farewell Exit Tho. Adieu sweet Lady Now if this Letter bear a gentle sense And gives a Fiat to Rod'riguez suit His heart will mount so high with joy that it Enter Roderiguez Outstrips imagination Noble Sir Rod. What newes Thomaso come and glut my ears With comfortable tidings Tho. Whether such As you expect Sir or the contrary Resides not in the confines of my knowledge Rod. Spake you not with her at the time prefixt Tho. Yes and her mind salutes you in this paper Rod. Came this from her Tho. I had it from her hands Rod. Hadst thou encompast all this Universe Especially the East and Western India And ransackt either of them for their pearls Or hadst thou ript the bowels of the earth And laid her hidden treasure at my feet It could not have procur'd the hundredth part Of that content as doth this piece of paper Tho. Still may 't be multiplyed and augment Your wisht beatitude a thousand fold He reads it Rod. What have we here A slat deniall Ha Hard-hearted Lady hadst thou spectacles Which might so help thy optitick faculties As to behold my bleeding heart thou couldst not Choose but relent and love me for my love Tho. Patience noble Sir Rod. T is cruelty alas sh 'ad courteous been Had she procur'd my death or my proscription But thus to charact'rize my torments and To dally with my flames doth argue she Studies the Art of inhumanity Tho. Let not such thoughts finde harbour in your breast Exile them thence Rod. They took possession And cannot easily be extruded thence Tho. Why then encounter her your self and speak Let not a Letter daunt you storm again Your parts do speak you man and you may win her It may be she observes formality In these her actions and for fashion sake Her tongue saies no as maidens use to do When as her minde thinks yea good Sir about it Tho. Thy Councel's prevalent and I 'll observe Next time I 'll try her and my reasons shall Triumph victorious or in th'Duell fall Exeunt Scena secunda Enter Hebes Solus OH my decaied panch is' t not a miserable case that a mans belly should ne're see a piece of roast beef nor ones guts feel one drop of double drink in two years There 's one Mr. Want a lean Gentleman of our Parish hath so debarred me from sustenance that I scarce weigh threescore on each side besides feet head leggs and offall There 's an old shaver they call Don Praepontio that lives hereabouts that maintains his men every day in holyday bellies and their chaps strut as if they were created for nothing but to blow bagpipes now if I could scrue into his service my spiny Carcass would begin to whine as a dog after flesh when his chaps run over But soft sure this is he Enter Praepontio Rubio Heb. I 'll make as if I knew him not and praise him to 's very face and then I 'll warrant you Prae. Thus perambulating all alone I ruminate on the multiplicity of those joyes that my Varina might afford me Heb. Save thee honest friend Prae. Why what art thou Heb. What am I Thou seest I am neither horse nor mare bull nor cow hog nor pig dog nor rat mouse nor cat fish nor flesh nor good red herring but as I may say a meere man Prae. My Mistriss will be well taken Rubio to hear this fellow talk but say art a meer man canst thou keep thy money and not grease the ale-wifes fingers with it Heb. How grease the ale-wifes fingers with it nay I should prove a very fool then for she might then grease my face with her talons for not paying my reck'ning Prae. Well spoken of a fool Heb. I by my faith Master was it Prae. I mean canst thou keep thy money from spending Heb. I Master if I had it Prae. Wilt thou live with me Heb. I Sir an 't please you I 'm dissolved on that point already Prae. Go stand at the Curtains and seal your lips Didst thou invite her Rubio you must wait very attentively at her elbow and if perchance a drop fall from her mouth you must be sure to catch it I 'll have it put in a reliquary but does not my great ruff become me admirably will she not like me thinkst thou in this suit I will coyne words shall make her in love with me Rub. You will bewitch her with your very looks ne're doubt it you look now more compleatly then the great Mogull or the Arch-Duke Prae. I have a Lions Countenance Rub. Nay a Bears rather or a Baboons you look so smug on 't Master Prae. But didst thou see what an admirable piece of Poetry I consarcinated in my bed nay in my sleep Rubio Rub. Some drowsie Poem Prae. Ovid de Arte Amandi was never like it Hold my Cloke Rubio doe you see Rub. I see your back-side Sir Prae. But mark my Verses how melodiously they run upon their feet Rub. They gallop Prae. Mark Hem hem hem If you would old Natures wonder See list while I her praise out-thunder Her head a Cedar over-growes Her rosie Cheeks and radiant Nose Her hands Lillies for eyes behold Amber or Barbary Gold From her middle to her knees Guesse what