could be merry Su. Will your grace have any musick Ha. Any thing He. Strike lustily Musicke Ha. I have begun no health yet Gentlemen Su. Now you must honour us Ha. Health to the Prince He. That is your title sir As you are Sonne to a Queene Ha. My father was no King father I 'le drown The memory of that name Drinkes He. The Prince Turgesius health Su. He 's not far off By the Court Computation happinesse now To Prince Haraldus mistress He. With devotion Ha. Alas I am too young to have a mistress He. Sir you must crown it Ha. These are complements At Court where none must want a drinking mistress Su. Methinks loud musick should attend these Healths Ha. So shall we dance Drinkes He. We want Ladies Ha. I am as light thou shalt go for a Lady Su. Shall I Dance Is not this better then to sigh away Our spirits now Ha. I 'me hot He. A cup of wine is the most naturall cooler Ha. You are my Physitians Gentlemen Su. Make it a health to my Lord Gotharus Drinks I 'le pledge it as heartily as he were my father Ha. Whose father Throws wine in Sueno's face Su. Mine I said Ha. Cry mercy Su. Nay 't is but so much wine lost fill 't again Ha. I 'le drink no more He. What think you of a song Song Su. A catch to 't boyes Ha. Shall we to bed Gentlemen I did not sleep last night He. If your Grace Desire to sleep there 's nothing to prepare it Like to'ther cup Ha. A health to both your Mistresses Drinks Su. You do us grace He. There 's hope of his conversion Ha. I am nos well what wheels are in my brains Philosophy affirms the earth moves not 'T is here me thinks confuted Gentlemen You must be faine to lead me to some couch Where I may take a nap and then I 'le thank you I 'le come agen to morrow Su. Every day For a twelve-month He. That will make you a good fellow Exit Enter Prince Turgesius Reginaldus Souldiers marching Olaus meets they salute and whisper P. You tell me wonders Ol. 'T is all truth we must Stand on our guard 't is well we are provided P. Is it not some device to make us feare That at our entertainment we may find Our joyes more spatious Ol. There is some device in 't P. It is not possible a father should Be so unkind to his own blood and honour Ol. My life was threatned P. Who durst threaten it Ol. The King your father P. Oh say not so good sir Ol. And if you please him not with your behaviour Your head may be soon humbled to the axe And sent a token of his love to your stepdame The Queen I trifle not Pr. For what sinnes Hath angry heaven decreed to punish Norway And lay the Scene of wrath in her own bowels I did suspect when none came forth to meet Our victory to have heard of some mis-fortune Some prodigies engendring down with all Our pride of war the Garlands we bring home Will but adorne us for the sacrifice And while our hairs are deck'd with flowers and ribbands We shall but march more gloriously to death Are all good women dead within the Kingdom There could be found none worth my fathers love But one whose fame and honour is suspected Ol. Woulst they were but suspected P. Marpisa Ol. Her preferment was no doubt Gotharus act for which 't is whisper'd She payes him fair conditions while they both Case up the Kings eyes or confine him to Look through such cunning opticks as they please P. I 'le have his heart Ol. But how will you come by 't He 's safe in the Kings bosome who keeps warm A serpent till he find a time to gnaw Out his preserver P. We had dyed with honour By the Enemies sword something might have been read In such a fall as might have left no shame Upon our story since 't is chance of war Not want of valour gives the victory This ship-wracks all and eates into the soule Of all our fame it withers all the deeds Is owing to our name Entter Cortes Co. Health to the Prince Ol. Cortes welcome what news Co. These Letters will inform his highness Ol. Sent from the King Cortes has he thought upon 't Are we considerable at last and shall The Lady Geugaw that is pearch'd upon His throne be counsell'd not to take too much Upon her will Gotharus give us leave To be acquainted with the King agen ha Co. These Letters came sir from Aquinus Ol. How I hope he mentions not the broken pate I gave him and complains on 't to the Prince I may be apt to make him an amends With such another Pr. Sir Ol. What 's the matter P. Read I am planet-stroke cursed Gotharus What would the traytor have Ol. 