the words in that you call'd me gull and Asse to my face resolue me by letter for I do not thinke fit we should meete first whether you spake any such words or no and secondly by whom you meant 'em And it by me as I thinke you durst not confesse you are sorry for 'hem and if I haue offended you I heartily aske you forgiuenesse And so farewell Quint. Afore heauen Ancient this would haue tickled you but good Leonoro and thou bee'st a right Clarissimo le ts make 'em friends and drinke to one another S'fut we haue no wine here me thinks where 's this Aperner Drawer Here Sir Quint. Haue you mended your hand sir Draw I Captaine and if this please not your taste either you or I cannot tast a cup of wine Quint. Sounds y' are very saucy sir here Lieftenant drink to thy Ancient and voide mutinies with your officer marshall law is dangerous Innoc. Is he content I should drinke to him Leo. He is I warrant thee Innoc. Why then Ancient good lucke t' ee Giou. Let come Lieftenant I pledge you Quint. Why so now my company is cur'de againe afore 't was wounded Come honorable Clarissimo le ts retire to our strength taste a fresh carouse or two and then march home with Musicke Tapster call vs in some Musicke Draw I will sir Finis Actus Tertij Actus Quartus Enter Quintiliano Leonoro Innocentio Lionello Fannio with Musicke Quint. Strike vp Scrapers honorable Clarissimo and thy sweet Adonis adieu remember our deuice at the show soone Leo. I will not faile Captaine farewell t' ee both come Lionel now let vs trie the truth of Madam Temperance and see if shee attend vs Innoc. I hope by this time shee remembers her promise sir Exeunt Leo and Lio. Quint. How now Lieftenant where 's my Ancient Innoc. Marry Captaine y 'aue left him casting the reckoning i th' chimney Quint. Why then his purse and his stomacke wil be empty together and so I cashier him let the scholler report at Padua that Venice has other manner of learning belongs to it what does his Continuum Contiguum here let 'em goe to the Inke pot and beware of the wine pot Fill red cheek't Bacchus let the Burdeux grape Skip like la voltos in their swelling vaines Te dan dan tidle te dan de dan tidle didle c. Innoc. O God Captaine that I could dance so Quint. He tooke her by strike vp fidlers the lilly white hand and he laid her vpon the bedde Oh what a spirit haue I now I long to meete a Sergeant in this humor I would but haue one whiffe at one of these same peuter button'd shoulder-clappers to trie whether this chopping knife or their pestels were the better weapons Here 's a blade Boy it was the old Dukes first predecessors I le tell thee what Lieftenant this sword has dubd more Knights then thy knife has opened Oysters Innoc. I st possible Captaine and me thinks it stands a little Quint. No matter for that your best mettald blades will stand soonest so now we haue attaind our Mansion house At which I le sing a verse shall breake the dores O noble Hercules let no Stygian lake Te dan dan tidle te dan de dan tidle didle c. Farewell scrapers your reward now shall be that I will not cut your strings nor breake your fidles via away Innoc. Come Captaine le ts enter I long to see my Mistris I warrant shee 's a heauy Gentlewoman for your absence Quint. S'fut she 's an Asse honour wooes me preferment cals me and I must lye pampred in a wenches lap because shee dotes on me Honour saies no Lieftenant Pugna pro patria we must too 't yfaith and seeke our portion amongst the scratcht faces Lorenzo within Mistris Mistris is he gone Quint. Whoe 's that cals there Innoc. I heard no body Quint. No there was one cald Mistris I say who cald Mistris s'blood I hope I am not drunke Fann. In truth sir I heard no body Quint. I tell thee I smelt a voice here in my entry s'fut I le make it smell worse and' cheare it againe Innoc. O me hee 'll draw vpon his owne shaddow in this humour if it take the wall of him Follow him Fannio looke he doe no harme for God sake Lor. Helpe helpe helpe Innoc. Name of God what 's there to doe Enter Quintil. and Lorenzo Lor. Good Captaine doe not hurt me Quint. Sounds is hell broke loose why Snaile though you can sing songs and doe things Snaile I must not allow yee to creepe into my wiues cole-house what Snaile into my withdrawing chamber Lor. I beseech your Worship heare me speake Quint. O Snaile this is a hard case no roome serue your turne but my wiues cole-house and her other house of office annext to it a priuy place for her selfe and me sometimes and will you vse it being a stranger s'light how comes this about vp sirha and call your Mistris Lor. A