By all the gods I am innocent The Queene hath absolu'd me as for Philoclea If you will call 't a cryme in that I lov'd her I am and shall be guiltie but had never A thought so rude to force her unstain'd chastity Or if the honor of this excellent Lady Suffer it 'h blind opinion of the world Our marriage not my death may cure all wounds Malice can fasten on her name Philon. Oh impudence Ev. If this be all you have to say proceede To his confederate Philon. The imagination how miserable These juglers would have made us and our Country If their disguise had prosper'd strikes a terror Through all my faculties my tongue 's enfeebled Therefore to omit his practice in the murder Which you may easily collect by circumstance This is enough to call him a foule traytor He did attempt to steale a way out princesse The hope and treasure of Arcadia And taken in the fact dares not deny it Had he no other cry me to answer for This pulls severe death on him and to insist Vpon offences of so foule a nature Were to distrust your wisdome or your Iustice Thou to ther shame of mankinde speake to this Mus. Not for thy sake who in this misery Hast only merrited to be my scorne But for the truth I answer pardon sir If passion make me not remember language That should become this place this ill tongu'd man That with such vehemence accuseth thus Is himselfe guilty Philon. How Mus. Of a more hatefull vice ingratitude Is this the paiment for our services Which once thy tongue acknowledged had desev'd Statues to the eternall memory Of the preservers of your King and Country Is all the vallor of this young man cancell'd When Rebells had advanc'd their daring swords High as the throat of your old King his wife And trembling daughters is the time forgotten When wild beasts had prepared their riotous mawes To bury the deere pledges of your kingdome Oh where had been my treason or his rape Had they been then devourd the ground has not Drunke up the blood so perfectly but there Remaines a coulour to teach impious men To blush for their ingratitude have we Beene carelesse of our lives to preserve The King when danger threatend horror to him And can a temperate man imagine we Should be his murderers we had not sav'd To be our selves the hangmen but I 'me charg'd For stealing of your Princesse can your breathes Acknowledge her your Soveraigne and allow No faith to what she sayes you have degraded My blood from honor and vnlesse you make me Lesse then her subject I was bound to obay When she commanded I should waite upon her But you 'l object I counsell'd her I did And justifie the act she was confinde Too narrowly and I durst leade her to A throane above the Majesty her birth Can challenge in Arcadia love whose force The gods have not resisted may plead for me Ev. Is this all Mus. Tho it want method 't is enough to vindicate My honor from his base aspertion Ev. To him you call Dametas Dam. Not guilty my Lord as I hope to be sav'd not guilty Philon. Neglect of the great charge with which the King Our Master trusted him summes up his fault Dam. I was made a gould-finder I desire Iustice for him and Mercy for my selfe Philon. Silence Eu. I have heard you with attention and whereas To the Kings death the unhappy cause of this Assembly you have answer'd with deniall Which you thinke fortified by the Queenes Selfes only accusation I must tell you It frees you not for tho no manifest proofes Yet circumstances well examin'd make you The accidentall causes of his murder For the other part of your offence I finde not You have deny'd your guilt but onley use Quallification and excuse your services In themselves high and honorable allow you No priviledge to offend but give your blacke faults A blacke die then justly weighing your offence you meete In equall guilt for tho you first conveid Away Pamela his intention was Earely as yours and by the rules of justice The will stands for the act both ravished Although not of the Ladies from themselves Yet from their parents and their countrie which By all the Grecian Lawes is paid with death Thus then I must pronounce Daiphantas shall Be throwne from some high tower to meere his death Palladius loose his head before Sunne-set The executioner shall be Dametas Which office of the common hangman he Shall for his whole life execute a punishment For his neglect of duty Dam. must I be hangman oh brave heaven preserve your Lordship I shall quickly learne the trade and if ever any of your honors have occasion to use me I will owe you a good turne and in token I have beene bound to you the knot of my dutifull affection shall tell a tale in your eare you shall thanke me when you are hang'd come your wayes but I beseech your Lordship I may be allow'd a man some times I would be loath to hange or to behead my selfe my wife or my owne kindred but if it happen there be more worke then he can turne his hands to I will not sticke with him to hang my selfe provide you malefactors and let me alone for halters Enter Callander and Calodoulus Cala. Hold stay the prisoners my Lord Protector Calo. Oh my Lord Mus. My servant Calodoulus by thy duty Reveale us not Calo. Let me rather be dumbe eternally Then two such princes be lost by my silence Ev. My sonne and Nephew are they living Calo. Your owne Pyrocles and his Princely Nephew Cala. Aske your father blessing unhand 'em rascalls Philon. The two most famous Princes in the world Mus. 