for the Victory of Theander Enter Endymion with a Guard Ger. What means this Nean. O Endymion's banish'd And this Guard is to convey him out of the Kings Dominions let him be hang'd and He will let us about our business Ex. Geron and Nean. Endym. May I not see the Princess for Whom I am banish'd before I go Officer No no along Sir 1. Sould. Pray Sir go a little faster 2. Sould. Prethee let the Gentleman alone soft And â—air goes far and the Gentleman Considers he has far to go Endym. Farewell than brave Cleantha may'st thou never Once think Endymion suffers for thy sake And farewell dear Vrania I will love thee On those hard Rocks I now must dwell upon Officer What 's this muttering Along Sir 2. Sould. Good Gentleman he 's loath to leave the Princess I warrant him Enter Cleantha 1. Sould. Here she comes Endym. The Princess Great Princess pardon My glorious sufferings forgive me that Kneels I ever saw the Light or liv'd a Minute That you are injur'd thus by him whose being Is not worth your meanest thought Clean. Ah my Lord affront me not Rise brave Endymion 'T is my misfortune Thou art too low already Endym. Fortune made me low to be advanc'd by a hand More Worthy than her own Rises Clean. My Noble Lord I have undone you what can I give you now In recompence of Liberty and all The pleasures you must loose In a sad banishment for her who onely Can be afflicted at your sufferings Endym. Madam you have Enough to give to pay So mean a debt if you will call it one A thousand times Clean. Name it and take it dear Endymion though it be my life Endy. Madam Then grant me this request use every art To make your Hours as blest as I shall pray They may be many and never let a â—hought My impatience to be troublesome to others King You grieve for Endymion when all Arcadia Rejoyces at the Victory of Theander which this Evening we shall Celebrate With Sacrifices and with other Rites for whom We will prepare a publick Triumph Compose your self and let not others see Your shame Clean. My Shame they ne're Aside Shall see Call it â—y Glory so it is Enter Pyrrhus Pyrr Sir the Sacrifice is ready for the Altar and the Priests wait your Royal presence For the Execution King Niece think on what I 've said and follow us Ex. King and Pyrr Qu. Come dear Cleantha prithee be not sad The Prince of Macedon will be fitter for Your noble Blood which is deriv'd from Kings Clean. And some other will bâ— fitter for him Then I unless he likes a broken heart Besides the Prince is Contracted already to The Queen of Thrace's eldest Daughter Qu. She is long since dead Clean. Who can tell that Madam I am apt to believe If she had her Kingdom yet the Prince would find Her out Enter Phronesia Qu. What News with you Phro. News that does import your Majesty Whisper Enter Geron. Ger. Madam the Queen and your Highness are expected at the Temple this will be a night of Joy Clean That brings me nought but sorrow the name of joy Is odious to me since Endymion's gone Qu. Art thou sure of this Phronesia Phro. Yes Madam doubt it not Qu. The Gods amend all once more I 'le prevent it But first I 'le to the Temple Come Cleantha Ger. What have you told the Queen What I enjoyn'd you Phro. I hâ—ve and she is resolv'd to Circumvent him Come to the Temple haste Ex. Phron. Ger. Thus far it goes well I have with many Oaths and Pâ—otestations confirm'd the Priest in the belief that Neander in Womans Cloaths is this night to meet the Queen it takes admirably The Talents are my own and this wife of mine is dead already The Scene changes to the Temple After the Sacrifice there is a Consort of Martial Musick and two or three of the Salii or Priests of Mars sing as follows 1. ALL Praises to the God of War Who in our Battels gives Success By whom we now Victorious are Who does not onely us with Conquests bless But 't is his Pow'r that gives us Peace Arcadia now may safely that enjoy Thessalians cannot that destroy For brave Theander has our Foes opprest And by his Noble Toyls procur'd our Rest. 2. In vain they did their Heedless Force oppose Against such Courage and such Conduct too Such as requir'd more strong and numerous Foes Fit for his Noble fury to subdue Oh how he thunder'd in the Van Godlike he threaten'd and did more than manâ— Priest Heaven bless you Madam to her Exit Queen To himself And make you see your Crime In it's own horrid shape e're you attempt it And yet she bears it with so much assurance I could believe her Innocent yet why Should Geron dare to invoke all the Gods To testifie it if it be false what can Provoke him to this Villany If true She never will acknowledge it to me What ere it be 't is worth my venturing To be undeceiv'd Ex. The Third Scene Enter King Geron and Pyrrhus