Your grace hath made me young again and wanton Ant. She must be known and suddenly Do ye know her to Minippus Gent. Char. No believe Sir Ant. Did you observe her Timon Tim. I look'd on her But what she is Ant. I must have that found Come in and take your leave Tim. And some few Prayers along Dem. I know my duty Exit Ant. You shall be half my Father Leo. All your Servant Come Gentlemen you are resolv'd I am sure To see these wars 1 Gent. We dare not leave his fortunes Though most assur'd death hung round about us Leo That bargain 's yet to make Be not too hasty when ye face the Enemie Nor too ambitious to get honour instantly But charge within your bounds and keep close bodies And you shall see what sport we 'l make these mad-caps You shall have game enough I warrant ye Every mans Coâ—k shall fight Dem. I must go see Sir Brave Sir as soon as I have taken leave He meet you in the park Dâ—aw the men thither Wait you upon Leontius Geâ— We 'l attend Sir Leo. But I beseech your Grace with speed the sooner We are i' th' field Dem. You could not please me better Exit Leo. You never saw the wars yet Gent. Not yet Colonel Leo These foolish Mistresses do so hang about ye So whimper and so hug I know it Gentlemen And so intice ye now ye are i' th' bud And that sweet tilting war with eyes and kisses Th' alarms of soft vows and sighs and fiddle faddles Spoils all our trade you must forget these knick knacks A woman at some time of year I grant ye She is necessarie but make no business of her How now Lieutenant Enter Lieutenant Lieu Oh Sir as ill as ever We shall have wars they say they are mustring yonder Would we were at it once fie how it plagues me Leo. Here 's one has served now under Captain Cupid And crackt a Pike in 's youth you see what 's come oâ—â—â— Lieu. No my disease will never prove so honourablâ— Leo. Why sure thou hast the best pox Lieu. If I have 'em I am sure I got 'em in the best company They are pox of thirty Coats Leo. Thou hast mewed 'em finely Here 's a strange fellow now and a brave fellow If we may say so of a pocky fellow Which I believe we may this poor Lieutenant Whether he have the scratches or the scabs Or what a Devil it be I 'le say this for him There fights no braver souldier under Sun Gentlemâ—n Show him an Enemie his pain 's forgot straight And where other men by beds and bathes have ease And easie rules of Physick set him in a danger A danger that 's a fearfull one indeed Ye rock him and he will so play about ye Let it be ten to one he ne'er comes off again Ye have his heart and then he works it bravely And throughly bravely not a pang remembred I have seen him do such things belief would shrink at Gent. 'T is strange he should do all this and diseas'd so Leo. I am sure 't is true Lieutenant canst thou drink well Lieu. Would I were drunk dog-drunk I might not feel this Gent. I would take Physick Lieu. But I would know my disease first Leon. Why it may be the Colique canst thou blow backward Lieu. There 's never a bag-pipe in the Kingdom better Gent. Is' t not a pleuresie Lieu. 'T is any thing That has the Devil and death in 't will ye march Gentlemen The Prince has taken leave Leo. How know ye that Lieu. I saw him leave the Court dispatch his followers And met him after in a by street I think He has some wench or such a toy to lick over Before he go would I had such another To draw this foolish pain down Leo. Let 's away Gentlemen For sure the Prince will stay on us Gent. We 'l attend Sir Exeunt SCENA II. Enter Demetrius and Celia Cel. Must ye needs go Dem. Or stay with all dishonour Cel. Are there not men enough to fight Dem. Fie Celia This ill becomes the noble love you bear me Would you have your love a coward Cel. No believe Sir I would have him fight but not so far off from me Dem. Wouldst have it thus or thus Cel. If that be fighting Dem. Ye wanton fool when I come home again I 'le fight with thee at thine own weapon Celia And conquer thee too Cel. That you have done already You need no other Arms to me but these Sir But will you fight your self Sir Dem. Thus deep in bloud wench And through the thickest ranks of Pikes Cel. Spur bravely Your firie Courser beat the troops before ye And cramb the mouth of death with executions Dem. I would do more than these But prethee tell me Tell me my fair where got'st thou this male Spirit I wonder at thy mind Cel. Were I a man then You would wonder more Dem. Sure thou wouldst prove a Souldier And some great Leader Cel. Sure I should do somewhat And the first thing I did I should grow envious Extreamly envious of your youth and honour Dem. And fight against me Cel. Ten to one I should do it Dem. Thou wouldst not hurt me Cel. In this mind I am in I think I should be hardly brought to strike ye Unless 't were thus but in my mans mind Dem. What Cel. I should be friends with you too Now I think better Dem. Ye are a tall Souldier Here take these and these This gold to furnish ye and keep this bracelet Why do you weep now You a masculine Spirit Cel. No I confess I am a fool a woman And ever when I part with you Dem. You shall not These tears are like prodigious signs my sweet one I shall come back loaden with fame to honour thee Cel. I hope you shall But then my dear Demetrius When you stand Conquerour and at your mercy All people bow and all things wait your sentence Say then your eye surveying all your conquest â—inds out a beautie even in sorrow excellent A constant face that in the midst of ruine With a forc'd smile both scorns at fate and fortune Say you find such a one so nobly fortified And in her figure all the sweets of nature Dem. Prethee No more of this I cannot find her Cel. That shews as far beyond my wither'd beauty And will run mad to love ye too Dem. Do you fear me And do you think besides this face this beauty This heart where all my hopes are lock'd Cel. I dare not No sure I think ye honest wondrous honest Pray do not frown I 'le swear ye are Dem. Ye may choose Cel. But how long will ye be away Dem. I know not Cel. I know you are angry now pray look upon me â—e ask no more such questions Dem. The Drums beat I can no longer stay Cel. They do but call yet How fain you would leave my Company Dem. I wou'd not Unless
kept by her self could not be answered To every period thus but by her self Ori. Sir hear me Val. Peace thou fair sweet bank of flowers Under whose beauty Scorpions lie and kill Wert thou a kin to me in some new name Dearer then Sister Mother or all blood I would not hear thee speak bear her to prison So gross is this it needs no formal course Prepare thy self to morrow thou shalt dye Ori. I dye a Martyr then and a poor maid Almost yfaith as innocent as born Thou know'st thou art wicked Frenchman heaven forgive thee Ex. All. This Scene is strangely turn'd Val. Yet can nature be So dead in me I would my charge were off Mountferrat should perceive my Sister had A Brother would not live to see her dye Unfought for since the statutes of our state Allow in case of accusations A Champion to defend a Ladies truth Peter Gomera thou hast lost thy wife Death pleads a precontract Gom. I have lost my Tongue My sence my heart and every faculty Mountferrat go not up with reverence To our great Master and this consistory I have considered it it cannot be Thou art a villain and a forger A blood-sucker of innocence an hypocrite A most unworthy wearer of our Cross To make which good take if thou dar'st that gage And arm'd at all points like a Gentleman Meet me to morrow morning where the Master And this fraternity shall design where I Will cram this slander back into thy throat And with my swords point thrust it to thy heart The very nest where lust and slander breeds Pardon my passion I will tear those spurs Off from thy heels and stik 'em in thy front As a mark'd villain Mount This I look'd not for Ten times more villain I return my gage And crave the Law of Arms. Gom. 'T is that I crave All. It cannot be denide Gom. Do not I know With thousand gifts and importunacies Thou often hast sollicited this Lady Contrary to thy oath of chastity Who ne'r disclosing this thy hot reign'd lust Yet tender to provent a publique scandal That Christendome might justly have impos'd Upon this holy institution Thou now hast drawn this practise ' gainst her life To quit her charity Mount Spaniard thou liest Ast No more Gomera thou art granted combat And you Mountferrat must prepare against To morrow morning in the valley here Adjoyning to St. Georges Port a Lady In case of life ' gainst whom one witness comes May have her champion Val. And who hath most right Florish Exit With or against our Sister speed in sight Enter Rocca Mount Rocca the first news of Mirandas service Let me have notice of Roâ— You shall The Moore Waites you without Mount Admit her ha ha ha Oh how my fancies run at tilt Gomera Loves Oriana she as I should ghess Affects Miranda these are two dear friends As firm and full of fire as steel and flint To make 'em so now one against the other Enter Zanthia Stay let me like it better Zanthia First tell me this did Don Gomera use To give his visits to your Mistriss Zan. Yes and Miranda too but severally Mount Which did she most apply to Zan. Faith to neither Yet infinitely I have heard her praise 'em both And in that manner that were both one man I think she was in love with 't Mount Zanthia Another Letter you must frame for me Instantly in your Ladies Character To such a purpose as I 'll tell thee strait Go in and stay me Go my Tinder-box Cross lines I 'll cross so so my after-game I must play better woman I will spread My vengeance over Malta for thy sake Spaniard Italian like my steel and stone â—ll knock you thus together wear ye out â—o light my dark deeds whilst I seem precise â—nd wink to save the sparkles from mine eyes Exeunt Actus Secundus Scaena Prima A Sea-fight within alarm Enter Norandine Miranda and Soldiers and Gentlemen Mir. HOw is it Sir Nor. Pray set me down I cool â—nd my wounds smart Mir. I hope yet Though there be many there 's none dangerous Nor. I know not nor I care not much I got 'em â—ike a too forward fool but I hope the Surgeons Will take an order I shall not leave 'em so â— make the rogues more work than all the Island â—nd yet they give me the hardest words for my money Mir. I am glad ye are so sprightly ye sought bravely So call the Surgeons Soldiers wondrous nobly â—pon my life I have not seen such valour Maintained so long and to so large a ruine The odds so strong against ye Nor. I thank ye â—nd thank ye for your help your timely succor â—y th' mass it came i' th' nick Sir and well handled â—toutly and strongly handled we had duckt else â—y Turk had Turk'd me else but he has well paid for 't Why what a Sign for an Almanack h 'as made me Enter Astorius Ast I am glad to find ye here Sir of necessity â—â—st have come aboard else and brave Captain We all joy much in your fair victory â—nd all the Island speaks your valour nobly â—ave ye brought the Turk in that ye took Mir. He rides there Nor. If he were out again the devil should bring him 〈◊〉 as truly circumcis'd me Ast I have a business Which much concerns ye presently concerns ye â—ut not this place nor people pray ye draw off Sir â—or 't is of that weight to ye Mir. I 'll wait on ye â— must crave leave awhile my care dwels with ye â—nd I must wait my self Nor. Your servant Sir Mir. Believe I shall and what my love can minister â—â—ep your stout heart still Nor. That 's my best Physitian Mir. And I shall keep your fame fair Exit Nor. Ye are too Noble 〈◊〉 brave young fellow of a matchless spirit â—e brought me off like thunder charg'd and boarded 〈◊〉 if he had been shot to save mine honor â—nd when my fainting men tyr'd with their labour â—nd lack of bloud gave to the Turk assurance â—he day was his when I was cut in shreds thus â—nd not a corn of Powder left to bless us â—hen flew his Sword in then his Cannon roar'd â—nd let flie bloud and death and storms amongst ' em â—hen might I hear their sleepy Prophet howl too â—â—d all their silver Crescents then I saw 〈◊〉 falling Meteors spent and set for ever â—â—der the Cross of Malta death so wanton â—ever lookt upon so full of revel Enter Surgeon I will not be drest yet Methought that fellow Was fit for no conversation nor no Christian That had not halfe his brain 's knockt out no Soldier Oh valiant young man how I love thy virtue 1 Sol. Pray ye Sir be drest alas ye bleed apace yet Nor. 'T is but the sweat of honor alas thou milksop Thou man of March-pain canst thou fear to see A few light hurts that blush they are no bigger A few small scratches get ye
no understanding â—â— I should miss the right Chest Lu. The happy Chest Boy That which I saw and markt too Lu. Well passion wo'not help us Had I twenty falls for this Boy 'T was my fault sir And twenty thousand fears for this oth'devil Now could I curse well we have her now And must dispose her Enter Mistress Mi. Hang both for two blind buzzards here 's a Spade Quickly or I 'll call the neighbors There 's no remedy Would the poor hungry prisoners had this pastie Exeunt Enter Justice and a Servant with a light Ser. 'T was a strange mischance Sir Ju Mischance sayst No 't was happiness to me There 's so much charge sav'd I have her portion I 'll marry twenty more on such conditions Ser. Did it not trouble you Sir To see her dead Ju. Not much I thank my conscience I was tormented till that happen'd furies Were in my brain to think my self a Cuckold At that time of the night When I come home I charge you shut my doors Locks bolts and bars are little enough to secure me Ser. Why and please you Ju. Fool to ask that question To keep out women I expect her Mother Will visit me with her clamors oh I hate Their noise and do abhor the whole sex heartily They are all walking Devils Harpyes I will study A week together how to rail sufficiently Upon 'em all and that I may be furnish'd Thou shalt buy all the railing Books and Ballads That Malice hath invented against women I will read nothing else and practise 'em Till I grow fat with curses Ser. If you 'll go To th' charge let me alone to find you Books Ju. They come neer us Ser. What 's that Ju. Where hold up the Torch Knave Ser. Did you hear nothing 't is a Ju. Why dost make a stand Ser. What 's that Ju. Where where dost see any thing We are hard by the Church-yard and I was never Valiant at midnight in such irksome places They say Ghosts walk sometimes hark de' e hear nothing Enter Lurcher Boy and Mistress Mi. No farther dig here and lay her in quickly Lur. What light is that Boy we shall be discover'd Set the Coffin up an end and get behind me There 's no avoiding Boy Oh! Ju. Where 's that groan I begin to be afraid Ser. What shall we do Sir Ju. We are almost at home now thou must go forward Perhaps 't was my imagination Lur. 'T is he Boy I know him too let me alone Ser. Oh Sir a Ghost the very Ghost of Mistress Bride I have no power to run away Ju. Cursed Ghost bless me preserve me I do command thee what so ore thou art I do conjure thee leave me do not fright me If thou beest a devil vex me not so soon If thou beest The spirit of my wife Boy Thy Wife Ju. I shall be tormented Boy Thy abus'd wife that cannot peaceably Enjoy her death thou hast an evil conscience Ju. I know it Boy Among thy other sins which black thy soul Call to thy mind thy vow made to another Whom thou hast wrong'd and make her satisfaction Now I am dead thou perjur'd man or else A thousand black tormentors shall pursue thee Untill thou leap into eternal flames Where gold which thou ador'st here on earth Melted the fiends shall powre into thy throat For this time pass go home and think upon me Lur. Away Ser. There are more spirits Ju. Thank you dear wife I 'll bestow twenty nobles of a Tomb for thee Thou shalt not walk and catch cold after death They go Backward in Lu. So so they 'r gone 't was my ingenious rascal But how dost thou know he made vows to another Boy I over-heard the woman talk to night on 't But now let 's lose no time Sir pray le ts bury This Gentlewoman where 's my Mistress Enter Mistress Mi. Here I durst not tarry Lu. We ha so cosen'd the old forty i' th hundred And the devil hinder him not he 'll go a pilgrimage But come about our business set her down again Mar. Oh! Lur. She groans ha Mar. Oh! Lur. Again she stirs Mi. Le ts fly or else we shall be torn in pieces Lur. And you be good at that bury your self Or let the Sexton take ye for his fee Away boy Exit Mar. I am very cold dead cold Where am I What 's this a Coffin where have I been Mercy defend me Ha I do remember I was betray'd and swounded my heart akes I am wondrous hungry too dead bodies eat not Sure I was meant for burial I am frozen Death ' like a cake of Ice dwells round about me Darkness spreads o're the world too where what path Best providence direct me Exit Actus Tertius Enter Lady Wildbraine Women Toby La. Thou art the most unfortunate fellow Wil. Why Aunt what have I done La. The most malicious varlet Thy wicked head never at rest but hammering And haching hellish things and to no purpose So thou mayst have thy base will Wi. Why do you rail thus Cannot a scurvy accident fall out But I must be at one end on 't La. Thou art at both ends Wi. Cannot young sullen wenches play the fools And marry and dye but I must be the agent All that I did and if that be an injury Let the world judge it was but to perswade her And as I take it I was bound to it too To make the reverend coxcombe her husband Cuckold What else could I advise her was there harm i'th is You are of years and have run through experience Would you be content if you were young again To have a continual cough grow to your pillow A rottenness that vaults are perfumes to Hang in your roof and like a fog infect you Anointed hammes to keep his hinges turning Reek ever in your nose and twenty night caps With twenty several sweats To. Some Jew some Justice A thousand heathen smels to say truth Madam And would you mellow my young pretty Mistriss In such a mis-ken La. Sirra Where 's the body of my Girl Wi. I know not I am no Conjurer you may look the body I was like to be stol'n away my self the Spirit Had like to ha surpris'd me in the shape of a woman Of a young woman and you know those are dangerous To. So had I Madam simply though I stand here I had been ravish'd too I had twenty Spirits In every corner of the house a Fiend met me La. You lye like Raskals Was Mistriss Newlove such a spirit Sir To fright your worship Well I discharge you Sir y' are now at liberty Live where you please and do what pranks you fancy You know your substance though you are my Nephew I am no way bound Sir to protect your mischief So fare you well Wi. Farewell good Aunt I thank you Adiew honest Nick the devil if he have power Will persecute your old bones for this Marriage Farewell Mistress Win. To. And
