And let me tell thee though thy mother had Merit enough to engage my senses Yet there was something more in thee consider'd That rais'd my thoughts and study to advance Thee to these pregnant hopes of state methinks I see thee a King already Ha. Good sir do not Prompt me to that ambition I possess Too much already and I could so pleas'd My Mother travell where I should not hear Of these great titles and it comes now aptly I should entreat your Lordship to assist me In a request to her I know she loves you And will deny you nothing I would faine Visit the University for study I do lose time methinks Go. Fie Haraldus And leave the Court how you forget your selfe Study to be King I shall halfe repent my care If you permit these dull and phlegmatick Thoughts to usurpe they 'l stifle your whole reason Catch at the Sunne devest him of his beame And in your eye wear his proud rayes let day Be when you smile and when your anger points Shoot death in every frowne covet a shade Affect a solitude and books and forfeit So brave an expectation Ha. Of what Go. Of Norwayes Crown Ha. Could there be any thought Within me so ambitious with what hope Could it be cherished when I have no title Go. I that have thus farre studied thy fortune May find a way Ha. The King Go. Is not immortal while he has Physitians Ha. What 's that unsaid The King is happy And the whole Nation treasure up their hopes In Prince Turgesius who with his great uncle Valiant Olaus Go. Are sent to 'th warres where 't will concerne 'm To think of fame and how to march to honour Through death Ha. I dare not hear him Go. Or if they Return Ha. They will be welcome to all good Mens hearts and next the King none with more joy Congratulate their safeties then your selfe I am confident my Lord you will remember To see my Mother and excuse me if To finish something else I had in charge I take my leave all good dwell with your Lordship Exit Go. But that I have Marpisas faith I could Suspect him not the issue of my blood He is too tame and honest at his yeers I was prodigiously in love with greatnesse Or if not mine let him inherit but His Mothers soule she has pride enough and spirit To catch at flames his education Has been too soft I must new form the boy Into more vice and daring strange we must Study at Court how to corrupt our Children Enter Marpisa The Queene Ma. My expectation to speak With thee Gotharus was too painfull to me I feare we are all undone dost hear the news The Prince is comming back with victory Our day will be o're-cast Go. These eyes will force A brighter from those clouds are not you Queene Ma. But how Turgesius and his bold uncle Wil look upon me Go. Let 'em stare out Their eyeballs be you mistress still of the Kings heart and let their gall spout in their stomack We 'l be secure Ma. Thou art my fate Go. I must confesse I was troubled when I heard it first seem not You pale at their return but put on smiles To grace their triumph now you have most need Of womans art dissemble cunningly Ma. My best Gotharus Go. They shall find stratagems in peace more fatal Then all the Engines of the war what mischiefe Will not Gotharus fly to to assure The fair Marpisa's greatness and his own In being hers an Empire 'bove the world There is a heaven in either eye that calls My adoration such Promethean fire As were I struck dead in my works shouldst thou But dart one look upon me it would quicken My cold dust and informe it with a soul More daring then the first Ma. Still my resolv'd Gotharus Go. Let weak Statesmen think of conscience I am arm'd against a thousand stings and laugh at The tales of Hell and other worlds we must Possess our joyes in this and know no other But what our fancy every minute shall Create to please us Ma. This is harmony How dull is the Kings language I could dwell Upon thy lips why should not we engender At every sense Go. Now you put me in mind The pledge of both our hopes and blood Haraldus Is not well bred he talks too morally He must have other discipline and be fashion'd For our great aims upon him a Crown never Became a Stoick pray let me commend Some conversation to his youth Ma. He is thine Enter Helga Ge. He shall be every way my own Hel. The King desires your presence