make all happy How does the Generall the valiant Memnon And how his wars Eumenes Eume. The Gods have giv'n you royall Sir a Souldier Better ne're sought a danger more approv'd In way of war more master of his fortunes Expert in leading 'em in doing valiant In following all his deeds to Victories And holding fortune certaine there King O Souldier Thou speak'st a man indeed a Generall Generall A soule conceiv'd a Souldier Eumen. Ten set Battells Against the strong usurper Diocles Whom long experience had begot a Leader Ambition rais'd too mighty hath your Memnon Won and won gloriously distrest and shooke him Even from the head of all his hopes to nothing In three he beat the thunder-bolt his brother Forc'd him to wall himselfe up there not safe Shooke him with warlike Engines like an earthquake Till like a snaile he left his shell and crawl'd By night and hidious darknesse to destruction Disarm'd for ever rising more twelve Castles Some though impregnable Townes twice as many Countries that like the wind knew no command But savage wildnesse hath this Generall With losse of blood youth through storms tempests Cal'd to your faire obedience Drum within King O my Souldier That thou wert now within my arms what drums Drum Are those that beat Eumenes Eumen. His my Soveraigne Himselfe i' th head of conquest drawing home An old man now to offer up his glories And endlesse conquest at your shrine King Goe all And entertaine him with all Ceremonie Wee 'le keep him now a Courtier Eumen. Sir a strange one Pray God his language beare it by my life Sir He knowes no complement nor curious casting Of words into fit places ere he speak 'em He can say fight well fellow and I 'le thanke thee He that must eat must sweat bring up the reare there Or charge that wing of horse home Florish King Goe too goe too Ent. Memnon and a traine of Courtiers souldiers two Captains Chilax Valiant and wise are twins Sir welcome welcome Welcome my fortunate and famous Generall High in thy Princes favour as in fame Welcome to Peace and Paphos Mem. Thanke your Grace And would to God my dull tongue had that sweetnesse To thanke you as I should but pardon me My sword and I speake roughly Sir your battells I dare well say I have fought well for I bring ye That lazie end you wish for Peace so fully That no more name of war is who now thinkes Sooner or safer these might have bin ended Begin 'em If ye dare againe I 'le thanke him Souldier and Souldiers Mate these twenty five yeares At length your Generall as one whose merit Durst looke upon no lesse I have waded through Dangers would damp't these soft soules but to heare of The maidenheads of thousand lives hangs here Sir Since which time Prince I know no Court but Marshall No oylie language but the shock of Armes No dalliance but with death No lofty measures But weary and sad marches cold and hunger Larums at midnight Valours selfe would shake at Yet I ne're shrunke Balls of consuming Wildfire That lickt men up like lightning have I laught at And tost 'em back againe like childrens trifles Upon the edges of my Enemies swords I have marcht like whirle-windes fury at this hand waiting Death at my right Fortune my forlorne hope When I have grapled with destruction And tug'd with pale fac'd Ruine Night and Mischiefe Frighted to see a new day breake in bloud And every where I conquer'd and for you sir Mothers have wanted wombes to make me famous And blowne ambition dangers Those that griev'd ye I have taken order for i' th' earth those fooles That shall hereafter K. No more wars my souldier K. takes Mem. aside and talkes with him We must now treat of peace sir Clean. How he talkes How gloriously Cal. A goodly timber'd fellow Valiant no doubt Cle. If valour dwell in vaunting In what a phrase he speakes as if his actions Could be set of in nothing but a noise Sure has a drum in 's mouth Cal. I wonder wenches How he would speake to us Clean. Nothing but larum Tell us whose throat he cut shew us his sword And blesse it for sure biting Lucippe And t like your Grace I doe not thinke he knowes us what we are Or to what end for I have heard his followers Affirme he never saw a woman that exceeded A Sutlers wife yet or in execution Old bedrid Beldames without teeth or tongues That would not flie his furie how he lookes Clean. This way devoutly Cal Sure his Lordship 's viewing Our Fortifications Lucip. If he mount at me I may chance choake his Battery Cal. Still his eye Keeps quarter this way Venus grant his valour Be not in love Clean. If he be presently Expect a Herrald and a Trompet with ye To bid ye render we two Perdu's pay for 't else King I 'le leave ye to my sister and these Ladies To make your welcome fuller my good souldier We must now turne your sternnesse into Courtship When ye have done there to your fair repose sir Florish I know you need it Memnon welcome gentlemen Ex. Ki. Luci. Now he begins to march Madam the Van 's yours Keep your ground sure 't is for your spurrs Mem. O Venus He kneeles amaz'd and forgets to speake Cal. How he stares on me Clean. Knight him Madam knight him He will grow tooth ground els Eumenes Speake sir 't is the Princesse 1 Capt. Ye shame your selfe speake to her Cal. Rise and speake sir Ye are welcome to the Court to me to all sir Lucip. Is he not deafe Cal. The Gentleman 's not well Eumen. Fie noble Generall Lucip. Give him fresh aire his colour goes how do ye The Princesse will be glad sir Mem. Peace and heare me Clean. Command a silence there Mem. I love thee Lady Cal. I thank your Lordship heartily proceed sir Lucip. Lord how it stuck in 's stomack like a surfet Clean. It breaks apace now from him God be thanked What a fine spoken man he is Lucip. A choice one of singular variety in carriage Clean. Yes and I warrant you he knows his distance Mem. With all my heart I love thee Cal. A hearty gentleman And I were eene an arrand beast my Lord But I lov'd you againe Mem. Good Lady kisse me Clean. I marry Mars there thou cam'st close up to her Cal. Kiss you at first my Lord 't is no faire fashion Our lips are like Rose buds blowne with mens breaths They loose both sap and savour there 's my hand sir Eumen. Fie fie my Lord this is too rude Mem. Unhand me Consume me if I hurt her good sweet Lady Let me but looke upon thee Cal. Doe Mem. Yet Cal. Well sir Take your full view Lucip. Blesse your eyes sir Cal. Mercie Is this the man they talkt of for a souldier So absolute and Excellent O the Gods If I were given to that vanitie Of making sport with men for
ignorance What a most precious subject had I purchas'd Speake for him gentlemen some one that knowes What the man ailes and can speake sense Clean. Sure Madam This fellow has been a rare Hare finder See how his eyes are set Cal. Some one goe with me I 'le send him something for his head poore gentleman Is troubled with the staggers Lucip. Keep him darke He will run March mad else the fumes of Battell's Ascend into his braines Clean. Clap to his feet An old Drum head to draw the thunder downward Cal. Look to him gentlemen farwell Lord I am sorry We cannot kisse at this time but believe it Wee 'le find an houre for all God keep my children From being such sweet Souldiers Softly wenches Lest we disturbe his dreame Exit Calis Ladies Eumen. Why this is Monstrous 1 Capt. A strange forgetfulnesse yet still he holds it 2 Capt. Though he ne're saw a woman of great fashion Before this day yet my thinks 't is possible He might imagine what they are and what Belongs unto 'em meere report of others Eumen. Pish his head had other whimsies in 't my Lord Death I think y' are strook dumb my good Lord Generall 1 Capt. Sir Mem. That I doe love ye Madam and so love ye An 't like your grace 2 Cap. He has bin studying this speech Eumen. Who doe ye speake to sir Mem. Why where 's the Lady The woman the faire woman 1 Cap. Who Mem. The Princesse Give me the Princesse Eumen. Give yee counsell rather To use her like a Princesse Fy my Lord How have you borne your selfe how nakedly Laid your soule open and your ignorance To be a sport to all report and honour Drew her to doe you favours and you bluntly Without consideration what or how she was Neither collecting reason nor distinction Mem. Why what did I my masters Eumen. All that shewes A man unhandsome undigested done Mem. Did not I kneele unto her Eumen. Dumbe and senslesse As though ye had bin cut out for your fathers tombe Or stuck a land-marke when she spoke unto you Being the excellence of all our Island Ye star'd upon her as ye had seene a monster Mem. Was I so foolish I confesse Eumenes I never saw before so brave an outside But did I kneele so long Eumen. Till they laught at ye And when you spoke I am asham'd to tell ye What 't was my Lord how farre from order Blesse me is 't possible the wild noise of a warre And what she only teaches should possesse ye Knowledge to treat with her and full discretion Being at flood still in ye and in peace And manly conversation smooth and civill Where gracefulnesse and glory twyn together Thrust your selfe out an exile Doe you know sir what state she carries What great obedience waits at her backe continually Mem. She ne're commanded A hundred thousand men as I have done Nor ne're won battell Say I would have kist her Eume. There was a dainty offer too a rare one Mem. Why she is a woman is she not Eume. She is so Mem. Why very well what was she made for then Is she not young and handsome bred to breed Doe not men kisse faire women if they doe If lips be not unlawfull ware Why a Princesse Is got the same way that we get a begger Or I am cosen'd and the selfe-same way Shee must be handled e're she get another That 's rudenesse is it not 2. Cap. To her 't is held so rudnes in that high degree Mem. 'T is reason But I will be more punctuall pray what thought she Eum. Her thoughts were mercifull but she laught at ye Pittying the poorenesse of your complement And so she left ye good sir shape your selfe To understand the place and noble persons You live with now 1. Cap. Let not those great deserts The King hath layd up of ye and the people Be blasted with ill bearing Eume. The whole name of souldier then will suffer Mem. Shee 's a sweet one And good sirs leave your exhortations They come untimely to me I have braines That beate above your reaches Shee 's a Princesse That 's all I have killed a King that 's greater Come let 's to dinner if the Wine be good You shall perceive strange wisdome in my blood Exeunt all but Chilax Chil. Well would thou wert i' the wars again Old Memnon there thou wouldst talke toth ' purpose And the proudest of all these Court Camelions Would be glad to find it sense too plague of this Dead peace this bastard breeding lowzie lazie idlenesse Now we must learne to pipe and pick our livings Out of old rotten ends these twenty five yeares I have serv'd my Countrie lost my youth and bloud Expos'd my life to dangers more then dayes Yet let me tell my wants I know their answers The King is bound to right me they good people Have but from hand to mouth looke to your wives Your yong trim wives your high-day wives your march-paines For if the souldiers find not recompence As yet there 's none a hatching I beleeve You men of wars the men of wars will nick ye For sterve nor beg they must not my small meanes Are gone in fumo here to raise a better Unlesse it be with lying or dog flattering At which our Nations excellent observing dog-dayes When this good Lady broyles and would be basted By that good Lord or such like morall learnings Is here impossible Well I will rub among 'em If any thing for honestie be gotten Thou't be but bread and cheese I can be satisfied If otherwise the wind blow stiffe as I am Yet I shall learne to shuffle There 's an old Lasse That shall be namelesse yet alive my last hope Has often got me my pocket full of crownes If all faile Jack-Dawes are you alive still Then I see the coast cleare when fooles and boyes can prosper Enter Foole and Page Pag. Brave Lievtenant Foole. Haile to the man of worship Chi. You are fine sirs Most passing fine at all points Fool. As ye see sir Home-bred and handsome we cut not out our clothes sir At halfe sword as your Taylors doe and pinck 'em With Pikes and Partizans we live retir'd sir Gentlemen like and jealous of our honours Chi. Very fine Foole and fine Boy Peace playes with you As the wind playes with feathers dances ye You grind with all gusts gallants Page We can bounce sir When you Soldados bend i' th' hams and frisk too Fool. When twenty of your trip-coats turn their tippets And your cold sallets without salt or vineger By wambling in your stomacks hemp and hobnailes Will beare no price now hanging and old harneis Are like to over-run us Pa. Whores and hot houses Foole. Surgeons and Sirenges ring out your sance-bells Page Your Jubile your Jubile Foole. Proh Deum How our St. Georges will bestride the Dragons The red and ramping Dragons Page Advanc't foole Foole. But then the sting i' th' taile
man Siph. But Chilax Where are her women Chi. None but your Graces Sister Because she would have it privat to the world yet Knowes of this businesse Siph. I shall thanke the Chilax Thou art a carefull man Chi. Your Graces servant Siph. I 'le find a fit place for thee Chi. If you will not There 's a good Lady will she points yee forward Away and take your fortune not a word sir So you are greas'd I hope Exit Siph. Cloe. manet Chi. Enter Stremon Foole and Boy Chi. Stremon Foole Picus Where have you left your Lord Strem. I' th' Temple Chilax Chi. Why are ye from him Strem. Why the King is with him And all the Lords Chi. Is not the Princesse there too Strem. Yes And the strangest coile amongst 'em She weeps bitterly The King entreats and frownes my Lord like Autumne Drops off his hopes by handfulls all the Temple Sweats with this Agonie Chi. Where 's young Polidor Strem. Dead as they said o' th' sudden Chi. Dead Strem. For certaine But not yet knowne abroad Chi. There 's a new trouble A brave young man he was but we must all die Strem. Did not the Generall meet you this morning Like a tall stallion Nun Chi. No more a that Boy Strem. You had been ferreting Chi. That 's all one Foole My Master foole that taught my wits to traffique What has your wisdome done how have you profited Out with your Audit come you are not emptie Put out mine eye with twelve pence do you shaker What thinke you of this shaking here 's with coxcombe Ha boyes ha my fine rascalls here 's a Ring Pulls out a Purse How right they goe Foole. O let me ring the fore-bell Chi. And here are thumpers Chickens golden rogues â—it wit ye rascalls Foole. I have a Sty here Chilax Chi. I have no gold to cure it not a penny Not one crosse Cavalier we are dull Sou'diers Grosse heavy-headed fellowes fight for victualls Foole. Why ye are the spirits of the time Chi. By no meanes Foole. The valiant firie Chi. Fy fie no Foole. Be-lee-me sir Chi. I woo'd I could sir Fool. I will satisfie ye Chi. But I will not content you alas poore boy Thou shewst an honest nature weepes for thy Master There 's a red rogue to buy thee handkerchers Foole. A was an honest Gentleman I have lost too Chi. Ye have indeed your labour Foole but Stremon Doest thou want money too no virtue living No firking out at fingers ends Strem. It seemes so Chi. Will ye all serve me Strem. Yes when ye are Lord Generall For lesse I will not goe Chi. There 's gold for thee then Thou hast a souldiers minde Foole Fool. Here your first man Chi. I will give thee for thy wit for 't is a fine wit A daintie diving wit hold up just nothing Goe graze i' th' commons yet I am mercifull There 's six pence buy a Saucer steale an old gowne And beg i' th' Temple for a Prophet come away boyes Let 's see how things are carried Foole up sirra You may chance get a dinner Boy your preferment I 'le undertake for your brave Masters sake You shall not perish Fool. Chilax Chi. Please me well Foole And you shall light my pipes Away to th' Temple But stay the Kings here sport upon sport Boyes Enter King Lords Siphax kneeling Cloe with a Vaile King What would you have Captaine Speake suddenly for I am wondrous busie Siph. A Pardon Royall sir King For what Siph. For that Which was heav'ns will should not be mine alone sir My marrying with this Lady King It needs no Pardon For marriage is no sin Si. Not in it selfe sir But in presuming too much Yet heav'n knowes So does the Oracle that cast it on me And the Princesse royall sir King What Princesse Siph. O be not angrie my dread King your Sister King My sister she 's i' th' Temple man Siph. She is here sir Lord The Captain 's mad she is kneeling at the Altar King I know she is with all my heart good Captain I do forgive ye both be unvail'd Lady Puts off her vaile Will ye have more forgivenes the mans frantick Come let 's goe bring her out God give yee joy sir Siph. How Cloe my old Cloe Exit King Lords Cloe. Even the same sir Chi. Gods give your manhood much content Strem. The Princesse Lookes something mustie since her comming over Fool. 'T were good youl 'd brush her over Siph. Fooles and Fidlers Make sport at my abuse too Foole. O 't is the nature Of us Fooles to make bold with one another But you are wise brave sirs Chi. Cheere up your Princesse Believe it sir the King will not be angry Or say he were why 't was the Oracle The Oracle and like your Grace the Oracle Strem. And who most mighty Siphax Siph. With mine owne whore Cloe. With whom els should ye marry speak your conscience Will ye transgresse the law of Armes that ever Rewards the Souldier with his owne sins Siph. Devills Cloe. Ye had my maiden-head my youth my sweetnes Is it not justice then Siph. I see it must be But by this hand I 'le hang a lock upon thee Cloe. You shall not need my honesty shall doe it Siph. If there be wars in all the world Cloe. I 'le with ye For you know I have bin a souldier Come curse on when I need another Oracle Chi. Send for me Siphax I 'le fit ye with a Princesse And so to both your honours Foole. And your graces Siph. The Devill grace ye all Cloe. God a mercy Chilax Chi. Shall we laugh halfe an houre now Strem. No the King comes And all the traine Chi. Away then our Act 's ended Exeunt Enter King Calis Memnon and Cleanthe Curtisan Lords King You know he do's deserve ye loves ye dearly You know what bloody violence had us'd The Hearse ready Polidor Eumenes Captains Upon himselfe but that his brother crost it You know the same thoughts still inhabit in him And covet to take birth Look on him Lady The wars have not so far consum'd him yet Cold age disabled him or sicknesse sunk him To be abhorr'd looke on his Honour sister That beares no stamp of time no wrinkles on it No sad demolishment nor death can reach it Looke with the eyes of heaven that nightlie waken To view the wonders of my glorious Maker And not the weaknesse looke with your vertuous eyes And then clad royaltie in all his conquests His matchlesse love hung with a thousand merits Eternall youth attending Fame and Fortune Time and Oblivion vexing at his vertues He shall appeare a miracle looke on our dangers Looke on the publique ruine Calis O deare brother King Fie let us not like proud and greedy waters Gaine to give off againe this is our Sea And you his Cynthia govern him take heed His stouds have bin as hie and full as any And gloriously now is got up to the girdle The
best phrase I have too And so I kisse your hand Exit Al. Your Lordships servant Olim. Come hither wench what art thou doing with that Ring Al. I am looking on the posie Madam Olim. What is 't Al. The Jewels set within Olim. But where the joy wench When that invisible Jewel's lost why dost thou smile so What unhappy meaning hast thou Al. Nothing Madam But only thinking what strange spels these Rings have And how they worke with some Pet. I feare with you too Al. This could not cost above a Crowne Pet. 'T will cost you The shaving of your crowne if not the washing Olim. But he that sent it makes the vertue greater Al. I and the vice too Madam goodnes blesse me How fit 't is for my finger 2 W. No doubt you 'l find too A finger fit for you Al. Sirrah Petesca What wilt thou give me for the good that followes this But thou hast Rings enough thou art provided Heigh ho what must I doe now Pet. You 'l be taught that The easiest part that e're you learn't I warrant you Al. Ay me ay me Pet. You will divide too shortly Your voice comes finely forward Olim. Come hither wanton Thou art not surely as thou saist Al. I would not But sure there is a witchcraft in this Ring Lady Lord how my heart leaps Pet. 'T will goe pit a pat shortly Al. And now methinks a thousand of the Dukes shapes 2 W. Will no lesse serve ye Al. In ten thousand smiles Olim. Heaven blesse the wench Al. With eyes that will not be denide to enter And such soft sweet embraces take It from me I am undone else Madam I 'm lost else Olim. What ailes the girle Al. How suddenly I 'm alter'd And growne my selfe againe doe not you feele it Olim. Weare that and I 'le weare this I 'le try the strength on 't Al. How cold my bloud growes now Here 's sacred vertue When I leave to honour this Every houre to pay a kisse When each morning I arise Or I forget a sacrifice When this figure in ray faith And the purenes that it hath I pursue not with my will Nearer to arrive at still When I lose or change this Jewell I lie me faith and heaven be cruell Olim. You have halfe confirm'd me Keep but that way sure And what this charme can doe let me endure Exeunt Scaene 3. Enter Archas Theodore 2 Doughters Honora and Viola Ar. Carry your selfe discreetly it concernes me The Duke 's come in none of your froward passions Nor no distastes to any Prethee Theodor By my life boy 't will mine me The, I have done Sir So there be no foule play he brings along with him Ar. What 's that to you Let him bring what please him And whom and how The. So they meane well Ar. Is 't fit you be a Judge sirrah The. 'T is fit I feele Sir Ar. Get a banquet ready And trim your selves up hansomly The. To what end Doe you meane to make 'em whores Hang up a signe then And set 'em out to Livery Ar. Whose sonne art thou The. Yours Sir I hope but not of your disgraces Ar. Full twenty thousand men I have commanded And all their minds with this calm'd all their angers And shall a boy of mine owne breed too of mine owne bloud One crooked stick The. Pray take your way and thrive in 't I 'le quit your house if taint or black dishonour Light on ye 't is your owne I have no share in 't Yet if it doe fall out so as I feare it And partly find it too Ar. Hast thou no reverence No dutie in thee The. This shall shew I obey ye I dare not stay I would have shew'd my love too And that you aske as duty with my life sir Had you but thought me worthy of your hazzards Which heaven preserve ye from and keep the Duke too And there 's an end of my wishes God be with ye Exit Ar. Stubborne yet full of that we all love honesty Lord Burris where 's the Duke Enter Burris Bur. In the great chamber Sir And there stayes till he see you ye have a fine house here Ar. A poore contented lodge unsit for his presence Yet all the joy it hath Bur. I hope a great one and for your good brave Sir Ar. I thanke ye Lord And now my service to the Duke Bur. I 'le wait on ye Exeunt Enter Duke Boroskey Gent. and Attendants Du. May this be credited Bor. Disgrace me else And never more with favour looke upon me Du. It seemes impossible Bor. It cannot chuse Sir Till your owne eies behold it but that it is so And that by this meanes the too haughtie souldier Has been so cramm'd and fed he cares not for ye Beleeve or let me perish Let your eyes As you observe the house but where I point it Make stay and take a view and then you have found it Enter Archas Burris 2 Daughters and Servant Du. I 'le follow your direction welcome Archas You are welcome home brave Lord we are come to visit ye And thanke ye for your service Ar. 'T was so poore Sir In true respect of what I owe your Highnesse It merits nothing Du. Are these faire ones yours Lord Ar. Their Mother made me thinke so Sir Du. Stand up Ladies Beshrew my heart they are faire ones methinks fitter The lustre of the Court then thus live darken'd I would see your house Lord Archas it appeares to me A hansome pile Ar. 'T is neate but no great structure I 'le be your Graces guide give me the keyes there Du. Lead on wee 'l follow ye begin with the Gallery I think that 's one Ar. 'T is so and 't please ye Sir The rest above are lodgings all Du. Goe on Sir Exeunt Scaene 4. Enter Theodore Putskey and Ancient Put. The Duke gone thither doe you say The. Yes marry doe I And all the ducklings too but what the 'l doe there Put. I hope they 'l crowne his service The. With a Custard This is no weather for rewards they crowne his service Rather they goe to shave his crowne I was rated As if I had been a dog had worried sheep out of doores For making but a doubt Put. They must now grace him The. Marke but the end Anc. I am sure they should reward him they cannot want him The. They that want honesty want any thing Put. The Duke is so noble in his owne thoughts The. That I grant ye If those might only sway him but 't is most certaine So many new borne flies his light gave life too Buzze in his beames flesh flies and Butterflies Hornets and humming Scarrabs that not one honey Bee That 's loden with true labour and brings home Encrease and credit can scape rifling And what she sucks for sweet the turne to bitternesse An. Shall we go see what they do talke our minds to 'em P. That we have done too much to no purpose
deale now sir 2 Ser. I cannot helpe it sir The. I le drinke more yet 2 Ser. 'T is in your owne hands The. There 's your pot I thank ye Pray let me drinke againe 2 Ser. Faith but ye shall not Now have I sworn I take it Fare ye well sir Exit Th. This is the fin'st place to live in I e're enterd Enter Lady Here comes a gentle woman alone I le to her Madam My Lord my Master Lady Who 's your Lord sir The. The Lord Boroskie Lady Lady Pray excuse me Here 's something for your paines within this houre sir One of the choise young Ladies shall attend him Pray let it be in that Chamber juts out to the water 'T is private and convenient doe my humble service To my honourable good Lord I beseech ye sir If it please you to visit a poore Lady You carrie the haviour of a noble Gentleman The. I shall be bold Lady 'T is a good aptnesse in ye I lye here in the Wood-yard the blew lodgings sir They call me merily the Lady of the Sir A little I know what belongs to a gentleman And if it please you take the paines Exit The. Deare Lady take the paines Why a horse would not take the pains that thou requir'st now To cleave old crab-tree one of the choise yong Ladies I would I had let this Bawd goe she has frighted me I am cruelly afraid of one of my Tribe now But if they will doe the devill cannot stop 'em Why should he have a young Lady are women now o th' nature of Bottles to be stopt with Corks O the thousand little furies that flye here now How now Captaine Enter Putskie Puts. I come to seek you out sir And all the Town I have travell'd The. What 's the newes man Puts. That that concernes us all and very neerely The Duke this night holds a great feast at Court To which he bids for guests all his old Counsellors And all his favourites your Father 's sent for The. Why he is neither in councell nor in favour Pu. That 's it have an eye now or never a quick one An eye that must not wink from good intelligence I heard a Bird sing they mean him no good office The. Art sure he sups here Enter Ancient Puts. Sure as 't is day The. 'T is like then How now where hast thou been Ancient Anc. Measuring the City I have left my Brooms at gate here By this time the Porter has stole 'em to sweep out rascals Theod. Brooms An. I have been crying Brooms all the towne over And such a Mart I have made there 's no trade neare it O the young handsome wenches how they twitter'd When they but saw me shake my ware and sing too Come hither Master Broom-man I beseech ye Good Master Broom-man hither cries another The. Thou art a mad fellow An. They are all as mad as I they all have trades now And roare about the streets like Bull-beggers The. What company of souldiers are they Anc. By this meanes I have gather'd Above a thousand tall and hardy souldiers If need be Colonell The. That need 's come Ancient And 't was discreetly done goe draw 'em presently But without suspition this night we shall need 'em Let 'em be neare the Court let Putskie guide 'em And wait me for occasion here I le stay still Puts. If it fall out we are ready if not we are scatter'd I le wait ye at an inch The. Doe farewell Exeunt Scene 3. Enter Duke Boroskie Duke Are the Souldiers still so mutinous Bor. More then ever No Law nor Justice frights 'em all the Towne over They play new pranks and gambols no mans person Of what degree soever free from abuses And durst they doe this let your grace consider These monstrous most offensive things these villanies If not set on and fed if not by one They honour more then you and more aw'd by him Du. Happily their owne wants Boros. I offer to supply 'em And every houre make tender of their moneyes They scorne it laugh at me that offer it I feare the next device will be my life sir And willingly I le give it so they stay there Duke Doe you think Lord Archas privie Bor. More then thought I know it Sir I know they durst not doe These violent rude things abuse the State thus But that they have a hope by his ambitions Du. No more he 's sent for Boros. Yes and will be here sure Du. Let me talke further with you anon Bor. I le wait sir Du. Did you speak to the Ladies Bor. They 'll attend your grace presently Du. How doe you like 'em Bor. My eyes are too dull Judges They wait here sir Exit Enter Honora and Viola Du. Be you gone then Come in Ladies Welcom toth ' court sweet beauties now the court shines When such true beames of beauty strike amongst us Welcome welcome even as your owne joyes welcome How doe you like the Court how seems it to you Is 't not a place created for all sweetnesse Why were you made such strangers to this happinesse Barr'd the delights this holds the richest jewels Set ne're so well if then not worne to wonder By judging eyes not set off lose their lustre Your Countrey shades are faint blasters of beauty The manners like the place obscure and heavie The Rose buds of your beauties turne to cankers Eaten with inward thoughts whilst there ye wander Here Ladies here you were not made for Cloisters Here is the Sphere you move in here shine nobly And by your powerfull influence command all What a sweet modestie dwells round about 'em And like a nipping morne pulls in their blossoms Hon. Your grace speaks cunningly you doe not this I hope sir to betray us wee are poore triumphs Nor can our losse of honour adde to you sir Great men and great thoughts seek things great worthy Subjects to make 'em live and not to lose 'em Conquests so nobly won can never perish We are two simple maids untutor'd here sir Two honest maids is that a sin at Court sir Our breeding is obedience but to good things To vertuous and to faire what wou'd you win on us Why doe I aske that question when I have found yee Your Preamble has pow'rd your heart out to us You would dishonour us which in your translation Here at the Court reads thus your grace would love us Most dearely love us sticke us up for mistresses Most certaine there are thousands of our Sex sir That would be glad of this and handsome women And crowd into this favour faire young women Excellent beauties sir when ye have enjoyd 'em And suckt those sweets they have what Saints are these then What worship have they won what name you ghesse sir What storie added to their time a sweet one Du. A brave spirited wench Hon. I le tell your grace And tell yee true ye are deceiv'd in us two Extreamly
What mysterie is this Arcanes can they Thinkst thou meane any good Arc. My Lord they dare not Intend ought else but good Cas. T is true they dare not Arcanes welcome them Come hither Annophill Stand close to me wee 'll change our affability Into a forme of State and they shall know Our heart is still our owne Enter Arcanes Fernando and Gaspero Arc. My Lord Cas. Arcanes I know them both Fernando as you are A man of greatnesse I should under-value The right my sword hath fought for to observe Low-fawning complements but as you are A Captive and a stranger I can love you And must be kinde You are welcome Fern. 'T is the all Of my ambition Gas And for proof how much He truely honours your heroick vertues The Senate on his importunity Commend him to your Lordships guard Cas. For what Gas During the time of his abode in Candy To be your houshold guest Fer. Wherein my Lord You shall more make me debtor to your noblenesse Then if you had return'd me without ransome Cass Are you in earnest Sir Fern. My sute to the Senate Shall best resolve you that Cass. Come hither Secretarie Look that this be no trick now put upon me For if it be Sirrah Gas As I have troth My Lord it onely is a favour granted Upon Fernando's motion from himselfe Your Lordship must conceive I 'de not partake Ought but what should concerne your honour who Has been the prop our Countries shield and safety But the renowned Cassilane Cass. Applause Is Gaspero puffe nothing why young Lord Would you so much be sequester'd from those That are the blazing Comets of the time To live a solitarie life with me A man forsaken all my hospitality Is now contracted to a few these two This tempest wearied souldier and this Virgin We cannot feast your eyes with Masques and Revells Or Courtly Anticks the sad sports we riot in Are Tales of foughten fields of Martiall scarres And things done long agoe when men of courage Were held the best not those well-spoken youths Who onely carry conquest in their tongues Now stories of this nature are unseasonable To entertaine a great Dukes son with Ter. Herein Shall my Captivity be made my happinesse Since what I lose in freedome I regaine With int'rest by conversing with a Souldier So much lesse for experience as great Cassilane Pray sir admit me Cas. If you come to mock me I shall be angrie Fer. By the love I beare To goodnesse my intents are honourable Cas. Then in a word my Lord your visitations Shall find all due respect But I am now Growne old and have forgot to be an host Come when you please you are welcome Fer. Sir I thank you Ann. Good sir be not too urgent for my father Will soon be mov'd yet in a noble way Of courtesie he is as easily conquer'd Fer. Lady your words are like your beauty powerfull I shall not strive more how to doe him service Then how to be your servant Cas. Shee 's my daughter And does command this house Fer. I so conceive her Cas. Doe you heare Gas My honour'd Lord Cas. Commend me to them Tell 'em I thank them Gas. Whom my Lord Cas The Senate Why now come you so dull O they are gratious And inâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— gratefull Thou art eloquent Speak modestly in mentioning my services And if ought fall out in the By that must Of meere necessity touch any act Of my deserving praises blush when you talke on 't 'T will make them blush to heare on 't Gas Why my Lord Cas. Nay nay you are too wise now good observe me I doe not raile against the hopefull Springall That builds up monuments in Brasse reares Trophies With Mottoes and Inscriptions quaint devices Of Poetrie and fiction let 's be quiet Arc. You must not crosse him Gas Not for Candys wealth Fer. You shall for ever make me yours Ann. 'T were pitty to double your captivity Arc. Who 's here Decius Enter Decius Cas. Ha! Decius who nam'd Decius Dec. My duty to your Lordship I am bold Presuming on your noble and knowne goodnesse To Cas. What Dec. Present you with this Cas. Letter Dec. Yes my honour'd Lord Cas. From whom Dec. Please you peruse The in-side you shall finde a name subscrib'd In such humility in such obedience That you your selfe will judge it tyranny Not to receive it favourably Cas. Hey-day Good words my Masters this is Court-infection And none but Cowards ply them Tell me Decius Without more circumstance who is the sender Dec. Your much griev'd sonne Antinous Cas. On my life A challenge speak as thou art worthy speak I le answer 't Dec. Honour'd Sir Cas. No honour'd Sirs Foole your yong Idoll with such pompous Attributes Say briefely what containes it Dec, 'T is a lowly Petition for your favour Cas, Rash young man But that thou art under my owne roofe and know'st I dare not any way infringe the Lawes Of hospitality thou should'st repent Thy bold and rude intrusion But presume not Againe to shew thy Letter for thy life Decius not for thy life Arc. Nay then my Lord I can with-hold no longer you are too rough And wrestle against nature with a violence More then becomes a father wherein would yee Come nearer to the likenesse of God Then in your being entreated Let not thirst Of honour make you quite forget you are A man and what makes perfect man-hoods comforts A father Ann. If a memory remaine Of my departed mother if the purity Of her unblemish'd faith deserve to live In your remembrance let me yet by these Awake your love to my uncomforted Brother Fer. I am a stranger but so much I tender Your sons desertfull vertues that I vow His Sword nere conquer'd me so absolutely As shall your curtesie if you vouchsafe At 〈◊〉 our instances to new receive him Into your wonted favour Gas Sir you cannot Require more low submission Anno. Am I not Growne vile yet in your eyes then by the name Of father let me once more sue for him Who is the only now remaining-branch With me of that most ancient roote whose body You are deare sir Cas. 'T is well an host of furies Could not have baited me more torturingly More rudely or more most unnaturally Decius I say let me no more heare from him For this time goe thou hence and know from me Thou art beholding to me that I have not Killed thee already looke to 't next looke to 't Arcanes fie fie Annophil Exit Arc. He 's gone Chaf'd beyond sufferance we must follow him Dec. Lady this letter is to you Anno. Come with me For we must speake in private please you sir To see what entertainement our sad house Can yeild Ex. Fer. I shall attend you Lady Gas How do ye like To sojourne here my Lord Fer. More then to feast With all the Princes of the earth besides Gonzalo told me that thou wert honest Gas Yes sir And you shall find
begger That cannot change his money there 's the equality In our impartiall essence What 's the newes now Ent. a Servant Ser. Your worthy brother sir has left his charge And come to see you Ent. Shamounts brother a Souldier Sha. O the noblest welcome That ever came from man meet thy deservings Methinkes I 've all joyes treasure in mine armes now Soul You are so fortunate in prevention brother You alwaies leave the answerer barren sir You comprehend in few words so much worth Sha. 'T is all too little for thee come th' art welcome So I include all take especiall knowledge pray Of this deare Gentleman my absolute friend That loves a Souldier far above a Mistris Thou excellently faithfull to 'em both But love to manhood ownes the purer troath Exeunt Actus Secundus Scaena prima Enter Shamonts brother a Souldier and a Lady the Dukes sister Lady THere should be in this gallery on th' are here Pray sit downe beleeve me sir I 'm weary Soul It well becomes a Lady to complaine a little Of what she never feeles your walke was short Madam You can be but affraid of wearinesse Which well employes the softnesse of your Sexe As for the thing it selfe you never came to 't La. Y' are wonderously well read in Ladies sir Soul Shall I thinke such a creature as you Madam Was ever borne to feele paine but in travell There 's your full portion Besides a little toothache in the breeding Which a kind husband too takes from you Madam La. But where do Ladies sir find such kind husbands Perhaps you have heard The Rhumaticke story of some loving Chandler now Or some such melting fellow that you talke So prodigall of mens kindnesse I confesse sir Many of those wives are happy their ambition Does reach no higher then to love and ignorance Which makes an excellent husband and a fond one Now sir your great ones aime at height and cunning And so are oft deceiv'd yet they must venture it For 't is a Ladies contumely sir To have a Lord an Ignorant then the worlds voice Will deeme her for a wanton ere she taste on 't But to deceive a wise man to whose circumspection The world resignes it selfe with all his envy 'T is lesse dishonour to us then to fall Because his beleev'd wisdome keepes out all Sould. Would I were the man Lady that should venture His wisedome to your goodnesse Lad. You might faile In the returne as many men have done sir I dare not justifie what is to come of me Because I know it not though I hope vertuously Marry what 's past or present I durst put Into a good mans hand Which if he take Upon my word for good it shall not couzen him Sol. No nor her after Lad. It may hap so too sir A womans goodnesse when she is a wise Lies much upon a mans desert believe it sir If there be fault in her I le pawn my life on 't 'T is first in him if she were ever good That makes one knowing not a husband yet Or what he may be I promise no more vertues Then I may well performe for that were cousenage Sol. Happy were he that had you with all feares That 's my opinion Lady Enter Shamont a servant listning Ser. What say you now sir Dare you give confidence to your owne eyes Sha. Not yet I dare not Ser. No Sha. Scarce yet or yet Although I see 't is he Why can a thing That 's but my selfe divided be so false Ser. Nay doe but marke how the chaire plaies his part too How amorously 't is bent Sha. Hell take thy bad thoughts For they are strange ones Never take delight To make a torment worse Look on 'em heaven For that 's a brother send me a faire enemy And take him for a fouler fiend there breathes not I will not sin to think there 's ill in her But what 's of his producing Yet goodnesse whose inclosure is but flesh Holds out oft times but sorrily But as black sir As ever kindred was I hate mine owne bloud Because it is so neare thine Live without honesty And maist thou dye with an unmoistned eye And no teare follow thee Ex. Shamont Servant Lad. Y' are wondrous merry sir I would your Brother heard you Sold. O my sister I would not out o th' way let fall my words Lady Por the precizest humour Enter Passionate Lord Pas. Yea so close Sol. Th' are merry that 's the worst you can report on 'em Th' are neither dangerous nor immodest Pas. So sir Shall I believe you think you Sold. Who 's this Lady Lad. O the Dukes Cousen he came late from travel sir Sold. Respect belongs to him Pas. For as I said Lady Th' are merry that 's the worst you can report of em Th' are neither dangerous nor immodest Sold. How 's this Pas. And there I think I left Sold. Abuses me Pas. Now to proceed Lady perhaps I swore I lov'd you If you believe me not y' are much the wiser Sol. He speaks still in my person and derides me Pas. For I can cog with you Lad. You can all doe so We make no question of mens promptness that way Pas. And smile wave a chair with comely grace too Play with our Tastle gently and doe fine things That catch a Lady sooner then a vertue Sol. I never us'd to let man live so long That wrong'd me Pa. Talke of Battalions wooe you in a skirmish Divine my mind to you Lady and being sharp set Can court you at halfe pike or name your weapon We cannot faile you Lady Enter 1 Gen. Sol. Now he dies Were all succeeding hopes stor'd up within him 1 Ge. O fie i' th' Court sir Sol. I most dearely thanke you sir 1 Ge. T is rage ill spent upon a passionate mad-man Sol. That shall not priviledge him for ever sir A mad-man call you him I have found too much reason Sound in his injurie to me to beleeve him so 1 Ge. If ever truth from mans lips may be held In reputation with you give this confidence And this his love-fit which we observe still By 's flattering and his finenes at some other time Hee 'l goe as slovenly as heart can wish The love and pity that his Highnesse shewes to him Makes every man the more respectfull of him Has never a passion but is well provided for As this of Love he is full fed in all His swinge as I may tearme it have but patience And ye shall witnesse somewhat Sol. Still he mocks me Looke you in action in behaviour sir Hold still the chaire with a grand mischiefe to you Or I le set so much strength upon your heart sir Pa. I feele some power has restrain'd me Lady If it be sent from love say I obey it And ever keep a voice to welcome it Song THou Deitie swift winged love Sometimes below sometimes above Little in shape but great in power Thou that
Beare witnesse I am forc't to 't Exit Duke Though you have a courser title yet upon you Then those that left your places without blame T is in your power to make your selves the same I cannot make you gentlemen that 's a work Rais'd from your owne deservings merit manners And in-borne vertue doe's it Let your own goodnesse Make you so great my power shall make you greater And more t' encourage you this I adde agen There 's many Grooms now exact Gentlemen Enter Shamont Sham. Me thinks 't is strange to me to enter here Is there in nature such an awfull power To force me to this place and make me doe this Is mans affections stronger then his will His resolution was I now resolv'd Never to see this place more Doe I beare Within my breast one bloud that confounds th' other The bloud of love and will and the last weakest Had I ten Millions I would give it all now I were but past it or 't would never come For I shall never do 't or not do 't well But spoyle it utterly betwixt two passions Yonder 's the Duke himselfe I will not do 't now Had twenty lives their severall sufferings in him Exit Duke Who 's that went out now Pol. I saw none my Lord Du. Nor you Moul. I saw the glimpse of one my Lord Du. What ere it was methought it pleas'd me strangly And suddenly my joy was ready for 't Did you not marke it better Pol. Moul. Troth my Lord We gave no great heed to 't Enter Shamont Sham. 'T will not be answer'd It brings me hither still by maine force hither Either I must give over to professe humanity Or I must speak for him Duke 'T is here agen No marvaile 't was so pleasing 't is delight And worth it selfe now it appeares unclouded Sham. My Lord He turnes away from mee by this hand I am ill-us'd of all sides 't is a fault That fortune ever had t' abuse a goodnesse Duke Methought you were saying somewhat Sham. Marke the Language As coy as face I see 't will nere be granted Du. We little look'd in troth to see you here yet Sham. Not till the day after my brothers death I think Du. Sure some great businesse drew you Sha. No insooth sir Onely to come to see a brother dye sir That I may learne to goe too and if he deceive me not I think he will doe well in 't of a souldier Manly and honestly and if he weep then I shall not think the worse on 's man-hood for 't Because hee 's leaving of that part that has it Duk. Has slaine a noble gentleman thinke on 't sir Sham. I would I could not sir Duk. Our Kinsman too Sham. All this is but worse sir Du. When 't is at worst Yet seeing thee he lives Sham. My Lord Du. He lives Believe it as thy blisse he dyes not for 't Will this make satisfaction for things past Sham. Oh my Lord Du. Will it speak Sh. With greater shame to my unworthinesse Du. Rise then wee 're ev'n I never found it harder To keep just with a man my great work 's ended I knew your brothers pardon was your suit sir How ever your nice modestie held it back Sham. I take a joy now to confesse it sir Enter 1. Gent. 1 Gent. My Lord Du. Heare me first sir what e're your newes be Set free the Souldier instantly 1 Gen. T is done my Lord Du. How 1 Gen. In effect 't was part of my newes too There 's faire hope of your noble kinsmans life sir Du. What saist thou 1 Gen. And the most admired change That living flesh e're had he 's not the man my Lord Death cannot be more free from passions sir Then he is at this instant hee 's so meek now He makes those seem passionate was never thought of And for he feares his moods have oft disturb'd you sir Hee 's onely hasty now for his forgivenesse And here behold him sir Enter Passion the Cupid and two brothers Du. Let me give thanks first our worthy Cousen Pas. Your unworthy trouble sir For which with all acknowledg'd reverence I aske your pardon and for injurie More knowne and wilfull I have chose a wise Without your counsell or consent my Lord Duke A wife where is she sir Pas. This noble Gentlewoman Duk. How Pas. Whose honour my forgetful times much wrong'd Du. Hee 's madder then he was 1 Gen. I would ha' sworne for him Du. The Cupid cousen Pas. Yes this worthy Lady sir Du. Still worse and worse 1 Bro. Our sister under pardon my Lord Du. What 2 Bro. Which shape Love taught her to assume Du. Is 't truth then 1 Ge. It appears plainly now below the waste my Lord Du. Shamont didst ever read of a she-Cupid Sham. Never in fiction yet but it might hold sir For Desire is of both Genders Enter the Dukes sister Du. Make that good here He joyns Shamonts hand and his Sisters I take thee at thy word sir Sham. O my Lord Love would appeare too bold and rude from me Honour and admiration are her rights Her goodnesse is my Saint my Lord Duke I see Y' are both too modest to bestow your selves I 'le save that vertue still 't is but my paines come It shall be so Sham. This gift does but set forth my poverty Lady Sir that which you complaine of is my riches Enter Shamonts brother the Souldier Du. Soldier now every noise sounds peace th' art welcome Sol. Sir my repentance sues for your blest favour Which once obtain'd no injury shall lose it I le suffer mightier wrongs Duk. Rise lov'd and pardon'd For where hope fail'd nay Art it selfe resign'd Thou 'st wrought that cure which skil could never find Nor did there cease but to our peace extend Never could wrongs boast of a nobler end Exeunt The Prologue at the reviving of this Play IT 's growne in fash'on of late in these dayes To come and beg a sufferance to our Playes Faith Gentlemen our Poet ever writ Language so good mixt with such sprightly wit He made the Theatre so soveraigne With his rare Scaenes he scorn'd this crowching veine We stabb'd him with keene daggers when we pray'd Him write a Preface to a Play well made He could not write these toyes 't was easier farre To bring a Felon to appeare at th' Barre So much he hated basenesse which this day His Scaenes will best convince you of in 's Play The Epilogue OUr Poet bid us say for his owne part He cannot lay too much forth of his Art But feares our over-acting passions may As not adorne deface his labour'd Play Yet still he is resolute for what is writ Of Nicer valour and assumes the wit But for the Love-Scaenes which he ever meant Cupid in 's Petticoat should represent Hee 'll stand no shock of censure the Plaie 's good He sayes he knowes it if well understood But we blinde god begge if thou art divine Thou
Dio. O you gods teach me how to be thankful you have pour'd all blessings on me that ambitious man could ever fancie till this happie minute I nere saw beauty or believ'd there could be perfection in a woman I shall live to serve and honour you upon my knees I thus receive you and so you vouchsafe it this day I am doubly married to the Empire and your best-self Del. False and perfidious villain Dru. Let me fall headlong on him O my Stars this I foresaw and fear'd Cha. Call forth a Flamen This knot shall now be ti'd Del. But I will loose it if Art or Hell have any strength Enter a Flamen Thunder and Lightning Cha. Prodigious Max. How soon the day 's orecast Fla. The Signes are fatal Juno smiles not upon this Match and shews too she has her thunder Dio. Can there be a stop in my full fortune Cha. We are too violent and I repent the haste we first should pay our latest duty to the dead and then proceed discreetly Let 's take up the body and when we have plac'd his ashes in his Urn we 'll try the gods again for wise men say Marriage and Obsequies do not suit one day Senate exit Del. So 't is deferr'd yet in despite of falshood Comfort Drusilla for he shall be thine or wish in vain he were not I will punish Ascend his perjury to the height Mount up my birds some Rites I am to perform to Hecate to perfect my designes which once perform'd he shall be made obedient to thy Call or in his ruine I will bury all Ascends throne Actus Tertius Scaena Prima Enter Maximinian solus Max. What powerful Star shin'd at this mans Nativity and bless'd his homely Cradle with full glory what throngs of people presse and buz about him and with their humming flatteries sing him Caesar sing him aloud and grow hoarse with saluting him How the fierce-minded Souldier steals in to him adores and courts his Honour at his devotion their lives their vertues and their fortunes laying Charinus sues the Emperour intreats him and as a brighter flame takes his beams from him The bless'd and bright Aurelia she doats on him and as the god of Love burns incense to him All eyes live on him Yet I am still Maximinian still the same poor and wretched thing his servant What have I got by this where lies my glory how am I rais'd and honour'd I have gone as far to woo this purblinde Honour and have pass'd as many dangerous Expeditions as noble and as high nay in his destinie whilst 't was unknown have run as many hazards and done as much sweat thorow as many perils onely the Hang-man of Volutius Aper which I mistook has made him Emperour and me his slave Enter Delphia and Drusilla Del. Stand still he cannot see us till I please mark him well this discontentment I have forc'd into him for thy cause Drusilla Max. Can the gods see this see it with justice and confer their blessings on him that never flung one grain of incense upon their Altars never bow'd his knee yet and I that have march'd foot by foot struck equally and whilst he was a gleaning have been praying contemning his base covetous Del. Now we 'll be open Max. Blesse me and with all reverence Del. Stand up Son and wonder not at thy ungrateful Uncle I know thy thoughts and I appear to ease 'em Max. O mother did I stand the tenth part to ye engag'd and fetter'd as mine Uncle does how would I serve how would I fall before ye the poorer powers me worship Del. Peace and flatter not necessitie and anger draws this from ye of both which I will quit ye For your Uncle I spoke this Honour and it fell upon him fell to his full content he has forgot me for all my care forgot me and his vow too as if a dream had vanish'd so h' as lost me and I him let him now stand fast Come hither my care is now on you Max. O blessed Mother Del. Stand still and let me work So now Maximinian go and appear in Court and eye Aurelia beleeve what I have done concerns ye highly Stand in her view make your addresses to her she is the Satyre of Honour I 'll say no more but Fortune is your servant go Max. With reverence all this as holy truths Exit Del. Believe and prosper Dru. Yet all this cures not me but as much credit as much belief from Dioclesian Enter Geta Lictors and Suitors with Petitions Del. Be not dejected I have warn'd ye often the proudest thoughts he has I 'll humble Who 's this O 't is the fool and knave grown a grave Officer here 's hot and high preferment Get. What 's your Bill for Gravel for the Appian way and Pills is the way rheumatick 1 Suitor 'T is Piles and 't please you Get. Remove me those Piles to Port Esquiline fitter the place my friend you shall be paid 1 Suit I thank your Worship Get. Thank me when ye have it thank me another way ye are an Asse else I know my Office you are for the Streets Sir Lord how ye throng that knave has eaten Garlick whip him and bring him back 3 Suitor I beseech you Worship here 's an old reckoning for the dung and dirt Sir Get. It stinks like thee Away Yet let him tarry his Bill shall quit his Breath Give your Petitions in seemly sort and keep your hats off decently For scowring the Water-courses thorow the Cities a fine periphrasis of a kennel-raker Did ye scour all my friend ye had some businesse who shall scour you you are to be paid I take it when Surgeons swear you have performed your Office 4 Suit Your Worship 's merry Get. We must be sometimes wittie to nick a knave 't is as useful as our gravitie I 'll take no more Petitions I am pester'd give me some rest 4 Suit I have brought the gold and 't please ye about the Place ye promised Get. See him enter'd How does your daughter 4 Suit Better your Worship thinks of her Get. This is with the least But let me see your daughter 'T is a good forward maid I 'll joyn her with ye I do beseech ye leave me Lictor Ye see the Edile 's busie Get. And look to your Places or I 'll make ye smoke else Sirha I drank a cup of wine at your house yesterday a good smart wine Lict. Send him the piece he likes it Get. And ate the best wilde Boar at that same Farmors 2 Su. I have half left yet your Worship shall command it Get. A bit will serve give me some rest gods help me How shall I labour when I am a Senator Del. 'T is a fit place indeed 'Save your Mastership do you know us Sir Get. These women are still troublesom There be houses providing for such wretched women and some small Rents to set ye a spinning Dru. Sir we are no Spinsters nor
