Would you take Me back agen you but betraid his faith And your own gift to tempt me to forsake him K. You are more apprehensive if you please He shall possesse you still I but desire Sometimes a neere and loving conversation Though he should know 't considering how much I may deserve he would be wise enough To love thee near the worse he 's not the first Lord that hath purchas'd offices by the free Surrender of his wife to the Kings use 'T is frequent in all common-wealths to lend Their play-fellows to a friend Al. Oh do not think Gotharus can be worth your love to be So most degenerate and lost to honour You have a Queen to whom your vow is sacred Be just to her the blessing is yet warm Pronounc'd by holy Priest stain not a passion To wander from that beauty richer far Then Mine let your souls meet and kiss each other That while you live the examples of chaste love Most glorious in a King and Queene we may Grow up in vertue by the spring of yours Till our top-boughs reach heaven Ki. You are resolved then We must be strangers should my life depend On the possession of your bosome I Should languish and expire I see Al. Good heaven Will not permit the King want so much goodness To think the enjoying of forbidden pleasure Could benefit his life rather let mine Ebbe at some wound and wander with my blood By your command ta'ne from me on my knee K. Rise I may kiss Albina Go. Ha! Enter Gotharus K. 'Thas shot Another flame into me come you must Alb. What K. Be a woman do 't or I le complain Alb. To whom K. Thy husband Go. Horror K. Think upon 't Exit Al. What will become of miserable Albina Like a poor Deere pursu'd to a steep precipice That overlooks the Sea by some fierce hound The Iust of a wild King doth threaten here Before me the neglects of him I love Gotharus my unkind Lord like the waves And full as deafe affright me Go. How now Madam Come can you kiss Alb. Kiss sir Go. What difference Between his touch and mine now his perhaps Was with more heat but mine was soft enough What has he promis'd thee but that 's no matter Thou wo't be wise enough to make thy bargain I father all onely the King shall give it A name he 'l make it master of a Province Al. What means my Lord Go. Thou thinkst I am jealous now not I I knew Before he doated on thee and it is To be presum'd having a veile to hide Thy blushes I do mean our marriage Thou maist find out some time to meet and mingle Stories and limbs it may be necessary And 'cause I will be dutifull to the King We will converse no more abed I le be Thy husband still Albina and weare my buds Under my haire close like a prudent Statesman But 't were not much amisse as I advis'd Before and these new premises consider'd You appear abroad with a less train your Wardrobe Will make you more suspected if it be Too rich and some whole dayes to keepe your Chamber Will make the King know where to find you certain Al. Will you have patience my Lord to hear me Go. The world doth partly think thee honest too That will help much if you observe good rules And dyet without tedious progresses And visiting of Ladyes expert in Night Revels Masks and twenty other torments To an estate your Doctors must be left too I wo'not pay a fee to have your pulse Felt and your hand roll'd up like wax by one Whose footcloth must attend while he makes leggs And every other morning comes to tell Your Ladyship a story out of Aretine That can set you a longing for diseases That he may cure you and your waiting-woman Whose curiosity would taste your Glister Commend the operation from her stomack Should you be sick and sick to death I wo'd Not counsell you to physick women are Fraile things and should a cordiall miscarry My conscience would be arraign'd and I Might be suspected for your poisoner No no I thank you y' are in a fine course To ease me wife or if you must be loose I' th spring and fall let the King bear the charges He will if you apply your selfe Al. I am wretched Why do you without hearing thus condemn me The Lady lives not with a purer faith To her lov'd Lord then I have nor shall greatness Nor death it selfe have power to break it Go. Come These are but painted teares leave this have you Prepar'd your last accompts Al. They are ready sir Never was Lady slav'd thus like Albina A stipendary worse a servile steward To give him an accompt of all my expences Go. I 'le have it so in spight of customes heart While you are mine accountless liberty Is ruine of whole families now leave me Exit Al. We may talk more anon I have observ'd This privacy before search here Gotharus 'T is here from whence mutinous thoughts conspiring With witty melancholly shal beget A strong born mischiefe I 'le admit she be Honest I love her not and if he tempt her To sinne that 's paid him back in his wives loosness From whom I took my first ambition And must go on till we can sway the Kingdom Though we clime to 't o're many deaths I first Practise at home my unkindness to Albina If she do love me must needs break her heart Enter Haraldus Ha. My honour'd Lord Go. Most dear Haraldus welcome Preciously welcome to Gotharus heart Ha. The Queen my mother sir would speake with you Go. How excellently do those words become thee 'T is fit Haraldus Mother be a Queene Th' art worth a princely fate I will attend her Ha. I le tell her so Go. 