long before his death wisely Prevented by leaving them behind him on the Pillory For Cozening such honest Gentlemen as my self For know you wretch you that dare talk saucily the Gentleman that won your Deeds of you at play when be perus'd Them and knew them to be the very same your father Cozen'd my uncle of He in pitty of my present wants Bestowed them upon me and they are mine And should I chance to hear you should but say they e'r were Yours People should soon forget you were alive But as you may behave your self I may forget all your Past folly and keep you company Gold Thank you good Snap Snap You draw no breath if I but hear that word again Gold Pray sir forgive me for this once and I 'l remember How may I call you are you a Colonel too Snap No sir by chance I am no Colonel the name I Answer too is Sunck-low Gold Sunck-low Methinks you are risen very high A side Well honest Mr. Sunk-low pray let me have your company for Old acquaintance sake you know you can loose nothing by it But by no means be not known how I was belov'd for Mr. Sunk low it were as much as my lif 's worth were it but Known Artesia would have married me for ther 's one Must dye but for offering to have her Snap Well Sir I shall be careful so you observe as I Instruct Farewell Exit Snap Gold I am finely gull'd i'faith but I must wiser be Or else resolve to wear Snaps liverie Exit Enter upon a black Stage Bellicosus Sebastian weeping Antoni Corneli Eugeni Fabi. Delirus Artesia in mourning Executioner After them the King and Ferdinando Disguised Belli My Lord Sebastian the gods you see have here Miraculously discovered to the world your daughters Murtherers And yet but that we know them to be so They do not look like such my Lord you shall have Speaking to Sebastian Justice done Delirus wer't thou a Stranger to my blood as It ill becomes a Judg. And all you gods can witness amidst My mass of grief I have rejoyc'd to hear your sorrows for Your faults exprest and willingness to dye I must confess Your have been cruel bitterly cruel to your selves and us for by your Means Heaven knows I not accuse your wills to do 't we have Lost a general loss unspeakable a King a vertuous King never to be Enough lamented But I shall cease to add unto a grief This world affords no cure for and will forbear to stop You longer in your journey to a better But ere you go take with you my forgivenesse and with it Both my blessings And may that comfortable joy good men Receive in death fill both your breasts Deli. My gracious father unhappie in so unfortunate a son We come with no set speeches here for to prolong Our wretched lives Let not those aged eyes distil a tear For us we are prepar'd for death Can you my lord Sebastian And all the rest shew mercy to a dying pair in your Forgiveness we gladlie would depart this life in peace With all the world if you vouchsafe it may be so All. Our prayers and tears speak for us we both Forgive and pitty Deli. The gods above with store of blessings Arte. Reward your charity We are now at peace with Heaven and earth and fain would be at our expected rest Bellico Then Sirra do your office The executioner prepares to strike King Hold hold I say Bellico Who 's that dares contradict what we command King If you have not forgot me Bellicosus 't is one That had power to dare nor do I know by what Strange means I have lost it know you this face King discovers himself Anto. The King Long may the gods preserve your Life and make us thankfull acknowledgers of his Blessings in your Highness safety Bellico Pardon me gracious Prince my sudden joy Encountring so much grief made a confusion in my troubled Senses and did retard my duty Which thus upon my knees He kneels I beg forgiveness for and what so e'r for'cd for the Common safety of your distracted kingdome I have taken On me here on my knees in duty to your Highness I surrender with tears of joy Long live our gracious King Amasius King of Sicily All Long live Amasius King of Sicily all kneele King My Lords and Gentlemen I thank you all For the Loyall remembrance of your poor Prince Whose tender care shall be to study all your Safeties and preserve them Rise Bellicosus thou Ever to be admired pattern of love and Loyalty Just man I ask thee pardon for every evill thought I ever Harboured ' gainst thy virtue Justice and mercy still Walk hand in hand I know thou canst forgive it Belli O my much honoured Lord your virtue ever Kept too strong a guard on vice to let you act what Could deserve forgiveness from any but the gods My Lord I shall become an earnest suitor that You l vouchsafe to let a piece of justice pass on these Prepar'd Offenders King Offenders Delirus and the faire Artesia If I mistake not King looks at Deli. Artesi My Lord what masque is this for sure they cannot act Offenders parts in earnest pray make me understand you Belli Forgive me then my Lord that must be the sad Reporter of my shame and their unheard of cruelty In them behold the fair and virtuous innocent Aurelia's murtherers King You have unjustly