him by the worst names that I could think on Bad him be gon for ever from my sight That I look'd on him as a Basilisk The Ruine of his honour and mine own That I would tell you of him my Bassanes Inform you what a Devil's Company You kept i' th likeness of a Friend Just gods Protect my Innocency and by some means Divine inspire these Truths into his heart Bassa That wife who dares polluth the Nuptiall Bed Is prodigal enough of Vows and Tears To win belief from credulous Persons she Hath done no wrong when she hath done all the wrong Clori Thrice happy are those souls that from the Cares And slanders of this wicked Age are free Walk up and down Elizium in their thin And airy substances And have them so Transparent that their thoughts may all be seen Wood mine were such Oh that the Deities Would lend their eyes a while to you that you Might search Bassanes every Cranny of My heart I do not know a thought I have I would conceal from you Bassa Thou hast a Soul So ulcerous Clorina that the Prayers And vows of all the world can never cleanse it Clor. Oh! the hard heart of unbelieving Man Happy you Virgins that do stop your ears Against the Charms of their bewitching tongues And evermore continue in your Chastity I would to Heaven I never had beheld Hymen to light his Pine Have I bestow'd My self on you to find such miseries Under your Roof I wish my Parents had As soon as I was born expos'd me to The open Fields unto the Cruelty Of the most salvage Beasts or in a smal Unguided Bear left me unto the fury Oâ—… an inraged Sea Would any Mischief Had fallen upon 〈◊〉 but this fatal Marriage Bassa Hearken Marullus are you not amaz'd To hear her speak against our Nuptials thus It is apparent that she doth repent her Of taking uâ—… And wish'd she had Pyrontus Mar. I pray you 〈◊〉 her out Clorin How you mistake My meaning my belov'd and cruel Husband I would it had been pleasing to the gods I never had been made a wise to any How fortunate a choice might you elsewhere Have found these dire Mischances mist and I With my ill Fate have no man else infected Mar. My heart is bigg with sorrow at her words And vents it self in this sad dew Bassa What are these Tears for you do drie away Mar. I cannot choose but Melt Bassa You are too Tender Come we will leave her to contemplate here The horrid wickednesses she hath acted If that all sense of honour hath not left thee Clorina dye It will be endless shame For thee to live after thou thus hast brought Perpetual Ignominy on my poor Family Mar. I pitty her Bassanes much commiserate Her so disastrons Fate She may be Innocent I pray you think her so I hope she is Bassa Her Reputation 's gon for ever lost A Sea of Tears cannot wash off her Guilt 'T is so infectious I am tainted with it False woman dye Lost honour never more By any Means admits of any Cure Exeunt Scena Tertia Enter Ovid solus Sure I was born when all the glorious Stars Were met in Councel to contrive a Mischief Under pretence of my Loose usefull studies For the composing of my Art of Love In my declining years when I expected Ease and a quiet Life I was exil'd From Rome and here confinâ—…d to end my dayes Among a people rude and almost barbarous Except a few of th' Gentry and Nobility In a Cold Country where sierce Jether payes Through divers channels a Continual Tribute Of his vast streams into the Euxine Sea A many have imagin'd Julia Daughter of great Augustus was too gracious And liberal of her Amorous Favours to me Which caus'd him to inslict this Punishment But ere that Emperor left the world he was Inform'd for that Particular of my Innocency And was acquainted that if I were saulty It was an Error in me not a Crime For if I ere enjoy'd her it was through Her craft I taking her to be another But he was too severe That excellent Princess He shew'd as little Mercy to as me Now about Twenty years in the small Island Of Trimerus near the Apulian Shores Confin'd by him sh' hath led a tedious Life I must confess she had a Generous kindness For me and took delight to read my Poems But by her Letters and Authentick witness Clear'd me sufficiently from that Reproach And won thereby so much upon her Father That I had been repeal'd if he had liv'd Since his Decease by divers Messengers Persons of Noble Rank and Quality And by her eloquent Epistles she hath For my return to Rome importun'd much The great Tiberius her too Cruel Husband But he that to a Wife who brought him all The Universe in Portion shows no mercy Will not redress my wrongs Here I must mourn Out all my Life and sind my Funeral Urn. Exit Scena Quarta Enter Hannibal