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Catiline his conspiracy· VVritten by Ben: Ionson
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
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Gods For all your Fortunes Altars and your Fires For the deere soules of your lou'd Wiues and Children Your Parents tombes your Rites Lawes Liberty And briefly for the safety of the World Against such men as onely by their crimes Are knowne thrust out by riot want or rashnesse One sort Sylla's old troopes left here in Fesulae Who sodainly made rich in those dire times Are since by their vnbounded vast expence Growne needie aud poore and haue but left t' expect From Catiline new Billes and new Proscriptions These men they say are valiant yet I thinke 'hem Not worth your pause For either their old vertue Is in their sloth and pleasures lost or if It tarry with 'hem so ill match to yours As they are short in number or in cause The second sort are of those Citty-beasts Rather then Citizens who whilst they reach After our fortunes haue let flie their owne These whelm'd in wine swell'd vp with meates and weakned With hourely whoredomes neuer left the side Of Catiline in Rome nor here are loos'd From his embraces Such as trust me neuer In riding or in vsing well their armes Watching or other militarie labor Did exercise their youth but learn'd to loue Drinke dance and sing make feasts and be fine gamsters And these will wish more hurt to ' you then they bring you The rest are a mixt kinde all sorts of furies Adulterers Dicers Fencers Outlawes Theeues The Murderers of their Parents all the sinke And plague of Italie met in one torrent To take to day from vs the punishment Due to their mischiefs for so many yeares And who in such a cause and 'gainst such fiends Would not now wish himselfe all arme and weapon To cut such poysons from the earth and let Their blood out to be drawne away in cloudes And pour'd on some inhabitable place Where the hot Sunne and Slime breedes nought but Monsters Chiefly when this sure ioy shall crowne our side That the least man that falles vpon our party This day as some must giue their happy names To fate and that eternall memory Of the best death writ with it for their Countrey Shall walke at pleasure in the tents of rest And see farre off beneath him all their host Tormented after life and Catiline there VValking a wretched and lesse Ghost then he I le vrge no more Moue forward with your Eagles And trust the Senates and Romes cause to Heauen ARM. To thee great Father Mars and greater Ioue CAESAR CRASSVS I Euer look'd for this of Lentulus When Catiline was gone CRA. I gaue 'hem lost Many dayes since CAES. But wherefore did you beare Their letter to the Consul that they sent you To warne you from the City CRA. Did I know Whether he made it It might come from him For ought I could assure me if they meant I should be safe among so many they might Haue come as well as writ CAES. There is no losse In being secure I haue of late too ply'd him Thicke with intelligences but they ' haue beene Of things he knew before CRA. A little serues To keepe a man vpright on these State-bridges Although the passage were more dangerous Let vs now take the standing part CAES. We must And be as zealous â—or't as Cato Yet I would faine helpe these wretched men CRA. You cannot Who would saue them that haue betraid themselues CICERO QVINTVS CATO I Will not be wrought to it Brother Quintus There 's no mans priuate enmity shall make Me violate the dignity of another If there were proofe 'gainst Caesar or who euer To speake him guilty I would so declare him But Quintus Catulus and Piso both Shall know the Consul will not for their grudge Haue any man accus'd or named falsly QVI. Not falsly but if any circumstance By the Allobroges or from Volturtius Would carry it CIC. That shall not be sought by me If it reueale it selfe I would not spare You Brother if it pointed at you trust me CATO Good Marcus Tullius which is more then great Thou had'st thy education with the Gods CIC. Send Lentulus forth and bring away the rest This office I am sorry Sir to doe you THE SENATE WHat may be happy still and fortunate To Rome and to this Senate Please you Fathers To breake these letters and to view them round If that be not found in them which I feare I yet intreate at such a time as this My diligence be not contemn'd