it first and who better then he May borrow that which himself lent to me In this quandary make thy self a sheath Farewel once Mistriss I must bid adieu To my own self but first of all to you Enter Berania When I am dead that you may know the truth Sets it to his Brest My blood shall be the pen and writer both Though you to others kindness could impart Yet your name onely's graven within my heart If ask'd what did this tragedy incur You 've been the cause but I the Murtherer Throw fury on it self He goes to kill himself Berania catches the sword Berania For Heavens sake my Lord tell me the cause Lidorus enters seeing Petus walks away Petus 'T is true ye darts of Pluto nail me here Berania Good Sir speak He turns from her 'T is too much to bear he has been my friend Well but now he is my foe and I as justly May make my self his my sword shall reward it Exeunt Losana and Litus in the Gallery Losana How now what think you Litus Whither is he gone Losana To write an invitation to Lidorus Litus Then one or both Lidorus has the best judgement Losana I know 't my Lord tother 's sooner dispatcht He has no skill at all he dyes my life for 't Litus 'T is well contriv'd thanks to your wit and will Go from the Gallery Enter Petus with a letter and Page Petus Deliver this to Lord Lidorus flee Exit Petus Page meets Lidorus he reads it Lidorus Upon suspition my Lord where 's the Wisdom And sobriety was moderator In all your passion quite forgot tho he Be frenzied with an Amorous fire I 'll Not take it as a challenge Yet consider He 's in earnest if I don't accept it A woman or a coward nick-names me In Challenges we ought more to reflect On honours splendor then the fight 's neglect And invitations warlike ought to be Answer'd with courage not benignity Tell him I stay how clear am I from it Exit Page Sweet is a life retir'd from all affairs Of State or Court one sad mischance or other Waits upon Pomp 't has always emulation To study ones own private houshold-good In the short walks of an inclosed Garden And there content strikes envy in the bosome Petus coming Petus My life or his this treason must redeem Honor then friendship should have more esteem Lidorus bare to meet Petus Lidorus Sir Petus Hold your villany's too obvious to admit of ceremonious parles Lidorus Charge Petus Defend Fight and breath Lidorus End it Petus Dispatch in justice Fight again Lidorus falls Lidorus One thing I crave before I dye tell me The reason of this fight Petus By your life that sees his last period resolve The truth to what I ask Lidorus Else Heavens shew themselves my everlasting enemies Petus Hast not betray'd me tell your unjust dealing With Berania you are both dishonest Lidorus Some miracle of the Gods shew my innocence Or if I have been guilty all the torments In Hell torment me for disloyalty Who blowed this fire in your brest my Lord Petus Will 't make me kill my self is it not true Losana told me and I see it too Lidorus What did you see Petus You walk away as soon As entred 't was because we were together She must be alone to entertain your visits Lidorus Losona told me you suspected me Of being too familiar with your Mistress Advised me to march off when I beheld Berania with you that in time it might Abate your jealousie Petus Your coming was upon a match what say you Lidorus If so let me be match'd with the worst fury That ever howl'd in Hell Losana bid me Come to meet her here about some business I went when I see you you know the cause Petus I smell sulphur Losana told me What I have spoke and that you were lov'd of her Lidorus Trayterous Losana she-Devil she 't was she Brought me to my grave secure her I am faint The house is full of treason use your judgement To punish it I could divulge it now But I want breath I am sent for Sir farewel Your innocent servant remits you his death Once more farewel and think upon me Petus skreeks Enter Berania Berania My Lord what 's this Petus Speak woman did'st thou think He 'd a dyed with a heavy conscience and Conceal'd your sin to damn him Berania I 'll be tryed with fire and in my defence Kiss glowing steel bring burning coles to me I 'll keep 'um in my hand till they extinguish And never cry to shew you I am clear Believe me Sir Body took away Petus Did not you and Lidorus 'gree to meet He was a coming but seeing me with you return'd Berania My Sister bid me come about some business I thought not to meet you and much less him Petus It 's clear a plot to make us fight tells him That I suspected he was too familiar With Berania then