I brought him hether To haue reconcil'd him to the Cardinall Bos. I doe not aske thee that Take him vp if thou tender thine owne life And beare him where the Lady Iulia Was wont to lodge Oh my fate moues swift I haue this Cardinall in the forge already Now I 'll bring him to th' hammer O direfull misprision I will not Imitate things glorious No more then base I 'll be mine owne example On on and looke thou represent for silence The thing thou bear'st Exeunt SCENA V. Cardinall with a Booke Bosola Pescara Malateste Rodorigo Ferdinand Delio Seruant with Antonio's body Card. I am puzzell'd in a question about hell He saies in hell there 's one materiall fire And yet it shall not burne all men alike Lay him by How tedious is a guilty conscience When I looke into the Fish-ponds in my Garden Me thinkes I see a thing arm'd with a Rake That seemes to strike at me Now art thou come thou look'st ghastly There sits in thy face some great determination Mix'd with some feare Bos. Thus it lightens into Action I am come to kill thee Card. Hah helpe our Guard Bos. Thou art deceiu'd They are out of thy howling Card. Hold and I will faithfully deuide Reuenewes with thee Bos. Thy prayers and proffers Are both vnseasonable Card. Raise the Watch we are betraid Bos. I haue confinde your flight I 'll suffer your retreyt to Iulias Chamber But no further Card. Helpe we are betraid Mal. Listen Card. My Dukedome for rescew Rod. Fye vpon his counterfeyting Mal. Why 't is nor the Cardinall Rod. Yes yes 't is he But I 'll see him hang'd ere I 'll goe downe to him Card. Here 's a plot vpon me I am assaulted I am lost Vnlesse some rescew Gris. He doth this pretty well But it will not serue to laugh me out of mine honour Card. The sword 's at my throat Rod. You would not bawle so lowd then Mal. Come come lets 's goe to bed he told vs thus much afore-hand Pesc. He wish'd you should not come at him but beleeu 't The accent of the voyce sounds not in iest I 'll downe to him howsoeuer and with engines Force ope the doores Rod. Let 's follow him aloofe And note how the Cardinall will laugh at him Bos. There 's for you first 'cause you shall not vnbarracade the doore To let in rescew He kills the Seruant Card. What cause hast thou to pursue my life Bos. Looke there Card. Antonio Bos. Slaine by my hand vnwittingly Pray and be sudden when thou kill'dst thy sister Thou tookst from Iustice her most equall balance And left her naught but her sword Card. O mercy Bos. Now it seemes thy Greatnes was onely outward For thou fall'st faster of thy selfe then calamitie Can driue thee I 'll not wast longer time There Card. Thou hast hurt me Bos. Againe Card. Shall I die like a Leuoret Without any resistance helpe helpe helpe I am slaine Ferd. Th' allarum giue me a fresh horse Rally the vaunt-guard or the day is lost Yeeld yeeld I giue you the honour of Armes Shake my Sword ouer you will you yeilde Card. Helpe me I am your brother Ferd. The diuell My brother fight vpon the aduerse party He wounds the Cardinall and in the scuffle giues Bosola his death wound There flies your ransome Card. Oh Iustice I suffer now for what hath former bin Sorrow is held the eldest child of sin Ferd. Now you 're braue followes Caesars Fortune was harder then Pompeys Caesar died in the armes of prosperity Pompey at the feete of disgrace you both died in the field The paine 's nothing paine many times is taken away with The apprehension of greater as the tooth-ache with the sight Of a Barbor that comes to pull it out there 's Philosophy for you Bos. Now my reuenge is perfect sinke thou maine cause Of my vndoing the last part of my life Hath done me best seruice He kills Ferdinand Ferd. Giue me some wet hay I am broken winded I do account this world but a dog-kennell I will vault credit and affect high pleasures Beyond death Bos. He seemes to come to himselfe now he 's so neere the bottom Ferd. My sister oh my sister there 's the cause on 't Whether we fall by ambition blood or lust Like Diamonds we are cut with our owne dust Card. Thou hast thy payment too Bos. Yes I hold my weary soule in my teeth 'T is ready to part from me I do glory That thou which stood'st like a huge Piramid Begun vpon a large and ample base Shalt end