Preceeded us Mischief is conscious When she dares but whisper Why Orgeula Our glorious victory is by the Law To Him we ow for it imputed Treason And as such punished in Him and His Or. It can not be You would but sport with my credulity Amb. I 'm serious on my integrity Or. You 'de astonish me Amb. Shake of thy trouble and thy doubts we will Seek out a clime where goodness shall live free From Injury Or. Women Travellers are held no members fit For new discoveries as I conceive The title of a Lady errant will Unto our Honours no addition be Amb. But that of Pilgrim doth grace Piety Or. The Zeal Of my Devotion not so fervent is Amb. Thy words do into errour prompt my sense Yet fain I would mistake explain thy self Let vertue be thy guide Or. Our lives have other props then speculation Amb. Reflect not o' th breaches of His fortunes They are made good in mine Or. T will but ill become your fathers daughter To be said your Pentionarie Amb. Hast thou thy appearance so suddenly Cast off Awake and reassume thy Temper Or. Did the Conjecture of my worth extend But to your bare Esteem it would have taught Simplicit• so f•r to prize it self As to preserve the Rites of Woman-hood We women are not wonn with the Reports Of glory Our accesses have degrees Why Had you met my wishes in your choice He must with the observance of a slave Have ages waited but for my Admittance Have kist my Hand he must have thrice redeemed With hazzard of his life my fame not from Reproach alone but from Preheminence Facility is beauties Infamy Amb. Nay then I must conclude that Beauty is From Heav'n amongst us onely cast as a Misplaced light but to seduce the world Lu. Madam Disfigure not that Character you bear O're Mis'ry to insult those graces will Devest of their Divinity and leave Them smothered in a cloud of Horrour I do not come to violate the Rites Of Love But those of Friendship to preserve Which tendered I take my leave Amb. Farewell thou Maq•ery of Nature Ex Lu. Amb. Ver. These Souldiers have not learnt the patience yet T' attend the issue of a Seige I see They are so hot on the Encounter Am. Their mouths in War are so full of Command They cannot stoop to other tearms in Peace Mu. Madam Mundolo Enter The Lord Protector 's newly entered Or. Give your attendance Sinevero Enter Sin Alone Madam Where are the fluent Concourse of our youth Should with inspired zeal exalt their vowes To your Divinity are they from this Sequestred in that they have of 〈◊〉 A Prophanation made to meaner Dieties Or of those Charming Graces do thou thus Into their center recontract their force They may with greater violence effuse Their light by this sought Intermission And so each time they are disclos'd passes The world with a new Miracle Madam Affect a meaner way to propagate The glory of your beauty t' will involve The world with lesse amazment but with more Delight which fully to beget there must Be more equality betwixt th' Object And the Faculty Or. Y 'ave taught me Sir a pretty Art in your Reproof to fill that disproportion In my own defects Sin Madam The Splendour of your Arms subdues You need not ad their force yet you my words To their contrary Sense do thus invert Whose truth to justifie witness all eyes Save such as shame and envy do corrupt Your own Glasse and my Captivity Or. Your Captivity Sure the prescriptions have a large extent Sin That Madam I must learn of your consent Offers to kiss her Or. How Sir forbear y 'ave learnt the mystery Of equivokes I see yet you mistake She puts him by Ver. is staid by Sin who gives her a Ring Or. Amb. Ex This freedome marks not my intention But that which gives you license to be gone Sin Her wit yet adds a lustre to her form This Ring to help me to another view Of your fair Lady Ver. As fit as it were made for me in truth Sir I accept your proffer yet must doubt You buy your Pennance at too dear a rate I will attempt if you dare undertake Sin Fear not the danger of her eyes If I In vain must burn is but Loves Sacrifice Ver. Hast to the farther Galery I 'le lead her that way to her Chamber Eu. sundry wayes Act I. Scene 4. Lizania The Conflict of my minde devides it self Yet in Loves favour must suspend Loves Rite The troubles of his hazzard whom I love Oppress my thoughts more than my love's successe Which yet so doubtfull is I cannot say When he shall know it doth my passion sway Wayt Madam the Lord A Wayt Ent. Ambigamor desires your Conference Liz Attend him hither How unwelcome are to us the Summons Of misplac't affection when as our thoughts T' other Object are equally engag'd Th' excess of Love when it not ours meets Afficts as doth the want of what we seek Yet I perhaps of him may somewhat learn To pacifie my apprehension The Wayter after some intermission conducts him in and returns Ambigamor Ent. Amb. As day springs from the bosome of the night With comfort to the wandring traveller So from my absence flows to me this light Whose fair Idea hath unblemisht here Been kept alive