he foames with poyson Lad. Heavens I fear something is strangely amiss with aside with the young Duke he hath talk't all day at this distracted rate What should the reason be some secret sorrow sets heavy on him but I 'le take no notice Come Theodore Theo. My Lord upon my knees Lad. No more I 'm wrong'd abus'd by my false friends And I will in and dye in their defence Since they have lost their guard of innocence If in a cause so bad my blood is spilt I have revenge by adding to their guilt My noble Lord farewel a thousand blessings Lad. turns to Paul Crown your sweet youth and when you see the Prince Do me the right t' inform him of my story And recommend me to his noble thoughts Tell him the dying Duke o' Curland begs A place a Monument in his fair soul And so heaven bless you both Paul Oh! oh I faint she swoones Lad. Now Theodore Farewel to thee if I ne're see thee more Here take these Jewels they are all I have At present to reward thy love and faithfulness And now dear Theodore when the day is done And with it me seek out my lifeless carcass Among the dead and give it a private Monument Let not my Princesses insulting eye Find out where injured Curland's ashes lie Lest she in scorn should visit him and there Profane my Tombe with a dissembled tear Ex. The. My Lord be sure I shall do this and more Ten thousand times if I 'm not dead before Ex. Paul Ha is he gone and hath he left me thus Ne're was false Lady so belov'd as she Nor any so unfortunate as me But see he is not gone there there he stands Come here my kindest Lord and kiss me once But once before I die for I am going VVhere poor Paulina ' l trouble you no more Jo. Oh heavens her grief mislayes her noble reason what shall we do Alex. I 'le run and kill the Villain Paul Alexey see what shadow 's that Is 't not a Coffin 't is come lock me in I know not whether I am dead or no But if I am not I would feign be so Alex. Oh I shall run my sword into my self Jo. And I shall break my heart Paul Sirs lead me in VVell since th' art gone brave Ladislaus adieu I 'de not have dealt thus cruelly by you But I forgive thee and when no one 's by I 'le pray for thee then fetch a groan and dye The Fourth ACT. Enter Ossolinsky Cassonossky Lubomirsky After shouts and acclamations without The Scene an open field covered with Tents Osso Casso ALl 's our own victory victory Come for the plunder of the Princess Tent. Enter Demetrius and Battista Lub But see Prince Radzevile Commander of the Transilvanian horse what news from the dead did not I see thee fall under thy horse feet Casso Come for the plunder of the Tent brave Prince Osso Move slow Devils Ex. Osso Casso Lub shouting Dem. Never did such a gale of fortune blow I 'le sail in tides of blood up to their Tents and take the Duke o' Curlands Mistress prisoner carry her to Moscow and keep her captive till Poland ransomes her with Curlands blood follow brave men Ex. Bat. Go 't is in vain to hinder thee When honour calls nor will I stop thee now Although he fights he knows not where nor how Ex. Enter Colimsky the Seene continued Col. Must we not only fight with men but Devils Radzevile Commander of the Transilvanian horse who fell by my sword is mounted afresh hath broke through all our Troops and Stands o' Pikes and flies like lightning to the Princes Tent and doth greater things now dead then living Pursue the Warlike Ghost all all to the Princes Tent But see whole Troops of flame A flame flashes through the Tents a thousand fiery Spears pierce every way and a bright Cloud of fire breaks from the Town what should it mean Enter an Officer running Off. My Lord to the Princes Tent or she is lost Col. Teach me my duty you slave Strikes him with his Sword What meanes this flame Off. It is some valiant stranger but who I know not that hath flown about just like a Fire-ship in Seas of blood to grapple with whole Fleets and seeing the enemy flow all in Tides up to the Princes Tent hath set the Tents and all the Town on fire and here with five hundred resolute Cavalry he comes to force his passage Col. Brave men I 'le lead the way to glory all all to th' Princes Tent. Ex. Enter Ladislaus Theodore and followers with Flambaux in their hands Lad. Come valiant men let 's give 'um brave diversion Le ts set their Tents afloat in blood and flames And fill the Air with Clouds of humane ashes Set all on fire the Town the Tents the Temple Spare not the very houses of Religion Ex. The. Brave Prince how generous thy actions are Unseen he changes all the Scenes of warr And with a noble scorn he fights for them Who both his courage and his love contemn These Glories must at last themselves betray And through all gloomy Clouds must pierce a way Ex. The Scene is chang'd to the Princesses Pavilion A noise of arms The women shrieke within And enter Hypolita Emilia Francisca running Hyp. Em. Fran. Murder murder the Princess will be murdered Enter Sharnofsky defending the Princess pursued by Demetrius Ossolinsky Cassonossky Lubomirsky Battista and Guard the Women run about shrieking and crying murder Jul. Stand by Sharnofsky I 'le defend my self Shar Madam for heavens sake do not deprive me in the last moment of my life of that which I have liv'd and fought for all this while For if without defending you I 'me slain I loose my honour and I die in vain Jul. That honour you shall have but not alone Nor rob my courage Sir to crown your own Shar Oh! whether doth she rush for shame ye cowards set not your swords against a Ladies breast your Princess too she bleeds you saucy Villains y 'ave wounded a Divinity th' Americans would have kneeled and prayed to ye Powers what are ye all asleep above the Clouds if ye are lend me your thunder oh she 's lost Osso You are my prisoner Sir to Shar Dem. You Princess are mine to Jul. Casso So now shall I have a full draught of revenge Dem. Now know fond Poles I have deluded you I am not Radzevile but Demetrius a Prince o' the Imperial house of Muscovy a mortal an eternal enemy to you all I come to search your General the Duke of Curland who like a treacherous Pole after I had took him prisoner shew'd him kindness hath stole my Princess and I 'le enslave his and the next time I come enslave you all And now stand by me valiant Transilvanians I 'le give you all a hundred crowns a man Bat. Oh! the good heavens he betrayes himself Osso Casso Lub Ha! what saith Radzevile Shar This is distraction
as formerly it was in Arms witnesse those new Academies and Societies Erected amongstus for Philosophical Commerce and the improvement of Language Wit and Arts Commodities which Forreigne Vertuosoes would have engrossed to themselves and till of late denyed to be the native growth of this now in all respects most happy and most fertile Island It is from your Lordships Pen that Solyman may be truly stiled Magnificent and you have made him succeed to the Civility and Gallantry of the Greeks as well as to their Empire nor was Mustapha ever so much the hopes of his Barbarous Nation as in his Image and the generous Character you have given him he is the delight of England who weep the Fate not of Mustapha but of Murder'd Vertue And indeed what Pen but your Lordships could have refined and softned a Story so Barbarous and made a people so remote from Friendship Honour and Religion walk disguised in the Highest Characters of them all It is your Lordships Pen that hath assisted Henry the fifth in a second conquest of France and in the noblest Characters of Valour Love and Friendship hath made the English Wit and Language as tryumphant as their Arms nor could a story acted with so much glory and success be attempted by any Pen beneath your Lordship's In fine it is your Lordship that hath Charmed up the Ghosts of many Noble Heroes who otherwise would have lain unlamented in their Tombs And they have walked on the Stage in Brighter Shapes than ever they lived and have been conducted to their Fates with more sorrow of the Spectators then perhaps they had when they dyed And all this your Lordship hath done not