when he May spend it in your service Aris. You have Sir Engag'd me beyond my desert and though Arismena be a woman and can repay Nought but her thanks yet those shall be so oft And justly paid to you that all the world Shall know my heart is not ungratefull For so great a favour Phil. You may be pleas'd Arismena to finde a thing more gratefull Then formall thanks if you 'l return your love T will make me happie and renew a life For trust me I doe wonder how I live Without your resignation of my heart Which you have faire one and I cannot last Unlesse you give it back Aris. I doe resigne it Most willingly I claime no title in it Phil. But yet you cannot for indeed my heart Is bound with yours and unlesse you bestow Your own I must be voyd no heart can be Encircled in this brest but yours Aris. Why you Would not have me pluck out my heart to have it swallowed Phil. You 're pleas'd to jeast you know my Meaning and if you will can add a joy To my sick soule Aris. You 'l have me render then Love back for love why that I cannot doe Phil. Why Arismena why have I deserv'd So ill that you should kill me for my faith And make another rich in your affection Aris. Sure you are chang'd and this is but pretence Castarina is your love and had you bin Lover of me as you would seem she had nere Bin courted by Philaritus Phil. How like the Ivie hath my heart desir'd To shew by what embraces I would hold you I have no loving thought on other beauty You 're life and from your smiles I gaine My blisse Aris. If then your blisse consists in me I 'm sorry that my eyes invite my heart To grant another suite for trust me Sir I could wish in the reqitance of this Last favour that I could bestow my heart On you which since I dare not doe I take My leave and wish you rest for your own sake Phil. Stay yet and hear me a few words I know not How long I have to live and rather then Be punisht thus with your continual scorne I 'le put on wings to meet death but be sure My troubled spirit shall pursue thee living And represent my passions and not leave thee Till thou by such a cruelty as thy owne From him whom thou affectest best shall suffer As I have done and dye to meet me in The gloomy shades of lovers Aris. Fare you well Sir I 'le think on 't Exit Arismen Phil. Why do'st not break thou foolish heart but thou May be art destin'd for Lariscus sword Death will be happinesse I 'le kisse that fate Rather then live the object of her hate Exit Philaritus Sat. Mischiefe pursue you both he wounded me But not I hope to death though I seem'd so I 'le be reveng'd upon you both for this I fear I bleed too inward If I die My curses shall procure their Tragedie ACT. IV. SCEN. I. Enter Bracheus Brac. HOw vaine unbridled youth is that 's ore sway'd By giddy passion resolutely hazard For satisfaction of their triviall rage Their soules eternitie Castarina Hath inform'd me that young Philaritus And Lariscus doe intend to venter Like Prodigal gamesters at one cast the stock Of both their live and fortunes Prevention Must be soone appli'd or their too much beat May prove their utter ruine and though Cleobulus Count me the object of his scorne my care shall give him notice of their wilde intents Enter Coridon Good day to you Sir may I desire you would Let your Master know I 'de speak with wit him Corrid. I shall Exit Brac. Perhaps Cleobulus whose scrupulous soule Is apt to make a question of my faith May judge this act a flattery a pretence Of seeming frendship that with more safety Philaritus may obtaine his desire Of Arismena then to hazard him to the danger of Lariscus spear But these are vaine surmises my intents Are plaine and verteous and good actions ever How ere miscontrived carries their reward Still with themselves ACT. 4. SCEN. 2. Enter Cleobulus Cleob. Would you with me Brac. Yes Cleob. Speak your intents Brac. Philaritus Cleob. Shall not injoy your daughter Brac. 'T is not my suite Cleob. Say y'so Sir I shall with far more patience hear you Brac. Briefly thus I am inform'd and t is a serious truth Your sonne Philaritus whose noble soule Cannot indure a Rivall in his Love Hath sent a Challenge to Lariscus O Sir think what deserved pitty 't will excite In every honest bosome that two such plants Should be cut off from earth ere their full growth As by a violent Tempest So or one Or both are like to perish for this morne They are resolv'd to try their skill at Armes Cleob. Which you would have me to prevent Brac. It is your part Cleob. Ah Ah Ah You are mistaken then for well I finde Your aime and see you do contrive this plot To win me to consent Philaritus Should marry Arismena but you are too Too young to cheat a Fox and therefore Ought to take more subtiler wayes then this Why you contemn'd my Sonne but now