'T is not an office for you Ha. It is my duty sir to wait upon My mother Go. Who i' th Court is not your servant You doe not exercise command enough You are too gentle in your fortunes sir And weare your greatnesse as you were not born To be a Prince Ha. My birth sure gave me not That title I was born with the condition To obey not govern Go. Do not wrong those Starres Which early as you did salute the world Design'd this glorious fate I did consult And in the happy minute of thy birth Collect what was decreed in heaven about thee Ha. Those books are 'bove my reading but what E're my stars determine of me 't is but late I heard my mother say you are on earth To whom I am most bound for what I am Go. 'T is a shrewd truth if thou knew'st all Ha. You have Been more a father then a friend to us Go. Friend to thy Mother I confess in private The other followes by a consequence aside A father my Haraldus I confess I was from thy nativity inclin'd By a most strange and secret force of nature Or sympathy to love thee like my owne
And let me tell thee though thy mother had Merit enough to engage my senses Yet there was something more in thee consider'd That rais'd my thoughts and study to advance Thee to these pregnant hopes of state methinks I see thee a King already Ha. Good sir do not Prompt me to that ambition I possess Too much already and I could so pleas'd My Mother travell where I should not hear Of these great titles and it comes now aptly I should entreat your Lordship to assist me In a request to her I know she loves you And will deny you nothing I would faine Visit the University for study I do lose time methinks Go. Fie Haraldus And leave the Court how you forget your selfe Study to be King I shall halfe repent my care If you permit these dull and phlegmatick Thoughts to usurpe they 'l stifle your whole reason Catch at the Sunne devest him of his beame And in your eye wear his proud rayes let day Be when you smile and when your anger points Shoot death in every frowne covet a shade Affect a solitude and books and forfeit So brave an expectation Ha. Of what Go. Of Norwayes Crown Ha. Could there be any thought Within me so ambitious with what hope Could it be cherished when I have no title Go. I that have thus farre studied thy fortune May find a way Ha. The King Go. Is not immortal while he has Physitians Ha. What 's that unsaid The King is happy And the whole Nation treasure up their hopes In Prince Turgesius who with his great uncle Valiant Olaus Go. Are sent to 'th warres where 't will concerne 'm To think of fame and how to march to honour Through death Ha. I dare not hear him Go. Or if they Return Ha. They will be welcome to all good Mens hearts and next the King none with more joy Congratulate their safeties then your selfe I am confident my Lord you will remember To see my Mother and excuse me if To finish something else I had in charge I take my leave all good dwell with your Lordship Exit Go. But that I have Marpisas faith I could Suspect him not the issue of my blood He is too tame and honest at his yeers I was prodigiously in love with greatnesse Or if not mine let him inherit but His Mothers soule she has pride enough and spirit To catch at flames his education Has been too soft I must new form the boy Into more vice and daring strange we must Study at Court how to corrupt our Children Enter Marpisa The Queene Ma. My expectation to speak With thee Gotharus was too painfull to me I feare we are all undone dost hear the news The Prince is comming back with victory Our day will be o're-cast Go. These eyes will force A brighter from those clouds are not you Queene Ma. But how Turgesius and his bold uncle Wil look upon me Go. Let 'em stare out Their eyeballs be you mistress still of the Kings heart and let their gall spout in their stomack We 'l be secure Ma. Thou art my fate Go. I must confesse I was troubled when I heard it first seem not You pale at their return but put on smiles To grace their triumph now you have most need Of womans art dissemble cunningly Ma. My best Gotharus Go. They shall find stratagems in peace more fatal Then all the Engines of the war what mischiefe Will not Gotharus fly to to assure The fair Marpisa's greatness and his own In being hers an Empire 'bove the world There is a heaven in either eye that calls My adoration such Promethean fire As were I struck dead in my works shouldst thou But dart one look upon me it would quicken My cold dust and informe it with a soul