'T is here I take it he would have you sent Yonder and has tooke order with Aquinus For your conveyance hence at both their charges But now you know the plot you wo' not trust Your life as he directs P. Not trust Aquinus Ol. You are desperate hark you I do suspect him And I ha' cause I broke his head at Court For his impertinent counsell when I was In passion with the King you sha'not trust him This may be cunning to revenge himselfe I know he has a spirit come you sha' not Be cheated of your life while I have one To counsell you P. Uncle I am unmov'd He is a Souldier to that name and honour I 'le trust a Princes life he dares not be A traytor Ol. I have read that one Prince was So credulous and scap'd but Alexander Though he were great was not so wise a Gentleman As heaven in that occasion might have made him The valiant confidence in his doctor might Ha' gnawn his bowels up and where had been My gallant Macedonian come you shall Consider on 't P. I am resolv'd already March to the City every thought doth more Confirm me passion will not let you see Good Uncle with your pardon the true worth And inside of Aquinus he is faithfull Should I miscarry 't is my single life And 't is obedience to give up our breath When fathers shall conspire their Childrens death Exeunt Act. 4. Enter King Gotharus Go. YOu may surrender up your Crown 't will shew Brave on Turgesius Temples whose ambition Expects it Ki. Nay Gotharus Go. Has my care Cast to prevent your shame how to preserve The glories you possesse by cutting off A Canker that would eat into your trunck And hinder your fair growth and do you make A scruple to be cured Ki. I did but mention And nature may excuse he is my son Go. The more your danger when he dares be impious The forfeit of his duty in this bold And hostile manner to affright your subjects And threaten you with articles is already The killing of your honour and a treason Nature abhors a guilt heaven trembles at And you are
bound in care of your own province To shew your justice and not be partiall To your own blood but let your Kingdome suffer Her heart be torn by civill Wars 't is none Of mine and let him in the blood of many Fathers be made a King your King and you That now command be taught obedience Creep to your child exchange your pallace for A prison and be humbled till you think Death a preferment I have but a life Ki. Which I will cherish be not passionate And I consent to all thou hast contained Thou art my friend Go. I would be sir your honest Chyrurgion And when you have a Gangrene in your limb Not flatter you to death but tell you plainly If you would live the part so poyson'd must be Cut from your body Ki. And I wo'not shake With horror of the wound but meet my safety And thank my best preserver but art sure Aquinus will be resolute Go. Suspect not He is my Creature Enter Hormenus Ho. The Prince your Sonne Ki. Is a bold Traytor And they are Rebels joyne with him Go. What of the Prince Hormenus Ho. He is very near the City with his Army Ki. Are the walls fortified Ho. They are Ki. We wo'not trust him nor the Ruffian Olaus that Incendiary Go. The Queen Enter Marpisa Qu. O sir Ki. There are more wounds in those sad accents Then their rebellion can give my Kingdome Q. My boy my child Haraldus Ki. What of him Qu. Is sick is dying sir Go. Forbid it heavens he was in health Qu. But if I mean to see him A live they say I must make hast The comforts of my life expire with him Exit Go. The Devils up in arms and fates conspire Against us Ki. Mischiefes tumble like waves upon us Ho. Sir It will be necessary You lend your person to direct what shall Be further done i' th City Aquinus hath Charge of the Gate and Walls that offer The first view to the Enemy Ki. He is trusty and A daring Souldier what at stand Gotharus Go. I was thinking of the Queen sir and Haraldus And grieve for the sweet child Ki. Some feaver would my Son were in his state but soon we shall Conclude his destiny if Aquinus prosper But to the walls Go. I attend my very soule Is in a sweat Hormenus Ho. I wait on you Exeunt Enter Prince Turgesius Olaus Cortes Reginaldus Souldiers Pr. The Gates are shut against us Souldiers Ol. Let our Engines Teare 'em and batter down the walls Pr. Good Uncle Your counsell I obey'd i' th wars abroad We did there fight for honour and might use All the most horrid formes of death to fright Our enemies and cut our way to victory But give me leave to tell you sir at home Our conquest will be losse and every wound We give our Country is a crimson teare From our own heart they are a viperous brood Gnaw through the bowels of their parent I Will rather dye without a monument Then have it bear my name to have defaced One heap of stones Enter Gotharus on the walls Ho. Aqui. Cor. Gotharus on the walls Ol. Hormonus and Aquinus now a speech And 't were at Gallowes would become him better Go. Thus from my master to the Prince of Norway We did expect and had prepar'd to meet Your victory with triumphs and with Garlands Due to your fate