy favors That number thy moist kisses in these Crystals Mast But Mounsieur â—ere are Suckets and sweet dishes Tib. Tush boys meat â— am past it here 's strong food fit for men Nectar old lad Mistriss of merry hearts Once more I am bold with you Mast Take heed man Too much will breed distemper Tib. Hast thou liv'd at Sea The most part of thy life where to be sober While we have Wine aboard is capital Treason And dost thou preach sobriety Mast Prethee forbear We may offend in it we know not for whom â—t was provided Tib. I am sure for me therefore footra When I am full let 'em hang me I care not Enter Albert Aminta Raymond Lamure Morrillat Franvile severally Mast This has been his temper ever â—â—e provoking dishes candid Eringoes â—nd Potatoes Tib. I 'll not touch 'em I will drink But not a bit on a march I 'll be an Eunuch rather Mast Who are these Tib Marry who you will â— keep my Text here Alb. Raymond Ray. Albert Tib. Away I 'll be drunk alone Keep off Rogues or I 'll belch ye into air â—ot a drop here Amint. Dear brother put not in your eyes such anger Those looks poison'd with fury shot at him â—efâ—ect on me Oh brother look milder or The Crystal of his temperance Will turn 'em on your self Alb. Sir I have sought ye long To find your pardon you have plough'd the Ocean To wreak your vengeance on me for the rape Of this fair Virgin Now our fortune guides us To meet on such hard terms that we need rather â— mutual pitty of our present state Than to expostulate of breaches past Which cannot be made up And though it be Far from your power to force me to confess That I have done ye wrong or such submission Failing to make my peace to vent your anger You being your self slav'd as I to others Yet for you Sisters sake her blessed sake In part of recompence of what she has suffer'd For my rash folly the contagion Of my black actions catching hold upon Her purer innocence I crave your mercy And wish however several motives kept us From being friends while we had hope to live Let death which we expect and cannot fly from End all contention Tib. Drink upon 't 't is a good motion Ratifie it in Wine and 't is authentical Ray. When I consider The ground of our long difference and look on Our not to be avoided miseries It doth beget in me I know not how A soft Religious tenderness which tells me Though we have many
not to be broken with the marriage Of young Mentivole and fair Clarissa So you consent great Lady your Biancha Shall call Caesario Husband Julia. 'T is a motion I gladly yield to Cesar One in which you make a sad man happy Offers to kneel Bian. Kneel not all forgiven Duke With the Duke your Uncle I will make attonement and will have no denial Enter Host Forobosco Clown and Officers Mar. Let this day be still held sacred Host Now if you can conjure let the Devil unbind you Foro. We are both undone Clow. Already we feel it Host Justice Sir Duke What are they Pros I can resolve you slaves freed from the Gallies By the Viceroy of Sicilia Duke What 's their offence Host The robbing me of all my Plate and Jewels I mean the attempting of it Clow. Please your Grace I will now discover this Varlet in earnest this honest pestilent rogue profest the Art of Conjuring but all the skill that ever he had in the black Art was in making a Seacole fire only with wearing strange shapes he begot admiration amongst Fools and Women Foro. Wilt thou peach thou varlet Duke Why does he goggle with his eyes and stalke so Clow. This is one of his Magical raptures Foro. I do vilifie your censure you demand if I am guilty whir says my cloak by a trick of Legerdemain now I am not guilty I am guarded with innocence pure Silver Laceâ— assure you Clow. Thus have I read to you your virtues which notwithstanding I would not have you proud of Foro. Out thou concealment of Tallow and counterfeit Mummia Duke To the Gallies with them both Clow. The only Sea-physick for a knave is to be basted in a Gally with the oil of a Bulls Peesel Foro. And will not you make a sour face at the same sauce sirrah I hope to find thee so lean in one fortnight thou mayst be drawn by the ears through the hoop of a a firkin Duke Divide them and away with them to th' Gallies Clow. This will take down your pride Jugler Duke This day that hath given birth to blessings beyond hope admits no criminal sentence to the Temple and there with humbleness praise heavens bounties For blessings ne'er descend from thence but when A sacrifice in thanks ascends from men Exeunt omnes CUPIDS REVENGE The Persons represented in the Play Cupid Leontius the old Duke of Lycia Leucippus Son to the Duke Ismenus Nephew to the Duke Telamon a Lycian Lord. Courtiers Dorialus Agenor Nisus Timantus a villainous Sycophant The Priest of Cupid Four young Men and Maids Nilo sent in Commission to pull down Cupid's Image Zoilus Leucipp us's Dwarf Four Citizens Women Hidaspes Daughter to the Duke Cleophila and Hero her Attendants Bacha a Strumpet Urania her Daughter Bacha's Maid Urania's Maid Servants and Attendants Actus Primus Scaena Prima Enter Dorialus Agenor Nisus Agenor TRust me my Lord Dorialus I had mist of this if you had not call'd me I thought the Princesses birth-day had been to morrow Nisus Why did your Lordship sleep out the day Dor. I marvel what the Duke meant to make such an idle vow Nis Idle why Dor. Is' t not idle to swear to grant his Daughter any thing she shall ask on her birth-day she may ask an impossible thing and I pray heaven she do not ask an unfit thing at one time or other 't is dangerous trusting a mans vow upon the discretion on 's Daughter Age. I wonder most at the Marquiss her Brother who is always vehemently forward to have her desires granted Dor. He 's acquainted with 'em before Age. She 's doubtless very chaste and virtuous Dor. So is Leucippus her brother Nis She 's twenty year old I wonder She aske not a Husband Dor. That were a folly in her having refus'd all the Great Princes in one part of the world She 'll die a Maid Age. She may ask but one may she Nis A hundred times this day if she will And indeed every day is such a day for though The Duke has vow'd it only on this day He keeps it every day he can deny Her nothing Cornets Enter Hidaspes Leucippus Leontius Timantas Tellamon Leon. Come fair Hidaspes thou art Duchess to day Art thou prepar'd to aske thou knowest My oath will force performance And Leucippus if she now ask ought that shall Or would have performance After my