too young to speake A lawlesse passion for my services Pay me with pricelesse treasure of a kisse While from the balmy fountaynes of thy lips Distils a moisture precious as the Dew The amorous bounty of the morne Casts on the Roses cheeke what wary distance Do you observe speake and enrich my eares With accents more harmonious then the Larks When she sings Hymns to Harvest Chri Sure my Lord Y 'ave studied Complement I thought the warre Had taught men resolution and not language Dor. Oh you instruct me justly I should rather Have tane the modest Priviledge of your lip And then endeavor'd to repay the grace With my extreamest eloquence Chri. You mistake me Dor. Remit my ignorance and let me read The mystery of thy language in thy lookes In which are lively Characters of love Writ in the polish'd tablets of thy cheekes Which seeme to vary colours like the Clouds When they presage a storme and those bright eyes Dart unaccustom'd beames which shine as anger Flash'd from their fiery motion Chri. You misconster The intention of my lookes I am not angry Though much distemper'd Dor. At what by whom Lives there a creature so extreamly bad Dares dis-compose your patience speake reveale The monster to me were he fenc'd with flames Or lock'd in Bulwarkes of congested yee And all the feinds stood Centinels to guard The passage I would force it to his heart Through which the mounting violence of my rage Should peirce like lightning Chri. I beleeve That in some triviall quarrell to redeeme My fame should scandall touch it you would fight Perhaps to shew your valour But I have A taske to enjoyne me which my feares possesse me You dare not venture to accept Dor. By truth You wrong my faith and courage to suspect me Of so extreame a Cowardize have I stood the heat Of Battailes till upon the mountainous piles Of slaughter'd Carcasses the soules which left em Seem'd to ascend to Heaven that your suspition Should taint my honour with this base revolt This is not noble in you Chri. Doe not rage When you shall heare it you will then confesse Your confident errour Dor. My loyalty will not Permit that strong rebellion in my breast To doubt the meanest falsehood in a word Her voyce can utter which should charme the world To a beliefe some Cherubim has left Its roome in heaven to carroll to the earth Celestiall Anthems and I now beginne To question my owne frailty but by all Which we call good or holy be 't your will I should invade inevitable death In its most ugly horrour my obedience Shall like a carelesse Pilot cast this bark On that pale rocke of ruine Chri. Will you sweare this Dor. Yes invent A forme of oath so binding that no Law Or power can dispense with and I le seal With my best blood pray Madam tell me what The imposition is you judge so easily Will stagger my just truth that I may flye On Loves light wings to act it Chr. Heare it then and doe not As you respect your oath or love request The cause of what I shall command Dor. Still Suspitions My honour be my witnesse which no action Shall violate I will not Chri. Enough that vow Cannot but be materiall receive it I must no longer love you Dor. That 's no command what did you say Chrisea Chr. I must no longer love you and command you Leave your affection to me Dor. Y' are very pleasant Lady Chri. You 'll finde me very serious nay more I love another and I doe enjoyne you Since t is a man you may o're-rule to assist me In my obtaining him without whose love I 'me resolute to perish Dor. Sure I dreame Or some strange suddaine death has chang'd his frame To immortality for were I flesh And should heare this certaine my violent rage Would pull me to some desperate act beyond The reach of fury these are words would infect Rose-colour'd patience Cleere and lovely front With loathsome leprosie change flames to teares And with unusuall harshnesse of the sound Deafen the genius of the world Chri. Where 's now The strength of soule you boasted does the noyse Of the death speaking Cannon not affright Your setled resolution and the voyce Of a weak woman shake your youthfull blood Into an ague since you so ill beare this When you shall heare the man whose love has stolne Your interest you will rage more than unlimited fire In populous Cities Dor. Sure t is she who speakes I doe enjoy yet sound untainted sence Each faculty does with a peacefull harmony retaine Its proper Organ yet she did rehearse She must no longer love me oh that word transformes The soule of quiet into rage Above distracted madnes madam tell me What place is this for you have led me Into a subtle Labyrinth where I never Shall have fruition of my former freedome But like an humble anchorite that digs With his owne nayles his grave must live confin'd To the sad maze for ever Chri. Sir you cannot By most submissive and continued prayers Reclaime my affection which stands fixt as Fate Vpon your friend Vitelli Dor. My friend Vitelli Chri. Sir I not use To jest my life away Vitelli is The person to obtaine whose pretious love I doe conjure you by all tyes of honour To imploy your utmost diligence Dor. Can I bee So tame o' th' suddaine has the feeble spirit Of some degenerate Coward frighted hence My resolution which has given a Law To fate it selfe that I must now become The stale to my owne ruine oh Chrisea Who wert so good that vertue would have sigh'd At the unwelcome spectacle had you Appeard but woman in a passion Though of the slightest consequence oh doe not Abjure that Saint-like temper it will be A change hereafter burdenous to your soule A sinne to one who all his life-time blest With peace of conscience at his dying minute Falls into mortall enmity with heaven And perishes eternally Chr. My will guides my determination and you must In honour act your promise Dor. Yes I will Since you can urge it tho but two Things pretious to me and one cruell word Robs me of both my friend and her Chrisea I have not left another sigh to move Nor teare to beg your pitty Chri. They are but vaine You may as easily thinke to kisse the starres 'Cause they shine on you as recall my vowes Which I will urge no further but wish you Regard your honour But farewell I must Be cruell e're to my owne love unjust Ex. Dor. She 's gone what vapour which the flattering Sunne Attracts to heaven as to create a starre And throw it a fading meteor to the earth Has falne like me I am not yet growne ripe For perfect sorrow but as a bubling brooke That sports and curles within its flowry Bankes Till the vast sea devoure it onely falling Into the abysse of mischiefe passions surround My intellectuall powers only my heart