her anger shews how it sets off Her naturall beauty under what happy star Was Virolet born to be belov'd and sought to By two incomparable women Noblest Lady I have heard your wrongs and pity them and if The service of my life could give me hope To gain your favour I should be most proud To be commanded Mart. T is in you my Lord To make me your glad servant Ron. Name the means Mar. T is not preferment Jewels Gold or Courtship He that desires to reap the harvest of My youth and beauty must begin in blood And right my wrongs Ron. I apprehend you Madam And rest assur'd t is done I am provided Of instruments to fit you To the King I le instantly present you if I faile He shal make good your aymes he 's lesse then man That to atchieve your favour would not doe Deeds friends would fear to put their agents to Exeunt Enter Virolet Reading Vir. Quid invitus facis non est scelus T is an axiome Now whether willingly I have departed With that I lov'd with that above her life Lov'd me again crownd me a happy husband Was full of children her afflictions That I begot that when our age must perish And all our painted frailties turn to ashes Then shal they stand and propagate our honors Whether this done and taking to protection A new strange beauty it was a useful one How to my lust if it be so I am sinful And guilty of that crime I would fling from me Was there not in it this fair course of vertue This pious course to save my friends my Countrey That even then had put on a mourning garment And wept the desolation of her children Her noblest children Did not she thrust me on And to my duty clapt the spur of honour Was there a way without this woman left me To bring 'em off the marrying of this woman If not why am I stung thus why tormented Or had there been a wild desire joyn'd with it How easily both these and all their beauties Might I have made mine own why am I toucht thus Having perform'd the great redemption Both of my friends and family fairly done it Without base and lascivious ends O Heaven Why am I still at war thus why this a mischiefe That honesty and honour had propounded I and absolv'd my tender wil and chid me Nay then unwillingly flung me on Enter Juliana and the Boy Boy He 's here Madam This is the melancholy walk he lives in And chooses ever to encrease his sadnesse Jul. Stand by Vir. T is she how I shake now and tremble The vertues of that mind are torments to me Jul. Sir if my hated face shal stir your anger Or this forbidden path I tread in vex you My love and faire obedience let behind me Your pardon asked I shal return and blesse you Vir. Pray stay a little I delight to see you May not we yet though fortune have divided us Ana set an envious stop between our pleasures Look thus one at another sigh and weep thus And read in one anothers eyes the Legends And wonders of our old loves be not fearful Though you be now a Saint I may adore you May I not take this hand and on it sacrifice The sorrows of my heart white seale of vertue Jul. My Lord you wrong your wedlock Vir. Were she here And with her all severe eyes to behold us We might do this I might name Julian And to the reverence of that name bow thus I might sigh Juliana she was mine once But I too weak a guard for that great Treasure And whilst she has a name believe me Lady This broken heart shal never want a sorroW Jul. Forget her sir your honour now commands you You are anothers keep those griefes for her She richly can reward 'em I would have spoken with you Vir. What is your wil for nothing you can aske So ful of goodnesse are your words and meanings Must be denied speak boldly Jul. I thank you sir I come not To beg or flatter onely to be believ'd That I desire for I shal tell a story So far from seeming truth yet a most true one So horrible in nature and so horrid So beyond wickednesse that when you heare it It must appeare the practice of another The cast malice of some one you have wrongd much And me you may imagine me accus'd to Unlesse you call to mind my daily sufferings The infinite obedience I have born you That hates all name and nature of revenge My love that nothing but my death can sever Rather then hers I speak of Vir. Juliana To make a doubt of what you shall deliver After my full experience of your vertues Were to distrust a providence to think you can lie Or being wrong'd seek after foule repairings To forge a Creed against my faith Jul. I must do so for it concernes your life sir And if that word may stir you heare and prosper I should be dumb else were not you at stake here Vir. What new friend have I found that dares deliver This loden Trunke from his afflictions What pitying hand of all that feeles my miseries Brings such a benefit Jul. Be wise and manly And with your honour fall when Heaven shall call you Not by a Hellish mischiefe Vir. Speak my blest one How weak and poor I am now she is from me Jul. Your wife Viro. How 's that Jul. Your wife Vir. Be tender of her I shal believe else Jul. I must be true your eare sir For t is so horrible if the ayre catch it Into a thousand plagues a thousand monsters It will disperse it selfe and fright resistance Viro. She seeke my life with you make you her agent Another love O speake but truth Jul. Be patient Deare as I love you else I leave you wretched Vir. Forward t is well it shal be welcome to me I have liv'd too long numbred too many daies Yet never found the benefit of living Now when I come to reap it with my service And hunt for that my youth and honour aimes at The Sunne sets on my fortune red and bloody And everlasting night begins to close me T is time to die Enter Martia and Ronvere Jul. She comes her selfe Ron. Believe Lady And on this Angel hand your servant seales it You shal be Mistris of your whole desires And what ye shal command Mart. Ha mynion My precious dame are you there nay go forward Make your complaints and poure out your faind pities Slave like to him you serve I am the same still And what I purpose let the world take witnesse Shal be so finisht and to such example Spite of your poore preventions my deare Gentleman My honourable man are you there too You and your hot desire Your mercy sir I had forgot your greatnesse Jul. T is not wel Lady Mart. Lord how I hate this fellow now how desperately My stomack stands against him this base fellow This
brothers house Is yet far off Gen. The better sir this walk Will help digestion after your great supper Of which I have fed largely Alv. To your task Or els you know what followes Luc. I am dying Now Lord have mercy on me by your favour Sir I must strike you Lam. For what cause Luc. I know not And I must likewise talke with that young Lady An houre in private Lam. What you must is doubtfull But I am certain sir I must beat you Luc. Help help Alv. Not strik againe Lam. How Alvarez An. This for my Lord Vitell's love Pach. Break out And like true theeves make pray on either side But seem to help the stranger Bob. Oh my Lord They have beat him on his knees Luc. Though I want courage I yet have a sons duty in me and Compassion of a fathers danger that That wholy now possesses me Alv. Lucio This is beyond my hope Met. So Lazarillo Take up all boy well done Pach. And now steale off Closely and cunningly An. How have I found you Why Gentlemen are you madde to make your selves A prey to Rogues Lam. Would we were off Bob. Theeves theeves Lam. Defer our own contention and down with them Luc. I le make you sure Bob. Now he playes the Devil Gen. This place is not for me Exit Luc. I le follow her Half of my pennance is past ore Exit Enter Alguazier Assistente and other Watches Alg. What noyse What tumult 's there keep the Kings peace I charge you Pach. I am glad he 's come yet Alv. O you keep good Guard Upon the City when men of our ranck Are set upon in the streetes Lam. The assistance Shall heare of 't be assur'd An. And if he be That carefull Governour he is reported You will smart for it Alg. Patience good Signiours Let me survey the Rascals O I know them And thank you for them they are pillfring rogues Of Andaluzia that have perus'd All Prisons in Castile I dare not trust The dungeon with them no I le have them home To my own house Pach. We had rather go to prison Alg. Had you so dog-holts yes I know you had You there would use your cunning fingers on The simple locks you would but I le prevent you Lam My Mistris lost good night Exit Bob. Your Son 's gon to What should become of him Alv. Come of him what will Now he dares fight I care not I 'le to bed Look to your prisoners Alguazier Exit with Boba Alg. Al 's cleer'd Droop not for one disaster let us hug And triumph in our knaveries Assist. This confirmes What was reported of him Met. 'T was done bravely Alg. I must a little glory in the meanes We officers have to play the Knaves and safely How we breake through the toyles pitch'd by the Law Yet hang up them that are far lesse delinquents A simple shopkeeper 's carted for a baud For lodging though unwittingly a smock-Gamster Where with rewards and credit I have kept Malroda in my house as in a cloyster Without taint or suspition Pach. But suppose The Governour should know 't Alg. He good Gentleman Let him perplex himself with prying into The measures in the market and th' abuses The day stands guilty of the pillage of the night Is only mine mine own feesimple Which you shall hold from me tennants at will And pay no rent for 't Pach. Admirable Landlord Alg. Now wee 'l go search the taverns commit such As we finde drinking and be drunk our selves With what we take from them these silly wretches Whom I for forme sake only have brought hither Shall watch without and guard us Assist. And we wil See you safe lodg'd most worthy Alguazier With all of you his comrads Met. T is the Governour Alg. We are betray'd Assist. My guard there bind them fast How men in high place and authority Are in their lives and estimation wrong'd By their subordinate Ministers yet such They cannot but imploy wrong'd justice finding Scarce one true servant in ten officers T' xpostulate with you were but to delay Your crimes due punishment which shall fall upon you So speedily and severely that it shall Fright others by th' example and confirme How ever corrupt officers may disgrace Themselves 't is not in them to wrong their place Bring them away Alg. Wee 'l suffer nobly yet And like to Spanish Gallants Pach. And wee 'l hang so Laz. I have no stomach to it but I 'le endeavour Exeunt Scaena Quarta Enter Lucio and Genevora Gen. Nay you are rude pray you forbeare your offer now More then the breeding of a Gentleman Can give you warrant for Luc. T is but to kisse you And think not I le receive that for a favour Which was enjoyn'd me for a pennance Lady Gen. You have met a gentle confessor and for once So men you wil rest satisfied I vouchsafe it Luc. Rest satisfide with a kisse why can a man Desire more from a woman is there any Pleasure beyond it may I never live If I know what it is Gen. Sweet Innocence Luc VVhat strange new motions do I feele my veines Burn with an unknown fire in every part I suffer alteration I am poysond Yet languish with desire againe to taste it So sweetly it works on me Gen. I ne'r saw A lovely man till now Luc. How can this be She is a woman as my mother is And her I have kiss'd often and brought off My lips unscortch'd yours are more lovelie Lady And so should be lesse hurtfull pray you vouchsafe Your hand to quench the heat tane from your Lip Perhaps that may restore me Gen. VVillinglie Luc. The flame increases if to touch you burne thus VVhat would more strict embraces do I know not And yet methinks to die so were to ascend To Heaven through Paradise Gen. I am wounded too Though modesty forbids that I should speake VVhat ignorance makes him bold in why do you fix Your eyes so stronglie on me Luc. Pray you stand still There is nothing els that is worth the looking on I could adore you Ladie Gen. Can you love mee Luo. To waite on you in your chamber and but touch VVhat you by wearing it have made divine Were such a happinesse I am resov'd I le sell my libertie to you for this glove And write my selfe your slave Enter Lamorall Gen. On easier termes Receive it as a friend Lam. How giving favour I 'le have it with his heart Gen. VVhat will you doe Luc. As you are mercifull take my life rather Gen. VVill you depart with 't so Lam. Do's that grieve you Gen. I know not but even now you appeare valiant Luc. T was to preserve my father in his cause I could be so again Gen. Not in your own Kneel to thy rivall and thine enemy Away unworthy creature I begin To hate my selfe for giving entrance to A good opinion of thee For thy torment If my poore beauty be of any power Mayst thou doat
incline To satisfie you for you see by him I lost not all defences with my state The curses of a man to whom I am Beholding terrifie me more then all The violence he can pursue me with Duboys I did prepare me for the worst These two small Cabinets doe comprehend The sum of all the wealth that it hath pleased Adversity to leave me one as rich As th' other both in Jewels take thou this And as the Order put within it shall Direct thee distribute it half between Those Creditors and th' other halfe among My servants for sir they are my creditors As well as you are they have trusted me With their advancement if the value faile To please you all my first increase of meanes Shall offer you a fuller payment be content To leave me something and imagine that You put a new beginner into credit Cred. So prosper our own blessings as we wish you to your merit Mont. Are your silences of discontent or of sorrow Dub. Sir we would not leave you Long. Do but suffer us to follow you and what our present means or industries hereafter can provide shall serve you Mont. O desire me not to live To such a basenesse as to be maintained By those that serve me pray be gone I wil Defend your honesties to any man That shal report you have forsaken me I pray be gone Exeunt Servants and Crediers Why dost thou weep my boy Because I doe not bid thee goe too Ver. No I weep my Lord because I would not goe I feare you will command me Mont. No my child I wil not that would discommend th' intent Of all my other actions thou art yet Unable to advise thy selfe a course Should I put thee to seeke it after that I must excuse or at the least forgive Any uncharitable deed that can be done against my selfe Ver. Every day my Lord I tarry with you I le account A day of blessing to me for I shall Have so much lesse time left me of my life When I am from you and if misery Befall you which I hope so good a man Was never born to I wil take my part And make my willingnesse increase my strength To beare it In the Winter I will spare Mine own clothes from my selfe to cover you And in the Summer carry some of yours To ease you I le doe any thing I can Mont. Why thou art able to make misery Ashamed of hurting when thy weaknesse can Both beare it and despise it Come my boy I will provide some better way for thee Then this thou speakst of t is the comfort that Ill fortune has undone me into the fashion For now in this age most men do begin To keep but one boy that kept many men Exeunt Enter Orleans a Servant his Ladie following Orl. Where is she call her Lady I attend you sir Orl. Your friend sweet Madam Lady What friend good my Lord Orl. Your Montague Madam he will shortly want Those Courtly graces that you love him for The means wherewith he purchased this and this And all his own provisions to the least Proportion of his feeding or his clothes Came out of that inheritance of land Which he unjustly lived on but the law Has given me right in 't and possession now Thou shalt perceive his bravery vanish as This Jewell does from thee now and these Pearles To him that owes 'em Lady Ye are the owner sir of every thing that does belong to me Orl. No not of him sweet Lady Lady O good God! Orl. But in a while your mind will change and be As ready to disclaime him when his wants And miseries have perish'd his good face And taken off the sweetnesse that has made Him pleasing in a womans understanding La. O Heaven how gratious had Creation been To women who are borne without defence If to our hearts there had been doores through which Or husbands might have lookt into our thoughts And made themselves undoubtfull Orl. Made 'em madde La. With honest women Orl. Thou dost still pretend A title to that vertue prethee let Thy honesty speak freelie to me now Thou knowest that Montaigue of whose Land I am the master did affect three first And should have had thee if the strength of friends Had not prevail'd above thine own consent I have undone him tell me how thou doest Consider his ill fortune and my good La. I le tell you justly his iundoing is An argument for pitty and for teares In all their dispositions that have known The honour and the goodnesse of his life Yet that addition of prosperity Which you have got by 't no indifferent man Will malice or repine at if the Law Be not abused in 't howsoever since You have the upper fortune of him 't will Be some dishonour to you to beare your selfe With any pride or glory over him Orl. This may be truly spoken but in thee It is not honest La. Yes so honest that I care not if the chast Penelope Were now alive to hear me Enter Amiens Orl. Who comes there La. My brother Am. Save yee Orl. Now sir you have heard of prosperous Montague Am. No sir I have heard of Montague But of your prosperity Orl. Is he distracted Am. He does beare his losse with such a noble strength Of patience that Had fortune eyes to see him she would weepe For having hurt him and pretending that Shee did it but for triall of his worth Hereafter ever love him Orl. I perceive you love him and because I must confesse He does deserve that though for some respects I have not given him that acknowledgement Yet in mine honour I did still conclude to use him nobly Am. Sir that will become your reputation and make me grow proud of your alliance Orl. I did reserve the doing of this friendship till I had His fortunes at my mercy that the world May tell him 't is a willing courtesie La. This change wil make me happy Orl. T is a change thou shalt behold it then observe me when That Montague had possession of my Land I was his rivall and at last obtain'd This Lady who by promise of her own Affection to him should ha bin his wife I had her and withheld her like a pawne Till now my Land is rendred to me againe And since it is so you shall see I have The conscience not to keep her give him her draws For by the faithfull temper of my sword shee shall not tarry with me Am. Give me way draws Thou most unworthy man give me way Or by the wrong he does the Innocent I le end thy misery and his wickednesse together Lady Stay and let me justifie My husband in that I have wrong'd his bed Enter Amiens in amazement the servants following him Never all shames that can afflict me fall Upon me if I ever wrong'd you Orl. Didst thou not confesse it La. T was to save your bloud from shedding that has Turn'd my brothers edge
's the point we would expect good eating La-p. I know we would but we may find good beating Lav. You say true Gentlemen and by Though I love meat as well as any man I care not what he be if a eate a Gods name Such crab-sauce to my meat wil turn my pallate Mal. There 's all the hazzard for the frozen Montague Has now got spring againe and warmth in him And without doubt dares beat us terribly For not to mint the matter we are cowards And have and shall be beaten when men please To call us into cudgelling La-p. I feele we are very prone that way Lav. The sonnes of Adam La-p. Now here then rests the state o' th question Whether we yeild our bodies for a dinner To a sound dog-whip for I promise ye If men be given to correction We can expect no lesse or quietly Take a hard Egge or two and ten mile hence Baite in a ditch this we may do securely For to stay here about will be all one If once our morall mischiefes come in memory Mal. But pray ye hear me is not this the day The Virgin Lady doth elect her husband Lav. The dinner is to that end Mal. Very well then say we all stay and say we all scape this whipping and be well entertained and one of us carry the Lady La-p. 'T is a seemly saying I must confesse but if we stay how fitly We may apply it to our selves i' th end Will aske a Christian feare I cannot see If I say true what spetiall ornaments Of art or nature lay aside our lying Whoring and drinking which are no great vertues We are endued withall to win this Lady Mal. Yet women go not by the best parts ever that I have found directly Lav. Why should we fear then they choose men As they feed some times they settle Upon a white broth'd face a sweet smooth gallant And him they make an end of in a night Sometimes a Goose sometimes a grosser meat A rump of beef will serve 'em at some season And fill their bellies too though without doubt They are great devourers stock fish is a dish If it be well drest for the tufnesse sake Wil make the proud'st of 'em long and leap for 't They 'l run mad for a pudding ere they 'l starve La-p. For my own part I care not come what can come If I be whipt why so be it if cudgel'd I hope I shall out live it I am sure 'T is not the hundreth time I have bin serv'd so And yet I thank God I am here Mal. Here 's resolution La-p. A little patience and a rotten Apple Cures twenty worse diseases what say you sir Lav. Marry I say sir if I had bin acquainted With lamming in my youth as you have bin With whipping and such benefits of nature I should do better as I am I 'le venture And if it be my luck to have the Lady I 'le use my fortune modestly if beaten You shall not hear a word one I am sure of And if the worst fall she shall be my physick Le ts go then and a merry winde be with us Mal. Captaine your shooes are old pray put 'em off And let one fling 'em after us be bold sirs And howosever our fortune fals le ts beare An equall burden if there be an odde lash Wee 'l part it afterwards La-p. I am arm'd at all points Exeunt Enter foure serving in a Banquet 1. Then my Lady will have a bedfellow to night 2. So she sayes heaven what a danty armefull shall he enjoy that has the launching of her what a fight shee 'l make 3. I mary boyes there will be sport indeed there will be grapling she has a murderer lies in her prow I am affraid will fright his maine mast Robin 4. Who dost thou think shall have her of thy conscience thou art a wise man 3. If she go the old way the way of lot the longest cut sweeps all without question 1. She has lost a friend of me else what think yee of the Courtier 2. Hang him hedgehogge h 'as nothing in him but a piece of Euphues and twenty dozen of twelve penny riband all about him he is but one Pedlers shop of gloves and garters pickteeth and pomander 3. The Courtier marry God blesse her Steven she is not mad yet she knowes that trindle tayle too well he 's crest falne and pinbuttock't with leaping Landresses 4. The Merchant sure shee will not be so base to have him 1. I hope so Rohin hee 'l sell us all to the Moors to make mummy nor the Captaine 4. Who Potgun that 's a sweet youth indeed will he stay thinke ye 3. Yes without question and have half din'd too ere the grace be done he 's good for nothing in the world but eating lying and sleeping what other men devour in drink he takes in Pottage they say has bin at Sea a Herring fishing for without doubt he dares not hayle an Ele-boate i th way of War 2. I think so they would beate him off with Butter 3. When he brings in a prize unlesse it be Cockles or Callis sand to scoure with I 'le renounce my five mark a year and all the hidden art I have in carving to teach young Birds to whistle Walsingham leave him to the lime boates now what think you of the brave Amiens 1. That 's a thought indeed 2. I marry ther 's a person fit to feed upon a dish so danty and hee 'l do 't I warrant him i th nick boyes has a body world without end 4. And such a one my Lady will make no little off but is not Montague married to day 3. Yes faith honest Montague must have his bout too 2. Hee 's as good a lad as ever turnd a trencher must we leave him 3. Hee 's to good for us Steven I 'le give him health to his good luck to night i th old Beaker and it shall be sack too 4. I must have a Garter and boyes I have bespoke a a Posset some body shall give me thanks for 't 'tas a few toyes in 't will rase commotions in a bed lad 1. Away my Lady Exeunt Enter Orleance and his Lady arme in arme Amiens Lamira Charlote like a Bride Montague brave Laverdine Longavile Dubois Mallycorn La-Poope Lam. Stur your selves noble Lords and Gentlemen You know your places many royall welcomes I give your grace how lovely shewes this change My house is honor'd in this reconcilement Orl. Thus Madam must you do my Lady now shall see You made a Woman And give you some short lessons for your voyage Take her instructions Lady she knowes much Lam. This becomes you sir La. My Lord must have his will Orl. T is all I can do now sweet heart faire Lady This to your happy choyce brother Amiens You are the man I meane it to Ami. I 'le pledge you Orl. And with my heart Ami. With all my love I take it Lam. Noble Lords
I am proud ye have done this day so much content and me such estimation that this hour In this poor house shall be a league for ever For so I know ye mean it Ami. I do Lady Orl. And I my Lord Omnes Y 'ave done a work of honor Ami. Give me the Cup where this health stops let That man be either very sick or very simple Or I am very angry sir to you Madam me thinks this Gentleman might sit to He would become the best on 's Orl. Pray sit down sir I know the Lady of the feast expects not this day so much old custom Lam. Sit down Mountague nay never blush for the matter Mon. Noble Madam I have too reasons against it and I dare not duty to you first as you are my Lady and I your poorest servant next the custome of this dayes ceremony Lam. As you are my servant I may command you then Mon. To my life Lady Lam. Sit down and here I 'le have it so Ami. Sit down man never refuse so faire a Ladies offer Mont. It is your pleasure Madam not my pride And I obey I le pledge yee now my Lord Mounsier Longavile Lon. I thank you sir Mon. This to my Lady and her faire choyce to day and happinesse Lon. T is a faire health I 'le pledge you though I sinke for 't Lam. Montague you are too modest come I 'le adde a little more wine t' ee 't will make you merry this to the good I wish Mont. Honord Lady I shall forget my selfe with this great bounty Lami. You shall not sir give him some Vine Ami. By heaven you are a worthy woman and that Man is blest can come neer such a Lady Lami. Such a blessing wet weather washes Mont. At all I will not go a lip lesse my Lord Orl. T is well cast sir Mal. If Montague get more Wine we are like to heare on 't Lav. I do not like that sitting there Mal. Nor I me thinks he looks like a Judge La-p. Now have I a kinde a grudging of a beating on me I fear my hot fit Mal. Drink apace ther 's nothing allays a cudgell like it Lami. Montague now I 'le put my choyce to you who do you hold in all this honor'd company a husband fit to enjoy thy Lady speak directly Mont. Shall I speak Madam Lami. Montague you shall Mont. Then as I have a soule I 'le speak my conscience Give me more wine in vino veritas Here 's to my self and Montague have a care Lami. Speak to th' cause Mont. Yes Madam first I 'le begin to thee Lav. Have at us La-p. Now for a Psalme of mercy Mont. You good Mounsier you that bely the noble Name of Courtier and think your claime good here hold up your hand your VVorship is endited here for a vaine glorious foole Lav. Good oh sir Mont. For one whose wit Lies in a ten pound wastcoat yet not warme Ye have travel'd like a Fidler to make faces And brought home nothing but a case of tooth-picks You would be married and no lesse then Ladies And of the best sort can serve you thou silke worm What hast thou in thee to deserve this woman Name but the poorest piece of man good manners Ther 's nothing sound about thee faith thou 'ast none It lies pawn'd at thy silke mans for so much lace Thy credit which is worse cannot redeem it Thy cloaths are all the soule thou hast for so Thou sav'st them hansome for the next great tilting Let who wil take the t'other thou wert never christen'd Upon my conscience but in barbers water Thou art never out o' th basen thou art rotten And if thou darst tell truth thou wilt confesse it thy skin Looks of a Chestnut colour greas'd with Amber All women that on earth do dwell thou lov'st Yet none that understand love thee again But those that love the Spittle get thee home Poor painted butter fly thy summers pa'st Go sweat and eat dry Mutton thou mayst live To do so well yet a bruis'd Chamber Maide May fall upon thee and advance thy follies You have your sentence now it followes Captaine I treat of you La-p. Pray God I may deserve it Orl. Beshrow my heart he speaks plaine Ami. That 's plain dealing Mont. You are a rascall Captaine La-p. A fine calling Mont. A water coward Ami. He would make a prety stuffe Mont. Nay I speak freely Madam Lami. Her 's none ties you Mont. Why should'st thou dare come hither with a thought To finde a wife here fit for thee are all Thy single money whores that fed on Carrots And fild the high grasse with familiars Falne of to footmen prethee tell me truly For now I know thou dar'st not lie couldst thou not Wish thy selfe beaten well with all thy heart now And out of paine say that I broke a rib Or cut thy nose off wert not mercifull for this ambition La-p. Do your pleasure sir beggars must not be choosers Orl. He longs for beating Mon. But that I have nobler thoughts possesse my soule Then such brown bisket such a peice of dog-fish Such a most mangy Mackrell eater as thou art That dares do nothing that belongs toth ' Sea But spue and catch rats and fear men of war Though thou hast nothing in the world to loose Abord thee but one piece of beefe one Musket Without a cock for peace sake and a pitch barrell I 'le tell thee if my time were not more pretious Then thus to loose it I would rattle thee It may be beat thee and thy pure fellow The Merchant there of Catskins till my words Or blowes or both made ye two branded wretches To all the world hereafter you would faine to Venture your bils of lading for this Lady What would you give now for her some five frayle Of rotten Figs good Godson would you not sir Or a Parrat that speaks high Dutch can all thou ever saw'st Of thine own fraughts from Sea or cosonage At which thou art as expert as the devill Nay sell thy soul for wealth to as thou wilt do Forfeit thy friends and raise a mint of Money Make thee dream all these double could procure A kisse from this good Lady can'st thou hope She would lie with such a nook of hell as thou art And hatch young Merchant-furies oh ye dog-bolts That fear no God but Dunkirks I shall see you Serve in a lowsy Lime boat ere I die For mouldy cheese and butter Billingsgate Would not endure or bring in rotten Pippins To cure blew eyes and swear they came from China Lami. Vex 'em no more alas they shake Mont. Down quickly on your marrow bones and thank this Lady I would not leave you thus else there are blankets And such delights for such knaves but fear still 'T will be revenge enough to keep you waking Ye have no minde of Marriage ha' ye La-p. Surely no great mind now Mont. Nor you Mal. Nor I I take it Mont. Two
that may delude a good minde What shall become of me Evan. You must learne to pray Your age and honour will become a Nunnery Mar. Wilt thou remember me Weeps Evan. She weeps Sweet Lady Upon my knees I aske your sacred pardon For my rude boldnesse and know my sweet Mistris If e're there were ambition in Evanthe It was and is to do you faithfull duties 'T is true I have been tempted by the King And with no few and potent charmes to wrong ye To violate the chaste joyes of your bed And those not taking hold to usurpe your state But she that has been bred up under ye And daily fed upon your vertuous precepts Still growing strong by example of your goodnesse Having no errant motion from obedience Flyes from these vanities as meere illusions And arm'd with honesty defies all promises In token of this truth I lay my life downe Under your sacred foot to do you service Mar. Rise my true friend thou vertuous bud of beauty Thou Virgins honour sweetly blow and flourish And that rude nipping winde that seeks to blast thee Or taint thy root be curst to all posterity To my protection from this houre I take ye Yes and the King shall know Evan. Give his heat way Madam And 't will go out againe he may forget all Exeunt Enter Camillo Cleanthes and Menallo Cam. What have we to do with the times we cannot cure 'em Let 'em go on when they are swolne with surfets They 'le burst and stink then all the world shall smell 'em Cle. A man may live a bawd and be an honest man Men. Yes and a wise man too 't is a vertuous calling Cam. To his owne wife especially or to his sister The neerer to his owne blood still the honester There want such honest men would we had more of 'em Men. To be a villaine is no such rude matter Cam. No if he be a neat one and a perfect Art makes all excellent what is it Gentl In a good cause to kill a dozen coxcombs That blunt rude fellowes call good Patriots Nothing nor ne're look'd after Men. 'T is ene as much as easie too as honest as cleer To ravish Matrons and deflowre coy wenches But here they are so willing 't is a complement Cle. To pull downe Churches with pretention To build 'em fairer may be done with honour And all this time beleeve no God Cam. I think so 't is faith enough if they name him in their angers Or on their rotten Tombs ingrave an Angell Well brave Alphonso how happy had we been If thou had'st rain'd Men. Would I had his disease Tyed like a Leprosie to my posterity So he were right againe Clean. What is his Melady Cam. Nothing but sad and silent melancholly Laden with griefes and thoughts no man knows why neither The good Brandino Father to the Princesse Used all the art and industry that might be To free Alphonso from this dull calamity And seat him in his rule he was his eldest And noblest too had not faire nature stopt in him For which cause this was chosen to inherit Frederick the yonger Clean. Doe's he use his brother With that respect and honour that befits him Cam. He is kept privately as they pretend To give more ease and comfort to his sicknesse But he has honest servants the grave Rugio And Fryer Marco that waight upon his Person And in a Monastery he lives Men. 'T is full of sadnesse To see him when he comes to his fathers Tombe As once a day that is his Pilgrimage Whilst in devotion the Quire sings an Antheme How piously he kneeles and like a Virgin That some crosse fate had cozen'd of her Love Weeps till the stubborne Marble sweats with pitty And to his grones the whole Quire beares a Chorus Enter Frederick Sorano with the Cabinet Pod. So do I too The King with his contrivers This is no place for us Exeunt Lords Fred. This is a Jewell Lay it aside what Paper 's that Pod. A Letter But 't is a womans Sir I know by the hand And the false authography they write old Saxon Fred. May be her ghostly mothers that instructs her Sor. No 't is a cozens and came up with a great Cake Fred. What 's that Sora. A paire of Gloves the Duchesse gave her For so the outside saies Fred. That other Paper Sor. A charme for the tooth-ach here 's nothing but Saints and Crosses Fre. Look in that box me thinks that should hold secrets Pod. 'T is paint and curles of haire she begins to exercise A glasse of water too I would faine taste it But I am wickedly afraid 't will silence me Never a Conduit Pipe to convey this water Sor. These are all Rings deaths heads and such mementoes Her Grandmother and worme-eaten Aunts left to her To tell her what her beauty must arive at Fred. That that Pod. They are written Songs Sir to provoke young Ladies Lords here 's a prayer booke how these agree Here 's a strange Union Sor. Ever by a safest you have a julip set to coole the Patient Fred Those those Sor. They are Verses to the blest Evanthe Fred. Those may discover Reade them out Sorant To the blest Evanthe LEt those complaine that feeles Loves cruelty And in sad Legents write their woes With Roses gently has corrected me My war is without rage or blowes My Mistris eyes shine faire on my desires And hope springs up inflam'd with her new fires No more an Exile will I dwell With folded armes and sighs all day Reckoning the torments of my hell And flinging my sweet joyes away I am call'd home againe to quiet peace My Mistris smiles and all my sorrowes cease Yet what is living in her eyes Or being blest with her sweet tongue If these no other joyes imply A golden Give a pleasing wrong To be your owne but one poore Moneth I 'd give My youth my fortune and then leave to live Fred. This is my rivall that I knew the hand now Sor. I know it I have seene it 't is Valerio's That hopefull Gentlemans that was brought up with ye And by your charge nourisht and fed At the same Table with the same allowance Fred. And all this curtesie to ruine me Crosse my desires had better have fed humblier And stood at greater distance from my fury Go for him quickly finde him instantly Whilst my impatient heart swells high with choller Better have lov'd despaire and safer kist her Exit Lords Enter Evanthe and Cassandra Eva. Thou old weak foole dost thou know to what end To what betraying end he got this Casket Durst thou deliver him without my Ring Or a command from mine own mouth that Cabinet That holds my heart you unconsiderate asse Thou brainlesse Ideot Cas. I saw you go with him At their first word commit your person to him And made no scruple he is your brothers Gentleman And for any thing I know an honest man And might not I
that becomes me not I know Good men and great names best agree together Cast off the glorious favours and the trappings Of sound and honour wealth and promises His wanton pleasures have flung on my weaknesse And chuse to serve my Countries cause and vertues Poorely and honestly and redeeme my rulnes As I would hope remission of my mischiefes Rug. Old and experienc'd men my Lord Sorano Are not so quickly caught with gilt hypocrisie You pull your clawes in now and fawne upon us As Lyons do to intice poore foolish beasts And beasts we should be too if we beleeved ye Go exercise your Art Sor. For heaven sake scorne me not Nor adde more hell to my afflicted soule Then I feele here as you are honourable As you are charitable looke gently on me I will no more to Court be no more Devill I know I must be hated even of him That was my Love now and the more he loves me For his foule ends when they shall once appeare to him Muster before his conscience and accuse him The fouler and the more falls his displeasure Princes are fading things so are their favours Mar. He weeps agen his heart is toucht sure with remorce Sor. See this and give me faire attention good my Lord And worthy Father see within this violl The remedy and cure of all my honour And of the sad Prince lyes Rug. What new trick 's this Sor. 'T is true I have done Offices abundantly Ill and prodigious to the Prince Alphonso And whilst I was a knave I sought his death too Rug. You are too late convicted to be good yet Sor. But Father when I felt this part afflict me This inward and call'd me to an audit Of my misdeeds and mischiefes Mar. Well go on Sir Sor. O then then then what was my glory then Father The favour of the King what did that ease me What was it to be bow'd to by all creatures Worshipt and courted what did this availe me I was a wretch a poore lost wretch Mar. Still better Sor. Till in the midst of all my griefe I found Repentance and a learned man to give the meanes to it A Jew an honest and a rare Phisition Of him I had this Jewell 't is a Jewell And at the price of all my wealth I bought it If the King knew it I must lose my head And willingly most willingly I would suffer A childe may take it 't is so sweet in working Mar. To whom would you apply it too Sor. To the sick Prince It will in halfe a day dissolve his melancholly Rug. I do beleeve and give him sleep for ever What impudence is this and what base malice To make us instruments of thy abuses Are we set here to poison him Sor. Mistake not yet I must needs say 't is a noble care And worthy vertuous servants if you will see A flourishing estate againe in Naples And great Alphonso reigne that 's truly good And like himselfe able to make all excellent Give him this drink this good health unto him Drinks I am not so desperate yet to kill my selfe Never looke on me as a guilty man Nor on the water as a speedy poison I am not mad nor laid out all my treasure My conscience and my credit to abuse ye How nimbly and how cheerefully it workes now Upon my heart and head sure I am a new man There is no sadnesse that I feele within me But as it meets it like a lazie vapour How it flyes off Here give it him with speed You are more guilty then I ever was And worthier of the name of evill subjects If but an houre you hold this from his health Rug. 'T is some rare vertuous thing sure he is a good man It must be so come let 's apply it presently And may it sweetly work Sor. Pray let me heare on 't and carry it close my Lords Mar. Yes good Sorano Exit Rugio Marco Sor. Do my good fooles my honest pious coxcombs My wary fooles too have I caught your wisedomes You never dream't I knew an Antidote Nor how to take it to secure mine owne life I am an asse go give him the fine cordiall And when you have done go dig his grave good Frier Some two houres hence we shall have such a bawling And roaring up and downe for Aquavitae Such rubbing and such nointing and such cooling I have sent him that will make a bonefire in 's belly If he recover it there is no heat in Hell sure Exit Enter Frederick and Podrano Fred. Podrano Pod. Sir Fred. Call hither Lord Valerio and let none trouble us Pod. It shall be done Sir Exit Enter Cassandra Fred. I know he wants no additions to his tortures He has enough for humane blood to carry Yet I must vex him further So many that I wonder his hot youth And high-bred spirit breakes not into fury I must yet torture him a little further And make my selfe sport with his miseries My anger is too poore else Here he comes Valerio Now my young married Lord how do you feele your self You have the happinesse you ever aimed at The joy and pleasure Val. Would you had the like Sir Fred. You tumble in delights with your sweet Lady And draw the minutes out in deare embraces You live a right Lords life Val. Would you had tryed it That you might know the vertue but to suffer Your anger though it be unjust and insolent Sits hansomer upon you then your scorne To do a wilfull ill and glory in it Is to do it double double to be damn'd too Fred. Hast thou not found a loving and free Prince High in his favours too that has confer'd Such hearts ease and such heapes of comfort on thee All thou coudest aske Val. You are too growne a tyrant Upon so suffering and so still a subject You have put upon me such a punishment That if your youth were honest it would blush at But you are a shame to nature as to vertue Pull not my rage upon ye 't is so just It will give way to no respect my life My innocent life I dare maintaine it Sir Like a wanton prodigall you have flung away Had I a thousand more I would allow 'em And be as carelesse of 'em as your will is But to deny those rights the Law has given me The holy Law and make her life the pennance Is such a studied and unheard of malice No heart that is not hyred from Hell dare think of To do it then too when my hopes were high High as my blood all my desires upon me My free affections ready to embrace her And she mine owne do you smile at this i st done well Is there not heaven above you that sees all Come hither Time how does your noble Mistris Cass. As a Gentlewoman may do in her case that 's newly married Sir Sickly sometimes and fond on 't like your Majesty Fred. She is breeding then Cass. She wants much
of her cullour And has her qualmes as Ladies use to have Sir And her disgusts Fred. And keeps her chamber Cass. Yes Sir Fred. And eats good Brooths and Jellies Cass. I am sure she sighs Sir and weepes good Lady Fred. Alas good Lady for it She should have one could comfort her Cassandra Could turne those teares to joyes a lusty comforter Cass. A comfortable man does well at all houres For he brings comfortable things Fred. Come hither hold your face between you have eaten Onions Her breath stinks like a Fox her teeth are contagious These old women are all Elder-pipes do ye mark me Gives a Purse Cass. Yes Sir but does your Grace think I am fit That am both old and vertuous Fred. Therefore the fitter the older still the better I know thou art as holy as an old Cope Yet upon necessary use Cass. 'T is true Sir Fred. Her feeling sence is fierce still speake unto her You are familiar speake I say unto her Speake to the purpose tell her this and this Cass. Alas she is honest Sir she is very honest And would you have my gravity Fred. I I your gravity will become the cause the better I le looke thee out a Knight shall make thee a Lady too A lust Knight and one that shall be ruled by her And adde to these I le make 'em good no mincing Nor ducking out of nicity good Lady But do it home wee 'l all be friends to tell her And such a joy Cass. That 's It that stirs me up Sir I would not for the world attempt her chastity But that they may live lovingly hereafter Fred. For that I urge it too Cass. A little evill may well be suffered for a generall good Sir I le take my leave of your Majesty Exit Enter Valerio Fred. Go fortunately be speedy too here comes Valerio If his affliction have allayed his spirit My work has end Come hither Lord Valerio How do you now Val. Your Majesty may ghesse Not so well nor so fortunate as you are That can tye up mens honest wills and actions Fred. You have the happinesse you ever aim'd at The joy and pleasure Val. Would you had the like Sir Fred. You tumble in delights with your sweet Lady And draw the minutes out in deare embraces You lead a right Lords life Val. Would you had tryed it That you might know the vertue but to suffer If anger though it be unjust and insolent Sits hansomer upon you then your scorne Sir Fred. Yon cleerly see now brave Valerio What 't is to be the rivall to a Prince To interpose against a raging Lion I know you have suffer'd infinitely suffer'd And with a kinde of pitty I behold it And if you dare be worthy of my mercy I can yet heale you yeeld up your Evanthe Take off my sentence also Val. I fall thus low Sir My poore sad heart under your feet I lay And all the service of my life Fred. Do this then for without this 't will be impossible Part with her for a while Val. You have parted us What should I do with that I cannot use Sir Fred. 'T is well consider'd let me have the Lady And thou shalt see how nobly I le befriend thee How all this difference Val. Will she come do you think Sir Fred. She must be wrought I know she is too modest And gently wrought and cunningly Val. I is fit Sir Fred. And secretly it must be done Val. As thought Fred. I le warrant ye her honour shall be faire still No foyle nor staine shall appeare on that Valerio You see a thousand that beare sober faces And shew of as in-imitable modesties You would be sworn to that they were pure Matrons And most chaste maids and yet to augment their fortunes And get them noble friends Val. They are content Sir In private to bestow their beauties on 'em Fred. They are so and they are wise they know no want for 't Nor no eye sees they want their honesties Val. If it might be carried thus Fred. It shall be Sir Val. I le see you dead first with this caution Why sure I think it might be done Fred. Yes easily Val. For what time would your Grace desire her body Fred. A moneth or two it shall be carried still As if she kept with you and were a stranger Rather a hater of the Grace I offer And then I will returne her with such honour Val. 'T is very like I dote much on your honour Fred. And load her with such favour to Valerio Val. She never shall claw off I humbly thank ye Fred. I le make ye both the happiest and the richest And the mightiest too Val. But who shall work her Sir For on my conscience she is very honest And will be hard to cut as a rough Diamond Fred. Why you must work her any thing from your tongue Set off with golden and perswasive language Urging your dangers too Val. But all this time Have you the conscience Sir to leave me nothing Nothing to play withall Fred. There be a thousand take where thou wilt Val. May I make bold with your Queene She is uselesse to your Grace as it appeals Sir And but a loyall wife that may be lost too I have a minde to her and then 't is equall Fred. How Sir Val. 'T is so Sir thou most glorious impudence Have I not wrongs enow to suffer under But thou must pick me out to make a monster A hated wonder to the world Do you start At my intrenching on your private liberty And would you force a hye-way through mine honour And make me pave it too but that thy Queene Is of that excellence in honesty And guarded with Divinity about her No loose thought can come neare nor flame unhollowed I would so right my selfe Fred. Why take her to ye I am not vext at this thou shalt injoy her I le be thy friend if that may win thy courtesie Val. I will not be your Bawd though for your Royalty Was I brought up and nourisht in the Court With thy most Royall Brother and thy selfe Upon thy Fathers charge thy happy Fathers And suckt the sweetnesse of all humane Arts Learnt armes and honour to become a rascall Was this the expectation of my youth My growth of honour Do ye speak this truly Or do ye try me Sir for I beleeve not At least I would not and me thinks 't is impossible There should be such a Devill in a Kings shape Such a malignant Fiend Fred. I thank ye Sir To morrow is your last day and looke to it Get from my light away Val. Ye are Oh my heat 's too high and full to think upon ye Exeunt Enter Evanthe and Cassandra Evan. You think it fit then mortified Cassandra That I should be a Whore Cass. Why a whore Madam If every woman that upon necessity Did a good turne for there 's the maine point mark it Were term'd a whore who would be
get mony Their warlike Eagles into Dawes or Starlings To give an Ave Cesar as he passes And be rewarded with a thousand dragma's For thus we get but yeares and beets Aeci. What think you Were these words to be spoken by a Captain One that should give example Max. 'T was too much Pon. My Lord I did not wooe'em from the Empire Nor bid 'em turne their daring steele gainst Caesar The Gods for ever hate me if that motion Were part of me Give me but imployment Sir And way to live and where you hold me vicious Bred up in mutiny my Sword shall tell ye And if you please that place I held maintaine it Gainst the most daring foes of Rome I am honest A lover of my Country one that holds His life no longer his then kept for Caesar Weigh not I thus low on my knee beseech you What my rude tongue discovered t' was my want No other part of Pontius you have seen me And you my Lord doe something for my Country And both beheld the wounds I gave and took Not like a backward Traytor Aeci. All this language Makes but against you Pontius you are cast And by mine honor and my love to Caesar By me shall never be restord In my Campe I will not have a tongue though to himselfe Dare talke but neere sedition as I governe All shall obey and when they want their duty And ready service shall redresse their needs Not prating what they would be Pon. Thus I leave ye Yet shall my praires still although my fortunes Must follow you no more be still about ye Gods give ye where ye fight the Victory Ye cannot cast my wishes Aeci. Come my Lord Now to the Field agen Max. Alas poore Pontius Exeunt Scaen. 4. Enter Chilax at one dore Lycinius and Balbus at another Lyc. How now Chi. Shee 's come Bal. Then I le to 'th Emperor Exit Balbus Chi. Doe Is the Musick placed well Lyc. Excellent Chil. Lycinius you and Proclus receive her In the great Chamber at her entrance Let me alone and doe you heare Lycinius Pray let the Ladies ply her further off And with much more discretion one word more Lyc. Well Chil. Are the Iewells and those ropes of Pearle Layd in the way she passes Enter Emperor Balbus and Proclus Lyc. Take no care man Exeunt Lyc. Emp. What is she come Chil. She is Sir but t' wer best Your Grace were seen last to her Emp. So I mean Keep the Court emptie Proculus Pro. T is done Sir Emp. Be not too sudaine to hir Chil. Good your Grace Retire and man your selfe let us alone We are no children this way doe you heare Sir T is necessary that her waiting women Be cut off in the Lobby by some Ladies The'd break the businesse else Emp. T is true they shall Chil. Remember your place Proculus Pro. I warrant ye Exeunt Emperor Balbus and Pro. Enter Lucina Claudia and Marcellina Chi. She enters who are waytors there the Emperor Calls for his Horse to ayre himselfe Luci. I am glad I come so happily to take him absent This takes away a little feare I know him Now I begin to feare agen Oh honour If ever thou hadst temple in weak woman And sacrifice of modesty burnt to thee Hold me fast now and help me Chil. Noble Madam Ye are welcome to the Court most nobly welcome Ye are a stranger Lady Luc. I desire so Chil. A wondrous stranger here Nothing so strange And therefore need a guide I think Luc. I doe Sir And that a good one too Chil. My service Lady Shall be your guard in this place But pray ye tell me Are ye resolv'd a Courtier Luc. No I hope Sir Clau. You are Sir Chil. Yes my faire one Clau. So it seemes You are so ready to bestow your selfe Pray what might cost those Breeches Chil. Would you weare 'em Madam ye have a witty woman Mar. Two Sir Or else yee underbuy us Luc. Leave your talking But is my Lord here I beseech ye Sir Chil. He is sweet Lady and must take this kindly Exceeding kindly of ye wondrous kindly Ye come so farre to visit him I le guide ye Luc. Whether Chil. Why to your Lord Luc. Is it so hard Sir To find him in this place without a Guide For I would willingly not trouble you Chil. It will be so for you that are a stranger Nor can it be a trouble to doe service To such a worthy beauty and besides Mar. I see he will goe with us Clau. Let him amble Chil. It fits not that a Lady of your reckoning Should passe without attendants Luc. I have two Sir Chil. I mean without a man You 'l see the Emperor Luc. Alas I am not fit Sir Chil. You are well enough Hee 'l take it wondrous kindly Harke Luc. ye flatter Good Sir no more of that Chil. Well I but tell ye Luc. Will ye goe forward since I must be mand Pray take your place Claud. Cannot ye man us too Sir Chil. Give me but time Mar. And you 'l try all things Chil. No Make ye no such promise Claud. If ye doe Sir Take heed ye stand to 't Chil. Wondrous merry Ladies Enter Lycinius and Proculus Balbus Luc. The wenches are disposd pray keep your way Sir Exit Lyc. She is comming up the staires Now the Musick And as that stirs her let 's set on perfumes there Pro. Discover all the Iewells Lyc. Peace Musicke SONGS Now the lusty Spring is seene Golden yellow gaudy Blew Daintily Invite the view Every where on every Greene Roses blushing as they blow And inticing men to pull Lillies whiter then the snow Woodbines of sweet hony full All loves Emblems and all cry Ladyes if not pluck't we dye Yet the lusty Spring hath stayd Blushing red and purest white Daintily to love invite Every Woman every Mayd Cherries kissing as they grow And inviting men to taste Apples even ripe below Winding gently to the waste All loves emblems and all cry Ladies if not pluckt we dye SECOND Heare ye Ladies that despise what the mighty love has done Feare examples and be wise Faire Calisto was a Nun Laeda sayling on the streame To deceive the hopes of man Love accounting but a dream Doted on a silver Swan Danae in a Brazen Tower Where no love was lov'd a Flowre Heare yee Ladyes that are coy What the mighty love can doe Feare the fiercenesse of the Boy The chaste Moon he makes to woe Vesta kindling holy fires Circled round about with spies Never dreaming loose desires Doting at the Altar dies Ilion is a short Tower higher He can build and once more fire Enter Chilax Lucina Claudia and Marcellina Luc. Pray Heaven my Lord be here for now I feare it Well Ring if thou bee'st counterfeit or stolne As by this preparation I suspect it Thou hast betraid thy Mistris pray Sir forward I would faine see my Lord Chil. But tell me Madam How doe ye like the Song Luc. I
