Disputâ—…d subtilly by Philosophers To prove innumerable extant worlds Was â—…trucke with pensiveâ—… and wept to thinke He had not yet obtain'd â—…ne for himselfe What terror can affright a Christians thoughts Who knowes there is a world at liberty To breath in when this glasse of life is broke Our foes with cirâ—…ling furie are intrencht Pelions of earth and darknesse shall orelade them Whilst we shall mount and these our spirits light Shall be yet ponderous to depresse them lower Nay my â—…nthesiasticke soule divines That some weake hand shall from the blazing Zone Snatch Lightning which shal strike thâ—… snarling Câ—…r With horror and amazement to the Earth Which Hell cannot oppose Turke Tyrannize Stand yet at leâ—…gth to fall my sacrifice Super-Olympicke vigor will no doubt Squease all thy supercilious rancor out Exeunt iâ—… a Mâ—… Scaena 3. Actus 5. The Heavens seeme on fire Comets and blazing Sâ—…arres appeare Amurath speakes Am. Who set the world on fire How now ye Heavens Grow you so proud that you must needs put on curl'd lockes And cloth your selves in Periâ—…igs of fire Mahomet say not but I invoke thee now Command the puny-Christians demi-God Put out those flashing sparkes those Ignes 〈◊〉 Or I le unseate him or with my Lookes so shake The â—…taggring props of his weake seated Throne That he shall finde he shall have moâ—…e to doe To quell one Amurath then the whole Gyant brood Of those same sonnes of Earth then ten Lycaons Doe the poore snakes so love their misery That they would see it by these threatning lights Darâ—… ye blaze still I le tosse up Buckets full Of Christians bloud to quench you by those haires Drag you beneath the Center there put out All your praesaging flames in 〈◊〉 Can you outbrave me with your pidling Lights Yawne earth with Casements as wide as hel it selfe Here a Vaâ—…lt opens Burne Heaven as ardent as the Lemnian flames Wake pale Tysiphon spend all thy snakes Be Eacus and Minos as severe As if the Gaole delivery of us all Were the next Sessions I le pull Radamant By his flaming furres from out his Iron Chaire Whilst he is in his fury arise foure Fiends framed like Turkish Kings but blacke his supposed Predecessors dance about him to a kind of hideous noyse sing this Song following 1. Fiend Horror dismall cryes and yells Of these thy Grandsires thee fore-tells Furies sent of thee to learne Crimes which they could nere discerne All. Furies sent c. 2. Fiend O Amurathl thy Father 's come To warne thee of a suddaine doome Which in Cassanoe's fields attends To bring thee to thy Hellish friends All. Which in Cassanoes c. 3. Fiend Megaera and Ennio both doe stand Trembling least when thou art damn'd Chiefe of Furies thou shouldst bee And they their snakes resigne to thee All. Chiefe of Furies c. 4. Fiend Terror we a while will leave thee Till Cocytus Lake receive thee Cerberus will quake for feare Where he a new Turkes fate shall heare All. Cerberus will c. Am. Now who the Divell sent my Grandsires hither Had Pluto no taske else to set them too He should have bound them to Ixions wheele Or bid them roule the stone of Sysiphus Beshrew me but their singing did not please me Have they not beene so drunke with Lethe yet As to forget me Then can portend no ill For should the fates be twining my last threed Yet none durst come from Hell to tell me so Shall I be scar'd with a Night-walking Ghost Or what my working fancy shall present Why I can looke more tâ—…rrible then Night And command darknesse in the unwilling day Make Hecate start and draw backe her head To wrap it in a swarthy vaile of Clouds Drop sheets of Sulphure you prodigious skyes Cyclops run all thy Bullets into Aeâ—… Then vomit them at once should Christians Couch to the bottomlesse abysse of 〈◊〉 Or hide themselves under Avernaes shade This mine arme should fetch them out Day must performe What I intend wrath raines a bloudy storme And now 'gins rise the Sunne which yet not knowes The misery it shall see on Amuraths Foes Lords Leaders Captaines