Never ô never and t is for your good too Ces. Prove that Mar. Alas too many yeares are numbred In my account to entertaine the benefit Which youth in thee Cesario and ability Might hope for and require it were Injustice To rob a gentleman deserving memory Of Issue to preserve it Ces. No more herein You are an excellent patterne of true piety Let me now turne your advocate Pray looke into The order of the Duke Jnjoynd admit J satisfie the sentence without mariage with you how then Mar. Cesario Ces. If I know How to acquit your feares yet keepe th' injunction In every clause whole and entire your charity Will call me still your servant Mar. Still my son Ces. Right Madam now you have it still your son The Genius of your blessings hath instructed Your tongue oraculously wee wil forget How once I and Clarissa enterchangd The tyes of brother and of sister henceforth New stile us man and wife Cla. By what authority Ces. Heavens great appointment yet in all my dotage On thy perfections when I thought Clarissa Wee had beene pledges of one wombe no loose No wanton heat of youth desir'd to claime Priority in thy affections other Then nature might commend Chastly I tendred Thy farewell as a brother ought but since Our bloods are strangers let our hearts contract A long life-lasting unity for this way The sentence is to be observd or no way Mar. Then no way Ces. I expected other answer Madam from you Mar. No every age shall curse me The monster and the prodigie of nature Horrors beyond extremity Cla. Pray mother confine the violence of greife Ces. Yes mother pray do Mar. Thus some catch at a matrons honor By flying lust to plot Incestuous witchcrafts More terrible then whoredomes cruell mercy When to preserve the body from a death The soule is strangled Ces. This is more then passion It comes neere to distraction Mar. I am quieted Cesario thou maiest tell the Duke securely Albertos titles honors and revenues The Duke may give away Injoy them thou Clarissas birthright Marianas dower Thou shalt be Lord of turne us to the world Vnpittyed and unfreinded yet my bed Thou never sleep'st in as for her she heares me If she as much as in a thoughts consent That thou may'st call her wife a Mothers curse Shall never leave her Clar. As a brother once I lov'd you as a noble freind yet honor ye But for a husband sir I dare not owne you My faith is given already Ces. To a Villaine I le cut his throat Mar. Why this is more then passion It comes neere a distraction Clar. Call to minde Sir How much you have abated of that goodnesse Which once raign'd in ye they appear'd so lovely That such as freindship led to observation Enter Baptista and Mentivole Courted the great example Ces. Left and flatterd into abroad derision Mar. Why d ee thinke so My Lord Baptista is your sonne growne cold In hasting on the marriage which his vowes Have seald to my wrongd daughter Bap. Wee come Lady to consummate the contract Ces. With Mentivole is he the man Ment. Clarissas troth and mine Cesario are recorded in a character So plaine and certaine that except the hand Of heaven which writ it first would blot it out againe No human power can raze it Ces. But say you so too young Lady Cla. I should els betray My heart to falshood and my tongue to perjury Ces. Madam you know the sentence Bap. From the Duke I have particular comforts which require A private eare Mar. I shall approve it gladly Wee are resolvd Cesario Bap. Be not insolent upon a Princes favour Cla. Loose no glory Your younger yeares have purchast Ment. And deservd too y'have many worthy freinds Bap. Preserve and use them Exeunt Manet Cesar Ces. Good very good why here 's a complement Of mirth in desperation I could curse My fate ô with what speed men tumble downe From hopes that soare to high Biancha now May scorne me justly too Clarissa married Albertos widdow resolute Biancha Refusd and I forsaken let me study I can but dye a Batchelor that 's the worst on 't Exit Enter Host Taylor Muliter Dancer Pedant Coxcombe Host. Come Gentlemen This is the day that our great artist hath Promist to give all your severall suites satisfaction Dancer Is he stirring Host. He hath beene at his booke these two houres Pedant Hee s a rare Physitian Host. Why I le tell you Were Paracelsus the German now Living heed take up his single rapier against his Terrible long sword he makes it a matter of nothing To cure the goute sore eyes he takes out as familiarly Washes them and puts them in againe As you 'd blanch almonds Tay. They say he can make gold Host. I I he learnt it of Kelly in Germany There 's not a Chimist In christendome can goe beyond him for multiplying Pedant Take heed then He get not up your daughters belly my Host Host. You are a merry Gentleman And the man of art will love you the better Dancer Does he love mirth and crotchets Host. O hee s the most courteous Physitian You may drink or drab in 's company freely The better he knowes how your disease growes The better he knowes how to cure it Danc. But I wonder my Host He has no more resort of Ladyes to him Host. Why Sir Dan. O divers of them have great beleife in conjurers Lechery is a great helpe to the quality Host. Hee 's scarce knowne to be in towne yet Ere long we shall have em come hurring hither in Fetherbeds Dan. How bedridden Host. No sir in fetherbeds that move upon 4 wheeles in Spanish caroches Ped. Pray acquaint him we give attendance Host I shall gentlemen I would faine be rid Of these rascalls but that they raise profit To my wine-seller When I have made use of them sufficiently I will intreat the conjurer to tye crackers to their tailes And send them packing Enter Forobosco as in his Study A paper Foro. Come hither mine Host looke here Host. What 's that Foro. A challenge from my man Host. For breakin gs pate Foro. He writes here if I meet him not i th Feild within this halfe houre I shall heare more from him Host. O sir minde your profit Nere thinke of the rascall here are the gentlemen Foro. Morrow my worthy clients What are you all prepard of your questions That I may give my resolution upon them Omnes We are sir Pedant And have brought our mony Foro Each then in order And differ not for precedency Dan. I am buying of an office sir And to that purpose I would faine learne to dissemble cunningly Foro. Doe you come to me for that you should rather Have gone to a cunning woman Danc. I sir but their Instructions are but like women Pretty well but not to the depth as I'do have it You are a conjurer the devils master And I would learn it from you so
I have done simply for you but now you are beatten to some Understanding I pray you dally not with the Gentlewoman But dispatch your Matrimony with all convenient speed Fred. He gives good counsell Jac. And I will follow it Fab. And I you prethee do not take it unkindly For trust me I boxt thee for thy advancement A foolish desire I had to joggle thee into preferment Iac. I apprehend you Sir if I can study out a course How a bastinadoing may any waies raise your fortunes In the State you shall be sure on 't Fab. Oh Sir keepe your way God send you much joy Clor. And me my Iulio O God I heare his voyce now he is true Have at a marriage Franck as soone as you Exeunt all but Fred. Enter a Messenger Mess. Sir I would speake with you Fred. What is your hasty busines friend Mess. The Duke commandes your present attendance at Court Fred. The cause Mess. I know not in particular but this Many are sent for more about affaires Forraigne I take it Sir Fred. I will be there Within this houre returne my humble service Mess. I will Sir Exit Messenger Fred. Farewell friend what new's with you Enter a Servant Ser. My Mistris would desire you Sir to follow With all the hast you can she is gon to Church To marry Captaine Iacamo and Iulio To do as much for the young merry Gentlewoman Faire Mistris Clora Fred. Julio marry Clora Thou art deceiv'd I warrant thee Ser. No sure Sir I saw their lips as close upon the bargaine As Cockles Fred. Give 'em joy I cannot now goe The Duke hath sent for me in hast Ser. This note Sir when you are free will bring you where they are Ex. Fred. reades You shall finde us all at Signeur Angilo's Where Piso and the worthy Lelia Of famous memory are to be married And we not far behinde Would I had time To wonder at this last couple in hell Enter Messenger againe Mess. You are staid for Sir Fred. I come pray God the businesse Hold me not from this sport I would not loose it Exeunt Scaena Quinta Enter Father and Servant Ang. God give you joy and make you live together A happy paire Piso I do not doubt we shall There was never poore Gentleman had such a sodaine fortune I could thrust my head betwixt 2. pales strip me out of My old skin like a Snake will the guests come thou saidst Thou sentest for to solemnize the Nuptials Fa. They will I looke for em ere this Enter Julio Jacamo Fabritio Franke Clora Iul. By your leave all Fath. They 'r here Sir Iul. Especially faire Lady I aske your pardon to whose marriage bed I wish all good successe I have here brought you Such guests as can discerne your happinesse And best do know how to rejoyce at it For such a fortune they themselves have run The worthy Iacamo and his faire Bride Noble Fabritio whom this age of peace Has not yet aught to love ought but the warrs And his true friends this Lady who is but A piece of me Lel. Sir you are welcome all Are they not Sir Piso Bring in some wine some of the wine Lodwick the foole Exit Fath. Sent hither who ever thou bid'st welcome shall finde it Lel. An unexpected honour you have done To our too hasty wedding Iac. Faith Madam our weddings were as hasty as yours We' ar glad to run up downe any whether to see where We can get meat to our wedding Piso That Lodwick hath provided too good Asse Ang. I thought you Iulio would not thus have stollen a marriage Without acquainting your friends Iul. Why I did give thee incklings Ang. If a marriage should be thus slubberd up in a play er'e almost Any body had taken notice you were in love the Spectators Would take it to be but ridiculous Iul. This was the first and I will never hide An other secret from you Enter Father Father Sir yonder 's your friend Lodwick hide your selfe And 't will be the best sport Piso Gentlemen I pray you take no notice I 'm here The coxcomb Lodwick is coming in Enter Lodwick Lodwick Is that that Lady Fath. That is my Lady Lod. As I live she 's a faire one what make al these heere Fath. O Lord Sir she is so pesterd Fab. Novv vvill the sport be it runnes right as Iulio told us Lod. Faire Lady health to you some vvords I have that Require an utterance more private Then this place can afford Lel. I 'le call my husband All businesse I heare vvith his eares novv Lod. Good Madam no bet I perceive your jest You have no husband I am the very man That vvalk'd the streetes so comely Lel Are you so Lod. Yes faith vvhen Cupid first did prick your heart I am not cruell but the love began I' th Street I 'le satisfie i' th chamber fully Lel. To aske a Madman vvhether he be mad Were but an idle question if you be I do not speake to you but if you be not Walke in the Streetes againe and there perhaps I may dote on you here I not endure you Lod. Good Madam stay do not you know this Ring Lel. Yes it vvas mine I sent it by my Man To change and so he did it has a blemish And this he brought me for it did you change it Are you a Goldsmith Lod. Sure the world is mad Sirrah did you not bring me this ring from your Lady Fa. Yes surely Sir did I but your worship must ev'n beare with me For there was a mistaking in it and so as I was Saying to your worship my Lady is now married Lod. Married to whom Fa. To your worships friend Piso Lod. S'death to Piso Piso within Ha ha ha Ang. Yes Sir I can assure you she 's maried to him I saw 't With these gray eyes Lod. Why what a Rogue art thou then thou hast made Me send in provision too Fa. O a Gentleman should not have such fowle wordes in 's mouth But your Worships provision could not have come in at a fitter time Will it please you to tast any of your owne wine It may be the Vintner has cozend you Lod. Pox I am mad Ang. You have alwayes plots Sir see how they fall out Iac. You had a plott upon me how do you like this Lod. I do not speake to you Fab. Because you dare not Lod. But I will have one of that old Rogues teeth sett in this Ring Fath. Do'st not thou know that I can beate thee Dost thou know it now discovers himselfe Lod. He beate me once indeed Fath. And if you have forgot it I can call a witnesse Come forth Piso remember you it Piso Faith I do call to minde such a matter Fath. And if I cannot still do 't you are young And will assist your Father in law Piso My Father in law Ang. Your Father in law as sure as this is widow Lelia Piso How widow
'em Just. Who writ em Wife A man of mine Just. VVho brought 'em Wife A Post Just. A Post there was some great hast sure a ha where is that Post Wife Sir there he stands Just. Doe's hee so bring hither that Post I am afraid that Post will prove a knave come hither Post what what can you say concerning the murder of Antonio Ant. VVhat 's that to you Just. O Post you have no answer ready have you I 'le have one from you Ant. You shall have no more from mee then you have you examine an honest Gentleman and Gentlewoman heere 't is pitty such fooles as you should bee i' the commission Just. Say you so Post take away that Post whip him and bring him againe quickly I 'le hamper you Post Mer. 'T is Antonio I know him now as well what an irregular foole is this Ant. VVhip me hold off Wife O good Sir whip him by his murmuring he should know some thing of my husbands death that may quit me for gods sake fetch 't out Just. Whip him I say Ant. who i st dares whip me now Wife O my lou'd husband Mer. My most worthy friend where have you been so long Ant. I cannot speake for joy Just. VVhy what 's the matter now and shall not law then have her course Andra. It shall have no other course then it has I thinke Just. It shall have other course before I go or I 'le beate my braines and I say it was not honestly done of him to discover himselfe before the parties accus'd were executed that law might have had her course for then the kingdome flourishes Ant. But such a wife as thou had never any man and such a friend as he beleeve me wife shall never be a good wife love my frend friend love my wife harke friend Iust. Mark if wee can have nothing to doe you shall sweare the peace of some body Mark Yes Sir Ant. By my troth I am sorry my wife is so obstinate sooth if I could yet doe thee any good I wood faith I wood Mer. I thanke you Sir I have lost that passion Ant. Couzen Curio you and I must be better acquainted Cur. It is my wish Sir Ant. I should not have known you neither 't is so long since we saw we were but children then but you have shewd your selfe an honest man to me Cur. I would be ever so Enter Richardo and Viola Moth. Looke you whoe 's there And. Say nothing to me for thy peace is made Kic. Sir I can nothing say But that you are her Father you can both Not only pardon when you have a wrong But love where you have most injury Iust. I think I shall heare of no hanging this yeare there A Tinker and a Whore yet the Cryer said that rob'd her and are in prison I hope they shall be hang'd And. No truly sir they have broke prison Inst. 'T is no matter then the Jaylor shall be hang'd And. You are deceiv'd in that to sir 't was known to bee against his will and he hath got his pardon I thinke for nothing but if it doth cost him any thing I le pay it Just. Marke up with your papers away Mer. O you shal stay dinner I have a couple of brawling neighbours that I 'le assure you will not agree and you shall have the hearing of their matter Just. With all my heart Mer. Go Gentlemen go in Rich. O Viola that no succeeding age Might loose the memory of what thou wert But such an overswayed sex is yours That all the vertuous actions you can do Are but as men will call them and I sweare 'T is my beliefe that women want but wayes To praise their deeds but men want deeds to praise Exeunt omnes The Prologue THis Comedy long forgot by some thought dead By us preserv'd once more doth raise her head And to your noble censures does present Her outward forme and inward ornament Nor let this smell of arrogance since 't is known The makers that confest it for their owne Were this way skilfull and without the crime Of flatteries I may say did please the time The worke it selfe too when it first came forth In the opinion of men of worth Was well receiv'd and favour'd though some rude And harsh among the ignorant multitude That relish grosse food better then a dish That 's cook'd with care and serv'd into the wish Of curious pallats wanting wit and strength Truly to judge condemn'd it for the length That fault 's reform'd and now 't is to be tri'd Before such Judges 't will not be deni'd A free and noble hearing nor feare I But 't will deserve to have free liberty And give you cause and with content to say Their care was good that did revive this Play The Epilogue 'T Is ended but my hopes and feares begin Nor can it bee imputed as a sinne In me to wish it favour if this night To the Judicious it hath given delight I have my ends and may such for their grace Vouchsafed to this finde theirs in every place THE FALSE ONE A TRAGEDY Actus Primus Scena Prima Enter Achillas and Achoreus Ach. I Love the K. nor do dispute his power For that is not confin'd nor to be censurd By me that am his Subject yet allow me The liberty of a man that still would be A friend to Justice to demand the Motives That did induce young Ptolomy or Photinus To whose directions he gives up himselfe And I hope wisely to commit his Sister The Princesse Cleopatra if I said The Queen Achillas t were I hope no treason Shee being by her Fathers testament Whose memory I bow to left Co-heire In all he stood possest of Achil. T is confest My good Achoreus that in these Eastern Kingdomes Women are not exempted from the Scepter But claime a priviledge equall to the Male But how much such divisions have tane from The Majesty of Egypt and what factions Have sprung from those partitions to the ruine Of the poor Subject doubtfull which to follow We have too many and too sad examples Therefore the wise Photinus to prevent The murthers and the massacres that attend On dis-united Government and to shew The King without a partner in full splendor Thought it convenient the faire Cleopatra An attribute not frequent in this Clymate Should be committed to safe custody In which she is attended like her Birth Untill her Beauty or her royall Dowre Hath found her out a Husband Ach. How this may Stand with the rules of policy I know not Most sure I am it holds no correspondence With the rites of Aegypt or the lawes of Nature But grant that Cleopatra can sit downe With this disgrace though insupportable Can you imagine that Romes glorious Senate To whose charge by the will of the dead King This government was deliverd or great Pompey That is appointed Cleopatra's Guardian As well as Ptolomies will ere approve Of this rash Counsell their consent
a fellow My own Sword would forsake not tyed unto me A Pandar is a Prince to what I am falne By heaven I dare do nothing Aeci. Ye do better Max. I am made a branded slave Aecius And yet I blesse the maker Death ô my soule must I endure this tamely Must Maximus be mention'd for his tales I am a child too what should I do rayling I cannot mend my selfe t is Caesar did it And what am I to him Aeci. T is well consider'd How ever you are tainted be no Traitor Time may out-weare the first the last lives ever Max. O that thou wert not living and my freind Aeci. I le beare a wary eye upon your actions I feare ye Maximus nor can I blame thee If thou breakest out for by the Gods thy wrong Deserves a generall ruine do ye love me Max. That 's all I have to live on Aeci. Then go with me Ye shall not to your own house Max. Nor to any My greifs are greater far then walls can compasse And yet I wonder how it happens with me I am not dangerous and ô my conscience Should I now see the Emperor i' th hear on 't I should not chide him for 't an awe runs through me I feele it sensibly that binds me to it T is at my heart now there it sits and rules And me thinkes t is a pleasure to obey it Aeci. This is a maske to cozen me I know ye And how far ye dare do no Romane farther Nor with more fearlesse valour and I le watch ye Keep that obedience still Max. Is a wives losse For her abuse much good may do his grace I le make as bold with his wife if I can More then the fading of a few fresh colours More then a lusty spring lost Aeci. No more Maximus To one that truly lives Max. Why then I care not I can live wel enough Aecius For looke you freind for vertue and those triffles They may be bought they say Aeci. He 's craz's a little His greife has made him talke things from his nature Max. But chastitie is not a thing I take it To get in Rome unlesse it be bespoken A hundred yeare before is it Aecius by 'r lady and well handled too i' th breeding Aeci. Will ye go any way Max. I le tell thee freind If my wife for all this should be a whore now A kind of kicker out of sheetes t' would vex me For I am not angry yet the Emperor Is young and hansome and the woman flesh And may not these two couple without scratching Aeci. Alasse my noble freind Max. Alasse not me I am not wretched for ther 's no man miserable But he that makes himselfe so Aeci. Will ye walke yet Max. Come come she dare not dye freind that 's the truth on 't She knowes the inticing sweet and delicacies Of a young Princes pleasures and I thanke her She has made a way for Maximus to rise by Wilt not become me bravely why do you think She wept and said she was ravish'd keep it here And I le discover to you Aeci. Well Max. She knowes I love no bitten flesh and out of that hope She might be from me she contriv'd this knavery Was it not monstrous freind Aeci. Do's he but seeme so Or is he made indeed Max. Oh Gods my heart Aeci. Would it would fairly breake Max. Me thinks I am somewhat wilder then I was And yet I thanke the gods I know my duty Enter Claudia Claud. Nay ye may spare your tears she 's dead She is so Max. Why so it should be how Clau. When first she enter'd Into her house after a world of weeping And blushing like the Sun-set as we see her Dare I said she defile this house with whore In which his noble family has flourish'd At which she fel and stird no more we rubd her Exit Clau. Max. No more of that be gon now my Aecius If thou wilt do me pleasure weepe a little I am so parch'd I cannot Your example Has brought the raine down now now lead me freind And as we walke together let 's pray together truly I may not fall from faith Aeci. That 's nobly spoken Max. Was I not wilde Aecius Aeci. Somewhat troubled Max. I felt no sorrow then Now I le goe with ye But do not name the woman fye what foole Am I to weepe thus God's Lucina take thee For thou wert even the best and worthiest Lady Aeci. Good Sir no more I shall be melted with it Max. I have done and good Sir comfort me Would there were wars now Aeci. Settle your thoughts come Max. So I have now friend Of my deep lamentations here 's an end Exeunt Enter Pontius Phidias and Aretus Phidias By my faith Captain Pontius besides pitie Of your falne fortunes what to say I know not For t is too true the Emperor desires not But my best Master any Souldier neere him Are. And when he understands he cast your fortunes For disobedience how can we incline him That are but under persons to his favours To any faire opinion Can ye sing Pontius Not to please him Aretius for my Songs Goe not to 'th Lute or Violl but to 'th Trumpet My tune kept on a Target and my subject The well struck wounds of men not love or women Phi. And those he understands not Pont. He should Phidias Are. Could you not leave this killing way a little You must if here you would plant your selfe and rather Learne as we doe to like what those affect That are above us weare their actions And thinks they keep us warme too what they say Though oftentimes they speake a little foolishly Not stay to construe but prepare to execute And think how ever the end falls the businesse Cannot run empty handed Phid. Can yee flatter And if it were put to you lye a little Pont. Yes if it be a living Are. That 's well said then Pon. But must these lyes and flatteries be beleev'd then Phi. Oh yes by any meanes Pon. By any meanes then I cannot lye nor flatter Are. Ye must sweare too If ye be there Pon. I can sweare if they move me Phi. Cannot ye forsweare too Pont. The Court for ever If it be growne so wicked Are. You should procure a little too Pont. What 's that Mens honest sayings for my truth Are. Oh no Sir But womens honest actions for your triall Pon. Doe you doe all these things Phi. Doe you not like 'em Pon. Do ye aske me seriously or trifle with me I am not so low yet to be your mirth Are. You do mistake us Captain for sincerely We aske you how you like 'em Pon. Then sincerely I tell ye I abhor 'em they are ill wayes And I will starve before I fall into 'em The doers of 'em wretches their base hungers Cares not whose bread they eate nor how they get it Are. What then Sir Pon. If you professe this wickednesse Because ye have bin Souldiers and borne
gods oblations Birds bow to me striking their downie sails to do me service their sweet airs ever ecchoing to mine honour and to my rest their plumie softs they send me Fishes and plants and all where life inhabits but mine own cursed kinde obey their ruler mine have forgot me miserable mine into whose stonie hearts neglect of dutie squint-ey'd deceit and self-love are crept closely none feel my wants not one mend with me Desire None Sir Ant. Thou hast forgot Desire thy best friend Flatterie he cannot fail me Delight Fail he will sell himself and all within his power close to his skin first Desire I thought so too and made him my first venture but found him in a young Lords ear so busie so like a smiling showr pouring his soul in at his portals his face in thousand figures catching the vain minde of the man I pull'd him but still he hung like birdlime spoke unto him his answer still was By the Lord sweet Lord and By my soul thou master-piece of honour nothing could stave him off he has heard your flood 's gone and on decaying things he seldom smiles Sir Anth. Then here I break up state and free my followers putting my fortune now to Time and Justice go seek new masters now for Anthropos neglected by his friends must seek new fortunes Desire to Avarice I here commend thee where thou may'st live at full bent of thy wishes and Vain Delight thou feeder of my follies with light fantasticknesse be thou in favour To leave thee Bountie my most worthie servant troubles me more then mine own misery but we must part go plant thy self my best friend in honourable hearts that truely know thee and there live ever like thy self a vertue but leave this place and seek the Countrey for Law and lust like fire lick all up here Now none but Poverty must follow me despis'd patch'd Poverty and we two married will seek Simplicity Content and Peace out Enter Poverty and live with them in exile How uncall'd on my true friend comes Poverty Here hold thee Anthropos thou art almost arm'd at rest put this on a penitential robe to purge thy pleasures off with that vanitie Anth. Here Vain Delight and with this all my part to thee again of thee I freely render Pov. Take this staff now and be more constant to your steps hereafter the staff is Staidnesse of affections Away you painted flyes that with mans summer take life and heat buzzing about his blossoms when growing full ye turn to Caterpillers gnawing the root that gave you life Fly shadows Exeunt Desire and Delight Now to Content I 'll give thee Anthropos to Rest and Peace no vanitie dwells there Desire nor Pleasure to delude thy minde more no Flatteries smooth-fil'd tongue shall poison thee Anth. O Jupiter if I have ever offer'd upon thy burning Altars but one Sacrifice thou and thy fair-ey'd Juno smil'd upon if ever to thine honour bounteous feasts where all thy statues sweat with wine and incense have by the son of earth been celebrated hear me the childe of shame now hear thou helper and take my wrongs into thy hands thou justice done by unmindful man unmerciful against his master done against thy order and raise again thou father of all honour the poor despis'd but yet thy noblest creature Raise from his ruines once more this sunk Cedar that all may fear thy power and I proclaim it Exeunt Jupiter and Mercury descend severally Trumpets small above Jup. Hoa Mercury my winged son Mer. Your servant Jup. Whose powerful prayers were those that reach'd our ears arm'd in such spells of pitie now Mer. The sad petitions of the scorn'd son of earth the godlike Anthropos he that has swell'd your sacred fires with incense and pil'd upon your altars thousand heifers he that beguil'd by Vanity and Pleasure Desire Craft Flattery and smooth Hypocrisie stands now despis'd and ruin'd left to Poverty Jup. It must not be he was not rais'd for ruine nor shall those hands heav'd at mine altars perish he is our noblest creature Flee to Time and charge him presently release the bands of Poverty and Want this suiter sinks in tell him among the sun-burnt Indians that know no other wealth but peace and pleasure she shall finde golden Plutus god of riches who idly is ador'd the innocent people not knowing yet what power and weight he carries bid him compel him to his right use honour and presently to live with Anthropos It is our will Away Mer. I do obey it Jupiter and Mercury ascend again Musick Enter Plutus with a troop of Indians singing and dancing wildly about him and bowing to him which ended enter Time Time Rise and away 't is Joves command Plut. I will not ye have some fool to furnish now some Midas that to no purpose I must choke with riches Who must I go to Time To the son of earth he wants the god of wealth Plut. Let him want still I was too lately with him almost torn into ten thousand pieces by his followers I could not sleep but Craft or Vanity were filing off my fingers not eat for fear Pleasure would cast her self into my bellie and there surprise my heart Time These have forsaken him make haste then thou must with me be not angrie for fear a greater anger light upon thee Plut. I do obey then but change my figure for when I willingly befriend a creature goodly and full of glory I shew to him but when I am compell'd old and decrepit I halt and hang upon my staff Fare well friends I will not be long from ye all my servants I leave among ye still and my chief riches Exeunt Indians with a dance O Time what innocence dwells here what goodnesse they know me not nor hurt me not yet hug me Away I 'll follow thee but not too fast Time Exeunt Plutus and Time Enter Anthropos Honestie Simplicitie Humilitie Povertie Humil. Man be not sad nor let this divorce from Mundus and his many ways of pleasure afflict thy spirits which consider'd rightly with inward eyes makes thee arrive at happie Pov. For now what danger or deceit can reach thee what matter left for Craft or Covetize to plot against thee what Desire to burn thee Honest. O son of earth let Honestie possesse thee be as thou wast intended like thy Maker see thorow those gawdie shadows that like dreams have dwelt upon thee long call up thy goodnesse thy minde and man within thee that lie shipwrack'd and then how thin and vain these fond affections how lame this worldly love how lumplike raw and ill-digested all these vanities will shew let Reason tell thee Simpl. Crown thy minde with that above the worlds wealth joyful suffring and truely be the master of thy self which is the noblest Empire and there stand the thing thou wert ordain'd and set to govern Pov. Come let us sing the worlds shame hear us Anthropos Song and then enter Time and
boy Page Tanto melior For so much the more danger the more honour Chi. You 'r very pleasant with our occupation Gent. Which very like amongst these fierie Serpents May light upon a Blind-worme of your blood A Mother or a Sister Foole. Mine's past saddle You should be sure of her else but say Sir Huon Now the Drums doubbes the sticks turn'd bed-staves All the old Foxes hunted to their holes The Iron age return'd to Eribus And Honorificabilitudinitatibus Thrust out o' th' Kingdome by the head and shoulders What trade doe you meane to follow Chi. That 's a question Foole. Yes and a learned question if ye marke it Consider and say on Chi. Fooling as thou dost that 's the best trade I take it Foole. Take it strait then For feare your fellowes be before ye harke ye Lievtenant Foolings the thing the thing worth all your fightings When all 's done ye must foole sir Chi. Well I must then Foole. But doe you know what fooling is true fooling The circumstances that belong unto it For every idle knave that showes his teeth Wants and would live can Juggle tumble fiddle Make a dog face or can abuse his fellow Is not a foole at first dash you shall find sir Strange turnings in this trade to foole is nothing As fooling has bin but to foole the faire way The new way as the best men foole their friends For all men get by fooling meerely fooling Desert does nothing valiant wise vertuous Are things that walke by without bread or breeches Chi. I partly credit that Foole. Fine wits fine wits sir There 's the young Boy he does well in his way too He could not live else in his Masters absence He tyes a Ladyes garters so so pretily Say his hand slip but say so Chi. Why let it slip then Foole. 'T is ten to one the body shall come after And he that workes deserves his wages Chi. That 's true Foole. Hee riddles finely to a waiting Gentlewoman Expounds dreames like a Prophet dreames himselfe too And wishes all dreames true they cry Amen And there 's a Memorandum he can sing too Bawdy enough to please old Ladies he lies rarely Pawnes ye a sute of clothes at all points fully Can pick a pocket if ye please or casket Lisps when he lists to catch a Chambermaid And calls his Hostesse mother these are things now If a man meane to live to fight and swagger Beaten about the Eares with bawling sheepskins Cut to the soule for Summer here an arme lost And there a leg his honourable head Seal'd up in salves and searclothes like a packet And so sent over to an Hospitall stand there charge there Sweare there whore there dead there And all this sport for cheese and chines of dog-flesh And money when two Wednesdayes meet together Where to be lowzie is a Gentleman And he that weares a cleane shirt has his Shrowd on Chi. I 'le be your scholler come if I like fooling Foole. You cannot choose but like it fight you one day I 'le foole another when your Surgeons paid And all your leakes stopt see whose slops are heaviest I 'le have a shilling for a can of wine When you shall have two Sergeants for a counter Boy Come learn of us Lievtenant hang your Iron up Wee 'le find you cooler warrs Chi. Come let 's together I 'le see your tricks and as I like 'em Exeunt Enter Memnon Eumenes and Captaines Mem. Why was there not such women in the camp then Prepar'd to make me know 'em Eum. 'T was no place sir 1. Capt. Why should they live in Tumults they are creatures Soft and of sober natures Mem. Cou'd not your wives Your mothers or your sisters have been sent for To exercise upon Eume. We thanke your Lordship 2. Cap. But doe you meane Mem. I doe meane 2 Cap. What sir Mem. To see her And see thee hang'd too and thou anger'st me And thousands of your throats cut get ye from me Ye keepe a prating of your points of manners And fill my head with lowzie circumstances Better have Ballets in 't your courtly worships How to put off my hat you how to turne me And you forsooth to blow my nose discreetly Let me alone for I will love her see her Talke to her and mine owne way Eume. Shee 's the Princesse Mem. Why let her be the devill I have spoke When Thunder durst not check me I must love I know she was a thing kept for me Eume. And I know sir Though she were born yours yet your strange behaviour And want Mem. Thou liest Eum. I doe not Mem. Ha! Eume. I doe not lye sir I say you want faire language nay 't is certaine You cannot say good morrow Mem. Ye Dog-whelpes The proudest of your prating tongues Eume. Doe kill us Kill us for telling truth for my part Generall I would not live to see men make a may-game Of him I have made a Master kill us quickly Then ye may Mem. What Eume. Doe what you list draw your sword childishly Upon your servants that are bound to tell ye I am weary of my life 1 Capt. And I 2 Capt. And all sir Eume. Goe to the Princesse make her sport cry to her I am the glorious man of warre Mem. Pray ye leave me I am sorry I was angry I 'le thinke better Pray no more words Eume. Good sir Mem. Nay then 2 Capt. We are gone sir Exeunt Eume. Captains Ent. Princess Calist Lucippe Cleanthe Calis How came he hither see for heavens sake wenches What faces and what postures he puts on Mem. walks aside full of strange gestures I doe not thinke he is perfect Cle. If your love Have not betrayd his little wits he 's well enough As well as he will be Cal. Marke how he Muses Lucip. Has a Battalia now in 's braines he draws out now Have at ye Harpers Cle. See see there the fire failes Lucip. Look what an Alphabet of faces he runs through Cle. O love loue how amorously thou look'st In an old rusty armour Cal. I 'le away for by my troth I feare him Lucip. Feare the gods Madam And never care what man can doe this fellow With all his frights about him and his furies His larums and his Launces Swords and Targets Nay case him up in armour Cap-a-pe Yet durst I undertake within two houres If he durst charge to give him such a shake Should shake his valour off and make his shankes too Cle. For shame no more Calis Hee muses still Cle. The Devill Why should this old dried timber chopt with thunder Cal. Old wood burnes quickest Lucip. Out you would say Madam Give me a green stick that may hold me heat And smoke me soundly too a turnes and sees ye Cle. There 's no avoiding now have at ye Memnon comes to her Mem. Lady The more I looke upon ye Stays her Cle. The more you may sir Cal. Let him alone Mem. I would desire your patience
heaven and here the same Thou the wooer and the wood Thou the hunger and the food Thou the prayer and the prayed Thou what is or shall be said Thou still young and golden tressed Make me by thy Answer blessed Chi. When Pr. Now speake handsomly and small by all meanes I have told ye what Thunder Chi. But I 'le tell you a new tale Now for my necke verse I have heard thy prayers And marke me well Musicke Venus descends Nun. The Goddesse is displeased much The Temple shakes and totters she appeares Bow Lady bow Venus Purge me the Temple round And live by this example henceforth sound Virgin I have seene thy teares Heard thy wishes and thy feares Thy holy Incence flew above Harke therefore thy doome in love Had thy heart bin soft at first Now thou had'st alayd thy thirst Had thy stubborne will but bended All thy sorrows here had ended Therefore be just in love And strange fortune thou must prove And for thou hast bin sterne and coy A dead love thou shalt enjoy Calis O gentle goddesse Venus Rise thy doome is sed And feare not I shall please thee with the dead Venus ascends Nun. Goe up into the Temple and there end Your holy rites the Goddesse smiles upon ye Exeunt Cal. Nun. Enter Chilax in his Robe Chi. I 'le no more Oracles nor Miracles Nor no more Church worke I le be drawn hang'd first Am not I torne a pieces with the thunder Death I can scarce believe I live yet It gave me on the buttocks a cruell a huge bang I had as lieue a had 'em scratcht with dog-whips Be quiet henceforth now ye feele the end on 't I would advise ye my old friends the good gentlewoman Is strucken dumbe and there her grace sits mumping Like an old Ape eating a Brawn sure the good Goddesse Knew my intent was honest to save the Princesse And how we young men are entic'd to wickednesse By these lewd women I had paid for 't els too I am monstrous holy now and cruel fearefull O! 't was a plaguy thump charg'd with a vengeance Enter Siphax walkes softly over the Stage and goes in Woo'd I were well at home the best is 't is not day Who 's that ha Siphax I 'le be with you anon sir Ye shall be Oracled I warrant ye And thunderd too as well as I your Lordship Enter Memnon Eumenes Stremon and two carrying Torches Must needs enjoy the Princesse yes ha torches And Memnon comming this way he 's dog mad And ten to one appearing thus unto him Hee worries me I must goe by him Eumen. Sir Mem. Aske me no further questions what art thou How dost thou stare stand off nay looke upon me I doe not shake nor feare thee Drawes his sword Chi. A will kill me This is for Church worke Mem. Why dost thou appeare now Thou wert fairly slain I know thee Diocles And know thine envie to mine honour but Chi. Stay Memnon I am a Spirit and thou canst not hurt me Eumen. This is the voyce of Chilax Strem. What makes he thus Chi. 'T is true that I was slaine in field but fowly By multitudes not manhood therefore marke me I doe appeare againe to quit mine honour And on thee single Mem. I accept the challenge Where Chi. On the Stigian banks Mem. When Chi. Four dayes hence Mem. Goe noble Ghost I will attend Chi. I thanke ye Strem. Ye have sav'd your throat and handsomly Farwell sir exit Chi. Mem. Sing me the Battell of Pelusium In which this Worthie died Eumen. This will spoile all and make him worse Then ere he was sitt downe sir And give your selfe to rest Song ARme arme arme arm the Scouts are all come in Keepe your rankes close and now your honours win Behold from yonder hill the foe appeares Bowes bills glaves arrowes shields and Speares Like a darke wood he comes or tempest powring O view the wings of horse the meadows scowring The vant-guard marches bravely hark the Drums dub dub They meet they meet now the Battell comes See how the Arrows fly That darken all the skie Harke how the Trumpets sound Hark how the hills rebound Tara-tara-tara Hark how the horses charge in boyes in boyes in tara tara The Battell totters now the wounds begin O how they cry O how they dy Roome for the valiant Memnon arm'd with thunder See how he breakes the rankes asunder They fly they flie Eumenes has the Chace And brave Polibius makes good his place To the plaines to the Woode To the Rocks to the floods They fly for succour Follow follow follow Hey hey Harke how the Souldiers hollow Brave Diocles is dead And all his Souldiers fled The battell 's won and lost That many a life hath cost Mem. Now forward to the Temple Exeunt Enter Chilax Chi. Are ye gone How have I scapt this morning by what miracle Sure I am ordain'd for some brave end Enter Cloe Cloe. How is it Chi. Come 't is as well as can be Cloe. But is it possible This should be true you tell me Chi. 'T is most certaine Cloe. Such a grosse Asse to love the Princesse Chi. Peace Pull your robe close about ye you are perfect In all I taught ye Cloe. Sure Chi. Gods give thee good luck 'T is strange my braines should still be beating knaverie For all these dangers but they are needfull mischiefes And such are Nuts to me and I must doe 'em You will remember me Cloe. By this kisse Chilax Chilax No more of that I feare another Thunder Cloe. We are not i' th' Temple man Enter Siphax Chi. Peace here he comes Now to our businesse handsomely away now exit Chilax and Cloe Siph. 'T was sure the Princesse for he kneel'd unto her And she lookt every way I hope the Oracle Has made me happy me I hope she lookt for Enter Chilax and Cloe at the other doore Fortune I will so honour thee Love so adore thee She is here againe lookes round about againe too 'T is done I know 't is done 't is Chilax with her And I shall know of him whos 's that Chi. Speake softly The Princesse from the Oracle Siph. She views me By heav'n she beckens me Chi. Come neare she woo'd have ye Si. O royall Lady Kisses her hand Chi. She wills ye read that for belike she 's bound to silence For such a time she is wondrous gracious to ye Si. Heav'n make me thankfull Chi. She woo'd have ye read it He Reads Si. Siphax the will of Heaven hath cast me on thee To be thy wife whose will must be obay'd Use me with honour I shall love thee dearly And make thee understand thy worths hereafter Convey me to a secret Ceremony That both our hearts and loves may be united And use no language till before my brother We both appeare where I will shew the Oracle For till that time I am bound I must not answer Siph. O happy I Chi. Ye are a made
