Eust Give it the Duke with your own Hands make hast Exit Albert. How Princes are abus'd how Truth 's down-fac'd Exit Enter Rodulphus and Leopaldus Rod. Wee 'll not fail to wait upon her Grace Exit Leop. So thou Ordain'd the Priest shalt be the Offering now Exit Enter Duke bringing a Letter The Dutchess intends to poyson you with a Posset this night Eustace Pish pish Exit Enter Eustace Fredrick Férdinando at one Door Rodulphus Godfrey and Thierrie at another Eust Well met Rodulphus Rod. Not so Well I fear What o' the Devil make these Fellows here Aside Eust Start not We 're Friends there is the Dutchess hand Throws him the Dutchess her Letter Do'st see me Dog Execute her Command Canst thou read Hell-hound Rod. Yes Eust yet do not look That thou shalt e'er be saved by the Book 'T is past the Clergy's Power such Crimes as these Draws Heaven it self cannot pardon Fred. To appease The injur'd Ghost of my Clementia see Her Fredrick comes to be reveng'd on thee Eust No that 's my Duty Rod. Come bravely then come all I 'm pleas'd to see that others with me fall They fight Eustace and Fredrick fight with Rodulphus and Godfrey and Thierrie with Ferdinando Fredrick falls and Godfry Fred. My Crimes out-ballance his sin is a load Lies heavy when stern Justice cries for Blood Ferdinando falls and Thierrie comes to assist Rodulphus Thierrie dies Eustace thou canst not ' scape Enter Leopaldus Rodulphus falls Alive yet Runs Eustace through he falls Enter Albert. Eust Kill him some Friend Albert and Leopaldus fight Leopaldus falls Eust Thanks honest Albert. Alb. Death o' my Soul my Lord and Master dead Enter Duke with a Guard Duke All slain See Eustace how Heaven strikes Traitors D' ee see that Hand Eust T is mine Duke There you invite Otho to invade me Eust. He desir'd my Sister for a Wife and I considering 't would conclude a Peace did encline to 't and Writ him that Invitation it being against her Inclinations to marry one she had never seen By my now expiring Soul 't is true there 's his Letter to me Throws him a Letter Godf. How black 's Ingratitude I loath my Deeds Pardon't my Soul more than my Body Bleeds Dyes Duke You never courted the Dutchess to Vanity Eust No by all the Gods that Letter will assure you Gives him the Dutchess's Letter sent to Rodulphus Enter Gertrudo Ger. All my Joys are consumptive How pale they 're grown Be not so lavish every drop's my own Kneels by Ferdinand Ferd. Such Cordials even with rough Hell can strive Quite nonplus Fate and make a dead-man live Death is too weak when in thine Arms I twine I grow Immortal by thus being thine If your Grace is not satisfi'd I can clear all your Doubts When Conradine knew Gertrudo's hatred to him was impregnable he sent word to the Duke of Sohawden that he was murther'd by your directions knowing he should thereby Create a War then putting himself into a disguise feigns a Letter from his Brother Otho to Eustace wherein he asks his Sister for his Wife upon Conditions of Peace as you see and names himself Ferdinando who instead of courting her for Otho courts for himself If Gertrudo had still been obdurate to all my Stratagems then the Duke of Schawden should have mediated for me For I am that unfortunate suppos'd happy Conradine Puts of his disguise Gozelo go to the Duke my Uncle and relate this sad Story tell him the last Whispers of my departing Soul were that he would not injure this good Prince by any Acts of Hostility Since the Cause is taken away let the Effect cease Farewel my Gertrudo Dies Ger. VVas any so tormented here on Earth My Life is dead and thence my Grief takes birth To suffer pain after death's Hell thus I Am dead and yet tormented I can't die What shall I ask Great God's what shall I crave O give me back my Life or give a Grave Fred. Tell me Rodulphus did Clementia stain My Bed with thee speak truly death speaks plain Rod. No she was chaste Fred. Finish thy Conquest death For fear I poyson the world with my Breath I slew Clementia give me no reprieve 'T would be the greatest torment now to live Dies Eust Live who can her death was all Mankind's Tomb Life dy'd with her Blest Soul I come I come Dies Duke How monstrous is Libussa grown I see VVith melting Eyes her gross deformity Ah cruel Aunt but more hard-hearted VVise At once to strike his Honour and my Life Enter Dutchess with a Bowl of Poyson in her Hand Libussa Nay do not rail before you know 't is true I 'm not so great a Churl there 's some for you She gives the Duke the Bowl Rodulphus come thuâ— haâ—d in hand we 'll go Either to Joys above or Joys below No matter which in either we shall find Eternal Joys when thus our Loves are twin'd VVhen all our Plots are cross'd here every Breath Is redious there 's no Blessing left but Death Dies Rod. I triumph now Malice could wish no more For since they are dead I die the Conqueror And though I could not the besieg'd Crown take Be this my Monument I made it shake Dies Duke VVhat a Blow's here But why did Vengeance strike The Good with th' Unjust must all fare alike Is Justice blind and cannot Vengeance see But shoots at this or that at him or me ' Cause Heaven 's alarm'd with Sins thundering call Do's that hurl Darts and cares not where they fall Must Eustace die because Rodulphus's Fault And Libussa's threatned Heaven with an Assault Cowards to bring two Enemies to their ends VVould hazard more than twenty of their Friends Is Heaven turn'd dastard or were their Sins so great They could not them without such loss defeat 'T was none of these that made them snach thee hence But Love would not Delay thy Recompence Blest Soul when after Ages read thy Story The Eye of Faith will dazzle at its Glory Exeunt THE EPILOGUE Kind Gentlemen APplaud our Play and take these Prayers among yet May neither Wine nor Women ever wrong ye When you get Wives may they be Chast and Fair Or if they be not may you think they are In the mean time send ye handsom Wenches And when with Comb in Hand you mount the Benches May you rise just in such a Lady's Eye As may applaud that active Gallantry May you never want the Joys of Love and Wealth Unspotted Honour and unphysick'd Health In spight o' th Art may you Drink Wine that 's lusty And when the want of Money makes you musty May your kind Mistresses and Taylors trust ye FINIS
