sea of Greatnesse you for your part And all those stragling flouds which we haue driuen VVith full and stiffe winds to the Fairie Stronds Should all breake in at once and in a deluge Of Innouation rough rebellion factions Of massacres and pale destruction Swallow the kingdome vp and that the bloud Euen of Titania's heart should in deepe crimson Dye all these waters what of this what share Is yours what land shall you recouer 1. King All. Com. All 1. King I all Betweene the Transuersaries that doe run Vpon this crosse staffe a dull eye may find In what degree we are and of what height Your selfe our brightest Ariad◅e is Being vnderneath that Tropicke as those jewels Of night and day are by alternate course VVorne in Heauens fore-head So when Deaths VVinter comes And shortens all those beames of Maiestie Which in this oblique and Zodiacall Sphere Moue with Titania now shall loose their heat Where must the next Sun rise but here from whence Shall Fairie land get warmth meerely from hence Let but the taper of her life burne out We haue such torches ready in her land To catch fire from each other that the flames Shall make the frighted people thinke earth burnes And being dazled with our Copes of Starres We shall their temples hallow with such ease As 't were in solemne gay procession Com Some lyne sea cards that know not the seas tast Nor scarce the colour by your charmes I gather You haue seene Fairie land but in a Map Can tell how 't stands but if you giue 't a fall You must get bigger bones for let me whisper This to your eare though you bait hookes with gold Ten thousand may be nibbling when none bites And those you take for Angels you 'le find Sprites Say that Titania were now drawing short breath As that 's the Cone and Button that together Claspes all our hopes out of her ashes may A second Phoenix rise of larger wing Of stronger talent of more dreadfull beake Who swooping through the ayre may with his beating So well commaund the winds that all those trees VVhere sit birds of our hatching now fled thither VVill tremble through feare strucke dead to earth Throw those that sit and sing there or in flockes Driue them from thence yea and perhaps his talent May be so bonie and so large of gripe That it may shake all Babilon Emp. All Babylon Com. Your pardon but who 'le swear this may not be Emp. How the preuention Com. Thus to fell downe their Q. is but one stroake Our axe must cleaue the kingdome that 's the Oake Emp. The manner Com. Easie whilest our thunderbolts Are anuiling abroad call Satyran home He in his fadome metes vast Argoziet Huge Galeasses and such wodden Castles As by enchantment of the waters moue To his marry yours and ours and of them all Create a braue Armado such a Fleete That may breake Neptunes backe to carry it Such for varietie number puissance As may fetch all the Fairie Land in turfes To make a greene for you to walke vpon In Babilon 1. King Inuincible goe on Com. Now when the volley of those murdring shot That are to play first on Titaniaes breast And yet leane on their rests goe off and kill her So that the very Aluerado giuen Sounds the least hope of conquest then then shew Your warlike Pageants dancing on the waues Yours is the Land the Nation are your slaues Omn. Counsell from Heauen Emp. None this shall ouer-whelme Braue voyage Rig out ships and fetch a Realme Exeunt Parydell and Palmio Pal. You ariue on a blest shore The freight you bring Is good it will be bought vp of vs all With our deere blouds be constant doe not warpe In this your zeale to Babilon Paryd. Graue Palmio To you I haue vnladen euen my soule The wings frō home that brought me had sick feathers Some you haue puld off my owne countrey grasse Was to my feet sharpe needels stucke vpright I tread on downe-beds now Pal. But are your countreymen I meane those that in thought with vs feast richly Fed with the course bread of affliction still Paryd. Still father Palmio still and to relieue them I dare doe what I told you Pal. Noble valour Pary So that I might but read on yonder scrolls A warrant writ vnder the seale of Heauen To justifie the Act. Palm You haue my hand And shall haue more Y' are reconcil'de Sonne Pary Yes Pal. Who did confesse you Pary Father Anniball Pal. But did the Nuntio Campeggio Present your letters and your vowed seruice At Babylon Pary He did