till they 're hatcht Mah. Kings fears are proof enough they that wil give Them cause to fear give cause enough to strike A Treason is a kind of Hectique feaver In the beginning it is most easily cur'd But hardly known But in the course of time Not having been in the beginning known To know it becomes easy hard to cure Bel. But he is modest Flo. So are Whores at first Coynesse is the best Lure Beâ— Blaming his friends For doubling of his merit and chides himself For suffering of his acts so to be guilded Lest they might any way eclipse your splendour Abb. Hee 's Politick Seen nets are easily 'voided And dangers threatned once are half prevented The curst dog bites before he barks and Thunder Strikes ere it speaks Treason still shuns the Sun Thaâ— female Vertue Modesty can't harbour In such a masculine spirit even that He makes a bait to catch the vulgar with It gets him a respect He 's not to learn That honour like a shadow and love too Shuns the pursuer follows him that flies it Mah. Why if he means no Rape upon the State Doth he so fortifie himself in 's Party Binding all men of action unto him With all th' obligements of a Polititian Abb. He that will make a Faction means to use it Mah. He studies every particular Genâ—us And taketh every one in his own height Th' ambitious he makes his with honours Titles And high commands saying worth loses lustre Like Gems in Quarries if it be not set To publique view like Diamonds well mounted The covetous he ties with chains of Gold To his own purposes extolling bounty As th' most conspicuous vertue of a Prince And gainfullest saying Vertue else will freeze If it be not kept active with Reward Valours best Nurse Those that are discontented And such are sure ones he gains by favour And silken promises The multitude He stroaks with Popularity and they Like true dogs fawn and crouch as much to him Though upon service he 's austere enough Exacting each mans duty out of Action He courts the common souldiers by their names Lies with them on the Guard fares as they fare And calls them all his fellows sees them serv'd In time of want ere he himself will take The least refreshment Abb. What soules will not these Strong arts allure if he meant war with IOVE To storm even Heaven and mak 't a Colony Flo. What Heaven a Province Mah. Noble Forts he builds And Cittadells as if he meant to compasse The Kingdom with a trench and into these He put 's his Confidents Huge hoords of wheat Munition Provision stuffe his Garrisons When no Foe threats the Confines If these charms Of Affability these knots of strength And preparations signifie but care And Arts of wisdom which need ' wake no thought Of Jealousie and require no prevention Let 's cast no Ramparts 'gainst the swelling Sea But tamely think the peaceful NEPTUNE meanes Us no invasion but will sit content I' th' old Boundaries of his watry Empire Cherish the speckled snake and let him twine About your leg alas poor loving worm It onely comes to kisse your foot and means To dart no poisonous sting into your flesh Bel. Has he no filiall love no noble nature Can 't be that to him to whom every Vertue Seems in this dearth of Pietie to run For Patronage Paternall duty should Be or a stranger or a slighted Exile Mah He is ambitious and Ambition knowes No Kindred 't was a maxim practised By IOVE himself upon his Father SATURN Abb. No no my Lords that somthing must be done Is not the question but what and how Bel. Weaken him in his friends call them from places Of trust and put in others or make them yours Abb. No they are preingag'd and will not come But to great baits So to reclaim them would Cost much to ruine them add more to us ' For all Rebellions throughly suppress'd Make Kings more Kings and Subjects still more Subject Bel. Then call him from his strength lure him to Court And drown him here in pleasures and delights 'T will soften and enervate his great mind There 's little fear of Carpet Kinghts rough beards And hairy men have still the working heads Mah. And such is he Abb. That were to crosse his Genius And force his Nature backward he is made For hardned steel and not a masquing sute No Musick please him but the bellowing Drum No exercise but tossing of a Pike So stout a nature never will recoil Bel. Confine him to some Iland with a set Of beardlesse Eunuchs and soft Punks about him Prohibiting all martiall company Flo. Pictures and Beauties are alike to him His soul 's so full of 's NYMPHADORA'S love As throw him into ' an Ocean of Beauties The vessel 's full and can take no more in Bel. A brave truth from an Enemy aside Abb. Confine him That were to spur a fiery headstrong steed And have no reines to hold him or to ' wake A sleeping Lion Persons of his rank If once disgrac'd must not be left a tongue To tell it with or hand to act Revenge No nor a heart to think it He that strikes At mighty Enemies must do it throughly Say my beloved MAHOMET must not Kings That fear great subjects growth and gathering strength Or wink at all and conquer them with kindnesse Or if they wil take notice leave no need Of second blowes but at the first cut off At once the fear they have and cause of future Who finds a Serpent couch'd and at one blow Parts not his heart shall never fetch another Mah. The Oracles are reviv'd and speak in Abbas But how much more then pitty is it that So high a valour Affabilitie Vertues of brightest lustre with the Persian And all the endowments of a Princely mind Should like good seed in ground too fat grow rank And make him fit to feel the sickle which Gladly I would disswade were not the tree More worthy then a wanton branch or th' head Then any corrupted limb though ne'r so handsom Abb. Ah my good Lords the bowells of a Father Have yearn'd in me and no small strift I had To gain a Conquest of my fond affection And bend my will to part with him as with A gangreen'd member to secure the whole But I have won the field of foolish pitty And swom 17 by the eight refulgent Orbs his death Flo. The young wolfes death can never come too soon For he that spares the wolves destroyes the sheep Bel. But think my honour'd Lord will not the soul Of every subject bleed in his each wound The pledge of their succeeding happinesse The crown of their best hopes hope of their Crown And who will spare to damn for Tyranny Pardon the speech I act the Princes friend A deed so without Justice proof or conscience Mah. Not all the steel forg'd into swords and spears Nor all the Iron form'd to battering Rammes Have ruin'd
you then But do what JOVE shall envy and wish his You 'l hold the second place Lievtenant General Elc. Yes Mah. Then what friends can you oblige to us Elâ— I le try them all but MATZED young BENEFIAN And Stout MOZENDRA I promise to my selfe Mah. Those are sure cards what banks have you ith'City Will push out freely to a contribution These publick works need many private purses Elc. Some we shall find Mah. The beautious FLORADELLA Has promis'd largely her I have ingaged We shall proceed the merrier for the Ladies Elc. We 'l give them back their gold to buy their silence Mah. The best way to assure our selves of that Is to engage them deep enough we need them To work their friends and to augment our treasure All wars are chargeable but civil most And we that mean the publick good must not ' Lie heavie on the people I intend A guard of horse my Government of Shiras Will bear it out thither I have sent SELEVCVS To govern Larr and raise three Regiments there Of horse one two of foote This Cittadell Is mine and that is all that readily Could give me any trouble another force I le pick up here the Town and Country swarm With casheer'd souldiers thirsting for employment Elc. My Lord what if I levyed in 3 Hircania Mah. 'T is fit call all your friends about you here To cast your strength up but avoid all listing Listing is dangerous in secret Plots One paper lost discovers all take only The great ones names and what they promise trust to Elâ— We can have no resistance suddenly The first must be by forreiners call'd in Nor can the King trust to those mercenaries Nor will the Persian like their comming in Besides My Lord our powers may be ready To be with us ere they can reach the fronâ—iers How ere they 'l hinder the Kings levies there Mah. Thou art my Oracle of war Elc. But why May we not seize the King and cut the fear Of all resistance off the Princes friends Are ours already the rest we 'l find or make so Mah. Of that at our next Councell mean time work Your friends as I will mine but above all Provide what money and what armes you can Who has the gold shall never want the man Elc. Enough Farewell my Lord my good Lord Generall MAHOMET-ALLYBEG HOw shall I fall in love with mine own parts That have so conn'd all cunning mistique Arts On every side have I set wheeles a going Shall work my purpose with their own undoing Torches shall spend themselves to give me light Stages for me to climb by to my heighâ— Then down go they then my hot credulous Lord And then my fine soft wench will I discard The Lovers and the Courtiers Master-piece And the states-mans dissimulation is High favour and sure friendship to pretend To him whose Throat he 'l cut to gain his end This must he do will rise and then its best To swear most love when he intends it least OLYMPA FLORADELLA EARINA â—LOE THis and much more we 'l do to let men see That we can help as well as they to save A sinking State Flo. And happy are we Madam In putting obligation on the present And future ages For this act the Prince The Princesse SOFFIE nay the King shall call us Their Patronessâ—â— that did timely bring An arme to save them from their hasting ruines Ear. Children unborn and Priests not yet begotten Shall sing our names upon high festivalls Oly. And many a happy Pen shall toyle to keep Our memories as fresh when time himselfe Grows old and halts as now our beauties are Ear. But why sha'nt we improve the debt the State Owes us by injoying offices and sitting In councell with the men Flo. Madam y' are happy In that conceit Indeed we are fram'd by nature With th'same parts o' th mind for th'exercise Of vertue as men be Ear. And if men boast Such exellencies it is reason to think Those no lesse excellent of whom they are Since timerous Doves did never yet hatch Eâ—gles But men and beasts and all the whole creation Inherit th'minds and spirits of their Parents Flo. 'T is no hard task to patern in our sex All excellent things that ever men performed Not arts excepted nor that active valour That lift so many Demi-gods to heaven 4 The valiant Amazons are proof enough Ear. Nor do others fairnesse take away their force Oly. True vertu's not oblig'd to live with beards Alone she may chuse the smoother edifice But the rough part of vertue skill in armes I am content to let the men ingrosse 4 I have no mind to lose a breast to wear A shield the better Yet state offices And to be Counsellors would become us well Our Witts are sharpest and we fittest made For Embassies as having smoothest tongues Flâ— And should our Rhetorick fail we 'l but employ Our lookes to plead and conquer with our eyes Olâ— Besides the novelties and varieties We meet ith'state will yeeld us strange delight Ear. We 'l have them both the Buffe and Fur shall be A new and fashionable dresse and every Lady appear a PALLAS with an Aegis Vpon her breast Flo. This Madam and what else Our Cabinet thoughts can dictate to us shall be All in our powers Ear. Pluralitie of husbands Would be thought on Flo. Yes and Seraglâ—o's too For downy peachy chins This and all elâ—e If we but ply the work There 's Madam OMAY Is worth the winning who has interest in her Oly. There has been long a league between us strong Enough I hope to make her hear reason from me Far. She has her share too of ambition that Will work Flo. Ambition Madam what are we Without it 't is necessary as beauty To a great Lady Ear. What sounds high in others And is pride is but needfull state in us And the true knowledge of our selves Flo. She 's rich And young and handsome and you say ambitious Then She 's well qualified Ear. Handsome in troth At first she presents well but then she loses Her selfe presently Flo. She does indeed what now Clo. Madam my Lord. â—n secret Oly. Well Madam your great friend Expects you Flo. No. Oly. Come come deny him do Ear. Well we all know our parts and will noâ— loiter Flo. The pains will pay it selfe Now where's my Lord MAHOMET-ALLYBEG FLORADELLA HEre where he would be Dearest in thy armes The Centre my soul tends to Flo. Welcome ah Welcome hither as conquest to the souldier Mah. How do the Ladies take thy proposition Flo. as their best wishes Mah. Good good ELCHEE too Has swallow'd the hook and promis'd his Allies I feel the Crown warm on my head already My guard is rais'd I want but the Kings license For their attendance for that plead thou strongly Possesse him wiâ—h the need of 't for my safetie This last service having pul'd envie on me Flo. It shall be granted or I 'le lowre the dotard
and wasts Alk. How can it be but so when such a Sun As this appears drowning her sickly light MIRZA EMANGOLY ELCHEE METHICULI HYDASPVS ALKAHEM MATZED MOZENDRA BENEFIAN MY Lords this City stands stiffe in our way But none I hope have any other thoughts Then tempting of our stars till the proud Turrets Bow to our feet and sink in vengefull flames For why should she ere boast a brighter fate Then her as potent sisters that now kisse Our yoak and humbly truckle under us Ema And so shall she and glory in the bondage For to be slave to you is next to win This my Lord ALKAHEM wisely advis'd Should be our first addresse unto your Highnesse Mir. He spoke my thoughts or rather I in him Alk. This I the rather was induc'd to do Because since the two Mines we sprung last day And five former assaults prov'd unsuccessfull And all your Messages met a Rejection I humbly now conceive no storm or scale So fit to be attempted as some stratagem To be advis'd of Mir. Give us but a hint Alk. An 't please your Royall Highness the last sally 'T was my fortune to make two young men Prisoners Whom by their civill fashion and demeanour I judg'd and found to be men of the Book Rather engag'd by novelty to see Something of war then any way expert In these rough meetings these I had into My Tent where being well warm'd with 4. Shiras wine They fell into a freedom of discourse And among other things assured me They in the City had receiv'd a Promise From OSMANHELI their old Governour Of succours within four dayes for which service He was prepar'd and stay'd but for some Gallies And Frigots to convoy him and inable him To passe through our Fleet which Navy he had A good assurance would attend him shortly And these are th' onely hopes hold up their hearts And keep their Gates shut 'gainst your Royal Highness Neither is this discovery the effect But of their drink for sober they confirm it Elc. The same a Page of mine lately their Prisoner Who mad's escape in the same sally told me He learnt i th' Town Mat. It is the generall voice Among the meaner Prisoners who hug their Condition and joy they are with us That they may eat again famine within Rages so strongly Moz Hopes of this supply They say do onely keep the Town from uproar Ben. The starved Souldiers fly upon their Leaders And cry with a half hollow voice Bread Bread For heavens sake Bread when shall we eat again They answer do but smell upon your Matches Four dayes longer then by th' life of 5 MORAT If no help comes we 'l make our best conditions Met. It seems 't is a conceit strongly believ'd That they shall have reliefe Alk. Believ'd my Lord They every hour trace the sands the walls They climb and Turrets peep through Prospectives And if they but descry a Sea-gull 't is A Sail and if a flock O that 's the Navy Till lost again they chide their credulous faith And curse the two crosse winds till their own sighs But make them stronger to defeat their joyes Hyd. I had the guard last night and intercepted A messenger in disguise from the said OSMAN With Letters sown in 's 6 Tulipant spoke the same These be the Letters and the Postscript fixes The time two dayes or three at farthest Mâ—r. Good And you conceive now we may send a Party Fresh flourishing in the Enemies Colours who By this pretence may gain perhaps admittance And so surprize the Town Ema 'T is probable Alk. 'T is certain Mat. Nay 't is more 't is done already Mâ—r. Well since you 've such a confidence we 'l try it The Prince lightly peruses the Letters then gives them to the Lords who hand them from one to another You my good Lord METHICVLI shall command In this design to whom we 'l joyne your Regiment HYDASPVS and yours ALKAHEM and yours MATZED Met. Our care shall not be wanting Mir. Have the Brigads Ready t'imbarque by the first light o'th'morning In the mean time we 'l send unto our Admirall That riding in the gulph blocks up the Town To bring ships down unto the Haven this night For to transport you in those must you wing With Turkish Flags and Streamers and acquaint him With the adventure that you passe the Fleet In the next night yet not without some skirmish To work the greater confidence ith'City That you are foes to us and their recruits Yet least discovery frustrates the project Keep your selves whole that you may so make good Your quick retreat You my Lord ELCHEE At the same time shall storm on the Land side To give the greater terrour and diversion To the Towns strength so fortune aid the attempt My selfe and you EMANGOLY will be ready Either to enter with the Horse or succour Our friends if they be forc'd to a retreat Alk. If this succeeds ' â—is but our keeping up The Turkish Colours on the Towers awhile And we shall so traine in the succours sent For th'Towns reliefe who ignorant of its taking Once landed can't scape us Mâ—r. Grasp not too much Ema The Action promises well To Elchee in secret Ben. My Lord SELEVCVS Attends without Elc. Sir you 'l oblige me if You 'l please to bring him in and I 'l present him Mâ—r. MOZENDRA let it be your care to make Our Admirall know our project and desire Of Ships from him Mâ—z Sir I am gone about it SELEVCVS To them ALl hail Elc. May 't please your Grace this Gentleman Is come from Court with Letters for your Highnesse From your dread Father Mir. He is welcome Sir How fares our Royall Father Sel. By me he sends Your Highnesse twenty thousand blessings and Is kept in health if but by the relation Of your renown which gives him hourly musick So gratefull to his Majesty is your fame Mir. We 'l study to requite his love with duty Met. My Lord HYDASPVS and you ALKAHEM He delivers his Letters to the Prince kisses his hand and retires The Prince opens reads them to himselfe And you MATZED will all be sure to bring Down to the Haven before the Moon arises Your Regiments where you shall find me ready To lead you aboard the Ships I need not doubt They being my MOZENDRA'S care Hyd. Do'nt doubt me Alk. Nor me Mat. Nor me He starts Mâ—r. Sure I red not right Hyd. His message likes him not Mir. O for an Augur Ema Good heaven what an Oglio of thoughts His Highnesse has in 's face Mat. He reads disturbance In very line Ben. What bold blind fate dares thwart him Mir. 'T is so Well Souldiers may'nt dispute their orders My Lord I 've here commands come from my Father Forthwith to wait upon him and I dare Think nothing but obedience But O in What a Dilemma between duty and honour Stand I Honour calls to me from the house Of Fame built all of sounding
