sent off When he is troublesome to a phlegmaticke clime A dull Embassadour no that Duke Guido Is all my feare but I have contrived something May rectifie my fate Duk. How much you honour me But you might spare all other entertainements And bravery of Court they may affect My eyes with wonder and obliege my just Acknowledgement but all their glorie 's met Into one height hold no proportion To inflame my heart or more expresse my welcome Then this your free grace Madam and those hopes That blesse my imagination from your favour Theo. I am but what my brothers love and vertue Will make me but there 's nothing that can move With his consent I shannot flee to obey Mont. I had rather feede upon his heart You promis'd Sir the Duke to hunt this morning King I had forgot will you be pleas'd to try The pleasures of a Forrest Duke I le attend King Theodosia you are not for that exercise Guido whispers and sends Guido off Theo. I wish all pleasures waite upon you My heart must covet your returne Duke And mine To dwell for ever in so faire a bosome King To horse the morning wasts Mon. Some policie Must cure this feare my bold resolves are fixt I have made some attempts and courted her But shee has not understood me I must worke By countermine and scatter into aire His swelling hopes Octavio Exit Octav. My good Lord Andr. Sir I present this Gentleman to kisse Your hand hee 's the Dukes secretary a Roman Borne and has a great ambition To be knowne to you for your fathers sake With whom he did converse in Rome and honour Till death concluded their acquaintance Octav. Sir Your love and knowledge of my father will Deserve you should be welcome to his sonne Rivi. He made me his companion many yeares No brothers were more chain'd in their affections He did impart much of his bosome to me Octav. You knew why he left Naples Rivi. He did trust me with the cause my Lord and every circumstance The Kings minoritie and Montaltoes power Gainst which no innocent could plead in Naples Andr. Not to loud Sir you may be heard Rivi. Your pardon Octav. Why should truth Faint at the name of greatnesse this Colossus Montalto is but mortall sure time has Forgot to use his wings or nature is Vnwilling I should grow to write full man To take revenge upon that polititian Our Protean favourite Rivi. It is my wonder The King so strangely should continue this Affection to Montalto Octav. There 's some magicke in 't Rivi. Dare none complaine Andr. His engines are so plac'd None can approach the kings eare at which hang So many flatterers to infect it with Montaltoes praise Rivi. Pray give me sir this boldnesse Hee that doth lift an Axe to strike the roote Of any family cannot be without A thought to wound the branches you were left By computation but an Infant when Your fathers discontents and faction of This Montalto made him forsake Naples Which added to your mothers death the guard And comforts of your life were taken from you Having exprest this malice to your father A thousand wayes he might have sent you to Another world and taken off all feare Of a revenge how comes it that you live And visit Sir the Pallace with this freedome Octav. My Lord Andrugios knowledge of yon Sir Is my assurance of your faith Andr. I le give You reasons at some opportunity Not to repent your confidence Octav. You have Supplied my fathel in your care of me I live why I am this great Lords favorite Courted his creatures are my honours Companion to his pleasures Rivi. I observ'd Some gestures very loving to your Lordship Octav. The King himselfe for his sake gracing me With title of his bed-chamber Rivi. T is strange This newes will coole my resolution Andr. T is truth he doth ingage him to all favours Rivi. T is not impossible he may be honest Octa. And meane so but my soule cannot be brib'd So easily to prostrate my owne justice And leave my fathers ashes unreveng'd Which in my eare groane from beneath the Marble To keepe my thoughts awake Andr. We may suspect This is to catch applause a tricke to winne Vpon the people who did love Riviero And mourne his fate Octav. How ever I have art To keepe my breast close and accept his flatteries Can complement and with officious bend Thanke his high favours weare a face of mirth And prattle with the Ladies as if all The businesse I came into the world for Were but to talke and dance and goe a feasting Rivi. I must presume you want no counsell from My Lord who loved your father how to manage Your selfe to best advantage of your fame And honour unto both I am a servant Andr. My Lord Montalto may expect you Sir Rivi. It is not safe we be observ'd too much Octav. My Lord you