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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16527	The monarchicke tragedies Crœsus, Darius, The Alexandræan, Iulius Cæsar. Newly enlarged by William Alexander, Gentleman of the Princes priuie chamber.	Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 1567 or 8-1640.; Stirling, William Alexander, Earl of, 1567 or 8-1640. Tragedie of Darius.	1607 (1607)	STC 344; ESTC S100090	193,973	398

oft by tragicke grones The memory but not the iudgement makes Th' impression thus of passions in the braine For what the soule most suffers when it wakes With it asleepe it doth turmoyld remaine From superstitious feares this care proceedes Which stil would watch o're that which thou dost loue And in thy minde melancholy thus breedes Which doth those strange imaginations moue Cal. Ah in so light account leaue off to hold Those fatall warnings that the heauens haue made Which by all meanes most manifest vnfold What dangers huge do hing aboue thy head He with the sacred garlands that diuines By th' entrailes of the consecrated beast Sees in the sacrifice sinistrous signes And I intreate thee do not hence make haste Caes When I in Spaine against yong Pompey went Thus the diuiner threatned me before Yet did I prosecute my first intent Which with new laurells did my browes decore Cal. And yet you hardly there as whiles I heare From dangers farre engagde redeemd your life But now more monstrous tokens do appeare And I suspect farre worse than open strife Caes Lest I too much seeme wedded to my will As one that others counsels scornes t' alow With iealous eyes I le search about me still And euen mistrust my selfe to trust thee now Yet if I stay the Senators deceiu'd May my beginning straight begin to hate So might I perish seeking to be sau'd By flying many fall vpon their fate But heere one comes that can resolue me much With whom I vse t' aduise affaires of weight Whence comst thou Decius that thy haste is such Is ought occurr'd that craues our knowledge straight Decius I come to tell you how the Senate staies Till your exspected presence blesse their sight And the conclusion yet of all delayes Till that your approbation make it right T' accomplish your contentment they intend And all their thoughts seeme at one obiect bent Saue that they doe amongst themselues contend Who you to please shall strangest wayes inuent Caes Than that no treasure to my soule more deere Which straight t' enioy from hence I long to part But yet I know not what arrests me heere And makes my feet rebellious to my heart From thee deare friend I neuer do conceale The waightiest secrets that concerne me most And at this time I likewise will reueale How heauens by signes me with destruction bost To superstition though not being inclinde My wife by dreames doth now presage my fall It a Sooth-sayer likewise hath diuin'd The sacrifice prodigious seemes t 'vs all So that till this disastrous day be gone All companie I purpose to disuse And to the Senators I le send some one To paint my absence with a faire excuse D. Brut. Do not repose on superstitious signes You to suspect the people thus to bring Whilst soueraigne-like you limit their designes Seeme not a tyrant seeking to be king How can we satisfie the worlds conceit Whose tongues still in all eares your praise proclames O! shal we bid them leaue to deale in state Till that Calphurnia first haue better dreames If that this day you priuate would remayne The Senate to dissolue your selfe must goe And then incontinent come backe againe When you haue showne towards it some reuerence so Caes With thy aduise as powrefull I agree The Senators shall haue no cause to grudge A little space all part apart from mee And I le be shortly ready to dislodge Caesar alone WHence come this huge and admirable change That in my brest hath vncouth thoghts infus'd Doth th' earth then erst yield terrors now more strange Or but my minde lesse courage then it vsde What spitefull fate against my state contends That I must now t'vnlook'd for plagues giue place By foes not mou'd yet fear'd amongst my friends By warre secure endanger'd but by peace T' encounter me when strongest troups did come Then did my heart the highest hopes conceiue I warr'd with many many to ouercome The greatest battels greatest glory gaue As th' enemies number still my courage grew Oft haue I through the depths of dangers past Yet neuer did those boundlesse labors rue To haue none greater first none equall last When as the Gaules fear'd by their neighbours falles Had from the fields no from my furie fled And hid themselues with armes their armes with walles Whilst I my troupes t' inclose Alexia led