ease the griefe your daughter did sustain Shee should meete Sir William masked as I it were This put in proofe did take so good effect As yet it seemes his grace is not resolued But it was I which he conueid awaie William May this be true It cannot be but true Was it Ladie Blaunch which I conueid awaie Vnconstant Mariana Thus to deale with him which ment to thee nought but faith Blaunch Pardon deere father my follyes that are past Wherein I haue neglected me dutie Which I in reuerence ought to shew your grace For led by loue I thus haue gone astray And now repent the errors I was in Zweno Stand vp deare daughter though thy fault deserues For to be punisht in the extremest sort Yet loue that couers multitude of sinns Makes loue in parents winke at childrens faults Sufficeth Blaunch thy father loues thee so Thy follies past he knowes but will not know And here Duke VVilliam take my daughter to thy wife For well I am assured she loues thee well William A proper coniuntion as who should saie Lately come out of the fyer I would goe thrust my selfe into the flame Let Maistres nice goe Saint it where she list And coyly quaint it with dissembling face I hold in scorne the fooleries that they vse I being free will neuer subiect my selfe to any such as shee is vnderneth the Sunne Zweno Refusest thou to take my daughter to thy wife I tel thee Duke this rash deniall May bring more mischiefe on thee then thou canst avoide William Conseit hath wrought such generall dislike Through the false dealing of Mariana That vtterly I doe abhore their sex They are all disloyall vnconstant all vniust Who tryes as I haue tryed And findes as I haue founde Will saie ther 's no such creatures on the ground Blanch Vnconstant Knight though some deserue no trust Ther 's others faithfull louing loyall iust Enter to them Valingford with Em and the Miller and Mountney and Manuile and Elner Willi. How now Lord Valingford what makes these women here Valing. Here be two women may it please your grace that are contracted to one man And are in strife whether shall haue him to their husband William Stand foorth women and saie To whether of you did he first giue his faith Em To me forsooth Elner To me my gratious Lord VVilliam Speak Manuile to whether didst thou giue thy faith Manuile To saie the troth this maide had first my loue Elner Yea Manuile but there was no witnesse by Em Thy conscience Manuile a hundred witnesses Elner Shee hath stolne a conscience to serue her own turne But you are deceiued yfaith he will none of you Manuile In deede dred Lord so deere I held her loue As in the same I put my whole delight But some impediments which at that instant hapned Made me forsake her quite For which I had her fathers franke consent William What were the impediments Manuile Why shee could neither heare nor see VVilliam Now shee doth both Mayden how were you cured Em Pardon my Lord I le tell your grace the troth Be it not imputed to mee as discredite I loued this Manuile so much that still methought When he was absent did present to mee The forme and feature of that countenance Which I did shrine an ydoll in mine heart And neuer could I see a man methought That equald Manuile in my partiall eye Nor was there any loue betweene vs lost But that I held the same in high regard Vntill repaire of some vnto our house Of whome my Manuile grewe thus iealous As if he tooke exception I vouchsafed To heare them speake or saw them when they came On which I straight tooke order with my selfe To voide the scrupule of his conscience By counterfaiting that I neither sawe nor heard Any wayes to rid my hands of them All this I did to keepe my Manuiles loue Which he vnkindly seekes for to rewarde Manuile And did my Em to keepe her faith with mee Dissemble that shee neither heard nor sawe Pardon me sweet Em for I am onely thine Em Lay off thy hands disloyall as thou art Nor shalt thou haue possession of my loue That canst so finely shift thy matters off Put case I had beene blinde and could not see As often times such visitations falles That pleaseth God which all things doth dispose Shouldest thou forsake mee in regard of that I tell thee Manuile hadst thou beene blinde Or deafe or dumbe or else what impediments might befall to man Em would haue loued and kept And honoured thee yea begde if wealth had faylde For thy releefe Manuile Forgiue mee sweete Em Em I do forgiue thee with my heart And will forget thee too if case I can But neuer speake to mee nor seeme to know mee Manuile Then farewell frost Well fare a wench that will Now Elner I am thine owne my gyrle Elner Mine Manuile thou neuer shalt be myne I so detest thy villanie That whilest I liue I will abhor thy company Manuile Is it come to this of late I had choyce of twaine On either side to haue me to her husband And now am vtterly reiected of them both Valingford My Lord this gentleman when time was Stood some thing in our light And now I thinke it not a misse To laugh at him that sometime scorned at vs Mountney Content my Lord inuent the forme Valingford Then thus William I see