in that obscurity By the refulgence of the flames of Love That to you Madam now do come to prove Which is more fatall Contention or Love Liz 'T is well y 'ave scap'd the greatest hazard Sir The force of Love was never mortal thought To such especially whose heart diverts The violence in a division Of his strength 'twixt a Mistress and a Friend Amb. The Passion for my friend serves but to form A fit receptacle to install my Love Whose Rites thought it your censure should confirm Must somwhats intermit in favour of His Interests which yet may happy prove If you vouchsafe to be their Advocate Liz As how I pray Amb. Madam the rigour of the Law this night Expels Ludaster forth his Country's bounds She seems troubled Unless you by our Soveraigns means procure His Reaple This silence Madam speaks Your trouble more than your consent Liz The cause of vertue should universal be In well affected minds and sure in mine Not with such sense receiv'd might question My Agreement to the succour to which I will addresse my self forthwith and e're The Evening close inform you the successe Amb. I wish the glory of your undertaking May not rest onely in your fair intention Though there enough to dignifie th' Action But in a happy issue to the world Divulge the Honour of our safety yours And prove to my ensuing Purposes A happy Omen Liz. going out encounter Eu. troubled in thought Eu. seems not to minde her a while at length collects her self Liz So full of thought what means this sudden change Maddam how busie is her fancy Madam Eumia ent Eu. Lizania my
that would not clear it so Or. If farther 't is in your own conjecture Meerly not in mine Fi. It is against the Rule of civill tyes To use their faculty to overthrow Their Rites Or. Those truly are superfluous ceremonies Which custom hath induc'd to blind the world Shee might those freedoms steal Nature hath seal'd To us ev'n in our first Production Fi. Without some order were no decency Or. Order is but a sluggish method form'd To shrow'd the subtilty of the Cautelous Fi. The Nature of my errour to confirm If I desist not will beget another In this your opposition Madam Or. It is but musicall in our discourse Not reaching to th' aversion of our wils Fi. Your Honours is so pow'rful it must find Concurrence ev'ry where in all that have The Lights of Nature free Or. To which I doubt your own will scarce agree Fi. The fault is then in my Capacity Or. Who moves anothers may thereto •onform His own Fi. It must be when th' Effects of both are known Or. Where the Cause is infallible th' effects Are manifest which thus is farther prov'd Fire must burn and Beauty must be lov'd Fi. When they do meet fit Subjects to receive Those their Impressions Or. Not yet this difficulty hath too much Art To be simplicity I must be pl•in To her self What defect can you finde in •e not to Receive the latter Fi. In Excellence your own Supere•acy Or. That in th' effects against your own is found An Impropr•ety since mine in vaine Inviteth yours with successe enforceth Love Fi. This onely is in supposition Not in evidence Or That to each sense appears which not•dverts It se•f •rom this oreflowing P•ssion Of my heart by a disguis'd neglect Tho•e blushe yeeld a lustre yet untaught To her self By Art which tho•gh they 〈…〉 with blame My loves accesse they cherish still the flame A• Attendant Att. Sir my Lord Ambigamor desires to speak with you •'me happily delivered To himself I'was ev'n at my last evasion Your Pardon Madam Or. M•ne submits to your will ev'n so who Love Not by their own but by anothers move Exit Or. Act III. Scene 2. Filathes Women in their own Nature gen'rally Deceitfull are 'T is the defensive Arm Of their security fram'd to supply The deffect of their own Ability But when this innate disposition meets With a fit instrument of wit 't is then Women outstrip the common reach of men The justest ground of my suspition is This sudden change so long pursued in vain My Signet perfectly agrees with this The Letter And may without a blemish it reclose Sits down at a table Opens the Letter and reads My Lord Ambigamor The Messenger hereof delivers you A false pretence but to delude the hand Directs it with th' assistance of my Brother A passionate Party in your Int'rests I thus advise you to restore your Friend the Prince•s since her intercepted flight Occasion'd onely by ludasters Love For whose Reapeal she often mov'd in vain Intends the Evening that succeeds this date To meet him at the Forest hol• Oake Disguis'd alone arm'd with the assurance Of his vertue Friendship confirms you best Know how to yeeld him this Intelligence With which to joyn your diligence to move Receive a farer title to my Love Zizania These are new mysteries whose progress would Prove fatall to us in their Consequence Siste• you are a trust• Advocate Is then Ludasters Inte•ests become More prev•lent with you than mine I must Suppress the issue though with grief my Friend Ambigamor must be depriv'd