you have talked enough on 't Arb. Talkt enough Will you confine my word by heaven and earth I were much better be a King of beasts Than such a people if I had not patience Above a God I should be call'd a Tyrant Throughout the world They will offend to death Each minute Let me hear thee speak again And thou art earth again why this is like Tigranes speech that needs would say I brag'd Bessus he said I brag'd Bes Ha ha ha Arb. Why dost thou laugh By all the world I 'm grown ridiculous To my own Subjects Tie me in a Chair And jest at me but I shall make a start And punish some that others may take heed How they are haughty who will answer me He said I boasted speak Mardonius Did I He will not answer O my temper I give you thanks above that taught my heart Patience I can endure his silence what will none Vouchsafe to give me answer am I grown To such a poor respect or do you mean To break my wind Speak speak some one of you Or else by heaven 1 Gent. So please your Arb. Monstrous I cannot be heard out they cut me off As if I were too saucy I will live In woods and talk to trees they will allow me To end what I begin The meanest Subject Can find a freedom to discharge his soul And not I now it is a time to speak I hearken 1 Gent. May it please Arb. I mean not you Did not I stop you once but I am grown To balk but I defie let another speak 2 Gent. I hope your Majesty Arb. Thou drawest thy words That I must wait an hour where other men Can hear in instants throw your words away Quick and to purpose I have told you this Bes And please your Majesty Arb. Wilt thou devour me this is such a rudeness As you never shew'd me and I want Power to command too else Mardonius Would speak at my request were you my King I would have answered at your word Mardonius I pray you speak and truely did I boast Mar. Truth will offend you Arb. You take all great care what will offend me When you dare to utter such things as these Mar. You told Tigranes you had won his Land With that sole arm propt by Divinity Was not that bragging and a wrong to us That daily ventured lives Arb. O that thy name Were as great as mine would I had paid my wealth It were as great as I might combate thee I would through all the Regions habitable Search thee and having found thee wi'my Sword Drive thee about the world till I had met Some place that yet mans curiosity Hath mist of there there would I strike thee dead Forgotten of mankind such Funeral rites As beasts would give thee thou shouldst have Bes The King rages extreamly shall we slink away He 'l strike us 2 Gent. Content Arb. There I would make you know 't was this sole arm I grant you were my instruments and did As I commanded you but 't was this arm Mov'd you like wheels it mov'd you as it pleas'd Whither slip you now what are you too good To wait on me puffe I had need have temper That rule such people I have nothing left At my own choice I would I might be private Mean men enjoy themselves but 't is our curse To have a tumult that out of their loves Will wait on us whether we will or no Go get you gone Why here they stand like death My words move nothing 1 Gent. Must we go Bes I know not Arb. I pray you leave me Sirs I 'me proud of this That you will be intreated from my sight Why now the leave me all Mardonius Exeunt all but Arb. and Mar. Mar. Sir Arb. Will you leave me quite alone me thinks Civility should teach you more than this If I were but your friend Stay here and wait Mar. Sir shall I speak Arb. Why you would now think much To be denied but I can scare intreat What I would have do speak Mar. But will you hear me out Arb. With me you Article to talk thus well I will hear you out Mar. Sir that I have ever lov'd you my sword hath spoken for me that I do if it be doubted I dare call an oath a great one to my witness and were you not my King from amongst men I should have chose you out to love above the rest nor can this challenge thanks for my own sake I should have done it because I would have lov'd the most deserving man for so you are Arb. Alas Mardonius rise you shall not kneel We all are souldiers and all venture lives And where there is no difference in mens worths Titles are jests who can outvalue thee Mardonius thou hast lov'd me and hast wrong Thy love is not rewarded but believe â—t shall be better more than friend in arms My Father and my Tutor good Mardonius Mar. Sir you did promise you would hear me out Arb. And so I will speak freely for from thee Nothing can come but worthy things and true Mar. Though you have all this worth you hold some qualities that do Eclipse your vertues Arb. Eclipse my vertues Mar. Yes your passions which are so manifold that they appear even in this when I commend you you hug me for that truth but when I speak your faults you make a start and flie the hearing but. Arb. When you commend me O that I should live To need such commendations If my deeds Blew not my praise themselves about the earth I were most wretched spare your idle praise If thou didst mean to flatter and shouldst utter Words in my praise that thou thoughtst impudence My deeds should make 'em modest when you praise I hug you 't is so safe that wert thou worthy thou shouldst receive a death a glorious death from me but thou shalt understand thy lies for shouldst thou praise me into Heaven and there leave me inthron'd I would despise thee though as much as now which is as much as dust because I see thy envie Mar. However you will use me after yet for your own promise sake hear me the rest Arb. I will and after call unto the winds for they shall lend as large an ear as I to what you utter speak Mar. Would you but leave these hasty tempers which I do not say take from you all your worth but darken 'em then you will shine indeed Arb. Well Mar. Yet I would have you keep some passions lest men should take you for a God your vertues are such Arb. Why now you flatter Mar. I never understood the word were you no King and free from these moods should I choose a companion for wit and pleasure it should be you or for honesty to enterchange my bosom with it should be you or wisdom to give me counsel I would pick out you or valour to defend my reputation still I should find you out for you are fit
Prince of Spain Whom I have thus redeem'd you have full leave To make an honourable voyage home And if you would go furnish'd to your Realm With fair provision I do see a Lady Me thinks would gladly bear you company How like you this piece Meg. Sir he likes it well For he hath tried it and found it worth His princely liking we were ta'ne a bed I know your meaning I am not the first That Nature taught to seek a fellow forth Can shame remain perpetually in me And not in others or have Princes salves To cure ill names that meaner people want Phi. What mean you Meg. You must get another ship To clear the Princess and the boy together Di. How now Meg. Others took me and I took her and him At that all women may be ta'ne sometimes Ship us all four my Lord we can endure Weather and wind alike King Clear thou thy self or know not me for Father Are. This earth How false it is what means is left for me To clear my self It lies in your belief My Lords believe me and let all things else Struggle together to dishonour me Bell. O stop your cars great King that I may speak As freedom would then I will call this Lady As base as be her actions hear me Sir Believe hour hated bloud when it rebels Against your reason sooner than this Lady Meg. By this good light he bears it hansomely Phi. This Lady I will sooner trust the wind With Feathers or the troubled Sea with Pearl Than her with any thing believe her not Why think you if I did believe her words I would outlive 'em honour cannot take Revenge on you then what were to be known But death King Forget her Sir since all is knit Between us but I must request of you One favour and will sadly be denied Phi. Command what ere it be King Swear to be true to what you promise Phi. By the powers above Let it not be the death of her or him And it is granted King Bear away the boy To Torture I will have her clear'd or buried Phi. O let me call my words back worthy Sir Ask something else bury my life and right In one poor grave but do not take away my life and fame at once King Away with him it stands irrevocable Phi. Turn all your eyes on me here stands a man The falsest and the basest of this world Set swords against this breast some honest man For I have liv'd till I am pitied My former deeds are hateful but this last Is pitifull for I unwillingly Have given the dear preserver of my life Unto his Torture is it in the power Offers to kill himself Of flesh and blood to carry this and live Are. Dear Sir be patient yet or stay that hand King Sirs strip that boy Di. Come Sir your tender flesh will try your constancie Bell. O kill me gentlemen Di. No help Sirs Bell. Will you Torture me King Hast there why stay you Bell. Then I shall not break my vow You know just gods though I discover all King How 's that Will he confess Di. Sir so he says King Speak then Bell. Great King if you command This Lord to talk with me alone my tongue Urg'd by my heart shall utter all the thoughts My youth hath known and stranger things than these You hear not often King Walk aside with him Di. Why speak'st thou not Bell. Know you this face my Lord Di. No. Bell. Have you not seen it nor the like Di. Yes I have seen the like but readily I know not where Bell. I have been often told In Court of one Euphrasia a Lady And Daughter to you betwixt whom and me They that would flatter my bad face would swear There was such strange resemblance that we two Could not be known asunder drest alike Di. By Heaven and so there is Bell. For her fair sake Who now doth spend the spring time of her life In holy Pilgrimage move to the King That I may scape this Torture Di. But thou speak'st As like Euphrasia as thou dost look How came it to thy knowledge that she lives in Pilgrimage Bell. I know it not my Lord But I have heard it and do scarce believe it Di. Oh my shame is' t possible Draw near That I may gaze upon thee art thou she Or else her Murderer where wert thou born Bell. In Siracusa Di. What 's thy name Bell. Euphrasia Di. O'tis just 't is she now I do know thee Oh that thou hadst died And I had never seen thee nor my shame How shall I own thee shall this tongue of mine E're call thee Daughter more Bell. Would I had died indeed I wish it too And so I must have done by vow e're published What I have told but that there was no means To hide it longer yet I joy in this The Princess is all clear King What have you done Di. All is discovered Phi. Why then hold you me Di. All is discovered pray you let me go King Stay him Are. What is discovered He offers to stab himself Di. Why my shame it is a woman let her speak the rest Phi. How that again Di. It is a woman Phi. Blest be you powers that favour innocence King Lay hold upon that Lady Phi. It is a woman Sir hark Gentlemen It is a woman Arethusa take My soul into thy breast that would be gone With joy it is a woman thou art fair And vertuous still to ages in despight of malice King Speak you where lies his shame Bell. I am his Daughter Phi. The Gods are just Di. I dare accuse none but before you two The vertue of our age I bend my knee For mercy Phi. Take it freely for I know Though what thou didst were undiscreetly done 'T was meant well Are. And for me I have a power to pardon sins as oft As any man has power to wrong me Cle. Noble and worthy Phi. But Bellario For I must call thee still so tell me why Thou didst conceal thy Sex it was a fault A fault Bellario though thy other deeds Of truth outweigh'd it All these Jealousies Had flown to nothing if thou hadst discovered What now we know Bell. My Father would oft speak Your worth and vertue and as I did grow More and more apprehensive I did thirst To see the man so rais'd but yet all this Was but a Maiden longing to be lost As soon as found till sitting in my window Printing my thoughts in Lawne I saw a God I thought but it was you enter our Gates My bloud flew out and back again as fast As I had puft it forth and suck't it in Like breath then was I call'd away in hast To entertain you Never was a man Heav'd from a Sheep-coat to a Scepter rais'd So high in thoughts as I you left a kiss Upon these lips then which I mean to keep From you for ever I did hear you talk Far above singing after you were gone
become your wisdom Jam. It would rather â—rite me a Fool should I but only think That any good to me could flow from you â—hom for so many years I have found and prov'd My greatest Enemy I am still the same My wants have not transform'd me I dare tell you â—o your new cerus'd face what I have spoken â—â—tely behind your back what I think of you â—ou are the proudest thing and have the least â—eason to be so that I ever read of â—n stature you are a Giantess and your Tailor Takes measure of you with a Jacobs Staff 〈◊〉 he can never reach you this by the way â—or your large size now in a word or two â—o treat of your Complexion were decorum â—ou are so far from fair I doubt your Mother â—as too familiar with the Moor that serv'd her â—our Limbs and Features I pass briefly over â—s things not worth description and come roundly To your Soul if you have any for 't is doubtful Viol. I laugh at this proceed Jam. This Soul I speak of Or rather Salt to keep this heap of flesh â—rom being a walking stench like a large Inn Stands open for the entertainment of All impious practices but there '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 Fool my Brother By your contagion almost to put off The nature of the man and turn'd him Devil Because he should be like you and I hope Will march to Hell together I have spoken And if the Limning you in your true Colours Can make the Painter gracious I stand ready For my reward or if my words distaste you I weigh it not for though your Grooms were ready To cut my Throat for 't be assur'd I cannot Use other Language Viol. You think you have said now Like a brave fellow in this Womans War You ever have been train'd spoke big but suffer'd Like a tame Ass and when most spur'd and gall'd Were never Master of the Spleen or Spirit That could raise up the anger of a man And force it into action Jam. 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 scorn thee and contemn thee Viol. This shews nobly I must confess it I am taken with it For had you kneel'd and whin'd and shew'd a base And low dejected mind I had despis'd you This bravery in your adverse fortune conquers And do's command me and upon the suddain I feel a kind of pity growing in me For your misfortunes pity some say's the Parent Of future love and I repent my part So far in what you have suffered that I could But you are cold do something to repair What your base Brother such Jamie I think him Hath brought to ruine Jam. Ha Viol. Be not amaz'd Our injuries are equal in his Bastard You are familiar with what I groan for And though the name of Husband holds a tye Beyond a Brother I a poor weak Woman Am sensible and tender of a wrong And to revenge it would break through all lets That durst oppose me Jam. Is it possible Viol. By this kiss start not thus much as a stranger You may take from me but if you were pleas'd I should select you as a bosom friend I would print 'em thus and thus Jam. Keep off Viol. Come near Near into the Cabinet of my Counsels Simplicity and patience dwell with Fools And let them bear those burthens which wise men Boldly shake off be mine and joyn with me And when that I have rais'd you to a fortune Do not deny your self the happy means You 'll look on me with more judicious eyes And swear I am most fair Jam. What would this Woman The purpose of these words speak not in riddles And when I understand what you would counsel My answer shall be suddain Viol. Thus then Jamie The objects of our fury are the same For young Ascanio whom you Snake like hug'd Frozen with wants to death in your warm bosom Lives to supplant you in your certain hopes Aâ—â— falls in me all comfort â—am Now 't is plain I apprehend you and were he remov'd â—â—l Yâ—â— once aâ—ain were the undoubted heir 〈◊〉 â—is not to be deny'd I was see before 〈…〉 have fir'd me 〈◊〉 〈…〉 â—ld suâ—â— to it 〈…〉 out do you but steeâ— As I 〈◊〉 you wee 'l bring out Bark into Iâ—â— Port of happiness 〈◊〉 How 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 death 〈…〉 â—â—other in great fortunes 〈…〉 of States and Kingdom 〈…〉 no Rivals 〈◊〉 〈…〉 I think out of a sâ—â—â—pulous fea◠〈…〉 â—â—pectation when I may Dâ—â—â—â—ing out a little with my conscience Coâ—â— also â—nd possâ—ssion would not argue Onâ— that d â—â—'d to thrive Vâ—l. Now you sp ak like A man that knows the World 〈◊〉 I needs must learn That have so good a Tuâ—â—â—ss and what think you Don Henrique and Asâ—aâ—io out off That none may â—â—e that shall desire to trace us â—o ouâ— black paths if that Octavio His softâ—â— Father and the sad Jaâ—â—â—ta â—aith pâ—â— her and free her from her Sorrows Sâ—â—â—ld fall companions with ' em When we are red Wâ—â—â— murther let us often bath in blood In colour will be sâ—arlet Vâ—â— And that 's glorious And will protect the fact â—am Suppose this done Iâ— undiscovered we may get for mony As that â—ou know buyes any thing in Rome A dispâ—â—â—sation Vâ—â— And be married 〈◊〉 Tâ—â—â— Oâ— that be known tâ—â—ss up out Gold and Jewels And 〈◊〉 to some 〈◊〉 State â—n there with scorn Vâ—l. Laugh at the laws of Spain I were a â—â—â—able 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 shall begâ—t rare children I am rapt with Tâ—◠〈◊〉 imagination Vâ—â— Sâ—all it be done â—â—m Sâ—all 't is too tedious furnish me with means To 〈◊〉 the instruments and to your self Say it is 〈◊〉 already I will shew you 〈◊〉 the Sun set how much you have wrought upon me 〈◊〉 p ovince is only to use some means To find my Brother to the Grove that 's neighbour To the well Port of th' City leave the rest â—oâ—â— own practice I have talk'd too long Put now will doe this kiss with my Confession To work a fell revenge a man 's a fool It not instructed in a Womans School Exeunt SCENA II. Enter Bartolus Algazeirs and a Paratour 〈◊〉 Table set out and stools Bâ—â— You are well enough disguiz'd furnish the Table Maâ—â— no shew what ye are till I discover Not a soâ—â— knows ye here be quick and diligent These youths I have invited to a Breakfast â—ut what the Sawes will 〈◊〉 I am of opinion I shall take of the 〈◊〉 of their Appetites 〈◊〉 case 〈◊〉 â—â—ns for eating heartily 〈…〉 have plaid their prizes with me And 〈…〉 have lighted dangerously 〈…〉 quiâ—â— I heaâ— 'em coming Go off and wait the bringing in your service And
good what fool would live here Poor and in misery subject to all dangers Law and lewd people can inflict when bravely And to himself 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 Huntsman And thou shalt be well thought of Hub. I will do it 't is not your setting free for that meer nothing But such a service if the Earl be noble He shall for ever love me Hem. What is' t Huntsman Hub. Do you know any of these people live here Hem. No. Hub. You are a fool 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 Hem. If you 'l keep Your faith and free word to me Hem. Wilt thou swear me Hub. No no I will believe ye more than that too Here 's the right heir Hem. O honest honest huntsman Hub. Now how to get these Gallants there 's the maâ—â—â— You will be constant 't is no work for me else Hem. Will the Sun shine again Hub. The way to get ' em Hem. Propound it and it shall be done Hub. No sleight For they are Devilish crafty it concerns'em Nor reconcilement for they dare not trust neither Must doe this trick Hem. By force Hub. I that must doe it And with the person of the Earl himself Authority and mighty must come on 'em Or else in vain 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 hour be twelve a Clock now for a guide To draw ye without danger on these persons The woods being thick and hard to hit my self With some few with me made unto our purpose Beyond the wood upon the plain will wait ye By the great Oak Hem. I know it keep thy faith huntsman And such a shower of wealth Hub. I warrant ye Mâ—ss nothing that I tell ye Hem. No. Hub. Farewel You have your liberty now use it wisely And keep your hour goe closer about the wood there For fear they spy you Hem. Well Hub. And bring no noise with ye Exit Hem. All shall be done toth ' purpose farewel huntsman Enter Gerrard Higgen Prig Ginks Snap Ferret Ger. Now what 's the news in town 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' mass that 's true he marrys Vandunks Daughter The dainty black-ey'd bell Hig. I would my clapper Hung in his baldrick a what a peal could I Ring Ger. Married Ginks. 'T is very true Sir O the pyes The piping hot mince-pyes Prig. O the Plum-pottage Hig. For one leg of a goose now would I venture a limb boys â— love a fat goose as I love allegiance And upon the Boors too well they know it And therefore starve their poultry Ger. To be married To Vandunks Daughter Hig. O this pertious Merchant What sport he will have but hark you brother Prig â—hall we do nothing in the foresaid wedding There 's mony to be got and meat I take it What think ye of a morise Prig. No by no means That goes no further than the street there leaves us Now we must think of something that must draw us â—nto the bowels of it intoth ' buttery â—nto the Kitchin into the Cellar something That that old drunken Burgo-master loves What think ye of a wassel 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 bowl Hig. Which must be up-sey English â—trong 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 â— know ye and he knows ye that best loves ye Hubert speaks to ye and you must be Gerrard The time invites you to it Ger. Make no show then â— am glad to see you Sir and I am Gerrard How stand affairs Hub. Fair if ye dare now follow Hemskirk I have let goe and these my causes â—'le tell ye privately and how I have wrought him And then to prove me honest to my friends â—ook upon these directions you have seen his Hig. Then will I speak a speech and a brave speech â—n praise of Merchants where 's the Ape Prig. Take him A gowty Bear-ward stole him the other day Hig. May his Bears worry him that Ape had paid it What dainty tricks O that bursen Bear-ward â—n his French doublet with his blister'd bullions â—n a long stock ty'd up O how daintily Would I have made him wait and shift a trencher Carry a cup of wine ten thousand stinks Wait on thy mangy hide thou lowzy Bear ward Ger. 'T is passing well I both believe and joy in 't And will be ready keep you here the mean while And keep in I must a while forsake ye Upon mine anger no man stir this two hours Hig. Not to the wedding Sir Ger. Not any whither Hig. The wedding must be seen sir we want meat too We are horrible out of meat Prig. Shall it be spoken Fat Capons shak't their mils at 's in defiance And turkey tombs such honorable monuments Shall piggs Sir that the Parsons self would envy And dainty Ducks Ger. Not a word more obey me Exit Ger. Hig. Why then come dolefull death this is stat tyranny And by this hand Hub. What Hig. I 'le goe sleep upon 't Exit Hig. Prig. Nay and there be a wedding and we wanting Farewel our happy days we do obey Sir Exeunt SCENA V. Enter two young Merchants 1 Mer. Well met Sir you are for this lusty wedding 1 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 lustre We meet thus happily 2 Mer. He 's a noble fellow And well becomes a bride of such a beauty 1 Mer. She is passing fair indeed long may their loves Continue like their youths in spring of sweetness 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 loud wiâ—e and a lazie here 's Vanlock Enter Vanlock and Francis Vanl. Well overtaken Gentlemen save ye 1 Mer. The same to you sir save ye fair Mistris Francis I would this happy night might make you blush too Vanl. She dreams apace Fran.
