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A35287
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Juliana, or, The princess of Poland a tragicomedy, as it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke of York's theatre / by J. Crown ...
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Crown, Mr. (John), 1640?-1712.
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it lye unfenc't Dem. Look I see a man And I am got into a Garden here Whos 's there Land Nay who 's there an' you go to that Here 's one that hath authority to be here Bat. The Master of the house I do perceive And by his tone a kind of Letter of Lodgings I 'le ask the Question Sir we are strangers newly come to Town Could you afford us any room in your house Land I cannot tell Sir whether I can or no According as I like you Bring a light here Dem. Nay then w' are well enough take up my rooms Ne're stand agreeing with him give him twenty Thirty forty a hundred crowns a week what he Hath a mind to I 'le into Town I grow impatient Exit Bat. Oh! heavens Sir whether do you go To rush in armed crowdes so late a stranger Curse on all rashness I must follow him For fear some mischief happens to him Landlord look to the things provide our rooms We 'l return within this half hour or never Ex. Land Ha! gone and left their Cloak-bags with me What kind of fellows are these some High-way men I know by their hast But sure I 'm in a dream is this a Cloak bag Let 's see what weather 't is it doth not rain Cloak-bags Come I 'le go see what 's in it ho a light there Ser. Here Sir Enter a servant with a Candle Land Nay here Sir Here 's a Cloakbag dropt i' my mouth Come let 's see the Entrails of this beast A rich Chesticore with Diamond buttons Enough enough I 'm satisfied These are stollen goods as sure as I am here And now what shall I do with this Cloakbag Shall I keep the Cloakbag or shall I cry the Cloakbag or shall I sell the Cloakbag nay then I may chance to stretch for the Cloakbag so I may if I should keep the Cloakbag if the right owner should come with an Officer and find the Cloakbag why then the Devil take the Cloak-bag for never was any one so plagued with a Cloakbag well if no body comes to claim the Cloakbag I 'le sell the Cloakbag buy Land and marry a Lady with the Cloakbag and then be Dub'd a Knight of the Order of the Cloakbag Ex. Enter Ladislaus and Theodore The Scene continues Lad. Ungrateful men and do they thus reward me For all the blood I 've shed in their defence To set my head to sale That head which once these flatt'ring Poles would cry Their State could live no more without then I. Theo. I wish your Highness had not flung that Letter It seems you were discover'd I 'me amaz'd Which way Lad Sharnofsky hath betrayed me Thus had he done had I expos'd my person Instead of a trifling paper or had sent thee He would have wrackt thee to discover me Theo. But I 'de have been torn limb from limb first Lad. I doubt not thy fidelity good Theodore I 've ever found thee generous and faithful More generous then those whose birth and Grandeur Obliges them to higher pretence of Honour Good heavens what 's this world I should have sooner Suspected Angels then the Count or Princess Theod. Good Sir do not discompose your Soul With these suspicions of your noble friends 'Till you know more Lad. My noble friends ah Theodore I have no friends my fortune fame and honour Heaven and Earth and she whom I adore Above 'um all deserts me nothing adheres to me But my own courage I see the Count and she Convert the news of my escape from Moscow By the generous kindness of the Russian Princess Into pretences to disguise their falshood To ruine my interests and unite their own To marry and to aspire to the Crown All Poland sees it and the Card'nal dreads u'm Much more then me and all this great alarum You 'l find aimes at their lives as well as mine The. Ah! do not credit Sir the common Vogue Lad. Come Theodore 't is true but that I 've learnt How to command my passions as well as Armies And owe more reverence to my own memory Then after death to have my head plac'd aloft On some old Tower to feed the greedy eyes Of my proud Enemies this very instant Shanofsky's soul or mine should fleet in air The. Well Sir I say no more I only beg you Take into some house you see what danger You 'r in the Guards are searching all