that women are not generall euils Blanch is faire Methinkes I see in her A modest countenance a heauenly blush Zweno receiue a reconciled foe Not as thy friend but as thy sonne in law If so that thou be thus content Zweno I ioy to see your grace so tractable Here take my daughter Blanch And after my desease the Denmark crowne William Now sir how stands the case with you Manuile I partly am perswaded as your grace is My lord he is best at ease that medleth least Valingford Sir may a man be so bolde As to craue a word with you Manuile Yea two or three what are they Valingford I say this maide will haue thee to her husband Mountney And I say this and therof will I lay an hundred pound Valingf. And I say this whereon I will lay as much Manuile And I say neither what say you to that Mountney If that be true then are we both deceiued Manuile Why it is true and you are both deceiued Marques In mine eyes this is the proprest wench Might I aduise thee take her vnto thy wife Zweno It seemes to me shee hath refused him Marques Why there 's the spite Zweno If one refuse him yet may he haue the other Marques He will aske but her good will and all her friends Zweno Might I aduise thee let them both alone Manuile Yea that 's the course and thereon wil I stand Such idle loue hencefoorth I will detest Valingford The Foxe will eat no grapes and why Mountney I know full well because they hang too hye William And may it be a Millers daughter by her birth I cannot thinke but shee is better borne Valingford Sir Thomas Goddard hight this reuerent man Famed for his vertues and his good successe Whose fame hath beene renowmed through the world VVilliam Sir Thomas Goddard welcome to thy Prince And faire Em frolike with thy good father As glad am I to finde Sir Thomas Goddard As good Sir Edmund Treford on the plaines He like a sheepheard and thou our countrie Miller Miller And longer let not Goddard liue a day Then he in honour loues his soueraigne VVilliam But say Sir Thomas shall I giue thy daughter Miller Goddard and all that he hath Doth rest at the pleasure of your Maiestie William And what sayes Em to louely Valingford It seemde he loued you well That for your sake durst leaue his King Em Em restes at the pleasure of your highnes And would I were a wife for his desert William Then here Lord Valingford Receiue faire Em. Here take her make her thy espoused wife Then goe we in that preparation may be made to see these nuptials solemly performed Exeunt all Sound drummes and Trumpets FINIS Here he taketh Em about the necke Manuile hiding him selfe Here enters Sir Robert rr of Windsor for with a Gaylor
and his daughter Elner and Manuile Citizen In deed sir it would do verie well If you could intreat your father to come hither But if you thinke it be too farr I care not much to take horse and ride to Manchester I am sure my daughter is content with either How saiest thou Elner art thou not Elner As you shall think best I must be contented Manuile Well Elner farwell onely thus much I pray make all things in a readines Either to serue here or to carry thither with vs Citizen As for that sir take you no care And so I betake you to your iournie Enter Valingford But soft what gentleman is this Valingf. God speed sir might a man craue a word or two with you Citizen God forbid els sir I praye you speake your pleasure Valingford The gentleman that parted from you was he not Of Manchester his father lyuing there of good account Citizen Yes mary is he sir why doe you aske Belike you haue had some acquaintance with him Valingford I haue beene acquainted in times past But through his double dealing I am growen werie of his companie For be it spoken to you He hath beene acquainted with a poore millers daughter And diuers tymes hath promist her mariage But what with his delayes and floutes He hath brought her into such a taking That I feare me it will cost her her life Citizen To be playne with you sir His father and I haue beene of old acquaintance And a motion was made Beteewene my daughter and his sonne Which is now throughly agreed vpon Saue onely the place appoynted for the mariage Whether it shall be kept here or at Manchester And for no other occasion he is now ridden Elner What hath he done to you That you should speake so ill of the man Valingford Oh gentlewoman I crie you mercie He is your husband that shal be Elner If I knew this to be true He should not be my husband were he neuer so good And therefore good father I would desire you to take the paines To beare this gentleman companie to Manchester to know whether this be true or no Citizen Now trust me gentleman he deales with me verie hardly Knowing how well I ment to him But I care not much to ride to Manchester To know whether his fathers will be He should deale with me so badlie Will it please you sir to goe in we will presently take horse awaie Valingford If it please you to go in I le followe you presently Exit Elner and her father Now shall I be reuenged on Manuile And by this meanes get Em to my wife And therefore I will strayght to her fathers