your Lordship To thinke I have not so far lost my reason To bring into my Familie to succeed me The stranger Issue of anothers Bed By proofe this is my Son I challenge him Accept him and acknowledge him and desire By a definitive Sentence of the Court He may be so recorded and full powre To me to take him home Iac. A second rape To the poore remnant of Content that 's left me If this be granted and all my former wrongs Were but beginnings to my miseries But this the height of all rather then part With my Ascanio I 'll deny my oath Professe my selfe a Strumpet and endure What punishment soe're the Court decrees Against a wretch that hath forsworne her selfe Or plai'd the impudent whore Assist. This tastes of passion And that must not divert the course of Justice Don Henrique take your Son with this Condition You give him maintenance as becomes his birth And 't will stand with your honour to doe something For this wronged woman I will compell nothing But leave it to your will Break up the Court It is in vaine to move me my doom 's pass'd And cannot be revok'd Exit Hen. There 's your reward Bar. More Causes and such Fees Now to my Wife I have too long bin absent Health to your Lordship Asc. You all look strangely and I feare beleeve This unexpected fortune makes me proud Indeed it do's not I shall ever pay you The duty of a son and honour you Next to my Father good my Lord for yet I dare not call you uncle be not sad I never shall forget those noble favours You did me being a stranger and if ever I live to be the master of a fortune You shall command it Jam. Since it was determi'nd I should be cozen'd I am glad the profit Shall fall on thee I am too tough to melt But something I will do Hen. Pray you take leaue Of your steward gentle Brother the good husband That takes up all for you Jam. Very well mock on It is your turn I may have mine Exit Oct. But do not Forget us deare Ascanio Asc. Do not feare it I Every day will see you every houre Remember you in my prayers Jam. My grief 's too great To be expressed in words Exit Hen. Take that and leave us Leave us without reply nay come back sirrah And study to forget such things as these As are not worth the knowledge Asc. O good Sir These are bad principles Hen. Such as you must learn Now you are mine for wealth and poverty Can hold no friendship and what is my will You must observe and do though good or ill Exeunt Scena Quarta Enter Bartolus Bar. Where is my wife 'fore heaven I have done wonders Done mighty things to day my Amaranta My heart rejoyces at my wealthy Gleanings A rich litigious Lord I love to follow A Lord that builds his happinesse on brawlings O 't is a blessed thing to have rich Clyents Why wife I say how fares my studious Pupill Hard at it still ye are too violent All things must have their rests they will not last els Come out and breathe Leandro within Lean. I do beseech you pardon me I am deeply in a sweet point Sir Bar. I 'le instruct ye Enter Amaranta I say take breath seek health first then your study O my sweet soul I have brought thee golden birds home Birds in abundance I have done strange wonders There 's more a hatching too Am. Have ye done good husband Then 't is a good day spent Bar. Good enough chicken I have spred the nets o' th' law to catch rich booties And they come flttering in how do's my Pupil My modest thing hast thou yet spoken to him Am. As I past by his chamber I might see him But he is so bookish Bar. And so bashfull too I faith he is before he will speak he will starve there Am. I pitie him a little Bar. So do I too Am. And if he please to take the aire o' th gardens Or walk i' th' inward roomes so he molest not Bar. He shall not trouble thee he dare not speak to thee Enter Moore with Chesse-board Bring out the Chesse-board come let 's have a game wife I 'le try your masterie you say you are cunning Am. As learned as ye are Sir I shall beat ye Enter Leandro Ba. Here he steales out put him not out of countenance 'Prethee look another way he will be gone else Walk and refresh your self I 'l be with you presently Lean. I 'le take the aire a little Bar. 'T will be healthfull Am. Will ye be there then here I le spare ye that man Lean. Would I were so neare too and a mate fitting A. What think ye Sir to this have at your Knight now Bar. 'T was subtilly playd your Queen lies at my service Pre thee look off he is ready to pop in again Look off I say do'st thou not see how he blushes Am. I do not blast him Lean. But ye do and burn too What killing looks she steals Bar. I have you now close Now for a Mate Lean. You are a blessed man that may so have her Oh that I might play with her knock within Bar. Who 's there I come you cannot scape me now wife I come I come knock Lean. Most blessed hand that calls him Bar. Play quickly wife Am. 'Pray ye give leave to think Sir Enter Moore Moore An honest neighbour that dwells hard by Sir Would fain speak with your worship about businesse Lean. The devil blow him off Bar. Play Am. I will study For if you beat me thus you will still laugh at me knock Bar. He knocks again I cannot stay Leandro 'Pray thee come near Lean. I am well Sir here Bar. Come hither Be not afraid but come Am. Here 's none will bite Sir Lean. God forbid Lady Am. 'Pray come nearer Lean. Yes forsooth Bar. 'Pre thee observe these men just as they stand here And see this Lady do not alter 'em And be not partiall Pupill Lean. No indeed Sir Bar. Let her not move a pawn I 'le come back presently Nay you shall know I am a Conquerour Have an eye Pupill Exit Am. Can ye play at Chesse Sir Lean. A little Lady Am. But you cannot tell me How to avoid this Mate win the Game too Ha's noble eyes ye dare not friend me so farre Lean. I dare do any thing that 's in mans power Lady To be a friend to such a noble beauty Am. This is no Lawyers language I pray ye tell me Whether may I remove Ye see I am set round To avoid my husband Lean. I shall tell ye happily But happily you will not be instructed Am. Yes and I thank ye too shall I move this man Lean. Those are unseemly move one can serve ye Can honour ye can love ye Am. 'Pray ye tell quickly He will return and then Lean. I 'le tell ye instantly Move me and I wil move
set here like a Perdue To watch a fellow that has wrong'd my Mistris A scurvy fellow that must passe this way But what this scurvy fellow is or whence Or whether his name be William or John Or Anthony or Dick or any thing I know not A scurvy rascally fellow I must aime at And there 's the office of an Asse flung on me Sure Cleremont has fought but how come off And what the world shall thinke of me hereafter Well woman woman I must looke your rascalls And loose my reputation ye have a fine power over us These two long houres I have trotted here and curiously Survei'd all goers by yet find no rascall Nor any face to quarrell with La-writ sings within then Enters What 's that This is a rascally voice sure it comes this way La-writ He strooke so hard the Bason broke And Tarquin heard the sound Din. What master thing is this let me survey it La-writ And then he strooke his necke in two Din. This may be a rascall but 't is a mad rascall What an Alphabet of faces he puts on Hey how it fences if this should be the rogue As 't is the likeliest rogue I see this day Lawr. Was ever man for Ladies sake down down Di. And what are you good sir down down down down La-wr. What 's that to you good sir downe downe Din. A pox on you good sir downe downe downe You with your Buckram bag what make you here And from whence come you I could fight with my shadow now La-w. Thou fierce man that like sir Lancelot dost appear I need not tell thee what I am nor eke what I make here Din. This is a pretious knave stay stay good Tristram And let me aske thy mightinesse a question Did ye never abuse a Lady La-writ Not to abuse a Lady is very hard sir Din. Say you so sir Didst thou never abuse her honour La-writ Not to abuse her honour is impossible Din. Certaine this is the rascall What 's thy name La-writ My name is Cock a two use me respectively I will be Cocke of three else Din. What 's all this You say you did abuse a Lady La-writ You ly Din. And that you wrong'd her honour La-writ That 's two lyes Speake suddenly for I am full of businesse Din. What art thou or what canst thou be thou peagoose That dar'st give me the ly thus thou mak'st me wonder Law And wonder on till time makes all this plaine Din. You must not part so sir art thou a gentleman La-w. Aske those upon whose ruines I am mounted Din. This is some Cavellero Knight o' th' Sun La-w. I tell thee I am as good a gentleman as the Duke I have atchieved goe follow thy businesse Din. But for this Lady sir La-writ Why hang this Lady sir And the Lady Mother too sir what have I to do with Ladies Enter Cleremont Cler. 'T is the little Lawyers voice has he got my way It should be here abouts Din. Ye dry bisket rogue I wil so swinge you for this blasphemie Have I found you out Cler. That should be Dinants tongue too La-w. And I defy thee do thy worst ô ho quoth Lancelot tho And that thou shalt know I am a true gentleman And speake according to the phrase triumphant Thy Lady is a scurvy Lady and a shitten Lady And though I never heard of her a deboshed Lady And thou a squire of low degree will that content thee Dost thou way-lay me with Ladies A pretty sword sir A very pretty sword I haue a great mind to 't Din. You shall not loose your longing rogue Cler. Hold hold Hold Dinant as thou art a gentleman La-writ As much as you will my hand is in now Cler. I am your friend sir Dinant you draw your sword Upon the gentleman preserv'd your honour This was my second and did back me nobly For shame forbeare Din. I aske your mercy sir and am your servant now La-writ May we not fight then Cler. I am sure you shall not now La-w. I am sorry for 't I am sure I 'le stay no longer then Not a jot longer are there any more on ye afore I will sing still sir Exit La-writ Din. I looke now you should chide me and 'T is sir And with much bitternesse expresse your anger I have deserv'd yet when you know Cler. I thanke ye Doe you thinke that the wrong you have offred me The most unmanly wrong unfriendly wrong Din. I doe confesse Cler. That boyish sleight Din. Not so sir Cler. That poore and base renouncing of your honour Can be allaied with words Din. I give you way still Cler. Coloured with smooth excuses Was it a friends part A Gentlemans a mans that weares a Sword And stands upon the point of reputation To hide his head then when his honour call'd him Call'd him alowd and lead him to his fortune To halt and slip the coller by my life I would have given my life I had never knowne thee Thou hast eaten Canker-like into my judgement With this disgrace my whole life cannot heale agiine Din. This I can suffer too I find it honest Cler. Can you pretend an excuse now may absolve you Or any thing like honest to bring you off Ingage me like an Asse Din. Will you but heare me Cler. Expose me like a Jade to tug and hale through Laugh'd at and almost hooted your disgraces Invite mens Swords and angers to dispatch me Din. If you will be patient Cler. And be abus'd still But that I have call'd thee friend And to that name allow a Sanctuary You should heare further from me I would not talk thus But henceforth stand upon your owne bottome sir And beare your owne abuses I scorne my sword Should travell in so poore and empty quarrells Din. Ha you done yet take your whole swinge of anger I 'le beare all with content Cler. Why were you absent Din. You know I am no Coward you have seene that And therefore out of feare forsooke you not You know I am not false of a treacherous nature Apt to betray my friend I have fought for you too You know no businesse that concern'd my state My kindred or my life Cler. Where was the fault then Din. The honour of that Lady I adore Her credit and her name ye know she sent for me And with what hast Cler. What was he that traduc'd Din. The man i' th' Moone I think hither I was sent But to what end Enter old Lady Cler. This is a pretty flim-flam O. La. I am glad I have met you sir I have bin seeking And seeking every where Cler. And now you have found him Declare that businesse our Embassadour O. Lady What 's that to ye good man flouter O sir my Lady Din. Prethee no more of thy Lady I have too much on 't Cler. Let me have a little speake to me Old Lady To you sir 'T is more then time All occasions set aside sir Or whatsoever may be thought
a businesse Din. What then Old Lady Repaire to me within this houre Cler. Where O. Lady What 's that to you come you sir when y' are sent for Cler. God a mercy Mumpsimus You may goe Dinant and follow this old Fairie Till you have lost your selfe your friends your credit And hunny out your youth in rare adventures I can but grieve I have knowne you Old Lady Will ye goe sir I come not often to you with these blessings You may believe that thing there and repent it That dogged thing Cler. Peace touchwood Din. I will not goe Goe bid your Lady seeke some foole to fawne on her Some unexperienc'd puppie to make sport with I have bin her mirth too long thus I shake from me The fetters she put on thus her enchantments I blow away like wind no more her beauty Old Lady Take heed sir what you say Cler. Goe forward Dinant Din. The charmes shot from her eyes O. Lady Be wise Cler. Be Valiant Din. That tongue that tells faire tales to mens destructions Shall never rack me more Old Lady Stay there Cler. Goe forward Din. I will now heare her see her as a woman Survey her and the power man has allowed sir As I would doe the course of common things Unmov'd unstruck Cler. Hold there and I forgive thee Din. She is not faire and that that makes her proud Is not her owne our eies bestow it on her To touch and kisse her is no blessednesse A Sun-burnt Ethiopes lip 's as soft as hers Goe bid her stick some other triumph up And take into her favour some dull foole That has no pretious time to loose no friends No honour nor no life like a bold Merchant A bold and banquerupt man I have ventur'd all these And split my bottome returne this answer to her I am awake againe and see her mischiefes And am not now on every idle errand And now coyn'd anger to be hurried And then despis'd againe I have forgot her Cler. If this be true O. Lady I am sorry I have troubled you More sorrie that my Lady has adventur'd So great a favour in so weake a mind This houre you have refus'd that when you come to know it Will run you mad and make you curse that fellow She is not faire nor handsome so I leave you Cler. Stay Lady stay but is there such a businesse O. Lady You would breake your neck 't were yours Cler. My back you would say O. La. But play the friends part still sir and undoe him 'T is a faire office Din. I have spoke too liberally O. Lady I shall deliver what you say Cler. You shall be hang'd first You would faine be prating now take the man with you O. Lady Not I I have no power Cler. You may goe Dinant O. Lady 'T is in 's own will I had no further charge sir Then to tell him what I did which if I had thought It should have bin receiv'd so Cler. 'Faith you may You doe not know how far it may concerne you If I perceiv'd any trick in 't Din. 'T will end there Cler. 