thereby Th' advantage which it brings unto his Hopes Lost in his Mistress scorn There is a mean pause May favour his and farther yet my Ends To thy Exa•ple be propitious Iove Ayde my deceit in Love It shall be so pause With little Art I may protract the Date Hereof whereon depends their meeting whil'st I in the Intr'm at the appointed time Vayl'd with th' approach of Night may personate My Rivall with success I 'le fetch a Pen And alter it with ease it shall not be Distinguisht by the Eye that framed it Exit Fi. Leaving the letter on the Table Sinevero Ent. Sin Filathes gone so suddenly he was Intermission reads the letter left on the table But now they told me in his Closet How What this with the assistance of my Brother A passionate party in your Interests Ludaster at the Forest Holy Oake The Evening that ensues this date * * Lets fall the letter from his eye that is To Night Must then my children conspire Against my safety and th' immediate means I have contrived to enlarge their Fates T is time I should provide another stock To graft a more obedient issue on Flings the letter carelesly on the Table again I 'le not oppose their course their ways shall be Their Snare my care rests onely on my own Security which to ensure and these My doubts confirm with farther certainty I must set Spies on the Delivery Ex. Sin looks on the letter Filathes re•ent with a Pen Fi. This unite if converted into two Defers the present till to morrow night seems to w•ite closes it and seals it T is done most perfectly I will dispatch The Messenger then Heav'n put out your light Loves sense is clearest in the darkest night Ex. Fi. Act III. Scene 4. Orgula Mundolo Or. To night Mundolo saist thou M. Madam this Night Fidelius must depart Or. What is the Reason of his sudden hast Mu. Unless a letter lately sent my Lord Ambigamor my Observation Can suggest no other Or. Must the malignance of my stars at once Precipitate my Hopes their rigour yet Had taught me sufferance if the change had But flatter'd me to a suspence of Doubt Though it ne're reacht to farther certainty Mu. Be not so mov'd A fertile industry Makes easie paths through ev'ry difficulty Mine as in Duty bound presents it self To th' undertaking Or. Endeavours happy that pretend to be Must work on Subjects have capacity Mu. Madam this falls within that quality Though your fears lend it other appearance Were my life free though far too mean a pledge For your displeasure it most willingly Should ballance the Event Or. What can be done on such an Exigent Mu. His journey may protracted be Or. Those purposes do many hazards run Are grounded but on Possibilitie Where is the means Mu. To that Occasion is the fairest Minister Leave to my vigilance the Charge Or. Thy subtlety I know still equall is To thy Fidelity And ne• ther shall Return from my Imployment empty Mu. Your honors bounty is my providence Or. How fleeting are th' impressions of my minde Were this successful my distracted thoughts Would in themselves a new division finde This innate passion of Supremacy Which the Soul holdeth from the Excellency To her self Of her own Nature scarce will intermit To the Repugnance of anothers force Were but the Motions of Ambition trac'd Each President would shew ev'n wantonness When
her Ri•es were in question lost the use Of sense yet were these flames springs of delight If but one object could them both unite Mu. Madam your thoughts seem overcast again With trouble Appease them in assurance Of my trust Or. Mundelo thy faith hath ever been Without reserve the closet of my brest To limmit it with a Restriction now Were to offend thy Intrest and betray My own know then Mundolo I do finde A contradiction in my own desire And cannot reconcile the difference One part we have concluded on th' other Remains without in Expection Of my last Resolution Mu. Do's your Honour mean my Lord Protector Or. I do He with new violence pursues His Pretences to a sudden Issue Mu. What obstacle In this can move you to deliberate Or. Is it not apparently repugnant To my Love to yeeld my self unto Another End Mu. To this your fairest way If I might be Your guide This youth is of condition mean And can not meet your wish without reproach Which shrouded with anothers title might Be done custome makes it warrantable Wealth moves the world yet is Loves Minister First we contract with this then joyn with that Husbands are us'd as Properties in Scenes To keep the inward motions undiscover'd Or. We 'gainst our Reason easily conclude When oversway'd by sense Admit this were To her self As you would figure it It must distaste A Virgin to yeeld up the passion Of her first Embraces from him she loves Deservedly to Age and Impotence Mu. Nor that nor this if you relie on me That Brain is shallow which is onely led By common consequence wisdom creates New means where none to sense was visible And fashions subjects were irregular Directly to her Purposes Or. Such is the force of wisdome I must grant