King Is 't possible my Queen an Adultress It cannot be Be sure Sir if you accuse her Falsly ye shall not onely die but Linger out a wretched life in Torments Ger. Sir if I lye let me have what death The witty'st Cruelty can invent Pyrr I am amaz'd the Queen and Priest In Womans Cloathes strange Circumstance To meet in Grotto this Night Sure 't is Impossible Ger. Sir I am content to dye for t if you see not your self all this to Night King In the mean time you 'l be content to be secur'd Ger. Sir with all my heart King Guard take Geron and secure him till further order Enter Guard and seizes him Pyrr Sir this dreadful news amazes me King Ah Pyrrhus in this very Grotto I met Urania and forgot the Queen Tho' then I thought her faithful And as free from any Carnal thoughts At 〈◊〉 departed Souls in th' other world Pyrr The Gods grant this meeting prove no worse Than that did King O Heav'n methinks I see 'em already in their Lust yet sure it cannot be if I find this Accusation false it had been better for this fellow he never had been born Pyrr Sir you may yet prevent it King I may for this time but I will not harbour That Devil Jealousie within my breast For all this World can give me I am resolv'd To see the certainty my self and if It prove untrue my Queen shall live with freedom As she has ever done in all my Thoughts And her Accuser fall her Sacrifice But if she can forget her former Vertue I can take as much pleasure to see her blood Drop from the fatal Sâ—ord as e're I did To see it blushing on her Cheek when first I thought her modest Look where they come Enter Queen and Priest Let us withdraw it may be we shall Discover something Priest And nothing is more
that have brought me to this must I be cut in pieces Phro. Truly loving Husband you must and be given to Doggs too but they 'l have but ill Commons of you you will be mighty tough besides you have so many diseases that if you were divided into as many pieces as there are hairs in your Beard each Morsel would own a several Malady for my part I would not advise any Dog that I have a kindness for to taste of you for fear of endangering his health Ger. O thou abominable filthy Hag if thou wert to be serv'd so first it would not trouble me Phro. O Sir you would have drawn me in but I shall live to tread upon your Grave you know it were ill manners for me to be hang'd before my Husband but how does your Lordship will you have some Greek-wine to comfort your cold stomack you 'l die with the fear on 't else before to morrow morning but I beseech you my Lord do not forget if you do live till then to have a Nose-gay and a pair of white Gloves with clean Linnen too for the Execution Men of quality are always very cleanly when they go to be hang'd Nean. O! what will become of me I shall never be able to indure it Oh! you old cowardly Sot this comes of your confessing Rogue Ger. This may thank your villanous design with a Curse to you I was onely drawn in Nean. You deserve to be hang'd Rascal and will be so Ger. 'T will be some comfort to me to have a Lord suffer with me but 't would be more honour to me if that Lord were a wiser man Nean. O! you old Dog that I could come at you Ger. That I could poyson you with my breath but that 't would put you out of your pain which is your immoderate fear Enter Priest Priest Peace be here Phro. You come as seasonably as can be for the Traytors are at Civil War Priest Away woman and interrupt 'em not Phro. I will not take my leave on you for I intend to see my dear Husband again at least before you be cut into Messes Farewell Ex. Phron. Priest I am now come to speak to you as dying men Nean. Ay ay you old Rascal Geron whom may that thank Ger. A villanous Lord that corrupted a poor innocent man as I was a Curse on him for drawing me in Nean. A Curse upon an old Cowardly Rogue to let his fear betray us Priest Come 't is not now a season to quarrel with one another but to make peace with the Gods I am come to prepare you for your deaths and first Neander I begin with you Nean. 