certain I am excellent and knew not Aur. This rare and sweet young man see how he looks Sir Max. I 'll justle hard dear Uncle Aur. This Thing I say let him be what he will or bear what fortune this most unequall'd man this spring of beauty deserves the bed of Juno Cha. You are not mad Max. I hope she be I am sure I am little better Aur. O fair sweet man Cha. For shame refrain this impudence Max. Would I had her alone that I might seal this blessing sure sure she should not beg If this continue as I hope heaven it will Uncle I 'll nick ye I 'll nick ye by this life Some would fear killing in the pursuit now of so rare a venture Enter Diocles I am covetous to die for such a Beauty Mine Uncle comes now if she stand I am happie Cha. Be right again for honours sake Dio. Fair Mistris Aur. What man is this Away What sawcy fellow dare any such base groom presse to salute me Dio. Have ye forgot me Fair or do you jest with me I 'll tell ye what I am come 'pray ye look lovely Nothing but frowns and scorns Aur. Who is this fellow Dio. I 'll tell ye who I am I am your husband Aur. Husband to me Dio. To you I am Dioclesian Max. More of this sport and I am made old mother effect but this thou hast begun Dio. I am he Lady reveng'd your brothers death slew cruel Aper I am he the Souldier courts the Empire honours your Brother loves am he my lovely Mistris will make you Empresse of the world Max. Still excellent Now I see too mine Uncle may be cozen'd An Emperour may suffer like another Well said old mother hold but up this miracle Aur. Thou lyest thou art not he thou a brave fellow Cha. Is there no shame no modestie in women Aur. Thou one of high and full mark Dio. Gods what ails she Aur. Generous and noble Fie thou lyest most basely Thy face and all aspect upon thee tells me thou art a poor Dalmatian slave a lowe thing not worth the name of Romane stand off farther Dio. What may this mean Aur. Come hither my Endymion come shew thy self and all eyes be blessed in thee Dio. Hah what is this Aur. Thou fair Star that I live by look lovely on me break into full brightnesse Look here 's a face now of another making another mold here 's a divine proportion eyes fit for Phoebus self to gild the world with and there 's a brow arch'd like the state of heaven look how it bends and with what radience as if the Synod of the gods sate under look there and wonder now behold that fellow that admirable thing cut with an ax out Max. Old woman though I cannot give thee recompence yet certainly I 'll make thy name as glorious Dio. Is this in truth Cha. She is mad and you must pardon her Dio. She hangs upon him see Cha. Her fit is strong now be not you passionate Dio. She kisses Cha. Let her 't is but the fondnesse of her fit Dio. I am fool'd and if I suffer this Cha. Pray ye friend be pacified this will be off anon she goes in Exit Aurelia Dio. Sirha Max. What say you Sir Dio. How dare thy lips thy base lips Max. I am your kinsman Sir and no such base one I sought no kisses nor I had no reason to kick the Princesse from me 't was no manners I never yet compell'd her of her courtesie what shee bestows Sir I am thankfull for Dio. Be gone villain Max. I will and I will go off with that glory and magnifie my fate Exit Dio. Good brother leave me I am to my self a trouble now Char. I am sorry for 't You 'll find it but a woman-fit to try ye Dio. It may be so I hope so Cha. I am asham'd and what I think I blush at Exit Dio. What misery hath my great Fortune bred me and how far must I suffer Poor and low States though they know wants and hungers know not these know not these killing Fates Little contents them and with that little they live Kings commanding and ordering both their Ends and Loves O Honour how greedily men seek thee and once purchased how many enemies to mans peace bringst thou how many griefs and sorrows that like sheers like fatall sheers are sheering off our lives still how many sad ecclipses do we shine thorow Enter Delphia Drusilla vail'd When I presum'd I was bless'd in this fair woman Del. Behold him now and tell me how thou likest him Dio. When all my hopes were up and Fortune dealt me even for the greatest and the happiest Monarch then to be cozen'd to be cheated basely by mine owne kinsman cross'd O villain kinsman Curse of my blood because a little younger a little smoother fac'd O false false woman false and forgetfull of thy faith I 'll kill him But can I kill her hate too No he wooes not nor worthie is of death because she follows him because she courts him Shall I kill an innocent O Diocles would thou hadst never known this nor surfeited upon this sweet Ambition that now lies bitter at thy heart O Fortune that thou hast none to fool and blow like bubbles but Kings and their Contents Del. What think ye now Girl Dru. Upon my life I pity his misfortune See how he weeps I cannot hold Del. Away fool he must weep bloody tears before thou hast him How fare ye now brave Dioclesian What lazie in your loves has too much pleasure dull'd your most mighty faculties Dio. Art thou there more to torment me Dost thou come to mock me Del. I doe and I do laugh at all thy suffrings I that have wrought 'em come to scorn thy wailings I told thee once This is thy fate this woman and as thou usest her so thou shalt prosper It is not in thy power to turn this destiny not stop the torrent of those miseries if thou neglectst her still shall fall upon thee Sigh that thou art dishonest false of faith proud and dost think no power can crosse thy pleasures thou wilt find a Fate above thee Dru. Good Aunt speak mildly see how he looks and suffers Dio. I find and feel woman that I am miserable Del. Thou art most miserable Dio. That as I am the most I am most miserable But didst thou work this Del. Yes and will pursue it Dio. Stay there and have some pity fair Drusilla let me perswade thy mercy thou hast lov'd mee although I know my suit will sound unjustly to make thy love the means to lose it selfe have pity on me Dru. I will do Del. Peace Neece although this softnesse may become your love your care must scorn it Let him still contemn thee And still I 'll work the same affection he ever shews to thee be it sweet or bitter the same Aurelia shall shew him no further nor shall the wealth of all his
Zenocia and once more Blesse my despairing eyes with your wisht presence I thanke the gods but that I meete you here Hip. They are acquainted Zab. I found that secret Madam When you commanded her goe home pray heare 'em Zen. That you meet me here ne're blush at that Arnoldo Your comming comes too late I am a woman And one woman with another may be trusted Do you feare the house Arn. More then a feare I know it Know it not good not honest Zen. What do you here then I' th name of vertue why doe you approach it Will you confesse the doubt and yet pursue it Where have your eyes been wandring my Arnoldo What constancy what faith do you call this Fie Aime at one wanton marke and wound another I doe confesse the Lady faire most beauteous Leopold places himself unseen below And able to betray a strong mans liberty But you that have a love a wife you do well To deale thus wisely with me yet Arnoldo Since you are pleas'd to studie a new beauty And think this old and ill beaten with misery Studie a nobler way for shame to love me Wrong not her honesty Arn. You have confirm'd me Zen. Who though shee be your wife will never hinder you So much I rest a servant to your wishes And love your Loves though they be my destructions No man shall know me nor the share I have in thee No eye suspect I am able to prevent you For since I am a slave to this great Lady Whom I perceive you follow Arn. Be not blinded Zen. Fortune shall make me useful to your service I will speake for you Arn. Speake for me you wrong me Zen. I will endeavour all the wayes I am able To make her think well of you will that please To make her dote upon you dote to madnesse So far against my selfe I will obey you But when that 's done and I have shewed this duty This great obedience few will buy it at my price Thus will I shake hands with you wish you well But never see you more nor receive comfort From any thing Arnoldo Arn. You are too tender I neither doubt you nor desire longer To be a man and live then I am honest And only yours our infinite affections Abus'd us both Zab. Where are your favours now The courtesies you shew'd this stranger Madam Hip. Have I now found the cause Zab. Attend it further Zen. Did she invite you doe you say Arn. Most cunningly And with a preparation of that state I was brought in and welcom'd Zen. Seem'd to love you Arn. Most infinitly at first sight most dotingly Zen. Shee is a goodly Lady Arn. Wondrous handsome At first view being taken unprepar'd Your memory not present then to assist me Shee seem'd so glorious sweet and so far stird me Nay be not jealous there 's no harme done Zen. Prethee didst thou not kisse Arnoldo Arn. Yes faith did I Zen. And then Arn. I durst not did not Zen. I forgive you Come tell the truth Arn. May be I lay with her Hip. He mocks me too most basely Zen. Did yee faith did ye forget so far Arn. Come come no weeping I would have lyen first in my grave beleeve that Why will you aske those things you would not heare Shee is too untemperate to betray my vertues Too openly lascivious had she dealt But with that seeming modesty she might And flung a little Art upon her ardor But 't was forgot and I forgot to like her And glad I was deceiv'd No my Zenocia My first love here begun rests here unreapt yet And here for ever Zen. You have made me happy Even in the midst of bondage blest Zab. You see now What rubs are in your way Hipo. And quickly Zabulon I 'le roote 'em out Be sure you do this presently Zab. Doe not you alter then Hipo. I am resolute Exit Zab. Arn. To see you only I came hither last Drawne by no love of hers nor base allurements For by this holy light I hate her heartily Leop. I am glad of that you have sav'd me so much vengeance And so much feare From this hour faire befall you Arn. Some meanes I shall make shortly to redeem you Till when observe her well and fit her temper Only her lust contemn Zen. When shal I see you Arn. I will live here abouts and bear her faire stil Till I can finde a fit houre to redeeme you Hyp. Shut all the dores Arn. Who 's that Zen. We are betray'd The Lady of the house has heard our parley Seene us and seen our Loves Hyp. You courteous Gallant You that scorn all I can bestow that laugh at The afflictions and the grones I suffer for you That slight and jeere my love contemn the fortune My favours can fling on you have I caught you Have I now found the cause yee foole my wishes Is mine own slave my bane I nourish that That sucks up my content I 'le pray no more Nor wooe no more thou shalt see foolish man And to thy bitter paine and anguish looke on The vengeance I shall take provok'd and sleighted Redeem her then and steale her hence ho Zabulon Now to your worke Enter Zabulon and servants some holding Arnoldo some ready with a cord to strangle Zenocia Arn. Lady but heare me speake first As you have pitty Hyp. I have none You taught me When I even hung about your necke you scorn'd me Zab. Shall we pluck yet Hyp. No hold a little Zabulon I 'le pluck his heart-strings first now am I worthy A little of your love Arn. I 'le be your servant Command me through what danger you shall aime at Let it be death Hyp. Be sure Sir I shall fit you Arn. But spare this Virgin Hyp. I would spare that villain first Had cut my Fathers throate Arn. Bounteous Lady If in your sexe there be that noble softnesse That tendernesse of heart women are crown'd for Zen. Kneele not Arnoldo doe her not that honour She is not worthy such submission I scorne a life depends upon her pitty Proud woman do thy worst and arme thy anger With thoughts as blacke as hell as hot and bloody I bring a patience here shall make 'em blush An innocence shall outlook thee and death too Arn. Make me your slave I give my freedome to ye For ever to be fetterd to your service 'T was I offended be not so unjust then To strike the innocent this gentle maid Never intended feare and doubt against you Shee is your servant pay not her observance With cruell looks her duteous faith with death Hyp. Am I faire now now am I worth your liking Zen. Not faire not to be liked thou glorious Divell Thou vernisht piece of lust thou painted fury Arn. Speake gently sweet speak gently Zen. I 'le speak nobly 'T is not the saving of a life I aime at Marke me lascivious woman mark me truly And then consider how I weigh thy angers Life is no longer
argue now this cause must be Decided by the Judge and though a Father I will deliver her into the hands Of Justice If she prove true gold when try'd Shee 's mine if not with curses I le disclaime her Take up your part of sorrow mine shall be Ready to answer with her life the fact That she is charg'd with Ber. Sir I look upon you as on a father Dor. VVith the eyes of sorrow I see you as a brother let your witnesses Be readie Ber. 'T is my care Alc. I am for Lidian This accident no doubt will draw him from His Hermits life Clar. Things yet goe right persist sir Exeunt Enter Lisander and Lancelot Lis. Are the horses dead Lanc. Out-right If you ride at this rate You must resolve to kill your two a day And that 's a large proportion Lis. Will you please At any price and speedily to get fresh ones You know my danger and the penalty That followes it should I be apprehended Your duty in obeying my commands Will in a better language speak your service Then your unnecessary and untimely care of my expence Lanc. I am gone sir Exit Lisan. In this thicket I will expect you Here yet I have leisure To call my selfe to a strict account For my pass'd life how vainly spent I would I stood no farther guilty but I have A heavier reckoning to make This hand Of late as white as innocence and unspotted Now weares a purple colour dy'd in gore My soule of the same tincture pur-blinde passion With flattering hopes would keep me from despaire Pleading I was provok'd to it but my reason Breaking such thin and weak defences tells me I have done a double murther and for what Was it in service of the King his Edicts Command the contrary or for my Countrey Her Genius like a mourning mother answers In Cloridon and Chrysanthes she hath lost Two hopefull sonnes that might have done their parts To guard her from Invasion for what cause then To keep th' opinion of my valour upright i th' popular breath a sandy ground to build on Bought with the Kings displeasure as the breac Of heavens decrees the losse of my true comforts In Parents Kinsmen friends as the fruition Of all that I was borne to and that sits Like to a hill of Lead here in my exile Never to be repeal'd if I escape so I have cut off all hopes ever to look on Enter Lidian like a Hermite Divine Caliste from her fight and converse For ever banish'd Lid. I should know this voice His naming too my sister whom Lisander Honour'd but in a noble way assures me That it can be no other I stand bound To comfort any man I finde distress'd But to ayd him that sav'd my life Religion And Thankfulnesse commands and it may be High providence for this good end hath brought him Into my solitary walke Lisander noble Lisander Lis. Whatsoe're thou art That honourable attribute thou giv'st me I can pretend no right to come not neare me I am infectious the sanctity Of thy profession for thou appearest A reverend Hermite if thou flye not from me As from the plague or leprosie cannot keep thee From being polluted Lid. With good counsell sir And holy prayers to boot I may cure you Though both wayes so infected You look wildly Peace to your conscience sir and stare upon me As if you never saw me hath my habit Alter'd my face so much that yet you know not Your servant Lidian Lis. I am amaz'd So young and so religious Lid. I purpose heaven make me thankfull for 't to leave the world I have made some triall of my strengths in this My sollitarie life and yet I finde not A faintnesse to goe on Lis. Above beliefe doe you inhabit here Lid. Mine owne free choise sir I live here poorely but contentedly Because I finde enough to feed my fortunes Indeed too much these wilde fields are my gardens The Chrystall Rivers they afford their waters And grudge not their sweet streams to quench afflictions The hollow rocks their beds which thogh they are hard The Emblemes of a doting lovers fortune Yet they are quiet and the wearie slumbers The eyes catch there softer then beds of Down friend The Birds my Bell to call me to devotions My Book the story of my wandring life In which I finde more houres due to repentance Then time hath told me yet Lis. Answer me truely Lid. I will doe that without a conjuration Lis. i th' depth of meditation doe you not Sometimes think of Olinda Lid. I endeavour To raze her from my memorie as I wish You would doe the whole Sex for know Lisander The greatest curse brave man can labour under Is the strong witch-craft of a womans eyes Where I finde men I preach this doctrine to 'em As you are a Scholler knowledge make your Mistris The hidden beauties of the heavens your studie There shall you finde fit wonder for your faith And for your eye in immitable objects As you are a profess'd souldier court your honour Though she be sterne she is honest a brave Mistris The greater danger you oppose to win her She shewes the sweeter and rewards the nobler Womens best loves to hers meere shadowes be For after death she weds your memorie These are my contemplations Lis. Heavenly ones And in a young man more remarkable But wherefore doe I envy and not tread in This blessed tract here 's in the heart no falshood To a vow'd friend no quarrells seconded With Challenges which answer'd in defence Of the word Reputation murther followes A man may here repent his sinnes and though His hand like mine be stain'd in bloud it may be With penitence and true contrition wash'd off You have prov'd it Lidian Lid. And you 'll finde it true if you persevere Lis. Here then ends my flight And here the furie of the King shall finde me Prepar'd for heaven if I am mark'd to dye For that I truely grieve for Enter Frier and Clarange in Friers habit Frier Keep your selfe conceal'd I am instructed Clar. How the sight Of my deare friend confirmes me Lis. What are these Lid. Two reverend Friers one I know Fri. To you This journey is devoted Lid. Welcome Father Fri. I know your resolution so well grounded And your adiew unto the world so constant That though I am th' unwilling messenger Of a strange accident to trie your temper It cannot shake you You had once a friend A noble friend Clarange Lid. And have still I hope good father Fri. Your false hopes deceive you Hee 's dead Lis. Clarange dead Fri. I buried him Some said he dy'd of melancholy some of love And of that fondnesse perish'd Lid. O Clarange Clar. Hast thou so much brave nature noble Lidian So tenderly to love thy rivalls memorie The bold Lisander weeps too Fri. I expected that you would beare this better Lid. I am a man sir and my great losse weigh'd duly Fri. His last
Nor. I thank ye And thank ye for your help your timely succour By th' mas it came i th' nick sir and well handled Stoutly and strongly handled we had duckt else My Turke had Turk'd me else but he has wel paid for 't Why what a Signe for an Almanack h 'as made me Enter Astorius Ast. I am glad to finde ye here sir of necessity I must have come aboard else and brave Captain We all joy much in your faire victory And all the Island speaks your valour nobly Have ye brought the Turke in that ye took Mir. He rides there Nor. If he were out again the devill should bring him H 'as truely circumcis'd me Ast. I have a businesse Which much concernes ye presently concernes ye But not this place nor people pray ye draw off sir For t is of that weight to ye Mir. I le wait on ye I must crave leave a while my care dwels with ye And I must wait my selfe Nor. Your servant sir Mir. Believe I shall and what my love can minister Keep your stout heart still Nor. That 's my best Physitian Mir. And I shall keepe your fame faire Exit Nor. Ye are too Noble A brave young fellow of a matchlesse spirit He brought me off like thunder charg'd and boorded As if he had been shot to save mine honour And when my fainting men tyr'd with their labour And lacke of blood gave to the Turke assurance The day was his when I was cut in shreds thus And not a corn of Powder left to blesse us Then flew his Sword in then his Cannon roard And let flie blood and death in storms amongst em Then might I heare their sleepy Prophet howl'd too And all their silver Crescents then I saw Like falling Meteors spent and set for ever Under the Crosse of Malta death so wanton I never lookt upon so full of revell Enter Surgeon I will not be drest yet Me thought that fellow Was fit for no conversation nor no Christian That had not halfe his brains knockt out no Souldier Oh valiant young man how I love thy vertue 1 Soul Pray ye sir be drest alasse ye bleed apace yet Nor. T is but the sweat of honour alas thou milksop Thou man of March-paine canst thou feare to see A few light hurts that blush they are no bigger A few small scratches get ye a Cawdle sirha Your finger akes and let the old wives watch thee Bring in the booty and the prisoners By Heaven I le see 'em and dispose 'em first Before I have a drop of blood wipt from me goe Exeunt Souldiers Surg. You 'l faint sir Nor. No ye lie sir like an Asse sir I have no such pigs hurt in my belly Sur. By my life Captaine These hurts are not to be jested with Nor. If thou hadst 'em They are my companions foole my family I cannot eate nor sleepe without their company Dost take me for St Davy that fell dead With seeing of his nose bleed Enter Souldiers with booty Sur. Here they come sir But would you would be drest Nor. Pox dresse thy selfe first Thou faintst a great deale faster what 's all this 1 Sould. The money and the merchandize ye took sir Nor. A goodly purchase Is it for this we venture Our liberties and lives what can all this doe Get me some dozen surfeits some seven fresh whores And twenty pot-alleys and to and then I am vertuous Lay the Knights part by and that to pay the Souldier This is mine own I think I have deserv'd it Come now looke to me and grope me like a chambermaid I le neither start nor speake what 's that i' th trusse there 2 Soul T is cloth of Tissew sir and this is Scarlet Nor. I shall looke redder shortly then I feare me And as a Captaine ought a great deale prowder Can ye cure me of that crack Surgeon Sur. Yes when your Suit 's at pawn sir Nor. There 's for your playster A very learned Surgeon what 's in that pack there 1 Soul T is English Cloth Nor. That 's a good weare indeed Both strong and rich but it has a vertue A twang of the own Country that spoiles all A man shall nere be sober in 't Where are the Gentlemen That ventur'd with me both their lives and fortunes Come forward my faire spirits Norandine Forgets his worth when he forgets your valours You have lost an eye I saw ye face all hazards You have one left yet to choose your Mistris You have your leg broke with a shot yet sitting I saw you make the place good with your Pike still And your hand 's gone a good heart wants no instruments Share that amongst ye there 's an eye an arme And that wil beare you up when your legs cannot Oh where 's the honest Saylor that poore fellow Indeed that bold brave fellow that with his Musket Taught them new waies how to put their caps off That stood the fire of all the fight twice blowne And twice I gave him drownd welcome ashore knave Give me thy hand if they be not both lost faith thou art welcome My tough knave welcom thou wilt not shrink i th' washing Hold there 's a piece of Scarlet get thee hansome And this to buy thee Buttons Sayl. Thank ye Captaine Command my life at all houres Nor. Thou durst give it You have deserv'd too 3 Soul We have seen the fight sir Nor. Yes coyld up in a Cable like salt Eeles Or buried low i th' ballasse do you call that fighting Where be your wounds your knocks your want of limbs rogues Art not thou he that ask'd the Master-gunner Where thou mightst lie safest and he strait answered Put thy head in that hole new bor'd with a Cannon For t was a hundred to one another shot would not hit there Your wages you shall have but for rewards Take your owne waies and get ye to the Tavernes There when ye are hot with Wine 'mongst your admirers Take Ships and Towns and Castles at your pleasures And make the great Turk shake at your valours Bring in the prisoners now my brave Musulmans Enter Prisoners and Luscinda You that are Lords o th' Sea and scorn us Christians Which of your mangy lives is worth this hurt here Away to prison with 'em see 'em safe You shall finde we have Gallies too and slaves too 1 Soul What shall be done with this woman sir Nor. Pox take her T was she that set me on to fight with these rogues That Ring worme rot it what can you doe now With all your paintings and your pouncings Lady To restore my blood again you and your Cupid That have made a Carbinado of me plague take ye Ye are too deep ye rogue this is thy worke woman Thou lousie woman death you go too deep still The seeing of your simpring sweetnesse ye Filly Ye Tit ye-Tomboy what can one nights gingling Or two or ten sweet heart and oh my deare chicken Scratching my
ignorance What a most precious subject had I purchas'd Speake for him gentlemen some one that knowes What the man ailes and can speake sense Clean. Sure Madam This fellow has been a rare Hare finder See how his eyes are set Cal. Some one goe with me I 'le send him something for his head poore gentleman Is troubled with the staggers Lucip. Keep him darke He will run March mad else the fumes of Battell's Ascend into his braines Clean. Clap to his feet An old Drum head to draw the thunder downward Cal. Look to him gentlemen farwell Lord I am sorry We cannot kisse at this time but believe it Wee 'le find an houre for all God keep my children From being such sweet Souldiers Softly wenches Lest we disturbe his dreame Exit Calis Ladies Eumen. Why this is Monstrous 1 Capt. A strange forgetfulnesse yet still he holds it 2 Capt. Though he ne're saw a woman of great fashion Before this day yet my thinks 't is possible He might imagine what they are and what Belongs unto 'em meere report of others Eumen. Pish his head had other whimsies in 't my Lord Death I think y' are strook dumb my good Lord Generall 1 Capt. Sir Mem. That I doe love ye Madam and so love ye An 't like your grace 2 Cap. He has bin studying this speech Eumen. Who doe ye speake to sir Mem. Why where 's the Lady The woman the faire woman 1 Cap. Who Mem. The Princesse Give me the Princesse Eumen. Give yee counsell rather To use her like a Princesse Fy my Lord How have you borne your selfe how nakedly Laid your soule open and your ignorance To be a sport to all report and honour Drew her to doe you favours and you bluntly Without consideration what or how she was Neither collecting reason nor distinction Mem. Why what did I my masters Eumen. All that shewes A man unhandsome undigested done Mem. Did not I kneele unto her Eumen. Dumbe and senslesse As though ye had bin cut out for your fathers tombe Or stuck a land-marke when she spoke unto you Being the excellence of all our Island Ye star'd upon her as ye had seene a monster Mem. Was I so foolish I confesse Eumenes I never saw before so brave an outside But did I kneele so long Eumen. Till they laught at ye And when you spoke I am asham'd to tell ye What 't was my Lord how farre from order Blesse me is 't possible the wild noise of a warre And what she only teaches should possesse ye Knowledge to treat with her and full discretion Being at flood still in ye and in peace And manly conversation smooth and civill Where gracefulnesse and glory twyn together Thrust your selfe out an exile Doe you know sir what state she carries What great obedience waits at her backe continually Mem. She ne're commanded A hundred thousand men as I have done Nor ne're won battell Say I would have kist her Eume. There was a dainty offer too a rare one Mem. Why she is a woman is she not Eume. She is so Mem. Why very well what was she made for then Is she not young and handsome bred to breed Doe not men kisse faire women if they doe If lips be not unlawfull ware Why a Princesse Is got the same way that we get a begger Or I am cosen'd and the selfe-same way Shee must be handled e're she get another That 's rudenesse is it not 2. Cap. To her 't is held so rudnes in that high degree Mem. 'T is reason But I will be more punctuall pray what thought she Eum. Her thoughts were mercifull but she laught at ye Pittying the poorenesse of your complement And so she left ye good sir shape your selfe To understand the place and noble persons You live with now 1. Cap. Let not those great deserts The King hath layd up of ye and the people Be blasted with ill bearing Eume. The whole name of souldier then will suffer Mem. Shee 's a sweet one And good sirs leave your exhortations They come untimely to me I have braines That beate above your reaches Shee 's a Princesse That 's all I have killed a King that 's greater Come let 's to dinner if the Wine be good You shall perceive strange wisdome in my blood Exeunt all but Chilax Chil. Well would thou wert i' the wars again Old Memnon there thou wouldst talke toth ' purpose And the proudest of all these Court Camelions Would be glad to find it sense too plague of this Dead peace this bastard breeding lowzie lazie idlenesse Now we must learne to pipe and pick our livings Out of old rotten ends these twenty five yeares I have serv'd my Countrie lost my youth and bloud Expos'd my life to dangers more then dayes Yet let me tell my wants I know their answers The King is bound to right me they good people Have but from hand to mouth looke to your wives Your yong trim wives your high-day wives your march-paines For if the souldiers find not recompence As yet there 's none a hatching I beleeve You men of wars the men of wars will nick ye For sterve nor beg they must not my small meanes Are gone in fumo here to raise a better Unlesse it be with lying or dog flattering At which our Nations excellent observing dog-dayes When this good Lady broyles and would be basted By that good Lord or such like morall learnings Is here impossible Well I will rub among 'em If any thing for honestie be gotten Thou't be but bread and cheese I can be satisfied If otherwise the wind blow stiffe as I am Yet I shall learne to shuffle There 's an old Lasse That shall be namelesse yet alive my last hope Has often got me my pocket full of crownes If all faile Jack-Dawes are you alive still Then I see the coast cleare when fooles and boyes can prosper Enter Foole and Page Pag. Brave Lievtenant Foole. Haile to the man of worship Chi. You are fine sirs Most passing fine at all points Fool. As ye see sir Home-bred and handsome we cut not out our clothes sir At halfe sword as your Taylors doe and pinck 'em With Pikes and Partizans we live retir'd sir Gentlemen like and jealous of our honours Chi. Very fine Foole and fine Boy Peace playes with you As the wind playes with feathers dances ye You grind with all gusts gallants Page We can bounce sir When you Soldados bend i' th' hams and frisk too Fool. When twenty of your trip-coats turn their tippets And your cold sallets without salt or vineger By wambling in your stomacks hemp and hobnailes Will beare no price now hanging and old harneis Are like to over-run us Pa. Whores and hot houses Foole. Surgeons and Sirenges ring out your sance-bells Page Your Jubile your Jubile Foole. Proh Deum How our St. Georges will bestride the Dragons The red and ramping Dragons Page Advanc't foole Foole. But then the sting i' th' taile
