his age Phylaster prest downe from his royall right By this regardlesse King and onely looke and see the Scepter Ready to be cast into the hands of that laciuious Lady That liues in lust with a smooth boy Now to be married to you strange thing Who but that people please to let him be a Prince Is borne a slaue in that which should be his most noble part His mind TRA. That man that would not stir with you to aide Phylaster Let the gods forget that such a Creature Walkes vpon the earth CLE. The gentry do awaite it and the people against their nature are all for him and like a field if standing corne moued with a stiffe gale their heads bow al one way LEON The onely cause that draweth Phylaster backe From this attempt is the faire Princesse loue Which he admires and we can now comfort TRA. Perhaps hee 'le not bileeue CLE. Why Gentlemen t is without question so LEON I t is past speech she liues dishonestly But how shall we if he be curious worke on his beleefe TRAS. We all are satisfied within our selues LEON Since it is true and Lords to his owne good I 'le make this new report to be my knowledge I 'le say I know it I 'le sweare I saw it CLE. It will be best Enter PHILASTER TRAS. T will moue him CLE. Here he comes Good morrow to your honor We haue spent some time in seeking you PHI. My worthy friends you that can keepe your memories to know your friend in miseries and cannot frame on men disgrace for vertue a good day attend you all what seruice may I doe worthy your acceptation LEON My Lord wee come to vrge that vertue which wee know liues in your breast forth rise make a head the nobles and the people are all dull with this vsurping king and not a man that euer heard the word knowes such a thing as vertue but will second your attempts PHI. How honourable is this loue in you to me That haue deserued more know my friends You that were borne to shame your poore Phylaster With too much courtesie I could affoord to melt my selfe To thankes but my designes are not yet ripe sufficient That ere long I shall imploy your loues But yet the time is short of what I would LEON The time is fuller then you expect That which hereafter perhaps be reacht by violence May now be caught as for the King you know The people long haue hated him but now The Princesse whom they lou'd PHI. Why what of her TRA. Is loathed as much as he PHI. By what strange meanes LEON Shee 's knowne a whore PHI. Thou lyest LEON My Lord PHY. Thou liest and thou shalt feele it I had thought He offers to draw his sword is held Thy minde had beene of honour then to rob a Lady Of her good name is an infectious sin not to be pardon'd Be it false as hell t will neuer be redeemd If it be sowne amongst the people faithfull to increase All euill they shall he are Let me alone that I May cut out falsehood where it growes set hils on hils Betwixt me and that man that vtters this and I will scale them all And from the vtmost top fall on his necke like thunder from a clowde LEON This is most strange sure he dos loue her PHY. I doe loue faire truth she is my mistresse who iniuries her drawes vengeance from me Sirs let goe my armes TRA. Nay good my Lord be patient CLE. Sir remember this is your honor'd friend that comes to doe his seruice and will shew you why he vttered this PHI. I aske your pardon sir My zeale to truth makes me vnmannerly Should I haue heard dishonour spoke of you behind your backs vntruely I had beene as much distempered and inrag'd as now LEON But this my Lord is truth PHI. Oh say not so Good sir forbeare to say so t is then truth that women all are false vrge it no more t is impossible why should you thinke the Princesse light LEON Why she was taken at it PHI. T is false by heauen t is false it cannot be Can it speake Gentlemen Can women all be damn'd TRA. Why then it cannot be CLE. And she was taken with her boy PHI. What boy LEON A Page a boy that serues her PHY. Oh good gods a little boy LEON I know you him my Lord PHY. Hell and sin know him Sir you are deceiu'd I 'le reason it a little milder with you If she were lustfull would shee take a boy that knowes not yet desires shee would haue one should meete her thoughts and know the sinne shee acts which is the great delight of wickednesse you are abus'd and so is she and I CLE. How you my Lord PHI. Why all the worlds abusd in an vniust report LEON O noble sir your vertues cannot looke Into the subtile thoughts of women In short my Lord I tooke them I my selfe PHI. Now all the diuels thou didst flie from my rage Would thou hadst tane diuels ingendring plagues When thou didst take them hide thee from mine eyes Would thou hadst taken daggers in thy breast When thou didst take them Or beene strucke dumbe for euer that this fault might haue slept in silence CLE. Haue you knowne him so ill temper'd TRA. Neuer before PHI. The winds that are let loose from the foure corners Of the earth and spreads them selfe all ouer sea and land Meetes not a fayre on what friend beares a sword To runne me thorow TRA. Why my Lord are you so mooued at this PHI. When any fall from vertue I am distracted I haue interest in 't LEON But good my Lord recall your selfe and thinke what 's best to be done PHI. I thanke you I will do 't Please you to leaue me I 'le consider of it To morrow I 'le finde your lodgings and giue you answer OMNES All the gods direct you the readiest way Exit three Gent. PHI. I had forgot to aske vm where he tooke her I 'le follow him Oh that I had a sea within my breast To quench the fire I feele more circumstances Would but flame this fire it more afflicts me now To know by whom the deede is done then simply That it is done and he that tels me this is honourable As farre from lies as she is farre from truth O that like beasts we could not grieue our selues With that we see not buls and rammes will fight To keepe their females standing in their sight But take them from them and you take at once Their spleenes away and they will fall againe Vnto their pastures growing fresh and fat And taste the waters of the springs as sweete as 't was before Finding no start in sleepe but miserable man Enter boy See see you gods he walkes still and the face you let him weare When he was innocent is still the same not blush Is this iustice do you meane to intrap mortalitie That you allow treason
