your Bounty Exit Sal. I dare not trust this Soldier there may be More of the Crew he may command a Party Let 's seek Iberio out and fetch him off Exeunt Salerno Arviedo Enter Iberio and Pyramena Py. You may praise my good Nature you 'l scarce match it In Naples show another of my Sex That scorn'd like me will slight the Injury And welcome the Affronter but you'r welcome To Decio's House my Heart and your old Love Iber. But will you love me may I ask and hope Py. I promise you any thing in my power Iber. Will you then do Py. Do what Iber. It will not out Do me the favour to shew me the House Which seems to be like you a Paradise Py. The Building is much handsomer than I But both are equally at your dispose The Rooms of State your Lordship may see now But 't will be dinner-time ere I can show you The private Lodgings Iber. On sweet Madam on Enter Salerno Sal. Iberio stay Iber. You will not offer it Now she invites me Sal. To this ruine fool The Porter is Lieutenant Corbulo The boldest Officer of all our Foot Thou know'st him he confesses he takes Pay Of Decio for securing his fair Wife Enter Arviedo hastily Arv. Stand on your Guard Decio has lin'd his House With Mariners out of the Turky-Ship Which came from the Levant into the Harbour This morning Iber. See the fruit of Mistresses Arv. How much more noble would your death have been Had your blood smeer'd a Bashaw's Semiter Then you had dy'd upon the Bed of Honor. Py. He cannot have a Plot to murder you Arv. Two hours since he had one to poison him I heard the Word given now it is Fall on Py. Your Forlorn I will be Iber. Say'st thou me so I shall love Mistresses better for thy sake Within Salerno Iberio and Arviedo draw their Swords Dec. Fall on Sal. Do Rogues we 'l sell our how a Dance Sailers and their Wives Dance Enter Decio and Vindex Vin. What will you do Dec. Villain how dar'st thou ask Justice I 'l do teach men how to slight Maids Princes the Turky-Ship thus speaks your welcome To my Wife's House for I have neither House Nor Land nor Body nor Soul all 's my Wife's And mark Poetick Prophecie she 'l be yours Iber. My Wife Dec. Your Wife Sal. When Decio Dec. Let me see All the men of my Race di'd punctually At two and twenty so that three years hence She 's yours if you 've a stomach to her then As ready as the Wedding-dinner now On my Wife's Table your Wife that shall be Three years hence Py. Have but patience till we have din'd After the Banquet Exeunt Decio Pyramena Sal. Thou shalt see and taste The Fruit of Mistresses and my Endeavours Look you serve me another time as well Iber. Better I 'le work thee a new Mine of Beauty Exeunt Enter Filomatini Diacelia and Gioseppe in their Disguises as Spaniards Gios. Quick fellow-servants set the Chairs Gioseppe My Lady 's little Dog has foul'd the Carpet Perfume here Princess Diacelia Dia. Princess Diacelia Fil. I should say Fritilla For to serve Diacelia and Leandra As by a Guardian 's duty bound I have Unlorded my self and Unprincess'd thee Granchild Fritilla Daughter to my Son That 's at Madrid Mace-bearer to the King But I defie the City of Madrid To match this Spanish Beauty Dia. You are pleasant But Guardian I should say Grand-father Draco Why are we Spaniards if you had still been My Lord Filomarini your son Lugo Had marri'd me without dispute Fil. No Grand-child He had too great a passion for Leandra Dia. Me-thinks in your own shape you might have aw'd him Fil. I should have sham'd him into Impudence If I had made a publick Business of it Gio. Twelve thousand Pistols you had sav'd your son Fil. What e'r he loses she shall not lose him Nor shall my Nephew the Prince of Salerno That 's mad for Mistresses now want a Wife I 'l bring them about Master as the Wind Carries thy Sails without appearing in 't Enter Leandra Look where Leandra comes your Bride-grooms Love Dia. Let me embrace my Rival Leandra lays her hand on Diacelia's breast Lean. We 'l not quarel Here sticks Love's Arrow with the golden head My sullen heart is wounded with dull