neither I am old 't is certaine Eumen. His spirit is a little quieter Mem. My blood lost and my limbes stif my embraces Like the cold stubborne baâ—kes â—hoaâ—ie and hearâ—es My words worse my fame only and atcheivements Which are my strength my blood my youth my fashion Must woe her win her wed her that 's but wind And Women are not brought to bed with shadowes I doe her wrong much wrong she is young and blessed Sweet as the spring and as his blossomes tender And I a nipping north wind my head hung With hailes and frostie Isicles are the soules so too When they depart hence lame and old and love les No sure 't is ever youth there Time and Death Follow our flesh no more and that forc'd opinion That Spirits have no sexes I beleive not Enter Stremon like Orpheus There must be love there is love what art thou SONG Stre. Orpheus I am come from the deep 's below To thee fond man the plagues of love to show To the faire fields where loves eternall dwell Ther 's none that came but first they passe through hell Harke and beware unlesse thou hast loved ever Beloved againe thou shalt see those joyes never Hark how they groane that dyed despairing O take heed thou Hark how they houle for over daring All those were men They that be fooles and dye for fame They loose their name And they that bleed Harke how they speed Now in cold frosts now scorching fires They sit and curse their lost desires Nor shall these soules be free from paines and feares Till Women wast them over in their teares Mem. How should I know my passage is deni'de me Or which of all the Devills dare Eumon. This Song Was rarely formed to fit him SONG Orph. Charon o Charon Thou wafter of the soules to blisse or bant Cha. Who calls the Fery man of Hell Or. Come near And say who lives in joye and whom in feare Cha. Those that dye well Eternall joy shall follow Those that dye ill their owne soule saie shall swallow Orph. Shall thy black Bark those guilty spirits stow That kill themselves for love Cha. O no no My cordage crackes when such great sins are neare No winde blowes faire nor I my selfe can steare Orph. What lovers passe and in Elizium raigne Cha. Those gentle loves that are belov'd againe Orph. This Souldier Loves and faine wood dye to win Shall he goe on Cha. No 't is too foule a sin He must not come a boord I dare not rowe Stormes of despaire and guilty blood will blowe Orph. Shall time release him saye Cha. No no no no Nor time nor death can alter us nor prayer My boate is de and who then dare But those appointed come aboord Live still And love by reason mortall not by will Or. And when thy Mistris shall close up thine eyes Cha. Then come a boord and passe Or. Till when be wise Cha. Till when be wise Eumen. How still he sitts I hope this Song has setled him 1. Cap. He bites his lipp and rowles his fierce eyes yet I feare for all this 2. Cap. Stremon still apply to him Strem. Give me more roome then sweetlie strike divinely Such straines and old earth moves at Or. The power I have over both Beast and plant Thou man alone feelst miserable want Music Strike your rare Spirits that attend my will And loose your savage wildnesse by my skill Enter a Maske of Beasts This Lion was a man of Warre that died As thou wouldst doe to guild her Ladies pride This Dog a foole that hung himselfe for love This Ape with daily hugging of a glove Forgot to eat and died This goodly tree An usher that still grew before his Ladie Wither'd at roote This for he could not wooe A grumbling Lawyer This pyed Bird a page That melted out because he wanted age Still these lye houling on the stigian shore O love no more o love no more Exit Memnon Eumen. He steales off silently as though he would sleep No more but all be nere him feed his fancie Good Stremon still this may lock up his follie Yet Heaven knowes I must feare him away softly Exeunt Captains Foole. Did I not doe most doggedly Strem. Most rarelie Foole. Hee 's a brave man when shall we dog agen Boy Unty me first for Gods sake Foole. Helpe the Boye hee 's in a wood poore child good honny Stremon Le ts have a beare baiting ye shall see me play The rarest for a single Dog at head all And if I doe not win immortall glorie Play Dog play Devill Strem. Peace for this time Foole. Prithee Le ts sing him a blacke Santis then le ts all howle In our owne beastly voices tree keepe your time Untye there bow wow wow Strem. A way ye Asse away Foole. VVhy let us doe something To satisfie the Gentleman hee 's mad A Gentleman like humour and in fashion And must have men as mad about him Strem. Peace And come in quicklie 't is ten to one els Hee l find a staffe to beat a dog no more words I le get ye all imployment soft soft in all Exeunt Enter Chilax and Cloe Chi. VVhen camest thou over wench Clo. But now this evening And have bin ever since looking out Siphax i th' warres he would have lookt me sure has gotten Some other Mistris Chi. A thousand wench a thousand They are as common here as Caterpillers Among the corne they eat up all the Souldiers Clo. Are they so hungry yet by their leave Chilax I le have a snatch too Chi. Dost thou love him still wench Clo. Why should I not he had my Maiden head And all my youth Chi. Thou art come the happiest In the most blessed time sweet wench the fittest If thou darst make thy fortune by this light Cloe And so I le kiss thee and if thou wilt but let me For 't is well worth a kindnes Clo. What shood I let ye Chi. Enjoye thy miniken Clo. Thou art still old Chilax Chi. Still still and ever shal be if I say Thou wo't strike the stroke I cannot doe much harme wench Clo. Nor much good Chi. Siphax shall be thy Husband Thy very Husband woman thy foole thy Cuckold Or what thou wilt make him I am over joy'd Ravisht cleane ravisht with this fortune kiss me Or I shall loose my self Clo. My Husband sed ye Chi. Sed I and will say Cloe nay and doe it And doe it home to Peg thee as close to him As birdes are with a pinne to one another I have it I can doe it thou wants clothes too And hee l be hanged unles he marry thee Ere he maintaine thee now he has Ladies Courtiers More then his back can bend at multitudes We are taken up for threshers will ye bite Clo. Yes Chi. And let me Clo. Yes and let ye Chi. What! Clo. VVhy that ye wo't of Chi. The turne the good turne Clo. Any turne the Roche turne Chi. That
with the Ladies of the time Noble and faire only for love to thee Must of necessity invite a tendernesse As low as nature could have stampt a bond womans To entertaine quick motions of rare gratitude For my uncommon favours Bian. Deed my Lord as far as my simplicity can leade mee I freely thank your curtesies Cesar. To thank them is to reward them pretty one Bian. Then teach me How I may give them back again in truth I never yet receiv'd a paire of Gloves A trifling ring from any that expected An equall satisfaction but as willingly I parted with the gift unto the owner as he bestowd it Caesar. But I pow're before thee Such plenties as it lyes not in the ability Of thy whole kindred to returne proportionable One for a thousand Bian. You my Lord conclude For my instruction to ingage a debt Beyond a possibilitie of paiment I ever thought a sinne and therefore justly Without conceit of scorne or curious rudenesse I must refuse your bounty Cesar. Canst thou love Bian. Love is there such a word in any language That carries honest sence Cesar. Never dwelt ignorance In so sweet-shap't a building love Bianca Is that firme knot which tyes two hearts in one Shall ours be tyed so Bian. Vse a plainer word My Lord Insteed of tyes say marries hearts Then I may understand Cesar. Their hearts are married Whose enterchange of pleasures and embraces Soft kisses and the privacies of sweetes Keeps constant league together when temptation Of great mens oathes and gifts shall urge contempt Rather then batter resolution novelty Of sights or taste of new delights in wantonnesse Breeds surfeit more then appetite in any Reserv'd to noble vowes my excellent maide Live thou but true to me and my contents Mine only that no partner may pertake The treasure of those sweets thy youth yet glories in And I will raise thy lownesse to abundance Of all varieties and more triumph In such a mistris then great Princes doating On truth-betraying wives Bian. Thus to yeeld up then The cottage of my vertue to be swallow'd By some hard-neighboring landlord such as you are Is in effect to love a Lord so vicious O where shall innocence find some poore dwelling Free from temptations tirrany Cesar. Nay prethee Byan. Gay clothes high feeding easie beds of lust Change of unseemly sights with base discourse Draw curses on your Pallaces for my part This I will be confirmd in I will eate The bread of labour know no other rest Then what is earnd from honest paines ere once more Lend eare to your vild toyles Sir would you were As noble in desires as I could be in knowing vertue Pray doe not afflict a poore soule thus Caesar. I sweare to me Bianca steales off Gen. The Duke my Lord commands your speedy presence For answering agreivances late urg'd Against you by your Mother Caesar. By my Mother Gent. The Court is neere on sitting Cesar. I waite on it Sir Exeunt Enter Duke Magistrate Secretary Baptista Attendants Mentivole they sit Mentivole stands by Duke What wast of bloud what tumults what divisions What outrages what uprores in a state Factions though issuing from meane springs at first Have not restraind flowed to the sad example At Rome betweene the Ursins and Columnies Nay here at home in Florence twixt the Neers And the Bianchi can too mainly witnesse I sit not at the helme my Lords of soveraignty Deputed Pilot for the Common-wealth To sleep whiles others steere as their wild fancies Shall councell by the compasse of disorders Baptista This short Preface is directed Chiefly to you the petty brawles and quarrels Late urg'd betwixt th' Alberti and your family Must yes and shall like tender unknit joynts Fasten againe together of themselves Or like an angry Chyrurgion we will use The roughnesse of our justice to cut off The stubborne rancour of the limbes offending Bap. Most gracious Florence Duke Our command was signified That neither of the followers of each party Should appeare here with weapons Bap. T is obeyd Sir on my side Duke We must leave the generall cause Of State employments to give eare to brawles Of some particular grudges pollitick government For tutord Princes but no more henceforth Ent. Mariana and Clarissa at one door Cesario at the other Our frowne shall check presumption not our clemency Mari. All blessings due to unpartiall Princes Crowne Florence with eternity of happinesse Cesar. If double praiers can double blessings great Sir Mine joyne for your prosperity with my mothers Duke Rise both now briefly Lady without circumstance Deliver those agrievances which lately Your importunity possest our counsaile Were fit for audience wherein you petitiond You might be heard without an Advocate Which boone you find is granted Mari. Though divided I stand between the laws of truth and modesty Yet let my griefes have vent Yet the cleernesse Of strange necessity requires obedience To nature and your mercy in my weeds Of mourning emblems of too deer misfortunes Badges of griefes and Widdowhood the burthen Of my charg'd soule must be layd downe before you Wherein if strict opinion cancell shame My frailty is my plea Stand forth young man And heare a story that will strike all reason Into amasement Cesar. I attend Mar. Alberto peace dwell upon his ashes still the husband Of my remembrance and unchanging vowes Has by his death left to his heire possession Of faire revenew which this young man claymes As his inheritance I urgd him gently Friendly and privately to grant a partage Of this estate to her who ownes it all This his supposed Sister Bap. How supposed Cesar. Pray Madam recollect your selfe Mar. The relish Of a strange truth begins to work like Physick Already I have bitternesse to mingle With these preparatives so deadly loathsome It will quite choake digestion shortly heare it Cesario for I dare not rob unjustly The poore soule of his name this this Cesario Neither for Father had Alberto me For Mother nor Clarissa for his Sister Claris. Mother ô Mother Ment. I am in a Dream sure Duke No interruptions Lady on Maria. How ever Bap. A Faulkners sonne Mari. Mistake not Great Duke of Tuscany or the beginning Or processe of this novelty my husband The now deceasd Alberto from his youth In-urd to an impatiency and roughnesse Of disposition when not many monthes After our marriage were worne out repin'd At the unfruitfull barrennesse of youth Which as he pleasd to terme it cut our hops off From blessing of some issue to prevent it I grew ambitious of no fairer honor Then to preserve her love and as occasions Still call'd him from me studied in his absence How I might frame his welcome home with comfort At last I faynd my selfe with child the Message Of freedome or reliefe to one halfe stervd In prison is not utter'd with such greedinesse Of expectation and delight as this was To my much affected Lord his care his goodnesse Pardon me that I use
make all happy How does the Generall the valiant Memnon And how his wars Eumenes Eume. The Gods have giv'n you royall Sir a Souldier Better ne're sought a danger more approv'd In way of war more master of his fortunes Expert in leading 'em in doing valiant In following all his deeds to Victories And holding fortune certaine there King O Souldier Thou speak'st a man indeed a Generall Generall A soule conceiv'd a Souldier Eumen. Ten set Battells Against the strong usurper Diocles Whom long experience had begot a Leader Ambition rais'd too mighty hath your Memnon Won and won gloriously distrest and shooke him Even from the head of all his hopes to nothing In three he beat the thunder-bolt his brother Forc'd him to wall himselfe up there not safe Shooke him with warlike Engines like an earthquake Till like a snaile he left his shell and crawl'd By night and hidious darknesse to destruction Disarm'd for ever rising more twelve Castles Some though impregnable Townes twice as many Countries that like the wind knew no command But savage wildnesse hath this Generall With losse of blood youth through storms tempests Cal'd to your faire obedience Drum within King O my Souldier That thou wert now within my arms what drums Drum Are those that beat Eumenes Eumen. His my Soveraigne Himselfe i' th head of conquest drawing home An old man now to offer up his glories And endlesse conquest at your shrine King Goe all And entertaine him with all Ceremonie Wee 'le keep him now a Courtier Eumen. Sir a strange one Pray God his language beare it by my life Sir He knowes no complement nor curious casting Of words into fit places ere he speak 'em He can say fight well fellow and I 'le thanke thee He that must eat must sweat bring up the reare there Or charge that wing of horse home Florish King Goe too goe too Ent. Memnon and a traine of Courtiers souldiers two Captains Chilax Valiant and wise are twins Sir welcome welcome Welcome my fortunate and famous Generall High in thy Princes favour as in fame Welcome to Peace and Paphos Mem. Thanke your Grace And would to God my dull tongue had that sweetnesse To thanke you as I should but pardon me My sword and I speake roughly Sir your battells I dare well say I have fought well for I bring ye That lazie end you wish for Peace so fully That no more name of war is who now thinkes Sooner or safer these might have bin ended Begin 'em If ye dare againe I 'le thanke him Souldier and Souldiers Mate these twenty five yeares At length your Generall as one whose merit Durst looke upon no lesse I have waded through Dangers would damp't these soft soules but to heare of The maidenheads of thousand lives hangs here Sir Since which time Prince I know no Court but Marshall No oylie language but the shock of Armes No dalliance but with death No lofty measures But weary and sad marches cold and hunger Larums at midnight Valours selfe would shake at Yet I ne're shrunke Balls of consuming Wildfire That lickt men up like lightning have I laught at And tost 'em back againe like childrens trifles Upon the edges of my Enemies swords I have marcht like whirle-windes fury at this hand waiting Death at my right Fortune my forlorne hope When I have grapled with destruction And tug'd with pale fac'd Ruine Night and Mischiefe Frighted to see a new day breake in bloud And every where I conquer'd and for you sir Mothers have wanted wombes to make me famous And blowne ambition dangers Those that griev'd ye I have taken order for i' th' earth those fooles That shall hereafter K. No more wars my souldier K. takes Mem. aside and talkes with him We must now treat of peace sir Clean. How he talkes How gloriously Cal. A goodly timber'd fellow Valiant no doubt Cle. If valour dwell in vaunting In what a phrase he speakes as if his actions Could be set of in nothing but a noise Sure has a drum in 's mouth Cal. I wonder wenches How he would speake to us Clean. Nothing but larum Tell us whose throat he cut shew us his sword And blesse it for sure biting Lucippe And t like your Grace I doe not thinke he knowes us what we are Or to what end for I have heard his followers Affirme he never saw a woman that exceeded A Sutlers wife yet or in execution Old bedrid Beldames without teeth or tongues That would not flie his furie how he lookes Clean. This way devoutly Cal Sure his Lordship 's viewing Our Fortifications Lucip. If he mount at me I may chance choake his Battery Cal. Still his eye Keeps quarter this way Venus grant his valour Be not in love Clean. If he be presently Expect a Herrald and a Trompet with ye To bid ye render we two Perdu's pay for 't else King I 'le leave ye to my sister and these Ladies To make your welcome fuller my good souldier We must now turne your sternnesse into Courtship When ye have done there to your fair repose sir Florish I know you need it Memnon welcome gentlemen Ex. Ki. Luci. Now he begins to march Madam the Van 's yours Keep your ground sure 't is for your spurrs Mem. O Venus He kneeles amaz'd and forgets to speake Cal. How he stares on me Clean. Knight him Madam knight him He will grow tooth ground els Eumenes Speake sir 't is the Princesse 1 Capt. Ye shame your selfe speake to her Cal. Rise and speake sir Ye are welcome to the Court to me to all sir Lucip. Is he not deafe Cal. The Gentleman 's not well Eumen. Fie noble Generall Lucip. Give him fresh aire his colour goes how do ye The Princesse will be glad sir Mem. Peace and heare me Clean. Command a silence there Mem. I love thee Lady Cal. I thank your Lordship heartily proceed sir Lucip. Lord how it stuck in 's stomack like a surfet Clean. It breaks apace now from him God be thanked What a fine spoken man he is Lucip. A choice one of singular variety in carriage Clean. Yes and I warrant you he knows his distance Mem. With all my heart I love thee Cal. A hearty gentleman And I were eene an arrand beast my Lord But I lov'd you againe Mem. Good Lady kisse me Clean. I marry Mars there thou cam'st close up to her Cal. Kiss you at first my Lord 't is no faire fashion Our lips are like Rose buds blowne with mens breaths They loose both sap and savour there 's my hand sir Eumen. Fie fie my Lord this is too rude Mem. Unhand me Consume me if I hurt her good sweet Lady Let me but looke upon thee Cal. Doe Mem. Yet Cal. Well sir Take your full view Lucip. Blesse your eyes sir Cal. Mercie Is this the man they talkt of for a souldier So absolute and Excellent O the Gods If I were given to that vanitie Of making sport with men for