More daring then the first Ma. Still my resolv'd Gotharus Go. Let weak Statesmen think of conscience I am arm'd against a thousand stings and laugh at The tales of Hell and other worlds we must Possess our joyes in this and know no other But what our fancy every minute shall Create to please us Ma. This is harmony How dull is the Kings language I could dwell Upon thy lips why should not we engender At every sense Go. Now you put me in mind The pledge of both our hopes and blood Haraldus Is not well bred he talks too morally He must have other discipline and be fashion'd For our great aims upon him a Crown never Became a Stoick pray let me commend Some conversation to his youth Ma. He is thine Enter Helga Ge. He shall be every way my own Hel. The King desires your presence Madam Ma. I attend you 'l follow Exit Go. Thee to death and triumph in My ruines for thy sake a thousand forms Throng in my braine that is the best which speeds Who looks at Crowns must have no thought who bleeds Exit Act. 2. Enter King Hormenus Cortes Sueno K. THis musick doth but add to melancholly I le hear no more Co. He 's strangely mov'd Ho. I cannot think a cause You were wont to fool him into mirth Where 's Helga Your dear companion no device between you To raise his thoughts Su. I am nothing without my fellow Musick is best in Consort H. Your buffonry is musical belike Co. Your Juglers cannot do some o' their tricks Without confederacy Su. I 'le try alone If please your Majesty there is K. That for your unseasonable and saucie fooling strikes him Ho. That was a musical box o' th' ear Ki. Leave us Co. 'T is nothing without a fellow he knows Musick is best in Consort Exit Su. Would you had your parts K. Hormenus you may stay Ho. Your pleasure sir Ki. Men do account thee honest H. 'T is possible I May fare the worse K. And wise canst tell the cause why I am sad Ho. Not I sir Ki. Nor I my self 't is strange I should be subject To a dull passion and no reason for it Ho. These things are frequent Ki. Sometimes ominous And do portend Ho. If you enjoy a health What is in fate Ki. I am King Still and I not Ho. We are all happy in 't And when time shall with the consent of nature Call you an old man from this world to heaven May he that shall suceed you Prince Turgesius The glory of our hope be no less fortunate Ki. My Son I was too rash to part with him Ho. We should Have thought his stay a blessing and did wish You would not have expos'd such tender years To the rough warre but your commands met with His duty and our obedience Ki. It is very Strange we of late hear no success I hope This sadnesse is not for his loss he has A kinsman with him loves him dearly 't is The Queen Enter Queen and Helga I feel my drooping thoughts fall off And my clouds fly before the wind her presence Hath an infusion to restore dead nature My sweet my dear Marpisa Mar. You sent for me Ki.
I know that K. They shall repent this impudence look up My dear Marpisa there 's no tempest shall Approach to hurt thee they have rais'd a storm To their own ruines Enter a Souldier So. Sir if you 'l bring me To 'th King you shall do an office worth your labour I have Letters will be welcome He. You must give Me leave sir to present 'em from the Prince Most excellent sir my Soveraigne Su. Letters If you have a chaine of gold He. Go hang thy selfe Souldier gives Helga the Letters Exit He. I am most fortunate to present you sir With Letters from the Prince and if your Majestie Knew with what zeale I tender these K. Ha! He. He frowns where 's the Soldade you 'l goe my half Ki. Who brought these Letters where 's the messenger Ho. He was here but now he 's vanish'd Ki. Vanish thee too and creep into the earth H. I shall sir Ki. The impudence of Children read Marpisa More Letters from the proud ambitious boy He dares to give us precepts and writes here We have too much forgot our selfe and honour In making thee our Queen puts on his grace A discontent and sayes the triumph he Expected the reward of his young merit Will be ungloried in our suddaine match And weak election M. This was my fear Ki. He threatens us if we proceed with his Command and power i' th Army raise new Forces To oppose 'm and proclaime 'm Rebels Trayters M. Sir I beseech you for the generall good Temper your rage these are but words of passion The Prince will soon be sorry for 't suspect not His duty rather then disgrace your Son Divide me from your heart the people love him Ki. I 'le hate him for 't Gotharus where 's Gotharus Exit M. This Letter tast's of his invention He 's active it concerns us both Albina Enter Albina Nay you may forward Madam A. I beseech Your pardon I did hope to have found my Lord Gotharus here M. The King ask'd for him And is but new retyr'd who I presume If he had known of your approach w'od not Have gone so soon Al. I have no businesse Madam With the King M. Come do not disguise it thus