and valours entertain'd you Nor has your Army sacrific'd so many Warm drops of blood as we have shot up prayers That you might prosper and return the pledge Of all our hope and glory But when pride Of your own fames and conquest in a war Hath poyson'd the obedience of a Sonne And tempted you to advance your sword new bath'd In enemies blood 'gainst your Countries bosome Thus we receive you and declare your pietie And faith lost to your Country and your Father Pr. My Lord all this concerns not me we have But done our dutyes and return to lay The Trophies at his feet whose justice did Make us victorious more then our own valour And now without all titles but his sonne I dare hells accusation to blast My humble thoughts Go. Sir give us leave to feare Not your own nature calme as the soft aire When no rude wind conspires a mutiny Ol. Leave Rethorique and to 'th point why do not The Gates spread to receive us and your joyes Shoot up in acclamations I would have Thy house give good example to the City And make us the first-born fire Go. Good heaven knows How willingly I would sacrifice my selfe To do a grateful service to the Prince And I could wish my Lord you were less passionate And not inflame his Highnesse gentle spirit To these attempts Pr. I am ignorant Gotharus Of what you mean where is the King my father Aq. Where a sad father is to know his Sonne Bring arms against his life Pr. How now Aquinus Ol. Dare you be saucy O that Gentleman Is angry his head akes with the remembrance of My Truncheon Aq. 'T was a valiant act And did become the greatness of Olaus Who by the priviledge of his birth may do A wrong and boast it Ol. Shall these Groomes affront us Pr. Have you commission to be thus insolent They do not know us Go. Yes and in our hearts Bleed that our fears of your unjust demand Compell us to this separation Pr. Demands is it injustice for a Sonne To aske his fathers blessing by thy duty Gotharus I command thee tell my father His Sonne desires access let me but speak with him Go. I have not in your absence sir neglected What did become my service to your highnesse To take his anger off Pr. What Riddles this Go. But let me with a pardon tell your Grace The Letters that you sent were not so dutyfull You were to blame to chide and Article So with a King and Father yet I said And pawn'd my Conscience 't was no act of yours I mean intyre but wrought and form'd by some Rash spirits to corrupt you with ambition Feeding your youth with thought of hasty empire To serve their ends whose counsell all this while Did starve that sweetness in you we all hop'd for Ol. Devices more devices Pr. I am amaz'd And if the King will not vouchsafe me conference I shall accuse thy cunning to have poyson'd My Fathers good opinion Enter King Go. Innocence May thus be stain'd pray let your justice clear me Ki. What would our Sonne Pr. Thus pay his filiall duty K. 'T is but counterfet if you bring no thought To force our blessing in this rude manner how Dare you approach dismiss your souldiers Ol. Not the meanest knapsack That were a way to bring us to the mercy Of wolves indeed Gotharus grinds his teeth Already at us Ki. We shall talk with you sir Hereafter I command thee by thy duty Thou ow'st a father and a King dismiss Your Troops Pr. I will Ola. You shall not that were fine So we may
run our heads into their noose You give away your safty Pr. I will not Dispute my power let my intreat prevaile For their dismission Ol. You may dismiss Your head and mine and be laugh'd at these men Are honest and dare fight for us Pr. I know Their loves and will rewait dear dear Uncle Go. How he prepares his Tragedy Aquinus Let not thy hand shake Aqu. I am resolute Go. And I for thy reward 't is done the souldiers Disperse already Ol. If any mischiefe follow this Thank your credulitie Pr. May I now hope for access Ki. Descend Gotharus and Aquinus To meet the Prince while he containes within The piety of a Son we shall imbrace him Pr. When I degenerate let me be accurst By heaven and you Ol. Are you not pale to think on 't Pr. It puzzels me to think my father guilty Ol. I do not like things yet As the Prince is going forth a Pistoll is discharged within he falls Pr. O I am shot I am murder'd Ol. Inhumane Traytor villaine Olaus wounds Aquinus Go. So so his frend has saved my execution 'T is not safe for me to stay they are both sped rarely Exit Ol. O my dear Cousin treason treason Ki. Where Ol. In thy own bosome thou hast kil'd thy Sonne Convey his body guard it safe and this Perfidious trunke I 'le have it punish't Past death and scatter his torn flesh about The world to affright mankind thou art A murthdrer no blood of mine Go. 