so many Kings as that round word Conscience and Soveraign sway are things at odds 'T is mischifes freedom holds up Tyranny Which who so blushes t'own is no right King Abb. No more debate Sentence is justly pass'd The execution rests which what if acted Vpon him i' th army Mah. If the crueltie Chance to disclose it selfe on th' apprehension O' th murderer t' may raise some dangerous tumult All cruell actions must be safely done And all their safetie lies in privacy Abb. Let 's train him up to court and do it here Mah. That thought needs not a second Abb. Cause you then Our secretary t' indite letters to him Here to attend us with all possible speed Where he shall be acquainted with the weight Of the affair that urges his quick comming Provide a messenger of your own knowledge Mah. I know my Pâ—oâ—â—nce Abb. You Lord BELTAZAR Who are not so well known his enemie Though firme enough in our esteem hast down Unto the Army where till he you know Be on his journey hither keep your mask on Then break to the Lievtenant Generall Your power and errand which is to be set With him in joynt commission ore that Army And be the noble partner of our care Bel. My faith shall labour to deserve the trust Abb. And thou my FLORADELLA shalt have work too Be frequent in your visits to the Princesse Extoll the vertues of her gallant Lord And set the wheeles a going Praise gets confidence That opennesse of speech and women be Best spies of womens actions Sift her then What is intended who and where imployed Speak with such confidence as if you meant To force her think you know what never was T is no lesse service to detect close treason Then to vanquish open and avoucht Rebellion Flo. What arts will not my love unto my Lord Infuse into me and what subtle care Abb. You 've all your parts act them but like your selves I le in any study more o' th art of King-craft Bel. Madam I kisse your hands Yours Lord MAHOMET MAHOMET ALLYBEG FLORADELLA THis was well carried there 's another step To our great purpose whilst the Tyrant stood Firmly propt up by his heroick son And his brave Troopes not all the Gods could shake him Now that he ruines him he but lies down For me and therefore thee my FLORADELLA Upon his neck to rise to soveraignty Flo. But what if the successe should thwart the platforme And something intervene to save the Prince Would not the ruine turn upon our selves ' Such deeds are never safe till they be acted Mah. Descend not from thy selfe so low as fear The blow meant him is guided by a hand Sure and steady but if he misses aime This very hand through wounds shall force his soul So doth the love of thee arme me I le wrest The Scepter from JOVES hand but thou shalt have one Flo. Why do you court your own Sir Mah. Therefore deerest Because mine own and worthy a Gods courtship I never meant thee lesse nor have I woo'd thee To leave a Monarchs crowned love to grace A subjects bed but to adorn these Temples With golden wreaths more bright then ARâ—ADNE's And make thy name the subject of all Poetry Then shalt thou trample on the under globe And chuse what part of heaven thou meanst to grace So great is the reward of MAHOMET's love Flo. How growes your strength what men of name and fortunes Espouse your interest Mah. 'T is not yet my time To tempt too many when the heir is gone And all men in a maze then is our houre No Fish shall 'scape us when the water 's troubled In the mean time get thee a party to thee Of the male-spirited Dames that may engage Their sons and husbands they are usefull evills Bosome solicitours are most prevalent Flo. I le find or make such first I 'me for the Princesse MAHOMET ALLYBEG POor credulous Cockatrice thinkst thou I 'le rear My selfe a Throne and set a strumpet with me No he that can crush Princes will not pick Thee out among the rubbish of their ruines Yet must ambition use such poor low things Thou art a good close spie a bosome traitour And a fair bait for some smooth liquorish 18 Sultan Whom I le perhaps buy with thy prostitution But a companion of my Soveraignty Must boast a brighter vertue higher descent One that in making nature toil'd and sweat Such as the excellent Princesse NYMPHADORA Whom when industrious nature once had form'd She broke her mould for never since could she Produce her like she 'l fit our proudest height But her I 'le not assay till I 'me possessed Of my new royaltie then a Princes Throne Is a brave joynture and the name of Queen To a young Widow lusty in her blood Will be a charme hardly to be withstood FARABAN What curses are entaild on wicked pelfe With a bag of mony in his hand We when we want it scratch and plot to get it And when we have it fear to lose it still I dreaded vildly those two craving souldiers That met me at my Merchants dore they were But meanly thatcht me thinks and seem'd to have Sharp stomachs too They watcht and waited on me As Dogs do upon children for their victualls There lie ye till my Tailors long long bill Brings an indictment strongly proved against He locks it up in a Trunk you Thus are we but the Gaolers of our wealth Which although most men make their God is but The Poets slave and mine And but for use Two THEEVES listning Wee 'l rescue your rich prisoner presently They knock Far. Come in Pox on yee it s your tattar'd Rogueships 1 Theef Your humble servant Sir 2 Thief Your servant Sir Far. Gentlemen you 'l excuse me I know you not 1 Thief You shall Sir know us better Please you lend us The key of that same trunk Stir and One of them presents a dag to his breast you die Far. Nay Gentlemen 1. Thief Nay not a word y 'had best Take the keys out of his pocket coÌ„rade-so Now we will eat boy and be warm again The other takes his keyes out of his pocket his watch 1. Thief Hang warmth and eating too Wee 'l drink drink deep 2. Thief drink by the hower and this same watch shall help us To 'scape the Constables Far. But I dare hold A rope of that th' Devill rob'd and thus too Rob'd in a Complement Theves Whilst they go to plunder his Trunk he runs out and gives the Alarum Theeves ho Theeeves 1. The. Pox o' your care could you not stop him 2. The. Now Prethee leave chiding to another time We 've no way but to follow him and cry Out Theeves as loud as he so we i th' hubbub They run after him May hap t' escape 2 The. 'T is best Both. Theevs Theeves ho Theeves SOFFIE FATYMA IFFIDA IS this the story 's to be acted Looking upon a Picture Iff. Yes Sir Sof I
love to see these Actions they will put Spirit into me Is the Princesse ready Iff. She will be presently You stand on thorns now Fat Shall I see 't too Iff. Yes yes my pretty Lady If you 'l sit patient there and weep no more Fat Indeed I will not but I could not hold Lâ—st day they were so cruell could you IFFIDA To see hard-hearted PROGNE stab her Son And all the while the boy cling to her breast And for each wound she gave return a kisse Sof Go y' are fainthearted If. Nay Sir she 's good natur'd Fat This too is some sad story tell me IFFIDA Why do's this woman look so angry here Sof What ailes that old man so to weep I can't Indure to see a man weep it showes cowardly Iff. That fierce Lady MEDEA resolv'd to fly With her new servant JASON from her Father To hinder his pursuit she tore in pieces Her brother ABSYRTUS and bestrewd i th' way His limbs which that old man their father finding He stopt his vaine pursuit oâ—'s cruell Daughter To gather up by peace meal his torn son And seems to bath each piece with teares as if He thought them Cement strong enough to set The tatter'd joynts and flesh again together Fat Was she a sister O I could not do So by you SOFFIE for all the world I care not now for seeing it presented I hate all cruelty so perfectly Yet could I bear a part with that old man And weep as fast as he so infectious Is a just sorrow chiefly in old persons NYMPHADORA SOFFIE FATYMA IFFIDA PAGE WHat ailes my FATYMA to drown her blossomes Of beauty thus in tears Child art not well Fat Yes Madam but this piece is limnd so lively As it doth strain tears from me to embalm Poor torn ABSYRTUS with Nym. Pretty compassion I like this tendernesse in thee but we think This a feign'd story O may reall griefs Ne'r touch thy breast poor thing wilt see it acted Fat It will I fear make me too melancholy Nym. Do as thou wilt my Heart Fat This piece shall be My mâ—lancholly study and sad Tutor When I have either cause or will to weep I le take up this and sit and think I see The tender boy stretcht out his hands unto me For help and sigh because I cannot rescue'him Then think again the old man calls out to me To help him gather up his sons limbs and weep Because I cannot Iff. Pretty innocence Sâ—f Pray Madam let me wait upon your Highnesse To th' Tragedy Nym. Thou shalt sweet-heart Iff. What now Pag. If 't please your grace the Lady FLORADELLA Is lighted at the gate and means a visite Nym. She 's welcome Sof Pish pish now her idle chat Will keep us beyond time Nym. Soft my young Gallant NYMPHADORA FLORADELLA SOFFIE FATYMA IFFIDA HAil my good Lady Flo. Mighty Princesse hail Nym. Please you to sit Flo. How does my little Lady Fat I thank you Madam Flo. And you my Lord Sof Madam At your service Flo. Troth an early courtier How happy are you Madam in these copies Of your fair selfe and your renowned Lord By which you 've fild times sharp teeth and secur'd Your names your formes and natures from the wast Of death and eating age nor is it fit So eminent a beauty and cleer vertue Should for lesse then eternity grace the world Nym. Why Madam give you me the trouble to Speak your words over for these heights of courtship Are but like sounds made in a hollow room In expectation of the Eccho's answer FLo. No Madam by your beauty and that is The greatest Power that I can swear by I Oft lose my self in pleasing Contemplation Of you as Natures and as Fortunes darling By whose best gifts yet can you never be So highly grac'd as you do grace their gifts And them too by your bare receiving them What had the Gods in all their Treasury Oâ— greater worth or lustre then the Prince Your excellent Lord A Prince that striketh dumb Envy and slander and gives Fortune eyes And who could they find worthy to bestow This great result of all their sweat upon But you who yet deserve him every inch Nym. In him indeed I am compleatly happy But he is so far above all deserving As I can plead no merit yet the Gods Themselves have sometimes deign'd a mortall love Flo. In which of all the Gods fortunate Princesse Could you have been so happy as in him With better grace thou Phoebus dost not hold Thy gorgeous rein nor from thy glistring Throne Scatter more beauty or more Majesty A Majesty indeed too great to know Any Superior And now that the King Is bow'd down with the burden of old age The heavy weight of the unweildy Empire Grow but a trouble to his aged shoulders His Crownes are to his head a load no more An ornament It 's fitter his white Age Should now indulge his genius and release His thoughts from all the ruffle of the world And give him time to contemplate the place He tends to every day So should the Prince Make his few daies brighâ—er and easier to him By taking on himself now fit for labour That load of care we call the Soveraignty Nym. Pray Madam give such thoughts no longer breath Thoughts that the loyall Prince and I detest 'T is the base viper gets a life by forcing A violent passage through his Parents bowells 19 My Country Phoenix when he duly mounts His Fathers spicie Throne brings on his wings His honour'd ashes and his funerall odours To shew he climb'd not till his death his seat Flo. Your Highnesse rather should assist his rising By gaining more to 's party which is done With but a gracious look or smile from you ' So prevalent an Oratour is beauty Nym. No by his life and all the love I bear him I 'd rather follow him fairly to his Tombe Perfum'd with that unblemish'd stock of honour He now stands in then that so fouly broke See him untimely thrust into the Throne And justifie my self a loyaller wife In loving more his honour then his life Flo. Unconquerable Vertue if the Gods in secreâ— Give me a Plague 't will be for th' injury I do this noble pattern of all goodnesse Well Madam you may feed upon that air But there are those wish the design on foot And promise to themselves a fair successe So great 's the love they have for the brave Prince An expâ—ctation of a braver King ' For 't is Authority declares the man Nym. I 'l thrive their trai'trous plots Iff. My Lord speak to her Nym. But in his face I read my SOFFIE think 's This conference might be spar'd as well as I For he was wooing me to carry him To see MEDEA play'd at Madam OMAY'S And I am loth to disappoint his hopes Flo. I 'le be no cause of that I 'le wait you thither Nym. You 'l honour me Flo. I 'le go before you one day
secret MAHOMET ALLYBEG SELEUCUS I Need not tell thee my SELEUCUS what Hast secrecy and care must wait youâ— journey Attend Duke ELâ—HEE first but privately And with my letters give him high salutes To work in him a confidence of me When you have obtain'd Audience of the Prince Note with what gust he takes his call to court And ere he be upon the way be sure I have a Post t' inform me of the minute I may expect him here that his arrivall Anticipates not my provision for it Sel. My Loâ—d no part of your instructions shall Be unobserv'd and what my care can more Rely upon Maâ— Be happy This will prove His faith and diligence and those shall be The rules by which I 'l further trust or slight him All tooles are not for greatest works they must Be try'd and ' bide the tryall must be made Staves in the ladder we ascend a Throne by MAHOMET-ALLY-BEG BELTAZAR HAil my Lord BELTAZAR what you are going To take possession of your new command I wish your journey and that too prosperous You know you have a friend in Court and I Assure my self of one now in the Army Bel. That your assurance will never fail you The King expecteth your Attendance Mah. I Am with his grace already Adieu my Lord. BELTAZAR HOw quick's this Jack of state if this my journey And th' whole project be not a web of his I misse my mark The Prince is grown too great And must be fear'd and presently remov'd Not 'cause he is too great for ABBAS but For ALLY-BEG But this I must not see Because I cannot help Should I suggest it Unto the Prince 't were but to fall with him I 'le rather save my self and try if I Can keep an even Path 'twixt the two hills 'T is beâ—ter give way to then resist ills And raging Lions of too horrid might To be withstood by force of Law or right The Prince must fall his ruines will be great Enough many lesse Princes to create Why may not I be one of those so from A River stop't many small runs do stream Vertue I love thee but with thee to stand Were now to fall ' Yet what the King commands That word makes Vertue or at least Law for he Can do no wrong since 'gainst himself't must be And to the willing nothing's injury How ere 't is wisdom to obey They who Will rise at Court must not dispute but do CHORUS O Misery of greatest states Obnoxious to unconstant Fates ' Great and good Persons well may be From guilt but not from envy free They that stand high in Publique trust Expect the forked arrowes must Of such below as deem their parts Lesse in employment then deserts These vapours yet may hap ore fly So long as the helm is guided by Temperate Spirits and severe Judges that both know and dare And whilst that Kings will in things high Their action to good counsell tie And not by single advise be led o th' passionate unsalted head But since that flattery and ease Crept into Princes Palaces 'T is dangerous to be good or great For such the Court 's a slippery seat Nor is it safe for Subjects since Too too much t' oblige their Prince With mighty service that exceed The Power of his noblest meed For whom he cannot well reward He 'l find occasion to discar'd To which many a Parasite His easie nature wil excite Things sold to riot that still swell With envy 'gainst such as do well Because their glory blazing higher Then theirs ecclipses their false fire So must he for their private ends Divest himself of his best friends Nor so their humour 's fed care they If he and his become a prey To 's greatest foâ— 'gainst whom their care Defâ—nd him neither can nor dare These are those ear-wiggs to