I am covetous to know your suit But I am confident he will deny You nothing and your husband is of my Opinion lately Al. By your goodnesse Madam Let me not suffer in your thoughts I see There is some poison thrown upon my innocence And t is not well done of my Lord Gotharus To render me to your suspition So unhappy 't is too much he has withdrawn His own heart he will shew no seeds of charity To make all others scorn me M. If he do You can return it but take heed your wayes Be straite to your revenge let not my fame And honour be concern'd with the least wound Al. I understand not what you mean M. I cannot Be patient to hear the King commend Your lip Al I am betraid M. My phrase is modest Do not you love the King Al. Yes with the duty M. Of one that wants no cunning to dissemble Her pride and loose desires Al. You are the Queen M. What then Al. I should else tell you 't is ill done To oppresse one that groans beneath the weight Of griefe already and I durst take boldnesse To say you were unjust M. So so A. I can Contain no longer take from my sad heart What hitherto I have conceal'd in that You may call me dissembler of my sorrows I am weary of my life and fear not what Your power and rage can execute would you Had no more guilt upon your blood then I Have sinne in my accounts that way My Lord Gotharus would not be so unkind to me M. What 's that you said so impudently Albina Al. What I did think should have consum'd me here In silence but your injuries are mighty And though I do expect to have my name In your black Register design'd for death To which my husband will I know consent I cannot thus provok'd but speak what wounds me Yet here agen I shut the Casket up Never to let this secret forth to spread So wide a shame hereafter M. Thou hast wak'd A Lyonness Al. Death cannot more undo me And since I live an exile from my husband I will not doubt but you may soon prevaile To give my weary soul a full discharge Some way or other and i' th minute when It takes her flight to an eternall dwelling I will forgive you both and pray for you But let not your revenge be to long idle Least the unmeasur'd pile of my affections Weigh me to death before your anger comes And so you lose the triumph of your envies M. You sha'not be forgotten feare it not And but that something nearer doth concern us You should soon find a punishment The King Ex. Enter King Gotharus with a Letter Ki. He struck Aquinus Helga saw him bleed Go. These are strange insolencies one goe for Aquinus Did Olaus bring these Letters Ki. No some spirit For he soon vanish'd I have given my sonne To the most violent men under the Planets These Souldiers Go. And they 'l cling to him like Ivie Embrace him even to death Ki. Like Brees to Cattel In summer they 'l not let him feed Go. But make Him fling unquiet Ki. Most repineful spleeny Go. Ready to break the twist of his Allegiance Ki. Which they fret every day Go. These put upon his young blood discontents Ki. Dangerous Go. Extreamly dangerous Ki. Swell him up With the alluring shapes of rule and Empire Go. And speak his strength with a proud Emphasis Yours with a faint cold-hearted voice was ever Such peremptory lines writ to a father Ki. Thy counsell while the dangers yet aloofe Go. Aloofe take heed hils in a piece of landskip May seem to stand a hundred leagues yet measure There 's but an inch in distance oh ambition Is a most cunning infinite dissembler But quick i' th execution Ki. Thy counsell Go. He that aspires hath no Religion He knows no kindred K. I aske for thy advice Go. Have you not seen a great Oke cleft asunder With a small wedge cut from the very heart Of the same tree Ki. It frights me to apply it Oh my mis-fortune this is torment not A cure Enter Aquinus Go. Aquinus Speak him gently sir And leave me to encourage him in a service Worth his attempt and needful to your safety Noble Aquinus our good King has sence Of the affront you suffered from his Uncle And as he is inform'd for speaking but The duty of a subject Aq. This is true sir I wear his bloody favour still I never Took any blow so long on trust Ki. I know thy spirit 's daring and it shal become My justice to reward thy suffering A storm now hovers o're my Kingdom When the aire is clear and our sky fair agen Expect nay challenge we shall recompence What thou
