Enter Mantua Dutchesse and Servant Man What liberall reprover I perceive You find some matter in this man of note Ver. Matter indeed my Lord this is a man Exceeding many other private men That are indeed but shaddows counterfeits This man hath naturall gifts joyn'd with his Art Man We like your praise and will our selfe applaud His excellence if by his grounded skill He can give case to this faire Dutchess griefe Mon. What Mortalls can attempt I le undertake This is the Lady and I know her griefe Arises from a sullen melancholly She has lost some friend the sorrow of whose death Hath turn'd her sanguine streames of bloud to black Dutch Black lost gone sunke fled adieu farewell The waves have quite undone poore Lucibell Mon. Tush I can cure this madnesse presently Man How learned Friend restore her to her senses And the next thing that thou demand'st is thine Mon. I know the perfect temper of her griefe Which that you may perceive I le cure with Art I will raise up the Ghost of him she lov'd So like in all things you your selves shall sweare It is the man Man Shall he appeare to us Mon. Here to you all but stir not move no foot Take heed you do not question him too far But only heare and see and stand aloofe Man But will he not afright us Mon. Not a jot Looke to the Lady I le about my Art And send the Architector presently Exit Dutch Well if I see him I will chide him so That he shall never drowne himselfe againe Man Is 't possible this can be done by Art Or meanes he to delude us Dutch So it seemes for I shall ne'r more see my Love again Man Sweet Lady be content Dutch You see I am The sound may give whole counsel to the sick Away your counsell does encrease my paine And I shall ne'r more see my Love againe Enter Montecelso as a Ghost Ver. He 's come already Man Lord how like he is Would you not sweare it were the very man An admirable Artist I see he wafts the Lady Dutch Oh thou deare soule of my sweet Love deceas'd I le follow thee Man Stir not it is the Devill Dutch Spirit or fiend his amorous shape so charmes Did he graspe hell I 'd flie into his armes Exeunt Man The Devill hath born her hence follow and rescue her Ver. Not I my Lord your Grace shall pardon me Man Oh what black trespasse hath she done 'gainst heaven That she should thus be hurried quick to hell Now is she hopelesse past recovery I le hang that Conjurer Ver. Condemn him not before you see the event Man What can the event be but her utter losse Oh my faire Dutchess if thou perish thus I le make that base Inchanter curse this day For thy lost bloud his traiterous head shall pay Enter Montecelso Mon. How cheeres my Lord did you behold the Ghost Man We saw the Devill but speake where 's the Dutchess Mon. Safe in my Chamber where before to morrow Your Grace shall see her perfectly recover'd Doubt not my Art but there remaines my Lord For you a further business the strange Knight Expects the Spanish Lady from your hand In Saint Lauretta's Chappell whither I promise To bring your Lady perfectly recover'd Man See this done And the next thing that thou demand'st is thine Mon. I shall make bold my Lord to claime your promise Man Claime it and take it Mon. You 'l trust her in my Chamber for this night For I must physick her Man Do what thou pleasest it highly shall content me Come let 's returne to Court and there attend Of our precedent feares a fortunate end Exeunt Mon. Thou hast no part in that faire fortunate end It 'longs to me and to my noble friend Madam Enter Dutchesse Dutch Oh my deare Love how could you so delude A Lady that with such intire affection And zealous love admir'd and honour'd you Mon. Of that no more the Duke for this great cure Hath promis'd me what I shall next demand I have a boone to aske I have set on foot Many strange plots which must their full effect Receive this night the Prince is to espouse The faire Valentia by the Dukes free gift Florence Ferrara and Lord Iulio His Rivals are about their severall tasks Something there remaines for me amongst the rest And you to act out of these confusions We must devise our fortunes to secure And save that love that is so chaste and pure Exeunt Hoboys A dumbe shew Enter at one Doore a Bishop Mantua and Verona fetch Prospero and Valentia Mantua makes some strange pauses viewing the Lady exactly at length recalling his hand once or twice troath-plights them and so march over to the Church Enter Iulio like a Smith Iul. In this disguise who can know Iulio now Or guesse the purpose that I have in hand This Paper tells me I shall find a doore Left open to Valentia's amerous bed here I le waite The happy end of my auspicious Fate Enter Florence as a Mason Flo. So I am fitted so un willingly That I scarce know my selfe yet as this Paper Gives me directions may I find the Doore Left open to me I desire no more Enter Ferrara as a