gentle boy t is more then time thou didst attend the Princesse BOY I am gone but since I am to part with you my Lord and none knowes whether I shall liue to doe more seruice for you take this little prayer Heauen blesse your loues your sighes all your designes may sick men if they haue your wish be well and heauens hate those you curse though I be one Exit boy PHI. The loue of boyes vnto their Lords is strange I haue read wonders of it yet this boy for my sake if a man may iudge by looks and speech would out doe story I must see a day to pay him for his loyaltie Exit Enter PHARAMONT PHA. Why should these Ladies stay so long they must Come this way I know the Queene imployes vm not For the reuerend mother sent me word They would all be for the garden if they should all Proue honest now I were in a faire taking I was neuer so long without sport before in my life And in my conscience t is not my fault Enter GALLATEA Oh for our countrey Ladies here 's one boulted I 'le hound at her Madame GAL. Your grace PHA. Shall I not be a trouble GAL. Not to me sir PHA. Nay nay y' are too quicke by this sweete hand GAL. You 'le bee forsworne sir t is an olde gloue if you will talke at distance I am for you but good Prince be not baudy nor doe not brag those two I onely barre and then I thinke I shall haue sence enough to answer all the waighty Apothegmes your royall bloud shal manage PHA. Deare Lady can you loue GAL. Deare Prince how deare I ne're cost you a Couch yet nor put you to the deare repentance of a play and a banquet here 's no Scarlet sir to make you blush this is my owne hayre and this face has bin so farre from being deare to any that it ne're cost a peny painting and for the rest of my poore wardrop such as you see it leaues no hand behind it to make the iealous silke-mans wife curse our doing PHA. You much mistake me Lady GAL. Lord I doe so would you or I could helpe it PHA. Y' are very dangerous bitter like a potion GAL. No sir I do not mean to purge you though I meane to purge a little time on you PHA. Do Ladies of this Countrey vse to giue no more respect to men of my full being GAL. Full being I vnderstand you not vnlesse your grace Meanes growing to fatnesse and then your onely remedy Vpon my knowledge Prince is in a morning A cup of neate white wine brewd with Cardus Then fast till supper about fiue you may eate vse exercise And keepe a sparrow hawke you can shoot in a Tiller But of all your grace must flie Flebotamie Fresh porke and Conger and clarified whay They are dullers of the vitall anymales PHA. Lady you talke of nothing all this time GAL. T is very true sir I talke of you PHA. This is a crafty wench I like her wit well 'T will be rare to stir vp a leaden appetite Shee 's daintie and must be courted with a shewer of gold Madame looke here all these and more then GA. What ha you there my Lord gold now as I liue t is faire gold you 'd haue siluer for t to play with the Pages you could not haue taken me in a worse time sir but if you haue present vse my Lord I 'le send my man with siluer and keepe your gold safe for you She slips behind the Orras PHA. Lady Lady GAL. She s comming sir behind Will ye take white money yet for all this Exit PHA. If there be but two such in this Kingdome more and neere the Court we may ene hang vp our harpes ten such Campher Constitutions as this would call the golden age againe in question and teach the old way for euery ill fast husband to get his owne children and what a mischiefe that would breed let all consider Enter MEGRA Heres 's another if she be of the same last the diuell shall pluck her on Many faire mornings Lady ME. As many mornings bring as many dayes faire sweete and hopefull to your grace PHA. She giues good words yet sure this wench is free If your more cerious businesse doe not call you Lady Let me hold quarter with you wee 'le talke an houre On t quickly ME. What would your grace talke of PHA. of some such pretie subiect as your selfe I 'le go no further then your eye your lip there 's time enough For one man for an Age ME. Sir they stand right and my lips are yet euen smooth Young enough ripe enough and red enough Or my glasse wrongs me PHA. O they are two twend Cherries dyde in blush Which those faire sunnes aboue with their deepe beams Reflect vpon and ripen sweetest beauty Bow downe those branches that the longing taste Of the sweete looker on may meete these blessings And taste and liue They kisse ME. O delicate sweete Prince shee that hath snow enough about her heart to take the wanton spring of ten such lynes it may bee a number without Probatum Sir you haue by such neate Poetrie gathered a kisse that if I had but fiue lines of that number such pretie begging blankes I should commend your forehead or your