another way No place shall be vnsought But we will haue him Exit the two old men Ana. Good mother stay them Tâ—is their iourney forth May breed some mischiefe Therefore call them back againe Mo. Thou art to foolish girle let them go thou séeks his loue that is thy mortall foe Doct. O thou art framd of constancie thy selfe Challener what a iewell didest thou losse By shoing it vnto thy faithles friend and how like drosse doth he account of it Come vertuous maiden wipe those crystiall eies thou weepes for loue of him which loue defies Le ts in to counsell what may best relieue Where teares and sorrow giues men cause to grieue Exit Omnes Enter vallenger va What spightfull fortune Vallenger is this this villaine Docter hath betraide my trust and to my father all my plots reuealed Who flat denies me succor or reliefe I dare not I be seene within the citty For then there is no way but straight to prison I le call to mistris Florence I know that she is kind to her I le show my griefe and my sick mind Ho mistris Florence Enter Florence Flo. Whose there swéet Vallenger ist thée Why dost thou looke so sad how faires my deare Va. Y saith neuer worse but all my hopes in thée Flo. What is it swéet I will not do for thée Va. My Father and my wife knowes all my drift And all inraged threatens to be reuengd And will not let me haue no maintenance But sweares to plague me for my wickednes Flo. Is the wind in that doore What would you haue me do va To let me liue with thée a little space Vntill I haue obtained my Fathers grace Then what I haue swéet mistris shall be thine flo And what shall I do beg the while No Vallenger your deceaued in me think you that I le be priuy to your plotes to bring my selfe in danger of the Law Go to your wife and cherish her at home I do not like these wanton humors I. va I hope sweet Florence that you do but iest flo Be shrow my hart then do not take it so Pray leaue my house least your father come va Giue me house-roome Florence but to night Flo. Not an houre shall I haue my reputation Touched for thée if you linger héere I le send for the Officers to discharg my selfe Val. It is euen thus well what remedy Lie in the fields wretch there dispaire and die Flo. Pray God that Sentloe be not murdred now Tâ—en all my hopes are lost Enter Blunt Flo. How now Blunt what newes Blu. Sentlo hath drunk his last the déed is done Flo. Then are we vndone Blunt Blu. Why wherefore Flo. The poore deiected Vallenger was héere As dry as dust not left a single doyt His father vowes to follow law of him Well would that Sentlo were aliue againe Blu. T is done and therefore now there is no help Flo. Yes Blunt ther 's help but marke a womans wit Vallenger is but new gone out of doores Go follow him and mark where he lies downe And if thou séest he is inclinde to sléepe Lay Sentloes murdred body hard by him Pluck out his sword and all be bloudy it And then cry murder as if he dyd the déed About it Blunt do not the same neglect And then we two are frée from all suspect Flo. Feare not this shal be done effectually flo Then farewell come to me when t is done Meane while I le home and stur not out of doore Exit Blu. The diuell take thée for a filthy whore Thou art apt enough in murder and in lust But like a stone in any thing is honest Well ere to morrow many thinges will chang That dead men should reuiue it would séeme strang Now after Vallenger I mean to goe To sée in what place he doth himselfe bestow Exit Enter Sentlo very drousie Sent. I wonder that I am so dull and heauy My féete doth stumble as I go along Mine eies hangs downe as if I had not slept This twenty daies pray god it be for good Still more and more well I must néeds lie downe And make my pillow of the grasse and ground He lies downe and falles a sleepe Enter Vallenger va How yrkesome is the day vnto my eies My cheeks do blush for to behold the skies Methinks the heauens doth frowne vpon my sin And to repentance bids my hart begin the earth do burne my feete with scorching fire Because that all as hot was my desire So heauen and earth my practise doth confound Yet must I be beholding to the ground My griefe is héer sléep doth follow sorrow heere rest thy wretched carkas till to morrow Here he lies downe to sleepe Enter Blunt Blu This way he went and here he is laid to sleepe And Sentlo by him this is excellent Now Harbart since thou hast don him all this good For once be a littell lauish of thy blood Heere he stabs his arme and blodies Sentloes face and pluckes out vallingers sword and blodies it and laies it by him Blo The Potion I gaue sentloe to drink Doth make him séeme to all as he were dead And yet his time is not come to wake Now will I raise the wach Murder murder Exit Vallinger startes vp val What noise is that affrites mine eares With murder I laid me downe to sléepe What 's here My sword drawne out and blody And here 's a gentleman new murdred Some villaine surely that hath don this déed Hath laid this murdred body here by me So by that meanes himselfe might be