a King ' Then hostile foes more ruine bring As Ivy seems the blooming spray T' adorn but sucks his heart away So do they rob their Prince of 's heart In making him his duty ' invert And the best Government Monarchy Degenerate into Tyranny Perswading him his single will His Realms are made but to fulfill They make a wolfe thus of whom Heaven To th' flock hath for a shepheard given The Sun they might as truly say Is vested with his flaming Ray To scorch and not assist the Earth With gentle warmth to naturall birth The Flatterer merits worse of you O Kings then whose pale Poisons brue They kill but single Princes he Assassinates even Monarchie Leave then with beasts your sportive war Or hunt no beast but th' Flatterer Act. 2. MIRZA DOe Fortuâ—e doe frown on that th' world may see My constant Vertue can orecome even thee And when thou pour'st out with full sea thy spite Swim with more strength against the angry tide Conspire with the Foe that not to you The honour may but to my self be due But if thou bee'st the Mistresse of the world From whose mad wheel all our events are hurl'd Thank thee for being coy It will improve The pleasure of the Conquest and my love Slight favours are not for a Princes ware The foulest ground the fairest crop doth bear ' In a dull calm a child may play with th' helm ' But he 's a Pilot can outride a storm Raise raise them then let loose the winds to rage And let this tumour with that warfare wage Block up the way that to Fames Palace lies To give my spirit nobler exercise Why am I more observ'd and courted too Then other men unlesse I more can do And suffer more 'T is not enough to be But born a Prince our greatest Royaltie Lies in our Acts if we have greatest parts ' In reverence let 's have so in deserts And though the bravest souldier at this day The whole worlds terrour under me in pay Did never hear me saying yet go thee Where slaughter highest rag'd but follow me Yet could he stronglier 'gainst the Torrent swim Of War then I I 'd yield my Palme to him But Counsell must direct each martiall feat Uncounsel'd force is crush'd with its own weight ELCHEE PAGE I Study nothing here so much as how to merit your hâ—gh favour and do something Reading Mahomets letters to him may fix me strong in your desired friendship WHy this to me that never yet could gain More then a quarter face thus or perhaps An over shoulder look from this great MAHOMET This sole ingrosser of the royall aspect To me this a disgrac'd cast Courtier Sure this is more then complement yet not scorn It lookes like serious He has his ends if he But speaks or bowes or nods to any man His very looks and smiles are all design Had I best meet his courtesie half way Or shun it as a snare Sure he thinks not Me cheap enough to be his instrument In a low matter and in great his craft Has not enough of confidence in me I 'le not embarque too far yet still
egg on His confidence to make my breast his closet Then either close in what may serve my self Or save my Head by vnraveling his Plots He hath somwhat i th' sorge and hopes my late Disgrace and discontent will make me blow The cole with him though he 'd but use my foot But as the Cats to reach the nut out of The fire for his tooth He 's not to learn That male-contents are tinder for a faction He may remember too that with great Persons New benefits blot not out old injuries He hopes I 'le catch the spark if not for love To him for hate to th' Tyrant who yet perhaps Bids him cast out his lures to tempt my stomach Yet will I see the bait and play with it And since I see it fear not to be hit Who waits there Pag. My Lord Elc. Desire the Gentleman To enter Favours done to followers Oblige their Lords as he that did relieve MINERVA'S weary Priests ingag'd the Goddess ELCHEE SELEUCUS COme sir this masse of love your honour'd Lord Is pleas'd to send me flowes with such a tide Of joy upon me as I shall either die This night or else live forty years the longer Sel. My Lord his honour 's covetous to find Fit objects for his love he 's us'd to say But now he needs not seek abroad your Grace Deserves it all and he is no lesse just To pay desert her due then wise to find it Elc. Y' are too obliging we know his judgement well Whâ—ch yet in nothing's more conspicuous Then in such prudent choice of followers Sel. My Lord when will the Prince Elc. The Prince anon Will be at th' Councell of war there or expect My entrance or else by some attendant Give me but notice of your being there And I 'le present you to his Grace according To your good Lords desire The time draws on I' th interim here 's some will entertain you MOZENDRA SELEUCUS BENEFIAN SELEUCUS hail Sel. Well met dear Colonel Ben. Welcome my better half welcome to th' Camp Moz How looks the Court Sel. As 't uses like a Lottery Where one may draw and draw till he exchanges His whole stock but for blanks and if by chance A Prize do come 't is more by luck then skill And then the noise the Drum and generall cry Follow the fortunate when a thousand others That ventur'd more may sit and curse their starrs Moz A good Satyrick Metaphor in them both Blind fortune rules Ben. But how are Ladies reasonable Sel. Even as they ever were and ever will be Shaddowes shaddows of us pursue them and You may pursue and tire in the chace Seem but to fly they 'l follow and be handled Moz 'T was ever so keep them but sharp and they 'l Obay the lure Ben. Watch them and they 'l be tame Sel. But with frâ—sh oaths songs kisses Duells food Strong and approv'd gorge them and they 'l turne taile Ben. A pretty truth but who bears greatest price Sel. Why faith the plainest th' fairest ever are Most kind and least proud Ben. So And what new loves How thrives the new sect of Platoniques ha Sel. Troth the best Pimp that ever enter'd Court Moz You need not fear the grouth of such a weed Nor hope we better fruit since that 1. the Persians Begun to follow th' Lacaedemonians Ben. Then I 'le up and turn Courtier SELEUCUS Wilt buy my Regiment Mox Prethee BENEFIAN Wilt now turn fly and spend the day in buzzing In Ladies beams till thou hast sing'd thy wings Fie fie the Prince heâ—e shewes thee'nobler game Wilt thou like an ill-handled kite upon Her wings after a noble quarry go Away with paultry check or leave a Partridge To dop after a lark or Robinred-brest Bâ—n There is a Syren in that tongue well I 'le Consider a while of 't But you SELEUCUS Mean to stay with us ha and see some sport Moz Yes yes you will not leave the stag at Bay Sel. Well i 've a Mistrisse I would fain present With a piece of a torn Banner Ben. Well said my Bully HECTOR but hold The Lords o' th Counsell EMANGOLY METHICULI HYDASPUS ALKAHEM MATZED ANd now my Lords what businesse calls loudest To be the first discussed in our Counsell Met. Exchange of Prisoners many we hold of ther 's At needlesse charge as many they of ours Deserving men and stout whom we much want Hyd. Our Regiments and companies are thin Scarce one in ten of them amounts to half The constitution So the Guards are weaker Then else they should and thus hard duty comes Oftner to the same men till the poor souldiers Grumble and faint beneath the load and scarce Are held from mutiny But which is worse A masse of Treasure daily is consum'd On idle officers Parchment Colonells And titular Captains that ne're saw four files Vnder their Ensigns or perhaps no more Then their own groomes or private servants save Some that they borrow'd upon daies of muster Or else pretended to lie sick in Quarters Ema Dead payes are not to be eschewed t is grown An abuse too strong for reformation The rest the Prince has thoughts how to redresse And means it suddenly by casheering and Reforming idle officers and filling all His Regiments which method he intends To be exact to four times i th' year Mat. All gentlemen that come as volunteers Expect commands which yet they measure by The greatnesse of their states not martiall skill A Troop a Company or a Regiment Each novice claimes as due lesse cannot answer A full fortune when for a Princes selfe They that know any thing know t is no disgrace To traile a Pike under a known Commander Hyd. But t is disgrace enough and something more I 'd almost said t is treason t' undertake More then a mans abilitie can perform Since the King suffers in it more then he The King more in his work then he in 's credit Alk. These in their times but first if you concur Some thoughts of the reducing of you City Were seasonable the seige is long and tedious And sicknesse and disease invade our camp As if the foe had made them of their party And that my Lord METHICULI makes good Your proposition that place won we gain Those prisoners whose exchange will cost us dear Mat. My Lord I eccho you What a disgrace Would stick upon our names indeleble As cowardise if our great Princes standard That never yet was fixt in vain before A hostile Fort but useth to display Its selfe still on the Enemies proudest Turret Should now be left alone or which is worse Forc'd to remove Ema Though all the Gods were parties Our Princes stars are of a cleerer light Then so to be eclips'd by th' 2 Turkish Moon Hyd. She 's pale and waines already and his Arme Shall pluck her from her sphear or quench her in it Met. Or daube her hornes with 3 Ottoman blood till she Sets red or shrinks into her Cloud
Brass and what Wilt thou sayes she that hast given up thy name To me go wanton in the Courts soft pleasures When yet the field is cover'd with thy Army And new attempts resolv'd Alk. Heare heare her sir. Mâ—r. Then filial duty calls loud from the Temple T' obey is your chiefe honour the contrary Would fix more staines upon your Name then all The Ottoman blood could you set it a Tilt Could ever wash away O strait who sayes not To go is Cowardize to stay Rebellion Ema Excuse me sir were it not blasphemy 'Gainst our great 7 MITHRA to say the Sun wants light When he doth but keep state in gloomy dayes No no your Highness have possess'd the world Enough with your known valour now no spot Will stick to you besides who knows your business Your Highness going may be necessary And so your journey give more honour to you Then kicking ope this Towns Gates with your foot Met. O' th' other side some handsome excuse may Give satisfaction to the King till this Design be over and not incur displeasure Ema It may so yet why should our Lord the Prince Run that hazard his stay may do him hurt In losing th' opportunity of some Action Sure of concernment else the King would not Have sent knowing the weight of his work here Or worse it may provoke his Fathers anger At least suspition His going cannot harm him This Plot is so contriv'd as we may act it Nor need the common Souldier know he 's gone Put one into his Armour to disguize it When he is there if the affair be urgent 'T is well he went if not he may return To us before the Action Mâ—r. I 'm confirm'd Obedience possesses me all over I le up and down again quick as your thought If I be forc't to stay go on and prosper But duty bears me not faster to him Then Love and honour shall again to you And so adieu my Lords Ema Heaven keep your Highness Elc. Go safe Met. And safe return Hyd. And well as safe BELTAZAR EMANGOLY ELCHEE METHICVLI Hâ—DASPVS ALKAHEM MATZED BENEFIAN HAil my Lord Duke of Shiras Ema My Lord BELTAZAR What wind wast drave hither trow In secret Elc. No good one You may be confident Bel. Save you my Lords Ema O my apprehensive soul I 'd give Aside An eye my Lord the Prince were here again Bel. 'T is thus in short my Lords His Majestie Dreading some sickness growing strong upon him Hyd. He was in health even now Aside Alk. Stay sir observe Bel. Thought good to send down for his Sonne the Prince The staffe of his old age to be about him And has done me the honour to command me Hither to stand in joynt Commission over Th' Army with you My Lord EMANGOLY My honour'd Colleague Ema Your standing is my fall Aside Bel. My Lords methinks I see and grieve to see Something like Discontent in all your faces Ema I 'm justly proud sir to be joyned with So eminent a Vertue but this in this Conjuncture of time I think was ill advis'd Now when the Army is neer worried out In a long war to tear their darling from them Will rellish ill Ben. I 'l up and turn Platonick Met. And I Stoick Mat. I le to my Farm and there They whisper Sow Mustard-seed the Prince gone farewell Arms. Elc. This is a trick the Prince nere dreamt of it Alk. A bait to lure him up and lodge him O. Ema My Lord his Highness ere we lost him laid The Plat-form of a Plot to gain this City By a surprize till that be done wil't please you To keep close your Commission lest th'novelty Disturbs the Action Bel. Sir I 'l be advis'd In this and all things by your better judgement Met. We all do know our duties let 's attend them Ema Go then my Lords I 'l follow or I thinke We had as good let this adventure fall 'T was but to please the Prince Bel. Sir as you please I 've some dispatches those over I am yours EMANGOLY ELCHEE METHICULI HYDASPUS ALKAHEM MATZED BENEFIAN THe Prince call'd up to stay and one sent down To take his place and that a Courtier too Plot of some Turk to ruine Persia By striking her good Genius Impudent head Worthy a thousand thunderbolts that durst Once mention it why stay we in the Army There 's not a Captains place now to be given But some Court-Madam must dispose it to Perhaps some little leg'd Gentleman-Usher Ben. Or decay'd Stallion Elc. Though we toil'd and sweat To purchase honour for the Prince we will not That BELTAZAR shall share with us Ema Shall I Be coupled now after so many Triumphs With a Court Spaniell I 'le let the Turk in first Say my good Lords what can you shrug and fawn And complement your Generall is a Courtier Now you must fight in method exercise Your men as in a Dance Met. Pox let all fall Hyd. Best call MOZENDRA back and le ts do nothing Mat. But mutiny Elk. Or at beâ—t raise the Siege Ema The shame wil not be ours but the dul Kings That knowes â—ot how to prize a worthy Son Omneâ— With all our hearts Met. Let'â—hold together then And we are safe Ema You are an Oracle The King shall know that nothing shall be done Lesse we be pleas'd and have again his Son BELTAZAR SELEUCUS SELEUCUS is thy Post upon his wings T' inform thy master of the Princes coming Sel. My Lord I have dispatch'd him Bel. Prethee stay him For my Packet Sel. My Lord I 'l after him Bel. Do so and then the King shall know he must not Pull down his Son and let these great ones stand That are but his dependents pieces of him They 're grown too great to obey any but Their Prince and will not brook my rising ore them And yet to speak my conscience they 're but honest And do but what I should yet now that is not The way to thrive and so may well be lov'd And wished but not practis'd without losse As he that fells an Elm must also fell The Ivy Vine and under shrubbs that dwell Beneath his shade and cling in loving sort About his bole some but for their support Some to suck sap from him So who 'd remove A Prince or great man strong i th' Peoples love Must strike his followers too A mighty man Doth never fall alone no more then can The beams and columns of a Palace and The Rafters and the sparrs unmoved stand CHORUS WHat dire effects evill Counsell workes Even to unhinging greatest states It doth allure with specious baits But underneath foul Poison lurkes The Prince to please a factious few Must rob himself even of his best Of friends and discontent the rest Which he may ever after rue This happens when the Princes ear Is open droâ—n'd in soft delight Unto the bosom Favorite Or undermining Flatterer How hard and difficult a thing Almost above the power of man Or
