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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44629	The Usurper, a tragedy as it was acted at the Threatre Royal by His Majesties servants / written by ... Edward Howard, Esq.	Howard, Edward, fl. 1669.	1668 (1668)	Wing H2975; ESTC R11923	45,958	82

that Habit There 's something more than my weak Eye can Reach His words do speak a greater Soul than what He seemes to enclose Cal. I hope 't will prosper She seems to Resent it Aside Madam I dare not trespass more upon you I have discharg'd my duty to your merit To Justice and to Heaven And now I cast My self on Providence for what must follow If I have given a light to see the Danger You might incurr with this bad King I am happy But if my want of years or Eloquence To cloath my Honest meaning better make it Less acceptable You may soon Revenge it I have put a poor unworthy Life within Your Breath which you may throw into the Air Or call the Usurpers Cruelty to punish it You shall see Madam then I fear not Death And in my last devotions will pray Heaven may forgive you Tim. Stay noble Youth and Take my thanks I know not when thou meanst To visit me agen The King comes forth Enter Strato and Proclus Dam. Our Guard lay hold upon that Traytor that Impudent Young Villain Yes He shall visit you when he can crawle from tother world Cal. My Stars have done their worst be you perfect Madam Dam. Let his Tongue be cut out immediately Tim. Sir I beseech you let not your Anger fall With so much Cruelty Dam. Madam though you have not merited so much If the Story be consider'd to incline me To any mercy for him Yet that part Of his punishment Remit Drag him to The Common prison till further Order Stay I have thought better on 't Carry him prisoner to the Castle and tell Cleomenes I have sent back his pretious Page but bid him As he will stand clear in our Thoughts look to him And place him in some Dungeon dark and deep enough Where he may Howl unpitied He may afford him The musique of his Chains to make him merry Cal. And when you have done all your Cruel●y Death will at last spight of your Rage Release me Exit Calanthe and Officers Enter Hugo Stops and goes off Dam. Madam you may be wise yet to consider I honourably Court you What is past Is in your wisdom to Redeem by Smiles Upon your Servant pray think timely Madam Exit Enter Cleander and observes Timandra going of weeping Clean. Weeping Shall I kill him now and Oblige The world by taking off this hated Monster Yet he spoke kindly when he parted from her Exit Tim. Enter Damocles But he Returns Dam. Hiarbas Nearer yet You may Remember I said 't was in your power to deserve Your Liberty and me your Friend The way Is this Use all your Interest or Art To make the Queen more soft to my desires Clea. How Sir Dam. I would have a marriage of our Crowns and Hearts You understand Clean. I must acknowledge You much honour me But Sir you have chosen a weak Orator In the affairs of Love I wish I had An Interest in the Queen so great to serve you To your own merit but in what my Power Or Language can effect in Reference to Your wishes shall appear Dam. Thou art prudent she has newly took the Gallery Exit Clea. Enter Hugo again Hugo I thought our favours would have made you Be near us still I wanted thee Hug. I was here within these Six minutes to attend you Sir Dam. I saw thee not Hug. But I did you Sir with the beautious Queen And knew my duty better than to interrupt you When you are private with a Lady Dam. You can be a Courtier Hug. I have news for you Dam. What 's that Hug. Your Son presents his duty to you Dam. My Son Hug. Yes your obedient Son as I have Order'd him He begs your pardon for his bold intrusion Upon the Queen Timandra's Love he has Done with her Dam. Done with her How Hug. He has disengag'd her from his thought and now Wisely foresees your Care and deep Contrivements Are for his good and Greatness when it shall Please Heaven to call you hence which I hope Will never be whilst I live Sir Dam. I thought he had been stubborn and resolv'd An expedition far enough to tame him Hug. The People will not thank you Sir for that They have no mind to part with him Dam. The People Hang the shabbed multitude Hug. Oh! they love him Sir and he is more endear'd To their kind thoughts since his Return Dam. And I grow less ha Hug. The more 's the pity Sir Dam. But tell me Hugo Hug. The many headed Beast will talk Sir Dam. Of me Hug. I Sir of you Dam. What dare they say Hug. E'en bad enough They were ill before but The bloody Nose you gave the Senate Sir Has turn'd the●r Tongues wild Dam. I must know what they say Hug. I beseech you do not Do not desire to hear it A pox upon 'em what can you expect from Rogues And Rebels Dam. I have a prospect of their Hearts already I know they love me not But I do long To hear how the Slaves talk and belch their poison Come Gi 't me therefore in their own pure Vomit Hug. I am very unwilling I know 't will make you angry Dam. With thee Do 't I command thee as thou lov'st me But let me have no mincing of the Treason Nor washing a fowl word the Sports lost then I 'm in the Humor for 't Hug. You know I am the Creature of