monstrous rarities Lye hid the Tropick Zone cannot Burn or cast forth flames so hot As does my heart 't is she must heale me Or Death will with his paws bemeale me How lik'st thou it Rub. Horribly beyond expression Prae. I wil write a whole volume of such Elegies and put down Lope de vega or Gacilasso's Poems Rub. You must get tunes to them they will passe for excellent new Ballads Prae. O! my Uncle Alv. O! my wise kinsman what sayes your Mistress Prae. O Uncle she is the noblest wittiest woman that ever I encountred with since I gallopt or'e the Alps she surpasses me in ingeniosity for all my travels Rub. And my Master God blesse his worships Coxcomb told her you would give her Holland Cheese Parmasane and Calves-head to breakfast if she would have him Prae. Nay Uncle she askt me if you would give her your land at Granada Alv. And what didst thou answer Prae. Peace sirrah Uncle aspect my judgement in being responsible I sayd I that he will if I thought the old dotard would not I would dash out his brains Alv. Thank you Nephew How then Prae. For quoth I although he were hang'd or drownd or dead any way though the Divel should carry him away in a Harricane I should have his land being as I am eldest son to his eldest sister is' t not so Uncle I know my Pedigree Rub. Master you need no Herald to blaze your worth you can doe it sufficiently your selfe Prae. True very true but Uncle shall I dance with my Mistress anon I long to meet her in a measure I can so caper it Enter Alonzo Varina and Servant Alv. Here comes your Mistress and her Uncle Prae. Pray let me accost them Alv.
of no better a spouse then your ridiculous self in serious terms I cannot affect you it is not the quaintness of your language that can charm me If Cupid have no more powerful darts then what drops from your tongue he can wound but little Sir it will argue your prudence to desist from this your enterprise for my part I had rather be of the society of Danaus daughters and torment me in the abissive Hogsheads then be your bedfellow But we poore Orphans being shuffled out of our own estates must be disposed of at the pleasure of our Guardians even to any one But Sir in short I shall esteem more highly of a wise man in his shirt then of a foole in his richest Trappings and for my own part I cannot love you Rub. Never marry her then Master for if you doe you may chance be a kinsman to the great Turk and blazon the Horns for your Arms. Prae. You doe but jest you speak not heartily Var. You 'l finde I am in earnest Farewell you know my resolution Exit Prae. O Rubio call her back Rub. Will she come when I call her Prae. Conjure her then Rub. I am no Negromancer I never studied the black Art in all my life But d' you hear Dona Varina I call you I conjure you to come unto my Master Don Praepontio Sure Master she 's no Devill for if she were she would have risen at my conjuration Prae. But what shall we doe to get her Rub. Faith Sir you and I and half a dozen more good fellows will rifle for her you shall have Dice will run nothing but sixes Exeunt Scena secunda Enter Varina sola THis doting Don thinks that his years have made Him wise in fishing with a golden bait And doth presume his gold hath power so farre For renovation of his aged Corps As had Medea's inchanting spels to Aeson He thinks that womens aims are fixt on lands And that they frame their love on Silver-mines Treasure 's no loadstone for a maids affection Alas He doth mistake our Sex in this Though Gold be welcome to enrich our train Yet not so far as that we should neglect The chief of all the person of a man Should we permit the flowers of our youth Thus to be nipt by Ages snowy Winter And so bereave our selves of all those joyes Which Nature hath conferred on our Sex While blooming in our youth for earth and dirt No! 't is not so this is my resolution Gold with a Man is good but if I chuse I 'll take the Man and will the Gold refuse Exit Scena tertia Enter Roderiguez solus VNhappy eye which didst attract those beams To set my heart on fire Unhappy eare Which didst with such a greedinesse suck in The charmings of her lips and then convey Them through thy winding palace to my brain Which works and beats as if the Cyclops held Their Forge within my head Unhappy man Thus to become a slave unto thy passion Confine these love-sick thoughts or drive them out Lodge not such enemies within thy breast They 'l be thy ruine But alas my power Is transmigrated to anothers breast Yet would it were so might I hope at length My love might crowned be with good successe Dry up thy eyes Enter Chaves Cha. Good morrow to you Sir What passion hath surpriz'd you that you seem Another man Eugenia's well I hope Discover friend what strikes thee in these dumps Your eye betrayes you somewhat is amisse Prithee what is' t Rod. Chaves thou