within that brazen shrine Which death hath builded for my ancestors I cannot name death but he strait steps in And pulls me by the arm Fern. His Grace doth faint help me my Lords softly to raise him up Enter Eleazar and stands sadly by K. Phil. Lift me not up I shortly must go down When a few dribling minutes have run out Mine hour is ended King of Spain farewell You all acknowledg him your Soveraign All When you are dead we will acknowledg him K. Phil. Govern this kingdom well to be a King Is given to many but to govern well Granted to few have care to Isabel Her virtue was King Philips looking-glasse Reverence the Queen your mother Love your sister And the young Prince your brother even that day When Spain shall solemnize my Obsequies And lay me up in earth let them crown you Where 's Eleazar Don Alvero's son Fernand. Yonder with crost arms stands he malecontent K. Phil. I do commend him to thee for a man Both wise and warlike yet beware of him Ambition wings his spirit keep him down What wil not men attempt to win a crown Mendoza is Protector of thy Realm I did elect him for his gravity I trust hee 'l be a father to thy youth Call help Fernando now I saint indeed Fern. My Lords K. Phil. Let none with a distracted voice Shreik out and trouble me in my departure Heavens hands I see are beckning for my soul I come I come thus do the proudest die Death hath no mercy life no certainty Mendo. As yet his soul 's not from her temple gone Therefore forbear loud lamentation Queen Mo Oh he is dead hee 's dead lament and die In her King's end begins Spains misery Isa He shall not end so soon Father dear Father Fern. Forbear sweet Isabella shreiks are vain Isa. You crie forbear you by his losse of breath Have won a kingdom you may cry forbear But I have lost a Father and a King And no tongue shal controul my sorrowing Horten. Whither good Isabella Isa. I will go Where I will languish in eternal wo Horten. Nay gentle Love Isa. Talk not of love to me The world and the Worlds pride henceforth I 'le scorn Exit Hort. My love shall follow thee if thou deny'st To live with poor Hortenzo as his wife I 'le never change my love but change my life Enter Philip Hastily Phillip I know he is not dead I know proud Death Durst not behold such sacred majesty Why stand you thus distracted Mother Brother My Lord Mendoza where 's my Royal father Qu. Here lyes the temple of his Royall soul Fernan. Here 's all that 's left of Philips Majesty Wash you his tombe with tears Fernandoes mone Hating a Partner shall be spent alone Exit Phil. Oh happy father miserable Sonne Philip is gone to Joy Philip's forlorn He dies to live my life with woe is torn Qu. Sweet sonne Phil. Sweet mother oh how I now do shame To lay on one so foul so fair a name Had you been a true mother a true wife This King had not so soon been robb'd of life Qu. What means this rage my sonne Phil. Call not me your sonne My father whilst he liv'd tyr'd his strong armes In bearing christian armour gainst the Turk's And spent his brains in warlike stratagems To bring Confusion on damn'd Infidels Whil'st you that snorted here at home betraid His name to everlasting Infamy Whilst you at home suffered his bed-chamber To be a Brothelry whilst you at home Suffered his Queen to be a Concubine And wanton red cheekt boy's to be her bawds Whilst shee reeking in that leachers armes Eleaz. Me Phil. Villaine 't is thee thou hel-begotten fiend at thee I stare Qu. Philip thou art a villain to dishonour me Phil. Mother I am no villain 't is this villain Dishonours you and me dishonours Spain Dishonours all these Lords this Divell is he that Eleaz. What! Oh pardon me I must throw off All chains of duty wert thou ten Kings sons Had I as many soules as I have sins As this from hence so they from this should fly In just revenge of this Indignity Phil. Give way or I 'le make way upon your bosoms Eleazer Did my dear Soveraigne live sirrha that tongue Queen Did but King Philip live traytor I 'de tell Phil. A tale that should rid both your soules to hell Tell Philip's ghost that Philip tells his Queen That Philip's Queen is a Moor's Concubine Did the King live I 'de tell him how you two Rip't up the entrails of his treasury With Masques and antick Revellings Eleaz. Words insupportable do'st hear me boy Que. Stand you all still and see me thus trod down Phil. Stand you all still yet let this divell stand here Mendo Forbear sweet Prince Eleazar I am now Protector to Fernando King of Spain By that authority and by consent Of all these peers I uterly deprive thee Of all those Royalties thou hold'st in Spain Qu. M. Cardinall who lends thee this Commission Ele. Cardinall I 'le shorten thee by the head for this Phil Forward my Lord Mendoza damne the feind Eleaz. Princes of Spain consent you to this pride All wee doe Qu. For what cause let his faith be try'd Men. His treasons needs no tryal they 're too plain Come not within the Court for if you do To beg with Indian slaves I 'le banish you Exeunt all but Alvero Queen and Eleazar Act. I. Scena IV. Alvero WHy should my sonne be banished Enter Maria Qu. Of that dispute not now Alvero I 'le to the King my sonne it shall be try'de If Castiles King can cool a Cardinall's pride Exeunt Queen and Alvero Eleaz. If I disgest this Gall Oh! my Maria I am whipt and rackt and torn upon the wheel Of giddy fortune She and her Minions Have got me down and treading on my bosome They cry lye still the Cardinal Oh! rare would bandy me away from Spain And banish me to beg I beg