long to be beaten Exeunt Enter Ferdinand in prison Rosania like a Page Rosa. Pray do not grieve for me I have a heart That can for your sake suffer more and when The tyranny of your fate calls me to die I can as willingly resign my breath As go to sleep Ferd. Can I hear this Rosania Without a fresh wound That thy love to me Should be so ill rewarded th' ast engag'd Thy self too much already 't is within Thy will yet to be safe reveal thy self Throw of the cloud that doth eclipse that brightness And they will court thy person and be proud With all becoming-honor to receive thee No fear shall rob thy cheek of her chaste blood Oh leave me to my own Stars and expect What ere become of wretched Ferdinand A happy fate Rosa. Your Councel is unkinde This language would become your charity To a stranger but my Interest is more In thee then thus with words to be sent off Our vows have made us one nor can the names Of Father Countrey or what can be dear In Nature bribe one thought to wish my self In Heaven without thy company it were poor then To leave thee here Then by thy faith I charge thee By this the first and last seal of our love Kisses him By all our promises when we did flatter Our selves and in our fancy took the world A peeces and collected what did like Us best to make us a new paradice By that the noblest ornament of thy soul Thy honor I conjure thee let me still Be undiscovered What will it avail To leave me whom thou lovest and walk alone Sad pilgrime to another world We will Converse in soul and shoot like Stars whose Beams Are twisted and make bright the sullen Groves Of Lovers as we pass Ferd. These are but dreams Of happiness be wise Rosania Thy love is not a friend to make thee miserable Society in death where we affect But multiplies our grief Live thou Oh live And if thou hast a tear when I am dead But drop it to my memory it shall More precious then embalming dwell upon me And keep my ashes pure my spirit shall At the same instant in some innocent shape Descend upon that earth thou hast bedew'd And kissing the bright tribute of thy eye Shall after wait like thy good Angel on thee There will be none to speak of Ferdinand Without disdain if thou diest too Oh live A little to defend me or at least To say I was no Traitor to thy love And lay the shame on death and my false Stars That would not let me live to be a King Rosa. Oh Ferdinand Thou dost not love me now Ferd. Not love Rosania If woing thee to live will not assure thee Command me then to die and spare the cruelty Of the fair Queen Not love Rosania If thou wilt but delight to see me bleed I will at such a narrow passage let Out life it shall be many hours in ebbing And my soul bathing in the Crimson stream Take pleasure to be drown'd I have small time To love and be alive but I will carry So true a Faith to woman hence as shall Make poor the world when I am gone to tell The story yonder We are interrupted Enter Keeper Keep You must prepare your self for present trial I have command to attend you to the Judges That Gentleman and all that did adhere To your Conspiracy are by the Queens Most gracious Mercy pardon'd Ferd. In that word Th' hast brought me more then life I shall betray And with my too much joy undo thee again Heaven does command thee live I must obey This Summons I shall see thee again Tiberio Before I die Rosa. I 'l wait upon you Sir The Queen will not deny me that poor office I know not how to leave you Ferd. Death and I Shall meet and be made friends but when we part The world shall finde thy story in my heart Exit Enter Officers with Bar Table Stools then Ernesto Rodriguez Leandro Queen supported by Leonario Ferdinand Rosania Ladies Gentlemen and Guard who set Ferdinand to the Bar. Queen Is that the prisoner at the Bar Leon. He that pretended himself Ferdinand Your Uncles son Q. Proceed to his Arraignment my Lord Leandro You know our pleasure Lean. Although the Queen in her own Royal power And without violating Sacred Justice where Treason comes to invade her and her Crown With open war need not insist upon The Forms and Circumstance of Law but use Her Sword in present execution Yet such is the sweet temper of her blood And calmness of her Nature though provok'd Ino a storm unto the great'st offender She shuts up no defence willing to give A satisfaction to the world how much She doth delight in mercy Ferdinand For so thou dost pretend thy self thou art Indicted of High Treason to Her Majestie In that thou hast usurp'd relation to Her blood and under name of being her Kinsman Not onely hast contriv'd to blast her Honor With Neighbor Princes but hast gather'd arms To wound the precious bosom of her Countrey And tear the Crown which Heaven and just Succession Hath plac'd upon her Royal Head what canst Thou answer to