Ha' you brought The weapons hither from Cethegus house PRAE. They are without CIC. Be ready with Volturtins To bring him when the Senate calls And see None of the rest conferre together Fathers What doe you reade Is it yet worth your care If not your feare what you finde practis'd there CAES. It hath a face of horror CRA. I 'am amaz'd CATO Looke there SYL. Gods Can such men draw common aire CIC. Although the greatnesse of the mischiefe Fathers Hath often made my faith small in this Senate Yet since my casting Catiline out for now I doe not feare the enuy of the word Vnlesse the deede be rather to be fear'd That he went hence aliue when those I meant Should follow him did not I haue spent both daies And nights in watching what their fury ' and rage Was bent on that so staid against my thought And that I might but take 'hem in that light Where when you met their treason with your eyes Your minds at length would thinke for your owne safety And now 't is done There are their hands and seales Their persons too are safe thankes to the Gods Bring in Volturtius and the' Allobroges These be the men were trusted with their letters VOL. Fathers beleeue me I knew nothing I Was trauailing for Gallia and am sorry CIC. Quake not Volturtius speake the truth and hope Well of this Senate on the Consuls word VOL. Then I knew all But truely ' I was drawne in But tother day CAES. Say what thou know'st and feare not Thou hast the Senates faith and Consuls word To fortifie thee VOL. I was sent with letters And had a message too from Lentulus To Catiline that he should vse all aides Seruants or others and come with his army Assoone vnto the Citty as he could For they were ready and but staid for him To intercept those that should flee the fire These Men the Allobroges did heare it too ALL. Yes Fathers and they tooke an oath to vs. Besides their letters that we should be free And vrg'd vs for some present aide of horse CIC. Nay here be other testimonies Fathers Cethegus Armoury CRA. What not all these CIC. Here 's not the hundred part Call in the Fencer That we may know the armes to all these weapons Come my braue Sword-player to what actiue vse Was all this steele prouided CET. Had you ask'd In Syllas dayes it had beene to cut throtes But now it was to looke on only I lou'd To see good blades and feele their edge and points
I should be right sorry To haue the meanes so to be veng'd on you At least the will as I shall shortly on them But goe you on still Fare you well deare Ladie You could not still be faire'vnlesse you were proud You will repent these moodes and ere 't be long too I shall ha' you come about againe FVL. Doe you thinke so CVR. Yes and I know so FVL. By what Augury CVR. By the faire Entrailes of the Matrons chests Gold Pearle and Iewels here in Rome which Fuluia Will then but late say that shee might haue shar'd And grieuing misse FVL. Tut all your promis'd Mountaines And Seas I am so stalely acquainted with CVR. But when you see the vniuersall floud Runne by your coffers that my Lords the Senators Are sold for slaues their Wiues for bond-women Their Houses and fine Gardens giuen away And all their goods vnder the Speare at out-cry And you haue none of this but are still Fuluia Or perhaps lesse while you are thinking of it You will aduise then Coynesse with your cushion And looke o' your fingers say how you were wish'd And so he left you FVL. Call him againe Galla This is not vsuall something hangs on this That I must winne out of him CVR. How now melt you FVL. Come you will laugh now at my easinesse But 't is no miracle Doues they say will bill After their pecking and their murmuring CVR. Yes And then 't is kindly I would haue my Loue Angry sometimes to sweeten off the rest Of her behauiour FVL. You doe see I study How I may please you then But you thinke Curius T is couetise hath wrought me If you loue me Change that vnkinde conceipt CVR. By my lou'd soule I loue thee like to it and 't is my study More then mine owne reuenge to make thee happy FVL. And'tis that iust reuenge doth make me happy To heare you prosequute and which indeede Hath wonne me to you more then all the hope Of what can else be promis'd I loue valour Better then any Ladie loues her face Or dressing then my selfe do's Let me grow Still where I doe embrace But what good meanes Ha' you t' effect it Shall I know your proiect CVR. Thou