And informe them both of all that is hapned Exit Enter William the Ambassador of Denmarke Demarch and other attendants William What newes with the Denmark Embassador Embassador Mary thus the King of Denmark and my Soueraine Doth send to know of thee what is the cause That iniuriously against the law of armes Thou hast stolen awaie his onely daughter Blaunch The onely staie and comfort of his life Therefore by me he willeth thee to send his daughter Blaunch Or else foorthwith he will leuy such an hoste As soone shall fetch her in dispite of thee William Embassador this answer I retorne thy King He willeth me to send his daughter Blaunch Saying I conuaid her from the Danish court That neuer yet did once as think thereof As for his menacing and daunting threats I nill regard him nor his Danish power For if he come to fetch her foorth my Realme I will prouide him such a banquet here That he shall haue small cause to giue me thanks Embassador Is this your answer then William It is and so begone Embassador I goe but to your cost Exit AmBassador William Demarch our subiects earst leuied in ciuill broyles Musterd foorthwith for to defend the Realme In hope whereof that we shall find you true We freely pardon this thy late offence Demarch Most humble thanks I render to your grace Exeunt Enter the Miller and Valingford Miller Alas gentleman why should you trouble your self so much Considering the imperfections of my daughter Which is able to with-drawe the loue of any man from her As alreadie it hath done in her first choyce Maister Manuile hath forsaken her And at Chester shal be maried to a mans daughter of no little wealth But if my daughter knew so much It would goe verie neere her heart I feare me Valing Father miller such is the entyre affection to your daughter As no misfortune whatsoeuer can alter My fellow Mountney thou seeste gaue quicly ouer But I by reason of my good meaning Am not so soone to be changed Although I am borne off with scornes and deniall Enter Em to them Miller Trust me sir I know not what to saie My daughter is not to be compelled by me But here she comes herself speake to her and spare not For I neuer was troubled with loue matters so much before Em Good Lord shall I neuer be rid of this importunate man Now must I dissemble blyndnes againe Once more for thy sake Manuile thus am I inforced Because I shall complete my full resolued mynde to thee Father where are you Miller Here sweete Em answer this gentleman That would so fayne enioye thy loue Em Where are you sir wil you neuer leaue This idle and vaine pursuite of loue Is not England stord enought to content you But you must still trouble the poore Contemptible mayd of Manchester Valing. None can content me but the fayre maide of Manchester Em I perceiue loue is vainly described That being blynd himselfe Would haue you likewise troubled with a blinde wife Hauing the benefite of your eyes But neither follow him so much in follie But loue one in whome you may better delight Valingford Father Miller thy daughter shall haue honor By graunting mee her loue I am a Gentleman of king Williams Court And no meane man in king Williams fauour Em If you be a Lorde syr as you saye You offer both yourselfe and mee great wrong Yours as apparant in limitting your loue so vnorderly For which you rashly endure reprochement Mine as open and euident When being shut from the vanities of this world you would haue me as an open gazing stock to all the world For lust not loue leades you into this error But from the one I will keepe me as well as I can And yeeld the other to none but to my father As I am bound by duetie Valingford Why faire Em Manuile hath forsaken thee And must at Chester be married which If I speake otherwise than true Let thy father speake what credibly he hath heard Em But can it be Manuile will deale so vnkindly To reward my iustice with such monstrous vngentlenes Haue I dissembled for thy sake And doest thou now thus requite it In deede these many daies I haue not seene him Which hath made me marueile at his long
A Pleasant Commodie of faire Em the Millers daughter of Manchester VVith the loue of William the Conqueror As it was sundrie times publiquely acted in the honourable citie of London by the right honourable the Lord Strange his seruaunts Imprinted at London for T.N. and I.VV. and are to be solde in S. Dunstones Church-yarde in Fleete-streete A Pleasant Commodie of faire Em the Millers daughter of Manchester With the loue of William the Conquerour Actus Primus Scaena prima Enter William the Conqueror Marques Lubeck with a picture Mountney Manuile Valingford and Duke Dirot Marques WHat meanes faire Britaines mighty Conqueror So suddenly to cast away his staffe And all in passion to forsake the tylt D. Dirot My Lord this triumph we solemnise here Is for meere loue to your increasing ioyes Only expecting cheerefull lookes for all What sudden pangs than moues your maiestie To dimme the brightnes of the day with frownes W. Conqueror Ah good my Lords misconster not the cause At least suspect not my