tells me that he Was naught with her indeed and more that he Agreed to meet her but to walk away At any time when he see her with me Then bids him walk away when he see me That it might in time abate my Jealousie And so got's all together here unknown To each other a cast a contrived Devilry He went away for fear of my displeasure And I thought he went guilty of what was told me That we were both innocent and both suspitious Beran Litus contrives it my Maid once or twice see 'um together Petus Desperate Losana could the Devil invent To cloak thy damn'd malice with this pretence Of love to us both Enter Servant Servant Lidorus is dead it 's known you kill'd him Petus Justice suffer not A wretch to tread the earth Villanous woman Wert here I 'd gore thy hellish heart O Monster Treacherous Monster no less then thy infernal Life shall satisfie me Dear Lidorus How dare I name thee every noise I hear Crokes horror to me why I could not help it He can't be brought to life again I 'll dye And punish my self for so damn'd a sin Losana Tiger-bitch to thy breath My hands inrag'd shall give a mournful death And for your witch-craft I will make thee rue it By just revenge if my lifes price can do it Exit with Berania and Servant Enter two Watch-men First Hereabouts 't was done Petus is fled Second He 's gone the King must pardon him or we shall see him no more what was it about First They talk of treachy i' th' business Second Let 's return First Good morrow my Masters all good morrow Exeunt Enter King Guard and Marus and Chancellor Marus May it please your Majesty it 's I am King Why you know it is against our Act that Duels should be fought the penaltie's death Marus I come not to know rigor but crave pardon King To pardon this would against Justice tend King sits in a chair Chancellor Justice draws mercy Sir at every end King Yea
THE SPIGHTFUL SISTER A New Comedy Written by Abraham Bailey of Lincolns-Inn Gent. Licensed April 10. 1667 Roger L'Estrange LONDON Printed for Thomas Dring the Younger at the White Lion next Chancery-Lane in Fleet-Street 1667. To the Reader EPistles and Prologues being for the most part skipt over without reading I had thought to have silenc'd my Pen as to either of them both had not the importunity of the Stationer who was unwilling to have a blank page but that the Buyer might have enough for his money prevailed with me so far as to give thee this short account of it That as it is a Play so I made the writing thereof onely my Recreation not my Study done in few hours and youthful years that may rightly consider'd excuse the Faults therein which if I am not partial are not great nor many onely these few committed by the negligence or oversight of the Printer I must desire thee either gently to pass over or else with thy Pen to correct PAge 3. line 20. the comma at weary and for steps read sleeps p. 4. l. 19. for warrant 1. torrent l. 31. for a fable r. affable p. 5 l 2. for surprize r. suppress l 27. for come r. can p. 7. l 31 for time r. line p. 12. l. 32 r. Kidnappers p. 14. l. 6. r. expostulate p. 16. l. 15. r. what p 18. l. 31 r. sollicited p. 26. l. 17. r. favour p 35. l 17. r. Occus p. 47. l. 12. r. Beucer p. 62. l. 23. r. you The Persons Names Occus An old Humerous Lord. Beucer His Clerk Hare A Debtor to Occus Litus A Suitor to Berania Harpes Litus his Ruffion Petus A young Lord afterwards Berania's Sweet-Heart Lidorus A Lord Friend to Petus Marus Petus's Father Lonus Litus's Father Admetus A Virginia Tobacconist King Chancellour Clowns Watchmen Constables Gods Goddesses Nymphs Servants Murtherers Berania Daughter to Occus Losana The Spightful Sister to Berania Thele Waiting-Maid to Losana Hacca Waiting-Maid to Berania Sarah An old Sweet-Heart to Beucer Winifred Sarahs Humerous Mother Books Printed for Thomas Dring Junior at the White Lion in Fleet-Street where you may be furnisht with most sorts of Playes A General History of the Caribby Islands being an exact Description of all the English Plantations c. in the West-Indies adorn'd with Sculptures Folio Direction for the Study of the Law 12o. Cupid's Courtship 8o. THE SPIGHTFUL SISTER Actus Primus Scena Prima Enter Occus Smoaking and Beucer Oc. I Say It is not so good to be cheated as to Cheat So I do Beu Do's he mean honestly Oc. Hang honesty he has put me to I-know-not-how-much trouble I vow so I do A-Deuce take him for a knave Beu Patience Sir he did not intend Oc. Intend a fool I protest so I do I don't know what to do I 'm so vext about it Enter Hare Beu He comes Oc. How de y' Sir