of Queene if thou perceiv'st thy selfe To be with child conceale it even from him Next when thou find'st him affable and free Finde out some talke about thy Sister here As thus thy Father sent thee but in jest Thy Sister 's fairest and I love her best Isab. It may incense the King Mar. What I intend Is to my selfe inquire no further of it Isab. I shal performe your will and thus resolv'd To be a Martyr e're a Concubine But if the King afford me further favour In my close bosome your last words I 'le place Mar. Sister and Sister part be you not seene Bid her farewell a Martyr or a Queene They cannot speake for teares alas for woe That force should part Sister and Sister thus And that the Child and Father of one heart Comands and powerfull threats should thus divide But Chester stayes within there Enter servant Serv. My Lord Mar. Have you receiv'd Earle Chester honourably Serv. The noblest welcome that the house could yeeld He hath had my Lord nothing was held too deere He much extolls your bounty Mar. Vsher him in we are now ready for him Serv. I shall my Lord Enter Chester Chest. Sir I have stay'd your leasure now your Answer Mar. That I obey the fairest of my girles I send the King Chest. I easily can beleeve That this the fairest is her like in Court Lives not she is a Present for a King Mar. Say to the King I give her but conditionally That if he like not this fairest of the two Vnstain'd he will his gift send backe againe Chest. I shall come Lady Mar. My Lord I doe not load you with commends And duties which I could doe to the King I know your love your memory may faile you And you them all may scatter by the way Doe thou a Fathers duty thus in teares And send me how thou speed'st to free these feares Exeunt Actus tertius Enter Clowne and the Lady Mary Mary Came you from him Clown Yes if it please your Maidenship my Master sends you word he is the old man and his suite is the old suite still and his cloaths the old cloaths He scornes to be a change ling or a shifter he feares nothing but this that hee shall fall into the Lord your fathers hands for want of reparations Mary We know thy meaning here beare him this gold And bid him suite him like the man he was Bid him to face the proudest hee in Court He shall not want whilst we have Clowne That was out of my Commission Lady Gold tempts I have commandment not to touch it 't is another thing he aymes at it is a thing but I know not what manner of thing but something it is and he vowes not to shift a shirt till he be further resolv'd hee onely sends you Commendations and withall to know if you would stand to your word Mary He wrongs me to cast doubts Tell him I am the same I ever was And ever will continue as I am But that he should disdaine this courtesie Being in want and comming too from me Doth somewhat trouble me Clowne We want Madam you are deceiv'd wee have store of ragges plenty of tatters aboundance of jagges huge rents witnesse our breeches ground enough to command for we can walke where we will none will bid us to Dinner houses rent-free and goodly ones to chuse where we will the Martialsie the Counter Newgate Bridewell and would a man desire to dwell in stronger buildings and can you say that we are in want No Lady my Captaine wants nothing but your love and that he intreats you to send by me the bearer Mary I doe with all the best affection A Virgin can bestow upon her friend Clown I dare sweare he is an honest man but I dare not say he is a true man Mary How not a true man Clowne No for hee hath sworne to steale you away and thus I prove it if he steale you away I am sure you wil not goe naked he cannot steale you but hee must steale the cloaths you have on and he that steales apparrell what is he but a Theefe and hee that is a Theefe cannot be a true man Ergo Mary That is not theft when men but steale their owne And I am his witnesse this Diamond Which beare him and thus say that no disaster Shall ever part me from his company Clown I shall beare this with as good will as you would beare him Vtcung volumus Mary What are we but our words when they are past Faith should succeed and that should ever last My Father Enter Audley Aud. Wots thou who 's returnd The unthrift Bonvile ragged as a scarre-crow The Warres have gnaw'd his garments to the skinne I met him and he told me of a Contract Mary Sir such a thing there was Aud. Vpon condition if he came rich Mary I heard no such exception Aud. Thou doest not meane to marry with a begger Mary Vnlesse he be a Gentleman and Bonvile Is by his birth no lesse Aud. Such onely gentile are that can maintaine Gentily Mary Why should your state faile you Can it from you your honours take away Whilst your Allegeance holds what need you more You ever shall be noble although poore Aud. They are noble that have nobles gentle they That appeare such Mary Indeed so worldlings say But vertuous men proove they are onely deare That all their riches can about them beare Sound Enter the King Clinton Bonvile Prince Princesse King Is not Earle Chester Return'd yet with an answer from the Martiall Prince Not yet my Lord King For such contention we now scorne revenge