not to match with grief A Long a Large I rather choose a brief Vain Love short life ah Heaven new set my Song Change but one Note a Brief into a Long. Pha. But if my Lord hear this Met. Let him and swear By all the gods his daughter is my Mistris Pha. See here comes my Lord Valerian let 's withdraw Exeunt Met. Angusta whispering she 's a very Sharke Enter Valerian and Angusta Ang. Nay my Lord could you think I could be so Uncivil but that I would as well tax you As him that no exceptions might be taken You little know his drift He under-hand Offers me thousands to endear his Love Unto my Lady which I 'le never do Val. VVell said the sum I promis'd shall be thine Ang. Thus then my Lord as I unveyl a heart Unfaign'd unto your Lordship I display This Curtain where a Voyce shall first invite Your Ear to listen next to please your sight Exit Cecilie sings within Mount mount c. and after sht has sang it she enters Angusta following Cec. My Lord y' are welcome Val. So breaths a sweet perfume When milder Zephyres ventilate the Crestes Of sweet Arabian Spiceries VVelcome This only word has here infus'd more heat Than can bright Phoebus to the chilling earth Cec. Mistake me not my Lord VVelcom's a word Of civil Courtesie I a Roman bred And nobly born should rudely seem to treat One of your Rank should I omit this one So course a Complement Val. Yet 't is to me If reall as I am sure it is a word That bodes a happiness Cec. 'T is true my Lord A happiness transcendent to enrich A soul with more than all the beauties honours Pleasures or wealth can now or could conferre Val. Madam with your favour this far fetch'd strain Mounts 'bove the pitch of Love which is the Aym And scope of my Ambition Cec. Ah Sir how then Shall we mix soul with soul as well as loves If mine above the daring Eagle soare And cleave Heavens glorious Arch shall your dull soul Lie wrap'd in Earth below give me a soul Can tower at least above the waking Lark And contemplate 'bove the eternal joyes Else what is it for me and my Valerian To lye encircl'd in each others Arms If ever I shall come to give my hand And plight my troth shall not a mutual hand That may cooperate with mine be joyn'd Val. Most willingly Cec. And shall not then your heart Conspire with mine with an unanimous Consent Val. Most freely Cec. If then but to one Essence And Power immortal I lift heart and hands VVill you not joyn with me and do the like Val. I will Cec. You 'l be a Christian then Val. O! stay You urge too far what by Philosophy I have learn'd you may perswade me to but more VVhy should you crave we both will worship one Acknowledge one but sacrifice to one Cec. Indeed I was too forward and hereby May chance to be like other Virgins forc'd To be your Love by menacing of Death Or by my father should you make this known May be constrain'd to entertain your love Which wrested cannot be what you desire Val. No Lady fear not me e're I betray A beauty so endow'd with vertues Heaven strike me with a Thunder-bolt or May love become abortive and what here I have t' express the notions of my soul May it be rent from my more treacherous Jaws See in a happy hour my Lord and Lady Your Parents come Enter Marcus and Flavia. Fla. So hand in hand so may your hearts be linkt And after more but why dost frown my girl Love has a nosegay all compos'd of sweets Amor et melle et felle est jucundissimus Come honey come gall Love must abound in joy So thou my Girle Cec. Madam you are the tree I but the tender bud yet while you flourish I cannot droop or wither Flav. Bad me no buds Thou art a tree thy self apt to bring fruit But with my Lord Valerian's help here daughter You know my meaning Mar. I she must be espous'd Cec. How my Lord. Mar. Promis'd betroth'd and what not That may unite a pair and make but one Fla. I daughter it must be so how say you my Lord Val. With her consent you tender that to me Which nor the Gods can better Cec. How my Lord The Gods Val. 'T is but a word of course sweet Lady One day nor makes nor can destroy a habit Cec. My Lord th' affair in hand do's so import That of it self besides my humble prayer It craves a time to pause and weigh each Fla. Each pudding tell us of pausing and weighing now Tell us of time he wears his Locks before How many beauteous Ladies have I known Who in their prime of youth could not forsooth Nor love this Noble Knight nor that brave Lord Would have they know not what lik'd not their Garb Or were not so gentile or else their shape And personage was not so compleat and absolute In their eye as they desir'd Thus trifling With time they lost their better fortunes Till Age grew on and beauty was thereby Disparag'd Then a husband nor so rich Nor so proper any then was welcome Yet to consider you would have more time Daughter O tempora O mores Time Why he has wings Cec. And so has Love Fla. But time Outstrips him therefore now my Girle resolve Mar. She 's bashful here here my Lord she 's yours Fla. I silence is consent take he my Lord. Hymen Hymen O Hymenaee Hymen Mar. So we 'le leave you for a while she alone My Lord with you in a familiar way Fla. Will be doubt it not she 'le be tractable Daughter Venus be with thee and Adoms Be thy Companion Come my Lord let 's away To prepare for the Nuptials Mar. Now 's our joy Cec. Ah ha oh Val. O do not blast sweet Lady Blast not the tender bud of blooming Love With such sad sighs Cēc Daphne your fables tell Pursu'd by your Apollo Val. Not mine Madam Cec. Was metamorphos'd and a Lawrel grew So she escap'd I must retire awhile weeps Enter Metricio and Phantasio and Angusta Val. But do not weep Met. No Madam for my Lord Your father has commanded me to make An Epithalamium to celebrate This Festival and solemn day design'd For Hymen's Revels Met. And I must be The Paranymph Ang. And I the Pronuba For you Madam the Nymph and Nupta too Ere it be long Cec. For me a watry Nymph Whose eyes are steep'd in tears and throbbing heart Involv'd with grief Ah! Heaven new set my Song Change but one note a Brief into a Long. Swounes Ang. My Lady swounes away Help help my Lord. Madam what die before the Wedding Day Cec. Day Day I saw indeed a glimpse of Day And thither I was hast'ning Why didst call Me back t' invest with dismal Night the Day Was dawning as I clos'd my heavy eyes To be made happy by eternal light Ang. 'T is but a passion of the heart my Lord And
