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The lady-errant a tragi-comedy / written by Mr. William Cartvvright ...
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Cartwright, William, 1611-1643.
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Ivy bout the Oak We think it shelters when alas we find It weakens and destroys Eum. It is not Jealousie That ruins Love but we our selves who will not Suffer that fear to strengthen it Give way And let it work 't will fix the Love it springs from In a staid Center Luc. What it works I know not But it must needs suppose Defect in one Either Defect of Merit in the Lover Or in the Lov'd of Faith you cannot think That I give Others Favours when your self Boast such a store of Merits Cha. O Lucasia Rather than be so impious as to think That you want Faith I must confess a want Of Merit in my self which would there were not And being it is so I was compell'd To fear lest one more worthy than my self Might throw me from my happiness Consider That you are born t' enrich the Earth and then If you will have one Love and not be Jealous You must convert your Eye upon your Eye Make your own Heart Court your own Heart and be Your self a servant to your self Luc. But doth not This Passion cease at last Olyn It ceaseth to Disturb but still remains to quicken Love As Thunder ceaseth when 't hath purg'd the Air And yet the Fire which caus'd it still remains To make it move the livelier Luc. Were it quiet What Hand Charistus would More sweetly move The Orbs of this our Island who fetch in More frequent Conquests and who more become The Triumphs than your self Cha. Beleeve Charistus Dreams Errours false Opinions slippery Hopes And Jealous Fears are now his Spoyl his Captives And follow Love's Triumphant Chariot which His Soul sits high in and o'rlooks the vain Things of this lower World Luc. Lucasia did Only retire not flie Let 's to the Grove And by the Consummation of our Loves Under those Myrtles which as yet perhaps Preserve the blushing Marks of those your Angers Appease th' offended Goddess Olyn This your Union Will make your Kingdoms joyn Cyprus and Crete Will meet in your Embraces Eum. Our Hearts are Love's ord'nary Employment 't is a Dart Of a more scattering Metall that strikes you When he wounds Princes he wounds Nations too Exeunt ACT V. SCENE I. Pandena Cosmeta Rhodia meeting Machessa and Philaenis Cos LAdy Machessa opportunely met Pan. What store of Arms prepat'd Mach. The Country 's layd Spits Andirons Racks and such like Utensils Are in the very Act of Metamophosis Art is now sitting on them and they will Be hatch'd to Engins shortly Pan. Pray y' how doth The Muster-Roule encrease Mach. As fast as Chloe Can take their Names we shall be all great Women Phil. Pray y' what Reward shall you and I have Lady Mach. Why I will be the Queen o' th' Amazons And thou o' th' Pigmies Phil. I but who shall place us In the Amazonian and Pigmean Throne Mach. Who but our Swords Philaenis when we have Setled the Government here at home we will Lead out an Army 'gainst those Warlike Dames And make 'em all our Vassals Phil. These left handed Ladies are notable Politicians The King of Monomotapa you may Be sure will be your Enemy or else The Book deceives me But the Agags they Will sure be for you Cas Who may the Agags be Phi. Why a black ugly People that do turn The inside of their Eye-lids outward that They may look lovely if they catch the Amazons They sowce 'em straight as we do Pig by quarters Or else do pickle 'em up for Winter Sallads Mac. How did you come by all this Knowledge Phil You are a learned Page Phil. Lady do y' think I never read to th' Women in the Nurs'ry But will you lose one of your Breasts t is pitty That your left Pap should be burnt off Mach. Why Gyrl What use will there be of it Phi. To give suck You must go seek out some brave Alexander And beg some half a dozen of Children of him Or else you 'l be no true bred Amazon Pan. Must they have Macedonian Fathers then Phil. I think the Amazonian Queen doth swear To no such Article when She is Crown'd But ord'narily they do so yet howe'r Your Grace may send for the three Courtiers That you deliver'd from these Ladies here They would be glad to be employ'd in any Such State-affairs But I 'd almost forgot The Pigmies Conquest Pho. Have you read of them too Phil. Though some say that their Souls are only stopt Into their Bodies just as so