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A01839	The raging Turke, or, Baiazet the Second A tragedie vvritten by Thomas Goffe, Master of Arts, and student of Christ-Church in Oxford, and acted by the students of the same house.	Goffe, Thomas, 1591-1629.	1631 (1631)	STC 11980; ESTC S103199	56,804	114

quickly hence I 'le tell you as we walke if constant Chance Smile on our project e're this Sunne goe downe We may salute you with a glorious Crowne Selym. I follow euen to death Grand M●rs to thee I 'le build an Altar if thou prosper me Exeunt Actus quinti Scena quarta Enter Achomates and So●ldiers Achom. Revenge my black impiety each brow Seemes with a scornfull laughter to deride Those empty Menaces of 〈◊〉 And Baiazet is not our Father now Sith he hath wrong'd the duty of a Sonne But a scorn'd Enemy whose prostrate soule Shall make a step by which I will ascend Vp to the heauenly throne of heauenly state If you but lend your helpe and free consent Souldiers Leade vs along the misty bankes of hell Through Seas of danger and the house of death We are resolu'd to follow and by one To second each step of Achomates Achom. This resolution is as great as iust Continue it braue spirits he 's a slaue That hauing sinn'd dares not defend his sinne The world shall know I dare For though our cause Be wrong yet we 'le make good the breach of lawes 〈◊〉 Actus quinti Scena quinta Enter Baiazet and Corcutus Corcut. Would I had slept with Trizham and that hand That strangled Mahomet had stopt my breath Rather then liue to see my selfe thus wrong'd Baia. Despaire not sweet Corcutus what I promis'd I 'le keepe most true and here againe I vow When I am dead this honour to thy brow I haue call'd home that rebell Selymus Onely to tame a Traytor And that done We haue no other heire no other sonne Beside Corcutus to whose free command VVe doe bequeath the duty of this land Enter Mesithes and Mustapha Is Isaack not return'd Mesith. My Liege he is Mustaph. And Sely●●s with him Enter Selymus and Isaack as they enter speake Baia. Let them approach Isa. Let your high sp●rit shrink below it selfe In a diss●mbled she● of penitence Selym. Tush I can bow as if my ioynts were old And tumble at his feet Isaack Practise your skill Selymus falls at Bajazets feet Baiaz Lesse shew and more good meaning Selymus Arise these crouching feates giue slender proofes Of inward loyalty Selym. Right noble Father Mine expedition to auenge your cause Vpon the head of proud Achomates Be my iust triall Baia. Hast then May thy arme By breathlesse treason raise vp a full ioy And turne that monster back vnto the earth From whence it leapt a most prodigious birth Selym. VVe flie to the performance who both dare And will correct his boldnesse now we tread The path to honour and me thinkes I heare The peoples Viua ● Eccho in mine eare Exit Selymus with the Bassaes. Baia. New insolence The Bassaes slipt away How the obsequious villaines As if he were their Godhead Cherseo. I suspect Some plotted mischiefe else they durst not leaue Your person thus vnguarded Baia. Plot and hang. We weigh not all their treasons at a straw One must not rule too long 't is subiects law Exeunt P●●sse ouer the stage Bassaes and Souldi●rs carrying Selymus aloft and crying out Long liue S●lymus Viuat Selymus Magnificent Emperour of the Turkes Exeunt Enter Bajazet and Cherseogles Baia. Hell and the furies vex their damned soules What people Hah what Nation is 't we liue in Is 't our State and Monarchy good gods Two Emperours at once Liue Selymus Can slauish vassailes thus supplant their Prince What 's this enshrines my head a type for fooles To fleare at a diuided ornament Faile not my sense and courage let me liue To finde my selfe againe Vize-roy of Greece Didst thou not see a Baiazet withdraw And vanish hence tell thou most faithfull man What is become of that forgetfull name Or who hath stole it from me Selymus Oh that damn'd villaine with his treacherous plot Hath rob'd me of that glory Death a sense If t' haue a soule of Adamant or Steele Else had that