Love scar'd hence By your so dreadfull Champion or your spells Cec. Not so but to return again he 's gone And when they meet by one sole interview All quarrels shall be ended Tib. Very good And who of three shall then enjoy your love Cec. That soon shall be discover'd by th' event Tib. Yet one thing ere we part I fain would know By what Enchantment now while VVinter cloathes The Earth with snow and hoary frosts such odours Breath as if with rich perfume the Lilly And sweeter Rose were by a forward Spring Brought forth to yield their pleasing savours here No Flowers I see but Roses in your Cheeks No Lillies but those Ivory fingers there VVhich cannot vent such odoriferous sents As now perfume the Ayre Cec. Oh Noble Sir Think not we Christians work by Magick art VVith Roses here and Lillies intermixt My temples with a Coronet are wreath'd VVhich though you see not we no Sorcery Have us'd to blinde your eyes which have a filme That overspreads your sight Go go my Lord I pray go to your brother take his advice And then return then happy shall you see The Garland which I wear of fragrant Flowers And see besides with him what I have promis'd Tib. Madam your Charm is powerfull I 'le away Exit Cec. May Heaven illumine both as he begins And born again shall be these Noble Twins Exit SCENE III. Enter Almachius Saphricius Officers and Headsman with an Axe Alm. COme bring him forth I 'le see the Execution Or if he yet relent and sacrifice Unto our gods he 's pardon'd Sap. To your gods Your Devils Monsters Moppets Puppets Bugges Alm. Out thou blasphemous wretch away with him Sap. I have endur'd a torture in each joynt These feet were scorch'd these arms with burning torches Enter Nicephorus Yet could I suffer more Alm. Take him away Nic. O! let me come 't is more than time to speak Saphricius Saphricius Alm. What 's hee That interrupts our Justice Nic. Saphricius I once was thy dear friend and thou we'rt mine Untill unfortunate we fell at jarres And open enmity yet now at least Forgive as I do thee Sap. Forgive thee no. Thou too injurious wer 't to be forgiven Nic. Say all the fault were mine and only you Were injur'd yet now destin'd as a Victim And sacrifice for Heaven what Heaven commands For Heaven's sake do not omit Sap. I never will forgive thee He troubles me here Off. Come Sirrah stand aside Nic. Pardon upon my knees I beg it forgive me Good Saphricius Off. What an absurd fellow art thou VVhat need'st fear him he 's going to die Nic. Oh there 's a Power above all Charity All Goodness Love for which he gives his life To which his soul relates and must be like In rendring good for ill and pardoning all Therefore upon my knees again I beg it Sap. Away thou hatefull and injurious man Nor I nor Heaven will pardon thy offence Nic. Here prostrate on the earth I kiss your feet Though you likewise I thought had wronged me Yet be the fault all mine forgive me Sir Sap. Not I this fellow vexes me Off. Be gone Alma Force him to silence there or stop his mouth Off. Now prepare y' are come to th' place assign'd Sap. Assign'd for what Off. For Death by this keen Axe Because thou wilt not offer sacrifice To Jupiter Sap. So is' t for that cause then Alm. Executioner do your Office Saphr trembles Off. I will my Lord Instantly The valiant Saphricius Who late endur'd all kinde of Tortures now Begins to tremble every joynt and limbe I 'le cure him of his Palsey Sap. Hold ah hold Thy hand my friend and hear one word Off. What 's that For two thou shalt not have what is it Sap. Gods Off. Speak that again Sap. Unto the Gods I say I 'le sacrifice Alm. VVhat says he there of Gods Off. That he to them will sacrifice Sap. Discover Too I will what now a Christian Lady Is perpetrating ' gainst two Noble Lords Alm. Thou hast thy life The gods are mercifull Nic. My Lord my Name 's Nicephorus Alm. What 's next Nic. I am a Christian too and what this Renegade Has lost I come to gain a Palm of Victory A Crown immortall Alm. Art thou then a Christian Nic. I say I am and were it possible VVould give another life so that I might Reclaym him there who has renounc'd his Faith For want of Love the badge a Martyr brings Else cannot have the honour to be such Alm. Gaoler take him to your custody And to morrow If he recant not as his fellow has done Executioner you know your Office let him dye I must away affairs which much import Are calling on me Come Saphricius I go to offer Incense to great Jove Exeunt Sap. I 'le joyn with you my Lord most willingly Manet Niceph. Execut. Nic. He 's gone O miserable man he 's lost For ever lost I fear Suffer'd so much So long and at the last apostatize ay me Have you not well observ'd the Provence Rose How every leaf pluckt from the Neighbouring Chives Is tipt as 't were with Gold Such are our actions Such our thoughts when golden Charity And Love dos guild our every leavy thought Sprung from the soul else nought avails nor death Without the hearty love of friend and Foe He onely dyeth well that 's living so Exeunt SCENE IV. Valerian and Tiburtius come out of the Vault Urban appearing to the middle above the Vault Urban MY Lord Valerian twice the elder Son By birth and Faith you 'l have a special care Of him that seconds you your only brother Who less instructed cause the time was short Next that of Heaven t' assist wants your suppport You are my children now and sheep farewell Doubt not the Lady wil fulfill her word Remember now y' are Combatants for Heaven And that your Guerdon an immortal Crown Is that you fight for not for fading wreathes Val. For this Atchievement we entreat your Prayers Urban Nor I in that nor in paternal care Will be defective Heaven bless my Children Descends Val. Where we have been what seen and what acquir'd Our brests may better lodge than we can utter W'have been in Paradise beheld a Heaven I' th bowels of the earth the Christian Flock Within a Fold whose darkness is exil'd As well b' exemplar life as burning Lamps Here some in Prayers there others chaunting Hymns Here some in Contemplation Tib. Others I saw And heard exhorting to a vertuous life And some instructing Catechumens such As prepare themselves for holy tincture Val. Not mine and thine is heard amongst them there But all in common all one heart one will Unanimous they live VVhy now methinks I am arm'd ' gainst all events Tib. I 'le follow you Val. Could pull down Idols and destroy their Fanes O! what a greeting will there be betwixt That vertuous Lady and our new born selves Enter Three Watchmen Madam I come