'T is Evarchus thy father Pyrocles my vncle king of Macedon all yee gods my heart is extaside with ioy Pyr. My father Ev. My blessing and my teares you both divide Witnesse with me yee immortall powers this day I have done nothing but what justice and Your native lawes require without the knowledge How neere they were to my owne blood but since They are prou'd my Sonne and Nephew Endow'd by nature richly and how merriting The fame and love of all the world before This accident I leave to your owne thoughts Besides these two I have no joyes of life Cala. Excellent Evarchus why did you change your names Pyr. To prevent the dishonor of our blood If we had suffer'd Ev. But I have judg'd already and if right I have not wrong'd vnlesse the name Of child have power to alter sacred Iustice You both must dye though when I speake your death It creeps upon my heart Mus. We dreame is this thy father Pyrocles Ev. Away with em Mus. 'T is most tyranicall he is thy sonne Thou wot not be a murderer of thy owne Make not thy name hated of all the world When it shall say hereafter Pyrocles Had no fault in him but he was thy sonne Pyr. For me I am his owne and being so Dispos'd of by his Iustice to whom rather I hop'd to have been a comfort then a shame I kisse my sentence but you cannot place Your Kinsman in the sacrifice his mother And countrie pleade a title he is theirs Oh save my princely cosen Ev. Sure I shannot live Long after them and Gentlemen if I dye Before I leave Arcadia let my ashes Mingle with theirs Bas. oh oh oh Dam. My Lord Gentlemen there 's something stirs and groans Come backe Ev. Basilius alive assist him Philonax He breathes what streames of joy runne through me Send for Gynecia and his daughters Bas Why am I supported thus like a dead man What are you Ev. Evarchus your old friend Bas. I ha seene that face before 't is like sweete Zelmane Ev. My sonne Pyr. But was a conterfeit Zelmane Bas. Wonders and you Ev. My Nephew prince of Thessaly Enter Gynecia Pamela and Philoclea Mus. Tho late your servant Dorus Bas. Very strange Gynecia Gy. My deere Lord return'd A thousand kisses welcome him to life Which I was wearie of in thy losse Bas. My daughters Pam. Oh my father Bas. Are you Philonax Ev. Your trusty servant Philon. The oracle is accomplish'd Bas. You amase me let me collect Phi. Oh my sweet Pyrocles Pam. We shall not be divor'd I hope agen Pyr. I am your servant ever Mus. Devinest Mistris Ev. Your soules I see are married Let me present these princes to be your sonnes Bas. Is this reall Gy. 'T is dangerous to expect the storie I fear'd the drinke but it may be his vertue To encrease his love to me I le tell you more within sir Philon. Let me obtaine your pardons Ev. To his Chamber lead him gently Bas. All is strange Mus. Never was day so full of happy change Florish FINIS
A PASTORALL CALLED THE ARCADIA Acted by her Majesties Servants at the Phaenix in Drury Lane Written by Iames Shirly GENT. LONDON Printed by I. D. for Iohn Williams and F. Eglesfeild and are to be sould at the signe of the Crane in Pauls Church-yard 1640 The Persons of the Comedy BAsilius King of Arcadia Musidorus a Prince disguisd as a shepheard lover of Pamela Pyrocles a Prince disguisd as an Amazon lover of Philoclea Evarchus father to Pyrocles 3. Arcadian Lords Calander Philonax Simpathus Caladolous servant to Musidorus Dametas a Rustick shepbeard and Guardian to Pamela and Philoclea Cupid Masquers Thumbe a miller Captaine of the Rebells Rebells A Messenger Gynecia the Queene Daughters to Basilius and Gynecia Pamela Philoclea Miso wife to Dametas Mopsa daughter to Dametas and Miso The Scene Arcadia A PASTORALL CALLED THE ARCADIA Actus Primus Enter Basilius Philonax and Calander Philon. SIr yet be gracious and heare them pray That beg not for their owne but for your safety And honor of your state which eclipse In your long darke and melancholly life We want you at the helme Our duties bind us tell you t is unnaturall To bury your selfe alive the people call For their owne King to governe the 'ile forget To pray for you if you continue thus A stranger to em Cal. Or if not for them Which every good king makes his care as being A steward to provide them all earthly blessings Yet for the other part of you our Mistris That sleepes within your boosome and not made For such a conversation returne And warme your thoughts agen about which all Your servants like so many pictures gaze At one another but want motion and take up Roome i th Chambers of your Court like Arras Philon Have a compassion to our daughters sir Kill not your hopes in their restraint Cal. What cage Can please the birds Created for skie freedome Philon. How can you see your eldest child Pamela Spend her best part of time with such a rude And ignorant hinde as the unbred Dametas A Lady of a high and active soule Bas. No more Philon. Our duties bids us tell you this Bas. Hast thou forgotten Philonax or made a better glosse upon the Oracle Should we remaine in Court and let our daughters Be in the sight of the admiring world Reade that paper and be not partiall Philonax Philonax reads Thy eldest Care shall from thy carefull face By princely meane be stolne and yet not lost The younger shall with natures blisse embrace An uncoch love which nature hateth most Both these themselves unto two such shall wed That at a Beere as at a barre shall plead Why I le thee a living man they have made dead In thine owne seate a forraigne state shall sit And ere that all these blowes thy head shall sit Thou with thy wife adultery shall commit Bas. Canst blame me now I should reioyce to see My daughters happy mothers but since their Fate must be ripened with my blood their pride Rooted in my grave and that untimely t is Wisdome to keepe 'em vrigins I me resolu'd Enter Gynaecia Philoclea and Pyrocles Cal. Your queene and Ladies Bas. Vanish all discontent Madam this place Is emptie of all royall entertainement Your worth may Challenge but since fate allowes not A Courtly life which best may answer your High birth spirit let your vertue guide you To accept of what we tender Pyr. This my Lord Exceeds all merrit heere it was the blisse I aimd at to be acquainted with your goodnesse I am your