soldiers drum and colours march ouer the stage and congee to the King and Queene Porsen. This sight 's more pleasing to Porsennaes ey Then all our rich Attalia pompous feasts Or sumptuous Reuels we are borne a soldier And in our mannage suckt the milke of warre Should any strange fate lowre vpon this army Or that the merciles gulfe of confusion Should swallow them we at our proper charge And from our natiue confines vow supply Of men and Armes to make these numbers full Tar. You are our Royall brother and in you Tarquin is powerfull and maintaines his awe Tul. The like Porsenna may command of Rome Porsen. But we haue in your fresh varieties Feasted too much and kept our selfe too long From our stone seate our prosperous returne Hath bin expected by our Lords and Pieres Tar. The busines of our warres thus forwarded We ha best leisure for our entertainment Which now shall want no due solemnitie Porsen. It hath bin beyond both expectation And merit but in sight of heauen I sweare If euer royall Tarquin shall demand Vse of our loue t is ready stor'de for you Euen in our Kingly breast Tar. The like we vow to King Porsenna we wil yet a little Enlarge your royall welcome with Rarieties Such as Rome yeelds that done before we part Of two remote dominions make one heart Set forwards then our sons wage warre abroad To make vs peace at home we are of our selfe Without supportance we all fate defy Aidlesse and of our selfe we stand thus hy Exeunt Two soldiers meete as in the watch 1 Sol. Stand who goes there 2 Sol. A friend 1 Stir not for if thou dost I le broch thee straight vpon the pike The word 2. Soul Porsenna 1. Sol. Passe stay who walkes the round to night The Generall or any of his Captaines 2. Sol. Horatius hath the charge the other Chieftens Rest in the Generals tent there 's no commander Of any note but reuell with the Prince And I among the rest am chargd to attend Vpon their Rouse 1. Sol. Passe freely I this night must stand Twixt them and danger the time of night 2. Sol. The clocke last told eleuen 1. Sol. The powers celestiall that ha tooke Rome in charge protect it still Againe good night thus must poore Souldiers do Whilest their commanders are with dainties fed They sleep on Downe the earth must be our bed Sennet A banquet prepared Enter Sextus Aruns Brutus Valerius Horatius Sceuola Collatine Sext. Sit round the enemy is pounded fast In their owne folds the wals made to oppugne Hostile incursions become a prison To keep them fast for excution Ther 's no eruption to be feard Brut. What shal s do come a health to the Generals health Valerius that sits the most ciuilly shall begin it I cannot talke till my bloud be mingled with this bloud of grapes Fill for Valerius thou shouldst drinke well for thou hast been in the German warres if thou loust me drinke vpse freeze Sext. Nay since Brutus has spoke the word the first health shal be impos'd on you Valerius and if euer you haue bin germanised let it be after the Dutch fashion Valer. The Generall may command Brut. He may why else is he cald the Commander Sext. We will intreat Valerius Val. Since you wil needes enforce a hie-German health looke well to your heads for I come vpon you with this dutch Tassaker if you were of a more noble science then you are it will go neere to breake your heads round The eight a Dutch song O Morke gyff men eine man Skerry merry vip O morke gyff men eine man Skerry merry vap O morke gyff men eine man that tik die scine long o drieuan can Skerry merry vip and skerry merry vap and skerry merry runke ede bunke Ede hoore was a haie dedle downe Deale drunke a Skerry merry runk ede bunk ede boor was drunk a O daughter yeis ein alto kleene Skerry merry vip O daughter yeis ein alto kleene Skerry merry vap O daughter yeis ein alto kleene Ye molten slop ein yere a leene Skerry merry vip and skerry merry vap And skerry merry runk ede bunk Ede hoore was a bay dedle downe Dedle drunk a Skerry merry runk ede bunke ede hoor was drunk a. Sext. Gramercies Valerius came this hie-German health as double as his double double ruffe I 'de pledge it Brut. Were it in Lubeckes or double double beere their owne naturall liquor I 'de pledge it were it as deep as his ruffe let the health go round about the board as his band goes round about his necke I am no more afraid of this dutch fauchiō thē I should be of the heathenish inuention Col. I must entreat you spare me for my braine brookes not the fumes of wine their vaporous strength offends me much Herat. I would haue none spare me for I le spare none Collatine will pledge no health vnlesse it be to his Lucrece Sext. What 's Lucrece but a woman and what are women But tortures and disturbance vnto men If they be foule th' are odious and if faire Th' are like rich vessels ful of poysnous drugs Or like black serpents arm'd with golden scales For my owne part they shall not trouble me Brut. Sextus sit fast for I proclaime my selfe a womans chāpion