this Ang. I think she now will sing it with your favour I 'll read that you may relish it the better Our Poet tells me I have a special grace In the rehearsal seldom coincident To those of our Sex Which when my Lady chaunts Souls may be ravisht 'bove Parnassus height Reads the Song If each hive of swarming bees Have a King that careful sees To the Manage and more sage Keeps the rest in vassalage If each flock of tender sheep Have a Swain to feed and keep From the Wolf that seeks his prey Or if onely one must sway In a Kingdome needs must gods Powers divided live at odds Then Bees Sheep and Subjects we Can but have one Deity Pack yee hence you many Gods Powers divided live at odds Val. Hum She contemns the gods Ang. And goddesses Why she her self may compare with Venus For Beauty with Minerva for Wisdom But not with Cuckold Juno for Malice Towards Aeneas that noble progenitor Of our Roman Worthies Tib. Can she be vertuous That so neglects our more immortal Gods Ang. Yes and as far transcending your chast Vesta's In purity as fulgent stars of heaven Shine brighter than a foggy Ignis fatuus Val. Howsoever let 's hear her voice Ang. Nor that Nay if you vilifie her worth or but Extenuate this favour you see your way Points to the Door Gives her gold Cecile tunes the Organ within Val. Come this will qualifie your rising spleen Pal. Nay now I see shee 'll be Augusta 'T is But placing the N with the heels upwards Ang. Gentlemen She 's tuning Pray make a quick retreat To see and not be seen hear not be heard Now after her more sweet melodious strains Her custom is to walk a while abroad Not far from hence take th' opportunity But should she know I had a hand in this Your interview I were undone Val. Fear not Exeunt Valerian Tiburtius Ang. Palinodio let 's be gone Pal. Begone not I. My Lady shall know all or let me have half Was given thee Ang. Nay then my Lady shall know What you did Sir the last night Pal. What Ang. Kissed me Y 'had been better to have kiss'd elsewhere Nay what you would have done besides you know And she shall know Pal. What then Ang. What then You know full well how she abhors such doings Pal. And know your predecessor was transplanted For like offence Pal. And why I pray transplanted Ang. Yes so I say for a Gentleman Usher May well be liken'd to a double Gilliflower Which while it so continues is esteem'd And so is he with two good suits of clothes But let him wear out one and be but single In a thread-bare suit he 's soon transplanted As single Gilliflowers are wont to be His Lady then cries up and out with him Pal. This is a parlous wench how she threatens me Ang. Mum then Pal. I Mum. Ang. See then you tell no-body Pal. Not I. Ang. 'T is well you sing a Palinodie Come Sir know your duty and attend upon me Exeunt Enter Valerian Tiburtius listning to St. Cecilie that sings to the Organ within then comes forth and spying Valerian and Tiburtius starts Cec. Blesse me where was my Porter where my servants Who has betrayed me to the sight of men Val. Of Men Lady whom would you see but Man The Master-piece of th' Earth who joys to see His like in her who is a second self What creature to be parallell'd with man Can you behold why then should palid fear Undie those rosie cheeks and coral lips You need not fear Cec. Yes like the trembling tree Whose every leaf shakes at th' approach of man Tib. We 'll not offend Cec. But chastity is such It cannot be too wary fear too much She offers to go out but courteously returns Val. Nay Lady leave us not so abruptly I would but dare not say at first I love Bec. Not love you told me you were men not love Why 't is the noblest passion of the soul Sprung from the Will which cannot love but good Much more the greatest good whose only Beauty Is so attractive that when 't is but known It cannot be but lov'd Ah Noble Sir Dare you not love Val. Not you Lady I mean I durst not say I lov'd but know I do Cec. Ah! There 's small difference 'twixt wo and woe Exit Val. Tiburtius here 's a spark what 's thy opinion Of this Lady Tib. That she 's like other females Who know themselves to be the weaker vessels Like melting wax that 's apt for all impressions At first encounter therefore by retreat Fearing they should be almost gain'd ere courted Which they affect they suddenly with-draw The better to attract for after that we fly Which flies from us neglect what is atchiev'd And what is fair must hardly be obtain'd By frequent suits which they affect as a Supream honour and homage due to their Self-seeming pretious and admir'd beauties Val. This is not all I fear for I observ'd Both in her Sonnet and her Maids discourse A kind of Superstition mixt with a Contempt of all our gods If that imposture Of Christianisme has infected her I fear t will be a Bar to my designes Tib. Tush Take no notice what she young of years Has yet but suckt not turn'd to nutriment Love soon extirpates what 's but newly set And taking deeper root predominates O're all the powers of man and that we call Religion but a trifle and subordinate To Love's transcendent passion of the Soul Our gods themselves vanquish'd by powerful Love Have laid aside their Deities to court A Beauty Shall not then Religion Which but relates unto those heavenly powers Subscribe unto the Soveraignty of Love Val. Heavens grant it may but soft whose coming here Enter Marcus and Flavia. Mar. Come Flavia my dear sweet wife where 's our daughter Cecilie the foolish Girle is so pensive And solitary Shee s never well but when She 's in her Chamber This dull Melancholy caus'd By her too much delight in Musick has brought her To that passe for want of exercise poor elfe She 's fall'n I fear into that lazie sad And languishing disease call'd Fla. The Green Sicknesse 'T is true my dear Marcus and as you were My physician in like case so must some-body Mar. My Lord Valerian I have no skill in Augury But like the Omen that when my wife said Some-body mine-eye was instantly on you From thence it glanced on my Lord Tiburtius I lay my life you come to some such end I read methinks such speaking Characters In face and features eye and front as plain And legible as wrinkles in my Flavia's Forehead was about to say nay be not angry Fla. Well well had I not been the honester I know where and what had been as legible Mar. Nay I fear'd thou would'st be angry but no matter Ladies must nere be old their husbands may Lords y' are wellcome but chiefly my Valerian That some-body