cheekes and kisse you too PHA. Doe it in prose you cannot misse it Madame ME. I shall I shall PHA. By my life but you shall not I 'l prompt you first Can you doe it now ME. Me thinkes t is easie now you ha dont before me and yet I should sticke at it PHA. Sticke till to morrow I le neuer part you sweetest but we lose time Can you loue me ME. Loue you my Lord How would you have me loue ye PHA. I 'le teach you in a short sentence Cause I will not load your memory This is all Loue me and lie with me ME. Was it lie with you that you said t is impossible PHA. Not to a willing minde that wil endeauour If I doe not teach you to doe it as easily in one night As you 'le go to bed I 'le lose my royall bloud for 't ME. Why Prince you haue a Lady of your owne that yet wants teaching PHA. I 'le sooner teach a mare the old measures Then teach her any thing belonging to the function Shee 's affraid to lie with her selfe If she haue but my mascaline imagination about her I know when we are married I must rauish her ME. By my honour that 's a foule fault indeed But time and your good helpe will weare it out sir PHA. And for my other I see excepting your deere selfe deerest Lady I had rather be Sir Timen a schoolemaister and keepe a darie maid ME. Has your grace seene the Court starre Gallatea PHA. Out vpon her shee s as cold of her fauour as an appaplex she saild by but now ME. How do you hold her wit PHA. I hold her wit the
let out all the hope of future ioyes Ye neede not bid me flie I came to part To take my latest leaue Farewell for euer I durst not run away in honesty from such a Lady Like a boy that stole or made some greater fault The power of gods assist you in your suffering Hasty time reueale the truth to your abused Lord and mine That he may know your worth whilst I goe seeke Out some forgotten place to die Exit BO PRIN. Peace guide thee thou hast ouerthrowne me once But if I had another time to lose Thou or another villaine with thy lookes Might take me out of it and send me naked My haire desheueld through the fiery streetes Enter Wo. Madame the king would hunt And cals for you with earnestnesse PRIN. I am in tune to hunt Diana if thou canst Rage with a maid as with a man let me discouer thee bathing and turne me to a fearefull hind That I may die pursu'd by cruell hounds And haue my story written in my wounds Exit Princesse Actus 4. Scoen. 1. Enter the King PHARAMONT Princesse MEGRA GALLATEA LEON CLE. TRA. and two Wood-men KING What are the hounds before and all the Woodmen Our horses ready and our bowes bent LEON All sir KING You are clowdy sir Come we haue forgotten your veniall trespasses let not that sit heauy vpon your spirit Here 's none dares vtter it LEON He lookes like an olde surfeited stallion after his leaping Dull as a Dormouse see how he sinckes the wench has shot him betweene wind and water and I hope sprung a lake CLE. He needes no teaching he strikes sure enough His greatest fault is he hunts too much in the purlewes Would he would leaue off poaching TRA. And for his horne has left it at the lodge where he lay late Oh hee 's a pernitious limhound turne him vpon the pursue of any Lady and if hee lose her hang him vp i' th slip when my foxe by th bewty growes prowd I 'le borrow him KING Is your boy turnde away PRIN. You did command sir and I obeyed you KING T is well done harke ye furder LEON I' st possible this fellow should repent Me thinkes that were not noble in him And yet he lookes like a mortified member As if he had a sicke mans salue in 's mouth If a worse man had done this fault now Some physicall Iustice or other would presently Without the helpe of an Almanacke Haue opened the obstructions of his liuer And let him bloud with a dog-whip TRA. See see how modestly yon Lady lookes As if she came from churching with her neighbours Why what a diuell can you see in her face But that shee 's honest CLE. Faith no great matter to speake of a foolish twinckling with the eie that spoyles her coat but hee must be a cunning Herald that findes it TRA. See how they muster on another O ther 's a ranke regient where the diuell carries the Culours and his damn'd drum maior Now the flesh and the world come behinde with the Carriage LEON Sure this Lady has a good turne done against her wil before she was common talke now none dares say Cantharides can stirre her her face lookes like a warrant willing and commanding all tongues as they will answere it to be tied vp and boulted when this Lady meanes to let her selfe loose as I liue shee has got a goodly protection and a gratious and may vse her body discretely for her health sake once a weeke except lent and dog-dog-dayes O if they were to be got for money what a large summe would come out of the Citie for these Licences KING To horse to horse we loose the morning Gentlemen 1 WOOD. What haue you log'd the Deere below Exit King and Lords Manet Wood-men 2 WOOD. Yes they are ready for the bow 1 WOOD. Who shoots 2 The Princesse 1 WOOD. No shee 'le hunt 2 WOOD. Shee 'le take a stand I say 1 WOOD. Who else 2 WOOD. Why the young strange Prince 1 WOOD. He shall shoote in a stone bow for me I neuer lou'd his beyond-sea-shippe since he forsooke the Say for paying ten shillings he was there at the fall of a Deare and would needes out of his Mightinesse giue ten groates for the docets mary his steward would haue the villuet head into the bargaine to turfe his hat withall I thinke he should loue venery he and old Sir Tristrum for if ye be remembred hee forsooke a Stagge once to strike a