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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01836	The couragious Turke, or, Amurath the First A tragedie. Written by Thomas Goffe Master of Arts, and student of Christ-Church in Oxford, and acted by the students of the same house.	Goffe, Thomas, 1591-1629.	1632 (1632)	STC 11977; ESTC S122361	35,029	66

in Orchanes great throne And sacrifice due rites to Mahomet Yet why enough I le on and dung the Earth With Christians rotted trunckes that frō that soyle May spring more Cadmean Monsters to orecome thē Captaines what Conntries next shal we make flow With Channels of their bloud Euren. To Servia my Lord there are troupes of armes Gathered to resist Mahometans Chase. At Bulgaria there they set on fire The Countries as they passe 't were good we haste Amur. Why they doe well we like of their desire To make the flame in which themselves must fry Ruine destruction famine and the sword Shall all invade them Sunne stay thou thy flight And see the snakes in their owne River drencht Whil●…t with their bloud our furious thirst is que●…cht Scaena 3. Actus 3. Enter in aermes Lazarus Despot of Servia Sesmenos Governour of Bulgaria Lazar. Whether Bulgaria whether must we flye The Butcherous Tur●…e's at hand Blest Sanctity If thou didst ere guard goodnesse wall our towers Bring strength into our Nerves For in thy cause Our Brests upon their Rapiers we will run We 'll with just hope 〈◊〉 the tyrants rage Meet him in the face fury will ●…de us armes There is a power can guard us from a●…l harmes Sesm. Let 's be su●…dain for we'●… not find scope To see our haps Who most doth feare may hope Enter to them Cobelitz Cobel. Governor Captaines hast unto your armes The dangers imminent and the Turke 's at hand Lazar. Cobelitz must we still wade thus deepe In blood and terror Cob. Yes Servia we must we should we ought Ease and successe keeps basenesse company Shall we not blush to see the register Of those great Romans and Heroicke Greekes Which did those acts at which our hearts are struck Beneath all credence onely to win fame And shall not we for that Eternall name To live without all credence even to win fame Is not to know life's chiefe and better parts To us of future hopes calamity Must helpe to purchase immortality Ses. Well spoke true Ch●…istian they who still live high And snoare in prais'd applause nere know to beare A contu●…ely or checke a fate Wisely to steere a Ship or guide an Army Vndanted hardinesse is requisite O then le ts to our weapo●…s make him yeild They which deny all right of●…give't i th' Field Enter Christian Souldiers falling out amongst them se●…es fighting confusedly Cob. Why Gentlemen we want no foes to fight Nor need we turne our weapons on our selves One Souldier speakes as drunk 1. You lazy rogue what come in my Cabinet 2. Conspiring slave you murmur'd gin's th' allowance And would●…t perswade upon a larger pay A●…swer the other To betray all Garrisons and turne Tur●… Thou halfe Can-carousing rascall I le teare thee And those treacherous veines of thine will you see Llew-●…ackets Will you see your Corporall wrong'd Well since I fight for victuals for company Vse now your swords and Bucklers The other to his m●…n Here they all fall by the ●…ares Lazar. Treason the next man that speakes or strikes a blow Sold. Then shall our Laundresses fight for us 2. Why Amazo●…s Baudicans come helpe to scratch Enter some Truls 〈◊〉 both sides th●…y fight and scr●…ch Sesm. O Cobelitz what way shall we appease them Truls scold con●…usedly thus 1. Trull Out thy Corporal huswife hath the itch You now will have foule washing Drab I le teare your mouth 2. An inch or two yet wider Cob. What souldiers thinke you each distastfull word Given mo●…gst your selves so strong an obloquie The Generall parts them with his sword That revenge spurs you to each others death And will not seeke to wash those blasphemies In Seas of their foule blood which they belcht out By our approaching foes against the Essence Of the Eternall Laz. Leave leave these factions cease these Mutinies A Drum from the Turke 's Cam●… Harke their Drums take advantage of these stirre●… Let us oppose our strength against our foe And in our Campe let not one souldier be Who will not finde and strike his Enemies Cob. Now blest guider and great strength of armes If in thy secret and hid decree Thou hast not yet appointed the full time Wherein thou meanest to tame this tyger Who dare murmur against thine hidden will Be we slaine now there 's victory in store Which when thou pleasest thou 't give not before Give us still strength of patience not to wish A funerall honour unto all the world When we are perishing we 'l still beleeve Those dangers worth our death we undergoe Whilst who is ours is all alike thy foe Should fortune loose this day when we are slaine Thou canst give hands and strength and men again●… On thee we trust then and on thee beare Scorning for Heavens sake to shed a teare Scaena 4. Actus 3. A march within excursions alarmes Enter as Conquerours Cairadin Bassa Scahin leading young men Christians Prisoners Schah. Bassa we thanke thy valor and discretion In finding fit occasion to invade The mutinons Christians these Captives here Shall be good presents to our worthy Master Bassa Generall now trust me these young slaves To be full of Valor they have mettall in them Schah. Yes and to his Highnesse shall performe A service which I long have thought upon And which his Turkis●… Majesty requires They 'l fit to be a neare attendant guard On all occasions to the Emperour Therefore they shall be called 〈◊〉 By me first instituted for our Princes safeties sake Bass. Their vigor and strong hearts becomes such service For to orecome them made our soldiers sweat Much Turkish blood the Servians kept the Fight With stubborne hard resistance The Bulgarians Left the right wing there set I forward first And like a torrent rowl'd destruction on Raising huge stormes of bloud as doth the Whale Puffe up the Waves against a mighty Ship Me thinkes I see the Rivers of their gore Their Leaders trampled on by Turkish Horse The body of their army quite disperst Themselves all floating in Vermillian pooles With their owne weapons hasting to their death And such a slaughter did we make of them As Nature scarce can ere repaire againe One hasting to others death pulling to ground Him that held up so they each other drown'd Scah. Still are they confident upon a power They know not what who as they think can snatch Their praecise soules from out the jawes of death Bass. Yes such a superstition doth possesse them For when they lookt for nothing but their fate And danger stood in sweat upon their browes They yet scorn'd Mahom●…t and prophan'd his rites And nought but horror made them to beleeve him So many men were fighting on his side As might have chang'd my seat and part i th' world Though Nature stood against to a new place Or carry Sestos whereby Abydos stands Or pull downe Atlas with so many hands Scaena 5. Actus 3. Enter Amurath with Embassadour from Germaine Ogly