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Louers made men A masque presented in the house of the Right Honorable the Lord Haye. By diuers of noble qualitie, his friends. For the entertaynment of Monsieur Le Baron de Tour, extraordinarie ambassador for the French King. On Saterday the 22. of February. 1617.
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
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1617
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STC 14775; ESTC S119453
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Louers made Men. A Masque PRESENTED IN THE HOVSE OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE THE LORD HAYE By diuers of noble qualitie his friends For the entertaynment of Monsieur LE BARON DE TOVR extraordinarie Ambassador for the FRENCH KING On Saterday the 22. of FEBRVARY 1617. MART. Quid titulum poscis Versus duo tresue legantur 1617. The Front before the Scene an Arch-Triumphall On the top of which HVMANITIE placed in figure sits with her lap full of flowres scattering them with her right hand and holding a golden chaine in her left to shew both the freedome and the bond of Courtesie with this inscription SVPER OMNIA VULTVS On the two sides of the Arch CHEEREFVLNES and READINES her seruants CHEEREFVLNES in a loose flowing garment filling out wine from an antique piece of plate with this word Adsit laetitiae dator READINES a winged Maid with two flaming bright lights in her handes and her word Amor addidit alas The Scene discouered is on the one side the head of a boate and in it CHARON putting off from the shore hauing landed certayne imagined ghosts whom MERCVRY there receiues and encourageth to come on towards the riuer LETHE who appeares lying in the person of an old man The FATES sitting by him on his banke A groue of mirtles behinde them presented and growing thicker to the other side of the Scene MERCVRY NAy faint not now so neere the fields of rest Here no more furies no more torments dwell Then each hath felt already in his brest Who hath beene once in loue hath prou'd his hell Vp then and follow this my golden rod That points you next to aged LETHES shore Who powres his waters from his vrne abroad Of which but tasting you shall faint no more LETHE Stay who or what phantastique shades are these That HERMES leades MERCVRY They are the gentle formes Of Louers tost vpon those frantique seas Whence VENVS sprung LETHE And haue rid out her stormes MERCVRY No. LETHE Did they perish MERCVRY Yes LETHE How MERCVRY Drown'd by loue That drew them forth with hopes as smooth as were Th'vnfaithfull waters he desir'd 'hem proue LETHE And turn'd a tempest when he had 'hem there MERCVRY He did and on the billow would he rowle And laugh to see one throw his heart away Another sighing vapour forth his soule A third to melt himselfe in teares and say O Loue I now to salter water turne Then that I die in then a fourth to crie Amid the surges oh I burne I burne A fift laugh out it is my ghost not I. And thus in paires I found ' hem Only one There is that walks and stops and shakes his head And shuns the rest as glad to be alone And whispers to himselfe he is not dead FATES No more are all the rest MERCVRY No 1. FATE No. MERCVRY But why Proceedes this doubtfull voyce from destiny FATES It is too sure MERCVRY Sure 2. FATE I thinkes MERCVRY That any things or names on earth doe die That are obscur'd from knowledge of the FATES Who keepe all rolls 3. FATE And know all natures dates MERCVRY They say themselues th' are dead 1. FATE It not appeares Or by our rocke 2. FATE Our spindle 3. FATE Or our sheeres FATES Here all their threds are growing yet none cut MERCVRY I' gin to doubt that Loue with charmes hath put This phant'sie in 'hem and they only thinke That they are ghosts FATE If so then let 'hem drinke Of LETHES streame FATE 'T will make 'hem to forget LOVES name FATE And so they may recouer yet MERCVRY Doe bow vnto the reuerend lake And hauing touch'd there vp and shake The shaddowes off which yet doe make Vs you and you your-selues mistake Here they all stoope to the water and dance forth their anti-masque in seuerall gestures as they liu'd in loue And retyring into the Groue before the last person be off the stage the first couple appeare in their posture betweene the trees readie to come fourth changed MERCVRY See! see they are themselues agen 1. FATE Yes now they are substances and men 2. FATE LOVE at the name of LETHE flyes LETHE For in obliuion drown'd he dyes 3. FATE He must not hope though other states He oft subdue he can the FATES FATES 'T were insolence to thinke his powres Can worke on vs and equall ours CHORVS REturne Returne Like lights to burne On earth For others good Your second birth Will fame old LETHES flood And warne a world That now are hoorld About in tempest how they proue Shaddowes for Loue. Leape forth your light it is the nobler made By being strooke out of a shade Here they dance forth their entrie or first dance after which CVPID appearing meetes them WHy now you take me these are rites That grace Loues dayes and crown his nights These are the motions I would see And praise in them that follow mee Not sighes nor teares nor wounded harts Nor flames nor ghosts but ayrie parts Try'd and refin'd as yours haue bin And such they are I glorie in MERCVRY Looke looke vnto this snakie rod And stop your eares against the charming god His euery word falls from him is a snare Who haue so lately knowne him should beware Here they dance their mayne dance which ended CVPID Come doe not call it CVPIDS crime You were thought dead before your time If thus you moue to HERMES will Alone you will be thought so still Goe take the ladies forth and talke And touch and taste too Ghosts can walke 'Twixt eyes tongues hands the mutuall strife Is bred that tries the truth of life They doe indeede like dead men moue That thinke they liue and not in loue Here they take forth the Ladies and the Reuells follow after which MERCVRY Nay you should neuer haue left off But stay'd and heard your generall CVPID scoff To finde you in the line you were CVPID HERMES your too much wit breeds too much feare MERCVRY Good Flie good night CVPID But will you goe Can you leaue LOVE and he intreat you so Here take my quiuer and my bow My torches too that you by all may know I meane no danger to your stay This night I will create my holiday And be yours naked and entire MERCVRY As if that LOVE dis-arm'd were lesse a fire Away away They dance their going out which done MERCVRY Yet lest that VENVS wanton Sonne Should with the world be quite vndone For your faire sakes you brighter starres Who haue beheld these ciuill warres FATE is content these Louers here Remayne still such so LOVE will sweare Neuer to force them act to doo But what he will call HERMES too CVPID I sweare and with like cause thanke MERCVRY As these haue to thanke him and destinie CHORVS All then take cause of ioy for who hath not Old LETHE that their follies are forgot We that their liues vnto their fates they fit They that they still shall loue and loue with wit The end