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A77567	Five nevv playes, viz. The English moor, or the mock-marriage. The love-sick court, or the ambitious politique: Covent Garden weeded. The nevv academy, or the nevv exchange. The queen and concubine. / By Richard Brome.	Brome, Richard, d. 1652?; Brome, Richard, d. 1652? English Moor.; Brome, Richard, d. 1652? Love-sick court.; Brome, Richard, d. 1652? Covent Garden weeded.; Brome, Ricahrd, d. 1652?. New academy.; Brome, Richard, d. 1652? Queen and concubine.	1659 (1659)	Wing B4872; Thomason E1782_1; Thomason E1782_2; Thomason E1782_3; Thomason E1782_4; Thomason E1782_5; ESTC R209758	271,627	554

an odd corner or the dark to night To mend your chear and you hereafter hear on 't Say there are as good stomacks as your own Hist Negro hist Mil. No fee O no I darea notta Nat. Why why pish pox I love thee Mil. O no de fine white Zentilmanna Cannot a love a the black a thing a. Nat. Cadzooks the best of all wench Mill. O take a heed a my mastra see a. Nat. When we are alone then wilt thou Mil. Then I shall speak a more a. Nat. And I le not lose the Moor-a for more then I Will speak-a Quic. I muse the rest of my invited Gallants Come not away Nat. Zooks the old angry justice Enter Testy Tes. How comes it Sir to pass that such a newes Is spread about the town is my Neece dead And you prepar'd to mirth Sir hah Is this the entertainment I must find To welcome me to town Quic. She is not dead Sir But take you no notice You shall have instantly an entertainment that Shall fill you all with wonder Tes. Sure he is mad Or do you understand his meaning sirs Or how or where his wife died Nat. I know nothing But give me leave to fear by his wild humor He 's guilty of her death therefore I hope Hee 'l hang himself anon before us all To raise the mirth he speaks of Art Fie upon you Yet trust me sir there have been large constructions And strong presumptions that the ill made match Betwixt her youthful beauty and his covetous age Between her sweetness and his frowardness Was the unhappy means of her destruction And you that gave strength to that ill tied knot Do suffer sharply in the worlds opinion While she sweet virgin has its general pity Tes. Pray what have you been to her I nere found you Appear a suiter to her Art I nere saw her Nor ever should have sought her Sir For she Was onely love to my sworne enemy On whom yet were she living and in my gift Rather a thousand times I would bestow her Then on that man that had and could not know her Tes. I have done ill and wish I could redeem This act with half my estate Nat. This Devels bird This Moor runs more and more still in my mind Enter Vin. Edm. O are you come And ha' you brought your scene Of Mirth along with you Vin. Yes and our actors Are here at hand But we perceive much business First to be set a foot Here 's Revels towards Ed. A daunce of furies or of Blackamores Is practising within Vin. But first there is to be some odd collation In stead of supper Nat. Cheap enough I warrant But saw you not a Moor-hen there amongst 'em Ed. A pretty little Rogue most richly deck'd With pearls chains and jewels She is queen Of the Nights triumph Nat. If you chance to spy me Take her aside say nothing Ed. Thou wilt filch Some of her jewels perhaps Nat. I le draw a lot Enter Quicksands For the best jewel she wears But mum my Masters Quic. Enter the house pray Gentlemen I am ready Now with your entertainment Exit Tes. Wee 'l follow you Nat. Now for six penny custards a pipkin of bak'd Pears three sawcers of stew'd prunes a groats worth Of strong ale and two peniworth of Gingerbread Ext. 3. Tes. If she does live as he bears me in hand She is not dead I le tell you briefly Sir If all the law bodily and ghostly And all the conscience too that I can purchase With all the wealth I have can take her from him I will recover her and then bestow her If you refuse her on your so you speak of whose right she is indeed rather then he Shall hold her longer Now mine eyes are open'd Will you walk in Ar. I pray excuse me Sir Exit Enter Mili white fac'd in her ovvn habit I cannot fit my self to mirth Tes. Your pleasure Mil Have I with patience waited for this hour And does fear check me now I 'le break through all