Madam though he saide your face was fat and flat and so forth yet he liked it best and said a perfect beautie should be so La. O did he so why that was right euen as it should be Foy You see now Madam howe much too hastie you were in your griefes Que. If he did so esteeme of me indeed happie am I Coun. So may your highnesse be that hath so good a husband but hell hath no plague to such an one as I Lem. Indeed Madam you haue a bad husband truly then did the king growe mightily in loue with the other ladie and swore no king could more inriched be then to inioy so faire a dame as shee Cat. O monstrous man and acurst most miserable dame Le. But saies the king I do inioy as faire though I loue in al honoured sort yet I le not wrōg my wife for al the world Foy This proues his constancie as firme as brasse Que. It doth it doth O pardon me my lord that I mistake thy royall meaning so Coun In heauen your highnesse liues but I in hell Lem. But when he vewd her radient eyes againe blinde was hee strooken with her feruent beames and now good King he gropes about in corners voide of the chearefull light should guide vs all Que. O dismall newes what is my soueraigne blind Le. Blind as a Beetle madam that a while houering aloft at last in cowsheds fall Lab. Could her eyes blind him Lem. Eyes or what it was I know not but blind I am sure he is as any stone Q. Come bring me to my Prince my lord that I may leade him none aliue but I may haue the honour to direct his feete Lem. How lead him madam why hee can go as right as you or any here and is not blind of eyesight Quee. Of what then Lem. Of reason Quee. Why thou saidest he wanted his cheerfull light Lem. Of reason still I meant whose light you knowe should cheerefully guide a worthie King for he doth loue her and hath forced her into a priuate roome where now they are Quee. What mocking chaunges is there in thy wordes fond man thou murtherest me with these exclaimes Lem. Why madam t is your fault you cut mee off before my words be halfe done Quee. Forth and vnlade the poyson of thy tongue Lem. Another lord did loue this curious ladie who hearing that the King had forced her as she was walking with another Earle ran straightwaies mad for her and with a friend of his and two or three blacke ruffians more brake desperately vpon the person of the King swearing to take from him in traiterous fashion the instrument of procreation with them I fought a while and got this wound but being vnable to resist so many came straight to you to fetch you to his ayde Lab. Why raised you not the streetes Lem. That I forbore because I would not haue the world to see what a disgrace my liege was subiect to being with a woman in so meane a house Foy Whose daughter was it that he forst I pray Lem. Your daughter sir La. Whose sonne was that ranne so mad for her Lem. Your sonne my Lord La. O Gods and fiends forbid Co. I pray sir from whom did he take the Ladie Le. From your good Lord Co. O Lord I beseech thee no Le. T is all too true come follow the Queen and I where I shall leade you Qu. O wretched Queene what would they take from him Le. The instrument of procreation Enter Moren Mo. Now was there euer man so much accurst that when his minde misgaue him such a man was haplesse to keep him company yet who would keep him company but I O vilde Lemot my wife and I are bound to curse thee while we liue but chiefely I well seeke her or seek her not find her or find her not I were as good see how hell opens as looke vpon her Enter Catalian and Berger behind him Ca. We haue yfaith stop thou him there and I wil meet him here Mo. Well I will venture once to seek her Ber. Gods Lord my Lord come you this way why your wife runnes ranging like as if she were mad swearing to slit your nose if she can catch you Exit Mo. What shal I do at the sight of her and hern Ca. Gods precious my Lord come you this way your wife comes ranging with a troope of dames like Bacchus drunken foes iust as you go shift for your selfe my Lord Mo. Stay good Catalian Ca. No not I my Lord Exit Mo. How now Iaques what 's the newes Enter Iaques Iaq. None but good my Lord Mo. Why hast not seene my wife run round about the streets Ia. Not I my Lorde I come to you from my maister who would pray you to speake to Lemot that Lemot might speake to the King that my masters lottery for his iewells may go forward he hath made the rarest deuice that euer you heard we haue fortune in it and she our maide plaies and I and my fellow carrie two torches and our boy goes before and speakes a speech t is very fine yfaith sir Mo. Sirra in this thou maiest highly pleasure me let me haue thy place to beare a torch that I may look on my wife and she not see me for if I come into her sight abruptly I were better be hanged Ia. O sir you shall or any thing that I can do I le send for your wife to Mor. I prethee do Exeunt both Enter the Queene and all that were in before Le. This is the house where the mad Lord did vow to do the deed draw all your swoords couragious gentlemen I le bring you