die Chi. When I beseech your Lordship Mem. To morrow see ye doe die Chi. A short warning Troth Sir I am ill prepar'd Mem. I die my selfe then Beside ther 's reason Chi. Oh! Mem. I pray thee tell me For thou art a great dreamer Chi. I can dreame Sir If I eate well and sleep well Mem. Was it never By dreame or apparition open'd to thee Chi. Hee s mad Mem. What the other world was or Elizium Didst never travell in thy sleepe Chi. To Tauernes When I was drunke ore night or to a wench Ther 's an Elizium for yee a young Ladie Wrapt round about ye like a snake is that it Or if that strange Elizium that you talke of Be where the Devill is I have dream't of him And that I have had him by the hornes and rid him He trotts the Dagger out 'o th sheath Mem. Elizium The blessed fields man Chi. I know no fields blessed but those I have gain'd by I have dreamp't I have bin in Heaven too Mem. There handle that place that 's Elizium Chi. Brave singing and brave dancing And rare things Mem. All full of flowers Chi. And Pot hearbes Mem. Bowers for lovers And everlasting ages of delight Chi. I slept not so far Mem. Meet me on those bancks Some two dayes hence Chi. In dreame Sir Mem. No in death Sir And there I muster all and pay the Souldier Away no more no more Chi. God keepe your Lordship This is fine dancing for us Enter Siphax Siphax Wher 's the Generall Chi. Ther 's the old signe of Memnon where the soule is You may goe looke as I have Si. What 's the matter Chi. Why question him and see he talkes of Devills Hells Heavens Princes powers and Potentates You must to 'th pot too Si. How Chi. Do you know Elizium a tale he talkes the wild goose chase of Si. Elizium I have red of such a place Chi. Then get he to him Ye are as fine company as can be fitted Exit Chilax Your worships fairelie mett Si. Mercy upon us What ailes this Gentleman Mem. Provision Si. How his head workes Mem. Betweene two ribbes If he cut short or mangle me I le take him And twirle his neck about Si. Now Gods defend us Mem. In a pure cup transparant with a writing To signifie Si. I never knew him thus Sure is bewitcht or poysond Mem, Whos 's there Si. I Sir Mem. Come hither Siphax Si. Yes how does your Lordship Mem. Well God a mercy Souldier very well But prithee tell me Si. Any thing I can Sir Mem. What durst thou doe to gaine the rarest beautie The VVorld has Si. That the world has 't is worth doing Mem. Is it so but what doing beares it Si. Why any thing all dangers it appeares to Mem. Name some of those things doe Si. I would undertake Sir A voyage round about the VVorld Mem. Short Siphax A merchant does it to spice potts of ale Si. I woo'd swim in armour Mem. Short still a poore Jade Loden will take a streame and stem it strongly To leap a Mare Si. The plague I durst Mem. Still shorter I le cure it with an Onyon Si. Surfetts Mem. Short still They are often Physicks for our healths and help us Si. I woo'd stand a breach Mem. Thine honour bids thee Souldier 'T is shame to find a second cause Si. I durst Sir Fight with the fellest Monster Mem. That 's the poorest Man was ordained their Master durst ye die Sir Si. How die my Lord Mem. Die Siphax take thy sword And come by that doore to her ther 's a prize To buy a lustie love at Si. I am well content Sir To proove no purchaser Mem. Away thou world worme Thou win a matchles beautie Si. 'T is to loos 't Sir For being dead wher 's the reward I reach at The love I labour for Mem. There it begins foole Thou art meerly cozend for the loves wee now know Are but the heats of half an houre and hated Desires stir'd up by nature to increase her Licking of one another to a lust Course and base appetites earths meere inheritours And heires of Idlenes and blood Pure Love That that the soule affects and cannot purchase VVhile she is loden with our flesh that love Sir VVhich is the price of honour dwells not here Your Ladies eyes are lamplesse to that vertue That beautie smiles not on a cheeke washt over Nor sents the sweets of Ambers below Siphax Below us in the other VVord Elizium VVher 's no more dying no despairing mourning VVhere all desires are full deserts downe loden There Siphax there where loves are ever living Si. VVhy doe we love in this VVorld then Mem. To preserve it The maker lost his worke els but marke Siphax VVhat issues that love beares Si. VVhy Children Sir I never heard him talke thus thus divinelie And sensible before Mem. It does so Siphax Things like our selves as sensuall vaine unvented Bubles and breath of ayres got with an itching As blisters are and bred as much corruption Flowes from their lives sorrow conceives and shapes 'em And oftentimes the deaths of those we love most The breeders bring them to the VVorld to curse 'em Crying they weepe amongst us like young Catts Cares and continuall crosses keeping with 'em They make time old to tend them and experience An asse they alter so they grow and goodlie Ere we can turne our thoughts like dropps of water They fall into the maine and knowne no more This is the love of this world I must tell thee For thou art understanding Si. What you please Sir Mem. And as a faithfull man Nay I dare trust thee I love the Princesse Si. There 't is that has fired him I knew he had some inspiration But does she know it Sir Mem. Yes marry does she I have given my heart unto her Si. If ye love her Mem. Nay understand me my heart taken from me Out of my body man and so brought to her How lik'st thou that braue offer ther 's the love I told thee of and after death the living She must in justice come boye ha Si. Your heart Sir Mem. I so by all meanes Siphax Si. He loves rost well That eates the spitt Mem. And since thou art come thus fitlie I le doe it presentlie and thou shall carrie it For thou canst tell a storie and discribe it And I coniure thee Siphax by thy gentrie Next by the glorious battells we have fought in By all the dangers wounds heats colds distresses Thy love next and obedience nay thy life Si. But one thing first Sir if she pleas'd to grant it Could ye not love her here and live consider Mem. Ha yes I thinke I could Si. 'T woul'd be far neerer Besides the sweets here would induce the last love And linck it in Mem. Thou sayest right but our ranckes heere And bloods are barrs between us she must stand off too As I perceive she does Si. Desert and dutie Makes even all
meerly heat and made beleeve It were the Princesse mad for him Eumen. I thinke 'T were not amisse 1 Cap. And let him kisse her Pol. VVhat els 2 Cap. I le be his bawde an t please you young and holesome I can assure ye he shall have Eumen. Faith let him Pol. A shall I hope 't will helpe him walke a little I le tell you how his case stands and my project In which you must be mourners but by all meanes Stir not you from him Stremon Strem. On our Lives Sir Exeunt Enter Priest and Chilax Priest O y' ar a pretious Man two daies in towne And neuer see your old friend Chi. Prithe pardon me Pr. And in my conscience if I had not sent Chi. No more I would a come I must Pr. I find ye God a mercy want ye never care for me But when your slops are emptie Chi. Nere feare that wench Shall find good currant coyne still is this the old house Pr. Have ye forgot it Chi. And the dore still standing That goes into the Temple Pr. Still Chi. The Robes to That I was wount to shift in here Pr. All here still Chi. O ye tuff rogue what troubles have I trotted through VVhat feares and frights every poore mouse a monster That I heard stir and every stick I trod on A sharp sting to my conscience Pr. Las poore conscience Chi. And all to liquor thy old bootes wench Pr. Out beast Chi. To new carine thy carkas that 's the truth on 't How does thy keele does it need nayling a tother VVhen all thy linnen 's up and a more yare Pr. Fye Fye Sir Chi. Nere stem'd the straights Pr. How you talke Chi. I am old wench And talking to an old Man is like a stomacher It keepes his blood warme Pr. But pray tell me Chi. Any thing Pr. Where did the boy meet with ye at a wench sure At one end of a wench a Cup of wine sure Chi. Thou know'st I am too honest Priest That 's your fault And that the Surgeon knowes Chi. Then farewell I will not faile ye soone Priest Ye shall staye Supper I have sworne ye shall by this ye shall Chi. I will wench But after Supper for an houre my busines Pr. And but an houre Chi. No by this kisse that ended I will returne and all night in thine Armes wench Pr. No more I le take your meaning come 't is Supper time Exeunt Enter Calis Cleanthe Lucippe Calis Thou art not well Clean. Your grace sees more a great deale Then I feele yet I lye o brother Cal. Marke her Is not the quicknes of her ey consumed wench The livelye red and white Lucip. Nay she is much alter'd That on my understanding all her sleep's Ladie Which were as sound and sweet Cle. Pray doe not force me Good Madam where I am not to be ill Conceit 's a double sicknes on my faith your highnes Is meere mistaken in me A Dead March within of Drum and Sagbutts Cal. I am glad on 't Yet this I have ever noted when thou wast thus It still forerun some strange event my Sister Died when thou wast thus last harke harke ho What mournefull noyse is this comes creeping forward Still it growes neerer neerer do ye heare it Enter Polidor and Captaines Eumenes mourning Lucip. It seemes some Souldiers funerall see it enters Cal. What may it meane Pol. The Gods keep ye faire Calis Cal. This man can speake and well a stands and views us Woo'd I were nere worse look't upon how humbly His eyes are cast now to the earth pray marke him And marke how rarely he has ranckt his troubles See now a weepes they all weep a sweeter sorrow I never look't upon nor one that braver Became his griefe your will with us Pol. Great Ladie Plucks out the Cup Excellent beauty Cal. He speakes handsomelie What a rare rhetorician his greif plaies That stop was admirable Pol. See see thou Princesse Thou great commander of all hearts Cal. I have found it Oh how my soule shakes Pol. See see the noble hart Of him that was the noblest see and glory Like the proud God himselfe in what thou hast purchas'd Behold the heart of Memnon does it start ye Cal. Good gods what has his wildenes done Pol. Looke boldlie You boldlie sed you durst looke wretched woman Nay flie not back faire follie 't is too late now Vertue and blooming honour bleed to death here Take it the Legacie of Love bequeath'd ye Of cruell Love a cruell Legacie What was the will that wrought it then can ye weepe Imbalme it in your truest teares If Women can weepe a truth or ever sorrow sunck yet Into the soule of your sex for 't is a Jewell The VVorlds worth cannot weigh downe Take it Ladie And with it all I dare not curse my sorrowes And may they turne to Serpents Eumen. How she lookes Still upon him see now a teare steales from her 2. Cap. But still she keepes her ey firme Pol. Next read this But since I see your spirit somewhat troubled I le doe it for ye 2. Cap. Still she eyes him mainlie Goe happy heart for thou shalt ly Intomb'd in her for whom I dy Example of her cruelty Tell her if she chance to chide Me for slownes in her pride That it was for her I died If a teare escape her eye 'T is not for my memory But thy rights of obsequy The Altar was my loving brest My heart the sacrificed beast And I was my selfe the Preist Your body was the sacred shrine Your cruell mind the power divine Pleas'd with hearts of men not kine Eumen. Now it poures downe Pol. I like it rarelie Ladie Eumen. How greedily she swallowes up his language 2. Cap. Her eye inhabits on him Pol. Cruell Ladie Great as your beautie scornefull had your power But equall poise on all hearts all hearts perish't But Cupid has more shafts then one more flames too And now he must be open ey'd 't is Justice Live to injoye your longing live and laugh at The losses and the miseries we suffer Live to be spoken when your crueltie Has cut of all the vertue from this Kingdome Turned honour into earth and faithfull service Cal. I sweare his angers excellent Pol. Truth and most tried love Into disdaine and downefall Calis Still more pleasing Pol. Live then I say famous for civill slaughters Live and lay out your triumphs guild your glories Live and be spoken this is she this Ladie This goodly Ladie yet most killing beautie This with the two edg'd eyes the heart for hardnes Out doing rockes and coldnes rockes of Christall This with the swelling soule more coye of Courtship Then the proud sea is when the shores embrace him Live till the mothers find ye read your story And sowe their barren curses on your beauty Till those that have enjoy'd their loves despise ye Till Virgins pray against ye old age find ye And even as wasted coales glow
of In stature you are a Giantesse and your Tailour Takes measure of you with a Iacobs staffe Or he can never reach you this by the way For your large size Now in a word or two To treat of your Complexion were decorum You are so far from faire I doubt your Mother Was too familliar with the Moore that serv'd her Your Limbes and Features I passe breifely over As things not worth description and come roundly To your soule if you have any for 't is doubtfull Viol. I laugh at this proceed Iam. This Soule I speake of Or rather salt to keepe this heape of flesh From being a walking stench like a large Inne Stands open for the entertainement of All impious practises but ther 's no Corner An honest thought can take up and as it were not Sufficient in your self to comprehend All wicked plots you have taught the Foole my Brother By your contagion almost to put off The nature of the man and turn'd him Devill Because he should be like you and I hope Will march to hell together I have spoken And if the limming you in your true Colours Can make the Painter gracious I stand readie For my reward or if my words distaste you I weigh it not for though your Groomes were ready To cut my throat for 't be assur'd I cannot Use other Language Viol. You thinke you have said now Like a brave fellow in this Womans War You ever have bin train'd spoke big but suffer'd Like a tame Asse and when most spur'd and gall'd Were never Master of the Spleene or Spirit That could raise up the anger of a man And force it into action Iam. Yes vile Creature Wer 't thou a subject worthy of my Sword Or that thy death this moment could call home My banish'd hopes thou now wer 't dead dead woman But being as thou art it is sufficient I scorne thee and contemne thee Viol. This shewes nobly I must confesse it I am taken with it For had you kneeld and whind and shew'd a base And low deiected mind I had despis'd you This Bravery in your adverse fortune conquers And do's command me and upon the sudaine I feele a kind of pittie growing in me For your misfortunes pittie some sayes the Parent Of future love and I repent my part So far in what you have suffered that I could But you are cold doe something to repaire What your base Brother such Iami I thinke him Hath brought to ruine Iam. Ha Viol. Be not amaz'd Our injuries are equall in his Bastard You are familliar with what I grone for And though the name of Husband holds a tye Beyond a Brother I a poore weake Woman Am sensible and tender of a wrong And to revenge it would break through all letts That durst oppose me Iam. Is it possible Viol. By this kisse start not thus much as a stranger You may take from me But if you were pleas'd I should select you as a bosome Friend I would print 'em thus and thus Iam. Keepe off Viol. Come neare Neere into the Cabinet of my Counsailes Simplicity and patience dwell with Fooles And let them beare those burthens which wise men Boldly shake off Be mine and ioyne with me And when that I have rais'd you to a fortune Doe not deny your selfe the happie meanes You 'l looke on me with more iudicious eies And sweare I am most faire Iam. What would this Woman The purpose of these words speake not in ridles And when I understand what you would counsell My answer shall be suddaine Viol. Thus then Iami The objects of our fury are the same For young Ascanio whom you snake like hug'd Frozen with wants to death in your warme bosome Lives to supplant you in your certaine hopes And kills in me all comfort Iam. Now 't is plaine I apprehend you and were he remov'd Viol. You once againe were the undoubted heire Iam. 'T is not to be denyed I was ice before But now ye have fir'd me Viol. I 'l add fuell to it And by a nearer cut doe you but steere As I direct you bring our Bark into The Port of happines Iam. How Viol. By Henriques death But you 'l say hee 's your Brother in great fortunes Which are epitomes of States Kingdomes Dishes covered with papers in each ready The politicke brooke no Rivalls Iam. Excellent For sure I thinke out of a scrupulous feare To feed in expectation when I may Dispensing but a little with my conscience Come into full possession would not argue One that desir'd to thrive Viol. Now you speake like A man that knowes the World Jam. I needs must learne That have so good a Tutresse And what thinke you Don Henrique and Ascanio cut off That none may live that shall desire to trace us In our black pathes if that Octavio His foster Father and the sad Iacinta Faith pittie her and free her from her Sorrowes Should fall Companions with 'em When we are red With murther let us often bath in blood The collour will be scarlet Viol. And that 's glorious And will protect the fact Jam. Suppose this don If undiscovered we may get for money As that you know buyes any thing in Rome A dispensation Viol. And be married Jam. True Or if it be knowne trusse up our Gold and Jewells And fly to some free State and there with scorne Viol. Laugh at the lawes of Spaine 'T were admirable Iam. We shall beget rare Children I am rap'd with The meere imagination Viol. Shall it be don Iam. Shall t is too tedious furnish me with meanes To hire the instruments and to your self Say it is done already I will shew you Ere the Sun set how much you have wrought upon me Your province is onely to use some meanes To send my Brother to the Grove that 's neighbour To the west Port of th' Citie leave the rest To my owne practise I have talk'd too long But now will doe this kisse with my Confession To worke a fell revenge A mans a foole If not instructed in a Womans Schoole Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Bartolus Algazeirs and a Paratour The Table set out and stooles Bar. You are well enough disguiz'd furnish the Table Make no shew what ye are till I discover Not a soule knowes ye here be quick and dilligent These youthes I have invited to a Breakefast But what the Sawce will be I am of opinion I shall take off the edges of their Appetites And greaze their gums for eating hartily This month or two they have plaid their prizes with me And with their severall flurts they have lighted dangerously But sure I shall be quit I heare 'em comming Goe off and wait the bringing in your service And doe it handsomely you know where to have it Enter Millanes Arsenio Lopez Diego Wellcome i'Faith Ars. That 's well said honest Lawyer Lop. Said like a Neighbour Bar. Wellcome all all over And let 's be merry Mil. To that end we
up the messe now strike together And let them fall so Assist. Unheard of crueltie I can endure no longer seize on her Viol. Am I betraid Is this thy faith Iamy Iam. Could your desires Challenge performance of a deed so horrid Or though that you had sold your selfe to hell I should make up the bargaine Live deare Brother Live long and happy I forgive you freely To have done you this service is to me A faire Inheritance And how e're harsh language Call'd on by your rough usage pass'd my lipps In my heart I ever lov'd you All my labours Were but to shew how much your love was cozen'd When it beheld it selfe in this false Glasse That did abuse you and I am so far From envying young Ascanio his good fortune That if your State were mine I would adopt him These are the Murtherers my noble Friends Which to make triall of her bloudy purpose I won to come disguis'd thus Hen. I am too full Of griefe and shame to speake but what I 'le doe Shall to the world proclaime my penitence And howsoever I have liv'd I 'le die A much chang'd man Iam. Were it but possible You could make satisfaction to this woman Our joyes were perfect Hen. That 's my onely comfort That it is in my power I ne're was married To this bad woman though I doted on her But daily did deferre it still expecting When griefe would kill Iacintha Assist. All is come out And finds a faire successe take her Don Henrique And once againe embrace your Son Hen. Most gladly Assist. Your Brother hath deserv'd well Hen. And shall share The moitie of my State Assist. I have heard Advocate What an ill Instrument you have bin to him From this time strengthen him with honest counsells As you 'le deserve my pardon Bar. I 'le change my Copy But I am punish'd for I feare I have had A smart blow though unseene Assist. Curat and Sexton I have heard of you too let me heare no more And what 's past is forgotten For this woman Though her intent were bloody yet our Law Calls it not death yet that her punishment May deter others from such bad attempts The Dowry she brought with her shall be emploi'd To build a Nunnery where she shall spend The remnant of her life Viol. Since I have miss'd my ends I scorne what can fall on me Assist. The strict discipline Of the Church will teach you better thoughts And Signiors You that are Batchelours if you ever marry In Bartolus you may behold the issue Of Covetousnesse and Jealousie And of dotage And falshood in Don Henrique keep a meane then For be assur'd that weake man meets all ill That gives himselfe up to a womans will Exeunt Prologue TO tell ye Gentlemen we have a Play A new one too and that 't is launch'd to day The Name ye know that 's nothing to my Story To tell ye 't is familiar void of Glory Of State of Bitternesse of wit you 'll say For that is now held wit that tends that way Which we avoid To tell ye to 't is merry And meant to make ye pleasant and not weary The Streame that guides ye easie to attend To tell ye that 't is good is to no end If you believe not Nay to goe thus far To sweare it if you sweare against is war To assure you any thing unlesse you see And so conceive is vanity in me Therefore I leave it to it selfe and pray Like a good Barke it may worke out to day And stem all doubts 't was built for such a proofe And we hope highly if she lye aloofe For her owne vantage to give wind at will Why let her worke onely be you but still And sweet opinion'd and we are bound to say You are worthy Judges and you crowne the Play Epilogue THe Play is done yet our Suit never ends Still when you part you would stil part our friends Our noblest friends if ought have falne amis O let it be sufficient that it is And you have pardon'd it In Buildings great All the whole Body cannot be so neat But something may be mended Those are faire And worthy love that may destroy but spare FINIS THE LITTLE FRENCH LAWYER Actus Primus Scena Prima Enter Dinant and Cleremont Din. DIsswade me not Clere. It will breed a braule Din. I care not I weare a Sword Cler. And weare discretion with it Or cast it off let that direct your arme 'T is madnesse els not valour and more base Then to receive a wrong Din. Why would you have me Sit downe with a disgrace and thanke the doer We are not Stoicks and that passive courage Is onely now commendable in Lackies Peasants and Tradesemen not in men of ranke And qualitie as I am Cler. Doe not cherish That daring vice for which the whole age suffers The blood of our bold youth that heretofore Was spent in honourable action Or to defend or to enlarge the Kingdome For the honour of our Countrey and our Prince Poures it selfe out with prodigall expence Upon our Mothers lap the Earth that bred us For every trifle and these private Duells Which had their first originall from the French And for which to this day we are justly censured And banisht from all civill Governments Scarce three in Venice in as many yeares In Florence they are rarer and in all The faire Dominions of the Spanish King They are never heard of Nay those neighbour Countries Which gladly imitate our other follies And come at a deare rate to buy them of us Begin now to detest them Din. Will you and yet Cler. And I have heard that some of our late Kings For the lie wearing of a Mistris feathers A cheate at Cards or Dice and such like causes Have lost as many gallant Gentlemen As might have met the great Turke in the field With confidence of a glorious Victorie And shall we then Din. No more for shame no more Are you become a Patron to 't is a new one No more on 't burn 't give it to some Orator To help him to enlarge his exercise With such a one it might doe well and profit The Curat of the Parish but for Cleremont The bold and under-taking Cleremont To talke thus to his friend his friend that knowes him Dinant that knowes his Cleremont is absurd And meere Apocripha Cler. Why what know you of me Din. Why if thou hast forgot thy selfe I 'll tell thee And not looke backe to speake of what thou wert At fifteene for at those yeares I have heard Thou wast flesh'd and enter'd bravely Cler. Well sir well Din. But yesterday thou wast the common second Of all that onely knew thee thou hadst bills Set up on every post to give thee notice Where any difference was and who were parties And as to save the charges of the Law Poore men seeke Arbitrators thou wert chosen By such as knew thee not to compound quarrells But thou wert so