in the pleasure of Shade Ease and Retirement and with the Advantages and Assistances that meaner Spirits are forced to make use of for their Compositions but they are only the Sallyes of your Pen and that during the uneasie intervals which pain sometimes borrows from State Affairs and what a fit of the Gout snatches from the use and benefit your Lordship takes care to employ to the delight and pleasure of the World and if your Lordship can do all this upon the rack of pain and with some glances of your thoughts whil'st the rest like scattered Rayes of Light are dispersed on various Objects what would you do with all the Freedom and Ease of other men and with the united force of your Soul But I am sinking again out of my depth and must retreat once more to that shore from whence I am insensibly wandred I mean my Lord to the consideration of my self and of this worthless Present which I make to your Lordship Which my Lord I cannot but look with much contempt upon as being conscious to my self in what hast and confusion it was composed and of what ex-tempore thoughts the greatest part of it consists Nor should I have presumed to have usher'd it into the world under so great a Patronage had not I first obtained your leave And now I hope your Lordship that at the hearing of it whil'st it was in loose sheets was pleased to forgive the faults of the Poem will now in this address pardon those of the Author whose chief design is not to gain the name of Poet Author Wit or Critick but that of Octo. 4. 1671. My Lord Your Lordships most humble and most obedient servant JOHN CROWN The Names of the Persons CArdinal Governour of Poland ex Officio during the Interregnum Mr. Harris Ladislaus Duke of Curland a Soveraign Prince Foedatory to the Crown of Poland oft General of their Armies contracted to Juliana in her Fathers life-time and in an Expedition against the Muscovite was taken prisoner and carried to Moscow Mr. Betterton Demetrius a young Prince of the Imperial House of Muscovy in love with Paulina and privately married to her by deceit she supposing him the Duke Mr. Young Sharnofsky a Count Palatine friend to the Duke Mr. Smith Ossolinsky Lord Grand Marshal of Poland and of the Cardinals Faction Mr. Bamsield Cassonofsky Lubomirsky Count Palatines of the Cardinals Faction Mr. Sandford Colimsky A Count Palatine friend to Sharnofsky and of the Princesses Faction Mr. Norris Landlord of the house in Warsow where the Duke lay concealed Mr. Angel Theodore Servant to the Duke M. Metburn Alexey A Russian Lord that assists and accompanies Paulina in her flight Mr. Crosby Battista Servant to Demetrius Mr. Westwood Juliana Daughter of the deceased King of Poland in love with the Duke of Curland and contracted to him before her Fathers death M rs Btetterton Paulina Daughter of the great Tzar of Muscovy in love with the Duke and upon a supposed marriage with him assists him in his escape and pursues him to Poland in the habit of a man Mrs. Long. Joanna Maid of Honour to Paulina Mrs. Shadwel Francisca Emilia Maids of Honour to Juliana Souldiers Servants Guards c. The Scene Warsow in Poland at the meeting of the Ban and Arreer Ban arm'd in the field for the Election of a King The PROLOGUE YOu Judges Criticks Wits and Poets too And whatsoever Titles are your due As pretty Features each in proper place Put altogether make a pretty face So you good Wits and you that would be so You all together make a pretty show And when you thus in general Councel sit You are the body Politick of Wit Vnto you all our Poet bid me say Good faith you 'r kindly welcome to his Play 'T is a plain Complement to speak the truth But you must know he is a modest youth Like Country Gallant just whom Courtier brings To see fine dainty Mis who playes and sings Approaching to'r poor Gallant falls a mumping Scraping o' leggs and feign he would say something And round about the room he slings and skips Whil'st tongue lyes still i' th' scabbard of his lips Just so our Poet usher'd to the door To court coy Wits h 'ad never seen before Wits that have all the sparkish Gallants known And tryed th' abilities of all the Town Poor bashful Poet faith h 'ad got his Play Vnder his arm and had run quite away â—ad not we promis'd him to use our skill And in'trest w'e'e to gain him your good will Then faith for ence since he 's so eager for 't Seem kind and coming though it be for sport Then like some Cully on his wedding night Thinking his Bride lyes ravisht with delight Bestirs his simple self whil'st she lies still Laughs at the Fool and lets him work his will So will our Poet to 't and work his brain To try to entertain you once again And if he mends you that delight to range With every Youth may use him then for chang If not e'en huff the Fool and give him o're Then he perhaps will trouble you no more JULIANA OR THE Princess of Poland ACT THE FIRST Paulina sleeping under a Tree Joanna sitting by and singing The Scene a Grove and Gardens The Song LO behind a Scene of Seas
it lye unfenc't Dem. Look I see a man And I am got into a Garden here Whos 's there Land Nay who 's there an' you go to that Here 's one that hath authority to be here Bat. The Master of the house I do perceive And by his tone a kind of Letter of Lodgings I 'le ask the Question Sir we are strangers newly come to Town Could you afford us any room in your house Land I cannot tell Sir whether I can or no According as I like you Bring a light here Dem. Nay then w' are well enough take up my rooms Ne're stand agreeing with him give him twenty Thirty forty a hundred crowns a week what he Hath a mind to I 'le into Town I grow impatient Exit Bat. Oh! heavens Sir whether do you go To rush in armed crowdes so late a stranger Curse on all rashness I must follow him For fear some mischief happens to him Landlord look to the things provide our rooms We 'l return within this half hour or never Ex. Land Ha! gone and left their Cloak-bags with me What kind of fellows are these some High-way men I know by their hast But sure I 'm in a dream is this a Cloak bag Let 's see what weather 't is it doth not rain Cloak-bags Come I 'le go see what 's in it ho a light there Ser. Here Sir Enter a servant with a Candle Land Nay here Sir Here 's a Cloakbag dropt i' my mouth Come let 's see the Entrails of this beast A rich Chesticore with Diamond buttons Enough enough I 'm satisfied These are stollen goods as sure as I am here And now what shall I do with this Cloakbag Shall I keep the Cloakbag or shall I cry the Cloakbag or shall I sell the Cloakbag nay then I may chance to stretch for the Cloakbag so I may if I should keep the Cloakbag if the right owner should come with an Officer and find the Cloakbag why then the Devil take the Cloak-bag for never was any one so plagued with a Cloakbag well if no body comes to claim the Cloakbag I 'le sell the Cloakbag buy Land and marry a Lady with the Cloakbag and then be Dub'd a Knight of the Order of the Cloakbag Ex. Enter Ladislaus and Theodore The Scene continues Lad. Ungrateful men and do they thus reward me For all the blood I 've shed in their defence To set my head to sale That head which once these flatt'ring Poles would cry Their State could live no more without then I. Theo. I wish your Highness had not flung that Letter It seems you were discover'd I 'me amaz'd Which way Lad Sharnofsky hath betrayed me Thus had he done had I expos'd my person Instead of a trifling paper or had sent thee He would have wrackt thee to discover me Theo. But I 'de have been torn limb from limb first Lad. I doubt not thy fidelity good Theodore I 've ever found thee generous and faithful More generous then those whose birth and Grandeur Obliges them to higher pretence of Honour Good heavens what 's this world I should have sooner Suspected Angels then the Count or Princess Theod. Good Sir do not discompose your Soul With these suspicions of your noble friends 'Till you know more Lad. My noble friends ah Theodore I have no friends my fortune fame and honour Heaven and Earth and