done but to suspect them Guiltie your witnesses are false Delirus and Artesia Murtherers it cannot be it is impossible poor soul she ever Lov'd them well so they did her it is some villainous Train by forgery laid to betray their innocent lives And here I set them free King takes them by the hand Belli My gracious lord they have confest the fact King 'T was then because they were asham'd to live After so foul a charge maliciously laid on them Delirus Artesia speak was it not so Deli. My Lord and King we are Aurelia's murtherers For which foul deed we have with tears and prayers Made peace with heaven and earth if you 'l be Mercifull and but forgive us too King With as much willingness as I 'l receive a blessing Rise both rise I say so Bellicosus I hope in my They rise Late pilgrimage I have made my peace with heaven For all my youthfull sins and am at length return'd With joy As for Aurelia know Bellicosus I Loved her more then life but since unfortunately She is dead and these her murtherers as they confess Have truly sorrowed for their offence I here Pronounce their pardons which stands irrevocable If I command in chief Belli Why then my Lord you are to your self and All the world unjust In your commanding hands you Hold a sword as well as scales can it be mercy call'd To act injustice Princes as the Embassadors From heaven are bound to right the wrong'd and not To wrong who should be righted Behold this Aged man whose bitter tears of sorrow cry out Turns to Sebast Aloud for Justice And if my gratious Lord you Have made a vow at the return from your devotions to act A piece of mercy now shew it on your self in Doing Justice on these prepar'd offenders King O Bellicosus thou art my safe Protector and my Guide to vertue behold this warrant for the justness The King brings in Aurelia in rich attire Bellira following Of my actions nay be not wonder-struck She is alive And warm Kisses her Bellicos I am o'rcome with the apprehension of a joy I fear my self unable for to bear Wellcome to Life thou vertuous maid Cornelius Eugenio all see Aurelia Is alive and our lost Prince return'd safely return'd Delirus and Artesia ask mercy of the King and Faire Aurelia they are good exceeding good and can forgive So so my joy must have a larger vent Or I shall burst Turns about and weeps Deli. The gods preserve your Highness Deli. Art And the much wrong'd Arte kneels Aurelia Ferdinando discovers himselfe to Bellira Artesi O my most Gratious Prince and thou Much injur'd maid if ever tears from a true sorrowing Heart compassion moved pronounce forgiveness To a pair whose tears in prayers to the just Gods we 'll Daily pay for your Eternal happiness King Rise and here receive from us Forgiveness and our favour Aureli. May all my actions prosper as I freely do forgive You both Long may you live and love Deli. The gods crown all your desires with joy Arte. And length of daies King My Lord Sebastian I now must call you father For by to morrow night I doubt not your consent To bed the faire Aurelia Sebast My Lord we are your poor creatures can onely pay Our daily thanks for what undeserved honours you Are pleas'd to throw upon us Aurel. So please your Majestie I see a pair Of lovers met I have long parted desirous To kiss your hand Ferdinando kneels and Bellira the King gives him his hand to kiss King Rise Ferdinando and may'st thou joy in thy Faire choyce thy faithful services shall be My Care to see rewarded Come Bellicosus we shall some mysteries unriddle to you And let you understand Antonio's mistake in his relation Our following dayes do fairly promise joy He ignorantly fears The sailing of his ship that Bellicosus steers The Epilogue intended for the STAGE ALL from our Author that I have to say Is that he hopes as we you 'l like his play Confirm then what as yet but stands in doubt As you came welcome in you 'l go pleas'd out Epilogue to the Reader NOw Critick woudbees faith my play 's not good You 'l say because when read 't is understood Would I have pleas'd you I should have written so Not to understand 't my self nor you you know When you have read it pox on 't what 's easily said Though ne'r so quick ought to be buried Which if it be 't will rise again by fits To fright you if you have any from your wits Which to preserve be modest or write better You'h more then paid me then I 'l rest your debtor As unto all wipes out my faulty score Till by my next I run indebted more FINIS