Can ere requite such favours But Sir I Am conscious of mine own defects for such A Province that requires the ablest man A man A God Phoebus himself to rule it A rule as glorious as his flaming Throne Abb. Thou art modest ALY-BEG He is most fit Who we dare trust and that is thee my MHOMET ABBAS MAHOMET-ALLYBEG FARRABAN Two THEEVES OFFICERS WHo have you brought into our presence Dogs And are the sons of filth and povertie Fit objects for our eye 2 Theev Mercy O mercy Far. An 't please your Majesty these two were soldiers Ran from their colours hither and turn'd Theeves They rob'd i th' Court it selfe my chamber Theev Mercy Abb. 'T were to disgrace our mercy to bestow her Vpon such vagabondâ— who besides your Theft And cowardly sulking from the Camp shall die If but for so disgracing so prophaning Our Court with such base rags and bands of vermine Compounds of Oyle and stench spawn of a Toad Are these weeds for a Court Or is our Marble To be polluted with your dust and sweat Rascalls spued out of Gaoles and Charnel houses Rotten already that bear graves about you Go Officers away with them to death 'T is plain they are Theeves they 've rob'd some of their fellowes Long since hung up in chains of those foul raggs That danc'd ith'air many a frosty night Yet that they may die neatlier then they liv'd Give them new Coats then dragg'd out of the Town Impale them high on stakes thrust through their bodies 1 Thee This may thank you could keep the dore no better 2 Thee T' may thank us both for robbing without killing They 're wise that make sure work Mah. T is true Abb. Away Mah. T is a good Prologue this to his sons Tragedy Aside Attend without there FARRABAN I 've somewhat To move the King you may be usefull in Be within call Far. I will my honoured Lord. ABBAS MAHOMET-ALLYBEG DRawes not the time on you expect the Prince in Mah. Yes How will you that he be entertain'd Abb. How entertain'd why how but with a bow-string Is 't not decreed Entice the trusty Son From his Eccliptick line he shall obey Your beck and wander from his sphear ere I From my resolves Mah. Admired Constancy Abb. Set you some spy of faith 'gainst his arrivall There let him stay him to attend my comming Then give us notice and thou and I will plant Our selves in secret to behold the justice To act which get seven Executioners Deaf dumb and dextrous to rush in upon him So all Rebellions shall be strangled in him Th'Hydra of Treason at one pluck shall lose Her numerous heads and we our fears and be For ever cured of all jealousie Mah. I le appoint FARRABAN to be his last Master of Ceremonies FARRABAN MAHOMET-ALLYBEG FARRABAN WHich is the way to rise at Court thinkst thou Far. T' obey and please Mah. Right and thou art ambitious Far. What do I here else Mah. Whither tends thy aime Give me the utmost height of thy aspiring Far. Troth there you pose me for Our thoughts still rise As our estates and power the avarice Of honour is no lesse insatiable Then that of gold But for the present I Know mine own wish and so shall you my Lord. When I walk by the Cittadell so strong So stately that claimes reverence from mine eye I think if I had but the government 0f that I should be happy enough to pitty 7 The grand Signior and envy him no more Mah. The government o th' Castle is that all Thou art too modest Far. Good my Lord do'nt scoffe me Mah. I am in earnest thou shalt have it FARRABAN The King has but one piece of Service for thee Do that and thou art Governour Far. If I Can do 't t is done Mah. Come I le instruct thee how FLORADELLA CLOE COme why staid you so long abroad this morning You 'l never leave your Gossiping till you Be double rib'd as GLAVCA was and then You may go seek a Father for 't 'bove all things Beware of a great belly there is losse Of time and losse of sport in 't besides trouble Clo. O Madam I can make sirrup of Savin My selfe and twenty tricks I have besides Here is the book EARINA promis'd you Flo. What ARETINE so famous for his postures Let 's see it Were you at ERINA's house Or sent she this Clo. I was there Madam and Had the luck too to see her fine new servant Flo. What for a creature is 't Clo. A pretty silk-worm Flo. How happy am I therein 'bove the rest That dote on sleeked limbs and finest bloud Looking but for couch comforts not aspiring The godlike ornament of a crown let them Melt in their youngsters armes I le sacrifice To hair and bristles cling to MAHOMET Or hug a coffin to arrive at honour Me thinks this Purruck leans to th'left hand somewhat Clo. No Madam 't is well set and rarely sented I would we'd more of the prepared Pomatum And powder I bought last Flo. What talk's most rife Abroad wench Clo That my Lord MAHOMET is sworn Lord Treasurer he 's now the only Sun Next to the King of greatest light Flo. He shall Ecclips him one day What do you now Clo. This fucus Is laid too thick I le mend it with my scarlet Flo. Have you got Puppy Dogs and an after burden Clo. Yes Flo. Well distill them then with care my Lord MAHOMET-ALLYBEG FLORADELLA CLOE WHy this is as it should be now my beauty Displaies her lustre throwing sweets and graces About the place her selfe being as the spring A box wherein all sweets compacted lie Flo. This spring Sir owes it selfe but to your beams I wish you joy Sir of your treasurership Mah. A step that 's but a step to a greater height I 've something more to tell thee that is fit For thy ear only Flo. CLOE prethe leave us Clo. Now can't I for my soul but listen I Have such an itch of novelty Mah. Come my dear Art ready to ascend thy throne hast practised Aside she places her selfe behind the hangings to listen To Queen it with a Majesty seest thou not All creatures bow in homage to thy foot And Princes throng into thy set of servants â—lo This is fine Pageantry would it were reall O how I should be courted Flo. Jeast not jeast not How proceed you Mah. Smoothly the dreaded Prince Is on 's last journey an hour brings him hither An other sends him Elâ—zium The army kicks at BALTAZAR's command And pines for th' Prince the two Dukes fume and fret Like Lions caught in toiles or Buls in nets Where strugling but intangles them the more Since the King can't trust these men thus inrag'd Nor knowes he where to serve himselfe of others He means a league with th' Turk so falls this army And leaves him no force to oppose my rise He shew'd me his thoughts of outing ELCHEE From his vice-royship of Hircania And stout EMANGOLY
the Scorpions of Cushan sting thee Nym. Ah! cruell Father Mâ—â— First TISIPHONE Lead me to TANTALVS I 'd faine talk with him Iff. Why TANTALVS Mâ—r. 'Cause he kill'd his Son too I 'd see if's punishment be great enough Then I 'l Petition PLVTO my hard Father May have the same Nym. O that the Comparison Held whole in thee He murdered his PELOPS To entertaine the Gods but ABBAS thee To feast the furies of his frantick mind To PELOPS too the yellow Goddesse gave A whiter shoulder for his own she tasted And with new better life requited him O that some Deity would thine eyes restore Or close up mine Mâ—r. Hah that 's PROSERPINA She 's in love with me and condoles me too But I 'l not wrong my NYMPHADORA though PROSERPINA where's 7 my Uncle and 7 my Grandsire Two Persian Princes murdered by their Son And brother I 'd faine speak with them and sit Comparing fortunes with them Nym. O they are Bathing themselves in blisse in their sweet Grove Mâ—r. And shall I be there too CERES bright daughter Let me sweet Empresse Nym. Yes if you will rest Your head here in my lap and there lie still Mâ—r. But will not PLVTO then be jealous of me Nym. No. Mir. Come then 8 Now tell me more of Paradise Nym. There'midst the fragrant flowre-enammell'd fields Do golden Pallaces their shining heads Erect with richest Arras each one floor'd Christalline Rivers flow to moat them round For state not strength and with their wanton murmurs Lull every sence and make soft sleep yet softer Their banks are fring'd with Trees of Gold that feast With goodly forms the eye with fruits the tast Fruits that pluck't ne'r so oft straight spring againe So the rich boughs still with like mettall shine Under whose fragrant shades they spend their course Of happy time with amorous Virgins who Regard alone their own particular loves Not such as tyred out in the world a life But there created for it with best form 9 Cows eyes and beauteous as the Hyacinth Still their Virginities return and still Their beauties flourish as their Paradise For ever young yet ripe and fresh full blown Yet alwaies free from naturall pollutions Still as in their third lustre men ith'fixt Their Boyes of divine feature minister To them and proffer hourly to their choices The most delicious Viands Drinks and Voyces Mir. But when but when dear Queene of darknesse shall I Inherit all this bliss Nym. When thou art fit for 't Mir. And how shall I make my selfe fit Nym. By sleep Sleep will much purge thee from thy earthy humours Mir. Sweet PROSERPINE there is in Persia The fairest Lady that ere blest the Earth Sweet NYMPHADORA thou must needs have heard Of her many worthy Hero's have Dyed for her love one frown if such a face Can frown of hers have given a hundred Princes Their Pasport hither didst nere heare them sit And sigh her name or see 't carv'd in the rind Of some faire Tree Nym. Yes O that love should last Longer then reason Mir. She PROSERPINA Will be with you ere long the noble heart Has taken such a griefe for her wrong'd MIRZA It can't last long unbroke but when she comes Let not thy PLUTO see her lest he falls In love with her and so turn thee away He will PROSERPINA let him not see her Nym. Well then he sha'nt Mir. You talk of women too That we shall have in Paradise when she comes Let me have her she was mine own above And I 'le not change her for all natures store Nym. Admired constancy sleep and you shall Mâ—r. Boy GANYMED give me a draught of Lethe To make me sleep wilt not I 'le try without it Nym. Alas what noise is that A noise withoâ—t Look IFFIDA Iff. Madam here comes my Lord EMANGOLY And three or four with him Nym. He were welcome If 's comming now could be without disturbance MIRZA NYMPHADORA SOFFIE EMANGOLY METHICULI HYDASPUS ALKAHEM IFFIDA PAGE HAh hah who 's that do's PLUTO come Nym. No no Lie still Ema We'd best retire Nym. No joyn your help With me to calm his fury Ema O that my selfe Had bit my unhappy tongue from th'panting roâ— And spit it in the Tyrants face which falling Had trembling murmur'd curses at hs foot When I gave counsell to my Lord t' obey His cruell message Met. O who ever yet Saw the returning steps oth'credulous beasts That visited the counterfeit sick Lion Hyd. And yet O ABBAS what fierce ravenous Lion Did ever Lybâ—a's fiery womb produce Or what fell Tyger thy Hyrcania Of so prodigious cruelty as thou art Alk. Lions are tame as Lambs and Tygers mild As frisking kids to that outragious monster Ema There is no perilous desart but his breast Where teeth and armed fangs do tear the strong And treacherous toiles t' insnare the innocent Are ever ready set Met. O th'cruelty Of hate disguis'd like love Ema And how O Gods Is vertue dear to you if thus the Serpent Of Treason be permitted to turn Dove To flatter it by unsmelt means to ruine Mir. I knew on earth a voice like that sure 't is My good EMANGOLY's and is he here too Ema Here my deer Lord but O that I had been Under the earth when my unlucky judgment Advis'd you hither Sof O you 've spoil'd all my Lord. Mâ—r. Why are we still ith'upper world I thought I 'de past the ford Cheats cheats He starts up and fantasies Quick then EMANGOLY go muster all Our force and see them paid I 'le march to morrow And never make a halt till I have kickt Bizantâ—um's selfe to dust 10 Let an Iron Cage Be made to carry with us for proud MORAâ— I 'le try yet if his stomach be as stout As BAJAZET'S but line it all with furrs To hinder him from the pleasure of a death Nym. Would he but cool with sleep his high distemper All these wild thoughts would vanish with his frenzy Emâ— Repose Sir till the Army needs your conduct Nym. Yes my dear Lord restore thy selfe again Unto my care and make my lap thy pillow Mâ—r. I will my sweet and ne'r would rise from hence Did not dear honour call as loud as thunder Such is my love to thee yet could I not Love thee so much lov'd I not honour more Nym. IFFIDA call for musick and a song Gentle and soft as Notes of dying Swanns To woo him into slumbers Sof That will charm him Mir. The Turks already made thy Prisoner when I next return my selfe to thy soft breast His head 's a present for thee Nym. Hark! my Lord soft musick How gentle rest courts thee in her best language SONG HE 's great that masters his own soul As he whose nod shakes either Pole Not he that Kings in chains can bring But that subdues himselfe 's a King That 's ever in himselfe at home And ne'r lets his Queen Reason roam On whom all passions waiting stand As hand-maids on
FLORADELLA COme MAHOMET what need hadst thou t' employ Any tongue but thine own in thy just suit Thou maist do more with me my MAHOMET raise For thy securitie what guards thou pleasest Mah. I willingly could have spar'd this needlesse state Could I securely attend your service But though arm'd with my innocence I fear not JOVES Thunder-bolts yet Wise prevention Is the first point of wisdome in a Peer Sir here is a commission please you hear It read and sign it Abb. Give me it MAHOMET We 'l sign it without reading we dare trust thee Farther then this Flo. Your Highnesse may Abb. We know it Flo. Dear thou knowest when to They whisper meet at Madam OMAY's The consultation's there you had the watchword Mâ—h I know the time and will not loiter deerest Since 't is for thee I work Flo. And I for thee Abb. A Masque attends me thou shalt sweet partake it Thou MAHOMET hast something else to do MAHOMET-ALLYBEG YEs I have that to do shall undo you I erre 't is done not Heaven can hinder it But should th' whole Machine o th' design crack which Would more amaze the world then brutish thunder The pleasure I have given my selfe to see To what a height I 've wound this strumpets soul Would almost pay my pains How sure she makes Her selfe of what I never mean her fortune Then when I rise fresh in my summer glory And throw her off like a course robe I wore Only to shield me from my colder winter Who will not say I cunnings Master am That can deceive and that in their own game Greatest deceivers when they me shall know Out-cheat a woman and a strumpet too VASCO AM I awake or do I live what torrent Of evills have over spread thee Persia Is justice cripled and the furies all Let loose to act their Gambols in the world Dire secret of the direst Treason how It swells within me till I be delivered Of it at my Lords ear He happily May stop its course then was my love well plac't To sift out this and though I die this night I 've liv'd to be most happy and the ages To come shall pay thanks to my memory MIRZA â—n his Couch alone BLinded imprison'd pining here for want Of what each debaucht Ruffian spends in riot And by command of my own Tyrant Father A proper Patrimony If the Turk Had us'd me thus my fall had been with honour And heart held up with hope whilst I had had A Father to command Revengâ— and friends To act it home But when those friends are thus Fetter'd disgrac'd and torn from my assistance And nature too turn'd backward in my Father What have I left me but to curse my starrs Starrs ignes fatu glittering Meteors That made a show of greatnesse and in snuff Now loose their glimmering false light and stink Unnaturall Monster have I left so oft For thee and for thy safety the embrace Of my fair Princely spouse abandoned My self to all the sufferings and hazzards Of bitter and long war to have this Triumph O that I could relieve my soul with vengeance In my last sleep I saw the wandring Ghosts Of my great Uncle and wrong'd Grandfather Squallid and pale attended with an Army Of murder'd spirits all my Fathers crimes Calling loud to me for revenge revenge Both for the love I bear them and my self I'â—h ' head of these gnashing her teeth with ire Came frowning NEMESIS offering a whip Of folded snakes to my impartiall hand My soule 's now like a boistrous working Sea Swelling in billows for disdain of wrongs And tumbling to and fro from Bay to Bay Nothing can calm it but full wrought Revenge Stern Goddesse I adore and give my self To thy dispose O point me but a way To work thy ends and mine My arm is short And shackled thus with Irons I can't reach The Tyrants heart how shall I serve thee then When strait she calls to me with bended brows Reach him in 's Favourites ' las ALLYBEG Is strong i th' Courts and Tyrants affections But he has Marble walls and Iron barrs T'ween him and me But FATYMA comes to thee She saiâ—s and she 's the Idoll of his soul Rob him of her Shall I through my own sides Wound him and to deprive him of a Grandchild Tear from my self a daughter no lesse dear And dutifull to me then she 's to him But I am great with child of indignation And cannot be delivered but by vengeance And no revenge but this is in my reach I shall but send her to the pleasant Groves Give her at once Heaven and the Tyrant Hel Hell in his thoughts Hell in his Conscience And that same Hell of his is Heaven to me It is decreed She dies to make him do so O sweet revenge how I thirst now for blood And burn more then I lately did for drink In my wild feaver hottest fit who waits there SOFFIE MIRZA NYMPHADORA IFFIDA CAll'd you my Lord Mir. Yes child is FATYMA come Sof Not yet Sir Mir. SOFFIE art thou prepar'd For freedom when she comes Sof Sir as you please Mir. yes thou shalt go to Libertie though I Repent thy absence O my great resolve in secret If I must fall I 'l pul down Persia with me And have no lesser Monument then an Empire Nym. And when th' art free and in EMANGOLY'S care Think o th' restraint thy Parents here endure And seek with all discreet care to redresse it Sof I shall not rest till then Iff. Here 's FATYMA MIRZA NYMPHADORA SOFFIE FATIMA IFFIDA COme child Faâ— Fate is not yet all cruelty Nym. What 's this I see child in thy face of mirth Fat Madam I have got Licence of the King For all you can desire but Liberty Mir. And without that what can we here desire Worth satisfying Come hither FATYMA Stand here between my knees Sweet in secret innocent Ah! that I could but now forget all Father Or else be like mine own and leave all goodnesse Sweet child art thou contented to stay here And let thy Brother'scape in thy attire Fat Most willing Sir Nym. Thy Grandsire will not let Thee lie here long in misery like us Fat Would I might still stay here to wait on you I 'd rather so My Lord METHICULI Is at the Castle gate waiting for some body Sof That is for me Fat Come Brother let 's change cloaths Mir. Stay FATYMA suppose thy Grandfather Why say I so thy Fathers Murderer Should now grow angry with thee for this change How wilt thou bear his wrath child canst thou die Fat Yes Sir if you will have me to die and sleep They say is one and after Death we wake In a fresh Paradise where joyes abound Mir. All joyes are there there once for all the world Thou wouldst not be a minute here again Fat But Sir shall I not want your Presence there And my dear Mothers and my Princely Brothers I love you better then all joyes