humble servant Bas. Such a title Would rather become me call me so Lady And stile me above Kings while I write yours Philon. If your grace Could call him from this life you 'd melt the hearts Of your subjects into prayers for you Gyne. I thanke your care but hee s mexorable Cal. Alas deere princesse can you brooke these grove Has not a pallace something more of pleasure Phi. This shall be so to mee while t is my fathers Cal. I ha not seene a goodlier person how Came she admitted she is gracious with the king Phi. She has a charme to win from all the world Philon. I have read the Amazons discrib'd so Pyr. Good my Lord Bas. These lippes had he that robd the dragon of The golden Apples but once seene he would Ha wish'd to ha gatherd fruit heere and esteemd The gaine of one sweet kisse reward sufficient For all his twelve hard labors Pyr. Sir your grace Is pleasantly dispos'd to make my person The subject of your mirth Bas And had those Creatures Booke blinded men that dreame of other worlds Tell of Elizian blessings know the joyes Are in your love they would have lost themselves As I have done in speculation Pyr. You make me blush to heare you Bas. There 's no action Dares so affright your blood to talke why Lady There be those men and women great and good Have found no shame in telling of their loves Nay in the acting Pyr. Give me leave to tell you You are not modest if I understand you A King give breath to such foule thoughts Your every action should be a starr To guide your subjects if you loose your piety What wickednesse have they not hence for If the devotion of your service be To such a friend as Lust as what name else Can it deserve let those whose hearts are lost In sinne be tempted to dishonor I Abhor the thought pardon me royall sir I hope these are but trialls if I thought There had been such a levity in men Thus to provoke you Bas. Smooth thy brow agen Or I shall neede no other punishment There 's death too much in that Philocles Pyr. That name sounds all my comfort and I must Dispaire to tell her so I was to blame To be so peremptorie would I were agen To shape my answer Bas. Noble Lady Pyr. Sir Bas. That smile has put me out oh looke thus ever I was studying a new complement to begg Thy excuse Pyr. If you brought no offence there needes none sir I must suppose your love love is noble chaste Bas. You will finde that hereafter oh Zelmane Would thou couldst tell the meaning of my sighes Pyr. You can expresse them Bas. Not I Pyr. Choose another to speake them for you And yet I want an or at or to tell you What I would say how ere I seeme Bas. Dost blesse me Pyr. There 's something wants a tongue but for your passions I should not thinke they would carry so much discord To any virgin care delivered by a woman There is a Way to meete a gentle audience At least not harsh disdaine did your faire daughter Philoclea the volume of all sweetnes Pleade halfe your suit altho it borderd on Something not altogether just her tongue Might perchance guide it but I am confident Your ends are noble Bas. There 's a lightening yet Of comfort happiest Lady I will study How to be worthy of this grace
Gyne. You are expected at the pastoralls Philon. We take our leaves my Lord againe beseeching Your pardon for our bouldnesse to reduce you To your owne spheare of greatnes Bas. Doe you continue Faithfull to your employments and deserve of us And of your Country come Zelmane There are some sports which you must grace Pyr. I waite a servant to your commands Gy. Come sweete Zelmane Pyr. Come sweetest of thy sex Phi. T is pittie nature Made thee not a man this complement Would then become you Exeunt Enter Pamela and Mopsa Pam. Mopsa you are to coy in my opinion Tho I confesse your beauty may deserve As much as any Dorus tho he be Your fathers servant hee 's a hansome shepheard And not to be dispised Mop. Dispised cannot a virgin love a young man I pray but she must dispise him Pam. You should then with some smiles encourage him Mop. Smoyles let me alone to smoile and something else when we are alone if I thought he did not love me I know What I know Pam. Alas poore man he cannot sleepe for you he saies Mop. Nay and I were a bed with him he should not sleepe so long as his eyes were open I 'de watch him for that but doe you thinke my father would let us couple in matrimony as they say he has never a sonne but I and I am his onely daughter Pam. Make no scruple of that if you can finde in your heart to love him in the name of Cupid goe together for ought I perceive your father houlds a good opinion of him marry I know not how your mother is inclinde Enter Musidorus Mop. Whoope my mother 's a scould Pam. Here 's your sweete heart Looke you make much of him poore Gentleman How love is abie to transport who could Expect so rich a guest in that poore dwelling Oh how ere the windes compell him or the streame Into whose troubled waves he has launch'd forth This way he steeres his love yet I seeme ignorant Mus. My deerest Mopsa Mop. Deere I never cost you anything Mus. I know not At what expence of fortunes were I able I should be willing to make purchase of you But I 'me sure you have already cost my heart And yet I find yours made of Marble Which neither pitty nor my prayers can soften Sweete Madam pleade for me one gracious word From you would make me happie let one beame Shoot from your eye and it will strike a spring Into that frozen peece of earth and make it A bower for love to sport in 't is in you To unarme her noble heart there 's too much steele And gentle love in vaine attempts to fasten The softer blowes Pam. Mopsa take heed your Shepheard can speake well And if he be honest Menalcus brother And heire I know no reason why you should Thinke scorne of him Mop. But for all his queint speeches I le keepe my honestie close enough