Go to leave your pointing they would not Make us their object out of their sight Daugh. It is a holliday to look on them Lord the Diff'rence of men Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Palamon and Arcite in prison Pal. How do you Noble Cosin Arcite How do you Sir Pal. Why strong enough to laugh at misery And bear the chance of war yet we are prisoners I fear for ever Cosin Arcite I believe it And to that destiny have patiently Laid up my hour to come Pal. Oh Cosin Arcite Where is Thebs now where is our noble Countrey Where are our friends and kindreds never more Must we behold those comforts never see The haâ—dy youths strive for the Games of honor Hung with the painted favours of their Ladies Like tail Ships under Sail then start amongst 'em And as an Eastwind leave 'em all behind us Like lazy Clouds whilst Palamon and Arcite Even in the wagging of a wanton leg Out-stript the peoples praises won the Garlands E'r they have time to wish 'em ours Oh never Shall we two exercise like twins of honor Our Arms again and feel our fiery horses Like proud Seas under us our gooâ— Swords now Better the red-ey'd god of War nev'r were Bravish'd our sides like age must run to rust And deck the Temples of those gods that hate us These hands shall never draw 'em out like light'ning To blast whole Armies more Arcite No Palamon Those hopes are prisoners with us here we are And here the graces of our youths must wither Like a too-timely Spring here age must find us And which is heaviest Palamon unmarried The sweet embraces of a loving wife Loaden with kisses arm'd with thousand Cupid's Shall never claspe our necks no issue know us No figures of our selves shall we ev'r see To glad our age and like young Eagles teach 'em Boldly to gaze against bright arms and say Remember what your Fathers were and conquer The fair-ey'd Maids shall weep our banishments And in their Songs curse ever-blinded fortune Till she for shame see what a wrong she has done To youth and nature This is all our world We shall know nothing here but one another Hear nothing but the clock that tels our woes The Vine shall grow but we shall never see it Summer shall come and with her all delights But dead-cold winter must inhabit here still Pal. 'T is too true Arcite To our Theban hounds That shook the aged Forrest with their ecchoes No more now must we hollo no more shake Our pointed Javelins whilst the angry Swine Flies like a Parthian quiver from our rages Struck with our well-steel'd Darts All valiant uses The food and nourishment of noble minds In us two here shall perish we shall die Which is the curse of honor lastly Children of grief and Ignorance Arc. Yet Cosin Even from the bottom of these miseries From all that fortune can inflict upon us I see two comforts rising two meer blessings If the gods please to hold here a brave patience And the enjoying of our griefs together Whilst Palamon is with me let me perish If I think this our prison Pala. Certainly 'T is a main goodness Cosin that our fortunes Were twin'd together 't is most true two souls Put in two noble bodies let 'em suffer The gaul of hazard so they grow together Will never sink they must not say they could A willing man dies sleeping and all 's done Arc. Shall we make worthy uses of this place That all men hate so much Pal. How gentle Cosin Arc. Let 's think this prison Holy Sanctuary To keep us from corruption of worse men We are young and yet desire the wayes of honour That liberty and common conversation The poison of pure spirits might like women Wooe us to wander from What worthy blessing Can be but our imaginations May make it ours And here being thus together We are an endless mine to one another We are one anothers Wife ever begetting New births of love we are Father Friends Acquaintance We are in one another Families I am your Heir and you are mine This place Is our Inheritance no hard oppressor Dare take this from us here with a little patience We shall live long and loving No surfeits seek us The hand of War hurts none here nor the Seas Swallow their youth were we at liberty A Wife might part us lawfully or business Quarrels consume us Envy of ill men Crave our acquaintance I might sicken Cosin Where you should never know it and so perish Without your noble hand to close mine eyes Or prayers to the gods a thousand chances Were we from hence would sever us Pal. You have made me I thank you Cosin Arcite almost wanton With my Captivity what a misery It is to live abroad and every where 'T is like a Beast me thinks I find the Court here I 'm sure a more content and all those pleasures That wooe the Wills of men to vanity I see through now and am sufficient To tell the world 't is but a gaudy shadow That old Time as he passes by takes with him What had we been old in the Court of Creon Where sin is Justice Lust and Ignorance The virtues of the great ones Cosin Arâ—ite Had not the loving gods found this place for us We had di'd as they doe ill old men unwept And had their Epitaphs the peoples Curses Shall I say more Arc. I would hear you still Pal. Ye shall Is there record of any two that lov'd Better than we two Arcite Arc. Sure there cannot Pal. I doe not think it possible our friendship Should ever leave us Arc. Till our deaths it cannot Enter Emilia and her Woman And after death our spirits shall be led To those that love eternally Speak on Sir This Garden has a world of pleasures in 't Emil. What Flower is this Wom. 'T is call'd Narcissus Madam Emil. That was a fair Boy certain but a fool To love himself were there not Maids enough Arc. Pray forward Pal. Yes Emil. Or were they all hard-hearted Wom. They could not be to one so fair Emil. Thou wouldst not Wom. I think I should not Madam Emil. That 's a good wench But take heed to your kindness though Wom. Why Madam Emil. Men are mad things Arcite Will ye go forward Cosin Emil. Canst not thou work such Flowers in Silk wench Wom. Yes Emil. I 'll have a Gown full of 'em and of these This is a pretty colour wil't not do Rarely upon a skirt wench Wom. Dainty Madam Arc. Cosin Cosin how do you Sir Why Palamon Pal. Never till now I was in prison Arcite Arc. Why what 's the matter man Pal. Behold and wonder By heaven she is a Goddess Arcite Ha. Pal. Do reverence She is a Goddess Arcite Emil. Of all Flowers Methinks a Rose is best Wom. Why gentle Madam Emil. It is the very Emblem of a Maid For when the West wind courts her gently How modestly she
to disgrace me And brand my noble actions with his lust That never cur'd dishonour of my Sister Base stain of Whore and which is worse The joy to make it still so like my self Thus have I slung him off with my allegiance And stand here mine own justice to revenge What I have suffered in him and this old man Wrong'd almost to lunacy Cal. Who I you 'd draw me in I have had no wrong I do disclaim ye all Mel. The short is this 'T is no ambition to lift up my self Urgeth me thus I do desire again To be a subject so I may be freed If not I know my strength and will unbuild This goodly Town be speedy and be wise in a reply Strat. Be sudden Sir to tie All again what 's done is past recal And past you to revenge and there are thousands That wait for such a troubled hour as this Throw him the blank Lis Melantius write in that thy choice My Seal is at it Mel. It was our honour drew us to this act Not gain and we will only work our pardon Cal. Put my name in too Diph. You disclaim'd us but now Calianax Cal. That 's all one I 'le not be hanged hereafter by a trick I 'le have it in Mel. You shall you shall Come to the back gate and we 'l call you King And give you up the Fort. Lis Away away Exeunt Omnes Enter Aspatia in mans apparel Asp This is my fatal hour heaven may forgive My â—ash attempt that causelesly hath laid Griefs on me that will never let me rest And put a Womans heart into my brest It is more honour for you that I die For she that can endure the misery That I have on me and be patient too May live and laugh at all that you can do God save you Sir Enter Servant Ser. And you Sir what 's your business Asp With you Sir now to do me the Office To help me to you Lord. Ser. What would you serve him Asp I 'le do him any service but to haste For my affairs are earnest I desire to speak with him Ser. Sir because you are in such haste I would be loth delay you any longer you cannot Asp It shall become you tho' to tell your Lord. Ser. Sir he will speak with no body Asp This is most strange art thou gold proof there 's for thee help me to him Ser. Pray be not angry Sir I 'le do my best Exit Asp How stubbornly this fellow answer'd me There is a vile dishonest trick in man More than in women all the men I meet Appear thus to me are harsh and rude And have a subtilty in every thing Which love could never know but we fond women Harbor the easiest and smoothest thoughts And think all shall go so it is unjust That men and women should be matcht together Enter Amintor and his man Amint. Where is he Ser. There my Lord. Amint. What would you Sir Asp Please it your Lordship to command your man Out of the room I shall deliver things Worthy your hearing Amint. Leave us Asp O that that shape should bury falshood in it Aside Amint. Now your will Sir Asp When you know me my Lord you needs must guess My business and I am not hard to know For till the change of War mark'd this smooth face With these few blemishes people would call me My Sisters Picture and her mine in short I am the brother to the wrong'd Aspatia Amint. The wrong'd Aspatia would thou wert so too Unto the wrong'd Amintor let me kiss That hand of thine in honour that I bear Unto the wrong'd Aspatia here I stand That did it would he could not gentle youth Leave me for there is something in thy looks That calls my sins in a most hideous form Into my mind and I have grief enough Without thy help Asp I would I could with credit Since I was twelve years old I had not seen My Sister till this hour I now arriv'd She sent for me to see her Marriage A wosul one but they that are above Have ends in every thing she us'd few words But yet enough to make me understand The baseness of the injury you did her That little training I have had is War I may behave my self rudely in Peace I would not though I shall not need to tell you I am but young and you would be loth to lose Honour that is not easily gain'd again Fairly I mean to deal the age is strict For single combats and we shall be stopt If it be publish't if you like your sword Use it if mine appear a better to you Change for the ground is this and this the time To end our difference Amint. Charitable youth If thou be'st such think not I will maintain So strange a wrong and for thy Sisters sake Know that I could not think that desperate thing 〈◊〉 durst not do yet to enjoy this world 〈◊〉 would not see her for beholding thee 〈◊〉 am I know not what if I have ought â—hat may content thee take it and be gone For death is not so terrible as thou Thine eyes shoot guilt into me Asp Thus she swore Thou would'st behave thy self and give me words That would fetch tears into mine eyes and so Thou dost indeed but yet she bade me watch Lest I were corsen'd and be sure to sight ere I return'd Amint. That must not be with me For her I 'le die directly but against her will never hazard it Asp You must be urg'd I do not deal uncivilly with those that Dare to fight but such a one as you Must be us'd thus She strikes him Amint. Prethee youth take heed Thy Sister is a thing to me so much Above mine honour that I can endute All this good gods a blow I can endure But stay not lest thou draw a timely death upon thy self Asp Thou art some prating fellow One that hath studyed out a trick to talk And move soft-hearted people to be kickt She kicks him Thus to be kickt why should he be so slow Aside In giving me my death Amint. A man can bear No more and keep his flesh forgive me then I would endure yet if I could now shew The spirit thou pretendest and understand Thou hast no honour to live They sight What dost thou mean thou canst not fight The blows thou mak'st at me are quite besides And those I offer at thee thou spread'st thine arms And tak'st upon thy breast Alas defenceless Asp. I have got enough And my desire there 's no place so fit for me to die as here Enter Evadne Evad. Amintor I am loaden with events That flie to make thee happy I have joyes Her hands bloody with a knife That in a moment can call back thy wrongs And settle thee in thy free state again It is Evadne still that follows thee but not her mischiefs Amint. Thou canst not fool me to believe agen But thou hast looks and things so full
us not wait For dreaming for me but take a little stoln Delights and so prevent our joyes to come Are. If you dare speak such thoughts I must withdraw in honour Exit Are. Pha. The constitution of my body will never hold out till the wedding I must seek elsewhere Exit Pha. Actus Secundus Scena Prima Enter Philaster and Bellario Phi. AND thou shalt find her honourable boy Full of regard unto thy tendor youth For thine own modesty and for my sake Apter to give than thou wilt be to ask I or deserve Bell. Sir you did take me up when I was nothing And only yet am something by being yours You trusted me unknown and that which you are apt To conster a simple innocence in me Perhaps might have been craft the cunning of a boy Hardened in lies and theft yet ventur'd you To part my miseries and me for which I never can expect to serve a Lady That bears more honour in her breast than you Phi. But boy it will prefer thee thou art young And bearest a childish overflowing love To them that clap thy cheeks and speak thee fair yet But when thy judgment comes to rule those passions Thou wilt remember best those careful friends That plac'd thee in the noblest way of life She is a Princess I prefer thee to Bell. In that small time that I have seen the world I never knew a man hasty to part With a servant he thought trusty I remember My Father would prefer the boys he kept To greater men than he but did it not Till they were grown too sawcy for himself Phi. Why gentle boy I find no fault at all in thy behaviour Bell. Sir if I have made A fault of ignorance instruct my youth I shall be willing if not apt to learn Age and experience will adorn my mind With larger knowledge And if I have done A wilful fault think me not past aâ— hope For once what Master holds so strict a hand Over his boy that he will part with him Without one warning Let me be corrected To break my stubbornness if it be so Rather than turn me off and I shall mend Phi. Thy love doth plead so prettily to stay That trust me I could weep to part with thee Alas I do not turn thee off thou knowest It is my business that doth call thee hence And when thou art with her thou dwel'st with me Think so and 't is so and when time is full That thou hast well discharged this heavy trust Laid on so weak a one I will again With joy receive thee as I live I will Nay weep not gentle boy 'T is more than time Thou didst attend the Princess Bell. I am gone But since I am to part with you my Lord And none knows whether I shall live to do More service for you take this little prayer Heaven bless your loves your sights all your designs May sick men if they have your wish be well And Heavens hate those you curse though I be one Exit Phi. The love of boyes unto their Lords is strange I have read wonders of it yet this boy For my sake if a man may judge by looks And speech would out do story I may see A day to pay him for his loyalty Exit Phi. Enter Pharamond Pha. Why should these Ladies stay so long They must come this way I know the Queen imployes 'em not for the Reverend Mother sent me word they would all be for the Garden If they should all prove honest now I were in a fair taking I was never so long without sport in my life and in my conscience 't is not my fault Oh for our Country Ladies Here 's one boulted I 'le hound at her Enter Galatea Gal. Your Grace Pha. Shall I not be a trouble Gal. Not to me Sir Pha. Nay nay you are too quick by this sweet hand Gal. You 'l be forsworn Sir 't is but an old glove If you will talk at distance I am for you but good Prince be not bawdy nor do not brag these two I bar and then I think I shall have sence enough to answer all the weighty Apothegmes your Royal blood shall manage Pha. Dear Lady can you love Gal. Dear Prince how dear I ne're cost you a Coach yet nor put you to the dear repentance of a Banquet here 's no Scarlet Sir to blush the sin out it was given for This wyer mine own hair covers and this face has been so far from being dear to any that it ne're cost penny painting And for the rest of my poor Wardrobe such as you see it leaves no hand behind it to make the jealous Mercers wife curse our good doings Pha. You mistake me Lady Pha. Lord I do so would you or I could help it Pha. Do Ladies of this Country use to give no more respect to men of my full being Gal. Full being I understand you not unless your Grace means growing to fatness and then your only remedy upon my knowledge Prince is in a morning a Cup of neat White-wine brew'd with Carduus then fast till supper about eight you may eat use exercise and keep a Sparrow-hawk you can shoot in a Tiller but of all your Grace must flie Phlebotomie fresh Pork Conger and clarified Whay They are all dullers of the vital spirits Pha. Lady you talk of nothing all this while Gal. 'T is very true Sir I talk of you Pha. This is a crafty wench I like her wit well 't will be rare to stir up a leaden appetite she 's a Danae and must be courted in a showr of gold Madam look here all these and more than Gal. What have you there my Lord Gold Now as I live 't is fair gold you would have silver for it to play with the Pages you could not have taken me in a worse time But if you have present use my Lord I 'le send my man with silver and keep your gold for you Pha. Lady Lady Gal. She 's coming Sir behind will take white mony Yet for all this I 'le match ye Exit Gal. behind the hangings Pha. If there be but two such more in this Kingdom and near the Court we may even hang up our Harps ten such Camphire constitutions as this would call the golden age again in question and teach the old way for every ill fac't Husband to get his own Children and what a mischief that will breed let all consider Enter Megra Here 's another if she be of the same last the Devil shall pluck her on Many fair mornings Lady Meg. As many mornings bring as many dayes Fair sweet and hopeful to your Grace Pha. She gives good words yet Sure this wench is free If your more serious business do not call you Let me hold quarter with you we 'll take an hour Out quickly Meg. What would your Grace talk of Pha. Of some such pretty subject as your self I 'le go no further than your eye or lip
Eust My Coach and Horses made the ransom of ouâ— Cowardize Cow Pish that 's nothing 't is damnum reparabile and soon recover'd Egre. It is but feeding a Suitor with false hopes and after squeeze him with a dozen of Oaths You are new rigg'd and this no more remembred Eust And does the Court that should be the Example and Oracle of the Kingdom read to us no other Doctrine Egre. None that thrives so well as that within my knowledge Cow Flattery rubs out but since great men learn to admire themselves 't is something crest-faln Egre. To be of no Religion argues a subtle moral understanding and it is often cherish'd Eust Piety then and valour nor to do and suffer wrong are they no virtues Egre. Rather vices Eustace Fighting what 's fighting it may be in fashion among pâ—ovant swords and Buff-jerkin men But w' us that swim in choice of Silks and Tissues though in defence of that word Reputation which is indeed a kind of glorious nothing to lose a dram of blood must needs appear as coarse as to be honest Eust And all this you seriously believe Cow It is a faith that we will die in since from the blaâ—â— Guard to the grim Sir in Office there are few hold othâ—â— Tenets Eust Now my eyes are open and I behold a strong necessity that keeps me knave and coward Cow Y' are the wiser Eust Nor can I change my copy if I purpose to be of your â—ociety Egre. By no means Eust Honour is nothing with you Cow A meer bubble for what 's grown common is no â—oâ—e regarded Eust My sword forc'd from me too and still detain'd â—ou think 't is no blemish Egre. Get me a Batton 't is twenty times more Courtâ—â—ke and less trouble Eust And yet you wear a sword Cow Yes and a good one a Milan hilt and a Damasco â—lade for ornament not use the Court allows it Eust Will 't not fight of it self Cow I ne'er tri'd this yet I have worn as fair as any man â—'m sure I've made my Cutler rich and paid for several weapons Turkish and Toledo's two thousand Crowns and â—et could never light upon a fighting one Eust I 'le borrow this I like it well Cow 'T is at your service Sir a Lath in a Velvet Scabbard will serve my turn Eust And now I have it leave me y' are infectious the plague and leprosie of your baseness spreading on all that do â—ome near you such as you render the Throne of Majesty â—he Court suspected and contemptible you are Scarabee's that batten in her dung and have no palats to taste her â—urious Viands and like Owles can only see her night deâ—ormities but with the glorious splendor of her beauties you are struck blind as Moles that undermine the sumâ—tuous Building that allow'd you shelter you stick like â—unning ulcers on her face and taint the pureness of her naâ—ive candor and being bad Servants cause your Masters goodness to be disputed of you make the Court that is the abstract of all Academies to teach and practise noble unâ—ertakings where courage sits triumphant crown'd with â—awrel and wisdom loaded with the weight of honour a â—chool of Vices Egre. What sudden rapture 's this Eust A heavenly one that raising me from sloth and â—gnorance in which your conversation long hath charm'd â—ne carries me up into the air of action and knowledge of my self even now I feel but pleading only in the Court's defence though far short of her merits and bright lustre a â—appy alteration and full strength to stand her Champion against all the world that throw aspersions on her Cow Sure he 'll beat us I see it in his eyes Egre. A second Charles pray look not Sir so furiously Eust Recant what you have said ye Mungrils and lick â—p the vomit ye have cast upon the Court where you unworthily have had warmth and breeding and swear that you like Spiders have made poison of that which was a saving Antidote Egre. We will swear any thing Cow We honour the Court as a most sacred place Egre. And will make oath if you enjoyn us to'r nor knave nor fool nor coward living in it Eust Except you two you Rascals Cow Yes we are all these and more if you will have â—it so Eust And that until you are again reform'd and grown new men you ne'ere presume to name the Court or press into the Porter's Lodge but for a penance to be disciplin'd for your roguery and this done with true contrition Both. Yes Sir Eust You again may eat scraps and be thankful Cow Here 's a cold breakfast after a sharp nights walking Eust Keep your oaths and without grumbling vanish Both. We are gone Sir Exeunt Eust May all the poorness of my spirit go with you the fetters of my thraldom are fil'd off and I at liberty to right my self and though my hope in Angellina's little my honour unto which compar'd she 's nothing shall like the Sun disperse those lowring Clouds that yet obscure and dim it not the name of Brother shall divert me but from him that in the world's opinion ruin'd me I will seek reparation and call him unto a strict accompt Ha! 