death when by the help of heaven This Land is thine accursed be thy race May every one forget thou art my Son And so their own obedience Leucip. Mighty Sir I do not wish to know that fatal hour That is to make me King but if I do I shall most hastily and like a Son Perform your grant to all chiefly to her Remember that you aske what we Agreed upon Leon. Are you prepar'd then speak Hida. Most Royal Sir I am prepar'd Nor shall my Will exceed a Virgins bounds What I request shall both at once bring Me a full content Leon. So it ever does Thou only comfort of my feeble age Make known thy good desire For I dare swear thou lov'st me Hidas. This is it I beg And on my knees The people of your Land The Lycians are through all the Nations That know their name noted to have in use A vain and fruitless superstition So much more hateful that it bears the shew Of true Religion and is nothing else But a false-pleasing bold lasciviousness Leon. What is it Hidas Many ages before this When every man got to himself a Trade And was laborious in that chosen course Hating an idle life far worse than death Some one that gave himself to Wine and Sloth Which breed lascivious thoughts And found himself conjoyn'd For that by every painful man To take his stain away fram'd to himself A god whom he pretended to obey In being thus dishonest for a name He call'd him Cupid This created god Mans nature being ever credulous Of any vice that takes part with his blood Had ready followers enow and since In every age they grew especially Amongst your Subjects who do yet remain Adorers of that drowsie Deitie Which drink invented and the winged Boy For so they call him has his sacrifices These loose naked statues through the Land And in every Village nay the palace Is not free from ' em This is my request That these erect obscene Images May be pluckt down and burnt and every man That offers to 'em any sacrifice may lose his life Leon. But be advis'd my fairest daughter if he be A god he will express it upon thee my child Which heaven avert Leucip. There is no such power But the opinion of him fills the Land With lustful sins every young man and maid That feel the least desire to one another Dare not suppress it for they think it is Blind Cupid's motion and he is a god Leon. This makes our youth unchaste I am resolv'd Nephew Ismenus break the Statues down Here in the Palace
had agreed â— lye with her wou'd I might perish then Our Mothers whom we all must reverence Could nere exceed her for her chastitie Upon my soul for by this light she 's A most obstinate modest creature Leon. What did you with her then so long Leucippus Leu. I 'll tell you Sir You see she 's beautifull Leon. I see it well Leu. Mov'd by her face I came with lustful thoughts Which was a fault in me But telling truth something more pardonable And for the world I will not lye to you Proud of my self I thought a Princes name Had power to blow 'em down flat of their backs But here I found a Rock not to be shook For as I hope for good Sir all the battery That I could lay to her or of my person My greatness or gold could nothing move her Leon. 'T is very strange being so young and fair Leu. She 's almost thirty Sir Leon. How do you know her age so just Leu. She told it me her self Once when she went about to shew by reason I should leave wooing her Leon. She stains the ripest Virgins of her age Leu. If I had sin'd with her I would be loth To publish her disgrace but by my life I would have told it you because I think You would have pardon'd me the rather And I will tell you father By this light Sir But that I never will bestow my self But to your liking if she now would have me I now would marry her Leon. How 's that Leucippus Leu. Sir will you pardon me one fault which yet I have not done but had a will to do and I will tell it Leon. Be 't what it will I pardon thee Leu. I offered marriage to her Leon. Did she refuse it Leucip. With that earnestnss and almost scorn To think of any other after her lost Mate that she Made me think my self unworthy of her Leon. You have stay'd too long Leucippus Leu. Yes Sir forgive me Heaven what multitude Of oaths have I bestow'd on lies and yet they were Officious lyes there was no malice in ' em Leon. She is the fairest creature that ever I beheld And then so chaste 't is wonderfull the more I look On her the more I am amaz'd I have long thought of a wife and one I would have Had but that I was afraid to meet a woman That might abuse my age but here she is Whom I may trust to of a chastitie Impregnable and approved so by my son The meaness of her birth will still preserve her In due obedience and her beauty is Of force enough to pull me back to youth My son once sent away whose rivall-ship I have just cause to fear if power of gold Or wit can win her to me she is mine Nephew Ismenus I have new intelligence Your Province is unquiet still Ismen I am glad on 't Leon. And so dangerously that I must send the Prince in person with you Ismen I am glad of that too Sir will you dispatch Us we shall wither here for ever Leon. You shall be dispatcht within this hour Leucippus never wonder nor ask it must be thus Lady I ask your pardon whose virtue I have Slubberd with my tongue and you shall ever be Chast in my memory hereafter But we old men often doat to make amends for My great fault receive that Ring I 'm sorry for your grief may it soon leave you Come my Lords le ts begon Exeunt Bacha Heaven bless your Grace One that had but so much modestie left as to blush Or shrink a little at his first encounter Had been undone where I come off with honor And gain too they that never wou'd be tract In any course by the most subtle sense Must bear it through with frontless impudence Exit Enter Dorialus Agenor Nisus Dor. Gentlemen this is a strange peece of Justice To put the wretched Dwarf to death because She doated on him Is she not a woman and Subject to those mad figaries her whole Sex Is infected with Had she lov'd you or you or I Or all on 's as indeed the more the merryer still With them must we therefore have our heads par'd With a Hatchet So she may love all the Nobility Out o' th Dukedome in a month and let the raskals in Nis You will not or you do not see the need That makes this just to the world Dor. I cannot tell I would be loth to feel it But the best is she loves not proper men we three Were in wise cases else but make me know this need Eis Why yes He being taken