like the ayre well But for the words they are lascivious And over-light for Ladies Chil. All ours love 'em Luc. T is like enough for yours are loving Ladies Lyc. Madam ye are welcome to the Court Who waits Attendants for this Lady Luc. Ye mistake Sir I bring no triumph with me Lyc. But much honour Pro. Why this was nobly done and like a neighbour So freely of your selfe to be a visitant The Emperour shall give ye thanks for this Luc. O no Sir Ther 's nothing to deserve 'em Pro. Yes your presence Luc. Good Gentlemen be patient and believe I come to see my husband on command too I were no Courtier else Lyc. That 's all one Lady Now ye are here y' are welcome and the Emperor Who loves ye but too well Luc. No more of that Sir I came not to be Catechizd Pro. Ah Sirah And have we got you here saith Noble Lady Wee 'l keep you one month Courtier Luc. Gods defend Sir I never likd a trade worse Pro. Harke ye Luc. No Sir Pro. Ye are grown the strangest Lady Luc. How Pro. By Heaven T is true I tell ye and you 'l find it Luc. I I le rather find my grave and so informe him Pro. Is it not pity Gentlemen this Lady Nay I le deale roughly with ye yet not hurt ye Should live alone and give such heavenly beauty Only to walls and hangings Luc. Good Sir patience I am no wonder neither come to that end Ye doe my Lord an injury to stay me Who though ye are the Princes yet dare tell ye He keeps no wife for your wayes Bal. Well Well Lady How ever you are pleasd to think of us Ye are welcome and ye shall be welcome Luc. Shew it In that I come for then in leading me Where my lov'd Lord is not in flattery Jewells shewd Nay ye may draw the Curtain I have seen 'em But none worth halfe my honesty Claud. Are these Sir Layd here to take Pro. Yes for your Ladys Gentlewoman Mar. We had been doing else Bal. Meaner Iewels Would fit your worths Claud. And meaner clothes your bodies Luc. The Gods shall kill me first Luc. Ther 's better dying I' th Emperors arms goe too but be not angry These are but talkes sweet Lady Enter Phorba and Ardelia Phor. Where is this stranger rushes Ladyes rushes Rushes as greene as Summer for this stranger Pro. Heer 's Ladies come to see you Luc. You are gone then I take it t is your Que Pro. Or rather manners You are better fitted Madam we but tire ye Therefore wee 'l leave you for an houre and bring Your much lov'd Lord unto you Exeunt Luc. Then I le thanke ye I am betraid for certaine well Lucina If thou do'st fall from vertue may the earth That after death should shout up gardens of thee Spreading thy living goodnesse into branches Fly from thee and the hot Sun find thy vices Phor. You are a welcom woman Ard. Blesse me heaven How did you find the way to Court Luc. I know not Would I had never trod it Phor. Pre-thee tell me Good Noble Lady and good sweet heart love us For we love thee extreamly is not this place A Paradice to live in Luc. To those people That know no other Paradice but pleasure That little I enjoy contents me better Ard. What heard ye any Musick yet Luc. Too much Phor. You must not be thus froward what this gown Is one o' th prettiest by my troth Ardelia I ever saw yet t' was not to frowne in Lady Ye put this gowne on when ye came Ard. How doe ye Alas poore wretch how cold it is Luc. Content ye I am as well as may be and as temperate If ye will let me be so wher 's my Lord For ther 's the businesse that I came for Ladies Phor. Wee 'l lead ye to him hee 's i' th Gallery Ard. Wee 'l shew ye all the Court too Luc. Shew me him And ye have shewd me all I come to look on Phor. Come on wee 'l be your guides and as ye goe We have some pretty tales to tell ye Lady Shall make ye merry too ye come not here To be a sad Lucina Luc. Would I might not Exeunt Enter Chilax and Balbus Chil. Now the soft Musick Balbus run Bal. I flye Boy Exit Balbus Chil. The women by this time are worming of her Musicke If she can hold out them the Emperour Takes her to taske he h 'as her hark the Musick Luc. Good your Grace Where are my women Sir Emp. They are wise beholding What you thinke scorne to looke on the Courts bravery Would you have run away so slily Lady And not have seen me Luc. I beseech your Majestie Consider what I am and whose Emp. I doe so Luc. Believe me I shall never make a Whore Sir Emp. A friend ye may and to that man that loves ye More then you love your vertue Luc. Sacred Cesar Emp. You shall not kneel to me Sweet Luc. Look upon me And if ye be so cruell to abuse me Think how the Gods will take it do's this beauty Afflict your soule I le hide it from you ever Nay more I will become so leprous That ye shall curse me from ye My deer Lord H 'as serv'd ye ever truly fought your Battailes As if he daily longd to dye for Cesar Was never Traytor Sir nor never tainted In all the actions of his life Emp. I know it Luc. His fame and family have growne together And spred together like to sayling Cedars Over the Roman Diadem ô let not As ye have any flesh that 's humane in you The having of a modest wife decline him Let not my vertue be the wedge to break him I doe not think ye are lascivious These wanton men belye ye you are Cesar Which is the Father of the Empires honour Ye are too neere the nature of the Gods To wrong the weakest of all creatures Women Emp. I dare not do it here rise faire Lucina I did but try your temper ye are honest And with the commendations waite on that I le lead ye to your Lord and ye to him Wipe your faire eyes he that endeavours ill May well delay but never quench his hell Exeunt Actus Tertius Scaena prima Enter Chilax Lycinius Proculus and Balbus Chil. T Is done Lycinius Lyc. Ho Chil. I shame to tell it If there be any justice we are Villaines And must be so rewarded Bal. If it be done I take it t is no time now to repent it Let 's make the best o' th trade Pro. Now veng'ance take it Why should not he have setled on a beauty Whose honesty stuck in a peece of tissue Or one a Ring might rule or such a one That had an itching husband to be honourable And ground to get it if he must have women And no allay without 'em why not those That know the misery and are best able To play againe with judgment such as she
I pray you leave me Gent. Sir is it not Marc. Why I would only see the Town Gent. And only that I come to shew you Marc. Which I can see without you Gen. So you may Plainly not safely For such difference As you have seen betwixt the sea and earth When waves rise high and land would beat 'em back As fearfull of Invasion such we find When we land here at Barcelona Marc. Sir Gent. Besides our Generall of the Gallyes fearing Your hasty nature charg'd me not return Without you safe Marc. O Sir that Rodorigo Is noble and he do's mistake my temper There is not in the world a mind lesse apt To conceive wrongs or do 'em ha's he seen me In all this voyage in the which he pleases Enter Eugenia with divers Attendents To call me friend let slip a hasty word 'S'light Sir yonder is a Lady vaild For propernesse beyond comparison And sure her face is like the rest we 'l see 't Gent. Why you are hasty Sir already know you What 't is you go about Marc. Yes I would see The womans face Gent. By heaven you shall not do 't Iob. Eacon ready to shool off a Pistol You do not know the custome of the place To draw that curtain here though she were mean Is mortall Marc. Is it earth must come to earth At last and by my troth I le try it Sir Gent. Then I must hold you fast By all the faith That can be plac'd in man 't is an attempt More dangerous then death 't is death and shame I know the Lady well Marc. Is she a Lady I shall the more desire to see her Sir Gent. She is Alanso's wife the Governor A noble gentleman Marc. Then let me go If I can win her you and I will govern This Town Sir fear it not and we will alter These barbarous customes then for every Lady Shall be seen daily and seen over too Gent. Come do not jest nor let your passions bear you To such wild enterprises hold you still For as I have a soul you shall not do 't Rod. She is a Lady of unblemishd'd fame above And here to offer that affront were base Hold on your way and we will see the Town And overlook the Ladyes Marc. I am school'd And promise you I will But good Sir see Shee will passe by us now I hope I may Salute her thus far off Gent. 'S foot are you mad 'T will be as ill as th' other 1. Attend. What 's the matter What would that fellow have Gent. Good Sir forbear 1. Atte. It seems you are new landed would you beg Any thing here Marc. Yes Sir all happinesse To that fair Lady as I hope Gent. Marckantonio Marc. Her face which needs no hiding I would beg A sight of Gent. Now go on for 't is too late To keep this from a tumult 1. Attend. Sirrah you Shall see a fitter object for your eyes Then a fair Ladies face Eug. For heavens sake raise not A quarrell in the streets for me 1. Attend. Slip in then This is your door Eug. Will you needs quarrell then 1. Attend. We must or suffer This outrage is 't not all your minds sirs speak all Yes Eug. Then I do beseech ye let my Lord Enter three or four Soldiers Not think the quarrell about mee for 't is not Exit Gent. See happly some of our Galley Soldiers Are come a shore 1. Attend. Come on Sir you shall see Faces enough Gent. Some one of you call to Enter certain Townsmen Our Generall the whole rore of the Towne Comes in upon us Marc. I have seen Sir better Perhaps then that was cover'd and will yet Enter Philippo Theodosia and Leocadia See that or spoil yours fight Phil. On why start you back Theo. Alas Sir they are fighting Leoc. Let 's begon See see a hansome man strook down Gent. Ho Generall Look out Antonio is in distresse Enter Rodorigo above Theo. Antonio Leoc. Antonio 't is he Rod. within Ho Governor make a shot into the Town I le part you bring away Antonio a shot Into my Cabben Exit Attendents and Townsmen Gent. I will do that office I fear It is the last that I shall do him Exit Soldiers and Gentlemen with Marckantonio Theo. The last why will he die Leoc. Since I have found him happinesse leave me When I leave him Exit Phil. Why Theodosia My Sister wake alas I griev'd but now To see the streels so full and now I grieve To see 'em lest so empty I could wish Tumult himself were here that yet at least Amongst the band I might espie some face So pale and fearfull that would willingly Embrace an arrand for a Cordiall Or Aquavitae or a cup of sack Or a Phisitian But to talk of these She breaths stand up O Theodosia Speak but as thou wert wont give but a sigh Which is but the most unhappy peece of life And I will ever after worship and build Apply my self to grief prepare and build Altars to sorrow Theo. O Philippo help me Phil. I do these are my arms Philippo's arms Thy Brothers arms that hola thee up Theo. You help me To life but I would see Antonio That 's dead Phil. Thou shalt see any thing how dost thou Theo. Better I thank you Phil. Why that 's well call up Thy sences and uncloud thy cover'd spirits How now Theo. Recover'd but Antonio Where is he Phil. We will find him art thou well Theo. Perfectly well saving the misse of him And I do charge you here by our allyance And by the love which would have been betwixt us Knew we no kindred by that killing fear Mingled with twenty thousand hopes and doubts Which you may think plac'd in a Lovers heart And in a Virgins too when she wants help To grant me your assistance to find out This man alive or dead and I will pay you In service tears or prayers a world of wealth But other treasure I have none alas You men have strong hearts but we feeble maids Have tender eyes which only given be To blind themselves crying for what they see Phil. Why do'st thou charge me thus have I been found Slow to perform what I could but imagine Thy wishes were have I at any time Tender'd a businesse of mine own beyond A vanity of thine have I not been As if I were a senslesse creature made To serve thee without pow'r of questioning If so why fear'st thou Theo. I am satisfied Phil. Come then let 's go wher 's Leocadia Theo. I know not Sir Phil. Wher 's Leocadia Theo. I do not know Phil. Leocadia This Tumult made the streets as dead as night A man may talk as freely what 's become Of Leocadia Theo. She 's run away Phil. Begone and let us never more behold Each others face till we may both together Fasten our eyes on her accursed be Those tender cozening names of charity And naturall affection they have lost Me only by observing them what
your self by your swearing you should be knighted already Nich. Damn me Sir here 's his hand read it Corn. Alas I cannot Nich. I know that It has pleas'd the General to look upon my service Now Sir shall you joyn with me in petitioning for fifty men more in regard of my arrearages to you which if granted I will bestow the whole profit of those fifty men on thee and thine heirs for ever till Atropos do cut this simple thred Corn. No more dear Corporal Sir Nichodemus that shall be I cry your wishes mercie I am your servant body and goods moveables and immoveables use my house use my wife use me abuse me do what you list Nich. A figment is a candid lye this is an old Passe Mark what follows Exeunt Enter Martius and two Captains Mar. Pray leave me you are Romanes honest men keep me not company I am turn'd knave have lost my fame and nature Athens Athens this Dorigen is thy Palladium he that will sack thee must betray her first whose words wound deeper then her husbands sword her eyes make captive still the Conqueror and here they keep her onely to that end O subtil devil what a golden ball did tempt when thou didst cast her in my way Why foolish Sophocles broughtst thou not to field thy Lady that thou mightst have overcome Martius had kneel'd and yeelded all his wreathes that hang like Jewels on the seven-fold hill and bid Rome send him out to fight with men for that she knew he durst and not 'gainst Fate or Deities what mortal conquers them Insatiate Julius when his Victories had run ore half the world had he met her there he had stopt the legend of his deeds laid by his Arms been overcome himself and let her vanquish th' other half And fame made beauteous Dorigen the greater name Shall I thus fall I will not no my tears cast on my heart shall quench these lawlesse fires he conquers best conquers his lewd desires Enter Dorigen with Ladies Dor. Great Sir my Lord commands me visit you and thinks your retir'd melancholy proceeds from some distaste of worthlesse entertainment Will 't please you take your chamber how d' ye do Sir Mar. Lost lost again the wilde rage of my blood doth Ocean-like oreflow the shallow shore of my weak vertue my desire 's a vane that the least breath from her turns every way Dor. What says my Lord Mar. Dismisse your women pray and I 'll reveal my grief Dor. Leave me Mar. Long tales of love whilst love it self might be enjoyed are languishing delays There is a secret strange lies in my brest I will partake wi' you which much concerns your Lord your self and me Oh! Dor. Strange secrets Sir should not be made so cheap to strangers yet if your strange secret do no lower lie then in your brest discover it Mar. I will Oh can you not see it Lady in my sighs Dor. Sighs none can paint and therefore who can see Mar. Scorn me not Dorigen with mocks Alcides that master'd monsters was by beautie tam'd Omphale smil'd his club out of his hand and made him spin her smocks O sweet I love you and I love Sophocles I must enjoy you and yet I would not injure him Dor. Let go you hurt me Sir fare well Stay is this Martius I will not tell my Lord he 'll swear I lye doubt my fidelitie before thy honour How hast thou vex'd the gods that they would let thee thus violate friendship hospitalitie and all the bounds of sacred pietie Sure thou but tri'st me out of love to him and wouldst reject me if I did consent O Martius Martius wouldst thou in one minute blast all thy Laurels which so many yeers thou hast been purchasing with blood and sweat Hath Dorigen never been written read without the epithet of chaste chaste Dorigen and woulst thou fall upon her chastitie like a black drop of ink to blot it out When men shall read the records of thy valour thy hitherto brave vertue and approach highly content yet to this foul assault included in this leaf this ominous leaf they shall throw down the Book and read no more though the best deeds ensue and all conclude that ravell'd the whole story whose sound heart which should have been prov'd the most leprous part Mar. O thou confus'st divinely and thy words do fall like rods upon me but they have such silken lines and silver hooks that I am faster snar'd my love h' as ta'en such hold that like two wrestlers though thou stronger be and hast cast me I hope to pull thee after I must or perish Dor. Perish Martius then for I here vow unto the gods These rocks these rocks we see so fix'd shall be removed made champion field ere I so impious prove to stain my Lords bed with adulterous love Enter Valerius Val. The gods protect fair Dorigen Dor. Amen from all you wolvish Romanes Exit Val. Ha what 's this still brother in your moods O then my doubts are truths Have at it I must try a way to be resolv'd Mar. How strangely dost thou look what ailst thou Val. What ailst thou Mar. Why I am mad Val. Why I am madder Martius draw thy sword and lop a villain from the earth for if thou wilt not on some tree about this place I 'll hang my self Valerius shall not live to wound his brothers honour stain his Countrey and branded with ingratitude to all times Mar. For what can all this be Val. I am in love Mar. Why so am I With whom ha Val. Dorigen Mar. With Dorigen how dost thou love her speak Val. Even to the height of lust and I must have her or else I die Mar. Thou shalt thou daring Traitor On all the confines I have rid my horse was there no other woman for thy choice but Dorigen Why villain she is mine she makes me pine thus sullen mad and fool 't is I must have her or I die Val. O all ye gods with mercy look on this declining rock of valour and of vertue breed not up from infancie in honour to full man as you have done him to destroy here strike for I have onely search'd thy wound dispatch far far be such love from Valerius so far he scorns to live to be call'd brother by him that dares own such folly and such vice Mar. 'T is truth thou speak'st but I do hate it peace if heaven will snatch my sword out of my hand and put a rattle in it what can I do He that is destin'd to be odious in his old age must undergo his fate Enter Cornelius and Nichodemus Corn. If you do not back me I shall never do 't Nich. I warrant you Corn. Humh humh Sir my Lord my Lord Mart. Hah what 's the matter Corn. Humh concerning the odde fifty my Lord and 't please your Generality his Worship Sir Nichodemus Mar. What 's here a Passe you would for Rome you lubbers doth one days lazinesse
prompted by shallow merit through your profound grace for your chamber-maid Ben. How 's that how 's that Ferd. Her chamber-maid my Lord Ben. Her chamberpot my Lord You modest asse thou never shew'dst thy self an asse till now 'Fore heaven I am angrie with thee Sirha sirha this whitmeat-spirit 's not yours legitimate advance your hope and 't please you ghesse again Ang. And let your thoughts flee higher aim them right Sir you may hit you have the fairest white Ferd. If I may be so bold then my good Lord your favour doth encourage me to aspire to catch my Ladies Gentlewoman Ben. Where where would you catch her do you know my daughter Violanta Sir Ang. Well said no more about the bush Ferd. My good Lord I have gaz'd on Violanta and the stars whose heavenly influence I admir'd not knew nor ever was so sinful to believe I might attain 't Ben. Now you are an asse again for if thou ne'er attain'st 't is onely long of that faint heart of thine which never did it She is your Lords heir mine Benvoglio 's heir my brothers too Randulpho 's her descent not behinde any of the Millanois And Ferdinand although thy parentage be unknown thou know'st that I have bred thee up from five yeers old and do not blush to hear it have found thy wisdom trust and fair successe so full in all my affairs that I am fitter to call thee Master then thou me thy Lord Thou canst not be but sprung of gentlest blood thy minde shines thorow thee like the radiant sun although thy bodie be a beauteous cloud Come seriously this is no flatterie and well thou know'st it though thy modest blood rise like the morning in thy check to hear 't Sir I can speak in earnest Vertuous service so meritorious Ferdinand as yours yet bashful still and silent should extract a fuller price then impudence exact and this is now the wages it must have my daughter is thy wife my wealth thy slave Ferd. Good Madam pinch I sleep does my Lord mock and you assist Custom 's inverted quite for old men now adays do flout the young Ben. Fetch Violanta As I intend this religiously let my soul finde joy or pain Exit Angelina Ferd. My honour'd Lord and Master if I hold that worth could merit such felicitie you bred it in me and first purchas'd it it is your own and what productions in all my faculties my soul begets your very mark is on you need not adde rewards to him that is in debt to you you sav'd my life Sir in the Massacre there you begot me new since foster'd me O can I serve too much or pray for you alas 't is slender paiment to your bountie Your daughter is a paradice and I unworthie to be set there you may chuse the royalst seeds of Milain Ben. Prethee peace thy goodnesse makes me weep I am resolv'd I am no Lord o' th' time to tie my blood to sordid muck I have enough my name my state and honours I will store in thee whose wisedom will rule well keep and increase a knave or fool that could confer the like would bate each hour diminish every day Thou art her price-lot then drawn out by fate an honest wise man is a Princes mate Ferd. Sir heaven and you have over-charg'd my brest with grace beyond my continence I shall burst the blessing you have given me witnesse Saints I would not change for Millain But my Lord is she prepard Ben. What needs Preparative where such a Cordial is prescrib'd as thou thy person and thy vertues in one scale shall poize hers with her beautie and her wealth if not I adde my will unto thy weight thy mother 's with her now Son take my keys and let this preparation for this Marriage this welcom Marriage long determin'd here be quick and gorgeous Gerrard Enter Gerrard Ger. My good Lord my Lord your brother craves your conference instantly on affairs of high import Ben. Why what news Ger. The Tyrant my good Lord is sick to death of his old Apoplexie whereon the States advise that Letters missive be straight dispatcht to all the neighbour-Countreys and Schedules too divulg'd on every post to enquire the lost Duke forth their purpose is to re-instate him Ben. 'T is a pious deed Ferdinand to my daughter this delay though to so good a purpose angers me but I 'll recover it Be secret son Go woo with truth and expedition Exit Ferd. O my unsounded joy how fares my Gerrard my noble twin-friend fie thy look is heavie sullen and sowre blanch it didst thou know my cause of joy thou 'ldst never sorrow more I know thou lov'st me so How dost thou Ger. Well too well my fraught of health my sicknesse is in life I am dead by living dying still Ferd. What sublunary mischief can predominate a wise man thus or doth thy friendship play in this antipathous extreme with mine lest gladnesse suffocate me I I I do feel my spirit 's turn'd to fire my blood to air and I am like a purifi'd essence tri'd from all drossie parts Ger. Were 't but my life the losse were sacrific'd but vertue must for me slain and innocence made dust Ferd. Fare well good Gerrard Ger. Dearest friend stay Ferd. Sad thoughts are no companions for me now much lesse sad words thy bosom bindes some secret which do not trust me with for mine retains another which I must conceal from thee Ger. I would reveal it 't is a heavie tale canst thou be true and secret still Ferd. Why friend if you continue true unto your self I have no means of falshood Lock this door come yet your prisoner 's sure Ger. Stay Ferdinand Ferd. What is this trouble Love why thou art capable of any woman Doth want oppresse thee I will lighten thee hast thou offended law my Lord and thine and I will save thy life Does servitude upbraid thy freedom that she suffers it have patience but three days and I will make thee thy Lords companion Can a friend do more Ger. Lend me the means How can this be Ferd. First let this Cabinet keep your pawn and I will trust yet for the form of satisfaction take this my Oath to boot By my presum'd Gentrie and sacred known Christianitie I 'll die ere I reveal thy trust Ger. Then hear it Your Lords fair daughter Violanta is my betrothed wife goes great with childe by me and by this deed both made a prey to Law How may I save her life advise me friend Ferd. What did he say Gerrard whose voice was that O death unto my heart bane to my soul my wealth is vanish'd like the rich mans store in one poor minute all my daintie fare but jugling dishes my fat hope despair Ger. Is this so odious where 's your mirth Ferd. Why thou hast robb'd me of it Gerrard draw thy sword and if thou lov'st my Mistris chastitie defend it else I 'll cut it from thy heart
hour she is now a surfet to me Enter Gentill Who 's that Gentill I charge ye no acquaintance you nor your maid with him nor no discourse till times are riper Gent. Fie my noble Lord can you be now a stranger to the Court when your most vertuous Bride the beauteous Hellena stands ready like a star to gild your happinesse when Hymen's lustie fires are now a lighting and all the flowre of Anjoy Lav. Some few trifles for matter of adornment have a little made me so slow Gentille which now in readinesse I am for Court immediately Gent. Take heed Sir this is no time for trifling nor she no Ladie to be now entertain'd with toyes 't will cost ye Lav. Y' are an old Cock Gentille Gent. By your Lordships favour Lav. Prethee away 't will lose time Gent. O my Lord pardon me that by all means Lav. We have businesse afoot man of more moment Gen. Then my manners I know none nor I seek none Lav. Take to morrow Gent. Even now by your Lordships leave Excellent Beautie my ever service here I dedicate in honour of my best friend your dead Father to you his living vertue and wish heartily that firm affection that made us two happie may take as deep undying root and flourish betwixt my daughter Casta and your goodnesse who shall be still your servant Gab. I much thank ye Lav. o' this dreaming puppie Will ye go Sir Gent. A little more Good Lord Lav. Not now by Come I must use ye Gent. Goodnesse dwell still with you Exeunt Gentille Lavall Gab. The sight of this old Gentleman Maria puls to mine eyes again the living picture of Perolot his vertuous son my first Love that dy'd at Orleance Mar. You have felt both fortunes and in extreams poor Lady for young Perolot being every way unable to maintain you durst not make known his love to friend or father My Lord Lavall being powerfull and you poor will not acknowledge you Gab. No more Le ts in wench there let my Lute speak my laments they have tired me Exeunt Enter two Courtiers 1. Court I grant the Duke is wondrous provident in his now planting for succession I know his care as honourable in the choice too Marines fair vertuous daughter but what 's all this to what end excellent arrives this travell when he that bears the main roof is so rotten 2. Cou. You have hit it now indeed For if fame lye not he is untemperate 1. Court You expresse him poorly too gentle Sir the most deboist and barbarous beleeve it the most void of all humanitie howere his cunning cloake it to his Uncle and those his pride depends upon 2. Cour. I have heard too given excessively to drink 1. Court Most certain and in that drink most dangerous I speak these things to one I know loves truth and dares not wrong her 2. Cour. You may speak on 1. Cour. Uncertain as the sea Sir proud and deceitfull as his sins great Master his appetite to women for there he carries his main sail spread so boundlesse and abominably that but to have her name by that tongue spoken poysons the vertue of the purest Virgin 2. Cour. I am sorry for young Gabriella then a maid reputed ever of faire carriage for he has been noted visiting 1. Cour. Shee is gone then or any else that promises or power gifts or his guilfull vows can work upon but these are but poor parcels 2. Cour. 'T is great pitie 1. Cour. Nor want these sins a chief saint to befriend 'em the Divell follows him and for a truth Sir appears in visible figure often to him at which time he 's possest with sudden trances cold deadly sweats and griping of the conscience tormented strangely as they say 2. Cour. Heaven turn him This marriage day maist thou well curse fair Hellen But let 's go view the Ceremony 1. Cour. I 'll walk with you Exeunt Musick Enter Gabriella and Maria above And Lavall Bride States in solemnitie as to marriage and passe over viz. Duke Marine Longavile Mar. I hear 'em come Gad. Would I might never hear more Mar. I told you still but you were so incredulous See there they kisse Gab. Adders be your embarces The poyson of a rotten heart O Hellen blast thee as I have been just such a flattery with that same cunning face that smile upon 't O mark it Marie mark it seriously that master smile caught me Mar. There 's the old Duke and Marine her father Gab. Oh Mar. There Longavile the Ladies now Gab. Oh I am murderd Marie Beast most inconstant beast Mar. There Gab. There I am not no more I am not there Hear me oh heaven and all you powers of justice bow down to me but you of pitie die I am abus'd she that depended on your Providence she is abus'd your honour is abus'd that noble peece ye made and call'd it man is turn'd to divell all the world 's abus'd Give me a womans will provok'd to mischiefe a two edg'd heart my suffring thoughts to wild-fires and my embraces to a timelesse grave turne Mar. Here I 'll step in for 't is an act of merit Gab. I am too big to utter more Mar. Take time then Enter Gentille and Casta Gent. This solitary life at home undoes thee obscures thy beautie first which should prefer thee next fils thee full of sad thoughts which thy yeers must not arrive at yet they choak thy sweetnesse Follow the time my girl and it will bring thee even to the fellowship of the noblest women Hellen her self to whom I would prefer thee and under whom this poor and private carriage which I am onely able yet to reach at being cast off and all thy sweets at lustre will take thee as a fair friend and preferre thee Casta. Good Sir be not so cruell as to seek to kill that sweet content y' have bred me to Have I not here enough to thank heaven for the free air uncorrupted with new flattery the water that I touch unbrib'd with odours to make me sweet to others the pure fire not smotherd up and choak'd with lustfull incense to make my blood sweat but burning cleer and high tels me my minde must flame up so to heaven What should I do at Court wear rich apparell me thinks these are as warm And for your state Sir wealthie enough Is it you would have me proud and like a pageant stuck up for amazements Teach not your child to tread that path for fear Sir your drie bones after death groan in your grave the miseries that follow Gent. Excellent Casta Casta. When shall I pray again a Courtier or when I doe to what God what new body and new face must I make me with new manners for I must be no more my self Whose Mistris must I be first with whose sin-offring season'd and when I am grown so great and glorious with prostitution of my burning beauties that great Lords kneel and Princes beg for
Tome of wit About in Ladies Closets where they sit Enthron'd in their own wills and if she bee A Laick sister shee 'l straight flie to thee But if a holy Habit shee have on Or be some Novice shee 'l scarce looke upon Thy Lines at first but watch Her then a while And you shall see Her steale a gentle smile Vpon thy Title put thee neerer yet Breath on thy Lines a whisper and then set Her voyce up to the measures then begin To blesse the houre and happy state shee 's in Now shee layes by her Characters and lookes With a stern eye on all her pretty Bookes Shee 's now thy Voteresse and the just Crowne She brings thee with it is worth half the Towne I 'le send thee to the Army they that fight Will read thy tragedies with some delight Be all thy Reformadoes fancy scars And pay too in thy speculative wars I 'le send thy Comick scenes to some of those That for a great while have plaid fast and loose New universalists by changing shapes Have made with wit and fortune faire escapes Then shall the Countrie that poor Tennis-ball Of angry fate receive thy Pastorall And from it learn those melancholy straines Fed the afflicted soules of Primitive swaines Thus the whole World to reverence will flock Thy Tragick Buskin and thy Comick Stock And winged fame unto posterity Transmit but onely two this Age and Thee THOMAS PEYTON Agricola Anglo-Cantianus ON THE Deceased Authour Mr John Fletcher his Plays and especially The Mad Lover WHilst his well organ'd body doth retreat To its first matter and the formall heat Triumphant sits in judgement to approve Pieces above our Candour and our love Such as dare boldly venter to appeare Unto the curious eye and Criticke eare Lo the Mad Lover in these various times Is press'd to life t' accuse us of our crimes While Fletcher liv'd who equall to him writ Such lasting Monuments of naturall wit Others might draw their lines with sweat like those That with much paines a Garrison inclose Whilst his sweet fluent veine did gently runne As uncontrold and smoothly as the Sun After his death our Theatres did make Him in his own unequald Language speake And now when all the Muses out of their Approved modesty silent appeare This Play of Fletchers braves the envious light As wonder of our eares once now our sight Three and fourfold blest Poet who the Lives Of Poets and of Theaters survives A Groome or Ostler of some wit may bring His Pegasus to the Castalian spring Boast he a race o're the Pharsalian plaine Or happy Tempe valley dares maintaine Brag at one leape upon the double Cliffe Were it as high as monstrous Tennariffe Of farre-renown'd Parnassus he will get And there t' amaze the World confirme his seate When our admired Fletcher vaunts not ought And slighted every thing he writ as naught While all our English wondring world in 's cause Made this great City eccho with applause Read him therefore all that can read and those That cannot learne if y' are not Learnings foes And wilfully resolved to refuse The gentle Raptures of this happy Muse From thy great constellation noble Soule Looke on this Kingdome suffer not the whole Spirit of Poesie retire to Heaven But make us entertaine what thou hast given Earthquakes and Thunder Diapasons make The Seas vast roare and irresistlesse shake Of horrid winds a sympathy compose So in these things there 's musicke in the close And though they seem great Discords in our eares They are not so to them above the Spheares Granting these Musicke how much sweeter 's that Mnemosyne's daughter's voyces doe create Since Heaven and Earth and Seas and Ayre consent To make an Harmony the Instrument Their own agreeing selves shall we refuse The Musicke which the Deities doe use Troys ravisht Ganymed doth sing to Jove And Phoebus selfe playes on his Lyre above The Cretan Gods or glorious men who will Imitate right must wonder at thy skill Best Poet of thy times or he will prove As mad as thy brave Memnon was with love ASTON COKAINE Baronet Upon the Works of BEAUMONT and FLETCHER HOw Angels cloyster'd in our humane Cells Maintaine their parley Beaumount-Fletcher tels Whose strange unimitable Intercourse Transcends all Rules and flyes beyond the force Of the most forward soules all must submit Untill they reach these Mysteries of Wit The Intellectuall Language here 's exprest Admir'd in better times and dares the Test Of Ours for from Wit Sweetnesse Mirth and Sence This Volume springs a new true Quintessence JO. PETTUS Knight On the Works of the most excellent Dramatick Poet Mr. John Fletcher never before Printed HAile Fletcher welcome to the worlds great Stage For our two houres we have thee here an age In thy whole Works amd may th' Impression call The Pretor that presents thy Playes to all Both to the People and the Lords that sway That Herd and Ladies whom those Lords obey And what 's the Loadstone can such guests invite But moves on two Poles Profit and Delight Which will be soon as on the Rack confest When every one is tickled with a jest And that pure Fletcher able to subdue A Melancholy more then Burton knew And though upon the by to his designes The Native may learne English from his lines And th' Alien if he can but construe it May here be made free Denison of wit But his maine end does drooping Vertue raise And crownes her beauty with eternall Bayes In Scaenes where she inflames the frozen soule While Vice her paint washt off appeares so foule She must this Blessed Isle and Europe leave And some new Quadrant of the Globe deceive Or hide her Blushes on the Affrike shore Like Marius but ne're rise to triumph more That honour is resign'd to Fletchers fame Adde to his Trophies that a Poets name Late growne as odious to our Moderne states As that of King to Rome he vindicates From black aspertions cast upon 't by those Which only are inspir'd to lye in prose And By the Court of Muses be 't decreed What graces spring from Poesy's richer seed When we name Fletcher shall be so proclaim'd As all that 's Royall is when Caesar 's nam'd ROBERT STAPYLTON Knight To the memory of my most honoured kinsman Mr. Francis Beaumont I 'Le not pronounce how strong and cleane thou writes Nor by what new hard Rules thou took'st thy Flights Nor how much Greek and Latin some refine Before they can make up six words of thine But this I 'le say thou strik'st our sense so deep At once thou mak'st us Blush Rejoyce and Weep Great Father Iohnson bow'd himselfe when hee Thou writ'st so nobly vow'd he envy'd thee Were thy Mardonius arm'd there would be more Strife for his Sword then all Achilles wore Such wise just Rage had Hee been lately try'd My life on 't Hee had been o'th' Better side And where hee found false odds through Gold or Sloath There brave
in their dying So may the Gods reward ye in your ashes But y' ar the Sister of my King more prophesies Els I should utter of ye true loves and loyall Blesse themselves ever from ye so I leave ye Calis Prithee be angry still young man good faire Sir Chide me againe what wood this man doe pleas'd That in his passions can bewitch soules stay Eumen. Upon my life she loves him Calis Pray stay Po. No Cal. I doe command ye Po. No ye cannot Ladie I have a spell against yee Faith and Reason Yee are to weak to reach me I have a heart too But not for hawkes meat Ladie Cal. Even for Charity Leave me not thus aflicted you can teach me Po. How can you Preach that Charitie to others That in your owne soule are an Athiest Beleeving neither power nor feare I trouble ye The Gods be good unto ye Cal. Amen Lucip. Ladie She Swounes Cle. O royall Madam Gentlemen for heav'n sake They come back Po. Give her fresh air she comes again away sirs And here stand close till we perceive the working Eumen. Ye have undone all Pol. So I feare 2. Cap. She loves ye Eumen. And then all hopes lost this way Pol. Peace she rises Clean. Now for my purpose Fortune Calis Wher 's the Gentleman Lucip. Gone Madam Cal. Why gone Lucip. Has dispatch't his busines Cal. A came to speake with me A did Clean. A did not Cal. For I had many questions Lucip. On my Faith Madam he Talk't a great while to ye Cal. Thou conceiv'st not He talk't not as he should doo o my heart Away with that sad sight didst thou ere love me Lucip. Why doe you make that question Cal. If thou didst Run run wench run nay see how thou stir'st Lucip. Whither Cal. If 't wer for any thing to please thy selfe Thou wood'st run to 'th devill but I am growne Clean. Fie Ladie Cal. I aske none of your fortunes nor your loves None of your bent desires I slack ye are not In love with all men are ye one for shame You will leave your honour'd mistris why doe ye stare so What is that ye see about mee tell me Lord what am I become I am not wilde sure Heaven keepe that from me o Cleanthe help me Or I am suncke to death Cle. Ye have offended and mightily love is incenst against yee And therefore take my Councell to the Temple For that 's the speediest physick before the Goddesse Give your repentant prayers aske her will And from the Oracle attend your sentence She is milde and mercifull Calis I will o Venus Even as thou lov'st thy selfe Clean. Now for my fortune Exeunt Calis and Women Pol. What shall I doe 1. Cap. VVhy make your selfe Po. I dare not No Gentlemen I dare not be a villaine Though her bright beauty would entice an Angell I will to 'th King my last hope get him a Woman As we before concluded and as ye passe Give out the Spartans are in armes and terrible And let some letters to that end be fain'd too And sent to you some Poets too to the Generall And let me worke be nere him still Eumen. We will Sir Pol. Farwell and pray for all what ere I will ye Doe it and hope a faire end Eumen. The Gods speed ye Exeunt Enter Stremon Foole Boy and Servants Servant He lies quiet Strem. Let him lye and as I told ye Make ready for this shew h 'as divers times Been calling upon Orpheus to appeare And shew the joyes now I wil be that Orpheus And as I play and sing like beasts and trees I woo'd have you shapt and enter thou a Dog foole I have sent about your sutes the Boy a bush An Asse you you a Lion Foole. I a dog I le fit you for a Dog Bow wow Strem. 'T is excellent Steale in and make no noise Foole. Bow wow Strem. Away rogue Exeunt Enter Priest and Chilax Priest Good sweet friend be not long Chi. Thou think'st each houre ten Till I be ferreting Pr. You know I love ye Chi. I will not be above an houre let thy robe be readie And the doore be kept Knock Pr. Who knocks there Cleanthe knocks within Yet more busines Enter Cleanthe Chi. Have ye more pensioners the Princesse woman Nay then I le stay a little what games a foote now Clean. Now is the time Chi. A rancke bawde by this hand too She grinds a both sides hey boyes Priest How your brother Siphax Loves he the Princesse Cle. Deadlie and you know He is a Gentleman descended noblie Chi. But a ranck knave as ever pist Cle. â—old Mother Here 's more gold and some jewells Chi. Here 's no villany I am glad I came to 'th hearing Pr. Alas Daughter What would ye have me doe Chi. Hold off ye old whore Ther 's more gold comming all 's mine all Cle. Doe ye shrink now Did ye not promise faithfully and told me Through any danger Pr. Any I can wade through Cle. Ye shall and easilie the sin not seene neither Here 's for a better stole and a new vaile mother Come ye shall be my friend if all hit Chi. Hang me I le make ye richer then the Goddesse Pr. Say then I am yours what must I doe Cle. I' th morning But very early will the Princesse visit The Temple of the Goddesse being troubled With strange things that distract her from the Oracle Being strongly too in love she will demand The Goddesse pleasure and a Man to cure her That Oracle you give describe my Brother You know him perfectly Pr. I have seene him often Cle. And charge her take the next man she shall meet with When she comes out you understand me Pr. VVell Cle. Which shal be he attending this is all And easily without suspition ended Nor none dare disobey 't is Heaven that does it And who dares crosse it then or once suspect it The venture is most easie Pr. I will doe it Clean. As ye shall prosper Pr. As I shall prosper Cle. Take this too and farewell but first harke hither Chi. What a young whores this to betray her mistris A thousand Cuckolds shall that husband be That marries thee thou art so mischievous I le put a spoke among your wheeles Clean. Be constant Pr. 'T is done Chi. I le doe no more at drop shot then Exit Chilax Pr. Farewell wench Exeunt Priest and Cleanthe Finis Actus Tertii Actus Quartus Scaena Prima Enter a Servant and R. Bax and Stremon at the doore Servant A stirs a stirs Strem. Let him I am ready for him He shall not this day perish if his passions May bee fed with Musick are they ready Enter Memnon Ser. All all see where he comes Strem. I le be straight for him Exit Stremon Enter Eumenes and Captaines Ser. How sad he lookes and sullen Stand close Here are the Captaines my feares past now Mem. Put case i' th other world She doe not love me
old together And no distast e're find you and before The Characters of age are printed on you May you see many Images of your selves Though I like some false Glasse that 's never look'd in Am cast a side and broken from this hower Unles invited which I dare not hope for I never will set my forbidden feete Over your threshold onely give me leave Though cast off to the world to mention you In my devotions 't is all I sue for And so I take my last leave Hen. Though I am Devoted to a wife nay allmost sol'd A slave to serve her pleasures yet I cannot So part with all humanity but I must Shew something of a Father thou shalt not goe Unfurnish'd and unfriended too take that To guard thee from necessities may thy goodnes Meet many favours and thine innocence Deserve to be the heire of greater fortunes Then thou wer 't borne to Scorne me not Violante This banishment is a kind of civill death And now as it were at his Funerall To shed a teare or two is not unmanly And so farewell for ever one word more Though I must never see thee my Ascanio When this is spent for so the Judge decreed Send to me for supply are you pleas'd now Viol. Yes I have cause to see you howle and blubber At the parting of my torment your shame Bed ready wine table Standish Paper 'T is well proceed supply his wants doe doe Let the great dowre I brought serve to maintain Your Bastards riots send my Clothes and Jewells To your old acquaintance your deare dame his Mother Now you begin to melt I know 't will follow Hen. Is all I doe misconstrude Viol. I will take A course to right my selfe a speeding one By the bless'd Saints I will if I prove cruell The shame to see thy foolish pitty taught me To loose my naturall softnes keepe off from me Thy flateries are infectious and I 'le fle thee As I would doe a Leaper Hen. Let not fury Transport you so you know I am your Creature All love but to your self with him hath left me I 'le ioyne with you in any thing Viol. In vaine I 'le take mine owne waies and will have no partners Hen. I will not crosse you Viol. Doe not they shall find That to a Woman of her hopes beguil'd A viper troad on or an Aspick 's mild Exeunt Scena Secunda Enter Lopez Millanes Arsenio Lop. Sits the game there I have you by mine order I love Leandro for 't Mil. But you must shew it In lending him your helpe to gain him meanes And opportunitie Lop. He shall want nothing I know my Advocate to a hayre and what Will fetch him from his prayers if he use any I am honyed with the project I would have him horn'd For a most pretious Beast Ars. But you loose time Lop. I am gon instruct you Diego you will find him A sharpe and subtle knave give him but hints And he will amplifie Se all things ready I 'll fetch him with a vengeance Exit Ars. If he faile now Wee 'll give him over too Mil. Tush he is flesh'd And knowes what vaine to strike for his owne credit Ars. All things are ready Mil. Then we shall have a merry Scene no're feare it Exeunt Scena Tertia Enter Amaranta with a note and Moore Amar. Is thy Master gone out Moore Even now the Curat fetch'd him About a serious businesse as it seem'd For he snatch'd up his Cloak and brush'd his hat strait Set his Band handsomely and out he gallop'd Amar. 'T is well 't is very well he went out Egla As luckily as one would say goe Husband He was call'd by providence fling this short paper Into Leandro's Cell and waken him He is monstrous vexed and musty at my Chesse-play But this shall supple him when he has read it Take your owne recreation for two houres And hinder nothing Moore If I doe I 'll hang for 't Exeunt Scena quarta Enter Octavio Jacintha Oct. If that you lov'd Ascanio for himselfe And not your private ends you rather should Blesse the faire opportunitie that restores him To his Birth-right and the Honours he was borne to Then grieve at his good Fortune Jac. Grieve Octavio I would resigne my Essence that he were As happy as my love could fashion him Though every blessing that should fall on him Might prove a curse to me my sorrow springs Out of my feare and doubt he is not safe I am acquainted with Don Henrique's nature And I have heard too much the fiery temper Of Madam Violante can you thinke That she that almost is at war with heaven For being barren will with equall eyes Behold a Son of mine Oct. His Fathers care That for the want of Issue tooke him home Though with the forfeiture of his owne fame Will looke unto his safetie Jac. Step-mothers Have many eyes to find a way to mischiefe Though blind to goodnesse Enter Jamy and Ascanio Oct. Here comes Don Jamy And with him our Ascanio Jamy Good youth leave me I know thou art forbid my company And onely to be seene with me will call on Thy Fathers anger Ars. Sir if that to serve you Could loose me any thing as indeed it cannot I still would follow you Alas I was borne To doe you hurt but not to help my selfe I was for some particular end tooke home But am cast off againe Jam. Is 't possible Asc. The Lady whom my Father calls his wife Abhors my sight is sick of me and forc'd him To turne me out of dores Iac. By my best hopes I thanke her crueltie for it comes neere A saving charitie Asc. I am onely happy That yet I can relieve you 'pray you share My Father 's wondrous kind and promises That I should be supplide but sure the Lady Is a malitious woman and I feare Meanes me no good Enter Servant Iamy I am turn'd a stone with wonder And know not what to thinke Ser. From my Lady Your private eare and this Iamy New Miracles Ser. She sayes if you dare make your selfe a Fortune She will propose the meanes My Lord Don Henrique Is now from home and she alone expects you If you dare trust her so if not despaire of A second offer Exit Jam. Though there were an Ambush Layd for my life I ll on and sound this secret Retire thee my Ascanio with thy Mother But stir not forth some great designe 's on foot Fall what can fall if e're the Sun be set I see you not give me dead Asc. We will expect you And those bless'd Angels that love goodnesse guard you Exeunt Scena Quinta Enter Lopez and Bartolus Bar. Is 't possible he should be rich Lop. Most possible He hath bin long though he had but little gettings Drawing together Sir Bar. Accounted a poore Sexton Honest poore Diego Lop. I assure ye a close Fellow Both close and scraping and that fills the bags Sir Bar. A notable