'T is done And all the guilt dyes with Aquinus falne By Olaus sword most happily who but Prevented mine this act concludes all feare Ki. He was my sonne I must needs drop a teare Exeunt Haraldus discovered sicke Queen Doctors Qu. It is not possible heâ—â—â—â—ch a feavor By excess of wine he was all temperance Do. He had a soft and tender constitution Apt to be inflam'd they that are most abstemious Feel the disorder with more violence Qu. Where who assisted him in this mis-fortune He had some company Do. He was invited He sayes by Sueno and Helga to a banquet Where in their mirth they careless of his health Suffered him drink too much Qu. They poyson'd him Go apprehend the murtherers of my child If he recover not their death shall wait Upon Haraldus but pray you tell me Gentlemen Is there no hope of life have you not art Enough to cure a feavor Do. We find Madam His disease more malignant by some thought Or apprehensions of griefe Qu. What griefe Y' are all impostors and are Ignorant But how to kill Ha. Is not my mother come Qu. Yes my deare sonne and here shall weep my selfe Till I turne Niobe unlesse thou givest me Some hope of thy own life Ha. I would say something Were you alone Qu. Leave us now my Haraldus How is it with my child Hal. I know you love me Yet I must tell you truth I cannot live And let this comfort you death will not come Unwelcome to your sonne I do not dye Against my will and having my desires You have less cause to mourne Qu. What is 't has made The thought of life unpleasant which does court Thy dwelling here with all delights that nature And art can study for thee rich in all things Thy wish can be ambitious of yet all These treasures nothing to thy mothers love Which to enjoy thee would defer a while Her thought of going to heaven Ha. Oh take heed mother heaven Has a spatious eare and power to punish Your too much love with my eternal absence I begge your prayers and blessing Qu. Th' art dejected Have but a will and live Ha. 'T is in vaine mother Qu. Sinke with a feavour into earth Look up thou shalt not dye Ha. I have a wound within You do not see more killing then all feavors Qu. A wound where who has murder'd thee Ha. Gotharus Qu. Ha! furies persecute him Ha Oh pray for him 'T is my duty though he gave me death He is my father Qu. How thy father Ha. He told me so and with that breath destroy'd me I felt it strike upon my spirits mother Would I had neer been born Qu. Believe him not Ha. Oh do not add another sinne to what Is done already death is charitable To quit me from the scorn of all the world Qu. By all my hopes Gotharus has abus'd thee Thou art the lawful burden of my wombe Thy father Altomarus Ha. Ha Qu. Before whose spirit long since taken up To meet with Saints and Troops Angelicall I dare agen repeat thou art his Sonne Ha. Ten thousand blessings now reward my mother Speake it againe and I may live a stream Of pious joy runnes through me to my soule Y 'ave stroke a harmony next that in heaven Can you without a blush call me your Child And sonne of Altomarus all that 's holy Dwell in your blood for ever speak it once But once agen Qu. Were it my latest breath Thou art his and mine Enough my tears do flow To give you thanks for 't I would you could resolve me But one truth more why did my Lord Gotharus Call me the issue of his blood Qu Alas he thinks thou art Ha. What are those words I am undone Agen Qu. Ha Ha. 'T is too late to call 'em back he thinks I am his son Qu. I have confess'd too much and tremble with The imagination forgive me child And heaven if there be mercy to a crime So black as I must now to quit thy fears Say I have been guilty off we have been sinful And I was not unwilling to oblige His active braine for thy advancement by Abusing his beliefe thou wer 't his own But thou hast no such staine thy birth is innocent Or may I perish ever 't is a strange Confession to a child but it may drop A balsome to thy wound live my Haraldus If not for this to see my penitence And with what tears I 'le wash away my sinne Ha. I am no bastard then Qu. Thou art not Ha. But I am not found while you are lost No time can restore you My spirits faint Qu. Will nothing comfort thee Ha. My duty to the King Qu. He 's here Enter King Ki. How is 't Haraldus Death sits in 's face Ha. Give me you blessing and within my heart I le pray you may have many my soul flyes 'Bove this vain world good Mother close mine eyes Qu. Never dyed so much sweetnesse in his years Ki. Be comforted I have lost my sonne too The Prince is slaine how now Enter officers with Helga Qu. Justice upon the murderer of my sonne This villaine Helga and his companion Sueno have kil'd him where 's the other Offi. Fled Madam But Helga does confesse he made him drunk He. But not dead drunk I do beseech you Madam Ki. Look here what your base surfet has destroy'd He. 'T was Sueno as well as I my Lord Gotharus Gave us commission for what we did Qu. Again
