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A03244	The rape of Lucrece a true Roman tragedie. With the seuerall songes in their apt places, by Valerius, the merrie lord amongst the Roman peeres. Acted by her Majesties Seruants at the Red-Bull, neere Clarken-well. Written by Thomas Heywood.	Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.	1608 (1608)	STC 13360; ESTC S106206	43,477	78

will punish I will giue thee freely Vnto the fire nor will I weare a limbe That with such rashnes shall offend his Lord Por. What wil the madman doe Sce. Porsenna so punish my hand thus for not killing thee Three hundred noble lads beside my selfe Haue vow'd to all the Gods that Patron Rome Thy ruine for supporting tyrannie And though I faile expect yet euerie houre When some strange fate thy fortunes wil deuoure Por. Stay Roman we admire thy constancie And scorne of fortune go returne to Rome We giue thee life and say the King Porsenna Whose life thou seek'st is this honourable Passe freely gard him to the walles of Rome And were we not so much ingadge to Tarquin We would not lift a hand against that nation that breedes such noble spirits Exit Sce. Well I go and for reuenge take life euen of my foe Por. Conduct him safely what 300 Gallants Sworne to our death and all resolu'd like him We must be prouident to morrowes fortune Wee le proue for Tarquin if they faile our hopes Peace shal be made with Rome but first our secretary Shall haue his due rights of funerall then our shield We must addresse next for to morrowes field Exit Enter Brutus Horatius Valerius Collainte Lucretius marching Bru. By thee we are consul stil gouerne Rome Which but for thee had bin dispoild and tane Made a confused heape of men and stones Swimming in bloud and slaughter dere Horatius Thy noble picture shal be caru'd in brasse And fixt for thy perpetuall memory in our high capitoll Hor. Great consul thankes but leauing this le ts march out of the citie And once more bid them battell on the plaines Vale. This day my soule diuines we shal liue free From all the furious Tarquins but where 's Sceuola we se not him to day Enter Scenola Here Lords behold me handlesse as you see The cause I mist Porsenna in his tent And in his stead kild but his secretary The mazed King when he beheld me punish My rash mistake with losse of my right hand Vnbegd and almost scornd he gaue me life Which I had then refus'd but in desire to venge faire Lucrece Rape Soft alarum Hor. Deare Sceuola thou hast exceeded vs in our resolue But wil the Tarquins giue vs present battell Sceu. That may ye heare the skirmish is begun already twixt the horse Lucre. Then noble consull leade our main battell on Bru. Oh Ioue this day ballance our cause and let the innocēt bloud Of Rape staind Lucrece crowne with death and horror The heads of all the Tarquins see this day In her cause do we consecrate our liues And in defence of Iustice now march on I heare their martiall musique be our shock As terrible as are the meeting clowdes That breake in thunder yet our hopes are faire And this rough charge shal all our hopes repaire Exeunt Alarum battell within Enter Porsenna and Aruns. Porsenna Yet grow our lofty plumes vnflagd with bloud And yet sweet pleasure wantons in the aire how goes the battell Aruns Aruns. T is euen ballanct I enterchang'd with Brutus hand to hand a dangerous encounter both are wounded had not the rude prease diuided vs one had dropt downe to earth Por. T was brauely fought I saw the King your father free his person from thousand Romans that begirt his state where flying arrowes thick as atoms hung about his eares Aruns. I hope a glorious day come Tuskan king le ts on thē Alarum enter Horatius and Valerius Hor. Aruns stay that sword that late did drinke the consuls bloud Must with his keene phange tire vpon my flesh or this on mine Aruns. It sparde the consuls life to end thy daies in a more glorious strife Vale. I stand against thee Tuscan Pors. I for thee Hora. Where ere I find a Tarquin hee s for me Alarum Fight Aruns slaine Porsenna Expulst Alarum Enter Tarquin with an arrow in his brest Tullia with him pursude by Collatine Lucretius Sceuola Tar. Faire Tullia leaue me saue thy life by flight Since mine is desperate behold I am wounded Euen to the death there staies within my tent A winged Iennet mount his back and fly Liue to reuenge my death since I must dy Tul. Had I the heart to treade vpon the bulke Of my dead father and to see him slaughtered