no other guards upon thee Then thine owne thoughts Lamira I 'le use this liberty With moderation Sir Beaup. I am resolv'd Steale off I 'le follow you Champ. Come Sir you droope Till you find cause which I shall never give Dislike not of your son in Law Verta. Sir You teach me The language I should use I am most happy In being so neere you Exeunt Verdone and Beaupre Lamira O my feares good nurse Follow my Brother unobserv'd and learne Which way he takes Nurs. I will be carefull Madam Exit Nurse Cham. Betweene us complements are superfluous One Gentlemen th' affront we have met here Wee 'l thinke upon hereafter 't were unfit To cherish any thought to breed unrest Or to our selves or to our Nuptiall feast Exeunt Enter Dinant and Cleremont Cler. We shall have sport ner fear 't Din. What sport I prithee Cler. Why we must fight I know it and I long for 't It was apparent in the fiery eye Of young Verdoone Beaupre look'd pale and shooke too Familiar signes of anger They are both brave fellowes Tride and approv'd and I am prou'd to encounter With men from whom no honour can be lost They will play up to a man and set him off When ere I goe to the field heaven keepe me from The meeting of an unflesh'd youth or Coward The first to get a name comes on too hot The Coward is so swift in giving ground There is no overtaking him without A hunting Nag well breath'd too Din. All this while You ne'r thinke on the danger Cler. Why 't is no more Then meeting of a dousen Friends at Supper And drinking hard mischeif comes there unlook'd for I am sure as suddaine and strikes home as often For this we are prepar'd Din. Lamira Loves Her Brother Beaupre dearely Cler. What of that Din. And should he call me to account for what But now I speake nor can I with mine honour Recant my words that little hope is left me Ere to enjoye what next to heaven I long for Is taken from me Cler. Why what can you hope for She being now married Din. On my Cleremont To you all secrets of my heart lye open And I rest most secure that whatsoer'e I looke up there is as a private thought And will no farther wrong me I am a Frenchman And for the greater part we are borne Courtiers She is a woman and how ever yet No heat of service had the power to melt Her frozen Chastity time and opportunitie May worke her to my ends I confesse ill ones And yet I must pursue 'em now her marriage In probabilitie will no way hurt But rather help me Cler. Sits the wind there pray you tell me How farr off dwells your love from lust Din. Too neere But prithee chide me not Cler. Not I goe on boye I have faults my self and will not reprehend A crime I am not free from for her Marriage I doe esteeme it and most batchellors are Of my opinion as a faire protection To play the wanton without losse of honour Din. Would she make rise of 't so I were most happy Cler. No more of this Judge now Whither I have the guift of prophecie Enter Beaupre and Verdoone Beaup. Monsieur Dinant I am glad to find you Sir Din. I am at your service Verd. Good Monsieur Cleremont I have long wish'd To be knowne better to you Cler. My desires Embrace your wishes Sir Beaup. Sir I have ever Esteem'd you truly noble and professe I should have bin most proud to have had the honour To call you Brother but my Fathers pleasure Denied that happinesse I know no man lives That can command his passions and therefore Dare not condemne the late intemperate language You were pleas'd to use to my Father and my Sister Hee 's old and she a woman I most fortie My honour does compell me to entreat you To doe me the favour with your sword to meete me A mile without the Citie Din. You much honour me In the demand I 'l gladly waite upon you Beaup. O Sir you teach me what to say the time Din. With the next Sun if you thinke fit Beaup. The place Din. Nere to the vineyard eastward from the Citie Beaup. I like it well this gentleman if you please Will keepe me company Cler. That is agreed on And in my friends behalf I will attend him Verd. You shall not misse my service Beaup. Good day Gentlemen Ex. Beaup. and Virdoone Din. At your Commandement Cler. Prou'd to be your servants I thinke there is no Nation under heaven That cut their enemies throates with complement And such fine trickes as we doe If you have Any few Prayers to say this night you may Cal 'em to mind and use 'em for my self As I have little to loose my care is lesse So till to morrow morning I bequeath you To your devotions and those payed but use That noble courage I have seene and we Shall fight as in a Castle Din. Thou art all honour Thy resolution would steele a Coward And I most fortunate in such a Friend All tendernesse and nice respect of woman Be now far from me reputation take A full possession of my heart and prove Honour the first place holds the second love Exeunt Enter Lamira Charlote Lamir. Sleepes my Lord still Carlote Char. Not to be wak'd By your Ladiships cheerefull lookes I well perceive That this night the good Lord hath bin At an unusuall service and no wonder If he rest after it Lamir. You are very bold Char. Your Creature Madam and when you are pleas'd Sadnesse to me 's a stranger your good pardon If I speake like a foole I could have wisht To have taine your place to night had bold Dinant Your first and most obsequious servant tasted Those delicates which by his lethargie As it appeares have cloyed my Lord Lamira No more Charl. I am silenc'd Madam Lamira Saw you my nurse this morning Charl. No Madam Lamira I am full of feares Knock within Who 's that Charl. She you enquir'd for Lamira Bring her in and leave me Ex. Charlote Enter Nurse Now nurse what newes Nurse O Ladie dreadfull ones They are to fight this morning ther 's no remedie I saw my Lord your Brother and Verdoone Take horse as I came by Lamir. Wher 's Cleremont Nurse I met him too and mounted Lamir. Wher 's Dinant Nurse There 's all the hope I have staied him with a tricke If I have done well so Lamir. What tricke Nurse I tould him Your Ladiship layed your command upon him To attend you presently and to confirme it Gave him the ring he oft hath seene you weare That you bestowed on me he waites without Disguis'd and if you have that power in him As I presume you have it is in you To stay or alter him Lamir. Have you learnt the place Where they are to encounter Nurse Yes 't is where The Duke of Burgundie met Lewis th' eleventh Lamir. Enough I will
woman that repaires to me To noint my beaten body Sam. It concernes you You have bin swing'd La-writ Let it concerne thee too Goe and be beaten speake scurvy words as I did Speake to that Lion Lord waken his anger And have a hundred Bastinado's doe Three broken pates thy teeth knockt out doe Sampson Thy valiant armes and leggs beaten to Poultesses Doe silly Sampson doe 1 Cly. You wrong the gentleman To put him out of his right minde thus You wrong us and our Causes La-writ Downe with him gentlemen Turne him and beat him if he breake our peace Then when thou hast bin Lam'd thy small guts perisht Then talke to me before I scorne thy counsell Feele what I feele and let my Lord repaire thee Sam. And can the brave La-writ 2 Cly. Tempt him no further Be warn'd and say no more La-writ If thou doest Sampson Thou seest my Mirmidons I 'le let 'em loose That in a moment Sam. I say nothing sir but I could wish La-wr. They shall destroy thee wishing There 's ne'r a man of these but have lost ten Causes Dearer then ten mens lives tempt and thou diest Goe home and smile upon my Lord mine Uncle Take Money of the men thou meanest to Cozen Drinke Wine and eat good meat and live discreetly Talke little 't is an Antidote against a beating Keep thy hand from thy sword and from thy Laundresse placket And thou wilt live long 1 Cly. Give eare and be instructed La-writ I find I am wiser then a Justice of Peace now Give me the wisdome that 's beaten into a man That sticks still by him art thou a new man Sam. Yes yes Thy learned precepts have inchanted me La-writ Goe my son Sampson I have now begot thee I 'le send thee causes speake to thy Lord and live And lay my share by goe and live in peace Put on new suites and shew fit for thy place That man neglects his living is an Asse Exit Samp. Farewell come chearly boyes about our businesse Now welcome tongue againe hang Swords 1 Cly. Sweet Advocate Exeunt Enter Nurse and Charlote Nur. I know not wench they may call 'em what they wil Outlawes or theeves but I am sure to me One was an honest man he us'd me well What I did 't is no matter he complain'd not Char. I must confesse there was one bold with me too Some coy thing would say rude but 't is no matter I was to pay a Waiting womans ransome And I have don 't and I would pay 't againe Were I taine to morrow Nur. Alas there was no hurt If 't be a sin for such as live at hard meat And keepe a long Lent in the woods as they doe To tast a little flesh Char. God help the Courtiers That ly at racke and manger Nurse I shall love A theefe the better for this while I live They are men of a charitable vocation And give where there is need and with discretion And put a good speed penny in my purse That has bin empty twenty yeares Char. Peace Nurse Farewell and cry not rost meate me thinkes Cleremont And my Lady Anabell are in one night Familliarly acquainted Nurse I observe it If she have got a penny too Enter Vertaigne Champernell and Provost Charl. No more My Lord Mounsier Vertaigne the provost too Hast and acquaint my Lady Exit Nurse and Charl. Pro. Wonderous strainge Vert. 'T is true Sir on my credit Cham. On mine honour Pro. I have bin provost-Marshall twenty yeares And have trussed up a thousand of these rascalls But so nere Paris yet I never met with One of that Brotherhood Cham. We to our cost have But will you search the wood Pro. It is beset They cannot scape us Nothing makes me wonder So much as having you within their power They let you goe it was a Courtesy That French theeves use not often I much pitty The Gentle Ladyes yet I know not how I rather hope then feare Enter Dinant Cleremont Verdoone Beaupre Lamira Anabell Charlote Nurse Are these the prisoners Din. We were such Verta. Kill me not excesse of joy Cham. I see thou livest but hast thou had no fowle play Lam. No on my soule my usage hath bin noble Far from all violence Cham. How were you freed But kisse me first wee 'll talk of that at leasure I am glad I have thee Neice how you keepe off As you knew me not Ana. Sir I am where I owe most duty Cler. 'T is indeed most true Sir The man that should have bin your bed fellow Your Lordships Bedfellow that could not smell out A Virgin of sixteene that was your foole To make you merry this poore simple fellow Has met the maid agen and now she knowes He is a man Cham. How is she dishonoured Cler. Not unlesse marriage be dishonourable Heaven is a witnesse of our happy contract And the next Priest we meete shall warrant it To all the world I lay with her in jeast 'T is turn'd to earnest now Cham. Is this true Neice Din. Her blushing silence grants it nay Sir storme not He is my friend and I can make this good His birth and fortunes equall hers your Lordship Might have sought out a worse we are all friends too All differences end thus Now Sir unlesse You would raise new dissentions make perfect What is so well begun Verta. That were not manly Lam. Let me perswade you Cham. Well God give you joy She shall not come a Begger to you Sir For you Monsieur Dinant ere long I 'll shew you Another Neico to this not much inferiour As you shall like proceed Din. I thanke you Sir Cham. Backe then to Paris well that travell ends That makes of deadly enemies perfect friends Exeunt omnes Prologue TO promise much before a play begin And when 't is done aske pardon were a sinne Wee 'll not be guilty of and to excuse Before we know a fault were to abuse The writers and our selves for I dare say We all are foold if this be not a Playe And such a play as shall so should playes doe Impe times dull wings and make you merry too 'T was to that purpose writ so we intend it And we have our wisht ends if you commend it Epilogue Gentlemen I Am sent forth to enquire what you decree Of us and our Poets they will be This night exceeding merry so will we If you approve their labours They professe You are their patrons and we say no lesse Resolve us then for you can onely tell Whither we have done id'ly or done well FINIS The Custome of the Countrey Actus Primus Scaena Prima Enter Rutillio and Arnoldo Rut. WHy doe you grieve thus still Arn. 'T wold melt a Marble And tame a savage man to feele my fortune Rut. What fortune I have liv'd this 30. yeares And run through all these follies you call fortunes Yet never fixt on any good and constant But what I made my selfe why should I grieve then
mine nor deare unto me Then usefull to his honour I preserve it If thou hadst studied all the courtesies Humanity and noble blood ar linkt too Thou couldst not have propounded such a benefit Nor heapt upon me such unlookt for honour As dying for his sake to be his Martyr 'T is such a grace Hyp. You shall not want that favour Let your bones worke miracles Arn. Dear Lady By those faire eyes Hyp. There is but this way left ye To save her life Arn. Speake it and I embrace it Hyp. Come to my private chamber presently And there what love and I command Arn. I 'le doe it Be comforted Zenocia Zen. Do not do this To save me do not loose your selfe I charge you I charge you by your love that love you beare me That love that constant love you have twin'd to me By all your promises take heed you keep 'em Now is your constant tryall If thou dost this Or mov'st one foote to guide thee to her lust My curses and eternall hate pursue thee Redeem me at the base price of disloyalty Must my undoubted honesty be thy bawd too Goe and entwine thy selfe about that body Tell her for my life thou hast lost thine honour Pulld all thy vowes from heaven basely most basely To add an hour to me that hate thee for it Stoop'd to the servile flames of that foule woman Know thee againe nor name thee for a husband Arn. What shall I doe to save her Hyp. How now what hast there Enter a Servant Ser. The Governour attended with some Gentlemen Are newly entered to speake with your Ladiship Hyp. Poxe ô their businesse reprieve her for this hour I shall have other time Arn. Now fortune help us Hyp. I 'le meete 'em presently retire a while all Exit Zab. You rise to day upon your right side Lady You know the danger too and may prevent it And if you suffer her to perish thus As she must doe and suddenly beleeve it Unlesse you stand her friend you know the way on 't I ghesse you poorely love her lesse your fortune Let her know nothing and performe this matter There are hours ordained for severall businesses You understand Arn. I understand you bawd Sir And such a Councellour I never car'd for Enter the Governour Clodio Leopold Charino and Attendants at one doore Hyppolita at the other Hyp. Your Lordship does me honour Gover. Faire Hyppolita I am come to ease you of a charge Hyp. I keepe none I count a burthen Sir and yet I lye too Gover. Which is the maide is she here Clod. Yes Sir This is she this is Zenocia The very same I sued to your Lordship for Zen. Clodio againe more misery more ruine Under what angry starre is my life govern'd Gover. Come hither maid you are once more a free woman Here I discharge your bonds Arn. Another smile Another tricke of fortune to betray us Hyp. Why do's your Lordship use me so unnobly Against my will to take away my bond-woman Gov. She was no lawfull prize therefore no bond-woman She 's of that Countrey we hold friendship with And ever did and therefore to be used With entertainment faire and courteous The breach of league in us gives foule example Therefore you must be pleas'd to think this honest Did you know what she was Leop. Not till this instant For had I known her she had been no prisoner Gover. There take the maid she is at her owne dispose now And if there be ought else to do your honour Any poore service in Clod. I am vowed your servant Arn. Your Father 's here too that 's our only comfort And in a Countrey now we stand free people Where Clodio has no power be comforted Zen. I feare some trick yet Arn. Be not so dejected Gover. You must not be displeas'd so farewell Lady Come Gentlemen Captain you must with me too I have a little businesse Leop. I attend your Lordship Now my way 's free and my hopes Lords againe Exeunt all but Hyp. Zab. Hyp. Dy' e jeere me now ye are going I may live yet to make you howle both Zab. You might have done you had power then But now the chaines are off the command lost And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time Hyp. No meanes yet left me For now I burst with anger none to satisfie me No comfort no revenge Zab. You speake too late You might have had all these your usefull servants Had you been wise and suddain What power or will Over her beauty have you now by violence To constrain his love she is as free as you are And no law can impeach her liberty And whilst she is so Arnoldo will despise you Hyp. Either my love or anger must be satisfied Or I must dye Zab. I have a way woo'd do it Woo'd do it yet protect me from the Law Hyp. From any thing thou knowest what power I have What money and what friends Zab 'T is a divellish one But such must now be us'd walke in I 'le tell you And if you like it if the Divell can doe any thing Hyp. Divell or what thou wilt so I be satisfied Exeunt Enter Sulpitia Jaques Sulp. This is the rarest and the lustiest fellow And so bestirs himselfe Jaq. Give him breath Mistris You 'l melt him else Sulp. He does perform such wonders The women are mad on him Jaq. Give him breath I say The man is but a man he must have breath Sulp. How many had he yesterday And they paid bravely too Jaq. About fourteene But still I cry give breath spare him and have him Sulp. Five Dames to day this was a small stage He may endure five more Jaq. Breath breath I cry still Body ô me give breath the man 's a lost man else Feede him and give him breath Enter 2. Gentlewomen Sulp. Welcome Gentlewomen Y' are very welcome 1 Gen. We heare you have a lusty wel-complexion'd fellow That does rare tricks my sister and my selfe here Would trifle out an houre or two so please you Sulp. Jaques conduct 'em in Both There 's for your courtesie Exeunt Jaqu. and Gent. Sulp. Good pay stil good round pay this happy fellow Will set me up againe he brings in gold Faster then I have leisure to receive it O that his body were not flesh and fading But I 'le so papp him up nothing too deare for him What a sweet sent he has Now what newes Jaques Jaq. He cannot last I pitty the poor man I suffer for him two coaches of young City dames And they drive as the Divell were in the wheeles Are ready now to enter and behind these An old dead-palsied Lady in a litter And she makes all the hast she can the man 's lost You may gather up his dry bones to make nine-pins But for his flesh Sulp. These are but easie labours Yet for I know he must have rest Jaq. He must you 'l beate him off his
spare me life and health 2 Gen. Blesse your Grace Du. And you with all my heart 1 Gen. Now heaven preserve your happy days Du. I thank you too 3 Gen. Now heaven save your Grace Du. I thanke you all Bew. On there before Du. Stand Gentlemen stay yet a while For I am minded to impart my love To these good people and my friends Whose love and prayers for my greatnesse Are equall in abundance note me well And with my words my heart for as the tree Long. Your Grace had best beware 't wil be inform'd Your greatnesse with the people Duke I had more My honest and ingenious people But The weight of businesse hath prevented me I am call'd from you but this tree I spake of Shall bring forth fruit I hope to your content And so I share my bowels amongst you all Omnes A noble Duke a very noble Duke Enter a Gentleman Ser. Afore there Gentlemen Gen. You 'r faithfully met good Monsieur Mount Marine Ser. Be advis'd the time is alter'd Gen. Is he not the same man he was afore Duke Still the same man to you Sir Long. You have received mighty grace be thankfull Gen. Let me not dye in ignorance Long. You shall not Then know the King out of his loue hath pleased To stile him Duke of Burgundy Gen. O great Duke Thus low I plead for pardon and desire To be enrol'd amongst your poorest slaves Du. Sir you have mercy and withall my hand From henceforth let me call you one of mine Ser. Make room afore there and dismisse the people Du. Every man to his house in peace and quiet Peop. Now heaven preserve the Duke heaven blesse the Duke Exeunt Omnes Enter Wife Wife This letter came this morn from my Cozen To the great Lady high and mighty Duchesse Of Burgundy be these delivered O For a stronger lace to keep my breath That I may laugh the nine dayes till the wonder Fall to an ebb the high and mighty Duchesse The high and mighty God what a stile is this Methinks it goes like a Duchy lope-man A ladder of 100. rounds will faile To reach the top on 't well my Gentle Cozen I know by these contents your itch of honour You must to the Court you say and very shortly You shall be welcome and if your wife have wit I 'le put her in a thriving course if not Her own sin on her owne head not a blot Shall staine my reputation only this I must for healths sake sometimes Make an asse of the tame moyle my husband 'T will do him good and give him fresher brains Me fresher blood Now for the noble Duke I heare him comming Enter Duke his traine Your Grace is well return'd Du. As well as may be Never in younger health never more able I meane to be your bed-fellow this night Let me have good encounter Bow Blesse me heaven What a hot meat this greatnesse is Long. It may be so For I 'le be sworn he hath not got a snap This two months on my knowledge or her woman Is damd for swearing it Du. I thank you Gentlemen for your attendance And also your great paines pray know my lodgings Better and oftner do so Gentlemen Now by my honour as I am a Prince I speake sincerely know my lodgings better And be not strangers I shall see your service And your deservings when you least expect Om. We humbly thank your Grace for this great favor Du. Jaques Ja. Your Grace Du. Be ready for the Countrey And let my Tenants know the Kings great love Say I would see them but the waight at Court Lyes heavy on my shoulders let them know I do expect their duties in attendance Against the next feast wait for my comming To take up post and be full of speed Exit Jaques Wife I would desire your Grace Du. You shall desire and have your Full desire sweet Duchesse speak Wife To have some conference with a Gentleman That seems not altogether void of reason He talks of titles and things neare the Crown And knowing none so fit as your good Grace To give the difference in such points of State Du. What is he If he be noble or have any part That 's worthy our converse We do accept him Wife I can assure your Grace his straine is noble But he 's very subtle Duke Let him be so Let him have all the braines I shall demonstrate How this most Christian Crown of France can beare No other shew of title then the Kings I will goe in and meditate for halfe an houre And then be ready for him presently I will convert him quickly or confound him Ser Is mad Shattillion here Wife Is here and 's Lady I prethee servant fetch him hither Ser. Why what do you meane to put him to Wife To chat with the mad lad my husband 'T will be brave to heare them speake babl Stare and prate Bew. But what shall be the end of all this Lady Enter Shattillion and Servant Wife Leave that to me now for the grand dispute For see here comes Shattillion as I live me thinks All France should beare part of his griefes Long. I le fetch my Lord the Duke Shat. Where am I now or whether will you lead me To my death I crave my priviledge I must not dye but by just course of law Ser. His Majesty hath sent by me your pardon He meant not you should dye but would intreate you To lay the full state of your Title open Unto a grave and noble Gentleman Enter Duke and Longovile The Duke of Burgundy who here doth come Who either by his wisedome will confute you Or else informe and satisfie the King Bew. May 't please your grace this is the Gentleman Duke Is this he that chops logicke with my liege Shat. d ee mocke me you are great the time will come When you shall be as much contemned as I Where are the ancient complements of France That upstarts brave the Princes of the bloud Duke Your title Sir in short Shat. He must Sir Be a better states man then your selfe that can Trip me in any thing I will not speake Before these witnesses Duke Depart the roome for none shall stay No not my dearest Dutches Wife Wee 'le stand behind the Arras heare all Exeunt Duke In that chaire take your place I in this Discourse your title now Shat. Sir you shall know My loves true title mine by marriage Setting aside the first race of French Kings Which will not here concerne us as Pharamond With Clodian Meron and Chilperik And to come downe unto the second race Which we will likewise slip Duke But take me with you Shat. I pray you give me leave of Martell Charles The Father of King Pippin who was Sir To Charles the great and famous Charlemaine And to come to the third race of French Kings Which will not be great pertinent in this cause Betwixt the King and me of which you
I have done simply for you but now you are beatten to some Understanding I pray you dally not with the Gentlewoman But dispatch your Matrimony with all convenient speed Fred. He gives good counsell Jac. And I will follow it Fab. And I you prethee do not take it unkindly For trust me I boxt thee for thy advancement A foolish desire I had to joggle thee into preferment Iac. I apprehend you Sir if I can study out a course How a bastinadoing may any waies raise your fortunes In the State you shall be sure on 't Fab. Oh Sir keepe your way God send you much joy Clor. And me my Iulio O God I heare his voyce now he is true Have at a marriage Franck as soone as you Exeunt all but Fred. Enter a Messenger Mess. Sir I would speake with you Fred. What is your hasty busines friend Mess. The Duke commandes your present attendance at Court Fred. The cause Mess. I know not in particular but this Many are sent for more about affaires Forraigne I take it Sir Fred. I will be there Within this houre returne my humble service Mess. I will Sir Exit Messenger Fred. Farewell friend what new's with you Enter a Servant Ser. My Mistris would desire you Sir to follow With all the hast you can she is gon to Church To marry Captaine Iacamo and Iulio To do as much for the young merry Gentlewoman Faire Mistris Clora Fred. Julio marry Clora Thou art deceiv'd I warrant thee Ser. No sure Sir I saw their lips as close upon the bargaine As Cockles Fred. Give 'em joy I cannot now goe The Duke hath sent for me in hast Ser. This note Sir when you are free will bring you where they are Ex. Fred. reades You shall finde us all at Signeur Angilo's Where Piso and the worthy Lelia Of famous memory are to be married And we not far behinde Would I had time To wonder at this last couple in hell Enter Messenger againe Mess. You are staid for Sir Fred. I come pray God the businesse Hold me not from this sport I would not loose it Exeunt Scaena Quinta Enter Father and Servant Ang. God give you joy and make you live together A happy paire Piso I do not doubt we shall There was never poore Gentleman had such a sodaine fortune I could thrust my head betwixt 2. pales strip me out of My old skin like a Snake will the guests come thou saidst Thou sentest for to solemnize the Nuptials Fa. They will I looke for em ere this Enter Julio Jacamo Fabritio Franke Clora Iul. By your leave all Fath. They 'r here Sir Iul. Especially faire Lady I aske your pardon to whose marriage bed I wish all good successe I have here brought you Such guests as can discerne your happinesse And best do know how to rejoyce at it For such a fortune they themselves have run The worthy Iacamo and his faire Bride Noble Fabritio whom this age of peace Has not yet aught to love ought but the warrs And his true friends this Lady who is but A piece of me Lel. Sir you are welcome all Are they not Sir Piso Bring in some wine some of the wine Lodwick the foole Exit Fath. Sent hither who ever thou bid'st welcome shall finde it Lel. An unexpected honour you have done To our too hasty wedding Iac. Faith Madam our weddings were as hasty as yours We' ar glad to run up downe any whether to see where We can get meat to our wedding Piso That Lodwick hath provided too good Asse Ang. I thought you Iulio would not thus have stollen a marriage Without acquainting your friends Iul. Why I did give thee incklings Ang. If a marriage should be thus slubberd up in a play er'e almost Any body had taken notice you were in love the Spectators Would take it to be but ridiculous Iul. This was the first and I will never hide An other secret from you Enter Father Father Sir yonder 's your friend Lodwick hide your selfe And 't will be the best sport Piso Gentlemen I pray you take no notice I 'm here The coxcomb Lodwick is coming in Enter Lodwick Lodwick Is that that Lady Fath. That is my Lady Lod. As I live she 's a faire one what make al these heere Fath. O Lord Sir she is so pesterd Fab. Novv vvill the sport be it runnes right as Iulio told us Lod. Faire Lady health to you some vvords I have that Require an utterance more private Then this place can afford Lel. I 'le call my husband All businesse I heare vvith his eares novv Lod. Good Madam no bet I perceive your jest You have no husband I am the very man That vvalk'd the streetes so comely Lel Are you so Lod. Yes faith vvhen Cupid first did prick your heart I am not cruell but the love began I' th Street I 'le satisfie i' th chamber fully Lel. To aske a Madman vvhether he be mad Were but an idle question if you be I do not speake to you but if you be not Walke in the Streetes againe and there perhaps I may dote on you here I not endure you Lod. Good Madam stay do not you know this Ring Lel. Yes it vvas mine I sent it by my Man To change and so he did it has a blemish And this he brought me for it did you change it Are you a Goldsmith Lod. Sure the world is mad Sirrah did you not bring me this ring from your Lady Fa. Yes surely Sir did I but your worship must ev'n beare with me For there was a mistaking in it and so as I was Saying to your worship my Lady is now married Lod. Married to whom Fa. To your worships friend Piso Lod. S'death to Piso Piso within Ha ha ha Ang. Yes Sir I can assure you she 's maried to him I saw 't With these gray eyes Lod. Why what a Rogue art thou then thou hast made Me send in provision too Fa. O a Gentleman should not have such fowle wordes in 's mouth But your Worships provision could not have come in at a fitter time Will it please you to tast any of your owne wine It may be the Vintner has cozend you Lod. Pox I am mad Ang. You have alwayes plots Sir see how they fall out Iac. You had a plott upon me how do you like this Lod. I do not speake to you Fab. Because you dare not Lod. But I will have one of that old Rogues teeth sett in this Ring Fath. Do'st not thou know that I can beate thee Dost thou know it now discovers himselfe Lod. He beate me once indeed Fath. And if you have forgot it I can call a witnesse Come forth Piso remember you it Piso Faith I do call to minde such a matter Fath. And if I cannot still do 't you are young And will assist your Father in law Piso My Father in law Ang. Your Father in law as sure as this is widow Lelia Piso How widow
'le but walke in and away straight Rich. Now I thanke you But what you do do in a twinckling Sir Val. As soone as may bee Exeunt Enter Mother Viola and 2. Milckmaides Moth. Is this the wench you have brought me some catch I warrant How injuringly she looks upon the matter Madge Yes forsooth this is the maiden Moth. Come hither wood you serve Viola If it shalt please you to acept my service I hope I shall do something that shall like you though it be but truth and often praying for you Moth. You are very curious of your hand me thinks You preserve it so with gloves let me see it I marry here 's a hand of march-pane wenches This pretty palme never knew sorrow yet How soft it is I warrant you and supple O' my word this is fitter for a pocket to filch withall Then to worke I feare me little one You are no better then you should be goe too Vio. My Conscience yet is but one witnesse to me And that heaven knows is or mine innocence T is true I must confesse with shame enough The time that I have lead yet never taught me What t' was to breake a sleep or to be weary Moth. You can say well if you be mine Wench you must doe well too for words are but slow workers yet so much hope I have of you that I 'le take you so you 'l bee diligent and do your duty how now Enter Alexander Alex. There is a messenger come from your son That brings you word he is return'd from travell And will be here this night Moth. Now joy upon thee for it thou art ever A bringer of good tidings there drinke that In troth thou hast much contented me my son Lord how thou hast pleas'd me shall I see my Son Yet e're I dye take care my house be handsome And the new stooles set out and boughes and rushes And flowers for the window and the Turky Carpet And the great parcell salt Nan with the Cruets And prethee Alexander goe to the Cooke And bid him spare for nothing my son 's come home Who 's come with him Alex. I heare of none yet but a Gentlewoman Moth. A Gentlewoman what Gentlewoman Alex. I know not but such a one there is he sayes Moth. Pray God he have not cast away himselfe Upon some snout-faire piece I do not like it Alex. No sure my Master has more discretion Moth. Well be it how it will he shall be welcome Sirs to your tasks and shew this little novice How to bestir her selfe I 'le sort out things Exit Madg. We will forsooth I can tell you my mistris is a stirring woman Nan Lord how shee 'le talke some times t is the maddest cricket Vio. Mee thinks she talkes well and shewes a great deale of good huswifry pray let me deck the chambers shall I Nan Yes you shall but doe not scorne to be avis'd sister for there belongs more to that then you are aware on why would you venture so fondly upon the strowings ther 's mighty matters in them I 'le assure you and in the spreading of a bough pot you may misse if you were ten yeares elder if you take not a speciall care before you Vio. I will learne willingly if that be all Nan Sirrah where is 't they say my young master hath beene Mag. Faith I know not beyond the sea where they are borne without noses Nan lesse blesse us without noses how doe they doe for handkerchers Mag. So Richard saies and sirrah their feet stands in their foreheads Nan That 's fine by my troth these men have pestilence running heads then doe they speake as we doe Mag. No they never speake Nan Are they cursend Mag. No they call them Infidells I know not what they are Nan Sirrah we shall have fine courting now my young master is come home were you never courted sister Vio. Alas I know it not Mag. What is that courting sirrah Nan I can tell for I was once courted in the matted chamber you know the party Madge faith hee courted finely Mag. Pray thee what i st Nan Faith nothing but he was some what figent with me faith t is fine sport this courting Alex. within Where be the Maids there Mag. We shall be hang'd anon away good wenches and a care you dight things handsomely I will looke over you Exeunt Enter Mercury and Maria Mer. If your sorrow will give you so far leave pray thinke your selfe most welcome to this place for so upon my life you are and for your owne faire sake take truce a while with these immoderate mournings Wife I thanke you sir I shall doe what I may Pray leade me to a chamber Enter Mother and Alexander Mer. Presently Before your blessing mother I entreate ye To know this Gentlewoman and bid her welcome The vertuous wife of him that was my selfe In all my travells Moth. Indeed she is most welcom so are you son kneele Now all my blessing on thee thou hast made me Younger by 20 yeares then I was yesterday Will you walke in what ayles this Gentlewoman Alas I feare she is not well good Gentlewoman Mer. You feare right Moth. She has fasted over long You shall have supper presently o' th boord Mer. She will not eate I can assure you mother For Gods sake let your maide conduct her up Into some faire becomming Chamber Fit for a woman of her being and As soone as may be I know shee 's very ill and wood have rest Moth. There is one ready for her the blew chamber Mer. T is well I 'le leade you to your Chamber doore And there I 'le leave you to your quiet Mistris Wife I thanke you Sir good rest to every one You 'le see me once againe to night I hope Exit Mer. When you shall please I 'le waite upon you Lady Moth. Where are these maides attend upon the Gentlewoman and see she want no good thing in the house goodnight with all my heart forsooth good Lord how you are growne is he not Alexander Allex. Yes truly he 's shot up finely god be thanked Mer. An ill weed Mother will do so Allex. You say true Sir an ill weede growes a pace Mer. Allexander the sharpe you take me very quickly Moth. Nay I can tell Allexander will do it do you reade madcapp still Allex. Some times forsooth Moth. But faith son what countries have you traveld Mer. Why many Mother as they lay befor me France Spaine Italy and Germany and other Provinces that I am sure you are not betterd by when you heare of them Moth. And can you these tongues perfectly Mer. Of some a little Mother Moth. Pray spout some french sonne Mer. You understand it not and to your eares 't will go like an unshod cart upon the stones onely a rough unhandsome sound Moth. Faith I would faine heare some french Allex. Good Sir speake some french to my Mistris Mer. At your entreaty Allexander I will who shall
nature that thing made so stony But it would love what ever it begot Ant. He that begot me did beget these cares Which are good issues though happily by him Esteemed monsters nay the ill-judging world Is likely enough to give them those Characters Phi. What 's this to love and to love and to the Lady he 's old Wrathfull perverse selfe-will'd and full of anger Which are his faults but let them not be thine He thrusts you from his love she puls thee on He doubts your vertues she doth double them O either use thy owne eyes or take mine And with them my heart then thou wilt love her Nay doate upon her more then on thy duty And men will praise thee equally for it Neglecting her condemne thee as a man Unworthy such a fortune O Antinous 'T is not the friendship that I beare to thee But her command that makes me utter this And when I have prevail'd let her but say Philander you must dye or this is nothing It shall be done together with a breath With the same willingnesse I live to serve her Er. No more Philander Phi. All I have done is little yet to purpose But ere I leave him I will perceive him blush And make him feele the passions that I do And every true lover will assist me in 't And lend me their sad sighs to blow it home For Cupid wants a dart to wound this bosome Er. No more no more Philander I can endure no more Pray let him goe go good Antinous make peace With your owne mind no matter though I perish Ex. Actus Quartus Scaena prima Enter Hyparcha and Mochingo Hyp. I Cannot help it Mo. Nor do I require it The malady needs no Phisitian Helpe hospitall people Hyp. I am glad to heare You are so valliant Mo. Valiant Can any man be proud that is not valiant Foolish woman what wouldst thou say thou I know not what to call thee Hyp. I can you For I can call you Coxcome Asse and Puppy Mo. You do do it I thanke you Hyp. That you 'l lose a fortune Which a Cobler better deserves then thou dost Mo. Do not provoke my magnanimity For when I am insens'd I am insensible Go tell thy Lady that hath sent me word She will discard me that I discard her And throw a scorne upon her which I would not But that she does me wrong Enter Erota and Antinous Ant. Do you not glory in your conquest more To take some great man prisoner then to kill him And shall a Lady find lesse mercie from you That yeilds her selfe your Captive and for her Ransome Will give the jewell of her life her heart Which she hath lockt from all men but thy selfe For shame Antinous throw this dulnesse off Art thou a man no where but in the field Hyp. He must here Drums and Trumpets ere he sleeps And at this instant dreames he 's in his Armour These Iron-hearted Souldiers are so cold Till they be beaten to a womans armes And then they love 'em better then their owne No Fort can hold them out Ant. What pitty is it Madam that your selfe Who are all excellence should become so wretched To thinke on such a wretch as griefe hath made me Seldom despairing men looke up to heaven Although it still speake to 'em in its glories For when sad thoughts perplexe the mind of man There is a plumit in the heart that waighs And puls us living to the dust we came from Did you but see the miseries you pursue As I the happinesse that I avoid That doubles my afflictions you would flye Unto some wildernesse or to your grave And there find better comforts then in me For love and cares can never dwell together Er. They should If thou hadst but my love and I thy cares Ant. What wild beast in the Desart but would be Taught by this Tongue to leave his crueltie Though all the beauties of the face were vail'd But I am savager than any beast And shall be so till Decius do arive Whom with so much submission I have sent Under my hand that if he do not bring His Benediction backe he must to me Be much more crueller then I to you Ero, Is 't but your fathers pardon you desire An. With his love then nothing next that like yours Er. Decius is come Enter Decius Ant. O welcome friend If I apprehend not Too much of joy there 's comfort in thy lookes Er. There is indeed I prethee Decius speake it De. How prethee Decius this woman 's strangly alter'd An. Why dost not speake good friend and tell me how The reverent blessing of my life received My humble lines wept he for joy Dec. No ther 's a letter will informe you more Yet I can tell you what I think will grieve you The old man is in want and angry still And povertie is the bellowes to the Coale More then distast from you as I imagine Ant. What 's here how 's this It cannot be now sure My griefes delude my senses Er. In his lookes I read a world of changes Decius marke With what a sad amazement he surveies The newes canst thou ghesse what 't is Dec. None good I feare Er. I feare so too and then Ant. It is her hand Er. Are you not well Ant. Too well if I were ought But Rock this Letter would conclude my miseries Peruse it Lady and resolve me then In what a case I stand Dec. Sir the worst is Your fathers lownesse and distaste Ant. No Decius My sister writes Fernando has made suite For love to her and to expresse sincerely His constant truth hath like a noble Gentleman Discovered plots of treachery contriv'd By false Gonzalo not intending more The utter ruine of our house then generally Candies confusion Dec. 'T is a generous part Of young Fernando Ant. 'T is and I could wish All thrift to his affections Decius You find the summe on 't Madam Er. Yes I do Ant. And can you now yet think a heart opprest With such a throng of cares can entertaine An amorous thought love frees all toyles but one Calamitie and it can ill agree Er. Wil 't please ye speake my doome Ant. Alas great Lady Why will you flatter thus a desperate man That is quite cast away O had you not Procured the Senates warrant to enforce My stay I had not heard of these sad newes What would you have me do Er. Love me or kill me One word shall sentence either for as truth Is just if you refuse me I am resolute Not to out-live my thraldome Ant. Gentle Lady Er. Say must I live or dye Dec. My Lord how can you Be so inexorable here 's occasion Of succouring your father in his wants Securely profer'd pray sir entertaine it Er. What is my sentence Ant. What you please to have it Er. As thou art Gentle speake those words againe Ant. Madam you have prevail'd yet give me leave Without offence ere I resigne the
what is not mine That were a dangerous businesse Gon. Sir I am paid for 't The summes you borrowed are return'd The bonds Cancell'd and your acquittance formerly seal'd Looke here sir Gaspero is witnesse to it Gas My honoured Lord I am Gon. My Lord Fernando Arcanes and the rest you all shall testifie That I acquit Lord Cassilane for ever Of any debts to me Gas 'T is plaine and ample Fortune will once againe smile on us fairely Cas. But hearke ye hearke ye if you be in earnest Whence comes this bounty or whose is 't Gon. In short The great Erota by this Secretary Returned me my full due Cas. Erota why Should she do this Gon. You must aske her the cause She knowes it best Cas So ho Arcanes none But women pitty us soft-hearted women I am become a brave fellow now Arcanes Am I not Arc. Why sir if the gracious Princesse Have tooke more speciall notice of your services And meanes to be more thankfull than some others It were an injury to gratitude To disesteeme her favours Anno. Sir she ever For your sake most respectively lov'd me Cas. The Senate and the body of this Kingdom Are herein let me speake it without arrogance Beholding to her I will thanke her for it And if she have reserv'd a meanes whereby I may repay this bounty with some service She shall be then my Patronesse come sirs Wee 'l taste a cup of wine together now Gonz Fernando I must speake with you in secret Fer. You shall Now Gaspero all 's well Gas There 's newes You must be acquainted with Come there is no master-peece in Art like Policie Ex. Actus Quintus Scaena prima Enter Fernando and Michael Fer. T The Senate is inform'd at full Mi. Gonzalo Dreames not of my arivall yet Fer. Nor thinkes 'T is possible his plots can be discover'd He fats himselfe with hopes of Crownes and Kingdoms And laughes securely to imagine how He meanes to gull all but himselfe when truly None is so grosely gull'd as he Mich. There was never A more arch villain Fer. Peace the Senate comes Enter Porphino Pos. Senators and Gaspero Attend Por. How closely Treason cloakes it selfe in formes Of Civill honesty Pos. And yet how palpably Does heaven reveale it Fer. Gratious Lords Gas The Embassadour Lord Paulo Michael Advocate To the great Duke of Venice Por. You are most welcome Your Master is a just and noble Prince Mic. My Lords he bad me say that you may know How much he scornes and as good Princes ought Desies base indirect and godlesse treacheries To your more Sacred wisdomes he refers The punishment due to the false Gonzalo Or else to send him home to Venice Pos. Herein The Duke is royall Gaspero the Prince Of Cyprus answer'd he would come Gas My Lords He will not long be absent Enter Philander and Melitus Porp. You Fernando Have made the State your debter worthy Prince We shall be sutors to you for your presence In hearing and determining of matters Greatly concerning Candy Phi. Fathers I am A stranger Pos. Why the cause my Lord concernes A stranger please you seat your selfe Phi. How e're Unfit since you will have it so my Lords You shall command me Por. You my Lord Fernando With the Ambassador withdraw a while Fer. My Lords we shall Ex. Pos. Melitus and the Secretary Give notice to Gonzalo that the Senate Requires his presence Ex. Gas and Mel. Phi. What concernes the businesse Enter Cas. and Arca Por. Thus noble Prince Cas. Let me alone thou troublest me I will be heard Arc. You know not what you doe Pos. Forbeare who 's he that is so rude what 's he that dares To interrupt our counsels Cas. One that has guarded Those Purple roabes from Cankers worse then Moaths One that hath kept your fleeces on your backs That would have been snatch'd from you but I see 'T is better now to be a dog a Spanniell In times of Peace then boast the brused scars Purchas'd with losse of bloud in noble wars My Lords I speake to you Por. Lord Cassilane We know not what you meane Cas. Yes you are set Upon a bench of justice and a day Will come heare this and quake ye potent great ones When you your selves shall stand before a judge Who in a paire of scales will weigh your actions Without abatement of one graine as then You would be found full weight I charge ye fathers Let me have justice now Pos. Lord Cassilane What strange distemperature provokes distrust Of our impartiality be sure Wee 'l flatter no mans injuries Cas. 'T is well You have a Law Lords that without remorse Dooms such as are beleagred with the curse Of foule ingratitude unto death Por. We have Cas. Then do me justice Enter Antinous Decius Erota Hyparcha Dec. Mad-man whether run'st thou Ant. Peace Decius I am deafe Hyp. Will you forget Your greatnesse and your modesty Er. Hyparcha leave I will not heare Ant. Lady great gentle Lady Er. Prethee young-man forbeare to interrupt me Triumph not in thy fortunes I will speake Pos. More uproares yet who are they that disturb us Cas. The viper 's come his feares have drawn him hether And now My Lords be Chronicled for ever And give me justice against this vile Monster This bastard of my bloud Er. 'T is justice fathers I sue for too and though I might command it If you remember Lords whose child I was Yet I will humbly beg it this old wretch Has forfeited his life to me Cas. Tricks tricks Complots devices 'twixt these paire of young-ones To blunt the edge of your well temper'd Swords Wherewith you strike offendors Lords but I Am not a baby to be fear'd with bug-beares 'T is justice I require Er. And I Ant. You speak too tenderly and too much like your self To meane a cruelty which would make monstrous Your Sexe yet for the loves sake which you once Pleas'd to pretend give my griev'd father leave To vrge his owne revenge you have no cause For yours keep peace about ye Cas. Will you heare me Phi. Here 's some strange novelty Pos. Sure we are mock'd Speake one at once say wherein hath your Son Transgress'd the Law Cas. O the grosse mists of dulnesse Are you this Kingdomes Oracles yet can be So ignorant first heare and then consider That I begot him gave him birth and life And education were I must confesse But duties of a father I did more I taught him how to manage Armes to dare An Enemy to court both death and dangers Yet these were but additions to compleate A well accomplish'd Souldier I did more yet I made him chiefe Commander in the field Next to my selfe and gave him the full prospect Of honour and preferment train'd him up In all perfections of a martiallist But he unmindfull of his gratitude You know with what contempt of my deserts First kick'd against mine honour scorn'd all My services then got the palme of glory Unto himselfe yet
Then justly I accuse of foule ingratitude My Lords you of the Senate all not one Excepted Pos. Porp. Us Phil. Annophill Ann. You are the Authors Of this unthrifty bloud-shed when your enemies Came marching to your gates your children suck'd not Safe at their mothers breasts your very Cloysters Were not secure your starting-holes of refuge Not free from danger nor your lives your owne In this most desperate Extasie my father This aged man not onely undertook To guard your lives but did so and beat off The daring foe for you he pawn'd his lands To pay your souldiers who without their pay Refus'd to strike a blow but Lords when peace Was purchas'd for you and victorie brought home Where was your gratitude who in your Coffers Hoarded the rustie treasure which was due To my unminded father he was glad To live retir'd in want in penurie Whilst you made feasts of surfeit and forgot Your debts to him The sum of all is this You have been unthankfull to him and I crave The rigor of the Law against you all Cas. My Royall spirited daughter Fro. Annophill Thou art a worthy wench let me embrace thee Ann. Lords why doe ye keep your seats they are no places For such as are offenders Pos. Though our ignorance Of Cassilanes engagements might asswage Severity of justice yet to shew How no excuse should smooth a breach of Law I yeeld me to the triall of it Porp. So must I Great Prince of Cyprus you are left The onely Moderator in this difference And as you are a Prince be a Protector To wofull Candy Phil. What a Scene of miserie Hath thine obdurate frowardnesse old man Drawne on thy Countries bosome and for that Thy proud ambition could not mount so high As to be stil'd thy Countries onely Patron Thy malice hath descended to the depth Of hell to be renowned in the Title Of the destroyer dost thou yet perceive What curses all posterity will brand Thy grave with that at once hast rob'd this kingdome Of honour and of safety Erot. Children yet unborne Will stop their eares when thou art nam'd Arc. The world will be too little to containe The memorie of this detested deed The Furies will abhorre it Dec. What the sword Could not enforce your peevish thirst of honour A brave cold weak imaginarie fame Hath brought on Candy Candy groans not these That are to die Phil. 'T is happinesse enough For them that they shall not survive to see The wounds wherewith thou stab'st the land that gave Thee life and name Dec. 'T is Candy's wrack shall feele Cas. The mischief of your folly Porp. Pos. Annophill Ann. I will not be entreated Cas. Prethee Annophill Ann. Why would ye urge me to a mercy which You in your selfe allow not Cas. 'T is the Law That if the party who complaines remit The offender he is freed is 't not so Lords Porp. Pos. 'T is so Cas. Antinous By my shame observe What a close witch-craft popular applause is I am awak'd and with cleare eyes behold The Lethargie wherein my reason long Hath been be-charm'd Live live my matchlesse sonne Blest in thy fathers blessing much more blest In thine owne vertues let me dew thy cheeks With my unmanly teares Rise I forgive thee And good Antinous if I shall be thy father Forgive me I can speak no more Ant. Deare Sir You new beget me now Madam your pardon I hartily remit you Ero. I as freely Discharge thee Cassilane Ann. My gracious Lords Repute me not a blemish to my Sex In that I strove to cure a desperate evill With a more violent remedy your lives Your honours are your owne Phil. Then with consent Be reconcil'd on all sides Please you fathers To take your places Pos. Let us againe ascend With joy and thankfulnesse to heaven And now To other businesse Lords Enter Gaspero and Melitus with Gonzalo Mel. Two howres and more Sir The Senate hath been set Gonz. And I not know it Who sits with them Mel. My Lord the Prince of Cyprus Gonz. Gaspero VVhy how comes that to passe Gas Some waighty cause I warrant you Gonz. Now Lords the businesse ha VVho 's here Erota Porp. Secretarie doe your charge Upon that Traitor Gonz. Traytor Gas Yes Gonzalo Traitor Of treason to the peace and state of Candy I doe arrest thee Gonz. Me thou dog Enter Fernando and Michael Mich. With License From this grave Senate I arrest thee likewise Of Treason to the State of Venice Gonz. Ha Is Michael here nay then I see I am undone Ero. I shall not be your Queen Your Dutchesse or your Empresse Gonz. Dull dull braine O I am fool'd Gas Look Sir do you know this hand Mic. Do you know this Seale First Lords he writes to Venice To make a perfect league during which time He would in private keep some Troops in pay Bribe all the Centinells throughout this kindom Corrupt the Captaines at a Banquet poyson The Prince and greatest Peeres and in conclusion Yield Candy slave to Venice Gas Next he contracted With the Illustrious Princesse the Lady Erota In hope of marriage with her to deliver All the Venetian gallantry and strength Upon their first arrivall to the mercy Of her and Candy Erot. This is true Gonzalo Gon. Let it be true what then Pos. My Lord Ambassadour What 's your demand Mich. As likes the State of Candy Either to sentence him as he deserves Here or to send him like a slave to Venice Porph. We shall advise upon it Gonz. O the devills That had not thrust this trick into my pate A Politician foole destruction plague Candy and Venice both Pos. Porp. Away with him Mel. Come sir I le see you safe Exeunt Gonz. Mel. Ero. Lords e're you part Be witnesse to another change of wonder Antinous now be bold before this presence Freely to speak whether or no I us'd The humblest meanes affection could contrive To gaine thy love Ant. Madam I must confesse it And ever am your servant Ero. Yes Antinous My servant for my Lord thou shalt be never I here disclaim the interest thou hadst once In my too passionate thoughts Most noble Prince If yet a relique of thy wonted flames Live warme within thy bosome then I blush not To offer up the assurance of my faith To thee that hast deserv'd it best Phil. O Madam You play with my calamity Ero. Let heaven Record my truth for ever Phil. With more joy Then I have words to utter I accept it I also pawne you mine Ero. The man that in requitall Of noble and un-sought affection Growes cruell never lov'd nor did Antinous Yet herein Prince ye are beholding to him For his neglect of me humbled a pride Which to a vertuous wife had been a Monster Phil. For which I le ranke him my deserving friend Ant. Much comfort dwell with you as I could wish To him I honour most Cas. O my Antinous My owne my owne good son Fer. One suit I have