Carpenter Fer. A Carpenter I should be would this Apron And Rule bring me to rule in Mantua By marriage of the faire Valentia I should applaud my fortunes and commend The wise mans Art this can imperious love Ent. Clo. and Guard Whose power hath oft transhap'd the gods above Clo. You shall be transhap'd I le warrant you wee 'l teach you to take upon you other mens trades before you be free of their Companies if your Rule at your back will not rule you we will stand close Gentlemen and though we find them broad awake let 's see if we can take them napping Iul. The doore according to to the wise-mans words I find wide open I le enter Fer. Why pause I being so neare Flo. I le enter instantly but soft I am prevented Iul. Company now must I counterfeit to worke Fer. To shun discovery I le see how I can play the Carpenter Flo. Now to my Masonry Iul. Would I were ten Leagues off Clo. Upon them Gentlemen upon them these be the underminers I told you of up with your Poleaxes and down with them see they have broken open a doore already they shall be arraigned of Burglary Iul. Hold hold and heare us Clo. Bumbaste them Gentlemen currifeige them bravely heare them after palt the Mason with stones hammer the Smith over-rule the Carpenter come away with em Exeunt Enter Verona Ver. My Son is married to the Mantuan Princesse A Lady of that presence and opinion That it offends me not but to prevent Any offence that may be done to him Or injury to me I have at hand A Royall Army under Cosmos charge Our trusty and approved Counsellor To offer War or Peace the Duke 's
you sir I would be as loath to hazzard my neck as you the Dukes favour his favour once lost may be got again but my neck once broke I le not trust all the bone-setters in Mantua to have it new set feare not me Fro. This aged man is still tost in my thoughts And ever as I cast a look on him His face grows more familiar with my eye But to our taske in hand why do we stay His cloath of state cannot be turn'd to gray Exit Ver. Is this your travell Son Oh heaven to see The follies and the vaine delights of youth How headstrong and how full of violence Why should he take this way why sojourne here Within my enemies Court If to revenge My Injuries why did he rescue him Oh mine own Boy I must commend thee yet that could'st win love Even of thy enemies and honour'd fame 'Mongst those that if they knew thee hate thy name I le listen further till some fate bewray The full intent of his enforced stay Exit Enter Mantua Man My Daughter is securely clos'd and shut In my new Turret and the noble Knight As her bold guardian hath his place assign'd Those feares have end now to my sute in hand The stranger whom so late I entertain'd Is my sollicitor and is directed To meet and court the Dutchesse in the garden Where from this place I may behold their gestures The manner of his courtship and conceit How is my heart disturb'd 'tween hope and feare Enter Montecelso and Dutchesse Comfort cold spirit they now methinks appeare Mon. The greatest instance of my love is that I have given into your hands my liberty and life my name is Montecelso and that noble Gentleman that rescued the Duke Prince Prospero Son to the Duke of Verona it lies in you either to save me alone or to destroy us both give me no deniall sweet Lady rather kill me than disclose me to the Duke so shall you lessen the supposition of your cruelty Dutch In that you are a stranger I can no lesse in courtesie nor more in modesty than to say you are welcome though I have been trusted by many I never betrayed any I could call you rash to trust so rich a Jewel as your life unto the brest of a woman but though you be so over-bold to presume upon me I will not prove so over cruell to tyrannize over you Man She talk'd a great long tale and loud she spake To her again do not that answer take Mon. Madam by all the honours of a Gentleman my love is as pure to you and as free from blemish as is the element of fire or the white robe of Innocence Man I know it is I know it is Dutch All the comfort I can give you is this the life you have committed to me shall be kept for you the love you have proffered to me I will ponder on I will never marry till you are bestow'd nor ever assume the name of wife till you meet with a Lady to call you husband Mon. Give me your hand of that Dutch I may well trust you with my hand that have trusted me with your heart Man A match I hope for see they now joine hands My heart for joy upon the tiptoe stands Follow it now strike whilst the Iron 's hot I ne're was pleas'd till now with a fine plot Dutch But you forget in all this to speake for the Duke Mon. Madam 't is true I did forget my selfe I must entreat you to thinke of him but I do not entreat you to thinke well of him as ill as you can possible I beseech you love to be out of his sight in any case and