lose the man my soule most loues Or saue him by a deed of such dishonour As he will euer loath me for and hate To draw that breath that was so basely kept Name any thing but that to saue his life I know you doe but tempt my frailty Sir I know your royall thoughts could neuer stoope To such a foul dishonourable act King Bethinke your selfe there is no way but that I sweare by Heauen neuer to pardon him But vpon those conditions Leu. Oh I am miserable King Thou art not if not wilfull yeeld Leucothoe It shall be secret Philocles for his life Shall thanke thy loue but neuer know the price Thou paidst for it be wise thou heardst me sweare I cannot now shew mercy thou maist saue him And if he dye t is thou that art the Tyrant Leu. I should be so if I should saue him thus Nay I should be a Traytor to your grace Betray your soule to such a foe as lust But since your oath is past deare Philocles I le shew to thee an honest cruelty And rather follow thee in spotlesse death Then buy with sinning a dishonoured life King Yet pitty me Leucothoe cure the wound Thine eyes hath made pitty a begging King Vncharme the charmes of thy bewitching face Or thou wilt leaue me dead will nothing moue thee Thou art a Witch a Traytor thou hast sought By vnresisted spels thy soueraignes life Who are about vs there call in the Lords againe Lord Polemetes take your daughter to you Keepe her at home Pol. I will my Leige Rosio see her there I wonder what is done King Euphues I haue tane a solemne oath Neuer to grant a pardon to thy sonne Euph. O say not so my Leige your grace I know Has mercy for a greater fault then this King My oath is past and cannot be recalled Pol. This is beyond our wishes Vir. What made him sweare this I wonder Euph. A heauy oath to me and most vnlooked for Your iustice Sir has set the period Vnto a loyall house a Family That haue bin props of the Sicylian crowne That with their blouds in many an honourd field Gainst the hot French and Neopolitan Haue seru'd for you and your great Ancestors Their children now can neuer more doe so Farewell my Soueraigne whilest I in teares Spend the sad remnant of my childlesse age I le pray for your long life and happy raigne And may your Grace and your Posterity At neede finde hands as good and hearts as true As ours haue euer beene King Farewell good old man Eup. For you my Lord your cruelty has deseru'd A curse from me but I can vtter none Your Daughters goodnesse has weigh'd down your malice Heauen prosper her Poly. Amen King He is an honest man and truely noble Oh my rash oath my lust that was the cause Would any price would buy it in againe Vi. Your Maiesty is iust Pol. T is a happy Land Where the King squares his actions by the law King Away you are base and bloudy That feedes your malice with pretence of iustice T is such as you make Princes tirranous And hated of their subiects but looke too 't Looke your owne heads stands fast for if the law Doe finde a hole in your coates beg no mercy Vir. Pardon vs my Lord we were wrong'd Pol. And sought redresse but by a lawfull course King Well leaue me alone Vir. Fare well my Leige now let him chafe alone Pol. Now we haue our ends exeunt King Is there no meanes to saue him no way To get a dispensation for an oath None that I know except the Court of Rome Will grant one that 's well thought on I will not spare for gold and that will doe it Nicanor Nica. Sir King What booke is that Thou hadst from Paris about the price of sinnes Nic. T is cald the Texes of the Apostolicall Chancery Kin. Is there a price for any sinne set downe Nic. A my Sir how heinous ere it be Or of what nature for such a summe of money As is set downe there it shall be remitted Kin. That 's well go fetch the book presently exit Nic. Nic. I will my Lord Kin. Sure there is periury Among the rest and I shall know what rate It beares before I haue committed it How now hast brought it Nic. Yes Sir Kin. Reade I would know the price of periury Nic I shall find it quickly here 's an Index he reads Imp For murder of all kinds of a Clergy man of a lay man of father mother Sonne brother sister wife Kin. Reade till you come at periury Nic. Item for impoysoning enchantments witchcraft Sacriledge simony and their kind and Branches Item pro lapsu carnis fornication Adultery incest without any exception or Distinction for sodomy Brutality or any of That kind Kin. My heart shakes with horror To heare the names of such detested sinnes Can these be bought for any price of money Or do these merchants but deceiue the world With their false Wares no more of that foule booke I will know what I came to know I would not for the world redeeme my oath By such a course as this no more Nicanor Vnlesse thou finde a price for Atheisme Nic. Here 's none for that my Lord his Holinesse Can pardon that in no man but himselfe Kin. Well