hated n●ise reft it in twaine What are thou or whence com'st thou Enter Me●ithes Mesith. From a Prince Baia. Yet I beleeue thee Mesith. From thine enemie Baia. Yet I beleeue thee Mesith. From the Emperour Baiaz. And I beleeue thee still yet slaue thou liest These parts must know no Emperour but me Vnle●se base vsurpation hath stept-vp Vnto my chaire of honour Right 't is so 'T is so indeede Well then what will your Emperour Mesith. That by my hand you yeeld him vp his crowne Baiaz. Traytor his crowne so now I am resolu'd I haue forgone my selfe else had this hand Tore out thy spotted heart and that one word Of yeelding had beene cause enough to spoyle Thee and thy generation Heartlesse slaue Why sneak'st thou from our presence stay behold Here I commend this gorgeous ornament These trappings to thy Emperour as full Bestead with curses as my heart with woes That it may clogge his eares and vex his head With daily terrours Hence thy Prince is sped Exit Mesith. Vize-roy of Greece to thee our last farewell Thou worthiest truest best deseruing man That euer made vs happy if thy faith Respect me not my fortune Doe this charge Fly to Achomates and rather ayde Him then this faithlesse Bastard Selymus The scandall of our race the marke for heauen To shoote reuenge But all in vaine I striue to word away my inward paine Cherseo. Nor this nor that I 'le fauour may I 〈◊〉 Baiaz●t shall liue to see both bleed Exit Baia. Maske vp thy brightnesse Phabus louely night Hurle thy thick mantle ouer all the heauens Let this black day for euer be forgot In the eternall registers of time Which of you sacred powers are not asham'd To see a Prince so sinfully abus'd By his owne issue and vnreueng'd E●ter Selymus and B●ssa●s But stand we who comes here a face of brasse Else would it blush now thou Saturnine Ioue Thou God of great men thunder that the world Drench'd all in sinne may shake and feare the noyse That horrid scourge of villanies Selym. Father Baia. Slaue Auaunt ● feele a strong Antipathy T'wixt thee and me thy sight makes my dead heart Distill fresh drops of bloud and worke new smart Exit Selym. What furious Baiaz●t and raging hot I hugge the amorous pleasure that I feele Creepe through ●y ioynts obserue our Father Exeunt Bessaes Else by some wilfull murder hee 'le preuent My purpos'd proiect I 'de not loose the guilt Of his destruction for a crowne heauen knowes I loue him better then to let him digge Himselfe a graue whilst I may take the paines Now mount my soule and let my soaring plumes Brush the smooth surface of the Azure skie Crowne in his hand With this I charme obeyfance from the world Thou golden counterfeit of all the heauens See how the shining starres in car●l●sse ranks Grace the composure and the beauteous Moone Holds her irregular motion at the height Of the foure poles this is a compleat heauen And thus I weare

forth Achmetes his vnconquered arme Shall keepe vs safe from this intended harme Isaack My Liege you haue forgot Archmetes ●ath In which he vowed neuer to draw his sword In your defence Baia. I had forgot it But now I remember such was the vaine Heat of my youth but I recall againe VVhat euer I protested tell him so Rash words must be dispensed with Isa. Then I le goe Exit Baia. My Father once in ordering of a Campe Preferr'd me to be Captaine of a wing So when the Battailes ioyned and life and death VVhere strugling who should winne power of our breath Our Armies prou'd the stronger onely my guide Fail'd and a base repulse fell on my side At which my Father storm'd and in my place Seated Achmetes for which black disgrace I vow'd a swi●t reuenge euen by his shame That wore mine honour to redeeme my fame VVhich when Achmetes heard he deepely swore Neuer with wit and strength to guide me more But now he must see where he comes and arm'd Enter Achm. What strange deuice is plotting in his braine Honored Achmetes Ach. Royall Emperor Giues him ●sw●rd Baia. Thine arme must then vphold my Royalty Why lyes thy valour prostrate at our feete When like fierce lightnings it should runne