Madam Ma. I attend you 'l follow Exit Go. Thee to death and triumph in My ruines for thy sake a thousand forms Throng in my braine that is the best which speeds Who looks at Crowns must have no thought who bleeds Exit Act. 2. Enter King Hormenus Cortes Sueno K. THis musick doth but add to melancholly I le hear no more Co. He 's strangely mov'd Ho. I cannot think a cause You were wont to fool him into mirth Where 's Helga Your dear companion no device between you To raise his thoughts Su. I am nothing without my fellow Musick is best in Consort H. Your buffonry is musical belike Co. Your Juglers cannot do some o' their tricks Without confederacy Su. I 'le try alone If please your Majesty there is K. That for your unseasonable and saucie fooling strikes him Ho. That was a musical box o' th' ear Ki. Leave us Co. 'T is nothing without a fellow he knows Musick is best in Consort Exit Su. Would you had your parts K. Hormenus you may stay Ho. Your pleasure sir Ki. Men do account thee honest H. 'T is possible I May fare the worse K. And wise canst tell the cause why I am sad Ho. Not I sir Ki. Nor I my self 't is strange I should be subject To a dull passion and no reason for it Ho. These things are frequent Ki. Sometimes ominous And do portend Ho. If you enjoy a health What is in fate Ki. I am King Still and I not Ho. We are all happy in 't And when time shall with the consent of nature Call you an old man from this world to heaven May he that shall suceed you Prince Turgesius The glory of our hope be no less fortunate Ki. My Son I was too rash to part with him Ho. We should Have thought his stay a blessing and did wish You would not have expos'd such tender years To the rough warre but your commands met with His duty and our obedience Ki. It is very Strange we of late hear no success I hope This sadnesse is not for his loss he has A kinsman with him loves him dearly 't is The Queen Enter Queen and Helga I feel my drooping thoughts fall off And my clouds fly before the wind her presence Hath an infusion to restore dead nature My sweet my dear Marpisa Mar. You sent for me Ki.
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
I am but the shadow of my selfe without thee Enter Cort. Sueno No wonder I was sad my soul had plac'd All her delight in these fair eyes and could not But think it selfe an exile in thy absence Why should we ever part but chaine our selves Together thus Su. He 's in a better humour I hope I do not think but his Majestie would cuffe well His hand carryes a princely weight He. A favour Su. Would you might weare such another in your eare Ki. Come hither on this side Su. You were on that side before Ki. wo'dst not thou lose thy life to do a service My Queen would smile upon Su. Alas My life Is the least thing to be imagin'd he Is not a faithful subject would refuse To kill his wife and children after that To hang himselfe to do the Queen a service Ki. Come hither Helga Hel. Royal sir Ki. What would affright thy undertaking to deserve The least grace from my Queen He. I cannot tell But I 've an opinion the Devill could not My life is nothing fir to obtaine her favour I would hazard more I have heard talk of hell So farre she should command me Hor. Bless me goodness What wretched Parasites are these how can The King be patient at 'em here is flattery So thick and grosse it would endure a hand-saw Co. His judgement 's I fear stupified Hor. Come hither Which of you can resolve what serpent spawn'd you Su. You are pleasant He. My good Lord it hurts not you There is necessity of some knaves and so Your Lordship be exempted why should you Trouble your selfe and murmur at our courses Enter Aquinus hastily A. The King He. Peace Su. Your businesse Aq. News from the field Su. Good A. Good He. How Su. How prethee Aq. The day the field the safety O the glory Of warre is Norwaies Letters to the King He. Give 'em to me Su. Or me He. Trust not a fool with things of consequence He 's the Kings mirth let me present the news Su. Sir I should know you this is a knave Would take to him all the glory of your report If please you let me present the Letters He. My Leige Su. My Soveraigne He. News Su. Good news He. Excellent newes Su. The Prince He. The Prince