Wel what say you de y' mark I protest So I do you had almost hindred me of seeing You so you had if you had not come as you Did Will you pay-in the Money and have your Bond Hare My fortunes bow to you Oc. I can't abide this elegant Fortune Not I My mony My mony Man Hare Let my Condition plead for me Oc. That won't the condition of the Bond is to pay it Double de se double I vow Hare Your Honour 's Merciful Oc. Merciful me no more than I Merciful you For I vow de se get it me quickly or I l'e Know why you won't so I will as I live-law Exit Hare Go bid Berania come to me do so Exit Beucer Enter Berania and Hacca Well how now Berania what say you to me about Litus I protest I believe he looks like a rich Man Ber. More tortures yet The harmless dove pursu'd By threatning death from the Jar-falcons Talons Avoyds that cruel touch and lives secure My duty checks too great a scorn but Love Can utter stranger to his qualities Free me from Inquisitions worse then Death Oc. Well then you won't ha' him I l'e tell him the Long and the short of the business so I will Exit Ber. 'T is strange to see wealths power more then the strength Of Vertue stack't by Craesus his false fame Mony 's Lord Paramount and Riches sway My Fathers fancy for a prudent Soul Content's a Paradice as unknown to most As are the furthest Limits of Euphrates Every Sense turns Secretary to record His or my own hard Fortune yielding's fatal I have set my Resolution and I 'le see Myself Incloystred e're his wife I l'e bee Enter Occus Litus two Foot-boys Lit. Well how stands the wind of your Daughter 's Good liking Oc. Why I protest-law it was so sharp North so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that it had like to ha blown my Nose Away I vow so soon as I mentioned you to her Law-ye Litus Be plain Oc. Why the Long and the short is de se she say's she Won't have you I am in haste I vow good b'y Exit Li. To Fortune's Jiggs the vulgar sort apply An arm'd resistance whose weak affronts Dare not consult with Passion unless It sings their requies sum To love Is to be resolute our wealth 's a blessing To be contemn'd by none but those whose thoughts Fly to a Pin-feather'd Philosophy And use a Microscope mounted on wings Of rare devotion to see if the World be any thing My blood thaw's silence at a womans scorn Stay till I come Exit 1. Foot-Boy My Lord will have her sure if Means can do it 2. Foot-Boy He 's too well known to be belov'd by her 1. Foot-Boy In his land her denial may walk so far Tell it 's weary steps and forget itself 2. Foot-Boy I don't know what they 'l do Enter Litus Li. Go deliver this Letter to Madam Berania Exeunt Fool-Boys The labour of a strict persute Is recompenc't by handling the Prize Delay like Poppy invites to a sleep That cutting news should be the hardlier felt Provide a bow for smiles but if disdain I 'le get by Force what fair Means can't obtain Exit Enter Berania Reading the Letter Ber. Your syllables make worse than banishment throws it to them More captive to impiety then the unwearied Passenger Toth ' fained mourning of a Crocodile Whose jaws while reeking in the bloud of those His last allurements sung sad Dirge's to Seeks larger Preys Enter Losana Lo. May duty teach my Sister Ber. What Lo. A Nobler lesson than Rebellion prompts to Recant your error so your Reason may A Prospect of all happiness seem clear As day whose Minut◠are seldom favour'd by Such smiles of Chance as those were proffer'd you Resolve amendment to your changed mind The Golden Sands of Factolus come flowing Imbrace Honour Ber. How Lo. By nourishing the hopes of Litus whose soul As sad as Niobe's takes pleasure In throwing down the Gems that dwel in it His Birth ne'r taught him Courtship for a Maid Below it self Ber. His rashness
help my Delight weeps Who ha's hurt my Love I 'le ta ' 'um away Sar. If I dear mother have transgrest the Law Of Nature what I expect but Justice Win. Tell me my Joy I 'le beat kick scratch claw bite 'm My Dear who ha's hurt my Love Sar. Have patience Mother and provide your car To hear my loss the story I 'le declare And beg your pardon my Lord Occus his man Win. I am a'most mad my Love Sar. Pray hear Beucer coming aboard the Ship Where I was then to take my leave of my Uncle Profest me Love and with a thousand sighs Mingled entreaties soliced weeps Win. Come come come go on quick speak my Dear Sar. My good will that Heavens know I thought Was innocent and conjugal his lasting Importunities and promises Of Marriage took my honour from me I O'recome by his deluding