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If you knovv not me, you know no bodie: or, The troubles of Queene Elizabeth; If you know not me, you know no bodie. Part 1
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Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.
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Quee: Where is the Princesse How: She waights your pleasure at the common stayers Quee: Vsher her in by torch light How: Gentlemen vshers gentlemen Pentioners lights For the Princesse attendance gentlemen Phill: For her supposed vertues Royall Queene Looke on your sister with a smiling brow And if her fault merite not too much hate Let her be censur'd with all lenity Let your deepe hatred end where it began She hath binne too long banisht from the sun Quee: Our fauor shal be farre boue her desert And she that hath been banisht from the light Shall once againe behold our cheerfull sight You my Lord shall step behind the arras And heare our conference wee le shew her Grace For there shines too much mercy in your face Phill: We beare this mind we errors would not feed Nor cherish wrongs nor yet see Innocents bleed Quee. Call the Princesse Exeunt for the Princesse Phillip behind the arras Enter all with Elizabeth All forbeare this place except our sister now Exeunt omnes Eliz That God that rais'd you staye you and protect You from your foes and cleere me from suspect Quee: Wherefore do you cry To see your selfe so low or vs so hye Eliz Neither dread Queene mine is a womanish teare In part compeld by ioy and part by feare Ioy of your sight these brinish teares haue bread For feare of my Queenes frowne to strike me dead Quee: Sister I rather thinke they 're teares of spleene Eliz You were my sister now you are my Queene Quee: I that 's your greefe Eliz. Madame he was my foe and not your freind That hath possest you so I am as true a Subiect to your Grace as any liues this day Did you but see My heart it bends farre lower than my knee Quee. Wee know you can speake well will you submit Eliz My life madam I will but not as guilty Should I confesse Fault done by her that neuer did transgresse I ioy to haue a sister Queene so royall I would it as much pleas'd your maiesty That you enioy a sister that 's so true If I were guilty of the least offence Madame 't would taint the blood euen in your face The treasons of the father being noble Vnnobles all your children let your grace Exact all torture and imprisonment VVhat ere my greatest enemies can deuise And they all haue done their worst yet I VVill your true subiect and true sister dye Phill: Myrror of vertue and bright natures pride behind the arras Pitty it had been such beauty should haue dy'd Quee: You 'le not submit but end as you begin Eliz Madame to death I will but not to sinne Quee: You are not guilty then Eliz I thinke I am not Quee: I am not of your mind Eliz I would your highnes were Quee: How meane you that Eliz To thinke as I thinke that my soule is cleere Quee: You haue been wrong imprison'd then Eliz I le not say so Quee: VVhat ere we thinke aryse and kisse our hand Say God hath rais'd you frends Eliz Then God hath kept his promise Quee: Promise why Eliz To rayse them frends that on his word relie Enter Phillip Phil: And may the heauens applaud this vnity Accurst be they that first procur'd this wrong Now by my crowne you ha been kept downe too long Quee: Sister this night your selfe shall feast with me To morrow for the country you are free Lights for the Princesse conduct her to her chamber Exit Eliz Phil: My soule is ioyfull that this peace is made A peace that pleaseth heauen and earth and all Redeeming captiue thoughts from captiue thrall Faire Queene the serious busines of my father Is now at hand to be accomplished Of your faire sight needes must take my leaue Returne I shall tho parting cause vs greeue Quee: VVhy should two harts be for'st to seperate I know your busines but beleeue me sweete My soule diuines we neuer more shall meete Phil: Yet faire Queene hope the best I shall returne VVho met with ioy tho now sadly mourne Bening: VVhat droopes your honor Exeunt omnes Phil Queene Winch: Oh I am sicke Con: VVhere lyes your greife Winch: VVhere yours and all good subiects els should lye Neere at the hart this confirmation I doe greatly dread For now our true religion will decay I do diuine who euer liues seauen yeare Shall see no Religion here but heresye Bening: Come come my Lord