much Quick-silver Is put into hot Loves to make 'em dance As long as th' heat continues yet beleeve it They are a subt'le Nation a most shrew'd Advising People Cos How'i you then subdue them Phil. By Policy set Hays and Traps and Springs And Pitfals for 'em And if any do Dwell in the Rocks make holes upon the top As deep as Cups and fill 'em up with Wine You shall have one come presently and sip And when he finds the sweetness cry Chin Chin Then all the rest good Fellows straight come out And tipple with him till they fall asleep Then we may come and pack 'em up in Hampers Or else in Hand-baskets and carry 'em whither We please our selves Mach. A notable Stratagem You 'l never leave your Policies Phil. Phi. But yet We must draw out some Souldiers howe'r Cos There 's no great need of souldiers Their Camp 's No larger than a Ginger-bread Office Pan. And the Men little bigger Phil. What half Heretick Book tels you that Rho. The greatest sort they say Are like stone-pots with Beards that do reach down Unto their knees Cos They 're carri'd to the Wars then As Chickens are to Market all in Dorsers Some thirty Couple on a Horse Phil. You read Only Apocryphall History Beleeve me They march most formally I know 't there will Be work enough for Souldiers Mach Wee 'l train up All the young Wenches of the City here On purpose for this Expedition A•d't shall be call'd the Female War Phil. I fear They won't be strong enough to go against 'em They have an Enemy doth vex 'em more Than Horse or Man can Mach. Who the Cranes you mean I 'l beg a Patent of Her Majesty To take up all that fly about the Country For the Pigmean Service Phil. I but who Shall 's have to Discipline 'em so that we May fly 'em at them off our fists Mach. They fly In a most war-like Figure naturally However we may have a Net cast o'r Th' Artyllery Yard and send for th' Gentleman That bridles Stags and makes 'em draw Caroches Hee 'l exercise 'em in a Month or two And bring 'em to it easily Phil. We must carry Six or sev'n hundred of Bird-Cages And Cony-Coopes along with us Mach. For what Phil. T' imprison Rebels and there feed 'em up With Milk and Dazy-roots I will so yerk The little Gentlemen Cos You must not play The Tyrant o'r the Wretches Phil. You shall see Draws her Sword How I 'l
behave my self This foreside blow Cuts off thrice three this back-blow thrice three more This foreright thrust spits half a dozen of 'em Bucklers and all like so many Larkes with Sage Between them then this down-right cleaves a stubborn Two-footed Rebell from the Crown o' th' head Down to the twist and makes him double forked Like a Turn Stile or some such Engin Others I 'l knock pall-mall and make the wretched Caitiffs Measure their length upon their Mother Earth And so bestride 'em and cry Victory Mach. And what'l you do when you are seated in The Throne to win your Subjects Love Philenis Phil. I 'l stand upon a Cricket and there make Fluent Orations to 'em call 'em Trusty And Well-beloved Loyall and True Subjects And my good People Then I 'l mount on Horseback Shew'em my little Majesty and scatter Five or six hundred single pence among 'em Teach 'em good Language by cleft sticks and Bay-leaves And Civilize 'em finally by Puppet-Plays Cos Most studi'd and advis'd Pan. The heart of Wisdome Rho. And Soul of Policy Mach. Come little Queen Wee 'l go and make her Majesty acquainted With all the Plot 't will take her certainly Exeunt ACT. V. SCEN. II. Adraste Lucasia Charistus Olyndus Eumela Florina Malthora in Myrtle wreathes Adr. VVAs all the Treasure ship'd Eum. All but the Pictures And Statues they 'r reserv'd I saw the Luxury And wealth of Cyprus sail The Souldier doth By this time gaze upon 't Adr. The news Charistus Of your Adventures here I dare presume Hath joyn'd both Armies now Me thinks I see The Cyprians standing here the Cretans there And in a space between them both Kings meeting In a most strong Embrace and so provoking Clamors and shouts from both sides and a joyfull Clattring of Weapons Cha. Beautious Queen your Vertues Are greater far than Fame and you your self Greater than them Though Gold and Purple do Adorn your head yet you have Wove your self Far richer Diadems from your Royall Acts And made your self Immortall by producing Immortall things But though your wreath of Vertue Hath made what e'r the sun beholds in all His course enamor'd by you yet if I May pull one single one from out the