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The example As it vvas presented by her Majesties Servants at the private house in Drury-Lane. Written by Iames Shirly.
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Shirley, James, 1596-1666.
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but since I am betraid to this discourse receive What the necessitie of fate compells to Lo. Another answer Bel. Yes but such an one As must at least challenge affinitie With what I said before not your estate Though multiplied to Kingdomes and those wasted With your invention to serue my pleasures Have power to bribe my life away from him To whose use I am bid to weare it be yet just And seeke no further to pollute the streame Of my chast thoughts I le rather choose to die Poore wife to Peregrine then live a Kings Inglorious strumpet can you thinke my Lord Should I give up my freedome to your bende And for the pride of wealth sell woman in mee For she must loose that name that once turnes whore Could I arrive at impudence enough To come abroad and not be mou'd to heare My shame from every tongue but scorne my infamie As t is the nature of this sinne to strengthen It selfe still with a greater could you thinke If noe religion can correct your wildnesse Anothers price or pleasure would not buy mee Even from your armes there is no faith in lust And she that dares be false to one she loves Will twine with all the world and never blush for 't Kisse and betraie as often Thinke on this And call your selfe home Lo. Lady I have heard you And doe allow the excuse I doe not urge Although your husbands absence may plead for 't You should be generallie at my dispose Disclaime all place and person but what 's mine I am not so ambitious my desires Are humble and beg only so much favour To admit me to one service you know what To understand by it and if you like not My activitie handsomelie discharge mee agen Bel. Worse then infection how dare you speake This blasphemie to honor or I heare it Lo. I'ts not to be avoyded I have secur'd Your Chamber Ladie Bel. Innocence defend mee Lo. Once more and nature worke You say you love your husband and account His absence the misfortune that doth sit Most heavie on your soule this is increas'd By the dispaire of his returne since all Hop 's fled to satisfie his deepe ingagements Which threaten ruine here I have a mortgage Of his for summs lent by my thriving father Your joynture but releast by you I take it I am so much a servant to thy beautie The first night I embrace thy delicate bodie The Lands thy owne agen a round encouragement Bel. What doe I heare Lo. If Lords should pay so deare for every capering T' wou'd trie the backe of their estate but marke mee I ha not done summe up his other debts They swell to thousands be but faire condition'd For everie time thou admitst mee after to thy Pillow I 'le strike of an hundred pound Till all the debts be unravel'd In the meane time Thy husband shall returne and walke the Towne Free as an Alder-man and be mace-proofe Shall live and lie with thee and love thee too And praise thee for this noble composition What saist I finde thy wisedome comming to thee Should it be knowne who 'le thinke the worse of thee Alas good soule 't was pure love to thy husband They must imagine wrought with thee What woman But would to save a husbands life and fortune Venture a trifle nay they shall commend Thy act and reade the storie to their children And envy the example was not theirs I shall have all the blame but I 'le endur 't For thy sake all the tyrannie will be mine But to secure thy peace and doe thy husband A curtesie I 'le runne a thousand hazards Doe I appeare now Bel. Yes a glorious monster Good Heaven Lo. Once more will you consent Bel. Never oh never let mee tell you sir You have so litle prevail'd upon my Love That allmost I forget my charitie Y' are a bad man I 'le sooner meet a basiliske and be one Lo. Nay then Hee drawes his Poynard Bel. What doe you meane Lo. If soft intreaties With all that man can promise move you not To the delight I 'le snatch it from your bosome Nay never shake I 'le change that modest palenesse Into a blush shall speake thy blood as hot As myne or leave thy veines dry as the face Of earth when winter hath deflowred her cheeke And seal'd up all her beauties in a frost Shee faints Ha Madam dead helpe