falls out the King in discontent hath left the Court I hope ne'r to return Artesi Delirus it is a Traytors wish Deli. How Artesia Artesi You understand me sure if I Mistake not he is your King or ought to be Fye Delirus so long a Courtier and not Know your duty Deli. I am confounded sure 't is not Artesia Artesi For that I shall resolve you straight 'T is the very same Looks in her glass Where are your eyes Deli. My reason 's at a loss this cannot be Come come no more of this beshrew me But you almost stagger'd me I know now 'T was but in jest to try my temper And I forgive it Artes Hah hah forgive it you are not my Ghostly Laughs Father 'T was language might have become your King but sounds to saucy for a subject Deli. Nay now Artesia you over act your part this Kiss concludes the Scene Offers to kiss her she thrusts him by Artesi You are abominably out Delirus you Should have acted at more distance you must go con your Part anew and learn to know to whom you are to speak The Poet maâ— instruct you Deli. May I believe this real and from Artesia Artesi ' That 's as you please I gladly would find Out a way would more confirm you which I shall study since plain dealing will not do Deli. By what neglect of mine have I deserv'd this scorn Let me but know if but to lessen my admiration Artesi Neglect of duty to your King if well Examin'd you 'l find deserves no less Deli. Why Artesia can neglect of duty be a Fault in me to him you would have murthered Pray recollect and but consider what you 'd Have courted me to do which I refus'd in duty Artesi This but confirms thy ignorance which Would not let thee see I did it but to try You in which assurance know Ther 's not on earth A thing can acceptable be from you to me But your diligent search o' th King Who when you have found and that You tydings bring of his dear safety I May forget your faults tell when I take my leave Exit Artesi Deli. The gods above are just nor am I Punisht yet to my desert Here but begins your justice which must so heavy fall That but to think of wracks my Eclipsed soul Aurelia now afresh begins t' appear her hair Disheve'ld 'bout her Ivory skin threatning aloud Revenge Thou shall have justice faire innocent And thy appeased ghost no more be put to wander Through the deep in gastly horrour Artesia 't is time To think of death for rather then to my shame I l ' live to see thee lodg'd within anothers arms I will in death injoy what scornfully thou hast Alive refus'd from this accursed hour let no man Ere believe a woman can be true And where There wants invention to contrive a just mans fall Think of Artesia O women women The sun whose Glorious beames survey the frantick world Would stay his motion and stand still as proud For to behold a constant faire one Why should their inside be so foul there out so faire But to intrap mortality but I too late with Death must purchase knowledg Bad consciences are house-hold clocks that tells On earth one minutes joy ten thousand hells Exit Enter Bellira sol Deli. Angels protect my Lady what ground so ere She treads it was unkindly done not to acquaint Me with her flight for sure it must be so for when my lord In tears saw me bewail as by my fear I did conceive Her loss he did with cheerful looks such as Would seem confirm the knowledg of her safety Put me in lively hopes she liv'd His language too who would not say she liv'd Would not confess he thought her dead But what of all I least can understand is that when any But my self of those same few he will admit name But daughter or Aurelia he throwes him on his bed And for the while they stay ne'r answers to them more Some thing there is I fain would understand But dare not urge to know the gods above assist her What ere her undertakings be Enter Snap Snap Health to Bellira what no news Yet of Aurelia's being Belli Not any onely bare hopes she 's well Snap From whence spring they Belli From little else more then that I fain would hope The best yet Ferdinando's being with her Doth half assure me she can have no harm As one whose actions were ever known vertuous And Noble Snap I understand you well the Character you give Him plainly speaks you love him which is the Cause you imbrace so coldly what I have labor'd for But know Goldcalf will be delay'd no longer Therefore you must prepare to morrow to be his bride What more whining I had thought your Resolution had been fixt or after all my Pains must I yet travel for it Bellira kneels What may this mean Belli O worthy brother If ever tears and prayers Vnfained from a distressed maid did move Compassion behold with pitty your miserable Sister who cruell fortune hath so unkindly dealt With that I must chuse to loose my brother Or my life And with the loss of that I am Resolved to purchase peace hereafter Heaven Knows I mean no other force to do 't more Then the confirmation of the match you speak of 'T will soon dispatch me yet in obedience to Your will that little time I have to live I 'l call him husband Sheriseth Snap Never never Bellira Thou hast a noble soul not fit to match in dunghill breed And know I practised but a tryall of thy love to me Be happy in thy choice who e'r it be Thy love confirms my liking For know I Have fit instruments to compass my honest Ends on Goldcalfe how e'r the busie world May judg my actions for well thou knowest his Griping father with base cosenage Ruin'd my vncle so consequently me This the world knows is meet To cheat the cozener can be no deceit Belli Worthy Brother you have reviv'd My blood that gan apace to chill Within my veins for which the life I hold shall Ever be imploy'd as you shall please dispose Of it May all your undertakings prosper To your hearts desire You have no present business To command me if not my Occasions call Snap Bellira first know I have prepar'd a habit for you You must put on to further my designs A man you must appear Bellira for a few houres Which shall be undiscovered to any but my self I shall instruct you in the part you have to Act at our next meeting it is a trust Bellira I dare impose in none but you Till when farwell Belli Which I shall gladly execute As you shall please command Ex. Ambo Enter Corneli Eugeni Corneli Antonio's gon in search o' th King Eugeni May his endeavours prosper what a Hum this accident hath rais'd i' th Court In What strange shape and by whose assistance He