and meete My harmes like a rocke vnmou'd oppose The course and headlong torrent of my foes Achm. I am a man of peace mistake me not I made a vow nor can it be forgot Till you reuoke your oath Baia. Which here I doe Great Mahomet be witnesse that I meane Sincerely what I speake Achmetes now Giues him his sword againe VVe're friends and thus I nullifie my vow Heauens on this concord lend a gracious smile Achmetes I haue plac'd thee in my bosome Gaue thee an honour'd title in my loue And of as lasting constancie as is The sunne which lookes so cheerefully on this Goe fit the Ianizaries to the warres Kindle new fire of valor in their breasts Thou art their Genius euen the breath they draw Rayse then thy plumes and keepe thy foes in awe Achm. Stood there a Pluto at thy citie walles And with a band of furies had besieg'd Thy people I would coniure them away And send them backe to hell so thou shalt stand As fast as in the skyes vnder mine hand Baia I am Crown'd in thee nor can I fall Whilest such a valour breathes within our wall Zemes depose me hee must be more strong Then Mars that can doe Baiazet that wrong Exe●●● Actus Primi Scena Septima Enter Zemes and the King of Armemia Arm● Wee hate thy brother therefore lend thee ayde 'T is not our dutie to expostulate Thy right vnto the Crowne on to your warres Thriue in your proiects I shall joy to see A quarrell fought twixt Baiazet and mee I le second thy encounters and we two Like the two Roman thunder-bolts of warre Will with the flashes of our fierie swordes Keepe their composed rankes that they shall stand Agast to see two Scipi●es in one band Zemes. Thankes great Arme●ian King and when I am Wheel'd to that height which now my brother holdes I shall require these benefits and vow That kindnesse which I can but promise now Arm. Come let 's away our armies are well set Ready to march now tremble Baiazet Exeu●● Actus Primi Scena Octaua Enter Achmetes in his Generalls coate and Caigubus his sonne Achm. Caigubus publike dangers call me forth And I must leaue thee now vnto thy selfe My sonne thou seest vnto what height of fame We are ascended yet the sunne shines cleare And not one dusky cloude of discontent Dimmes the vnspotted brightnesse of our ioyes Not Baiazet is more belou'd then I Such strict obseruance is there shew'd to mee By all that know my worth and heare me nam'd As if I grasp't Ioues thunder in my hands By all my hopes I feare some tragicke sceane Will trouble our calme fortune Sonne beware The top of honour is a narrow plot Of ground whither we haue already got 'T is brittle and vncertaine if thou tread One carelesse ●leppe aside thou fall'st downe dead The shute from thence is deepe and vnderneath Ruine gapes wide thy body to receiue Stand firme Caigubus though thou start'st not away Yet blasts of envie often force aside The weariest footsteppe these where e'r they shall Blow strong will make them stagger if not fall Caigu. I shall forget to sleepe to breath to liue Sooner then these thy precepts they are fixt And printed in my thoughts Ach. Enough no more That Isaack Bassa trust him not too much I haue divorc'd his daughter from my bed For her adulterate loosenesse hence hee hides A masse of fretting ranchor in his brest Which he hath varnish't yet and gilded o're With coloured shewes of love but he is false And subtile as a Serpent that will winde Into thy brest stinging thee ere thou finde Or o●ce suspect his hatred I must away Trumpets soun● Hasty alarmes call me hence thus and farewell Envie growes greater as our states excell Exit Caigu. Father adiew Exit Actus Secundi Scena Prima A dum●e shew Enter Zemes and the Armenian King Trumpets and Ensignes Souldiers passe ouer the stage and in a solemne march Exeunt Actus Secundi Scena Secunda Enter Baiazet and Trizham and Mahomet his two sonnes Baia. Alaready marcht so neere Zemes make hast To death as if he long'd our wrath to tast Trizham and Mahomet it concernes you now To flie hence nimbly to your Provinces Zemes is come too neere vs to escape He cannot flye the ground