rascall milking in a meddow and her hee kild i' the eye Who shootes else 2 WOOD. The Lady Gallatea 1 WOOD. That 's a good wench an shee would not chide vs for tumbling of her women in the brakes she 's liberal and by the gods they say honest and whether that be a fault or no I haue nothing to do there 's all 2 WOOD. No one more Megra 1 WOOD. That 's a firker I'faith boy there 's a wench will ride her hanches as hard after a kennell of hounds as a hunting sadle whē she comes home get vm clapt and all is well againe I haue knowne her lose her selfe three times in one after-noone if the Woods had beene answerable and has bin worke enough for one man to finde her and has swet for 't shee rides well and shee payes well harke else Enter PHILASTER solus PHY. Oh that I had beene nourisht in the woods With milke of goates and Acrons and not knowne The right of Crownes nor the dissembling traines Of cruell loue but dig'd my selfe a Caue Where I my fire my Cattell and my bed Might haue beene shut together in one shed And then had taken me some mountaine girle Beaten with winds chaste as the rocke whereon she dwelt That might haue strewd my bed with leaues and reedes And with the skins of beasts our neighbours and haue borne Out her big breasts my large course issue This had bin a life free from vexation Enter BO BOY Oh! wicked men an innocent may walk safe amongst beasts Nothing assaults me here I see my greeued Lord sits as His soule were searching out a way to leaue his body Pardon mee that brake thy last commandement for I must speake You that are greeu'd can pittie heare my Lord PHY. Is there a creature yet so miserable that I can pittie BOY O my noble Lord view my strange fortunes And bestow on me according to your bounty If my seruice can merit nothing so much as may serue to keepe That little peece I hold of life from cold and hunger PHI. Now by the gods this is vnkindly done to vex me With thy sight thou art falne againe to thy dissembling trade How shouldst thou thinke to cosen me againe Remaines there yet a plague vntride for me Euen so Thou wepst and lookst and spokst when I first tooke thee Curse on the time If thy commanding teares can worke On any other vse thy art I 'le not betray it which way Wilt thou take that
PHYLASTER Or Loue lyes a Bleeding Acted at the Globe by his Maiesties Seruants Written by Francis Baymont and Iohn Fletcher Gent. Printed at London for Thomas Walkley and are to be sold at his shop at the Eagle and Child in Brittaines Bursse 1620 The Actors Names KING of Cecely ARATHVSA the Princesse PHYLASTER PHARAMONT a Spanish Prince LEON a Lord GLEREMON Two Noble Gentlemen TRASILIN Two Noble Gentlemen BELLARIO a Page LEONS daughter CALLATEA a Lady of Honor MEGRA another Lady A Waiting Gentlewoman Two Woodmen A Countrey Gallant An old Captaine And Souldiers A Messenger PHYLASTER Actus 1. Scoen. 1. Enter at seuerall doores Lord LYON TRASILINE followes him CLERIMON meetes them TRASILINE WEll ore tane my Lord LYON Noble friend welcome and see who encounters vs honourable good Clerimon CLE. My good Lord Lyon most happily met worthy Traefilme Come gallants what 's the newes the season affoords vs variety the novilists of our time runnes on heapes to glut their itching eares with airie sounds trotting to 'th burse and in the Temple walke with greater zeale to heare a nouall lye then a pyous Anthum tho chanted by Cherubins TRANS. True Sir and holds set counsels to vent their braine sicke opinions with presagements what all states shall designe CLE. That 's as their intelligence serues LYON And that shall serue as long as inuention lastes there dreames they relate as spoke from Oracles or if the gods should hold a synod and make them their secritaries they will diuine and prophecie too but come and speake your thoughts of the intended marriage with the Spanish Prince He is come you see and brauely entertainde TRAS. Hee is so but not married yet CLE. But like to be and shall haue in dowry with the Princesse this Kingdome of Cycele LEON Soft and faire there is more will forbid the baines then say amen to the marriage though the King vsurped the Kingdome during the non-age of the Prince Phylaster hee must not thinke to bereaue him of it quite hee is now come to yeares to claime the Crowne TRA. And lose his head in the asking LEON A diadem worn by a headlesse King wold be wonderous Phylaster is too weake in power GLE. He hath many friends LEON And few helpers TRA. The people loue him LEON I grant it that the King knowes too well And makes this Contract to make his faction strong What 's a giddy-headed multitude That 's not Disciplinde nor trainde vp in Armes To be trusted vnto No he that will Bandy for a Monarchie must prouide Braue marshall troopes with resolution armde To stand the shock of bloudy doubtfull warre Not danted though disastrous Fate doth frowne And spit all spightfull fury in their face Defying horror in her vgliest forme And growes more valiant the more danger threats Or let leane famine her affliction send Whose pining plagues a second hel doth bring Thei 'le hold their courage in her height of spleene Till valour win plenty to supply them What thinke ye would yer feast-hunting Citizens Indure this TRA. No sir a faire march a mile out of town that their wiues may bring them their dinners is the hottest seruice that they are trained vp to CLE. I could wish their experience answered their loues Then should the much too much wrongd Phylaster Possesse his right in spight of Don and the diuell TRA. My heart is with