't is near day and if the Muses friend Rose-check'd Aurora invite him to this solitary Grove as I much hope she will he seldome missing to pay his vows here to her I shall hazard to hinder his devotions The door opens 't is he most certain and by 's side my Sword Blest opportunity Enter Charles Char. I have o'er slept my self and lost part of the morn but I 'le recover it Before I went to bed I wrote some Notes within my Table-book which I will now consider Ha! what means this What do I with a Sword Learn'd Mercury needs not th' aid of Mars and innocence is to it self a guard yet since Arms ever protect Arts I may justly wear and use it for since 't was made my prize I know not how I 'm grown in love with 't and cannot cat nor study and much less walk without it But I trifle matters of more weight ask my judgment Eust Now Sir treat of no other Theme I 'le keep you to it and see y'expound it well Char. Eustace Eust The same Sir your younger Brother who as duty binds him hath all this night turn'd out of door attended to bid Good-morrow t' ye Char. This not in scorn commands me to return it Would you ought else Eust O much Sir here I end not but begin I must speak to you in another strain than yet I ever us'd and if the language appear in the delivery rough and harsh you being my Tutor must condemn your self from whom I learn'd it Char. When I understand be 't in what style you please what 's your demand I shall endeavour in the self-same phrase to make an answer to the point Eust I come not to lay claim to your
that face Sure I have seen 't before not long since neither Ant. She sees me now O Heaven a most rare creature Cel. Yes 't is the same I will take no notice of ye But if I do not sit ye let me fry for 't Is all this Cackling for your egg they are fair ones Excellent rich no doubt too and may stumble A good staid mind but I can go thus by 'em My honest friend do you set off these Jewels Ant. Set 'em off Lady Cel. I mean sell 'em here Sir Ant. She 's very quick for sale they are not meant sure Cel. For sanctity I think much less good even Sir Ant. Nay noble Lady stay 't is you must wear 'em Never look strange they are worthy your best beauty Cel. Did you speak to me Ant. To you or to none living To you they are sent to you they are sacrificed Cel. I 'le never look a Horse i' th' mouth that 's given I thank ye Sir I 'le send one to reward ye Ant. Do you never ask who sent ' em Cel. Never I Nor never care if it be an honest end That end 's the full reward and thanks but slubber it If it be ill I will not urge the acquaintance Ant. This has a soul indeed pray let me tell ye Cel. I care not if ye do so you do it hansomly And not stand picking of your words Ant. The King sent ' em Cel. Away away thou art some foolish fellow And now I think thou hast stole 'em too the King sent ' em Alas good man wouldst thou make me believe He has nothing to do with things of these worths But want only to sting ' em he 's an old man A good old man they say too I dare swear Full many a year ago he left these gambols Here take your trinkets Ant. Sure I do not lye Lady Cel. I know thou lyest extreamly damnably Thou hast a lying face Ant. I was never thus tatled Cel. But say I should believe why are these sent me And why art thou the Messenger who art thou Ant. Lady look on 'em wisely and then consider Who can send such as these but a King only And to what beauty can they be oblations But only yours for me that am the carrier 'T is only sit you know I am his servant And have fulfil'd his will Cel. You are short and pithy What must my beauty do for these Ant. Sweet Lady You cannot be so hard of understanding When a King's favour shines upon ye gloriously And speaks his love in these Cel. O then love's the matter Sir reverence love now I begin to feel ye And I should be the Kings Whore a brave title And go as glorious as the Sun O brave still The chief Commandress of his Concubines Hurried from place to place to meet his pleasures Ant. A devilish subtil wench but a rare spirit Cel. And when the good old spunge had suckt my youth dry And left some of his Royal aches in my bones When time shall tell me I have plough'd my life up And cast long surrows in my face to link me Ant. You must not think so Lady Cel. Then can these Sir These precious things the price of youth and beauty This shop here of sin-offerings set me off again Can it restore me chaste young innocent Purge me to what I was add to my memory An honest and a noble same The Kings device The sin 's as universal as the Sun is And lights an everlasting Torch to shame me Aâ—t Do you hold so sleight account of a great Kings favour That all knees bow to purchase Cel. Prethee peace If thou knewst how ill savouredly thy tale becomes thee And what ill root it takes Aâ—t You will be wiser Cel. Could the King find no shape to shift his pander into But reverend Age and one so like himself too Aâ—t She has found me out Cel Cozen the world with gravity Prethee resolve me one thing do's the King love thee Aâ—â— I think he do's Ceâ— It seems so by thy Office He loves thy use and when that 's ended hates thee Thou seemest to me a Souldier Ant. Yes I am one Cel. And hast sought for thy Country Aâ—t Many a time Cel. May be commanded too Ant. I have done Lady Cel. O wretched man below the state of pity Canst thou forget thou weâ—t begot in honour A fâ—â—e Companion for a King a Souldier Whose Nobleness dare feel no want but Enemies Canst thou forget this and decline so wretchedly To eat the Bread of Bawdry of base Bawdry Feed on the scum of Sin sling thy Sword from thee Dishonour to the noble name that nursed thee Go beg diseases let them be thy Armours Thy fights the flames of Lust and their soul issues Ant. Why then I am a King and mine own Speaker Cel. And I as free as you mine own Disposer There take your Jewels let them give them lustres That have dark Lives and Souls wear 'em your self Sir You 'l seem a Devil else Ant. I command ye stay Cel. Be just I am commanded Ant. I will not wrong ye Cel. Then thus low falls my duty Ant. Can ye love me Say I and all I have Cel. I cannot love ye Without the breach of faith I cannot hear ye Ye hang â—pon my love like frosts on Lilies I can dye but I cannot love you are answer'd Exâ— Ant. I â—ust find apter means I love her truly Exâ— SCENE II. Enter Demetr Leon. Lieu. Gent. Sould. and Host Dem. Hither do you say she is come Host Yes Sir I am sure on 't For whilest I waited upon ye putting my Wife in trust I know not by what means but the King found her And hither she was brought how or to what end Dem. My Father found her Host So my Wife informs me Dem. Leontius pray draw off the Souldiers I would a while be private Leon. Fall off Gentlemen The Prince would be alone Ex. Leo. and Soul Dem. Is he so cunning There is some trick in this and you must know it And be an agent too which if it prove so Host Pull me to pieces Sir Dem. My Father sound her My Father brought her hither went she willingly Host My Wife sayes full of doubts Dem. I cannot blame her No more there 's no trust no faith in mankind Enter Antigonus Menippus Leontius and Souldiers Ant. Keep her up close he must not come to see her You are welcome nobly now welcome home Gentlemen You have done a courteous service on the Enemy Has tyed his Faith for ever you shall find it Ye are not now in 's debt Son still your sad looks Leontius what 's the matter Leo. Truth Sir I know not We have been merry since we went Lieu. I feel it Ant. Come what 's the matter now do you want mony Sure he has heard o' th' wench Dem. Is that a want Sir I would fain speak to your Grace Ant. You may do freely Dem. And
too The â—atest way to find the truth out hark ye Ye shall be rul'd by me Mem. It will be but Pol. I reach it If the worst fall have at the worst we 'll both go But two days and 't is thus ha Mem. 'T will do well so Pol. Then is' t not excellent do ye conceive it Mem. 'T will work for certain Pol. O 't will tickle her And you shall know then by a line Mem I like it But let me not be fool'd again Pol. Doubt nothing You do me wrong then get ye in there private As I have taught ye Busta Mem. Work Exit Memnon Pol. I will do Eum. Have ye found the cause Pol. Yes and the strangest Gentlemen That e'r I heard of anon I 'll tell ye Stremon Be you still near him to affect his fancy And keep his thoughts off let the Fool and Boy Stay him they may do some pleasure too Eumenes What if he had a Wench a handsome Whore brought Rarely drest up and taught to state it Eum. Well Sir Pol. His cause is meerly heat and made believe It were the Princess mad for him Eum. I think 'T were not amiss 1 Cap. And let him kiss her Pol. What else 2 Cap. I 'll be his Bawd an 't please you young and wholesome I can assure ye he shall have Eum. Faith let him Pol. He shall I hope 't will help him walk a little I 'll tell you how his case stands and my project In which you may be mourners but by all means Stir not you from him Stremon Strem. On our lives Sir Exeunt Enter Priestess and Chilax Pri. O y' are a precious man two days in town And never see your old Friend Chi. Prithee pardon me Pri. And in my Conscience if I had not sent Chi. No more I would ha' come I must Pri. I find ye God a mercy want ye never care for me But when your Slops are empty Chi. Ne'r fear that Wench Shall find good currant Coin still Is this the old House Pri. Have ye forgot it Chi. And the door still standing That goes into the Temple Pri. Still Chi. The Robes too That I was wont to shift in here Pri. All here still Chi. O ye tuff Rogue what troubles have I trotted through What fears and frights every poor Mouse a Monster That I heard stir and every stick I trod on A sharp sting to my Conscience Pri. 'Las poor Conscience Chi. And all to liquor thy old Boots Wench Pri. Out Beast How you talk Chi. I am old Wench And talking to an old man is like a stomacher It keeps his blood warm Pri. But pray tell me Chi. Any thing Pri. Where did the Boy meet with ye at a Wench sure At one end of a Wench a Cup of Wine sure Chi. Thou know'st I am too honest Pri. That 's your fault And that the Surgeon knows Chi. Then farewel I will not fail ye soon Pri. Ye shall stay Supper I have sworn ye shall by this ye shall Chi. I will Wench But after Supper for an hour my business Pri. And but an hour Chi. No by this kiss that ended I will return and all night in thine Arms wench Pr. No more I 'le take your meaning come 't is Supper time Exeunt Enter Calis Cleanthe Lucippe Calis Thou art not well Clean. Your grace sees more a great deal Than I feel yet I lye O Brother Cal. Mark her Is not the quickness of her eye consumed wench The lively red and white Lucip. Nay she is much alter'd That on my understanding all her sleeps Lady Which were as found and sweet Cle. Pray do not force me Good Madam where I am not to be ill Conceit 's double sickness on my faith your highness Is meer mistaken in me A Dead March within of Drum and Sagbutts Cal. I am glad on 't Yet this I have ever noted when thou wast thus It still forerun some strange event my Sister Dâ—ed when thou wast thus last hark hark ho What mournfull noise is this comes creeping forward Still it grows nearer nearer do ye hear it Enter Polydor and Captains Eumenes mourning Lucip. It seems some Souldiers funeral see it enters Cal. What may it mean Pol. The Gods keep ye fair Calis Cal. This man can speak and well he stands and views us Wou'd I were ne'r worse look't upon how humbly His eyes are cast now to the Earth pray mark him And mark how rarely he has rankt his troubles See now he weeps they all weep a sweeter sorrow I never look't upon nor one that braver Becâ—me his grief your will with us Pol. Great Lady Plucks out the Cup. Excellent beauty Cal. He speaks handsomely What a rare rhetorician his grief plaies That stop was admirable Pol. See see thou Princess Tâ—â— great commander of all hearts Cal. I have found it On how my soul shakes Pol. See see the noble heart Of him that was the noblest see and glory Like the proud God himself in what thou hast purchas'd Behold the heart of Memnon does it start ye Cal. Good gods what has his wildness done Pol. Look boldlie You boldlie said you durst look wretched woman Nay flie not back fair follie 't is too late now Vertue and blooming honour bleed to death here Take it the Legacie of Love bequeath'd ye Of cruel Love a cruel Legacie What was the will that wrought it then can ye weep â—â—balm it in your truest tears If women can weep a truth or ever sorrow sunk yet Into the soul of your sex for 't is a Jewel The worlds worth cannot weigh down Take it Lady And with it all I dare not curse my sorrows And may they turn to Serpents Eumen. How she looks Still upon him see now a tear steals from her 2 Capt. But still she keeps her eye firm Pol. Next read this But since I see your spirit somewhat troubled I 'le doe it for ye 2 Capt. Still she eyes him mainlie Got happy heart for thou shalt lye Intomb'd in her for whom I dye Example of her cruelty Tell her if she chance to chide Me for slowness in her pride That it was for her I died If a tear escape her eye 'T is not for my memory But thy rights of obsequy The Altar was my loving breast My heart the sacrificed beast And I was my self the Priest Your body was the sacred shrine Your cruel mind the power divine Pâ—â—as'd wâ—th hearts of men not â—inâ— Fumen Now it pours down Pol. I like it rarelie Ladie Eumen. How greedily she swallows up his language 2 Capt. Her eye inhabits on him Pol. Cruel Ladie Great as your beautie scornfull had your power But equal poâ—se on all hearts all hearts perish't But Cupid has more shafts than one more flames too And now he must be open ey'd 't is Justice Live to injoy your longing live and laugh at The losses and the miseries we suffer Live to be spoken when your crueltie Has cut off all the
usuring Jewellers son I know the Rascal Is mortally faln in love with ye Marg. Is a monster deliver me from mountains Leon. Do you goe a birding for all sorts of people And this evening will come to ye and shew ye Jewels And offers any thing to get access to ye If I can make or sport or profit on him For he is fit for both she bids me use him And so I will be you conformable and follow but my will Marg. I shall not fail Sir Leon. Will the Duke come again do you think Marg. No sure Sir H 'as now no policie to bring him hither Leon. Nor bring you to him if my wit hold fair wife Let 's in to dinner Exeunt Enter Perez Perez Had I but lungs enough to bawl sufficiently That all the queans in Christendom might hear me That men might run away from contagion I had my wish would it were most high treason Most infinite high for any man to marry I mean for any man that would live hand somely And like a Gentleman in his wits and credit What torments shall I put her to Phalaris bull now Pox they love bulling too well though they smoak for 't Cut her a pieces every piece will live still And every morsel of her will do mischief They have so many lives there 's no hanging of 'em They are too light to drown they are cork and feathers To burn too cold they live like Salamanders Under huge heaps of stones to bury her And so depress her as they did the Giants She will move under more than built old Babel I must destroy her Enter Cacafogo with a Casket Caca. Be cozen'd by a thing of clouts a she moth That every silkmans shop breeds to be cheated And of a thousand duckets by a whim wham Perez Who 's that is cheated speak again thou vision But art thou cheated minister some comfort Tell me directly art thou cheated bravely Come prethee come art thou so pure a coxcomb To be undone do not dissemble with me Tell me I conjure thee Caca. Then keep thy circle For I am a spirit wild that flies about thee And who e're thou art if thou be'st humane I 'le let thee plainly know I am cheated damnably Perez Ha ha ha Caca. Dost thou laugh damnably I say most damnably Perez By whom good spirit speak speak ha ha ha Caca. I will utter laugh till thy lungs crack by a rascal woman A lewd abominable and plain woman Dost thou laugh still Perez I must laugh prethee pardon me I shall laugh terribly Caca. I shall be angry terrible angry I have cause Perez That 's it and 't is no reason but thou shouldst be angry Angry at heart yet I must laugh still at thee By a woman cheated art ' sure it was a woman Caca. I shall break thy head my valour itches at thee Perez It is no matter by a woman cozen'd A real woman Caca. A real Devil Plague of her Jewels and her copper chains How rank they smell Perox Sweet cozen'd Sir let me see them I have been cheated too I would have you note that And lewdly cheated by a woman also A scurvie woman I am undone sweet Sir Therefore I must have leave to haugh Caca. Pray ye take it You are the merriest undone man in Europe What need we fiddles bawdy songs and sack When our own miseries can make us merry Perez Ha ha ha I have seen these Jewels what a notable penniworth Have you had next our heart you will not take Sir Some twenty Duckâ—ts Caca. Thou art deceiv'd I will take Perez To clean your bargain now Caca. I 'le take sâ—me ten some any thing some half ten Half a Ducket Perez An excellent lapidary set these stones sure Do you mark their waters Caca. Quick sand choak their waters And hers that bought 'em too but I shall find her Perez And so shall I I hope but do not hurt her You cannot find in all this Kingdom If you had need of cozening as you may have For such gross natures will desire it often 'T is at some time too a fine variety A woman that can cozen ye so neatly She has taken half mine anger off with this trick Exit Caca. If I were valiant now I would kill this fellow I have mony enough lies by me at a pinch To pay for twenty Rascals lives that vex me I 'le to this Lady there I shall be satisfied Exit Enter Leon and Margarita Leon. Come we 'l away unto your country house And there we 'l learn to live contently This place is full of charge and full of hurry No part of sweetness dwells about these cities Marg. Whither you will I wait upon your pleasure Live in a hollow tree Sir I 'le live with ye Leon. I now you strike a harmony a true one When your obedience waits upon your Husband And your sick will aims at the care of honour Why now I dote upon ye love ye dearly And my rough nature falls like roaring streams Clearly and sweetly into your embraces O what a Jewel is a woman excellent A wise a vertuous and a noble woman When we meet such we bear our stamps on both sides And through the world we hold our currant virtues Alone we are single medals only faces And wear our fortunes out in useless shadows Command you now and ease me of that trouble I 'le be as humble to you as a servant Bid whom you please invite your noble friends They shall be welcome all visit acquaintance God at your pleasure now experience Has link't you fast unto the chain of goodness Clashing swords A cry within down with their swords What noise is this what dismal cry Marg. 'T is loud too Sure there 's some mischief done i' th' street look out there Leon. Look out and help Enter a Servant Serv. Oh Sir the Duke Medina Leon. What of the Duke Medina Serv. Oh sweet Gentleman is almost slain Mar. Away away and help him all the house help Exit Servant Leon. How slain why Margarita Why wife sure some new device they have a foot again Some trick upon my credit I shall meet it I had rather guide a ship Imperial Alone and in a storm than rule one woman Enter Duke Margarita Sanchio Alonzo Servant Marg. How came ye hurt Sir Duke I felt out with my friend the noble Coronel My cause was naught for 't was about your honour And he that wrongs the Innocent ne'r prospers And he has left me thus for charity Lend me a bed to ease my tortur'd body That e're I perish I may show my penitence I fear I am slain Leon. Help Gentlemen to carry him There shall be nothing in this house my Lord But as your own Duke I thank ye noble Sir Leon. To bed with him and wife give your attendance Enter Juan Juan Doctors and Surgions Duke Do not disquiet me But let me take my leave in peace Ex. Duke Sanchio Alon. Marg. Servant