about And here we wander up and down i' th' dark Only what sickly light the Moon will lend us But Sir I think we 're got into a Garden Lad. On the backside of a house knock Theodore Knocks and enter Landlord with a light Land Who 's there well this is not to be endur'd Every one gets into my backside If my Landlord will not fence it I 'le promise him I 'le do 't and stop it in his Rent well what 's the Business with you now more Cloakbags Theo. Sir we are strangers newly come to Town And are in great want of Lodgings If you could furnish us name your own price By this Gold we 'l not refuse it you Gives him money Land Let 's look on you according as I like you By this Gold you have good honest faces I have a room for you Theo. Thank you Sir pray what other Lodgers have you We ask you ' cause we would be very private Land I have none at present but some fidling women that come from Cracow to see the choosing of the new King a young Gentleman and a Cloakbag Lad. VVhat doth this fellow mean by this Cloakbag Theo. Your Highness hath hap'ned very fortunately Aside to Lad. Land Well but how did you pass the Guards so late For here 's a heavy pudder about the Duke of Curland He 's come to Town it seems in disguize And here 's five thousand crowns bid for his head Happy man be his dole that catches him For my part I don't expect so good luck Five thousand Crowns and a Cloakbag are too much for one night The. I perceive this fellow 's none of the honestest Aside I here 's a great alarum what 's the matter Land Why Sir the Duke of Curland look ye you must know VVas a great favourite of the last Kings And he contracted him to his Daughter And intended to marry him to her but then it hap'ned The Muscoviters invaded us with a great army The Duke Sir upon a simple quibble of Honour Goes General of our Army against 'um I was a Corporal under him at the same time Tho. De' e hear my Lord pray keep your disguize close Land And thought forsooth to have come back in triumph And married the Lady and he was taken prisoner And ne're comes back at all Lad. That was unfortunate Land Now Sir it seems he hath given 'um the slip out of Muscovy by the help o' the Russian Princess and they are run away together and here he lies lurking in Poland to fit his business and now all
Jul. Must I be carried then a slave to Moscow Hyp. Em. Fran. Oh the Princess oh this Russian slave Dem. drags her along Osso Casso Lub He 's mad he raves Casso Hold Sir cleave the Rebels head slaves Fran. Heaven what stupid Lethargy hath seiz'd thee assist unbind me or else strike me dead rather then torture me with such a sight Osso Casso Lub Hold Rebel Villain Osso My Lords command all your men Horse and Foot to surround the Transilvanian Troops and make 'um fling down their Arms or dye Ex. Lub Let all the Cossacques wheele Dem. Fire give fire a hundred of you stay and guard the prisoners Bat. Oh! the unruly fire that governs thee Where will it lead thee Ex. Casso Now to guard the Prisoners shall be my work Jul. How am I made the sport and scorn of Fortune abus'd by Curland trampled on by slaves and now led bound to follow the Triumphant Chariot of Scarlet perjury Sh. My soul is torn with grief and rage Casso Come then I 'le ease you both alas I pity you but chiefly you good Princess your kind Father I thank him eas'd me of many a burthen some employment and I in gratitude will ease your shoulders of such a weighty head laden with sorrow Call Oss Dem. Bat. bound Hyp. Em. Fran. Oh bloody Villain Jul. Insolent slave dares such a thing as thee threaten a Princess life Shar Barbarous Dogg bring me but to him I le kick his dirty soul out of his body Casso I 'le snap thy saucy head from off thy shoulders first Guards kill the prisoners I 'le not allow the formality of praying and he that asks what Orders I have for it let 'um know I wear my Orders by my side this is my Cardinal Senate and my King off with their heads his crooked Majesty commands it shews his naked Faulchion Shar Thou Monster of mankind hast thou no sense of pity or humanity nor of thy own nor of thy Countries honor which such a horrid act will render infamous to all the world here quench thy barbarous thirst of blood with mine open all my veins take my life my fortune honour all I have but spare oh spare the Daughter of thy King Jul. No more my Lord swell not the Villains