Then though there swarm'd foorth from the bounds about Huge hostes to compasse me enflam'd with wrath That the besieger being besieg'd about Seem'd drawne with danger in the nets of death Yet I that could not with the pride comport That those Barbarians by vaine bosts bewrayd Did reassault th' assaulters in such sort That words by wounds wounds were by death repayd Of those within the towne t' asswage their toyles Till being ore-com'd their comming was not knowne Who straight vpbrayded by the barbarous spoiles Did yeeld themselues with th 'others as ore-throwne Then whilst with liquid legions tumid bosts The trident-bearer striu'd my spoyles to beare Though threatned thrise amidst his humid hosts I alwayes scorn'd t' acquaint my selfe with feare I vsde those Pirats that had me surpriz'd Still as my seruants thundring threatnings forth And gaue them money more than they deuisde Greeu'd to be rated at too little worth Yet gathering ships I sign'd not long the shore But trac'd their printles steps through th' vnpau'd way And taking them as I had vow'd before By nought but death their ransome would defray Then when without th' aduise of others minds Iventred through the hoarie waues by night Whilst in a little barke against great winds That euen the Pilote look'd not for the 〈◊〉 The roaring waues themselues seem'd to diuide That in their grauell I might chuse a graue And in a christall arch aboue me bide That I of me a tombe might worthy haue Whilst dangers seem'd to merite Caesars death As Neptune raisde his head raisde my heart And shewing what I was with constant breath T'amazde Amiclas courage did impart Was I not once amidst large Nilus flot Whilst me to wound a wood of darts did flie Yet swim'd so carelesse of my enemies shot That in my hand I held some papers drie With open dangers thus in euery place I whilst being compass'd both by sea and land Did vndismaid looke horror in the face As borne for nought but onely to commaund But since a world of victories haue fill'd With Trophees Temples Theaters with my praise That bath'd with balme from th' oyle of glory still'd With friends in peace I look'd to spend my daies The chambers musicke now affrights me more Then once the trumpets sound amids the field And gownes though signes of peace worse then before The pompous splendour of a flaming shield Those thoughts of late that had disdain'd to doubt Though I alone had march'd amongst my foes Lo whilst amongst my friends I 'm back'd about Doe greater dangers now then th' eies disclose If ought t' assemble any number brings

entertaine my enemy a stranger I being far from offering aide remou'd A host of furies in my brest I finde Which do my soule with dreadfull horrours fill And foster in my melancholious minde Strange apprehensions that affright me still And this surmiz'd disgrace grown throughly strong Reades hourely in my eares a hatefull scroule Of an imagin'd yet recureles wrong Such poison'd thoughtes like serpents sting my soule Blind loue beguiles me not sharpe-sighted feares Finde great apparances for to suspect thee Would God I had no hart nor eyes nor eares To thinke to see or heare thou shouldst neglect me This aggrauates the wight of my dispaire When doubt obiects t' annull loues fast defence How he is young and feirce she young and faire He bent t' offend and she exposd t'offence From which I feare both cannot long abstaine Her beauty is sufficient to allure His brauery is sufficient to obtaine Captaines will force and captiues must endure O Alexander tender my renowne Although thou trauell to vsurpe my throne I rage to haue ariuall in my Crowne But in my loue I can comport with none Lode her not with disgrace and me with griefe Least so thou rob her honour and my life Spare in this point t' ouercharge me with mischiefe In all things els let armes decide our strife But where doth fury thus transport my spirits With light beleefe my best halfe to mistrust Deere pardon I trespasse to wrong thy merits Whom I haue still found faithfull louing iust Pure chaistitie doth then most firmelie stand When fortified it is with wedlockes band Yet let me doubt or let me leaue to loue To feare the worst it is affections part I 'l not mistrust thy truth yet it may proue Thy face betray thy faith thy hap thy hart But on thy loue approou'd my hope relyes This doth dissolue suspitions power to nought I will repell reports as slanderous lyes Which second not thy vertue and my thought Though vertues foe and worth-enuying fortune Hath wrong'd my valour with an euill successe Life of my life yet must I thee importune Ioyne not with her to double my distresse Exit CHORVS O More then miserable minde That of all things