or for Surfeits A shaking fit of a whip sometimes o'retakes ye Marry you dye most commonly of choakings Obstructions of the halter are your ends ever Pray leave your horn and your knife for her to live on Eva. Poor wretched people why do you wrong your selves Though I fear'd death I should fear you ten times more You are every one a new death and an odious The earth will purifie corrupted bodies You 'll make us worse and stink eternally Go home go home and get good Nurses for you Dream not of Wives Fred. You shall have one of 'em if they dare venture for ye Evan. They are dead already Crawling diseases that must creep into The next grave they find open are these fit Husbands For her you have loved Sir though you hate me now And hate me mortally as I hate you Your nobleness in that you have done otherwise And named Evanthe once as your poor Mistris Might offer worthier choice Fre. Speak who dare take her for one moneth and then dye Phy. Dye Sir Fred. I dye Sir that 's the condition Phy. One moneth is too little For me to repent in for my former pleasure To go still on unless I were sure she would kill me And kill me delicately before my day Make it up a year for by that time I must dye My body will hold out no longer Fred. No Sir it must be but a moneth Law Then farewel Madam This is like to be a great year of dissention Among good people and I dare not lose it There will me money got Capt. Bless your good Ladiship there 's nothing in the grave but bones and ashes In Taverns there 's good wine and excellent wenches And Surgeons while we live Cutp. Adieu sweet Lady Lay me when I am dead near a rich Alderman I cannot pick his Purse no I 'le no dying Though I steal Linnen I 'le not steal my shrowd yet All. Send ye a happy match Exeunt Fool. And you all halters you have deserved 'em richly These do all Villanies and mischiefs of all sorts yet those they fear not To flinch where a fair wench is at the stake Evan. Come your sentence let me dye you see Sir None of your valiant men dare venture on me A Moneth's a dangerous thing Enter Valerio disguis'd Fred. Away with her let her dye instantly Evan. Will you then be willing To dye at the time prefixt that I must know too And know it beyond doubt Fred. What if I did wench Evan. On that condition if I had it certain I would be your any thing and you should injoy me How ever in my nature I abhor you Yet as I live I would be obedient to you But when your time came how I should rejoyce How then I should bestir my self to thank ye To see your throat cut how my heart would leap Sir I would dye with you but first I would so torture ye And cow you in your end so despise you For a weak and wretched coward you must end sure Still make ye fear and shake despised still laugh at ye Fred. Away with her let her dye instantly Cam. Stay there 's another and a Gentleman His habit shews no less may be his business Is for this Ladies love Fred. Say why ye come Sir and what you are Val. I am descended nobly a Prince by birth and by my trade a Souldier A Princes fellow Abidos brought me forth My Parents Duke Agenor and fair Egla My business hither to renew my love With a young noble spirit call'd Valerio Our first acquaintance was at Sea in fight Against a Turkish man of War a stout one Where Lyon-like I saw him shew his valour And as he had been made of compleat vertue Spirit and fire no dregs of dull earth in him Evan. Thou art a brave Gentleman and bravely speakest him Val. The Vessel dancing under him for joy And the rough whistling winds becalm'd to view him I saw the child of honour for he was young Deal such an Alms amongst the spightful Pagans His towring sword flew like an eager Falkon And round about his reach invade the Turks He had intrencht himself in his dead quarries The silver Crescents on the tops they carried Shrunk in their heads to see his rage so bloody And from his fury suffered sad eclipses The game of death was never plaid more nobly The meager thief grew wanton in his mischiefs And his shrunk hollow eyes smil'd on his ruinâ—s Evan. Heaven keep this Gentleman from being a Suitor For I shall ne'r deny him he 's so noble Val. But what can last long strength and spirit wasted And fresh supplies flew on upon this Gentleman Breathless and weary with oppression And almost kill'd with killing 't was my chance In a tall Ship I had to view the fight I set into him entertain'd the Turk And for an hour gave him so hot a breakfast He clapt all linnen up he had to save him And like a Lovers thought he fled our fury There first I saw the man I lov'd Valerio There was acquainted there my soul grew to him And his to me we were the twins of friendship Evan. Fortune protect this man or I shall ruine him Val. I made this voyage to behold my friend To warm my love anew at his affection But since I landed I have heard his fate My Father 's had not been to me more cruel I have lamented too and yet I keep The treasure of a few tears for you Lady For by description you were his Evanthe Evan. Can he weep that 's a stranger to my story And I stand still and look on Sir I thank ye If noble spirits after their departure Can know and wish certain his soul gives thanks too There are your tears again and when yours fail Sir Pray ye call to me I have some store to lend ye Your name Val. Vrbino Evan. That I may remember That little time I have to live your friendships My tongue shall study both Fred. Do you come hither only to tell this story Prince Vrbino Val. My business now is Sir to woo this Lady Evan. Blessing defâ—nd ye do you know the danger Val. Yes and I fear it not danger 's my play-fellow Since I was man 'thas been my best companion I know your doom 't is for a Moneth you give her And then his life you take that marries her Fred. 'T is true nor can your being born a Prince If you accept the offer free you from it Val. I not 〈◊〉 it I have cast the worst And even that worst to me is many blessings I lov'd my friend not mâ—asuâ—'d out by time Nor hireâ— by circumstance of place and honour But for his wealthy self and worth I lov'd him His minâ— and noble mold he ever mov'd in And wooe his friend because she was worthy of him The only relique that he left behind Sir To give his ashes honour Lady take me And in me keep Valerio's love alive
him When he once toss'd his blade in face Adonis While peace inhabited between his eye-brows But when his noble anger stirr'd his metal And blew his fierie parts into a flame Like Pallas when she sits between two armies Viewing with horrid brows their sad events Such then he look'd and as her shield had arm'd him Cal. This man Sir were a friend to give an age for This Gentleman I must love naturally Nothing can keep me off I pray you go on Sir Dor. I will for now you please me this brave youth This bud of Mars for yet he is no riper When once he had drawn bloud and flesh'd his sword Fitted his manly metal to his spirit How he bestirr'd him what a lane he made And through their fierie Bullets thrust securely The hardned villains wondring at his confidence Lame as I was I follow'd and admir'd too And stirr'd and laid about me with new spirit My men too with new hearts thrust into action And down the Rogues went Cle. I am struck with wonder Dor. Remember but the storie of strong Hector When like to lightning he broke through his vanguard How the Greeks frighted ran away by Troops And trod down Troops to save their lives so this man Dispers'd these slaves had they been more and mightier He had come off the greater and more wonder Cle. Where is the man good Sir that we may honour him Cal. That we may fall in superstition to him Dor. I know not that from me he late departed But not without that pious care to see safe Me and my weak men lodg'd and dress'd I urg'd him First hither that I might more freely thank him He told me he had business crav'd my pardon Business of much import Cle. Know you his name Dor. That he deny'd me too a vow had bar'd him Cal. In that he was not noble to be nameless Dor. Daughter you must remember him when I am dead And in a noble sort requite his piety 'T was his desire to dedicate this service To your fair thoughts Cal. He knows me then Dor. I nam'd you And nam'd you mine I think that 's all his knowledge Cle. No name no being Cal. Now I am mad to know him Saving mine honour any thing I had now But to enjoy his sight but his bare picture Make me his Saint I must needs honour him Serv. I know his name Cal. There 's thy reward for 't speak it Ser. His man told me but he desir'd my silence Cal. O Jasper speak 't is thy good Masters cause too We all are bound in gratitude to compel thee Ser. Lisander Yes I am sure it was Lisander Cal. Lisander 't was Lisander Cle. 'T is Lisander O my base thoughts my wicked To make question this act could be another mans 'T is Lisander a handsome timber'd man Ser. Yes Cle. My Lisander Was this friends absence to be mourn'd Cal. I grant it I 'le mourn his going now and mourn it seriously When you weep for him Sir I 'le bear you company That so much honour so much honesty Should be in one man to do things thus bravely Make me his Saint to me give this brave service What may I do to recompence his goodness I cannot tell Cle. Come Sir I know you are sickly so are your men Dor. I must confess I am weak And fitter for a bed than long discourses Cle. You shall hear to morrow to morrow provide Surgeons Dor. Lisander Cal. What new fire is this Lisander Exeunt Actus Secundus Scena Prima Enter Lisander and Lancelot Lis PRâ—thee good Lancelot remember that Thy Master's life is in thy trust and therefore Be very carefull Lanc. I will lose mine own rather than hazard yours Lisa Take what disguise You in your own discretion shall think fittest To keep your self unknown Lanc. I warrant ye 'T is not the first time I have gone invisible I am as fine a Fairie in a business Concerning night-work Lisa Leave your vanities With this purse which deliver'd You may spare your Oratory convey this Letter to Calista's woman Lanc. 'T is a handsom girle Mistris Clarinda Lisa I have made her mine You know your work Lan. And if I sweat not in it At my return discard me Exit Lisa O Calista the fairest cruellest Enter Clarange Clar. So early stirring a good day to you Lisa I was viewing Sir The site of your house and the handsomness about it Believe me it stands healthfully and sweetly Clar. The house and Master of it really Are ever at your service Lisa I return it Now if you please go forward in your storie Of your dear friend and Mistris Clar. I will tell it And tell it short because 't is breakfast time And love is a tedious thing to a quick stomach You eat not yester-night Lisa I shall endure Sir Clara. My self and as I then deliver'd to you A Gentleman of noble hope one Lidian Both brought up from our infancy together One company one friendship and one exercise Ever affecting one bed holding us One grief and one joy parted still between us More than companions twins in all our actions We grew up till we were men held one heart still Time call'd us on to Arms we were one Souldier Alike we sought our dangers and our honours Gloried alike one in anothers nobleness When Arms had made us fit we were one lover We lov'd one woman lov'd without division And woo'd a long time with one fair affection And she as it appears loves us alike too At length considering what our love must grow to And covet in the end this one was parted Rivals and honours make men stand at distance We then woo'd with advantage but were friends still Saluted fairly kept the peace of love We could not both enjoy the Ladies favour Without some scandal to her reputation We put it to her choice this was her sentence To part both from her and the last returning Should be her Lord we obey'd and now you know it And for my part so truely I am touch'd with 't I will go far enough and be the last too Or ne're return Lisa A sentence of much cruelty But mild compar'd with what 's pronounc'd on me Our loving youth is born to many miseries What is that Lidian pray ye Clar. Calista's Brother if ever you have heard of that fair Lady Lisa I have seen her Sir Clar. Then you have seen a wonder Lisa I do confess of what years is this Lidian Clar. About my years there is not much between us Lisa I long to know him Clar. 'T is a vertuous longing As many hopes hang on his noble head As blossoms on a bough in May and sweet ones Lisa Ye are a fair storie of your friend Clar. Of truth Sir now what 's the matter Enter a Servant Serv. There is a Gentleman At door would speak with you on private business Clar. With me Serv. He saies so and brings haste about him Clar. Wait on
plot of Cloridons kinsman Upon Lisanders life for a fall given to Cloridon 'Fore the King as they encountred at a solemn tilting Alci It is now reveng'd In brief a challenge was brought to Lisander By one Chrysantes and as far as valour Would give him leave declin'd by bold Lisander But peace refus'd and braves on braves heap'd on him Alone he met the opposites ending the quarrel With both their lives Ber. I am truly sorry for 't Alci The King incensed for his favorites death Hath set a price upon Lisanders head As a reward to any man that brings it Alive or dead to gain this every where He is pursu'd and laid for and the friendship Between him and your noble Brother known His house in reason cannot pass unsearcht And that 's the principal cause that drew me hither To hasten his remove if he had chosen This Castle for his sanctuary Ber. 'T was done nobly And you most welcom this night pray you take A lodging with us and at my intreaty Conceal this from my Brother he is grown Exceeding sad of late and the hard fortune Of one he values at so high a rate Will much encrease his melancholy Alci I am tutor'd pray you lead the way Ber. To serve you I will shew it Exeunt Enter Cleander with a Book Cle. Nothing more certain than to dye but when Is most uncertain if so every hour We should prepare us for the journey which Is not to be put off I must submit To the divine decree not argue it And chearfully I welcom it I have Dispos'd of my estate confess'd my sins And have remission from my Ghosty Father Being at peace too here the apparition Proceeded not from fancy Dorilaus Savâ— it and heard it with me it made answer To our demands and promis'd if 't were not Deny'd to him by fate he would forewarn me Of my approaching end I feel no symptome Of sickness yet I know not how a dulness Invades me all over Ha Enter Host Host I come Sir To keep my promise and as far as spirits Are sensible of sorrow for the living I grieve to be the messenger to tell you E're many hours pass you must resolve To fill a grave Cle. And feast the worms Host Even so Sir Clea. I hear it like a man Host It well becomes you there 's no evading it Cle. Can you discover by whose means I must dye Host That is deny'd me But my prediction is too sure prepare To make your peace with heaven So farewel Sir Ex. Cle. I see no enemy near and yet I tremble Like a pale coward my sad doom pronounc'd By this aerial voice as in a glass Shews me my death in its most dreadfull shape What rampire can my humane frailty raise Against the assault of fate I do begin To fear my self my inward strengths forsake me I must call out for help Within there haste And break in to my rescue Enter Dorilaus Calista Olinda Beronte Alcidon Servants and Clarinda at several doors Dor. Rescue where shew me your danger Cal. I will interpose My loyall breast between you and all hazard Ber. Your Brothers Sword secures you Alci A true friend will dye in your defence Clean. I thank ye To all my thanks Encompass'd thus with friends How can I fear and yet I do I am wounded Mortally wounded nay it is within I am hurt in my minde One word Dor. A thousand Cle. I shall not live to speak so many to you Dor. Why what for bids you Cle. But even now the spirit Of my dead Host appear'd and told me that This night I should be with him did you not meet it It went out at that door Dor. A vain Chimera Of your imagination can you think Mine Host would not as well have spoke to me now As he did in the Inn these waking dreams Not alone trouble you but strike a strange Distraction in your Family see the tears Of my poor Daughter faiâ— Olinda's sadness Your Brothers and your friends grief servants sorrow Good Son bear up you have many years to live A comfort to us all let 's in to supper Ghosts never walk till after mid-night if I may believe my Grannam We will wash These thoughts away with Wine spight of Hobgoblins Cle. You reprehend me justly gentle Madam And all the rest forgive me I 'le endeavour To be merry with you Dor. That 's well said Beron. I have procur'd your pardon Cal. Once more I receive you Into my service but take especial care You fall no further Clar. Never Madam Sir When you shall find fit time to call me to it I will make good what I have said Ber. Till when upon your life be silent Dor. We will have a health unto Lisander Cle. His name Sir Somewhat revives me but his sight would cure me How ever let 's to supper Olin. Would Clarange And Lidian were here too as they should be If wishes cou'd prevail Cal. They are fruitless Madam Ex. Enter Leon. Leon. If that report speak truth Clarinda is Discharg'd her Ladies service and what burthen I then have drawn upon me is apparent The crop she reapt from her attendance was Her best Revenue and my principal means Clarinda's bounty though I labour'd hard for 't A younger Brother's fortune must I now Have soure sawce after sweet meats and be driv'n To leavie half a Crown a week besides Clouts Sope and Candles for my heir Apparent If she prove as she swears she is with child Such as live this way find like me though wenching Hath a fair face there 's a Dragon in the tail of 't That stings toth ' quick I must skulk here until I am resolv'd how my heart pants between My hopes and fears she 's come are we in the Port If not let 's sink together Enter Clarinda Clar. Things go better Than you deserve you carry things so openly I must bear every way I am once more In my Ladies grace Leon. And I m yours Clar. It may be but I have sworn unto my Lady never To sin again Leon. To be surpriz'd the sin Is in it self excusable to be taken Is a crime as the Poet writes Clar. You know my weakness And that makes you so confident You have got A fair sword was it not Lisanders Leon. Yes Wench And I grown valiant by the wearing of it It hath been the death of two With this Lisander Slew Clorindon and Chrysanthes I took it up Broken in the handle but that is reform'd And now in my possession the late Master Dares never come to challenge it this sword And all the weapons that I have are ever Devoted to thy service Shall we bill I am very gamesome Clar. I must first dispose of The fool Malfort he hath smoak'd you and is not But by some new device to be kept from me I have it here shall fit him you know where You must expect me with all possible silence Get thither Leon.