in a little point a kind of nothing Pes. How now my Lord Mal. Oh sad disastre Rod. How comes this Bos. Reuenge for the Duchesse of Malfy murdered By th' Aragonian brethren for Antonio Slaine by his hand for lustfull Iulia Poyson'd by this man and lastly for my selfe That was an Actor in the maine of all Much 'gainst mine owne good nature yet i' th' end Neglected Pes. How now my Lord Card. Looke to my brother He gaue vs these large wounds as we were strugling Here i' th' rushes And now I pray let me Be layd by and neuer thought of Pes. How fatally it seemes he did withstand His owne rescew Mal. Thou wretched thing of blood How came Antonio by his death Bos. In a mist I know not how Such a mistake as I haue often seene In a play Oh I am gone We are onely like dead wals or vaulted graues That ruin'd yeildes no eccho Fare you well It may be paine but no harme to me to die In so good a quarrell Oh this gloomy world In what a shadow or deepe pit of darknesse Doth womanish and fearefull mankind liue Let worthy mindes nere stagger in distrust To suffer death or shame for what is iust Mine is an other voyage Pes. The noble Delio as I came to th' Pallace Told me of Antonio's being here and shew'd me A pritty gentlemen his sonne and heire Mal. Oh Sir you come to late Del. I heard so and Was arm'd for 't ere I came Let vs make noble vse Of this great ruine and ioyne all our force To establish this yong hopefull Gentleman In 's mothers right These wretched eminent things Leaue no more fame behind 'em then should one Fall in a frost and leaue his print in snow As soone as the sun shines it euer melts Both forme and matter I haue euer thought Nature doth nothing so great for great men As when she 's pleas'd to make them Lords of truth Integrity of life is fames best friend Which noblely beyond Death shall crowne the end Exeunt FINIS The Author disclaimes this Ditty to be his
to your liking but for that Alas your sheeres doe come vntimely now To clip the birds wings that 's already flowne Will you see my Husband Ferd. Yes if I Could change eyes with a Basilisque Duch. Sure you came hither By his confideracy Ferd. The howling of a Wolfe Is musicke to the schrech-Owle pre'thee peace What ere thou art that hast enioy'd my sister For I am sure thou hearst me for thine owne sake Let me not know thee I came hither prepar'd To worke thy discouery yet am now perswaded It would beget such violent effects As would dampe vs both I would not for ten Millions I had beheld thee therefore vse all meanes I neuer may haue knowledge of thy name Enioy thy lust still and a wretched life On that condition And for thee vilde woman If thou doe wish thy Leacher may grow old In thy Embracements I would haue thee build Such a roome for him as our Anchorites To holier vse enhabite Let not the Sunne Shine on him till he 's dead Let Dogs and Monkeys Onely conuerse with him and such dombe things To whom Nature denies vse to sound his name Doe not keepe a Paraqueto least she learne it If thou doe loue him cut out thine owne tongue Least it bewray him Duch. Why might not I marry I haue not gone about in this to create Any new world or custome Ferd. Thou art vndone And thou hast ta'ne that massiy sheete of lead That hid thy husbands bones and foulded it About my heart Dutch Mine bleedes for 't Ford. Thine thy heart What should I nam 't vnlesse a hollow bullet Fill'd with vnquenchable wild-fire Dutch You are in this Too strict and were you not my Princely brother I would say to wilfull My reputation Is safe Ferd. Dost thou know what reputation is I 'll tell thee to small purpose since th' instruction Comes now too late Vpon a time Reputation Loue and Death Would trauell ore the world and it was concluded That they should part and take three seuerall wayes Death told them they should find him in great Battailes Or Cities plagu'd with plagues Loue giues them councell To enquire for him 'mongst vnambitious shepheards Where dowries were not talk'd of and sometimes 'Mongst quiet kindred that had nothing left By their dead Parents stay quoth Reputation Doe not forsake me for it is my nature If once I part from any man I meete I am neuer found againe And so for you You haue shooked hands with Reputation