'T is my fault then there is an houre in fortune That must be still observ'd you thinke I 'll chide you When things must be nay see an he will hold his head up Would such a Lady send with such a charge too Say she has plaid the foole play the foole with her againe The great foole the greater still the better He shall goe with you woman Old Lady As it please him I know the way alone else Din. Where is your Lady O. Lady I shall direct you quickly Din. Well I 'll goe But what her wrongs will give me leave to say Cler. We 'll leave that to your selves I shall heare from you Din. As soone as I come off Cler. Come on then bravely Farewell till then and play the man Din. You are merry All I expect is scorne I le lead you Lady Exeunt severally Actus tertius Scena prima Enter Champernell Lamira Beaupre Verdoone Chailote Beaup. We 'll venture on him Cham. Out of my dores I charge thee see me no more Lam. Your Nephew Cham. I disclaime him He has no part in me nor in my blood My Brother that kept fortune bound and left Conquest hereditary to his Issue Could not beget a coward Verd. I fought sir Like a good fellow and a souldier too But men are men and cannot make their fates Ascribe you to my Father what you please I am borne to suffer Cham. All disgrace wretch Lam. Good sir be patient Cham. Was there no tree For to fall by a noble enemies sword A Coward is unworthy nor no River To force thy life out backward or to drowne it But that thou must survive thy infamie And kill me with the sight of one I hate And gladly would forget Beaup. Sir his misfortune Deserves not this reproofe Cham. In your opinion 'T is fit you two should be of one beliefe You are indeed fine gallants and fight bravely I' th' City with your tongues but in the field Have neither spirit to dare nor power to doe Your swords are all ledd there Beaup. I know no duty How ever you may wreake your spleene on him That bindes me to endure this Cham. From Dinant You 'll suffer more that ever cursed I Should give my honour up to the defence Of such a thing as he is or my Lady That is all Innocent for whom a dove would Assume the courage of a daring Eagle Repose her confidence in one that can No better guard her In contempt of you I love Dinant mine enemy nay admire him His valour claimes it from me and with justice He that could fight thus in a cause not honest His sword edg'd with defence of right and honour Would pierce as deep as lightning with that speed too And kill as deadly Verd. You are as far from Justice In him you praise as equitie in the censure You load me with Beaup. Dinant he durst not meet us Lam. How durst not brother Beaup. Durst not I repeat it Verdo. Nor was it Cleremont's valour that disarm'd us I had the better of him for Dinant If that might make my peace with you I dare Write him a Coward upon every post And with the hazard of my life defend it Lam. If 't were laied at the stake you 'd loose it Nephew Cham. Came he not say you Verd. No but in his roome There was a divell hir'd from some Magician I' th' shape of an Atturney Beau. 'T was he did it Verd. And his the honour Beau. I could wish Dinant But what talke I of one that stept aside And durst not come Lam. I am such a friend to truth I cannot heare this why doe you detract Thus poorely I should say to others basely From one of such approv'd worth Cham. Ha! how 's this Lam. From one so excellent in all that 's noble Whose onely weaknesse is excesse of courage That knowes
that I never feele I 'le never feare Yet by the honour of a Souldiour I hold thee truly Noble How these things will looke And how their bloods will curdle play on children You shall have pap anon O thou grand foole That thou knowest but thy fortune Musick done Cler. Peace good Madam Stop her mouth Dinant it sleeps yet 'pray' be wary Dispatch I cannot endure this misery I can heare nothing more I 'le say my praiers And downe againe Whistle within A thousand larums fall upon my quarter Heaven send me off When I ly keeping courses Pl o' your fumbling Dinant how I shake 'T is still againe Would I were in the Indies Exit Cler. Enter Dinant and Lamira A light within Din. Why doe ye use me thus thus poorely basely Worke me into a hope and then destroy me Why did you send for me this new way traine me Lam. Madman a fool fals man now I le shew thee man Din. 'Pray' put your light out Lam. No I 'le hold it thus That all chast eyes may see thy lust and scorne it Tell me but this when you first doted on me And made suite to enjoy me as your wife Did you not hold me honest Din. Yes most vertuous Lam. And did not that appeare the onely lustre That made me worth your love and admiration Din. I must confesse Lam. Why would you deale so basely So like a thiefe a villaine Din. Peace good Madam Lam. I 'le speake aloud too thus maliciously Thus breaking all the rules of honestie Of honour and of truth for which I lov'd you For which I call'd you servant and admir'd you To steale that jewell purchas'd by another Piously set in Wedlock even that Jewell Because it had no flame you held unvaluable Can he that has lov'd good doat on the divell For he that seekes a whore seeks but his agent Or am I of so wild and low of blood So nurs'd in infamies Din. I doe not thinke so And I repent Lam. That will not serve your turne sir Din. It was your treaty drew me on Lam. But it was your villany Made you pursue it I drew you but to try How much a man and nobly you durst stand How well you had deserv'd the name of vertuous But you like a wild torrent mix'd with all Beastly and base affections came floating on Swelling your poison'd billowes Din. Will you betray me Lam. To all the miseries a vext woman may Din. Let me but out Give me but roome to tosse my sword about me And I will tell you y' are a treacherous woman O that I had but words Lam. They will not serve you Din. But two-edg'd words to cut thee a Lady traytor Perish by a proud puppet I did you too much honour To tender you my love too much respected you To thinke you worthy of my worst embraces Goe take your groome and let him dally with you Your greasie groome I scorne to impe your lame stock You are not faire nor handsome I lyed loudly This tongue abus'd you when it spoke you beauteous Lam. 'T is very well 't is brave Din. Put out your light Your lascivious eyes are flames enough For fooles to find you out a Lady plotter Must I begin your sacrifice of mischiefe I and my friend the first fruits of that blood You and your honourable Husband aime at Crooked and wretched you are both Lam. To you sir Yet to the eye of Justice streight as Truth Din. Is this a womans love a womans mercy Do you professe this seriously doe you laugh at me Lam. Ha ha Din. Pl light upon your scornes upon your flatteries Upon your tempting faces all destructions A bedrid Winter hang upon your cheekes And blast blast blast those buds of pride that point you Death in your eyes to fright men from these dangers Raise up your trophy Cleremont Cler. What a vengeance ayle you Din. What dismall noise is there no honour in you Cleremont we are betraied betraied sold by a woman Deale bravely for thy selfe Cler. This comes of rutting Are we made stales to one another Din. Yes we are undone lost Cler. You shall pay for 't grey-beard Vp up you sleep your last else Lights above two Servants and Anabell 1 Serv. No not yet sir Lady looke up would you have wrong'd this beauty Wake so tender a Virgin with rough tearmes You weare a sword we must entreat you leave it 2 Serv. Fy sir so sweet a Lady Cle. Was this my bed-fellow pray give me leave to look I am not mad yet I may be by and by Did this ly by me Did I feare this is this a cause to shake at Away with me for shame I am a rascall Enter Champernell Beaupre Verdoone Laimra Anabel Cleremont and two Servants Din. I am amaz'd too Beau. We 'll recover you Verd. You walk like Robin-good-fellow all the house over And every man afraid of you Din. 'T is well Lady The honour of this deed will be your owne The world shall know your bounty Beaup. What shall we doe with 'em Cler. Geld me For 't is not fit I should be a man againe I am an Asse a Dog Lam. Take your revenges You know my Husbands wrongs and your owne losses Anab. A brave man an admirable brave man Well well I would not be so tried again A very handsome proper gentleman Cler. Will you let me ly by her but one houre more And then hang me Din. Wee wait your malice put your swords home bravely You have reason to seeke blood Lam. Not as you are Noble Cham. Hands off and give them liberty onely disarm 'em Beaup. We have done that already Champ. You are welcome gentlemen I am glad my house has any pleasure for you I keep a couple of Ladies here they say faire And you are young and handsome gentlemen Have you any more mind to Wenches Cler. To be abus'd too Lady you might have help'd this Ana. Sir now 't is past but 't may be I may stand Your friend hereafter in a greater matter Cler. Never whilst you live Ana. You cannot tell now sir a parting hand Cler. Downe and Roses Well I may live to see you again A dull rogue No revelation in thee Lam. Were you well frighted Were your fitts from the heart of all colds and colours That 's all your punishment Cler. It might have bin all yours Had not a blockhead undertaken it Cham. Your swords you must leave to these gentlemen Verd. And now when you dare fight We are on even Ice againe Din. 'T is well To be a Mistris is to be a monster And so I leave your house and you for ever Lam. Leave your wild lusts and then you are a master Cham. You may depart too Cler. I had rather stay here Cham. Faith we shall fright you worse Cler. Not in that manner There 's five hundred crownes fright me but so againe Din. Come Cleremont this is the houre of foole Cler. Wiser the next
The vertuous Widow Fath. The vertuous widow Sir I know none such Pray what 's her name Ser. Laelia Fath. I knew you err'd 'T is not to me I warrant ye there Sir Carry it to those she feedes fat with such favours I am a stranger to her Ser. Good Sir take it And if you will I 'le sweare she sent it to you For I am sure mine eye never went off ye Since you forsook the Gentlemen you talk'd with Just at her doore Fath. Indeed I talkt with two Within this halfe houre in the street Ser. 'T is you Sir And none but you I am sent to wiser men Would have been thankfull sooner and receiv'd it 'T is not a fortune every man can brag of And from a woman of her excellence Fa. Well Sir I am Chatechiz'd what more belongs to 't Ser. This only Sir she would intreat you come This evening to her without faile Fa. I will Ser. You ghesse where Fa. Sir I have a tongue else Exit Ser. She is down-right Devill or else my wants And her disobedience have provok't her To looke into her foule selfe and be sorry I wonder how she knew me I had thought I had been the same to all I am to them That chang'd me thus God pardon me for lying For I have paid it home many a good man That had but found the profit of my way Would forsweare telling true againe in hast Enter Lodovico and Piso Here are my praters now if I did well I should be labour 'em but I have found A way to quiet 'em worth a thousand on 't Lod. If we could get a fellow that would do it Fa. What villany is now in hand Piso 'T will be hard to be done in my opinion Unlesse we light upon an English-man With seven-score surfets in him Lod. Are the English-men such stubborn drinkers Piso Not a leake at Sea Can sucke more liquor you shall have their children Christned in mull'd sacke and at five yeares old able To knocke a Dane downe Take an English-man And cry St. George and give him but a rasher And you shall have him upon even terms Defy a hogshead such a one would do it Home boy and like a work-man at what weapon Lod. Sherry sack I would have him drinke stark dead If it were possible at worst past pottage Piso What is the end then Lod. Dost thou not perceive it If he be drunke dead ther 's a faire end of him If not this is my end or by enticing Or by deceiving to conduct him where The foole is that admires him and if sober His nature be so rugged what wil t be When he is hot with wine come le ts about it If this be done but handsomely I 'le pawne My head she hath done with souldiers Piso This may do well Fa. Here 's a new way to murther men alive I 'le choake this traine God save ye Gentlemen It is to you stay yes it is to you Lod. What 's to me Fath. You are fortunate I cannot stand to tell you more now meete me Here soone and you 'l be made a man Exit Father Lod. What Vision 's this Piso I know not Lod. Well I 'le meet it Think you ot'h other and let me a while Dreame of this fellow Piso For the Drunkard Lodowicke Let me alone Lod. Come let 's about it then Exeunt Scaena Tertia Enter Clora and Franke Clo. Ha ha ha pray let me laugh extreamly Fra. Why prethee why hast thou such cause Clo. Yes faith my brother wil be here straightway Fra. What Clo. The other party ha ha ha Fra. VVhat party VVench thou art not drunke Clo. No faith Fra. Faith thou hast been among the bottles Clora Clo. Faith but I have not Franke Prethee be handsom The Captaine comes along too wench Fra. O is that it That tickles ye Clo. Yes and shall tickle you too You understand me Fra. By my troth thou art grown A strange lewd wench I must e'ne leave thy company Thou wilt spoile me else Clo. Nay thou art spoil'd to my hand Hadst thou been free as a good wench ought to be VVhen I went first a birding for thy Love And roundly said that is the man must doe it I had done laughing many an houre agoe Fra. And what dost thou see in him now thou knowst him To be thus laught at Clo. Prethee be not angry And I 'le speake freely to thee Fra. Doe I will not Clo. Then as I hope to have a handsome husband This fellow in mine eye and Franke I am held To have a shrewd ghesse at a pretty fellow Appeares a strange thing Fra. Why how strange for Gods sake He is a man and one that may content For any thing I see a right good woman And sure I am not blinde Clo. There lyes the question For but you say he is a man and I Will credit you I should as soone have thought him Another of Gods creatures out upon him His body that can promise nothing But lazinesse and long strides Fra. These are your eyes Where were they Clora when you fell in love With the old foot-man for singing of Queen Dido And swore he look'd in his old velvet trucks And his slyc't Spanish Jerkin like Don Iohn You had a parlous judgment then my Clora Clo. Who told you that Fra. I heard it Clo. Come be friends The Souldier is a Mars no more we are all Subject to slide away Fra. Nay laugh on still Clo. No faith thou art a good wench and 't is pity Thou shouldst not be well quarred at thy entring Thou art so high flown for him Look whos 's there Enter Fabricio and Iacamo Iac. Prethee goe single what should I do there Thou knowst I hate these visitations As I hate peace or perry Fab. Wilt thou never Make a right man Iac. You make a right foole of me To lead me up and down to visit women And be abus'd and laugh'd at let me sterve If I know what to say unlesse I aske 'em What their shooes cost Fab. Fye upon thee coward Canst thou not sing Iac. Thou knowest I can sing nothing But Plumpion parke Fab. Thou't be bold enough When thou art enterd once Jac. I had rather enter A breach If I miscarry by this hand I will have you by 'th eares for 't Fab. Save ye Ladies Clora Sweet brother I dare sweare you 'r welcome hither So is your Friend Fab. Come blush not but salute 'em Franck Good Sir beleeve your Sister you are most welcome So is this worthy Gentleman whose vertues I shall be proud to be acquainted with Iac. She has found me out already and has paid me Shall we be going Fab. Peace Your goodnesse Lady Will ever be afore us for my selfe I will not thanke you single lest I leave My friend this Gentleman out of acquaintance Iac. More of me yet Fra. Would I were able Sir From either of your worths to merit thankes Clo. But brother is