with slaves Maria Conquer with patience these indignityes Eleaz. Patience ha ha yes yes an honest Cardinall Ma. Yet smother the grief seek revenge Eleaz. Hah banish me s'foot why say hey do Ther 's Portugal a good air France a fine Country Or Barbary rich and has Moors the Turke Pure Divell and allowes enough to fat The sides of villany good living there I can live there and there and there Troth 't is a villain can live any where But say I goe from hence I leave behind me A Cardinall that will laugh I leave behind me A Philip that will clap his hands for joy And dance levaltoes through the Castile Court But the deep'st wound of all is this I leave My wrongs dishonours and my discontents Oh! unrevenged my bed-rid enemies Shal never be rais'd up by the strong Physical Curing of my sword therefore stay still Many have hearts to strike that dare not kill Leave me Maria Cardinall this disgrace Shall dye thy soule as Inky as my
me yeild my gracious Lord Although my disgrace hath graven its memory On every Spaniards eye yet shall the duty I owe your sacred Highness and the love My Country challengeth make me lay by Hostile intendments and return again To the fair circle of obedience King Both pardon and our favour bids you welcome And for some satisfaction for your wrongs We here create you Salamanka's Duke But first as a true signe all grudges dye Shake hands with Eleazar and be friends This union pleaseth us now brother Philip You are included in this league of love So is Roderigo to forget all wrongs Your Castle for a while shall bid us welcom Eleazar shall it not It is enough Lords lead the way that whil'st you feast your selves Fernando may find time all means to prove To compasse fair Maria for our love Exeunt Omnes Act. II. Scena II. Enter Queen Mother and Eleazar Eleaz. MAdam a word now have you wit or spirit Qu. Mother Both Eleaz. Set them both to a most gainfull task Our enemies are in my Castle-work Qu. Mother I but the King 's there too it 's dangerous pride To strike at those that couch by a Lyons side Eleaz. Remove them Qu. Mother How Eleaz. How a thousand ways By poison or by this but every groom Has skill in such base traffick no our pollicies Must look more strange must flie with loftier wings Venge ance the higher it falls more horror brings But you are cold you dare not do Qu. Mother I dare Eleaz. You have a womans heart look you this hand Oh! 't is too little to strike home Qu. Mother At whom Eleaz. Your son Qu. Mother Which son the King Eleaz. Angels of heaven stand like his guard about him how the King Not for so many worlds as here be stars Sticking upon th' imbroidred firmament The King he loves my wife and should he die I know none els would love her let him live in heaven good Lord Philip Aside Queen Mother He shall die Eleaz. How good good Qu. Mo. By this hand Eleaz. When good good when Qu. M. This night if Eleazer give consent El. Why then this night Philip shal not live To see you kill him Is he not your son A mother be the murd'rer of a brat That liv'd within her hah Qu. Mother 'T is for thy sake Eleaz. Puh What excuses cannot dam'd sin make To save it self I know you love him wel But that he has an eye an eye an eye To others our two hearts seem to be lock'd Up in a case of steel upon our love others Dare not look or if they dare they cast Squint purblind glances who care though all see all So long as none dare speak but Philip Knows that the Iron ribs of our villains Are thin Hee laughs to see them like this hand With chinks and crevises how a villanous eye A stabbing desperate tongue the boy dare speak A mouth a villanous mouth le ts muzzle him Qu. Mo. How Ele. Thus Go you and with a face well set do In good sad colours such as paint out The cheek of that fool penitence and with a tongue Made clean and glib Cull from their lazy swarm Some honest Friers whom that damnation gold Can tempt to lay their souls to 'th stake Seek such they are rank and thick Qu. Mo. What then I know such what 's the use Eleaz. This is excellent Hire these to write books preach and proclaim abroad That your son Philip is a bastard Qu. Mo. How Eleaz. A bastard do you know a bastard doo 't Say conscience spake with you and cry'd out doo 't By this means shall you thrust him from all hopes Of wearing Castiles diadem and that spur Galling his sides he will flye out and fling And grind the Cardinals heart to a new edg Of discontent from discontent grows treason And on the stalk of treason death he 's dead By this blow and by you yet no blood shed Doo 't then by this trick he gon We stand more sure in climbing high Care not who fall 't is reall policie Are you arm'd to do this hah Queen Mo. Sweet Moor it 's done Eleaz. Away then work with boldness and with speed On greatest actions greatest dangers feed Ezit Qu. Mother Ha ha I thank thee provident creation That seeing in moulding me thou did'st intend I should prove villain thanks to thee and nature That skilful workman thanks for my face Thanks that I have not wit to blush What Zarack ho Baltazar Enter the two Moors Both my Lord Eleaz. Nearer so silence Hang both your greedy ears upon my lips Let them devour my speech suck in my breath And in who lets it break prison here 's his death This night the Card'nall shall be murd'red Both Where Ele. And to fill up a grave Philip dies Both Where Ele. Here Both By whom Ele. By thee and slave by thee Have you hearts and hands to execute Both Here 's both 1 Moor He dies were he my father Ele. Ho away Stay go go stay