displeased browes I amorously do beare to your intent For thanks and all that you can wish I yeeld But that which makes me blush and shame to tell Is cause why thus I turne my conquering eyes To cowardes lookes and beaten fantasies Mountney Since wee are giltlesse wee the lesse dismay To see this sudden change possesse your cheere For if it issue from your owne conceits Bred by suggestion of some enuious thoughts Your highnes wisdome may suppresse it straight Yet tell vs good my Lord what thought it is That thus bereaues you of your late content That in aduise we may assist your grace Or bend our forces to reuiue your spirits W Con. Ah Marques Lubeck in thy power it lyes To rid my bosome of these thraled dumps And therefore good my Lords forbeare awhile That we may parley of these priuate cares Whose strength subdues me more than all the world Valingford We goe and wishe thee priuate conference Publicke affectes in this accustomed peace Exit all but William and the Marques William Now Marques must a Conquerer at armes disclose himselfe thrald to vnarmed thoughts And threatned of a shaddowe yeeld to lust No sooner had my sparkeling eyes beheld The flames of beautie blasing on this peece But sodenly a sence of myracle Imagined on thy louely Maistres face Made me abandon bodily regarde And cast all pleasures on my woonded soule Then gentle Marques tell me what she is That thus thou honourest on thy warlike shield And if thy loue and interest be such As iustly may giue place to myne That if it be my soule with honors wings May fly into the bosome of my deere Yf not close them and stoope into my graue Marques Yf this be all renowned Conquerer Aduance your drooping spirites and reuiue The wonted courage of your Conquering minde For this faire picture painted on my shield Is the true counterfeit of loveli Blaunch Princes and daughter to the King of Danes Whose beautie and excesse of ornamentes Deserues another manner of defence Pompe and high person to attend her state Then Marques Lubeck any way presents Therefore her vertues I resigne to thee Alreadie shrinde in thy religious brest To be aduaunced and honoured to the full Nor beare I this an argument of loue But to renowne faire Blaunch my Soueraignes child In euerie place where I by armes may do it William Ah Marques thy wordes bring heauen vnto my soule And had I heauen to giue for thy reward Thou shouldst be thronde in no vnworthie place But let my vttermost wealth suffice thy worth Which here I vowe and to aspire the blisse That hangs on quicke atchiuement of my loue Thy selfe and I will traueile in disguise To bring this Ladie to our Brittaine Court Marques Let VVilliam but bethinke what may auayle And let me die if I denie my ayde VVilliam Then thus the Duke Dirot and Th erle Dimach Will I leaue substitutes to rule my Realme While mightie loue forbids my being here And in the name of Sir Robert of VVindsor Will goe with thee vnto the Danish Court Keepe VVilliams secretes Marques if thou loue him Bright Blaunch I come sweete fortune fauour me And I will laud thy name eternally Exeunt Enter the Miller and Em his daughter Miller Come daughter we must learne to shake of pomp To leaue the state that earst beseemd a Knight And gentleman of no meane discent To vndertake this homelie millers trade Thus must we maske to saue our wretched liues Threatned by Conquest of this haplesse Yle Whose sad inuasions by the Conqueror Haue made a number such as we subiect Their gentle neckes vnto their stubborne yoke Of drudging labour and base pesantrie Sir Thomas Godard now old Goddard is Goddard the miller of faire Manchester Why should not I content me with this state As good Sir Edmund Trofferd did the flail And thou sweete Em must stoope to high estate To ioyne with mine that thus we may protect Our harmeles liues which ledd in greater port Would be an enuious obiect to our foes That seeke to roote all Britaines Gentrie From bearing countenance against their tyrannie Em Good Father let my full resolued thoughts With setled patiens to support this chaunce Be some poore comfort to your aged soule For therein restes the height of my estate That you are pleased with this deiection And that all toyles my hands may vndertake May serue to worke your worthines content Miller Thankes my deere Daughter these thy plesant words Transferre my soule into a second heauen And in thy setled minde my ioyes consist My state reuyued and I in former plight Although our outward pomp be thus abased And thralde to drudging stayless of the world Let vs retaine those honorable mindes That lately gouerned our superior state Wherein true gentrie is the only meane That makes vs differ from base millers borne Though we expect no knightly delicates Nor thirst in soule for former soueraintie Yet may our myndes as highly scorne to stoope To base desires of vulgars worldlynes As if we were in our presedent way And louely daughter since thy youthfull yeares Must needes admit as yong affections And that sweete loue vnpartiall perceiues Her daintie subiects through euery part In chiefe receiue these lessons from my lippes The true discouerers of a Virgins due Now requisite now that I know thy mynde Somthing enclynde to fauour Manuils sute A gentleman thy Louer in protest And that thou maist not be by loue deceiued But trye his meaning fit for thy desert In pursuite of all amorous desires Regard thine honour Let not vehement sighes Nor earnest vowes importing feruent loue Render thee subiect to the wrath of lust For that transformed to former sweete delight Will bring thy bodie and thy soule to shame Chaste thoughts and modest conuersations Of proofe to keepe out all inchaunting vowes Vaine sighes forst teares and pittifull aspectes Are they that make deformed Ladies faire Poore wretch and such intycing men