Lead Fil. By why alone young Mistris where 's our Lady Th' old Hag your Mother Lean. Talking with a Captain Sent from your Son Fil. The Fool imploys the Pyrate Lean. Yes to lay me aboard I hope you 'l fight him Fil. My Nephew shall for the Prince of Salerno If you can like him must love you I 'l charm him With this Leandra ' in little this thy Picture Given me by a Witch I mean thy Mother Shall melt him Liver Lungs Brain Heart and all As if 't were his own Picture made in Wax And stuck with Needles Lean. When I see your Nephew I 'l tell you how I like him 't is the Man And not the Prince that I shall look upon Fil. I see thy humble humor is quite spent Lean. I found my spirits when I found my friends Thanks to this Pilot my good Guide Gioseppe But to your Lordship's Orders I submit Fil. Yet a while seem obedient to th' old Woman Enter Menanthe and Peralta She comes the Pirate after her Me. Wait here to Peralta who in his hand has a small Coronet and knot of Diamonds Till I dispatch these to their several duties Hosepe we are pleas'd with these new Servants Of thy commending once again you 're welcom they bow to her Draco do what you undertook to do Show the young Prince who cries up Mistresses Leandra's Picture try how much he 'l offer Lugo's twelve thousand Pistols must not buy her Filomarini bows and goes off Hosepe take you from the Captain 's man Those Turky-Vests sent us by my Lord Lugo Gioseppe bowes and departs Fritilla chuse you out the richest Vest And fit it to Leandra Mignion look That you obey my Maid in point of Dress Diacelia and Leandra make low Curtsies And heark you trifle not your time away Your Lord will come straight do y' hear put on Patches Leandra still makes Curtsies down to the ground Exeunt Leandra Diacelia Twelve thousand Pistols in Gold I expected to Per. But Friend if you ingage that bonafide The Jewels are worth so much I 'l accept ' em Per. Two thousand Pistols my Lord Lugo will Bring from the Mint these are well worth ten thousand Me. These you deliver upon Reputation Per. First Madam give me leave to satisfie My curiosity do you Greek Ladies Keep Turkish State Me. It is both State and Wisdom Servants and Children to their Mistresses And Mothers should be Mutes bow not presume To ta k. Per. But may a Stranger use his tongue Will you not be offended if I speak Me. What would you say Per. Protest I know not what For though we that are
That is a Bargain for twelve thousand Pistols And struck a Match Fil. Hey boy how sits the Wind Gios. Fore-right and a brisk Gale Per. There 's such a wind In your head my good Lord you hear not me Fil. Why did they not marry upon the place Gios. Because the Greek Leech holds it proper first To purge your son and Bleed him in the Purse She 'l first be sure of his twelve thousand Pistols Fil. Captain Peralta there 's not such a wind In my head but I hear thee and know all Thou sai'st is nothing answer'd in a word The little Word that governs the great World Int'rest advantage calls me I 'm concern'd To leave my Son on 's Wedding-day no less Than he to complement his Guests or kiss His Bride and I will do 't as heartily Enter Lugo Per. Answer your Son so he 's here I have prest Your father's Stay to make him go his Voyage to Lugo He 'l sail near fear 't break my Lord Lugo's heart Fil. Hold up thy head boy I may come again But if it be my Destiny to sink I leave thee ' a Fortune to buoy up thy heart I leave thee ' a Bride to multiply my Honor. Lug. There 's two good Fortunes Fil. And the third's not ill I leave thee ' a Friend my old Camrade in Candy This Spanish Captain to draw his Sword for thee Embrace him he 's experienc'd take his counsel Take heed he cheat not if a Spaniard got him in his Ear. 