I have done simply for you but now you are beatten to some Understanding I pray you dally not with the Gentlewoman But dispatch your Matrimony with all convenient speed Fred. He gives good counsell Jac. And I will follow it Fab. And I you prethee do not take it unkindly For trust me I boxt thee for thy advancement A foolish desire I had to joggle thee into preferment Iac. I apprehend you Sir if I can study out a course How a bastinadoing may any waies raise your fortunes In the State you shall be sure on 't Fab. Oh Sir keepe your way God send you much joy Clor. And me my Iulio O God I heare his voyce now he is true Have at a marriage Franck as soone as you Exeunt all but Fred. Enter a Messenger Mess. Sir I would speake with you Fred. What is your hasty busines friend Mess. The Duke commandes your present attendance at Court Fred. The cause Mess. I know not in particular but this Many are sent for more about affaires Forraigne I take it Sir Fred. I will be there Within this houre returne my humble service Mess. I will Sir Exit Messenger Fred. Farewell friend what new's with you Enter a Servant Ser. My Mistris would desire you Sir to follow With all the hast you can she is gon to Church To marry Captaine Iacamo and Iulio To do as much for the young merry Gentlewoman Faire Mistris Clora Fred. Julio marry Clora Thou art deceiv'd I warrant thee Ser. No sure Sir I saw their lips as close upon the bargaine As Cockles Fred. Give 'em joy I cannot now goe The Duke hath sent for me in hast Ser. This note Sir when you are free will bring you where they are Ex. Fred. reades You shall finde us all at Signeur Angilo's Where Piso and the worthy Lelia Of famous memory are to be married And we not far behinde Would I had time To wonder at this last couple in hell Enter Messenger againe Mess. You are staid for Sir Fred. I come pray God the businesse Hold me not from this sport I would not loose it Exeunt Scaena Quinta Enter Father and Servant Ang. God give you joy and make you live together A happy paire Piso I do not doubt we shall There was never poore Gentleman had such a sodaine fortune I could thrust my head betwixt 2. pales strip me out of My old skin like a Snake will the guests come thou saidst Thou sentest for to solemnize the Nuptials Fa. They will I looke for em ere this Enter Julio Jacamo Fabritio Franke Clora Iul. By your leave all Fath. They 'r here Sir Iul. Especially faire Lady I aske your pardon to whose marriage bed I wish all good successe I have here brought you Such guests as can discerne your happinesse And best do know how to rejoyce at it For such a fortune they themselves have run The worthy Iacamo and his faire Bride Noble Fabritio whom this age of peace Has not yet aught to love ought but the warrs And his true friends this Lady who is but A piece of me Lel. Sir you are welcome all Are they not Sir Piso Bring in some wine some of the wine Lodwick the foole Exit Fath. Sent hither who ever thou bid'st welcome shall finde it Lel. An unexpected honour you have done To our too hasty wedding Iac. Faith Madam our weddings were as hasty as yours We' ar glad to run up downe any whether to see where We can get meat to our wedding Piso That Lodwick hath provided too good Asse Ang. I thought you Iulio would not thus have stollen a marriage Without acquainting your friends Iul. Why I did give thee incklings Ang. If a marriage should be thus slubberd up in a play er'e almost Any body had taken notice you were in love the Spectators Would take it to be but ridiculous Iul. This was the first and I will never hide An other secret from you Enter Father Father Sir yonder 's your friend Lodwick hide your selfe And 't will be the best sport Piso Gentlemen I pray you take no notice I 'm here The coxcomb Lodwick is coming in Enter Lodwick Lodwick Is that that Lady Fath. That is my Lady Lod. As I live she 's a faire one what make al these heere Fath. O Lord Sir she is so pesterd Fab. Novv vvill the sport be it runnes right as Iulio told us Lod. Faire Lady health to you some vvords I have that Require an utterance more private Then this place can afford Lel. I 'le call my husband All businesse I heare vvith his eares novv Lod. Good Madam no bet I perceive your jest You have no husband I am the very man That vvalk'd the streetes so comely Lel Are you so Lod. Yes faith vvhen Cupid first did prick your heart I am not cruell but the love began I' th Street I 'le satisfie i' th chamber fully Lel. To aske a Madman vvhether he be mad Were but an idle question if you be I do not speake to you but if you be not Walke in the Streetes againe and there perhaps I may dote on you here I not endure you Lod. Good Madam stay do not you know this Ring Lel. Yes it vvas mine I sent it by my Man To change and so he did it has a blemish And this he brought me for it did you change it Are you a Goldsmith Lod. Sure the world is mad Sirrah did you not bring me this ring from your Lady Fa. Yes surely Sir did I but your worship must ev'n beare with me For there was a mistaking in it and so as I was Saying to your worship my Lady is now married Lod. Married to whom Fa. To your worships friend Piso Lod. S'death to Piso Piso within Ha ha ha Ang. Yes Sir I can assure you she 's maried to him I saw 't With these gray eyes Lod. Why what a Rogue art thou then thou hast made Me send in provision too Fa. O a Gentleman should not have such fowle wordes in 's mouth But your Worships provision could not have come in at a fitter time Will it please you to tast any of your owne wine It may be the Vintner has cozend you Lod. Pox I am mad Ang. You have alwayes plots Sir see how they fall out Iac. You had a plott upon me how do you like this Lod. I do not speake to you Fab. Because you dare not Lod. But I will have one of that old Rogues teeth sett in this Ring Fath. Do'st not thou know that I can beate thee Dost thou know it now discovers himselfe Lod. He beate me once indeed Fath. And if you have forgot it I can call a witnesse Come forth Piso remember you it Piso Faith I do call to minde such a matter Fath. And if I cannot still do 't you are young And will assist your Father in law Piso My Father in law Ang. Your Father in law as sure as this is widow Lelia Piso How widow
drinke Silv. We drunke too much too lately Rich. Why there is then the lesse behind to drinke Let 's end it all dispatch that wee 'l send abroad And purchase all the Wine the world can yield And then drinke it off then take the fruits o' the earth Distill the Juice from them and drinke that off Wee 'l catch the raine before it fall to ground And drinke off that that never more may grow Wee 'l set our mouths to Springs and drinke them off And all this while wee 'l never thinke of those That love us best more then we did last night We will not give unto the poore a drop Of all this drinke but when we see them weepe Wee 'l run to them and drinke their teares off too Wee 'l never leave whilst there is heate or moysture In this large globe but suck it cold and dry Till we have made it Elementall earth Meerly by drinking Ped. Is 't flattery to tell you you are mad Rich. If it be false There 's no such way to bind me to a man He that will have me lay my goods and lands My life down for him need no more but say Richardo thou art mad and then all these Are at his service then he pleases me And makes me thinke that I had vertue in me That I had love and tendernesse of heart That though I have committed such a fault As never creature did yet runinng mad As honest men should doe for such a crime I have exprest some worth though it be late But I alas have none of these in me But keep my wits still like a frozen man That had no fire within him Sil. Nay good Richardo leave this wild talk and send a letter to her I 'le deliver it Rich. 'T is to no purpose perhaps she 's lost last night Or she got home agen she 's now so strictly Look'd to the wind can scarce come to her or admit She were her selfe if she would hear from me From me unworthy that have us'd her thus She were so foolish that she were no more To be beloved Enter Servant with a Night-gown Ser. Sir we have foūd this night-gown she took with her An. Where Rich. Where where speake quickly Ser. Searching in the Suburbs we found a Tinker and his whore that had in it a sap-house whom we apprehended and they confest they stole it from her Rich. And murthered her Sil. What aile you Man Rich. Why all this doth not make me mad Sil. It does you would not offer this else good Pedro looke to his sword Ser. They do deny the killing of her but swore they left her tyed to a tree in the fields next those Suburbs that are without our Ladies gate neer day by the rode so that some passinger must needs unty her quickly And. The will of heaven be done Sir I wil only entreat you this that as you were the greatest occasion of her losse that you will be pleased to urge your friends and be your selfe earnest in the search of her if she be found she is yours if she please I my selfe only see these people better examin'd and after follow some way in search God keepe you Gentlemen Exit Sil. Alas good man Ric. VVhat think you now of me I think this lump Is nothing but a piece of fleagme congeal'd VVithout a soule for where there 's so much spirit As would but warm a flea those faults of mine VVould make it glow and flame in this dull heart And run like molten gold through every sin Till it could burst these walls and fly away Shall I intreat you all to take your horses And search this innocent Ped. VVith all our hearts Ric. Do not devide your selves till you come there VVhere they say she was ty'd I 'le follow too But never to return till she be found Give me my sword good Pedro I will do No harme believe me with it I am now Farre better temper'd If I were not so I have enow besides God keep you all And send us good successe Exeunt Actus Tertius Scaena Prima Enter Mercury and Servant Mer. WHo is it can you tell Ser. By my troth Sir I know not but 't is a Gentlewoman Mer. A Gentleman I 'le lay my life you puppy h 'as sent his wife to me if he have fling up the bed Ser. Here she is Sir Enter VVife with a letter VVife I am glad I found you Sir there take your letter and keepe it till you have another friend to wrong 't is too malicious false to make me sin you have provoked mee to be that I love not a talker and you shall heare me VVhy should you dare to imagine me So light a huswife that from four hours knowledge You might presume to offer to my credite This rude and ruffian tryall I am sure I never courted you nor gave you tokens That might concerne assurance you are a foole Mer. I cannot blame you now I see this letter Though you be angry yet with me you must not Unlesse you 'l make me guilty of a wrong My worst affections hate VVife Did not you send it Mer. No upon my faith which is more I understand it not the hand is as far from my knowledg as the malice Wife This is strange Mer It is so and had been stranger and indeed more hatefull Had I that have receiv'd such courtesies owe so many Thanks done this base office Wife Your name is at it Mer. Yes but not my nature and I shall hate my name worse then the manner for this base broking you are wise and vertuous remove this fault from me for on the love I beare to truth and goodnesse this letter dare not name me for the author Wife Now I perceive my husbands knavery if my man can but finde where he has been I will goe with this Gentleman whatsoever comes on 't and as I meane to carry it both he and all the world shall thinke it fit and thank me for it Mer. I must confesse I loved you at first however this made me leave your house unmannerly that might provoke me to do something ill both to your honour my faith and not to write this letter which I hold so truly wicked that I will not thinke on 't Wife I do beleeve you and since I see you are free my words were not meant to you but this is not the halfe of my affliction Mer. 'T is pitty you should know more vexation may I enquire Wife Faith Sir I feare I have lost my husband Mer. Your husband it cannot be I pitty her how shee 's vext Enter Servant Wife How now what news nay speake for we must know Ser. Faith I have found at length by chance where he has been Wife Where Ser. In a blind out-house in the Suburbs pray God all be well with him Wife Why Ser. There are his cloaths but what 's become of him I cannot yet enquire Wife I am glad
shall be baited in England Lan. Very well sir Pet. No 't is not so well neither Lan. But I say to yee Who is it keeps your Master company Pet. I say to you Don Iohn Lan. I say what woman Pet. I say so too Lan. I say againe I will know Pet. I say 't is fit yee should Lan. And I tell thee He has a woman here Pet. And I tell thee 'T is then the better for him Lan. You are no Bawd now Pet. Would I were able to be call'd unto it A worshipfull vocation for my elders For as I understand it is a place Fitting my betters farr Lan. Was ever Gentlewoman So frumpt off with a foole well sawcy sirrah I will know who it is and for what purpose I pay the rent and I will know how my house Comes by these Inflamations if this geere hold Best hang a signe-post up to tell the Signiors Here ye may have lewdnesse at Liverie Ent. Fredrick Pet 'T would be a great ease to your age Fred. How now Why what 's the mater Land-lady Lan. What 's the matter Ye use me decently among ye gentlemen Fr. Who has abus'd her you sir Lan. 