Alex. I tell thee I cannot be resolu'd To dwell in darkenesse breake black soule dissolue And poyson all this Hemisphere with sinne Heere Alexander is in extreame torment and groneth whilst the diuill laugheth at him Alex. And if I may not reach that happinesse Since for my sonnes sake I my selfe inthral'd Tell me shall Caesar die this death with me Diuill Caesar his youth and strength of blood driues out This fat all poyson and shall liue a while Alex. Oh shew me then the manner of his death Diu. Attend it time growes short all feare is past The Diuill bringeth from the doore Lucreciaes Ghost and after her the ghost of Candie stabbed Alex. What meanes that ghastly shadow which came first Diuil By that which represents Lucretia Leprous and poisoned is thy death declar'd By poyson which now struggleth with thy spirits And by that other which sets out to thee The murther of thy sonne the Duke of Candy Prefigur'd is the death of thy sonne Caesar Thou for the poysoning of thy daughter poysoned He for the murthering of his brother murthered Alex. Thus God is onely iust Diu. The Diuill cannot deny it Alex Man onely false Learne miserable wretched mortall men By this example of a sinfull soule What are the fruites of pride and Auarice Of cruell Empire and impietie Of prophanation and Apostacie Of brutish lust falsehood and perfidie Of deepe dissembling and hypocrisie Learne wicked worldlings learne learne learne by me To saue your soules though I condemned be Sound a Horne within enter a Diuill like a Poast 1 Diu. Here comes a fatall message I must hence Exit Alex. My roabes my roabes he robs me of my roabes Bring me my roabes or take away my life My roabes my life my soule and all is gone Alexander falleth in an extasie vpon the ground 2. Diuil From the pale horror of eternall fire Am I sent with the wagon of blacke Dis To guide thy spirit to the gates of death Therefore I summon thee to come with speed For horrizons now stand thee not insteed Alexander aduanceth a little Alex. Horror and horror feare ensueth feare Torment with tormentes is Incompassed Dispaire vpon dispaire damnation Vpon damnation hell and consience Murther lust auarice impiety Vaine prophanation and apostacie Rage and distraction tiranize away Away proud Lucifer away Diuill away away The Diuill windeth his horne in his eare and there more diuills enter with a noise incompassing him Alexander starteth Alex. Holla holla holla come come come what when where when why deaf strike dead aliue oh alas oh alas alwaies burning alwayes freezing alwayes liuing tormented neuer ending neuer neuer neuer mending out out out out why why whether whether thether Diuills Thether thether thether Thunder and lightning with fearefull noise the diuells thrust him downe and goe Triumphing Enter Cardinalls and Bentiuoli Bent. What is he dead Car. Dead and in such a fashion As much affrights my spirits to remember Thunder and fearfull lightning at his death Out cries of horror and extremity Bent. Cause all your bells to ring my lords of Rome Rome is redeemed from a wicked Pope Car. God hath beheld vs with his eyes of mercy His name be glorified ioyne all in prayer And giue him praise that tooke away your shame â—ent. Goe your procession sing your letinies And let your Churches through with multitudes Banquets and bonfiers through the Citty make In signe our Church is freed from infamy Car. Euen as his spirit was inflate with pride Behold his bodie puffed vp with poyson His corps shall be conuaied to saint Peeters Open for all beholders that they may See the reward of sinne amend and pray Guicchiardine Th' omnipotent great guider of all powers Whose essence is pure grace and heauenly loue As he with glorie crownes heroyick actions Bearing a taste of his eternall vertue So semblably doth he with terror strike In heauie vengeance sinnes detestable As in this tragike myrrour to your eyes Our sceane did represent in Alexander Flagicious Caesar his ambicious sonne Reseru'd for more calamities to come After he was imprisoned by the Church Escap't into the kingdome of Nauarre Vnto King Iohn then brother to his wife Where in an ambush at Viano slaine Iust Nemesis repaide his treacherie Epilogus HEroicke and beneuolent spectators Your gratious eares and curious obseruations Iuditious censures and sweete clemencie Haue thus addrest our Tragick Theater T' exchange contentment for benignitie Humbly deuoted to your good desires For some delight cause of discourse for others For all example and for none offence Your fauours are a royall recompence Which when our loftie Muses shall perceiue Then in more pompous and triumphant state Your eyes with glory shall the deed receaue Of mightie Monarches Kings and change of fate By me those persons which our Scene presented Kisse all your hands and wish you well contented FINIS