there where you shall honor win but I can tell you you must breake your shinne Ca. Who will not breake his necke to saue his King set forward Lemot Le. Yea much good can I do with a wounded arme I le go and call more helpe Qu. Others shall go nay we will raise the streets better dishonor then destroy the King Le. Sbloud I know not how to excuse my villany I would faine be gone Enter Dowsecer and his friend Dow. I le geld the adulterous goate and take from him the instrument that plaies him such sweete musicke La. O rare this makes my fiction true now I le stay Quee. Arrest these faithlesse traitrous gentlemen Dow. What is the reason that you call vs traitours La. Nay why do you attempt such violence against the person of the King Dow. Against the King why this is strange to me Enter the King and Martia Ki. How now my masters what weapons drawne come you to murder me Qu. How fares my Lord Ki. How fare I well but you yfaith shall get me speak for you another time he got me here to wooe a curious Lady and she temptes him say what I can ouer what state I will in your behalfe Lemot she will not yeeld Le. Yfaith my liege what a hard heart hath she well hearke
this wil bind me much to you Bla. Monseur Lemot your kindnes in this will bind me much to you Le. I pray you do not say so sir Blan. I pray you do not say so sir Le. Wil t please you to go in Blan. Wil t please you to go in Le. I will follow you Blan. I will follow you Le. It shall be yours Blan. It shall be yours Le. Kind Monsieur Blanuel Blan. Kind Monsier Lemot Exit Enter Foyes and Martia and Besha Foyes. Come on faire daughter fall to your worke of mind and make your body fit to imbrace the body of this Gentlemans t is art happy are they say I Be. I protest sir you speake the best that euer I heard Fo. I pray sir take acquaintance of my daughter Be. I do desire you of more acquaintance Fo. Why dost not thou say yea and I the same of you Mar. That euery body sayes Fo. O you would be singular Mar. Single indeede Fo. Single indeede that 's a prety toy Your betters dame beare double and so shall you Be. Fxceeding prety did you marke it forsooth Mar. What should I marke forsooth Be. Your bearing double which equificate is hath fit illusion to a horse that beares double for your good father meanes you shall indure your single life no longer not in worse sence then bearing double forsooth Mar. I crie you mercy you know both belike Be. Knowlege forsooth is like a horse and you that can beare double it nourisheth both Bee and Spider the Bee honnisuckle the Spider poyson I am that Bee Mar. I thought so by your stinging witte Be. Lady I am a Bee without a sting no way hurting any but good to all and before all to your sweete selfe Fo. afore God daughter thou art not worthy to heare him speake but who comes here Enter Colinet Co. God saue you sir Fo. You are welcome sir for ought that I know yet Co. I hope I shall be so still sir Fo. What is your busines sir and then I le tell you Co. Marry thus sir the Countesse Morene intreats your faire daughter to beare her company this fore-noone Fo. This forenoone sir doth my Lord or Lady send for her I pray Co. My Lady I assure you Fo. My Lady you assure me very wel sir yet that house is full of gallant Gentlemen dangerous thornes to pricke yong maides I can tell you Co. There are none but honest and honourable Gentlemen Fo. Al is one sir for that I le trust my daughter with any man but no man with my daughter only your selfe Monser Besha whom I wil intreat to be her gardian to bring her home againe Co. I will waite vpon her and it please you Fo No sir your weight vpō her wil not be so good here Monser Besha I deliuer my daughter vnto you a perfect maide and so I pray you looke well vnto her Co. Farewell Monser Foyes Besh. I warrant I le looke vnto her wel enough Mistris will it please you to preambulate Ma. With all my heart Exeunt Enter the puritane Florila What haue I done put on too many clothes the day is hote and I am hoter clad then might suffice health my conscience telles me that I haue offended and I le put them off that will aske time that might be better spent one sin will draw another quickly so see how the diuell tempts but what 's here iewels how should these come here Enter Laberuele Lab. Good morrow louely wife what hast thou there Flo. Iewels my Lord which here I strangely found Lab. That 's strange indeede what where none comes but when your selfe is here surely the heauens haue rained thee iewels for thy holy life and vsing thy olde husbande louingly or else doe Fairies haunt this holy greene as euermore mine auncesters haue thought Flo. Fairies were but in times of ignorance not since the true pure light hath beene reuealed and that they come from heauen I scarce beleeue for iewels are vaine things much gold is giuen for such fantastical fruitlesse iewels and therfore heauen I know wil not maintain the vse of vanitie surely I feare I haue much sinned to stoupe take take them vp bowing my bodie to an idle worke the strength that I haue