is Su. The enemy is o'rethrown He. They have lost the day Su. Defeated utterly He. And are all slain Su. Madam will you hear the news Ki. Say on what is 't you would relate He. One of my creatures sir hath brought you Letters Aquinus delivers the Letters My servant sir one strengthened to your service Out of my maintenance an instrument of mine So please you to consider my duty in his service Aq. Why hark you Gentlemen I have but mock'd Your greedy zeals there 's no such matter in Those Letters as you have told we have lost all And the Prince taken prisoner will you not Stay for the reward you know I 'm but your Creature I look for nothing but your courtly faces To pay my travel He. We wo'not appear yet Exit Aq. How the Rats vanish Ki. Read here my best Marpisa news that makes A triumph in my heart great as the conquest Upon our enemies Hormenus Cortes Our Son will prove a Souldier was my sadnesse Omen to this good fate or nature fear'd The extasie of my joy would else o'recome me They are return'd victorious Ho. Thanks to heaven Ki. And some reward is due to thee wear that For the Kings sake Aq. You too much honour me Ki. But something in Marpisa's face shews not So clear a joy as we express forbear Exeunt Wait till we call can this offend my Queen To hear of happinesse to my Son O let Thy eyes look bright there shine hath force to make The wreath of Laurel grow upon his temples Why dost thou weep this dew will kill the victory And turn his Bay to Cipresse Ma. Witnesse heaven There 's not a teare that mourns for him his safety And conquest is most welcome and he shall Have still my prayers he may grow up in fame And all the glorious fortunes of a Prince But while my wishes fly to heaven for blessings Upon his head at the same time I must Remember in what miserable condition My stars have plac'd me Ki. What can make thy state Guilty of such a name and so deject Thy nobler thoughts am not I still the King And is not fair Marpisa mine by marriage Crown'd here my Queen immortally M. Though I be By royall bounty of your love possest Of that great Title sir I have some fears Ki. You amaze me speak thy doubts at large M. The Prince Dear to your love and I still wish him so Dear to your peoples hearts I fear will think Our marriage his dishonour and Olaus Your passionate Uncle no good friend of mine When he shall see to what a height your love And holy vow hath rais'd me most unworthy Will but salute Marpisa with his scorn And by his counsell or some waies of force Unchain our hearts and throw me from your bosome To death or worse to shame oh think upon me And if you have one fear that 's kin to mine Prevent their tyrannie and give me doom Of exile e're their cruelty arrive I le take my sentence kindly from your lips Though it be killing Ki. Let my Son or Uncle Dare but affront three in a look I shall Forget the ties of nature and discharge 'em Like the corruption in my blood M. I can Submit my selfe to them and would you please To allow my humblenesse no staine to what You have advanc'd me to I can be their servant And with as true a duty wait upon 'em Ki. Thou art all goodnesse twenty Kingdoms are Too little for thy dowry who attends Enter Horm and Cortes Thus every minute I will marry thee And wear thee in my heart vanish the thought Of all thy sex beside and what can else Attempt our separation th' art obscure And liv'st in Court but like a masking star Shut from us by the unkindnesse of a cloud When Cynthia goes to Revels I will have A chariot for my Queen richer then er'e Was shewn in Roman triumph and thou shalt Be drawn with Horses white as Venus doves Till heaven it selfe in envy of our bliss Snatch thee from earth to place thee in his Orbe The brightest constellation Co. He dotes strangely K. Hormenus Cortes I would have you all Search your inventions to advance new joyes Proclaime all pleasures free and while my fair Queen smiles it shall be death for any man I' th Court to frown Exeunt Ho. You ha' not so much love i' th Court Aquinus Co. How do you like the Queen Aq. Why she 's not married He does but call her so Ho. And lyes with her Aq. The Prince yet knows it not Ho. Hee 'l meet it coming home Go. Aquinus Enter Gotharus Aq. Sir Go. You brought Letters from the Camp Aq. I did my
