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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07251	The fatall dovvry a tragedy. As it hath beene often acted at the Priuate House in Blackefryers, by his Maiesties Seruants. Written by P.M. and N.F.	Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640.; Field, Nathan, 1587-1620? aut	1632 (1632)	STC 17646; ESTC S112432	44,385	86

Lilad Aymer All salute You are the fayrest virgin in Digame And Rochfort is your father Nou. What 's this change Roch. You met my wishes Gentlemen Rom. VVhat make These dogs in doublets he ere Beau. A Visitation Sir Char. Then thus Faire Beaumelle I write my faith Thus seale it in the sight of Heauen and men Your fingers tye my heart-strings with this touch In true-loue knots which nought but death shall loose And yet these eares an Embleme of our loues Like Cristall riuers indiuidually Flow into one another make one source Which neuer man distinguish lesse deuide Breath marry breath and kisses mingle soules Two hearts and bodies heere incorporate And though with little wooing I haue wonne My future life shall bee a wooing tyme And euery day new as the bridall one Oh Sir I groane vnder your courtesies More then my fathers bones vnder his wrongs You Curtius-like haue throwne into the gulfe Of this his Countries foule ingratitude Your life and fortunes to redeeme their shames Roch. No more my glory come let 's in and hasten This celebration Rom. Mal. Pont. Bau. All faire blisse vpon it Exeunt Roch. Char. Rom. Bau. Mal. Nou. Mistresse Beau. Oh seruant vertue strengthen me Thy presence blowes round my affections vane You will vndoe me if you speake againe Exit Beaum. Lilad. Aym. Here will be sport for you This workes Exeunt Lilad Aym. Nou. Peace peace Pont. One word my Lord Nouall Nou. What thou wouldst mony there Pont. No I le none I le not be bought a slaue A Pander or a Parasite for all Your fathers worth though you haue sau'd my life Rescued me often from my wants I must not Winke at your follyes that will ruine you You know my blunt way and my loue to truth Forsake the pursuit of this Ladies honour Now you doe see her made another mans And such a mans so good so popular Or you will plucke a thousand mischiefes on you The benefits you haue done me are not lost Nor cast away they are purs'd heere in my heart But let me pay you sir a fayrer way Then to defend your vices or to sooth 'em Nou. Ha ha ha what are my courses vnto thee Good Cousin Pontalier meddle with that That shall concerne thy selfe Exit Nouall Pont. No more but scorne Moue on then starres worke your pernicious will Onely the wise rule and preuent your ill Exit Hoboyes Here a passage ouer the Stage while the Act is playing for the Marriage of Charalois with Beaumelle c. Actus tertius Scaena prima Enter Nouall Iunior Bellapert Nou. In. FLie not to these excuses thou hast bin False in thy promise and when I haue said Vngratefull all is spoke Bell. Good my Lord but heare me onely Nou. To what purpose trifler Can any thing that thou canst say make voyd The marriage or those pleasures but a dreame Which Charaloyes oh Venus hath enioyd Bell. I yet could say that you receiue aduantage In what you thinke a losse would you vouchsafe me That you were neuer in the way till now With safety to arriue at your desires That pleasure makes loue to you vnattended By danger or repentance Nou. That I could But apprehend one reason how this might be Hope would not then forsake me Bell. The enioying Of what you most desire I say th' enioying Shall in the full possession of your wishes Confirme that I am faithfull Nou. Giue some rellish How this may appeare possible Bell. I will Rellish and taste and make the banquet easie You say my Ladie 's married I confesse it That Charolois hath inioyed her 't is most true That with her hee 's already Master of The best part of my old Lords state Still better But that the first or last should be your hindrance I vtterly deny for but obserue me While she went for and was I sweare a Virgin What courtesie could she with her honour giue Or you receiue with safety take me with you When I say courtesie doe not thinke I meane A kisse the tying of her shoo or garter An houre of priuate conference those are trifles In this word courtesy we that are gamesters point at The sport direct where not alone the louer Brings his Artillery but vses it Which word expounded to you such a courtesie Doe you expect and sudden Nou. But he tasted the first sweetes Bellapert Bell. He wrong'd you shrewdly He toyl'd to climbe vp to the Pheonix nest And in his prints leaues your ascent more easie I doe not know you that are perfect Crittiques In womens bookes may talke of maydenheads Nou. But for her marriage Bell. 'T is a faire protection 'Gainst all arrests of feare or shame for euer Such as are faire and yet not foolish study To haue one at thirteene but they are mad That stay till twenty Then sir for the pleasure To say Adulterie's sweeter that is stale This onely is not the contentment more To say This is my Cuckold then my Riuall More I could say but briefely she doates on you If it proue otherwise spare not poyson me With next gold you giue me Enter Beaumely Beau. How 's this seruant courting my woman Bell. As an entrance to The fauour of the mistris you are together And I am perfect in my qu Beau. Stay Bellapert Bell. In this I must not with your leaue obey you Your Taylor and your Tire-woman waite without And stay my counsayle and direction for Your next dayes dressing I haue much to doe Nor will your Ladiship know time is precious Continue idle this choise Lord will finde So fit imployment for you Exit Bellap Beau. I shall grow angry Nou. Not so you haue a iewell in her Madam Bell. I had forgot to tell your Ladiship Enter againe The closet is priuate and your couch ready And if you please that I shall loose the key But say so and t is done Exit Bellap Baum. You come to chide me seruant and bring with you Sufficient warrant you will say and truely My father found too much obedience in me By being won too soone yet if you please But to remember all my hopes and fortunes Had reuerence to this likening you will grant That though I did not well towards you I yet Did wisely for my selfe Nou. With too much feruor I haue so long lou'd and still loue you Mistresse To esteeme that an iniury to me Which was to you conuenient that is past My helpe is past my cure You yet may Lady In recompence of all my dutious seruice Prouided that your will answere your power Become my Creditresse Beau. I vnderstand you And for assurance the request you make Shall not he long vnanswered Pray you sit And by what you shall heare you 'l easily finde My passions are much fitter to desire Than to be sued to Enter Romont and Florimell Flor. Sir t is not enuy At the start my fellow has got of me in My Ladies good opinion that 's the motiue Of this