man Siph. But Chilax Where are her women Chi. None but your Graces Sister Because she would have it privat to the world yet Knowes of this businesse Siph. I shall thanke the Chilax Thou art a carefull man Chi. Your Graces servant Siph. I 'le find a fit place for thee Chi. If you will not There 's a good Lady will she points yee forward Away and take your fortune not a word sir So you are greas'd I hope Exit Siph. Cloe. manet Chi. Enter Stremon Foole and Boy Chi. Stremon Foole Picus Where have you left your Lord Strem. I' th' Temple Chilax Chi. Why are ye from him Strem. Why the King is with him And all the Lords Chi. Is not the Princesse there too Strem. Yes And the strangest coile amongst 'em She weeps bitterly The King entreats and frownes my Lord like Autumne Drops off his hopes by handfulls all the Temple Sweats with this Agonie Chi. Where 's young Polidor Strem. Dead as they said o' th' sudden Chi. Dead Strem. For certaine But not yet knowne abroad Chi. There 's a new trouble A brave young man he was but we must all die Strem. Did not the Generall meet you this morning Like a tall stallion Nun Chi. No more a that Boy Strem. You had been ferreting Chi. That 's all one Foole My Master foole that taught my wits to traffique What has your wisdome done how have you profited Out with your Audit come you are not emptie Put out mine eye with twelve pence do you shaker What thinke you of this shaking here 's with coxcombe Ha boyes ha my fine rascalls here 's a Ring Pulls out a Purse How right they goe Foole. O let me ring the fore-bell Chi. And here are thumpers Chickens golden rogues â—it wit ye rascalls Foole. I have a Sty here Chilax Chi. I have no gold to cure it not a penny Not one crosse Cavalier we are dull Sou'diers Grosse heavy-headed fellowes fight for victualls Foole. Why ye are the spirits of the time Chi. By no meanes Foole. The valiant firie Chi. Fy fie no Foole. Be-lee-me sir Chi. I woo'd I could sir Fool. I will satisfie ye Chi. But I will not content you alas poore boy Thou shewst an honest nature weepes for thy Master There 's a red rogue to buy thee handkerchers Foole. A was an honest Gentleman I have lost too Chi. Ye have indeed your labour Foole but Stremon Doest thou want money too no virtue living No firking out at fingers ends Strem. It seemes so Chi. Will ye all serve me Strem. Yes when ye are Lord Generall For lesse I will not goe Chi. There 's gold for thee then Thou hast a souldiers minde Foole Fool. Here your first man Chi. I will give thee for thy wit for 't is a fine wit A daintie diving wit hold up just nothing Goe graze i' th' commons yet I am mercifull There 's six pence buy a Saucer steale an old gowne And beg i' th' Temple for a Prophet come away boyes Let 's see how things are carried Foole up sirra You may chance get a dinner Boy your preferment I 'le undertake for your brave Masters sake You shall not perish Fool. Chilax Chi. Please me well Foole And you shall light my pipes Away to th' Temple But stay the Kings here sport upon sport Boyes Enter King Lords Siphax kneeling Cloe with a Vaile King What would you have Captaine Speake suddenly for I am wondrous busie Siph. A Pardon Royall sir King For what Siph. For that Which was heav'ns will should not be mine alone sir My marrying with this Lady King It needs no Pardon For marriage is no sin Si. Not in it selfe sir But in presuming too much Yet heav'n knowes So does the Oracle that cast it on me And the Princesse royall sir King What Princesse Siph. O be not angrie my dread King your Sister King My sister she 's i' th' Temple man Siph. She is here sir Lord The Captain 's mad she is kneeling at the Altar King I know she is with all my heart good Captain I do forgive ye both be unvail'd Lady Puts off her vaile Will ye have more forgivenes the mans frantick Come let 's goe bring her out God give yee joy sir Siph. How Cloe my old Cloe Exit King Lords Cloe. Even the same sir Chi. Gods give your manhood much content Strem. The Princesse Lookes something mustie since her comming over Fool. 'T were good youl 'd brush her over Siph. Fooles and Fidlers Make sport at my abuse too Foole. O 't is the nature Of us Fooles to make bold with one another But you are wise brave sirs Chi. Cheere up your Princesse Believe it sir the King will not be angry Or say he were why 't was the Oracle The Oracle and like your Grace the Oracle Strem. And who most mighty Siphax Siph. With mine owne whore Cloe. With whom els should ye marry speak your conscience Will ye transgresse the law of Armes that ever Rewards the Souldier with his owne sins Siph. Devills Cloe. Ye had my maiden-head my youth my sweetnes Is it not justice then Siph. I see it must be But by this hand I 'le hang a lock upon thee Cloe. You shall not need my honesty shall doe it Siph. If there be wars in all the world Cloe. I 'le with ye For you know I have bin a souldier Come curse on when I need another Oracle Chi. Send for me Siphax I 'le fit ye with a Princesse And so to both your honours Foole. And your graces Siph. The Devill grace ye all Cloe. God a mercy Chilax Chi. Shall we laugh halfe an houre now Strem. No the King comes And all the traine Chi. Away then our Act 's ended Exeunt Enter King Calis Memnon and Cleanthe Curtisan Lords King You know he do's deserve ye loves ye dearly You know what bloody violence had us'd The Hearse ready Polidor Eumenes Captains Upon himselfe but that his brother crost it You know the same thoughts still inhabit in him And covet to take birth Look on him Lady The wars have not so far consum'd him yet Cold age disabled him or sicknesse sunk him To be abhorr'd looke on his Honour sister That beares no stamp of time no wrinkles on it No sad demolishment nor death can reach it Looke with the eyes of heaven that nightlie waken To view the wonders of my glorious Maker And not the weaknesse looke with your vertuous eyes And then clad royaltie in all his conquests His matchlesse love hung with a thousand merits Eternall youth attending Fame and Fortune Time and Oblivion vexing at his vertues He shall appeare a miracle looke on our dangers Looke on the publique ruine Calis O deare brother King Fie let us not like proud and greedy waters Gaine to give off againe this is our Sea And you his Cynthia govern him take heed His stouds have bin as hie and full as any And gloriously now is got up to the girdle The
for it too they run away with me Take bitt betweene the teeth and play the Divels A staied pace now becomes my yeares a sure one Where I may sit and cracke no girthes Dua. How miserable If my Mother should confirme what I suspect now Beyond all humane cure were my condition Then I shall wish this body had been so too Here comes the Lady Sir Enter Guiomar Rut. Excellent Lady To shew I am a creature bound to your service And onely yours Guio. Keepe at that distance Sir For if you stirr Rut. I am obedient She has found already I am for her turne With what a greedy hawkes eye she beholds me Marke how she musters all my parts Guio. A goodly Gentleman Of a more manly set I never look'd on Rut. Marke marke her eye still marke but the carriage of 'em Guio. How happy am I now since my Sonne fell He fell not by a base unnoble hand As that still troubled me how farr more happy Shall my revenge be since the sacrifice I offer to his grave shall be both worthy A Sonnes untimely losse and a Mothers sorrow Rut. Sir I am made beleeve it she is mine owne I told you what a spell I carried with me All this time does she spend in contemplation Of that unmatch'd delight I shall be thankfull to yee And if you please to know my house to use it To take it for your owne Guio. Who waites without there Enter Guard and Servants they seize upon Rut. bind him Rut. How now what meanes this Lady Guio. Binde him fast Rut. Are these the bride-lases you prepare for me The colours that you give Dua. Fy gentle Lady This is not noble dealing Guio. Be you satisfied It seemes you are a stranger to this meaning You shall not be so long Rut. Do you call this wooing Is there no end of womens persecutions Must I needs foole into mine owne destruction Have I not had faire warnings and enough too Still pick the Divells teeth you are not mad Lady Do I come fairely and like a Gentleman To offer you that honour Guio. You are deceiv'd Sir You come besotted to your owne destruction I sent not for you what honour can ye add to me That brake that staffe of honour my age lean'd on That robd me of that right made me a Mother Heare me thou wretched man heare me with terrour And let thine owne bold folly shake thy soule Heare me pronounce thy death that now hangs o're thee Thou desperate foole who bad thee seeke this ruine What mad unmanly fate made thee discover Thy cursed face to me againe wa st not enough To have the faire protection of my house When misery and justice cloose persued thee When thine owne bloudy sword cryed out against thee Hatcht in the life of him yet I forgave thee My hospitable word even when I saw The goodliest branch of all my blood lopt from me Did I not Seale still to thee Rut. I am gon Guio. And when thou went'st to Impe thy miserie Did I not give thee meanes but harke ungratefull Was it not thus to hide thy face and fly me To keep thy name for ever from my memory Thy cursed blood and kindred did I not sweare then If ever in this wretched life thou hast left me Short and unfortunate I saw thee againe Or came but to the knowledge where thou wanderdst To call my vowe back and pursue with vengance With all the miseryes a Mother suffers Rut. I was borne to be hang'd there 's no auoyding it Guio. And dar'st thou with this impudence appeare here Walke like the winding sheete my Sonne was put in Stand with those wounds Dua. I am happy now againe Happy the hower I fell to finde a Mother So pious good and excellent in sorrowes Enter a Servant Ser. The Governours come in Guio. O let him enter Rut. I have fool'd my selfe a faire thred of all my fortunes This strikes me most not that I feare to perish But that this unmanerly boldnesse has brought me to it Enter Governour Clodio Charino Gov. Are these fit preparations for a wedding Lady I came prepar'd a guest Guio. O give me justice As ever you will leave a vertuous name Do justice justice Sir Gou. You need not aske it I am bound to it Guio. Iustice upon this man That kild my Sonne Gove. Do you confesse the act Rut. Yes Sir Clod. Rutillio Char. 'T is the same Clod. How fell he thus Here will be sorrow for the good Arnoldo Gover. Take heed Sir what you say Rut. I have weigh'd it well I am the man nor is it life I start at Onely I am unhappy I am poore Doore in expence of lives there I am wretched That I have not two lives lent me for his sacrifice One for her Sonne another for her sorrowes Excellent Lady now rejoyce againe For though I cannot thinke y' are pleas'd in blood Nor with that greedy thirst pursue your vengeance The tendernesse even in those teares denies that Yet let the world beleeve you lov'd Duarte The unmatcht courtesies you have done my miseries Without this forfeite to the law would charge me To tender you this life and proud t' would please you Guio. Shall I have justice Gou. Yes Rut. I 'le aske it for ye I 'le follow it my selfe against my selfe Sir 'T is most fit I dye dispatch it quickly The monstrous burthen of that griefe she labours with Will kill her else then blood on blood lyes on me Had I a thousand liues I 'd give e'm all Before I would draw one teare more from that vertue Guio. Be not too cruell Sir and yet his bold sword But his life cannot restore that he 's a man too Of a faire promise but alas my Sonnes dead If I have justice must it kill him Gov. Yes Guio. If I have not it kills me strong and goodly Why should he perish too Gou. It lies in your power You onely may accuse him or may quitt him Clod. Be there no other witnesses Guio. Not any And if I save him will not the world proclaime I have forgot a Sonne to save a murderer And yet he lookes not like one he lookes manly Hyp. Pitty so brave a Gentleman should perish She cannot be so hard so cruell harted Guio. Will you pronounce yet stay a little Sir Rut. Rid your selfe Lady of this misery And let me go I do but breed more tempests With which you are already to much shaken Guio. Do now pronounce I will not heare Duar. You shall not Yet turne and see good Madam Gov. Do not wonder 'T is he restor'd againe thanke the good Doctor Pray do not stand amaz'd it is Duarte Is well is safe againe Guio. O my sweete Sonne I will not presse my wonder now with questions Sir I am sorry for that cruelty I urg'd against you Rut. Madam it was but justice Duar. 'T is true the Doctor heald this body againe But this man heald my soule
heard of honesty The. Old Gentleman Take a fooles counsell Ar. 'T is a fooles indeed A very fooles thou hast more of These flams in thee these musty doubts Is 't fit the Duke send for me And honour me to eate within his presence And I like a tal fellow play at bo-peep With his pleasure The. Take heed Of bo-peep with your pate your pate sir I speak plain language now Ar. If 't were not here Where reverence bids-me hold I would so swinge thee thou rude Unmanner'd knave take from his bounty His honour that he gives me to beget Sawcy and sullen feares The. You are not mad sure By this faire light I speak But what is whisper'd And whisper'd for a truth Ar. A dog drunken people That in their Pot see visions And turne states mad-men and children Prethee doe not follow me I tell thee I am angrie Doe not follow me The. I am as angrie As you for your heart I and as wilfull too goe like a Wood-cock And thrust your neck i th' noose Ar. I le kill thee And thou speakst but three words more Doe not follow me Exit The. A strange old foolish fellow I shall heare yet And if I doe not my part hisse at me Exit Scaene 5. Enter two Servants preparing a Banquet 1. Ser. Beleeve me fellow here will be lusty drinking Many a washt pate in wine I warrant thee 2 Ser. I am glad the old Generall 's come upon my conscience That joy will make half the Court drunk Hark the Trumpets They are comming on away 1 Ser. Wee 'll have a rowse too Exit Enter Duke Archas Burris Boroskie Attend Gent Duk. Come seat your selves Lord Archas sit you there Ar. 'T is farre above my worth Duke I le have it so Are all things ready Bor. All the Guards are set The Coutt gates shut Duk. Then doe as I prescrib'd yee Be sure no further Bor. I shall well observe ye Du. Come bring some wine here 's to my sister gentlemen A health and mirth to all Ar. Pray fill it full sir 'T is a high health to vertue here Lord Burris A maiden health you are most fit to pledge it You have a maiden soule and much I honour it Passion o' me ye are sad man Du. How now Burris Goe to no more of this Ar. Take the rowse freely 'T will warme your bloud and make ye fit for jollity Your graces pardon when we get a cup sir We old men prate a pace Du. Mirth makes a banquet As you love me no more Bur. I thank your grace Give me it Lord Boroskie Boros. I have ill braines sir Bur. Damnable ill I know it Boros. But I le pledge sir This vertuous health Enter two Servants with Cloaks Bu. The more unfit for thy mouth Du. Come bring out Robes let my guests look nobly Fit for my love and presence begin downward Off with your cloaks take new Ar. Your grace deales truely Like a munificent Prince with your poor subjects Who would not fight for you what cold dull coward Durst seek to save his life when you would aske it Begin a new health in your new adornments The Dukes the Royall Dukes ha what have I got Sir ha the robe of death Duke You have deserv'd it Ar. The livorie of the grave do you start all from me Doe I smell of earth already Sir look on me And like a man is this your entertainment Doe you bid your worthiest guests to bloudy Banquets Enter a Guard A Guard upon me too this is too foule play Boy to thy good thine honour thou wretched Ruler Thou sonne of fooles and flatterers heire of hypocrites Am I serv'd in a hearse that sav'd ye all Are ye men or devills doe ye gape upon me Wider and swallow all my services Entombe them first my faith next then my integritie And let these struggle with your mangy mindes Your sear'd and seal'd up consciences till ye burst Boros. These words are death Ar. No those deeds that want rewards sirrah Those Battells I have fought those horrid dangers Leaner then death and wilder then destruction I have march'd upon these honour'd wounds times story The bloud I have lost the youth the sorrowes suffer'd These are my death these that can ne're be recompenced These that ye sit a brooding on like Toads Sucking from my deserts the sweets and favours And render me no pay againe but poisons Bor. The proud vaine souldier thou hast set Ar. Thou lyest Now by my little time of life lyest basely Malitiously and loudly how I scorne thee If I had sweld the souldier or intended As act in person leaning to dishonour As ye would faine have forced me witnesse heaven Where clearest understanding of all truth is For these are spightfull men and know no piety When Olin came grim Olin when his marches His last Incursions made the City sweat And drove before him as a storme drives Haile Such showrs of frosted fears shook all your heart-strings Then when the Volga trembled at his terrour And hid his seven curl'd heads afraid of bruising By his arm'd horses hoofes had I been false then Or blowne a treacherous fire into the souldier Had but one sparke of villanie liv'd within me Ye 'ad had some shadow for this black about me Where was your souldiership why went not you out And all your right honourable valour with ye Why met ye not the Tartar and defi'd him Drew your dead-doing sword and buckl'd with him Shot through his Squadrons like a fierie Meteor And as we see a dreadfull clap of thunder Rend the stiffe hearted Oakes and tosse their roots up Why did not you so charge him you were sick then You that dare taint my credit slipt to bed then Stewing and fainting with the feares ye had A whorson shaking fit opprest your Lordship Blush Coward knave and all the world hisse at thee Duk. Exceed not my command Exit Bor. I shall observe it Exit Ar. Are you gone too Come weep not honest Burris Good loving Lord no more teares 'T is not his malice This fellowes malice nor the Dukes displeasure By bold bad men crowded into his nature Can startle me fortune ne're raz'd this Fort yet I am the same the same man living dying The same mind to 'em both I poize thus equall Onely the jugling way that told me to it The Judas way to kisse me bid me welcome And cut my throat a little sticks upon me Farewell commend me to his grace and tell him The world is full of servants he may have many And some I wish him honest hee 's undone else But such another doating Archas never So try'd and touch'd a faith farewell for ever Bur. Be strong my Lord you must not go thus lightly Ar. Now what 's to doe what sayes the Law unto me Give me my great offence that speaks me guilty Bor. Laying aside a thousand petty matters As scornes and insolencies both from your selfe and followers Which you