Enter Schahin and others Schah. Your Highnesse up so soone Am. He small rest takes That dreames on nought but bloudy broyles and death Sâ—…hah Your Grace seemes much distempered Beds of sweat Bedew your browes with never wonted palenesse Am. Why see you not The heavens are turn'd Court Ladies And put on other Haire besides their owne Canst guesse learn'd Schahin what these flames portend 〈◊〉 My Lord such things as these we 〈◊〉 muâ—…t 〈◊〉 And wonder at and yet not search the reason Perchance unwholsome fogs exhailed 〈◊〉 th'Sunne Are set a blazing by his too neere heate But 't is not lawfull that a mortall eye Should dare to penetrate Heavens secrecy Am. Doth it not bode a Conquest Schah. Yes 'gainst the Christians For unto them it bends sinister lookes And frownes upon their army more then ours Amur. So so â—…ome on ere ' Phosphorus appeare Let 's too 't and so prevent that sluggard Sol If we want light we 'll from our Winnards Strike fire enough to scorch the Vniverse Mine armour there Some gâ—… for his armâ—…ur Now Mahomet I implore Thy promist ayde for this auspitious day Toâ—…e me aloft and make me ride on Clouds If my horse faile me those fire breathing jades Which the boy Phaethon kâ—…ew not how to guide Will I plucke out from out the flaming teame And hurle my selfe against those condense Spheares On which I le sit and stay their turning Orbes The whole vertigious Circle shall stand still But to behold me Mine armour 〈◊〉 So helpe on here now like Alcides do I girt my selfe They briâ—…g his Armor With well knit sinewes able to stagger Earth And threaten Nature with a second Chaos If one impetuous broyle remaine to come In future ages set on foote this houre How well this weight of steele befits my strength Me thinks the Gods stand quivering and doe feare When I am arm'd another Phâ—…egrae's neare Chiron shall see his Pindus at my feet And I le climbe to Heaven and pull it downe And kicke the weighty bâ—…rden of the world From off the Babies shoulders that supports it For I am safer Buckled 'gainst my foe Then stâ—…dy Iason who by the inchanted charmes Medea gave incountred Vnicornes Queld Lyons struggeld with fiery belching Buls Obtain'd a glorious prize a Fleece a Fleece Dipt deepe in tincture of the Christians bloud Shall be my spoyle nay should they hide their heads In their Gods bosome here 's a sword shall reach theÌ„â—… Come they shall know no place is free from wrath When boyling bloud is stirr'd in Amurath Exeunt An alarme excursions fight within Enter at one doore a Christian at another a Turke fight both 〈◊〉 so a new charge the Turkes kill most Enter Lazarus Schahin kils him Enter Eurenoses Cobelitz they fight Cobelitz â—…aints falls for doad A
concerning Bajazet Amurath's Eâ—…dest â—…onne and the Mahometans Daughter Cairadin Bassa presents Amurath with his Captives for â—…anizaries Schahin c. Amurath How like our Captaines the last Victory If any can prophesie of future things Me thought I did dreame of this blessed hap How Fortune did involue them in their ruine And slight from danger brought them into danger Each one astonished with a suddaine feare Knew not the danger that was then most neare Bassâ—… To adde more tryumph I present my Liege Bassâ—… Schahin presents Amurath with Capâ—…ives for Ianizaries With these young Rebels which you may bring up In all the praecepts of our Mahomet Sâ—…ah And for great Emperor your person wants A thing which much ore-Clouds your light of state Attendant Ianizarieâ—… to a Prince These may be so trained up as to supply The duty fit for such a Majesty Am. Bassa we thanke thy strength Schahin your counsaile And to that end let them have safe protection But we must treat now of a marriage Lords The German Ogâ—…y he who Sceptâ—…r swayes The 〈◊〉 confines in strong Asia By Embassie intreates that he may joyne His Daughter Hâ—…tam to our 〈◊〉 Embassador here to our Councell speake Your Masters Message Emb. Please then your Maj. and these reverend heads To be inform'd my Masters will