not be The might escape the seas as well as we I had a brother sir resembled you EVST. I had a brother too resembled you CHA. The Bullen Duke if euer you haue heard Of such a man had once a sonne like you GV. I and another sonne as much like you GODF. My brothers name was Eustace EVST. Godfrey mine GV. That Duke cal'd his sonne Charles CHAR. Mine cal'd his Guy GODF. My brother Eustace EVST. Godfrey CHA. Guy GV. And Charles ALL Brothers ROB. This accident breeds wonders in my thoughts GODF. Oh let me curse that head that enuied thee GV. Nay curse my heart that emulated thee EVST. My brother Out-law and my owne true brother CHA. For euer thus let vs embrace each other GODF. When I was cast vpon the Bullen Strand I thought none had escapt the seas but I GV. When I was throwne vpon the French Kings Coast I thought none had escapt the Seas but I CHAR. I thought the seas had fauour'd none but me VVhen I attain'd the shores of Italy EVST. Ireland tooke me and there I first toucht ground Presuming that my brothers all were drown'd ROB. Were ye the foure yong London Prentises That in the ships were wrackt on Goodwins sands Were said to haue perisht then of no repute Now come the least of you to leade an Hoast And to be found the sonnes to a great Duke GODF. Witnesse my shield the Trade I haue profest GVY. Witnesse my shield I am one amongst the rest CHA. Witnesse thou mine EVST. And witnesse thou for me ROB. We witnesse all your martiall chiualry EVST. And now my foe-turn'd brother end our hate And praise that Power Diuine who guides our state GVY. Diuide we hands and hearts what hatred rests Powre out in Thunder on the Pagans crests EVST. Our ioyes are not at full they shall not yet Know where my sister and their loue remaines Vntill these warres haue end Oh had our God Not laid our fortunes open but a brother Bene brought in triumph to a sisters bed Cloudes of despaire had maskt our Sunne of ioy Yet will I keepe her secret and the rather To crowne our haps when we haue freed our father Enter TVRNVS TVR. Christians once more defiance in my tongue Sounds dismall terrour in your fearefull eares The Princes whom I serue grieue they haue mur'd Such an huge Army in a wall of stone And they are thus resolu'd To leaue all place of scorn'd aduantages And in a pitcht field end this glorious warre Say will ye meete them ROB. Though he trust his strength Yet will we meete his forces face to face When the dry earth shall quaffe your blouds apace GV. And tell the Soldan from a Christian Prince That wonne from him these colours and this Crowne In that pitcht field my head this Crowne shall beare And skarfe-like these athwart my breast I 'le weare EVST. This for the Persian's sake I 'le weare in sight And vnder his owne ensigne this day fight CHA. Go tell the Soldan that he weares my Crowne Fortune hath giuen it me it is mine owne GODF. If thou hast more to say concerning warre Omit thy braues and trifling circumstance Wee 'le meete you sooner then you can desire Be gone be gone our hearts are all on fire TVR. Braue Lords our conquests will be honourable Because we haue to deale with honoured foes Our pikes stand to receiue you like a wood Wee 'le flake our white steeds in your Christian bloud TAN. Prepare to meete them and appoint our powres This day the Citty and themselues are ours ROB. Thou vnder whom we fight this day defend vs For vnto thy protection we commend vs Exeunt Enter at one dore with Drum and Colours SOLDAN SOPHIE MORETES TVRNVS and Souldiers SOL. Great Monarchs Kings and Princes of the East Ye come t' encounter with a valiant foe Such as haue swomme huge Riuers climb'd the Alpes That can endure sharpe hunger such as shrinke not To haue their blouds sod with the dog daies heat Nor to be crudled with cold Saturnes rod What honour were it for an Hoast of Giants To combat with a Pigmee Nation No Lords the foe we must encounter with Is full of spirit and maiesticke spleene Strong hardy and their hearts inuincible Destroy these and you winne your selues a name And all the nations of the earth shall feare you SOP. The more renown'd the foe is the more famous Shall be our conquest the more great their fall Come Lords diuide we our battalions SOL. Be yours the Vaward SOP. I will giue the charge SOL. Turnus haue you the Rere-ward I the battell Moretes thou this day shalt leade the horse Take thou the Cornet Turnus thou the Archers Be thine the Guidon I the men at Armes Be mine this Ensigne SOP. Then mount our Canons let our flanking peeces Raile on the Christian Army with wide mouthes For I this day will lead the forlorne hope The Camisado shall be giuen by me TVR. Already they haue plac't their battery Their Ordinance stand fit to beate the Flankes SOL. My Cannoniers need no instruction Come let vs line our Pikes with Musketiers And so attend the Christians fatall charge Enter marching ROBERT TANCRED GODFREY GVY CHARLES EVSTACE Drumme and