When by the Queen I was imploy'd against the late Commotioners Of whom the now King was chief Leader then In my return you pleas'd to entertain me Here in your house Salas. Much good may it do your lordship Velas. But then what conquest gain'd I by that conquest When here mine eyes and your commanding beauty Made me a prisoner to the truest love That ever warm'd a heart Salas. Who might that be Velas. You Lady are the deity I adore Have kneell'd too in my heart have vow'd my soul to In such a debt of service that my life Is tenant to your pleasure Salas. Phew my Lord It is not nobly done to mock me thus Velas. Mock you Most fair Salassa if e're truth Dwelt in a tongue my words and thoughts are twins Salas. You wrong your honor in so mean a choise Can it be though that that brave man Valasco Sole Champion of the world should look on me On me a poor lone Widow 'T is impossible Valas. I am poorer In my performance now then ever so poor That vows and protestations want fit credit With me to vow the least part of a service That might deserve your favour Salas. You are serious Velas. Lady I wish that for a present tryal Against the custome of so sweet a nature You would be somwhat cruel in commands You dare not sist the honor of my faith By any strange injunction which the speed Of my glad undertaking should not cheerfully Attempt or perish in the sufferance of it Salas. You promise Lordly Velas. You too much distrust The constancy of truth Salas. It were unnoble On your part to demand a gift of bounty More then the freedom of a fair allowance Confirm'd by modesty and reason's warrant Might without blushing yeeld unto Velas. Oh fear not For my affections aim at chast contents Not at unruly passions of desire I onely claim the title of your servant The flight of my ambitions soars no higher Then living in your grace and for incouragement To quicken my attendance now and then A kinde unravisht kiss Salas. That 's but a fee Due to a fair deserver but admit I grant it and you have it may I then Lay a light burthen on you Velas. What is possible For me to venture on by how much more It carries danger in 't by so much more My glorie 's in the atchievement Salas. I must trust ye Velas. By all the vertues of a Souldiers name I vow and sware Salas. Enough I take that oath And thus my self first do confirm your warrant Velas. I feel new life within me Salas. Now be Steward For your own store my lord and take possession Of what you have purchased freely Velas. With a joy As willing as my wishes can arrive at kisses her Salas. So I may claim your oath now Velas. I attend it Salas. Velasco I do love thee and am jealous Of thy spirit which is hourly apt To catch at actions if I must be Mistris Of thee and my own will thou must be subject To my improvements Velas. 'T is my souls delight Salas. Y' are fam'd the onely fighting Sir alive But what 's this if you be not safe to me Velas. By all Salas. you shall not sware take heed of perjury So much I fear your safety that I command For two years space you shall not wear a sword A dagger or stelletto shall not fight On any quarrel be it neer so just Velas. Lady Salas. Hear more yet if you be baffled Rail'd at scorn'd mock'd struck baffl'd kick'd Velas. O Lady Salas. Spit on revil'd challeng'd provok'd by fools Boyes anticks cowards Velas. 'T is intollerable Salas. I charge you by your oath not to reply In word deed look and lastly I conjure ye Never to shew the cause to any living By circumstance or by equivocation Nor till two years expire to motion love Velas. Why do you play the Tyrant thus Salas. 'T is common T' observe how love hath made a Coward valiant But that a man as daring as Velasco Should to express his duty to a Mistris Kneel to his own disgraces and turn Coward Belongs to me and to my glories onely I 'm Empress of this miracle Your oath Is past if you will lose your self you may How d' ee Sir Velas. Woman thou art vain and cruel Salas. Wil t please your lordship tast a cup of wine Or stay and sup and take a hard bed here Your friends think we have done strange things this while Come let us walk like Lovers I am pittiful I love no quarrels Velas. Triumph in my ruins There is no act of folly but is common In use and practise to a scornful woman Exeunt Act III Enter Alphonso Almada Muretto Bufo Pynto and attendants Alph. You have prevail'd yet e're you came my Lord Muretto here this right right honest man Confirm'd me throughly now to witness further With what a gratitude I love the Queen Reach me a bowle of wine Alm. Your Majesty more honors me in making me the Messenger of this most happy concord then addition of greatness can express Muret. I ever told you How you would his Grace inclin'd at last Pyn. The very Jove of benignity by whose gentle aspect