what sot have you brought me hither Max. My Lord he 's servant to a Roman Lady And cause a fool he 's fitter to be examin'd Alm. In matter of nonsense Let him be well whipt Or else discover what he is and where His Lady dwells Pal. Ha ha ha my Lady She 's fairer than your Goddess Venus I le stand to 't Max. At a Pillar thou shalt stand and be well whipt Pal. Well then every thing that 's well is not amiss Farewel my Lord I will not say I kiss Your Lordships hands for then if with the lip There were more rime than reason in the whip Ha ha ha Alm. Sirrah I 'le have you whipt Out of this laughing humour Pal. Bacchus your God To this invites Let me drink wine and quaffe pure And sacrifice unto the God of Laugh ture ha ha Alm. Away with them Justice seems in disgrace Until she come to have her time and place Exeunt Scene 3. Enter Valerian and Angusta Ang. My Lord Valerian y' are welcome as I may say And what I say I doubt not to make good I have in your behalf solicited So far my Lady so urgently that now In our discourse the onely subject Love Is entertain'd Books Prayers are laid aside But now and then she vents a sigh good Lady So careful of my good And why says she May'st thou not have like fortune There 's Tiburtiue My Lord Valerian's brother methinks he might Affect thee as deserving as my self Thy features are as good thy favour such As pleasing every lineament thy Beauty Exceeding mine at which my Lord I blusht When parallels'd with such a Paragon And with deep sighs could hardly evaporate That then intrusive love which I unworthy Fain would but durst not entertain Yet then As I reflected on our Latin frater As much to say as fere alter almost The same or else another such I thought If one to th' other be so near in blood And constitution yea and simpathy Propense to love the same as I am sure Tiburtius do's my Lady since they cannot Both share in one may not my Lord Tiburtius Reflect his eye on me so near and dear Unto her Ladiship but then again I check'd my too presumptuous thoughts and vow'd Howsoe're I were neglected in this kind My service should not be extenuated In all good offices towards your Lordship That may deserve your favour though not his love Val. Thou 'st said enough and ' cause he riva's me Thus to divert the torrent of his love Ang. I think 't were policy my Lord to turn The Current this way Val. Right I like it well Nor wants thy Love a base to build upon For 't is not long fince thus I heard him speak That in his eye thou wert not contemptible Ang. No more but So Val. And though thou wert not a Lady he could make thee one Ang. That 's somewhat indeed But what more my good Lord I beseech you Val. Nay there he fixt a period to his speech Ang. And ended with Lady Noble Tiburtius Made a full point at Lady as if he had Then pointed at Angusta to make Augusta Why should not we fair ones stand on our points That Beauty may be Zenith point above And Nadir portion to be trampled on The point beneath But you my Lord have all Beauty and wealth and vertue to be priz'd In her who now cannot be seen Val. Not seen Ang. No more than Cynthia with her silver Crest Which modest sometimes veyls her beauteous face Yet were my Lord Tiburtius here Enter Tiburtius Val. See here he comes Ang. But not with such a sparkling eye Nor half so quick as yours my Lord ay me Tib. Now Fair Angusta sigh and I so nigh Thou may'st be Lady yet before thou dy'st Ang. Lady as he ended so he begins Indeed my Lord 't is more to make one such Tib. As thou art Ang. No my Lord rather as I Would be Tib. She 's in good earnest Ang. Earnest my Lord Yes and you may give me earnest that your love Shall make me such You 'l love my Lady too You will O the ambition of a younger Brother And you my Lord you can dissemble Tell me your brother said that he could make Me a Lady Val. But that he would I did not say Ang. There 's yours you may be gone here lies my way Exit Val. So here 's a flirt such as are now adayes That must be fed with Gold and not content With that must have a husband too with a Mischief Ah! that a Lady's love should be Thus pandar'd by a Gypsie 't is too true What her fair Lady spake 'twixt wo and woe There 's but small difference Tib. My Lord let 's go Val. And leave this trifling fuit ' turns woo to wo. Exit Enter Angusta and calls Tiburtius behinde as he goes out Ang. My Lord a word Tib. What say'st Ang. Could you think me So immodest as to Court you thus Tib. Not I. Ang. No I 't was your brothers plot his policy That like a Loadstone by attractive power I might draw back your love from my good Lady Who 's in affection yours that only he Might have free passage to enjoy her love Should I be thus magnetique I were base I am wholly yours My service wholly bent That you may gain this pretious Gemme not he Tib. Art serious Ang. Else were most unworthy Tib. Take this Gives her Money A Trifle for the present shalt have more Ang. Your Brother may suspect Tib. I I 'le away Exit Ang. Adieu most worthy Lord. Ha! ha thus Love Is often now adayes dear bought and sold If not himself at least I have his gold Exit SCENE IV. Enter Nicephorus Solus Nic. MY troubled thoughts perplex while Conscience here Upbraids me with dissimulation To my dear friend Saphricius whom I long With pity have observ'd to entertain Too much of complacence or which is worse Vain glory to adde a lustre to his actions Which dos diminish not augment their worth For though Heaven daigns to promise due reward Yet he reserves the honour to himself Which while my friend usurps and I connive Yea not so much as intimate a crime I am no faithfull friend which I have sworn To be till death ah dissimulation Thou shouldst not be a Vice since nor a King Can reign without thee nor a bosom friend Preserve intire that sacred Amity Which I unhappily I fear may violate No my Saphricius is so nobly good He 'le rather render thanks than deem me harsh Chide cause I 've been too backward in advice A friend in Counsel must not be too nice See here he comes Sap. My dear Nicephorus y' are happily encounter'd Nic. My best and only friend Saphricius Methinks our daily interviews and kinde Embraces do ensoul each others brest Sap. Absent from you Methought my heart had but the moity Of life was but a Cipher till the digit Your heart conjoyn'd summes up my happinesse