have begun a favour by The acquaintance of this Gentleman I will Hope to salute him often by your meanes You shall not meete a heart more prompt to bid You welcome Sir Rivi. You too much grace your servant I shall present a trouble Octav. Come my Lord Exit Rivi. Montaltoes change hath staggard me already These favours may be hearty to Octavio And argument of penitence I le observe And sift his close heart if it prove unsound He whets revenge to make the deeper wound Exit Enter Guido Bombo Guid. I would speake with your Lady Sir Bom. You may Guid. Direct me Bom. With which of my Ladies Guid. With both or one Bom. I serve the daughter Guid. I would speake with her Bom. Shee is I know not where Guid. What Coxcombe 's this Enter Iacamo Guid. Dost heare friend I would speake with my Lady Simphorosa Iacam. This way and please your Lordship Guid. Stay preethe what fellowe 's that Iacam. A servant of my Ladies Guid. Is he mad Iaca. A little phantasticke but very harmelesse And makes my Ladies merry my young Madam Domitilla calls him her secretary for sport And wonder of his good parts Guid. What are they Iaca. He can neither write nor reade Guid. An excellent Secretary Iaca. But he has beene much given to 't To reading till much poring night and day Made him booke blinde and defying spectacles He walkes and thinkes he is wise and talkes upon His old stocke Guid. Preethe acquaint my Lady 'i th meane time I le have more dialogue with him Save you Sir Bom. Save your selfe Sir you are I tak 't a Courtier Guid. And you my Ladies Secretary Bom. I am so Guid. I heare you are an understanding Secretary Bom. T is so I am how came you by that knowledge Guid. We have your fame at Court Sir Bom. Can you reade Guid. I heare you cannot Bom. Right Guid. Nor write Bom. T is true Guid. What make you with a booke ha this is Euclid Bom. Euclid it may be so Guid. Why these are Mathematickes Bom. I
now in mention of your Lordship To beare him company Mont. I like not that He knowes he may command my services Rivi. He will deserve your love pray my Lord tell me And let us be plaine breasted you injoy The King as I but with lesse stocke of merit The favour of his excellence how affect you The present state of things wil t be a match There is loud expectation in the world And after all my Master 's fond to have it Proceede to these I am of opinion There 's no retreating now without dishonour Yet as I am Philiberto I much pittie He should through any wound to your affection Perfect his love Mont. He has told you then the secret And not to waste more language I collect From what you have exprest he does resolve To destroy me Montalto must be trod on Rivi. Not so my Lord Mont. Yes and my heart the ascent To his Hymeneall altar which must be Made crimson with the blood of a true lover His will be obey'd Theodosia shall see To advance her Montalto will goe smiling To his sacrifice and after many prayers That shee may live the darling of his heart I le change my acquaintance of this world to be At peace in my owne ashes Rivi. You will not Commit a violence upon your selfe Mont. I sha' not neede the thought of her will kill me With as much silence as I goe to sleepe I onely shall bleed inward and my life Remove it selfe like a faire apparition That vanishes to th' eye and with lesse noise Then a calme Summers evening but when I Am dead t is not impossible some may Report Theodosia was but ravish'd from me Feare of a brothers anger and the tricke Of polliticke states that marry to knit power Not hearts did force her to Herares armes Whilst I torne from the branch where I once grew Travell I know not whether in the aire Rivi. I begin To thinke him worth some pitty Mont. Into what Vaine thing would the severe apprehension Of greefe transforme us coward let the Duke Move with all amorous haste to his delight And glory in the hope of his faire bride Mine by the gift of heaven and hearts but all My flowers grow dully on their stalkes and wither Let her gay Paranimphs with rosie Chaplets Which will take all their colour from her blush Attend on Theodosia to the Temple While as they goe no rude winde shall be heard But so much breath of heaven as gently may Lifting their loose haire up whisper my wrong To every Virgins care let them be married Knit hands and plight a ceremonious faith Let all the triumphs waste let them be wasted And night it selfe brib'd with a thousand formes Of mirth and Revells till the night grow faint And pale with watching Invite to bed yet there he shall enjoy But Theodosiaes body and not that As his faire thoughts expect perhaps the conquest Of one whom he loved better