strong hearted proud and valiant But well attempted with callidity Brother with reuerence of his holinesse Whose sacred words like blessed Oracles Haue pointed at your prudence Caesar would Haue giuen the like aduise but in conclusion Vndoubtedly to worke out thy confusion Enter Barnardo Ale Vpon my blessing follow Caesars counsell It tendeth to thy glory Bern. Most blessed Lord Embassadors from Ferdinande of Naples Arriued heere attend your holinesse Ale This is a welcome messenger for Godfrey To make a marriage with the Lady Saunce And Candy for so much as this requires A ioyfull entertainment take that honor And bid him welcome with due complements Shew courteous language laudable apporte Let them be feasted in more sumpteous sort Then ordinary messengers of state Obserue his speeches fathome his designes And for I know thy nature tractable And full of courtesie shew courtesie And good intreatie to them Gentle Candie Now shew thy selfe a polititian I neede not giue thee large instructions For that I know thee wise and honorable Greete them from vs Caesar shall at a turne Giue correspondence to thy courtesie I as well sitteth with my state and honor Within these ten daies wil admit them hearing Meane while learne out by lore of policie The substance of their motions that we may Be better arm'd to giue them resolution Can. Your holinesse in this shall see my skill To do you seruice Exit Candy Alex. Caesar now to thee This taske vpon thy shoulders onely leanes I rest vpon thee Caesar were it not That thou must second it or first it rather I durst not trust such things of consequence To feeble spirits therefore from our stables Six Persian Coursers arm'd and furnished With rich Caparisons of gold and Pearle With six rich Complet Armors for their saddles And such a Cabbinet of pretious Iewels As we shall choose within to morrow morning Present from vs in token of our loue Let for no cost in sumptuous banqueting Beleeue me Caesar some-times at a banquet More ground is got then at a bloudy battell Worme out their humors fathom their delights If they delight in that which Naples couets Fine witty loue-sick braue and beautifull Eloquent glancing full of fantasies Such Sugar harted Syrens or such Commets As shine in our imperiall state of Rome True pick-locks in close wards of policie Present them with the Paragons of Rome And spare not for a Million in expence So long as here they keepe their residence Caesar. Caesar in such a case will prooue true Caesar Wise franke and honorable Alex. I doubt it not And Caesar as thou doost imbrace my loue More then the world besides accomplish this And wee shall Caesar with high blessings blisse Exit Caes. By this time is my faire Lucretia Befitted for a businesse of bloud Neerely concerning her estate and mine Exit SCAE. 5. Enter Lucretia alone in her night gowne vntired bringing in a chaire which she planteth vpon the Stage Luc. Lucretia cast off all seruile feare Reuenge thy selfe vpon thy iealous husband That 〈…〉 thine honor wrong'd thy bed Feare not with resolution act his death Lâ—◠〈…〉 face in policies 〈…〉 now proue Caesars Sister 〈…〉 thy stratagems as hee 〈…〉 haue found examples in all times 〈…〉 thou melt the then call to minde 〈…〉 wrathfull furie 〈…〉 hideous fact 〈…〉 murther of her onely sonne A 〈…〉 Daughters all but one That in one night their husbands sleeping slew My cause as iust as theirs my heart as resolute My hands as ready Gismond I come Haâ—ld on with furie to reuenge these wrongs And loue imprison'd with thy iealousie I haue deuised such a curious snare As 〈…〉 neuer yet deuis'd To graspe his armes vnable to resist Deaths instruments inclosed in these hands Shee kneeleth downe Young lusty Daughters of gumme Erebus Which spit out vengeance from your viperous heires Infâ—â—e a three 〈◊〉 gâ—â— in these armes Iâ—â—â—ble 〈…〉 â—râ—ng indurate heart To consumate the plan of my reuenge Shee riseth and walketh passionately Enter Gismond di Viselli vntrussed in his Night-cap tying his points Heere comes the subiect of my Tragedy Gis. What my Lucretia walking alone These solitarie passions should bewray Some discontentment and those gracious eyes Seeme to be moon'd with anger not with loue Tell me Lucretia may thy Gismond