the whole sphere of this Court and Kingdom are like the lesser orbes moved round in the harmony of affability Enter one with wine Alph. My Lord Almado health unto your Mistris A hearty health a deep one Alm. upon my knee My duty gladly answers drinks Alph. Give him wine There 's not a man whoever in our Court Greater or meaner but shall pledge this health In honor of our Queen our vertuous Queen Commend us and report us as you finde Alm. Great Sir I shall with joy Alph. Bufo and Pynto All in and drink drink deep let none be spar'd Comers or goers none Buf. Away my hearts Pyn. Wee 'll tickle it till the welkin blussle again and all the fixt Stars dance the old measures Muret. I shall attend to wait upon your lordship to the Caraoch Exeunt Manet Alphonso Alph. So so far reaching pollicy I adore thee Will hug thee as my dearling Shallow fools Dive not into the pitch of regular Statists Henceforth my Stratagem 's of scorn and hatred Shall kill in smiles I will not strike and frown But laugh and murther Enter Muretto Alph. Welcom are we safe Muret. Most free from interruption The Lord Velasco is newly entred the Court I have given the watch word that they ply him mainly the conclusion I know cannot but break off in hurleburly Alph Good good I hate him mortally 'T was he Slaved me to th' hangmans ax But now go on Petruchi is the man you say must stand The Champion of her lust Muret. There may be yet vertuous intention even in bad actions in lewd words I urge no further then likely-hoods may inform Alph. Phew that 's thy nobleness But now Muretto The eye of luxury speaks loud in silence Muret. Why look ye
with Officers Petr. Alphonso here 's the place and this the hour Your doom is past and now the sword of Law Must cut the vein that swell'd with such a frensy Of dangerous blood against your Queen and Country Prepare yourself 't is now too late to hope Alph. Petruchi what is done I did my ground Was pitty of my country not malice to 't I sought to free wrack'd Arragon from ruin Which a fond womans government must bring O had you and the nobles of this land A touch but of the miseries her weakness Must force ye of neceessity to feel You would with me have bent your naked swords Against this female Mistriss of the Crown And not have been such children to have fawn'd Upon a girles nodd Petr. You are distracted She is our lawful Soveraign we her Subjects Alph. Subjects Petruchi abjects and so live I come to die on to the execution Pyn. Here 's a high Saturnal spirit Captain Buf. Pox o'spirits when they mount a man to the Hangmans mercy I do not like such spirits Let me rather be a moon calf Velas. I come to bid farewel and in farewel To excuse my much ill fortune for beleeve Sir I hold my victory an overthrow To tell you how incessantly I ply'd Her Grace for your remission were as useless As was my suit I sorry for your youth Let 's part yet reconcil'd Alph. With all my heart It is my glory that I was reduc'd By the best man at arms that ever knighthood Hath stil'd a Souldier Alas What souls are those Now now in seeing them I die too late Buf. O brave General O noble General we are still the rags of the old Regiment The truth on 't is we were loth to leave thee till thy head and shoulders parted companies But sweet good dear General take courage what we are all mortal men and must every one pass this way as simple as we stand here Alph. Give me thy hand farewel the Queen is merciful in sparing you I have not ought to give thee but my last thanks Buf. Blirt o' giving our clothes are paid for and A day will come shall quit us all Alph. Art thou and thou there too well leave thy art And do not trust the fixions of the stars They spoke no truth by me My Lord Velasco That creature there Muretto is a man Of honest heart for my sake take him to you And now soft peace to all Pyn. I will burn my books forsware the liberal sciences and that is my resolution Buf. Go thy way for the arrantest General that ever led crew of brave Sketdreus Petr. Will you make ready Sir Alph. Petruchi yes I have a debt to pay 't is natures due Fellow before thou ask my pardon take it Be sure and speedy in thy fatal blow Hangm. Never fear clean shaving Sir Alph. May I have leave to meditate Petr. You may Lodov. A gallant resolution even in death Enter Queen Collummello Almada Herophil and attendants Col. Stay execution 't is her Highnes pleasure Aphonso rise ye and behold the Queen Alph. Beshrew the voice of Majesty my thoughts Were fixt upon an upper Region now And traffick not with Earth alas great woman What newer tyranny what doom what torments Are borrowed from the conclave of that hell Where legions of worse Devils then are in hell Keep revels a proud womans heart What plagues Are broacht from thence to kill me Pyn. The moon