away this base incontinence dyes presently and she must see her shame and sorrow for it Dor. Pray God she do but was the Sprat beheaded Or did they swing him about like a chickin and so break his neck Agen. Yes he was beheaded and a solemn Justice made of it Dor. That might have been deducted Agenor Why how would you have had him dyed Dori. Faith I would have had him rosted like a warden in a brown paper and no more talk on 't or a feather stuck in 's head like a Quail or a hanged him in a Dog-coller what should he be beheaded we shall have it grow so base shortly Gentlemen will be out of love with it Nis I wonder from whence this of the Dwarf 's first sprung Dor. From an old leacherous pair of breeches that lay upon a wench to keep her warm for certainly they are no mans work and I am sure a Monkey would get one of the guard to this fellow he was no bigger than a small Portmanteu and much about that making if'tad legs Age. But Gentlemen what say you to the Prince Nis I concerning his being sent I know not whither Dorialus Why then he will come home I know not when you shall pardon me I 'll talk no more of this subject but say gods be with him where ere he is and send him well home again For why he is gone or when he will return let them know that directed him Only this there 's mad Morisco's in the state but what they are I 'll tell you when I know Come let 's go hear all and say nothing Agen. Content Exeunt Enter Timantus and Telamon Tela. Timantus is the Duke ready yet Tima. Almost Tela. What ails him Tima. Faith I know not I think he has dreamt he 's but eighteen has been worss since he sent you forth for the frizling iron Tel. That cannot be he lay in Gloves all night and this morning I brought him a new Periwig with a lock at it and knockt up a swing in 's chamber Tim. O but since his Taylor came and they have fallen out about the fashion on 's cloaths and yonder 's a fellow come has board a hole in 's ear and he has bespoke a Vaulting-horse you shall see him come forth presently he looks like Winter stuck here and there with fresh flowers Tela. Will he not
before you out alas you scorn me And teach me what to doe Leu. No you are my Mother Bacha Far unworthy of that name God knows But trust me here before these Lords I am no more but Nurse unto the Duke Nor will I breed a faction in the State It is too much for me that I am rais'd Unto his bed and will remain the servant Of you that did it Leu. Madam I will serve you As shall become me O dissembling woman Whom I must reverence though Take from thy Quiver â—ure-aim'd Apollo one of thy swift darts Headed with thy consuming golden beams And let it melt this body into mist That none may find it Bac. Shall I beg my Lords This Room in private for the Prince and me Exeunt all but Leu. and Bach. Leu. What will she say now Bach. I must still enjoy him Yet there is still left in me a spark of woman That wishes he should move it buâ— he stands As if he grew there with his eyes on earth Sir you and I when we were last together Kept not this distance as we were afraid Of blasting by our selves Leu. Madam 't is true Heaven pardon it Bach. Amen Sir You may think that I have done you wrong in this strange marriage Leu. 'T is past now Bach. But it was no fault of mine The world had call'd me mad had I refus'd The King nor layd I any train to catch him It was your own Oaths did it Leu. 'T is a truth that takes my sleep away but Would to Heaven if it had so been pleas'd you had Refus'd him though I had gratifi'd that courtesie With having you my self But since 't is thus I doe beseech you that you will be honest From henceforth and not abuse his credulous Age Which you may easily doe As for my self What I can say you know alas too well Is ty'd within me here it will sit like lead But shall offend no other it will pluck me Back from my ent'rance into any mirth As if a servant came and whisper'd with me Of some friends death but I will bear my self To you with all the due obedience A son owes to a Mother more than this Is not in me but I must leave the rest to the Just gods who in their blessed time When they have given me punishment enough For my rash Sin will mercifully find As unexpected means to ease my grief As they did now to bring it Bac. Grown so godly this must not be And I will be to you no other than a natural Mother ought And for my honesty so you will swear Never to urge me I shall keep it safe from any other Leu. Bless me I should urge you Bacha Nay but swear then that I may be at peace For I doe feel a weakness in my self That can denie you nothing if you tempt me I shall embrace Sin as it were a friend and run to meet it Leu. If you knew how far It were from me you would not urge an Oath But for your satisfaction when I tempt you Bac. Swear not I cannot move him this sad talk Of things past help does not become us well Shall I send one for my Musicians and we 'll dance Leu. Dance Madam Bac. Yes Alaualta Leu. I cannot dance Madam Bac. Then le ts be merry Leu. I am as my Fortunes bid me Do not you see me sowr Bac. Yes And why think you I smile Leu. I am so far from any joy my self I cannot fancie a cause of mirth Bac. I 'll tell you we are alone Leu. Alone Bac. Yes Leu. 'T is true what then Bac. What then you make my smiling now Break into laughter what think you is to be done then Leu. We shou'd pray to Heaven for mercy Bacha Pray that were a way indeed To pass the time but I will make you blush To see a bashfull woman teach a man What we should doe alone try again If you can find it out Leu. I dare not think I understand you Bac. I must teach you then Come kiss me Leu. Kiss you Bac. Yes be not asham'd You did it not your self I will forgive you Leue. Keep you displeas'd gods the due respect I ought to bear unto this wicked woman As she is now my Mother Haste within me Lest I add sins to sins till no repentance will cure me Bac. Leave these melancholly moods That I may swear thee welcome on thy Lipps A thousand times Leue. Pray leave this wicked talk You doe not know to what my Fathers wrong May urge me Bac. I 'm careless and doe weigh The world my life and all my after hopes Nothing without thy Love mistake me not Thy Love as I have had it free and open As wedlock is within it self what say you Leu. Nothing Bac. Pitty me behold a Duchess Kneels for thy mercie and I swear to you Though I should lye with you it is no Lust For it desires no change I could with you Content my self what answer will you give Leue. They that can answer must be less amaz'd Than I am now you see my tears deliver My meaning to you Bac. Shall I be contem'd thou art a beast worse than a savage beast To let a Lady kneel to beg that thing Which a right man would offer Leu. 