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A39806 The night-walker, or, The little thief a comedy as it was presented by Her Majesties servants at the private house in Drury-Lane / written by John Fletcher, Gent. Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. 1661 (1661) Wing F1347; ESTC R29426 43,197 74

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Iu. VVe are almost at home now thou must go forward Perhaps 't was my imagination Lur. T is he Boy I know him too let me alone Ser. Oh sir a Ghost the very Ghost of Mistresse B●ide I have no power to runne away Iu. Cursed Ghost blesse me preserve me I doe command thee what so ere thou art I doe conjure thee leave me doe not fright me If thou beest a divell vexe me not so soone If thou beest The spirit of my wife Boy Thy wife Iu. I shall be tormented Boy Thy abus'd wife that cannot peaceably Enjoy her death thou hast an evill conscience Ju. Ikow it Boy Among thy other sinnes which blacke thy soule Call to thy minde thy vow made to another Whom thou hast wrong'd and make her satisfaction Now I am dead thou perjur'd man or else A thousand black tormentors shall pursue thee Vntill thou leape into eternall flames Where gold which thou adorest here on earth Melted the Fiends shall powre into thy throate For this time passe goe home and thinke upon me Lur. Away Ser. There are more spirits Iu. Thanke you deare wife I le bestow twentie nobles of a Tombe for thee Thou shalt not walke and catch cold after death They goe Backward in Lu. So so they 'r gone t was my ingenious rascal But how dost know he made vowes to another Boy I over-heard the women talke to night on 't But now le ts lose no time sir pray le ts bury This Gen lewoman where 's my Mistresse Enter Mistresse Mi. Here I durst not tarry Lu. we ha so cosen'd the old forty i'●h hundred And the devill hinder him not hee 'le goe a pilgrimage But come about our businesse set her downe agen Mar. Oh! Lur. Shee groanes ha Mar Oh! Lur. Agen she stirres Mi. Le ts fly or else we shall be torne in peeces Lur. And you be good at that bury your selfe Or let the Sexton take ye for his fee Away boy Exit Mar. I am very cold dead cold Where am I What 's this a Coffin where have I been Mercy defend me Ha I doe remember I was betrai'd and swounded my heart akes I am wondrous hungry too dead bodies eate not Sure I was meant for buriall I am frozen Death ' like a cake of Ice dwells round about me Darknesse spreads o're the world too where what path Best providence direct me Exit Actus Tertius Enter Lady Wildbraine Women Toby La. THou art the most unfortunate fellow Wil. Why Aunt what have I done La. The most malicious varlet Thy wicked head never at rest but hammering And haching h●llish things and to no purpose So thou maist have thy base will Wi. Why doe you raile thus Cannot a scurvy accident fall out But I must be at one end on 't La. Thou art at both ends Wi. Cannot young sullen wenches play the fools And marry and die but I must be the agent All that I did and if that be an injury Let the world judge it was but to perswade her And as I take it I was bound to it too To make the reverend coxecombe her husband Cuckold What else could I advise her was there harme i' this You are of yeares and have runne through experience Would you be content if you were young agen To have a continuall cough grow to your pillow A rottennesse that vaults are perfumes to Hang in youre roofe and like a fogge infect you Anointed hammes to keepe his hinges turning Reck ever in your nose and twenty night caps With twenty several sweats To. Some Jew some Justice A thousand heathen smels to say truth Madam And would you mellow my young pretty Mistresse In such a mis-ken La. Sirra Where 's the body of my Girle Wi. I know not I am no Conjurer you may look the body I was like to be stoln away my self the Spirit Had like to ha surpris'd me in the shape of a woman Of a young woman and you know those are dangerous To. So had I Madam simply though I stand here I had been ravish'd too I had twenty Spirits In every corner of the house a Fiend met me La. You lie like raskals Was Mistresse Newlove such a Spirit sir To fright your worship Well I discharge you sir ye' are now at libertie Live where you please and do what pranks you fancy You know your substance though you are my Nephew I am no way bound sir to protect your mischief So fare you well Wi. Farewell good Aunt I thank you Adi●w honest Nick the devil if he have power Will persecute your old bones for this marriage