Souldiers ROB. Princes this day we are espousd to death A better place to die in then this vale in which our Sauiours Sepulcer remaines What man in all our Army could desire Speake how haue you dispos'd our Officers GODF. Your Grace is Captaine Generall of the Army GV. And Godfrey you high Marshall and Maister of the Campe And as assistants you haue vnder you The Serieant Maior Quarter-maister Prouost And Captaine of the Spyons GODF. My brother Guy chiefe Generall of the Horse To serue him his Lifetenant Colonell Captaines and scout-Skout-maisters EVST. My brother Charles Generall of the Artilery Vnder him his Lifetenant commissaries of Munitions Gentlemen of the Artilery Colonell of Pyoners Trench Maisters and carriage Maisters CHA. My brother Eustace Treasurer of the Campe And vnder him the Auditors Muster-maisters Commissaries EVST. Prince Tancred is our Royall Secretary Without whom nothing is concluded on Thus are the speciall Offices dispos'd TAN. Princes what order take you for the assault ROB. One halfe maintaine the battry beate the wals Whilst the other keepes them play in the open fields GODF. We shall not need to blocke the breach with Forts Victuals and forage are at pleasure ours Stockadoes Palizadoes stop their waters Bulwarkes and Curtaines all are batterd downe And we are safe entrencht by Pyoners Our Case-mates Caualiers and Counterscarfes Are well suruei'd by all our Enginers Fortifications Ramparts Parapets That we at pleasure may assault the way Which leads vnto the gate Antiochia GV. Whilst you intend the wals shall my bard horse Giue a braue onset shiuering all their Pikes Arm'd with their Greeues and Maces and broad Swords Proofe Cuiraces and open Burganets CHA. Yet let vs looke our battell be well man'd With shot Bils
loue bids mee follow after By thee the King thy Lord must loose his daughter Exit Enter CHARLES like an Out-law with Bandetto's and Theeues and with the Clowne CHA. Theeus and good fellowes speak what should I call you There 's not a rogue among you that feares God Nor one that hath a touch of honesty Robbers and knaues and rascals all together Sweete consort of vild villaines list to me Am not I well prefer'd to become Captaine Vnto a crew of such pernicious slaues I shall haue such a coyle to make you Christians And bring you to some shape of honesty That ere I do it I shall make your bodies Nothing but scarre-crowes to hang round these Trees CLOVVNE Braue Captaine couragious whom death cannot daunt wee haue bene all Gentlemen and House-holders But I was banisht for nothing but getting of Bastards but this fellow fled from Venice for killing a man cowardly on the Rialto some for one villany and some for another Our Captaine that you killed and now supply his place poisoned a worthy Marchant in the Citty with rates-bane and flying hither for his valour we made him our Generall But now braue Cauallero to thee alone wee sing Honononero CHAR. Well I must haue you now turne honest Theeues Hee that commits a rape shall sure be hang'd He that commits a murder shall be murdered With the same weapon that did act the deed Hee that robbes pilgrimes or poore Trauellours That for deuotions sake do passe these Mountaines Hee shall bee naked tyed to armes of Trees And in the daies heate stung with Waspes and Bees Yee slaues I 'le teach you some ciuility CLOVVNE Captaine what shall he be done withall that lies with a wench with her will if hee bee hung that lies with one against her well CHAR. I 'le haue him whipt CLOVV. See see I thinke the Captaine hath beene a Cooke in his time he can fit sweete meate with sowre sauce But what a foole is our Captaine to prescribe Lawes to Out-lawes If we would haue kept the Lawes before in the Citty wee needed not to haue bene driuen now to leade our liues in the Country But Captaine since you are our Captaine we will resigne vnto you all our treasures and prisoners and our spoiles Take possession of them in Gods name that came to vs in the deuils name CHAR. Your prisoners spoiles and treasure all bring forth That I may seize them as mine owne by right As heire to him whom I haue slaine in fight Enter the Theeues bringing in the old Earle bound EARLE Villaines I know you drag me to my death And yee shall do me an exceeding grace CHAR. I am deceiu'd but I haue seene that face VILL. Come come you old gray-beard you must before our Captaine if he say Viue then liue if not thou diest if thou were his father CHAR. Villaine thou liest if thou wert my brother He shall not die Vpon your low knees fall And aske him pardon or I 'le hang you all EARLE Tweene ioy and feare amaz'd in heart I stand Doth my sonne Charles lead this vnruly band CHAR. Your onely sonne and all the sonnes you haue And borne his fathers desperate life to saue EARLE How camst thou heere why do'st thou call thy selfe My onely sonne hauing three brothers more Which vnto me thy beauteous mother bore