'T was on a Gipsie for he lives by Pillage The Trade that set him up was Pyracy Had the Rogue been a Neopolitan He 's stout and subtile he 'd have made a rare Bandite Lug. You would make a rare Gally-slave aside For you can Look one way and Row another The Captain may be needful when I quarel Fil. Use him but trust thy self So farewell Naples No further son my Blessing I have bless'd Th' Excellent Princess Diacelia Thy Bride be worthy of her and remember Remember Sirra that her Ancestors Were Sovereign Princes and although I am Her Guardian yet that I impos'd not thee Upon her but thou art her own free choice Remember how thou wert oblig'd when she Refus'd my Nephew the Prince of Salerno Per. You 'l give me leave to wait you to the Port Fil. To cut thee off I draw a line this River Of Rubicon no Soldier is to pass Exeunt Fil. Gios. Lug. No talking to th' old man is he not drunk Per. He may be so he took care for his Wine Lug. More than he did for me I 'd rather be My Father's Sack or Claret than his Son He 's better at chusing of Wines than Brides Per. He chose for you a Princess Lug. But 't was I That should have chosen for my self O Captain I would have took Leandra in her Smock Rather than marri'd Princess Diacelia With all Bulgaria ' had she't in possession My Father shews his judgment Per. He was thought Ere he ran Sea-mad wise Lug. Yes for himself Like an unnatural Moor he would take money Ev'n for the chaming of his son to th' Oar But Captain thou hast promis'd to redeem me From the worst of all Slaveries a loath'd Marriage Per. I use not to redeem but to sell Slaves Would I could make a Bargain for his Lordship aside My Lord I hope to serve you such a trick As yet you never saw but the contrivance Must be consider'd in a place more private Enter Salerno and Iberio See the Prince of Salerno and his Friend My Lord Iberio who commands the Forces Design'd for Candy Lug. By their whispering It seems they would be private too leave them The house we 'l take a turn or two i' th' Garden My Bride is not yet dress'd there 's time enough Exeunt Lugo Peralta Iber. She is the most Sal. Inconstant you would say Speak softlier Iber. Why not lowder 't is a truth Sal. But friend all truths are not to be proclam'd Prethee my Lord Iberio do not vex Thy self because a Woman proves a Woman Be thou a Man laugh as I do Iber. You may Have cause to laugh Sal. Thou hast almost as much For our two Cases differ like two Clocks About some half an hour thy Mistress comes From the Church marri'd mine 's going to be marri'd I give her Iber. Pish you cannot if you lov'd her Sal. Special Considerations moving us I lov'd her for her Person she was handsom I lov'd her for her Fortune she was rich I lov'd her for her Title though the Turk Usurps her Country of Bulgaria Still she 's a Princess Princess of Salerno I wish'd her but my cousen Lugo had The Preference and since I must not be Her Husband I 'le e'n be her Reverend Father And give her What think'st thou of my Resolve Iber. I think there 's ne'er a Prince in Italy Better than you are at digesting Willow Sal. Willow feeds me fat I 'm a kind of Kid I feel my self so gamesome after it So wanton now am I for Mistresses Mistresses in abundance Iber. One's too much Sal. The Enemy to my Bulgarian Love He that unthron'd her Crown'd Progenitors The Great Turk keeps not Mistresses enow A Mistress Sir may be your fairest play For it is possible she may be your Mistress That would not be your Wife Iber. Impossible I 'l never see her more Sal. What will you lay Enter Arviedo Your Cousen can resolve us he has made it His business to inquire Where 's Pyramena Arv. She 's in the House Iber. In this House Arviedo Arv. Her husband told me she was going hither And when his Highness lighted from his Coach Her Chair was carri'd in Sal. A Plot she marri'd So early to meet thee and make Proposals But she will lose her Time and I my Sport If the Bride be not hasten'd Exit Salerno Iber. I would make The Prince no sport but that I have ingag'd To dine here Arv. Better you would dine at home For Pyramena's husband Decio Arm'd with Gold that puts Confidence in Cow'rds Offers to every wanting hand a Bribe To poison you Iber. Decio poison me Thy kind fear thinks now he has marry'd her I should have had that he must with my