Farewel Mistresse Win. To. And shall we part with dry lips Shall we that have been fellow devils together Flench for an old womans fart Wi. T is a fine time a night too but we must part Nick. To. Shall we never ring again ne're tosse the tenor And roul the changes in a Cup of Claret You shall not want what ere I lay my hands on As I am sure Automedon the Coachman Shall be distributed bear up I say hang sorrow Give me that bird abroad that lives at pleasure Sam the Butle●s true the Cook a reverend Trojan The Faulkner shall sell his Hawkes and swear they were rotten There be some wandring spoons that may be met with I le pawn a Coach horse peace utter no sentences The harnesse shall be us'd in our warres also Or shall I drive her tell me but your will now Say but the word over some rotten bridg Or by a Marle pit side she may slip in daintily Let me alone for my self Wi. No no farewel Toby Farewel spinie Nicholas no such thing There be wayes i' the world if you see me A day or two hence may be weel'le crack a quart yet And pull a bell commend to the houshold Nay cry not Toby 't will make thy head giddy To. Sweet Master Wildbrain● Wi. No more Toby go the times may alter But where 's the coarse of my dead cosen If she be dead I hop'd ' thad but dissembled That sits heavy here Toby honest Toby Lend me thy Lanthorn I forgot 't was dark I had need look to my wayes now To. Take a lodging with me to night in the Stable And ride away to morrow with one of the horses Next your heart pray do Wi. No good night good neighbour Toby I will wander I scorn to submit my self ere I have rambled But whether or with what that 's more material No matter and the worst come it is but stealing And my Aunt won'ot see me hang'd for her own credit And farewel in a halter costs me nothing Exit Enter Hartlove Fran. The night and all the evils the night covers The Goblins Hagges and the black spawne of darknesse Cannot fright me no death I dare thy cruelty For I am weary both of life and light too Keep my wits heaven they say spirits appear To melancholly minds and the graves open I would fain see the fair Maria's shadow But
le walk a turn or two Fr. Give me your hand then Exit Enter Wildbrain Iustice Lady Nurse Gent. Women Newlove Iust Shee 's not in her Chamber La. She is not here Wil. And I le tell you what I dream'd Iu. Give me a Torch 1. G. Be not too hasty fir Wil. Nay let him go For if my dream be true he must be speedy He will be trickt and blaz'd else Nur. As I am a woman I cannot blame her if she take her liberty Would she would make thee cuckold thou old bully A notorious cuckold for tormenting her La. I le hang her then Nur. I le bless her then she does justice Is this old stinking doggs flesh for her dyet Wil. Prethee honest Nurse do not fret too much For fear I dream you le hang your self too Iust The Cloister Wil. Such was my fancy I do not say 't is true Nor do I bid you be too confident Iu. Where are the keyes the keyes I say Wil. I dream'd she had'●m to lock her self in Nur. What a Devil do you mean Enter Servant Wil. No harme good Nurse be patient Ser. They are not in the window where they use to be Wil. What foolish dreams are these Iu. I am mad Wil. I hope so If you be not mad I le do my best to make yee 1. This is some tricke 2. I smell the Wildgoose Iu. Come gentlemen come quickely I beseech you Quicke as you can this may be your case Gentlemen And bring some lights some lights Exit VVil. Move faster faster you I come too late else I le stay behind and pray for ye I had rather she were dishonest Than thou shouldst have her Enter Maria and Francke Mar. Y 're most unmanly yet I have some breath left And this steel to defend me come near me For if you offer but another violence As I have life I le kill you if I miss that Vpon my own heart will I execute And let that fair beleefe out I had of you Fr. Most vertuous Maid I have done forgive my follies Pardon O pardon I now see my wickedness And what a monstrous shape it puts upon me On your fair hand I seal Enter Iu. Iu. Down with the door Ma. We are betraid oh Francke Franke Fr. I le dye for ye Rather than you shall suffer I le Iu. Now Enter Enter All. Enter sweet Gentlemen mine eyes mine eyes Oh how my head akes 1. Is it possible 2. Hold her she sinkes Ma. A plot upon my honour To poyson my fair name a studied villany Farewell as I have hope of peace I am honest Iu. My brains my brains my monstrous brains they bud sure Nu. She is gone she is gone Iu. A handsome riddance of her Would I could as easily lose