Like to a rocky Island does advance Above the fo my violence of the flood It s unmov'd head love be my carefull guide Who sailes 'gainst danger both of wind and tide Ex. Actus Secundus Enter Bonivet Lactantio and Adorni Bon. THanks good Adorni we are much endeer'd To your relation this rich corsick wine Erected our dull spirits and you shall Command our service in as high and jocund A Nature Ador. Sir although I am One that affects not the nice phrase of Court Having bin nurs'd in warre yet I can frame My selfe to imitation of what honour Shall there or any where appeare to be Worthy my laughter Bon. You have explain'd your knowledge we who breath Onely the aire of Genoa and ne're tasted Forraigne behaviour covet nothing more Than certaine knowledge of it as 't is proper to Complexions intellectuall to delight In novelties your Spaniard as you say Is of a staid serious and haughty garbe Acts all his words with shrugs and gestures kisses His hand away in kindnesse is of dyet Sparing will pick his teeth as formally After an Orenge or a clove of Garlicke which is his ordinary morsell as he 'd fed On Partridges or Pheasant Ador. 'T is his grace After his dinner Sir and to confirme Their most officious gravity a Castilian Was for some crime in Paris to be whipt In triumph through the streetes and being admonished To be more swift of foote so a voyd The dreadfull lash the sooner in scorne answer'd He rather would be flead alive than breake A Title of his gravity La. Much good Doe it his patient shoulders but Adorni What thinke you of the French Ador. Very ayry people who participate More fire than earth yet generally good And nobly disposition'd something inclining Ent. Corim To over-weening fancy This Lady Tells my remembrance of a Comick scene I once saw in their Theatre Bon. Adde it to Your former courtesies and expresse it Ador. Your entreaty Is a command if this grave Lady please To act the Lady I must court Cor. Why doe you thinke I cannot play the woman I have plaid a womans part About twenty twenty yeares agoe in a Court Masque And tho I say 't as well as some o' them have bin courted too But it is truth I have a foolish quality as many more women are guilty of besides my selfe I alwayes love them best which slight me most and scorne those that doe court mee look you Signior if 't be a lovers part you are to act Take a black spot or two I can furnish you 'T will make your face more amorous and appeare More gracious in your Mistris eyes Ador. Stand faire Lady Cor. T is your part to stand faire sir doubt not my carriage O most rare man sincerely I shall love the French The better while I live for this Ador Acts furiously Nay pray sir gentlemen entreat the man To pacifie his wrath tell him I le love him Rather than see him rage thus Bon. He would have just reason to be mad indeed then but now The Mood is alter'd Ador acts ut antea Cor. Excellently ravishing this is of force To make the hardest hearted Lady love him Can I intreat him but to teach my Cosen Some of his French he will for ever be engallanted Enter Eurione and Frangipan Bon. Beautious Cosen Y 'ave mist the quaintest sport honest Adorni You would endeare this Lady to you would you Please to react it Ador. Nay if you make me common once farewell I am not for your company Cor. Pray sir a word or two here is a gentleman Nay Nephew though I say 't a toward young man Vouchsafe him your acquaintance Ador. Will he fight is he souldier Cor. No truely sir nor shall hee bee I would be loath to have my onely Cosen Heated about the heart with lead he 's dull Enough already Frangipan come hither This gentleman will for my sake teach thee French Ador. For your sake reverent Madam I shall do 't Sir please you walke we will conferre on rudiments Cor. Come with him Coz Sir and you have occasion To use me in a pleasure stands within The ability of my performance pray command You shall not be deny'd Ador. Come Signiors will you walke Ex. Eur. Cosen Bonivet I should be glad after some minutes to Enjoy your Company Bon. I shall attend your Ladyship Eur. Corimba what answer from Vitelli do I live Or in the killing rigour of his scorne Must I dye wretched Cor. Sincerely Madam You are too timorous of your owne deserts Or else you durst not doubt that he or any You being so neat your selfe and drest as neatly As any Lady in the Court should hazzard The reputation of his wit by slighting Such an accomplish'd beauty Eur. You talke And play the cunning flatterer to excuse Your negligence but know affections fire Once kindled by desire and blowne by thought Into a heat expires a thousand sighes Which as loves smoak like incense flyes to heaven While the light fire with nimble wings doe soare To its owne spheare true lovers hearts who cherish The flame till they to ashes burne and perish Cor. Why Ladybird are you so passionate the gentleman Is a kind gentleman has all that may Set forth a man for when I told him how Like a hurt Deare you wounded were with love Life how he leapt for joy as if the selfe Same arrow which struck you had glanc'd on him And as a token of his love hee sent you A bleeding heart in a Cornelion which Beshrew me most unfortunately I lost Enter Chrisea Chri. Cornuba see If Generall Doria be within Eurione Ex. Cor. I have beene seeking thee how dost thou sister I must demand a question that concernes The safety of your fame Eur. I rest Secure in mine owne innocence and no malice Can forge an accusation which can blemish My meanest thought with scandall Chri. I beleeve but know Eurione I am enform'd You doe affect Vitelli and conjure you By the deare