That 's but a drowsie fortune 3 Mer. Nay take us with ye too we come to that end I am sure ye are for the wedding Vanl. Hand and heart man And what their feet can doe I could have tript it Before this whorson gout Enter Clause Clau. Bless ye Masters Vanl. Clause how now Clause thou art come to see thy Master And a good master he is to all poor people In all his joy 't is honestly done of thee Clau. Long may he live sir but my business now is If you would please to doe it and to him too Enter Goswin Vanl. He 's here himself Gos Stand at the door my friends I pray walk in welcom fair Mistris Francis See what the house affords there 's a young Lady Will bid you welcom Vanl. We joy your happiness Exeunt Gos I hope it will be so Clause nobly welcom My honest my best friend I have been carefull To see thy monys Clau. Sir that brought not me Do you know this Ring again Gos Thou hadst it of me Cla. And do you well remember yet the boun you gave me Upon the return of this Gos Yes and I grant it Be it what it will ask what thou canst I 'le do it Within my power Cla. Ye are not married yet Gos No. Cla. â—â—â—th I shall ask you that that will disturb ye But I must put ye to your promise Gos Do And if I faint and slinch in 't Cla. Well said Master And yet it grieves me too and yet it must be Gos Prethee distrust me not Câ—a You must not marry That 's part of the power you gave me which to make up You must presently depart and follow me Gos Not marry Clause Cla. Not if you keep your promise And gave me power to ask Gos Pre'thee think better I will obey by Heaven Cla. I have thought the best Sir Gos Give me thy reason do st thou fear her honesty Cla. Chaste as the ice for any thing I know Sir Gos Why should'st thou light on that then to what purpose Cla. I must not now discover Gos Must not marry Shall I break now when my poor heart is pawn'd When all the preparation Cla. Now or never Gos Come 't is not that thou would'st thou do'st but fright me Cla. Upon my soul it is Sir and I bind ye Gos Câ—ause can'st thou be so cruel Cla. You may break Sir But never more in my thoughts appear honest Gos Did'st ever see her Cla No. Gos She is such a thing O Clause she is such a wonder such a mirror For beauty and fair vertue Europe has not Why hast thou made me happy to undo me But look upon her then if thy heart relent not I 'le quit her presently who waits there Ser. within Sir Gos Bid my faiâ— love come hither and the Company Prethee be good unto me take a mans heart And look upon her truly take a friends heart And feel what misery must follow this Cle. Take you a noble heart and keep your promise I forsook all I had to make you happy Enter Gertrude Vandunk and the rest Merchants Can that thing call'd a Woman stop your goodness Gos Look there she is deal with me as thou wilt now Did'st ever see a faâ—â—er Câ—a She is most goodly Gos Pray ye stand still 〈◊〉 What aâ—ls my love 〈◊〉 Did'st thou ever By the fait light of Heaven behold a sweeter O that thou knew'st but love or ever felt him Look well look narrowly upon her beauties 1 Mer. Sure h 'as some strange design in hand he starts so 2 Mer. This Beggaâ— has a strong power over his pleasure Gos View all her body Cla. 'T is exact and excellent Gos Is she a thing then to be lost thus lightly Her mind is ten times sweeter ten times nobler And but to hear her speak a Paradise And such a love she â—ears to me a chaste love A vertuous fair and fruitful love 't is now too I am reaâ—y to enjoy it the Priest ready Claâ—se To say the holy words shall make us happy This is a cruelty beyond mans study All these are ready all our joyes are ready And all the expectation of our friends 'T will be her death to do it Cla. Let her dye then Gos Thou canst not 't is impossible Cla. It must be Gos 'T will kill me too 't will murder me by heaven Câ—â—â—â— I 'le give thee half I have come thou shalt save me Cla. Then you must go with me I can stay no longer If ye be true and noble Gos Hard heart I 'le follow Pray ye all go in again and pray be merry I have a weighty business give my Cloak there Enter Servant with a Cloak Concerns my life and state make no enquiry This present hour befaln me with the soonest I shall be here again nay pray go in Sir And take them with you 't is but a night lost Gentlemen Van. Come come in we will not lose our meat yet Nor our good mirth he cannot stay long from her I am sure of that Gos I will not stay believe Sir Exâ—â— Gertrude a word with you Ger. Why is this stop Sir Gos I have no more time left me but to kiss thee And tell thee this I am ever thine farewel wench Exâ—â— Ger. And is that all your Ceremony Is this a wedâ—â—â— Are all my hopes and prayers turn'd to nothing Well I will say no more nor sigh nor sorrow Till to thy face I prove thee false Ah me Exâ—â— Actus Quintus Scena Prima Enter Gertrude and a Boor. Ger. LEad if thou thinkst we are right why dost thou maâ—â— These often stands thou saidst thou knewst the waâ— Bo. Fear nothing I do know it would 't were homewaâ—â— Ger. Wrought from me by a Beggar at the time That most should tye him 't is some other Love That hath a more command on his affections And he that fetcht him a disguised Agent Not what he personated for his fashion Was more familiar with him and more powerful Than one that ask'd an alms I must find out One if not both kind darkness be my shrowd And cover loves too curious search in me For yet suspicion I would not name thee Bo. Mistris it grows somewhat pretty and dark Ger. What then Bo. Nay nothing do not think I am afraid Although perhaps you are Ger. I am not forward Bo. Sure but you are give me your hand fear nothâ—â— There 's one leg in the wood do not pull me backward What a sweat one on 's are in you or I Pray God it do not prove the plague yet sure It has infected me for I sweat too It runs out at my knees feel feel I pray you Ger. What ails the fellow Bo. Hark hark I beseech you Do you hear nothing Ger. No. Bo. List a wild Hog He grunts now 't is a Bear this wood is full of 'em And now a Wolf Mistress a Wolf a Wolf It is the howling of a Wolf
bounty His honour that he gives me to beget Sawey and fullen fears The. You are not mad sure By this fair light I speak But what is whisper'd And whisper'd for a truth Ar. A Dog drunken people That in their Pot see visions And turn states mad-men and Children Prethee do not follow me I tell thee I am angry Do not follow me The. I am as angry As you for your heart I and as wilful too go like a Wood-cock And thrust your neck i' th' noose Ar. I 'le kill thee And thou speakst but three words more Do not follow me Exit The. A strange old foolish fellow I shall hear yet And if I do not my part hiss at me Exit SCENE V. Enter two Servants preparing a Banquet 1 Serv. Believe me fellow here will be lusty drinking Many a washt pate in Wine I warrant thee 2 Ser. I am glad the old General 's come upon my Coâ—science That joy will make half the Court drunk Hark the Trumpets They are coming on away 1 Ser. We 'll have a rowse too Exeunt Enter Duke Archas Burris Boroskie Attend. Gent. Duke Come seat your selves Lord Archas sit you there Ar. 'T is far above my worth Duke I 'le have it so Are all things ready Bor. All the Guards are set The Court Gates are shut Duke Then do as I prescrib'd ye Be sure no further Bor. I shall well observe ye Du. Come bring some wine here 's to my Sister Gentlemen A health and mirth to all Ar. Pray fill it full Sir 'T is a high health to vertue here Lord Burris A maiden health you are most sit to pledge it You have a maiden soul and much I honour it Passion o' me ye are sad man Duke How now Burris Go to no more of this Ar. Take the rowse freely 'T will warm your bloud and make ye fit for jollity Your Graces pardon when we get a cup Sir We old men prate a pace Du. Mirth makes a Banquet As you love me no more Bur. I thank your Grace Give me it Lord Boroskie Boros I have ill brains Sir Bur. Damnable ill I know it Boros But I 'le pledge Sir This vertuous health Bur. The more unfit for thy mouth Enter two Servants with Cloaks Du. Come bring out Robes and let my guests look nobly Fit for my love and presence begin downward Off with your Cloaks take new Ar. Your grace deals truly Like a munificent Prince with your poor subjects Who would not fight for you what cold dull coward Durst seek to save his life when you would ask it Begin a new health in your new adornments The Dukes the Royal Dukes ha what have I got Sir ha the Robe of death Du. You have deserv'd it Ar. The Livery of the Grave do you start all from me Do I smell of earth already Sir look on me And like a man is this your entertainment Do you bid your worthiest guests to bloudy Banquets Enter a Guard A Guard upon me too this is too soul play Boy to thy good thine honour thou wretched Ruler Thou Son of fools and flatterers Heir of hypocrites Am I serv'd in a Hearse that sav'd ye all Are ye men or Devils Do ye gape upon me Wider and swallow all my services Entomb them first my faith next then my integrity And let these struggle with your mangy minds Your fear'd and seal'd up Consciences till they burst Boros These words are death Ar. No those deeds that want rewards Sirrah Those Battels I have sought those horrid dangers â—â—aner than death and wilder than destruction Leave march'd upon these honour'd wounds times story The bloud I have lost the youth the sorrows suffer'd These are my death these that can ne're be recompenced These that ye sit a brooding on like Toads Socking from my deserts the sweets and favours And render me no pay again but poysons Bor. The proud vain Souldier thou hast set Ar. Thou lyest Now by my little time of life lyest basely Malitiously and loudly how I scorn thee If I had swel'd the Souldier or intended Anact in person leaning to dishonour As ye would sain have forced me witness Heaven Where clearest understanding of all truth is For these are spightful men and know no piety When Olin came grim Olin when his marches His last Incursions made the City sweat And drove before him as a storm drives Hail Such showrs of frosted fears shook all your heart-strings Then when the Volga trembled at his terrour And hid his seven curl'd heads afraid of bruising By his arm'd Horses hoofs had I been false then Or blown a treacherous fire into the Souldier Had but one spark of villany liv'd within me Ye â—ad had some shadow for this black about me Where was your Souldiership why went not you out And all your right honourable valour with ye Why met ye not the Tartar and desi'd him Drew your dead doing sword and buckl'd with him Shot through his Squadrons like a fiery Meteor And as we see a dreadful clap of Thunder Rend the stiff hearted Oaks and toss their roots up Why did not you so charge him you were sick then You that dare taint my credit slipt to bed then Stewing and fainting with the fears ye had A whorson shaking fit opprest your Lordship Blush Coward Knave and all the world hiss at thee Da. Exceed not my command Exit Bor. I shall observe it Ar. Are you gone too Come weep not honest Burris Good loving Lord no more fears 't is not his malice This fellows malice nor the Dukes displeasure By bold bad men crowded into his nature Can startle me fortune ne're raz'd this Fort yet I am the same the same man living dying The same mind to 'em both I poize thus equal Only the jugling way that toll'd me to it The Judas way to kiss me bid me welcome And cut my throat a little sticks upon me Farewel commend me to his Grace and tell him The world is full of servants he may have many And some I with him hon st he s undone else But such another doating Archas never So try'd and touch'd a saith farewell for ever Bor. Be strong my Lord you must not go thus lightly Ar. Now what s to do what sayes the Law unto me Give me my great offence that speaks me guily Bor. Laâ—â—â— asâ—â—e a thousand petty matters As scorns and insolencies both from your self and followers Which you put first fire to and these are deadly I come to one main cause which though it carries A strangeness in the circumstance it carries death too Not to be pardon'd neither ye have done a sacriledge Ar. High Heaven desend me man how how Boroskie Bor. Ye have took from the Temple those vow'd Arms The holy Ornament you hung up there No absolution of your vow no order From holy Church to give 'em back unto you After they were purified from War and rested From bloud made clean by ceremony from the Altar You
shames are offer'd us Enter Archas Gent. and Souldiers Bur. Look behind ye Do you see that old man do you know him Souldiers Put. Your Father Sir believe me Bur. You know his marches You have seen his executions is it yet peace The. We 'l dye here first Bur. Farewel you 'l hear on 's presently â—o Stay Burris this is too poor too beggerly a body â—â—ear the honour of a charge from me â—ixt of tatter'd Rebels go provide Gallowses â—e are troubled with hot heads I 'le cool ye presently These look like men that were my Souldiers â—ow I behold 'em nearly and more narrowly My honest friends where got they these fair figures Where did they steal these shapes Bur. They are struck already Ar. Do you see that fellow there that goodly Rebel â—e looks as like a Captain I lov'd tenderly A fellow of a faith indeed Bur. He has sham'd him Ar. And that that bears the Colours there most certain So like an Ancient of mine own a brave fellow A loving and obedient that believe me Burris I aâ— amaz'd and troubled and were it not I know the general goodness of my people The duty and the truth the stedfast honestie Adam assur'd they would as soon turn Devils As rebels to allegeance for mine honour Bur. Here needs no wars Put. I pray forgive us Sir Anc. Good General forgive us or use your sword â—out words are double death Al. Good noble General Bur. Pray Sir be mercifull Ar. Weep out your shames first â—t make me fool for companie fie Souldiers My Souldiers too and play these tricks what 's he there â—â—t I have seen his face too yes most certain â—are a son but I hope he is not here now Would much resemble this man wondrous near him 〈◊〉 of his height and making too you seem a Leader The. Good Sir do not shame me more I know your anger Aâ—d less than death I look not for Ar. You shall be my charge Sir it seems you want foes When you would make your friends your Enemies A running bloud ye have but I shall cure ye Bur. Good Sir An. No more good Lord beat forward Souldiers And you march in the rear you have lost your places Exeunt SCENA VI. Enter Duke Olympia Honora Viola Du. You shall not be thus fullen still with me Sister You do the most unnobly to be angry For as I have a soul I never touch'd her I never yet knew one unchast thought in her I must confess I lov'd her as who would not I must confess I doated on her strangely I offer'd all yet so strong was her honour So fortifi'd as fair no hope could reach her And whilst the world beheld this and confirm'd it Why would you be so jealous Oly. Good Sir pardon me I feel sufficiently my follies penance And am asham'd that shame a thousand sorrows 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 soul sufficiently Where I shall see her once again Enter Burris Du. No more tears If she be within the Dukedom we 'l recover her Welcom Lord Burris fair news I hope Bur. Most fair Sir Without one drop of bloud these wars are ended The Souldier cool'd again 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 mercy not prevented I fear some fatal stroke Drums Enter Archas Theodore Gentlemen Souldiers Du. I hear the Drums beat Welcom 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 villain none of mine now A justice on this Rebel Hon. O my Brother Ar. This fatal firebrand Du. Forget not old man He is thy son of thine own bloud Ar. In these veins 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 mercy 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 Sir The worlds forgiveness next last on my knees Sir I humbly beg Do not take from me yet the name of Father Strike me a thousand blows but let me dye yours Ar. He moves my heart I must be suddain 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 hâ—m as sweet as young my Brother breeds him My â—oole Brother Brâ—kie 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 striâ—st that stroke now behold young Archas Behold thy Brother here thou bloudy Brother As blooâ—y to this sacrifice as thou art Heave up thy swoâ—â— and mine 's heav'd up strike Archas And I 'le strike too as sâ—â—â—tly as deadly Have mercy and I 'le have mercy the Duke gives it Look 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 sâ—â—ah be an honest man ye have reason I thank ye worthy Brother welcom child Mine own sweet child Du. Why was this boy conceal'd thus Put. Your graces pardon Peaâ—ing 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 hither I brought my self In the habit of an ordinarie Captain Disguis'd got entertainment and serv'd here That I might still be ready to all fortunes That boy your grace took nobly entertain'd him But thought a Gitle Alinda Madam Ol. Stand away And let me look upon him Du. My young Mistris This is a strange metamorphosis Alinda Al. Your graces humble servant Du. Come hither Sister I dare yet scarce believe mine eyes how they view one another Dost thou not love this boy well Oly. I should lye else Trust me extreamly lye Sir Du. Didst thou never wish Olympia It might be thus Oly. A thousand times Du. Here take him Nay do not blush I do not jest kiss sweetly Boy ye kiss faintly boy Heaven give ye comfort Teach him he 'l quickly learn there 's two hearts eas'd not Ar. You do me too much