whereon he treads But through your countreys hast then if the wars Cracke not his threed of life his flight will bee When you may intercept it if we presume Only on bold Achmetes and our selues In beds of downe supinely sleepe at home Zemes may scape the tempest of our wrath Then we hope best when each event we see Thwarted with their preventing policie Trizham Doubt not our hast and truth he shall as soone Breake through the fiery fabrick of the skies As through my Provinces Exit Maho. Through hell as soone as mine Exit Baia. Goe I haue done my part Mars and my fate Give faire successe to my designed plot And Zemes is intrapt already dead That hand secures me that strikes off his head Actus Secundi Scena Tertia Enter Achmetes Cherseogles Mustapha Mesithes drummes and Trumpets Achm. The battell will prove great and dangerous But were their number double more then ours The justice of our cause bids vs goe on And like a cheerefull drumme strikes panting feare From euery brest Father lead you the vangard The reare-ward be your charge the right wing yours My selfe will gui●e the left this day shall crowne Your valour in full pride Zemes must downe Enter Zemes Armenia two Captaines Zem. Time hath outstript our hast our foes doe stand Wauing their golden plumes as if the gods Were come to meete great Zemes in the field Their armies

next should throw it's golden beames Vpon the worlds wide face and ouer-peere The duskie clouds of hidden privacie And shall Acho●ates succeed Shall hee Shine in the spangled robes of Majesty Then Baiazet is false let it be so I am secur'd from a huge masse of woe Yet I le toth'Court that when Achomates Shall spie mee and rememb●● but my due 'T will staine his lustre with a blushing hue Enter Baiazet 〈◊〉 Baia. My cares are growne to great to be compri●'d Within the narrow compasse of my breast Vice-roy of Greece I le powre into thy heart Part of my secrets which being entred in Locke them as close vp as thou wouldst a sinne Committed yet not knowne I must impart Things worth thy faithfull ●●lence Chers. Worthy Sir By the inclosure of my soule I sweare Baia. I le not heare out●hine oth in briefe 't is thus The Bassaes are all false a●d loue not vs Nor doth my 〈…〉 prompt 〈◊〉 thus I read it in their gestures 〈◊〉 Actions and counsells my suspitious eye Hath found a great breach in their loyalty Chers. Surely this ca●●ot bee Baiazet By heauen 't is true Each man that guards mine honour is my foe I le shake these splendant robes of Majesty From my ore-burden'd shoulders and to ease My selfe bequeath them to 〈◊〉 Cherse. Achomates Baia. Euen he vnle●●e the voyce Of the whole Citie interdict my choice Enter 〈◊〉 Mesithes 〈◊〉 Cherse. Heere comes the 〈◊〉 Sure I see bad newes Pourtrai'd on the Index of their fronts Baia. Bad newes We haue out-liu'd good dayes too long We can expect no other come vnclaspe Volumes of mischiefes and make deafe my eares With an infused multitude of cares Bassaes. Young Selymus hath crost Danubius floud And seiz'd vpon the Provinces of Thrace And with a Navie plow'd the Euxine Sea Baia. Peace bellowing night-rauens with how cheerefull noise Their pussing lungs croke out the balefull note Are these the warres 'gainst Hungary you powers Of heauen brush off your cloddy patience If you but winke at these notorious crimes I 'le say you dare not check our stubborne times Well as yet I 'le make vse of his pretence Vize-roy of Greece beare you this Embassie To that suspected Traytor Selymus Tell him the warres 'gainst th' Hungarian foe Are full of dangers and approued harmes Never attempted by our Ancestors Without repulse or damage bid him dismisse His rough Tartarian youth then if he stand Vnmou'd and stiff● feigne vengeance is at hand Make thy best speed Cherse. I shall 't will be well done To reconcile a Father and a Sonne Baia. Though he tumultuous vprores could deserue The favour of his Prince h 'as troad awry And mist the path that leades to Majestie These bright Imperious ornaments shall grace No rebell-monster nor base runne-away My resolution 