hear the utmost can befall us Ferd. Then thus it is The King as yet not heard of the factious People mutable by nature generally rise some crying out Bellicosus Should be King others would have no King but most of all VVould have they knew not what Thus in the streets Tumultuously they swarm who Bellicosus for some small time to Appease in hopes to hear ot'h King pretends receiving Letters From him wherein he certifies his health and that the reason of his Stealth from Court was to perform a pennance he on himself enjoyn'd by Vow for some unrulie thoughts his blood provok't him to and VVould return with speed This by the eminent'st men it 'h Court Delivered as a truth amongst the Rout did for a time appease but Long it lasted not for being shortly after throughly whet with wine They all brake out crying aloud Bellicosus should be King At which the General under pretence of what might have fallen Out more prejudicial to the Common-wealth accepts it for prevention And since makes strong apologies in his own defence But may they all be swallowed up alive that own him for their King long as Amasius lives or we confirm'd VVhich heavens forbid he is dead King Let this confirm thee Amasius is alive King pulls of his disguise Alive to thank thee for thy Loyalty Ferd. VVhich life long may the gods preserve Ferdinando kneles VVith health and joy Riseth Anto. Ferdinando leave off to wonder at this happiness it is No time to talk but do Sir the long experience of the Generals Loyalty and faithful service to your crown may justly arm You with a considence he dares not act the Traytor King But Antonio what think you of the intended murther of This fair Virgin there was a fault Antonio a great one too One that the gods command should not be smother'd Anto. So please your Highness if you but think the General Guilty but of a thought of what I know his very soul abhors I soon could clear that doubt King Till when I shall conclude him not Aurelia's friend Though he may take my Crown and yet ne'r injure me Anto. Then on my knees I beg this favour for your satisfaction Antonio kneels That you vouchsafe me leave to go to Court where speedily I will contrive a way to clear your doubts in what You can desire to know King Rise Antonio 'T is granted on those conditions and how In the mean time for the advantage of your undertakings We shall dispose our selves consider and 't is done Anto. Virtuous Sir it is a trust my life could ne'r deserve which I 'l perform or loose it in the attempt Madam please you to let Your faithful servant shew me to the road I am a stranger to I shall to him impart what 's best for you to do suiting With my designes So heavens showre down his blessings on you both King And speed thee in thy honest undertakings Aureli. Ferdinando conduct Antonio as he shall desire King Come my Aurelia our poor hom's the best Although no Pallace ther 's more quiet rest Ex. Amb. ACT. V. SCENE I. Enter Snap Captain both Drawn a fighting the Captain Forcing Snap backward on the Stage Snap CAptain hold hold I say thou now deserv'st that Title Come let us put up you shall have your desire But know it is not out of fear I do it fear being a thing I never Understood But 't is thy vallour that hath won my love Which shall continue long as you dare thus valliantly make good Your honour which I in pitty to your self Much fear is not long liv'd Capt. Then wellcome death who in the horrid'st shape he Can put on shall ever make this flesh of mine but now redeem'd From the base brand of coward e'r tremble to behold him Sir be not too incredulous nor wonder-struck that I Can speake a truth which to my shame I must confess I have but seldom uttered Forknow the baseness Of my former actions hath wak't my better judgment To a repentance of my sinful folly nor is there in these veins One drop of blood but came from noble springs And if this Small sprinkling of my redemption can nothing gain on your belief But name an undertaking honourable that may confirm Me to the world I am a man and I 'l attempt it or With the loss of life leave ample satisfaction I dyed no coward Snap I do imbrace thy friendship and believe thee Imbraces him Heartily believe thee as one that joyes in thy recovery And what before I could not think thee worthy of now doth Appear unworthy