To talk what we have done at least to hear it If meerily set down it fires the blood And heightens Crest-faln appetite Ach. New doctrine Achil. Was 't of your own composing Sep. No I bought it Of a skulking Scribler for two Ptolomies But the hints were mine own the wretch was fearfull But I have damn'd my self should it be question'd That I will own it Ach. And be punished for it Take heed for you may so long exercise Your scurrilous wit against authority The Kingdoms Counsels and make profane Jests Which to you being an atheist is nothing Against Religion that your great maintainers Unless they would be thought Co-partners with you Will leave you to the Law and then Septinius Remember there are whips Sep. For whore's I grant you When they are out of date till then are safe too Or all the Gallants of the Court are Eunuchs And for mine own defence I 'le only add this I 'le be admitted for a wanton tale To some most private Cabinets when your Priest hood Though laden with the mysteries of your goddess Shall wait without unnoted so I leave you To your pious thoughts Exit Achil. 'T is a strange impudence This fellow does put on Ach. The wonder great He is accepted of Achil. Vices for him Make as free way as vertues doe for others 'T is the times fault yet Great ones still have grace'd To make them sport or rub them o're with flattery Observers of all kinds Enter Photinus and Septinius Ach. No more of him He is not worth our thoughts a Fugitive From Pompeys army and now in a danger When he should use his service Achil. See how he hangs On great Photinus Ear. Sep. Hell and the furies And all the plagues of darkness light upon me You are my god on earth and let me have Your favour here fall what can fall hereafter Pho. Thou art believ'd dost thou want mony Sep. No Sir Pho. Or hast thou any suite these ever follow Thy vehement protestations Sep. You much wrong me How can I want when your beams shine upon me Unless employment to express my zeal To do your greatness service do but think A deed so dark the Sun would blush to look on For which Man-kind would curse me and arm all The powers above and those below against me Command me I will on Pho. When I have use I 'le put you to the test Sep. May it be speedy And something worth my danger you are cold And know not your own powers this brow was fashion'd To wear a Kingly wreath and your grave judgment Given to dispose of monarchies not to govern A childs affairs the peoples eye 's upon you The Souldier courts you will you wear a garment Of sordid loyalty when 't is out of fashion Pho. When Pompey was thy General Septinius Thou saidst as much to him Sep. All my love to him To Caesar Rome and the whole world is lost In the Ocean of your Bounties I have no friend Project design or Countrey but your favour Which I 'le preserve at any rate Pho. No more When I call on you fall not off perhaps Sooner than you expect I may employ you So leave me for a while Sep. Ever your Creature Exit Pho. Good day Achoreus my best friend Achillas Hath fame deliver'd yet no certain rumour Of the great Roman Action Achil. That we are To enquire and learn of you Sir whose grave care For Egypts happiness and great Ptolomies good Hath eyes and ears in all parts Enter Ptolomy Labienus Guard Pho. I 'le not boast What my Intelligence costs me but ' ere long You shall know more The King with him a Roman Ach. The scarlet livery of unfortunate war Dy'd deeply on his face Achil. 'T is Labienus Caesars Lieutenant in the wars of Gaul And fortunate in all his undertakings But since these Civil jars he turn'd to Pompey And though he followed the better Cause Not with the like success Pho. Such as are wise Leave falling buildings flye to those that rise But more of that hereafter Lab. In a word Sir These gaping wounds not taken as a slave Speak Pompey's loss to tell you of the Battail How many thousand several bloody shapes Death wore that day in triumph how we bore The shock of Caesars charge or with what fury His Souldiers came on as if they had been So many Caesars and like him ambitious To tread upon the liberty of Rome How Fathers kill'd their Sons or Sons their Fathers Or how the Roman Piles on either side Drew Roman blood which spent the Prince of weapons The sword succeeded which in Civil wars Appoints the Tent on which wing'd victory Shall make a certain Stand then how the Plains Flow'd o're with blood and what a cloud of vulturs And other birds of prey hung o're both armies Attending when their ready Servitors The Souldiers from whom the angry gods Had took all sense of reason and of pity Would serve in their own carkasses for a feast How Caesar with his Javelin force'd them on That made the least stop when their angry hands Were lifted up against some known friends face Then coming to the body of the army He shews the sacred Senate and forbids them To wast their force upon the Common Souldier Whom willingly if e're he did know pity He would have spar'd Ptol. The reason Labienus Lab. Full well he knows that in their blood he was To pass to Empire and that through their bowels He must invade the Laws of Rome and give A period to the liberty of the world Then sell the Lepidi and the bold Corvini The fam'd Torquati Scipio's and Marcelli Names next to Pompeys most renown'd on Earth The Nobles and the Commons lay together And Pontique Punique and Assyrian blood Made up one crimson Lake which Pompey seeing And that his and the fate of Rome had left him Standing upon the Rampier of his Camp Though scorning all that could fall on himself He pities them whose fortunes are embarqu'd In his unlucky quarrel cryes aloud too That they should sound retreat and save themselves That he desir'd not so much noble blood Should be lost in his service or attend On his misfortunes and then taking horse With some few of his friends he came to Lesbos And with Cornelia his Wife and Sons He 's touch'd upon your shore the King of Parthia Famous in his defeature of the Crassi Offer'd him his protection but Pompey Relying on his Benefits and your Faith Hath chosen Aegypt for his Sanctuary Till he may recollect his scattered powers And try a second day now Ptolomy Though he appear not like that glorious thing That three times rode in triumph and gave laws To conquer'd Nations and made Crowns his gift As this of yours your noble Father took From his victorious hand and you still wear it At his devotion to do you more honour In his declin'd estate as the straightst Pine In a full grove of his yet flourishing friends
Heaven in Pon. A farewel Good noble General your hand forgive me And think what ever was displeasing you Was none of mine ye cannot live Aeci. I will not Yet one word more Pon. Dye nobly Rome farewel And Valentinian fall thou hast broke thy Basis In joy ye have given me a quiet death he dyes I would strike more wounds if I had more breath Aeci. Is there an hour of goodness beyond this Or any man would out-live such a dying Would Caesar double all my honours on me And stick me o're with favours like a Mistris Yet would I grow to this man I have loved But never doated on a face till now O death thou art more than beautie and thy pleasure Beyond posterity Come friends and kill me Caesar be kind and send a thousand swords The more the greater is my fall why stay ye Come and I 'le kiss your weapons fear me not By all the gods I 'le honour ye for killing Appear or through the Court and world I 'le search ye My sword is gone ye are Traitors if ye spare me And Caesar must consume ye all base cowards I 'le follow ye and e're I dye proclaim ye The weeds of Italy the dross of nature Where are ye villains traytors slaves Exit Enter Proculus and 3 others running over the Stage Pro. I knew H 'ad kill'd the Captain 1. Here 's his swâ— Pro. Let it alonâ— I will fight it self else friends An hundred mâ—n 〈◊〉 not enough to do it I 'le to the Emperour and get more aid Aeci. None strike a poor condemned man Pro. He is mad Shift for your selves my Masters Exeunt Enter Aecius Aecius Then Aecius See what thou darst thy self hold my good sword Thou hast been kept from bloud too long I 'le kiss thee For thou art more then friend now my preserver Shew me the way to happiness I seek it And all you great ones that have faln as I do To keep your memories and honours living Be present in your vertues and assist me That like strong Cato I may put away All promises but what shall crown my ashes Rome fare thee well stand long and know to conquer Whilst there is people and ambition Now for a stroak shall turn me to a Star I come ye blessed spirits make me room To live for ever in Elyzium Do men fear this O that posterity Could learn from him but this that loves his wound There is no pain at all in dying well kills himself Nor none are lost but those that make their hell Enter Proculus and two others 1 Within He 's dead draw in the Guard again Pro. He 's dead indeed And I am glad he 's gone he was a Devil His body if his Eunuchs come is theirs The Emperour out of his love to vertue Exeunt Has given 'em that Let no man stop their entrance Enter Phidiâ—s and Aretus Phi. O my most noble Lord look here Aretus Here 's a sad sight Aret. O cruelty O Caesar O times that bring forth nothing but destruction And oversows of bloud why wast thou kill'd Is it to be a just man now again As when Tiberius and wild Nero reign'd Only assurance of his over throw Phil. It is Aretus he that would live now Must like the Toad feed only on corruptions And grow with those to greatness honest vertue And the true Roman honour faith and valour That have been all the riches of the â—mpire Now like the fâ—arfull tokens of the Plague Are meer fore-runners of their ends that owe ' em Are. Never enough lamented Lord dear Master Enter Maximus Of whom now shall we learn to live like men From whom draw out our actions just and worthy Oh thou art gone and gone with thee all goodness The great example of all equitie O thou alone a Roman thou art perish'd Faith fortitude and constant nobleness Weep Rome weep Italy weep all that knew him And you that fear'd him as a noble Foe If Enemies have honourable tears Weep this decay'd Aecius faln and scattered By foul and base suggestion Pho. O Lord Maximus This was your worthy friend Max. The gods forgive me Think not the worse my friends I shed not tears Great griefs lament within yet now I have found 'em Would I had never known the world nor women Nor what that cursed name of honour was So this were once again Aecius But I am destin'd to a mighty action And begg my pardon friend my vengeance taken I will not be long from thee ye have a great loss But bear it patiently yet to say truth In justice 't is not sufferable I am next And were it now I would be glad on 't friends Who shall preserve you now Are. Nay we are lost too Max. I fear ye are for likely such as love The man that 's faln and have been nourish'd by him Do not stay long behind 'T is held no wisdom I know what I must do O my Aecius Canst thou thus perish pluckt up by the roots And no man feel thy worthiness From boys He bred you both I think Phi. And from the poorest Max. And lov'd ye as his own Are. We found it Sir Max. Is not this a loss then Phi. O a loss of losses Our lives and ruines of our families The utter being nothing of our names Were nothing near it Max. As I take it too He put ye to the Emperour Are. He did so Max. And kept ye still in credit Phi. 'T is most true Sir Max. He fed your Fathers too and made them means Your Sisters he prefer'd to noble Wedlocks Did he not friends Are. Oh yes Sir Max. As I take it This worthy man would not be now forgotten I tell ye to my grief he was basely murdred And something would be done by those that lov'd him And something may be pray stand off a little Let me bewail him private O my dearest Phi. Aretus if we be not sudden he outdoes us I know he points at venegance we are cold And base ungratefull wretches if we shun it Are we to hope for more rewards or greatness Or any thing but death now he is dead Dar'st thou resolve Are. I am perfect Phi. Then like flowers That grew together all we 'l fall together And with us that that bore us when 't is done The world shall stile us two deserving servants I fear he will be before us Are. This night Phidias Phi. No more Max. Now worthy friends I have done my mournings Let 's burn this noble body Sweets as many As sun-burnt Meroe breeds I 'le make a flame of Shall reach his soul in Heaven he that shall live Ten ages hence but to reherse this story Shall with the sad discourse on 't darken Heaven And force the painful burdens from the wombs Conceiv'd a new with sorrow even the Grave Where mighty Sylla sleeps shall rend asunder And give her shadow up to come and groan About our piles which will be more and greater Than green
piety will not deny me Your aids to further ' em Fri. That were against a good mans charity Clar. My first request is You would some time for reasons I will shew you Defer delivery of Lidians Letters To fair Olinda Fri. Well Sir Clar. For what follows You shall direct me something I will do A new born zeal and friendship prompts me to Ex. Enter Dorilaus Cleander Chamberlain Table Tapers and three stools Clea. We have supp'd well friend let our beds be ready We must be stirring early Cham. They are made Sir Dor. I cannot sleep yet where 's the jovial host You told me of 'thas been my custom ever To parley with mine host Clea. He 's a good fellow And such a one I know you love to laugh with Go call your Master up Cham. He cannot come Sir Dor. Is he a bed with his wife Cham. No certainly Dor. Or with some other guests Cham. Neither and 't like ye Clea. Why then he shall come by your leave my friend I 'le fetch him up my self Cham. Indeed you 'l fail Sir Dor. Is he i' th' house Cham. No but he is hard by Sir He is fast in 's grave he has been dead these three weeks Dor. Then o' my conscience he will come but lamely And discourse worse Clean. Farewel mine honest Host then Mine honest merry Host will you to bed yet Dor. No not this hour I prethee sit and chat by me Clean. Give us a quart of wine then we 'l be merry Dor. A match my Son pray let your wine be living Or lay it by your Master Cham. It shall be quick Sir Exit Dor. Has not mine Host a wife 〈◊〉 A good old woman Dor. Another coffin that is not so handsom Your Hostesses in Innes should be blith things Pretty and young to draw in passengers She 'l never fill her beds well if she be not beauteous Clean. And courteous too Enter Chamberlain with wine Dor. I I and a good fellow That will mistake sometimes a Gentleman For her good man well done here 's to Lisander Clean. My full love meets it make fire in our lodgings We 'l trouble thee no farther to your Son Ex. Cham. Dor. Put in Clarange too off with 't I thank ye This wine drinks merrier still O for mine Host now Were he alive again and well dispos'd I would so claw his pate Clean. Y' are a hard drinker Dor. I love to make mine Host drunk he will lye then The rarest and the roundest of his friends His quarrels and his guests and they are the best bands too Take 'em in that tune Clean. You know all Dor. I did Son but time and arms have worn me out Clea. 'T is late Sir I hear none stirring A lute is struck Dor. Hark what 's that a Lute 'T is at the door I think Clean. The doors are shut fast Dor. 'T is morning sure the Fiddlers are got up To fright mens sleeps have we ne're a pispot ready Clean. Now I remember I have heard mine Host that 's dead Touch a lute rarely and as rarely sing too A brave still mean Dor. I would give a brace of French Crowns To see him rise and Fiddle Hark a Song A SONG 'T IS late and cold stir up the fire Sit close and draw the Table nigher Be merry and drink wine that 's old A hearty medicine ' gainst a cold Your bed of wanton down's the best Where you shall tumble to your rest I could wish you wenches too But I am dead and cannot do Call for the best the house may ring Sack White and Claret let them bring And drink apace while breath you have You 'l find but cold drink in the grave Plover Partridge for your dinner And a Capon for the sinner You shall find ready when you are up And your horse shall have his sup Welcom welcom shall flye round And I shall smile though under ground Clean. Now as I live it is his voice Dor. He sings well the Devil has a pleasant pipe Clean. The fellow lyed sure Enter Host He is not dead he 's here how pale he looks Dor. Is this he Clean. Yes Host You are welcom noble Gentlemen My brave old guest most welcom Clean. Lying knaves To tell us you were dead come sit down by us We thank ye for your Song Host Would 't had been better Dor. Speak are ye dead Host Yes indeed am I Gentlemen I have been dead these three weeks Dor. Then here 's to ye to comfort your cold body Clean. What do ye mean stand further off Dor. I will stand nearer to him Shall he come out on 's coffin to bear us company And we not bid him welcom come mine Host Mine honest Host here 's to ye Host Spirits Sir drink not Clea. Why do ye appear Host To wait upon ye Gentlemen 'Thas been my duty living now my farewel I fear ye are not us'd accordingly Dor. I could wish you warmer company mine Host How ever we are us'd Host Next to entreat a courtesie And then I go to peace Clea. Is' t in our power Host Yes and 't is this to see my body buried In holy ground for now I lye unhallowed By the clacks fault let my new grave be made Amongst good fellows that have died before me And merry Hostes of my kind Clea. It shall be done Dor. And forty stoops of wine drank at thy funeral Clea. Do you know our travel Host Yes to seek your friends That in afflictions wander now Clean. Alas Host Seek 'em no farther but be confident They shall return in peace Dor. There 's comfort yet Clea. Pray ye one word more is' t in your power mine Host Answer me softly some hours before my death To give me warning Host I cannot tell ye truly But if I can so much alive I lov'd ye I will appear again adieu Exit Dor. Adieu Sir Cle. I am troubl'd these strange apparitions are For the most part fatal Dor. This if told will not Find credit the light breaks a pace let 's lie down And take some little rest an hour or two Then do mine host's desire and so return I do believe him Clean. So do I to rest Sir Exeunt Enter Calista and Clarinda Cal. Clarinda Clarin. Madam Cal. Is the house well ordered The doors look'd to now in your Masters absence Your care and diligence amongst the Servants Clarin. I am stirring Madam Cal. So thou art Clarinda More than thou ought'st I am sure why dost thou blush Clarin. I do not blush Cal. Why dost thou hang thy head wench Clarin. Madam ye are deceiv'd I look upright I understand ye not she has spied Leon Aside Shame of his want of caution Cal. Look on me what blush again Clarin. 'T is more than I know Madam I have no cause that I find yet Cal. Examine then Clarin. Your Ladyship is set I think to shame me Cal. Do not deserv't who lay with you last night What bed-fellow had ye