And trust my self with yon'd milde Gentleman He cannot but be noble Art A goodly creature The Rooms illumin'd with her yet her look Sad and cheek pale as if a sorrow suck'd it Hovv came she in What is she I am fear-struck T is some unresting shaddow Or if not What makes a thing so glorious in this house The master being an enemy to beauty She modestly makes to me Mil. Noble Sir Art Speaks too Mil. If ever you durst own a goodness Now crown it by an act of honour and mercy Art Speak quickly lose no time then say what are you You look like one that should not be delai'd Mil. I am th' unfortunate woman of this house To all mens thoughts at rest This is the face On which the Hell of jealousie abus'd The hand of Heaven to fright the world withall Ar. Were you the seeming Moor was here Mil. The same And onely to your secresie and pitty I have ventur'd to appear my self again Ar. What 's to be done Pray speak and t is perform'd Mil. In trust and Manhood Sir I would commit A great charge to you even my life and honor To free me from this den of misery Art A blessed tasque But when you are freed Lady Mil. I would desire Sir then to be convei'd Ar. Whither to whom speak quickly why do you stoop Mil. Pray let that rest I will relieve your trouble When I am freed from hence and use some others Art Nay that were cruelty As you love goodness tell me Mil. Why dare you bear me Sir to one you hate Art What 's that if you love T is your peace I wait on I look upon your service not mine own Were he the mortall'st enemy flesh bred up To you I must be noble Mil. You profess Ar. By all that 's good and gracious I will die Ere I forsake you and not set you safe Within those walls you seek Mil. Then as we pass I le tell you where they stand Sir Ar. You shall grace me Exit ACT 4. SCENE 5. Quick sands Testy Nath. Vincent Edmond Qui. Now to our Revels Sit ye sit ye gallants Whilst Uncle you shall see how I 'le requite The masque they lent me on my wedding night T was but lent Gentlemen your masque of horns And all the private jears and publick scorns Y'have cast upon me since Now you shall see How I le return them and remarried be Vin. I hope he 'l marry his Moor to anger us Nat. I le give her something with her if I catch her And 't be but in the cole-house Florish enter Inductor like a Moor leading Phillis black and gorgeously deck't with jewels Tes. Attend Gentleman Ind. The Queen of Ethiop dreampt upon a night Her black womb should bring forth a virgin white Ind. She told her king he told thereof his Peeres Till this white dream fil'd their black heads with fears Nat. A whorson blockheads Ind. Blackheads

between two Friers she kneels to the King he rejects her with his hand Enter at the other door a Doctor of Physick a Midwife two Souldiers the King points them to the Bishops they each deliver Papers kiss the Bishops Books and are dismiss'd The Papers given to the King He with his Finger menaces Eulalia and sends her the Papers she looks meekly The Bishops take her Crown and Wand give her a Wreath of Cypress and a white Wand All the Lords peruse the Papers They shew various countenances Some seem to applaud the King some pity Eulalia Musick ceases King speaks King MY Lords and loyal Peers Lod. A new distinction Between Spiritual and Temporal Hor. Good Lodovico peace Kin. This is a Cause the which but for fair Order By which I am constrain'd to be a Judge Would rather drive me to a mourning Closet Then to this Seat to shew my equal grief Against the Crime and Shame of the Delinquent I see y' are all amaz'd and cannot marveil At your Astonishment who do suffer with you In the great Change Honour compels me to Together with Religion fairly urging To an high point of Justice which to utter Draws faintness from my words chilling my Blood Like the departing Breath that separates Life For such I held her and so many yeers Retain'd her in the Closet of my Heart Its self-Companion that till these proofs VVhich now like daggers by compulsive wounds Have made their passage she could ne'er have parted Lod. Royal Hypocrisie King The Proofs you see are plain That she was found Pray speak it for me Hor. In Adultery King And that she sought the Life of fair Alinda By Sword and Poyson both and of that Cup 'T is