and shall vnhorse thee else Vale. For my owne part I me a marride man and I le speake to my wife to thanke thee Brutus Aru. I haue a wife too and I thinke the most vertuous Lady in the world Sceu. I cannot say but that I haue a good wife too I loue her but if she were in heauen beshrew me if I would wish her so much hurt as to desire her cōpany vpon earth agin yet vpō my honour though she be not very faire she is exceeding honest Brut. Nay the lesse beautie the lesse temptation to dispoile her honesty Sce. I should be angry with him that should make question of her honour Brut. And I angry with thee if thou shouldst not maintaine her honour Aru. If you compare the vertues of your wiues let me step in for mine Colla. I should wrong my Lucrece not to stand for her Sext. Ha ha all captens and stand vpon the honesty of your wiues i st possible thinke you that women of young spirit and full age Of fluent wit that can both sing and dance Reade write such as feede well and taste choice cates That straight dissolue to purity of bloud That keep the veines full and enflame the appetite Making the spirit able strong and prone Can such as these their husbands being away Emploid in forreine sieges or elsewhere Deny such as importune them at home Tell me that flax wil not be toucht with fire Nor they be won to what they most desire Brut. Shall I end this controuersie in a word Sext. Do good Brutus Brut. I hold some holy but some apt to fin
Important are th' affaires wee haue in hand Hence with that mome Lucr. Brutus forbeare the presence Brut For beare the presence why pra'y Sext. None are admitted to this graue concourse But wise men nay good Brutus Bru. You le haue an emptie parliament then Arn. Heere is no roome for fooles Bru. Then what makst thou heere or he or he oh Iupiter if this commaund be kept strictly wee shall haue emptie benches get you home you that are heere for heere will be nothing to doe this day a generall concourse of wise-men t w'as neuer seene since the first Chaos Tarquin if the general rule haue no exceptiōs thou wilt haue an empty Consistory Tul. Brutus you trouble vs Bru. How powerfull am I you renowned Deities that am able to trouble her that troubles a whole Empire fooles exempted women admitted laugh Democritus but haue you nothing to say to Madmen Tarq. Madmen haue heere no place Bru. Then out a dores with Tarquin what 's hee that may sit in a calme Valley and will choose to repose in a tempestious mountaine but a madman that may liue in tranquilous pleasures and will seeke out a kingdomes-cares but a mad-man who would seeke innouation in a common-wealth in publike or be ouer-ruld by a curst wife in priuate but a foole or a mad-man giue me thy hand Tarquins shal we two be dismist together from the Capitoll Tar. Restraine his folly Tul. Driue the frantique hence Arun. Nay Brutus Sex Good Brutus Bru. Nay soft soft good blood of the Tarquins le ts haue a few colde words first and I am gone in an instant I claime the priuiledge of the nobilitie of Rome and by that priuiledge my seate in the Capitol I am a Lord by birth my place is as free in the Capitol as Horatius thine or thine Lucretius Thine Sextus Arnus thine or any here I am a Lord and banish al the Lords frō the presence you le haue few to wait vpon the King but Gentlemen nay I am easily perswaded then hands off since you will not haue my company you shal haue my roome My roome indeede for what I seeme to be Brutus is not but borne great Roome to free The state is full of Dropsie and swolne bigge With windy vapors which my sword must pierce To purge th' infected blood bred by the pride Of these infested blouds nay now I goe Beholde I vanish since t is Tarquins minde One small foole goes but great fooles leaues behinde Exit Lucre. T is pittie one so generously deriu'd Should be depriu'd his best induements thus And want the true directions of the soule Tar. To leaue these delatorie trifles Lords Now to the publique businesse of the Land Lords take your seuerall places Luc Not great Tarquin before the King assume his regall throane Whose comming we attend Tulli. Hee 's come already Lucr. The King Tar. The King Col. Seruius Tar. Tarquinius Lucr. Seruius is King Tar. It was by power diuine The Throane that long since hee vsurpt is mine Heere we enthroane our selues Cathedral state Long since detain'd vs iustly we resume Then let our friendes and such as loue vs crie Liue Tarquin and enioy this soueraintie Omues. Liue Tarquin and enioy this soueraintie Florish Ent. Valerius Val. The King himselfe with such considerate Peeres As stoutly embrace his faction being informde Of Tarquins vsurpation armed comes Neere to the entrance of the Capitoll Tarq. No man giue placethe that dares to arise And doe him reuerence we his loue despise Enter Seruius Heratius Seuo Souldiers Ser. Traitor Ta. Vsurper Ser. Descend Tul. Sit still Ser. In Tarquins name Roomes greate imperiall monarch I