she whom I adore Above 'um all deserts me nothing adheres to me But my own courage I see the Count and she Convert the news of my escape from Moscow By the generous kindness of the Russian Princess Into pretences to disguise their falshood To ruine my interests and unite their own To marry and to aspire to the Crown All Poland sees it and the Card'nal dreads u'm Much more then me and all this great alarum You 'l find aimes at their lives as well as mine The. Ah! do not credit Sir the common Vogue Lad. Come Theodore 't is true but that I 've learnt How to command my passions as well as Armies And owe more reverence to my own memory Then after death to have my head plac'd aloft On some old Tower to feed the greedy eyes Of my proud Enemies this very instant Shanofsky's soul or mine should fleet in air The. Well Sir I say no more I only beg you Take into some house you see what danger You 'r in the Guards are searching all about And here we wander up and down i' th' dark Only what sickly light the Moon will lend us But Sir I think we 're got into a Garden Lad. On the backside of a house knock Theodore Knocks and enter Landlord with a light Land Who 's there well this is not to be endur'd Every one gets into my backside If my Landlord will not fence it I 'le promise him I 'le do 't and stop it in his Rent well what 's the Business with you now more Cloakbags Theo. Sir we are strangers newly come to Town And are in great want of Lodgings If you could furnish us name your own price By this Gold we 'l not refuse it you Gives him money Land Let 's look on you according as I like you By this Gold you have good honest faces I have a room for you Theo. Thank you Sir pray what other Lodgers have you We ask you ' cause we would be very private Land I have none at present but some fidling women that come from Cracow to see the choosing of the new King a young Gentleman and a Cloakbag Lad. VVhat doth this fellow mean by this Cloakbag Theo. Your Highness hath hap'ned very fortunately Aside to Lad. Land Well but how did you pass the Guards so late For here 's a heavy pudder about the Duke of Curland He 's come to Town it seems in disguize And here 's five thousand crowns bid for his head Happy man be his dole that catches him For my part I don't expect so good luck Five thousand Crowns and a Cloakbag are too much for one night The. I perceive this fellow 's none of the honestest Aside I here 's a great alarum what 's the matter Land Why Sir the Duke of Curland look ye you must know VVas a great favourite of the last Kings And he contracted him to his Daughter And intended to marry him to her but then it hap'ned The Muscoviters invaded us with a great army The Duke Sir upon a simple quibble of Honour Goes General of our Army against 'um I was a Corporal under him at the same time Tho. De' e hear my Lord pray keep your disguize close Land And thought forsooth to have come back in triumph And married the Lady and he was taken prisoner And ne're comes back at all Lad. That was unfortunate Land Now Sir it seems he hath given 'um the slip out of Muscovy by the help o' the Russian Princess and they are run away together and here he lies lurking in Poland to fit his business and now all
the Ban and the Arrierban are met arm'd in the field to choose a King he 's come to Town in disguise and so there 's a heavy bussle the Cardinal on one side and the Princesson the t'other and between u'm both he 's got into Lobbs pound and I am very glad on 't he 's but a kind of a pittiful whiffling small-beer Duke I ne're was drunk thrice in his house all the time he was here I can go into the Cardinals Cellar and tye my nose to one barrel and my horse to another and tope who shall tope most for a wager and he a sneaking hide-bound Duke of a Duke hates the sight of us true Spaniels that will take water at any time dive o're head and ears in Liquor and he would smell a red nose as far as a Teale would Gunpowder Lad. How am I tormented with this fellow Aside The. He 's not to be endured Land And now he 's come to Town to be King yes he shall be King when I am Emperour of Morocco or Muster-Master General of Bautam we 'l ha' no such thin-gut Kings that shall in half a year dye o' the Gripes and whilest he lives shall starve the English Beer Merchants set a Tax upon the Tap and an Excise upon Rednoses and there 's one Count Sharnofsky too such another ambitious dry-chops he hath not the grace to love good drink and yet he hath the impudence to aime at the Crown 'T is true he doth not goggle at it so plain as Mr. Mumpsimus o' Curland doth but he doth as I do now he squints at it fearfully and he hath an Landlordsquints and makes grim-faces itch at the Princess too but I hope the Cardinal will feage 'um all I hate such ambitious tantalizing Rascals a loyal boy I have been from my cradle The. This Villain I could kill him aside Lad. Shall I be for ever tortur'd with this fellow aside You 'r not at leasure then to shew us our Chambers Landlord Land Yes yes come come Ser. Ser here 's the Gentleman about the Cloakbag Enter a servant Land Oh! Mr. Cloakbag you 'r welcome Sir Enter Demetrius and Battista Bat. Come Landlord will you shew us our chambers Lad. One of my fellow lodgers see if you know him Theodore Dem. No news Theo. looks upon Dem. Bat. What news can you expect Sir Dem. That heaven would be so just to direct me to him Theo. I do not know him Sir aside to Lad. And yet me thinks I 've seen a face like his In Muscovy Lad. Come let us to our chambers Landlord we 'l follow you Land Stay behind some body And light the Cloakbag Ex. Land Lad. and Theo. Bat. Come good Sir conquer your impatience You 'l find him soon enough perhaps on a Throne And speedily he who in passion now Is proclaim'd Traytor shall shortly with applause Be proclaim'd King this is a Feavourish fit Of the State-sick Cardinal nor doth the Duke Come hither in disguise on no design Dem. But heark thee when they make him King o' Poland They will not make him God of Poland And Immortal will they Bat. No Sir he 'l be Mortal No doubt Dem. If he 'l be mortal I am satisfied Go I am weary light me to my chamber I shall dream o' the Duke Ex. Enter Francisca The Scene a Room in the Palace Fran. Treason Treason the Princess will be murder'd Em. Oh Francisca what 's the matter Enter Emilia Here 's a noise of Souldiers about the Palace And every one runs shrieking up and down Oh! my heart akes Fran. Oh! there 's the strangest news The Duke 's come and sent a Letter to the Princess By Count Sharnofsky and all the Towns alarum'd The Guards they say are come to search the Palace And we 're afraid the wicked Cardinal Designs the Princess death Em. Oh horrid Tyrant But see she comes Enter Juliana in her nightgear with a flaming paper in her hand followed by Hypolita and Sharnofsky with his sword drawn Jul. Ha! must I dye for being abus'd affronted By that false man hath he betray'd my honour And doth he now throw in his hand Granado's To blow my life up too thus in the flames Thy Scrawle shall dye and as it pines to ashes Then wanders in the wind so dies for ever Thy memory in my soul and if thy image Appear but to my thoughts but in a dream I 'le hate that dream and I will stab that thought As I 'le do thee if e're thou dost approach me Now call up all my scryants bid 'um arm Sh. Ha! fling a Letter and disguise himself aside What means this mighty caution of the Dukes Dost thou mistrust my honour if thou dost I may in just revenge distrust thine And let me tell thee if thou dost design To wrong the Princess and surprize the Crown I in this tempest will not fall alone Thou shalt destroy my fortunes and thy own Enter a Gentleman running Gent. Madam the Guards are broke into the Palace the Common Hall glitters with naked swords and hither they are running in confusion escape or you 'l be murder'd hark they ' r come they 've overtaken me Madam you 'r lost Jul. And let 'um come I 'le look the Villains dead And let me see who dare's assassinate The yet surviving Majesty of their