Sir Exasperate Not Tyranny Mir. Sweet youth be patient I 'l teach thee courage Hangman come your chaines I 'le follow you by your sent Beare-ward to have them EMANGOLY HYDASPUS VASCO HOrror that the brave Prince should ever do So cruell a deed but what can't sense of wrongs And thirst of revenge force a great mind to Yet shall this stop our grand design no longer Now for the King HIDASPUS you say SOFFIE Is at METHIâ—VLI's Farme without the Town What is 't you study of Hyd. My Lord yes yes He is My Lord I was even stricken dumb With the discoveries you 've made Ema O great and Horrid they are by this the hellish Counsell Is upon meeting sure their hour 's near Vas. 'T is come my Lord. Ema Come then HYDASPUS you 'l Accompany me to th' King Hyd. You know my Lord We are forbidden Ema What thâ—n for his good And to save Persia what is our lives hazard Hyd. They can't be better spent I 'l wait your Grace Ema But not a word where SOFFIE is as yet ABBAS PAGE FATYMA murder'd all my joyes are fled Fled in a moment Pageant of Earths greatnesse I that was erst ador'd great in an Army Strong in a valiant Son and happy in The fair hopes of two brave Grandchildren Am now forlorne in all my Army broken A base peace made for which all brave men loath me One of my Grandchildren hope of my Crown Fled but O whither that 's unknown to me The other dead dead and worse murdered By her own Father ah unnaturall Father But yet not more unnaturall then my self Us'd I not him so and should he not be As dear to me as she to him I did I did O mischief of credulity And causelesse jealousie would all my fears Had happened so I were guiltlesse still It then had been his fault not mine O heart Pag. May 't please you sir my Lords EMANGOLY And HYDASPUS do strongly plead without For Audience of your Majestie shall they enter Abb. Have I not banish'd them my Presence well They die for breach of the command if they Prove not their innocence Let them enter I 'l Have now an ear for both parts I will never Punish more on bare hearsay Guard attend us ABBAS EMANGOLY HYDASPUS GVARD HOw dare you thus intrude into my presence Must I forbid you and my strict commands Be slighted thus you rush upon your ruine Ema Sir were we conscious to our selves of any The least neglect unto your-just commands We'd fly your sight as doth the Owl the Suns And seek out corners for our Treasons safety But when we dare defie black Calumny We know not why we should not venture to you To warn you of your safety now at stake Abb. At stake as how Hyd. If there be any fault In us examine it in fitter time And spare it not but study punnishments New and exemplary to plague us with At least at present mind to save your Crown Your Realms your life and all your Progenie Abb. What Pageant 's this Ema No Pageanâ— Sir in short You are betray'd and MAHOMET's the Traytor Abb. What envy dares traduce him then my heart 's False to my head Ema Sir if I prove it not Dissect me into Atomes torture me And fix eternall infamy on my name Abb. Produce your proofes Ema Your Highnesse lately stood A Bulwark to your friends a terror to Your Enemies you had a Royall Army Commanded by a noble Son and though I say 't a faithfull Generall and Officers Trusty as truth it selfe while these stood firm In your esteem as they deserved well For what have your brave Son and my poor self Not done that men could do for your just honour You do not hold one Scepter in your hand But such as we have put there or else kept From being torn away whilst these I say Had power with you not your proudest foes Or Treason had a tongue or hand to hurt you But we must fall that they may rise upon Yours and our ruines and your credulity Has given them way pardon the plainnesse sir. Abâ— Go on go on Ema Sir it was your misfortune T' advance the impudent pleasant ALLYBEG To such a dangerous height as made him giddy And mad with pride he is the very person That having got your ear wrought all our ruines Intending yours which thus he acts first having Obtain'd the Princes fall disbanded th' Army He has consulted with the malâ—-contents T' advance himself has rais'd a bank of money And now is levying of a Guard Abb. That Guard On second thoughts I fear'd Hyd. As well you might Abb. Well who are of his party Ema His pretence Is specious as all Traytors must be so He has allured some innocent Persons to him For such we yet are willing to believe them As ELCHEF who yet owes you a Grudge And so 's the fitter for his purpose he Ingag'd MATZED MOZENDRA and BENEFIAN MATZED is levying in Hyrcanâ—a But privatly as the rest here in Town These credit his pretence which onely is To rescue th' Prince and be made Guardian To SOFFIE when he indeed intends To murder you the Prince and SOFFIE Abb. What 's this you say Ema Nay good sir hear me out He means himself our King too and his Queen FLORADELLA she at least believes so For she was usefull for him to gain you To this advancement and the Princes fall And rich to help his bank and has engag'd OLYMPA EARINA and Madam OMAY All these we know besides who else as yet We 've not discovered But his confidents Are FARRABAN and the smooth tongu'd SELEVCUS He at this present gathers force in Shiras The other holds the Castle at his pleasure Abb. If this be so themselves convey'd away Young SOFFIE I pray JOVE not to Heaven Hyd. That time will prove we speak but what wee know Abb. How came you by the knowledge of thus much Ema My Lord my Servant VASCO has made love Long time to CLOE FLORADELLA'S woman And she has heard him not unwillingly It first came out by her who boasted it To him as an addition to her fortune Abb. This makes me doubt the rest sure ALLYBEG Has more brain then to trust such high designes To whores and waiting women Sives that let All things run through them be they ne'r so precious Ema Sir she 's the closet of her Ladies secrets 'T is like she had this knowledge from her chiefly Abl. By some especiall providence O Gods How have we sinn'd that you upbraid us thus T' indebt us for our safeties to such low Vile things as if the basest instrument Were good enough to save so corrupt a state But Rome thrice ow'd her life to as vile trash Once to a common Harlot twice to Geese Wise Heaven can make good work with any tool But this me thinks requires pregnant proof Ere it gains my belief as now my horror Ema First we attest it sir next your own eyes And
injur'd Sire and yet he is our hope Pines not the Prince whose fight no foe could ' bide Without his fight in a condition Beneath the merit of the greatest foe Melts not the sweetest Princesse in the world In her own tears she worth a brighter fortune Then Earth can give her yet abides the worst Ear So much the worse as fallen from best Mah. You Ladies should resent this most of all Oma Who doth not hath no sence Ear. No soul. Flo. No honour Mah. Yet the old King 's so fast in his dead sleep So lost in his strong Lethargy he feels Nor sees at least regards nothing of this I' st then not time to ' wake him and to stop The gulph of ruine that thus opes and gapes To swallow us all in its hollow entrailes I see it in your faces you all think It more then time nor let the cure seem harsh No lesse then fire cauterizing searing Can salve this sore t is Arms I mean must do it We must cast Rampants 'gainst so strong a tide Nor think 't at all unjust That War is just That 's necessary and those arms religious When there 's no hope left otherwise but in them The Prince restor'd the King once shewn his error SOFFIE return'd to safety how will all Applaud the Actors what is there you wish But will flow in unto you with advantage Your greatest thoughts will be accomplished As easily as desir'd 2 Would you my Lord ELCHEE requite your selfe for th' injury Late done to you now now 's the time to do it Elc. I see nor will let slip the fair occasion Mah. Would you MOZENDRA arrive at th'hopes You I know have of things worthy your merit And daring soul this this is the way Moz I shall improve the opportunity Mah. Would you BENEFIAN render your self Worthy as the addition that honours And fair estate can make you and they 're great In womens eyes to teach the bravest Lady i th' Persian Court to give and take a flame For you they say are amorous now 's the time Ben. And I will strike Sir whilst the Iron 's hot He ' has taken me in the right vein i'faith Maâ— And is there any thing that you sweet Ladies Can on your Pillows wish for now command it Flo. As ther 's no Lady sure but has her longings Maâ— Is there a seat in all the Empire Fairer then other or an air cooler Before your feet that place shall spread its self And court you to accept it Is there ever A Knight or smooth chin'd youth your eye commends Unto your heart he is your ready servant Oma And we may had employ that priviledge Mah. Are your thoughts higher would you make your fortunes Even with your beauties equall unto Princes Fit for to meet with crowned Monarchs loves This is the way t' atchieve all these and more To be alive great Queens and dead bright starrs You shall be calâ—'d the Saviours of your Country A name more dear then Monarch the sole honour O' th' present age the grand obligers of The next and MAHOMET your humble servant Flo. Admir'd height of Policy and Courtship Mah. Cast then sweet Beauties to so great a work But your lose Ornaments and receive greater Borrow but of your fair ear a Pendent A Garkaneâ— of your Neck or of your brest A Gem and be return'd more then a Crown And you brave Knights shine forth in brandish'd steel Like to so many Gods of war and be Ador'd as he is Nor can I expresse Such is the dearth and poverty of words With how much dearnesse of affection You 'l be received of all loyall hearts With what resolution of fidelity With how great Piety with what tears of joy Will any Gates dare to be shut against you Or any Envy to oppose your Progresse Up then and undertake this brave exploit With that courage and those fair hopes wherewith Such just great actions are to be attempted That under your colours and protection Of your Fortune Persia may be Again ennobled and made more then free Elc. My Lord whilst uttering this I wish't your voice Had been as loud as STENâ—OR'S or ram'd thunder That ' t' might been heard through 3 ABBAS thirty Kingdomes And strike upon the Centre with an Eccho Loud as the acclamation it deserves It would have done more good then forty Troops To our great purpose of which men and money I take to be chief elements for men My MATZED's Levies prosper as our wishes Design'd them in Hyrcania Mah. And in Larr SELEVCUS grows as fast once on their March They 'l gather like a snow-ball Elc. Here I 've gain'd As many friends as when I can appoint them A Rendevouz will make a Regiment Mâ—h I have as many too besides my Guard To help up which the bounteous FLORADELLA Disbursed freely Flo. I have yet my Lord Fifty thousand Crowns towards the service Mah. And is your purse sweet Mine as fathomlesse as is your wit this is a brave example Flo. Sir my good will Oly. Shall I go lesse then she secret I will not though it half undoes me Sir I have as much at your command Flo. I knew She would not behind me Mah. Excellent Lady All I can say is you shall pay your self For your great bounty with your own desires Ear. Shall we go below these they 'l scorn us then Oma Faith Madam I can't spare such To Madam Omay sums let you And I go halfes and mak 't betwixt us then secret Ear. Content My Lord this Lady and my selfe Between us will bring fifty thousand Crownes What we will more we have in our own brests Flo. Pish ther 's a Jewell at your breast would do 't Oly. They that least need are still the greatest hold-fasts Oma 'Till be the welcomer that comes unlook'd for Mah. Y' are bounteous Ladies and shall shine for this Below in story ' above i th' Firmament Ben. You Ladies have done well but we 'l yet more Not to extoll our selves or slight your bounties You give but part we all you hazzard gold We bloud and sweat and life and our gold too Mah. Brave Colonell this toil shall buy you rest And furnish you with stories for your age Each skar you get esteem of as a favour From warrs great Goddesse sent to win you hearts Men are not more enamour'd of their beauties Then fairest Ladies are of mens known valours Oma How hee takes every bird with its owne lure aside Moz Where where shall we begin I would be at it Flo. Spoke like an Angell Mah. Here in Town I think Elc. Do you intend to seize on the Kings person Mah. What else Elc. Then it were easier done abroad If you could train him to some house of pleasure Flo. For that let me alone I 'le undertake it Mah. He cannot though they grew pick up a Force That can make head 'gainst us in time but should he Which is unlike sure he 'd give
MAHOMET-ALLYBEG ELCHEE MOZENDRA EARINA OLYMPA OMAY CLOE Officers Souldiers Guard FIrst my EMANGOLY and you my Lords METHICULI HYDASPUS ALKAHEM We here revoke our sentence against you Of Banishment and impower you to sit With us in judgment on these dire Delinquents Ema We thank your Majesty and glory more In that we are capable of serving you Then in the honour which you grace us with Oly. They 'l complement our lives away at last Ben. Then we are judg'd already wel th' other day I studied speeches for the Ladies now secret I want one to the People but lets see The common place is to avoid ill company A curse on these state matters Abb. Next we here Degrade that Viper ALLY-BEG from all Those places or of publique trust or Honour To which too rashly we advanced him Those which he held of yours EMANGOLY We do to you restore Ema Your Grace shall find Me faithfull as at first Abb. The Treasurer-ship We do conferr on you METHICULI Met. My service as i 'm able shall requite it Mah. May they requite you as I would have done Alk. Bold Traytor cannot armed justice awe thee Abb. Now BELTAZAR produce your proofs against These criminals Bel. They 're guilty all of Treason CLOE accuses that impostum'd monster MAHOMET to have forg'd the whole conspiracy But not without the help of FLORADELLA Flo. A curse on that loose Gossip Mah. And you too Abb. Give them no name but Traytors Bel. First they meant To shift away the Prince dissolve the Army That no force might oppose the Traytors rising You Majestie the horror of it choaks My utterance your sacred Majestie Mah. So try again Bel. This viperous woman should Have poysoned Mah. So now 't is out would she had Bel. And FARRABAN SOFFIE then held the Castle At the devotion of this monstrous man Who aim'd to set the Crown on his own head Having already gotten a strong Guard Towards which that strumpet did disburse a Mass Of ready Treasure making still her Purse As common to him as her wicked body Flo. You might preserve the modesty of the Court Bel. To this end be their Levies afoot too In Larr SELEUCUS MATZED in Hyrcania Are raising Forces so that this lewd woman And FARRABAN and sly SELEUCUS were Chiefe complices that knew his utmost aime The other we believe drawn in as onely Crediting his pretence to free the Prince And MATZED'S Levies are on ELCHEE'S score Eâ—c Urge that my Lord. Oly. Oma Ear. Yes yes sir urge that home Abb. Monster what say you knew the rest yoâ— meant Your selfe their King Mah. They knew as much as I did Oly. 'T is false Moz That thou wert worthy but to bear A Sword that I might claim the combat 'gainst thee I 'd write it on thy heart in stabbes thou lyest Mah. A brave Rodomantado Hyd. This vile man Given up to Treason late and now despaire Accuses these but to have company In 's fall Ben. True my good Lord. Come you and I Were Comrades once Ema This I indeed believe Mah. The more the merrier Moz Hear my gracious Lord He intimates as much before your Grace Elc. What if I say I levyed in Hyrcania To Mozendra With an intent to help the King and ballance MAHOMETS strength having the greater hopes For doing him service so unexpected Moz 'T will gaine no faith and then Secret 't was Treason too To list without Commission know your doom first If you fall urge it some will credit you 'T will beget pitty to your memory I'â—h ' vulgar who are still fond of the wretchâ—d Alk. These persons could not be so lost to sence Being noble as t' advance so vile a thing Over themselves Oâ—y We scorn him for our Groom Hyd. His envy and his rage will peal us too Anon I think Met. How strong is malice in thee Pernicious wretch thou car'dst not how foul Thy Treasons were on earth nor weighst thou now How great thy plagues for them shall be in hell Bel. Disburden yet thy soul of so much guilt And speak these innocent in what they are so Mah. Your selfe's not innocent good Rhetorician Hyd. I thought so slit his impudent throat some body Mah. You did as much as I exasperate The King against his Son Bel. If this be true I here beseech your Grace command me stand Among the Traytors Come come Officers bind My hands I am accused here of treason Abb. You more then feignedly did act his friend And O that I had heard your pregnant reasons So urg'd to save him with an equall eare Bel. Heaven knows I urg'd them strongly as I durst Mah. The Tyrant's selfe 's not innocent Alk. Bold head Mah. He 's guilty of his Sonnes blood and FATYMA'S too I was but 's instrument Met. O extasie Abb. Varlet the guilt is thine though the grief mine That I gave faith unto thy forgeries Proceed Lord BELTAZAR Bel. Sir hoping these May yet be worthy of your timely mercy What have I but t'inveigh against those other Look up fair Mother Persia and see Thy selfe redeem'd put off the horrid fright Thy plotted ruine late amaz'd thee with Now shall not thy fair breast be stained with Thy best Sons blood but freed of thy worst Had this gone on th'hadst been but thine own prey Th'hadst seen thy Prince that toyl'd so oft for thee Groaning his soul out into empty air The hopeful blossom nipt as soon as blown Thy aged King swell'd up with deadly poyson And burning as in Aetna till he 'd burst And impious MAHOMET upon thy Throne Unworthy of thy Gallies and this strumpet His fine loose Queen Mah. That yet I never meant Flo. The more wretch thou so oft to swear it to me Mah. The more fool thou though ever to believe me Bel. Thy noblest Sons torn some to cruell death And some to servile misery worse then that This was the sight prepared for thine eyes Mah. And it had been a brave one Abb. Cursed monster No sence of guilt no teares can no remorse Touch thy scar'd Conscience Mah. Yes I see my guilt Guilty of folly I am to trust a woman To keep for me what for her self she cannot A secret tears I could profusedly shed Tears of just wrath and for each one that drops Afford a curse too that I sped no better I 'de spend my soul in sighs could they but scald thee To be so near a Crown and reach it not O Hell and Furies Abb. In thy soul they 're all Ema Proceed to judgement sir. Mah. Tyrant remember â—n me thou judgest thy own Cause I meant No more to thee then thou didst to thy Father And brother too and that for the same reason Ema Prodigious boldnesse sir regard him not Abb. Monster since thou hast toyl'd to be ungrateful And with thy Treasons to out-vie my favours To let thee die were too much pitty to thee Nor is there a death equall to thy guilt Besides we having so much honoured thee And