run our heads into their noose You give away your safty Pr. I will not Dispute my power let my intreat prevaile For their dismission Ol. You may dismiss Your head and mine and be laugh'd at these men Are honest and dare fight for us Pr. I know Their loves and will rewait dear dear Uncle Go. How he prepares his Tragedy Aquinus Let not thy hand shake Aqu. I am resolute Go. And I for thy reward 't is done the souldiers Disperse already Ol. If any mischiefe follow this Thank your credulitie Pr. May I now hope for access Ki. Descend Gotharus and Aquinus To meet the Prince while he containes within The piety of a Son we shall imbrace him Pr. When I degenerate let me be accurst By heaven and you Ol. Are you not pale to think on 't Pr. It puzzels me to think my father guilty Ol. I do not like things yet As the Prince is going forth a Pistoll is discharged within he falls Pr. O I am shot I am murder'd Ol. Inhumane Traytor villaine Olaus wounds Aquinus Go. So so his frend has saved my execution 'T is not safe for me to stay they are both sped rarely Exit Ol. O my dear Cousin treason treason Ki. Where Ol. In thy own bosome thou hast kil'd thy Sonne Convey his body guard it safe and this Perfidious trunke I 'le have it punish't Past death and scatter his torn flesh about The world to affright mankind thou art A murthdrer no blood of mine Go. 'T is done And all the guilt dyes with Aquinus falne By Olaus sword most happily who but Prevented mine this act concludes all feare Ki. He was my sonne I must needs drop a teare Exeunt Haraldus discovered sicke Queen Doctors Qu. It is not possible heâ—â—â—â—ch a feavor By excess of wine he was all temperance Do. He had a soft and tender constitution Apt to be inflam'd they that are most abstemious Feel the disorder with more violence Qu. Where who assisted him in this mis-fortune He had some company Do. He was invited He sayes by Sueno and Helga to a banquet Where in their mirth they careless of his health Suffered him drink too much Qu. They poyson'd him Go apprehend the murtherers of my child If he recover not their death shall wait Upon Haraldus but pray you tell me Gentlemen Is there no hope of life have you not art Enough to cure a feavor Do. We find Madam His disease more malignant by some thought Or apprehensions of griefe Qu. What griefe Y' are all impostors and are Ignorant But how to kill Ha. Is not my mother come Qu. Yes my deare sonne and here shall weep my selfe Till I turne Niobe unlesse thou givest me Some hope of thy own life Ha. I would say something Were you alone Qu. Leave us now my Haraldus How is it with my child Hal. I know you love me Yet I must tell you truth I cannot live And let this comfort you death will not come Unwelcome to your sonne I do not dye Against my will and having my desires You have less cause to mourne Qu. What is 't has made The thought of life unpleasant which does court Thy dwelling here with all delights that nature And art can study for thee rich in all things Thy wish can be ambitious of yet all These treasures nothing to thy mothers love Which to enjoy thee would defer a while Her thought of going to heaven Ha. Oh take heed mother heaven Has a spatious eare and power to punish Your too much love with my eternal absence I begge your prayers and blessing Qu. Th' art dejected Have but a will and live Ha. 'T is in vaine mother Qu. Sinke with a feavour into earth Look up thou shalt not dye Ha. I have a wound within You do not see more killing then all feavors Qu. A wound where who has murder'd thee Ha. Gotharus Qu. Ha! furies persecute him Ha Oh pray for him 'T is my duty though he gave me death He is my father Qu. How thy father Ha. He told me so and with that breath destroy'd me I felt it strike upon my spirits mother Would I had neer been born Qu. Believe him not Ha. Oh do not add another sinne to what Is done already death is charitable To quit me from the scorn of all the world Qu. By all my hopes Gotharus has abus'd thee Thou art the lawful burden of my wombe Thy father Altomarus Ha. Ha Qu. Before whose spirit long since taken up To meet with Saints and Troops Angelicall I dare agen repeat thou art his Sonne Ha. Ten thousand blessings now reward my mother Speake it againe and I may live a stream Of pious joy runnes through me to my soule Y 'ave stroke a harmony next that in heaven Can you without a blush call me your Child And sonne of Altomarus all that 's holy Dwell in your blood for ever speak it once But once agen Qu. Were it my latest breath Thou art his and mine Enough my tears do flow To give you thanks for 't I would you could resolve me But one truth more why did my Lord Gotharus Call me the issue of his blood Qu Alas he thinks thou art Ha. What are those words I am undone Agen Qu. Ha Ha. 'T is too late to call 'em back he thinks I am his son Qu. I have confess'd too much and tremble with The imagination forgive me child And heaven if there be mercy to a crime So black as I must now to quit thy fears Say I have been guilty off we have been sinful And I was not unwilling to oblige His active braine for thy advancement by Abusing his beliefe thou wer 't his own But thou hast no such staine thy birth is innocent Or may I perish ever 't is a strange Confession to a child but it may drop A balsome to thy wound live my Haraldus If not for this to see my penitence And with what tears I 'le wash away my sinne Ha. I am no bastard then Qu. Thou art not Ha. But I am not found while you are lost No time can restore you My spirits faint Qu. Will nothing comfort thee Ha. My duty to the King Qu. He 's here Enter King Ki. How is 't Haraldus Death sits in 's face Ha. Give me you blessing and within my heart I le pray you may have many my soul flyes 'Bove this vain world good Mother close mine eyes Qu. Never dyed so much sweetnesse in his years Ki. Be comforted I have lost my sonne too The Prince is slaine how now Enter officers with Helga Qu. Justice upon the murderer of my sonne This villaine Helga and his companion Sueno have kil'd him where 's the other Offi. Fled Madam But Helga does confesse he made him drunk He. But not dead drunk I do beseech you Madam Ki. Look here what your base surfet has destroy'd He. 