by me In Wedlocke if your Prince may be combin'd To the faire Princesse his sole Daughter He freely giues the Phrâ—…gian territories And Bâ—…thinia to you for your Dowry Cataâ—… Simon Egregâ—…os Sansale Abbettinâ—…on the Ottomans estate Which Ottomans because he not endures The Noble Zelzucciom family protests To joyne with you in quelling their ambition Scah. May 't please your Majesty to like mine advice It 's good to have allyance with such friends Kings that combine themselves are like to shafts The ancient Sage propos'd unto his sonne Which whilst together they were close compact Armes knees and his whâ—…le strength could never breake Take one by one they with a touch were tract So Kings may be orecome that stand alone But two such Princes knit thus hand in hand Should Nations totter they would firmely stand Am. Yes Schahin we 'll approve what thou sayest Then from us carry the great Asians Monarch This his kindest greeting Tell him the gates of Prusa shall stand ope And the glad ayre shall Eccho notes of joy To entâ—…rtaine her who shall blesse our Land With hopefull issue greâ—…dy thoughts expect Her soone arrivall and so Embaâ—…sador Enforme thy Priucesse when she shall appeare A lasting Starre shall shiâ—…e within our Sphaere Scaena 6. Actus 3. Enter Sasmenos Laâ—…arus Cobelitz Sa. O Servia our Cities are turned flames Each stayes to hast his owne and others death And as though Heaven conspir'd destructiou too That raignes downe scalding Sulphure on our heads Here one that lyes thicke gasping for his breath Is choakt with bloud that runs from 's fellowes wounds Whilst others for the dead are making Graves Themselves are made the coarses that doe fill them Nobles and base together perish all And a drawne sword stickes fast in every rib Our stones are dyed Vermillion with our bloud Old creatures that are creeping to the graue Are thrust on fastâ—…r Infants but in the 〈◊〉 of their lives And thus kickt off O most disastrous times To love our deaths and make our life our crimes Laz. See see the ruines of our goodly Walles Our Cities smoake hinders the sight of heaven The conquerour yet amaz'd measures ouâ—… our Townes With eyes of terror and doth scarce beleeve He hath orecome us yet among these fires Our dead men are denyed their funerall flames Aud those infectious Carkaâ—…ses doe performe A second murder on the rest that live And all the hope of safety that we have Is now to fixe our flattering lips at 's feet Mercy perhaps may wearied slaughter meet Sas. Wil you doe so speake for I am determi'nd Cob. No worthy Generall Heaven avert And â—…rme you with the proofe of better thoughts What though a Tyrant strives to terrifie All Christendome and would not be beloved Let not your feares give impious rage such scope As for to bring Religion to prophanesse Fortune and Heaven will scorne to try a man That hurles his weapons hence and runs away How is he worthy of heavens victory That when it frownes dares not looke uâ—… and see Me thinks wâ—… three are now inviron'd round With hosts of Angels and our powerfull Mars Is putting bowes of steele into our hands He doth suggest our wrath and bids us on O what an army 't is to have a cause Holy and just there there 's our strength indeed Tu mente Labantes Dirige nos dubios Certo Robore firmâ If we must dye the narrow way to blisse Shall be made wide for us the gate wide ope And the spread Pallace entertaines with joy Meane time let 's looke like men upon our gâ—…iefe Out frowne fate Despot Bulgaria come Turke once more at thee Tyrant mortals must Command Heavens favor in a cause so just Actus IIII. Scaena I. Enter Aladin King of Caramania sonne in Law to Amurath with Nobles Embassadâ—…rs from Amurath Aladin Sends our proud father in Law this greeting to us Was our sword sheath'd so soone to heare this answer Embass. My Lord he bad me tell you that 't was you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 him leave off this great Prophets Warres When he was hewing downe the Christians