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The maydes metamorphosis As it hath bene sundrie times acted by the Children of Powles.
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sunne that followes his course Fris. That follows the colt that followed the mare the man rode on to Midleton shall I speake a wise word Mop. Do and wee will burne our caps Fris. Are not we fooles Io. Is that a wise word Fris. Giue me leaue are not we fooles to weare our yong feete to old stumps when there dwells a cunning man in a Caue hereby who for a bunch of rootes a bagge of nuts or a bushell of crabs will tell vs where thou shalt finde thy maister and which of our maisters shall win the wenches fauour Io. Bring me to him Frisco I le giue him all the poynts at my hose to poynt me right to my maister Mop. A bottle of whey shall be his meed if he saue me labour for posting with presents Enter Aramanthus with his Globe c. Fris. Here he comes offend him not Ioculo For feare he turne thee to a Iacke an Apes Mop. And thee to an Owle Io. And thee to a Wood-cocke Fris. A Wood-cocke an Owle and an Ape Mop. A long bill a broade face and no tayle Io. Kisse it Mopso and be quiet I le salute him ciuilly Good speed good man Aram. Welcome bad boy Fris. He speakes to thee Ioculo Io. Meaning thee Frisco Aram. I speake and meane not him nor him nor thee But speaking so I speake and meane all three Io. If ye be good at Rimes and Riddles old man expound me this These two serue two those two serue one Assoyle me this and I am gone Aram. You three serue three those three do seeke to one One shall her finde he comes and she is gone Io. This is a wise answer her going causd his comming For if she had nere gone he had nere come Mop. Good maister wizard leaue these murlemewes and tel Mopso plainly whether Gemulo my maister that gentle shepheard shall win the loue of the faire shepherdesse his flock keeper or not and I le giue ye a bottell of as good whey as ere ye laid lips too Fris. And good father Fortune teller let Frisco knowe whither Siluio my maister that lustie Forrester shal gaine that same gay shepherdesse or no I le promise ye nothing for your paines but a bag full of nuts if I bring a crab or two in my pocket take them for aduantage Io. And gentle maister wise-man tell Ioculo if his noble Maister Ascanio that gallant Courtier shal be found by me and she found by him for whom he hath lost his fathers fauour and his owne libertie and I my labour and I le giue ye thankes for we Courtiers neither giue nor take bribes Aram. I take your meaning better then your speech And I will graunt the thing you doo beseech But for the teares of Louers be no toyes I le tell their chaunce in parables to Boyes Fris. In what ye will le ts heare our maisters luck Aram. Thy maisters Doe shall turne vnto a Buck To Mopso Thy maisters Eawe be chaunged to a Ram To Ioculo Thy maister seeks a maide and findes a man Yet for his labor shall he gaine his meede The other two shall sigh to see him speede Mop. Then my maister shall not win the shepheardesse Aram. No hast thee home and bid him right his wrong The shepheardesse wil leaue his flock ere long Mop. I le run to warne my master of that Exit Fris. My maister wood-man takes but woodden paines to no purpose I thinke what say ye shall he speede Aram. No tell him so and bid him tend his Deare And cease to woe he shall not wed this yeare Fris. I am not sorie for it farewell Ioculo Exit Io. I may goe with thee for I shall speed euen so too by staying behinde Aram. Better my Boy thou shalt thy maister finde And he shall finde the partie he requires And yet not finde the summe of his desires Keep on that way thy maister walkes before Whom when thou find'st loose him good Boy no more Exit ambo Act. 4. Enter Ascanio and Ioculo Asca. Shall then my trauell euer endles proue That I can heare no tydings of my Loue In neither desart groue nor shadie wood Nor obscure thicket where my foote hath trod But euery plough-man and rude shepheard swain Doth still reply vnto my greater paine Some Satyre then or Goddesse of this place Some water Nymph vouchsafe me so much grace As by some view some signe or other sho I may haue knowledge if she liue or no Eccho No Asca. Then my poore hart is buried too in wo Record it once more if