Exit Montal. Enter Duke Rivi. How was that Duke Now shall I trust him if my sense mistake not Theodosia may not be a Virgin Rivi. T was His bold conclusion Duke Where is now the honour You talke of durst Montalto charge her with This staine without his conscience to assure it Rivi. Yes and to me this tenders him the more To be suspected and I am so farre From thinking shee affects Montalto that I am convinc'd he loves her not can he Have any noble thought of Theodosia That dares traduce her honour thinke o' that And can revenge in any lover be A reason to wound a Ladies fame it tasts Of ranke injustice and some other end Time will discover and yet your grace is bound To have his accusation confirm'd Or hant this spotted panther to his ruine Whose breath is onely sweete to poyson vertue Duke What I resolve inquire not Exit Duke Rivi. I see through Montaltoes soule and have beene so long tame In my owne sufferings but this will make Him ripe for punishment Andrugio and My sonne Enter Andrugio Octavio Octav. I cannot with the wings of duty Fly swift enough to prostrate my obedience And welcome from a long supposed death My honourd father Rivi. Then I must appeare so Andr. And let me give a sonne up to your blessing Worthy your best prayers and embrace t was time To bring you acquainted he had else this night Contriv'd Montaltoes tragedie at a Banquet For your revenge his active thoughts I could not Counsell no longer patience Rivi. Thou hast but Prevented me Octavio I was Weary of my concealement Octav. But my joyes are wilde And will I feare transport me Rivi. My best friend And my owne spirited boy feare not Montalto Hee 's now upon a precipice his fate Stoopes with the glorious burden of his pride Things may be worth our counsell we shall see This prodigie that would be held a Starre And did so fright us with his streaming haire Drop like a Comet and be lost i' th aire Exeunt Montalto Theodosia Mont. I st possible the day should be so old And not a visite from the Duke Theo. While he Injoyes health I shall easily forgive A little ceremony Mont. And a lover Your grace must chide him other men may have Excuse for their neglect of time but he That loves deserves no pardon Theod. Iudge with charity My Lord the case may be your owne you would Thinke her a cruell mistresse that should doome Your life to exile for not payment of One ceremonious visite Mont. Not where such Perfection were to ingage my service Madam Pardon the bold comparison death were not Enough to punish that rude thought that could Start from your bright Idea or converse With praters that did not first concerne your excellence I would not be ambitious of a blessing But from reflex of yours Theo. You would expresse A most officious servant to that Lady Were honourd in your thought but the Duke of Florence And I shall make no such severe conditions Mon. If he doe love you Madam that will teach him Above what ceremony prescribes to honour you Theo. If he doe love Mont. Your graces pardon I Speake from an honest freedome taken from The assurance of your goodnesse that know better How to distinguish truth I am not judge Of his breast Madam Theo. I suppose you are not Mont. And yet being a man another way Conclude his passions are but such as have Beene read in humane nature Theo. What inferre you From hence my Lord Mont. Nothing but that a Prince May be no Saint in love Theo. Howe 's that Mont. T was in my feare I should displease Theo. Your will Mont. Not for the Empire of the world I shall Repent I live with your suspition Vpon my humbl'd soule Theo. Pray Sir be free Touching the Duke I must know all what i st Makes him no Saint Mont. Madam he is not dead And in his life I see no miracles Theo. You talk'd of love Mont. No miracles
to Court Dom. You are bounty Sir it selfe and binde A Virgins prayers King What art thou yet prepar'd To heare his name I would declare thy husband Enter Duke Duke The King King The Duke this confirmes it Duke Vnlucky fate he has spied me King Thou shalt have A little patience while the Duke and I Change some discourse in private Dom. I Obey Exit Duke He is sent off I hope the King is not In love with her himselfe King Now my Lord what Alone I see you can addresse your selfe To a handsome Lady Duke He has prevented mē Where I receive favour I shall never Want heart to acknowledge King That rule binds to all Duke It does but with distinction to pay King But with distinction to pay First love to those that best deserves it from us Duke T is justice Sir King This granted there 's another Whom though you can forget my sister Sir Deserves to be remembred Duke You are