like my self had tasted For my supposed love to that wrong'd Lady Lod. You have given her the Bed-right that belong'd to your wrong'd Queen these twelve months King Our Laws of Sicilie are so well rebated VVith Clemencie and Mercie that in this Case They cut not Life from one of Royal Blood Onely take off as is on her perform'd All Dignities all Titles all Possessions All means to live even to her naked hands And such Eulalia now is your condition Lod. To work for her living if she were as young and no honester then she for vvhose sake this is inflicted on her she might find something else about her then naked hands to help at a living shift King Now to this Censure for due Orders sake And for vvhich end this Parliament vvas call'd Your Voyces are requir'd do ye all approve it Omn. VVe do Lod. We must King VVhat say you Lodovico Lod. VVe do Heaven knows against my heart Eul. My thanks unto you all that do obey So vvell vvith one consent your Soveraign Lord And sacred Sir thus low as it becomes me Let your poor Hand-maid beg that you incline A patient Ear to this my last Petition That as you cast me off as an offence You will be pleas'd to think me not offended But pleas'd in all I suffer for Heaven knows I am as free from any Passion Of Anger Hate Repining or Distaste Nay as insensible of Grief or Sorrow Or whatsoever Anguish of the Minde As I was capable for ought I know Of Joy or Bliss the first hour I was born Never made happy till I was your Bride In which blest state I cannot but remain While you are pleas'd and I obey your will Though unto Death to Banishment or Prison Poverty is Blessedness in vvhich I 'll pray For pardon of the Sins of my Accusers And those that have suborn'd them Lod. O poor Woman Eul. So in the blest continuance of your Dayes I shall pray Heaven to smile on all your VVayes King Nay stay Eulalia I have yet a Business I would have pass the general Consent Of this Assemblie in which your Voice is useful Flavello Exit Flavello Lod. Upon my life his Marriage with that Start-up That Snake this good Queen cocker'd in her Bosom Is not this Royal cruelty Gonzago kneels to the Queen Eul. You wrong your Princely Dignity Turn to the King your Father kneel to him Gonz. And are not you my Mother Eul. I must and can forget what I have been So must not you your Mother was a Queen My present fortune claims no Title in you Hurt not your own by looking down on me This I will do as warranted by safetie Not as a Mother but Beadswoman pray For all that bliss on you a Mother may Good Sir observe the King before his wrath Take hold upon you for regarding me Loud Musick Scoen. II. Enter Favello ushering Alinda like a Bride two Virgins The King descends takes her up the Lords rise all amazed King Let your amazement cease and now perceive My Lords in general that I your King Am Subject to this all-deserving Lady And do require you not alone to hear What I can say but without all denial That you approve confirm what I will say I am by law no less then your consent Divorc'd and free from all impediment To make my second choice in Marriage And therefore crave Alinda for my wife And that immediately we solemnize Our Marriage and her Coronation I hope none rates our will or his own life So meanly as to give least contradiction Eul. O let me lead your voyces Long live Gonzago and Alinda King and Queen of Sicily Alin. O gross Hypocrisie Eul. My Lord the Prince pray let your voyce be next The rest will follow Why speak you not my Lord Alin. She would fain seem to voyce in your behalf But in a way that much perswades against you Do but your Highness note it Kin. You Sir come from that Woman Gonz. She was my mother when she was your wife And that 's so late I cannot yet forget it But I fear to offend Eul. O shew it in your Duty then young Prince 'T is true the Law of Nature wills a Son To be a partner in his Mothers woe But Laws above that lay a strong command On Sons to obey the Edicts of their Fathers A Fathers frownes are Comets threatning ruine Let all your thoughts be free from his offence The most Heaven seeks is our obedience In all obey the King think not of me I am no more nay not so much to you As is the Begger whom you may relieve Since of all these comforts I am depos'd Lod. Faith thou hadst not mine good woman I must not call thee Queen now Eul. Or if you needs will think I am your mother Let it be onely in the charge I give you That since Alinda bless'd by providence Must be invested with the Regal Crown You shew her that obedience befits a Queen And your dread Fathers Wife Alin. I fear shee 'l turn him Traytor if he give more ear to her inchantments King I le shew him a way to give her thanks Gonzago Gonz. My Royal and dread Father King Put forth that woman Do it without grudge out of