memory of our mother tell me If the report be certaine Eur. Should I deny 't My love would muster thousand blushes up To invade my guilty Cheeks I must confesse I love him so as modesty and truth Afford me warrant Chri. T is ill done and childishly so easily to impart The treasure of your liberty to keeping Of a neglected stranger Eur. His owne worth Deserves as noble knowledge here as many Who borrow titular glory from the dust Of their forgotten Ancestours Chri. You defend him Like a brave Championesse as if you meant T' ingage your dearest pawne of life and honour In his protection Eur. Say I did the even'st Though most strict justice would allow as lawfull My honourable purpose Chri. Fie you are lead on too wildly by your fancy sister It ill befits the greatnesse of your blood To seeke to mixe its pure streame with a poore Regardlesse River Eur. He appeares to me Broad in his owne dimensions as the sea
Cleare as a brooke whose Christall lips salute Onely the freshest medowes such a Creature That were some cunning painter to expresse An Angell cloath'd in humane shape he might From his derive a patterne Chri. But suppose my fancy Should over-sway my judgement to affect Vitelli sure your manners would allow me By willing resignation of your choyce The priviledge of my birth-right Eur. Would you urge A claime so justly mine because you view'd The light two yeares before me no Chrisea Love's an unlimited passion that admits No Ceremonious difference this prerogative Should Queenes endevour their unvalued Dowries Are not of worth to purchase and tho here As it befits me I observe the distance Due to your birth yet in loves sacred Court My place is high as yours and there we may Walke hand in hand together Chri. Doe not flatter Your fancy with this vaine conceite Vitelli Must be no more yours Know I have enjoyn'd The Generall Doria to engage his friend To imbrace my proffer'd love to him Eur. You strive Because you thinke my young and timerous flame Unapt t' incounter brave Vitellis heat As cunning Nurses doe with froward Babes Fright them into an appetite but say All this were reall thinke you Doria would So easily be perswaded to renownce His proper interest and inthrall his friend To an unwilling slavery Chri. By truth he has impawn'd his honour to endeavor What I have utter'd gentle Girle consider Loves unresisted violence and beleeve I would not have a rivall to usurpe A corner in the Kingdome of that heart Of which i 'me soveraigne so farewell deere soule Consider out Exit Eur. Consider out why this is such an act Done by a cruell sister as shall taint That holy name with such a blacke reproach That should a thousand pious Virgins weepe Rivers of teares their most immaculate drops Would not wash white her scandall haplesse girle That in loves tempests wert but lately tost And now recoverd in a calme art lost Enter Lactantis Lact. Madam the Duke intreats your instant company Eur. I shall attend his pleasure good Lactantio If you can meet my Cosen Bonivet Desire him visite me Exit Enter Doria Dor. Noble Lactantio Y' are happily encounterd I expected My friend Vitelli here this is his houre I wonder he is tardie Lact. Your Lordship prevents the time with speed or else Vitelli Has some impediment by businesse sir Enter Uitelli Y' are opportunely welcome to deliver Your owne excuse I was about to stretch My invention for you Uit. Noble friend your enemy had you ingagd your faith To any personall meeting could expect you But at the minute reason may dispense Twixt us with such a nicety Lact. Now your friends Arriv'd I must beg licence to depart I have some vrgent businesse Dor. Good Lactantio your time 's your owne Lact. I kisse your Lordships hand Exit Vit. Friend now wee 're alone I safely may Speake my conjecture I have read your lookes And in their pensive Characters finde secret Strange signes of sadnesse Dor. I am sad indeed When my remembrance tells me I have only Verball assurance of your friendship Vit. Try me by any attempt whose danger does surpasse The common path of daring be et to snatch A firy boult when it from heaven comes wrap'd In sheetes of lightning to afford true proofe Of my affection and with eager haste Such as inspires a husband to enjoy His spouses virgine purity I le runne To the atchievement Dor. These are but protests such as be got by ceremony proceed Not from intensive zeale yet I le experience The truth of your affection by a triall Of such a noble and effective weight Which if you bravely doe support you 'l stand As some tall Pyramid or Columne for Your owne memoriall to tell after-times The power and strength of friendship Uit. Pray nam 't and 't were a burden would orepresse the earth I le be the able Atlas to sustaine Heaven on my willing shoulders Dor. There is a Lady in whose each eye sits fire on her cheek Victorious beauty captive to her smiles Dances in lovely triumph one who emblemes The glory of mortality in each looke Contracts the orbe of lusture to a glance Brandishes beames whose purity dispence Light more immaculate then the gorgeous east Weares when the prostrate Indian does adore Its rising brightnesse yet this wonder doates On you with such inevitable fervor That I in pitty of her sufferings come T' intreate you love her Vit. Whom my Lord Dor. You cannot appeare so strangely stupid not to acknowledge Creations miracle when I point out Her very figure you as well may seeme When the bleake North does with congealing blasts Binde up the crisling streames in chaines of Ise Not to know Winter ignorant of her Who had she liv'd when superstitious mists Shaded the world more groves of gammes had fam'd T' her Divinest beauty then to all The race of idle deities t is Chrisea The faire Chrisea loves you Uit. The faire Chrisea your Lordship 's merry Dor. Doe you slight What I deliver'd with that unfain'd zeale That penitents doe their prayers I say Chrisea A name whose every accent sweetlier sounds Then quires of Syrens sence bereaving notes Chrisea loves you infinitely above Expressive termes the Orators shoud strive To paint her masculine fancy