thy acceptance But for the present Here take this bag with it the assurance of Gives him a bag My assistance in what I shall be able And what so e'r you Have done for me how ever to your judgement it appears yet Know it was but honest and but a sleight to get my own Long since by Goldcalf's fathers unjust dealing Detained from me Capt. Sir it is believed and for your mony my want compels Me to accept of I thank you as what I not deserve but What your Nobleness in pitty of my present state is pleas'd Bestow on me And that you shall see your mony well Imployed I 'l to the army where my actions shal speak me Willing to redeem my mis-spent youth or Finde a Noble death Snap May victory and reward crown all your Undertakings So farwell Exit Snap Capt. Succeess attend your wishes to your desires while I Practise to live that I shall dare to dâ—e Exit Enter Bellicosus Delirus Bellicos Delirus however I have past by the enquirie of Your discontent yet know I have a fathers eye that sees your Wound that bleeds and know it must be searcht well ere it can Be cur'd therefore I charge you on my blessing as You expect that I should prove your faithful Chirurgion prove You a dutiful patient in plainly laying open to me The cause of this your present grief Delir Sir your Commands are too powerful for me to Disobey And what of Discontent you have lately Seen in me sprung from Artesia's scorn On my impatient love Bellicos Me thinks thou should'st consider whose son thou art A Souldier too and have thy reason captiv'd By the imperious pride of a vain-glorious woman For shame Collect thy scattered senses and if not out of pity to thy Self yet in respect of my commands which here I lay upon Thee return her scorn again And then she 'l sue to thee Fond Boy thou doest not know the subtile traines of women Whose wavering minds prove labyrinths to the most ingenious Searchers canst thou yet love and she yet scorn Deli. My Royal Father in all obedience to your Demands I thus must answer and call the gods to witnesse with me I hate her actions more then I e'r lov'd her person Which now with scorn I both disdain Belli That 's spoken like thy self What news with thee Enter Fabins Fabi. My
call the gods to witness With me I wish and heartily you could but cleer your Self of faire Aurelia's murther as thus I cleer The doubts of what I am Puls off his disguise puls out a purse All Antonio Anto. You knew this purse Delirus when loaden with The price of innocent Aurelia's blood you gave it Ferdinando In part of payment for his black deed Deli. True Antonio 't is all but truth O cruel Artesia By thee I fall to my eternall ruine Deli. Falls Bellico Be mercifull great powers too a weak aged Man and loade me not too much with your afflictions Your burthen is to great yet fain I would support it Bravely Cornelius I do command you take speedy order That object of my shame be carefully conveyed to the Castle And you Eugenio Ex. Corneli Haste to Artesia's lodgings where seize her with a guard And house them both together They may forgive each Other and repent before their deaths Ex. Eugen. O Antonio I look't for joy at thy return but thou hast brought Me woe bitter woe Antonio but I forgive thee freely They fetch Deli. off the Stage And commend thy honest care thou hast nothing done But what our Lawes and thy religion bound thee to Antonio I mean to act the Judges part my self for since Corruption crept into the Bench the Jury findes it death for to be Poor the rich may plead not guilty Poor Lord Sebastian Thou shalt have justice done thee Small satisfaction for thy loss Yet all the world shall see If thine be great mine cannot lesser be Exit Bellicosus Antonio Enter Sebastian Ferdinando Sebast O Ferdinando thou hast made me young again Thou happy messenger of joy me thinks thou hast pul'd back Least twenty of my years And will the King be here Dost say and in disguise and my Aurelia too Ferdinand My Lord they will be confident they will I do expect them every minute Sebast But Ferdinando I want how to contrive to entertain Him my poor house is quite unstored and no direction's given For any thing can look like welcome to him Ferdinand My Lord since you so much desire to make him Welcome I shall instruct you how to make him so If you but think his welcome doth consist in feasting my Lord You so mistake our present business that know you ruine all His honourable designs he hitherto with care and pains hath Laboured for to compass First you must let it be your care Your joy transports you not but what of joy You must express must be upon good grounds you are securely Private other waies to take no notice of them more Then what they outwardly appear to be This and no other is the welcome that the King expects Sebast Thanks Ferdinando honest Ferdinando thou Faithfullest of servants I thank thee for thy advice which I in all things carefully will follow I can no longer keep my Joy within the narrow bounds of my poor breast It must at these weak aged eyes of mine have vent It must it must