art my friend And 't were a sin not to impart it to thee Here lately was a Lady which my eye No sooner did discover but my heart Was all involv'd in flames a sudden ague Seiz'd upon all my limbs that to approach Neerer or speak I could not in this extasie I stood awhile unmoveable till she Quitted the place Cha. What is she ne're despair Have her thou shalt though she were made of gold Rod. Varina is her name she 's well endow'd With all that Art or Nature can bestow That Cha. Feed not thy self with these prithee what is she Where lives she Pray reveale it Rod. Sir her Father Was a rich Merchant of this famous Citie Who dying in the Indies left this his Orphan Sole heir to his estate which he bequeath'd Unto Alonza's care he hath betroth'd her Unto a foolish Lord one Don Praepontio Cha. Expel these clouds of sorrow wee 'l make our wits Outreach his wealth Come let us write a letter I 'll have it safe convey'd once get admittance And she 's thine own Enter Varina Var. Most sacred Goddesse to whose sacred shrine The greatest Kings nay Jove himselfe hath bow'd Contain my passions keep my sudden Love Within the bounds of maiden modesty Sweet Roderiguez now me thinks I see Majesty couched in thy serene brow Upon thy tongue enthroniz'd Eloquence Within thy looks Cupid in 's best array And when thou goest the humble ground doth sinke As if submissive to thy stately Port But Stay my Passions stay let 's pawse awhile My affections must not leade me in a maze Discretion doth advise that Pallas rule And Cupid serve she will me best direct To my terrene Elysium Pause awhile Listen to Judgments dictates they are best The Carthaginian Princess lost her life And credit too by her too quick affection Phillis confiding in Demophoöns vowes Did lay her Bridall pallet in the grave Repentance soone made Oenoës angry tongue Condemn the rash credulity of her eares And so may I Varina if I yeeld To Passions hair-brain'd wild instructions Then set a bay unto thy loves swift Current See his affections first and if he prove Loving to thee Varina do thou Love See see the Object of my best respect Oh! did my heart enjoy that happinesse As doth that Gentleman whose subject ears Such musick entertain as hovering spheares Yeild in their proper motions his breath Falls on his shoulders as doth Zephyrus On Flora's party color'd vestments ah Why doe I languish thus I 'll speake to him It is as fit for maids to court as men If that the truth were rightly scann'd but nicenesse And Custome do forbid it it s no sinne If well we weigh it in its proper ballance Then set the better foot before and try She goes forward but slies back Oh! what exploit began I to attempt What casting off the weed of modesty To cloath my self with impudence O fie Should it be said Varina did disrobe Her selfe of grace and virgin-purity And turned masculine to court a stranger No! back base Cupid thy Rhet'rick I scorn Now in my second rumination 't may be That time will quench this burning Aetna in me Or heav'ns inspire him for to know my love Grant one of these ye Gods and pitie me Afford your help in this extremitie Exit Cha. Be it so I 'll send the letter Rod. I hold the mission of a letter best One line one sentence with premeditation Quickens
doth bear a greater prevalence Then words extemporary can expect Words are like infants whose unwelcome birth If premature bring death unto their mother Cha. Let it be so Rod. It shall be so Apollo guide my pen And let thy Heliconian Fountains yeeld Liquor unto it that the thing I write May there prevail where rests my souls delight Exeunt Scena quarta Enter Chaves and Picarro drawing PIc. Come come Sir draw or by this hand and sword I 'll be your Priest Cha. Sure you mistake I am not The man you look for Pic. You shall find my eyes Have their true object Coward prate not draw Let s view thy weapon Cha. Sir your habit speaks you A man and noble I admire your judgment Should be so rash to quarrel with me who Ne're injur'd you and to my knowledge till This time ne're saw you Pic. All your Rhetorick Shall not excuse your carcasse turn and fight Or perish Cha. Tell me why and then you 'll find I am no Coward Pic. Hear my reason You Have offred me an injury I must not Put up while you do walk with that same nose Make hast and draw Draw or this slave shall beat Courage into thee Coward Cha. Well perforce Since you will tempt a danger from my arm Receiv't Picarro falls So now I hope you 'l yeeld the cause Made you so valiant Enter Mariana Mar. Stay for pitie save Picarro's life take mine as you 're a man Bridle your fury Cha. Doe I dream who speak Mar. A haplesse Virgin let the prayers and tears Of one that never sued before redeem His lifes dire forfeit if you be so cruell That nought but blood will suit your anger here Sheath your bright weapon in my breast