are Trophies of his Antes desire The Sparks declare her base incestuous Fire Pardon Great Sir this boldness on my Knee I beg 't was forc'd by Zeal Truth should be free The Duke seems troubl'd Duke These are great Circumstances Sir yet more Must be found out to prove a Queen a Whore And shall by thee or thou a Traitor prove Shall Subjects undermine their Sovereigns Love Guard Enter Carry him to the Tower during our Pleasure Leop. Aside I 've built my self a Castle Exeunt Guards with Leopal Duke This Treasure Sent by my Wife to Eustace and his stay All night affrights me Heavens What can she say To justifie this Action it appears Odious to me yet Enter Dutchess sola weeping Duke What all in Tears Why is your Grace to day so sadly drest Dutch With what Convulsions are their Souls opprest Who are forc'd to accuse those they love best That Case is mine Next unto You my poor abused Love Unto your Brother Eustace still did move Because I thought him pardon't Gods above More than Divine But how does he reward my Love Curs'd Fate Heavens Why was I made thus unfortunate He Courted me he Courted base ingrate How shall I speak He Courted me would you believ 't to lye With him last night unheard of Infamy Eustace where is now thy Divinity Deceiv'd Heart break When I repuls'd him he reply'd what then Did those Jewels you sent me mean we Men Know Ladies Presents give for Love again Come come your Eyes Say you meant so When by your Soul I sent Them to be match'd and polish'd my intent By Heaven was altogether Innocent Duke By Jove he dyes For he that would defile his Sovereigns Wife Waits but a fit time to enshare his Life Dutch Pardon his Life he may repent in time When Age comes on our Thoughts are more sublime Enter Rodulphus gives the Duke a Letter Duke reads Eustace To the Renowned Otho How can the Ship sail without a Pilot In what disorder will an Army be Without a General Come then your self And head your own Party if you mean to Prosper for I do not find it easie To gain Compliance you being absent Dispose therefore of your Affairs into Trusty Hands and make hast hither where you Shall find all things prepar'd according to Your desires but leave none of your Courage Behind you for we are to deal with Resolute and Politick Enemies Howere I 'll not distrust for I am Confident They 'll vanish when you appear to Countenance the Endeavours of your Eustace Duke Ingrateful Eustace couldst thou serve me so But I 'll reward thee Let 's to Cbuncel go Exeunt Enter Phillippo and Ferdinando The Packquet was gone before I came Ferd. Gods What will Otho think when he receives An Invitation from Eustace to come hither But it can't be help'd Enter to him Fredrick and Three Officers of the Army 1 Sold. Godfrey made Treasurer Fred. 'T is too true and Rodulphus General 1. Was Eustace rais'd so high to make his fall The greater 2 What! And shall we Soldiers see Brave Eustace suffer this Indignity Without Revenge 3. No By great Mars I 'll take My Troop and face the very Pallace Gate And there dispute his Right with my last Breath Who dyes for him finds Honour in his Death Shan't we share Fortunes Captain 1. Yes Ferd. What! now Let Eustace come first till then smooth your Brow Make all your Discontents march in the dark Fetter your Tongues the fiercest Dogs don't bark Sold. omnes We shall obey your Orders till he come Exeunt Soldiers Fred. We 'll write this night to bid him make haste home Exeunt Enter Lodovick Arnulph Welpho Lod. A silly shallow Lad could better tell To lead a Dance than be a Colonel Yet Ap'd General Arn. I though the spruise Young Gallant would grow quickly out of use A thing made up of Words a Courtier fit To Fire the Ladies with a flash of Wit His Tongue was very fleet off o' th' Score Welp Ay it has run its Master out of Door He thought t was fine to hear the Ladies laugh At his pump'd Wit when alas do but waff A Straw about your Head and they will giggle Their Blood is so refin'd does alwaystickle Lad. Besides good Manners make them keep the Mode They laugh are pleas'd with all be 't bad or good Arnulph And Policy sometimes does make them smile Thereby they do the Gallants much beguile Who think they understand what they do not 'T is a deceitful pretty Female Plot. Yet this pleas'd him Lod. Indeed all his Designs Were womanish Welph How Honour multiplies Merit he is naturally as dull And empty as the meanest yet his Name Boy'd up by the Duke's smiles gave wings to Fame Enter Rodulphus c. Arnulph My Lord we heartily Congratulate Your New-born Honours may they dispise Fate Lodovick VVhen Time has snow'd your Head with Silver Plumes Soaring leave them and greater reassume Radulph I thank ye Sirs ye 're kind my Friend ye 're kind Aside These Weathercocks do turn with every Wind. Exeunt Enter Clementia sola How do my Fears congeal my Hopes I freeze In Winters of Dispair and by degrees My Heart