plague of all disguises Exit Fannio Innoc. Alas poore Snaile what didst thou make here Lor. I protest sir for no harme my Mistris cald me in to sweepe her chimney and because I did it not to her minde shee made me doe pennance in her cole-house Innoc. Search him Captaine and see if he haue stolen nothing Lor. Kill me hang me if I haue Quint. Yes Snaile and besides I heare complaints of you y' are an old luxurious hummerer about wenches Snaile does this become your grauity sir Lieftenant fetch me a cole-sacke I le put him in it and hang him vp for a signe Lor. I beseech your Worship be good to me Innoc. Good Captaine pardon him since he has done nothing but swept your chimney worse then my Mistris would haue it swept he will doe it better another time Quint. Well Snaile at this Gentlemans request to whom I can denie nothing I release you for this once but let me take you no more thus I aduise you Lor. Not while I liue good Captaine Quint. Hence trudge you drudge goe away Lor. A plague of all disguises Exit Lorenzo Enter Fannio Fann. I haue look't about all the house for my Mistris sir but I cannot finde her Quint. Goe then looke all about the towne for her too come in Lieftenant le ts repose a little after our liquor Exeunt Enter Aurelio and Aemilia aboue Aur. DEare life be resolute that no respect Heighted aboue the compasse of your loue Depresse the equall comforts it retaines For since it finds a firme consent in both And both our births and yeares agree so well If both our aged parents should refuse For any common obiect of the world To giue their hands to ours let vs resolue To liue together like our liues and soules Aem. I am resolu'd my loue and yet alas So much affection to my fathers will Consorts the true desires I beare to you That I would haue no sparke of our loue seene Till his
MAY-DAY A vvitty Comedie diuers times acted at the Blacke Fryers Written by GEORGE CHAPMAN LONDON Printed for Iohn Browne dwelling in Fleetstreete in Saint Dunstones Church-yard 1611 MAY-DAY Actus prima Scaena prima Chorus Iuuenum cantantes saltantes Exeunt saltan Interim Intrat Lorenzo Papers in his hand Lor. WEll done my lusty bloods Well done Fit fit obseruance for this May-morning Not the May-Moneth alone they take when it comes Nor the first weeke of that Moneth Nor the first day but the first minute of the first houre of the first day Loose no time bloods loose no time though the Sunne goe to bedde neuer so much before you yet be you vp before him call the golden sluggard from the siluer armes of his Lady to light you into yours when your old father Ianuary here in one of his last dayes thrusts his fore-head into the depth of Mayes fragrant bosome What may you Aprilles performe then O what may you doe Well yet will I say thus much for my selfe wheresoeuer the affections of youth are there must needs be the instruments and where the instruments are there must of necessity be the faculties What am I short of them then A sound old man ably constituted holsomly dyeted that tooke his May temperately at their ages and continued his owne why should he not continue their ages in his owne By the Masse I feele nothing that stands against it and therefore sweet May I salute thee with the yongest I haue loue to employ thee in as well as the prowdest yong princock and so haue at you Mistris Frances China haue at you Mistris Franke I 'le sprede my nets for you yfaith though they be my very purse nets wherein what heart will not willingly lye panting Enter Angelo Ang. How now Gods my life I wonder what made this May-morning so cold and now I see 't is this Ianuary that intrudes into it what paper is that he holds in hand trow we Lor. Here haue I put her face in rime but I feare my old vaine will not stretch to her contentment O haire no haire but beames stolne from the Sunne Ang. Out vpon her if it be shee that I thinke shee has a Fox red cranion Lor. A fore-head that disdaines the name of faire Ang. And reason for 't is a folwe one Lor. A matchlesse eye Ang. True her eyes be not matches Lor. A cheeke vermillion red Ang. Painted I warrant you Lor. A farre commanding mouth Ang. It stretches to her eares in deede Lor. A nose made out of waxe Ang. A red nose in sincerity Lor. This could I send but person person does it A good presence to beare out a good wit a good face a prety Court legge and a deft dapper personage no superfluous dimensions but fluent in competence for it is not Hector but Paris not the full armefull but the sweet handfull that Ladies delight in Ang. O notable old whyniard Lor. Such a size of