'T is your will Heaven but let me hear me like My self how ever she does Bac. Were you made an Eunuch since you went hence Yet they have more desire than I can find in you How sond was I to beg thy love I 'll force thee to my will Dost thou not know that I can make the King Dote as my list yield quickly or by Heaven I 'll have thee kept in prison for my purpose Where I will make thee serve my turn and have thee fed With such meats as best shall sit my ends And not thy health why dost not speak to me And when thou dost displease me and art grown Less able to perform then I will have thee Kill'd and forgotten Are you striken dumb Leu. All you have nam'd but making of me sin With you you may command but never that Say what you will I 'll hear you as becomes me If you speak I will not follow your counsell Neither will I tell the world to your disgrace But give you the just honor That is due from me to my Father's wife Bac. Lord how full of wise formality you 'r grown Of late but you were telling me You could have wisht that I had marry'd you If you will swear so yet I 'll make away the King Leue. You are a strumpet Bacha Nay I care not For all your Railings They will Batter walls And take in Towns as soon as trouble me Tell him I care not I shall undoe you only which is no matter Leu. I appeal to you still and for ever that are And cannot be other Madam I see 't is in your power To work your will on him And I desire you To lay what trains
go ill deny it boldly Sir trust me he cannot prove it by you Leu. What Bach. You 'll make all worse too with your facing it Leuc. What is the matter Leon. Know'st thou that petition Look on it well wouldst thou be joyn'd with me Unnaturall child to be weary of me E'r Fate esteem me sit for other worlds Bac. May be he knows not of it Leu. Oh strange carriages Sir as I have hope that there is any thing To reward doing well my usages Which have been but 't is no matter what Have put me so far from the thought of Greatness That I should welcome it like a disease That grew upon me and I could not cure They are my enemies that gave you this And yet they call me friend and are themselves I fear abus'd I am weary of my life For Gods sake take it from me it creates More mischief in the State than it is worth The usage I have had I know would make Wisdom her self run frantick through the streets And Patience quarrel with her shadow Sir this sword Bac. Alas help for the love of Heaven Make way through me first for he is your Father Leon. What would he kill me Bac. No Sir no. Leon. Thou always makes mak'st the best on 't but I sear Leu. Why do you use me thus who is' t can think That I would kill my Father that can yet Forbear to kill you Here Sir is my sword I dare not touch it lest she say again I would have kill'd you let me not have mercy When I most need it if I would not change Place with my meanest servant Let these faults Be mended Madam if you saw how ill They did become you you would part with them Bac. I told the Duke as much before Leu. What what did you tell him Bac. That it was only an ambition Nurst in you by your youth provok'd you thus Which age would take away Leon. It was his doing then come hither Love Bac. No indeed Sir Leu. How am I made that I can bear all this If any one had us'd a friend of mine ne'r this My hand had carried death about it Leon. Lead me hence Tellamon come my dear Bacha I shall find time for this Ism Madam you know I dare not speak before The King but you know well if not I 'll tell you You are the most wicked'st and most murderous Strumpet that ever was call'd Woman Bac. My Lord what can I do for him he shall command me Leon I know thou art too kind away I say Exit Leon. Bac. Tima. Tella. Isme Sir I am sure we dream this cannot be Leu. Oh that we did my wickedness has brought All this to pass else I should bear my self Enter Urania Isme Look doe you see who 's there your virtuous Mothers issue kill her yet take some little pidling revenge Leu. Away the whole Court calls her virtuous for they say she is unlike her Mother and if so she can have no vice Ism I 'll trust none of 'em that come of such a breed Leu. But I have found A kind of love in her to me alas Think of her death I dare be sworn for her She is as free from any hate to me As her bad Mother's full She was brought up I' th' Countrey as her tongue will let you know Enter Urania If you but talk with her with a poor Uncle Such as her Mother had Ism She 's come again Vra I would â—ene speak to the good Marquess my brother if I but thought he could abaid me Leu. Sister how do you Vra Very well I thank you Ism How does your good Mother Leu. Fie fie Ismenus for shame mock such an innocent soul as this Vra Feth a she be no good god may her so Leu. I know you wish it with your heart dear Sister but she is good I hope Ism Are you so simple to make so much of this Do you not know That all her wicked Mother labours for is but to raise Her to your right and leave her this Dukedom Vra I but ne'r Sir be afred For though she take th' ungain'st weas she can I 'll ne'er ha 't fro' you Leu. I should hate my self Ismenus If I should think of her simplicity Ought but extreamly well Ism Nay as you will Vra And though she be my Mother If she take any caurse to do you wrong If I can see 't youst quickly hear on 't Sir And so I 'll take my leave Leu. Farewel good Sister I thank you Exit Urania Ism You believe all this Leu. Yes Enter Timantus Ism A good faith doth well but methinks It were no hard matter now for her Mother to send her Yonder 's one you may trust if you will too Leu. So I wiâ—l if he can shew me as apparent signs Of truth as she did Does he weep Ismenus Ism Yes I think so some good 's happen'd I warrant Do you hear you What honest man has scap'd misery that thou art crying thus Tim. Noble Ismenus where 's the Prince Ism Why there hast wept thine eyes out Tim. Sir I beseech you hear me Leu. Well speak on Ism Why will you hear him Leu. Yes Ismenus why Ism I would hear blasphemy as willingly Leu. You are too blame Tim. No Sir he is not to blame If I were as I was Ism Nor as thou art ysaith awhit too blame Leu. What 's your business