my blood Will sooner quench your irefull heat kill me And let him live Cha. Sure she has stoln from heav'n An Angels utterance had Vlysses heard This Syren minurize the mast had been Too weak to hold him Orpheus might have learnt New notes to fit 's harp had a salvage Scythe Or untam'd â—â—re when manacled they drive Whole flocks of men before them on whose flesh Death strait should riot hear her speak their fiercenesse Would soon relent they would forget the sweetnesse Of their inhuman banquet and let loose Those they had markt for slaughter Mar. Pray you Sir Cha. Historians truly may relate how stones Follow'd Amphion to the Theban walls How lofty Ossa and Banchaia danc'd At overhearing the Odrysian Lyre That Dolphins at Arions Harp grew tame And coucht their scaly backs to beare him out Of Neptunes foamy surges likely 't is And possible since one Accent from her lips Can work far greater miracles I would raise A man that long had bedrid lain nay were he Witherd with feeble age should she smile on him He well might laugh at sage Meden's charms Tell Aeson then that her blest look had made him Fuller of youthfull vigours then the force Of her inchanted hearbs infus'd into him Mar. Then you wil save him Cha. Look how dark sorrow 's beautified how comely She 's in her tears they sit upon her cheeks Like Erythraean pearls enchas'd on grounds Of true Vermilion Foolish Lapidaries What need you borrow of the frozen Zone Congealed Ice catch these drops they 're more pretious Then most transparent Crystall I would fain Grant thy request but that I should too soon Be exil'd from that blessing which your presence Fully affoords me yet 't is too unholy That she should kneel I 'll raise her Mar. Here I 'll lie He offers to raise her Prostrate for ever lesse you please to save Picarro's forfeit life Cha. How happy Heav'ns Is he in being vanquished to have So fair a saver would my life had been Put at his mercy For your sake I 'll grant Him life on this condition That he tell What made him be my enemy Mar. This morning If I mistake not passing by our coach As we were coming from our Vineyard you Pull'd up the Curtains drawn before to see Who were within which he in heat of blood Took as a wrong and followed you Cha. I 'm sorry I was discourteous Mar. Come Picarro Signior I am your worths true servant Exeunt Mar. and Picarro Enter Roderiguez and Boy Rod. How now Chaves What drawn so neer the Citie pray heav'ns my stay Has not endanger'd you met you with theeves Cha. With one hath stoln my best of Jewels Sir I am undone lost friend for ever Rod. Why Cha. Look I not strangely o're I did My looks Rod. Why What should aile you Are you frighted Sir Cha. Doe not my eyes speak my hearts falshood Ha! Rod. Chaves dear friend how fare you Is all well Cha. I prithee be my Priest and sacrifice My treacherous carcasse to Eugenia doe it And when I yeeld the Ghost I 'll tell thee friend That I fare well ne're stare on me my life Is a worse torture then the rack or wheele Ixions plague is but a play-game to 't Nor his that rolls the revoluble stone Nor that of proud Prometheus on whose heart Th' insulting Vulture preyes Rod. Alas he raves What cursed Friend tempts you to be thus desperate Cha. Desperate Kill me let thy Rapier doe it Ne're muse upon it I deserve to die Do justice on me Rod. Tell me why and then Perchance I 'll do it Cha. Hear me then Suppose I had a beauteous sister you Roderiguez Should vow her service proffer her your love Get my consent her fathers and her heart too And aster fool both him and her and me Should I not kill you think you Rod. Yes I deserv'd it Cha. Then here 's my sword I 've done all this and more The vow 's I made to your Eugenia's nothing A dream an airy shadow you are fool'd Your father 's cousned by my hopes 't is true I love another Rod. 'T is impossible Your fury makes you utter this Cha. By the hopes I have that thou wilt kill me I have spoke No more but truth by all that 's good I have not I love another I stole her countenance but she my heart Rod You 're a treacherous man Base and unworthy take your weapon back Defend your selfe Cha. I will not I confesse I have deserv'd death but it grieves me that By thy hands I must suffer but my fate Is irresistable Dispatch me Rod. Stay E're I doe kill thee think how ominous Thy crime is young men will abhor thee virgins Hearing thy fault will with their imprecations Heap tortures on thee Poore Eugenia Sister I grieve for thee most Are you ready Cha. Yes Not to resist but to be sacrific'd Rod. I 'll not become his Butcher for the name Of Friend so often vowd between us holds My arms I cannot strike him live to see Heav'n work thy ruine I 'll not be thy Priest Farwell false man and look who e're thou wed Shee 'l be a faithless strumpet to thy bed Cha. Thou lyest return I 'll fight She I