troth sir I will have nothing Go. Yes take that and that for killing of Haraldus VVounds him Now I 'm sure you will not prate Su. O murther VVithin Follow follow Go. I cannot scape oh help invention He bloodies himselfe with Sueno's blood and falls down as dead Enter Rebels 1. This way they say he went what 's he 2. One of our company I think 3. Who kil'd him 4. I know not 2. Le ts away if we can find that Traytor He shall pay for all 4. Oh that I had him here I 'de teach him 2. This way this way Su. Oh 3. Stay There 's one groans Su. Oh 2. Nay 't was here abouts another dead 4. He has good cloathes Gotharus the very cur 3. 'T is Gotharus I have seen the dog 2. 'T is he 't is he Su. Oh Exit Gotha 2. Now 't is not he if thou canst speak my friend Su. Gotharus murdered me and shifted cloathes He cannot be far off oh 1. That 's he that lyes dead yonder O that he were Alive againe that we might kill him one after another 3. He 's gone 2. The Devill he is follow follow 3. This way he cannot scape us farewell friend I 'le doe thee a courtecy Follow follow Exit Enter Olaus Prince Aquinus Ol. So so in this disguise you may to 'th Army Who though they seem to scatter are to meet By my directions honest Aquinus you You wait on the Prince but sir Whispers Cor. Were you not wounded Aq. I prepared a privie Coat for that I knew Gotharus Would have been too busie with my flesh else But he thinks I 'm slaine by the Duke and hugges His fortune in 't Pr. You 'l follow Ol. And bring you news perhaps the Rabble are In hot pursuite after the Polititian He cannot scape them they 'l teare him like So many hungry Mastives Exit Pr. I could wish they had him Ol. Lose no time Cortes stay you with me Not that I think my house will want your guard Cor. Command me sir Ol. Whas ever such a practise by a father To take away his Sonnes life Pr. I would hope he may not be so guilty yet I know not How his false terrors multiplied by the Art Of this Gotharus may prevaile upon him And win consent Ol. Aquinus has been faithfull And deceived all their treasons but the Prince Is still thought dead this empty Coffine shall Confirme the people in his funerall To keep their thoughts revengeful VVithin Follow follow Till we are possest of him that plotted all Cor. The cry draws this way They are excellent Blood-hounds Enter Gotharus Go. As you are men defend me from the rage Of the devouring multitude I have Deserv'd your anger and a death but let not My limbs inhumanely be torne by them O save me VVithin Follow foll Ol. Blest occasion Go. I am forced to take your house and now implore Your mercy but to rescue me from them And be your own revenger yet my life Is worth your preservation for a time Do it and I 'le reward you with a story You 'l not repent to know Ol. You cannot be safe here Their rage is high and every doore Must be left open to their violence Unlesse you will obscure you in this Coffin Prepared for the sweet Prince that 's murder'd And but expects his body which is now imbalming Go. That O y' are charitable VVithin Follow fol Go. Their noise is Thunder to my soul He goes into the Coffin So so Enter Rebels Ola. How now Gentlemen what means this Tumult Do you know that I possesse this dwelling Reb. Yes my Lord But we were told my Lord Gotharus entred And we beseech you give him to our justice He is the common enemy and we know he killed the Prince Ol. You may search if you please He can presume of small protection here But I much thank you for your loyalties And service to the Prince whose bloodless ruines Are there and do but wait when it will please His father to reverse a cruell sentence That keeps him from a buriall with his Ancestors We are forbid to do him rights of funerall 1. How not bury him 2. Forbid to bury our good Prince we 'l bury him And see what Priest dare not assist us 3. Not bury him we 'l do 't and carry his body in triumph Through the City and see him laid i' th great Tombs 1. Not bury our Prince that were a jest indeed Cor. 