is now Lady of the ascendant and the man will dye raving Aside Alm. Fy Alphonso Will you commit another strange commotion With your unruly tongue And what you cannot Perform in act attempt to do in words A dying man be so uncharitable Alph. Cry mercy she is Queen of Arragon And would with her own eyes insteed of maskes And courtly sports behold an act of death Queen welcom Queen here quaff my blood like wine And live a brave she tyrant Qu. Alas poor man Alph. Poor man that looks on me delighted to destroy me Buf. Good boy i faith by this hand a' speaks just as I would do for all that he is so near being made puddings meat Qu. You are sorry For your late desperate rudeness Are you not Alph. By all my miseries these taunts are cruelty Worse then the Hangmans ax I am not sorry Nay more will not be sorry know from me I hate your sex in general not you As y' are a Queen but as y' are a woman Had I a term of life could last for ever And you could grant it yes and would yet all Or more should never reconcile my heart To any she alive are ye resolved Qu. His spirit flies out in his daring language Alphonso though the law require thy head Yet I have mercy where I see just cause You 'l be a new man Alph Oh! A womans tongue Is sharper then a pointed steel Tender Madam I kiss your Royal hand and call you fair Assure this noble this uncovered presence That richest vertue is your bosoms tenant That you are absolutely great and good I 'll flatter all the vices of your sex Protesting men are monsters women Angels No light ones but full weighty natures best I 'll proclaim lust a pitty pride a handsomness Deceit ripness of wit bold scandalous scolding A bravery of spirit bloody cruelty Masculine justice more I will maintain That Queens are chief for rule you chief of Queens If you 'l but give me leave to die in peace Pray give me leave to die Pray good now do What think ye 't is a Royal grant henceforth Heaven be the rest you chose but never come at A kinde farewel to all Col. Can you endure To let a Rebel prate off with his head And let him then dispute Petr. I should have us'd The priviledge of time had I known this You must not talk so loud Qu. My Lords a word What if we pardoned him I think the neerness of his arrival to the stroke of death Will ever be a warning to his Loyalty Alm. How pardon him What means your Majesty What can you hope from one so wholly drown'd In melancholy and sowre discontent That should he share the Crown a' would imploy On none but Apes and Flatterers Velas. Spare my Lord Such liberal censure rather reyn the fury Of Justice then so spur it on Great Mistris I will not plead my services but urge The glories you may challenge by your mercy It will be a most sweet becoming act To set you in the Chronicles of memory Qu. Velasco thou art not more brave in arms To conquer with thy valour then thy courtesie Alphonso take thy life who took thee prisoner Is now become thy spokesman Alph. Phew mock not Calamity so grosly Velas. You are too desperate The Queen hath freely pardoned you Qu. And more to purchase kinde opinion of thy Sex our self will lend our help Lords all your hands Lodov. But is the Queen in earnest Velas. It becomes her Mercy is God like Qu.
so Qu. No message of commends Alph. Phew you demur It argues your distrust Qu. I am content The King should be obeyed Pray heaven all be well Alph. Velasco thou wer 't he didst conquer me Didst take me prisoner wer 't in that the means To raise me up thus high I thank thee for 't I thought to honour thee in a defence Of the Queens beauty but wee 'l now defer 't Yet hand your mistris lead her to the Court We and our Lords will follow there wee 'l part A seven dayes absence cannot seem but short Ex. all Act II. Enter Shaparoon and Mopas Shap. And as I said nay pray my friend be covered the business hath been soundly followed on my part Yet again in good sooth I cannot abide you should stand bare before me to so little purpose Mop. Manners is a Jewel Madam and as for standing bare I know there is som difference the putting down of a mans cap and the putting down of his breeches before a reverend gentlewoman Shap. You speak very properly there is a great deal of difference indeed But to come to the point Fy what a stir I had to make her to receive the letter and when she had received it to open it and then to read it nay to read it again and again that as I am a very woman a man might have wrong my smock dropping wet with the pure sweat that came from my body Friend I took such pains with her Oh my conscience to bear a child at those years would not trouble me half so much as the delivery of that letter did Mop. A man-child of my age perhaps Madam would not Shap. Yet that were a sore burthen for one that is not us'd to 't I may tell you O