And made him inuisible So fare you well I will neuer see you more Dutch Why should onely I Of all the other Princes of the World Be cas'de-vp like a holy Relique I haue youth And a litle beautie Ferd. So you haue some Virgins That are Witches I will neuer see thee more Exit Dutch You saw this apparition Enter Antonio with a Pistoll Ant. Yes we are Betraid how came he hither I should turne This to thee for that Car. Pray sir doe and when That you haue cleft my heart you shall read there Mine innocence Dutch That Gallery gaue him entrance Ant. I would this terrible thing would come againe That standing on my Guard I might relate My warrantable loue ha what meanes this Dutch He left this with me she shewes the poniard Ant. And it seemes did wish You would vse it on your selfe Dutch His Action Seem'd to intend so much Ant. This hath a handle to 't As well as a point turne it towards him And so fasten the keene edge in his rancke gall How now who knocks more Earthquakes Dutch I stand As if a Myne beneath my feete were ready To be blowne vp Car. 'T is Bosola Dutch Away Oh misery me thinkes vniust actions Should weare these masques and curtaines and not we You must instantly part hence I haue fashion'd it already Ex. Ant. Bos. The Duke your brother is ta'ne vp in a whirle wind Hath tooke horse and 's rid poast to Rome Dutch So late Bos. He told me as he mounted into th' sadle You were vndone Dutch Indeed I am very neere it Bos. What 's the matter Dutch Antonio the master of our house-hold Hath dealt so falsely with me in 's accounts My brother stood engag'd with me for money Ta'ne vp of certaine Neopolitane Iewes And Antonio let 's the Bonds be forfeyt Bos. Strange this is cunning Dutch And hereupon My brothers Bills at Naples are protested Against call vp our Officers Bos. I shall Exit Dutch The place that you must flye to is Ancona Hire a house there I 'll send after you My Treasure and my Iewels our weake safetie Runnes vpon engenous wheeles short sillables Must stand for periods I must now accuse you Of such a fained crime as Tasso calls Magnanima Mensogna a Noble Lie 'Cause it must shield our honors harke they are comming Ant. Will your Grace heare me Dutch I haue got well by you you haue yeelded me A million of losse I am like to inherit The peoples curses for your Stewardship You had the tricke in Audit time to be sicke Till I had sign'd your Quietus and that cur'de you Without helpe of a Doctor Gentlemen I would haue this man be an example to you all So shall you hold my fauour I pray let him For h 'as done that alas you would not thinke of And because I intend to be rid of him I meane not to publish vse your fortune else-where Ant. I am strongely arm'd to brooke my ouer-throw As commonly men beare with a hard yeere I will not blame the cause on 't but doe thinke The necessitie of my maleuolent starre Procures this not her humour O the inconstant And rotten ground of seruice you may see 'T is eu'n like him that in a winter night Takes a long slumber ore a dying fire A-loth to part from 't yet parts thence as cold As when he first sat downe Dutch We doe confiscate Towards the satisfying of your accounts All that you haue Ant. I am all yours and 't is very fit All mine should be so Dutch So sir you haue your Passe Ant. You may see Gentlemen what 't is to serue A Prince with body and soule Exit Bos. Heere 's an example for extortion what moysture is drawne out of the Sea when fowle weather comes powres downe and runnes into the Sea againe Dutch I would know what are your opinions Of this Antonio 2. Offi. He could not abide to see a Pigges head gaping I thought your Grace would finde him a Iew 3. Offi. I would you had bin his Officer for your owne sake 4. Offi. You would haue had more money 1. Offi. He stop'd his eares with blacke wooll and to those came a woman To him for money said he was thicke of hearing 2. Offi. Some said he was an hermophrodite for he could not abide 4. Offi. How scuruy prowd he would looke when the Treasury was full Well let him goe 1. Offi. Yes and the chippings of the Buttrey fly after him To scowre his