charge thee Tarquin disinthrone thy selfe and throw thee at our feete prostrate for mercy Hor. Spoke like a King Tar. In Tarquins name now Romes imperiall Monarch We charge thee Seruius make free resignation Of that archt wreath thou hast vsurpt so long Tul. Words worth an Empire Hor. Shal this be brookt my Soueraigne Dismount the Traitor Sex Touch him he that dares Hor. Dares Tul. Dares Ser. Strumpet no childe of mine Tul. Dotard and not my father Ser. Kneele to thy King Tul. Submit thou to thy Queene Ser. Insufferable treason with bright steele Lop downe these interponents that withstand The passage to our throane Hor. That Cocles dares Sex We with our steele guard Tarquin and this chaire Sceu. A Seruius Arnu A Tarquin Tar. Now are we King indeede our awe is builded Vpon this royall base and slaughtered body Of a dead King we by his ruine rise To a Monarchall Throane Tul. We haue our longing My fathers death giues me a second life Match better thē the first my birth was seruitud But this new breath of reigne is large and free Welcome my second life of Soueraintie Lucr. I haue a Daughter but I hope of mettle Subiect to better temperature should my Lucrece Be of this pride thefe handes should sacrifice Her blood vnto the Gods that dwell belowe The abortiue brat should not out liue my spleene But Lucrece is my Daughter this my Queene Tul. Teare off the crowne that yet empales the Temples Of our vsurping Father quickly Lords And in the face of his yet bleeding woundes Le ts vs receiue our honours Tar. The same breath Giues our state life that was the Vsurpers death Tul. Heere then by heauens hand we inuest our selues Musique whose loftiest tunes grace Princes crownde Vnto our Noble coronation sound Florish Enter Valerius with Heratio and Sceuola Tarq. Whome doth Valerius to our state present Val. Two valiant Romans this Horatius Cocles This Gent. cal'd Mutius Sceuola Who whilst King Seruius wore the Diadem Vp held his sway and Prince-dome by their loues But he being falne since all the Peeres of Rome Applaud King Tarquin in his soueraintie They with like suffrage greet your coronation Hor. This hand alyde vnto the Roman Crowne Whome neuer feare deiected or cast low Laies his victorious sword at Tarquins feete And prostrates with his sword allegiance King Seruius life we lou'd but he expirde Great Tarquins life is in our hearts desirde Sex Why whilst he rules with Iustice and integritie Shall with our dreadles hands our hearts commaund Euen with the best imployment of our liues Since fortune lifts thee we submit to fate Our selues are vassailes to the Roman state Taro. Your roomes were emptie in our traine of friendes Which we reioyce to see so wel supplyde Receiue our grace liue in our clement fauours In whose submission our young glorie growes To his ripe height fall in our friendly traine And strengthen with your loues our Infant raigne Hor. We liue for Tarquin Sex And to thee alone whilst Iustice keepes thy Sword thou thy Throane Tar. Then are you ours and now conduct vs streight In triumph through the populous streetes of Rome To the Kings Pallace our maiesticke seate Your hearts though freely profferd we entreate Sennat as they march Tullia treades on her father and staies Tullia What block is
is that there is no newes at all for being no camp at all how can there be any tidings from it Col. Then for the Campe Clo. The Senators are rich their wiues faire credit growes cheap and trafficke deare for you ha many that are broke the poorest man that is may take vp what he will so he will be but bound to a post till he pay the debt There was one Courtier lay with twelue mens wiues in the suburbs and pressing furder to make one more cuckold within the walles and being taken with the maner had nothing to say for himselfe but this he that made twelue made thirteene Col. Now Sir for the Country Clo. There is no newes there but at the Ale-house ther 's the most receit and is it not strange my Lord that so many men loue ale that know not what ale is Col. Why what is ale Clo. Why ale is a kind of iuice made of the pretious grain called Malt what is Malt Malt 's MALT and what is MALT M much A ale L little T thrift all is much ale 's little thrift Col. Onely the newes at home and I haue done Clo. My lady must needes speake with you about earnest busines that concernes her neerly and I was sent in all hast to entreat your Lordship to come away Col. And couldest thou not haue told me Lucrece stay And I stand trifling here fellow away Clo. I Mary sir the way into her were a way worth following and that 's the reason that so many seruing-men that are familiar with their mistresses haue lost the name of Seruitors and are now called their Maisters followers Rest you merry Sound Musicke Apolloes Priests with Tapers after them Aruns Sextus and Brutus with their oblations all kneeling before the Oracle Priest O thou sacred God enspire The Priests and with celestiall