your Smiles And must obey when you Command But Dam. There 's no Retreat Begin now I am ready Hug. Why Sir the people call you a Bold Knave Yes By my troth which in their opinion is a worse Name than Traytor and more suitable to Their understandings They that would be Thought less Soluble in their own Tongues Say you are but an Usurper and though you Have the luck to dye in your Bed nay and may Have the liberty to stinke in your Grave Yet they hope before they dye to make it a Holiday and see you hang'd after all this to The great Comfort of the Nation What Rogues are these Dam. The Rascals would be witty On good Hugo Hug. Another says the Flames you have kindled Can never be quench'd till some of your principal members Be committed to the Fire The name Of your Quarters has been terrible and therefore They wish that every Post that now carries A Libel had also a Limb of you Dam. Good Good Hug. For your Soul they think the Devil will Scarce have any thing to do with it though It be his due lest your impudence should Out-face him in his own Dominions and by Some Faction and Conspiracy there Cheat Him of his Kingdom as you have done your Soveraign here Dam. Ha Ha. Hug. They say beside other gifts you have two Virtues Most remarkable Pity and Devotion Dam. 'T is well they will allow me any thing Hug. They say you can Out-weep the Crocodile when You have the Humours to dissemble and can eat Up any mans

me now another time Sould. I must not be deny'd I was civil to you Hug. What dost mean Sould. You must walk presently as I direct or I have A Goad will make you mend your pace Hug. Souldier oh Sould. I must do my duty I have an Order for 't I Expect a Reward too Therefore dear Hugo Hug. For thy Honour thou knowst I sav'd thy Life Sonld Do not you remember the Proverb Save a man From the Gallows and he 'l be the first Shall cut your Throat March honest Hugo march Exeunt The Senators appear in the Senate to them Cleomenes Alexius Dorion Sicanus Calanthe veil'd Cleom. That you are safe and met here is the Joy Of your Cleomenes who hath no Ambition but To Repair his sad and bleeding Country And that the Laws after so many Stromes May run in their own free and ancient Channel Lay down your Fears of an Usurping Tyrant Whose Lust of Empire hath committed such Horrid and high Impieties I tremble But to Remember And at the last hath added Unto his many Paricides the murther Of his own Son A Person that was only Unhappy that he had so vile a Father Who though not at present dead Yet Omn. Sen. How not dead Cleom. Not dead Fathers but by the Providence of Heaven that heard our prayers he is now Within your power and timely shall appear To be the Object of your Justice first 1. Sen. Thou art thy Conntries and our great Preservor Cleom. But there is something Honour'd Fathers of Greater Concern to take up your chief thoughts I meant it in my promise and shall not Detain your Hopes too long Here I present The lovely person of a long lost Princess A Branch surviving of the Royal Family Whose Story will draw up your Love and Wonder The fair Calanthe They offer to Rise Fathers keep your places And think what your own duties are oblig'd too Sen. It will Require no Study We declare Her Right to the Succession the Crown Is justly hers and we Salute her Queen Long live Cleom. Stay Honour'd Fathers though her name and Virtues Deserve as much as all her Sex together Whose preservation has been long my Study Though I have nothing to accuse your duties Yet she must not be Queen Cal. VVhat means Cleomenes Omn. Sen. My Lord your Reason Cleom. I 'le shew you a Reason presently Exeunt Cleomenes and Col onel Cal. After a great and constant zeal to place me In my own Right Is he become my Enemy The faith of man is but a Mockery Enter Cleomenes Cleander with Timandra Alexius Dorion Sicanus Cleom. Here is my Reason Fathers Do none here Know this too long obscur'd Face Omn. Sen. The King 'T is Cleander The Senators Rise Cleom. Your pardon Madam To Calanthe Cal. Ha! my Brother let me throw My Soul into his Bosome Blest Cleomenes My Royal Brother dearer to my Heart Than many thousand Kingdoms ●lean O my dear Sister Cleander led to his Seat by Cleomenes and Senators ●mn Sen. Long live Cleander King of Scicily Clean. I shall employ the best Care of my Life ●world● serve you and my Country ●world● Sen. You are dropt a present Sir from Heaven aand after ●s blessing there is nothing left to pray for ●t that the same great Arm that brought you ●ther with so much Miracle and Peace ●y still be a Guard about your Crown Clean. Most Honour'd Subjects ●ead firm Loyalty in every Face ●ould else think the Crown a Burthen to me ●t I must tell you that my Fortune meets it ●hen I have more Capacity of bearing ●o great a weight For here is one that must ●vide all Cares with me The fair Timandra Rises from his Seat and goes to Timandra ●ur Voices and consent will weave our Crowns ●d persons into One Heaven hath done his Office Cleo. Then long Live Cleander and Timandra ●ng and Queen of Scicily and Namidia Tim. I am rewarded now for all my Sufferings Cal. Madam To the Queen Tim. My Sister now Clea. Cleomenes pardon my unjust suspition ●pon thy Honour