prevail so with you That you a while should leave your Hermits strictness And on his Monument pay a tear or two To witness how you lov'd him Lid. O my heart to witness how I lov'd him would he had not Led me into his Grave but sacrific'd His sorrows upon mine he was my friend My noble friend I will bewail his ashes His fortunes and poor mine were born together And I will weep 'em both I will kneel by him And on his hallow'd Earth do my last duties I 'll gather all the pride of Spring to deck him Wood bines shall grow upon his honour'd Grave And as they prosper clasp to shew our friendship And when they wither I 'll dye too Clar. Who would not Desire to dye to be bewail'd thus nobly Fry There is a Legacy he hath bequeath'd you But of what value I must not discover Until those Rites and pious Ceremonies Are duly tender'd Lid. I am too full of sorrow to be inquisitive Lis To think of his I do forget mine own woes Enter Alcidon Alc. Graze thy fill now Thou hast done thy business ha who have we here Lisander Lidian and two Reverend Fryars What a strange scene of sorrow is express'd In different postures in their looks and station A common Painter eying these to help His dull invention might draw to the life The living Sons of Priam as they stood On the pale Walls of Troy when Hector fell Under Achilles's Spear I come too late My Horse though good and strong mov'd like a Tortoise Ill News had wings and hath got here before me All Pythagoreans not a word Lid. O Alcidon Deep Rivers with soft murmurs glide along The shallow roar Clarange Lis Cloridon Chrysanthes spare my grief and apprehend What I should speak Alc. Their fates I have long since For your sakes mourn'd Clarange's death for so Your silence doth confirm till now I heard not Are these the bounds that are prescrib'd unto Tâ—â— swelling seas of sorrow Lis The bounds Alcidon Can all the winds of mischief from all Quarters Euphrates Ganges Tigris Volga Po Paying at once their tribute to this Ocean Make it swell higher I am a Murtherer Banish'd proscrib'd is there ought else that can Be added to it Lid. I have lost a friend Priz'd dearer than my being and he dead My miseries at the height contemn the worst Of Fortunes malice Alc. How our humane weakness Grown desperate from small disasters makes us Imagine them a period to our sorrows When the first syllable of greater woes Is not yet written Lid. How Lis Speak it at large Since grief must break my heart I am ambitious It should be exquisite Alc. It must be told Yet ere you hear it with all care put on The surest armour anvil'd in the Shop Of passive fortitude the good Cleander Your friend is murther'd Lis 'T is a terrible pang And yet it will not do I live yet act not The Torturers part if that there be a blow Beyond this give it and at once dispatch me Alc. Your Sword died in his heart-bloud was found near him Your private Conference at mid-night urg'd With fair Calista which by her whose pure truth Would never learn to tell a lie being granted She by enrag'd Beronte is accus'd Of Murther and Adultery and you However I dare swear it false concluded Her principal Agent Lid. Wave upon wave rowls o'r me My Sister my dear Sister Clar. Hold great heart Fry Tear open his Doublet Lis Is this wound too narrow For my life to get out at Bring me to A Cannon loaded and some pitying friend Give fire unto it while I nail my breast Unto his thundring mouth that in the instant I may be piece-meal torn and blown so far As not one joint of my dismember'd limbs May ever be by search of man found out Cleander Yet why name I him however His fall deserv'd an Earth-quake if compar'd With what true honour in Calista suffers Is of no moment my good Angel keep me From Blasphemy and strike me dumb before In th' agony of my spirit I do accuse The Powers above for their unjust permission Of Vertue innocent Vertue to be branded With the least vicious mark Clar. I never saw a man so far transported Alc. Give it way 't is now no time to stop it Enter Lancelot Lanc. Sir I have bought Fresh horses and as you respect your life Speedily back 'em the Archers of the Kings guard Are every where in quest of you Lis My life Perish all such with thee that wish it longer Let it but clear Calista's innocence Strikes Lancelot And Nestor's Age to mine was Youth I 'll flye To meet the rage of my incensed King And wish his favourites Ghost appear'd in Flames To urge him to revenge let all the tortures That Tyranny e're found out circle me Provided Justice set Calista free Exeunt Lisander Alcidon and Lancelot Alc. I 'll follow him Lid. I am rooted here Fry Remember your dear friends last request your sisters dangers With the aids that you may lend her Lid 'Pray you support me My Legs deny their Office Clar. I grow still Farther engag'd unto his matchless vertues And I am dead indeed until I pay The debt I owe him in a noble way Exeunt Actus Quintus Scena Prima Enter Dorilaus and Servant Dor. THou hast him safe Serv. As fast as locks can make him He must break through three doors and cut the throats Of ten tall fellows if that he ' scape us Besides as far as I can apprehend He hath no such invention for his looks Are full of penitence Dor. Trust not a Knaves look They are like a Whores Oaths How does my poor Daughter Brook her restraint Serv. With such a resolution As well becomes your Lordships Child Knock within Dor. Who 's that Enter Lemure Serv. Monsieur Lemure Dor. This is a special favour And may stand an example in the Court For courtesie it is the Clients duty To wait upon his Patron you prevent me That am your humble Suitor Lem. My near place About the King though it swell others cannot Make me forget your worth and Age which may Challenge much more respect and I am sorry That my endeavours for you have not met with The good success I wish'd I mov'd the King With my best advantage both of time and place I' th' favour of your Daughter Dor. How do you find his Majesty affected Lem. Not to be Sway'd from the rigour of the Law yet so far The rarity of the Cause hath won upon him That he resolves to have in his own person The hearing of it her tryal will be noble And to my utmost strength where I may serve her My aids shall not be wanting Dor. 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 ransom him so good morrow Exit Dor. All happiness
Guard Qu. What e'r it be I 'll meet it I was not born to fear Who 's that Beliza Euph. My worthiest noblest Mistriss Exit Qu. Stay her ha All of you look as you were rooted here And wanted motion what new Gorgons head Have you beheld that you are all turn'd Statues This is prodigious has none a tongue To speak the cause Leo. Could every hair great Queen Upon my head yield an articulate sound And altogether speak they could not yet Express the villany we have discoverd And yet when with a few unwilling words I have deliver'd what must needs be known You 'll say I am too eloquent and wish I had been born without a tongue Qu. Speak boldly For I unmov'd with any loss will hear Leo. Then know we have found out the Ravisher Of my poor Sister and the place and means By which th' unfortunate though fair Beliza Hath met a second violence Euph. This confirms what but before I doubted to my ruine My Lady ravish'd Qu. Point me out the villain That guilty wretched monster that hath done this I hat I may look on him and in mine eye He reads his Sentence Leo. That I truly could Name any other but the Prince that heard You have it all Qu. Wonder not that I shake The miracle is greater that I live Having endur'd the thunder that thy words Have thrown upon me dar'st thou kneel with hope Of any favor but a speedy death And that too in the dreadful'st shape that can Appear to a dispairng leprous soul If thou hast any no libidinous beast Thy lust hath alter'd so thy former Being By Heaven I know thee not The. Although unworthy Yet still I am your Son Qu. Thou lyest lyest falsly My whole life never knew but one chaste bed Nor e'r desir'd warmth but from lawful fires Can I be then the Mother to a Goat Whose lust is more insatiate than the grave And like infectious air ingenders plagues To murder all that 's chaste or good in Woman The gods I from my youth have serv'd and fear'd Whose holy Temples thou hast made thy Brothels Could a Religious Mother then bring forth So damn'd an Atheist read but o'r my life My actions manners and made perfect in them But look into the story of thy self As thou art now not as thou wert Theanor And reason will compel thee to confess Thou art a stranger to me Ag. Note but now heavy The weight of guilt is it so low hath sunk him That he wants power to rise up in defence Of this bad cause Qu. Perswade me not Euphanes This is no Prince nor can claim part in me My Son was born a Free-man this a Slave To beastly passions a Fugitive And run away from virtue bring bonds for him By all the honour that I owe to Justice He loses me for ever that seeks to save him â—ind him I say and 'ts like a wretch that knows He stands condemn'd before he hears the Sentence With his base Agents from my sight remove him And lodge them in the Dungeon As a Queen And Patroness to Justice I command it Thy tears are like unseasonable showrs And in my heart now steel'd can make no entrance Thou art cruel to thy self Fool 't is not want In me of soft compassion when thou left'st To be a Son I ceas'd to be a Mother Away with them The children I will leave To keep my name to all posterities Shall be the great examples of my Justice The government of my Countrey which shall witness How well I rul'd my self bid the wrong'd Ladies Appear in Court to morrow we will hear them And by one Act of our severity For fear of punishment or love to virtue Teach others to be honest all will shun To tempt her Laws that would not spare her Son Ex. Scaena Tertia Enter Onos Uncle and Tutor Vnc. Nay Nephew Tut. Pupill hear but reason On. No I have none and will hear none oh my honor My honor blasted in the bud my youth My hopeful youth and all my expectation Ever to be a man are lost for ever Vnc. Why Nephew we as well as you are dub'd Knights of the Pantofle Tut. And are shouted at Kick'd scorn'd and laugh'd at by each Page and Groom Yet with erected heads we bear it Onos Alas You have years and strength to do it but were you As I a tender gristle apt to bow You would like me with Cloaks envelloped Walk thus then stamp then stare Vnc. He will run mad I hope and then all 's mine Tut. Why look you Pupil There are for the recovery of your honor Degrees of Medicines for a tweak by the Nose A man 's to travel but six months then blow it And all is well again the Bastinado Requires a longer time a year or two And then 't is buried I grant you have been baffl'd 'T is but a journey of some thirty years And it will be forgotten Onos Think you so Tut. Assuredly Vnc. He may make a shorter cut But hang or drown himself and on my life 'T will no more trouble him Onos I could ne'r endure Or Hemp or Water they are dangerous tools For youth to deal with I will rather follow My Tutors counsel Tut. Do so Onos And put in For my security that I 'll not return In thirty years my whole ' state to my Uncle Vnc. That I like well of On. Still provided Uncle That at my coming home you will allow me To be of age that I may call to account This Page that hath abus'd me Vnc. 'T is a match On. Then Corinth thus the bashful Lamprias Takes leave of thee and for this little time Of thirty years will labour all he can Though he goes young forth to come home a man Ex. Scaena Quarta Enter Euphanes and Marshal Euph. Are your Prisoners ready Mar. When it shall please the Queen To call them forth my Lord. Euph. Pray you do me the favour To tell me how they have born themselves this night Of their imprisonment Mar. Gladly Sir your Brother With the other Courtiers willingly receiv'd All courtesies I could offer eat and drank And were exceeding merry so dissembling Their guilt or confident in their innocence That I much wondred at it But the Prince That as born highest should have grac'd his fall With greatest courage is so sunk with sorrow That to a common judgement he would seem To suffer like a Woman but to me That from the experience I have had of many Look further in him I do find the deep Consideration of what 's past more frights him Than any other punishment Euph. That is indeed True magnanimity the other but A desperate bastard valour Mar. I pressed to him And notwithstanding the Queens strict command Having your Lordships promise to secure me Offer'd to free him from his bonds which he Refus'd with such a sorrow mixt with scorn That it amaz'd me yet I urg'd his Highness To give one Reson for
They will not change this figure we must charge 'em And charge 'em home at both ends Van and Rere Drums in another place afar off They never totter else I hear our Musick And must attend it Hold good sword but this day And bite hard where I hound thee and hereafter I 'll make a relique of thee for young Souldiers To come like Pilgrimes to and kiss for Conquests Exit Scaena quarta Enter Junius Curius and Decius Jun. Now is the time the fellow stays Dec. What think ye Cur. I think 't is true Jun. Alass if 't were a question If any doubt or hazzard fell into 't Do ye think mine own discretion so self-blind My care of you so naked to run headlong Dec. Let 's take Petillius with us Jun. By no means He 's never wise but to himself nor courteous But where the end ' his own we are strong enough If not to many Behind yonder hill The follow tells me she attends weak guarded Her Mother and her Sister Car. I would venture Jun. We shall not strike five blows for 't weigh the good The general good may come Dec. Away I 'll with ye But with what doubt Jun. Fear not my soul for all Exeunt Alarms Drums and Trumpets in several places afar off as at a main Battell Scaena Quinta Enter Drusus and Penyus above Dru. Here ye may see 'em all Sir from this hill The Country shews off levell Pen. Gods defend me What multitudes they are what infinites The Roman power shews like a little Star Hedg'd with a double hollo Now the knell rings Loud shouts Heark how they shout to th'battel how the air Totters and reels and rends apieces Drusus With the huge vollied clamours Dru. Now they charge Oh gods of all sides fearfully Pen. Little Rome Stand but this growing Hydra one short hour And thou hast out-done Hercules Dru. The dust hides 'em We cannot see what follows Pen. They are gone Gone swallow'd Drusus this eternal Sun Shall never see 'em march more Dru. O turn this way And see a modell of the field some forty Against four hundred Pen. Well fought bravely follow'd O nobly charg'd again charg'd home too Drusus They seem to carry it now they charge all Loud Close close I say they follow it ye gods Can there be more in men more daring spirits Still they make good their fortunes Now they are gone too For ever gone see Drusus at their backs A fearful Ambush rises Farewell valours Excellent valours O Rome where 's thy wisdome Dru. They are gone indeed Sir Pen. Look out toward the Army I am heavy with these slaughters Dru. 'T is the same still Covered with dust and fury Enter the two Daughters with Junius Curius Decius and Souldiers 2. Daugh. Bring 'em in Tie 'em and then unarm ' em 1. Daugh. Valiant Romans Ye are welcome to your Loves 2. Daugh. Your death fools Dec. We deserve 'em And women do your worst 1. Daugh. Ye need not beg it 2. Daugh. Which is kind Junius Serv. This. 2. Daugh. Are you my sweet heart It looks ill on 't how long is' t pretty soul Since you and I first lov'd Had we not reason To doat extreamly upon one another How does my Love this is not he my chicken Could prate finely sing a love-song Jun. Monster 2. Daugh. Oh now it courts Jun. Arm'd with more malice Then he that got thee has the divell 2. Daugh. Good Proceed sweet chick Jun. I hate thee that 's my last 2. Daug. Nay and ye love me forward No Come sister Let 's prick our answers on our arrows points And make 'em laugh a little Ye damn'd Leachers Ye proud improvident fools have we now caught ye Are ye i' th noose Since ye are such loving creatures We'ell be your Cupids Do ye see these arrows We 'll send them to your wanton livers goats 1. Dau. O how I 'll trample on your hearts ye villains Ambitious salt-itch slaves Romes master sins The mountain Rams topt your hot mothers 2. Daugh. Dogs To whose brave founders a salt whore gave suck Theeves honors hangmen do ye grin perdition Take me for ever if in my self anger Enter Caratach I do not out-do all example Car. Where Where are these Ladies ye keep noble quarter Your Mother thinks ye dead or taken upon which She will not move her Battel Sure these faces I have beheld and known they are Roman Leaders How came they here 2. Daugh. A trick Sir that we us'd A certain policy conducted 'em Unto our snare we have done ye no small service These us'd as we intend we are for th'battel Car. As you intend taken by treachery 1. Daugh. Is' t not allow'd Car. Those that should gild our Conquest Make up a Battel worthy of our winning Catch'd up by craft 2. Daugh. By any means that 's lawful Car. A womans wisdom in our triumphs out Out ye sluts ye follies from our swords Filth our revenges basely arm again Gentlemen Soldiers I charge ye help ' em 2. Daugh. By Uncle We will have vengeance for our rapes Car By You should have kept your legs close then dispatch there 1. Daug. I will not off thus Car. He that stirs to execute Or she though it be your selves by him that got me Shall quickly feel mine anger one great day given us Not to be snatch'd out of our hands but basely And we must shame the gods from whence we have it With setting snares for Soldiers I 'll run away first Be hooted at and children call me coward Before I set up scales for Victories Give 'em their swords 2. Daugh. O gods Car. Bear off the women Unto their Mother 2. Dau. One shot gentle Uncle Car. One cut her fiddle-string Bear 'em off I say 1. Dau. The take this fortune Car. Learn to spin And curse your knotted hemp go Gentlemen Exeunt Daughters Safely go off up to your Troops be wiser There thank me like tall Soldiers I shall seek ye Exit Caratach Cur. A noble worth Dec. Well Junius Jun. Pray ye no more Cur. He blushes do not load him Dec. Where 's your love now Drums loud again Jun. Puffe there it flies Come let 's redeem our follies Exeunt Junius Curius Decius Dru. Awake Sir yet the Roman Bodie 's whole I see 'em clear again Pen. Whole 't is not possible Drusus they must be lost Dru. By they are whole Sir And in brave doing see they wheel about To gain more ground Pen. But see there Drusus see See that huge Battel moving from the mountains Their gilt coats shine like Dragons scales their march Like a rough tumbling storm see them and view 'em And then see Rome no more say they fail look Look where the armed carts stand a new Army Look how they hang like falling rocks as murdring Death rides in triumph Drusus fell destruction Lashes his fiery horse and round about him His many thousand ways to let out souls Move me again when they charge when