her memory Nur. Is this the sweet of Marriage have I bred thee For this reward 1. Hold hold he 's desperate too Ju. Be sure ye hold him fast wee le bind him over To the next Sessions and if I can I le hang him Fr. Nay then I le live to be a terrour to thee Sweet Virgin Rose farewell heaven has thy beauty That 's onely fit for heaven I le live a little To find the villain out that wrought this injury And then most blessed soul I le climbe up to thee Farewell I feel my self another creature Exit La. Oh misery of miseries Nu. I told ye Madam La. Carry her in you will pay back her portion Ju. No not a penny pay me back my credit And I le condition we'ye La. A sad wedding Her grave mnst be her Bridal bed oh Mall Would I had wed thee to thy own content Then I had had thee still Ju. I am mad farewell Another wanton wife will prove a hell Exeunt Actus Secundus Enter Tom Lurch and his Boy Lur. What hast thou done Boy I have walked through all the lodgings A silence as if death dwelt there inhabits Lur. What hast thou seen Boy Nought but a sad confusion Every thing left in such a loose disorder That were there twenty theeves they would be laden Lu. 'T is very Well I like thy care but 't is strange A wedding night should be so solitary Boy Certainly there is some cause some death or sickness Is falne suddenly upon some friend Or some strange news is come Lu. Are they all a bed Boy I think so and sound a sleep unless it be Some women that keep watch in a low parlour And drink and weep I know not to what end Lur. Where 's all the plate Boy Why lockt up in that room I saw the old Lady ●re she went to bed Put up her plate and some of the rich hangings In a smal long chest her chains and rings are there too It stands close by the Table on a form Lur. 'T was a good notice didst thou see the men Boy I saw them sad too and all take their leaves But what they said I was too far to her sir Lur. 'T is daintily discover'd we shall certainly Have a most prosperous night which way Boy A close one A back door that the women have left open To go in and out to fetch necessaries Close on the Garden side Lur. I love diligence Wert thou not fearful Boy Fearful I le be hang'd first Lur. Say they had spied thee Boy I was then determin'd To have cry'd down right too and have kept 'em company As one that had an interest in their sadness Or made an errand to I know not whom sir Lur. My dainty Boy let us discharge that plate Makes a perpetual motion in my fingers Till I have fast hold of it Boy Pray be wise sir doe 't handsomly be not greedy Le ts handle it with such an excellence As if we would bring theeving into honour We must disguise to fright these reverend watches Lur. Still my blest Boy Boy And clear the Room of drunken jealousies The chest is of some weight and we may make Such noise i th' the carriage we may be snap'd Lur. Come open here 's a Devils face Boy No no sir wee le have no shape so terrible We will not do the Devil so much pleasure To have him face our plot Lur. A winding sh●et then Boy That 's too cold a shift I would not wear the reward of my wickedness I wonder you are an old thief and no cunninger Where 's the long Cloak Lur. Here here Boy Give me the Turbant And the false beard I hear some coming this way Stoop stoop and let me sit upon your shoulders And now as I direct stay let 'em enter And when I touch move forward make no noise Enter Nurse and Tobie Nur. Oh ' it s a sad time all the burnt wine is burnt Nick. Tob. We may thank your dry chaps for 't the Canaries gone too No substance for a sorrowful mind to work upon I cannot mourn in beer if she should walk now As discontented spirits are wont to do Nur. And meet us in the
quickly now to the Usurer His hour to wake approaches Boy That once finish'd You le give me leave to play sir here they come Exit Enter Wildbrain Toby and Ringers Wi. I am monstrous weary To. Fie how I swear Reach me my cloak to cover me I run to oyl like a Porpise 't was a brave peal Sex Let me light my candle first then I le wait on you Wi. A very brave peal To. Carman you came in close now Wi. Sure 't is past midnight Rin. No stirring in the streets I hear To. Walk further was that a pillar 't is harder than my nose Where 's the Boy promis'd us five pound Wi. Room I sweat still come come my cloak I shall take cold Enter Sexton Sex Where lies it Wi. Here here and all our cloaths Sex Where where Rin. i th' the corner To. Is thy candle blind too give me the bottle I can drink like a Fish now like an Elephant Sex Here are the