For me thinkes he talkes hansomely Py. And truly As neare as my understanding shall enable me You look as if you kept my Ladies secrets Nay doe not laugh for I meane honestly How these young things tattle when they get a toy by th' end And how their hearts goe pit a pat and look for it Wou'd it not dance too if it had a Fiddle Your gravity I ghesse to take the Petitions And heare the lingring suits in love dispos'd Their sighes and sorrowes in their proper place You keep the ayme office Qui. Prethee suffer him For as I live hee 's a pretty fellow I love to here sometimes what men think of us And thus deliver'd freely 't is no malice Proceed good honest man Pin. I will good Madam According to mens states and dignities Moneyes and moveables you rate their dreames And cast the Nativity of their desires If he reward well all he thinks is prosperous And if he promise place his dreams are Oracles Your ancient practique Art too in these discoveries Who loves at such a length who a span farther And who drawes home yeeld you no little profit For these yee milk by circumstance Qui. Yee are cunning Pin. And as they Oyle ye and advance your spindle So you draw out the lines of love your doores too The doores of destiny that men must passe through These are faire places Pan. He knowes all Pin. Your trap doores To pop fooles in it that have no providence Your litle wickets to work wise men like wires throgh at And draw their states and bodies into Cobwebs Your Posterne doores to catch those that are cautelous And would not have the worlds eye finde their knaveries Your doores of danger some men hate a pleasure Unlesse that may be full of feares your hope doores And those are fine commodities where fooles pay For every new encouragement a new custome You have your doores of honour and of pleasure But those are for great Princes glorious vanities That travell to be famous through diseases There be the doores of povertie and death too But these you doe the best you can to damme up For then your gaine goes out Qui. This is a rare lecture Pin. Read to them that understand Pan. Beshrew me I dare not venture on ye yee cut too keen sir Qui. We thank you sir for your good mirth Enter Quisara You are a good Companion Here comes the Princesse now attend your businesse Quisar. Is there no remedy no hopes can help me No wit to set me free whos 's there hoe Quisan. Troubled her looks are almost wilde What ailes the Princesse I know nothing she wants Quisar. Who 's that there with you Oh Signeur Piniero you are most welcome How does your noble uncle Pin. Sad as you are Madam But he commends his service and this Letter Quisar. Goe off attend within Faire sir I thank ye Pray be no stranger for indeed you are welcome For your owne vertues welcome Quis. We are mistaken This is some brave fellow sure Pan. I 'me sure hee 's a bold fellow But if she hold him so we must beleeve it Ex. Quisar. Doe you know of this faire sir Pin. I ghesse it Madam And whither it intends I had not brought it else Quis. It is a businesse of no common reckoning Pin. The handsomer for him that goes about it Slight actions are rewarded with slight thanks Give me a matter of some waight to wade in Quis. And can you love your Uncle so directly So seriously and so full to undertake this Can there be such a faith Pyn: Dare you say I to it And set me on 't is no matter for my Uncle Or what I owe to him dare you but wish it Quisar I wou'd faine Pyn. Have it done say but so Lady Quisan. Conceive it so Pyn. I will 't is that I am bound too Your will that must command me and your pleasure The faire aspects of those eyes that must direct me I am no Uncles agent I am mine owne Lady I scorne my able youth should plough for others Or my ambition serve for pay I ayme Although I never hit as high as any man And the reward I reach at shall be equall And what love spurs me on to this desire Makes me forget an honest man a brave man A valiant and a vertuous man my country-man Armusia The delight of all the Minions Is love of you doting upon your beauty the admiration of your excellence Make me but servant to the poorest smile Or the least grace you have bestow'd on others And see how suddenly I le worke your safety And set your thoughts at peace I am no flatterer To promise infinitely and out-dream dangers To lye a bed and sweare men into Feavers Like some of your trim suters when I promise The light is not more constant to the world Then I am to my word She turnes for millions Quisar. I have not seen a braver confirm'd courage Pyn. For a tun of Crownes she turns she is a woman And much I feare a worse then I expected You are the object Lady you are the eye In which all excellence appears all wonder From which all hearts take fire all hands their valour And when he stands disputing when you bid him Or but thinks of his estate Father Mother Friends Wife and Children Is a foole and I scorne him And be but to make cleane his sword coward Men have forgot their fealty to beauty Had I the place in your affections My most unworthy uncle is fit to fall from Liv'd in those blessed eyes and read the stories Of everlasting pleasures figur'd there I wou'd finde out your cōmands before you thought 'em And bring 'em to you done ere you dream't of 'em Quis. I admire his boldnesse Pyn. This or any thing Your brothers death mine uncles any mans No state that stands secure if you frowne on it Look on my youth I bring no blastings to you The first flower of my strength my faith Quis. No more sir I am too willing to believe rest satisfi'd If you dare doe for me I shall be thankfull You are a handsome gentleman a faire one My servant if you please I feale it thus sir No more till you deserve more Exit Pyn. I am rewarded This woman's cunning but she 's bloudy too Although she pulls her Tallons in she 's mischievous Form'd like the face of heaven cleare and transparent I must pretend still beare 'em both in hopes For feare some bloudy slave thrust in indeed Fashion'd and flesh'd to what they wish well uncle What will become of this and what dishonour Follow this fatall shaft if shot let time tell I can but only feare and crosse to crosse it Exit Enter Armusia Emanuel Soza Em. Why are you thus sad what can grieve or vex you That have the pleasures of the world the profits The honour and the loves at your disposes Why should a man that wants nothing want his quiet Ar. I want what
Cel. In this mind I am in I thinke I should be hardly brought to strike ye Unlesse 't were thus but in my mans mind Dem. What Cel. I should be friends with ye too Now I thinke better Dem. Ye are a tall Souldier Here take these and these This gold to furnish ye and keepe this bracelet Why do you weep now You a masculine spirit Cel. No I confesse I am a foole a woman And ever when I part with you Dem. You shall not These teares are like prodigious signes my sweet one I shall come backe loden with fame to honour thee Cel. I hope you shall But then my deare Demetrius When you stand Conquerour and at your mercy All people bow and all things waite your sentence Say then your eye surveying all your conquest Finds out a beautie even in sorrow excellent A constant face that in the midst of ruine With a forc'd smile both scornes at fate and fortune Say you find such a one so nobly fortified And in her figure all the sweets of nature Dem. Prethee No more of this I cannot find her Cel. That shews as far beyond my wither'd beauty And will run mad to love ye too Dem. Do you feare me And do you thinke besides this face this beauty This heart where all my hopes are lock'd Cel. I dare not No sure I think ye honest wondrous honest Pray doe not frowne I le swear ye are Dem. Ye may choose Cel. But how long will ye be away Dem. I know not Cel. I know you are angry now pray look upon me I le aske no more such questions Dem. The Drums beat I can no longer stay Cel. They doe but call yet How faine you would leave my company Dem. I wou'd not Unlesse a greater power then love commanded Commands my life mine honour Cel. But a little Dem. Prethee farewell and be not doubtfull of me Cel. I would not have ye hurt and ye are so ventrous But good sweet Prince preserve your selfe fight nobly But do not thrust this body 't is not yours now 'T is mine 't is onely mine doe not seek wounds Sir For every drop of bloud you bleed Dem. I will Celia I will be carefull Cel. My heart that loves ye deerely Dem. Prethee no more we must part Drums a March Harke they march now Cel. Pox on these bawling Drums I am sure you 'll kisse me But one kisse what a parting 's this Dem. Here take me And doe what thou wilt with me smother me But still remember if your fooling with me Make me forget the trust Cel. I have done farewell sir Never look back you shall not stay not a minute Dem. I must have one farewell more Cel. No the Drums beat I dare not slack your honour not a hand more Onely this look the gods preserve and save ye Actus Secundus Scaena prima Enter Antigonus Carinthus Tymon Ant. What have ye found her out Char. We have hearkned after her Ant. What 's that to my desire Char. Your grace must give us time And a little meanes Ty. She is sure a stranger If she were bred or knowne here Ant. Your dull endeavours Enter Menippus Should never be employ'd Welcome Menippus Men. I have found her sir I meane the place she is lodg'd in her name is Celia And much a doe I had to purchase that too Ant. Dost think Demetrius loves her Men. Much I feare it But nothing that way yet can win for certaine I le tell your grace within this houre Ant. A stranger Men. VVithout all doubt Ant. But how should he come to her Men. There lies the marrow of the matter hid yet Ant. Has't thou been with thy wife Men. No sir I am going to her Ant. Goe and dispatch and meet me in the garden And get all out ye can Exit Men. I le doe my best sir Exit Tym. Blest be thy wife thou wert an arrant asse else Char. I she is a stirring woman indeed There 's a braine brother Tym. There 's not a handsome wench of any mettle VVithin an hundred miles but her intelligence Reaches her and out reaches her and brings her As confidently to Court as to a sanctuary VVhat had his mouldy braines ever arriv'd at Had not she beaten it out o th' Flint to fasten him They say she keeps an office of Concealements There is no young wench let her be a Saint Unlesse she live i th' Center but she findes her And every way prepares addresses to her If my wife would have followed her course Charinthus Her lucky course I had the day before him O what might I have been by this time Brother But she forsooth when I put these things to her These things of honest thrift groans ô my conscience The load upon my conscience when to make us cuckolds They have no more burthen then a brood-goose brother But let 's doe what we can though this wench faile us Another of a new way will be lookt at Come let 's abroad and beat our brains time may For all his wisedome yet give us a day Ex. Scaene 2. Drum within Allarme Enter Demetrius and Leontius Dem. I will not see 'em fall thus give me way sir I shall forget you love me else Leo. VVill ye lose all For me to be forgotten to be hated Nay never to have been a man is nothing So you and those we have preserv'd from slaughter Come safely off Dem. I have lost my selfe Leo. You are cozn'd Dem. And am most miserable Leo. There 's no man so but he that makes himself so Dem. I will goe on Leo. You must not I shall tell you then And tell you true that man's unfit to governe That cannot guide himselfe you lead an Army That have not so much manly suff'rance left yee To beare a losse Dem. Charge but once more Leontius My friends and my companions are engag'd all Leo. Nay give 'em lost I saw 'em off their horses And the enemy master of their Armes nor could then The policie nor strength of man redeem 'em Dem. And shall I know this and stand fooling Leo. By my dead fathers soule you stir not sir Or if you doe you make your way through me first Dem. Thou art a Coward Leo. To prevent a Madman None but your fathers Son durst call me so Death if he did Must I be scandall'd by ye That hedg'd in all the helps I had to save ye That where there was a valiant weapon stirring Both search'd it out and singl'd it unedg'd it For feare it should bite you am I a coward Goe get ye up and tell 'em ye are the Kings Sonne Hang all your Ladies favours on your Crest And let them fight their shares spurre to destruction You cannot misse the way be bravely desperate And your young friends before ye that lost this battell Your honourable friends that knew no order Cry out Antigonus the old Antigonus The wise and fortunate Antigonus The great the valiant and the fear'd
He doe's not follow us Give me a steeple top Leo. They live they live sir Ant. Hold up your manly face They live they are here Son Dem. These are the men 1 Gent. They are and live to honour ye Dem. How scap't ye noble friends me thought I saw ye Even in the jawes of death 2. Gent. Thanks to our folly That spurr'd us on we were indeed hedg'd round in 't And ev'n beyond the hand of succour beaten Unhors'd disarm'd and what we lookt for then sir Let such poore weary soules that heare the Bell knoll And see the grave a digging tell Dem. For heaven sake Delude mine eyes no longer how came ye off 1. Gent. Against all expectation the brave Seleucus I thinke this day enamour'd on your vertue VVhen through the Troops he saw ye shoot like lightning And at your manly courage all tooke fire And after that the miserie we fell too The never-certaine fate of war considering As we stood all before him fortunes ruines Nothing but death expecting a short time He made a stand upon our youths and fortunes Then with an eye of mercy inform'd his judgement How yet unripe we were unblowne unhardend Unfitted for such fatall ends he cryed out to us Goe Gentlemen commend me to your Master To the most high and hopefull prince Demetrius Tell him the valour that he showed against me This day the virgin valour and true fire Deserves even from an Enemie this courtesie Your lives and Armes freely I 'le give 'em thanke him And thus we are return'd Sir Leo. Faith 't was well done 'T was bravely done was 't not a noble part Sir Lieu. Had I been there up had I gone I am sure on 't These noble tricks I never durst trust 'em yet Leo. Let me not live and 't were not a famed honestie It takes me such a tickling way now would I wish heaven But ee'n the happines ee'n that poore blessing For all the sharp afflictions thou hast sent me But ee'n i' th' head o' th' field to take Seleucus I should doe something memorable fie sad still 1. Gent. Doe you grieve we are come off Dem. Unransom'd was it 2. Gent. It was sir Dem. And with such a fame to me Said ye not so Leo. Ye have heard it Dem. O Leontius Better I had lost 'em all my selfe had perished And all my fathers hopes Leo. Mercy upon ye VVhat ayle ye Sir death doe not make fooles on 's Neither goe to Church nor tarry at home That 's a fine Horne-pipe Ant. VVhat 's now your griefe Demetrius Dem. Did he not beat us twice Leo. He beate a pudding Beate us but once Dem. Has beate me twice and beat me to a coward Beat me to nothing Lieu. Is not the devill in him Leo. I pray it be no worse Dem. Twice conquer'd me Leo. Bear witnesse all the world I am a dunce here Dem. With valour first he strook me then with honour That stroak Leontius that strook do'st thou not feele it Leo. Where abouts was it for I remember nothing yet Dem. All these gentlemen That were his prisoners Leo. Yes he set 'em free sir With Armes and honour Dem. There there now thou hast it At mine owne weapon Courtesie h 'as beaten me At that I was held a Master in he has cow'd me Hotter then all the dint o th' fight he has charg'd me Am I not now a wretched fellow think on 't And when thou hast examin'd all wayes honourable And find'st no doore left open to requite this Conclude I am a wretch and was twice beaten Ant. I have observ'd your way and understand it And equall love it as Demetrius My noble childe thou shalt not fall in vertue I and my power will sink first you Leontius Wait for a new Commission ye shall out againe And instantly you shall not lodge this night here Not see a friend nor take a blessing with ye Before ye be i th' field the enemy is up still And still in ful designe Charge him againe Son And either bring home that againe thou hast lost there Or leave thy body by him Dem. Ye raise me And now I dare look up againe Leontius Leo. I I sir I am thinking who we shall take of 'em To make all straight and who we shall give toth ' devill VVhat saist thou now Lieutenant Lieu. I say nothing Lord what aile I that I have no minde to fight now I finde my constitution mightily alter'd Since I came home I hate all noises too Especially the noise of Drums I am now as well As any living man why not as valiant To fight now is a kinde of vomit to me It goes against my stomack Dem. Good sir presently You cannot doe your Son so faire a favour Ant. 'T is my intent I le see ye march away too Come get your men together presently Leontius And presse where please you as you march Leo. VVe goe sir Ant. VVait you on me I le bring ye to your command And then to fortune give you up Dem. Ye love me Ext. Leo. Goe get the drums beat round Lieutenant Lieu. Harke ye sir I have a foolish businesse they call marriage Leo. After the wars are done Lieu. The partie staies sir I have giv'n the Priest his money too all my friends sir My father and my mother Leo. VVill you goe forward Lieu. She brings a pretty matter with her Leo. Halfe a dozen Bastards Lieu. Some fortie sir Leo. A goodly competency Lieu. I meane sir pounds a year I le dispatch the matter 'T is but a night or two I le overtake ye sir Leo. The 2 old legions yes where lies the horse-quarter Lieu. And if it be a boy I le even make bold sir Leo. Away with your whore A plague o' your whore you damn'd rogue Now ye are cur'd and well must ye be clicketing Lieu. I have broke my minde to my Ancient in my absence Hee 's a sufficient gentleman Leo. Get forward Lieu. Onely receive her portion Leo. Get ye forward Else I le bang ye forward Lieu. Strange sir A Gentleman and an officer cannot have the libertie To doe the office of a man Leo. Shame light on thee How came this whore into thy head Lieu. This whore sir 'T is strange a poore whore Leo. Doe not answer me Troop Troop away doe not name this whore againe Or think there is a whore Lieu. That 's very hard sir Leo. For if thou dost look to 't I le have thee guelded I le walk ye out before me not a word more Ex. Scaene 5. Enter Leucippe and Governesse Leu. Ye are the Mistris of the house ye say Where this young Ladie lies Gov. For want of a better Leu. You may be good enough for such a purpose When was the Prince with her answer me directly Gover. Not since he went a warring Leuc. Very well then What carnall copulation are you privie too Between these two be not afraid we are women And may talke thus amongst