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
Gotharus sure he plotted this Ki. Hang him up straight He. I left no drink behind me If I must dye let me have equall justice And let one of your guard drink me to death sir Or if you please to let me live till Sueno is taken we will drink and reele Out of the world together Ki. Hence and hang him Exeunt Enter Hormonus Ho. Sir you must make provision against New danger discontent is broke into A wild rebellion and many of your subjects Gather in tumults and give out they will Revenge the Princes death Ki. This I did feare Where 's Gotharus O my fright my conscience Has furies in 't where 's Gotharus Ho. Not in the Court Ki. I tremble with confusions Exit Qu. I am resolv'd my joyes are all expir'd Nor can ambition more concern me now Gotharus has undone me in the death Of my loved Sonne his fate is next while I Move resolute I 'le command his destiny Exit Enter Gotharus Ho. How are we lost the Prince Turgesius death Is of no use since 't is unprofitable To the great hope we stored up in Haraldus It was a cursed plot directed me To raise his spirit by those giddy engines That have undone him their souls reel to hell for 't How will Marpisa weep her selfe into The obscure shades and leave me here to grow A statue with the wonder of our fate Enter Albina Al. Sir Go. Do not trouble me Al. Although I am not partner of your joyes or comfort Yet let your cruelty be so mindfull of me I may divide your sorrows Go. Would thy sufferings Could ease me of the weight I would Empty my heart of all that 's ill to sinke thee And bury thee alive thy sight is hatefull Aske me not why but in obedience Fly hence into some wildernesse The Queeen Enter Queene Exit Alb. Go. Great Queen did any sorrow lade my bosome But what does almost melt it for Haraldus Your presence would revive me but it seems Our hopes and joyes in him grew up so mighty Heaven became jealous we should undervalue The bliss of th' other world and build in him A richer Paradice Qu. I have mourn'd already A mothers part and fearing thy excess Of griefe present my selfe to comfort thee Tears will not call him back and 't will become us Since we two are the world unto our selves Nothing without the circle of our arm 's Precious and welcome to take heed our griefe Make us not over soon like him that dead And our blood useless Go. Were you present Madam When your Sonne dyed Qu. I was Go. And did you weepe And wish him live and would not heaven at Your wish return his wandering Ghost agen Your voyce should make another out of Atomes I do adore the harmony and from One pleasant look draw in more blessings Then death knows how to kill Ma. He is recovered from his passion Go. What 's this ha Qu. Where Go. Here like a sudden winter Struck on my heart I am not well o' th sudden ha Qu. My Lord make use of this 't is Cordial Gives him a box of poyson I am often subject to these passions And dare not walk without this Ivory box To prevent danger they are pleasant 'T is a most happy opportunity Go. Let me present my thanks to my preserver Enter Albina And kiss your hand Qu. Our lips will meet more lovingly Al. My heart will break Qu. Your Lady we are betray'd She see us kiss and I shall hate her for 't Go. Does this offend your vertue Alb. Y' are merciless You shall be a less Tyrant sir to kill me Injurious Queen Qu. Shall I be here affronted I shall not think Gotharus worth my love To let her breath forth my dishonour which Her passion hath already dared to publish Nor wanted she before an impudence To throw this poyson in my face Go. I 'le tame her Exit Alb. I wo'not curse you Madam but you are The Cruel'st of all woman kind I am prepared to meet your tyrannies Enter Gotharus with a Pistol at the other doore a servant Ser. My Lord We are undone the common people are In arms and violently assault our house Threatning your Lordship with a thousand deaths For the good Prince whose murther they exclaime Contriv'd by you Go. The frends of hell will shew more mercy to me Where shall I hide me Qu. Alas they 'l kill me too Se. There 's no staying they have broke the wall of the first Court Down at some window sir Albina takes up the Pistoll