's firme it shall not be Bassaes this day an Herauld shall proclaime In the worlds eare my great successours name Are you c●ntent Exit Mustapha calls in an Herauld Bassaes. We are Baiaz. Call forth an Herrauld Isaack As our alleagea●ce bindes vs wee 'le obey But what we graunt the Souldiers will gaine-say 〈◊〉 Thou shalt not thriue in this I dare be bold My golden hookes haue ta'ne a faster hold Baia. Herauld Be my loud Eccho ratifie my deede And say Achomates shall next succeede Herauld Baiazet the second by the appointment of our great Prophet Mahomet the onely Monarch of the World a mighty God on earth an inuincible Casar King of all Kings from the East vnto the West Gouernour of Greec● Sultan of Babylon Soueraigne of Persia and Armenia triumphant Tutor of 〈◊〉 Lord possessour of the Sepulcher of the Crucified God subuerter and sworne enemie of the Christians and of all that call vpon Christ proclaimeth Achomates his second sonne next and immediate successour An alarum of Trumpets Within None but Baiazet none but Baiazet Baiaz. By heauen they are corrupted none but I 'T is no loue borne to me that moues this cry Mesith. Great Baiaz●t the cause why they deny This iust proposall riseth from an vse And customary licence long obseru'd To wit when their crown'd Emperour is dead The interpos'd vacation is a time Of lawlesse freedome then they dare to spoile The Iewish Marchants of their traffick wares And prey vpon all strangers so that should Your Honour be conferr'd vpon your sonne Whilst you your selfe yet breath then should they loose The long expected gaines therefore refuse What you propos'd Baiaz. If that be all the cause Wee 'le giue them such a Kingly donatiue As doubly shall buy out those ill-got spoiles Fiue hundred thousand Duckets if they please With my free choise to crowne Achomates Proclaim'd to be their due A flourish of Trumpets Herauld Baiazet the second by appointment of our great Pr●phet Mahomet c. proclaimeth that hee 'le attribute 500. Thousand Duckats if you yeeld alleageance To Achomates his successour Trumpets sound 〈◊〉 Within None but Baiazet none but Baiazet Baia. Achomates I sent for how hee 'le disgest These grosse illusions I may iustly feare By this I had discourag'd Selymus And kill'd his hopes by this I had cut off The growth of hate and choked discords seed Exit Enter Mustapha with a Messenger to the other Bassaes. Mustaph. Beare this to Selymus with thy best care Mesith. And this Giue him Letters Isaack And this fly let thy winged speed Returne a suddaine answere elie we bleed Exe●nt Actus Quarti Scena Quinta Enter Selymus Tartarian King Attendants Tartar Goe on braue Prince Lead on thy marshal'd tro●pes Degrade the Turkish Monarch let him faint At the deepe wounds which thy reuengefull hand Shall print vpon the bosome of his land Goe on Me thinks I see Victoria sit Triumphant on thy steely Burganet Exit 〈◊〉 King Selym. Farewell now I will meete thee Baiazet With a careere as free as if Heauens Ioue Had bid me goe bespeake the stoutest gods To take thy part tell them that thou must meete A Sely●●● who when the warres are done Will scale the Forts and Castles of the Sunne Breake vp the brazen gates of Acheron And bury Nature with the world together Captaines leade on Now shall the sword and fire By publique ruines crowne my iust desire Sleepe H●ngary I 'le not breake off thy rest With the vnwelcome Musick of my Drummes I 'le turne the edge of my reuengefull sword Vpon the bosome of my natiue soyle There dwels the motiue of my Tragick warres Whose ruthlesse sad Catastrophe shall wound Posterity in vs Infants shall mourne Ouer their Fathers ' tombs as yet vnborne But who comes here I 'le meete him Noble Vize-roy Enter Cherseo●gles Cherseo. Peace and health to Selymus Selym. Health but not peace whilst yonder light can see Mortalls whom Turkish force could ne're subdue Cherseo. Yet what if Baiaz●t our honour'd Lord Bid you roule vp those flaxen signes of warre And sheath the sword drawne forth against his foe When duty sayes obey what shall say no. Selym