fire Shot from thy beames crowne our desire That we may follow In these thy true and hallowde measures The vtmost of thy heauenly treasures According to the thoughts and pleasures Of great Apollo Our hearts with inflammations burne Great Tarquin and his people mourne Till from thy Temple we returne With some glad tidings Then tell vs shall great Rome be blest And roiall Tarquin liue in rest That giues his high Ennobled brest To thy safe guiding Oracle Then Rome her ancient honours wins When she is purgd from Tullius sins Brutus Gramercies Phoebus for these spelles Phoebus alone alone excelles Sextus Tullia perhaps sind in our gransiers death And hath not yet by reconcilement made Attone with Phoebus at whose shrine we kneele Yet gentle Priest let vs thus farre preuaile To know if Tarquins seed shall gouerne Rome And by succession claime the Roiall wrath Behold me yonger of the Tarquins Race This elder Aruns both the sons of Tullia This Iunius Brutus though a mad-man yet Of the high bloud of Tarquins Priest Sextus peace Tell vs O thou that shin'st so bright From whom the world receiues his light VVhose absence is perpetuall night whose praises ring Is it with heauens applause decreed VVhen Tarquins soule from earth is freed That noble Sextus shall succeed In Rome as king Brut. I Oracle hast thou lost thy tongue Arun. Tempt him againe faire Priest Sext. If not as king let Delphian Phoebus yet Thus much resolue me who shall gouerne Rome Or of vs three beare greatest preheminence Priest Sextus I will yet sacred Phoebus we entreat VVhich of these three shall be great Which largest power and state repleat by the heauens doome Phoebus thy thoughts no longer smother Oracle He that first shall kisse his mother Shall be powerfull and no other Of you three in Rome Sext. Shall kisse his mother Brutus falles Brut. Mother earth to thee an humble kisse I tender Arun. VVhat meanes Brutus Brut. The bloud of the slaughtred sacrifice made this flore as slippry as the place where Tarquin treades t is glassy and as smoth as yce I was proud to heare the Oracle so gracious to the bloud of the Tarquins and so I fell Sext. Nothing but so then to the Oracle I charge thee Aruns Iunus Brutus thee To keep the sacred doome of the Oracle From all our traine lest when the yonger lad Our brother now at home sits dandled Vpon faire Tulliaes lap this vnderstanding May kisse our beauteous Mother and succeed Arun. Let the charge go round It shall go hard but I le preuent you Sextus Sext. I feare not the madman Brutus for Aruns let me alone to buckle with him I 'le bee the first at my mothers lips for a kingdome Brut. If the mad-man had not beene before you Sextus if Oracles be Oracles their phrases are mysticall they speake still in cloudes had he meant a naturall mother he would ha spoke it by circumference Sext. Tullia if euer thy lips were pleasing to me let it be at my returne from the Oracle Aruns. If a kisse will make me a king Tullia I will spring to thee though through the bloud of Sextus Brut. Earth I acknowledge no mother but thee accept me as thy sonne and I shall shine as bright in Rome as Apollo himselfe in his temple at Delphos Sextus Our superstitions ended sacred Priest Since we haue had free answer from the Gods To whose faire altars we ha done due right And hallowed them with presents acceptable Le ts now returne treading these holy measures VVith which we entred great Apolloes temple Now Phoebus let thy sweet tun'd organs sound VVhose spherelike musicke must direct our feet Vpon the marble pauement after this VVee le gaine a kingdome by a mothers kisse Exeunt Sennat A table and Chaires prepared Tarquin Tullia and Collatine Sceuola Horatius Lucretius Valerius Lords Tarquin Attend vs with your persons but your eares Be deafe vnto our counsels The Lords fall off on either side and attend Tullia Further yet Tarqu. Now Tuilia what must be concluded next Tullia The kingdome you haue got by policy You must maintaine by pride Tarq. Good Tullia Tullia Those that were late of the Kings faction Cut off for feare they proue rebellious Tarq. Better Tullia Since you gaine nothing by the popular loue Mainetaine by feare your princedome Tarq. Excellent thou art our Oracle and saue from thee VVe will admit no counsell we obtaind Our state by cunning t' must be kept by strength And such as cannot loue wee le teach to feare To encourage which vpon a better iudgement And to strike greater terror to the world I ha forbid thy fathers funerall Tul. No matter Tarq. All capitall causes are by vs discust Trauerst and executed without counsell We challenge too by our prerogatiue The goods of such as striue against our state The freest citizens without attaint Arraigne or iudgment we to exile doome The poorer are our drudges rich our pray And such as dare not striue our rule obey Tul. Kings are as Gods and diuine scepters beare The Gods command for mortall tribute feare But royall Lord we