thought frée If it be so why then most hapie I that hates to liue and hath such meanes to dy Enter the Constable and officers Con. Se here 's the murdred body and here the murdrer I chardge you in the kings name Deliuer vp your weapons And goe along with vs With all my hart sée ther my weapons are And cary me wheresoere you please Exit with vallinger Con. Goe to prison with him presently the rest bring in this murdred body Enter Blunt in his owne shape Blo God saue you sir I here it rumored a gentleman is slaine Con. I sir a proper man and here he lies Blo O noble sentloe dostly soe lowe Breake hart assonder that thy frend is slaine Con. Sir do you knowe the gentleman Blo Yes sir he was my louing friend And we at oxford fellow Pupels were Then good sir let me in kindnesse craue That as I allwaies lou'd him in his life so I may haue his body at his death That I may giue him Cristian burial Con. With all my hart wee l leaue him with you sir and I am sory fer for your heauines Blo So this goes well once I le be blont again Exit constable For now the times drawes on of his awake Sentloe rises Exit Sent. I neuer slept more soundly in my life But stay how comes my hands soe blody So is my face me thinkes stay here 's my man
god Sir here 's my hand whatsoeuer lies in me You shall comand my hart and secresie It is enough then Docter thus much know Tho happely it may séeme stranng to thée That on my marriage day I should transgresse So far as now I must reueale to thée But think t is loue blind loue that leads me on That conquers Gods and much more mortall men doct Delay not 〈◊〉 but speake your mind at full va Then thus in Briefe Anabel is my wife But florence is the Mistris of my hart I loue her Docter Dost thou conseaue me now doct How would you I should help you in her loue Why now thou commest vnto the very maine va Thou knowest her swéet hart Sentlo hée s the let doct And what way would you haue him remoued va Why poysoned man a little dram will doote doct Poysoned Sir alas you know t is death va I if it be knowne but that shall neuer be Speake honest Doctor wilt thou doote for me doct Sir for your sake although it touch me néere Héer 's my handile doote va Cut Docter neuer feare Gold will salue all and that thou shalt not want doct Sir I le strech mine art to do you good Tho ventring so it cost my dearest bloud val thankes gentle Docter goe to florence straife With in this houre I le in the garden waite there bring her alone Sentloe is sure And as for Anabal her thoughtes be pure Sentloe once dead Docter thou knowest my mind Faith anabell she staies not long be hinde Good Docter faile not I must now to dinner Exit doct Now heauen forgiue thée thy pernitious sinnes I poison Senâ—loe now the lord forsend that such a thought should enter in my brest Blessed be the time I tooke a Docters shape For by this meanes Sentloe his death shall scape And louely Anabell her life set frée False Vallenger shall be deceiu'd by me And that deceit is lawfull kind and iust That doth preuent his murder and his lust And tho I haue faire Anabels loue lost Yet Vallenger shall in this â—ute be crost Enter Frog and douse Frog Come douse Now we haue time and place as They say I prethée vâ—e me with no delay But still say do not â—ay you will not haue me Now because I am none of your burgers But Douce as I am hastie yet I am not the hastiest And though I am resty Yet I am not lowsie And of one that cannot talke much So I loue to speake little for as that Worthy Philosopher Hector ses the words Of the wise do offend the foolish so Douce in few words and in tedious talke Tell me when is this day Douce What day Frog Frog What day Frog dost thou aske what day why Douce this day of wedlock Douce This day of going together Douce This day of wearing out shéetes and Throwing downe blanckets Douce Douce I saith Frog you know I haue little And for your owne part your as poore as Iob Frog But not so scabed I thank God Douse Well I sée you regard not the wisdome But the wealth not the man but the mony O Dowse Dowse much hast thou to answere for Dous Besids I think you do not loue me frog Not loue thee why I cannot dresse my maisters Horses for thinking oâ— thee I cannot dream â—or Sleeping oâ— thee but for a certainty I loue thee indeed when 〈◊〉 goe to bed And pluck oâ— my shooes there you may smell Loue out of me and then 〈◊〉 sigh and then I pause And â—ay that Dowce is the onely cauâ—e Dâ—uâ— Well Frog I haue but iested all this while Y saith Frog hadest thou bin ruled by me Thou hadest not bin Froging out of the well So long but Frog t was thy fault frog The more is to come Dowce then you will Haue me we shall to this geere Dowce I sweet hart name you the time The â—ooner the better frog So say I dowse for as the old â—aying is He that hath a good dinner knowes better the way To â—upper but â—owsâ— we will be married a sunday And that we will be â—poken to be liberall Wee le giue ten grotes to the poore with this Prouisso that if we neede it wee le haue our ten groats