the truth be so Eccho So Asca. How that Eurymine is dead or liues Eccho Liues Asca. Now gentle Goddesse thou redeem'st my soule From death to life Oh tell me quickly where Eccho Where Asca. In some remote far region or else neere Eccho Neere Asca. Oh what conceales her from my thirstie eies Is it restraint or some vnknowne disguise Eccho Disguise Io. Let me be hangd my Lord but all is lyes Eccho Lyes Io. True we are both perswaded thou doest lye Eccho Thou doest lye Io. Who I Eccho Who I Io. I thou Eccho I thou Io. Thou dar'st not come and say so to my face Eccho Thy face Io. I le make you then for euer prating more Ecch. More Io. Will ye prate more I le see that presently Ascha. Stay Ioculo it is the Eccho Boy That mocks our griefe and laughes at our annoy Hard by this groue there is a goodly plaine Betwixt two hils still fresh with drops of raine Where neuer spreading Oake nor Poplar grew Might hinder the prospect or other view But all the country that about it lyes Presents it selfe vnto our mortall eyes Saue that vpon each hill by leauie trees The Sun at highest his scorching heat may leese There languishing my selfe I will betake As heauen shall please and only for her sake Io. Stay maister I haue spied the fellow now that mockt vs all this while see where he sits Aramanthus sitting Asca. The very shape my Vision told me off That I should meet with as I strayd this way Io. What lynes he drawes best go not ouer farre Asca. Let me alone thou doest but trouble mee Io. You le trouble vs all annon ye shall see Asca. God speed faire Sir Io. My Lord doo ye not marke How the skie thickens and begins to darke Asca. Health to ye Sir Io. Nay then God be our speed Ara. Forgiue me Sir I sawe ye not indeed Asca. Pardon me rather for molesting you Io. Such another face I neuer knew Ara. Thus studious I am wont to passe the time By true proportion of each line from line Io. Oh now I see he was learning to spell There 's A. B. C. in midst of his table Asca. Tel me I pray ye sir may I be bold to craue The cause of your abode within this Caue Ara. To tell you that in this extreme distresse Were but a tale of Fortunes ficklenesse Sometime I was a Prince of Lesbos I le
from eyes salt teares a flood All which I spend all which I spend For thee Ascanio my deare friend And though this houre I must feele The bitter sower of pricking steele Yet ill or well yet ill or well To thee Ascanio still farewell Orestes offers to strike her with his Rapier and is stayed by Phylander Orest. What meanes Phylander Phy. Oh forbeare thy stroke Her pitious mone and gesture might prouoke Hard flints to ruthe Orest. Hast thou forgot thy oath Phy. Forgot it no Or. Then wherfore doest thou interrupt me so Phy. A sudden terror ouercomes my thought Or. Thē suffer me that stands in fear of nought Phy. Oh hold Orestes heare my reason first Or. Is all religion of thy vowe forgot Do as thou wilt but I forget it not Phy. Orestes if thou standst vpon thine oath Let me alone to answere for vs both Or. What answer canst thou giue I wil not stay Phy. Nay villain then my sword shall make me way Or. Wilt thou in this against thy conscience striue Phy. I will defend a woman while I liue A virgin and an innocent beside Therefore put vp or else thy chaunce abide Or. I le neuer sheath my sword vnles thou show Our oath reserued we may let her go Phy. That will I do if truth may be of force Or. And then wil I be pleasd to graunt remorse Eu. Litle thought when out of doore I went That thus my life should stand on argument Phy. A lawfull oath in an vnlawfull cause Is first dispenc't withall by reasons lawes Then next respect must to the end be had Because th' intent doth make it good or bad Now here th' intent is murder as thou seest Which to performe thou on thy oath reliest But since the cause is wicked and vniust Th' effect must likewise be held odious We swore to kill and God forbids to kill Shall we be rulde by him or by mans will Beside it is a woman is condemde And what is he that is a man indeed That can endure to see a woman bleed Or. Thou hast preuaild Eurymine stand vp I will not touch thee for a world of gold Phy. Why now thou seemst to be of humane mould But on our graunt faire mayd that you shall liue Will you to vs your faithfull promise giue Henceforth