know Luc. Demaundst thou the cause miutious Gismond When like a recluse shut vp from the world I liue close prisoner to thy iealousie The Esperian Dragons kept not with more watch The golden fruit then thou my fatall beauty Thou wouldst exclude me from the sight of Sunne But that his beames break through some circuities Thou wouldst debarre me from the common ayre But that against my will I suck it in And breath it out in scalding sighes againe Were I in Naxos where no noise is heard But Nâ—mâ—â—esâ—age 〈◊〉 fights but ruthelesse rocks Or in the Libiâ—nâ—eserâ—s or exchang'd This Hemisphere of Rome for 〈◊〉 Intâ—â—odes Were not so glorious as to dwell in Rome Banish'd 〈…〉 and conference of friends Gâ—s. 〈◊〉 thou my iealousie may blame thy beauty And loue imprison'd in those amorous lookes I leaue the 〈◊〉 efâ—ectâ—oâ—s on thy face Least he more wondring at thy precious eyes Then any Nimphes which he most honored Should beare thee to some other Paradice And rob me silly man of this worlds ioy I feare the windes least amorous Ioue in them Enuying such pretious nature amongst men With extreame passion hence should hurry thee Oh loue is full of feare all things I feare By which I might be frustrate of thy loue Luc. Scoffst thou mee Gismond with continuall taunts Oh God of heauens shall I both suffer shame And scorne with such dispisd captiuitie Gis. Here in the presence of the powers in Heauen I doe not speake on scorne but in meere loue And further Lucrese of thy clemencie For loue and beautie both are riche in bountie Forgiue me what is past and I will sweare Neuer to vex thee with more iealousie Luc. Thou wilt so sweare thy selfe Gismond come hither Sit downe and answer me this question Gismond sitteth downe in a Chaire Lucretia on a stoole beside him When I bestowed on thee this diamond A Iewell once held precious as my life And with it cast away my selfe on thee Didst thou not promise to maintaine mine honour 〈◊〉 in word nor deed to giue suspect O thy dislike and hast thou not since then In presence of my neerest Noble friends 〈…〉 a 〈◊〉 for my lightnesse 〈…〉 his mony vp So 〈…〉 and sight of them 〈◊〉 When 〈◊〉 thou didst bestow this Diamond I had a precious lustre in mine eye And was 〈◊〉 of vertue when I vow'd To maintaine that which was impossible But 〈◊〉 that time this stone hath had a flaw Brother within the ring his foile growne dimme The vertue vanish'd and the luste lost She graspeth him in his chaire Luc. I can no longer brooke these base rebukes These taunting riddles and close libellings 〈◊〉 Oh helpe I am strangled She
liberty Kat. Neuer but with advantages deere Lord Monster of misery what think'st thou Cesar That I will yeeld mine honor for their safety Be not deceiu'd thou hast surpriz'd my Children Riarioes riches left in my tuition And borne out of these bowells but deere boyes Courage your selues I will defend your honors I tell thee Cesar these my boyes are taught To beare with patience fates ineuitable These carry Sforzaes spirit and their fathers I dare gage life and aske them they will chuse To lack their liues before they loose their honors Caes. Caesar in this hath offered like himselfe He proffereth to preserue your towne vntouch't Your goods your wiues your liues your liberties But marke what fruites thy bitternesse brings forth To make thine hard heart infamous for euer Before thy face these boyes shall loose their liues If thou surrender not without more parlee Kath. Bloudy 〈◊〉 I defie thy malice I spit defiance in thy cowards face Traytour to God and man had'st thou beene Caesar Insisting on high tearmes of worth and honor Thou wouldst consider that their bloud is Noble Thou wouldst consider that they be but children Thou wouldst consider that thou art a warrier And that such noble bloud spilt with dishonor And tram'd in with insideous trechery By God nor man in heauen nor earth below Can be forgotten or abolished Barb. Braue generall you parlee with a woman Whose heart is obstinate whose hands are feeble Seemeth in vaine and ouer tedious Caesar. Speake at a word cannon is my next parlee You will not yeeld your state to saue their liues Kath. I will not Caesar Caes. Cut of both their heads 1. Boy Let vs intreat our mother noble generall For to deliuer vp the state of Furly And will you saue our liues then 2. Boy Good Captaine do not kill vs Cas. If she will yeeld the state your liues are safe 1. Boy Good mother for my fathers sake that 's dead And for mine Vncle sake part of your bowells And for our owne sakes yeeld your selues and