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The unnaturall combat A tragedie. The scæne Marsellis. Written by Philip Massinger. As it was presented by the Kings Majesties Servants at the Globe.
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Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640.
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THE VNNATVRALL COMBAT A Tragedie The Scaene Marsellis Written BY PHILIP MASSINGER As it was presented by the Kings Majesties Servants at the GLOBE LONDON Printed by E. G. for IOHN WATERSON and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Crowne in S. Pauls Church-yard 1639 The persons presented BEaufort senior Governour of Marsellis Beaufort junior his sonne Malefort senior Admirall of Marsellis Malefort junior his sonne Chamont Montagne Assistants to the Governour Lanour Montrevile a pretended friend to Malefort senior Belgarde a poore Captaine Three Sea Captaines of the Navy of Malefort junior Servants Souldiers Theocrine daughter to Malefort senior Two waiting women Usher Page Bawde Two Wenches To my much Honoured Friend ANTHONY SENTLIGER Of Oukham in Kent Esquire Sir THat the Patronage of trifles in this kinde hath long since rendred Dedications and Inscriptions obsolete and out of fashion I perfectly understand and cannot but ingenuously confesse that I walking in the same path may be truly argued by you of weaknesse or wilfull errour but the reasons and defences for the tender of my service this way to you are so just that I cannot in my thankefulnesse for so many favours received but be ambitious to publish them Your noble Father Sir Warham Sentliger whose remarkeable vertues must be ever remembred being while hee lived a master for his pleasure in Poetry feared not to hold converse with divers whose necessitous fortunes made it their profession among which by the clemency of his judgement I was not in the last place admitted You the Heire of his honour and inherited his good inclinations to men of my poore quality of which I cannot give any ampler testimony than by my free and glad profession of it to the world Besides and it was not the least encouragement to mee many of eminence and the best of such who disdained not to take notice of mee have not thought themselves disparaged I dare not say honoured to be celebrated the Patrons of my humble studies In the first file of which I am confident you shall have no cause to blush to finde your Name written I present you with this old Tragedie without Prologue or Epilogue it being composed in a time and that too peradventure as knowing as this when such by ornaments were not advanced above the fabricque of the whole worke Accept it I beseech you as it is and continue you favour to the Author Your Servant PHILIP MASSINGER THE VNNATVRALL COMBAT Actus primus Scaena prima Montrevile Theocrine Vsher Page wayting Women MONTREVILE NOW to bee modest Madam when you are A suitor for your father would appeare Courser then bouldnesse you a while must part with soft silence and the blushings of a virgin Though I must grant did not this cause cōmand it They are rich jewells you have ever worne To all mens admiration in this age If by our owne forc'd importunity Or others purchasd intercession or Corrupting bribes we can make our approches To justice guarded from us by sterne power We blesse the meanes and industry Vsh. Here 's musicke In this bagge shall wake her though shee had drunke Opium Or aaten Mandrakes let commanders talke Of cannons to make breaches give but fire To this petarde it shall blow open Madam The iron doores of a judge and make you entrance When they let them doe what they can with all Their mines their culverins and Basiliscos Shall coole their feete without this being the pickelocke That never failes Mon. T is true gold can doe much But beauty more were I the governour Though the Admirall your father stood convicted Of what he 's only doubted halfe a dozen Of sweet close kisses from these cherry lips With some short active conference in private Should signe his generall pardon Theo. These light words sir Doe ill become the weight of my sad fortune And I much wonder you that doe professe Your selfe to be my fathers bosome friend Can raise mirth from his misery Mon. You mistake me I share in his calamity and only Deliver my thoughts freely what I should doe For such a rare petitioner and if You le follow the directions I prescribe With my best judgement I 'll marke out the way For his inlargement Theo. With all reall joy I shall put what you counsell into act Provided it be honest Mon. Honesty In a faire she client trust to my experience Seldome or never prospers the world 's wicked Wee are men not saints sweet Lady you must practice The manners of the time if you intend To have favour from it do not deceive your selfe By building too much on the false foundations Of chastity and vertue bid your wayters Stand farther of and I 'll come neerer to you 2. Wom. Some wicked counsaile on my life 2. Wom. Nere doubt it If it proceed from him Page I wonder that My Lord so much affects him Ush. Thou art a child and dost not understand on what strong bases this frindship 's raisd between this Mountrevile and our Lord Monsieur Malefort but I le teach thee from thy yeares they have been joynt purchasers in furs water-water-works and truckt together Page In fire and water works Vsh. Commodities boy Which you may know hereafter Page And deale in 'em When the trade has given you over as appeares by the increase of your high forehead Vsh. Heare 's a cracke I thinke they sucke this knowledge in their milke Page I had had an ignorant nurse else I have tide sir My Ladies garter and can ghesse Ush. Peace infant Theocrine falls off Tales out a schoole take heed you will be britchd else 1. Wom. My Ladies colour changes 2. Wom. She falls off too Theo. You are a naughty man indeed you are And I will sooner perish with my father Then at this price redeeme him Mon. Take your owne way Your modest legall way t is not your vayle Nor mourning habit nor these creatures taught To howle and cry when you beginne to whimper Nor following my Lords coach in the dirt Nor that with you relie upon a bribe Will doe it when there 's something he likes better These courses in an old crone of three score That had seaven yeares together tirde the court With tedious petitions and clamors For the recovery of a strangling husband To pay forsooth the duties of one to her But for a Lady of your tempting beauties Your youth and ravishing features to hope only In such a suite as this is to gaine favor Without exchange of courtesie you conceive me Enter Beaufort and Belgarde Were madnes at the height here 's brave yong Beaufort The meteor of Marsellis one that houlds The governour his fathers will and power In more awe then his owne come come advance Present your bag cramm'd with crowns of the sunne Doe you thinke he cares for money he loves pleasure Burne your petition burne it he dotes on you Upon my knowledge to his cabinet doe And hee will point you out a certaine