heart was even a bleeding in my body Dor. A curl'd haire gentleman stept in a stranger As he rod by belike he heard our bickering Saw our distresses drew his sword and prov'd He came to execute and not to argue Lord what a lightning me thought flew about him When he once toss'd his blade in face Adonis While peace inhabited between his eye-browes But when his noble anger stirr'd his mettle And blew his firie parts into a flame Like Pallas when she sits between two armies Viewing with horrid browes their sad events Such then hee look'd and as her shield had arm'd him Cal. This man sir were a friend to give an age for This gentleman I must love naturally Nothing can keep me off I pray you goe on sir Dor. I will for now you please me this brave youth This bud of Mars for yet he is no riper When once he had drawne bloud and flesh'd his sword Fitted his manly mettle to his spirit How he bestirr'd him what a lane he made And through their fierie Bullets thrust securely The hardned villaines wondring at his confidence Lame as I was I follow'd and admir'd too And stirr'd and laid about me with new spirit My men too with new hearts thrust into action And down the rogues went Cle. I am strook with wonder Dor. Remember but the storie of strong Hector When like to lightning he broke through his van-guard How the Greeks frighted ran away by Troops And trod downe Troops to save their lives so this man Dispers'd these slaves had they been more and mightier He had come off the greater and more wonder Cle. Where is the man good sir that we may honor him Cal. That we may fall in superstition to him Dor. I know not that from me he late departed But not without that pious care to see safe Me and my weak men lodg'd and dress'd I urg'd him First hither that I might more freely thanke him He told me he had businesse crav'd my pardon Businesse of much import Clean. Know you his name Dor. That he deny'd me too a vow had bard him Cal. In that he was not noble to be namelesse Dor. Daughter you must remēber him when I am dead And in a noble sort requite his piety 'T was his desire to dedicate this service To your faire thoughts Cal. He knowes me then Dor. I nam'd you And nam'd you mine I think that 's all his knowledge Cle. No name no being Cal. Now I am mad to know him Saving mine honour any thing I had now But to enjoy his sight but his bare picture Make me his Saint I must needs honour him Serv. I know his name Cal. There 's thy reward for 't speak it Ser. His man told me but he desir'd my silence Cal. O Jasper speak 't is thy good Masters cause too We all are bound ingratitude to compell thee Serv Lisander Yes I am sure it was Lisander Cal. Lisander 't was Lisander Cle. 'T is Lisander O my base thoughts my wicked To make question this act could be another mans 'T is Lisander a handsome timber'd man Serv. Yes Cle. My Lisander was this friends absence to bee mourn'd Cal. I grant it I le mourne his going now and mourne it seriously When you weep for him sir I le beare you company That so much honour so much honesty Should be in one man to doe things thus bravely Make me his Saint to me give this brave service VVhat may I doe to recompence his goodnesse I cannot tell Cle. Come sir I know you are sickly so are your men Dor. I must confesse I am weake And fitter for a bed then long discourses Cle. You shall hear to morrow to morrow provide Surgeons Dor. Lisander Cal. VVhat new fire is this Lisander Exeunt Actus Secundus Scaena prima Enter Lisander and Lancelot Lis. PRethee good Lancelot remember that Thy Masters life is in thy trust and therefore Be very careful Lance. I will lose mine owne rather then hazard yours Lis. Take what disguise You in your owne discretion shall think fittest To keep your selfe unknowne Lanc. I warrant yee 'T is not the first time I have gone invisible I am as fine a Fairie in a businesse Concerning night-worke Lis. Leave your vanities VVith this purse which deliver'd You may spare your Oratory convey this Letter to Caliste's woman Lanc. 'T is a handsome girle Mistris Clarinda Lis. I have made her mine You know your work Lanc. And if I sweat not in it At my returne discarde me Exit Lisand. O Caliste the fairest cruellest Enter Clarange Clar. So early stirring a good day to you Lis. I was viewing sir The site of your house and the handsomnesse about it Believe me it stands healthfully and sweetly Clara. The house and master of it really Are ever at your service Lis. I returne it Now if you please goe forward in your storie Of your deare friend and Mistris Clara. I will tell it And tell it short because 't is breakfast time And love a tedious thing to a quick stomach You eate not yester-night Lis. I shall endure sir Clara. My selfe and as I then deliver'd to you A gentleman of noble hope one Lidian Both brought up from our infancy together One company one friendship and one exercise Ever affecting one bed holding us One griefe and one joy parted still between us More then companions twins in all our actions VVe grew up till we were men held one heart still Time call'd us on to Armes we were one souldier Alike we sought our dangers and our honours Gloried alike one in anothers noblenesse VVhen Armes had made us fit we were one lover VVe lov'd one woman lov'd without division And woo'd a long time with one faire affection And she as it appeares loves us alike too At length considering what our love must grow to And covet in the end this one was parted Rivalls and honours make men stand at distance VVe then woo'd with advantage but were friends still Saluted fairely kept the peace of love We could not both enjoy the Ladies favour Without some scandall to her reputation We put it to her choice this was her sentence To part both from her and the last returning Should be her Lord we obey'd and now you know it And for my part so truely I am touch'd with 't I will goe farre enough and be the last too Or ne're returne Lisand. A sentence of much cruelty But milde compar'd with what 's pronounc'd on me Our loving youth is borne to many miseries What is that Lidian pray ye Claran. Caliste's brother if ever you have heard of that faire Ladie Lisan. I have seen her sir Claran. Then you have seen a wonder Lisan. I doe confesse of what yeares is this Lidian Clara. About my years there is not much between us Lisan. I long to know him Clara. 'T is a vertuous longing As many hopes hang on his noble head As blossoms on a bough in May and sweet ones Lis. Ye are
in again to fetch you off Lid. His honor'd name Pronounc'd by such a treacherous tongue is tainted Maintaine thy treason with thy sword With what Contempt I heare it in a Wildernesse I durst encounter it and would but that In my retired houres not counterfeited As thy religious shape was I have learn'd When Justice may determine such a cause And of such weight as this faire Lady is Must not be put to fortune I appeale Unto the King and he whose wisedome knowes To doe his subjects right in their estates As graciously with judgement will determine In points of honour Olin. I 'le steere the same course with you Claran I 'le stand the tryall Fri. What have you done or what intend you Claran. Aske not I 'le come off with honour Exeunt Enter Beronte Clarinda Malfort a bar set forth Officers Ber. Be constant in your proofes should you shrinke backe now Your life must answer it nor am I safe My honour being engag'd to make that good Which you affirme Clarin. I am confident so dearely I honour'd my dead Lord that no respect Or of my Ladies bounties which were great ones I must confesse nor of her former life For while that she was chast indeed I lov'd her Shall hinder me from lending my assistance Unto your just revenge mine owne I meane aside If Leon keepe far off enough all 's secure Lisander dares not come in modest blushes Parted with me long since and impudence Arm'd with my hate unto her innocence shall be The weapon I will fight with now Ber. The racke Being presented to you you 'l roare out What you conceale yet Mal. Conceale I know nothing But that I shall be hang'd and that I looke for It is my destiny I ever had A hanging looke and a wise woman told me Though I had not the heart to do a deed Worthy the halter in my youth or age I should take a turne with a wry mouth and now 'T is come about I have penn'd mine owne ballad Before my condemnation in feare Some rimer should prevent me here 's my Lady Would I were in heaven or a thousand miles hence That I might not blush to looke on her Enter Dorilaus Caliste Olinda Dor. You behold this preparation and the enemies Who are to fight against your life yet if You bring no witnesse here that may convince ye Of breach of faith to your Lords bed and hold up Unspotted hands before the King this tryall You are to undergo will but refine And not consume your honour Cal How confirm'd I am here whatsoever Fate falls on me You shall have ample testimony till the death Of my deare Lord to whose sad memory I pay a mourning widdowes teares I liv'd Too happy in my holy-day trim of glorie And courted with felicitie that drew on me With other helpes of nature as of fortune The envie not the love of most that knew me This made me to presume too much perhaps Too proud but I am humbled and if now I doe make it apparent I can beare Adversity with such a constant patience As will set off my innocence I hope sir In your declining age when I should live A comfort to you you shall have no cause How e're I stand accus'd to hold your honour Ship-wrack'd in such a daughter Ol. O best friend my honour 's at the stake too for Dor. Be silent the King Enter King Lemure and Attendants Lem. Sir if you please to look upon The Prisoner and the many services Her Father hath done for you King We must look on The cause and not the persons Yet beholding With an impartiall eye th' excelling beauties Of this faire Lady which we did beleeve Upon report but till now never saw 'em It moves a strange kind of compassion in me Let us survey you nearer shee 's a book To be with care perus'd and t is my wonder If such mishapen ghests as lust and murther At any price should ever finde a lodging In such a beauteous Inne mistake us not Though we admire the outward structure if The roomes be foule within expect no favour I were no man if I could look on beautie Distress'd without some pitty but no King If any superficiall glosse of feature Could worke me to decline the course of Justice But to the cause Cleander's death what proofes Can you produce against her Ber. Royall sir touching that point my brothers death We build on suppositions King Suppositions how Is such a Lady sir to bee condemn'd On suppositions Ber. They are well grounded sir And if we make it evident she is guilty Of the first crime we charge her with Adulterie That being the parent it may finde beliefe That murther was the issue King We allow It may be so but that it may be must not Inferre a necessary consequence To cast away a Ladies life What witnesses To make this good Ber. The principall this woman For many yeares her servant she hath taken Her oath in Court Come forward King By my Crowne a lying face Clar. I swore sir for the King And if you are the partie as I doe Believe you are for you have a good face How ever mine appeares swearing for you sir I ought to have my oath passe King Impudent too well what have you sworne Clar. That this Lady was A goodly tempting Lady as she is How thinks your Majestie and I her servant Her officer as one would say and trusted With her closest Chamber-service that Lisander VVas a fine timber'd gentleman and active That he cou'd doe fine gambolls To make a Lady merrie that this paire A very loving couple mutually Affected one another so much for them sir That I a simple waiting-woman having taken My bodily oath the first night of admittance Into her Ladiships service on her slippers That was the book to serve her will in all things And to know no Religion but her pleasure 'T is not yet out of fashion with some Ladies That I as the premisses shew being commanded To doe my function in conveyance of Lisander to her chamber my Lord absent On a pretended sicknesse did the feat It cannot be deny'd and at dead mid-night Left 'em together what they did some here Can easily imagine I have said sir Dor. The devills Oratrix King Then you confesse you were her Bawd Clar. That 's course her agent sir King So goodie agent and you think there is No punishment due for your agentship Clar. Let her suffer first Being my better for adulterie And I le endure the Mulct impos'd on Bawdes Call it by the worst name Cal. Live I to heare this King Take her aside Your answer to this Lady Cal. Heav'n grant me patience to be thus confronted O pardon Royall sir a womans passion By one and this the worst of my mis-fortunes That was my slave but never to such ends sir VVould give a statue motion into furie Let my pass'd life my actions nay intentions Be by my grand accuser justly
Devils Enter 3 Women 3. Here come some of 'em to fright us 1 W. Mine's alive neighbor oh sweet hony husband 2. Thou liest I thinke abominably and thou hadst bin In my place thou wouldst have stunke at both ends Get me some drinke give me whole tuns of drinke Whole cisternes for I have foure dozen of fine firebrands In my belly I have more smoke in my mouth then would Blote a hundred herrings 2 Wo. Art thou come safe agen 3 Wo. I pray you what became of my man is he in a wel 2. At hearts ease in a Well is very well neighbour We left him drinking of a new dozen of Buckets Thy husbands happy he was through roasted And now hee 's basting of himselfe at all points The Clarke and he are cooling their pericraniums Body O me neighbors there 's fire in my codpiece 1 Wo. Blesse my husband 2. Blow it out wife blow blow the gable end a'th' store-house Women Some water water water 3. Peace t is but a sparkle Raise not the Towne again 't will be a great hinderance I 'm glad t is out and 't had tane in my hayloft What frights are these marry heaven blesse thy modicum 3 Wo. But is a drown'd outright pray put me out of Feare neighbor 2. Thou wouldst have it so but after a hundred fires More hee 'l live to see thee burnt for brewing musty Liquor 1. Come le ts goe neighbor 2 For I would very faine turne downe this liquor Come come I fry like a burnt marry-bone Women get you afore and draw upon us Run wenches run and let your taps run with ye Run as the fire were in your tailes cry ale ale Wom. Away le ts nourish the poore wretches 2. Wee 'l Rallie up the rest of the burnt Regiment Enter Governor Captaine Souldier and Guard Gov. The fire 's quencht Captain but the mischief hangs still The Kings redeem'd gon too a trick a dam'd one Oh I am overtaken poorely tamely Cap. Where were the guard that waited upon the prison Sol. Most of 'em slaine yet some scap't sir and they deliver They saw a little boat ready to receive him And those redeem'd him making such haste and fighting Fighting beyond the force of men Gov. I am lost Captaine And all the world will laugh at this and scorne me Count me a heavy sleepy foole a coward A coward past recovery a confirm'd coward One without carriage or common sense Sol. Hee 's gone sir And put to sea amaine past our recovery Not a Boat ready to pursue if there were any The people stand amazed so at their valour And the sudden fright of fire none knowes to execute Gov. Oh I could tear my limbs knock my boys brains 'Gainst every post I meet fool'd with a fire Cap. It was a crafty trick Gov. No I was lazy Confident sluggish lazie had I but met 'em And chang'd a dozen blowes I had forgiv'n 'em By both these hands held up and by that brightnesse That gildes the world with light by all our worships The hidden ebbes and flowes of the blew Ocean I will not rest no mirth shall dwell upon me Wine touch my mouth nor any thing refresh me Till I be wholy quit of this dishonour Make ready my Barrato's instantly And what I shall intend Cap. We are your servants Exeunt Enter Quisara Ruy Dyas Quisar. Never tell me you never car'd to win me Never for my sake to attempt a deed Might draw me to a thought you sought my favour If not for love of me for love of armes sir For that cause you professe for love of honour Of which you stile your selfe the mighty Master You might have stept out nobly and made an offer As if you had intended something excellent Put on a forward face Ru. Deare Lady hold me Quisar, I hold ye as I finde yee a faint servant Ru. By I dare doe Quisar. In a Ladies chamber I dare beleeve ye there 's no mortall danger Give me the man that dares doe to deserve that I thought you Portugalls had been rare wonders Men of those haughty courages and credits That all things were confin'd within your promises The Lords of fate and fortune I beleev'd yee But well I see I am deceiv'd Ruy Dias And blame too late my much beliefe Ru. I am asham'd Lady I was so dull so stupid to your offer Now you have once more school'd me I am right And something shall be thought on suddenly And put in act as soone some preparation Quisar. And give it out Ru. Yes Lady and so great too In which the noyse of all my Countrey-men Quisar. Those will doe well for they are all approv'd ones And though he be restor'd alive Ru. I have ye Quisar. For then we are both servants Ru. I conceive ye Good Madam give me leave to turne my fancies Quis. Do make all things fit then I le visit you Ex. Ru. My selfe the cozen and the Garrison The neighbours of the out-Isles of our nation Syana's strength for I can humour him And proud Bekamus I shall deceive his glory A shout What ringing sound of joy is this whence comes it May be the Princes are in sport Enter Pyniero Christoph Py. Where are ye Ru. Now Pyniero what 's the haste you seek me Py. Doe you know this signe sir Ru. Ha! Py. Doe you know this embleme Your nose is boar'd Ru. Boar'd what 's that Py. Y' are topt sir The Kings come home againe the King Ru. The devill Py. Nay sure he came a gods name home Hee 's return'd sir Christ. And all this joy yee heare Ru. Who durst attempt him The Princes are all here Chry. They are worthy Princes They are speciall Princes all they love by ounces Believe it sir 't is done and done most bravely and easily What fortune have ye lost sir What justice have ye now unto this Lady Py. How stands your claime That ever man should be fool'd so When he should doe and prosper stand protesting Kissing the hand and farting for a favour When he should be about his businesse sweating She bid you goe and pickt you out a purpose To make your selfe a fortune by a Lady a Lady and a lusty one A lovely that now you may goe look she poynted ye Knowing you were a man of worth and merit And bid you fly you have made a faire flight on 't You have caught a goose Ru. How dare you thus molest me A shout It cannot bee Chr. Heark how the generall joy rings Py. Have you your hearing left is not that drunk too For if you had been sober you had been wise sure Ru. Done who dares doe Py. It seems an honest fellow That has ended his Market before you be up Chr. The shame on 't 's a stranger too Py. 'T is no shame He took her at her word and tyed the bargaine Dealt like a man indeed stood not demurring But clapt close to the cause as he will doe
fame courted Now ye want enemies and men to match ye Let not your owne swords seeke your ends to shame ye Enter Demetrius with a Javelin and Gentlemen 3 Emb. Choose which you will or peace or war We come prepar'd for either 1 Ush. Roome for the Prince there Cel. was it the Prince they said how my heart trembl'd 'T is he indeed what a sweet noble fiercenesse Dwels in his eyes young Meleager like When he returnd from slaughter of the Boare Crown'd with the loves and honours of the people With all the gallant youth of Greece he lookes now Who could deny him love Dem. Haile Royall Father Ant. Ye are welcome from your sport sir do you see this gent You that bring thunders in your mouthes and earthquakes To shake and totter my designes can you imagine You men of poore and common apprehensions Whilst I admit this man my son this nature That in one looke carries more fire and fiercenesse Then all your masters in their lives dare I admit him Admit him thus even to my side My bosome When he is fit to rule when all men cry him And all hopes hang about his head thus place him His weapon hatcht in bloud all these attending When he shall make their fortunes all as sudden In any expedition he shall point 'em As arrowes from a Tartars bow and speeding Dare I do this and feare an enemy Feare your great Master yours or yours Dem. O Hercules Who saies you do sir Is there any thing In these mens faces or their Masters actions Able to worke such wonders Cel. Now 'a speakes O I could dwell upon that tongue for ever Dem. You call 'em Kings they never wore those roialties Nor in the progresse of their lives ariv'd yet At any thought of King emperiall dignities And powerfull god-like actions fit for Princes They can no more put on and make 'em sit right Then I can with this mortall hand hold heaven Poore petty men nor have I yet forgot The chiefest honours time and merit gave 'em Lysimachus your Master at his best His highest and his hopefull'st dignities Was but grand-master of the Elephants Seleucus of the Treasure and for Ptolomy A thing not thought on then scarce heard of yet Some master of amunition and must these men Cel. What a brave confidence flowes from his spirit O sweet young man Dem. Must these hold pace with us And on the same field hang their memories Must these examine what the wils of Kings are Prescribe to their designes and chaine their actions To their restraints be freinds and foes when they please Send out their thunders and their menaces As if the fate of mortall thinge were theirs Go home good men and tell your masters from us We do 'em too much honour to force from 'em Their barren countries ruine their vast Cities And tell 'em out of love we meane to leave 'em Since they will needs be Kings no more to tread on Then they have able wits and powers to manage And so we shall befriend 'em ha what does she there Emb. This is your answer King Ant. 'T is like to prove so Dem. Fie sweet what make you here Cel. Pray ye do not chide me Dem. You do your selfe much wrong and me Cel. Pray you pardon me I feele my fault which only was committed Through my deare love to you I have not seen ye And how can I live then I have not spoke to ye Dem. I know this weeke ye have not I will redeem all You are so tender now thinke where you are sweet Cel. What other light have I left Dem. Prethee Celia Indeed I 'le see ye presently Cel. I have done sir You will not misse Dem. By this and this I will not Cel. 'T is in your will and I must be obedient Dem. No more of these assemblies Cel. I am commanded 1 Ush. Roome for the Lady there Madam my service 1 Gent. My Coach and 't please you Lady 2 Ush. Roome before there 2 Gent. The honour Madam but to waite upon you Cel. My servants and my state Lord how they flocke now Before I was affraid they would have beat me How these flies play i' th Sunshine pray ye no services Or if ye needs must play the hobby horses Seek out some beautie that affects 'em farewell Nay pray ye spare Gentlemen I am old enough To go alone at these yeares without crutches Exit 2. Ush. Wel I could curse now but that will not help me I made as sure account of this wench now immediately Do but consider how the devill has crost me Meate for my Master she cries well 3 Em. Once more sir We aske your resolutions peace or war yet Dem. War war my noble father 1 Em. Thus I fling it And faire ey'd peace farewell Ant. You have your answer Conduct out the Embassadours and give 'em convoies Dem. Tell your high hearted Masters they shall not seek us Nor coole i' th' field in expectation of us Wee 'l ease your men those marches In their strengths And full abilities of mind and courage Wee 'l ffnd 'em out and at their best trim buckle with 'em 3 Em. You will find so hot a Souldiers welcome sir Your favor shall not freeze 2 Em. A forward Gentleman Pitty the wars should bruise such hopes Ant. Conduct 'em Ex. Em. Now For this preparation where 's Leontius Call him in presently for I meane in person Gentlemen My selfe with my old fortune Dem. Royall sir Thus low I beg this honour fame already Hath every where rais'd trophies to your glory And conquest now grown old and weake with following The weary marches and the bloudy shockes You daily set her in 't is now scarce honour Fo you that never knew to fight but conquer To sparkle such poore people the roiall Eagle When she hath tri'd her young ones gainst the Sun And found 'em right next teacheth 'em to prey How to command on wing and check below her Even birds of noble plume I am your owne sir You have found my spirit trie it now and teach it To stoop whole kingdomes leave a little for me Let not your glory be so greedy sir To eate up all my hopes you gave me life If to that life you adde not what 's more lasting A noble name for man you have made a shadow Blesse me this day bid me go on and lead Bid me go on no lesse fear'd then Antigonus And to my maiden sword tye fast your fortune I know 't will fight it selfe then deare sir honour me Never faire virgin long'd so Ant. Rise and command then And be as fortunate as I expect ye I love that noble will your young companions Bred up and foster'd with ye I hope Demetrius Enter Leon You will make souldiers too they must not leave ye 2 Gent. Never till life leave us sir Ant. O Leontius Here 's worke for you in hand Leon. I am ev'n right glad sir For by my troath I am
wonder As full a man to see too and as perfect I prethee live not long Lap. How Sha. Let me intreat it Thou dost not know what wrong thou dost mankind To walke so long here not to dye betimes Let me advise thee while thou hast to live here Ev'n for mans honour sake take not a blow more Lap. You should advise them not to strike me then sir For I le take none I assure you lesse then are given Sha. How faine would I preserve mans forme from shame And cannot get it done however sir I charge thee live not long Lap. This is worse then beating Sha. Of what profession art thou tell me sir Besides a Taylor for I le know the truth Lap. A Taylor I 'm as a good a Gentleman Can shew my armes and all Sha. How black and blew they are Is that your manifestation upon paine Of pounding thee to dust assume not wrong fully The name of Gentleman because I am one That must not let thee live Lap. I have done I have done sir If there be any harme beshrew the Herald I 'em sure I ha not been so long a gentleman To make this anger I have nothing no where But what I dearely pay for Exit Sh. Groom begone I never was so heart-sick yet of man Enter Lady the Dukes sister Lapets wife 1. Gen. Here comes a cordiall Sir from tother sex Able to make a dying face look chearfull Sh. The blessednesse of Ladies Lady Y' are well met sir Sh. The sight of you has put an evill from me Whose breath was able to make vertue sicken Lady I 'me glad I came so fortunately What was 't fit Sh. A thing that takes a blow lives and eates after it In very good health you ha' not seen the like Madam A monster worth your sixpence lovely worth Speak low Sir by all likely-hoods 't is her husband That now bestow'd a visitation on me Farewell sir Ex. Sh. Husband is 't possible that he has a wife Would any creature have him 't was some forc'd match If he were not kick'd toth ' Church o th' wedding day I le never come at Court Can be no otherwise Perhaps he was rich speak Mistris Lapet was it not so VVife Nay that 's without all question Sh. O ho he would not want kickers enow then If you are wise I much suspect your honesty For wisedome never fastens constantly But upon merit If you incline to foole You are alike unfit for his societie Nay if it were not boldnesse in the man That honours you to advise you troth his company Should not be frequent with you VVise 'T is good counsell sir Sh. Oh I am so carefull where I reverence So just to goodnesse and her precious purity I am as equallie jealous and as fearefull That any undeserved staine might fall Upon her sanctified whitenesse as of the sin That comes by wilfulnesse VVife Sir I love your thoughts And honour you for your counsell and your care Sh. We are your servants VVife Hee 's but a gentleman o th' chamber he might have kist me Faith where shall one finde lesse courtesie then at Court Say I have an undeserver to my husband That 's ne're the worse for him well strange lipt men 'T is but a kisse lost there 'll more come agen Exit Enter the Passionate Lord the Dukes Kinsman makes a congie or two to nothing 1. Gen. Look who comes here sir his love fit 's upon him I know it by that set smile and those congies How courteous hee 's to nothing which indeed Is the next kin to woman onely shadow The elder Sister of the twaine because 't is seen too See how it kisses the fore-finger still Which is the last edition and being come So neare the thumbe every Cobler has got it Sham. What a ridiculous peice humanity Here makes it selfe 1 Gent. Nay good give leave a little sir Y' are so precise a manhood Sha. It afflicts me When I behold unseemelinesse in an Image So neare the Godhead 't is an injurie To glorious Eternity 1 Gent. Pray use patience sir Pas. I do confesse it freely precious Lady And loves suit' is so the longer it hangs The worse it is better cut off sweet Madam O that same drawing in your nether lip there Foreshewes no goodnesse Lady make you question on 't Shame on me but I love you 1 Gent. Who is 't sir You are at all this paines for may I know her Pas. For thee thou fairest yet the falsest woman That ever broke mans heart-strings 1 Gent. How how 's this sir Pas. What the old tricke of Ladies mans apparrell Wil't nere be left amongst you steale from Court in 't 1 Gent. I see the fit growes stronger Pas. Pray let 's talke a little Sha. I can endure no more 1 Gen. Good let us alone a little You are so exact a worke love light things somewhat sir Sha. Th' are all but shames 1 Gen. What is 't you 'd say to me sir Pas. Can you be so forgetfull to enquire it Lady 1 Gent. Yes truly sir Pas. The more I admire your stintinesse What cause have I given you illustrious Madam To play this strange part with me 1 Gent. Cause enough Do but looke backe sir into your memorie Your love to other women ô lewd man 'Tas almost kil'd my heart you see I 'm chang'd with it I ha' lost the fashion of my Sexe with griefe on 't When I have seen you courting of a Dowdie Compar'd with me and kissing your fore-finger To one o' th' black-guards Mistresses would not this Cracke a poore Ladies heart that beleev'd love And waited for the comfort but 't was said sir A Lady of my haire cannot want pittying The Countries coming up farewell to you sir Pas. Whither intend you sir 1 Gent. A long journey sir The truth is I 'm with child and goe to travell Pas. With child I never got it 1 Gent. I heard you were busie At the same time sir and was loath to trouble you Pas. Why are not you a whore then excellent Madam 1 Gent. O by no meanes 't was done sir in the state Of my beliefe in you and that quits me It lies upon your falshod Pas. Does it so You shall not carry her though sir she 's my contract 2 Gent. I prethee thou four Elements ill brued Torment none but thy selfe away I say Thou beast of passion as the drunkard is The beast of wine dishonour to thy making Thou man in fragments Pas. Heare me pretious Madam Sham. Kneele for thy wits to heaven Pas. Lady I 'le father it Who ere begot it 't is the course of greatnesse Sha. How vertue groanes at this Pas. I 'le raise the Court but I 'le stay your slight Sha. How wretched is that peice Ex. Pas. Lord 1 Gen. He 's the Dukes kinsman sir Sha. That cannot take a passion away sir Nor cut a fit but one poore houre shorter He must endure as much as the poorest
abroad robs health and rest Why here 's no such fury thought on no nor falsehood That brotherly disease fellow-like devill That plaies within our bosome and betrayes us Enter 1 Gent. 1 Gen. Oh are you here Sham. La Nove 't is strange to see thee 1 Gen. I ha' rid one horse to death To finde you out sir Sham. I am not to be found of any man That saw my shame nor seen long 1 Gen. Good your attention You ought to be seen now and found out sir If ever you desire before your ending To performe one good office nay a deare one Mans time can hardly match it Sham. Bee 't as pretious As reputation if it come from Court I will not heare on 't 1 Gen. You must heare of this Sir Sham. Must 1 Gen. You shall heare it Sham. I love thee that thou l't dye 1 Gen. 'T were nobler in me Then in you living you will live a murderer If you deny this office Sha. Ev'n to death sir 1 Gen. Why then you 'l kill your brother Sham, How 1 Gent. Your Brother sir Beare witnesse heaven this man destroyes his brother When he may save him his least breath may save him Can there be wilfuller destruction He was forc'd to take a most unmanly wrong Above the suffring vertue of a Soldier Has kill'd his Injurer a work of honour For which unlesse you save him he dyes speedily My conscience is discharg'd I 'me but a friend A Brother should goe forward where I end Exit Sham. Dyes Say he be naught that 's nothing to my goodnesse Which ought to shine through use or else it loses The glorious name 't is knowne by hee 's my brother Yet peace is above bloud Let him goe I But where 's the noblenesse of affection then That must be car'd for too or I 'me imperfect The same bloud that stood up in wrath against him Now in his miserie runs all to pity I 'de rather dye than speak one sillable To save my selfe but living as I am There 's no avoiding on 't the worlds humanity Expects it hourely from me curse of fortune I took my leave so well too Let him dye 'T is but a brother lost so pleasingly And swiftly I came off 't were more then irksomnesse To tread that path agen and I shall never Depart so handsomly But then where 's posterity The consummation of our house and name I 'me torne in pieces betwixt love and shame Exit Scaene 3. Enter Lapet Clown Poultrot Moulbazon and others the new Court Officers Lap. Good morrow fellow Poltrot and Moulbazon Good morrow fellowes all Pol. Mounsieur Lapet Lap. Look I 've remembred you here 's books a piece for you Moul. O sir we dearely thank you Lap. So you may There 's two impressions gone already sirs Pol. What no in so short a time Lap. 'T is as I tell you sir My Kick sells gallantly I thank my stars Clo. So does your Table you may thank the Moon too Lap. 'T is the Book sells the Table Clow. But 't is the Book-seller That has the money for 'em I 'me sure o'th at Lap. 'T will much enrich the Company of Stationers 'T is thought 't will prove a lasting benefit Like the Wise Masters and the Almanacks The hundred Novells and the Book of Cookerie For they begin already to engrosse it And make it a stock-book thinking indeed 'T will prove too great a benefit and help For one that 's new set up they know their way And make him Warden ere his beard be gray Moul. Is 't possible such vertue should lye hid And in so little paper Lap. How Why there was the Carpenter An unknowne thing an odoriferous Pamphlet Yet no more Paper by all computation Then Ajax Telamon would use at once Your Herring prov'd the like able to buy Another Fishers Folly and your Pasquill Went not below the mad-caps of that time And shall my elaborate Kick come behinde think you Clow. Yes it must come behinde 't is in Italica too According to your humour Lap. Not in sale varlet Clow. In sale sir it shall saile beyond 'em all I troe Lap. What have you there now oh Page 21. Clow. That Page is come to his yeares he should be a serving-man La. Mark how I snap up the Duello there One would not use a dog so I must needs say but 's for the common good Clow. Nay sir your Commons seldome fight at sharp But buffet in a ware-house Lap. This will save Many a gentleman of good bloud from bleeding sirs I have a curse from many a Barber Surgeon They'd give but too much money to call 't in Turne to Page 45. see what you finde there Clow. O out upon him Page 45. that 's an old theefe indeed Enter Duke the Lady his sister 1 Gent. Lap. The Duke clap down your Books away Galoshio Clow. Indeed I am too foule to be i th' presence They use to shake me off at the chamber door still Ex. Lady Good my Lord grant my suit let me not rise Without the comfort on 't I have not often Been tedious in this kinde Du. Sister you wrong your selfe And those great vertues that your fame is made of To waste so much breath for a Murderers life Lad. You cannot hate th' offence more then I doe sir Nor the offender the respect I owe Unto his absent brother makes me a suitor A most importunate sister make me worthy But of this one request Duk. I am deafe To any importunacy and sorry For your forgetfulnesse you never injur'd Your worth so much you ought to be rebuk'd for 't Pursue good wayes end as you did begin 'T is halfe the guilt to speak for such a sin Lad. This is loves beggerie right that now is ours When Ladies love and cannot shew their powers Ex. Du. La Nove 1 Gen. My Lord Du. Are these our new attendants Lap. We are my Lord and will endure as much As better men my Lord and more I trust Du. What 's hee 1 Gen. My Lord a decay'd Gentleman That will doe any service Du. A decay'd one 1 Gent. A renounc'd one indeed for this place only Du. We renounce him then go discharge him instantly He that disclaimes his gentry for meere gaines That man 's too base to make a vassaile on Lap. What saies the Duke 1 Gen. Faith little to your comfort sir You must be a gentleman agen Lap. How 1 Gent. There 's no remedy Lap. Marry the fates forfend ne're while I breath sir 1 Gen. The Duke will have it so there 's no resisting He spide it i' your fore-head Lap. My wife 's doing She thought she should be put below her betters now And su'd to ha' me a gentleman agen 1 Gent. And very like sir Marry I le give you this comfort when all 's done You 'll never passe but for a scurvey one That 's all the helpe you have come shew your pace Lap. The heaviest gentleman that e're lost place
ye farther And keep this private all upon your loyalties To morrow morning though I am now beyond him And the lesse lookt for I 'll break my fast with good Count No more away all to our sports be silent Exeunt Ver. What Grace shall I have now Lis. Choose thine owne grace And go to dinner when thou wilt Vertigo We must needs follow the King Ter. You heard the sentence Mon. If you stay here I 'll send thee a shoulder of Venison Go home go home or if thou wilt disguise I 'll help thee to a place to feed the dogs Ped. Or thou shalt be special Tailor to the Kings Monkey 'T is a fine place we cannot stay Ver. No money Nor no grace Gentlemen Ter. 'T is top early Taylor The King has not broke his fast yet Ver. I shall look for ye The next Terme Gentlemen Ped. Thou shalt not misse us Prethee provide some clothes and dost thou hear Vertigo Commend me to thy wife I want some shirts too Ver. I have Chambers for ye all Lis. They are too musty When they are cleer wee 'l come Ver. I must be patient And provident I shall never get home els Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Otrante and Florimell Otr. Prethee be wiser wench thou canst not scape me Let me with love and gentlenesse enjoy that That may be still preserv'd with love and long'd for If violence lay rough hold I shall hate thee And after I have enjoyd thy Maiden-head Thou wilt appear so stale and ugly to me I shall despise thee cast thee off Flor. I pray ye Sir Begin it now and open your dores to me I do confesse I am ugly Let me go Sir A Gipsey-girl Why would your Lordship touch me Fye 't is not noble I am homely bred Course and unfit for you why do you flatter me There be young Ladies many that will love ye That will dote on ye you are a hansome Gentleman What will they say when once they know your quality A Lord a Miller take your Toal-dish with ye You that can deal with Gudgins and course floure 'T is pitie you should taste what manchet means Is this fit Sir for your repute and honour Otr. I 'll love thee still Flo. You cannot there 's no sympathy Between our births our breeding arts conditions And where these are at difference there 's no liking This houre it may be I seem hansom to you And you are taken with variety More then with beauty to morrow when you have enjoy'd me Your heate and lust asswag'd and come to examine Out of cold and penitent condition What you have done whom you have shar'd your love with Made partner of your bed how it will vex ye How you will curse the devil that betrayd ye And what shall become of me then Otr. Wilt thou hear me Flo. As hastie as you were then to enjoy me As precious as this beauty shew'd unto ye You 'll kick me out of dores you will whore and ban me And if I prove with child with your fair issue Give me a pension of five pound a yeer To breed your heir withall and so good speed me Otr. I 'll keep thee like a woman Flo. I 'll keep my self Sir Keep my self honest Sir there 's the brave keeping If you will marry me Otr. Alas poor Florimell Flo. I do confesse I am too course and base Sir To be your wife and it is fit you scorn me Yet such as I have crown'd the lives of great ones To be your whore I am sure I am too worthy For by my troth Sir I am truly honest And that 's an honour equal to your greatnes Otr. I 'll give thee what thou wilt Flo. Tempt me no more then Give me that peace and then you give abundance I know ye do but try me ye are noble All these are but to try my modestie If you should find me easie and once coming I see your eies already how they would fright me I see your honest heart how it would swell And burst it self into a grief against me Your tongue in noble anger now even now Sir Ready to rip my loose thoughts to the bottom And lay my shame unto my self wide open You are a noble Lord you pity poor maids The people are mistaken in your courses You like a father try 'em to the uttermost As they do gold you purge the drosse from them And make them shine Otr. This cunning cannot help ye I love ye to enjoy ye I have stolne ye To enjoy ye now not to be fool'd with circumstance Yeeld willingly or else Flo. What Otr. I will force ye I will not be delay'd a poor base wench That I in curtesie make offer to Argue with me Flo. Do not you will lose your labour Do not my Lord it will become ye poorly Your curtesie may do much on my nature For I am kind as you are and as tender If you compell I have my strengths to fly to My honest thoughts and those are guards about me I can cry too and noise enough I dare make And I have curses that will call down thunder For all I am a poor wench heaven will hear me My body you may force but my will never And be sure I do not live if you do force me Or have no tongue to tell your beastly Story For if I have and if there be a Justice Otr. Pray ye go in here I 'll calme my self for this time And be your friend again Flo. I am commanded Exit Otr. You cannot scape me yet I must enjoy ye I 'll lie with thy wit though I misse thy honesty Is this a wench for a Boors hungry bosom A morsel for a Peasants base embraces And must I starve and the meat in my mouth I 'll none of that Enter Gerasto Ger. How now my Lord how sped ye Have ye done the deed Otr. No pox upon 't she is honest Ger. Honest what 's that you take her bare deniall Was there ever wench brought up in a mill and honest That were a wonder worth a Chronicle Is your belief so large what did she say to ye Otr. She said her honesty was all her dowry And preach'd unto me how unfit and homely Nay how dishonourable it would seem in me To act my will popt me i' th mouth with modestie Ger. What an impudent Quean was that that 's their trick ever Otr. And then discours'd to me very learnedly What fame and loud opinion would tell of me A wife she touch'd at Ger. Out upon her Varlet Was she so bold these home spun things are devils They 'll tell ye a thousand lies if you 'll beleeve 'em And stand upon their honours like great Ladies They 'll speak unhappily too good words to cozen ye And outwardly seem Saints they 'll cry down-right also But 't is for anger that you do not crush 'em Did she not talk of being with child Otr. She toucht at it Ger. The trick of an
rack swifter the virgin from the hated ravisher not half so fearful not a flight drawn home a round stone from a Sling a lovers wish ere made that haste that they have By I have seen these Britains that you magnifie run as they would have out-run time and roaring basely for mercy roaring the light shadows that in a thought scur ore the fields of Corn halted on crutches to 'em Bon. O ye Powers what scandals do I suffer Car. Yes Bonduca I have seen thee run too and thee Nennius yea run apace both then when Penyus the Romane Girl cut thorow your armed Carts and drive 'em headlong on ye down the hill then when he hunted ye like Britain-Foxes more by the sent then sight then did I see these valiant and approved men of Britain like boading Owls creep into tods of Ivie and hoot their fears to one another nightly Nen. And what did you then Caratach Car. I fled too but not so fast your Jewel had been lost then young Hengo there he trasht me Nennius for when your fears out-run him then stept I and in the head of all the Romane fury took him and with my tough Belt to my back I buckled him behinde him my sure Shield and then I follow'd If I say I fought five times in bringing off this bud of Britain I lye not Nennius Neither had ye heard me speak this or ever seen the childe more but that the son of vertue Penyus seeing me steer thorow all these storms of danger my helm still in my hand my sword my prow turn'd to my so my face he cri'd out nobly Go Britain bear thy Lions whelp off safely thy manly sword has ransom'd thee grow strong and let me meet thee once again in arms then if thou stand'st thou art mine I took his offer and here I am to honour him Bon. O Cousin from what a flight of honour hast thou checkt me what wouldst thou make me Caratach Car. See Lady the noble use of others in our losses does this afflict ye Had the Romanes cri'd this and as we have done theirs sung out these fortunes rail'd on our base condition hooted at us made marks as far as the earth was ours to shew us nothing but sea could stop our flights despis'd us and held it equal whether banquetting or beating of the Britains were more businesse it would have gall'd ye Bon. Let me think we conquer'd Car. Do but so think as we may be conquer'd and where we have found vertue though in those that came to make us slaves let 's cherish it There 's not a blowe we gave since Julius landed that was of strength and worth but like Records they file to after-ages Our Registers the Romanes are for noble deeds of honour and shall we burn their mentions with upbraidings Bon. No more I see my self thou hast made me Cousin more then my fortunes durst for they abus'd me and wound me up so high I swell'd with glory thy temperance has cur'd that Tympany and given me health again nay more discretion Shall we have peace for now I love these Romanes Car. Thy love and hate are both unwise ones Lady Bon. Your reason Nen. Is not Peace the end of Arms Car. Not where the cause implies a general Conquest had we a difference with some pettie Isle or with our neighbours Lady for our Land-marks the taking in of some rebellious Lord or making a head against Commotions after a day of Blood Peace might be argued But where we grapple for the ground we live on the Libertie we hold as dear as life the gods we worship and next those our Honours and with those swords that know no end of Battel those men beside themselves allow no neighbour those mindes that where the day is claim inheritance and where the sun makes ripe the fruits their harvest and where they march but measure out more ground to adde to Rome and here i' th' bowels on us it must not be no as they are our foes and those that must be so until we tire 'em let 's use the peace of Honour that 's fair dealing but in our ends our swords That hardy Romane that hopes to graft himself into my stock must first begin his kinred under ground and be alli'd in ashes Bon. Caratach as thou hast nobly spoken shall be done and Hengo to thy charge I here deliver the Romanes shall have worthy Wars Car. They shall And little Sir when your young bones grow stiffer and when I see ye able in a morning to beat a dozen boys and then to breakfast I 'll tye ye to a sword Heng. And what then Uncle Car. Then ye must kill Sir the next valiant Romane that calls ye knave Hengo And must I kill but one Car. An hundred boy I hope Hengo I hope five hundred Car. That 's a noble boy Come worthy Lady let 's to our several charges and henceforth allow an enemy both weight and worth Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Junius and Petillius two Romane Captains Petill. What ailst thou man dost thou want meat Jun. No Petill. Clothes Jun. Neither For heavens love leave me Petill. Drink Jun. Ye tire me Petill. Come 't is drink I know 't is drink Jun. 'T is no drink Petill. I say 't is drink for what affliction can light so heavie on a Souldier to dry him up as thou art but no drink Thou shalt have drink Jun. Prethee Petillius Petill. And by mine honour much drink valiant drink never tell me thou shalt have drink I see like a true friend into thy wants 't is drink and when I leave thee to a desolation especially of that dry nature hang me Jun. Why do you do this to me Petill. For I see although your modestie would fain conceal it which sits as sweetly on a Souldier as an old side-saddle Jun. What do you see Petill. I see as far as day that thou want'st drink Did I not finde thee gaping like an Oyster for a new tide thy very thoughts lie bare like a lowe ebbe thy soul that rid in Sack lies moor'd for want of liquor Do but see into thy self for by I do for all thy body 's chapt and crackt like timber for want of moisture what thou wantst there Junius and if it be not drink Jun. You have too much on 't Petill. It may be a whore too say it be come meecher thou shalt have both a pretty valiant fellow die for a little lap and lechery no it shall ne'er be said in our Countrey thou dy'dst o' th' Chin-cough Heare thou noble Romane the son of her that loves a Souldier hear what I promised for thee thus I said Lady I take thy son to my companion Lady I love thy son thy son loves war the war loves danger danger drink drink discipline which is society and lechery these two beget Commanders fear not Lady thy son shall lead Jun. 'T is a strange thing Petillius that so ridiculous and loose a mirth
breed distemper Tib. Hast thou liv'd at Sea The most part of thy life where to be sober While we have Wine aboord is capitall treason And dost thou preach sobriety Mast. prethee forbeare We may offend in it we know not for whom It was provided Tib. I am sure for me therefore footra When I am full let 'em hang me I care not Mast. This has been his temper ever Enter Albert Aminta Raymond Lamure Morrillat Franvile severally See provoking dishes candid Eringoes And Potatoes Tib. I le not touch 'em I will drink But not a bit on a march I le be an Eunuch rather Mast. Who are these Tib. Marry who you will I keep my text here Alb. Raymond Raym. Albert Tib. Away I le be drunke alone Keep off rogues or I le belch ye into ayre Not a drop here Amin. Deere brother put not in your eyes such anger Those looks poyson'd with fury shot at him Reflect on me O brother looke milder or The Christall of his temperance Will turn 'em on your selfe Alb. Sir have sought ye long To finde your pardon you have ploughed the Ocean To wreak your vengeance on me for the rape Of this faire virgin Now our fortune guides us To meet on such hard terms that we need rather A mutuall pitty of our present state Then to expostulate of breaches past Which cannot be made up And though it be Far from your power to force me to confesse That I have done ye wrong or such submission Failing to make my peace to vent your anger You being your selfe slav'd as I to others Yet for your sisters sake her blessed sake In part of recompence of what she has suffered For my rash folly the contagion Of my black actions catching hold upon Her purer innocence I crave your mercy And wish however severall motives kept us From being friends while we had hope to live Let death which we expect and cannot fly from End all contention Tib. Drink upon 't 't is a good motion Ratifie it in Wine and t is authenticall Raym. When I consider The ground of our long difference and look on Our not to be avoyded miseries It doth beget in me I know not how A soft religious tendernesse which tels me Though we have many faults to answer for Upon our own account our fathers crimes Are in us punisht O Albert the course They took to leave us rich was not honest Nor can that friendship last which vertue joyns not When first they forc'd the industrious Portugals From their Plantations in the happy Islands Cro. This is that I watch for Raym. And did omit no tyranny which men Inured to spoyle and mischiefe could inflict On the griev'd sufferers when by lawlesse rapine They reapt the harvest which their labours sowed And not content to force 'em from their dwelling But layd for 'em at Sea to ravish from 'em The last remainder of their wealth then then After a long pursuit each doubting other As guilty of the Portugals escape They did begin to quarrell like ill men Forgive me piety that I call em so No longer love or correspondence holds Then it is cimented with prey or profit Then did they turn those Swords they oft had bloodied With innocent gore upon their wretched selves And payd the forfeit of their cruelty Shown to Sebastian and his Collonie By being fatall Enemies to each other Thence grew Amintas rape and my desire To be reveng'd And now observe the issue As they for spoyle ever forgot compassion To women who should be exempted From the extremities of a lawfull war We now young able men are faln into The hands of women that against the soft Tendernesse familiar to their sex Enter Crocale Will shew no mercy Cro. None unlesse you shew us Our long lost husbands We are those Potugals you talk'd of Raym. Stay I met upon the Sea in a tall ship Two Portugals famisht almost to death Tib. Our ship by this Wine And those the rogues that stole her Left us to famish in the barraine Islands Ray. Some such tale they told me And something of a woman which I find To be my sister Cro. Where are these men Ray. I left 'em Supposing they had deluded me with forg'd tales In the Island where they sayd They had liv'd many years the wretched owners Of a huge masse of treasure Alb. The same men and that the fatall muck We quarreld for Cro. They were Portugals you say Ray. So they profes'd Cro. They may prove such men as may save your lives And so much I am taken with faire hope That I will hazard life to be resolv'd on 't How came you hither Ray. My ship lies by the rivers mouth That can convey yee to these wretched men Which you desire to see Cro. Back to your prisons And pray for the successe if they be those Which I desire to finde you are safe If not prepare to die to morrow For the world cannot redeem ye Alb. How ever we are armd For either fortune Exit Ti. What must become of me now That I am not dismis'd Cro. O sir I purpose To have your company Ti. Take heed wicked woman I am apt to mischiefe now Cro. You cannot be so unkind To her that gives you liberty Ti. No I shall be too kind that 's the devil on 't I have had store of good wine and when I am drunk Joane is a Lady to me and I shall Lay about me like a Lord I feele strange motions Avoid me temptation Cro. Come sir I 'le help yee in Exeunt Enter Sebastian and Nicusa Nicu. VVhat may that be That mooves upon the Lake Seba. Still it drawes neerer And now I plainly can descerne it T is the French ship Nicu. In it a woman VVho seemes to invite us to her Seba. Still she cals with signes of Love to hasten to her So lovely hope doth still appeare I feele nor age nor weaknesse Nicu. Though it bring death To us t is comfort and deserves a meeting Or els fortune tyrd with what we have suffer'd And in it overcome as it may be Now sets a period to our misery Exeunt Enter severally Raymond Albert Aminta horrid Musicke Ray. What dreadfull sounds are these Amin Infernall Musick Fit for a bloody Feast Alb. It seemes prepar'd To kill our courages e're they divorse Our soules and bodies Ray. But they that fearelesse fall Deprive them of their triumph An alter prepar'd Enter Rossillia Clarinda Iulletta Hippollitta c. Aminta See the furies In their full Trym of cruelty Ros. T is the last Duty that I can pay to my dead Lord Set out the Altar I my selfe wil be The Priest and boldly do those horrid Rites You shake to think on lead these Captaines neerer For they shall have the honour to fall first To my Sebastians ashes and now wretches As I am taught already that you are And lately by your free confession French pirats and the sons of those I hate Even equall with