me ask me not why I would be killed and by you Jun. Mercy on me What ails this man Petillius Petill. Pray ye dispatch me Ye are not safe whilst I live I am dangerous Troubled extreamly even to mischief Junius An enemy to all good men fear not 't is justice I shall kill you else Jun. Tell me but the cause And I will do it Petill. I am disgrac'd my service Slighted and unrewarded by the General My hopes left wild and naked besides these I am grown ridiculous an ass a folly I dare not trust my self with prethee kill me Jun. All these may be redeem'd as easily As you would heal your finger Petill. Nay Jun. Stay I 'll do it You shall not need your anger But first Petillius You shall unarm your self I dare not trust A man so bent to mischief Petill. There 's my sword And do it handsomely Jun. Yes I will kill ye Believe that certain but first I 'll lay before ye The most extreme fool ye have plaid in this The honor purpos'd for ye the great honor The General intended ye Petill. How Jun. And then I 'll kill ye Because ye shall die miserable Know Sir The Regiment was given me but till time Call'd ye to do some worthy deed might stop The peoples ill thoughts of ye for Lord Penyus I mean his death How soon this time 's come to ye And hasted by Swetonius Go says he Junius and Decius and go thou Petillius Distinctly thou Petillius and draw up To take stout Caratach there 's the deed purpos'd A deed to take off all faults of all natures And thou Petillius Mark it there 's the honor And that done all made even Petill. Stay Jun. No I 'll kill ye He knew thee absolute and full in soldier Daring beyond all dangers found thee out According to the boldness of thy spirit A Subject such a Subject Petill. Harke ye Junius I will live now Jun. By no means Wooed thy worth Held thee by the chin up as thou sunk'st and shew'd thee How Honor held her arms out Come make ready Since ye will die an ass Petill. Thou wilt not kill me Jun. By but I will Sir I 'll have no man dangerous Live to destroy me afterward Besides you have gotten Honor enough let young men rise now Nay I do perceive too by the General which is One main cause ye shall die how e'r he carry it Such a strong doting on ye that I fear You shall command in chief how are we paid then Come if you will pray dispatch it Petill. Is there no way Jun. Not any way to live Petill. I will do any thing Redeem my self at any price good Junius Let me but die upon the Rock but offer My life up like a Soldier Jun. You will seek then To out-doe every man Petill. Believe it Junius You shall goe stroke by stroke with me Jun. You 'l leave off too As you are noble and a soldier For ever these mad fancies Petill. Dare ye trust me By all that 's good and honest Jun There 's your sword then And now come on a new man Virtue guide thee Exeunt Enter Caratach and Hengo on the Rock Car. Courage my Boy I have found meat look Hengo Look where some blessed Britain to preserve thee Has hung a little food and drink cheer up Boy Do not forsake me now Hengo Oh Uncle Uncle I feel I cannot stay long yet I 'll fetch it To keep your noble life Uncle I am heart-whole And would live Car. Thou shalt long I hope Hen. But my head Uncle Methinks the Rock goes round Enter Macer and Judas Ma. Mark 'em well Judas Jud. Peace as you love your life Hen. Do not you hear The noise of Bels Car. Of Bels Boy 't is thy fancie Alas thy bodies full of wind Hen. Methinks Sir They ring a strange sad knell a preparation To some near funeral of State nay weep not Mine own sweet Uncle you will kill me sooner Car. Oh my poor chicken Hen. Fie faint-hearted Uncle Come tie me in your Belt and let me down Car. I 'll go my self Boy Hengo No as ye love me Uncle I will not eat it if I do not fetch it The danger only I desire pray tie me Car. I will and all my care hang o'r thee come child My valiant child Hen. Let me down apace Uncle And ye shall see how like a Daw I 'll whip it From all their policies for 't is most certain A Roman train and ye must hold me sure too You 'll spoil all else When I have brought it Uncle We 'll be as merry Car. Go i' th' name of heaven Boy Hen. Quick quick Uncle I have it Oh. Judas shoots Hengo Car. What ail'st thou Hen. O my best Uncle I am slain Car. I see ye and heaven direct my hand destruction Caratach kills Judas with a stone from the rock Go with thy coward soul How dost thou Boy Oh villain pocky villain Hen. Oh Uncle Uncle Oh how it pricks me am I preserv'd for this Extremely pricks me Car. Coward rascal Coward Dogs eat thy flesh Hen. Oh I bleed hard I faint too out upon 't How sick I am the lean Rogue Uncle Car. Look Boy I have laid him sure enough Hen. Have ye knockt his brains out Car. I warrant thee for stirring more cheer up child Hen. Hold my sides hard stop stop oh wretched fortune Must we part thus Still I grow sicker Uncle Car. Heaven look upon this noble child Hen. I once hop'd I should have liv'd to have met these bloody Romans At my swords point to have reveng'd my Father To have beaten 'em oh hold me hard But Uncle Car. Thou shalt live still I hope Boy Shall I draw it Hen. Ye draw away my soul then I would live A little longer spare me heavens but only To thank you for your tender love Good Uncle Good noble Uncle weep not Car. Oh my chicken My dear Boy what shall I lose Hen. Why a child That must have died however had this scap'd me Feaver or famine I was born to die Sir Car. But thus unblown my boy Hen. I go the straighter My journey to the gods Sure I shall know ye When ye come Uncle Car. Yes Boy Hen. And I hope We shall enjoy together that great blessedness You told me of Car. Most certain child Hen. I grow cold Mine eyes are going Car. Lift 'em up Hen. Pray for me And noble Uncle when my bones are ashes Think of your little Nephew Mercy Car. Mercy You blessed Angels take him Hen. Kiss me so Farewel farewel Dies Car. Farewel the hopes of Britain Thou Royal graft Farewel for ever Time and Death Ye have done your worst Fortune now see now proudly Pluck off thy vail and view thy triumph Look Look what thou hast brought this Land to Oh fair flower How lovely yet thy ruines show how sweetly Even death embraces thee The peace of heaven The fellowship of all great souls
Nor. Speed ye then what mirth is this The Watches are not yet discharg'd I take it These are brave careless Rogues I 'll hear the Song out And then I 'll fit ye for 't merry Companions Here 's notable Order now for a trick to tame ye Owgh owgh 1 Wat. Hark hark what 's that below us who goes there Nor. Owgh owgh owgh 2. Wat. 'T is a Bear broke loose pray call the Corporal 1. Wat. The Dutchmans huge fat Sow 2 Wat. I see her now and five fine pigs Nor. Owgh owgh Corp. Now what 's the matter 1 Wat. Here 's the great fat Sow Corporal The Dutchmans Sow and all the Pigs brave fat Pigs You have been wishing long she would break loose Nor. Owgh owgh Cor. 'T is she indeed there 's a white pig now sucking Look look do you see it Sirs 1 Wat. Yes very well Sir Cor. A notable fat whorson come two of ye Go down with me we 'll have a tickling breakfast 2 Wat. Let 's eat 'em at the Cross Cor. There 's the best liquor Nor. I 'll liquor some of ye ye lazie rogues Your minds are of nothing but eating ann swilling What a sweet Beast they have made of me a Sow Hogg upon hogg I hear 'em come Enter Cor. below and Watch. Cor. Go softly and fall upon 'em finely nimbly 1 Wat. Bless me Cor. Why what 's the matter 1 Wat. Oh the devil The devil as high as a Steeple 2 Wat. There he goes Corporal His feet are Cloven too Cor. Stand stand I say death how I shake Where be your Muskets 1 Wat. There 's no good of them Where be our Prayers man 2 Wat. Lord how he stalks speak to him Corporal Cor. Why what a devil art thou Nor. Owgh owgh Cor. A dumb devil The worst devil that could come a dumb devil Give me a Musket he gathers in to me I' th' name of speak what art thou speak devil Or I 'll put a plumb in your belly Nor. Owgh owgh owgh Cor. Fie fie in what a sweat I am Lord bless me My Musket's gone too I am not able to stir it Nor. Who goes there stand speak Corp. Sure I am inchanted Yet here 's my Halbert still nay who goes there Sir What have I lost my self what are ye Nor. The Guard Corp. Why what are we then he 's not half so long now Nor he has no tail at all I shake still damnably Nor. The word Corp. Have mercy on me what word does he mean Prethee devil if thou be'st the devil Do not make an Ass of me for I remember yet As well as I am here I am the Corporal I 'll lay my life on 't devil Nor. Thou art damn'd Corp. That 's all one but am not I the Corporal I would give a thousand pound to be resolv'd now Had not I Soldiers here Nor. No not a man Thou art debauch'd and cozen'd Corp. That may be It may be I am drunk Lord where have I been Is not this my Halbert in my hand Nor. No 't is a May-pole Cor. Why then I know not who I am nor what Nor whence I come Nor. Ye are an arrand Rascal You Corporal of a Watch. Cor. 'T is the Dane's voice you are no devil then Nor. No nor no Sow Sir Cor. Of that I am right glad Sir I was ne'r so frighted in my life as I am a Soldier Nor. Tall watchmen A guard for a Goose you sing away your Centuries A careful company let me out o' th' port here I was a little merry with your worships And keep your guards strong though the devil walk Hold there 's to bring ye into your wits again Goe off no more to hunt Pigs such another trick And you will hunt the gallows Cor. Pray Sir pardon us And let the devil come next I 'll make him stand Or make him stink Nor. Doe doe your duty truly Come let me out and come away no more rage Exe. Scaena Secunda Enter Abdella with a Letter and Rocca Ab. Write thus to me he hath fearfully and basely Betraid his own cause yet to free himself He now ascribes the fault to me Roc. I know not What he hath done but what he now desires His Letters have inform'd you Ab. Yes he is Too well acquainted with the power he holds Over my mad affections I want time To write but pray you tell him if I were â—o better steel'd in my strong resoâ—utions Than he hath shown himself in his or thought There was a hell hereafter or a Heaven But in enjoying him I should stick here And move no further bid him yet take comfort For something I would doe the devil would quake at But I 'll untie this Nuptial knot of love And make way for his wishes in the mean time Let him lie close for he is strictly sought for And practise to love her that for his ends Scorns fear and danger Enter Oriana and Velleda Roc. All this I will tell him Exit Rocca Ab. Do so farewel My Lady with my fellow So earnest in discourse what e'r it be I 'll second it Vel. He is such a noble Husband In every circumstance so truly loving That I might say and without flattery Madam The Sun sees not a Lady but your self That can deserve him Abd. Of all men I say That dare for 't is a desperate adventure Wear on their free necks the sweet yoak of woman For they that do repine are no true husbands Give me a Soldier Ori. Why are they more loving Than other men Abd. And love too with more judgement For but observe your Courtier is more curious To set himself forth richly than his Lady His baths perfumes nay paintings too more costly Than his frugality will allow to her His clothes as chargeable and grant him but A thing without a beard and he may pass At all times for a woman and with some Have better welcome Now your man of Lands For the most part is careful to manure them But leaves his Lady fallow your great Merchant Breaks oftner for the debt he owes his wife Than with his creditors and that 's the reason She looks elsewhere for payment Now your Soldier Vel. I marry do him right Abd. First who has one Has a perpetual guard upon her honor For while he wears a sword slander her self Dares not bark at it next she sits at home Like a great Queen and sends him forth to fetch in Her tribute from all parts which being brought home He laies it at her feet and seeks no further For his reward than what she may give freely And with delight too from her own Exchequer Which he finds ever open Ori. Be more modest Abd. Why we may speak of that we are glad to taste of Among our selves I mean Ori. Thou talkst of nothing Abd. Of nothing Madam You have found it something Or with the raising up this prettty mount here My Lord hath dealt with spirits Enter Gomera Ori. Two long
shall we part with dry lips Shall we that have been fellow devils together Flinch for an old womans fart Wi. 'T is a fine time a night too but we must part Nicâ—â— To. Shall we never ring again ne're toss the tenor And roul the changes into a Cup of Clarret You shall not want what ere I lay my hands on As I am sure Automedon the Coachman Shall be distributed bear up I say hang sorrow Give me that bird abroad that lives at pleasure Sam the Butler's true the Cook a reverend Trojan The Faulkner shall sell his Hawks and swear they weâ— rotten There be some wandring spoons that may be met with I 'll pawn a Coach horse peace utter no sentences The harshness shall be us'd in our wars also Or shall I drive her tell me but your will now Say but the word over some rotten bridg Or by a Marl-pit side she may slip in daintily Let me alone for my self Wi. No no farewell Toby Farewell spiny Nicholas no such thing There be ways i' the world if you see me A day or two hence may be wee 'l crack a quart yet And pull a bell commend to the houshold Nay cry not Toby 't will make thy head giddy To. Sweet Master Wildbraine Wi. No more Toby go the times may alter But where 's the coarse of my dead cosen If she be dead I hop'd ' thad but dissembled That sits heavy here Toby honest Toby Lend me thy Lanthorn I forgot 't was dark I had need look to my ways now To. Take a lodging with me to night in the Stable And ride away to morrow with one of the horses Next your heart pray do Wi. No good night good neighbor Toby I will wandeâ— I scorn to submit my self ere I have rambled But whither or with what that 's more material No matter and the worst come it is but stealing And my Aunt wo'not see me hang'd for her own credit And farewel in a Halter costs me nothing Exit Enter Hartlove Fran. The night and all the evil the night covers The Goblins Haggs and the black spawn of darkness Cannot fright me no death I dare thy cruelty For I am weary both of life and light too Keep my wits heaven they say spirits appear To melancholy minds and the graves open I would fain see the fair Maria's shadow But speak unto her spirit e'er I dyed But ask upon my knees a mercy from her I was a villain but her wretched kinsman That set his plot shall with his heart-blood satisfie Her injur'd life and honor what light 's this Enter Wildbrain with a Lanthorn Wild. It is but melancholy walking thus The Tavern doors are baracado'd too Where I might drink till morn in expectation I cannot meet the Watch neither nothing in The likeness of a Constable whom I might In my distress abuse and so be carried For want of other lodging to the Counter Frâ— 'T is his voice Fate I thank thee Wild Ha who 's that and thou be'st a man speak Frank Hartlove then I bear my destinies Thou art the man of all the world I wish'd for My Aunt has turn'd me out a doors she has 〈◊〉 this unchristian hour and I do walk Methinks like Guido Faux with my dark Lanthorn â—ealing to set the Town a fire i' th' Countrey 〈◊〉 should be tane for William o' the Wispe 〈◊〉 Robin Good-fellow and how dost Frank Hâ— The worse for you Wild. Come tha' rt a fool art going to thy lodging 〈◊〉 lie with thee to night and tell thee stories 〈◊〉 many devils we ha met withal Our house is haunted Frank whole legions 〈◊〉 saw fifty for my share Fr. Didst not fright ' em Wild. How fright ' em no they frighted me sufficiently Fr. Thou hadst wickedness enough to make them stare â—â— be afraid o' thee malicious devil â—â— draw thy sword for by Maria's soul â—â— not let thee scape to do more mischief Wild. Thou art mad what dost mean Fr. To kill thee nothing else will ease my anger 〈◊〉 injury is fresh I bleed withal For can that word express it there 's no peace in 't 〈◊〉 must it be forgiven but in death Therefore call up thy valour if thou 'st any â—nd summon up thy spirits to defend thee â—â— heart must suffer for thy damn'd practises â—gainst thy noble cosin and my innocence Wild. Hold hear a word did I do any thing 〈◊〉 for your good that you might have her But in that desperate time I might redeem her â—â—hough with show of loss Fr. Out ugly villain 〈◊〉 on her the most hated name of whore 〈◊〉 the worlds eye and face it out in courtesie 〈◊〉 him to see 't and make me drunk to attempt it Enter Maria. Ma. I hear some voices this way Fr. No more if you can pray do it as you fight Ma. What nâ—â— frights opposâ—â—me I have heard that tongue Wild. 'T is my fortune You could not take me in a better time Sir I ha nothing to lose but the love I lent thee My life my sword protect Ma. I know 'em both but to prevent their ruines Must not discover stay men most desperate The mischief you are forward to commit Will keep me from my grave and tie my spirit To endless troubles else Wild. Ha 't is her Ghost Fr. Maria Ma. Hear me both each wound you make Runs through my soul and is a new death to me Each threatening danger will affright my rest Look on me Hartlove and my kinsman view me Was I not late in my unhappy marriage Sufficient miserable full of all misfortunes But you must add with your most impious angers Unto my sleeping dust this insolence Would you teach time to speak eternally Of my disgraces make Records to keep 'em Keep them in brass fight then and kill my honor Fight deadly both and let your bloody swords Through my reviv'd and reeking infamy That never shall be purg'd find your own ruines Hartlove I lov'd thee once and hop'd again In a more blessed love to meet thy spirit â—f thou kill'st him thou art a murtherer And murther shall never inherit heaven My time is come my concealed grave expects me Farewel and follow not your feet are bloody And will pollute my peace I hope they are melted This is my way sure Exit Fr. Stay blessed soul Wi. Would she had come sooner and ha sav'd some blood Fr. Dost bleed Wild. Yes certainly I can both see and feel it Fr. Now I well hope it is not dangerous Give me thy hand as honor guides me I 'll know thee again Wild. I thank thee heartily I know not where to get a Surgeon This vision troubles me sure she is living And I was foolish blind I could not find it I bleed apace still and my heart grows heavy If I go far I faint I 'll knock at this house They may be charitable would 't were perfect day Enter Mistriss Mist 'T is not he What would you Sir Wild. I