mine mine onely mine Petill. They are still Pen. Then to keep 'em for ever falling more have at ye heavens ye everlasting powers I am yours The work 's done that neither fire nor age nor melting envie shall ever conquer Carry my last words to the great General kisse his hands and say My soul I give to heaven my fault to justice which I have done upon my self my vertue if ever there was any in poor Penyus made more and happier light on him I faint And where there is a foe I wish him fortune I die lie lightly on my ashes gentle earth Petill. And on my sin Fare-well great Penyus noise within the souldier is in fury Now I am glad 't is done before he comes This way for me the way of toil for thee the way of honour Exit Enter Drusus and Regulus with souldiers Sould. Kill him kill him kill him Dru. What will ye do Reg. Good souldiers honest souldiers Sould. Kill him kill him kill him Dru. Kill us first we command too Reg. Valiant Souldiers consider but whose life ye seek O Drusus bid him be gone he dies else Shall Rome say ye most approved souldiers her dear children devoured the fathers of the fights shall rage and stubborn fury guide those swords to slaughter to slaughter of their own to Civil ruine Dru. O let 'em in all 's done all 's ended Regulus Penyus has found his last eclipse Come Souldiers come and behold your miseries come bravely full of your mutinous and bloody angers and here bestow your darts O onely Romane O father of the Wars Reg. Why stand ye stupid where be your killing furies whose sword now shall first be sheath'd in Penyus do ye weep Howl out ye wretches ye have cause howl ever Who shall now lead ye fortunate whose valour preserve ye to the glory of your Countrey who shall march out before ye coy'd and courted by all the mistrisses of War care counsel quick-ey'd experience and victory twin'd to him who shall beget ye deeds beyond inheritance to speak your names and keep your honours living when children fail and time that takes all with him build houses for ye to oblivion Dru. O ye poor desperate fools no more now souldiers go home and hang your arms up let iust rot 'em and humble your stern valours to soft prayers for ye have sunk the frame of all your vertues the sun that warm'd your bloods is set for ever I 'll kisse thy honour'd cheek Fare well great Penyus thou thunder-bolt fare-well Take up the body to morrow morning to the Camp convey it there to receive due Ceremonies That eye that blindes himself with weeping gets most glory Exeunt with a dead march Scaena Quarta Enter Swetonius Junius Decius Demetrius Curius and Souldiers Bonduca two daughters and Nennius above Drum and Colours Swet. Bring up the Catapults and shake the wall we will not be out-brav'd thus Nen. Shake the earth ye cannot shake our souls Bring up your Rams and with their armed heads make the Fort totter ye do but rock us into death Exit Nennius Jun. See Sir see the Icenian Queen in all her glory from the strong battlements proudly appearing as if she meant to give us lashes Dec. Yeeld Queen Bond. I am unacquainted with that language Roman Swet. Yeeld honour'd Lady and expect our mercie Exit Decius we love thy noblenesse Bond. I thank ye ye say well but mercie and love are sins in Rome and hell Swet. Ye cannot scape our strength ye must yeeld Ladie ye must adore and fear the power of Rome Bond. If Rome be earthly why should any knee with bending adoration worship her She 's vitious and your partiall selves confesse aspires the height of all impietie therefore 't is fitter I should reverence the thatched houses where the Britains dwell in carelesse mirth where the blest houshold gods see nought but chaste and simple puritie 'T is not high power that makes a place divine nor that the men from gods derive their line But sacred thoughts in holy bosoms stor'd make people noble and the place ador'd Swet. Beat the wall deeper Bond. Beat it to the center we will not sink one thought Swet. I 'll make ye Bond. No 2. Dan. O mother these are fearfull hours speak gently Enter Petillius to these fierce men they will afford ye pitie Bond. Pitie thou fearful girl 't is for those wretches that miserie makes tame Wouldst thou live lesse Wast not thou born a Princesse Can my blood and thy brave fathers spirit suffer in thee so base a separation from thy self as mercie from these Tyrants Thou lov'st lust sure and long'st to prostitute thy youth and beautie to common slaves for bread Say they had mercie the divel a relenting conscience the lives of Kings rest in their Diadems which to their bodies lively souls do give and ceasing to be Kings they cease to live Show such another fear and I 'll fling thee to their furie Swet. He is dead then Petill. I think so certainly yet all my means Sir even to the hazzard of my life Swet. No more wee must not seem to mourn here Enter Decius Dec. There 's a breach made is it your will we charge Sir Swet. Once more mercie mercie to all that yeeld Bond. I scorn to answer Speak to him girle and hear thy sister 1. Daugh. Generall hear me and mark me well and look upon me directly in my face my womans face whose onely beautie is the hate it bears ye see with thy narrowest eyes thy sharpest wishes into my soul and see what there inhabits see if one fear one shadow of a terrour one palenesse dare appear but from my anger to lay hold on your mercies No ye fools poor Fortunes fools we were not born for triumphs to follow your gay sports and fill your slaves with hoots and acclamations Petill. Brave behaviour 1 Daugh. The children of as great as Rome as noble our names before her and our deeds her envie must we gild ore your Conquest make your State that is not fairly strong but fortunate No no ye Romanes we have ways to scape ye to make yee poor again indeed our prisoners and stick our triumphs full Petill. 's death I shall love her 1 Daugh. To torture ye with suffering like our slaves to make ye curse our patience wish the world were lost again to win us onely and esteem the end of all ambitions Bond. Do ye wonder we 'll make our monuments in spite of fortune in spight of all your Eagles wings we 'll work a pitch above ye and from our height we 'll stoop as fearlesse of your bloody fears and fortunate as if we prey'd on heartlesse doves Swet. Strange stiffnesse Decius go charge the breach Exit Decius Bond. Charge it home Romane we shall deceive thee else Where 's Nennius Enter Nennius Nen. They have made a mighty breach Bond. Stick in thy body and make it good but half an hour Nen. I 'll do
save some little Bisket for the Lady Till we come to the Land La-m. Must my goods over too Why honest Master here lies all my money The money I ha wrackt by usurie To buy new Lands and Lordships in new Countryes 'Cause I was banisht from mine own I ha been this tweenty yeers a raising it Tilb. Out with it The devils are got together by the eares who shall have it And here they quarrell in the clouds La-m. I am undone Sir Tib. And be undone 't is better then we perish La-m. O save one Chest of Plate Tib. A way with it lustily Saylors It was some pawne that he has got unjustly Down with it low enough and let Crabs breed in 't Mast. Over with the Truncks too Enter Albert Alb. Take mine and spare not Mast. We must over with all Fran. Will ye throw away my Lordship That I sold put it into clothes and necessaries To goe to Sea with Tib. Over with it I love to see a Lordship sincke Sir you left no Wood upon 't to bovy it up You might ha sav'd it else Fran. I am undone for ever Alb. Why we are all undone would you be only happy La-m. Sir you may loose too Tib. Thou liest I ha nothing but my skinne And my Clothes my sword here and my self Two Crowns in my Pocket two paire of Cards And three false Dice I can swime like a Fish Rascall nothing to hinder me Boatsw. In with her of all hands Mast. Come gentlemen come Captain ye must helpe all My life now for the Land 'T is high and rocky and full of perils Alb. How ever let 's attempt it Mast. Then cheer lustily my hearts Exit Enter Sebastian and Nicusa Sebast. Yes 't is a Ship I see it now a tal Ship She has wrought lustily for her deliverance Heavens mercy what a wretched day has here been Nicu. To still and quiet minds that knew no misery It may seeme wretched but with us 't is ordinary Heaven has no Storm in store nor earth no terror That can seeme new to us Sebast. 'T is true Nicusa if fortune were determin'd To be wanton and would wipe out the stories Of mens miseries yet we two living We could crosse her purpose for 't is impossible She should cure us we are so excellent in our afflictions It would be more then glory to her blindnes And stile her power beyond her pride to quit us Nicusa Doe they live still Sebast. Yes and make to harbour Nicu. Most miserable men I greive their Fortunes Sebast. How happy had they been had the Sea cover'd 'em They leap from one calamity to another Had they been drown'd they had ended all their sorrows What showts of joy they make Nicu. Alas poor wretches had they but once experience Of this Island they 'd turn their tunes to waylings Sebast. Nay to curses That ever they set foot on such calamities Here 's nothing but rocks and barrennes Hunger and cold to eat here 's no Vineyards To cheere the heart of man no Christall Rivers After his labour to refresh his body If he be feeble nothing to restore him But heavenly hopes nature that made those remedies Dares not come here nor looke on our distresses For fear she turn wilde like the place and barren Nicu. O Uncle yet a little memory of what we were 'T will be a little comfort in our calamities When we were seated in our blessed homes How happy in our kindreds in our families In all our Fortunes Sebast. Curse on those French Pirates that displanted us That flung us from that happinesse we found there Constrain'd us to Sea to save our lives honours and our riches Withall we had our kinsmen and our jewels In hope to finde some place free from such robbers Where a mighty storme severd our Barkes That where my wife my daughter And my noble Ladyes that went with her Virgins and loving soules to scape those Pirates Nicus. They are living yet such goodnesse cannot perish Sebast But never to me Cozen Never to me againe what beares their Flag-staves Nicu. The Armes of France sure Nay doe not start we cannot be more miserable Death is a cordial now come when it will Sebast. They get to shore a pace they 'le flye as fast When once they find the place what 's that which swims there Ni. A strong young man Sir with a handsome woman Hanging about his Neck Sebast. That shewes some honour May thy brave charity what ere thou art Be spoken in a place that may renown thee And not dye here Nicasa The Boat it seemes turn'd over So forced to their shifts yet all are landed They 're Pirats on my life Sebast. They will not rob us For none will take our misery for riches Come Cozen let 's descend and try their pitties If we get off a little hope walkes with us If not we shall but load this wretched Island With the same shadows still that must grow shorter Ex. Enter Albert Aminta Tibalt Morillat La-mure Master Franvile Surgeon Saylors Tibal. Wet come a shore my mates we are safe arrived yet Mast. Thanks to heavens goodnesse no man lost The Ship rides faire to and her leakes in good plight Albert The weathers turn'd more courteous How does my deere Alas how weake she is and wet Amint. I am glad yet I scapt with life Which certain Noble Captain next to heavens goodnesse I must thanke you for and which is more Acknowledge your deer tendernesse your firme love To your unworthy Mistresse and recant to Indeed I must those harsh opinions Those cruell unkind thoughts I heapt upon ye Farther then that I must forget your Injuries So farre I am tyde and fetred to your service Beleeve me I will learne to love Albert I thank ye Madam And it shall be my practise to serve What cheere companions Tibalt No great cheere Sir a peece of souced Bisket And halfe a hard egge for the Sea has taken order Being young and strong we shall not surfet Captaine For mine own part I le Dance till I 'm dry Come Surgeon out with your Glister-pipe And stricke a Galliard Alb. What a brave day again And what faire weather after so fowle a storme La-mure I an t pleas'ed the Master he might ha seen This weather and ha sav'd our goods Alb. Never think on em we have our lives and healths La-m. I must think on em and think 'T was most maliciously done to undoe me Fran. And me to I lost all I hant another shirt to put upon me nor Clothes But these poor raggs I had fifteen faire sutes The worst was cut upon Taffaty Tib. I am glad you ha lost give me thy hand Is thy skin whole art thou not purl'd with scabbs No Ancient monuments of madam Venus Thou hast a suit then will pose the cunningst Taylor That will never turn fashion nor forsake thee Till thy executors the wormes uncase thee They take off glorious sutes Franvile thou art happy Thou art
thy sake vild creature For all I have done well in in my life I have dig'd a grave all buried in a wife For thee I have defi'd my constant Mistris That never fail'd her servant glorious war For thee refus'd the fellowship of an Order Which Princes through all dangers have been proud To fetch as far as from Jerusalem And am I thus rewarded Vel. By all goodnesse You wrong my Lady and deserve her not When you are at your best repent your rashnesse T wil show well in you Abd. Do and aske her pardon Ori. No I have liv'd too long to have my faith My tri'd faith call'd in question and by him That should know true affection is too tender To suffer an unkind touch without ruine Study ingratitude all from my example For to be thankfull now is to be false But be it so let me die I see you wish it Yet dead for truth and pities sake report What weapon you made choice of when you kild me Vel. She faints Abd. What have ye done Ori. My last breath cannot Be better spent then to say I forgive you Nor is my death untimely since with me I take along what might have been hereafter In scorn delivered for the doubtfull issue Of a suspected mother Vel. Oh she 's gone Abd. For ever gone Are you a man Gom. I grow here Abd. Open her mouth and powre this Cordiall in it If any spark of life be unquench'd in her This will recover her Vel. T is all in vain She 's stiffe already live I and she dead Gom. How like a murtherer I stand look up And heare me curse my selfe or but behold The vengance I wilt take for 't Oriana And then in peace forsake me Jealousie Thou loathsome vomit of the fiends below What desperate hunger made me to receive thee Into my heart and soule I let thee forth And so in death finde ease and do's ray fault then Deserve no greater punishment no I le live To keep thee for a fury to torment me And make me know what hell is on the earth All joyes and hopes forsake me all mens malice And all the plagues they can inflict I wish it Fall thick upon me Let my teares be laught at And may my enemies smile to heare me groane And dead may I be pitied of none Exeunt Scena tertia Enter Collonna and Lucinda Luc. Pray you sir why was the Ordnance of the Fort Discharg'd so sodainly Col. T was the Governours pleasure In honour of the Dane a custome us'd To speake a Souldiers welcome Luc. T is a fit one But is my Master here too Col. Three daies since Luc. Might I demand without offence so much Is 't pride in him however now a slave That I am not admitted to his presence Col. His curtesie to you and to mankind May easily resolve you he is free From that poore vice which onely empty men Esteem a vertue Luc. What 's the reason then As you imagine sir Col. Why I will tell you You are a woman of a tempting beauty And he however vertuous as a man Subject to humane frailties and how far They may prevaile upon him should he see you He is not ignorant and therefore chooses With care t' avoyd the cause that may produce Some strange effect which wil not well keep ranck With the rare temperance which is admired In his life hitherto Luc. This much increases My strong desire to see him Col. It should rather Teach you to thank the Prophet that you worship That you are such a mans who though he may Do any thing which youth and heat of blood Invites him to yet dares not give way to them Your entertainment 's Noble and not like Your present fortune and it all those teares Which made grief lovely in you in the relation Of the sad story that forc'd me to weep too Your husbands hard fate were not counterfeit You should rejoyce that you have means to pay A chast life to his memory and bring to him Those sweets which while he liv'd he could not taste of But if you wantonly bestow them on Another man you offer violence To him though dead and his griev'd spirit will suffer For your immodest loosnesse Luc. Why I hope sir My willingnesse to looke on him to whom I owe my life and service is no proofe Of any unchast purpose Col. So I wish too And in the confidence it is not Lady I dare the better tell you he will see you This night in which by him I am commanded To bring you to his chamber to what end I easily should guesse were I Miranda And therefore though I can yeild little reason But in a generall love to womens goodnesse Why I should be so tender of your honour I willingly would bestow some counsaile of you And would you follow it Luc. Let me first heare it And then I can resolve you Col. My advice then Is that you would not as most Ladies use When they prepare themselves for such encounters Study to adde by artificiall dressings To native excellence yours without help But seen as it is now would make a Hermit Leave his deaths head change his after hopes Of endlesse comforts for a few short minutes Of present pleasures to prevent which Lady Practice to take away from your perfections And to preserve your chastity unstain'd The most deform'd shape that you can put on To cloud your bodies faire gifts or your minds It being laboured to so chaste an end Will prove the fairest ornament Luc. To take from The workmanship of Heaven is an offence As great as to endeavour to adde to it Of which I le not be guilty Chastity That lodges in deformity appeares rather A mulct impos'd by nature then a blessing And t is commendable onely when it conquers Though nere so oft assaulted in resistance For me I le therefore so dispose my selfe That if I hold out it shall be with honour Or if I yeeld Miranda shall finde something To make him love his victory Exit Col. With what cunning This woman argues for her own damnation Nor should I hold it for a miracle Since they are all born Sophisters to maintaine That lust is lawfull and the end and use Of their creation would I never had Hop'd better of her or could not believe Though seen the mine I must ever grieve Exit Scaena Quarta Enter Miranda Norandine Servants with lights Mir. I le see you in your chamber A Table out tow stools Nor. Pray ye no farther It is a ceremony I expect not I am no stranger here I know my lodging And have slept soundly there when the Turks Cannon Playd thick upon 't O 't was Royall Musicke And to procure a sound sleep for a Souldier Worth forty of your Fiddles As you love me Presse it no further Mir. You will overcome Waite on him carefully Nor. I have tooke since supper A rouse or two too much and by It warms my blood