that I never feele I 'le never feare Yet by the honour of a Souldiour I hold thee truly Noble How these things will looke And how their bloods will curdle play on children You shall have pap anon O thou grand foole That thou knowest but thy fortune Musick done Cler. Peace good Madam Stop her mouth Dinant it sleeps yet 'pray' be wary Dispatch I cannot endure this misery I can heare nothing more I 'le say my praiers And downe againe Whistle within A thousand larums fall upon my quarter Heaven send me off When I ly keeping courses Pl o' your fumbling Dinant how I shake 'T is still againe Would I were in the Indies Exit Cler. Enter Dinant and Lamira A light within Din. Why doe ye use me thus thus poorely basely Worke me into a hope and then destroy me Why did you send for me this new way traine me Lam. Madman a fool fals man now I le shew thee man Din. 'Pray' put your light out Lam. No I 'le hold it thus That all chast eyes may see thy lust and scorne it Tell me but this when you first doted on me And made suite to enjoy me as your wife Did you not hold me honest Din. Yes most vertuous Lam. And did not that appeare the onely lustre That made me worth your love and admiration Din. I must confesse Lam. Why would you deale so basely So like a thiefe a villaine Din. Peace good Madam Lam. I 'le speake aloud too thus maliciously Thus breaking all the rules of honestie Of honour and of truth for which I lov'd you For which I call'd you servant and admir'd you To steale that jewell purchas'd by another Piously set in Wedlock even that Jewell Because it had no flame you held unvaluable Can he that has lov'd good doat on the divell For he that seekes a whore seeks but his agent Or am I of so wild and low of blood So nurs'd in infamies Din. I doe not thinke so And I repent Lam. That will not serve your turne sir Din. It was your treaty drew me on Lam. But it was your villany Made you pursue it I drew you but to try How much a man and nobly you durst stand How well you had deserv'd the name of vertuous But you like a wild torrent mix'd with all Beastly and base affections came floating on Swelling your poison'd billowes Din. Will you betray me Lam. To all the miseries a vext woman may Din. Let me but out Give me but roome to tosse my sword about me And I will tell you y' are a treacherous woman O that I had but words Lam. They will not serve you Din. But two-edg'd words to cut thee a Lady traytor Perish by a proud puppet I did you too much honour To tender you my love too much respected you To thinke you worthy of my worst embraces Goe take your groome and let him dally with you Your greasie groome I scorne to impe your lame stock You are not faire nor handsome I lyed loudly This tongue abus'd you when it spoke you beauteous Lam. 'T is very well 't is brave Din. Put out your light Your lascivious eyes are flames enough For fooles to find you out a Lady plotter Must I begin your sacrifice of mischiefe I and my friend the first fruits of that blood You and your honourable Husband aime at Crooked and wretched you are both Lam. To you sir Yet to the eye of Justice streight as Truth Din. Is this a womans love a womans mercy Do you professe this seriously doe you laugh at me Lam. Ha ha Din. Pl light upon your scornes upon your flatteries Upon your tempting faces all destructions A bedrid Winter hang upon your cheekes And blast blast blast those buds of pride that point you Death in your eyes to fright men from these dangers Raise up your trophy Cleremont Cler. What a vengeance ayle you Din. What dismall noise is there no honour in you Cleremont we are betraied betraied sold by a woman Deale bravely for thy selfe Cler. This comes of rutting Are we made stales to one another Din. Yes we are undone lost Cler. You shall pay for 't grey-beard Vp up you sleep your last else Lights above two Servants and Anabell 1 Serv. No not yet sir Lady looke up would you have wrong'd this beauty Wake so tender a Virgin with rough tearmes You weare a sword we must entreat you leave it 2 Serv. Fy sir so sweet a Lady Cle. Was this my bed-fellow pray give me leave to look I am not mad yet I may be by and by Did this ly by me Did I feare this is this a cause to shake at Away with me for shame I am a rascall Enter Champernell Beaupre Verdoone Laimra Anabel Cleremont and two Servants Din. I am amaz'd too Beau. We 'll recover you Verd. You walk like Robin-good-fellow all the house over And every man afraid of you Din. 'T is well Lady The honour of this deed will be your owne The world shall know your bounty Beaup. What shall we doe with 'em Cler. Geld me For 't is not fit I should be a man againe I am an Asse a Dog Lam. Take your revenges You know my Husbands wrongs and your owne losses Anab. A brave man an admirable brave man Well well I would not be so tried again A very handsome proper gentleman Cler. Will you let me ly by her but one houre more And then hang me Din. Wee wait your malice put your swords home bravely You have reason to seeke blood Lam. Not as you are Noble Cham. Hands off and give them liberty onely disarm 'em Beaup. We have done that already Champ. You are welcome gentlemen I am glad my house has any pleasure for you I keep a couple of Ladies here they say faire And you are young and handsome gentlemen Have you any more mind to Wenches Cler. To be abus'd too Lady you might have help'd this Ana. Sir now 't is past but 't may be I may stand Your friend hereafter in a greater matter Cler. Never whilst you live Ana. You cannot tell now sir a parting hand Cler. Downe and Roses Well I may live to see you again A dull rogue No revelation in thee Lam. Were you well frighted Were your fitts from the heart of all colds and colours That 's all your punishment Cler. It might have bin all yours Had not a blockhead undertaken it Cham. Your swords you must leave to these gentlemen Verd. And now when you dare fight We are on even Ice againe Din. 'T is well To be a Mistris is to be a monster And so I leave your house and you for ever Lam. Leave your wild lusts and then you are a master Cham. You may depart too Cler. I had rather stay here Cham. Faith we shall fright you worse Cler. Not in that manner There 's five hundred crownes fright me but so againe Din. Come Cleremont this is the houre of foole Cler. Wiser the next
feele it Doe you find it now take heed ot'h punishment We might have had two gallant Gentlemen Proper young o how it tortures me Two Divells now two rascalls two and twenty Lam. O thinke not so Ana. Nay an we scape so modestly Lam. May we be worthy any eyes or knowledge When we are used thus Ana. Why not why doe you cry Are we not women still what were we made for Lam. But thus thus basely Ana. 'T is against our wills And if there come a thousand so Lam. Out on thee Ana. You are a foole what we cannot resist Why should we greive and blush for there be women And they that beare the name of excellent women Would give their whole estates to meete this fortune Lam. Harke a new noise New found within Ana. Let 'em goe on I feare not If wrangling fighting and scratching cannot preserve me Why so be it Cousen if I be ordain'd To breed a race of rogues Enter foure over the stage with Beaupre and Verdoone bound and halters about their necks Lam. They come Ana. Be firme They are wellcom Lam. What mask of death is this O my deare Brother Ana. My coose to why now y' are glorious villaines Lam. O shall we loose our honours Ana. Let 'em goe When death prepares the way they are but Pageants Why must these dye Beau. Lament your owne misfortunes We perish happily before your ruines Ana. Has mischeif ne'r a tongue 1 Gent. Yes foolish woman Our Captaines will is death Ana. You dare not doe it Tell thy base boisterous Captaine what I say Thy lawlesse Captaine that he dares not Doe you laugh you rogue you pamperd rogue Lam. Good Sir Good Cousen gently as y' are a Gentleman Ana. A gentleman a slave a dog the devills harbinger Lam. Sir as you had a mother Ana. He a Mother Shame not the name of mother a she Beare A bloody old woolf bitch a woman Mother Lookes that rude lumpe as if he had a mother Intreat him hang him do thy worst thou darst not Thou dar'st not wrong their lives thy Captain dares not They are persons of more price Ver. What ere we suffer Let not your angers wrong you Ana. You cannot suffer The men that doe this deed must live i' th moone Free from the gripe of Justice Lam. Is it not better Ann. Is it not better let 'em goe on like rascalls And put false faces on they dare not doe it Flatter such scabbs of nature Gent. Woman woman The next worke is with you Ana. Unbind those Gentlemen And put their fatall fortunes on our neckes Lam. As you have mercy doe Ana. As you are monsters Lam. Fright us no more with shipwrack of our honours Nor if there be a guilt by us committed Let it endanger those Ana. I say they dare not There be a thousand gallouses yee rogues Tortures ye bloody rogues wheeles Gent. A way Lam. Stay Ana. Stay Stay and I 'll flatter too good sweet fac'd Gentlemen You excellent in honesty o kinsmen O Noble kinsmen Gen. Away with 'em Exit Verta. Beaup. and Gent. Ana. Stay yet The Devill and his lovely dam walke with you Come fortify your self if they doe dy Which all their ruggednesse cannot rack into me They cannot find an houre more Innocent Nor more friends to revenge 'em Enter Cleremont disguis'd Lam. Now stand constant For now our tryalls come Cler. This beauties mine Your minute moves not yet Lam. She sinkes if Christian If any sparke of noble heate Cler. Rise Lady And fearelesse rise there 's no dishonour meant you Doe you know my tongue Ana, I have heard it Cler. Marke it better I am one that loves you fairely nobly loves you Looke on my face Ana. O Sir Cler. No more words softly Hearke but hearke wisely how understand well Suspect not feare not Ana. You have brought me comfort Cler. If you thinke me worthy of your Husband I am no rogue nor Begger if you dare doe thus Ana. You are Mounsier Cleremont Cler. I am the same If you dare venture speake if not I leave you And leave you to the mercy of these villaines That will not wooe ye much Ana. Save my reputation And free me from these slaves Cler. By this kisse I 'll doe it And from the least dishonour they dare aime at you I have a priest too shall be ready Ana. You are forward Lam. Is this my constant Cousen how she whispers Kisses and huggs the theif Ana. You ll offer nothing Cler. Till all be tyed Not as I am a Gentleman Ana. Can you releive my Aunt too Cler. Not yet Mistris But feare nothing all shall be well away quickly It must be done i' th moment or Ana. I am with yee Cler. I 'll know now who sleepes by me keepe your standing Exit Cler. and Anabell Lam. Well go thy wayes thine own shame dwell with thee Is this the constancy she shewed the bravery The deare love and the life she owed her kinsmen O brave tongue valiant glorious woman Is this the noble anger you arriv'd at Are these the theeves you scornd the rogues you rayld at The scabs and scums of nature o faire modesty Excellent vertue whither art thou fled What hand of heaven is over us when strong virgins Yeild to their feares and to their feares their fortunes Never beleef come neare me more farewell wench A long farewell from all that ever knew thee My turne is next I am resolved it comes But in a nobler shape ha Enter Dinant Din. Blesse yee Lady Lam. Indeed Sir I had need of many blessings For all the houres I have had since I came here Have bin so many curses How got you liberty For I presume you come to comfort me Din. To comfort you and love you 't is most true My bondage was as yours as full of bitternesse And every hower my death Lam. Heaven was your comfort Din. Till the last evening sitting full of sadnesse Wailing sweet Mistris your unhappy fortunes Mine owne I had the least care of round about me The Captaine and the company stood gaping When I began the story of my love To you faire Saint and with so full a sorrow Followed each point that even from those rude eyes That never knew what pitty meant or mercy Ther stole downe soft relentings take heed Mistris And let not such unholy hearts out doe you The soft plum'd god will see againe thus taken As men transform'd with the strange tale I told They stood amaz'd then bid me rise and live Take liberty and meanes to see your person And wisht me prosperous in your love wish you so Be wise and loving Lady shew but you so Lam. O Sir are these fit houres to talke of love in Shall we make fooles of our afflictions Can any thing sound sweetly in mine eares Where all the noise of bloody horrour My Brother and my Cousen they are dead Sir Dead basely dead is this an age to foole in And I my self
am faulty or is my Love so fatall That of necessity it must destroy The object it most longs for dull Hypollita To thinke that injuries could make way for love When courtesies were despis'd that by his death Thou shouldst give that which only thou canst hope for While he is living My honours at the stake now And cannot be preserv'd unlesse he perish The enjoying of the thing I love I ever Have priz'd above my fame why doubt I now then One only way is left me to redeeme all Make ready my Caroch Leo. What will you Madam Hyp. And yet I am impatient of such stay Bind up my haire fy fy while that is doing The Law may cease his life thus as I am then Not like Hypollita but a Bachanall My frantique Love transports me Exit Leo. Sure shee 's distracted Zab. Pray you follow her I will along with you I more then ghesse the cause women that love Are most uncertaine and one minute crave What in another they refuse to have Exit Scaena 5a Enter Clodio Charino Clo. Assure thy selfe Charino I am alter'd From what I was the tempests we have met with In our uncertaine voyage were smooth gales Compar'd to those the memory of my lusts Rais'd in my conscience and if ere againe I live to see Zenocia I will sue And seek to her as a Lover and a Servant And not command affection like a Tyrant Char. In hearing this you make me young againe And heaven it seemes favouring this good change in you In setting of a period to our dangers Gives us faire hopes to find that here in Lisbon Which hitherto in vain we long have sought for I have receiv'd assur'd intelligence Such strangers have bin seen here and though yet I cannot learn their fortunes nor the place Of their abode I have a soule presages A fortunate event here Clo. There have pass'd A mutuall enterchange of courtesies Between me and the Governour therfore boldly We may presume of him and of his power If we finde cause to use them otherwise I Would not be known here and these disguises Will keep us from discovery Enter Manuel Doctor Arnoldo Guard Char. What are these Clo. The Governour with him my Rivall bound Char. For certaine 't is Arnoldo Clo. Let 's attend What the successe will be Man Is 't possible There should be hope of his recovery His wounds so many and so deadly Doct. So they appear'd at first but the blood stop'd His trance forsook him and on better search We found they were not mortall Man Use all care To perfect this unhop'd for cure that done Propose your own rewards and till you shall Heare farther from me for some ends I have Conceal'd it from his Mother Doct. Wee 'l not faile Sir Exit Man You stil stand confident on your innocence Arn. It is my best and last guard which I will not Leave to relye on your uncertaine mercy Enter Hypolita Zabulon Leopold Zenocia 2 Servants Hyp. Who bade you follow me Goe home you Sir As you respect me goe with her Arn. Zenocia And in her house a Servant Cha. 'T is my daughter Clo. My love Contain your joy observe the sequel Zen. passes Man Fye Madam how undecent 't is for you So far unlike your selfe to bee seene thus In th' open streets why do you kneele pray you rise I am acquainted with the wrong and losse You have sustain'd and the Delinquent now Stands ready for his punishment Hyp. Let it fall Sir On the offender he is innocent And most unworthy of these bonds he weares But I made up of guilt Man VVhat strange turne 's this Leo. This was my prisoner once Hyp. If chastity In a young man and tempted to the height too Did ere deserve reward or admiration He justly may claim both Love to his person Or if you please give it a fowler name Compel'd me first to train him to my house All engines I rais'd there to shake his vertue Which in the assault were uselesse he unmov'd stil As if he had no part of humane frailty Against the nature of my Sex almost I plaid the Ravisher You might have seen In our contention young Apollo fly And love-sicke Daphne follow all arts failing By flight he wan the victory breaking from My scorn'd embraces the repulse in women Unsufferable invited me to practise A meanes to be reveng'd and from this grew His Accusation and the abuse Of your still equall justice My rage ever Thanks heaven though wanton I found not my selfe So far engag'd to hell to prosecute To the death what I had plotted for that love That made me first desire him then accuse him Commands me with the hazard of my selfe First to entreate his pardon then acquit him Man What ere you are so much I love your vertue That I desire your friendship doe you unloose him From those bonds you are worthy of your repentance Makes part of satisfaction yet I must Severely reprehend you Leo. I am made A stale on all parts But this fellow shall Pay dearely for her favour Arn. My life 's so full Of various changes that I now despaire Of any certaine port one trouble ending A new and worse succeeds it what should Zenocia Doe in this womans house Can chastity And hot Lust dwell together without infection I would not be or jealous or secure Yet something must be done to sound the depth on 't That she lives is my blisse but living there A hell of torments there 's no way to her In whom I live but by this door through which To me 't is death to enter yet I must And will make tryall Man Let me hear no more Of these devices Lady this I pardon And at your intercession I forgive Your instrument the Jew too get you home The hundred thousand crowns you lent the City Towards the setting forth of the last Navy Bound for the Islands was a good then which I ballance with your ill now Char. Now Sir to him You know my daughter needs it Hyp. Let me take A farewell with mine ey Sir though my lip Be barr'd the Ceremonie courtesie And custome too allowes of Arn. Gentle Madam I neither am so cold nor so ill bred But that I dare receive it you are unguarded And let me tell you that I am asham'd Of my late rudeness and would gladly therefore If you please to accept my ready service Waite on you to your house Hyp. Above my hope Sir if an Angel were to be my convoy He should not be more welcome Exit Arn. and Hyp. Clo. Now you know me Man Yes Sir and honour you ever remembring Your many bounties being ambitious only To give you cause to say by some one service That I am not ungratefull Clo. 'T is now offer'd I have a suite to you and an easie one Which e're long you shall know Man When you think fit Sir And then as a command I will receive it Till when most
leggs else presently Sulp. Goe in and bid him please himselfe I am pleas'd too To morrow 's a new day but if he can I would have him take pity ô the old Lady Alas 't is charity Jaq. I 'le tell him all this And if he be not too fool-hardy Enter Zabulon Sulp. How now What newes with you Zab. You must presently Shew all the art you have and for my Lady Sulp. She may command Zab. You must not dream nor trifle Sulp. Which way Zab. A spell you must prepare a powerfull one Peruse but these directions you shall find all There is the picture too be quicke and Faithfull And do it with that strength When 't is perform'd Pitch your reward at what you please you have it Sulp. I le do my best and suddainly but hark ye Will you never lye at home againe Zab. Excuse me I have too much businesse yet Sulp. I am right glad on 't Zab. Think on your businesse so farewell Sulp. I 'le do it Zab. Within this houre I 'le visit you againe And give you greater lights Sulp. I shall observe ye This brings a brave reward bravely I 'le do it And all the hidden art I have express in 't Ex. at both dores Enter Rutillio with a night-cap Rut. Now do I look as if I were Crow-trodden Fy how my hams shrinke under me ô me I am broken-winded too Is this a life Is this the recreation I have aimd at I had a body once a handsome body And wholsome too Now I appeare like a rascall That had been hung a yeare or two in gibbets Fye how I faint Women keep me from women Place me before a Cannon 't is a pleasure Stretch me upon a rac it a recreation But women women ô the Divell women Curtius gulfe was never halfe so dangerous Is there no way to finde the trap-dore againe And fall into the Cellar and be taken No lucky fortune to direct me that way No galleys to be got nor yet no gallows For I feare nothing now no earthly thing But these unsatisfied Men-leeches women How divellishly my bones ake ô the old Lady I have a kind of waiting-woman lyes crosse my back too O how she stings no treason to deliver me Now what are you do you mock me Enter 3. with night-caps very faintly 1. No Sir no We were your Predecessors in this place 2. And come to see you beare up Rut. Good Gentlemen You seem to have a snuffing in your head Sir A parlous snuffing but this same dampish aire 2. A dampish aire indeed Rut. Blow your face tenderly Your nose will ne're endure it mercy ô me What are men change'd to here is my nose fast yet Mee thinks it shakes it 'h hilts pray tell me Gentlemen How long is 't since you flourisht here 3. Not long since Rut. Move your selfe easily I see you are tender Nor long endured 2. The labour was so much Sir And so few to perform it Rut. Must I come to this And draw my legs after me like a lame dog I cannot run away I am too feeble Will you sue for this place againe Gentlemen 1. No truly sir the place has been too warm for our complexions 2. We have enough on 't rest you merry sir We came but to congratulate your fortune You have abundance 3. Beare your fortune soberly And so we leave you to the next faire Lady Exit the 3. Rut. Stay but a little and I 'le meet you Gentlemen At the next Hospitall ther 's no living thus Nor am I able to endure it longer With all the helps and heates that can be given me I am at my trot already they are faire and young Most of the women that repaire unto me But they stick on like burs shake me like feathers Enter Sulpitia More women yet Would I were honestly married To any thing that had but halfe a face And not a groate to keep her nor a smocke That I might be civilly merry when I pleased Rather then labouring in these fulling mills Sulp. By this the spell begins to worke you are lusty I see you beare up bravely yet Rut. Doe you heare Lady Do not make a game-beare of me to play me hourly And fling on all your whelps it will not hold Play me with some discretion to day one course And two dayes hence another Sulp. If you be so angry Pay backe the money I redeem'd you at And take your course I can have men enough You have lost me an hundred crowns since you came hither In broths and strengthning caudles till you do pay me If you will eate and live you shall endeavour I 'le chain you to 't else Rut. Make me a dog-ken 〈…〉 I 'le keep your house and bark 〈◊〉 feed on bare bones And be whipt out a dores Doe you mark me Lady whipt I 'le eate old shoes Enter Duart Dua. In this house I am told There is a stranger of a goodly person And such a one there was if I could see him I yet remember him Sulp. Your businesse Sir If it be for a woman ye are cozend I keepe none here Exit Dua. Certain this is the Gentleman The very same Rut. Death if I had but money Or any friend to bring me from this bondage I would thrash set up a Coblers shop keepe hogs And feede with 'em sell tinder boxes And Knights of Ginger-bread thatch for three Halfe pence a day and thinke it Lordly From this base stallion trade Why does he cy me Eye me so narrowly Dua. It seemes you are troubled Sir I heard you speak of want Rut. 'T is better hearing Far then releiving Sir Dua. I do not think so you know me not Rut. Not yet that I remember Dua. You shall and for your friend I am beholding to yee Greatly beholding Sir If you remember You fought with such a man they cal'd Duart A proud distemper'd man he was my enemie My mortall foe you slew him fairly nobly Rut. Speake softly Sir you do not meane to betray me I wisht the Gallows now th' are comming fairely Dua. Be confident for as I live I love you And now you shall perceive it for that service Me and my purse command there take it to ye 'T is gold and no small sum a thousand duckets Supply your want Rut. But do you do this faithfully Dua. If I mean ill spit in my face and kicke me In what else I may serve you Sir Rut. I thanke you This is as strange to me as Knights adventure I have a project 't is an honest one And now I 'le tempt my fortune Dua. Trust me with it Rut. You are so good and honest I must trust ye 'T is but to carry a letter to a Lady That sav'd my life once Dua. That will be most thankfull I will do 't with all care Rut. Where are you white-broth Now lusty blood Come in and tell your money 'T is ready here no threats nor no orations Nor prayers now Sulp. You do
yet to prove a knave too Hem. 'T is to prove honest 't is to do good service Service for him thou art sworn to for thy Prince Then for thy selfe that good what fool would live here Poore and in misery subject to all dangers Law and lewd people can inflict when bravely And to himselfe he may be law and credit Hub. Shall I believe thee Hem. As that thou holdst most holy Hub. Ye may play tricks Hem. Then let me never live more Hub. Then you shall see Sir I will do a service That shall deserve indeed Hem. 'T is well said hunts-man And thou shalt be well thought of Hub. I will do it 't is not your letting free for that 's meer nothing But such a service if the Earl be noble He shall for ever love me Hem. What is 't hunts-man Hub. Do you know any of these people live here Hem. No Hub. You are a foole then here be those to have 'em I know the Earl so well would make him caper Hem. Any of the old Lords that rebel'd Hub. Peace all I know 'em every one and can betray 'em Hem. But wilt thou doe this service Hub. If you 'l keep Your faith and free word to me Hem. Wilt thou swear me Hub. No no I will beleeve ye more then that too Here 's the right heire Hem. O honest honest hunts-man Hub. Now how to get these Gallants ther 's the matter You will be constant 't is no work for me else Hem. Will the Sun shine agen Hub. The way to get 'em Hem. Propound it and it shall be done Hub. No sleight For they are Devillish crafty it concerns 'em Nor reconcilement for they dare not trust neither Must doe this tricke Hem. By force Hub. I that must doe it And with the person of the Earl himselfe Authority and mighty must come on 'em Or else in vaine and thus I would have ye do it To morrow-night be here a hundred men will bear 'em So he be there for he 's both wise and valiant And with his terrour will strike dead their forces The houre be twelve a clock now for a guide To draw ye without danger on these persons The woods being thicke and hard to hit my selfe With some few with me made unto our purpose Beyond the wood upon the plain will wait ye By the great Oke Hem. I know it keep thy faith hunts-man And such a showr of wealth Hub. I warrant ye Misse nothing that I tell ye Hem. No Hub. Farewell You have your liberty now use it wisely And keep your houre goe closer about the wood there For feare they spy you Hem. Well Hub. And bring no noyse with ye Hem. All shall be done to 'th purpose farewel hunts-mā Exit Enter Gerrard Higgen Prig Ginks Snap Ferret Ger. Now what 's the news in towne Ginks. No news but joy Sir Every man wooing of the noble Merchant Who has his hearty commendations to ye Fer Yes this is news this night he 's to be married Ginks. by 'th masse that 's true he marryes Vandoncks daughter The dainty black-ey'd bell Hig. I would my clapper Hung in his baldricke what a peale could I ring Ger. Marryed Gin. 'T is very true Sir ô the pyes The piping-hot mince-pyes Prig. O the Plum-pottage Hig. For one leg of a goose now would I ventura limb boys I love a fat goose as I love allegiance And upon the Boors too well they know it And therefore starve their powltry Ger. To be married To Vandonks daughter Hig. O this pretious Merchant What sport he will haue but hark ye brother Prig Shall we do nothing in the fore-said wedding Ther 's money to be got and meate I take it What thinke ye of a morise Prig. No by no meanes That goes no further then the street there leaves us Now we must think of something that must draw us Into the bowels of it into 'th buttery Into the Kitchin into the Cellar something That that old drunken Burgo-master loves What think ye of a wassell Hig. I think worthily Prig. And very fit it should be thou and Ferret And Ginks to sing the Song I for the structure Which is the bowle Hig. Which must be up-sey English Strong lusty London beer let 's think more of it Ger. He must not marry Enter Hubert Hub. By your leave in private One word Sir with ye Gerrard do not start me I know ye and he knows ye that best loves ye Hubert speakes to ye and you must be Gerrard The time invites you to it Ger. Make no show then I am glad to see you Sir and I am Gerrard How stands affaires Hub. Faire if ye dare now follow Hemskirke I have let goe and these my causes I 'le tell ye privately and how I have wrought him And then to prove me honest to my friends Looke upon these directions you have seen his Hig. Then will I speak a speech and a brave speech In praise of Merchants where 's the Ape Prig. Take him A gowty Beare-ward stole him the other day Hig. May his Beares worry him that Ape had paid it What dainty tricks o' that whorson Bear-ward In his french doublet with his baster'd bullions In a long stock ty'd up o how daintily Would I have made him waite and change a trencher Cary a cup of wine ten thousand stinks Waite on thy mangy soule thou lowzy Bear-ward Ger. T is passing well I both beleeve and joy in 't And will be ready keepe you here the meane while And keepe this in I must a while forsake ye Upon mine anger no man stir this two houres Hig. Not to the wedding sir Ger. Not any whither Hig. The wedding must be seene sir we want meat too VVe be monstrous out of meat Prig. Shall it be spoken Fatt Capon shak't their tailes at 's in defiance And turkey toombs such honorable monuments Shall piggs sir that the Persons selfe would envy And deintie Ducks Ger. Not a word more obey me Exit Ger. Hig. VVhy then come dolefull death this is flat tyrany And by this hand Hub. VVhat Hig. I le goe sleepe upon 't Exit Hig. Prig. Nay and there be a wedding and we wanting Farewell our happie daies we doe obey sir Exeunt Scaena Quinta Enter two young Merchants 1 Mer. VVell met sir you are for this lusty wedding 2. Mer. I am so so are you I take it 1. Mer. Yes And it much glads me that to doe him service Who is the honour of our trade and luster VVe meet thus happily 2. Mer. He 's a noble fellow And well becomes a bride of such a beauty 1. Mer. She is passing faire indeed long may their loves Continue like their youths in spring of sweetnesse All the young Merchants will be here No doubt on 't For he that comes not to attend this wedding The curse of a most blind one fall upon him A lowd wife and a lazie here 's Vanlock Enter Vanlock and Francis Vanl. VVell overtaken