blood turns to Isikles O may These Clouds just Powers end in a Sunshine day Yet these Death whispers force me to distrust I ne're shall Eustace see Then Heaven's unjust Exit Enter Duke and Rodulphus Rodulph Should he come to a legal Tryal he Would let the VVorld by me yet blinded see How Innocent he is how great our Guilt Then all our Labours and our Hopes are spilt No I 'll divert that Stream Aside Indeed 't is just You take away his Life but then you must Regard your Honour he is of your Blood Oh that so great a Prince should not be good Yet let not his prodigious Treasons blot The divine Veins of Lorein's Crown let not The World say Treason from th' Stem Royal came Not that his Vice can vitiate your Name Yet ' cause he is your Father's Son Salve his bright Fame and take his Life alone So shall you prune the Vine not hurt the Root Duke I like your Counsel but how shall I do 't Rod. This Friend of mine I 'll send to Stenay he Shall strike him with a deadly Lethargy A Pill neatly conveighed into his Wine Sends him to sup with Death with Pluto dine And though it works so suddenly none shall Surmise his Death was preternatural Thus by anticipating Sir his Fate You 'll undermine the Ground-work of his Hate Duke See it be done without delay Exit Ro. I will You need not hasten murtherous mind to kill aside Gosbert take Post and in thy Act prove true I have Commission now for what I do Exit Gosbert I see the Port For when Eustace is dead The Crown shall be too heavy for thy Head 'T will make it ake blind Duke Thou gone strait I Rise circumvest with Beams of Majesty But first I will
obliging can dissolve a Heart Of Ice into a flaming Stream of Love He is not mortal sure the Gods above Dissembling for a while their Bliss came down And took his shape to glorifie their own And weary of the Earth do now return Can less than Commets wait them to the Urn Bald. Fie you do so much over-load his Bays And injure Heaven with your luxuriant Praise Enter Eustace Leopaldus and Albert. Bald. Eustace you troubled the Dutchess last night And she is scarcely yet out of the fright I left her to her self and must you come Was it for you d' you think I left my Room Libuss The Duke rallys I thought you were dead Which clouded me with Fears and storms of Tears But now the Sun is up those Clouds are fled Eust Madam I curse my over-saucy Stars For whispering to your Peace the sound of Wars Yet cannot chuse but bless their kindness too Since they have made me so esteem'd by you Why would you thus abuse your Thoughts on one Who lives or dyes by your Command alone Sir here are Warrants for you signature The Duke signs the Warrants For Forty thousand Crowns Bald. You are sure There 's no mistake I leave it to your care Both of my Honour and your Trust beware Eust If ever by deceit or negligence I abuse your indulgent Confidence May my honour be to dark oblivion hurl'd Nay let me be a By-word to the World Which is much worse for a true born noble Spirit Would rather be forgot than live t' inherit The sooty Off springs of black Calumny Such are still dying and yet never dye Bald. 'T was not distrust or giddy Jealous-fear But caution made me speak your Souls too clear To be eclips'd by waining-earthy Dross Wealth bought wish Honour is the greatest loss Libuss Brave Eustace is so nice in Honours Cause He 'd rather lose his Life then break her Laws So true to Justice and so just to Truth Goodness in him is aged and a youth Old ' cause from the beginning it was so Young cause it does greater and greater grow And if he does not nip that forward Bud He 'll run into excess by being good You had no reason then my Lord to fear Your Caution's fond extravagant your Care For should the Heavens prove frail the Gods untrue Yet Eustace cannot be unjust to you Eust How shall I thank your kindness The whole store Of Rhetorick is banckrupt Thoughts are too poor To fancy the rough Draught of a return Libuss 'T is but a Vizard underneath's thy Urn. Aside Bald. You 'll shew your Gratitude and Kindness too By the well performing of my Birth days Ceremonies Eust Sir you Like Heaven my Duty Service do approve What I do for my Honour you count Love I 'm in your Debt can I wipe out the score Of obligations by being obliged more That is a thrifty Payment Alber. 't is the fashion To borrow on and pay with Reputation Aside Bald. We 'll say no more your Debt is current Coin Libuss If you distrust his Bond you shall have mine Exeunt Manent Eustace Leopaldus and Albert. Eust Though you do not want Instructions yet Observe these Rules of mine Let not your mind gape at the Full-moon-tyde Of Wealth so far that Honour be deny'd Her Rights but let your gains be just and true He loses all who gets anothers due Be civil unto all Men as you can He who 's the bravest is the humblest Man Beware of Bribes for they are basely foul Sins baudy Panders who corrupt the Soul Leopal Your Rules I will observe as sacred and As such I shall observe your least Command Eust There needed not that strain I know you 'r just He who has noble Thoughts cannot distrust Leopal And therefore my design will easier be I 'll sow his Seed the Profit reap for me Aside Enter Lodoviek Arnulph Welpho and Conradine Conradine and Eustace whisper Conrad Lost if I see her if I don 't I dye How is my Soul plung'd in extremity If Fate when I was born did then contrive To make me dye why did Heaven make me live Why did not Death rifle my Mothers Womb And stop these Curses with so blest a doom Yet gentle Eustace pitty my distress Plead with her once more for my happiness Eust Excuse me