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The cunning lovers a comedy : as it was acted with great applause, by their Majesties servants at the private house in Drury Lane / vvritten by Alexander Brome ...
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Brome, Alexander, 1620-1666.
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Emb. With such scorne And proud contempt that with far greater spleene He threatned us than we could menace him Man No matter this late difference pleaseth us You have demean'd your selfe even to our wish Now leave us to our private meditations Exeunt Em. Come hither Sirra I repose in thee Much trust and much assured confidence I have brought thee up of a youth boy I have Clo. You have if it shall please your Grace Man Thy Father was a good old servitour I lov'd him well I did indeed I did Beleeve it for I did so Clo. I beleeve your Lordship without swearing Man Thou knowst my Daughter should have been affied Unto Verona's Son Prince Prospero I know thou knowst it Clow. I have had if it please your Grace such an inckling Man But a difference since Hath falne betwixt us nay in such a manner That by our Leagers we have threatned war And war is like to ensue to come to thee Clo. If it shall please your honour I le save you that labour and come to you Man Conceive me I will come to that concerns thee Thou knowst how deerly I affect my Daughter I and how deerely I affect my Gold Speake did I ever yet part with one peece To guerdon thee a signe I lov'd it well Clo. No never if it shall please your honour I le do you right in that you ever lov'd me too well to give me any thing I have ever heard you reported for as covetous and niggardly a noble Gentleman as ever bore sway here you are one of the most closse-fisted Carpenters that ever bare rule in Mantua Man To keep my Daughter that she marry not By which I like wise may reserve her dower I have devis'd this opposition 'T weene Valentia and Prince Prospero More Sutors are now resident in Court But to prevent them I le devise a Tower In which to shut my Daughter so impregnable And full of dores of which I le keep the keyes That she in vaine shall strive to issue out Or they to enter in this strong foundation Is laid already workmen are employ'd And all things promise prosperous successe In this employment thou shalt have a charge An overseers place because I know thee Simple but sure of faith wee i trust thy reach As far from craft as cunning truly honest Because not over wise Clo. I must entreate your Lordship I may have a paire of Chopeens or some high Cork'd shooes or else I shall never play the overseer well or if your Lordship will allow me but a Ladder I warrant you I will oversee your workmen Man No more there shall be order from our Treasury To furnish this rich building Enter Florence Ferrara Julio Valentia and Dutchesse Welcome Lords Fer. Our welcome would shew better If we could heare it from the Ladies Flo. They come well that speed well if we could find our selves well sped then we should not doubt to presume we were well-come Man Lord Julio are the toyles prepar'd and set for our appointed game Iul. They are my Lord Man Then Princes we devote this day to pastime And chasing of the Stag these beauteous Ladies That must this day take leave of liberty Shall in our sport associate us Valentia And you most beauteous and my dearest Love I here protest my selfe your Guardian Hoping to see you ere two months expire The Mantuan Dutchesse Dutch I hope no such matter but my Lord Am I your Deare as you proclaime me Man My dearest Deare Dutch Then being in the chase I shall feare in the hunting To come neare you Man Your reason Sweet Dutch Lest being your Deare you should strike me Man Still is this Lady crosse to my designes But time may worke her Daughter mount your Steed And Lords to horse the morning grows upon us And steales towards midst of day Val. We but attend Your Highnesse company Flo. Lady this day I will not start from your side Val. You 'l be worse to me than a stitch then Fer. Nor will I leave you Lady Dutch And yet you shall have free leave to leave me when you please Man We trifle houres found out your bugles sh And the thick aire with pleasing ecchoes fill Exeunt Iul. To ring thy knell for this day thou art doom'd To perish by the hand of Iulio Hornes The Mantuan Prince Is now upon the Chace I heare the cry But ere the stagg fall the proud Duke must dye Exit Enter Prospero and Montecelso Pros. Harke what a shrill applause doth welcome us Unto the Mantuan Confines Mon. It seemes the Duke or some of his traine Are in the Forrest chacing some game Nay it must needs be so of necessity they would not else make This noyse unlesse they were all horne-mad Pros. If I should come a wooing noble Coz I should presage the Musick of these hornes Might to my future match prove ominous But now let 's mixe our selves amidst the Traine And see what faire adventure may befall us Mon. Sever our selves it may be that sweet face Your Father prais'd may meet us in the Chace Pros. I like well this division come let 's part And let 's be henceforth strangers thus condition'd The first that can prefer himselfe or service Unto the Duke or gaine his soveraigne grace Shall for his friend provide some eminent place Mon. I am pleas'd my Lord then come let 's mount away The morning's old and we shall lose much day Exeunt Horns Enter Iulio with a Disguize Iul. With these Italian tricks villaines oft maske Their grim bloud-thirsty fronts and when they purpose To act some horrid murder if prevented Thus passe unknown these bought I of a Jew A fellow that professeth villaine I le dog the Duke whom if I can but single Or light on from his Traine but thus 't is done The Dukedome seiz'd and faire Valentia wonne Auspicious hell I thank thee thou art still True to black deeds and friend to such as kill Enter Mantua Man My horse hath fail'd me and I forc'd on foot To lag behind my Traine have left me all Led by the musick of so faire a Cry Ju. To find a place where thou maiest fitly dye Man Who named death to me Iul. One whose powerfull hand Shall guide thy Dukedome Daughter and thy Land And at one blow gaine all Enter Prospero Pro. And we so nigh The slave that threatned death himselfe shall dye Iul. Prevented Exit Pro. Courage my Lord the traiterous groome is fled And you ingirt with safety Man Noble stranger The life thou hast given me shall be ever thine And thanke the stars that brought thee to my rescue They ow'd thee a great fortune thou hast sav'd The Mantuan Duke from death Pro. Are you my Lord The noble Mantuan Prince what Traitours hand Durst threat your life Man I know not gentle sir But for your selfe thus much presume from me You shall be ever ours to none more deare By whom I am freed from