your wishes LEON And so is mine And so should all that loues their true borne Prince Then let vs ioyne our Forces with our mindes In what 's our power to right this wronged Lord And watch aduantage as best may fit the time To stir the murmuring people vp Who is already possest with his wrongs And easily would in rebellion rise Which full well the King doth both know and feare But first our seruice wee 'le proffer to the Prince And set our proiects as he accepts of vs But husht the King is comming sound musicke within Enter the King PHARAMONT the Princesse the Lady GALLATEA the Lady MEGRA a Gentlewoman with Lords attending the King takes his seate KING Faire Prince Since heauens great guider furthers our intents And brought you with safety here to arriue Within our Kingdome and Court of Cycele We bid you most welcome Princely Pharamont And that our Kingly bounty shall confirme Euen whilst the Heauens hold so propitious aspect Wee 'le crowne your wisht desires with our owne Lend me your hand sweet Prince hereby enioy A full fruition of your best contents The interest I hold I doe possesse you with Onely a fathers care and prayers retaine That heauen may heape on blessings take her Prince A sweeter Mistrisse then the offered Language of any dame were she a Queene whose eye speakes common Loues and comfort to her seruants Last Noble son for so I now must call you what I haue done thus publik is not to add a comfort in particular to you or mee but all and to confirme the Nobles and the Gentrie of our Kingdome by oath to your succession which shall be within this moneth at most TRA. This will be hardly done CLE. It must be ill done if it be done LEON When it is at best t will bee but halfe done whilst so braue a gentleman is wrongde and slung off TRA. I feare CLE. Who dos not LEON I feare not for my selfe and yet I feare too well we shall see we shall see no more PHARAMONT Kissing your white hand Mistrisse I take leaue to thanke your royall Father and thus far to be my owne free trompet vnderstand great King and these your subiects mine that must be for so deseruing you haue spoke me Sir and so deseruing I dare speake my selfe to what a person of what Eminence ripe expectation of what faculties manners and vertues you would wed your Kingdomes and in me haue your wishes oh this countrey by more then all the gods I hold it happy happy in their deor memories that haue bin Kings great and good happy in yours that is and from you as a Chronicle to keepe your noble name from rotting Age do I open my selfe most happy Gentlemen beleeue me in a word a Princes word there shal be nothing to make vp a Kingdome mighty and flourishing defenced feard equall to be commanded and obeyed but through the trauels of my life I le finde it out and tie it to this countrey By all the gods my Raigne shall bee as easie to the subiects that euery man shall bee his Prince himselfe and his owne Law Yet I his Prince and Law And deerest Lady to your deerest selfe deere in the choyce of him whose name and lustre must make you more and mightier Let mee say you are the blessedst liuing for sweete Princesse you shall inioy a man of men to bee your seruant you shall make him yours for whom great Queenes must die . TRA. Miracles CLE. This speech calls him Spaniard being nothing but a large Inuentorie of his owne commendations LEON I wonder what 's
pulse keepes madmens time So dos your tongue PHI. You will not kill me then BOY Kill you PRIN. Not for the world PHI. I blame not thee Bellario thou hast done but that Which gods would haue transformd themselues to do Be gone leaue me without reply this is the last Exit BO Of all our meetings kill me with this sword be wise Or worse wil follow we are two earth cannot beare at once resolue to do or suffer PRIN. If my fortunes be so good to let me sall vpon thy hand I shall haue peace with earth Yet tell me this there will be no slanders no iealousie in the other world no il here PHI. No PRIN. Shew me the way to ioy PHI. Then guide my feeble hand you that haue power To do it for I must performe a piece of Iustice If your youth haue any way offended heauen Let prayers short and effectuall reconcile you to 't PRIN. I am prepard Enter a Countrey Gallant COVN. I will see the king if he be in the Forrest I haue hunted him this two houres if I should come home And not see him my sisters would laugh at me I can see nothing but people better horst then my selfe That out ride me I can heare nothing but shouting These kings had neede of strong braines The whooping would put a man out of his wits There 's a Courtier with his sword drawne by this hand vpon a woman I thinke PHI. Are you at peace PHY. wounds her PRIN. With heauen and earth PHI. Nay they diuide thy soule and body COVN. Hold dastard strike a woman th' art a crauen I warrant thee thou d'st be loth to play halfe a dozen veneis at wasters with a man for a broken head PHI. Leaue vs good friend PRIN. What ill bred man art thou to intrude thy selfe vpon our priuate sports our recreations COVN. God iudge me I vnderstand you not But I know the rogue has hurt ye PHI. Pursue thy owne affaires it will be ill to multiply blood vpon my head which thou wilt force me to COVN. I know not your Rethrack but I can lay it on if you touch the woman PHI. Slaue take what thou deseruest They fight PRIN. Gods guard my Lord COVN. O do you breath PHY. I heare the tread of people I am hurt the gods take part against me would this bore haue held me thus else I must shift for life though I doe lose it I