and Cacala Han. Tâ—… Captain Dacus is a jovial Blade 〈◊〉 a very valiant Gentleman And of an heart as liberal as the Air. Cacala How lik'st thou him Caca. But so so yet I was well pleas'd to see him pay the Reckning You are far from home and Mistriss Floretta is As chargeable as a stable of running Horses Han. It is grown somthing late And Time to think Of our Return unto our Lodgings Look What 's that Espies a man hanging on a Gibbet 〈◊〉 Sir 〈◊〉 thing 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 what is 't hangs there 〈◊〉 'T is 〈◊〉 poor 〈◊〉 that was executed Two or three dayes ago Han. He had 〈◊〉 fortune Had he 〈◊〉 bâ—…ter have follow'd Mars and falâ—… In glorious Battail and his soul exspir'd Through 〈◊〉 wounds then Ignominiously Thus 〈◊〉 to death in Noose of paltry halter Caca. My Captain Hannibal talks evermore Of mighty Battails or his little Whore Han. What mutter you Sirrah Caca. I by your valour's Leave was saying Captain Y'on man hangs in a pittiful cold corner The North wind shakes his Legs as he were dancing Of Wine and Women and of all good Meats He hath for ever took his Leave Han. I'â—… sorry for 's hard Fate Some lying People Report some of the dead have walk'd If thou Can'st such a piece of fine Activity show Come sup with 〈◊〉 to night Thou â—…alt be welcome Speaks to the Hang'd-man Caca. He bows his head Han. 〈◊〉 ' 〈◊〉 Caca. He 〈◊〉 not put himself to such unnecessary trouble He that small savour hath receiv'd already From some of 's smaller Friends Han. If th' art a good dead Fellow Come I say And sup with me to night Spectre I 'le come Caca. I think I heard him answer he would come Han. Thou art so timerous The Eccho of My voice deludes thee Han. Follow me thou fearful Puppy Caca. A dog His Captain-ship makes of me Sir I shall Even tread upon your Heels I dare not stay Behind an inch
I want a Power to preform't The world Cannot afford me means I must enjoy Clorina or I útterly am lost And therefore though Bassanes is my Friend My Amity cannot enjoyn me silence I must pursue my suit and will Philo. â—…ake heed You then will run a course against all Virtue Offend the sacred Deities whom we Are bound by strictest Obligations To observe in all they have commanded us Pyron But they are mercifull and will forgive Philoc But t is inglorious to commit a Crime Out of presumption of a pardon and Your breach of friend-ship all mankind will censure An Act degenerating from true Nobility Pyron These Moralls Philocles are cast away On me who am so overwhelm'd in love I have not Reason left to practise them Philo. But you will have sufficient if you would Take up a Resolution to withstand This dangerous passion Pyron T is in vain to preach These things to me I must enjoy Clorina Or leave you friend for ever I shall dye Philoc. How this untoward Love destroyes your sensel Pyron There is not Oratory enough on earth To win me from the Pursuit of my love One way or other I must get Clorina And to invent a Means to compass her Shall be my only study and if I prove So fortunate as to accomplish that I shall account my self a Favorite The most esteemed of by the Gods Philo Fiends rather Pyron Then I shall find there is a Fate attends On Lovers Harsh Beginnings happy Ends. Exit Pyrontus Philo. I will not give him over thus but follow him And though I have small Hopes I shall prevaile Yet I in Friendship am obliged to do My best to stop him in this vitious Course O brave Pyrontus How hath impious Love Abus'd thy Reason with this mighty Dotage He that hath been the Glory of this Province Will make himself this way the shame and scandall Exit Philocles Cypassis discloseth her self Cypassis is he so hotly set that none beside The Bride can satisfy his luxurie This shall Bassanes know Now will I work With all the treacherous Art I 'm Mistris of To raise a Discord in their Marriage she Is made of Flesh and blood and may prove false Pyrontus is resolved to Court her strongly A Gillant Gentleman hansome as any Perfect in amorous Complements no doubt I wonder how he mist her if he ever Made it his business to obtain her favour I wish him good Success May this Clorina Fall into his Embraces Then my Girle Spinella it is likely may arise Into her former Favour with Bassanes Hee 's rich and bountifull And such are welcome Unto young Women who will loose no time And love to live in Flourish of the Fashion Enter Bassanes Bassanes I like this marriage well For now I led My Life in favour of our best of gods I have liv'd loosely long enough and paid My services to Venus and wild Priapus Juno will now befriend me sure