I sued out warrant For passage safely thither and from graue Com◅ One of the capitall Columnes of the state This I receiued Palm He sends you here good welcome 'T is strong why went you not Pary I like it not There wants a conuoy of some better words Which hourely I expect vpon a Sea So dangerous so full of rockes so narrow Albeit the venture holy and of honour I would not gladly sayle without direction Of noble Pilots home I would not come Basely but like a glorious voyager Enter Ragazzoni Palm Yea you do well the Nuntio Raggazoni Not know him Pary Certes no. Palm Come you shall meete Monsignor here 's a Gentleman desires To haue your armes about him Rag. Willingly Palm He vndertakes an action full of merit Sans promise or reward to cure all those Through Fairie land that are diseas'd within And he will doo 't by letting one veine bloud Ragaz Shootes he at highest Palm Yes Rag. Draw home and giue Your arrowes compasse that vntill they fall Full on the head none see them you do well My hands are yours good speede Exit Ragazoni Campeggio Pal. Campeggio Now shall you heare some newes Camp I doe assure you The Mistris of vs all hath on this paper Breath'd you a blessing your deuotion Is recommended highly and to nourish The flames new kindled in you here 's more fewell Pary Licence to go and come in verbo imperatrieis per omnes Iuris-dictiones Babilonicas absque impedimento Good would it had come sooner Camp Why Palm 'T is generall Exceeding absolute and peremptorie Pary It giues me my ful saile but by deepe vows I am to trauell lower yet if season Beat me not backe I will to Babylon What rubs soe're I meete in letters still I le kisse her sacred hand Camp You change not byas Pary Oh good sir yonder is the goale I run for Raggazoni at one dore a Gentleman at another Rag. Lend me your speeches both Pal. Yonder comes one of your owne countrey Pary Oh I know him Sir Pal. Walk in this colledge classe but som few minutes I le send or bring to you a Gentleman Next neighbour to your countrey an Albanois The man I told you of Exeunt Pary Thankes Sir Gent. Met happily I look'd for you Pary Deere countryman the parly we late held About the land that bred vs as how order
maids entertaine no desires So irreligious and vnsanctified Oh they ha snakes sleeky tongues but hearts more rugged Then i◅ the Russian Beare our Fairie bowres Would turne to Arabian desarts if such flowers Mortall as killing Hemlocke here should grow Which to preuent I le haue you vow Aur. We vowe By the white balles in bright Titaniaes eies We their inchantments skorne Titan. It does suffice To bind it sure Strew all your meades with charmes Which if they doe no good shall doe no harme Aur. Here comes your new sworne seruant Enter Plaine dealing Titan. Now Sirra where haue you bin Plain Where haue I bin I haue bin in the brauest prison Titan. What prison a braue prison Can there be a braue prison Plain All your fine men liue and die there it 's the Knights ward and therefore mustneeds bee braue some call it an Ordinarie but I say t is a prison for most of our gallants that are serued euery day with woodcockes there lie there in a manner vpon Execution they dare not peepe out of doores for feare of Serieants Titan. What are those Serieants Plain Doe not you know mistresse what Serieants are a nūber of your courtiers are deare in their acquaintāce why they are certaine men-mid wiues that neuer bring people to bed but when they are sore in labour that no body els can deliuer them Titan. Are there such places in our kingdome as Ordinaries what is the true fashion of them what 's their order Plain They are out of all true fashion they keep no order Ttian. Where about in Fairie land stand they Plain In your great cittie and here 's the picture of your Ordinarie Titan. When Master Painter please we shall haue it come Sir Plain Your gallants drink here right worshipfully eat most impudently dice most swearingly sweare most damnably quarrell most desperatly and put vp most cowardly Suppose I were a young countrey gentleman and that I were to come in like an asse among 'em new cast into the bonds of sattin Titan. What then Plain Mary then doe all the gyltrapiers turne their Tobacco faces in the roome vpon me and they puffe they gape on a fresh man like so many stale Oysters at a full tyde then is there no