tongue am forc't To wail my hard fortune and wailing so Augment my griefs and they augment my woe Without the least hope of comfort Win. Oh oh I 'm undone I ha' lost my Daughters Virginity Virginity I ha' lost my Daughters Virginity Sar. Pray Mother hear Win. Oh! I ha' lost my Daughters Virginity Sar. Good Admetus be pleased to relate his leaving me Tears stop my utterance Win. Tell on Love tell on Duck tell me Sir Admetus After this the Knave dishonestly leaves your Daughter And I believe is in love with another Win. Is this true Daughter my Joy Sar. True Mother Win. I 'le claw the Rogue 's Nose off Exeunt running Exeunt all Enter Lidorus and Petus Lid. The entertainment was good Pet. Cruel Love that takes his chief delight To use his fury and display his spight Frowning he laughs and strives to punish still A Wretch with death and yet denies to kill I love to see her and her very eye As soon as seen make me dissolve and dye Lid. Unless you 'd shake me off expel these words 'T bewraies your folly Enter Winifred wildly Win. I pray did you see Beucer the Rogue the Villain I 'le Claw him to pieces the Rogue Exit Lid. You want not the Lion's Kall or Herb Philocrassa As Naturalists name 't to touch her hand Perfume her chamber or mingle in her drink Sâ—e loves you well enough already nothing Disorders notes and breaks your harmony But silence to a friend runs open-arm'd The sweetest message of all history I 'le be your Spokes-man Petus Miracle of honour Embrace Lid. Promise to meet me here betwixt those Walls I 'le sing your Lullaby and borrow breath From the wing'd words of your Berania Petus My life and fortune wait upon the news Lid. Attend my return Exeunt several Enter Litus and Losana several Li. Your Sister loves Losana Any other than your self Lit. To be disobedient Los And perverse Li. More than all this Los How Li. She sleights your counsel mocks your Fathers threats And worse o're throws her modesty that custom Which bears out Ladies to expect the prayers Of servants kindled by a hot denial Is buried in her thoughts she out-does shame Los Be particular Lit. Among these Trees I heard her Lover mourn The giddy mixt words of a strucken Soul Desires Oratour for Berania He went she came attended by her Maid 'Twixt his complaints and her rash impudence Comparison is lost she stretcht invention For wayes to make him know she lov'd him Devises stratagems to see him runs The rest of punishments for violating Her self and friends to your serious thoughts Contempts as plain as day her wantonness And toleration in 't it plows up duty Sows pride in'ts place and if suffer'd to grow Will o're-top your endeavours to reclaim her Your birth puts briars in your hand why use them Blow down her Babel Los 'T was my Father's will As well as mine a mischief 'fore 't is hatcht Is bended lightly grown benums those Joynts That reach it's head For desperate Maladies Let 's use severe purgations Tyrants rule By being smooth'd up in their Cruelty Then torments pay their tutors negligence Who nourish sucking Vices with a Flatter I 'le break her or my self let 's set a time Lit. Do it when you please Los Don't fail till then I 'le seem Honey to both Exit Lit. My heart forbids me and I 'le never see Her wed another that refused me Exit Enter Berania and Hacca Hac Hee 's a fine Gentleman Madam Ber. His carriage puts me to a greater muse Than Sphinx's Riddle What do'st gather Hacca From his motions Hac I 'm no Diviner Madam Enter Lidorus Lid. A Gentleman Madam whom I dare speak vertuous In doing Justice was surprized and taken He suffers hardship in his close Confinement And seeks deliverance his courteous Keeper Craves but your hand and word for his Release Ber. I know him not Lid. A Stranger assaulted by a crew of Thieves Already his masters when past hopes of life Is succour'd by a noble Passenger Not without wounds to th' Victor whose dumb signs Seek help from him he rescu'd if he can And won't contribute to the cure of t'other Ean't he ingrateful Ber. In the highest degree Lid. The Pris'ner is Lord Petus Madam Ber. You astonish me Lid. Your Pris'ner Ber. How Lid. To your Graces and Beauties 't is so Ber. I lâ—ke your mirth but change your subject Lid. Millions of sighs beg leave to kiss your hand Confirm your Judgement to the case I put His flames consume him quench 'm with one word Let me haste to his Deliverance Ber. 'T would be too coy his Service to deny To grant it argues too much levity Lid. 