Go. Helpe me O help me I ' me me lost Within Down with the doors This way this way Enter Rebels Al. He that first moves this way Comes on his death I can dispatch but one And take your choise 1. Alas good Madam we do not come to trouble you You have sorrow enough we would talk With my Lord your pagan husband 2. I I where is he 3. That Traytor 4. Murderer of our Prince Al. Y' are not well informed Aquinus kill'd the Prince 2. But by my Lords correction We know his heart and do meane to eat it Therefore let him appeare knock down the Lady You with the long bill Al. How dare you runne the hazard of your lives And fortunes thus like out-laws without authority To break into our houses when you have done What fury leads you to 't you will buy too dear Repentance at the Gallows 2. Hang the Gallowes and give us my Lord your husband Enter Servant Ser. He 's escap'd Madam now they may search Enter more Rebels Al. But where 's the Queene she must not be betrai'd 1. This way this way he got out of a window And leap'd a wall follow follow Within Follow follow follow Al. O my poor Gotharus Enter Queen Al. Madam you are secure though you pursued My death I wish you safety Qu. I have been Too cruell but my fate compell'd me to 't Exit Al. I am become the extreamest of all miseries Oh my unhappy Lord Exit Enter Sueno Su. Helga is hanged what will become of me I think I were best turn Rebel there 's no hope To walk without a guard and that I shall not Want to the Gallowes heathen Halberdiers Are used to have a care and do rejoyce To see men have good ends Enter Gotharus Go. I am pursued Su. My Lord Gotharus worse and worse oh for a mist before his eyes Go. You sha'not betray me sir Su. Hold my Lord I am your servant honest Sueno Go. Sueno off with that case it may secure me Quickly or Su. Oh my Lord you shall command my skin Alas poor Gentleman I 'm glad I have it To do your Lordship service Go. Nay your beard too Su. Yes yes any thing Alas my good Lord how comes this Go. Leave your untimely prating help You 'l not betray me Su. I 'le first be hanged VVithin Follow follow Go. Hell stop their throats so so now thy reward Su. It was my duty
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
and punish thee to live Ki. Undone forsaken miserable King Exeunt severally Enter Prince Olaus Cortes Aquinus Souldiers Pr. Worthy Aquinus I must honour thee Thou hast preserv'd us all thy service will Deserve a greater monument then thanks Aq. Thank the Duke for breaking o' my pate Ol. I know 't was well bestow'd but we have now Proof of thy honest heart Aq. But what with your highness favour do you meane To do with your father Pr. Pay my duty to him He may be sensible of his cruelty And not repent to see me live Ol. But with your favour something else must be Considered there 's a thing he calls his Queen A limbe of Lucifer she must be rosted For the Armies satisfaction Aq. They 'l ne'r digest her The Kings hounds may be kept hungry Enough perhaps and make a feast upon her Pr. I wonder how the rabble will bestow The Coffin Ol. Why they 'l bury him alive I hope Pr. Did they suppose my body there Ol. I 'm sorry he will fare so much the better I would the Queen were there to comfort him Oh they would smell and sweat together rarely Aq. He dare as soon be damn'd as make a noise Or stirre or cough Ol. If he should sneeze Cor. 'T is his best course to go into the ground With silence Pr. March on stay what Trumpets that Enter Rebels with a Trumpet before the Coffin marching Ol. They are no enemies I know the Coffin Aq. What rusty Regiment ha' we here Ol. They are going to bury him he 's not yet discovered Oh do not hinder 'em 't is a work of charity Yet now I do consider better on 't You may do well to shew your selfe that may Be a meanes to waken the good Gentleman And make some sport before the rascall smell And yet he 's in my nostrill he has perfum'd His box already Om. Reb. 'T is he 't is he the Prince alive hey They see the Prince throw downe the Coffin and runne to kneele and embrace him Aq. What would he give but for a knife to cut His own throat now Om. Rebel Our noble Prince alive Pr. That owes himselfe to all your loves Aq. What what trinkets ha' you there Reb. The Duke Olaus told us 't was the Princes body Which we resolv'd to bury with magnificence Aq. So it appeares Ol. 