and i 'me bound To pay this homage to her best content As to conjure you by all sacred ties Of honour amity and what else may serve To inforce the indeerement with your noblest love To gratifie her fancy Vit. No perswasion Can make me thinke this serious good my Lord Doe not you love Chrisea Dor. More then a babe does the kind Nurse that feedes it with her blood More then I doe my quiet or the joyes Of ought but blest eternity Uitelli No other argument can more convince Suspition should it doubt my love but this That to procure her peace I have confinde The greatnesse of my passion and give up To thy dispose a Iewell which the earth And sea should both unlade their hidden wealth Should not have purchas'd from me Vit. These are arts to pusle my conceits my Lord I 'me no such punie in the Craft of love That I want braine to finde this drift which is As obvious to me as your eyes now you Are home return'd victorious big with praise Laden with titles that sit heavier on you Then your steele Corslet in hot fight coniemne Affinity with me to whom y 'ave heard the faire Eurione has resign'd her heart And by this circumvention should I court At your entreates her sister might pretend A righteous cause for an unjust revolt For were it otherwise your temper could not Brooke your Chriseas change without a start Into a sudden fury Dor. This language I understand not by my honour friend This iteration may disperse your doubt I doe agen conjure you by all right Friendship can challenge in you to affect Chrisea nobly shall I have
your answer Vit. Nay then my Lord since you are serious freely I resume The priviledge of my liberty this body I doe confesse your captive and t' has sufferd an honourable thraldome but my minde Remaines unbounded as the ayre or fire Are from their spheares Eurione has wone By the subduing valor of her lookes That in a field of fancy not of blood And ere another shall usurpe her right In the defence I le dye her willing martyr Dor. I judg'd what serious value your boasted friendship would retaine i th test Draw your bright weapon know that I doe hate Basenesse as much as cowardice and since You slight a Lady for whose pricelesse love Kings might resigne their Crownes and humbly fall Like bare foot pilgrimes prostrate at the shrine Of such a beauty sure if in this sword Death has a residence your life shall finde it And not survive to boast the cruell triumph of her refusall Vit. Sir your sword cannot excite a trembling in my blood The glistring splendour cherishes my sight Like polish'd Chrystall henceforth name of friend Be no more known betwixt us then a dreame Thus I expire it I may now regaine My honour forfeited in the Generall cause By this particular Combate Dor. Should my fate yield me the conquest yet his death would not Beget Chriseas quiet but augment Her griefe and hate against me stay forbeare I feele a palsie in my veines and cannot Manage this little instrument of death My sinewes put on infancy agen And have no vigor in them oh Vitelli I am so full of passion I have scarce Roome left to vent a sigh a mine of lead Hangs on my heart and with its weight has crack'd The feeble courage Vit. Noble soule his griefe Workes more compunction in me than his sword Did suddaine anger could I grant what you Request no brand-markt slave should fulfill Sooner his Masters most severe command Than I would yours but this abrogates all lawes Of friendships duty if y 'ave vowd this act You may as safely disanull the Oath As should you in some desperate fury sweare To be your fathers murtherer Dor. Bid me first renounce My allegeance to my honour sell my faith I owe my Native Country my Vitelli I feele an humour in my braine which strives For passage at mine eyes wilt see me weepe Consider friend denying my request Thou dost undoe a Lady who may claime The priviledge of all hearts depriv'st the world Of such a jemme that should old nature strive To frame her second it would quite exhaust Her glorious treasury then in her ruine My life and honour 's forfeited think this And were thy heart obdurate as a rocke Of Adamant this thought joyn'd with my teares Would sooner than the blood of Goats dissolve it To gentle softnesse Vit. Your eyes are moving advocates they speake Such an o're-flowing Language that my love Then in its owne cause a most partiall Judge Allowes my mercy freedome to pronounce Sentence on your side you have prevail'd I le serve Chrisea as her pleasure shall Dispose my will and fortune Dor. I beginne to feele my spirits quicken and my blood Receive its noble temper deare Vitelli Thy noblenesse does prompt thee to an act Shall write thy friendship higher in the lists Of sacred amity than mothers loves Goe to my best Chrisea she expects To know by thee the truth of my successe Tell her I am more happy in her blisse Than if I had enjoy'd her constant love So leave me love I may perhaps transgresse Man-hood agen and shouldst thou see me weepe Twice thou wouldst judge my former flood of teares A feigned passion Vit. Your Genius guard you thus I apply Balme to his wounds while I doe bleeding dye Ex. Enter Bonivet Bon. Noble Generall I come to gratulate the happy choyse Y 'ave made in faire Chrisea she 's a Lady That though she were a stranger to my blood My judgement would allow as rich a vertue As ever glorifi'd the sexe Dor. 