That seeke of all but onely present grace Shall in perseuerance of a Virgins due Prefer the most refusers to the choyce Of such a soule as yeelded what they thought But hoe where is Trotter Here enters Trotter the Millers man to them And they within call to him for their gryste Trotter Where 's Trotter why Trotter is here yfaith you and your daughter go vp and downe weeping And wamenting and keeping of a wamentation As who should saye the Mill would go with your wamenting Miller How now Trotter why complainest thou so Trotter Why yonder is a company of yong men and maydes Keepe such a styr for their grist that they would haue it before my stones be readie to grinde it But yfaith I would I coulde breake winde enough backward you should not tarrie for your gryst I warrant you Miller Content thee Trotter I will go pacifie them Trotter Iwis you will when I cannot Why looke You haue a Mill Why what 's your Mill without mee Or rather Mistres what were I without you Em Nay Trotter if you fall achyding I wil giue you ouer Trotter I chyde you dame to amend you You are too fyne to be a Millers daughter For if you should but stoope to take vp the tole dish You will haue the crampe in your finger At least ten weekes after Miller Ah well said Trotter teach her to plaie the good huswife And thou shalt haue her to thy wife if thou canst get her good will Trotter Ah words wherein I see Matrimonie come loaden With kisses to salute me Now let me alone to pick the Mill To fill the hopper to take the tole to mend the sayles Yea and to make the mill to goe with the verie force of my loue Here they must call for their gryst within Trotter I come I come yfaith now you shall haue your gryst Or else Trotter will trot and amble himselfe to death They call him againe Exit Enter king of Denmarke with some attendants Blanch his daughter Mariana Marques Lubeck VVilliam disguised King of Denmarke Lord Marques Lubecke welcome home Welcome braue Knight vnto the Denmarke King For Williams sake the noble Norman Duke So famous for his fortunes and successe That graceth him with name of Conqueror Right double welcome must thou be to vs Rob. VVindsor And to my Lord the king shall I recount Your graces courteous entertainment That for his sake vouchsafe to honor me A simple Knight attendant on his grace King Den. But saie Sir Knight what may I call your name Robert VVindsor Robert Windsor and like your Maiestie King Den. I tell thee Robert I so admire the man As that I count it haynous guilt in him That honors not Duke William with his heart Blanch bid this straunger welcome good my gyrle Blanch Sir should I neglect your highnes charge herein It might be thought of base discourtesie Welcome Sir Knight to Denmarke hartelie Ro. VVinds. Thanks gentle Ladie Lord Marques what is shee Lubeck That same is Blanch daughter to the King The substance of the shadow that you saw Rob. windsor May this be shee for whome I crost the Seas I am ashamde to think I was so fond In whom ther 's nothing that contents my mynd Ill hued worse featurde vncomly nothing courtly Swart and ill fauoured a Colliers sanguin skinne I neuer sawe a harder fauourd slut Loue her for what I can no whit abide her King of Denmark Mariana I haue this day receiued letters From Swethia that lets me vnderstand your raunsome is collecting there with speede And shortly shal be hither sent to vs Mariana Not that I finde occasion of mislike My entertainment in your graces court But that I long to see my natiue home king Den. And reason haue you Madam for the same Lord Marques I commit vnto your charge The entertainement of Sir Robert here Let him remaine with you within the Court In solace and disport to spend the time Exit king of Denmarke Robert Wind. I thank your hightnes whose bounden I remaine Blanch speaketh this secretly at one end of the stage Vnhappie Blanch what strange effects are these That workes within my thoughts confusedly That still me thinks affection drawes me on To take to like nay more to loue this Knight Robert Wind. A modest countenance no heauie sullen looke Not verie fayer but ritchly deckt with fauour A sweete face an exceding daintie hand A bodie were it framed of wax By all the cunning artists of the world It could not better be proportioned Lubeck How now Sir Robert in a studie man Here is no tyme for