'T is their love and duty 2. We 'l pull the Church down but we 'l have our will 3. Deare Prince how sweet he smels 1. Come Countrymen march and see who dares Take his body from us Cor. You cannot helpe Ol. They 'l bury him alive Cor. He 's in a fright Ol. So may all Traytors thrive Exeunt Act. 5. Enter King and Queene Ki. OH I am lost and my soul bleeds to thinke By my own dotage upon thee Qu. I was curst When I first saw thee poor wind-shaken King I have lost my Sonne Ki. Thy honour impious woman Of more price then a Sonne or thy own life I had a sonne too whom my rashness sent To another world my poor Turgesius What sorcery of thy tongue and eyes betraid me Qu. I would I had been a Basilisk to have shot A death to thy dissembling heart when I Gave my selfe up thy Queen I was secure Till thou with the temptation of greatness And flattery didst poyson my sweet peace And shall thy base feares leave me now a prey To Rebels Ki. I had been happy to have left Thee sooner but be gone get to some wildernesse Peopled with Serpents and engender with Some Dragon like thy self Qu. Ha ha Ki. Dost laugh thou prodigie thou shame of woman Qu. Yes and despise thee dotard vex till thy soul Break from thy rotten flesh I will be merry At thy last groan Ki. O my poor boy my sonne His wound is printed here that false Gotharus Your wanton Goat I feare practis'd with thee His death Qu. 'T was thy own act and timerous heart in hope To be secure I glory in the mention Thou murderer of thy sonne Enter Hormenus Ho. Oh sir if ever stand upon your guard The Army which you thought scattered and broke Is grown into a great and threatning body Lead by the Duke Olaus your lov'd Uncle Is marching hither all your subjects fly to him Exit Qu. Ha ha Ki. Curse on thy spleene is this a time for laughter When horror should afflict thy guilty soule Hence mischiefe Qu. Not to obey thee shadow of a King Am I content to leave thee and but I wo'not Prevent thy greater sorrow and vexation Now I would kill thee coward K. Treason treason Qu. I I Who comes to your rescue Ki. Are all fled Qu. Slaves do it naturally Ki. Canst thou hope to scape Qu. I am mistress of my fate and do not feare Their inundation their Army comming It does prepare my triumph they shall give Me libertie
friends Ol. Upon condition that you will Ki. What Ol. Now have I forgot what I would have Oh that my Ladie Circe that transform'd you May be sent whether I ha' forgot agen To the Devil any whether far enough A curse upon her she troubles me both when I think on her and when I forget her Enter Albina Ki. Gotharus wife the sorrowful Albina Al. If pittie dwell within your royal bosome Let me be heard I come to find a husband I le not believe what the hard hearted rebels Told me that he is dead they lov'd him not And wish it so for you would not permit His murder here You gave me sir to him In holy marriage I 'le not say what sorrow My poor heart since hath been acquainted with But give him now to me and I 'le account No blessing like that bountie where oh where Is my poor Lord none tell me are you all Silent or deaf as Rocks yet they sometimes Do with their hollow murmurs answer men This does increase my fears none speak to me I aske my Lord from you sir you once lov'd him He had your bosome who hath torne him thence Why do you shake your head and turn away Can you resolve me sir the Prince alive Whose death they would revenge upon Gotharus O let me kisse your hand a joy to see You safe doth interrupt my griefe I may Hope now my Lord is safe too I like not That melancholly gesture why do you make So dark your face and hide your eies as they Would shew an interest in sorrow with me Where is my Lord can you or any tell me Where I may find the comfort of mine eies My husband or but tell me that he lives And I will pray for you then he is dead Indeed I feare Pr. Poor Ladie Aq. Madam be comforted Al. Why that 's well said I thank you gentle sir You bid me be comforted blessing on you Shew me now reason for it tell me something I may believe Aq. Madam your husband 's dead Al. And did you bid me sir be comforted For that oh you were cruel dead who murdered him For though he lov'd not me in life I must Revenge his death Pr. Alas you cannot Al. No Will not heaven heare me think you for I 'le pray That horror may pursue the guiltie head Of his black murderer you doe not know How fierce and fatall is a widowes curse Who kil'd him saie Aq. We know not Al. Y' are unjust Pr. Pursue not sorrow with such inquisition Ladie Al. Not I who hath more interest Ki. The knowledge of what circumstance depriv'd him Of life will not availe to his return Or if it would none here know more then that He was brought hither dead in that inclosure Al. Where Aq. In that Coffin Ladie Al. Was it charitie Made this provision for him oh my Lord Now may I kisse thy wither'd lip discharge Upon thy bosome a poor widowes tears There 's something tempts my heart to shew more dutie And wait on thee to death in whose pale dresse Thou dost invite me to be reconcil'd Ki. Remove that Coffin Al. Y' are uncharitable Is 't not enough that he is rob'd of life Among you but you 'l rob me of his bodie