shall have Madam Alin. You made not choise of men of Resolution Flav. They were the same exasperate cashier'd Souldiers That sware so valiantly against Eulalia Alin. Many that pass for Souldiers dare swear valiantly That dare not fight Flav. Many that dare not fight Dare do a murther Madam such a tame one too I am confident they have kill'd her however I have done my best Alin. Thou hast done nothing whilst that woman lives The work was not so course that your own hand Could have disdain'd it Sir if you had lov'd me So leave me negligent Fellow Flav. Her first months Majesty hath wip'd out The memorie of all her former dayes I must not lose her though this hand then soon Must do the work be 't not already done Exit King How cheers my love what ominous aspect Hath wrought this sad Eclipse upon that Beautie VVhose radiancie onely is my life Cast by this veil of sadness quit my fears And from my Browes wipe off a score of years No what must then remove it or dispell These Clouds that from the anguish of thy heart Do cast this shadow ore my happiness Alin. I must not will not name it but you said You would do something which it seems Your wavering love neglects King Can I neglect A duty that belongs to my Alinda Speak it again and by my first nights bliss I had with thee by this kiss and by this I le treble in performance all my promises Alin. Y' are dull in your performances I will Not name a request the second time although my life Your dignitie and your Kingdoms safetie Lie on the rack for 't King She will not name 't again Her last request was for the head of Sforza Her arrogant proud Father whose perversness Checq'd at her due promotion and whose life Swolne up with Popularitie was my danger Threatning no less then ruine on my State She will not name 't again poor tender soul Lest she might fall into th' interpretation Of an unnatural child yet for my safetie She suffers in desire to have it done I have prevented her desire 't is done I know Petruccio his Antagonist Who had my warrant and Signet for it VVould not be slack in th' execution Come sweet be fearless that which your mild goodness Is now so timerous to name is done Alin. Is she pursu'd and put to death King What she Alind. Nay I have said again King Sforza my dearest life th' unnatural Homicide That sought thy life and mine is put to death Alin. VVhat my dear Father King VVas it not your Desire Enter Petruccio Here comes sure Testimony speak Petruccio I will not ask Is 't done but speak the manner How Sforza di'd Petr. A self-wil'd obstinate man Such as he liv'd he di'd and gracious Madam That a more bloody Spectacle should not move Your tender nature to compunction I brought But this inseparate Adjunct of his malicious Head a Jewel Against you the King and the whole Kingdoms good Alin. This is a token most infallible The Jewel that none but the cold hand of Death Could ravish from him 'T is done The fear of him is like a storm blown ore 'T is done but this is yet but part of that full satisfaction That must confirm my safetie Pray my Lord side You fatal instrument of my Fathers blood Let me not look upon you King Nay Alinda Exit Petruccio You must not be so sad your gentle sorrow In those obsequious Tears express'd shew nature And Filial pietie as he was your Father But think upon your wrongs my dangers and your own Alin. Alas my Lord think you withall a Father Is not so early forgot But sorrow leave me And do you give me leave to think that now It is no less a Childs part to embrace Revenge then sorrow for a Fathers loss King How means my love Alin. She lives that was his Ruine You may remember whom I mean Eulalia Till now I had no Plea against her life Onely my care of you might wish her Death For