to love him best when he is farthest off I would have you in all humility to honour him but I would not for a world have you to marry him have I yet spoke for him sufficiently Man Good good well spoken and well acted too He is not halfe so good to plot as wooe Dutch My Lord the love we now celebrate betwixt our selves should once have been solemnized between our parents before these odds grew between the two Dukes Mon. Though the Dukes be at odds let us make even Contracts are made on earth but seal'd in heaven Madam let the Dukes love be the colour to our meeting I must go tell him the manner for with much longing he expects my returne Once more let these our hands our hearts make sure So thrive I as my love is chaste and pure Exit Man Againe againe faire fortune be thy speed Once more joine hands and then 't is done indeed I knew the good Knight would not choose a man That should not fit my purpose heaven I pray His place may take effect the other way And his intents as prosperously proceed But I must hence to meet him with all speed Exit Enter Valentia and Prospero above Val. You wrong mine honour and I shall complaine I charge you get you back the way you came Pro. Banish the heaven if you exile me hence My deed though it seeme rash yet is begot In as pure birth as truth and as upright As is the scale of Justice I am free From all mis-thoughts then do not banish me Val. What are you sir whence are you what 's your name Pro. I am your friend should you desire to know What my name is alas my name 's your foe Val. Being my friend and court me in this kind You should have come and left your name behind Pro. I should indeed my name is Prospero Val. Prince Prospero and the Duke Verona's Son Our profest Foe Pro. Give me some other name Call me your friend and I am not the same Val. Y' are not the same you are th' advent'rous Knight That from the forrest-treason sav'd my Father Pro. I was Prince Prospero when I resen'd him And so continued till I saw your face But as my heart within your eye was tost At once my hatred and my name I lost Val. It was a kind foes part to save a foe Pro. That kind foes part perform'd Prince Prospero Val. Such a faire foe that no more hurt intends I should prefer before a many friends Pro. Lady we should have been espous'd together But that our Fathers differ'd in the Dower Shall Gold divorce them whom the soule of love Links in an endlesse knot I for your love First hazarded my life to come disguis'd Only to view your face next I contriv'd This private passage known to none but us If this deserve no love no friendlie grace Confine my life if banish me this place Val. If nothing but the rescue of my Father Should plead in your behalfe it deserv'd favour But when your travell and your servent love Attended with year feature and rare parts Your studious meanes to compasse my consent And hazzard of your fortunes many waies When all these plead together forciblie They draw me in a treble folded chaine Your zealous love
to pay with love againe Pro. I left my name behind me at Verona And now no more Prince Prospero but your Love Weare this for me and use in these affaires My art feare not I will devise a meanes To win your Fathers grant unto this match Va. So we my Lord shall doubly be made friends I take it as an earnest of your love And hope of my release from this strict bondage Accept of me in interchange this Ring My Father gave it me keep 't from his eye Or he will end our loves by jealousie Pro. As I have been I will be firme and sure Long may the date of our chaste love endure Enter Inlio Florence Ferrara Flo. I prethee sweet Marquesse since my successe is so bad with the Dutchesse let 's walke by the Dukes new edifice and see if we can take a view of the young inclosed Lady Fer. Content my Lord the Dukes strictnesse adds but spurs to my desire for commonly what we are most forbid that still we most covet Iul. Then should you with some engine raze these walls That interdicts your passage to that Tower Had I such power I should enjoy such thoughts But Iulio is a Subject Flo. Now you put me in mind of such generous and noble thoughts let 's take a view of the Castle and spy where it is weakest that there if hereafter we should invade we may give the best and safest assault Fer. Now you speake like a politicks Lover come le ts take a view of the building But see see do you know him that 's talking with the Princesse Valentia Flo. Is 't possible I le in and tell the Duke Fer. Nay leave me not behind I le second you Iul. Introth Lad art good at that you are a notable rascall can you come to 't So closely is this your courage my couragious Knight I le see how Mantua applauds this fight Exit Val. We are descry'd my Lord then post away Get through the private doore Pro. Feare not sweet Lady I le so blind their eyes That we will