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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63834	The adventures of five hours a tragi-comedy.	Tuke, Samuel, Sir, d. 1674.; Coello, Antonio, 1611-1652. Empeños de seis horas.; Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681.	1663 (1663)	Wing T3229; ESTC R23158	54,649	80

THE ADVENTURES OF FIVE HOURS A Tragi-Comedy Non ego Ventosae Plebis suffragia venor Horat. Febr. 21 o 1662. IMPRIMATUR JOHN BERKENHEAD LONDON 〈…〉 To the Right HONORABLE HENRY HOWARD OF NORFOLK SInce it is Your Pleasure Noble Sir that I should hold my Fortune from You like those Tenants who pay some Inconsiderable Trifle in lieu of a Valuable Rent I humbly offer You this Poem in Acknowledgment of my Tenure and I am well pleas'd with this Occasion to Publish my Sense of Your Favours since it seems to me a kind of Ingratitude to be Thankful in Private It was bred upon the Terrace-Walks in Your Garden at Aldbury and if I mistake not it resembles the Place where it was Brought up The Plot is Delightful the Elevations Natural the Ascents Easie without any great Embellishments 〈…〉 I design'd the Character of Antonio as a Copy of Your Stedy Virtue if it appear to those who have the Honor to know You short of the Original I take leave to inform them that You have not sat to me long 'T is possible hereafter I may Gratifie my Country for their Civility to this Essay with something more worthy of Your Patronage and their Indulgence In the Interim I make it my Glory to avow That had Fortune been Just to me She could not have Recompens'd the Loyal Industry of my Life with a more Illustrious Title than that which You have been pleas'd to Confer upon me of YOUR FRIEND To which as in Gratitude I am bound I Subjoyn that of Your most humble Servant S. TUKE The First SCENE is The City of SEVIL The Prologue Enters with a Play-Bill in his hand and Reads This Day being the 15 th of December shall be Acted a New Play never Plai'd before call'd The Adventures of Five Hours A NEW PLAY TH' are i' the right for I dare boldly say The English Stage ne'r had so New a Play The Dress the Author and the Scenes are New This ye have seen before ye'l say 't is true But tell me Gentlemen who ever saw A deep Imrigue confin'd to Five Hours Law Such as for close Contrivance yields to none A Modest Man may praise what 's not his own 'T is true the Dress is his which he submits To those who are and those who would be Wits Ne'r spare him Gentlemen for to speak truth He has a per'lous Cens'rer been in 's Youth And now grown Bald with Age Doating on Praise He thinks to get a Periwig of Bays Teach him what 't is in this Discerning Age To bring his heavy Genius on the Stage Where you have seen such Nimble Wits appear That pass'd so soon one scarce could say th'were here Yet after our Discoveries of late Of their Designs who would Subvert the State You 'l wonder much if it should prove his Lot To take all England with a Spanish Plot But if through his ill Conduct or hard Fate This Forein Plot like that of Eighty Eight Should suffer Shipwrack in your Narrow Seas You 'll give your Modern Poet his Writ of Ease For by th' Example of the King of Spain He resolves ne'r to trouble you again THE PROLOGUE AT COURT He Addresses himself to the Pit AS to a dying Lamp This refers to the Authors purpose of Retirement at that time when his Majesty recommended this Plot to him one drop of Oyl Gives a new Blaze and makes it live a while So th' Author seeing his decaying Light And therefore thinking to retire from sight Was hindred by a Ray from th'upper Sphere Just at that time he thought to disappear He chanc'd to hear his Majesty once say He lik'd this Plot he staid and writ the Play So should Obsequious Subjects catch the Minds Of Princes as your Sea-men do the Winds If this Attempt then shews more Zeal than Light 'T may teach you to Obey He looking up and seeing the King starts though not to Write HA he is there himself * He Kneels He Rises Pardon my sight My Eyes were dazled with Excess of Light Even so the Sun who all things else displays Is hid from us i' th' Glory of his Rays Will You vouchsafe Your Presence You that were given To be our Atlas and support our Heaven Will You Dread Sir Your Pretious Moments lose To Grace the first Endeavours of our Muse This with Your Character most aptly suits Even Heaven it self is pleas'd with the first Fruits DRAMMATIS PERSONAE Porcia Camilla Young Ladies Don Carlos A Kind Brother to Camilla Don Henrique A Severe Brother to Porcia Don Antonio Pimentel Contracted by the Mediation of Friends to Porcia before he saw her Don Octavio Secret Gallant to Porcia but feigning to be in Love with Camilla Flora. Waiting-woman to Porcia Ernesto Sancho Servants to Don Antonio Diego Servant to Octavio Sylvio Geraldo Pedro. Servants to Don Henrique The Corigidor and Attendants THE SCENE SEVIL The Reader is desir'd to take notice of these Errors of the Printer Page 6. line 4● read Does fully state the difference of our Fortunes Page 12. line 8. read These Descants on our Griefs c. Page 19. line 43. read And trusted to her Eyes when she did Wake The First Act. THE SCENE DON HENRIQVE's HOUSE Enter Don Henrique who is immediately follow'd by Sylvio Sylvio SIgnior Don Carlos is without Henr. Wait on him in Enter Carlos Car. Cozin to me this day hath longer seem'd than usual Since 't is so far advanc'd without our seeing one another Henr. Me thinks so too but you repair your Stay By coming hither opportunely now You have so often born with my Distempers 'T is fit that once at least you should partake Of my Good humour Car. What ere the Cause may be I 'm sure I joy In the Effect and may it long continue Henr. I can inform you by experience now How great a satisfaction 't is to find A Heart and Head eas'd of a weighty care For a Gentleman of my warm temper Jealous of the Honour of his Family Yet never blemish'd to be fairly freed From the Tuition of an Orphan Sister Rich Beautiful and Young Car. You know Don Henrique that for divers years Your Friend has been with the like Province charg'd A tender Sister by our Parents will When they were call'd from all their Cares below To mine committed and though more expos'd Still to the world than yours and Sir unless Nearness of blood deceive me short of few In the advantages that draw Pretenders Yet thanks to my Temper Cozin as well As to her Virtue I have seen her grow Up from her Childhood to her Dangerous Age Without the least Disturbance to my rest And when with equal Justice I reflect On the great Modesty and Circumspection Of lovely Porcia I conclude that you Might well have slept as Undisturb'd as I. Henr. Sir I complain not of my Sisters conduct But you know well young Maids are so expos'd To the Invasion of audacious men And to