Therefore submission â—…hould not now appease him Mo though your Wife his Daughter â—…hould her selfe Vpon her penitent knees be supplyant No sooner shall the Tycian splendent Sol Open Heavens Casements and inlarge the day But his horse hoofes shall beat your treacherous Earth And that you may be warn'd of his approach Murder and flames shall be his Prodromo's Alad. Confederate Princes and my kind allyes Shall his proud nosthrils breath those threats on us Emb. Moreover my Lord wil or win or razâ—… Iâ—…ouium and Larenda Alad. Iconium and Larenda I No more Had best looke first how safe his Prusa stands Lords I am mov'd and will forget my Queene Was ere the issue of his hated blood My splene is tost within mine entrailes pant As wen the Sea is rais'd with Southerne gusts The wind allay'd yet still the Waves will tremble Princes now binde your selves with such strong chaines Your faith and breaths can make sweare to me all To be as firme to me 'gainst Amurath As is the skin and â—…lesh unto the Nerves Here they all kneele and sweare vpon his swâ—…rd Nobles We all sweare we will Aladin Then all here kisse my Sword Which shall be steept within the head-mans thrâ—…at We 'l make him know those will not â—…lye in Warre Which may in policie in treat a peace Hast thy course time and soone reduce the yeare Ensignes may Ensignes meet 〈◊〉 King Great 〈◊〉 scornes to avoyd a Turke Princes and Neighbours muster up your strength That we may meet him on his full Cariere And let it
be Carâ—…nia's pride to say To overcome him we askt no second day Scaena 2. Actus 4. Enter Amurath at one doore with Nobles Bajazet Enter at th' other Hatam richly attended they meet salute in dumbe shew Amurath ioynes the hands of the Prince and Princesse whilst this is solemnizing is sung to soft Musicke this Song following Song Thne O Hymen thine O shee Whose Beauties verse Calliope Sing to Marriage rites an Io Io to Hymen Thorus To thee Apollo is my sute Lend me a while thy silver Lute O what a woe it is to bring A Bride to Bed and never sing Io to Hymen When she 's old still seemes she young When she 's weke to her be strong Be Cyprus both and Paphos here Love sing with merry cheere Io to Hymen Am. You Gods of Marriage sacred Protectoresse Of lawfull propagations and blest Love Be most propitious to these grafted stemmes Drop dewing showers of genâ—…ration on them Thinke Sonne this day too prodigall of blessing As that had â—…uno taskt thee like Alcides To grapple with Stâ—…mphallides or clense Angelas stables or like the Trojan Boy Sit like a Shepheâ—…rd on Dardadias Hils Such a reward as this faire Queen repayres O thou hop'd future off-spring spare thy Parent Hurt not this tender wombe these Ivory worlds When you are borne O be within your limbes The Grandsire Amurath and fathers strength Line their faces Nature â—…ith their Mothers dye And let the Destinies marke the ensuring night In their Eternall Bookes with notes most white All. Grant it great Maâ—…omet Hâ—…tam Most awfull father and my honored Pâ—…inee Although it be enacted by the Heavens That in these bonds of marriage such curse Attends on Princes above private men That nor affection nor home-nourisht Love But â—…tate and policy must elect their Wives Which must be fetcht from Countries farre remote Yet the protecting Powers have such a care Both of their off-springs and their Kingdomes state That to what they ordaine they worke in us A suddaine willingnesse to make us obey For in this brest I doe already feele That there 's a kindling a Diviner heat Which disobedience never shall extinguish And if there be any felicity From these uâ—…ited Loves to be derived From the weake sexe into the husbands soule Then may my Lord make his affection sure To be repayd with unattainted Love In which a pritty peoplâ—… ye shall live Wiâ—… soft and yeilding curtesie in all He shall command my willing armes shall still Be ope t' enfold within a Wives embrace If any comfort else there be in store Which modesty keeps