I warrant you Mus. Why should you be so cruell nature made Your face the onely object of mans wonder Mop. Does my face looke like a flapiack Mus. Is 't possible there can be a soule so hard So vnrelenting dwell in that faire body If you knew the truth of my affection and with what Religion it lookes upon your vertues 'T would teach your eye compassion gracious princesse Let the distressed Dorus gaine this mercy From you that with the blessednes of your White hand reaching to Mopsa this poore toy Which late I found my love may cherish hope At last to be accepted Mop. Oh fine what 's that Madam Pam. You must yet be a little coy to receive it Mop. I wonot have it and he would give it me Pam. A rich Iewell the figure of a Crabfish Mus. The trew emblem of my loves pace which lookes another way To that it moves she cannot but distinguish Whether I would direct my heart her eyes Are fixt upon 't and my poore soule could heere Star-gaze for ever Pam. By force not choyce all his desire is Mopsa Tow in your grace by my presenting it Mop. I le take it for your sake I wonot thanke him Mus. She has no apprehension with what A calme and carelesse temper does she give it Enter Dametas Dame Madam Pamela oh are you there t is well Pam. What 's the matter Dame I me out of breath let me walke my selfe a little Pam. What haste does tire you Dam. Tire me I am no woman keepe your tires to your selfe Nor am I Pericles prince of Tyre Pam I doe beleeve it heaven make you an honest subject For a wise one I dispaire to see you Dam. Am I the subject of your talke But I give you leave to use your tongue y' are a woman Dorus what make you ideling heere is the field dung'd as I gave Directions and the Calfe with the white face brought home to execution Mus. I was carefull in my dutie Pam. Beleeve me governor there is much hope of your servant Dam. I governour becomes you I like it well when you carry an M vnder your girdle our govern he will do pritty well in time when I have taught him the manners of the Cart he begins whistle in tune already and can curry favour with the horses but now I remember my selfe I forgot what I came hither for oh d ee heare t is the king your fathers pleasure and mine that you make haste to the lodge Pam. I le attend Dam. There will be gambolls to please my Lady Salamandor Pam. Zelmane you would say Dam. I care not what you say but if you meane to heare the Dances and see the fine songs you must make haste Dorus you shall have leave to shake your heeles looke you be mannerly and shew a cleane calf Mopsa what 's that you ha got there Mop. A fine thing our man Dorus game he saies t is a fish Dam. T is a Codds head i st not much came how you by this Mus. Following the plow I found it Dam. Would all my acres were sowne with such vmh dores he throw his stones at thee already well set forward if thou diest before me Dorus I le make some body mine heire if I out live thee I wonot say what legacie I meane to bestow upon thee Continue thy dutie Dorus and follow me with a reverence Exeunt Enter Basilius Gynecia Pyrocles Pamela Philoclea Mopsa Musidorus a Shepheards Bas. Ladies our revells wants the state and glory With which the Court delights might charme your senses Our sceane is naturall but interpret fairely 't was meant A cure for times sicke feathers and your mirth Gy. Virtue will prompt you to Accept what was intended for your service Yet 't is within my wishes to salute you With other testimony of your welcome Pyr. I kisse your white hand Gy. Every touch conveies a firce spirit through my blood I shall betray my suffering and through my eyes Let out my heart Philoclea sit Phi. Wil t please you rest your selfe Pyr.
tell the King on t first or seeke out Dametas hee 'l never be able to spend it there may be gold Enough to purchase halfe Arcadia Dam. Vmh what 's that Mus. I le seeke him out at all adventures oh sir pray is this Gold and this and this Dam. Ha gold yes very good gold where hadst it Mus. You shall heare more hereafter Dam. Dorus honest Dorus put on thy hat where where hadst it Mus. Did you never heare of one Aristomines Dam. He was banish'd Arcadia Mus. Was he rich Dam. Infinite rich so rich Mus. 'T is so belike he there had all his treasure Dam. What treasure where i' st honest Dorus tell me Mus. You are my Master and may be my Father Dam. My sonne Dorus Mopsa is thine and she were made of as pure gold as this thou shouldst touch her and melt her Mus. Well I see it was ordained to make you rich In dutie I le discover it and yet Drm. Out with it good Dorus Mus. Well sitting beneath an oake that shall be namelesse I chanc'd to turne up some turff with my mole-spade Dam. With thy mole spade what then Mus. I saw a yellow brightnes peeping out o th' ground which when I came to examine I prov'd this mettall I this was the first y' are sure 't is gold you shall pardon me for the rest but if these will do you any pleasure or twentie more Dam. Nay good honest Dorus proceede Mus. Why the truth is I suspect where a great treasure has been Long buried these it seemes were scatter'd when the rest Went to the pit-hole Dam. But where is this place good Dorus thou hast no more About thee Mus. No but if you please to furnish me with tooles I le trye The bottome I digd till I came to a stone whose inscription Promis'd something worth a mans labour Dam. Did it sound Mus. Melodiously a goulden tune Dam. Where where thou maist tell me thou knowest I Am secret Mus. For Mopsa sake I will reveal 't you know The oake where you first met me Dam. Ha very well Mus. On the right side of that same spreading tree Lies all this riches Dam. As th' art honest Mus. As I hope to be deere Mopsa's husband I le get strong tooles And bring you better proofe Dam. Stay Dorus stay let me see As I intend to be your father Dorus And so