agin douâ— â— but afterwards will you not proue vnkind frog How dowse vnkind When tinkers leaue to drinke good ale And Souldiers of their weapons faile When pedlers go without there pack And water is more deare then sack When Shomakers drinks that is small And Lawiers haue no tongues at all When Fencers leaue of giuing knocks And youngmen hate faire Maidens smocks When drunkerds scorne a copar nose And Botchers nere mende lowsie hose Or when the cat shall hate a mousâ— then Frog shall proue vnkind to Dowse and so sweet hart le ts goe and wed and after to dinner and then to bed Exit Enter the docter and his man doct Go Sirrha at the back doore Bring mistris Anabel make hast away Ia. I warrant you Sir Exit Well Vallenger if all things fall out right You shall haue little cause to thanke The Docter but héere he comes val How now Docter what will Florence come Doct. She will be héere Sir presently and sée You can no sooner speake but she is come Enter Florence and Blunt Flo. Go Sirrha do you tend at doore Let none come in vnles I call to you Blu. I will straight fetch Sentloe to this match Are you there Docter y saith I le be euen with you Exit Blunt va Swéet mistris welcome Flo. vallenger now by this light Thou art the welcomest man in Christendome va Thanks gentle mistris but how if Sentlo come Flo. Hang him I neuer lou'd him in my life Only I gull the Rascall for his money Doct. The more villaine vallenger To leaue his true wife for a common stall flo Now by this hand I wonder vallenger What delight thou takest in such a wife But that she is somwhat wise and modest But to content a gallant spirit indéed By this light she is a very block to me va hang her I care not for her our fathers made the match Enter anabell Now with a diuill what whirle wind blew you hether How now minks what make you heere Ana. I hard my Vallenger was all alone If I offend thee loue I le straight begone yet I had rather stay and if you please flo Vallenger what makes your minion héere What are you ieallious huswife with a pox Ana. I pray you gentlwoman be not offended Please you my husband and all shall be mended Va. Gosip get home or I shall set you packing flo I haue a trick and if it fall out right Shall moue her patience ere she part from hence Ana. thou art to me as bodie to the soule My life is death without thy companie flo By my troth heere is an excellent rebato Would I had such a one va Likes it thee mistris Heere take it
a worse will serue your furne Ana. Withall my hart héere mistris take â—t at home I haue a better please you to goe With me I le giue it you Flo. Heere 's a wonderfull good fashiond gown I de ride my horse twenty milles for such another va Huswife vncase a worse will serue your turne ana All that I haue sweet Vallenger is thine and what is thine thou boldly maist bestow Giue all I haue onely reserue thy selfe and gentlewoman pitty my estate think that I am a woman as your selfe Had you a husband that you loued so deere And see another rob you of his hart Would it not grieue you Yes I know it will But yet I pray for My sake vse him kind I am sure hee le deserue it at your hands va Goe get you hence or else I le send you packing Ana. I will sweet loue and where so eâ—e thou art God send thee neuer a lesse louing hart Exit Enter Sentloe and Blunt Sent. vallenger your a villaine to vse me thus va Sentlo the villaine I throw back againe And will maintaine mine honor with my sword Draw vallenger one of our deaths is nigh Here they drawe Blunt and the Docter comes betweene them Blunt Go too put vp vallenger or I le make you va Well sentlo another time shall â—erue for vs. Exit vaâ—lenger and the Docter flo I prethée gentle loue be patient Sent. Out ye Whore come not in my sight For if thou dost by heauen I le martir thée Exit Sentlo Flo. Caulest thou me whore now by this light I le haue thée murdred and if gold can do it Blunt Gold can do much but deuill can do more Héere is a true paterne of a common whore Mistris what meanes my maister to part in such a rage flo Forâ—ooth the Gentleman is Iellious But I would quickly rid him of that Feuer And if thou wouldest Blunt but conâ—ent with me Blunt What is if Mistris it shall goe hard Shall make me stack in what maâ— profit you Although you still thought that I loued you not flo Now Blunt I sée it and will report thy loue And for asigne héere take this purse of gold And now but marke the issue of my purpose Thou Séest that Sentloes coine begins to wear And Vallenger is euen now on the spur And for my sake will empty all his treasure And what I haue I will impart to thée But murder Sentlo then is Florence frée Blunt Mistris if this should be done a crash of your office were not cast away flo Feare not Blunt we wâ—ll not stick for that Blunt Then héere 's my hand before the sun go downe I le do the déede Sentlo shall shortly die flo The déed being done come presently to me And we will frollick in his tragedy Exit florence Blu. O Sentlo wert not for thy friend How many dangers hadest thou