'T would not be lightness to resolve a Grant 'T is for his Life Madam deny 't you can't Ber. Love e're he seeks it that 's immodest so Lid. Mercy before modesty ought to go Ber. Yea where the time can dispence but of one Lid. It don't this kill that will revive alone Ber. Let 's try both then one with the other will More welcome be good is discern'd by ill Lid. To afflict one so cast down wo'd be too rough 'T is sin to tread what 's trodden down enough Ber. Time future may what present can't produce Then of this favour let him make good use Lid. I 'le carry his pardon Exit Hac The Stars take care of you Madam Here 's a Present beyond expectation You sav'd your blushes i' th' conquest too Ber. Our inventions may sleep hereafter Hac How finely coy you were I see Disguise Is the Familiar of a Lady Madam This verifies the Proverb Women like Shadows are which if you shun They 'l follow but pursue 'm away they 'l run Exeunt Enter Beucer and Thele Beucer Mistris the emptiness of my belly may tell you How sorry I am for my last offence Thele Then you fast for your looseness Beucer Of life you mean I can sooner be without my Ears than seeing you Thele You flatter Beu Like a Magpie Thele You dissemble Beu This knocks down my ambition if I
lives I protest I 'll go to him I vow so I will Third Stay my Lord I 'll go fetch him he lives at next door Exit Occus Why I vow I think I was wrapt in my Mothers smock so I do every body loves me so so they do I vow to tell me how to get my money as I 'm here Enter third Man and Conjurer Third This is he my Lord. Occus Why Sir after humble commendations I vow there is a man his man is Mr. Hare as I 'm here a duce take him for a knave oweth me almost two hundred pounds and he won't pay me I vow I came to ask your counsel so I do for a small piece d' ye see Conjurer Have you brought your bond my Lord Occus No Sir but I 'll fetch it d' ye see Exit running Conjurer Now for my skill Enter Occus with the bond Occus Here it is d' ye see Third I have business my Lord. Exit Conjurer Well will you stand still I I I I I vow Conjurer makes a Circle Conjurer Your mony comes my Lord all to you I 'll warrant you when we have made a Scheme Earth and Saturn you 'll have it Occus So much the better Conjurer My Lord you will stand still be sure Occus Shall I ha' my mony then Conjurer No fear hold up your bond in your right hand Occus I I will hold it as fast as you will I vow Conjurer Hy surge tu grande nebulo He makes figures Occus shaking draws further off Iterum per nomen Poldavi surge Devil rises Occus Satan I defie thee Satan I defie thee d' ye see O I 'll ha' no mony I 'll ha' no mony crying Conjurer goes behind Occus and holds him Conjurer Throw down the bond or we shall be torn Devil rumbles Occus goes to throw it down twice or thrice and pulls back Occus I' th' Red Sea for ever i' th' Red Sea lay him Conjurer Down with it or you dye Devil steps further Occus O good O good Throws down the bond and runs away Devil takes it up unvails his face Devil Here 't is our will 's obtain'd our skill is shown The deed is done and now the bond 's my own Wit plays the critick Policie keeps school I 've got my wish and Devil take the fool Exeunt Omnes ACT. IV. SCEN. 1. Enter Lonus and a Servant Lonus DIsconsolate old man under an Aspect Shewing afflictions were thy Infant-griefs Conceived Oh my Son Litus is he dead Gray-hairs repose your sorrow in the Grave Oblivious of all future happiness Is he devoured Monstrous cruelty Barbarism in wilde Beasts could you not content Your hungry stomacks with the woful ruines Of my deceased life so often walking Through dismal Alleys of your woody territories But you must chaw the Branch of all our Race Servant Be not immoderate my Lord in sorrow May be some nimble Buck while he was hunting Was trac'd to death by his toilsome pursuit Or else so far some honest passer by Must guide his looks to homeward thousand chances Hinder intents of coming back and yet When he returns makes mirth to think upon 't Lonus No he 's lost Enter Hacca Pray young Gentlewoman do you hear report of Lord Litus Hacca Do I dream or is his Villany before me I 'm terrified at 's thoughts Lonus How dar'st O base woman Takes her by the sleeve Stain my Sons honour with the name of Villain Unless your words be reasonable I 'll make My aged hands the tragick instruments Of your untimely murther Hacca Hold my Lord I have cause enough to speak it Lonus Out with 't quickly Hacca If he 's your Son Sir understand he lately Fained to sigh for my Mistriss Berania But she knowing his rashness would not suffer Him see much less to confer