again to live to see her O bring me her Dull slave with reverence Let not the Sun be more out-worshipp'd by the tann'd Barbarian Tell her A bleeding Lover sent thee to her and name me if thou chance to see her smile Tha 'st not forgot my name A cup of Wine ready Hos. No my good Lord Canut Let me not spurn thee Go Fetch me some Wine wee l war a while with Love Fair Phaedra who in Corinth once was found compar'd to her as different they wo'd show as sable Ebony to Alpine Snow when first I saw her at the holy Altar Surely the gods more careful of her life then of a mass of souls brought me upon her and fix'd my soul to hers Let 's have some Musick Ent. Hofman But thou prevent'st us with a better sound The Accent of her Name strikes Musick dumb for she is Ayr of all perfection Her Name Hof Her three times sacred Name most Royal King is Cartesmunda a Religious Nun. Canut It needs no Epithite t' express the Name For Cartesmunda is the worlds bright frame I charge thee Villain strait conduct her to me Her sacred Name is Cartesmunda call'd O fairest soul I fear 't a harder Task to conquer thee than all the spacious Bounds of Barbary Had the gods none to take my glory from me but a weak woman O strange destin'd Fate Ten Worlds in Arms against Canutus State Enter Osrick and Cartesunda See the day breaks Look where Aurora comes and see the Mornings dew falls from her eyes begetting better Flowers than those of May from the glad ravish'd Earth O tell me Fayr Speak English Maid How camest thou to my sight What makest thou here Camest thou to murder me Cartis What all my friends have found but wretched I I seek for death to end my misery Canut But canst not find him for thou art immortal Death wud dye for thee if he even saw thee and for thy sake make blunt his Ebon dart Pray weep no more He prayes that might command We will not force the Jewel thou so prizest till thou bequeath it freely to my youth We are o th' Eagles kind and scorn to stoop to an ignoble Thought Sweet will you hear me 'T was King Canutus fetch'd that sigh you heard Still turn aside Well if you loathe me leave me there lyes your way Yet be advis'd Fond Maid No sooner shalt thou pass from forth my sight but the base Souldiers will lay hold on thee and what I value 'bove Religion will not be thus much there They 'l ravish thee and therefore prethee stay with tears I pray thee Thou frosty April woo't not love for love Doo 't then for Honor Pleasure Majesty Ungentle still Then get thee from my sight Go to the Woods and learn of wilder Beasts a little pitty You preserve chastity with a foul sin Ingratitude Goodnight Yet stay We are strangers We may kiss at parting Thou hast infus'd Promethean Fires into me I have two lives Yet none of them mine own Fair Cartesmunda If thou wilt be gone bid me Goodnight though in some Language that I understand not Cartes Goodnight My Lord Canut When shall I have thy Love Cartes When men shall cease to think there is a God or any thing more strange Alas great Prince My Chastity stands at the Bar above My Life I owe to you but not my Love Canut So young and full of grey hair'd Purity In vain I shoot against a wall of brass that sends mine own shafts back upon my self I must choose fitter time to conquer thee Lights and a double guard t' attend my Love Fairest Good rest be dutious in her keeping He wake with thought of thee and then with weeping Exeunt Manet Erkinwald Harold Captain Erk. The King is Love-sick Harold Joyn thy powers and round begir• this City Winchester Beset the wayes let not the English scape That stood the siege and sack of Winchester Har. I think there 's few escap'd the King is slain And England now submits toth ' conquering Dane Erk. Prince Alured the Brother to the King and Edmond Duke of Thetford both are scap'd and may raise powers afresh Therefore be careful Enter Elgina Har. Doubt not my Lord See here comes the Princes Ex. Erk. Madam I bring you dear commends from your great Brother England is won and the white flag of peace is rear'd upon the ruins of this City King Etheldred slain and great Canutus invested with his Crown and Dignity What conquest can be more Elg. That you subdue your thoughts and sir give ore till I have conference with the