had to this verie deed might haue beene vsed to take a poore soule vp in the his way Lab. You are too curious wise behold your iewels what me thinks ther 's posies written on thē Dispaire not of children loue with the longest whē man is at the weakest god is at the strongest Wonderfull rare and wittie nay diuine why this is heauenly cōfort for thee wife what is this other God will reward her a thousand folde that takes what age can not what age would The best that euer I heard no mortall braine I thinke did euer vtter such conceit for good plaine matter and for honest rime Flo. Vaine Poetry I pray you burne them sir La. You are to blame wife heauen hath sent you them to decke your self withall like to your self not to go thus like a milk-maid why there is difference in all estats by al religiō Flo. There is no difference Lab. I prethee wife be of another mind and weare these iewels and a veluet hood Flo A veluet hood O vaine diuelish deuise a toy made with a superfluous flap which being cut off my head were still aswarme Diogenes did cast away his dish because his hand would serue to help him drinke surely these heathens shall rise vp against vs Lab. Sure wife I thinke thy keeping alwaies close making thee melancholy is the cause we haue no children and therefore if thou wilt be mery and keepe companie a gods name Flo. Sure my lord if I thought I shold be rid of this same banishment of barrennes and vse our marriage to the end it was made which was for procreation I should sinne if by my keeping house I should neglect the lawful means to be a fruitful mother therfore if it please you I le vse resort Lab. Gods my passion what haue I done who woulde haue thought her purenesse would yeeld so soone to courses of temptations nay harke you wife I am not sure that going abroad will cause fruitfulnesse in you that you know none knowes but God himselfe Flo. I know my lord t is true but the lawfull means must still be vsed Lab. Yea the lawfull meanes indeed must still but now I remember that lawfull meanes is not abroad Flo. Well well I le keepe the house still Lab. Nay heark you lady I would not haue you thinke mary I must tel you this if you shuld change the maner of your life the world would think you changed religion too Flo. T is true I will not go Lab. Nay if you haue a fancie Flo Yea a fancie but that 's no matter La. Indeed fancies are not for iudicial religious womē Enter Catalian like a scholer Cat. God saue your lordship you
proue her see and spare not Lem. Well sir though halfe discouraged in my comming yet I le go forward ladie by your leaue Flo. Nowe sir your cunning in a Ladyes proofe Lem. Madam in prouing you I find no proofe against your piercing glauncings but swear I am shot thorow with your loue Flo. I do beleeue you who will sweare he loues to get the thing he loues not if he loue what needs more perfite triall Lem. Most true rare ladie Flo. Then are we fitly met I loue you too Lem. Exceeding excellent Flo. Nay I knowe you will applaude mee in this course but to let common circumstaunces passe let vs be familiar Lem. Deare life you rauish my conceit with ioy Lab. I long to see the signes that she will make Flo. I told my husband I would make these signes if I resisted first hold vp my finger as if I said yfaith sir you are gone but it shall say yfayth sir we are one Lab. Nowe shee triumphes and pointes to heauen I warrant you Flo. Then must I seeme as if I woulde heare no moret and stoppe your vaine lips go cruell lippes you haue bewitcht me go Lab. Now she stops in his scorned wordes and rates him for his paines Flo. And when I thrust you thus against the breast then are you ouerthrowne both horse and foote Lab. Now is he ouerthrowne both horse and foote Flo. Away vaine man haue I not answered you Lem. Madam I yeeld and sweare I neuer saw so constant nor so vertuous a ladie Lab. Now speake I pray and speake but truly haue you not got a wrong sow by the eare Lem. My lord my labor is not altogether lost for now I find that which I neuer thought Lab. A sirrah is the edge of your steele wit rebated then against her Adamant Lem. It is my Lord yet one word more faire ladie Lab. Faine would he haue it do and it will not be harke you wife what signe will you make mee nowe if you relent not Flo. Lend him my handkercher to wipe his lips of their last disgrace Lab. Excellent good go forward see I pray Flo. An other signe yfaith loue is required Lem. Let him haue signes inowe my heauenly loue then knowe there is a priuate meeting this day at Verones ordinarie where if you will do me the grace to come and bring the beauteous Martia with you I wil prouide a faire and priuate roome where you shal be vnseene of any man onely of me and of the King himselfe whom I will cause to honour your repaire with his high presence and there with Musicke and quicke reuellings you may reuiue your spirits so long time dulled Flo. I le send for Martia then and meete you there and tell my husband I wil locke my selfe in my choise walke till supper-time we