Only for loue of Tarquin and a crowne And shall I feare death more then losse of both No this is Tulliaes fame rather then fly From Tarquin mongst a thousand swords shee l dy All Hew them to peeces both Tar. My Tullia saue and ore my caitiue head those meteors waue Colla. Let Tullia yeeld then Tul. Yeeld me cuckold no mercy I scorne let me the danger know Sceu. Vpon them then Lucr. Le ts bring them to their fate And let them perish in the peoples hate Tul. Feare not I le back thee husband Tar. But for thee sweet were the hand that this chargd soule could free Life I dispise let noble Sextus stand To auenge our death euen til these vitals end Scorning my owne this life will I defend Tul. And I le sweete Tarquin to my power gard thine Come on you slaues and make this earth diuine Alarum Tarquin and Tullia slaine Alarum Brutus all bloudy Brut. Aruns this crimsin fauor for thy sake I le weare vpon my forehead maskt with bloud Till all the moistures in the Tarquins veines Be spilt vpon the earth and leaue thy body As dry as the parcht sommer burnt and scorcht with the canicular starres Hora. Aruns lies dead by this bright sword that 's here about his head Colla. And see great consull where the pride of Rome lies sunke and fallen Vale. Besides him lies the queene mangled and hewd amongst the Roman soldièrs Hora. Lift vp their slaughtered bodies help to reare them against this hill in view of all the camp This sight wil be a terror to the so and make them yield or fly Brut. But where 's the rauisher iniurious Sextus that we see not him Short alarum Enter Sextus Sext. Through broken speares crackt swords vnboweld steedes Flaude armors mangled limbes and battered caskes Knee deepe in bloud I ha pierct the Roman host to be my fathers rescue Hora. T is too late his mounting prid 's sunke in the peoples hate Sex My father mother brother fortune now I do defy thee I expose my selfe To horrid danger saftie I despise I dare the worst of perill I am bound On till this pile of flesh be all one wound Vale. Begirt him Lord this is the Rauisher There 's no reuenge for Lucrece til he fall Lu. Cease Sextus then Sex Sextus defies you all yet wil you giue me language ere I die Bru. Say on Sex T is not for mercy for I scorne that life That 's giuen by any and the more to ad To your immense vnmeasurable hate I was the spur vnto my fathers pride T was I that awde the Princes of the Land That made thee

that despise thir loue Must seeke some meanes how to maintaine this awe Tarq. By forreine leagues by our strength abroad Shall we that are degreed aboue our people Whom heauen hath made our vassals reigne with them No kings aboue the rest tribunald hie Should with no meaner then with kings ally For this we to Mamilius Tusculan The Latine King ha giuen in mariage Our royall daughter now his people 's ours The neighbour princes are subdude by armes And whom we could not conquer by constraint Them ha we sought to winne by courtesie Kings that are proud yet would secure their owne By loue abroad shall purchase feare at home Tullia We are secure then yet our greatest strength Is in our children how dare treason looke Vs in the face hauing issue barren princes Breed danger in their singularity Hauing none to succeed their clame dies with them But when in topping on three Tarquins more Like Hydraes heads grow to reuenge his death It terrifies blacke treason Tarq. Tullia's wise and apprehensiue were our princely sons Sextus and Aruns back returned safe With an applausiue answer of the Gods From th' oracle our state were able then Being Gods our selues to scorne the hate of men Enter Sextus Aruns and Brutus Sext. Wher 's Tullia Arun. Where 's our mother Hor. Yonder princes at Counsell with the king Tul. Our sons return'd Sext. Roiall mother Arun. Renowned Queene Sex I loue her best therefore will Sextus do his duty first Aruns. Being eldest in my birth I 'le not be yongest In zeale to Tullia Brut. Too 't lads Arun. Mother a kisse Sext. Though last in birth let me be first in loue A kisse faire mother Arun. Shall I lose my right Sex Aruns Shal downe were Aruns twice my brother If he presume fore me to kisse my mother Ar. I Sextus thinke this kisse to be a crowne thus wold we tug for t Sext. Aruns thou must downe Tarq. Restraine them Lords Br. Nay to 't boies ô t is braue they tug for shadowes I the substance haue Arun. Through armed gates and thousand swords I l'e breake To shew my duty let my valour speake Breakes from the