Isle of Cecilie 'T is Hymen calls come tie the Band Joyn with this Isle of sever'd land That with a mutual free consent You both may make one continent Mar. I that 's the way to live honest now you Pronuba ne're a wise word Ang. Yes my Lord. Long may the Bride and Bridegroom joy and I Be next to share in like felicity Mar. Daughter here we leave you so good night Fla. This will be good I know t was such to me Exeunt Manet Cecilie Cec. Assist me Heaven Here on my Chamber Door I fix this sacred spell to force from hence Valerian ' gainst which if he resist Hangs up the Copy of Verses Heaven has a stronger Guard Exit Enter Angusta Tiburtius Ang. Here my Lord here you may freely pass Unto her Chamber so I leave you Tib. Do so Hum what have we here a paper pendant She 's musical and by a Sonnet may Rather invite me than by word of mouth Being so modest as she is He reads Back back Valerian hence away Such bold attempts must have delay Here 's no safety to be found Back away 't is sacred ground Where a Champion by my side Stands to guard me as his Bride Back back Valerian hence away Such bold attempts must have delay Back Valerian as much to say as Come Tiburtius But there 's a Champion Within she says which guards her as a Bride What Paramour what Rival's this why should I hazard life No let Valerian come To grapple with th' Antagonist who slain She will abhor my brother for the fact But say Valerian should be slain what then I have th' estate and powerful riches move And is the Primum Mobile to Love Exit Scene 2. Val. The Coast is clear no lurking Pyrate lies In wait no Shelf nor Rock nor Quicksand here That threatens Shipwrack to my fraighted Bark That 's bound for Cecilie I 'le put to shore Yet stay what have we here sixt on her Door Back back Valerian hence away What means this Charm or what infernal Spell Is this which so conjures Valerian Here 's no safety to be found I am betraid Where a Champion by my side Stands to guard me as his Bride Hum be what he will Hector or Hercules I dare encounter Back back Valerian No. Valerian pulls the Curtain and Cecilie enters Lady this traverse must no longer be Partition to our Loves who are as one Cec. I come my Lord why are you thus incens'd Val. Come then and let me like the amorous vine About the Elm enfold thee in mine Armes Nay flie not back maugre thy Magick Spels Champion or Devil I le not be retrograde Cec. Keep off Valerian touch me not or die Val. The interest I claim is due by promise And ratifi'd by Heaven th' art mine I must And will enjoy thee Cec. Stay good my Lord But hear me speak Val. Not I. Cec. Oh! Noble Sir Be not too rash Condemn me not before You know me guilty Val. Speak then but be succinct Cec. I will and thus a secret do unfold There is an Angel Guardian of my soul And body too A glorious powerful wight Brighter than Phaebus rayes when he with all His lustre darts his fiery-sprakling beams Whose eye like burning lamps resplendent shine Whose Arms can reach above Olympus height Whose breath can blast as Northern winds do buds An hoast of warriers Dwarfs your Giants were That fought against your Gods compar'd with him Nay more Val. Nay you have said enough too much Beyond belief But think not thus to scare Valerian with your bugbears There within Thy Chamber thou false-hearted Cecily Thy Paramour lurks whom that he may escape Thou mak'st so terrible Tush I nor fear His dreadful brow nor more than humane strength This sword shall make a passage through his heart VVhere should I finde thee oh Could my just wrath Forbear to quell what most I lov'd till now Cec. And may do still my Lord. Val. Say then what is he But I must see Cec. You shall but if you now Now as you are a Pagan should attempt To violate by force He though unseen Will strike you dead Which mischief to prevent I beg upon my knees you will forbear Val. May I not see him Cec. He 's a Spirit Sir Has no Corporeal substance can assume A shape so dreadfull As no mortal can Behold Val. All this is but illusion Cec. Then cause you 'r jealous search my Chamber round Val. I will Val. searches within Cec. Nay look in every corner Sir Val. I have and no man finde Why then th' art chaste And true to thy Valerian Cec. Heaven knows I am And love you 'bove all mortals Therefore I Beg on my knees with tears not to attempt To bring me to your Bed and hasten fate Which brings a double death That of your soul 'T is that my Lord which makes mine eyes distill These dewy drops which trickling down my cheeks From thence ascend to the Almighty's throne To beg of him t' appease and curb your wrath And to coustrain your too much daring hand Val. Thou hast preval'd but 't is on this condition That I may see that Angel and I vow Cec. Vow to believe and joyn with me in faith Then shall our souls be linkt our loves more chaste And if I shew you not that glorious wight Say I am false and my Religion such Say I am treacherous both to Heaven and you Val. I could be curious Cec. Be not so my Lord But really proceed and with desire Of Heaven which must be priz'd above a wife Val. Well I am resolv'd what then must next be done Cec. VVill you be secret Val. As thyne own heart my Dear Cec. In Via Appia which your Lordship knows Not far from hence in Vaults within the Earth Lye many Christians ' Mongst the rest there 's one A venerable Man our holy Bishop Be pleas'd attended by my man to go To him who will instruct you in our Faith And when the purifying streams shall rinse And cleanse the Ordures of your tainted soul Return to me and then you shall behold What next th' eternal power is wonderfull Val. Methinks a light 's transfu'sd into my soul And a more powerfull fire has seiz'd upon My now relenting heart which do's adde wings To my desires Madam I take my leave Till my return be what you are Cec. Still yours 'T is but the hand of Heaven which wounding cures Exeunt Enter Tiburtius Tib. Hum my brother gone and not so much as blood shed This kill-cow Champion then enjoys her still Cecily sings within List she 's in triumph singing and now 't is Back back Tiburtius Fear not I am not so forward To hazard life or limb for a Mistris Mach less for thee who hast a Paramour Expect not then Tiburtius bold attempt Yet Madam madam Cec. VVhat 's he disturbs us there Is' t you my Lord Tiburtius Tib. As you see But where 's Valerian your Lord and
