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The just general a tragi-comedy / written by Major Cosmo Manuche.
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Manuche, Cosmo, fl. 1650-1652.
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to Look on her who still her self confest her self to be The principal in blood This penitence in her compassion Wrought in him who took her up and kist her In witness of forgiveness she wept the more to see him Pitty her for which she knew she did deserve the less From him So like two weeping Niobies they stood and read As well as tears would give them leave their own Misfortunes in each others face and both in pity Wept while they themselves themselves unpittied Yet for each other pitifully wept When I unus'd I Must confess to wash my face in tears made up A third in mourning Which she perceiving humbly Thank't me for my compassion and hop't it was Bestowed on him as what she not deserved This And such like expressions of repentance with streames Of hearty sorrow flowing wrought so in him he ask'd Her if she lov'd him dying she so much injured Living Which she as well as words and tears could witness For her answered yes so well that were she but as Sure of his she should rejoyce a faithfull penitent in death This in true signs of love and sorrow uttered he Sends away straight for a holy man o' th Church Who after some private confession on both sides made Joyned both their hands in holy marriage which Done as griefe would give them leave they both Rejoyc't and kist then wept again so that my Pitty in my tears rather increast then lessned by my Stay When urging necessity for my departure I sadly Took my leave and left them prodigally bestowing Their tears upon each others face Anto. I blame thee not Eugenio for being a weeping witness of their woes when I can scarce forbear At the relation heaven knows I wish them long Life on earth to enjoy each others love Corneli Eugenio Thou hast delivered miracles But know I can believe what comes from thee Which had appear'd much doubtfull from anothers Mouth she hath purchac't now my pitty and my Prayers which I 'l acknowledg justly due and pay Enter Fabi. weeping Anto. How now Fabius weeping for your young master Fabi. You cannot blame me Sir when I am Made the messenger of death Eugeni How sure 't is not yet come to that Fabi. I would it were not or else some other had Been made the messenger Corneli Prethe speak out that we may understand you Fabi. The King inraged to understand his son Was married to his murtherer commanded me to Let them know 'bout four a clock this afternoon They must prepare to dye and keep their Wedding in the other world Which they poor Souls with joy received and thank't me for my paines As willingly as if I had deserved it Anto. 'T was but short warning the gods Prepare them for their long journey Gentlemen I have some present business calls me aside but I shall soon return to share with you in sorrow Ex. Anto. Eugeni You 'l hardly find us unprepared for that But think'st thou Fabius the King intends this Hasty execution 't is surely done to fright them into a Preparation for the other world Fabi. Sir Pray heaven you not deceive your self The King is known too constant in his resolves To alter what he with seriousness protests which to our Griefes we too too soon shall find Corneli Eugenio The tim 's but short and 't is But labour lost if we not speed If he will have Them dye let 's move for longer time Eugeni With all any heart I shall plead hard for one Corneli Then let 's away Exit Enter Delirus Artesia In mourning habits as in prison Deli. Come my Artesia dry those fair eyes the gods We know are mercifull and can forgive what We can act Thou hast with penitentiall tears in Streames of sorrow from thy swoln eyes Washt off that guilt that clouded thy faire soul And do'st appear as white as sainted innocence We Are married to another world Artesia let them Injoy the happiness in this if there by any in 't That are wedded to it whom we with pity not With envy must behold And 't is no little joy amid'st Our sea of troubles to see thee thus prepar'd for Death which we 'l imbrace as greedily as Shipwrackt travellers do the long'd for shoare And O thou injured maid in what celestiall Part so e'r thy now made glorious soul doth hover Look down with pitty and a forgiving eye on us Thy sorrowfull murtherers who ready stand to Sacrifice two lives to appease thy angry ghost Give me thy hand Artesia our time draws on apace And yet methinks I fain would have thee live Would my poor life pay the great debt we owe But the devouring law cryes all or none Thy blood Artesia sits with a confidence in thy fair cheeks As if it meant not suddenly to leave its habitation And 't is great pity now it hath possession to turn it Out of doores Artesi My Lord I have but ill deserved this Noble pity and here my dying breath shall witness For me I would not live on earth after your Death to be commandress of the world Yet know My Lord I gladly could both live and dye to serve you Dye for to confirm this doubtfull world with What a feeling sorrow for my sins I could endure Death and live with you on earth to witness to the World how I could love and honour you Which Since denyed I gladly shall imbrace my death and Only grieve I have rob'd the world of you Enter Fabius Fabi. My Lord your guard waits you and you to Death are summon'd Deli. It shall be welcome Fabius Thou seest no Pannique fear about us Takes her by the chin See how the lillyes and the roses in these Faire cheeks undaunted fit Why do'st thou weep for us Fabi. I weep my lord for you and for my self for You that you must loose your life and for my self that none But I must be chose out the messenger of death Deli. Thou art vainly troubled at what I thank thee for Come my Artesia this kiss now lead us to our deaths Kisses her Exit Enter Goldcalf sol Gold Heer 's doings indeed my Mistriss going to pot I'faith What a deal of mony't has cost me to be a Colonel To no purpose A plague of that stripling stranger he made no Stranger of my mony I am sure the Jack napes firkt Me too out of my Deeds of almost a thousand pounds a year Pox of those German's bones my Cozen Captain slue in Duell They were sufficiently reveng'd on me for the murther but 'T is no matter I have saved my life yet by not being Too hasty If I had married Artesia I had been peppered i'faith However I scape yet for ther 's Delirus a brave spark Must dye but for offering to have her Enter Snap gallaut Hey day Snap what turn'd Gentleman Snap Sirra no more such buggs words which if you dare But utter I 'l nail your ears to the wall a punishment Your honourable father