Sir I will not be so unjust Brother To Court her to what she so much hates Conrad Adieu I 'll to some melancholly Shade Heaven may at last cure these Wounds she has made Exit Eust My Friends you 'r welcom all what service now Do your Commands oblige me with Lod. We bow Unto your Honour in an humble suit Eust When Friends Petition Reason may dispute Whether 't is Friendship speaks what wound have I Unwilling giv'n to make it pine and dye Use not such Crab-fac'd distance to your Friend Arnulph It is your kindness thus to condescend Our Fortunes are too narrow Minds too poor Eust He who 's a true Friend is the greatest store Albert. These gaudy Apples have a rotten Core They 're Cankers to true Honour and they bring In their Mouth Nectar in the Tail a Sting Aside Eust To morrow Morning when the Duke 's at leisure I 'll him move in your Business I take pleasure In being serviceable to my Friend Welph Your Goodness is a World none knows its end Lodol We kiss your Hand Alb. He speaks for all I see Aside Welph I humbly kiss your Feet Alb. A Ladies Lap dogs Flea Would be ador'd by him oh how he Cringes His Tongue nay his whole Body hangs o' th Hinges Of Profit he 'll weep smile court and scrue Himself into more shapes than Proteus knew For baudy Game Brave Eustace is too kind Unto these Serpents Eust How is my Mind Ensnar'd with Love oh how is my Soul twin'd In th' cruel Shackles of her downy Hair Yet they are precious Chains a glorious Snare But Reason bids me not enslave my Soul to Woman her rise was but Rib-high 't was Man Was made the Head the Metropolitan Reason thou art unreasonable she Is Empress of the World who subjects me Venus does sometime blush sometime look pale To see her self out-shone and wears a Vail Smooth-tongu'd Minerva swears Apollo got This Eloquence she comprehends it not Diana does forget the Chast Lucrece Rome never knew this Ladies like nor Greece Frowning Bellona casts her Armour by Swears it was ravish'd from her by her Eye Thus Beauty Learning Chastity and War Do homage to this more illustrious Star Presume not then to love only admire For fear her Eyes do burn thee in their Fire Not love for fear Fears base for if I burn I go a happy Commet to my Urn. Encrease thy Flames then if she cruel prove I dye her Martyr sacrifid to Love Exit Enter Rodulphus and Clementia Rodulp You need not fear There is no danger the Coast's clear Pol on the Arras cannot prate Of our solemn sweets to
Smile disdainful Frown Eustace I 'll strike at first and when I 'm in Ambition can digest the greatest Sin I 'll level at the Duke th' Attempt is brave I gain if loose a Subject is a Slave The Dutchess in all this shall be the Scale I 'll take th' height of this Attempt by her pale Looks frequent Blushes broken Sighs of late Argue she 's Pris'ner unto Love or Hate Or both and if I 'm not mistaken I Saw my self seated in her amorous Eye If so I 'll make her love Baud to my Lust These two Flames joyn'd shall burn the Duke to Dust Exit Enter Eustace and Clementia Eust Not love you Why Cause you 'r so killing perfect must love dye You not belov'd whose high flown Eloquence Sacred Sybilline dictates do's dispence The Rhetorick of your Face with silence can Speak threats unto the Gods but death to Man When Phyrrha and Deucalion threw the Stones And from thence sprang both Male and Female ones Nature intended Love else you would feel Instead of Flesh those Flints and Hearts of Steel She mollifi'd those Stones encreas'd desire She took away the Flint but left the Fire Clement That Fire you speak of ought to be refin'd In the chast Furnace of a Godly Mind The Gods allow love's Flame yours Lusts will prove Would Eustace have me lose my Love by Love Love's Fire 's divine Divinity is just O Heavens Can Eustace be eclips'd with Lust Fredrick's your Friend from yours he draws his Life Fie Eustace fie would you abuse his Wife Eust Could any Mortal Eye transpierce the Sphere And see what the just Gods are doing there How they eternal Joys give to the Good And do revenge Adulteries and Blood Or did they think the Thunderer was near The very worst of Men to sin would fear D' you think me then so impudent that I Dare sin when such a Deity is nigh No Madam no may Heaven exclude me there And you me hate a greater Hell by far If my Flame 's not as just as theirs above The very abstract of the purest Love I crave but to enjoy your Company To kiss your Feet your heavenly Beauty view To feed upon your Voices Harmony Heaven is not Heaven if all this is not true And if your Servant covets more than this Like Lucifer may I lose all my Bliss Clement Eustace is Eustace now methinks I see In him all Glory all Divinity And since his Thoughts nothing but Vertue are As I before am still his Worshipper Eustace shall Fredrick Fredrick Eustace be Except in Bed one and the same to me This is true Love Lust is the Beasts delight That beams the Sun this darkens blackest Night Exeunt Enter Godfrey When Eustace is deposed my Son shall Be Treasurer I Lord General To gain Honour who do's not think'tis fit To baffle Friendship is not stor'd with Wit Exit Enter Eustace Rodulphus and Albert. There 's your Commission Rodul Sir I still must be Indebted to your great Civility How I applaud my Wit for this new Power He raises me to make himself fall lower â—is Envy's Lechery to make Men fall Aside By that they built to save themselves withal Exeunt Enter Conradine and Gozelo Conra Post away relate it to the Duke in the most odious Terms maginable Then return to me disguis'd Exit Gozelo I 'll mittigate these Flames in which I