see me no more till night Your cheeks are black let not your souls look white Both Till night Eleaz. Till night a word the Mo Qu. Is trying if she can with fire of gold Warpe the green consciences of two covetous Friers To preach abroad Philip's bastardy 1 Moor His bastardy who was his father Eleazar Who Search for these friers hire them to work with you Their holy callings will approve the fact Most good and meritorious sin shines clear When her black face Religions masque doth wear Aside Here comes the Queen good and the Friers Act. II. Scena III Enter two Friers Crab and Cole and Queen Mother Cole YOur son a bastard say we do But how then shall we deal with you I tell you as I said before His being a bastard you are so poor In honour and in name that time Can never take away the crime Qu. Mo. I grant that Frier yet rather I 'le endure The wound of infamy to kill my name Then to see Spain bleeding with civil swords The boy is proud ambitious he woo's greatnesse He takes up Spanish hearts on trust to pay them When he shall finger Castiles Crown Oh then Were it not better my disgrace were known Then such a base aspirer fill the Throne Cole Ha brother Crab what think you Crab. As you dear brother Cole Cole Then wee agree Coles Judgment is as Crabs you see Lady we swear to speak and write What you please so all go right Queen Mo. Then as wee gave directions spread abroad In Cales Madrid Granado and Medyna And all the Royall Cities of the Realm Th' ambitious hopes of that proud bastard Philip And somtimes as you see occasion Tickle the ears of the Rude multitude With Eleazars praises guild his virtues Naples recovery and his victories Atchieved against the Turkish Ottoman Will you do this for us Eleaz. Say will you Both I Eleaz. Why start you back and stare ha are you
Cardinall And the young Prince who bearing in his mind The true Idea of his late disgrace In putting him from the Protectorship And envying the advancment of the Moor Determined this night to murder you And for your Highnesse lodg'd within my Castle They would have laid the murder on my head King The Cardinall and my Brother bring them forth Their lives shall answer this ambitious practice Eleaz. Alas my Lord it is impossible For when they saw I had discovered them They train'd two harmlesse Friers to their lodgings Disrob'd them gagg'd them bound 'em 〈◊〉 two posts And in their habits did escape the Castle King That Cardinall is all ambition And from him doth our Brother gather heart Que. Mo. Th' ambition of th' one infects the other And in a word they both are dangerous But might your mothers counsell stand force I would advise you send the trusty Moor To fetch them back before they had seduc'd The squint ey'd multitude from true allegiance And drawn them to their dangerous faction King It shall be so therefore my States best prop Within whose bosome I durst trust my life Both for my safety and thine own discharge Fetch back those traitors and till your return Our self will keep your Castle Eleaz. My Leige the tongue of true obedience Most not gainsay his Soveraigns impose By heaven I will not kiss the cheek of sleep Till I have fetch'd those traitors to the Court King Why this sorts right he gon his beauteous wife Shall sail into the naked arms of love Qu. Mo. Why this is as it should bee he once gon His wife that keeps me from his marriage bed Shall by this hand of mine be muthered King This storm is well nigh past the swelling clouds That hang so full of treason by the wind In awfull Majestie are scatt'red Then each man to his rest good night sweet friend Whil'st thou persu'st the traitors that are fled Fernando means to warm thy marriage bed Exit Ele. Many good nights consume and dam your souls I know he means to Cuckold mee this night Yet do I know no means to hinder it Besides who know whether the lustful King Having my wife and Castle at command Will ever make surrender back again But if he do not with my falchions point I 'le lance those swelling veins in which hot lust Does keep his Revels and with that warm blood Where Venus's bastard coold his sweltring spleen Wash the disgrace from Eleazars brows Act. II. Scena VI. Enter Maria Maria DEar Eleazar Ele. If they lock the gates I 'le tosse a ball of wild-fire o're the walls Maria Husband sweet husband Eleaz. Or else swim o're the moat And make a breach through the flinty sides Of the rebellious walls Maria Hear me dear heart Eleaz. Or undermine the chamber where they lie And by the violent strength of gunpowder Blow up the Castle and th' incestuous couch In which lust wallows but my labouring thoughts Wading too deep in bottomless extreams Do drown themselvs in their own stratagems Maria Sweet husband dwell not upon circumstance When weeping sorrow like an Advocate Importunes you for aid look in mine eyes There you shall see dim grief swimming in tears Invocating succor Oh succor Eleaz. Succor Zounds for what Maria To shield me from Fernando's unchast love Who with uncessant praiers importun'd me Eleaz. To lie with you I know 't Maria Then seek some means how to prevent it Eleaz. 