don boy Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Gerrard and Floriz Ger. By this time Sir I hope you want no reasons Why I broke off your marriage for though I Should as a Subject study you my Prince In things indifferent it will not therefore Discredit you to acknowledge me your Father By harkning to my necessary counsells Flo. Acknowledge you my Father Sir I do And may impiety conspiring with My other Sinnes sinck me and sodainly When I forget to pay you a Sonnes duty In my obedience and that help'd forth With all the cheerefullnesse Ger. I pray you rise And may those powers that see and love this in you Reward you for it Taught by your example Having receiv'd the rights due to a Father I tender you th' allegance of a Subject Which as my Prince accept of Flo. Kneele to me May mountaines first fall down beneath their valleys And fire no more mount upwards when I suffer An act in nature so preposterous I must o'recome in this in all things else The victory be yours could you here read me You should perceive how all my faculties Triumph in my blest fate to be found yours I am your son your son Sir and am prouder To be so to the Father to such goodnesse Which heaven be pleas'd I may inherit from you Then I shall ever of those specious titles That plead for my succession in the Earldome Did I possesse it now left by my mother Ger. I do beleeve it but Flo. O my lov'd Father Before I knew you were so by instinct Nature had taught me to look on your wants Not as a strangers and I know not how What you call'd charity I thought the payment Of some religious debt nature stood bound for And last of all when your magnificent bounty In my low ebb of fortune had brought in A flood of blessings though my threatning wants And feare of their effects still kept me stupid I soone found out it was no common pitty That lead you to it Ger. Thinke of this hereafter When we with joy may call it to remembrance There will be a time more opportune then now To end your story with all circumstances I add this only when we fled from Woolfort I sent you into England and there placed you With a brave Flanders Merchant call'd rich Goswin A man supplyed by me unto that purpose As bound by oath never to discover you Who dying left his name and wealth unto you As his reputed Son and yet receiv'd so But now is Florez and a Prince remember The countreys and the subjects generall good Must challenge the first part in your affection The faire maid whom you chose to be your wife Being so far beneath you that your love Must grant shee 's not your equall Flo. In discent Or borrowed glories from dead Ancestors But for her beauty chastity and all vertues Ever remembred in the best of women A Monarch might receive from her not give Though she were his Crownes purchase In this only Be an indulgent Father in all else Use my authority Enter Hubert Hemskirke Woolfort Bertha and Souldiers Hub. Sir here be two of 'em The Father and the Son the rest you shall have As fast as I can rouze them Ger. Who 's this Woolfort Wool I Criple your faigned crutches wil not help you Nor patch'd disguise that hath so long conceal'd you It 's now no halting I must here finde Gerrard And in this Merchants habit one called Florez Who would be an Earl Ger. And is wert thou a subject Flo. Is this that Traitor Woolfort Woolf. Yes but you Are they that are betraid Hemskirke Ber. My Goswin Turn'd Prince ô I am poorer by this greatnesse Then all my former jealousies or misfortunes Flo. Gertrud Woolf. Stay Sir you were to day too neare her You must no more ayme at those easy accesses Lesse you can do 't in aire without a head Which shall be sodainly tri'de Ber. O take my heart first And since I cannot hope now to enjoy him Let me but fall a part of his glad ransome Woolf. You know not your own value that entreat Ger. So proud a fiend as Woolfort VVoolf. For so lost A thing as Florez Flo. And that would be so Rather then she should stoop againe to thee There is no death but 's sweeter then all life When VVoolfort is to give it O my Gertrude It is not that nor Princedom that I goe from It is from thee that losse includeth all Wool I if my young Prince knew his losse hee would say so VVhich that he yet may chew on I will tell him This is no Gertrude nor no Hemskirks Niece Nor Vandoncks daughter this is Bertha Bertha The heir of Brabant she that caus'd the warr Whom I did steale during my treaty there For your minority to raise my selfe I then fore-seeing 't would beget a quarrell That a necessity of my employment The same employment make me master of strength That strength the Lord of Flanders so of Brabant By marrying her which had not been to doe Sir She come of years but that the expectation First of her Fathers death retarded it And since the standing out of Bruges where Hemskirke had hid her till she was neer lost But Sir we have recover'd her your Merchantship May breake for this was one of your best bottoms I thinke Ger. Insolent Devill Enter Hubert with Jaqueline Gynks and Costin Woolf. Who are these Hemskirke Hem. More more Sir Flo. How they triumph in their treachery Hem. Lord Arnold of Benthusin this Lord Costin This Jaqueline the sister unto Florez Wol. All found why here 's brave game this was sport-royall And puts me in thought of a new kind of death for 'em Hunts-man your horn first wind me Florez fall Next Gerrards then his daughter Jaquelins Those rascalls they shall dye without their rights Hang 'em Hemskirke on these trees I l'e take The assay of these my selfe Hub. Not here my Lord Let 'em be broken up upon a scaffold T will shew the better when their arbour 's made Ger. Wretch art thou not content thou hast betraid us But mocke us too Ginks. False Hubert this is monstrous Wool Hubert Hem. VVho this Ger. Yes this is Hubert Woolfort I hope he ha's helpt himselfe to a tree Woolf. The first The first of any and most glad I have you Sir I let you goe before but for a traine Is 't you have done this service Hub. As your Hunts-man But now as Hubert save your selves I will The Woolf 's a foote let slip kill kill kill kill Enter with a drum Van-donck Merchants Higgen Prig Ferret Snap Woolf. Betray'd Hub. No but well catch'd and I the Huntsman Van-d. How do you Woolfort Rascal good knave Wool I speake it now without the Rose and Hemskirck Rogue Hemskirck you that have no neice this Lady Was stolen by you and tane by you and now Resign'd by me to the right owner here Take her my Prince Flo. Can this be
there sir Ye shall know presently can ye pray heartily Ant. Why is your devill so furious Vech. I must shew ye A forme may chance affright ye Ant. He must fart fire then Take you no care for me Vech. Ascend Asterth Enter Don John like a Spirit Why when appeare I say Now question him Ant. Where is my whore Don devill Iohn Gone to China To be the great Chams Mistris Ant. That 's a lye devill Where are my jewels Iohn Pawn'd for Peticoates Ant. That may be where 's the Fidler Iohn Condemn'd to th' Gallowes For robbing of a Mill Ant. The lyingst devill That e're I dealt withall and the unlikeliest What was that Rascall hurt me Iohn I Ant. How Iohn I Ant. Who was he John I Ant. Do ye here conjurer Dare you venture your devill Vech. Yes Ant. Then I 'le venture my dagger Have at your devils pate do ye mew Enter all Vech. Hold Pet. Hold there I do command ye hold Ant. Is this the devill Why Conjurer Pet. Has been a devill to you sir But now you shall forget all your whores safe And all your Jewels your Boy too John Now the devill indeed Lay his ten claws upon thee for my pate Finds what it is to be a fend Ant. All safe Pet. Pray ye know this person all 's right now Ant. Your grace May now command me then but where 's my whore Petr. Ready to goe to whiping Ant. My whore whipt Petr. Yes your whore without doubt Sir Ant. Whipt pray Gentlemen Du. Why would you have her once more rob ye the young boy You may forgive he was intic'd Iohn The Whore sir Would rather carry pitty a hansome Whore Ant. A Gentleman I warrant thee Petr. Let 's in all And if we see contrition in your whore sir Much may be done Duke Now my deare faire to you And the full consummation of my Vow Prologue APtnesse for mirth to all this instant night Thalia hath prepar'd for your delight Her choice and curious Viands in each part Season'd with rarities of wit as Art Nor feare I to be tax'd for a vaine boast My promise will finde credit with the most When they know Ingenuous Fletcher made it hee Being in himselfe a perfect Comedie And some sit here I doubt not dare a verre Living he made that house a Theater Which he pleas'd to frequent and thus much we Could not but pay to his loud memorie For our selves we doe entreat that you would not Expect strange turnes and windings in the Plot Objects of State and now and then a Rhime To gall particular persons with the time Or that his to wring Muse hath made her flight Nearer your apprehension then your sight But if that sweet expressions quick conceit Familiar language fashion'd to the weight Of such as speake it have the power to raise Your grace to us with Trophies to his praise We may professe presuming on his skill If his Chances please not you our fortune's ill Epilogue VVE have not held you long nor doe I see One brow in this selected company Assuring a dislike our paines were eas'd Could we be confident that all rise pleas'd But such ambition soares too high If wee Have satisfi'd the best and they agree In a faire censure We have our reward And in them arm'd desire no surer guard FINIS THE LOYAL SVBIECT Actus primus Scaena prima Enter Theodor and Putskie Theodor. CAptaine your friend 's prefer'd the Princesse has her Who I assure my selfe will use her nobly A prettie sweet one 't is indeed Put. Well bred Sir I doe deliver that upon my credit And of an honest stock Theod. It seemes so Captaine And no doubt will doe well Put. Thanks to your care sir But tell me Noble Colonell why this habit Of discontent is put on through the Army And why your valiant father our great Generall The hand that taught to strike the Love that lead all Why he that was the father of the warre He that begot and bred the Souldier Why he sits shaking of his Armes like Autumne His Collours folded and his Drums cas'd up The tongue of war for ever ty'd within us Theod. It must be so Captaine you are a stranger But of a small time here a souldier Yet that time shewes ye a right good and great one Else I could tell yee houres are strangely alterd The young Duke has too many eyes upon him Too many feares 't is thought too and to nourish those Maintains too many Instruments Put. Turne their hearts Or turn their heeles up heaven 'T is strange it should be The old Duke lov'd him dearely Theod. He deserv'd it And were he not my Father I durst tell yee The memorable hazzards he has run through Deserv'd of this man too highly deserv'd too Had they been lesse they had been safe Putskie And sooner reach'd regard Put There you strook sure sir The. Did I never tell thee of a vow he made Some yeares before the old Duke dyed Put. I have heard yee Speake often of that vow but how it was Or to what end I never understood yet The. I le tell thee then and then thou wilt finde the reason The last great Muster 't was before ye serv'd here Before the last Dukes death whose honour'd bones Now rest in peace this yong Prince had the ordering To Crowne his fathers hopes of all the Army Who to be short put all his power to practise Fashion'd and drew 'em up but alas so poorely So raggedly and loosely so unsouldier'd The good Duke blush'd and call'd unto my father Who then was Generall Goe Archus speedily And chide the Boy before the souldier finde him Stand thou between his ignorance and them Fashion their bodies new to thy direction Then draw thou up and shew the Prince his errours My Sire obey'd and did so with all duty Inform'd the Prince and read him all directions This bred distaste distaste grew up to anger And anger into wilde words broke out thus Well Archus if I live but to command here To be but Duke once I shall then remember I shall remember truely trust me I shall And by my Fathers hand the rest his eyes spoke To which my Father answer'd somewhat mov'd too And with a vow he seal'd it Royall sir Since for my faith and fights your scorne and anger Onely pursue me if I live to that day That day so long expected to reward me By his so ever noble hand you swore by And by the hand of Justice never Armes more Shall rib this body in nor sword hang here sir The Conflicts I will doe you service then in Shall be repentant prayers So they parted The time is come and now you know the wonder Put. I finde a feare too which begins to tell me The Duke will have but poore and slight defences If his hot humour raigne and not his honour How stand you with him Sir The. A perdue Captaine Full of my fathers danger Put.
valiant Collonell I am come to chide ye To pitty ye to kill ye if these faile me Fie what dishonour seeke ye what blacke infamy Why do ye draw out thus draw all shame with ye Are these fit cares in subjects I command ye Lay downe your armes againe move in that peace That faire obedience you were bred in Put. Charge us We come not here to argue The. Charge up bravely And hotly too we have hot spleenes to meet ye Enter Ar. Gent. Soul Hot as the shames are offer'd us Bur. Looke behind ye Do you see that old man do you know him Souldiers Put. Your father sir beleeve me Bur. You know his marches You have seene his executions is it yet peace The. Wee 'l dye here first Bur. Farewell you 'l heare on 's presently Ar. Stay Burris this is too poore too beggerly a body To beare the honour of a charge from me A sort of tatterd Rebels go provide Gallowses Ye are troubled with hot heads I 'le coole ye presently These looke like men that were my Souldiers Now I behold 'em neerly and more narrowly My honest friends where got they these faire figures Where did they steale these shapes Bur. They are strooke already Ar. Do you see that fellow there that goodly Rebell He lookes as like a Captaine I lov'd tenderly A fellow of a faith indeed Bur. He has sham'd him Ar. And that that beares the Collors there most certaine So like an Ancient of mine owne a brave fellow A loving and obedient that beleeve me Burris I am amaz'd and troubled and were it not I know the generall goodnesse of my people The duty and the truth the steadfast honestie And am assur'd they would as soone turne devils As Rebells to allegeance for mine honour Bu. Here needs no wars Put. I pray forgive us sir Anc. Good Generall forgive us or use your sword Your words are double death All Good noble Generall Bur. Pray sir be mercifull Ar. Weep out your shames first Ye make me foole for companie fie Souldiers My Souldiers too and play these tricks what 's he there Sure I have seen his face too yes most certaine I have a son but I hope he is not here now Would much resemble this man wondrous neare him Just of his height and making too you seeme a Leader The. Good sir do not shame me more I know your anger And lesse then death I looke not for Ar. You shall be my charge sir it seemes you want foes When you would make your friends your Enemies A running bloud ye have but I shall cure ye Bur. Good sir Ar. No more good Lord beate forward Souldiers And you march in the reare you have lost your places Ex. Scaene 6. Enter Duke Olimpia Honora Viola Du. You shall not be thus sullen still with me sister You doe the most unnobly to be angry For as I have a soule I never touch'd her I never yet knew one unchast thought in her I must confesse I lov'd her as who would not I must confesse I doated on her strangely I offer'd all yet so strong was her honour So fortifi'd as faire no hope could reach her And whilst the world beheld this and confirmd it Why would you be so jealous Ol. Good sir pardon me I feele sufficiently my follies pennance And am asham'd that shame a thousand sorrowes Feed on continually would I had never seen her Or with a clearer judgement look'd upon her She was too good for me so heavenly good sir Nothing but heaven can love that soule sufficiently Enter Burris Where I shall see her once againe Du. No more teares If she be within the Dukedome wee 'l recover her Welcome Lord Burris faire newes I hope Bu. Most faire sir Without one drop of bloud these wars are ended The Souldier coold againe indeed asham'd sir And all his anger ended Du. Where 's Lord Archas Bur. Not far off sir with him his valiant son Head of this fire but now a prisoner And if by your sweet mercie not prevented I feare some fatall stroke Drums Enter Archas Theodore Gentlemen Souldiers Du. I heare the drums beate Welcome my worthy friend Ar. Stand where ye are sir Even as you love your Country move not forward Nor plead for peace till I have done a justice A justice on this villaine none of mine now A justice on this Rebell Hon. O my Brother Ar. This fatall firebrand Du. Forget not old man He is thy son of thine owne bloud Ar. In these veines No treacherie e're harbour'd yet no mutinie I ne're gave life to lewd and headstrong Rebels Du. 'T is his first fault Ar. Not of a thousand sir Or were it so it is a fault so mightie So strong against the nature of all mercie His mother were she living would not weep for him He dare not say he would live The. I must not sir Whilst you say 't is not fit your Graces mercy Not to my life appli'd but to my fault sit The worlds forgivenesse next last on my knees sir I humbly beg Do not take from me yet the name of father Strike me a thousand blowes but let me dye yours Ar. He moves my heart I must be suddaine with him I shall grow faint else in my execution Come come sir you have seen death now meet him bravely Du. Hold hold I say a little hold consider Thou hast no more sons Archas to inherit thee Ar. Yes sir I have another and a nobler No treason shall inherit me young Archas A boy as sweet as young my brother breeds him My noble brother Briskie breeds him nobly Him let your favour find give him your honour Enter Putskie alias Briskie and Alinda alias Archas. Pu. Thou hast no child left Archas none to inherit thee If thou strikst that stroke now behold young Archas Behold thy brother here thou bloudy brother As bloudy to this sacrifice as thou art Heave up thy sword and mine 's heav'd up strike Archas And I 'le strike too as suddenly as deadly Have mercy and I 'le have mercy the Duke gives it Looke upon all these how they weep it from thee Choose quickly and begin Du. On your obedience On your allegeance save him Ar. Take him to ye Soul shout And sirha be an honest man ye have reason I thanke ye worthy Brother welcome child Mine owne sweet child Du. Why was this boy concealed thus Put. Your graces pardon Fearing the vow you made against my brother And that your anger would not only light On him but find out all his familie This young boy to preserve from after danger Like a young wench hether I brought my selfe In the habit of an ordinarie Captaine Disguis'd got entertainement and serv'd here That I might still be ready to all fortunes The boy your Grace tooke nobly entertain'd him But thought a Girle Alinda Madam Ol. Stand away And let me looke upon him Du. My young Mistris This is a strange metamorphosis Alinda Al. Your graces
Armes Antinous Speak fellow souldiers Sold. Antinous Antinous Gasp. Stand by all save the two competitors Poss. My Lords how much your Countrey owes you both The due reward of your desertfull glories Must to posterity remain But yet Since by our Law one onely can make claime To the proposed honours which you both It seems have truely merited take leave Freely to plead your rights we shall attend you Porp. Wherein priority of voyce is granted Lord Cassilanes to you for that your rare And long experience in the course of war As well doth challenge it as the best priviledge Of Order and civility for that You are your brave opponents worthy father Say Countrey-men are you content Sold. I I Cass. Right grave right gratious fathers how unfit It is for me that all my life time have Been practis'd in the schoole of bloud and slaughter To bandy words now in my lifes last farewell Your wisedomes will consider were there pitcht Another and another field like that Which not yet three days since this arme hath scatter'd Defeated and made nothing then the man That had a heart to thinke he could but follow For equall me he should not through the lanes Of danger and amazement might in that That onely of but folowing me be happy Reputed worthy to be made my rivall For 't is not Lords unknowne to those about me My fellow souldiers first with what a confidence I led them on to fight went on still and And as if I could have beene a second Nature As well in heartning them by my example As by my exhortation I gave life To quicken courage to inflame revenge To heighten resolution in a word To out-doe action It boots not to discover How that yong-man who was not fledg'd nor skil'd In Martiall play was even as ignorant As childish But I list not to disparage His non ability The signall given Of Battaile when our enemies came on Directed more by fuerie then warrant Of Policy and Stratagem I met them I in the fore-front of the Armies met them And as if this old weather-beaten body Had been compos'd of Cannon-proof I stood The volleys of their shot I I my selfe Was he that first dis-rankt their woods of Pikes But when we came to handy-stroaks as often As I lent blowes so often I gave wounds And every wound a death I may be bold To justifie a truth this very sword Of mine slew more then any twaine besides And which is not the least of all my glorie When he this young man hand to hand in fight Was by the Generall of the Venetians And such as were his retinue unhors'd I stept between and rescu'd him my selfe Or horses hoofs had trampled him to dirt And whilst he was re-mounting I maintain'd The combate with the gallant Generall Till having taken breath he throng'd before me Renew'd the fight and with a fatall blow Stole both that honour from me and his life From him whom I before my selfe alone Had more then full three quarters kill'd A man Well worthy onely by this hand to have dy'd Not by a Boyes weak push I talke too much But 't is a fault of Age If to bring home Long peace long victorie even to your Capitoll If to secure your Kingdome Wives and Children Your lives and liberties if to renowne Your honours through the world to fix your names Like Blazing starres admir'd and fear'd by all That have but heard of Candy or a Cretane Be to deserve the approvement of my man-hood Then thus much have I done what more examine The Annalls of my life and then consider What I have been and am Lords I have said Gonz. With reverence to the Senate is it lawfull Without your Customes breach to say a word Pos. Say on my Lord Gonzalo Gonz. I have heard And with no little wonder such high deeds Of Chivalrie discours'd that I confesse I doe not think the Worthies while they liv'd All nine deserv'd as much applause or memorie As this one But who can doe ought to gaine The Crowne of honour from him must be somewhat More then a man you tread a dangerous path Yet I shall heare you gladly for believe me Thus much let me professe in honours cause I would not to my father nor my King My Countries father yield if you transcend What we have heard I can but onely say That miracles are yet in use I feare I have offended Porp. You have spoken nobly Antinous use your priviledge Ant. Princely fathers E're I begin one suit I have to make 'T is just and honourable Porp. Poss. Speak and have it Ant. That you would please the souldiers might all stand Together by their Generall Poss. 'T is granted All fall to yonder side Goe on Antinous Ant. I shall be briefe and plaine All what my father This Countries Patron hath discours'd is true Fellowes in Armes speak you is 't true Sol. True true Ant. It followes that the blaze of my performance Took light from what I saw him doe and thus A City though the flame be much more dreadfull May from a little sparke be set on fire Of all what I have done I shall give instance Onely in three maine proofs of my desert First I sought out but through how many dangers My Lords judge ye the chiefe the great Commander The head of that huge body whose prowd weight Our Land shrunke under him I found and fought with Fought with and slew Fellowes in Armes speak you Is 't true or not Sold. True true Ant. When he was falne The hearts of all our adversaries Began to quaile till young Fernando sonne To the last Duke of Venice gather'd head And soone renew'd the field by whose example The bold Venetians doubling strength and courage Had got the better of the day our men Supposing that their adversaries grew Like Hydra's head recoyle and 'gan to slye I follow'd them and what I said they know The summe on 't is I call'd them back new rankt them Lead on they follow'd shrunk not till the end Fellowes in Armes is 't true or no Sold. True true Ant. Lastly to finish all there was but one The onely great exploit which was to take Fernando prisoner and that hand to hand In single fight I did my selfe without The helpe of any arme save the arme of heaven Speak souldiers is it true or no Sol. Antinous Antinous Ant. Behold my prisoner Fathers Fern. This one man Ruin'd our Army and hath glorifi'd Creete in her robes of mightinesse and conquest Pos. We need not use long circumstance of words Antinous thou art conquerer the Senate The souldiers and thy valour have pronounc'd it All Antinous Antinous Porp. Make thy demand Cas. Please ye my Lord give leave That I may part Pos. No Cassilanes the Court Should therein be dishonour'd doe not imagine We prize your presence at so slight a rate Demand Antinous Ant. Thus my Lords to witnesse How far I am from arrogance or thinking I