sworn thou ne'r shouldst feel death from our hand We 'l keep our Oath but leave it to our Heir A strict command that on my funerall day Thou dyest 5 the ancient death of boats Maâ— Then have I Great MITHRIDATES for my pattern Abb. Mean while Officers lead him to the publique market There let the common Hangman bore his eyes out In a Dungeon shall he sustain his life With what he gets by begging onely Mah. Nay I 'l then sustain my soul with full mouth'd curses To thee meant and the rest of my undoers Especially that open Sex whose souls are So loose they cannot keep them in their breasts But they will still swim on their lips Abb. VASCO To thee we do decree his whole Estate And our best thanks for thy discovery Vas. I humbly thank your Majestie Abb. Let Souldiers Go pull down all his Palaces and Statues And make a Jakes there where his chief house stood Ema Admired Justice Omnes Equall equall Justice Mah. Do do ball on Abb. You strumpet are the next Mah. But that I scorn to ask it might I heare Her sentence and I 'de triumph in mine own Flo. Envious villaine Abb. Away with him he shall not Give so much pleasure to his envious soul. Mah. Write on my dust DY'D All ills betide you Abb. Lead that impious wretch To th'publique Market there 6 beat her brains out i th' ancient way ordain'd for Poysoners As for the murder of her Queen STATIRA Base GIGIS dy'd then 7 burn her limbs with Cats dung Flo. Mercy great sir. Abb. Thou hast too much in dying But that we are not rigorous to thy Sex Away with her Flo. O this is a sad fall Abb. All her Estate to CLOE we confer 'T is fit she have reward t'incourage others Though she not meant to do us good she did it Clo. Indeed my Gracious Lord I ever meant it I humbly thank your Majestie Vas. See now CLOE Secret I counsell'd you for th' best Come I 'm still constant Our businesse here is over we 'l to better Abb. Take FARRABAN with the rest and strangle him Far. O mercy mercy Abb. Quick away with him Far. The Citadell cost me faire O dire ambition Abb. The Citadel we give thee ALKAHEM Alk. I hope to do you better service in it Abb. We doubt it not Now ELCHEE Ben Now now I feel the Bow-string at my throat Moz Nay sure Secret He 'l let us die like Souldiers Abb. Though we credit The good of your intention yet your life Is by your hasty error forfeited But that we give you and confine you onely To th' I le of Ormus whence on good behaviour We may recall you Elc. Thanks dread Soveraigne I hope my carriage will induce you to it My feare was never so great of your justice As griefe for the rash error I ran into And so insnar'd my friends Met. Troth I believe him Ben. Sure he 'l send us thither too MOZENDRA Are there any handsome Ladies there canst tell Moz I care not so there be a Book I 'l Secret never Converse but with the dead hereafter I. Ema This true repentance speaks him noble Abb. Yes Your two friends shall attend you Eâ—c A noble mercy Moz Long live the Gracious ABBAS Ben. More then live Met. My Lord my love to you remaines To Elchee still firm And eggs me on to prompt a way unto you How you may happily avoid exilement Secret The Kings rigour I know will not extend To th'Ladies lives yet in the fright they stand in They will do any thing may get them mercy Urge them to promise if they have their lives To give the King in gratitude those summes They ingag'd for to the Traytors then be you Their speaker to him and he can't in honour Urg'd by my meditation but receive The favour as from you and shew you grace Elc. My Lord my humble thanks I will atttempt it Abb. But MATZED for examples Elchee whispers wâ—th the Ladies sake must die Being ith'very act of Treason raising Of Arms against us You my Lord HYDASPUS Take a Brigade of our own Guards and hast Down to Hyrcania to apprehend him Strike off his head to you the Government Of that fair Province we assigne until If he deserves it we recall Duke ELCHEE Hyd. I wish he may mean while I shall be carefull Abb. EMANGOLY send you some trusty person To Shiras arm'd to seize SELEUCUS there And strike off his head too Ema My Liege I will Abb. These Ladies still expect how shall we use them Ear. Oma O my good Lord. Oly. There 's mercy in his looks Ema Sir they' are beneath your anger they can't hurt you Nor stands it with the honour of great States To take strict notice of vain womans actions Abb. Well mercy is no lesse a virtue royal Then justice and 't is fit we shew some since Heaven has shewn us so much we pardon you Ladies hereafter pray avoid state-matters Oma Ear. We will we will my Lord. Oly. Our humble thanks Omnes Long live King ABBAS long long-live the King Elc. You 'l keep your words To the Ladies Oly Ear. Oma Yes yes my Lord we will Elc. May 't please your Majestie these noble Ladies Not to say by my instinct do resent So heartily your royal favour to them As to their powers to attempt gratitude Whereas their error late involv'd them in A promise of considerable summes To'advance what they thought duty but proves treason As testimonies of their thankfulnesse For pardoning them that fault they humbly pray Your sacred Majestie to accept those sums Towards the raising of your force again T is 'mong them all an hundred thousand Crowns Em. A brave amends Alk. A noble gratitude Abb. Ladies we thank your loves Oly. And we your mercy Abb. METHICULI'S Treasurer Oly. My Lord we will Attend you anon at the Exchequer Met. Now They do deserve their Pardon and I 'd almost Said ELCHEE merits his too for procuring These donatives it proves his loyalty Ben. Hark! hark Abb. ELCHEE for improving thus Your interest with the Ladies to our service We do revoke your sentence of exilement Elc. My best thanks and indeavours still shall serve you Met. These two offended sir but on his score They 're his dependents Abb. Them we pardon too Ben. Our humble thanks Moz We 'l labour to deserve it Elc. My Lord I am your Creature for To Methiculi your hint Met. I joy my love could prove behooffull to you Moz A fair escape Ben. A Resurrection I 'le Ne'r hazzard more so high a member as My neck VENUS is my star Abb. This were a happy day were SOFFIE found Ema And the brave Prince restor'd Abb. That he shall be Ema Then SOFFI's safe sir Abb. Thou wert born t' oblige me Where my good Genius Ema In METHICVâ—'s care And mine and now forth comming at your service Abb. Go METHICULI bring him to th' Castle Wee 'l meet thee
ruine Base ALLYBEG and impious FLORADELLA And all the rest of their dire Complices This day fell sacrifices to thy wrath SOFFIE is found too and doth here attend thee Mâ—r. Turn then your love to him to him requite My wrongs and from him too expect my duty Now shall I die with much a lighter heart Since I have liv'd to hear those Traytors fall Nym. O this I ever hop'd for from heavens Justice And grieve the more that thou despairedst of it Mir. I come sweet FATYMA-Father farewell Use SOFFIE like a Son Abb. O that Heaven would Let me excuse thee Mir. SOFFIE Farewel Obey thy Grandfire as thou wouldst do me Forget my wrongs and eschew Tyranny Sof Ah! that I could forget sense and turn stone Mir. Adieu sweet Spouse Nym. O! Mir. From thee I hardliest go But thy grief will not suffer thee I know To be long from me Nym. O my wretched ears Do you heare this and will you ever hear Any thing after it O woefull eyes Why at this wailfull sight drop you not out Or frighted recoile deep into you holes O stubborn heart can't all this shiver thee Am I turn'd Rock too Mâ—r. Friends adieu make ore To my young Son the love to me you bore Ema O that I could not hear Met. Or I could help Mir. Yet love my memory Bel. O Grief Alk. O Anger That griefe is all we can Mir. Thou DORIDO Art to attend me to the shades below Pag. Yes my dear Lord. Iff. O that he 'd gone before Mâ—r. I shall again live and on some sad Stage Be mourn'd Great wrongs reach further then one Age. O O. Dâ—es Abb. He 's gone he 's gone break heart and follow Omnes O Heavens Nym. Stay winged spirit stay and take Me with thee at least 8 let me suck thy last breath Bel. Madam forbear you will infect your self Nym. O Gods what have been my deserts to be Thus punished or if such be my deserts Why am I yet not punish'd more with death Yet that were to give end unto my woes To joyne me with him were to make me happy That happiness I shortly will obtain In spight of fate if not from thy kind hand O ATROPOS from mine own grief at least Mean while lie soft O loved Corps and thou Adored soul if love to earthly creatures Remain in death think of me in thy shade And oft Petition Fate to send me to thee Sof Unhappy DORIDO how hast thou wrong'd All Ages Alk. And shalt still be curs'd by all Pag. Is 't not too late to say forgive pass'd errors I hâ—st to follow him to his shade I 'l there Wait on him too and try to be more happy They that behold the Sun must see his shaddow And who remembers my brave Lord must cast A thought on me and may they say thus of me I was his faithfull servant waited still On him in life and death good state and ill So used to obey his each command I did it though it to his hurt did tend If any fault of mine be known to time Service mistaken was my onely crime O O. Dyes Iff. He dyes Ema Would 't were our greatest losse Abb. Our losse alasse is above words to ease And we must more then mourn it Do thou see METHICULI all rites of pomp and sorrow Perform'd to that brave body This vile trunk Of DORIDO'S for giving his Lord poyson We will have burnt upon his Tomb. Met. Sad office Nym. Ah sadder sight that 't were Methiculi and Alkahem carry out the Princes body and the Servants the Pages my last Abb. SOFFIE Thou now art our and the Empire 's hope EMANGOLY be thou his Governour And breed him such as you intend to serve Ema My care shall labour to requite the honour Sof And mine t' improve your honour by my profit Abb. Daughter your losses we can ne'r requite Yet as we can let us attempt amends But that must come from you look ore your wishes And be the Mistress of your own desires Nym. ' Las sir what is there left for me to wish But a short term of wretched life mean while Some humble Country seat shall be my Cell Free from the trouble of all tongues and eyes I being unworthy either waiting their Kind deaths cold hand to lead me to my Lord. Abb. If that be your desire you must enjoy it But we could wish we could deserve you still Nym. Wilt thou partake of my retirement IFFIDA Iff. Madam it would seem hard to me to spend My years which my youth promise will be many In solitude I 'm an ill comforter And then my fortunes arâ— before me too Nym. Be happy in them Ema Poor ingratitude Nym. Farewell great sir if ever you remember You had a Daughter-in-law deserv'd your love Pay it to my poor Son at least forget not You had a Son that did deserve it well Abb. To him we 'l pay the love we ow'd his Father Adieu sweet Princesse BELTAZAR attend her Nym. I thank your Grace Farewell my dearest Boy But that thou still wilt dwell in my best thoughts I would I could forget I ere was happy Be thou so ever Sof Madam if you please not To stay still with us you 'l I hope admit Me in your solitude to do my duty Nym. Things of more weight will take thee up be happy And so shall I when sighs have spent this breath A mortalls happinesse begins in death Abb. Comâ— SOFFIE and leaâ—n to be a Prince But 9 when thy hand shall close mine aged eyes And on thy head my Diadem shall shine Learn by my harms to eschew Tyranny It was thy dying Fathers Legacy And shall be mine too and I leave thee more In that then in my splendid wreath of Oare For cruell Acts in them their torment have Guilt on our souls blots on our names they leave THE END ANNOTATIONS READER IF by perusing the former pages thou deservest that name Thou hast in them perhaps met with divers historicall matters which unexplained may defraud thee of the content I wish thee therefore I here offer thee a Key for every Lock ANNOTATIONS which if thou shalt find usefull I am glad I inserted them if superfluous they cost thee nothing for they are so few theâ— have not swell'd the Play to a much greater rate I will not trouble thee with tedious digressions upon the Poetick Names and â—â—gments strew'd up and down the Poem those if thou beest Learned thou knowst already if not a Dictionary may inform thee and spare my paines I only touch and that lightly upon such historicall concernments and customary rites of the Persians essentiall to our Scene as every Scholar is not bound to know for to such chiefly I wrote this Tragedy ANNOTATIONS UPON THE FIRST ACT. 1. THE Murder of our Sire This King Abbas being a younger Son was onely King of Heri near Tartaria by birth but aiming at the Persian Empire he to make his way to it privily
Venetus who first broke the Ice in describing of those parts Monst l. 5. Cosmogr Ortelius Mercator c. 6 BAHAMAN A Prince that had reason to wish as ill to the Persian as any of the rest and deserves to live again in a Tragedy his story is briefly this About fifty years since King Meleck Bahaman raigned in Larry Joon a small and craggy territory in the straits of Mount Taurus his onely aâ—me tending to preserve his birth right and that his grey hairs might go in peace to an eternall dormitory but Abbas the victorious Persian set wholly upon conquest and now at leasure having subdued Hyrcania pretâ—nded that this mountainous Prince took opportunity to â—ansack his Caravans anticipate his progresse to the Caspian Sea c. Reasons though but conjecturall of foâ—ce enough to make Abbas send Methiculi with 30000 chosen men against him Bahaman hearing it plants Garrisons in places of defence leaves the rest being not able to take the field secures himself his Queen their two Sons and 10000 Souldiers in his Castle of Ryna before which inaccessible fortress when the Persian came despairing by reason of its incredible height and perpendicular ascent to expugne it he turns force to fraud desires a parley presents offertures of amity sâ—conds them with presents and strong invitations to the aged King to come down as well to banquet as strike a league with him engaging all the Gods he knew for his safety which strong allurements so wrought upon the old King as he broke through all the teares perswasions and prayer of his Queen Sonnes and Souldiers strongly carryed by his destiny to the Enemies Tent where indeed he was feasted all day but deteyned prisoner at night then summons the Persian the two young Princes to yeeld the Castle and descend or their Father should die they refuse the Persian assaults is forc'd to retreat with losse so sore to his Army that it mutined and vow'd to return home the Generall knowing his Masters severity considered that to return without victory were to run into the nooze first he releases Meleck Bahaman perswades him he used this discourtesie but to try him and gives him his choice of returning up to his Sonnes or perswading them to come down too and seal the easie Articles a Copy of which were with their Fathers doting Letters sent up to them the Souldiers disswade them from crediting the Persian but the Queen to enjoy her husband provoked them down where they are entertain'd with all the greatnesse and feign'd affection that so great an intended treachery could devise whilst they were here congratulating with their Father the Generall then in company at sight of a private token three Souldiers in an instant whipt off their heads with their Scimiters and ere it was divulg'd abroad by inviting the Queene and the rest by counterfeit seals and tokens to come down and partake of their joyes for the new contracted league they made them descend and yeeld the Castle some of which received destruction others mercy Herbert p. 110. c. 7 The Arabian the last of the Persians Enemies that I here recount though not the least against whom our Mirza expressed most heroick prowesse in distressing of their Bassora among other atchievements a Towne where Tygris and Euphrate empty themselves into the gulph of Persia. Herb. 8 Set equal with the Gods Plutarch writes that the Persians honour their King as the Image of the God of nature his words are these recounting that Themistocles desired Colonell Artabanus to help him to the presence of the King he makes him answer thus Amongst all the good Lawes and Customes we have we esteem this above the rest to reverence and honour our King as the image of the God of nature who keepeth all things in their perfect life and state wherefore if thou wilt fashion thy selfe after our manner to honour the King thou maist both see him and speak with him but if thou hast any òther mind then must thou use some third person as thy meane Plut. in vita Themist Justinus lib. 2. Ismenias being sent by the Thebans after their defeat of the Lacedaemonians at the battel of Leuctres into Persia to King Artaxerxes to desire his compliance being commanded to keel to the King he let fall his Ring at his feet and stooped to â—ake it up whereby it was thought of some that he did it to kneel to the King Pâ—utarch in vita Artaxerx 9 And as ador'd as is the Sunne our Brother That the Persians adored the Sun is as clear as the Sun if any doubts it to be informed he needs but open any Book that treats of that Kingdome but to point to one let him consult Justines first Book there where he treats of the fortunate choice of Darius Sonne of Hystaspis to the Monarchy his horse which beast they hallow to the sun seeming first to salute their rising God see more in the seventh Note upon the second Act. That the Kings of Persia yet took upon them so great state as to claim kindred to this adored Planet I find by their inscriptions and directions of Letters and Pattents Sapores Sonne to Mizdates Monarch of Persia in the yeaâ—e after our Saviour 315. wâ—ote thus to Constantius the Empeâ—our I Sapores King of Kings equal to the starres and Brother to the Sunne and Moon c. And Chozroes Father of Ormizda who ruled Persia Anno Dom. 542. Enstiles himselfe thus to the Emperour Mauritius I Chozroes great King of Kings Begler beg or Lord of Lords Ruler of Nations Prince of peace salvation of men among the Gods a man good and ever among men a God most glorious the great conquerour arising with the Sunne giving lustre to the night a Hero in discent c. As blustring and blasphemous Titles and Epithites gives the great Turk to himself as witnesseth M. Sandys Tra. l 1. p. 47. Nor do any of these Oriental Monarch go less everyone thinking himself greatest so good opinions have they of themselves for particulars see Herb. p. 129.130 10 Higher then that in Spawhawn Spawhawn though it stands in Parthia is the imperiall City of all the Persian Monarchy and the best built 't is by some called Spaan by others Spahan Jespaa and Hispahan as their severall Dialects concord in her infancy she was called Dura but whether that Dura wherein Nebuchadnezzar erected his golden Coloss I know not the ancient Greeks called it Hecatompiles from its hundred Gates as the Isle of Crete Hecatompolis as having so many Cities the Persians Hyperbolically term her for her greatnesse Half the world though her circuit is not now much above nine English miles and in that the better halfe is Gardens her form is near round like Paris the number of inhabitants 300000. at most In this City is a monument of our Abbas his mercilesse cruelty being a Pillar compact of severall heads of men Antilopes Bucks Goats Buffols Elephants and Camels 't is at the base about
