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A tragedy of Cola's furie, or, Lirenda's miserie written by Henry Burkhead, 1645.
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Burkhead, Henry, fl. 1641-1645.
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Wing B5734; ESTC R20062
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A TRAGEDY OF COLA'S FVRIE OR LIRENDA'S MISERIE Written by Henry Burkhead 1645. Printed at KILKENNY 1645. And are to be sold at the signe of the white Swanne in Kilkenny M. DC.XLVI• THE NAMES OF THE CHIEFE ACTORS Pitho and Berosus Angolean Governors of Lirenda Osirus Lieutenannt Generall of the Angolean Forces Cola. Serjeant-Major Generall Tygranes A Noble Man Albinus Celar and Tibernus Angolean Commanders Belfrida A Spie to the Angoleans Athenio Mineus Are•as Dora Noble Men of Lirenda Theodorike and Lentimos Lirendean Commanders Cephalon Ruffus Lirendean Gentlemen Abner Generall of Stelern Caspilona Generall of the Horse Lysana Generall of the Angolean Horse Florilla Dulis and Pulchrina Ladies of Lirenda Elleonora Barbazella Two Gentlewomen Mars Pallas Mercury Queene of Fates Bellona and Nymphes 4. Angolean Souldiers TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE EDWARD SOMMERSET LORD HERBERT Baron Beaufort of Gresmond Earle of Glamorgan Son and Heire apparent to the most Honorable HENRY Marques of VVorcester RIGHT HONORABLE 'T is a principle of Nature that Creatures of weake condition aiming at security doe direct their course for shelter to the wings of the more potent so Principalities and states of inferior note doe manifest their sollicitude to gaine the patronage of some Royall Majestie This little worke by reason of its meanes dares not adventure to be exposed to the publique censure unlesse it be protected under the Scepter of Honorable Authority and whether shall it betake it selfe if not to your Honour whom God hath established on Earth as a particular image of his glory assuredly the rayes of honor originally issuing from your countenance the generall esteeme of your unparaleld worth and your matchlesse zeale and Christian fortitude in your waighty undertakings are no lesse arguments of your incomparable merit then incentives to the learned to adorne their Chronicles with the lustre of your deserts The subject of this small worke being drawn from the historicall records of Forren countryes and fitly applyable to the distempers of this kingdome may the rather be admitted to the favour of your noble patronage forasmuch as your Honour out of the generosity of your nature have been pleased with a glance of reall compassion to view and survey the modell of its sad afflictions having with unspeakable toyle charges and dangers adventured hither not unlike to NOAH'S Dove with an Olive branche of Peace to appease the raging fury of our intestine harmes This enriching the Diademe of your renown with a particular Iewell of rare merit are not these issues and ofspring of a boyling bleeding heart boyling with impregnable love and loyaltie unto his Majestie and bleeding for the continuall distempers of his kingdomes Pardon then Right Honorable the Authors presumption who making humble remonstrance of his reall observance duest respects builds not upon the worth of this subject but wholly relies on the favour of your noble acceptance assuring himselfe the characters of your name engraven upon its frontispice will not only impart a particular lustre unto it but will moreover yeeld it accaptable to all readers Why then as the glittering beames of your unspotted loyaltie true effects of a generous heart have given a full reflection on the darke brow of this distracted age so posteritie hereafter may blesse praise and admire your zealous noble undertakings whose felicitie can never equalize the hearty wishes of Your Honors most humble and most obsequious servant HENRY BVRKHEAD To my loving and respected frriend Mr. Henry Burkhead Merchant upon his Tragedie of COLA'S FVRY I Once did studie Navigation Thinking to draw my speculation Vnto the Practique when alas I found Safer then set to Sea to stay on ground But thou my friend upon a faire pretence Reserved Art and prosperous Confidence Hast lanced forth into a raging tide By thee not knowne till now nor ever tryed Yet got into the mayne through Cruell Rocks Trough Read-Sea-Sands and shelves and boysterous shocks Of murdering billowes Cumbred with sad feares Of frighted and selfe-moaning Passengers Do'st steere thy Course Thy Card and Compasse show Thou do'st a plaine smooth and direct line know Thou hast fresh gales and Sea-roome for who shall Behold thy dolefull Pinnace rise and fall Mid'st such deepe dangers