Wee 'le try the utmost of his patience now He would exceed our love if it appeare He will hold nothing for his King too deere Aud. Earl Chester is return'd Enter Chester and Isabella King Hast brought her Chester Chest. Her whom her father the most faire esteemes He hath sent by me onely with this request That if his free gift doe not like your Highnesse You 'le send her backe untoucht to his embrace King I feare we shall not she appeares too faire So streightly to part with what is he would Attempt such virgin-modesty to staine By hopes of honour flatteries or constraint How doe you like her your opinions Lords Prince A beauteous Lady one that hath no peere In the whole Court King Therefore I hold her precious Princesse A fairer face in Court who ever saw Her beauty would become the name of Queene Clin. One of more state or shape where shall we finde Aud. Her modesty doth doe her beauty grace Both in her cheeke have chus'd a soveraigne seate King You have past censure Lady now you 're mine And by your Fathers free gift you are so To make or marre to keepe or bestow Isab. It glads me I am present to a King Whom I have alwayes heard my father tearme Royall in all things vertuous modest chaste And to have one free attribute besides
sham'd not to come out but held it sinne Not to be pardon'd to be seene goe in But I 'le be modest nay nay keepe your Gold To cure those hot diseases you have got And being once cleere betake you to one man And study to be honest that 's my counsell You have brought many like you Gentlemen That jet in Silkes to goe thus ragg'd like us Which did they owne our thoughts these rags would change To shine as we shall though you think it strange Come come this house is infected shall we goe Clowne Why Sir shall I have no sport for my money but even a snatch and away Cap. Leave me and leave me ever and observe This rule from me where there is lodg'd a Whore Thinke the Plagues crosse is set upon that doore Clowne Then Lord have mercy upon us where have we beene The Clowne goes learing away and shaking his head Bawd Hist hist heere 's a rayling companion indeed 1. Whore I know not what you call a rayling companion but such another discourse would make me goe neere to turn honest Bawd Nay if you be in that minde I 'le send for your love the plague in my house the Pox is as soone I am sure there was never man yet that had Lord have mercy upon us in his minde that would ever enter here Nay will you goe Sound enter the King Prince Princesse all the Lords the Queene c. King Before you all I here acknowledge Lords I never held me happy but in this My vertuous choice in having your applause Me-thinks I had the sweet consent of Heaven Princesse This noble Lady now my royall Mother Hath by her love to you regard to us And courteous affability to all Attain'd the generall suffrage of the Realme Princesse Her modest carriage shall be rules to me Her words instructions her behaviour precepts Which I shall ever study to observe Queen I feele my body growing by the King And I am quicke although he know it not Now comes my fathers last injunction To my remembrance which I must fulfill Although a Queene I am his daughter still King Lords and the rest forbeare us till we call A chaire first and another for our Queene Some private conference we intend with her Now leave us Exeunt Lords King My fairest Isabella the choice jewell That I weare next my heart I cannot hide My love to thee 't is like the Sunne invelopt In watery clouds whose glory will breake thorow And spite opposure scornes to be conceal'd Saving one thing aske what my kingdome yeelds And it is freely thine Queen What 's that my Lord King I cannot speake it without some distaste To thee my Queene yet if thy heart be ours Name it not to me Queen I am onely yours King Begge not thy fathers free repeale to Court And to those offices we have bestow'd Save this my Kingdome and what it containes Is thy wills subject Queen You are my King and Husband The first includes allegeance the next duty Both these have power above a Fathers name Though as a daughter I could wish it done Yet since it stands against your Royall pleasure I have no suite that way King Thou now hast-thrust thy hand into my bosome And we are one Thy beauty oh thy beauty Never was King blest with so faire a wife I doe not blame thy Father to preferre Thee 'fore thy sister both in love and face Since Europe yeelds not one of equall grace Why smiles my love Queen As knowing one so faire With whom my pale cheeke never durst compare Had you but seene my Sister you would say To her the blushing Corrall should give way For her cheeke staines it Lillies to her brow Must yeeld their Ivory whitenesse and allow Themselves o'recome If e're you saw the skie When it was clear'st it never could come nigh Her Azure veines in colour shee 's much clearer Ey and her love much to my Father dearer King We by our noble Martiall made request For the most faire and her whom he best lov'd Durst he delude us Queen What I speake is true So will your selfe say when shee comes in place King Our love to thee shall not or'ecome that hate We owe thy Father