these coy girles are such wild cattel to have dealing with Mop. What ancient Madams cannot do one way let them do another she 's a rank Jade that being past the breeder cannot kick up her heels wince and cry wee-hee good examples cannot chuse from ones elders but work much to the purpose being well ply'd and in season Shap. In season True that 's a chief thing yes I 'll assure you my friend I am but entring into eight and twenty Mop. Wants somwhat of that too I take it I warrant ye your mark appears yet to be seen for proof of your age as plain as when you were but fifteen Shap. Truly if it were well searcht I think it does Your name is Mopas you told me Mop. Mopas my name is and yours Madam Shaparoon I was told Shap. A right Madam born I can assure ye Mop. Your Ancestors will speak that for the Shaparoons have ever took place of the best French-hoods in the parish ever since the first addition Shap. All this with a great deal of modesty I must confess Ud's Pittikins stand by aside a little see where the lady coms do not appear before you are call'd in any case but mark how I will work her like wax Enter Salassa reading a letter Salas. Your servant in all commands Velasco So and I am resolved to put ye to the test servant for your free fools heart e're I give you the slip I warrant ye Shap. Your ladyship hath considered the premises e're this time at full I hope Salas. O Shaparoon you keep true sentinel what I must give certain answer must I not Shap. Nay Madam you may chuse 't is all in your Ladiships discreet consideration The sum of all is that if you shew him not some favour he is no long lives man Salas. Very well how long have you been a factress for such Merchants Shaparoon Shap. O my Religion I a factress I am even well enough serv'd for my good will and this is my requital Factress quoth you Salas. Come your intercession shall prevail which is his letter carrier Mop. At your ladiships service Salas. Your Lord Velasco sent you Mop. Most true sweet madam Salas. What place hold you about him Mop. I am his Drugster Madam Salas. What Sir Mop. Being hard bound with melancholy I give him a purge with two or three soluble stools of laughter Salas. Belike you are his fool or his jester Mop. Jester if you please but not fool Madam for bables belong to fools and they are then onely fit for ladies secresies not for Lords Salas. But is he indeed sick of late Shap. Alas good heart I suffer for him Enter Lodovico Lodov. By your leave lady without ceremony you know me and may guess my errand Salas. Yet more trouble nay then I shall be hail-shot Lodov. To be brief By the honors of a good name you are a dry-skinn'd widow and did not my hast concern the life of the noblest Gentleman in Europe I would as much scorn imployments of this nature to you as I do a proud woman of your condition Mop. I marry here 's one will thunder her widow-head into flitters stand to 't Signior I am your second Salas. Sir y' are uncivil to exclaim against a lady in her own house Lodov. A lady yet a paraquitto popingjay your whole worth lies in your gay out side and your squawling tongue A Wagtail is a glorious fowl in respect of many of ye Though most of ye are in nature as very fowl as wagtayles Salas. Are such as you the Lord Velasco's agents in his hot affection Shap. Sweet cousen Lodovico pray now the lady is most vertuously resolved Mop. Heark ye middle-ag'd countess do not take anothers tale into your mouth I have occasion to use you in private and can finde you work enough my self a word in your ear Salas. I protest I meant more noble answer for his satisfaction then ever your railing language shall force from me Lodov. Were I the man that doated on you I would take a shorter course with you then to come humbly whining to your sweet pox of all such ridiculous foppery I would Salas. Weep your self to death and be chronicled among the regiment of kinde tender hearted souls Lodov. Indeed forsooth I would not what for a widdow one that hath jumpt the old moyles trot so oft that the sciatica founders her yet in both her thighs Salas. You abuse me grosly Lodov. One that hath been so often drunk with satiety of pleasure that fourteen husbands are but as half a draught to quench her thrust in an afternoon Salas. I will no longer endure ye Lodov. For you you That are neither noble wife rich fair nor welfavoured For you Mop: You are all these if you can keep your own counsel and let no body know Mistris Madam Shap. Nay I am so perswaded and assure your self no body shall know Lodov. Yet forsooth must you be the onely precious piece the Lord Velasco must adore must dye for But I vow if he do miscarry as I fear he cannot recover Salas. Goodness forbid Alas Is he sick sir Lodov. Excellent dissimulation Yes sure he is sick and an everlasting silence strike you dumb