and Hymâ—…n Rain blessings on my head and Family Cypassis Good day my Lord Bassanes what alone Can you so soon deprive your self of the Fair Sun-shine of your bright Clorina's eies Find in your heart to be out of her Company Bassanes I must not be a shadow to my wife Nor she to me we must not evermore Follow each other so our Loves might prove Troublesome to our selves But say Cypassis What business brought you hither Is 't for health's sake That you are come to walk and take the Aire Or out of hope to meet me here to tell me Fictitious stories of Spinella's Love To me Cypassis I had not any such intention Affection to the Groves and a desire To exercise my self a while in walking Did bring me hither But I 've lost my labour And â—…as you came was a returning home Bassanes This is a Riddle Who could hinder You from walking Cypassis My own Curiosity I have been listning to the saddest speech That ever yet did pass a Lover's lips Bassanes Prethee Cypassis Who had the ill Fortune To vent his Sorrows in thy hearing Cypassis A friend Of yours But 't is no matter who you are In a condition of such Happiness That it would be an incivility in me To cause the least sad thoughts in you Continue In mirth and Jollity And so Farewel Bassanes I pray thee stay a while I must confess I have a curiosity to know Who this is that you call a friend of mine Who can be sad now I am grown so happy Cypassis My Lord Bassanes I must crave your pardon Secrets of Love you know should be conceal'd Bassanes I am no Common Brother Cypassis For old Acquaintance sake I cannot choose But tell you any thing you shall request Bassanes I thank you How doth fair Spinella I Should have enquired sooner of her health But your discourse drew me aside from it Cypassis Oh! how you flatter me I easily can Believe you have forgotten her for ever Bassanes You wrong our Friendship Happiness I wish her As much as you and she can both desire Cypassis I 'l tell her so and so again Farewell Bassanes Nay tell me e're you go what Friend of mine Is grown so Amorous and so passionate Cypassis Since you will have me think Bassanes I cannot guess Cypassis It is Pyrontus Bass. It may be so yet he Never reveal'd to me he was in love Cypassis At that I make no wonder Bass. Whom should he Be so enamour'd of Cypassis Clorina's eyes Have Beams enough a Province to enflame Bass. My wife Cypassis The very same Bass. He surely then will stisle His passion generously and not attempt The wife of his approved Friend Cypassis You guess amiss He is resolv'd to try Her to the utmost He 's a proper Gentleman And I believe hath a prevailing language You may be civil to him and be wary Bassanes It is too likely On our Marriage-night He so abruptly did depart he gave us Not leasure enough to take our leaves A signe He wanted patience to look on my Joys Cypassis I thought he somewhat suddenly was gone But Love's a passion not to be commanded Bassanes What was 't he in your hearing said Cypâ—…sses Alas Enough Too much He doth deserve our pitty Philocles did surprise him and did use His best perswasions to divert him from So vain and dangerous an Affection Bassanes Come to particulars my good Cypassis Conceal not from me any thing The gods Did guide you hither t' over-here him Why Stand you in such suspence Cypassis Take heed my Lord Bassanes Oh beware Of Jealousy T is an accursed Fiend That otherwise your Quiet will molest Involve you in a Perpetuity Of hideous Chimera's Fair Clorina Is innocent and of a spotless virtue She is not accessary to his fault If to be beautifull be not a Crime Bassanes I am not jealous neither will be ever Cypassis A Resolution worthy your great mind And worthy the Respects you ought to owe And pay unto the
the name of Friend Thy Crime so great is that I need not lose A Minute in hearing Lies for thy Excuse Kills him Dye and go rince in vain thy so polluted Soul in the flaming streams of Phlegeton Pyron Let my last words for they are perfect truth Find Credit with you Your Clorina's chast I here surpriz'd her when she was asleep Bassa He 's sunk to Hell Now my leud Huswife come I 'le find another Room for your disports Thy unclean Body shall no more infect My Nuptial Bed Clorina Protect Oh Gracious gods my Innocence Bassanes Walk in Marullus I have suffer'd wrong And this Adulteress Justice shall ere long Exeunt Omnes Actus Quarti Scena Prima Enter Dacus and Spinella Dacus I tell thee sweet Spinella I adore thee Have for thee a more generous affection Than the greatest Lord in all this Province hath Spin. You mean Bassanes But my doughty Captain He doth express