corners but here are no cloaths Yes here is a cuffe Wi. A cuffe give me the candle Cuffes wo'not cover me I smell the knavery To. I st come to a cuffe my whole suit turned to a button Wi. Now am I as cold again as though 't were Christmas Cold with my fear I le never ring by the ear more To. My new cloaths vanish'd Wi. My all cloaths Toby Rin. Here 's none To. Not one of my dragons wings left to adorn me Have I muted all my feathers Wi. Cheated by the ear a plot to put out the candle I could be mad my chain my rings the gold the gold To. The cold the cold I cry and I cry truly Not one sleeve nor a cape of a cloak to warm me Wi. What miserable fools were we To. We had e'en best gentlemen Every man chuse his rope again and fasten it And take a short turn to a better fortune To be bawds to our miseries and put our own lights out Wi. Prethee Sexton le ts have a fire at thy house A good fire wee le pay thee some way for 't I am stone cold Sex Alas I pitty you come quickly Gentlemen Wi. Sure I ha been in a dream I had no Mistress Nor gold nor cloaths but am a ringing rascal To. Fellows in affliction let 's take hands all Now are we fit for tumblers Enter Lurcher and others bringing in Algripe Lur. So so presently his sleep will leave him And wonder seize upon him Bid 'em within be ready Ju. What sound 's this What horrid dinne what dismal place is this I never saw before and now behold it But by the half light of a lamp that burns here My spirits shake tremble through my body Help help Enter two Furies with black tapers Mercy protect me my soul quakes What dreadful apparitions how I shudder 1. 2. Fu. Algripe Ju. What are you 1. We are helhounds helhounds that have commission From the Prince of darkness To fetch thy black soul to him Ju. Am I not alive still 1. Thou art but we have brought thee instruments Will quickly rid thy miserable life Stabbe 2. Poyson 1. Hang thy self this choise is offer'd 2. Thou canst not hope for heaven thy base soul is Lost to all hope of mercy 2. Quickly quickly The torments cool 1. And all the Fiends expect thee Come with us to that pit of endless horrour Or we will force thee Ju. Oh oh oh 1. Groans are too late sooner the ravisher Whose soul is hurl'd into eternal frost Stung with the force of twenty thousand Winters To punish the distempers of his blood Shall hope to get from thence then thou avoid The certainty of meeting hell where he is Shall murderers be there for ever dying Their souls shot through with adders torn on Engines Dying as many deaths for killing one Could any imagination number them As there be moments in eternity And shall that Justice spare thee that hast slain Murdered by thy extortion so many Ju. Oh oh 2. Do execution quickly or we 'le carry thee alive to hell Ju. Gently gentle devils do not force me To kill my self nor do not you do 't for me O let me live I le make amends for all 1. Tell us of thy repentance perjur'd villain Pinch off his flesh he must be whipt salted and whipt Ju. Oh misery of miseries Recorders 1. 2. Tear his accursed limbs to hell with him ha A mischief on that innocent face away Creeps in Enter Boy like an Angel Boy Malicious furies hence choak not the seeds Of holy penitence Ju. This must be an Angel How at his presence the fiends crawle away Here is some light of mercy Boy Be thou wise And entertain it wretched wretched man What poor defence hath all thy wealth been to thee What sayes thy conscience now Iu. Be my good Angel here I promise thee To become honest and renounce all villany Enjoyn me any pennance I le build Churches A whole City of Hospitals Boy Take heed There is no dallying nor are these impos'd Iu. Name any thing within my power sweet Angel And if I do not faithfully perform it Then whip me every day burn me each minute Whole years together let me freeze to Isicles Boy i th' number of thy foul oppressions Thou hast undone a faithful Gentleman By taking forfeit of his land Iu. Young Lurcher I do confess Boy He lives most miserable And in despair may hang or drown himself Prevent his ruine or his blood will be More sin in thy account hast thou forgotten He had a sister Iu. I do well remember it Boy Couldst thou for Mammon break thy solemn vow Made once to that unhappy maid that weeps A thousands tears a day for thy unkindness Was not thy faith contracted and thy heart And couldst thou marry another Iu. But she is dead And I will make true satisfaction Boy What do instance these that hast been false To all the world Iu. I know it and will henceforth Practise