this Treason Ferd. Boldly thus As I was never with the height of all My expectation and the aid of Friends Transported one degree above my self So must not Ferdinand though his Stars have frown'd And the great eye of Providence seem to slumber While your force thus compel'd brought me hither With mockery of my Fate to be arraign'd For being a Prince have any thought beneath The Title I was born to yet I 'l not call This cruelty in you nor in the Queen If I may name her so without injustice To my own right a Kingdom is a Garland Worth all Contention and where right seals not The true Possession Nature is forgotten And blood thought cheap to assure it there is something Within that excellent Figure that restrains A Passion here that else would forth like lightning T is not your shape which yet hath so much sweetness Some pale religious Hermit might suspect You are the blessed Saint he pray'd too no The magick 's in our nature and our blood For both our veins full of one precious purple Strike harmony in their motion I am Ferdinand And you the fair Olivia brothers children Leon. What insolence is this Qu. Oh my Lord let him Be free to plead for if it be no dream His cause will want an Orator By my blood He does talk bravely Rodri. These are flourishes Ernest. Speak to the treason you are charged with And confess a guilt Leond. He justifies himself Ferd. If it be treason to be born a Prince To have my Fathers Royal Blood move here If it be treason in my infancy To have escap'd by Divine Providence When my poor life should have been sacrific'd To please a cruel Uncle whose Ambition Surpris'd my Crown and after made Olivia His Daughter
and wonder why A Taylor was created when they have As much in ready shot within their flesh As would set up a Plummer or repair A Church with Lead beside ten thousand more Afflictions which they are sure to find They may have Christianitie and not put A Souldier to the payment of his debts Rod. 'T is a Mad Captain come my Lord le ts leave him Ex. Lords Capt. You shall have time and place to send for mony Or make your Wils set on who knows but you Hereafter may be honest and prove Captains You may have preferment in the Wars for money And so my Gentle Creditors march on Exeunt ACT. II. Enter Leandro with Letters Lean. THe hope and care of many years are in One day destroy'd hath Heaven no stroke in War Or is old providence asleep Leonario Is comming home with victorie and brings Young Ferdinand whom I expected to Salute a King his Prisoner and the Queen With her new Conqueror glorious in the spoils By putting out this light will mix their beams And burn our eyes out with their shine there is No talk but of this triumph and the people Whom I by art and secret murmurs had Made doubtful at the first noise of this Conquest As they had borrowed souls from fear and folly Adore the rising Star and in the praise Of him and his great fate wonder that Heaven Should hold a Sun and he so bright nor with This flattery content but they condemn As low as all their sins shall one day them Him whom the chance of War hath made a Prisoner There is no trust to policie or time The things of State are whirld by destinie To meet their period Art cannot repair 'em Enter Servant Ser. My Lord the Queen hath sent for you She is going forth to meet the Prince and hath Commanded none be wanting to attend With all the State that may become her to Congratulate the triumph now brought home Leand. I shall obey I must attend this glorie It is not safe to wear a brow but what The Queens example first forms into smile I here contract my knowledge and seclude My wishes since they prosper not I am Her Chancelor as great Offices and high Employments do expose us to most danger They oft teach those possess 'em a State-wisdom And by Inherent virtues of the place Our fear to lose makes us secure our selves By art more often than by conscience But I may be indangered to suspition I like not things but I delay my attendance Exit Enter Captain Lieutenant Antient and Souldiers Capt. Lieutenant Lieu. Captain Capt. Antient what think you of the Wars now Ant. We are come off with Honour Lieu. And our Limbs Captain Capt. Is that all who made you a Lieutenant And you Antient these titles were not born w' e You did not wear these Buffs and Feathers in The memorie of Man when you receiv'd The binding twelve-pence it was otherwise Ant. But you receiv'd if you remember Captain Beside what we releast in honest debt Sums for this great Instalment we ha' paid I take it for our names Capt. And it became you Now you are Gentlemen my Comrades of honor And I dare walk and drink at Taverns w' e Your oaths become you now and your splay feet You look'd before like Magots City Worms I ha' made you both brave fellows fellows to Knights