his love in Golden Terms Which I more value than a Souldier's Oathes Dacus He loves you for himself and not for you Mine is a virtuous Flame Spin. Your Dotage is Forgetfull grown of what is past Dacus I fain Would marry you Spin. Dacus I am too young Dacus Why jests my pritty wanton so Spin. Old women that love melancholy Lives Are the fit'st Creatures to make slavish Wives Dacus Have you so small Esteem for holy Marriage And can you think it such a Bondage Spin. Yes Are not such yoak'd together And oftentimes Draw they not Contrary wayes like Dogs in Couples The tugging at an Oare in any Gally Is as much Liberty as your Matrimony Dac Fie pritty Atheist Such profaneness quit And take an Husband take thy Captain Dacus A man whose sword shall reap the Parthian Fields And bring thee in by frequent victories A large Revenue equal to thy wishes Spinel My glorious talking Captain I shall not Be won with empty words Dacus Have you no care Of future Bliss or Bare Spinel Plato and Virgil he hath read I smell him And Courts me with their trim Philosophy Dacus As you resolve to live you do not mean To serve the Gods Spinel There you come something near me But Venus is a Goddess and I shall Serve her But Dacus To be plain with you I love a Gaudy Charriot and fine Horses Servants of all sorts in rich Liveries Delicious Meats and Wines costly Apparel And Jewels of the highest value I must Out-glitter all the Femals of the Province Or I shall want my will Dacus And all this Bravery Bassanes wealth shall furnish you withall You hope as I suppose But dear Spinella Think of his Marriage He hath now a wife Of great Descent who brought a Fortune to him So vast I want Arethmetick to name it And she may look to be maintain'd at th' height Of all his Means And then your hopes will proove Fleeting as shadows vanish in the Air. Spinel ' Twit me not with his wedlock For our Crime Will now be greater And he shall be brought To buy his Pleasure at an higher value Enter Hannibal Cacala and Floretta The Roman Captain his Mistris and his servant Dacus How 〈◊〉 it with my mighty man of War Lets us shake our victorious Hands in Peace And pray to Mars to set the world in uproar Hannibal That Timerous Princes may grow Bountiful Court us to take Employment on us while Their Luxuries they may securely follow Dacus Brave Captain Hannibal such Iron-Times Would be a Golden Age to us shall we Together walk and drink an health or two To all the Sons of Battail Hannibal I am for you Spinel Then I 'le retire and keep my Mother Company Exeunt Han. Dac Spin. Caca. Gentle Floretta stay Let me not lose This opportunity to wooe thy love Floretta Where learnt your folly those fine words Caca. Your eyes have taught me to express my heart They have infus'd a Spirit of speech into me Flor. You have been certainly with some Pedagogue And hired him to pen this Courtship for you Caca. I love thee better then I love my Captain Flor. And I your Captain much above you affâ—…ct Caca. What delicate eyes you have I 'le kiss them out And wear them in my ears Flor. You shall be hang'd first I 'de rather scratch thy heart out with my nails And stuff a Cushion with 't Caca. To sit and fart upon 't and keep it warm Thou art a pretious Rogue and I had rather Have thee to be my wife than any Damsel That lives in the Saburra Give me a wench In all the Gamesome frailty of â—…er youth Especially wo'd she turn honest afterwards Flor. Thou talk'st at such a Random Cacala That th' art a Pastime to me But why rather Wouldst thou elect a Beauty broken up Than one that 's sound Caca. To tell you the plain Truth An honest woman is a Bugbear to me I never took Delight in their Acquaintance Flor. Run after your Master tell him I would speak with him Caca. I 'le pimp no more But will henceforth grow honest Flor. I doubt me Cacala thou hast of late Been troubled with some terrible Dreams Hast seen Pluto and his dark Region in thy sleep What else should make thee talk of Virtue Caca. The goodwill Floretta that I bear to you Engages me to this discourse I pray thee Take me unto thy Husband And we then Will run away together leave Captain Hannibal To his new Fortune And resolve both of us To lead our lives Honestly for the future Flor. Out thou Villain Turn Traytor to aÌ„ Master So liberal to thee as my Captain is But that I know he would frown thee to death I would acquaint him with this Parley Amend Or neither he nor I will be thy Friend Exit Flor. Caca. I know not what to make of this wench and yet I would fain Make her my Wife But I think I am a Fool for my Labour She 'l hold her Peace I