run our heads into their noose You give away your safty Pr. I will not Dispute my power let my intreat prevaile For their dismission Ol. You may dismiss Your head and mine and be laugh'd at these men Are honest and dare fight for us Pr. I know Their loves and will rewait dear dear Uncle Go. How he prepares his Tragedy Aquinus Let not thy hand shake Aqu. I am resolute Go. And I for thy reward 't is done the souldiers Disperse already Ol. If any mischiefe follow this Thank your credulitie Pr. May I now hope for access Ki. Descend Gotharus and Aquinus To meet the Prince while he containes within The piety of a Son we shall imbrace him Pr. When I degenerate let me be accurst By heaven and you Ol. Are you not pale to think on 't Pr. It puzzels me to think my father guilty Ol. I do not like things yet As the Prince is going forth a Pistoll is discharged within he falls Pr. O I am shot I am murder'd Ol. Inhumane Traytor villaine Olaus wounds Aquinus Go. So so his frend has saved my execution 'T is not safe for me to stay they are both sped rarely Exit Ol. O my dear Cousin treason treason Ki. Where Ol. In thy own bosome thou hast kil'd thy Sonne Convey his body guard it safe and this Perfidious trunke I 'le have it punish't Past death and scatter his torn flesh about The world to affright mankind thou art A murthdrer no blood of mine Go. 'T is done And all the guilt dyes with Aquinus falne By Olaus sword most happily who but Prevented mine this act concludes all feare Ki. He was my sonne I must needs drop a teare Exeunt Haraldus discovered sicke Queen Doctors Qu. It is not possible heâ—â—â—â—ch a feavor By excess of wine he was all temperance Do. He had a soft and tender constitution Apt to be inflam'd they that are most abstemious Feel the disorder with more violence Qu. Where who assisted him in this mis-fortune He had some company Do. He was invited He sayes by Sueno and Helga to a banquet Where in their mirth they careless of his health Suffered him drink too much Qu. They poyson'd him Go apprehend the murtherers of my child If he recover not their death shall wait Upon Haraldus but pray you tell me Gentlemen Is there no hope of life have you not art Enough to cure a feavor Do. We find Madam His disease more malignant by some thought Or apprehensions of griefe Qu. What griefe Y' are all impostors and are Ignorant But how to kill Ha. Is not my mother come Qu. Yes my deare sonne and here shall weep my selfe Till I turne Niobe unlesse thou givest me Some hope of thy own life Ha. I would say something Were you alone Qu. Leave us now my Haraldus How is it with my child Hal. I know you love me Yet I must tell you truth I cannot live And let this comfort you death will not come Unwelcome to your sonne I do not dye Against my will and having my desires You have less cause to mourne Qu. What is 't has made The thought of life unpleasant which does court Thy dwelling here with all delights that nature And art can study for thee rich in all things Thy wish can be ambitious of yet all These treasures nothing to thy mothers love Which to enjoy thee would defer a while Her thought of going to heaven Ha. Oh take heed mother heaven Has a spatious eare and power to punish Your too much love with my eternal absence I begge your prayers and blessing Qu. Th' art dejected Have but a will and live Ha. 'T is in vaine mother Qu. Sinke with a feavour into earth Look up thou shalt not dye Ha. I have a wound within You do not see more killing then all feavors Qu. A wound where who has murder'd thee Ha. Gotharus Qu. Ha! furies persecute him Ha Oh pray for him 'T is my duty though he gave me death He is my father Qu. How thy father Ha. He told me so and with that breath destroy'd me I felt it strike upon my spirits mother Would I had neer been born Qu. Believe him not Ha. Oh do not add another sinne to what Is done already death is charitable To quit me from the scorn of all the world Qu. By all my hopes Gotharus has abus'd thee Thou art the lawful burden of my wombe Thy father Altomarus Ha. Ha Qu. Before whose spirit long since taken up To meet with Saints and Troops Angelicall I dare agen repeat thou art his Sonne Ha. Ten thousand blessings now reward my mother Speake it againe and I may live a stream Of pious joy runnes through me to my soule Y 'ave stroke a harmony next that in heaven Can you without a blush call me your Child And sonne of Altomarus all that 's holy Dwell in your blood for ever speak it once But once agen Qu. Were it my latest breath Thou art his and mine Enough my tears do flow To give you thanks for 't I would you could resolve me But one truth more why did my Lord Gotharus Call me the issue of his blood Qu Alas he thinks thou art Ha. What are those words I am undone Agen Qu. Ha Ha. 