humanity now and braine enough in it it is not in the strength of a woman to withstand well shee may hold out a parlee or two for 't is a weake fort that obeyes at the first or second summons if shee resist the third shee is discharg'd though shee yeeld in future for then it appeares it was no fault of hers but the man that would take no deniall What rests now meanes for accesse True O an honest Baude were worth gold now Ang. A plague vpon him I had thought to haue appear'd to him but now if I doe he will take me for the man he talks on I will therefore post by his dull eye-sight as in hast of businesse Lor. What Signior Angelo soft I command you Ang. Gods precious what meane you Sir Lor. I would be loth to be out-runne I assure you Sir was I able to stay you Ang. Your ability stood too stiffe Sir beshrow me else Lor. O most offencelesse fault I would thou would'st blaze my imperfection to one thou know'st yfaith Ang. Well Sir another time tell me where shee is and I le doe so much for you gratis Good morrow Sir Lor. Nay stay good Angelo Ang. My businesse sayes nay Sir you haue made me stay to my paine Sir I thanke you Lor. Not a whit man I warrant thee Ang. Goe to then briefly to whom shall I commend your imperfections will you tell me if I name her Lor. That I will yfaith Boy Ang. Is not her haire no haire but beames stolne from the Sunne Lor. Blacke blacke as an Ouzell Ang. A fore-head that disdaines the name of faire Lor. Away Witch away Ang. A matchlesse eye Lor. Nay fie fie fie I see th' art a very Deuill Angelo And in earnest I iested when I said my desire of thy friendship touch'd my selfe for it concernes a friend of mine iust of my standing Ang. To whom then would he be remembred that I can sollicite Lor. To sweet Mistris Franciscina with whom I heare thou art ready to lye downe thou art so great with her Ang. I am as great as a neare Kinseman may be with her Sir not otherwise Lor. A good consanguinity and good Angelo to her with thou deliuer from my friend in all secrecy these poore brace of bracelets Ang. Perhaps I will Sir when I know what the Gentleman and his intent is Lor. Neuer examine that man I would not trouble you with carrying too much at once to her only tell her such a man will resolue her naming me and I doe not greatly care if I take the paines to come to her so I stay not long and be let in priuily and so without making many wordes here they be put them vp closely I beseech thee and deliuer them as closely Ang. Well Sir I loue no contention with friends and therefore pocket many things that otherwise I would not but I pray Sir licence me a question Doe not I know this Gentleman that offers my Cozen this kindnesse Lor. Neuer saw'st him in thy life at least neuer knew'st him but for his bounty sake to all his well willers if this message be friendly discharged I may chance put a deare friend of him into your bosome Sir and make you profitably acquainted Ang. But I pray you Sir is he not a well elderly Gentleman Lor. Wide wide as yong as day I protest to thee Ang. I know he is yong too but that is in ability of body but is he not a prety little squat Gentleman as you shall see amongst a thousand Lor. Still from the cushion still tall and high like a Cedar Ang. I know he is tall also but it is in his minde Sir and it is not Hector but Paris not thy full armefull but the sweet handfull that a Lady delights to dandle Lor. Now the good Deuill take thee if there be any such in hell hell I beseech thee Ang. Well well Signior Lorenzo yfaith the litle Squire is thought to be as parlesse a peece of flesh for a peece of
now the cullion hath with Nouerint vniuersi eaten vp some hundred Gentlemen he must needs rise a Gentleman as 't were out of their Ashes or disparage a Gentlewoman to make himselfe a Gentleman at least by the wiues side Aem. The wurse my fortune to be entangled with such a winding bramble Lod. Entangl'd Nay if I thought t would euer come to that I 'de hire some shag-ragge or other for halfe a chickeene to cut 's throat only to saue thy hands from doing it for I know thou wouldst poison him within one moneth loue thee he will neuer and that must be thy happinesse for if he doe looke to be coop't vp like a prisoner condemn'd to execution scarce suffred to take the aire so much as at a window or waited on continually by an old beldame not to keepe thee company but to keepe thee from company thy pocket searcht thy cabinets ransackt for letters euer in opposition vnlesse like the Moone once a Moneth in coniunction wealth thou maist haue indeede but enioy it as in