burn Or kindle those shall bring me to my Urn. Exit Enter Duke How are they incumbred who do wear a Crown They cannot truly call what 's theirs their own All rob the Prince Theft 's not Theft in that thing 'T is godly Policy to cheat the King The Sycophant oyls us with Flatteries Our Gold is angled at by avarice Th' ambitious Worms would over-top their heuer The envious wretch would starve our Princely State All strive to raise themselves or whet our Fate Nor are we free from Traitors when we are dead Did not Rodulphus tell me but just now Treason sole regent sate upon his Brow That he Rodulphus would more loyal be Then him who from me takes his Pedigree More Loyal ha was not th' Accent there Yes My Brother false No he a Traitor is But why do I Condemn him thus Yet can Eustace brave Eustace be less then a man For Traitors are Beasts Monsters Yet we know Blood Royal thinks that Nature do's it owe A Crown Eustace may think himself as fit In Majesty in Wisdom and in Wit To sit at Helm as I He cant break his Trust The best corrupted though prove most unjust I 'll therefore watch him and th' informer too Perhaps he talks but what himself would do Exit Enter Rodulphus So let him play a while with this first Bait False-sighted Jealousie can pick deceit Out of true Loyalty now Eustace shall Not talk of Honey but he 'll extract Gall And I 'll so feed his Humour blind his Sence He 'll Duty check and Treason recompence Enter Dutchess God save your Grace Du. Oh! what Rodulphus joy You are turn'd Soldier count the Court a Toy It is a Miracle to see you here A day of Jubilee when you appear Rodulph Your Grace is merry Soldiers must obey Their Officers else 't were a Puppet-play Female Suns shine at Court Rodulphus can Feast his Eyes on his Mistris who 's a Man My General brave Eustace I adore I 'll never think of Women any more Dutch Methinks Rodulphus none do hear but we Aside Himself might be the General had not he A Soul too narrow to contain the Fire Of his dear Princess Libussa's desire And in my Judgment he deserves it far Beyond that vulgar Shadow painted Star The Dutchess told me this her self if you Have not Faith to believe that it is true Come to her Bed-Chamber I 'll place you where You all our close Discourse shall over hear She weeps for Joy when I begin your name Yet those dews are soon dry'd up in Loves Flame She sighs and weeps again to cool Desire Alas those oyly drops encrease the Fire Rodulphus did not know who was his Slave Before I told For this my Fee I 'll have Exit Dutchess Rodulph Ha ha ha All this I knew before we wise men must Make many Tryals before we do trust Rodulphus might be General ha ha ha Yes I Will Eustace be and Duke or bravely dye Exit Enter Leopaldus and a Messenger I 'll wait upon her Grace Exit Messenger Leop. Lord Treasurer or Lord General Let 's see Which of those Titles is the best for me Faith Treasurer for I love Gold beside A Cannons Language I could ne'er abide Not that all Soldiers think they must fight no The Duke I fear would have few thought they so 'T is a rough Dialect but Gold's smooth Tongue Makes Angels dance unto its heavenly Song That then I 'll choose shall make all Men admire My State a Generals but a Powder Fire Ha ha ha who 'd be a Soldier he 's
Stenay I must go For he who does dispute his King's Command No Subject is but the Crowns Countermand Exit Duke I cannot fathom't Treason 's budding yet The Armies Head must be lop'd off 1s't fit I should be busied 'bout a little Fort And leave all else Confus'd There 's something more in it But since I 'm free From the least stain it cannot injure me Exit Enter Rodulphus Thierrie and two new made Captains You are but young and must not be asham'd of Directions Thier Your Commands to me are Lovely and like a Loadstone draw me By their Motion all my Actions shall point Directly at your will Rodulph And that 's your Honour You too Captains must make me still your Rule Consult me always For you must know those Men whose Places you inherit are not Well satisfi'd and are studdying your Ruine with eagerness and though they smile They 'r cruel Traps varnish'd but to beguile VVith greater ease uncloset not your Souls To all they 'll quickly be unrivetted From your Bodies if ye do Capt. We 'll observe Your Instructions to a Tittle Rodulph These are dull Fools and may be drawn aside Unto all Villanies when I 'm their Guide Fight with Devotion ' gainst their Prince cause they Believe they can't err when I lead the way Exeunt Enter Duke solus What then That does not prove him Traitor the best Men Are most abus'd Fame's Falfe Suspition's grudge And Jealousie is an unequal Judge Rodulphus may forge it In this Age all Think 't is Religion to supplant the fall Of Princes Favourites Nature Contrives She Envy roots as soon as Heaven breaths Lives Yet let him plow the Deep and fetch from thence Legions of Devil's to delude my Sence Scale great Jove's Fabrick seduce Angels there To come and own his Accusations here They 'd make me fear 't was true yet never move My Heart ' gainst Justice t' extirpate my Love I 'd hear him speak not damn cause I distrust Kings are not Men till they can be unjust Exit Enter Eustace Ferdinando Philippo Albert. Eust I 've left a Letter with Leopaldus Ferdina Go Fetch it I 'll inclos't in mine Exit Phil. Sir may I know How soon you will return Eust In Ten days See You are not idle in your Courtship shee Seems better humour'd now and when he 's come She 'll melt Courtship at distance is but dumb Fear not her frowns persue your Amorous Sence Be bold it is a pleasing violence