am your servant Lem. One word more if you love Lisanders life Advise him as he tenders it to keep Out of the way if he be apprehended This City cannot ransome him so good morrow Ex. Dor. All happinesse attend you goe thy wayes Thou hast a cleare and noble soule for thy sake I le hold that man mine enemy who dares mutter The court is not the sphere where vertue moves Enter Serv. Humanity and noblenesse waiting on her Serv. Two gentlemen but what they are I know not Their faces are so mufl'd presse to see you And will not be deny'd Dor. What ere they are I am to old to feare Serv. They need no usher they make their own way Enter Lisander Alcidon Dor. Take you yours Lisander Exit Serv. My Joy to see you and my sorrow for The danger you are in contend so here Though different passions nay oppos'd in nature I know not which to entertaine Lis. Your hate should win the victorie from both with justice You may look on me as a Homicide A man whose life is forfeited to the Law But if how ere I stand accus'd in thought I sinn'd against Cleanders life or live Guilty of the dishonour of your daughter May all the miseries that can fall on man Here or hereafter circle me Dor. To me this protestation 's uselesse I embrace you As the preserver of my life the man To whom my sonne owes his with life his honour And howsoever your affection To my unhappy daughter though it were For I have sifted her in a noble way Hath printed some taint on her fame and brought Her life in question yet I would not purchase The wish'd recoverie of her reputation With strong assurance of her innocence Before the King her Judge with certaine losse Of my Lisander for whose life if found There 's no redemption my excesse of love Though to enjoy you one short day would lengthen My life a dozen yeares boldly commands me Upon my knees which yet were never bent But to the King and heaven to entreat you To flye hence with all possible speed and leave Caliste to her fortune Lis. O blessed Saints forsake her in affliction can you Be so unnaturall to your owne bloud To one so well deserving as to value My safety before hers shall innocence In her be branded and my guilt escape Unpunish'd doe's she suffer so much for me For me unworthy and shall I decline Eating the bitter bread of banishment The course of justice to draw out a life A life I stile it false a living death Which being uncompell'd laid downe will cleare her And write her name a-new in the faire legend Of the best women seek not to disswade me I will not like a carelesse Poet spoyle The last act of my Play till now applauded By giving the world just cause to say I fear'd Death more then losse of honour Dor. But suppose heaven hath design'd some Other saving meanes for her deliverance Lis. Other meanes that is A mischiefe above all I have groan'd under Shall any other pay my debt while I Write my selfe bankrupt or Caliste owe The least beholdingnesse for that which she On all the bonds of gratitude I have seal'd to May challenge from me to be freely tender'd Avert it mercy I will goe to my grave Without the curses of my creditors I le vindicate her faire name and so cancell My obligation to her to the King To whom I stand accomptable for the losse Of two of his lov'd subjects lives I le offer Mine owne in satisfaction to heaven I le pay my true repentance to the times Present and future I le be registred A memorable president to admonish Others however valiant not to trust To their abilities to dare and doe And much lesse for the aërie words of honour And false stamp'd reputation to shake off The chains of their religion and allegeance The principall means appointed to prefer Societies and Kingdomes Exit Dor. Let 's not leave him his mind 's much troubled Alc. Were your daughter free Since from her dangers his distraction rises His cause is not so desperate for the slaughter Of Cloridon and Chrysanthes but it may Find passage to the mercy of the King The motives urg'd in his defence that forc'd him To act that bloudy Scaene Dor. Heaven can send ayds When they are least expected let us walke The houre of tryall drawes neare Alc. May it end well Exeunt Enter Olinda and Lidian Ol. That for my love you should turne Hermit Lidian As much amazes me as your report Clarange's dead Lid. He is so and all comforts My youth can hope for Madam with him buried Nor had I ever left my cell but that He did injoine me at his death to shed Some teares of friendship on his Monument And those last Rites perform'd he did bequeath you As the best legacie a friend could give Or I indeed could wish to my embraces Ol. 'T is still more strange is there no foule play in it I must confesse I am not sorry sir For your faire fortune yet 't is fit I grieve The most untimely death of such a Gentleman He was my worthy servant Lid. And for this acknowledgment if I could prize you at A higher rate I should he was my friend My dearest friend Ol. But how should I be assur'd sir For slow beleefe is the best friend of truth Of this Gentlemans death if I should credit it And afterward it fall out contrary How am I sham'd how is your vertue tainted Lid. There is a Frier that came along with me His businesse to deliver you a Letter From dead Clarange You shall heare his testimonie Father my reverend Father looke upon him Such holy men are Authors of no Fables Enter Clarange with a Letter writ out and Frier Ol. They should not be their lives and their opinions Like brightest purest flames should still burne upwards To me sir delivers the Letter Clar. If you are the faire Olinda Frier I doe not like these crosse points Clar. Give me leave I am nearest to my selfe What I have ploted Shal be pursu'd you must not over-rule me Ol. Doe you put the first hand to your own undoing Play to betray your game Mark but this letter Lady I am come to claime your noble promise Reads If you be Mistris of your word ye are mine I am last return'd your riddle is dissolv'd And I attend your faith Your humble servant Clarange Is this the Frier that saw him dead Lid. 'T is he Clarange on my life I am defeated Such reverend habits juggle my true sorrow For a false friend not worth a teare derided Fri. You have abus'd my trust Ol. It is not well nor like a gentleman Clar. All stratagems In love and that the sharpest war are lawfull By your example I did change my habit Caught you in your owne toyle and triumph in it And what by policy 's got I will maintaine With valour no Lisander shall come
glutton sir a little serves her Gov. This diet 's holsome then Kin. I beg no better Gov. A calme contented mind give him lesse next These full meales will oppresse his health his Grace Is of a tender and pure constitution And such repletions Kin. Mocke mock it moves not me sir Thy mirthes as do thy mischiefes flie behind me Gov. Ye carry it handsomely but tell me patience Do not you curse the brave and royall Lady Your gratious sister do not you damn her pitty Damn twenty times a day and dam it seriously Do not you sweare aloud too cry and kick The very soule sweat in thee with the agony Of her contempt of me couldst not thou eate her For being so injurious to thy fortune Thy faire and happy fortune couldst not thou wish her A Bastard or a whore fame might proclame her Black ugly fame or that thou hadst had no sister Spitting the generall name out and the nature Blaspheming heaven for making such a mischiefe For giving power to pride and will to woman Kin. No Tyrant no I blesse and love her for it And though her scorne of thee had laid up for me As many plagues as the corrupted aire breeds As many mischiefes as the houres have minutes As many formes of death as doubt can figure Yet I should love her more still and more honour her All thou canst lay upon me cannot bend me No not the stroke of death that I despise too For if feare could possesse me thou hadst won me As little from this houre I prize thy flatteries And lesse then those thy prayers though thou wouldst kneele to me And if she be not Mistris of this nature She is none of mine no kin and I contemne her Gov. Are you so valiant sir Kin. Yes and so fortunate For he that holds my constancy still conquers Hadst thou preserv'd me as a noble enemy And as at first made my restraint seeme to me But only as the shadow of captivity I had still spoke thee noble still declar'd thee A valiant great and worthy man still lov'd thee And still prefer'd thy faire love to my sister But to compell this from me with a misery A most inhumane and unhansome slavery Gov. You will relent for all this talke I feare not And put your wits a worke agen Kin. You are cozen'd Or if I were so weake to be wrought to it So fearefull to give way to so much poverty How I should curse her heart if she consented Gov. You shall write and entreat or Kin. Do thy utmost And e'ne in all thy tortures I 'le laugh at thee I 'le thinke thee no more valiant but a villaine Nothing thou hast done brave but like a theefe Atchiev'd by craft and kept by cruelty Nothing thou canst deserve thou art unhonest Nor no way live to build a name thou art barbarous Gov. Down with him low enough there let him murmur And see his dyet be so light and little He grow not thus high hearted on 't I will coole ye And make ye cry for mercy and be ready To worke my ends and willingly and your sister taken downe Your scornefull cruell sister shall repent too And sue to me for grace Give him no liberty But let his bands be doubled his ease lessened Nothing his heart desires but vexe and torture him Let him not sleepe nothing that 's deare to nature Let him enjoy yet take heed that he dye not Keepe him as neere death and as willing to embrace it But see he arrive not at it I will humble him And her stout heart that stands on such defiance And let me see her champions that dare venture Her high and mighty wooers keepe your guards close And as yon love your lives be diligent And what I charge observe Omnes We shall be dutifull Exit Gov. Gov. I 'le pull your courage King and all your bravery 1. Most certaine he is resolved nothing can stir him For if he had but any part about him Gave way to feare or hope he durst not talke thus And do thus stoutly too as willingly And quietly he sunke downe to his sorrows As some men to their sleepes Kee. Yes and sleepes with 'em So litle he regards them ther 's the wonder And often soundly sleepes wou'd I durst pitty him Or wou'd it were in my will but we are servants And tyed unto command 2. I wish him better But much I feare has found his tombe already We must observe our guards 1. He cannot last long And when he is dead he is free Kee. That 's the most cruelty That we must keepe him living 2. That 's as he please For that man that resolves needs no Phisitian Exeunt Enter Armusia Soza Emanuel like merchants Arm'd underneath Arm. Our prosperous passage was an omen to us A lucky and a faire omen Omnes We beleeve it Ar. The sea and wind strove who should most befriend us And as they favourd our designe and lov'd us So lead us forth where lies the boat that brought us Soz. Safe lodg'd within the Reeds close by the Castle That no eye can suspect nor thought come neare it Em. But where have you been brave sir Ar. I have broke the Ice boyes I have begun the game faire fortune guide it Suspectlesse have I travell'd all the towne through And in this Merchants shape won much acquaintance Survey'd each strength and place that may befriend us View'd all his Magazines got perfect knowledge Of where the prison is and what power guards it Soz. These will be strong attempts Ar. Courage is strong What we began with policy my deare friends Let 's end with manly force there 's no retiring Unlesse it be with shame Em. Shame his that hopes it Ar. Better a few and clearer fame will follow us However lose or win and speak our memories Then if we led our Armies things done thus And of this noble waight will stile us worthyes Soz. Direct and we have done bring us to execute And if we flinch or faile Ar. I am sure ye dare not Then further know and let no eare be neare us That may be false Em. Speak boldly on we are honest Our lives and fortunes yours Ar. Hard by the place then Where all his treasure lies his armes his women Close by the prison too where he keeps the King I have hir'd a lodging as a trading merchant A Celler to that too to stow my wares in The very wall of which joynes to his store-house Soz. What of all this Ar. Ye are dull if ye apprehend not Into that Celler elected friends I have convey'd And unsuspected too that will doe it That that will make all shake and smoak too Em. Ha Ar. My thoughts have not been idle nor my practice The fire I brought here with me shall doe something Shall burst into materiall flames and bright ones That all the Island shall stand wondring at it As if they had been stricken with a Comet Powder is ready
And wou'd be farther tried I do intend it Because you shall not or you wou'd not win me At such an easie rate Arm. I am prepared still And if I shrinke Quisar. I know ye are no coward This is the utmost triall of your constancy And if you stand fast now I am yours your wife sir You hold there 's nothing deare that may atchieve me Doubted or dangerous Arm. There 's nothing nothing Let me but know that I may straight flie to it Quisar. I 'le tell you then change your religion And be of one beleefe with me Arm. How Quisar. Marke Worship our Gods renounce that faith you are bred in 'T is easily done I 'le teach ye suddenly And humbly on your knees Arm. Ha! I 'le be hang'd first Quisar. Offer as we do Arm. To the Devill Lady Offer to him I hate I know the devill To dogs and cats you make offer to them To every bird that flies and every worme How terribly I shake Is this the venture The tryall that you talkt off where have I bin And how forgot my selfe how lost my memorie When did I pray or looke up stedfastly Had any goodnes in my heart to guide me That I should give this vantage to mine enemie The enemie to my peace forsake my faith Quisar. Come come I know ye love me Ar. Love ye this way This most destroying way sure you but jest Lady Quis. My love and life are one way Ar. Love alone then and mine another way I 'le love diseases first Doate on a villaine that would cut my throat Wooe all afflictions of all sorts kisse crueltie Have mercy heaven how have I been wandring Wandring the way of lust and left my maker How have I slept like Corke upon a water And had no feeling of the storme that tost me Trod the blinde paths of death forsooke assurance Eternitie of blessednesse for a woman For a young hansome face hazard my being Quis. Are not our powers eternall so their comforts As great and full of hopes as yours Ar. They are puppits Gov. Now marke him sir and but observe him nearly Ar. Their comforts like themselves cold senseles outsides You make 'em sicke as we are peevish mad Subject to age and how can they cure us That are not able to refine themselves Quis. The Sun Moon we worship those are heavenly And their bright influences we beleeve Ar. Away foole I adore the Maker of that Sun and Moone That gives those bodies light and influence That pointed out their paths and taught their motions They are not so great as we they are our servants Plac'd there to teach us time to give us knowledge Of when and how the swellings of the maine aire And their returnes agen they are but our stewards To make the earth fat with their influence That she may bring forth her increase and feed us Shall I fall from this faith to please a woman For her embraces bring my soule to ruine I lookd you should have said make me a Christian Worke that great cure for 't is a great one woman That labour truly doe performe that venture The crowne of all great triall and the fairest I lookd ye should have wept and kneel'd to beg it Washt off your mist of ignorance with waters Pure and repentant from those eyes I lookt You should have brought me your chief god ye worship He that you offer humane bloud and life to And made a sacrifice of him to memorie Beat downe his Altars ruin'd his false Temples Gov. Now you may see Quis. Take heed you goe too far sir And yet I love to heare him I must have ye And to that end I let you storme a little I know there must be some strife in your bosome To coole and quiet ye ere you can come backe I know old friends cannot part suddenly There wil be some let still yet I must have ye Have ye of my faith too and so injoy ye Arm. Now I contemne ye and I hate my selfe For looking on that face lasciviously And it lookes ugly now methinkes Quisar. How Portugall Ar. It lookes like death it selfe to which 't wou'd lead me Your eyes resemble pale dispaire they fright me And in their rounds a thousand horrid ruines Methinkes I see and in your tongue heare fearefully The hideous murmurs of weake soules have suffer'd Get from me I despise ye and know woman That for all this trap you have laid to catch my life in To catch my immortall life I hate and curse ye Contemne your deities spurne at their powers And where I meet your maumet Gods I 'le swing 'em Thus o're my head and kick 'em into puddles Nay I will out of vengeance search your Temples And with those hearts that serve my God demolish Your shambles of wild worships Gov. Now now you heare sir Arm. I will have my faith since you are so crafty The glorious crosse although I love your brother Let him frowne too I will have my devotion And let your whole State storme Kin. Enter and take him I am sorry friend that I am forc'd to do this Gov. Be sure you bind him fast Quisar. But use him nobly King Had it to me been done I had forgiven it And still preserv'd you faire but to our Gods sir Quisar. Methinkes I hate 'em now Kin. To our Religion To these to be thus stubborne thus rebellious To threaten them Arm. Use all your violence I aske no mercy nor repent my words I spit at your best powers I serve one Will give me strength to scourge your gods Gov. Away with him Arm. To grind 'em into base dust and disperse 'em That never more their bloudy memories Gov. Clap him close up Kin. Good friend be cooler Arm. Never Your painted sister I despise too King Softly Arm. And all her devillish arts laugh and scorne at Mocke her blind purposes King You must be temperate Offer him no violence I command you strictly Gov. Now thou art up I shall have time to speake too Quis. Oh how I love this man how truly honour him Exeunt Actus Quintus Scaena prima Enter Christophero and Pedro at one doore Emanuel and Soza at another Chr. Do you know the newes Gentlemen Em. Wou'd we knew as well sir How to prevent it Soz. Is this the love they beare us For our late benefit taken so maliciously And clapt up close is that the thankes they render Ch. It must not be put up thus smother'd sleightly 'T is such a base unnaturall wrong Ped. I know They may thinke to doe wonders aime at all And to blow us with a vengeance out o' th' Islands But if we be our selves honest and resolute And continue but Masters of our ancient courages Sticke close and give no vantage to their villanies Soz. Nay if we faint or fall apeeces now We are fooles and worthy to be markt for miserie Begin to strike at him they are all bound to To cancell his deserts
on my child Which here would be too rude and troublesome Exit Phil. Franio you knew this before Bust. Oh oh Item for you Miller Fra. I did my Liege I must confesse I did And I confesse I ne'r would have confess'd Had not that womans tongue begun to me We poor ones love and would have comforts Sir As well as great this is no strange fault Sir There 's many men keep other mens children As though they were their own Bust. It may stretch farther yet I beseech you my Liege let this woman be a little farther examin'd let the words of her conscience be search'd I would know how she came by me I am a lost childe if I be theirs though I have been brought up in a mill yet I had ever a minde me thought to be a greater man Phil. Shee will resolve you sure Gill. I I Boy thou art mine own flesh and blood Born of mine own body Bust. 'T is very unlikely that such a body should bear me There 's no trust in these millers Woman tell the truth my father shall forgive thee whatsoever he was were hee Knight Squire or Captain lesse he should not be Gill. Thou art mine own child Boy Bust. And was the Miller my Father Gill. Wouldst thou make thy mother a whore Knave Bust. I if she make me a Bastard The rack must make her confesse my Lord I shall never come to know who I am else I have a worshipfull mind in mee sure mee thinks I do scorn poor folks Enter Otrante Florimell and Julio c. Phil. Here comes the brightest glory of the day Love yoak'd with love the best equality Without the levell of estate or person Jul. You both shall be rewarded bountifully Wee 'll be a-kin too Brother and Sister shall be chang'd with us ever Bust. Thank you Unkle my sister is my cosen yet at the last cast Farewell sister foster If I had known the Civill law would have allowed it thou hadst had another manner of husband then thou hast but much good doe thee I 'll dance at thy wedding kisse the Bride and so Jul. Why how now sirha Bust. 'T is lawfull now she 's none of my Sister It was a Miller and a Lord That had a scabberd and a sword He put it up in the Country word The Miller and his daughter Shee has a face and she can sing Shee has a Grace and she can spring Shee has a place with another thing Tradoodle Fra. A knavish Brother of yours my Lord Bust. would I were acquainted with your Tailor Noble Brother Otr. You may there he is a mine newly entertain'd Ver. If you have any work for me I can fit you Sir I fitted the Lady Bust. My Sister Tailor what fits her wil hardly fit me Ver. Who fits her may fit you Sir the Tailor can do both Bust. You have a true yard Tailor Ver. Ne'r a whit too long I warrant you Bust. Then Tailor march with me away I scorn these robes I must be gay My Noble Brother he shall pay Tom Tailor Exeunt Phil. Your recovered friendships are sound Gentlemen Bel. At heart at heart my Lord the worm shall not Beyond many ages find a breach to enter at Phil. These Lovers unities I will not doubt of How happy have you made our Progresse then To be the witnesse of such fair Accords Come now we 'll eat with you my Lord Otrante 'T is a charge sav'd You must not grudge your guest 'T is both my Welcome and your Wedding-Feast Exeunt FINIS THE PROPHETESSE Actus primus Scaena prima Enter Charinus Aurelia Niger Char. You buz into my head strange likelihoods and fill mee full of doubts But what proofes Niger what certainties that my most noble Brother came to his end by murther Tel me that assure me by some circumstance Niger I will Sir And as I tell you truth so the gods prosper me I have often nam'd this Aper Char. True ye have done and in mysterious senses I have heard ye break out o' th' sudden and abruptly Niger True Sir Fear of your unbeliefe and the Times giddinesse made me I durst not then go farther So your Grace please out of your wonted goodnesse to give credit I shall unfold the wonder Aur. Do it boldly you shall have both our hearty loves and hearings Niger This Aper then this too much honourd villain for he deserves no mention of a good man great Sir give ear This most ungratefull spightfull above the memory of mankind mischievous with his owne bloody hands Char. Take heed Nig. I am in Sir and if I make not good my Storie Aur. Forward I see a Truth would break out be not fearfull Nig. I say this Aper and his damn'd Ambition cut off your Brothers hopes his life and fortunes the honourd Numerianus fell by him fell basely most untimely and most treacherously For in his Litter as he bore him company most privately and cunningly he kill'd him yet still hee fils the faithfull Souldiers ears with stories of his weaknesse of his life that he dare not venture to appear in open and shew his warlike face among the souldiers the tendernesse and weaknesse of his eyes being not able to endure the Sun yet Slave that he is he gives out this infirmitie because hee would dispatch his honour too to arise from wantonnesse and love of women and thus he juggles still Aur. O most pernitious most bloody and most base Alas deer Brother art thou accus'd and after death thy memory loaden with shames and lies Those pious tears thou daily showerdst upon my fathers Monument when in the Persian Expedition he fell unfortunately by a stroak of thunder made thy defame and sins Those wept out eyes the fair examples of a noble Nature those holy drops of Love turn'd by depravers malitious poyson'd tongues to thy abuses We must not suffer this Char. It shows a truth now and sure this Aper is not right nor honest hee will not now come neer me Nig. No he dare not He has an inmate here that 's call'd a conscience bids him keep off Char. My Brother honourd him made him first Captain of his Guard his next friend then to my mother to assure him neerer he made him husband Nig. And withall ambitious for when he trod so nigh his false feet itch'd Sir to step into the State Aur. If ye beleeve Brother Aper a bloody knave as 't is apparant Let 's leave disputing and do something Noble Char. Sister be rul'd I am not yet so powerfull to meet him in the field He has under him the flower of all the Empire and the strength the Brittain and the Germain Cohorts pray ye be patient Niger how stands the Souldier to him Nig. In fear more Sir then love or honour he has lost their fair affections by his most covetous and greedy griping Are ye desirous to do something on him that all the world may know ye lov'd your Brother and do it safely too
coward I will not hurt my self when that minde takes me I 'll call to you and ask your help I dare not Enter Petillius Petill. Good morrow Gentlemen where 's the Tribune Reg. There Dru. Whence come ye good Petillius Petill. From the General Dru. With what for heavens sake Petill. With good counsel Drusus and love to comfort him Dru. Good Regulus step to the souldier and allay his anger for he is wilde as winter Exeunt Drusius and Regulus Petill. O are ye there have at ye Sure he 's dead it cannot be he dare out live this fortune he must die 't is most necessary men expect it and thought of life in him goes beyond coward Forsake the field so basely fie upon 't so poorly to betray his worth so coldly to cut all credit from the souldier sure if this man mean to live as I should think it beyond belief he must retire where never the name of Rome the voice of Arms or Honour was known or heard of yet he 's certain dead or strongly means it he 's no Souldier else no Romane in him all he has done but outside fought either drunk or desperate Now he rises How does Lord Penyus Pen. As ye see Petill. I am glad on 't continue so still The Lord General the valiant General great Swetonius Pen. No more of me is spoken my name 's perish'd Petill. He that commanded fortune and the day by his own valour and discretion when as some say Penyus refused to come but I believe 'em not sent me to see ye Pen. Ye are welcom and pray see me see me well ye shall not see me long Petill. I hope so Penyus the gods defend Sir Pen. See me and understand me This is he left to fill up your triumph he that basely whistled his honour off to th' winde that coldly shrunk in his politick head when Rome like reapers sweat blood and spirit for a glorious harvest and bound it up and brought it off that fool that having gold and cupper offer'd him refus'd the wealth and took the waste that souldier that being courted by loud fame and fortune labour in one hand that propounds us gods and in the other glory that creats us yet durst doubt and be damned Petill. It was an errour Pen. A foul one and a black one Petill. Yet the blackest may be washt white again Pen. Never Petill. Your leave Sir and I beseech ye note me for I love ye and bring along all comfort Are we gods alli'd to no infirmities are our natures more then mens natures when we slip a little out of the way of vertue are we lost is there no medicine called Sweet mercie Pen. None Petillius there is no mercie in mankinde can reach me nor is it fit it should I have sinn'd beyond it Petill. Forgivenesse meets with all faults Pen. 'T is all faults all sins I can commit to be forgiven 't is losse of whole man in me my discretion to be so stupid to arrive at pardon Petill. O but the General Pen. He 's a brave Gentleman a valiant and a loving and I dare say he would as far as honour durst direct him make even with my fault but 't is not honest nor in his power examples that may nourish neglect and disobedience in whole bodies and totter the estates and faiths of armies must not be plaid withal nor out of pitie make a General forget his duty nor dare I hope more from him then is worthy Petill. What would ye do Pen. Die Petill. So would sullen children women that want their wils slaves disobedient that fear the law die Fie great Captain you a man to rule men to have thousand lives under your regiment and let your passion betray your reason I bring you all forgivenesse the noblest kinde commends your place your honour Pen. Prethee no more 't is foolish didst not thou by thou didst I over-heard thee there there where thou standst now deliver me for rascal poor dead cold coward miserable wretched if I out-liv'd this ruine Petill. I Pen. And thou didst it nobly like a true man a souldier and I thank thee I thank thee good Petillius thus I thank thee Petill. Since ye are so justly made up let me tell ye 't is fit ye die indeed Pen. O how thou lovest me Petill. For say he had forgiven ye say the peoples whispers were tame again the time run out for wonder what must your own Command think from whose Swords ye have taken off the edges from whose valours the due and recompence of Arms nay made it doubtful whether they knew obedience must not these kill ye Say they are won to pardon ye by meer miracle brought to forgive ye what old valiant Souldier what man that loves to fight and fight for Rome will ever follow you more dare ye know these ventures if so I bring ye comfort dare ye take it Pen. No no Petillius no Petill. If your minde serve ye ye may live still but how yet pardon me you may outwear all too but when and certain there is a mercy for each fault if tamely a man will take 't upon conditions Pen. No by no means I am onely thinking now Sir for I am resolved to go of a most base death fitting the basenesse of my fault I 'll hang Petill. Ye shall not y' are a Gentleman I honour I would else flatter ye and force ye live which is far baser Hanging 't is a dogs death an end for slaves Pen. The fitter for my basenesse Petill. Besides the man that 's hang'd preaches his end and sits a signe for all the world to gape at Pen. That 's true I 'll take a fitter poison Petill. No 't is equal ill the death of rats and women lovers and lazie boys that fear correction Die like a man Pen. Why my sword then Petill. I if your sword be sharp Sir there 's nothing under heaven that 's like your sword your sword 's a death indeed Pen. It shall be sharp Sir Petill. Why Mithridates was an arrant asse to die by poison if all Bosphorus could lend him swords your sword must do the deed 't is shame to die choak'd fame to die and bleed Pen. Thou hast confirmed me and my good Petillius tell me no more I may live Petill. 'T was my Commission but now I see ye in a nobler way a way to make all even Pen. Fare-well Captain be a good man and fight well be obedient command thy self and then thy men Why shakest thou Petill. I do not Sir Pen. I would thou hadst Petillius I would finde something to forsake the world with worthy the man that dies a kinde of earth-quake thorow all stern valours but mine own Petill. I feel now a kinde of trembling in me Pen. Keep it still as thou lov'st vertue keep it Petill. And brave Captain the great and honoured Penyus Pen. That again O how it heightens me again Petillius Petill. Most excellent Commander Pen. Those were