saue vs 2. Boy Good sweete mother saue vs Kat. Poore boies in heart vnlike Riarioes race Or Sforzaes warlike linnage by the mother Know what it is die with liberty And liue with ignomineous seruitude If you your liues buy with the losse of states It were of all extreameties the vilest But in extreamety to die resolu'd Preseruing state and reputation Is said to dye within the bed of honour This is an honor for Riarioes children And for my part it neuer shall be sayd That Katherine being strong vpon hir guarde Hauing good forces able to defend In brutish feate should giue away your states I rather will obtrude my selfe vnarm'd And meete the thickest ranckes that enter breach To be tost vp vpon their souldiers pikes Sooner I will set all the towne on fire And with my soldiers sacrifice my selfe Rather then render vp your heritage Caes. Oh brauely spoken warlike Amazon 1. Boy Mother we scorne death in respect of honor Let him performe his worst we feare him not Courage sweete brother thinke vpon my father I will dye first be not affraid of death Caes. Why then you are resolu'd to dye 1. Boy I to dye Caesar Caes. Bring hether both their heads Kath. Gods blessing rest with you my deerest sonnes And if I loose your states my life shall follow Nothing but violence shall force it from vs Ere long this quarrell twixt vs will stand euen Farewell deere boyes till we three meete in heauen 2. Boy Ah deere Mother sweete mother good Vncle Inlio saue our liues Caes. Away with him 2. Boy Let me before I dye but kisse my mother Kath. What wouldst thou runne againe into my wombe If thou wert here thou shouldst be Posthumus And ript out of my sides with soldiers swords Before I would yeeld vp thine heritage 1. Boy Come brother let vs brauely dye together Caes. I tell thee when that these haue lost their heads I will make sacke and pillage of your state Man women Orphanes all put to the sword This hath your obstinacie wrought in vs Carry them hence bring hether both their heads Exeunt with the boyes And then a charge vpon this valiant Lady This 〈◊〉 this proud Semeramis Whose valour Barbarossa by these heauens Is very wonderfull and glorious Kate Had he more force what would this tirant do Câ—â—. A charge a charge Kate For Gods sake charge a charge let vs to sight Câ—s. A spirit full of vengeance wrath and spite Assault assault charge noble hearts a charge A charge with a peale of Ordinance Caesar after two retreates entreth 〈◊〉 â—â—alado her Ensigne-bearer slaine Katherin recouereth the Ensigne sighteth with it in her hand Heere she sheweth excellent magnanimity Cesar the third time repulsed at length entreth by scalado surpriseth her bringeth her downe with some prisoners Sound Drums and Trumpets Caes. Couragious Kate you that would throw defiance Into the face and throate of fate and Caesar Such are the fruites of pride and wilfulnesse Haue I perform'd my word are you surpriz'd Is not your life and liuing in my power Kat. Now that my sonnes first by insidious meanes Bereaued of their liues and their states lost The date of my calamities is out Goe forward with thy tyrannie strike Caesar And take away the Mother with her sonnes This done recount what is thy victory A woman with two children vanquished A prize befitting the renowne of Caesar Câ—s. Come hither Katherine wonder of thy sex The grace of all Italian woman-hood Caesar shall neuer prooue dishonourable Behold thy children liuing in my Tent He discouereth his Tent where her two sonnes were at Cardes 2. Boy Oh mother mother are you come wee be not dead 1. Boy Good mother thanke the Captaine we liue yet They gaue vs spices wines and bad vs welcome I pray you thanke them Kate. Oh but your lands and honors are both lost Had not an honorable death beene better Then thus to loose your states and liuely-hoods Heroike souldier whose deceipt is honour Thou that hast vnexpected sau'd the liues Of my two children I submit them here Thy captiues for their ransome what is fitt Caes. I freely pardon these two boyes their ransome Lady behold thy treasure in my Tent Had I not wonne this towne this hadst thou lost See Souldiers that her Iewels be reseru'd For her owne seruice now the quarrell ends Kat. But noble Caesar well intreate our people They be men valiant ciuill obedient If you their Magistrates intreate them well Caes. Take you the charge of Furly Barbarossa Intreate the people well do not restraine them We freely pardon all of them their ransomes So much as is in vs we pardon all Vse them as Cittizens of Rome in fauor Other instructions you shall haue here-after Till then regarde your charge and so farewell Enter with a drum Barbarossa Soldiers Lady your selfe with your two little babes I will take order shal be sent to Rome Be not dismaid