pray sir wipe your lips of the disgrace they tooke in their last labour Lem. Mary the diuell was neuer so dispited Lab. Nay stay see Lem. No no my L you haue the constantst wife that euer wel I le say no more Exit Lab. Neuer was minion so disminioned come constancie come my girle I le leaue thee loose to twentie of them yfaith Flo. Come my good head come Exit Enter the King and all the lords with the Trumpets King Why sound these Trumpets in the Diuelles name C. To shew the King comes King To shew the King comes Go hang the Trumpetters they mocke me boldly and euery other thing that makes me knowne not telling what I am but what I seem a King of clouts a scarcrow full of cobwebs spiders and earewigs that sets Iackdawes long tongue in my bosome and vpon my head and such are all the affections of loue swarming in me without commaund or reason Lem. Howe nowe my liege what quackemyred in Philosophie bounde with loues whipcorde and quite robbed of reason and I le giue you a receyte for this presently King Peace Lemot they say the yong lord Dowseger is rarely learned and nothing lunatike as men suppose but hateth companie and worldly trash the iudgement and the iust contempt of them haue in reason arguments that breake affection as the most sacred Poets write and still the roughest wind and his rare humour come we now to heare Lem. Yea but hearke you my hege I le tell you a better humour then that here presently will be your faire loue Martia to see his humour and from thence faire countesse Florula she will go vnto Verones ordinarie where none but you and I and Count Moren will be most merry King Why Count Moren I hope dares not aduenture into any womans companie but his wiues Lem. Yes as I will worke my liege and then let me alone to keepe him there till his wife comes King That will be royall sport see where all comes welcome faire lords and ladies Enter Laberuele Labesha and all the rest Lab. My liege you are welcome to my poore house Lem. I pray my liege know this Gentleman especially he is a Gentleman borne I can tell you King With all my heart what might I call your name Lab. Monsieur Labesha siniora defoulasa Ki. Defoulasa an il sounding barendrie of my word but to the purpose lord Laberuele we are come to see the humour of your rare sonne which by some meanes I pray let vs pertake La. Your highnes shal too vnworthily pertake the sight which I with griese and teares daily behold seeing in him the end of my poore house King You know not that my lord your wife is yong and he perhaps hereafter may be mooued to more societie La. Would to God hee would that wee might do to your crowne of France more worthy and more acceptable seruice King Thanks good my lord see where he appeeres Enter Lauele with a picture and a paire of large hose and a codpeece and a sword K. Say Lauel where is your friend the young lord Dowsecer La. I looke my liege he will be here anone but then I must intreat your Maiestie and all the rest to stand vnseen for he as yet will brooke no companie King We will stand close Lauele but wherefore bring you this apparell that picture and that sword Lau. To put him by the sight of them in mind of their braue states that vse them or that at the least of the true vse they should be put vnto King Indeede the sence doth still stir vp the soule and though these obiects do not worke yet it is very probable in time she may at least we shal discerne his humor of theÌ„ Lem. See where he comes contemplating stand close Enter Dowsecer Quid Dei potes videri magnum in rebus humanis quae aeterni omnes to thy â—sque notas sic omnibus magna tutor what can seeme strange to him on earthly things to whom the whole course of eternitie and the round compasse of the world is knowne a speech diuine but yet I maruaile much how it should spring from thee Marke
sodaine straunge behauiour Lem. Beare with him yet my Lord t is but his humour come what shall we go to Verones ordinarie Lab. Yea for Gods sake for I am passing hungry Mor. Yea come Monsieur Lemot will you walke Count What will you go Mor. Yea sweet bird I haue promised so Count Go to you shall not go and leaue me alone Mor. For one meale gentle bird Veron inuites vs to buy some iewels he hath brought of late from Italie I le buy the best and bring it thee so thou wilt let me go Count Well said flattering Fabian but tel me then what ladies will be there Mor. Ladies why none Lem. No ladies vse to come to ordinaries Madam Count Go to bird tell me now the very truth Mor. None of mine honour bird you neuer heard that ladies came to ordinaries Count O that 's because I should not go with you Mar. Why t is not fit you should Cou. Well heark you bird of my word you shall not go vnlesse you will sweare to me you will neither court nor kisse a dame in any sort till you come home againe Mar. Why I sweare I will not Count Go to by this kisse Mar. Yea by this kisse Foies. Martia learne by this when you are a wife Lab. I like the kissing well Flo. My lord I le leaue you your sonne Dowsecer hath made me