still live free from their surprise Exit Val. Ten thousand times adieu I am full of feare Where love inhabits danger still draws neare Ex. ACT III. SCENE I. Enter Mantua and Montecelso Man ALL is too good to be true but tell me And answer every word upon thy oath Mon. Upon my oath I will Man Then tell me tell me Didst thou with all thy best prevailing words With all thy art with all thy eloquence Urge her to love speake that upon thy oath Mon. Upon my oath I did entreat her love With all my art with all my eloquence Man And did she grant thy sute Mon. She did my Lord Man Thou honest man thrice happy be the houre That I first met thee now upon thy life Tell me how speed'st thou Mon. Well upon my life Man And will she love Mon. She will Man Thou hast her promise Mon. I have my Lord Man But hast thou as thou art a Gentleman Mon. As I am a Gentleman I have my Lord I should be sorry else Man Did thy word prosper took thy sute effect Will she be wonne to marry at thy motion And did she give her hand unto the bargaine Mon. My sute and words were both effectuall She 's wonne to marry and I have her hand As witnesse to the bargaine Man Friend sweare that Mon. Upon my life my Lord it is most true Man 'T is well I thanke my stars Mon. I thanke my stars too Man I thanke thee too but for thy industry This thing had never chanc'd Mon. Nay that 's most certaine Had I not took my time and ply'd it throughly I had never wonne her heart Man But thou hast wonne it Mon. I I thanke heaven my Lord Man And I thanke heaven my Lord Mon. She hath past her word and her firme promise to me Man It glads me at the heart the very heart Mon. Nor have I reason to be sorry for it Man Once more I thanke thee friend Mon. 'T is not so much worth my Lord Man That be my perill I le bide the venture Mon. You are like to do that howsoever Man There 's gold gramerey friend I am thy debter This is but th' earnest of those rich rewards Thou shalt receive from me Mon. I thanke your grace And I protest I would not for a million My labours had been fruitlesse trust upon it The greatest aime of all my sute is wonne Her heart her hand her free consent is wonne To match with me Man I thanke my fate 't is so But now about my other businesse friend To looke unto my works blest be the houre I met thee first but all is in heavens power Exit Mon. An honest and a faithfull Gentleman Upon my warrant and I dare relie Upon his trust and certaine honesty Enter Florence Ferrara Iulio Flo. My Lord you are wrong'd Fer. Disparag'd Iul. And disgrac'd Flo. I bring thee news thy Castle is surpriz'd Fer. Thy Fort is taken Iul. And your Daughter seiz'd Man How may that be Lords 't is not possible Flo. I speake no more my Lord than what I saw Fer. What I beheld Iul. And what these eyes have seen Flo. That stranger Knight in whom thou most affiest I saw in a bay window court thy daughter Iul. Embrace her in his armes and elaspe her waste Fer. She darting smiles at him and the other Iul. Nor did they blush change face or cease their Courtship but stood as at the gaze Man Iulie and Lords You make me smile have you so late perus'd The scituation and observ'd the passages And can you judge wit or the art of man Can force accesse there and not use my keys Tush you deceive your selves Enter Prospero Ha ha ha come hither Knight and laugh with me At their three follies they would needs perswade me They saw thee court my Daughter in her Chamber Where thou didst publikely discourse thy fill And yet these keys here at my girdle still Pro. They did me the more wrong I scale your Tower It lies not in the reach of humane power Man I know it well tush while these keys hang here Were she faire Danae I not Jove would feare Pro. You Tower is stronger the Aerifius hold Besides I am not Jove to raine down gold Flo. Is 't possible my eyes should deceive me Fer. Sure 't was he or the devill in 's likenesse Iul. There 's in this some witchcraft Pro. You might as well say that you see this hand Reaching as high as unto yonder clouds Man I should have seen that Ring upon that hand Once in my Daughters Chamber oh my heart Why dost thou make such traffique with pale feare Pro. He hath spy'd the gift and knows the Ring I weare Man The same the same I will in and see The issue of my feares twelve locks twelve keyes And every doore too double-barr'd with Iron She in the inmost rome wall'd round about It