'Ods my witnesse I will not be thus treated that I will not Pet. I gave her no ill language Lan. Thou lyest lewdly Thou tookst me up at every word I spoke As I had been a Mawkin a flurt Gillian And thou thinkst because thou canst write read Our noses must be under thee Fr. Dare you sirrah Pet. Let but the truth be known Sir I beseech ye She raves of wenches and I know not what sir La. Go to thou know'st too well thou wicked varlet Thou instrument of evill Pet. As I live Sir She is ever thus till dinner Fr. Get ye in I le answer you anon sir Pet. By this hand I le break your Possit pan Exit Lan. Then by this hood I le lock the meat up Fr. Now your grief what is 't For I can ghesse Lan. Ye may with shame enough If there were shame amongst yee nothing thought on But how yee may abuse my house not satisfi'd With bringing home your Bastards to undoe me But you must drill your whores here too my patience Because I beare and beare and carry all And as they say am willing to groan under Must be your make-sport now Fred. No more of these words Nor no more murmurings Lady for you know That I know something I did suspect your anger But turne it presently and handsomely And beare your selfe discreetly to this woman For such a one there is indeed Land 'T is well sonne Fr. Leaving your devils Matins and your melanchollies Or we shall leave our lodgings Land You have much need To use these vagrant wayes and to much profit Ye had that might content At home within your selves too right good gentlemen Wholsome and yee said handsome But you gallants Boast that I was to beleeve ye Fr. Leave your suspicion For as I live there 's no such thing Lan. Mine honour And 't were not for mine honour Fr. Come your honour Your house and you too if you dare beleeve me Are well enough sleek up your self leave crying Bowle of wipe ready For I must have yee entertain this Lady With all civility she well deserves it Together with all secresie I dare trust yee For I have found ye faithfull when you know her You will find your owne fault no more words but doe it Lan. You know you may command me Ent. Don. Ioh. Io. Worshipfull Lady How does thy Velvet scabbard by this hand Thou look'st most amiably now could I willingly And 't were not for abusing thy Geneva print there Venture my body with thee Lan. You 'll leave this roperie When you come to my yeares Ioh. By this light Thou art not above fifteen yet a meere girle Thou hast not half thy teeth come Fred. Prethee Iohn Let her alone she has been vex'd already Shee 'll grow starke mad man Ioh. I would see her mad An old mad woman Fred. Prethee be patient Ioh. Is like a Millers Mare troubled with tooth-ache Shee 'll make the rarest faces Fred. Goe and doe it And doe not mind this fellow Lan. Well Don John There will be times agen when O good Mother What 's good for a carnosity in the Bladder O the green water mother Ioh. Doting take yee Doe ye remember that Fr. She has payd ye now sir La. Clarry sweet mother Clarry Lan. Are ye satisfied Lan. I le never whore againe never give Petticoats And Wastcoats at five pound a peece good Mother Quickly Mother now mock on Son Ioh. A devill grinde your old chaps Exit Land Fr. By this hand wench I le give thee a new hood for this Has she met with your Lordship Touch-wood rake her Enter Anthony Shee 's a rare ghostly mother Ant. Below attends yee The Gentlemans man sir that was with yee Joh. Well Sir My time is come then yet if my project hold You shall not stay behinde I le rather trust Enter Constan A Cat with sweet milk Fredrick by her face I feele her feares are working Const. Is there no way I doe beseech yee think yet to divert This certaine danger Fr. 'T is impossible Their honours are engag'd Con. Then there must be murther Which Gentlemen I shall no sooner heare of Then make one in t you may if you please sir Make all goe lesse yet John Lady wer 't mine owne cause I could dispence but loaden with my friends trust I must go on though generall massacres As much I feare Const, Doe ye heare sir for heavens pittie Let me request one love of you Fred. Yes any thing Con. This gentleman I find too resolute Too hot and fiery for the cause as ever You did a vertuous deed for honours sake Go with him and allay him your fair temper And noble disposition like wish'd showres May quench those eating fires that would spoile all else I see in him destruction Fred. I will doe it And 't is a wise consideration To me a bounteous favour harke ye John I will goe with yee Joh. No Fred. Indeed I will Ye goe upon a hazard no denyall For as I live I le goe John Then make ye ready For I am straight a horse-back Fred. My sword on I am as ready as you what my best labour With all the Art I have can work upon 'em Be sure of and expect faire end the old gentlewoman Shall wait upon you she is both grave and private And yee may trust her in all points Const. Ye are noble And so I kisse your hand John That seale for me too And I hope happy issue Lady Const. All heavens care upon yee and my prayers Joh. So Now my mind 's at rest Fred. Away 't is late John Exeunt Scaene 2. Enter Antonio a Surgeon and 2. Gent. 1 Gent. Come sir be hearty all the worst is past Ant. Give me some Wine Sur. 'T is death Sir Ant. 'T
brought him Will not flie backe for phillips Pet. Ye much honour me And once more I pronounce ye both mine Fred. Stay what Troope Is that below i' th valley there Iohn Hawking I take it Pet. They are so 't is the Duke 't is even he Gentlemen Sirrah draw backe the Horses till we call ye I know him by his company Fred. I thinke too He bends up this way Pet. So he does Iohn Stand you still Within that Covert till I call you Fredrick By no meanes be not seen unlesse they offer To bring on odds upon us he comes forward Here will I waite him fairely to your Cabins Pet. I need no more instruct ye Iohn Feare me not I 'le give it him and boldly Ex Pet. and Fred. Enter Duke and his faction Duke Feed the Hawkes up Wee 'l flie no more to day O my blest fortune Have I so fairely met the man Iohn Ye have Sir And him you know by this Duke Sir all the honour And love Iohn I do beseech your Grace stay there For I know you too now that love and honour I come not to receive nor can you give it Till ye appeare faire to the world I must beseech ye Dismisse your traine a little Duke Walke aside And out of hearing I command ye Now Sir Iohn Last time we met I was a friend Duke And Nobly You did a friends office let your businesse Be what it may you must be still Iohn Your pardon Never a friend to him cannot be friend To his own honour Duke In what have I transgress'd it Ye make a bold breach at the first Sir Iohn Bolder You made that breach that let in infamy And ruine to surprize a noble stocke Duke Be plaine Sir Iohn I will and short Ye have wrong'd a Gentleman Little behind your selfe beyond all justice Beyond mediation of all friends Duke The man and manner of wrong Iohn Petruchio The wrong ye have whord his Sister Duke What 's his will in 't Iohn His will is to oppose you like a Gentleman And single to decide all Duke Now stay you Sir And heare me with the like beliefe this Gentleman His Sister that you named 't is true I have long loved Nor was that love lascivious as he makes it As true I have enjoy'd her no lesse truth I have a child by her But that she or he Or any of that family are tainted Suffer disgrace or ruine by my pleasures I weare a Sword to satisfie the world no And him in this cause when he please for know Sir She is my wife contracted before Heaven Witnesse I owe more tye to then her Brother Nor will I flye from that name vvhich long since Had had the Churches approbation But for his jealous danger Iohn Sir your pardon And all that was my anger now my service Duke Faire sir I knew I should convert ye had we But that rough man herd now too Iohn And ye shall Sir Whoa hoa hoo Duke I hope ye have laid no Ambush Enter Petru Iohn Only friends Duke My noble Brother welcome Come put your Anger off we 'l have no fighting Unlesse you will maintaine I am unworthy To beare that name Pet. Do you speake this hartely Duke upon my soule and truly the first Priest Shall put you out of these doubts Pet. Now I love ye And I beseech you pardon my suspitions You are now more then a Brother a brave friend too Iohn The good man's over-joyd Enter Fred. Fred. How now how goes it Iohn Why the man has his mare agen and all 's well Fredrick The Duke professes freely hee 's her husband Fred. 'T is a good hearing Iohn Yes for modest Gentlemen I must present ye may it please your Grace To number this brave Gentleman my friend And noble kinsman amongst those your servants Duke O my brave friend you showre your bounties on me Amongst my best thoughts Signior in which number You being worthily dispos'd already May place your friend to honour me Fred. My love sir And where your Grace dares trust me all my service Pet. Why this is wondrous happy But now Brother Now comes the bitter to our sweet Constantia Duke Why what of her Pet. Nor what nor where do I know Wing'd with her feares last night beyond my knowledge She quit my house but whether Fred. Let not that Duke No more good Sir I have heard too much Pet. Nay sinke not She cannot be so lost Iohn Nor shall not Gentlemen Be free agen the Ladie 's found that smile Sir Shewes ye distruct your Servant Duke I do beseech ye Iohn Ye shall beleeve me by my soule she is safe Duke Heaven knows I would beleeve Sir Fred. Ye may safely Iohn And under noble usage this faire Gentleman Met her in all her doubts last night and to his guard Her feares being strong upon her she gave her person who waited on her to our lodging where all respect Civill and honest service now attend her Pet Ye may beleeve now Duke Yes I do and strongly Well my good friends or rather my good Angels For ye have both preserved me when these vertues Dye in your friends remembrance Iohn Good your grace Lose no more time in complement 't is too pretious I know it by my selfe there can be no hell To his that hangs upon his hopes especially In way of lustly pleasures Pet. He has hit it Fred. To horse againe then for this night I 'le crowne With all the joyes ye wish for Pet. Happy Gentlemen Exeunt Enter Francisco Fran. This is the maddest mischiefe never foole Was so fubd off as I am made ridiculous And to my selfe mine owne Asse trust a woman I 'le trust the Devill first for he dare be Better then 's word sometime what faith have I broke In what observance failed Let me consider Enter Don Iohn and Fred. For this is monstrous usage Fred. Let them talke Wee 'll ride on faire and softly Fran. Well Constantia Fred. Constantia what 's this fellow stay by all means Fran. Ye have spun your selfe a faire thred now Fred. Stand still Iohn Fran. What cause had you to fly what feare possest ye Were you not safely lodg'd from all suspition Us'd with all gentle meanes did any know How ye came thether or what your sin was Fred. Iohn smell some juggling John John Yes Fredricks I feare it will be found so Fran. So strangely Without the counsell of your friends so desperatly To put all dangers on ye Fred. 'T is she Fran. So deceitfully After a strangers lure John Did ye marke that Fredrick Fran. To make ye appeare more monster and the Law More cruell to reward ye to leave all All that should be your safegard to seeke evils Was this your wisedome this your promise well He that incited ye Fred. Marke that too John Yes Sir Fran. Had better have plough'd farther off now Lady What will your last friend he that should preserve ye And hold your credit up the
to make Phil. To whom Fernando Fer. Lord Cassilane to you Cas. To me Fer. This Lady Hath promised to be mine Ann. Your blessing sir Brother your love Ant. You cannot sir bestow her On a more noble gentleman Cas. Saist thou so Antinous I confirm it Here Fernando Live both as one she is thine Ant. And herein sister I honour you for your wise setled love This is a day of Triumph all Contentions Are happily accorded Candy's peace Secur'd and Venice vow'd a worthy friend Exeunt FINIS THE LOVERS PROGRES Actus primus Scaena prima Enter Leon and Malfort Malfort AND as I told you Sir Leon I understand you Clarinda's still perverse Malf. Shee 's worse obdurate Flinty relentlesse my love-passions jeer'd at My presents scorn'd Leon 'T is strange a waiting-woman In her condition apt to yield should hold out A man of your place reverend beard and shape Besieging her Mal. You might adde too my wealth Which she contemnes five hundred Crowns per annum For which I have ventur'd hard my conscience knows it Not thought upon though offer'd for a Joyinture This Chaine which my Lords Pesants worship stouted My solemne hums and ha's the servants quake at No Rhetorick with her every houre she hangs out Some new flag of defiance to torment me Last Lent my Lady cal'd me her poor John But now I am growne a walking Skelliton You may see through and through me Leon Indeed you are much falne away Malf. I am a kinde of nothing As she hath made me love 's a terrible glister And if some Cordiall of her favours help not I shall like an Italian dye backward And breath my last the wrong way Leo. As I live you have my pity but this is cold comfort And in a friend lip-physick and now I think on 't I should doe more and will so you deny not Your selfe the meanes of comfort Malf. I le be hang'd first one dram of 't I beseech you Leo. You are not jealous of any mans accesse to her Mal. I would not receive the Dor but as a bosome friend You shall direct me still provided that I understand who is the man and what His purpose that pleads for me Leon By all meanes First for the undertaker I am he The meanes that I will practise thus Mal. Pray you forward Leon You know your Lady chaste Caliste loves her Malf. Too well that makes her proud Leon Nay give me leave This beauteous Lady I may stile her so Being the paragon of France for feature Is not alone contented in her selfe To seeem and be good but desires to make All such as have dependance on her like her For this Clarinda's liberty is restrain'd And though her kinsman the gate 's shut against me Now if you please to make your selfe the doore For my conveyance to her though you run The hazard of a check for 't 't is no matter Malf. It being for mine owne ends Leo. I le give it o're If that you make the least doubt otherwise Studying upon 't good morrow Malf. Pray you stay sir You are my friend yet as the Proverb saies When love puts in friendship is gone suppose You should your selfe affect her Leon Do you think I le commit Incest for it is no lesse She being my cousin Germane Fare you well sir Malf. I had forgot that for this once forgive me Onely to ease the throbbing of my heart For I doe feele strange pangs instruct me what You will say for me Leon First I le tell her that She hath so far besotted you that you have Almost forgot to cast accompt Malf. Meere truth sir Leon That of a wise and provident Steward You are turn'd starke Asse Malf. Urge that point home I am so Leon That you adore the ground she treads upon And kisse her foot-steps Mal. As I doe when I finde their print in the Snow Leon A loving foole I know it By your bloudlesse-frosty lips then having related How much you suffer for her and how well You doe deserve it Malf. How to suffer Leon No sir to have your love return'd Malf. That 's good I thank you Leon I will deliver her an Inventorie Of your good parts as this your precious nose Dropping affection your high-forehead reaching Almost to the crowne of your head your slender waste And a back not like a threshers but a bending And Court-like back and so forth for your body But when I touch your minde for that must take her Since your out-side promises little I le enlarge it Though ne're so narrow as your Arts to thrive Your composition with the Cook and Butler Fory Coney-skins and Chippings and halfe a share With all the under-officers of the house In strangers bounties that she shall have all And you as 't were her Bailiffe Malf. As I will be Leon As you shall so I le promise Then your qualities As playing on a Gytterne or Jewes Trumpe Malf. A little too on the Viall Leon I care you nothing Then singing her asleep with curious catches Of your owne making for as I have heard You are Poeticall Mal. Something given that way Yet my works seldome thrive and the main reason The Poets urge for 't is because I am not As poore as they are Leon Very likely fetch her While I am in the vaine Mal. 'T is an apt time my Lady being at her prayers Leon Let her pray on Nay goe and if upon my intercession She doe you not some favour I le disclaime her I le ruminate on 't the while Malf. A hundred Crownes is your reward Leo. Without 'em nay no trifling Ex. Malf. That this dull clod of ignorance should know How to get money yet want eyes to see How grossely hee 's abus'd and wrought upon When he should make his will the rogues turn'd rampant As he had renew'd his youth A handsome wench Love one a spittle-whore would run away from Well Master Steward I will plead for you In such a Method as it shall appeare You are fit to be a propertie Enter Malfort and Clarinda Mal. Yonder he walks That knowes my worth and value though you scorn it Clar. If my Lady know not this Mal. I le answer it If you were a Nun I hope your cousin German Might talke with you through a grate but you are none And therefore may come closer ne're hang off As I live you shall bill you may salute as strangers Custome allowes it Now now come upon her With all your Oratory tickle her to the quick As a young advocate should and leave no vertue Of mine unmentioned I le stand Centinell Nay keep the doore my selfe Exit Clar. How have you work'd This piece of motley to your ends Leon Of that at leasure Mistris Kissing Clar. Lower you are too loud Though the fool be deaf some of the house may hear you Leon Suppose they should I am a gentleman And held your kinseman under that I hope I may be free Clar. I grant