in Mopsas name make you my heire Of all my wealth good Dorus I am yet Till things and things be done your Master Dorus Beside that ground is mine the Oake is mine Where under lies this treasure I am Lord Lord of the soyle my Dorus of the soile I am content to be a ground for you To build to hopes on Dorus but my ground No man shall dig or build on but my selfe On such as this be there a myne Of Coyne or vncoyne mettall it is mine All may be yours annother day my Dorus Mus. I know my duty sir and cannot thinke The gods had ere a lotted my free mind To serve you but for some strange end Dam. In this thou shewst it keepe all close not a word Dorus I take no leave be carefull my good Dorus of my young Madam 't is a charge I turne over to thee over looke her well Mus. I meane to doe it doubly Dam How ha you a duble meaning Mus. I meane with double care Dam. Honest Dorus 't is the last service I shall put thee to Mus. I hope so to Dam. Now to the Oake my golden land marke Mus. Load a horse with tooles sir Dam. Mattocks and shovells Mus. Hookes and ladders Dam. Spade and Pickaxes Mus. Ropes and daggers you l have no helpe Dam. No no a mans owne toyle Sweeter the profit makes in his owne soyle Exit Mus Goe thy wayes for the Lord a' th soyle There 's one blocke out a' th way the golden flie Has caught this trowte my jealous Mistris I Hope she ore heard not Mis. Oh that my eares had beene long enough to have heard some of there pretious Knaverie Mus. It were but charitie to tell her on 't little does my Mistris Thinke what a flesh flie my Master is Mis. What saies the Knave Mus. Tho she be a little stricken in yeares she is hansome enough For as good a man as Dametas and he to runne neighing A this fashion after a blowse and then put me to make excuse For him 't is not right Mis. Oh fidious Rascall I thought there was some roguerie Dorus as thou com'st of a woman tell me Mus. What forsooth Mis. Oh naughty man to vse an honest woman the wrong way thus have I beene married so many yeares and carried my selfe like his lawfull wife uprising and downe lying as they say so even and jumpe with his desires to be thus handled but I le be reveng'd it shall fall heavie vpon his head for this I warrant him nay I did alwaies suspect him for a colt Mus. What meane you forsooth Mis. Come I ouer-heard somewhat to my griefe and therefore leaue your bogling and your trim tram tricks you must not flap me o th mouth with fleering and with flams whilst he Mus. Claps vp another betwixt the a ha mistris mistris but you say you overheard and therefore if you know whether he is gone you may come two houres hence time enough to prevent the blow Mis. If thou lookest to have my daughter with marke what I say Mus. With fathers marke and mothers marke and every mark about her Mis. If you conceale any thing in this case thou knowst no case of her nay tho thy teeth water out the liquor of thy life thou shouldst not get a bit the worst bit of her Mus. Be more charitable Mis. Or if thou chance to get her gainst my will I le teach her a tricke of the mother shall make thee curse her and all the brood she came one Mus. What is Charita to me I know you heard him name her Mis. Charita Mus. I will discharge my conscience and yet if you overheard us without my telling you know where hee appointed to meet her this evening at Mantinea at her fathers in Ondemion streete Mis Ondemion street Mus. I doe not betray him now if you provide so happily to take em at it mistris at it Mis. I at it how I itch to be at it Mus. Saddle your mare Mis. They shal not scape with halfe an eie betwixt them Exit Enter Pamela and Mopsa Mus. I have given her the bells and she will flye to the devill here comes the tother I ha given her phisicke already fit for her constitution and now it works Pam. How comes it Mopsa that you are so taken So lifted up with high conceit Mop. Who I Pam. Yes Mapsa you d ee thinke I cannot Iudge By outward gestures and your lookes what joy Doth inwardly possesse you Mop. Who me Pam. Yes you againe and it were not over bouldnesse To request some knowledge of the
cause Mop. Rest you content you are a Princesse borne I might have beene so to some body may be a Queene before you make what you can of that Pan. Oh fate how 's this Mop. There is a tree and there is things worth wishing and some may wish and wishes may be had make what you can of that too Mus. To my wish it workes Pam. But Mopsa may I not beseech a word That may be to my understanding Mop. You may know more hereafter but till then I must presume upon your Princely patience to keepe your Chamber it is now my raigne and doe not dare to follow Pam. Not I when you are drawne up to majesty I can but wish you graciously would then Remember the obedience of your handmaide That first submits her selfe to your Command Mop. I faith I will Pamela and reward it goe in sweete Lady on my Royall word I will Exit Pamela Mus. She has spide me Mop. Happy Dorus Mus. What will my Mopsa say when she has climb'd The tree of happines Mop. I I the tree when I climbe that tree hony Dorus tell me it over agen my deere bird what did Iupiter to Apollo Mus. Vpon some falling out I tould you Jupiter threw Apollo out of heaven and his deitie taken away he was faine to live upon the earth and keepe Admetas Cattell in the time of his service being sent to fetch a breede of beasts out of Arcadia in this very desart he grew fainte and wearie and would needs rest himselfe in the boughes of an Ashen tree Mop. The tree we wot of on sweete bird Mus. Apollo in that tree calling to minde his quarrell with Iupiter became very sorrowfull and pittifully complayning to his father asking him mercie for having offended him was from that tree receiv'd into his golden spheare and made a god agen Mop. Oh brave Mus. Having the perfect nature