this is not the way I haue thought of another that may proue And both discharge my oath and saue his life Nicanor run presently call Matho hither Matho the Lawyer command him to make hast I long to be resolued Nic. I runne Sir King He is a subtill Lawyer and may find Some point that in the Lawes obscurity Hes hid from vs some point may doe vs good I haue seene some of his profession Out of case as plaine as cleere as day To our weake iudgements and no doubt at first Meant like our thoughts by those that made the Law Picke out such hard inextricable doubts That they haue spun a suit of seuen yeere long And leade their hood winke Clients in a wood A most irremoueable Labyrinth Till they haue quite consum'd vm this they can doe In other cases why not as well in this I haue seene others could extend the Law Vpon the wrack or cut it short againe To their owne priuate profits as that thiefe Cruell Procrustes seru'd his haplesse guests To fit them to his bed Well I shall see I would Nicanor were returned againe I would faine ease my conscience of that oath That rash and inconsiderate oath I tooke But see heere they are comming Enter Matho Ma. Health to my Soueraigne King Matho welcome I sent for thee about a businesse I would intreate thy helpe in Ma. Your Highnesse may command my seruice In that or any thing lies in my power King T is to decide a case that troubles me Ma. If it lye within the compasse of my knowledge I will resolue your Highnesse presently King Then thus it is Lord Euphues sonne Yong
2. Iu. That 's enough Enter Philocles with a guard 1. Iu. Philocles stand to the Barre and answere to such Crimes as shall be here obiected against thy life Reade the enditement Phi. Spare that labour I do confesse the fact that I am charg'd with And speake as much as my accusers can As much as all the witnesses can proue T was I that stole away the Daughter and Heire Of the Lord Polimetes which wert to doe againe Rather then lose her I againe would venture This was the fact your sentence honour'd fathers Cler. T is braue and resolute 1. Iu. A heauy sentence noble Philocles And such a one as I could wish my selfe Off from this place some other might deliuer You must dye for it death is your sentence Phi. Which I embrace with willingnesse now my Lord to Pol. Is your hate glutted yet or is my life Too poore a sacrifice to appease the rancor Of your inueterate malice if it be to Inuent some scandall that may after blot My reputation father dry your teares Weepe not for me my death shall leaue no staine Vpon your bloud nor blot on your faire name The honour'd ashes of my ancestors May still rest quiet in their teare wet Vrnes For any fact of mine I might haue liu'd If heauen had not preuented it and found Death for some foule dishonourable act Brother farewell no sooner haue I found to Francisco But I must leaue thy wisht for company Farewell my dearest loue liue thou still happy And may some one of more desert then I Be blest in the enioying what I loose I neede not wish him happinesse that has thee For 〈…〉 bring it may hee proue as good 〈…〉 worthy 〈◊〉 dearest Philocles 〈…〉 for any man but thee 〈…〉 good my Lords 〈…〉 both together 〈…〉 alike why should the law 〈…〉 and lay it all on him 〈…〉 would we could as lawfully 〈…〉 hee should not dye for this 〈…〉 Constable leading Eugenio 〈…〉 whos 's that you haue brought there 〈…〉 A benefactor if it please your Lordships 〈…〉 him in my watch last night 〈◊〉 What 's his offence Con, murder 〈◊〉 No master Constable t was but poisoning of a man 〈◊〉 〈…〉 a foole 〈◊〉 〈…〉 for euer all will out 〈◊〉 What proofes haue you against him 〈◊〉 His owne profession if it please your honor 〈◊〉 And 〈…〉 ill profession to be a murderer thou 〈…〉 has confest the fact 〈◊〉. Yes my Lord hee cannot deny it 〈◊〉 Did he not name the party who it was that he had 〈…〉 Con. marry with reuerance be it spoken 〈…〉 my Lord Polimetes his sonne 〈◊〉 How 's this 1. Iu He di'd long sence at Athens 〈◊〉 I cannot tell what I should thinke of it 〈…〉 the man that lately brought me newes 〈◊〉 〈…〉 to the barre thou herest thy accusation 〈…〉 say Eug. Ah my good Lord 〈…〉 deny what I haue saide 〈…〉 as my bleeding heart Was making confession of my crime Câ—n. I told him anâ— shall please your Lordships 〈…〉 Kings officers had eies to heare such rascalls 1. Iu. You haue bin carefull in your office Constable You may now leaue your Prisoner Con. I le leaue the fell on with your Lordship 1. Iu. Farewel good Con. Murder I see will out exit Con. Why didst thou poison him Eug. I was poore And want made me be hir'd 2. Iu. Hir'd by whom Eu. By Count Virro There he stands Vir. I do beseech your Lordships not to credit What this base fellow speakes I am innocent 1. Iu. I doe beleeue you are sirrah speake truth You haue not long to liue Eu. Please it your Lordship I may relate the