The apoplexie cathar or cough o' th loongs Would do as much as they do Bos. Doth not death fright you Duch. Who would be afraid on 't Knowing to meete such excellent company In th' other world Bos. Yet me thinkes The manner of your death should much afflict you This cord should terrifie you Duch. Not a whit What would it pleasure me to haue my throate cut With diamonds or to be smothered With Cassia or to be shot to death with pearles I know death hath ten thousand seuerall doores For men to take their Exits and 't is found They go on such strange geometricall hinges You may open them both wayes any way for heauen sake So I were out of your whispering Tell my brothers That I perceiue death now I am well a wake Best guift is they can giue or I can take I would faine put off my last womans-fault I l'd not be tedious to you Exec We are ready Duch. Dispose my breath how please you but my body Bestow vpon my women will you Exec. Yes Duch. Pull and pull strongly for your able strength Most pull downe heauen vpon me Yet stay heauen gates are not so highly arch'd As Princes pallaces they that enter there Must go vpon their knees Come violent death Serue for Mandragora to make me sleepe Go tell my brothers when I am laid out They strangle her They then may feede in quiet Bos. Where 's the waiting woman Fetch her Some other strangle the children Looke you there sleepes your mistris Cari. Oh you are damn'd Perpetually for this My turne is next Is 't not so ordered Bos. Yes and I am glad You are so well prepar'd for 't Cari. You are deceiu'd Sir I am not prepar'd for 't I will not die I will first come to my answere and know How I haue offended Bos. Come dispatch her You kept her counsell now you shall keepe ours Cari. I will not die I must not I am contracted To a young Gentle-man Exec. Here 's your wedding Ring Car. Let me but speake with the Duke I 'll discouer Treason to his person Bos. Delayes throttle-her Exec. She bites and scratches Car. If you kill me now I am damn'd I haue not bin at Confession This two yeeres Bos. When Car. I am quicke with child Bos. Why then Your credit 's sau'd beare her in toth ' next roome Let this lie still Ferd. Is she dead Bos. Shee is what You 'll haue her But here begin your pitty Shewes the children strangled Alas how haue these offended Ferd. The death Of young Wolffes is neuer to be pittied Bos. Fix your eye here Ferd. Constantly Bos. Doe you not weepe Other sinnes onely speake Murther shreikes out The Element of water moistens the Earth But blood flies vpwards and bedewes the Heauens Ferd. Couer her face Mine eyes dazell she di'd yong Bos. I thinke not so her infelicitie Seem'd to haue yeeres too many Ferd. She and I were Twinnes And should I die this instant I had liu'd Her Time to a Mynute Bos. It seemes she was borne first You haue bloodely approu'd the auncient truth That kindred commonly doe worse agree Then remote strangers Ferd. Let me see her face againe Why didst not thou pitty her what an excellent Honest man might'st thou haue bin If thou hadst borne her to some Sanctuary Or bold in a good cause oppos'd thy selfe With thy aduanced sword aboue thy head Betweene her Innocence and my Reuenge I bad thee when I was distracted of my wits Goe kill my dearest friend and thou hast don 't For let me but examine well the cause What was the meanenes of her match to me Onely I must confesse I had a hope Had she continu'd widow to haue gain'd An infinite masse of Treasure by her death And that was the mayne cause her Marriage That drew a streame of gall quite through my heart For thee as we obserue in Tragedies That a good Actor many times is curss'd For playing a villaines part I hate thee for 't And for my sake say thou hast done much ill well Bos. Let me quicken your memory for I perceiue You are falling into ingratitude I challenge The reward due to my seruice Ferd. I 'll tell thee What I 'll giue thee Bos. Doe Ferd. I 'll giue thee a pardon For this murther Bos. Hah Ferd. Yes and 't is The largest bounty I can studie to doe thee By what authority did'st thou execute This bloody sentence Bos. By yours Ferd. Mine was I her Iudge Did any ceremoniall forme of Law Doombe her to not-Being did a compleat Iury Deliuer her conuiction vp i' th Court Where shalt thou find this Iudgement registerd Vnlesse in hell See like a bloody foole Th' hast