the whole Christian world spectators were There by his son or were he by adoption Or nature his a brave Scene was presented Which I make choyce to speak of since from that The good successe of Alvarez had beginning Vil. So I love vertue in an enemy That I desire in the relation of This young mans glorious deed you 'ld keep your self A friend to truth and it Lam Such was my purpose The Town being oft assaulted but in vaine To dare the prow'd defendants to a sally Weary of ease Don Inigo Peralta Son to the Generall of our Castile forces All arm'd advanc'd within shot of their wals From whence the muskateers plaid thick upon him Yet he brave youth as carelesse of the danger As carefull of his honor drew his sword And waving it about his head as if He dar'd one spirited like himself to triall Of single valor he made his retreat With such a slow and yet majestique pace As if he still cald low'd dare none come on When sodainly from a posterne of the town Two gallant horse-men issued and o're-took him The army looking on yet not a man That durst relieve the rash adventurer Which Lucio son to Alvarez then seeing As in the vant-guard he sat bravely mounted Or were it pity of the youths misfortune Care to preserve the honour of his Country Or bold desire to get himselfe a name He made his brave horse like a whirle wind bear him Among the Combatants and in a moment Dischar'd his Petronell with such sure aime That of the adverse party from his horse One tumbled dead then wheeling round and drawing A faulchion swift as lightning he came on Upon the other and with one strong blow In view of the amazed Town and Campe He strake him dead and brought Peralta off With double honour to himselfe Vit. 'T was brave But the successe of this Lam. The Campe receiv'd him With acclamations of joy and welcome And for addition to the faire reward Being a massy chain of gold given to him By yong Peralta's Father he was brought To the Infantas presence kiss'd her hand And from that Lady greater in her goodnesse Then her high birth had this encouragement Go on youngman yet not to feed thy valour With hope of recompence to come from me For present satisfaction of what 's past Aske any thing that 's fit for me to give And thee to take and be assur'd of it Ana. Excellent princesse Vit. And stil'd worthily The heart bloud nay the soule of Souldiers But what was his request Lam. That the repeale Of Alvarez makes plaine he humbly begd His Fathers pardon and so movingly Told the sad story of your uncles death That the Infanta wept and instantly Granting his suit working the Arch-duke to it Their Letters were directed to the King With whom they so prevaild that Alvarez Was freely pardon'd Vit. 'T is not in the King To make that good Ana. Not in the King what subject Dares contradict his power Vit. In this I dare And wil and not call his prerogative In question nor presume to limit it I know he is the Master of his Lawes And may forgive the forfeits made to them But not the injury done to my honour And since forgeting my brave Uncles merits And many services under Duke D' Alva He suffers him to fall wresting from Justice The powerfull sword that would revenge his death I 'le fill with this Astrea's empty hand And in my just wreake make this arme the Kings My deadly hate to Alvarz and his house Which as I grew in years hath still encreas'd As if it cal'd on time to make me man Slept while it had no object for her fury But a weak woman and her talk'd of Daughter But now since there are quarries worth her sight Both in the father and his hopefull son I 'le boldly cast her off and gorge her full With both their hearts to further which your friendship And oathes will your assistance let your deedes Make answer to me uselesse are all words Till you have writ performance with your Swords Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Bobadilla and Lucio Luc. Go fetch my work this ruffe was not well starch'd So tell the maid 'thas too much blew in it And look you that the Partrich and the Pullen Have cleane meat and fresh water or my Mother Is like to hear on 't Bob. O good Sir Iaques helpe me was there ever such an Hermaphrodite heard of would any wench living that should hear and see what I do be wrought to believe that the best of a man lies under this Petticoate and that a Cod-peece were far fitter here then a pind-Placket Luc. You had best talk filthily do I have a tongue To tell my Mother as well as ears to heare Your ribaldry Bob. May you have ten womens tongues that way I am sure why my yong Mr. or Mistris Madam Don or what you wil what the devill have you to do with Pullen or Partrich or to sit pricking on a clowt all day you have a better needle I know and might make better work if you had grace to use it Luc. Why how dare you speak this before me sirha Bob. Nay rather why dare not you do what I speak though my Lady your mother for fear of Vitelli and his faction hath brought you up like her daughter and h 'as kept you this 20 year which is ever since you were born a close prisoner within dores yet since you are a man and are as wel provided as other men are me thinks you should have the same motions of the flesh as other Cavaliers of us are inclin'd unto Luc. Indeed you have cause to love those wanton motions They having hope you to an excellent whipping For doing something I but put you in mind of it With the Indian mayd the governour sent my mother From Mexico Bob. Why I but taught her a Spanish trick in charity and holp the King to a subject that may live to take grave Maurice prisoner and that was more good to the State then a thousand such as you are ever like to do and I wil tell you in a fatherly care of the Infant I speak it if he live as blesse the babe in passion I remember him to your years shall he spend his time in pinning painting purling and perfuming as you do no he shall to the wars use his Spanish Pike though with the danger of the lash as his father has done and when he is provoked as I am now draw his Toledo desperatly as Luc. You will not Kill me oh Bob. I knew this would silence him how he hides his eys If he were a wench now as he seems what an advantage Had I drawing two Toledos when one can do this But oh me my Lady I must put up young Master I did but jest O custom what ha'st thou made of him Enter Eugenia and Servants Eug. For bringing this be still my friend no more A servant to
may erect you as high in the worlds account as ever Mont. I cannot live to hope it much lesse injoy it nor is it any part of my endeavour my study is to render every man his own and to containe my self within the limits of a Gentleman Lav. I have the grant of an Office given me by some noble favorites of mine in Court there stands but a small matter between me and it if your ability be such to lay down the present sum out of the love I bear you before any other man it shall be confirmed yours Mont. I have heard you often speak of such a thing if it be assur'd to you I wil gladly deale in it that portion I have I would not hazard upon one course for I see the most certainest is incertain La-p. Having money sir you could not light upon men that could give better direction there is at this time a friend of mine upon the Seas to be plain with you he is a Pyrate that hath wrote to me to work his fredom and by this Gentlemans meanes whose acquaintance is not small at Court we have the word of a worthy man for it only there is some money to be suddainly disburst and if your happinesse be such to make it up you shall receive treble gaine by it and good assurance for it Mont. Gentlemen out of the weaknesse of my estate you seem to have some knowledge of my brest that wood if it were possible advance my declined fortunes to satisfie all men of whom I have had credit and I know no way better then these which you propose I have some money ready under my command some part of it is already promis'd but the remainder is yours to such uses as are propounded Lav. Appoint some certain place of meeting for these affaires requires expedition Mont. I wil make it my present businesse at twelve I am to meet Mallicorne the Marchant at the Pallace you know him sir about some negotiation of the same nature there I wil be ready to tender you that money upon such conditions as wee shall conclude off Lav. The care of it be yours so much as they affaire concernes you Mont. Your caution is effectuall and till then I take my leave Lav. Good Mr Montague Exit Whithin a elamor down with their weapons Enter Longavile and Dubois their swords drawn servants and others between them Ser. Nay Gentlemen what meane you pray be quiet have some respect unto the house Long. A treacherous slave Du. Thou dost revile thy self base Longavile Long. I say thou art a villaine and a corrupt one that hast some seaven years fed on thy masters trencher yet never bredst good bloud towards him for if thou hadst have a sounder heart Du. So sir you can use your tongue something nimbler then your sword Long. Wood you cood use your tongue well of your Master friend you might have better imployment for your sword Du. I say againe and I wil speak it loud and often that Orleans is a noble Gentleman with whom Amiens is to light to poyse the scale Long. He is the weaker for taking of a prayse out of thy mouth Du. This hand shall seale his merit at thy heart Lav. Part them my masters part them Ser. Part them sir why do you not part them you stand by with your sword in your hand and cry part 'em Lav. Why you must know my friend my cloaths are better then yours and in a good suit I do never use to part any body La-p. And it is discretion Lav. I marry is it Captaine Long. Duboies though this place priviledge thee know where next we meet the bloud which at thy heart flowes drops at thy feet Enter Amience in hast his sword drawne Du. I would not spend it better then in this quarrell and on such a hazard Ami. What uprores this must my name here be question'd in Tavern brawels and by affected Ruffins Lav. Not we indeed sir Du. Fear cannot make me shrink out of your fury though you were greater then your name doth make you I am one and the opposer if your swoln rage have ought in mallice to inforce expresse it Ami. I seek thee not nor shalt thou ever gaine That credit which a blow from me wood give thee By my I more detest that fellow Which took my part then thee that he durst offer To take my honour in his feeble armes And spend it in a drinking room which way went he Lav. That way sir I wood you wood after for I do fear we shall have some more scuffling Ami. I le follow him and if my speed o're take him I shall ill thank him for his forwardnesse Exit Lav. I am glad he 's gon for I do not love to see a sword drawn in the hand of a man that lookes so furious ther 's no jesting with edge tooles how say you Captaine Cap. I Say t is better jesting then to be in earnest with them Enter Orleance Orl. How now what 's the difference they say there have bin swords drawn and in my quarrell let me know that man whose love is so sincere to spend his bloud for my sake I will bounteously requite him Lav. We were all of your side but there he stands begun it Orl. What 's thy name Dub. Duboyes Orl. Give me thy hand thou hast receaved no hurt Dub. Not any nor wear this body stuck full of wounds I should not count them hurts being taken in so honorable a cause as the defence of my most worthy Lord Orl. The dedication of thy love to me requires my ample bounty thou art mine for I do finde thee made unto my purposes Mounsieur Laverdine pardon my neglect I not observed you and how runs rumour Lav. Why it runs my Lord like a foot man without a cloak to show that what 's once rumour'd it cannot be hidde Orl. And what say the rable am not I the subject of their talk Lav. Troth my Lord the common mouth speakes foule words Orl. Of me for turning away thy wife do they not Lav. Faith the men do a little murmer at it and say 't is an ill president in so great a man marry the women they rayle out right Orl. Out upon them rampallions I le keepe my selfe safe enough out of their fingers but what say my prity Jelly composed gallant that censure every thing more desperate then it is dangerous what say they Lav. Marry they are laying wagers what death you shall die one offers to lay five hundred pounds And yet he had but a groat about him that was in two two-pences too to any man that wo'd make it up a shilling that you were kil'd with a Pistoll charg'd with white Powder another offerd to pawne his soule for five shillings and yet no body wo'd take him that you were stab'd to death and sho'd die with more wounds then Cesar Orl. And who sho'd be the Butchers that sho'd do it Montague and his
out o th' way once Or out of our custodies I wish they wold take in more companies For I am sure we feel her in our duties shrewdly 1 Sol. 'T is not her fault I warrant ye she is ready for 't And that 's the plague when they grow ripe for marriage They must be slipt like Hawkes 2 Sol. Give me a meane wench No State doubt lyes on her she is alwaies ready 1 Sol. Come to the Guard 't is late and sure the Captaine Can not be long away 2 Sol. I have watch'd these three nights To morrow they may keep me tame for nothing Exeunt Scaena Tertia Enter Silvio Belvidere and Rodope with a light Sil. This is the place I think what Light is that there The Lady and my Cousen Bel. Is this the Garden Rod. Yes Madam Sil. O my blessed Mistris Saint of my soule Bel. Speake softly take me to ye O Silvio I am thine thine ever Silvio Rod. Is this your promise Sir Lady your honour I am undone if this be seene disgrac'd Fallen under all discredit Bel. Do you love still Deere do you keepe your old faith Sil. Ever Lady And when that failes me all that 's good forsake me Rod. Do not you shame Madam I must not suffer this I will not suffer it men call you vertuous What do you meane to lose your selfe thus Silvio I charge thee get away charge you retire ye I le call the watch else Sil. Call all the world to see us We live in one anothers happinesse And so will die Bel. Here will I hang for ever Rod. As ye respect me as hereafter Madam You would enjoy his love nothing prevaile with ye I l'e try my strength then get thee gone thou villain Thou Promise-breaker Sil. I am tide I cannot Rod. I le ring the Bell then Sil. Ring it to death I am fixt here Enter Bartello two Souldiers with lights Bart. I saw a light over the Garden walke Hard by the Ladies Chamber here 's some knavery As I live I saw it twice Rod. The Guard the Guard there I must not suffer this it is too mischievous Bart. Light up the torch I fear'd this ha young Silvio How got he in 1. Sold. The Divell brought him in sure He came not by us Bart. My wife between 'em busling Guard pull him off Rod. Now now ye feele the misery Bart. You Madam at an houre so far undecent Death O my soule this is a foule fault in ye Your mothers care abusd too light 's to her Chamber I am sorry to see this Bell. Farewell my Sylvio And let no danger sink thee Sil. Nor death Lady Exit Bell Rod Bart. Are ye so hot I shall prepare ye Phisick Will purge ye finely neatly you are too fiery Think of your prayers Sir and you have not forgot 'em Can ye fly i' th ayre or creepe ye in at key-holes I have a gyn will catch ye though you conjur'd Take him to Guard to night to strong and sure Guard I le back to 'th Dutchesse presently no lesse sport serve ye Then the Heire to a Dukedom play at push-pin there Sir It was well aim'd but plague upon 't you shot short And that will lose your game Sil. I know the losse then Exeunt Scaena Quarta Enter Claudio like a Merchant Cla. Now in this habit may I safely see How my incensed friend carries my murther Who little I imagin'd had been wrought To such a height of rage and much I grieve now Mine owne blinde passion had so master'd me I could not see his love for sure he loves her And on a nobler ground then I pretended Enter Penurio It must be so it is so what Penurio My shotten friend what winde blew you Pen. Faith 't is true Any strong winde will blow me like a feather I am all Ayre nothing of earth within me Nor have not had this moneth but that good Dinner Your Worship gave me yesterday that staies by me And gives me ballasse else the Sun would draw me Cla. But do's my Mistris speake still of me Pen. Yes Sir And in her sleep that makes my Master mad too And turne and fart for anger Cla. Art sure she saw me Pen. She saw ye at a window Cla. 'T is most true In such a place I saw a Gentlewoman A young sweet hansome woman Pen. That 's she that 's she Sir Cla. And well she view'd me I view'd her Pen. Still she Sir Cla. At last she blush'd and then look't off Pen. That blush Sir If you can read it truly Cla. But didst thou tell her Or didst thou foole me thou knew'st such a one Pen. I told her and I told her such a sweet tale Cla. But did she heare thee Pen. With a thousand eares Sir And swallow'd what I said as greedily As great-bellyed women do Cherries stones and all Sir Cla. Methinkes she should not love thy Master Pen. Hang him Pilcher There 's nothing loves him his owne Cat cannot endure him She had better lye with a Beare for he is so hairie That a tame warren of flyes frisk round about him Cla. And wilt thou worke still Pen. Like a Miner for ye Cla. And get accesse Pen. Or conjure you together 'T is her desire to meet she is poyson'd with him And till she take a sweet fresh ayre that 's you Sir Cla. There 's money for thee thou art a precious Varlet Be fat be fat and blow thy Master backward Pen. Blow you my Mistris Sir as flat as a flounder Then blow her up againe as Butchers blow their Veales If she dye upon the same Bury her bury her in Gods name Cla. Thou art a merry knave by this hand I le feed thee Till thou crack'st at both ends if thou dar'st do this Thou shalt eat no fantasticall Porredge Nor lick the dish where oyle was yesterday Dust and dead flyes to day Capons fat Capons Pen. O hearty sound Cla. Cramb'd full of itching Oysters Pen. Will ye have the Dutchesse Cla. And Lobsters big as Gauntlets Thou shalt despise base Beefe Pen. I do despise it And now me thinkes I feele a Tart come sliding Cla. Leaping into thy mouth but first deale faithfully Pen. When will ye come Cla. To morrow Pen. I le attend ye For then my Master will be out in businesse Cla. What newes abroad Pen. 'Mas as I was comming to you I heard that Signiour Silvio a good Gentleman Many a good meale I have eaten with him Cla. What of him Pen. Was this day to be Arraigned before the Duchesse But why I could not heare Cla. Silvio arraign'd Go get ye gone and thinke of me Pen. I fly Sir Exit Pen Cla. Arraign'd for what for my supposed death no That cannot be sure there 's no rumour of it Be it what it will I will be there and see it And if my help will bring him off he has it Exit Scaena Quinta Enter Duchesse Lords Silvio prisoner Belvidere Bartello Rodope Clerke Counsellours Attendants