fallen into The mischiâ—fâ— now abroach I did foretell For by my meanes thy life in safety dwelles Exit sentloe The drunken mirth Enter sir Godfrey Eustice and the docter Anabel in her wastcote God O my déere daughter how could he vse thée thus eust My son rob thée of thy faire Oâ—naments God And for a strumpets loue O God O God eust Split soule a sunder that thy sons so vild God Giue me my child Sir Eustice as she is A vertuous maid dishonored by thy â—on eust Giue me my â—on that I may punish him For wronging this â—aire slower thy worthy child God Alack good knight I make my mone to thée And thou in true loue canst but pitty me Eust Alas good knight my griefs so iumps with thine That as I wéepe â—or thée so pitty mine Enter the Mother Mo. Where is my child where is my Anabell God Héer wife let vs hold hands and in thrée parts Le ts sing around and so wéep out our harts Mo. How could the wretch deare â—oule abuâ—e thée so ana Call him not wretch he is wretched but by me In mee consists the cauâ—e of all this wo Faire Florence is the mistris of his hart To her I am but as a Counterfit Rather I am an ethyop â—oule deform'd And therefore hated of my Vallenger Doct. O Beautious maid blemish not thy name Thou art Heauenly bright and she as black as hell God Should any but my Anabell say so Tho age hath set his foote vpon my back I would maintaine thy Beauty Sweare thou wert faire Nay more then that defend it with my sword eust Sir God-frey â—o would I by heauen I would I wert against that fugetiue my son Fugetiue in forsaking of his wife To lead the race of an intemprat life Mo. Héere me but one word gentle maister Docter The Lord be with the vertuous Challener where ere he Be Sir he should haue had my child Good honest Gentleman he should And I repent me twenty hundred times So my goodman forsooth would néeds Make vp the match with this same vnthrift And now you sée how he doth vse my child alas Doct. This is â—ome comâ—ort in this depth of wo Thy vertue is preferd beâ—ore thy foe Why then tell them boldly who thou art No be still the Docter hold thy course begun There is more a foote then will in hast be done eust Brother it shall be so he shall not haue A graue roome of my Land God He spends no goods of mine vpon his trull eust Cut off all maintenance that is the way To make him sée his sin ana O say not so déere father hée le repent And I shall haue a husband oâ— new birth god Girle thou art to foolish so are we to long Sufferance in this may grow to further wrong Doct. To further wrong indéed for Vallenger Hath hired me to poyson Anabell eust What his true harted wife Doct. Delay is worse to danger credit me And by that plot Sentlo must likewise die god Blessed be the houre that euer thou camst to bristo eust A Docter of more honesty there liues not god Were he our son a thousand times We must not let him be a murderer ana Good Father let it suffice you know it And may preuent it follow it then no further Doct. O thou that rules the lotery of life Why should a bad man haue a vertuous wiâ—e Or a bad wife haue a husband that is good Dost thou delight in contraryeties Then Wherfore do we striue for vertue still When we are maistred by a greater will Come good old man come myrror of true wiues O let my hart with your harts simpathise although I am no kinsman to lament In your distres iâ—â—grufâ— as deeply spent God Docter brother what 's to be done eust Gods me we must go apprehend him strait god There is no dallying in a matter of such wait And therefore let vs not be slack in this eust No no brother with your men Beset you Sentloes house he may be there I and my men will post
forth and fréely speake the truth Har. The wretch my Lord that neuer did offend Fears not to die I charge thée Florence Of my maisters death Moreouer I charg thée That with this purse of massie gold Thou didst bribe me To murder Sentloe Sentlo that is dead flo I bribe thée with what false-hood dost thou vrge me Har. Let Vallenger be asked what purse this is Looke on it Ladies marke it for you know it Ana This purse was mine va This purse I gaue to Florence King Then with this purse we holdly may conclude that she did bribe Blunt to murder Sentloe Eust Looke on her face my Lord her couller changeth flo Am I discride shall yonder corish slaue By blabing tongue bring me to infamy No tho I assure my death I le further his God Your answere Florence what debate you there flo My answere shall be resolute and true Worthy the vallor of a womans mind To bad for thée thou lumpe of infamy Eust Nothing but badnes is from bad deriued flo Most mighty king I fréely do confes That cursed Blunt consented to murder Sentloe This is the truth of all liue I or die Har. Lewd is her life my Lord and lose her toong king Well take them aside In Florence I obserue her impudence In Vallenger dispaire in Blunt remorce In these thrée last front terror Call them agen attend your sentence all First Vallenger thou soughtest to poison Anabell thy wise Since by aparent proffe Sentlo is slaine