repentance do not srown sweet Angel I will restore all morgages forswear Abominable Usury live chaste For I have been wanton in my shroud my age And if that poor innocent maid I so abus'd Be living I will marry her and spend My dayes to come religiously Boy I was commanded but a Messenger To tell thee this and rescue thee from those Whose malice would have drag'd thee quick to hell If thou abuse this mercy and repent nor Double damnation will expect thee for it But if thy life be vertuous hereafter A blessedness shall reward thy good example Thy fright hath much distracted thy weak senses D●ink of this viol and renew thy spirits I ha done my office think on 't and be happy Lur. So so he gapes already now he 's fast Thou hast acted rarely but this is not all First help to convey him out o' th vault Boy You will dispense with me now as you promis'd sir Lur. We will make shift without thee tha 'st done well By our device
this bondage may scape hell Exit Enter Lady Nurse Maria. La. Didst think Maria this poor outside and Dissembling of thy voice could hide thee from A mothers searching eye though too much fear Lest thou wert not the same might blind a lover That thought thee dead too oh my dear Maria I hardly Kept my joyes in from betraying thee VVelcome again to life we shall find out The mystery of thy absence conceale Thy person still for Algripe must not know thee And exercise this pretty dialect If there be any course in Law to free thee Thou shalt not be so miserable be silent Good Nurse Nur. You shall not need to fear me Madam I do not love the usuring Jew so well Beside 't was my trick to disguise her so La. Be not dejected Mall Ma. Your care may comfort me But I despair of happiness Hartlove I dare not see him Nur. VVee le withdraw La. I shall but grieve to see his passions too Since there 's no possibility to relieve him Enter Hartlove Ha. The world 's a Labyrinth where unguided men Walk up and down to find their weariness No sooner have we measured with much toil One crooked path with hope to gain our freedom But it betrays us to a new affliction What a strange mockery will man become Shortly to all the creatures Oh Mariah If thou beest dead why does thy shadow fright me Sure 't is because I live were I but certain To meet thee in one grave and that our dust Might have the priuiledge to mix in silence How quickly should my soul shake off this burthen Enter Boy Thus far my wishes have success I le lose No time Sir are not you call'd Mr. Hartlove Pardon my rudeness Ha. What does that concern Thee Boy 't is a name cannot advantage thee And I am weary on 't Boy Had you conceal'd Or I forgot it sir so large were my Directions that you could not speak this language But I should know you by your sorrow Ha. Thou Wert well inform'd it seems well what 's your businese Boy I come to bring you comfort Ha. Is Maria Alive agen that 's somewhat and yet not Enough to make my expectation rise to Past half a blessing since we cannot meet To make it up a full one th' art mis●aken Boy VVhen you have heard me you 'le think otherwise In vain I should report Maria living The comfort that I bring you must depend Upon her death Ha. T●'art a dissembling boy Some one has sent thee to m●●k me though my anger Stoop 〈◊〉 to punish thy green years unripe For malice did I know what person sent thee To tempt my sorrow thus I should revenge it Boy Indeed I have no thought so uncharitable Nor am I sent to grieve you let me suffer More punishment than ever boy deserv'd If you do find me false I serve a Mistress VVould rather dye than play with your misfortunes Then good sir hear me out Ha. VVho is your Mistress Boy Before I name her give me some incouragement That you receive her message she is one That is full acquainted with your misery And can bring such a portion of her sorrow In every circumstance so like your own You 'le love and pity her and wish your griefs Might marry one anothers Ha. Thou art wild Canst thou bring comfort from so sad a creature Her miserable story can at best But swell my Volume large enough already Boy She was late belov'd as you were promis'd faith And marriage and was worthy of a better Than he that stole Maria's heart Ha. How 's that Boy Just as Maria dealt with your affection Did he that married her deal with my Mistress VVhen careless both of honour and Religion They cruelly gave away their hearts to strangers Ha. Part of this truth I Know but prethee boy Proceed to that thou cam'st for thou didst promise Something thy language