my fellow to his death A deed of such and I did sweare the same Not only for the secrecy thereof But to conceale a matter of more weight Of greater moment and high cruelty When any deed of murther must be done To serue his Holinesse call for Bernardo He must be principal or accessary To serue all purposes for gold or pardone The Pope giues both and I can take them both Gold can make hard the softest conscience And mine is harden'd by the practise of it Holla Signeor Bandino He knocketh at a dore Enter Rotsie Rot. Who calls without there what my good fellow Bernardo Very welcome what newes with you Ber. My Lord hath sent me for the things he spake of Rot. Here they be very strong and sufficiently compounded According to directions from his Holinesse And speciall warrant vnder his priuy signet I tried them on three men condemn'd to death For rapine and vile murther but the first Within lesse then one quarter of an houre Puft vp grew leaprous and his heart strings broake Then did I giue allay the second time Enter Baglioni with his peece The second prizoner died within three houres I did the third time mittigate a little And saw when it was minister'd the third man Who did within eight houres swell rage and die Ber, Well haue you done your part set downe your bottels And read this letter from the Duke Valentinoys He setteth downe his bottels and walking readeth to himselfe Bag. Well sayd braue Pincoginger by mine honour Before I do this seruice lie there peece For I must haue a saying to those bottels He drinketh True stingo stingo by mine honour Oh that mine old friend and Boccadillio Frescobaldi Weare heare aliue againe to taste of this other bottle Well I will venter vpon it that I may drinke one health To Frescobaldi I will encounter with this stout Hectorean Greeke Were Meleager here that slew the boore Like a Boracchio armed all in sacke Or stoute Achilles in a pewter coate Or old Assaracus armed in a wicker lyrkin Or Priamus armed with a leather Iacket Lin'd and imbost with Alligant and Hollock By force of armes and Mars his valiant hand I would encounter them whilst I could stand The slaues are buisie reading their paphlagonian papers I must haue a saying to you sir I must though You be prouided for his Holines owne mouth I will be Bould to be the Popes taster by his leaue Now trusty Troylus base los manos Rot Let him alone it is the Dukes pleasure That if he will taste he shall be suffered And therefore I was commanded to set them downe In presence of such a fellow whome for his sawcinesse I haue pepered Bern. Oh t is a perilous villeine if you knew him so well as I beleeue me he would peper you for it if he vnderstood so much peace man he hath broken vp the bottle let him drinke Rotsi. Nay let him drinke and burst for beleeue me I was enform'd before of such a fellowe for whome I was commanded to lay bate oh notable villeine how he sealeth death Brg. This is a Noble nipster ifaith so so He drinckth Backe againe to kennell slaue Rot. He hath his full wages dout not Bernardo to serue him till he die seeme not to respect him in any case doe I pray you Ber. Nay but doe not you respect him least he doubte you suspect him Rot. Oh doubt you not doubt you not I will neuer looke let vs turne our talke Tell his Holinesse t is well compounded and composed of all those drugges mentioned in your letter giue the Duke right humble thankes for his token and with all reuerence kisse his excellent hand Bern. And by this signet you are to deliuer me the bottles Rot. Haue a care of them and deliuer them Bernardo receaueth the bottles Ber. Farewell fellow Rotsi Rot. Adieu Bernardo Ber. Now doe not I pitty this Spanish villaine because hee consented to the poysoning of this soldier but for that I am innocent They goe forth two seuerall wayes and Rotsi is shot by Baglioni Bag. What is the wild goose fallen haue at you Sir might a poore soldier speake halfe a score woords to your venemous worship and according to your accustomed surlinesse haue no replyall I beleeue you sir your wordes are not offenciue in any sort I must confesse Now thou infectious slaue thou compictious Rascal thou confectionary villeine where is you sublimatum now sir where is your Ratsbanatum now now where are your poysoned pullets in stued-broth where bee they you neuer drempt