I can read too Am. I am glad but Sir to keep you in your exercise You may chance meet with one ill written Mar. Thank ye So it be a womans I can pick the meaning For likely they have but one end Am. You say true Sir Exit Ant. Martine my wishes are come home and loaden Loaden with brave return most happy happy I am a blessed man where 's the Gentlewoman Mar. Gone the spirit 's gone what news Ant. 'T is from the Lady From her we saw from that same miracle I know her Name now read but these three lines Read with devotion friend the lines are holy Martine reads I dare not chide ye in my Letter Sir 'T will be too gentle If you please to look me In the West-street and find a fair Stone window Carved with white Cupids there I le entertain ye Night and discretion guide ye Call me Ismena Ant. Give it me again Come come fly fly I am all fire Mar. There may be danger Ant. So there is to drink When men are thirsty to eat hastily When we are hungry so there is in sleep Friend Obstructions then may rise and smother us We may die laughing choked even at devotions An Apoplexie or a sodain Palsey May strike us down Mar. May be a train to catch ye Ant. Then I am caught and let Love answer for it 'T is not my folly but his infamy And if he be adored and dare do vild things Mar. Well I will go Ant. She is a Lady Sir A Maid I think and where that holy spell Is flung about me I ne're fear a villany 'T is almost night away friend Mar. I am ready I think I know the house too Ant. Then we are happy Exeunt Scaena Tertia Enter Ismena and Aminta Ism. Did you meet him Am. Yes Ism. And did you give my Letter Am. To what end went I Ism. Are ye sure it was he Was it that Gentleman Am. Do you think I was blind I went to seek no Carrier nor no Midwife Ism. What kind of man was he thou maist be deceived Friend Am. A man with a nose on 's face I think he had eies too And hands for sure he took it Ism. What an answer Am. What questions are these to one that 's hot and troubled Do you think me a Babe am I not able Cosen At my years and discretion to deliver A Letter handsomly is that such a hard thing Why every wafer-woman will undertake it A Sempsters girle or a Taylors wife will not misse it A Puritane Hostesse Cosen would scorn these questions My legges are weary Ism. I 'll make 'em well again Am. Are they at Supper Ism. Yes and I am not well Nor desire no company look out 't is darkish Am. I see nothing yet assure your self Ismena If he be a man he will not misse Ism. It may be he is modest And that may pull him back from seeing me Or has made some wild construction of my easinesse I blush to think what I writ Am. What should ye blush at Blush when you act your thoughts not when you write 'em Blush soft between a pair of sheets sweet Cosen Though he be a curious carried Gentleman I cannot think He 's so unnatural to leave a woman A young a noble and a beauteous woman Leave her in her desires Men of this age Are rather prone to come before they are sent for Hark I hear somthing up to th' Chamber Cosen You may spoil all else Enter Antonio and Martine Ism. Let me see they are Gentlemen It may be they Am. They are they get ye up And like a Land-star draw him Ism. I am shamefac'd Exit Ant. This is the street Mar. I am looking for the house Close close pray ye close here Ant. No this is a Merchants I know the man well Mar. And this a Pothecaries I have lain here many times For a loosenes in my Hilts Ant. Have ye not past it Mar. No sure There is no house of mark that we have scaped yet Ant. What place is this Mar. Speak softer may be spies If any this a goodly window too carv'd far above that I perceive 't is dark But she has such a lustre Enter Ismena and Aminta above with a Taper Ant. Yes Martine So radiant she appears Mar. Else we may misse Sir The night growes vengeance black 'pray heaven she shine clear Hark hark a window and a candle too Ant. Step close 't is she I see the cloud disperse And now the beautious Planet Mar. Hah 't is indeed Now by the soul of love a divine Creature Ism. Sir Sir Ant. Most blessed Lady Ism. 'Pray ye stand out Am. You need not fear there 's no body now stirring Mar. Beyond his commendation I am taken Infinite strangely taken Am. I love that Gentleman Methinks he has a dainty nimble body I love him heartily Ism. 'T is the right Gentleman But what to say to him Sir Am. Speak Ant. I wait still And will do till I grow an other Pillar To propt this house so it please you Ism. Speak softly And 'pray ye speak truly too Ant, I never lyde Lady Ism. And don't think me impudent to ask ye I know ye are an Enemie speak low But I would make ye a friend Ant. I am friend to beauty Ther 's no handsomnesse I dare be foe too Ism. Are ye married Ant. No Ism. Are ye betrothed Ant. No neither Ism. Indeed fair Sir Ant. Indeed fair sweet I am not Most beauteous Virgin I am free as you are Ism. That may be Sir then ye are miserable For I am bound Ant. Happy the bonds that hold ye Or do you put them on your self for pleasure Sure they be sweeter far then libertie There is no blessednesse but in such bondage Give me that freedom Madam I beseech ye Since you have question'd me so cunningly To ask you whom you are bound to he must be certain More then humane that bounds in such a beauty Happy that happy chain such links are heavenly Ism. Pray ye do not mock me Sir Ant. Pray ye Lady tell me Ism. Will ye beleeve and will ye keep it to ye And not scorn what I speak Ant. I dare not Madam As Oracle what you say I dare swear to Ism. I 'll set the candle by for I shall blush now Fy how it doubles in my mouth it must out 'T is you I am bound to Ant. Speak that word again I understand ye not Ism. 'T is you I am bound to Ant. Here is another gentleman Ism. 'T is you Sir Am. He may belov'd too Mar. Not by thee first curse me Ism. And if I knew your name Ant. Antonio Madam Ism. Antonio take this kisse 't is you I am bound to Ant. And when I set ye free may heaven forsake me Ismena Ism. Yes now I perceive ye love me You have learnd my name Ant. Hear but some vows I make to ye Hear but the protestations of a true love Ism. No no not
incline To satisfie you for you see by him I lost not all defences with my state The curses of a man to whom I am Beholding terrifie me more then all The violence he can pursue me with Duboys I did prepare me for the worst These two small Cabinets doe comprehend The sum of all the wealth that it hath pleased Adversity to leave me one as rich As th' other both in Jewels take thou this And as the Order put within it shall Direct thee distribute it half between Those Creditors and th' other halfe among My servants for sir they are my creditors As well as you are they have trusted me With their advancement if the value faile To please you all my first increase of meanes Shall offer you a fuller payment be content To leave me something and imagine that You put a new beginner into credit Cred. So prosper our own blessings as we wish you to your merit Mont. Are your silences of discontent or of sorrow Dub. Sir we would not leave you Long. Do but suffer us to follow you and what our present means or industries hereafter can provide shall serve you Mont. O desire me not to live To such a basenesse as to be maintained By those that serve me pray be gone I wil Defend your honesties to any man That shal report you have forsaken me I pray be gone Exeunt Servants and Crediers Why dost thou weep my boy Because I doe not bid thee goe too Ver. No I weep my Lord because I would not goe I feare you will command me Mont. No my child I wil not that would discommend th' intent Of all my other actions thou art yet Unable to advise thy selfe a course Should I put thee to seeke it after that I must excuse or at the least forgive Any uncharitable deed that can be done against my selfe Ver. Every day my Lord I tarry with you I le account A day of blessing to me for I shall Have so much lesse time left me of my life When I am from you and if misery Befall you which I hope so good a man Was never born to I wil take my part And make my willingnesse increase my strength To beare it In the Winter I will spare Mine own clothes from my selfe to cover you And in the Summer carry some of yours To ease you I le doe any thing I can Mont. Why thou art able to make misery Ashamed of hurting when thy weaknesse can Both beare it and despise it Come my boy I will provide some better way for thee Then this thou speakst of t is the comfort that Ill fortune has undone me into the fashion For now in this age most men do begin To keep but one boy that kept many men Exeunt Enter Orleans a Servant his Ladie following Orl. Where is she call her Lady I attend you sir Orl. Your friend sweet Madam Lady What friend good my Lord Orl. Your Montague Madam he will shortly want Those Courtly graces that you love him for The means wherewith he purchased this and this And all his own provisions to the least Proportion of his feeding or his clothes Came out of that inheritance of land Which he unjustly lived on but the law Has given me right in 't and possession now Thou shalt perceive his bravery vanish as This Jewell does from thee now and these Pearles To him that owes 'em Lady Ye are the owner sir of every thing that does belong to me Orl. No not of him sweet Lady Lady O good God! Orl. But in a while your mind will change and be As ready to disclaime him when his wants And miseries have perish'd his good face And taken off the sweetnesse that has made Him pleasing in a womans understanding La. O Heaven how gratious had Creation been To women who are borne without defence If to our hearts there had been doores through which Or husbands might have lookt into our thoughts And made themselves undoubtfull Orl. Made 'em madde La. With honest women Orl. Thou dost still pretend A title to that vertue prethee let Thy honesty speak freelie to me now Thou knowest that Montaigue of whose Land I am the master did affect three first And should have had thee if the strength of friends Had not prevail'd above thine own consent I have undone him tell me how thou doest Consider his ill fortune and my good La. I le tell you justly his iundoing is An argument for pitty and for teares In all their dispositions that have known The honour and the goodnesse of his life Yet that addition of prosperity Which you have got by 't no indifferent man Will malice or repine at if the Law Be not abused in 't howsoever since You have the upper fortune of him 't will Be some dishonour to you to beare your selfe With any pride or glory over him Orl. This may be truly spoken but in thee It is not honest La. Yes so honest that I care not if the chast Penelope Were now alive to hear me Enter Amiens Orl. Who comes there La. My brother Am. Save yee Orl. Now sir you have heard of prosperous Montague Am. No sir I have heard of Montague But of your prosperity Orl. Is he distracted Am. He does beare his losse with such a noble strength Of patience that Had fortune eyes to see him she would weepe For having hurt him and pretending that Shee did it but for triall of his worth Hereafter ever love him Orl. I perceive you love him and because I must confesse He does deserve that though for some respects I have not given him that acknowledgement Yet in mine honour I did still conclude to use him nobly Am. Sir that will become your reputation and make me grow proud of your alliance Orl. I did reserve the doing of this friendship till I had His fortunes at my mercy that the world May tell him 't is a willing courtesie La. This change wil make me happy Orl. T is a change thou shalt behold it then observe me when That Montague had possession of my Land I was his rivall and at last obtain'd This Lady who by promise of her own Affection to him should ha bin his wife I had her and withheld her like a pawne Till now my Land is rendred to me againe And since it is so you shall see I have The conscience not to keep her give him her draws For by the faithfull temper of my sword shee shall not tarry with me Am. Give me way draws Thou most unworthy man give me way Or by the wrong he does the Innocent I le end thy misery and his wickednesse together Lady Stay and let me justifie My husband in that I have wrong'd his bed Enter Amiens in amazement the servants following him Never all shames that can afflict me fall Upon me if I ever wrong'd you Orl. Didst thou not confesse it La. T was to save your bloud from shedding that has Turn'd my brothers edge