shalt if thou 'lt be gracious FVL. As I can be CVR. And wilt thou kisse me then FVL. As close as shels Of Cockles meet CVR. And print 'hem deep FVL. Quite through Our subtle lips CVR. And often FVL. I will sow ' hem Faster then you can reape What is your plot CVR. Why now my Fuluia lookes like her bright name And is her selfe FVL. Nay answere me your plot I pray thee tell me Quintus CVR. I these sounds Become a Mistresse Here is harmony When you are harsh I see the way to bend you Is not with violence but seruice Cruell A Lady is a fire gentle a light FVL. Will you not tell me what I aske you CVR. All That I can thinke sweet Loue or my breast holds I le poure into thee FVL. What is your designe then CVR. I le tell thee Catiline shall now be Consull But you will heare more shortly FVL. Nay deare Loue. CVR. I le speake it in thine armes Let vs goe in Rome will be sack'd her wealth will be our prize By publique ruine priuate spirits must rise CHORVS GReat Father Mars and greater Ioue By whose high auspice Rome hath stood So long and first was built in blood Of your great Nephew that then stroue Not with his brother but your Rites Be present to her now as then And let not proud and factious Men Against your willes oppose their mights Our Consuls now are to be made O put it in the publique voice To make a free and worthy choice Excluding such as would inuade The Common wealth Let whom we name Haue wisedome foresight fortitude Be more with faith then face endu'd And study conscience aboue â—ame Such as not seeke to get the start In State by power parts or bribes Ambition's baudes but moue the Tribes By Vertue modesty desart Such as to iustice will adhaere What euer great one it offend And from the' embraced truth not bend For enuie hatred gifts or feare That by their deedes will make it knowne Whose dignity they doe sustaine And life state glory all they gaine Count the Republiques not their owne Such the old Bruti Decij were The Cipi Curtij who did giue Themselues for Rome And would not liue As men good only for a yeare Such were the great Camilli too The Fabij Seipio's that still thought No worke at price inough was bought That for their Countrey they could doe And to her honor so did knit As all their acts were vnderstood The sinewes of the Publique good And they themselues oâ—e soule with it These men were truely Magistrates These neither practis'd force nor formes Nor did they leaue the helme in stormes And such they are make happy States ACT. iij. CICERO CATO CATVLVS ANTONIVS CRASSVS CAESAR CHORVS LICTORS GReat Honors are great burdens But on whom They' are cast with enuy he doth beare two loades His cares must still be double to his ioyes In any Dignity where if he erre He findes no pardon and for doing well A most small praise and that wrung out by force I speake this Romanes knowing what the weight Of the high charge you ' haue trusted to me is Not that thereby I would with art decline The good or greatnesse of your benefit For I ascribe it to your singular grace And vow to owe it to no title else Except the Gods that Cicero'is your Consul I haue no vrnes no dustie moniments No broken images of ancestors Wanting an eare or nose no forged tables Of long descents to boast false honors from Or be my vndertakers to your trust But a new Man as I am stil'd in Rome Whom you haue dignified and more in whom Yo'haue cut a way and left it ope for vertue Hereafter to that place which our Great men Held shut vp with all rampires for themselues Nor haue but few of them in time bene made Your Consuls so New men before mee none At my first suite In my iust yeare Preferd To all competitors and some the noblest CRA. Now the vaine swels CAES. Vp glory CIC. And to haue Your lowde consents from your owne vtter'd voyces Not silent bookes nor from the meaner tribes But first and last the vniuersall concourse This is my ioy my gladnesse But my care My industrie and vigilance now must worke That still your counsell of me be approu'd Both by your selues and those to whom you haue With grudge prefer'd mee Two things I must labour That neither they vpbraid nor you repent you For euery lapse of mine will now be call'd Your error if I make such But my hope is So to beare through and out the Consulship As spight shall ne're wound you though it may mee And for my selfe I haue prepar'd this strength To do so well as if there