prevail so with you That you a while should leave your Hermits strictness And on his Monument pay a tear or two To witness how you lov'd him Lid. O my heart to witness how I lov'd him would he had not Led me into his Grave but sacrific'd His sorrows upon mine he was my friend My noble friend I will bewail his ashes His fortunes and poor mine were born together And I will weep 'em both I will kneel by him And on his hallow'd Earth do my last duties I 'll gather all the pride of Spring to deck him Wood bines shall grow upon his honour'd Grave And as they prosper clasp to shew our friendship And when they wither I 'll dye too Clar. Who would not Desire to dye to be bewail'd thus nobly Fry There is a Legacy he hath bequeath'd you But of what value I must not discover Until those Rites and pious Ceremonies Are duly tender'd Lid. I am too full of sorrow to be inquisitive Lis To think of his I do forget mine own woes Enter Alcidon Alc. Graze thy fill now Thou hast done thy business ha who have we here Lisander Lidian and two Reverend Fryars What a strange scene of sorrow is express'd In different postures in their looks and station A common Painter eying these to help His dull invention might draw to the life The living Sons of Priam as they stood On the pale Walls of Troy when Hector fell Under Achilles's Spear I come too late My Horse though good and strong mov'd like a Tortoise Ill News had wings and hath got here before me All Pythagoreans not a word Lid. O Alcidon Deep Rivers with soft murmurs glide along The shallow roar Clarange Lis Cloridon Chrysanthes spare my grief and apprehend What I should speak Alc. Their fates I have long since For your sakes mourn'd Clarange's death for so Your silence doth confirm till now I heard not Are these the bounds that are prescrib'd unto Tâ—â— swelling seas of sorrow Lis The bounds Alcidon Can all the winds of mischief from all Quarters Euphrates Ganges Tigris Volga Po Paying at once their tribute to this Ocean Make it swell higher I am a Murtherer Banish'd proscrib'd is there ought else that can Be added to it Lid. I have lost a friend Priz'd dearer than my being and he dead My miseries at the height contemn the worst Of Fortunes malice Alc. How our humane weakness Grown desperate from small disasters makes us Imagine them a period to our sorrows When the first syllable of greater woes Is not yet written Lid. How Lis Speak it at large Since grief must break my heart I am ambitious It should be exquisite Alc. It must be told Yet ere you hear it with all care put on The surest armour anvil'd in the Shop Of passive fortitude the good Cleander Your friend is murther'd Lis 'T is a terrible pang And yet it will not do I live yet act not The Torturers part if that there be a blow Beyond this give it and at once dispatch me Alc. Your Sword died in his heart-bloud was found near him Your private Conference at mid-night urg'd With fair Calista which by her whose pure truth Would never learn to tell a lie being granted She by enrag'd Beronte is accus'd Of Murther and Adultery and you However I dare swear it false concluded Her principal Agent Lid. Wave upon wave rowls o'r me My Sister my dear Sister Clar. Hold great heart Fry Tear open his Doublet Lis Is this wound too narrow For my life to get out at Bring me to A Cannon loaded and some pitying friend Give fire unto it while I nail my breast Unto his thundring mouth that in the instant I may be piece-meal torn and blown so far As not one joint of my dismember'd limbs May ever be by search of man found out Cleander Yet why name I him however His fall deserv'd an Earth-quake if compar'd With what true honour in Calista suffers Is of no moment my good Angel keep me From Blasphemy and strike me dumb before In th' agony of my spirit I do accuse The Powers above for their unjust permission Of Vertue innocent Vertue to be branded With the least vicious mark Clar. I never saw a man so far transported Alc. Give it way 't is now no time to stop it Enter Lancelot Lanc. Sir I have bought Fresh horses and as you respect your life Speedily back 'em the Archers of the Kings guard Are every where in quest of you Lis My life Perish all such with thee that wish it longer Let it but clear Calista's innocence Strikes Lancelot And Nestor's Age to mine was Youth I 'll flye To meet the rage of my incensed King And wish his favourites Ghost appear'd in Flames To urge him to revenge let all the tortures That Tyranny e're found out circle me Provided Justice set Calista free Exeunt Lisander Alcidon and Lancelot Alc. I 'll follow him Lid. I am rooted here Fry Remember your dear friends last request your sisters dangers With the aids that you may lend her Lid 'Pray you support me My Legs deny their Office Clar. I grow still Farther engag'd unto his matchless vertues And I am dead indeed until I pay The debt I owe him in a noble way Exeunt Actus Quintus Scena Prima Enter Dorilaus and Servant Dor. THou hast him safe Serv. As fast as locks can make him He must break through three doors and cut the throats Of ten tall fellows if that he ' scape us Besides as far as I can apprehend He hath no such invention for his looks Are full of penitence Dor. Trust not a Knaves look They are like a Whores Oaths How does my poor Daughter Brook her restraint Serv. With such a resolution As well becomes your Lordships Child Knock within Dor. Who 's that Enter Lemure Serv. Monsieur Lemure Dor. This is a special favour And may stand an example in the Court For courtesie it is the Clients duty To wait upon his Patron you prevent me That am your humble Suitor Lem. My near place About the King though it swell others cannot Make me forget your worth and Age which may Challenge much more respect and I am sorry That my endeavours for you have not met with The good success I wish'd I mov'd the King With my best advantage both of time and place I' th' favour of your Daughter Dor. How do you find his Majesty affected Lem. Not to be Sway'd from the rigour of the Law yet so far The rarity of the Cause hath won upon him That he resolves to have in his own person The hearing of it her tryal will be noble And to my utmost strength where I may serve her My aids shall not be wanting Dor. I am your servant Lem. One word more if you love Lisanders life Advise him as he tenders it to keep Out of the way if he be apprehended This City cannot ransom him so good morrow Exit Dor. All happiness
VI. Enter two Keepers 1 Keep Carry mad Bess some meat she roars like Thunder And tie the Parson short the Moon 's i' th' full H 'as a thousand Pigs in 's brains Who looks to the Prentice Keep him from Women he thinks h 'as lost his Mistris And talk of no silk stuffs 't will run him horn mad 2 Keep The Justice keeps such a stir yonder with his Charges And such a coil with warrants 1 Keep Take away his Statutes The Devil has possest him in the likeness Of penal Laws keep him from Aqua vitae For if that spirit creep into his Quorum He will commit us all how is it with the Scholar 2 Keep For any thing I see he 's in his right wits 1 Keep Thou art an ass in 's right wits goodman coxcomb As though any man durst be in 's right wits and be here It is as much as we dare be that keep ' em Enter English madman Engl. Give me some drink 1 Keep O there 's the English man Engl. Fill me a thousand pots and froth 'em froth ' em Down o' your knees ye Rogues and pledge me roundly One two three and four we shall all be merry within this hour To the great Turk 1 Keep Peace peace thou Heathen drunkard These English are so Malt-mad there 's no medling with 'em When they have a fruitful year of Barly there All the whole Island 's thus Engl. A snuff a snuff a snuff A lewd notorious snuff give 't him again boy Enter she-fool Fool. God-ye-good even Gaffer 2 Keep Who let the Fool loose 1 Keep If any of the mad-men take her she is pepper'd They 'll bounce her loins Fool. Will ye walk into the coal house 1 Keep She is as leacherous too as a she Ferret 2 Keep Who a vengeance looks to her go in Kate I 'le give thee a fine Apple Fool. Will ye buss me And tickle me and make me laugh 1 Keep I 'le whip ye Engl. Fool fool come up to me fool Fool. Are ye peeping Engl. I 'le get thee with five fools Fool. O fine O dainty Engl. And thou shalt lie in a horse-cloth like a Lady Fool. And shall I have a Coach Engl. Drawn with four Turkeys And they shall tread thee too Fool. We shall have eggs then And shall I sit upon ' em Engl. I I and they shall be all addle And make an admirable Tanzey for the Devil Come come away I am taken with thy love fool And will mightily belabour thee 1 Keep How the fool bridles how she twitters at him These English men would stagger a wise woman If we should suffer her to have her will now We should have all the women in Spain as mad as she here 2 Keep They would strive who should be most fool Away with her Enter Master three Gentlemen a mad Scholar and Pedro. Fool. Pray ye stay a little let 's hear him sing h 'as a fine breast 1 Keep Here comes my Master to the spit ye whore And stir no more abroad but tend your business You shall have no more sops i' th' pan else nor no Porridge Besides I 'le whip your breech Fool. I 'le go in presently 1 Gent. I 'le assure ye Sir the Cardinal 's angry with ye For keeping this young man Mast I am heartily sorry If ye allow him sound pray ye take him with ye 1 Gent. This is the place and now observe their humours 2 Gent. We can find nothing in him light nor tainted No startings nor no rubs in all his answers In all his Letters nothing but discretion Learning and handsome stile Mast Be not deceived Sir Mark but his look 1 Gent. His grief and his imprisonment May stamp that there Mast Pray talk with him again then 2 Gent. That will be needless we have tried him long enough And if he had a taint we should have met with 't Yet to discharge your care Ped. A sober youth Pity so heavy a cross should light upon him 2 Gent. You find no sickness Schol. None Sir I thank Heaven Nor nothing that diverts my understanding 1 Gent. Do you sleep a nights Schol. As sound and sweet as any man 2 Gent. Have ye no fearful dreams Schol. Sometimes as all have That go to bed with raw and windy stomachs Else I am all one piece 1 Gent. Is there no unkindness You have conceiv'd from any friend or parent Or scorn from what ye lov'd Schol. No truely Sir I never yet was master of a faith So poor and weak to doubt my friend or kindred And what love is unless it lie in learning I think I am ignorant 1 Gent. This man is perfect A civiller discourser I ne'r talk'd with Mast You 'l find it otherwise 2 Gent. I must tell ye true Sir I think ye keep him here to teach him madness Here 's his discharge from my Lord Cardinal And come Sir go with us Schol. I am bound unto ye And farewel Master Mast Farewel Stephano Alas poor man 1 Gent. What flaws and whiâ—lâ—s of weather Oâ— rather storms have been aloft these three daies How dark and hot and fuâ—â— of mutiny And still grows loudâ—r Mast It has been stubborn wâ—ather 2 Gent. Strange work at Sea I fear mâ— there 's old tumbling 1 Gent. Bless my old Unkles Bark I have a â—â—nture 2 Gent. And I more than I would wish to lose Schâ—l Do you fear 2 Gent. Ha! how he looks Mast Nay mark 〈◊〉 bâ—tter Gentlemen 2 Gent. Mercy upon mâ— how his â—yâ—s are altered Mast Now tell me how ye like him whethâ—â— now He be that p â—fâ—ct man ye credited Schol. Do's the Sea stagger ye Mast Now ye have hit the nick Schol. Do ye fear the billows 1 Gent. What ails him who has stir'd him Schol. Be not shaken Nor let the singing of the storm shoot through ye Let it blow on blow on let the clouds wrastle And let the vapours of the earth turn mutinous The Sea in hideous mountains rise and tumble Upon a Dolphins back I 'le make all trâ—mblâ— For I am Neptune Mast Now what think ye of him 2 Gent. Alas poor man Schol. Your Bark shall plough through all And not a Singe so fancy to disturb her I 'le see hâ—r safe my power shall sail bâ—fore her Down ye anâ—ry waters all Ye loud whistling whiâ—lâ—winds fall Down ye proud Waves ye storms cease I command ye be at peace Fright not with your churlâ—sh Notes Nor bruise the Keel of â—ark that slotes No devouring Fish come nigh Nor Monster in my Empery Once shew his head or terror bring But let the weary Saylor sing Amphitrite with white arms Strike my Lute I le sing Charms Mast He must have Musick now I must observe him His sit will grow too full else Musick Song 2 Gent. I must pity him Mast Now he will in himself most quietly And clean forget all as he had done nothing 1 Gent. We are sorry Sir and we have seen a
attentive Jac. Hark are the Waits abroad Fab. Be softer prethee 'T is private musick Jac. What a dyn it makes I had rather hear a Jews trump than these Lutes They cry like School-boys Fabr. Prethee Jacomo Jac. Well I will hear or sleep I care not whether THE SONG Enter at the Window Frank and Clora 1. TEll me dearest what is Love 2. 'T is a lightning from above 'T is an arrow 't is a fire 'T is a boy they call Desire Both. 'T is a grave Gapes to have Those poor fools that long to prove 1. Tell me more are Women true 2. Yes some are and some as you Some are willing some are strange Since you men first taught to change Both. And till troth Be in both All shall love to love anew 1. Tell me more yet can they grieve 2. Yes and sicken sore but live And be wise and delay When you men are as wise as they Both. Then I see Faih will be Never till they both believe Fran. Clora come hither who are these below there Clor. Where Fran. There Clor. Ha I should know their shapes Though it be darkish there are both our Brothers What should they make thus late here Fran. What 's the tother Clor. What tother Fran. He that lyes along there Clor. O I see him As if he had a branch of some great Petigree Grew out on 's belly Fran. Yes Clor. That should be If I have any knowledge in proportion Fab. They see us Fred. 'T is no matter Fab. What a log Is this to sleep such musique out Fred. No more let 's hear ' em Clor. If I have any knowledge in proportion The Captain Jacomo those are his legs Upon my conscience Fran. By my faith and neat ones Clor. You mean the boots I think they are neat by nature Fra. As thou art knavish would I saw his face Clor. 'T would scare you in the dark Fran. A worse than that Has never scar'd you Clora to my knowledge Clor. 'T is true for I never have seen a worse Nor while I say my prayers heartily I hope I shall not Fran. Well I am no tell tale But is it not great pity tell me Clora That such a brave deserving Gentleman As every one delivers this to be Should have no more respect and worth flung on him By able men Were I one of these great ones Such vertues should not sleep thus Clor. Were he greater He would sleep more I think I 'le waken him Fran. Away ye fool Clor. Is he not dead already and they two taking order About his Blacks me thinks they are very busie A fine clean coarse he is I would have him buried Even as he lyes cross legg'd like one o' th' Templers If his Westphalia gammons will hold crossing And on his brest a buckler with a pike in 't In which I would have some learned Cutler Compile an Epitaph and at his feet A musquet with this word upon a Label Which from the cocks mouth thus should be delivered I have discharg'd the office of a Souldier Fran. Well if thy Father were a Souldier Thus thou wouldst use him Clora Such a Souldier I would indeed Fab. If he hear this not all The power of man could keep him from the windows Till they were down and all the doors broke open For Gods sake make her cooler I dare not venture To bring him else I know he will go to buffets Within five words with her if she holds this spirit Let 's waken him and away we shall hear worse else Fran. Well if I be not even with thee Clora Let me be hang'd for this I know thou dost it Only to anger me and purge thy wit Which would break out else Clora I have found ye I 'le be no more cross bid 'em good night Fran. No no they shall not know we have seen 'em Shut the window Ex. Fran. and Clora Fab. Will you get up Sir Jac. Have you paid the Fidlers Fab. You are not left to do it Fie upon thee Hast thou forsworn manners Jac. Yes unless They would let me eat my meat without long graces Or drink without a preface to the pledger Ofâ— will it please you shall I be so bold Sir Let me remember your good bed-fellow And lye and kiss my hand unto my Mistris As often as an Ape does for an Aple These are meer Schisms in Souldiers where 's my friend These are to us as bitter as purgations We love that general freedom we are bred to Hang these faint fooleries they smell of peace Do they not friend Fab. Faith Sir to me they are As things indifferent yet I use 'em not Or if I did they would not prick my conscience Fred. Come shall we go 't is late Jac. Yes any whither But no more Musick it has made me dull Fab. Faith any thing but drinking disturbs thee Jacomo We 'l ev'n to bed Jac. Content Fab. Thou wilt dream of wenches Jac. I never think of any I thank Heaven But when I am drunk and then 't is but to cast A cheap way how they may be all destroy'd Like vermine let 's away I am very sleepy Fab. I thou art ever so or angry come Exeunt Actus Tertius Scena Prima Enter Julio and Angelo Jul. I Will but see her once more Angelo That I may hate her more and then I am My self again Ang. I would not have thee tempt lust 'T is a way dangerous and will deceive thee Hadst thou the constancy of all men in thee Jul. Having her sins before me I dare see her Were she as catching as the plague and deadly And tell her she is fouler than all those And far more pestilent if not repentant And like a strong man chide her well and leave her Ang. 'T is easily said what complexion is she Jul. Make but a curious frame unto thy self As thou wouldst shape an Angel in thy thought Such as the Poets when their fancies sweat Imagine Juno is or fair ey'd Pallas And one more excellent than all those figures Shalt thou find her she 's brown but of a sweetness If such a poor word may express her beauty Believe me Angelo would do more mischief With a forc't smile than twenty thousand Cupids With their love quivers full of Ladies eyes And twice as many flames could fling upon us Ang. Of what age is she Jul. As a Rose at fairest Neither a bud nor blown but such a one Were there a Hercules to get again With all his glory or one more than he The god would choose out amongst a race of women To make a Mother of she is outwardly All that bewitches sense all that entices Nor is it in our vertue to uncharm it And when she speaks oh Angelo then musick Such as old Orpheus made that gave a soul To aged mountains and made rugged beasts Lay by their rages and tall trees that knew No sound but tempests to bow down their branches And hear and wonder