Kingdomes he hath purchas'd noble Sister Take not your vertue from him O take heed We ebbe not now to nothing take heed Calis Calis The wil of heaven not mine which must not alter And my eternall doome for ought I know Is fixt upon me alas I must love nothing Nothing that loves againe must I be blest with The gentle Vine climbs up the Oke and clips him And when the stroke comes yet they fall together Death death must I enjoy and live to love him O noble Sir Mem. Those teares are some reward yet Pray let me wed your sorrowes Calis Take 'em Souldier They are fruitfull ones lay but a fight upon 'em And strait they will conceive to infinites I told ye what ye could find 'em Roome before there Knock Enter Funerall Captaines following and Eumenes King How now what 's this more drops to th' Ocean Whose body 's this Capt. The noble Polidor This speakes his death Mem. My Brother dead Calis O Goddesse O cruell cruell Venus here 's my fortune King Read Captaine Mem. Read aloude farewell my follies Eumen reades To the Excellent Princesse Calis 1. Cap. Be wise as you are beauteous love with judgement And look with clear eyes on my noble Brother Value desert and vertue they are Jewells Fit for your worth and wearing take heed Lady The Gods reward ingratitude most grievous Remember me no more or if you must Seeke me in noble Memnons love I dwell there I durst not live because I durst not wrong him I can no more make mee eternall happy With looking downe upon your loves Farewell Mem. And did'st thou die for me King Excellent vertue What will ye now doe Calis Dwell for euer here sir Mem. For me deare Polidor ô worthy young man O love love love love above recompence Infinite love infinite honesty Good Lady leave you must have no share here Take home your sorrowes here 's enough to store me Brave glorious griefes was ever such a brother Turne all the stories over in the world yet And search through all the memories of mankind And find me such a friend h 'as out-done all Outstript 'em sheerely all all thou hast Polidor To die for me why as I hope for happinesse 'T was one of the rarest thought on things The bravest and carried beyond compasse of our actions I wonder how he hit it a young man too In all the blossomes of his youth and beautie In all the fulnesse of his veines and wishes Woed by that Paradice that would catch heaven It starts me extreamly thou blest Ashes Thou faithfull monument where loue and friendship Shall while the world is worke new miracles Calis O! let me speake too Mem. No not yet thou man For we are but mans shadowes only man I have not words to utter him speake Lady I 'le thinke a while Calis The Goddesse grants me this yet I shall enjoy the dead no tombe shall hold thee But these two armes no Trickments but my teares Over thy Hearse my sorrowes like sad armes Shall hang for ever on the tuffest Marble Mine eyes shall weepe thee out an Epitaph Love at thy feet shall kneele his smart bow broken Faith at thy head youth and the Graces mourners O sweet young man King Now I begin to melt too Mem. Have ye enough yet Lady roome for a gamster To my fond Love and all those idle fancies A long farwell thou diedst for me deare Polidor To give me peace thou hast eternall glory I stay and talke here I will kisse thee first And now I 'le follow thee Polidor rises Pollidor Hold for heavens sake Mem. Ha! Does he live Dost thou deceive me Pol. Thus farre Yet for your good and honour King Now deare sister Calis The Oracle is ended noble sir Dispose me now as you please Po. You are mine then Calis With all the joyes that may be Po. Your consent sir King Ye have it freely Po. Walke along with me then And as you love me love my will Calis I will so Po. Here worthy Brother take this vertuous Princesse Ye have deserv'd her nobly she will love ye And when my life shall bring ye peace as she does Command it ye shall have it Mem. Sir I thanke ye King I never found such goodnesse in such yeares Mem. Thou shalt not over-doe me though I die for 't O how I love thy goodnesse my best brother You have given me here a treasure to enrich me Would make the worthiest King alive a begger What may I give you back againe Po. Your love sir Mem. And you shall have it even my dearest love My first my noblest love take her againe sir She is yours your honesty has over-run me She loves ye lov'st her not excellent Princesse Injoy thy wish and now get Generalls Po. As ye love heaven love him she is only yours sir Mem. As ye love heaven love him she is only yours sir My Lord the King Po. He will undoe himselfe sir And must without her perish who shall fight then Who shall protect your Kingdome Mem. Give me hearing And after that beliefe were she my soule As I doe love her equall all my victories And all the living names I have gain'd by warre And loving him that good that vertuous good man That only worthy of the name of brother I would resigne all freely 't is all love To me all marriage rites the joy of issues To know him fruitfull that has been so faithfull King This is the noblest difference-take your choise sister Calis I see they are so brave and noble both I know not which to looke on Pol. Chuse discreetly And vertue guide ye there all the world in one man Stands at the marke Mem. There all mans honestie The sweetnesse of all youth Cal. O God's Mem. My Armour By all the God's she 's yours my armes I say And I beseech your Grace give me imployment That shall be now my Mistresse here my Courtship King Ye shall have any thing Mem. Vertuous Lady Remember me your servant now Young man You cannot over-reach me in your goodnesse O love how sweet thou look'st now and how gentle I should have slubber'd thee and stain'd thy beauty Your hand your hand sir King Take her and Heaven blesse her Mem. So Po. 'T is your will sir nothing of my merit And as your royall gift I take this blessing Cal. And I from heaven this gentleman thanks Goddess Mem. So ye are pleas'd now Lady Cal. Now or never Mem. My cold stiffe carkasse would have frozen ye Warres warres King Ye shall have warres Mem. My next brave battell I dedicate to your bright honour sister Give me a favour that the world may know I am your souldier Calis This and all faire Fortunes Mem. And he that beares this from me must strike boldly Cleanthe kneeling Cal. I do forgive thee be honest no more wench King Come now to Revells this blest day shall prove The happy crown of noble Faith and Love Exeunt
misse Sir Lop. Then Wills and Funerall Sermons come in season And Feasts that makes us frolicke Die Would I could see 'em Lop. And though I weepe i' th' Pulpit for my Brother Yet Diego here I laugh Di. The cause requires it Lop. Since people left to die I am dunce Diego Die 'T is a strange thing I have forgot to dig too Lea. A pretious pair of youths I must make toward 'em Lop. Who 's that look out it seemes he would speak to us I hope a Marriage or some Wil to make Diego Dieg. My friend your businesse Lea. 'T is to that grave Gentleman Blesse your good learning Sir Lop. And blesse you also He beares a promising face there 's some hope toward Lea. I have a Letter to your worship Lop. Well Sir From whence I pray you Lea. From Nova Hispania Sir And from an ancient friend of yours Lop. 'T is well Sir 'T is very well the divell alone I know there Die Take heed of a Snap Sir has a cozening countenance I doe not like his way Lop. Let him goe forward Cantabit Vacuus They that have nothing feare nothing All I have to loose Diego is my learning And when he has gotten that he may put it in a Nut shell Letter Read SIgnior Lopez Since my arrivall from Cordova to these parts I have written divers Letters unto you but as yet received no Answer of any Good and very good And although so great a forgetfulnesse might cause a want in my due correspondence yet the desire I have still to serve you must more prevaile with me Better and better the divell a man know I yet and therefore with the present occasion offered I am willing to crave a continuance of the favours which I have heretofore received from you and doe recommend my Son Leandro the Bearer to you with request that he may be admitted in that Universitie till such time as I shall arive at home his studies he will make you acquainted withall This kindnesse shall supply the want of your slacknesse And so heaven keep you Yours Alonzo Tiveria Alonzo Tiveria very well A very ancient friend of mine I take it For till this houre I never heard his Name yet Lea. You looke Sir as if ye had forgot my Father Lop. No no I look as I would remember him For that I never remembred I cannot forget Sir Alonzo Tiveria Lea. The same Sir Lop. And now i' th' Indies Lea. Yes Lop. He may be any where For ought that I consider Lea. Thinke againe Sir You were Students both at one time in Salamanca And as I take it Chamber-fellowes Lop. Ha Lea. Nay sure you must remember Lop. Would I could Lea. I have heard him say you were Gossips too Lop. Very likely You did not heare him say to whom for we Students May often-times over-reach our memories Do'st thou remember Diego this same Signiour Thou hast been mine these twenty yeares Di. Remember Why this Fellow would make ye mad Nova Hispania And Signiour Tiveria what are these He may as well name ye Friends out of Cataya Take heed I beseech our worship doe you heare my friend You have no Letters for me Lea. Not any Letter But I was charged to doe my Fathers love To the old honest Sexton Diego are you he Sir Di. Ha have I friends and know 'em not my name is Diego But if either I remember you or your Father Or Nova Hispania I was never there Sir Or any kindred that you have for heaven-sake Master Let 's cast about a little and consider We may dreame out our time Lea. It seemes I am deceiv'd Sir Yet that you are Don Lopez all men tell me The Curat here and have bin some time sir And you the Sexton Diego such I am sent too The Letter tells as much may be they are dead And you of the like names succeed I thank ye gentlemen Ye have done honestly in telling truth I might have bin forward els For that Lopez That was my Fathers friend I had a charge A charge of Money to deliver Gentlemen Five hundred Duckets a poore small gratuity But since you are not he good sir let me thinke I pray ye be patient Lop. Pray ye stay a little Nay let me remember I beseech ye stay Sir Die An honest noble friend that sends so lovingly An old friend too I shall remember sure Sir Lop. Thou sayst true Diego Di. 'Pray ye consider quickly Doe doe by any meanes me thinkes already A grave staid gentleman comes to my memory Lea. He 's old indeed sir Di. With a goodly white Beard For now he must be so I know he must be Signior Alonzo Master Lop. I begin to have him Di. Has bin from hence about some twenty years sir Lea. Som five and twenty sir Di. You say most true sir Just to an houre 't is now just five and twenty A fine straite timber'd man and a brave souldier He married let me see Lea. De Castro's Daughter Di. The very same Lea. Thou art a very Rascall De Castro is the Turke to thee or any thing The Money rubbs 'em into strange remembrances For as many Duckets more they would remember Adam Lop. Give me your hand you are welcome to your countrey Now I remember plainly manifestly As freshly as if yesterday I had seene him Most heartily welcome sinfull that I am Most sinfull man why should I loose this Gentleman This loving old Companion we had all one soule sir He dwelt here hard by at a handsome Lea. Farme sir You say most true Lop. Alonzo Tiveria Lord Lord that time should play the treacherous knave thus Why he was the onely friend I had in Spaine sir I knew your Mother too a handsome Gentlewoman She was married very young I married 'em I doe remember now the Maskes and Sports then The Fire-workes and the fine delights good faith sir Now I looke in your face whose eies are those Diego Nay if he be not just Alonzo's picture Lea. Lord how I blush for these two impudents Di. Well Gentleman I thinke your name 's Leandro Lea. It is indeed sir Gra'-mercy Letter thou hadst never knowne els Di. I have dandled ye and kist ye and plaid with ye A hundred and a hundred times and danc'd ye And swong ye in my Bell-ropes ye lov'd swinging Lop. A sweet Boy Lea. Sweet lying knaves What would these doe for thousands Lop. A wondrous sweet Boy then it was see now Time that consumes us shoots him up still sweeter How do's the noble Gentleman how fares he When shall we see him when will he blesse his Country Lea. O very shortly sir till his returne He has sent me over to your charge Lop. And welcome Nay you shall know you are welcome to your friend sir Lea. And to my Study sir which must be the Law To further which he would entreat your care To plant me in the favour of some man That 's expert in that knowledge for his paines
up the messe now strike together And let them fall so Assist. Unheard of crueltie I can endure no longer seize on her Viol. Am I betraid Is this thy faith Iamy Iam. Could your desires Challenge performance of a deed so horrid Or though that you had sold your selfe to hell I should make up the bargaine Live deare Brother Live long and happy I forgive you freely To have done you this service is to me A faire Inheritance And how e're harsh language Call'd on by your rough usage pass'd my lipps In my heart I ever lov'd you All my labours Were but to shew how much your love was cozen'd When it beheld it selfe in this false Glasse That did abuse you and I am so far From envying young Ascanio his good fortune That if your State were mine I would adopt him These are the Murtherers my noble Friends Which to make triall of her bloudy purpose I won to come disguis'd thus Hen. I am too full Of griefe and shame to speake but what I 'le doe Shall to the world proclaime my penitence And howsoever I have liv'd I 'le die A much chang'd man Iam. Were it but possible You could make satisfaction to this woman Our joyes were perfect Hen. That 's my onely comfort That it is in my power I ne're was married To this bad woman though I doted on her But daily did deferre it still expecting When griefe would kill Iacintha Assist. All is come out And finds a faire successe take her Don Henrique And once againe embrace your Son Hen. Most gladly Assist. Your Brother hath deserv'd well Hen. And shall share The moitie of my State Assist. I have heard Advocate What an ill Instrument you have bin to him From this time strengthen him with honest counsells As you 'le deserve my pardon Bar. I 'le change my Copy But I am punish'd for I feare I have had A smart blow though unseene Assist. Curat and Sexton I have heard of you too let me heare no more And what 's past is forgotten For this woman Though her intent were bloody yet our Law Calls it not death yet that her punishment May deter others from such bad attempts The Dowry she brought with her shall be emploi'd To build a Nunnery where she shall spend The remnant of her life Viol. Since I have miss'd my ends I scorne what can fall on me Assist. The strict discipline Of the Church will teach you better thoughts And Signiors You that are Batchelours if you ever marry In Bartolus you may behold the issue Of Covetousnesse and Jealousie And of dotage And falshood in Don Henrique keep a meane then For be assur'd that weake man meets all ill That gives himselfe up to a womans will Exeunt Prologue TO tell ye Gentlemen we have a Play A new one too and that 't is launch'd to day The Name ye know that 's nothing to my Story To tell ye 't is familiar void of Glory Of State of Bitternesse of wit you 'll say For that is now held wit that tends that way Which we avoid To tell ye to 't is merry And meant to make ye pleasant and not weary The Streame that guides ye easie to attend To tell ye that 't is good is to no end If you believe not Nay to goe thus far To sweare it if you sweare against is war To assure you any thing unlesse you see And so conceive is vanity in me Therefore I leave it to it selfe and pray Like a good Barke it may worke out to day And stem all doubts 't was built for such a proofe And we hope highly if she lye aloofe For her owne vantage to give wind at will Why let her worke onely be you but still And sweet opinion'd and we are bound to say You are worthy Judges and you crowne the Play Epilogue THe Play is done yet our Suit never ends Still when you part you would stil part our friends Our noblest friends if ought have falne amis O let it be sufficient that it is And you have pardon'd it In Buildings great All the whole Body cannot be so neat But something may be mended Those are faire And worthy love that may destroy but spare FINIS THE LITTLE FRENCH LAWYER Actus Primus Scena Prima Enter Dinant and Cleremont Din. DIsswade me not Clere. It will breed a braule Din. I care not I weare a Sword Cler. And weare discretion with it Or cast it off let that direct your arme 'T is madnesse els not valour and more base Then to receive a wrong Din. Why would you have me Sit downe with a disgrace and thanke the doer We are not Stoicks and that passive courage Is onely now commendable in Lackies Peasants and Tradesemen not in men of ranke And qualitie as I am Cler. Doe not cherish That daring vice for which the whole age suffers The blood of our bold youth that heretofore Was spent in honourable action Or to defend or to enlarge the Kingdome For the honour of our Countrey and our Prince Poures it selfe out with prodigall expence Upon our Mothers lap the Earth that bred us For every trifle and these private Duells Which had their first originall from the French And for which to this day we are justly censured And banisht from all civill Governments Scarce three in Venice in as many yeares In Florence they are rarer and in all The faire Dominions of the Spanish King They are never heard of Nay those neighbour Countries Which gladly imitate our other follies And come at a deare rate to buy them of us Begin now to detest them Din. Will you and yet Cler. And I have heard that some of our late Kings For the lie wearing of a Mistris feathers A cheate at Cards or Dice and such like causes Have lost as many gallant Gentlemen As might have met the great Turke in the field With confidence of a glorious Victorie And shall we then Din. No more for shame no more Are you become a Patron to 't is a new one No more on 't burn 't give it to some Orator To help him to enlarge his exercise With such a one it might doe well and profit The Curat of the Parish but for Cleremont The bold and under-taking Cleremont To talke thus to his friend his friend that knowes him Dinant that knowes his Cleremont is absurd And meere Apocripha Cler. Why what know you of me Din. Why if thou hast forgot thy selfe I 'll tell thee And not looke backe to speake of what thou wert At fifteene for at those yeares I have heard Thou wast flesh'd and enter'd bravely Cler. Well sir well Din. But yesterday thou wast the common second Of all that onely knew thee thou hadst bills Set up on every post to give thee notice Where any difference was and who were parties And as to save the charges of the Law Poore men seeke Arbitrators thou wert chosen By such as knew thee not to compound quarrells But thou wert so
reward thee liberally Ex. Nurse Goe bring him in full deare I lov'd Dinant While it was lawfull but those fires are quenched I being now anothers truth forgive me And let dissimulation be no crime Though most unwillingly I put it on To guard a Brothers safetie Enter Dinant Dina. Now your pleasure Though ill you have deserv'd it you persev'd I am still your foole and cannot but obey What ever you command Lamir. You speake as if You did repent it and 't is not worth my thankes then But there has bin a time in which you would Receive this as a favour Din. Hope was left then Of recompence Lamir. Why I am still Lamira And you Dinant and 't is yet in my power I dare not say I 'll put it into act To reward your love and service Din. Ther 's some comfort Lamir. But thinke not that so low I prize my fame To give it up to any man that refuses To buy it or with danger or performance Of what I shall enjoine him Din. Name that danger Be it of what horrid shape soever Ladie Which I will shrinke at only at this instant Be speedie in 't Lamir. I 'll put you to the triall You shall not fight to day doe you start at that Not with my Brother I have heard your difference Mine is no Helens beauty to be purchas'd With blood and so defended if you looke for Favours from me deserve them with obedience Ther 's no way els to gain 'em Din. You command What with mine honour I cannot obey Which lies at pawne against it and a friend Equally deare as that or life engag'd Not for himself but me Lamir. Why foolish man Dare you sollicite me to serve your lust In which not onely I abuse my Lord My father and my family but write whore Though not upon my forhead in my conscience To be read howerly and yet name your honours Yours suffer but in circumstance mine in substance If you obey me you part with some credit From whom the giddy multitude but mankind Will censure me and justly Din. I will loose What most I doe desire rather then hazard So deare a friend or write my selfe a coward 'T is better be no man Lamir. This will not doe Why I desire not you should be a coward Nor doe I weigh my Brothers life with yours Meete him fight with him doe and kill him fairely Let me not suffer for you I am carelesse Din. Suffer for me Lamir. For you my kindnesse to you Already brands me with a strumpets name Din. O that I knew the wretch Lamir. I will not name him Nor give you any Character to know him But if you dare and instantly ride foorth At the west port of the City and defend there My reputation against all you meete For two houres on ly I 'l not sweare Dinant To satisfie though sure I thinke I shall What ever you desire if you denie this Be desperate for willingly by this light I 'l never see thee more Din. Two houres doe you say Lamir. Only two houres Dina. I were no Gentleman Should I make scruple of it this favour armes me And boldly il performe it Exit Lamir. I am glad on 't This will prevent their meeting yet and keepe My Brother safe which was the marke I shott at Exeunt Actus Secundus Scena Prima Enter Cleremont as in the field Cler. I am first i' th field that honours gain'd of our side Pray Heaven I may get of as honourablie The houre is past I wonder Dinant comes not This is the place I cannot see him yet It is his quarrell too that brought me hither And I ne'r knew him yet but to this honour A firme and worthy Friend yet I see nothing Nor Horse nor man 't would vex me to be left here To th mercy of two swords and two approved ones I never knew him last Enter Beaupre and Verdoone Beaup. You are well met Cleremont Verdo. You are a faire Gentleman love your friend Sir What are you ready the time has over tane us Beaup. And this you know the place Cler. No Dinant yet Beaup. We come not now to argue but to doe We waite you Sir Cler. Ther 's no time past yet Gentlemen We have day enough i' st possible he comes not You see I am ready here and doe but stay Till my Friend come walke but a turne or two 'T will not be long Verd. We came to fight Cler. Yee shall fight Gentlemen And fight enough but a short turne or two I thinke I see him set up your watch wee 'l fight by it Beau. That is not hee we will not be deluded Cler. Am I bobd thus pray take a pipe of tobacco Or sing but some new ayre by that time Gentlemen Verd. Come draw your sword you know the custome here Sir First come first serv'd Cler. Though it be held a custome And practised so I doe not hold it honest What honour can you both win on me single Beaup. Yeild up you sword then Cler. Yeild my Sword that 's Hebrew I 'll be first cut a peices hold but a while I 'll take the next that comes Enter an old Gentleman You are an old Gentleman Gent. Yes indeed am I Sir Cler. And weare no Sword Gent. I need none Sir Cler. I would you did and had one I want now such a foolish courtesie You see these Gentlemen Gent. You want a second In good Faith Sir I was never handsome at it I would you had my Son but hee 's in Italy A proper Gentleman you may doe well gallants If you quarrell be not capitall to have more mercy The Gentleman may doe his Country Cler. Now I beseech you Sir If you dare not fight doe not stay to beg my pardon There lies your way Gent. Good morrow Gentlemen Exit Verd. You see your fortune You had better yeild your sword Cler. Pray yee stay a little Enter two Gentlemen Upon mine honestie you shall be fought with Well Dinant well these weare swords and seeme brave fellowes As you are Gentlemen one of you supply me I want a second now to meete these gallants You know what honour is 1 Gent. Sir you must pardon us We goe about the same worke you are ready for And must fight presently els we were your servants 2 Gent. God speed you and good day Exit Gent. Cler. Am I thus Colted Beaup. Come either yeild Cler. As you are honest Gentlemen Stay but the next and then I 'll take my fortune And if I fight not like a man Fy Dinant Cold now and treacherous Enter Monsieur la Writ within La Writ I understand your causes Yours about corne yours about pinnes and glasses Will you make me mad have I not all the parcells And his Petition too about Bell-founding Send in your witnesses what will you have me doe Will you have me break my heart my brains are melted And tell your Master as I am a gentleman His Cause shall be
The vertuous Widow Fath. The vertuous widow Sir I know none such Pray what 's her name Ser. Laelia Fath. I knew you err'd 'T is not to me I warrant ye there Sir Carry it to those she feedes fat with such favours I am a stranger to her Ser. Good Sir take it And if you will I 'le sweare she sent it to you For I am sure mine eye never went off ye Since you forsook the Gentlemen you talk'd with Just at her doore Fath. Indeed I talkt with two Within this halfe houre in the street Ser. 'T is you Sir And none but you I am sent to wiser men Would have been thankfull sooner and receiv'd it 'T is not a fortune every man can brag of And from a woman of her excellence Fa. Well Sir I am Chatechiz'd what more belongs to 't Ser. This only Sir she would intreat you come This evening to her without faile Fa. I will Ser. You ghesse where Fa. Sir I have a tongue else Exit Ser. She is down-right Devill or else my wants And her disobedience have provok't her To looke into her foule selfe and be sorry I wonder how she knew me I had thought I had been the same to all I am to them That chang'd me thus God pardon me for lying For I have paid it home many a good man That had but found the profit of my way Would forsweare telling true againe in hast Enter Lodovico and Piso Here are my praters now if I did well I should be labour 'em but I have found A way to quiet 'em worth a thousand on 't Lod. If we could get a fellow that would do it Fa. What villany is now in hand Piso 'T will be hard to be done in my opinion Unlesse we light upon an English-man With seven-score surfets in him Lod. Are the English-men such stubborn drinkers Piso Not a leake at Sea Can sucke more liquor you shall have their children Christned in mull'd sacke and at five yeares old able To knocke a Dane downe Take an English-man And cry St. George and give him but a rasher And you shall have him upon even terms Defy a hogshead such a one would do it Home boy and like a work-man at what weapon Lod. Sherry sack I would have him drinke stark dead If it were possible at worst past pottage Piso What is the end then Lod. Dost thou not perceive it If he be drunke dead ther 's a faire end of him If not this is my end or by enticing Or by deceiving to conduct him where The foole is that admires him and if sober His nature be so rugged what wil t be When he is hot with wine come le ts about it If this be done but handsomely I 'le pawne My head she hath done with souldiers Piso This may do well Fa. Here 's a new way to murther men alive I 'le choake this traine God save ye Gentlemen It is to you stay yes it is to you Lod. What 's to me Fath. You are fortunate I cannot stand to tell you more now meete me Here soone and you 'l be made a man Exit Father Lod. What Vision 's this Piso I know not Lod. Well I 'le meet it Think you ot'h other and let me a while Dreame of this fellow Piso For the Drunkard Lodowicke Let me alone Lod. Come let 's about it then Exeunt Scaena Tertia Enter Clora and Franke Clo. Ha ha ha pray let me laugh extreamly Fra. Why prethee why hast thou such cause Clo. Yes faith my brother wil be here straightway Fra. What Clo. The other party ha ha ha Fra. VVhat party VVench thou art not drunke Clo. No faith Fra. Faith thou hast been among the bottles Clora Clo. Faith but I have not Franke Prethee be handsom The Captaine comes along too wench Fra. O is that it That tickles ye Clo. Yes and shall tickle you too You understand me Fra. By my troth thou art grown A strange lewd wench I must e'ne leave thy company Thou wilt spoile me else Clo. Nay thou art spoil'd to my hand Hadst thou been free as a good wench ought to be VVhen I went first a birding for thy Love And roundly said that is the man must doe it I had done laughing many an houre agoe Fra. And what dost thou see in him now thou knowst him To be thus laught at Clo. Prethee be not angry And I 'le speake freely to thee Fra. Doe I will not Clo. Then as I hope to have a handsome husband This fellow in mine eye and Franke I am held To have a shrewd ghesse at a pretty fellow Appeares a strange thing Fra. Why how strange for Gods sake He is a man and one that may content For any thing I see a right good woman And sure I am not blinde Clo. There lyes the question For but you say he is a man and I Will credit you I should as soone have thought him Another of Gods creatures out upon him His body that can promise nothing But lazinesse and long strides Fra. These are your eyes Where were they Clora when you fell in love With the old foot-man for singing of Queen Dido And swore he look'd in his old velvet trucks And his slyc't Spanish Jerkin like Don Iohn You had a parlous judgment then my Clora Clo. Who told you that Fra. I heard it Clo. Come be friends The Souldier is a Mars no more we are all Subject to slide away Fra. Nay laugh on still Clo. No faith thou art a good wench and 't is pity Thou shouldst not be well quarred at thy entring Thou art so high flown for him Look whos 's there Enter Fabricio and Iacamo Iac. Prethee goe single what should I do there Thou knowst I hate these visitations As I hate peace or perry Fab. Wilt thou never Make a right man Iac. You make a right foole of me To lead me up and down to visit women And be abus'd and laugh'd at let me sterve If I know what to say unlesse I aske 'em What their shooes cost Fab. Fye upon thee coward Canst thou not sing Iac. Thou knowest I can sing nothing But Plumpion parke Fab. Thou't be bold enough When thou art enterd once Jac. I had rather enter A breach If I miscarry by this hand I will have you by 'th eares for 't Fab. Save ye Ladies Clora Sweet brother I dare sweare you 'r welcome hither So is your Friend Fab. Come blush not but salute 'em Franck Good Sir beleeve your Sister you are most welcome So is this worthy Gentleman whose vertues I shall be proud to be acquainted with Iac. She has found me out already and has paid me Shall we be going Fab. Peace Your goodnesse Lady Will ever be afore us for my selfe I will not thanke you single lest I leave My friend this Gentleman out of acquaintance Iac. More of me yet Fra. Would I were able Sir From either of your worths to merit thankes Clo. But brother is
me All B. I take it take it And take some drinke too Prig. Not a drop now I thanke you Away we are discoverd else Exit Enter Gerrard like a blinde Aquavitae-man and a boy singing the Song BRing out your Cony-skins faire maids to me And hold 'em faire that I may see Grey blacke and blew for your smaller skins I 'le give ye looking-glasses pins And for your whole Coney heer 's ready ready money Come gentle Jone do thou begin With thy blacke blacke blacke Cony-skin And Mary then and Jane will follow With their silver-hair'd skins and their yellow The white Cony-skin I will not lay by For though it be faint t is faire to the eye The grey it is warme but yet for my money Give me the bonny bonny blacke Coney Come away faire maides your skins will decay Come and take money maids put your ware away Cony-skins Cony-skins have ye any Cony-skins I have fine brace-lets and fine silver pins Ger. Buy any brand wine buy any brand wine Boy Have ye any Cony-skins 2 B. My fine Canary-bird ther 's a cake for thy worship 1 B. Come fill fill fill fill suddenly let 's see Sir What 's this Ger. A penny Sir 1 B. Fill till 't be six-pence And there 's my pig Boy This is a counter Sir 1 B. A counter stay ye what are these then O execrable Jugler ô damn'd Jugler Look in your hose hoa this comes of looking forward 3 B. Divell a Dunkirke what a rogue 's this Jugler This hey passe repasse h 'as repast us sweetly 2 B. Doe ye call these tricks Enter Higgen Hig. Have ye any ends of gold or silver 2 B. This fellow comes to mock us gold or silver cry copper 1 B. Yes my good friend We have e'ne an end of all we have Hig. 'Ts well Sir You have the lesse to care for gold and silver Exit Enter Prig. Pr. Have ye any old cloaks to sel have ye any old clokes to sel Exit 1 B. Cloakes looke about ye boyes mine 's gone 2 B. A juggle 'em o' their Prestoes mine 's gone too 3 B. Here 's mine yet 1 B. Come come let 's drink then more brand wine Boy Here Sir 1 B. If e're I catch your Sow-gelder by this hand I 'le strip him Were ever fooles so ferkt we have two cloakes yet And all our caps the Divell take the flincher All B. Yaw yaw yaw yaw Enter Hemskirke Hem. Good do'n my honest fellows You are merry here I see 3 B. 'T is all we have left Sir Hem. What hast thou Aquavitae Boy Yes Hem. Fill out then And give these honest fellows round All b. We thanke ye Hem. May I speake a word in private to ye All b. Yes Sir Hem. I have a businesse for you honest friends If you dare lend your help shall get you crownes Ger. Ha Lead me a little nearer boy 1 B. What is 't Sir If it be any thing to purchase money Which is our want command us Boors All all all Sir Hem. You know the young spruce Merchant in Brugis 2 B. Who Master Goswin Hem. That he owes me money And here in towne there is no stirring of him Ger. Say ye so Hem. This day upon a sure appointment He meets me a mile hence by the Chase side Under the row of Okes do you know it All b. Yes Sir Hem. Give 'em more drinke there if you dare but venture When I shall give the word to seize upon him Here 's twenty pound 3 Boy Beware the Jugler Hem. If he resist downe with him have no mercy 1 Boy I warrrant you wee 'l hamper him Hem. To discharge you I have a warrant here about me 3 Boy Her 's our warrant This carries fire i' the tayle Hem. Away with me then The time draws on I must remove so insolent a Suitor And if he be so rich make him pay ransome Ere he see Bruges towres againe thus wise men Repaire the hurts they take by a disgrace And piece the Lyons skyn with the Foxes case Ger. I am glad I have heard this sport yet Hem. Ther 's for thy drink come pay the house within boyes And loose no time Ger. Away with all our hast too Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Florez Flo. No winde blow faire yet no returne of moneys Letters nor any thing to hold my hopes up Why then 't is destin'd that I fall fall miserably My credite I was built on sinking with me Thou boystrous North-wind blowing my mis-fortunes And frosting all my hopes to cakes of coldnesse Yet stay thy fury give the gentle South Yet leave to court those sailes that bring me safety And you auspicious fires bright twins in heaven Daunce on the shrowds he blows still stubbornly And on his boystrous racke rides my sad ruine There is no help there can be now no comfort To morrow with the Sun-set sets my credite Oh misery thou curse of man thou plague In the midst all our strength thou strik'st us My vertuous Love is toss'd too all what I have been No more hereafter to be seen then shadow To prison now well yet ther 's this hope left me I may sinke fairely under this dayes venture And so to morrow 's cross'd and all those curses Yet manly I 'le invite my fate base fortune Shall never say she has cut my throate in feare This is the place his challenge call'd me too And was a happy one at this time for me For let me fall before my foe i' the field And not at Bar before my Creditors Ha's kept his word now Sir your swords tongue only Loud as you dare all other language Enter Hemskirke Hem. Well Sir You shall not be long troubled draw Flo. 'T is done Sir And now have at ye Hem. Now Enter Boores Flo. Betray'd to Villains Slaves ye shall buy me bravely And thou base coward Enter Gerrard and Beggars Ger. Now upon 'em bravely Conjure 'em soundly boyes Boores. Hold hold Ger. Lay on still Down with that Gentleman rogue swinge him to sirrup Retire Sir and take breath follow and take him Take all 't is lawfell prize Boores. We yield Ger. Downe with 'em Into the wood and rifile 'em tew 'em swinge 'em Knocke me their braines into their breeches Exeunt Boors Hold hold Flo. What these men are I know not nor for what cause They should thus thrust themselves into my danger Can I imagine But sure heavens hand was in 't Nor why this coward knave should deale so basely To eate me up with slaves but heaven I thanke thee I hope thou hast reserv'd me to an end Fit for thy creature and worthy of thine honour Would all my other dangers here had suffered With what a joyfull heart should I goe home then Wher now heaven knows like him that waits his sentēce Or heares his passing bell but ther 's my hope still Enter Gerrard Ger. Blessing upon you Master Flo. Thanke ye leave me For by my troth I have nothing
gentlemen save ye 1. Mer. The same to you sir save ye faire Mistris Francis I would this happie night might make you blush too Vanl. She dreames a pace Fran. That 's but a drowsie fortune 3. Mer. Nay take us with ye too we come to that end I am sure ye are for the wedding Vanl. Hand and heart man And what their feet can doe I could have tript it Before this whorson gout Enter Gerrard Ger. Blesse ye Masters Vanl. Clause how now Clause thou art come to see thy Master And a good master he is to all poore people In all his joy t is honestly don of thee Ger. Long may hee live sir but my businesse now is If you would plase to doe it and to him too Enter Florez Vanl. He 's heere himselfe Flo. Stand at the doore my friends I pray walke in welcome faire Mistris Francis See what the house affords ther 's a young Lady VVill bid you welcome Vanl. VVe joy your happinesse Exit Flo. I hope It will be so Clause nobly welcome My honest my best friend I have been carefull To see thy monys Ger. Sir that brought not me Do you know this Ring againe Flo. Thou hadst it of me Ger. And do you well remēber yet the boone you gave me Upon returne of this Flo. Yes and I grant it Be it what it will aske what thou can'st I 'le do it Within my power Ger. Ye are not married yet Flo. No Ger. Faith I shall aske you that that will disturb ye But I must put ye to your promise Flo. Do And if I faint and flinch in 't Ger. Well said Master And yet it grieves me too and yet it must be Flo. Prethee distrust me not Ger. You must not marry That 's part of the power you gave me which to make up You must presently depart and follow me Flo Not marry Clause Ger. Not if you keep your promise And give me power to aske Flo. Pre'thee thinke better I will obey by heaven Ger. I have thought the best Sir Flo. Give me thy reason do'st thou feare her honesty Ger. Chaste as the yee for any thing I know Sir Flo. Why should'st thou light on that then to what purpose Ger. I must not now discover Flo. Must not marry Shall I breake now when my poore hart is pawn'd When all the preparation Ger. Now or never Flo. Come 't is not that thou would'st thou dost but fright me Ger. Upon my soule it is Sir and I binde ye Flo. Clause can'st thou be so cruell Ger. You may breake Sir But never more in my thoughts appeare honest Flo. Did'st ever see her Ger. No Flo. She is such a thing O Clause she is such a wonder such a mirror For beauty and faire vertue Europe has not Why hast thou made me happy to undo me But looke upon her then if thy heart relent not I 'le quit her presently who waites there Ser. within Sir Flo. Bid my faire love come hither and the company Pre'thee be good unto me take a mans hart And looke upon her truly take a friends hart And feele what misery must follow this Ger. Take you a noble hart and keep your promise I forsooke all I had to make you happy Enter Bertha Van-donck and the rest Merchants Can that thing call'd a woman stop your goodnesse Flo. Looke there she is deale with me as thou wilt now Did'st ever see a fayrer Ger. She is most goodly Flo. Pray ye stand still Ber. What ayles my love Flo. Did'st thou ever By the faire light of heaven behold a sweeter O that thou knew'st but love or ever felt him Looke well looke narrowly upon her beauties 1. Mer. Sure h 'as some strange designe in hand he starts so 2 Mer. This Beggar has a strong power over his pleasure Flo. View all her body Ger. 'T is exact and excellent Flo. Is she a thing then to be lost thus lightly Her mind is ten times sweeter ten times nobler And but to heare her speak a Paradise And such a love she beares to me a chaste love A vertuous faire and fruitfull love 't is now too I am ready to enjoy it the Priest ready Clause To say the holy words shall make us happy This is a cruelty beyond mans study All these are ready all our joyes are ready And all the expectation of our friends T will be her death to do it Ger. Let her dye then Flo. Thou canst not 't is impossible Ger. It must be Flo. 'T will kil me too 't wil murder me by heaven Claus I 'le give thee halfe I have come thou shalt save me Ger. Then you must goe with me I can stay no longer If ye be true and noble Flo. Hard heart I 'le follow Pray ye all goe in againe and pray be merry I have a weighty businesse give my cloake there Enter Servant with a Cloake Concerns my life and state make no enquiry This present houre befaln me with the soonest I shall be here againe nay pray goe in Sir And take them with you t is but a night lost Gentlemen Van. Come come in we will not loose our meat yet Nor our good mirth he cannot stay long from her I am sure of that Flo. I will not stay beleeve Sir Exit Gertrud a word with you Ber. Why is this stop Sir Flo. I have no more time left me but to kisse thee And tell thee this I am ever thine farewell wench Exit Be. And is that all your ceremony Is this a wedding Are all my hopes and prayers turnd to nothing Well I will say no more nor sigh nor sorrow oh me Till to thy face I prove thee false Exit Actus Quintus Scaena Prima Enter Bertha and a Boore Ber. LEad if thou thinkst we are right why dost thou make These often stands thou saidst thou knewst the way Boo. Fear nothing I doe know it would t were homeward Ber. Wrought from me by a Beggar at the time That most should tye him T is some other Love That hath a more command on his affections And he that fetcht him a disguised Agent Not what he personated for his fashion Was more familiar with him and more powerfull Then one that ask'd an almes I must finde out One if not both kind darknesse be my shrowd And cover loves too curious search in me For yet suspition I would not name thee Boor. Mistris it grows some-what pretty and dark Ber. What then Boor. Nay nothing do not thinke I am afraid Although perhaps you are Ber. I am not forward Boo. Sure but you are give me your hand fear nothing There 's one leg in the wood do not pull backward What a sweate one on 's are in you or I Pray God it do not prove the plague yet sure It has infected me for I sweat too It runs out at my knees feele feele I pray you Ber. What ailes the fellow Boor. Hark hark I besech you Doe you heare nothing Ber. No
possible Welcom my love my sweet my worthy love Van-d. I ha' giv'n you her twice now keep her better thanke Lord Hubert that came to me in Gerrards name And got me out with my brave Boyes to march Like Caesar when he bred his Comentaryes So I to end my Chronicle came forth Caesar Van-donck veni vidi vici Give me my Bottle and set downe the drum You had your tricks Sir had you we ha' tricks too You stole the Lady Hig. And we led your Squadrons Where they ha' scratch'd their leggs a little with brambles If not their faces Prig. Yes and run their heads Against trees Hig. 'T is Captaine Prig Sir Prig. And Coronell Higgen Hig. We have fill'd a pitt with your people some with leggs Some with armes broken and a neck or two I think be loose Prig. The rest too that escap'd Are not yet out o' the briars Hig. And your horses Sir Are well set up in Bruges all by this time You looke as you were not well Sir and would be Shortly let blood do you want a scarfe Van-d. A halter Ger. 'T was like your selfe honest and noble Hubert Can'st thou behold these mirrors altogether Of thy long false and bloody usurpation Thy tyrranous proscription and fresh treason And not so see thy selfe as to fall downe And sincking force a grave with thine owne guilt As deep as hell to couer thee and it Woolf. No I can stand and praise the toyles that tooke me And laughing in them dye they were brave snares Flo. 'T wer truer valour if thou durst repent The wrongs th' hast don and live Woolf. Who I repent And say I am sorry yes 't is the fooles language And not for Woolfort Van-d. Woolfort thou art a Divell And speaks his language oh that I had my longing Under this rew of trees now would I hang him Flo. No let him live untill he can repent But banish'd from our State that is thy doome Van-d. Then hang his worthy Captaine here this Hemskirck For profit of th' example Flo. No let him Enjoy his shame too with his conscious life To shew how much our innocence contemnes All practise from the guiltiest to molest us Van-d. A noble prince Ger. Sir you must helpe to joyne A paire of hands as they have don their heartes here And to their loves with joy Flo. As to mine owne My gratious Sister worthiest Brother Van. I 'le go afore and have the bon-fire made My fire-workes and flap dragons and good backrack With a peck of little fishes to drink downe In healthes to this day Hig. Slight here be changes The Bells ha' not so many nor a dance Prig Prig. Our Company 's growne horrible thin by it What think you Ferret Fer. Marry I do thinke That we might all be Lords now if we could stand for 't Hig. Not I if they should offer it I 'le dislodge first Remove the Bush to another climat Ger. Sir you must thanke this worthy Burgomaster Here be friends aske to be look'd on too And thank'd who though their trade and course of life Be not so perfect but it may be betterd Have yet us'd me with curtesy and bin true Subjects unto me while I was their King A place I know not well how to resigne Nor unto whom But this I will entreat Your grace command them follow me to Bruges Where I will take the care on me to finde Some manly and more profitable course To fit them as a part of the Republique Flo. Do you heare Sirs do so Hig. Thankes to your good grace Prig. To your good Lordship Fer. May you both live long Ger. Attend me at Van-doncks the Burgomasters Ex. all but Beggars Hig. Yes to beat hemp and be whipt twice a weeke Or turne the wheele for Crab the Rope-maker Or learne to go along with him his course That 's a fine course now i' the Common-wealth Prig What say you to it Prig. It is the backwardst course I know i' the world Hig. Then Higgen will scarce thrive by it You do conclude Prig. 'Faith hardly very hardly Hig. Troth I am partly of your minde Prince Prig And therefore farewell Flanders Higgen will seek Some safer shelter in some other Clymat With this his tatterd Colony Let me see Snap Ferret Prig and Higgen all are left O the true blood what shall we into England Prig. Agreed Hig. Then beare up bravely with your Brute my lads Higgen hath prig'd the prancers in his dayes And sold good peny-worthes we will have a course The spirit of Bottom is growne bottomlesse Prig. I 'le mand no more nor cant Hig. Yes your sixpenyworth In private brother sixpence is a summ I 'le steale you any mans dogg for Prig. For Sixpence more You 'l tell the owner where he is Hig. T is right Higgen must practise so must Prig to eat And write the Letter and gi' the word But now No more as either of these Prig. But as true Beggars As ere we were Hig. We stand here for an Epilogue Ladyes your bountyes first the rest will follow For womens favours are a leading almes If you be pleas'd look cheerely throw your eyes Out at your maskes Prig. And let your beauties sparkle Hig. So may you neer want dressings Iewells gownes Still i' the fashion Prig. Nor the men you love VVealth nor discourse to please you Hig. May you Gentlemen Never want good fresh suites nor liberty Prig. May every Merchant here see safe his ventures Hig. And every honest Citizen his debts in Prig. The Lawyers gaine good Clyents Hig. And the Clyents good Councell Prig. All the Gamesters here good fortune Hig. The Drunkards too good wine Prig. The eaters meate Fit for their tasts and pallats Hig. The good wives kind Husbands Prig. The young maides choyce of Sutors Hig. The Midwives merry hearts Prig. And all good cheere Hig. As you are kinde unto us and our Bush We are the Beggars and your dayly Beadsmen And have your money but the Almes we aske And live by is your Grace give that and then VV 'eel boldly say our word is Come agen THE COXCOMBE Actus Primus Scena Prima Enter Richardo and Viola Rich. LEt us make use of this stolne privacy And not loose time in protestation mistris For t were in me a kind of breach of faith To say againe I love you Vio. Sweet speake softly For though the venture of your love to me Meetes with a willing and a full returne Should it arrive unto my Fathers knowledge These were our last discourse Rich. How shall he know it Viol. His watching cares are such for my advancement That every where his eye is fix'd upon me This night that does afford us some small freedom At the request and much entreaty of The mistris of the house was hardly given me For I am never sufferd to stir out But he hath spies upon me yet I know not You have so won upon me that could I thinke You would