distraction and you 'll arm me better Than any coward flight by acquainting me Whose malice aims to kill me good Sir tell me Mac. Then prayers and tears assist me Arc. Sir Mac. Arcadius Thou art a rash young man witness the spirit Of him that trusted me so much I bleed Till I prevent this mischief Exit Enter Philocles Lisander Arc. Ha. keep off Phi. What mean you Sir Lis We are your friends Arc. I know your faces but Am not secure I would not be betraid Lis You wrong our hearts who truly honor you Arc. They say I must be kill'd Phi. By whom Arc. I know not nor wou'd I part with life so tamely Phi. We dare engage ours in your quarrel hide Your sword it may beget suspition It 's enough to question you Arc. I am consident Pray pardon me come I despise all danger Yet a dear friend of mine my Uncle told me He would not see my body full of wounds Lis Your Uncle this is strange Arc. Yes my honest Uncle If my unlucky Stars have pointed me So dire a fate Phi. There is some strange mistake in 't Enter Antigonus Ant. Arcadius the Queen would speak with you You must make haste Arc. Though to my death I flie Upon her summons I give up my breath Then willingly if she command it from me Phi. This does a little trouble me Lis I know not What to imagine something is the ground Of this perplexity but I hope there is not Any such danger as he apprehends Enter Queen Lisimachus Macarius Eubulus Seleucus Arcadius Ladies Attendants and Gent. Qu. We have already granted to Seleucus And they shall try their valour if Arcadius Have spirit in him to accept the challenge Our Royal word is past Phi. This is strange Eub. Madam my son knew not what he ask'd And you were cruel to consent so soon Mac. Wherein have I offended to be rob'd At once of all the wealth I have Arcadius Is part of me Eub. Seleucus's life and mine Are twisted on one thred both stand or fall Together hath the service for my Countrey Deserved but this reward to be sont weeping To my eternal home Was 't not enough When I was young to lose my bloud in wars But the poor remnant that is scarcely warm And faintly creeping through my wither'd veins Must be let out to make you sport Mac. How can We that shall this morn see the sacred oyl Fall on your Virgin tresses hope for any Protection hereafter when this day Too sacrifice the blood of them that pray for you Arcadius I prethee speak thy selfe It is for thee I plead Eub. Seleucus kneel And say thou hast repented thy rash suit If e'er I see thee fight I be thus wounded How will the least drop forc'd from thy veins Afflict my heart Mac. Why that 's good Arcadius speak to hâ—r hear him Madam Arc If you call back this honor you have done me I shall repent I live doe not perswade me Seleucus thou arâ— a noble enemy And I will love thy soul though I despair Our bodies friendly conversation I would we were to tugg upon some cliffe Or like two prodigies i' th' air our conflict Might generally be gaz'd at and our bloud Appease our grandfires Ashes Mac. I am undone Sel. Madam my father says I have offended If so I beg your pardon but beseech you For your own glory call not back your word Eub. They are both mad Qu. No more we have resolv'd And since their courage is so nobly slam'd This morning we 'll behold the Champions Within the List be not afraid their strife Will stretch so far as death so soon as we Are Crown'd prepare your selves Seleucus Kisses her hand Sel. I have receiv'd another life in this high favour And may lose what nature gave me Qu. Arcadius to encourage thy young valour We give thee our Fathers sword Command it from our Armory Lisimachus To our Coronation Exeunt Sel. I 'll forfeit My head for a rebellion than suffer it Exit Arc. I am circled with confusions I 'll do somewhat My brains and friends assist me Exit Phi. But do you think they 'll fight indeed Lis Perhaps Her Majesty will see a bout or two And yet 't is wondrous strange such spectacles Are rare i' th' Court and they were to skirmish naked Before her then there might be scome excuse There is gimcracks in 't the Queen is wise Above her years Phi. Macarius is perplex'd Enter Eubulus Lis I cannot blame him but my Lord Eubulus Returns they are both troubled 'las good men But our duties are expected we forget Ex. Phil. Lis Eub. I must resolve and yet things are not ripe My brains upon the torture Mac. This may quit The hazard of his person whose least drop Of blood is worth more than our families My Lord Eubulus I have thought a way I stay the young mens desperate proceedings It is our cause they fight let us beseech The Queen to grant us two the priviledge Of Duel rather than expose their lives To eithers fury it were pity they Should run upon so black a destiny We are both old and may be spar'd a pair Of fruitless trees mossie and wither'd trunks That fill up too much room Eub. Most willingly And I will praise her charity to allow it I have not yet forget to use a sword Let 's lose no time by this act she will licence Our souls to leave our bodies but a day Perhaps an hour the sooner they may live To do her better service and be friends When we are dead and yet I have no hope This will be granted curse upon our faction Mac. If fine deny us Eub. What Mac. I wou'd do somewhat Eub. There 's something o' th' suddain struck upon My imagination that may secure us Mac. Name it if no dishonor wait upon 't To preserve them I 'll accept any danger Eub. There is no other way and yet my heart Would be excus'd but 't is to save his life Mac. Speak it Eubulus Eub. In your ear I shall It sha'not make a noise if you refuse it Mac. Hum though it stir my bloud I 'll meet Arcadius If this preserve thee not I must unseal Another mistery Exit Enter Queen Lisimachus Cassander Charilla Lisander Philocles Antigonus Qu. We owe to all your loves and will deserve At least by our endeavours that none may This day repent their prayers my Lord Protector Cas Madam I have no Such Title now and am blest to lose That name so happily I was but trusted With a glorious burden Qu. You have prov'd Your self our faithful Counsellor and must still Protect our growing state a Kingdoms Scepter Weighs down a womans arm this Crown sits heavy Upon my brow already and we know There 's something more than mettal in this wreath Of shining glory but your faith and counsel That are familiar with mysteries And depths of state have power to make us fit For such a bearing in which
attend upon the Gentlewoman and see she want no good thing in the house good-night with all my heart forsooth good Lord how you are grown is he not Alexander 〈◊〉 Alex. Yes truly he 's shot up finely God be thanked Mer. An ill weed Mother will do so Alex. You say true Sir an ill weed grows apace Mer. Alexander the sharp you take very quickly Moth. Nay I can tell you Alexander will do it do you read madcap still Alex. Sometimes forsooth Moth. But faith Son what Countreys have you travell'd Mer. Why many Mother as they lay before me France Spain Italy and Germany and other Provinces that I am sure you are not better'd by when you hear of them Moth. And can you these tongues perfectly Mer. Of some a little Mother Moth. Pray spout some French Son Mer. You understand it not and to your ears 't will goe like an unshod cart upon the stones only a rough unhandsome sound Moth. I would fain hear some French Alex. Good Sir speak some French to my Mistriss Mer. At your intreaty Alexander I will who shall I speak to Alex. If your worship will do me the favour Sir to me Mer. Mounseir Poultron Coukew Cullione Besay Man cur Alex. Awe Mounseir Moth. Ha ha ha this fine indeed gods blessing on thy heart Son by my troth thou art grown a proper Gentleman cullen and pullen good god what awkeward words they use beyond the seas ha ha ha Alex. Did not I answer right Mer. Yes good Alexander if you had done so too But good Mother I am very hungry and have rid far to day and am fasting Moth. You shall have your supper presently my sweet Son Mer. As soon as you please which once ended I 'll go and visit you sick Gentlewoman Moth. Come then Exeunt Enter Antonio like a Post with a Letter Ant. I have ridden like a fury to make up this work and I will do it bravely e'r I leave it this is the house I am sure Enter Alexander Alex. Who wou'd you speak with Sir Ant. Marry Sir I would speak with a Gentlewoman came this night late here from the City I have some Letters of importance to her I am a Post Sir and would be dispach'd in haste Alex. Sir cannot I deliver ' em for the truth is she 's ill and in her chamber Ant. Pray pardon me I must needs speak with her my business is so weighty Alex. I 'll tell her so and bring you present word Ant. Pray do so and I 'll attend her pray god the grief of my imagined death spoil not what I intend I hope it will not Alex. Though she be very ill and desires no trouble Yet if your business be so urgent you may come up and speak with her Ant. I thank you Sir I follow you Exit Alex Enter Wife Wife What should this fellow be i' th' name of Heaven that comes with such post business sure my Husband hath reveal'd himself and in this haste sent after me are you the Post my friend Enter Antonio Ant. Yes forsooth Mistriss Wife What good news hast thou brought me gentle Post For I have woe and grief too much already Ant. I would you had less Mistriss I could wish it beshrew my heart she moves me cruelly Wife Have I found you once more Jugler well Jewel thou hast only virtue in thee of all I read of yet what ears has this ass to betray him with well what 's youâ— business then Ant. I have brought a Letter from your servant Mistriss in haste Wife Pray give it me I hope the best still Ant. This is the upshot and I know I have hit it Well if the spirits of the dead do walk I shall Hear more of this one hundred years hence Wife By any means you must have special care for noâ— the City is possest for certain my Master is made away which for ought I know is truth indeed good Mistriss leavâ— your grief and see your danger and let that wise and noble Gentleman with whom you are be your right hand iâ— all things Ant. Now do I know I have the better on 't by the laâ—â—guishing of her eye at this near instant 't is still simming iâ— her blood in coyning somewhat to turn Mercury I knoâ— it Wife He is my Husband and 't is reasonable he shoulâ— command in all things since he will be an ass against thâ— hair at his own peril be it in the morn you shall have pacquet till when I must intreat you stay you shall not loâ— by it Ant. I do not doubt it Mistriss I 'll leave you to youâ— rest and wait your pleasure Wife Do and seek out the Gentleman of the house bâ—â— him come to me presently Ant. Who Mr. Mercury Wife Do you know him Post Ant. Only by sight forsooth now I remember your seâ—vant will'd me to let you know he is the only man you aâ—â— and your fortunes are now to rest upon Wife Prethee no more I know all this already Ant. I 'll take my leave now I am made for ever Exâ—â— Wife Good night I am provided for you my fine youtâ— Exâ—â— Enter Mother beating Viola Alexander with a broken Glass Mother I 'll make thee have more care Viola Good Mistriss pardon me Moth. Thou 'lt ne'r be good I warrant thee can your fiâ— fingers hold no faster Viola Indeed it was against my will Moth. Alexander let 's see the glass as I am true kirsome woman it is one of the chrystal glasses my Cosin sent me and the baggage hath broke it where it cannot be mended Alexander can Humphrey mend this think you Alex. No truly this will ne'er be mended Vio. Truly I meant but to wash it for the Gentlewoman that is sick above and shaking out the water knockt it against the pail side Moth. Did you so be sure I 'll stop it 't will make a good gap in your quarters wages I can tell you Viola I pray forgive me and let me have no wages this first quarter Moth. Go whimling and fetch two or three grating loaves out of the Kitching to make Ginger-bread of 't is such an untoward thing Exit Viola Alex. She 's somewhat simple indeed she knew not what a kimnel was she wants good nurture mightily Moth. My Son tells me Alexander that this young widow means to sojourn here she offers largely for her board I may offer her good cheer prethee make a step i' th' morning down to the Parsonage for some Pigeons what are you mad there what noise is that are you at bowls within why do you whine Enter Viola weeping Vio. I have done another fault I beseech you sweet Mistriss forgive me Moth. What 's the matter Vio. As I was reaching for the bread that lay upon the shelf I have thrown down the minc'd meat that should have made the pies to morrow Moth. Get thee out of my house thou filthy destroying Harlot thou I 'll not keep thee an
it Alber. I 'll not bandy words but thus dissolve the contract Bap. There I meet thee and seize on what 's mine own Alber. For all my service Great Sir grant me the combat with this wretch That I may scourge his insolence Bap. I kneel for it Cesar And to approve my self Alberto's Son I 'll be his second upon any odds ' Gainst him that dare most of Baptista's race Menti. Already upon honourable terms In me thou hast met thy better for her sake I 'll add no more Alber. Sir let our swords decide it Maria. Oh stay Sir and as you would hold the Title Of a just Prince e'r you grant licence to These mad-mens fury lend your private ear To the most distress'd of Women Duke Speak 't is granted He takes Mariana aside Clar. In the meantime let not Clarissa be A patient looker on though as yet doubtful To whom to bend her knee first yet to all I stoop thus low in duty and would wash The dust of fury with my Virgin tears From his bless'd feet and make them beautiful That would move to conditions of peace Though with a snail-like pace they all are wing'd To bear you to destruction reverend Sirs Think on your antient friendship cemented With so much bloud but shed in noble action Divided now in passion for a brawl The Makers blush to own much lov'd Cesario Brother or friend each Title may prevail Remember with what tenderness from our childhood We lov'd together you preferring me Before your self and I so fond of you That it begot suspition in ill minds That our affection was incestuous Think of that happy time in which I know That with your dearest bloud you had prevented This shower of tears from me Mentivole My Husband registred in that bright star-chamber Though now on earth made strangers be the example And offer in one hand the peaceful Olive Of concord or if that can be denied By powerful intercession in the other Carry the Hermian rod and force attonement Now we will not be all marble Death 's the worst then And he shall be my Bridegroom Offers to kill her self Ment. Hold Clarissa his loving violence needs must Offer in spite of honor He snatches away her knife and sets it to his own breast she staies his hand Duke Was it to that end then on your Religion Mar. And my hope in Heaven Sir Duke We then will leave intreaties and make use Of our authority must I cry ai-me To this unheard of insolence in my presence To draw your swords and as all reverence That 's due to Majesty were forfeited Cherish this wildeness sheath them instantly And shew an alteration in your looks or by my power Alber. Cut off my head Bap. And mine rather than hear of peace with this bad man I 'll not alone give up my throat but suffer Your rage to reach my family Enter Prospero Juliana Biancha Alb. And my name to be no more remembred Duke What are these Ces Biancha 't is Biancha still Biancha but strangely alter'd Bapt. If that thirteen years Of absence could raze from my memory The figure of my friend I might forget thee But if thy Image be graven on my heart Thou art my Prospero Pros Thou my Baptista Duke A suddain change Bap. I dare not ask dear friend If Juliana live for that 's a blessing I am unworthy of but yet denie not To let me know the place she hath made happy By having there her Sepulchre Pros If your Highness please to vouchsafe a patient Ear we shall make a true relation of a story That shall call on your wonder Duke Speak we hear you Pros Baptista's fortune in the Genoua Court His banishment with his fair Wife's restraint You are acquainted with what since hath follow'd I faithfully will deliver E'r eight Moons After Baptista's absence were compleat Fair Juliana found the pleasures that They had injoy'd together were not barren And blushing at the burthen of her womb No father near to own it it drew on A violent sickness which call'd down compassion From the angry Duke then careful of her health Physitians were enquir'd of and their judgment Prescrib'd the Baths of Luca as a means For her recovery to my charge it pleas'd her To be committed but as on the way We journey'd those throws only known to Women Came thick upon her in a private Village Bap. She died Pros Have patience she brought to the world A hopeful Daughter for her bodies sickness It soon decay'd but the grief of her mind Hourly increas'd and life grew tedious to her And desperate e'er to see you she injoyn'd me To place her in a Greekish Monastery And to my care gave up her pretty Daughter Bapt. What Monastery as a Pilgrim bare-foot I 'll search it out Pros Pray you interrupt me not Now to my fortunes the girl well dispos'd of With a faithful friend of mine my cruel fate Made me a prisoner to the Turkish Gallies Where for 12 years these hands tugg'd at the Oar But fortune tyr'd at length with my afflictions Some Ships of Maltha met the Ottoman Fleet Charg'd them and boarded them and gave me freedom With my deliverers I serv'd and got Such reputation with the great Master That he gave me command over a tall And lusty ship where my first happy service Was to redeem Alberto rumour'd dead But was like me surpriz'd by Cortugogly Alber. I would I had died there Pros And from him learning Baptista liv'd and their dissolv'd friendship I hois'd up sails for Greece found Juliana A votary at her Beads having made known Both that you liv'd and where you were she borrow'd So much from her devotion as to wish me To bring her to you if the object please you With joy receive her Bapt. Rage and fury leave me Throws away his sword I am so full of happiness there 's no room left To entertain you oh my long lost Jewel Light of mine eyes my souls strength Julia. My best Lord having embrac'd you thus Death cannot fright me Bapt. Live long to do so though I should six here Pardon me Prospero though I enquire my daughters fortune Pros That your happiness May be at all parts perfect here she is Ces Biancha daughter to a Princess Pros True with my faithful Host I left her And with him till now she hath resided Ignorant both of her birth and greatness Bap. Oh my blest one Joy upon joy o'erwhelms me Duke Above wonder Alb. I do begin to melt too this strange story Works much upon me Duke Since it hath pleas'd heaven To grace us with this miracle I that am Heavens instrument here determine thus Alberto Be not unthankful for the blessings shown you Nor you Baptista discord was yet never A welcome sacrifice therefore rage laid by Embrace as friends and let pass'd difference Be as a dream forgotten Bap. 'T is to me Alber. And me and thus confirm it Duke And to tye it In bonds