contemplation Robert Windsor My Lord there is a certaine odd conceite Which on the sudden greatly troubles me Lubeck How like you Blaunch I partly do perceiue The little boy hath played the wagg with you Sir Robert The more I looke the more I loue to looke Who seyes that Mariana is not faire I le gage my gauntlet gainst the enuious man That dares auowe there liueth her compare Lubeck Sir Robert you mistake your counterfeit This is the Ladie which you came to see Sir Robert yea my Lord Shee is counterfait in deede For there is the substance that best contents me Lubek That is my loue Sir Robert you do wrong me Robert The better for you sir she is your Loue As for the wrong I see not how it growes Lubeck In seeking that which is anothers right Robert As who should saie your loue were priuileged That none might looke vpon her but your selfe Lubeck These iarres becomes not our familiaritie Nor will I stand on termes to moue your patience Robert Why my Lord am not I of flesh and bloud as well as you Then giue me leaue to loue as well as you Lubeck To Loue Sir Robert but whome not she I Loue Nor stands it with the honor of my state To brooke corriuals with me in my loue Robert So Sir we are thorough for that L. Ladies farewell Lord Marques will you go I will finde a time to speake with her I trowe Lubeck With all my heart Come Ladies wil you walk Exit Enter Manuile alone disguised Manuile Ah Em the subiect of my restlesse thoughts The Anuyle whereupon my heart doth beate Framing thy state to thy desert Full yll this life becomes thy heauenly looke Wherein sweete loue and vertue sits enthroned Bad world where riches is esteemd aboue them both In whose base eyes nought else is bountifull A Millers daughter sayes the multitude Should not be loued of a Gentleman But let them breath their soules into the ayre Yet will I still affect thee as my selfe So thou be constant in thy plighted vowe But here comes one I wil listen to his talke Enter Valingford at another dore disguised Valingford Goe William Conqueror and seeke thy loue Seeke thou a mynion in a forren land Whilest I drawe back and court my loue at home The millers daughter of faire Manchester Hath bound my feete to this delightsome
soyle And from her eyes do dart such golden beames That holdes my harte in her subiection Manuile He ruminates on my beloued choyce God graunt he come not to preuent my hope But here 's another him I le listen to Enter Mountney disguised at another dore L. Mountney Nature vniust in vtterance of thy arte To grace a pesant with a Princes fame Pesant am I so to misterme my loue Although a millers daughter by her birth Yet may her beautie and her vertues well suffice To hyde the blemish of her birth in hell Where neither enuious eyes nor thought can perce But endlesse darknesse euer smother it Goe William Conqueror and seeke thy loue Whilest I drawe back and court mine owne the while Decking her bodie with such costly robes As may become her beauties worthynes That so thy labors may be laughed to scorne And she thou seekest in forraine regions Be darkened and eclipst when she arriues By one that I haue chosen neerer home Manuile What comes he to to intercept my loue Then hye thee Manuile to forestall such foes Exit Manuile Mountney What now Lord Valingford are you behind The king had chosen you to goe with him Valingford So chose he you therefore I marueile much That both of vs should linger in this sort What may the king imagine of our staye Mountney The king may iustly think we are to blame But I immagined I might well be spared And that no other man had borne my mind Valingford The like did I in frendship then resolue What is the cause of your vnlookt for stay Mountney Lord Valingford I tell thee as a friend Loue is the cause why I haue stayed behind Valinford Loue my Lord of whome Mountney Em the millers daughter of Manchester Valingford But may this be Mountney Why not my Lord I hope full well you know That loue respectes no difference of state So beautie serue to stirr affection Valingford But this it is that makes me wonder most That you and I should be of one conseite In such a straunge vnlikly passion Mountney But is that true my Lord I hope you do but iest Valingford I would I did then were my griefe the lesse Mountney Nay neuer grieue for if the cause be such To ioyne our thoughts in such a Simpathy All enuie set asyde let vs agree To yeeld to eythers fortune in this choyce Valingford Content say I and what so ere befall Shake hands my Lord and fortune thriue at all Exeunt Enter Em and Trotter the Millers man with a kerchife on his head and an Vrinall in his hand Em Trotter where haue you beene Trotter Where haue I bene why what signifies this Em A kerchiefe doth it not Trotter What call you this I praye Em I saie it is an Vrinall Trotter Then this is mystically to giue you to vnderstand I haue beene at the Phismicaries house Em How long hast thou beene sicke Trotter Yfaith euen as long as I haue not beene halfe well And that hath beene a long time Em A loytering time I rather immagine Trot. It