has a gowne I am sure Dor. Knock out her braines and then shee 'le neere byte Tin Yes I will knock her but not yet you woman Viol. For gods sake what are you Tin One of the groomes of your wardrobe come uncase uncase by r lady a good Kersey Vio. Pray doe not hurt me sir Dor. Le ts have no pitty for if you doe here 's that shall cutt your whistle Viol. Alas what would you have I am as miserable as you can mak me any way Dor. That shall be tryde Vio. Here take my gowne if that will doe you pleasure Tin Yes marry will it looke in the pockets Doll there may be birds Dor. They are flown a pox goe vvith them I 'le have this Hatt and this Ruffe too I like it novv vvill I flourish like a Lady brave I faith boy Vio. Y' are so gentle people to my seeming That by my truth I could live vvith you Tin Could you so a pretty young round vvench vvell bloudded I am for her theeves Dor But by this I am not coole your Codpiece Rogue or I le clap a spell upon 't shall take your edge off with a very vengeance Tin Peace horse-flesh peace I le cast off my Amazon she has walked too long and is indeede notorious shee le fight and scould and drinke like one of the worthies Dort Vds pretious you young contagious whore must you be ticing and is your flesh so wrank sir that two may live upon 't I am glad to heare your cortall growne so lusty he was dry foundered tother day wee hee my pampered lade of Asia Vio. Good woman doe not hurt me I am sorry that I have given any cause of anger Dor. Either binde her quickly and come away or by this steele I le tell though I trusse for company now could I eate her broyld or any way without vinegar I must have her nose Vio. By any thing you love best good sir good woman Tin Why her nose Dorithy Dor. If I have it not and presently and warme I loose that I goe withall Tin Wood the Devill had that thou goest withall and thee together for sure he got thy whelps if thou hast any shee s thy deere dad whore put up your cutpurse an I take my swich up t will be a black time with you else sheth your bung whore Dor. Will you binde her we shall stand here prating and be hang both Tin Come I must bind you not a word no crying Vio. Doe what you will indeed I will not cry Tin Hurt her not if thou dost by Ale and Beare I le clout thy old bald braine pan with a peece of brasse you bitch incarnate Exeunt Tinker and Dorithy Viola O God to what am I reserved that knew not Through all my childish howers and actions More sinne then poore imagination And too much loving of a faithlesse man For which I am paid and so that not the day That now is rising to protect the harmelesse And give the innocent a sanctuary From theeves and spoylers can deliver me From shame at least suspition Enter Valerio Val. Sirrah leade downe the horses easily I 'le walke a foot till I be downe the hill t is very early I shall reach home betimes How now whos 's there Vio. Night that was ever friend to lovers yet Has rais'd some weary soule that hates his bed To come and see me blush and then laugh at me Val. H 'ad a rude heart that did this Vio. Gentle sir If you have that which honest men call pitty And be as far from evill as you shew Helpe a poore maide that this night by bad fortune Has beene thus us'd by Robbers Val. A pox upon his heart that would not helpe thee this theefe was halfe a Lawyer by his bands how long have you bin tyed here Viol. Alas this hower and with cold and feare am almost perisht Val. Where were the watch the while good sober Gent. they were like carefull members of the City drawing in diligent ale and singing catches while Mr. Constable contrived the tosts these fellowes would bee more severely punisht then wandring Gipsies that every statute whipps for if they had every one two eyes a peece more three pots would put them out Viol. I cannot tell I found no Christian to give me succour Val. When they take a theefe I 'le take Ostend agen the whorsons drinke opium in their Ale then they sleep like topps as for their bills they onely serve to reach downe Bacon to make Rashers on now let mee know whom I have done this courtesie too that I may thanke my early rising for it Viol. Sir All I am you see Val You have a name I 'm sure and a kindred a father friend or something that must owne you shee 's a handsome young wench what Rogues were these to Rob her Vio. Sir you see all I dare reveale And as you are a Gent presse me no further For there begins a griefe whose bitternesse Will breake a stronger heart then I have in me And t will but make you heavie with the hearing For your owne goodnesse sake desire it not Val. If you would not have me enquire that how do you live then Viol. How I have lived is still one question Which must not be resolu'd How I desire to live is in your liking So worthy an opinion I have of you Val. Is in my liking how I pray thee tell me ifaith I 'le do you any good lys in my power she has an eye would raise a bedrid man come leave your feare and tell mee that 's a good wench Viol. Sir I would serve Val. Who wouldst thou serve doe not weepe and tell me Viol. Faith sir even some good woman and such a wife if you be married I doe imagine yours Val. Alas thou art young and tender let me see thy hand this was neere made to wash or wind up water beate cloaths or rub a floore by this light for one use that shall be namelesse t is the best wanton hand that ere I looke on Vio. Dare you accept me sir my heart is honest Among your vertuous charitable deeds This will not be the least Val. Thou canst in a Chamber Vio In a Chamber sir Val. I meane waite there upon a Gentlewoman How quick she is I like that mainely too I le have her though I keepe her with maine strength like a besieged towne for I know I shall have the enemy afore me within a weeke Viol. Sir I can sow too and make pretty laces Dresse a head handsome teach young gentlewomen For in all these I have a little knowledge Val. T is well no doubt I shall encrease that knowledge I like her better still how she provokes me pritty youngmaid you shall serve a good Gentlewoman though I say 't that will not be unwilling you should please mee nor I forgetfull if you doe Viol. I am the happier Val. My man shall make some shift to carry you behind
So leave me for a while Sep. Ever your Creature Exit Pho. Good day Achoreus my best friend Achillas Hath fame delivered yet no certaine rumour Of the great Roman action Achil. That we are To enquire and learn of you Sir whose grave care For Egypts happinesse and great Ptolomies good Have eyes and eares in all parts Enter Ptolomy Labienus Guard Pho. I 'le not boast What my Intelligence costs me but ere long You shall know more The King with him a Roman Ach. The scarlet livery of unfortunate war Dy'de deeply on his face Achil. 'T is Labienus Caesars Lieutenant in the wars of Gaul And fortunate in all his undertakings But since these Civill Jars he turn'd to Pompey And though he followed the better Cause Not with the like successe Pho. Such as are wise Leave falling buildings flye to those that rise But more of that hereafter Lab. In a word Sir These gaping wounds not taken as a slave Speake Pompeys osse to tell you of the Battaile How many thousand severall bloody shapes Death wore tha day in triumph how we bore The shocke of Caesars charge or with what fury His souldiers came on as if they had been So many Caesars and like him ambitious To tread upon the liberty of Rome How Fathers kill'd their Sons or Sons their Fathers Or how the Roman Peils on either side Drew Roman blood which spent the Prince of weapons The sword succeeded which in Civill wars Appoints the Tent on which wing'd victory Shall make a certaine Stand then how the Plaines Flowd o're with blood and what a cloud of vulturs And other birds of prey hung o're both armies Attending when their ready Servitors The souldiers from whom the angry gods Had tooke all sense of reason and of pity Would serve in their owne carkasses for a feast How Caesar with his Javelin force'd them on That made the least stop when their angry hands Were lifted up against some known friends face Then comming to the body of the army He shews the sacred Senate and forbids them To waste their force upon the Common souldier Whom willingly if ere he did know pity He would have spar'd Ptol. The reason Labienus Lab. Full well he knows that in their blood he was To passe to Empire and that through their bowels He must invade the Laws of Rome and give A period to the liberty of the world Then fell the Lepidi and the bold Corvini The fam'd Torquati Scipio's and Marcelli Names next to Pompeys most renown'd on earth The Nobles and the Commons lay together And Pontique Punique and Assyrian blood Made up one crimson Lake which Pompey seeing And that his and the fate of Rome had left him Standing upon the Ramper of his Camp Though scorning all that could fall on himselfe He pities them whose fortunes are embarqu'd In his unlucky quarrell cryes aloud too That they should sound retreat and save themselves That he desir'd not so much noble blood Should be lost in his service or attend On his misfortunes and then taking horse With some few of his friends he came to Lesbos And with Cornelia his Wife and Sons He 's touch'd upon your shore the King of Parthia Famous in his defeature of the Crassi Offer'd him his protection but Pompey Relying on his Benefits and your Faith Hath chosen Aegypt for his Sanctuary Till he may recollect his scattered powers And try a second day now Ptolomy Though he appeare not like that glorious Thing That three times rode in triumph and gave lawes To conquer'd Nations and made Crownes his guift As this of yours your noble Father tooke From his victorious hand and you still weare it At his devotion to do you more honour In his declinde estate as the straightst Pyne In a full grove of his yet flourishing friends He flyes to you for succour and expects The entertainment of your Fathers friend And Guardian to your selfe Ptol. To say I grieve his fortune As much as if the Crowne I weare his gift Were ravish'd from me is a holy truth Our Gods can witnesse for me yet being young And not a free disposer of my self Let not a few hours borrowed for advice Beget suspition of unthankfulnesse Which next to hell I hate pray you retire And take a little rest and let his wounds Be with that care attended as they were Carv'd on my flesh good Labienus thinke The little respite I desire shall be Wholly emploid to find the readiest way To doe great Pompey service Lab. May the gods As you intend protect you Exit Ptol. Sit sit all It is my pleasure your advice and freely Ach. A short deliberation in this May serve to give you counsell to be honest Religious and thankfull in themselves Are forcible motives and can need no flourish Or glosse in the perswader your kept faith Though Pompey never rise to the height he 's fallen from Caesar himselfe will love and my opinion Is still committing it to graver censure You pay the debt you owe him with the hazard Of all you can call yours Ptol. What 's yours Photinus Pho. Achoreus great Ptolomy hath counsaild Like a religious and honest man Worthy the honour that he justly holds In being Priest to Isis But alas What in a man sequesterd from the world Or in a private person is preferd No policy allows of in a King To be or just or thankfull makes Kings guilty And faith though prais'd is punish'd that supports Such as good Fate forsakes joyne with the gods Observe the man they favour leave the wretched The Stars are not more distant from the Earth Then profit is from honesty all the power Prerogatives and greatnesse of a Prince Is lost if he descend once but to steere His course as what 's right guides him let him leave The Scepter that strives only to be good Since Kingdomes are maintain'd by force and blood Ach. Oh wicked Ptol. Peace goe on Pho. Proud Pompey shews how much he scorns your youth In thinking that you cannot keepe your owne From such as are ore-come If you are tired With being a King let not a stranger take What nearer pledges challenge resigne rather The government of Aegypt and of Nyle To Cleopatra that has title to them At least defend them from the Roman gripe What was not Pompeys while the wars endured The Conquerour will not challenge by all the world Forsaken and despis'd your gentle Guardian His hopes and fortunes desperate makes choise of What Nation he shall fall with and pursu'd By their pale Ghosts slaine in this Civill War He flyes not Caesar only but the Senate Of which the greater part have cloid the hunger Of sharpe Pharsalian fowle he flies the Nations That he drew to his Quarrell whose Estates Are sunk in his and in no place receiv'd Hath found out Aegypt by him yet not ruin'd And Ptolomy things consider'd justly may Complaine of Pompey wherefore should he staine Our Aegypt with the spots of Civill warre Or make
steele warr waited on and fortune courted That high plum'd honour built up for her owne Behold that mightinesse behold that fiercenesse Behold that child of warr with all his glories By this poore hand made breathlesse here my Achillas Egypt and Cesar owe me for this service And all the conquer'd Nations Ach. Peace Septimius Thy words sound more ungratefull then thy actions Though sometimes safety seeke an instrument Of thy unworthy nature thou loud boaster Think not she is bound to love him too that 's barbarous Why did not I if this be meritorious And bindes the King unto me and his bounties Strike this rude stroke I 'le tell thee thou poore Roman It was a sacred head I durst not heave at Not heave a thought Sep. It was Ach. I 'le tell thee truely And if thou ever yet heard'st tell of honour I 'le make thee blush It was thy Generalls That mans that fed thee once that mans that bred thee The aire thou breath'st was his the fire that warm'd thee From his care kindled euer nay I 'le show thee Because I 'le make thee sensible of thy businesse And why a noble man durst not touch at it There was no peece of Earth thou puts thy foote on But was his conquest and he gave thee motion He triumph'd three times who durst touch his person The very walls of Rome bow'd to his presence Deare to the Gods he was to them that feard him A faire and noble Enemy didst thou hate him And for thy love to Cesar sought his ruine Armed the red Pharsalian feilds Septimius Where killing was in grace and wounds were glorious Where Kings were faire competitours for honour Thou should'st have come up to him there have sought him There sword to sword Sep. I kill'd him on commandment If Kings commands be faire when you all fainted When none of you durst looke Ach. On deeds so barbarous What hast thou got Sep. The Kings love and his bounty The honour of the service which though you raile at Or a thousand envious soules fling their foames on me Will dignifie the cause and make me glorious And I shall live Ach. A miserable villaine What reputation and reward belongs to it Thus with the head I seize on and make mine And be not impudent to aske me why Sirha Nor bold to stay read in mine eyes the reason The shame and obloquy I leave thine owne Inherit those rewardes they are fitter for thee Your oyle 's spent and your snuff stinks go out basely Sep. The King will yet consider Exit Enter Ptolomy Achareus Photinus Achil. Here he comes Sir Ach. Yet if it be undon heare me great Sir If this inhumane stroake be yet unstrooken If that adored head be not yet severd From the most noble Body weigh the miseryes The desolations that this great Eclipse works You are young be provident fix not your Empire Upon the Tombe of him will shake all Egypt Whose warlike groanes will raise ten thousand Spirits Great as himselfe in every hand a thunder Destructions darting from their lookes and sorrowes That easy womens eyes shall never empty Pho. You have done well and 't is done see Achillas And in his hand the head Ptol. Stay come no nearer Me thinks I feele the very earth shake under me I do remember him he was my guardian Appointed by the Senate to preserve me What a full Majesty fits in his face yet Pho. The King is troubled be not frighted Sir Be not abus'd with feares his death was necessary If you consider Sir most necessary Not to be miss'd and humbly thanke great Isis He came so opportunely to your hands Pitty must now give place to rules of safety Is not victorious Caesar new arriv'd And enter'd Alexandria with his friends His Navy riding by to wait his charges Did he not beate this Pompey and pursude him Was not this great man his great enemy This Godlike vertuous man as people held him But what foole dare be friend to flying vertue Enter Caesar Anthony Dollobella Sceva I heare their Trumpets 't is too late to stagger Give me the head and be you confident Haile Conquerour and head of all the world Now this head 's off Caesar Ha Pho. Do not shun me Caesar From kingly Ptolomy I bring this present The Crowne and sweat of thy Pharsalian labour The goale and marke of high ambitious honour Before thy victory had no name Caesar Thy travell and thy losse of blood no recompence Thou dreamst of being worthy and of warr And all thy furious conflicts were but slumbers Here they take life here they inherit honour Grow fixt and shoot up everlasting triupmhes Take it and looke upon thy humble servant With noble eyes looke on the Princely Ptolomy That offers with this head most mighty Caesar What thou would'st once have given for it all Egypt Ach. Nor do not question it most royall Conquerour Nor dis-esteeme the benefit that meetes thee Because 't is easily got it comes the safer Yet let me tell thee most imperious Caesar Though he oppos'd no strength of Swords to win this Nor labourd through no showres of darts and lances Yet here he found a fort that faced him strongly An inward warr he was his Grand sires Guest Friend to his Father and when he was expell'd And beaten from this Kingdome by strong hand And had none left him to restore his honour No hope to finde a friend in such a misery Then in stept Pompey tooke his feeble fortune Strengthend and cherish'd it and set it right againe This was a love to Cesar Sceva Give me hate Gods Pho. This Cesar may account a little wicked But yet remember if thine owne hands Conquerour Had fallen upon him what it had bin then If thine owne Sword had touch'd his throat what that way He was thy Son in law there to be tainted Had bin most terrible let the worst be renderd We have deserv'd for keeping thy hands innocent Cesar. Oh Sceva Sceva see that head see Captaines The head of godlike Pompey Sce. He was basely ruinde But let the Gods be griev'd that sufferd it And be you Cesar Cesar. Oh thou Conquerour Thou glory of the world once now the pitty Thou awe of Nations wherefore didst thou fall thus What poore fate followed thee and pluckt thee on To trust thy sacred life to an Egyptian The life and light of Rome to a blind stranger That honourable war nere taught a noblenesse Nor worthy circumstance shew'd what a man was That never heard thy name sang but in banquets And loose lascivious pleasures to a Boy That had no faith to comprehend thy greatnesse No study of thy life to know thy goodnesse And leave thy Nation nay thy noble friend Leave him distrusted that in teares falls with thee In soft relenting teares heare me great Pompey If thy great spirit can heare I must taske thee Thou hast most unnobly rob'd me of my victory My love and mercy Ant. O how brave these teares shew
thee To take a rubbe or too out of my way As time shall serve say that it be a Brother Or a hard Father Sep. 'T is most necessary A Mother or a Sister or whom you please sir Pho. Or to betray a noble friend Sep. T is all one Pho. I know thou wilt stir for gold Sep. T is all my motion Pho. There take that for thy service and farewell I have greater businesse now Sep. I am still your owne Sir Pho. One thing I charge thee see me no more Septinius Vnlesse I send Exit Sep. I shall observe your houre So this brings something in the mouth some savour This is the Lord I serve the power I worship My friends Allyes And here lyes my Allegeance Let people talke as they please of my rudenesse And shun me for my deede bring but this to 'em Let me be damn'd for blood yet still I am honourable This God creates new tongues and new affections And though I had killd my Father give me gold I 'le make men sweare I have done a pious Sacrifice Now I will out-brave all make all my Servants And my brave deed shall be writ in wine for vertuous Exit Scena Tertia Enter Caesar Antony Dollobella Sceva Caesar Keepe strong guardes and with wary eyes my friends There is no trusting to these base Egyptians They that are false to pious benefits And make compelld necessityes their faithes Are traitors to the Gods Ant. Weel 'e call a shore A legion of the best Caesar Not a man Antony That were to shew our feares and dim our greatnesse No 't is enough my name 's a shore Sce. Too much too A sleeping Caesar is enough to shake them There are some two or three malitious Rascalls Trained up in villany besides that Cerberus That Roman dog that lick'd the blood of Pompey Dol. 'T is strange a Roman Souldier Sce You are cozend There be of us as be of all other nations Villaines and Knaves 't is not the name containes him But the obedience when that 's once forgotten And duty flung away then welcom Devill Photinus and Achillas and this vermine That 's now become a naturall Crocadile Must be with care obseru'd Ant. And 't is well counsell'd No confidence nor trust Sce. I le trust the Sea first When with her hollow murmurs she invites me And cluches in her stormes as politique Lyons Conceale their clawes I le trust the Devill first The rule of ill I le trust before the dore Caesar Go to your rests follow your own wisedomes And leave me to my thoughts pray no more complement Once more strong watches Dol. All shall be observ'd Sir Exit Caesar I am dull and heavy yet I cannot sleepe How happy was I in my lawfull warrs In Germany and Gaul and Britany When euery night with pleasure I sat downe What the day ministred the sleepe came sweetely But since I undertooke this home-division This civill war and past the Rubicon What have I done that speakes an antient Roman A good great Man I have enterd Rome by force And on her tender wombe that gave me life Let my insulting Souldiers rudely trample The deare vaines of my Country I have opend And saild upon the torrents that flowd from her The bloody streames that in their confluence Carried before 'em thousand desolations Rob'd the treasury and at one gripe Snatch'd all the wealth so many worthy triumphs Placed there as sacred to the peace of Rome I raiz'd Massilia in my wanton anger Petreius and Affrinius I defeated Pompey I over threw what did that get me The stubbord name of an authoriz'd enemy noise within I heare some noises they are the watches sure What friends have I tyde fast by these ambitiones Cato the lover of his Countryes freedom Is past now into Affrik to affront me Juha that kill'd my friend is up in armes too The Sonnes of Pompey are Masters of the Sea And from the reliques of their scatterd faction A new head 's sprung Say I defeate all these too I come home Crown'd an honourable Rebell I heare the noise still and it comes still nearer Are the guards fast who waites there Enter Sceva with a packet Cleopatra in it Sce. Are ye awake Sir Caesar 'I th name of wonder Sce. Nay I am a Porter A strong one too or else my sides would cracke Sir And my sinnes were as waighty I should scarce walke with 'em Caesar What hast thou there Sce. Aske them which stay without And brought it hither your presence I denide 'em And put 'em by tooke up the load my selfe They say 't is rich and valude at the Kingdome I am sure 't is heavy if you like to see it You may if not I 'le give it back Caesar Stay Sceva I would faine see it Sce. I 'le begin to worke then No doubt to flatter ye they have sent ye something Of a rich vallue Iewells or some Treasure May be a Rogue within to do a mischief I pray you stand farther off if there be villany Better my danger first he shall scape hard too Ha what art thou Caesar Stand farther off good Sceva What heavenly vision do I wake or slumber Farther off that hand friend Sce. What apparition What Spirit have I rais'd sure 't is a woman She lookes like one Now she begins to move too A tempting Devill ô my life go off Caesar Blesse thy selfe off a band growne in mine old dayes Bawdry advanced upon my back 't is noble Sir if you be a Souldier come no nearer She is sent to dispossesse you of your honour A spunge a spunge to wipe away your victories And she would be coold Sir let the Souldiers trim her They 'le give her that she came for and dispatch her Be loyall to your selfe thou damned woman Do'st thou come hither with thy flourishes Thy flaunts and faces to abuse mens manners And am I made the instrument of bawdry I 'le finde a lover for ye one shall hugg ye Caesar Hold on thy life and be more temperate Thou beast Sce. Thou beast Caesar Could'st thou be so inhumane So farr from noble men to draw thy weapon Upon a thing divine Sce. Divine or humane They are never better pleas'd nor more at harts-ease Then when we draw with full intent upon 'em Caesar Move this way Lady Pray ye let me speake to ye Sce. And woman you had best stand Caesar By the Gods But that I see her here and hope her mortall I should imagine some celestiall sweetnesse The treasure of soft love Sce. Oh this soundes mangely Poorely and scurvely in a Souldiers mouth You had best be troubled with the Tooth-ach too For lovers ever are and let your nose drop That your celestiall beauty may be-friend ye At these yeares do you learne to be fantasticall After so many bloody feildes a foole She brings her bed along too shee 'le loose no time Carryes her Litter to lye soft do you see that Invites ye like a Gamster
something To please his humour such a man I 'le aske for And tell him where he is but to come neare him Or have any thing to do with his don devills I thanke my feare I dare not nor I will not Exit Scaene 3. Enter Duke Petruchio Fredrick John Peter Servant with bottles Fred. Whether wilt thou lead us Pet. 'T is hard by sir And ten to one this wine goes thether Duke Forward Petr. Are they growne so merry Duke 'T is most likely She has heard of this good fortune and determines To wash her sorrowes off Pet. 'T is so that house sir Is it out of that window certainly I saw my old Mistrisses face Petr. They are merry indeed Musicke Harke I here Musicke too Duke Excellent Musick John Would I were ev'n among 'em and alone how A pallat for the purpose in a corner And good rich wine within me what gay sport Could I make in an houre now Song Fred. Harke a voice too Let 's not stir yet by any meanes John Was this her owne voyce Duke Yes sure Fred. 'T is a rare one Enter Bawd above Du. The Song confirmes her here too for if ye marke it It spake of liberty and free enjoying The happy end of pleasure Petr. Looke ye there sir Do ye know that head Fred. 'T is my good Landlady I find feare has done all this John Shee I sweare And now do I know by the hanging of her hood She is parcell drunke shall we go in Duke Not yet Sir Pet. No let 'em take their pleasure Duke When it is highest Musicke Wee 'll step in and amaze 'em peace more Musicke John This Musick murders me what bloud have I now Fred. I should know that face Enter Fran. and Exit John By this light 't is he Fredricks That bred our first suspitions the same fellow Fred. He that we overtooke and overheard too Discoursing of Constantia John Still the same Now he slips in Du. What 's that Fred. She must be here Sir This is the very fellow I told your Grace Enter Fran. We found upon the way and what his talke was Petr. Why sure I know this fellow yes 't is he Francisco Antonio's Boy a rare Musitian He taught my Sister on the Lute and is ever She loves his voice so well about her certaine Without all doubt she is here it must be so John Here that 's no question what should our hen o' th game else Do here without her if she be not here I am so confident let your Grace beleeve We two are arrant Rascalls and have abus'd ye Fred. I say so too John Why there 's the hood againe now The guard that guides us I know the fabricke of it And know the old tree of that saddle yet 't was made of A hunting hood observe it Du. Who shall enter Petr. I 'le make one John I another Du. But so carry it That all her joyes flow not together John If we told her Your Grace would none of her Du. By no meanes Signior 'T would turne her wild starke frantick Iohn Or assur'd her Du. Nothing of that starve nature this ye may sir That the conditions of our feare yet stand On nyce and dangerous knittings or that a little I seeme to doubt the child Iohn Would I could draw her To hate your Grace with these things Petr. Come let 's enter Exit Pet. and Ioh. Musick And now he sees me not I 'le search her soundly Du. Now lucke of all sides Fred Doubt it not more Musicke Sure she has heard some comfort Du. Yes stand still sir Fred. This is the maddest song Du. Applyed for certaine Claping of a doore To some strange mellancholly she is loden with Fred. Now all the sport begins harke Du. They are amongst 'em The feares now and the shakings Trampling above Fred. Our old Lady Harke how they run is euen now at this instant Cease Musick Petr. and Iohn within Ready to loose her head peice by Don Iohn Or creeping through a Cat hole Petr. Bring 'em downe And you sir follow me Du. Hee 's angry with 'em I must not suffer this Bowle downe the Bawd there Iohn within Old Erra mater you Lady leachery For the good will I beare to 'th game most tenderly Shall be lead out and lash'd Enter Petruchio Iohn Whore and Bawd with Francisco Du. Is this Constantia Why Gentlemen what do you meane is this she Whore I am Constantia sir Du. A Whore ye are sir Whore 'T is very true I am a Whore indeed sir Petr. She will not lye yet though she steale Whore A plaine whore If you please to imploy me Du. And an impudent Whore Plaine dealing now is impudence One if you will sir can shew ye as much sport In one halfe houre and with as much variety As a far wiser woman can in halfe a yeare For there my way lies Du. Is she not drunk too Whore A little guilded o're sir Old sack old sacke boyes Petr. This is saliant Iohn A brave bold queane Du. Is this your certainty Do ye know the man ye wrong thus Gentlemen Is this the woman meant Fred. No Du. That your Landlady Iohn I know not what to say Du. Am I a person To be your sport Gentlemen Iohn I do beleeve now certaine I am a knave but how or when Du. What are you Petr. Bawd to this peece of pye meat Bawd A poore Gentlewoman That lyes in Towne about Law businesse And 't like your worships Petr. You shall have Law beleeve it Bawd I 'le shew your mastership my case Petr. By no meanes I had rather see a Custard Bawd My dead husband Left it even thus sir Iohn Blesse mine eyes from blasting I was never so frighted with a case Bawd And so sir Petr. Enough put up good velvet head Du. What are you two now By your owne free confessions Fred. What you shall thinke us Though to my selfe I am certaine and my life Shall make that good and perfect or fall with it Io. We are sure of nothing Fred that 's the truth on 't I do not think my nam 's Don John nor dare not Beleeve any thing that concernes me but my debts Nor those in way of payment things are so carried What to entreat your Grace or how to tell ye We are or we are not is past my cunning But I would faine imagine we are honest And o' my conscience I should fight in 't Du. Thus then For we may be all abus'd Petr. 'T is possible For how should this concerne them Du. Here let 's part Untill to morrow this time we to our way To make this doubt out and you to your way Pawning our honours then to meet againe When if she be not found Fred. We stand engaged To answer any worthy way we are cald to Du. We aske no more Whore Ye have done with us then Petr. No Dame Du. But is her name Constantia Petr. Yes a moveable Belonging to a friend of mine
valiant Collonell I am come to chide ye To pitty ye to kill ye if these faile me Fie what dishonour seeke ye what blacke infamy Why do ye draw out thus draw all shame with ye Are these fit cares in subjects I command ye Lay downe your armes againe move in that peace That faire obedience you were bred in Put. Charge us We come not here to argue The. Charge up bravely And hotly too we have hot spleenes to meet ye Enter Ar. Gent. Soul Hot as the shames are offer'd us Bur. Looke behind ye Do you see that old man do you know him Souldiers Put. Your father sir beleeve me Bur. You know his marches You have seene his executions is it yet peace The. Wee 'l dye here first Bur. Farewell you 'l heare on 's presently Ar. Stay Burris this is too poore too beggerly a body To beare the honour of a charge from me A sort of tatterd Rebels go provide Gallowses Ye are troubled with hot heads I 'le coole ye presently These looke like men that were my Souldiers Now I behold 'em neerly and more narrowly My honest friends where got they these faire figures Where did they steale these shapes Bur. They are strooke already Ar. Do you see that fellow there that goodly Rebell He lookes as like a Captaine I lov'd tenderly A fellow of a faith indeed Bur. He has sham'd him Ar. And that that beares the Collors there most certaine So like an Ancient of mine owne a brave fellow A loving and obedient that beleeve me Burris I am amaz'd and troubled and were it not I know the generall goodnesse of my people The duty and the truth the steadfast honestie And am assur'd they would as soone turne devils As Rebells to allegeance for mine honour Bu. Here needs no wars Put. I pray forgive us sir Anc. Good Generall forgive us or use your sword Your words are double death All Good noble Generall Bur. Pray sir be mercifull Ar. Weep out your shames first Ye make me foole for companie fie Souldiers My Souldiers too and play these tricks what 's he there Sure I have seen his face too yes most certaine I have a son but I hope he is not here now Would much resemble this man wondrous neare him Just of his height and making too you seeme a Leader The. Good sir do not shame me more I know your anger And lesse then death I looke not for Ar. You shall be my charge sir it seemes you want foes When you would make your friends your Enemies A running bloud ye have but I shall cure ye Bur. Good sir Ar. No more good Lord beate forward Souldiers And you march in the reare you have lost your places Ex. Scaene 6. Enter Duke Olimpia Honora Viola Du. You shall not be thus sullen still with me sister You doe the most unnobly to be angry For as I have a soule I never touch'd her I never yet knew one unchast thought in her I must confesse I lov'd her as who would not I must confesse I doated on her strangely I offer'd all yet so strong was her honour So fortifi'd as faire no hope could reach her And whilst the world beheld this and confirmd it Why would you be so jealous Ol. Good sir pardon me I feele sufficiently my follies pennance And am asham'd that shame a thousand sorrowes Feed on continually would I had never seen her Or with a clearer judgement look'd upon her She was too good for me so heavenly good sir Nothing but heaven can love that soule sufficiently Enter Burris Where I shall see her once againe Du. No more teares If she be within the Dukedome wee 'l recover her Welcome Lord Burris faire newes I hope Bu. Most faire sir Without one drop of bloud these wars are ended The Souldier coold againe indeed asham'd sir And all his anger ended Du. Where 's Lord Archas Bur. Not far off sir with him his valiant son Head of this fire but now a prisoner And if by your sweet mercie not prevented I feare some fatall stroke Drums Enter Archas Theodore Gentlemen Souldiers Du. I heare the drums beate Welcome my worthy friend Ar. Stand where ye are sir Even as you love your Country move not forward Nor plead for peace till I have done a justice A justice on this villaine none of mine now A justice on this Rebell Hon. O my Brother Ar. This fatall firebrand Du. Forget not old man He is thy son of thine owne bloud Ar. In these veines No treacherie e're harbour'd yet no mutinie I ne're gave life to lewd and headstrong Rebels Du. 'T is his first fault Ar. Not of a thousand sir Or were it so it is a fault so mightie So strong against the nature of all mercie His mother were she living would not weep for him He dare not say he would live The. I must not sir Whilst you say 't is not fit your Graces mercy Not to my life appli'd but to my fault sit The worlds forgivenesse next last on my knees sir I humbly beg Do not take from me yet the name of father Strike me a thousand blowes but let me dye yours Ar. He moves my heart I must be suddaine with him I shall grow faint else in my execution Come come sir you have seen death now meet him bravely Du. Hold hold I say a little hold consider Thou hast no more sons Archas to inherit thee Ar. Yes sir I have another and a nobler No treason shall inherit me young Archas A boy as sweet as young my brother breeds him My noble brother Briskie breeds him nobly Him let your favour find give him your honour Enter Putskie alias Briskie and Alinda alias Archas. Pu. Thou hast no child left Archas none to inherit thee If thou strikst that stroke now behold young Archas Behold thy brother here thou bloudy brother As bloudy to this sacrifice as thou art Heave up thy sword and mine 's heav'd up strike Archas And I 'le strike too as suddenly as deadly Have mercy and I 'le have mercy the Duke gives it Looke upon all these how they weep it from thee Choose quickly and begin Du. On your obedience On your allegeance save him Ar. Take him to ye Soul shout And sirha be an honest man ye have reason I thanke ye worthy Brother welcome child Mine owne sweet child Du. Why was this boy concealed thus Put. Your graces pardon Fearing the vow you made against my brother And that your anger would not only light On him but find out all his familie This young boy to preserve from after danger Like a young wench hether I brought my selfe In the habit of an ordinarie Captaine Disguis'd got entertainement and serv'd here That I might still be ready to all fortunes The boy your Grace tooke nobly entertain'd him But thought a Girle Alinda Madam Ol. Stand away And let me looke upon him Du. My young Mistris This is a strange metamorphosis Alinda Al. Your graces
not content with this He lastly hath conspir'd my death and sought Means to engage me to this Lady's debt Whose bounty all my whole estate could never Give satisfaction too now honoured fathers For this cause only if your Law be law And you the Ministers of justice then Thinke of this strange ingratitude in him Phi. Can this be so Antinous Ant. 'T is all true Nor hath my much wrong'd father limn'd my faults In colours halfe so black as in themselves My guilt hath dyed them were there mercy left Yet mine owne shame would be my Executioner Lords I am guilty Er. Thou beliest Antinous Thine innocence alas my lords hee 's desperate And talkes he knowes not what you must not credit His lunacy I can my selfe disprove This accusation Cassilane be yet More mercifull I beg it Cas. Time nor fate The world or what is in it shall not alter My resolution he shall dye Er. The Senats Prayers or weeping Lovers shall not alter My resolution thou shalt dye Ant. Why Madam Are ye all Marble Pos. Leave your shifts Antinous What plead you to your fathers accusation Ant. Most fully guilty Pos. You have doom'd your selfe We cannot quit you now Cas. A burthen'd conscience Will never need a hang-man hadst thou dar'd To have denide it then this Sword of mine Should on thy head have prov'd thy tongue a lyar Er. Thy sword wretched old man thou hast liv'd too long To carry peace or comfort to thy grave Thou art a man condemn'd my Lords this tyrant Had perish'd but for me I still suppli'd His miserable wants I sent his daughter Mony to buy him food the bread he eate Was from my purse when he vaingloriously To dive into the peoples hearts had pawn'd His birth-right I redeemed it sent it to him And for requitall only made my suite That he would please to new receive his son Into his favour for whose love I told him I had been still so friendly But then he As void of gratitude as all good nature Distracted like a mad man poasted hether To pull this vengeance on himselfe and us For why my Lords since by the Law all meanes Is blotted out of your commission As this hard hearted father hath accus'd Noble Antinous his unblemished Son So I accuse this father and crave judgement Cas. All this is but deceit meere trifles forg'd By combination to defeat the processe Of Justice I will have Antinous life Arc. Sir what do ye meane Er. I will have Cassilane's Ant. Cunning and cruell Lady runs the streame Of your affections this way have you not Conquest enough by treading on my grave Unlesse you send me thether in a shrowd Steept in my fathers bloud as you are woman As the protests of love you vow'd were honest Be gentler to my father Er. Cassilane Thou hast a heart of flint let my intreates My teares the Sacrifice of griefes unfained Melt it yet be a father to thy son Unmaske thy long besotted judgement see A low obedience kneeling at the feet Of nature I beseech you Cas. Pish you cosen Your hopes your plots are idle I am resolute Er. Antinous urge no further Ant. Hence thou Sorcery Of a beguiling softnesse I will stand Like the earths Center unmoved Lords your breath Must finish these divisions I confesse Civility doth teach I should not speake Against a Lady of her birth so high As great Erota but her injuries And thankelesse wrongs to me urge me to cry Alowd for justice Fathers Dec. Whether run you Ant. For honoured fathers that you all may know That I alone am not unmatchable In crimes of this condition lest perhaps You might conceive as yet the case appeares That this foule staine and guilt runs in a bloud Before this presence I accuse this Lady Of as much vile ingratitude to me Cas. Impudent Traitor Phi. Her O spare Antinous The world reputes thee valiant do not soyle All thy past noblenesse with such a cowardize As murthering innocent Ladies will stamp on thee Ant. Brave Prince with what unwillingnesse I force Her follies and in those her sin be witnesse All these about me she is bloudy minded And turnes the justice of the Law to rigor It is her cruelties not I accuse her Shall I have Audience Er. Let him speake my Lords Dec. Your memory will rot Ant. Cast all your eyes On this what shall I call her truthlesse woman When often in my discontents the sway Of her unruly bloud her untam'd passion Or name it as you list had houre by houre Sollicited my love she vow'd at last She could not would not live unlesse I granted What she long sued for I in tender pitty To save a Lady of her birth from ruine Gave her her life and promis'd to be hers Nor urg'd I ought from her but secresie And then enjoyn'd her to supply such wants As I perceiv'd my fathers late engagements Had made him subject to what shall I heape up Long repetitions she to quit my pitty Not only hath discover'd to my father What she had promis'd to conceale but also Hath drawne my life into this fatall forfeit For which since I must dye crave a like Equality of justice against her Not that I covet bloud but that she may not Practice this art of falsehood on some other Perhaps more worthy of her love hereafter Por. If this be true Er. My Lords be as the Law is Indifferent upright I do plead guilty Now sir what glory have you got by this 'Las man I meant not to outlive thy doome Shall we be friends in death Cas. Heare me the villaine Scandals her honour'd Lords Er. Leave off to doate And dye a wise man Ant. I am over-reach'd And master'd in my own resolution Phi. Will ye be wilfull Madam here 's the curse Of loves disdaine Cas. Why sit you like dumb Statues Demur no longer Pos. Cassilane Erota Antinous death ye aske and 't is your doomes You in your follies liv'd dye in your follies Cas. I am reveng'd and thanke you for it Er. Yes and I Antinous hath been gratious Ant. Sir may I presume to crave a blessing from you Before we part Cas. Yes such a one as Parents Bestow on cursed sons now now I laugh To see how those poore younglings are both cheated Of life and comfort looke ye looke ye Lords I go but some ten minutes more or lesse Before my time but they have fiuely coz'nd Themselves of many many hopefull yeares Amidst their prime of youth and glory now Enter Annoph My vengeance is made ful Welcome my joy Thou comst to take a seasonable blessing From thy halfe buried fathers hand I am dead Already girle and so is she and he We all are wormes-meat now Anno. I have heard all Nor shall you dye alone Lords on my knees I beg for justice too Porp. 'Gainst whom for what Ann. First let me be resolv'd does the Law favour None be they ne're so mighty Porp. Not the greatest Ann.