with her At which I weep to name it he gave so much scope To his vile passion that he hir'd a Ruffin Help'd by himself to force her from the Garden As she was walking with her Father and me She had perish'd had not two young Gentlemen Rescu'd her fainting soul they kill'd his Ruffin Drove him away my Lord and since that time Shame has conceal'd him Lonus Swear that this is true Hacca By all my love to truth Lonus Now farewel comfort Long since I have predicted some disastrous And gloomy accident to follow his High-minded stubbornness Oh me oh me Servant A chair a chair my Lord faints Enter Servant with a chair he sits in 't Lonus My sons departure tells me I must have A doleful life or else a doleful grave Fear ne'r to see him more affrights me so It makes me loth to stay and loth to go Lest he should live still then if I expire 'T would kill his joy and kill my own desire I 'll tarry perchance Heavens so kinde may be To revive my Son and so to revive me By his return if not I 'll yeild my breath First due to sorrow and next due to death But why cheer I so if he liv'd ah then He 'd send me news by word or news by pen To ease my fears or else expel my grief By a quick burial or a quick relief He 's gone I forgive you now suffer me To Hacca To slide from this vale of extremity Enter another Servant Servant My Lord I 've here one lately see your son i' th' wood hereby Lonus Away kill me no more Enter Marus Marus What news my Lord has taught your eyes to weep Shed one tear more and let that be bestowed For not accepting crosses as you should The change of all things here puts you in minde You 're tossed like a Ball between the Rackets Shew your self Master of your passions use 'um As a wise Angler play 'um all to death Lonus My son is buried but where I know not Servant Since this days dawning Sir his son was seen Alive and well in these adjacent Woods Marus Won't all perswade a change my Lord believe it Breath while there 's hopes the truth is quickly known Lonus How I pray Marus If he 's there you have waies enough For his recovery beseech the King His Forests may be search'd and every place Suspected enter'd by his Commission The Seal makes people double diligent Let your reward provoke them to industry Lonus I 'll go and beg that favour of the King Exeunt all but Hacca Enter Thele Hacca Poor man how sad he is Joy to you Mistriss Make much of your Servant Beucer Thele Is he mine Steward count out a hundred Dollers for her Your news deserves it till now I could not trust So fair a Fortune Hacca 'T is so never mock Thele Forget to part the Cash add ten times more It 's seconded the Guinian Neger never Humm'd for his passage more to serve a Master Then I at this may it be credited Hacca As what you see Thele The business Amorous Takes up the thoughts awakes and conveys them To
where the offence is done against the will Chancellor It was my Liege he did not love to kill King Why fought he then Chancellor To vindicate his right King That 's got by Law and not by single might Chancellor 'T was Sir so sudden done forc'd by a plot That strength must needs decide what Law could not King The Fathers service and the Sons deport One in our Wars the tother in our Court Tho against my Law command me to asswage For once the penance of my Statutes rage But take notice lest it should authorize Others like manner precepts to despise Renew its force and hence will hardly I Give him his life that makes another dye Both. Your pardon But let it teach better things Exeunt Litus and Losana in the Gallery Litus I knew it would not take Lidorus is dead Losana I wish it had been Petus Litus Wishes nothing avail our treason 's divulg'd and If we are caught we shall soundly suffer Losana My disgrace is so great I dare not return But since 't is so I 'll alter our design And have his life or it shall cost me mine Exeunt Enter Petus in a Night-gown and Berania Petus A pardon it were better that I were Condemn'd to death by the most cruel torture To live is onely to be knawed upon And suffer lingrings which subtly beguile Me of my rest One blow consumes them all But on my life depends a dearer and If I were dead she 'd be expos'd to th' rage Of bloudy butcheries I 'll be reveng'd Dear Lidorus how shall I pacifie Thy angry Ghost I kill'd thee and were serv'd But just if thy deathy fingers should Pull out my timorous heart Berania You see my Lord The fruits of too rash anger Petus Would I had Dear Madam so sudden a Burial let me Sacrifice my life to asswage this fault In doubting of your