Tim. Faith Sir I am ashamed to speak before you My conscience tells me I have injur'd you And by the earnest instigation Of others have not done you to the King Always the best and friendliest ostices Which pardon me or I will never speak Ism Never pardon him and silence a knave Leu. I pardon thee Tim. Your Mother sure is naught Leu. Why shouldst thou think so Tim. Oh noble Sir your honest eyes perceive not The dangers you are led to shame upon her And what fell miseries the gods can think on Shower down upon her wicked head she has plotted I know too well your death would my poor life Or thousand such as mine is might be offer'd Like sacrifices up for your preserving What free oblations would she have to glut her But she is merciless and bent to ruin If heaven and good men step not to your rescue And timely very timely Oh this Dukedom I weep I weep for the poor Orphans i' th' Countrey Left with but Friends or Parents Leu. Now Ismenus what think you of this fellow This was a lying knave a flatterer Does not this Love still shew him so Ism This Love this Halter if he prove not yet The cunning'st rankest rogue that ever Canted I 'll never see man again I know him to bring And can interpret every new face he makes Look how he wrings like a good stool for a tear Take heed Children and Fools First feel the smart Then weep Leu. Away away such an unkind distrust Is worse than a dissembling if it be one And
ye shall not sleep I 'll make ye a new Morriffe must I goe Keep There is no remedy Pal. Farewel kind window May rude wind never hurt thee Oh my Lady If ever thou hast felt what sorrow was Dream how I suffer Come now bury me Exeunt Palamon and Keeper Scaena Tertia Enter Arcite Arcite Banish'd the Kingdom 't is a benefit A mercy I must thank 'em for but banish'd The free enjoying of that face I die for Oh 't was a studdied punishment a death Beyond Imagination Such a vengeance That were I old and wicked all my sins Could never pluck upon me Palamon Thou hast the Start now thou shalt stay and see Her bright eyes break each morning ' gainst thy window And let in life into thee Thou shalt feed Upon the sweetness of a noble beauty That nature never exceeded nor never shall Good gods what happiness has Palamon Twenty to one he 'll come to speak to her And if she be as gentle as she 's fair I know she 's his he has a Tongue will tame Tempests and make the wild Rocks wanton Come what can come The worst is death I will not leave the Kingdom I know mine own is but a heap of ruins And no redress there if I go he has her I 'm resolv'd an other shape shall make me Or end my fortunes Either way I 'm happy I 'll see her and be near her or no more Enter 4. Country people one with a garland before them 1. My Masters I 'll be there that 's certain 2. And I 'll be there 3. And I. 4. Why then have with ye Boys 'T is but chiding Let the ploâ—â—h play to day I 'll ticktl ' out Of the jades â—ails to morrow 1. I 'm sure To have my wife as jealous as a Turkey But that 's all one I 'll goe through let her mumble 2. Clap her aboard to morrow night and stoa her And all 's made up again 3. I do but put a fesku in her fist and you shall see her Take a new lesson out and be a good wench Doe we all hold against the Maying 4. Hold what should ail us 3. Arcas will be there 2. And Sennois And Rycas and 3. Better lads never danc'd under green Tree And yet know what wenches ha But will the dainty Domine the Schoolemaster keep touch Doe you think For he do's all ye know 3. He 'll eat a hornbook ere he fail goe too the matter 's too far driven between him and the Tanners daughter to let slip now and she must see the Duke and she must dance too 4. Shall we be lusty 2. All the Boys in Athens blow wind i' th' breech on 's and here I 'll be and there I 'll be for our Town and here again and there again Ha Boys heigh for the weavers 1. This must be done i' th' woods 4. O pardon me 2. By any means our thing of learning sees so Where he himself will edifie the Duke most parlously in our behalfs He 's excellent i' th' woods bring him to 'th plains his learning makes no cry 3. We 'll see the sports then every man to 's Tackle and Sweet Companions le ts rehearse by any means before The Ladies see us and doe sweetly and God knows what May come on 't 4. Content the sports once ended we 'll perform Away Boys and hold Arc. By your leaves honest friends Pray you wither goe you 4. Whither Why what a question 's that Arc. Yes 't is a question to me that know not 3. To the Games my Friend 2. Where were you bred you know it not Arc. Not far Sir Are there such Games to day 1. Yes marry are there And such as you never saw The Duke himself Will be in person there Arc. What pastimes are they 2. Wrastling and Running 'T is a pretty Fellow 3. Thou wilt not goe along Arc. Not yet Sir 4. Well Sir Take your own time come Boys 1. My mind misgives me This fellow has a veng'ance trick o' th hip Marke how his Bodi 's made for 't 2. I 'll be hang'd though If he dare venture hang him plumb-porredge He wrestle He rost eggs Come le ts be gon Lads Exeunt 4. Arc. This is an offer'd oportunity I durst not wish for Well I could have wrestled The best men call'd it excellent and run Swifter than wind upon a feild of Corn Curling the wealthy ears never slew I 'll venture And in some poor disguize be there who knows Whether my brows may not be girt with garlands And happiness prefer me to a place Where I may ever dwell in sight of her Exit Arcite Scaena Secunda Enter Jailors Daughter alone Daugh. Why should I love this Gentleman 'T is odds He never will affect me I 'm base My Father the mean Keeper of his Prison And he a Prince To marry him is hopeless To be his whore is witles Out upon 't What pushes are we wenches driven to When fifteen once has found us First I saw him I seeing thoughâ— he was a goodly man He has as much to please a woman in him If he please to bestow it so as ever These eyes yet lookt on Next I pittied him And so would any young wench o' my Conscience That ever dream'd or vow'd her Maydenhead To a young hansom Man Then I lov'd him Extremely lov'd him infinitely lov'd him And yet he had Cosen fair as he too But in my heart was Palamon and there Lord what a coyl he keepes To hear him Sing in an evening what a Heaven it is And yet his Songs are sad-ones Fairer spoken Was never Gentleman When I come in To bring him water in a morning first He bows his noble body then salutes me thus