dead King Sh. Who dares shall fall as victimes to his shade But see the Count Colimsky ha our friends Betray us Enter Colimsky with his sword drawn Col. Madam for heavens sake retire With all the speed you can your life 's design'd My Lord Grand Marshal hath Orders from the Councel To seize you both the Troops are drawing up News of the Dukes arrival haunts each ear Just like a frightful Spectre Letters Are intercepted by the Cardinal Written by you my Lord of horrid consequence Sh. By me Col. By you to Dorosensko General of the Tartars To assist you with fifty thousand men Ten thousand Cassacques should be sure to second him That y 'ad decreed upon a time prefixt To fire the City kill the Cardinal Dissolve the General Diett in the Tumult Seize the Crown Sh. Monster of Villany Thou Scarlet prodigy Polands glaring Comet Barbarous Idol not content with blood But must have Kingdoms victim'd at thy Altars Almighty powers I kneel I kneel if ever ever One thought Col. No more I do believe your innocence And therefore stole away from the Cabal To give you intelligence what horrid Spells Are made what Spirits conjur'd up Against you in our Magicians Grotto And here I 've brought a hundred resolute Young Gentlemen whose swords shall cut the Charm And yet secure the Princesses retreat And yours if you 'l accept their generous kindness Then Madam hasten let us loose no time Each minute now is precious as the Indies Jul. Pious Cardinal my Guardian Angel Heavenly Tyrant little thinks my Royal Father How he hath left me to the Guardianship Of Dragons that devour me Col. Oh
undone We have lost time all all to arms Noise of arms without Sh. Call up the Princesses servants arm arm Enter Ossolinsky Cassonossky and Lubo and Guard Wom. Murder murder Casso Now the long wish't for time o' my revenge On the old Tyrant that affronted me Is come but ha Colimsky here Osso Are you there Traytor Col. Are you here cheated bubbles Cosso This too honest fellow hath prevented us aside You 'l answer for this Treason to the General Diett Col. With my sword in hand in th' interim My Princess shall not fall an Indian Martyr Under the Chariot wheeles of your great Pagod Your I dol shall not have such noble victimes Shar Let us not stand disputing Osso Lub Seize the Traytors Casso I you may say seize the Traytors long enough you might have had the wit to have come with a stronger party All fight Osso Casso Lub retreat pursued by Sh. and Col. Wom. Murder Murder Jul. Oh! bloody Cardinal Royall shade Of my great Father hide thy glorious head And see not my oppressions Enter Col. and Sh. as from victory Col. Now all 's clear My Lord conveigh the Princess by a private way To the Monastery of Sancta Clara there 's a Vault Where you may lie secure for an hour or two In th' interim I 'le go place a Guard in my house And then conduct you thither my Gardens Lye just opposite to the Monastery And there 's a private way where you may pass secure And then for our greater preparations Ex. Sh. Come Madam The tempest is begun let 's bravely through Jul. Lead on my Lord I 'm none of those who when the storm prevails Creep to the winds and humbly strike the Sails The Second ACT. Enter Cardinal Ossolinsky Cassonofsky Lubomirsky Card. EScap't Osso All betray'd by Count Colimsky Card. I fear'd as much Casso My Lord you may remember He gave us warning with mysterious words He dropt at Councel I might have had the wit To have seen it but I am grown both fool and knave With keeping knaves and fools company aside Lub VVith mysterious words In plain terms he talk't both saucily And like a Traytour Casso Well said wisdome aside Card. I observ'd him And do repent we did not then secure him But I was unwilling to create Too many enemies Well this news is bad The Duke arriv'd the Count and Princess fled To arms Colimsky turn'd a Partizan I now foresee a dreadful strom o' blood Casso A storm of thy own creating but yet I love thee Because thou lov'st mischief ' though these simple Lords Have not the wit to see 't aside Osso My Lord all places shall be strictly search't Houses Vaults Churches Monasteries And then by break o' day we 'l be ready To bring our Slaves arm'd into the field Then let the tempest blow this storm o' Fate Shall overset the Pyrates of the State Ex. Osso Lub Car. Brave Patriots may heaven succeed your Loyalty Casso Oh! most noble Cardinal I am almost as cunning A Knave as thy self and I have one knack more aside To appear what I am not one of thy bubbles Ex. Card. Good men how easily they swallow down The bait such honest men are the soft moulds Wherein wise men do cast their great designs Still crost what ill-natur'd star envies my glory Oft have I built my great designs so high That they have dazled each spectators eye When to the highest story I should come Even just to have a prospect into Rome To view the Conclave and o'retop them all And catch the golden fruit when it should fall Then some unhappy ball at one rebound Hath thrown down all my projects to the ground And now as all my policies were ripe And each thing fitted as I had design'd The Duke a captive and his friends confin'd And I had stole an interest in the State Enough to sell the Crown at my own rate Just on the sudden they are all got free And the whole storm is like to â—all on me Such things as these would puzzle humane sense And make one half believe a providence And I confess it staggers me to find My Engines broke by one that stands behind But all this shall not my designs defeat It is a wise mans duty to be great To save the helpless World For they above affect to shew their powers And haughty wisdom by confounding ours Then heaven we bow but if that will not do The sword shall give what I demand from you When Beads and Altars no relief afford The best devotion then is in the Sword Ex. The Scene the Town A noise within of breaking doors Break down the doors I care not for ne're a City Cuckold of 'em all Within Murder murder call up all our neighbours Within Guard Hold your babling or I 'le set a pellet in the throat of you I 've authority to search your house for the Princess Within Land A Princess Sir I 'de have you to know I keep no such house I keep no Princesses and so get you from my doors Woman within Do I pay Tax and Contribution and the Devil and all to have my doors broken open at midnight to search for Princesses Iâ—le complain to the Councel Man within Some scalding water there Woman within How do you threaten fire upon ' um Officer within Murder murder Within Enter Landlord striking fire with a Sâ—â—â— The Scene the Common Hall in Landlords house Land Murder murder there 's murder cryed in the streets we shall be all kill'd in our beds ho where are you all light a candle call up all our Lodgers ho murder Enter Paulina and Joanna Paul Oh! we shall be murder'd Land Here 's a Steel hath as much fire in 't as is in my tooth Enter Alexey Alex. Oh! Madam Madam I have seen the softly to Paul Duke he lies in this very house coming by a Chamber that had a light burning in 't I had a curiosity to look through the Key-hole and I saw the Duke walking without any disguise and talking to a Gentleman his servant I suppose and instantly hearing a noise slips on a disguize took his sword and here he 's coming Paul Oh! thou ha'st surpriz'd me I faint Jo. Strange what a fortunes this Al. See this is he Enter at one door Ladislaus and Theodore at another Demetrius and Battista with drawn swords Land Why ho will you bring a light here sleepy Rascals are you all dead Om. VVhere is this murder Land Nay what know I all the Guards are about Horse and Foot this is about the Duke of Curland I would I had him by the nose with a pox to him I 'de hold him as strong as Mustard he might smell to a crust long enough I faith nor should it be four thousand nine hundred ninety-nine crowns should excuse his head Theo. D' ee hear my Lord this fellow 's a Rogue aside to Lad. Lad. I hear him Paul A damp strikes to my heart at