of a poysoned ballet did you goe too now Signor currigantino will I romage in the worme eaten keele of your rotten hulke passion of my soule what papers are these Foh powder powder foh what 's here I marry sir I like this well are you so pursie sir this may serue to stop a gap in my neighbours hedg what is this you show me with a shame to you yea and maister of the small ordinance to this Basilisk hath beene often mounted where there hath beene hot and dangerous siruice in the I le of Iapan hold passion of me my guts out vpon thee thou hast poysoned mee with thy stinking breath or with thy villonous powders out alasse alasse what fiery commotions I feele in my bodie gryping fretting and fuming a plague on your bottle ale with a vengeance I am peppered there is no remedie in all these extreame agonies must draw this villeine further and throw him into a ditch Deh veleno dell Diabolo farewell farewell my old Shurcordillio Frescobaldi farewell Madam Sempronia for in conscience I am guilty of mine owne death oh the pangs of hell and purgatory come you lowsie Raskall I will bury thee with carryon in the next ditch He draweth in Rotsi by the heeles groning SCAE. 3. Alexander Caesar Borgia Alex. Haue you deliuered to the bottleman The fatall wine Caes. I I gaue charge to Bernardo Hauing them safely seald with mine owne signet That when feasting I do call for wine He shall breake vp the seales and fill that out For the two Cardinalls Cornetto and Modina Alex. T is well now if our plot proue right Thou shalt be maister of much welth to night Dying in estate all comes to my share Caraffa loues a sallet passing well And I haue fitted one to serue his turne Their gould will make thy soldiers fight in blood And winge thy victories with good successe Caesa. Let vs noe longer entertaine the time By this the Cardinalls expect our presence Allex. On with auspicious steps triumphant Caesar And entertaine them in braue iollity Exit SCAE. 4. Sound loud musicke a cuppord of plate brought in Enter with bottles Bernardo with the bottleman Ber. Haue spetiall care you that haue these in charge That these two sealed bottels be not stird Vntill his Holines call for that wine Bot. Feare not I will attend it as my life Sound trumpets solemnly enter a table
To be possessed of this vniuerse And leaue it all behind him in a moment Might some one man attaine that happinesse Which our first Adam had in Parradice Before he did preuaricate why then It were a worke of lasting worthinesse To rippe the bowells of our mother Ops For treasure and to conquer all the world Because eternity would promise it Out out alas my paines my guttes my liuer And yet I feare it not though in security Once more I will with powrefull exorcismes Inuoke those Angells of eternall darkenesse To shew me now the manner of death Alexander draweth the Curtaine of his studie where hee discouereth the diuill sitting in his pontificals Alexander crosseth himselfe starting at the sight Diu. What dost thou start foule child of reprobation Vaine are thy crosses vaine all exorcismes Those be no fruites of faith but mere hypocrisie Signa te signa temeré me tangis angis Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor Rome Which once was thy gorgeous concubine Hath now forsaken thee now doth she finde Thy falshood which did her adulterate What dost thou tremble slaue of sinne and hell Alexander taketh his booke of Magicke the Diuil laugheth Alex. I exorcise thee foule malignant spirit In the names of of of Diuil Of what foule mouth poluted soule Corrupted flesh God hath forsaken thee Thy date expired it thy powre determined Alex. Dissolue dissolue break breake black soule dissolue And poyson all this hem so here with sinne Diu. Thy death and dissolution stand at dore Resolue now to dissolue thy soule is ours Alex. Proud Lucifer Traytor to great Iehouah Father of lies my time is not expir'd I will not do that violence to God Taking that which is his from him To be bestow'd on his great enemy Diu. Thou that hast throwne those graces in his face How canst thou think vpon saluation Think that th' art damn'd I will declare it plainely They sit togither Alex. Seauen years are yet to come I look for them Diu. Examine thy soule with this counterparte Alex. Behold it is it not for eight years 8 daies Diu. Thou foole examine in Arithmetik Numbers without distinction placed thus Annos with the figure 11. signifying eleuen years the figure Seauen applyed to Dies importing seauen daies Alex. How how how how howe 's that Deh