cannot hitherto Encourage me to hope for Boy That I come to My mistress thus unkindly dealt with all You may imagine wanted no affliction And had ere this Wept her self drye as marble Had not your fortune come to her relief And twinne to her own sorrow brought her comfort Ha. Could the condition of my fate so equal Lessen her sufferings Boy I know not how Companions in grief sometimes diminish And make the pressure easie by degrees She threw her troubles off remembring yours And from her pity of your wrongs there grew Affection to your person thus increas'd And with it confidence that those whom Nature Had made so even in their weight of sorrow Could not but love as equally one another Were things but well prepar'd this gave her boldness To employ me thus far Ha. A strange message boy Boy If you incline to meet my Mistress love It may beget your comforts besides that 'T is some revenge that you above their scorn And pride can laugh at them whose perjury Hath made you happy and undone themselves Ha. Have you done boy Boy Onely this little more When you but see and know my Mistress well You will forgive my tediousness she 's fair Fair as Maria was Ha. I le hear no more Go foolish Boy and tell thy fonder Mistress She has no s●cond Faith to give away And mine was given to Maria though her death Allow me freedom see the Picture of her Enter Maria Nurse I would give ten thousand Empires for the substance Yet for Maria's sake whose divine Figure That rude frame carries I will love this counterfeit Above all the world and had had thy Mistress all The grace and blossom of her sex now she Is gone that was walking a Spring of beauty I would not look upon her Boy Sir your pardon I have but done a message as becomes A servant nor did she on whose commands I gladly waited bid me urge her love To your disquiet she wouldchide my diligence If I should make you angry Ha. Bretty Boy Boy Indeed I fear I have offended you Pray if I have enjoyn me any pennance for it I have perform'd one duty and could as willingly To purge my fault and shew I suffer with you Plead your cause to another Ha. And I le take thee At thy word boy thou hast a moving language That pretty innocent Copie of Maria Is all I love I know not how to speak Winne her to think well of me and I will Reward thee to thy wishes Boy I undertake Nothing for gain but since you have resolv'd To love no other I le be faithful to you And my propheticke thoughts bid me already Say I shall prosper Ha. Thou wert sent to bless me Boy Pray give us opportunity Ha. Be happy Exit Nur. He 's gone Boy With your fair leave Mistress Ma. Have you business with her pray you Boy I have a message from a gentleman Please you vouchsafe your ear more private Nur. You shall have my absence Neece Exit Ma. Was the sentleman afeard to declare his matters openly here
speak unto her spirit ere I dyed But ask upon my knees a mercy from her I was a villain but her wretched Kinsman That set his plot shall with his heart blood satisfie Her injur'd life and honor what lights this Enter Wildbrain with a Lanthorn Wil. It is but melancholy walking thus The Tavern doors are baracado'd too Where I might drink till morn in expectation I cannot meet the Watch neither nothing in The likenesse of Constable whom I might In my distresse abuse and so be carried For want of other lodging to the Counter Fra. T is his voyce Fate I thanke thee Wi. Ha who 's that and thou beest a man speak Franke Heartlove then I bear my destinies Thou art the man of all the world I wish'd for My Aunt has turn'd me out a doores she has At this unchristian houre and I doe walke Me thinks like Guido Faux with my darke Lanthorn Stealing to set the towne a fire i th' country I should be tane for William o' the Wispe Or Robin Good fellow and how dost Frank Ha. The worse for you Wi. Come thar'● a foole art going to thy lodging I le lie with thee to night and tell thee stories How many devills we ha met withal Our house is haunted Franke whole legions I saw fiftie for my share Fr. Didst not fright e'm Wi. How fright e'm no they frighted me fufficiently Fr. Thou hadst wickednesse enough to make them stare And be afraid o' thee malicious devil And draw thy sword for by Marias soule I will not let thee scape to do more mischiefe Wi. Thou art mad what dost meane Fr. To kill thee nothing else will ease my anger The injury is fresh I bleede with all Nor can that word expresse it there 's no peace in 't Nor must it be forgiven but in death Therefore call up thy valour if thou 'st