may be so but the Phismicary tels me that you can help me Em Why any thing I can do for recouerie of thy health Be right well assured of Trot. Then giue me your hand Em To what end Trot. That the ending of an old indenture Is the beginning of a new bargaine Em What bargaine Trot. That you promised to do any thing to recouer my helth Em On that condition I giue thee my hand Trot. Ah sweete Em Here he offers to kisse her Em How now Trotter your maisters daughter Trot. Yfaith I aime at the fairest Ah Em sweet Em fresh as the flowre That hath poure to wound my harte And ease my smart of me poore theefe In prison bounde Em So all your ryme lies on the grounde But what meanes this Trot. Ah marke the deuise For thee my loue full sicke I was in hazard of my life Thy promise was to make me whole and for to be my wife Let me inioye my loue my deere And thou possesse thy Trottter here Em But I meant no such matter Trot. Yes woos but you did I le goe to our Parson Sir Iohn And he shall mumble vp the marriage out of hand Em But here comes one that will forbid the Banes Here Enters Manuile to them Trotter Ah Sir you come too late Manuile What remedie Trotter Em Goe Trotter my father calles Trotter Would you haue me goe in and leaue you two here Em Why darest thou not trust me Trotter Yes faith euen as long as I see you Em Goe thy waies I praye thee hartely Trotter That same word hartely is of great force I will goe but I praye sir beware you Come not too neere the wench Exit Trotter Manuile I am greatly beholding to you Ah Maistres somtime I might haue said my loue But time and fortune hath bereued me of that And I am abiect in those gratious eyes That with remorse earst sawe into my griefe May sit and sigh the sorowes of my heart Em In deede my Manuile hath some cause to doubt When such a Swaine is riuall in his loue Manuile Ah Em were he the man that causeth this mistrust I should esteeme of thee as at the first Em But is my loue in earnest all this while Manuile Beleeue me Em it is not time to iest VVhen others ioyes what lately I possest Em If touching loue my Manuile charge me thus Vnkindly must I take it at his handes For that my conscience cleeres me of offence Manuile Ah impudent and shamelesse in thy ill That with thy cunning and defraudfull toung Seekese to delude the honest meaning minde Was neuer heard in Manchester before Of truer loue then hath beene betwixte vs twaine And for my parte how I haue hazarded Displeasure of my father and my freindes Thy selfe can witnes Yet notwithstanding this Two genlemen attending on Duke William Mountney and Valingford as I heard them named Oft times resort to see and to be seene Walking the streete fast by thy fathers dore VVhose glauncing eyes vp to the windowes cast Giues testes of their Maisters amorous hart This Em is noted and too much talked on Some see it without mistrust of ill Others there are that scorning grynne thereat And saith there goes the millers daughters wooers Ah me whome chiefely and most of all it doth concerne To spend my time in griefe and vexe my soule To thinke my loue should be rewarded thus And for thy sake abhore all women kind Em May not a maide looke vpon a man Without suspitious iudgement of the world Manuile If sight do moue offence it is the better not to see But thou didst more vnconstant as thou art For with them thou hadst talke and conference Em May not a maide talke with a man without mistrust Manuile Not with such men suspected amorous Em I grieue to see my Manuiles ielosie Manuile Ah Em faithfull loue is full of ielosie So did I
They came to craue his good will Valinford It is giuen vs to vnderstand that your daughter Is sodenly become both blind and deafe Miller Marie God for bid I haue sent for her in deed She hath kept her chamber this three daies It were no litle griefe to me if it should be so Manuile This is Gods iudgement for her trecherie Enter Trotter leading Em Miller Gentlemen I feare your wordes are two true See where Trotter comes leading of her What ayles my Em not blind I hope Em Mountney and Valingford both together And Manuile to whom I haue faithfullie vowed my loue Now Em suddenly helpe thy selfe Mountney This is no desembling Valingford Valingford If it be it is cunningly contriued of all sides Em Trotter lend me thy hand And as thou louest me keepe my counsell And iustifie what so euer I saie and I le largely requite thee Trotter Ah that 's as much as to saie you would tell a monstrous Terrible horrible outragious lie And I shall sooth it no berladie Em My present extremitie wills me if thou loue me Trotter Trotter That same word loue makes me to doe any thing Em Trotter where 's my father He thrusts Em vpon her father Trotter Why what a blynd dunce are you can you not see He standeth right before you Em Is this my father Good father giue me leaue to sit Where I may not be disturbed Sith God hath visited me both of my sight and hearing Miller Tell me sweete Em how came this blindnes Thy eyes are louely to looke on And yet haue they lost the benefit of their sight What a