silent to it selfe Cause onely husbands and the night must know 't My Loyalty shall ever all performe And though my Lord should frown I le be the â—…ame Greene wood will burne with a continued flame Baiaz. Princesse our ardor is already fired Yet with no violent temerity Such as might feare it's short and soone decaying Thy vertue seemes so to exceed thy Sexe And wisdome so farre to out-pace thy yeares That surely Ptincesse soone maturity Argues in them hidden Divinity Expected Hymen here hath bound our hands And hearts with everlasting ligaments Fortunate both we are and have one blisse The want of which for ever doth infect With anxious cares the sweets of marriage Beds Our Parents benediction and consent They are the truest Hymens and should be To children the best marriage Deity Thus then attended with â—…uch sacred charmes Our last day of content shall never come Till we must part by th' unresisted doome With a pleas'd error we will age beguile All starres on us an aequall yoke must smile Amur. Now Lords who 'le dance A Turkish measure Ladies our nerves are shrunke And you now fixe the signe of age on me You who have bloud still flowing in your veynes Be nimble as an Hart Caper to the â—…phaeres O you are light that wrnt the weight of yeares Musicke Here Amurath â—…cends his Throne the rest set downe to dance Bajazet with Hatam c. the end of the dance all kneele Amurath begin an health a flourish with Cornets Amur. And health to our Bride and her father O Nobles would this wine were Christians blood But that it would Phrenetique humours breed And so infect our bâ—…aines with Superstition Enter Eurenoses with sixe Christian Maidens richly attyred their Haire hanging loose in their hands Câ—…ps of Gold with 〈◊〉 c. Euren. Auspitious fortunes to great Amurath To ope more springs unto this full tide of joy Know potent Emperor I from Europe bring Sixe daughters of sixe severall Kings Whose Cities we have equall'd to the ground And of their Pallaces did torches make To light their soules through the blacke Cave of death AcheroÌ„ Am. Describe good Captaine how the dogs were wearied Euren. So weary were they to indure to indure our swords That by impetuous mutiny themselves Turn'd on each other slew their Maisters Childrens own hands tore out their fathers throats And each one strove who should be â—…laughtered first Here did a brother pash out a Brothers braines Some in stinking Quagmires and deepe Lakes Which they had made t' avoyd their excrements Ran quicke and in the lake lay buried Am. Goon Executioner of our most just wrath Eâ—… Nor did it leave till death it selfe was weary Murder grew faint and each succeeding day Shewed us the slaughter of the day before 'Mongst carkasses and funerals we stood Denying those that liv'd such Ceremonies As iâ—… their Temples to the Indian Gods With prayers and vowes they dayly offred Nor destiny nor cruelty ere left Till they had nothing to worke upon For of so many soules that breath'd These sixe are all remain'd which as a Pledge Of my best service to your Majesty I here am bold to yeeld an offer Am. Nor shall this present bâ—… unrecompenced For thy true service on thee â—…e bestow All the rich guifts which all these Asian Lords Bâ—…ought to adore these happy Nuptials On you faire Bride great Princesse and our Daughter Doe we bestow theâ—…e Virgins daughters to Kings For your attendâ—…nce Hat We are too much bound unto our Princely Father Am No Daughter no! we hope thou art the spring From whence shall flow to all the world a King â—…Captaines and Lords to morrow we must meet To thinke of our rebelliious sonne in Law Be this time all for comfort and delight Short wedding dayes make it seeme long to night Exeunt â—…mn Scaena 3. Actus 4. Enter Lazarus and Cobelitz bringing the dead body of Sesmenos Lâ—…z Here set we downe our miserable load O 〈◊〉 with whom is 't that we fight With Lydiaâ—… Lyons and Hyrcaniaâ—… Beares Which grinde us dayly in their ravenous teâ—…th The Tyrant as it were destâ—…uctions Enginere Helpe Nature to destroy the worlds frame quickly Cob. Alas my Lord that needs not every day Is a sufficient heâ—…per to decay Great workman who art sparing in thy strength To bring things to perfectioâ—… aâ—… to oretâ—…rne All