your security Her fowl Adultery And secret Practices against your Crown Were nothing unto me compar'd with this Now I have lost a Father she the cause He suffers she survives where are your Laws King Sweet be content Alin. Content your self great Sir With your black infamie sit down content On your Majestick Throne the President Of Capital contented Cuckolds do Till all your Subjects dance the Hornpipe too King Nay dear Alinda do but think Alin. Think what VVhat on a course to be reveng'd on you To serve you in that kind my self Kin. O torment Alin. Or rather let me think your lustful purpose VVas but to rob me of my Virgin-Honour And that you put her by but for a time Until my youth had quench'd your Appetite Then to recal her home to your embraces She is your wife it seems then still not I King You have awak'd me from a Lethargie In which I was confounded now I see She and mine Honour cannot live at once She dies Alinda Alin. And you may consider A little further yet Sir if you please You Father and maintain a Son your own I cannot safely say and therefore more Is my vexation who demeans himself Not towards me like one that were your wife King Hee 's also doom'd already my Alinda Alin. It may prevent a greater strife hereafter Should he but live t' inherit Lands and Titles That must belong to yours and my succession King Thy wisdom inspir'd me all shall be Be thou but my Alinda rul'd by thee Alin. Seal you that Grant with this kiss I Seal mine My glories were eclips'd but now they shine ACT. IV. Scoen. I. Enter Poggio Lollio two Countrey-men with Eulalia Eul. Y' Are welcome Friends your prayers and good wishes Are comforts to me yet without danger of the Proclamation Pog. Madam the Court in all the Braverie It boasts and borrows cannot so rejoyce In the bright shining Beauty of their Queen As we in your enjoying in this plainness Their Bells and Bonfires Tilts and Tournaments Their Feasts and Banquets Musicks and costly shews How ere unpaid for shall not outpass our loves Eul. Be you as confident I will not wrong A man among you therefore pray reserve What is your own and warrant your own safety Pogg. But how you 'll live we know not we are now In our old former Health the Countrey 's cur'd Your Practice at an end unless you had The common gift of most Physitians To make as many sick as you make sound You will not find a Patient in seven years Eul. But I have other Arts sufficient skill In works of several kinds the Needle Loome The Wheel the Frame the Net-Pin and choice of Fingers works are most familiar with me Lol. And can you handle the Bobbins well good Woman Make statute-Lace you shall have my Daughter Pogg. And mine to make Tape-Purles can you do it Eul. Yes and teach all your children works to

Strozzo Alphonso Doctor and Midwife they all kneel You know my Story Sir and who have been My strong abusers and by me converced Therefore let me Petition Royal King You have by these discovered the abuse That led you into error and that light Which makes discovery of their black misdeeds Will shew you to a Throne of greater mercy Then you can give King I must confess I need it Bee 't as thou wilt Eulalia Eul. Go then and thank the King All Long live the King and Queen Exeunt offenders Lod. Here 's goodness now Hor. I would the Devil had 'm that thought ill of her Andr. And good King Pardon me and my pure brother Judges and Sages of the Dorpe here that would have hang'd those Manufactors King 'T is quickly granted Andr. And I le as quickly make them run mad with Joy Eul. My next suit is for now I 'm set a begging You 'l Pardon your Alinda King She is not mine Should she recover as Heavens will be done Eul. Recover fear not Sir this Traunse hast drown'd Her Frenzie and shee 'l live a sober life King I shall forgive her But she must no more in her recovery Be consort or acquaintance unto me But where 's Posteritie now O my Boy Eul. Sir you have had but homely entertainment Yet in my humble dwelling now I le shew you Since you appear so tender and so good A Father the sweet comfort of a Son Pray fetch the Prince King You cannot raise from death Exit Lodovico Eul. Can you forgive Petrucio that deceiv'd you In his faign'd death to save a real life King Forgive he won me in