death indeed Pen. It shall be sharp Sir Petill. Why Mithridates was an arrant asse To dye by poison if all Bosphorus Could lend him Swords your Sword must do the deed 'T is shame to dye choak'd fame to dye and bleed Pen. Thou hast confirmed me and my good Petillius Tell me no more I may live Petill. 'T was my Commission But now I see ye in a nobler way A way to make all even Pen. Fare-well Captain Be a good man and fight well be obedient Command thy self and then thy men Why shakest thou Petill. I do not Sir Pen. I would thou hadst Petillius I would find something to forsake the world with Worthy the man that dies a kind of earth-quake Through all stern valors but mine own Petill. I feel now A kind of trembling in me Pen. Keep it still As thou lov'st virtue keep it Petill. And brave Captain The graet and honoured Penyus Pen. That again O how it heightens me again Petillius Petill. Most excellent Commander Pen. Those were mine Mine only mine Petill. They are still Pen. Then to keep 'em For ever falling more have at ye heavens Ye everlasting powers I am yours The work 's done Kills himself That neither fire nor age nor melting envy Shall ever conquer Carry my last words To the great General kiss his hands and say My soul I give to heaven my fault to justice Which I have done upon my self my virtue If ever there was any in Poor Penyus Made more and happier light on him I faint And where there is a foe I wish him fortune I dye lye lightly on my ashes gentle earth Petill. And on my sin Farewell great Penyus Noise within The souldier is in fury Now I am glad 'T is done before he comes This way for me The way of toile for thee the way of honor Exit Enter Drusus and Regulus with Souldiers Sould. Kill him kill him kill him Dru. What will ye do Reg. Good soldiers honest soldiers Sould. Kill him kill him kill him Dru. Kill us first we command too Reg. Valiant Soldiers Consider but whose life ye seek O Drusus Bid him be gone he dies else Shall Rome say Ye most approved Souldiers her dear children Devoured the fathers of the fights shall rage And stubborn fury guide those swords to slaughter To slaughter of their own to civil ruine Dru. O let 'em in all 's done all 's ended Regulus Penyus has found his last eclipse Come Souldiers Come and behold your miseries come bravely Full of your mutinous and bloody angers And here bestow your darts O only Romane O father of the Wars Reg. Why stand ye stupid Where be your killing furies whose sword now Shall first be sheath'd in Penyus do ye weep Howl out ye wretches ye have cause howl ever Who shall now lead ye fortunate whose valor Preserve ye to the glory of your Countrey Who shall march out before ye coy'd and courted By all the Mistrisses of War care counsel Quick-ey'd experience and victory twin'd to him Who shall beget ye deeds beyond inheritance To speak your names and keep your honors living When children faill and time that takes all with him Build houses for ye to oblivion Dru. O ye poor desperate fools no more now souldiers Go home and hang your arms up let rust rot 'em And humble your stern valors to soft prayers For ye have sunk the frame of all your virtues The sun that warm'd your bloods is set for ever I 'll kiss thy honor'd cheek Farewell great Penyus Thou thunder-bolt farewell Take up the body To morrow morning to the Camp convey it There to receive due Ceremonies That eye That blinds himself with weeping gets most glory Exeunt with a dead march Scaena Quarta Enter Swetonius Junius Decius Demetrius Curius and Souldiers Bonduca two Daughters and Nennius above Drum and Colours Swet. Bring up the Catapults and shake the wall We will not be out out-brav'd thus Nen. Shake the earth Ye cannot shake our souls Bring up your Rams And with their armed heads make the Fort totter Ye do but rock us into death Exit Nennius Jun. See Sir See the Icenian Queen in all her glory From the strong battlements proudly appearing As if she meant to give us lashes Dec. Yeild Queen Bond. I am unacquainted with that language Roman Swet. Yield honour'd Lady and expect our mercy Exit Decius We love thy nobleness Bond. I thank ye ye say well But mercy and love are sins in Rome and hell Swet. Ye cannot scape our strength ye must yield Lady Ye must adore and fear the power of Rome â—ond If Rome be earthly why should any knee With bending adoration worship her She 's vitious and your partial selves confess Aspires the height of all impiety Therefore 't is fitter I should reverence The thatched houses where the Britains dwell In careless mirth where the blest houshold gods See nought but chast and simple purity 'T is not high power that makes a place divine Nor that the men from gods derive their line But sacred thoughts in holy bosoms stor'd Make people noble and the place ador'd Swet. Beat the wall deeper Bond. Beat it to the center We will not sink one thought Swet. I 'll make ye Bond. No. 2. Dau. O mother these are fearful hours speak gently Enter Petillius To these fierce men they will afford ye pitty Bond. Pitty thou fearful girl 't is for those wretches That misery makes tame Wouldst thou live less Wast not thou born a Princess Can my blood And thy brave fathers spirit suffer in thee So base a separation from thy self As mercy from these Tyrants Thou lov'st lust sure And long'st to prostitute thy youth and beauty To common slaves for bread Say they had mercy The divel a relenting conscience The lives of Kings rest in their Diadems Which to their bodies lively souls do give And ceasing to be Kings they cease to live Show such another fear and I 'll fling thee to their fury Swet. He is dead then Petill. I think so certainly yet all my means Sir Even to the hazzard of my life Swet. No more We must not seem to mourn here Enter Decius Dec. There 's a breach made Is it your will we charge Sir Swet. Once more mercy Mercy to all that yield Bond. I scorn to answer Speak to him girl and hear thy Sister 1. Dau. General Hear me and mark me well and look upon me Directly in my face my womans face Whose only beauty is the hate it bears ye See with thy narrowest eyes thy sharpest wishes Into my soul and see what there inhabits See if one fear one shadow of a terror One paleness dare appear but from my anger To lay hold on your mercies No ye fools Poor fortunes fools we were not born for triumphs To follow your gay sports and fill your slaves With hoots and acclamations Petill. Brave behaviour 1. Dau. The children of as great as Rome as noble Our names before
pleasures as the ravish'd soul Gives to the sences So my charms have took Keep her you powers divine whilst I contemplate Upon the wealth and beauty of her mind She is only fair and constant only kind And only to thee Jasper Oh my joyes Whither will you transport me let not fulness Of my poor buried hopes come up together And over-charge my spirits I am weak Some say how ever ill the Sea and Women Are govern'd by the Moon both ebb and flow Both full of changes yet to them that know And truly judge these but opinions are And heresies to bring on pleasing War Between our tempers that without these were Both void of after-love and present fear Which are the best of Cupid O thou child Bred from despair I dare not entertain thee Having a love without the faults of Women And greater in her perfect goods thâ—n men Which to make good and please my self the stronger Though certainly I am certain of her love I 'll try her that the world and memory May sing to after-times her constancy Luce. Luce awake Luce why do you fright me friend With those distempered looks what makes your sword Drawn in your hand who hath offended you I prethee Jasper sleep thou art wild with watching Jasp Come make your way to Heaven and bid the world With all the villanies that stick upon it Farewell you 're for another life Luce. Oh Jasper How have my tender years committed evil Especially against the man I love Thus to be cropt untimely Jasp Foolish girl Canst thou imagine I could love his daughter That flung me from my fortune into nothing Discharged me his service shut the doors Upon my poverty and scorn'd my prayers Sending me like a boat without a malt To sink or swim Come by this hand you dye I must have life and blood to satisfie Your fathers wrongs Wife Away George away raise the Watch at Ludgate and bring a Mitrimus from the Justice for this desperate Villain Now I charge you Gentlemen see the Kings peace kept O my heart what a varlet 's this to offer Man-slaughter upon the harmless Gentlewoman Cit. I warrant thee sweet heart we 'll have him hampered Luce. Oh Jasper be not cruel If thou wilt kill me smile and do it quickly And let not many deaths appear before me I am a woman made of fear and love A weak weak woman kill not with thy eyes They shoot me through and through Strike I am ready And dying still I love thee Enter Merchant Humphrey and his Men. Merch. Where abouts Jasp No more of this now to my self again Hum. There there he stands with Sword like martial Knight Drawn in his hand therefore beware the fight You that are wise for were I good Sir Bevis I would not stay his coming by your leaves Merc. Sirrah restore my daughter Jasp Sirrah no. Merch. Upon him then Wife So down with him down with him down with him cut him i' the leg boyes cut him i'th'leg Merc. Come your ways Minion I 'll provide a Cage for you you 're grown so tame Horse her away Hum. Truly I 'm glad your forces have the day Exeunt Jasp They are gone and I am hurt my Love is lost manet Jasper Never to get again Oh me unhappy Bleed bleed and dye I cannot Oh my folly Thou hast betray'd me Hope where art thou sled Tell me if thou be'st any where remaining Shall I but see my love again Oh no! She will not dain to look upon her Butcher Nor is fit she should yet I must venter Oh chance or fortune or what ere thou art That men adore for powerful hear my cry And let me loving live or loosing dye Wife Is a gone George Cit. I conny Wife Marry and let him go sweet heart by the faith a my body a has put me into such a fright that I tremble as they say as 't were an Aspine leaf look a my little finger George how it shakes now in truth every member of my body is the worse for 't Cit. Come hug in mine arms sweet Mouse he shall not fright thee any more alass mine own dear heart how it quirers Entâ—â— Mistris Merry-thought Rafe Michael Squire Dwarfe Host and a Tapster Wife O Rafe how dost thou Rafe how hast thou slept to night has the Knight us'd thee well Cit. Peace Nell let Rafe alone Tapst Master the reckoning is not paid Rafe Right courteous Knight who for the orders sake Which thou hast tane hang'st out the holy Bell As I this flaming Pestle bear about We render thanks to your puissant self Your beauteous Lady and your gentle Squires For thus refreshing of our wearied limbs Stifned with hard atchievements in wild Desart Tapst Sir there is twelve shillings to pay Rafe Thou merry Squire Tapstero thanks to thee For comforting our souls with double Jug And if adventurous Fortune prick thee forth Thou jovial Squire to follow seats of Arms Take heed thou tender every Ladies cause Every true Knight and every Damsel fair But spill the blood of treacherous Sarazens And false inchanters that with Magick spels Have done to death full many a noble Knight Host Thou valiant Knight of the burning Pestle give ear to me there is twelve shillings to pay and as I am a true Knight I will not bate a penny Wife George I prethee tell me must Rafe pay twelve shillings now Cit. No Nel no nothing but the old Knight is merry with Rafe Wife O is' t nothing else Rafe will be as merry as he Rafe Sir Knight this mirth of yours becomes you well But to requite this liberal courtesie If any of your Squires will follow Arms He shall receive from my Heroick hand A Knighthood by the virtue of this Pestle Host Fair Knight I thank you for your noble offer Therefore gentle Knight Twelve shillings you must pay or I must cap you Wife Look George did not I tell thee as much the Knight of the Bell is in earnest Rafe shall not be beholding to him give him his money George and let him go snick up Cit. Cap Rafe no hold your hand sir Knight of the Bell there 's your Money have you any thing to say to Rafe now cap Rafe Wife I would you should know it Rafe has friends that will not suffer him to be capt for ten times so much and ten times to the end of that now take thy course Rafe M. mer. Come Michael thou and I will go home to thy father he hath enough left to keep us a day or two and we 'll set fellows abroad to cry our Purse and Casket Shall we Michael Mich. I I pray mother in truth my feot are full of chilblains with travelling Wife Faith and those chilblaines are a foul trouble Mistris Merry-thought when your youth comes home let him rub all the soles of his feet and his heels and his ankles with a Mouseskin or if none of your can catch a Mouse when he goes
reap brave Sir abundantly Gom. I have sav'd her Preserv'd her spotless worth from black destruction Her white name to eternity deliver'd Her youth and sweetness from a timeless ruine Now Lord Valetta if this bloudy labour May but deserve her savour Mir. Stay and hear me first Val. Off with his Cask this is Miranda's voice Nor. 'T is he indeed or else mine eies abuse me What makes he here thus Ori. The young Miranda Is he mine enemy too Mir. None has deserv'd her If worth must carry it and service seek her But he that saved her honor Gom. That 's I Miranda Mir. No no that 's I Gomera be not so forward In bargain for my love ye cannot cozen me Gom. I sought it Mir. And I gave it which is nobler Why every Gentleman would have done as much As you did fought it that 's a poor desert Sir They are bound to that but then to make that fight sure To doe as I did take all danger from it Suffer that coldness that must call me now Into disgrace for ever into pity Gom. I undertook first to preserve from hazard Mir. And I made sure no hazard should come neer her Gom. 'T was I defi'd Mountferat Mir. 'T was I wrought him You had had a dark day else 'T was I defi'd His conscience first 't was I that shook him there Which is the brave defiance Gom. My life and honor At stake I laid Mir. My care and truth lay by it Least that stake might be lost I have deserv'd her And none but I the Lady might have perish'd Had fell Mountferrat struck it from whose malice With cunning and bold confidence I catch'd it And 't was high time and such a service Lady For you and for your innocence for who knows not The all-devouring sword of fierce Mountferrat I shew'd ye what I could do had I been spightful Or Master but of halfe the poison he bears Hell take his heart for 't and beshrew these hands Madam With all my heart I wish a mischief on 'em They made ye once look sad such another fright I would not put ye in to owe the Island Yet pardon me 't was but to shew a Soldier Which when I had done I ended your poor coward Val. Let some look out for the base Knight Mountferrat Ab. I hope he 's far enough if his man be trusty This was a strange misfortune I must not known it Val. That most debauch'd Knight come down sweet Sister My spotless Sister now pray thank these Gentlemen They have deserv'd both truly nobly of ye Both excellently dearly both all the honor All the respect and favour Ori. Both shall have it And as my life their memories I 'll nourish Val. Ye are both true Knights and both most worthy Lovers Here stands a Lady ripen'd with your service Young fair and now I dare say truly honourable 'T is my Will she shall marry marry now And one of you she cannot take more nobly your deserts Begot this Will and bred it both her beauty Cannot enjoy dare ye mark me your umpier Gom. and Mir. With all our Souls Val. He must not then be angry That looses her Gom. Oh that were Sir unworthy Mir. A little sorrow he may find Val. 'T is manly Gomera you are a brave accomplish'd Gentleman A braver no where lives than is Miranda In the white way of virtue and true valour Ye have been a pilgrim long yet no man farther Has trode those thorny steps than young Miranda You are gentle he is gentleness it self Experience Calls you her brother this her hopeful heir Nor. The young man now and 't be thy Will Val. Your hand Sir You undertook firtst nobly undertook This Ladies cause you made it good and fought it You must be serv'd first take her and enjoy her I give her to you kiss her are you pleas'd now Gom. My joy 's so much I cannot speak Val. Nay fairest Sir You must not be displeas'd you break your promise Mir. I never griev'd at good nor dare I now Sir Though something seem strange to me Val. I have provided A better match for you more full of Beauty I 'll wed ye to our Order there 's a Mistriss Whose beauty ne'r decaies time stands below her Whose honor Ermin-like can never suffer Spot or black soil whose eternal issue Fame brings up at her breasts and leaves 'em fainted Her you shall marry Mir. I must humbly thank ye Val. Saint Thomas Fort a charge of no small value I give ye too in present to keep waking Your noble spirits and to breed ye pious I 'll send ye a probation Robe wear that Till ye shall please to be our brother how now Enter Astorius Ast Mountferrat's fled Sir Val. Let him go awhile Till we have done these Rites and seen these coupled His mischief now lies open come all friends now And so let 's march to th' Temple sound those Instruments That were the signal to a day of bloud Evil beginning hours may end in good Nor. Come we 'll have wenches man and all brave things Flourish Let her go we 'll want no Mistresses Good Swords and good strong Armors Mir. Those are best Captain Nor. And sight till Queens be in love with us and run after us I 'll see ye at the Forth within these two days And let 's be merry prethee Mir. By that time I shall Nor. Why that 's well said I like a good heart truly Exeunt Actus Tertius Scaena Prima Enter Norandine and Servant Corporal and Soldiers above Ser. THe day 's not yet broke Sir Nor. 'T is the cooler riding I must goe see Miranda bring my horse Round to the South Port I 'll out here at the beach And meet ye at the end o' th' Sycamores 'T is a sweet Walk and if the wind be stirring Serves like a Fan to cool Corporal and Watch above singing SONG 1. SIt Soldiers sit and sing the Round is clear And Cock-a-loodle-looe tells us the day is near Each toss his Cann until his throat be mellow Drink laugh and sing the Soldier has no fellow 2. To thee a full pot my little Lance-presado And when thou hast done a pipe of Trinidado Our glass of life runs wine the Vintner slinks it Whilst with his Wife the frolick Soldier drinks it 3. The Drums beat Ensigns wave and Cannons thump it Our Game is Ruffe and the best heart doth trump it Each toss his Cann until his throat be mellow Drink Laugh and Sing the Soldier has no fellow 4. I 'll pledge thee my Corporal were it a Flagon After Watch fiercer than George did the Dragon What blood we loose i' th' Town we gain i' th' Tuns Furr'd Gowns and flat Caps give the wall to Guns Each toss his Cann until his throat be mellow Drink laugh and sing the Soldier has no fellow Ser. Which Walk Nor. Why that Sir Where the fine City Dames meet to make matches Ser. I know it