of a god Never to be ingratefull he then granted A double life to Admetas and because That tree was chappell of his happy prayers To it he gave this quality Mop. Now it comes Mus. That whosoever sat downe in that tree In like estate and sort as he did then Mop. Oh now now now Mus. Should forthwith have there their wish Mop. Oh the tree the tree the tree Mus. The king vnderstood thus much by Oracle and tried himselfe but being neither heardman as then Apollo was nor of the race which is necessarie delivered this secret to your father but made him sweare to wish by his direction for his owne benefit Dametas tould it me and is now gon to furnish himselfe with a scarlet Cloake for in that he must be mufled just as Apollo was I might now prevent 'em all and be king my selfe but what have I to wish more then the love of Mopsa which since without more charming force you yeild me I le fit you with a cloake and then wish what you will your selfe Mop. I le be Queene or Apollo shall never looke me in the face agen quickly sweet Dorus come muffle me I long to be Queene and my father shall aske me blessing Exeunt Actus Tertius Enter Rebells and Thumbe Cap. COme my masters let us be resolute is there any man That will justifie himselfe to be sober amongst us 2. No hang sobriety Cap. We must be valiant the King I say agen has left us and since He scornes our company for my part I scorne to be his subject 3. I I scorne subjects I le be an Emperor 2. It is time to looke into the government none but Gentlemen are of his Counsell I see no reason since the Countrie is ours but we should have a stroake in the state Cap. That was bravely spoke my bully stroke he by Mars his Gauntlet spoke like a souldier I doe not like the Carriage of the secret Counsells 3. Nor I nor any body Thu. Take heede my Masters 3. Le ts heare Thumbe the Miller Thu. We met together to drinke in honour of the Kings birth-day and tho we have tickled the Cannikins let vs be merrie and wise that 's my opinion no treason the King is an honest Gentleman and so is the Queene 3. Very wisely spoken Cap. But shall be govern'd by Philonax 2. Who knowes but he has made away the King Th. Made away the King who honest Basilius aske the King who has made him away by this hand if I thought they had made him away I would make some body away tho I hang'd for t but neighbors for my owne part I will joyne with you in any thing that is honorable d ee marke honorable but I say still I am cleare of opinion it is not a misse to be merry and wise Gentlemen my name 's Thumbe 3. I Tom Th. And I le be a your side howsoever 3. A great spirit Cap. Shall I speake for you Omnes I I agreed you shall be Captaine Cap. Why then let me alone I will know a reason why hee has left the government without our consents to depose him 't is wisely spoken my brave men 'o th common-wealth we will have other lawes and the old shall be executed 3. I I hang the old ones 2. 'T is a discredit for any subjects as we are to have a King as if we were not able to governe our selves Cap Stroake up thy forehead thou wert borne to be a statesman Be rul'd by me and wee l have no justice in Arcadia 2. How Cap. No justice why should we loose our liberties and being free men upon any occasion suffer our selues to be bound over Th. Gentlemen Citizens it were very good you would take into your consideration the statute against drunkennesse Cap. It shall be lawfull for any man to be drunke without forfeiting or paying anything to the poore Th. Very good every man drinke away his estate and then charity begins at home Cap. No man shall marrie 2. That 's worse then the statute against two wives Cap, For every woman shall be common 3. Every woman common what shall we doe withall the proper women in Arcadia Cap. They shall be common too 3. Oh'rare and what shall we doe withall the prisons Cap. Set 'em a fire 't will warme the Citie when there is cold doings 2. What with the prisoners Cap. Put 'em in possession of their creditors lands they are the only men fit for authority for no men are us'd worst and they will know the better to domineere nay wee l have admirable lawes but who shall be this Embassador to the King 4. Me me choose me Captaine Th Choose you Captaine Haberdasher of small wares choose you a Capon I le be the Embassador ever while you live let a bould man be embassador and one that has a braine I will not be meale mouth'd 3. Well said Miller Cap. And because we will be wise Th. I I be merry and wise ever while you live be sober and discreete Cap. Say we attend heere to do our duties 3. Duties oh base Cap.
have not lost a sence upon the sudden I smell call you this gold finding Mop. I have an extreame list now so I have saving your presence divell would restore your sence Dam. What 's this a written parchment this may be the inventory of all the treasure Who hath his hire hath well his labor plac'd Earth thou didst seeke and store of earth thou hast Howe 's this Mop. Whoope whoope whooe Dam. As sure as this is my owne nose I am stinkingly abus'd Mop. Ha ha ha Dam. Can Madge Howlets laugh that laugh was like my Daughter Mopsa Mop. There 's one time againe againe sweete Apollo Dam. 