'T would be a sacrilegious errour not to admit Your Character for truth but in our loves A thousand hidden causes doe produce Alternate changes my returne has setled My thoughts on new resolves and I must suite My affections to them Bon. How perhaps because You are return'd triumphant with your bayes Growing upon your brow you doe reject The love before you su'd for t is not noble So to abase a Lady whose bright fame Although untainted as a Christall rocke Must passe a popular censure if you who Did with such earnestnesse pretend her match Should on the suddaine scorne it Dor. I 'me not bound To give you reasons why but know my mind Which your contesting cannot alter's fixt On what I have related Bon. I must then tell you You doe defame the opinion of that worth The world does credit in you this affront Should all her other friends sit idle gazers On her disgrace should stirre me to attempt An ample satisfaction from your heart Though you had multitudes of greater glories Heap'd on your head or were defenc'd with legions To affright me from the adventure Dor. Sir your courage is juster than your quarrell doe you think I weare a sword onely for ornament And though our yeares declare us equalls yet My education was i' th' trade of warre T is my profession to infranchise soules From prisons of their flesh and would be loath Cause you have interest in Chriseas blood Your passion should betray you to the fury Of my incensed wrath Bon. All discourse is tedious to me sure the world 's abus'd With report of your valour men who commit Affronts they dare not answer use excuse In moderation of them I expected I should have met an adversary of you Of temper hot as lightning and as bold As Lyons vext with hunger and I finde you A tame degenerate Coward Dor. All respect of love and pitty hence sight Beare up my steele Has prickt your breast I would not have you dye Chriseas Martyr Bon. I 've puld untimely ruine on mee I 'me hurt I feare to mortall danger Noble Generall See me conducted to Lactantios house There I shall get a Surgeon Dor. Noble young man Muster thy strongest spirits up I am one Of Fortunes pastimes yesterday return'd Advanc'd to heaven by the peoples breath To day hurl'd downe into the abysse of death Ex. Actus Tertius Enter Chrisea and Corimba Chri. CAme none yet from the Generall Cor. No insooth Madam I protest your sister If she continue in these suddaine fits Will so undoe her face that all my art Can never rectifi't shee weepes as if She might as easily be supply'd with eyes As with new dressings I le be sworne I tooke As hearty paines to cut a handsome heart And though I say 't it was a pretty one As e're was made of Taffaty to grace her Check And never trust me if I lye to you Her teares has wash'd her heart away Chr. Th' art still In these
impertinent discourses what 's the cause My sister is so prodigall of her griefe To let thee see her vent it Cor. Why Madam I have seene a Lady weepe Besides your sister and have wept my selfe too I never shall forget the time I could Een cry agen to thinke on 't t was at the death Of your fine little Iewell never Lady Nurst such a dainty puppy but hee 's gone And farewell he I will not give a rush For any woman cannot use her eyes With as much liberty as her tongue these fooles These loving Ideots men for three forc'd drops Will mollifie like wax and be made apt For any impression Enter Vitelli Chr. Vitelli you are wellcome I suppose Your businesse has been urgent we expected Your presence sooner howsoever now T is grateful hither Cor. My young Lady shall Have notice of 's arrivall perhaps his sight Will cheere her drooping spirits Ex. Vit. Madam my friend The Generall does by me tender his best and truest service to you he has sent me Prompt to fulfill the nicest poynt of duty Your pleasure casts upon me Chri. Sir the Generall is so just in his proceeding I must ever Esteeme him truely Noble though I should Banish him my affection Vit. I could wish The sweetnesse of your vertue would vouchsafe To lay a reclamation of your love Had you but seene with what ambitious haste With what extreame perswasions he endeavour'd The satisfaction of your will you could not Fancy a change from one so worthy Chri. No not to enjoy your selfe Vit. Me Madam No equall eye can parallell my poore Regardlesse merit with the glorious worth Which does as farre transcend mine in desert As 't does in eminence of fortune Chri. Sir your modesty Extenuates your owne worthinesse to bestow A large addition on your friends my judgement Has ballanc'd both and has concluded which Ought to be held most noble I doe honour True constancy in men pray tell me sir For it concernes me neerely did you ever Fervently love my sister Vit. To include All strength of humane zeale as Doria does adore Your excellent beauty with a heat Holy as soules in dearest fancy Their sainted fellowes Chri. And can you extinguish So great a flame so easily can entreates So soone subdue your temper if your truth Be of this wavering quality how shall I Receive assurance of it Vit. The vow I made my friend secures it thinke not Madam That both my parents with perswasive prayers Could have enforc'd me violate my faith To faire Eurione but when my friend My honor'd friend to whom I owe my life As tenant to his bounty did in teares A souldiers teares whose every drop prevailes More then a captive princesse plead the losse Of his owne life my gratitude did vanquish Passion and forc'd me tear even from my soule Euriones affection Chri. You are just In your determination Enter Eurione Vit. Blesse me friendship And with thy white wings overshade my heart Or here descends a Saint will dispossesse thee Of the accustom'd shrine a barke enclos'd Twixt two encountring tides is not more tost Then I twixt striving passions while a friend I cannot be a lover Eur. Uitelli am I in your opinion lost my sister Relates so sad a wonder that if truth I am undone for ever Vit. Harke she speakes too A tempting language such was our first mothers voyce While she was innocent deeere Ladies would I could divide my selfe for being one I cannot on the Theater of my minde Act both a friend and lover that two names Of so intire affinity should occasion So manifest a dissension in a soule That would be true yet is inforc'd though loath To forfeit one or to be false to both Chri. My expectation did not Sage this softnesse in you I had thought You had come furnish'd with a full resolve To act your friends request Vit. Yet I must needs Speake in a cause so moving Madam thinke How much more noble t is in you to save Then to destroy behold three bleeding hearts Imploring pitty from you mine your sisters And your adorer Dorias which one word Of yours would ransome from approaching death Oh be not sparing of that breath 't will sound In the just eares of heaven more sweet then prayers Offerd