Weeps for joy Ferdinana My Lord the King is here Enter King Aurelia Sebast Long live my gratious King and may your poor Kneels Sebastian live to be truly thankfull to the gods For this blest hour of joy King Rise Sebastian no more of this we know thy Love and Loyaltie But must enjoyn you in all your actions To express to us not what we are but what We appear to be Sebast My much loved Lord your poor Sebastian can be Aquainted with no other study but what shall teach me to obey O my poor girl never more welcome to thy fathers arms Aurelia kneels You gods let not my joy make me forget my dutie King Ferdinando with speed find out Antonio and let him Know of our arrival at the Lord Sebastians where we shall Hourly expect to hear as he shall find occasions offer Ferdinand I shall with care perform it Exit King Come my lord Sebastian we are now your guests Dispose us as you please you dare without suspition trust Your fair daughter with us her vertu's guard enough Sebast Your own great Sir may challenge a far Greater trust So please you I shall conduct you to The best part of a homely house King Sebastian you are happy you have a house that You may call your own 't is more then I dare do Come my Aurelia 't is all my joy that I can call thee mine Aureli. Sir wer 't not a sin I am a stranger to I should begin to fear I should grow proud ot'h honour You are pleas'd to do your creature King As I to have such a creature for to honour Ex. Ambo Enter Dorothy sol Doroth. My Lady hurried with a guard to the Castle 'T is so the scorn she threw upon Delirus hath made him desperate And confess the murther my jealous heart presag'd No less when no entreaties could prevail on him I might But speak my message which when I but Attempted he seem'd in scorn and hate Of her to stop his ears Lady your plot 's are now discovered to the world at least To Ciciley which is too hot for me to live in A ship now weighing anchor stands bound for Italy I 'l take this profer'd means for my escape Farewell Artesia my safety bids not stay Shee dyes a fool that dyes when live she may Exit Enter Enter Antonio Cornelius Cornel. Cruel Ferdinando how were we all mistaken in That murthering villam whose name to all posteritie in Memory of this damn'd act shall ne'r be thought on but with Horror for faire Aurelia's loss The gods in her have Rob'd us of our Magazene of vertue Anto. In her we have just cause to fear our Princes loss Their vertues were as inseparable as I fear their fortune Cornelius how took Delirus his conduct to the Castle Cornel. With much seeming patience but not a sillable Enter Eugenio Could be urged from him How now Eugenio how have you Disposed of your bloody faire one the everlasting shame To all her sex how doth her pride and envy Bear her present fortune Eugen. Prethe be merciful be merciful in thy opinion of her for Though the thought of her foul deed proclaims her monstrous Beshrew me but she made me weep and so would thee Cornelius hadst thou but seen her penitence Cornel. They 'r Crocodiles tears Eugenio for know she can Put on what shape she please to act her present part And 't was thy charity not her true penitence That so prevail'd on thy believing sence Eugen. Cornelius I boast my self to have no knowing Insight in the womens trade yet dare with confidence affirm Those passions I saw in her of sorrow for her fact could not Be counterfeit For know soon as she saw Delirus in The Castle her tears in floods gusht forth as Witnesses she sorrowed more for him then for her self And humbly on her knees before us all confest her self His murtherer At first he seem'd with loathed eyes
to Look on her who still her self confest her self to be The principal in blood This penitence in her compassion Wrought in him who took her up and kist her In witness of forgiveness she wept the more to see him Pitty her for which she knew she did deserve the less From him So like two weeping Niobies they stood and read As well as tears would give them leave their own Misfortunes in each others face and both in pity Wept while they themselves themselves unpittied Yet for each other pitifully wept When I unus'd I Must confess to wash my face in tears made up A third in mourning Which she perceiving humbly Thank't me for my compassion and hop't it was Bestowed on him as what she not deserved This And such like expressions of repentance with streames Of hearty sorrow flowing wrought so in him he ask'd Her if she lov'd him dying she so much injured Living Which she as well as words and tears could witness For her answered yes so well that were she but as Sure of his she should rejoyce a faithfull penitent in death This in true signs of love and sorrow uttered he Sends away straight for a holy man o' th Church Who after some private confession on both sides made Joyned both their hands in holy marriage which Done as griefe would give them leave they both Rejoyc't and kist then wept again so that my Pitty in my tears rather increast then lessned by my Stay When urging necessity for my departure