Speake what of him Clo. He is dead he is fled he is not wounded but he is drowned he is gone for ever for he is leapt into the River Dutch Dead Pro. Drown'd Man How came he drown'd speake Clo. Marry with water belike it got into his mouth and choak'd him Iul. There 's one gone yet Man I meane discourse the cause that urg'd him to 't Clo. As I was walking by the Rivers side musing and meditating on some passions incident to men of my complexion I spi'd this Gentleman starke staring mad exclaiming on the beauty of this faire Dutchess saying that he run mad for her love but because he would not be false to the Duke his Master that put him in trust he would rather shew himselfe to be no better than a drown'd Rat than deceive him and so very courteously casts away his Hat very dolefully laies by his Cloake very dissolutely hurles off his Doublet very desperately leaps into the River and very dangerously gives up the Ghost Pro. It drives me to amazement And I am wrapt in wonder Dutch Oh my Fate I am of all the most unfortunate I le not out-live him Man Wherefore doth my Dutchesse Shew in her looks such sad distemperature Dutch I am lost there steales a coldnesse through my bloud The Icy hand of death plaies on my breasts And where it toucheth turneth all to earth And I am doom'd Iul. Look to the Lady see she faints Flo. How cheare you Lady Dutch Ha am I call'd againe Then like a soule disturb'd in her departure And kept from rest and downie quietnesse Let me proclaime my anguish Fer. Patience Lady Dutch I le not be patient give me leave to drowne My soule in brine and in a floud of teares Swim to my Love Man The Dutchess is distracted Dutch I am so I am desperate frantick mad Go call yon Architector from the deeps And he shall build a Castle in the aire Where we will live together midst the Clouds And laugh at these poore mortals here on earth Iul. The Ladie 's mad Dutch You are deceiv'd not I Cannot a Lady weepe mourne or lament Or spend a few teares o're a funerall hearse But you will judge her frantique pray give leave Which of you here can hinder me to weep I am a woman Clo. I am a man Dutch Women command teares Then pray let me bestow some on a friend If you will dye go hang or drowne your selves I le do the like for you Iul. Yes not for me Dutch Why should I weepe for thee if thou didst so Or thee or thee or any dotard here Yet if you please you may go try for me He clap at that well-acted Tragedy Exit Clo. Oh save the woman save the woman Man Follow her Iulio see her well attended Sure she is Planet-struck or some ill star Hath in her bosome wrought this mutinous war Iul. I le see well to her safety Man Oh my Dutchesse Pro. These are but womens passions And like a tempest the more violent 't is 'T will be the sooner blown o'r Man So I hope Pro. Feare not my Lord perhaps she counterfeits To know how you affect her if in this You will compassionate with her and partake In this supposed frenzie Man 'T is like so For if a man may trust a sleeping woman She loves me 'bove the world Pro. My Lord I know it Man Nay I know it too I le never else trust dreames Pro. But leaving this I have a sute unto your Grace Man Speake and prevaile deare friend Pro. There is a Spanish Lady my first Love Who heating of my residence with you Is travell'd thence to meet me in your Court I have notice that she shortly will arive My purpose is to feast her in my Lodging So lately built next to your Daughters Tower Where if it please you with these Lords to grace me And taste a homely banquet I shall say To you I am engaged every way Man I will not faile thee nor shall these our friends Wee 'l grace the Spanish Lady with our presence Clo. I have a sute to your Grace Man Thy business Groome Clo. That for the good news I have brought you I may have some guerdon some remuneration as they say Man This thy reward be since by thy occasion My Dutchess of her best wits is depriv'd Wander for ever like a banish'd Caine Till of her sence she be possest againe Dare not so neare our Court Come Lords let 's in To cheere her sorrows and her fate lament But to the man that can her frenzie cure We here proclaime what e're he can demand If in the compasse of our populous Land Ex. Clo. Banish what 's that can any man tell me what it means let me see Banish'd sure is some strange language and for any thing I know the meaning of it may be give him a hundred Crowns or give him two hundred Crowns and banish'd the Court may be come to the Court and there you shall receive them the Duke was not wont to give me such hard words if he had call'd me Rogue or Rascall I had understood him I had had him to a haire but the word banish'd doth a little stick in my stomack Banish'd I will go seek out some wise man or other to tell me what the the word meanes and what sum of money I may demand of the Dukes Treasurer Banish'd Enter Montecelso Mon. Save you sir Clo. And you my friend what are you Mon. Sir I professe my selfe to be a wise man Clo. Then you are the man that I desire to meet for I was seeking a wise man to tell me the meaning of a strange word Mon. Unfold thy mind I shall resolve thee truly Lye it within the power of humane skill Clo. Thus Stands the case The Duke entertain'd a fellow to looke to his buildings and this fellow drown'd himselfe it was my