jealous That I visite this Lady King That were onely To doubt I must be plaine Florence has not Beene kind to Naples to reward us with Affront for love and Theodosia must not Be any Princes mockery Duke I can Take boldnesse too and tell you Sir it were More for hēr honour shee would mock no Prince I am not lost to Florence yet though I Be Naples guest and I must tell him here I came to meet with faire and Princely treaties Of love not to be made the tale of Italy The ground of Scurrile pasquills or the mirth Of any Lady who shall preingage Her heart to anothers bosome and then sneake Off like a tame despised property When her ends are advanc'd King I understand not This passion yet it points upon something That may be dangerous to conclude Theodosia Is Naples sister and I must not see Her lost to honour though my kingdome bleed To rescue her Duke Now you are passionate T is I must be repair'd my name is wounded And my affection betrayed your sister That lookes like a faire starre within loves skie Is falne and by the scattering of her fires Declares shee has alliance with the earth Not heavenly nature King Are my senses perfect Be clearer Sir teach me to understand This prodigie you doe not scorne our sister Duke Not I as she has title to your blood Shee merits all ambition shee is a Princesse Yet no staine to her invention we are paralells Equall but never made to meet King How 's this Duke Truth is my witnesse I did meane No ceremonious love untill I found Her heart was given from me though your power Contract our bodies King Stay and be advis'd And if your doubts by some malitious tongue Framed to abuse my sister and your selfe Have rais'd this muteny in your thoughts I have A power to cure all Duke Sir you cannot King Not to court thee for her husband wert possest Of all ore which our Eagle shakes his wings But to set right her honour and ere I challenge Thee by thy birth by all thy hopes and right To fame to tell me what seditious breath Has poyson'd her heare what my sister sends By me so late time is not old in minuts The word 's yet warme with her owne breath pray tell The Duke saies she although I know not from What roote his discontents grow to devote him To Domitilla Duke How does shee know that King Whose beauty has more spell upon his fancy I did contract my heart when I thought his Had beene no stronger to his tongue and can Not finde within it since what should divert His princely thoughts from my first innocence Yet such is my sterne fate I must still love him And though he frame his heart to unkinde distance It hath imbracing vertue upon mine And with his owne remove drawes my soule after him If he forget I am a Princesse pray Let Naples doe so too for my revenge Shall be in prayers that he may finde my wrong But teach him soft repentance and more faith Duke All this must not betray my freedome Sir King You le not accuse our sister of dishonour Duke I would not grieve you Sir to heare what I Could say and presse me not for your owne peace Fames must be gently toucht King As thou art Florence speake Duke I Shall displease Yet I but tell her brother that doth presse me Lucrece was chast after the rape but where The blood consents there needs no ravisher Exit King I doe grow faint with wonder here 's enough To blast an apprehension and shoote A quaking through the valiant soule of man My sisters blood accus'd and her faire name Late chast as trembling snow whose fleeces clothe Our Alpine hills sweet as the Roses spirit Or Violets cheeke on which the morning leaves A teare at parting now begins to wither As it would haste to death and be forgotten This Florence is a Prince that does accuse her And such men give not faith to every murmur Or slight intelligence that wounds a Lady In her deare honour but shee is my sister Thinke of that too credit not all but aske Of thy owne veines what guilty flowings there May tempt thee to beleeve this accusation Enter Theodosia T is shee Th' art come Theodosia to my wishes Theo. What does distract you Sir King I have done your message to the Duke and finde He does love Domitilla Theo. Her he shall meete and marry in Elisium King What meane you Theo. I have shooke off my tamenesse doe not hinder My just revenge I le turne their triumphs into death King There is a question of more consequence Thou must resolve it does concerne thee more Then thy owne life Theo. You fright me King Are you honest Theo. Honest King I could have us'd the name of chaste Or virgin but they carry the same sence Put off thy wonder Theodosia And answer me by both our parents ashes Which now are frighted in the urne and scarse Contain'd