pride by falling prostrate to it Quick Hypolita give me a Ponyard Casso Fetch a Wrack an Engine I 'le torter him to death But ha more sport de' e come to put affronts upon the Kingdoms Enter Ossolimsky and Guard with Demetrius and Battista bound Osso In the face of the whole Army Sir I le cool your fiery insolence Dem. Yes murder me you slaves I do deserve this punishment and more That my revenge should be so low and poor I ought t' have set it at no lower rate Then the whole ruine of your Polish State All of you hudled in one common doom Curland the Cipher to make up the sum Casso Tame the proud Rebel Guards off with his head Osso Hold strike who dares till I give the command Dem. Come Villains level me right against the Clouds And then give fire discharge my flaming soul Against such saucy Destinies as those As dare thus basely of my life dispose Then from the Clouds rebounding I will fall And like a clap of thunder tear you all Osso VVell then Sir since your spirit is so high Your head shall be as lofty by and by Yes you 'r exalted thoughts shall have their due Your head shall stand in both the Armies view Casso Guards are you asleep cleave all their heads at once Osso Casso Strike All the Women give a shriek and at that instant enter Lubomirsky running Lub Hold. Osso Casso Count Lubomirsky the news Lub All 's lost I am in such a confusion I cannot speak some Devil in humane shape hath quite turn'd all the fortune of the day hath fir'd the Town the Tents and here he 's coming on waves of blood and flame Lasso Hell take thee for thy news where is this Devil Casso Osso The Gurads retire stand Villains or you die Lub Stand cowardly slaves Dem. Is Fortune penitent Battista loose me Bat. I am bound too Sir Dem. Are your teeth bound too Sir Shar Ha! is the Scale a turning A thousand crowns but for one hand loose Jul. Deliverance swift like lightning Heaven I thank thee Enter Ladislaus driving the Gaurds before him followed by Theodore and Cavaliers Lad. Stay flying Cowards disparage not my sword Let it be said at least I fought with men Osso Casso Lub We are lost they are taken prisoners Dem. And must I stand to be a thing of pity To receive the charity of this mans sword Shar I blush at our own chaines and this mans glory Lad. Secure the Lords Madam the Scene is chang'd You 'r all at liberty And now my next great deed shall be aside To set my heart at liberty from thee Ex. The. My noble Lord Thus through the field with unseen triumphs flies As souls make their Entradoes in the skies Sure Heaven some mighty glory hath design'd At last to crown such an Illustrious mind Ex. Jul. What Prodigy 's this Hyp. 'T is your Angel Madam Jul. A thousand Crowns to know him Shar A Warlike Fantome By heaven created for this exigence Dem. His haughty Valour hath affronted me Iâ—le out and kill him for his insolence And when he 's dead I 'le hug him for his bravery Exit Bat. To arms again thus doth his active soul Leap from one danger to another Here we destroy and there we save As Vessels tost from Wave to Wave Ex. Shar Let 's out and help to reap this glorious Harvest But hark a loud Volley of Martial shouts All within Long live Juliana our Queen Shar Blest noise your name is bandied in the Clouds There 's a victorious Tempest in the Aire And see a thousand lights approach the Tent. Casso Oh cursed sight and cursed noise Enter Colimsky Col. Now Madam all 's our own your enemies have all flung down their arms some come to crave your pardon others flie in multitudes to the Cardinals Tent the Cardinal in transports of rage for his misfortune confest his horrid villanies and fled I sent an Officer to conduct him to a private Grotto in a neighbouring Grove pretendingly for his security In the interim the croudes rifled his Tent and found the Crown conceal'd and here they 'r coming sailing along with shouts and acclamations resolving to repose it on your brow Jul. The weight's too great for me All within Secure the distracted State Col. The people grow impatient Jul. I 'le sacrifice my self t' appease the croudes Heavens never was such a turn of fortune known From a Scaffold to a Throne In one moment to be seen A dying Captive and a Queen Ex. Col. So now my good Lords you may be all at leasure for holy contemplations Shar Guards see especially To that malicious Count. Ex. Shar Col. Casso I know your kindness