would finde a course To lose it rather by my will then force COVN. I cannot follow the rogue Exit PHY I prethee wench come kisse me now Enter PHARAMONT LEON CLE. TRA. and Wood-men PHA. What art thou COVN. Almost kild I am for a foolish woman A knaue has hurt her LEON The Princesse Gentlemen Where 's the wound Madame Is it dangerous PRIN. He has not hurt me COVN. By god she lies has hurt her i' the breast looke else PHA. Oh secret spring of innocent blood LEON T is aboue wonder who should dare this PRIN. I felt it not PHA. Speake villaine who has hurt the Princesse COVN. Is it the Princesse OMNES I COVN. Then I haue seene something yet PHA. But who has done it COVN. I told you a rogue I ne're saw him before I LEON Madame who did it PRIN. Some dishonest wretch alas I know him not And do forgiue him COVN. He 's hurt too he cannot go farre I let my fathers old fox flie about 's eares PHA. How will you haue me kill him PRIN. Not at all t is some distracted fellow PHA. By this ayre I 'le leaue neuer a piece bigger then a nut and bring him all in my hat PRIN. Nay good sir if you do take him bring him quick to mee and I will study for a punishment great as his sinne PHA. I will PRIN. But sweare PHA. By all my Loue I will Wood-man conduct the Princesse vnto the king and beare that wounded fellow to dressing Come Gentlemen wee 'le follow the chase close Exit COVN. I pray you friend let me see the king CLE. That you shall and receiue thankes COVN. If I get cleere of this I 'le see no more gay fights Enter the BO Exeunt BOY Oh heauens heauy death sits on my brow And I must sleepe beare me thou gentle banck For euer if thou wilt you sweete on all Let me vnworthy presse you I could wish I rather were a Corse strew'd o're with you Then quick aboue you dulnesse shuts my eyes and I am giddy That I could take so sound a sleepe That I might neuer wake Enter PHILASTER PHI. I haue done ill my conscience cals me false To strike at her that would not strike at me When I did fight me thought I heard her pray The gods to guard me she may be abus'd And I a loathed villaine if she be she will conceale Who hurt her he has wounds and cannot follow Neither knowes he me Who 's this Bellario sleeping If thou be'st guilty there is no iustice that thy sleepe Should be so sound and mine whom thou hast wrong'd So broken Cry within Harke I am pursu'd you gods I 'le take This offerd meanes of my escape They haue no marke to know me but my blood If she be true if false let mischiefe Light on all the world at once Sword print my wounds vpon his sleeping body He has none I thinke are mortall He wounds him Nor would I lay greater on thee BOY O! death I hope is come blest be that hand it wisht me well againe for pittie PHI. I haue caught my selfe The losse of blood hath stayed my flight here Phy. falls downe Here is he that strooke thee take thy full reuenge Vse me as I did meane thee worse then death I 'le teach thee to reuenge This lucklesse hand Wounded the Princesse tell my followers thou Didst receiue these hurts in staying me And I will second thee get a reward BOY Hide hide my Lord and saue your selfe PHI. How is this wouldst thou I should be safe BOY Else it were vaine for me to liue These wounds I haue has not bled much Reach me that noble hand I 'le helpe to couer you PHI. Art thou then true to me BOY Or let me perish loath'd Come my Lord Creepe in amongst these bushes who dos know But that the gods may saue your breeth in 't Shromd PHI. Then I shall die for griefe if not for this That I haue wounded thee What wilt thou do BOY Shift for my selfe Well peace I heare vm come WITHIN Follow follow that way they went BOY With my owne wounds I 'le bloudy my owne sword I neede not counterfeit to fall heauen knowes I can stand no longer Boy falls downe Ent. PHARAMONT LEON CLERAMONT TRASALINE PHA. To this place I tract him by his blood LEON Yonder my Lord creepes one away CLE. Stay sir what are you BOY A wretched creature wounded in these woods by beasts Releeue me if your names be men Or I shall perish TRA. This is he my Lord
vpon my soule that hurt her It is the boy that wicked boy that seru'd her PHA. O thou damn'd in thy creation what cause couldst thou shape to strike the Princesse BOY Then I am betrayd LEON Betrayd no apprehended BOY I confesse vrge it no more that big with euill thoughts I set vpon her and did make my ayme her death For charity let fall at once the punishment you meane And do not load this weary flesh with tortour PHA. I will know who hir'd thee to this deed BOY My owne reuenge CLE. Reuenge for what BOY It pleas'd her to receiue me as her Page And when my fortunes eb'd that men strid o're them carelesse She did showre her welcome graces on me And did swell my fortunes till they ouer-flowde Their bankes threatning the men that crost them When as swift as stormes arise at sea she turnde Her eyes to burning Sines vpon me and did drie the streames She had bestow'd leauing me worse and more contem'd Then other little brookes Because I had beene great In short I knew I could not liue And therefore did desire to die reueng'd PHA. If tortures can be found long as thy naturall life Resolue to feele the vtmost vigor CLE. Helpe to leade him hence PHILASTER creepes out of a bush PHI. Turne back you rauishers of innocents Know you the price of what you beare away So rudely PHA. Who 's that LEON My Lord Phylaster PHI. T is not the treasure of all the Kings in one The wealth of Tagus nor the rocks of pearle That paue the Court of Neptune can weigh downe That vertue