and if That rage sprang from the heart you would be glad He should receive the danger you pretend Brac. My rage was grounded here and know right Sir I cannot neither will I now repent What then my passion utter'd I have more Of man within me yet see here 's the Challenge Sent from Castarina which I will keepe Though eminent mischiefe follow I 'd little thought This discovery of your Sons danger wo'd Have merited this entertainment So your best fate protect you Exit Cleob. May be That Bracheus is noble in his thoughts And truly doth intend the good of young Philaritus Why should he else affirme Hee has the the challenge and means nothing else But friendship with Cleobulus I was Too hasty in my speech and therefore will Send for him back within there tell Bracheus I 'd speak with him Enter Coridon Cor. I shall Sir Exit Cleob. If now I see the Challenge I shall soon perceive Whether it be Philaritus his hand Or no and then I soon shall finde his plot ACT. 4. SCEN. 3. Enter Bracheus Brac. Did you send for me Cleob. I would Acknowledge that I was too rash for to Suspect your goodnesse ere I had a cause Sufficient for my ground and therefore would Brac. Have me produce the reasons which occasion'd My former speech to you Cleob. T is my ambition Brac. Nay since you urge my anger you shall know I slight as much your fury as your love Nor shall you by entreaties win me to Prevent the mention'd danger He who can Be so unjust as to misdoubt my truth Shall perish in his ignorance before A sillable I utter shall deliver Him from his suddaine ruine Cleob. I pray be'nt so resolute I shall be diligent unto your speech And weigh each word that issues from
Beast Then yeeld my heart to proud Philaritus Without your will Brac. I 'ave found thee hitherto A dutifull child and on the full assurance Of what thou speak'st is truth I wish all blessings Be powr'd into thy lap Girle and so I leave thee He offers to go and comes back But if you play false play and juggle with 'em D' ye hear I say no more and yet I 'le speak it I 'le turn thee graying with the Flock and curse thee Aris. Sir my obedience shall deserve your blessing Brac. Kneel down and take it and a kisse go too I 'le not suspect thee now my heart 's unquiet But 't will I hope come to his own again Farewell Castarina you love my Daughter Counsell her not to love Philaritus Exit Casta. Most heartily I hope she wont Sir Aris. Now Castarina am I worth your credit Are you confirm'd Philaritus has no Engagement here Casta. You told me so before ACT 3. SCEN. 5. Enter Bracheus BRach. Daughter a word my mind is chang'd and I Consider if you do affect Philaritus It can be no dishonor and his Father Enter Philaritus and over-hears Sayes he does love thee infinitely besides He is a prety handsome prety Gentleman Phil. What do I hear her Father speak such kind And loving language to Arismena Of lost Philaritus oh happinesse Brac. And he has had good breeding he shall have A good estate being his Fathers Heir Aris. How 's this But Sir you said his Father had Quite thrown him off for his affection To me Brac. Indeed he threatned some such matter But things may easily be reconcil'd And he may be reduc'd to love him Girle When things are done therefore be wise Aris. Thus low And lower in my heart I speak my duty You gave me life but good Sir take 't not from me E're you compell your Daughter 'gainst her heart To love and marry with Philaritus Though other eyes and judgements give him all The praise a young man can deserve to me He holds no substance a meer Apparition And so with my consent he vanishes Brac. Again again let me imbrace my Girle To my own heart it was but my desire To try thee again I hate him and Cleobulus And to the grave shall follow thee with more Comfort then to his Marriage Now farewell Be constant Girle and blesse thy aged Father Exit Casta. He 's strangely troubled Phil. Oh my grieved soul Cast. Ha! is 't not Philaritus Aris. Away I wo' not stay to hear him speak Exit Cast. You must alone then Arismena for I cannot go so so Phil. She flies from sight As I appear'd some ugly killing Serpent Yet Castarina stayes Pray was not that Fair Arismena that went hence and yet You may be silent still I know 't was she Sure I want eyes to look upon my self And there is some deformity my sight Cannot discover what think you am I So strange a Monster Cast. You are fair and comely In my opinion Phil. You are charitable Would Arismena thought so and yet why Do I pursue my torment if she scorn me Why do I place her here so neer my heart Cast. Be wise Philaritus Phil. You counsell well Cast. And love where you may finde your love rewarded Phil. Sure there is none that can affect Philaritus Why blush you Castarina Cast. Would you could so easily