decreed To hang my Fortunes on anothers girdle Time sure hath prov'd himselfe a cunning Artist That in so short a space could frame a subject For your affection 't is not long a goe My eyes tooke their first notice of you Rod. Time Is not that cunning Artist but your vertues Which through the winding convex of my ears Convey'd this winding admiration to my heart 'T is not your means sweet Lady but your love That I now covet For your guardians favour I weigh it little so you 'l grant me yours Throw not those angry fire-balls of thy eyes Upon me who am Touch-wood lest I here Moulder to ashes bid them that they keep Fast their Artillery 't is your milder beams Those rayes of favour that we now request Var. Though I am conscious of no demerits Residing in me that might claim these praises These pick-thanks of your tongue I think my selfe Too good to entertain a scornfull jeer For honours sake forbear 't Rod. Wretched mistake That you should once conceive my heart could lodge The least base thought that 's Traytor to your honor Var. But hear me Sir Once walking with my Nurse For recreation in our shady groves She told me her prophetick spirit fear'd Some false One would betray me to his love And to my ruine Rod. If 't was me she meant The Sibyll lyed Var. Howe're it breeds suspition Rod. What demonstration of my zealous faith Can this your incredulity exact Shall I contend in combat with the Lion Or else affront the ugly foaming Boar What is' t that I shall doe Speak and 't is done Shall I betake my self to th' Russian Fields i th' midst of Winter where my faithfull blood May freeze to Corall and my sad laments Congeal with th' aire Shall I devote my selfe A sactifice to Aetna or to Neptune Shall I atchieve to fetch the golden fruit From th'scaly Dragon pluck fell Cerberus out From 's stinking den These or a thousand more I 'll doe at your command Var. To promise Sir Is easie when performance lags behind Rod. 'S your heart so prepossest that there 's no room No corner left to hold one grain of faith Var. I 'll try your love here take this drink it off gives him wine Leave not one drop i' th' bottom of the cup. Rod. What e're it be I 'll banish feare and do 't drinks Var. Is' t off Rod. It is Var. Then know that thou art poyson'd This is that draught which to Vlysses mates In stead of drink sage Circe did extend 'T is venoms quintessence rank poyson Rod. Poyson Var. Yea poyson not the ugly Toad includes Worse venome then that potion Rod. Methinks I feel no alteration in my blood Var. I know that too Th'time for its operation Is not yet come some sev'n hours hence and then A deadly fire raging within thy breast Shall make thy Arteries crack and tear thy nerves An Iron girdle shall not hold thy body It shall so swell with this envenom'd draught Rod. Alas good Lady you much fail i' th' end For which you practise this you plot my torture By fear of death alas you doe mistake My love shall own you for her greatest friend For thus to live deprived of your love Is worse ten thousand times then death it selfe Then thank you for this cruell courtesie I will not stile you cruel or hard hearted But pitifull a kind and loving Lady And so will limb your vertues to the life This kindness chalenges my best respects First that you fix a period to my flames Next that I dye a sacrifice to you Var. What Art thou glad to die and proud to fall A victime by my hands Rod. Your victime Lady Var. Do not dissemble in the heav'nly Quire There 's no permission for an hypocrite To be a Chorister do not palliate Th'internall thoughts with such Hypocrisie Rod. I scorn the Title of an Hypocrite I liv'd your Lover and will dye your Martyr Var. Then am I sorry for my cruel act There take thou that and work thine own revenge gives a bodkin While time permits Rod. It shall not be sweet Lady First should these eyes behold these wretched hands Pluck forth my entrals should my harmlesse soul When 't is transported over Charons passage But have intelligence that you were injur'd It would return and kill your enemy Var. What needs a further triall of thy love Then know that draught I gave thee was not poyson But is as cordiall as th' Hyblaean neclar Rod. This is beyond the fadome of my weak Conception's that you durst expose your life To one whom you for ought he knew had injur'd Var. I durst expos't to thee I knew thy heart Forgive me now the rude assault I made Upon thy patience here accept my hand My heart my love 't is all thine own Rod. This gift Is more to me then th' Orientall Empire Which lies embroider'd with earths chiefest treasure Pactolus nor proud Tagus cannot bring So rich a Present to their native Prince As is Varina's love Alas one kisse Stoln from her lips is worth th' Grand-Signiors bliss Exeunt Scaena quinta Enter Gaspar solus I 'll be an Argus for