life Secure his Purchase Arv. He attempted me Iber. Do not I know he loves to droll with thee Arv. He would scarce droll away the Sum he offer'd Iber. To thee my kinsman one that I bred up Arv. He urg'd my Obligation and Relation As the best Blinds told me that I might act In his Revenge and make my self a Fortune Like a destructive Mountebank that thrives By Poison first takes Money then takes Lives Iber. In Rhime but he 's an Illustrissimo Of Venice and Parnassus a rich Poet Would thou hadst took his Money Arv. And given you The Poyson sure I sooner should have drunk it Sal. I dare be sworn thou would'st Arv. And can you wish Such Faith corrupted Sal. No my noble Cousin
'T is to prevent a Rogue that might be hir'd That I wish thee employ'd Arv. On that account I 'l take his Gold and undertake your Murder To serve your Lordship I 'l be any thing Your Pois'ner to preserve you Sal. Were he bold I might suspect that Decio would revenge His sister Ericina Arv. She that dy'd For love of you Sal. But from so soft a spirit I apprehend no danger howe'r sound him Exit Arviedo Enter Salerno Diacelia Pyramena and Attendants Sal. Well Princess Diacelia my first Love Although you make your unseen Guest my Heart A Mourner at your Wedding yet those Joys From which you banish me I wish to you Dia. In the Prince of Salerno's Arms I wish A better Wife Sal. Bar curses no Wife Madam Mistresses what you please Dia. Fie fie Sir leave This Raillerie Sal. Leave you your frowning then Pyram smiles on Iberio Learn of your Senior Bride there how to smile On a condemn'd Pris'ner of Love He frowns Abominable frown when his Mistress smiles Pardon my zeal Madam I hope my Friend May have a Mistress Dia. Not of Pyramena She 's Virtuous take 't upon my word Sal. Nay now That I have the word of a Princess for Her Virtue I 'l ingage my Friend to try it He Sings Thy Love is Chast they tell theeso But how young Soldier shalt thou know Do by her As by thy Sword Take no Friend's word But try her 'T will raise her Honour one step higher Fame has her Trial at Love's Bar Deifi'd Venus from a Star Shoots her Lustre She had never been Goddess't If Mars had been modest Try and trust her Dia. What a strange wild-brain'd husband have I scap'd Iber. You think I take this for a current smile I know 't is counterfeit gilt brass your Face Puts mirth on when your Conscience is tormented Py. My conscience Iber. Have you none or is't a-sleep It shall be wak'd I 'l thunder Py. If Heav'n thunder'd I should not tremble for I am not guilty Iber. Then you ' are not marri'd Py. I am Wife to Decio No Lord but equal to a Lord of Naples A Gentleman of Venice When will 't thunder I see no Lightning yet Iber. The Clap comes now Avoid it if you can did you not swear You would be my Wife Py. Did not you swear first That you would not be jealous were ye not Fell you not out with me for visiting My Kindred then I marri'd Where 's my crime 'T is you that should fear Thunder you are perjur'd You broke th' Oath upon which my Oath was built And Superstructures always fall to ground When their Foundation sinks Can you deny it Iber. Mine was not Jealousie but Tenderness Of your Repute 't is a censorious Clime We live in from the Liberty you took I fear'd a popular Scandal on your Honor. Py. It seems so by th' Insolence of your Language Did you not tell me that the world would say Iberio was a fool to venture her To common Courtship that was Vow'd to him Sal. This makes for me if Vow have past between them May not Iberio court his own Wife Madam to Dia. Iber. And would you leave me for a hasty word Py. Yes he that would controll me when my Servant Would tyrannize when he should be my Husband I have one that Vows he never will commit Your Jealous Sin against my Innocence But I forgive you something too I 'l give you My self I cannot you have forfeited Your Right in me but I 'l create a Title For you next Husband you shall be my Friend Sal. Did not I tell thee to Iberio Enter Gioseppe disguised he gives a Letter to