'T is possible for to the end that his unbridled lust Might have more free accesse unto thy bed This night he hath enjoined me To fetch back Philip and the Cardinall Maria Then this ensuing night shall give an end To all my sorrows for before foul lust Shall soil the fair complexion of mine honour This hand shall rob Maria of her life Eleaz. Not so dear soul for in extremities Choose out the least and ere the hand of death Should suck this Ivorie pallace of thy life Imbrace my counsell and receive this poison Which in the instant he attempts thy love Then give it him do do Do poison him he gon thou' rt next Be sound in resolution and farewell By one and one I 'le ship you all to hell Spain I will drown thee with thine own proud blood Then make an ark of carcasses farewell Revenge and I will sail in blood to hell Exit Maria Poison the King Alas my trembling hand Would let the poison fall and through my cheeks Fear suted in a bloodless livery Would make the world acquainted with my guilt But thanks prevention I have found a means Both to preserve my Royall Soveraignes life And keep my self a true and Loyall wife Exit The end of the second Act Act. III Scena I. Enter Queen Mother with a Torch solus Qu. Mo. FAir eldest child of love thou spotlesse night Empresse of silence and the Queen of sleep Who with thy black cheeks pure complexion Mak'st lovers eyes enamour'd of thy beauty Thou art like my Moor therefore will I adore thee For lending me this opportunity Oh with the soft skin'd Negro heavens keep back The saucy staring day from the worlds eye Untill my Eleazar make return Then in his Castle shall he find his wife Transform'd into a strumpet by my son Then shall he hate her whom he would not kill Then shall I kill her whom I cannot love The King is sporting with his Concubine Blush not my boy be bold like me thy mother But their delights torture my soul like Devills Except her shame be seen Wherefore awake Christophero Verdugo raise the Court Arise you Peers of Spain Alvaro rise Preserve your country from base infamies Enter severally at severall doors with lights and Rapiers drawn Alvero Roderigo and Christophero with others All Who rais'd these exclamations through the Court Qu. Mo. Sheath up your Swords you need not swords but eyes To intercept this treason Alv. What 's the treason Who are traitors ring the larum bell Cry arm through all the City once before The horrid sound of treason did affright Our sleeping spirits Qu. Mo. Stay you need not cry arm Arm for this black deed Works treason to your King to me to you To Spain and all that shall in Spain ensue This night Maria Eleazars wife Hath drawn the King by her Lascivious looks Privately to a banquet I unseen Stood and beheld him in him in her lustfull arms Oh God! shall bastards wear Spains Diadem If you can kneel to basenesse vex them not If you disdain to kneel wash of this blot Roder Le ts break into the chamber and surprize her Alve. Oh miserable me do do break in My Country shall not blush at my childs sin Queen Mo. Delay is nurse to danger follow me Come you and witnesse to her villany Alvero Haplesse Alvero how art thou undone In a light daughter and a stubborn son Exeunt omnes Act. III Scena II. Enter King with his Rapier drawn in one hand leading Maria seeming affrighted in
th' other Maria OH kill me ere you stain my chastity King My hand holds death but love sits in mine eye Exclaim not dear Maria do but hear me Though thus in dead of night as I do now The lustfull Tarquin stole to the chast bed Of Collatines fair wife yet shalt thou be No Lucrece nor thy King a Romane slave To make rude villanie thine honours grave Maria Why from my bed have you thus frighted me King To let the view a bloody horrid Tragedy Maria Begin it then I 'le gladly loose my life Rather then be an Emperours Concubine King By my high birth I swear thou shalt be none The Tragedy I 'le write with my own hand A King shall act it and a King shall dye Except sweet mercies beam shine from thine eye If this affright thee it shall sleep for ever If still thou hate me thus this Noble blade This Royall purple temple shall invade Maria My husband is from hence for his sake spare me King Thy husband is no Spaniard thou art one So is Fernando then for countries sake Let mee not spare thee on thy husbands face Eternall night in gloomy shades doth dwel But I 'le look on thee like the guilded Sun When to the west his fiery horses run Maria True true you look on me with Sun set eyes For by beholding you my glory dies King Call me thy morning then for like the morn In pride Maria shall through Spain be born This musick I prepar'd thine ears musick plays within Loue mee and thou shalt hear no other sounds Lo here 's a banquet set with mine own hands A banquet brought in Love me and thou shalt feast thee like a Queen I might command thee being thy Soveraign But love me and I 'le kneel and sue to thee And circle this white forehead with the Crown Of Castile Portugall and Arragon And all those petty Kingdoms which do bow Their tributarie knees to Philip's heir Maria I cannot love you whilst my husband lives King I 'le send him to the wars and in the front Of some maine army shall he nobly dye Maria I cannot love you if you murder him King For thy sake then I 'le call a Parlament And banish by a law all Moors from Spain Maria I 'le wander with him into banishment King It shall be death for any Negroes hand To touch the beauty of a Spanish dame Come come what needs such cavells with a King Night blinds all Jealous eyes and we may play Carowse that bole to me I 'le pledg all this Being down we 'l make it more sweet with a kiss Begin I 'le lock all doors begin Spains Queen Locks the doors Loves banquet is most sweet when 't is least seen Maria Oh thou conserver of my honours life Instead of poisoning him drown him in sleep Because I 'le quench the flames of wild desire I 'le drink this off let