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The fountaine of selfe-loue. Or Cynthias reuels As it hath beene sundry times priuately acted in the Black-Friers by the Children of her Maiesties Chappell. Written by Ben: Iohnson.
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Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
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Seemes it no Crime to â—â—â—er sacred Bowers And hallowed Places with impure aspect Most lewdly to pollute Seemes it no crime To braue a Deity let Mortalls learne To make Religion of offending Heauen And not at all to censure powers diuine To Men this Argument should stand for firme A Goddesse did it therefore it was good We are not cruell nor delight in blood But what haue serious Repetitions To do with Reuels and the sports of Court We not intend to sowre your late delights With harsh expostulation Let suffice That we take notice and can take reuenge Of these calumnious and lewd Blasphemies For we are no lesse Cynthia then we were Nor is our Power but as our Selfe the same Though we haue now put on no tyre of shine But mortall eyes vndazled may endure Yeares are beneath the Sphears and Time makes weake Things vnder Heauen not Powers which gouerne Heauen And though our Selfe be in our selfe secure Yet let not mortalls challenge to themselues Immunity from thence Loe this is all Honor hath store of spleene but wanteth Gall. Once more we cast the slumber of our thankes On your tane toyle which here let take an end And that we not mistake your seuerall worths Nor you our Fauour from your selues remooue What makes you not your selues those clouds of Masque Particular paines particular thankes do aske They Vnmasque Are we contemn'd Is there so little awe of our Disdeigne That any vnder trust of their disguise Should mixe themselues with others of the Court And without forhead bouldly presse so farre As farther none 〈◊〉 apt is Lenity To be abusd Seuâ—rity to be loath'd And yet how much more dooth the sâ—eming Face Of neighbor Vertues and their borrowed Names Adde of lewd Bouldnesse to loose Vanities Who would haâ—nâ— thought that Philautia durst Or haue vsurped noble Storge's name Or with that theft haue ventred on our eyes Who would haue thought that all of them should hope So much of our conniuence as to come To grace themselues with Titles not their owne Insteed of Medicines haue we Maladies And such Impostumes as Phantaste is Grow in our Pallace we must lance these sores Or all will putrifie Nor are these all For we suspect a farder fraud then this Take off our vaile that shadows may depart And shapes appeare beloued Arete So. Another Face of things presents it selfe Then did of late what Featherd Cupid masqu'd And masqu'd like to Anteros but more strange Deare Mercury our Brother like a Page To countenance the ambush of the Boy Nor endeth our discouery as yet Gelaia like a Nymph that but ere while In male attire did serue Anaides Cupid came hether to finde sport and Game Who heeretofore hath beene too conuersant Among our traine but neuer felt Reuenge And Mercury bare Cupid company Cupid we must confesse this Time of mirth Proclaimd by vs gaue Opportunity To thy attempts although no Priuiledge Tempt vs no farther we cannot endure Thy presence longer Vanish Hence Away Exit Cupid You Mercury we must intreate to stay And heare what we determine of the rest For in this Plot you haue the deepest hand But for we meane not a Censorian tasque And yet to lance these vlcers growne so ripe Deare Arete and Criticus to you Wee giue the charge Impose what paines you please Th'incurable cut of the rest reforme Remembring euer what we first decreed Since Reuels were proclaimd Let now none bleede Arete How well Diana can distinguish Times And sort her Censures keeping to her selfe The doome of Gods leauing the rest to vs Come cite them Criticus and then proceede Crit. First Philautia for she was the first Then light Gelaia in Aglaias name Thirdly Phantaste and Moria next Mayne follies all and of the Female crue Amorphus or Eucosmos counterfet Voluptuous Hedon ta'ne for Eupathes Brazen Anaides and Asotus last With his too Pages Morus and Prosaites And thou the Trauailers Euill Cos approach Impostors all and male Deformities Arete Nay forward for I delegate my power And will that at thy mercy they do stand Whom they so oft so plainely scornd before T is vertue which they want and wanting it Honour no garment to their backes can fit Now Criticus vse your Discretion Crit. Adored Cynthia and bright Arete Another might seeme fitter for this tasque Then Criticus but that you