by Cloyster'd virgins of resume Your native charity and fulfill my suite And in requitall of that sacred grant Time shall depend like summer on your brow And your whole life be one continued youth Such were the springs in Paradise and when You passe to be a sharer in heavens blisse Virgins and innocent lovers spotlesse teares Hardned to pearle by the stronge heare of finger Shall be your monument Chr. This whole discourse Should you inlarge it to a volumne cannot Alter my meanest thought I only wish you As you are noble to respect your honour That 's all my answer Exit Eur. But doe you meane Uitelli to performe what Doria has enjoyn'd you Uit. I shall melt Into a willing pitty if the flame Of friendship did not with its effectuall heat Dry up loves moysturer deere Madam he That has commanded me this deathfull taske Claimes such a lawfull Interest in my life That spight of my affection I must yield To his resistlesse will yet I will love you So far as honour gives me warrant and Wish you the best of women the best joyes Happinesse can impart to you farewell 'T is a befitting gratitude to give That life a being by whose guift I live Exit Eur. sorrowes flow high griefe unto griefe succeed Wounds are more dangerous which doe inward bleed Exit Enter Adorni and Frangipan Ador. Come let not this dishearten you your French Is a thing easily gotten and when you have it As hard to shake it off runnes in your blood As 't were your mother language but there is An observation farre more necessary T' improve your judgement still let your discourse Concerne the forraigne businesse and be sure To applaud out-landish fashions and take off from What is native as if you shall heare Any commend the Genoa garbe or state Answer in France in Naples or in Spaine No Matter where so it be farre enough From hence they are more politicke more witty Every way more deserving this will speake Infinitely judicious when to praise Our owne domesticke manners is as if A man should praise himselfe and be accounted A selfe conceited gul for 't Fran. Very good this is a rule I le put in practice I Thanks to my inclination can speake ill Of my owne father signior Ador. Signior still you betray your igorance why signior Mounsiuer has a farre more airy and harmonious sound There 's musicke in the letters still polish your phrase With particles of language which till I 've taught you Perfectly answer with a shrug or nod Or any forraigne gesture such a silence Will be esteem'd for gravity and become you better Then volubility of speech does some Whose tongues are gentlemen ushers to
Has sent an order which commands you forth I' th morning to your tryall my deare Lord I hope the service you have done the State Abroad will here at home secure your life From the Lawes violent Rigour Dor. Yes poore boy If thou mightst be thy masters judge Sabelli I am at the period of my fate and would not Have thee a sad spectator of my fall At home whom thou so oft hast waited on Abroad in triumph therefore gentle heart Returne home to thy mother and survive To serve a happier master Sab. My noble Lord Have I so often followed you when death Attended on each step when every hurt That scar'd your noble body I have wish'd Imprinted on my flesh and with my teares Even drown'd the purple deluge of your wounds That as my truth and loyalties reward I must be turn'd a way unkindly when My last and just est service might declare My zeale to you my master Oh sir You more afflict my innocence with these words Then if sad truth had brought me the report Of my owne mothers funerall and should you Enforce me leave you the succeeding care And labour of my life should be consum'd In a perpetuall weeping Dor. Good Sabelli Cease this afflicting language lest I grow as Childish as thy selfe and burst into teares To beare thee company Sab. Besides my Lord When your blest soule does on immortall wings Arrive at heaven who shall attend it there the Saints and Angels will esteeme themselves Worthy to be your fellowes while my poore And humble Ghost would reckon it a blisse To waite on you as carefully as when We liv'd on earth together deere my Lord Let me dy with you death and I have beene Play-fellowes these many yeares he 'l only bring me To rest as pleasing to my sence as sleepe After a tedious watching Dor. This kinde passion shakes my Most masculine temper heere Sabelli Accept this Gold these Iewells as the lest Gift of thy perishing Lord thou shalt accept 'em If the law doe not passe upon my life I le send for thee agen I prethee leave me I would be private and thy presence does Disturbe my serious thoughts Sab. Nay then t is time for Me the wretched'st soule on earth to take My lasting farewell of you all the joyes Of blest eternity in stead of my Desertlesse service waite upon your life You ne're shall view your boy agen for sure if your Light be extinguish'd my weake flame Cannot continue burning give me licence To kisse your honour'd hand and to let fall A parting drop or two and now farewell For ever noble Lord that greefe appeares most true That 's writ in blood as well as teares Exit Dor. Poore boy I have not yet deserv'd so ill But my untimely fate excites some pitty Enter Adorni Lactantio and Frangipan Adorni thou art come to see the last And greatest of thy Generalls actions Which like a cunning and well mannag'd scene not till the period will disclose the plot Or my lifes Tragedy Ador. Your life my Lord Death dare not venture to invade it and The state as soone will call the enemy Into their City as pretend the least Danger to their supporting Columne which Should it but shake it might dismantle their Best Bulwarkes burne their Navy and surrender Themselves to present slavery Lact. The Duke Though he did hold his kinsman deere will value The publique good before his private ruine Fran. Let the Duke doe his worst and all the state Stand on Pontilios I can fetch a Lady Of excellent quality shall beg your Lordship I le make her doo 't Ador. Nay should all fayle you sir Should the States angers and the Dukes partiall-sentence The peoples malice bandy to surprize The treasure of your life know you have friends Would fixe the heads of halfe the Towne upon Their Lances poynts ere your least drop of blood Should be diminished Dor. Gentlemen I thank you All your loves but know the shape of Death Is not ougly to me but if justice Contract me to the monster I shall court it As 't were some beauteous Bride and think the Axe That like the Priest unites me to a Spouse That will not play the woman and revolt Come Gentle-men let 's in brave soules doe hate To be dejected by the force of Fate Exeunt Actus Quartus Enter Chrisa Enrione Vitelli Chri. I Am very sorry that his Fate has cast Such a disastrous chance upon his Life But his desert will blunt the edge of justice And mitigate the severity which would Question the safety of his Life Vit. 