this is but for a show Our Queene I warrant wishes in her hart Her sister Princesse were without her head Winch: No no my Lords this peace is naturall This combination is without deceyt But I will once more write to incence the Queene The plot is laid thus it shal be perform'd Sir Harry you shall goe attach her seuant Vppon suspition of some trechery VVherin the Princesse shal be accessary If this do faile my pollicy is downe But I grow faynt the feauer steales on me Death like a vulture tyres vpon my hart I le leaue you two to prosecute this drift My bones to earth I giue to heauen my soule lift Ex. omnes Enter Gage and Clarentia Gage Madam Clarentia is my Lady stirring Cla: Yes master Gage but heauie at the hart For she was frited with a dreame this night She said she drempt her sister was new married And sat vpon a high Emperiall throne That she her selfe was cast into a dungeon Where enemyes enuiron'd her about Offering their weapons to her naked brest Nay they would scarcly giue her leaue to pray They made such hast to hurry her away Gage Heauen sheild my Mistres and make her frends increase Conuert her foes estate her in true peace Cla: Then did I dreame of weddings and of flowers Me thought I was within the finest garden That euer mortall eie did yet behould Then strayght me thought some of the cheife were pickt To dresse the bride O 't was the rarest show To see the bride goe smiling longst the streets As if she went to happynes eternall Gage Oh most vnhappy dreame my feare is now As great as yours before it was but small Come let 's goe comfort her that ioyes vs all Exeunt Enter A dumb show six Torches Sussex bearing the Crowne Howard bearing the Scepter the Constable the Mace Tame the Purse Shandoyse the Sword Phillip and Mary after them the Cardinall Poole Beningfeild Attendants Phillip and Mary confers he takes leaue and Exit Nobles bring him to the dore and returne she fales in a swound they comfort her a dead march Enter foure with the herse of Winchester with the Scepter and Purse lying on it the Queen takes the Scepter and Mace and giues it Cardinall Poole a sennet and Exeunt Omnes preter Sussex Suss: Winchester 's dead O God vppon euen at his death He shewd his mallice to the sweete young Princesse God pardon him his soule must answere all She 's still preseru'd and still her foes do fall The Queene is much besotted on these Prelates
Enter Elizabeth her Gentlewoman and three Houshold seruants Eli: Is not my gentleman vsher yet return'd Wo: Madam not yet Eliz. O God my feare hath been good phisick But the Queens displeasure that hath cur'd my bodies Imperfectiō Hath made me hart sick braine sick and sick euen to death What are you 1. Ser Your howshold Officers and humble seruants VVho now your house faire Princesse is desolu'd And quite broke vp come to attend your grace Eliz. VVe thanke you and am more indebted for your loues Than we haue power or vertue to requite Alas I am all the Queenes yet nothing of my selfe But God and Inocence be you my Patrons and defend my cause VVhy weepe you gentlemen Cookes Not for our selues men are not made to weepe At there owne fortunes our eies are made of fire And to extract water from fire is hard Nothing but such a Princesse griefe as yours So good a Ladie so beautifull so absolute a mistris And perfect as you haue deliuered been Haue power to doo 't your sorrow makes vs sad Eliz My Inocence yet makes my hart as light As my front 's heauie all that heauen sends is welcome Gentlemen diuide these few crownes amongst you I am now a prisoner and shall want nothing I haue some friends about her maiesty That are prouiding for mee all things all things I euen my graue and being possest of that I shall need nothing weepe not I pray Rather you should reioyce If I miscarry in this enterprise and aske you why A Virgine and a Martyr both I dy Enter Gage Gage He that first gaue you life protect that life From those that wish your death Eliz VVhat 's my of offence who be my accusers Gage Madam that the Queene VVinchester best knowes Eliz VVhat saies the Queene vnto my late petition Gage You are deny'd that grace Her Maiestie will not admitt you conference Sir William Sentlo vrging that motion VVas first committed since sent to the Tower Madam in breife your foes are the Queenes freindes Your freinds her foes Six of the Counsell are this day appoynted To examine you of certaine articles Eliz They shal be welcome my god in whome I