mischance dares last it out Will you performe your word and marry me When I shall call you to 't Enter Longueville with a riding-rod Mont. I'faith I will Charl. Who 's this alights here Long, With leave faire creature are you the Lady Mistris of the house Charl. Her servant sir Long. I pray then favour me to inform your Lady and Duke Orleans wife A businesse of emport awaites 'em here And craves for speedy answer Charl. Are you in post sir Long. No I am in Satin Lady I would you would be in post Charl. I will returne Sweet Exit Long. Honest friend doe you belong to the house I pray be covered Mont. Yes Sir I doe Long. Ha dreamst thou Longaville sure t is not he sir I should know you Mont. So should I you but that I am asham'd But though thou knowst me prethee Longaville Mock not my poverty pray remember your selfe Showes it not strangely for thy cloathes to stand Without a hat to mine mocke me no more Long. She embroyder me all over sir If ever I began to mocke you yet The on me why should I weare Velvet And Silver Lace I will teare it off Mont. Why mad-man Long. Put on my Hat yes when I am hangd I will I could break my head For holding eyes that knew not you at first But time and fortune run your courses with him He 'l laugh and storm you when you shew most hate Enter Lamira Orleans Lady Laverdine La Poope Malycorne Veramour Charlot Lam. You 're a fair Mounsier Long. Doe you mocke me Lady Lam. Your businesse sir I mean Lady Regard your selfe good Mounsier Longueville Lam. You are too negligent of your selfe and place Cover your head sweet Mounsier Long. Mistake me not faire Ladies T is not to you nor you that I stand bare Lav. Nay sweet deere Mounsier let it not be to us then La-p. a complement Mal. And of manners Pray hide your head your gallants use to do 't Long. And you your foreheads why you needful accessary rascals That cannot live without your mutuall knaveries More then a Bawd a Pandor or a Whore From one another how dare you suspect That I stand bare to you what make you here Shift your house Lady of 'em for I know 'em They come to steale Napkins and your Spoons Look to your Silver-bodkin Gentlewoman T is a dead utensil and Page ware your pockets My reverence is unto this man my master Whom you with protestations and oaths As high as Heaven as deep as hell which would Deceive the wisest man of honest nature Have cozned and abus'd but I may meet you And beate you one with t'other Mont. Peace no more Long. Not a word sir Lav. I am something thicke of hearing what said he La-p. I heare him but regard him not Mal. Nor I I am never angry fasting Long. My love keeps back my duty noblest Lady If husband or brother merit love from you Prevent their dangers this houre brings to triall Their hereto sleeping hates by this time each Within a yerd is of the others heart And met to prove their causes and their spirits With their impartiall Swords points haste and save Or never meet them more but at the grave Lady Oh my distracted heart that my wrackt honour Should for a brothers or a husbands life through thy undoing die Lam. Amiens engagd if he miscarry all my hopes and joys I now confesse it loudly are undone Caroch and haste one minute may betray A life more worth then all time can repay Exeunt Ladies Mont. Mal. Hump Mounsier Laverdine pursues this boy extreamly Captaine what will you doe La-p. Any thing but follow to this Sea-service I am a Sea-captaine you know and to offer to part 'em without we could do 't like water-men with long staves a quarter of a mile off might be dangerous Mal. Why then let 's retire and pray for 'em I am resolv'd to stop your intent abus'd more then we have been we cannot be without they fall to flat beating o' us Exeunt Maly La-poop Lav. And that were unkindly done i'faith Ver. but you are the troublesomest Asse that ere I met with retire you smel like a womans chamber that 's newly up before she have pinsht her vapours in with her cloathes Lav. I will haunt thee like thy Grandames ghost thou shalt never rest for me Ver. Well I perceive t is vaine to conceale a secret from you believe it sir indeed I am a woman Lav. Why la I knew 't this Propheticall tongue of mine never faild me my mother was halfe a witch never any thing that she forespake but came to passe a woman how happy am I now we may lawfully come together without feare of hanging Sweet wench be gracious in honourable sort I woe no otherwise Ver. Faith the truth is I have loved you long Lav. See see Ver. But durst not open it Lav. I think so Ver. But briefly when you bring it to the test if there be not one Gentleman in this house wil challenge more interest in me then you can I am at your disposure Exit Lav. Oh Fortunatus I envie thee not For cap or pouch this day I le prove my Fortune In which your Lady doth elect her husband Who will be Amiens 't will save my wedding dinner Povera La-poop and Malicorne if all faile I will turne Citizen a beauteous wife Is the horn-booke to the richest Tradesmans life Exeunt Enter Duboys Orleans Longueville Amiens two Lacques a Page wish two Pistols Dub. Here 's a good even piece of ground my Lords Will you fix here Orl. Yes any where Lacquey take off my spurs Upon a bridge a raile but my Swords bredth upon a battlement I le fight this quarrell Dub. O' the ropes my Lord Orl. Upon a line Dub. So all our Countrie Duels are carried like a fire-worke on a thred Orl. Go now stay with the horses and doe you heare Upon your lives till some of us come to you Dare not to looke this way Dub. Except you see strangers or others that by chance or purpose are like to interrupt us Orl. Then give warning Long. Who takes a Sword the advantage is so small As he that doubts hath the free leave to choose Orl. Come give me any and search me t is not The ground weapon or seconds that can make Oddes in those fatall trials but the cause Ami. Most true and but it is no time to wish When men are come to do I would desire The cause 'twixt us were other then it is But where the right is there prevaile our Swords And if my sister have outliv'd her honour I doe not pray I may outlive her shame Orl. Your sister Amiens is a whore at once Ami. You oft have spoke that sence to me before But never in this language Orleance And when yov spoke it faire and first I told you That it was possible you might be abus'd But now since you forget your
Freeze and that Lady in his armes Sil. I think not Bar. Thou hast a parlous judgement but let that passe She is as truly vertuous faire and noble As her great Mother 's good and that 's not ordinary Sil. But why so many Princes and so great ones Being Suitors should the Dutchesse deny to match her Bar. She is a Jewell man hangs in her bosome Her only Childe with her eyes she sees all things Discourses with her tongue and pluck her from her So dotingly the old one loves her young one You pluck her heart out too Besides of late daies The Duke of Millaine who could never win her By love nor treaty laid a close traine for her In her owne private walkes some forty Horse-men So to surprize her which we found and dealt with And sent 'em running home to the Duke their Master Like Doggs with bottles at their tailes Sil. Since that I heard Sir She has sent her to your Cittadell to secure her My cousen Rodope your wife attending her Bar. You heare a truth and all convenient pleasures Are there proportion'd for her Sil. I would faine Sir Like one that owes a dutious service to her Sometimes so please you Bar. Gentle Cousen pardon me I must not nor you must not dare to offer The last Edict lyes on his life pursues it Your friend Sir to command abroad to love you To lend ye any thing I have to wait upon ye But in the Cittadell where I stand charg'd Not a bit upon a march no service Sir No good Sir by no meanes I kisse your hands Sir Exit Sil. To your keeping only none else to look upon her None but Bartello worthy her attendance No faith but his to serve her O Belvidere Thou Saint to whom my youth is sacrific'd Thou point to which my life turnes and my fortune Art thou lock'd from me now from all my comforts Art thou snatch'd violently thou hear'st me not Nor canst thou see faire soule thy Servants mournings Yet let thy gentle heart feele what is absence The great divorse of minds so truly loving So long and nurs'd in one affection Even from our infant eyes suck'd in and nourish'd O let it feele but that and there stand constant And I am blest My deare Neece Rodope That is her Governesse did love me dearely There 's one hope yet to see her when he is absent It may be ventur'd and she may work it closely I know the Ladies will goes equall with me And so the danger of the Edict avoyded Let me think more for I must try all hazards Enter Claudio and Soto Soto Will ye go yonder Sir Cla. Yes marry will I Sir Soto And by this Ladder Cla. By that Ladder coxcomb Soto Have ye any more necks at home when this is broken For this will crack with the best friend he has Sir Or can you pitch of all foure like an Ape now Let me see you tumble Cla. You are very pleasant Sir Soto No truly Sir I should be loath to see ye Come fluttering down like a yong Rooke cry squab And take ye up with your brains beaten into your buttocks Cla. Hold your peace Asse who 's this stands musing here Silvio Sil. Who calls me Cla. One most glad to see you Sir Sil. My dearest Claudio what make you thus private And with a preparation of this nature Soto We have leave to play and are going to climbe Birds nests Sil. Prethee what is it friend why start ye from me Is your old Mistris growne so coy and cruell She must be scal'd it seemes you are loath to tell me Since twenty yeares continuance of our friendship May not be worth the weight of such a secret 'T will be but rude to aske againe 'save ye Cla. Nay stay deare Silvio if you love me take it For till you know it never woman labour'd As I do now Sil. I le do my best to ease it Cla. You have heard the Lady Belvidere Sil. What heard Sir Cla. Heard to the Cittadell upon some feares She is confin'd Sil. Why dreames he on this beauty 'T is true I have heard it Cla. And that no accesse No blessing from those eyes but with much hazard Even hazard of a life Sil. He dares not love her I have heard that too but whither points your purpose Cla. O Silvio let me speake that none may heare me None but thy truth I have lov'd this Lady long Long given away my life to her devotion Long dwelt upon that beauty to my ruine Sil. Do's she know this Cla. No there begins my misery Ixion-like I have onely yet clasp'd Clouds And fed upon poore empty dreames that starve me Sil. And what do you meane to do now Cla. Though I dye for 't Though all the tortures in the world hung on me Arm'd with imperious Love I stand prepar'd now With this to reach her Chamber there to see her And tell her boldly with what truth I love her Sil. 'T will not be easily done Sir Cla. O my Silvio The hardest things are sweetest in possession Sil. Nor will shew much discretion Cla. Love is blinde man And he that lookes for reason there far blinder Sil. Have ye consider'd ripely Cla. All that may fall And arm'd against that all Sil. Her honour too What she may suffer in this rash adventure The beauty of her name Cla. I le do it closely And only at her window with that caution Sil. Are there no Guards Cla. Corruption chokes their service Sil. Or do you hold her bred so light a woman To hold commerce with strange tongues Cla. Why this service This only hazard of my life must tell her Though she were Vestas selfe I must deserve her Sil. I would not have ye go pray let it sinke here And think a nobler way to raise your service A safer and a wiser Cla. 'T is too late Sir Sil. Then I must say You shall not go Cla. I shall not Sil. You shall not go that part bred with ye friendship Bids me say boldly so and you observe me Cla. You stretch that tye too far Sil. I le stretch it farther The honour that I beare that spotlesse vertue You fouly seeke to taint unnobly covet Bids me command ye stay if not thus force ye Soto This will be worse then climbing Cla. Why do ye draw Sir Sil. To kill thee if thy base will be thy Master Cla. I ever was your friend Sil. Whilst thou wert honest And not a Night-theife of anothers honour I never call'd a Foole my friend a mad-man That durst expose his fame to all opinions His life to unhonest dangers I never lov'd him Durst know his name that sought a Virgins ruine Nor ever tooke I pleasure in acquaintance With men that give as loose raynes to their fancies As the wilde Ocean to his raging fluxes A noble soule I twin with and my love Followes his life dares master his affections Will ye give off or fight Cla. I will not
't is such a wearinesse Such a disease that hangs like lead upon us As it increases so vexations Griefes of the minde paines of the feeble body Rhumes coughs catarrs we are but our living coffines Beside the faire soules old too it growes covetous Which shewes all honour is departed from us And we are earth againe Cle. You make faire use Sir Val. I would not live to learne to lye Cleanthes For all the world old men are prone to that too Thou that hast been a Souldier Menallo A noble Souldier and defied all danger Adopted thy brave arme the heire to victory Would'st thou live so long till thy strength forsooke thee Till thou grew'st only a long tedious story Of what thou hadst been till thy sword hang by And lazie Spiders fill'd the hilt with cobwebs Men: No sure I would not Val. 'T is not fit ye should To dye a young man is to be an Angell Our great good parts put wings to our soules Wee 'l have a rouse before we go to bed friends Pray ye tell me i st a hansome Maske we have Cam. We understand so Val. And the young gent. dance Cle. They do Sir and some dance well Val. They must before the Ladies Wee 'l have a rouse before we go to bed friends A lusty one 't will make my blood dance too Musick Cam. Ten if you please Val. And wee 'l be wondrous merry They stay sure come I heare the Musick forward You shall have all Gloves presently Exit Men. We attend Sir but first we must looke to 'th Doores Knocking within The King has charged us Exeunt Enter two Servants 1 Serv. What a noyse do you keepe there call my fellowes A the Guard you must cease now untill the King be Enter'd he is gone to 'th Temple now 2 Serv. Looke to that back doore and keep it fast They swarme like Bees about it Enter Camillo Cleanthes Menallo Tony following and Foole following Cam. Keepe back those Citizens and let their wives in Their hansome wives Ton. They have crowded me to Vergis I sweat like a Butter-box 1 Serv. Stand further off there Men. Take the women aside and talk with 'em in privat Give 'em that they came for Ton. The whole Court cannot do it Besides the next Maske if we use 'em so They 'l come by millions to expect our largesse We have broke a hundred heads Cle. Are they so tender Ton. But 't was behinde before they have all murrions Cam. Let in those Ladies make 'em roome for shame there Ton. They are no Ladies there 's one bald before 'em A gent. bald they are curtall'd queanes in hired clothes They come out of Spaine I think they are very sultry Men. Keep 'em in breath for an Embassadour Knocks within Me thinks my nose shakes at their memories What bounsing 's that Within I am one of the Musick Sir Within I have sweet-meats for the banquet Cam. Let 'em in Ton. They lye my Lord they come to seeke their wives Two broken Citizens Cam. Breake 'em more they are but bruised yet Bold Rascalls offer to disturbe your wives Clea. Lock the doores fast the Musick hark the King comes A Curtaine drawne The King Queene Valerio Evanthe Ladies Attendants Camillo Cleanthes Sorano Menallo A Maske Cupid descends the Graces sitting by him Cupid being bound the Graces unbinde him he speakes Cup. Unbinde me my delight this night is mine Now let me looke upon what Stars here shine Let me behold the beauties then clap high My cullor'd wings proud of my Deity I am satisfied binde me agen and fast My angry Bow will make too great a waste Of beauty else now call my Maskers in Call with a Song and let the sports begin Call all my servants the effects of love And to a measure let them nobly move Come you servants of proud love Come away Fairely nobly gently move Too long too long you make us stay Fancy Desire Delight Hope Feare Distrust and Jealousie be you too here Consuming Care and raging Ire And Poverty in poore attire March fairely in and last Despaire Now full Musick strike the Aire Enter the Maskers Fancy Desire Delight Hope Feare Distrust Jealousie Care Ire Despaire they dance after which Cupid speakes Cup. Away I have done the day begins to light Lovers you know your fate good night good night Cupid and the Graces ascend in the Chariot King Come to the Banquet when that 's ended Sir I le see you a bed and so good night be merry You have a sweet bed-fellow Val. I thanke your Grace And ever shall be bound unto your noblenesse King I pray I may deserve your thankes set forward Exeunt Actus Tertius Scaena Prima Enter divers Monkes Alphonso going to the Tombe Rugio and Frier Marco discover the Tombe and a Chaire Mar. THe night growes on lead softly to the Tombe And sing not till I bid ye let the Musick Play gently as he passes Rug. O faire picture That wert the living hope of all our honours How are we banisht from the joy we dreamt of Will he ne're speak more Mar. 'T is full three moneths Lord Rugio Since any articulate sound came from his tongue Set him downe gently Sits in Chaire Rug. What should the reason be Sir Mar. As 't is in nature with those loving Husbands That sympathize their wives paines and their throwes When they are breeding and 't is usuall too We have it by experience so in him Sir In this most noble spirit that now suffers For when his honour'd Father good Brandino Fell sick he felt the griefes and labour'd with them His fits and his disease he still inherited Grew the same thing and had not nature check'd him Strength and ability he had dyed that houre too Rug. Embleme of noble love Mar. That very minute His fathers breath forsooke him that same instant A rare example of his piety And love paternall the Organ of his tongue Was never heard to sound againe so neare death He seekes to waite upon his worthy Father But that we force his meat he were one body Rug. He points toth ' Tombe Mar. That is the place he honours A house I feare he will not be long out of He will toth ' Tombe good my Lord lend your hand Now sing the Funerall Song and let him kneele For then he is pleas'd A Song Rug. Heaven lend thy powerfull hand And ease this Prince Mar. He will passe back againe Exeunt Enter Valerio Val. They drink abundantly I am hot with wine too Lustily warme I le steale now to my happinesse 'T is midnight and the silent houre invites me But she is up still and attends the Queene Thou dew of wine and sleep hang on their eye-lids Steep their dull sences in the healths they drink That I may quickly finde my lov'd Evanthe The King is merry too and dranke unto me Signe affaire peace O this nights blessednesse If I had forty heads I would give all for it Is not