daughter dy'd by his owne sentence As freely as vnask'd he gaue it to me Bau. They are here to be seene Charmi. Open the casket Peruse that deed of gift Rom. Halfe of the danger Already is discharg'd the other part As brauely and you are not onely free But crownd with praise for euer Du Croy 'T is apparent Charmi. Your state my Lord againe is yours Roch. Not mine I am not of the world if it can prosper And yet being iustly got I le not examine Why it should be so fatall doe you bestow it On pious vses I le goe seeke a graue And yet for proofe I die in peace your pardon I aske and as you grant it me may Heauen Your conscience and these Iudges free you from Exit Roch. What you are charg'd with So farewell for euer Nouall se. I le be mine owne guide Passion nor example Shall be my leaders I haue lost a sonne A sonne graue Iudges I require his blood From his accursed homicide Charmi. What reply you In your defence for this Cha. I but attended Your Lordships pleasure For the fact as of The former I confesse it but with what Base wrongs I was vnwillingly drawne to it To my few words there are some other proofes To witnesse this for truth when I was married For there I must begin The slayne Nouall Was to my wife in way of our French courtship A most deuoted seruant but yet aym'd at Nothing but meanes to quench his wanton heate His heart being neuer warm'd by lawfull fires As mine was Lords and though on these presumptions Ioyn'd to the hate betweene his house and mine I might with opportunity and ease Haue found a way for my reuenge I did not But still he had the freedome as before When all was mine and told that he abus'd it With some vnseemely licence by my friend My appou'd friend Romont I gaue no credit To the reporter but reprou'd him for it As one vncourtly and malicious to him What could I more my Lords yet after this He did continue in his first pursute Hoter then euer and at length obtaind it But how it came to my most certaine knowledge For the dignity of the court and my owne honour I dare not say Nou se. If all may be beleeu'd A passionate prisoner speakes who is so foolish That durst be wicked that will appeare guilty No my graue Lords in his impunity But giue example vnto iealous men To cut the throats they hate and they will neuer Want matter or pretence for their bad ends Charmi. You must finde other proofes to strengthen these But meere presumptions Du Croy Or we shall hardly Allow your innocence Cha. All your attempts Shall fall on me like brittle shafts on armor That breake themselues or like waues against a rocke That leaue no signe of their ridiculous fury But foame and splinters my innocence like these Shall stand triumphant and your malice serue But for a trumpet to proclaime my conquest Nor shall you though you doe the worst fate can How ere condemne affright an honest man Rom. May it please the Court I may be heard Nou. se. You come not To raile againe but doe you shall not finde Another Rochfort Rom. In Nouall I cannot But I come furnished with what will stop The mouth of his conspiracy against the life Of innocent Charaloys Doe you know this Character Nou. se. Yes 't is my sonnes Rom. May it please your Lordships reade it And you shall finde there with what vehemency He did sollicite Beaumelle how he had got A promise from her to inioy his wishes How after he abiur'd her company And yet but that 't is fit I spare the dead Like a damnd villaine assoone as recorded He brake that oath to make this manifest Produce his bands and hers Enter Aymer Florimell Bellapert Charmi. Haue they tooke their oathes Rom. They have and rather then indure the racke Confesse the time the meeting nay the act What would you more onely this matron made A free discouery to a good end And therefore I sue to the Court she may not Be plac'd in the blacke list of the delinquents Pont. I see by this Nouals reuenge needs me And I shall doe Charmi. 'T is euident Nou. se. That I Till now was neuer wretched here 's no place To curse him or my stars Exit Nouall senior Charmi. Lord Charalois The iniuries you haue sustain'd appeare So worthy of the mercy of the Court That notwithstanding you haue gone beyond The letter of the Law they yet acquit you Pont. But in Nouall I doe condemne him thus Cha. I am slayne Rom. Can I looke on Oh murderous wretch Thy challenge now I answere to die with him Charmi. A guard disarme him Rom. I yeild vp my sword Vnforc'd Oh Charlaloys Cha. For shame Romont Mourne not for him that dies as he hath liu'd Still constant and vnmou'd what 's falne vpon me Is by Heauens will because I made my selfe A iudge in my owne cause without their warrant But he that lets me know thus much in death With all good men forgiue mee Pont. I receiue the vengeance which my loue Not built on vertue has made me worthy worthy of Charmi. We are taught By this sad president how iust soeuer Our reasons are to remedy our wrongs We are yet to leaue them to their will and power That to that purpose haue authority For you Romont although in your excuse You may plead what you did was in reuenge Of the dishonour done vnto the Court Yet since from vs you had not warrant for it We banish you the State for these they shall As they are found guilty or innocent Be set free or suffer punishment Exeunt omnes FINIS