forfeyted thy life and thou shalt die for 't Bos. The Office of Iustice is peruerted quite When one Thiefe hangs another who shall dare To reueale this Ferd. Oh I 'll tell thee The Wolfe shall finde her Graue and scrape it vp Not to deuoure the corpes but to discouer The horrid murther Bos. You not I shall quake for 't Ferd. Leaue me Bos. I will first receiue my Pention Ferd. You are a villaine Bos. When your Ingratitude Is Iudge I am so Ferd. O horror That not the feare of him which bindes the diuels Can prescribe man obedience Neuer looke vpon me more Bos. Why fare thee well Your brother and your selfe are worthy men You haue a paire of hearts are hollow Graues Rotten and rotting others and your vengeance Like two-chain'd bullets still goes arme in arme You may be Brothers for treason like the plague Doth take much in a blood I stand like one That long hath ta'ne a sweet and golden dreame I am angry with my selfe now that I wake Ferd. Get thee into some vnknowne part o' th' world That I may neuer see thee Bos. Let me know Wherefore I should be thus neglected sir I seru'd your tyranny and rather stroue To satisfie your selfe then all the world And though I loath'd the euill yet I lou'd You that did councell it and rather sought To appeare a true seruant then an honest man Ferd. I 'll goe hunt the Badger by Owle-light 'T is a deed of darkenesse Exit Bos. He 's much distracted Off my painted honour While with vaine hopes our faculties we tyre We seeme to sweate in yce and freeze in fire What would I doe were this to doe againe I would not change my peace of conscience For all the wealth of Europe She stirres here 's life Returne faire soule from darkenes and lead mine Out of this sencible Hell She 's warme she breathes Vpon thy pale lips I will melt my heart To store them with fresh colour who 's there Some cordiall drinke Alas I dare not call So pitty would destroy pitty her Eye opes And heauen in it seemes to ope that late was shut To take me vp to merry Dutch Antonio Bos. Yes Madam he is liuing The dead bodies you saw were but faign'd statues He 's reconcil'd
patientst man 'i th' world Match me for an experiment and I 'll crawle after Like a sheepe-biter Card. Force him vp Ferd. Vse me well you were best What I haue don I haue don I 'll confesse nothing Doctor Now let me come to him Are you mad My Lord are you out of your Princely wits Ferd. What 's he Pesc. Your Doctor Ferd. Let me haue his beard saw'd off and his eye Browes fil'd more ciuill Doct. I must do mad trickes with him For that 's the onely way on 't I haue brought Your grace a Salamanders skin to keepe you For sun-burning Ferd. I haue cruell sore eyes Doct. The white of a Cockatrixes-egge is present remedy Ferd. Let it be a new layd one you were best Hide me from him Phisitians are like Kings They brooke no contradiction Doct. Now he begins to feare me Now let me alone with him Card. How now put off your gowne Doct. Let me haue some forty vrinalls fill'd with Rose-water He and I 'll go pelt one an other with them Now he begins to feare me Can you fetch a friske sir Let him go let him go vpon my perrill I finde by his eye he stands in awe of me I 'll make him as tame as a Dormouse Ferd. Can you fetch your friskes sir I will stamp him into a Cullice Flea off his skin to couer one of the Anatomies This rogue hath set i' th' cold yonder in Barber-Chyrurgeons hall Hence hence you are all of you like beasts for sacrifice There 's nothing left of you but tongue and belly Flattery and leachery Pes. Doctor he did not feare you throughly Doct. True I was somewhat too forward Bos. Mercy vpon me what a fatall iudgement Hath falne vpon this Ferdinand Pes. Knowes your grace What accident hath brought vnto the Prince This strange distraction Card. I must faigne somewhat Thus they say it grew You haue heard it rumor'd for these many yeares None of our family dies but there is seene The shape of an old woman which is giuen By tradition to vs to haue bin murther'd By her Nephewes for her riches Such a figure One night as the Prince sat vp late at 's booke Appear'd to him when crying out for helpe The gentlemen of 's chamber found his grace All on a cold sweate alter'd much in face And language Since which