treason death and feare Enter Iulie Florende Ferrara Valentia Dutchesse and Montecelso Iul. This way my Lords I saw the Duke in perills An ugly slave his face much Vizard-like Assail'd the Duke and with his weapon drawn Fled through the Forest I pursu'd the Traitour Whilest I had breath but fears and guilt of conscience Gave his speed wings but see my Lord 's in safety Whose welfare I salute thus on my knee Glad in my soule that he from death is free Val. My Father threatned I blest be that faire hand That wrought his safety Man Thanke this Gentleman This noble youth 't is he by whom I live Never so neare my death never so neare it So mortall men are still when least they feare it Val. Oh do but tell me thrice renowned sir How I may shew me thankfull to your love Whose noble hand preserv'd my fathers life Pro. Madam your grace your favour and good thoughts Are gifts above my merit Flo. Stranger thou hast wonne the opinion and suffrage of the whole Court and bound the Prince of Florence to be thy gratefull debtor Fer. We made hast To the Dukes rescue but it was thy fate Our valours to prevent we came too late Dutch Yet did Lord Iulio with what speed he might haste us to this great danger Iul. 'T was my duty And service to my Lord whom thus to see Secur'd from death glads almost frantiques me Legs for my life I thanke and thou my braine For making up this broken flaw againe Man We thanke you Iulio chiefely you faire stranger Whom for your service we will raise in Court And breast next our most deare Valentia But she is for the Tower bar'd with twelve doores And this the last day of her liberty That 's our next businesse once more welcome sir Attend on us to Court our happy fate Hath given me safety and advanc'd thy state Exeunt Pro. Oh faire Valentia Mon. My Lord if you had been born lesse than a Prince yet you have wrought your selfe into grace Pro. Here set a period to our travels make a full point here Mon. And that my Lord is the full end of a sentence but shall we give over travell till we have seen something worth seeing Pro. Worth seeing sai'st thou what 's Valentia Travell from Pole to Pole stand at the Center And progresse round about the spatious signes Or were it possible sit with the Sun In his high noon-tide glory and from thence Survey the Kingdomes of this lower world Thou canst not find her match Apollo's haire Is dull to hers her fingers hand eye front Mon. Take me with you my Lord This marvellous thing you call her beauty is it ought but ordinary flesh and bloud Are those gold wiry haires with which Apollo might go string his Harpe are they ought but the plaine haires of her head Her Ivory palme that doth in touching melt embroidered with blew artires is it ought but a Ladies hand and fingers And this strange thing this wonder of the world whose peere cannot be found betweene the Poles are not all these nine wonders in one she that was here even now the Dukes Daughter Valentia Pro. Oh my deare Montecelso this I know But such an admiration hath surpriz'd The freedome of my senses that it robs me Of my true judgement Mon. Be advis'd by me you love this Lady but so strict is like to be her imprisonment that you may as easily pass by the gates that Cerberus keeps as through the doores of this Castle you are already in favour with the Duke do but preferre me to be overseer of the worke if I do not worke it so that I will bring you to oversee her turne me out of my office as one not worthy the name of an Architecture Pro. I shall commend thee for a man well skill'd a such great structures it may be the Duke May trust me on my word Mon. And if I do not make him dote as much on you for your valour as you make him enamour'd on me for my skill in building may this Tower turne to the Tower of Babel and make a second confusion betweene us there remaines for you nothing but this to winne the favour of the Lady and for your accesse to her if I do not teach you to counterfeit all the Dukes keyes turne by all the wards of his locks lay open all the Jurie of his twelve doores that he hath pannell'd against your entrance report me to be no man of my trade Away my Lord leave this melancholly walke by her window and cast sheeps eyes that way towards her Chamber let me alone to stand Centinell and watch if the Duke come Exeunt Enter Clowne a Smith a Mason a Bricklayer a Carpenter Clo. Come on my masters the Duke has appointed me to be Overseer of his workes the building of this Tower is put to my indiscretion therefore come every one of you and from me take your directions what are you Ma. I am a free Mason and expert in squaring stone Clo. A good proper square fellow if your trade be in stone I make no question but you will worke hard Ma. I warrant you sir I le do my endeavour will you give us directions Clo. First you must make a faire large post at the entrie Ma. I warrant you I le make a large porch that any Lady shall go in and out at pleasure Clo. To see how you mistake you must make it that no body can go in and out at pleasure but only my Ladie it must be too wide for any that 's lesse than shee and too strait for any that 's greater than she you conceive me Oh sir 't is not possible Clo. Tell not me of possible such directions I had and such an one I must have made Then must I have faire bay windows that must alwaies stand open and give no light that they that stand without and looke in may see no body within and she that stands within and looks out may see no body without the reason is my Lord meanes to keep his daughter in that Tower where she must neither see nor be seen Ma. Then none must offer to looke out from the inside nor in from the outside else 't is not within the compasse of workmanship Clo. Tell not me of workmanship such windows I must have made Now Carpenter for you you must make the doores of that fashion that women may go in but men may not and they must be of such wood as will not let a Lover come neare it for my Lord will have no Lovers come neare his Castle Car. Then you must have some body to keep them out here are wise directions Clo. For you goodman Padlock you must hammer out your Locks and Keyes with such Art that if the Duke or any from him offer to open the Key may turne at pleasure but if any Lover or suspitious person come to enter Nonsum non possum non Licet esse Domi Smi.