fight of him aside Dem. Where are these murders done Bat. In the Landlords pate No other we shall meet withall to night Ser. Master Enter a servant Land Master you Rogue where 's a light shall we be all killed in the dark here Ser. All 's over Sir Land Over or under I 'le have a light Sir I won't loose my life in the dark a light I say whil'st I go call up all my people Ex. Dem. VVhat an impertinent cowardly follow is this Bat. Fear Sir is natural to vulgar spirits Dem. VVhat people are those in the room here Bat. Your fellow lodgers Sir Lad. I do suppose the Guards are searching for me aside to Theo. Perhaps they may break into the house 'T is safer being abroad call for the key of the Garden door I 'le go walk in the Grove Ex. Alex. Follow follow Madam he is going out Bat. Come my Lord y 'ave slept but little will you to your Chamber or walk abroad Dem. 'T is too early yet hardly day and I feel my eyes a little heavy I care not if I take the t'other slumber and finish the remainder of my dream Bat. Had you a dream I thought you slept so little you had no time to dream Dem. 'T was a confus'd one of the Duke and my Princess methoughts I met 'um in a Grove and in a house I wounded him she fainted and they both vanisht and a thousand such wild things Bat. This busie soul of ours cannot be idle It must be doing and doth it knows not what Dem. Come I 'le to my Chamber take t'other flumber and then in chase of the Duke and I 'le find him if all the arts of hell can discover him Enter Ladislaus Theodore and Landlord The Scene the Gardens Followed by Paulina Joanna Alexey Land Now you may venture to walk in the Garden all 's over beshrew me I tremble like a quaking pudding Lad. How comes your Grove and Gardens to lie open Land How comes a Wench to lie open and common when no body will fence her Your Grandfather you wonder to hear me say your Grandfather I warrant You must know I call all my lodgers my sons and so I being your Father my Landlord is your Grandfather Now Sir your Grandfather is in Law about it with the Monastery of Santa Clara and did you never see a couple of Hectors fight for a Wench here I tickle thee and there I tickle thee so sa sa Co ' your Grandfather a homethrust Co ' the Monastery and so they fetch one another with whiscum whascums and I know not what and neither of 'um will suffer it to be fenc'd and so my Garden lies stark naked without ever a rag to her back but I keep the poor Jade as private as I can and suffer none to pass but those that go between the Counts Gardens and the Monasteries Paul There is no speaking whil'st this fellow 's here aside Lad. What Gardens are those yonder Land One Count Colimsky's Gardens A very brave man he hath a gallant house at the t'other end ah many sousing soakings have I had in his Cellar There have I sail'd top and top gallant all Sailes aloft and bravely boarded the French-man the high Dutcher the Spaniard the Grecian then Sir there hath made up to me a Fleet of Algerines Tunis and Salley men for so I call the drunken dogs A Saile a Saile quoth I strike for Algier quoth they strike for Dantzick quoth I then to 't we go and board one another with small shot pint glasses and the like from them we go to Cuddy-guns and so to Demy-cannon whole Cannon and all our lower Teer Romers of an Ell and then there 's bloody work here sinks a Galley there a Galleass there a stout Frigot turns up his Keel then high for the main boyes cry I. The. What a tedious impertinent fellow is this Lad. And what high wall is that that faces to the Counts Gardens Land That 's the Monastery wall I told you of Paul Will this fellow never ha' done Lad. You don't know who those young Gentlemen are that lodge in your house do you Land Not I they are pretty youths strangers speak but bad Polish I askt 'um when they came Rosmepopolsky said I no Rosmepopolsky quoth they but one may make a shift to understand ' um Lad. How came you to have any room in your house at so great a concourse as this of all the Nobility and Gentry of Poland with their Trains for the election of a King Land How came my neighbours wife to have any room in her she was delivered of a boy and my big-bellied house of a man and both were brought to bed yesterday morning the great Count Palatine of Smolensko if you know him lodged here and he whipt out o' town upon some bickerings betwixt him and the Cardinal he told the Cardinal his own he made a most brave mutinous speech in the Diett which is highly applauded I have a Copy on 't in my pocket Lad. No matter for the Copy Landlord The. This fellow's tongue hath the perpetual motion Good my Lord rid your self of him aside to Lad. Lad. Well Landlord I have a little business with my servant you 'l excuse me Land I think I ha' lost the Copy of this same Speech I must run in to find it I 'le be back presently Ex. Theo. Heaven be prais'd Paul So now I 'le venture to him Jo. Do and we 'l stay behind Ex. Jo. Al. Theo. Ha! who 's this follows the Duke My Lord retire here 's some one follows you to Lad. Lad. Some of the lodgers for the morning aire Theo. No no my Lord he makes directly to you Lad. I think he doth as if he 'd speak with me Paul My Lord. goes up to the Duke Lad. To me Sir Paul Yes to you my Lord Come make it not so strange I know you well enough Lad. Oh! heaven's betray'd Paul Nay be not startled Sir I 've no defign but what is honourable Lad. Surely you do mistake your person Sir I 'me but a stranger here Paul I know you are not Sir You lately came out of Muscovy You were a pris'ner there Sir were you not yes Sir I 'me sure you were and your name is Ladislaus Duke of Curland Lad. Ha! he names my name How came I thus discover'd Paul So 't is he Now I have born him down with confidence Lad. I know him not but since he names my name Let him be Man or Devil Friend or Enemy I 'le not disown it Sir I am Ladislaus Duke of Curland what 's your business with me Paul That Letter Sir that Letter will tell you Gives the Duke a letter Lad. Whence is this Paul Read and you 'l see Lad. Ha! subscrib'd Demetrius peruses it What is this from Muscovy where 's the Prince Paul The Letter Sir will tell you Lad. Reads I am now at the Frontiers of Poland my Errand you your self may conjecture
braver appearance then could b' expected on so little warning Enter another Officer Off. Madam the Cardinal desires to treat in person with you and demands caution for the security of himself and those that shall attend him Jul. Let sufficient caution be given Sh. Open to the right and left to make way for the Cardinal Enter Cardinal Ossolinfsky Cassonosky Lubormisky and Train The Cardinal looks about and smiles Card. The women arm'd then sure w' are all mistaken This preparation 's only made For some great Masquerade Jul. A Play 't is only to divert you Sir And call'd The downfall of the Cardinal Card. And was it this you and your Mighty Poets Have so long studied on The Plot 's too mean For such great wits and such a mighty Scene An usurp't Crown a better plot would be For arm'd Tragedians such as here I see And if we make inquiry we shall find T' was such a Plot your Poetry design'd And to deny it Madam is in vain For we have searcht your Vaults and found your Train And 't will but set you higher on the score To justifie your ills by doing more But if in this contempt you will proceed Then thank your own ambition if you bleed You are an Orphan so is the Kingdom too And no less trusted to my care then you Jul. How blest am I with this great State to share In such a holy Guardians pious care Whose thoughts are busied for me night and day That my good Angel may have leave to play Whose love to that Romantique height is flown That he to save my soul would lose his own For though in complement he seem'd t' approve The little youthful vanities of love And did my Marriage with the Duke advance To shew the King and me his complaizance Nay more did to my dying Father swear Our mutual loves should be his chiefest care He had a far more heavenly intent And swore in Courtship what he never meant For he who from his youth hath