hope That 's all my Care And then to get her I will not despair Exit Scena Secunda Enter Bassanes Marullus and Clorina with Servants Bassanes So place her in that Chair and to the sides Tye fast her Arms keep her hands open thus Here the servants tye her fast and fasten Pyrontus heart in her hands Thus That she may not close them or remove them And put her Paramour's Heart into them So Now Foul Adulteress Thou may'st contemplate Of the Affection it did bear thee once Reflect upon the Mountain of thy Sins Which hath over-whelm'd the false Pyrontus Look Thou most libidinous woman what a Ruine Thy Lust hath brought upon him and thy self Clor. I have at large calling the gods to witness That what I told swerv'd not a jot from truth Related to you all the Particulars Of his unruly Love that he surpriz'd me Came in at my window whilst I was asleep With what an horror I was stricken at it When I perceiv'd 't was he how I rail'd at him Call'd
generous Captain And good night Han. Farewell Sir And expect me as I promis'd Rise thou unmannerly Beast and let 's to bed Caca. Good Master and thrice-valiant Captain Hannibal See me in bed first and asleep I beseech you And let me have Mistress Floretta For I dare not lye alone Han. Follow me and undress me Caca. Sir I beseech you have a little patience Say that I shall not lye alone to night And you will comfort me I otherwise Shall be so weak with fear I shall not be Able to pluck your stockins off Han. Get whom Thou wilt to be thy bedfellow but Floretta For her I cannot spare Caca. Then I entreat you Let me lye in the same bed with you both Han. You must some other Lodging find Caca. Is 't so Then I must old Cypassis try Perhaps A bottle of strong water will prevail So far with her That she may give me leave To lye with her And yet I had much rather Lye with my old Grand-mother or Grandfather Han. 'T is said she was a Beauty in her Youth Caca. Sure no man can report it that hath seen it For I believe her birth was in the daies Of Lucius Brutus who was Rome's first Consul Exeunt Scena Septima Enter Marullus and Armelina to Clorina fastned in a Chair with the heart of Pyrontus in her hand Arme. Y 'ave made me such a terrible Relation Of his strange Jealousie and his foul Murther And 's barbarous usage of your dear sweet self That my Clorina I 'm deficient Of Language to express my admiration But my dull eyes â—…an you so long refrain From dissolution into showers of tears My heart is sure of stone or it would break At these effects of 's impious proceedings Clor. Have patience my best Sister 'T is enough For me to be so miserable I would not My suffrings should beget a grief in you Arme. Then I more stupid were then Salvages Then any beast in any Wilderness Or any Fury in black Hell it self Clor. Oh! Armelina how am I beholding Unto you for your pity of my wrongs And yet I needs must grieve to see you thus Afflict your self at the sad sense of them But I beseech you to assume a courage Worthy our Noble Family to o'recome it I shall but a few minutes longer trouble you With my unfortunate company I find My heart too weak to make resistance longer Against th' impetuous storm of my vast injuries I find Death stealing sensibly upon me Arme. The Heavens forbid Clor. Prayers come too late now to divert my Fate I pray you therefore good Marullus hast To my dear Husband and your faithful Friend Tell him I beg but so much favour from him As I may breathe my soul out in his presence And see him once again and I shall die Contentedly and pardon him my wrongs Mar. Madam I do beseech you to have patience I will go for him and have hope he will Be very shortly reconcil'd unto you For from my soul I pitty your misfortunes Exit Marullus Clor. Shed no more tears You have my Armelina Spent too much of that precious dew already On poor unworthy me Arme. You are Clorina my Elder and My only Sister And can I perceive Your innocency persecuted thus And seem an unconcern'd Spectator of it It is impossible Give me leave therefore T' express all sorrow I am capable of As tribute of my cordial affection To your so lovely sweet and injur'd person Enter Bassanes and Marullus Clor. Welcom my too unkind though my dear Husband To your Clorina welcom my Bassanes My eyes grow dim and I my heart-strings feel To crack Your harsh suspition of my Loyalty And so severe an usage of me have Cut off my life in prime of all my youth Here with my parting breath in presence of The Gods within the hearing of your friend Marullus And of my Sister I declare I dye Free from all guilt and never injur'd you And so farewell