fate to bring the news to the Court which when the young Dutchess heard she grew presently as mad as a march Hare now demanding reward for my news the Duke out of his bounty said be would banish me the Court now I would faine know what sum of money the word banish'd signifies Mon. It signifies that if thou dar'st presume To come within the Court gate thou incur'st The Dukes displeasure it is present death Clo. You will not buy my reward sir will you Mon. Not I Clo. Then I see thou art a wise man Mon. But is the Dutchess frantique Clo. I le assure you she 's a mad wench Mon. And how did the Duke take it Clo. Oh very discontentedly and he hath proclaim'd to him that can cure her of her frenzy to have the next thing he shall aske without exception Mon But art thou sure 't is true Clo. I assure you my friend as true as I am banish'd Mon. That cure I le undertake and so prevaile That I presume my cunning shall not faile Clo. Now sir I have resolv'd you
at hand Exit Florish Enter Mantua Prospero and Valentia Man How naked is our Traine that of our Courtiers So few attend this high solemnity Where 's Florence where 's Ferrara where 's Lord Iulio That have not seen us given away this Daughter I feare for so my eye perswades Had I not in these keyes such confidence And in the strength of my large edifice I should not doubt to sweare but these I le trust When servants faile keyes and stone-walls prove just Pro. Thrice worthy sir you have given me such a gift Should you impart you Dukedomes large revenew It could not equal't now your hand is past Which both your word and Church-rights have made fast Man 'T were best that I returne to see all safe And next enquire how my faire Dutchesse fares Pro. Feare not my Lord you have committed her To his protection that undoubtedly Will see to her recovery Man So we hope Pro. Restore her to her senses and true feeling Man We doubt it not Pro. And apt her thoughts for love Man That 's all we covet Pro. I have understood By those that know him so much hee 'l make good Man Then are we truly happy Enter Clowne Iulia Florence Ferrara Clo. Roome for one good Subject that brings three bad Subjects to answer Burglary before your Grace see here my Lord here are three fellows that have good faces and are asham'd to shew 'em they seeme to be sound men yet see if they do not strive to looke scurvily Man What men are these or how have they offended Why do they turne their heads thus and looke downwards Clo. As if they had stolne a pudding Pro. These faces I should know my Lord of Florence Ferrara's Marquesse and Lord Iulio Is this the cost you have so liberally Bestow'd to grace our feast my Bride and I Are much bound to you Man These the men perhaps they have some maske If so let 's see 't Flo. Compell me not to answer Fer. Give me leave To blush and be asham'd Iul. Hell take the Conjurer Man My Lords what meanes this antique if you have Some sport to shew us pray my Lords let 's have 't Iul. So so Pro. How well this sute becomes you troth my Lord Might I advise you I would still go thus Acquaint me with your Taylor Man Is this the newest fashion Iul. Would I were in the Indies Rather than here Man But tell me sirrah what meanes this shew Clo. Call you these Lords no they are Loones they looke more like Prentices than Princes these are they that have beleaguered your new Tower and digg'd a hole through the wall that an Oxe or an Asse blesse us as big as your selfe may creepe through there 's a doore made into your Daughters Tower where she was kept and the doore being left open she is flowne away Valantia is gone she is gone and these are they that had their hands in the businesse Man Valentia gone and by their practice lost Clo. By theirs when they were boring at the hole we took them at it with their tooles out we tooke them in the manner before they could put up and here we have brought them to answer before your Grace that you may freely punish their weaknesse that would offer to go to your walls Man These injuries severely wee 'l revenge But most on thee false Iulio for her losse Thy head shall pay Iul. Pox of the Conjurer I say still Man Speake where 's Valentia can you tell me All No Man Then for her losse your forfeit lives shall go Who can advise me best where I may find Her I most lov'd and hath prov'd most unkind Clo. Might I advise your Grace I would have you should do as Archers do that when they have lost an Arrow shoot another after it so my Lord if you have ever another Lady or Mistris about the Court shoot her after your Daughter that you may either find one or lose both Pro. Good Counsell Man To him that can reduce her to her Tower Or put me in possession of her hand What grace our Power or Dukedome can command Shall all be his Pro. I take you at your word see here my Lord Man This this is the Spanish Lady Val. She