was such a boding word Val. My Lord you honour me so much that I Seem courted by a happiness to which My more ambitious thoughts could hardly yet Aspire Mar. My Flavia what sayst thou to the match Fla. I like it not I tell you husband I Dislike it utterly Mar. How Fla. That parents should Make matches for their children Mar. I now thou speak'st Fla. No bring them face to face and let them parley Ah! T is the pretiest thing to hear them chat So far from the matter for love-sick wantons Are as impertinent as they who lie Perplext in burning feavers Love 's a phrensie As I remember forty years ago Mar. Twenty wife th' art not so old Flav. When one distracted was demanded whether He were a married man No no said he I am not yet so mad Mar. Ha! ha my Lord My Wife has brought you now within the compasse Of Fla. Madmen 'T is even so by Juno And after this a longing comes in breeders And what is this but a phantastick madnesse Ha! ha Wast not a pretty longing think you Fulvius Torquatus being Consul when The Knights of Mauritania brought to Rome A savage man who Polyphemus-like Had but one eye Torquatus Lady then Being with Child and hearing of this Monster Long'd infinitely desir'd to see him As he past by her door but none it seems Would bring him in and out she would not go In th' absence of her husband What pity She lost her longing next her life But then You know my Lord what did ensue The Senate The Grave Senate decreed that Roman Ladies Should not fail but every one should have Her longing Mar. Some come short of that Flavia. Fla. The more 's the pity Mar. Else they would not live Sequestred as they do Fla. Are you so waggish still But you my Lord you have a longing too To Val. Not to see a one-eyed man Monoculus But a fair Lady though I say 't that should not Val. That indeed Madam is my more humble suit And infinite desire Mar. That Cis may have her longing ha ha Fla. Why Cecilie where are you Palinodio No body there to wait Angustula Enter Augustula You too so narrow ear'd you cannot hear Ang. Madam your pleasure Fla. That your Lady Mistris Come hither in a trice instantly approach Ang. Approach Madam she 's in her Oratory Fla. I she flows in her Oratory but Let her leave that Eloquence and tell me In plain terms expound what means Our Terence Accede ad hanc ignem ut Calefias magis Ang. That Madam I can enucleat Come to this female fire That thou mayst be enflamed Lord Tiburtius I was about to say Enter Cecily Mar. But see my Daughter For that intent Ha. Must come to you my Lord Valerian Val. I long to have that happiness Mar. Is she not yet come Oh! she 's here Aug. Come Madam since there is no remedy Set a good face on 't that I am sure you have VVhy do you veyl it then you are not Nupta Till then like other Ladies make the best Of what you have Beauty and Truth are two That seek no Covert Needs will come to light Cec. Madam what is your Ladyships pleasure Fla. A thing of nothing only spell Roma backward Cec. 'T is Amor Madam Flav. True 't is Love my Girle Be as well vers'd 'i th Deed as in the Word And by thy Love this Lord shall be enrich'd But what is Amor passive Cec. I am lov'd Val. Here by your servant Lady Tib. I might have sayd As much but younger brothers must be curb'd Mar. So to her to her my Lord. She shall be yours Come Sweet-heart we 'le sit and see personated The lovely Courtships of our younger years Val. Ladies your Parents have left you to your choice Cec. Then I choose heaven Val. Myne is your self on earth Or were I 'bove the spangled Arch with you I 'de rival Jove himself in point of Love Cec. In point of Love Beauty and goodness Val. VVhich I admire in you Cec. Are the sole Objects of a chaster Love Goodness is courted by the Appetite As beauty should be by the understanding On which two senses properly attend To hear and see Val. Witnesse these happy ears Charm'd by your Musick and these happyer eyes Which gaze on th' object of their wished bliss Cec. But fair and good affect a Monarchy Establish'd by the will sole Sovereign To sway within the Microcosme of Man To which the faculties of soul and body As motions habits actions passions are Subordinate yea and concupiscence Though a rebellious Vassal to the will May be subjected Now if fair and good Be that you seek it totally consists In unity of essence whence deriv'd Are all the Fairs and goodness you behold Which scatter'd here and there in several Creatures Are but dependants on the soveraign good To reach to this within the highest Region Of the Soul a love divine refiding Dos offer sacrifice of awfull Prayer And Holocaustes to the Divinity Fla. Tittle tattle what 's all this to th' purpose Venus is fair and Jupiter is good Mar. My Lord a proper man well qualified Flav. I Daughter and all our hope of Offspring Must be in thee and good Lucina's aid Mar. And my Lord Valerian's help here what a la mort Val. I am by th' stream dismiss'd to seek the source Cast off to search a fairer then her self Ah! if such goodness as resides in her Dos but participate of that supreme And onely good to that I must afpire Tik had I but such a spark from the immense She speaks of my ambition ne're would seek A greater fire t'enflame Val. No more would I. Cec. Nor you nor you what earthly souls you bear Within your brests confin'd to carnal Iust Heaven is my choice while here you court but dust Exit Mar. Hi'da here 's a wooing with a witness My Lord the foolish Girle is not yet capable Of th' happiness which is atchiev'd by Love This was your fault that never would infuse Those sweeter drops distill'd from Venus rose Fla. VVhy Sir who would have thought one of her years Being now sixteen and upward could be so backward In learning that of Love which in their Nonage Enter Angusta Of teens others attain unto why Angustula VVhere 's your Lady Ang. Gone to her Closet Madam So very sad and pensive that it grieves me That she may have her choice of two and I of neither Aside Mar. My Lord y' are welcom this may now suffice At the first push of Pike let her retreat She shall come on again Fla. I and at next encounter Daign smile for smile and with a lovely glance As boldly in the shock of Love advance Val. So shall you ever oblige your servant Tib. And mee Mar. Had I another Daughter she should be yours Exeunt Val. Tib. Tib. Unhappy wooer that has but verbal Cures Mar. Angustula come thou diminitive wagg Ang. Sir Mar. Call Palinodio