But not as plac'd in our Humanity Mu. Distrust is onely our Infirmity Our faculties oft fail us in their use Wanting assurance to support their strength Yet to confirm your thoughts I will disclose The manner My Father was an Artist Madam honoured in his time though since The ignorance of every mounting Jack Hath made the Function infamous Of his I have a Lodanum so rarely mixt One scruple giv'n in any liquid thing Holds with so dull a vapour ev'ry sense No force can wake them from its violence Till the course of the Operation pass This but infus'd upon your wedding night Into his Cup you seemingly do yeeld The more agreeing Object I will bring Unto your Bed Or. How bold are serv•le mindes To her self Upon the least discov'ry of our ills To tempt us unto greater I obey Intermission Love and Ambition must work any way Mundolo to warrant thy endeavours The Law allows me power of thy life To gratifie them if successfull I Will raise thy Bondage 'bove thy Liberty Mu. I finde it so already Madam Or. It shall have larger proofs I'•h ' interim Give the direction to your own advice Mu Your honour then should suddenly conclude Your Marriage with Sinevero which done The rest lies in my execution Or. Follow thy course be to thy self thy Fate Procure me Love or to thy self my Hate Ex. Orgula Mu. The true Reward of forward Servitude I have too farr proceeded to look back My safety now must be the nightest end Ambigamor Fidelius Ent. Mu. Hah so nigh I must lye close for new discovery withdraws behind the hanging Amb. gives Fi. two letters Amb embraces Fi. Amb. This to thy Master give with diligence Tell him the time and place inscribed shall Present me to his succour to which add My Love Farewell honest Fidelius Fi Your Honours humble Servant Ex. Amb. Fi. severall wayes Mu. Sir my Lord Ambigamor Hath somewhat farther to impart to you Mundolo discovers himself and runs hastily after Fi. re-ex Fi. points to a contrary way seems to lock a door on him Fi. Which way went he Mu. This way Sir So I 'le follow and close him in his cage If the•e he struggle vain shall be his Rage Ex. Mun. Act IV. Scene 1. Sineverus Nefarius Sin This day on the declining of the light The place Nefarius is the Holy Oake Here in the Forest See it fully done Your former instruments perhaps may be Your safest undertakers Ne They will but how shall they distinguish them Sin That by their Persons or their Habits will Uncertain prove because they come disguised Their purpose being to entrap my life But you in time preceding them may soon Discover them by their intention Which in their actions they would seem to hide I 'le tripple the reward to them and thee Ne Your Honors pleasure is my recompence Sin This finished Ex. Ne. My joys are perfect and my Fortunes full This toyling spirit then safe Harbor takes Where she the bre•ches shall restore of time And casualty knowing no Action But what is practis'd by the Gods Repose While cherisht with the Flames of Beauty and Of Love an Essence I assume out• lasts The Age of Her whose ashes doth renew Her kinde Zizania Zizania Ent. I sent for thee thou might'st partake my j•y I have shook off the tumults of the Court And with my Bride am to Placentia come To be thy guest Zizania Privacy Adds in our seeming stealth to our delight What publick freedom doth in licence loose Zi My wishes should inlarge your happinesse Were they as ready to my will as it Is in obedience unto yours Sin Which onely is at present to seclude You and your charge f•om our discovery And secretly to give direction For this Nights entertainment Ziz. To my best faculty I shall Sin My care shall next supply the like Office To thee Ex. Sin Ziz. Your tenderness gui•es my Fidelity Love is s•c•esse•ull to •ecrepid Age While youth and beauty lose their influence Where lyes the hidden vertue of force Not in the sense this contradiction proves If in th' Intellect their Equality Ob•forms would mutually each other Pe•e•ate with like Impressions But this Alas my sufferings also falsifie Eumena Ent. Eu. Zizania 〈…〉 thou to the burden of my Fears Leaving me onely to secure my Peace Ziz. I thought your Highness was dispos'd to Rest. Eu. Su•h intermission seldome doth invest A Soul besieged with so many doubts Ziz. Your groundless apprehension doth suggest Vain forms but to afflict your self Eu. Think'st thou it vain to doubt the certainty Of my escape the houre at hand and yet The way not form'd to my delivery Ziz. You rashly do precipitate your censure Our better Fortune doth present the means Which I already fully fashion'd have In my Intention Madam this day My Father married is to Orgula With whom more fully to enjoy themselves He privately is hither come Eu. What can from hence be gather'd this rather Doth oppose than farther our designe Ziz. Your Highness doth conclude too suddenly Their entertainment lyeth in my charge Which not appearing I must secretly Direct under which colour on th' approach Of Night our Domestique Attendants I