thy best woâ—…kes thou usest suddaine force When mans aâ—… Eâ—…rio and first conâ—…eived How long 't is ere he see his native light Then borne with expectation for his growth Tenderly nourisht carefully brought up Growne to pâ—…rfection what a little thing Serves to call on his suddaine ruining Laz. Come Cobelitz mongst those demolisht stonâ—…s We 'll sit as Hecubâ—… at those Troyâ—…n Walles Our teares shall be false glasses to our eyes Through these we 'l looke and thinke we yet may see Our stately Pinacles and strong founded holds That which one houre can delapidate One age can scarce repaire Cob. No sir for nothing's hard To Nature when she meanes t'consume A thousand Oakes which time hath fixt i' th earth As Monuments of lasting memory Are in a moment turn'd to ashes all Things that rise â—…lowly take a suddaine fall Laz. What course now Cobelitz must we still be yoak To misery and murder We scarce have roome Vpon our bodies to receive more wounds And must we still oppose our selves to more Cob. Yes We are ready still a solid minde Must not be shakt with every blast of Winde Pollux nor Hercules had none other art To get them Mansions in the spangl'd Heavens Then a true firme resolve th' Aâ—…riatike Sea Shall from his currents with tempestuous blasts Be sooner heard than vertue from it's ayme Let us but thinke when we so many see Enjoying greater quiet than our selves How many have endur'd more misery Ilion Ilion what a fate hadst thou How fruitfull wert thou in matter for thy foe Thus we 'll delude our griefe make our selfe glad To think of miseries that others had Laz. I Captaine I they that furnisht thee With sentences of comfort never saw Their Cities burnt their Câ—…untries desolate 'T is easie for Physitians for to tell Advice to others when themselves are well Cob. Tush tush my Lord there 's on our side we know One that can both and will our weake hands gâ—…ide One that will strike and thunder Gyant then Looke for a dart we must not appoint when Meane while helpe for to convay this burden hencâ—… Turke though thy tyranny deny us graves Corruption will give them spite of thee Nor doe our corps such Tombes and Cavernes need For our owne flesh still our owne graves to breed And when the Earth receiveth not when they die Heavens Vault ouerwhelmeth them so their tombe's i th' skie Exeunt with a dead Truncke Scaena 4. Actus 4. Enter Aladin as flying an arrow through his arme wounded in his forehead his shâ—…eld stâ—…cke with darts with him two Nobles Alad. Besieged on every side Iconiâ—…m taken Entrencht within my foes my selfe must lye Wrapt in my Cities ruine Turkes come on 1. Nâ—…b Nay but my Lord meane you to meet your death Let 's hast our flight and trust more to our feet Then words or hands Alad. Why so much of our bloud Is already spilt as should the glittering Sunne Exhale it upward 't would obnubulate It 's luster else to fiery Meteors turne Some councell Lords he that 's amidst the Sea When every curled wave doth threat his death Yet trusts upon the oares of his owne armes And sometime the salt fome doth pitty him A Wolfe or Lyon that hath fild his gorge With bloudy prey at last will lye to sleepe And the unnaturalst creatures not forget Their love to those whom they do know their own My wife 's his Daughter siâ—…ce we canâ—…ot stand His â—…ury longer she shâ—…ll sâ—…age his wrath The boysterous Oceaâ—… whâ—…â—… no 〈◊〉 oppose Growth's 〈◊〉 is loâ—…t wheâ—…'t hath no foes 2. Noble Why then my Lord array your selfe in weeds Of a Petitioner take the Queene along And your two children they may move his eyes For desperate sores aske desperate remedies Alad Goe Lords goe fetch some straight O Heavens O fortune they that leane on thy crackt wheele And trust a Kingdomes power and