Ferdin I cant wait on you 't is much ' gainst my will Eust Duty takes place of Ceremony still Enter Lodovick Arnulph VVelpho Eust This is great kindness Sirs Welph Men are bereft Of Comfort when they are in darkness left Arnul Fancy paints Death Lodo. No marvel if we run To take our leaves of our departing Sun Ferd. The Sun sets but to rise Welph Thought we not so You 'ld see us all depart before you go Arnul Go that word's Hell Lodo. Let us wait on you Sir Welph The Soul gone the Trunk's so benum'd can't stir Eust I 'm wrack'd to leave you but it must be when I come our Friendship will be new again Arnulph In Grief and Discontent we 'll make our Urn There will we buried be till you return Exeunt Albert. VVhen Earth's not Earth Sea Sea till then 't must be That great Men shall be gull'd with Flattery Exit Enter Frederick Can he Distrust my Conduct or my Loyalty Though I 'm Master of the Horse I might have been A Colonel too Plurality's no Sin Or Venial at most 't might be forgiven Since 't is their Tract who point the way to Heaven Dos he think I 'm no Soldier no his Eyes Has dazled been to see the Prodigies This Hand has hew'd out for his safety yet Kings are not Gods because they can forget Enter Eustace Albert booted Booted my Lord Eust Yes Fredrick I must go Ferdi. Give me leave to wait on your Lordship Eust No You must stay here Fred. You do but take the Air I do presume your Lordship rides not far Eust But unto Stenay Fred. Unto Stenay you Can you be spar'd Eust I know-not but'tis true Why dost thou muse Fred. My Lord I like it not There is some jugling in 't some dirty Plot Upon my Life you 're sent away and my Commission 's seis'd by I know not why Vlric and Bruno are uncaptain'd they Who 've done this have an after Game to play Godfrey's Son 's made Colonel Is 't a time When we should be at top to learn to climb He 's but Seventeen scarce knows to draw a Sword He is not taught to speak should give the Word Then there are two more in the room of those I nam'd would tremble at the name of Foes I grieve to think my Country shall be lost Conducted by those have been on the Post Traitor Rodulphus he is soaring still A Raven though's Wings are imp'd with Doves Quill Eust I 've weigh'd these things to Fredrick and can't guess Rodulphus false to me Fred. I nothing less Eust 'T was I rais'd him can he be so deprav'd To destroy that by whom himself is sav'd Fred. Ill Men are Enemies to Goodness they Delight to see them ragged made them gay You are too good to think all Just Eust I see Thou' rt Captive still to dreaming Jealousie 'T is the Dukes Love says he you I can trust I know not that Rodulphus will be just Fred. Well Heaven avert what my Dream 's do foresee To trust all 's the High-way to beggary Eust Though I beleiv't I 'll not his Mood foment 'T is Treason to encourage Discontent Aside Exeunt Actus Quartus Scoena Prima Enter Duke and Leopaldus Duke NOT gone last Night and in her Chamber too Till Three this Morning O Gods What to do Leop. Could I 't were Sin to tell Good Deeds love light But theirs were masqued with the Clouds of Night Duke Thou speak'st as though she were false to my Bed By all the Gods or prove 't or Dog thou' rt dead Leop. Prove it who can But is not a Nights stay Alone with her enough Duk. Screech-Owl away Yet stay and tell me more or I 'll advance Thy Head on yonder Tower Leop Circumstance Is all the Proof in such a Case we may Conclude the Sun 's not far at break of day How careful is she for Eustace his good She draws Life from his Breath Duke Nearness in Blood Allows that kindness Leop. But Great Sir no kin Can check the Passions of unruly Sin How uncontroulable is pamper'd Lust It makes the very worst of Deeds most Just To gratifie its Sence Nero's Mother Could not divert his Flames nought can smother Those Hellish Fires They who make Lust their God Justice despise contemn th' Avenger's Rod Such a one 's Eustace and the Dutchess too These Jewels were not sent to him by you He shews him the Jewels the Dutchess gave him No these
revenge Clementia's Scorn Her Husband shall suspect he wears my Horn. Then let him act the Tragedy I 'll feed My hatred with delight to see her bleed Exit Enter Eustace Albert Bricklayer and his Wife Eust Your Advice old man about this Fort. Brick Why an 't please your Honours Goodness your sweet Worships Wisdom has thought it accessary To direct it on the South-west part Eust Yes That is the most advantageous place But concerning the pulling down of Houses Brick Why an 't please your Lordships Excellency Eust Dispatch Friend and leave your Ceremonies Brick Money why an 't please your Graceless Goodness I shan't be so ill bred d' ee see to ask Tour Worship for Money d' ee mark mark me Sir Till the work be deform'd Alb. Prithee Fellow Leave thy Deformities and give my Lord A more handsome account Brick I thank God I An 't so beggarly d' ee mark but I can Stay for my Wages till I have preserv'd It d' ee mark I 'm a deficient man Church-warden of the whole Parish d' ee mark An 't please you Wife Ay an 't please your Mightiness My Husband is a mighty deficient Able man as I conceive Eust I believ 't Woman because you have conceiv'd But friend very Answer me what Houses must be pull'd down Brick Why an 't please your Highness Worship Alb. A Pleasant fellow my Lord ha ha Brick One Toll-thief He is a Miller and my near Kinsman My Father 's Grand father who was a Smith Was he not Julian Eust Prithee prate no more Enter Post with Letters Eust I 'll read my dear Clementia's first Kisses it What pretty Plot she feigns to bring me