King Needs men that onely doe what he commands And search no further 't is the profession Of all our Nation to serve faithfully Where th' are best payed and if you entertaine us I doe not know the thing you can command Which we 'le not put in act Roner. A goodly Parsonage Mast. And if you have an Enemy or so That you would have dispatch'd Gun They are here can fit you Boats Or if there be an Itch though to a man Sess. You shall tye Our consciences in your purse-strings Roner. Gentlemen I like your freedome I am now in haste But waite for my return I like the Rascals They may be usefull Ses. We 'l attend you Sir Roner. Doe and be confident of entertainment I hope ye will deserve it Exit Roner and Guard Ses. O no doubt Sir Thus farre we are prosperous we 'l be his guard Till Tyranny and pride finde full reward Exeunt Enter Pandulfo and Juliana Pand. My blessing no a Fathers heavy curse Pursue and overtake him Jul. Gentle Sir Pand. My name and Family end in my self Rather then live in him Iul. Deare Sir forbeare A fathers curses hit far off and kill too And like a murthering-piece aymes not at one But all that stand within the dangerous level Some bullet may return upon your selfe too Though against nature if you still go on In this unnaturall course Pand. Thou art not made Of that same stuffe as other women are Thy injuries would teach patience to blaspheme Yet still thou art a Dove Jul. I know not malice but like an innocent suffer Pand. More miraculous He have a woman Chronicled and for goodnesse Which is the greatest wonder Let me see I have no sonne to inherit after me Him I disclaime What then He make thy vertues my sole heire Thy story I le have written and in Gold to In prose and verse and by the ablest doers A word or two of a kind step-father He have put in good Kings and Queens shal buy it And if the actions of ill great women And of the modern times too are remembred That have undone their husbands and their families What will our story do It shal be so And I wil streight about it Exit Pand. Enter Boy Jul. Such as love Goodnesse for glory have it for reward I love mine for it selfe let innocence Be written on my Tomb though ne're so humble T is all I am ambitious of But I Forget my vows Boy 'Fore me you are not modest Nor is this Courtlike Would you take it wel If she should rudely presse into your Clolst When from your several Boxes you choose paint To make a this daies face with Jul. What 's the matter Boy Pray know her pleasure first Jul. To whom speak you Boy Boy Your Ladiships pardon That proud Lady theife That stole away my Lord from your embraces Wrinckes at two and twenty on her cheekes for 't Or Mercury unallayed make blisters on it Would force a visit Jul. And dare you deny her Or any else that I call mine No more Attend her with all reverence and respect The want in you of manners my Lord may Construe in me for malice I wil teach you How to esteem and love the beauty he dotes on Prepare a banquet Enter Martia and Boy Madam thus my duty Stoops to the favour you vouchsafe your servant In honouring her house Mart. Is this in scorn Jul. No by the life of Virolet give me leave To sweare by him as by a Saint I worship But am to know no further my heart speaks that My servants have been rude and this boy doting Upon my sorrows hath forgot his duty In which that you may think I have no share Sirra upon your knees desire her pardon Boy I dare not disobey you Mart. Prethee rise My anger never looks so low I thank you And wil deserve it If we may be private I came to see and speak with you Jul. Be gone Exit Boy Good Madam sit Mart. I rob you of your place then Jul. You have deserv'd a better in my bed Make use of this too Now your pleasure Lady If in your breaard there be a worthy pitty That brings you for my comfort you do nobly But if you come to triumph in your conquest Or tread on my calamities 't wil wrong Your other excellencies Let it suffice That you alone enjoy the best of men And that I am forsaken Mart. He the best The scum and shame of mankind Jul. Virolet Lady Mart. Blest in him I would my youth had chosen Consuming feavers bed-rid age For my companions rather then a thing To lay whose basenesse open would even poyson The tongue that speaks it Jul. Certainly from you At no part he deserves this and I tell you Durst I pretend but the least title to him I should not hear this Mart. He 's an impudent villaine Or a malicious wretch to you ungratefull To me beyond expression barbarous I more then hate him from you he deserves A death most horrid from me to die for ever And know no end of torments Would you have comfort Would you wash off the stain that sticks upon you In being refus'd Would you redeem your fame Shipwrack'd in his base wrongs if you desire this It is not to be done with slavish suffering But by a Noble anger making way To a most brave revenge we may call justice Our injuries are equal joyn with me then And share the honour Jul. I scarce understand you And know I shal be most unapt to learn To hate the man I stil must love and honour Mar. This foolish dotage in soft-hearted women Makes proud men insolent but take your way I le run another course Jul. As you are noble Deliver his offence Mart. He has denied The rites due to a wife Jul. O me most happy How largely am I payd for all my sufferings Most honest Virolet thou just performer Of all thy promises I call to mind now When I was happy in those joyes you speak of In a chast bed and warranted by Law too He oft would swear that if he should survive me Which then I knew he wisht not never woman Should taste of his imbraces this one act Makes me again his debtor Mart. And was this The cause my youth and beauty were contemn'd If I sit down here wel Jul. I dare thy worst Plot what thou canst my piety shal guard him Against thy malice Leave my house and quickly Thou wilt infect these innocent walls By vertue I wil inform him of thy bloody purpose And turn it on thine own accursed head Believ 't I wil Exit Juliana Mart But t is not in thy power To hinder what I have decreed against him He set my selfe to sale and live a strumpet Forget my birth my father and his honour Rather then want an instrument to help me Enter Ronvere In my revenge The Captain of the guard Blest opportunity courts me Ron. Sad and troubled How brave
sir Jul. Ye have done it handsomely And I le inform the Duke so Pray ye attend him Let him want nothing but his will Mast. He shall not And if he be rebellious Jul. Never spare him H 'as flesh and hide enough he loves a whipping Mast. My service to his Grace Exit Jul. I shall commend it So thou art fast I must goe get some fresh roome To laugh and caper in O how it tickles me O how it tumbles me with joy thy mouths stopt Now if I can doe my Mistris good I am Sainted Exit Actus Quintus Scaena prima Enter Seberto Curio Seb. Now o' my conscience we have lost him utterly He 's not gon home we heard from thence this morning And since our parting last at Rodorigo's You know what ground we have travel'd Cur. He 's asleep sure For if he had been awake we should have met with him 'Faith let 's turn back we have but a fruitlesse journey And to hope further of Alindas recovery For sure she 'l rather perish then returne Is but to seeke a Moth i' th Sunne Seb. We 'l on sure Something we 'l know some cause of all this fooling Make some discovery Cur. Which way shall we cast then For all the Champion Country and the villages And all those sides Seb. We 'l crosse these woods a while then Here if we faile we 'l gallop to Segonia Add if we light of no news there heare nothing We 'l even turn fairly home and coast the other side Cur. He may be sicke or faln into some danger He has no guide nor no man to attend him Seb. He 's well enough he has a travel'd body And though he be old he 's tough and will endure well But he is so violent to finde her out That his anger leads him a thousand wild goose chases I le warrant he is well Cur. Shall we part company Seb. By no means no that were a sullen businesse No pleasure in our journey Come let 's crosse here first And where we finde the paths let them direct us Exeunt Scaena secunda Enter Juletta Alinda Jul. Why are you still so fearfull of me Lady So doubtfull of my faith and honest service To hide your selfe from me to fly my company Am I not yours all yours by this light you shake still Do ye suspect me false did I ever faile ye Doe you think I am corrupted base and treacherous Lord how ye look Is not my life tyde to ye And all the power I have to serve and honour ye Still do ye doubt still am I terrible I will not trouble ye good Heaven preserve ye And send ye what ye wish I will not see ye Nor once remember I had such a Mistris I will not speak of ye nor name Alinda For feare you should suspect I would betray ye Goodnesse and peace conduct ye Alin. Prethee pardon me I know thou art truly faithfull and thou art welcome A welcome partner to my miseries Thou knowst I love thee too Jul. I have thought so Lady Alin. Alas my feares have so distracted me I durst not trust my selfe Jul. Come pray ye think better And cast those by at least consider Lady How to prevent 'em pray ye put off this fooles coate Though it have kept ye secret for a season T is known now and will betray ye your arch enemy Roderigo is abroad many are looking for ye Alin. I know it and those many I have cozen'd Jul. You cannot still thus Alin. I have no meanes to shift it Jul. I have and shift you too I lay last night At a poore widows house here in the Thicket Whether I will conduct ye and new shape ye My selfe too to attend ye Alin. What meanes hast thou For mine are gone Jul. Feare not enough to serve ye I came not out so empty Alin. Prethee tell me For thou hast stroke a kind of comfort through me When saw'st thou Roderigo Jul. Even this morning And in these woods take heed h 'as got a new shape Alin. The habit of a Pilgrime yes I know it And I hope shall prevent it was he alone Jul. No Madam and which made me wonder mightily He was in company with that handsome Pilgrime That sad sweet man Alin. That I forgot to give to Jul. The same the very same that you so pittied A man as fit to suit his villanies Alin. And did they walke together Jul. Wondrous civilly Alin. Talke and discourse Jul. I thinke so for I see 'em Make many stands and then embrace each other Alin. The Pilgrime is betraid a Judas dwels with him A Simon that will seem a Saint to choake him Canst thou but shew me this Jul. Lord how she trembles Not thus for all the world ye are undone then But let 's retire and alter then we 'l walke free And then I le shew ye any things Alin. Come good wench And speedily for I have strang faiths working As strange feares too I le tell thee all my life then Jul. Come quick I le conduct ye and still serve ye And doe not feare hang feare it spoiles all projects This way I le be your guide Exeunt Scena tertia Enter Governour Verdugo Citizens Gov. Use all your sports All your solemnities t is the Kings day to morrow His birth day and his marriage a glad day A day we ought to honour all 1 Cit. We will sir And make Segonia ring with our rejoycings Gov. Be sumptuous but not riotous be bounteous But not in drunken Bacchanals free to all strangers Easie and sweet in all your entertainments For t is a Royall day admits no rudenesse 2 Cit. Your Lordship will do us the honour to be here your selfe And grace the day Gov. T is a maine part of my service 3 Cit. I hope your honour has taken into your consideration The miseries we have suffered by these Out-laws The losses howrly feares the rude abuses Strangers that travell to us are daily loaden with Our daughters and our wives complaints Gov. I am sorry for 't And have Commission from the King to ease it You shall not be long vext 1 Cit. Had we not wals sir And those continually man'd too with our watches We should not have a bit of meat to feed us And yet they are our friends and we must think so And entertaine 'em so sometimes and feast 'em And send 'em loden home too we are lost else 2 Cit. They 'l come to Church amongst us as we hope Christians When all their zeale is but to steale the Chalices At this good time now if your Lordship were not here To awe their violence with your authority They would play such gambals Gov. Are they grown so heady 2 Cit. They would drink up all our Wine pisse out our Bonfires Then like the drunken Centaures have at the fairest Nay have at all fourscore and ten 's a Goddesse Whilst we like fooles stand shaking in our cellars Gov. Are they so fierce
observe you Courtier is more curious To set himselfe forth richly then his Lady His baths perfumes nay paintings too more costly Then his frugality wil allow to her His clothes as chargeable and grant him but A thing without a beard and he may passe At all times for a woman and with some Have better welcome Now your man of Lands For the most part is carefull to manure them But leaves his Lady fallow your great Merchant Breakes oftner for the debt he ows his wife Then with his creditors and that 's the reason She looks elsewhere for payment Now your Souldier Vel. I mary do him right Abd. First who has one Has a perpetuall guard upon her honour For while he weares a Sword Isander her selfe Dares not barke at it next she sits at home Like a great Queen and tends him forth to fetch in Her Tribute from all parts which being brought home He layes it at her feet and seeks no further For his reward then what she may give freely And with delight too from her own Exchequer Which he finds ever open Ori. Be more modest Abd. Why we may speak of that we are glad to taste of Among our selves I mean Ori. Thou talkst of nothing Abd. Of nothing Madam You have found it something Or with the raising up this pretty mount here My Lord hath dealt with spirits Enter Gomera Ori. Two long houres absent Gom. Thy pardon Sweet I have been looking on The prize that was brought in by the brave Dane The valiant Norandine and have brought something That may be thou wilt like of but one kisse And then possesse my purchase there 's a piece Of cloth of Tissew this of purpler Velvet And as they sweare of the right Tyrian dye Which others here but weakly counterfeit If they are worth thy use weare them if not Bestow them on thy women Abd. Here 's the husband Gom. While there is any trading oh the Sea Thou shalt want nothing t is a Souldiers glory How ever he neglect himselfe to keep His Mistris in full lustre Ori. You exceed sir Gom. Yet there was one part of the prize dispos'd of Before I came which I grieve that I miss'd of Being almost assured it would have been A welcome present Ori. Pray you say what was it Gom. A Turkish Captive of incomparable beauty And without question in her Countrey Noble Which as companion to thy faithfull Noble I would have given thee for thy slave Ori. But was she Of such an exquisite forme Gom. Most equisite Ori. And well descended Gom. So the habit promis'd In which she was taken Ori. Of what yeeres Gom. T is said A Virgin of fourteen Ori. I pity her And wish she were mine that I might have the means T' entertain her gently Gom. She 's now Miranda's And as I have heard made it her suit to be so Ori. Miranda s then her fate deserves not pity But envy rather Gom. Envy Oriana Ori. Yes and their envy that live free Gom. How 's this Ori. Why she is faln into the hands of one So full of that which in men we stile goodnes That in her being his slave she is happier far Then if she were confirm'd the Sultans Mistris Gom. Miranda is indeed a Gentleman Of faire desert and better hopes but yet He hath his equals 0ri. Where I would go far As I am now though much unfit for travailes But to see one that without injury Might be put in the scale or paralleld In any thing that 's Noble with Mirands His knowledge in all services of war And ready courage to put into act That knowing judgement as you are a Souldier You best may speak of Nor can you deliver Nor I heare with delight a better subject And heaven did well in such a lovely feature To place so chaste a mind for he is of So sweet a carriage such a winning nature And such a bold yet well dispos'd behaviour And to all these h 'as such a charming tongue That if he would serve under Loves fresh colours What monumentall Trophies might he raise Of his free conquests made in Ladies favours Gom. Yet you did'sts resist him when he was An earnest suitor to you Ori. Yes I did And if I were again sought to I should But must ascribe it rather to the fate That did appoint me yours then any power Which I can call mine own Gom. Ev'n so Abd. Thanks fortune The plot I had to raise in him doubts of her Thou hast effected Ori. I could tell you too What cause I have to love him with what reason In thankfulnesse he may expect from me All due observance but I passe that as A benefit for which in my behalfe You are his debtor Abd. I perceive it takes By his chang'd lookes Ori. He is not in the City Is he my Lord Gom. Who Lady Ori. Why Miranda Having you here can there be any else Worth my enquiry Gom. This is somewhat more Then love to vertue Ori: Faith when he comes hither as sometimes without question you shall meet him Invite him home Gom. To what end Ori. To dine with us Or sup Gom. And then to take a hard bed with you Mean you not so Ori. If you could win him to it T would be the better for his entertainment Leave that to me he shall finde Noble usage And from me a free welcome Gom. Have you never Heard of a Roman Lady Oriana Remembred as a president for Matrons Chaste ones I pray you understand whose husband Tax'd for his sowre breath by his Enemy Condemn'd his wife for not acquainting him With his infirmity Ori. T is a common one Her answer was having kis'd none but him She thought it was a generall disease All men were subject to but what infer you From that my Lord Gom. Why that this vertuous Lady Had all her thoughts so fix'd upon her Lord That she could finde no spare time to sing praises Of any other nor would she imploy Her husband though perhaps in debt to yeeres As far as I am for an instrument To bring home younger men that might delight her With their discourse or Ori. What my Lord Gom. Their persons Or if I shoutd speak plainer Ori. No it needs not You have said enough to make my innocence know It is suspected Gom. You betray your selfe To more then a suspition could you else To me that live in nothing but love to you Make such a grosse discovery that your lust Had sold that heart I thought mine to Miranda Or rise to such a height in impudence As to presume to worke my yeelding weaknesse To play for your bad ends to my disgrace The Wittall or the Pander Ori. Doe not study To print more wounds for that were tyranny Upon a heart that is pierced through already Gom. Thy heart thou hast pierc'd through mine honor false one The honour of my house foole that I was To give it up to the deceiving trust Of wicked woman for
poyson but a sleeping potion Which she received yet of sufficient strength So to bind up her sences that no signe Of life appeard in her and thus thought dead In her best habit as the custome is You know in Malta with all ceremonies She 's buried in her families monument In the Temple of St. Iohn I 'le bring you thither Thus as you are disguisd some six howers hence The potion will leave working Roc. Let us haste then Discover Tombe Mount Be my good angel guid me Abd. But remember You keep your Oath Mount As I desire to prosper In what I undertake Abd. I ask no more Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Miranda Norandine and Collonna Col. Here sir I have got the Key I borrowd it Of him that keeps the Church the door is open Mir. Look to the horses then and please the fellow After a few devotions I 'le retire Be not far off there may be some use of ye Give me the light come friend a few good prayers Were not bestowd in vaine now even from you sir Men that are bred in blood have no way left 'em No bath no purge no time to weare it out Or wash it off but penitence and prayer I am to take the order and my youth Loaden I must confesse with many follies Circled and bound about with sins as many As in the house of memory live figures My heart I 'le open now my faults confesse And rise a new man heaven I hope to a new life Nor. I have no great devotion at this instant But for a prayer or two I will not out sir Hold up your finger when you have praid enough Mir. Go you to that end Nor. I shall ne'r pray alone sure I have bin so us'd to answer the Clerk would I had a cushion for I shall ne'r make a good Hermit and knee till my knees are horn these stones are plaguy hard where shal I begin now for if I do not observe a method I shall be out presently Ori. Oh oh Nor. What 's that sir did ye heare Mir. Ha to your prayers Nor. 'T was here abouts t' has put me clean awry now I shall ne'r get in again ha by Land And water all children and all women I there it was I left Ori. Oh oh Nor. Never tell me sir Here 's something got amongst us Mir. I heard a groane A dismall one Ori Oh Oh Nor. Here t is here sir 't is here sir A devill in the wall Mir. T is some illusion To fright us from devotion Ori Oh oh Nor. Why t is here The spirit of a huntesman choakd with butter Her 's a new tomb new trickments too Mir. For certaine This has not bin three dayes here Nor. And a Tablet With rimes upon 't Mir. I prethee read 'em Norandine Nor. An Epi and Epi taff I think 't is I 't is taff an Epitaff Upon the most excell excell lent and Mir. Thou canst not read Nor. I have spoild mine eyes with gunpowder Mir. An Epitaph upon the most vertuous and excellent Lady The honor of Chastity Oriana Nor. The grand masters sister how a devil came she here When slipt she out o th' way the stone 's but half upon her Mir. T is is a sodain chang certain the mischiefe Mountferrat offerd to her broak her heart-strings Nor. Would he were here I would be the clerk my self And by this little light I would bury him alive here Her 's no lamenting now Ori. Oh oh Nor. There t is Mir. Sure from the monument the very stone groanes for her Oh deer Lady blessing of women vertue of thy sex How art thou set for ever how stolne from us Babling and prating now converse with women Nor. Sir it rises it looks up She rises up Mir. Heaven blesse us Nor. It is in womans cloathes it rises higher Mir. It looks about and wonders sure she lives sir T is she t is Oriana t is that Lady Nor. Shall I go to her Ori. Where am I Mir. Stand still Ori. What place is this Nor. She is as live as I am Ori. What sinell of earth and rotten bones what dark place Lord whether am I carried Nor. How she stares And sets her eyes upon him Mir. How is 't deer Lady Do you know me how she shakes Ori. You are a man Mir. A man that honours you Ori. A cruell man Ye are all cruell are you in your grave too For ther 's no trusting cruell man above ground Nor. Byr' Lady that goes hard Mir. To do your service And to restore ye to the joyes you were in Ori. I was in joyes indeed and hope Mir. She sincks againe Again she is gon she is gon gon as a shadow She sinks for ever friend Nor. She is cold now She is certainly departed I must cry too Mir. The blessed angels guide thee put the stone too Beauty thou art gon to dust goodnesse to ashes Nor. Pray take it well we must all have our houres sir Mir. I thus we are and all our painted glory A buble that a boy blowes in toth ' ayre And there it breaks Nor. I am glad ye sav'd her honour yet Mir. Would I had sav'd her life now too oh heaven For such a blessing such a timely blessing O friend what deer content 't would be what story To keep my name from wormes Oria Oh oh Nor. She lives again 'T was but a trance Mir. Pray ye call my man in presently Help with the stone first oh she stirs againe Oh call my man away Nor. I fly I fly sir Mir. Upon my knees O heaven O heaven I thank thee The living heat steales into every member En. Colonn Come help the Coffin out softly and sodainly Norand VVhere is the Clerk Col. Drunk above he is sure sir Mir. Sirah you must be secret Col. As your soule sir Mir. Softly good friend take her into your armes Nor. Put in the crust againe Mir. And bring her out there when I am a horseback My man and I will tenderly conduct her Unto the Fort slay you and watch what issue And what inquirie 's for the body Nor. Well sir Mir. And when ye have done come back to me Nor. I will Mir. Softly oh softly Nor. She growes warmer still sir Col. What shall I do with Key Mir. Thou canst not stir now Leave it i th' door go get the horses ready Exeunt Roc. The door 's already open the Key in it En. Rocca Mountferrat Abdella With a dark lanthorn Mount What were those past by Roc. Some scout of Souldiers I think Mount It may be well so for I saw their horses They saw not us I hope Abd. No no we were close Beside they were far off Mount What time of night is 't Abd. Much about twelve I think Roc. Let me go in first For by the leaving open of the door here There may be some body in the Church give me the Lanthorne Abd. You 'l love me now I hope Mount Make
that good to me Your promise is engaged for Abd. Why she is there Ready prepar'd and much about this time Life will look up again Roc. Come in all 's sure Not a foot stirring nor a tongue Mount Heaven blesse me I never enter'd with such unholy thoughts This place before Abd. Ye are a fearfull foole If men have appetites allow'd 'em And warm desires are there not ends too for 'em Mount Whether shall we carry her Roc. Why to the bark sir I have provided one already waites us The wind stands wondtrous fair too for our passge Abd. And there when ye'have enjoyd her for ye have that liberty Let me alone to send her to feed fishes I 'le no more sighes for her Mount Where is the monument Thou art sure she will awake about this time Abd. Most sure If she be not knockt o th' head give me the Lanthorn Here 't is how is this the stone off Roc. I and nothing Within the monument that 's worse no body I am sure of that nor signe of any here But an empty Coffin Mount No Lady Roc. No nor Lord sir This Pye has bin cut up before Abd. Either the Devill Must doe these tricks Mount Or thou damn'd one worse Thou black swoln pitchie cloud of all my afflictions Thou night hag gotten when the bright Moone sufferd Thou hell it self confin'd in flesh what trick now Tell me and tell me quickly what thy mischief Has done with her and to what end and whether Thou hast remov'd her body or by this holy place This sword shall cut thee into thousand peeces A thousand thousand strow thee ore the Temple A sacrifice to thy black sire the Devill Rod. Tell him you see he 's angry Abd. Let him burst Neither his sword nor anger do I shake at Nor will yeild to feed his poor suspitions His idle jealouzies and madde dogs heares One thought against my self ye have done a brave deed A manly and a valiant peece of Service When ye have kill'd me reckon 't amongst your Battels I am sorry ye are so poore so weake a gentleman Able to stand no fortune I dispose of her My mischiefe make her away a likely project I must play booty against my selfe if any thing crosse ye I am the devill and the devils heire All plagues all mischiefes Mount Will I ye leave and doe yet Ab. I have done too much For far too much for such a thanklesse fellow If I be devill you created me I never knew those arts nor bloody practises o' your cunning heart that mine of mischiefe Before your flatteries won 'em into me Here did I leave her leave her with that certainty About this houre to wake again Mount Where is she This is the last demand Ab. Did I now know it And were I sure this were my latest minute I would not tell thee strike and then I 'le curse thee Rocca I see a light stand close and leave your angers We all miscarry else Enter Gomera Page with Torch Ab. I am now carelesse Mount Peace prethee peace sweet peace all friends Ab. Stand close then Gom. Waite there Boy with the light till I call to thee In darknesse was my soule and sences clouded When my faire Jewell fell the night of jealousie In all her blacknesse drawn about my judgement No light was let into me to distinguish Betwixt my suddain anger and her honour A blinde sad Pilgrimage shall be my pennance No comfort of the day will I looke up at Far darker then my jealous Ignorance Each place of my aboad shall do my prayers No ceremonious lights shall set off more Bright Armes and all that carry lustre life Society and sollace I forsake ye And were it not once more to see her beauties For in her bed of death she must be sweet still And on her cold sad lips seal my repentance Thou child of heaven faire light I could not misse thee Mount I know the tongue would I were out againe I have done him too much wrong to looke upon him Ab. There is no shifting now boldnesse and confidence Must carry it now away he is but one neither Naked as you are of a strength far under Mount But he has a cause above me Ab. That 's as you handle it Roc. Peace he may goe againe and never see us Gom. I feele I weepe apace but where 's the flood The torrent of my teares to drown my fault in I would I could now like a loaden cloud Begotten in the moyst south drop to nothing Give me the Torch Boy Roc. Now he must discover us Ab. He has already never hide your head Be bold and brave if we must dye together Gom: Who 's there what friend to sorrow The Tombe wide open The Stone off too the body gone by Looke to the doore Boy keep it fast who are ye What sacrilegious villaines false Mountferrat The wolfe to honour has thy hellish hunger Brought thee to tear the body out o th' tomb too Has thy foule mind so far wrought on thee ha Are you there too nay then I spie a villany I never dream't of yet thou sinfull usher Bred from that rottennesse thou bawd to mischiefe Doe you blush through all your blacknesse will not that hide it Ab. I cannot speake Gom. You are well met with your dam sir Art thou a Knight did ever on that sword The Christian cause sit nobly could that hand fight Guided by fame and fortune that heart inflame thee With vertuous fires of valour to fall off Fall off so suddainly and with such foulenesse As the false Angels did from all their glory Thou art no Knight honour thou never heard'st of Nor brave desires could ever build in that breast Treason and tainted thoughts are all the Gods Thou worship'st all the strength thou hadst and fortune Thou didst things out of feare and false heart villaine Out of close traps and treacheries they have rais'd thee Mount Thon rav'st old man Gom. Before thou get'st off from me Had'st thou the glory of thy first fights on thee Which thou hast basely lost thy noblest fortunes And in their greatest lustres I would make thee Before we part confesse nay kneele and doe it Nay crying kneele coldly for mercy crying Thou art the recreant'st Rogue time ever nourish'd Thou art a dogge I will make thee sweare a dog stav'd A mangy Cur-dogge doe you creep behind the Altar Looke how it sweats to shelter such a rascall First with thy venemous tooth infect her chaste life And then not dare to doe next rob her rest Steale her dead body out o th' grave Mount I have not Gom. Prethee come out this is no place to quarrell in Valiant Mountferrat come Mount I will not stir Gom. Thou hast thy sword about thee That good sword that never fail'd thee prethee come We 'l have but five stroakes for it on on Boy Here 's one would faine be acquainted with thee Would wondrous fain cleave that Calves-head of
mystery now why the Gentlemen weare but three barres of the crosse and the knights the whole one Mir. Why Captaine Nor. Mary sir to put us in remembrance we are but three quarters cross'd in our licence and pleasures but the poore Knights cross'd altogther the brothers at Armes may yet meet with their Sisters at Armes now and then in brotherly love but the poore Knights cannot get a Lady for love nor money 't is not so in other Countries I wis pray haste you for I 'le along and see what will come on 't Exit Mir. Collonna provide strait all necessaries For this remove the Lytter for the Lady And let Lucinda beare her company You shall attend on me Coll. With all my duties Exit Mir. How fare you gracious Mistresse Ori. O Miranda You pleas'd to honour me with that faire title When I was free and could dispose my selfe But now no smile no word no looke no touch Can I impart to any but as theft From my Gomera and who dares accept Is an usurper Mir. Leave us I have touch'd thee Thou fairer vertue then thou' rt beautifull Hold but this test so rich an one was never Altar ready Tapers booke Try'd by the hand of man on the vast earth Sit brightest Oriana is it sinne Still to professe I love you still to vow I shall doe ever heaven my witnesse be 'T is not your eye your cheeke your tongue no part That superficially doth snare young men Which has caught me read over in your thoughts The story that this man hath made of you And thinke upon his merit Ori. Onely thought Can comprehend it Mir. And can you be so Cruell thankelesse to destroy his youth That sav'd your honour gave you double life Your own and your faire Infants that when fortune The blind foe to all beauty that is good Bandied you from one hazard to another Was even heavens Messenger by providence Call'd to the Temple to receive you there Into these Armes to give ease to your throwes As if 't had thunder'd take thy due Miranda For she was thine Gomera's jealousie Strooke death unto thy heart to him be dead And live to me that gave thee second life Let me but now enjoy thee Oh regard The torturing fires of my affections Ori. Oh master them Miranda as I mine Who follows his desires such tyrants serves As will oppresse him insupportably My flames Miranda rise as high as thine For I did love thee 'fore my marriage Yet would I now consent or could I think Thou wert in earnest which by all the soules That have for chastity been sanctified I cannot in a moment I doe know thou 'ldst call faire temperance up to rule thy blood Thy eye was ever chaste thy countenance too honest And all thy woings was like maidens talk Who yeeldeth unto pleasures and to lust Is a poore captive that in Golden Fetters And pretious as he thinkes but holding gyves Frets out his life Mir. Find such another woman And take her for his labour any man Ori. I was not worthy of thee at my best Heaven knew I was not I had had thee else Much lesse now gentle sir Mirandas deeds Have been as white as Orianas fame From the beginning to this point of time And shall we now begin to staine both thus Think on the legend which we two shall breed Continuing as we are for chastest dames And boldest Souldiers to peruse and read I and read thorough free from any act To cause the modest cast the booke away And the most honour'd Captaine fold it up Mir Fairest let goe my hand my pulse beats thick And my mov'd blood rides high in every vaine Lord of thy selfe now Souldier and ever I would not for Aleppo this fraile Bark This barke of flesh no better fleeres-man had Then has Mountferrat's may you kisse me Lady Ori. No though 't be no essentiall injury It is a circumstance due to my Lord To none else and my deerest friend if hands Playing together kindle heate in you What may the game at lips provoke unto Mir. Oh what a tongue is here whil'st she doth teach My heart to hate my fond unlawfull love She talkes me more in love with love to her My fires she quencheth with her arguments But as she breathes 'em they blow fresher fires Sir further now my flame cooles husband wife There is some holy mystery in those names That sure the unmarried cannot understand Ori. Now thou art strait and do'st enamour me So far beyhind a carnall earthly love My very soule doats on thee and my spirits Doe embrace thine my minde doth thy mind kisse And in this pure conjunction we enjoy A heavenlyer pleasure then if bodies met This this is perfect love the other short Yet languishing fruition every Swaine And sweating Groome may clasp but our's refinde Two in ten ages cannot reach unto Nor is our spirituall love a barren joy For mark what blessed issue we 'll beget Deerer then children to posterity A great example to mens continence And womens chastity that is a childe More faire and comfortable then any heire Mir. If all wives were but such lust would not finde One corner to inhabit sinne would be So strange remission superfluous But one petition I have done Ori. What Sweet Mir. To call me Lord if the hard hand of death seize on Gomera first Ori. Oh much too worthy How much you undervalue your own price To give your unbought selfe for a poore woman That has been once sold us'd and lost her show I am a garment worne a vessell crack'd A zoane untide a Lilly trod upon A fragrant flowre cropt by anothers hand My colour sullyde and my odour chang'd If when I was new blossom'd I did feare My selfe unworthy of Mirandas spring Thus over-blown and seeded I am rather Fit to adorn his Chimney then his bed Mir. Rise miracle save Malta with thy vertue If words could make me proud how has she spoke Yet I will try her to the very block Hard-hearted and uncivill Oriana Ingratefull payer of my industries That with a soft painted hypocrisie Cozen'st and geer'st my perturbation Expect a witty and a fell revenge My comfort is all men will thinke thee false Beside thy husband having been thus long Enter Nor. Collonna Lucinda with a Childe on this occasion in my Fort and power I le heare no more words Captaine let 's away With all care see to her and you Lucinda Attend her diligently she is a wonder Nor. Have you found she was well delivered What had she a good Mid-wife is all well Mir. You are merry Norandine Luc. Why weepe you Lady Ori. Take the poor Babe along Col. Madam 't is here Ori. Dissembling death why didst thou let me live To see this change my greatest cause to grieve Exeunt Scaena secunda Enter Astorius Castriot Valetta Gomera Synnet Knights 2 Bishops Mountferrat guarded by Corporall and Souldiers Abdella a Gentleman with a cloake sword
'em the colours are too sad Pio. 'Faith Mistris I want clothes indeed Mal. I have Some Gold too for my servant Pio. And I have A better mettle for my Mistris Exeunt Scena tertia Enter Vitelli and Alguazier at severall doors Alg. Undone wit now or never help me my Master He wil cut my throat I am a dead Constable And he 'l not be hangd neither there 's the griefe The party sir is here Vit. What Alg. He was here I cry your Lordship mercy but I rattled him I told him here was no companions For such deboshd and poor-condition'd fellows Ibid him venture not so desperately The cropping of his eares slitting his nose Or being gelt Vit. T was wel done Alg. Please your honour I told him there were Stewes and then at last Swore three or foure great oathes she was remov'd Which I did thinke I might in conscience Being for your Lordship Vit. What became of him Alg. Faith sir he went away with a flea in 's eare Like a poore cur clapping his trindle taile Betwixt his legs A chi ha a chi ha chi ha now luck Enter Malroda and Piorato Mal. T is he do as I told thee Blesse thee Signior Oh my deare Lord Vit. Malroda what alone Mal. She never is alone that is accompanied With noble thoughts my Lords and mine are such Being onely of your Lordship Vit. Pretty Lasse Mal. Oh my good Lord my picture 's done but 'faith It is not like nay this way sir the light Strikes best upon it here Pio. Excellent wench Exit Alg. I am glad the danger 's over Exit Vit. T is wondrous like But that Art cannot counterfeit what Nature Could make but once Mal. All 's cleare another tune You must heare from me now Vitelli thou' rt A most perfidious and a perjur'd man As ever did usurpe Nobility Vit. What meanst thou Mal Mal. Leave your betraying smiles And change the tunes of your inticing tongues To penitentiall prayers for I am great In labour even with anger big with child Of womans rage bigger then when my wombe Was pregnant by thee goe seducer fly Out of the world let me the last wretch be Dishonoured by thee touch me not I loath My very heart because thou layst there long A woman 's wel helpt up that 's confident In ere a glittering outside on you all Would I had honestly been matchd to some Poore Countrey-swaine ere known the vanity Of Court peace then had been my portion Nor had been cozend by an houres pompe To be a whore unto my dying day Vit. Oh the uncomfortable waies such women have Their different speech and meaning no assurance In what they say or do Dissemblers Even in their prayers as if the weeping Greeke That flatter'd Troy afire had been their Adam Lyers as if their mother had been made Onely of all the falshood of the man Dispos'd into that rib Do I know this And more nay all that can concern this Sex With the true end of my creation Can I with rationall discourse sometimes Advance my spirit into Heaven before 'T has shook hands with my body and yet blindly Suffer my filthy flesh to master it With sight of such faire fraile beguiling objects When I am absent easily I resolve Nere more to entertaine those strong desires That triumph ore me even to actuall sin Yet when I meet again those sorserers eyes Their beames my hardest resolutions thaw As if that cakes of Ice and July met And her sighes powerfull as the violent North Like a light feather twirle me round about And leave me in mine own low state again What aylst thou prethee weep not Oh those tears If they were true and righly spent would raise A flowry spring i th' midst of January Celestiall Ministers with Christall cups Would stoop to save 'em for immortall drink But from this passion why all this Mal. Do' ye ask You are marrying having made me unfit For any man you leave me fit for all Porters must be my burthens now to live And fitting me your selfe for Carts and Beadles You leave me to 'em And who of all the world But the virago your great Arch-foes daughter But on I care not this poore rush 't will breed An excellent comedy ha ha 't'makes me laugh I cannot choose the best is some report It is a match for feare not love o' your side Vit. Why how the devill knows she that I saw This Lady are all whores peec'd with some witch I will be merry 'faith 't is true sweet heart I am to marry Mal. Are you you base Lord By I 'le Pistoll thee Vit. A roaring whore Take heed there 's a correction house hard by You ha' learn'd this o' your swordman that I warn'd you of Your fencers and your drunkards but whereas You upbraid me with oathes why I must tell you I ne'ere promis'd you marriage nor have vow'd But said I lov'd you long as you remain'd The woman I expected or you swore And how you have fail'd of that sweet heart you know You faine would shew your power but fare you well I le keepe no more faith with an infidell Mal. Nor I my bosome for a Turk do' ye heare Goe and the devill take me if ever I see you more I was too true Vit. Come pish That devill take the falsest of us two Mal. Amen Vit. You are an ill Clerk and curse your selfe Madnesse transports you I confesse I drew you Unto my will but you must know that must not Make me doat on the habit of my sin I will to settle you to your content Be master of my word and yet he li'd That told you I was marrying but in thought But will you slave me to your tyranny So cruelly I shall not dare to looke Or speake to other women make me not Your smocks Monopolie come let 's be friends Looke her 's a Jewell for thee I will come At night and Mal. What yfaith you shall not sir Vit. 'Faith and troth and verily but I will Ma. Halfe drunck to make a noise and raile Vit. No no Sober and dieted for the nonce I am thine I have won the day Mal. The night though shall be mine Exeunt Scaena quarta Enter Clara and Bobadilla with Letters Cla. What said he sirha Bob. Little or nothing faith I saw him not Nor will not he doth love a strumpet Mistresse Nay keeps her spitefully under the Constables nose It shall be justifi'd by the Gentleman Your brothers Matter that is now within A'practicing there are your Letters come You shall not cast your selfe away while I live Nor will I venture my right worshipfull place Enter In such a businesse here 's your Mother downe Eugenia Sayavedra And he that loves you another gates fellow I wish If you had any grace Cla. Well rogue Bob. I le in to see Don Lucio mannage he 'll make A pretty peece of flesh I promise you He do's already handle his weapon finely
Sister Knowing with whom I leave you one that is By your allowance and his choice your Servant And may my councell and perswasion work it Your husband speedily For your entertainement My thankes I will not rob you of the meanes To doe your Mistresse some acceptable service In waiting on her to my house Gen. My Lord Vit. As you respect me without further trouble Retire and taste those pleasures prepar'd for you And leave me to my own wayes Lam. When you please sir Exeunt Scaena secunda Enter Malroda and Algnazier Mal. You 'l leave my Chamber Alg. Let us but bill once My Dove my Sparrow and I with my office Will be thy slaves for ever Mal. Are you so hot Alg. But taste the difference of a man in place You 'l finde that when authoritie pricks him forward Your Don nor yet your Diego comes not neere him To doe a Lady right no men pay deerer For their stolne sweetes then we three minutes trading Affords to any sinner a protection For three yeeres after thinke on that I burne But one drop of your bounty Mal. Hence you rogue Am I fit for you is 't not grace sufficient To have your staffe a bolt to bar the doore Where a Don enters but that you 'l presume To be his taster Alg. Is no more respect Due to this rod of justice Mal. Doe you dispute Good Doctor of the Dungeon not a word more If you doe my Lord Vitelli knowes it Alg. Why I am bigge enough to answer him Or any man Mal. 'T is well Vitelli within Vit. Malroda Alg. How Mal. You know the voice and now crowch like a Cur Tane worrying sheepe I now could have you guelded For a Bawd rampani but on this submission For once I spare you Alg. I Will be reveng'd My honourable Lord Vit. There 's for thy care Alg. I am mad starck mad proud Pagan scorn her host I would I were but valiant enough to kick her Enter Piorato Clara above I l'd wish no manhood else Mal. What 's that Alg. I am gone Exit Pio. You see I have kept my word Cla. But in this object Hardly deserv'd my thanks Pio. Is there ought else You will command me Cla. Onely your sword Which I must have nay willingly I yet know To force it and to use it Pio. 'T is yours Lady Cla. I ask no other guard Pio. If so I leave you And now if that the Constable keepe his word A poorer man may chance to gull a Lord Exit Mal. By this good you shall not Vit. By this I must and will Malroda What doe you make A stranger of me Mal. I le be so to you And you shall find it Vit. These are your old arts T' endeere the game you know I come to hunt for Which I have borne too coldly Mal. Doe so still For if I h at you hang me Vit. If you doe not I know who 'll starve for 't why thou shame of women Whose folly or whose impudence is greater Is doubtfull to determine this to me That know thee for a whore Mal. And made me one Remember that Vit. Why should I but grow wise And tye that bounty up which nor discretion Nor honour can give way too thou wouldst be A Bawd e're twenty and within a moneth A barefoot lowzie and diseased whore And shift thy lodgings oftner then a rogue That 's whipt from post to post Mal. Pish all our Colledge Know you can raile well in this kinde Cla. For me He never spake so well Vit. I have maintain'd thee The envy of great fortunes made thee shine As if thy name were glorious stuck thee full Of jewels as the firmament of Starrs And in it made thee so remarkable That it grew questionable whether vertue poore Or vice so set forth as it is in thee Were even by modesties selfe to be prefer'd And am I thus repaid You are still my debtor Can this though true be weigh'd with my lost honour Much lesse my faith I have liv'd private to you And but for you had ne're known what lust was Nor what the sorrow for 't Vit. 'T is false Mal. 'T is true But how return'd by you thy whole life being But one continued act of lust and Shipwrack Of womens chastities Vit. But that I know That she that dares be damn'd dares any thing I should admire thy tempting me but presume not On the power you thinke you hold o're my affections It will deceive you yeeld and presently Or by the inflamed blood which thou must quench I le make a forcible entrie Mal. Touch me not You know I have a throat if you doe I will cry out a rape or sheath this here Ere I 'le be kept and us'd for Julip-water T' allay the heate which lushious meats and wine And not desire hath rais'd Vit. A desperate devill My blood commands my reason I must take Some milder way Mal. I hope deere Don I fit you The night is mine although the day was yours You are not fasting now this speeding trick Which I would as a principle leave to all That make their maintenance out of their own Indies As I doe now my good old mother taught me Daughter quoth she contest not with your lover His stomach being empty let wine heat him And then you may command him 't is a sure one His lookes shew he is coming Vit. Come this needs not Especially to me you know how deere I ever have esteemed you Cla. Lost again Vit. That any sight of yours hath power to change My strongest resolution and one teare Sufficient to command a pardon from me For any wrong from you which all mankinde Should kneel in vaine for Mal. Pray you pardon those That need your favour or desire it Vit. Prethee Be better temper'd I le pay as a forfeit For my rash anger this purse fil'd with Gold Thou shalt have servants gownes attires what not Only continue mine Mal. 'T was this I fish'd for Vit. Look on me and receive it Mal. Well you know My gentle nature and take pride t' abuse it You see a trifle pleases me we are friends This kisse and this confirmes it Cla. With my ruine Mal. I 'le have this dyamond and this pearle Vit. They are yours Mal. But wil you not when you have what you came for Take them from me to morrow t is a fashion Your Lords of late have us'd Vit. But I le not follow Cla. That any man at such a rate as this Should pay for his repentance Vit. Shall we to bed now Mal. Instantly Sweet yet now I think on 't better Ther 's something first that in a word or two I must acquaint you with Cla. Can I cry ayme To this against my selfe I le break this match Or make it stronger with my bloud Descends Enter Alguazier Piorato Pachieco Metaldi Mendoza Lazarillo c. Alg. I am yours A Don 's not priviledgd here more then yourself Win her and weare her Pio.
give proof which of us dares most were now In mid'st of a rough Sea upon a piece Of a split ship where only one might ride Exit Lamira from the Arras I would but foolish anger makes me talke Like a Player Lam. Indeed you act a part Doth ill become you my servant is this your duty Mont. I crave your pardon and wil hereafter be more circumspect Lav. Oh the power of a Womans tongue it had done more then we three with our swords durst undertake put a madde man to silence Lam. Why Sirra these are none of your comrades To drink with in the celler one of them For ought you know may live to be your Master La-p. Ther 's some comfort yet Lam. Here 's choyce of three a wealthy Merchant Mal. Hem shee 's taken she hath spy'd my good Calf And many Ladies chuse their husbands by that Lam. A Courtier that 's in grace a valiant Captaine And are these mates for you away be gon Mont. I humbly pray you will be pleased to pardon And to give satisfaction to you Madam Although I break my heart I will confesse That I have wrong'd them too and make submission Lam. No I 'le spare that goe bid the Cook haste Supper Exit Mont. La-p. Oh brave Lady thou art worthy to have servants to be commandresse of a Family that knowst how to use and govern it Lav. You shall have many Mistresses that will so mistake as to take their horse keepers and footemen insteed of their Husbands thou art none of those Mal. But she that can make distinction of men and knowes when she hath gallants and fellowes of rank and quality in her house Lam. Gallants indeed if it be the Gallants fashion To triumph in the miseries of a man Of which they are the cause one that transcends In spight of all that fortune hath or can be done A million of such things as you my doores Stand open to receive all such as wear The shape of Gentlemen and my gentlier nature I might say weaker weighes not the expence Of entertainment think you I 'le forget yet What 's due unto my selfe do not I know That you have dealt with poor Montague but like Needy Commanders cheating Citizens And perjured Courtiers I am much mov'd else use not To say so much if you will bear your selves As fits such you would make me think you are You may stay if not the way lies before you Exit Mal. What think you of this Captaine La-p. That this is a baudy house with Pinacles and Turrets in which this disguised Montague goes to rut grat is and that this is a landed pandresse and makes her house a brothell for charity Mal. Come that 's no miracle but from whence derive you the supposition Lav. Observe but the circumstance you all know that in the height of Montagues prosperity hee did affect and had his love return'd by this Lady Orleans since her divorcement and his decay of estate it is knowne they have met not so much as his boy is wanting and that this can be any thing else then a meer plot for their night work is above my imagination to conceive Mal. Nay it carries probability let us observe it better but yet with such caution as our prying be not discovered here 's all things to be had without cost and therefore good staying here La-p. Nay that 's true I would we might woe her twenty years like Penelopes sutors come Laverdine Exeunt Malli La-Poop Lav. I follow instantly yonder he is Enter Viramor The thought of this Boy hath much coold my affection to his Lady and by all conjectures this is a disguised whore I will try if I can search this Mine Page Ver. Your pleasure sir Lav. Thou art a pritty Boy Ver. And you a brave man now I am out of your debt Lav. Nay prithy stay Ver. I am in haste sir Lav. By the faith of a Courtyer Ver. Take heed what you say you have taken a strange Oath Lav. I have not seene a youth that hath pleased me better I would thou could'st like me so far as to leave thy Lady and waite on me I would maintaine thee in the bravest Cloaths Ver. Though you took them up on trust or bought 'em at the brokers Lav. Or any way then thy imployments should bee so neate and cleanly thou shouldst not touch a payre of Pantables in a Moneth and thy lodging Ver. Should be in a brothell Lav. No but in mine armes Ver. That my be the circle of a Baudy house or worse Lav. I meane thou shouldest lie with me Ver. Lie with you I had rather lie with my Ladies Monkey 't was never a good World since our French Lords learned of the Neopolitans to make their Pages their Bed-fellowes doth more hurt to the Suburbe Ladies then tweenty dead Vacations T is Supper time sir Exit Veram Lav. I thought so I know by that 't is a Woman for because peradventure she hath made tryall of the Monkey she preferrs him before me as one unknown well these are standing Creatures and have strange desires And men must use strange meanes to quench strange fires Exit Actas Quartus Scaena Prima Enter Montague alone in meane habit Mont. Now Montague who discerns thy spirit now Thy breeding or thy bloud here 's a poor cloud Ecclipseth all thy splendor who can reade In thy pale face dead eye or lenten shute The liberty thy ever giving hand Hath bought for others manacling it selfe In gives of parchment indissoluble The greatest hearted man supplyed with meanes Nobility of birth and gentlest parts I though the right hand of his Soveraigne If vertue quit her seat in his high soule Glitters but like a Pallace set on fire Whose glory whilst it shines but ruins him And his bright show each houre to ashes tending Shall at the last be rak't up like a sparkle Unlesse mens lives and fortunes feede the flame Not for my own wants though blame I my Stars But suffering others to cast love on me When I can neither take nor thankfull be My Ladies woman faire and vertuous Young as the present moneth sollicits me For love and marriage now being nothing worth Enter Veramour with Counters Ver. Oh Master I have sought you a long hour Good faith I never joyd out of your sight For Gods sake sir be merry or else beare The Buffets of your fortunes with more scorn Do but begin to raile teach me the way And I le sit down and help your anger forth I have known you weare a suit full worth a Lordship Give to a man whose need nere frighted you From calling of him friend five hundred Crowns Ere sleep had left your sences to consider Your own important present uses yet Since I have seen you with a trencher waite Voide of all scorne therefore I le waite on you Mont. Would God thou wert lesse honest Ver. Would to God you were lesse worthy I am even w' ee sir Mont.