King Erk. And then you le love Elg. Till then I le love no other Enter two Souldiers dragging in Alured in disguise 1 Soul Drag him along he 's English and must dye Come forward sir Alu. Yee cannot fright me 't is my wish to die And I that seek it scoff your Tyranny O for fair Englands good and my lost powers Mine be the suffering and the glory yours Erk. What prisoner have our Danish Souldiers got 2 Sould. One of the straggling English my good Lord And now are leading him to have him tortur'd Erk. Let him come near us Say what art thou Whispers with Alured Elg. Some God I think disguis'd in humane shape come down to court us with bewitching looks There 's something tels me if my thoughts speak truth To thee I owe the pleasure of my youth Erk. Was that thy fortune ' thad been better far Th'adst fallen amongst thy friends in this dread war Then live to further shame Away and hang him Elg. Stay good my Lord Erk. Madam forbear the King hath sworn the deaths of all that bar'd his enterance to this City they scorn'd his profer'd peace and now must perish This may suffice Hee 's English and must dye Elg. If all the English perish then must I for I now know in England here was b•ed although descended of the Danish blood King 〈◊〉 my Father thirty years governed the one half of this famous Kingdom where I that time was born an English Princess Therefore I pray my Lord set this man free Let me bestow his life and liberty I le beg it of the King Erk. Madam t is yours go Souldiers drink this gold and let our word to you discharge your Prisoner 1. S•ul It shall my Lord wo'd we were rid of all the English thus Ex. Sould. Elg. Pray Sir resolve me what has your fortunes been Alu. The most of woes dear Princess I have liv'd to see my Country ruin'd my friends murdred My self condemn'd to die and but for you I had been dead that life I have's your due Elg. Comfort your self henceforth you shall be mine Attend this noble Lord 't is for your good Where mildness conquers we must shed no blood Erk. You are all compact of Love and Mercy Lady attend me sir and for this Princess sake we will prefer thee come beauteous Madam you now must leave the Tents to entertain
and gain thy Freedom Love and Honor Ha! That kiss bold slave past thy Commission Death and the Devil she kisseth him too O fond Erkinwald be blind and do not see them thy office was to speak but not for thy self Alu. Natures Divinity is in thy looks and he an Atheist sees thee and not loves Should Erkinwald now see it I wo'd love thee tho for each kiss I had a several torture ten deaths for thy injoying were my Bliss Elg. So high I pr•ze thee by this Virgins kiss Erk. Yet you make shift to reach him with your lips Degenerate Princess I suspect thy birth Yet well mayst thou be Sister to thy Brother For Great Canutus blood runs low as t•ine and Love-sick doa•eth on an English Nun. Alu. Then you resolve to •ly Elg. Heaven knows I do Erk. Here 's one will stop your Journey Thunder part ye slave Elg. Ha O me unfortunate Alu Tush fear not Madam See here I stand my Lord Erk. A perjur'd Villain Alu. That tongue lies that speaks it Hea• me I courted for thee with my best of speech and shew'd my faith as firm as Adamant till fate that rules all love ore-rul'd her so that she became a Suiter for my love And on my worthless self her smiles hath thrown My tongue was yours but my consent mine ow• Erk. I le have that heart she loves hold eyes from weeping Elg. But I shall hate that heart if in thy keeping Sheath up thy sword and hear me Elkinwald what shall I give thee to renounce my love Erk. As much as thou would'st give t' attain Elizium sho'd not avert my love from these fair eyes Ioves thunder or eternal miseries shall never so transform me Elg. Yet I cannot love thee Erk. But I le remove the cause of that Villain thou hast seen our slaves dye when their Lords have laugh'd Come run on my weapon this is Princely favor For greater tortures do attend on thee But wee 'l be merciful in Tyranny Elg. See on the Earth thy Sovereigns Sister kneels to beg thy pitty Erk. There 's nothing but thy love can purchase it Elg. Yet have mercy the fault in love was thine thou didst betray me when thou let'st me see him and Villain thou if thou but