rest There 's none for which you have more Altars rais'd Unto your Name than for that Noble Love Whose flames you keep still burning in your self And cherish in all others Adr. Sir you have Conquer'd A Princess and in her a Queen I am Th' addition to your Triumph We ow much To you Olyndus Olyn I can challenge nothing But my Charistus Friendship 'T is to him You ow these seeds of Peace Although his Father Appear'd so tender of him that when he Came hither secretly to view the Rites Of Venus which Lucasia then perform'd The aged Man hasted to th' Oracle To know what Fortune should attend his Son And for an unexpected answer did Banish those Priests for which our King now fights Yet for all this ev'n in this heat of danger H' hath made another Venture and the Kingdom Now grieves his second loss Adr. Do you know the answer That the God gave to his enquiring Father For which the King did banish all the Priests Olyn I may repeat it now th' Event assures me It meant you no Misfortune It was this Charistus shall his Country save If he become his Enemies Slave Adr. I hope th' Event will not fulfill it Olyn 'T is Fulfill'd enough to make an Oracle true Adr. I hope you have no Enemies and for Slave The Gods avert it Olyn He 's Lucasia's Servant There 's that fulfill'd Cyprus is now reputed The Enemy to Crete but as for true And reall Enemies to you Charistus The World hath none so Barbarous your Vertues Have under this disguise shew'd so much Prince That they betrai'd you still to any Eye That could discern Cha. Honour'd Olyndus you Out do me still Friends should be alwaies equall You must take off and pare your Vertues that You may go even with me I ow much To you Eumela too Adr. Her service hath Preserv'd the Kingdom and refounded Cyprus Cha. Two Scepters are her Debters Adr. But Eumela You might have told me sooner that Lucasia Began to feel a Passion you ne'r knew That I destroy'd true vertuous Loves it is A pleasure to me to perceive their Buddings To know their Minutes of Encrease their Stealths And silent Growings and I have not spar'd To help and bring them on Eum. You have so favour'd Agreeing Souls that all the VVorld confesseth Your own is perfect Harmony But where The God is Blind should not the Creature be Silent and Close That which is bred by whispers VVould dye if once proclam'd Cal. If it were any It was a fault of Trust 't is more Injustice To betray secret Love than to make known Counsels of State Cupid hath his Cabinet To which if any prove unfaithfull he Straight wounds him with the Leaden Shaft and so They live tormented and dye scorn'd Adr. No more 'T is well I meant not to Accuse but Praise Have you set some to watch and signifie The King's Return Eum. Three peacefull Courtiers Lerinus and Ganyctor and Iringus Desir'd that they might bring the News and so Are gone unto the Port. Adr. My Ladies you I hope will clear up now Flor. I have too much Joy to express it Mal. Could you see my heart You 'd view a Triumph there ACT. V. SCEN. III. To them Philaenis Phil. ANd 't please your Highness There are three Ladies wait without who if You have a vacant Ear are come t' inform you Of something neer concerns the State Adr. The old Vexation 's busie still Pandena and Cosmeta and the other are they not Tell 'em they may come in How shall we do Eumela now to stop their Clamour Ex. Phi. Eum. 'T is easie There 's nothing yet provided the Return O' th' King being now so sudden 't will amaze 'em And make 'em kneel for mercy to you if You do but threaten to disclose the Plot ACT. V. SCEN. IV. To them Cosmeta Pandena Rhodia Adr. YOur business Ladies Cos Please you to dismiss Those Faces that have Beards Adr. Fear not they shall not Betray your Counsels Cos Please your Highness then There 's fear that our Design will come to nought Our Trust is falsifi'd Adr. How so Cos VVe came To ask Machessa about VVeapons and She presently demands how many cases Of Knives what Forks we have Tosting or Carving Pan. Talk we of Swords she asks what Crisping Pins And Bodkins we could guess might easily be Rais'd through the Common-wealth Rho. VVe spake of Armour She straight replies send in your steel Combs with The Steels you see your Faces in wee 'l quickly Convert 'em into Greaves and Gorgets Cos If This be not treason 'gainst the Female State Beleeve not Policy nor me Eum. Why she Was your own choice you cri'd her up as one That having neither Child nor Husband