fire conquer loves fire King Were love himselfe in reall substance here Thus would I drink him down let your sweet strings Speak lowder pleasure is but a slave to Kings In which love swime Maria kiss thy King Circle me in this ring of Ivory Oh! I grow dull and the cold hand of sleep Hath thrust his Icie fingers in my brest And made a frost within me sweet one kiss To thaw this deadnesse that congeales my soul Maria Your Majestie hath overwatch'd your self He sleeps already not the sleep of death But a sweet slumber which the powerfull drugg Instill'd through all his spirits Oh! bright day Bring home my dear Lord ere his King awake Else of his unstain'd bed he 'l shipwrack make Offers to go Enter Oberon and Fairyes dancing before him and musick with them Maria Oh me what shapes are these Oberon Stay stay Maria Maria My Soveraign Lord awake save poor Maria Oberon He cannot save thee save that pain Before he wake thou shalt be slain His mothers hand shall stop thy breath Thinking her own son is done to death And she that takes away thy life Does it to be thy husbands wife Adieu Maria we must hence Imbrace thine end with patience Elves and Fairyes make no stand Till you come in Fairy Land Exeunt dancing and singing Maria Fairyes or Divels whatsoe're you be Thus will I hide me from your company Offers to be gone Act. III Scena III To her Enter Queen Mother suddainly with Alvaro and Roderigo with Rapiers Q Mo. LAy hold upon the strumpet where 's the King Fernando son ah me your King is dead Lay hand upon the murdresse Maria Imperious Queen I am as free from murder as thy self Which I will prove if you will here me speak The King is living Roder If he liv'd his breath would beat within his breast Q. Mo. The life he leads Maria thou shalt soon participate Maria Oh father save me Alvero thou' rt no child of mine had'st thou been owner of Alvero's spirit Thy heart would not have entertain'd a thought That had converst with murder yet mine eyes Howe're my tongue want words brim full with tears Intreat her further tryall Verdugo To what end here lies her tryall from this royall brest Hath she stolne all comfort all the life Of every bosom in the Realm of Spain Roder She 's both a traytor and murdress Q. Mo. I 'le have her forthwith strangled Alv. Hear her speak Q. Mo. To heaven let her complain if she have wrong I murder but the murdresse of my son Alv. We murder the murdresse of our King Alv. Ah me my child oh Oh cease your torturing Maria Heaven ope the windows that my spotlesse soul Riding upon the wings of innocence May enter paradice Fairyes farewell Fernandoes death in mine you did foretell She dyes King wake King Who calls Fernando love Maria speak Oh! whither art thou fled whence flow these waters That fall like winter storms from the drown'd eyes Alv. From my Maria's death King My Maria dead Damn'd be the soul to hell that stop'd her breath Maria Oh me who durst murder her Q. M. I thought my dear Fernando had been dead And in my indignation murdred her King I was not dead untill you murdred me By killing fair Maria Qu. Mo. Gentle son King Ungentle mother you a deed have done Of so much ruth that no succeeding age Can ever clear you of Oh my dear love Yet heavens can witnesse thou wert never mine Spains wonder was Maria Qu. Mo. Sweet have done King Have done for what for shedding zealous tears Over the tomb of virtues chastitie You cry have done now I am doing good But cri'd do on when you were shedding blood Have you done mother yes yes you have done That which will undo your unhappy son Roder These words become you not my gracious Lord King These words become not me no more it did Become you Lords to be mute standers by When lustfull fury ravish'd chastity It ill becomes mee to lament her death But it became you well to stop her
the Cardinall Phil. Hold Cardinall strike not any of our side Eleaz. Hold Moors strike not any of our side Phil. wee two will close this battail Eleaz. Come agreed Stand armies and give aim whil'st wee two bleed Card. With poniards 't is too desperate dear Philip Phil. Away have at the Moor s'heart let me come K. Port. Be arm'd with manly weapons 't is for slaves To dig their own and such unworthy graves Eleaz. I am for thee any way thus or see thus Here try the vigour of thy sinewy arm The day is ours already brainless heads And bleeding bodyes like a crown do stand About the temples of our victory Yet Spaniards if you dare we 'l fight it out Thus man to man alone I 'le first begin And conquer or in blood wade up toth ' chin Phil. Let not a weapon stir but his and mine Eleaz. Nor on this side conquest in blood shall shine Alarum They fight a Combate The Moor is struck down which his side seeing step all in and rescue him The rest joine and drive in the Moors Alarum continuing Spaniards and Moors with drums and colours flye over the stage persued by Philip Cardinall King Port. And others Enter Zarack Christofero and Eleazar at severall doors Christo. Where is my Lord Zarack. Where is our Soveraign Eleaz. What news brings Zarack and Christofero Zarack. Oh flye my Lord flye for the day is lost Eleaz. There are three hundred and odd days in a year And cannot we lose one of them com fight Christo. The Lords have left us and the souldiers faint You are round beset with proud fierce enemies Death cannot be prevented but by flight Eleaz. He shall Christofero I have yet left One stratagem that in despite of fate Shal turn the wheel of war about once more The Mother Queen hath all this