Fair gentle Mayd good morrow may thy goodness Get thee a happy husband Once he kist me I lov'd my lips the better ten daies after Would he would doe so ev'ry day He greives much And me as much to see his misery What should I doe to make him know I love him For I would fain enjoy him Say I ventur'd To set him free What saies the Law then Thus much For Law or kindred I will doe it And this night or to morrow he shall love me Exit This short florish of Cornets and Showtes within Scaena Secunda Enter Theseus Hippolita Pirithous Emilia Arcite with a Garland c. Thes You have done worthily I have not seen Since Hercules a man of tougher sinews What ere you are you run the best and wrestle That these times can allow Arcite I 'm proud to please you Thes What Countrie bred you Arcite This But far off Prince Thes Are you a Gentleman Arcite My father said so And to those gentle uses gave me life Thes Are you his heir Arcite His youngest Sir Thes Your Father Sure is a happy Sure then What proves you Arcite A little of all noble Qualities I could have kept a Hawk and well have hollow'd
as it should be they that ne'er begg'd But they prevail'd had their suits fairly granted The prisoners have their lives 1 Fr. I knew 't would be so 2 Fr. But there be new conditions which you 'll hear of At better time Jail I hope they are good 2 Fr. They are honourable How good they 'll prove I know not Enter Wooer 1 Fr. 'T will be known Woo. Alas Sir where 's your Daughter Jail Why do you ask Woo. Oh Sir when did you see her 2 Fr. How he looks Jail This morning Woo. Was she well was she in health Sir when did she sleep 1 Fr. These are strange questions Jail I do not think she was very well for now You make me mind her but this very day I ask'd her questions and she answer'd me So far from what she was so childishly So sillily as if she were a fool An Innocent and I was very angry But what of her Sir Woo. Nothing but my pity but you must know it and as good by me As by another that less loves her Jail Well Sir 1 Fr. Not right 2 Fr. Not well Woo. No Sir not well Woo. 'T is too true she is mad 1 Fr. It cannot be Woo. Believe you 'll find it so Jay I half suspected What you told me the gods comfort her Either this was her love to Palamon Or fear of my miscarrying on his scape Or both Woo. 'T is likely Jay But why all this haste Sir Woo. I 'll tell you quickly As I late was angling In the great Lake that lies behind the Palace From the far shore thick set with Reeds and Sedges As patiently I was attending sâ—â—rt I heard a voice a shrill one and attentive I gave my ear when I might well perceive 'T was one that sung and by the smallness of it A Boy or Woman I then left my angle To his own skill came near but yet perceiv'd not Who made the sound the Rushes and the Reeds Had so encompast it I laid me down And listned to the words she sung for then Through a small glade cut by the Fisher-men I saw it was your Daughter Jail Pray goe on Sir Woo. She sung much but no sence only I heard her Repeat this often Palamon is gone Is gone to th' wood to gather Mulberries I 'll find him out to morrow 1 Fr. Pretty soul Woo. His shackles will betray him he 'll be taken And what shall I do then I 'll bring a heavy A hundred black-ey'd Maids that love as I do With Chaplets on their heads with Daffadillies With cherry lips and cheeks of Damask Roses And all we 'll dance an Antique 'fore the Duke And beg his pardon then she talk'd of you Sir That you must lose your head to morrow morning And she must gather Flowers to bury you And see the house made handsome then she sung Nothing but willow willow willow and between Ever was Palamon fair Palamon And Palamon was a tall young man The place Was knee deep where she sate her careless Tresses A wreak of Bull-rush rounded about her stuck Thousand fresh Water Flowers of several colours That methought she appear'd like the fair Nymph That seeds the lake with waters or as Iris Newly dropt down from heaven Rings she made Of Rushes that grew by and to 'em spoke The prettiest posâ—es thus our true love 's ty'd This you may loose not me and many a one And then she wept and sung again and sigh'd And with the same breath smil'd and kist her hand 2 Fr. Alas what pity it is Woo. I made into her She saw me and straight sought the stood I sav'd her And set her safe to land when presently She slipt away and to the City made With such a cry and swiftness that believe me She left me far behind her three or four I saw from far off cross her one of 'em I knew to be your brother where we staid And fell scarce to be got away I left them with her Enter Brother Daughter and others And hither came to tell you Here they are Daugh. May you never more enjoy the light c. Is not this a fine Song Bro. Oh a very fine one Daugh. I can sing twenty more Bro. I think you can Daugh. Yes truly can I I can sing the Broom And Bonny Robbin Are not you a Tailor Bro. Yes Daugh. Where 's my wedding-Gown Bro. I 'll bring it to morrow Daugh. Doe very rarely I must be abroad else To call the Maids and pay the Minstrels For I must loose my Maidenhead by cock-light 'T will never thrive else Oh fair oh sweet c. Sings Bro. You must ev'n take it patiently Jay 'T is true Daugh. Good ev'n good men pray did you ever hear Of one young Palamon Jay Yes wench we know him Daugh. Is' t not a fine young Gentleman Jay 'T is Love Bro. By no mean cross her she is then distemper'd For worse than now she shows 1 Fr. Yes he 's a fine man Daugh. Oh is he so you have a Sister 1 Fr. Yes Daugh. But she shall never have him tell her so For a trick that I know y' had best look to her For if she see him once she 's gone she 's done And undone in an hour All the young Maids Of our Town are in love with him but I laugh at 'em And let 'em all alone is' t not a wise course 1 Fr. Yes Daugh. There is at least two hundred now with child by him There must be four yet I keep close for all this Close as a Cockle and all these must be boys He has the trick on 't and at ten years old They must be all gelt for Musicians And sing the wars of Theseus 2 Fr. This is strange Daugh. As ever your heard but say nothing 1 Fr. No. Daugh. They come from all parts of the Dukedom to him I 'll warrant ye he had not so few last night As twenty to dispatch he 'll tickle 't up In two hours if his hand be in Jay She 's lost Past all cure Bro. Heaven forbid man Daug. Come hither you are a wise man 1 Fr. Does she know him 2 Fr. No would she did Daugh. You are master of a Ship Jay Yes Daugh. Where 's your Compass Jay Here. Daugh. Set it to th' North. And now direct your course to th' wood where Palamon Lies longing for me for the Tackling Let me alone come weigh my hearts cheerly All. Owgh owgh owgh 't is up the wind 's fair top the Bowling out with the main sail where 's your Whistle Master Bro. Let 's get her in Jay Up to the top Boy Bro. Where 's the Pilot 1 Fr. Here. Daugh. What ken'st thou 3 Fr. A fair wood Daugh. Bear for it master tack about Sings When Cinthia with her borrowed light c. Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Emilia alone with two Pictures Emil. Yet I may bind those wounds up that must open And bleed to death for my sake