CHAR. Once we were foure all fellow-prentices And after fellow-souldiers prest to serue The good Duke Robert in his holy warres But in a storme our ships so brauely man'd Were wrackt and saue my selfe none swamme to land They perisht there I by the waues and winds Was driuen vpon this Coast of Italy VVhere landing naked saue my trusty sword This crue of bold Bandetto's set vpon me But in the dangerous fight by chance I slue The lucklesse Captaine of this damned crue VVho since haue made me Captaine here to stay Till fortune grant me a more prosperous way EARLE Mine eies haue vow'd to die the selfe same death My sonnes haue done sonne let me weepe a while To bring the like destruction to my eyne These in salt teares they in a sea of brine CLOVVNE Is this our Captaines father what villaines were we to vse him so roughly VILL. If the old fornicator had but told vs so much wee should haue had the grace either to haue set him see or fortune to haue vsde him more gently CHAR. Since father we haue met this happy day Secure with me amongst these Out-lawes stay EARLE Not for the world since I haue lost my sonnes All outward ioyes are from my heart remou'd Vaine pleasures I abhorre all things defie That teach not to despaire or how to die Yet ere I leaue the world I vow to see His holy blessed Tombe that died for mee CHA. Then take along with you this bag of gold To beare your charge in euery Inne you come Deny it not reliefe is comfortable EARLE Thankes my deere sonne expence it will defray And serue to deale to poore men by the way And now fare-well sweete Charles thou all my sonnes For now the last sand in my howre-glasse runnes CHAR. Yee two conduct him safe beyond the mountaines VILL. Shall I be one CLOVV. And I another CHAR. Yee know the passages be it your charge VILL. I am glad the silly man is weake and old By heauen my fingers tickle at his gold CLOVV. Old man is your purse afloate I haue vow'd to cut his throate but to haue it euery groate Exeunt CHAR. And now returne we to suruey our Caue Peruse our treasure got by rape and spoyle Though wonne by others yet possest by vs Yet henceforth shall be vsde no violence I 'le make these villaines worke in seuerall Trades And in these Forrests make a Common-wealth When them to ciuill nurture I can bring They shall proclaime me of these Mountaines King Exeunt Enter EVSTACE and his Irishman EVST. I thinke these vpright craggy mountaine tops Are if the truth were knowne high way to heauen For it is streight and narrow and some places Are for the steepinesse inaccessible Faire fall a rafter and a gale of winde Or I had gone to heauen away by water Neerer then this by land that way they found Who in the salt remorcelesse seas were drown'd My brothers whom I dreame on when I sleepe And my eyes waking at their fortunes weepe Forgetting them the friendly Irish Coast Gaue me safe harbor thence I haue trauail'd hither Euen to these lofty hils of Italy After Prince Robert Duke of Normandy 'T is safer sitting in my Maisters Shop Crying what lacke you then 't is heere to stay To Wolues and wilde beasts to be made a prey IRISH. Maister so Christ saue me I shall waite on thee Wake for thee when thou sleepest runne for thee when thou biddest and flye a thy errands like a narrow from a bow when thou wantest wine or meate to drinke or eate or any other necessary prouision Now I haue left my best friend in the
graue My friendship and my seruice you shall haue EVST. Well fortune hath preseru'd me to some end It is for some thing that I did not sinke When the salt waues my mouth and eares did drinke I might haue fed the Haddockes but some power Is my good Maister and preserues me still Well sword in all my troubles stand me by Thou art bound to winne me somewhat ere I die Enter the Clowne and the Villaine Dragging the old Earle violently and rifling him CLO. Giue vs the gold my Captaine you you old Anatomy VILL. Gray-beard deliuer or you are but dead EARLE Take it my friends full little needs this strife First take the gold and after take my life CLOVV. Nay you old Iack a lent sixe weekes and vpwards though you be our Captaines father you cannot stay there and for surety that you shall not go back and tell him what we haue done to you wee 'le kill you and fling you into some Cole-pit VILL. Content and when wee haue done wee will returne him word we haue conducted thee past all danger of the Mountaines And now prepare thee for the fatall stroke EARLE Thou dost mee a great kindnesse let it come God take my soule now when thou wilt strike home EVST. He strikes his owne soule downe to Erebus That lifts a sword that shall but touch his haire IRISH. And by S. Patrick I 'le make him Garter his hose with his guts that strikes any stroke here CLOVV. Whom haue wee here a Gentleman and his water-spaniell Let 's robs them too and after kill thee VILL. Content content Sirra stand EVST. Yes I will stand base wretch when