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A12140
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Hide Parke a comedie, as it vvas presented by her Majesties Servants, at the private house in Drury Lane. Written by Iames Shirly.
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Shirley, James, 1596-1666.
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you must have your humor you 'd be sicke else Now if your humor be to breake your oath Your obligation 's void Ca. You have releev'd me But do not triumph in your conquest sir Be modest in your victory Fa. Will not you Fly off againe now Y' are at large Ca. If you Suspect it call some witnesse of my vowes I will contract my selfe Fa. And I am provided Franke Tryer appeare and shew thy Phinomy He is a Friend of mine and you may trust him Ca. What summe of money is it you would borrow Tr. I borow Ca. This gentleman your friend has fully Possest me with your wants nay do not blush Debt is no sinne though my owne monyes sir Are all abroad yet upon good security Which he answeres you can put in I will Speake to a friend of mine Fa. What security Ca. Your selves and two sufficient Aldermen For men are mortall and may breake Pa. What meane you Ca. You shall have fifty pounds for forty weekes To do you a pleasure Fa. You le not use me thus Tr. Fare you well you have miraculously brought things about Ca. You worke by stratagem and Ambuscado Exit Do you not thinke your selfe a proper gentleman Whom by your want of haire some hold a wit too You know my heart and every thought within it How I am caught do I not melt like hony It 'h dogge daies why do you looke so staring Fa. Do not you love me for all this Ca. Would I had Art enough to draw your picture It would shew rarely at the exchange you have A medly in your face of many Nations Your Nose is Romane which your next debauchment At Taverne with the helpe of pot or candlesticke May turne to Indian flat your lip is Austrian And you do well to bit it for your Chinne It does incline to the Bavarian poke But seven yeares may disguise it with a beard And make it more ill favoured you have eyes Especially when you goggle thus not much Vnlike a Iewes and yet some men might take em For Turkes by the two halfe Moones that rise about em I am an Infidell to use him thus Fa. Till now I never was my selfe farewell For ever woman not worth love or anger Ca. d ee heare one word I 'de faine speake kindly to him Why dost not raile at me Fa. No I will laugh at thee and at my selfe To have bin so much a foole y' are a fine may game Ca. I shall foole too much but one word more By all the faith and love of womankinde Beleeve me now it wonot out Fa. Farewell When next I dote upon thee be a Monster Ca. Harke sir the Nightingale there is better lucke Comming towards us Fa. When you are out of breath You will give over and for better lucke I do beleeve the bird for I can leave thee And not be in love with my owne torment Ca. How sir Fa. I ha said stay you and practise with the bird T was Philomel they say and thou wert one I should new ravish thee Exit Ca. I must to th' Coach and weepe my heart will break else I 'me glad he does not see me Exit The fourth Act Bonvile Mistresse Fairefield Iu. Whither will you walke my Lord you may engage Your selfe too farre and lose your sport Lo. I would Goe farther for a little sport you meane The horse race they 're not come into the Park yet I might doe something else and returne time Enough to winne five hundred peeces Iu. Your Lordship had no fortune in the last match I wish'd your confidence a happier successe Lo. We must loose sometimes harke the Nightingale Iu. You win my Lord I dare engage my selfe Lo. You make the Omen fortunate this bird Doth prophesie good lucke Iu. T is the first time I heard it Lo. And I this spring le ts walke a little further Iu. I am not weary but Lo. You may trust your person Lady Iu. I were too much wicked to suspect your honour And in this place Lo. This place the place were good enough If you were bad enough and as prepar'd As I there have beene stories that some have Strucke many deere within the Parke Iu. Foule play If I did thinke your honour had a thought To Venture at unlawfull game I should Ha brought lesse confidence Enter Tryer Lo. Ha Tryer What does he follow