salt to throw vpon them and to make them leaue gaping but this to cast off his cloake hauing good cloathes vnderneath single out some in the roome worse accoustred then himselfe with him to walke boldly vp and downe strutting laugh alowd at any thing talke alowde of nothing so they make a noise it is no matter Titan. You are growne sirra an obseruer since you came out of Babylon Plain Troth mistresse I left villains and knaues there find knaues fooles here for your Ordinary is your Isle of Gulles your ship of fooles your hospitall of incurable madmen it is the field where your captaine and braue man is cal'd to the lastreckoning and is ouerthrown horse and foot it is the onely schoole to make an honest man a knaue for Intelligencers may heare enough there to set twenty a begging oflands it is the strangest Chesse-board in the world Titan. Why Plain Because in some games at Chesse knights are better then pawnes but here a good pawne is better then a knight Titan. Affoard our shores such wonders Plain Wonders why this one little Cocke-pit for none come into it but those that haue spurs is able to shew all the follies of your kingdome in a few Apes of the kingdome Titan. Haue we not in our Land Physitions To purge these red impostumes Plain Troth yes mistresse but I am Plaine dealing and must speake truth thou hast many Physitions some of thē sound men but a number of them more sicke at heart then a whole parish full of Patients let them cure themselues first then they may better know how to heale others then haue you other fellowes that take vpon them to be Surgeons and by letting out the corruption of a State and they let it out I le be sworne for some of them in places as big as this and before a thousand people rip vp the bowels of vice in such a beastly manner that like women at an Execution that can endure to see men quartred aliue the beholders learne more villany then they knew before others likewise there be of this consort last named that are like Beadles bribed they whip but draw no blood and of these I haue made a Rime Titan. Let 's heare it Plain Those that doe jerke these times are butlike fleas They bite the skinne but leap from the disease Titan. I le haue you Sir because you haue an eye so sharply pointed to looke through and through that our great Citie and like death to spare the liues of none whose conscience you find sickly and going Plain If I giue you the copie of the Cities countenance I le not flatter the face as painters do but shew al the wrinckles of it Titan. Doe so you shall no more to Babylon But liue with vs and be our Officer Plain Haue I any kinred in your Court is there any one of my name an officer if there bee part vs because it will not bee good to haue two of the Plain-dealings in one office they 'l bee beggars if they doe Titan. No Sirra wee 'le prouide you shall not want VVhilst vs you serue Goe learne where T◅uth doth lie Plain Nay nay I haue heard of her she dwelles they say at the signe of the Holy Lambe Titan. VVee built her vp a lodging at our cost To haue her labour in our Vineyards For till shee came no Vines could please our taste But of her fining Set your hand to hers Liue with her in one house fetch from our Court Maintenance to serue you all t' will be to her A comfort to haue you stilby her sides Shee ha's such prettie and delightfull songs That you will count your forestlabour light And time well spent only to heare her sing A way loose no more minutes Pl. Not a minute I le set more watches then a clockmaker Exit Elfiron Paridel Titan. VVhat 's yonder man that kneeles Elfi. T is Paridel Titan. Our doctor Par. The most wretched in your land the most in soule deiected the most base And most vnseruiceable weede vnles You by your heauenly Influence change his vilenes Into a vertuall habit fit for vse Tita. Oh we remember it you are condemnd Elf. To Death Pari. Deseruedly Tita. You had your hand Not coulored with his bloud Elf. No deerest Lady Vpon my vowed Loyalty Pari. The law hath fastned on me only for attempt It was no actuall nor commenced violence That brought death with it but intent of ill Tita. We would not saue them that delight to kill For so we wound our selues bloud wrongly spilt Who pardons hath a share in halfe the guilt You strooke our lawes not hard yet what the edge Of Iustice could take from you mercy giues you