beneath their marble while their fame Bleeds in my wounded honour art thou still My sister without staine upon thy chastity Tell me and answer truth for both our lives Nay nay there is no time for thy amaze Hast thou not lost thy selfe and beene injoyed I blush to name the way Theo. Never King Agen Theo. By all the good we hope for I an innocent As your owne wishes King Th' art my vertuous sister Theo. But by your love and all that bound to Be just now let me know my strange accuser King Thou shalt know that hereafter let thy thoughts Live in their owne peace and dispute not mine Exit Enter Domitilla Dom. Not speake to me he fround too sure I have not Displeasd him wherefore stayes the Princesse Theo. Shew spirit now or never Domitilla The greatest part of my affliction Let my revenge begin here Dom. Your grace does honour your unworthy servants And if I might beseech one favour more T is but to know what has displeas'd the
King Theo. Must you be of counsell with his passions What hath advanc'd you to this boldnesse Dom. Pardons Why does your grace put on those angry lookes I never did offend you in a thought Theo. Cunning dissembler yes and t is thy death Must satisfie yet ere I give thee punishment Tell me what impudence advanc'd thy thoughts So high in our dishonour was there none In your owne for me of blood fit for your love But you must flatter your prou hopes with one So much above thy birth though he in frailty Consent to make thee great dar'st thou accept it And with my shame aspite to be his equall Disclaime these hopes and sweare never to love him Dom. Madam Theo. Doe or with this I will secure my feares And stand the malice of all other fate Dom. Heare me Theo. Be briefe Dom. I know not by what genius prompted Madam To live or die more happily I have no Feare of your rage which is so farre from making Me sinne against my love it has inlarg'd My heart which trembles not to be loves martyr I can forgive your hand too if you promise To tell the King how willing I die for him Theo. The King thou lov'st the Duke Dom. Hee 's not concern'd In my affection I have no thought Of any Prince alive but your owne brother Such an example of loves folly have My starres decreed me yet if pride and duty May in one action meete and be good friends Both shall assist my last breath which shall offer Humbly the King and his affaires to heaven This he will pardon shall he know it done By me more sit to die then live for him Theo. Alas poore Domitilla shee is wounded As deepe as I rise and forgive my jealousie I cannot promise thee to be my sister But I will love thee like one let us call A counsell of our thoughts and mingle sorrowes Yet when we have done all and tyr'd our breath There is no cure for love but love or death Exeunt Enter King and Montalto King How will Montalto counsell me I am Wilde with the repetition Mont. The Duke Lay such a blacke aspersion on your sister T is blasphemy to honour but as soone He may pollute the Sunne beames or defile The dew of heaven ere it approach the earth Make us beleeve the rockes of ice doe flame And may indanger the north starre my wonder Will make me reason leste it throwes a poyson On your whole family a staine so deepe And so prodigious all the blood within His Dukedome wo'not purge it could he finde No excuse for his revolt to Domitilla But blasting the sweet Princesse King Domitilla Whom I must tell you I already have Prepar'd to be thy bride as an addition To the reward I owe thy services Mont. Prepard for me you are too bountifull In you I kneele both to my king and father But my aspiring will be satisfied To be your servant still in your grace I Injoy the brinde my heart affects let me Grow old with duties here and not translate My affection till my weary soule throw off The burden of my dust King No more in this One act I le build a monument of my love To thee and my revenge upon the Duke Thou instantly shalt marry Domitilla Her Beauty Blood and Fortune will deserve thee Mont. I am your creature but how this may inflame The Duke King T is meant so Mont. But your sisters fame Were worth your first care this may be done With more accesse of joy when shee is righted You have beene pleasd to heare my counsell Sir And not repented King What would'st thou advise me Mont. The Duke is young and apt to erre you cannot Preserve your hospitable Lawes to affront Him openly nor will it be thought prudence To let loose these suspitions to the descant Of peoples tongues th' aire is dangerous Let me search the Dukes bosome for the spring Of this dishonour King How Mont. Mistake me not Philoberto is his secret consellour