any And summon up thy spirits to defend thee Thy heart must suffer for thy damn'd practises Against thy noble cosen and my innocence Wi. Hold heare a word did I doe any thing But for your good that you might have her That in that desperate time I might redeeme her Although with shew of losse Fr. Out ugly villaine Fling on her the most hated name of Whore To the worlds eye and face it out in courtesie Bring him to see 't and make me drunke to attempt it Enter Maria. Ma. I heare some voyces this way Fr. No more if you can pray doe it as you fight Ma. What new frights oppose me I have heard that tongue Wi. T is my fortune You could not take me in a better time sir I ha nothing to lose but the love I lent thee My life my sword protect Ma. I know 'em both but to prevent their ruines Must not discover stay men most desperate The mischiefe you are forward to commit Will keepe me from my grave and tie my spirit To endlesse troubles else Wi. Ha t is her Ghost Fr. Maria. Ma. Heare me both each wound you make Runnes through my soule and is a new death to me Each threatning danger will affright my rest Looke on me Hartlove and my kinsman view me Was I not late in my unhappy marriage Sufficient miserable full of all misfortunes But you must adde with your most impious angers Unto my sleeping dust this insolence Would you teach time to speake eternally Of my disgraces make Records to ●eep'em Keep them in brass fight then and kill my honor Fight deadly both and let your bloody swords Through my reviv'd and reeking infamy That never shall be purg'd finde your owne ruines Hartlove I lov'd thee once and hop'd again In a more blessed love to meet thy spirit If thou kil'st him thou art a murtherer And murther shall never inherit heaven My time is come my concealed grave expects me Farewel and follow not your feet are bloody And will pollute my peace I hope they are melted This is my way sure Exit Fr. Stay blessed soul Wi. VVould she had come sooner and ha sav'd some blood Fr. Dost bleed Wi. Yes certainly I can both see and feel it Fr. Now I well hope it is not dangerous Give me thy hand as honor guides me I le know thee again Exit Wi. I thank thee heartily I know not where to get a Surgeon This vision troubles me sure she is living And I was foolish blind I could not find it I bleed apace still and my heart grows heavy If I go far I faint I le knock at this house They may be charitable would t' were perfect day Enter Mistresse Mi. T is not he What would you sir Wi. I would crave a little rest Lady And for my hurts some Surgerie I am a Gentleman That Fortune of a fight Mi. A handsome Gentleman Alas he bleeds a very handsome Gentleman Wil. A sweet young wench beshrow my heart a fair one Fortune has made me some recompence Mi. Pray come in the air is hurtful for you Pray let me lead you I le have a bed for you presently I le be your Surgeon too alas sweet Gentleman Wi. I feel no hurts the morning comes too fast now Mi. Sostly I beseech you Exit Enter Lady and Toby To. He is not up yet Madam what mean't you To come forth so early La. You block head Yo●r eyes are sow'd up still they cannot see When it is day oh my poor Maria Where be the women To. They said they would follow us La. He shall not laugh thus at my misery And kill my child and steal away her body And keep her Portion too To. Let him be hang'd for 't You have my voice La. These women not come yet A sonne in law I le keep a Conjurer But I le find out his knavery To. Do and I le help him And if he were here this whip should conjure him Here 's a capias and it catch hold on 's breech I de make him soon beleeve the Devil were there La. An old Usurer To. He married the mony that 's all he lookt for For your daughter let her sink or swim La. I le swim him This is his house I wonder they stay thus That we might raise him out on 's wits To. They 'le come Fear not Madam and bring clappers with 'em Or some have lost their old wont I have heard No disparagement to your Ladiship some o' their tongues Like Tom a Lincolne three miles off La. Oh fie How tedious are they To. What and we lost no time You and I shall make a shift to begin with him And tune our Instruments till the consort come To make up the full noise I le knock Iu. Who 's that rapt so sawcily To. T is I Toby come down or else we 'le fetch you down Alas this is but the Sauncebell here 's a Gentlewoman Will ring you another peal come down I say Iu. Some new fortifications look to my doors Put double barres I will not have her enter Nor any of her Tribe