domineere In a wall'd Pallace let them looke on me And thee Carmania greater instances The world affords not to demonstrate The fraile estate of proudest Potentates Of sturdiest Monarchies high Pinacles Are still invaded with the prouder winds They must endure the threats of every blast The tops of Caucasus and Pindus shake With every cracke of thunder humble Vaults Are nere toucht with a bolt ambiguous wings Hath all the state that hovers over Kings Enter the 2. Nobles with a winding sheet Aladin puts it on I I this vesture fits my miserie This badge of poverty must now prevaile Where all my Kingdomes power strength doth faile Why should not a propheticke soule attend On great mens persons and forewarne their ils Raging Bootes doth not so turmoile The Lybian ford as Fortune doth great hearts Beâ—…tona and Erynnis scourge us on Should wars and treasons cease why our owne weight Would send us to the Earth as spreading armes Make the huge trees in tempest for to split For as the slaughter-man to pasture goes And drags that Oxe home first whose Bulke is greatest The leane he still le ts feed disease takes hold On bodies that are pampered with best fare So doth all ruine chuse the fairest markes At which it bends and strikes it full of shafts Ambition made me now that eminent but And I that fell by mine owne strength muâ—…t rise By profest weaknesse Buckets full sinke downe Whilst empty ones danceith ' ayrâ—… and cannot drowne Come â—…ords he out oâ—… s way can never range Who is at fâ—…thest worst nere finds ill change Actus V. Scaena I. Enter at oâ—…e â—…ore Amurath with 〈◊〉 at thâ—…â—…ther doore Aladin his Wife two Chiâ—…dren â—…ll 〈◊〉 white sâ—…ets knâ—…le dowâ—…e to Amuratâ—… Aâ—…ur Our hate must not part thus I le tell thee Prince That thou hast kindled violent Aetna in our brest And such a flame is quencht with nought but blood His bloud whose hasty and rebellious blast Gave life unto the fire should Heaven threat us Knowes we dare not menace it are we not Amuratâ—… Whose awfull name is even trembled at So often dar'd by Pigmy Christians Which we will crush to ayre what haughty thought Buzz'd thy praesumptuous eares with such vain blasts To puffe thee into such impetuous acts Or what durst prompt thee with a thought so fraile As made thee covetous of so brave a death As this known hand should cause it know that throat Shall feele it strangled with some slave brought up To noâ—…ght but an Hangman thy last breath Torne from thee by a hand that 's worse than death Alad. Why then I le like the Roman Pompey hide My dying sight scorning Imperious lookes Should grace so base a stroake with sad aspect Thus will I muffle up and choake my groanes Least a griev'd teare should quite put out the name Of lasting courage in Carmanias fame Am. What still stiâ—…e necked Is this the truâ—…e you bâ—…g â—…prinkled before thy face those Rebâ—…ll Brats Shall have their braines and their dissected limâ—…es Hurld for a prey to
one Prophet we acknowledge now So of one King in state we must allow You know the Turkish Lawes Prince be not nice To purchase Kingdomes whatsoever the price He must be lopt send for him he must dye Baiaz. O happy Baiazet that he was borne To be a King when thou was Counseller Call in our Brother â—…cup Some goes for him Here sixâ—… mâ—…â—…e vp Amâ—…raths Trunke on their shouldâ—…rs Baj. Why Lords is Amâ—…rath so light a weight Is this the Truncke o th' Tâ—…rkish Emperor Oh what a heape of thoughts are come to naught What a light weight is he unto sixe men Who durst stand under Ossa and sustaine it Euren. My Lord these Meditations fit not you You are to take the honour he hath left And thinke you of his rising not his fall Enter Iacup Let your decree be suddaine heere 's your Brother Bâ—…j Bâ—…other I could have wished we might have met At timâ—…s of better greeting Our father hath Bequeath'd to the Grave these ashes to us his State Noâ—… have we leysure yet to mourne for him Brotheâ—… you kâ—…ow our state hath made a Law That