Our sentence is respectiue for thy good A noble death the losse of thy lewd head Blunt and this honest Florence Both for committing and concealing murder Must one the gallowes die this is our sencence Har. No act is proued in me right royall king King Her words approue thy act thy act her will Har. My faults is in consealment not attempt flo His fault is murder hang vs all my Lord. Eust Harbart for all your kindnes to my son I le sée you shortly caper in a cord flo Sée then you hang vs closely then my Lord To kis in death as we haue kist in life Ana. Bost not thy shame nor shame thou womanhood Flo. Alack good god how holy is she growen she loues the flesh yet dares not make it knowne va I do imbrace the law as pleaâ—ed to die Father forgiue the follies of my youth Vmphrevill let me beare to heauen Vpon the wings oâ— my vnfained repentance My sorrow héere indented in my tears And thou indued wonder of thy â—exe Forgiue the wrongs that I haue done to thee That I may go with peace vnto my death king Away with them To morrow â—ée execution be perâ—ormd Ana. O mercy Richard show some mercy Will Vallenger in silence losse his son And harder then the Penerian rockes Neuer be perst Although the Father will not Richmond plead And if that Richmond dare not Liestor speak O sée the time fléets hence with Swolloes wings Time runs O Gratious king be mercifull king Lady I cannot breake the limites of the law A wilfull murder must be paid with death Yet bring me a man that willingly will yéeld Sufferance of death to saue yong Vallenger And he shall liue else hope no further grace Atend our further pleasurs at the court ana This is some comfort happie Anabell Now show thy ready and thy womans wit Chal. How shall he liue in one will die for him Well Vallenger iâ— thou haue such a friend Thou art happie but I mean to sée the end Exit Challener Enter Sentloe like a frier Sent. Thus like a frier I haue disguised my selfe To sée my déere friend that hath saued my life And that same strumpet that Would haue caused my death A harlots loue is like a chimney smoke Quiuering in the aire betwéene two blasts of winde Borne heere and there by either of the same And properly to none of both inclind Hate and dispaire is painted in their eies Deceit and treason in their bossome lies Their promises are made of brittle glasse Ground like a phillip to the finest dust Their thoughts like streaming riuers swiftly passe Their words are oyle and yet they geather rust True are they neuer found but in vntruth Constant in nought but in vnconstancie Deuouring cankars of mans liberty But stay I am at the prison gate Where are you kéeper let me speake with you keep Who knocks there Sent. A fryer come to confesse your prisoners Keep Stay I le bring them to you presently Enter Vallenger Florence and Blunt and the keeper Sent. Health to this place sir let me speake with you Do you not sorrow inward at your hart For your loose life you haue so wanton spent Val. Yes from my hart Sir and do thinke it long That this vild life of mine doth breath so long Sent. Do not dispaire although your death be nie Heauen looke vpon you with a Gracious eie flo Now gentlewoman let me speake with you Now good fellow what wouldst thou haue with me Sent. To confes truly your offences past flo Well shall I confes one thing truly to thée Sent. One thing and euery thing flo Why then I confes truely that before This time neuer confest any thing truely But in briefe father I le tell thée All that I couseaned I deâ—rauded Those I haue slandered I haue defamed Whom I hated I loued not And this hath bin the manner of my life Sent. Are you not sorry for that you haue done flo No by my troth nere a whit at all Sent. I hope your mind will chang beâ—ore you die flo Perhaps you know so much trust me not I. Sent. God turn your hart frend let me speak with you The time draws néere of execution What is it méete I goe along with you Har. I gentle Sentloe and thy selâ—e shall sée The deference twixt lust and chastity Enter a messenger Mes You must bring the prisoners away the king and péeres are already set keep Say we make all the spéed we may flo Come noble harts le ts fearles march away A little hanging will dispatch vs all Exit Omnes Enter the king Richmond Liester Sir Eustice Sir Godfrey to the execution king Sir Godfrey and Sir Eustice vallenger Your Siluer haires shoulde teach you patience god My ledge God be my record I do not repine Alack good knight thou wéeps in vaine But now there is no helpe Eust I I my Soueraine iustice on my son He hath deserued death and let him haue it king Sir godfrey hath your daughter yet Found out a man will die for Vallenger Such was our promise in regard of her And since our word is past we graunt it him god No no my Soueraine I haue hard A man vrged by nesâ—esity to lead his frend Or to redéeme his person with his owne But to find one will die for a frend This age we liue in doth not now a â—ord Enter the officers with the prisoners king Dispose yong Vallenger the first to