t' abandon this your Country quite And neuer more returne into the sight Of fierce Telemachus the angry Duke Whereby we may be voyd of all rebuke Eur. Here do I plight my chaste vnspotted hand I will abiure this most accursed land And vow henceforth what fortune ere betide Within these woods and desarts to abide Phy. Now wants there nothing but a fit excuse To sooth the Duke in his conceiu'd abuse That he may be perswaded she is slaine And we our wonted fauour still maintaine Orest. It shall be thus within a Lawne hard by Obscure with bushes where no humane eye Can any way discouer our deceite There feeds a heard of Goates and country neate Some Kidde or other young ling will we take And with our swords dispatch it for her sake And hauing slaine it rip his panting breast And take the heart of the vnguiltie beast Which to th' intent our counterfeit report May seeme more likely we will beare to court And there protest with bloody weapons drawne It was her heart Phy. Then likewise take this Lawne Which well Telemachus did know she wore And let it be all spotted too with gore How say you mistresse will you spare that vale Eur. That or what else to verifie your tale And thankes Phylander and Orestes both That you preserue me from a Tyrants wroth Phy. I would it were within my power I wis To do you greater curtesie then this But what we cannot by our deeds expresse In heart we wish to ease your heauinesse Eur. A double debt yet one word ere ye go commend me to my deare Ascanio Whose loyall loue and presence to forgoe Doth gall me more then all my other woe Orest. Our liues shall neuer want to do him good Phy. Nor yet our death if he in daunger stood And mistresse so good fortune be your guide Or. And ought that may be fortunate beside Exeunt Eu. The like I wish vnto your selues againe And many happie dayes deuoyd of paine And now Eurymine record thy state So much deiected and opprest by fate What hope remaines wherein hast thou to ioy Wherein to tryumph but thine owne annoy If euer wretch might tell of miserie Then I alas poore I am only she Vnknowne of parents destitute of friends Hopefull of nought but what misfortune sends Banisht to liue a fugitiue alone In vncoth paths and regions neuer knowne Behold Ascanio for thy only sake These tedious trauels I must vndertake Nor do I grudge the paine seemes lesse to mee In that I suffer this distresse for thee Enter Siluio a Raunger Sil. Wel met fair Nymph or Goddesse if ye bee T is straunge me thinkes that one of your degree Should walke these solitary groues alone Eu. It were no maruell if you knew my mone But what are you that question me so far Sil. My habit telles you that a Forrester That hauing lost a heard of skittish Deere Was of good hope I should a found them heere Eu. Trust me I saw not any so farewell Sil. Nay stay and further of your fortunes tell I am not one that meanes you any harme Enter Gemulo the shepheard Ge. I thinke my Boy be fled away by charme Raunger well met within thy walke I pray Sawst thou not Moyso my vnhappie Boy Sil. Shepheard not I what meanst to seeke him here Ge. Because the wagge possest with doubtfull feare Least I would beate him for a fault he did Amongst those Trees I do suspect hee s hid But how now Raunger you mistake I trowe This is a Lady and no barren Dowe Sil. It is indeede and as it seemes distrest Whose griefe to know I humbly made request But she as yet will not reueale the same Ge. Perhaps to me she will speak gentle dame What daunger great hath driuen ye to this place Make knowne your state and looke what slender grace A Shepheards poore abilitie may yeeld You shall be sure of ere I leaue the feeld Eur. Alas good Sir the cause may not be knowne That hath inforste me to be here alone Sil. Nay feare not to discouer what you are It may be we may remedie your care Eu. Since needs you will that I renew my griefe Whether it be my chance to finde reliefe Or not I wreake not such my crosses are As sooner I expect to meete dispaire Then thus it is not farre from hence do dwell My parents of the world esteemed well Who with their bitter threats my graūt had won This day to marrie with a neighbours son And such a one to whom I should be wife As I could neuer fancie in my life And therefore to auoyd that endlesse thrall This morne I came