It was I that hurt the Princesse Place me some god on a Pyramades higher then Hils of earth and lend a voyce lowd as you Thunder to me that from thence I may teach The vnder-world the worth that dwels in him PHA. How 's this BOY My Lord some man weary of life that would be glad to dy PHI. Leaue this vntimely courtesie Bellario BOY Alas he 's mad come will you beare me hence PHI. By all the oathes that men ought most to keepe And gods to punish most when men do breake He toucht her nor take heede Bellario How thou doost drowne the vertues thou hast showne With periurie by all the gods t was I You know she stood betwixt me and my right PHA. Thy owne tongue be thy Iudge LEON It was Phylaster TRA. I' st not a braue boy Well I feare me sir we were deceiued BOY Haue I no friend here LEON Yes BOY Then shew it some good body lend a hand to draw vs neerer Would you haue teares shed for you when you die then lay me gentlie on his neck that there I may weep flouds and breath forth my spirit Not all the wealth of Pluto nor the gold locked in the heart of earth can buy away this arm-full from me this had beene a ransome to haue redeem'd the great Augustus Cesar had hee beene taken you hard-hearted men more stony then these Mountaines can you see such a cleere pure bloud drop and not cut your flesh to stop his life to binde whose bitter wounds Queenes ought to teare their haires and with their teares bathe them forgiue me thou that art the wealth of poore Phylaster Enter the King Princesse and a guard KING Is the villaine tane LEON Sir here be two confesse the deed but sute it was Phylaster KING Question it no more it was PHA. The fellow that did fight with him will tell vs that PRIN. Ay me I know him well KING Did not you know him PRIN. Sir if it were he he was disguis'd PHI. I was so Oh my starres that I should liue still KING Thou ambitious foole thou that hast layd a trayne for thy owne life now I doe meane to doe I 'le leaue to talke beare them to prison PRIN. Sir they did plot together to take hence this harmelesse life should it passe vnreuengd I should to earth weeping Grant mee then by all the loues a father beares his child their custodies that I may appoint their tortures and their deathes LEON Death soft your law will not reach that for this fault KING T is granted take vm to you with a guard Come Princely Pharamont this businesse past We shall with more security go on With our intended match Exit King and PHARAMONT LEON I pray that this action loose not Phylastor the hearts of the people CLE. Feare it not their ouer-wise heads Will thinke it but a trick Exeunt Actus 5. Scoen. 1. Enter LEON CLE. and TRA. LEON Has the king sent for him to death CLE. Yes but the king must know 't is not in his powor to warre with heauen TRA. We linger time the king sent for Phylastor and the headsman an houre agoe LEON Are all his wounds well TRA. All they were but scratches but the losse of blood made him faint CLE. We dally Gentlemen LEON Away Exit TRA. Wee 'le shufle hard before he perish Enter PHYLASTER Princesse BOY in prison PRIN. Nay faith Phylaster grieue not we are well BOY Nay good my Lord forbeare we are wondrous well PHI. Oh Arethusa and Bellario Leaue to be kinde I shall be shut from heauen If you continue so I am a man false to a paire Of the truest ones that euer earth bore Can it beare vs all forgiue me and leaue me But the King hath sent to call me to my death Oh shew it me and then forget me and for thee my boy I shall deliuer words will mollifie the hearts of beasts To spare thy innocence BOY Alas my Lord My life is not a thing worthy Your noble thoughts t is not a life t is but a peece Of child-hood throwne away should I out liue you I should out liue vertue and honour And when that day come if euer I shall close These eyes but once may I liue spotted for my periurie And waste by time to nothing PRIN. And I the wofulst maide that euer liu'd Forc't with my hands to bring my Lord to death Do by the honour of a Virgin sweare To tell no houre behind it PHI. Make me not hated so PRIN. Come from this prison all ioyfull to our deaths PHI. People will teare me when they finde you true To such a wretch as I I shall die loath'd Inioy your Kingdome peaceably whilst I for euer sleepe Forgotten with my faults Euery iust maiden euery maide in loue Will haue a peece of me if you be true PRIN. My deerest say not so BOY A peece of you he was not borne of woman that can cut it and looke on PHI. Take me in teares betwixt you For my heart will breake with shame and sorrow PRIN. Why t is well BOY Lament no more PHI. Why what would you haue done If you had wrong'd me basely and had found My life no whit compar'd to yours for loue Sirs deale with me truely BOY 'T was mistaken Sir PRIN. Why if it were BOY Then sir we would haue askt you pardon PHI.