manner 3. Iu. doe Eug. Eugenio was aliue when first the newes Was spred in Syracuse he was dead Which false report Count Virro crediting Became an earnest suitor to his Sister Thinking her Heyre but finding afterwards Her brother liu'd and comming home Not a dayes iourney hence he sent me to him And with a promise of fiue hundred crownes Hir'd me to poyson him that this is true Heer 's his owne hand to witnesse it against him Please it your Lordships to peruse the writing 1. Iu. This is his hand 2. Iu. Sure as I liue I haue seene Warrants from him with iust these Carracters 3. Iu. Besides me thinkes this fellowes Tale is likely Pol. T is too true This fellowes suddaine going from my house Put me into a feare 1. Iu. Count Virro stand to the barre What can you say to cleere you of this murder Vir. Nothing my Lords I must confesse the fact 2. Iu. Why then against you both doe I pronounce Sentence of death Amb. The Law is iust Pol. Wretch that I am is my dissembled griefe Turn'd to true sorrow were my acted teares But Prophesies of my ensuing woe And is he truely dead oh pardon me Deâ—ie Ghost of my Eugenio t was my fault That cal'd this hasty vengeance from the Gods And shortened thus thy life for whilst with tricks Brought to fasten wealth vpon our house Thought a Canniball to be the graue Of me and mine base bloudy murderous Count Vâ—r.. Vile Cousner cheating Lord dissembler â—. Iu. Peace stop the mouth of malediction there This is no place to raile in 〈◊〉 Ye iust powers That to the quality of mans offence â—â—â—pe your correcting rods and punish there Where he has sinn'd did not my bleeding heart 〈◊〉 such a heauy share in this dayes woe woes could with a free soule applaud your iustice Pol. Lord Euphues and Philocles forgiue me To make amends I know's impossible For what my malice wrought but I would faine 〈…〉 that might testifie my griefe 〈…〉 repentance Eu. This is that I look't for 〈◊〉 You re kind too late my Lord had you bin thus 〈…〉 required y 'had sau'd your selfe and me 〈…〉 sonnes but if your griefe be true 〈…〉 you heartily Phi. And I 〈◊〉 Now comes my que my Lord Polimetes 〈…〉 correction let me aske one question 〈◊〉 What question speake Eu. if this young Lord 〈…〉 would you bestow your Daughter 〈…〉 vpon him would you Lord 〈◊〉 As willingly as I would breath my selfe 〈◊〉 Then dry all your eyes 〈…〉 heare shall haue a cause to weeke to Phil. 〈…〉 Leucothoe is no Heire 〈…〉 liues and that cleares you Count Virro 〈…〉 murder All How liues Eu. Yes liues to call thee brother Philocles He discouers himselfe Leu. Oh my deare Brother Pol. My sonne Welcome from death Eu. Pardon me good my Lord that I thus long Haue from your knowledge kept my selfe conceal'd My end was honest Pol. I see t was And now sonne Philocles giue mee thy hand Heere take thy wife she loues thee I dare sweare And for the wrong that I intended thee Her portion shall be double what I meant it Phi. I thanke your Lordship Pol. Brother Euphues I hope all enmity is now forgot Betwixt our houses Eu. Let it be euer so I do embrace your loue Vir. Well my life is sau'd yet though my wench be lost God giue you ioy Phi. Thankes good my Lord 1. Iu. How suddenly this tragicke sceane is charg'd And turn'd to Comedy 2. Iu. T is very strange The King speakes from 〈◊〉 Pol. Let vs conclude within King Stay And take my ioy with you Eup. His Maiesty Is comming downe let vs attend Enter King King These iarres are well clos'd vp now Philocles What my rash oath deni'de me this blest howâ—e And happy accident has brought to passe The sauing of thy life Phi. A life my Leige That shall be euer ready to be spent Vpon your seruice King Thankes good Philocles But wher 's the man whose happy presence brought All this vnlook't for sport where is Eugenio Eu. Heere my dread Leige King Welcome to 〈…〉 Welcome Eugenio prithee aske some boone That may requite the good that thou hast done Eu. I thanke your Maiesty what I haue done Needes no requitall but I haue a suite Vnto Lord Euphues please it your Maiesty To be to him an intercessor for me I make no question but I shall obtaine King What is it speake it shall be granted thee Eu. That it would please him to bestow on me His Neece the faire and vertuous Lady Laeda Euph. With all my heart I know 't will please her well I haue often heard her praise Eugenio It shall be done within King Then here all strife ends I le be your guest my selfe to day and helpe To solemnize this double marriage Pol. Your royall presence shall much honour vs King Then leade away the happy knot you tye Concludes in loue two houses enmity FINIS EPILOGVS OVr Authors heire if it be legitimate T is his if not he dares the worst of fate For if a Bastard charity is such That what you giue it cannot be too much And he and we vow if it may be showne To doe as much for yours as for our owne FINIS