preserving Sforza Let me but see my Son I le honour him Enter Lodovico with Gonzago Hor. See the most Princely vertue that survives King lives my Gonzago Gonz. If you my Royal Father be not displeas'd With me or my good mother I shall live Hor. And long live my sweet Prince King Let not my joy confound me where 's Petruccio Lod. Sforza and he are bringing the entrauns'd Alinda Your fair Queen to your presence King She is no Queen of mine Hor. No hang her hang her This this is the Queen A very Queen of harts a better Title Crowns not the best of women in our days King Good Lodovico may the merited Fame of thy fidelitie While there are Kings on Earth Shew them to gratifie All trustie servants love him Gonzago Hor. Love him my Loyaltie preserv'd I shall not desire the Princes love my self If he not giv 't to faithful Lodovico My true yoak fellow in State and Commonwealth Recorders Enter Sforza and Petruccio bringing Alinda in a Chayre veyl'd King But here 's the man Gonzago whom thou owest A love of equal value to thy life Petr. I cannot Sir in dutie nevertheless But fall before your mercy which I pray for That durst assume the hardness to control Your Majestie Command Hor. There is a Loyaltie after my own heart now Here a new Song Eulalia unvailes Alinda Eul. Bless'd Heauen she lives and wakes I hope in health Sfor. If she awake to vertue she is welcome Into the the world again but if she rise With an Ambitious thought of what she was Or meet the light with a presumptuous look That renders her in thought but worthy of it By this bless'd presence I will yet take leave To sink her under earth immediatly Eul. Patience good Sforza see what she will do Alin. Where have I been or how am I brought hither Or where I am I know not but that shall not Musick ceased Be unto me a wonder for I know Were it reveil'd it could not be so strange A storie as my self was to the world How have I wandred in the way of Error Till I was worn into an Airie vapour Then wrap'd into a cloud and thence distill'd Into the earth to find a new creation 'T is found and I am found in better state Then I was in before I lost my Dutie For in this second Birth I find a knowledge How to preserve it Therefore if an Heart Dissolved in its Tears may move your Pity My noble Father if I may say Father Whose blessing and forgiveness I entreat Let not your frown destroy my future hopes Sfor. What a rich sound were this now were it reall Eul. As you may think I honour vertue Sforza I do believe 't is really unfaigned Sfor. It is Heavens goodness to your Grace then Madam The more to vindicate your injur'd vertue And manifest your merits to the world Thou art mine own again Alinda Eal. Note her further Alin. My suit is next to you King Queen and Prince Whose love whose Pietie whose Innocence I have too much abus'd that to appeal My trespasses at large by due confession I should appear but more impertinent to each eye and ear My suit is therefore though you not forget I ever was you will be pleas'd to think There is not an Alinda in the world So give me leave to leave it and in this I beg my Fathers Aid to be remov'd Back to my countrey Naples and in that Into the Magdalene Nunnerie at Lucera To spend this life in Tears for my amiss And holy Prayers for eternal Bliss veiles her self Sfor. So thou art mine for ever King She has anticipated my great purpose For on the reconcilement of this difference I vow'd my after life unto the Monasterie Of holy Augustinians at Solanto Omn. O mighty Sir King 'T is not to be gain-said So hast we to Nicosia where my Son In lieu of former wrongs I le yield thee up my Crown and Kingdom Your vertuous mother whom may you for ever Honour for her pietie with these true Statesmen will enable you to govern well Hor. Who makes a doubt of that King And let your studie Sir be ever watchful To cherish vertue as to punish vice And see that you considerative be Of Sforza in the wrongs he felt by me His was the greatest losse Sfor. Sir I have won My wrongs are drown'd in her conversion King Good Sforza see her plac'd as she desires In that Religious order I have now Plighted my Troth to Heaven and so has she Omn. O may Sir such Wedlock ne'er broken be King Now with such melting silence as sweet Souls From Bodies