But if by ventring on that glassie floore Too farre he sinks and yet rise with no more harme Ten thousand to like danger it doth arme All mercy in a Prince makes vile the state All justice makes euen cowards desperate Titan. In neither of these seas spread we our sayles But are the impartiall beame between both scales Yet if we needs must bow we would incline To that where mercy lies that scale's diuine But so to saue were our owne breast to wound Nay which is more our peoples for their good We must the Surgeon play and let out blood Euery Peeres birth stickes a new starre in heauen But falling by Luciseran insolence With him a Constellation drops from thence Giue me his Axe how soon the blow is giuen writes Witnesse so little we in blood delight That doing this worke we wish we could not write Let 's walke my Lords Florimel Flor. Madame Titan. Stay Not one arm'd man amongst vs you might now Be all old-beaten souldiers truth I thanke ye If I were now a jewel worth the stealing Two theeues might bind you all Omn. With much adoe Tita. I marry I commend yon gentleman Pray Sir come neere looke you hee 's well prouided For all rough wethers Sir you way be proud That you can giue armes better than these Lords I thanke you yet that if a storme should fall We could make you our shelter A good sword This would goe through stich had I heart to kill I 'de wish no better weapon but our dayes Of quarreling are past Shall we put vp Sir We ha put vp wrongs ere now but this is right Nay we are not falling yet Flor. It did vs good To see how your Maiestick presence dawnted The silly gentleman Tita. The sillie gentleman Fâ—…d He knew not how to stand nor what to speak Tita. The silly gentleman know you him Lords Where is hee Flor. Gotten hence poore wretch with shame Tita. That wretch hath sworne to kill me with that Omn. How sword Fid. The traytor Flor. Locke the Court gates Omn. Guard her person Exeunt omnes Tita. You guard it well Alacke when louers wooe An extreame ioy and feare them so apall That ouer much loue shewes no loue at all Zeale sometimes-ouer-does her part-It's right When the frais done Cowards crie wher 's the Flight Pentionâ—…s Florimell Flor. The wolfes in his own snare O damned slaue I had like to ha made his heart my ponyards graue How got you to this knowledge blessed heauen Tita. It came vnto me strangely from a window Mine eyes tooke marke of him that he would shoot T wa's told me and I tried if he durst doo 't Is Ropus here our Doctor Rop. Gratious Lady You haue a lucky hand since you were ours It quickens our tast well fill vs of that You last did minister a draught no more And giue it fire euen Doctor how thou wilt Rop I made a new extraction you shall neuer Rellish the like Tyta Why shall that be my last Ro Oh my deere Mistres Exit Ropus Enter Parthenophill Tyta. Go go I dare sware thou lou'st my very heart Parth This scaly Serpent Is throwne as he deserues vpon the Sword Of Iustice and to make these tydings twinnes I bring this happy newes Campeius A Snake that in my bosome once I warm'd The man for whome Tyta Oh wee remember him Parth This Owle that did not loue your sacred light Stole or'e the Seas by darknes and was held In Babilon a bird of noble flight They tourn'd him to a Goshawke fether'd him Arm'd him with tallents then gaue him bels And hither charg'd him fly he did and soar'd O're all your goodlyest woods and thickest groues Inticing birdes that had the skill in song To learne harsh notes and those that fail'd in voice He taught to pecke the tender blossomes off To spoyle the leauy trees and with sharpe bils To mangle all the Golden eares of corne But now hee 's tan'e Tyta Good sheapheards ought not care How many foxes fall into the Snare Enter Elfyron Elf Your ciuill Doctor Doctor Parâ—… Casts Anchor on your shores againe being freighted With a good venture which he saies your selfe Must onely haue the sight of Exit Tyta Bring him hither Lord Florimell pray call Fideli to vs. Florimell Fideli Ropus Tyta Sure 't is too hot Fid On roague Tyta Set it to coole Fid. Hell and damnation Diuels Flor What 's that Fid The damned'st treason Dog you whorsen dog O blessed mayd let not the toad come neere her What 's this If 't be his brewing touch it not For 't is a drench to kill the strongest Deuill That 's Druncke all day