apparition He hath growne worse and worse and I much feare He cannot liue Bos. Sir I would speake with you Pes. We 'll leaue your grace Wishing to the sicke Prince our noble Lord All health of minde and body Card. You are most welcome Are you come so this fellow must not know By any meanes I had intelligence In our Duchesse death For though I counsell'd it The full of all th' ingagement seem'd to grow From Ferdinand Now sir how fares our sister I do not thinke but sorrow makes her looke Like to an oft-di'd garment She shall now Tast comfort from me why do you looke so wildely Oh the fortune of your master here the Prince Deiects you but be you of happy comfort If you 'll do on thing for me I 'll entreate Though he had a cold tombe-stone ore his bones I 'll'd make you what you would be Bos. Any thing Giue it me in a breath and let me slie to 't They that thinke long small expedition win For musing much o' th' end cannot begin Jul. Sir will you come in to Supper Card. I am busie leaue me Iul. What an excellent shape hath that fellow Exit Card. 'T is thus Antonio lurkes here in Millaine Enquire him out and kill him while he liues Our sister cannot marry and I haue thought Of an excellent match for her do this and stile me Thy aduancement Bos. But by what meanes shall I find him out Card. There is a gentleman call'd Delio Here in the Campe that hath bin long approu'd His loyall friend Set eie vpon that fellow Follow him to Masse may be Antonio Although he do account religion But a Schoole-name for fashion of the world May accompany him or else go enquire out Delio's Confessor and see if you can bribe Him to reueale it there are a thousand wayes A man might find to trace him As to know What fellowes haunt the Iewes for taking vp Great summes of money for sure he 's in want Or else to go to th' Picture-makers and learne Who brought her Picture lately some of these Happily may take Bos. Well I 'll not freeze i' th' businesse I would see that wretched thing Antonio Aboue all sightes i' th' world Card. Do and be happy Exit Bos. This fellow doth breed Bazalisques in 's eies He 's nothing else but murder yet he seemes Not to haue notice of the Duchesse death 'T is his cunning I must follow his example There cannot be a surer way to trace Then that of an old Fox Iul. So sir you are well met Bos. How now Iul. Nay the doores are fast enough Now Sir I will make you confesse your treachery Bos. Treachery Iul. Yes confesse to me Which of my women 't was you hyr'd to put Loue-powder into my drinke Bos. Loue powder Iul. Yes when I was at Malfy Why should I fall in loue with such a face else I haue already suffer'd for thee so much paine The onely remedy to do me good Is to kill my longing Bos. Sure your Pistoll holds Nothing but perfumes or kissing comfits excellent Lady You haue a pritty way on 't to discouer Your longing Come come I 'll disarme you And arme you thus yet this is wondrous strange Iul. Compare thy forme and my eyes together You 'll find my loue no such great miracle Now you 'll say I am wanton This nice modesty in Ladies Is but a troublesome familiar That haunts them Bos. Know you me I am a blunt souldier Iul. The better Sure there wants fire where there are no liuely sparkes Of roughnes Bos. And I want complement Iul. Why ignorance in court-ship cannot make you do amisse If you haue a heart to do well Bos. You are very faire Iul. Nay if you lay beauty to my charge I must plead vnguilty Bos. Your bright eyes Carry a Quiuer of darts in them sharper Then Sun-beames Iul. You will mar me with commendation Put your selfe to the charge of courting me Whereas now I woo you Bos. I haue it I will worke vpon this Creature Let vs grow most amorously familiar If the great Cardinall now should see me thus Would he not count me a villaine Iul. No he might count me a wanton Not lay a scruple of offence on you For if I see and steale a Diamond The fault is not i' th' stone but in me the thiefe That purloines it I am sudaine with you We that are great women of pleasure vse to cut off These vncertaine wishes and vnquiet longings And in an instant ioyne the sweete delight And the pritty excuse together had you bin in'th'streete Vnder my chamber window euen there I should