to make Phil. To whom Fernando Fer. Lord Cassilane to you Cas. To me Fer. This Lady Hath promised to be mine Ann. Your blessing sir Brother your love Ant. You cannot sir bestow her On a more noble gentleman Cas. Saist thou so Antinous I confirm it Here Fernando Live both as one she is thine Ant. And herein sister I honour you for your wise setled love This is a day of Triumph all Contentions Are happily accorded Candy's peace Secur'd and Venice vow'd a worthy friend Exeunt FINIS THE LOVERS PROGRES Actus primus Scaena prima Enter Leon and Malfort Malfort AND as I told you Sir Leon I understand you Clarinda's still perverse Malf. Shee 's worse obdurate Flinty relentlesse my love-passions jeer'd at My presents scorn'd Leon 'T is strange a waiting-woman In her condition apt to yield should hold out A man of your place reverend beard and shape Besieging her Mal. You might adde too my wealth Which she contemnes five hundred Crowns per annum For which I have ventur'd hard my conscience knows it Not thought upon though offer'd for a Joyinture This Chaine which my Lords Pesants worship stouted My solemne hums and ha's the servants quake at No Rhetorick with her every houre she hangs out Some new flag of defiance to torment me Last Lent my Lady cal'd me her poor John But now I am growne a walking Skelliton You may see through and through me Leon Indeed you are much falne away Malf. I am a kinde of nothing As she hath made me love 's a terrible glister And if some Cordiall of her favours help not I shall like an Italian dye backward And breath my last the wrong way Leo. As I live you have my pity but this is cold comfort And in a friend lip-physick and now I think on 't I should doe more and will so you deny not Your selfe the meanes of comfort Malf. I le be hang'd first one dram of 't I beseech you Leo. You are not jealous of any mans accesse to her Mal. I would not receive the Dor but as a bosome friend You shall direct me still provided that I understand who is the man and what His purpose that pleads for me Leon By all meanes First for the undertaker I am he The meanes that I will practise thus Mal. Pray you forward Leon You know your Lady chaste Caliste loves her Malf. Too well that makes her proud Leon Nay give me leave This beauteous Lady I may stile her so Being the paragon of France for feature Is not alone contented in her selfe To seeem and be good but desires to make All such as have dependance on her like her For this Clarinda's liberty is restrain'd And though her kinsman the gate 's shut against me Now if you please to make your selfe the doore For my conveyance to her though you run The hazard of a check for 't 't is no matter Malf. It being for mine owne ends Leo. I le give it o're If that you make the least doubt otherwise Studying upon 't good morrow Malf. Pray you stay sir You are my friend yet as the Proverb saies When love puts in friendship is gone suppose You should your selfe affect her Leon Do you think I le commit Incest for it is no lesse She being my cousin Germane Fare you well sir Malf. I had forgot that for this once forgive me Onely to ease the throbbing of my heart For I doe feele strange pangs instruct me what You will say for me Leon First I le tell her that She hath so far besotted you that you have Almost forgot to cast accompt Malf. Meere truth sir Leon That of a wise and provident Steward You are turn'd starke Asse Malf. Urge that point home I am so Leon That you adore the ground she treads upon And kisse her foot-steps Mal. As I doe when I finde their print in the Snow Leon A loving foole I know it By your bloudlesse-frosty lips then having related How much you suffer for her and how well You doe deserve it Malf. How to suffer Leon No sir to have your love return'd Malf. That 's good I thank you Leon I will deliver her an Inventorie Of your good parts as this your precious nose Dropping affection your high-forehead reaching Almost to the crowne of your head your slender waste And a back not like a threshers but a bending And Court-like back and so forth for your body But when I touch your minde for that must take her Since your out-side promises little I le enlarge it Though ne're so narrow as your Arts to thrive Your composition with the Cook and Butler Fory Coney-skins and Chippings and halfe a share With all the under-officers of the house In strangers bounties that she shall have all And you as 't were her Bailiffe Malf. As I will be Leon As you shall so I le promise Then your qualities As playing on a Gytterne or Jewes Trumpe Malf. A little too on the Viall Leon I care you nothing Then singing her asleep with curious catches Of your owne making for as I have heard You are Poeticall Mal. Something given that way Yet my works seldome thrive and the main reason The Poets urge for 't is because I am not As poore as they are Leon Very likely fetch her While I am in the vaine Mal. 'T is an apt time my Lady being at her prayers Leon Let her pray on Nay goe and if upon my intercession She doe you not some favour I le disclaime her I le ruminate on 't the while Malf. A hundred Crownes is your reward Leo. Without 'em nay no trifling Ex. Malf. That this dull clod of ignorance should know How to get money yet want eyes to see How grossely hee 's abus'd and wrought upon When he should make his will the rogues turn'd rampant As he had renew'd his youth A handsome wench Love one a spittle-whore would run away from Well Master Steward I will plead for you In such a Method as it shall appeare You are fit to be a propertie Enter Malfort and Clarinda Mal. Yonder he walks That knowes my worth and value though you scorn it Clar. If my Lady know not this Mal. I le answer it If you were a Nun I hope your cousin German Might talke with you through a grate but you are none And therefore may come closer ne're hang off As I live you shall bill you may salute as strangers Custome allowes it Now now come upon her With all your Oratory tickle her to the quick As a young advocate should and leave no vertue Of mine unmentioned I le stand Centinell Nay keep the doore my selfe Exit Clar. How have you work'd This piece of motley to your ends Leon Of that at leasure Mistris Kissing Clar. Lower you are too loud Though the fool be deaf some of the house may hear you Leon Suppose they should I am a gentleman And held your kinseman under that I hope I may be free Clar. I grant
a faire storie of your friend Clar. Of truth sir now what 's the matter Enter a Servant Serv. There is a gentleman At doore would speak with you on private businesse Clara. With me Serv. He saies so and brings haste about him Clara. Wait on him in Exit Serv. Lisan. I will retire the while to the next room Clar. We shall not long disturbe you Ent. Alcidon Alc. Save ye sir Clara. The like to you fair sir pray you come neare Alc. Pray you instruct me for I know you not With Monsieur Clarange I would speake Clar. I am he sir Ye are nobly welcome I wait your businesse Alcid. This will informe you Clara. Will you please to sit down Reads He shall command me sir I le wait upon him Within this houre Alcid. Y' are a noble gentleman Wil 't please you bring a friend we are two of us And pitty either sir should be unfurnish'd Clara. I have none now and the time is set so short 'T will not be possible Alc. Doe me the honour I know you are so full of brave acquaintance And worthy friends you cannot want a partner I would be loath to stand still sir besides You know the custome and the vantage of it If you come in alone Clar. And I must meet it Alc. Send wee 'l defer an houre let us be equall Games won and lost on equall tearmes shew fairest Clar. 'T is to no purpose to send any whither Unlesse men be at home by Revelation So please you breath a while when I have done with him You may be exercis'd too I le trouble no man Enter Lisander Lis. They are very loud Now what 's the newes Clara. I must leave you Leave you a while two houres hence I le returne friend Lisan. Why what 's the matter Clar. A little businesse Lis. And 't be but a little you may take me with ye Clar. 'T will be a trouble to you Lis. No indeed to do you service I account a pleasure Clar. I must alone Lisan. Why Clarang. 'T is necessity Before you passe the walks and back agen I will be with ye Lis. If it be not unmannerly To presse you I would goe Claran. I le tell you true sir This gentleman and I upon appointment Are going to visit a Lady Lisond. I am no Capuchin why should not I goe Alc. Take the gentleman Come he may see the gentlewoman too And be most welcome I do beseech you take him Lisan. By any means I love to see a gentlewoman A prettie wench too Clar. Well sir wee 'll meet you And at the place My service to the Lady Alc. I kisse your hand Exit Clara. Prethee read o're her Letter Lisander reads Monsieur I Know you have consider'd the dark sentence Olinda gave us and that however she disguis'd it it pointed more at our swords edges then our bodies banishments the last must enjoy her if we retire our youths ars lost in wandring in emulation we shall grow old men and feeble Which is the scorne of love and rust of honour and so return more fit to wed our Sepulchers then the Saint we aime at let us therefore make our journey short and our hearts ready and with our swords in our hands put it to fortune which shall be worthy to receive that blessing I le stay you on the mountaine our old hunting place this gentleman alone runs the hazzard with me and so I kisse your hand Your servant Lidian Is this your wench you 'll finde her a sharp Mistris What have I thrust my selfe into is this that Lidian You told me of Clara. The same Lisan. My Ladies brother No cause to heave my sword against but his To save the father yesterday and this morning To help to kill the son this is most courteous The onely way to make the daughter doat on me Clara. Why doe you muse would ye goe off Lis. No no I must on now this will be kindly taken No life to sacrifice but part of hers Doe you fight straight Clara. Yes presently Lis. To morrow then The balefull tidings of this day will break out And this nights Sun will set in bloud I am troubl'd If I am kill'd I am happy Clara. VVill you goe friend Lis. I am ready sir fortune thou hast made me monstrous Exeunt Enter Malfort and Clarinda Malf. Your cousin and my true friend lusty Leon Shall know how you use me Clar. Be more temperate Or I will never use nor know you more i th' way of a seruant all the house takes notice Of your ridiculous fopperie I have no sooner Perform'd my duties in my Ladies chamber And she scarce down the staires but you appeare Like my evill spirit to me Mal. Can the fish live out of the water or the Salamander Out of the fire or I live warme but in The frying-pan of your favour Cla. Pray you forget Your curious comparisons borrowed from The pond and kitchin and remember what My Ladies pleasure is forth entertainment Of her noble father Ma I would learn the art of memory in your table book Cla. Very good sir no more but up and ride I apprehend Your meaning soft fire makes sweet mault sir I 'le answer you in a Provetbe Mal. But one kisse from thy honey lippe Cla. You sight too high my hand is A faire ascent from my foot his slavering kisses Spoyle me more gloves enough for once you 'l surfet With too much grace Mal. Have you no imployment for me Cla. Yes yes go send for Leon and convey him Into the private Arbour from his mouth I heare your praises with more faith Ma. I am gone-yet one thing ere I go there 's at the dore The rarest Fortune-teller he hath told me The strangest things he knows ye are my Mistris And under seale deliver'd how many children I shall beget on you pray you give him hearing He 'l make it good to you Gla. A cunning man Of your own making howsoe're I 'le heare him At your intreaty Mal. Now I perceive ye love me At my entreaty come in friend remember To speake as I directed he knows his lesson And the right way to please her this it is To have a head-peece Exit Enter Lancelot like a Fortune-teller with a Purse and two Letters in it Cla. 'T is said you can tell Fortunes to come Lan. Yes Mistris and what 's past Unglove your hand by this straight line I see You have laine crooked Cla. How laine crooked Lan. Yes and in that posture plaid at the old game No body heares me and I 'le be no blab And at it lost your maiden-head Cla. A shrewd fellow 'T is truth but not to be confess'd in this Your palmestry deceaves you some thing else sir Lan. Ye are a great woman with your Lady and Acquainted with her counsels Cla. Still more strange Lan. There is a noble Knight Lisander loves her Whom she regards not and the destinies With whom I am familiar have deliver'd
am buried quicke I heare a dog No 't is a cricket ha here 's a cuckold buried Take heed of his horns sir here 's the doore 't is open Clarinda at the doore Whos 's there Lisan. Friend Cla. Sir Lisander Lis. I Clarin. Ye are welcome follow me and make no noise Lis. Go to your horse and keep your watch with care sirah And be sure ye sleep not Ex. Lisan Clarin Lanc. Send me out the dairy-maid To play at trump with me and keep me waking My fellow horse and I now must discourse Like two learned Almanack-makers of the stars And tell what a plentifull year 't wil prove of drunkards If I had but a pottle of Sacke like a sharp prickle To knock my nose against when I am nodding I should sing like a Nightingall but I must Keepe watch without it I am apt to dance Good fortune guide me from the faires circles Exit Enter Clarinda with a Taper and Lisander with a Pistole two Chaires set out Clarin. Come neare Caliste sitting behind a Curtaine I 'le leave ye now draw but that Curtaine And have your wish now Leon I am for thee We that are servants must make use of stoln houres And be glad of snatch'd occasions Exit Lisand. Shee is asleepe Fierce love hath clos'd his lights I may looke on her Within her eyes has lock'd his graces up I may behold and live how sweet she breathes The orient morning breaking out in odors Is not so full of perfumes as her breath is She is the abstract of all excellence and scornes a paralell Cal. Who 's there Lis. Your servant your most obedient slave adored Lady That comes but to behold those eyes againe And pay some vowes I have to sacred beauty And so passe by I am blind as ignorance And know not where I wander how I live Till I receive from their bright influence Light to direct me for devotions sake You are the Saint I tread these holy steps to And holy Saints are all relenting sweetnesse Be not inrag'd nor be not angry with me The greatest attribute of heaven is mercy And 't is the crowne of justice and the glory Where it may kill with right to save with pitty Cal. Why do you kneele I know you come to mock me T' upbraid me with the benefits you have giv'n me Which are too many and too mighty sir For my returne and I confesse 't is justice That for my cruelty you should despise me And I expect however you are calme now A foyle you strive to set your cause upon It will breake out Caliste is unworthy Coy proud disdaine full I acknowledge all Colder of comfort than the frozen North is And more a stranger to Lisanders worth His youth and faith then it becomes her gratitude I blush to grant it yet take this along A soveraigne medicine to allay displeasure May be an argument to bring me off too She is married and she is chaste how sweet that sounds How it perfumes all ayre 't is spoken in O deare Lisander would you breake this union Lis. No I adore it let me kisse your hand And seale the faire faith of a Gentleman on it Cal. You are truly valiant would it not afflict you To have the horrid name of coward touch you Such is the whore to me Lis. I nobly thanke ye And may I be the same when I dishonour ye This I may do againe Kissing her hand Cal. Ye may and worthily Such comforts maids may grant with modesty And neither make her poore nor wrong her bounty Noble Lisander how fond now am I of ye I heard you were hurt Lis. You dare not heale me Lady I am hurt here how sweetly now she blushes Excellent objects kill our sight she blinds me The roses in the pride of May shew pale to her O tyrant custome and O coward honour How ye compell me to put on mine owne chaines May I not kisse ye now in superstition For you appeare a thing that I would kneele to Let me erre that way Kisses her Cal. Ye shall erre for once I have a kind of noble pity on you Among your manly sufferings make this most To erre no farther in desire for then sir Ye adde unto the gratitudes I owe you And after death your deare friends soule shall blesse you Lis. I am wondrous honest Cal. I dare try Kisses Lis. I have tasted a blessednesse too great for dull mortality Once more and let me dye Cal. I dare not murther How will maids curse me if I kill with kisses And young men flye th' embraces of faire virgins Come pray sit down but let 's talke temperately Lis. Is my deare friend a bed Cal. Yes and asleep Secure asleep 't is midnight too Lisander Speake not so loud Lis. You see I am a Statue I could not stand else as I had eaten Ice Or tooke into my bloud a drowzie poyson And natures noblest brightest flame burne in me Midnight and I stand quietly to behold so The alarme rung and I sleep like a coward I am worne away my faith and dull obedience Like crutches carry my decayed body Down to the grave I have no youth within me Yet happily you love too Cal. Love with honour Lis. Honour what 's that 't is but a specious title We should not prize too high Cal. Dearer than life Lis. The value of it is as time has made it And time and custome have too far insulted We are no Gods to be alwaies tyed to strictnesse 'T is a presumption to shew too like 'em March but an houre or two under loves ensignes We have examples of great memories Cal. But foule ones too that greatnesse cannot cover That wife that by example sins sins double And puls the curtaine open to her shame too Me thinkes to enjoy you thus Lis. 'T is no joy Lady A longing bride if she stop here would cry The Bridegroome too and with just cause curse Hymen But yeild a little be one houre a woman I do not speake this to compell you Lady And give your will but motion let it stirre But in the taste of that weake feares call evill Try it to understand it wee 'l do no thing You 'l never come to know pure good else Cal. Fie sir Lis. I have found a way let 's slip into this errour As Innocents that know not what we did As we were dreaming both let us embrace The sin is none of ours then but our fancies What have I said what blasphemie to honour O my base thoughts pray ye take this and shoot me My villaine thoughts Noise within Cal. I weep your miserie and would to heaven-what noise Lis. It comes on louder Kill me and save your selfe save your faire honour And lay the fault on me let my life perish My base lascivious life shoote quickely Lady Cal. Not for the world retire behind the hangings And there stand close my husband close Lisander Clean. Dearest are you well Enter Cleander with a
am your servant Lem. One word more if you love Lisanders life Advise him as he tenders it to keep Out of the way if he be apprehended This City cannot ransome him so good morrow Ex. Dor. All happinesse attend you goe thy wayes Thou hast a cleare and noble soule for thy sake I le hold that man mine enemy who dares mutter The court is not the sphere where vertue moves Enter Serv. Humanity and noblenesse waiting on her Serv. Two gentlemen but what they are I know not Their faces are so mufl'd presse to see you And will not be deny'd Dor. What ere they are I am to old to feare Serv. They need no usher they make their own way Enter Lisander Alcidon Dor. Take you yours Lisander Exit Serv. My Joy to see you and my sorrow for The danger you are in contend so here Though different passions nay oppos'd in nature I know not which to entertaine Lis. Your hate should win the victorie from both with justice You may look on me as a Homicide A man whose life is forfeited to the Law But if how ere I stand accus'd in thought I sinn'd against Cleanders life or live Guilty of the dishonour of your daughter May all the miseries that can fall on man Here or hereafter circle me Dor. To me this protestation 's uselesse I embrace you As the preserver of my life the man To whom my sonne owes his with life his honour And howsoever your affection To my unhappy daughter though it were For I have sifted her in a noble way Hath printed some taint on her fame and brought Her life in question yet I would not purchase The wish'd recoverie of her reputation With strong assurance of her innocence Before the King her Judge with certaine losse Of my Lisander for whose life if found There 's no redemption my excesse of love Though to enjoy you one short day would lengthen My life a dozen yeares boldly commands me Upon my knees which yet were never bent But to the King and heaven to entreat you To flye hence with all possible speed and leave Caliste to her fortune Lis. O blessed Saints forsake her in affliction can you Be so unnaturall to your owne bloud To one so well deserving as to value My safety before hers shall innocence In her be branded and my guilt escape Unpunish'd doe's she suffer so much for me For me unworthy and shall I decline Eating the bitter bread of banishment The course of justice to draw out a life A life I stile it false a living death Which being uncompell'd laid downe will cleare her And write her name a-new in the faire legend Of the best women seek not to disswade me I will not like a carelesse Poet spoyle The last act of my Play till now applauded By giving the world just cause to say I fear'd Death more then losse of honour Dor. But suppose heaven hath design'd some Other saving meanes for her deliverance Lis. Other meanes that is A mischiefe above all I have groan'd under Shall any other pay my debt while I Write my selfe bankrupt or Caliste owe The least beholdingnesse for that which she On all the bonds of gratitude I have seal'd to May challenge from me to be freely tender'd Avert it mercy I will goe to my grave Without the curses of my creditors I le vindicate her faire name and so cancell My obligation to her to the King To whom I stand accomptable for the losse Of two of his lov'd subjects lives I le offer Mine owne in satisfaction to heaven I le pay my true repentance to the times Present and future I le be registred A memorable president to admonish Others however valiant not to trust To their abilities to dare and doe And much lesse for the aërie words of honour And false stamp'd reputation to shake off The chains of their religion and allegeance The principall means appointed to prefer Societies and Kingdomes Exit Dor. Let 's not leave him his mind 's much troubled Alc. Were your daughter free Since from her dangers his distraction rises His cause is not so desperate for the slaughter Of Cloridon and Chrysanthes but it may Find passage to the mercy of the King The motives urg'd in his defence that forc'd him To act that bloudy Scaene Dor. Heaven can send ayds When they are least expected let us walke The houre of tryall drawes neare Alc. May it end well Exeunt Enter Olinda and Lidian Ol. That for my love you should turne Hermit Lidian As much amazes me as your report Clarange's dead Lid. He is so and all comforts My youth can hope for Madam with him buried Nor had I ever left my cell but that He did injoine me at his death to shed Some teares of friendship on his Monument And those last Rites perform'd he did bequeath you As the best legacie a friend could give Or I indeed could wish to my embraces Ol. 'T is still more strange is there no foule play in it I must confesse I am not sorry sir For your faire fortune yet 't is fit I grieve The most untimely death of such a Gentleman He was my worthy servant Lid. And for this acknowledgment if I could prize you at A higher rate I should he was my friend My dearest friend Ol. But how should I be assur'd sir For slow beleefe is the best friend of truth Of this Gentlemans death if I should credit it And afterward it fall out contrary How am I sham'd how is your vertue tainted Lid. There is a Frier that came along with me His businesse to deliver you a Letter From dead Clarange You shall heare his testimonie Father my reverend Father looke upon him Such holy men are Authors of no Fables Enter Clarange with a Letter writ out and Frier Ol. They should not be their lives and their opinions Like brightest purest flames should still burne upwards To me sir delivers the Letter Clar. If you are the faire Olinda Frier I doe not like these crosse points Clar. Give me leave I am nearest to my selfe What I have ploted Shal be pursu'd you must not over-rule me Ol. Doe you put the first hand to your own undoing Play to betray your game Mark but this letter Lady I am come to claime your noble promise Reads If you be Mistris of your word ye are mine I am last return'd your riddle is dissolv'd And I attend your faith Your humble servant Clarange Is this the Frier that saw him dead Lid. 'T is he Clarange on my life I am defeated Such reverend habits juggle my true sorrow For a false friend not worth a teare derided Fri. You have abus'd my trust Ol. It is not well nor like a gentleman Clar. All stratagems In love and that the sharpest war are lawfull By your example I did change my habit Caught you in your owne toyle and triumph in it And what by policy 's got I will maintaine With valour no Lisander shall come
Nothing that beares a life but beings a treasure The people they shew brave too civill manner'd Proportioned like the Mastres of great minds The women which I wonder at Py. Ye speake well Ar. Of delicate aspects faire clearly beauteous And to that admiration sweet and courteous Py. And is not that a good thing brave Armusia You never saw the Court before Ar. No certaine But that I see a wonder too all excellent The Government exact Chr. Ye shall see anon That that will make ye start indeed such beauties Such riches and such forme Enter Bakam Syana Governour Soz. We are fire already The wealthy Magazine of nature sure Inhabits here Arm. These sure are all Ilanders Py. Yes and great Princes too and lusty lovers Ar. They are goodly persons what might he be signeor That beares so proud a state Py. King of Bakam A fellow that farts terrour Em. He lookes highly Sure he was begot o' th top of a steeple Chr. It may well be For you shall heare him ring anon Py. That is Syana And a brave temper'd fellow and more valiant Soz. What rugged face is that Py. That 's the great Governour The man surpriz'd our friend I told ye of him Ar. Has dangerous eyes Py. A perilous theefe and subtle Chr. And to that subtlety a heart of Iron Py. Yet the young Lady makes it melt Ar, They start all And thunder in the eyes Ba. Away ye poore ones Am I in competition with such bubbles My vertue and my name rank'd with such trifles Sy. Ye speake loud Ba. Young-man I will speake louder Can any man but I deserve her favour You petty Princes Princes flie at one another Py. He will put 'em all in 's pocket Sy. Thou proud mad thing be not so full of glory So full of vanity Ba. How I contemne thee And that fort-keeping fellow Py. How the dog lookes The bandog Governour Gov. Ha why Ba. Away thing And keepe your ranke with those that fit your toyalty Call out the Princesse Gov. Dost thou know me bladder Thou insolent impostume Ba. I despise thee Gov. Art thou acquainted with my nature baby Let my revenge for injuries darst thou hold me So far behind thy file I cannot reach thee What canst thou merit Ba. Merit I am above it I am equall with all honours all atchievements And what is great and worthy the best doer I keepe at my command fortune 's my servant 'T is in my power now to despise such wretches To looke upon ye slightly and neglect ye And but she daines at some houres to remember ye And people have bestowed some titles one ye I should forget your names Sy. Mercy of me What a blowne foole has selfe affection Made of this fellow did not the Queene your mother Long for bellows and bagpipes when she was great with ye She brought forth such a windy birth Gov. 'T is ten to one She eate a Drum and was deliver'd of alarum Or else he was swadled in an old saile when he was yong Sy. He swels too mainly with his meditations Faith talke a little hansomer ride softly That we may be able to hold way with ye we are Princes But those are but poore things to you talke wiser 'T will well become your mightinesse talke lesse That men may thinke ye can do more Gov. Talke truth That men may thinke ye are honest and beleeve ye Or talke your selfe asleep for I am weary of you Ba. Why I can talke and do Gov. That wou'd do excellent Ba. And tell you only I deserve the Princesse And make good only I if you dare you sir Or your Syanas Prince Py. Here 's a storme toward Me thinkes it sings already to him Governour Gov. Here lies my proofe Draw Sy. And mine Gov. I 'le be short with ye For these long arguments I was never good at Py. How white the boaster lookes Enter Ruy Dias Quisara Quisana Panura Ar. I see he lackes faith Ru. For shame forbeare great Princes rule your angers You violate the freedome of this place The state and royalty Gov. He 's well contented It seemes and so I have done Ar. Is this she signior Py. This is the Princesse sir Ar. She is sweet and goodly An admirable forme they have cause to justle Quisar Ye wrong me and my court ye forward Princes Comes your love wrapt in violence to seeke us Is 't fit though you be great my pretence should be Staind and polluted with your bloudy rages My privacies affrighted with your swords He that loves me loves my command be temper'd Or be no more what ye professe my Servants Omnes We are calme as peace Ar. What command she carries And what a sparkling Majesty flyes from her Quisar. Is it ye love to do ye shall find danger And danger that shall start your resolutions But not this way 't is not contention Who loves me to my face best or who can flatter most Can carry me he that deserves my favour And will enjoy what I bring love and Majesty Must win me with his worth must travell for me Must put his hasty rage off and put on A well confirm'd temperate and true vallour Omnes But shew the way Quisar. And will and then shew you A will to tread the way I 'le say ye are worthy Py. What taske now Will she turne 'em to these hot youths I feare will find a coolling card I read in her eyes Something that has some swinge must flye amongst 'em By this hand I love her a little now Quisar. 'T is not unknown to you I had a royall brother now miserable And Prisoner to that man if I were ambitious Gap'd for that glory was ne're borne with me There they should lye as miseries upon him If I were covetous and my heart set On riches and those base effects that follow On pleasures uncontroul'd or safe revenges There he should dye his death would give me all these For then stood I up absolute to do all Yet all these flattering shews of dignity These golden dreames of greatnesse cannot force To forget nature and my faire affection Therefore that man that would be known my lover Must be known his redeemer and must bring him Either alive or dead to my embraces For even his bones I scorne shall feele such slavery Or seeke another Mistris 't will be hard To do this wondrous hard a great adventure Fit for a spirit of an equall greatnesse But being done the reward is worthy of it Chr. How they stand gaping all Quisar. Ruy Dias cold Not flye like fire into it may be you doubt me He that shall do this is my husband Prince By the bright heavens he is by whose justice I openly proclame it if I lye Or seeke to set you on with subtilty Let that meet with me and reward my falshood No stirring yet no start into a bravery Ruy. Madam it may be but being a maine danger Your Grace must give me leave to looke about
to the Lady Is a fellow of that speed and handsomnesse He will get her with childe too ere you shall come to know him Is it not brave a gentleman scarce landed Scarce eating of the aire here not acquainted No circumstance of love depending on him Nor no command to shew him must start forth At the first sight to Ru. I am undone Py. Like an Oyster She neither taking view nor value of him Unto such deeds as these Pox o'these These wise delayings They make men cowards You are undone as a man would undoe an egge A hundred shames about ye Enter Quisara Panura and Traine Quisar. Can it be possible A stranger that I have not knowne not seen yet A man I never grac'd O Captaine Captaine What shall I doe I am betray'd by fortune It cannot be it must not be Py. It is Lady And by my faith a hansome Gentleman 'T is his poore Schollers prize Quisar. Must I be given Unto a man I never saw ne're spoke with I know not of what Nation Py. Is a Portugall And of as good a pitch he will be given to you Lady For hee 's given much to hansome flesh Quisar. Oh Ruy Dias This was your sloth your sloth your sloth Ruy Dias Py. Your love sloth Unckle doe you find it now You should have done at first and faithfully A shout And then the tother had lyed ready for ye Madam the generall joy comes Quisar. We must meet it but with what comfort Enter Citizens carrying boughes boyes singing after 'em Then King Armusia Soza Emannuell The Princes and traine following Quisar. Oh my deare brother what a joy runs through me To see you safe again your selfe and mighty What a blest day is this Kin. Rise up faire sister I am not welcome till you have embraced me Ru. A generall gladnes sir flies through the City And mirth possesses all to see your Grace arrive Thus happily arrived againe and fairely 'T was a brave venture who so e're put for it A high and noble one worthy much honor And had it failed we had not failed great sir And in short time too to have forc'd the Governor In spight of all his threats Kin. I thanke ye Gentleman Ru. And all his subtilties to set you free With all his heart and will too Kin. I know ye love me Py. This had bin good with something done before it Somthing set off to beautifie it now it sounds emptie like A Barbers bason pox there 's no mettall in 't no noble marrow Ba. I have an army sir but that the Governor The foolish fellow was a little provident And wise in letting slip no time became him too That would have scoured him else and all his confines That would have rung him such a peale Py. Yes backward To make doggs houle I know thee to a farthing Thy armye 's good for hawkes there 's Nothing but sheeps hearts in it Sy. I have done nothing sir therefore I thinke it convenient I say little what I purposed And what my love intended Kin. I like your modestie And thanke ye royall friends I know it griev'd ye To know my miserie but this man Princes I must thanke heartily indeed and truly For this man saw me in 't and redeemed me He lookt upon me sinking and then caught me This sister this this all man this all valour This pious man Ru. My countenance it shames me One scarce arrived not harden'd yet not Read in dangers and great deeds sea-sick not season'd Oh I have boy'd my selfe Kin. This noble bulwarke This launce and honor of our age and Kingdome This that I never can reward nor hope To be once worthy of the name of friend to This this man from the bowels of my sorrowes Has new begot my name and once more made me Oh sister if there may be thanks for this Or any thing neere recompence invented Ar. You are too noble sir there is reward Above my action too by millions A recompence so rich and glorious I durst not dreame it mine but that 't was promised But that it was propounded sworne and sealed Before the face of heaven I durst not hope it For nothing in the life of man or merit It is so truly great can else embrace it Kin. O speake it speake it blesse mine eares to heare it Make me a happy man to know it may be For still methinkes I am a prisoner And feele no libertie before I find it Ar. Then know it is your sister she is mine sir I claime her by her owne word and her honour It was her open promise to that man That durst redeeme ye Beauty set me on And fortune crownes me faire if she receive me Kin. Receive ye sir why sister ha so backward Stand as you knew me not nor what he has ventured My dearest sister Ar. Good sir pardon me There is a blushing modestie becomes her That holds her back women are nice to wooe sir I would not have her forced give her faire libertie For things compell'd and frighted of soft natures Turne into feares and flye from their owne wishes Kin. Looke on my Quisara such another Oh all ye powers so excellent in nature In honour so abundant Quisar. I confesse sir Confesse my word is past too he has purchased Yet good sir give me leave to thinke but time To be acquainted with his worth and person To make me fit to know it we are both strangers And how we should beleeve so suddenly Or come to fasten our affections Alas love has his complements Kin. Be sudden And certaine in your way no womans doubles Nor coy delayes you are his and so assure it Or cast from me and my remembrance ever Respect your word I know you will come sister Le ts see what welcome you can give a prisoner And what faire lookes a friend Oh my most noble Princes no discontents but all be lustie He that frownes this day is an open enemie Thus in my armes my deare Ar. You make me blush sir Kin. And now lead on Our whole Court crowned with pleasure Ru. Madam despaire not something shall be done yet And suddenly and wisely Quisar. O Ruy Dias Ex. Py. Well he 's a brave fellow he has deserv'd her richly And you have had your hands full I dare swear Gentlemē Soz. We have done something sir if it hit right Ch. The woman has no eyes else nor no honesty So much I think Py. Come let 's goe bounce amongst 'em To the Kings health and my brave country-mans My uncle looks as though he were sick o th' Worms friends Exeunt Actus Tertius Scaena prima Enter Pyniero MIne uncle haunts me up down looks melancholy Wondrous proof melancholy sometimes sweares Then whistles starts cries groans as if he had the Bots As to say truth I think h 'as little better And wo'd fain speak bids me good morrow at midnight And good night when 't is noon has something hovers About his
Ex. Quisar and Gov. Pan. If this prophet were a young thing I should suspect him now he cleaves so close to her These holy coats are long and hide in iniquities Quisan. Away away foole a poore wretch Pan. These poore ones Warme but their stomakes once Quisan. Come in thou art foolish Ex. Quisan and Pan. Enter Armusia Emanuel Pyniero Arm. I am sorry sir my fortune is so stubborne To court my sword against my countriman I love my nation well and where I find A Portugall of noble name and vertue I am his humble servant Signeor Pyniero Your person nor your unckles am I angry with You are both faire Gentlemen in my opinion And I protest I had rather use my sword In your defences then against your safeties 'T is me thinkes a strange dearth of enemies When we seeke foes among our selves Em. You are injured And you must make the best on 't now and readiest Arm. You see I am ready in the place and arm'd To his desire that cald me Py. Ye speake honestly And I could wish ye had met on tearmes more friendly But it cannot now be so Enter Ruy Dias Em. Turne sir and see Py. I have kept my word with ye unckle The Gentleman is ready Enter Governour and Quisara above Arm. Ye are welcome Ru. Bid those fooles welcome that affect your curtesie I come not to use complement ye have wrongd me And ye shall feele proud man ere I part from ye The effects of that if fortune do not foole me Thy life is mine and no hope shall redeeme thee Arm. That 's a proud word More then your faith can justifie Quisar. Sure they will fight Ruy. She 's there I am happy Gov. Let 'em alone let 'em kill one another These are the maine postes if they fall the buildings Will tumple quickely Quisar. How temperate Armusia No more be quiet yet Arm. I am not bloudy Nor do not feele such mortall malice in me But since we cannot both enjoy the Princesse I am resolv'd to fight Ruy. Fight home Armusia For if thou faint'st or fall'st Arm. Do ye make all vantages Ruy. Alwaies unto thy life I will not spare thee Nor looke not for thy mercy Arm. I am arm'd then Ruy. Stand still I charge ye nephew as ye honour me Arm. And good Emanuel not Py. Ye speake fitly For we had not stood idle else Gov. I am sorry for 't Em. But since you will have it so Ruy. Come sir Arm. I waight ye Py. I marry this looks hansomely This is warme worke Gov Both fall an 't be thy will Ruy fals Py. My Unckle dead Em. Stand still or my swords in Ar. Now brave Ruy Dias Now Where 's your confidence your prayers quickly Your owne spite has condemn'd ye Quisar. Hold Armusia Ar. Most happy Lady Quisar. Hold and let him rise Spare him for me Ar. A long life may he enjoy Lady Gov. What ha' you done 't is better they had all perisht Quisar. Peace father I worke for the best Armusia Be in the garden an houre hence Ex. Qu. and Gov. Ar. I shall Madam Py. Now as I live a Gentleman at all inches So brave a mingled temper saw I never Ar. Why are ye sad sir how would this have griev'd you If ye had falne under a profest enemie Under one had taken vantage of your shame too Pray ye be at peace I am so far from wronging ye Or glorying in the pride of such a victorie That I desire to serve ye pray look cheerfully Py. Doe you heare this sir this love sir do you see this Gentleman How he courts ye why doe you hold your head downe T is no high treason I take it to be equal'd To have a slip i' th' field no sinne that 's mortall Come come thanke fortune and your friend Ar. It may be You thinke my tongue may prove your enemie And though restrain'd sometimes out of a braverie May take a license to disable ye Beleeve me sir so much I hate that libertie That in a strangers tongue 't will prove an injurie And I shall right you in 't Py. Can you have more Unckle Ru. Sir you have beate me both wayes yet so nobly That I shall ever love the hand that did it Fortune may make me worthie of some title That may be neere your friend Ar. Sir I must leave ye But with so hearty love and pray be confident Ex. Arm. Em. I carry nothing from this place shall wrong ye Py. Come come you are right agen sir love your honor And love your friend take heed of bloudy purposes And unjust ends good heaven is angry with 'm Make your faire vertues and your fame your mistres And let these trinkets goe Ru. You teach well nephew Now to be honorable even with this Gentleman Shall be my businesse and my ends his Enter Governor and King Gov. Sir sir you must doe something suddenly To stop his pride so great and high he is shot up Upon his person too your state is sunke else You must not stand now upon termes of gratitude And let a simple tendernesse besot ye I 'le bring ye suddenly where you shall see him Attempting your brave sister privately Marke but his high behaviour then Kin. I will Father Gov. And with scorne I feare contempt too Kin. I hope not Gov. I will not name a lust It may be that also A little force must be applyed upon him Now now applyed a little force to humble him These sweet intreaties doe but make him wanton Kin. Take heed ye wrong him not Gov. Take heed to your safety I but fore warne ye King if you mistrust me Or thinke I come unsent Kin. No I 'le goe with you Exeunt Enter Armusia Quisara Arm. Madam you see there 's nothing I can reach at Either in my obedience or my service That May deserve your love or win a liking But a poore thought but I pursue it seriously Take pleasure in your wils even in your anger Which other men would grudge at and grow stormy I study new humility to please ye And take a kind of joy in my afflictions Because they come from ye I love my sorrowes Pray Madam but consider Quisar. Yes I do sir And to that honest end I drew ye hether I know ye have deserv'd as much as man can And know it is a justice to requite you I know ye love Arm. If ever love was mortall And dwelt in man and for that love command me So strong I find it and so true here Lady Something of such a greatnesse to allow me Those things I have done already may seem foyles too 'T is equity that man aspires to heaven Should win it by his worth and not sleepe to it Enter Governour and King Gov. Now stand close King and heare and as you find him Beleeve me right or let religion suffer Quisar. I dare beleeve your worth without additions But since you are so liberall of your love sir