that spoke In Spanish once is forc'd to change her tongue Pardon deare Father Man Ha! am I then o're-reach'd is 't possible For all my Cost Charge Care and diligence A Wenches wit out-go me could her subtiltie Make way through that which not an Army could What should I say Clo. Those Creatures that weare smocks Will where they love pierce stone-wals creep through locks Why thus you see as well as we a great man may be gull'd Woodcocks are meat but not to eat untill that they be pull'd Ex. Iul. That private doore my Lord I now perceive Was made by him Flo. My Lord remember you The Ring you spied upon his finger once Then thinke upon the doore Fer. You made us tosse the rushes And seeke the Jewell did you Speake what art thou That thus hast gull'd the Duke Pro. I am a Prince And every way thy equall Man I would to heaven it were no worse Val. He is no lesse my Lord receive him then to grace Man Of Whence Pro. Verona Man Mine enemy Pro. Was 't not a friendly part To lodge your only child so neare my heart Val. My Lord remember he once sav'd your life And even for that deserves me for his wife Pro. Now as a friend a friendly League I crave Take not away what you so freely gave Man I will pause upon 't although it be past help And see what we may punish what forgive But now my only comfort is stor'd up In the faire Dutchesse if she gaine her health Ent. Dutch and Mont. And here she comes I cannot choose but feare So long as I behold you Ghost so neare Fer. That Conjurer Is a rare Artist that can raise a shadow So like unto the Substance Man Faire Dutchesse art thou recover'd speake Dutch Thanke heaven I am Man 'T is well done to have heaven still in thy thoughts Being so neare a feind come from that Devill Dutch Feare not my Lord I am so arm'd with faith And love withall he hath no power to hurt me Man Art thou well Dutch Yes my Lord I am well Man Come from him but art thou very well Dutch Very well my Lord I thanke you Man Perfectly well Dutch So well you cannot wish me better Man Come hither then Dutch I was of late but ill Then give me leave my Lord to keep my selfe Well while I am well Mon. That 's with me my Lord Man Can the Ghost speake too Man Speake and talke and walke Embrace and kisse Man I love no kissing Ghosts Flo. Beleeve me that Magician was a man Of rare experience and deserves great praise Fer. Did he not say before what he should do That Ghost doth act his part exceedingly Man I say come from him he 's a spirit Dutch I do not love to do any thing but with a spirit Man He came out of hot hell Dutch Hee 'l make the warmer bedfellow Mon. Further than you have been be not deceiv'd my Lord Man That 's far enough already Mon. I am the man I seem no Architector But Cosin to that noble Gentleman Prince Prospero of the Duke Verona's Court That for this Dutchesse love have thrust my selfe Into this imminent danger as the Prince Hath done the like for his Valentia You promis'd me if I could cure this Lady The next thing I demanded her I crave Whom if I truly merit let me have Man I have been gull'd on all sides nor will I Put up these injurious wrongs you both shall dye Ent. Iul. Iul. To arms to arms my Lord for I descry A potent Army marching before our walls And by their Colours flying they should be of Verona Man Be they from whence they will wee 'l parley them Admit their Generall to an interview Florish To know their cause of Arms Enter Verona Our Clinick turn'd a Souldier I Pro. Noble Father I crave your pardon Mon. I the like my Lord Ver. Stand on our party then whil'st I debate Our purpose with this Duke these Armes we levied With no intent of wrong to Mantua But to secure our Son and this his friend VVe do protest it is no worke of ours That he is married neither did we wish't But since by heaven and fate they are united We rather wish they may their Loves enjoy Than what heaven seems to applaud we should destroy Man To plead in Armes is best way to prevaile VVhere still the weak'st must yield since our own bloud Hath had an equall share in this our wrong Why should we envy strangers we will strive From the worlds eye to hide this ominous scarre Heaven offers peace why should we threaten war Each where they love joyne hands Pro. Our hearts Val. A sweet Conclusion Mon. And now Madam I le make you amends for mocking you Dutch Great men are sometimes gull'd but that 's not common You have done more for you have gull'd a woman Man Your Son Verona and his friend hath much Outstrip'd us by their wit but the best is We are not gull'd alone You see your greatnesse is no priviledge From those that have quick braines but now all friends Verona we embrace and thus attone All our dissentions Marriage shall conclude What Armes hath menac'd our united Dukedomes Since by this happy fate they are agreed Wee 'l strive which most in bounty shall exceed FINIS