for me To crop the flower of thy Virginity Exit Lazarello Count. This day I am for fools I am all theirs Though like to our young wanton cocker'd heirs Who do affect those men above the rest In whose base company they still are best I do not with much labour strive to be The wisest ever in the company But for a fool our wisdom oft amends As enemies do teach us more than friends Exit Count. Actus Secundus Scaena Prima Enter Gondarino and his servants Serv. MY Lord Gond. Ha! Serv. Here 's one hath brought you a present Gond. From whom from a woman if it be from a woman bid him carrie it back and tell her she 's a whore what is it Serv. A Fish head my Lord. Gond. What Fish head Serv. I did not aske that my Lord. Gond. Whence comes it Ser. From the Court. Gond. O 't is a Cods-head Serv. No my Lord 't is some strange head it comes from the Duke Gond. Let it be carried to my Mercer I doe owe him money for silks stop his mouth with that Exit Serv. Was there ever any man that hated his wife after death but I and for her sake all women women that were created only for the preservation of little dogs Enter Servant Serv. My Lord the Count's sister being overtaken in the streets with a great hail-storm is light at your gate and desires Rome till the storm be overpast Gond. Is she a woman Serv. I my Lord I think so Gond. I have none for her then bid her get her gone tell her she is not welcome Serv. My Lord she is now comming up Gond. She shall not come up tell her any thing tell her I have but one great room in my house and I am now in it at the close stool Serv. She 's here my Lord. Gond. O impudence of women I can keep dogs out of my house or I can defend my house against theeves but I cannot keep out women Enter Oriana a waiting woman and a Page Now Madam what hath your Ladyship to say to me Oria. My Lord I was bold to crave the help of your house against the storm Gond Your Ladyships boldness in coming will be impudence in staying for you are most unwelcome Oriana Oh my Lord Gond. Doe you laugh by the hate I bear to you 't is true Orian. Y' are merry my Lord. Gond. Let me laugh to death if I be or can be whilst thou art here or livest or any of thy sex Oriana I commend your Lordship Gond Doe you commend me why doe you commend â—e I give you no such cause thou art a silthy impudent whore a woman a very woman Oria. Ha ha ha Gond. Begot when thy father was drunk Orian. Your Lordship hath a good wit Gond. How what have I a good wit Orian. Come my Lord I have heard before of your Lordâ—hip merry vain in jesting against our Sex which I being â—esirous to hear made me rather choose your Lordships â—ouse than any other but I know I am welcome Gond. Let me not live if you be me thinks it doth not â—ecome you to come to my house being a stranger to you I have no woman in my house to entertain you nor to shew you your chamber why should you come to me I have no Galleries nor banqueting houses nor bawdy pictures to shew your Ladyship Orian. Believe me this your Lordships plainess makes me think my self more welcome than if you had sworn by all the pretty Court oaths that are I had been welcomer than your soul to your body Gond. Now she 's in talking treason will get her out I durst sooner undertake to talk an Intelligencer out of the room and speak more than he durst hear than talk a woman out of my company Enter a Servant Serv. My Lord the Duke being in the streets and the storm continuing is entred your gate and now coming up Gond. The Duke now I know your Errand Madam you have plots and private meetings in hand why doe you choose my house are you asham'd to goe to 't in the old coupling place though it be less suspicious here for no Christian will suspect a woman to be in my house yet you may do it cleanlyer there for there is a care had of those businesses and wheresoever you remove your great maintainer and you shall have your lodgings directly opposite it is but putting on your night-gown and your shippers Madam you understand me Orian. Before I would not understand him but now he speaks riddles to me indeed Enter the Duke Arrigo and Lucio Duke 'T was a strange hail-storm Lucio 'T was exceeding strange Gond. Good morrow to your grace Duke Good morrow Gonderino Gond. Justice great Prince Duke Why should you beg for justice I never did you wrong What 's the offendor Gond. A woman Duke I know your ancient quarrell against that Sex but what hainous crime hath she committed Gond. She hath gone abroad Duke What it cannot be Gond. She hath done it Duke How I never heard of any woman that did so before Gond. If she have not laid by that modesty That should attend a Virgin and quite void Of shame hath left the house where she was born As they should never doe let me endure The pains that she should suffer Duke Hath she so Which is the woman Gond. This this Duke How Arrigo Lucio Gond. I then it is a plot no Prince alive Shall force me make my house a Brothell house Not for the sins but for the womans sake I will not have her in my doors so long Will they make my house as bawdy as their own are Duke Is it not Oriana Lucio ' Tis. Duke Sister to Count Valero Arri. The very same Duke She that I love Lucio She that you love Duke I do suspect Lucio So doe I. Duke This fellow to be but a counterfeit One that doth seem to loath all woman-kind To hate himself because he hath some part Of woman in him seems not to endure To see or to be seen of any woman Only because he knows it is their nature To wish to tast that which is most forbidden And with this shew he may the better compass And with far less suspition his base ends Lucio Upon my life 't is so Duke And I doe know Before his slain wife gave him that offence He was the greatest servant to that Sex That ever was what doth this Lady here With him alone why should he rail at her to me Lucio Because your grace might not suspect Duke 'T was so I doe love her strangely I would fain know the truth counsell me They three whisper Enter Count Lazarello and his boy Count. It falls out better than we could expect Sir that we should find the Duke and my Lord Gondarino together both which you desire to be acquainted with Laz. 'T was very happy Boy goe down into the kitchen and see if you can spy that same I am now in