manners you shall finde If I transgresse my custome you doe lie And are a villaine which I had rather yet My Sword had prov'd then I been forc'd to speake Nay give us leave and since you stand so haughtily And highly on your cause let you and I Without engaging these two Gentlemen singly determine it Long. My Lord you 'l pardon us Dub. I trust your Lordships may not doe us that affront Ami. As how Dub. We kisse your Lordships hand and come to serve you here with Swords Long. My Lord we understand our selves Dub. We have had the honour to be call'd unto the businesse and we must not now quit it on terms Ami. Not terms of reason Long. No no reason for the quitting of our calling Dub. True if I be call'd to 't I must aske no reason Long. Nor heare none neither which is lesse It is a favour if my throat be cut Your Lordship does me which I never can A noise within crying down with their Swords Nor must have hope how to requite what noise What cry is that my Lord upon your guard Some treachery is a foot Enter Lady Orleans Lamira Montague Lady O here they are My Lord deare Lady helpe me helpe me all I have so woefull interest in both I know not which to feare for most and yet I must prefer my Lord Deare brother You are too understanding and too Noble To be offended when I know my duty Though scarce my teares will let me so to do it Orl. Out loathed strumpet Lady O my dearest Lord If words could on me cast the name of whore I then were worthy to be loath'd but know Your unkindnesse cannot make me wicked And therefore should lesse use that power upon me Orl. Was this your art to have these actors come To make this interlude withdraw cold man And if thy spirit be not frozen up Give me one stroke yet at thee for my vengeance Ami. Thou shalt have stroakes and stroakes thou glorious man Till thou breathst thinner ayre then that thou talkest Lam. My Lord Count Amiens Lady Princely husband Orl. Whore Lam. You wrong her impudent Lord O that I had the bulke Of those dull men look how they stand and no man Will revenge an innocent Lady Ami. You hinder it Madam Lam. I would hinder you is there none else to kill him Lady Kill him Madam have you learn'd that bad Language O repent And be the motive rather both kill me Orl. Then die my infamy Mont. Hold bloody man Orl. Art thou their Basiliske Mont: To strike thee dead but that thy fate deserves some weightier hand Dub. Sweet my Lord Orl. O here 's a plot you bring your champions with you the adultresse with the adulterer Out howling Dub. Good my Lord Orl. Are you her Graces countenance Lady the receiver to the poore vicious couple Dub. Sweet my Lord Orl. Sweet rascall didst not thou tell me false fellow This Montague here was murdered Dub. I did so but he was falser and a worthlesse Lord Like thy foule selfe that would have had it so Long. Orleance t is true and shall be prov'd upon thee Mont. Thy malice Duke and this thy wicked nature are all as visible as thou but I borne to contemne thy iniuries doe know that though thy greatnesse may corrupt a Jury and make a Judge afraid and carry out a world of devils with thy title yet thou art not quiet at home thou bearest about thee that that doth charge thee and condemne thee too The thing that grieves me more and doth indeed displease me is to thinke that so much basenesse stands here to have encountered so much honour Pardon me my Lord what late my passion spake when you provok'd my innocence Orl. Yes doe O flattery becomes him better then the sute he weares give him a new one Amiens Ami. Orleance t is here no time nor place to jest or raile Poorely with you but I will finde a time to Whisper you forth to this or some fit place As shall not hold a second interruption Mont. I hope your Lordships honour and your life Are destined unto higher hazzards this is of A meaner arme Dub. Yes faith or none Long. He is not fit to fall by an honest Sword A Prince and lie Dub. And slander and hire men To publish the false rumours he hath made Long. And sticke 'em on his friends and innocents Dub. And practice against their lives after their fames Long. In men that are the matter of all leudnesse Bands thieves and cheaters it were monstrous Dub. But in a man of blood how more conspicuous Ami. Can this be Lady They doe slander him Orl. Hang them a paire of railing hangbies Long. How stand Orleance stay give me my Pistols boy Hinder me not by I will kill him Lady O stay his fury Ami. Longueville my friend Long. Not for my selfe my Lord but for mankind And all that have an interest to vertue Or title unto innocence Ami. Why heare me Long. For justice sake Ami. That cannot be Long. To punish his wives your honour and my Lords wrongs here whom I must ever call so for your loves I le sweare I le sacrifice Ami. Longaville I did not thinke you a murtherer before Long. I care not what you thought me Ami. By If thou attempt His life thy own is forfeit Mont. Foolish frantick man the murder will be of us not him Lady O God Mont. We could have kild him but we would not take The justice out of fates Singe but a haire of him thou diest Long. No matter shoot Ami. Villaine Dub. My Lord your sister is slaine Ami. Biancha Mont. O haplesse and most wretched chance Lam. Standst thou looking upon the mischief thou hast made Thou Godlesse man feeding thy blood-shot eyes With the red spectacle and art not turn'd to stone With horrour hence and take the wings of thy blacke Infamy to carry thee beyond the shoot of looks Or sound of curses which will pursue thee still Thou hast out-fled all but thy guilt Orl. O wish it off again for I am crack'd Under the burden and my heart will breake How heavy guilt is when men come to feele If you could know the mountaine I sustaine With horror you would each take off your part And more to ease me I cannot stand Forgive where I have wrong'd I pray Ami. Looke to him Montague Long. My Lords and Gentlemen the Lady is well but for feare Unlesse that have shot her I have the worst on 't that needs would venture Upon a tricke had like to ha' cost my guts Look to her she 'l be well it was but Powder I chargd with thinking that a guilty man Would have been frighted sooner but I am glad He 's come at last Lam. How is Byancha well Ami. Lives she see sister doth she breath Lady O Gentlemen thinke you I can breath That am restored to the hatefull sense Of feeling in me my deare husbands death O no I live
eager sutors Lav. Troth t is wonderous hot God blesse us from him Lami. You have told me Montague Who are not fit to have me let me know The man you would point out for me Mont. There he sits my Lord of Amiens Madam is my choyce hee 's noble every way and worthy a wife with all the dowries of Ami. Do you speak sir out of your friendship to me Mont. Yes my Lord and out of truth for I could never flatter Ami I would not say how much I owe you for it For that were but a promise but I le thank ye As now I find you in despite of fortune A faire and noble Gentleman Lami. My Lords I must confesse the choyce this man hath made Is every way a great one if not too great And no way to be slighted yet because We love to have our own eyes sometimes now Give me a little liberty to see How I could fit my selfe if I were put to 't Ami. Madam we must Lami. Are yee all agreed Omnes We be Lami. Then as I am a maid I shall choose here Montague I must have thee Mont. Why Madam I have learnt to suffer more then you can out of pitty mock me with this way especially Lami. Thou think'st I jest now But by the love I bear thee I will have thee Mont. If you could be so weak to love a falne man He must deserve more then I ever can Or ever shall deer Lady look but this way Upon that Lord and you will tell me then Your eyes are no true choosers of good men Ami. Do you love him truely Lam. Yes my Lord I will obey him truly for I 'le marry him and justly thinke he that has so well serv'd mee with his obedience being borne to greatnesse must use mee nobly of necessity when I shall serve him Ami. 'T were a deepe sin to crosse ye noble Montague I wish ye all content and am as happy In my friends good as it were meerly mine Mont. Your Lordship does ill to give up your right I am not capable of this great goodnesse There sits my wife that holds my troth Cha. I 'le end all I wooed you for my Lady and now give up my title alas poor wench my aimes are lower far Mont. How 's this sweet heart Lami. Sweet heart t is so the drift was mine to hide My purpose till it struck home Omnes God give you joy Lami. Prethee leave wondring by this kisse I 'le have thee Mont. Then by this kisse and this I 'le ever serve ye Long. This Gentleman and I sir must needs hop once more to follow yee Mont. As friends and fellows never as servants more Long. Dub. You make us happy Orl. Friend Montague ye have taught mee so much honor I have found a fault in my self but thus I 'le purge my conscience of it the late land I took by false play from you with as much Contrition and entirenesse of affection to this most happy day again I render be Master of your own forget my malice and make mee worthy of your love L. Montague Mont. You have won me and honor to your name Mal. Since your Lordship has begun good deeds wee 'l follow good sir forgive us we are now those men fear you for goodnes sake those sums of money unjustly we detaine from you on your pardon shall bee restord again and we your servants La-p. You are very forward sir it seems you have money I pray you lay out I 'le pay you or pray for you as the Sea works Lav. Their pennance sir I 'le undertake so please ye To grant me on concealement Long. Right courtier still a begging Mont. What is it sir Lav. A Gentlewoman Mont. In my gift Lav. Yes sir in yours Mont. Why bring her forth and take her Lami. What wench would he have Mont. Any wench I think Enter Laverdine and Veramour like a Woman Lav. This is the Gentlewoman Mont. 'T is my Page sir Ver. No sir I am a poor disguis'd Lady That like a Page have followed you full long for love god-wot Omnes A Lady Laverdine yes yes t is a Lady Mont. It may be so and yet we have laine together But by my troth I never found her Lady L Orl. Why wore you boyes cloathes Vir. I 'le tell you Madam I took example by 2 or 3. playes that methought Concernd me Mont. Why made you not me acquainted with it Ver. Indeed sir I knew it not my selfe Untill this Gentleman opend my dull eyes And by perswasion made me see it Ami. Could his power in words make such a change Ver. Yes as truly woman as your selfe my Lord Lav. Why but hark you are not you a woman Ver. If hands and face make it not evident you shall see more Mal. Breeches breeches Laverdine La-p. T is not enough women may wear those cases Search further Courtier Omnes Ha ha ha La-p. Oh thou freshwater Gudgeon wouldst thou come To point of Marriage with an Ignoramus Thou shouldst have had her urin to the doctors The foolishest Phisitian could have made plaine The liquid Epicaene a blind man by the hand Could have discoverd the ring from the stone Boy come to Sea with me I le teach thee to climb And come down by the rope nay to eate Rats Ver. I shall devour my Master before the prison then Sir I have began my Trade Mal. Trade to the Citie child a flatcap will become thee Mont. Gentlemen I beseech you molest your selves no further For his preferment it is determin'd Lav. I am much ashamed and if my cheek Gives not satisfaction break my head Mont. Your shame 's enough sir Ami. Montague much joy attend thy marriage Bed By thy example of true goodnesse envie is exil'd And to all honest men that truth intend I wish good luck faire fate be still thy friend Exeunt FJNIS Vpon an Honest Mans Fortune By Mr. John Fletcher YOu that can look through Heaven and tell the Stars Observe their kind conjunctions and their wars Find out new lights and give them where you please To those men honors pleasures to those ease You that are Gods surveyers and can show How far and when and why the wind doth blow Know all the charges of the dreadfull thunder And when it will shoot over or fall under Tell me by all your art I conjure ye Yes and by truth what shall become of me Find out my star if each one as you say Have his peculiar Angel and his way Observe my fate next fall into your dreames Sweep clean your houses and new line your sceames Then say your worst or have I none at all Or is it burnt out lately or did fall Or am I poor not able no full flame My star like me unworthy of a name Is it your art can only work on those That deale with dangers dignities and cloaths With love or new opinions you all lye A fishwife hath a fate and so have I
Euphanes Tut. Key of the Court and Jewell of the Queen Unc. Sol in our Firmament Onos Pearl in the States eye Nea. Being a black man Era. Mistris of the Land Nea. Our humble humble poore Petitions are That we may hold our places All May we Euph. Yes be you malicious knaves still and you fooles Con. This is the Princes and your Brothers spight Euph. I know 't but will not know 't it Con. Yonder they are Who 's fine childe 's this Unc. Sir Onos Unckle le' be Let him alone he is a mighty Prince Euph. I aske your Highnesse pardon I protest By Jupiter I saw you not The. Humh it may be so You have rais'd such mountaines 'twixt your eyes and me That I am hidden quite what do ye meane Sir You much forget your selfe Euph. I should much more Not to remember my due duty to your Grace I know not wherein I have so transgress'd My service to your Highnesse to deserve This rigour and contempt not from you only But from your followers with the best of whom I was an equall in my lowest ebbe Beseech you Sir respect me as a Gentleman I will be never more in heart to you Five faire Discents I can derive my selfe From Fathers worthy both in Arts and Armes I know your goodnesse companies your greatnesse But that you are perverted Royall Sir I am your humblest subject use your pleasure But do not give protection to the wrongs Of these subordinate Slaves whom I could crush By that great destin'd favour which my Mistris And your majestick Mother deignes to me But in respect of you I know leane envie Waites ever on the steps of vertue advanc'd But why your Mothers grace gets me disgrace Or renders me a slave to beare these wrongs I do not know Oh Mediocrity Thou prizelesse jewell only meane men have But cannot value like the precious Jem Found in the Mukhill by the ignorant Cock The. Your creamy words but cozen how durst you Intercept me so lately to my Mother And what I meant your Brother you obtain'd Unto the forfeiture againe Cra. Your answer to that my Lord my Brother Euph. May I perish If ere I heard you intended such a Suit Though 't would have stuck an ignominious brand Vpon your Highnesse to have given your servant A Gentlemans whole state of worth and quality Confiscate only for a youthfull brawle The. Your rudiments are too sawcy teach your Page Con. I so are all things but your flatterers Onos Hold you your prating Con. You know where you are you fleeten face Euph. Yet Sir to appease and satisfie your anger Take what you please from me and give it him In lieu of this you shall not take it neither I freely will impart it halfe my state Which Brother if you please Cra. I le starve in Chaines first Eat my owne armes Euph. Oh that you saw your selfe You ne're made me such offer in my poorenesse And 'cause to do you ease I sought not to you You thus maligne me yet your nature must not Corrupt mine nor your rude examples lead me If mine can mend you I shall joy you know I feare you not you have seene me prov'd a man In every way of fortune 't is my comfort I know no more such Brothers in the world As Crates is Con. Nor I such as Euphanes The temper of an Angell raignes in thee Euph. Your Royall Mother Sir I had forgot Entreates your presence The. You have done her errand I may do yours Exit Euph. Let it be truth my Lord Con. Crates I le question you for this Cra. Pish your worst Exit Con. Away you hounds after your sent Onos Come we 'l scorn to talk to 'm now they are gone We 'l away too Exeunt Con. Why beare you this my Lord Euph. To shew the passive fortitude the best Vertues a solid Rock whereat being aym'd The keenest darts of envie yet unhurt Her Marble Heroes stand built of such Bases Whilst they recoyle and wound the Shooters faces Enter Queene and Ladies Con. My Lord the Queene Quee. Gentle Euphanes how How do'st thou honest Lord oh how I joy To see what I have made like a choyce Workman That having fram'd a Master-peece doth reape An universall comendations Princes are Gods in this I le build thee yet The good foundation so pleases me A story or two higher let Doggs barke They are fooles that hold them dignifi'd by blood They should be only made great that are good Euph. Oraculous Madam Quee. Sirra I was thinking If I should marry thee what merry tales Our neighbour Islands would make of us But let that passe you have a Mistris That would forbid our Banes troth I have wish'd A thousand times that I had been a man Then I might sit a day with thee alone And talke But as I am I must not there 's no skill In being good but in not being thought ill Sirrah who 's that Euph. So 't please your Majesty Conon the friend I su'd for Quee. 'T is dispatch'd Con. Gracious Madam I owe the gods and you my life Quee. I thanke you I thank you heartily and I do think you A very honest man he sayes you are But now I le chide thee what 's the cause my Son For my eye 's every where and I have heard So insolently do's thee Contumelies Past sufferance I am told yet you complaine not As if my justice were so partiall As not to right the meanest credit me I le call him to a strict accompt and fright By his example all that dare curb me In any thing that 's just I sent you for him Euph. Humbly he did returne he would wait on you But let me implore your Majesty not to give His Highnesse any check for worthlesse me They are Court canckers and not Counsellors That thus informe you they do but hate the Prince And would subvert me I should curse my fortune Even at the highest to be made the ginne To unscrew a Mothers love unto her Son Better had my pale flame in humble shades Been spent unseene then to be rais'd thus high Now to be thought a meteor to the State Portending ruine and contagion Beseech you then rest satisfi'd the Prince Is a most noble natur'd Gentleman And never did to me but what I tooke As favours from him my blown billowes must not Strive 'gainst my shore that should confine me nor Justle with Rocks to break themselves to peeces Quee. Well thou' rt the composition of a god My Lion Lamb my Eaglet and my Dove Whose soule runs clearer then Dianas Fount Nature pick'd severall flowers from her choyce banks And bound 'em up in thee sending thee forth A Posie for the bosome of a Queene Lady The Prince attends you Quee. Farewell my good Lord My honest man Stay hast no other suit I prethee tell me Sirrah thine eye speakes As if thou hadst out with it modest foole Euph. With favour Madam I would crave your leave
To Marry where I am bound in gratitude The immediat meanes she was to all my being Nor do I think your wisedome sacred Queen Fetters in favours taking from me so The liberty that meanest men enjoy Quee. To marry you are a foole thou 'st anger'd me Leave me I le think on 't Exit Euph. and Conon Only to try thee this for though I love thee Enter Theanor I can subdue my selfe but she that can Enjoy thee doth enjoy more then a man Nay rise without a blessing or kneele still What 's Sir the reason you oppose me thus And seeke to darken what I would have shine Ecclipse a fire much brighter then thy selfe Making your Mother not a competent Judge Of her owne actions The. Gracious Madam I I have done no more then what in royalty And to preserve your fame was fit to do Heard you the peoples talke of you and him You favour so his greatnesse and your love The pitty given to me you would excuse me They prate as if he did dishonour you And what know I but his owne lavish tongue Has utter'd some such speeches he is call'd The King of Corinth Quee. They are traitors all I weare a Christall casement 'fore my heart Through which each honest eye may looke in to 't Let it be prospect unto all the world I care not this The. This must not be my way Your pardon gracious Madam these incitements Made me not shew so cleare a countenance Upon the Lord Euphanes as I would Which since your Majesty affects so grievously I le cleare the black cloud of it and henceforth Uow on this knee all love and grace to him Quee. Rise with my blessing and to prove this true Beare him from me this Cabinet of Jewells In your owne person tell him for his marrying He may dispose him how and when he please Exit Quee. The. I shall discharge my duty and your will Crates Enter Crates Cra. I have heard all my Lord how luckely Fate pops her very spindle in our hands This marriage with Beliza you shall crosse Then have I one attempt for Lamprias more Upon this Phaeton where 's Merione's Ring That in the Rape you tooke from her The. 'T is here Cra. In and effect our purpose you my Lord Shall disobey your Mothers charge and send This Cabinet by some servant of her owne That what succeeds may have no reference Unto your Highnesse The. On my engine on Cra. Now if we be not struck by Heavens owne hand We 'l ruine him and on his ruines stand Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Agenor Leonidas Merione Beliza A sad Song Ag. These heavie Ayres feed sorrow in her Lady And nourish it too strongly like a Mother That spoiles her Childe with giving on 't the will Bel. Some lighter note A lighter Song Leo. How like a hill of Snow she sits and melts Before the unchast fire of others lust What heart can see her passion and not break Ag. Take comfort gentle Madam you know well Even actuall sins committed without will Are neither sins nor shame much more compell'd Your Honour 's no whit lesse your Chastity No whit impair'd for faire Merione Is more a Virgin yet then all her Sex Alas 't is done why burne these Tapers now Wicked and frantick Creatures joy in night Leo. Imagine faire Merione had dream'd She had been ravish'd would she sit thus then Excruciate Mer. Oh Bel. Fye fye how fond is this What reason for this surfet of remorse How many that have done ill and proceed Women that take degrees in wantonnesse Commence and rise in rudiments of Lust That feele no scruple of this tendernesse Mer. Pish Bel. Nor are you matches in mishap even I Doe beare an equall part of misery That love belov'd a man the Crowne of men Whom I have friended and how rais'd 't is better That all doe know and speak it then my selfe When he sail'd low I might have made him mine Now at his full gale it is questionable If ever I o're-take him Ag. Wherefore sits My Phebe shadowed in a sable could Those pearly drops which thou lets't fall like beades Numbring on them thy vestall Orisons Alas are spent in vaine I love thee still In mid'st of all these showres thou sweetlier sent'st Like a green Meadow on an April day In which the Sun and West-wind play together Striving to catch and drink the balmy drops Enter Euphanes and Servant Ser. The Lord Euphanes Madam Exit Mer. Ag. Poore Merione She loathes the light and men Exit Euph. The vertuous gods preserve my Mistris Bel. O my most honour'd Lord those times are chang'd Euph. Let times and men change could Heaven change Euphanes Should never change to be devoted ever To faire Beliza should my load of honours Or any Grace which you were Author of Detract mine honour and diminish Grace The gods forbid you here behold your Servant Your Creature gentle Lady whose sound sleepes You purchas'd for him whose food you paid for Whose garments were your charge whose first preferment You founded then what since the gracious Queene Hath or can reare is upon your free Land And you are Mistris of Bel. Mock me not gentle Lord You shine now in too high a spheare for me We are Plannets now disjoyn'd for ever yet Poore superstitious innocent that I am Give leave that I may lift my hands and love Not in Idolatry but perfect zeale For credit me I repent nothing I have done But were it to begin would do the same Euph. There are two Seas in Corinth and two Queens And but there not two such in the spacious Universe I came to tender you the man you have made And like a thankfull streame to retribute All you my Ocean have enrich'd me with You told me once you 'ld marry me Bel. Another mock you were wont to play faireplay You scorne poore helps he that is sure to win May slight mean harts whose hand commands the Queen Euph. Let me be held the Knave through all the Stock When I doe slight my Mistris you know well The gracious inclination of the Queene Who sent me leave this morning to proceed To marry as I saw convenience And a great gift of Jewels Three daies hence The generall sacrifice is done to Vesta And can you by then be accommodated Your servant shall wait on you to the Temple Bel. Till now I never felt a reall joy indeed Euph. Here then I seale my duty here my love Till which vouchsafe to weare this Ring deare Mistris T was the Queens Token and shall celebrate Our Nuptialls Bel. Honour still raise and preserve My honour'd Lord as he preserves all honour Exit Euph. Enter Agenor Leonidas Merione Ag. Why shift you places thus Merione And will not lend a word Could'st thou so soone Leave sorrow as the place how blest were I But 't will not be griefe is an impudent guest A follower every where a hanger on That words nor blowes can drive away
blasted in the bud my youth My hopefull youth and all my expectation Ever to be a man are lost for ever Unc. Why Nephew we as well as you are dub'd Knights of the Pantofle Tut. And are shouted at Kick'd scorn'd and laugh'd at by each Page and Groome Yet with erected heads we beare it Onos Alas You have yeares and strength to doe it but were you As I a tender grisle apt to bow You would like me with Cloakes envelloped Walke thus then stamp then stare Unc. He will run mad I hope and then all 's mine Tut. Why looke you Pupill There are for the recovery of your honour Degrees of Medicines for a tweak by the Nose A man 's to travell but fixe moneths then blow it And all is well againe the Bastinado Requires a longer time a yeare or two And then 't is buried I grant you have been bafful'd 'T is but a journey of some thirty yeares And it will be forgotten Onos Thinke you so Tut. Assuredly Unc. He may make a shorter cut But hange or drowne himselfe and on my life 'T will no more trouble him Onos I could ne're endure Or Hemp or Water they are dangerous tooles For youth to deale with I will rather follow My Tutors counsell Tut. Do so Onos And put in For my security that I le not returne In thirty yeares my whole state to my Unckle Unc. That I like well of On. Still provided Unckle That at my comming home you will allow me To be of age that I may call to accompt This Page that hath abus'd me Unc. 'T is a march On. Then Corinth thus the bashfull Lamprias Takes leave of thee and for this little time Of thirty yeares will labour all he can Though he goes yong forth to come home a man Exeu. Scaena Quarta Enter Euphanes and Martiall Euph. Are your Prisoners ready Mar. When it shall please the Queene To call them forth my Lord Euph. Pray you doe me the favour To tell me how they have borne themselves this night Of their imprisonment Mar. Gladly Sir your Brother With the other Courtiers willingly receiv'd All courtesies I could offer eat and drank And were exceeding merry so dissembling Their guilt or confident in their innocence That I much wonder'd at it But the Prince That as borne highest should have grac'd his fall With greatest courage is so sunck with sorrow That to a common judgement ye would seeme To suffer like a woman but to me That from the experience I have had of many Looke further in him I doe finde the deep Consideration of what 's past more fright him Then any other punishment Euph. That is indeed True magnanimity the other but A desperate bastard vallour Mar. I pressed to him And notwithstanding the Queenes strict command Having your Lordships promise to secure me Offer'd to free him from his bonds which he Refus'd with such a sorrow mixt with scorne That it amaz'd me yet I urg'd his Highnesse To give one Reason for 't he briefly answer'd That he had sate in Judgement on himselfe And found that he deserv'd them that he was A Ravisher and so to suffer like one Which is the reason of my teares he addeth For were 't not I againe should breake the Lawes By scorning all their rigour can inflict I should dye smiling Euph. I forbeare to wonder That you were mov'd that saw this I am strooke With the relation so 'T is very well See all things ready I doe wish I could Send comfort to the Prince be ready with him 'T is in the Queenes breast only which for us Bar brought in To search into were sawcinesse to determine What she thinkes fit Enter Leonidas with Merione in white Euphanes with Beliza in black Queene Agenor Conon Martiall with Theanor Crates Sosicles Eraton Lords Ladies Guard Lord Make way there for the Queene Quee. Read first the Law and what our Ancestors Have in this case provided to deter Such like offenders To you gentle Ladies This onely Would I could as well give comfort As bid you be secure from feare or doubt Of our displeasure be as confident As if your plea were 'gainst a common man To have all right from us I will not grieve For what 's not worth my pitty Read the Law Clerke Reades Lycurgus the nineteenth against Rapes It is provided and publiquely enacted and confirmed That any man of what degree soever offering violence to the chastity of a Virgin shall Ipso facto be lyable to her accusation and according to the said Law be censur'd Ever provided that it shall be in the choyce of the said Virgin so abused either to compell the Offender to Marry her without a Dowre if so she will be satisfied or demanding his head for the offence to have that accordingly performed Quee. You heare this what doe you demand Mer. The benefit The Law allowes me Bel. For the injury Done to mine Honour I require his head Mer. I likewise have an eye upon mine Honour But knowing that his death cannot restore it I aske him for my Husband Bel. I was Ravish'd And will have Justice Mer. I was Ravish'd too I kneele for mercy Bel. I demand but what The Law allowes me Mer. That which I desire Is by the same Law warranted Bel. The Rape On me hath made a forfeit of his life Which in revenge of my disgrace I plead for Mer. The Rape on me gives me the priviledge To be his wife and that is all I sue for Age. A doubtfull case Leo. Such pretty Lawyers yet I never saw nor read of Euph. May the Queene Favour your sweet plea Madam Bel. Is that justice Shall one that is to suffer for a Rape Be by a Rape defended Looke upon The publike enemy of chastity This lustfull Satyre whose enrag'd desires The ruine of one wretched Virgins honour Would not suffice and shall the wrack of two Be his protection May be I was ravish'd For his lust onely thou for his defence O fine evasion shall with such a sleight Your justice be deluded your Lawes cheated And he that for one fact deserv'd to die For sinning often finde impunity But that I know thee I would sweare thou wert A false impostour and subornd to this And it may be thou art Merione For hadst thou suffer'd truly what I have done Thou wouldst like me complaine and call for vengeance And our wrongs being equall I alone Should not desire revenge But be it so If thou prevaile even he will punish it And foolish mercy shew'd to him undoe thee Consider foole before it be too late What joyes thou canst expect from such a husband To whom thy first and what 's more forc'd embraces Which men say heighten pleasure were distastefull Mer. 'T was in respect that then they were unlawfull Unbless'd by Hymen and left stings behind them Which from the marriage bed are ever banish'd Let this Court be then the image of Joves throne Upon which grace and mercy still
the stinking tongues of Pilchers But why should I remember these they are odious They are odious in mine eyes the full fat dish now The bearing dish is that I reverence The dish an able Serving-man sweats under And bends i th' hams as if the house hung on him That dish is the dish hang your bladder Bankets Or halfe a dozen of Turnop and two Mushrumps These when they breed their best hatch but two Belches The state of a fat Turkey the decorum He marches in with all the traine and circumstance 'T is such a matter such a glorious matter And then his sauce with Orenges and Onions And he display'd in all parts for such a dish now And at my need I would betray my father And for a roasted Conger all my Country Enter Bartello Bar. What my friend Lean-gut how do's thy beauteous Mistris And where 's your Master Sirra where 's that horn-pipe Pen. My Mistris Sir do's as a poore wrong'd Gentlewoman Too much heaven knows opprest with injuries May do and live Bar. Is the old foole still jealous Pen. As old fooles are and will be still the same Sir Bar. He must have cause he must have cause Pen. 'T is true Sir And would he had with all my heart Bar. He shall have Pen. For then he had Salt to his Saffron Porredge Bar. Why do not I see thee sometime why thou starv'd rascal Why do not ye come to me you precius bow-case I keepe good meat at home good store Pen. Yes Sir I will not faile ye all next weeke Bar. Thou art welcome I have a secret I would faine impart to thee But thou art so thin the wind will blow it from thee Or men will read it through thee Pen. Wrapt up in beefe Sir In good grosse beefe let all the world looke on me The English have that trick to keep intelligence Bar. A witty knave first there 's to tye your tongue up Pen. Dumbe as a Dog Sir Bar. Next hark in your eare Sirra Pen. Well very well excellent well 't is done Sir Say no more to me Bar. Say and hold Pen. 'T is done Sir Bar. As thou lov'st butter'd eggs sweare Pen. Let me kisse the Booke first But here 's my hand brave Captaine Bar. Looke ye hold sirra Exit Pen. O the most precious vanity of this world When such dry Neats-tongues must be sok'd and larded With young fat supple wenches O the Devill What can he do he cannot suck an egge off But his back 's loose i th' hilts go thy waies Captaine Well may thy Warlike name work Miracles But if e're thy founder'd courser win match more Or stand right but one traine Enter three Gentlemen 1. Gent. Now Signiour Shadow What art thou thinking of how to rob thy Master Pen. Of his good deeds the Thief that undertakes that Must have a hook will poze all Hell to hammer Have ye dined Gentlemen or do you purpose 2 Gent. Dined two long houres ago Pen. Pray ye take me with ye 3 Gent. To supper do'st thou meane Pen. To any thing That has the smell of meat in 't tell me true Gentlemen Are not you three now going to be sinfull To jeabard a joynt or so I have found your faces And see whore written in your eyes 1 Gent. A parlous Rascall Thou art much upon the matter Pen. Have a care Gentlemen 'T is a sore age very sore age lewd age And women now are like old Knights adventures Full of inchanted flames and dangerous 2 Gent Where the most danger is there 's most honour Pen. I grant ye honour most consists in sufferance And by that rule you three should be most honourable 3 Gent. A subtle Rogue but canst thou tell Penurio Where we might light upon Pen. A learned Surgeon 3 Gent. Pox take ye foole I meane good wholsome wenches Pen. 'Faith wholsome women will but spoyle ye too For you are so us'd to snap-haunces But take my counsell Take fat old women fat and five and fifty The Dog-dayes are come in 2 Gent. Take fat old women Pen. The fatter and the older still the better You do not know the pleasure of an old Dame A fat old Dame you do not know the knack on 't They are like our Country grotes as coole as Christmas And sure i th' keeles 1 Gent. Hang him starv'd foole he mocks us 3. Gent. Penurio thou know'st all the hansome wenches What shall I give thee for a Merchants wife now Pen. I take no money Gentlemen that 's base I trade in meat a Merchants wife will cost ye A glorious Capon a great shoulder of Mutton And a Tart as big as a Conjurers circle 3 Gent. That 's cheap enough 1 Gent. And what a Haberdashers Pen. Worse meat will serve for her a great Goose Pye But you must send it out o th' Country to me It will not do else with a peece of Bacon And if you can a pot of Butter with it 2 Gent. Now do I ayme at horse-flesh what a Parsons Pen. A tithe Pig has no fellow if I fetch her If she be Puritane Plumb-porridge do's it And a fat loyne of Veale well sawc'd and rosted 2 Gent. Wee 'l meet one night and thou shalt have all these O' that condition we may have the wenches A dainty rascall Pen. When your stomacks serve ye For mine is ever ready I le supply ye 1 Gent. Farewell and there 's to fill thy paunch Pen. Brave Gentleman 2 Gent. Hold sirrah there Pen. Any young wench i th' Towne Sir 3 Gent. It shall go round Exit Gent. Pen. Most honourable Gentlemen All these are Courtiers but they are meere Coxcombs And only for a wench their purses open Nor have they so much judgement left to chuse her If e're they call upon me I le so fit 'em I have a pack of wry-mouth'd mackrell Ladies Stinke like a standing ditch and those deare Damsels But I forgot my businesse I thank ye Mounsieurs I have a thousand whimsies in my braines now Exit Scaena Tertia Enter to a Banket Duches Syenna Lords Attendants Duch. Your Grace shall now perceive how much we honor ye And in what deare regard we hold your friendship Will you sit Sir and grace this homely Banquet Sy. Madam to your poor friend you are too magnificent Duc. To the Dukes health and all the joyes I wish him Let no man misse this cup have we no Musick Sy. Your noble favours still you heap upon me But where 's my vertuous Mistris such a Feast And not her sparkling beauty here to blesse it Me thinkes it should not be it shewes not fully Duch. Young Ladies Sir are long and curious In putting on their trims forget how day goes And then 't is their good morrow when they are ready Go some and call her and wait upon her hither Tell her the Duke and I desire her company I warrant ye a hundred dressings now She has survey'd this and that fashion look'd on For
Ruffs and Gowns cast this away these Jewels Suited to these and these knots o' my life Sir She feares your curious eye will soone discover else Why stand ye still why gape ye on one another Did I not bid ye go and tell my Daughter Are ye nayled here nor stir nor speake who am I And who are you 1 Lord Pardon me gracious Lady The feare to tell you that you would not hear of Makes us all dumb the Princesse is gone Madam Duch. Gone whither gone some wiser fellow answer me 2 Lord We sought the Court all over and beleeve Lady No newes of where she is nor how convey'd hence Duch. It cannot be it must not be 1 Lord 'T is true Madam No roome in all the Court but we search'd through it Her women found her want first and they cry'd to us Duch. Gone stolne away I am abus'd dishonour'd Sy. 'T is I that am abus'd 't is I dishonour'd Is this your welcome this your favour to me To foyst a trick upon me this trick too To cheat me of my love Am I not worthy Or since I was your Guest am I growne odious Duch. Your Grace mistakes me as I have a life Sir Sy. And I another I will never beare this Never endure this dor Duch. But heare me patiently Sy. Give me my love Duch. As soone as care can find her And all care shall be used Sy. And all my care too To be reveng'd I smell the trick 't is too ranke Fie how it smells o th' Mother Duch. You wrong me Duke Sy. For this disgrace ten thousand Florentines Shall pay their dearest bloods and dying curse ye And so I turne away your mortall enemy Exit Duc. Since ye are so high and hot Sir ye have half arm'd us Be carefull of the Towne of all the Castles And see supplyes of Souldiers every where And Musters for the Field when he invites us For he shall know 't is not high words can fright us My Daughter gone has she so finely cozen'd me This is for Silvio's sake sure O cunning false one Publish a Proclamation thorough the Dukedome That whosoe're can bring toth ' Court young Silvio Alive or dead beside our thankes and favour Shall have two thousand Duckets for his labour See it dispatch'd and sent in haste O base one Exeunt Scaena Quarta Enter Isabella and Penurio with a Light Isab. Was 't thou with Rugio Pen. Yes marry was I closely Isab. And do's he still remember his poore Mistris Do's he desire to see me Pen. Yes and presently Puts off all businesse else lives in that memory And will be here according to directions Isab. But where 's thy Master Pen. Where a coxcombe should be Waiting at Court with his Jewells Safe for this night I warrant ye Isab. I am bound to thee Pen. I would ye were as close as I could tye ye Isab. Thou art my best my truest friend Pen. I labour I moyle and toyle for ye I am your hackney Isab. If ever I be able Pen. Steale the great Cheese Mistris Was sent him out o th' Country Isab. Any thing Pen. That 's meat 't is lawfull Mistris where 's the Castle Custard He got at Court Isab. He has lock't it in 's study Pen. Get a warrant to search for counterfeit gold Isab. Give me thy Candle I le finde a time to be thy carefull Cater Pen. And many a time I le finde to be his Cook And dresse his Calves head to the sweetest sauce Mistris Isab. To bed Penurio go the rest is my charge I le keep the Watch out Pen. Now if you spare him Exit Isab. Peace foole I hope my Rugio will not faile 't would vexe me Now to my string so sure he cannot misse now And this end to my finger I le lye downe For on a suddaine I am wondrous heavy 'T is very late too if he come and finde this And pull it though it be with easie motion I shall soone waken and as soone be with him Enter Lopez Lop. Thou secret friend how am I bound to love thee And how to hug thee for thy private service Thou art the Star all my suspitions saile by The fixed point my wronged honour turnes to By thee I shall know all finde all the subtilties Of devillish women that torment me daily Thou art my Conjurer my Spell my Spirit All 's hush'd and still no sound of any stirring No tread of living thing the Light is in still And there 's my wife how prettily the foole lyes How sweet and handsomely and in her clothes too Waiting for me upon my life her fondnesse Would not admit her rest till I came to her O carefull foole why am I angry with thee Why do I think thou hat'st thy loving Husband I am an Asse an over-doating Coxcombe And this sweet soule the mirrour of perfection How admirable faire and delicate And how it stirs me I le sing thy sweets a Requiem But will not waken thee Song O Faire sweet face O eyes celestiall bright Twin-stars in Heaven that now adorn the night O fruitfull lips where Cherries ever grow And Damask cheeks where all sweet beauties blow O thou from head to foot divinely faire Cupids most cunning Nets made of that haire And as he weaves himselfe for curious eyes O me O me I am caught my selfe he cryes Sweet rest ahout this sweets and golden sleepe Soft peacefull thoughts your how'rely rely watches keepe Whilst I in wonder sing this sacrifice To beauty sacred and those Angell-eyes Now will I steale a kisse a deare kisse from her And suck the Rosie breath of this bright beauty What a Devill is this ty'd to her finger too A string a damned string to give intelligence O my lov'd key how truly has'st thou serv'd me I le follow this soft soft toth ' doore it goes And through toth ' other side a damned string 't is I am abus'd topt Cuckolded fooled jaded Ridden to death to madnesse stay this helps not Stay stay and now invention help me I le sit downe by her take this from her easily And thus upon mine owne Dog I shall catch ye With all your cunning Sir I shall light on ye I felt it pull sure yes but wondrous softly 'T is there againe and harder now have at ye Now and thou scap'st the Devills thy ghostly father Exit Isab. Sure 't was my Husbands voyce The string is gone to He has found the trick on 't I am undone betray'd And if he meet my friend he perishes What fortune followes me what spightfull fortune Hoa Jaquenet Enter Jaquenet Jaq. Here Mistris do you call me Isab. Didst thou heare no noise Jaq. I heare my Master mad yonder And sweares and chafes Isab. Dar'st thou do one thing for me One thing concernes mine honour all is lost else Jaq. Name what you will Isab. It can bring but a beating Which I will recompence so largely Jaq. Name it Isab. Sit here as if thou wert asleep
Hag where now are all her promises She would be with me strengthen me informe me My death will now be double death ridiculous She was wont still to be neare to feele my miseries And with her Art I see her no where now What have I undertaken now she failes me No comfort now I finde how my soule staggers Till this houre never fear nor doubt possest me She cannot come she will not come she has fool'd me Sure she is the Devill has drawne me on to ruine And now to death bequeaths me in my danger Sy. He stands distracted and his colour changes Duch. I have given him that will make his blood forsake him Shortly his life Sy. His hands and contemplation Have motion still the rest is earth already Duc. Come will ye speak or pray your time growes out Sir How every where he looks he 's at last cast Enter Belvidere and secretly gives him a paper and Exit Sy. His colour comes againe fresh Duc. 'T is a flash Sir Before the flame burnes out can ye yet answer Sil. Yes Madam now I can Duch. I feare you 'l faile in 't Sil. And do not think my silence a presage Or Omen to my end you shall not finde it I am bred a Souldier not an Orator Madam peruse this scrowle let that speake for me And as you are Royall wrong not the construction Duch. By Heaven you shall have faire play Sil. I shall looke for 't Question Tell me what it that onely thing For which all women long Yet having what they most desire To have it do's them wrong Answer T is not to be chaste nor faire Such gifts malice may impaire Richly trim'd to walke or ride Or to wanton unespi'd To preserve an honest name And so to give it up to fame These are toyes In good or ill They desire to have their will Yet when they have it they abuse it For they know not how to use it Duch. You have answer'd right and gain'd your life I give it Sil. O happy Hag But my most gracious Madam Your promise tide a nobler favour to me Duch. 'T is true my daughter too Sil I hope you will keep it Duc. 'T is not in my powre now she is long since wanderd Stolne from the Court and me and what I have not I cannot give no man can tell me of her Nor no search finde her out and if not Silvio Which strongly I beleeve Sil. Mock me not Lady For as I am a servant to her vertue Since my first howre of exile I ne're saw her Lord That she is gone 't is too too true and lamentable Our last hope was in you Sil. What do I heare then And wherefore have I life bestow'd and honour To what end do I walk for men to wonder at And fight and foole pray ye take your honours from me My sorrowes are not fit companions for 'em And when ye please my life Art thou gone Mistris And wander'st heaven knowes where this vow I make thee That till I finde thee out and see those faire eyes Those eyes that shed their lights and life into me Never to know a friend to seeke a kindred To rest where pleasure dwells and painted glory But through the world the wide world thus to wander The wretched world alone no comfort with me But the meere meditations of thy goodnesse Honour and greatnesse thus adieu Enter Belvidere Bel. Stay Silvio And Lady sit againe I come for Justice Sil. What would she now Bel. To claime thy promise Silvio The Boone thou swor'st to give me Sy. What may this be A woman or a Devill Duch. 'T is a Witch sure And by her meanes he came to untwist this Riddle Sil. That I am bound to her for my liffe mine honour And many other thousand waies for comfort I here confesse Confesse a promise too That what she would aske me to requite these favours Within the endeavour of my life to grant I would and here I stand my words full master Bel. I wish no more great Lady witnesse with me The Boone I crave for all my service to thee Is now to be thy wife to grant me marriage Sil. How for to marry thee aske againe woman Thou wilfull woman aske againe Bel. No more Sir Sil. Aske land and life Bel. I aske thee for a Husband Soto Marry her and beat her into Gun-powder She would make rare Crackers Sil. Aske a better fortune Thou art too old to marry I a Souldier And alwaies married to my sword Bel. Thy word Foole Breake that and I le breake all thy fortunes yet Duch. He shall not I am witnesse to his faith and I le compell it Sy. 'T is fit ye hold your word Sir Sil. O most wretched Duch. This was a fortune now beyond my wishes For now my Daughter 's free if e're I finde her Sy. But not from me Duch. You are sharer in this happinesse My selfe will wait upon this marriage And do the old woman all the honour possible Sy. I le lead the Knight and what there wants in dalliance Wee 'l take it out in drinke Sil. O wretched Silvio Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Lopez and Isabella Lop. Hast thou sent for him Isab. Yes Lop. A young man saist thou Isab. Yes very young and very amarous Lop. And handsom Isab. As the Town affords Lop. And dar'st thou Be so farre good and Mistris of thine honour To sleight these Isab. For my husbands sake to curse 'em And since you have made me Mistris of my fortune Never to point at any ioy but husband I could have cozen'd ye but so much I love ye And now so much I weigh the estimation Of an unspotted wife Lop. I dare believe thee And never more shall doubt torment my spirit Enter Penurio Isab. How now Penurio Pen. The thing is comming Mistris Lop. I le take my standing Pen. Do and I le take mine Exit Lopes Isab. Where didst thou leave him Pen. I left him in a Cellar Where he has paid me titely paid me home Mistris We had an hundred fifty healths to you sweet Mistris And three score and ten damnations to my Master Mistris shall I speak a foolish word to ye Isab. What 's that Penurio The fellow 's drunke Pen. I would faine know your body Isab. How 's that how 's that prethee Pen. I would know it carnally I would conglutinate Isab. The reason sirrah Pen. Lobster sweet Mistris Lobster Isab. Thy Master heares Pen. Lobster sweet Master Lobster Isab. Thou art the most precious rogue Enter Claudio Pen. Most pretious Lobster Isab. Do you see who 's here go sleep ye drunken rascall Pen. Remember you refuse me arm'd in Lobster Exit Isab. O my lost Rugio welcome welcome welcome A thousand welcomes here I le seale Cla. Pray ye stay Lady Do you love me ever at this rate or is the fit now By reason of some wrong done by your husband More fervent on ye Isab. Can I chuse but
shake her neernesse off I study Sir To satisfie your angers that are just Before your pleasures Fred. I have done that already I feare has pull'd to many curses on me Sora. Curses or envies on Valerio's head Would you take my counsell Sir they should all light And with the weight not only crack his scull But his faire credit the exquisite vexation I have devis'd so please you give way in 't And let it worke shall more afflict his soule And trench upon that honour that he brags of Then feare or death in all the frights he carries If you sit downe here they will both abuse ye Laugh at your poore relenting powre and scorne ye What satisfaction can their deaths bring to you That are prepar'd and proud to dye and willingly And at their ends will thank you for that honour How are you nearer the desire you aim at Or if it be revenge your anger covets How can their single deaths give you content Sir Petty revenges end in blood sleight angers A Princes rage should finde out new diseases Death were a pleasure too to pay proud fooles with Fred. What should I do Sor. Adde but your power unto me Make me but strong by your protection And you shall see what joy and what delight What infinite pleasure this poore mouth shall yeeld him I le make him wish he were dead on 's marriage day Or bedrid with old age I le make him curse And cry and curse give me but power Fred. You have it Here take my Ring I am content he pay for 't Sor. It shall be now revenge as I will handle it He shall live after this to beg his life too Twenty to one by this thread as I le weave it Evanthe shall be yours Fred. Take all authority and be most happy Sor. Good Sir no more pitty Exeunt Enter Tony three Citizens and three Wives 1. Wife Good Master Tony put me in Ton. Where do you dwell 1. Wife Forsooth at the sign of the great shoulder of Mutton To. A hungry man would hunt your house out instantly Keep the dogs from your doore Is this Lettice Ruffe your husband a fine sharp sallet to your signe 2. Wife Will you put me in too 3. Wife And me good Master Tony Tony. Put ye all in you had best come twenty more you Think 't is easie a trick of legerdemaine to put ye all in 'T would pose a fellow that had twice my body Though it were all made into chines and fillets 2. W. Puts into 'th wedding Sir we would fain see that 1. W. And the brave Masque too To. You two are pretty women are you their husbands 2. Citiz. Yes for want of better Ton. I think so too you would not be so mad else To turne 'em loose to a company of young Courtiers That swarme like Bees in May when they see young wenches You must not squeak 3. W. No Sir we are better tutor'd Ton. Nor if a young Lord offer you the curtesie 2. W. We know what 't is Sir Ton. Nor you must not grumble If you be thrust up hard we thrust most furiously 1. W. We know the worst Ton. Get you two in then quietly And shift for your selves we must have no old women They are out of use unlesse they have petitions Besides they cough so loud they drown the Musick You would go in too but there is no place for ye I am sorry for 't go and forget your wives Or pray they may be able to suffer patiently You may have Heires may prove wise Aldermen Go or I le call the Guard 3 Citi. We will get in wee 'l venture broken pates else Exit Citiz. and Women Ton. 'T is impossible You are too securely arm'd how they flock hether And with what joy the women run by heapes To see this Marriage they tickle to think of it They hope for every moneth a husband too Still how they run and how the wittals follow 'em The weake things that are worne between the leggs That brushing dressing nor new naps can mende How they post to see their owne confusion This is a merry world Enter Frederick Fred. Looke to the doore sirra Thou art a foole and may'st do mischiefe lawfully Ton. Give me your hand you are my brother Foole You may both make the Law and mar it presently Do you love a wench Fred. Who does not foole Ton. Not I unlesse you will give me a longer lease to marry her Fred. What are all these that come what businesse have they Ton. Some come to gape those are my fellow fooles Some to get home their wives those be their own fooles Some to rejoyce with thee those be the times fooles And some I feare to curse thee those are poore fooles Enter Cassandra an old Lady passing over A set people calls them honest Looke looke King look A weather-beaten Lady new carin'd Fred. An old one Ton. The glasses of her eyes are new rub'd over And the worme-eaten records in her face are daub'd up neatly She layes her breasts out too like to poch'd eggs That had the yelkes suckt out they get new heads also New teeth new tongues for the old are all worne-out And as 't is hoped new tayles Fred. For what Ton. For old Courtiers The young ones are too stirring for their travells Fred. God leave your knavery and helpe to keepe the doore well I will have no such presse Ton. Lay thy hand a thy heart King Fred. I le have ye whipt Ton. The Foole and thou are parted Exit Fred. Sorano work and free me from this spell 'Twixt love and scorne there 's nothing felt but hell Exit Enter Valerio Camillo Cleanthes Menallo and Servants Val. Tye on my Scarfe you are so long about me Good my Lords help give me my other Cloke That Hat and Feather Lord what a Taylor 's this To make me up thus straight one sigh would burst me I have not roome to breath come button button Button apace Cam. I am glad to see you merry Sir Val. 'T would make you merry had you such a wife And such an age to injoy her in Men. An age Sir Val. A moneth 's an age to him that is contented What should I seeke for more give me my sword Ha my good Lords that every one of you now Had but a Lady of that youth and beauty To blesse yourselves this night with would ye not Pray ye speak uprightly Cle. We confesse ye happy And we could well wish such another Banquet But on that price my Lord Val. 'T were nothing else No man can ever come to aime at Heaven But by the knowledge of a Hell These shooes are heavy And if I should be call'd to dance they 'l clog me Get me some pumps I le tell ye brave Camillo And you deare friends the King has honour'd me Out of his gracious favour has much honour'd me To limit me my time for who would live long Who would be old
of this Sor. I le tell ye all the circumstance Within this houre but sure I heard your Grace To day as I attended make some stops Some broken speeches and some sighs between And then your Brothers name I heard distinctly And some sad wishes after Fred. Ye are i' th right Sir I would he were as sad as I could wish him Sad as the earth Sor. Would ye have it so Fred. Thou hearest me Though he be sick with small hope of recovery That hope still lives and mens eyes live upon it And in their eyes their wishes my Soram Were he but cold once in the tombe he dotes on As 't is the fittest place for melancholly My Court should be another Paradice And flow with all delights Sor. Go to your pleasures let me alone with this Hope shall not trouble ye nor he three dayes Fred. I shall be bound unto thee Enter Valerio Camillo Cleanthas Menallo Sor. I le do it neatly too no doubt shall catch me Fred. Be gone they are going to bed I le bid good night to 'em Sor. And mark the man you 'le scarce know 't is Valerio Exit Cam. Cheere up my noble Lord the minutes Come You shall injoy the abstract of all sweetnesse We did you wrong you need no wine to warme ye Desire shoots through your eyes like sudden wild-fires Val. Beshrew me Lords the wine has made me dull I am I know not what Fred. Good pleasure to ye Good night and long too as you finde your appetite Yon may fall too Val. I do beseech your Grace For which of all my loves and services Have I deserved this Fred. I am not bound to answer ye Val. Nor I bound to obey in unjust actions Fred. Do as you please you know the penalty And as I have a soule it shall be executed Nay look not pale I am not used to feare Sir If you respect your Lady good night to ye Exit Val. But for respect to her and to my duty That reverent duty that I owe my Soveraigne Which anger has no power to snatch me from The good night should be thine good night for ever The King is wanton Lords he would needs know of me How many nick chases I would make to night Men. My Lord no doubt you 'l prove a perfect gamester Val. Faith no I am unacquainted with the pleasure Bungle a set I may how my heart trembles And beats my breast as it would breake his way out Good night my noble friends Cle. Nay we must see you toward your bed my Lord Val. Good faith it needs not 'T is late and I shall trouble you Cam. No no till the Bride come Sir Val. I beseech you leave me You will make me bashfull else I am so foolish Besides I have some few devotions Lords And he that can pray with such a book in 's armes Cam. Wee 'l leave ye then and a sweet night wait upon ye Men. And a sweet issue of this sweet night crown ye Cle. All nights and dayes be such till you grow old Sir Exeunt Lords Val. I thank ye 't is a curse sufficient for me A labour'd one too though you meane a blessing What shall I do I am like a wretched Debtor That has a summe to tender on the forfeit Of all he is worth yet dare not offer it Other men see the Sun yet I must wink at it And though I know 't is perfect day deny it My veines are all on fire and burne like Aetna Youth and desire beat larums to my blood And adde fresh fuell to my warme affections I must injoy her yet when I consider When I collect my selfe and weigh her danger The Tyrants will and his powre taught to murther My tender care controlls my blood within me And like a cold fit of a peevish Ague Creepes to my soule and flings an Ice upon me Enter Queene Evanthe Ladies and Foole That locks all powres of youth up but prevention O what a blessednesse 't were to be old now To be unable bed-rid with diseases Or halt on Crutches to meet holy Hymen What a rare benefit but I 'am curst That that speakes other men most freely happy And makes all eyes hang on their expectations Must prove the bane of me youth and ability She comes to bed how shall I entertaine her Ton. Nay I come after too take the foole with ye For lightly he is ever one at Weddings Quee. Evanthe make ye unready our Lord staies for ye And prethee be merry Ton. Be very merry Chicken Thy Lord will pipe to thee anon and make thee dance too Lady Will he so good-man asse Ton. Yes goody filly And you had such a Pipe that piped so sweetly You would dance to death you have learnt your sinque a pace Evan. Your Grace desires that that is too free in me I am merry at the heart Ton. Thou wilt be anon the young smug Boy will give thee a sweet cordiall Evan. I am so taken up in all my thoughts So possest Madam with the lawfull sweets I shall this night partake of with my Lord So far transported pardon my immodesty Val. Alas poore wench how shall I recompence thee Evan. That though they must be short and snatcht away too E're they grow ripe yet I shall far prefer 'em Before a tedious pleasure with repentance Val. O how my heart akes Evan. Take off my Jewells Ladies And let my Ruffe loose I shall bid good night to ye My Lord staies here Quee. My wench I thank thee heartily For learning how to use thy few houres hansomly They will be yeares I hope off with your Gowne now Lay downe the bed there Ton. Shall I get into it and warme it for thee a Fooles fire is a fine thing And I 'll so busse thee Quee. I le have ye whipt ye rascall Ton. That will provoke me more I le talke with thy husband He 's a wise man I hope Evan. Good night deare Madam Ladies no further service I am well I do beseech your Grace to give us this leave My Lord and I to one another freely And privately may do all other Ceremonies Women and Page wee 'l be to one another And trouble you no farther Ton. Art thou a wise man Val. I cannot tell thee Tony aske my neighbours Ton. If thou beest so go lye with me to night The old foole will lye quieter then the young one And give thee more sleep thou wilt looke to morrow else Worse then the prodigall foole the Ballad speakes of That was sqeez'd through a horne Val. I shall take thy counsell Quee. Why then good night good night my best Evanthe My worthy maid and as that name shall vanish A worthy wife a long and happy follow sirra Evan. That shall be my care Goodnesse rest with your Grace Quee. Be lusty Lord and take your Lady to ye And that power that shall part ye be unhappy Val. Sweet rest unto ye to ye all sweet Ladies Tony good night