'Pray Sir begin with him he needs it most he has alwayes been the most perfidious impious Wretch Ger. I need it most I scorn to be prepar'd any more then your self if you go to that with that ugly pocky Whoâ—e-masters face of your own Nean. Sir it 's no matter what he sayes he has as much malice to good men as Whores have to honest Women Priest I must first begin with you my Lord. Ger. Look there he knows who has most need on 't Nean. Peace Wisard peace do you say this to me Priest Peace stupid Wretches I command you and confess and repent of your most horrid Crimes Nean. Well Sir I have done and I do confess from the bottom of my heart O you old dry raw-bon'd wretched decrepit-Cuckold you to bring me to this Priest Heav'n what impiety is this Ger. Ay Sir you see his Devotion O! Villainous wicked man Priest Sir hold your Tongue my Lord 't is time now to be sensible of your sad condition Ger. Ay Sir so it is if you knew as much as I do of his wickedness you 'd say so Nean. Well Sir I do confess I 'le torment the Rogue Asidâ— I have many Sins to repent of First I have been naught wâ—th that old fellow's Wife Evad. If pitty poor Urania could do thee good Thou hast enough on 't Vran. I do confess I 'm marry'd to the Prince But he will witness for me 't was th' effect Of his own Choice I never presum'd To think iâ— till he told me it should be so Since when how faithful I have been to him Witness Oh! Heaven and all those Pow'rs that dare Acquit whom Kings condemn and tho' for this I now must suffer death I cannot wish I had not don 't since 't was the Prince's pleasure Whom to contradict to me were worse then death Gent. Alas I pity her her Case is too severe Vran. And yet I feel That death is bitter 't is an Enemy Looks cruelly on those who have no friends 'T is hard to undergo the greatest Task alone But 't is my Fate and Heaven must be obey'd 'T is a long hazard that we run in death And a short warnâ—ng rather does disturb Then sit us for it were 't not for this I could be well content to close these Eyes That have of late beheld so little pleasure Marsh. She draws Tears from my Eyes I was not wont To be so soft Vran. But I too long Detain you with Complaints whose business is To see me die Live happy brave Theander May all thy Sorrows die with thy Vrania And all those Joyes live with thee which she took 〈◊〉 thy â—ontents May'st thou be happy in A Princess great as thy own Merits bright As thy own â—yes and vertuous as Are all thy Thoughts and may she honour thee As â—â—uly as thy poor Vrania did Execu Are you ready Madam Uran. Who is this Gent. Madam 't is your Destiny Vran. O it is he Sir you can instruct me what I am to do I never yet saw any body die Gent. Madam you must kneel Uran. How will he strike Gent. With all the mercy that he can Execu When you have ended all you have to say Pray kneel with your Face that way and give Some sign when I shall strike Uran. I will Evad. I cannot stay to see 't Farewell dear Vrania Exit Evad. Vran. When I am dead pray Sirs suffer none But my Mother to fit me for my Grave She will be careful of me she will pay Holy devotions for me and bedew With pious Tears that face she still has lov'd And may the Gods give comforts in her sorrows And all those Stars which have been hard to me Be merciful to her May my misfortune Work in her onely a more true content In the low Sphere she so securely moves in Execu I think she 'l ne're a done prating they all keep such a coile when they come to die Wou'd the King wou'd please to forbid all Speeches upon Scaffolds Vran. Sirs Farewel pray present My humble Service to my Noble Princess With thanks for all her Favours in my life And Charity in death bless'd Gods assist me Kneels Pray expect the Sign Execu I shall Enter in haste Parthenia Vrania's Mother Parth. Stay stay the fatal Blow King What 's this Par. A
think upon the honour To be a Mistress to a King sounds it not Well Uran. It is an Honour I should not envy her That sought my ruine I will ne're forsake My Vertue for a little outward splendor Pyrr Is Love a Vice Urania why did Nature Make us all Vicious when she did immerse Love in the very beings of all Creatures Go search the Universe and shew me there What but affrighted man is not as free To satisfie his Love as Thirst or Hunger Beasts ne're dispute the Lawfulness of what is Natural Uran. 'T is well my Lord when you intend Unlawful Loves to instance not in men But Beasts but let me ever be Of that affrighted Number thaâ— follow vertue Pyrr Come come Urania Love like men was free E'â—e â—â—w'r and Laws had taught 'em both the use Of Chains and Fetters Nature ne're Confin'd Her No lest Creature to the Narrow'st Prison Nor gave him Inclinations to torment him And with a holy Flame my Sighs and Tears Have been as pure as are those Gales and Springs which in Elizium do refresh the blest And yet thou hast not pitty'd him that loves thee Even though thou be'st as gentle and as soft As morning dew just melting into Ayre Uran. What shall I serve you in my Lord Endym. Permit Me to enjoy the Title of your servant And pay my fire with equal flames again Vran. My Lord I were ingrateful if I should not Endym. Then be not so but to be short I fear The Kings approach and therefore if thou 'lt promise This night to sleep within my armes being first Authoriz'd by Hymens Priest I 'le free thee from the Kings unlawful Love Uran. What 's to be done in