'T is better as it is 2. Reb. There 's something in 't my shoulder is still sensible Le ts search stand off Ol. Now do you sent him Gentlemen he wo'd forgive The hangman to dispatch him out o' th way Now will these Masties use him like a Cat Most dreadfull Rogues at an execution Now now 1. Reb. 'T is a man ha Gotharus the thing we whet our teeth for Om. Reb. Out with the traytor and with the murderer hey drag him Ol. I told you 1 Reb. Hold know your dutie fellow renagades We do beseech thee high and mighty Prince Let us dispose of what we brought this traytor He was given us by the Duke fortune has Thrown him into our teeth Ol. And they 'l devour him Om. We beseech your highness Ol. I doe acknowledge it good sir grant their boone And try the Caniballs 2. I le have an arme 3. I le have a legge I am a Shoomaker His shinbone may be useful 4. I want a signe give me his head Pr. Stay let 's first see him is he not stifled 3. I had rather my wife were speechlesse Ol. The Coffin sir was never close Pr. He does not stirre 1. We 'l make him stir hang him he 's but asleepe 2. He 's dead hum Ol. Dead Then the Devill is not so wise as I took him Pr. He 's dead and has prevented all their fury Aq. He was not smother'd the Coffin had aire enough Ol. He might ha' liv'd to give these Gentlemen some content 1 Reb. Oh let us teare his limbs Pr. Let none use any violence to his body I feare he has met reward above your punishment 2. Let me have but his clothes 3. He is a Taylor 2. Onely to cut out a sute for a Traytor by 'em Or any man my conscience would wish hang'd 4. Let me have a button for a relique Pr. No more Ol. There is some mystery in his death Enter King The King obscure a little nephew Ki. To whom now must I kneel where is the King For I am nothing and deserve to be so Unto you Uncle must I bow and give My Crown pray take it with it give me leave To tell you what it brings the hapless wearer Beside the outside glory for I am Read in the miserable fate of Kings You thinke it glorious to command but are More subject then the poorest payes you dutie And must obey your fears your want of sleepe Rebellion from your Vassals wounds even from Their very tongues whose quietnesse you sweat for For whose dear health you waste and fright your Strength to palenesse and your blood into a frost You are not certaine of a friend or servant To build your faith upon your life is but Your subjects murmur your death their sacrifice When looking past your selfe to make them blest In your succession which a wife must bring you You may give up your libertie for a smile As I ha' done and in your bosome cherish More danger then a warre or famine brings Or if you have a sonne my spirits faile me At naming of a sonne Pr. Oh my deare father Ki. Ha! do not fright me in my tears which should Be rather blood for yeelding to thy death I have let fall my penitence though I was Counsel'd by him whose truth I now suspect In the amaze and puzzle of my state Pr. Dear sir Let not one thought afflict you more I am preserv'd to be your humble sonne still Although Gotharus had contriv'd my ruine 'T was counterplotted by this honest Captaine Ki. I know not what to credit art Turgesius Pr. And do account your blessing and forgiveness If I have err'd above the whole worlds Empire The Armie sir is yours Ol. Upon conditions Pr. Good sir and all safety meant your person Ol. Right but for your gipsie Queene that Cocatrice Ki. She 's lost Ol. The Devil find her Ki. She 's false Ol. That Gentleman Jack in a Box if he could speake Would cleare that point Ki. Forgive me gentle boy Pr. Dear sir no more Aq. Best dismiss these Gentlemen Ol. The Princes bountie now you may go home And d' ee heare be drunk to night the cause requires it R. We 'l shew our selves good subjects Om. Heaven bless the King and Prince and the good Duke Exeunt Ki. My comforts are too mighty let me poure More blessings on my boy Pr. Sir I am blest If I stand faire in your opinion Ki. And welcome good Olaus Ol. Y' are deceiv'd I am a Ruffian and my head must off To please the Monkey Madam that bewitch'd you For being too honest to you Ki. We are