as herein appeares Weighing the misery shall with sighes and teares Supplie the Ocean with most glad desire Sit in thy steerage-roome will there admire Thy new-found skill and with a dextrous ease Learne to sayle with thee by like Windes and Seas Thy assured welwisher William Smyth To his deere friend Mr. Henry Burkhead upon his Tragedy of Cola's fury SOme have writ playes my Burkhead that have gain'd A large applause unto themselves not strayn'd Nor forc'd nor hir'd but rightly it is true They have deserved more and more is due Then can be payd them some have well exprest A Politician others one distrest Some lusts and treasons others Tyranny And others some the state and Majestie Of Lords and Princes others have well limb'd Th' extortious Souldier others neatly trimm'd The Curious Courtier But Sir you portray'd Each various humour variously array'd And suted so each passion to the life Protheus we thought had been with you at strife who could produce most shapes that we must say Protheus hath labour'd with you 'bout this play What though of Terence Seneca we heare And other moderne Scenicks in our spherare You I preferre Iohnson for all his wit Could never paint out times as you have hit The manners of our age The fame declines Of ne're enough prays'd Shakespeare if thy lines Come to be publisht Beaumont and Fletcher's skill Submitts to yours and your more learned quill The most admired Sherly and the crew Of English Dramaticks cry hayle to you Phebus choice darling Sir I not admire The Muses nurst you and he was your Sire Paul A•ward To his deere friend the Author on his Tragedie of Cola's fury or Lirenda's misery WHen first I read your Tragedy and meete Truth wit and judgement trip with equall feet VVithout th' expence of paines that all may know They unconstrayned from your pen doe flow I could not choose but wonder that your braine VVithout great Arts could hit so high a straine Such as the power of each line alone Is able to transforme a man to stone Nor is it strange when that therein wee see Such bloodie massachers and crueltie As doth transcend what cruell Nero and Great Dyonisius acted in each land Had Rubens and Vandike liv'd and at strife VVho should pourtray best Cola to the life Their curious Art the way could never find To Paint his body as thy Muse his minde Thou hast so liuely him exprest that I Reading was rapt into an extasie But straight againe perplext with so great feare As if that cruell Cola present were Deere friend since then this peece so well limn'd As most would thinke 't was by Ben Iohnson trimm'd That Shakespeare Fletcher and all did combine To make Lirenda through the Clouds to shine
they 'le flie Exeunt severally Alarums Cola returns againe Cola. Sa sa they breake I faith Cola Cola crye out a Cola One meets him and dischargeth a pistoll whereat he falls downe dead Then enter Tibernus and Souldiers Tib. Sir Carola Cola slaine O execrable slaughter Heaven curse the rascall that was author on 't beare in the body to be embalm'd with teares that when his mournefull obsequies are ended this Epitaph may on his tombe be engraven Angolea's glory Pickland's wonder Lirenda's terror lyes here under Exeunt Enter Caspilona with a keeper Casp. Is' t the counsells pleasure I shood be removed from hence prethee whither Keep Vnto the Castle Casp. 'T weare as good I dyed as to be layd in such a loathsome place where surely Mumferret must be my keeper good friend desire thy master may returne his writ I 'me sickly and not in case to be removed if they conceive me not secure enough or feares escape set double locks on barre your windowes treble over any thing but departure so kinde each one of you have been unto me that my imprisonment 's a pleasure rather Keep My master's willing to affoord your Lordship all the favour lyes in him but that he may not Casp. Why friend 't will be no prejudice to him onely his labour to informe the Court whom I hope are not so void of reason but will admit a prisoner my inferiour this poore request Keep He dares not doe it once the Iudge and Councell 's bent against you for 't was their expresse charge to the Sheriffes thus beware your prisoner Caspilona hath not more freedome given him then you may answer at a thousand poundle peece Casp. Sayest thou so Roger well if there be no remedie but needs Gives him money I must depart there 's for thy dutifull Gives him money attendance Keep Now heavens protect your Lordship as I live it pitties me this generous Aside noble Lord th' are much to blame wrongs so good a soule Casp. Honest Roger I am disposed to rest if any kinde friend comes to visit me desire they would repaire another time Keep Your will I shall observe