Cal. He is perfect in all goodness I must own him ●ly best preserver You can never Sir ●nough reward his Piety Clea. I will hope ●world● you consent Calanthe Dar'st give thy self to me Cal. Most freely Sir Clea. So what think you of my Sister Cleo. What I should think if she were not your Sister ●ere soon resolv'd ●e is the wonder of her Sex A Princess ●o be with Reverence look'd on a far off Clea. My Lord if I should bring her nearer to you Cleo. She is in my Soul already Clean. Come Calanthe ●world● see thou only canst Reward Cleomenes ●nd nothing else left worthy of his Faith And Honour I must give thy self to him Take her Cleomenes from me your Hearts will meet And make no difference Cal. I Confirm my Brothers gift Cleomenes Thy Blood is from the Race of noblest Ancestors Thy Virtue makes the greater and let Envy Talk it self dumb thou dost deserve a Princess And shall 't be Read in story to thy Honour When some that boast great Empires shall have dark And common Mention Cleom. 'T is too much Grace Clean. The Command Of all our Forces both by Sea and Land Are thine with what can be hereafter found Worthy of thy Desert and fit to add unto Calanthes Dowry Cleom. Your bounties overwhelm me I must fear My Bark's too small for this great Happiness But will remember still you are Calanthe Enter Damocles Guarded Dirion S●canus Dam. Are you my Guard Sic. We do attend your Person Dam. But I had men that would Obey Dor. You had a Son too but you murther'd him Dam. Fine fellows Ha! What are these Senators Their Faces are much paler then their Robes And some of these dropt at Timoleons Tomb Ha! I know 'em agen See how my dream continues When shall I wake Me thinks I feel the weight Of mountains on me Cleomenes What gay thing is that Cleom. 'T is Cleander the King Dam. Ha ha A very dream still If I were not A sleep who durst confine me thus and give me Such saucy Language What 's that Lady Cleom. 'T is the Kings Sister the fair Calanthe Dam. So so I am confirm'd and that 's Timand●a Whom the fine King plays withall Chimeraes What strang things do we fancy in our dreams Some Thunder wake me Enter Hugo Guarded Cleom. Hugo Sir the Usurpers Parasite A most Perfideous Villain Hug. Ha! The King I am blasted Sir I most Humbly beg that you would hang me Clea. The Laws may fit you Sir Hug. I have deserv'd it Clea. I make no question Remove this horrid Traytor from my sight This day be sacred to our Kingdoms Peace And let him dream on till the Laws and Death Awake him Alex. Ask the King mercy Speak for your self Hugo Hug. To what purpose Let me say what I will I Knew they will hang me They lead him off Dam. Then I will wake my self The next wound 's his that dares approach me Cleander I will do the Justice Wounds himself with a Poniard Clean. Restrain him Dam. 'T is too late I scorn your Canting Forms of Law 'T is in my Power to deceive all your policy Ha! I do begin to be awake This wound has don 't But I shall sleep agen I fear and quickly Vanish I know not whither My eyes grow dim o' th' sudden 'T is a trouble Now to look upwards Heaven 's a great way off I shall not find the way i' th' dark Farewell Dies Alex. He 's Dead Clea. But left his name behind A Glorious Villain His Head shall be advanc'd upon the Castle But let his Body crow'd for Burial I' th' Common Execution place You Gentlemen no more a Senate shall Be honour'd with the name of our great Counsel And leave it to my care to Recompence Your Loss and Sufferings Omne Sen. You are Gracious Clean. There shall be an Indemnity for those Whose frailty and not malice made 'em Act Under the Tyrant Cleo. Mercy becomes a King which as it flows Upon your Enemies should have a free Stream to your Friends whose Faith Sir hath been try'd You ●lse would break their Honest hearts Clean. I thank your good advice my Lord. Cleom. And in their number let me Sir present To kiss your Hand this noble Gentleman Son of the Lord Demaratus who Bleed A Martyr for you Cal. He was my second Father Clean. And my Friend you shall be Parmenio kisses the Kings Hand Restor'd both to his Honour and his Fortunes Beside the Addition of some employment That may be worthy near our Person Cleo. What shall be done with Dionysius Body Clean. It shall have honourable interment Come Timandra Set on to th' Temple first Where we may Pay Our thanks and Vows to Heaven whose Justice though It march but slow and silent Yet at the last bold Traytors all shall Feel It stricks their proud Heads with an Arm of Steel Exeun●●mnes FINIS THE EPILOGUE TO THE USURPER THe Moral use of Plays does make us know Actions which virtues Raise and vice lay Low Teaching the Bad though even dead to fear They may be Reviv'd to be punish'd here As now this Play by some such Magick Call Has rais'd a bold Usurper up to Fall And if I may advise you Gentlemen Faith let him live if but to dye agen His Crime was horrid and it is not fit One death of the Usurper Expiate it Let him dye often He 's content that way Still to be punish'd so you 'l spare the Play Which by our Authors aim was meant to be Here a Record of all such Loyalty That after long Contests did safely bring Subjects to Rights and to his Throne our King