The Court shall be brought to you then how now who is 't 1. Maid An ancient woman with a maid attending A pretty girle but out of cloathes for a little money It seemes she would put her to your bringing up Madam Enter Woman and Phebe Leu. Let her come in Would ye ought with us good woman I pray be short we are full of businesse Wo. I have a tender girle here and 't please your honour Leu. Very well VVom. That hath a great desire to serve your worship Leu. It may be so I am full of Maids VVom. She is young forsooth And for her truth and as they say her bearing Leu. Ye say well come ye hither maid let me feel your pulse 'T is some what weak but nature will grow stronger Let me see your leg she treads but low i th' pasternes VVom. A cork heele Madam Leu. We know what will doe it Without your aime good woman what do you pitch her at Shee 's but a slight toy cannot hold out long VVom. Even what you think is meet Leu. Give her ten Crowns we are full of businesse Shee is a poore woman let her take a Cheese home Enter the wench i th' office Ex. VVom. 1. Mai. 2. Maid What 's your name sister Phe. Phebe forsooth Leu. A pretty name 't will doe well Goe in and let the other maid instruct ye Phebe Ex. Phe. Let my old velvet skirt be made fit for her I 'le put her into action for a wascoate And when I have rigg'd her up once this small Pinnace Shall saile for gold and good store too who 's there Knock within Ent. Menippe Lord shall we never have any ease in this world Still troubled still molested what would you have I cannot furnish ye faster then I am able And ye were my husband a thousand times I cannot do it At least a dozen poasts are gone this morning For severall parts of the Kingdome I can do no more But pay 'em and instruct 'em Men. Prethee good sweet heart I come not to disturbe thee nor discourage thee I know thou labour'st truly harke in thine eare Leu. Ha What do you make so dainty on 't looke there I am an Asse I can do nothing Men. Celia I this is she a stranger borne Leu. What would you give for more now Men. Prethee my best Leucippe ther 's much hangs on t Lodg'd at the end of Marse's street that 's true too At the sacke of such a Towne by such a Souldier Preserv'd a prisoner and by Prince Demetrius Bought from that man againe maintain'd and favourd How came you by this knowledge Leu. Poore weake man I have a thousand eyes when thou art sleeping Abroad and full of businesse Men. You never tri'd her Leu. No she is beyond my levell so hedg'd in By the Princes infinite love and favour to her Men. She is a hansome wench Leu. A delicate and knowes it And out of that proofe armes her selfe Men. Come in then I have a great designe from the King to you And you must worke like waxe now Leu. On this Lady Men. On this and all your wits call home Leu. I have done Toyes in my time of some note old as I am I thinke my braines will worke without barme Take up the Bookes Men. As we goe in I 'le tell ye Exeunt Scaene 4. Enter Antigonus Tymon Lords and a Souldier Ant. No face of sorrow for this losse 't will choake him Nor no man misse a friend I know his nature So deep imprest with griefe for what he has suffer'd That the least adding to it adds to his ruine His losse is not so infinite I hope Souldier Soul Faith neither great nor out of discretion The young men out of heate Enter Demetrius Leontius and Lieutenant Ant. I ghesse the manner Lord Men. The Prince and 't like your Grace Ant. You are welcome home sir Come no more sorrow I have heard your fortune And I my self haue tride the like cleare up man I will not have ye take it thus if I doubted Your feare had lost and that you had turn'd your back to 'em Basely besought their mercies Leo. No no by this hand sir We fought like honest and tall men Antig. I know 't Leontius or if I thought Neglect of rule having his councell with ye Or too vaine-glorious appetite of fame Your men forgot and scatter'd Leo. None of these sir He shew'd himselfe a noble gentleman Every way apt to rule Ant. These being granted Why should you think you have done an act so hainous That nought but discontent dwells round about ye I have lost a Battaile Leo. I and fought it hard too Ant. With as much meanes as man Leo. Or devill could urge it Ant. Twenty to one of our side now Leo. Turne Tables Beaten like dogs againe like Owles you take it To hart for flying but a mile before 'em And to say truth 't was no flight neither sir 'T was but a walke a handsome walke I have tumbl'd with this old body beaten like a stock-fish And stuck with arrowes like an arming Quiver Blouded and bang'd almost a day before 'em And glad I have got off then Here 's a mad shaver He fights his share I am sure when ere he comes to 't Yet I have seen him trip it tithely too And cry the devill take the hindmost ever Lieu. I learn'd it of my betters Leo. Boudge at this Ant. Has fortune but one face Lieu. In her best vizard Me thinks she looks but lowzily Ant. Chance though she faint now And sink below our expectations Is there no hope left strong enough to boy her Dem. 'T is not this day I fled before the enemie And lost my people left mine honour murder'd My mayden honour never to be ransom'd VVhich to a noble soule is too too sencible Afflicts me with this sadnesse most of these Time may turne straight againe experience perfect And new swords cut new wayes to nobler fortunes O I have lost Ant. As you are mine forget it I doe not think it losse Demet. O sir forgive me I have lost my friends those worthy soules bred with me I have lost my selfe they were the pieces of me I have lost all Arts my Schooles are taken from me Honour and Armes no emulation left me I liv'd to see these men lost look'd upon it These men that twin'd their loves to mine their vertues O shame of shames I saw and could not save 'em This carries sulphure in 't this burnes and boyles me And like a fatall Tombe bestrides my memorie Antig. This was hard fortune but if alive and taken They shall be ransom'd let it be at Millions Dem. They are dead they are dead Lieu. VVhen would he weep for me thus I may be dead and powder'd Leo. Good Prince grieve not VVe are not certaine of their deaths the enemy Though he be hot and keene Yet holds good Quarter VVhat noyse is this Great Shout within Enter Gentlemen Lieu.
me ye had best and kill an innocent Brother why Cosen by this light I le die too This Gentleman is temperate be you merciful Alas the Swords Am. You had best run me through the belly 'T will be a valiant thrust Ism. I faint amongst ye Ant. Pray ye be not fearful I have done sweet Lady My sword's already aw'd and shall obey ye I come not here to violate sweet beauty I bow to that Ism. Brother you see this Gentleman This Noble Gentleman Lis. Let him avoid then And leave our Walk Ant. The Lady may command Sir She bears an eye more dreadful then your weapon Ism. What a sweet nature this man has dear brother Put up your sword Ter. Let them put up and walk then Ant. No more loud words there 's time enough before us For shame put up do honour to these beauties Mar. Our way is this We will not be denyde it Ter. And ours is this we will not be cross'd in it Ant. What ere your way is Lady 't is a fair one And may it never meet with rude hands more Nor rough uncivil Tongues Exeunt Ism. I thank ye Sir Indeed I thank ye nobly A brave Enemie Here 's a sweet temper now This is a man Brother This Gentleman's anger is so nobly seated That it becomes him Yours proclaim ye Monsters What if he be our House-Foe we may brag on 't We have ne'er a friend in all our House so honourable I had rather from an Enemie my Brother Learn worthy distances and modest difference Then from a race of empty friends loud nothings I am hurt between ye Am. So am I I fear too I am sure their swords were between my leggs deer Cosen Why look ye pale where are ye hurt Ism. I know not But here me-thinks Lis. Unlace her gentle Cosen Ism. My heart my heart and yet I blesse the Hurter Am. Is it so dangerous Ism. Nay nay I faint not Am. Here is no blood that I find sure 't is inward Ism. Yes yes 't is inward 't was a subtle weapon The hurt not to be cur'd I fear Lis. The Coach there Am. May be affright Ism. Aminta 't was a sweet one And yet a cruel Am. Now I find the wound plain A wondrous handsome Gentleman Ism. Oh no deeper Prethee be silent wench it may be thy cause Am. You must be searched the wound will rancle Cosen And of so sweet a nature Ism. Deer Aminta Make it not sorer Am. And on my life admires ye Ism. Call the Coach Cosen Am. The Coach the Coach Ter, 'T is ready bring the Coach there Lis. Well my brave enemies we shall yet meet ye And our old hate shall testifie Ter. It shall Cosen Exeunt Scaena secunda Enter Antonio and Martine Ant. Their swords alas I weigh 'em not deer Friend The indiscretion of the Owners blunts 'em The fury of the House affrights not me It spends it self in words Oh me Martine There was a two edg'd eye a Lady carried A weapon that no valour can avoyd Nor Art the hand of Spirit put aside O Friend it broke out on me like a bullet Wrapt in a cloud of fire that point Martine Dazled my sence and was too subtle for me Shot like a Comet in my face and wounded To my eternal ruine my hearts valour Mar. Methinks she was no such peece Ant. Blaspheme not Sir She is so far beyond weak commendation That impudence will blush to think ill of her Mar. I see it not and yet I have both eies open And I could judge I know there is no beauty Till our eies give it'em and make 'em hansom What 's red and white unles we do allow 'em A green face else and me-thinks such an other Ant. Peace thou leud Heretick Thou judge of beauties Thou hast an excellent sense for a signe-post Friend Dost thou not see I le swear thou art soon blind else As blind as ignorance when she appear'd first Aurora breaking in the east and through her face As if the Hours and Graces had strew'd Roses A blush of wonder flying when she was frighted At our uncivil swords didst thou not mark How far beyond the purity of snow The soft wind drives whitenes of innocence Or any thing that bears Celestial palenes She appear'd o' th' sodain Didst thou see her tears When she intreated O thou Reprobate Didst thou not see those orient tears flow'd from her The little Worlds of Love A sett Martine Of such sanctified Beads and a holy heart to love I could live ever a Religious Hermite Mar. I do beleeve a little and yet me-thinks She was of the lowest stature Ant. A rich Diamond Set neat and deep Natures chief Art Martine Is to reserve her Modells curious Not cumbersome and great and such a one For fear she should exceed upon her matter Has she fram'd this Oh 't is a spark of beauty And where they appear so excellent in little They will but flame in great Extention spoils 'em Martine learn this the narrower that our eies Keep way unto our object still the sweeter That comes unto us Great bodies are like Countries Discovering still toyle and no pleasure finds 'em Mar. A rare Cosmographer for a small Island Now I believe she is handsom Ant. Belive heartily Let thy belief though long a coming save thee Mar. She was certain fair Ant. But heark ye Friend Martine Do not believe your self too far before me For then you may wrong me Sir Mar. Who bid ye teach me Do you show me meat and stitch my lips Antonio Is that fair play Ant. Now if thou shouldst abuse me And yet I know thee for an arrant Wencher A most immoderate thing thou canst not love long Mar. A little serves my turn I fly at all games But I believe Ant. How if we never see her more Shee is our enemie Mar. Why are you jealous then As far as I conceive she hates our whole House Ant. Yet good Martine Mar. Come come I have mercy on ye You shall enjoy her in your dream Antonio And I 'll not hinder though now I perswade my self Enter Aminta with a Letter Ant. Sit with perswasion down and you deal honestly I will look better on her Mar. Stay who 's this Friend Ant. Is 't not the other Gentlewoman Mar. Yes a Letter She brings no challenge sure if she do Antonio I hope shee 'l be a Second too I am for her Am. A good houre Gentlemen Ant. You are welcom Lady 'T is like our late rude passage has powr'd on us Some reprehension Am. No I bring no anger Though some deserv'd it Ant. Sure we were all too blame Lady But for my part in all humility And with no little shame I ask your pardons Indeed I wear no sword to fright sweet beauties Am. You have it and this Letter pray ye Sir view it And my Commission 's done Mar. Have ye none for me Lady Am. Not at this time Mar. I am sorry for 't
Otr. Aske me freely Flo. Ask you I do ask you and I deserve ye I have kept ye from a crying sin would damne ye To Men and Time I have preserv'd your credit That would have died to all posterity Curses of maids shall never now afflict ye Nor Parents bitter tears make your name barren If he deserves well that redeems his Countrey And as a Patriot be remembred nobly Nay set the highest may not I be worthy To be your friend that have preservd your honor Otr. You are and thus I take ye thus I seal ye Mine owne and onely mine Phil. Count she deserves ye And let it be my happines to give ye I have given a vertuous maid now I dare say it 'T is more then blood I 'll pay her portion Sir And 't shall be worthy you Fra. I 'll sell my Mill I 'll pay some too I 'll pay the Fidlers And we 'll have all i' th' Country at this wedding Pray let me give her too here my Lord take her Take her with all my heart and kisse her freely Would I could give you all this hand has stolne too In portion with her 't would make her a little whiter The wind blows fair now get me a young Miller Ver. Shee must have new clothes Tir. Yes Ver. Yes marry must she If 't please ye Madam let me see the state of you body I 'll fit you instantly Phil. Art not thou gone yet Ver. And 't please your Grace a gown a handsome gown now An orient gown Phil. Nay take thy pleasure of her Ver. Of cloth of Tissew I can fit ye Madam My Lords stand out o' th' light a curious body The neatest body in Spain this day w embroidred flowrs A clinquant Petticoat of some rich stuffe To catch the eye I have a thousand fashions O sleeve O sleeve I 'll study all night Madam To magnifie your sleeve Otr. Do superstitious Tailor When yee have more time Flo. Make me no more then woman And I am thine Otr. Sir haply my Wardrobe with your help May fit her instantly will you try her Ver. If I fit her not your Wardrobe cannot But if the fashion be not there you marre her Enter Antonio Constable Officers Ant. Is my offence so great ere I be convict To be torn with Rascals If it be Law Let 'm be wild horses rather then these Phil. What 's that Con. This is a man suspected of murder if it please your Grace Phil. It pleases me not friend But who suspects him Const. We that are your Highnes extraordinary officers We that have taken our oaths to maintain you in peace Phil. 'T will be a great charge to you Const. 'T is a great charge indeed but then we call our neighbours to help us This Gentleman and another were fallen out yet that 's more then I am able to say for I heard no words between 'em but what their weapons spoke Clash and Clatter which we seeing came with our Bils of government and first knock'd down their weapons and then the men Phil. And this you did to keep the peace Const. Yes and 't like your Grace we knock'd 'em down to keep the peace this we laid hold on the other we set in the stocks That I could do by mine own power without your Majestie Enter Aminta Phil. How so Sir Const. I am a Shoo-maker by my Trade Am. Oh my husband Why stands my husband as a man endanger'd Restore him me as you are mercifull I 'll answer for him Ant. What woman 's this what husband hold thy bawling I know thee for no wife Am. You married me last night Ant. Thou lyest I neither was in Church nor house Last night nor saw I thee a thing that was my friend I scorne to name now was with Ismenia Like a thief and there he violated A sacred trust This thou maist know Aminta Am. Are not you hee Ant. No nor a friend of his Would I had kill'd him I hope I have Am. That was my husband Royall Sir that man That excellent man Enter Bellides Ant. That villain that theefe Bel. Have I caught you Sir well overtaken This is mine enemie pardon my Soveraigne Phil. Good charitie to crave pardon for your enemie Bel. Mine own pardon Sir for my joyes rudenesse In what place better could I meet my foe And both of us so well provided too Hee with some black blood-thirstie crime upon him That ere the horse-leech burst will suck him dry I with a second accusation Enough to break his neck if need should be And then to have even Justice self to right us How should I make my joyes a little civill They might not keep this noyse Ant. Here is some hope Should the ax be dull the halter 's preparing Phil. What 's your accusation Sir We have heard the former Enter Julio Bel. Mine My Lord a strong one Jul. A false one Sir At least malicious an evidence Of hatred and despight He would accuse My poor kinsman of that he never dream'd of Nor waking saw the stealing of his daughter She whom I know he would not look upon Speak Antonio Didst thou ever see her Ant. Yes Sir I have seen her Bel. Ah ha friend Julio Jul. He might but how with an unheedfull eye An accidentall view as men see multitudes That the next day dare not precisely say They saw that face or that amongst 'm all Didst thou so look on her Bel. Guilty guilty His looks hang themselves Phil. Your patience Gentleman I pray you tell me if I be in errour I may speak often when I should but hear This is some Show you would present us with And I do interrupt it Pray you speak It seems no more Is 't any thing but a Show Bel. My Lord this Gentlewoman can show you all So could my daughter too if shee were here By this time they are both immodest enough Shee 's fled me and I accuse this thief for 't Don Martin his own friend 's my testimony A practis'd night-work Phil. That Martin 's the other In your custodie he was forgotten Fetch him hither Const. Wee 'll bring the Stocks and all else and 't please your Grace Enter Bustofa and Ismenia Am. That man 's my husband certain instead of this Both would have deceiv'd and both beguil'd Bust. Soh hoh Miller Miller look out Miller is there nere a Miller amongst you here Gentlemen Tir. Yes Sir here is a Miller amongst Gentlemen A Gentleman Miller Bust. I should not be far off then there went but a pair of sheers and a bodkin between us Will you to work Miller Here 's a maid has a sack full of newes for you shall your stones walk will you grind Miller Phil. This your son Franio Fra. My ungratious my disobedient My unnaturall my rebell son my Lord Bust. Fie your hopper runs over Miller Fra. This villain of my own flesh blood was accessary To the stealing of my daughter Bust. Oh mountain Shalt
the souldier and let him eat Mess. He 's at it Sir Car. Away then when he has done let 's march Come fear not Lady this day the Roman gains no more ground here but what his body lies in Bond. Now I am confident Exeunt Recorders Scaena Secunda Enter Junius Curius Decius Dec. We dare not hazzard it beside our lives it forfeits all our understandings Jun. Gentlemen Can ye forsake me in so just a service a service for the Common-wealth for honour Read but the Letter you may love too Dec. Read it if there be any safety in the circumstance or likelihood 't is love we will not faile ye Read it good Curius Cur. Willingly Jun. Now mark it Cur. reads Health to thy heart my honourd Junius and all thy love requited I am thine thine everlastingly thy love has won me and let it breed no doubt our new acquaintance compels this 't is the gods decree to blesse us The times are dangerous to meet yet fail not by all the love thou bear'st me I conjure thee without distrust of danger to come to me for I have purpos'd a delivery both of my self and fortune this blest day into thy hands if thou thinkst good to shew thee how infinite my love is even my Mother shall be thy prisoner the day yours without hazzard for I beheld your danger like a Lover a just affecter of thy faith Thy goodnesse I know will use us nobly and our marriage if not redeem yet lessen Romes Ambition I am weary of these miseries Use my Mother if you intend to take her with all honour and let this disobedience to my parents be laid on love not me Bring with thee Junius spirits resolv'd to fetch me off the noblest forty will serve the turn just at the joyning of both the Battels we will be weakly guarded and for a guide within this hour shall reach thee a faithfull friend of mine the gods my Junius keep thee and me to serve thee Young Bonvica Cur. This letter carries much belief and most objections answer'd we must have doubted Dec. Is that fellow come to ye for a guide yet Jun. Yes Dec. And examin'd Jun. Far more then that he has felt tortures yet he vows he knows no more then this truth Dec. Strange Cur. If she mean what she writes as 't may be probable 't will be the happiest vantage we can lean to Jun. I 'll pawn my soul she means truth Dec. Think an hour more then if your confidence grow stronger on ye we 'll set in with ye Jun. Nobly done I thank ye ye know the time Cur. We will be either ready to give ye present counsell or joyne with ye Enter Swetonius Petillius and Demetrius Macer Jun. No more as ye are Gentlemen The Generall Swet. Draw out a pace the enemy waits for us Are ye all ready Jun. All our Troops attend Sir Swet. I am glad to hear you say so Junius I hope ye are dispossest Jun. I hope so too Sir Swet. Continue so And Gentlemen to you now To bid you fight is needlesse ye are Romans the name will fight it self To tell ye who you go to fight against his power and nature but losse of time ye know it know it poor and oft have made it so To tell ye further his Bodie showes more dreadfull then it has done to him that fears lesse possible to deal with is but to stick more honour on your Actions load ye with vertuous names and to your memories tie never dying time and fortune constant Go on in full assurance draw your swords as daring and as confident as Justice the gods of Rome fight for ye loud Fame calls ye pitch'd on the toplesse Perinine and blows to all the under world all Nations the seas and unfrequented deserts where the snow dwels wakens the ruin'd monuments and there where nothing but eternall death and sleep is informs again the dead bones With your vertues go on I say valiant and wise rule heaven and all the great aspects attend 'em Do but blow upon this Enemy who but that we want foes cannot deserve that name and like a myst a lazie fog before your burning valours you 'll finde him flie to nothing This is all We have swords and are the sons of ancient Romans heirs to their endlesse valours fight and conquer De. Dem. 'T is done Petill. That man that loves not this day and hugs not in his arms the noble danger may he die famelesse and forgot Swet. Sufficient up to your Troops and let your drums beat thunder march close and sudden like a tempest all executions March done without sparkling of the Body keep your phalanx sure lin'd and piec'd together your pikes forward and so march like a moving Fort ere this day run we shal have ground to add to Rome wel won Exeunt Scaena tertia Enter Caratach and Nennius Nen. The Roman is advanc'd from yound hils brow we may behold him Caratach A March Drums within at one place afar off Car. Let 's thither I see the dust flie Now I see the Body observe 'em Nennius by a handsome Body and of a few strongly and wisely joynted Swetonius is a Souldier Nen. As I take it that 's hee that gallops by the Regiments viewing their preparations Car. Very likely he shews no lesse then Generall see how bravely the Body moves and in the head how proudly the Captains stick like plumes hee comes apace on good Nennius go and bid my stout Leutenant bring on the first square Bodie to oppose 'em and as he charges open to enclose 'em the Queen move next with hers and wheel about to gain their backs in which I 'll lead the Vantguard We shall have bloody crowns this day I see by 't Haste thee good Nennius I 'll follow instantly Exit Nennius How close they march as if they grew together March no place but lin'd alike sure from oppression they will not change this figure we must charge 'em and charge 'em home at both ends Van and Rere Drums in another place afar off they never totter else I hear our Musick and must attend it Hold good sword but this day and bite hard where I hound thee and hereafter I 'll make a relique of thee for young Souldiers to come like Pilgrimes to and kisse for Conquests Exit Scaena quarta Enter Junius Curius and Decius Jun. Now is the time the fellow stayes Dec. What think yee Cur. I think 't is true Jun. Alas if 't were a question if any doubt or hazzard fell into 't do ye think mine own discretion so self-blinde my care of you so naked to run headlong Dec. Let 's take Petillius with us Jun. By no means hee 's never wise but to himself nor courteous but where the end 's his own we are strong enough if not too many Behind yonder hill the fellow tels me she attends weak guarded her Mother and her Sister Cur. I would venture Jun. Wee shall not
extreme fool ye have plaid in this the honour purpos'd for ye the great honour the Generall intended ye Petill. How Jun. And then I 'll kill ye because ye shall die miserable Know Sir the Regiment was given me but till time call'd ye to do some worthie deed might stop the peoples ill thoughts of ye for Lord Penyus I mean his death How soon this time 's come to ye and hasted by Swetonius Go sayes he Junius and Decius and go thou Petillius distinctly thou Petillius and draw up to take stout Caratach there 's the deed purpos'd a deed to take off all faults of all natures And thou Petillius Mark it there 's the honour and that done all made even Petill. Stay Jun. No I 'll kill ye He knew thee absolute and full in souldier daring beyond all dangers found thee out according to the boldnesse of thy spirit a subject such a subject Petill. Heark ye Junius I will live now Jun. By no means Wooed thy worth held thee by the chin up as thou sankst and shew'd thee how honour held her arms out Come make ready since ye will die an asse Petil. Thou wilt not kill me Jun. By but I will Sir I 'll have no man dangerous live to destroy me afterward Besides you have gotten honour enough let young men rise now Nay I do perceive too by the Generall which is one main cause ye shall die how ere he carry it such a strong doting on ye that I fear you shall command in chief how are we paid then Come if you will pray dispatch it Petill. Is there no way Jun. Not any way to live Petill. I will do any thing redeem my self at any price good Junius let me but die upon the Rock but offer my life up like a Souldier Jun. You will seek then to out-doe every man Petill. Beleeve it Junius you shall goe stroak by stroak with me Jun. You 'll leave off too as you are noble and a souldier for ever these mad fancies Petill. Dare ye trust me By all that 's good and honest Jun. There 's your sword then and now come on a new man Vertue guide thee Exeunt Enter Caratach and Hengo on the Rock Car. Courage my Boy I have found meat look Hengo look where some blessed Britain to preserve thee has hung a little food and drink cheer up Boy do not forsake me now Hengo O Uncle Uncle I feel I cannot stay long yet I 'll fetch it to keep your noble life Uncle I am heart whole and would live Car. Thou shalt long I hope Hen. But my head Uncle me thinks the Rock goes round Enter Macer Jud. Macer Mark 'em well Judas Jud. Peace as you love your life Hen. Do not you hear the noise of bels Car. of bels Boy 't is thy fancie alas thy bodie 's full of wind Hengo me thinks Sir they ring a strange sad knell a preparation to some neer funerall of State nay weep not mine owne sweet Uncle you will kill me sooner Car. O my poor chicken Hen. Fie faint-hearted Uncle Come tie me in your belt and let me down Car. I 'll go my self Boy Hengo No as ye love mee Uncle I will not eat it if I doe not fetch it the danger onely I desire pray tie me Car. I will and all my care hang ore thee come child my valiant-child Hengo Let me down apace Uncle and ye shall see how like a Daw I 'll whip it from all their policies for 't is most certain a Roman train and ye must hold me sure too you 'll spoil all else When I have brought it Uncle wee 'll be as merry Car. Go i' th' name of heaven Boy Hengo Quick quick Uncle I have it Oh Judas shoots Hengo Car. What ailest thou Hengo O my best Uncle I am slain Car. I see yee and heaven direct my hand destruction Caratach kils Judas with a stone from the Rock go with thy coward soul How dost thou Boy Oh villain pocky villain Hengo O Uncle Uncle oh how it pricks mee am I preserv'd for this extremely pricks me Car. Coward rascall Coward dogs eat thy flesh Hen. Oh I bleed hard I faint too out upon 't how sick I am the lean Rogue Uncle Car. Look Boy I have laid him sure enough Hengo Have ye knockt his brains out Car. I warrant thee for stirring more cheer up child Hen. Hold my sides hard stop stop oh wretched fortune must we part thus Still I grow sicker Uncle Car. Heaven look upon this noble child Hengo I once hop'd I should have liv'd to have met these bloody Romans at my swords point to have reveng'd my father to have beaten 'em oh hold me hard But Uncle Car. Thou shalt live still I hope Boy Shall I draw it Hen. Ye draw away my soul then I would live a little longer spare me heavens but onely to thank you for your tender love Good Uncle good noble Uncle weep not Car. Oh my chicken my deer Boy what shall I lose Hengo Why a child that must have died how-ever had this scap'd me feaver or famine I was born to die Sir Car. But thus unblown my Boy Heng. I goe the straighter my journey to the gods Sure I shall know ye when ye come Uncle Car. Yes Boy Hen. And I hope wee shall enjoy together that great blessednesse you told me of Car. Most certain child Hengo I grow cold mine eyes are going Car. Lift 'em up Hengo Pray for me and noble Uncle when my bones are ashes think of your little Nephew Mercie Car. Mercie You blessed angels take him Hengo Kisse me so Farewell farewell Dies Car. Farewell the hopes of Britain thou Royall graft Farewell for ever Time and Death ye have done your worst Fortune now see now proudly pluck off thy vail and view thy triumph Look look what thou hast brought this Land to Oh fair flower how lovely yet thy ruines show how sweetly even death embraces thee The peace of heaven the fellowship of all great souls be with thee Enter Petillius Junius on the rock Hah dare ye Romans ye shall win me bravely Thou art mine Fight Jun. Not yet Sir Car. Breathe ye ye poor Romans and come up all with all your ancient valours like a rough winde I 'll shake your souls and send 'em Enter Swetonius and all the Roman Captains Swet. Yeeld thee bold Caratach by all as I am souldier as I envie thee I 'll use thee like thy self the valiant Britain Pet. Brave soldier yeeld thou stock of Arms and Honor thou filler of the world with fame and glory Jun. Most worthy man we 'l woo thee be thy prisoners Swet. Excellent Britain do me but that honour that more to me then Conquests that true happinesse to be my friend Car. O Romans see what here is had this Boy liv'd Swet. For Fames sake for thy Swords sake as thou desirest to build thy vertues greater by all that 's excellent in man and honest Car. I do
With patience in despising all your cruelties And make you choke with anger Ses. Away I say Mar. Stay sir h 'as given you such bold language I am not reconcil'd to him yet and therefore He shall not have his wish observ'd so neerly To die when he please I beseech you stay sir Ses. Do with him what thou wilt Mar. Carry him to th' Bilboes And clap him fast there with the Prince Viro. Do Lady For any death you give I am bound to blesse you Exit Virolet and Saylors Mar. Now to your Cabin sir pray lean upon me And take your rest the Surgeons waite all for you Ses. Thou makest me blush to see thee bear thy fortuns Why sure I have no hurt I have not fought sure Mast. You bleed apace Sir Mart. Ye grow cold too Ses. I must be ruld no leaning My deepest wounds scorn Crutches All A brave Generall Flor. Trumpets Cornets Exeunt omnes Enter two Saylors 1 Sayl. Will they not moore her 2 Sayl. Not till we come to the Fort This is too weak a place for our defences The Carpenters are hard at worke she swims well And may hold out another fight The ship we took Burns there to give us light 1 Sayl. She made a brave fight 2 Sayl. She put us all in feare 1 Sayl. Beshrew my heart did she Her men are gone to Candy they are pepper'd All but this prisoner 2 Sayl. Sure he 's a brave fellow 1 Say A stubborn knave but we have pul'd his bravery He discovers Virolet and Ascanio in the Bilboes Look how he looks now come let 's go serve his dyet Which is but bread and water 2 Sayl. He 'l grow fat on 't Exeunt Saylors Ascan. I must confesse I have endured much misery even almost to the ruine of my spirit But ten times more grows my affliction To finde my friend here Viro. Had we serv'd our Countrey Or honesties as we have serv'd our follies We had not been here now Ascan. T is to true Virolet Viro. And yet my end in ventring for your safety Pointed at more then Ferrants will a base one Some service for mine own some for my Nation Some for my friend but I am rightly payd That durst adventure such a Noble office From the most treacherous command of mischiefe You know him now Ascan. And when I neerer knew him Then when I waited Heaven be witnesse with me And if I lie my miseries still load me With what teares I have woed him with what prayers What weight of reasons I have layd what dangers Then when the peoples curses flew like storms And every tongue was whetted to defame him To leave his doubts his tyrannies his slaughters His fell oppressions I know I was hated too Viro. And all mankind that knew him these confessions Do no good to the world to Heaven they may Let 's study to die well we have liv'd like coxcombs Ascan. That my mis-fortune should lose you too Viro. Yes And not onely me but many more and better For my life t is not this or might I save yours And some brave friends I have engag'd let me go It were the meritorious death I wish for But we must hang or drown like whelps Ascan. No remedy Viro. On my part I expect none I know the man And know he has been netled to the quick too I know his nature Ascan. A most cruell nature Vir. His wrongs have bred him up I cannot blame him Ascan. He has a daughter too the greatest scorner And most insulter upon misery Viro. For those they are toyes to laugh at not to lead men A womans mirth or anger like a meteor Glides and is gone and leaves no crack behind it Our miseries would seem like masters to us And shake our manly spirits into feavors If we respected those the more they glory And raise insulting Trophies on our ruines The more our vertues shine in patience Sweet Prince the name of death was never terrible To him that knew to live nor the loud torrent Of all afflictions singing as they swim A gall of heart but to a guilty conscience Whilst we stand faire but by a two-edg'd storm We find untimely fals like early Roses But to the earth we beare our native sweetnesse Ascan. Good sir go on Viro. When we are little children And cry and fret for every toy comes crosse us How sweetly do we shew when sleep steales on us When we grow great but our affections greater And struggle with this stubborn twin born with us And tug and pull yet still we finde a Giant Had we not then the priviledge to sleep Our everlasting sleep he would make us ideots The memory and monuments of good men Are more then lives and tho their Tombs want tongues Yet have they eyes that daily sweat their losses And such a teare from stone no time can value To die both young and good are natures curses As the world says ask truth they are bountious blessings For then we reach at Heaven in our full vertues And fix our selves new Stars crown'd with our goodnes Asc. You have double arm'd me Srange Musick within Hoboys Hark what noyse is this What horrid noyse is the Sea pleas'd to sing A hideous Dirg to our deliverance Viro. Stand fast now Within strange cries horrid noyse Trumpets Asc. I am fixt Viro. We feare ye not Enter Martia Let death appear in all shapes we smile on him Asc. The Lady now Viro. The face o th' Maske is alter'd Asc. What will she doe Viro. Do what she can I care not Asc. She looks on you sir Viro. Rather she looks through me But yet she stirs me not Mart. Poore wretched slaves Why do you live or if ye hope for mercy Why do not you houle out and fill the hold With lamentations cries and base submissions Worthy our scorn Viro. Madam you are mistaken We are no slaves to you but to blind fortune And if she had her eyes and durst be certain Certain our friend I would not bow unto her I would not cry nor aske so base a mercy If you see any thing in our appearance Worthy your sexes softnes and your own glory Do it for that and let that good reward it We cannot beg Mart. I le make you beg and bow too Viro. Madam for what Mart. For life and when you hope it Then will I laugh and triumph on your basenesse Asc. Madam t is true there may be such a favour And we may aske it too aske it with honour And thanke you for that favour nobly thank you Tho it be death but when we beg a base life And beg it of your scorn Viro. Y' are couzened woman Your handsomnesse may do much but not this way But for your glorious hate Mart. Are ye so stubborn Death I will make you bow Vir. It must be in your bed then There you may worke me to humility Mart. Why I can kill thee Viro. If you do it handsomely It