And the receiver of his thoughts leave me To manage this great worke I have a way To every angle of his heart meane time Be pleas'd to keepe your person but retired A silent discontent will fright him more And arme us with full knowledge King Wise Montalto I like thy honest counsell and obey it But lose no time Exit Mont. It never was more pretious My essence is concern'd and every minute Brings a fresh seige against Montaltoes life There 's none but Philoberto conscious To my last accusation of the Princesse Then hee must be remov'd delayes are fatall I le poyson him to night I have the way This done the Duke may follow or be brib'd With Domitillaes person to quit Naples Enter Guido Aloisio Alexio Guid. My honour'd Lord Mont. Guido Aloisio Why make I this distinction y' are but one To your Montalto have one heart and faith Your love and dilligence must now be active Guid. You have deserv'd us Alex. Lord of our fortunes Guid. Wee are your creatures Bound by all Law and conscience of the court To serve your ends Mont. T is but to waite close And contrive excuses if the Duke Desire accesse to the King Gui. This all Mont. Be carefull None of his traine nor faction be admitted In speciall Philoberto if he appeare Present my service and desire to speake with him This is no mighty Province gentlemen To waste you much yet this neglected will Destroy my tall fate in whote fall you must Stoope and be strucken dead with the large ruines Gui. Kill us not first by your suspition We looke upon you as our destiny Prosper as we are faithfull Mont. You divide me Alex. There is much trouble in his face how ere Let us be firme is not this Philoberto Enter Riviero Riv. My honor'd Lords Gui. We are proud to be your servants I am yours where is the Lord Montalto Alo. New gone from us and desires to speake with you And is gone either to your lodging or the Dukes Rivi. I have some affaires with the King and that Dispatch'd I le waite upon him Gui. We are confident You will excuse us we receiv'd command That none should interrupt him Rivi. I come from the Duke Alo. His excellent will conster it our duties Riv. This was not wone Alo. We dare not sit dispute Our masters pleasure Gui. Perhaps his confessor is with him Rivi. Perhaps there is some cunning nay preferre The businesse of the soule I may presume He has no long Catalogue to account for Gui. You have not beene of counsell with his conscience We doe not use to limit his devotions Rivi. T is picus and you three by computation Montaltoes knaves here plac'd to keepe away Discoveries in spight of all your subtilties The king shall know my minde and understand The history of your patrons and your service Let time speak your reward in your owne chronicles Alo. You not forget my Lord Montalto has Desire to speake
me appeare Rude when I left your excellence Duke This does more Then satisfie Dom. I know not how I may Stand guilty in your thoughts by keeping a Rich Caskanet Duke You honor'd me to accept it Dom. But with a blush I must remember too I did not thanke you there was want of time Or manners I must leave it to your mercy And would by any duty to your grace Expiate my errour Duke Madam it is not worth The mention of this gratitude Your breath Makes the oblation rich and me who am Encourag'd by your vertue to present you With something of more valew then a world Of these poore empty glories I dare give you My heart Madam Dom. Blesse your grace from such a meaning Duke Can you be cruell to it Dom. I ne're had The confidence to looke upon a wound And such a bleeding object as your heart Would fright my senses Duke You are more ingenious Then not to understand that I meane love I love you Madam best of all your sex Dom. You cannot Sir you dare not Duke How Dom. You dare not be so wicked I am am sure When you remember what you are a Prince Duke Is it a sinne for Princes to love Madam Dom. Or if you could dispence with so much passion To love me and durst give me what I tremble To thinke you promise that that very act In which you most advance affection to me Would make me thinke you love me not Duke Be clearer Dom. How should I thinke his courtship worth my trust And meete him with a reall change of hearts Who in his very first attempt of love Would blast my honour and betray me to A shame blacke as the tongue of infamy Duke Would I Dom. And more For you in this Would tempt me to an act by which I should Not onely wound my selfe to death of honour But make me guilty of anothers blood And kill an innocent Lady whose least teare Is worth a thousand lives of perjurd men That make a scorne of vertue Duke What Lady Dom. Have you