a dreame for when thou wak'st thou shalt finde nothing in thy hand Enter Gasparo and to keepe my tale in goodnesse see how all the ill that can be spoken of him is exprest in his presence Aem. O ougly and monstrous spectacle Lod. Now tell me whether thou wouldst make choice of him or a yong gallant in prime of his choicenesse one that for birth person and good parts might meritoriously marry a Countesse and one to whom his soule is not so deere as thy selfe Enter Aurelio For all the world such another as he that comes here now marke him well see whether Gasparo and he be not a little different Exit Aemilia How now Sownds Aurelio stay beast wilt thou make such a blest opportunity curse thee I le fetch her out to thee Exit Lod. Aure. Wretch that I am how shee lothes me if I abide her I shall consume in the lightnings of her anger Enter Lodouico with Aemilia Exit Aure. Lod. Here 's a life indeede what 's he gone passion of death what a babe 't is I could finde in my heart to ierke him but temper me friendship no remedy now now wit turne his defects to perfection Why Cuze hee 's quite out of sight By my life I commend him why this is done like thy selfe Aurelia were shee the Queene of loue and woude runne from thee flie thou from her why now I loue thee for I see th' art worthy of my loue thou carriest a respect to thine owne worth and wilt expresse it with spirit I dare say thou look'st to haue had him fall on his knees and ador'd thee or begge his life at thy hands or else turn'd Queene Dido and pierce his tender heart with sword full sharpe no faith wench the case is altered loue made Hercules spin but it made him rage after there must goe time to the bridling of euery passion I hope my friend will not loue a wench against her will if shee woude haue met his kindnesse halfe way so if shee skit and recoile he shootes her off warily and away he goes I marry Sir this was a Gentlemanly part indeede Farewell Cuze be thou free in thy choice too and take a better and thou canst a Gods name Exiturus Aem. Nay deere Cuze a word Lod. A word what 's the matter I must needs after him and clap him ath ' backe this spirit must be cherisht Aem. Alas what would you wish me to doe Lod. Why nothing Aem. Would you counsaile me to marry him against my fathers will Lod. Not for the world leaue him leaue him leaue him you see hee 's resolu'd hee 'll take no harme an you neuer feare to embrew your hands with his liuer I warrant you Aem. Come you are such an other Lod. This same riches with a husband is the only thing in the world I protest good Gasparo I am sorry I haue abused thee yfaith for my Cozens sake how prettily the wretch came crawling by with his crooked knees euen now I haue seene a yong Gentlewoman liue as merry a life with an old man as with the proudest yong vpstart on 'em all farewell Cuze I am glad th' art so wise yfaith Aem. If you goe I die fie on this affection it rageth with suppression Good Cuze I am no longer able to continue it I loue Aurelio better then it is possible for him to loue me Lod. Away away and could not this haue beene done at first without all these superfluous disgracings O this same vnhearty nicenesse of women is good for nothing but to keepe their huswife hands still occupied in this warp of dissembling Well wench redeeme thy fault and write a kinde letter to him presently before this resolution of his take too deept roote in him Aem. Nay sweet Cuze make me not so immodest to write so sodainly let me haue a little time to thinke vpon 't Lod. Thinke me on nothing till you write thinke as you write and then you shall be sure to write as you thinke Women doe best when they least thinke on 't Aem. But rather then write I will meete him at your pleasure Lod. Meete him dost thou thinke that I shall euer draw him againe to meete thee that rush't from thee euen now with so iust a displeasure Aem. Nay good Cuze vrge not my offence so bitterly our next meeting shall pay the forfeit of all faults Lod. Well th' art my pretty Cuze and I le doe my best to bring him to thee againe if I cannot I shall be sorry yfaith thou wr't so iniuriously strange to him But where shall this interview be now Aem. There is the mischiefe and we shall hardly auoide it my father plies my haunts so closely and vses meanes by our maide to entrap vs so that this Tarrasse at our backe gate is the only place we may safely meete at from whence I can stand and talke to you But sweet Cuze you shall sweare to keepe this my kindnesse from Aurelio and not intimate by any meanes that I am any thing acquainted with his