it selfe worst knowes And being through presumption blinde Is puffed vp with euery winde Which fortune in derision blowes Such one no stable blisse can finde Whose hart is guided by his eye And trustes vnto betraying showes Which seeme not as they be Oft short prosperity Breedes long aduersity For who abuse the first the last o're-throwes A dead security all care exiles T is no small danger to be happie whiles Who on himselfe too much depends A makes an Idole of his witt For euery favour fortune sends Self-flatterer himselfe commends And will no sound aduise admit But at himselfe beginnes and ends And neuer takes a moments leasure To try what fault he may commit But drunke with frothes of pleasure Thirstes for praise aboue measure Imaginary treasure Which slowly commes and soone away doth flit And what is most affected at this time Succeeding ages may account a crime A Potentate that is respected And by his subiects thought a God Thinkes as his name on high erected Hath what he list at home effected It may like wonders worke abrod O how his folly is detected For though he sit in Royall seate And as he list his vassalls lod Yet others that are great Liue not by his conceate Nor ponder what he threat But plague his pride oft ere he feare the rod. There are rare qualities required in Kings A naked name can never worke great things They who themselues too much esteeme And vainly vilipend their foe Oft finde not fortune as they deeme And with their treasure would redeeme Their errour past Behold euen so From blame who can our King exeeme Who his aduersary to scorne Thought he who in his name did goe The laurell should haue worne His triumphe to adorne But he with shame hath shorne The fruites of follie euer ripe with woe An enemie if it be well aduis'd Though he seeme weakt should neuer be despis'd But what the Minions of our Kings Who speake at large and are beleeued Dare boast of many mightie things As they could flie though wanting wings And deeds by wordes might be atchëeued But time at length their lies to light Their soueraigne to confusion brings Yet so they gaine they are not greeue'd But charme their Princes sight And make what 's wrong seeme right Thus ruine they his might That when he would he cannot be releeued Moe kings in chambers fall by flatterers charmes Then in the field by th' aduersaries armes All that the successe hath approoued By Charidemus was foreshowne Yet with his wordes no man was mooued For good men first must be remooued Before their worth can well be knowne The King would heare but what he looued And what him pleasd not did dispise So were the beeter sort o'er-throwne And Sycophants vnwise Who could the trueth disguise Were suffered for to rise That him who rais'd them vp they might cast downe Thus Princes will not heare though such deceaue them Things as they are but as themselues conceaue them ACTVS SECVNDVS ALEXANDER PARMENTO BEholde the heauens with a benigne aspect To prosper this braue enterprise intend And with propitious starres seeme to direct This great beginning to a glorious end Who would be famous must of force aspite All those astonish'd who my troupes do view Doubt of those two which most they should admire My comming or my conquering with so few So mightie mindes t' atchieue great actions bent Force Fortune oft to fauour them in all Where baser breasts deuining euill euent Through superstitious feares procure their fall O howe I wonder when I call to minde That monstrous camp which not so much as doubted Dimme seem'd the Sunne while-as their armour shind Men had not heard the thunder whil'st they shouted Th' auant-courours that came for to examine When they so meane my nombers had perceau'd Did thinke them small to satisfie the famine That their huge hoste of daughter had conceau'd And yet in end this prou'd a poyson'd foode Which of their owne to their confusion yeeldes Mountaines of murthered corps and seas of blood Vn buried bodies buried all the fieldes So now that fewe whome they contemn'd so farre See how mortalitie it selfe deceaues Haue farre ouer-match'd their multitudes in warre And made the world waste to people the graues Then deere Parmenio since the fates afforde So faire an entrie to our first designes Let vs goe prosecute with dint of sworde That fortune which the heauens our hopes assignes Parm. This high attempt as we would wish succeeds What hostes haue we ouerthrow'n what citties raz'd Loe populous Asia trembles at our deedes And martiall Europe doth remaine amaz'd Proud Greece whose spirits oft preast to skorne the skyes A prostrate supplicant before thee falles Rebellious Thebes that durst thy power dispyse Lyes now entomb'd within her broken