for ever Gods I come Afford my Innocency in Heaven a room She dies Mar. She hath took leave of life Arme. I did not think Her death had been so near Farewell for ever all content and pleasure Since she is gone No thought of joy shall ever Possess my heart hereafter She that was My only happiness is vanish'd from me Look Monster of Mankind This is a sight Only befits the eyes of such a Villain Here thou hast murther'd the most virtuous wife That ever Hymen knew And one that was In her affection over-fond of thee Bassa Your passion makes you speak you know not what Your Sister injur'd me in such high nature That she hath justly brought upon her self The end that 's come upon her Arme. Th' Anthropophagians that devour mans flesh By thee may be instructed in worse Cruelties What hellish wretch but thy more hellish self Would thus have us'd a Lady of her beauty To fasten with strong wires in a Case of Male A mans heart in his wife 's own hand and lock her With Chains into a Chair fast is a mischief None out Bassanes durst have done What Tyrant In History did ever act so ill Perillâ—…s was an Innocent to thee The vengeance of high Jove hangs o're thy head To strike thee with his forked-Thunder dead Bassa No Husband but a Wittal would have suffer'd The Prostitution of his Wife Arme. You slander her basely belye her virtues She to us all hath clear'd her self Marullus And I heard her relate the story It was The suddest that did ever fall from tongue Which she before had told thee all at large She doated on thee to her death and with Her last expiring breath protested freely Her Innocency from thy imputed Crime Bassa I care not what you say She was as foul In her base actions as her face was fair Arme. Thou dost traduce in humanely her virtue And I believe forbad'st she should have meat Bassa I did not think of it And therefore gave Forth no such Order Arme. If the least Humanity Remains yet in thee let her be releas'd From these so barbarous bonds this heart remov'd Oâ—…t of her hands it with Pyrontus body Deliver'd to his Friends for Sepulchre And I will take care for the funeral-Rites Of sweet Clorina my poor murther'd Sister Bassa 'T will ease me of some trouble and a Charge Therefore I will consent to that demand And the Gods keep me from a second Marriage Arme. Thou needst not fear that thou canst not find a woman So lost to Virtue and to Honor that Dare be a Wife to such a bloody Butcher Sure there 's no woman in the world so senseless And wicked as to give her self to thee I 'le tell thy story unto all I meet And thy reproach shall ring through every street Bassa Your Larum may run on whilst I 'le declare To all the world how false you women are Exeunt Omnes Actus Quinti Scena Prima Enter Ovid Philocles and Caralinda
Ovid. I am amaz'd much and afflicted more With the sad news you have imparted to us Philo. All my entreaties could not win him thence And therfore missing him too long from home And knowing upon what design he staid I did enquire of Armelina who Made me the sad Relation you have heard Oh brave Pyrontus I lament thy Fate That hast in love prov'd so unfortunate Gara It is so sad a story you have made us That it draws tears from my eyes Though I was A stranger to their persons my weak Sex Allows me liberty to weep A man Would not be tax'd of softness to relent At so deplorable an History Philo. Madam I am so far from blaming you For gracing with your tears their cruel Fates That my heart chides mine own eyes for not melting Hell never plotted a worse Tragedy Nor ever did so great a Lover find So merciless a death as Lord Pyrontus Neither did ever Virtue and Beauty meet So hideous a Treatment as Clorina Ovid. Have you their bodies seen since they were dead Oh Philocles If you those woful objects Have look'd upon you have beheld a sight More sad than ever Tomos was acâ—…us'd for Philo. Alas I brought the Heart and mangled body Of my dear Friend Pyrontus to his house And did attend the Corse of fair Clorina To Armelina's Palace where alas No April-shower ever fell so sweetly As she 〈◊〉 weep over her Sister Cara. A word with you dear Cozen Ovid. My eyes Are big with tears and my poor heart is loaden With grief A thousand showers cannot drain them And Time wants years enough to wear away The Sense and Memory of this woful day Ovid. I must beseech you to have patience Cara. I have too much dear Ovid Much too much But I will all the Fortitude collect That my poor heart is capable of and shall Suppress all signs exterior of a grief You know the Fortune which Trasullus told me I find it now points at me And