comming Lod. Slife do'st thinke I am an Asse to what end should I tell him hee and I le come wandring that way to take the aire or so and I le discouer thee Aem. By meere chance as t' were Lod. By chance by chance and you shall at no hand see him at first when I bring him for all this kindnesse you beare him Aem. By no meanes Cuze Lod. Very good And if you endure any conference with him let it be very little and as neere as you can turne to your former strangenesse in any case Aem. If doe not Cuze trust me not Lod. Or if you thinke good you may flirt away againe as soone as you see him and neuer let your late fault be any warning t' ee Aem. I will doe all this I warrant thee Cuze Lod. Will you so Cozen foole canst thou be brought to that silly humour againe by
procure my olde vnckles absence from home this afternoone by making him meete or pretending his meeting with his mistresse and thy sweete heart Francischina Aure. Which if thou do'st Angelo be sure of reward to thy wishes Ang. What talke you of reward sir to the louing and dutifull seruant 't is a greater encouragement to his seruice to heare his master say God a mercy Angelo spie out Angelo I le thinke of thy paines one day Angelo then all your base rewards and preferments yet not to hinder your hand sir I will extend mine to his seruice presently and get your old vncle Signior Lorenzo out of the waies long enough I warrant you Lod. T is honestly said which when thou hast performed enforce vs Exeunt Ang. I will not faile sir I was resolu'd to make him away afore they spake to me in procuring his accesse to Francischina for what is his presence at her house but his absence at his ownes and thus shall I with one trewell daube two walles Enter Francisc. see how fitly shee meetes me I will stand close heere as if it were in my shop of good fortune in respect of all ornamēts I can help her to I will out of the fulnesse of my ioy put her out of her studie and encounter her thus D' ee lacke gentlewoman d' ee lacke very fayre new gownes kirtles petticots wrought smocks bracelets d' ee lacke gentlewoman d' ee lacke Fran. What means my loue by these strange salutations Ang. Pre thee aske me no questions hold take these bracelets put vp this purse of gold quickly and if thou wilt haue any of these things I haue cried to thee speake and t is performed Fran. From whose treasury comes all this I pre thee Ang. Lorenzo Lorenzo a gentleman of much antiquitie and one that for his loue hath burn'd hundreds of hearts to powder yet now it fals out that his tree of life is scorch't and blasted with the flames of thy beauty readie to wither eternally vnlesse it be speedily comforted with the sweete drops of thy nose Fran. Gods my life is that old squire so amorous Ang. You wrong him to terme him old he can draw his bow ride his horse vse his sword and traile his pike vnder Loues colours as well as euer he did Fran. I beleeue that easily Ang. Well go thy waies in and prepare to entertaine him now thy husband is from home only with good words and best kindnesses making him put all into deeds till his treasury be deedlesse Fran. You speake as if I had nothing to respect but his entertainment when you know how close and timely it must be put in execution considering with what enuious eyes my neighbours suruey mee Ang. Think'st thou I consider not all this he shall come in disguis'd wench and do thou deuise for our mirth what ridiculous disguise he shall come in and he shall assume it Fran. What a magnifico of the Citie and one of the Senate thinkest thou he will not see into that inconuenience Ang. No more then no Senator for in this case my assurance is that Cupid will take the scarfe from his owne eyes and hoodwinke the old buzzard while two other true turtles enioy their happinesse get thee in I beseech thee loue tell thy gold and say thy prayers Enter Lorenzo Now for a farre fetch 't deuice to fetch ouer my loue-squire Exit Fran. I see him within eare-shot well may beauty inflame others riches may tempt others but for mee mine eares and mine eyes are proofe against all the Syrens and Venusses in all the seas of the world beauty is a whore riches a baud and I le trust none an you Lor. What ailes poore Angelo Ang. Nay mistresse Franke if you proue disloyall once farewell all constancy in women Lor. How now man what 's the matter Ang. O Sir are you so neare I shall trust your experience in women the better while I liue Lor. I pre thee why so Ang. Say true Sir did you neuer sollicite your loue-sute to fayre mistresse Francischina Lor. Neuer I protest Angelo