no other name Will better sit me I will watch this Io I 'll dive into her secrets and her maids I 'll look with Eagles eyes into her wayes And went she through her actions as the snakes Glide o're the stones yet would I find their tract Exit Scena sexta Enter Alonzo Frederique Picarro Alo. LEt me perswade you Brother to surcease This endlesse suit what wilt advantage you To keep his carcasse Fred. Why ran he in debt I could have kept my money Pic. Sir my Father Doth not deny to pay you all he asks Is time of payment Alo. Can he offer fairer He owes me money yet I so respect Alvarez credit that I 'll take his word Without security Fred. And because you Will play the fool and lose your money must I doe so too let me then have his land Pic. Sir if you 'l take my bond I will oblige My selfe and all the land my Father leaves me To give you satisfaction Fred. Keep your land Sow garlick on 't I will have nought but money Give me my money Alo. You 're the strangest man That e're I dealt with had not you farre better Take that then loose all say he die in prison What will you get then Fred. 'S body that I 'll sell To the Dice-makers they shall put his bones To the same use they were at while he liv'd He may thank 's gaming for 't the Dice and â—s Drabs Pic. My patience will not hear this Covetous man Were 't not for th'reverence I ow this house Thou shouldst not thus abuse thy betters Fre. He Threatens bear witnesse Sir I 'll have your tongue bound to the peace Enter Balthazar Alo. Balthazar pray perswade Your Fathers patience Bal. Where 's your daughter Sir Not stirring Alo. Yes Mariana Enter Mariana Ma. Did
canst thou change thy heart my Dear that heart Of flesh thou gav'st me into Adamant Or rigid Marble canst thou frown on me Rod. You do mistake me sweet I mean not so To change my heart I 'll change my countenance But keep my heart as loyal as before Var. In troth I cannot credit it that thou Canst cast a frown on me I prithee try Rod. Then thus He tries and cannot they smile on each other Var. I prithee sweet betake thy self to schoole This Lesson thou must learn in troth thou' rt out Rod. Well! I must learn and practise it or we Shall blast our budding hopes Var. Come try again Rod. But if I try and prove a good proficient If I do act my part discreetly you Must take it as a Play not as a truth Think it a formall not a reall frown Var. I shall Rod. Then once more thus He frowns and saith I' faith Mynion I 'll look to you she swounds Cor. My Mistress hath The falling-sickness of us maids help Sir Rod. Why how now sweet I did distrust thy weakness Now I have learnt my part you are to seek Var. Faith 't was my weakness when I did perceive A cloud of rage condensed on thy brow My heart began to melt but pardon sweet 'T was an effeminate infirmity Rod. This must be left the world must be deluded With outward species we must blind their eyes With mists and shadows Faith thou must disclaim Thy childishness and arm thy self with valour Grow masculine my dear an El'zabeth An English Eliz'beth whose grave aspect Though woman may decline thee almost man Var. It must be so or my effeminat heart Will prove our ruine Enter Gastper Gas What you 're always billing Measuring your lips together All the house Is in an uproar and your Uncles eye Rolls up and down in every corner haste Or you 'll be taken Don Praepontio came To visit you Varina is enraged To finde you absent all your nuptiall robes He saies are fitted and your bridall bed Next Thursday is design'd to knit your hands The Priest will then in readiness attend This was the substance of his errand Var. Gaspar I 've thought thee still my friend and thy advise I know is sound Contrive which way I may Shun Don Praepontio's bed and keep my honour Reserv'd for Roderiguez Rod. Honest Gaspar Modell some way 't is not an armed Legion Shall stop my passage till I do efect it Gaspar thy Counsell Gas Sir your obligations Have beam'd so freely on me that my brain Is wholly at your service and this Lady May likewise challenge as her just desert What lies within the verge of my small power My counsell deems it best that when the Church Expects their near approach in some disguise You Roderiguez with some other blades Lay Don Praepontio breathless and in haste Convey your prize Varina to some Cottage Which lies sequestred from the Cities eye There 's the best safety till the Inquisition Is out of breath and smiling fortune offer A time when you may marry her in peace Rod. Your policy is orthodox my hand Shall ratifie it with a bloudy seal Exeunt Scena secunda Enter Praepontio Alvarado Rubio Alv. Nephew you now are entring into th' world Let me advise you who am well experienc'd Be not too credulous trust none without A good assurance try before you trust Prae. I warrant you Vncle your wealth link'd with my wit