Diacelia Py. If your Lordship please To taste the First-fruits of our Bridal Board Sal. And Bed Ah Rogue wrapt in thy Mothers Smock Py. You shall be the Bride's guest Iber. I won't Sal. Out Clown Dia. Honest old friend Gioseppe I dare say My Guardian my Lord Filomarini Is misinform'd for grant that his son Lugo Had no Love for me yet for his own Honor Now we are going to Church to be married He 'd not fly off Gio. But when you see the proof Your Highness as your Guardian directs Will be pleas'd to put on the Spanish Veil And go with me Dia. He writes that by your means He has preferr'd himself and me for Servants To the Greek Cheat your Mistress I 'l obey him Gio. Pray send for me I 'l wait at your Back-stairs Exit Gioseppe Py. My Husband is a Stranger a Venetian For when I found you jealous I resolv'd Never to have a Neopolitan But he so loves your Town he 'l dwell with you And sure you cannot but love him again The goodest man nothing but innocent mirth His whole delight is to make Songs and Masks I hope you 'l come Iber. If I do I 'l tell Decio What an inviting Wife he has Py. Your Servant Enter Lugo and Peralta Lug. Sir my dear Love my good Lord noble Lady Please to excuse me that I have thus long Defer'd the Ceremony of the Day I stay'd for this slow Friend let 's now to Church Per. No haste I was your Friend more than mine own Or else I would not have ingag'd with you For such a vast sum to the Iews Iber. Ingage Pirates ingage will Iews trust Free-booters Per. My Bill's protested and my Credit lost By your neglect of payment at your Day And I come not to give your Lordship Joy But to renounce the name of Friend to one That has so publickly renounc'd his Honor. Lug. Good angry Captain Soldiers should not be Judges of Lovers if you come to th' Honor Of being a Bridegroom you will never think Of transitory things When I am marri'd I 'l satisfie the Iews Per. Satisfie me In point of Reputation You are out aside Y' are out seem mov'd answer Is that the business Lug. Is that the business You have reason Captain Before the Priest joyn our hands I 'l dispatch thee My dear once more excuse me if you pardon Th'adjournment of our Marriage my Friends will Indeed they would not pardon me if I Prefer'd the Law of Hospitality Before the Rule of Honor. Follow Captain Exeunt Lugo Peralta Sal. Your colour changes Madam use my service Dia. Pardon me that I decline company Till my Lord comes back Sal. Your obedient Servant aside Dia. Now I perceive my Guardian 's a great Prophet Exit Diacelia Py. This is the second time that I 'm inforc'd To give you over for th' Infirmity You suckt from Nature Jealousie yet once You had some colour but now no pretence For you ate Jealous of another's Wife Exit Pyramena Sal. Deny another's Wife art thou a Man Iber. Not such a man as the Prince of Salerno You are for serving Mistresses but I Serve Christendom against th' Incroaching Turk And so our cross-designes must sever us Sal. A cross-grain'd Dunce thou art and so I leave thee Enter Arviedo Iber.
THE SLIGHTED MAID A COMEDY Acted with great Applause at the Theatre in Little Lincolns-Inn-Fields By His Highness the DUKE of YORK 's Servants LONDON Printed for Thomas Dring at the George near St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street 1663. To the Illustrious Prince JAMES Duke of MONMOUTH c. Knight of the most Noble Order of the GARTER MY LORD TO Your Grace I humbly Dedicate this Comedy Your Creature for it onely received from me Matter and Form But Your Satisfaction at the Presentment gave it Life If it please You in the Reading my Pen cannot make me Happier unless I could Vote into my self the Spirit of Plutarch to enable me to write the History which Your early Perfections promise to the World But since Nature has not put me into a Capacity of serving Your Grace as I would be pleas'd I beseech You to accept of what I can this and the Zealous Wishes of Your Grace's most humble Servant R. STAPYLTON THE SCENE NAPLES Names Characters Actors Salerno An aery