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The cruell brother A tragedy. As it was presented, at the priuate house, in the Blacke-Fryers: by His Maiesties Seruants.
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D'Avenant, William, Sir, 1606-1668.
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the noyse of words It shewes Apparent to my intellect the Count Presuming on that free adresse he still Hath had vnto your person will hither bring Corsa and Foreste to shew the shape And quallity of his new sufferance Be you within your bed to free you from The worlds suspition whilst I doe place Behind the Gallery doore which leads vnto Your Closset Chappell such trusty spirits As shall dare to thrust their weapons home Duke O quintesence of Soule I will deuote My actions wholly to thy vse Good night Exit Cast. May slumber ceaze vpon your toyall Eies With gentle closure Know poore Foreste The bag that holds my Gall is so immense Enter Duke That when I steepe thee in it thou art drownd Duke Castruchio I haue better thought vpon 't Cast My gracious Lord Duke I would not haue thee hurt my Boy vse him Kindly for my sake Cast. Shall I not strike him heere betweene the Ribbes Duke Not for the world Thou dost not know his Soule He 's of so soft so sweete a propertie That he inchants where he is knowne Besides I finde I am so powerfull o're his youth That I shall soone extirpate from his memory The wrong I did his Wife and him As for Foreste his experience is of growth Too stubborne of practise stiffe and will not Be remoo'd from his reuenge by strength of words Therefore let him no mercy feele but let My Boy be gently vs'd for my sake Farewell Exit Duke Cast. This is a silly kinde of loue But let me thinke So to contriue this plot That Lothario may destroy Foreste And him to make his silence safe humh Enter Duke Duke No it must not be Cast. My royall Lord Duke Lucio my Boy is not proscrib'd Take heed Castruchio If thou dost extend thy hand In motion boysterous and rough to him Thou dost infect all thy other kindnesse And I shall see thee as a Cocatrice That will enforce my Optick-nerues to shrinke And pull my Eies into my skull Looke to 't Cast. Most gracious Sir were his person bulwark'd With the Alpes were he hidden in 's owne feare He could not be more safe then you haue made him Duke Once more then good Night exit Cast. A plague vpon this turdy loue Such thoughts When first your Blood did make your Vaines to swell Like Bridges 'ore your flesh had preuented My imployment Softely softely Feare and suspition euer walke on Egges Enter Foreste and Seruants with a Light Fores. Leaue heere the Light and goe to Bed Exit Seruant within cry Breake ope the doore breake ope the doore Fores. Hah who counsels so vnlawfully Enter Lucio and Seruants Lucio O Foreste the fatall Houre is come Ring out your Bells vntill they wake the dead Let the Drumme murmure in a sable Bagge Reuerse your Muskets and traile your stubborne Pikes In slimy-Channels Let Trumpets groane And the shrill Phiph be hoarce The fatall Hower Is come Forest. Why what 's the matter Sir Lucio O my wife by this she did entreat me he shewes a Letter Suddenly vpon some vrgent cause To haste from Lucca to her Iust now I lighted from my Horse enter'd her Chamber And found her newly murdered in her Chayre My Seruants say that my arriuall there Did iust succeed your departure from her Fores. Dismisse your Seruants and you shall know all Lucio Hence and expect me strait at home Exeunt sern. Fores. I pray come hither Sir Doe you dislike That iustice which depriu'd your Wife of breath Lucio Doest thou call it Iustice Fores. Yes in the noblest straine she was defil'd The royall Goate the Duke hath rauish'd her And I that neuer could admit excuse In points of honor where euer suspition Sufficeth to condemne did summon vp My memory wherein the kinde effects Of your best loue to vs are registred And finding you betray'd in your owne Fort I slit her Wrist-vaynes and gaue perpetuall Liberty to her polluted Blood Lucio O Villaine more bloody then the Tyger Whose empty Entrailes noyse doth Trumpet like Encourage cruelty Though thou didst flight her As my poore Wife yet she might well expect Some mercy as being thy owne sister Fores. Had she included all propinquity Of blood which lawfull Mariage keepeth knowne Or promiscuous Copulation maketh Intricate this bare word Honor had bin Enough t' haue diuorc'd her from my mercy Sweete Lord doe not mistake your Seruant Whose kindenesse thinks his owne Sister when defil'd Was to base for your vse Lucio A bloody kindnesse to distinguish so She was no Adulteresse but enforc'd Her thoughts Were pure and such a noble sympathy Indeerd her Soule to mine that her owne Teares Might soone haue wash'd away her Bodys staine And she againe seeme cleane Corsa O my Wife my bosome Girle where art thou Speake no reply Art thou so much busied With thy new acquaintance now in Heauen That thy poore Lord may not borrow one word At parting Draw draw ingratefull Monster That hast preuented thus our Dialogue Fores. Sir coole your spleene take breath awhile And heare me speake Lucio No false Syren thou holy Hypocrite I know thy tricks too well 'Cause I am yong Too soft of heart and apt to melt In euery flame of my owne triuiall loue Therefore thou thinkst to practise on me now With subtill phrase Draw or else thou dy'st Fores. Come Let me dye as she a sacrifice To thee my Patron offers his naked brest Lucio A sacrifice to me O Foreste Why dost thou multiply thy skill flings away his Sword To thy friends preiudice It is not well In troth it is not Imploy thy owne heart Thinke vpon 't thy selfe T is not kindely done I should not haue vs'd you thus Fores. O my deere Lord where did I loose your heart I am o'recome at these expressions I cannot weepe much yet my Eies are moyst O my vnskilfull gratitude what dire Mistake confounds our properties I kill'd A Sister to secure a Friend T' was ill T was not the right way A true Romane now Would walke aside and with his owne Sword Dismisse his owne Soule and not permit Moysture in youthfull Eies thus to disgrace The strength of elder loue I cannot weepe But our diuinity supplyes vs with Discreeter wayes to make affection knowne Enough I will prefix but one short Houre To thinke vpon 't Heere sir Sheath your good sword Till reuenge prooue ripe And I coniure By all my Sisters loue to follow me In whose behalfe your instice may imploy It selfe Which done you shall behold my Heart Without a Perspectiue If it concerneth her by whom thou dost Coniure my seruice I 'm bound to follow thee Fores. What hoa Enter Luinna Luin. My Lord Fores. Come Minion come along with vs You walke Vnto the Barte If triall find thee false Thou shalt be scattered into Attomes Luin. O my deuining Soule Sure my Sister Is not safe Exeunt omnes Enter Castruchio Lothario Cossimo seuerall wayes Cast. Signior Lothario Loth. Heere Signior Cossimo