part to Immortalitie May we for better life divided be Exeunt Omnes Dedit Deus his quoque finem RIC. BROME The Epilogue Lod. THrough much distress and many perilous wayes Our Queen at last with more then conquering Bays Is Crown'd with hearts but now she fals again And we except her glory you maintain Our good depends on you then thus it stands She chears our Hearts if she but gain your Hands FINIS Books Printed for Hen Brome at the Gun in Ivy-Lane THe Souls Conflict Being Eight Sermons six whereof were Preached at Oxford The Queens Exchange A Comedy by Richard Brome Two Essays of Love and Marriage The Grand Impostor Examined or the life and Tryal of James Nayler The Souls Turnkey Being a Conference betwixt Mr. Hanum and Mr. Tuke Moderator of Gr. Coll. in London Poems Epistles and Epigrams on several persons and occasions by no body must know whom are to be had every body knowes where and for any body knowes what Dr. Browns Sepulchral Urns and gardens of Cyprus Books now in the Press which will shortly be extant The affinity of sacred Lyturgies By Hamon L' Estrange Esq Five New Comedies which were never before publisht By Richard Brome A Learned and desired Commentary on the whole Epistle to the Philippians By Nath. Tucker late Preacher of the Gospel at Portsmouth Adam out of Eden or an Abstract of remarkable observations touching the improving of Husbandry by John Speed c. Errata PAg. 9. l. 13. f. is read in p. 11 l. 5. f. Nignion r. Mignion p. 28. l. 6. f. Hor. r. Lod. p. 38. l. 13. and 14. Ent. Sforza p. 61. l. 20. for and r. in p. 68. l. antepenult f. mine r. my p. 69. l. 5. f. shalt be King r. shalt King p. 75. l. 19. f. inspir'd r. has inspir'd p. 76. f. but r. bate l. 32. p. 80. l. 26. f. said r. have said p. 83. l. 4. r. Lol p. 84. l. 18. dele Countr p. 94. l. r. Exeunt p. 95. l. 23. f. speaks r. speak and l. 29. f. in r. is in p. 97. f. they r. thy p. 97. f. speaks r. speak p. 115. l. 13. f. to their r. to be their l. 18. dele Eul. p. 116. l. 24. p. 119. l. 3. f. on r. one and l. 6. f. one r. on p. 122. l. 5. dele to my

And that all ill proceeds from her to you Eul. I may not understand thee Lodovico I 'll still retain the duty of a wife Which though it be rejected shall not throw Me from the path a Subject ought to go Lod. Two such wives more might save a Nation But see Petruccio the now-powerful man under the King Eul. Horatio with him too are they such Friends Lod. None greater since the King was pleas'd to grace Petruccio Scoen. VIII. Enter Petruccio and Horatio Petr. Madam howe'er my Person no less then my Authority I know is most unwelcom to you I must appear and lay the Kings Command upon you which you must obey Eul. I must see Lodovico here 's a plain Dealing Lord that knows my Love and my Obedience to the King and warnes me Faithfully to observe it good my Lord I will obey the Kings Command in you Lay 't on me What must I do Petr. You must go to the Bar to answer to Those Accusations that will be brought Against your Life and Honour as touching Your foul Disloyaltie unto the King Eul. He is a Traytor to the King and Me That dares accuse me of Disloyaltie Patience assist me and controul my Passion The greatest Crime that ever I committed Against my Soveraign was To be so neer The Vice of Anger in the presence of One that he lov'd so well but pray your Pardon Though truly those sharp-pointed words drew Blood From my oppressed heart and though you love me not I hope you think me innocent Petr. Would I could Eul. You do Petr. I would I durst speak what I think Eul. My Lord you ever lov'd me can you think Hor. Come what I think I think my love to you Was the Kings love if it were love at all If he will say he ever lov'd you I can say so too But to speak truth I know not if I did Or I did not but now you 're hateful to me That I dare speak because he hates you soundly And your old Russian Sforza that fell Traytor That would have kill'd the King do you look up at it You may look down with sorrow enough Your Country-man your brave old Champion He has Champion'd you sweetly it seems Is there no honest VVoman Eul. VVhat means this unknown Language Hor. VVomen are alwayes ignorant of Reproof I 'll tell you what it means for that loves sake You thought I lov'd you