trust VVill helpe deliuer saue defend the iust Enter Winchester Sussex Howard Tame Shandoyse and Constable Suss: All forbeare this place vnlesse the Princesse Winch: Madam we from the Queene are ioynd They sit shee kneeles in full commission Sussex By your Fauour good my Lord ere you proceed Madam although this place doth tye you to this reuerence It becomes not you being a Princesse to deiect your knee A chaire there Eliz My duty with my fortunes do agree And to the Queene in you I bend my knee Suss: You shall not kneele where Sussex sits in place The Chamber keeper a chaire there for her grace Winch: Madam perhaps you censure hardly That was enforst in this commission Eliz Knowe you your owne guilt my good Lord Chancelor That you accuse your selfe I thinke not so I am of this mynd no man is my foe Winch: Madam I would you would submit vnto her highnes Eliz Submit my Lord of Winchester t is fit That none but base offenders should submit No no my Lord I easily spy your drifte Hauing nothing whereon you can accuse me Do seeke to haue my selfe my selfe betray So by my selfe my owne blood should be spilt Confesse submission I confesse a guilt Tame What answere you to Wiats late rebellion Madam t is thought that you did set them on Eliza: Who is 't will say so men may much suspect But yet my Lord none can my life detect I a confederate with those kentish rebells Yf I ere saw or sent to them let the Queene take my head Hath not proud Wyat suffered for his offence And in the purging both of soule and body for heauen Did Wyat then accuse Elizabeth Suss: Madam he did not Eliz My reuerent Lord I know it Howard Madam he would not Eliz Oh my good Lord he could not Suss: The same day Frogmorton was arrain'd in the Guild-hall It was impos'd on him whether this Princesse had a hand With him or no he did deny it Cler'd her sore his death yet accus'd others Eliz My god be prays'd this is newes but of a minute old Shand: What answere you to Sir Peter Carew in the west The westerne Rebels Eliz Aske the vnborne Infant see what that will answere For that and I are both alike in guilt Let not by rigor Innocent blood be spilt Winch: Come Madam answere breifly to these treasons Eliz Treason Lords if it be treason to be the daughter To th' Eight Henry Sister to Edward and the next of blood vnto My gratious soueraigne now the Queene I am a traytor if not I Spit at treason In Henryes raigne this Law could not haue stood O god that we should suffer for our blood Const: Madam the Queene must here you sing another song Before you parte with vs Eliz My god doth know I can no note but truth That with heauens King One day in quiers of Angels I shall singe Winch: Then Madam you 'le not submit Eliz My life I will but not as guilty My Lords let pale offendors pardon craue If we offend Lawes rigor let vs haue Winch: You are stubborne come let ts certifie the Queene Tame Rowme for the Lords there Exeunt Counsell Eliz Thou power eternall Inocents iust guide That sways the Scepter of all Monarchyes Protect the guiltlesse from these rauening Iawes That hidious death presentes by Tyrants Lawes And as my hart is knowne to thee most pure Grant mee release or patience to endure Enter Gage and Seruants Gage Madam we your poore humble seruants Made bold to presse into your graces presence To know how your cause goes Eliz Well well I thanke my god well How can a cause go ill with Innocents They that to whome wronges in this world are done Shal be rewarded in the world to come Enter the six Counsellors Winch: It is the pleasure of her maiestie That you be straight committed to the Tower Eliz The Tower for what Winch: Moreouer all your howshold seruants we haue discharg'd Except this gentleman your vsher this gentlewoman Thus did the Queene commaund And for your guard a hundred Northern whitecotes Are appoynted to conduct you thither To night vnto your chamber to morrow early prepare You for the Tower your bardge stands ready To conduct you thyther shee kneeles Eliz Oh god my hart A prisoner in the Tower Speake to the Queene my Lords that some other place May lodge her sister that 's too vild too base Suss: Come my lords lett 's all ioyne in one peticion To the Queene that she may not be lodg'd within the Tower Winch: My Lord you know it is in vaine For the Queenes sentence is definitiue And we must see 't perform'd Eliz Then to our chamber comfortlesse and sad To morrow to the tower that fatall place Where I shall neuer