shall we part with dry lips Shall we that have been fellow devils together Flinch for an old womans fart Wi. 'T is a fine time a night too but we must part Nicâ—â— To. Shall we never ring again ne're toss the tenor And roul the changes into a Cup of Clarret You shall not want what ere I lay my hands on As I am sure Automedon the Coachman Shall be distributed bear up I say hang sorrow Give me that bird abroad that lives at pleasure Sam the Butler's true the Cook a reverend Trojan The Faulkner shall sell his Hawks and swear they weâ— rotten There be some wandring spoons that may be met with I 'll pawn a Coach horse peace utter no sentences The harshness shall be us'd in our wars also Or shall I drive her tell me but your will now Say but the word over some rotten bridg Or by a Marl-pit side she may slip in daintily Let me alone for my self Wi. No no farewell Toby Farewell spiny Nicholas no such thing There be ways i' the world if you see me A day or two hence may be wee 'l crack a quart yet And pull a bell commend to the houshold Nay cry not Toby 't will make thy head giddy To. Sweet Master Wildbraine Wi. No more Toby go the times may alter But where 's the coarse of my dead cosen If she be dead I hop'd ' thad but dissembled That sits heavy here Toby honest Toby Lend me thy Lanthorn I forgot 't was dark I had need look to my ways now To. Take a lodging with me to night in the Stable And ride away to morrow with one of the horses Next your heart pray do Wi. No good night good neighbor Toby I will wandeâ— I scorn to submit my self ere I have rambled But whither or with what that 's more material No matter and the worst come it is but stealing And my Aunt wo'not see me hang'd for her own credit And farewel in a Halter costs me nothing Exit Enter Hartlove Fran. The night and all the evil the night covers The Goblins Haggs and the black spawn of darkness Cannot fright me no death I dare thy cruelty For I am weary both of life and light too Keep my wits heaven they say spirits appear To melancholy minds and the graves open I would fain see the fair Maria's shadow But speak unto her spirit e'er I dyed But ask upon my knees a mercy from her I was a villain but her wretched kinsman That set his plot shall with his heart-blood satisfie Her injur'd life and honor what light 's this Enter Wildbrain with a Lanthorn Wild. It is but melancholy walking thus The Tavern doors are baracado'd too Where I might drink till morn in expectation I cannot meet the Watch neither nothing in The likeness of a Constable whom I might In my distress abuse and so be carried For want of other lodging to the Counter Frâ— 'T is his voice Fate I thank thee Wild Ha who 's that and thou be'st a man speak Frank Hartlove then I bear my destinies Thou art the man of all the world I wish'd for My Aunt has turn'd me out a doors she has 〈◊〉 this unchristian hour and I do walk Methinks like Guido Faux with my dark Lanthorn â—ealing to set the Town a fire i' th' Countrey 〈◊〉 should be tane for William o' the Wispe 〈◊〉 Robin Good-fellow and how dost Frank Hâ— The worse for you Wild. Come tha' rt a fool art going to thy lodging 〈◊〉 lie with thee to night and tell thee stories 〈◊〉 many devils we ha met withal Our house is haunted Frank whole legions 〈◊〉 saw fifty for my share Fr. Didst not fright ' em Wild. How fright ' em no they frighted me sufficiently Fr. Thou hadst wickedness enough to make them stare â—â— be afraid o' thee malicious devil â—â— draw thy sword for by Maria's soul â—â— not let thee scape to do more mischief Wild. Thou art mad what dost mean Fr. To kill thee nothing else will ease my anger 〈◊〉 injury is fresh I bleed withal For can that word express it there 's no peace in 't 〈◊〉 must it be forgiven but in death Therefore call up thy valour if thou 'st any â—nd summon up thy spirits to defend thee â—â— heart must suffer for thy damn'd practises â—gainst thy noble cosin and my innocence Wild. Hold hear a word did I do any thing 〈◊〉 for your good that you might have her But in that desperate time I might redeem her â—â—hough with show of loss Fr. Out ugly villain 〈◊〉 on her the most hated name of whore 〈◊〉 the worlds eye and face it out in courtesie 〈◊〉 him to see 't and make me drunk to attempt it Enter Maria. Ma. I hear some voices this way Fr. No more if you can pray do it as you fight Ma. What nâ—â— frights opposâ—â—me I have heard that tongue Wild. 'T is my fortune You could not take me in a better time Sir I ha nothing to lose but the love I lent thee My life my sword protect Ma. I know 'em both but to prevent their ruines Must not discover stay men most desperate The mischief you are forward to commit Will keep me from my grave and tie my spirit To endless troubles else Wild. Ha 't is her Ghost Fr. Maria Ma. Hear me both each wound you make Runs through my soul and is a new death to me Each threatening danger will affright my rest Look on me Hartlove and my kinsman view me Was I not late in my unhappy marriage Sufficient miserable full of all misfortunes But you must add with your most impious angers Unto my sleeping dust this insolence Would you teach time to speak eternally Of my disgraces make Records to keep 'em Keep them in brass fight then and kill my honor Fight deadly both and let your bloody swords Through my reviv'd and reeking infamy That never shall be purg'd find your own ruines Hartlove I lov'd thee once and hop'd again In a more blessed love to meet thy spirit â—f thou kill'st him thou art a murtherer And murther shall never inherit heaven My time is come my concealed grave expects me Farewel and follow not your feet are bloody And will pollute my peace I hope they are melted This is my way sure Exit Fr. Stay blessed soul Wi. Would she had come sooner and ha sav'd some blood Fr. Dost bleed Wild. Yes certainly I can both see and feel it Fr. Now I well hope it is not dangerous Give me thy hand as honor guides me I 'll know thee again Wild. I thank thee heartily I know not where to get a Surgeon This vision troubles me sure she is living And I was foolish blind I could not find it I bleed apace still and my heart grows heavy If I go far I faint I 'll knock at this house They may be charitable would 't were perfect day Enter Mistriss Mist 'T is not he What would you Sir Wild. I
valiant Captain The brave Ruy Dias all this while Py. I marry He is amongst 'em too Ped. A Lover Py. Nay I know not that but since he stands in favour Or would stand stifly he is no Portugal else Chr. The voice says in good favour in the list too Of the privy wooers how cunningly of late I have observ'd him and how privately He has stolen at all hours from us and how readily He has feign'd a business to bid the Fort farewel For five or six days or a month together Sure there is something Py. Yes yes there is a thing in 't A thing would make the best on 's all dance after it A dainty thing Lord how this Uncle of mine Has read to me and rated me for wenching And told me in what desperate case 't would leave me And how 't would stew my bones Ped. You car'd not for it Py. I'faith not much I ventur'd on still easily And took my chance danger is a Soldiers honor But that this man this herb of Grace Ruy Dias This father of our faculties should slip thus For sure he is a ferriting that he That would drink nothing to depress the spirit But milk and water eat nothing but thin air To make his bloud obedient that his youth In spight of all his temperance should tickle And have a love mange on him Chr. 'T is in him Sir But honourable courtship and becomes his rank too Py. In me 't were abominable Leachery or would be For when our thoughts are on 't and miss their level We must hit something Ped. Well he 's a noble Gentleman And if he be a suitor may he speed in 't Py. Let him alone our family ne'r fail'd yet Chr. Our mad Lieutenant still merry Pyniero Thus wou'd he do if the Surgeon were searching of him Ped. Especially if a warm wench had shot him Py. But hark Christophero come hither Pedro When saw you our brave Countrey-man Armusia He that 's arriv'd here lately and his gallants A goodly fellow and a brave companion Methinks he is and no doubt truly valiant For he that dares come hither dares fight any where Chr. I saw him not of late a sober Gentleman I am sure he is and no doubt bravely sprung And promises much nobleness Py. I love him And by my troth wou'd fain be inward with him Pray let 's go seek him Ped. We 'll attend you Sir Py. By that time we shall hear the burst of business Exeunâ— Enter Ruy Dias Quisara Quisana and Panura Quisar Aunt I much thank you for your courtesie And the fair liberty you still allow me Both of your house and service though I be A Princess and by that Prerogative stand free From the poor malice of opinion And no ways bound to render up my actions Because no power above me can examine me Yet my dear brother being still a prisoner And many wandring eyes upon my ways Being left alone a Sea-mark it behoves me To use a little caution and be circumspect Quisan You 're wise and noble Lady Quisar Often Aunt I resort hither and privately to see you It may be to converse with some I favour â— wou'd not have it known as oft nor constru'd 〈◊〉 stands not with my care Quisan You speak most fairly For even our pure devotions are examin'd Quisar So mad are mens minds now Ruy. Or rather monstrous They are thick dreams bred in fogs that know no fairness Quisan Madam the House is yours I am yours pray use me And at your service all I have lies prostrate My care shall ever be to yield ye honor And when your fame falls here 't is my fault Lady A poor and simple banquet I have provided Which if you please to honor with your presence Quisar I thank ye Aunt I shall be with you instantly A few words with this Gentleman Quisan I 'll leave ye Exeunt Quis Pan. And when you please retire I 'll wait upon you Quisar Why how now Captain what afraid to speak to me A man of Armes and danted with a Lady Commanders have the power to parle with Princes Ruy. Madam the favors you have still showr'd on me Which are so high above my means of merit â—o infinite that nought can value 'em â—â—t their own goodness no eyes look up to 'em But those that are of equal light and lustre Strike me thus mute you are my royal Mistriss And all my services that aime at honor Take life from you the Saint of my devotions Pardon my wish it is a fair ambition And well becomes the Man that honors you I wou'd I were of worth of something near you Of such a royal piece a King I wou'd be A mighty King that might command affection And bring a youth upon me might bewitch ye And you a sweet sould Christian Quisar Now you talk Sir You Portugals though you be rugged Soldiers Yet when you list to flatter you are plain Courtiers â—d could you wish me Christian brave Ruy Dias Ruy. At all the danger of my life great Lady At all my hopes at all Quisar Pray ye stay a little â—o what end runs your wish Ruy. O glorious Lady That I might but I dare not speak Quisar I dare then That you might hope to marry me nay blush not 〈◊〉 honorable end needs no excuse â—â—d would you love me then Ruy. My soul not dearer Quisar Do some brave thing that may entice me that way â—omething of such a meritorious goodness Of such an unmatcht nobleness that I may know â—ou have a power beyond ours that preserves you T is not the person nor the royal title Not wealth nor glory that I look upon That inward man I love that 's lin'd with virtue That well deserving soul works out a favor 〈◊〉 have many Princes suiters many great ones Yet above these I love you you are valiant 〈◊〉 active man able to build a fortune 〈◊〉 do not say I dote nor meane to marry Only the hope is something may be done That may compel my faith and ask my freedome And leave opinion fair Ruy. Command dear Lady And let the danger be as deep as Hell As direful to attempt Quisar Y' are too sudden 〈◊〉 mâ—st be rul'd by you find out a fortune â—isely and hansomely examine time â—â—d court occasion that she may be ready A thousand uses for your forward spirit 〈◊〉 may find daily be sure ye take a good one A brave and worthy one that may advance ye Forc'd smiles reward poor dangers you are a Soldier I wou'd not talke so else and I love a Soldier And that that speaks him true and great his valor Yet for all these which are but Womens follies You may do what you please I shall still know ye And though ye weare no Sword Ru. Excellent Lady When I grow so cold and disgrace my Nation That from their hardy nurses suck adventures 'T were fit I wore a Tombstone you have read to me
shew before my Cosin's wondring face The greatness of my pomp and of my place Exeunt omnes Actus Quartus Scaena Prima Enter Cosin and his Wife Cos SIrrah is all things carried to the Tailor The measure and the fashion of the Gown With the best trim Mâ—n Yes Sir and 't will be ready within this two days Cos For my self I care not I have a suit or two of antient Velvet Which with some small correcting and addition May steal into the presence Wife Would my Gown were ready Husband I 'll lay my life To make you something e'r to morrow night Cos It must not be Before we see the Duke and have advice How to behave our selves le ts in the while And keep our selves from knowledge till time shall call us Enter Long and Bew. Long. I much admire the fierce masculine spirit Of this dread Amazon Bew. This following night I 'll have a wench in solace Long. Sir I hear you And will be with you if I live no more Enter Maria. Ma. My Lady would intreat your presence Gentlemen Bew. We will obey your Lady she is worthy Long. You light alone a word or two M a. Your Will Sir Long. Hark in your ear wilt thou be married speak wilt thou marry Ma. Married to whom Sir Long. To a proper fellow landed and able bodied Ma. Why do you flout me Sir Long. I swear I do not I love thee for thy Ladies sake be free Ma. If I could meet such matches as you speak of I were a very child to lose my time Sir Long. What saist thou to Monsieur Bewford Ma. Sir I say he 's a proper Gentleman and far Above my means to look at Long. Dost thou like him Ma. Yes Sir and ever did Long. He is thine own Ma. You are too great in promises Long. Be rul'd and follow my advice he shall be thine Ma. Would you would make it good Sir Long. Do but thus Get thee a cushion underneath thy cloaths And leave the rest to me Ma. I 'll be your scholar I cannot lose much by the venture sure Long. Thou wilt lose a pretty maidenhead my rogue Or I am much o' th' bow hand you 'll remember If all this take effect who did it for you And what I may deserve for such a kindness Ma. Yours Sir Exeunt Enter Jaques and Shattillion severally Jaq. Save ye Sir Shat. Save the King Jaq. I pray you Sir which is the nearest way Shat. Save the King this is the nearest way Jaq. Which is the nearest way to the Post-house Shat. God save the King and his Post-house Jaq. I pray Sir direct me to the house Shyt Heaven save the King you cannot catch me Sir Jaq. I do not understand you Sir Shat. You do not I say you cannot catch me Sir Jaq. Not catch you Sir Shat. No Sir nor can the King With all his stratagems and his forced tricks Although he put his Nobles in disguise Never so oft to sift into my words By course of Law lay hold upon my life Jaq. It is business that my Lord the Duke Is by the King imployed in and he thinks I am acquainted with it Shat. I shall not need to rip the cause up From the first to you But if his Majesty had suffer'd me To marry her though she be after him The right heir general to the Crown of France I would not have convey'd her into Spain As it was thought nor would I e'er have joyn'd With the reformed Churches to make them Stand for my cause Jaq. I do not think you would Shat. I thank you Sir And since I see you are a favourer Of virtues kept in bondage Tell directly to my soveraign King For so I will acknowledge him for ever How you have found my staid affections Setled for peace and for the present state Jaq. Why Sir Shat. And good Sir tell him further this That notwithstanding all suggestions Brought to him against me and all his suspitions Which are innumerable to my treasons If he will warrant me but publique trial I 'll freely yeild my self into his hands Can he have more than this Jaq. No by my troth Shat. I would his Majesty would hear but reason As well as you Jaq. But Sir you do mistake me For I never saw the King In all my life but once therefore good Sir May it please you to shew me which is the Post-house Sha. I cry you mercy Sir then you are my friend Jaq. Yes Sir Sha. And such men are very rare with me The Post-house is hard by farewel Jaq. I thank you Sir I must ride hard to night And it is dark already Sha. I am cruel to send this man directly to his death That is my friend and I might easily save him He shall not dye come back my friend come back Jaq. What is your Will Sha. Do you not know Jaq. Not I. Sha. And do you gather nothing by my face Jaq. No Sir Sha. Virtue is ever innocent Lay not the fault on me I grieve for you And wish that all my tears might win your safety Jaq. Why Sir Sha. Alas good friend you are undone The more ill fortune mine to be the means Of your sad overthrow you know not me Jaq. No truly Sir Sha. Would you had never seen me I am a man pursu'd by the whole state And sure some one hath seen me talk with you Jaq. Yes divers Sir Sha. Why then your head is gone Jaq. I 'll out of town Sha. Would it were soon enough Stay if you love your life or else you are taken Jaq. What shall I do Sha. I 'll venture deeply for him Rather than to cast away an innocent Take courage friend I will preserve thy life With hazard of mine own Jaq. I thank you Sir Sha. This night thou shalt be lodg'd within my doors Which shall be all lock'd fast and in the morn I 'll so provide you shall have free access To the Sea-side and so be shipt away â—'r any know it Jaq. Good Sir suddainly I am afraid to dye Sha. Then follow me Exeunt Enter Shatillion 's Love Love This way he went and there 's the house I hope His better Angel hath directed him To leave the wandring streets poor Gentleman Would I were able with as free a heart To set his soul right as I am to grieve The ruine of his fame which God forgive me Sir if you be within I pray Sir speak to me Sha. I am within and will be what are you Love A friend Sha. No Sir you must pardon me I am acquainted with none such be speedy â—riend there is no other remedy Love A word Sir I say I am your friend Sha. You cannot scape by any other means Be not fearful God save the King What 's your businéss Sir Lov. To speak with you Sha. Speak out then Lov. Shall I not come up Sha. Thou shalt not flie if thou be'st thine own friend There lies the suit and all the