forgot the Princesse Sir Duke The Princesse Dom. In that name you le finde your selfe agen Lost in a mist of passions oh thinke The fames and hopes of two rich countries are Engag'd upon your faith your highnesse pardon I finde some blushes chide my too much boldnesse And by a nearer view now of your goodnesse I see my errour to beleeve you meant Other then triall of me or could fall To any thought beneath your birth and honour Duke But if Theodosia be made anothers By her owne gift and I at large with what Justice may I be thought then to addresse My passions hither Dom. If the Princesse which I must not thinke give your heart backe agen And that you could quit all your tyes with honour My thoughts are all resign'd to the Kings will He must dispose of me by my owne vow Without his free consent never to marry Exit Duke The King there t is I thought shee was his mistresse T is not possible the Princesse now Can pardon my neglect Montaltoes practise Vpon me and his poysoning of her vertue Wo'not excuse my shame I dare not see Whom I have injur'd Theodosia In am resolv'd this night I le steale from Naples Enter Theodosia Theo. Nay doe not hide your face my Lord it will Appeare as fresh and lovely to my eyes As when it first presented me your smiles I am Theodosia still Duke But I have beene Theo. Abus'd time will discover to the ruine Of his owne name and glory of our loves Montaltoes practise to divide our soules Duke You cannot be so mercifull or else This sweetnesse is put on to enlarge my guilt When we are both compar'd dare you beleeve I can repent and be' revenged Theo. Vpon whom Duke Vpon my selfe for suffering my eyes To wander from this sweetnesse Theo. You outdoe The satisfaction if your grace can finde Me grow agen within your heart where first My love desired to plant Duke Oh let me drowne My blushes in this over slow of charity But there 's an act that justice calls me to Before I can be worthy of this peace Montalto has plaid the villaine now I finde it And from his treacherous heart my sword must force A bloody satisfaction for thy honour Poyson'd by him Theo. Stay that revenge shame has Already sunke him Enter a Courtier Court Sir the King desires Some conference with your grace and with you Madam Theo. I shall attend you Sir we shall present Together thus no object to displese him Duke Though I shall blush to see him I le waite on you Exeunt Enter King Riviero Andrugio Petitioners King Good heaven upon what humane bosome shall We that are made your substitutes on earth Place secure confidence and yet there may Be malice in complaints the flourishing Oake For his extent of Branches stature growth The darling and the Idoll of the wood Whose awefull nod the under trees adore Shooke by a tempest and throwne downe must need Submit his curled head and full growne limbes To every common Axe be patient while the tortures put to every joynt the Sawes and engines making with their very noyse the Forrests groane and tremble but not one When it was in his strength and state revil'd it Whom poverty of soule and envy sends To gather stickes from the trees wish'd for rume The great mans Embleme I did love Montalto And wed not have him lost if justice would Consent and be a little of his side But here are the two plummets weigh him downe His impious practice on the Duke and base Aspertions on our sister that defame Our whole blood is a loud loud accusation Rivi. His conscience dares not Sir deny 't King And you Speake here the tragicke story of Riviero Whose honest soule for not complying with His power and ends chose in a discontent To make himselfe an exile yee pursude And by the practise of Montalto poyson'd At Rome Andr. This letter sent to Alvarez Whose treacherous Physicke purg'd his soule away Is too much testimony King T is his Character Enter Octavio Octavio you come for justice too Octav. It were a vaine breath to desire it Sir Your thoughts are still so conscious of vertue They will prevent petition King Come nearer Rivi. The King is troubled Andr. Where he loved to finde So much ingratitude King Andrugio Rivi. Things are not yet mature for my discovery King You observe away Exit Andr. Octav We may be just Philoberto Yet not destroy another attribute Which shewes whose representative we are Mercy becomes a King too much can be But thought a sinne on the right hand we are Resolv'd Enter Simphorosa Madam you are welcome Rivi. I begin To feare there is some spell upon the King If after this Montalto shall prevaile Let innocence be stronger to the world And heaven be afraid to punish vice King Remove For a few minuts Rivi. I obey King You tell