I sadly Took my leave and left them prodigally bestowing Their tears upon each others face Anto. I blame thee not Eugenio for being a weeping witness of their woes when I can scarce forbear At the relation heaven knows I wish them long Life on earth to enjoy each others love Corneli Eugenio Thou hast delivered miracles But know I can believe what comes from thee Which had appear'd much doubtfull from anothers Mouth she hath purchac't now my pitty and my Prayers which I 'l acknowledg justly due and pay Enter Fabi. weeping Anto. How now Fabius weeping for your young master Fabi. You cannot blame me Sir when I am Made the messenger of death Eugeni How sure 't is not yet come to that Fabi. I would it were not or else some other had Been made the messenger Corneli Prethe speak out that we may understand you Fabi. The King inraged to understand his son Was married to his murtherer commanded me to Let them know 'bout four a clock this afternoon They must prepare to dye and keep their Wedding in the other world Which they poor Souls with joy received and thank't me for my paines As willingly as if I had deserved it Anto. 'T was but short warning the gods Prepare them for their long journey Gentlemen I have some present business calls me aside but I shall soon return to share with you in sorrow Ex. Anto. Eugeni You 'l hardly find us unprepared for that But think'st thou Fabius the King intends this Hasty execution 't is surely done to fright them into a Preparation for the other world Fabi. Sir Pray heaven you not deceive your self The King is known too constant in his resolves To alter what he with seriousness protests which to our Griefes we too too soon shall find Corneli Eugenio The tim 's but short and 't is But labour lost if we not speed If he will have Them dye let 's move for longer time Eugeni With all any heart I shall plead hard for one Corneli Then let 's away Exit Enter Delirus Artesia In mourning habits as in prison Deli. Come my Artesia dry those fair eyes the gods We know are mercifull and can forgive what We can act Thou hast with penitentiall tears in Streames of sorrow from thy swoln eyes Washt off that guilt that clouded thy faire soul And do'st appear as white as sainted innocence We Are married to another world Artesia let them Injoy the happiness in this if there by any in 't That are wedded to it whom we with pity not With envy must behold And 't is no little joy amid'st Our sea of troubles to see thee thus prepar'd for Death which we 'l imbrace as greedily as Shipwrackt travellers do the long'd for shoare And O thou injured maid in what celestiall Part so e'r thy now made glorious soul doth hover Look down with pitty and a forgiving eye on us Thy sorrowfull murtherers who ready stand to Sacrifice two lives to appease thy angry ghost Give me thy hand Artesia our time draws on apace And yet methinks I fain would have thee live Would my poor life pay the great debt we owe But the devouring law cryes all or none Thy blood Artesia sits with a confidence in thy fair cheeks As if it meant not suddenly to leave its habitation And 't is great pity now it hath possession to turn it Out of doores Artesi My Lord I have but ill deserved this Noble pity and here my dying breath shall witness For me I would not live on earth after your Death to be commandress of the world Yet know My Lord I gladly could both live and dye to serve you Dye for to confirm this doubtfull world with What a feeling sorrow for my sins I could endure Death and live with you on earth to witness to the World how I could love and honour you Which Since denyed I gladly shall imbrace my death and Only grieve I have rob'd the world of you Enter Fabius Fabi. My Lord your guard waits you and you to Death are summon'd Deli. It shall be welcome Fabius Thou seest no Pannique fear about us Takes her by the chin See how the lillyes and the roses in these Faire cheeks undaunted fit Why do'st thou weep for us Fabi. I weep my lord for you and for my self for You that you must loose your life and for my self that none But I must be chose out the messenger of death Deli. Thou art vainly troubled at what I thank thee for Come my Artesia this kiss now lead us to our deaths Kisses her Exit Enter Goldcalf sol Gold Heer 's doings indeed my Mistriss going to pot I'faith What a deal of mony't has cost me to be a Colonel To no purpose A plague of that stripling stranger he made no Stranger of my mony I am sure the Jack napes firkt Me too out of my Deeds of almost a thousand pounds a year Pox of those German's bones my Cozen Captain slue in Duell They were sufficiently reveng'd on me for the murther but 'T is no matter I have saved my life yet by not being Too hasty If I had married Artesia I had been peppered i'faith However I scape yet for ther 's Delirus a brave spark Must dye but for offering to have her Enter Snap gallaut Hey day Snap what turn'd Gentleman Snap Sirra no more such buggs words which if you dare But utter I 'l nail your ears to the wall a punishment Your honourable father