beleeve Ye have had me a brave foe make me a noble friend and from your goodnesse give this Boy honourable earth to lie in Swet. He shall have fitting Funerall Car. I yeeld then not to your blowes but your brave courtesies Petill. Thus we conduct then to the arms of Peace the wonder of the world Swet. Thus I embrace thee Flourish and let it be no flattery that I tell thee thou art the onely Souldier Car. How to thank ye I must hereafter finde upon your usage I am for Rome Swet. Ye must Car. Then Rome shall know the man that makes her spring of glory grow Swet. Petillius you have shown much worth this day redeem'd much errour ye have my love again preserve it Junius with you I make him equall in the Regiment Jun. The elder and the nobler I 'll give place Sir Swet. Ye shew a friends soul March on and through the Camp in every tongue the Vertues of great Caratach be sung Exeunt FINIS THE SEA VOYAGE Actus Primus Scaena Prima A Tempest Thunder and Lightning Enter Master and two Saylors Master LAy her aloofe the Sea grows dangerous How it spits against the clouds how it capers And how the fiery Element frights it back There be devils dancing in the aire I think I saw a Dolphin hang i th hornes of the moone Shot from a wave hey day hey day How she kicks and yerks Down with'e main Mast lay her at hull Farle up all her Linnens and let her ride it out 1 Saylor Shee le never brook it Master Shee s so deep laden that shee le buldge Master Hang her Can she not buffet with a storm a little How it tosses her she reeles like a Drunkard 2 Saylor We have discovered the Land Sir Pray le ts make in shee 's so drunke else She may chance to cast up all her Lading 1 Saylor Sland in sland in we are all lost els lost and perisht Master Steer her a Star boord there 2 Saylor Beare in with all the Sayle we can see Master See What a clap of Thunder there is What a face of heaven how dredfully it looks Master Thou rascall thou fearfull rogue thou hast bin praying I se et in thy face thou hast been mumbling When we are split you slave is this a time To discourage our friends with your cold orrizons Call up the Boatswaine how it storms holla Boatswain What shall we doe Master Cast over all her lading she will not swimme An houre else Enter Albert Franvile La-mure Tibalt de pont Morillat Mast. The storm is lowd We cannot heare one another What 's the coast Boatsw. We know not yet shall we make in Albert What comfort Saylers I never saw since I have known the Sea Which has been this twenty yeers so rude a tempest In what State are we Master Dangerous enough Captain We have sprung five leakes and no little ones Still rage besides her ribs are open Her rudder almost spent prepare your selves And have good courages death comes but once And let him come in all his frights Albert Is 't not possible To make in toth ' Land 't is here before us Morill. Here hard by Sir Master Death is neerer Gentlemen Yet doe not cry le ts dye like men Talbat Shal 's hoyse the Boat out Enter Amint. And goe all at one cast the more the merrier Master You are too hasty Mounsieur Do ye long to be i th Fish-market before your time Hold her up there Amint. O miserable Fortune Nothing but horrour sounding in mine eares No minute to promise to my frighted soule Tibat. Peace woman We ha storms enough already no more howling Amint. Gentle Master Mast. Clap this woman under hatches Alb. Prethee speake mildly to her Amint. Can no help Mast. None that I know Amint. No promise from your goodnesse Mast. Am I a God for heavens sake stoaw this woman Tilb. Goe take your gilt Prayer Booke And to your businesse winck and die There an old Haddock stayes for ye Amint. Must I dye here in all the frights the terrors The thousand severall shapes death triumphes in No friend to councell me Alb. Have Peace sweet Mistresse Amint. No kindreds teares upon me Oh! my country No gentle hand to close mine eyes Alb. Be comforted heaven has the same Power still and the same mercy Amint. Oh! that wave will devour me Mast. Carry her down Captaine Or by these hands I 'le give no more direction Let the Ship sinck or swimme we ha nere better luck When we ha such stoage as these trinkets with us These sweet sin-breeders how can heaven smile on us When such a burthen of iniquity Lies tumbling like a potion in our Ships belly Exit Tib. A way with her and if she have a Prayer That 's fit for such an houre let her say 't quickly And seriously Exit Alb. Come I see it cleer Lady come in And take some comfort I 'le stay with ye Amint. Where should I stay to what end should I hope Am I not circled round with misery Confusions in their full heights dwell about me O Mounsier Albert How am I bound to curse ye If curses could redeeme me how to hate ye You forc't me from my quiet from my friends Even from their Armes that were as deere to me As day light is or comfort to the wretched You forc't my friends from their peacefull rest Some your relentles sword gave their last groanes Would I had there been numbred And to fortunes never satisfied afflictions Ye turn'd my Brother and those few friends I 'd left Like desperate creatures to their own feares And the worlds stubborn pitties Oh merciles Alb. Sweet Mistresse Amint. And whether they are wandred to avoyd ye Or whether dead and no kind earth to cover 'em Was this a lovers part but heaven has found ye And in his lowd voyce his voyce of thunder And in the mutiny of his deep wonders He tels ye now ye weepe too late Alb. Let these tears tell how I honour ye Ye know deer Lady since ye were mine How truly I have lov'd ye how sanctimoniously Observ'd your honour not one lascivious word Not one touch Lady no not a hope that might not render me The unpolluted servant of your Chastity For you I put to Sea to seek your Brother Your Captain yet your slave that his redemption If he be living where the Sunne has circuit May expiate your rigor and my rashnesse Amint. The Storm grows greater what shall we do Alb. Let 's in And aske heavens mercy my strong mind yet presages Through all these dangers we shall see a day yet Exit Shall Crown your pious hopes and my faire wishes Enter Master Saylors Gentlemen Boatswayne and Surgeon Mast. It must all over boord Boatsw. It cleers to Sea-ward mast Fling o're the lading there and let 's lighten her All the meat and the Cakes we are all gone else That we may finde her Leakes and hold her up Yet
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
if my sence Hornes within Deceive me not these notes take being From the breath of men confirme me my Aminta Again this way the gentle wind conveyes it to us Heare you nothing Amint. Yes it seemes free hunters Musicke Alb. Still 't is lowder and I remember the Portugals Inform'd us they had often heard such sounds But ne're could touch the shore from whence it came Follow me my Aminta my good genius Shew me the way still still we are directed When we gaine the top of this neer rising hill Exit and Enter above We shall know further Alb. Curteous Zephyrus On his dewie wings carries perfumes to cheer us The ayre cleers too And now we may discerne another Island And questionlesse the seat of fortunate men O that we could arrive there Amint. No Albert 't is not to be hop'd This envious Torrent 's cruelly interpos'd We have no Vessell that may transport us Nor hath nature given us wing's to flye Alb. Better try all hazards Then perish here remedilesse I feele New vigor in me and a spirit that dares More then a man to serve my faire Aminta These Armes shall be my oares with which I 'le swim And my zeale to save thy innocent selfe Like wings shall beare me up above the brackish waves Amin. Well ye then leave me Alb. Till now I nere was wretched My best Aminta I sweare by goodnesse T is nor hope nor feare of my selfe that invites me To this extreame t is to supply thy wants and believe me Though pleasure met me in most ravishing formes And happinesse courted me to entertaine her I would nor eate nor sleepe till I return'd And crown'd thee with my fortunes Amin. O but your absence Alb. Suppose it but a dream and as you may Endeavour to take rest and when that sleep Deceives your hunger with imagin'd food Thinke you have sent me for discovery Of some most fortunate Continent yet unknown Which you are to be Queen of And now ye Powers that ere heard Lovers prayers Or cherisht pure affection looke on him That is your Votary and make it known Against all stops you can defend your own Exit Enter Hippolita Crocale Juletta Hip. How did we lose Clarinda Cro. When we beliv'd the Stag was spent and would take soyle The sight of the blacke Lake which we suppos'd He chose for his last refuge frighted him more Then we that did pursue him Jul. That 's usuall for death it selfe is not so terrible To any beast of chase Hip. Since we liv'd here we nere could force one to it Cro. T is so dreadfull Birds that with their pinions cleave the Ayre Dare not flie over it when the Stag turn'd head And we even tyred with labour Clarinda as if She were made of Ayre and Fire And had no part of earth in her eagerly pursu'd him Nor need we feare her safety this place yeelds not Fawnes nor Satyres or more lustfull men Here we live secure And have among our selves a Common-wealth Which in our selves begun with us must end Jul. I there 's the misery Cro. But being alone Allow me freedome but to speake my thoughts The strictnesse of our Governesse that forbids us On pain of death the sight and use of men Is more then tyranny for her selfe shee 's past Those youthfull heats and feeles not the want Of that which young mayds long for and her daughter The faire Clarinda though in few yeeres Improv'd in height and large proportion Came here so young That scarce remembring that she had a father She never dreames of man and should she see one In my opinion a would appeare a strange beast to her Jul. T is not so with us Hip. For my part I confesse it I was not made For this single life nor doe I love hunting so But that I had rather be the Chace my selfe Cro. By Venus out upon me I should have sworn By Diana I am of thy mind too wench And though I have tane an Oath not alone To detest but never to thinke of man Every houre something tels me I am forsworn For I confesse imagination helps me sometimes And that 's all is left for us to feed on We might starve else for if I have any pleasure In this life but when I sleep I am a Pagan Then from the Courtier to the Country clown I have strange visions Jul. Visions Crocale Cro. Yes and fine visions too And visions I hope in dreames are harmlesse And not forbid by our Canons the last night Troth t is a foolish one but I must tell it As I lay in my cabin betwixt sleeping and waking Hip. Upon your backe Cro. How should a young mayd lie foole When she would be intranc'd Hip. We are instructed forward I prethee Cro. Me thought a sweet young man In yeeres some twenty with a downy chin Promising a future beard and yet no red one Stole slylie to my cabin all unbrac'd Tooke me in his armes and kiss'd me twenty times Yet still I slept Jul. Fie thy lips run over Crocale But to the rest Cro. Lord what a man is this thought I To doe this to a mayd Yet then for my life I could not wake The youth a little danted with a trembling hand Heav'd up the clothes Hip. Yet still you slept Cro. Yfaith I did and when methoughts he was warm by my side Thinking to catch him I stretcht out both mine armes And when I felt him not I shreekt out And wak'd for anger Hip. T was a pretty dream Enter Albert Cro. I if it had been a true one Jul. But stay what 's here cast o th' shore Hip. T is a man Shall I shoot him Cro. No no t is a handsome beast Would we had more o' the breed stand close wenches And let 's heare if he can speake Alb. Doe I yet live Sure it is ayre I breathe what place is this Sure something more then humane keeps residence here For I have past the Stygian gulph And touch upon the blessed shore t is so This is the Elizian shade these happy spirits That here enjoy all pleasures Hip. He makes towards us Jul. Stand or I le shoot Cro. Hold he makes no resistance Alb. Be not offended Goddesses that I fall Thus prostrate at your feet or if not such But Nymphs of Dian's traine that range these groves Which you forbid to men vouchsafe to know I am a man a wicked sinfull man and yet not sold So far to impudence as to presume To presse upon your privacies or provoke Your Heavenly angers t is not for my selfe I beg thus poorely for I am already wounded Wounded to death and faint my last breath Is for a Virgin comes as neere your selves In all perfection as what 's mortall may Resemble things divine O pitty her And let your charity free her from that desart If Heavenly charity can reach to hell For sure that place comes neere it and where ere My ghost shall finde abode Eternally
and take our meat from us Cla. These are weak abject things that shew ye poor ones What 's the great service ye so oft have threatned If ye might see me and win my favour Jul. That businesse of discovery Mor. O I le tell ye Lady Lam. and so will I Fran. And I Pray let me speak first Mor. Good no confusion We are before a Lady that knows manners And by the next meat I shall eate t is certain This little Gentlewoman that was taken with us Cla. Your Captains sister she you mean Mor. I I she 's the businesse that we would open to ye You are cousned in her Lam. How what is 't you would open Fran. She is no sister Mor. Good sirs how quick you are She is no sister Madam Fran. She is his Mor. Peace I say Cla. What is she Mor. Faith sweet Lady She is as a man would say his Cla. What Lam. His Mistris Mor. Or as some new translators read his Cla. O me Mor. And why he should delude you thus Unlesse he meant some villany these ten weeks He has had her at Sea for his own proper appetite Lam. His Cabin-mate I le assure ye Cla. No sister say ye Mor. No more then I am brother to your beauty I know not why he should juggle thus Cla. Do not lie to me Mor. If ye find me lie Lady hang me empty Cla. How am I fool'd Away with 'em Juletta and feed 'em But hark ye with such food as they have given me New misery Fran. Nor meat nor thanks for all this Exit Cla. Make 'em more wretched O I could burst curse and kill now Kill any thing I meet Juletta follow me And call the rest along Iul. We follow Maddam Exeunt Enter Albert and Aminta Amin. I must be gone now else she may suspect me How shall I answer her Alb. Tell her directly Amin. That were too sudden too improvident Fires of this nature must be put out cunningly They 'l waste all come neere 'em else Farewell once more Alb. Farewell And keep my love entire Nay kisse me once again me thinks we should not part Amin. O be wise sir Alb. Nay one kisse more Amin. Indeed you 'r wanton Enter Clarinda Juletta Crolale Hippolita We may be taken too Cla. Out thou base woman By Heaven I le shoot 'em both Cro. Nay stay brave Lady hold A sudden death cuts of a Nobler vengeance Cla. Am I made Bawd to your lascivious meetings Are ye grown so wise in sin Shut up that villaine and sirra Now expect my utmost anger Let him there starve Alb. I mock at your mischiefes Exit Cla. Tie that false witch unto that Tree There let the savage beasts Gnaw of her sweetnesse and Snakes Embrace her beauties tie her and watch That none relieve her Hip. We could wish ye better fortune Lady But dare not help ye Amin. Be your own friends I thank ye Now onely my last audit and my greatest Enter Raymond O Heaven be kind unto me And if it be thy wil preserve Raym. Who is this Sure t is a woman I have trod this place And found much footing now I know t is peopl'd Ha let me see t is her face O Heaven turn this way mayd Amin. O Raymond O brother Raym. Her tongue to t is my sister what rude hand Nay kisse me first O joy Amin. Fly fly deere brother You are lost else Jul. A man a man a new man Raym. What are these Enter Juletta Crocale Clarinda Cro. An Enemy an Enemy Cla. Dispatch him Take him off shoot him straight Raym. I dare not use my sword Ladies Against such comely foes Amin. O brother brother Cla. Away with 'em and in darke prisons bind 'em One word replyd ye die both Now brave mother follow thy Noble Anger And I le help thee Exeunt Actus quintus Scaena prima Enter Rossella Clarinda Crocale Juletta Hippolita Ros. I am deaf to all your intreaties she that moves me For pity or compassion to these Pirates Digs up her fathers or her brothers Tombe And spurns about their ashes Couldst thou remember what a father thou hast once T would steele thy heart against foolish pity By his memory and the remembrance of his deere embraces I am taught that in a Noble cause revenge is Noble And they shal fall the sacrifices to appease His wandering Ghost and my incensed fury Cla. The new come prisoner to Ros. Him to Yet that we may learn Whether they are the same or neere ally'd To those that forc'd me to this cruell course Better their poore allowance and permit 'em To meet together and confer Within the distance of your eare perhaps They may discover something that may kill Despaire in me and be a means to save 'em From certain ruine Cro. That shal be my charge Ros. Yet to prevent All hope of rescue for this new come Captain Hath both a ship and men not far off from us Though ignorant to find the onely Port That can yeeld entrance to our happy Island Guard the place strongly and ere the next Sunne Ends his diurnall progresse I wil be Happy in my revenge or set 'em free Exeunt Enter Crocale Juletta Hippolita A Table furnisht Cro. So serve it plentifully And lose not time to enquire the cause There is a main design that hangs upon this bounty See the Table furnisht with Wine too That discovers secrets which tortures cannot open Open the doores too of the severall prisons And give all free entrance into this room Undiscover'd I can here marke all Enter Tib. Mast. Here 's Captain carelesse and the tough Ship-master The slaves are nos'd like Vultures How wilde they look Tib. Ha the mystery of this Some good Hobgoblin rise and reveale Mast. I am amazed at it nor can I sound the intent Tib. Is not this Bread Substantiall bread not painted Mast. But take heed You may be poysoned Tib. I am sure I am famisht And as the wise man says Gripes the guts as much as any Minerall This may be Treacle sent to preserve me After a long fast or be it Vipers spittle I le run the hazzard Mast. We are past all feare I le take part with ye Tib. Do and now yfaith how d' e feel your selfe I finde great ease in 't What 's here Wine and it be thy will Strong lusty Wine Well fooles may talke Of Metridate Cordials and Elixars But from my youth this was my onely Physick Here 's a colour what Ladies cheek Though ceruss'd over comes neere it It sparkles too hangs out Diamonds O my sweet heart how I will hug thee Again and again They are poor drunkards And not worth thy favours That number thy moyst kisses in these Christals Mast. But Mounsiuer Here are Suckets and sweet dishes Tib. Tush boys meat I am past it here 's strong food fit for men Nectar old lad Mistris of merry hearts Once more I am bold with you Mast. Take heed man Too much will
breed distemper Tib. Hast thou liv'd at Sea The most part of thy life where to be sober While we have Wine aboord is capitall treason And dost thou preach sobriety Mast. prethee forbeare We may offend in it we know not for whom It was provided Tib. I am sure for me therefore footra When I am full let 'em hang me I care not Mast. This has been his temper ever Enter Albert Aminta Raymond Lamure Morrillat Franvile severally See provoking dishes candid Eringoes And Potatoes Tib. I le not touch 'em I will drink But not a bit on a march I le be an Eunuch rather Mast. Who are these Tib. Marry who you will I keep my text here Alb. Raymond Raym. Albert Tib. Away I le be drunke alone Keep off rogues or I le belch ye into ayre Not a drop here Amin. Deere brother put not in your eyes such anger Those looks poyson'd with fury shot at him Reflect on me O brother looke milder or The Christall of his temperance Will turn 'em on your selfe Alb. Sir have sought ye long To finde your pardon you have ploughed the Ocean To wreak your vengeance on me for the rape Of this faire virgin Now our fortune guides us To meet on such hard terms that we need rather A mutuall pitty of our present state Then to expostulate of breaches past Which cannot be made up And though it be Far from your power to force me to confesse That I have done ye wrong or such submission Failing to make my peace to vent your anger You being your selfe slav'd as I to others Yet for your sisters sake her blessed sake In part of recompence of what she has suffered For my rash folly the contagion Of my black actions catching hold upon Her purer innocence I crave your mercy And wish however severall motives kept us From being friends while we had hope to live Let death which we expect and cannot fly from End all contention Tib. Drink upon 't 't is a good motion Ratifie it in Wine and t is authenticall Raym. When I consider The ground of our long difference and look on Our not to be avoyded miseries It doth beget in me I know not how A soft religious tendernesse which tels me Though we have many faults to answer for Upon our own account our fathers crimes Are in us punisht O Albert the course They took to leave us rich was not honest Nor can that friendship last which vertue joyns not When first they forc'd the industrious Portugals From their Plantations in the happy Islands Cro. This is that I watch for Raym. And did omit no tyranny which men Inured to spoyle and mischiefe could inflict On the griev'd sufferers when by lawlesse rapine They reapt the harvest which their labours sowed And not content to force 'em from their dwelling But layd for 'em at Sea to ravish from 'em The last remainder of their wealth then then After a long pursuit each doubting other As guilty of the Portugals escape They did begin to quarrell like ill men Forgive me piety that I call em so No longer love or correspondence holds Then it is cimented with prey or profit Then did they turn those Swords they oft had bloodied With innocent gore upon their wretched selves And payd the forfeit of their cruelty Shown to Sebastian and his Collonie By being fatall Enemies to each other Thence grew Amintas rape and my desire To be reveng'd And now observe the issue As they for spoyle ever forgot compassion To women who should be exempted From the extremities of a lawfull war We now young able men are faln into The hands of women that against the soft Tendernesse familiar to their sex Enter Crocale Will shew no mercy Cro. None unlesse you shew us Our long lost husbands We are those Potugals you talk'd of Raym. Stay I met upon the Sea in a tall ship Two Portugals famisht almost to death Tib. Our ship by this Wine And those the rogues that stole her Left us to famish in the barraine Islands Ray. Some such tale they told me And something of a woman which I find To be my sister Cro. Where are these men Ray. I left 'em Supposing they had deluded me with forg'd tales In the Island where they sayd They had liv'd many years the wretched owners Of a huge masse of treasure Alb. The same men and that the fatall muck We quarreld for Cro. They were Portugals you say Ray. So they profes'd Cro. They may prove such men as may save your lives And so much I am taken with faire hope That I will hazard life to be resolv'd on 't How came you hither Ray. My ship lies by the rivers mouth That can convey yee to these wretched men Which you desire to see Cro. Back to your prisons And pray for the successe if they be those Which I desire to finde you are safe If not prepare to die to morrow For the world cannot redeem ye Alb. How ever we are armd For either fortune Exit Ti. What must become of me now That I am not dismis'd Cro. O sir I purpose To have your company Ti. Take heed wicked woman I am apt to mischiefe now Cro. You cannot be so unkind To her that gives you liberty Ti. No I shall be too kind that 's the devil on 't I have had store of good wine and when I am drunk Joane is a Lady to me and I shall Lay about me like a Lord I feele strange motions Avoid me temptation Cro. Come sir I 'le help yee in Exeunt Enter Sebastian and Nicusa Nicu. VVhat may that be That mooves upon the Lake Seba. Still it drawes neerer And now I plainly can descerne it T is the French ship Nicu. In it a woman VVho seemes to invite us to her Seba. Still she cals with signes of Love to hasten to her So lovely hope doth still appeare I feele nor age nor weaknesse Nicu. Though it bring death To us t is comfort and deserves a meeting Or els fortune tyrd with what we have suffer'd And in it overcome as it may be Now sets a period to our misery Exeunt Enter severally Raymond Albert Aminta horrid Musicke Ray. What dreadfull sounds are these Amin Infernall Musick Fit for a bloody Feast Alb. It seemes prepar'd To kill our courages e're they divorse Our soules and bodies Ray. But they that fearelesse fall Deprive them of their triumph An alter prepar'd Enter Rossillia Clarinda Iulletta Hippollitta c. Aminta See the furies In their full Trym of cruelty Ros. T is the last Duty that I can pay to my dead Lord Set out the Altar I my selfe wil be The Priest and boldly do those horrid Rites You shake to think on lead these Captaines neerer For they shall have the honour to fall first To my Sebastians ashes and now wretches As I am taught already that you are And lately by your free confession French pirats and the sons of those I hate Even equall with
With patience in despising all your cruelties And make you choke with anger Ses. Away I say Mar. Stay sir h 'as given you such bold language I am not reconcil'd to him yet and therefore He shall not have his wish observ'd so neerly To die when he please I beseech you stay sir Ses. Do with him what thou wilt Mar. Carry him to th' Bilboes And clap him fast there with the Prince Viro. Do Lady For any death you give I am bound to blesse you Exit Virolet and Saylors Mar. Now to your Cabin sir pray lean upon me And take your rest the Surgeons waite all for you Ses. Thou makest me blush to see thee bear thy fortuns Why sure I have no hurt I have not fought sure Mast. You bleed apace Sir Mart. Ye grow cold too Ses. I must be ruld no leaning My deepest wounds scorn Crutches All A brave Generall Flor. Trumpets Cornets Exeunt omnes Enter two Saylors 1 Sayl. Will they not moore her 2 Sayl. Not till we come to the Fort This is too weak a place for our defences The Carpenters are hard at worke she swims well And may hold out another fight The ship we took Burns there to give us light 1 Sayl. She made a brave fight 2 Sayl. She put us all in feare 1 Sayl. Beshrew my heart did she Her men are gone to Candy they are pepper'd All but this prisoner 2 Sayl. Sure he 's a brave fellow 1 Say A stubborn knave but we have pul'd his bravery He discovers Virolet and Ascanio in the Bilboes Look how he looks now come let 's go serve his dyet Which is but bread and water 2 Sayl. He 'l grow fat on 't Exeunt Saylors Ascan. I must confesse I have endured much misery even almost to the ruine of my spirit But ten times more grows my affliction To finde my friend here Viro. Had we serv'd our Countrey Or honesties as we have serv'd our follies We had not been here now Ascan. T is to true Virolet Viro. And yet my end in ventring for your safety Pointed at more then Ferrants will a base one Some service for mine own some for my Nation Some for my friend but I am rightly payd That durst adventure such a Noble office From the most treacherous command of mischiefe You know him now Ascan. And when I neerer knew him Then when I waited Heaven be witnesse with me And if I lie my miseries still load me With what teares I have woed him with what prayers What weight of reasons I have layd what dangers Then when the peoples curses flew like storms And every tongue was whetted to defame him To leave his doubts his tyrannies his slaughters His fell oppressions I know I was hated too Viro. And all mankind that knew him these confessions Do no good to the world to Heaven they may Let 's study to die well we have liv'd like coxcombs Ascan. That my mis-fortune should lose you too Viro. Yes And not onely me but many more and better For my life t is not this or might I save yours And some brave friends I have engag'd let me go It were the meritorious death I wish for But we must hang or drown like whelps Ascan. No remedy Viro. On my part I expect none I know the man And know he has been netled to the quick too I know his nature Ascan. A most cruell nature Vir. His wrongs have bred him up I cannot blame him Ascan. He has a daughter too the greatest scorner And most insulter upon misery Viro. For those they are toyes to laugh at not to lead men A womans mirth or anger like a meteor Glides and is gone and leaves no crack behind it Our miseries would seem like masters to us And shake our manly spirits into feavors If we respected those the more they glory And raise insulting Trophies on our ruines The more our vertues shine in patience Sweet Prince the name of death was never terrible To him that knew to live nor the loud torrent Of all afflictions singing as they swim A gall of heart but to a guilty conscience Whilst we stand faire but by a two-edg'd storm We find untimely fals like early Roses But to the earth we beare our native sweetnesse Ascan. Good sir go on Viro. When we are little children And cry and fret for every toy comes crosse us How sweetly do we shew when sleep steales on us When we grow great but our affections greater And struggle with this stubborn twin born with us And tug and pull yet still we finde a Giant Had we not then the priviledge to sleep Our everlasting sleep he would make us ideots The memory and monuments of good men Are more then lives and tho their Tombs want tongues Yet have they eyes that daily sweat their losses And such a teare from stone no time can value To die both young and good are natures curses As the world says ask truth they are bountious blessings For then we reach at Heaven in our full vertues And fix our selves new Stars crown'd with our goodnes Asc. You have double arm'd me Srange Musick within Hoboys Hark what noyse is this What horrid noyse is the Sea pleas'd to sing A hideous Dirg to our deliverance Viro. Stand fast now Within strange cries horrid noyse Trumpets Asc. I am fixt Viro. We feare ye not Enter Martia Let death appear in all shapes we smile on him Asc. The Lady now Viro. The face o th' Maske is alter'd Asc. What will she doe Viro. Do what she can I care not Asc. She looks on you sir Viro. Rather she looks through me But yet she stirs me not Mart. Poore wretched slaves Why do you live or if ye hope for mercy Why do not you houle out and fill the hold With lamentations cries and base submissions Worthy our scorn Viro. Madam you are mistaken We are no slaves to you but to blind fortune And if she had her eyes and durst be certain Certain our friend I would not bow unto her I would not cry nor aske so base a mercy If you see any thing in our appearance Worthy your sexes softnes and your own glory Do it for that and let that good reward it We cannot beg Mart. I le make you beg and bow too Viro. Madam for what Mart. For life and when you hope it Then will I laugh and triumph on your basenesse Asc. Madam t is true there may be such a favour And we may aske it too aske it with honour And thanke you for that favour nobly thank you Tho it be death but when we beg a base life And beg it of your scorn Viro. Y' are couzened woman Your handsomnesse may do much but not this way But for your glorious hate Mart. Are ye so stubborn Death I will make you bow Vir. It must be in your bed then There you may worke me to humility Mart. Why I can kill thee Viro. If you do it handsomely It