they do to its particular inhabitants for Plutarch reports In vit Pomp. That Pompey going to invade Hyrcania as far as Mare Caspium he was compelled to turne back againe into Armenia the lesse for the infinite numbers of deadly venemous Serpents which he met with being come within three dayes Journey of it These Woods yet befriend them against winter colds and shade them from the parching sun both which in â—heir seasons are there extream and besides hurtfull creatures they are plentifully stored with Apes for European Merchandise and Antilopes and Red and fallow Deere for food The â—rime Cities of this Kingdom are Farrabant Asharaffe Perisâ—â—w Omoall Barsrushdea and Derbent most watered by the Rivers Araxis Connack Osbel Cyre Rha and Cheisell who from the deserts of Larr and together with the 70. mouthed Volga from Muscovia empty themselves into the Caspian Sea These Rivers abound with fish and are furnished with little Canoes or Boats made of one Tree capable to receive eight men in fair weather In the River of Farrabant which bears a stream of 40. paces over are some long deep prams sowed together with hemp and cord but unpitcht or calk't in these the Muscovian Merchants sail down Volga over the Caspian Sea to Farrabant to traffique for raw silkes which they transport to Mosco and through Russia These ships ordinarily come thither in March and return in July This Country being both pleasant and rich viz. a fine Plain abounding with Corn chiefly Rice Barley and Ric Wine Honey and â—ll sorts of fruits and being an usefull passage into Tartarie and Turcomania allured Abbas of Persia to attempt it who had the fortune to win it To hold it the better he oft afforded it his presence residing much at Farrabant where hee built a sumptuous Palace and Asharaff where Master Herbert tells you he was when he received Sir Dodmore Cotton Embassadour from our King Charles and in his absence there resides the Vice-roy The people speak the Language of Persia their apparell is like the Irish trooses their heads have a high woollen Cap furred with their owne sheeps skinns They are affable and delight in Noveltie being much civilized as say the Persians since they called Abbas their Conqueror and had the honour to afford him a Mother and a Wife which though not the least shall bee the last praise of Hyrcania which I will here remember that it produced the Grandmother and Mother of MIRZA 7 The Grand Signior The Great Turk so called in the same sense as we call the Great Mogor the Great Japan the Great Duke of Muscovie the Great Cham the Great Duke of Tuscany c. 8 The Gelden Duke King Abbas his Vice-roy for Hyrcania whom I call Elchee liking a Boy whose Father was poor and under his command against the boyes wiâ—â— his Parents knowledge and the Law of Nature made him Sodomite which crying sin though licensed by their Alcoraâ— yet force is not to be used and therefore are Ganymeds 〈◊〉 each great City tollerated The Father of this wronge Child prostrates himself before the King and acquaints hiâ— with that villany The King seeing sorâ—ow and truth in thâ— Peasants look demanded of the Duke who then was sittinâ— there how true it was his countenance bewrayed him Thâ— King having at that instant a knife in his hand gave it to thâ— poor Father and bad him Eunuchize him The Duke durâ— not startle or intercede the Law of the Persian never alters the poor man executed as was enjoyned him The King yeâ— continued to the Duke his jurisdiction His Seraglio onelâ— lost most by it Herbert p. 99. 9 There I 've disarm'd a Foe and the most potenâ— too in the whole Empire This foe of Ally-Beg's was the above mentioned Duke Emangoly the greatest subject in Persia hiâ— Father and Grand-father were Dukes before him a Genealogie of that Antiquity as many Sultans and Dukes in India and Persia cannot equall it they know so little that way Hee was one of the Kings four great Dukes each of which hath under him 12. Sultans each Sultan 5000. Gouzel-Bashaws no worse warriers then the Janizaries His Titles without ostentation were these Emangoly Chawn Lord of Persia which they call Farsee Great Duke of Shiras Sultan of Larr and the Mountains of Jaaroon Lord of Ormus Ruler of Carmania Mergiana Susiana Gedrozia Aria and Sigestan Prince of the Gulph of Arabia Great Beglerbegg or Lord of Lords Commander of twelve Sultans Flowre of Courtesie second in Glory Protector of Mussullmen Nutmeg oâ— Comfort and Rose of delight He was very martiall and fortunate he subdued all Larr Ormus and unto Jasques for his Soveraign of which in the 18. and 19. notes upon the 4th Act He got footing in Arabia for himself in this manner Two Arabian Princes contending for Soveraignty he that was vanquished demanded succour from this Duke who entertained him and with 20000. Horse fought and kill'd his Adversary and became Lord of both their Tertitories The relieved Prince thanks him and desires to return home Emangoly refused could he with any honesty leave him that had so succour'd him The Prince must stay and in fine becomes his Son in Law and Father at once for he wedded the Dukes Daughter and the Duke his Signiory and kept him Prisoner the usuall fruit of Auxiliary or mercenary forces When he hunts the Tygre Lion Bores and such like which he did once in four years hee set 20000. men to rouze them and when they were herded together on some Mountain he impaled it with a huge toil of wire cords and wood a toil and burden for 600. Camels and so commanded them Answerable to his State was his Estate his plate and Jewells were valued at 300000. pounds He had 300 women in his Seraglio called there Haram at Shira His Revenues according to the Merchants computation were 400000. Tomaynes a year a Toman is 3. l. 6. s. So Herbert which of our money comes to 1328000. l. a year a Revenue equall to some European Kings not superfluous here to be â—emembred because it shews the greatnesse of Subjects in those parts 10 MORATS Horse-tail standard The Turkes royall Standand born by the Janizaries is no other then a horse-tail tied to the end of the staff So Sandys which though seeming rude and answerable to their Originall doth smell much of Antiquities Coloured Horse-hairs being a most antient Ornament for Crests Homer sticketh the like in the Helmet of the gallantly aâ—med though not so spirited Paris being to fight the great deciding Combate with Menelaus for Helena 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Then on his head his well wrought Helm he set Plum'd with Horse-tail that horribly did threat Hear how this passage sounds in French rendred by the great Poitique and much admired Abbot of Saint Cheron Salel Et puis couurit sa teste D'vn riche armet ayant vne grand ' oreste Faite du poil qu'on voit
keyes from the ground because of their great weight and God shall say unto him go again and call upon my holy name and the name of my friend Mahomet and then take the keyes and bring them hither then shall Gabriel call upon those names and take up the keyes and bring them unto God with which keyes he shall open the said Paradise of Alcoduz where they shall find a Table made ready of a Diamond 7000000 dayes journeys in length and breadth with seats of Gold and Silver about it and on it spread Napkins and Table-cloaths richly wrought and woven Then shall God command all the Moores to sit down at the Table and the foresaid Pages shall attend them with their golden Bowls and set before them most delicious Cates and Fruits of all sorts and skenk unto them the Wine and Water of Paradise They having eaten and drunk the Pages shall come with rich apparel for every Moore wherewith they shall deck themselves and put their Jewels and Bracelets on their Arms Legs and Hands and Rings into their ears then the immortall Pages shall enter again every one with a dish in his hand and in the dish a Citron and shall present to every Male of the Moores as soon as they shall smell every one to his Citâ—on one of the aforesaid Virgins shall issue out of it most gallantly attired and peâ—fumed as the spâ—ing and beautifull as the morning she shall imbrace her Moore and he her and so shall they continue in that sweet Act embracing each other the space of fifty years together without rising or separating from each others body all the while â—ioting in the sweets of youth and beauty After they shall have thus taken their pleasure saith Mahomet God shall say O my servants now ye have eaten and drank and are cloathed and adorned with â—ewels and have taken your pleasure in my Paradise and glory I will now shew you my glorious face he sayes that God shall remove the vails which he hath on his face and shall shew his glorious visage to all the Moores and they shall all fall to the ground through the brightnesse which shall proceed from the face of God and then God shall say O my servants arise and rejoyce in my glory without fear of ever dying much lesse of being sad or discontented to eternity Then sayes he they shall lift up their heads and behold God face to face in which vision they shall take unspeakable solace Then shall they all go from this to the other Paradises to wit every one accompanied with his Virgin shall go into his own Palace or Mansion there eternally eating drinking and taking his pleasure joyful and void of fear of death or hurt Lastly Mahomet promises that he himself at his own cost and charges will make another feast to all Musselmen at his sweet fountain Alcauzar with his own hand giving to every one of them to drink of the water thereof whereof who so drinks he saith shall never thirst the greatest truth among so many Gulleries wherein Andreas Maurus makes himself sport with these two defects The first is that whereas Mahomet holds forth so magnificent Palaces and is so careful of contriving and furnishing of them with all sorts of conveniences he makes no mention of Easements especially having spoken of so much eating and drinking and of such laxative things too as Hony and sweet Wine The second defect is that he that loved Women so well doth not make theiâ— glâ—ry pleasure equal to the mens he gives the men fine easie Wenches and why should not the women in like manner have their eternal servants They must needs take it discourteously nay instead of Glory and Pleasure he gives them anger and sorrow which they must necessarily feel when they see their Husbands which they had in this world embracing other women fifty years together and they left comfortlesse like Widows Such is the absurd glory of Mahomets delusive Paradise yet with these fooleries is half the world bewitched the impostor cunningly debelling and forbidding all learning lest the light thereof should discover the grosseness of his absurditiâ—s as it surely doth in those few that can attain it under so strict a restraint as Avicen that great Philosopher and Physitian who flourished about 500 years since when Mahometisme had not yet utterly extinguished all good literature who was by linage an Arabian of a Royal house in Religion a Mahometan but by Country and Habitation a Spaniard and Prince as some write of Corduba he foâ—ced by the strength of his Reason in his Books De Anima De Almahad strives to vindicate the most intelligent of his Sect from the literal belief of this Elyzium and excuses his Prophet for proposing it so fraught with sensual delights as meerly allegorical and necessarily fitted to â—ude and vulgar Capacities for saith he if the points of Religion were taught in their true form to the ignorant dull Jews or to the wild Arabians employed together about their Camels they would utterly fall off from all belief in God But its like he here makes his Prophet as some Commentators do their Authors speak more then he ever meant being ashamed of him in grosse as appears Tract 9. cap. 7. seâ— where laying down for a while his outward person of a Mahometan and putting the habit of a Philosopher in his Metaphysicks seemeth to make a flat opposition between the truth of their faith received from their Prophet and the truth of understanding by demonstrative Argument But however Avicen and the Learned may see into the folly of their Doctrine to which they are yet held by Interest and that strong charm Reason of state the vulgar and illiterate look no further then the Letter swallowing all with an implicit faith so strong in them as that the poor Azapi or foot soldiers being covetous of these delights in Paradise promised by an high policie most eminently to such as die for their Country make nothing to pâ—ecipitate themselves into the most horrid gulphes of eminent danger nay even to fill up ditches with their bodies for the Janizaries to march over and mount the walls of assaulted fortresses See the Alcoran Johannes Andreas Maurus his confutation thereof Sandys Herbert c. 9 Cowes eyes Mahomet promises that the Virgins in his imaginary Paradise shall have great Cow eyes as big as eggs which they have in principall repute affected both by the Persians Turks and Grecians as it should seem from the beginning Homer attributes it as an especiall excellency unto Juno 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Then Iuno with the Cowes fair eyes replied So Master Sandys the exactest of all Translators and Mr. Chapman render it and the Latin Heroic Translation â—eads Juno oculis veneranda bovinis though in the vulgar version it is but magnis oculis praedita Iuno We meet with the same verse again in Homer Il. 4. as if the best of Poets knew not