while sate sadly Within our tent expecting to whose bosom White winged peace and victory will flie Her have I us'd as a fit property To stop this dangerous current her have I sent Arm'd with loves magick to inchant the Cardinall And bind revenge down with resistlesse charms By this time does she hang about his neck And by the witchcraft of a cunning kiss Has she disarm'd him hark they sound Retreat She has prevail'd a womans tongue and eye Are weapons stronger then Artillery Exeunt Act. IV Scena IV. Enter Cardinall Queen Mother Souldiers drums and colours Queen Mo. BY all those sighs which thou like passionate tunes Hast often to my dull ears offered By all thy hopes to enjoy my roial Bed By all those mourning lines which thou hast sent Weeping in black to tell thy languishment By loves best richest treasure which I swear I wil bestow and which none else shal wear As the most pris'd Jewell but thy selfe By that bright fire which flaming through thine eyes From thy love scorched bosom does arise I do conjure thee let no churlish sound With wars lewd horror my desires confound Dear dear Mendoza thus I do intreat That stil thou would'st continue this retreat I 'le hang upon thee till I hear thee say Woman prevail or chiding cri'st away Card Is there no trick in this forg'd by the Moor Qu. M. I would the Moors damnation were the ransom Of all that innocent blood that has been shed In this black day I care not for the Moor Love to my kingdoms peace makes me put on This habit of a suppliant shall I speed Card. You shall were it to have my bosom bleed I have no power to spare the Negroes head When I behold the wounds which his black hand Has given mine honour but when I look on you I have no power to hate him since your breath Disolves my frozen heart being spent for him In you my life must drown it self or swim You have prevail'd Drum swiftly hence call back Our fierce pursuing troops that run to catch The lawrel wreath of conquest Let it stand A while untouch'd by any souldiers hand Exit drum Away stay you and guard us where 's the Moor I 'le lose what I have got a victors prize Yielding my self a prisoner to your eyes Qu. Mo. Mine eyes shall quickly grant you liberty The Moor stays my return I 'le put on wings And fetch him to make peace belongs to Kings As she goes out Enter Eleazar Zarack Baltazar and souldiers well arm'd at sight of each other all draw Card. Souldiers call back the drum wee are betraid Eleaz. Moors stand upon your guard avoid look back Qu. Mo. What means this jealousie Mendoza Moor Lay by your weapons and imbrace the fight Of this and this begets suspition Eleazar by my birth he coms in peace Mendoza by mine honour so coms he Car. Discharge these souldiers then Eleaz. And these Souldiers stand a loof Cardinall Away Eleazar Go Q. M. Soul rejoice to see this glorious day She joins them together they imbrace Car. Your virtues work this wonder I have met At her most dear command what 's your desires Eleaz. Peace and your honour'd arms how loathingly I sounded the alarums witnesse heaven 'T was not to strike your breast but to let out The rank blood of ambition That Philip Makes you his ladder and being climb'd so high As he may reach a diadem there you lie He 's base begotten that 's his mothers sin Q Mo. God pardon it Eleaz. I amen but he 's a bastard And rather then I 'le kneel to him I 'le saw My leggs off by the thighs because I 'le stand In spite of reverence he 's a bastard he 's And to beat down his usurpation I have thrown about this thunder but Mendoza The people hate him for his birth He only leans on you you are his pillar You gone he walks on crutches or else falls Then shrink from under him are not they Fools that bearing others up themselvs seem low Because they above sit high why you do so Card. 'T is true Qu. Mo Behold this error with fixt eies Card. 'T is true well Eleaz. Oh! have you found it have you smelt The train of powder that must blow you up Up into air what air why this a breath Look you in this time may a King meet death An eye to 't check it check it Card. How Eleaz. How thus Steal from the heat of that incestuous blood Where ravisht honor and Philippo lies Leave him divide this huge and monstrous body Of armed Spanyards into limbs thus big Part man from man send every souldier home I 'le do the like Peace with an Olive branch Shall flie with Dove-like wings about all Spain The crown which I as a good husband keep I will lay down upon the empty chair Marry you the Queen and fill it for my part These knees are yours Sir Card. Is this sound Eleaz. From my heart Card. If you prove false Eleaz. If I do let fire fall Card. Amen Eleaz. Upon thy head and so it shall Card. All of my self is yours souldiers be gone Eleaz.