quella malitia del Diabolo Deh quello veleno del inferuno And for what stands this figure then Diu. Why for eighteene this figure stands for octauo referred vnto di◠last before signifying th' eight day after so that Annos vndicem without distinction signifying eleauen years and this figure seauen added to daies and that octauo post importing the eight day following moriere thou shalt die I meane thy bodie with thy soule in respect of Heauen Thus many daies hast thou continued Pope And this is thy last day design'd by fate Alex Thou canst not mock me with thy Sophistrie My soule is more diuine and cannot perish Diuil Thy soule foule beast is like a Menstruous cloath Poluted with vnpardonable sinnes Alex. Know then malignant Angell of confusion My soule is a diuine light first created In liknesse liuely formed to the word Which word was God that God the cause of causes My soule is substance of the liuing God Stampt with the seale of heauen whose Carracter Is his eternall word at which hell trembles Diuil And what of that thou therein hast no part I do confesse thy soule was first ordayn'd To good but by free-will to sinne thou slaue Hast sold that soule from happinesse to hell Alex. Marke yet what I can answer for this soule Mightie Iehouah most exuperant Two creatures made in feature like himselfe The world and man world reasonable and immortall Man reasonable but dissoluble and mortall And therefore man was called Microcosmus The little world and second tipe of God Conteyning those high faculties and functions And elements which are within the world Man then that doth participate with all Through operation conuersation and simbolisation With matter in the subiect properly With th' elements in body quadrifarie With growing plants in vertue vegitatiue In sence with beasts with heauens by th' influence Of the superiour spirits into th' inferiour In wisedome and capacitie with Angels With Eloym in that great continent Is without doubt preserued by that God Finding all things conteined in himselfe Diuil Answer me vaine Philosopher to this Thou that hast planted man in this perfection Not looking on thy detestable soule Which first like a pure leafe of whitest Lilly Cleere from all blemish was bestow'd by God And thou foule beast didst shamefully polute it Is it not one of humaine faculties To propose for your selues the best you can Where other creatures carryed with blinde force Make them-selues bond-slaues to the present time The scope of mans creation was to glorifie The most all potent maker of all things The Alpha and Omega of all bountie But he that wilfully betrayes this soule That pretious Iewell wherein God delights Dishonors God and doth depriue himselfe Of all saluation and beatitude Alex. Rest with this answer that my soule is Gods Whose habitacle is prepar'd in heauen First it doth know God being figured According to that Image of himselfe And then the world whose liuely shape it beares And to conclude the soule of man knowes all Because with all things it doth simbolize For in this Man there is a minde intelligent A quickning word and a celestiall spirit That like a lightning euery way diffused All things which are made by the mighty power Vniteth moueth and replenisheth Diu. These things should haue beene thought vpon before The summum bonum which liues in the soule Is an eternall pleasure to behold And haue fruition of the mightie power Which thou didst neuer see nor canst enioy Alex. Pawse yet a little let me meditate Alexander holdeth vp his hands wringing and softly crying Mercy mercy mercy arise arise vp vp vp fy fy no no stirre stubburne stonie stiff indurate heart not yet vp why what wilt thou not foule traytor to my soule not yet The Diuill laugheth Arise arise aduaunce heart clogg'd with sinne Oppressed with damnation vp aduaunce yet Wilt thou not stirre stiffe heart what am I damn'd Yet a little yet a little oh yet not yet alas High God of heauens and earth if thou beare loue Vnto the soule of sinfull man shew mercy Mercy good Lord oh mercy mercy mercy Oh saue my soule out of the Lyons pawes My darling from the denne of blacke damnation My soule my doue couer with siluer wings Her downe and plumage make of fine tryed gould Help help help aboue stirre stirre stupiditie Diu. He charmes in Dauids words with Iudas spirit Alex. It will not no it will not yet alas no no no is that my sentence to damnation I am vndone vndone Diuill He shall dispaire vassall of sinne and hell Prouide thy selfe in black dispaire to dwell He ceazeth on his face