this sad Exigence aside To him My Lord I will but satisfie me how Endym. You must appoint the King to meet you there In yonder Grotto and oblige him to The Language and the time of Love soft Whispers And the Night and I 'le prepare Soâ—e other Woman to supply your place This will gain time till to morrow when I 'le own you to the King to be my Wife Then the respect to all my Loyal services Will make him quench his now Unruly Passion Uran. Ah who will be so wicked as to meet him Endym. Enow ne're fear it Uran. Sure 't is impossible What Woman would consent to such an Act Endym. Ten thousand Madam Uran. But they shall not for me I 'le rather chuse a Thousand times to die Then own a wretched Life sav'd at the rate Of so much â—nfamy Endym. Come be content Chaste Soul I 'le do what you shall well approve My dear I must retire I fear the King Now act thy part and then confide in me Be happy fair Urania I am blest That my employment is to do thee service Ex. Endymion Vran. Ah dear Endymion how could I weep If tears were able but to wash away The blackness of my Crime now thou hast thought To lead me from the Labyrinth of my Woes The next thing I must think must be to cheat All thy Innocent expectations which 〈…〉 to my self 〈…〉 Soul 〈…〉 King 〈…〉 Showres allay you thus your Beams 〈…〉 and more are due to my Misfortunes 〈…〉 this Pyrrhus told me you had consented Vraâ— With what Face can I say yes to the King Tho' I but feign consent and mean to cheat him Aside It is Immodest sure it cannot fit A Womans Mouth King Are you not yet resolv'd What means this doubt Consent to my desires And you shall live ador'd and fear'd by all The Kingdom shall rejoyce at all your smiles And tremble at your frowns But if you do not Vran. Is there no other way to save my life King Come do not trifle thus to tempt my rage Uran. Good Sir be not angry I will King My dear Urania now be happy let 's withdraw This place is much too publick for our Love Uran. Let me not lose all Modesty at once But let Sin take possession by degrees I have some sparks of Vertue yet remaining Which will require some time to quench King I am impatient of delays in this Nean. A death from your fair hand I wou'd embrace Evad. Ay thâ—s kind of dying put 's a man to no pain but to be run through the Lungs or shot through the Body is mighty inconvenient Nean. Ay 'faith is it Evad. But 't is honourable Nean. For my part I cannot possibly find what honour there is in having Oylet-holes made in a mans body ' Slife a Mans body is not made to see through is it and yet I know some Duelling Coxcombs so often run through as if their bodies were intended Through-fares for Swords Evad. But I hope you have more prudence then to venture that danger Nean. If I be run through may I be pickl'd up when I am dead like a Sturgeon be seru'd up to the Table of an old 〈…〉 surer Evad. I will say this in your Commendations 〈…〉 presents it self I believe there is not a man in 〈…〉 as your self I mean so swift of Foot Nean. Not so Madam indifferent indifferen◠〈…〉 Evad. But suppose Sir I should stand in need of a â—â—â—mpion Nean. O Madam your Eyes will revenge your Quarrels Evad. Or they must be unreveng'd for you Nean. Nay Madam in a Lady's Cause I can be a Lyon Evad. When you meet with a Lamb. Nean. Nay Madam I have Courage but I must confess 'T is a thing a man may better spare then any of his Goods and Ghattels Evad. Yes yes you have Courage witness the going to The War when you were commanded Nean. It was not want of that But who the Devil that had a plentifull Estate like me and might live among these pretty Ladies at the Court would go to lie withouâ— Sheets with Stones and Blocks for Pillows and be most honourably Lowsie and damnably nâ—â—â—l'd for a company of ungrateful Fellows that live Luxuriously at home and laugh at the Honourable Affairs abroad and when they have done they value these Mighty men of War just as a man doeâ— a Creditoâ— that Duns him for Money lent which he never intended to pay Enter Geron. Evad. What would this old jealous Fop have Ger. Nay now I will not hang my self yet I 'le be reveng'd on this Lord first My Lord Nean. Pox o' this Rogue how I scorn any one that 's below me What say you Geron Geron aside Furies pursue him How does your Lordship Nean. Very well how does your Lady Ger. 'T is he has done it a Curse on him Aside Nean. Why how now what do you Conjure what 's the matter Ger. I need not Conjure I know the Father now To himself Nean. Why what do'st thou mutter man Ger. My Lord why shou'd you ask for my Wife Nean. Because I am Civil Ger. Because I am a Cuckold Aside Nean. Pox on thee why do'st not speak out Evad. Your Servant my Lord suppose by this time my Lord Endymion has left