tongue I depose you from halfe a share presently else I will make you a participle and decline you now you understand me be you a quiet conjunction amongst the undeclined you and your Latine ends shall go shift Solus cum solo together else and then if ever they got ends of gold and silver enough to serve that Gerundine maw of yours that without Do will end in Di Dum instantly Enter Old Knight and Sir Gregory Ruin Inough ynough here comes company we lose five shares in wrangling about one Witty My Father put on Priscian he has Latine fragments too but I feare him not I le case my face with a little more haire and releive O. K. Tush Nephew I le call you so for if there be No other obstacles then those you speake of They are but powder charges without pellets You may safely front 'em and warrant your owne danger Sir Greg. No other that I can perceive ifaith Sir for I put her to 't and felt her as far as I could and the strongest repulse was she said she would have a little Souldier in me that if need were I should defend her reputation O. K. And surely Sir that is a principle Amongst your principall Ladies they require Vallour either in a friend or a husband Sir Greg. And I allow their requests ifaith as well as any womans heart can desire if I knew where to get valour I would as willingly entertaine it as any man that blowes O. K. Breathes breathes Sir that 's the sweeter phrase Sir Greg. Blowes for a Souldier ifaith Sir and i 'me in Practise that way O. K. For a Souldier I grant it Sir Greg. Slid I le swallow some bullets and good round ones too but I le have a little Souldier in me Ruin Will you on and beg or steale and be hang'd Sir Greg. And some Schollar she would have me besides Tush that shall be no bar 't is a quality in a Gentleman but of the least question Pris. Salvete Domini benignissimi munificentissimi O. K. Salvete dicis ad nos fubeo te salvere Nay Sir we have Latine and other mettall in us too Sir you shall se talke with this fellow now Sir Greg. I could finde in my heart to talk with him too If I could understand him Pris. Charissimi Doctissimiq Domini ex abundantia Charitatis vestrae estote poopitii in me junenem Miserum pauperem omni consolatione exulem O. K. A pretty Schollar by my faith Sir but I le to him agen Sir Greg. Does he beg or steale in this Language can you tell Sir He may take away my good name from me and I ne're The wiser O. K. He begs he begs Sir Pris. Ecce ecce in oculis lacrymarum flumen in ore Fames sitisq ignis in vultu pudor impudentia In omni parte necessitas indigentia O. K. Audi tu bonus socius tu es Scolasticus sic intelligo Ego faciam argumentum mark now Sir now I fetch Him up Sir Greg. I have been fetcht up a hundred times for this Yet I could never learne halfe so much O. K. Audi responde hoc est Argumentum nomen est Nomen ergo quod est tibi nomen Responde nunc Responde argumentum meum Have I not put him to 't Sir Sir Greg. Yes Sir I think so Witty Step in the rascall is put out of his pen'd speech And he can go no farther O. K. Cur non respondes Pris. Oh Domine tanta mea est miseria Witty So he 's almost in agen Pris. Ut nocte mecum pernoctat egestas luce quotidie Paupertat habitat O. K. Sed quid est tibi nomen quis dedit Responde Argumentum Pris. Hem hem Witty He 's dry he hems on quickly Ruin Courteous Gentlemen if the brow of a Military face may not be offensive to your generous eye-balls let his wounds speake better then his words for some branch or small sprig of charity to be planted upon this poore barren soyle of a Souldier O. K. How now what Armes and Arts both go a begging Ruin Such is the poast-progresse of cold charity now a dayes who for heat to her frigid limbs passes in so swift a motion that two at the least had need be to stay her Sir Greg. Sir let 's reward um I pray you and be gone if any quarrell should arise amongst us I am able to answer neither of them his Iron and Steele tongue is as hard as the tothers Latine one O. K. Stay stay Sir I will talke a little with him first Let me alone with both I will try whether they Live by their wits or no for such a man I love And what you both beg together then Pris. Conjunctis manibus profecto Domine Ruin With equall fortunes equall distribution there 's not the breadth of a swords point uneven in our division Sir Greg. What two qualities are here cast away upon two poore fellowes if a man had um that could maintaine um what a double man were that if these two Fellowes might be bought and sodden and boyl'd to a jelly and eaten fasting every morning I do not thinke but a man should finde strange things in his stomack O. K. Come Sir joyne your charity with mine and we 'le make up a couple of pence betwixt us Sir Greg. If a man could have a penny-worth for his penny I would bestow more money with 'em Witty Save you Gentlemen how now what are you encountred here what fellowes are these O. K. 'Faith Sir here 's Mars and Mercury a paire of poore Planets it seemes that Jupiter has turn'd out to live by their wits and we are e'ne about a little sparke of charity to kindle um a new fire Witty Stay pray you stay Sir you may abuse your charity nay make that goodnesse in you no better then a vice so many deceivers walke in these shadowes now a dayes that certainly your bounties were better spilt then reserv'd to so lewd and vicious uses which is he that professes the Souldier Ruin He that professes his owne profession Sir and the dangerous life he hath led in it this paire of halfe score yeares Witty In what services have you been Sir Ruin The first that flesht me a souldier Sir was that great battell at Aleazar in Barbarie where the noble English Stukely fell and where that royall Portugall Sebastian ended his untimely dayes Witty Are you sure Sebastian dyed there Ruin Faith Sir there was some other rumour hop't a-amongst us that he wounded escap't and touch't on his Native shore agen where finding his Country at home more distrest by the invasion of the Spaniard then his losse abroad forsooke it still supporting a miserable and unfortunate life which where he ended is yet uncertaine Witty By my faith Sir he speakes the nearest same of truth in this Ruin Since Sir I serv'd in France the Low Countries lastly at that memorable Skirmish at Newport where the forward and bold
old one I hope 't is not the Lady Cun. Choak him first 't is one which thou shalt see See him see him deceiv'd see the deceit only The injunction is you shall smile with modesty Clow. I le simper ifaith as cold as I am yet the old one I hope Enter Servant Serv. Sir here 's Sir Gregory Cun. Ud' so shelter shelter if you be seene All 's ravell'd out agen stand there private And you 'le finde the very opportunity To call you forth and place you at the Table Enter Sir Gregory You are welcome Sir this Banquet will serve When it is crown'd with such a dainty as you Expect and must have Sir Greg. Tush these sweet-meats are but sauce to that Well if there be any honesty or true word in a dreame She 's mine owne nay and chang'd extreamely Not the same woman Cun. Who not the Lady Sir Greg No not to me the edge of her tongue is taken off Gives me very good words turn'd upside downe to me And we live as quietly as two Tortusses if she hold on As she began in my dreame Soft Musick Cun. Nay if Love send forth such Predictions You are bound to beleeve 'em there 's the watch-word Of her coming to your practis'd part now If you hit it Aequus Cupido nobis Both go into the Gowne Sir Greg. I will warrant you Sir I will give armes to Your Gentry looke you forward to your businesse I am an eye behind you place her in that Chaire And let me alone to grope her out Enter Mirabell Cun. Silence Lady your sweet presence illustrates This homely roofe and as course entertainment But where affections are both Host and Guest They cannot meet unkindly please you fit Your something long stay made me unmannerly To place before you you know this friend here He 's my Guest and more especially That this our meeting might not be too single Without a witnesse to 't Mirab. I came not unresolv'd Sir And when our hands are clasp'd in that firme faith Which I expect from you fame shall be bold To speake the lowdest on 't oh you graspe me Somewhat too hard friend Cun. That 's Loves eager will I le touch it gentlier Kisse her hand Mirab. That 's too low in you Lesse it be doubly recompenc'd in me She kisses his hand Clow. Puh I must stop my mouth I shall be choakt else Cun. Come wee 'le not play and trifle with delayes We met to joyne these hands and willingly I cannot leave it till confirmation Mirab. One word first how does your friend kinde Sir Gregory Cun. Why do you mention him you love him not Mir. I shall love you the lesse if you say so Sir In troth I love him but 't is you deceive him This flattering hand of yours does rob him now Now you steale his right from him and I know I shall have hate for 't his hate extreamly Cun. Why I thought you had not come so weakly arm'd Upon my life the Knight will love you for 't Exceedingly love you for ever love you Mir. I you 'le perswade me so Cun. Why he 's my friend And wishes me a fortune equall with him I know and dare speake it for him Mir. Oh this hand betrayes him you might remember him in some courtesie yet at least Cun. I thank your help in 't here 's to his health Where e're he be Mir. I le pledge it were it against my health Clow. Oh oh my heart hops after twelve mile a day upon a good returne now could I walke three hundred mile a foot and laugh forwards and backwards Mir. You 'le take the Knights health Sir Clow. Yes yes forsooth oh my sides such a Banquet once a weeke would make me grow fat in a fortnight Cun. Well now to close our meeting with the close Of mutuall hands and hearts thus I begin Here in Heavens eye and all loves sacred powers Which in my prayers stand propitious I knit this holy hand fast and with this hand The heart that owes this hand ever binding By force of this initiating Contract Both heart and hand in love faith loyalty Estate or what to them belongs in all the dues Rights and honours of a faithfull husband And this firme vow henceforth till death to stand Irrevocable seal'd both with heart and hand Mir. Which thus I second but oh Sir Gregory Cun. Agen this interposition 's ill beleeve me Mir. Here in Heavens eye and all Loves sacred powers I knit this holy hand fast and with this hand The heart that owes this hand ever binding Both heart and hand in love honour loyalty Estate or what to them belongs in all the dues Rights and duties of a true faithfull wife And this firme Vow henceforth till death to stand Irrevocable seal'd both with heart and hand Sir Greg. A full agreement on both parts Cun. I here 's witnesse of that Sir Greg. Nay I have over-reacht you Lady and that 's much For any Knight in England to over-reach a Lady Mir. I rejoyce in my deceit I am a Lady Now I thanke you Sir Clow. Good morrow Lady Fop Sir Greg. 'Snailes i 'me gull'd made a worshipfull asse this is not my Lady Cun. But it is Sir and true as your dreame told you That your Lady was become another woman Sir Greg. I le have another Lady Sir if there were no more Ladies in London blinde-man buffe is an unlawfull Game Cun. Come downe on your knees first and thanke your stars Sir Greg. A fire of my stars I may thanke you I think Cun. So you may pray for me and honour me That have preserv'd you from a lasting torment For a perpetuall comfort did you call me friend Sir Greg. I pray pardon me for that l did miscall you I confesse Cun. And should I receiving such a thankfull name Abuse it in the act should I see my friend Bafful'd disgrac'd without any reverence To your title to be call'd slave rascall Naay curst to your face fool'd scorn'd beaten downe With a womans peevish hate yet I should stand And suffer you to be lost cast away I would have seene you buried quick first Your spurrs of Knight-hood to have wanted rowels And to be kickt from your heeles slave rascall Heare this tongue Mir. My dearest Love sweet Knight my Lord my Husband Cun. So this is not slave and rascall then Mir. What shall your eye command but shall be done In all the duties of a loyall wife Cun. Good good are not curses fitter for you wer 't not better Your head were broke with the handle of a fanne Or your nose bor'd with a silver bodkin Mir. Why I will be a servant in your Lady Cun. Pox but you shall not she 's too good for you This contract shall be a nullity I le breake 't off And see you better bestow'd Sir Greg. 'Slid but you shall not Sir she 's mine owne And I am hers and we are one anothers lawfully and let me see him