Lords and kisses her Sext. Oh heauens ye haue dissolu'd me Aru. Here I stand what I ha done to answer with this hand Sex Oh all you Delphian Gods looke downe and see How for these wrongs I will reuenged be Tar. Curb in the proud boyes fury let vs know From whence this discord riseth Tul. From our loue how happy are we in our issue now When as our sons euen with their blouds cōtend To exceed in duty we accept your zeale This your superlatiue degree of kindnes So much preuailes with vs that to the king We engage our owne deere loue twixt his incensement And your presumption you are pardond both And Sextus though you faild in your first proffer We do not yet esteeme you least in loue ascend touch our lips Sext. Thanke you no Tul. Then to thy knee we will descend thus low Sex Nay now it shall not need how great 's my heart Ar. In Tarquins crowne thou hast now lost thy part Sex No kissing now Tarquin great Queene adiew Aruns On earth we ha no foe but you Exit Tarq. What meanes this their vnnaturall emnity Tul. hate borne from loue Tarq. Resolue vs then how did the Gods accept Or sacrifice how are they pleasd with vs How long will they applaud our soueraignty Brut. Shall I tell the king Tarq. Do Cosen with the processe of your iorny Brut. I will We went from hither when we went from here arriued thither when we landed there made an end of our praiers when we had done our Orisons when thus quoth Phoebus Tarquin shall be happy whilest he is blest gouerne while he raignes wake when he sleeps not sleepe when he wakes not quaffe when he drinkes eate when he feedes gape when his mouth opens liue till he die and die when he can liue no longer So Phoebus commends him to you Tarq. Mad Brutus still Son Aruns What say you Arun. That the great Gods to whom the potent king Of this large Empire sacrific'd by vs Applaud your raigne commend your soueraignty And by a generall Synode grant to Tarquin Long daies faire hopes Maiestique gouernment Brut. Adding withall that to depose the late king which in others had bin arch treason in Tarquin was honour what in Brutus had beene vsurpation in Tarquin was lawful succession and for Tullia though it be parricide for a child to kil her father in Tullia it was charitie by death To rid him of all his calamities Phoebus himselfe said she was a good child and shall not I say as he saies to tread vpon her fathers skull sparkle his braines vpon her chariot wheele And weare the sacred tincture of his bloud Vpon the seruile shoe but more then this After his death deny him the due claime Of all mortality a funerall An earthen sepulcher this this quoth the Oracle Saue Tullia none would doe Tul. Brutus no more lest with our surpast eies of wrath fury We looke into the humour were not madnes And folly to thy words a priuilege Euen in thy last reproofe of our proceedings Thou hadst pronounct thy death Brut. If Tullia will send Brutus abroad for newes and after at his returne not endure the telling of it let Tullia either get closer eares or get for Brutus a stricter tongue God boye Exit Tarq. Alas t is madnes pardon him not spleene Nor is it hate but frensie we are pleasde To heare the Gods propitious at our prayers But whither 's Sextus gone resolue vs Cecles We saw thee in his parting follow him Hor. I heard him say he would straight take his horse Vnto the warlike Gabines enemies Tarq. To Rome and you saue them we haue no opposites And dares the boy confederate with our foes Attend vs Lords we must new battels wage And with bright armes confront the proud boyes rage Exeunt Manet Lucretius Collatine Horatius Valerius Sceuola Hor. Had I as many soules as drops of bloud In this brancht vaines as many liues as starres Stucke in yond azure roofe and were to dy More deathes then I see wasted weary minuts To grow to this I de hazard all and more To purchase freedome to this bondag'd Rome I 'me vext to see this virgin conqueresse weare shackles in my fight Luc. Oh would my teares would rid great Rome of these prodigious feares Enter Brutus Brut. What weeping ripe Lucretius possible now Lords Ladies friends fellows yong madcap gallāts old courtly ruffins al subiects vnder one tirāny therfore shold be partners of one the same vnanimity Shall we go single our selues by two two go talke treason then t is but his yea and my nay if we be cal'd to question Or shal s go vse some violent bustling to breake through this thorny seruitude or shall we euery man go sit like a man in desperation and