with brimstone come sucke Weezell Sucke your owne teat you pray Thou art preseru'd Tyta From what From whome Fid Looke to that Glister-pipe One crowne doe's serue thy tourne but heere 's a theefe That must haue 50000. crownes to steale Thy life Here 't is in blacke and white thy life Sirra thou Vrinall Tynoco Gama Andrada and Ibarra names of Diuels Or names to fetch vp Diuels thou knowest these Scar-crowes Rop Oh mee O mercy mercy I confesse Fid Well sayd thou shalt be hang'd then Tyta Haue we for this Shee reades the letter Heap'd fauours on thee Enter Gard. Fid Heape halters on him call the Guard out polecat He smels thy conscience stincks Doctor goe purge Thy soule for 't is diseas'd Away with Ropus Omu Away with him foh Rop Here my tale but out Fid Ther 's too muchout already Fid Oh me accursed and most miserable Exit with Guard Tyta Goodnes 〈◊〉 is my bloud so sweet That they would pay so deere for 't Fid To sucke Lambes What would not Wolues doe he that this paper writte Had neuer meaning we should finger it Tyta Our a mercy makes them cruell hunt out these Leopards Their own spots will betray them they build caues Euen in our parkes to them him and the rest Let death be sent but sent in such a shape As may not be too frightfull Alacke what glorie Is it to buffet wretches bound in giues The debt is derely paid that 's payd with liues Oh! leaue vs all Enter Elfiron and Paridell Fid More Doctors if this doe As well as tother best to hang him too Exeunt Tytaniâ—… Paridell Tyta Florimell Stay But giue vs liberty Pari This is the blessed day for which through want Of those bright rayes that sparkle from your eyes My frozen soule hath languish'd Goddesse compleate If you a wretch so meane will bid to speake I shall vnclaspe a booke whose very first line Being not well pointed is my doome to death But if your sacred iudgement on the Margine Controwle all wresting comments All your subiects Will fold me in their bosomes Tyta Giue your minde Par A Pilgrim haue I been on forren shores Your gracious hand allow'd it in my wandring With Monsters I encountred of straunge shape Some that suckt poyson vp and spet it foorth Vpon your land
remember I was in the citie our mistresse would needes haue me goe thither to see fashions I could make an excellent Taylor for Ladies and gentlemen and fooles for I haue seene more fashions there then a picture drawer makes skuruy faces the first two yeares of his trade it s the maddest circle to coniure in that euer raiz'd spirit Truth Tell me good kinsman what in the citie saw you Plain What did I see why I le tell the cozen I sawe no more conscience in most of your rich men then in Tauerne faggots nor no more sobernes in poore men then in Tauerne spiggots I see that citizens fine wiues vndo their husbands by their pride within a yeare after they are married and within halfe a yeare after they be widdowes knights vndo them they 'le giue a 100. pound to be dubd ladies and to ride in a coach when they haue scarce another hundred pound left to keep the horses But cozē Truth I met in one street a number of men in gowns with papers in their hands what are all those Truth Oh! they are the sonnes of Iustice they are those That beat the kingdom leuell keep it smooth And without rubs they are the poore mans captaine The rich mans souldier and cal'd Lawiers Plain Lawiers doest know any of them Truth A few Plain I wondred what they were I asked one of them if they were going to foot-ball yes said he doe you not see those countrey fellowes we are against them and who do you thinke shall winne said I oh said he the gownes the gownes Enter Time Time Follow me Truth Plaine dealing follow me Exit Plain He charges like a Constable come wee are his watch follow me Is our Time mad O braue mad Time Exeunt Dumbshew A caue suddenly break◅s open and out of it comes Falshood attir'd as Truth is her face spotted shee stickes vp her banner on the top of the Cau◅ then with her foot in seuerall places strikes the earth and vp riseth Campeius a Frier with a boxe a gentleman with a drawn sword another with rich gloues in a boxe another with a bridle Time Truth with her banner and Plain dealing enter stand alo◅fe beholding all Time See there 's the Caue where that Hy◅na lurkes That counterfets thy voyce and calles forth men To their destruction Plain How full