'T is in your mercy To dash the Lawes proceedings gracious Madam The Priviledge that our Country gives your Sexe Can hope for no imployment that will rayse A greater Trophee to your fame then this To ransome him whose constancy and truth Exceeds all boast of Stories Enr. You 'l redeeme The opinion of your piety which scandall Should you omit this just and righteous taske Would blast with blackest infamy Chri. You plead in your owne cause not his t' does not beseem My modesty to interpose my selfe In that which nought concernes me Uit. Is his life Of such a triviall value in your thoughts That you esteem't not worthy your intreats To sav 't from killing ruine sacred love Thou miracle of Mature and delight Of all who know humanity with some Religious arrow pierce her flinty breast Some pious shaft on whose subduing point Pitty and amorous softnesse gently sit Reduce this straying Schismaticke to the first Vnspotted purenesse of her constant faith And we will pay a thousand clouds of sighes As incense to thy Altars Eur. Offer up Miriads of virgin vowes and with our teares Extinguish all irregular flames that taint Thy holy fries Uit. Oh Madam What heart so barbarous does not at loves smiles Put off the native fiercenesse beasts with beasts Observe his lawes the Lyons whose big breath Affrights the trembling people of the woods Were his hoarse accents to be understood They would appeare to be affections groves The Nightingale that on lascivious wings Flies from the poplar to the trembling Beech And on each bough chaunts melancholy notes Had hea humane utterance would proclaime Those pensive straines the musicke of his love And can yee be lesse sensible of a power That is so great then creatures bard the use Of sacred reason and discourse Chri. This is to seeke to pacifie the sea With teares Vitelli you mistake your friend Values not at so deere a rate his life As to receive a being tributary To my unask'd entreats besides I should Envy the states prerogative whose mercy Is in remitting his unwilling fault But a becomming thankfulnesse and should Be censur'd as too partiall to my owne Affection should I strive to be his wife Whose hand is purpled with the innocent blood Of my late murdered kinsman Eur. This concernes As neerely me as you but by just truth Though I 'me ingag'd by my particular choyce
of Strength sufficient to contayne My big swolne heart My Lords behold a creature So infinitely wretched I deserve not The meanest shew of pitty who have like A silly merchant trifled away a jemme The darling of the quarry lost a love By my too foolish nicenesse to regaine Whose forfeiture I would lay downe my life But he is gone for ever and I left A pittious spectacle for the reproach And scorne of wiser women Eur. Is this possible Was all her passion to Vitelli feign'd My hopes recover life agen Tri. Why Chrisea Whence springs this passionate fury Chri. Oh my Lord When you shall heare it you will sigh for me And shed a charitable teare at thought Of my unkinde disaster sir my Justice Cannot accuse your constancy which stood In the first tryall of your love as fast And spotlesse as an Alablaster rocke That had it but persisted in that height Of honourable loyalty your glory Had been advanc'd to heaven as the fix't starre To guid all lovers through the rough Seas of affection Uit. This taxation Cannot be just from you who did enforce The sad revolt upon him Dor. Is there in heaven no friendly Boult left that will strike this frame into The center and set free a wretch So overgrowne with misery from life That death would be a comfort above health Or any worldly blessing may time blot my name out Of his Booke that such a Prodigy May not affright succession nor sticke Like an orespreading Leprosie upon The beautious face of manhood Chri. Oh my Lord each griefe of which Y' are sensible is mine and not your Torment every sigh you breath is an Afflicting motion expir'd by my vext Spirit and if you could weepe each drop Would be my blood who am the spring Of the whole flood of sorrow oh forgive The too exceeding honor of my love I would Have had you for your perfect truth so glorious Your loyalty should not for Preservation of your fame have needed To adopt a statue for its heire or builded a Monumentall pyramid but love Is ofttimes loves undoing Tri. This is such A cunning labyrinth of Sorrow that no clew Can lead them out of Dor. It would be A great affront to misery should there live A person halfe so wretched to out-dare The strength of my affliction me thinkes I me like some aged mountaine that has stood In the seas watry bosome thousand shocks Of threatning tempests yet by th' flattering waves That cling and curle about his stony limbes Is undermind and ruind I have scap'd Warres killing dangers and by peacefull love Suffer a strange subversion Oh Chrisea While I have reason left that can distinguish Things with a coole and undistracted sence Let 's argue mildly the unhappy cause Of our undoings Eur. Truely sister 'T was a suspicious rashnesse I could wish You never had attempted Chri. My Lord Humane condition alwaies censures things By their event my aimes have had successe So strangely haplesse that will blast the truth Of their intentions purity I never Harbor'd the least suspicion of your faith Which I did strive to