young Prince who being refused by his Love is a pretender to Mistresses Mr. Harris Iberio The Prince's Friend a jealous Lover Mr. Bettertun Filomarini The Prince's Uncle a prudent and pleasant old Lord. Mr. Metborn Lugo Filomarini's son who will not be governed by his father Mr. Smith Arviedo A name which conceals the poverty of Giulio the young Heir to the Family Honour and Valour of the Great Captain Gonsalvo Mr. Cadiman Corbulo A valiant Lieutenant constrained by his wants to be Decio's Porter Mr. Young Peralta A desperate Sea-captain who being pardon'd for Pyracy falls to cheating Mr. Underhil Gioseppe Master of a Ship a Vigilant Spie upon Menanthe Mr. Noke the Elder Vindex Decio's Slave who by his faithful Ingenuitie merits his Freedom Mr. Sanford Decio The Slighted Maid Ericina who to revenge her refusal by Iberio assumes the person of her dead Brother Decio Mrs. Gibbs Pyramena A passionate Lady who hating the Iealousie of him she loves marries one she knows not Mrs. Bettertun Diacelia Elder daughter to the Prince of Bulgaria Mrs. Long. Leandra Younger daughter to the Prince of Bulgaria Mrs. Williams Menanthe An impudent Cheat a Greek Impostress who takes upon her to be mother to Leandra Mr. Noke the younger Joan. A fat merry Hostess Mr. Turner The Instrumental Vocal and Recitative Musick was composed by Mr. Banister THE PROLOGUE TO THE KING IF Favours merit Thanks what then is due For Blessings Sir deriv'd to Us from You Such Blessings as no People ever since They prosper'd into Kingdoms ow'd a Prince Three Nations by all others disesteem'd To Honour and to Freedom you redeem'd Now your Nobility are Lords age'n Your Commonalty Valiant Loyal Men. Th' Oil that Annointed you heal'd our sad wounds Your Laws have fix'd us in our old just Bounds When to your Throne you came Justice return'd From Heav'n and on the Bench o're which she mourn'd Sits in your Splendour gives not takes the Word And with her Ballance over-rules the Sword Which now protects your poorest Subject's Plea And guards the Labours of your Land and Sea Nor is Toil barr'd from Pleasure any more For Publick Recreations you restore Not Roman Theaters that were design'd For Sword-play our Plays recreate the Mind Instruct the Iudgment which Mens Natures learns And how to manage Low and High Concerns Our whole Globe in this Hemisphere we see Inlightned with the Raies of Majesty Where all but th' Authors doubtful Eye looks clear But Sir he hopes you 'l smile away his fear THE PROLOGUE TO THE HOUSE YOur looks are eager Gentlemen new Plays Like our new Beauties expectation raise So high you promise to your selves a Feast Of Wonders alas Miracles are ceas'd No working now by Supernatural means Beaumont and Fletcher have writ their last Scenes No Johnson's Art no Shakespear's Wit in Nature For Men are shrunk in Brain as well as Stature Little pure Wit is stirring I confess And that 's cri'd down by those that have much less And some by the Fanaticks have been taught To conclude All Gentlemen do is naught When those Grave Criticks in their Cradles lay Good Plays grew faster than ill Weeds than they Now one would think that our slow Writers play'd A Spanish Mate at Chess few Draughts are made Since meer Gambetters kept the Stage in awe For whoe'r sets the Men they give the Law Tyrannically to our cost we know it For right or wrong they judge against the Poet. From such whom Spleen and Prejudice transport Th' Author refers himself to this just Court These Noble Ladies Lords and Gentlemen And humbly at your feet he lays his Pen If bad it shall not write another letter If 't please he 'l take it up and please you better Incourage'd Poets heighten their Designes Like Painters who at first draw ruder Lines THE SLIGHTED MAID Actus Primus Enter Filomarini Gioseppe and Peralta Per. COme come as sure as I am in my wits My Lord Filomarini you are mad You would not go to Sea else at your years Fil. To Sea no if I do let me be drown'd to Gioseppe Per. Are you so old you 've liv'd past sense of danger Fil. I 've liv'd past th' age of telling him my secrets Per. Or so poor that Need makes you trust your life To Planks and Billows Fil. Is my Wine aboard Gios. 