Hag where now are all her promises She would be with me strengthen me informe me My death will now be double death ridiculous She was wont still to be neare to feele my miseries And with her Art I see her no where now What have I undertaken now she failes me No comfort now I finde how my soule staggers Till this houre never fear nor doubt possest me She cannot come she will not come she has fool'd me Sure she is the Devill has drawne me on to ruine And now to death bequeaths me in my danger Sy. He stands distracted and his colour changes Duch. I have given him that will make his blood forsake him Shortly his life Sy. His hands and contemplation Have motion still the rest is earth already Duc. Come will ye speak or pray your time growes out Sir How every where he looks he 's at last cast Enter Belvidere and secretly gives him a paper and Exit Sy. His colour comes againe fresh Duc. 'T is a flash Sir Before the flame burnes out can ye yet answer Sil. Yes Madam now I can Duch. I feare you 'l faile in 't Sil. And do not think my silence a presage Or Omen to my end you shall not finde it I am bred a Souldier not an Orator Madam peruse this scrowle let that speake for me And as you are Royall wrong not the construction Duch. By Heaven you shall have faire play Sil. I shall looke for 't Question Tell me what it that onely thing For which all women long Yet having what they most desire To have it do's them wrong Answer T is not to be chaste nor faire Such gifts malice may impaire Richly trim'd to walke or ride Or to wanton unespi'd To preserve an honest name And so to give it up to fame These are toyes In good or ill They desire to have their will Yet when they have it they abuse it For they know not how to use it Duch. You have answer'd right and gain'd your life I give it Sil. O happy Hag But my most gracious Madam Your promise tide a nobler favour to me Duch. 'T is true my daughter too Sil I hope you will keep it Duc. 'T is not in my powre now she is long since wanderd Stolne from the Court and me and what I have not I cannot give no man can tell me of her Nor no search finde her out and if not Silvio Which strongly I beleeve Sil. Mock me not Lady For as I am a servant to her vertue Since my first howre of exile I ne're saw her Lord That she is gone 't is too too true and lamentable Our last hope was in you Sil. What do I heare then And wherefore have I life bestow'd and honour To what end do I walk for men to wonder at And fight and foole pray ye take your honours from me My sorrowes are not fit companions for 'em And when ye please my life Art thou gone Mistris And wander'st heaven knowes where this vow I make thee That till I finde thee out and see those faire eyes Those eyes that shed their lights and life into me Never to know a friend to seeke a kindred To rest where pleasure dwells and painted glory But through the world the wide world thus to wander The wretched world alone no comfort with me But the meere meditations of thy goodnesse Honour and greatnesse thus adieu Enter Belvidere Bel. Stay Silvio And Lady sit againe I come for Justice Sil. What would she now Bel. To claime thy promise Silvio The Boone thou swor'st to give me Sy. What may this be A woman or a Devill Duch. 'T is a Witch sure And by her meanes he came to untwist this Riddle Sil. That I am bound to her for my liffe mine honour And many other thousand waies for comfort I here confesse Confesse a promise too That what she would aske me to requite these favours Within the endeavour of my life to grant I would and here I stand my words full master Bel. I wish no more great Lady witnesse with me The Boone I crave for all my service to thee Is now to be thy wife to grant me marriage Sil. How for to marry thee aske againe woman Thou wilfull woman aske againe Bel. No more Sir Sil. Aske land and life Bel. I aske thee for a Husband Soto Marry her and beat her into Gun-powder She would make rare Crackers Sil. Aske a better fortune Thou art too old to marry I a Souldier And alwaies married to my sword Bel. Thy word Foole Breake that and I le breake all thy fortunes yet Duch. He shall not I am witnesse to his faith and I le compell it Sy. 'T is fit ye hold your word Sir Sil. O most wretched Duch. This was a fortune now beyond my wishes For now my Daughter 's free if e're I finde her Sy. But not from me Duch. You are sharer in this happinesse My selfe will wait upon this marriage And do the old woman all the honour possible Sy. I le lead the Knight and what there wants in dalliance Wee 'l take it out in drinke Sil. O wretched Silvio Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Lopez and Isabella Lop. Hast thou sent for him Isab. Yes Lop. A young man saist thou Isab. Yes very young and very amarous Lop. And handsom Isab. As the Town affords Lop. And dar'st thou Be so farre good and Mistris of thine honour To sleight these Isab. For my husbands sake to curse 'em And since you have made me Mistris of my fortune Never to point at any ioy but husband I could have cozen'd ye but so much I love ye And now so much I weigh the estimation Of an unspotted wife Lop. I dare believe thee And never more shall doubt torment my spirit Enter Penurio Isab. How now Penurio Pen. The thing is comming Mistris Lop. I le take my standing Pen. Do and I le take mine Exit Lopes Isab. Where didst thou leave him Pen. I left him in a Cellar Where he has paid me titely paid me home Mistris We had an hundred fifty healths to you sweet Mistris And three score and ten damnations to my Master Mistris shall I speak a foolish word to ye Isab. What 's that Penurio The fellow 's drunke Pen. I would faine know your body Isab. How 's that how 's that prethee Pen. I would know it carnally I would conglutinate Isab. The reason sirrah Pen. Lobster sweet Mistris Lobster Isab. Thy Master heares Pen. Lobster sweet Master Lobster Isab. Thou art the most precious rogue Enter Claudio Pen. Most pretious Lobster Isab. Do you see who 's here go sleep ye drunken rascall Pen. Remember you refuse me arm'd in Lobster Exit Isab. O my lost Rugio welcome welcome welcome A thousand welcomes here I le seale Cla. Pray ye stay Lady Do you love me ever at this rate or is the fit now By reason of some wrong done by your husband More fervent on ye Isab. Can I chuse but
upon the same security deliver him a box Evan. A Bottle-head Fred. You shall have cause to chafe as I will handle it Eva. I had rather thou hadst delivered me to Pirats Betraid me to uncurable diseases Hung up my Picture in a Market place And sold me to wilde bawds Cassan. As I take it Madam Your Maidenhead lyes not in that Cabinet You have a Closer and you keep the key too Why are you vext thus Eva. I could curse thee wickedly And wish thee more deformed then age can make thee Perpetuall hunger and no teeth to satisfie it Waight on thee still nor sleep be found to ease it Those hands that gave the Casket may the palsie For ever make unusefull even to feed thee Long winters that thy bones may turne to Isicles No Hell can thaw againe inhabit by thee Is thy care like thy body all on crookednesse How scurvily thou criest now like a drunkard I le have as pure teares from a durty spout Do sweare thou didst this ignorantly sweare it Sweare and be damn'd thou halfe witch Cassan. These are fine words well Madam Madam Evan. 'T is not well thou mummy 'T is impudently basely done thou durty Fred. Has your young sanctity done railing Madam Against your innocent Squire do you see this Sonnet This loving Script do you know from whence it came too Eva. I do and dare avouch it pure and honest Fred. You have private Visitants my noble Lady That in sweet numbers court your goodly vertues And to the height of adoration Evan, Well Sir There 's neither Heresie nor Treason in it Fred. A Prince may beg at the doore whilst these feast with ye A favour or a grace from such as I am Enter Valerio and Podrano Course common things You are welcome pray come neer Sir Do you know this paper Val. I am betray'd I do Sir 'T is mine my hand and heart if I die for her I am thy Martyr Love and time shall honour me Cass. You sawcy Sir that came in my Ladies name For her guilt Cabinet you cheating Sir too You scurvy Usher with as scurvy leggs And a worse face thou poore base hanging holder How durst thou come to me with a lye in thy mouth An impudent lye Pod. Hollow good Jill you hobble Cass. A stinking lye more stinking then the teller To play the pilfring knave there have been rascals Brought up to fetch and carry like your Worship That have been hang'd for lesse whipt there are daily And if the Law will do me right Pod. What then old Maggot Cass. Thy mother was carted younger I le have thy hide Thy mangy hide embroder'd with a dog-whip As it is now with potent Pox and thicker Fred. Peace good antiquity I le have your bones else Ground into Gunpowder to shoot at Cats with One word more and I le blanch thee like an Almond There 's no such cure for the she-falling-sicknesse As the powder of a dried bawds skin be silent You are very prodigall of your service here Sir Of your life more it seems Val. I repent neither Because Your Grace shall understand it comes From the best part of love my pure affection And kindled with chaste flame I will not fly from it If it be error to desire to marry And marry her that sanctity would dote on I have done amisse if it be a Treason To graft my soule to vertue and to grow there To love the tree that beares such happinesse Conceive me Sir this fruit was ne're forbidden Nay to desire to taste too I am Traytor Had you but plants enough of this blest Tree Sir Set round about your Court to beautifie it Deaths twice so many to dismay the aproachers The ground would scarce yeeld graves to noble Lovers Fred. 'T is well maintain'd you wish and pray to fortune Here in your Sonnet and she has heard your prayers So much you dote upon your owne undoing But one Month to injoy her as your wife Though at the expiring of that time you die for 't Val. I could wish many many ages Sir To grow as old as time in her imbraces If heaven would grant it and you smile upon it But if my choice were two houres and then perish I would not pull my heart back Fred. You have your wish To'morrow I will see you nobly married Your Month take out in all content and pleasure The first day of the following Month you dye for 't Kneele not not all your prayers can divert me Now marke your sentence mark it scornfull Lady If when Valerio's dead within twelve houres For thar 's your latest time you finde not out Another husband on the same condition To marry you againe you dye your self too Evan. Now you are mercifull I thank your Grace Fre. If when you are married you but seek to scape Out of the Kingdome you or she or both Or to infect mens minds with hot commotions You dye both instantly will you love me now Lady My tale will now be heard but now I scorne ye Exe. Manent Valerio and Evanthe Eva. Is our faire love our honest our intire Come to this hazard Val. 'T is a noble one and I am much in love with malice for it Envy could not have studied me a way Nor fortune pointed out a path to honour Straighter and nobler if she had her eyes When I have once injoyed my sweet Evanthe And blest my youth with her most deere Imbraces I have done my journey here my day is out All that the world has else is foolery Labour and losse of time what should I live for Think but mans life a moneth and we are happy I would not have my joyes grow old for any thing A paradise as thou art my Evanthe Is only made to wonder at a little Enough for humane eyes and then to wander from Come do not weep sweet you dishonour me Your teares and griefes but question my ability Whether I dare dye Do you love intirely Eva. You know I do Val. Then grudge not my felicity Eva. I le to the Queene Val. Do any thing that 's honest But if you sue to him in death I hate you Actus Secundus Scaena Prima Enter Camillo Cleanthes and Menallo Cam. WAs there ever heard of such a marriage Men. Marriage and hanging go by destiny 'T is the old proverb now they come together Cle. But a month married then to lose his life for 't I would have a long month sure that payes the Souldiers Ent Tony with Urinall Cam. Or get all the Almanacks burnt that were a rare trick And have no month remembred How now Tony Whose water are you casting Tony. A sick Gentlemans Is very sick much troubled with the stone He should not live above a month by his Urine About Saint Davids day it will go hard with him He will then be troubled with a paine in his neck too Men. A pestilent foole when wilt thou marry Tony Ton. When I mean to be
shake her neernesse off I study Sir To satisfie your angers that are just Before your pleasures Fred. I have done that already I feare has pull'd to many curses on me Sora. Curses or envies on Valerio's head Would you take my counsell Sir they should all light And with the weight not only crack his scull But his faire credit the exquisite vexation I have devis'd so please you give way in 't And let it worke shall more afflict his soule And trench upon that honour that he brags of Then feare or death in all the frights he carries If you sit downe here they will both abuse ye Laugh at your poore relenting powre and scorne ye What satisfaction can their deaths bring to you That are prepar'd and proud to dye and willingly And at their ends will thank you for that honour How are you nearer the desire you aim at Or if it be revenge your anger covets How can their single deaths give you content Sir Petty revenges end in blood sleight angers A Princes rage should finde out new diseases Death were a pleasure too to pay proud fooles with Fred. What should I do Sor. Adde but your power unto me Make me but strong by your protection And you shall see what joy and what delight What infinite pleasure this poore mouth shall yeeld him I le make him wish he were dead on 's marriage day Or bedrid with old age I le make him curse And cry and curse give me but power Fred. You have it Here take my Ring I am content he pay for 't Sor. It shall be now revenge as I will handle it He shall live after this to beg his life too Twenty to one by this thread as I le weave it Evanthe shall be yours Fred. Take all authority and be most happy Sor. Good Sir no more pitty Exeunt Enter Tony three Citizens and three Wives 1. Wife Good Master Tony put me in Ton. Where do you dwell 1. Wife Forsooth at the sign of the great shoulder of Mutton To. A hungry man would hunt your house out instantly Keep the dogs from your doore Is this Lettice Ruffe your husband a fine sharp sallet to your signe 2. Wife Will you put me in too 3. Wife And me good Master Tony Tony. Put ye all in you had best come twenty more you Think 't is easie a trick of legerdemaine to put ye all in 'T would pose a fellow that had twice my body Though it were all made into chines and fillets 2. W. Puts into 'th wedding Sir we would fain see that 1. W. And the brave Masque too To. You two are pretty women are you their husbands 2. Citiz. Yes for want of better Ton. I think so too you would not be so mad else To turne 'em loose to a company of young Courtiers That swarme like Bees in May when they see young wenches You must not squeak 3. W. No Sir we are better tutor'd Ton. Nor if a young Lord offer you the curtesie 2. W. We know what 't is Sir Ton. Nor you must not grumble If you be thrust up hard we thrust most furiously 1. W. We know the worst Ton. Get you two in then quietly And shift for your selves we must have no old women They are out of use unlesse they have petitions Besides they cough so loud they drown the Musick You would go in too but there is no place for ye I am sorry for 't go and forget your wives Or pray they may be able to suffer patiently You may have Heires may prove wise Aldermen Go or I le call the Guard 3 Citi. We will get in wee 'l venture broken pates else Exit Citiz. and Women Ton. 'T is impossible You are too securely arm'd how they flock hether And with what joy the women run by heapes To see this Marriage they tickle to think of it They hope for every moneth a husband too Still how they run and how the wittals follow 'em The weake things that are worne between the leggs That brushing dressing nor new naps can mende How they post to see their owne confusion This is a merry world Enter Frederick Fred. Looke to the doore sirra Thou art a foole and may'st do mischiefe lawfully Ton. Give me your hand you are my brother Foole You may both make the Law and mar it presently Do you love a wench Fred. Who does not foole Ton. Not I unlesse you will give me a longer lease to marry her Fred. What are all these that come what businesse have they Ton. Some come to gape those are my fellow fooles Some to get home their wives those be their own fooles Some to rejoyce with thee those be the times fooles And some I feare to curse thee those are poore fooles Enter Cassandra an old Lady passing over A set people calls them honest Looke looke King look A weather-beaten Lady new carin'd Fred. An old one Ton. The glasses of her eyes are new rub'd over And the worme-eaten records in her face are daub'd up neatly She layes her breasts out too like to poch'd eggs That had the yelkes suckt out they get new heads also New teeth new tongues for the old are all worne-out And as 't is hoped new tayles Fred. For what Ton. For old Courtiers The young ones are too stirring for their travells Fred. God leave your knavery and helpe to keepe the doore well I will have no such presse Ton. Lay thy hand a thy heart King Fred. I le have ye whipt Ton. The Foole and thou are parted Exit Fred. Sorano work and free me from this spell 'Twixt love and scorne there 's nothing felt but hell Exit Enter Valerio Camillo Cleanthes Menallo and Servants Val. Tye on my Scarfe you are so long about me Good my Lords help give me my other Cloke That Hat and Feather Lord what a Taylor 's this To make me up thus straight one sigh would burst me I have not roome to breath come button button Button apace Cam. I am glad to see you merry Sir Val. 'T would make you merry had you such a wife And such an age to injoy her in Men. An age Sir Val. A moneth 's an age to him that is contented What should I seeke for more give me my sword Ha my good Lords that every one of you now Had but a Lady of that youth and beauty To blesse yourselves this night with would ye not Pray ye speak uprightly Cle. We confesse ye happy And we could well wish such another Banquet But on that price my Lord Val. 'T were nothing else No man can ever come to aime at Heaven But by the knowledge of a Hell These shooes are heavy And if I should be call'd to dance they 'l clog me Get me some pumps I le tell ye brave Camillo And you deare friends the King has honour'd me Out of his gracious favour has much honour'd me To limit me my time for who would live long Who would be old