read my heart Phil. I have it It may do me good this is a gentle Shepherdesse Forgive me heart if I dissemble with thee Fair Shepherdess you have been witness to My Loves sad story and when Arismena Was cruell to my vows you seem'd to bear A part of grief with me and that deserves My thanks I wo'd say love if you accuse not My change too soon She cruell hath despis'd me And Justice bids me punish her and blesse My self by off'ring to your care my heart Cast. Philaritus doth mock poor Castarina Phil. She comes too fast upon me yet I know not Arismena enters A woman's heart is fathomlesse she 's return'd If you sweet Castarina smile upon me I 'le quickly bury Arismena's frownes In those fayre Eyes ACT. 3. SCEN. 6. ARis. What do I see and hear So soon turn'd Votatrie to Castarina Oh man where is thy faith yet I deserve it My heart 's too great to speak to him I finde A mutinie in my thoughts who 's this Lariscus Enter Lariscus The Shepheard that affecteth Castarina The object will as little please his Eyes For she is taken with Philaritus Kisse and embrace ACT. 3. SCEN. 7. LAr. Oh cruell Castarina Is this th' reward of all my loving service This sight afflicts me is Philaritus My rivall and by destiny appointed The barr to all my hopes If I mistake not Report speaks his devotion directed Only to Arismena She 's here too A witnesse of his falshood How do you Affect their Actions Arismena Aris. You Are not too much delighted I imagine They are both false Oh for revenge I 'le do 't Why should we be so tame Philaritus Is perjur'd Lar. Castarina is too cruell Aris. Be rul'd by me and punish 'em Lar. They observe us Aris. It shall but vex their Eyes Let us seeme loving Phil. Lariscus and Arismena they embrace Cast. And so let us Phil. By Jove playes with his hayre He kisses her was I thus scorn'd for him I am not well Good Castarina leave me Arismena and Lariscus pass by hand embracing Exeunt Cast. Not well defend good Heaven where is your paine Phil. Here at my heart Cast. At your heart Phil. Nay then I shall finde you will be another Disease to me pray have me Cast. How 's this poor Castarina Exit Phil. Me thinks all this might have an easie cure A little blood drain'd from the heart would doe it And then I am reveng'd no I am then A greater triumph to her pride no woman Is worth our smallest part of life and man Betrayes a Cowardize for a wantons scorn To practise wounds upon himselfe yet I Must not be altogether tame and suffer There is a subject fit for my revenge Lariscus must not long enjoy his breath Or I must sacrifice my selfe to death Exit ACT. 3. SCEN. 8. Enter Lariscus with a paper in his hand LAr. 'T is more then I expected for I meant To take revenge on thee Philaritus Lariscus The injury done me by thy ambition and courtship of Arismena is no way to be pardoned if thou hast any spirit meet me at Apollo's Oake this afternoone where I will either punish thy insolence or with my owne blood write my selfe Arismena's sacrifice Philaritus Had I not known the faire Castarina Or thy accomplsh't vertues this had bin A cause sufficient to enflame my blood But as thou art the subject of my thoughts This will encrease my zealous flame and whil'st Philaritus thinks Arismena steels My poynt t is thou adds vigour to my arme Faire Castarina's written here and in Each wound I make sweet Castarina shall Be read Yet
with any soft humanity To court a female and be made their fools And die for love of any pievish Giglet 2 Yet 't is not much amisse to flatter them If so they may be won 3 Right but if they Be obstinate indeed use violence And snatch your own delight from their fair Bosomes And glory in 't when we have broke their Maiden-heads They 'l serve a doting Shepherd Come be frolique And leap into a dance to practise our Activity the place is most secure Lustily Pipes I am all fire methinks As the Satires are dancing another Satire comes in pulling Graculus by the heels he crying Grac. Oh good Mr. Satire Ah! ah They continue their dance about him pinching and kicking him which done How came you by this fellow Grac. He came not by me but overtook me an 't please you a pox on his heels Oh! what will become of me I here 's right out of the frying pan into the fire My Master has half thrasht me to death 1 Your Master what 's your Mistresse Grac. My Master is the Shepherd Brachius Father of the fair Arismena 1 Arismena ha 2 What shall we do with him 3 Hang him upon the next tree Grac. Ah! if you hang me I shall never be my own man again Ah! 2 Let 's tear him to pieces 4 Limb by limb 3 Roast him and eat him Hee 'l make a feast the fool is fat Grac. You 'l never endure my flesh in your mouths Gentlemen Ah! 2 What not yours Grac. Alas I am not sweet do not your worships smell me 't is