actions speak him Bald. But did you observe the many doubts and cautions The Brothers stood upon before they met Gis I did and yet that ever Brothers should Stand on more nice terms than sworn Enemies After a War proclaim'd would with a stranger Wrong the reporters credit they saluted At distance and so strong was the suspicion Each had of other that before they durst Embrace they were by sev'ral servants searcht As doubting conceal'd weapons Antidotes Ta'ne openly by both fearing the room Appointed for the enter-view was poyson'd The Chairs and Cushions with like care survay'd And in a word in every circumstance So jealous on both parts that it is more Than to be fear'd concord can never joyn Minds so divided Bald. Yet our best endeavours Should not be wanting Gisbert Gis Neither shall they Enter Grandpree and Verdon But what are these Bald. They are without my knowledge But by their manners and behaviours They should express themselves Grand Since we serve Rollo The Elder Brother we 'll be Rollians Who will maintain us lads as brave as Romans You stand for him Ver. I do Grand Why then observe How much the business your so long'd for business By men that are nam'd from their swords concerns you Lechery our common friend so long kept under With whips and beating fatal hemps shall rise And Bawdery in a French-hood plead before her Virginity shall be Carted Ver. Excellent Grand And Hell but grant the quarrel that 's between The Princes may continue and the business That 's of the sword t' outlast three suits in Law And we will make Atturnies Lansprisadoes And our brave gown-men practisers of back-sword The pewter of all Serjeants maces shall Be melted and turn'd into common Flaggons In which it shall be lawful to carouse To their most lowsie fortunes Bald. Here 's a Statesman Grand A creditor shall not dare but by Petition To make demand of any debt and that Only once every leap-year in which if The debtor may be won for a French Crown To pay a Soulz he shall be registred His benefactor Ver. The Chancellor hears you Grand Fear not I now dare speak as loud as he And will be heard and have all I speak Law Have you no eyes there is a reverence due From Children of the Gown to Men of Action Gis How 's this Gran. Even so the times the times are chang'd All business is not now prefer'd in Parchment Nor shall a grant pass that wants this broad seal This seal d' ye see your gravity once laid My head and heels together in the Dungeon For cracking a scald Officers crown for which A time is come for vengeance and expect it For know you have not full three hours to live Gis Yes somewhat longer Gran. To what end Gis To hang you think on that Ruffian Gran. For you School-master You have a pretty Daughter let me see Near three a Clock by which time I much fear I shall be tyr'd with killing some five hundred Provide a Bath and her to entertain me And that shall be your Ransom Bald. Impudent Rascal Enter to them Trevile and Duprete Gis More of the crew Grand What are you Rollians Tre. No this for Rollo and all such as serve him We stand for Otto Grand You seem men of fashion And therefore I 'le deal fairly you shall have The honour this day to be Chronicled The first men kill'd by Grandpree you see this sword A pretty foolish toy my valour's Servant And I may boldly say a Gentleman It having made when it was Charlemaigns Three thousand Knights this Sir shall cut your throat And do you all fair service else Tre. I kiss your hands for the good offer here 's another too the servant of your servant shall be proud to be scour'd in your sweet guts till when pray you command me Grand Your Idolater Sir Exeunt Manent Gis Bal. Gis That e're such should hold the names of men Or Justice be held cruelty when it labours To pluck such weeds up Bald. Yet they are protected and by the great ones Gis Not the good ones Baldwin Enter to them Aubrey Aub. Is this a time to be spent thus by such As are the principal Ministers of the State When they that are the heads have â—â—ll'd the Court With factions a weak Woman only left To stay their bloudy hands can her weak arms Alone divert the dangers ready now To fail upon the Commonwealth and bury The honours of it leaving not the name Of what it was Oh Gisbert the fair tryals And frequent proofs which our late master made Both of your love and faith gave him assurance To chuse you at his death a Guardian nay A Father to his Sons and that great trust How ill do you discharge I must be plain That at the best y' are a sad looker on Of those bad practices you should prevent And where 's the use of your Philosophy In this so needful a time be not secure For Baldwin be assur'd since that the Princes When they were young and apt for any form Were given to your instruction and grave ordering 'T will be expected that they should be good Or their bad manners will b' imputed yours Bald. 'T was not in one my Lord to alter nature Gis Nor can my counsels work on them that will not Vouchsafe me hearing Aub. Do these answers so t Or with your place or persons or your years Can Gisbert being the pillar of the Laws See them trod under foot or forcâ— to serve The Princes unjust ends and with a frown Be silenc'd from exclaiming on th' abuse Or Baldwin only weep the desp'rate madness Of his seduced pupills see their minds Which with good Arts he labour'd to build up Examples of succeeding times o'return'd By undermining parasites no one precept Leading to any Art or great or good But is forc'd from their memory in whose room Black counsels are receiv'd and their retirements And secret conference producing only Dev'lish designs a man would shame to father But I talk when I should do and chide others For that I now offend in see 't confirm'd Now do or never speak more Gis We are yours Enter Rollo Latorch Trevile Grandpree Otto Verdon and Duprete Rol. You shall know who I am Otto I do my equal Rol. Thy Prince give way were we alone I 'de force thee In thy best bloud to write thy self my subject And glad I would receive it Aub. Sir Gis Dear Lord. Otto Thy subject Rol. Yes nor shall tame patience hold me A minute longer only half my self My birth gave me this Dukedom and my sword Shall change it to the common grave of all That tread upon her bosom e're I part with A piece of earth or title that is mine Otto It needs not and I would scorn to receive Though offer'd what I want not therefore know From me though not deliver'd in great words Eyes red with rage poor pride and
threatned action Our Father at his death then when no accent Wer 't thou a Son could fall from him in vain Made us Co-heirs our part of Land and Honours Of equal weight and to see this confirm'd The Oaths of these are yet upon record Who though they should forsake me and call down The plagues of perjury on their sinful heads I would not leave my self Tre. Nor will we see the Will of the dead Duke infring'd Lat. Nor I the elder rob'd of what 's his right Grand Nor you Let me take place I say I will not see 't My sword is sharpest Aub. Peace you tinder-boxes That only carry matter to make a flame Which will consume you Rol. You are troublesome To Baldwin This is no time for arguments my Title Needs not your School defences but my sword With which the Gordian of your Sophistry Being cut shall shew th' Imposture For your laws To Gisbert It is in me to change them when I please I being above them Gisbert would you have me protect them Let them now stretch their extreamest rigour And seize upon that Traytor and your tongue Make him appear first dangerous then odious And after under the pretence of safety For the sick State the Lands and Peoples quiet Cut off his head and I 'le give up my sword And fight with them at a more certain weapon To kill and with Authority Gis Sir I grant the Laws are useful weapons but found out T' assure the Innocent not to oppress Rol. Then you conclude him Innocent Gis The power your Father gave him must not prove a Crime Aub. Nor should you so receive it Bald. To which purpose All that dare challenge any part in goodness Will become suppliants to you Rol. They have none That dare move me in this hence I defie you Be of his party bring it to your Laws And thou thy double heart thou popular fool Your moral rules of justice and her ballance I stand on mine own guard Otto Which thy unjustice Will make thy enemies by the memory Of him whose better part now suffers for thee Whose reverend ashes with an impious hand Thou throw'st out to contempt in thy repining At this so just decree thou art unworthy Of what his last Will not thy merits gave thee That art so swoln within with all those mischiefs That e're made up a Tyrant that thy breast The prison of thy purposes cannot hold them But that they break forth and in thy own words Discover what a monster they must serve That shall acknowledge thee Rol. Thou shalt not live to be so happy Aub. Nor your miseries begin in murther He offers his sword at Otto the faction joyning Aubrey between severs the Brothers Duty allegeance and all respects of what you are forsake me Do you stare on is this a Theater Or shall these kill themselves like to mad fencers To make you sport keep them asunder or By Heaven I 'le charge on all Grand Keep the peace I am for you my Lord and if you 'l have me I 'le act the Constables part Aub. Live I to see this Will you do that your enemies dare not wish And cherish in your selves those furies which Hell would cast out Do I am ready kill me And these that would fall willing sacrifices To any power that would restore your reason And make you men again which now you are not Rol. These are your bucklers boy Otto My hinderances And were I not confirm'd my justice in The taking of thy life could not weigh down The wrong in shedding the least drop of bloud Of these whose goodness only now protects thee Thou should'st feel I in act would only prove my self What thou in words do'st labour to appear Rol. Hear this and talk again I 'le break through all But I will reach thy heart Otto 'T is better guarded Enter Sophia Soph. Make way or I will force it who are those My Sons my shames turn all your swords on me And make this wretched body but one wound So this unnatural quarrel find a grave In the unhappy womb that brought you forth Dare you remember that you had a Mother Or look on these gray hairs made so with tears For both your goods and not with age and yet Stand doubtful to obey her from me you had Life Nerves and faculties to use these weapons And dare you raise them against her to whom You owe the means of being what you are Otto All peace is meant to you Soph. Why is this War then As if your arms could be advanc'd and I Not set upon the rack your bloud is mine Your dangers mine your goodness I should share in I must be branded with those impious marks You stamp on your own foreheads and on mine If you go on thus for my good name therefore Though all respects of honour in your selves Be in your fury choakt throw down your swords Your duty should be swifter than my tongue And joyn your hands while they be innocent You have heat of bloud and youth apt to Ambition To plead an easie pardon for what 's past But all the ills beyond this hour committed From Gods or men must hope for no excuse Gis Can you hear this unmov'd No Syllable of this so pious charm but should have power To frustrate all the juggling deceits With which the Devil blinds you Otto I begin to melt I know not how Rol. Mother I 'le leave you And Sir be thankful for the time you live Till we meet next which shall be soon and sudden To her perswasion for you Soph. O yet stay And rather than part thus vouchsafe me hearing As enemies how is my soul divided My love to both is equal as my wishes But are return'd by neither my griev'd heart Hold yet a little longer and then break I kneel to both and will speak so but this Takes from me th' authority of a mothers power And therefore like my self Otto to thee And yet observe son how thy mothers tears Outstrip her forward words to make way for 'em Thou art the younger Otto yet be now The first example of obedience to me And grow the elder in my love Otto The means to be so happy Soph. This yield up thy sword And let thy piety give thy mother strength To take that from thee which no enemies force Could e're despoil thee of why do'st thou tremble And with a fearful eye fixt on thy Brother Observ'st his ready sword as bent against thee I am thy armour and will be pierc'd through Ten thousand times before I will give way To any peril may arrive at thee And therefore fear not Otto 'T is not for my self But for you mother you are now ingag'd In more that lies in your unquestion'd vertue For since you have disarm'd me of defence Should I fall now though by his hand the world May say it was your practice Soph. All worlds perish Before my piety turn treasons parent Take it again
Dead Ism I wild-fire and brimstone take thee good man be is dead and past those miseries which thou salt infection-like like a disease slungst upon his head Dost thou heaâ— and 't were not more respect in Womanhood in general than thee because I had a Mother who I will not say she was good she liv'd so near thy time I would have thee in vengeance of this man whose peace is made in heaven by this time tied to a post and dâ—ied i' th' fun and after carried about and shewn at Fairs for money with a long story of the devil thy father that taught thee to be whorish envious bloudy Bac. Ha ha ha Ism You steering harlot I 'll have a horse to leap thee and thy base issue shall carry Sumpters Come Lords bring her along we 'll to the Prince all where her hell hood shall wait his censure and if he spare the she-Goat may he lie with thee again and beside maist thou lay upon him some nasty foul disease that hate still follows and his end a dry ditch Lead you corrupted whore or I 'll draw a goad shall make you skip away to the Prince Bac. I la ha ha I hope yet I shall come too late to find him Cornets Cupid from above Enter Leucippus Urania â—oucippus 〈…〉 Leu. Alas poor boy why dost thou follow me What canst thou hope for I am poor as thou art Vra In good feth I shall be wee l and rich enough If you will love me and not put me from you Leu. Why dost thou choose out me Boy to undo thee Alas for pitty take another Master That may be able to deserve thy love In breeding thee hereafter me thou knowest not More than my misery and therefore canst not Look for rewards at my hands would I were able My pretty knave to doe thee any kindness truly Good Boy I would upon my faith thy harmless Innocence moves me at heart wilt thou goe Save thy self why dost thou weep Alas I do not chide thee Vra I cannot tell if I go from you Sir I shall ne'er dawn day more Pray if you can I will be true to you Let me wait on you if I were a man I would fight for you Sure you have some ill-willers I would slay em Leu. Such harmless souls are ever Prophets well I take thy wish thou shalt be with me still But prethee eat my good boy Thou wilt die my child if thou fast one day more This four daies thou hast tasted nothing Goe into the Cave and eat thou shalt find something for thee to bring thy bloud again and thy fair colour Vra I cannot eat God thank you But I 'll eat to morrow Leu. Thou't be dead by that time Vra I should be well then for you will not love me Leu. Indeed I will This is the prettiest passion that e'er I felt yet why dost thou look so earnestly upon me Vra You have faiâ— eyes Master Leu. Sure the boy dotes why dost thou sigh my child Vra To think that such a fine man should live and no gay Lady love him Leu. Thou wilt love me Vra Yes sure till I die and when I am in heaven I 'll e'en wish for you Leu. And I 'll come to thee boy This is a Love I never yet heard tell of come thou art sleepy child goe in and I 'll sit with thee heaven what poâ—tends this Vra You are sad but I am not sleepy would I could do ought to make you merry shall I sing Leu. If thou wilt good Boy Alas my boy that thou shouldst comfort me and art far worse than I Enter Timantus with a Letter disguised Vra Law Master there 's one look to your self Leu. What art thou that in this dismal place Which nothing could find out but misery Thus boldly stepst Comfort was never here Here is no food nor beds nor any house Built by a better Architect than beasts And e'r you get dwelling from one of them You must fight for it if you conquer him He is your meat if not you must be his Tim. I come to you for if I not mistake you are the Prince from that most Noble Lord Ismenus with a Letter Vra Alas I fear I shall be discover'd now Leu. Now I feel my self the poorest of all mortal things Where is he that receives such courtesies But he has means to shew his gratefulness Some way or other I have none at all I know not how to speak so much as well Of thee but to these trees Leucippus opening the Letter the whilst Timantus runs at him and Urania steps before Tim. His Letters speak him Sir Vra Gods keep me but from knowing him till I die aye me sure I cannot live a day Oh thou soul Traitor How do you Master Leu. How dost thou my child alas look on his it may make thee repentant to behold those innocent drops that thou hast drawn from thence Vra 'T is nothing Sir and you be well Tim. Oh pardon me know you me now Sir Leu. How couldst thou find me out Tima. We intercepted a Letter from Ismenus and the bearer directed me Leu. Stand up Timantus boldly The world conceives that thou art guilty Of divers treasons to the State and me But oh far be it from the innocence Of a just man to give a Traitor death Without a tryal here the Countrey is not To purge thee or condemn thee therefore A nobler trial than thou dost deserve Rather than none at all here I accuse thee Before the face of Heaven to be a Traitor Both to the Duke my Father and to me and the Whole Land speak is it so or no Tima. 'T is true Sir pardon me Leu. Take heed Timantus how thou dost cast away thy self I must proceed to execution hastily if thou confess it speak once againe is it so or no Tima. I am not guilty Sir Fight here the Prince gets his sword and gives it him Leu. Gods and thy sword acquit thee here it is Tima. I will not use any violence against your Highness Leu. At thy peril then for this must be thy trial and from henceforth look to thy self Timantus draws his sword and runs at him when he turns aside Tim. I do beseech you Sir let me not fight Leu. Up up again Timantus There is no way but this believe me Now if Fie fie Timantus is there no Usage can recover thee from baseness wert thou Longer to converse with men I would have chid Thee for this be all thy faults forgiven Tim. Oh spare me Sir I am not sit for death Leu. I think than art not yet trust me fitter than for life Yet tell me e'r thy breath be gone know'st of any other plots against me Tim. Of none Leu. What course wouldst thou have taken when thou hadst kill'd me I would have ta'en your Page and married her Leu. What Page Tim. Your boy there Dies Urania sounds Leu. Is he fall'n mad in death what