'T is too late to call 'em back he thinks I am his son Qu. I have confess'd too much and tremble with The imagination forgive me child And heaven if there be mercy to a crime So black as I must now to quit thy fears Say I have been guilty off we have been sinful And I was not unwilling to oblige His active braine for thy advancement by Abusing his beliefe thou wer 't his own But thou hast no such staine thy birth is innocent Or may I perish ever 't is a strange Confession to a child but it may drop A balsome to thy wound live my Haraldus If not for this to see my penitence And with what tears I 'le wash away my sinne Ha. I am no bastard then Qu. Thou art not Ha. But I am not found while you are lost No time can restore you My spirits faint Qu. Will nothing comfort thee Ha. My duty to the King Qu. He 's here Enter King Ki. How is 't Haraldus Death sits in 's face Ha. Give me you blessing and within my heart I le pray you may have many my soul flyes 'Bove this vain world good Mother close mine eyes Qu. Never dyed so much sweetnesse in his years Ki. Be comforted I have lost my sonne too The Prince is slaine how now Enter officers with Helga Qu. Justice upon the murderer of my sonne This villaine Helga and his companion Sueno have kil'd him where 's the other Offi. Fled Madam But Helga does confesse he made him drunk He. But not dead drunk I do beseech you Madam Ki. Look here what your base surfet has destroy'd He. 'T was Sueno as well as I my Lord Gotharus Gave us commission for what we did Qu. Again
Gotharus sure he plotted this Ki. Hang him up straight He. I left no drink behind me If I must dye let me have equall justice And let one of your guard drink me to death sir Or if you please to let me live till Sueno is taken we will drink and reele Out of the world together Ki. Hence and hang him Exeunt Enter Hormonus Ho. Sir you must make provision against New danger discontent is broke into A wild rebellion and many of your subjects Gather in tumults and give out they will Revenge the Princes death Ki. This I did feare Where 's Gotharus O my fright my conscience Has furies in 't where 's Gotharus Ho. Not in the Court Ki. I tremble with confusions Exit Qu. I am resolv'd my joyes are all expir'd Nor can ambition more concern me now Gotharus has undone me in the death Of my loved Sonne his fate is next while I Move resolute I 'le command his destiny Exit Enter Gotharus Ho. How are we lost the Prince Turgesius death Is of no use since 't is unprofitable To the great hope we stored up in Haraldus It was a cursed plot directed me To raise his spirit by those giddy engines That have undone him their souls reel to hell for 't How will Marpisa weep her selfe into The obscure shades and leave me here to grow A statue with the wonder of our fate Enter Albina Al. Sir Go. Do not trouble me Al. Although I am not partner of your joyes or comfort Yet let your cruelty be so mindfull of me I may divide your sorrows Go. Would thy sufferings Could ease me of the weight I would Empty my heart of all that 's ill to sinke thee And bury thee alive thy sight is hatefull Aske me not why but in obedience Fly hence into some wildernesse The Queeen Enter Queene Exit Alb. Go. Great Queen did any sorrow lade my bosome But what does almost melt it for Haraldus Your presence would revive me but it seems Our hopes and joyes in him grew up so mighty Heaven became jealous we should undervalue The bliss of th' other world and build in him A richer Paradice Qu. I have mourn'd already A mothers part and fearing thy excess Of griefe present my selfe to comfort thee Tears will not call him back and 't will become us Since we two are the world unto our selves Nothing without the circle of our arm 's Precious and welcome to take heed our griefe Make us not over soon like him that dead And our blood useless Go. Were you present Madam When your Sonne dyed Qu. I was Go. And did you weepe And wish him live and would not heaven at Your wish return his wandering Ghost agen Your voyce should make another out of Atomes I do adore the harmony and from One pleasant look draw in more blessings Then death knows how to kill Ma. He is recovered from his passion Go. What 's this ha Qu. Where Go. Here like a sudden winter Struck on my heart I am not well o' th sudden ha Qu. My Lord make use of this 't is Cordial Gives him a box of poyson I am often subject to these passions And dare not walk without this Ivory box To prevent danger they are pleasant 'T is a most happy opportunity Go. Let me present my thanks to my preserver Enter Albina And kiss your hand Qu. Our lips will meet more lovingly Al. My heart will break Qu. Your Lady we are betray'd She see us kiss and I shall hate her for 't Go. Does this offend your vertue Alb. Y' are merciless You shall be a less Tyrant sir to kill me Injurious Queen Qu. Shall I be here affronted I shall not think Gotharus worth my love To let her breath forth my dishonour which Her passion hath already dared to publish Nor wanted she before an impudence To throw this poyson in my face Go. I 'le tame her Exit Alb. I wo'not curse you Madam but you are The Cruel'st of all woman kind I am prepared to meet your tyrannies Enter Gotharus with a Pistol at the other doore a servant Ser. My Lord We are undone the common people are In arms and violently assault our