touch his life the Great Canutus shall revenge my wrongs For after him Elgina will not live Bethink thee then O yet some pitty give Alu. Do not debase your self for my poor life I dare his worst my love is constant still More resolute to die than thou to kill Erk. T is worthy praise then see behold thy death Alu. With open eyes as I wo'd view her state And like a man thus I pursue my fate They fight Elgina goes between Erkinwald kils her Elg. Hold hold O I am slain farewell dear friend the loss of thee is Tyranny in d•ath And death a dream so thou but close mine eies Chaste love is born in Heaven and never dies Erk. Amazement to my soul O my Elgina O I am most accurs• 't was this hand struck thee Alu. For which I le be revenged thus Heaven is just Kills him Erk. Base Villain thou hast slain me Alu. 'T is thy fate Farewel Oh pure unspotted Maid unhappy Princess This hand shall keep thy will and close thine eyes Let thy soul joy for here thy Murderer lies Dead at my foot and I with thee could die Were my poor Country free from misery War calls me to the field O my Elgina Autume is on thy ch•eks the Rose is wither'd and thou look'st like the Alablaster statue Upon thy lips I print this parting kiss And flying from thee leave all earthly bliss Exit Enter Harrold Osrick and Captains Har. Osrick we hear the Duke of Thatford raiseth men in Norfolk Osr. All England sure I think will mutiny if 〈◊〉 the King neglect his hopeful Conquest by doating on a womans lustful Beauty Har. Never was man in love bewitcht like him he will not suffer speech or any counsel that may dis-swade from her he bars his fight from any but the Nun and his loo•e Panders Ha! what sight is this Duke Erkinwald and the Princess murdered this sight wo•d sad even Tyranny it self draw tears from Tygers and make wonder dumb Oh Great Canutus what por•ents are thes• This heavy curse lights on thy lust and ease Thy sister and thy best of friends are slain And safety now is frighted from thy Throne Convey this spectacle of grief aside and let a guard pursue the m••derer I le hie me to the King and there relate Their deaths his lust both guided by strong fate Exeunt Banquet Enter K. Canutus Can. She is an Angel in the shape of woman chaster than Dian colder than Freezland snow and yet she burns me if I miss her now my death must be the period of my love Go let those Jewels Cates perfumes and Musick be all produc'd together in one sense Unite all raptures let 's have nothing s•ant That she may taste at once what all Queens want Musick Strike heavenly Musick with a tuneful measure And with thy raptures swell her blood and pleasure Enter Cartesmunda and Osrick The star appears welcome dear soul to make our joyes more full fit to this Banquet Great Queen of my heart and fully joy thy senses in each part Cart. My senses are intranc'd or do I dream O let me back return to hide my shame Can. O stay divinest soul hear me but speak Cart. O I have lost my sence with these Inchantments I am I know not how for all my powers are useless but mine eyes to weep Can. Make not the earth proud to receive thy tears lest being subject unto me her King I force her to restore again those pearls more rich than all the Jewels of our Crown so high I prize thy tears yet thee 'bove all Cart. I am your Servant Prisoner Vassal worse Can. Thine eyes upon my freedom laid that curse If thou bee'st mine I do command thy love Where Kings of Subjects beg let pitty move Cart. How can so great a King be weakness slave Can. In doating of those joyes I near shall have Cart. Men that lust women once no more indure 'em In health they loathe the physick that did cure 'em Can. When I neglect thy love or touch thy life may all my Battels prove unfortunate and I lose all the conquering Danes have got and end my days with shame and inward grief Cart. Your words be registred with hands divine O keep your vow great Prince for I break mine I blush to say I yeeld I 'm wholly yours a spotless Virgin now is in your power and as you mildly courted so this kiss confirms mee to you Can. And my soul to thee Never did man meet more felicitie Run Vassals run prepare all sweet delight For Cartesmunda sleeps with me to night Enter Harold England shall sleep in peace for all my force On Cartesmunda's love shall now be spent Thy Arms shall