griefe is this to thy poore father Em Good father let me not stand as an open gazing stock to euerie one But in a place a lone as fits a creature so miserable Miller Trotter lead her in the vtter ouerthrowe Of poore Goddardes ioy and onely solace Exit the Miller Trotter and Em Manuile Both blind and deafe then is she no wife for me And glad am I so good occasion is hapned Now will I awaie to Manchester And leaue these gentlemen to their blind fortune Exit Manuile Mountney Since fortune hath thus spitefully crost our hope Let vs leaue this guest and harken after our King Who is at this daie landed at Lirpoole Exit Mountney Valingford Goe my Lord I le follow you VVell now Mountney is gone I le staie behind to solicit my loue For I imagine that I shall find this but a fained inuention Thereby to haue vs leaue off our sutes Enter Marques Lubeck and the King of Denmark angerly with some attendants Zweno K. VVell Lubeck well it is not possible But you must be concenting to this acte Is this the man so highly you extold And playe a parte so hatefull with his friend Since first he came with thee into the court What entertainement and what countenance He hath receiued none better knowes than thou In recompence whereof he quites me well To steale awaie faire Mariana my prisoner Whose raunsome being lately greed vpon I am deluded of by this escape Besides I know not how to answere it When shee shal be demaunded home to Swethia Lubeck My gracious Lord coniecture not I pray Worser of Lubeck than he doth deserue Your highnes knowes Mariana was my loue Sole paragon and mistres of my thoughts Is it likely I should know of her departure Wherein there is no man iniured more than I Zweno That carries reason Marques I confesse Call foorth my daughter Yet I am perswaded That shee poore soule suspected not her going For as I heare shee likewise loued the man Which he to blame did not at all regard Rocilia My Lord here is the Princesse Mariana It is your daughter is conueyed away Zweno What my daughter gone Now Marques your villanie breakes foorth This match is of your making gentle sir And you shall dearly know the price thereof Lubeck Knew I thereof or that there was intent In Robert thus to steale your highnes daughter Let heauens in Iustice presently confound me Zweno Not all the protestations thou canst vse Shall saue thy life Away with him to prison And minion otherwise it cannot be But you are an agent in this trecherie I will reuenge it throughly on you both Away with her to prison Here 's stuffe in deede My daughter stolen away It booteth not thus to disturbe my selfe But presently to send to English William To send me that proud knight of Windsor hither Here in my Court to suffer for his shame Or at my pleasure to be punished there Withall that Blanch be sent me home againe Or I shall fetch her vnto Windsors coste Yea and VVilliams too if he denie her mee Exit Zweno Enter VVilliam taken with souldiers William Could any crosse could any plague be worse Could heauen or hell Did both conspire in one To afflict my soule inuent a greater scourge Then presently I am tormented with Ah Mariana cause of my lament Ioy of my hart and comfort of my life For thee I breath my sorrowes in the ayre And tyre my selfe for silently I sigh My sorrowes afflictes me soule with equall passion Souldier Go to sirha put vp it is to small purpose VVilliam Hence villaines hence dare you lay your hands Vpon your Soueraigne Souldier Well sir we will deale for that But here comes one will remedie all this Enter Demarch Souldier My Lord watching this night in the campe We tooke this man and know not what he is And in his companie was a gallant dame A woman faire in outward shewe shee seemde But that her face was maskte we could not see The grace and fauour of her countenance Demarch Tell me good fellow of whence and what thou art Souldier Why do you not answere my Lord He takes scorne to answere Demarch And takest thou scorne to aunswer my demaund Thy proud behauiour verie well deserues This misdemeanour at the worst be construed Why doest thou neither know nor hast thou heard That in the absence of the Saxon Duke Demarch is his especiall Substitute To punish those that shall offend the lawes William In knowing this I know thou art a traytor A rebell and mutenous conspirator Why Demarch knowest thou who I am Demarch Pardon my dread Lord the error of my sence And misdemeaner to your princely excellencie Willi. Why Demarch what is the cause my subiects are in armes Demarch Free are my thoughts my dread and gratious Lord From treason to your state and common weale Only reuengement of a priuate grudge By Lord Dirot lately profered me That standes not with the honor of my name Is cause I haue assembled for my guard Some men in armes that may withstand his force Whose setled malice aymeth at my life VVilliam Where is Lord Dirot Demarch In armes my gratious Lord Not past two miles from hence As credibly I am assertained VVilliam Well come let vs goe I feare I shall find traytors of you both Exit Enter the Citizen of Manchester