house Threatning your Lordship with a thousand deaths For the good Prince whose murther they exclaime Contriv'd by you Go. The frends of hell will shew more mercy to me Where shall I hide me Qu. Alas they 'l kill me too Se. There 's no staying they have broke the wall of the first Court Down at some window sir Albina takes up the Pistoll Go. Helpe me O help me I ' me me lost Within Down with the doors This way this way Enter Rebels Al. He that first moves this way Comes on his death I can dispatch but one And take your choise 1. Alas good Madam we do not come to trouble you You have sorrow enough we would talk With my Lord your pagan husband 2. I I where is he 3. That Traytor 4. Murderer of our Prince Al. Y' are not well informed Aquinus kill'd the Prince 2. But by my Lords correction We know his heart and do meane to eat it Therefore let him appeare knock down the Lady You with the long bill Al. How dare you runne the hazard of your lives And fortunes thus like out-laws without authority To break into our houses when you have done What fury leads you to 't you will buy too dear Repentance at the Gallows 2. Hang the Gallowes and give us my Lord your husband Enter Servant Ser. He 's escap'd Madam now they may search Enter more Rebels Al. But where 's the Queene she must not be betrai'd 1. This way this way he got out of a window And leap'd a wall follow follow Within Follow follow follow Al. O my poor Gotharus Enter Queen Al. Madam you are secure though you pursued My death I wish you safety Qu. I have been Too cruell but my fate compell'd me to 't Exit Al. I am become the extreamest of all miseries Oh my unhappy Lord Exit Enter Sueno Su. Helga is hanged what will become of me I think I were best turn Rebel there 's no hope To walk without a guard and that I shall not Want to the Gallowes heathen Halberdiers Are used to have a care and do rejoyce To see men have good ends Enter Gotharus Go. I am pursued Su. My Lord Gotharus worse and worse oh for a mist before his eyes Go. You sha'not betray me sir Su. Hold my Lord I am your servant honest Sueno Go. Sueno off with that case it may secure me Quickly or Su. Oh my Lord you shall command my skin Alas poor Gentleman I 'm glad I have it To do your Lordship service Go. Nay your beard too Su. Yes yes any thing Alas my good Lord how comes this Go. Leave your untimely prating help You 'l not betray me Su. I 'le first be hanged VVithin Follow follow Go. Hell stop their throats so so now thy reward Su. It was my duty
friends Ol. Upon condition that you will Ki. What Ol. Now have I forgot what I would have Oh that my Ladie Circe that transform'd you May be sent whether I ha' forgot agen To the Devil any whether far enough A curse upon her she troubles me both when I think on her and when I forget her Enter Albina Ki. Gotharus wife the sorrowful Albina Al. If pittie dwell within your royal bosome Let me be heard I come to find a husband I le not believe what the hard hearted rebels Told me that he is dead they lov'd him not And wish it so for you would not permit His murder here You gave me sir to him In holy marriage I 'le not say what sorrow My poor heart since hath been acquainted with But give him now to me and I 'le account No blessing like that bountie where oh where Is my poor Lord none tell me are you all Silent or deaf as Rocks yet they sometimes Do with their hollow murmurs answer men This does increase my fears none speak to me I aske my Lord from you sir you once lov'd him He had your bosome who hath torne him thence Why do you shake your head and turn away Can you resolve me sir the Prince alive Whose death they would revenge upon Gotharus O let me kisse your hand a joy to see You safe doth interrupt my griefe I may Hope now my Lord is safe too I like not That melancholly gesture why do you make So dark your face and hide your eies as they Would shew an interest in sorrow with me Where is my Lord can you or any tell me Where I may find the comfort of mine eies My husband or but tell me that he lives And I will pray for you then he is dead Indeed I feare Pr. Poor Ladie Aq. Madam be comforted Al. Why that 's well said I thank you gentle sir You bid me be comforted blessing on you Shew me now reason for it tell me something I may believe Aq. Madam your husband 's dead Al. And did you bid me sir be comforted For that oh you were cruel dead who murdered him For though he lov'd not me in life I must Revenge his death Pr. Alas you cannot Al. No Will not heaven heare me think you for I 'le pray That horror may pursue the guiltie head Of his black murderer you doe not know How fierce and fatall is a widowes curse Who kil'd him saie Aq. We know not Al. Y' are unjust Pr. Pursue not sorrow with such inquisition Ladie Al. Not I who hath more interest Ki. The knowledge of what circumstance depriv'd him Of life will not availe to his return Or if it would none here know more then that He was brought hither dead in that inclosure Al. Where Aq. In that Coffin Ladie Al. Was it charitie Made this provision for him oh my