home But what says Fredrick he brings no such News Reads Ha! What 's this O Gods O damn'd abuse Fredrick's Mad How does your Master you Post I left him well Eust Is it his Hand too true He do's but jest Ferdinando will clear the Doubt Reads Gods did ye sleep when this was brought about Or have ye forgot Justice and will take Vengeance on good Men for the wicked's sake It is resolv'd And were I by th' Infernal Host withstood I 'd vindicate my Honour with their Blood Get Post-horses immediately Exit Post I 'll come as swift as Lightning to their Eyes Vengeance exact is when it does surprise Exeunt omnes Enter Rodulphus Dutchess I 'm rais'd 't is true but yet your Subject dare Not step into your Bed 't is fitter far For Gods to taste that ravishing delight Your luster would not cherish but afright Such weak ey'd mortals as your Servant were I a Duke made I might be lodg'd there Perhaps with Confidence till then I can Do you no good 'T is Spirit makes the Man But your Divinity does check desire Not Warm my Blood I tremble at your Fire When Lust enjoys its object it does cool Who trusts a Womans Gratitude's a Fool. Aside Exit Dutch To kill the Duke is barbarous 't is too black A Deed yet for my Soul to undertake But if Rodulphus thirsty passion move More on Ambitions Wings than those of Love He ne'er will yield to gratifie my Sence Until my squeasie Conscience can dispence With this religious Scruple Were he not My Husband pitty should be soon forgot And I would make him Fuel for my Flame Why that were Murther and this but the same 'T is done Who fears to strike her Husband's Life Does not deserve to be Rodulphus's Wife Exit Enter Gosbert Eustace his Landlord Wife and Son Gosb Gone last night If he had staid till day I 'm sure he had been gone But I 'll away Exit Landlord The Man 's mad if he had staid he had gone How can that be Is go and stay all one What say you Boy you are a Schollar Son Now if I don't unfold this Fellows Riddle Which none but himself and the Devil Can do my Father will swear my School-money Is thrown away which he may very safely But I thank God he has not much wit though he Is Mr. Mayor I shall fool him well enough Aside Sir the Gentleman 's a Schollar speaks figuratively The Common Discourse of us Learned is Enigma's To the Populace But I 'll unfold it to you Gone is spelt g. o. n. e. for we may add a Letter sometimes Now nè in Latin is not which being joyn'd with go signifies Not to go so go and stay is all one Wife You see the Benefit of breeding our Son a Schollar now Husband I do I do Love I do Exeunt Enter Ferdinando and Gertrude Gertru Can you hope to enjoy what I 've deny'd Brave Otho Is it Folly or your Pride That does entice you thus to Vanity Ferd. No it is Love and for that Love I dye Madam when I my Passion did declare 'T was not in hope you 'd ease it no Dispair Possest my too-aspiring Soul I knew Death was prepar'd for him who dares love you My design was only to let you know That I unto my Grave your Martyr go That passing by my Tomb pitty might move You to a Sigh or Tear for buried Love Gertrud I cannot help Men's Follies if they will Destroy themselves it is not I who kill And if I should on your Grave shed a Tear 'T is not cause Love but madness brought you there I 'd have you live then let it not be said Ferdinando was born liv'd a Fool and dy'd mad Ferd. I 'd have you Live 'T is kindness that But she Would have me live yet not live happily But why do I distrust did I not hear Her say she lov'd how childish is my fear Aside Then Madam must I dye What! no Reprieve Let Smiles disperee those Frowns and yet say live Was you made Beautiful to be unkind Then Beauty is but Cruelty refind But sure you are all Glorious within Heaven 's greatest Glory is to pardon Sin Then since you are Divine 't will be yours too If you destroy me can it profit you How can I sing your Praises in my Grave What Honour is 't to triumph o'er your Slave But why do I expostulate 't is just Your Anger burn presumptuous Love to Dust Over my Grave a weeping Stone shall lye How will those Tears upbraid your Cruelty With this Inscription Here Ferdinando lyes Martyr'd by Cruel-fair Gertrudo's Eyes Love was his Crime O let it not be said Those Beams kill'd which have Power to raise the Dead What though you have Otho deny'd It neither argues Vanity nor Pride In me to court common consent does prove We can no Reason give for Love but Love King 's have to Beggars stoop'd and great Queens Flames Have kindled been by Grooms Love is the same Yet Otho cannot boast one drop of Blood So great but that in these Veins runs as good Gertrudo What Prodigies are Men in these our Times They dare commit the very worst of Crimes And that with greatest Confidence nay more They take delight to read their own