of the small poxe shee is what ayles shee to stamp thus is the whore mad how now Yea do you rise before Doomes day father Time what conduit-pipes are these that breake out of the earth thus Time The conduit-heads of treason which conuey Conspiracies scandals ciuill discord Massacres poysonings wrackes of faith and fealtie Through Fairies hearts to turne them into elues See Truth see sonne the snake slips off his skinne A scholler makes a ruffian Plain Now must that ruffian cuffe the scholler if I were as he Time And see that shape which earst shew'd reuerend And wo◅e the outward badge of sanctitie Is cloath'd in garments of hypocrisie Plaine See see father he ha's a iacke in a boxe what 's that Time A wild beast a mad bull a bull that roares To fright allegiance from true subiects bosoms That Bull must bellow at the Flamins gate His gate that tends the flockes of all those sheep That graze in the fatst pasture of the land Beeing all inclos'd that bull will on his backe Beare all Plain Whither whither Time To hell t is said to heauen That will but sit him till with hoofe or horne He goare the annointed Fairie Plain Such Bulls haue I seene sent out of Babylon to runne at people I should once haue rid vpon one of thē but he that beg'd my office broke his necke by the bargaine and sau'd me a labour what 's he with the sword a master of the noble Science Truth A noble villaine see he pulls down heauen With imprecations if that blade he sheath not In our sweet mistresse breast villaine Plain O rogue what good cloathes hee weares and yet is a Time I doe clap hands vpon 't that poysoned gloue Shall strike thee dead to death with the strong sent Of thy discouered treason Plain What 's that horse-courser with the bridle Time A slaue that since he dares not touch her head Would worke vpon her hand laugh and conspire The higher villaines climbe they fall the higher Plain Stay father now the Armie comes forward shee takes downe the flagge belike their play is done what will shee beare the collours thou hast collour enough in thy face already thou needst no more did ye euer see a more lowsie band there 's but two rapiers in the whole regiment now they muster now they double their files marke how their hands juggle and lay about this is the maine battell O well florisht Ancient the day is their's see now they soūd retrait whither march they now Exeūt Tim. To death their falles thus Time and Truth proclaime They shall like leaues-drop from the Tree of shame Le ts follow them Plain To the gallowes not I what doe we know but this freckled face queane may be a witch Time Shee is so shee 's that damned sorceresse That keepes the inchanted towers of Babylon This is the Truth that did bewitch thee once Plain Is this speckled toade shee Shee was then in mine eye The goodliest woman that euer wore fore part of Sattin To see what these female creatures are when they deale with 2. or 3. Nations how quickly they were carbu◅les rich stones now shee is more vgly then a bawd Yruth. Shee look'd so then fairenes it selfe doth cloth her In mens eyes till they see me and then they loath her Time Loose no more minutes come le ts follow them Plain With hue and crie now I know her this villanous drab is bawd now I remember to the Whore of Babylon and wee le neuer leaue her till shee be carted her face is full of those red pimples with drinking Aquauite the common drinke of all bawdes come Exeunt Titania Elfiron Florimel a gentleman standing aloofe and Ropus Titan. What comes this paper for Fid. Your hand Titan. The cause Fidel. The Moone that from your beames did borrow light Hath from her siluer bow shot pitchy clowds T'ecclipse your brightnes heauen tooke your part And her surpriz'd A jurie of bright starres Haue her vnworthy found to shine agen Your Fairies therefore on their knees intreat Shee may be puld out from the firmament Where shee was plac'd to glitter Titan. Must we then Strike those whom we haue lou'd albeit the children Whom we haue nourisht at our princely breast Set daggers to it we could be content To chide not beat them might we vse our will Our hand was made to saue but not to kill Flor. You must not cause hee 's noble spare his blood Titan. We should not for hee 's noble that is good Fid. The fall of one like multitudes on yee Makes all the rest of footing be more nyce