once Or do you know VVhat Mars and Venus meant when injur'd Vulcan Had e'm in 's Net Good King how wert thou abus'd And this good honest faithful loyal Lord Full to the brim of Merit and true Valour By that Blade-brandishing Sforza that meer Fencer To this great Martialist but he is fast enough And all 's come out howe'er you 'l answer it Eul. VVhat must I answer I know not yet your meaning Hor. Nor ever shall for me Petr. You 'll know too much I fear anon Come Madam vvill you go The High-Court stayes your coming Eul. I must submit me to it and its Laws But to a higher Judge refer my Cause Lod. Good Queen thy wrongs are manifest though none Must dare to utter them but in our Mone Exeunt Omnes Scoen. IX. Enter Alinda Alin. Mount mount my thoughts above the earthy Of Vassal minds whilst strength of womans wit pitch Props my Ambition up and lifts my hope Above the flight of Envy Let the base And abject mindes be pleas'd with servile Bondage My Breast breeds not a thought that shall not flie The lofty height of towring Majesty My power upon the weakness of the King Whose raging Dotage to obtain my Love Like a devouring flame seeks to consume All interposed Le ts hath laid a Ground-vvork So sure upon those Ruines that the power Of Fate shall not controul or stop my building Up to the top of Soveraignty vvhere I 'll stand And dare the VVorld to dis-commend my Act It shall but say when I the Crown have won The vvork was harsh in doing but well done Enter Flavello Flavello welcom Flav. Hail my Soveraign Queen Alin. 'T is a brave sound and that vvhich my Soul thirsts for But do not mock mine Ears Flav. Believe it Madam Joyn your attention but vvith one hours patience And you shall hear the gen'ral Voice o' th' Kingdom Give you that stile vvith large and loud allowance Alin. Stile thy self happy then in vvhat Reward A Subject can receive or a Queen give How moves our great proceedings Flav. Fairly thus Eulalia for now I must no more Give her the Title that belongs unto Your Execellence of Queen Alin. Advance that Harmonie Flav. Eulalia is brought unto the Bar accus'd Convicted of that high offence that instantlie Shall pull that Judgement on her that shall crush Her into nothing Alin. Appear the proofs manifest Flav. That vvas my care it behoov'd me to work the VVitnesses vvho swore in brief most bravely that they heard Lord Sforza vvhom you also may forget now to call Father Alin. That vvithout your instruction Flav. They swore I say they heard that Sforza boast The knovvledge of the Queen in carnal Lust Alin. VVas that enough Flav. No but it serv'd to put The question to her Was it true or not No cries the Queen nor can I think that Sforza Would lay that scandal on himself and me Those Witnesses were two cashier'd Lieutenants That Sforza should have hang'd for Mutinies In the late war but threw 'em by it seems To serve him in this Office me they cost Five hundred Crowns apiece and well they got it But where I left the Queen denies their Oath And though it had been true that Sforza had Affirm'd as much that had not found her guilty Alin. What Witnesses were next Flav. Two dainty devils Birds a Doctor and a Midwife who accus'd Themselves for Bawds i' th' Action and depos'd I know not how many how many how many times They saw 'em link'd in their unlawful pleasures These were the Queens own people and deserv'd A thousand Crowns apiece and had it instantly Afore-hand too Alin. What could the Queen say then Flav. She denied all but in such a patient way After her foolish fashion that it gave strength To th' Evidence against her then she wept For their iniquity and gave them a God forgive ye And so attends the censure of the Court VVhich straightway will be given they 'l be set Before my coming Alin. Hast Flavello hast And let thy next news be to this a Crown That she is not a Queen and I am one Exit Flav. This Father and this Queen I now could pity For being hew'd out and squar'd thus to my use But that they make those necessary steps By which I must ascend to my Ambition They that will rise unto a supream Head Should not regard upon whose Necks they tread ACT. II. Scoen. I. Loud Musick Enter four Lords two Bishops King Prince they sit Eulalia in black Crowned a golden Wand in her hand led