am forc'd a lover of her goodnesse And so far have you wrought for his deliverance That is my Lord so lovingly and nobly That now me thinks I stagger in my Title But how with honesty for I am poor Lady In all my dutious service but your shadow Yet would be just how with faire fame and credit I may goe off I would not be a strumpet O my dear Sir you know Vir. O truth thou knowest too Iul. Nor have the world suspect I fell to mischiefe Law Take you no care for that here 's that has don it A faire divorce 't is honest too Pand. The devill Honest to put her off Law Most honest Sir And in this point most strong Pand. The cause the cause Sir Law A just cause too Pand. As any is in hell Lawyer Law For barrennesse she never brought him children Pa. Why art not thou divorc'd thou canst not get 'em Thy neigbours thy rank neighbours O base jugling Is she not young Iul. Woemen at more yeares Sir Have met that blessing 't is in heavens high power Law You never can have any Pand. Why quick Lawyer My Philosophicall Lawyer Law The Rack has spoil'd her The distentions of those parts hath stopt all fruitfulnes Pand. O I could curse Iul. And am I grown so miserable That mine own pitty must make me wretched No cause against me but my love and duty Farewell Sir like obedience thus I leave you My long farewell I doe not grudge I grieve Sir And if that be offensive I can dye And then you fairely free good Lady love him You have a noble and an honest Gentleman I ever found him so the world has spoke him And let it be your part still to deserve him Love him no lesse then I have done and serve him And heaven shall blesse you you shall blesse my ashes I give you up the house the name of wife Honour and all respect I borrowed from him And to my grave I turn one farewell more Nothing divide your Loves not want of Children Which I shall pray against and make you fruitfull Grow like two equall flames rise high and glorious And in your honor'd age burn out together To all I know farewell Ronver. Be not so grie'vd Lady A nobler fortune Iul. Away thou parasite Disturbe not my sad thoughts I hate thy greatnesse Ron. I hate not you I am glad she 's off these hinges Come let 's pursue Exit Ronver and Law Pand. If I had breath to curse thee Or could my great heart utter farewell villaine Thy house nor face agen Exit Pand. Mar. Let 'em all goe And now let us rejoyce now freely take me And now embrace me Virolet give the rites Of a brave Husband to his love Vir. I 'le take my leave too Mar. How take you leave too Vir. The house is furnish'd for you You are Mistresse may command Mar. Will you to bed Sir Vir. As soone to hell to any thing I hate most You must excuse me I have kept my word You are my wife you now enjoy my fortune Which I have done to recompence your bounty But to yeeld up those chaste delights and pleasures Which are not mine but my first vowes Mat. You jeast Vir. You will not find it so to give you those I have divorc'd and lost with Iuliana And all fires of that nature Mar. Are you a Husband Vir. To question hers and satisfie your flames That held an equall beauty equall bounty Vir. Good heaven forgive no no the strict forbearance Of all those joyes like a full sacrifice I offer to the suffrings of my first love Honour and wealth attendance state all duty Shall waite upon your will to make you happy But my afflicted mind you must give leave Lady My weary Trunk must wander Mart. Not enjoy me Goe from me too Vir. For ever thus I leave you And how so e're I fare live you still happy Exit Virol Mar. Since I am scorn'd I 'le hate thee scorn thy gifts too Thou miserable fool thou fool to pitty And such a rude demolisht thing I 'le leave thee In my revenge for foolish love farewell now And anger and the spite of woman enter That all the world shall say that read this story My hate and not my love begot my glory Exit Martia Actus quartus Scaena prima Enter Sess. Boatswaine Master Gunner Sess. He that feares death or tortures let him leave me The stops that we have met with Crown our Conquest Common attempts are fit for common men The rare the rarest spirits Can we be daunted We that have smil'd at Sea at certain ruines Which men on shore but hazarded would shake at We that have liv'd free in despite of fortune Laught at the out-stretch'd Arme of Tyranny As still too short to reach us shall we faint now No my brave mates I know your fiery temper And that you can and dare as much as men Calamity that severs worldly friendships Could ne'r divide us you are still the same The constant followers of my banisht fortunes The Instruments of my revenge the hands By which I work and fashion all my projects Mast. And such we will be ever Gun Slite Sir Cramme me Into a Canons mouth and shoot me at Proud Ferrands head may onely he fall with me My life I rate at nothing Boatsw. Could I but get Within my swords length of him and if then He scape me may th' account of all his sinnes Be added unto mine Mast. 'T is not to dye Sir But to dye unreveng'd that staggers me For were your ends serv'd and our Country free We would fall willing sacrifices Sess. To rise up Most glorious Martyrs Boats But the reason why We weare these shapes Sess. Onely to get accesse Like honest men we never shall approach him Such are his feares but thus attir'd like Switzers And fashioning our language to our habits Bold bloody desperate we may be admitted Among his guard But if this faile I 'le try A thousand others out doe Proteus In various shapes but I will reach his heart And seale my anger on 't Enter Ronero and the Guard Mast. The Lord Ronero Boats Shall we begin with him Sess. He is not ripe yet Nor fit to fall as you see me begin Withall care imitate Gun We are instructed Boats Would we were at it once Ron. Keepe a strict watch And let the guards be doubled this last night The King had fearefull dreames Sess. 'T is a good Omen To our attempts Roner. What men are these What seek you Sess. Imployment Roner. Of what nature Sess. We are Souldiers We have seen towns and Churches set on fire The Kennels running blood coy virgins ravish'd The Altars ransack'd and the holy reliques Yea and the Saints themselves made lawfull spoyles Unto the Conquerors but these good dayes are past And we made Beggars by this Idle Peace For want of action I am Sir no stranger To the Government of this state I know the
upon so little sufferance I le give 'em such a purge and suddenly Verdugo after this solemnity is over Call on me for a charge of men of good men To see what house these knaves keep of good souldiers As sturdy as themselves that dare dispute with 'em Dare walk the woods as well as they as fearlesse But with a better faith belabour 'em I le know what claim they have to their possession T is pity of their Captaine Roderigo A wel-bred Gentleman and a good souldier And one his Majesty has some little reason To thank for sundry services and faire ones That long neglect bred this I am sorry for him Ver. The hope of his estate keeps backe his pardon There 's divers waspes that buz about that honey-box And long to lick themselves full Gov. True Verdugo Would he had but the patience to discerne it And policy to wipe their lips Verd. To fetch him in sir By violence he being now no insane Will aske some bloody crowns I know his people Are of his owne choice men that will not totter Nor blench much at a Bullet I know his order And though he have no multitude h 'as manhood The elder-twin to that too staid experience But if he must be forced sir Gov. There 's no remedy Unlesse he come himselfe Ver. That will be doubtfull Did you never hear yet of the Noble Pedro Gov. I cannot by no means I think he 's dead sure The Court bewailes much his untimely losse The King himselfe laments him Verd. He was sunke And if he be dead he died happily He buried all he had in the Kings service And lost himselfe Gov. Well if he be alive Captaine As hope still speaks the best I know the Kings mind So inwardly and full he will be happy Come to this preparation when that 's done The Outlaws expedition is begun Cit. We 'l contribute all to that and help our selves too Exeunt Scaena Quarta Enter Rodorigo Pedro Rod. How sweet these solitary places are how wantonly The wind blowes through the leafes and courts and playes with 'em Will ye sit down and sleep the heat invites ye Harke how yond purling stream dances and murmurs The Birds sing softly too pray take some rest sir I would faine wooe his fancie to a peace It labours high and hastily upon him Pray ye sit and I le sit by Ped. I cannot sleep friend I have those watches here admit no slumbers Saw ye none yet Rod. No creature Ped. What strange Musicke Was that we heard afar off Rod. I cannot guesse T was loud and shrill sometimes it shew'd hard by us And by and by the sound fled as the wind does Here 's no inhabitants Ped. It much delighted me Rod. They talke of Faeries and such demi-devils This is as fine a place to dance their gambols Ped. Me thought I heard a voyce Musick Birds Rod. They can sing admirably They never lose their maiden-heads I would foole any away To make him merry now methinks yond rocks yonder Shew like inchanted Cels where they inhabit Musick afar off Pet Birds Ped. T is here againe harke gentle Roderigo Hark hark O sweet sweet how the Birds record too Marke how it flies now every way O love In such a harmony art thou begotten In such soft Ayre so gentle lul'd and nourish'd O my best Mistris Rod. How he weeps deere Heaven Give him his hearts content and me forgive too I must melt too Ped. The Birds sing lowder sweeter And every note they emulate one another Lie still and heare These when they have done their labours Enter Alinda and Juletta like old women Their pretty ayres fall to their rests enjoy 'em Nothing rocks Love asleeep but death Rod. Who are these Ped. What Rod. Those there those those things that come upon us Those grandame things those strange antiquities Did not I say these words begot strange wonders Iul. Now ye may view 'em Alin. Ha Iul. The men ye long'd for Here they are both now ye may boldy talke with 'em And never be ghess'd at be not afraid nor faint not They wonder at us let 's maintaine that wonder Shake not but what ye purpose doe discreetly And from your tongue I 'le take my part Alin. Ha Iul There before ye there doe not turne coward Mistresse If ye doe love carry your Love out handsomely Alin. 'T is he and Roderigo what a peace Dwels in their faces what a friendly calme Crownes both their soules Rod. They show as if they were mortall They come upon us still Alin. Be not afraid man Let 'em be what they wil they cannot hurt us Rod. That thing i th' Button'd-Cap lookes terribly She has Guns in her eyes the devils Ingeneer Ped. Come stand and let 's goe meet 'em Rod. Goe you first I have lesse faith when I have said my Prayers Ped. There needs no feare haile reveren'd dames Alin. Good ev'en What doe ye seeke Ped. We would seek happier fortunes Rod. That little devill has maine need of a Barber What a trim beard she has Alin. Seek 'em and make 'em Lie not still nor longer here Here inhabits naught but feare Be constant good in faith be clear Fortune will waite ye every where Ped. Whether should we goe for we beleeve thy Reverence And next obey Alin. Goe to Segonia And there before the Altar pay thy vowes Thy gifts and Prayers unload thy heavines To morrow shed thy teares and gaine thy suit Such honest noble showres ne're wanted fruit Iul. Stand you out too Rod. I shall be hang'd or whipt now These know and these have power Iul. See how he shakes A secure conscience never quakes Thou hast been ill be so no more A good retreat is a great store Thou hast commanded men of might Command thy selfe and then thou art right Alin. Command thy will thy foule desires Put out and quench thy unhallowed fires Command thy mind and make that pure Thou art wise then valiant and secure A blessing then thou maist beget Jul. A curse else that shall never set Will light upon thee Say thy Prayers Thou hast as many sins as haires Thou art a Captain let thy men Be honest and good thoughts and then Thou maist command and lead in chiefe Yet thou art bloody and a theife Rod. What shall doe I doe confesse Alin. Retire And purge thee perfect in his fire His life observe live in his Schoole And then thou shalt put off the foole Iul. Pray at Segonia too and give Thy Offrings up repent and live Alin. Away away enquire no more within Musicke Doe this ye are rich else fooles und poore What Musick 's this Iul. Retire 't is some neat Joy In honour of the Kings great day they wonder This comes in right to confirme their reverence Away away let them admire it makes For our advantage how the Captaine shakes Exit Ped. This was the Musick Rod. Yes yes how I sweat I was never so deserted sure these woods Are
and Spurres Gomara Val. A tender husband hast thou shew'd thy selfe My deerest brother and thy memory After my life in brazen Characters Shall monumentally be register'd To ages consequent till times running hand Beats back the world to undistinguish'd Chaos And on the top of that thy name shall stand Fresh and without decay Gom. Oh honour'd sir If hope of this or any blisse to come Could lift my load of griefe off from my soule Or expiate the trespasse 'gainst my wife That in one houres suspition I begat I might be won to be a man againe And fare like other husbands sleepe and eate Laugh and forget my pleasing penitence But till old nature can make such a wife Againe I vow ne're to resume the order And habits that to men are necessary All breath I 'le spend in sighes all sound in groanes And know no company but my wasting moans Ast. This will be wilfull murder on your self Nor like a Christian doe you beare the chance Which th' inscrutable will of heaven admits Gom. What would you have my weaknesse doe that Suffer'd it selfe thus to be practis'd on By a damn'd hell-hound and his agent dam The impious mid-wife to obortive birthes And cruell instrument to his decrees By forgery they first assail'd her life Heaven playing with us yet in that he wrought My deerest friend the servant to her vertue To combat me against his Mistresse truth That yet effectlesse this enchanting witch Bred banefull jealousie against my Lady My most immaculate Lady which seiz'd on her Almost to death Oh yet not yet content She in my hand put to restore her life As I imagin'd what did execute Their devillish malice farther great with childe Was this poore innocent that too was lost They doubled death upon her not staying there They have done violence unto her Tomb Not granting rest unto her in the grave I wish Miranda had injoy'd my prize For sure I 'm punish'd for usurping her Oh what a Tyger is resisted Lust How it doth forrage all Mount Part of this tale I grant you true but 't was not poyson given her Ab. I would it had we had been farre enough If we had been so wise and had not now Stood curtsing for your mercies here Mount Beside What is become o th' body we know not Val. Peace impudents And deere Gomera practise patience As I my self must by some meanes at last We shall dissolve this riddle Gom. Wherefore comes This villaine in the festivall array As if he triumph'd for his treacherie Cast. That is by our appointment give us leave You shall know why a non Enter Miranda Norandine Collona Val. One of the Esguard Esg. The Gentlemen are come Val. Truyce then a while With our sad thoughts what are you both resolv'd Nor. Not I my Lord your downe right Captain still I le live and serve you not that altogether I want compunction of conscience I have enough to save me and that 's all Bar me from drink and drabs ev'n hang me too You must ev'n make your Captaines capons first I have too much flesh for this spirituall Knighthood And therefore do desire forbearance sir Till I am older or more mortifide I am too sound yet Val. What say you Miranda Mir. With all pure zeale to Heaven duty to you I come to undergo it Val. Proceed toth ' ceremony Gom. Before you match with this bright honor'd title Admir'd Miranda pardon what in thought I ever did transgresse against your vertue And may you find more joy with your new bride Then poor Gomera ere in joyd with his But 't was mine own crime and I suffer for 't Long wear your dignity and worthily Whilst I obscurely in some corner vanish Mir. Have stronger thoughts and better first I crave According to the order of the Court I may dispose my captives and the fort That with a clean and purified heart The fittiler I may endue my roabe All T is granted Enter Oriana vaild Ladies Lucinda child Mir. Bring the captives To your charge And staid tuition my most noble friend I then commend this Lady start not off A fairer and a chaster never liv'd By her own choyce you are her Guardian For telling her I was to leave my fort And to abandon quite all worldly cares Her own request was to Gomeras hands She might be given in custody for sh 'ad heard He was a Gentleman wise and temperate Full of humanity to womenkind And cause he had bin married knew the better How to entreat a Lady Val. What Country woman is she Mir. Borne a Greek Val. Gomera 't will be barbarous to deny A Lady that unto your refuge flyes And seekes to shrowd her under vertues wing Gom. Excuse me noble sir oh think me not So dull a devill to forget the losse Of such a matchlesse wife as I posses'd And ever to endure the sight of woman Were she the abstract of her sex for forme The only warehouse of perfection Where there no Rose nor Lilly but her Cheek No Musick but her tongue vertue but hers She must not rest near me my vow is graven Here in my heart irrevocably breath'd And when I break it Ast. This is rudenesse Spaniard Unseasonably you play the Timonist Put on a disposition is not yours Which neither fits you nor becomes you Gom. Sir Cast. We cannot force you but we would perswade Gom. Beseech you Sir no more I am resolv'd To forsake Malta tread a Pilgrimage To faire Jerusalem for my Ladies soule And will not be diverted Mir. You must beare This Child along we then Gom. VVhat Child All How 's this Mir. Nay then Gomera thou art injurious This child is thine and this rejected Lady Thou hast as often known as thine own wife And this I 'le make good on thee with my sword Gom. Thou durst as well blaspheme if such a scandall I crave the rights due to a Gentleman Women unvaile Ori. Will you refuse me yet Gom. My wife Val. My sister Gom. Some body thank Heaven I cannot speak All All praise be ever given Mount This saves our lives yet would she had bin dead The very sight of her afflicts me more Then fear of punishment or my disgrace Val. How came you to the Temple Mir. Sir to do My poor devotions and to offer thanks For scaping a temptation ne'r perform'd VVith this faire virgin I restore a wife Earth cannot paralell and busie nature If thou wilt still make women but remember To work 'em by this sampler take heed sir Henceforth you never doubt sir Gom. VVhen I do Death take me sodainly Mir. To encrease your happinesse To your best wife take this addition Gom. Alack my poor knave Val. The confession The Moor made 't seemes was truth Nor. Mary was it sir the only truth that ever issud out of hell which her black jawes resemble a plague o' your bacon-face you must be giving drinks with a vengance ah thou branded bitch do' ye stare gogles I
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
attend To intercede betweene him and his Justice And since the Law allowes as much to me As she can challenge let the milder sentence Which best becomes a Mother and a Queene Now overcome nor let your wisdome suffer In doing right to her I in my wrong Indure a second Ravishment Bel. You can free him Onely from that which do's concerne your selfe Not from the punishment that 's due to me Your injuries you may forgive not mine I plead mine owne just wreak which will right both Where that which you desire robs me of Justice 'T is that which I appeale to Mer. Bloody woman Dost thou desire his punishment Let him live then For any man to marry where he likes not Is still a lingring torment Bel. For one Rape One death 's sufficient that way cannot catch me Mer. To you I fly then to your mercy Madam Exempting not your Justice be but equall And since in no regard I come behind her Let me not so be undervalu'd in Your highnesse favour that the world take notice You so prefer'd her that in her behalf You kil'd that Son you would not save for me Mercy O mercy Madam Bel. Great Queen Justice Age. With what a Masculine constancy the grave Lady hath heard them both Leo. Yet how unmov'd she sits In that which most concernes her Con. Now she rises And having well waigh'd both their arguments Resolves to speak Euph. And yet againe she pauses O Conon such a resolution once A Roman told me he had seene in Cato Before he kill'd himself Que. 'T is now determin'd Merione I could wish I were no Queene To give you satisfaction no Mother Beliza to content you and would part Even with my being both might have their wishes But since that is impossible in few words I will deliver what I am resolved on The end for which all profitable Lawes Were made looks two waies onely the reward Of innocent good men and the punishment Of bad Delinquents Ours concerning Rapes Provided that same latter clause of Marriage For him that had falne once not then foreseeing Mankinde could prove so monstrous to tread twice A path so horrid The great Law-giver Draco That for his strange severity Was said to write his sterne Decrees in blood Made none for Parricides presuming that No man could be so wicked Such might be Lycurgus answere did he live for this But since I finde that in my Sonne which was not Doubted in any else I will adde to it He cannot marry both but for both dying Both have their full revenge You see Beliza You have your wish with you Merione I le spend a teare or two so Heaven forgive thee The. Upon my knees I do approve your judgement And beg that you would put it into act With all speed possible onely that I may Having already made peace with my self Part so with all the world Princely Agenor I aske your pardon yours my Lord Euphanes And Crates with the rest too I forgive you Do you the like for me Yours gracious Mother I dare not ask and yet if that my death Be like a Son of yours though my life was not Perhaps you may vouchsafe it Lastly that Both these whom I have wrong'd may wish my ashes No heavy burden ere I suffer death For the restoring of Meriones honour Let me be married to her and then dye For you Beliza Que. Thou hast made in this Part of amends to me and to the world Thy suit is granted call a Flamyn forth To do this holy work with him a Headsman Enter Flamyn and Executioner Raise up thy weeping eyes Merione With this hand I confirme thy Marriage Wishing that now the Gods would shew some miracle That this might not divorse it Cra. To that purpose I am their Minister stand not amaz'd To all your comforts I will do this wonder Your Majesty with your pardon I must speak it Allow'd once heretofore of such a Contract Which you repenting afterwards revok'd it Being fully bent to match her with Agenor The griev'd Prince knowing this and yet not daring To crosse what you determin'd by an Oath Bound me and these his followers to doe something That he might once enjoy her we sworne to it And easily perswaded being assur'd She was his Wife before the face of Heaven Although some Ceremonious formes were wanting Committed the first Rape and brought her to him Which broke the Marriage but when we perceiv'd He purpos'd to abuse our ready service In the same kinde upon the chaste Beliza Holding our selves lesse ty'd to him then goodnesse I made discovery of it to my Brother Who can relate the rest Euph. It is most true Quee. I would it were Euph. In every circumstance It is upon my soule For this knowne to me I wan Merione in my Ladies habit To be againe but willingly surpriz'd But with Agenor and her noble Brother With my approv'd friend Conon with such speed She was pursu'd that the lewd act scarce ended The Prince assur'd he had enjoy'd Beliza For all the time Meriones face was cover'd Was apprehended and brought to your presence But not till now discover'd in respect I hop'd the imminent danger of the Prince To which his loose unquenched heats had brought him Being pursu'd unto the latest tryall Would worke in him compunction which it has done And these two Ladies in their feign'd contentions To your delight I hope have serv'd as Maskers To their owne Nuptialls Quee. My choyce was worthy When first I look'd on thee as thou hast order'd All shall be done and not the meanest that Plaid in this unexpected Comedy But shall pertake our bounty And my Lord That with the rest you may seeme satisfi'd If you dare venture on a Queene not yet So farre in debt to yeares but that she may Bring you a lusty Boy I offer up My selfe and Kingdome during my life to you Ag. It is a blessing which I durst not hope for But with all joy receive All We all applaud it Quee. Then on unto the Temple where the rights Of Marriage ended we 'l finde new delights Exeunt Here endeth the Queene of Corinth VVomen pleas'd Actus primus Scaena prima Enter Bartello and Silvio Sil. T Is true she is a right good Princes and a just one And Florence when she sets has lost a Planet Bar. My Mistris I tell thee gentle Nephew There is not such another friend to goodnesse To down-right dealing to faith and true heart Within the Christian confines Before she blest us Justice was a Cheese-monger a meere Cheese-monger Weigh'd nothing to the World but mytes and maggots And a maine stinke Law like a Horse-courser Her rules and precepts hung with gawdes and ribbonds And pamper'd up to cousen him that bought her When she her selfe was hackney lame and founder'd Sil. But the sweet Lady Belvidere the bright one Bar. I there 's a face indeed O my deare Nephew Could a young fellow of thy fiery mettle
