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A06975
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The dumbe knight A historicall comedy, acted sundry times by the children of his Maiesties Reuels.
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Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.; Machin, Lewis, fl. 1608. aut
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strongest hope in any victory Lords attend in my Champion Here the noble men go forth and bring in the Duke of Epire like a combatant Qu. Will you my Lord approue the Kings assertion Epy. Madame although against the nature of my spirit And my first duty bound to your allegeance Yet now compeld by duty and by truth I must of force become your opposite Qu. Thou art no true Italian nor true gentleman Thus to confound the glory of thy iudgement Hath not that arme which now is arm'd against me That valour spirit iudgement and that worth Which onely makes you worthy stood t' approue More then my selfe will challenge to my vertues And are you now basely turnd retrograde Well I perceiue ther 's nought in you but spleene And times obseruance still to hold the best Still I demand the Law Cyp. And you shall haue it in the amplest manner Sound cornets Heere the cornets sound thrice and at the third sound enters Philocles disguised like a combatant Flo. There is a coÌ„batant on the defeÌ„daÌ„ts part your maiesties pleasure Cyp. Giue him his oath according to the lawes Flo. Are the faire ends of this your warlike posture To proue the innocence of these two condemnd So help you Ioue Phi. They are Cyp. Then giue the warlicke signall to the fight Heere the combate being fought Philocles ouercomes the Duke Phi. Thou art my slaue either confesse or die Epi. Didst thou speake true I would not sound a word To saue the world from cinders yet that thou maiest With more resolued fury murder me This I confesse t was I that onely stird Out of strong falshoods hate and iealousie The kings eternall wrath and made him thinke Vntruths that euen vntruth would not suggest And all my malice sprung from that Prince Philocles Phi. No t was from me that still am Philocles Cyp. My Philocles my Queene O double pardon me My iealousie his enuy and your vertues Are sprung from such impatient contraries I cannot reconcile them yet O pardon me My faith in life shall make you recompence For thee rare Mariana thou hast wrought A worke of noble constant magnitude As for this monster this my tempting diuell Whose forfait life is witnesse to his shame I giue his life and fortunes to the Queene She whom his malice would haue brought to death Shall now be iudge and Iurer of his breath Ma. In which commission madame let it be inrold He is my brother and my best of blood Qu. And onely that is charter for his life Liue enuious Lord more enuious then th' art great Liue to lament thy worst of wretchednesse Liue to repent since this I certaine know Thine owne gald conscieuce will be thy worst woe Enter a guard of watchmen with Alphonso 1 Watch. Come bring him away thrust him forward though fauour and a great purse were against him Cyp. How now what tamult haue we there 2 Watch. And it please your maiestie we haue brought you heere a slip a peece of false coine one that is neither stampt with true coine for his excuse nor with good clothes for his redemption Cyp. Alphonso in the name of madnes how comes this Metamorphosis Nay stand forth discourse if thou dost lie thou art mine enemy Me. Nay more if thou sticke in any bogge and by a tricke seeke to wind out I will discouer you Alph. This coniuration beleeue it my Lord shall make me leap out of all fetters and briefly thus I haue long time loued the faire wife of the Orator hauing no opportunity but his absence at the senate I tooke that season hee out of negligence omitting his papers returnd vnseasonably found mee insufficiently and forst mee to take sanctuary strangely which howeuer I purchast yet hee found mine apparrell and mistaken in the tenure reacht it presently put it on immediatly and now in the senat house is pleading in it seriously Cyp. I cannot blame him you hauing got so much within his inward garment Me. Of all which my Lord I being in a strict conceit a baudy witnesse and hauing both from the Orators scornes and delaies receiued many indignities though by this discouery to cry quittance with my proud enemy Cyp. And you haue amply done yet this iest So perfit doth deserue more memory Florio go bid the Orator attend vs presently Exit Flo. And now to you Drap and Velous I did Referre you long since to the Orator Yet I note your attention come there is Some too close fisted hardnes in your hearts You gripe too hard your bribes will not disburse Come tell me truely as you looke for heauen What must you pay for your dispatches Dra. Ve. A thousand crownes we offred willingly Cyp. And will your suit auaile with such disbursment Dra. Ve. It will and we most richly satisfied Cyp. Will you bestow the money on our selfe We will see the businesse perfited Dra. Ve. With all our hearts and be full ioy'd thereat heere are the crownes Cyp. You shall haue your dispatches Enter Prat and Florio See heere comes the Orator Prat come hither These Gentlemen whom long since I referd To Your dispatches are yet vnsatisfied Prat. Alas my Lord the state Cyp. I know implores you yet there 's many minuteâ—… May giue your best cares leasure come there is Some odde disburse some bribe some gratulance Which makes you lock vp leasure come tell true What bribe must they giue what is your vâ—â—â—ost price Pra. But fiue hundred crownes of my best conscience Cyp. Tut it is nothing hold heere is the coine And let them haue their pattens presently Or looke to loose both place and soueraignty Prat. Legions of diuels haunt their dilligence Cyp. Fie I would not haue a man of your high place Or for respect of wealth or base obseruance In smallest things thus to neglect your credit Why looke you my Lords this Orator is not like others of his ranke Who from their ganish and fantasticke humours Go thorow the streets spotted in peacocks plumes Wearing all colours laces broderies Sattans and silkes so antike garnished That when their gownes are off you cannot finde In Italy a master shapt more nice But this fellow Prate heer 's of another sort Cloth'd like himselfe demure and soberly Nay you shall see him for a president Vngownes the Orator Passion of mine eie-sight who haue we heere This is Alphonso ther 's the Orator Pra. Heart of impatience I am then a Cuckold A scorne a by word and a laughing stocke What is my wife turnd whoreand must her depth Be sounded by the plumes of forrainers Well the reuenge that I will take for this my shame Shall make all whores hereafter dread my name Cyp. Not for thy life not for my loue I charge thee Thy wife is honest chast and vertuous Onely this wanton Lord with lust and come Hath much attempted but preuaild in nought For proofe see heere the crownes hee would haue giuen T' haue purchas'd her beds honour but she would not Which I bestow on you for recompence Therefore as thou dost hope my grace to finde So to thy wife be louing gentle kinde Prat. Your maiestie may mould me to your pleasure Cyp. I thanke you and will quittance it Now Meshant we restore to you your lands Your honours and neere places next our selfe To all that feele distaste in any sore We giue to cure them all our grace and fauour Thus stormes bring gentle sun-shine and our hands May after shipwracke bring vs to safe lands FINIS