That can keep in a man so mad with wrong What do'st thou weep Alve. I would fain shed a tear But from mine eyes so many showrs are gon Grief drinks my tears so fast that here 's not one You must to prison Phil. Do'st thou speak to me Alve. You must to prison Phil. And from thence to death I thought I should have had a tomb hung round With tottred colours broken spears I thought My body should have fallen down full of wounds But one can kill an Emperor fool then why Would'st thou have many curse be mad and dye Exeunt The end of the fourth Act Act. V. Scena I. Enter Roderigo and Christofero two bare-headed before them Alvero Cardinall alone Zarack and Baltazar bearing the Crown on a cushion Eleazar next Queen Mother after him other Lords after her Alvero sad meets them Card. ALvero 't is the pleasure of the King Of the Queen Mother and these honoured States To ease you of Philip there 's a warrant Sent to remove him to a stronger guard Alve. I thank you you shall rid me of much care Eleaz. Sit down and take your place Alve. If I might have the place I like best it should be my grave Sits down The Moors stand aside with the Crown Eleazar rising takes it Eleaz. Stand in voice reach away Both Moors Wee are gon Exeunt Eleaz. Princes of Spain if in this royall Court There sit a man that having laid his hold So fast on such a jewel and dare wear it In the contempt of envie as I dare Yet uncompell'd as freely as poor pilgrims Bestow their praiers would give such wealth away Let such a man step forth what do none rise No no for Kings indeed are deities And who 'd not as the sun in brightnesse shine To be the greatest is to be divine Who among millions would not be the mightest To sit in God-like state to have all eyes Dazled with admiration and all tongues Showing lowd Praiers to rob every heart Of love to have the strength of every arm A Soveraigns name why 't is a Soveraign charm This glory round about me hath thrown beams I have stood upon the top of fortunes wheel And backward turn'd the Iron screw of fate The destinies have spun a silken thread About my life yet Noble Spaniards see Hoc tantum tanti thus I cast aside The shape of Majestie and on my knee Kneels the Cardinall fetches the Crown and sets it on the chair To this Imperiall State lowly resigne This usurpation wiping off your tears Which stuck so hard upon me let a hand A right and royall hand take up this wreath And guard it right is of it self most strong No kingdom got by cunning can stand long Car. Proceed to new election of a King All Agreed Eleaz. Stay Peers of Spain if young Philippo Be Philips son then is he Philips heir Then must his Royall name be set in gold Philip is then the Diamond to that ring But if he be a bastard here 's his seat For basenesse has no gall till it grow great First therefore let him blood if he must bleed Yet in what vein you strike him best take heed The Portugall's his friend you saw he came At holding up a finger arm'd this peace Rid hence his dangerous friendship he 's at home But when he hears that Philip is ty'd up Yet hears not why he 'l catch occasions lock And on that narrow bridg make shift to lead A scrambling army through the heart of Spain Look to 't being in he 'l hardly out again Therefore first prove and then proclaim him bastard Alve. How shall we prove it Eleaz. He that put him out to making I am sure can tell if not Then she that shap'd him can here 's the Queen Mother Being prick'd in conscience and preferring Spain Before her own respect will name the man If he be noble a Spaniard born hee 'l hide The apparent scarrs of their infamies With the white hand of marriage that and time Will eat the blemish off say shall it All No Card. Spaniard or Moor the saucy slave shall dye Hort. Death is too easie for such villany Eleaz. Spaniard or Moor the saucy slave shall dye I would he might I know my self am clear As is the new born Infant Madam stand forth Behold to speak shame in the grave wants sence Heaven with sins greatest forfeits can dispence Q. Mo. Would I were covered with the vail of night You might not see red shame sit on my cheecke But being Spains common safety stands for truth Hiding my weeping eyes I blush and say Philippo's father sits here Roder Here name him Q. Mo. The Lord Mendoza did beget that son Oh! let not this dishonour further run Alve, What Cardinall Mendoza Qu. Mo. Yes yes even hee Eleaz Spaniard or Moor the saucy slave shall die Car. I Philips father Coms down the rest talk Q. M. Nay deny me not Now may a kingdom and my love be got Car. Those eyes and tongue bewitch me shame lie here That love has sweetest tast that is bought dear Christo. What answers Lord Mendoza to the Queen Car. I confesse guilty Philip is my son Her Majestie hath nam'd the time and place Alv. To you but not to us go forward Madam Q. Mo. Within the circle of twice ten years since Your deceast King made warr in Barbarie Won Tunis conquered Fesse and hand to hand Slew great Abdela King of Fesse and father To that Barbarian Prince Eleaz. I was but young but now methinks I see my fathers wounds poor Barbaria No more Q. Mo. In absence of my Lord mourning his want To me alone being in my private walk I think at Salamanca I 't was there Enters Mendoza under shew of shrift Threatens my death if I deni'd his lust In fine by force he won me to his will I wept and cri'd for help but all in vain Mendoza there abus'd the bed of Spain E'eaz Spaniard or Moor that saucy slave shall die Alve Why did not you complain of this vile act Q Mo. Alas I was alone young full of fear Bashful and doubtfull of my own defame Knowing King Philip rash and jealous I hid his sins thinking to hide my shame Horten. What says the Cardinall Car. Such a time there was 'T is past I 'le make amends with marriage And satisfie with Trentalls dirges praiers The offended spirit of the wronged King Queen and they talk Eleaz. Spaniard or Moor that saucy slave shall die Oh! 't would seem best it should be thus Mendoza She to accuse I urge and both conclude Your marriage like a comick interlude Lords will you hear this hatefull sin confest And not impose upon the ravisher death The due punishment oh it must be so Alve. What does the Queen desire Qu. Mo. Justice revenge On vile Mendoza for my ravishment I kiss the cold earth with my humbl'd knees From whence I will not rise till some just hand Cast to the