Ang. My Lord he 's here Pal. T' expect your Lordships pleasure Mar. Sweet heart I have it heareca 't is mine own The plot 's layd Fla. If a Project 't will never thrive As we daily see in our projectors Mar. This Gentleman-Usher shall act Valerian And this witty well vers'd wanton her mayd Shall personate our daughter to make an Introduction or Preamble to the grand Volume Of Love and teach he the rule of For the due joyning Pal. VVho an 't please you shall begin for I am Somewhat bashfull Mar. The woman must alwayes Have the last word thou then shalt have the first But first call my daughter Enter Cecilie Come Daughter sit by me and be attentive Pal. Fair Cecilie from whence should I derive Your Name Cecilie but from that richer Sicilie An Island famous Ceres darling Italies Delight Relief and Granary whose every Luxurious Crop prevents from hungry Death A thousand famishing for want of Grain Ah! then will you so fair and rich a Soyl So fertiliz'd with a more beauteous Crop Permit your servant languish in your love Mar. Hearken to this Daughter Ang. Ah good my Lord shall I be th' Island Sicilie Environ'd with the sea not married with The neighbouring shoar you teach me then a part To live a Virgin which is my desire As my Lady I spake it Aside Pal. But how will you be fruitfull then sweet Lady Flav. Well said now thou com'st to drive it home Pal. How like that fertile Isle or how shall I But reap one crop of savours to enrich Beyond desert your servant who protestes He 's at a non-plus ah fair would you daign To sowe within my heart one hopefull grain Ang. Of Mustard-seed my Lord Pal. Which mounting high We both reciprocal shall multiply Mar. I keep her to that my Lord Valerian Ang. Now I le be more serious for my Lady else will be angry A Virgins thoughts that spring from a chast soul Are such a crop as fertile Sicily Cannot produce whose every lade's a sword To slise in two a thousand amorous darts With which blind Cupid wounds but the impure Each knob upon the stalk a stop to vice Each ear of corn that riseth from her heart More highly priz'd than all your belly grain Fla. I now she comes near the matter in hand Ang. Each petty husk a closet in her breast Presents a Viand on a Plate of gold To him whose love she vows to live and dy Pal. But then where 's the increase to multiply Fair Lady is what Nature has ordain'd Ang. The Chrystal cup's more pure that 's never stain'd Pal. How should we live if ne're were till'd the Earth Ang. She was a Virgin first and by chast birth First fruits were grown e're sown such shall be mine Pal. Tush these are words Lady you must be mine I vow you must else I shall pine and die Ang. Yes so most Lovers fain and swear and lie Pal. Yet I am content to live and love withal You have an Organ and a Virginal Ang. On which I 'le play for solace of my mind Pal. Oh that I happy might like favour find Mar. Now daughter how like you this she frowns Come wife leave her to ruminate a while Fla. Angusta attend on me Mar. Palinodio Pal. Here my Lord. Mar. Come away Pal. Nor Lord nor now Valerian I must say Exeunt manet Cecilie Madam I was not serious did but play Cec. Thus am I taught to be a Pagan's love A Child to Parents who adore the Gods O Rome thy Gods obscene would have me such Not live as I have vow'd to him above Who has assign'd a Guardian to protect me Maugre the malice of th' infernal fiend And all his sordid Vassals still shall spring My pure white Lilly to my Sovereign King Exit Act. II. Scene I. Enter Palinodio with money and viands in a basket Pal. NOw my good genius direct me and my better Lady Cecilie defend me who sends me this night to seek in Via Appia for a certain Cave or Grot where lies hidden a holy man call'd Urban and many Christians with him in this heavy persecution Now there are so many spies that lie in wait that I have a fearful apprehension I shall be apprehended and carried before that cruel Judge Turcius Almachius To prevent the worst I could find in my heart to feed here of the best and keep this purse of money for my private expences O! but here 's one within call'd Conscience that tells me then I am a wicked villain Ha! let me see what hill have I before me Ha ha ha ha ha ha 't is the Temple dedicated Deo Ridiculo to the God of Langhter Ha ha ha I cannot but laugh at the conceit Even here lay Hannibal and besieg'd the City after he had slain forty thousand brave Romans in the battel at Cannae Here I say he lay till on the sudden there was such laughing and gigling round about his Army that laugh'd-quite out of countenance the couragious Hannibal rais'd his siege remov'd into Campania Ha ha ha this way is so full of briars and bushes some body may lie sculking here Enter Phantasio and lays hold on Palinodio's Cloak Oh! I yield I yield I yield The Officer has got my Cloak Oh! how my heart goes a pit a pat nine mile an honr If he would now be scar'd away like Hannibal I would make a shift to strain a laugh Ha ha ha now I see the thief a bramble bush laid hold of my Cloak Ha ha ha how I should be laugh'd at now if this were known but now now now I hear some body at my heels Oh! sure I look pale enough now to be taken for a Ghost Ah! what am I now like if not like a puny Serjeant when he first handles his Mace and cries I arrest you while he himself is fleeting and fluttering backward most shamefully discovering the defect in his retentive power Or I am like a Cut-purse a young Practicioner that seeing a purse hanging by a womans side as he fears he may on the Gallowes thus with a trembling palsie stands in a quandary Stands trembling Pha. Who goes there Pal. No body for I stand Pha. Who stands there Pal. No body for I kneel Pha. Who kneels there Pal. No body for I crawle Pha. Then who crawles there Pal. No body for I thus Lies on his back with his heels upwards stradling Pha. Oh! now I see 't is but some old forked stub of a tree and here 's the twist which puts me in mind of that robustious Milo who coming thus to the twin-like body of a tree by main force rent them in two when suddenly he falling in they thus clap and clos'd together Pha. stretches out his legs and claps them hard together Pal. O! O! Pha. So Milo was slain Pal. O my heels my heels O! Pha. Whom have we here Palinodio topsie turvy Not yet deliver'd the present to the reverent Bishop Urban My Lady