all mens eyes are fixt upon you You should appeare to entertaine the honour From me descending to you and in which You have an equall share Theo. Heaven has my thankes With all humility payd for your faire fortune And so farre duty bindes me yee a little To mourne a brothers losse however wicked The tendernesse familiar to our sex May if you please excuse Mal. Thou art deceiv'd Hee living was a blemish to thy beauties But in his death gives ornament and lustre To thy perfections but that they are So exquisitly rare that they admit not The least addition Hah here 's yet a print Of a sad teare on thy cheeke how it takes from Our present happinesse with a fathers lips A loving fathers lips I 'll kisse it off The cause no more remembred Theo. You forget Sir The presence we are in Mal. T is well considered And yet who is the owner of a treasure Above all valew but without offence May glory in the glad possession of it Nor let it in you excellence beget wonder Or any here that looking on the daughter I feast my selfe in the imagination Of those sweet pleasures and allowd delights I tasted from the mother who still lives In this her perfit modell for she had Such smooth high archd brows such sparkling eies Whose every glance stord Cupids emptied quiver Such ruby lips and such a lovely browne Disdaining all adulterate ayds of art Kep'd a perpetuall spring upon her face As death himselfe lamented being forc'd To blast it with his palenesse and if now Her brightnes dimd with sorrow take and please you Thinke think young Lord when she appeares her selfe This vayle remov'd in her owne naturall purenesse How farre she will transport you Beauf. jun. Did she need it The praise which you and well deservd give to her Must of necessity raise new desires In one indebted more to yeares to me Your words are but as oyle powr'd on a fire That flames already at the height Mal. No more I doe believe you and let me from you Finde so much credit when I make her yours I doe possesse you of a gift which I With much unwillingnesse part from My good Lords For beare your further trouble give me leave for on the suddaine I am indisposd to retire to my owne house and rest Tomorrow As you command me I will be your ghest And having deckt my daughter like her selfe You shall have farther conference Beauf. sen. You are Master Of your owne will but fayle not I 'll expect you Mal. Nay I will be excusd I must part with you My dearest Theocrine give me thy hand To young Beaufort and the rest I will support thee Theo. You gripe it too hard Sir Mal. Indeed I doe but have no farther end in it But love and tendernesse such as I may challenge And you must grant Thou art a sweet one yet And to be cherished They goe off several wayes Theo. May I still deserve it Actus tertii Scaena prima Enter Beaufort senior Servant Beaufort senior HAve you beene carefull Serv. With my best endevours Let them bring stomacks there 's no want of meat Sir Portly and curious viands are prepar'd To please all kindes of appetites Beauf. sen. T is well I love a table furnishe with full plentie And store of friends to eat it but with this caution I would not have my house a common Inne For some men that come rather to devoure me Than to present their service At this time too It being a serious and solemne meeting I must not haue my boord pester'd with shadowes That under other mens protection breake in Without invitement Serv. With your favour then You must double your gard my Lord for on my knowledge There are some so sharp set not to be kept out By a file of Musketeers And 't is lesse danger I 'll undertake to stand at push of pike With an enemie in a breach that undermin'd too And the Cannon playing on it than to stop One Harpie your perpetuall ghest from entrance When the dresser the Cookes drum thunders come on The service will be lost else Beauf. sen. What is hee Serv. As tall a trencher-man that is most certaine As ere demolisht Pie-fortification As soone as batter'd and if the rim of his belly Were not made up of a much tougher stuffe Than his Buffe jerkin there were no defence Against the charge of his guts you needs must know him He 's eminent for his eating Beauf. sen. O Belgarde Serv. The same one of the Admirals cast Captaines Who sweare there being no war nor hope of any The onely drilling is to eat devoutly And to beever drinking that 's allow'd of But they know not where to get it there 's the spite on 't Beauf. sen. The more their miserie yet if you can For this day put him off Serv. It is beyond th' invention of man Beauf. sen. No say this onely Whispers to him And as from me you apprehend me Serv. Yes Sir Beauf. sen. But it must be done gravely Serv. Never doubt me Sir Beauf. sen. Wee 'll dine in the great roome but let the musick And banquet be prepar'd here Exit Beauf. sen. Serv. This will make him Lose his dinner at the least and that will vex him As for the sweet meats when they are trod under foot Let him take his share with the Pages and Lacqueyes Or scramble in the rushes Enter Belgarde Belg. T is neere twelve I keepe a watch within me never misses Save thee Master Steward Serv. You are most welcome Sir Belg. Has thy Lord slept well to night I come to enquire I had a foolish dreame that against my will Carried me from my lodging to learne onely How he 's dispos'd Serv. He 's in most perfect health Sir Belg. Let me but see him feed heartily at dinner And I 'll beleeve so too for from that ever I make a certaine iudgement Serv. It holds surely In your owne constitution Belg. And in all mens T is the best symptome let us loose no time Delay is dangerous Serv. Troth Sir if I might Without offence deliver what my Lord has Committed to my trust I shall receive it As a speciall favour Belg. Wee ll see 't and discourse As the proverbe sayes for health sake after dinner Or rather after supper willingly then I 'll walke a mile to here thee Serv. Nay good Sir I will be briefe and pithee Belg. Prethee be so Serv. Hee bid me say of all his ghests that he Stands most affected to you for the freedome And plainnesse of your maners He ne're observ'd you To twirle a dish about you did not like of All being pleasing to you or to take A say of venison or stale fowle by your nose Which is a solecisme at anothers table But by strong eating of 'em did confirme They never were delitious to your palat But when they were mortifi'd as the Hugonot sayes And so your part growes greater nor doe