your grace out of observation meerly Already have propounded Bap. With the honor to give the daring enemy an affront In being the first opposer it will teach Your Soldiers boldnesse and strike feare in them That durst attempt you 1. Magi. Victualls and ammunition And mony too the sinewes of the war are stor'd up in the Magazine 2. Magi. And the gallies new rigd and traind up And at two dayes warning fit for the service Duke We commend your care Nor will we ere be wanting in Our counsailes As we doubt not your action you Baptista Shall stay with us that Merchant is not wise That ventures his whole fortunes in one bottome Albert. Be our Admirall spare your thankes His merit in you that jnvites this honor Preserve it such ere long you shall heare more Things rashly undertaken end as ill But great acts thrive when reason guides the will Exeunt Enter 3. Gentlemen 1. No question t was not well done in Caesario To crosse the horse of younge Mentivole In the middest of this course 2. That was not all the switching him duld him 3. Would that both the jades Had broke their necks when they first started light We stand here prateing give them leave to whisper And when they have cut one anothers throats Enter Mentivole and Cesario Make in to part em 2. There is no such hazard Their fathers freindship and their love forbid it See where they come 1. With fury in their loookes Ment. You have the wages with what fowle play got I le not dispute Caesar. Fowle play Ment. I cannot speak it In a fairer language and if some respects Familiar to my selfe chaind not my tongue I should say no more I should but I le sit down With this disgrace how ere presse me no farther For if once more provokd you l vnderstand I dare no more suffer an Injury Then I dare doe one Caesar. Why sir are you injur'd In that I take my right which I would force Should you detaine it Ment. Put it to judgement Caesar. No my will in this shall carrie it Ment. Your will nay farwell softnes then they sodainly drawe 3. This I foresaw 2. Hold hold Caesar I am hurt 2. Shift for your selfe t is death Ment. As you respect me beare him off with care If he miscarry since he did the wrong I le stand the shock of 't 2. Gently he will faint else Exeunt Gent. with Caesario Ment. And speedily I beseech you my rage over That pourd upon my reason clouds of error I see my folly and at what deare losse I have exchangd a reall innocence To gaine a meere fantasticall report Transported only by vaine popular wind To bee a daring nay foole hardie man Ent. Baptista But could I satisfie my selfe within here How should I beare my fathers frowne They meet me My guilt conjures him hither Bap. Sirra Mentiv. Sir Bap. I have met the trophies of your ruffian sword Was there no other Anvile to make triall How far thou durst be wicked but the bosome Of him which under the adulterate name Of friendship thou hast murder Ment. Murderd sir My dreams abhor so base a fact true valor Imployd to keepe my reputation faire from the austerest judge can never merit To be branded with that title you begot me A man no coward and but call your youth To memory when injur'd you could never Boast of the Asses fortitude slavelike patience And you might justly doubt I were your sonne If I should entertaine it if Caesario Recover as I hope his wound 's not mortall A second tryall of what I dare doe In a just cause shall give strong witnesse for me I am the true heire to Baptistas courage As to his other fortunes Baptist. Boy to neither But on this strict condition Which jntreaties From Saints nay Angels shall not make me alter A friendship so began and so continu'd Betweene me and Alberto my best friend Your brawles shall not dissolve it is my will And as I am thy father I command thee That jnstantly on any tearms how poore So ere it skils not thou desire his pardon And bring assurance to me has sign'd it Or by my fathers soule I le never know thee But as a stranger to my blood performe it And suddainly without reply I have said it Ment. And in it given a heavier sentence on me Then the most cruel death you are my father And your will to be servd and not disputed By me that am your sonne but I le obey And though my heart strings crack for 't make it known When you command my faculties are your own Exeunt Actus secundus Scaena prima Enter Alberto Physition and a Chirurgion Phys HAve patience Noble Sir your sonne Caesario Will recover without question Surgeon A slight wound Though it peirc't his body it hath miss'd the vitals Phys. My life for 't he shall take the aire againe within these 10. daies Alber. O but from a friend To receive this blody measure from a friend If that a man should meete a violent death In a place where he had taken sanctuary Would it not grieve him such all Florence held Their friendship and t is that which multiplyes The injury Physi. Have patience worthy Signior Alber. I doe protest as I am man and soldier If I had buried him in a wave at sea Lost in some honorable action I would not to the saltnesse of his grave Have added the least teare but these quarrels Enter Mariana and Clarissa Bred out of game and wine I had as lief He should have died of a surfeit Maria. Oh what comfort How is it with our son Sir Alber. His Work-masters Beare in my hand here as my Lawyer does When I have a crackt title or bad sute in Law All shall goe well Maria. I pray you Gentl what think you of his wound Physi. T is but a scratch nothing to danger Claris. But he receiv'd it from a friend And the unkindnesse tane at that may kill him Mari. Let me see him Physi. By no meanes he slumbers Mari. Then I cannot beleive you When you tell me ther'e 's hope of him Alber. Yet many Ladyes Doe give him more faith to their Physition Then to their Confessor Claris. O my poore lost brother And friend more deere then brother Alber. More loud instruments To disturbe his slumbers goe goe take Caroch And as you love me you and the Girle retire To our Summer house 'i th Country I le be with you Within these two dayes Maria. I am yours in all things Though with much sorrow to leave him Exeunt Maria Claris Alber. I pray you Gentlemen With best observance tend your Patient The losse of my heire Male lies now a bleeding Enter Mentivole And think what payment his recovery Exeunt Phisition Chirur Shall showre upon you Of all men breathing Wherefore doe you arrive here are you mad My injury begins to bleed a fresh At sight of you why this affront of your I
have his hand cut off which since I heard And to my comfort brave Caesario Worthyly prevented Pros. And 't was nobly done Albert. Yet the revenge for this intent of mine Hath bred much slaughter in our families And yet my wife which infinitly moanes me Intends to marry my sole heire Clarissa To the head branch of the other faction Pros. T is the meane to work reconcilement Alber. Betweene whom Pros. Your selfe and the worthy Baptista Alber. Never Pros. O you have been of a noble and remarkable freindship And by this match t is generally in Florence Hop'd t will fully be reconcild to me 'T would be absolute content Iulia And to my selfe I have maine interest in it Alb. Noble Sir you may command my heart to breake for you But never to bend that way poore Caesario When thou puft'st on thy mournfull willow garland Thy enemy shall be suted I do vow In the same livery my Caesario Loved as my foster child though not my sonne Which in some countryes formerly were barbarous Was a name held most affectionate thou art lost Vnfortunate young man not only slighted Where thou received'st thy breeding but since scorn'd i th' way of marriage by the poore Bianca The In-keepers daughter Pros. I have heard of that too But let not that afflict you for this Lady May happily deliver at more leasure A circumstance may draw a faire event Better then you can hope for For this present we must leave you And shall visit you againe within these two houres Enter Caesario Albert. Ever to me most welcome O my Caesario Caesar. I am none of yours Sir so t is protested And I humbly beg Since t is not in your power to preserve me Any longer in a noble course of life Give me a worthy death Alber. The youth is mad Caesar. Nay Sir I will instruct you in a way To kill me honorably Alber. That were most strange Caesar. I am turning Pirate You may be imployed By the Duke to fetch me in and in a sea-fight Give me a noble grave Alber. Questionlesse he 's mad I would give any Doctor A thousand crownes to free him from this sorrow Caesar. Here 's the Physitian Shewes a Poniard Alber. Hold Sir I did say To free you from the sorrow not from life Caesar. Why life and sorrow are unseparable Alber. Be comforted Caesario Mentivole Shall not marry Clarissa Caesar. No Sir ere he shall I le kill him Alber. But you forfeit your own life then Caesar. That 's worth nothing Alber. Caesario be thy selfe be mine Caesario Make not thy selfe uncapable of that portion I have full purpose to confer upon thee By falling into madnesse beare thy wrongs With noble patience the afflicted freind Which ever in all actions crownes the end Ces. You well awake me nay recover'd me Both to sence and full life ô most noble sir Though I have lost my fortune and lost you For a worthy Father yet I will not loose My former vertue my integrity Shall not yet forsake me but as the wilde Ivy Spredds and thrives better in some pittious ruin Of tower or defac'd Temple then it does Planted by a new building so shall I Make my adversity my instrument To winde me up into a full content Alber. T is worthily resolv'd our first adventure Is to stop the marriage for thy other losses Practis'd by a womans malice but account them Like conjurers windes rais'd to a fearefull blast And doe some mischeife but do never last Exeunt Enter Forobosco and Clowne Clow. Now sir will you not acknowledge that I have mightily advancte your practice Forobos. T is confest and I will make thee a great man for 't Clow. I take a course to do that my selfe for I drinke sack in abundance Foro. O my rare rascall We must remove Clow. Whither Foro. Any whither Europe is to little to be cozned by us I am ambitious to goe to the East-Indies thou and I to ride on our brace of Elephants Clow. And for my part I long to be in England agen you wil never get so much as in England we have shifted many countryes and many names but traunce the world over you shall never purse up so much gold as when you were in England and call'd your selfe Doctor Lambe-stones Foro. T was an atractive name I confesse women were then my only admirers Clow, And all their visits was either to further their lust or reveng injuries Foro You should have forty in a morning beleager my closett and strive who should be cozend first amongst fourescore love-sick waighting women that has come to me in a morning to learne what fortune should betide them in their first marriage I have found above 94 to have lost their maidenheads Clow. By their owne confession but I was faine to be your male midwife and worke it out of them by circumstance Foro. Thou wast and yet for all this frequent resort of women and thy handling of their urinalls and their cases thou art not given to lechery what should be the reason of it thou hast wholsome flesh enough about thee me thinkes the divell should tempt thee too 't Clow. What need he do that when he makes me his instrument to tempt others Foro. Thou canst not chuse but utter thy rare good parts thou wast an excellent baude I acknowledge Clow. Well and what I have done that way I will spare to speake of all you and I have done sir and though we should Foro. We will for England that 's for certaine Clow. We shall never want there Foro, Want the Court of Wards shall want mony first for I professe my selfe Lord Paramount over fooles and madfolkes Clow. Do but store your selfe with lyes enough against you come thither Foro. VVhy that 's all the familarity I ever had with the Divell my guift of lying they say hee s the Father of lyes and though I cannot conjure yet I professe my selfe to be one of his poore gossips I will now reveale to thee a rare peece of service Clow. VVhat is it my most worshipful Doctor Lambstones Foro. There is a Captaine come lately from Sea They call Prosper I saw him this morning Through a chincke of wainscote that divides my lodging And the Host of the house withdraw my Host and Hostesse the faire Biancha and an antient gentlewoman into their bedchamber I could not overheare their conference but I saw such a masse of gold Iewels when he had done he loc't it up into a casket great joy there was amongst them forth they are gone into the city and my Host told me at his going forth he thought he should not returne till after supper now sir in their absence will we fall to our picklocks enter the chamber seize the Iewels make an escape from Florence and wee are made for ever Clow. But if they should goe to a true conjurer and fetch us back in a whirle winde Foro. Doe not beleeve there is any
stoop thus low in duty and would wash The dust of fury with my Virgin teares From his blessd feete and make them beautifull That would move to conditions of peace Though with a snaile like pace they all are wingd To beare you to destruction reverend sirs Think on your ancient friendship caemented With so much bloud but shed in noble action Divided now in passion for a brawle The makers blush to own much lov'd Caesario Brother or friend each title may prevaile Remember with what tendernesse from our child-hood Wee lov'd together you preferring me Before your selfe and I so fond of you That it begot suspition in ill mindes That our affection was incestuous Thinke of that happy time in which I know That with your deerest blood you had prevented This showre of teares from me Mentivole My husband registred in that bright star-chamber Though now on earth made strangers be the example And offer in one hande the peacefull Olive Of concord or if that can be denyed By powerfull intercession in the other Carry the Hermian rod and force atonement Now we will not bee all marble Death 's the worst then And hee shall be my bridegroome offers to kill her selfe Ment. Hold Clarissa his loving violence needs must Offer inspite of honor he snatches away her knife and sets it to his owne breast she stayes his hand Duke Was it to that end then on your religion Mar. And my hope in heaven Sir Duke Wee then will leave entreaties and make use Of our authority must I cry ai-me To this unheard of insolence in my presence To draw your swords and as all reverence That 's due to majesty were forfeited cherish this wildernesse sheath them instantly and shew an alteration in your lookes or by my power Alber, Cut of my head Bapt. And mine rather then heare of peace with this bad man I 'le not alone give up my throat but suffer Your rage to reach my family Enter Prospero Iuliana Biancha Alb. And my name to be no more remembred Duke What are these Caes. Biancha t is Biancha still Biancha but strangely alter'd Bapt. If that thirteene yeares Of absence could raze from my memory The figure of my freind I might forget thee But if thy Image be graven on my heart Thou art my Prospero Pros. Thou my Baptista Duke A suddaine change Bap. I dare not aske deere freind If Juliana live for that 's a blessing I am unworthy of but yet deny not To let me know the place she hath made happy By having there her sepulcher Pros. If your highnesse please to vouchsafe a patient Eare wee shall make a true relation of a story That shall call on your wonder Duke Speake wee heare you Pros. Baptistas Fortune in the Genoa court His banishment with his faire wifes restraint You are acquainted with what since hath follow'd I faithfully will deliver ere eight moones After Baptistas absence were compleate Faire Juliana founde the pleasures that They had injoy'd together were not barren And blushing at the burthen of her wombe No father neere to owne it it drew on A violent sicknesse which call'd downe compassion From the angry Duke then carefull of her health Physitians were enquir'd of and their judgment Prescrib'd the Bathes of Luca as a meanes For her recovery to my charge it pleas'd her To be committed but as on the way Wee journy'd those throwes only knowne to women Came thick upon her in a private village Bap. Shee died Pros. Have patience she brought to the world A hopefull daughter for her bodies sicknesse It soone decai'd but the greife of her minde Hourely increas'd and life grew tedious to her And desperate ere to see you she injoyn'd me To place her in a Greeekish Monastery And to my care gave up her pretty daughter Bapt. What monastery as a Pilgrim bare-foot I le search it out Pros. Pray you interrupt me not Now to my fortunes the girle well dispos'd off With a faithfull freind of mine my cruell fate Made me a prisoner to the Turkish gallies Where for 12 yeares these hands tugd at the oare But fortune tyr'd at length with my afflictions Some ships of Malta mett the Ottaman fleete Charg'd them and boorded them and gave me freedome With my deliverers I serv'd and gott Such reputation with the great Master That he gave me command over a tall And lusty ship where my first happy service Was to redeeme Alberto rumor'd dead But was like me surpris'd by Cortugogly Alber. I would I had dyed there Pros. And from him learning Baptista liv'd and their dissolved freindship I hois'd up sailes for Greece found Iuliana A votary at her beades having made knowne Both that you liv'd and where you were she borrow'd So much from her devotion as to wish me To bring her to you if the object please you With joy receave her Bapt. Rage and fury leave me throwes away his sword I am so full of happines there 's no room left To entertaine you O my long lost Iewell Light of mine eyes my soules strength Julia. My best Lord having Embrac'd you thus Death cannot fright me Bapt. Live long to do so though J should fix here Pardon me Prospero though I enquire my daughters fortune Pros. That your happinesse May be at all parts perfect here she is Caes. Biancha daughter to a princesse Pros. True with my faithfull Host I left her And with him till now she hath resided Ignorant both of her birth and greatnesse Bap. O my blest one Ioy upon joy over-whelmes me Duke Above wonder Alb. I doe begin to melt too this strange story Workes much upon me Duke Since it hath ples'd heaven To grace us with this miracle I that am Heavens instrument here determine thus Alberto Be not unthankefull for the blessings showne you Nor you Baptista discord was yet never A welcome sacrifice therefore rage layd by Embrace as freinds and let pass'd difference Be as a dreame forgotten Bap. T is to me Alber. And me and thus confirme it Duke And to tye it In bonds not to be broken with the marriage Of young Mentivole and faire Clarissa So you consent great Lady your Biancha Shall call Caesario Husband Iulia T is a motion I gladly yeeld too Caesar. One in which you make a sadd man happy Offers to kneele Bian. Kneele not all forgiven Duke With the Duke your Vnkle I will make attonement and will have no denyall Enter Host Forobosco Clowne and Officers Mar. Let this day be still held sacred Host. Now if you can conjure let the Divell unbind you Foro. Wee are both undone Clow. Already wee feele it Host. Iustice sir Duke What are they Pros. I can resolve you slaves freed from the Gallyes By the Viceroy of Sicilia Duke What 's their offence Host. The robbing me of all my plate and Iewels I meane the attempting of it Clow. Please your grace I will now discover this varlet in earnest this honest pestilent rogue profest the