month sir he has not touch'd his Armor nor been i th' field to chear his Souldiers Osr. We now must make as great a suit to see him as if we beg'd for Tipes of dignity Cap. No more I see your griefs and all our ruins if we keep sile•t thus I le speak to him and venture life for such a general good if my plots fail my tongue shall boldly speak To touch his baseness though I lose my head I le die or win him from this strumpets bed Fear not to second me Har. Not I were death assur'd I le first begin A Souldiers best fight is to beat down sin Enter Canutus and a Guard Can. Double my Guards about her I will prove There 's no happiness on earth but love Cap. Most mighty Prince Can. Audacious Traytor wherefore com'st thou to us did we not charge thee to avoid the presence Cap. Your Father Royal Sir knew me a Souldier and I have fought for you yet if you please so I may speak make me your humble Martyr Can. Slave what wouldst thou say Cap. That which my life shall prove Y 'ave lost your conquest in a womans love Could you unty the vail Cupid has bound about your eyes and forehead you wo'd find she were not all so fair as you esteem her Nature was never so impartial to give to one to rob a million arm but your self and lead your Souldiers forth to win another City you shall find her beauty far out-strip'd sacred Leige if like a young man you take counsel ill Destroy me quickly it shall be my fame I di'd to win you from a Strumpets shame Can. Thou 'st spoke enough to damn thee Impudent Traytor go dye unpit•ied Though thou hast my hate thou shalt not have the honor of my sword o take away thy l•fe you of our Guard See a base death performed upon this Slave Capt. Farewel my Leige you once must have a grave Exit with Guard Har. My Resolution 's firm and I will speak though hell shu'd gape to swallow me alive What 's he chat's gon to death my Sovereign Can. A Traytor Harold to my best content Har. O pardon sir your rage has lost a man of more true worth then all this Nation He was not of that strain of Counsellors that like a tust of Rushes in a Brook bends every way the current turns it self yeelding to every puff of Appetite that comes from Majesty but with true zeal he faithfully declared the grief of all Pardon me great Canutus I must speak and let thy subject on his knee intreat the Kingly Lion yet to rouze his strength And chase those English that do only wound Because out Rescuer will not be found Can. Fond man how dar'st thou check our Appetite Hast thou forgot our frown can strike thee dead Har. I know 't and willingly lay down my head For 't is more honor by thy wrath to dye Then living to behold thy misery Which sure is coming on Can. Let it make haste Wee 'l beat it back with our triumphant Hoast Har. You cannot till you beat that wanton hence She has b•witch'd your senses mighty Lord Her Tresses like to Adamantine Chains Have let all heat but lust out of you veyns When she is gone your valor you 'l assume But while she stayes she doth your state consume Can. No more Go bid the Captains meet me in the Hall Tell 'em to morrow early wee 'l come down And in strange kind to all your eyes wee 'l shew We can command our self as well as you Away Har. I le do your will and hope for good event Exit Can. There is no hell on earth but discontent I feel my blood grows chil a sudden qualm in a deep Laethe seems to drown my joyes Enter Cartes But here comes she by whom those thoughts are gon Earths happiness as whose creation Nature spent all her stock Welcome my love to make our joyes full Go adorn thy self in all the richest Jems my Coffers yeelds Wear all the Jewels purchas'd with my crown and out-shine Dian in a Robe of stars Cart. For what my Lord Can. To please mine eyes and make all men admire thy Radencie Thy Beauty shall out-brave the glorious Sun Florish Somewhat Canu't must do to be talk'd on Exeunt Enter Mr. Randolph and his Sister in Mourning Rand. Fie Sister weep no more 't is time to lay by grief and with the death of your late husband now bury your sorrows Wife Shu'd I forget so soon so good a husband Rand. His goodness was your good your late dead husband has left you rich