Ang. Vpon my life 't is a strange thing I would haue sworne all Italy could not so sodainly haue fastned a fauour vpon her I look't for a siege of Troy at least to surprize the turrets of her continence but to yeeld at the first sight of her assaylants colours and before any Cannon was mounted afore her 't is one of the loosest parts of a modest woman that euer I heard of Lor. How saist thou did not I tell thee as much beware of an old colt while you liue he can tell when to strike I warrant you Ang. Women and fethers now fie on that affinity Lor. Alas Angelo a feeble generation soone ouercome God knowes the honester minde the sooner ouercome Ang. Gods my life what light huswife would yeeld at first to a stranger and yet does this whirligig stand vpon termes of honour forsooth tenders her reputation as the Apple of her eye she has a ielous and a cutting husband enuious neighbours and will die many deathes rather then by any friends open accesse to her be whip't naked with the tongues of scandall and slander and a whole sanctuary of such ceremonies Lor. O she does worthily in that Angelo and like a woman of honour thou hast painted her perfection in her faults thou find'st and tickil'st me with her appetite Ang. And to auoid all sight of your entrance you must needs come in some disguise she sayes so much she tenders your high credit in the Citie and her owne reputation forsooth Lor. How come in some disguise Ang A toy a very toy which runnes in her head with such curious feete Sir because if there be any resemblances of your person seene to enter her house your whole substantiall selfe will be called in question any other man she saies might better aduenture with the least thing chang'd about 'em then you with all as if you were the onely noted mutton-monger in all the Citie Ang. Well Angelo heauen forgiue vs the sinnes of our youth Ang. That 's true Sir but for a paltry disguise being a magnifico she shall goe snicke vp Lor. Soft good Angelo soft let 's think on 't a little what disguise would serue the turne saies shee Ang. Faith I know not what disguise shee would haue for you shee would haue you come like a Calfe with a white face I thinke shee talkes of Tinkers pedlers porters chimney-sweepers fooles and Physitians such as haue free egresse and regresse into mens houses without suspicion Lor. Out vpon 'em would she haue me vndergoe the shame and hazard of one of those abiects Ang. Yfaith I told her so a squire of that worship one of the Senate a graue Iusticer a man of wealth a magnifico Lor. And yet by my troth for the safegard of her honour I would doe much me thinks a Friers weede were nothing Ang. Out vppon 't that disguise is worne thread bare
consent be ask'd and so your fathers Aur. So runnes the mutuall current of my wish And with such staid and circumspect respects We may so serue and gouerne our desires That till fit obseruation of our fathers Preferre the motion to them we may loue Without their knowledge and the skill of any Saue only of my true friend Lodowicke Aem. I wonder where he is Aur. Not farre I know For in some place he watcheth to preuent The feared danger of your fathers presence Enter Lorenzo and Angelo running Ang. SOunds stay for the loue of your honour sir Lor. A plague of all disguises Angelo Ang. What reason haue you to curse them has not one of them kept you safe from the shame of the world as much as a poore disguise might doe but when your ridiculous feares will cast it off euen while it is on so running through the streets that they rise all in an vprore after you alas what is the poore disguise to blame sir Lor. Well then fortune is to blame or some thing come as thou didst helpe to dawbe me helpe to cleanse me I prethee Ang. Let alone a while sir for Gods sake I le goe see whether the Captaine be gone from home or no Lor. Out vpon that course Angelo I am frighted out of it come enter my house enter Ang. What will you enter your house sir afore you know who is in it keepe your selfe close and let me first enter and discouer Lor. I know there is no body Ang. You cannot know it sir I heard euen now that diuers of the Senate were determin'd to come and sit in Counsell there Lor. A tale a very tale Angelo enter for the loue of heauen enter and vnsmother me Exit Ang. What shall I doe my poore Master is berai'd O that same faithlesse Lodowicke that could drowne the swaggering Captaine no better in his drunkennesse alas how should I salue this Exit Enter Lorenzo and after him Angelo Lor. How now whom doe I see my daughter and a yonker together passion of