honest Madam Your Lords life and your owne are now in hazard Two precious lives may be redeem'd with nothing Little or nothing say an houres or dayes sport Or such a toy the end to it is wantonnesse That we call lust that maidens lose their fame for But a compell'd necessity of honour Faire as the day and cleare as innocence Upon my life and conscience a direct way Evan. To be a rascall Cass. 'T is a kinde of Rape too That keeps you cleare for where your will 's compell'd Though you yeeld up your body you are safe still Evan. Thou art grown a learned Bawd I ever look'd Thy great sufficiency would breake out Cass. You may You that are young and faire scorne us old creatures But you must know my yeares ere you be wise Lady And my experience too say the King loved ye Say it were nothing else Evan. I marry wench now thou comest to me Cass. Doe you thinke Princes favours are such sleight things To fling away when you please there be young Ladies Both faire and honourable that would leap to reach 'em And leap aloft too Evan. Such are light enough I am no Valter wench but canst thou tell me Though he be a King whether he be sound or no I would not give my youth up to infection Cass. As found as honour ought to be I think Lady Go too be wise I do not bid you try him But if he love you well and you neglect him Your Lords life hanging on the hazard of it If you be so wilfull proud Evan. Thou speakest to the point still But when I have lyen with him what am I then Gentlewoman Cass. What are you why the same you are now a Woman A vertuous woman and a noble woman Touching at what is noble you become so Had Lucrecee e're been thought of but for Tarquin She was before a simple unknowne woman When she was ravisht she was a reverent Saint And do you think she yeelded not a little And had a kinde of will to have been re-ravisht Believe it yes There are a thousand stories Of wondrous loyall women that have slipt But it has been on the ice of tender honour That kept 'em coole still to the world I think you are blest That have such art occasion in your hands to beget a Chronicle A faithfull one Evan. It must needs be much honour Cass. As you may make it infinite and safe too And when t is done your Lord and you may live So quietly and peaceably together And be what you please Evan. But suppose this wench The King should so delight me with his company I should forget my Lord and no more look on him Cass. That 's the maine hazard for I tell you truly I have heard report speak is an infinite pleasure Almost above beliefe there be some Ladies And modest to the world too wondrous modest That have had the blessednesse to try his body That I have heard proclaime him a new Hercules Evan. So strongly able Cassan. There will be the danger You being but a young and tender Lady Although your minde be good yet your weak body At first encounter too to meet with one Of his unconquer'd strength Evan. Peace thou rude bawde Thou studied old corruptnesse tye thy tongue up Your hired base tongue is this your timely counsell Dost thou seeke to make me dote on wickednesse Because 't is ten times worse then thou deliver'st it To be a whore because he has sufficiency To make a hundred O thou impudence Have I relieved thy age to mine owne ruine And worne thee in my bosome to betray me Can yeares and impotence win nothing on thee That 's good and honest but thou must go on still And where thy blood wants heat to sin thy selfe Force thy decreped will to make me wicked Cass. I did but tell ye Evan. What the damned'st woman The cunning'st and the skilful'st bawd comes short of If thou had'st liv'd ten ages to be dam'd in And exercised this art the Devill taught thee Thou could'st not have exprest it more exactly Cass. I did not bid you sin Evan. Thou wood'st me to it Thou that art fit for prayer and the grave Thy body earth already and corruption Thou taught'st the way go follow your fine function There are houses of delight that want good Matrons Such grave instructors get thee thither monster And read variety of sins to wantons And whey they rore with paines learne to make playsters Cass. This we have for our good wills Evan. If e're I see thee more Or any thing that 's like thee to affright me By this faire light I le spoile thy bawdery I le leave thee neither eyes nor nose to grace thee When thou wantest bread and common pitty towards thee Enter Frederick And art a starving in a ditch think of me Then die and let the wandering bawds lament thee Be gone I charge thee leave me Cass. You 'l repent this Exit Fred. She 's angry and t'other crying too my suit 's cold I le make your heart ake stubborne wench for this Turne not so angry from me I will speak to you Are you growne proud with your delight good Lady So pamper'd with your sport you scorne to know me Evan. I scorne ye not I would you scorn'd not me Sir And forc't me to be weary of my duty I know your Grace would I had never seene ye Fred. Because I love you because I dote upon ye Because I am a man that seeke to please ye Evan. I have man enough already to content me As much as noble and as worthy of me As all the world can yeeld Fred. That 's but your modesty You have no man nay never look upon me I know it Lady no man to content ye No man that can or at the least that dare Which is a poorer man and neerer nothing Evan. Be nobler Sir inform'd Fred. I le tell thee wench The poore condition of this poorer fellow And make thee blush for shame at thine owne errour He never tendred yet a husbands duty To thy warme longing bed Evan. How should he know that Fred. I am sure he did not for I charg'd him no Upon his life I charg'd him but to try him Could any brave or noble spirit stop here Was life to be preser'd before affection Lawfull and long'd for too Evan. Did you command him Fred. I did in policy to try his spirit Evan. And could he be so dead cold to observe it Brought I no beauty nor no love along with me Fred. Why what is it that makes me scorne to name him I should have lov'd him if he had venter'd for 't Nay doted on his bravery Evan. Onely charg'd And with that spell sit downe dare men fight bravely For poore slight things for drink or ostentation And there indanger both their lives and fortunes And for their lawfull Loves fly off with feare Fred. 'T is true and with a cunning base feare too
i' th wind and held against all weathers While I were able to beare with my tyres And so discharg 'em I would willingly Live Marcellina not till barnacles Bred in my sides Mar. Thou art i' th right wench For who would live whom pleasures had forsaken To stand at marke and cry a bow short signeur Were there not men came hither too Clau. Brave fellowes I feare me Bawdes of five i' th' pound Mar. How know you Clau. They gave me great lights to it Mar. Take heed Claudia Clau. Let them take heed the spring comes on Mar. To me now They seem'd as noble visitants Clau. To me now Nothing lesse Marcellina for I marke 'em And by this honest light for yet t is morning Saving the reverence of their guilded doublets And Millan skins Mar. Thou art a strange wench Claudia Clau. Ye are deceived they shew'd to me directly Court crabbs that creepe a side way for their living I know 'em by the breeches that they beg'd last Mar. Peace my Lady comes what may that be Clau. A Sumner Enter Lucina and Lycias the Eunuch That cites her to appeare Mar. No more of that wench Eun. Madam what answer to your Lord Luci. Pray tell him I am subject to his will Eun. Why weepe you Madam Excellent Lady there are none will hurt you Luci. I do beseech you tell me Sir Eun. What Lady Luci. Serve ye the Emperor Eun. I do Luci. In what place Eun. In 's chamber Madam Luci. Do ye serve his will too Eun. In faire and just commands Luci. Are ye a Romane Eun. Yes noble Lady and a Mantuan Luci. What office bore your parents Eun. One was Pretor Luci. Take heed then how you staine his reputation Eun. Why worthy Lady Luci. If ye know I charge ye Ought in this Message but what honesty The trust and faire obedience of a servant May well deliver yet take heed and help me Eun. Madam I am no Broker Claud. I le be hangd then Eun. Nor base procurer of mens lusts Your husband Praid me to doe this office I have done it It rests in you to come or no Luc. I will Sir Eun. If ye mistrust me doe not Luc. Ye appeare so worthy And to all my sence so honest And this is such a certain signe ye have brought me That I believe Eun. Why should I couzen you Or were I brib'd to doe this villany Can mony prosper or the foole that takes it When such a vertue falls Luc. Ye speake well Sir Would all the rest that serve the Emperour Had but your way Claud. And so they have ad unguem Luc. Pray tell my Lord I have receivd his Token And will not faile to meete him yet good Sir thus much Before you goe I doe beseech ye too As little notice as ye can deliver Of my appearance there Eun. It shall be Madam And so I wish you happinesse Luc. I thank you Exeunt Scaen. 2. Enter Aecius pursuing Pontius the Captaine and Maximus following Tumult noise within Max. Temper your selfe Aecius Pon. Hold my Lord I am a Roman and a Souldier Max. Pray Sir Aeci. Thou art a lying Villaine and a Traytor Give me my selfe or by the Gods my friend You 'l make me dangerous how dar'st thou pluck The Souldiers to sedition and I living And so Rebellion in 'em and even then When I am drawing out to action Pon. Heare me Max. Are yee a man Aeci. I am a true hearted Maximus And if the Villaine live we are dishonourd Max. But heare him what he can say Aeci. That 's the way To pardon him I am so easie naturd That if he speak but humbly I forgive him Pon. I doe beseech yee Noble Generall Aeci. Has found the was already give me rome One stroake and if he scape me then ha's mercy Pon. I doe not call yee Noble that I feare ye I never care'd for death if ye will kill me Consider first for what not what you can doe T is true I know ye for my Generall And by that great Prerogative may kill But doe it justly then Aeci. He argues with me By Heaven a made up Rebell Max. Pray consider What certaine grounds ye have for this Aeci. What grounds Did I not take him preaching to the Souldiers How lazily they liv'd and what dishonours It was to serve a Prince so full of woman Those were his very words friend Max. These Aecius Though they were rashly spoke which was an errour A great one Pontius yet from him that hungers For warres and brave imployment might be pardond The heart and harbourd thoughts of ill make Traytors Not spleeny speeches Aeci. Why should you protect him Goe too it shewes not honest Max. Taynt me not For that shewes worse Aecius All your friendship And that pretended love ye lay upon me Hold back my honesty is like a favour You doe your slave to day to morrow hang him Was I your bosome peece for this Aeci. The nature of my zeale and for my Country Makes me sometimes forgive my selfe for know Thou I most strive to be without my passions I am no God For you Sir whose infection Ha's spread it selfe like poyson through the Army And cast a killing fogge on faire Allegiance First thank this Noble Gentleman y'e had dy'de else Next from your place and honour of a Souldier I here seclude you Pon. May I speak yet Max. Heare him Aeci. And while Aecius holds a reputation At least command ye beare no Armes for Rome Sir Pon. Against her I shall never The condemnd man Ha's yet that priviledge to speak my Lord Law were not equall else Max. Pray heare Aecius For happily the fault he has committed Though I believe it mighty yet considered If mercy may be thought upon will prove Rather a hastie sin then heynous Aec. Speake Pon. T is true my Lord ye took me tir'de with peace My words almost as ragged as my fortunes T is true I told the Souldier whom we serv'd And then bewaild we had an Emperour Led from us by the flourishes of Fencers I blam'd him too for women Aec. To the rest Sir Pon. And like enough I blest him then as Souldiers Will doe sometimes T is true I told 'em too We lay at home to show our Country We durst goe naked durst want meate and mony And when the Slave drinkes Wine we durst be thirstie I told 'em this too that the Trees and Roots Were our best pay-masters the Charity Of longing women that had bought our bodies Our beds fires Taylers Nurses Nay I told 'em For you shall heare the greatest sin I said Sir By that time there be wars agen our bodies Laden with scarres and aches and ill lodgings Heates and perpetuall ants were fitter praires And certaine graves then cope the foe on crutches T is likely too I counsell'd 'em to turne Their Warlike pikes to plough-shares their sure Targets And Swords hatcht with the bloud of many Nations To Spades and pruning Knives for those
with the Ladies of the time Noble and faire only for love to thee Must of necessity invite a tendernesse As low as nature could have stampt a bond womans To entertaine quick motions of rare gratitude For my uncommon favours Bian. Deed my Lord as far as my simplicity can leade mee I freely thank your curtesies Cesar. To thank them is to reward them pretty one Bian. Then teach me How I may give them back again in truth I never yet receiv'd a paire of Gloves A trifling ring from any that expected An equall satisfaction but as willingly I parted with the gift unto the owner as he bestowd it Caesar. But I pow're before thee Such plenties as it lyes not in the ability Of thy whole kindred to returne proportionable One for a thousand Bian. You my Lord conclude For my instruction to ingage a debt Beyond a possibilitie of paiment I ever thought a sinne and therefore justly Without conceit of scorne or curious rudenesse I must refuse your bounty Cesar. Canst thou love Bian. Love is there such a word in any language That carries honest sence Cesar. Never dwelt ignorance In so sweet-shap't a building love Bianca Is that firme knot which tyes two hearts in one Shall ours be tyed so Bian. Vse a plainer word My Lord Insteed of tyes say marries hearts Then I may understand Cesar. Their hearts are married Whose enterchange of pleasures and embraces Soft kisses and the privacies of sweetes Keeps constant league together when temptation Of great mens oathes and gifts shall urge contempt Rather then batter resolution novelty Of sights or taste of new delights in wantonnesse Breeds surfeit more then appetite in any Reserv'd to noble vowes my excellent maide Live thou but true to me and my contents Mine only that no partner may pertake The treasure of those sweets thy youth yet glories in And I will raise thy lownesse to abundance Of all varieties and more triumph In such a mistris then great Princes doating On truth-betraying wives Bian. Thus to yeeld up then The cottage of my vertue to be swallow'd By some hard-neighboring landlord such as you are Is in effect to love a Lord so vicious O where shall innocence find some poore dwelling Free from temptations tirrany Cesar. Nay prethee Byan. Gay clothes high feeding easie beds of lust Change of unseemly sights with base discourse Draw curses on your Pallaces for my part This I will be confirmd in I will eate The bread of labour know no other rest Then what is earnd from honest paines ere once more Lend eare to your vild toyles Sir would you were As noble in desires as I could be in knowing vertue Pray doe not afflict a poore soule thus Caesar. I sweare to me Bianca steales off Gen. The Duke my Lord commands your speedy presence For answering agreivances late urg'd Against you by your Mother Caesar. By my Mother Gent. The Court is neere on sitting Cesar. I waite on it Sir Exeunt Enter Duke Magistrate Secretary Baptista Attendants Mentivole they sit Mentivole stands by Duke What wast of bloud what tumults what divisions What outrages what uprores in a state Factions though issuing from meane springs at first Have not restraind flowed to the sad example At Rome betweene the Ursins and Columnies Nay here at home in Florence twixt the Neers And the Bianchi can too mainly witnesse I sit not at the helme my Lords of soveraignty Deputed Pilot for the Common-wealth To sleep whiles others steere as their wild fancies Shall councell by the compasse of disorders Baptista This short Preface is directed Chiefly to you the petty brawles and quarrels Late urg'd betwixt th' Alberti and your family Must yes and shall like tender unknit joynts Fasten againe together of themselves Or like an angry Chyrurgion we will use The roughnesse of our justice to cut off The stubborne rancour of the limbes offending Bap. Most gracious Florence Duke Our command was signified That neither of the followers of each party Should appeare here with weapons Bap. T is obeyd Sir on my side Duke We must leave the generall cause Of State employments to give eare to brawles Of some particular grudges pollitick government For tutord Princes but no more henceforth Ent. Mariana and Clarissa at one door Cesario at the other Our frowne shall check presumption not our clemency Mari. All blessings due to unpartiall Princes Crowne Florence with eternity of happinesse Cesar. If double praiers can double blessings great Sir Mine joyne for your prosperity with my mothers Duke Rise both now briefly Lady without circumstance Deliver those agrievances which lately Your importunity possest our counsaile Were fit for audience wherein you petitiond You might be heard without an Advocate Which boone you find is granted Mari. Though divided I stand between the laws of truth and modesty Yet let my griefes have vent Yet the cleernesse Of strange necessity requires obedience To nature and your mercy in my weeds Of mourning emblems of too deer misfortunes Badges of griefes and Widdowhood the burthen Of my charg'd soule must be layd downe before you Wherein if strict opinion cancell shame My frailty is my plea Stand forth young man And heare a story that will strike all reason Into amasement Cesar. I attend Mar. Alberto peace dwell upon his ashes still the husband Of my remembrance and unchanging vowes Has by his death left to his heire possession Of faire revenew which this young man claymes As his inheritance I urgd him gently Friendly and privately to grant a partage Of this estate to her who ownes it all This his supposed Sister Bap. How supposed Cesar. Pray Madam recollect your selfe Mar. The relish Of a strange truth begins to work like Physick Already I have bitternesse to mingle With these preparatives so deadly loathsome It will quite choake digestion shortly heare it Cesario for I dare not rob unjustly The poore soule of his name this this Cesario Neither for Father had Alberto me For Mother nor Clarissa for his Sister Claris. Mother ô Mother Ment. I am in a Dream sure Duke No interruptions Lady on Maria. How ever Bap. A Faulkners sonne Mari. Mistake not Great Duke of Tuscany or the beginning Or processe of this novelty my husband The now deceasd Alberto from his youth In-urd to an impatiency and roughnesse Of disposition when not many monthes After our marriage were worne out repin'd At the unfruitfull barrennesse of youth Which as he pleasd to terme it cut our hops off From blessing of some issue to prevent it I grew ambitious of no fairer honor Then to preserve her love and as occasions Still call'd him from me studied in his absence How I might frame his welcome home with comfort At last I faynd my selfe with child the Message Of freedome or reliefe to one halfe stervd In prison is not utter'd with such greedinesse Of expectation and delight as this was To my much affected Lord his care his goodnesse Pardon me that I use
mother have I warm'd thee here to corrode ev'n my heart Martius prepare to kill me or be kill'd Mar. Why Sophocles then prethee kill me I deserve it highly for I have both transgress'd 'gainst men and gods but am repentant now and in best case to uncase my soul of this oppressing flesh which though Gods witnesse nev'r was actually injurious to thy wife and thee yet 't was her goodnesse that restrain'd and held me now but take my life dear friend for my intent or else forgive it Val. By the gods of Athens these words are true and all direct again Soph. Pardon me Dorigen Mar. Forgive me Sophocles and Dorigen too and every one that 's good Dor. Rise noble Romane belov'd Sophocles take to thy brest thy friend Mar. And to thy heart thy matchlesse wife heaven has not stuff enough to make another such for if it could Martius would marry too For thy blest sake O thou infinitie of excellence henceforth in mens discourse Rome shall not take the wall of Athens as tofore But when in their fair honours we to speak do come we 'll say 'T was so in Athens and in Rome Exeunt in pomp Diana descends Diana Honour set ope thy gates and with thee bring my servant and thy friend fair Dorigen Let her triumph with her her Lord and friend who though misled still honour was their end Flourish Enter the Shew of Honours Triumph a great flourish of Trumpets and Drums within Then enter a noise of Trumpets sounding cheerfully Then follows an armed Knight bearing a Crimson Banneret in hand with the inscription Valour by his side a Lady bearing a Watchet Banneret the inscription Clemencie next Martius and Sophocles with Coronets Next two Ladies one bearing a white Banneret the inscription Chastity the other a black the inscription Constancie Then Dorigen crown'd Last a Chariot drawn by two Moors in it a Person crown'd with a Scepter on the top in an antick Scutcheon is written Honour As they passe over Diana ascends Rinald. How like you it Frig. Rarely so well I would they would do it again How many of our wives now adays would deserve to triumph in such a Chariot Rinald. That 's all one you see they triumph in Caroches Frig. That they do by the masse but not all neither many of them are content with Carts But Seignior I have now found out a great absurditie ifaith Rinald. What was 't Frig. The Prologue presenting four Triumphs made but three legs to the King a three legg'd Prologue 't was monstrous Rinald. 'T had been more monstrous to have had a four-legg'd one Peace the King speaks Em. Here was a woman Isabel Isa. I my Lord but that she told a lye to vex her husband therein she fail'd Em. She serv'd him well enough he that was so much man yet would be cast to jealousie for her integrity This teacheth us the passion of love can fight with Souldiers and with Scholars too Isa. In Martius clemencie and valour shown in the other courage and humanitie and therefore in the Triumph they were usher'd by clemencie and valour Em. Rightly observ'd as she by chastitie and constancie what hurt 's now in a Play against which some rail so vehemently thou and I my Love make excellent use methinks I learn to be a lawful lover void of jealousie and thou a constant wife Sweet Poetry 's a flower where men like Bees and Spiders may bear poison or else sweets and Wax away Be venom-drawing Spiders they that will I 'll be the Bee and suck the honey still Flourish Cupid descends Cupid Stay clouds ye rack too fast bright Phoebus see Honour has triumph'd with fair Chastity Give Love now leave in purity to show Unchaste affections flie not from his bowe Produce the sweet example of your youth Whilst I provide a Triumph for your Truth Flourish Enter Violane with childe and Gerrard Viol. Why does my Gerrard grieve Ger. O my sweet Mistris 't is not life which by our Milain law my fact hath forfeited makes me thus pensive that I would lose to save the little finger of this your noble burthen from least hurt because your blood is in 't But since your love made poor incompatible me the parent being we are not married your dear blood falls under the same cruel penalty and can heaven think fit ye die for me for heavens sake say I ravisht you I 'll swear it to keep your life safe and repute unstain'd Viol. O Gerrard th' art my life and faculties and if I lose thee I 'll not keep mine own the thought of whom sweetens all miseries Wouldst have me murder thee beyond thy death unjustly scandal thee with ravishment It was so far from rape that heaven doth know if ever the first Lovers ere they fell knew simply in the state of innocence such was this act this that doth ask no blush Ger. O but my rarest Violane when my Lord Randulpho brother to your father shall understand this how will he exclaim that my poor Aunt and me which his free alms hath nurs'd since Millain by the Duke of Mantua who now usurps it was surpriz'd that time my father and my mother were both slain with my Aunts husband as she says their states despoil'd and seiz'd 't is past my memory but thus she told me onely this I know since I could understand your honour'd Uncle hath given me all the liberal education that his own son might look for had he one now will he say Dost thou requite me thus O the thought kills me Viol. Gentle gentle Gerrard be cheer'd and hope the best My mother father and uncle love me most indulgently being the onely branch of all their stocks but neither they nor he thou wouldst not grieve with this unwelcom news shall ever hear Violane 's tongue reveal much lesse accuse Gerrard to be the father of his own I 'll rather silent die that thou maist live to see thy little off-spring grow and thrive Enter Dorothea Dor. Mistris away your Lord and father seeks you I 'll convey Gerrard out at the back door he has found a husband for you and insults in his invention little thinking you have made your own choice and possest him too Viol. A husband 't must be Gerrard or my death Fare well be onely true unto thy self and know heavens goodnesse shall prevented be ere worthiest Gerrard suffer harm for me Ger. Fare well my life and soul Aunt to your counsel I flee for aid O unexpressible love thou art an undigested heap of mixt extremes whose pangs are wakings and whose pleasures dreams Exeunt Enter Benvoglio Angelina Ferdinand Ben. My Angelina never didst thou yet so please me as in this consent and yet thou hast pleas'd me well I swear old wench ha ah Ferdinand she 's thine own thou 'st have her boy ask thy good Ladie else Ferd. Whom shall I have Sir Ben. Whom d' ye think ifaith Angel Ghesse Ferd. Noble Madam I may hope
thy theevish heart that stale it and restore 't do miracles to gain her Ger. Was she thine Ferd. Never but in my wish and her fathers vow which now he left with me on such sure terms he call'd me son and will'd me to provide my Wedding-preparation Ger. Strange Ferd. Come let 's kill one another quickly Ger. Ferdinand my love is old to her thine new begot I have not wrong'd thee think upon thine Oath Ferd. It manacles me Gerrard else this hand should bear thee to the Law Fare well for ever since friendship is so fatal never more will I have friend thou hast put so sure a plea that all my weal 's litigious made by thee Ger. I did no crime to you His love transports him and yet I mourn that cruel destinie should make us two thus one anothers crosse we have lov'd since boys for the same time cast him on Lord Benvoglio that my Aunt and I were succour'd by Randulpho men have call'd us the parallels of Millain and some said we were not much unlike O heaven divert that we should ever since that time be breeding mutual destruction Enter Dorothea Dor. O where are you you have made a fair hand By yonder is your Aunt with my Ladie she came in just as she was wooing your Mistris for another and what did me she but out with her purse and shew'd all the naked truth ifaith Fie upon you you should never trust an old woman with a secret they cannot hold they cannot hold so well as we and you 'ld hang 'em First there was swearing and staring then there was howling and weeping and O my daughter and O my mother Ger. The effect the effect Dor. Marry no way but one with you Ger. Why welcom Shall she scape Dor. Nay she has made her scape already Ger. Why is she gone Dor. The scape of her virginitie I mean You men are as dull you can conceive nothing you think it is enough to beget Ger. I but surely Dorothea that scap'd not her maidenhead suffer'd Dor. And you were the Executioner Ger. But what 's the event lord how thou starv'st me Doll Dor. Lord how thou starv'st me Doll By I would fain see you crie a little Do you stand now as if you could get a childe Come I 'll rack you no more This is the heart of the businesse always provided Seignior that if it please the Fates to make you a Lord you be not proud nor forget your poor handmaid Doll who was partly accessary to the incision of this Holofernian maiden-head Ger. I will forget my name first Speak Dor. Then thus My Ladie knows all her sorrow is reasonably well digested has vow'd to conceal it from my Lord till delay ripen things better wills you to attend her this evening at the back gate I 'll let you in where her own Confessor shall put you together lawfully ere the childe be born which birth is very neer I can assure you all your charge is your vigilance and to bring with you some trustie Nurse to convey the infant out of the house Ger. O beam of comfort take go tell my Ladie I pray for her as I walk my joys so flow that what I speak or do I do not know Exeunt Dumb Shew Enter Violanta at one door weeping supported by Cornelia and a Frier at another door Angelina weeping attended by Dorothea Violanta kneels down for pardon Angelina shewing remorse takes her up and cheers her so doth Cornelia Angelina sends Dorothea for Gerrard Enter Gerrard with Dorothea Angelina and Cornelia seem to chide him shewing Violanta's heavie plight Violanta rejoyceth in him he makes signes of sorrow intreating pardon Angelina brings Gerrard and Violanta to the Frier he joyns them hand in hand takes a Ring from Gerrard puts it on Violanta's finger blesseth them Gerrard kisseth her the Frier takes his leave Violanta makes shew of great pain is instantly conveyed in by the women Gerrard is bid stay he walks in meditation seeming to pray Enter Dorothea whispers him sends him out Enter Gerrard with a Nurse blindfold gives her a purse To them enter Angelina and Cornelia with an infant they present it to Gerrard he kisseth and blesseth it puts it into the Nurses arms kneels and takes his leave Exeunt all severally Enter Benvoglio and Randulpho Ben. He 's dead you say then Rand. Certainly and to hear the people now dissect him now he 's gone makes my ears burn that lov'd him not such Libels such Elegies and Epigrams they have made more odious then he was Brother great men had need to live by love meting their deeds with vertues rule sound with the weight of judgement their privat'st action for though while they live their power and policie mask their villanies their bribes their lust pride and ambition and make a many slaves to worship 'em that are their flatterers and their bawds in these these very slaves shall when these great beasts die publish their bowels to the vulgar eye Ben. Fore heaven 't is true But is Rinaldo brother our good Duke heard of living Rand. Living Sir and will be shortly with the Senate has been close conceal'd at Mantua and reliev'd but what 's become of his no tidings yet But brother till our good Duke shall arrive carry this news here Where 's your Ferdinand Ben. O busie Sir abut this Marriage and yet my girl o' th' sudden is faln sick you 'll see her ere you go Rand. Yes well I love her and yet I wish I had another daughter to gratifie my Gerrard who by is all the glory of my family but has too much worth to live so obscure I 'll have him secretary of Estate upon the Dukes return for credit me the value of that Gentleman 's not known his strong abilities are fit to guide the whole Republike he hath learning youth valour discretion honestie of a Saint his aunt is wondrous good too Enter Violanta in a bed Angelina and Dorothea sitting by her Ben. You have spoke the very character of Ferdinand one is the others mirror How now daughter Rand. How fares my Neece Viol. A little better Uncle then I was I thank you Rand. Brother a meer cold Angel It was a cold and heat I think but heaven be thanked we have broken that away n. And yet Violanta you 'll lie above still and you see what 's got Dor. Sure Sir when this was got she had a bed-fellow Rand. What has her Collick left her in her belly Dor. 'T has left her but she has had a sore fit Rand. I that same Collick and Stone 's inherent to us o' th' womans side our mothers had them both Dor. So has she had Sir How these old fornicators talk she had more need of Mace-ale and Renish-wine Candles heaven knows then your aged discipline Ben. Say Enter Ferdinand Ang. She will have the man and on recovery will wholly be dispos'd by you Ben. That 's my wench how now what
for vengeance Lavall lives yet Gab. Then thus I drie all sorrows from these eyes fury and rage possesse 'em now damn'd divell Lav. Hah Gab. This for young Perolot Lav. O mercy mercy Gab. This for my wrongs Lav. But one short hour to cure mee Knock within oh be not cruell Oh oh Mar. Heark they knock make haste for heavens sake Mistris Gab. This for Casta Lav. Oh O O O. He dies Mar. He 's dead come quickly let 's away with him 't will be too late else Gab. Help help up to th' chamber Exeunt with Lavalls body Enter Duke Hellena Gentile Casta and attendants with lights Duke What frights are these Gent. I am sure here 's one past frighting Bring the lights neerer I have enough alreadie Out out mine eyes Look Casta Lord 'T is young Perolot Duke When came he over Hold the Gentlewoman she sinks and bear her off Cast. O my dear brother Exit Gent. There is a time for all for me I hope too and very shortly Murdred Gabriella Maria with Lavalls body above Duke Who 's above there Gab. Look up and see Duke What may this mean Gab. Behold it behold the drunken murderer of that young Gentleman behold the rankest the vilest basest slave that ever flourish'd Duke Who kill'd him Gab. I and there 's the cause I did it read if your eyes will give you leave Hell Oh monstrous Gab. Nay out it shall there take this false heart to ye the base dishonour of a thousand women keep it in gold Duke 't is a precious jewel Now to my self for I have liv'd a fair age longer by some moneths then I had a minde to Duke Hold Gab. Here young Perolot my first contracted true love shall never go alone Duke Hold Gabriella I do forgive all Gab. I shall die the better Thus let me seek my grave and my shames with me Mar. Nor shalt thou go alone my noble Mistris why should I live and thou dead Lord Save the wench there Mar. She is I hope and all my sins here written Duke This was a fatal night Gent. Heaven has his working which we cannot contend against Duke Alas Gent. Your Grace has your alas too Duke Would 't were equal for thou hast lost an honest noble childe Gent. 'T is heir enough has lost a good remembrance Duke See all their bodies buried decently though some deserv'd it not How do you Ladie Hell Even with your Graces leave ripe for a Monasterie there will I wed my life to tears and prayers and never know what man is more Duke Your pleasure how does the maid within Lord She is gone before Sir the same course that my Ladie takes Gent. And my course shall be my Beads at home so please your Grace to give me leave to leave the Court Duke In peace Sir and take my love along Gent. I shall pray for ye Duke Now to our selves retire we and begin by this example to correct each sin Exeunt Flourish King Em. By this we plainly view the two imposthumes that choke a kingdoms welfare Ease and Wantonnesse in both of which Lavall was capital for first Ease stole away his minde from honour that active noble thoughts had kept still working and then deliver'd him to drink and women lust and outragious riot and what their ends are how infamous and foul we see example Therefore that great man that will keep his name and gain his merit out of Vertues schools must make the pleasures of the world his fools Flourish The Triumph Enter Musicians next them Perolot with the wound he died with Then Gabriella and Maria with their wounds after them four Furies with Bannerets inscrib'd Revenge Murder Lust and Drunkennesse singing Next them Lavall wounded Then a Chariot with Death drawn by the Destinies Flourish Enter PROLOGUE From this sad sight ascend your noble eye And see old Time helping triumphantly helping his Master Man view here his vanities and see his false friends like those glutted flyes that when they 've suckt their fill fall off and fade from all remembrance of him like a shade And last view who relieves him and that gone We hope your favour and our Play is done Flourish Enter Anthropos Desire and Vain Delight Bounty Ant. What hast thou done Desire and how imploy'd the charge I gave thee about levying wealth for our supplies Desire I have done all yet nothing tri'd all and all my ways yet all miscarried there dwells a sordid dulnesse in their mindes Thou son of earth colder then that thou art made of I came to Craft found all his hooks about him and all his nets baited and set his slie self and greedie Lucre at a serious conference which way to tie the world within their statutes a businesse of all sides and of all sorts swarming like Bees broke loose in summer I declared your will and want together both inforcing with all the power and pains I had to reach him yet all fell short Anth. His answer Desire This he gave me Your wants are never ending and those supplies that came to stop those breaches are ever lavisht before they reach the main in toys and trifles gew-gaws and gilded puppets Vain delight he says has ruin'd ye with clapping all that comes in for support on clothes and Coaches perfumes and powder'd pates and that your Mistris the Ladie Pleasure like a sea devours at length both you and him too If you have houses or land or jewels for good pawn he 'll hear you and will be readie to supplie occasions if not he locks his ears up and grows stupid From him I went to Vanity whom I found attended by an endlesse troop of Tailors Mercers Embroiderers Feather-makers Fumers all Occupations opening like a Mart that serve to rig the bodie out with braverie and th'row the room new fashions flew like flyes in thousand gaudie shapes Pride waiting on her and busily surveying all the breaches Time and delaying Nature had wrought in her which still with art she piec'd again and strengthened I told your wants she shew'd me gowns and head-tires imbroider'd wastcoats smocks seam'd thorow with cut-works scarfs mantles petticoats muffs powders paintings dogs monkeys parrots which all seemed to shew me the way her money went From her to Pleasure I took my journey Anth. And what says our best Mistris Desire She danc'd me out this answer presently Revels and Masques had drawn her drie alreadie I met old Time too mowing mankinde down who says you are too hot and he must purge ye Anth. A cold quietus Miserable creatures born to support and beautifie your master the godlike man set here to do me service the children of my will why or how dare ye created to my use alone disgrace me Beasts have more courtesie they live about me offering their warm wooll to the shearers hand to clothe me with their bodies to my labours nay even their lives they daily sacrifice and proudly presse with garlands to the altars to fill the
don boy Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Gerrard and Floriz Ger. By this time Sir I hope you want no reasons Why I broke off your marriage for though I Should as a Subject study you my Prince In things indifferent it will not therefore Discredit you to acknowledge me your Father By harkning to my necessary counsells Flo. Acknowledge you my Father Sir I do And may impiety conspiring with My other Sinnes sinck me and sodainly When I forget to pay you a Sonnes duty In my obedience and that help'd forth With all the cheerefullnesse Ger. I pray you rise And may those powers that see and love this in you Reward you for it Taught by your example Having receiv'd the rights due to a Father I tender you th' allegance of a Subject Which as my Prince accept of Flo. Kneele to me May mountaines first fall down beneath their valleys And fire no more mount upwards when I suffer An act in nature so preposterous I must o'recome in this in all things else The victory be yours could you here read me You should perceive how all my faculties Triumph in my blest fate to be found yours I am your son your son Sir and am prouder To be so to the Father to such goodnesse Which heaven be pleas'd I may inherit from you Then I shall ever of those specious titles That plead for my succession in the Earldome Did I possesse it now left by my mother Ger. I do beleeve it but Flo. O my lov'd Father Before I knew you were so by instinct Nature had taught me to look on your wants Not as a strangers and I know not how What you call'd charity I thought the payment Of some religious debt nature stood bound for And last of all when your magnificent bounty In my low ebb of fortune had brought in A flood of blessings though my threatning wants And feare of their effects still kept me stupid I soone found out it was no common pitty That lead you to it Ger. Thinke of this hereafter When we with joy may call it to remembrance There will be a time more opportune then now To end your story with all circumstances I add this only when we fled from Woolfort I sent you into England and there placed you With a brave Flanders Merchant call'd rich Goswin A man supplyed by me unto that purpose As bound by oath never to discover you Who dying left his name and wealth unto you As his reputed Son and yet receiv'd so But now is Florez and a Prince remember The countreys and the subjects generall good Must challenge the first part in your affection The faire maid whom you chose to be your wife Being so far beneath you that your love Must grant shee 's not your equall Flo. In discent Or borrowed glories from dead Ancestors But for her beauty chastity and all vertues Ever remembred in the best of women A Monarch might receive from her not give Though she were his Crownes purchase In this only Be an indulgent Father in all else Use my authority Enter Hubert Hemskirke Woolfort Bertha and Souldiers Hub. Sir here be two of 'em The Father and the Son the rest you shall have As fast as I can rouze them Ger. Who 's this Woolfort Wool I Criple your faigned crutches wil not help you Nor patch'd disguise that hath so long conceal'd you It 's now no halting I must here finde Gerrard And in this Merchants habit one called Florez Who would be an Earl Ger. And is wert thou a subject Flo. Is this that Traitor Woolfort Woolf. Yes but you Are they that are betraid Hemskirke Ber. My Goswin Turn'd Prince ô I am poorer by this greatnesse Then all my former jealousies or misfortunes Flo. Gertrud Woolf. Stay Sir you were to day too neare her You must no more ayme at those easy accesses Lesse you can do 't in aire without a head Which shall be sodainly tri'de Ber. O take my heart first And since I cannot hope now to enjoy him Let me but fall a part of his glad ransome Woolf. You know not your own value that entreat Ger. So proud a fiend as Woolfort VVoolf. For so lost A thing as Florez Flo. And that would be so Rather then she should stoop againe to thee There is no death but 's sweeter then all life When VVoolfort is to give it O my Gertrude It is not that nor Princedom that I goe from It is from thee that losse includeth all Wool I if my young Prince knew his losse hee would say so VVhich that he yet may chew on I will tell him This is no Gertrude nor no Hemskirks Niece Nor Vandoncks daughter this is Bertha Bertha The heir of Brabant she that caus'd the warr Whom I did steale during my treaty there For your minority to raise my selfe I then fore-seeing 't would beget a quarrell That a necessity of my employment The same employment make me master of strength That strength the Lord of Flanders so of Brabant By marrying her which had not been to doe Sir She come of years but that the expectation First of her Fathers death retarded it And since the standing out of Bruges where Hemskirke had hid her till she was neer lost But Sir we have recover'd her your Merchantship May breake for this was one of your best bottoms I thinke Ger. Insolent Devill Enter Hubert with Jaqueline Gynks and Costin Woolf. Who are these Hemskirke Hem. More more Sir Flo. How they triumph in their treachery Hem. Lord Arnold of Benthusin this Lord Costin This Jaqueline the sister unto Florez Wol. All found why here 's brave game this was sport-royall And puts me in thought of a new kind of death for 'em Hunts-man your horn first wind me Florez fall Next Gerrards then his daughter Jaquelins Those rascalls they shall dye without their rights Hang 'em Hemskirke on these trees I l'e take The assay of these my selfe Hub. Not here my Lord Let 'em be broken up upon a scaffold T will shew the better when their arbour 's made Ger. Wretch art thou not content thou hast betraid us But mocke us too Ginks. False Hubert this is monstrous Wool Hubert Hem. VVho this Ger. Yes this is Hubert Woolfort I hope he ha's helpt himselfe to a tree Woolf. The first The first of any and most glad I have you Sir I let you goe before but for a traine Is 't you have done this service Hub. As your Hunts-man But now as Hubert save your selves I will The Woolf 's a foote let slip kill kill kill kill Enter with a drum Van-donck Merchants Higgen Prig Ferret Snap Woolf. Betray'd Hub. No but well catch'd and I the Huntsman Van-d. How do you Woolfort Rascal good knave Wool I speake it now without the Rose and Hemskirck Rogue Hemskirck you that have no neice this Lady Was stolen by you and tane by you and now Resign'd by me to the right owner here Take her my Prince Flo. Can this be
possible Welcom my love my sweet my worthy love Van-d. I ha' giv'n you her twice now keep her better thanke Lord Hubert that came to me in Gerrards name And got me out with my brave Boyes to march Like Caesar when he bred his Comentaryes So I to end my Chronicle came forth Caesar Van-donck veni vidi vici Give me my Bottle and set downe the drum You had your tricks Sir had you we ha' tricks too You stole the Lady Hig. And we led your Squadrons Where they ha' scratch'd their leggs a little with brambles If not their faces Prig. Yes and run their heads Against trees Hig. 'T is Captaine Prig Sir Prig. And Coronell Higgen Hig. We have fill'd a pitt with your people some with leggs Some with armes broken and a neck or two I think be loose Prig. The rest too that escap'd Are not yet out o' the briars Hig. And your horses Sir Are well set up in Bruges all by this time You looke as you were not well Sir and would be Shortly let blood do you want a scarfe Van-d. A halter Ger. 'T was like your selfe honest and noble Hubert Can'st thou behold these mirrors altogether Of thy long false and bloody usurpation Thy tyrranous proscription and fresh treason And not so see thy selfe as to fall downe And sincking force a grave with thine owne guilt As deep as hell to couer thee and it Woolf. No I can stand and praise the toyles that tooke me And laughing in them dye they were brave snares Flo. 'T wer truer valour if thou durst repent The wrongs th' hast don and live Woolf. Who I repent And say I am sorry yes 't is the fooles language And not for Woolfort Van-d. Woolfort thou art a Divell And speaks his language oh that I had my longing Under this rew of trees now would I hang him Flo. No let him live untill he can repent But banish'd from our State that is thy doome Van-d. Then hang his worthy Captaine here this Hemskirck For profit of th' example Flo. No let him Enjoy his shame too with his conscious life To shew how much our innocence contemnes All practise from the guiltiest to molest us Van-d. A noble prince Ger. Sir you must helpe to joyne A paire of hands as they have don their heartes here And to their loves with joy Flo. As to mine owne My gratious Sister worthiest Brother Van. I 'le go afore and have the bon-fire made My fire-workes and flap dragons and good backrack With a peck of little fishes to drink downe In healthes to this day Hig. Slight here be changes The Bells ha' not so many nor a dance Prig Prig. Our Company 's growne horrible thin by it What think you Ferret Fer. Marry I do thinke That we might all be Lords now if we could stand for 't Hig. Not I if they should offer it I 'le dislodge first Remove the Bush to another climat Ger. Sir you must thanke this worthy Burgomaster Here be friends aske to be look'd on too And thank'd who though their trade and course of life Be not so perfect but it may be betterd Have yet us'd me with curtesy and bin true Subjects unto me while I was their King A place I know not well how to resigne Nor unto whom But this I will entreat Your grace command them follow me to Bruges Where I will take the care on me to finde Some manly and more profitable course To fit them as a part of the Republique Flo. Do you heare Sirs do so Hig. Thankes to your good grace Prig. To your good Lordship Fer. May you both live long Ger. Attend me at Van-doncks the Burgomasters Ex. all but Beggars Hig. Yes to beat hemp and be whipt twice a weeke Or turne the wheele for Crab the Rope-maker Or learne to go along with him his course That 's a fine course now i' the Common-wealth Prig What say you to it Prig. It is the backwardst course I know i' the world Hig. Then Higgen will scarce thrive by it You do conclude Prig. 'Faith hardly very hardly Hig. Troth I am partly of your minde Prince Prig And therefore farewell Flanders Higgen will seek Some safer shelter in some other Clymat With this his tatterd Colony Let me see Snap Ferret Prig and Higgen all are left O the true blood what shall we into England Prig. Agreed Hig. Then beare up bravely with your Brute my lads Higgen hath prig'd the prancers in his dayes And sold good peny-worthes we will have a course The spirit of Bottom is growne bottomlesse Prig. I 'le mand no more nor cant Hig. Yes your sixpenyworth In private brother sixpence is a summ I 'le steale you any mans dogg for Prig. For Sixpence more You 'l tell the owner where he is Hig. T is right Higgen must practise so must Prig to eat And write the Letter and gi' the word But now No more as either of these Prig. But as true Beggars As ere we were Hig. We stand here for an Epilogue Ladyes your bountyes first the rest will follow For womens favours are a leading almes If you be pleas'd look cheerely throw your eyes Out at your maskes Prig. And let your beauties sparkle Hig. So may you neer want dressings Iewells gownes Still i' the fashion Prig. Nor the men you love VVealth nor discourse to please you Hig. May you Gentlemen Never want good fresh suites nor liberty Prig. May every Merchant here see safe his ventures Hig. And every honest Citizen his debts in Prig. The Lawyers gaine good Clyents Hig. And the Clyents good Councell Prig. All the Gamesters here good fortune Hig. The Drunkards too good wine Prig. The eaters meate Fit for their tasts and pallats Hig. The good wives kind Husbands Prig. The young maides choyce of Sutors Hig. The Midwives merry hearts Prig. And all good cheere Hig. As you are kinde unto us and our Bush We are the Beggars and your dayly Beadsmen And have your money but the Almes we aske And live by is your Grace give that and then VV 'eel boldly say our word is Come agen THE COXCOMBE Actus Primus Scena Prima Enter Richardo and Viola Rich. LEt us make use of this stolne privacy And not loose time in protestation mistris For t were in me a kind of breach of faith To say againe I love you Vio. Sweet speake softly For though the venture of your love to me Meetes with a willing and a full returne Should it arrive unto my Fathers knowledge These were our last discourse Rich. How shall he know it Viol. His watching cares are such for my advancement That every where his eye is fix'd upon me This night that does afford us some small freedom At the request and much entreaty of The mistris of the house was hardly given me For I am never sufferd to stir out But he hath spies upon me yet I know not You have so won upon me that could I thinke You would
terrible then all my dangers O fortune thou hast rob'd men of my making The noble building of a man demolisht And flung me headlong on a sin so base Man and mankind contemn even beasts abhor it A sin more dull then drinke a shame beyond it So foule and farre from faith I dare not name it But it will cry it self out loud ingratitude Your blessing Sir Pand. You have it in abundance So is our joy to see you safe Vir. My Deere one Iul. H 'as not forgot me yet O take me to you Sir Vir. Must this be added to increase my misery That she must weep for joy and loose that goodnesse My Iuliana even the best of women Of wives the perfectest let me speak this And with a modesty declare thy vertues Chaster then Christall on the Scythian Clifts The more the proud winds Court the more the purer Sweeter in thy obedience then a sacrifice And in thy mind a Saint that even yet living Producest miracles and women daily With crooked and tame soules creep to thy goodnesse Which having toucht at they become examples The fortitude of all their sex is Fable Compar'd to thine and they that fill'd up glory And admiration in the age behind us Out of their celebrated urns are started To stare upon the greatnesse of thy spirit Wondring what new Martyr heaven has begot To fill the times with truth and ease their stories Being all these and excellent in beauty For noble things dwell in the noblest buildings Thou hast undone thy husband made him wretch'ed A miserable man my Juliana Thou hast made thy Virolet Iul. Now goodnesse keep me Oh! my dear Lord Pand. She wrong you what 's the meaning Weep not but speake I charge you on obedience Your Father charges you she make you miserable That you your self confesse Vir. I doe that kils me And far lesse I have spoke her then her merit Iul. It is some sinne of weaknesse or of Ignorance For sure my Will Vir. No 't is a sinne of excellence Forgive me heaven that I prophane thy blessings Sit still I 'le shew you all Exit Virolet Pand. What meanes this madnesse For sure there is no taste of right man in it Greives he our liberty our preservation Or has the greatnesse of the deed he has done Made him forget for whom and how he did it And looking down upon us scorne the benefit Well Virolet if thou beest proud or treacherous Iul. He cannot Sir he cannot he will shew us And with that reason ground his words Pand. He comes Enter Virolet Martia Ronver What Masque is this what admirable beauty Pray heaven his heart be true Iul. A goodly woman Vir. Tell me my Dear and tell me without flattery As you are nobly honest speak the truth What thinke you of this Lady Iul. She is most excellent Vir. Might not this beauty tell me that it 's a sweet one Without more setting off as now it is Thanking no greater Mistresse then meer nature Stagger a constant heart Pand. She is full of wonder But yet yet Virolet Vir. Pray by your leave Sir Iul. She would amaze Vir O! would she so I thanke you Say to this beauty she have all additions Wealth noble birth Pand. O hold there Vir. All vertues A mind as full of Candor as the truth is I and a loving Lady Iul. She must needs I am bound in conscience to confesse deserve much Vir. Nay say beyond all these she be so pious That even on slaves condemn'd she showre her benefits And melt their stubborn Bolts with her soft pitty What thinke you then Pand. For such a noble office At these yeares I should dote my self take heed Boy Jul. If you be he that have received these blessings And this the Lady love her honour her You cannot doe too much to shew your gratitude Your greatest service will shew off too slender Vir. This is the Lady Lady of that bounty That wealth that noble name that all I spoke of The Prince Ascaino and my selfe the slaves Redeem'd brought home still guarded by her goodnes And of our liberties you taste the sweetnes Even you she has preserv'd too lengthen'd your lives Iul. And what reward doe you purpose it must be a maine one If love will do it we 'll all so love her serve her Vir. It must be my love Iul. Ha! Vir. Mine my onely love My everlasting love Pand. How Vir. Pray have patience The recompence she ask'd and I have render'd Was to become her husband then I vowed it And since I have made it good Pand. Thou durst not Virol. Done Sir Iul. Be what you please his happinesse yet stayes with me You have been mine Oh my unhappy fortune Pand. Nay break and dye Iul. It cannot yet I must live Till I see this man blest in his new love And then Pand. What hast thou done thou base one tell me Thou barren thing of honesty and honour What hast thou wrought Is not this she looke on her Look on her with the eyes of gratitude And whipe thy false teares off Is not this she That three times on the Rack to guard thy safety When thou stood'st lost and naked to the Tyrant Thy aged Father here that shames to know thee Tirant Ingag'd i th' jawes of danger was not this she That then gave up her body to the torture That tender body that the wind sings through And three times when her sinewes crack'd torter'd The beauties of her body turn'd to ruines Even then within her patient heart she lock'd thee Then hid thee from the Tyrant then preserv'd thee And canst thou be that slave Martia This was but duty She did it for her Husband and she ought it She has had the pleasure of him many an houre And if one minutes paine cannot be suffer'd Mine was above all these a nobler venter I speake it boldly for I lost a Father He has one still I left my friends he has many Expos'd my life and honour to a cruelty That if it had seiz'd on me racks and tortures Alas they are Triumphs to it and had it hit For this mans love it should have shewed a triumph Twise lost I freed him Rossana lost before him His fortunes with him and his friends behind him Twise was I rack'd my selfe for his deliverance In honour first and name which was a torture The Hang-man never heard of next at Sea In our escape where the proud waves took pleasure To tosse my little Boat up like a Bubble Then like meteor in the ayre he hung Then catcht and hug him in the depth of darknesse The Canon from my incensed Fathers Ship Ringing our Knell and still as we peep'd upward Beating the raging surge with fire and Bullet And I stood fixt for this mans sake and scorn'd it Compare but this Vir. 'T is too true O my fortune That I must equally be bound to either Iul. You have the better and the nobler Lady And now I
am forc'd a lover of her goodnesse And so far have you wrought for his deliverance That is my Lord so lovingly and nobly That now me thinks I stagger in my Title But how with honesty for I am poor Lady In all my dutious service but your shadow Yet would be just how with faire fame and credit I may goe off I would not be a strumpet O my dear Sir you know Vir. O truth thou knowest too Iul. Nor have the world suspect I fell to mischiefe Law Take you no care for that here 's that has don it A faire divorce 't is honest too Pand. The devill Honest to put her off Law Most honest Sir And in this point most strong Pand. The cause the cause Sir Law A just cause too Pand. As any is in hell Lawyer Law For barrennesse she never brought him children Pa. Why art not thou divorc'd thou canst not get 'em Thy neigbours thy rank neighbours O base jugling Is she not young Iul. Woemen at more yeares Sir Have met that blessing 't is in heavens high power Law You never can have any Pand. Why quick Lawyer My Philosophicall Lawyer Law The Rack has spoil'd her The distentions of those parts hath stopt all fruitfulnes Pand. O I could curse Iul. And am I grown so miserable That mine own pitty must make me wretched No cause against me but my love and duty Farewell Sir like obedience thus I leave you My long farewell I doe not grudge I grieve Sir And if that be offensive I can dye And then you fairely free good Lady love him You have a noble and an honest Gentleman I ever found him so the world has spoke him And let it be your part still to deserve him Love him no lesse then I have done and serve him And heaven shall blesse you you shall blesse my ashes I give you up the house the name of wife Honour and all respect I borrowed from him And to my grave I turn one farewell more Nothing divide your Loves not want of Children Which I shall pray against and make you fruitfull Grow like two equall flames rise high and glorious And in your honor'd age burn out together To all I know farewell Ronver. Be not so grie'vd Lady A nobler fortune Iul. Away thou parasite Disturbe not my sad thoughts I hate thy greatnesse Ron. I hate not you I am glad she 's off these hinges Come let 's pursue Exit Ronver and Law Pand. If I had breath to curse thee Or could my great heart utter farewell villaine Thy house nor face agen Exit Pand. Mar. Let 'em all goe And now let us rejoyce now freely take me And now embrace me Virolet give the rites Of a brave Husband to his love Vir. I 'le take my leave too Mar. How take you leave too Vir. The house is furnish'd for you You are Mistresse may command Mar. Will you to bed Sir Vir. As soone to hell to any thing I hate most You must excuse me I have kept my word You are my wife you now enjoy my fortune Which I have done to recompence your bounty But to yeeld up those chaste delights and pleasures Which are not mine but my first vowes Mat. You jeast Vir. You will not find it so to give you those I have divorc'd and lost with Iuliana And all fires of that nature Mar. Are you a Husband Vir. To question hers and satisfie your flames That held an equall beauty equall bounty Vir. Good heaven forgive no no the strict forbearance Of all those joyes like a full sacrifice I offer to the suffrings of my first love Honour and wealth attendance state all duty Shall waite upon your will to make you happy But my afflicted mind you must give leave Lady My weary Trunk must wander Mart. Not enjoy me Goe from me too Vir. For ever thus I leave you And how so e're I fare live you still happy Exit Virol Mar. Since I am scorn'd I 'le hate thee scorn thy gifts too Thou miserable fool thou fool to pitty And such a rude demolisht thing I 'le leave thee In my revenge for foolish love farewell now And anger and the spite of woman enter That all the world shall say that read this story My hate and not my love begot my glory Exit Martia Actus quartus Scaena prima Enter Sess. Boatswaine Master Gunner Sess. He that feares death or tortures let him leave me The stops that we have met with Crown our Conquest Common attempts are fit for common men The rare the rarest spirits Can we be daunted We that have smil'd at Sea at certain ruines Which men on shore but hazarded would shake at We that have liv'd free in despite of fortune Laught at the out-stretch'd Arme of Tyranny As still too short to reach us shall we faint now No my brave mates I know your fiery temper And that you can and dare as much as men Calamity that severs worldly friendships Could ne'r divide us you are still the same The constant followers of my banisht fortunes The Instruments of my revenge the hands By which I work and fashion all my projects Mast. And such we will be ever Gun Slite Sir Cramme me Into a Canons mouth and shoot me at Proud Ferrands head may onely he fall with me My life I rate at nothing Boatsw. Could I but get Within my swords length of him and if then He scape me may th' account of all his sinnes Be added unto mine Mast. 'T is not to dye Sir But to dye unreveng'd that staggers me For were your ends serv'd and our Country free We would fall willing sacrifices Sess. To rise up Most glorious Martyrs Boats But the reason why We weare these shapes Sess. Onely to get accesse Like honest men we never shall approach him Such are his feares but thus attir'd like Switzers And fashioning our language to our habits Bold bloody desperate we may be admitted Among his guard But if this faile I 'le try A thousand others out doe Proteus In various shapes but I will reach his heart And seale my anger on 't Enter Ronero and the Guard Mast. The Lord Ronero Boats Shall we begin with him Sess. He is not ripe yet Nor fit to fall as you see me begin Withall care imitate Gun We are instructed Boats Would we were at it once Ron. Keepe a strict watch And let the guards be doubled this last night The King had fearefull dreames Sess. 'T is a good Omen To our attempts Roner. What men are these What seek you Sess. Imployment Roner. Of what nature Sess. We are Souldiers We have seen towns and Churches set on fire The Kennels running blood coy virgins ravish'd The Altars ransack'd and the holy reliques Yea and the Saints themselves made lawfull spoyles Unto the Conquerors but these good dayes are past And we made Beggars by this Idle Peace For want of action I am Sir no stranger To the Government of this state I know the