chastity Draw's his sword Berania Hold my Lord I shall dye to see you thus 'T was foul but now it 's over Petus Oh that I could come at this demons urchin Litus appears i' th' Gallery I 'd break the charms of Belzebub and bite The sulphry links that keep her all the flashes Of brimstone should but heat my purposes Till with her blood I had made a deadly poyson Should kill all that but speak or think upon her Where art Air cover her not she will infect thee Ground swallow her up or throw her to me that I May rid the world of lust and treachery Exit Enter Litus and Losana Losana You see how things fall out Litus It is reported You are sled Petus beside himself Studies to make a sad example of you Losana Are you against me too Litus Not I I wish I could but see the colour of his heart-blood Till then I shant be quiet nor you peel off Perpetual shame Losana Does he tear at me thus Litus I heard him in the Gallery Losana Enough I 'll do his business stay here I have provided Exit Litus walks about Litus I wish I had ne'er begun this I am vext I dream of Blood and War in my condition Distraction banquets I have entred on it And will go on Enter Losana But this one way to save our lives go up Exit Litus Enter three men Losana Here here come hither They whisper All. We attend your will Losana There 's one has done me a great deal of wrong Weeps 'T will do no good to name it if you will Undertake to murder him you shall Be satisfied largely First No fear Madam we can do it Second I and we will do it Third Where 's the man Los Stand in that corner within a little while he comes to you Gentlemen be sure you kill him I can't describe him by his clothes but there none comes in a whole year dispatch him quickly First We 'll use swords to 't Second Best we have them ready Third Surest and safest these All draw will give him a meal he shall never disgest I 'll warrant you Losana Go and don 't fail to kill the first that comes Exit All. We will faith All stand aside Enter Losana with a Boy Losana Go to Lord Petus and tell him you saw Losana go down that lane just now do your arrand well and here 's for you then out by my Chamber Boy I will Exit Losana Boy meets Petus Boy I was a coming to you my Lord. Petus For what Boy I heard you inquire for Madan Losana And I see her go down that lane just now Petus Good Boy Exit Boy Now pitty be gone He goes apace draws his sword Four Clowns overtake him with clubs and surprize him taking him for Litus First Ha ha now we ha' you nay go to your Father Petus What mean you Gentlemen Second Gentleman us no more then we Gentleman you for I'faith you shall go He strives Third Hold fast there you are an undutiful son indeed we'll Litus you I'faith Fourth So I thought we should catch you at last Petus Stand off you rustick Bores He strives again All. Hold him fast if we let him go we shall all be hang'd Second Get you home we have searched the woods for you to some purpose Petus How dare you Villains First Uds waukers we 'll cudgel you so we will for all you 're a Lord. Fourth There 's a good one shall we please your father or you Third Swinge him swinge him agood if he won't go the King man set us a work to look you and gave us leave Petus Was ever Noble scratch'd with dogs before Strives again All. In with him in with him to his father come along good my Lord Litus come along or we 'll make you with a murrin All pull him in Fourth It must be Litus man and nobody else Exeunt all Litus and Losana in the Gallery Losana Now Sir from an abyss of discontent Three thrusts have built us up security Peace over all those mists that interpos'd Between Berania and you are vanish'd Petus is dead the Boy came to my Chamber And see him run to eternal banishment Them three dispatcht him ere one cry could come Toth ' ears of any living Court your Mistriss But make devotion to me I invented His death and your felicity Litus Rare Madam Seeing there 's no lets to my preferment I 'll Adore your memory and gratifie With forty Duckets them that laid him dead Come along Madam I 'll see how they sped Losana They could not finde resistance from him Litus ha Litus I 'm ravish'd with these Musical words I 'll see how they did their business and Content 'um for it Losana Well enough I warrant you Litus goes to the stage and to the Thieves Thieves set on him follow him out and fight Litus Hold I am not the man All. He is dispatcht They kill him and stop his mouth with an Hankerchaer Exeunt Enter Petus Petus Take me for Litus Oh I fear she 's gone He sees the body Ho ho Watch