us Iu. To shew I dare Be bold upon your vertue take no notice I le waft him backe agen my Lord walke forward Exit Tr. Thus farre alone yet why doe I suspect Hang jealousie t is naught it breeds too many Wormes in our braines and yet she might ha suffered me Enter Lacy and Mistresse Bonavent Master Lacy and his bride Bo. I was wont to have one alwayes in my chamber La. Thou sha 't have a whole quire of Nightingales Bo. I heard it yesterday warble so prettily La. They say t is luckie when it is the first Bird that salutes our eare Bo. Doe you beleeve it Tr. I am of his minde and love a happy Augury La. Observe the first note alwayes Cuckoo Is this the Nightingale Bo. Why doe you looke so La. Are not we marryed I wood not have beene a bachelour to have heard it Bo. To them they say t is fatall Tr. And to marryed men Cuckoo is no delightfull note I shall Be superstitious Bo. Le ts walke a little further La. I waite upon thee harke still ha ha ha Exit Tr. I am not much in love with the broad ditty Enter Fairefield Fa. Frank Tryer I ha beene seeking thee About the Parke Tr. What to doe Fa. To be merry for halfe an houre I finde A scurvie Melancholy Creepe upon me I le trye what sacke will doe I ha sent my footman To th' Maurice for a bottle we shall meete him I le tell thee to'ther story of my Lady Tr. I le waite on you Fa. But that she is my sister I de ha thee forsware women but le ts walke Enter Bonavent M. B. This way they marched I hope they wonot leape The pale I do not know the disposition Of my capring gentleman and therefore two not Be indiscretion to observe him thinges Must be a little better reconcil'd The Nightingale this can presage no hurt But I shall lose my Pigeons they are in view Faire and farre off Exit Enter Venture and Rider Ven. He must be a Pegasus that beates me Ri. Yet your confidence may deceive you you will tide Against a Iockey that has horse-manshippe Ven. A Iocky a Iackanapes a horse-backe rather A Monkey or a Masty dogge would shew A Giant to him and I were Alexander I would lay the world upon my Mare she shall Run with the devill for a hundred peeces Make the match who will Ri. Not I you shall excuse me Nor would I win his money Ven. Whose Ri. The devils my gold has burnt this 12. moneths in my pocket A little of his amongst would scorch my thighes And
desire It should be guilty of defacing any Part of your body yet upon a just And noble provocation wherein My Mistresse love and honour is engaged I dare draw blood Tr. Ha ha ha Ven. A Mistresse love and honour this is pretty Rid. I know you cannot But understand me yet I say I love you And with a generous breast and in the confidence You will take it kindely I returne to that I promis'd you good councell come leave off The prosecution Ven. Of what I prethee Rid. There wil be lesse affront then to expect Till the last minute and behold the victory Anothers you may guesse why I declare this I am studious to preserve an honest friendshippe For though it be my glory to be adorn'd With trophies of her vanquisht love Ven. Whose love Tr. This sounds as if he Ieer'd you Ven. Mushroompe Tr. What d ee meane gentlemen friends and fall out About good Councell Ven. I le put up a gaine now I thinke better on 't Tr. T is done discreetly Cover the nakednesse of your toole I pray Ven. Why looke you Sir If you bestow this Councell Out of your love I thanke you yet there is No great necessitie why you should be at The cost of so much breath thing 's well considered A Ladies love is mortall I know that And if a thousand men should love a woman The dice must carry her but one of all Can weare the Garland Tr. Now you come to him Ven. For my owne part I lov'd the Lady wel But you must pardon me If I demonstrate There 's no such thing as you pretend and therefore In quittance of your loving honest Councell I would not have you build an ayry Castle Her Starres have pointed her another way This instrument will take her height Shewes the Ring Rid. Ha Ven. And you may guesse what cause you have to triumph I would not tell you this but that I love you And hope you will not runne your selfe into The cure of Bedlam hee that weares this favour Hath sence to apprehend Rid. That Diamond Ven. Observe it perfectly there are no trophies Of vanquisht love I take it comming toward you It