'T is stow'd and all your Goods Per. All your Discretion That 's stow'd too your grave Wisdom's under Hatches Princess Diacelia's Guardian wants a Guardian Fil. Princess Leandra wants a Guardian This Pirate little thinks she's landed here And that my Voyage ends in her Arrival Per. Turn Child again now when you have invited All Naples to a Feast you 'l not stay dinner Pray do but eat your breakfast with your friends Fil. But is Leandra grown the greater Beauty My son's Bride Diacelia was the Sweeter Gios. Your Lordship knew Leandra in her childhood You 'l see her finely built so tite so yare She lacks but you at Helm Fil. And I can Steer I shall keep her from falling foul upon Lugo Filomarini Where the Devil Did my son Lugo meet her Gios. Where the Devil Never appear'd before so near an Angel At Church with the Greek Cheat her cursed Mother That passes here for an Illustrious Lady The Vice-Roy heard she was a Grecian Princess Per. Was ever a Vagary so well tim'd This morning when your Son is to reap here The Harvest which you sow'd in th' Isle of Candy To marry a young Princess you are going To solace your cold body with the Mermaids Fil. To Princess Diacelia be a Traitor On 's Wedding-Eve fall in love with Leandra Gios. At th' Altar down he fell upon his knees And would have pray'd to Her but that I whisper'd Take heed Sir how you set up a new Saint He that kneels there is an Inquisitor This frighted him from Superstition But then he fell to Witchcraft with th' Impostress Her Mother the Greek Devil made a Compact
Saint work Miracles make her Good-natur'd and the Cheat her Mother honest Fil. Bring in the Pris'ners Enter Officers and Prisoners Look me in the face Thou knowest me and my wrongs confess the truth And live or Menanthe kneels Me. I confess When the Venetian Fought with the Turk in Candy my old Master Prince of Bulgaria so valiantly Charg'd the Mahometans who from 's Ancestor Had took the Principality that he fell Into an Ambush and receiv'd a hurt Of which he di'd and by his Will left you His fellow-Soldier in the Candian War Guardian to his two Daughters Sal. How two Daughters Fil. What if Leandra now should prove a Princess Me. I confess That the Prince put me his Landress To wait on 's younger Child Princess Leandra But when I saw my hopes to raise my self Out of my Masters Treasure frustrated By his intrusting you my Lord the Jewels Committed to my charge I took away And stole this lovely Child upon whose ruines I was resolv'd to build my self a Fortune But sure the Prince was more to blame than I For placing a mean Wretch so near a Princess Fil. What have I made a good Land-voyage Nephew Am I at home may Drake now Moor his Ship Is she good-natur'd and her Mother honest Sal. And I most happy in thee dear Leandra Lean. I 'l answer like an Oracle in Heroicks Most happy in a Wife the Prince may prove Not in Leandra she 'l have Love for Love Sal. If you admit of Love upon Love's score Then I may challenge you Lean. And thousands more What share can I expect in such a heart Where every pretty Mistris claims a Part Sal. A Passion for all Beauties I must own But they are all contain'd in you alone Believe me for my Word is a Decree Lean. Did you not pass your word that You in Me Should be Most Happy which is Most Untrue Because I am as Happy Sir in You. Sal. This comes off well No Sun breaks forth so clear As through a Clowd no Joy as through a Fear Equally Happy I confess we are Dia. and Lug. And equally your Happiness we share Fil. Captain if you have any thing to say Per. I 've made a resolution to say nothing Fil. Then I 'l speak for thee Lugo did not I Tell thee at first Peralta was a Knave A Cheater to the cozening of thy self Thou art an Accessary therefore we Must either Punish both or Pardon both So Captain for that sometimes thou hast been My Camrade I discharge