death hell and damnation what lecherous capricorne raignes this vnhappy day old and yong in a predicament O fie of filthy sinne and concupiscence I will conceale my rage a while that it may breake forth in fury I le shift me presently Angelo and goe fetch the Prouost Ang. O vnspeakable madnesse will you for euer dishonour your daughter and in her your selfe sir Lor. Talke not to me out vpon this abhominable concupiscence the pride of the flesh this witchcraft of the Diuell talke not to me iustice cries out an 't in the streets and I will see it punish't come good Angelo to helpe to shift me Ang. I le follow you Sir instantly Master Master Aur. Angelo what newes Ang. Miserable Master cast downe your ladder and come downe instantly Aem. Alas why Angelo is my father comming Ang. Let vs not talke but come downe I say Aur. Deere life farewell wee 'll shortly meete againe So parts the dying body from the soule As I depart from my Aemilia Aem. So enter frighted soules to the low world As my poore spirit vpon this soddaine doubt What may succeede this danger Ang. Come away you 'll be whipt anone for your amourosity hast for shame hast c. Aem. Once more and euer fare my deere life well Exit Aemil Ang. Leaue your amorous congeis get you in Dame sir you and I will talke as 't were betwixt the pales now get you and shift you of this sute presently Aur. Shift me Angelo why man Ang. Aske me no questions but goe home and shift you presently and when I haue done a little businesse here within I le come and tell you my deuice there hath more chanc't then you are aware of and then I can stand to tell you away therefore presently goe home and shift you Aur. Very good sir I will be ruld by you and after learne the misteries Exit Aurel. Ang. Now will I let the little squire shift and cleanse himselfe without me that he may be longer about fetching the Prouost and in the meane time will I take my Masters sute of which the little squire tooke note and put it on my sweet heart Francischina who shall presently come and supply my Masters place with his Mistris for the little squire amaz'd with his late affrights and this suddaine offencefull spectacle of his daughter tooke no certaine note who it was that accosted her for if he had he would haue blam'd me for my Master only the colour of his garment sticks in his fancie which when he shall still see where he left it he will still imagine the same person weares it and thus shall his daughters honour and my Masters be preseru'd with the finest sugar of inuention And when the little squire discouers my sweet heart shee shall sweare shee so disguised her selfe to follow him for her loue to him ha ha ha O the wit of man when it has the winde of a woman Exit Enter Lodouico and Lucretia with Rapiers fighting Lod. HOld hold I pre thee hold I yeeld my rapier Let my submission my presumption salue Lucr. Ignoble Lodwicke should I take thy life It were amends too little for the wrong Lod. O the precious heauens How was I gul'd haud hide thy selfe for shame And henceforth haue an eye before thy fingers Lucr. Well do not ieast it out for I protest If this disguise which my inhumane fate Puts on my proper sexe be by thy meanes Seene through by any other then thy selfe The quarrell twixt vs shall be more then mortall And thy dishonour to a friendlesse stranger Exild his natiue countrey to remaine Thrall to the mercy of such vnknowne maids As fortune makes the rulers of my life Shall spread it selfe beyond my misery Lod. Nay mixe not cause of mirth with passion Do me the grace t' vnfold thy name and state And tell me what my whole estate may doe To salue this wrong vnwittingly I did thee And set the plantife thoughts of thy hard fate In such peace as my friendship may procure And if I faile thee let Ioue fayle my soule When most this earth makes it need help of heauē Lucr. In the more then temper my late rage And show your vertues perfectly deriu'd From the Venetian noblesse for my name It is Lucretio which to fit this habit I turn'd Lucretia the rest that rests To be related of my true estate I le tell some other time least now your presence Might dumbly tell it if it should be seene To all the world or else make it suspect My femall life of lightnesse then with thanks And vow of all true friendship for th' amends Your kindnesse makes me take your sword againe And with it while I liue the power of mine In any honor'd vse shall commaund Then till we meete and may laugh at this error I le once more trie the free peace of my chamber Exit Lod. Do so sweet friend a plague of Gingerly