understood The pleasing Mysteries of flesh and blood And knows how seldom those that are in love In their embraces think of joyes above He therefore charitably breaks his oath And becomes perjur'd to preserve us both Card. I am not ignorant what you design By Ironyes like these so sharp so fine 'T is true I promis'd I would ever bear Even of your loves a most Religious care And that I would endeavour to redeem The captive you did then so much esteem And faithfully engag'd when that was done I would compleat the vows you had begun Things good and just like these I vowed to do But not to uphold you in all evil too I did not swear if you should both combine T' oreturn the State to share in the design Though with my honour you so pleasant be And think to laugh me into perjury Sport with me Madam as your scorn thinks fit We can distinguish innocence from Wit And if I 'm perjur'd Poland then shall know Their safety did require it to be so For know my Lords th' ambitious Duke and she turning to the Lords Whom I have injur'd as she charges me Have sought this Crown by Treason to obtain Which by just wayes they did despair to gain And to all Princes have addresses made The Commonwealth by fire and sword t' invade Seeking that Throne which they dispair t' injoy By mean revenge and envy to destroy And here their Partizans do seek by stealth To gain upon the sleeping Commonwealth And now to stop so evil a design Stepping to take the Actours in the Mine Enrag'd their enterprize should hinder'd be They strive to blow up both themselves and me Shar No more proud Priest how dar'st thou at this rate Sport with a Princes and a Kingdomes Fate And charge us boldly with this black intent When as thy conscience knows w' are innocent But thou whose valiant conscience never fears To rifle Urns and sell an Orphans tears To break thy Oathes made to a dying King Must have a soul debauch't for any thing Alas poor man here are ten thousand eyes That see thy plots through all their vain disguize Poor vulgar spectacles can fit at home And read thy darkest policies at Rome At Rome the Market for thy Royal ware Thou chaffer'st Poland for the Papal Chair And here thou striv'st to beat that Interest down Which spoils thy trading for the tripple Crown Nay more for fear thy Chapmen there should fail Thou to all Princes set'st this Crown to sale 'T is plac't upon thy private Stalls And cheapned in thy dark Caballs No Pacquets come nor envy doth resort But brings thee pelf from every Christian Court And not a Princely Suitor sends to woe But thy good will must first be courted too Each Royal youth of Europe panting lies For fear the Cardinal his consent denies And now because some cannot beare to see A Priest make Merchandize of Royalty That Money should the Throne invade And turn the Crown into a Trade He all impending evils to prevent Accuses us to be thought innocent Car. Well Sir then since you have so good a cause Repose your life and honour in the Laws Deliver your self unto the State and I Will lay my Maces and my Scarlets by And from my Office waving all pretence VVill to the State submit my innocence Then let the Diett freely try VVhich is the Traytor you or I. Card. party shout Osso 'T is bravely spoken Lub Greatly like himself Casso Knavishly like himself aside Sh. Agreed here bind my hands Jul. My Lord you shall not Shar His Proposition's fair the Cardinal Never preach't any thing so much Divine And let no blood be shed but his or mine Jul. 'T is all deceit through you he aims at me That he my Fathers Throne might freely invade And proudly triumph o're his Royal Shade But that he shall not do whil'st I 've a hand To hold a Spear and Armies to command Card. And Madam do you think that fate is amorou Or to find any Courtship from a bullet They like raw travellers court all they meet Nor can we send a Guide to give advice VVhom to respect but let 'um take their choice Jul. Their rugged Courtship Sir I shan't deny Send them abroad and give them all supply That may defray the charges of their flight Draw bills of death they shall be paid on sight I will your faithful correspondent be And pay as fast as you can draw on me Card. Madam I 'm sorry you resolve t' expose Your self and such a lovely Guard as those To all the sad uncertainties of Fate To try your skill in fencing with the State For justice at a Traytours life doth flie And when it makes a pass you put it by But if the sword doth hap to run astray Then thank your self for standing in the way Ex. Card. Osso Casso Lub shouting and waving their Fauchions Jul. Come valiant friends the talking Prologue 's done The Curtain 's drawn
's good this is your Princess Dem. After the Chariot then flie Sir a word with you to Paul Paul The Guards call to us out with the Torch Alex. Paul Jo. Run run murder murder Jo. Paul run off The Torch is put out Al. Flie Madam I 'le make good your retreat draws Dem. Curse on my folly I 've lost 'um in the dark Bat. Ha lost them and the Chariot both curse on this rashness here here they flee Both run confusedly crossing each other and know not which way to take Dem. Here here 's a path Bat. I see the Chariot going straight to Town Dem. I see the shape flying on the wind before me both run off The Last ACT. Enter Battista The Scene a Hall Bat. WIth much ado I 've overtaken the Chariot and I 'm so out of breath I cannot speak ha stop't her by that Belcony this is our Lodging it is and see the persons coming out of the house with a light where do they go I 'le watch ' um Ex. Enter Paulina and Joanna Paul Oh! I am faint with running and the fright where 's Alexey Jo. He stay'd behind to guard us but see he hath been here before us Enter Alexey Al. Oh! Madam the Duke is newly alighted at the door and on some news I know not what it is He 's gone straight to the Palace Paul Heavens what should it be Ale They talk the Queen is gone into a Cloyster some say to marry Paul Oh! what comes into my head Joanna slip to my Chamber and get a Feather and a better Perriwig and follow the Duke with all the speed you can Jo. I run I run Ex. Enter Demetrius Dem. 'T was here they came this was the house I 'm sure ho ho the house Enter Landlord beating his Servant Dem. Ha! my Landlord what am I at home Land You Rogue you Dog I 'le kill you Sirrah Iâ—le murder you would not you tell me this before Ser. Murder murder Dem. Hold come along with me quickly shew me all your rooms here 's a Princess lodges here Land Don't tell me o' Princesses the Rogue hath undone me Dem. Sirrah come along or I 'le send your Soul before me Land Sirrah hold your prating I 've lost more then thee and all thy generation are worth I 've lost five thousand Crowns and I 'le stop it out of his wages I 'le not pay one of 'um a farthing But what will that do that 's some fifty Dollars what 's that to five thousand Crowns undone undone Dem. Dog I 'le set fire on 's house Land Will you so Sirrah a brave amends for my loss but Sirrah I 'le keep you fast enough for that go quickly boy run and fetch a Constable Dem. A Constable Rascal draws Land Murder murder ho there Sirrah come back again I shall be kil'd you bloudy Rogue will you murder me Ser. Good Sir don't kill my Master holds Dem. Land Hold him whil'st I go run and fetch a Constable and secure his Cloakbag and then I must to the Palace after this base cheating Duke I 've a pack of brave Lodgers here 's one young blade that I 'm much mistaken if he or his man be n't a Whore and the Duke 's run away and paid me no Rent and this vapouring Jack would kill me and then set fire on my house brave doings is 't not but I 'le feage you all Ex. Dem. What Duke 's that Ser. The Duke o' Curland's an 't please you Sir Dem. Curland where where quickly slave Ser. I chanc't to spy him and came and told my Master and for this he would ha' kill'd me Dem. Where I say Villain Ser. Sir he is just gone to the Palace a young Gentleman that lodges here brought a Courtier that told him the Queen was to be married to night and they are all run to the Palace together