thou shalt fall And strike thee dead and trampling on thy bulke By stamping with my foote crush out thy soule Take that you slaue for bidding Eustace stand Hee beates them both away Now father go in peace EAR. Thankes my faire sonne By whose stout valour I haue freedome wonne I can bestow vpon you nought but thankes Vnlesse you will diuide this gold with me EVST. No father keepe it thou art old and poore But when I want my sword shall purchase more apart to himselfe EAR. By vewing him my former griefes abound Euen such a one was Eustace that was drown'd Which had hee liu'd his stature yeares and all Would haue resembled his so streight so tall So faire so strong of such a worthy spirit But his blest soule by this doth heauen inherit Griefe for his death so neere my heart doth dwell That for my life I cannot say fare-well Exit EVST. The Captaines father whom the slaues had kil'd Had not our comming interuented them Resembles mine in gesture face and looke But the old Earle my father is by this Within the wals of faire Ierusalem Else had I had surely tooke this aged man T' haue askt him blessing But what next cusues I find these Mountaines will be full of newes Enter Charles Clowne Villaine and the Crew CLOVV. Captaine a prize we two were assailed by two hundred and of them two hundred we kil'd all but these two These are the remainder of them that are left aliue CHAR. Go two or three of you and fetch them in If they resist you take their weapons from them CLO. I had rather some body else should attempt them then I now But since their is no other remedy Giue me three or foure of the stourest of our crew and then GOD and S. Anthony EVST. More Theeues and villaines haue begirt vs round Now Eustace for the honour of thy name Returne them to their Captaine backe with shame Hee sets vpon them all and beates them CHAR. Now by mine honour the best peece of flesh That euer in these woods held Out-law play Euen such a spirit had Eustace when he liu'd We must not loose this Gallant if wee can Wee 'le striue to make him our Companion EVST. Yee slaues I le beate you all into a mouse-hole And like a baited Lyon at a stake Kill all the curres that come but neere to barke Yee Guls haue yee no better men amongst you Defie your Captaine from me here I stand To dare him to a combat hand to hand CHAR. I were a Bastard not my fathers sonne Should I refuse it EVST. By all the land I haue left me in the world that 's but my graue Captaine thou honorest me CHAR. By all the wealth I brought into these woods That 's but my sword thou dost the like to me Thou shalt haue faire play Gallant by mine honour EVST. False was my mother to my fathers bed If I should aske more oddes of Hercules CHAR. Hee dies vpon my sword disturbes our fray Or in the fight dares disaduantage thee EVST. Were I the world-commanding Alexander I would make thee my Ephestion for that word I loue thee for thy valour Captaine Thiefe CHAR. 'T is that preserues thee from our violence An honour'd minde lies in this Out-lawes shape So much I rekon of thy cheualry That wert thou maister of an Indian Mine Thou should'st not be diminisht one denier Securely fight thy purse is sanctuary'd And in this place shall beard the proudest Theife EVS. An honour'd minded villaine by my sword A right good fellow and an honest Theife If I should haue thee prostrate at my mercy I will not kill thee for thy liberall offer Yet winne it lad and take it without faile I scorne to haue my purse go vnder baile CHA. He goes beyond me in heroicke thoughts To thine I stake downe this stand all apart He that steps in be subiect to our curses And now the betterman take both the purses EVST. It is a match I 'le seize them to thy griefe Now True man try if thou canst rob a Thiefe They fight as they are fighting enter BELLA FRANCA pursued by an Out-law shee runnes betwixt them and parts them BELL. If yee were borne of women aid a woman CHAR. Why what 's the matter BELL. Oh turne the edges of your swords 'gainst him That in the Forrest would haue rauisht mee CHAR. Cease thy pursuite and stranger pause a while To heare the tenour of this Ladies plaint EVST. Why then Kings truce But let the purses lie They 'le fall to my aduantage by and by CHAR. Now tell me Lady what 's your suite to mee BELL. To saue my life from foule inchastity For passing by these Countries on my way To pay my zealous vowes in Golgotha Attended onely by a little page This villaine with a crew of russian thieues Seiz'd what we had first haled my page from me And after would haue wrackt my chastity But being swift of foote feare lent me wings Hither I hope in happy time to flie Either to saue mine honour or to die CHA. Thy honour and thy life are both secur'd And for a Ladies sake you much resemble Command my sword my subiects and my caue Where succour all offencelesse you shall haue Sirra go you and scoure about the hill CLOVV. I go BELL. How like is