will make me an unparallell'd Gentleman they will elect me Alcalde Major next year or else I say there is no prudence in the gray-beards of the City Rub. Very pathetically spoken when you are Governour of the City I hope you will give me a good Office Prae. Yes thou shalt have the honourable function of hangman how lik'st thou it Rub. Marry Sir I do not like hanging very well Prae. Who art thou Enter Taylor Tay. Your worships Taylor Sir Prae. That is to say my worships thief alias theif to my worship Are my wifes nuptiall Vestments ready Tay. To the putting on Sir Prae. Hast thou perfum'd the clasps and keepers Tay. They will take no perfume Sir Prae. Hast thou made her petticoat to the behind or before Tay. On the side Sir according to the French Fash'on Pra. Yes that 's best We Spaniards must now tout ala mode France Tay. And her gown needs no fardingale Sir Prae. Well very well give your attendance to morrow and you shal have a quarter of a chicken and a leâ—man for your dinner Rub. Afford 6 panvilos he may chance eat your dishes else Prae. What 's that Tay. A busque Prae. Must she wear it behind or before or between her legs to keep them from interferring Tay. No! Sir but on her breast to hide her great belly Prae. Are the Fidlers bespoken has the shoo-makers brought home my embroidered pantofles I mean to dance in them bid the Millainer put ambergrease enough on my shirt I shall stir till I stink else Rub. Of sweat Sir Prae. I what else Alv. Come Nephew you had best go visit her to night Prae. I 'll go before you Sir Exeunt Scena Tertia Enter Alonzo Mariana Gaspar Alo. Come you egregious strumpet Drags her his sword drawn Abstract of impudence what has my patience Made thee presume of my connivency So much vile Mynion that your wanton lust Durst gallop like a posthorse run at base In sin and fearless meet lasciviousness As if that Saints and men had been as deep Involv'd in sleep as you in sin and now To see Your lust dance Anticks must my house Be made the stewes the sinfull receptacle Of you and your Adulterers you could laugh At me contemn my age Alas poor man The Gout doth hold him captive in his Couch We need not fear him I did hear you Mistress And would have entred then but that I thought It more revenge I held it greater Justice To send thy soul grown filthy unto hell Glutted with pleasures Come you 'll tell me Mistress Who 't was was with you Gas Thus outragious Fye Patron such a passion would befit A husband better then a father Age Should furnish you with better temper Cousin Sweet wipe thy eyes in troth 't is but a trick Common to such young folks to have a servant A friend in privat to supply their wants Be not so passionate you must forgive her Pardon good Sir Holds him Alo. Stand by or I shall turn My rage on you Insatiate Strumpet was not The man I destin'd for your husband good Too good for thee but that thy wanton eyes Must choose another Must the Patrimony I thought to leave thee the estate I purchas'd With such a care become a salary To your hot sin your Bastards shortly will Call Grandfather and look for portions Out of my wealth but I 'll prevent it Mynion Speak briefly Mar. kneels down Ma. What that I have sinn'd O Sir Remember I'm your daughter let that name Move you to pitty
of my fact which youth Unbridled youth occasion'd though my crime May challenge death as it 's desert your hands Ought not to be deaths messengers 't suffices That I have sinn'd add not to my delict By making you a parricide dear father Forgive me Alo. No! Thou 'st laid a stain upon Our houses honour which thy wanton blood Nought else can wash away Ma. O! rob not Heav'ns Of their prerogatives let them revenge Your quarrell for my mothers sake whom oft You said my feature represented spare me For her sake do it Alo. Nay for her sake rather I must be mov'd to butcher thee who fear'st not So to profane her image which remains Better decipherd in thy perfect essence Then in her monument thou d'st better 've pull'd Her sacred reliques from their Urne defil'd them Cast out her ashes on a dunghill then Committed this for which her glorious soul If Saints can weep makes heav'n a sea O Girle Shame that thou art my issue I conceited If there had ought been good in Nature then Thou had'st been Mistress of it now I see Grief to my age I was too fond Affection Made me adore an Idol I was cozen'd There is no trust in mortals Gas Pray you Sir You are too much distemper'd faith her fault Is not worth half this anger take her up Let not the earth pollute those limbs the pride Of Natures workmanship you may behold In those fair Orbs true penitence those tears Were of sufficient vertue to restore A person damn'd to paradise forgive her Or you 're too cruel Signior Alo. Let her then Reveal her Partner Gas That demand's unjust If she should do it men