'T was Sueno as well as I my Lord Gotharus Gave us commission for what we did Qu. Again
Gotharus sure he plotted this Ki. Hang him up straight He. I left no drink behind me If I must dye let me have equall justice And let one of your guard drink me to death sir Or if you please to let me live till Sueno is taken we will drink and reele Out of the world together Ki. Hence and hang him Exeunt Enter Hormonus Ho. Sir you must make provision against New danger discontent is broke into A wild rebellion and many of your subjects Gather in tumults and give out they will Revenge the Princes death Ki. This I did feare Where 's Gotharus O my fright my conscience Has furies in 't where 's Gotharus Ho. Not in the Court Ki. I tremble with confusions Exit Qu. I am resolv'd my joyes are all expir'd Nor can ambition more concern me now Gotharus has undone me in the death Of my loved Sonne his fate is next while I Move resolute I 'le command his destiny Exit Enter Gotharus Ho. How are we lost the Prince Turgesius death Is of no use since 't is unprofitable To the great hope we stored up in Haraldus It was a cursed plot directed me To raise his spirit by those giddy engines That have undone him their souls reel to hell for 't How will Marpisa weep her selfe into The obscure shades and leave me here to grow A statue with the wonder of our fate Enter Albina Al. Sir Go. Do not trouble me Al. Although I am not partner of your joyes or comfort Yet let your cruelty be so mindfull of me I may divide your sorrows Go. Would thy sufferings Could ease me of the weight I would Empty my heart of all that 's ill to sinke thee And bury thee alive thy sight is hatefull Aske me not why but in obedience Fly hence into some wildernesse The Queeen Enter Queene Exit Alb. Go. Great Queen did any sorrow lade my bosome But what does almost melt it for Haraldus Your presence would revive me but it seems Our hopes and joyes in him grew up so mighty Heaven became jealous we should undervalue The bliss of th' other world and build in him A richer Paradice Qu. I have mourn'd already A mothers part and fearing thy excess Of griefe present my selfe to comfort thee Tears will not call him back and 't will become us Since we two are the world unto our selves Nothing without the circle of our arm 's Precious and welcome to take heed our griefe Make us not over soon like him that dead And our blood useless Go. Were you present Madam When your Sonne dyed Qu. I was Go. And did you weepe And wish him live and would not heaven at Your wish return his wandering Ghost agen Your voyce should make another out of Atomes I do adore the harmony and from One pleasant look draw in more blessings Then death knows how to kill Ma. He is recovered from his passion Go. What 's this ha Qu. Where Go. Here like a sudden winter Struck on my heart I am not well o' th sudden ha Qu. My Lord make use of this 't is Cordial Gives him a box of poyson I am often subject to these passions And dare not walk without this Ivory box To prevent danger they are pleasant 'T is a most happy opportunity Go. Let me present my thanks to my preserver Enter Albina And kiss your hand Qu. Our lips will meet more lovingly Al. My heart will break Qu. Your Lady we are betray'd She see us kiss and I shall hate her for 't Go. Does this offend your vertue Alb. Y' are merciless You shall be a less Tyrant sir to kill me Injurious Queen Qu. Shall I be here affronted I shall not think Gotharus worth my love To let her breath forth my dishonour which Her passion hath already dared to publish Nor wanted she before an impudence To throw this poyson in my face Go. I 'le tame her Exit Alb. I wo'not curse you Madam but you are The Cruel'st of all woman kind I am prepared to meet your tyrannies Enter Gotharus with a Pistol at the other doore a servant Ser. My Lord We are undone the common people are In arms and violently assault our house Threatning your Lordship with a thousand deaths For the good Prince whose murther they exclaime Contriv'd by you Go. The frends of hell will shew more mercy to me Where shall I hide me Qu. Alas they 'l kill me too Se. There 's no staying they have broke the wall of the first Court Down