make ye covet home away ye boarish rogues ye dogs away Enter wife Wife Oh oh oh how now man are you satisfi'd Corn. I I I a o' your Corporal I am paid soundly I was never better paid in all my life Wife Marry the gods blessing on his honours heart you have done a charitable deed Sir many more such may you live to do Sir the gods keep you Sir the gods protect you Exit Mar. These peasants mock me sure Valerius forgive my dotage see my ashes urn'd and tell fair Dorigen she that but now left me with this harsh vow Sooner these rocks should be remov'd then she would yeeld that I was yet so loving on her gift to die Val. O Jupiter forbid it Sir and grant this my device may certifie thy minde you are my brother nor must perish thus be comforted think you fair Dorigen would yeeld your wishes if these envious rocks by skill could be remov'd or fallacie she made believe so Mar. Why she could not chuse the Athenians are religious in their vows above all nations Val. Soft down yonder hill the Lady comes this way once more to trie her if she persist in obstinacie by my skill learn'd from the old Caldean was my Tutor who train'd me in the Mathematicks I will so dazzle and delude her sight that she shall think this great impossibilitie effected by some supernatural means Be confident this engine shall at least till the gods better order still this brest Exit Valerius Mar. O my best brother go and for reward chuse any part o' th' world I 'll give it thee O little Rome men say thou art a god thou mightst have got a fitter fool then I Enter Dorigen Dor. Art thou there Basilisk remove thine eyes for I am sick to death with thy infection Mar. Yet yet have mercy on me save him Lady whose single arm defends all Rome whose mercie hath sav'd thy husband's and thy life Dor. To spoil our fame and honours no my vow is fixt and stands as constant as these stones do still Mar. Then pitie me ye gods you onely may move her by tearing these firm stones away Solemn musick A mist ariseth the rocks remove Enter Valerius like Mercury singing Val. Martius rejoyce Jove sends me from above his Messenger to cure thy desperate love to shew rash vows cannot binde destinie Lady behold the rocks transplanted be Hard-hearted Dorigen yeeld lest for contempt They fix thee here a rock whence they 're exempt Dor. What strange delusion 's this what Sorcery affrights me with these apparitions my colder Chastity 's nigh turn'd to death Hence lewd Magician dar'st thou make the gods bawds to thy lust will they do miracles to further evil or do they love it now know if they dare do so I dare hate them and will no longer serve 'em Jupiter thy golden showr nor thy snow-white Swan had I been Lada or bright Danae had bought mine honour Turn me into stone for being good and blush when thou hast done Exit Dorigen Enter Valerius Mar. O my Valerius all yet will not do unlesse I could so draw mine honestie down to the lees to be a ravisher she calls me witch and villain Val. Patience Sir the gods will punish perjury Let her breathe and ruminate on this strange sight Time decays the strongest fairest buildings we can finde but still Diana fortifie her minde Exeunt Enter Sophocles and Dorigen Soph. Weep not bright Dorigen for thou hast stood constant and chaste it seems 'gainst gods and men when rocks and mountains were remov'd These wonders do stupifie my senses Martius this is inhumane was thy sicknesse lust yet were this truth why weeps she Jealous soul what dost thou thus suggest Vows Magick Rocks fine tales and tears She ne'er complain'd before I bade her visit him she often did had many opportunities Humh 't is naught O no way but this Come weep no more I have ponder'd this miracle the anger of the gods thy vow my love to thee and Martius he must not perish nor thou be forsworn lest worse fates follow us Go keep thy oath for chaste and whore are words of equal length but let not Martius know that I consent O I am pull'd in pieces Dor. I say you so I 'll meet you in your path O wretched men with all your valour and your learning bubbles Forgive me Sophocles Yet why kneel I for pardon having been but over-diligent like an obedient servant antedating my Lords command Sir I have often and already given this bosom up to his embraces and am proud that my dear Lord is pleas'd with it whose gentle honourable minde I see participates even all his wife and all unto his friend You are sad Sir Martius loves me and I love Martius with such ardencie as never married couple could I must attend him now My Lord when you have need to use your own wife pray Sir send for me till then make use of your Philosophie Exit Soph. Stay Dorigen O me inquisitive fool thou that didst order this congested heap when it was Chaos 'twixt thy spacious palms forming it to this vast rotundie dissolve it now shuffle the elements that no one proper by it self may stand let the sea quench the sun and in that instant the sun drink up the sea day ne'er come down to light me to those deeds that must be done Exit Drums and Colours Enter Martius Valerius Captains and souldiers at one door and Dorigen with Ladies at another Dor. Hail General of Rome from Sophocles that honours Martius Dorigen presents her self to be dishonour'd do thy will for Sophocles commands me to obey Come violate all rules of holinesse and rend the consecrated knot of love Mar. Never Valerius was I blest till now behold the end of all my weary steps the prize of all my Battels leave us all leave us as quick as thought Thus joy begin in zealous love a minutes losse is sin Val. Can Martius be so vile or Dorigen Dor. Stay stay and monster keep thou further off I thought thy brave soul would have much much loath'd to have gone on still on such terms as this See thou ungrateful since thy desperate lust nothing can cure but death I 'll die for thee whilst my chaste name lives to posterity Mar. Live live thou Angel of thy sex forgive till by those golden tresses thou be'st snatch'd alive to heaven for thy corruption 's so little that it cannot suffer death Was ever such a woman O my Mirror how perfectly thou shew'st me all my faults which now I hate and when I next attempt thee let all the fires in the Zodiak drop on this cursed head All O blest event Dor. Rise like the sun again in all his glory after a dark Eclipse Mar. Never without a pardon Enter Sophocles and two or three with him Dor. Sir you have forgiven your self Soph. Behold their impudence are my words just Unthankful man viper to Arms and Rome thy natural
not save her Her fate is in your hand Hipo. Can I restore her Sulp. If you command my Art Hip. I 'le dye my selfe first And yet I 'le goe visit her and see This miracle of sorrow in Arnoldo And 't were for me I should change places with her And dye most happy such a lovers teares Were a rich monument but too good for her Whose misery I glory in come Sulpitia You shall a long with me good Zabulon Be not farr off Zab. I will attend you Madam Exeunt Enter Duarte and a Servant Ser. I have serv'd you from my youth and ever You have found me faithfull that you lives a treasure I 'le locke up here nor shall it be let forth But when you give me warrant Dua. I rely Vpon thy faith nay no more protestations Too many of them will call that in question Which now I doubt not she is there Ser. Alone too But take it on my life your entertainment Appearing as you are will bee but course For the displeasure I shall undergoe I am prepar'd Dua. Leave me I 'le stand the hazard Exit Servant The silence that 's observ'd her close retirements No visitance admitted not the day These sable colours all signes of true sorrow Or hers is deeply counterfeit I 'le looke neerer Manners give leave she fits upon the ground By heaven she weepes my picture in her hand too She kisses it and weepes againe Enter Guiomart Guio. Whos 's there Dua. There is no starting back now Madam Guio. Ha another murderer I 'le not protect thee Though I have no more Sonnes Dua. Your pardon Lady Ther 's no such foule fact taints me Guio. What makes thou here then Where are my Servants do none but my sorrowes Attend upon me speake what brought thee hither Dua. A will to give you comfort Guio. Thou art but a man And 't is beyond a humane reach to do it If thou could raise the dead out of their graues Bid time run back make me now what I was A happy Mother gladly I would heare thee But that 's impossible Dua. Please you but to read this You shall know better there why I am sent Then if I should deliver it Guio. From whom comes it Dua. That will instruct you I suspect this stranger Yet she spake something that holds such alliance With his reports I know not what to thinke on 't What a frown was ther she looks me through through Now reades againe now pauses and now smiles And yet there 's more of anger in 't then mirth These are strange changes oh I understand it She 's full of serious thoughts Guio. You are just you Heavens And never do forget to heare their prayers That truly pay their vowes the defer'd vengeance For you and my words sake so long defer'd Under which as a mountaine my heart groanes yet When 't was dispair'd of now is offerd to me And if I loose it I am both wayes guilty The womans maske dissimulation help me Come hither freind I am sure you know the Gentleman That sent these charms Duar. Charms Lady Guio. These charms I well may call them so th 'ave won upon me More then ere letter did thou art his freind The confidence he has in thee confirmes it And therefore I 'le be open breasted to thee To heare of him though yet I never saw him Was most desir'd of all men let me blush And then I 'le say I love him Dua. All men see In this a womans vertue Guio. I expected For the courtesie I did long since to have seene him And though I then forbad it you men know Betweene our harts and tongues there 's a large distance But I 'le excuse him may be hitherto He has forborne it in respect my Sonne Fell by his hand Dua. And reason Lady Guio. No he did me a pleasure in 't a riotous fellow And with that insolent not worth the owning I have indeed kept a long solemne sorrow For my freinds sake partly but especially For his long absence Dua. O the Devill Guio. Therefore Bid him bee speedy a Preist shall be ready To tye the holy knot this kisse I send him Deliver that and bring him Dua. I am dumbe A good cause I have now and a good sword And something I shall do I wait upon you Exeunt Enter Mannuel Charino Arnoldo Zenocia borne in a chaire 2. Doctors Clodio Doct. Give her more ayre shee dyes else Arn. O thou dread power That mad'st this all and of thy workemanship This virgin wife the Master peice looke downe on her Let her minds virtues cloth'd in this faire garment That worthily deserves a better name Then flesh and bloud now sue and prevaile for her Or if those are denyed let innocence To which all passages in heaven stand open Appeare in her white robe before thy throne And mediate for her or if this age of sinne Be worthy of a miracle the Sun In his diurnall progresse never saw So sweete a subject to imploy it on Man Wonders are ceas'd Sir we must worke by meanes Arno. 'T is true and such reverend Physitians are To you thus low I fall then so may you ever Be stil'd the hands of heaven natures restorers Get wealth and honours and by your successe In all your undertakings propagate Your great opinion in the world as now You use your saving Art for know good Gentlemen Besides the fame and all that I possess For a reward posterity shall stand Indebted to you for as heaven forbid it Should my Zenocia dye robbing this age Of all that 's good or gracefull times succeeding The story of her pure life not yet perfect Will suffer in the want of her example Doct. Were all the world to perish with her wee Can do no more then what art and experience Gives us assurance of we have us'd all meanes To finde the cause of her disease yet cannot How should we then promise the cure Arn. Away I did bely you when I charg'd you with The power of doing yee are meere names only And even your best perfection accidentall What ever malady thou art or spirit As some hold all diseases that afflict us As love already makes me sensible Of halfe her sufferings ease her of her part And let me stand the butt of thy fell malice And I will sweare th' art mercifull Doct. Your hand Lady What a strange heat is heare bring some warme water Arn. She shall use nothing that is yours my sorrow Provides her of a better bath my teares Shall do that office Zeno. O my best Arnoldo The truest of all lovers I would live Were heaven so pleas'd but to reward your sorrow With my true service but since that 's denied me May you live long and happy do not suffer By your affection to me I conjure you My sicknesse to infect you though much love Makes you too subject to it Arn. In this onely Zenocia Wrongs her servant can the body Subsist the soule
departed 't is as easy As I to live without you I am your husband And long have been so though our adverse fortune Banding us from one hazard to another Would never grant me so much happinesse As to pay a husbands debt despite of fortune In death I 'le follow you and guarde mine owne And there enjoy what heere my fate forbids me Clod. So true a sorrow and so feelingly Exprest I never read of Man I am strooke With wonder to behold it as with pitty Char. If you that are a stranger suffer for them Being tied no further then humanity Leades you to soft compassion thinke great Sir What of necessity I must endure That am a Father Hypolita Zabulon and Sulpitia at the dore Zab. Waite me there I hold it Unfit to have you seene as I finde cause You shall proceed Man You are welcome Lady Hypo. Sir I come to do a charitable office How does the patient Clod. You may enquire Of more then one for two are sick and deadly He languishes in her her healths despaird of And in hers his Hypo. 'T is a strange spectacle With what a patience they sit unmov'd Are they not dead already Doct. By her pulse She cannot last a day Arn. Oh by that summons I know my time too Hypo. Looke to the man Clod. Apply Your Art to save the Lady preserve her A towne is your reward Hypo. I 'le treble it In ready gold if you restore Arnoldo For in his death I dye too Clod. without her I am no more Arn. Are you there Madam now You may feast on my miseries my coldnesse In answering your affections or hardnesse Give it what name you please you are reveng'd of For now you may perceive our thred of life Was spun together and the poore Arnoldo Made only to enjoy the best Zenocia And not to serve the use of any other And in that she may equall my Lord Clodio Had long since else enjoyed her nor could I Have been so blinde as not to see your great And many excellencies farr farr beyond Or my deservings or my hopes we are now Going our latest journey and together Our onely comfort we desire pray give it Your charitie to our ashes such wee must be And not to curse our memoryes Hypo. I am much mov'd Clod. I am wholly overcome all love to women Farewell for ever ere you dye your pardon And yours Sir had she many yeares to live Perhaps I might looke on her as a Brother But as a lover never and since all Your sad misfortunes had originall From the barbarous custome practiz'd in my Countrey Heaven witnesse for your sake I here release it So to your memory chast Wives and Virgins Shall ever pay their vowes I give her to you And wish she were so now as when my lust Forc'd you to quite the Countrey Hypo. It is in vaine To strive with destiny here my dotage ends Looke up Zenocia health in me speakes to you She giues him to you that by divers wayes So long has kept him from you and repent not That you were once my servant for which health In recompence of what I made you suffer The hundred thousand Crownes the Citie owes me Shall be your dower Man 'T is a magnificent guift Had it beene timely given Hypo. It is beleeve it Sulpitia Enter a Servant and Sulpitia Sulp. Madam Hyp. Quicke undoe the charme Aske not a reason why let it suffice It is my will Sulp. Which I obey and gladly Exit Man Is to be married sayest thou Ser. So she sayes sir And does desire your presence They are borne off in chaires Man And tell her I 'le come Hyp. Pray carry them to their rest for though already They do appeare as dead let my life pay for 't If they recover not Man What you have warranted Assure your selfe will be expected from you Looke to them carefully and till the tryall Hypo. Which shall not be above foure howers Man Let me Intreate your companies there is something Of waight invites me hence All wee ll waite upon you Exeunt Enter Guiomar and Servants Guio. You understand what my directions are And what they guide you to the faithfull promise You have made me all All We do and will performe it Guio. The Governour will not faile to be here presently Retire a while till you shall finde occasion And bring me word when they arrive All Wee shall Madam Guio. Onely stay you to entertaine 1. Ser I am ready Guio. I wonder at the bold and practis'd malice Men ever haue a foote against our honours That nothing we can do never so verteous No shape put on so pious no not thinke What a good is be that good ne're so noble Never so Laden with admir'd example But still we end in lust our aimes our actions Nay even our charities with lust are branded Why should this stranger else this wretched stranger Whose life I sav'd at what deare price stick here yet Why should he hope he was not here an hower And certainly in that time I may sweare it I gave him no loose looke I had no reason Unlesse my teares were flames my curses courtships The killing of my Sonne a kindnesse to me Why should he send to me or with what safety Examining the ruine he had wrought me Though at that time my pious pitty found him And my word fixt I am troubled strongly troubled Enter a Servant Ser. The Gentlemen are come Guio. Then bid 'em welcome I must retire Exit Enter Rutillio and Duarte You are welcome home Gentlemen Rut. I thank you freind I would speak with your Lady Ser. I 'le let her understand Exit Rut. It shall befit you How do I looke Sir in this handsome trim Exit Servant Me thinks I am woundrous brave Duar. You are very decent Rut. These by themselves without more helps of nature Would set a woman hard I know 'em all And where their first aimes light I 'le lay my head on 't I 'le take her eye as soone as she lookes on me And if I come to speake once woe be to her I have her in a nooze she cannot scape me I have their severall lasts Dua. You are throughly studied But tel me Sir being unacquainted with her As you confesse you are Rut. That 's not an howers worke I 'le make a nun forget her beades in two houres Dua. She being set in yeares next none of those lusters Appearing in her eye that warme the fancy Nor nothing in her face but handsome ruines Rut. I love old storyes those live beleev'd Authentique When 20. of your moderne faces are cald in For new opinion paintings and corruptions Give me an old confirm'd face besides she sav'd me She sav'd my life have I not cause to love her Shee 's rich and of a constant state a faire one Have I not cause to wooe her I have tryed sufficient All your young Phillies I thinke this back has tryed 'em And smarted