me Revenge I say trust not to Jove He 'll gratifie that Traitor with his Love For had not the Villain don't thou hadst been here And he still languishing till thou cam'st there Let me revenge Clementia I will try To find out Tortures beyond Cruelty Exit Enter Dutchess and Leopaldus Dutch I know you silently do murmur that Your Services have been neglected what Yo 've lost by Time I pay with Interest now I did delay't on purpose but to know Your Temper to see how you 'd bear 't but you I find even to th' unjust can be true Leop. Where Duty binds there no Rewards are due I 'm largely gratifi'd in serving you Who serves his Prince only for Gain serves Gain And not his Prince Madam the Loyal Vein Holds not one drop which it does not impart With all obsequiousness to chear the Heart Kings are the Heart We the Veins must them feed If the Veins are Corrupt 't is fit they bleed Dutch Your Principles are honest but yet they Should cherish those which do good Blood conveigh Go with this Letter to Rodulphus he Has Orders to Reward thy Loyalty Exeunt Enter Leopaldus at the other Door By your leave Dutchess 'fore I farther go The Business and my Reward both I 'll know Opens the Letter Perhaps it is to hang me that I may Not unvail her Clouded Deeds to the day He reads The Duke on Thursday will his Nephew hear How sooty we how snowy he 'll appear To morrow murther him the next night I Will give the Duke a Posset he shall dye Then will our Loves mount by their fall all hate Cease Let the Messenger have the same Fate Indeed 't is well I 'll do 't If it does hit They both shall dye and I 'll be Treasurer yet Exit Enter Eustace Frederick Ferdinando and Three Officers of the Army 1 My Regiment is yours 2 My Troop 3 I do Acknowledge Sir no General but you 1 The Army is all yours except those few Peacock plumb'd-upstart-Officers whom you Can frown to Dust 3 Why will your Honour Cloud Your self 2 We 'll cry for Justice cry aloud Not with a Female Tone but with a Voice Shall make Rodulphus tremble at the noise Fred. If you will give the word we 'll make the World Look pale it shall be to a Chaos hurl'd And even then your Word can all revive And make it in due method once more live Why will you be contemn'd when with a Breath Of Wrath you rival may nay conquer Death Eust O how exactly wicked's the World grown They 'd court even Angels to Rebellion These Tempters I 'll discard Treason will find Too many ways alone t' attack the Mind Aside My Friends I thank your Valour and your Love But yet I 'll find a milder way to prove My Honour was ne'er stain'd who 'd purchase Fame With the sweet Treasure of a loyal Name Go home and check your Giant Thoughts I will As I have always think ye my Friends still Exeunt Soldiers discontented Those are rough Men I thought Fred'rick had been More honest or more wise than to be seen A Champion for Disloyalty I fear Your Smiles on me are Counterfeits not cleaâ— For this I know whate'er he may pretend He who 'd destroy his King would kill his Friend Fred. Eustace is too severe I did not mean T' include the good Duke in this Bloody Scene My thirsty Passion at Rodulphus drove If whilst my just Revenge with m' Anger strove I drop'd some Words might Treason Countenance Pardon't Religion was lost in a Trance And whilst my Heart strove to be just my Tongue Grief stifling Reason did my just Thoughts wrong Yet hadst thou Eustace the same Cause I think 'T would force thy Well-built Loyalty to sink Hear then my Griefs are keen they 'll pierce thy Heart Friends do in Joys or Woes bear equal part Summon Religion to endure this Blow Thou who hat'st Treason wilt prove Traitor now Rodulphus my Clementia did abuse Eust Ha! sdeath Fred. I thought you 'd startle at the News That Traitor told the Duke that she and you Had exchang'd Hearts she all your Treasons knew And now she 's lost have I not cause to fear That Dog has trapp'd her and they 'r wracking her Eust Hence Coward Loyalty O Heaven O Hell I you invoke Justice and Plagues pour down On her Black Murtherers on Lorain's Crown Or bless us shew us here Clementia's well They 'r dull O Anger O Revenge O Spite More Gods than they blind with eternal night That puppet Prince that earthen God who shews No Symptom's of a King but only those The Prince of Torment 's known by 't is fit he Who is so like him should Hell's Vice-Roy be Call the Officers sound a Charge sound it home Being in a Frensie he fancies the Officers enter when they do not O here they are thanks noble Friends come come Come follow me follow your Leader Boys Wee 'll drown the Thunder with our Cannons noise He is mad They hold him But he 's my Prince Love and Revenge must rest Satisfy'd our Lives are in our Kings Breasts If they will be unjust we must submit Heaven sees and that alone can punish it Then pardon Loyalty this Crime who can Be silent now is less or more than Man Rodulphus though by this Right hand shall die Though for that Act I lost Eternity Enter Leopaldus Leop. I know my Lord you that think I have been An Actor in this Tragedy of Sin But when great-bellyed Time is brought a-bed Bald truth will take that Scandal off my head Eust O impudenee Leop. If I can't be believ'd Let that I hope you are now undeceiv'd He gives him the Letter the Dutchess sent to Rodulphus Eust I never loath'd my Bonds till now were I But at liberty to scourge that wretch Rodulphus I 'd smile on Death Offi. My Lord you are at liberty I so much hate Rodulphus's Treachery I 'll wing his Fate Appoint your time I 'll wait on you and let You forth the private way Eust Thanks good Sebastion But what 's to be done Leop. I will a Letter frame For I can counterfeit the Dutchess Name Unto Rodulpus wherein he shall be Commanded to wait on her at Seven this night In the Garden and bring Godfry and Thierrie With him there you may punish them all they 'll Have only their walking Swords with them Thus will you vindicate your self and prove Them greatest Traitors who 've profess'd most Love Eust. Yet let them bring their fighting Swords I hate To trepan even Traitors to their Fate We Three alone will meet them there 's no odds But this they fight against we with the Gods The greatest sign of an heroick mind Is to die nobly when our death 's design'd Exeunt Leop. Thus do I bring them all unto their Graves They who 'd be great in this World must be Knaves Exit Enter Eustace and Albert.