perfect by the test As richest gold refind and purg'd From drosse of other baser metals and besides The triall of your constancy I meant To sound Vitellies depth upon whose love My sister doted so that I was loath To see her cast the treasure of her heart Upon a stranger of whose constancy She had too small assurance Tri. Gentle Cosen Your good intents encounter'd bad successe But I ad mire since you must needs have notice Of his disaster that the law would passe Upon his life you did not to prevent All other virgin intercessors haste To pay the early tribute of your love Chri. My wretched fate With a too quicke prevention has orethrowne The justnesse of my purpose I relyed so much upon his noblenesse I thought The ugly horror of a thousand deaths Could not have mov'd his temper and besides Knowing his mighty courage I permitted The law proceed upon him that hereafter He might be sure no merit can appeare Offended justice otherwise I could Easily have stop'd this mischiefe Enter Bonivet Tri. How Chrisea I understand you not Chri. Lady to quit all scruple that I doe not wish Yours and your Lords succeeding happinesse I le offer Something as an oblation that shall ad de Peace to your nuptiall garland see my Lord My Cosen Bonivet lives Tri. Lives Lactantio did not you informe us That he was dead and you had caus'd his body To be prepar'd for funerall which occasioned The Generalls suddaine tryall because our custome Does not permit the corpes to be entomb'd Before the murderer have his sentence sir you shall know What t is to mocke the state thus Lact. Good my Lord Heare but my just excuse I am so much the faire Chriseas beauty 's by such ties Oblig'd to serve her that I choose to hazzard The anger of the state ere her displeasure And doe submit me to your gracious censure Chri. I must confirm 't Sir it was I who caus'd him to conceale My Cosen Bonivet for the causes which I did declare before and now my selfe Having receiv'd a satisfying proofe Of his affection came resolv'd to cleare These misty errors but my cruell fate Has like a suddaine storme which has beate downe A goodly field of standing Corne even ripe For the laborious sickle crush'd my hopes In one sad minute into nothing Sab. My Lord I owe Such an obedient duty to your peace That though my heart does wish to waite on yours For ever since I see betwixt this Lady And you such firme apparences of love If the law please to allow it I resigne My interest to her and be fortunate To see you two live happy Vit. Since the marriage Has not arriv'd to consummating act I doe beleeve this may be done Tri. Doe not delude Your favour with vaine hopes the law cannot Dispense with the strict Cannon t is impossible You should be separated Dor. This happinesse Was too extreamely good to be confirm'd To such a wretch as I am I am like One that did dreame of a huge masse of wealth And catching at it grasp'd the fleeting ayre And waking grieves at the delusion Sab. Sir resume your antient quiet the formall Love shall not oppose your peace I le disanull The marriage easily and most noble Lord Pardon your humble servant Dor. Sure this is Some apparition to confirme my faith Speake art thou my Sabelli Vit. Yes t is he fate would not suffer two such Noble soules to be so disunited gentle boy Thy duty to thy Master will continue Thy name in story as the great example Of loyalty in servants Sab. 'T was the zeale I ought in duty to my Mrs. life Hath put me on the attempt which if he pardon I 'me fully satisfied Dor. My joyes does with a suddain extasie oppresse My fraile mortality and I should sinke Wert not for my supporters my Sabelli Thou hast restor'd two lovers to their blisse Whose gratitude shall pay to thy desert The tribute of their hearts Deare Madam now I hope your scrupulous doubts will remaine free From any new suspition Chri. Since I have scap'd the danger past beleeve I le avoyd The like hereafter my Lord please you confirme My choyse and let my sister be dispos'd To good Vitelli he deserves her Tri. Your wishes are fulfild Cosen Bonivet welcome to life Agen you and the Generall must be friends Dor. Your goodnesse will pardon my misfortune Bon. And desire to be esteem'd your servant Enter Frangipan Fran. With your leave gentlemen Madam I have such newes to tell you as will tickle your understanding to beleeve the Generall is married and more Signior Doria Lord Bonivet lives That 's lucky newes for you Dor. He 's here good Signior Frangipan Fran. My newes has ever the worst lucke I must resolve to leave it off Ador. But sir J have some suddaine newes to tell you The thousand Ducats you contracted to pay me When you could understand the French as perfectly As my selfe by all these Lords indifferent judgement is Due on this very minute Fran. This is newes indeed you do not mean to make a gul of me a figo for a thousand Ducats as J am a gentleman I know not French for any thing not for an Asse good your grace let mee not be abus'd Cor. 'T was I my Lord who made the bargaine with him The mony is not due untill my Cozen Have French as perfect as himselfe Dor. He has I le beare him witnesse for Adorni Speakes not one true French word Fran. How not one true French Word Ador. No not a word you must disburse Fran. Tutor I le tell you newes You made a foole of mee I could abuse him horribly If I durst for feare of beating Ador. My Lord If he will undertake warres I le quit my bargayne Fran. I le pay it trible first the name of warre Has brought an age on me Tri. You two agree that Cozens I rejoyce To see this happy period of your loves Let 's backe unto the Temple that the Priest May by his sacred power unite your hearts Lead to the Temple Exeunt The Epilogue Frangipan GEntlemen I le tell you Newes the Play is done And he that writ it betwixt hope and Feare Stands pensive in the Tyring-house to heare Your Censures of his Play Good Gentlemen Let it be kind or otherwise his Pen Will write but dully for he needs must lacke If you disprayse't the quickning Spirit of Sacke To inflame his Genius which you 'le ever find Devoted to you if your Votes be kind FINIS