melancholy with his humour and I le go locke my selfe in my close walke till supper time Lab. What and not dine to day Flo. No my good head come Martia you and I will fast togither Mar. With all my heart Madam Exit Lab. Well Gentlemen I le go see my sonne Exit Foy. Birlady Gentlemen I le go home to dinner Labe. Home to dinner birlord but you shall not you shall go with vs to the ordinarie where you shall meete Gentlemen of so good carriage and passing cōplements it will do your hart good to see them why you neuer saw the best sort of Gentlemen if not at ordinaries Foy I promise you that 's rare my lord and Monsieur Lemot I le meet you there presently Lem. Wee le expect your comming Exeunt all Enter Uerone with his Napkin vpon his shoulder and his man Iaques with another and his sonne bringing in cloth and napkins Uer. Come on my maisters shadow these tables with their white vailes accomplish the court Cupboord waite diligently to day for my credite and your owne that if the meate should chance to be raw yet your behauiors being neither rude nor raw may excuse it or if the meate should chaunce to be tough be you tender ouer them in your attendance that the one may beare with the other Iaq. Faith some of them bee so hard to please finding fault with your cheere and discommending your wine saying they fare better at Verones for halfe the mony Boy Besides if there be any cheboules in your napkins they say your nose or ours haue dropt on them and then they throw them about the house Uer. But these bee small faultes you may beare with the young Gentlemen and wilde heades will be doing Enter the Maide Maid Come whose wit was it to couer in this roome name in the of God I trowee Boy Why I hope this roome is as faire as the other Maid In your foolish opinion you might haue tolde a wise body so and kept your selfe a foole still Boy I cry you mercie how bitter you are in your prouerbs Maid So bitter I am sir Uer. O sweet Sateena I dare not say I loue thee Iaq. Must you controule vs you proud baggage you Maid Baggage you are a knaue to call me baggage Iaq. A knaue my maister shall know that Ver. I will not see them Iaq. Maister here is your Maid vses her selfe so sawsily that one house shall not holde vs two long God willing Uer. Come hither huswife Pardon mee sweete Iacenan I must make an angry face outwardly though I smile inwardly Maid Say what you will to me sir Ver. O you are a fine Gossip can I not keepe honest seruants in my house but you must controule them you must be their mistres Maid Why I did but take vp the cloth because my mistresse would haue the dinner in an other roome and hee called me baggage Iaq. You called me knaue and foole I thanke you small bones Ma. Go to go to she were wise enough would talke with you Boy Go thy waies for the prowdest harlotrie that euer came in our house Ver. Let her alone boy I haue scoold her I warant thee she shall not be my maide long if I can helpe it Boy No I thinke so sir but what shal I take vppe the cloath Ue. No let the cloth lie hither thei le com first I am sure of it then If they will dine in the other roome they shal Enter Rol Ro. Good morrow my host is no body come yet Ue. Your worship is the first sir Ro. I was inuited by my cosen Colinet to see your iewells Ve. I thanke his worship and yours Ro. Here 's a prettie place for an ordinarie I am very sory I haue not vsed to come to ordinaries Ve. I hope we shall haue your company hereafter Ro. You are very like so Enter Berger Ber. Good morrow my host good morrow good Monsieur Rowle Ro. Good morrow to you sir Ber. What are we two the first giue 's the cardes here come this gentleman and I wil go to cardes while dinner be ready Ro. No truly I cannot play at cardes Ber. How not play O for shame say not so how can a yong gentleman spend his time but in play and in courting his Mistris come use this least youth take too much of the other Ro. Faith I cannot play and yet I care not so much to venture two or three crownes with you Ber. O I thought what I shuld find of you I pray God I haue not met with my match Ro. No trust me sir I cannot play Ber. Hearke you my host haue you a pipe of good Tabacco Ue. The best in the towne boy drie a leafe Boy There 's none in the house sir Ve. Drie a docke leafe Be. My host do you know Monsieur Blanuel Ue. Yea passing well sir Be. Why he was taken learning trickes at old Lucilas house the muster mistris of all the smocktearers in Paris and both the bawde and the pander were carried to the dungeon Ve. There was dungeon vpon dungeon but call you her the muster-mistris of al the smocktearers in Paris Be. Yea for she hath them all trained vp afore her Enter Blanuel Bla. Good morow my host good morow gentlemen al Ue. Good morow Monsieur Blanuel I am glad of your quicke deliuery Bla. Deliuery what didst thou thinke I was with child Ve. Yea of a dungeon Bla. Why how knew you that Ro. Why Berger told vs Bla. Berger who told you of it Be. One that I heard by the lord Bla O excellent you are still playing the wagge Enter Lemot