fall with him draw thy sword And follow me Cla. Fortune I give thee thankes For this occasion once more to use it Exit Bob. Nay hold not me Madam if I doe any hurt hang me Luc. Oh I am dead with feare let 's flye into Your Closet Mother Eug. No houre of my life Secure of danger heav'n be mercifull Or now at once dispatch me Enter Vitelli pursued by Alvarez Sayavedra Clara beating of Anastro Cla. Follow him Leave me to keepe these off Alv. Assault my friend So neere by house Vit. Nor in it will spare thee Though 't were a Temple I le mak it one I being the Priest and thou the sacrifice I le offer to my uncle Alv. Haste thou to him And say I sent thee Cla. 'T was put bravely by And that and yet comes on and boldly rare In the warres where emulation and example Joyn to encrease the courage and make lesse The danger valour and true resolution Never appear'd so lovely brave againe Sure he is more then man and if he fall The best of vertue fortitude would dye with him And can I suffer it forgive me duty So I love valour as I will protect it Against my Father and redeeme it though 'T is forfeited by one I hate Vit. Come on All is not lost yet You shall buy me deerer Before you have me keep off Cla. Feare me not Thy worth has tooke me Prisoner and my sword For this time knowes thee onely for a friend And to all else I turne the point of it Say Defend your Fathers Enemy Alv. Art thou mad Cla. Are you men rather shall that valour which Begot you lawfull honour in the warres Prove now the parent of an infamous Bastard So foule yet so long liv'd as murther will Be to your shames have each of you alone With your own dangers onely purchas'd glory From multitudes of Enemies not allowing Those neerest to you to have part in it And doe you now joyn and lend mutuall helpe Against a single opposite hath the mercy Of the great King but newly wash'd away The blood that with the forfeit of your life Cleav'd to your name and family like an ulcer In this againe to set a deeper dye Upon your infamy you 'll say he is your foe And by his rashnesse call'd on his own ruine Remember yet he was first wrong'd and honour Spur'd him to what he did and next the place Where now he is your house which by the lawes Of hospitable duty should protect him Have you been twenty yeeres a stranger to it To make your entrance now in blood or thinke you Your country-man a true born Spaniard will be An offring fit to please the genius of it No in this I 'le presume to teach my Father And this first Act of disobedience shall Confirme I am most dutifull Alv. I am pleas'd With what I dare not give allowance to Unnaturall wretch what wilt thou doe Cla. Set free A noble Enemy come not on by You passe to him through me the way is open Farwell when next I meet you doe not look for A friend but a vow'd foe I see you worthy And therefore now preserve you for the honour Of my sword onely Vit. Were this man a friend How would he win me that being my vow'd foe Deserves so well I thanke you for my life But how I shall deserve it give me leave Hereafter to consider Exit Alv. Quit thy feare All danger is blown over I have Letters To the Governour in the Kings name to secure us From such attempts hereafter yet we need not That have such strong guards of our own dread others And to encrease thy comfort know this young man Whom with such servent earnestnesse you eye Is not what he appeares but such a one As thou with joy wilt blesse thy daughter Clara Eug. A thousand blessings in that word Alv. The reason Why I have bred her up thus at more leisure I will impart unto you wonder not At what you have seen her doe it being the least Of many great and valiant undertakings She hath made good with honour Eug. I le returne The joy I have in her with one as great To you my Alvarez you in a man Have given to me a daughter in a woman I give to you a Sonne this was the pledge You left here with me whom I have brought up Different from what he was as you did Clara And with the like successe as she appeares Alter'd by custome more then woman he Transform'd by his soft life is lesse then man Alv. Fortune in this gives ample satisfaction For all our sorrowes past Luc. My deerest Sister Cla. Kinde brother Alv. Now our mutuall care must be Imploy'd to help wrong'd nature to recover Her right in either of them lost by custome To you I give my Clara and receive My Lucio to my charge and we 'll contend With loving industry who soonest can Turne this man woman or this woman man Exeunt Actus secundus Scaena prima Enter Pachieco and Lazarillo Pac. Boy my Cloake and Rapier it fits not a Gentleman of my ranck to walke the streets in Querpo Laz. Nay you are a very ranck Gent. Signior I am very hungry they tell me in Civill here I looke like an Eele with a mans head and your neighbour the Smith here hard by would have borrowed me th' other day to have fish'd with me because he had lost his angle-rod Pac. Oh happy thou Lazarillo being the cause of other mens wits as in thine own live leane and witty still oppresse not thy stomach too much grosse feeders great sleepers great sleepers fat bodies fat bodies lean braines No Lazarillo I will make thee immortall change thy humanitie into dietie for I will teach thee to live upon nothing Laz Faith Signior I am immortall then already or very neere it for I doe live upon little or nothing belike that 's the reason the Poets are said to be immortall for some of them live upon their wits which is indeed as good as little or nothing But good Master let me be mortall still and let 's goe to supper Pac. Be abstinent shew not the corruption of thy generation he that feeds shall die therefore he that feeds not shall live Laz. I but how long shall he live ther 's the question Pac. As long as he can without feeding did'st thou read of the miraculous maid in Flanders Laz. No nor of any maid else for the miracle of virginitie now adaies ceases ere the virgin can read virginitie Pac. She that liv'd three yeere without any other sustenance then the smell of a Rose Laz. I heard of her Signior but they say her guts shrunck all into Lute-strings and her neather-parts cling'd together like a Serpents Taile so that though she continued a woman still above the girdle beneath yet she was monster Pac. So are most women beleeve it Laz. Nay all women Signior that can live onely upon the
I am proud ye have done this day so much content and me such estimation that this hour In this poor house shall be a league for ever For so I know ye mean it Ami. I do Lady Orl. And I my Lord Omnes Y 'ave done a work of honor Ami. Give me the Cup where this health stops let That man be either very sick or very simple Or I am very angry sir to you Madam me thinks this Gentleman might sit to He would become the best on 's Orl. Pray sit down sir I know the Lady of the feast expects not this day so much old custom Lam. Sit down Mountague nay never blush for the matter Mon. Noble Madam I have too reasons against it and I dare not duty to you first as you are my Lady and I your poorest servant next the custome of this dayes ceremony Lam. As you are my servant I may command you then Mon. To my life Lady Lam. Sit down and here I 'le have it so Ami. Sit down man never refuse so faire a Ladies offer Mont. It is your pleasure Madam not my pride And I obey I le pledge yee now my Lord Mounsier Longavile Lon. I thank you sir Mon. This to my Lady and her faire choyce to day and happinesse Lon. T is a faire health I 'le pledge you though I sinke for 't Lam. Montague you are too modest come I 'le adde a little more wine t' ee 't will make you merry this to the good I wish Mont. Honord Lady I shall forget my selfe with this great bounty Lami. You shall not sir give him some Vine Ami. By heaven you are a worthy woman and that Man is blest can come neer such a Lady Lami. Such a blessing wet weather washes Mont. At all I will not go a lip lesse my Lord Orl. T is well cast sir Mal. If Montague get more Wine we are like to heare on 't Lav. I do not like that sitting there Mal. Nor I me thinks he looks like a Judge La-p. Now have I a kinde a grudging of a beating on me I fear my hot fit Mal. Drink apace ther 's nothing allays a cudgell like it Lami. Montague now I 'le put my choyce to you who do you hold in all this honor'd company a husband fit to enjoy thy Lady speak directly Mont. Shall I speak Madam Lami. Montague you shall Mont. Then as I have a soule I 'le speak my conscience Give me more wine in vino veritas Here 's to my self and Montague have a care Lami. Speak to th' cause Mont. Yes Madam first I 'le begin to thee Lav. Have at us La-p. Now for a Psalme of mercy Mont. You good Mounsier you that bely the noble Name of Courtier and think your claime good here hold up your hand your VVorship is endited here for a vaine glorious foole Lav. Good oh sir Mont. For one whose wit Lies in a ten pound wastcoat yet not warme Ye have travel'd like a Fidler to make faces And brought home nothing but a case of tooth-picks You would be married and no lesse then Ladies And of the best sort can serve you thou silke worm What hast thou in thee to deserve this woman Name but the poorest piece of man good manners Ther 's nothing sound about thee faith thou 'ast none It lies pawn'd at thy silke mans for so much lace Thy credit which is worse cannot redeem it Thy cloaths are all the soule thou hast for so Thou sav'st them hansome for the next great tilting Let who wil take the t'other thou wert never christen'd Upon my conscience but in barbers water Thou art never out o' th basen thou art rotten And if thou darst tell truth thou wilt confesse it thy skin Looks of a Chestnut colour greas'd with Amber All women that on earth do dwell thou lov'st Yet none that understand love thee again But those that love the Spittle get thee home Poor painted butter fly thy summers pa'st Go sweat and eat dry Mutton thou mayst live To do so well yet a bruis'd Chamber Maide May fall upon thee and advance thy follies You have your sentence now it followes Captaine I treat of you La-p. Pray God I may deserve it Orl. Beshrow my heart he speaks plaine Ami. That 's plain dealing Mont. You are a rascall Captaine La-p. A fine calling Mont. A water coward Ami. He would make a prety stuffe Mont. Nay I speak freely Madam Lami. Her 's none ties you Mont. Why should'st thou dare come hither with a thought To finde a wife here fit for thee are all Thy single money whores that fed on Carrots And fild the high grasse with familiars Falne of to footmen prethee tell me truly For now I know thou dar'st not lie couldst thou not Wish thy selfe beaten well with all thy heart now And out of paine say that I broke a rib Or cut thy nose off wert not mercifull for this ambition La-p. Do your pleasure sir beggars must not be choosers Orl. He longs for beating Mon. But that I have nobler thoughts possesse my soule Then such brown bisket such a peice of dog-fish Such a most mangy Mackrell eater as thou art That dares do nothing that belongs toth ' Sea But spue and catch rats and fear men of war Though thou hast nothing in the world to loose Abord thee but one piece of beefe one Musket Without a cock for peace sake and a pitch barrell I 'le tell thee if my time were not more pretious Then thus to loose it I would rattle thee It may be beat thee and thy pure fellow The Merchant there of Catskins till my words Or blowes or both made ye two branded wretches To all the world hereafter you would faine to Venture your bils of lading for this Lady What would you give now for her some five frayle Of rotten Figs good Godson would you not sir Or a Parrat that speaks high Dutch can all thou ever saw'st Of thine own fraughts from Sea or cosonage At which thou art as expert as the devill Nay sell thy soul for wealth to as thou wilt do Forfeit thy friends and raise a mint of Money Make thee dream all these double could procure A kisse from this good Lady can'st thou hope She would lie with such a nook of hell as thou art And hatch young Merchant-furies oh ye dog-bolts That fear no God but Dunkirks I shall see you Serve in a lowsy Lime boat ere I die For mouldy cheese and butter Billingsgate Would not endure or bring in rotten Pippins To cure blew eyes and swear they came from China Lami. Vex 'em no more alas they shake Mont. Down quickly on your marrow bones and thank this Lady I would not leave you thus else there are blankets And such delights for such knaves but fear still 'T will be revenge enough to keep you waking Ye have no minde of Marriage ha' ye La-p. Surely no great mind now Mont. Nor you Mal. Nor I I take it Mont. Two
prosper Though the State sinke for 't Cra. Now you are a Prince Fit to rule others and in shaking off The Bonds in which your Mother fetters you Discharge your debt to nature she 's your guide Follow her boldly Sir The. I am confirm'd Fall what may fall Cra. Yet still disguise your malice In your humility The. I am instructed Cra. Though in your heart there rage a thousand tempests All calmenesse in your lookes The. I shall remember Cra. And at no hand though these are us'd as agents Acquaint them with your purpose till the instant That we employ them t is not fit they have Time to consider when 't is done reward Or feare will keep them silent yet you may Grace them as you passe by 't will make them surer And greedier to deserve you The. I le move onely As you would have me Good day gentlemen Nay spare this ceremonious forme of duty To him that brings love to you equall love And is in nothing happier then in knowing It is return'd by you we are as one Sos. I am ore-joyd I know not How to reply but Era. Hang all buts my Lord For this your bounteous favour Nean. Let me speake If to feed Vultures hereafter the halter Has done his part or if there be a Hell To take a swindge or two there may deserve this Sos. We are ready Era. Try us any way Nean. Put us to it The. What jewels I have in you Cra. Have these soules That for a good looke and a few kinde words Part with their essence The. Since you will compell me To put that to the tryall which I doubt not Crates may be suddenly will instruct you How and in what to shew your loves obey him As you would binde me to you Cra. T is well grounded Leave me to reare the building Nean. We will doe Cra. I know it Era. Any thing you l put us to Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Leonidas Merione Beliza Servant Leo. Sister I reape the harvest of my labours In your preferment be you worthy of it And with an open bosome entertaine A greater fortune then my love durst hope for Be wise and welcome it play not the coy And foolish wanton with the offerd bounties Of him that is a Prince I was woo'd for you And won Merione then if you dare Beleeve the object that tooke me was worthy Or trust my judgement in me think you were Courted sued to and conquerd Mer. Noble brother I have and still esteeme you as a Father And will as farre obey you my heart speakes it And yet without your anger give me leave To say That in the choice of that on which All my lifes joyes or sorrowes have dependance It had been fit ere you had made a full And absolute grant of me to any other I should have us'd mine owne eyes or at least Made you to understand whether it were Within my power to make a second gift Of my poore selfe Leo. I know what t is you point at The Prince Theanos love let not that cheat you His vowes were but meere courtship all his service But practise how to entrap a credulous Lady Or grant it serious yet you must remember He 's not to love but where the Queene his Mother Must give allowance which to you is barr'd up And therefore study to forget that ever You cherisht such a hope Mer. I would I could Leo. But brave Agenor who is come in person To celebrate this Marriage for your love Forgives the forfeit of ten thousand lives That must have falne under the sword of war Had not this peace been made which generall good Both Countries owe to his affection to you O happy Sister aske this noble Lady Your bosome friend since I faile in my credit What palme Agenors name above all Princes That Greece is proud of carries and with lustre Rel. Indeed fame gives him out of excellent And friend I doubt not but when you shall see him He 'l so appeare to you Art sure 't is he Ser. As I live Madam Bel. Vertue enable me to containe my joy 'T is my Euphanes Ser. Yes Bel. And he 's in health Ser. Most certainly Madam Bel. I le see him instantly So prethee tell him Exit Ser. Mer. I yeeld my selfe too weake In argument to oppose you you may leade me Whither you please Leo. 'T is answer'd like my Sister And if in him you finde not ample cause To pray for me and daily on your knees Conclude I have no judgement Mer. May it prove so Friend shall we have your company Bel. Two houres hence I will not faile you Leo. At your pleasure Madam Exit Leo and Mer. Enter Euphanes Bel. Could I in one word speake a thousand welcomes And hearty ones you have 'em Fie my hand We stand at no such distance by my life The parting kisse you tooke before your travell Is yet a virgin on my lips preserv'd With as much care as I would doe my fame To entertaine your wish'd returne Euph. Best Lady That I doe honour you and with as much reason As ever man did vertue that I love you Yet looke upon you with that reverence As holy men behold the Sun the Starrs The Temples and their gods they all can witnesse And that you have deserv'd this duty from me The life and meanes of life for which I owe you Commands me to professe it since my fortune Affords no other payment Bel. Good Euphanes where benefits are ill conferr'd I had thought That for the trifling courtesies as I call them Though you give them another name you had Made ample satisfaction in th' acceptance And therefore did presume you had brought home Some other Language Euph. No one I have learn'd Yeelds words sufficient to expresse your goodnesse Nor can I ever chuse another theame And not be thought unthankfull Bel. Pray you no more As you respect me Euph. That charme is too powerfull For me to disobey it 'T is your pleasure And not my boldnesse Madam Bel. Good Euphanes Beleeve I am not one of those weak Ladies That barren of all inward worth are proud Of what they cannot truly call their owne Their birth or fortune which are things without them Nor in this will I imitate the world Whose greater part of men think when they give They purchase bondmen not make worthy friends By all that 's good I sweare I never thought My great estate was an addition to me Or that your wants took from you Euph. There are few So truly understanding or themselves Or what they doe possesse Bel. Good Euphanes Where benefits Are ill conferr'd as to unworthy men That turne them to bad uses the bestower For wanting judgement how and on whom to place them Is partly guilty but when we do favours To such as make them grounds on which they build Their noble actions there we improve our fortunes To the most faire advantage If I speake Too much though I
Freeze and that Lady in his armes Sil. I think not Bar. Thou hast a parlous judgement but let that passe She is as truly vertuous faire and noble As her great Mother 's good and that 's not ordinary Sil. But why so many Princes and so great ones Being Suitors should the Dutchesse deny to match her Bar. She is a Jewell man hangs in her bosome Her only Childe with her eyes she sees all things Discourses with her tongue and pluck her from her So dotingly the old one loves her young one You pluck her heart out too Besides of late daies The Duke of Millaine who could never win her By love nor treaty laid a close traine for her In her owne private walkes some forty Horse-men So to surprize her which we found and dealt with And sent 'em running home to the Duke their Master Like Doggs with bottles at their tailes Sil. Since that I heard Sir She has sent her to your Cittadell to secure her My cousen Rodope your wife attending her Bar. You heare a truth and all convenient pleasures Are there proportion'd for her Sil. I would faine Sir Like one that owes a dutious service to her Sometimes so please you Bar. Gentle Cousen pardon me I must not nor you must not dare to offer The last Edict lyes on his life pursues it Your friend Sir to command abroad to love you To lend ye any thing I have to wait upon ye But in the Cittadell where I stand charg'd Not a bit upon a march no service Sir No good Sir by no meanes I kisse your hands Sir Exit Sil. To your keeping only none else to look upon her None but Bartello worthy her attendance No faith but his to serve her O Belvidere Thou Saint to whom my youth is sacrific'd Thou point to which my life turnes and my fortune Art thou lock'd from me now from all my comforts Art thou snatch'd violently thou hear'st me not Nor canst thou see faire soule thy Servants mournings Yet let thy gentle heart feele what is absence The great divorse of minds so truly loving So long and nurs'd in one affection Even from our infant eyes suck'd in and nourish'd O let it feele but that and there stand constant And I am blest My deare Neece Rodope That is her Governesse did love me dearely There 's one hope yet to see her when he is absent It may be ventur'd and she may work it closely I know the Ladies will goes equall with me And so the danger of the Edict avoyded Let me think more for I must try all hazards Enter Claudio and Soto Soto Will ye go yonder Sir Cla. Yes marry will I Sir Soto And by this Ladder Cla. By that Ladder coxcomb Soto Have ye any more necks at home when this is broken For this will crack with the best friend he has Sir Or can you pitch of all foure like an Ape now Let me see you tumble Cla. You are very pleasant Sir Soto No truly Sir I should be loath to see ye Come fluttering down like a yong Rooke cry squab And take ye up with your brains beaten into your buttocks Cla. Hold your peace Asse who 's this stands musing here Silvio Sil. Who calls me Cla. One most glad to see you Sir Sil. My dearest Claudio what make you thus private And with a preparation of this nature Soto We have leave to play and are going to climbe Birds nests Sil. Prethee what is it friend why start ye from me Is your old Mistris growne so coy and cruell She must be scal'd it seemes you are loath to tell me Since twenty yeares continuance of our friendship May not be worth the weight of such a secret 'T will be but rude to aske againe 'save ye Cla. Nay stay deare Silvio if you love me take it For till you know it never woman labour'd As I do now Sil. I le do my best to ease it Cla. You have heard the Lady Belvidere Sil. What heard Sir Cla. Heard to the Cittadell upon some feares She is confin'd Sil. Why dreames he on this beauty 'T is true I have heard it Cla. And that no accesse No blessing from those eyes but with much hazard Even hazard of a life Sil. He dares not love her I have heard that too but whither points your purpose Cla. O Silvio let me speake that none may heare me None but thy truth I have lov'd this Lady long Long given away my life to her devotion Long dwelt upon that beauty to my ruine Sil. Do's she know this Cla. No there begins my misery Ixion-like I have onely yet clasp'd Clouds And fed upon poore empty dreames that starve me Sil. And what do you meane to do now Cla. Though I dye for 't Though all the tortures in the world hung on me Arm'd with imperious Love I stand prepar'd now With this to reach her Chamber there to see her And tell her boldly with what truth I love her Sil. 'T will not be easily done Sir Cla. O my Silvio The hardest things are sweetest in possession Sil. Nor will shew much discretion Cla. Love is blinde man And he that lookes for reason there far blinder Sil. Have ye consider'd ripely Cla. All that may fall And arm'd against that all Sil. Her honour too What she may suffer in this rash adventure The beauty of her name Cla. I le do it closely And only at her window with that caution Sil. Are there no Guards Cla. Corruption chokes their service Sil. Or do you hold her bred so light a woman To hold commerce with strange tongues Cla. Why this service This only hazard of my life must tell her Though she were Vestas selfe I must deserve her Sil. I would not have ye go pray let it sinke here And think a nobler way to raise your service A safer and a wiser Cla. 'T is too late Sir Sil. Then I must say You shall not go Cla. I shall not Sil. You shall not go that part bred with ye friendship Bids me say boldly so and you observe me Cla. You stretch that tye too far Sil. I le stretch it farther The honour that I beare that spotlesse vertue You fouly seeke to taint unnobly covet Bids me command ye stay if not thus force ye Soto This will be worse then climbing Cla. Why do ye draw Sir Sil. To kill thee if thy base will be thy Master Cla. I ever was your friend Sil. Whilst thou wert honest And not a Night-theife of anothers honour I never call'd a Foole my friend a mad-man That durst expose his fame to all opinions His life to unhonest dangers I never lov'd him Durst know his name that sought a Virgins ruine Nor ever tooke I pleasure in acquaintance With men that give as loose raynes to their fancies As the wilde Ocean to his raging fluxes A noble soule I twin with and my love Followes his life dares master his affections Will ye give off or fight Cla. I will not
my Master 's comming Bar. The Devill come and go with him Pen. The Devill 's come indeed he brings your wife Sir Isab. We are undone undone then Bar. My wife with him Why this is a dismall day Pen. They are hard by too Sir Bar. I must not dare not see her Isab. Nor my Husband For twenty thousand pound Bar. That I were a Cat now Or any thing could run into a Bench-hole Saint Anthonies Fire upon the Rogue has brought her Where shall I be just in the nick o th' matter When I had her at my mercy think for heaven sake My wife all the wilde furies hell has Pen. Up the Chimney Bar. They 'l smoke me out there presently Isab. There there it must be there We are all undone else it must be up the Chimney Bar. Give me a Ladder Isab. You must use your Art Sir Alas we have no Ladders Bar. Pox o' thy husband Do's he never mend his house Pen. No nor himselfe neither Up nimbly Sir up nimbly Bar. Thou know'st I am fat Thou mercilesse leane Rogue Pen. Will ye be kill'd For if he take ye Bar. Lend me thy shoulder Pen. Soft Sir You 'l tread my shoulder-bones into my sides else Have ye fast hold o th' barrs Bar. A vengeance bar 'em Isab. Patience good Captain patience quickly quickly Bar. Do you think I am made of smoke Pen. Now he talkes of smoke What if my Master should call for fire Bar. Will ye Martyr me Isab. He must needs have it Bar. Will ye make me Bacon Isab. We 'l do the best we can are all things ready Pen. All all I have 'em all Bar. Go let 'em in then Not a word now on your life Bar. I hang like a Meteor Enter Lopez and Rodope Lop. You are welcome Lady Rho. You are too too curteous But I shall make amends faire Isabella Isab. Welcome my worthy friend most kindely welcome Rho. I heare on 't and I le fit him for his foolery Lop. Some sweet meats wife some sweet meats presently Bart. O my sowre sauce Lop. Away quick Isabella Exit Isab. Did you heare him Rho. Yes yes perfectly proceed Sir Lop. Speake loud enough Dare ye at length but pitty me Rho. 'Faith Sir you have us'd so many reasons to me And those so powerfully Lop. Keep this kisse for me Bar. And do I stand and heare this Rho. This for me Sir This is some comfort now Alas my Husband But why Do I think of so poore a fellow So wretched so debosh'd Bar. That 's I I am bound to heare it Rho. I dare not lye with him he is so ranke a Whore-master Lop. And that 's a dangerous point Rho. Upon my conscience Sir He would stick a thousand base diseases on me Bar. And now must I say nothing Lop. I am sound Lady Rho. That 's it that makes me love ye Lop. Let 's kisse againe then Rho. Do do Bar. Do the Devill And the grand Pox do with ye Lop. Do ye heare him well Enter Penurio and Isabella Now what 's the newes with you Pen. The sound of War Sir Comes still along The Duke will charge the City We have lost they say Lop. What shall become of me then And my poore wealth Bar. Even hang'd I hope Rho. Remove your Jewells presently And what you have of wealth into the Cittadell I here all 's secure Lop. I humbly thank ye Lady Penurio get me some can climbe the Chimney For there my Jewells are my best my richest I hid 'em fearing such a blow Pen. Most happily I have two Boyes that use to sweep fould Chimnies Truly I brought 'em Sir to mock your worship For the great Fires ye keep and the full diet Lop. I forgive thee knave where are they Pen. Here Sir here Mounsieur Black will your small worship mount Enter two Boyes 1 Boy Madam è be com to creep up into your Chimney and make you Boy sings Cleane as any Lady in de world Ma litla litla frera and è Chanta frere chanta Pen. Come Mounsieur mounte mountè mount Mounsieur Mustard-pot Boy sings 1 Boy Mounsieur è have dis for votra barba ple ta von Mounsieur Pen. Mòunte Mounsieur mountè dere be some fine tings 1 Boy Me will creep like de Ferret Mounsieur Pen. Dere in the Chimney The Boy above singing 1 Boy He be de sheilde due shauson Madam Boy goes in behinde the Arras Pen. There 's a Birds-nest I wound have ye climbe it Mounsieur Up my fine singing Mounsieur that 's a fine Mounsieur Lop. Watch him he do not steale Pen. I warrant ye Sir Lop. These Boyes are knavish Boy within Madam here be de Rat de Rat Madam Pen. I le looke to him tithly Lop. Lord what comes here Boy sings upon Bartellas shoulder A walking apparition Isab. Saint Christopher Rho. Mercy o' me what is it How like my Husband it lookes Bar. Get ye downe Devill I le breake your neck else was ever man thus chimnied Lop. Go pay the Boyes well see them satisfied Pen. Come Mounsieur Devills come my Black-berries I le butter ye o' both sides Boye Exit saying Adieu Madam adieu Madam Isab. Nay ev'n look Sir are you cooled now Captaine Bar. I am Cuckolled and fool'd to boot too Fool'd fearefully fool'd shamefully Lop. You are welcome Sir I am glad I have any thing within these doores Sir To make ye merry you love my wife I thank ye You have shew'd your love Bar. Wife am I this this odde matter This monstrous thing Rho. You ought but yet you are not I have been bold with you Sir but yet not basely As I have faith I have not Lop. Sir beleeve it 'T was all meant but to make you feele your trespasse We new your howre and all this fashion'd for it Bar. Were you o th' plot too Isab. Yes by my troth sweet Captaine Bar. You will forgive me wife Rho. You will deserve it Bar. Put that toth ' venture Rho: Thus am I friends againe then And as you ne're had gone astray thus kisse ye Bar. And I le kisse you and you too ask forgivenesse Kisse my wife Lopez 't is but in jest remember And now all friends together to my Castle Where we 'l all dine and there discourse these stories And let him be Chimney-swept in 's lust that glories Exe. Scaena Q a ta Enter Silvio and Belvidere severally Sil. Haile reverent Dame heaven wait upon thy studies Bel. You are well met Son what is the Battell ended Sil. Mother 't is done Bel. How has thy honour prosper'd Sil. The Dutchesse has the day Syenna's Prisoner Arm'd with thy powrefull Art this arme dismounted him Receiv'd him then on foot and in faire valour Forc'd him mine owne this Jewell I tooke from him It hung upon his cask the Victors triumph And to the Dutchesse now a Prisoner I have renderd him Come off againe unknown Mother Bel. 'T is well done let me see he jewell Son 'T
't is such a wearinesse Such a disease that hangs like lead upon us As it increases so vexations Griefes of the minde paines of the feeble body Rhumes coughs catarrs we are but our living coffines Beside the faire soules old too it growes covetous Which shewes all honour is departed from us And we are earth againe Cle. You make faire use Sir Val. I would not live to learne to lye Cleanthes For all the world old men are prone to that too Thou that hast been a Souldier Menallo A noble Souldier and defied all danger Adopted thy brave arme the heire to victory Would'st thou live so long till thy strength forsooke thee Till thou grew'st only a long tedious story Of what thou hadst been till thy sword hang by And lazie Spiders fill'd the hilt with cobwebs Men: No sure I would not Val. 'T is not fit ye should To dye a young man is to be an Angell Our great good parts put wings to our soules Wee 'l have a rouse before we go to bed friends Pray ye tell me i st a hansome Maske we have Cam. We understand so Val. And the young gent. dance Cle. They do Sir and some dance well Val. They must before the Ladies Wee 'l have a rouse before we go to bed friends A lusty one 't will make my blood dance too Musick Cam. Ten if you please Val. And wee 'l be wondrous merry They stay sure come I heare the Musick forward You shall have all Gloves presently Exit Men. We attend Sir but first we must looke to 'th Doores Knocking within The King has charged us Exeunt Enter two Servants 1 Serv. What a noyse do you keepe there call my fellowes A the Guard you must cease now untill the King be Enter'd he is gone to 'th Temple now 2 Serv. Looke to that back doore and keep it fast They swarme like Bees about it Enter Camillo Cleanthes Menallo Tony following and Foole following Cam. Keepe back those Citizens and let their wives in Their hansome wives Ton. They have crowded me to Vergis I sweat like a Butter-box 1 Serv. Stand further off there Men. Take the women aside and talk with 'em in privat Give 'em that they came for Ton. The whole Court cannot do it Besides the next Maske if we use 'em so They 'l come by millions to expect our largesse We have broke a hundred heads Cle. Are they so tender Ton. But 't was behinde before they have all murrions Cam. Let in those Ladies make 'em roome for shame there Ton. They are no Ladies there 's one bald before 'em A gent. bald they are curtall'd queanes in hired clothes They come out of Spaine I think they are very sultry Men. Keep 'em in breath for an Embassadour Knocks within Me thinks my nose shakes at their memories What bounsing 's that Within I am one of the Musick Sir Within I have sweet-meats for the banquet Cam. Let 'em in Ton. They lye my Lord they come to seeke their wives Two broken Citizens Cam. Breake 'em more they are but bruised yet Bold Rascalls offer to disturbe your wives Clea. Lock the doores fast the Musick hark the King comes A Curtaine drawne The King Queene Valerio Evanthe Ladies Attendants Camillo Cleanthes Sorano Menallo A Maske Cupid descends the Graces sitting by him Cupid being bound the Graces unbinde him he speakes Cup. Unbinde me my delight this night is mine Now let me looke upon what Stars here shine Let me behold the beauties then clap high My cullor'd wings proud of my Deity I am satisfied binde me agen and fast My angry Bow will make too great a waste Of beauty else now call my Maskers in Call with a Song and let the sports begin Call all my servants the effects of love And to a measure let them nobly move Come you servants of proud love Come away Fairely nobly gently move Too long too long you make us stay Fancy Desire Delight Hope Feare Distrust and Jealousie be you too here Consuming Care and raging Ire And Poverty in poore attire March fairely in and last Despaire Now full Musick strike the Aire Enter the Maskers Fancy Desire Delight Hope Feare Distrust Jealousie Care Ire Despaire they dance after which Cupid speakes Cup. Away I have done the day begins to light Lovers you know your fate good night good night Cupid and the Graces ascend in the Chariot King Come to the Banquet when that 's ended Sir I le see you a bed and so good night be merry You have a sweet bed-fellow Val. I thanke your Grace And ever shall be bound unto your noblenesse King I pray I may deserve your thankes set forward Exeunt Actus Tertius Scaena Prima Enter divers Monkes Alphonso going to the Tombe Rugio and Frier Marco discover the Tombe and a Chaire Mar. THe night growes on lead softly to the Tombe And sing not till I bid ye let the Musick Play gently as he passes Rug. O faire picture That wert the living hope of all our honours How are we banisht from the joy we dreamt of Will he ne're speak more Mar. 'T is full three moneths Lord Rugio Since any articulate sound came from his tongue Set him downe gently Sits in Chaire Rug. What should the reason be Sir Mar. As 't is in nature with those loving Husbands That sympathize their wives paines and their throwes When they are breeding and 't is usuall too We have it by experience so in him Sir In this most noble spirit that now suffers For when his honour'd Father good Brandino Fell sick he felt the griefes and labour'd with them His fits and his disease he still inherited Grew the same thing and had not nature check'd him Strength and ability he had dyed that houre too Rug. Embleme of noble love Mar. That very minute His fathers breath forsooke him that same instant A rare example of his piety And love paternall the Organ of his tongue Was never heard to sound againe so neare death He seekes to waite upon his worthy Father But that we force his meat he were one body Rug. He points toth ' Tombe Mar. That is the place he honours A house I feare he will not be long out of He will toth ' Tombe good my Lord lend your hand Now sing the Funerall Song and let him kneele For then he is pleas'd A Song Rug. Heaven lend thy powerfull hand And ease this Prince Mar. He will passe back againe Exeunt Enter Valerio Val. They drink abundantly I am hot with wine too Lustily warme I le steale now to my happinesse 'T is midnight and the silent houre invites me But she is up still and attends the Queene Thou dew of wine and sleep hang on their eye-lids Steep their dull sences in the healths they drink That I may quickly finde my lov'd Evanthe The King is merry too and dranke unto me Signe affaire peace O this nights blessednesse If I had forty heads I would give all for it Is not
me Sir Greg. But do you heare Sir Can 't sound with reason she should affect him Cun. Do you talk of reason I never thought to have heard Such a word come from you reason in love Would you give that no Doctor could e're give Has not a Deputy married his Cooke-maid An Aldermans Widow one that was her turne broach Nay has not a great Lady brought her Stable Into her Chamber lay with her Horse-keeper Sir Greg. Did ever love play such Jades tricks Sir Cun. Oh thousands thousands Beware a sturdy Clown ere while you live Sir 'T is like a huswifery in most Shires about us You shall ha' Farmers widowes wed thinne Gentlemen Much like your selfe but put 'em to no stresse What worke can they do with small trap-stick leggs They keep Clownes to stop gaps and drive in peggs A drudgery fit for Hindes e'ne back agen Sir You 'r safest at returning Sir Greg. Thinke you so Sir Cun. But how came this Clowne to be cal'd Pompey first Sir Greg. Push one good man Caesar a Pump-maker kersen'd him Pompey he writes himselfe but his right name 's Pumpey And stunke too when I had him now he 's cranke Cun. I 'me glad I know so much to quell his pride Sir Walke you still that way I le make use of this To resolve all my doubts and place this favour On some new Mistris only for a try And if it meet my thoughts I le sweare 't is I Exit Sir Greg. Is Pompey growne so malepert so frampell The onely cutter about Ladies honours Enter Old Knight And his blade soonest out O. K. Now what 's the newes Sir Sir Gre. I dare not say but good oh excellent good Sir O. K. I hope now you 'r resolv'd she loves you Knight Sir Gr. Cuds me what else Sir that 's not to do now O.K. You would not think how desperately you anger'd me When you belyed her goodnesse oh you vext me Even to a Palsey Sir Greg. What a thing was that Sir Enter Neece Nee. 'T is that 't is as I have hope of sweetnes the Scarfe 's gone Worthy wise friend I doat upon thy cunning We two shall be well matcht our Issue male sure Will be borne Counsellors is 't possible Thou shalt have another token out of hand for 't Nay since the way 's found pitty thou shouldst want y'faith O my best joy and dearest O. K. Well said Neece So violent fore your Uncle what will you do In secret then Sir Greg. Marry call me slave and rascall Neece Your Scarfe the Scarfe I gave you O. K. Masse that 's true Neece I ne're thought upon that the Scarfe she gave you Sir What dumbe no answer from you the Scarfe Sir Greg. I was way-laid about it my life threatned Life's life Scarfe 's but a Scarfe and so I parted from 't Neece Unfortunate woman my first favour too O. K. Will you be still an asse no reconcilement Twixt you and wit are you so far fallen out You 'l never come together I tell you true I 'me very lowsily asham'd on you That 's the worst shame that can be Thus bayting on him now his heart 's hook't in I le make him e're I ha' done take her with nothing I love a man that lives by his wits a life Nay leave sweet Neece 't is but a Scarfe let it go Neece The going of it never grieves me Sir It is the manner the manner Sir Greg. O dissembling Marmaset if I durst speake Or could be believ'd when I speake What a tale could I tell to make haire stand upright now Neece Nay Sir at your request you shall perceive Uncle With what renewing love I forgive this Here 's a faire Diamond Sir I le try how long You can keep that Sir Greg. Not very long you know 't too Like a cunning witch as you are Neece Y' are best let him ha' that too Sir Greg. So I were I think there were no living else I thank you as you have handled the matter O. K. Why this is musicall now and Tuesday next Shall tune your Instruments that 's the day set Neece A match good Uncle O. K. Sir you heare me too Sir Greg. Oh very well I 'me for you Neece What e're you heare you know my minde Exeunt Old Knight and Neece Sir Gre. I a on 't too well if I do not wonder how we two shall come together I 'me a beare whelpe he talks of Tuesday next as familiarly as if we lov'd one another but 't is as unlikely to me as 't was seven yeare before I saw her I shall try his cunning it may be he has a way was never yet thought on and it had need to be such a one for all that I can thinke on will never do 't I looke to have this Diamond taken from me very speedily therefore I le take it off a my finger for if it be seene I shall be way-laid for that too Exit Actus Quartus Scena Prima Enter Old Knight and Witty-Pate O.K. OH torture torture thou carriest a sting i' thy taile Thou never brought'st good news i' thy life yet And that 's an ill quality leave it when thou wilt Witty Why you receive a blessing the wrong way Sir Call you not this good newes to save at once Sir Your credit and your kinsmans life together Would it not vexe your peace and gaule your worth T' have one of your name hang'd O. K. Peace no such words boy Wit Be thankfull for the blessing of prevention then O.K. Le' me see there was none hang'd out of our house since Brute I ha' search't both Stowe and Hollinshead Wit O Sir O. K. I le see what Polychronicon saies anon too Wit 'T was a miraculous fortune that I heard on 't O. K. I would thou 'dst never heard on 't Wit That 's true too So it had ne're been done to see the luck on 't He was ev'n brought to Justice Aurums threshold There had flewen forth a Mittimus straight for Newgate And note the fortune too Sessions a Thursday Jury cul'd out a Friday Judgement a Saturday Dungeon a Sunday Tyburne a Munday Miseries quotidian ague when 't begins once Every day puls him till he pull his last O. K. No more I say 't is an ill theame where left you him Wit He's i' th Constables hands below i' th Hall Sir Poore Gentleman and his accuser with him O. K. What 's he Wit A Judges Sonne 't is thought so much the worse too He 'l hang his enemy an 't shall cost him nothing That 's a great priviledge O. K. Within there Enter Servant Serv. Sir O. K. Call up the folks i' th Hall I had such hope on him For a Scholler too a thing thou ne're wast fit for Therefore erected all my joyes in him Got a Welch Benefice in reversion for him Deane of Cardigan has his grace already He can marry and bury yet ne're a haire on 's face Enter Credulous Sir