'T is her voyce what makes she there now the dread vengeance of my deere fatherly curse light overth'wart thee thou aukeward helding Mopsa Mop. There 's two times Mopsa once more and 't is Apollo Dam. Will you not answer in the Divells name Mopsa I say oh are you come he strickes she falls Mop. Yes yes divine Apollo Dam. I le unhoode yee where 's Pamela Mop. Thanke your Deitie Dam. Speake now and tell me Mop. Answer my wishes as thou art Phebus as thou art Apollo tho in the likenesse of the Clowne my father grant me my wishes first I aske a King to be my husband Dam. What talkest thou of a King the King will hang thy father if Pamela be gon Mop. Let him be hang'd I care not but let Dorus be a King and let him be my husband good Apollo Dam. Shee 's starke staring mad hast thou forgot thy father where is thy wit Mop. I doe not aske for wit I tell thee let me have a sufficient husband and let him be a King Dam. Thou shal't have thy bellifull of husbands Mop. Oh that that that Enter Miso Miso I le at you both thou ribald villaine and thou harlot Dam. Miso my spouse falne mad too Thou wot not beate thy mother Miso Oh me Mop. I defie her and thee and thou beest not Apollo Dam. Oh who has gulled us all deere Miso tender Mopsa heare me before I open my mouth art not thou Miso and thou my daughter Mopsa oh we are all vndone we are all vndone Mop. Are not you god Apollo Dam. No as ever I hope to see him or any of his fellowes in the face againe I am mortall Dametas and I thinke thy father I am sure I am by thy mothers side where is Pamela all this while whoe 's at home Mop. As sure as you are my father and you my mother there 's No body at home Dam. Shee 's gon shee 's gon Mop. Dorus and Pamela or two feends with their voyces past by whilst I was in Apollos tree Miso Apollos tree Dam. Cast off your wonder I am not such an asse but I perceive We are gull'd Mop. So Divell Dorus tould me Miso Oh me they are gon was this your care Mop. Nay then where was your owne Dam. Fall not at odds bout that but goe with me And helpe me to scape the gallow tree Exeunt Enter Gynecia and Pyrocles with a Taper Gy. Did I not counterfeit an infirmitie Pyr. Rarely how love will prompt his votarie The King suspects not what we purpose Gy. Las poore man how carefull he seem'd of my health And councell'd me to bed Pyr. I smil'd to see it Gy. So soone as he is a sleepe expect me Pyr. Stay oth suddaine I ha thought upon a way Blessed blessed minute Gy. What 's the device Pyr. You shan'ot goe to bed Gy. Not I Pyr. God Genius I will not trust our worke to fortune if You should want cunning in your passions Or he should wake unhappily and finde You absent all were lost to prevent this You shall not come to me if there be danger 'T is fit I be expos'd I le take your place And disaray me for Basilius bed De' e marke muffled up for your suppos'd Distemper let me alone to counterfeit Dulnes and when his sences are chain'd up In sleepe I will come downe toth cave to you But take my mantle if any of Dametas People meete you Gy. I will visit but my Closet And follow thy instructions Exit Py. If there be any starrs are kinde to love This night shoote forth your golden heads be thou Bright moone propitious on all eyes that would Betray our flight cast out a sullen mist And hide thy silver cressent in a cloud But to our passage be a gentle goddesse And borrow of thy brother yet more light The day may spare it Musidorus is Enter Gynecia with a golden Violl Embark'd already with his Mistris If I obtaine Philocleas consent Gy. Zelmane now I am prepar'd Pyr. Haste to the Cave expect Your servants visit Gy. And my happines Exit Py. How rudely vice becomes us here 's a Lady Whom never fame yet blemish'd now the example Of Cupids tyranie love transformes us all And fooles our understandings I pittie her Now are Basilius thoughts in motion And hurry him to the same licentiousnes There is warme snow I see he delaies time In hope to finde his Queene asleepe whose place I must assume for once love dwells upon A cliffe and all the waies to our enjoying Are difficult and ragged But I forget Basilius I must Compose me for his bed I shannot be Much troubled good old King he wishes me Lutes Recorders Exit Good rest I know and secure dreames oh see Philoclea what waies I come to thee Enter Basilius Bas. These sounds may charme her into slumbers sweetly Oh steale into her hang upon her heart Come fixe your gentle raptures in her soule That it may take delight to be orecome And never wake the body till Basilius Returne with happy Conquest from Zelmane Or if there be a leaden god of sleepe Heere let him shake his wings and then dispatch A Herrauld to the silent house of dreames To bring one hither happier then the rest Enter Philoclea To entertaine my melancholly Queene oh Philoclea Thy mother will excuse thee this nights dutie Doe not disturbe her yet your voyce and Lute 'I th next Chamber may procure her sleepe That done without more ceremony goe Exit Philoclea To bed so so my bloud begins to move Shee 's fast I heare her and the musique ceast Now to Zelmane Agen loude Exit Enter Philoclea Phi. I 'me troubled and dare not goe to bed There 's some thing whispers to my soule this will Will be a fatall night my mother is not well I must needs see her ha the gods protect me Enter Pyrocles Pyr. If there were any treason meant against Philoclea her prayers were vainely offerd Since her owne innocence is protection As powerfull as the Gods I bring no horror To fright your blood d ee not know me Lady I was Zelmane Phi. Was Pyr. I have been So watched by your Ielous mother Phi. Ha Pyr. But I forget Phi. What meane you Pyr. To make fast the doores If I could barre all the aire out saving what Your breath should draw for should