Crocale Juletta Hip. How did we lose Clarinda Cro. When we believ'd the Stag was spent and would take soil The sight of the black lake which we suppos'd He chose for his last refuge frighted him more Than we that did pursue him Jul. That 's usual for death it self is not so terrible To any beast of chase Hip. Since we liv'd here we ne'er could force one to it Cro. 'T is so dreadful Birds that with their pinions cleave the air Dare not flie over it when the Stag turn'd head And we even tir'd with labor Clarinda as if She were made of Air and Fire And had no part of earth in her eagerly pursu'd him Nor need we fear her safety this place yields not Fawns nor Satyrs or more lustful men Here we live secure And have among our selves a Common-wealth Which in our selves begun with us must end Jul. I there 's the misery Cro. But being alone Allow me freedom but to speak my thoughts The strictness of our Governess that forbids us On pain of death the sight and use of men Is more than tyranny for her self she 's past Those youthful heats and feels not the want Of that which young maids long for and her daughter The fair Clarinda though in few years Improv'd in height and large proportion Came here so young That scarce remembring that she had a father She never dreams of man and should she see one In my opinion a would appear a strange beast to her Jul. 'T is not so with us Hip. For my part I confess it I was not made For this single life nor do I love hunting so But that I had rather be the chace my self Cro. By Venus out upon me I should have sworn By Diana I am of thy mind too wench And though I have ta'en an oath not alone To detest but never to think of man Every hour something tels me I am forsworn For I confess imagination helps me sometimes And that 's all is left for us to feed on We might starve else for if I have any pleasure In this life but when I sleep I am a Pagan Then from the Courtier to the Countrey-clown I have strange visions Jul. Visions Crocale Cro. Yes and sine visions too And visions I hope in dreams are harmless And not forbid by our Canons the last night Troth 't is a foolish one but I must tell it As I lay in my Cabin betwixt sleeping and waking Hip. Upon your back Cro. How should a young Maid lie fool When she would be intranc'd Hip. We are instructed forward I prethee Cro. Methought a sweet young man In years some twenty with a downy chin Promising a future beard and yet no red one Stole slylie to my Cabin all unbrac'd Took me in his arms and kiss'd me twenty times Yet still I slept Jul. Fie thy lips run over Crocale 〈◊〉 to the rest Cro. Lord What a man is this thought I To do this to a Maid â—et then for my life I could not wake The youth a little danted with a trembling hand Heav'd up the clothes Hip. Yet still you slept Cro. Y'faith I did and when methoughts he was warm by my side Thinking to catch him I stretcht out both mine armes And when I felt him not I shreekt out And wak'd for anger Hip. 'T was a pretty dream Cro. I if it had been a true one Enter Albert. Jul. But stay What 's here cast o' th' shore Hip. 'T is a man Shall I shoot him Cro. No no 't is a handsome beast Would we had more o' th' breed stand close wenches And let 's hear if he can speak Alb. Do I yet live Sure it is ayr I breathe What place is this Sure something more than humane keeps residence here For I have past the Stygian gulph And touch upon the blessed shore 't is so This is the Elizian shade these happy spirits That here enjoy all pleasures Hip. He makes towards us Jul. Stand or I 'll shoot Cro. Hold he makes no resistance Alb. Be not offended Goddesses that I fall Thus prostrate at your feet or if not such 〈◊〉 Nymphs of Dian's train that range these groves Which you forbid to men vouchsafe to know â— am a man a wicked sinful man and yet not sold â—o far to impudence as to presume To press upon your privacies or provoke â—our Heavenly angers 't is not for my self 〈◊〉 beg thus poorly for I am already wounded Wounded to death and faint my last breath 〈◊〉 for a Virgin comes as near your selves 〈◊〉 all perfection as what 's mortal may â—esemble things divine O pitty her And let your charity free her from that desart 〈◊〉 Heavenly charity can reach to Hell â—or sure that place comes near it and where ere â—y ghoâ—t shall find abode â—ernally I shall powre blessings on ye Hip. By my life I cannot hurt him Cro. Though I lose my head for it nor I. must pitty him and will Enter Clarinda Jul. But stay Clarinda Cla. What new game have ye found here ha What beast is this lies wallowing in his gore Cro. Keep off Cla. Wherefore I pray I ne'er turn'd â—rom a fell Lioness rob'd of her whelps â—nd Shall I fear dead carrion Jul. O but. Cla. But What is' t Hip. It is infectious Cla. Has it not a name Cro. Yes but such a name from which â—s from the Devil your Mother commands us me Cla. Is' t a man Cro. It is Cla. What a brave shape it has in death How excellent would it appear had it life Why should it be infectious I have heard My Mother say I had a Father And was not he a Man Cro. Questionless Madam Cla. Your fathers too were Men Jul. Without doubt Lady Cla. And without such it is impossible We could have been Hip. A sin against nature to deny it Cla. Nor can you or I have any hope to be a Mother Without the help of Men. Cro. Impossible Cla. Which of you then most barbarous that knew You from a man had Being and owe to it The name of parent durst presume to kill The likeness of that thing by which you are Whose Arrowes made these wounds speak or by Dian Without distinction I 'll let sly at ye all Jul. Not mine Hip. Nor mine Cro. 'T is strange to see her mov'd thus Restrain your fury Madam had we kill'd him We had but perform'd your Mothers command Cla. But it she command unjust and cruel things We are not to obey it Cro. We are innocent some storm did cast Him shipwrackt on the shore as you see wounded Nor durst we be Surgeons to such Your Mother doth appoint for death Cla. Weak excuse Where 's pity Where 's soft compassion cruel and ungrateful Did providence offer to your charity But one poor Subject to express it on And in 't to shew our wants too and could you So carelesly neglect it Hip. For ought I know he 's living yet And you may tempt your Mother
I 'll lose my new place else What e'er it be I know not what 't is yet 1 Gent. And now you put me in mind I could employ it well For your grace specially For the Dukes Cosin Is by this time in 's violent fit of mirth And a device must be sought out for suddainly To over-cloy the passion Lap. Say no more Sir I 'll fit you with my Scholars new practitioners Endurers of the time Clow. Whereof I am one Sir 1 Gent. You carry it away smooth give me thy hand Sir Exeunt Actus Quintus Scaena Prima Enter the two Brothers Pas HA ha ha Within 2 Bro. Hark hark how loud his fit 's grown Pas Ha ha ha 1 Bro. Now let our Sister lose no time but ply it With all the power she has 2 Bro. Her shame grows big brother The Cupid's shape will hardly hold it longer 'T would take up half an Ell of China Damask more And all too little it struts per'lously There is no tamp'ring with these Cupids longer The meer conceit with Woman-kind works strong Pas Ha ha ha 2 Bro. The laugh comes nearer now 'T were good we were not seen yet Ex. Bro. Enter Passion and Base his jester Pas Ha. ha ha And was he bastinado'd to the life ha ha ha I prethee say Lord General how did the rascals Entrench themselves Base Most deeply politickly all in ditches Pas Ha ha ha Bas 'T is thought he 'll ne'r bear Arms in field agen Has much ado to lift 'em to his head Sir Pas I would he had Bas On either side round Truncheons plaid so thick That Shoulders Chines nay Flanks were paid to th' quick Pas Well said Lord-General ha ha ha Bas But pray how grew the diff'rence first betwixt you Pas There was never any Sir there lies the jest man Only because he was taller than his brother There 's all my quarrel to him and me thought He should be beaten for 't my mind so gave me Sir I could not sleep for 't Ha ha ha ha Another good jest quickly while 't is hot now Let me not laugh in vain ply me oh ply me As you will answer 't to my cosin Duke Bas Alas who has a good jest Pas I fall I dwindle in 't Bas Ten Crowns for a god jest ha' you a good jest Sir Enter Servant Serv. A pretty moral one Bas Let 's ha 't what e'er it be Serv. There comes a Cupid Drawn by six fools Bas That 's nothing Pas Help it help it then Bas I ha' known six hundred fools drawn by a Cupid Pas I that that that 's the smarter Moral ha ha ha Now I begin to be Song-ripe methinks Bas I 'll sing you a pleasant Air Sir before you ebb SONG Pas Oh how my Lungs do tickle ha ha ha Bas Oh how my Lungs do tickle oh oh ho ho. Pas Sings Set a sharp Jest Against my breast Then how my Lungs do tickle As Nightingales And things in Cambrick rails Sing best against a prickle Ha ha ha ha Bas Ho ho ho ho ha Pas Laugh Bas Laugh Pas Laugh Bas Laugh Pas Wide Bas Loud Pas And vary Bas A smile is for a simpering Novice Pas One that ne'er tasted Caveare Bas Nor knows the smack of dear Anchovis Pas Ha ha ha ha ha Bas Ho ho ho ho ho. Pas A gigling waiting wench for me That shews her teeth how white they be Bas A thing not fit for gravity For theirs are foul and hardly three Pas Ha ha ha Bas Ho ho ho. Pas Democritus thou antient Fleerer How I miss thy laugh and ha' since Bas There you nam'd the famous Jeerer That ever jeer'd in Rome or Athens Pas Ha ha ha Bas Ho ho ho. Pas How brave lives he that keeps a fool Although the rate be deeper Bas But he that is his own fool Sir Does live a great deal cheaper Pas Sure I shall burst burst quite break thou art so witty Bas 'T is rare to break at Court for that belongs to th' City Pas Ha ha my spleen is almost worn to the last laughter Bas Oh keep a corner for a friend a jest may come hereafter Enter Lapet and Clown and four other like fools dancing the Cupid leading and bearing his Table and holding it up to Lapet at every strain and acting the postures Lap. Twinge all now twinge I say 2 Strain Souse upon Souse 3 Strain Douses single 4 Strain Justle sides 5 Strain Knee Belly 6 Strain Kicksee Buttock 7 Strain La. Downderry Enter Soldier Shamont 's brother his sword drawn Sol. Not angry Law nor doors of Brass shall keep me From my wrongs expiation to thy Bowels I return my disgrace and after turn My face to any death that can be sentenc'd Base Murder oh murder stop the murderer there Lap. I am glad he 's gone h 'as almost trode my guts out Follow him who list for me I 'll ha' no hand in 't Clo. Oh 't was your luck and mine to be squelch'd Mr. Has stamp'd my very Puddings into Pancakes Cup. Oh brothers oh I fear 't is mortal help oh help I 'm made the wretchedst woman by this accident That ever love beguil'd Enter two Brothers 2 Bro. We are undone Brother Our shames are too apparent Away receptacle Of Luxury and dishonor most unfortunate To make thy self but lucky to thy spoil After thy Sexes manner lift him up Brother He breaths not to our comfort he 's too wasted Ever to cheer us more A Chirurgeon speedily Hence the unhappiest that e'er stept aside She 'll be a Mother before she 's known a Bride Cup. Thou hadst a most unfortunate conception What e'er thou prov'st to be in midst of mirth Comes ruine for a welcome to thy birth Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Shamont Sham. This is a beautiful life now privacy The sweetness and the benefit of Essence I see there is no man but may make his Paradice And it is nothing but his love and dotage Upon the worlds foul joyes that keeps him out on 't For he that lives retir'd in mind and spirit Is still in Paradice and has his innocence Partly allow'd for his companion too As much as stands with justice here no eyes Shoot their sharp pointed scorns upon my shame They know no terms of reputation here No punctual limits or precise dimensions Plain down-right honesty is all the beauty And elegancy of life found amongst Shepheards For knowing nothing nicely or desiring it Quits many a vexation from the mind With which our quainter knowledge does abuse us The name of envy is a stranger here That dries mens blouds abroad robs Health and Rest Why here 's no such fury thought on no nor falshood That brotherly disease fellow-like devil That plays within our bosom and betrays us Enter 1 Gent. 1 Gent. Oh are you here Sham. La Nove 't is strange to see thee 1 Gent. I ha' rid one horse to death To find you out Sir Sham. I am not to be found of any man That
embroider me all over Sir If ever I began to mock you yet The on me why should I wear Velvet And Silver Lace I will tear it off Mont. Why Mad-man Long. Put on my Hat yes when I am hang'd I will I could break my head For holding eyes that knew not you at first But time and fortune run your courses with him He 'll laugh and storm you when you shew most hate Enter Lamira Orlean's Lady Laverdine La Poop Malycorn Veramour Charlot Lam. You 're a fair Mounsieur Long. Do you mock me Lady Lam. Your business Sir I mean Lady Regard your self good Mounsieur Longueville Lam. You are too negligent of your self and place Cover your head sweet Mounsieur Long. Mistake me not fair Ladies 'T is not to you nor you that I stand bare Lav. Nay sweet dear Mounsieur let it not be to us then La Poop A compliment Mal. And of manners Pray hide your head your gallants use to do 't Long. And you your foreheads why you needful accessary rascals That cannot live without your mutual knaveries More than a Bawd a Pandor or a Whore From one another how dare you suspect That I stand bare to you what make you here Shift your house Lady of 'em for I know 'em They come to steal Napkins and your Spoons Look to your Silver-bodkin Gentlewoman 'T is a dead Vtensil and Page ' ware your pockets My reverence is unto this man my Master Whom you with protestations and oaths As high as Heaven as deep as Hell which would Deceive the wisest man of honest nature Have cozen'd and abus'd but I may meet you And beat you one with th' other Mont. Peace no more Long. Not a word Sir Lav. I am something thick of hearing what said he La poop I hear him but regard him not Mal. Nor I I am never angry fasting Long. My love keeps back my duty noblest Lady If Husband or brother merit love from you Prevent their dangers this hour brings to trial Their hereto sleeping hates by this time each Within a yard is of the others heart And met to prove their causes and their spirits With their impartial swords points haste and save Or never meet them more but at the grave Lady Oh my distracted heart that my wrackt honor Should for a Brothers or a Husbands life through thy undoing die Lam. Amiens engag'd if he miscarry all my hopes and joys I now confess it loudly are undone Caroch and haste one minute may betray A life more worth than all time can repay Exeunt Ladies and Mont. Mal. Hump Monsieur Laverdine pursues this boy extreamly Captain what will you do La p. Any thing but follow to this Land-service I am a Sea-Captain you know and to offer to part 'em without we could do 't like Watermen with long stave a quarter of a mile off might be dangerous Mal. Why then let 's retire and pray for 'em I am resolv'd to stop your intent abus'd more than we have been we cannot be without they fall to flat beating on 's Exeunt Maly La-poop Lav. And that were unkindly done i'â—aith Ver. But you are the troulesomest Ass that e'er I met with retire you smell like a womans chamber that 's newly up before she have pinsht her vapours in with her cloaths Lav. I will haunt thee like thy Grandames Ghost thou shalt never rest for me Ver. Well I perceive 't is vain to conceal a secret from you believe it Sir indeed I am a woman Lav. Why la I knew 't this Prophetiâ—al tongue oâ— mine never sail'd me my mother was half a wiâ—â—h never any thing that she forespake but came to pass a woman how happy am I now we may lawfully come together without fear of hanging sweet wench be gracious in honourable sort I woe no otherwise Ver. Faith the truth is I have loved you long Lav. See see Ver. But durst not open it Lav. I think so Ver. But briefly when you bring it to the test if there be not one Gentleman in this house wâ—â—l châ—llenge more interest in me than you can I am at your diâ—posure Exit Lav. Oh Fortunatus I envy thee not For Cap or pouch this day I 'll prove my Fortune In which your Lady doth eleâ—â—â—â—r Husband Who will he Amiens 't will save my wedding dinner Povera La Poop and Malicorâ— if all sail I will turn Citizen a beauteous wife Is the Horn-book to the richest Tradesmans life Exeunt Enter Duboys Orleans Longueville Amiens two Lacques a Page with two Pistols Dub. Here 's a good even piece of ground my Lords Will you fix here Orl. Yes any where Lacquey take off my spurs Upon a bridge a rail but my swords breadth upon a battlement I 'll fight this quarrel Dub. O' the Ropes my Lord. Orl. Upon a Line Dub. So all our Countrey Duels are carried like a fire-work on a thred Orl. Go now stay with the horses and do you hear Upon your lives till some of us come to you Dare not to look this way Dub. Except you see strangers or others that by chance or purpose are like to interrupt us Orl. Then give warning Long. Who takes a sword the advantage is so small As he that doubts hath the free leave to choose Orl. Come give me any and search me 't is not The ground weapon or seconds that can make Odds in those fatal trials but the cause Ami. Most true and but it is no time to wish When men are come to do I would desire The cause 'twixt us were other than it is But where the right is there prevail our Swords And if my Sister have out-liv'd her honor I do not pray I may out-live her shame Orl. Your Sister Amiens is a whore at once Ami. You oft have spoke that sence to me before But never in ths language Orleance And when you spoke it fair and first I told you That it was possible you might be abus'd Bâ—t now since you forget your manners you shall find If I transgress my custom you do lye And are a villain which I had rather yet My sword had prov'd than I been forc'd to speak Nay give us leave and since you stand so haughtily And highly on your cause let you and I Without engaging these two Gentlemen singly determine it Long. My Lord you 'll pardon us Dub. I trust your Lordships may not do us that affront Ami. As how Dub. We kiss your Lordships hand and come to serve you here with swords Long. My Lord we understand our selves Dub. We have had the honor to be call'd unto the businâ—ss and we must not now quit it on terms Ami. Not terms of reason Long. No no treason for the quitting of our calling Dub. True if I be call'd to 't I must ask no reason Long. Nor hear none neither which is less â—t is a favour if my throat be cut Your Lordship does me which I never can A noise within crying down with