your love vallour and strength Of protestations in your fear I did but this to try You suppose t 'had been a subject wrong'd me Deli. O that again and but the knowledg of a name You 'd have destroy'd and by our loves 't is done Artesi 'T is Aurelia Deli. A simple woman poor maid I am thy murtherer Artesi A souldier Delirus and so tender conscienc'd Think what 't is you enjoy my love no beggars fortune With it besides I 'l take you off from being Executioner which if enjoyn'd you were bound For to perform by Oath Ferdinando servant To old Sebastian is poor and vehemently Courts my woman who with the promise Of her love and gold to boot you easily may Tempt for to perform the deed either By poyson or as you both shall else contrive What hopes can you expect I can enjoy a peace Within my self when she is Queen that at the Hopes of rising dares publickly affront me You cannot love and yet refuse to right me I must acknowledg I have not boasted much of Love to you yet dare confess Had you been wrong'd like me my tears bear Pretends to weep Witness for me I should have righted you Though life had been ingag'd Deli. As I will thee urge it no more 't is done Dry those fair eyes This kiss confirms she sleeps Aurelia dead Our joyes at full leap to our marriage bed Ex Ambo Enter Snap Captain Thunder Lievetenant Cannon and Ensign Drake Snap You understand your charge Thund At full Snap Then see you do perform 't with care As you expect to cate again Thund Thou man of Mars we shall recrutes Must then acrew the trifling summ's exhausted we Received Not a denier our linings can produce Snap Already gone all on the gut or have you victuall'd For this week fearing a siege of Bailiffs pray let Me understand what you must spend a day I May prepare to furnish you my Ignorance May make me erre Cannon Nobly spoken and to the purpose Thou man of metall Captain our usuall rates declare Capt. Lieutenant I understand you you mean When loaden with the spoyl we did return victors From Poland Ensig Or when that powerfull arm with Our assistance fell on the rear of th' Swisse In which great slaughter we seas'd ten thousand Pounds then but a trifle Lieu. Or Snap Or when you spoke truth which no man Can remember Come come no noise nor blustering Snap stopps the Lievtenants mouth Here I understand you well and shall if you dare Talk such words but when I licence you return You with your leaguer pipes to the chimney-corner Where when your doxyes nim the pocket small You then perhaps may drink again and then Betwixt each draught recount your valourous acts To oyster wives who can admire them and Weep at every arm or leg you phillip from the Foe sighing parentheses at your sad Catastrophe Why you worms poor as Carthusian munks That borrow titles to fright Tapsters from their reckonings And dare usurpe titles of honour you never understood Could you hope with your con'd speeches ever to possess me With belief that you were valiant or ever fought But when engag'd for reckonings with your Host Or with the boyes for to redeem your Ladyes From the pumpe which you protect not out of love But lively-hood and though the sin of theft You love as what you live by yet dare you not Attempt your selves more for fear of beating then The law But thrust your females into danger Who once a moneth do pennance under last for Your maintenance What all silent Lieutenant faith What might your last great victory in Poland Be worth to you Ensign speake what brave a Acheivements lately Cap. Thou man of knowledg we do recant Nor will we more the History of war repeat Lieu. Victorious Sir we are your captives Command and we 'l obey Snap Then to your holes again all is forgot Your bodies Il ' see vampt which if you dare But pawne I l ' finde a baliffe shall Command In chiefe mean time her 's to subsist Gives them mony Till further order you receive and as you do Expect supplies from me be carefull in the Husbanding of this adieu Exit Snap Capt. Heroick Sir Your bounty hath chain'd us to Your commands we are your moving creatures Ex. Om. Enter Sebastian Ferdin Sebast Breathe there in Christian shape Such monsters Ferdinando be carefull in your relation The'yr things you utter of a high concernment Suppose Artesia monstrous as you make her Delirus hath a noble soul and surely would not Aid her in a fact but to repeat is horrid Besides Aurelia poor Girl ne'r understood What 't was to injure any thing had life Ferdin O Sir your noble soul too innocent to Vnderstand the guilt in their foul breasts will Not give leave to think what pride and envy harbour My service though far unworthy your Acceptance after this ten years tryall I hope Cannot beget suspition of a truth I soundly can Maintain Behold this Pulls out a purse Purse full of Delirus gold by him put in this Hand to murther your Aurelia Sebast Protect her you just powers Why did'st thou take it Ferdin To save her life which else had been In hazard Had I refus'd to undertake the Murther my single testimony would have appear'd My shame as not believed when he should Please deny it and some distressed wretch tempted With gold have been her executioner Schast Thy bare testimony is yet all can be Alledged against them Ferdin Her woman with me is brib'd who as they Vainly think I fondly dote upon who I must Have in marriage for sooth into boote Who should I urge to witness against the Murtherers she might be brib'd gainst me Sebast Thou faithfullest of servants preserver Of our lives my wretched state unable to Requite thee produces tears of sorrow He weeps The gods reward thy trust and may they bountifully Shower their blessings on thy head Ferdin My Honoured Lord dry those aged Eyes for my reward his great in your Acknowledging me your creature it was but mercy To my self to keep my self from sin Honoured Sir Think what 's to be done in what so Much concerns you Sebast The thought of so much wickedness Captives my reason I know not what to think or Do what do'st thou think most fit Ferdin Since you are pleas'd command my Poor advice my duty binds me thus The Favour our virtuous King hath deign'd to shower On your faire daughter hath been great And what may swell to yet stands doubtfull Could you with the consent of her unknown To the Court for a small time conveigh her to so me place Of safety the King would then as needs you Must pretend no knowledg of her being express That love as yet is but suspected the which When known as your grave wisdome shall direct our Course we 'l steere besides my attendance on her In disguise makes for my safety And if so Great