Between my comforts and my shame I stand In equal distance this way let me turn To thee thou woman Let me dull mine eyes With surfeit on thy beauty What art thou Great dazeling splendor Let me ever look And dwell upon this presence Muret. Now it works Alph. I am distract Say What! Do not do not Muret. My lord the King-Way Sir He is in a trance or else metamorphis'd to some some pillar of marble How fixedly a' stands D' ee hear Sir What d' ee dream on My lord this is your Queen speak to her Alph. May I presume with my irreverent lips To touch your sacred hand Qu. I am too wretched To be thought but the subject of your mirth Alph. Why she can speak Muretto O tell me pray And make me ever ever fortunate Are you a mortal creature Are ye indeed Moulded of flesh and blood like other women Can you be pittiful Can ye vouchsafe To entertain fair parley Can you love Or grant me leave to love you can you say Qu. You know too well my lord instead of granting I ow a duty and must sue to you If I may not displease Alph. Now I am great You are my Queen and I have wrong'd a merit More then my service in the humblest lowness Can ever recompence I 'll rather wish To meet whole hosts of dangers and encounter The flabled whips of steel then ever part From those sweet eyes not time shall sue divorce 'Twixt me and this great miracle of Nature Muretto Muret. Soveraign Sir Alph. I 'll turn away And mourn my former errors Worse then death Look where a Basilisk with murthering flames Of poyson strikes me Blinde Insatiate tempter Patern of lust 't is thou alone hast sundred Our lawful bride bed planted on my crest The horned Satyrs badge hast soyl'd a beauty As glorious as sits yonder on her front Kill him Muretto why should he receive The benefit of the law that us'd no law In my dishonours Petr. Were you more a King Then Royalty can make you though opprest By your commanding powers yea and orb'd In bonds most falsely yet give me a sword And strip me to my shirt I will defend Her spotles vertue and no more esteem In such a noble cause an host of Kings Then a poor stingless swarm of buzzing flies Qu. Petruchi in those words thou dost condemn Thy loyalty to me I shall disclaim All good opinion of thy worth or truth If thou persevere to affront my lord Petr. Then I have done Here 's misery unspeakable Rather to yeeld me guilty wrongfully Then contradict my wrongs Alph. High impudence Could she be ten times fairer then she is Yet I would be reveng'd You sweet I would Again Her beams quite blast me Muret. If you will be an Eaglet of the right aery you must endure the Sun Can you chuse but love her Alph. No by the Stars Why would not you be honest and know how I do dore Qu. May I be bold To say I am and not offend Alph. Yes yes Say so for heavens love though you be as fowl As sin can black your purity Yet tell me That you are white and chast That while you live The span of your few dayes I may rejoyce In my deluded follies least I dye Through anguish e're I have reveng'd my iniury And so leave you behind me for another That were intollerable Qu. Heaven knows I ne're abus'd my self or you Petr. As much swore I and truly Alph. Thou proud Devil Thou hast a lying tongue They are consented In mischief Get ye hence seducing horrors I 'll stop mine eyes and ears till you are gone As you would be more merciful away Or as you would finde mercy Ex. Queen Petruchi contrary waies Muret. Sir they are gone Alph. And she too then let me be seen no more I am distracted both waies I feel my blame To leave her death to live with her is shame Exit Muret. Fare ye well King this is admirable I will be chronicled all my business ripens to my wishes And if honest intentions thrive so succesfully I will henceforth build upon this assurance that there can hardly be a greater Hell or Damnation then in being a Villane upon earth Exit Enter Lodovico Salassa Shaparoon Lodov. I am wonder stricken And were you i'faith the she indeed that turn'd my Lords heart so handsomly so cunningly O how I reverence wit Well lady you are as pestilent a piece of policy as ever made an ass of love Salas. But Lodovico I 'll salve all again quickly Shap. Yes indeed forsooth she has the trick on 't Lodov. You have undertaken with the lords already you say Salas. I have and my life is at stake but I fear not that Lodov. Pish you have no need one smile or kinde simper from you does all I warrant ye the sight of so much gold as you are to receive hath quickned your love infinitely Salas. Why Sir I was not worthy of my lords love before I was too poor but now two hundred thousand ducats is a dower sit for a lord Lodov. Marry is 't I applaud your consideration 'T was neatly thought on Enter Collumello and Almada Col. Have you prevail'd