You may be Squires to Ladies too Ant. I think so Capt. We are all now of a trade For Mars is Master of our Companie Our Shop is the Field Resolution our Stock Honour our Purchase and Fire and Sword The Tools we work withall Lieu. But now the Wars are done I think We may shut up our Shop there is no more Pay is there Capt. Pox upon you I see your souls bleat after Profit still a bullet in the right place would Ha' knock'd out this humour of getting mony But fear not though you come off with more Limbs than you deserve you shall have pay Ant. Shall we and not be troubled to fight for 't Capt. Yes it will be necessary you fight you will Ha' your throats cut else and be sent off like Sheep Doe not fear payment here be Mandrakes That will rore and cudgell you to your hearts content You sha'not walk the Streets now you are Officers without a quarrell pay enough Lieu. A Man had as good be no Lieutenant as be Beaten when he comes home what think you Antient Ant. For my part I can indure beating as well As another if that be all Capt. Will you to your Shops agen Ant. I have no mind to Woosted Stockings agen And Shoos that Shine I would were colours still Capt. Well said Antient come I 'l take your fears off Doe not confess you are a Lieutenant or you an Antient and no man will quarrell w' ee you Shall be as secure as Chrysome Children Lieu. Shall we they shall rack me e'r I le confess I am A Lieutenant or ever see the Wars Ant. Or I an Antient I le tak 't upon my death I was never a Souldier in my life Capt. 'T is well done now because I love you And see you have an Itch after honour so It may come without blows Let me advise you You have moneys at command Lieut. And good debts too Cap. You shall both turn Courtiers Ant. Shall we Cap. I say 't for if my phisnomy deceive me not You two are born to be Both What Cap. Coxcombs I 'l help to make you too You shall presently kiss the Queens hand You have moneys you say You shall never turn To your vomit of small Wares I have friends At Court you may in time be great And when I come With a Petition to your honors for moneys in arrear Or knocking out some rascals brains such as you were When you wore a girt under your chops you two May stand between me and the Gallows Ant. Hang us if we do not Capt. You shall buy places presently But stay Have you a minde to be Officers to the Queen In ordinary or extraordinary Ant. Extraordinary by all means Lieut. We scorn to be ordinary Courtiers Capt. I commend your judgement that will be Chargeable But Ant. Hang 't we 'l finde money enough but I more Resolve to be extraordinary Capt. I 'l bring you to a Court-Merchant presently You will get infinite estates Both A ha Captain Capt. And so command the Ladies if you be bountiful Both A ha Boy Capt. For I know you do love Wenches You will have all the business and the Country Come tumbling in upon you like the tide After a moneth You must keep twenty men Between you night and day to tell your money Oh 't is unknown what will become on you If you be rul'd and take this course Had I Moneys like you I would be Lieut. Come we will lend thee moneys too hereafter Cap. Will you come on no more Lieutenant now Nor Antient Ant. Do ye think we
Lips breath Incense thus Wee 'l have ten thousand Cupids for our guard Whose Bows shall awe the destinies and we write The King and Queen of Fate Enter Ferdinand Leandro Rodriguez Ernesto Captain Guard Ferd. Will this deserve your faith Leand. We must believe Enter Violinda Viol. We are undone the King Que. False Keys Rosa. 'T was time to come Ferd. Had I not cause my Lords to appear sad When I suspected this so great affront My melancholy all this while was but A mourning for this shame Look but my Lords Into your selves and make this suffering yours Viol. Madam be rais'd again I have an art To fetch you off with honor and the youth too I will perswade him there can be no cure In this extream but to pretend himself A woman I will dress him in your Gown Before they can be ware on 't they all know This way he cannot flie mean time put on A confidence and let them know you are The Queen not to be shaken with their power This will gain time Que. Prosper in this Viol. I will Redeem my fault or never sleep again Exit with Rosania Ferd. She blushes not Were she nor Queen what names could we bestow Upon this want of modesty Leand. 