I did but trie thee My Ladie Plott a curse upon your Plotts Jacintha Ladies I am undone no helpe Dormant above Dor. Peace you 'le wake my master Lo. Helpe here the Ladie Peregrine is dead Dor. If shee be dead shee wonot make a noyse Would al i' th house were dead we should be at quiet Carrie your selfe civillie an I 'le send somebody Lo. I shall be in for murther oh my fate Enter Jacintha Lady Plott Ia. Alas my sister what ha you done my Lord Lo. I know not the extent of my offence But trust me i le not flie past the next Chamber Shew your best charitie oh my soule is wounded Exit La. Shee returnes give her more ayre Ia. Oh my poore sister welcome to life agen Bel. I know you both is no bodie else with you La. No Madam Bel. Not my Lord La. I 'le carrie him the newes of her recoverie Bel. Praie let mee see him Enter Lord and Lady Plott Ia. Hee 's here too soone La. Plo Cheere up your spirit my Lord and speake to her Shee is alive and likelie Bel. You may come A litle neerer if there be no change In minde there is in countenance my Lord I have had a short but pleasing vision My thought from a steepe precipice as you were falling Into the Sea an arme chain'd to a Cloud Caught hold and drew you up to Heaven Lo. If you dare heare mee speake Agen I dare say more but to your eare Bel. I feele a new and secure confidence Will you vouchsafe us favor Ia. Wee 'le not bee At to much distance Exeunt Ia. and Lady Plott Lo. Can there bee a hope After so great a wrong to finde a mercie You must bee more then woman and you are so It was the errour of my soule that drew The heavie mist upon my eies they now See and admire your innocence oh Madam I have two mightie passions within me Two that are wellcome yet extreames a Joy To see you live and sorrow for my trespasse Against so bright a chastitie to which I kneele within my hart and aske forgivenesse Bel. If this be earnest 't is a heavenlie language Lo. I feele a holie flame disperse rich heate About me the corruption of my blood Is fallen awaie and of that virtue which A divell in mee would have betrayd I rise A servant and admirer live oh live Thou best of wives and practise still new wonders Vpon the hart of lust transformed men Vntill time boast the example of thy faith Hath purg'd the world aud taught us how to count Our
plead toth Queene of Love yau'e to much excellence Were all your other graces worne in Clouds That eye that very eye would charme a Lucrece And by the golden unresisted Chaines Draw up her soule and melt it in your bosome Your presence is a volume of inchantements But move and every beauty falls before you But if you speake which needs not to obtaine You give a louder notice to the World Then when you list you conquer and create One accent of your tongue able to make A Nyobe returne from her cold Marble And spring more soft and active then the Aire To court your amorous breath Va. Hum no more if thou loust me we are upon A composition hee that winnes the Lady Shall give the other a thousand pound If you make him confident to bee preferrd Hee 'le never signe to 'th Covenant Con. How prefer'd Vnder what misconstruction have I suffer'd Although I name it justice he should challenge The mistresse of his thoughts can you want merit Who live the example of all wit to boast A victorie in your love were I a woman As nature only hudles into the world When shee sends forth a man give me licence To expresse my thoughts and had all that invention And truth could adde to advance me to opinion I should bee hono'rd to be writ your servant And call obedience to you greater triumph Then to be Empresse of an other world You have so rich a wit that dotage may Bee justified upon 't and nothing but A soule purg'd from all dreggs and quitted from Mortalitie can lay a worthie claime to 't Yau'e put a question would afflict an Oracle To understand and answer which of you Should triumph o're a Lady I am madd When I consider the necessitie Of fate that one of you must be accepted And both so bounteouslie deserving Then If I pronounce agen that both must have her You 'le pardon my ambition Gentlemen Which levells with your wishes Pu. Could I speake thus I would not thanke the Ladie should run madd for me Va. Jack prethe lett 's fancie him Hee has spoke home and handsomelie Pu. Let it be five peeces oh witt of witts Con. You have Gentlemen A care to enlarge my