iudge not so For I not to appeare vindicatiue Or mindfull of Contempts which I contemn'd As done of Impotence must be remisse Who as I was the Author in some sort To worke their knowledge into Cynthias sight So should be much seuerer to reuenge The indignity hence issuing to her Name But ther 's not one of these who are vnpaind Or by themselues vnpunished for Vice Is like a fury to the vitious minde And turnes Delight it selfe to Punishment But we must forward to define their Doome You are Offenders that must be confest Do you confesse it Omnes We doe Crit. And that you merit sharpe Correction Omnes We doe Crit. Then we reseruing vnto Delias grace Her farther pleasure and to Arete What Delia graunteth thus do sentence you That from this place for Penance knowne of all Since you haue drunke so deeply of Selfe-loue You two and two singing a Palinode March to your seuerall homes by Nioâ—es stone And offer vp two teares a piece thereon That it may change the name as you must change And of a stone be called Weeping Crosse Because it standeth crosse of Cynthias way One of whose names is sacred TRIVIA And after penance thus perform'd you passe In like set order not as Midas did To wash his Golde off into Tagus streame But to the Well of Knowledge Helicon Where purged of your present Maladies Which are nor few nor sâ—ender you become Such as you faine would seeme and then returne Offring your seruice to great Cynthia This is your Sentence if the Goddesse please To ratefie it with her high Consent The scope of wise Mirth vnto fruit is bent Cyn. We do approoue thy Censure Criticuâ— Which Mercury thy true propitious friend A Dâ—ity next Ioue belou'd of vs Will vndertake to see exactly done And for this seruice of Discouery Perform'd by thee in honor of our name We vow to guerdon it with such due grace As shall become our Bountie and thy Place Princes that would their People should do well Must at themselues begin as at the heads For men by their example patterne out Their Imitations and reguard of Lawes A vertuous Court a world to vertue drawes Exeunt Cynthia Arete c. Palinodia Amo. From Spanish shrugs French faces Smirks Irps and all affected Humors Chorus Good Mercury defend vs. Phan. From secret friends sweet Seruants Loues Doues and such Phantastique Humors Chorus â—ood Mercury defend vs. Amor. From stabbing of Armes Flap-dragons Healths Whiffes and all such swaggering Humors Chorus Good Mercurie defend vs. Phan. From wauing of Fannes coy Glaunces Glicks Cringes and all such simpring Humors Chorus Good Mercury defend vs. Amo. From making loue by Attourney courting of Puppâ—ts and paying for new acquaintance Chorus Good Mercury defend vs. Phan. From perfum'd Dogs Monkeys Sparrowes Dildos and Parachitos Chorus Good Mercury defend vs. Amo. From wearing Bracelets of Hayre Shoo-tyes Gloues Garters and Rings with Poesies Chorus Good Mercury defend vs. Phan. From Pargetting Painting Slieking Glazing and Renewing old riueld Faces Chorus Good Mercury defend vs. Amo. From Squiring to Tilt-yards Play-Houses Pageants and all such Publique places Chorus Good Mercury defend vs. Phan. From entertaining one Gallant to gull another and making Fooles of eyther Chorus Good Mercury defend vs. Amo. From Belying Ladyes fauors Noble-mens countenance coyning counterfet Imployments vain-glorious taking to them other mens Seruices and all selfe-louing Humors Chorus Good Mercury defend vs. CANT NOw each one dry his weeping Eyes and to the Well of Knowledge hast Where purged of your Maladies we may of sweeter waters taste And with refined voice report The Grace of Cynthia and her Court Finis Actus quinti vltimi Epilogus GEntles be 't knowne to you since I went in I am turn'd Rimer and do thus beginne The Author iealous how your sence doth take His trauayles hath enioyned me to make Some short and Ceremonious Epilogue But if I yet know what I am a Rogue He ties me to such Lawes as quite distract My thoughts and would a Yeare of time exact I neither must be Faint Remisse nor Sory Sower Serious Confident nor Peremptory But betwixt these Le ts see to lay the blame Vpon the Childrens Action that were lame To craue your Fauours with a begging knee Were to distrust the Writers faculty To promise better at the next we bring Prorogues disgrace commends not any thing Stifly to stand on this and proudly approoue The Play might taxe the Maker of Selfe-loue I le onely speake what I haue heard him say By God 't is good and if you lik't you may FINIS Ecce rubet quidam pallet stupet oscitat odit Hoc volo nunc nobis carmina nostra placent * Gelaia * Moria * Coâ— * Prosaites * Morus * Criticus