at some window sir Albina takes up the Pistoll Go. Helpe me O help me I ' me me lost Within Down with the doors This way this way Enter Rebels Al. He that first moves this way Comes on his death I can dispatch but one And take your choise 1. Alas good Madam we do not come to trouble you You have sorrow enough we would talk With my Lord your pagan husband 2. I I where is he 3. That Traytor 4. Murderer of our Prince Al. Y' are not well informed Aquinus kill'd the Prince 2. But by my Lords correction We know his heart and do meane to eat it Therefore let him appeare knock down the Lady You with the long bill Al. How dare you runne the hazard of your lives And fortunes thus like out-laws without authority To break into our houses when you have done What fury leads you to 't you will buy too dear Repentance at the Gallows 2. Hang the Gallowes and give us my Lord your husband Enter Servant Ser. He 's escap'd Madam now they may search Enter more Rebels Al. But where 's the Queene she must not be betrai'd 1. This way this way he got out of a window And leap'd a wall follow follow Within Follow follow follow Al. O my poor Gotharus Enter Queen Al. Madam you are secure though you pursued My death I wish you safety Qu. I have been Too cruell but my fate compell'd me to 't Exit Al. I am become the extreamest of all miseries Oh my unhappy Lord Exit Enter Sueno Su. Helga is hanged what will become of me I think I were best turn Rebel there 's no hope To walk without a guard and that I shall not Want to the Gallowes heathen Halberdiers Are used to have a care and do rejoyce To see men have good ends Enter Gotharus Go. I am pursued Su. My Lord Gotharus worse and worse oh for a mist before his eyes Go. You sha'not betray me sir Su. Hold my Lord I am your servant honest Sueno Go. Sueno off with that case it may secure me Quickly or Su. Oh my Lord you shall command my skin Alas poor Gentleman I 'm glad I have it To do your Lordship service Go. Nay your beard too Su. Yes yes any thing Alas my good Lord how comes this Go. Leave your untimely prating help You 'l not betray me Su. I 'le first be hanged VVithin Follow follow Go. Hell stop their throats so so now thy reward Su. It was my duty
friends Ol. Upon condition that you will Ki. What Ol. Now have I forgot what I would have Oh that my Ladie Circe that transform'd you May be sent whether I ha' forgot agen To the Devil any whether far enough A curse upon her she troubles me both when I think on her and when I forget her Enter Albina Ki. Gotharus wife the sorrowful Albina Al. If pittie dwell within your royal bosome Let me be heard I come to find a husband I le not believe what the hard hearted rebels Told me that he is dead they lov'd him not And wish it so for you would not permit His murder here You gave me sir to him In holy marriage I 'le not say what sorrow My poor heart since hath been acquainted with But give him now to me and I 'le account No blessing like that bountie where oh where Is my poor Lord none tell me are you all Silent or deaf as Rocks yet they sometimes Do with their hollow murmurs answer men This does increase my fears none speak to me I aske my Lord from you sir you once lov'd him He had your bosome who hath torne him thence Why do you shake your head and turn away Can you resolve me sir the Prince alive Whose death they would revenge upon Gotharus O let me kisse your hand a joy to see You safe doth interrupt my griefe I may Hope now my Lord is safe too I like not That melancholly gesture why do you make So dark your face and hide your eies as they Would shew an interest in sorrow with me Where is my Lord can you or any tell me Where I may find the comfort of mine eies My husband or but tell me that he lives And I will pray for you then he is dead Indeed I feare Pr. Poor Ladie Aq. Madam be comforted Al. Why that 's well said I thank you gentle sir You bid me be comforted blessing on you Shew me now reason for it tell me something I may believe Aq. Madam your husband 's dead Al. And did you bid me sir be comforted For that oh you were cruel dead who murdered him For though he lov'd not me in life I must Revenge his death Pr. Alas you cannot Al. No Will not heaven heare me think you for I 'le pray That horror may pursue the guiltie head Of his black murderer you doe not know How fierce and fatall is a widowes curse Who kil'd him saie Aq. We know not Al. Y' are unjust Pr. Pursue not sorrow with such inquisition Ladie Al. Not I who hath more interest Ki. The knowledge of what circumstance depriv'd him Of life will not availe to his return Or if it would none here know more then that He was brought hither dead in that inclosure Al. Where Aq. In that Coffin Ladie Al. Was it charitie Made this provision for him oh my Lord Now may I kisse thy wither'd lip discharge Upon thy bosome a poor widowes tears There 's something tempts my heart to shew more dutie And wait