and full Executrix to be over-seen by Mr. Thornton whose care I cannot pass without some note For though his wealth be rays'd to Infinites he not forgets a servants love Wife Alas good brother I have woo'd him from it Rand. How Sister have you woo'd him Wife I from civility Methinks 't is unmannerly in me to see a man so much in state the better to be so like a servant to me I tell you I have woo'd him from it Rand. I think 't were better far he woo'd you Sister Wife Woo'd me For what Rand. For Love Sister Wife O •ie good Brother The very word would wrong my husbands grave Rand. Tush a Womans Sorrow has been in black to day in green to morrow Wife I but I am none of those No no I le never marry Rand. Come you are foolish think upon him Sister Hee 's rich man I tell you Hee 's now the wealthest subject England hath Wife O but my Husband Rand. Which of 'em he that 's gone or this to come Think of Mr. Thornton Wife Alas I am not his equal Rand. Tush you were once his Better hee 's humble still Wife Well I le speak no more on 't Rand. Well think on 't then Wife Hey ho Hee 's a very honest man truly and had my husband dyed but two months ago I might ha' thought on 't Rand. How fare you Sister Wife As a green widow sir Pray if you see Mr. Thornton say I 'd speak with him Enter Thornton and a Workman Rand. Are you there yfaith Sister See hee 's here already Thorn Spare for no cost and ply the Workmen hard I le pay 'em all they shall not want for mony have you tane the compass of the Wall Work We have to a foot sir Thorn How many Towers of strength may be erected dividing each distance by a hundred pace• Work 'T is cast already and the compass falls A hundred fourscore Towers to grace the Walls Thorn How high de'you raise the Walls Work As you directed sir full a hundred foot Thorn Right and twelve in bread•h Work Just so sir 't will be a pleasant walk to view the Town Thorn So I wo'd have it And therefore from the highest erect a Battlement above the Platform four foot high a'both sides both to secure and make the place more pleasant See it rais'd so Work I shall
my Squadron I dare undertake with my seven hundred Colliers in six days under ground to march to London they shall dig their way themselves too Rand. And know 't is two hundred miles Grim. That 's nothing I le march forty miles a day with 'em at pleasure there is no Pioneer to be compared to a Collier in his Coal-pit if you le have a dozen Cities as we go undermin'd and blown up give but every man a bushel of Apples to his Breakfast and you shall hear the wind roar and shake the ground like an Earthquake Thor Well sir wee'• try their valors go George get Armor ready and Grim get thou a Drum and Marshal 'em Grim. If you wo'd rake hell and Phlegitan Acaron and Barrathrum all those Low Countries cannot yeeld you such a company Tara ra ra ra ra O brave Master now for a company of conquering Colliers Come George Exit Thor Now would it please my Leige so far to grace his humble Subjects and their new built Town to take a homely Banquet we sho'd think 't were royal Neighborhood to heat our buildings Alu. We cannot be unkind though to your hurt we will dispense with our great hast so long and then from Banquets unto Battels fly Which Heaven we hope will guide successfully Exeunt Enter Harold Huldrick Osrick Captains and Lords of Denmark Hul Go let our Drums and Trumpets spight of fear thunder aloud i' th Air and tell Canutus his Captains do attend to speak with him he promis'd to come down Har. Yes down toth ' earth Hul And in the shameful ruins he prepares with lust and murder bury up his name he 's known by nothing but a large defame the City York for want of aid is lost and still the foe pursues if thus we stand to sooth him in this sin our conquest dies And we in blood must end our victories 'sfoot sound and call him Enter Hoffman Hof Give your attendance Lords the King is coming A flourish and Drums and Trumpets Hul 'T is time he sho'd he has been absent long And done his honor fame and Country wrong How did he take your reprehension Harold Har. It startled him at first but when with mildness he did appoint this general meeting to us to what good purpose it inclines I know not Osr. I hope the best see