yet lady time runs on You must not dally Salas. Good my lords fear nothing Were it but two hours to 't I should be ready Enter Velasco very sad Lodov. He comes himself 't is fit we stood unseen Ply him soundly lady Alm. Let us withdraw then Exeunt Velas. I cannot be alone still I am hunted With my confounding thoughts Too late I finde How passions at their best are but sly traytors To ruin honour That which we call love Was by the wisest power above forethought To check our pride Thus when men are blown up At the highest of conceit then they fall down Even by the peevish follies of their frailties Salas. The best of my lord Velasco's wishes ever Crown him with all true content Velas. Cry ye mercy Lady Salas. I come to chide you my Lord can it be possible that ever any man could so sincerely profess such a mightiness of affection as you have done to me and forget it all so soon and so unkindely Velas. Are you a true very lover or are you bound For pennance to walk to some holy shrine In visitation I have seen that face Salas. Have you so O you are a hot lover a woman is in fine case to weep out her eyes for so uncertain a friend as your protestations urg'd me to conceive you But come I know what you 'll say aforehand I know you are angry Velas. Pray give me leave to be my own tormentor Salas. Very angry extreamly angry But as I respect perfection t is more then I deserve Little know you the misery I have endured and all about a hasty word of nothing and I 'll have it prove nothing e're we part Velas. Her pride hath made her lunatick alas She hath quite lost her wits those are the fruits
forsooth and I pray please your selfe Pyn. Good wench by venus but are you any thing rich Shap. Rich enough to serve my turn Pyn. I see you are reasonable fair Shap. I ever thought my selfe so Pyn. Will you survey my lodgings Shap. At your pleasure sir being under your gard as I am Enter Mopas and Bufo Buf. Sirrha Mopas If my mistresse say but the word thou shalt see what an exployt I will doe Mop. You 'le undertake it you say though your throat be cut in your own defence 't is but manslaughter you can never be hang'd for it Buf. Nay I am resolute in that point heer 's my hand let him shrinke that list I 'le not flinch a hayres breadth Mopas Mop. What old huddle and twang so close at it and the dog dayes so neer Heark ye your lady is going the way of all flesh And so is that schollar with you methinkes though not in the same cue is 'a not Shap. 'A has promist to tell me my fortune at his chamber and do me some other good for my ladies safety Pyn. I have spoken the planets shall be rul'd by me Captain you know they shall Buf. Let the planets hang themselves in the elements what care I I have other matters to trouble my braines Mop. Signior Pynto take her to you so true a mettall'd blade as ever was turn'd into a dudgion hearke in your eare Enter Lodovico and Herophill Lodov. I know not how to trust you you ar all so fickle so unconstant Herop. If I faile Let me be mark't a Strumpet Lodov. I apprehend you use him kindly still See where 'a is Captain you are well mett Wer'e 's one whose heart you have Herop. He knowes he has Buf. Why by my truth I thanke you forsooth 't is more of your curtesie then my deserving but I shall study to deserve it Herop. I hope so and doubt it not Lodov. Madam Cosen Shaproon Shap. You are welcom sir Pyn. Cosen Nay then I smell she is a gentlewoman indeed Mop. Yes and as antiently descended as Flesh and blood can derive her Pyn. I am a made man and I will have her Herop. You 'le walke with me sir Buf. Even through fire and water sweet Mistres Lodov. Let 's every one to what concerns us most For now 's the time all must be sav'd or lost Exeunt all Act V. A Scassold Enter Velasco and Lodovico Velas. This is not kindly done nor like a friend Lodov. Keep your chamber then what should owles and bats do abroad by day light why you are become so notoriously ridiculous that a Craven is reputed of nobler spirit amongst birds then Velasco among men Velas. Why Lodovico dost thou tempt my wrongs O friend 't is not an honor or a fame Can be a gain to me though I should dare To entertain this Combatt say my fate Did crown mine arm with conquest of the King Put case the cause add glory to the justice Of my prevaling sword what can I win Saving a pair of lives I lose a soule My rich soule Lodovico Does not yet The heart even shrill within thee All thy spirits Melt into Passions All thy manhood stagger Like mine Nay canst thou chuse but now confess That this word Coward is a name of Dignity Lodov. Faint hearts and strong toungs are the tokens of many a tall prattling Ghossipe Yet the truth is you have halfe convinced me But to what end will you be a looker on the Tragedy of this shee Beast it will but