'T is plain We came in time Ferd. Most happily to prevent Some further act of shame can she look on us Without a blush Que. I see no such attraction In your state faces that I should desire Much to look on 'em Who made you King I pray Ferd. Your power I dare not call it love presuming That I was fit to be your property Without a soul to see or have a sense Of these dishonors This rank heat of blood Madam what penitence can make this clear Admit your thoughts were wanton and your flame Too great to be supprest could you finde none For your adulterate embrace but one That was my servant my own hound devour me As if your lust had not enough of shame And mischief to me but your malice must Appear in 't too with what securitie Can I expect to live when she begins So soon to poyson me Leand. We heard her say They two would write themselves the King and Queen Rod. So we did all Ferd. You may consider these Leand. 'T is impious Madam with what grief do we Remember now that Law you made After your Corronation to preserve The name of your sex chast which gave our Hearts Hope of your blessed progress you made it death To stain the Marriage-bed where shall we expect The life of that good act when you begin A breach of chastitie by so black example If the King urge an Execution Of what our vote confirm'd by yours impos'd Upon the kingdom you should prove your self More innocent or give us cause to mourn This fall from virtue Er. Madam we grieve for you Que So so have your great wisdoms said all yet I laugh at you poor things and am so far From trembling at your thunder that I pitty you And first I 'l let you know you selves you are I take it all my subjects I will not Exempt you Sir since Marriage takes not off My Interest and Essence here all strength Flowing from me and your Derivative shine Extinct when I frown you to darkness by What power dare you take an accompt of me That am above your Laws which must obey Me as their Soul and Dye when I forsake 'em But I will reason coolely and admit They live in force 'gainst whom are you so shallow To think we that created and decreed 'em For vulgar reformation must be squard And Levell'd by 'em as we meant to lose Our Character and distinction and stoop Toth ' common file of subjects this were policy I speak not this with sense of any guilt So to decline it for I here defie you And bring an Innocence shall strike a blush Upon your Souls that sinn'd in my suspition Aside Ferd. Where is the Boy Ernesto take him to Your custodie and bid him not despair I have contriv'd the rest Enter Rosania like a Woman and Violinda Er. He 's here Viol. Take it upon you if it come to searching Wee 'l find a Jurie Capt. You are deceiv'd my Lord with your good pardon He is not here Er. Who is not here Capt. The he you do expect And your Officious Ladyship might well Have spar'd your pains to put on all this trim Ferd. What means the fellow Capt. 'T is no news to your Sir I could have told the Queen before and you My honourable Lords this was no Boy Though now he would but seem o' th' tother sex I knew her name Ros. My name Capt. Are not you call'd Rosania Ferd. Ha! betraid Capt. Yes indeed is she you were present Sir I' th' Garden when this fine Hermophrodite Declar'd what sex was hid behind the Breeches And this I certified the Prince before Que. Now 't is clear Capt. There are some tokens too I can remember As kisses and excuse for marrying with The Queen a Virgin still c. Omnes A Woman Viol. But are you a Woman indeed Capt. And now my Lords if you have Hearts that are Honest and daring come about agen For this is but a cunning piece of treason Against your Faith and the Queens honour Ferd. We are both lost Rosania Capt. 'T is truth or take my Head off Que. You do believe this transformation And know this Ladie my good Lord I did Suspect before the cause of your neglects And meeting with some dark Intelligence From the Prince to perfect this discovery Did in my Chamber wooe with aptest forms Of Love to trie how long the sex would be Conceal'd you heard a part and see us kiss And came in time with these wise Noblemen To prevent further acts of shame Rodri. I' st possible Rosa. It was an ill contrivement to make me Proof of the Queens dishonour Er. An apparent Plot Against the life and honour of the Queen Since he would urge that Law maliciously Against her knowing this to be a Woman And his close strumpet Rodri. The same Law must be Their tryall Leand. What a change is here already Que. You must not Lords deny me Justice Rodri. 'T is insufferable Against a common person Er. Let his first Treason if you think good Madam be urg'd In accusation Leand. So so Que. You did us service Captain Capt. I am bound too 't here 's more news for the Prince Que. Use your pleasures Exit Rod. What need we circūstance let him dye to morrow Que. Death will be mercie to so much ingratitude Command them both to severall custodies The morning shall behold 'em dead Ros. Now more lost then ever Exeunt Manent Ferd: Ros. Guard Ferd. Pray le ts take Short leave of one another 't is in vain To reason against providence or say We might ha' liv'd though I must dye and after Be hid in my obscurest name and shade I must declare whose blood