rank within my lynings 2 No be advised by me this fellow I have heard runs neighing after the Wenches the first thing we do Let 's geld him Omnes agreed 2 I have an excellent Whittle to cut His throat or to carve him Come Sirrah Grac. D' ye hear sweet-fac'd Gentlemen you talk of hanging I 'le choose my Gallows I let me be trust up before you untrusse me O that fashion let me die a man and not a Capon Oh misery Alas I have nothing to speak on Ah! ah If ever I neighed after any Female or beckoned or whistled but to Boptaile our Bitch that helps me to look to our sheep and kennells with me which I hope is no offence or flung so much as a wanton eye upon any Cream-fac'd Shepherdesse in Arcadia let me whipt to death with Nettles or flea me alive Oh courteous hairy hoary Satyrical Gentlemen 1 I have considered stand off and I 'le pronounce his sentence 2 You had better have been hang'd at first as I wo'd had you 3 Or roasted flead or any thing he 'l pay you 4 Or carv'd as you were advis'd he 'l torture you prepare to be seven years a dying Grac. Oh! do do what you please with me I shall not need to make my will or if I did you wo' not let me go home to fetch what I would bestow upon you in Legacies and to trust any of you to be my Executors is to no purpose you have frighted me half dead already Now now 1 Do you serve the fair Arismena Grac. I ha' not serv'd out my time would you would give me leave to deserve Indentures 1 What will you do to save your life now Grac. Do why if it please you to command me I will do any thing oh any thing to please any of your friends here to give their consent and be bound hand and foot I 'le cut their throats 2. 3. 4. Ha! Grac. If you be so contented 1 Will you promise nay swear to bring your Miftress to this place to morrow pretending you have found out some Fountain or delightful Spring or what other invention you can tempt her with but let no body else come with her Grac. She shall come by this hand is that all If I do not tice her hither why carve me when you take me next as that will not be long if I perform not my Covenants do what you will with me we two will meet you here 1 Not meet me not a word of me or any of my Companions Grac. D' ye think I am such an Asse what care I who meets you 'l do me no hurt 2 Nor her we 'l only be merry and dance a little Grac. Nay use your pleasures I 'le bring her or let me be gor'd to death with your Worships horns 1 I 'le trust thee farewell if you fail look to 't Exeunt Grac. I must keep my oath and bring her hither or they 'l firk me when they catch me again But she 's my Mistress what then and may thereby hangs a tale hum Why there 's no great harm if they do but and so let her go she 'l passe for a Maid a reasonable while after this letcherous Goat has a mind to her no matter I shall be thought innocent and preserve my skin from their fangs by it I save my self I 'de give my Sister Wife And almost hang my self to save my life Exit ACT. 3. SCEN. 4. Enter Bracheus Arismena and Castarina ARis. Sir be assur'd you have a Daughter whose Happinesse consisteth more in being A subject to your will then could she boast The mighty treasure of the Indian Mines Brac. Say'st thou so Girle 't is well very well said And yet there 's something in a corner of Thy eye makes me suspect dost weep Aris. If any sorrow Sir appear in me It is that you suspect me to dissemble Indeed I speak with freedome of my heart I never lov'd Philaritus nor will Brac. Nor will how 's that not if I should command How now you go too far Aris. Sir you amaze me Brac. I am amaz'd my self and half distracted But look you do not love him if he have By any secret Love trick crept into Your heart out with him tear him out again Upon my blessing 'Cause he 's a Gentleman Must we be trod upon our souls are free And high as his What I am Bracheus still And thou art Arismena still my Daughter Obedient I hope ha art thou not And he is but Cleobulus a man Of more estate more dirt and dunghill acres Wears richer cloaths and feeds more daintily Yet he 's but flesh and blood his Son too good To look on Arismena threatned and cursed For loving thee he sha' not need he sha' not Aris. Indeed he has often woo'd me Sir and I As often have denied for trust me Sir I cannot love at all yet and 't were strange If he should creep into my good opinion And I not know on 't Willingly I would Not dream I lov'd him but if waking we Joyn our affections I must lose my reason Casta. So so this makes for me how it doth joy My heart to hear 'em both so peremptory Brac. His Father told me ye had both chang'd hearts Which was no small vexation to hear My Daughter had bestowed her self without My knowledge and consent Aris. Sooner should I Have thrown my self on some devouring