the Magi Vice-Roy in his absence And the Magi or wisemen led by the star to Bethelem to adore our Saviour were Kings as say Saint Hierome Saint Augustine Saint Chrysostom Saint Anastasius Saint Isidorus Tertullian and Remigius perhaps Kings of Cities or some narrow Territories or Topacks such as the Kings of Sodom and Gomorrah the Kings of Ierico and Ai the 31 Kings that Ioshua subdued and such as the friends of Iob are thought to have been but their number is not expressed much lesse their names in Scripture Saint Augustin saith they were three perhaps led thereunto by the number of their gifts For their names Franciscus Maurelicus hath them in his Martyrologe agreeing with the written Tables annexed to their reputed Tombes in Collein in Germany viz. The first was called Melchior an old grave Person who offered Gold as unto a King The second Gasper a young man who presented Frankincense as unto God The third Belthazar a Blackmore who offered Mirrh as unto a Man ready for his Sepulchre That they were Kings of Collein is the vulgar opinion but though Collein was the chief City of the Vbii then called Vbiopolis and afterwards Agrippina in honour of Nero's Mother and lastly Collein by the by French who there planted a Colonie yet do no story say there were three Kings thereof Besides then they after their return would probably have converted their Subjects it being their proper vocation they being saith Chrysostom baptised and made Bishops by Saint Thomas the Apostle but according unto Munster their Conversion was not wâ—ought untill seventy years after by Maternus a Disciple of Saint Peters Lastly the wise men came from the East but but Collein is seated West from Ierusalem for Collein hath of Longitude 34. degrees but Ierusalem 72. A more probable opinion it is that they were of Arabia descended from Abraham by his second wife Keturah and this the aforesaid Table allowes Fiâ—st because they came fâ—om the East and so is Arabia in respect of Ierusalem as also because in them was fulfilled the Prediction of the royall Prophet Psalm 72. The Kings of Arabia shall bring gifts Their bodies are said by Eckius and others to have been translated by Saint Helena the mother of Constantine unto Constantinople From thence by Eustorphius Bishop of Millain unto Millain and finally brought unto Collein by Rainoldus Bishop thereof An. 1164. of which place they may be called Kings rather from their Sepulchre then Territory The Brittish Magi also or Druides were their Magistrates they took their name and beginning as some will from Druis fourth King of Britain great Grandchild to Samothes supposed to be Mesech Son of Iaphet who some make the first King here saying he here first of any arrived and peopled this Ile An. Mundi 1787. after the Flood 131. years and before the Incarnation of our Saviour 2158. He came into Europe together with Gomer and Fuisco or Aschenas founders of the Western and Southeâ—n Gauls and Germans He inhabited the North and East parts of Gaul and Germany from the Alpes to the Rhene from the Pyrene Hills to the River Seine and so to the Brittish shore and the Iland it selfe such will have Poets called antiently Bardes and among the Welsh Barthes to this day from Bardus the royal Orpheus of this Isle fifth King thereof and Son to Druis They also will have the Magi of all Nations of Brittish extraction taking the science of divine Philosophy and the Name too from Magus Sonne of Samothes and second King of Brittaine the same man that to perpetuate his name built among the Gauls Neomagus Sitomagus Rhotomagus Noviomagus c. though his Science shall out-last his Towns These Brittish Magi might as well send their Name as Learning to the East their King Sarron say they Sonne to Magus and third King of Brittaine to whom they impute the first foundation of Schools and Vniversities in this Isle and elsewhere by them perswaded sent by Timagen and others of them the first knowledge of Liteâ—ature to Athens and Aegypt But it seems the Brittish learning like their wool thriveth better in a hotter Clâ—me then their own for they tell us that Bladud 8th King of England then called Leogria of Locrine Son of Brute first King of that Division studied at Athens and brought thence four Philosophers who professed the Sciences at Stamford where he founded an Vniversity which flourished till S. Augustines time when the Pope did interdict it for Heresies perhaps that of Pelagius that then sprung amongst the Saxons and Brittaines So Mr Harding Slatyer Palae-Albion c. though in our more authentique â—ecords I find not any thing like an Vniversity at Stamford till in the Raign of King Edward 3d upon some contention between the Southern and Northern men in Oxford many of the Scholars removed thither and there held publique Schools of all sorts of learning but left it again and returned being commanded so to do by the Kings Proclamation thereupon it was ordained in the Vniversity that the Scholars in taking of their degrees should make oath not to read publiquely at Stamford to the prejudice of Oxford This King Bladud was held so great a Magician as that he founded Bath and the three hot medicinable springs there by his Art then called Caer Badon by the old â—rittons from Badon or Mâ—ns â—adonicus not far off 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hot waters by Ptolomy and by Antoninus Aquae Solis respecting their nature Here Bladud one day practising Necromancy decked himself with feathers and presumâ—ng Icarus like to fly fell and brake his neck upon the Temple he had theâ—e built to Apollo He raigned 863 years before the incarnation of our Saviour from this Bladud many will have Magic his great Masterpiece called the Black Art a far fetch'd Etymology but perhaps as well Black Art from Bladud as Magick from Magus Kâ—ng of Brittaine These relations are not altogether to be derided though they seem to have been composed by some more affectionate to the honour of their Country then the purity of story they are attested by learned and worthy â—ens and though none need to feign any thing to honour Great Brittaine as she lately stood it 's just such should find more credit then that impudent Detractor Polydore Virgil that maliciously compiled her story to abuse her by leaving out nay burning and embezling her best and most ancient Records Monuments and Legier Books that his own might not be contradicted having a large Commission under the Great Seal to make search for all Antiquâ—ties that might make for his purpose yet for all this he hath ill luck to write nothing well save the life of King Henry the seventh wherein he had reason to take a little more paines then ordinary the Book being Dedicated to Henry the eight his Sonne though even in that piece he is so far excelled by our eloquent Lord Verulam as I must either retract that Polydore wrote well or allow
it but to make him the better foyle to Bacon who shews there was no need of Italian help to the Brittish History One great Art of the Magi was the Exposition of Dreams amongst them believed of granâ— importance holding that though sleep be the Image of death Dreams are the portraiture of â—ife though Cassius reasoning with Brutus about the apparition to him in Sardis laboured according to his Epicurian sect to Father all upon deception and the strength of imagination Plut. in vit Brut. And though Dreams are more often Histories then presages grounded upon things that are in being and which we have seen for the imagâ—nation which is the Couch and Nursery of Dreams repâ—esenteth commonly what she hath received yet Dreams are not alwayes of nature but also of the inspiration of God as Jacob's Ladder Joseph's Sun and Moon and 11 Stars Pharoahs fat and leane â—ine c. So Richâ—ome Pilg. Loret and as D' Brown observes Rel. Med. There is surely a neerer apprehension of any thing that delights each of us in our Dreames then in our waked senses Paulò post The slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of our soules It is the ligation of our sense but the liberty of Reason With him seem to agree Galen and Aristotle in their singular Tracts of Sleep And M. Sandys in his Commentary upon Ovids Met. l. 11. Defines Dreams those Images which are formed in our sleeps by the various discursion of the spirits in the brain the spirits being the Chariot of the soul which follow concoction when the blood is least troubled and the phantasie uninteâ—rupted â—y ascending vapours These the Poet divides into three kinds the one imâ—tating the Rational the other the Animal and the third the Inanimate the first called Morpheus which signifies Form the second Icelos by the Gods which is similitude but Phobetor or fear by Mortals in regard of the terrors apprehended by beasts and Monsters and the last Phantasius of the Imagination And as the Cogitations of Princes far differ from those of the vuigar so their Dreams are unvulgar and different to this purpose M. Howel in his vocal Forrest Oftentimes the conceptions of Kings are as farre above the Vulgar as their condition is for being higher elevated and walking upon the battlements of soveraignty they sooner receive the inspirations of heaven As sleep was created to recreate the body and free the mind from care for a season so Dreams are sometimes sent to terrifie the guilty as those that the Usuâ—per Richard the third is reported to have had the night before the great deciding battel at Bosworth field Sometimes they are to confirm the good as those that the Earl of Richmond afterwards King Henry the seventh had on the aforesaid night and they are not seldom prophetical as they proved to those two Princes So Ovid it being the businesse of Poets in the contemplation of Nature to represent things that are not as if they were makes Morpheus present her dâ—owned Husband Ceyx to Alcyone in a Dream and â—aesars wife Calphurnia foresaw her Husbands Tragedy in heâ— sleep but examples are innumerable yet such divine Revelations wâ—re often imitated by Spirits of darknesse to beget a superstition which in the end so increased that Aristides compiled an Ephemerides of his own Dreams and Mithridates of those of his Concubines But the Romans finding the inconveniences thereof because all Dreames without distinction of Causes were drawn to Divination forbad the same by a publique decree though they more politiquely then wisely made their Religion and Auguries ever serve their occasions as Machiavel observes at large in his discourses upon Livie Much ado I have to take off my hand from describing their method in expounding of Dreams as to dream of the dead signified receiving of Money to dream of waters and green fields the dâ—ath of friends c. As also their manner in procuring of Dreams as wrapping themselves up in beasts skins and lying on their backs before the Tâ—mples with a branch of Misletoe in their hands or laying of an odd number of â—ay-leaves under their pillows which they held efficacious to produce tâ—ue Dâ—eams c. But such superstitions I had â—ather â—mit sâ—eing I need not tell them to the leaâ—ned nor am I willing to teach them to the ignorant whom I refer to the Text where they shall see borrowed of the incâ—mparable Sir Philip Sidney that Wisdom and virtue be The only Destinies set for man to follow c. 23 Larr Larr is a sandy Kingdom adjoyning upon Susiana almost wholly a Deseâ—t being for 400. miles together sterile full of loose sand and danger having high hills on each side without Grasse River or Herbage It hath for the seat of justice a City of the same name seated under the Latitude of 27 degrees and forty minutes North fourteen dayes jouâ—ney distant from Shiras This City is ancient and had about fifty years since 5000 houses in her of which 3000 were overturned by an Earth quake 'T is now famous onely for a strong Castle and handsome Buzzar the Castle is built at the Noâ—th end upon an high aspiring Mountaine well stored with Ordnance brought fâ—om Ormus the order and Scituation of this Fort and Fabrick equalizing if not preceding any other in Persia. Here is a Mosque or Temple framed in some part with Mosaique work and round in figure at the entrance hangs a Mirror or Looking glasse wherein Mahometans behold their defoâ—mities This Church lodges the gâ—eat long named long buried Pâ—ophet Emyr-ally-saddey-ameer whose sleep they say has been 1500 years long in that Sepulcher they expect his Resurrection shortly to wait upon Mahomet of whom he prophesied 500 years before his birth This Town affords Dates Orenges Aqua-vitae or Arack c but is very ill watered some Maps place it by a great River wherein they mistake so exceedingly that theâ—e is not any River within 100 miles of it Rain is also a great stranger here not a shower somtimes in five years when it falls it brings incredible joy and profit to the people and sun-burnt Country though sometimetimes no lesse detriment for not long since such a violent storm of Rain unburthened it self near to Techoa that caused such a suddain deluge and Cataract as a Caravan of 2000 Camels perished by it The people are black and needy amongst whom many miserable Jewes inhabit and have their Synagogues This City and Province were under the great Duke of Shiras of whose reducing of it to the Persian Crown see the 19th Note upon the Fourth Act. Herbert c. 24 BAIAZETS Cage see the 10th Note upon the Fourth Act. ANNOTATIONS UPON THE FOURTH ACT. 1 BIzantiums walls of fire The ancient walls of Bizantium or Constantinople were said to be of a just even height every stone so cemented together with brass Couplets that the whole wall seemed to be but one entire stone Some affirm the same of the outmost wall of
Troiae Dardanus author Arma procul currusque virum miratur inanes Stant terrae defixae hastae passimque soluti Per campos pascuntur equi quae gratia currum Armorumque fuit vivis quae cura nitentes Pascere equos eadem sequitur tellure repostos Conspicit ecce alios dextra laevaque per herbam Vescentes laetumque choro paeana canentes Inter odoratum lauri nemus unde supernè Plurimus Eridami per sylvam volvitur amnis Hîc manus ob patriam pugnando vulnera passi Quique sacerdotes casti dum vita manebat Quique pij vates Phaebo digna locuti Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per artes Quique sui memores alios fecerè merendo Omnibus his nivea cinguntur tempora vitta AEN l. 6. Fair Greens they reacht places of joyfull rest Sweet Groves and happy Mansions of the blest Here larger air with purple rayes the fields Of their own Sun and stars possessed guilds In flowry meads some strive with foot and hand Some try their strength upon the golden Sand. Some dance and chear their measure with a song The Thracianâ—oet â—oet in â—obes grave and long Renowns on seven sweet strings his sacred skill Now stopps his hand now strikes his Ivory quill Teucers old stock a noble race here stood Magnanimous Hero's born when times were good Ilus Asaracus and who Troy did found Their empty Chariots he admires i th' ground Their spears stuck fast their bruised Arms laid by And charging Horses grazing carelessely Look what delight steeds Arms oâ— Chariots were To them alive they still the same were here Others he saw on either side advance Themselves and sing glad Paeans in a dance Shaded with odorous Lawrel Groves whose sides Silver Eridanus wash with frequent tides Here triumph those did for their Country die And Priests that kept their vow of Chastitie Poets that sung layes worthy of their God Such as invented Arts for humane good And those whose merits have their names renownd All their blest heads with snowie Garlands bound Again in the person of Musaeus Nulli certa domus Lucis habitamus opacis Riparumque toros prata recentia rivis Incolimus ibid. No certain seats have we curld shadie woods Cool Banks and meads stil fresh with Chrystal floods We do enjoy Mahomets Paradise according to the Alchoran lib. 1. cap. 2. is as big as Heaven and Earth which is all the world but where is it then or else we must say that God hath created another world besides this but it were end lesse as bootlesse to question Mahomet for absurdities The Alchoran in another place saith that God created seven Paradises or seven Mansions each of which is called a Paradise these are all wrought with Gold and Silver Pearls and precious stones and have divers Palaces Halls Chambers and Gardens stored with fruit Trees two of each sort under which Palaces runne Fountains and Rivers of water milk hony most sweet wine In the midst of Paradise as the Alcoran affirms and the Sunè describes is a Tree called Tuba as big as all Paradise whereof some leaves are of Gold others of Silver and the branches thereof cover the walls of Paradise The Sunè sayes that in every lâ—af of it the name of Mahomet is written joyntly with the name of God running thus Le ilche ille allah Mahumed razolloa i. e. There is no other God but the Lord and Mahomet is his Messenger The Alchoran l. 3. c. 19. in the Chapters of Sacrifices of Mount Sinai of the Glorious of the Falls and of Man l. 4. describes how these Paradises are furnished and adorned with Tapestries and Bâ—ds with Curtains and Vallens of Cloath of Gold of Purple of silk not forgetting the Quilts Chairs of Gold and precious stones c. Together after what manner the Moores shall sit and lie on these Beds and Couches ever jocund and merry not knowing Care or Grief The said Chapters describe a Fountain in Paradise called Celzebile and another called Zengebila the waters whereof are whiter then snow and sweeter then honey but more especially there is the rare fountain called Alcauzar by a singular Chapter Al. l. 4. reserved for Mahomet alone though a strange ingrossement for he saith it is 70000 days journeys in length and breadth 70000 is a frequent number with him and the water hereof purer and sweeter then of the rest In this Fount are many Bowls Glasses and drinking Vessels as theâ—e aâ—e stars in the firmament The said Chapters mention and describe the Pages which are alwaies in Paradise called in Arabick Guildemin Mohalledun i. e. eternal Pages not of the race of men they are as beautiful as precious stones set in Gold and are cloathed in silk green purple and Zunduz i. e. Tissue upon Tissue These wait continually with full Cups Flaggons and Beakers of Gold and Silver The said Chapters treat of the chast Virgins which God hath created for Paradise called Horhim and in the singular number Hora they are reclused well watched and guarded in their Palaces their Garments are wonderfull and their beauty is as the light Nay Mahomet in the Sunè saith that if any one of these Virgins should appear at Midnight she would enlighten all the world like noon-day and if she should spit in the Sea all the water in the Sea would become as sweet as hony Furthermore the said Chapters mention their Carkanets Rings Jewels Coronets and Trinkets of all sorts which are prepared in Paradise for them and that these Virgins are not of humane race but are continually created for the Musselmen they dayly have their lost Viâ—ginities restored continue ever young there as here at 15. and the men as at 30. and are ever free from natural pollutions The Sunè mentions a feast which God will make to men and womâ—n in Paradise which it calls Hadrate Alcoduz God makes this feast in the Paradise called Genetu Alcoduz i. e. The Paradise of the Holy and is the sixth in order among the seven hinâ—ed at before Mahomet sayes also that after a time he will by virtue of his generall Redemption release the Moores who have deserved Hell fire they shal come out of Hell black burnt and he will bring them to his fountain Alcauzar wherein they shall wash and become white as snow being so purified he will lead them to the other Moores that never deserved Hell After this he saith that God shall command the Angel Gabriel to take the keyes of the Paradise of the Holy for to make his feast there which keyes are kept by another Angel of whom when Gabriel demands them the said Angel shall put his hand to his mouth and shall draw forth thence 70000 keyes each of which is 70000 leagues in length and when the Angel Gabriel shall assay to take up the keyes he shall not be able to lift them because of their great weight hereupon he shall return to God and say Lord I cannot lift the