Dem. I 'le make one o' the company his soul shall dance Levoltoes in the Aire at the Queens wedding Ex. Ser. VVell I was a fool he did not let this Gentleman kill my Master or fire his house I would he had teach him to be labour me for my good will Ex. Enter Ladislaus Paulina Joanna drest like a Courtier Alexey Theodore at a distance Battista The Scene a Palace to the Street Bat. So I have overtaken 'um aside And here 's some great mysterious thing in hand The Duke hath some design about the Crown Lad. Knock at the Gate Theodore The. Indeed my Lord this Courtier is mistaken all say positively the Queen 's resolv'd t'resign the Crown and go into a Cloyster and that she spends this night among her Priests and women in devotion to prepare for it and now all the Lords of the Council are gone in to disswade her Lad. Knock when I bid you Paul Come good my Lord do not expose your self to so much danger the Gentleman 's misinform'd Jo. Perhaps so Sir I only told you what my sister who is a Maid of Honour to the Queen told me Theo. Your Sister Lad. My Lord let it be true or false I am resolv'd to be conceal'd no longer Thus to the sinful world revenge divine aside Moves genâ—ly on with paces slow as mine And Heaven stands behind the Clouds awhile And let 's deluded man himself beguile And seems as if his Law he did not own But with brave scorn to let the World alone Till man grown impudent begins to play His Villanies in open Scenes of day Then strikes strikes home and then his arm doth fall With such a weight one blow may serve for all Thus my revenge I do a while retain That when I strike I may not strike in vain Why dost not knock Theodore Theo. I do my Lord and none will answer within hâ— there open the Gate Porter within What would you have there here can none come in Lad. Give the fellow forty crowns Theo. Here are persons o' great quality you shall have forty crowns to open the Gate Porter within Bear back there Guard keep off the crowd People within Oh pray Mr. Porter Paul I dread th' event I wish I had not done this Ex. The. Take notice Sir if any mischief befalls my Lord you and your Dukes lives shall answer for it to Jo. Ex. Theo. Jo. Do you threaten Sir Alexey Ale I hear the slave let him have a care I don't cut his throat and his Masters the worthy Duke Ex. Jo. Alex. Bat. I 'le after you all to see the meaning o' this Ex. Enter Landlord The Scene continued Land Now I warrant shall I ha' much ado to get into the Gate after this cheating Knave the Duke I must speak 'um fair Porter honest old Crony friend and fellow Souldier in the Wars o' Bacchus open the door my drunken Bulley Porter within What saucy fellow 's that get you from the Gate Sirrah or the Guard shall lay you by the heels Land Oh the Rogue he pretends not to know me he knows me well enough why
honest Bulley Cerberus Corporal-turnkey Squire o' the house ' Nointer o' Page-bums Engineer General o' double Locks Spring-locks Pad-locks and Mouse-traps open the Placket o' the house call'd the Wicket and let 's in boy Dost not remember the Council o' Trent and Pope Paul the third Porter within Prating Rascal you 've a mind to be laid by th' heels Land o th' cunning Rascal he thinks I ha' company with me now he 's as cunning but here comes my slaves what ha' you set fire on my house yet Enter Demetrius Dem. How now the Gate barr'd open the door here Land Nay if I can't get in I believe you 'l hardly get in for all your brave Cloakbag Dem. Open the door or I 'le set fire on 't Porter within De' e threaten Sirrah Guard out quickly here 's a Traytour threatens to fire the Palace Gate Guard Bear back there let 's come out People within Oh you crowd me Land So so you have done finely we shall have our brains knock't out come come a spell quickly afore they come I know the Rogues as well as if I were in the bottom of their bellies come half a Doller or so Dem. Open the door fellow thou shalt have fifty Dollars Porter within If I do let you in you ca'nt get into the Presence the Guard-rooms are all crowded I let in a Gentleman just now and he stands in the crow'd still Land The Rogue begins to be plyable Dem. Open the door I say here 's thy money Porter within Bear back there keep off the crowds Ex. Dem. Land Now you can bear back with a pox to you now you hear o' money well I see this money will make every thing bear back and flie open Ex. One within Ah Mr. Porter we 'l give a Rix-Dollar betwixt four of us Porter within A Rope between four of you Enter Juliana Hypolita Emilia Francisca Colimsky Sharnofsky and a Priest The Scene a Room in the Palace a Table with the Crown Scepter and Regalia at one end and Beads and Books at the other Col. Well Madam since we must despair t' obtain VVe 'l cease those pray'rs which we thus make in vain For to our sorrow we confess it true This Kingdom hath not glory ' enough for you In those Celestial Crowns you 'l only find Exalted glories equal to your mind VVe only beg you 'l help the shrinking Throne And save ten thousand souls besides your own For Madam whatsoe're your Priests pretend You may by Crowns to Crowns ascend And Cells on Earth will Cells in heaven find Large Crowns for mighty bounties are design'd Shar And Madam I but one thing will implore That when you address your self to the Sacred Altarr You 'l please to recollect upon what score You at those Altars have stood once before VVhen Vows with Vows Altars with Altars jars It seems to breed in heaven a civil warr It is not for the Duke I intercede I now in the behalf of Honour plead Though to the sacred Church I freely bow No doubt they can absolve you from your Vow Yet with the reverence to their power is due Methinks I would have Honour do it too In other worlds Devotion may have bliss I 'me sure 't is Honour that must save in this And generous Honour passes doom on none Till first their crimes are clearer than the Sun Jul. My Lords on either side I 've heard your pleas And very much resent your kindnesses But now my souls employ'd on things above Concerns of Empire and much more of love As for the Duke I cannot censur'd be I quit not him but he renounces me Nor for the Throne I found it in distress And mildly leave it in the calmes of peace And now eternally I bid adieu To Love and Empire to the Duke and you And here my Lords I do your Crown restore And now retreat to what I was before Confessor Great Victory you Saints above make room A mighty Spirit doth in tryumph come Col. Hold Madam e're you fall so great a weight And break in pieces our disjoynted State Rather then we will rush again once more In the wild Chaos we were in before 'T is voted by us all that you alone Shall fix some person in our shaking Throne We swear Allegiance t' whomsoe're you chuse Yea and the death of him that shall refuse 'T is all our votes Om. All all Jul. The trust is high and great and needs many solemn thoughts and you must give me some time to pause Confess Madam the better to compose your mind And fortifie your soul in these last conflicts With earthly glory please to rest a while We 'l use the devout Ars of holy Church The Queen seats her self in a Thone the Ladies stand in order on her right hand and the Lords on her left whil'st a Chorus of voices sing The Song How nobly heaven doth receive what 're a pious mind Is in Devotion pleas'd to give as if he Crowns resign'd The sacred Vaults with joy resound The Altars all with Roses Crownd And the poor Saint in tryumph brought To offer up one holy thought And if to that such honour's due What glorie 's wait great Queen for you Chorus And if to c. If heaven thinks an humble bow to him devoutly meant Then we whole Hecatombes bestow in one devout intent When Queens lay youth and glory by To seek out Crowns of chastity Some brighter Stars must sure compound The Wreath wherewith her head is Crown'd For more then common Honour 's due To Royal Saints Great Queen like you Chorus For more c Then blest be all my storms of love though they discourteous were That on our peaceful shore hath drove a Saint so Great so Fair Now let the Boy with all his train of griefs go weeping back again Whil'st you set Sail before the wind And leave this floating world behind Till spooning gently on and fair You turn an Angel unaware Chorus Till spooning c. Confes Now that your royal soul is flown â—oft Upon the wings of Divine Harmony We 'l keep it there by holy representation First of the vanishing glories of the world It s splendid entrances its shady Exits Enter two Queens followed by two Ghosts they pass slowly over the Stage Soft Musick Confes Saw you those Royal Shadows pass the round With all the charms of Power and beauty Crownd VVould not the glory which they did display Make the world think none are so blest as they Alas had they but look'd on either side They might have seen what would have damp't their pride Two pining Spirits that wer'e once as fair Shewing with sighs where they must all repair Such are th' unseen shadows that attend All earthly glory and in those they end Now the next thing that we shall represent Is chast Devotion recluse Piety It 's humble entrances its glorious Exits Enter two Nuns clad in white follow'd by two Angels Crown'd They pass as the former