will therefore Go walk abroad You are acquainted well With Philocles I 'le leave you with him Ovid. I will attend upon you Cara. By no means You are old and sickly And I will not be So troublesome Ovid. You shall not go alone Good Philocles My Cosin Caralinda Is something undispos'd and hath a mind To take the Air abroad You will oblige me To bear her company She is a stranger Which is the cause I crave the trouble from you Philo. The Noble Ovid may command me any thing But you confer much Grace on me to give Me leave to wait upon a gallant Lady Of so suâ—… passing Excellencies Cara. You complement Sir with me Ovid. Hereafter you may like better of her Company When you are more acquainted with her Beware I pray you what you do Take heed Speaks to Caralinda aside You give not too much Credit to Predictions Take heed your vengeance be not rash Beware You bring not ruine on your flourishing youth Cara. I will not play the Amazon believe it And so best Poet for a while farewell Philo. Your servant generous Ovid Ovid. Sir I 'm yours Exeunt Caralinda and Philocles O Love and Jealousie What mighty power You mighty passions have o're humane hearts How you too often joyn within one brest And joys that would aspire keep low supprest To be enamour'd on a beautiful object As natural to us is as t' eat and drink But to suspect whom we affect is a Crime Declares a guiltiness within one's self A want of Merit Then a wise man should Make himself worthy of his Mistress Love Or never prosecute his amorous suit A discreet Lover in a beauteous out-side Expects a mind adorn'd with all the virtues And holds it an impiety to think So rich a soul can ever stoop to vice Therefore the Lover that is rightly bred Admits no jealous thoughts into his head I wish Bassanes had prov'd such then he Might have enjoy'd an happy life on earth Too passionate Pyrontus then had liv'd And in some time might have overcome himself The admirable and innocent Clorina Had been alive this Tragedy had never Been acted here which will be famous ever Exit Scena Secunda Enter Bassanes and Marullus Mar. If you would give me leave as your known Friend Whom you have long grac'd with your Amity To tell you freely my Opinion And no offence take it I should tell you My Lord Bassanes I conceive you have Been much too rash in your proceedings Bassa How If such a thought you harbour of my actions I needs must tell Marullus that he thinks me Guilty of my Wife's blood Do not imagine Your friend aspers'd with such a Crime She was A gallant Palace to do her beauty right Where all the Devils of Lust inhabited Mar. I cannot tell but if one might give credit To her so often serious Protestations And to her vows utter'd with her last breath She was an Innocent Bassa They that dare play So foul a Game value not what they say Enter Caralinda and Philocles What Lady 's that Mar. I never saw her before Bassa She is a Miracle of such handsomness She can no other be but Venus self Philo. Yonder 's the Murtherer of my Lord Pyrontus And the base user of the best of women My blood is all on sire at this Encounter My Hilt seems Loadstone and my hand of Iron I cannot keep it longer from my Sword A sudden vengeance he deserves which shall Fall on him At this present I 'le revenge The slaughter of my friend and the sad death Of his so barbarously abus'd Clorina Cara. Dear Philocles forbear I do conjure you By all the love you bore unto Pyrontus Suppress your anger for a while yet know I wish him but a short Reprieve and hate him As much as you He at a fitter time May sind his Destiny Let it not be said He dy'd i' th' presence of a tender mind Philo. I must obey you Madam Bassa She is an object so extremely ravishing I must speak to her Mar. I had thought you had Done with that Sex for ever Bassa I resolv'd so But beauty such a potent Charm is known Strong'st Resolutions it hath overthrown Hail Female Goddess or if of woman-kind Hail rich Epitome of all the beauty That ever yet in several women Nature Reveal'd to humane eyes Cara. Good Philocles Draw back a little I would find to what His fine words aim and he will be more sparing If y' are too near us to express himself Philo. I will retire a little But beware His flatteries win not on your heart Cara. I warrant you Bassa My friend Marullus I beseech you walk aside Mar. I shall my Lord obey you Good day to Philocles Pray shun me not For I am much afflicted at the Tragedies Bassanes Rage and jealousie have acted I had no hand in them and could I have Prevented them they had not been perform'd Cara. You both provoke my wonder and my blushes