thy Makers good What canst thou fear when breath'd into thy bloud His spirit is that built thee what dull sence Makes thee suspect in need that Providence Who made the morning and who plac'd the light Guide to thy labours who call'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 near himself 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 fellows 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 furnish'd with his fullness my poor story Shall out-live all their age and all their glory The hand of danger cannot fall amiss When I know what and in whose power it is For 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 fools fire dies Were I in loue and could that bright Star bring Increase to Wealth Honor and every thing Were she as perfect good as we can aim The first was so and yet she lost the Game My Mistriss then be knowledge and fair truth So I enjoy all beauty and all youth And though to time her Lights and Laws she lends She knows no Age that to corruption bends Friends promises may lead me to believe But he that knows his own friend knows to live Affliction when I 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 Sickness an humorous cloud 'twixt us and light And death at longest but another night Man is his own Star and that soul that can Be honest is the only perfect man FINIS THE MASQUE of the Gentlemen OF GRAYS-INNE and the INNER-TEMPLE Performed before the KING in the Banqueting-House in White-Hall at the Marriage of the Illustrious Frederick and Elizabeth Prince and Princess Palatine of the Rhine Written by FRANCIS BEAMONT Gent. Enter Iris running Mercury following and catching hold of her Mercury STay Light loot Iris for thou striv'st in vain My wings are nimbler than thy feet Iris. Away Dissembling Mercury my messages Ask honest haste not like those want on ones Your thundering Father sends Mer. Stay foolish Maid Or I will take my rise upon a hill When I perceive thee seated in a cloud In all the painted glory that thou hast And never cease to clap my willing wing Till I catch hold on thy discolour'd Bow And shiver it beyond the angry power Of your mad Mistriss to make up again Iris Hermes forbear Juno will chide and strike Is great Jove jealous that that I am imploy'd On her Love-errands she did never yet Claspe weak mortality in her white arms As he has often done I only come To celebrate the long wish'd Nuptials Here in Olympia which are now perform'd Betwixt two goodly Rivers that have mixt Their gentle winding waves and are to grow Into a thousand streams great as themselves I need not name them for the sound is loud In Heaven and Earth and I am sent from her The Queen of marriage that was present here And smil'd to see them joyn and hath not chid Since it was done Good Hermes let me goe Merc. Nay you must stay Jove's message is the same Whose eyes are lightning and whose voice is thunder Whose breath is airy wind he will who knows How to be first in Earth as well as Heaven Iris. But what hath he to do with Nuptial rites Let him sit pleas'd upon his Starry throne And fright poor mortals with his Thunder-bolts Leaving to us the mutual darts of eyes Merc. Alas when ever offer'd he t' abridge Your Ladies power but only now in these Whose match concerns the general government Hath not each God a part in these high joyes And shall not he the King of gods presume Without proud Juno's licence let her know That when enamour'd Jove 〈◊〉 gave her power To link soft hearts in undissolving bands He then foresaw and to himself reserv'd The honor of this marriage thou shalt stand Still as a Rock while I to bless this Feast Will summon up with mine all-charming rod The Nymphs of Fountains from whose watry locks Hung with the dew of blessing and increase The greedy Rivers take their nourishment Yea Nymphs who bathing in your loved Springs Beheld these Rivers in their infancy And joy'd to see them when their circled heads Refresh'd the Air and spread the ground with Flowers Rise from your Wells and with your nimble feet Perform that office to this happy pair Which in these Plains you to Alpheus did When passing hence through many Seas unmixt He gain'd the favour of his Arethuse The Nymphs rise and dance a little and then make a stand Iris. Is Hermes grown a Lover by what power Unknown to us calls he the Maids Merc. Presumptuous Iris I could make thee dance Till thou forgetst thy Ladies messages And rann'st back crying to her thou shalt know My power is more only my breath and this Shall move fix'd Stars and force the Firmament To yield the Hyades who govern showers And dewy clouds in whose dispersed drops Thou form'st the shape of thy deceitful Bow Year Maids who yearly at appointed times Advance with kindly tears the gentle floods Discend and pour your blessing on these streams Which rolling down from Heaven-aspiring hills And now united in the fruitful vales Bear all before them ravish'd with their joy And swell in glory till they know no bounds The Cloud discends with the Hyades at which the Maids seem to be rejoyced they all dance a while together then make another stand as if they wanted something Iris. Great Wit and Power hath Hermes to contrive A lively dance which of one sex consists Mâ—rc Alas poor Iris Venus hath in store A secret ambush of her winged boys Who lurking long within these pleasant groves First stuck these Lovers with their equal darts Those Cupids shall come forth and joyn with these To honor that which they themselves began The Cupids come forth and dance they are weary with their blind pursuing the Nymphs and the Nymphs weary with flying them 〈◊〉 Behold the Statues which wild Vulcan plac'd Under the Altar of Olympian Jove And gave to them an artificial life See how they move drawn by this Heavenly joy Like the wild Trees which followed Orpheus Harp The Statues come down and they all dance till the Nymphs out-run them and lose them then