Poor remnant of my Lord I have not had Indeed so many kisses a great while Pray do not envie me for sure I sha'not Die of this surfet he thought not I was So neare to attend him in his last and long Progresse that built this funerall tenement Without a roome for me the sad Albina Must sleepe by her dead Lord I feel death coming And as it did suspect I durst not look On his grim visage he has drawn a curtaine Of mist before my eies Ki. Look to the Ladie Pr. Look to Albina our Physitians There is not so much vertue more i' th Kingdome If she survive this passion she is worth A Prince and I will court her as my blessing Say is there hope Phy. There is Pr. Above your lives preserve her Phy. With our best art and care Exit with Albina Ol. She has almost made me woman too but Come to other businesse Enter Queene Aq. Is not this the Queene Ol. The Queen of hell give her no hearing but Shoot shoot her presently without more repentance There is a leacherous Devil in her eye Give him more fire his hell 's not hot enough Now shoot Pr. Be temperate good sir Qu. Nay let his cholerick highness be obey'd Aq. She is shot-free Qu. The Prince alive where is Gotharus Ol. Your friend that was Qu. It is confest Ol. Your Stallion Qu. He has more titles sure Ol. Let but some strangle her in her own haire Qu. The office will become a noble hangman Ol. Whore Qu. I le not spend my breath upon thee I have more use on 't does Gotharus live Aq. You may conjecture Madam if you turn Your eyes upon that object Qu. It has wrought then Ki. What has wrought Qu. His Physick sir For the state Megrim A wholsome poyson which in his poor feares And fainting when the Rebels first pursu'd him It was my happinesse to minister In my poor boyes revenge kil'd by his practise Pr. Poyson'd Ol. She is turn'd Doctor Qu. He becomes Deaths pale complexion and now I 'm prepar'd Pr. For what Qu. To die Ol. Prepar'd to be damn'd a seven years killing Will be too little Qu. I pitty your poor rage I sha'not stay so long nor shall you have The honour sir to kill me Ol. No let me trie Qu. Ha ha Ol. Dost thou laugh Helcat Qu. Yes and scorne all your furies I was not So improvident to give Gotharus all My cordiall you may trust the operation Here 's some to spare if any have a mind To taste and be assur'd will you my Lord 'T will purge your choler rarely Ol. I le not be your patient I thank you Qu. This box was ever my companion Since I grew wicked with that Polititian To prevent shameful death nor am I coy To pleasure a friend in 't Ol. Devils charity Qu. It works with method and doth kill discreetly Without a noise your Mercury is a rude And troublesome destroyer to this medicine I feel it gently seize upon my vitals 'T is now the time to steale into my heart Ki. Hast thou no thought of heaven Qu. Yes I do think Sometimes but have not heart enough to pray Some vapour now rises 'twixt me and heaven I cannot see 't lust and ambition ruin'd me If greatnesse were a priviledge i' th other World it were a happiness to die a Queene I find my conscience too late 't is bloody And full of staines oh I have been so wicked 'T were almost impudence to aske a pardon Yet for your own sakes pitty me survive All happie and if you can forgive forgive Moritur Ki. Those accents yet may be repentance Pr. See's dead Ki. Some take their bodies hence Pr. Let them have buriall Ki. 'T is in thee Turgesius To dispose all to whom I give my Crown Salute him King by my example Pr. Stay Upon your dutie staie will you be traytors Consent your lawful King should be depos'd Sir do not wound your Son and lay so great A staine upon his hopeful his green honour I now enjoy good mens opinions This change will make 'em think I did conspire And force your resignation were it still By justice and your selfe it shall not touch My brow till death translate you to a Kingdome More glorious and you leave me to succeed Better'd by your example in the practise Of a Kings power and dutie Ki. This obedience Will with excess of comfort kill thy father And hasten that command thou wouldst decline Pr. Receive this Captain and reward his faith To you and me Ki. Be Captaine of our guard And my good Uncle to your eare I leave The Souldiers let the largesse speak our bountie And your love Ol. I this sounds well fellow Souldiers Trust me beside your pay for the Kings bountie Within Sol. Heaven preserve The King and Prince Ol. Not a short prayer for me Om. Sol. Heaven bless the Duke heaven bless the Duke Ol. Why so money will do much Ki. A bright daie shines upon us come my sonne Too long a stranger to the Court it now Shall bid thee wellcome I do feel my years Slide off and joy drown sorrow in my tears Exeunt omnes FINIS