now the worst is past Val. I am glad to hear it Ang. O! were Tiburtius mine would I do thus Would I so near the Wedding Day retract What I had done My Lord you heard her say Retirement now was her desire Val. You 'l have A special care Ang. Of her and you my Lord For now your lives are one as are your Loves Val. And let me hear Ang. Each hour and moment too Val. Ah still go linkt together wo and woo Enter Officers and Palinodio in the midst with his hands ty'd and led by a rope Off. 1. Come along there Pal. I here 's the short and long Of the business either to betray my Lady Bishop Urban By a long mischief or endure a short but a sharp whipping Off. 2. Sirrah I 'le prick you forward Pal. Nay forget not I prethee thy Office good Carman whip not the Cart but The Jade that draws me there Or let the Cart go before The horse †so now whip and spare not Skips before his Leader Off. 2. Back Sirrah and keep your way Pal. If this be the way to happiness let them walk in it That will not I. Off. 1. Not you Sirrah why what are you Pal. A Gentleman Usher I am But now am usher'd by a Rogue and back'd by a Rascal Off. 2. Sirrah your hide shall pay for this printed with Rubrick Letters like your red rag there that so sawcy Pal. Ah! good people was ever Gentleman-Usher thus abus'd If gaming or wenching had forc'd one of my Calling to Lay his Plush Suit to pawn and wait on his Lady in A thread-bare Cloak and Clothes I never did so though Another of our Profession stole his Ladies Jewels and Pawn'd them to the Broker I never did so yet you see Innocence may suffer Off. 1. Thou an Innocent a Fool and a Knave thou art Pal. Prethee untie me then and let us shake hands Off. 1. Sirrah the Post is near then Pal. Nay then he may bring newes for my release At least some of my Ladies house may look Out there O here comes Madam Angusta Enter Angusta Ang. Why how now Palinodio dragg'd home like a runnaway Apprentce I thought you had lov'd my Lady better than so Pal. Why she jeers me Ang. Nay let me untie thy hands that it may be said thou com'st home willingly Pal. As willingly as ever came Wench to her Comrade when she wanted money Off. 1. Why how now bold Beatrice can you justifie this Act Enter Tiburtius Ang. At least here comes one that will My Lord you love my Lady well and therefore would not see her Dog wrong'd much less her Servant here and Gentleman Usher Tib. You Varlets let him go Off. 2. Why Sir he 's a Christian Pal. But a Roman withal I am 'T would ne're have griev'd me to have been whipt as a Christian but as a Roman could ne're have been able to have wash'd away the disgrace Tib. Sirrah put on his Doublet button it you Sirrah and that speedily Pal. Why so now I have my Gentleman and Taylor to wait on me thus for a good Cause honour attends upon disgrace And I who whilome was contemn'd as no-man Am treated now and honour'd like a Roman Off. 2. You 'l answer this my Lord Almachius shall know it Tib. Hence Rascalls or Pal. Hence you base Canniballs Off. 2. Sirrah we shall meet with you again Pal. No if I can help it Off. 1. Yes Sirrah this shall reach you go to Pal. First may a halter stretch you go two One halter will serve to hang you both Exeunt Officers and Palin at several Doors Tib. Lady how goes the squares here Ang. So with Lady He begins again as he clos'd the period Squares my Lord Fortune's wheel turns round Your Brother and my Lady were espous'd Ah my Lord that you had been so near the Mark Married in a manner they were Tib. And are they not Ang. Nay this night was design'd for bedding Tib. And is' t not still Ang. Why say my Lord it is If you 'l give what you promis'd Tib. And add more Ang. I 'le passe my word and faithful as I am You shall anticipate by free access Unto her Chamber And to augment your hopes What I avouch is truth No sooner were Th' Espousals finish'd but she drencht in tears Fell in a swoun to th' earth and what she then Was muttering I best know who rais'd her up That what her parents by constraint had done Was no act of hers And other words besides Which Tib. When thou art as thou deserv'st to be Enrich'd by this and more which I will give Gives her a Purse of money Thou wilt discover Ang. And to make all sure 'Twixt eight and nine come to the Postern Gate I 'le let you in and bring you to her Chamber door But I must not be seen yet if you see Some counter-mand which comes from her as yet To me unknown but such a thing may be Then Noble Sir lay not the fault on me But that which sways in Marriage Destiny Tib. But if my Brother come and find me there Ang. As though I could not that prevent Tib. But how Ang. One word can do 't have we not every day A world of tatling Visitants that come To see or to be seen or idlely chat To these I say my Lady is not well There 's no reply ' gainst this Nor will your brother Make doubt of this who lately left her in Her fainting fits Tib. Thou will 't not fail Ang. Farewel till then Exit Ang. Fortune attend your Lordship He 's gone Hum now am I at my wits end Like one who his promis'd two Creditors To pay the same sum of money when he has But that in all the world What shall I do Or which way turn to dis-engage my self Tush An excuse a woman sudden brings When tax'd by touching of her apron strings Exit ACT. IV. Scene 1. Flourish Enter Marcus Flavia Metricio Phantasio Palinodio Angusta Cecilie Mar. THe Negra Night though she has vail'd the skies And banish'd hence the lustre of the day Seems with the Musick to applaud this hour And with her flaming tapers shews the way Fla. I sweet Girle There thou must lodge to night with some-body Mar. That was a boding word But Paranymph Thou hast a Epithalamium Met. Yes my Lord. Fla. Quick then let 's hear 't I long till she 's abed Met. Joy to the Bride whom now you see Like to the Isle of Sicilie Which round about the Ocean laves And gently courts with chrystal waves Which purling in white foam may be In Tipe the Zone of Chastity Come hither watry Nymphs and chide The slower pace of our fair Bride Come clearer Rivers Brooks and Springs Behold and envy what she brings Far purer thoughts than are your streams By the reflection of Heavens beams Come Bridegroom come and happy be With thy fair