thee that never blushest though thy cheeks are full of blood O! Saint revenge to thee I consecrate my Murders all my stabs my bloody labours tortures stratagems The volume of all wounds that wound from me mine is the stage thine is the Tragedy Where am I now oh at the prison true Zarack and Baltazar come hither see survey my Library I study I whil'st you two sleep marry 't is villany Here 's a good book Zarack behold it well it 's deeply written for 't was made in hell Now Baltazar a better book for thee but for my selfe this this the best of all and therefore do I chain it every day for fear the Readers steal the art away Where thou stand'st now there must Hortenzo hang Like Tantalus in a maw-eating pang there Baltazar must Prince Philip stand like damn'd Prometheus and to act his part shal have a dagger sticking at his heart But in my room I 'le set the Cardinall and he shal preach Repentance to them all Ha ha ha Phil Damnation tickles him he laughs again Philip must stand there and bleed to death Well villain I onely laugh to see that we shal live to out-laugh him and thee Eleaz. Oh! fit fit fit stay a rare jest rare jest Zarack suppose thou art Hortenzo now I pray thee stand in passion of a pang to see by thee how quaintly he would hang Hort. I am Hortenzo tut tut fear not man thou lookest like Zarack Eleaz. I Hortenzo here hee shall hang here I'faith come Zarack come and Baltazar take thou 〈◊〉 room First let me see you plac'd Phil. We 're plac'd Eleaz. Slaves ha ha ha you are but players they must end the play how like Hortenzo and Philippo ha stand my two slaves were they as black as you Well Zarack I 'le unfix thee first of all thou shalt help me to play the Cardinall This Iron engine on his head I 'le clap like a Popes Miter or a Cardinalls Cap. Then Manacle his hands as thou dost mine so so I pray thee Zarack set him free that both of you may stand and laugh at mee Phil. 'T is fine I'faith cal in more company Alvero Roderigo and the rest Who will not laugh at Eleazars jest Eleaz. What Zarack Baltazar Phil. I anon anon we have not laught enough it 's but begun Who knocks Eleaz. Unmanacle my hands I say Phil. Then shall we mar our mirth and spoil the play Who knocks within Alv. Alvero Phil. Let Alvero in Eleaz. And let me out Enter all below Phil. I thank you for that flout To let Alvero in and let you out Eleaz. Villains slaves am I not your Lord the Moor and Eleazar Qu. Mo. And the Devil of hell And more then that and Eleazar too Eleaz. And Devills dam what do I here with you Qu. Mo. My tongue shall torture thee Eleaz. I know thee then all womens tongues are tortures unto men Qu. Mo. Spaniards this was the villain this is he who through enticements of alluring lust and glory which makes silly women proud and men malicious did incense my spirit beyond the limits of a womans mind to wrong my self and that Lord Cardinall And that which sticks more near unto my blood he that was nearest to my blood my son to dispossesse him of his right by wrong Oh! that I might embrace him on this brest which did enclose him when he first was born No greater happinesse can heaven showre upon me then to circle in these arms of mine that son whose Royall blood I did defame to Crown with honour an ambitious Moor Phil. Thus then thy happinesse is compleat Embraces her Behold thy Philip ransom'd from that prison In which the Moor had cloistered him Hor. And here 's Hortenzo Eleaz. Then am I betray'd and cozen'd in my own designs I did contrive their ruine but their subtil policie hath blasted my ambitious thoughts Villains where 's Zarack where 's Baltazar what have you done with them Phil. They 're gon to Pluto's kingdom to provide a place for thee and to attend thee there but least they should be tyr'd with too long expecting hopes Come brave spirits of Spain this is the Moor the actor of these evils Thus thrust him down to act amongst the devills Stabs him Eleaz. And am I thus dispatch'd had I but breath'd the space of one hour longer I would have fully acted my revenge But oh now pallid death bids me prepare and hast to Charon for to be his fare I com I com but ere my glasse is run I 'le curse you all and cursing end my life Maist thou Lascivious Queen whose damned charms bewitch'd me to the circle of thy arms unpitied dye consumed with loathed lust which thy venereous mind hath basely nurst And for you Philip may your days be long but clouded with perpetuall misery May thou Hortenzo and thy Isabell be fetch'd alive by Furies into hell there to be damn'd for ever oh I faint Devills com claim your right and when I am confin'd within your kingdom then shall I out-act you all in perfect villany Dyes Phil. Take down his body while his blood streams forth his acts are past and our last act is done Now do I challenge my Hereditary right to th' Royall Spanish throne usurp'd by him In which in all your sights I thus do plant my self Lord Cardinall and you the Queen my mother I pardon all those crimes you have committed Qu. Mo. I 'le now repose my self in peacefull rest And flye unto some solitary residence Where I 'le spin out the remnant of my life In true contrition for my past offences Phil. And now Hortenzo to close up your wound I here contract my sister unto thee With Comick joy to end a Tragedie And for this Barbarous Moor and his black train Let all the Moors be banished from Spain Exeunt The end of the fifth Act FINIS