I may shun thee for thine eyes are Poyson to mine and I am loth to grow in rage This way or that way Exit PHYLASTER BOY Any will serue but I will chuse to haue That path in chase that leades vnto my graue Exit BO Enter LEON CLE. and Wood-men LEON This is the strangest sodaine chance you Wood-man CLE. My Lord Leon LEON Saw you a Lady come this way on a sable horse starredyed with stars of white 1 WOOD. Was she not young and tall LEON Yes rode she to the wood or to the plaine 2 WOOD. Faith my Lord we saw none LEON Pox of your questions then What is she found CLE. Nor will be I thinke LEON Let him seeke his daughter himselfe she cannot stray About a little necessary naturall businesse But the whole Court must be in armes When she has done we shall haue peace CLE. There 's already a thousand fatherlesse tales amongst vs Some say her horse run away with her some a wolfe pursu'd her Others t was a plot to kill her and that armed men were seene In the wood but questionlesse she rode away willingly Enter the King TRA. and ther Lords KING Where is she LEON Sir I cannot tell K. Howe 's that answere me so againe LEON Sir shall I lie K. Yes lie and dam rather then tell me that I say againe where is she mutter not Sir speake you where is she LEON Sir I doe not know KING Speake that againe so boldly and by heauen it is thy last You fellowes answere me where is shee marke mee all I am your king I wish to see my daughter shew her mee I doe command you all as you are subiects to shew her mee what am I not your king if I why then am I not to be obay'd LEON Yes if you command things possible and honest KING Things possible and honest heare mee then thou traytor that darst confine thy king to possible and honest things shew her me or let me perish if I couer not all Cycele with blood LEON Faith I cannot vnlesse you 'le tell me where she is KING You haue betrayed me you haue let me loose the Iewell of my life goe bring her mee and set her here before mee t is the king will haue it so whose breath can still the winds vnclowd the Sun charme downe the swelling sea and stoppe the Flouds of heauen speake can it not LEON No K. No cannot the breath of a king do this CLE. No more smell sweete it selfe if once the lungs bee but corrupted K. Take you heed LEON Take you heed how you dare the powers That must be iust K. Alas What are we kings why do you gods Place vs aboue the rest to be serued flattred and adord Still we beleeue we hold within our hands your Thunder And when we come to trie the power we thinke we haue There 's not a leafe shakes at our threatnings I haue sin'd t is true and here I stand to be punisht Yet would not these be punisht let me chuse my way And lay it on LEON He articles with the gods would some body would draw bonds for the performance of couenant betwixt them Enter PHARAMONT GALLATEA MEGRA KING What is she found PHA. No we haue tane her horse hee gallopt empty by there 's some treason you Gallatea rode into the Wood with her Why left you her GAL. She did command me PHA. Command you should not GAL. 'T would ill become my fortunes and my birth To disobay the daughter of my king K. O y' are all cunning to obay vs for our hurts But I will haue her PHA. If I haue her not by this sword there shall bee no more Cycele LEON What will he carry it to Spaine in 's pockets PHA. I will not leaue one man aliue But the king a Cooke and a Taylor LEON Yes you may do well to leaue your Lady bedfellow here for a spincer K. I see the iniuries I haue done must be reueng'd LEON Sir this is not the way to finde her out K. Run all disperse your selues the man that findes her or if shee be kild the traytor I 'le make him great LEON I some would giue fiue thousand pounds to finde her K. Come let vs seeke PHA. Each man a seuerall way here I my selfe LEON Come Gentlemen we heere CLE. Lady you must go search too GAL. I had rather be the search my selfe Exeunt omnes Enter the Princesse solus PRIN. Where am I now feete finde out the way without the counsell of my troubled head I 'le follow you boldly about these woods or mountaines through brambles pits and fluds Heauen I hope will ease me I am sicke She sits downe Enter BO BOY Yonder my Lady is gods knowes I want nothing because I do not wish to liue yet I will trie her charity O heare you that haue plenty from that flowing store drop some on dry grounds see the liuely red is gone to guard her heart I feare she faints Madame looke vp shee breathes not open once those rosie twines and send vnto my Lord your latest farewell O shee stirs How i' st Madame speake comfort PRIN. T is not gentlie done to put mee in a miserable life and hold me there I prethee let me goe I shall do best without thee Enter PHYLASTER PHI. I am too blame to be so much in rage I 'le tell her coolely when and where I heard This killing truth I will be temperate in speaking And as iust in hearing O monstrous tempt me not You gods good gods tempt not a fraile man who 's hee that has a heart but he must ease it with his tongue BOY My Lord helpe helpe the Princesse PRIN. I am well forbeare PHI. Let me loue lightnings let me be imbrast and kist By Scorpyons or adore the eyes of Basaliskes Rather then trust the tongues of hell-bread women Some good god looke downe and shrinke these veines vp Sticke me here a stone lasting to memory of this damn'd act Heare me you wicked ones you haue put hils of fire Into my breast not to be quencht with teares For which may guilt sit on your bosomes at your meales and beds Dispaire awaite you what before my face Poyson of Aspes betweene your lips diseases bee your best issues Nature make a curse and throw it on you PRIN. Deare Phylaster leaue to inrage and heare me PHI. I haue done Forgiue my passion not the calmed sea when Eolus Locks vp his windy broode is lesse disturb'd then I I 'le make you know deere Arethusa take this sword And search how temperate a heart I haue then you And this your boy may liue and raigne in Iust without controule Wilt thou Bellario I prethee kill me Thou art poore and maist nourish ambitious thoughts When I am dead thy way were freer am I raging now If I were mad I should desire to liue Sirs feele my pulse Whether you haue knowne a man in more Equall tune to die PRIN. Alas my Lord your