breed your greater vexation Velas. I hope not so I looke for Comfort in 't Lodov. Mass that may be too It cannot but make your melancholy a little merry to see the woodcockes neck caught in a worse noose then shee had set for you Velas. That 's but a poor revenge I 'de rather weep On her behalfe but that I hope her courage Will triumph over Death Lodov. My Lord they come Velas. Let me stand back unseen Good Angells guard her Velasco Muffles himselfe Enter executioner before Salassa her Hayre loose after her Almada Collumello and officers Alm. T is a sad welcom To bid you welcome to the stroak of Death Yet you are come too 't Lady Coll. And a cause Throughout the land will be your generall knell For having bin the wilfull overthrow First of your Countreys Champion next your Queen Your Lawfull Soveraign who this very day Must act a part which you must act before but with less guilt Alm. Use no long speeches lady The danger of the time calls us away We cannot listen to your farewells now Sal. I have few words to say my heart is lodg'd In you same upper Parliament yet now If ere I part and shall be seen no more Some man of mercy could but truly speake One word of pardon from the Lord Velasco My peace were made in earth and I should fly With wings of speed to Heaven Alm. Pish here 's not any Salas. Not any on then why should I prolong A minute more of life that live so late Where most I strive for love to purchace hate Beare witnes Lords I wish not to call back My younger dayes in promise that I would Redeem my fault and do Velasco right But could I but reverse the doom of time I would with humblest suit make prayers to heaven For his long florishing welfare Col. Dispatch dispatch You should have thought on this before pray now For your own health for you have need to pray Lodov. Madam Salassa I am bold to take leave of ye before your long journey All the comfort that I can give you is that the weather is like to hold very fair you need not take much care for either hood or cloke for the matter Salas. Are you come Worthy Sir then I may hope Your noble friend hath sent one gentle sigh To grace my funeral For vertues sake Give me a life in death tell me O tell me If he but seal my pardon all is well Lodov. Say ye so Why then in a word go merrily up the stayers my lord Velasco desires Heaven may as heartily forgive him as he does you Salas. Enough I thank his bounty on I go goes up the Scaffold To smile on horror so so I 'm up Great in my lowness and to witness further My humbleness here let me kneel and breath My penitence O women in my fall Remember that your beauties youth and pride Are but gay tempters less you wisely shun The errors of your frailties let me ever Be an example to all fickle dames That folly is no shrine for vertuous names Heaven pardon all my vanities and free The lord Velasco what e're come of me Bless bless the lord Velasco Strike As he is about to strike Velasco steps out Velas. Villain hold hold Or thou dyest Slave Alm. What means that countermand Lodov. Hey do More news yet you will not be valiant when 't is too late I trust Velas. Woman come down Who lends me now a
Yonder sits A Queen as free from stain of your disgrace As you are fowle in urging it Alph. Thou talk'st couragiously I love thee for it And if thou canst make good what thou avouchest I 'le kneel to thee as to another nature Velas. We come not heer to chide My sword shall thunder The right for which I strike Qu. Traytor to loyalty Rash and unknown fool what desperate lunacy Hath led thee on to draw thy treacherous sword Against thy King upon a ground so giddy That thou art but a stranger in the cause Thou wouldst defend By all my royall blood If thou prevailst thy head shal answer it Coll. Madam you wrong his truth and your own fame Alm. You violate the liberty of armes Alph. Pish listen not to her 't is I 'me your man Qu. Why foolish Lords unsensible and false Can any drop of blood be drawn from him My Lord your King which is not drawn from me Velasco by the duty that thou ow'st me I charge thee to lay by thy armes Velas. I must not Unles this man whom you call king confess That he hath wrong'd your honor Qu. Wilt thou fight then When I command the contrary Velas. I will Qu. Velasco heare me once more thou were wont To be as pittifull as thou wert valiant I will entreat thee gentle kind Velasco A weeping Queen sues to thee Doe not fight Velasco every blow thou givest the King Wounds mee didst ever love Velasco hear me Alph. Shee must not be endur'd Velas. Nor can shee win me Blush you my Lord at this Qu. O let me dy Rather then see my Lord affronted thus Queen falls into a sound Velas. Hold up the Queen she swouns Alm. Madam Deare Madam Coll. Can you see her and not be toucht my Lord Was ever woman false that lov'd so truly Alph. 