here he comes my Lord Florish Enter Canutus leading Cartesmunda richly attired and deckt with Iewels Hofman and Gentlemen attending Can. Where are our Vassals attend your charge and our delight with all your best of care and diligence or by those s•ars whose influence made me great you dye in Torments all let not the Sun extort from her bright Rayes to give him lustre or if inamor'd as we know he is unless the Alpes have frozen up his Flames Let him not on her smooth front dart his heat No not for all his glory or arched seat Omnes All health and honor to the great Canutus Can. Rise in our favor vail thy face my love we must not have thee seen too much by slaves Cap. Content attend the King and his fair love Osr. Long may she be the Mistriss of his youth Capt. And give him heaven on earth Har. And hell to boot S'death shall we flatter thus Can So now you crouch and fawn like daunted Curs that dare not look the Lion in the face Come Cartesmunda mount Canutus Throne Flourish Let me unvail thy face and tell me now which of you all that thus have tax'd my lightness cu'd if possest of such a Jem as this less value it then I What think'st thou Osrick Osr. I have not seen the like Can. Nor ever shall what Nature had in store was given to her And can one crown'd with such a heavenly weight Live and forgo this Center of delight Hul Let not these vain Affections Royal Lord sway you from reason thus Can. Ha! What is he Hul Do you not know me sir the time has been when in thy Battels Huldrick has been seen knee deep in blood cutting his way by force careless of life to free thy Royal person and does your Mightiness not know me now Then hear the news I bring to comfort you The Danes once stil'd by Names of Conquerors are now subdued and slain The King of Scots banded together with the English forces have late at York o'•ethrown our Garrisons and now to London march victoriously defacing all thy conquer'd Cities burn And in their falls the flames do rise so high They seem to light the Tapers of the skie And since Fames Trump which of• hath summon'd thee is not so potent asto draw thee forth thy honor bids me dare thee to the Field if thy high spirit be not extinct by Lust Let 's arm our selves for shame Can. Traytor thou hast deserved death ere thou dyest and this thy proud presume shall break thy neck for chasing our high blood O love thou art unjust I feel assaults far sharper in my breast then all the English Forces 'gainst this wall now love and honor with their opposite powers Afflicts my soul and with their vertuous strife Plead for my Love my Honor Fame and Life With this mans words my passions strongly move He for my honor speaks Honor but Love I am thy Martyr now and must go on For what is Honor but Addition Got in our pride of youth yet stay Canutus think of thy wonted Fame go on and conquer Give me my horse and I will quickly quell 'em Cartes What will Canutus do Can. O Cartesmunda with that heavenly voyce already I am chang'd stern War remains Kiss me and kiss me dead my best of Loves Osr. Hee 's chang'd agen Hul This Strumpets eye does sure bewitch him with her Sorcery I le not indure this shame Enter a Post Post Where is my Lord Can. Where thou shalt not be long What wouldst thou Villain Post Arm mighty Prince we have descried at hand the Horse and Ensigns of the English Army troop'd with their Leaders like the gods of War who in bright steel the fields do stoutly bear Can. And there seek that which thou vile Dog shalt have Comest thou to fright my Love Kills him Hul Do not expose a mighty Nation thus naked to the Tyranny of Lust Canutus Can. Traytor Hul As thou art great be just Let not • Strumpets love work all our Ruines the Enemie's at hand and from thy side I le force this painted Whore Car. Help me Canutus Hul What can you cry Can. Wer 't thou Ioves Mynion slave thou thus had'st dy'd Canutus runs at him catches her up in his arms and runs upon his sword Hul I le meet it thus And dying so my end is glorious Car. Oh I am slain Hul I have my happy wish then Welcome death I dyed Canutus to preserve thy breath Dyes Can. Sink down to hell What has my rashness done O Cartesmunda stay thy fainting breath Thou still shalt live with me in spight of death Car.