though thou bee'st our Queene Queen He keeps her as his Treasure locks her safe Within his armes he onely minded me As one he lov'd not but thought meerely lost King Thou art lost indeed for thou hast lost my heart Nor shalt thou keepe it longer all my love Is swallowed in the spleene I beare thy Father And in this deepe disgrace put on his King Which wee 'le revenge Enter Prince Princesse Chester Clinton Bonvile and Audley King It shall be thus Chester beare hence this Lady to her Father As one unworthy us with her that dower The double dower he by his servant sent Thy teares nor knee shall once prevaile with us As thou art loyall without further language Depart our presence wee 'le not heare thee speake Chest. What shall I further say King Command him on his life to send to Court His tother Daughter and at our first summons Lest we proclaime him Traytor this see done On thy Allegeance Chest. Now the goale is ours King None dare to censure or examine this That we shall hold our friend or of our blood Subjects that dare against their Kings contend Hurle themselves downe whilst others hie ascend Exit Actus quartus Enter the Martiall and his daughter Katherine Mar. I see the King is truely honourable All my disgraces and disparagements He hath made good to me in this to queene my child And which more glads me with such ardency He seemes to affect her and to hold her deare That nothing's valued if compar'd with her Now Heaven whilst thou this second happinesse And blisse wilt lend me I shall still grow great In my content opinion and my fate In spight of whisperers and Court-flatterers Kath. Had you best lov'd my Sister and lesse me I had beene Queene before her but she venter'd For her preferment therefore 't is her due Out of our feares and loves her honours grew Mar. Whilst I may keepe thy beauty in mine eye And with her new rais'd fortunes fill mine eare I second none in blisse she 's my Court comfort Thou my home happinesse in these two blest Heaven hath inrich't me with a crowne of rest Kath. Nor doe I cover greater Royalties Than to enjoy your presence and your love The best of these I prize above all fortunes Nor would I change them for my Sisters state Mar. Her beauty and her vertues mixt have won The King my Soveraigne to be tearm'd my son Enter Servant Ser. Earle Chester with the Queene your princely daughter Are without traine alighted at the gate And by this entred Mar. Thou hast troubled me And with a thousand thoughts at once perplex't My affrighted heart admit them soft not yet What might this meane my daughter in the charge Of him that
that the Father doth so much respect Should not me-thinks the daughters love despise 'T is good for Maides take Husbands when they may Heaven knowes how long we may be forc't to stay King Now Lords these Nuptialls we will solemnize In all high state in which we will include Yours noble Bonvile and with masks and revells Sport out the tedious nights each hand his Bride Doubly by us from either part ally'd Enter Clowne Cock Why this is as it should be now doe I smell Courtier already I feele the Souldier steale out of me by degrees for Souldier and Courtier can hardly dwell both together in one bosome I have a kind of fawning humour creeping upon me as soone as I but look't into the Court-gate and now could I take a bribe if any would be so foolish to gee 't me Now farewell Gun-powder I must change thee into Damask-powder for if I offer but to smell like a souldier the Courtiers will stop their noses when they passe by me My cask I must change to a Cap and a Feather my Bandileero to a Skarfe to hang my Sword in and indeede fashion my selfe wholly to the humours of the time My Peece I must alter to a Poynado and my Pike to a Pickadevant onely this is my comfort that our provant will be better here in the Court than in the Campe there we did use to lye hard and seldome here I must practise to lye extreamely and often But whil'st I am trifling here I shall loose the fight of the Solemnity The Prince is married and the Martiall 's married and my Master 's married there will be simple doings at night Well I must hence for I beleeve the King the Queene and the rest of the Lords will use this place for their revells Dixi Actus Quintus Enter Clinton and Chester Clin. And why so sad my Lord Chest. I am all dulnesse There 's no life in me I have lost my spirit And fluence of my braine observe you not In what a height you fellow now resides That was so late dejected trebly grafted Into the Royall blood what can succeed But that we all our honours must resigne And he of them be repossest againe Clin. The Marriages indeed are celebrated Chest. And they have all our pointed stratagems Turn'd backe upon our selves Clin. What no prevention Chest. His Basses are so fixt he cannot shrinke Being so many wayes ingraft and planted In the Kings blood but our supporters stand As shak't with Earthquakes or else built on sand Enter Audley and Bonvile Aud. My Lords attend the King and cleare this chamber For this nights revells 't is the place prepar'd Bon. Your duties Lords the King 's upon his entrance Enter the King the Queene