'T is all dissimulation Velas. You dishonour her To prove it I 'le fight both quarrels now Enter a herauld sounding a trumpett after him Petruchi arm'd head and all Lodov. Heydo here comes more work for mettall men Alm. Another who should he be Alph. Speake what art thou Petr. One that am summon'd from the power above To guard the innocence of that fair Queen Not more against the man that would accuse her Then all the world besides Th' art welcome too Velas. You come too late friend I am he alone Stand ready to defend that gracious beauty You may return Petr. Ther 's not a man alive Hath interest in this quarrel but my selfe I out of mine own knowledg can avouch Her accusation to be meerly false As hel it selfe Qu. What mortall man is he So wilfull in his confidence can sweare More then he knowes Petr. I swear but what I know Alph. Hast thou a name Petr. Yes helpe my beaver down D' ee know me now Lodovico discovers him Alph. Petruchi death of manhood I am plainly bought sold why wher 's Muretto Enter Muretto with a sword drawn Muret. Here as ready to stand in defence of that Miracle of chast women as any man in this presence Alph. Are all conspir'd against me what thou too Now by my fathers ashes by my life Thou art a villain a grosse rank'rous villain Did'st not thou only first inforce my thoughts to jealousy Muret. T is true I did Alph. Nay more Didst not thou feed those thoughts with fresh supplies Nam'd every circumstance Muret. All this I grant Alph. Dost grant it Dog slave Hel-hound Muret. Will you hear me Coll. Heare him good my Lord let us perswade ye Alph. What canst thou say Impostor speake and choake Muret. I have not deserv'd this my Lord and you shall find it 't is true I must confesse that I was the only instrument to incense you to this distemperature and I am prowd to say it and say it again before this noble presence that I was my selfe the only man Alph. Insufferable Devil Alm. Pray my Lord Muret. Wonder not my Lords but lend mee your attentions I saw with what violence he pursude his resolutions not more in detestation of the Queen in particular then of all her sex in generall That I may not weary your patience I bent all my Studies to devise which way I might do service to my country by reclayming the distraction of his discontents And having felt his disposition in every pulse I found him most addicted to this pestilence of jealosy with a strong persuasion of which I from time to time ever fed him by degrees till I brought the Queen and the noble Petruchi into the dangers they yet stand in But with all and herin I appeale to your Majesties own approbation I season'd my words with such an intermixing the praises of the Queens bewty that from jealosy I drew the King into a serious examination of her perfections Alph. Thus farr I must acknowledg he speaks truth Muret. At length having found him indeed surely affected I perceav'd that nothing but the suppos'd blemish of her dishonour could work a second divorce between them Alph. True truly fates own truth Muret. Now my Lords to cleer that imputation I knew how easie it would be by the apparent certainty it selfe In all which if I have erred it is the error of a loyall service Only I must ever acknowledg how justly I have deserved a punishment in drawing so vertuous a princesses honor into publick question and humbly referr my selfe to her gracious clemency and your noble constructions Alph. But can can this be so Muret. Let me ever else be the subject of your rage in the sufferance of any torture Alph. And is shee chast Petruchi Petr. Chast by vertue As is the new born virgin for ought I know Muret. I ever whisperd so much in your ears my Lord and told you that it was impossible such singular endowments by nature should yeild to the corruption so much as of an unworthy thought Did I not tell you so from time to time Alph. Lay by your arms my lords and joyn with me Let 's kneel to this what shall I call her Woman No she 's an Angel Glory of Creation All kneel Can you forget my wickedness Your Peers Your Senators your bravest men make suit on my behalf Why speak ye not my lords I am I know too vile to be remitted But she is merciful All Great Soveraign Lady Qu. Be not so low my lord in your own thoughts You are as you were Soveraign of my heart And I must kneel to you Alph. But will you love me Qu. 'T is my part to ask that will you love me Alph. Ever yours ever let this kiss new marry us What say Qu. It does and heaven it self can tell I never did nor will wrong our first loves Alph. Speak it no more Let 's rise now I am King Of two rich Kingdoms as the world affords The Kingdom of thy beauty and this land But what rests for Muretto Qu. I account my worthiest thanks his debt Alm. And he deserves all