he that sits in a Majesticke Chayre Must not endure the next succeeding heyre â—…ac Yes we doe And Brother doe you thinke 't is crime enough To dye because I am sonne to an Emperour Sâ—…ah My Lord we know their breathes in him that ayâ—… Of true affection that he doth much desire You should be equall in his Kingdome with him But still when two great evils are propos'd The lesse is to be chosen Eâ—…ren My Lord your life 's but one Kings are the threads whereto there are inweaved Millions of lives and he that must rule all Must still be one that is select from all Although we speake yet thinke them not our words But what the Land speakes in us Kings are free And must be impatient of equality 〈◊〉 And is 't ene so How have thâ—…se Dogs fawn'd on me lickt my feet When Aâ—…th yet lived Felt all my thoughts And soothed them to the sight of Empyrie And now the first would set their politique hands To strangle up that breath a blast of which Their nosthrils have suckt up like perfum'd ayre Well brother well by all men this is spoke That heart that cannot bow may yet be brokâ—… 〈◊〉 Brother you must not now stand to upbraid They which doe feare the vulgars murmuring tongue Must also feare th' authority of a King For rulers muâ—…t esteeme it happinesse That with their government they can hate suppresse They with too faint a hand the Scepters sway Who regard love or what the people say To Kindred we must quite put off respect When 't is so neare it may our Crowne affect â—…ac Then name of Brother doe I thus shake off For 't is in vaine their mercy to implore When impioâ—…s Scatists have decreed before Yet King although thou take my life away See how â—…le dye in better state then thou Who like my Father after his greatest glorâ—… May fall by some base hand The Minister To take my breath shall be to thy selfe a King Here lacuâ—… takes a Scarfe from his Arme and pâ—…ing â—…t about his necke gives one end to Bajazet Yet give me leave a while to Prophesie You that so Puppet-like delude your hopes And Miser-draw thâ—… ancestry from Kings Thinking that fates dare not appâ—…oach your bloud Till they doe seize you then you leave this Earth Not as you went but by compulsion dragg'd Still begging for a morrow from your Grave And with such shifts you doe deceive your selves As if you could deceive mortality No Brother King nor all the Glow-worme state Which makes thee be a Horse-leach for thy bloud Not all the Parasites Minions thou maintaines Nor the restorative Dishes that are found out Nor all thy shifts aâ—…d trickes can cheat mortality Or keepe thee from a death that 's worse then mine Shoulâ—… all this faile age would professe it selfe A slow but a sure Executioner O 't is a hard thing well to temperate Decaying happinesse in great estate But this example by me may you gaine That at my death I not of Heaven complaine Pâ—…ll then and with my fall pull on thy selfe Mountaines of burdenous honor which shall curse thee Death lâ—…ades the willing by the hand But spurs them headlong on that dares command â—…ere himselfe pulls â—…e end Bajazet the other â—…acup dyes â—…azet Take up this Trunke and let us first appoinâ—… Oâ—… Fathers and our Brothers Funerals The sencelesse body of that Caâ—…fe slave Hurle to a Ditch Posterity shall heare Our lesse ill Chronicled but time shall heare These minutes rather then repeate their woe Now Primacy on thee I le mediâ—… Which who enjoy thee are in blest estate Whose age in secure silence fleets away Without disturbance to his funerall day Nor ponderous nor unquiet honours can Vexe him but dyes a primate ancient man What greater powers threaten inferiour men A greater power threatens him agen And like to wasted Tapers Kiâ—…gs must spend Their lives to light up others So aâ—…l end Exeunt bearing oâ—…t solemnely the bodies of Amurath and Iacup FINIS â—…er 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Luâ—…an de â—…il crede cum quâ—…a â—…sset ageâ—… * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 * Alâ—…x