I 'm buried to my Grave repair And throw in scorn my ashes in the air But lest you prove unjust and pardon all My horrid crimes thus at your feet I fall profers to fall an his sword and is prevented by Ladisl Paul Bat. Land What art mad wilt thou kill thy self sweetheart bless me he makes my heart ake take the sword from him fie upon 't who lets such young fools ha' swords that don't know how to use ' um Paul Hold Prince Demetrius live your wife Paulina doth beg it of you Land Your wife Paulina what I warrant this young man is that young mans wife why sure my house was inchanted to day lodg'd Princes and Dukes like Mummers and Masqueraders and Women and Wenches in mens cloathes and Cloakbags and scufflings and they kill one another and they 'r alive again and this and that and I know not what here 's work indeed Dem. And can you pardon me my kindest Princess Paul Yes my dear Demetrius I have charity enough to pardon you and vertue enough to love you Dem. Blessed minute I shall dye with happiness Al. And I with joy Al. weeps Dem. Now generous Ladislaus can you forgive me Lad. My Princely friend Land I hug but you 'r but a couple o' Knaves both on yoâ— Paul Great Madam may not we embrace as well as our 〈…〉 Jul. Yes Madam and perhaps with an affection as generous as theirs Om. Celestial sight Col. The Charm that rais'd this ' o tempest confusion Is now undone the horrid Spectre's vanisht All ends in friendship let it end in glory Love now is Crown'd let honour be so too Let 's place the Crown upon the head of him Who in a thousand fields hath purchas'd it Land With all my heart truly though I must tell you you 'r none of th'honestest to run away and pay me no rent aside Col. Great Duke it is decree'd you are our King And you our Queen to Jul. Om. Long live Ladislaus King of Poland and Duke of Curland Om. Long live Juliana Queen of Poland and Dutchess of Curland Lad. Jul. My Lords we thank you all for this great honour And shall endeavour still to make this Crown Rather the Kingdoms glory than our own Land Your humble servant no body questions it well now an 't please your Majesty Lad. Go I forgive thee Land Forgive me thank you heartily I come to dun him for money and he cries he forgives me right Courtier I'faith but if you forgive me I won't forgive you in the first place for cheating me of five thousand Crowns but that I 'le take no notice of aside Why Sir for my Rent and several other courtesies as procuring conniving angling for Trouts no courtesie in this age come come Sir a feeling a feeling and I 'le take no notice otherwise my tongue doth naturally hang so loose but nothing is better for it than a little Aurum Potabile Lad. This fellow is strangely impertinent Land Besides do I deserve nothing for my honesty for concealing you I knew you well enough Lad. I doubt Landlord if you had my head had not stuck fast upon my shoulders Land It may be Sir if I had been put to a great straight indeed I might have borrowed a little money upon your Nose or so Lad Rid me Theodore of this fellow and give him a hundred Dollars Land Thank your Mijesty Enter one of the Guard who whispers Colimsky Col. Sir the Grand Marshal and the other Lords desire to have admission to your Majesty t' implore your Grace and pardon to the King Lad. Bring them in Enter Guard with Ossolinsky Cassonofsky and Lubomiâ—sky as prisoners Osso Casso Heaven Crown your Majesty with a long and happy Reign Jul. Oh my good Lords what ha' you chang'd your tunes But you poor men sung but the Card'nals Notes My Lord forgive'um Thou malicious Count That wouldst have murder'd me in my Tent to day And mixt my blood with my great Fathers ashes Know slave some of my Guards shou'd strike thee dead But that thy very baseness saves thy head Who merits my revenge and hate must prove As brave and great as he who gains my love I pardon thee retire out of my sight And now go home repent thy crimes and see If heaven will be generous like me Lad. My Lords you have your pardons your Lives and Fortunes we shall not touch your Offices and Governments we must bestow on men of better maxims Count Colimsky the Batton of Grand Marshal we confer on you Their Governments and Palatinates we shall consider of Paul I 'le beg a command of the King for you good Count Alexey Alex. No Madam I 'le serve none but your Highness let me but live in your favour 't is all the glory I am ambitious of Casso Now will I go home and hang one half of my Slaves starve the other kick my wife out o'doors be drunk nine and fifty hours together breed a mutiny at home and a Rebellion in the Kingdom and at last loose my head for my pains and there 's an end of good Count Cassâ—nofsky Lad. Now let us all go visit my brave friend Enter a Gentleman Gentle Great Sir I now came from him his wound is search't and is found not so dangerous as first was fear'd at his return to sense he seem'd amaz'd as having lost all memory how he came wounded so nor was he concern'd but only enquir'd about the Queens health Lad. Brave friend Jul. The Count was ever generous Om. Lights for the King and Queen Lad. Thus do our Fortunes lead us blindly on And to be happy we are first undone And thus the mighty storms have all combin'd To cast thee on the shore which I design'd And now I 'm blest with happiness above My own ambition with a Crown and Love FINIS The EPILOGVE spoken by Paulina and Landlord Land NOw Gentlemen a word Paul How now you Lout What are you speaking Land Now th' ast put me out I know not what it was Paul Oh I can tell The Epilogue yet it becomes you well You Gentlemen and why I pray to them What do the Ladies merit no esteem Good Sirs I know not whether 't is your due But Poets still direct themselves to you turning to the Audience Don't the Foppes know in this and every age 'T is beauty rules the World much more the Stage When you ha' done your best the Seribling Clowns Lye at the mercy of the Ladies frowns And not a Critick of you all but knows No reparties are half so sharp as those Land Why prethee 't was the women wits I meant 'T is not the men I 'm sure that pay my Rent For they are grown so Hect'ring now adayes They kick my Customers and damn their Playes That I am ruin'd by your Critick Blades What d ee think I keep Fidlers Men and Maids For nothing and besides that dreadful charge I 'm building a new house that 's brave and large If you 'r so curious as y 'ave been before I must e'en lay the Key under the Door Paul Prethee ha' done Land No Sir I 've more to say Then if the Liquor I ha brâ—ach't to day Bâ— good commend it but if it be dull I'faith e'en daâ—m and ramm your belly full Paul Away rude Fool fair English Diett then Senate of Ladies lower House of Men I bumbly pray decree before you go If Marriage like mine be right or no At least resolve in pity of my pain To sit to morrow on the same again FINIS