Lord Now may I kisse thy wither'd lip discharge Upon thy bosome a poor widowes tears There 's something tempts my heart to shew more dutie And wait on thee to death in whose pale dresse Thou dost invite me to be reconcil'd Ki. Remove that Coffin Al. Y' are uncharitable Is 't not enough that he is rob'd of life Among you but you 'l rob me of his bodie Poor remnant of my Lord I have not had Indeed so many kisses a great while Pray do not envie me for sure I sha'not Die of this surfet he thought not I was So neare to attend him in his last and long Progresse that built this funerall tenement Without a roome for me the sad Albina Must sleepe by her dead Lord I feel death coming And as it did suspect I durst not look On his grim visage he has drawn a curtaine Of mist before my eies Ki. Look to the Ladie Pr. Look to Albina our Physitians There is not so much vertue more i' th Kingdome If she survive this passion she is worth A Prince and I will court her as my blessing Say is there hope Phy. There is Pr. Above your lives preserve her Phy. With our best art and care Exit with Albina Ol. She has almost made me woman too but Come to other businesse Enter Queene Aq. Is not this the Queene Ol. The Queen of hell give her no hearing but Shoot shoot her presently without more repentance There is a leacherous Devil in her eye Give him more fire his hell 's not hot enough Now shoot Pr. Be temperate good sir Qu. Nay let his cholerick highness be obey'd Aq. She is shot-free Qu. The Prince alive where is Gotharus Ol. Your friend that was Qu. It is confest Ol. Your Stallion Qu. He has more titles sure Ol. Let but some strangle her in her own haire Qu. The office will become a noble hangman Ol. Whore Qu. I le not spend my breath upon thee I have more use on 't does Gotharus live Aq. You may conjecture Madam if you turn Your eyes upon that object Qu. It has wrought then Ki. What has wrought Qu. His Physick sir For the state Megrim A wholsome poyson which in his poor feares And fainting when the Rebels first pursu'd him It was my happinesse to minister In my poor boyes revenge kil'd by his practise Pr. Poyson'd Ol. She is turn'd Doctor Qu. He becomes Deaths pale complexion and now I 'm prepar'd Pr. For what Qu. To die Ol. Prepar'd to be damn'd a seven years killing Will be too little Qu. I pitty your poor rage I sha'not stay so long nor shall you have The honour sir to kill me Ol. No let me trie Qu. Ha ha Ol. Dost thou laugh Helcat Qu. Yes and scorne all your furies I was not So improvident to give Gotharus all My cordiall you may trust the operation Here 's some to spare if any have a mind To taste and be assur'd will you my Lord 'T will purge your choler rarely Ol. I le not be your patient I thank you Qu. This box was ever my companion Since I grew wicked with that Polititian To prevent shameful death nor am I coy To pleasure a friend in 't Ol. Devils charity Qu. It works with method and doth kill discreetly Without a noise your Mercury is a rude And troublesome destroyer to this medicine I feel it gently seize upon my vitals 'T is now the time to steale into my heart Ki. Hast thou no thought of heaven Qu. Yes I do think Sometimes but have not heart enough to pray Some vapour now rises 'twixt me and heaven I cannot see 't lust and ambition ruin'd me If greatnesse were a priviledge i' th other World it were a happiness to die a Queene I find my conscience too late 't is bloody And full of staines oh I have been so wicked 'T were almost impudence to aske a pardon Yet for your own sakes pitty me survive All happie and if you can forgive forgive Moritur Ki. Those accents yet may be repentance Pr. See's dead Ki. Some take their bodies hence Pr. Let them have buriall Ki. 'T is in thee Turgesius To dispose all to whom I give my Crown Salute him King by my example Pr. Stay Upon your dutie staie will you be traytors Consent your lawful King should be depos'd Sir do not wound your Son and lay so great A staine upon his hopeful his green honour I now enjoy good mens opinions This change will make 'em think I did conspire And force your resignation were it still By justice and your selfe it shall not touch My brow till death translate you to a Kingdome More glorious and you leave me to succeed Better'd by your example in the practise Of a Kings power and dutie Ki. This obedience Will with excess of comfort kill thy father And hasten that command thou wouldst decline Pr. Receive this Captain and reward his faith To you and me Ki. Be Captaine of our guard And my good Uncle to your eare I leave The Souldiers let the largesse speak our bountie And your love Ol. I this sounds well fellow Souldiers Trust me beside your pay for the Kings bountie Within Sol. Heaven preserve The King and Prince Ol. Not a short prayer for me Om. Sol. Heaven bless the Duke heaven bless the Duke Ol. Why so money will do much Ki. A bright daie shines upon us come my sonne Too long a stranger to the Court it now Shall bid thee wellcome I do feel my years Slide off and joy drown sorrow in my tears Exeunt omnes FINIS