will be lesse affront then to expect Till the last minute and behold the victory Anothers Rid. That Ring I gave her Tr. Ha ha ha Ven. This was his gift to her ha ha ha Have patience spleene ha ha Tr. The scene is chang'd Rid. She wonot use me thus she did receive it With all the circumstance of love Ven. I pitty him my eyes runne ore dost heare I cannot choose but laugh and yet I pitty thee She has a Ieering wit and I shall love her More heartily for this What dost thinke Poore Gentleman how he has foold himselfe Rid. I le to her againe Ven. Nay be not passionate A faith thou wert too confident I knew It could not hold dost thinke I de say so much else I can tell thee more but lose her memorie Rid. Were it more rich hee shewes a Chaine of Pearle Then that which Cleopatra gave to Anthony With scorne I would returne it Tr. She give you this Chaine Rid. She shall be hang'd in chaines ere I will keepe it Ven. Stay stay let my eye Examine that this Chaine Rid. Who would trust woman after this Ven. The very same She tooke of me when I receiv'd this Diamond Rid. Ha ha you doe but iest she wonot foole You o'th is fashion looke a little better one may be like another Ven. T is the same Rid. Ha ha I would it were that we might laugh At one another by this hand I will Forgive her prethee tell me ha ha ha Tr. You will carry her From Ioue himselfe though he should practise all His shapes to court her Rid. By this Pearle o Rogue How I doe love her for t be not dejected A Ladies love is mortall one of all Must weare the Garland do not foole your selfe Beyond the cure of Bedlam Tr. She has fitted you With a paire of fooles Coates as hansomely As any Taylor that had taken measure Ven. Give me thy hand Tr. Nay lay your heads together How to revenge it and so gentlemen I take my leave Ven. She has abusd us Rid. Let vs take his Councell Wee can be but what we are Ven. A paire of credulous fooles Rid. This other fellow Fairefeild has prevail'd Ven. Which if hee have Rid. What shall we do Ven. I thinke we were best let him alone Rid. d ee heare Wee le to her againe you le Be ruld by me and tell her what wee thinke on her Ven. She may come to herselfe and be asham'd on 't Rid. If she would affect one of us for my part I am indifferent Ven. So say I too but to give us both the canvas Le ts walke and thinke how to behave our selves Exeunt Enter Mistresse Bonavent and Mistris Caroll Car. What d ee meane to do with him Bon. Thou art To much a Tyrant the seven yeares are past That did oblige me to expect my Husband Engag'd to Sea and though within those limits Frequent intelligence hath reported him Lost both to me and his owne life I have Bin carefull of my vow and were there hope Yet to embrace him I would thinke another Seven yeares no penance but I should thus Be held a cruell woman in his certaine Losse to despise the love of all mankinde And therefore I resolve upon so large A triall of his Constancy at last To give him the reward of his respects To me and Ca. Marry him Bo. You have apprehended Ca. No marvaile if men raile upon you then And doubt whether a Widdow may be sav'd We Maides are thought the worse on for your easines How are poore women overseene We must Cast a way our selves upon a whyning lover In charity I hope my Cousens Ghost Will meete as you go to Church or if You scape it then upon the Wedding night Bo. Fy Fy Ca. When you are both a bed and candles out Bo. Nay put not out the candles Ca. May they burne blew then at his second kisse And fright him from well I could say something But take your course he 's come already Enter Lacy Put him off but another twelue moneth so so Oh love into what foolish labyrinthes Dost thou leade us I would all women were But of my minde we would have a new world Quickly I will goe studie Poetry A purpose to write verses in the praise Of th' Amazonian Ladies in whom only Appeare true valour for the instruction Of all posterity to beate their husbands La. How you endeare your servant Ca. I will not Be guilty of more stay Enter Mr. Fairefeild Fa. Sweete Lady Ca. Y' are come in time Sir to redeeme me Fa. Why Lady Ca. You wil be as comfortable as strong waters There 's a Gentleman Fa. So uncivill to affront you Ca. I had no patience to heare him longer Take his offence before you question him Fa. And be most