Greg. Nay if I do not hang me Exit Cun. I believe you This is the onely way to returne a token I know he will do 't now cause he 's charg'd to 'th contrary He 's the nearest kin to a woman of a thing Made without substance that a man can finde agen Some petticoat begot him I le be whipt else Engendring with an old paire of pawnde hose Lying in some hot chamber o're the Kitchin Very steame bred him He never came where Rem in Re e're grew The generation of a hundred such Cannot make a man stand in a white sheet For 't is no act in Law nor can a Constable Pick out a bawdy businesse for Bridewell in 't Enter Clowne as a Gallant A lamentable case he 's got with a mans Urine like a Mandrake How now hah what prodigious bravery 's this A most preposterous Gallant the Doublet sits As if it mockt the breeches Clow. Save you Sir Cun. Has put his tongue in the fine suit of words too Clow. How doe's the party Cun. Takes me for a Scrivener Which of the parties Clow. Hum simplicity betide thee I would faine heare of the party I would be loath to go Further with her honour is not a thing to be dallied withall No more is reputation no nor fame I take it I must not Have her wrong'd when I 'me abroad my party is not To be compell'd with any party in an oblique way 'T is very dangerous to deale with women May prove a Lady too but shall be namelesse I le bite my tongue out e're it prove a Traitor Cun. Upon my life I know her Clow. Not by me Know what you can talke a whole day with me Y' are ne're the wiser she comes not from these lips Cun. The old Knights Neece Clow. 'Slid he has got her pox of his heart that told him Can nothing be kept secret let me entreat you To use her name as little as you can though Cun. 'T will be small pleasure Sir to use her name Clow. I had intelligence in my solemne walks 'Twixt Paddington and Pancridge of a Scarfe Sent for a token and a Jewell follow'd But I acknowledge not the receipt of any How e're 't is carried believe me Sir Upon my reputation I received none Cun. What neither Scarfe nor Jewell Clow. 'T would be seene Some where about me you may well think that I have an arme for a Scarfe as others have And dare to hang a Jewell too and that 's more Then some men have my betters a great deale I must have restitution where e're it lights Cun. And reason good Clow. For all these tokens Sir Passe i' my name Cun. It cannot otherwise be Clow. Sent to a worthy friend Cun. I that 's to thee Clow. I 'me wrong'd under that title Cun. I dare sweare thou art 'T is nothing but Sir Gregories circumvention His envious spite when thou' rt at Paddington He meets the gifts at Pancridge Clow. Ah false Knight False both to honour and the Law of Arms Cun. What wilt thou say if I be reveng'd for thee Thou sit as witnesse Clow. I should laugh in state then Cun. I le fobb him here 's my hand Clow. I should be as glad as any man alive to see him well fob'd Sir but now you talk of fobbing I wonder the Lady sends not forme according to promise I ha' kept out a Towne these two daies a purpose to be sent for I am almost starv'd with walking Cun. Walking gets men a stomack Clow. 'T is most true Sir I may speake it by experience for I ha' got a stomack six times and lost it agen as often as a traveller from Chelsy shall lose the sight of Pauls and get it agen Cun. Go to her man Clow. Not for a Million enfringe my oath there 's a toy call'd a vowe has past betweene us a poore trifle Sir Pray do me the part and office of a Gentleman if you chance to meet a Footman by the way in orange tawny ribbands running before an empty Coach with a Buzzard i' th Poope on 't direct him and his horses toward the new River by Islington there they shall have me looking upon the Pipes and whistling Exit Clow. Cun. A very good note this love makes us all Monkeyes But to my work Scarfe first and now a Diamond these Should be sure signes of her affections truth Yet I le go forward with my surer proofe Exit Enter Neece and Sir Gregory Sir Greg. Is 't possible Nay here 's his Letter too there 's a fine Jewell in 't Therefore I brought it to you Neece You tedious Mongrill Is 't not enough To grace thee to receive this from thy hand A thing which makes me almost sick to do But you must talke too Sir Greg. I ha' done Neece Fall back Yet backer backer yet you unmannerly puppy Do you not see I 'me going about to reade it Sir Greg. Nay these are golden daies now I stay by 't She was wont not to endure me in her sight at all The world mends I see that Niece What an ambiguous Superscription 's here To the best of Neeces Why that title may be mine And more then her 's Sure I much wrong the neatness of his art 'T is certaine sent to me and to requite My cunning in the carriage of my Tokens Us'd the same Fop for his Sir Greg. She nodded now to me 't will come in time Neece What 's here an entire Rubye cut into a heart And this the word Istud Amoris opus Sir Greg. Yes yes I have heard him say that love is the best stone-cutter Neece Why thou sawcy issue of some travelling Sow-gelder What makes love thy mouth is it a thing That ever will concerne thee I do wonder How thou dar'st think on t hast thou ever hope To come i' the same roome where lovers are And scape unbrain'd with one of their velvet slippers Sir Greg. Love tricks breake out I see and you talk of slippers once 'T is not farre off to bed time Neece Is it possible thou canst laugh yet I would ha' undertooke to ha' kill'd a spider With lesse venome far then I have spit at thee Sir Greg. You must conceive A Knight's another manner a peece of flesh Neece Back Owles face Within O. K. Do do Neece 'T is my Uncles voyce that Why keep you so farre off Sir Gregory Are you afraid Sir to come neare your Mistris Sir Greg. Is the proud heart come downe I lookt for this still Nee. He comes not this way yet Away you dog-whelp Would you offer to come neare me though I said so I le make you understand my minde in time Your running greedily like a hound to his breakfast That chops in head and all to beguile his fellowes I 'me to be eaten Sir with Grace and leisure Behaviour and discourse things that ne're trouble you After I have pelted you sufficiently I tro you will learne more manners Sir Greg. I 'me
wondring still when we two shall come together Tuesday 's at hand but I 'me as farre off as I was at first I sweare Enter Gardianesse Gard. Now Cuningame I le be reveng'd at large Lady what was but all this while suspition Is truth full blowne now my Neece weares your Scarfe Neece Hah Gard. Do but follow me I le place you instantly Where you shall see her courted by Cuningame Neece I go with greedinesse we long for things That break our hearts sometimes there 's pleasures misery Exeunt Neece and Gard. Sir Greg. Where are those gad-flies going to some Junket now That some old humble-bee toles the yoūg one forth To sweet meats after kinde let 'em looke to 't The thing you wot on be not mist or gone I bring a Maiden-head and I looke for one Exit Enter Cunningame in discourse with a Mask't Gentlewoman in a broad hat and scarf'd Neece at another doore Cun. Yes yes Neece Too manifest now the Scarfe and all Cun. It cannot be you 're such a fearefull soule Neece I le give her cause of feare e're I part from her Cun. Will you say so Is 't not your Aunts desire too Neece What a dissembling groane 's that shee 'l forswear 't now Cun. I see my project takes yonder 's the grace on 't Neece Who would put confidence in wit againe I 'me plagu'd for my ambition to desire A wise man for a husband and I see Fate will not have us go beyond our stint We are allow'd but one dish and that 's Woodcock It keeps up wit to make us friends and servants of And thinks any thing 's good enough to make us husbands Oh that whores hat a' thine a' the riding block A shade for lecherous kisses Cun. Make you doubt on 't Is not my love of force Neece Yes me it forces To teare that sorcerous strumpet from th' imbraces Cun. Lady Neece Oh thou hast wrong'd the exquisit'st love Cun. What meane you Lady Neece Mine you 'l answer for 't Cun. Alas what seek you Neece Sir mine owne with losse Cun. You shall Neece I never made so hard a bargaine Cun. Sweet Lady Neece Unjust man let my wrath reach her As you owe vertue duty your cause trips you Now Minion you shall feele what loves rage is Before you taste the pleasure smile you false Sir Cun. How can I chuse to see what paines you take Upon a thing will never thank you for 't Neece How Cun. See what things you women be Lady When cloathes are taken for the best part of you This was to show you when you think I love you not How y' are deceiv'd still there the Morall lyes 'T was a trap set to catch you and the only bait To take a Lady nibling is fine clothes Now I dare boldly thank you for your love I 'me pretty well resolv'd in 't by this fit For a jealous ague alwaies ushers it Neece Now blessings still maintaine this wit of thine And I 'me an excellent fortune comming in thee Bring nothing else I charge thee Cun. Not a groat I warrant ye Neece Thou shalt be worthily welcome take my faith for 't Next opportunity shall make us Cun. The old Gentlewoman has fool'd her revenge sweetly Neece Lasse 't is her part she knowes her place so well yonder Alwaies when women jumpe upon three score Love shoves 'em from the chamber to the doore Cun. Thou art a precious she-wit Exeunt Actus Quintus Scaena Prima Enter Cunningame at one doore Winy Pate Ruinous L. Ruinous and Priscian at the other Cun. FRiend met in the harvest of our designes Not a thought but 's busie Wit I knew it man that made me provide these needfull Reapers Hooks Rakers Gleaners wee 'l sing it home With a melodious Horne-pipe this is the Bond That as we further in your great affaire You 'l suffer us to gleane pick up for crums And if we snatch a handfull from the sheafe You will not looke a churle on 's Cun. Friend wee 'l share The sheaves of gold only the Love Aker Shall be peculiar Wit Much good do you Sir Away you know your way and your stay get you The Musick ready while we prepare the dancers Ruin We are a consort of our selves Pris. And can strike up lustily Wit You must bring Sir Fop Cun. That 's perfect enough Ruin Bring all the Fops you can the more the better fare So the proverbe runs backwards Exeunt Ruin Pris. L. Ruin I le bring the Ladies Exit Wit Do so first and then the Fops will follow I must to my father he must make one Exit Enter two Servants with a Banquet Cun. While I dispatch a businesse with the Knight And I go with you Well sed I thank you This small Banquet will furnish our few Guests With taste and state enough one reach my Gowne The action craves it rather then the weather 1 Serv. There 's one staies to speake with you Sir Cun. What is he 1 Serv. Faith I know not what Sir a foole I thinke That some Brokers shop has made half a Gentleman Has the name of a Worthy too Cun. Pompey is 't not 1 Serv. That 's he Sir Cun. Alas poore fellow prethee enter him he will need too Enter second Servant with a Gowne He shall serve for a Witnesse Oh Gramercy If my friend Sir Gregory comes you know him Enter Clowne Entertaine him kindly Oh Master Pompey how is 't man Clow. 'Snailes I 'me almost starv'd with love and cold and one thing or other Has not my Lady sent for me yet Cun. Not that I heare sure some unfriendly Messenger Is imployed betwixt you Clow. I was ne're so cold in my life in my conscience I have been seven mile in length along the new River I have seene a hundred stickle bags I do not thinke but there 's gudgeons too 't will ne're be a true water Cun. Why thinke you so Clow. I warrant you I told a thousand Millers thumbs in it I le make a little bold with your Sweet-meats And welcome Pompey Clow. 'T is is a strange thing I have no taste in any thing Cun. Oh that 's Love that distasts any thing but it selfe Clow. 'T is worse then Cheese in that point may not a man breake his word with a Lady I could finde in my heart and my hose too Cun. By no meanes Sir that breakes all the Lawes of Love Clow. Well I le ne're passe my word without my deed to Lady while I live agen I would faine recover my taste Cun. Well I have newes to tell you Clow. Good newes Sir Cun. Happy newes I help you away with a Rivall your Master bestow'd Clow. Where for this plumbs sake Cun. Nay listen me Clow. I warrant you Sir I have two eares to one mouth I heare more then I eat I 'de ne're row by Queen Hive While lived else Cun. I have a wife for him and that shall witnesse the Contract Clow. The
Do you mark too Which is a Noble vertue how she blushes And what a flowing modesty runs through her When we but name the Emperour Ard. But mark it Yes and admire it too for she considers Though she be faire as heaven and vertuous As holy truth yet to the Emperour She is a kind of nothing but her service Which she is bound to offer and she 'l do it And when her Countries cause commands affection She knows obedience is the key of vertues Then flye the blushes out like Cupids arrowes And though the tye of marriage to her Lord Would faine cry stay Lucina yet the cause And generall wisdom of the Princes love Makes her find surer ends and happier And if the first were chaste this is twice dobled Phor. Her tartnes unto us too Ard. That 's a wise one Phor. I rarely like it shewes a rising wisdom That chides all common fooles as dare enquire What Princes would have private Ard. What a Lady Shall we be blest to serve Luc. Goe get ye from me Ye are your purses Agents not the Princes Is this the vertuous Lore yee traind me out too Am I a woman fit to imp your vices But that I had a Mother and a woman Whose ever living fame turnes all it touches Into the good it selfe is I should now Even doubt my selfe I have been search't so neere The very soule of honour why should you two That happily have been as chast as I am Fairer I think by much for yet your faces Like ancient well built piles shew worthy ruines After that Angell age turne mortall Devills For shame for woman-hood for what ye have been For rotten Cedars have borne goodly branches If ye have hope of any Heaven but Court Which like a Dreame you 'l find hereafter vanish Or at the best but subject to repentance Study no more to be ill spoken of Let women live themselves if they must fall Their owne destruction find 'em not your sevours Ard. Madam yee are so excellent in all And I must tell it you with admiration So true a joy ye have so sweet a feare And when ye come to anger t is so noble That for mine own part I could still offend To heare you angry women that want that And your way guided else I count it nothing Are either Fooles or Cowards Phor. She were a Mistris for no private greatnesse Could she not frowne a ravishd kisse from anger And such an anger as this Lady learnes us Stuck with such pleasing dangers Gods I aske ye Which of ye all could hold from Luc. I perceive ye Your owne dark sins dwell with yee and that price You sell the chastitie of modest wives at Runs to diseases with your bones I scorne ye And all the nets ye have pitcht to catch my vertues Like Spiders Webs I sweep away before me Goe tell the Emperour yee have met a woman That neither his owne person which is God-like The world he rules nor what that world can purchase Nor all the glories subject to a Cesar The honours that he offers for my body The hopes gifts everlasting flatteries Nor any thing that 's his and apt to tempt me No not to be the Mother of the Empire And Queene of all the holy fires he worships Can make a Whore of Ard. You mistake us Lady Luc. Yet tell him this ha's thus much weakend me That I have here his knaves and you his Matrons Fit Nurses for his sins which gods forgive me But ever to be leaning to his folly Or to be brought to love his lust assure him And from her mouth whose life shal make it certain I never can I have a Noble husband Pray tell him that too yet a noble name A Noble Family and last a Conscience Thus much for your answer For your selves Ye have liv'd the shame of women dye the better Exit Phor. What 's now to doe Lucina Ard. Ev'n as she said to dye For ther 's no living here and women thus I am sure for us two Phor. Nothing stick upon her Ard. We have lost a masse of mony wel Dame vertue Yet ye may halt if good luck serve Phor. Wormes take her She has almost spoil'd our trade Ard. So godly This is ill breeding Phorba Phor. If the women Should have a longing now to see this Monster And she convert 'em all Ard. That may be Phorba But if it be I le have the young men gelded Come let 's goe think she must not scape us thus There is a certain season if we hit That women may be rid without a bit Exeunt Scaen. 3. Enter Maximus and Aecius Max. I cannot blame the Nations noble friend That they fall off so fast from this wild man When under our Allegeance be it spoken And the most happy tye of our affections The worlds weight groanes beneath him where lives vertue Honour discretion wisdom who are cald And chosen to the steering of the Empire But Baudes and singing Girles ô my Aecius The glory or a Souldier and the truth Of men made up for goodnesse sake like shells Grow to the ragged walls for want of action Only your happy selfe and I that love ye Which is a larger meanes to me then favour Aecius No more my worthy friend though these be truths And though these truthes would aske a Reformation At least a little squaring yet remember We are but subjects Maximus obedience To what is done and griefe for what is ill done Is all we can call ours the hearts of Princes Are like the Temples of the gods pure incense Vntill unhallowed hands defile those offrings Burnes ever there we must not put 'em out Because the Priests that touch those sweetes are wicked We dare not deerest friend nay more we cannot While we consider why we are and how To what lawes bound much more to what Law-giver Whilest majestie is made to be obeyed And not inquired into whilest Gods and Angels Make but a rule as we do though a stricter Like desperate and unseason'd fooles let fly Our killing angers and forsake our honors Max. My noble Freind from whose Instructions I never yet tooke surfet weigh but thus much Nor thinke I speake it with ambition For by the Gods I do not why Aecius Why are we thus or how become thus wretched Aecius You 'l fall againe into your fit Max. I will not Or are we now no more the sons of Romanes No more the followers of their happy fortunes But conquer'd Gaules or Quivers for the Parthians Why is this Emperor this man we honor This God that ought to be Aecius You are too curious Max. Good give me leave why is this Author of us Aeci. I dare not heare ye speake thus Max. I le be modest Thus led away thus vainly led away And we beholders misconceive me not I sow no danger in my words but wherefore And to what end are we the sonnes of Fathers Famous and fast to Rome Why are
their vertues Stampt in the dangers of a thousand Battailes For goodnesse sake their honors time out daring I thinke for our example Aeci. Ye speake nobly Mac. Why are we seeds of these then to shake hands With Bawdes and base Informers kisse discredit And court her like a Mistris pray your leave yet You 'l say the Emperor is young and apt To take impression rather from his pleasures Then any constant worthynsse it may be But why do these the people call his pleasures Exceed the moderation of a man Nay to say justly freind why are they vices And such as shake our worthes with forraigne Nations Aec. You search the soare too deep and I must tel ye In any other man this had been boldnesse And so rewarded pray depresse you spirit For though I constantly beleeve ye honest Ye were no freind for me else and what now Ye freely spake but good ye owe toth Empire Yet take heed worthy Maximus all eares Heare not with that distinction mine doe few You 'l find admonishers but urgers of your actions And to the heaviest freind and pray consider We are but shadowes motions others give us And though our pitties may become the times Iustly our powers cannot make me worthy To be your ever freind in faire allegiance But not in force For durst mine own soule urge me And by that soule I speake my just affections To turn my hand from truth which is obedience And give the helme my vertue holds to Anger Though I had both the blessings of the Brutij And both their Instigations though my cause Carried a face of Iustice beyond theirs And as I am a servant to my fortunes That daring soule that first taught disobedience Should feele the first example Say the Prince As I may well beleeve seemes vitious Who justly knowes t is not to try our honors Or say he be an ill Prince are we therefore Fit fires to purge him No my dearest freind The Elephant is never won with anger Nor must that man that would reclaime a Lyon Take him by 'th teeth Max. I pray mistake me not Aeci. Our honest actions and the light that breakes Like morning from our service chaste and blushing Is that that pulls a Prince backe then he sees And not till then truly repents his errors When subjects Chrystall soules are glasses to him Max. My ever honored freind I le take your councel The Emperor appeares I le leave ye to him And as we both affect him may he flourish Exit Max. Empe. Is that the best newes Enter the Emperor and Chilax Chil. Yet the best we know Sir Empe. Bid Maximus come to me and be gone then Mine own head be my helper these are fooles How now Aecius are the Souldiers quiet Aeci. Better I hope Sir then they were Empe. They are pleas'd I heare To censure me extremely for my pleasures Shortly the 'l fight against me Aeci. Gods defend Sir And for their censures they are such shrew'd Iudgers A donative of ten Sesterties I le undertake shall make 'em ring your praises More then they sang your pleasures Empe. I beleeve thee Art thou in love Aecius yet Aeci. O no Sir I am too course for Ladies my embraces That only am acquainted with Alarums Would break their tender bodies Empe. Never feare it They are stronger then ye think they 'le hold the hammer My Empresse sweares thou art a lusty Souldier A good one I beleeve thee Aeci. All that goodnesse Is but your Graces creature Empe. Tell me truly For thou darst tell me Aeci. Any thing concernes ye That 's fit for me to speake and you to pardon Emp. What say the soldiers of me and the same words Mince 'em not good Aecius but deliver The very forms and tongues they talke withall Aeci. I le tell your Grace but with this caution You be not stirr'd for should the Gods live with us Even those we certainly beleeve are righteous Give 'em but drinke they would censure them too Empe. Forward Aeci. Then to begin they say you sleep too much By which they judge your Majesty too sensuall Apt to decline your strength to ease and pleasures And when you do not sleepe you drink too much From which they feare suspitions first then ruines And when ye neither drinke nor sleepe ye wench much Which they affirm first breakes your understanding Then takes the edge of honor make us seeme That are the ribbes and rampires of the Empire Fencers and beaten Fooles and so regarded But I beleive 'em not for were these truths Your vertue can correct them Empe. They speake plainly Aec. They say moreover since your grace wil have it For they will talke their freedoms though the sword Were in their throat that of late time like Nero And with the same forgetfullnes of glory You have got a vaine of filing so they terme it Empe. Some drunken dreames Aecius Aeci. So I hope Sir And that you rather study cruelty And to be feared for blood then lov'd for bounty Which makes the Nations as they say despise ye Telling your yeares and actions by their deathes Whose truth and strength of duty made you Caesar They say besides you nourish strange devourers Fed with the fat o' th Empires they call Bawdes Lazie and lustfull creatures that abuse ye A people as they terme 'em made of paper In which the secret sins of each mans monyes Are sealed and sent a working Empe. What sin 's next For I perceive they have no mind to spare me Aeci. Nor hurt ye ô my soule Sir but such people Nor can the power of man restraine it When they are full of meat and ease must prattle Empe. Forward Aeci. I have spoken too much Sir Empe. I le have all Aeci. It fits not Your eares should heare their vanities no profit Can justly rise to you from their behaviour Vnlesse ye were guilty of those crimes Empe. It may be I am so therefore forward Aeci I have ever Learn'd to obey nor shall my life resist it Empe. No more Apologies Aeci. They greive besides Sir To see the nations whom our ancient vertue With many a weary march and hunger conquer'd With losse of many a daring life subdude Fall from their faire obedience and even murmure To see the warlike Eagles mew their honors In obscure Townes that wont to prey on Princes They cry for enemies and tel the Captaines The fruits of Italy are luscious give us Aegypt Or sandy Affrick to display our valours There where our Swords may make us meat and danger Digest our well got Vyands here our weapons And bodyes that were made for shining brasse Are both unedg'd and old with ease and women And then they cry agen where are the Germaines Linde with hot Spaine or Gallia bring 'em on And let the son of war steel'd Mithridates Lead up his winged Parthians like a storme Hiding the face of Heaven with showres of arrowes Yet we dare fight like Romanes then as Souldiers
Armes The servants of the brave Aecius And by him put to 'th Emperor give me leave Or I must take it else to say ye are villaines For all your Golden Coates deboshd base villaines Yet I doe weare a sword to tell ye so Is this the way you mark out for a Souldier A man that has commanded for the Empire And borne the reputation of a man Are there not lazie things enough cald fooles and cowards And poore enough to be preferr'd for Panders But wanting Souldiers must be knave too ha This the trim course of life were not ye born Bawdes And so inherit but your rights I am poore And may expect a worse yet digging pruning Mending of broken wayes carrying of water Planting of Worts and Onyons any thing That 's honest and a mans I le rather choose I and live better on it which is juster Drink my well gotten water with more pleasure When my endeavours done and wages payd me Then you doe wine eate my course bread not curst And mend upon 't your diets are diseases And sleep as soundly when my labour bids me As any forward Pander of ye all And rise a great deale honester my Garments Though not as yours the soft sins of the Empire Yet may be warme and keep the biting wind out When every single breath of poore opinion Finds you through all your Velvets Are. You have hit it Nor are we those we seeme the Lord Aecius Put us good me to 'th Emperor so we have serv'd him Though much neglected for it So dare be still Your curses are not ours we have seen your fortune But yet know no way to redeem it Meanes Such as we have ye shall not want brave Pontius But pray be temperate if we can wipe out The way of your offences we are yours Sir And you shall live at Court an honest man too Phi. That little meat and means we have wee 'l share it Feare not to be as we are what we told ye Were but meere tryalls of your truth y' are worthie And so wee 'l ever hold ye suffer better And then ye are a right man Pontius If my good Master be not ever angry Ye shall command againe Pont. I have found two good men use my life For it is yours and all I have to thank ye Exeunt Scaen. 3. Enter Maximus Max. Ther 's no way else to doe it he must die This friend must die this soule of Maximus Without whom I am nothing but my shame This perfectnesse that keeps me from opinion Must dye or I must live thus branded ever A hard choice and a fatall God 's ye have given me A way to credit but the ground to goe on Ye have levelld with that pretious life I love most Yet I must on and through for if I offer To take my way without him like a Sea He bares his high command twix me and vengeance And in my owne road sinkes me he is honest Of a most constant loyaltie to Cesar And when he shall but doubt I dare attempt him But make a question of his ill but say What is a Cesar that he dare doe this Dead sure he cuts me off Aecius dies Or I have lost my selfe why should I kill him Why should I kill my selfe for t is my killing Aecius is my roote and whither him Like a decaying branch I fall to nothing Is he not more to me then wife then Cesar Though I had now my safe revenge upon him Is he not more then rumour and his freindship Sweeter then the love of women What is honor We all so strangly are bewitch'd withall Can it relieve me if I want he has Can honor twixt the incensed Prince and Envy Beare up the lives of worthy men he has Can honor pull the wings of fearefull cowards And make 'em turne againe like Tigers he has And I have liv'd to see this and preserv'd so Why should this empty word incite me then To what is ill and cruell let her perish A freind is more then all the world then honor She is a woman and her losse the lesse And with her go my greifs but hark ye Maximus Was she not yours Did she not dye to tell ye She was a ravish'd woman did not justice Nobly begin with her that not deserv'd it And shall ye live that did it Stay a little Can this abuse dye here Shall not mens tongues Dispute it afterward and say I gave Affecting dul obedience and tame duty And led away with fondnes of a freindship The only vertue of the world to slander Is not this certaine was not she a chaste one And such a one that no compare dwelt with her One of so sweete a vertue that Aecius Even he himselfe this freind that holds me from it Out of his worthy love to me and justice Had it not been on Caesar h 'ad reveng'd her By heaven he told me so what shall I do then Enter a Servant Can other men affect it and I cold I feare he must not live Serv. My Lord the Generall Is come to seeke ye Max. Go intreate him to enter O brave Aecius I could wish thee now As far from freindship to me as from feares That I might cut thee off like that I weigh'd not Is there no way without him to come neare it For out of honesty he must destroy me If I attempt it he must dye as others And I must loose him t is necessity Only the time and meanes is all the difference But yet I would not make a murther of him Take him directly for my doubts he shall dye I have found a way to do it and a safe one It shall be honor to him too I know not What to determine certaine I am so troubled And such a deale of conscience presses me Enter Aecius Would I were dead my selfe Aeci. You run away well How got you from me freind Max. That that leads mad men A strong Imagination made me wander Aeci. I thought ye had been more setled Max. I am well But you must give me leave a little sometimes To have a buzzing in my brains Aeci. Ye are dangerous But I le prevent it if I can ye told me You would go to 'th Army Max. Why to have my throat cut Must he not be the bravest man Aecius That strikes me first Aeci. You promised me a freedom From all these thoughts and why should any strike you Max. I am an Enemy wicked one Worse then the foes of Rome I am a Coward A Cuckold and a Coward that 's two causes Why every one should beat me Aeci. Ye are neither And durst another tell me so he dyde for 't For thus far on mine honor I le assure you No man more lov'd then you and for your valour And what ye may be faire no man more follow'd Max. A doughty man indeed but that 's all one The Emperor not all the Princes living Shall find a flaw in my coat I have
of strange whispers I am least in rumour Enter Aecius and Phidias And so I le keep my selfe Here comes Aecius I see the bait is swallow'd If he be lost He is my Martyr and my way stands open And honour on thy head his bloud is reckond Aec. Why how now friend what make ye here unarmd Are ye turnd Merchant Max. By your faire perswasions And such a Marchant trafficks without danger I have forgotten all Aecius And which is more forgiven Aec. Now I love ye Truly I doe ye are a worthy Roman Max. The faire repentance of my Prince to me Is more then sacrifice of bloud and vengeance No eyes shall weep her ruins but mine owne Aec. Still ye take more love from me vertuous friend The gods make poore Aecius worthy of thee Max. Only in me y' are poore Sir and I worthy Only in being yours But why your arme thus Have ye bin hurt Aecius Aec. Bruisd a little My horse fell with me friend which till this morning I never knew him doe Max. Pray gods it boade well And now I think on 't better ye shall back Let my perswasions rule ye Aec. Back why Maximus The Emperor commands me come Max. I like not At this time his command Aec. I doe at all times And all times will obey it why not now then Max. I le tell ye why and as I have bin governd Be you so noble Friend The Courts in Guard Armd strongly for what purpose let me feare I doe not like your going Aec. Were it fire And that fire certain to consume this body If Cesar sent I would goe never feare man If he take me he takes his armes away I am too plaine and true to be suspected Max. Then I have dealt unwisely Aec. If the Emperor Because he meerely may will have my life That 's all he has to worke on and all shall have Let him 'a loves me better here I wither And happily may live till ignorantly I run into a fault worth death nay more dishonour Now all my sinnes I dare say those of duty Are printed here and if I fall so happy I blesse the grave I lye in and the gods Equall as dying on the Enemy Must take me up a Sacrifice Max. Goe on then And I le goe with ye Aec. No ye may not friend Max. He cannot be a friend bars me Aecius Shall I forsake ye in my doubts Aec. Ye must Max. I must not nor I will not have I liv'd Only to be a Carpet friend for pleasure I can endure a death as well as Cato Aec. There is no death nor danger in my going Nor none must goe along Max. I have a sword too And once I could have usd it for my friend Aec. I need no sword nor friend in this pray leave me And as ye love me do not overlove me I am commanded none shall come At supper I le meet ye and wee le drink a cup or two Ye need good Wine ye have bin sad Farwell Max. Farwell my noble Friend let me embrace ye Ere ye depart it may be one of us Shall never doe the like agen Aec. Yes often Max. Farwell good deer Aecius Aec. Farwell Maximus Till night indeed you doubt too much Exit Max. I doe not Goe worthy innocent and make the number Of Cesars sinnes so great heaven may want mercy I le hover hereabout to know what passes And if he be so divelish to destroy thee In thy bloud shall begin his Tragedy Exit Scaen. 3. Enter Proculus and Pontius Pro. Besides this if you do it you enjoy The noble name Patrician more than that too The Friend of Cesar ye are stild ther 's nothing Within the hopes of Rome or present being But you may safely say is yours Pon. Pray stay Sir What has Aecius done to be destroyd At least I would have a colour Pro. Ye have more Nay all that may be given he is a Traitor One any man would strike that were a subject Pon. Is he so fowle Pro. Yes a most fearefull Traytor Pon. A fearefull plague upon thee for thou lyest I ever thought the Souldier would undoe him With his too much affection Pro. Ye have hit it They have brought him to ambition Pon. Then he is gone Pro. The Emperor out of a foolish pittie Would save him yet Pon. Is he so mad Pro. He 's madder Would goe to 'th Army to him Pon. Would'a so Pro. Yes Pontius but we consider Pon. Wisely Pro. How else man that the state lies in it Pon. And your lives too Pro. And every mans Pon. He did me All the disgrace he could Pro. And scurvily Pon. Out of a mischiefe meerly did you mark it Yes well enough Pro. Now ye have meanes to quit it The deed done take his place Pon. Pray let me thinke on 't T is ten to one I doe it Pro. Doe and be happy Exit Pro. Pon. This Emperor is made of naught but mischiefe Sure Murther was his Mother none to lop But the maine linck he had upon my conscience The man is truly honest and that kills him For to live here and study to be true Is all one to be Traitors why should he die Have they not Slaves and Rascalls for their Offrings In full abundance Bawds more then beasts for slaughter Have they not singing whores enough and knaves too And millions of such Martyrs to sink Charon But the best sons of Rome must saile too I wil shew him since he must dye a way to doe it truly And though he beares me hard yet shall he know I am born to make him blesse me for a blow Exit Scaen. 2. Enter Phidias Aretus and Aecius Phi. Yet ye may scape to 'th Camp wee 'l hazard with ye Aretus Loose not your life so basely Sir ye are armd And many when they see your sword out and know why Must follow your adventure Aec. Get ye from me Is not the doom of Cesar on this body Doe not I beare my last houre here now sent me Am I not old Aecius ever dying You think this tendernesse and love you bring me T is treason and the strength of disobedience And if ye tempt me further ye shall feele it I seek the Camp for safety when my death Ten times more glorious then my life and lasting Bids me be happie Let the foole feare dying Or he that weds a woman for his honour Dreaming no other life to come but kisses Aecius is not now to learne to suffer If ye dare shew a just affection kill me I stay but those that must why do ye weep Am I so wretched to deserve mens pities Goe give your teares to those that lose their worths Bewaile their miseries for me wear Garlands Drink wine and much sing Peans to my praise I am to triumph friends and more then Cesar For Cesar feares to die I love to die Phi. O my deare Lord Aec. No more goe goe I say Shew me not signes of sorrow I deserve
but a hatchment by me only held To shew I was a Souldier had not Cesar Chaind all defence in this doom let him die Old as I am and quenchd with scarres and sorrowes Yet would I make this witherd Arme do wonders And open in an enemy such wounds Mercy would weep to look on Pon. Then have at ye And look upon me and be sure ye feare not Remember who you are and why you live And what I have been to you cry not hold Nor think it base injustice I should kill ye Aec. I am prepard for all Pon. For now Aecius Thou shalt behold and find I was no traitor And as I doe it blesse me die as I doe Pontius kills himselfe Aec. Thou hast deceiv'd me Pontius and I thank thee By all my hopes in heaven thou art a Roman Pon. To shew you what you ought to doe this is not For slanders selfe would shame to find you coward Or willing to out-live your honestie But noble Sir ye have been jealous of me And held me in the rancks of dangerous persons And I must dying say it was but justice Ye cast me from my credit yet believe me For there is nothing now but truth to save me And your forgivenesse though ye held me hainous And of a troubled spirit that like fire Turnes all to flames it meets with ye mistook me If I were foe to any thing t' was ease Want of the Souldiers due the Enemy The nakednesse we found at home and scorne Children of peace and pleasures no regard Nor comfort for our scarres but how we got 'em To rusty time that eate our bodies up And even began to prey upon our honours To wants at home and more then wants abuses To them that when the Enemy invaded Made us their Saints but now the sores of Rome TTo silken flattery and pride plaind over Forgetting with what wind their feathers saile And under whose protection their soft pleasures Grow full and numberlesse to this I am foe Not to the state or any point of duty And let me speake but what a Souldier may Truly I ought to be so yet I errd Because a far more noble sufferer Shewd me the way to patience and I lost it This is the end I die Sir to live basely And not the follower of him that bred me In full account and vertue Pontius dare not Much lesse to out-live what is good and flatter Aec. I want a name to give thy vertue Souldier For only good is farre below thee Pontius The gods shall find thee one thou hast fashiond death In such an excellent and beauteous manner I wonder men can live Canst thou speake once more For thy words are such harmony a soule Would choose to flye to heaven in Pon. A farewell Good noble Generall your hand forgive me And think what ever was displeasing you Was none of mine ye cannot live Aec. I will not Yet one word more Pon. Dye nobly Rome farewell And Valentinian fall thou hast broke thy bases In joy ye have given me a quiet death I would strike more wounds if I had more breath he dyes Aec. Is there an houre of goodnesse beyond this Or any man would out-live such a dying Would Cesar double all my honours on me And stick me ore with favours like a Mistris Yet would I grow to this man I have loved But never doated on a face till now O death thou art more than beautie and thy pleasure Beyond posterity Come friends and kill me Cesar be kind and send a thousand swords The more the greater is my fall why stay ye Come and I le kisse your weapons feare me not By all the gods I le honour ye for killing Appeare or through the Court and world I le search ye My sword is gone ye are Traitors if ye spare me And Cesar must consume ye all base cowards I le follow ye and ere I dye proclaime ye The weeds of Italy the drosse of nature Exit Where are ye villaines traytors slaves Enter Proculus and 3. others running over the Stage Pro. I knew H 'ad killd the Captain 1. Here 's his sword Pro. Let it alone 't will fight it selfe else friends An hundred men are not enough to doe it I le to the Emperor and get more ayd Aec. None strike a poore condemnd man Pro. He is mad Shift for your selves my masters Exeunt Aec. Then Aecius Enter Aecius See what thou darst thy selfe hold my good sword Thou hast been kept from bloud too long I le kisse thee For thou art more then friend now my preserver Shew me the way to happinesse I seeke it And all you great ones that have falne as I do To keep your memories and honours living Be present in your vertues and assist me That like strong Cato I may put away All promises but what shall crown my ashes Rome fartheewell stand long and know to conquer Whilst there is people and ambition Now for a stroak shall turne me to a Star I come ye blessed spirits make me room To live for ever in Elizium Doe men feare this O that posterity Could learne from him but this that loves his wound There is no paine at all in dying well Nor none are lost but those that make their hell kills himselfe Enter Proculus and two others 1. Within Hee 's dead draw in the Guard againe Pro. Hee 's dead indeed And I am glad hee 's gone he was a devill His body if his Eunuches come is theirs The Emperor out of his love to vertue Has given 'em that Let no man stop their entrance Exit Enter Phidias and Aretus Phi. O my most Noble Lord look here Aretus Heer 's a sad sight Are. O cruelty O Cesar O times that bring forth nothing but destruction And overflowes of bloud why wa' st thou kild Is it to be a just man now againe As when Tiberius and wild Nero raignd Only assurance of his over-throw Phil. It is Aretus he that would live now Must like the Toad feed only on corruptions And grow with those to greatnesse honest vertue And the true Roman honour faith and valour That have been all the riches of the Empire Now like the fearefull tokens of the Plague Are meer fore-runners of their ends that owe 'em Are. Never enough lamented Lord deer master Enter Maximus Of whom now shal we learn to live like men From whom draw out our actions just and worthy Oh thou art gone and gone with thee all goodnesse The great example of all equitie O thou alone a Roman thou art perishd Faith fortitude and constant noblenesse Weep Rome weep Jtaly weep all that knew him And you that feard him as a noble Foe If Enemies have honourable teares Weep this decayd Aecius falne and scatterd By foule and base suggestion Pho. O Lord Maximus This was your worthy friend Max. The gods forgive me Think not the worse my friends I shed not teares Great griefes lament within yet now I have found'em Would