on thee to death in whose pale dresse Thou dost invite me to be reconcil'd Ki. Remove that Coffin Al. Y' are uncharitable Is 't not enough that he is rob'd of life Among you but you 'l rob me of his bodie Poor remnant of my Lord I have not had Indeed so many kisses a great while Pray do not envie me for sure I sha'not Die of this surfet he thought not I was So neare to attend him in his last and long Progresse that built this funerall tenement Without a roome for me the sad Albina Must sleepe by her dead Lord I feel death coming And as it did suspect I durst not look On his grim visage he has drawn a curtaine Of mist before my eies Ki. Look to the Ladie Pr. Look to Albina our Physitians There is not so much vertue more i' th Kingdome If she survive this passion she is worth A Prince and I will court her as my blessing Say is there hope Phy. There is Pr. Above your lives preserve her Phy. With our best art and care Exit with Albina Ol. She has almost made me woman too but Come to other businesse Enter Queene Aq. Is not this the Queene Ol. The Queen of hell give her no hearing but Shoot shoot her presently without more repentance There is a leacherous Devil in her eye Give him more fire his hell 's not hot enough Now shoot Pr. Be temperate good sir Qu. Nay let his cholerick highness be obey'd Aq. She is shot-free Qu. The Prince alive where is Gotharus Ol. Your friend that was Qu. It is confest Ol. Your Stallion Qu. He has more titles sure Ol. Let but some strangle her in her own haire Qu. The office will become a noble hangman Ol. Whore Qu. I le not spend my breath upon thee I have more use on 't does Gotharus live Aq. You may conjecture Madam if you turn Your eyes upon that object Qu. It has wrought then Ki. What has wrought Qu. His Physick sir For the state Megrim A wholsome poyson which in his poor feares And fainting when the Rebels first pursu'd him It was my happinesse to minister In my poor boyes revenge kil'd by his practise Pr. Poyson'd Ol. She is turn'd Doctor Qu. He becomes Deaths pale complexion and now I 'm prepar'd Pr. For what Qu. To die Ol. Prepar'd to be damn'd a seven years killing Will be too little Qu. I pitty your poor rage I sha'not stay so long nor shall you have The honour sir to kill me Ol. No let me trie Qu. Ha ha Ol. Dost thou laugh Helcat Qu. Yes and scorne all your furies I was not So improvident to give Gotharus all My cordiall you may trust the operation Here 's some to spare if any have a mind To taste and be assur'd will you my Lord 'T will purge your choler rarely Ol. I le not be your patient I thank you Qu. This box was ever my companion Since I grew wicked with that Polititian To prevent shameful death nor am I coy To pleasure a friend in 't Ol. Devils charity Qu. It works with method and doth kill discreetly Without a noise your Mercury is a rude And troublesome destroyer to this medicine I feel it gently seize upon my vitals 'T is now the time to steale into my heart Ki. Hast thou no thought of heaven Qu. Yes I do think Sometimes but have not heart enough to pray Some vapour now rises 'twixt me and heaven I cannot see 't lust and ambition ruin'd me If greatnesse were a priviledge i' th other World it were a happiness to die a Queene I find my conscience too late 't is bloody And full of staines oh I have been so wicked 'T were almost impudence to aske a pardon Yet for your own sakes pitty me survive All happie and if you can forgive forgive Moritur Ki. Those accents yet may be repentance Pr. See's dead Ki. Some take their bodies hence Pr. Let them have buriall Ki. 'T is in thee Turgesius To dispose all to whom I give my Crown Salute him King by my example Pr. Stay Upon your dutie staie will you be traytors Consent your lawful King should be depos'd Sir do not wound your Son and lay so great A staine upon his hopeful his green honour I now enjoy good mens opinions This change will make 'em think I did conspire And force your resignation were it still By justice and your selfe it shall not touch My brow till death translate you to a Kingdome More glorious and you leave me to succeed Better'd by your example in the practise Of a Kings power and dutie Ki. This obedience Will with excess of comfort kill thy father And hasten that command thou wouldst decline Pr. Receive this Captain and reward his faith To you and me Ki. Be Captaine of our guard And my good Uncle to your eare I leave The Souldiers let the largesse speak our bountie And your love Ol. I this sounds well fellow Souldiers Trust me beside your pay for the Kings bountie Within Sol. Heaven preserve The King and Prince Ol. Not a short prayer for me Om. Sol. Heaven bless the Duke heaven bless the Duke Ol. Why so money will do much Ki. A bright daie shines upon us come my sonne Too long a stranger to the Court it now Shall bid thee wellcome I do feel my years Slide off and joy drown sorrow in my tears Exeunt omnes FINIS