my Lord Exit Casp. Thou art alwayes honest Roger trustie Roger this is the course of fickle fortunes wheele last weeke reputed for a loyall subject now in close prison as a traytor kept whose thoughts in that respect is full as pure as new falne snow on mount Libanius but this corrupted age declares my deerest friends to be my prime accusers well thou God of justice whose bright impartiall eye viewes the worlds guiltie crimes see an innocent exposed unto a sad disastrous fate if thy great mercy helpes me not O then I suffer shall with other harmeles men Here he walkes in a solitary posture whil'st an Angell sings THE SONG Cast off that drooping sadnesse Earle Be not dismaid take heart of grace Behold a true Ellizean girle Pityes thy distressed case One that will a mortall shape Take on her for thy escape Casp. Some voyce my thought did whisper in mine eare a sweet melodious note that said feare not thou shalt escape Alas 't is but my fancies Wish it had been so No that cannot be for yet my soule retaines an inward joy the motion is divine and makes me happy beyond measure bright Angell of Celestiall Paradice to whom the safeguarde of my life deputed is helpe me O helpe me to get from this labyrinth of care otherwise I never shall perfect that enterprise Exit The fift Act Inter Athenio Abner and Mineus at one dore there meets them Caspilona Aretas and Dora at the other dore Casp. My Lord Generall of Stelern welcome welcome to Lirenda thou faire son of Mars Abn. My Lord Caspilona we gratulate your safe escape Casp. Most hearty thanks Athe. Now we may boldly coape with our insulting dominiering foes whose arrogant pride contemn'd this nation with an infamous report of cowardize base rascalls they shall know we have undaunted spirits left to quell their treacherous malignant power their breach of publique faith granting quarter then after falsely murdering them Abn. Is' t possible that men who knowes the Law of Armes should be so absurd so prophane Casp. The universe cannot parallell like bloodie massakers odious to God and man Abn. Believe me 't will end shamefully such actions cannot thrive Athe. Ought we not deale with theirs we vanquish so Abn. We scorne to imitate their basenes what we doe shall be in a nobler honest way true Martiall discipline Athe. Which they will ne're observe A Trumpe• what meanes this 〈◊〉 of the trumpet sound Aret. Some newes is posting hither Athe. What tidings Lentimos Enter Lentimos Lent Arme good my Lord with speed Marquis Osirus with a powerfull Army march hitherward and hath already beene at Motilin where his rude boy sterous followers put men women children to the sword for certaine 't is reported they bend their forces thence to Fosse Abn. Where they God willing shall have a bloodie banquet Come cheerefully my Lords meet those that came so farre to seeke your manfull blowes Exeunt Enter Lisana Tigranes Tibernus and Souldiers Beate a march Tigr. Though we come short in our designe of Fosse or must retreate from that unlukie towne 't is not the bruite of Abners hasty march with the whole strength of Stelern shoo'd make us stirre a foo•• did his numbers equall great Xerxes army that dranke up rivers drye the world shall testifie our willingnes to meet him when and where he list 1. Sould. But not with more hast then good speed sweet Sir Ieeringly aside I thinke we have been pretty well beaten else for all good tokens a witch a whore gave me such a damnable thumpe of a stone my shoulders feeles the weight out yet 2. Sould. Curse on t for me 't was a plaguie skirmish they fought like divells within an' yee be wise not a word O fighting more Lysa We need not urge them to an open field for so it might prove dangerous our men you see are not themselves much weakened by this farre and toylesome journey Tigr. Wonder invades me you should thinke our forces lost both courage and experience as if they had been light brained weakelings guided by misfortune where no resistance could secure their lives wast ever knowne they went a step to shune their foes No nor will not now I hope beginne whil'st these undaunted squadrons are reputed Souldiers fit to serve any Prince on earth men that regards not toyle travaile penurie or sicknesse nothing can divert them from a glorious conquest the aime a valorous intention levells at Lysa I would you knew the proudest Monarch of the western globe hath beene as circumspect as valorous least some strange accident might drowne their greatnes in Lethaes flowing streames then why not we since our auspicious stars hath made our actions shine like theirs in equall glory then I pray ought we not be as circumspect as they Tigr. You speake as if you stood in