gon how does the King take it Dam. The King would he could take it any way good gentleman hee 's in a pittifull taking himselfe Philon. What sales the screech-oule Dam. The truth is he is sent of an errand to Erebus hee 's dead and for my Lady Philoclea whom I suspect Philon. Ha Dam. And you make hast you may take her napping there is a thing in the likenes of a man with her whom very valiantly I dis-arm'd and brought away his naked weapon Philon. What traytor didst disarme him Dam. Did I and there had been twentie of 'em I would not have car'd a rush though they had been as valiant as Hector had I not treason a' my side so soone as I came in Philon. Thou dost amaze me what said he Dam. Never a word my friend quoth to his sword Philon. Ideot didst speake to his sword Dam. Why he was fast a sleepe my Lord And never so much as dreamt of me Philon. A sleepe we loose time goe you along with Dametas seize upon that Traytor oh I am rent with sorrow Dam. Come my Masters be not afraid as long as I have a sword You shall goe before and follow my example ther 's the King my Lord Exeunt Dametas and guard Philon. Madam Gy. Oh Philonax Philon. Be comforted Gy. You shannot neede to mocke me when you know By whom he dye'd thou wilt call in thy charity And curse me it was I that poysoned him Philon. Good Madam speake that I may understand You poysoned him he was Basilius Your husband and your King it cannot be You are the Queene his wife Gy. His murderer The horror of my sinne dwells round about me I neede no more accusers then my Conscience Doe with me what you please the wicked reasons That mov'd me to it you shall know hereafter Philon Blesse me eternitie I le not beleeve That any woman after this can love Her husband oh my Lord mercilesse woman For heere all other titles lost away With her see her lodg'd within the Castle Enter Dametas and a guard with Philoclea and Pyrocles at one doore at the other Enter the Rebells with Musidorus and Pamela Dam. Heere they are my Lord Cap. Where is the King Philon. New uprores Dam. My charge 't is Pamela my Lord Philonax 't is Pamela Philon Pamela and Philoclea Cap. Yes my Lord we suspected they were running away together and therefore in hope of his maiesties pardon Py. Musidorus and thy sister under guard Mus. Pyrocles and Philoclea prisoners too Philon. Looke heere unnaturall children for I cannot pronounce you Innocent this circumstance betrayes your guilt see where your king and father lyes a cold patterne for a tombe Pam. Dead Phi. Oh we are miserable Pyr. Basilus dead Mus. Slaine Philon. He was murder'd and you are accessaries Sure I have seene your face were not you call'd Zelmane the Amazon Pyr. I was Philon. Disguises injurious villaine Prophaner of all hospitable lawes Pyr. I am not loose to answer thee Dam. And this was my man Dorus my Lord a ha have I found you sirra you sent me abroad to be a gold-finder Philon. You have done service worthy all your pardons Now in my rage I could prevent the Law And sacrifice their treachrous bloods my selfe To this reverend hearse Mus. You are transported Philonax But that I have compassion for the death Of that good King I could laugh at thee Philon. Hence load them with Irons Ladies you must both Be patient to be confinde untill You cleere yourselves Pam. What sawcie fellowe 's that Meant you me Philonax vnhand those prisoners Philon. Away with 'em I command Pam. Yet stay and heare me As you did love Basilius heare his daughter This insolence doth interupt the teares Due to my deere dead father and inforces Me since he thus forgets to declare to you With confidence who I am I am Pamela The eldest daughter of Basilius Your Queene if I mistake not since my father Is dead to whose memorie these pious dropps Fall as the tribute of my griefe who then Shall be obay'd he that was trusted with My fathers power which in his death is cancell'd Or I your naturall princesse Dam. Vmh my charge speakes to the purpose Pam. Have you found so much sweetenesse in the raigne You borrowed of my father that you would Vsurpe now he is dead I have not signed Any commission for your office how Dare you then in my presence command any To prison nay like a bould insolent traitor Talke of confining me we are mercifull To let you keepe your proud heade on Reb. What will be come of us Dam. You shall have cleane halters Pam. But in the justice to my royall father Snatch'd hence untimely from us since you attempt To charge them with his death we give you space To live and to accuse them they shall be Our prisoners i th meane time t' will become Your person to goe home and study how To play the Advocate when you are call'd By us and the grave lawes you are dismis'd Philon. I am astonish'd doe you not wonder with me To heare the daughter of our late good King Lost to her filiall pietie this comes To neere apracide Pamela Contrie-men It is apparent they have all conspird The death of the old king me thinks I heare His groanes confirme it if you suffer such A treason passe Arcadia will become The scorne of all the world nor ever shall Any good prince trust his life amongest you For my Ambition all the angells know How tedious the houres have beene since I Was forc'd to take this kingdomes weight upon me But let not ceremony to the daughter Whose title I dispute not shame our duties To him that was her father and our Master Poyson'd yes poyson'd by those men that have No names and will betray in our remisnes The honor of these Ladies and our countrie As they have done his pretious life already As you are good men let them be arraign'd If they be innocent their goodnes will Protect them but if guilty let them dye Like slaves unpittied Reb. A Philonax a Philonax Pam. Dare ye all be traytors then Philon. This your great love reviues me then convey All to the Castle but command these two As traytors to be made safe the ladies shall Be vnder mild restraint Pyr. Villaines Mus. You lives shall deerely answer this We must obay the tyrant were our hands At liberty and arm'd with our good swords We should not off so tamely Exit Dam. Come away traytors Philon. Well remember'd you Are not to be discharg'd lodge him safe too Dam. Who I he does not meane me my Lord these fellowes Phi. Take him a way a traytor with the rest Enter Messenger Dam. Away away Reb. So you must sir Dam. Would I might never see my wife and children in my right wits if I be a traytor that 's enough my Lord the 'il carry me away too Reb. De' e remember a cleane halter come on sir