should fear hereafter To preasure women when they see that threats Can force Discoveries good Sir ask it not 'T is too unreas ' nable Ma. What said my Father Alo. Marry ungratious minyon I would know Whom you have chosen for your stallion To glut your never-sated Orke withlust Ma. Is' t me you mean Sir slack your passion Sir Gas Conceal him if you do affect his life Whispers to her Ma. These lips yet tepid with his frequent kisses Before they utter ought to hurt him shall Be clos'd for ever rather rot with Cankers Gas Noble Virago Alo. Then resolve to die Ma. I care not here 's my bosome rip it up And steal an acute Eagles eye to pry Into my hearts small caverns and explore His name that writ there yet it will remain Hid in some little Concave that your fury Shall never know it kill me I shall smile On ugly death embrace her with a soul Triumphant as a Martyrs I will perish A thousand times e're once I wil disclose That pretious secret Gaspar holds him Alo. Do you brave me do you Let go my hands Gas I must not will not let you Draw mischief on your self go in sweet Coz Let me alone with him Exit Mariana Alo. Stand off Let go And let me follow her Gas For what your rage Shall not have way to do an act which done You 'ld wail in tears for ever should you kill her Think what a crime you onerate your soul wich Next what a scandall would ensue a man Of your known worth at this age to become A Parricide on such a daughter only For keeping close her friend Why should you be Inquisitive to know him Alo. T' have revenge Gas Why so I did imagin banish rage And hear with reasons ears be sure your daughter Has plac'd her love on some base one she dares not Make privy to your ear should she disclose him You would she thinks have vengeance for her fault Were he a person noble she would haste To tell his name boast of her choice how say you Is not this reason Lets go his hands Alo. Very true Gas He being A man so worthless 't would disgrace you more In seeking vengeance for the humourous world Apt to suspect the worse would judge the Cause Of your revenge to be as 't is and so You lay your own dishonour and your daughters Open which else might sleep unmention'd none But you and I are privy to 't and e're A syllable should pass in your disgrace Out of my mouth I vvould be dumb Alo. But Gaspar What shall I do vvith her For Balthasar Will publish her disgrace so all vvill shun Her hated Nuptials I 'll go make her enter 'Mong barefoot Nuns into some Monastery Spend the long remnant of her blooming youth In holy prayers and penitence I 'll make The poor my heirs found sacred Hospitals Build Colledges vvith my revenues Gas Madness Religious madness that 's the ready way To sell her to damnation will her spirit Can you conceive which now doth pass the limits Of Liberty endure a Cloister Balthasar Fear not his clamours wise men will impute Them to his passion ' cause h 'as lost her rather Then to her merit Patron you may finde Some younger Brother noble as her self To be her husband Gold will make her seem A virgin though a Mother Alo. Honest Gaspar I know thou lov'st me Gas As I doe the bliss I hope for Alo. And alas ungratefull I Have been too negligent of thy worth but thou Hast inurn'd all those acts Gas 'Ts my Duty Alo. Once I promis'd thee her marriage and in Justice She is thy wife and sure Astraea's angry For th' injury I did thee and imposeth This heavy cross upon me wilt thou now Solemnize with her Hymens sacred rites Be not dismaid although her hair-brain'd youth Hath run into an errour rather due To heat of blood then her condition She may be honest Gas Honest I dare swear She will be truly vertuous but the meanness Of my poor fortunes makes me worthless I Have a spot in my blood which would dishonour Your family reserve that Sir for one Of noble and illustrious Parentage Whose worth and quality may add a title Unto your houses fame for my part I Nourish no such thoughts all the height my poor Ambition soars at is to be esteem'd Your humble slave still Alo. Thou' rt too humble Gaspar Erect thy Spirit man thou hadst a Father Had fire in 's veins come thou shalt marry her I doe command you Gas Your commands are laws As sacred to me as are Oracles I must not break them Alo. Thou wilt wed her then Gas Since you command it Alo. Now I see thou lov'st me Call me no more thy Patron but thy Father I will acquaint my daughter with my will Exit Gas Have I not labour'd finely has my brain Not won the Laurell wreath She is my own And what care I now what the envious world Can say of me They 'l call me Cuckold that 's In my esteem as much as they should call Me Signior Let her take her pleasure she Not I doth sin I 'm sure she will afford me My fill at night too Happy Age when all Were common when old Natures lawes were read Without a Comment every man was