I had never knowne the world nor women Nor what that cursed name of honour was So this were once againe Aecius But I am destin'd to a mighty action And begge my pardon friend my vengance taken I will not be long from thee ye have a great losse But beare it patiently yet to say truth In justice t is not sufferable I am next And were it now I would be glad on 't friends Who shall preserve you now Are. Nay we are lost too Max. I feare ye are for likely such as love The man that 's falne and have been nourishd by him Doe not stay long behind T is held no wisdom I know what I must doe ô my Aecius Canst thou thus perish pluckt up by the rootes And no man feele thy worthinesse From boyes He bred you both I think Phi. And from the poorest Max. And lov'd ye as his owne Are. We found it Sir Max. Is not this a losse then Phi. O a losse of losses Our lives and ruines of our families The utter being nothing of our names Were nothing neere it Max. As I take it too He put ye to the Emperor Are. He did so Max. And kept ye still in credit Phi. T is most true Sir Max. He fed your Fathers too and made them meanes Your Sisters he preferd to Noble Wedlocks Did he not friends Are. Oh yes Sir Max. As I take it This worthy man would not be now forgotten I tell ye to my griefe he was basely murdred And something would be done by those that lov'd him And something may be pray stand off a little Let me bewaile him private ô my dearest Phi. Aretus if we be not sodaine he out does us I know he points at vengance we are cold And base ungratefull wretches if we shun it Are we to hope for more rewards or greatnesse Or any thing but death now he is dead Dar'st thou resolve Are. I am perfect Phi. Then like flowers That grew together all wee 'l fall together And with us that that bore us when t is done The world shall stile us two deserving servants I feare he will be before us Are. This night Phidias Phi. No more Max. Now worthy friends I have done my mournings Let 's burn this Noble body Sweetes as many As sun-burnt Neroe breeds I le make a flame of Shall reach his soule in heaven he that shall live Ten ages hence but to reherse this story Shall with the sad discourse on 't darken Heaven And force the painefull burdens from the wombs Conceivd a new with sorrow even the Grave Where mighty Sylla sleeps shall rend asunder And give her shadow up to come and groane About our piles which will be more and greater Then greene Olimpus Jda or old Latmus Can feed with Cedar or the East with Gums Greece with her wines or Thessalie with flowers Or willing heaven can weep for in her showres Exeunt Actus Quintus Scaena prima Enter Phidias with his dagger in him and Aretius poysond Are. HE h 'as his last Phi. Then come the worst of danger Aecius to thy soule we give a Cesar How long is 't since ye gave it him Are. An houre Mine owne two houres before him how it boyles mee Phi. It was not to be cur'd I hope Are. No Phidias I delt above his Antidotes Physicians May finde the cause but where the cure Phi. Done bravely We are got before his Tyrrany Aretus Are. We had lost our worthiest end els Phidias Phi. Canst thou hold out a while Are. To torture him Anger would give me leave to live an age yet That man is poorely spirited whose life Runs in his bloud alone and not in 's wishes And yet I swell and burne like flaming A'etna A thousand new found fires are kindled in me But yet I must not die this foure houres Phidias Phi. Remember who dies with thee and despise death Are. I need no exhortation the joy in me Of what I have done and why makes poyson pleasure And my most killing torments mistresses For how can he have time to dye or pleasure That falls as fooles unsatisfied and simple Phi. This that consumes my life yet keeps it in me Nor doe I feele the danger of a dying And if I but endure to heare the curses Of this fell Tyrant dead I have halfe my heaven Are. Hold thy soule fast but foure houres Phidias And thou shalt see to wishes beyond ours Nay more beyond our meanings Phi. Thou hast steeld me Farwell Aretus and the soules of good men That as ours doe have left their Roman bodies In brave revenge for vertue guide our shadowes I would not faint yet Are. Farwell Phidias And as we have done nobly gods look on us Exeunt severally Scaen. 2. Enter Lycias and Proculus Lycias Sicker and sicker Proculus Pro. Oh Lycias What shall become of us would we had dide With happy Chilax or with Balbus bedrid Enter Lycinius And made too lame for justice Lycinius The soft Musick And let one sing to fasten sleep upon him Oh friends the Emperor Pro. What say the Doctors Lycin. For us a most sad saying he is poysond Beyond all cure too Lyc. Who Lycin. The wretch Aretus That most unhappy villaine Lyc. How doe you know it Lyci. He gave him drink last let 's disperse and find him And since he has opend misery to all Let it begin with him first Softly he slumbers Enter Emperor sicke in a Chaire with Eudoxia the Empresse and Physitians and Attendants Musick and Song Care charming sleep thou easer of all woes Brother to death sweetly thy life dispose On this afflicted Prince fall like a Cloud In gentle showres give nothing that is lowd Or painfull to her slumbers easie sweet And as a purling stream thou son of night Passe by his troubled senses sings his paine Like hollow murmuring winde or silver Rayne Jnto this gently Oh gently slide And kisse him into slumbers like a Bride Emp. Oh gods gods drink drink colder colder Then snow on Scythian Mountaines ô my heart strings Eudox. How do's your Grace Phis. The Empresse speakes Sir Emp. Dying Dying Eudoxa dying Phys. Good Sir patience Eudox. What have ye given him Phys. Pretious things deere Lady We hope shall comfort him Emp. O flatterd foole See what thy god-heads come to Oh Eudoxa Eudox. O patience patience Sir Emp. Danubius I le have brought through my body Enter Proculus Licinius with Aretus Eudox. Gods give comfort Em. And Volga on whose face the North freezes I and an hundred hells an hundred Piles Already to my Funeralls are flaming Shall I not drink Phys. You must not Sir Emp. By heaven I le let my breath out that shall burne ye all If ye deny me longer tempests blow me And inundations that have drunk up kingdomes Flow over me and quench me wher 's the Villaine Am I immortall now ye slaves by Numa If he doe scape Oh oh Eudox. Deere Sir Emp. Like Nero But farre more terrible and full
the word exceeded All former feares the houre of my deliverance As I pretended drawing nee'r I fashiond My birth-rights at a Country Garden house Where then my Faulkners wife was brought a bed Of this Cesario him I ownd for mine Presented him unto a joyfull Father Duke Can you prove this true Mari. Proofes I have most evident But O the curse of my impatiency shortly Ere three new Moones had spent their borrowed lights I grew with child indeed so just is Heaven The issue of which burthen was this daughter Iudge now most gracious Prince my Lords and you What combats then and since I have indur'd Between a mothers piety and weakenesse Of a Soul trembling wife to have reveal'd This secret to Alberto had bin danger Of ruine to my fame besides the conflict Of his distractions now to have supprest it Were to defeate my child my only child Of her most lawfull honors and inheritance Caesario th' art a man still Education Hath moulded thee a Gentleman continue so Let not this fall from greatnesse sinke thee lower Then worthy thoughts may warrant yet disclaime All interest in Albertos blood thou hast not One drop of his or mine Duke Produce your witnesse Marian. The Faulconers wife his mother And such women as waited then upon me Sworne to the privacy of this great secret Duke Give them all their oathes Cesar. O let me crave forberance gracious Sir Vouchsafe me hearing Duke Speake Caesario Cesar. Thus long I have stood silent and with no unwillingnesse Attended the relation of my fall From a fair expectation what I fear'd Sinc the first sillable this Lady utter'd Of my not being hers benevolent Fates Have eas'd me off for to be basely born If not base-born detracts not from the bounty Of natures freedom or an honest birth Nobilitie claym'd by the right of blood Showes chiefly that our Ancestors desir'd What we inherit but that man whose actions Purchase a reall merit to himselfe And rancks him in the file of of prayse and honour Creates his own advancement let me want The fuell which best feedes the fires of greatnesse Lordly possessions yet shall still my gratitude By some attempts of mention not unworthy Indeavour to returne a fit acquittance To that large debt I owe your favours Madam And great Alberto's memory and goodnesse O that I could as gently shake off passion For the losse of what great brave man as I can shake off Remembrance of that once I was reputed I have not much to say this Princely presence Needs not too strictly to examine farther The truth of this acknowlegment a mother Dares never disavowe her only sonne And any woman must come short of Piety That can or dis-inherit her own issue Or feares the voice of rumor for a stranger Madam you have confest my Father was A servant to your Lord and you by interest Of being his sonne I cannot but claime justly The honour of continuing still my service To you and yours which granted I beg leave I may for this time be dismist Duke Bold spirit Bap. I love thee now with pitty Duke Goe not yet A suddain tempest that might shake a rock Yet he stands firm against it much it moves me He not Alberto's sonne and she a widdow And she a widdow Lords your eare Omnes Your pleasure Whispers Duke So Lady what you heard avouch 't is truth Mari. Truth onely gracious Sir Duke Heare then our Sentence Since from his cradle you have fed and fostered Caesario as your sonne and train'd him up To hopes of greatnesse which now in a moment You utterly againe have ruin'd this way We with our Councell are resolv'd you being A widdow shall accept him for a husband Maria. Husband to me Sir Duke T' is in us to raise him To honours and his vertues will deserve 'em Maria. But Sir 't is in no Prince nor his prerogative To force a womans choice against her heart Duke True if then you appeale to higher justice Our doome includes this clause upon refusall Out of your Lords revenues shall Caesario Assure to any whom he takes for wife The inheritance of three parts the lesse remainer Is dowry large enough to marry a daughter And we by our prerogative which you question Will publiquely adopt him into 'th name Of your deceas'd Alberto that the memory Of so approv'd a Peer may live in him That can preserve his memory lesse you find out Some other meanes which may as amply satisfie His wrong our Sentence stands irrevocable What think you Lords Omnes The Duke is just and honorable Bap. Let me embrace Caesario henceforth ever I vow a constant friendship Mentivole I remit all former difference Cesar. I am too poore In words to thanke this Iustice Madam alwayes My studies shall be love to you and duty Duke Replyes we admit none Caesario waite on us Exeunt Manent Mentivole Bap. Mari. Claris Bap. Mentivole Menti. My Lord Bap. Looke on Clarissa shee 's noble rich young faire Mentivole My Lord and vertuous Bap. Mentivole and vertuous Madam Maria. Tyranny of justice I shall live reports derision That am compeld to exchange a gracefull widdow-hood For a continuall Martyrdome in marriage With one so much beneath me Bap. I 'le plead for ye Boldly and constantly let your daughter only Admit my sonne her servant at next visit Madam I le be a messenger of comfort Mentivole be confident and earnest Exit Maria. Married again to him too better t 'had been The young man should have still retain'd the honors Of old Albertos son then I the shame Of making him successor of his bed I was too blam Ment. Indeed without offence Madame I thinke you were Claris. You urge it fairely and like a worthy freind Maria. can you say any thing In commendation of a Mushroome withered Assoone as started up Ment. You scorne an Innocent Of noble growth for whiles your husband liv'd I have heard you boast Cesario in all actions Gave matter of report of Imitation Wonder and envy let not discontinuance Of some few dayes estrange a sweet opinion Of vertue cheifely when in such extremity Your pitty not contempt will argue goodnesse Maria. O Sir Cla. If you would use a thriving courtship You cannot utter a more powerfull language That I shall listen to with greater greedinesse Then th' argument you prosecute this speakes you A man compleat and excellent Ment. I speake not they are his owne deserts Maria. Good Sir forbeare I am now fully sensible of running Into a violent Lethargy whose deadlinesse Locks up all reason I shall never henceforth Remember my past happinesse Ment. These clouds may be disperst Maria. I feare continuall night Will over-shroud me yet poore youth his trespasse Lies in his fortune not the cruelty Of the Dukes sentence Cla. I dare thinke it does Maria. If all faile I will learne thee to conquer Adversity with sufferance Ment. You resolve Nobly Exeunt Actus quartus Scaena prima Enter Cesario and a
I was to do it pray sir forgive me Foro. With what face canst thou ask it Clow. With such a face as I deserve with a hanging looke as all here can testifie Foro. Well gentlemen that you may perceive the goodnes of my temper I will entertain this rogue again in hope of amendment for should I turn him off he would be hanged Clow. You may read that in this foule coppy Foro. Only with this promise you shall never cozen any of my patients Clow. Never Foro. And remember hence forward that though I cannot counjure I can make you daunce sirra go get your selfe into the cottage againe Enter Caesario Clow. I will never more daunce leape Frog now I have got you into credit hold it up and cozen them in abundance Foro. Oh rare rascall Exit Clown Cesar. How now a Frankford mart here a Mountebanke and his worshipfull auditory Host. They are my ghuests Sir Cesar. A upon them shew your jugling tricks in some other roome Host And why not here Sir Cesar. Hence or sirra I shall spoile your figure flinging and all their radicall questions Omnes Sir we vanish Exeunt Manet Host Caesar Host. Signior Caesario you make bold with me And somewhat I must tell you to a degree of ill manners they are my ghuests and men I live by And I would know by what authority You command thus far Cesar. By my interest in your daughter Host. Interest do you call 't as J remember I never put her out to Vsury on that condition Cesar. Pray thee be not angry Enter Bianca and Hostesse Hostes. I am come to make thee happy and her happy Shee 's here alas my pretty soule I am come To give assurance that 's beyond thy hope Or thy beleife I bring repentance 'bout me And satisfaction I will marry thee Bianca Ha Caesar. As I live I will but do not entertain't With too quick an apprehension of joy For that may hurt thee I have heard some dye of 't Bian. Do not feare me Caesar Then thou think'st I faigne This protestation I will instantly Before this testimony my new alliance Contract my selfe unto thee then I hope We may be more private Host. But thou shalt not sir For so has many a maiden-head been lost and many a bastard gotten Ces. Then to give you the best of any assurance in the world Entreat thy father to goe fetch a Preist Wee will instantly to bed and there be married Bian. Pride hath not yet fosaken you I see Though prosperity has Host. Sir you are too confident To fashion to your selfe a dreame of purchase When you are a begger Ces. you are bold with me Hostes. Doe we not know your value is cried downe Fourescore i' th hundred Bian Oh sir I did love you With such a fixed heart that in that minute Wherein you slighted or contemn'd me rather I tooke a vow to obey your last decree And never more looke up at any hope Should bring me comfort that way and though since Your Foster-mother and the faire Clarissa Have in the way of marriage despis'd you That hath not any way bred my revenge But compassion rather I have found So much sorrow in the way to a chaste wedlock That here I will set downe and never wish To come to 'th journies end Your suite to mee Henceforth be ever silenc't Cesar. My Bianca Hostes. Henceforward pray forbeare her and my house She 's a poore vertuous wench yet her estate May weigh with yours in a gold balance Host. Yes and her birth in any Heralds office in Christendome Hostes. It may prove so When you 'l say you have leapt a Whiteing Exit Enter Baptista and Mentivole Ces, How far am I growne behind hand with fortune Bap. Here 's Cesario My son sir is to morrow to be married Vnto the faire Clarissa Ces. So Ment. Wee hope you le be a gueste there Ces. No I will not grace your triumph so much Bap. I will not tax your breeding But it alters not your birth sir fare you well Ment. Oh sir doe not greive him He has to much affliction already Exeunt Enter a Sailor Ces. Every way scorn'd and lost Shame follow you For I am growne most miserable Sail. Sir doe you know a Ladies son in towne here They cal Cesario Cesar. Ther 's none such I assure thee Sail. I was told you were the man Cesar. What 's that to thee Sail. A on 't You are melancholy will you drink Sir Cesar. With whom Sail. With mee Sir despise not this pitcht Canvas the time was wee have knowne them lined with Spanish Duckets I have news for you Cesar. For me Sail. Not unlesse you 'l drink We are like our Sea provision once out of pickle We require abundance of drink I have news to tell you That were you Prince Would make you send your mandate To have a thousand bonfires made 'i th City And pist out agen with nothing but Greek wine Cesar. Come I wil drink with thee howsoever Sail. And upon these terms I wil utter my mind to you Exeunt Actus Quintus Scaena prima Enter Alberoto Prospero Juliana and Saylors Sail. SHall we bring your necessaries ashore my Lord Alb. Do what you please I am land-sicke worse by far Then ere I was at sea Pros. Collect your selfe Alber. O my most worthy Prospero my best friend The noble favor I receivd from thee In freeing me from the Turks I now accompt Worse than my death for I shall never live To make requitall what doe you attend for Sail. To understand your pleasure Alber. They doe mock me I doe protest I have no kind of pleasure In any thing i' th world but in thy friendship I must ever except that Pros. Pray leave him leave him Exeunt Sailors Alber. The newes I heard related since my landing Of the division of my Family How is it possible for any man To bear 't with a set patience Pros. You have suffer'd Since your imprisonment more waighty sorrowes Alber. I then I was a man of flesh and bloud Now I am made up of fire to the full height Of a deadly Calenture ô these vild women That are so ill preservers of mens honors They cannot governe their own honesties That I should thirty and odde winters feed My expectation of a noble heire And by a womans falshood finde him now A fiction a meare dreame of what he was And yet I love him still Pros. In my opinion The sentence on this tryall from the Duke Was noble to repaire Cesarios losse With the marriage of your wife had you been dead Alber. By your favor but it was not I conceive T' was disparagment to my name to have my widdow Match with a Faulkners son and yet beleev 't I love the youth still and much pitty him I doe remember at my going to Sea Vpon a quarrell and a hurt receiv'd From young Mentivole my rage so farre Oretopt my nobler temper I gave charge To
stoop thus low in duty and would wash The dust of fury with my Virgin teares From his blessd feete and make them beautifull That would move to conditions of peace Though with a snaile like pace they all are wingd To beare you to destruction reverend sirs Think on your ancient friendship caemented With so much bloud but shed in noble action Divided now in passion for a brawle The makers blush to own much lov'd Caesario Brother or friend each title may prevaile Remember with what tendernesse from our child-hood Wee lov'd together you preferring me Before your selfe and I so fond of you That it begot suspition in ill mindes That our affection was incestuous Thinke of that happy time in which I know That with your deerest blood you had prevented This showre of teares from me Mentivole My husband registred in that bright star-chamber Though now on earth made strangers be the example And offer in one hande the peacefull Olive Of concord or if that can be denyed By powerfull intercession in the other Carry the Hermian rod and force atonement Now we will not bee all marble Death 's the worst then And hee shall be my bridegroome offers to kill her selfe Ment. Hold Clarissa his loving violence needs must Offer inspite of honor he snatches away her knife and sets it to his owne breast she stayes his hand Duke Was it to that end then on your religion Mar. And my hope in heaven Sir Duke Wee then will leave entreaties and make use Of our authority must I cry ai-me To this unheard of insolence in my presence To draw your swords and as all reverence That 's due to majesty were forfeited cherish this wildernesse sheath them instantly and shew an alteration in your lookes or by my power Alber, Cut of my head Bapt. And mine rather then heare of peace with this bad man I 'le not alone give up my throat but suffer Your rage to reach my family Enter Prospero Iuliana Biancha Alb. And my name to be no more remembred Duke What are these Caes. Biancha t is Biancha still Biancha but strangely alter'd Bapt. If that thirteene yeares Of absence could raze from my memory The figure of my freind I might forget thee But if thy Image be graven on my heart Thou art my Prospero Pros. Thou my Baptista Duke A suddaine change Bap. I dare not aske deere freind If Juliana live for that 's a blessing I am unworthy of but yet deny not To let me know the place she hath made happy By having there her sepulcher Pros. If your highnesse please to vouchsafe a patient Eare wee shall make a true relation of a story That shall call on your wonder Duke Speake wee heare you Pros. Baptistas Fortune in the Genoa court His banishment with his faire wifes restraint You are acquainted with what since hath follow'd I faithfully will deliver ere eight moones After Baptistas absence were compleate Faire Juliana founde the pleasures that They had injoy'd together were not barren And blushing at the burthen of her wombe No father neere to owne it it drew on A violent sicknesse which call'd downe compassion From the angry Duke then carefull of her health Physitians were enquir'd of and their judgment Prescrib'd the Bathes of Luca as a meanes For her recovery to my charge it pleas'd her To be committed but as on the way Wee journy'd those throwes only knowne to women Came thick upon her in a private village Bap. Shee died Pros. Have patience she brought to the world A hopefull daughter for her bodies sicknesse It soone decai'd but the greife of her minde Hourely increas'd and life grew tedious to her And desperate ere to see you she injoyn'd me To place her in a Greeekish Monastery And to my care gave up her pretty daughter Bapt. What monastery as a Pilgrim bare-foot I le search it out Pros. Pray you interrupt me not Now to my fortunes the girle well dispos'd off With a faithfull freind of mine my cruell fate Made me a prisoner to the Turkish gallies Where for 12 yeares these hands tugd at the oare But fortune tyr'd at length with my afflictions Some ships of Malta mett the Ottaman fleete Charg'd them and boorded them and gave me freedome With my deliverers I serv'd and gott Such reputation with the great Master That he gave me command over a tall And lusty ship where my first happy service Was to redeeme Alberto rumor'd dead But was like me surpris'd by Cortugogly Alber. I would I had dyed there Pros. And from him learning Baptista liv'd and their dissolved freindship I hois'd up sailes for Greece found Iuliana A votary at her beades having made knowne Both that you liv'd and where you were she borrow'd So much from her devotion as to wish me To bring her to you if the object please you With joy receave her Bapt. Rage and fury leave me throwes away his sword I am so full of happines there 's no room left To entertaine you O my long lost Iewell Light of mine eyes my soules strength Julia. My best Lord having Embrac'd you thus Death cannot fright me Bapt. Live long to do so though J should fix here Pardon me Prospero though I enquire my daughters fortune Pros. That your happinesse May be at all parts perfect here she is Caes. Biancha daughter to a princesse Pros. True with my faithfull Host I left her And with him till now she hath resided Ignorant both of her birth and greatnesse Bap. O my blest one Ioy upon joy over-whelmes me Duke Above wonder Alb. I doe begin to melt too this strange story Workes much upon me Duke Since it hath ples'd heaven To grace us with this miracle I that am Heavens instrument here determine thus Alberto Be not unthankefull for the blessings showne you Nor you Baptista discord was yet never A welcome sacrifice therefore rage layd by Embrace as freinds and let pass'd difference Be as a dreame forgotten Bap. T is to me Alber. And me and thus confirme it Duke And to tye it In bonds not to be broken with the marriage Of young Mentivole and faire Clarissa So you consent great Lady your Biancha Shall call Caesario Husband Iulia T is a motion I gladly yeeld too Caesar. One in which you make a sadd man happy Offers to kneele Bian. Kneele not all forgiven Duke With the Duke your Vnkle I will make attonement and will have no denyall Enter Host Forobosco Clowne and Officers Mar. Let this day be still held sacred Host. Now if you can conjure let the Divell unbind you Foro. Wee are both undone Clow. Already wee feele it Host. Iustice sir Duke What are they Pros. I can resolve you slaves freed from the Gallyes By the Viceroy of Sicilia Duke What 's their offence Host. The robbing me of all my plate and Iewels I meane the attempting of it Clow. Please your grace I will now discover this varlet in earnest this honest pestilent rogue profest the
change is this why Ferdinand are these your robes of joy should be indu'd doth Hymen wear black I did send for you to have my honourable brother witnesse the Contract I will make 'twixt you and her Put off all doubt she loves ye what d' ye say Rand. Speak man Why look you so distractedly Ferd. There are your keys Sir I 'll no Contracts I Divinest Violanta I will serve you thus on my knees and pray for you Juno Lucina fer opem my inequalitie ascends no higher I dare not marry you Ben. How 's this Ferd. Good night I have a friend has almost made me mad I weep sometimes and instantly can laugh nay I do dance and sing and suddenly roar like a storm Strange tricks these are they not and wherefore all this shall I tell you no thorow mine ears my heart a plague hath caught and I have vow'd to keep it close not shew my grief to any for it has no cure On wandring steps to some remote place move I 'll keep my vow though I have lost my Love Exit Ben. 'Fore heaven distracted for her fare you well I 'll watch his steps for I no joy shall finde till I have found his cause and calm'd his minde Exit Rand. He 's overcome with joy Angel 'T is very strange Rand. Well sister I must leave you the time 's busie Violanta cheer you up and I pray heaven restore each to their love and health again Exit Viol. Amen great Uncle Mother what a chance unluckily is added to my wo in this young Gentleman Angel True Violanta it grieves me much Doll go you instantly and finde out Gerrard tell him his friends hap and let him use best means to comfort him but as his life preserve this secret still Viol. Mother I 'ld not offend you might not Gerrard steal in and see me in the evening Angel Well bid him do so Viol. Heavens blessing o' your heart Do ye not call Childbearing Travel mother Angel Yes Viol. It well may be The bare-foot traveller that 's born a Prince and walks his pilgrimage whose tender feet kisse the remorselesse stones onely ne'er felt a travel like to it Alas dear mother you groan'd thus for me and yet how disobedient have I been Angel Peace Violanta thou hast always been gentle and good Viol. Gerrard is better mother O if you knew the implicite innocencie dwells in his brest you 'ld love him like your prayers I see no reason but my father might be told the truth being pleas'd for Ferdinand to woo himself and Gerrard ever was his full comparative my Uncle loves him as he loves Ferdinand Angel No not for the world since his intent is cross'd lov'd Ferdinand thus ruin'd and a childe got out of Wedlock his madnesse would pursue ye both to death Viol. As you please mother I am now methinks even in the land of ease I 'll sleep Angel Draw in the bed neerer the fire silken rest tie all thy cares up Exeunt Enter Ferdinand and Benvoglio privately after him Ferd. O blessed solitude here my griefs may speak and Sorrow I will argue with thee now Nothing will keep me company the flowers die at my moan the gliding silver streams hasten to flee my lamentations the air rolls from 'em and the golden sun is smother'd pale as Phoebe with my sighs onely the earth is kinde that stays Then earth to thee will I complain Why do the heavens impose upon me love what I can ne'er enjoy before fruition was impossible I did not thirst it Gerrard she is thine seal'd and deliver'd but 't was ill to stain her virgin state ere ye were married Poor infant what 's become of thee thou know'st not the wo thy parents brought thee to Dear earth bury this close in thy sterilitie be barren to this seed let it not grow for if it do 't will bud no Violet nor Gilly-flower but wilde Brier or rank Rue unsavoury and hurtful Ben. Ferdinand thy steel hath digg'd the earth thy words my heart Ferd. O I have violated faith betraid my friend and innocencie Ben. Desperate youth violate not thy soul too I have showres for thee young man but Gerrard flames for thee Was thy base pen made to dash out mine honour and prostitute my daughter Bastard whore come turn thy female tears into revenge which I will quench my thirst with ere I see daughter or wife or branded family By both die and for amends Ferdnando be my heir I 'll to my brother first tell him all then to the Duke for justice this morning he 's receiv'd Mountains nor seas shall bar my flight to vengeance the foul stain printed on me thy blood shall rinse again Exit Ferd. I have transgress'd all goodnesse witlesly rais'd mine own curses from posteritie I 'll follow to redresse in what I may if not your heir can die as well as they Exit Dumb Shew Enter Duke Rinaldo with attendants at one door States Randulpho and Gerrard at another they kneel to the Duke he accepts their obedience and raises them up they prefer Gerrard to the Duke who entertains him they seat the Duke in State Enter Benvoglio and Ferdinand Benvoglio kneels for justice Ferd. seems to restrain him Benvog gives the Duke a paper Duke reads frowns on Gerr. shews the paper to the States they seem sorry consult cause the Guard to apprehend him they go off with him Then Rand. and Ben. seem to crave justice Duke vows it and exit with his attendants Rand. Ben. and Ferd. confer Enter to them Cornelia with two servants she seems to expostulate Rand. in scorn causeth her to be thrust out poorly Exit Rand. Benvog beckens Ferd. to him with much seeming passion swears him then stamps with his foot Enter Dorothea with a Cup weeping she delivers it to Ferd. who with discontent exit and exeunt Benvoglio and Dorothea Enter Violanta Viol. Gerrard not come nor Dorothie return'd what averse star rul'd my Nativitie the time to night hath been as dilatory as languishing Consumptions But till now I never durst say my Gerrard was unkinde Heaven grant all things go well and nothing does if he be ill which I much fear my dreams have been portentous I did think I saw my Love araid for battel with a beast a hideous monster arm'd with teeth and claws grinning and venomous that sought to make both us a prey on 's tail was lash'd in blood Law and his forehead I did plainly see held Characters that spell'd Authoritie This rent my slumbers and my fearful soul ran searching up and down my dismaid brest to finde a port t' escape Good faith I am cold but Gerrad's love is colder here I 'll sit and think my self away Enter Ferdinand with a Cup and a Letter Ferd. The peace of love attend the sweet Violanta Read for the sad newes I bring I do not know onely I am sworn to give you that and this Viol. Is it from Gerrard gentle Ferdinand how
price of all thy lusts Thou shalt be three thou modest maid if I have any working and yet thy honour safe for which this thief I know has set this meeting but I 'll watch him Enter Perolot Per. Maria Mar. Are mine eyes mine own or blesse me am I deluded with a flying shadow Per. Why do your start so from me Mar. It speaks sensibly and shews a living body yet I am fearfull Per. Give me your hand good Maria Mar. He feels warm too Per. And next your lips Mar. He kisses perfectly Nay and the divell be no worse you are Perolot Per. I was and sure I should be Can a small distance and ten short months take from your memory the figure of your friend that you stand wondring Be not amaz'd I am the self-same Perolot living and well Son to Gentille and Brother to vertuous Casta to your beauteous Mistris the long since poor betroth'd and still vow'd servant Mar. Nay sure he lives My Lord Lavall your Master brought news long since to your much mourning Mistris ye dy'd at Orleance bound her with an oath too to keep it secret from your aged Father lest it should rack his heart Per. A pretty secret to trie my Mistris love and make my welcome from travel of more worth from whence heaven thanked my businesse for the Duke dispatch'd to th' purpose and all my money spent I am come home wench How does my Mistris for I have not yet seen any nor will I till I doe her service Mar. But did the Lord Lavall know of your love Sir before ye went Per. Yes by much force he got it but none else knew upon his promise too and honour to conceal it faithfully till my return to further which he told me my businesse being ended from the Duke he would procure a pension for my service able to make my Mistris a fit husband Mar. But are you sure of this Per. Sure as my sight wench Mar. Then is your Lord a base dissembling villain a divell Lord the damn'd Lord of all lewdnesse and has betraid ye and undone my Mistris my poor sweet Mistris Oh that leacher Lord who poor soul since was married Per. To whom Maria Maria To that unluckie Lord a upon him whose hot horse-appetite being allaid once with her chaste joyes married again scarce cool'd the torches yet not out the yellow Hymen lighted about the bed the songs yet sounding Marine's young noble daughter Helena whose mischief stands at door next O that Recreant Perolot O villain O most unmanly falshood nay then I see my letters were betraid too O I am full of this great with his mischiefs loaden and burst Come lead me to my Lady Mar. I cannot Sir Lavall keeps her conceal'd Besides her griefs are such shee will see no man Per. I must and will goe to her I will see her there be my friend or this shall be thy furthest Mar. Hold and I 'll help ye But first ye shall swear to me as you are true and gentle as ye hate this beastly and base Lord where I shall place ye which shall be within sight till I discharge ye what-ere you see or hear to make no motion Per. I doe by Mar. Stay here about the house then till it be later yet the time 's not perfect there at the back-door I 'll attend you truly Per. O monstrous monstrous beastly villain Exit Mar. How crosse this falls and from all expectation and what the end shall be heaven onely yet knows onely I wish and hope But I forget still Casta must be the bait or all miscarries Exeunt Enter Gentille with a torch Shaloon above Gent. Holla Shaloon Shal. Who 's there Gen. A word from the Duke Sir Sha. Your pleasure Gen. Tell your Lord he must to Court strait Sha. He is ill at ease and prayes he may be pardon'd the occasions of this night Gen. Belike he is drunk then he must away the Duke and his fair Ladie the beauteous Helena are now at Cent of whom she has such fortune in her carding the Duke has lost a thousand Crowns and swears hee will not goe to bed till by Lavall the tide of losse be turn'd again Awake him for 't is the pleasure of the Duke he must rise Sha. Having so strict command Sir to the contrary I dare not do it I beseech your pardon Gent. Are you sure he is there Sha. Yes Gen. And asleep Sha. I think so Gen. And are you sure you wil not tell him Shalon Sha. Yes very sure Gent. Then I am sure I will Open or I must force Sha. Pray ye stay he is not nor will not be this night You may excuse it Gent. I knew he was gone about some womans labour As good a neighbour though I say it and as comfortable many such more we need Shaloon Alas poor Ladie thou art like to lie crosse-legg'd to night Good Monsieur I will excuse your Master for this once Sir because sometimes I have lov'd a wench my self too Sha. 'T is a good hearing Sir Gent. But for your lye Shaloon if I had you here it should be no good hearing for your pate I would pummell Sha. A fair good night Sir Gent. Good night thou noble Knight Sir Pandarus My heart is cold o' th sudden and a strange dulnesse possesses all my bodie thy will be done heaven Exit Enter Gabriella and Casta and Maria with a Taper Casta. 'Faith friend I was even going to my bed when your maid told me of your sudden sicknesse but from my grave so truly I loue you I think your name would raise me ye looke ill since last I saw ye much decai'd in colour yet I thanck heaven I finde no such great danger as your maid frighted me withall take courage and give your sicknesse course some griefe you have got that feeds within upon your tender spirits and wanting open way to vent it selfe murders your mind and choakes up all your sweetnesse Gab. It was my maids fault worthy friend to trouble ye so late upon so light a cause yet sure I have ye O my deare Casta Casta. Out with it Gods name Gab. The closset of my heart I will lock here wench Lavall knocks within and things shal make ye tremble Who 's that knocks there Mar. 'T is Lavall Gab. Sit you still Let him in In am resolv'd and all you wronged women you noble spirits that as I have sufferd under this glorious beast-insulting man lend me your causes then your cruelties for I must put on madnesse above women Casta. Why do you look so ghastly Gab. Peace no harm Deer Enter Lavall Lav. There take my cloak and sword Where is this Banquet Mar. In the next room Casta. How came he here Heaven blesse me La. Give me some wine wench fill it ful and sprightly Gab. Sit still and be not fearfull Lav. Till my veins swell and my strong sinews stretch like that brave Centaur that at the table snatch'd the