Librarie I translate These into bookes whose title-page shall owne Your name in shining Capitalls Pu. Drinke drinke Sack And divine the world with thine owne wit t' will sell Hang other bookes woot never switch a Play up Con. Las the Comedians have no soule to speake Va. Naie doe not leave us We are going to this Lady shee randevou's To day at Lady Plotts we shall have musicke and dancing You le meete my Lord there Con. I am his creature and your humble servant Va. Nay no distinction Pu. What braines some men have I would change all my acres for his Poetrie Exeunt Enter Lord Fitzavarice and Lady Plott La. Plott Still peevish Lo. Most invinciblie no temptation Can fasten on her wood I had nere laid seige to her The taking of her province will not be So much advantage to mee as the bare Removing of my seige will loose me credit I would she were recoverable by Law There were some hope by vexing my estate And tiring Westminster within few Termes A gentleman might come to issue with her If all were of her minde what would become on 's Lent everlasting lent would mortifie Our masculine concupiscence and not leave The strongest body worth an egge at Easter Plo. I am glad your Lordship yet is pleasant with Her stubbornesse and were I worthie to Advise you it should never trouble your thoughts I know your Lordship is not barren of acquaintance Lo. There be more Ladies in the World And of the Game La. The Game my Lord I hope You point not this at me because I use To passe the howrs at play with Ladies and gentlemen Lo. At Dice and Cards you have more charitie Then to thinke I accuse your Ladyship Though there be some have dar'd to venture both ways Vpon record yet seeme stanch to the world I and are thought to pray sometimes I wod-not For the Indies tempt your Ladiship I know You are deafe to all leaud accents Plo. T is your goodnesse Lo. Never to try thee t is fit only such As your cold kins-woman wenches that have No spirit should be tempted to those sports Nor is shee otherwise considerable To me more then my charitie may restore her I pitie a hansome woman should eate chalke And die i' th sullens if she might be comforted and cured Plo. With a Warme bed-fellow Lo. Y' are right Madam Enter Jacintha and Lady Bellamia But shee s here and her elder sister There is an other Lady I would not touch now I meane i' th leaud way shee has life and fire And moves without an Engine give me a wench That I must mould into a wanton shape And quicken her to aire by my owne Art A wench that must be purg'd sublim'd calcin'd by 'th chymistrie of Love till shee become A glorified spirit and acknowledge Shee tooke her exaltation from me In that I glorie more then to have perfected The Magisterium and boast the Elixar But I waste time Plo. This I cannot helpe He wonot understand Lo. Can you worke Ladie No cure upon your sister by the example Of your free hart Ia. My Lord I chide her for 't Tell her what follie 't is to wast her health With feeding so much melancholie I wish Shee had my constitution to laugh At all the World Lo. You are satyricall Ia. No matter what men thinke of me my Lord I am no great admirer of their virtues Lo. You doe not hate us Ladie Ia. But with pardon Of your Lordship it is possible I may never Runne madd for Love Lo. You doe converse with us Ia. Because I have As yet no resolution to bee cloistred Sometimes men stirre my pitie but most commonlie My laughter Lo. Y' are a strang condition'd Gentlewoman Ia. I would be so my Lord to all that love mee And love my selfe the better for that humor La. You 'le never marrie Ia. Certainlie not while I have any wit And can buy follie at a cheeper rate My sister has taught me that Ladie has A precious husband too shall I my Lord Bee bold to aske you but one question What are men good for Lo. Pray Ladie doe not feare I come a wooing Ia. Your Lordships mirth offends not mee in this Lo. Yet if I could love I would marrie thee Of all women alive Ia. Your Lordship should Have litle cause I hope to wish so ill to mee Lo. What sayes my Lady Aprill here all showrs Plo. My Lord is a great honorer of your sister Ia. T is his fault in my conscience but I hope Shee 'le have a care poore soule Enter Vayne-man Pumiceston and Confident Con. Let mee prepare you And when you see me close with Madam Plott You may advance Pu. Bee breife Co. Most noble Ladie I have no time to