thy'Imprisonment But I discharge my Friendship too be gone Nay take your Baggage with you worthy Captain But let this be as Pardons that are got In years of Jubilee no Incouragement To Vice though you scape Justice Per. Not so clearly For we are still condemn'd to one another Exeunt Per. Me. Fil. The thousand Crowns you owe me pay Gioseppe To make up his Reward Sal. Uncle I will Fil. And now that you and my Son have got Ladies 'T is time to carry them to Decio's Mask Sal. Aloon then Scenes of Mirth we may expect Exeunt Enter Decio and Corbulo Dec. Rare Poison how suddainly it dispatch'd them 'T is done and bravely done Cor. 'T was bravely suffer'd Dec. And yet his Lordship stoopt to make a suit Cor. But how when Pyramena did resolve To drink first then Iberio intreated The same Cup might be fill'd again for him In that request to you he courted her Dec. I must confess Man never show'd more courage Cor. Nor Woman greater sense of Love and less Of Death her last words I shall ne'er forget Dec. Nor shall the World forget them for I 'l be At charge of setting up their Monument First in the Marble shall be grav'd this Title The Poison'd Lovers then this Epitaph Perhaps the Title moves thee not but hear The Lady's last words and thou 'lt drop a Tear When fairest Pyramena had drunk up The Poison and her Lover took the Cup She said Not This I 've drunk but That thou art To pledge me That Iberio breaks my heart Does it not strike thee Cor. Sadly Dec. Ha-ha-ha What if I had their Figures cast in Brass As they are lying on my Bed embracing Th' Object has made me dull I 'l have some mirth Make ready for the Mask but first release Arviedo and to show that he 's no Pris'ner Give him his Sword i' th' Gallery I 'l meet him Exit Corbulo My spleen abates I 've follow'd it too far Who 's there Enter Vindex with a Sword in his hand Vin. I Vindex Dec. Ha! who sent for thee How dar'st thou press upon our privacy What would'st thou have Vin. Impossibilities A Line to bound an Infinite your Rage There is too much of Tiger's blood in you I come to let it out Dec. To murder me Help murder Vin. Peace or this shall silence you Vin. draws Yet if you let me alone I do not come To kill you Dec. What 's th' intention of thy coming Vin. To keep you from committing of more murders You have sent Corbulo for Arviedo Already I am witness to two proofs Of your strange fury I 'l prevent a third Dec. Thou wilt not keep me prisoner Vin. At your peril You shall not rob the world of a young Worthy Dec. Know'st thou Arviedo Vin No all 's one for that I hear the Gentleman 's a Child of Honour I pitty him Dec. I love him Vin. Who I believe you Enter Arviedo and draws his Sword Arv. Prodigious a Slave drawn upon his Lord Thy Sword Vin. You 'l not take from me your Defence Arv. Villain defend thy self Vin. I am too honest Vin. delivers his Arms. Hear me or you 'l be lost Sir Dec. Let him live Though he surpriz'd me rudely he meant well Sirrha about your business Arviedo Exit Vindex This was more noble Arv. Than you can imagine I would not have you fall by your Slave's hand Dec. My life to Arviedo is a debt Arv. Pay it for Decio has liv'd too long It had been happy for thee had'st thou di'd Before thy rage in pois'ning Pyramena And my brave Kinsman made thee a Wild-beast Which I must rid the world of Dec. In your breast There 's more of Honour than to murder one That is you see defenceless Arv. Where 's thy Sword Dec. I' th' Gallerie the place where Corbulo Appointed you to meet lead Sir from me You shall have satisfaction and the like I shall require from you Arv. I 'l do you right Ask any thing with your Sword in your hand I shall be glad to find you so much Man Dec. How much of Man is in me you shall trie I 'l make you mine or by your hand I 'l die Exeunt Enter Corbulo and a Servant with one-Ey'd Vizards in their hands Serv. Why one Eye in the fore-head of my Vizard Cor. Great Puppy should a Cyclop have two Eyes On with your Cyclop face the Masks beginning Enter Salerno Leandra Lugo