does he mean Some good god help me at the worst how dost thou Let not thy misery vex me thou shalt have What thy poor heart can wish I am a Prince And I will keep thee in the gayest cloaths And the finest things that ever pretty boy had given him Vra I know you well enough Feth I am dying and now you know all too Leu. But stir up thy self look what a Jewel here is See how it glisters what a pretty shew Will this make in thy little ear ha speak Eat but a bit and take it Vra Do you not know me Leu. I prethee mind thy health why that 's well said my good boy smile still Vra I shall smile till death an I see you I am Vrania your Sister-in-law Leu. How Vra I am Vrania Leu. Dulness did seize me now I know thee well Alas why cam'st thou hither Vra Feth for love I would not let you know till I was dying for you could not love me my Mother was so naught Leu. I will love thee or any thing what wilt Thou leave me as soon as I know thee Speak one word to me alas she 's past it She will ne'er speak more What noise is that it is no matter who Enter Ismenus with the Lords Comes on me now What worse than mad are you That seek out sorrows if you love delights Begone from hence Isme Sir for you we come as Soldiers to revenge the wrongs you have suffer'd under this naughty creature what shall be done with her say I am ready Leu. Leave her to Heaven brave Cosin they shall tell her how she has sinn'd against 'em my hand shall never be stain'd with such base bloud live wicked Mother that reverend Title be your pardon for I will use no extremity against you but leave you to Heaven Bacha Hell take you all or if there be a place Of torment that exceeds that get you thither And till the devils have you may your lives Be one continued plague and such a one That knows no friends nor ending May all ages that shall succeed curse you as I do And if it be possible I ask it heaven That your base issues may be ever Monsters That must for shame of nature and succession Be drown'd like dogs Would I had breath to please you Leu. Would you had love within you and such grief As might become a Mother look you there Know you that face that was Vrania These are the fruits of those unhappy Mothers That labour with such horrid births as you do If you can weep there 's cause poor innocent Your wickedness has kill'd her I 'll weep for you Isme Monstrous woman Mars would weep at this and yet she cannot Leu. Here lies your Minion too slain by 〈◊〉 I will not say you are the cause yet certain I know you were too blame the gods forgive you Isme See she stands as if she were inventing Some new destruction for the world Leu. Ismenus thou art welcome yet to my sad company Isme I come to make you somewhat sadder Sir Leu. You cannot I am at the height already Isme Your Fathers dead Leu. I thought so Heaven be with him Oh woman woman weep now or never thou hast made more sorrows than we have eyes to utter Bac. Now let Heaven fall I am at the worst of evils a a thing so miserably wretched that every thing the last of humane comforts hath left me I will not be so base and cold to live and wait the mercies of these men I hate no 't is just I die since fortune hath left me my step discent attends me hand strike thou home I have soul enough to guide and let all know as I stood a Queen the same I 'll fall and one with me She stabs the Prince with a knife Leu. Ho. Isme How do you Sir Leu. Nearer my health than I think any here my tongue begins to faulter what is man or who would be one when he sees a poor weak woman can in an instant make him none Dor. She is dead already Isme Let her be damn'd already as she is post all for Surgeons Leu. Let not a man stirr for I am but dead I have some few words which I would have you hear And am afraid I shall want breath to speak 'em First to you my Lords you know Ismenus is Undoubtedly Heir of Lycia I do beseech you all When I am dead to shew your duties to him Lords We vow to do 't Leu. I thank you Next to you Cosin Ismenus that shall be the Duke I pray you let the broken Image of Cupid Be re-edified I know all this is done by him Isme It shall be so Leu. Last I beseech you that my Mother-in-law may have a burial according to Dies Isme To what Sir Dor. There is a full point Isme I will interpret for him she shall have burial according to her own deserts with dogs Dor. I would your Majesty would haste for setling of the people Isme I am ready Age. Goe and let the Trumpets sound Some mournful thing whilst we convey the body Of this unhappy Prince unto the Court And of that virtuous Virgin to a Grave But drag her to a ditch where let her lie Accurst whilst one man has a memory Exeunt Cupid's Speech The time now of my Revenge draws near Nor shall it lessen as I am a god With all the cries and prayers that have been And those that be to come though they be infinite In need and number The Two Noble Kinsmen The Persons represented in the Play Hymen Theseus Hippolita Sisters to Theseus Emelia Sisters to Theseus Nymphs Three Queens Three valiant Knights The two Noble Kinsmen in love with fair Emelia Palamon Arcite Perithous Jaylor His Daughter in love with Palamon Countreymen VVenches A Taborer Gerrold A Schoolmaster PROLOGUE Florish NEw Plays and Maidenheads are near a-kin Much follow'd both for both much money gi'n If they stand sound and well And a good Play Whose modest Scenes blush on his marriage day And shake to loose his honour is like hir That after holy Tie and first nights stir Yet still is Modesty and still retains More of the Maid to sight than Husbands pains We pray our Play may be so for I 'm sure It has a noble◠breeder and a pure A Learned and a Poet never went More famous yet 'twixt Po and silver Trent Chaucer of all admir'd the Story gives There constant to eternity it lives If we let fall the Nobleness of this And the first sound this Child hear be a hiss How will it shake the bones of that good man And make him cry from under-ground Oh fan From me the witless chaff of such a writer That blasts my Bayes and my fam'd Works makes lighter Than Robin Hood this is the fear we bring For to say Truth it were an endless thing And too ambitious to aspire to him Weak as we are and almost breathless swim In this
the better man The better chance she has the man that 's best She still contends with and doth favor least Mar. Me thinks a graver thunder then the skies Breaks from his lips I am amaz'd to hear And Athens words more then her swords doth fear Soph. Martius slave Sophocles couldst thou acquire And did thy Roman gods so love thy prayers And solemn sacrifice to grant thy suit To gather all the valour of the Caesars Thy Predecessors and what is to come And by their influence sling it on thee now Thou couldst not make my mind go less not pare With all their swords one virtue from my soul How am I vassall'd then Make such thy slaves As dare not keep their goodness past their graves Know General we two are chances on The die of Fate now thrown thy six is up And my poor one beneath thee next the throw May set me upmost and cast thee below Mar. Yet will I trie thee more Calamitie Is mans true touchstone Listen insolent Prince That dar'st contemn the Master of thy life Which I will force here 'fore thy City walls With barbarous crueltie and call thy wife To see it and then after send her Soph. Ha ha ha Mar. And then demolish Athens to the ground Depopulate her fright away her fame And leave succession neither stone nor name Soph. Ha ha ha Mar. Dost thou deride me Val. Kneel ask Martius For mercy Sophocles and live happy still Soph. Kneel and ask mercie Roman art a god I never kneel'd or begg'd of any else Thou art a fool and I will loose no more Instructions on thee now I find thy eares Solemn Musick Enter Dorigen Ladyes bearing a sword Are foolish like thy tongue My Dorigen Oh! must she see me bound 1. Cap. There 's the first sigh He breath'd since he was born I think 2. Cap. Forbear All but the Lady his wife Soph. How my heart chides The manacles of my hands that let them not Embrace my Dorigen Val. Turn but thy face And ask thy life of Martius thus and thou With thy fair wife shalt live Athens shall stand And all her priviledges augmented be Soph. 'T were better Athens perish'd and my wife Which Romans I do know a worthie one Then Sophocles should shrink of Sophocles Commit profane Idolatry by giving The reverence due to gods to thee blown man Mar. Rough stubborn Cynick Soph. Thou art rougher far And of a couser wale fuller of pride Less temperate to bear prosperity Thou seest my meer neglect hath rais'd in thee A storm more boystrous then the Oceans My virtue Patience makes thee vitious Mar. Why fair-ey'd Lady do you kneel Dor. Great Generall Victorious godlike Martius your poor handmaid Kneels for her husband will not cannot speaks Thus humbly that he may not Listen Roman Thou whose advanced front doth speak thee Roman To every Nation and whose deeds assure 't Behold a Princess whose declining head Like to a drooping lilly after storms Bowes to thy feet and playing here the slave To keep her husbands greatness unabated All which doth make thy Conquest greater For If he be base in ought whom thou hast taken Then Martius hath but taken a base prize But if this Jewell hold lustre and value Martius is richer then in that he hath won O make him such a Captive as thy self Unto another wouldst great Captain be Till then he is no prisoner fit for thee Mar. Valerius here is harmonie would have brought Old crabbed Saturn to sweet sleep when Jove Did first incense him with Rebellion Athens doth make women Philosophers And sure their children chat the talk of gods Val. Rise beauteous Dorigen Dor. Not untill I know The Generals resolution Val. One soft word From Sophocles would calm him into tears Like gentle showres after tempestuous winds Dor. To buy the world he will not give a word A look a tear a knee ' gainst his own judgement And the divine composure of his minde All which I therefore doe and here present This Victors wreathe this rich Athenian sword Trophies of Conqust which great Martius wear And be appeas'd Let Sophocles still live Mar. He would not live Dor. He would not beg to live When he shall so forget then I begin To command Martius and when he kneels Dorigen stands when he lets fall a tear I dry mine eyes and scorn him Mar. Scorn him now then Here in the face of Athens and thy friends Self-will'd stiff Sophocles prepare to die And by that sword thy Lady honor'd me With which her self shall follow Romans Friends Who dares but strike this stroke shall part with me Half Athens and my half of Victorie Cap. By not we Nic. Cor. We two will do it Sir Soph. Away ye fish-fac'd Rascals Val. Martius To Eclipse this great Eclipse labours thy fame Valerius thy Brother shall for once Turn Executioner Give me the sword Now Sophocles I 'll strike as suddenly As thou dar'st die Soph. Thou canst not And Valerius 'T is less dishonour to thee thus to kill me Then bid me kneel to Martius 't is to murther The fame of living men which great ones do Their studies strangle poyson makes away The wretched hangman only ends the Play Val. Art thou prepar'd Soph. Yes Val. Bid thy wife farewell Soph. No I will take no leave My Dorigen Yonder above 'bout Ariadnes Crown My spirit shall hover for thee prethee haste Dor. Stay Sophocles with this tie up my sight Let not soft nature so transform'd be And lose her gentle sex'd humanitie To make me see my Lord bleed So 't is well Never one object underneath the Sun Will I behold before my Sophocles Farewell now teach the Romans how to die Mar. Dost know what 't is to die Soph. Thou dost not Martius And therefore not what 't is to live to die Is to begin to live It is to end An old stale weary work and to commence A newer and a better 'T is to leave Deceitfull knaves for the societie Of gods and goodness Thou thy self must part At last from all thy garlands pleasures Triumphs And prove thy fortitude what then 't will do Val. But ar't not griev'd nor vex'd to leave life thus Soph. Why should I grieve or vex for being sent To them I ever lov'd best now I 'll kneel But with my back to ward thee 't is the last duty This trunk can doe the gods Mar. Strike strike Valerius Or Martius heart will leap out at his mouth This is a man a woman Kiss thy Lord And live with all the freedome you were wont O Love thou doubly hast afflicted me With virtue and with beauty Treacherous heart My hand shall cast thee quick into my urne E're thou transgress this knot of pietie Val. What ails my Brother Soph. Martius oh Martius Thou now hast found a way to conquer me Dor. O star of Rome what gratitude can speak Fit words to follow such a deed as this Mar. Doth Juno talk or Dorigen Val. You
are observ'd Mar. This admirable Duke Valerius With his disdain of Fortune and of Death Captiv'd himself hath captivated me And though my arm hath ta'ne his body here His soul hath subjugated Martius soul By Romulus he is all soul I think He hath no flesh and spirit cannot by gyv'd Then we have vanquish'd nothing he is free And Martius walks now in captivitie Soph. How fares the noble Roman Mar. Why Dor. Your blood Is sunk down to your heart and your bright eyes Have lost their splendor Mar. Baser fires go out When the Sun shines on 'em I am not well An Apoplectick sit I use to have After my heats in war carelesly coold Soph. Martius shall rest in Athens with his friends Till this distemper leave him O! great Roman See Sophocles doe that for thee he could not Do for himself weep Martius by the It grieves me that so brave a soul should suffer Under the bodies weak infirmitie Sweet Lady take him to thy loving charge And let thy care be tender Dor. Kingly Sir I am your Nurse and servant Mar. Oh deer Lady My Mistris nay my Deity guide me heaven Ten wreathes triumphant Martius will give To change a Martius for a Sophocles Can't not be done Valerius with this boot Inseparable affection ever thus Colleague with Athens Rome Dor. Beat warlike tunes Whilest Dorigen thus honors Martius brow With one victorious wreath more Soph. And Sophocles Thus girds his Sword of conquest to his thigh Which ne'r be drawn but cut out Victorie Lords For ever be it thus Exeunt Corn. Corporall Nichodemus a word with you Nic. My worthie Sutler Cornelius it befits not Nichodemus the Roman Officer to parley with a fellow of thy rank the affairs of the Empire are to be occupied Corn. Let the affaires of the Empire lie a while unoccupied sweet Nichodemus I doe require the money at thy hands which thou doest owe me and if faire means cannot attain force of Armes shall accomplish Nic. Put up and live Corn. I have put up too much already thou Corporall of Concupiscence for I suspect thou hast dishonored my flock-bed and with thy foolish Eloquence and that bewitching face of thine drawn my Wife the young harlotrie baggage to prostitute her self unto thee Draw therefore for thou shalt find thy self a mortall Corporall Nichod. Stay thy dead-doing hand and heare I will rather descend from my honor and argue these contumelies with thee then clutch thee poor flye in these eaglet of mine or draw my sword of Fate on a Pesant a Besognio a Cocoloch as thou art Thou shalt first understand this foolish eloquence and intolerable beauty of mine both which I protest are meerly naturall are the gifts of the gods with which I have neither sent baudy Sonnet nor amorous glance or as the vulgar call it sheeps eye to thy betrothed Florence Corin. Thou lyest Nich. O gods of Rome was Nichodemus born To bear these braveries from a poor provant Yet when dogs bark or when the asses bray The lion laughs not roars but goes his way Cornel. A o' your poeticall veine This versifying my wife has hornisied me Sweet Corporall cod-shead no more standing on your punctilio's and punketto's of honor they are not worth a lowse the truth is thou art the Generals Bygamie that is his fool and his knave thou art miscreant and recreant not an horse-boy in the Legions but has beaten thee thy beginning was knap-sack and thy ending will be halter-sack Nich. Me thinks I am now Sophocles the wise and thou art Martius the mad Cornel. No more of your tricks good Corporall Letherchops I say thou hast dishonour'd me and since honor now adaies is only repaired by money pay me and I am satisfied Even reckoning keeps long friends Nic. Let us continue friends then for I have been even with thee a long time and though I have not paid thee I have paid thy wife Corn. Flow forth my tears thou hast destowred her Tarquin the Garden of my delight hedg'd about in which there was but one bowling Alley for mine owne private procreation thou hast like a thief in the night leap'd the hedge entred my Alley and without my privitie plaid thine owne râ—bbers Nic. How long shall patience thus securely sâ—ore Is it my fault if these attractive eyes This budding chin or rosie-colour'd cheek This comâ—ly body and this waxen leg Have drawn â—er into a fools paradise By Cupids I do swear no other She 's chaster far then Lucrece her grand-mother Pure as glass-window ere the rider dash iâ— Whiter then I adyes smock when she did wash it For well thou woâ—st though now my hearts Commandress I once was free and she but the Camps Landress Corn. I she then came sweet to me no part about her but smelt of Soap-suds like a Dryad out of a wash-bowl Pray or pay Nich. Hold. Corn. Was thy cheese mouldy or thy peny-worths small Was not thy Ale the mightiest of the earth in Malt And thy stope fill'd like a tide was not thy bed soft and Thy Bacon fatter then a dropsie Come Sir Nich. Mars then inspire me with the fencing skill Of our Tragedion Actors Honor pricks And Sutler now I come with thwacks and thwicks Grant us one crush one pass and now a high Cavalto fall Then up again now down again yet do no harm at all Enter Wife Wife O that ever I was born why Gent Corn. Messaline of Rome away disloyal Concubine I will be deafer to thee then thou art to others I will have my hundred drachma's he owes me thou arrant whore Wife I know he is an hundred drachmaes o' the score but what o' that no bloodshed sweet Cornelius O my heart o' my conscience 't is faln thorow the bottom of my bellie O my sweet Didimus if either of ye miskil one another what will become of yoor Florence Pacifie your selves I pray Corn. Go to my heart is not stone I am not marble drie your eyes Florence the scurvie apes-face knows my blinde side well enough leave your puling will this content ye let him tast thy nether lip which in signe of amitie I thus take off again go thy ways and provide the Cows udder Nich. Lilie of Concord And now honest Sutler since I have had proof as well of thy good nature as of thy wives before I will acquaint thee with a project shall fully satisfie thee for thy debt Thou shalt understand I am shortly to be knighted Corn. The devil thou art Nich. Renounce me else for the sustenance of which Worship which Worship many times wants sustenance I have here the Generals grant to have the leading of two hundred men Corn. You jest you jest Nich. Refuse me else to the pit Corn. Mercie on us ha you not forgot your self by you swearing you should be knighted already Nich. Damn me Sir here 's his hand read it Corn. Alas I cannot Nich. I know that It has pleas'd the General to look upon my