that may delude a good minde What shall become of me Evan. You must learne to pray Your age and honour will become a Nunnery Mar. Wilt thou remember me Weeps Evan. She weeps Sweet Lady Upon my knees I aske your sacred pardon For my rude boldnesse and know my sweet Mistris If e're there were ambition in Evanthe It was and is to do you faithfull duties 'T is true I have been tempted by the King And with no few and potent charmes to wrong ye To violate the chaste joyes of your bed And those not taking hold to usurpe your state But she that has been bred up under ye And daily fed upon your vertuous precepts Still growing strong by example of your goodnesse Having no errant motion from obedience Flyes from these vanities as meere illusions And arm'd with honesty defies all promises In token of this truth I lay my life downe Under your sacred foot to do you service Mar. Rise my true friend thou vertuous bud of beauty Thou Virgins honour sweetly blow and flourish And that rude nipping winde that seeks to blast thee Or taint thy root be curst to all posterity To my protection from this houre I take ye Yes and the King shall know Evan. Give his heat way Madam And 't will go out againe he may forget all Exeunt Enter Camillo Cleanthes and Menallo Cam. What have we to do with the times we cannot cure 'em Let 'em go on when they are swolne with surfets They 'le burst and stink then all the world shall smell 'em Cle. A man may live a bawd and be an honest man Men. Yes and a wise man too 't is a vertuous calling Cam. To his owne wife especially or to his sister The neerer to his owne blood still the honester There want such honest men would we had more of 'em Men. To be a villaine is no such rude matter Cam. No if he be a neat one and a perfect Art makes all excellent what is it Gentl In a good cause to kill a dozen coxcombs That blunt rude fellowes call good Patriots Nothing nor ne're look'd after Men. 'T is ene as much as easie too as honest as cleer To ravish Matrons and deflowre coy wenches But here they are so willing 't is a complement Cle. To pull downe Churches with pretention To build 'em fairer may be done with honour And all this time beleeve no God Cam. I think so 't is faith enough if they name him in their angers Or on their rotten Tombs ingrave an Angell Well brave Alphonso how happy had we been If thou had'st rain'd Men. Would I had his disease Tyed like a Leprosie to my posterity So he were right againe Clean. What is his Melady Cam. Nothing but sad and silent melancholly Laden with griefes and thoughts no man knows why neither The good Brandino Father to the Princesse Used all the art and industry that might be To free Alphonso from this dull calamity And seat him in his rule he was his eldest And noblest too had not faire nature stopt in him For which cause this was chosen to inherit Frederick the yonger Clean. Doe's he use his brother With that respect and honour that befits him Cam. He is kept privately as they pretend To give more ease and comfort to his sicknesse But he has honest servants the grave Rugio And Fryer Marco that waight upon his Person And in a Monastery he lives Men. 'T is full of sadnesse To see him when he comes to his fathers Tombe As once a day that is his Pilgrimage Whilst in devotion the Quire sings an Antheme How piously he kneeles and like a Virgin That some crosse fate had cozen'd of her Love Weeps till the stubborne Marble sweats with pitty And to his grones the whole Quire beares a Chorus Enter Frederick Sorano with the Cabinet Pod. So do I too The King with his contrivers This is no place for us Exeunt Lords Fred. This is a Jewell Lay it aside what Paper 's that Pod. A Letter But 't is a womans Sir I know by the hand And the false authography they write old Saxon Fred. May be her ghostly mothers that instructs her Sor. No 't is a cozens and came up with a great Cake Fred. What 's that Sora. A paire of Gloves the Duchesse gave her For so the outside saies Fred. That other Paper Sor. A charme for the tooth-ach here 's nothing but Saints and Crosses Fre. Look in that box me thinks that should hold secrets Pod. 'T is paint and curles of haire she begins to exercise A glasse of water too I would faine taste it But I am wickedly afraid 't will silence me Never a Conduit Pipe to convey this water Sor. These are all Rings deaths heads and such mementoes Her Grandmother and worme-eaten Aunts left to her To tell her what her beauty must arive at Fred. That that Pod. They are written Songs Sir to provoke young Ladies Lords here 's a prayer booke how these agree Here 's a strange Union Sor. Ever by a safest you have a julip set to coole the Patient Fred Those those Sor. They are Verses to the blest Evanthe Fred. Those may discover Reade them out Sorant To the blest Evanthe LEt those complaine that feeles Loves cruelty And in sad Legents write their woes With Roses gently has corrected me My war is without rage or blowes My Mistris eyes shine faire on my desires And hope springs up inflam'd with her new fires No more an Exile will I dwell With folded armes and sighs all day Reckoning the torments of my hell And flinging my sweet joyes away I am call'd home againe to quiet peace My Mistris smiles and all my sorrowes cease Yet what is living in her eyes Or being blest with her sweet tongue If these no other joyes imply A golden Give a pleasing wrong To be your owne but one poore Moneth I 'd give My youth my fortune and then leave to live Fred. This is my rivall that I knew the hand now Sor. I know it I have seene it 't is Valerio's That hopefull Gentlemans that was brought up with ye And by your charge nourisht and fed At the same Table with the same allowance Fred. And all this curtesie to ruine me Crosse my desires had better have fed humblier And stood at greater distance from my fury Go for him quickly finde him instantly Whilst my impatient heart swells high with choller Better have lov'd despaire and safer kist her Exit Lords Enter Evanthe and Cassandra Eva. Thou old weak foole dost thou know to what end To what betraying end he got this Casket Durst thou deliver him without my Ring Or a command from mine own mouth that Cabinet That holds my heart you unconsiderate asse Thou brainlesse Ideot Cas. I saw you go with him At their first word commit your person to him And made no scruple he is your brothers Gentleman And for any thing I know an honest man And might not I
of this Sor. I le tell ye all the circumstance Within this houre but sure I heard your Grace To day as I attended make some stops Some broken speeches and some sighs between And then your Brothers name I heard distinctly And some sad wishes after Fred. Ye are i' th right Sir I would he were as sad as I could wish him Sad as the earth Sor. Would ye have it so Fred. Thou hearest me Though he be sick with small hope of recovery That hope still lives and mens eyes live upon it And in their eyes their wishes my Soram Were he but cold once in the tombe he dotes on As 't is the fittest place for melancholly My Court should be another Paradice And flow with all delights Sor. Go to your pleasures let me alone with this Hope shall not trouble ye nor he three dayes Fred. I shall be bound unto thee Enter Valerio Camillo Cleanthas Menallo Sor. I le do it neatly too no doubt shall catch me Fred. Be gone they are going to bed I le bid good night to 'em Sor. And mark the man you 'le scarce know 't is Valerio Exit Cam. Cheere up my noble Lord the minutes Come You shall injoy the abstract of all sweetnesse We did you wrong you need no wine to warme ye Desire shoots through your eyes like sudden wild-fires Val. Beshrew me Lords the wine has made me dull I am I know not what Fred. Good pleasure to ye Good night and long too as you finde your appetite Yon may fall too Val. I do beseech your Grace For which of all my loves and services Have I deserved this Fred. I am not bound to answer ye Val. Nor I bound to obey in unjust actions Fred. Do as you please you know the penalty And as I have a soule it shall be executed Nay look not pale I am not used to feare Sir If you respect your Lady good night to ye Exit Val. But for respect to her and to my duty That reverent duty that I owe my Soveraigne Which anger has no power to snatch me from The good night should be thine good night for ever The King is wanton Lords he would needs know of me How many nick chases I would make to night Men. My Lord no doubt you 'l prove a perfect gamester Val. Faith no I am unacquainted with the pleasure Bungle a set I may how my heart trembles And beats my breast as it would breake his way out Good night my noble friends Cle. Nay we must see you toward your bed my Lord Val. Good faith it needs not 'T is late and I shall trouble you Cam. No no till the Bride come Sir Val. I beseech you leave me You will make me bashfull else I am so foolish Besides I have some few devotions Lords And he that can pray with such a book in 's armes Cam. Wee 'l leave ye then and a sweet night wait upon ye Men. And a sweet issue of this sweet night crown ye Cle. All nights and dayes be such till you grow old Sir Exeunt Lords Val. I thank ye 't is a curse sufficient for me A labour'd one too though you meane a blessing What shall I do I am like a wretched Debtor That has a summe to tender on the forfeit Of all he is worth yet dare not offer it Other men see the Sun yet I must wink at it And though I know 't is perfect day deny it My veines are all on fire and burne like Aetna Youth and desire beat larums to my blood And adde fresh fuell to my warme affections I must injoy her yet when I consider When I collect my selfe and weigh her danger The Tyrants will and his powre taught to murther My tender care controlls my blood within me And like a cold fit of a peevish Ague Creepes to my soule and flings an Ice upon me Enter Queene Evanthe Ladies and Foole That locks all powres of youth up but prevention O what a blessednesse 't were to be old now To be unable bed-rid with diseases Or halt on Crutches to meet holy Hymen What a rare benefit but I 'am curst That that speakes other men most freely happy And makes all eyes hang on their expectations Must prove the bane of me youth and ability She comes to bed how shall I entertaine her Ton. Nay I come after too take the foole with ye For lightly he is ever one at Weddings Quee. Evanthe make ye unready our Lord staies for ye And prethee be merry Ton. Be very merry Chicken Thy Lord will pipe to thee anon and make thee dance too Lady Will he so good-man asse Ton. Yes goody filly And you had such a Pipe that piped so sweetly You would dance to death you have learnt your sinque a pace Evan. Your Grace desires that that is too free in me I am merry at the heart Ton. Thou wilt be anon the young smug Boy will give thee a sweet cordiall Evan. I am so taken up in all my thoughts So possest Madam with the lawfull sweets I shall this night partake of with my Lord So far transported pardon my immodesty Val. Alas poore wench how shall I recompence thee Evan. That though they must be short and snatcht away too E're they grow ripe yet I shall far prefer 'em Before a tedious pleasure with repentance Val. O how my heart akes Evan. Take off my Jewells Ladies And let my Ruffe loose I shall bid good night to ye My Lord staies here Quee. My wench I thank thee heartily For learning how to use thy few houres hansomly They will be yeares I hope off with your Gowne now Lay downe the bed there Ton. Shall I get into it and warme it for thee a Fooles fire is a fine thing And I 'll so busse thee Quee. I le have ye whipt ye rascall Ton. That will provoke me more I le talke with thy husband He 's a wise man I hope Evan. Good night deare Madam Ladies no further service I am well I do beseech your Grace to give us this leave My Lord and I to one another freely And privately may do all other Ceremonies Women and Page wee 'l be to one another And trouble you no farther Ton. Art thou a wise man Val. I cannot tell thee Tony aske my neighbours Ton. If thou beest so go lye with me to night The old foole will lye quieter then the young one And give thee more sleep thou wilt looke to morrow else Worse then the prodigall foole the Ballad speakes of That was sqeez'd through a horne Val. I shall take thy counsell Quee. Why then good night good night my best Evanthe My worthy maid and as that name shall vanish A worthy wife a long and happy follow sirra Evan. That shall be my care Goodnesse rest with your Grace Quee. Be lusty Lord and take your Lady to ye And that power that shall part ye be unhappy Val. Sweet rest unto ye to ye all sweet Ladies Tony good night
none Dare any man lament I should die nobly Am I grown old to have such enemies When I am dead speake honourably of me That is preserve my memory from dying There if you needs must weep your ruind Master A teare or two will seem well this I charge ye because ye say you yet love old Aecius See my poore body burnt and some to sing About my Pile and what I have done and sufferd If Cesar kill not that too at your banquets When I am gone if any chance to number The times that have been sad and dangerous Say how I fell and t is sufficient No more I say he that laments my end By all the gods dishonours me be gone And sodainly and wisely from my dangers My death is catching else Phi. We feare not dying Aec. Yet feare a wilfull death the just Gods hate it I need no company to that that children Dare doe alone and Slaves are proud to purchase Live till your honesties as mine has done Make this corrupted age sicke of your vertues Then dye a sacrifice and then ye know The noble use of dying well and Roman Are. And must we leave ye Sir Aec. We must all die And leave our selves it matters not where when Nor how so we die well and can that man that does so Need lamentation for him Children weep Because they have offended or for feare Women for want of will and anger is there In noble man that truly feeles both poyses Of life and death so much of this wet weaknesse To drown a glorious death in child and woman I am a shamd to see ye yet ye move me And were it not my manhood would accuse me For covetous to live I should weep with ye Phi. O we shall never sece you more Aec. T is true Nor I the miseries that Rome shall suffer Which is a benefit life cannot reckon But what I have been which is just and faithfull One that grew old for Rome when Rome forgot him And for he was an honest man durst die Ye shall have daily with ye could that dye too And I returne no trafficke of my travells No pay to have bin Souldier but this silver No Annalls of Aecius but he liv'd My friends ye had cause to weep and bitterly The common overflowes of tender women And children new borne crying were too little To shew me then most wretched if teares must be I should in justice weep 'em and for you You are to live and yet behold those slaughters The drie and witherd bones of death would bleed at But sooner then I have time to thinke what must bee I feare you 'l find what shall be If ye love me Let that word serve for all be gone and leave me I have some little practise with my soule And then the sharpest sword is welcom'st goe Pray be gon ye have obeyd me living Be not for shame now stubborn so I thank ye And faryewell a better fortune guide yee Exeunt Phi. and Aretius I am a little thirstie not for feare And yet it is a kind of feare I say so Is it to be a just man now againe And leave my flesh unthought of t is departed I heare 'em come who strikes first I stay for ye Enter Balbus Chilax Lycinius Yet I will dye a Souldier my sword drawne But against none Why doe ye feare come forward Bal. You were a Souldier Chilax Chil. Yes I musterd But never saw the Enemy Lyc. Hee 's drawne By heaven I dare not doe it Aec. Why doe ye tremble I am to die come ye not now from Cesar To that end speake Bal. We doe and we must kill ye T is Cesars will Chil. I charge you put your sword up That we may doe it hansomly Aec. Ha ha ha My sword up hansomly where were ye bred Ye are the merriest murderers my masters I ever met withall Come forward fooles Why doe ye stare upon mine honour Bawds I will not strike ye Lyc. I le not be first Bal. Nor I Chil. You had best die quietly the Emperour Sees how you beare your selfe Aec. I would die Rascalls If you would kill me quietly Bal. Of Proculus He promisd us to bring a Captaine hither That has been used to kill Aec. I le call the Guard Vnlesse you will kill me quickly and proclaim What beastly base and cowardly companions The Emperor has trusted with his safetie Nay I le give out ye fell of my side villaines Strike home ye bawdy slave Chil. By heaven he will kill us I markd his hand he waits but time to reach us Now doe you offer Aec. If ye doe mangle me And kill me not at two blowes or at three Or not so stagger me my sences faile me Look to your selves Chil. I told ye Aec. Strike me manly And take a thousand strokes Enter Pontius Bal. Heer 's Pontius Pon. Not kild him yet Is this the love ye beare the Emperor Nay then I see yee are Traitors all have at yee Lyc. runs away Chil. Oh I am hurt Balb. And I am killd Exeunt Chil. and Bal. Pon. Dye Bawdes As ye have liv'd and flourish'd Aec. Wretched fellow What hast thou done Pon. Killd them that durst not kill And you are next Aec. Art thou not Pontius Pon. I am the same you cast Aecius And in the face of all the Camp disgracd Aec. Then so much nobler as thou wert a Souldier Shall my death be is it revenge provoked thee Or art thou hir'd to kill me Pon. Both Aec. Then doe it Pon. Is that all Aec. Yes Pon. Would you not live Aec. Why should I To thanke thee for my life Pon. Yes if I spare it Aec. Be not deceiv'd I was not made to thank For any curtesie but killing me A fellow of thy fortune doe thy duty Pon. Doe not you feare me Aec. No Pon. Nor love me for it Aec. That 's as thou dost thy businesse Pon. When you are dead Your place is mine Aecius Aec. Now I feare thee And not alone thee Pontius but the Empire Pon. Why I can governe Sir Aec. I would thou couldst And first thy selfe Thou canst fight well and bravely Thou canst endure all dangers heates colds hungers Heavens angry flashes are not sodainer Then I have seene thee execute nor more mortall The winged feete of flying enemies I have stood and viewd thee mow away like rushes And still kill the killer were thy minde But halfe so sweet in peace as rough in dangers I died to leave a happy heire behind me Come strike and be a Generall Pon. Prepare then And for I see your honour cannot lessen And 't were a shame for me to strike a dead man Fight your short span out Aec. No thou knowst I must not I dare not give thee so much vantage of me As disobedience Pon. Dare ye not defend ye Against your enemy Aec. Not sent from Cesar I have no power to make such enemies For as I am condemn'd my naked sword Stands
receive more malitious then the other Your hurt was only danger to my sonne But your sight to mee is death why come you hither Do you come to view the wounds w yo have made And glory in them Menti. Rather worthy Sir to powre oyle into them Alber. I am a Souldier Sir Least part of Courtier and understand By your smooth oyle Your present flattery Menti. Sir for my Fathers sake acknowledge me To be borne a Gentleman no slave I ever Held flatterers of that breed do not misconstrue In your distaste of me the true intent Of my comming hither for I doe protest I doe not come to tell you I am sorry For your sonnes hurt Alber. Not sorry Menti. No not sorry I have to the lowest ebbe lost all my fury But I must not lose my honesty t was he Gave heate unto the injury which returnd Like a Potar ill lighted into 'th bosome Of him gave fire to 't yet I hope his hurt Is not so dangerous but he may recover When if it please him call me to account For the losse of so much bloud I shall be ready To doe him noble reason Alber. You are arm'd me thinks with wondrous confidence Menti. O with the best Sir For I bring penitence and satisfaction Alber. Satisfaction Why I heard you say but now You were not sorry for his wounds Menti. Nor am I the satisfaction which I bring Sir is to you You are a Gentleman ne'r injurd me One ever lov'd my Father the right way And most approv'd of noble amity Yet I have runne my sword quite through your heart And slightly hurt your sonne for 't may be feard A griefe tane at these yeares for your sonnes losse May hazard yours And therefore I am sent By him that has most interest in your sorrow Who having chid me almost to the ruin Of a disheritance for violating So continue and so sacred a friendship Of 50. winters standing such a friendship That ever did continue like the spring Ne'r saw the fall o' th leafe by him I am sent To say the wrong I have done Sir is to you And that I have quite lost him for a Father Vntill I finde your pardon nay there followes A waightier deprivation his estate I could with a lesse number of sighes part with Fortune might attend my youth and my deservings In any Climate but a Fathers blessing To settle and confirme that fortune no where But only here Your pardon give me that And when you have done kill me for t is that Takes from me the effect of excommunication A Fathers heavie curse Alber. Nay may that curse Light on himselfe for sending thee in this minute When I am grown as deafe to all compassion As the cruellest Sea fight or most horrid tempest That I had drownd i' th Sea a thousand duckets Thou hadst not made this visit rash young man Thou tak'st me in an ill Planet and hast cause To curse thy Father for I doe protest If I had met thee in any part o' th world But under my own roofe I would have killd thee Within there Enter Physitian Chirurgion and Servants Looke you Here 's a triumph sent for the death of your young Master Serv. Shall we kill him Alber. No I le not be so unhospitable but Sir By my life I vow to take assurance from you That right hand never more shall strike my sonne Menti. That will be easily protested Alber. Not easily when it must be exacted and a bloudy seale to 't Bind him and cut off's right hand presently Faire words shall never satisfie foule deeds Chop 's hand off Menti. You cannot be so unrighteous to your own honour Phy. O sir collect your selfe And recall your bloudy purpose Alber. My intents of this nature do ever come to action Chirur. Then I must fetch another stickler Exit Alber. Yet I doe grieve at heart And I doe curse thy Father heartily That 's the cause of my dishonour sending thee In such an houre when I am apt for mischiefe Apt as a Dutch man after a Sea-fight When his Enemy kneeles afore him come dispatch Phys. Intreate him Noble Sir Menti. You shall excuse me Whatsoever he dares doe that I dare suffer Enter Cesario and Chirurgion Cesar. Oh sir for honours sake stay your foule purpose For if you do proceed thus cruelly There is no question in the wound you give him I shall bleed to death for 't Alber. Thou art not of my temper What I purpose cannot be alterd Serv. Sir the Duke With all speed expects you You must instantly Ship all your followers and to sea Alber. My blessing stay with thee upon this condition Take away his use of fighting as thou hop'st To be accounted for my son perform 't Exit Cesar. You heare what I am injoynd too Menti. Pray thee take it Only this ring this best esteemed Iewell I will not give 't to 'th hangman chops it off It is to deare a relique I le remove it nearer my heart Cesar. Ha that ring 's my sisters The ring I injoynd her never part withall Without my knowledge come sir we are friends Pardon my fathers heate and melancholy Two violent Feavers which he caught at Sea And cannot yet shake off only one promise I must injoyne you to and seriously Hereafter you shall never draw a sword To the prejudice of my life Menti. By my best hopes I shall not Cesar. I pray deliver me your sword On that condition Menti. I shall Sir may it hereafter Ever fight on your part Cesar. Noble Sir I thank you But for performance of your vow I intreat Some gage from you Menti. Any Sir Cesar. Deliver me that ring Menti. Ha this ring indeed this Iewell bindes me If you knew the vertue of it never more To draw my sword against you Cesar. Therefore I will have it Menti. You may not Cesar. Come you must I that by violence could take your hand Can inforce this from you this is a token Sir That we may prove friends hereafter Fare you well Phys. Why did you ceise his sword Sir Cesar. To perform what my Father bade me I have for the present tane away his Vse of fighting Phys. Better so Then take that which your Father meant Exeunt Manet Mentivole Menti. Was ever the like usage ô that ring Dearer then life whether is honour fled Cesario Thou art unmanly in each part To seize my sword first and then split my heart Exit Enter Host and Clowne Host. Thy Master that lodges here in my Hosteria Is a rare man of art they say hee 's a Witch Clow. A witch Nay hee 's one step of the Ladder to preferment higher he is a Conjurer Host. Is that his higher title Clow. Yes I assure you for a Conjurer is the Devills Master and commands him whereas a witch is the Devills Prentice and obeys him Host. Bound Prentice to the Devill Clow. Bound and inrolld I assure you he cannot start and therefore I would
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
cost Travell and fruitlesse wishes may in vain Search through the world but never find again Theo. Good Sir be patient I have done no fault Worthy this banishment Phil. Yes Leocadia The Lady so distress'd who was content To lay her story and to lay her heart As open as her story to your self Who was content that I should know her Sex Before dissembl'd and to put her self Into my conduct when I undertook Safely to guard is in this Tumult lost Theo. And can I help it Sir Phil. No would thou couldst You might have done but for that scale religion You woman bear to swownings you do pick Your times to faint when some body is by Bound or by nature or by love or service To raise you from that well dissembled death Inform me but of one that has been found Dead in her private chamber by her self Where sicknesse would no more forbear then here And I will quit the rest for her Theo. I know not What they may do and how they may dissemble But by my troth I did not Phil. By my troth Would I had try'd would I had let thee layen And followed her Theo. I would you had done so Rather then been so angry wher 's Antonio Phil. Why do'st thou vex me with these questions I le tell thee where he 's carried to the Gallyes There to be chain'd and row and beat and row With knotted ropes and pizzels if he swound He has a dotes of bisket Theo. I am glad He is alive Phil. Was ever man thus troubled Tell me where Leocadia is Theo. Good brother be not so hasty and I think I can You found no error in me when I first Told you she was a woman and beleeve me Something I have found out which makes me think Nay almost know so well that I durst swear She follow'd hurt Antonio Phil. What do we Enter the Governor two Attendees and the Townsmen Then lingring here we will aboard the Gallyes And find her Gov. Made he a shot into the Town 1. Attend. He did Sir Gov. Call back those Gentlemen 1. Attend. The Governour commands you back Phil. We will obey him Sir Gov. You gave him cause so shoot I know he is So far from rash offence and holds with me Such curious friendship could not one of you Have call'd me while 't was doing such an uproar Before my dore too 1. Townsm. By my troth Sir we were so busy in the publick cause of our own Private falling out that we forgot it at home we see now You were not but as soon as the shot made us fly we ran Away as fast as we could to seek your honour Gov. 'T was gravely done but no man tels the cause Or chance or what it was that made you differ 1. Towns For my part Sir if there were any that I knew Of the shot drove it out of my head do you know any neighbours all Not we not we Gov. Not wel nor can you tell 1. Attend. No other cause But the old quarrell betwixt the Town and the Gallyes Gov. Come neerer Gentlemen what are your names Phil. My name Philippo Theo. And mine Theodoro Gov. Strangers you are it seems Phil. Newly ariv'd Gov. Then you are they begun this Tumult Phil. No Sir Gov. Speak one of you 1. Attend. They are not I can quiet 'em Theo. Yet we saw part and an unhappy part Of this debate a long sought friend of ours Strook down for dead and borne unto the Gallyes His name is Markantonio Phil. And another Of our own company a Gentleman Of noble birth besides accompanied With all the gifts of nature ravish'd hence We know not how in this dissention Gov. Get you home all and work and when I hear You meddle with a weapon any more But those belonging to your Trades I le lay you Where your best Customers shall hardly find you Exit Townsmen I am sorry gentlemen I troubled you Being both strangers by your tongues and looks Of worth To make ye some part of amends If there be any thing in this poor Town Of Barcelona that you would command Command me Theo. Sir this wounded Gentleman If it might please you if your pow'r and love Extend so far I would be glad to wish Might be remov'd into the Town for cure The Gallyes stay not and his wound I know Cannot endure a voyage Gov. Sir he shall I warrant you Go call me hither Sirrah One of my other Servants Exit 1. attendant Phil. And besides The gentleman we lost Signior Francisco Shall he be render'd too Enter a Servant Rowl Ashton Gover. And he Sir too Go sirrah bear this ring To Rodorigo my most noble friend The Generall of the Gallys Tell him this Exit servant Theo. Now we shall have 'em both Phil. Blest be thy thoughts For apprehending this blest be thy breath For utring it Gover. Come gentlemen you shall Enter my roof and I will send for Surgeons And you shall see your friends here presently Theo. His name was Markantonio Gover. I know it And have sent word so Phil. Did you not forget Francisco's name Gover. Nor his you' ar truly welcome To talk about it more were but to say The same word often over you are welcome Exeunt SCAENA SECUNDA Enter Markantonio carried Leocadia following and the Servant 2 Soldiers carrying him Serv. This is the house Sir Mar. Enter it I pray you For I am faint although I think my wound Be nothing Soldiers leave us now I thank you 1. Sold. Heaven send you health Sir Serv. Let me lead you in Mark My wounds not in my feet I shall entreat 'em I hope to bear me so far Exit 2. Sold. How seriously these land men fled when our Generall made a Shot as if he had been a warning to cal 'em to their Hall 1. Sold. I cannot blame 'em What a man have they now in the Town able to maintain a Tumult or uphold a matter out Of square if need be O the quiet hurley burleys that I Have seen in this Town when we have fought four howrs Together and not a man amongst us so impertinent or Modest to ask why but now the pillars that bare Up this blessed Town in that regular debate and Scambling are dead the more 's the pity 2. Sold. Old Ignatio lives still 1. Sold. Yes I know him he will do pretily well at a mans liver But where is there a man now living in the Town That hath a steady hand and understands Anotomy Well if it come to a particular matter of the lungs Or the spleen why alas Ignatio is to seek are There any such men left as I have known that Would say they would hit you in this place is there Ever a good heartist or a member percer or a Small-gut man left in the Town answer Me that 2. Sold. Masse I think there be not 1. Sold. No I Warrant thee Come come 't is time We were at the Gallys Exeunt Enter