the Prince his wife the Martiall and the Princesse King Ey so 't must be each man hand his owne For I am where I love we are even coupled Some Musicke then Princesse Here 's one falls off from me King How now my Lord dejected in your looks Or doth our sports distaste you Mar. Pardon me I cannot dance my Liege King You can looke on My Lord you take his place wee 'le have a measure And I will lead it bid the Musicke stricke A measure in the midst the Martiall goes discontented away So well done Ladies but we misse the Husband To our faire Daughter what 's become of him Chest. Gone discontented hence King What might this meane Doth he distaste his Bride or envy us That are degree'd above him where 's our Queene Queen My Liege King You shall unto him instantly Attended with a beauteous traine of Ladies And to his Chamber beare his princely Bride Bonvile take you her royall Dower along You shall receive it of our Treasurer Cap. I shall my Lord King Vsher the Queene and Ladies be their guide That done each one to bed with his faire Bride Enter Martiall Mar. I am so high that when I looke but downe To see how farre the earth is under me It quakes my body and quite chills my blood And in my feare although I stand secure I am like him that falls I but a subject And married to the Daughter of the King Though some may thinke me happy in this match To me 't is fearefull who would have a wife Above him in command to imbrace with awe Whom to displease is to distaste the King It is to have a Mistris not a wife A Queene and not a subjects bed-fellow State I could wish abroad to crowne my head But never yet lov'd Empire in my bed Enter servant Serv. The Queene your daughter with your princely Bride And other Ladies make way towards your chamber Mar. 'T is open to receive them pray them in Enter Bonvile the Queene the Princesse c. Queen My Lord the King commends his love to you In your faire Bride whom royally conducted He hath sent to be the partner of your bed Mar. Whom we receive in the armes of gratitude Duty to him and nuptiall love to her Prince 'T is well they brought me trust me my deare Lord I should have scarce had face to have come my selfe But yet their boldnesse mixt with mine together Makes me to venter I yet scarce know whither Mar. 'T is to our Nuptiall bed Princesse Ey so they say But unto me it is a pach unknowne Yet that which cheeres me I shall doe no more Than those and such as I have done before Sure 't is a thing that must though without skill Even when you please I am ready for your will Cap. With her the King hath sent this princely dower In which his love and bounty hee commends Mar. You are noble Sir and honour waites on you To crowne your future fortunes for that Casket Her beauty and her birth are dower sufficient For me a subject I cannot thinke so much good to my King As I am owing for her single selfe Then with all duty pray returne that summe Her dower is in her selfe and that I 'le keepe Which in these loyall all armes this night shall sleepe That is the Kings with that this jewell too I thinke her cheape bought at that easie rate My second duty in that gift commend Were I worth more more I have will to send Cap. An Emperor cannot shew more Royalty Than this brave Peere hee 's all magnificent I shall with the best eloquence I have Make knowne your thoughts Mar. To all at once good night Save this my beauteous Bride no wealth I prize That hath my heart tooke captive in her eyes Lights for the Queene and Ladies night growes old I count my Vertue treasure not my Gold Exeunt divers wayes Enter Clinton to the Earle Chester in his study Clin. What not at rest my Lord Chest. Why who can sleepe That hath a labouring braine and sees from farre So many stormes and tempests threaten him It is not in my element to doo 't Clin. Finde you no project yet how to remove him Chest. None
souldier I protest Clown Loe I have taught him his lesson already I knew where I should have you Cap. There 's first to make you beggers for to that all such must come that leave their Masters poore Begon and never let me see you more Touch. God be with you good Captaine come Match let us betake us to our randevous at some out end of the Citty Cap. Hee makes a begger first that first relieves him Not Vsurers make more beggers where they live Than charitable men that use to give Clown Here comes a Lord Enter Clinton Clin. I am glad to see you Sir Cap. You know me now your Worship 's wondrous wise You could not know me in my last disguise Clin. Lord God you were so chang'd Cap. So am I now From what I was of late you can allow This habite well but put my tother on No congie then your Lordship must be gon You are my Summer-friend Enter Bonvile Bonv. Cousin well met Cap. You should have said well found For I was lost but late dead under ground Our Kinred was when I redeem'd my Land They both reviv'd and both before you stand Bon. Well well I know you now Cap. And why not then I am the same without all difference when You saw me last I was as rich as good Have no additions since of name or blood Onely because I wore a thread-bare suite I was not worthy of a poore salute A few good cloaths put on with small adoo Purchase your knowledge and your kinred too You are my silken Unkle oh my Lord Enter Audley and his Daughter You are not in haste now Aud. I have time to stay To aske you how you doe being glad to heare Of your good fortune your repurchast lands And state much amplified Cap. All this is true Ey but my Lord let me examine you Remember you a Contract that once past Betwixt me and your daughter here shee stands Aud. Sir since you did vnmorgage all your meanes It came into my thoughts trust me before I could not call 't to minde Cap. Oh mens weake strength That aime at worlds when they but their meere length Must at their end enjoy Thou then art mine Of all that I have proov'd in poverty The onely test of vertue what are these Though they be Lords but worldlings men all earth Thou art above them vertuous that 's divine Onely thy heart is noble therefore mine Mary And to be yours is to be what I wish You were to me as welcome in your ragges As in these Silkes I never did examine The out side of a man but I begin To censure first of that which growes within Cap. Onely for that I love thee These are Lords That have bought Titles Men may merchandize Wares ey and trafficke all commodities From Sea to Sea ey and from shore to shore But in my thoughts of all things that are sold 'T is pitty Honour should be bought for gold It cuts off all desert Enter the Host Clowne Master who 's here mine Host of the Ordinary Cap. Your businesse sir what by petition Host. Falne to a little decay by trusting and knowing your Worship ever a bountifull young Gentleman I make bold to make my wants first knowne to you Cap. Pray what 's your suite Host. Onely for a cast suite or some small remuneration Cap. And thou shalt have the suite I last put off Fetch it me Cock Cock I shall Sir Cap. Falne to decay I 'le fit you in your kind Cock I have a suite to you Sir and this it is Cap. In this suit came I to thine Ordinary In this thou would'st have thrust me out of doores Therefore with this that then proclaim'd me poore I 'le salve thy wants nor will I give thee more Base worldlings that despise all such as need Who to the needy begger are still dumbe Not knowing unto what themselves may come Host. I have a cold suite on 't if I be forc't to weare it in winter I bid your worship farewell Clown So should all that keepe Ordinaries bid their guests farewell though their entertainment be never so ill Well sir I take you but for an ordinary fellow and so I leave you Master who will not say that you are a brave fellow and a most noble Captaine that with a word or two can discomfit an Host Cap. I know you therefore know to rate your worths Both to their height and depth their true dimensions I understand for I have try'd them all But thou art of another element A mirrour of thy sexe that canst distinguish Vertue from wealth thee as my owne I elect And these according to themselves despise A Courtier henceforth I my selfe professe And thee my wife thou hast deserv'd no lesse Enter the King the Prince and the Princesse and Chester King No newes yet from our Martiall we three moneths Have stay'd his leasure but receive not yet That daughter we sent for Prince She peradventure Hath not her strength recovered or her beauty Lost by her sicknesse to the full regain'd Chest. Vpon my life my Lord when she is perfect And hath receiv'd her full ability Shee shall attend your pleasure Princesse But your Queene That vertuous Lady when I thinke on her I can but grieve at her dejectednesse King Heaven knowes I love her above all the world And but her Father this contends with us When we in all our actions strive to exceed We could not brooke her absence halfe so long But we will try his patience to the full Enter Bonvile Audley Captaine Clinton Mary the Clowne Cap. My prostrate duty to the King my Master I here present Prince This is the Gentleman Commended for his valour in your warres Whose ruin'd fortunes I made suite to raise I would intreat your Highnesse to respect him King All his proceedings we partake at large Know both his fall and height we shall regard him Even with his worth be neare us of our chamber Sir we shall use your wisedome and preferre it According to your worth Be this your hope We know you Cap. Onely in that I am happy Enter the Servant Serv. Health to your Majesty King Whence Serv. From my Master The pOOrest subject that your land containes Rich onely in his truth and loyalty King Speake hath he sent his daughter Serv. Yes my Liege He hath sent his daughters please you rest satisfied And patiently peruse what he hath sent King We are full of expectations pray admit Those Presents that he meanes to greete us with Serv. You shall my Lord Sound enter with two Gentlemen-ushers before them the Queen crown'd her sister to attend her as her waiting-maid with a traine Serv. Your Queene and wife crown'd with a wreath of gold Of his owne charge with that this double dower Doubled againe and guarded with this traine Of Gentlewomen according to her state My Lord presents you this his younger daughter He hath bestow'd a hand-maide to your Queene A place