like the ayre well But for the words they are lascivious And over-light for Ladies Chil. All ours love 'em Luc. T is like enough for yours are loving Ladies Lyc. Madam ye are welcome to the Court Who waits Attendants for this Lady Luc. Ye mistake Sir I bring no triumph with me Lyc. But much honour Pro. Why this was nobly done and like a neighbour So freely of your selfe to be a visitant The Emperour shall give ye thanks for this Luc. O no Sir Ther 's nothing to deserve 'em Pro. Yes your presence Luc. Good Gentlemen be patient and believe I come to see my husband on command too I were no Courtier else Lyc. That 's all one Lady Now ye are here y' are welcome and the Emperor Who loves ye but too well Luc. No more of that Sir I came not to be Catechizd Pro. Ah Sirah And have we got you here saith Noble Lady Wee 'l keep you one month Courtier Luc. Gods defend Sir I never likd a trade worse Pro. Harke ye Luc. No Sir Pro. Ye are grown the strangest Lady Luc. How Pro. By Heaven T is true I tell ye and you 'l find it Luc. I I le rather find my grave and so informe him Pro. Is it not pity Gentlemen this Lady Nay I le deale roughly with ye yet not hurt ye Should live alone and give such heavenly beauty Only to walls and hangings Luc. Good Sir patience I am no wonder neither come to that end Ye doe my Lord an injury to stay me Who though ye are the Princes yet dare tell ye He keeps no wife for your wayes Bal. Well Well Lady How ever you are pleasd to think of us Ye are welcome and ye shall be welcome Luc. Shew it In that I come for then in leading me Where my lov'd Lord is not in flattery Jewells shewd Nay ye may draw the Curtain I have seen 'em But none worth halfe my honesty Claud. Are these Sir Layd here to take Pro. Yes for your Ladys Gentlewoman Mar. We had been doing else Bal. Meaner Iewels Would fit your worths Claud. And meaner clothes your bodies Luc. The Gods shall kill me first Luc. Ther 's better dying I' th Emperors arms goe too but be not angry These are but talkes sweet Lady Enter Phorba and Ardelia Phor. Where is this stranger rushes Ladyes rushes Rushes as greene as Summer for this stranger Pro. Heer 's Ladies come to see you Luc. You are gone then I take it t is your Que Pro. Or rather manners You are better fitted Madam we but tire ye Therefore wee 'l leave you for an houre and bring Your much lov'd Lord unto you Exeunt Luc. Then I le thanke ye I am betraid for certaine well Lucina If thou do'st fall from vertue may the earth That after death should shout up gardens of thee Spreading thy living goodnesse into branches Fly from thee and the hot Sun find thy vices Phor. You are a welcom woman Ard. Blesse me heaven How did you find the way to Court Luc. I know not Would I had never trod it Phor. Pre-thee tell me Good Noble Lady and good sweet heart love us For we love thee extreamly is not this place A Paradice to live in Luc. To those people That know no other Paradice but pleasure That little I enjoy contents me better Ard. What heard ye any Musick yet Luc. Too much Phor. You must not be thus froward what this gown Is one o' th prettiest by my troth Ardelia I ever saw yet t' was not to frowne in Lady Ye put this gowne on when ye came Ard. How doe ye Alas poore wretch how cold it is Luc. Content ye I am as well as may be and as temperate If ye will let me be so wher 's my Lord For ther 's the businesse that I came for Ladies Phor. Wee 'l lead ye to him hee 's i' th Gallery Ard. Wee 'l shew ye all the Court too Luc. Shew me him And ye have shewd me all I come to look on Phor. Come on wee 'l be your guides and as ye goe We have some pretty tales to tell ye Lady Shall make ye merry too ye come not here To be a sad Lucina Luc. Would I might not Exeunt Enter Chilax and Balbus Chil. Now the soft Musick Balbus run Bal. I flye Boy Exit Balbus Chil. The women by this time are worming of her Musicke If she can hold out them the Emperour Takes her to taske he h 'as her hark the Musick Luc. Good your Grace Where are my women Sir Emp. They are wise beholding What you thinke scorne to looke on the Courts bravery Would you have run away so slily Lady And not have seen me Luc. I beseech your Majestie Consider what I am and whose Emp. I doe so Luc. Believe me I shall never make a Whore Sir Emp. A friend ye may and to that man that loves ye More then you love your vertue Luc. Sacred Cesar Emp. You shall not kneel to me Sweet Luc. Look upon me And if ye be so cruell to abuse me Think how the Gods will take it do's this beauty Afflict your soule I le hide it from you ever Nay more I will become so leprous That ye shall curse me from ye My deer Lord H 'as serv'd ye ever truly fought your Battailes As if he daily longd to dye for Cesar Was never Traytor Sir nor never tainted In all the actions of his life Emp. I know it Luc. His fame and family have growne together And spred together like to sayling Cedars Over the Roman Diadem ô let not As ye have any flesh that 's humane in you The having of a modest wife decline him Let not my vertue be the wedge to break him I doe not think ye are lascivious These wanton men belye ye you are Cesar Which is the Father of the Empires honour Ye are too neere the nature of the Gods To wrong the weakest of all creatures Women Emp. I dare not do it here rise faire Lucina I did but try your temper ye are honest And with the commendations waite on that I le lead ye to your Lord and ye to him Wipe your faire eyes he that endeavours ill May well delay but never quench his hell Exeunt Actus Tertius Scaena prima Enter Chilax Lycinius Proculus and Balbus Chil. T Is done Lycinius Lyc. Ho Chil. I shame to tell it If there be any justice we are Villaines And must be so rewarded Bal. If it be done I take it t is no time now to repent it Let 's make the best o' th trade Pro. Now veng'ance take it Why should not he have setled on a beauty Whose honesty stuck in a peece of tissue Or one a Ring might rule or such a one That had an itching husband to be honourable And ground to get it if he must have women And no allay without 'em why not those That know the misery and are best able To play againe with judgment such as she
a fellow My own Sword would forsake not tyed unto me A Pandar is a Prince to what I am falne By heaven I dare do nothing Aeci. Ye do better Max. I am made a branded slave Aecius And yet I blesse the maker Death ô my soule must I endure this tamely Must Maximus be mention'd for his tales I am a child too what should I do rayling I cannot mend my selfe t is Caesar did it And what am I to him Aeci. T is well consider'd How ever you are tainted be no Traitor Time may out-weare the first the last lives ever Max. O that thou wert not living and my freind Aeci. I le beare a wary eye upon your actions I feare ye Maximus nor can I blame thee If thou breakest out for by the Gods thy wrong Deserves a generall ruine do ye love me Max. That 's all I have to live on Aeci. Then go with me Ye shall not to your own house Max. Nor to any My greifs are greater far then walls can compasse And yet I wonder how it happens with me I am not dangerous and ô my conscience Should I now see the Emperor i' th hear on 't I should not chide him for 't an awe runs through me I feele it sensibly that binds me to it T is at my heart now there it sits and rules And me thinkes t is a pleasure to obey it Aeci. This is a maske to cozen me I know ye And how far ye dare do no Romane farther Nor with more fearlesse valour and I le watch ye Keep that obedience still Max. Is a wives losse For her abuse much good may do his grace I le make as bold with his wife if I can More then the fading of a few fresh colours More then a lusty spring lost Aeci. No more Maximus To one that truly lives Max. Why then I care not I can live wel enough Aecius For looke you freind for vertue and those triffles They may be bought they say Aeci. He 's craz's a little His greife has made him talke things from his nature Max. But chastitie is not a thing I take it To get in Rome unlesse it be bespoken A hundred yeare before is it Aecius by 'r lady and well handled too i' th breeding Aeci. Will ye go any way Max. I le tell thee freind If my wife for all this should be a whore now A kind of kicker out of sheetes t' would vex me For I am not angry yet the Emperor Is young and hansome and the woman flesh And may not these two couple without scratching Aeci. Alasse my noble freind Max. Alasse not me I am not wretched for ther 's no man miserable But he that makes himselfe so Aeci. Will ye walke yet Max. Come come she dare not dye freind that 's the truth on 't She knowes the inticing sweet and delicacies Of a young Princes pleasures and I thanke her She has made a way for Maximus to rise by Wilt not become me bravely why do you think She wept and said she was ravish'd keep it here And I le discover to you Aeci. Well Max. She knowes I love no bitten flesh and out of that hope She might be from me she contriv'd this knavery Was it not monstrous freind Aeci. Do's he but seeme so Or is he made indeed Max. Oh Gods my heart Aeci. Would it would fairly breake Max. Me thinks I am somewhat wilder then I was And yet I thanke the gods I know my duty Enter Claudia Claud. Nay ye may spare your tears she 's dead She is so Max. Why so it should be how Clau. When first she enter'd Into her house after a world of weeping And blushing like the Sun-set as we see her Dare I said she defile this house with whore In which his noble family has flourish'd At which she fel and stird no more we rubd her Exit Clau. Max. No more of that be gon now my Aecius If thou wilt do me pleasure weepe a little I am so parch'd I cannot Your example Has brought the raine down now now lead me freind And as we walke together let 's pray together truly I may not fall from faith Aeci. That 's nobly spoken Max. Was I not wilde Aecius Aeci. Somewhat troubled Max. I felt no sorrow then Now I le goe with ye But do not name the woman fye what foole Am I to weepe thus God's Lucina take thee For thou wert even the best and worthiest Lady Aeci. Good Sir no more I shall be melted with it Max. I have done and good Sir comfort me Would there were wars now Aeci. Settle your thoughts come Max. So I have now friend Of my deep lamentations here 's an end Exeunt Enter Pontius Phidias and Aretus Phidias By my faith Captain Pontius besides pitie Of your falne fortunes what to say I know not For t is too true the Emperor desires not But my best Master any Souldier neere him Are. And when he understands he cast your fortunes For disobedience how can we incline him That are but under persons to his favours To any faire opinion Can ye sing Pontius Not to please him Aretius for my Songs Goe not to 'th Lute or Violl but to 'th Trumpet My tune kept on a Target and my subject The well struck wounds of men not love or women Phi. And those he understands not Pont. He should Phidias Are. Could you not leave this killing way a little You must if here you would plant your selfe and rather Learne as we doe to like what those affect That are above us weare their actions And thinks they keep us warme too what they say Though oftentimes they speake a little foolishly Not stay to construe but prepare to execute And think how ever the end falls the businesse Cannot run empty handed Phid. Can yee flatter And if it were put to you lye a little Pont. Yes if it be a living Are. That 's well said then Pon. But must these lyes and flatteries be beleev'd then Phi. Oh yes by any meanes Pon. By any meanes then I cannot lye nor flatter Are. Ye must sweare too If ye be there Pon. I can sweare if they move me Phi. Cannot ye forsweare too Pont. The Court for ever If it be growne so wicked Are. You should procure a little too Pont. What 's that Mens honest sayings for my truth Are. Oh no Sir But womens honest actions for your triall Pon. Doe you doe all these things Phi. Doe you not like 'em Pon. Do ye aske me seriously or trifle with me I am not so low yet to be your mirth Are. You do mistake us Captain for sincerely We aske you how you like 'em Pon. Then sincerely I tell ye I abhor 'em they are ill wayes And I will starve before I fall into 'em The doers of 'em wretches their base hungers Cares not whose bread they eate nor how they get it Are. What then Sir Pon. If you professe this wickednesse Because ye have bin Souldiers and borne
price of all thy lusts Thou shalt be three thou modest maid if I have any working and yet thy honour safe for which this thief I know has set this meeting but I 'll watch him Enter Perolot Per. Maria Mar. Are mine eyes mine own or blesse me am I deluded with a flying shadow Per. Why do your start so from me Mar. It speaks sensibly and shews a living body yet I am fearfull Per. Give me your hand good Maria Mar. He feels warm too Per. And next your lips Mar. He kisses perfectly Nay and the divell be no worse you are Perolot Per. I was and sure I should be Can a small distance and ten short months take from your memory the figure of your friend that you stand wondring Be not amaz'd I am the self-same Perolot living and well Son to Gentille and Brother to vertuous Casta to your beauteous Mistris the long since poor betroth'd and still vow'd servant Mar. Nay sure he lives My Lord Lavall your Master brought news long since to your much mourning Mistris ye dy'd at Orleance bound her with an oath too to keep it secret from your aged Father lest it should rack his heart Per. A pretty secret to trie my Mistris love and make my welcome from travel of more worth from whence heaven thanked my businesse for the Duke dispatch'd to th' purpose and all my money spent I am come home wench How does my Mistris for I have not yet seen any nor will I till I doe her service Mar. But did the Lord Lavall know of your love Sir before ye went Per. Yes by much force he got it but none else knew upon his promise too and honour to conceal it faithfully till my return to further which he told me my businesse being ended from the Duke he would procure a pension for my service able to make my Mistris a fit husband Mar. But are you sure of this Per. Sure as my sight wench Mar. Then is your Lord a base dissembling villain a divell Lord the damn'd Lord of all lewdnesse and has betraid ye and undone my Mistris my poor sweet Mistris Oh that leacher Lord who poor soul since was married Per. To whom Maria Maria To that unluckie Lord a upon him whose hot horse-appetite being allaid once with her chaste joyes married again scarce cool'd the torches yet not out the yellow Hymen lighted about the bed the songs yet sounding Marine's young noble daughter Helena whose mischief stands at door next O that Recreant Perolot O villain O most unmanly falshood nay then I see my letters were betraid too O I am full of this great with his mischiefs loaden and burst Come lead me to my Lady Mar. I cannot Sir Lavall keeps her conceal'd Besides her griefs are such shee will see no man Per. I must and will goe to her I will see her there be my friend or this shall be thy furthest Mar. Hold and I 'll help ye But first ye shall swear to me as you are true and gentle as ye hate this beastly and base Lord where I shall place ye which shall be within sight till I discharge ye what-ere you see or hear to make no motion Per. I doe by Mar. Stay here about the house then till it be later yet the time 's not perfect there at the back-door I 'll attend you truly Per. O monstrous monstrous beastly villain Exit Mar. How crosse this falls and from all expectation and what the end shall be heaven onely yet knows onely I wish and hope But I forget still Casta must be the bait or all miscarries Exeunt Enter Gentille with a torch Shaloon above Gent. Holla Shaloon Shal. Who 's there Gen. A word from the Duke Sir Sha. Your pleasure Gen. Tell your Lord he must to Court strait Sha. He is ill at ease and prayes he may be pardon'd the occasions of this night Gen. Belike he is drunk then he must away the Duke and his fair Ladie the beauteous Helena are now at Cent of whom she has such fortune in her carding the Duke has lost a thousand Crowns and swears hee will not goe to bed till by Lavall the tide of losse be turn'd again Awake him for 't is the pleasure of the Duke he must rise Sha. Having so strict command Sir to the contrary I dare not do it I beseech your pardon Gent. Are you sure he is there Sha. Yes Gen. And asleep Sha. I think so Gen. And are you sure you wil not tell him Shalon Sha. Yes very sure Gent. Then I am sure I will Open or I must force Sha. Pray ye stay he is not nor will not be this night You may excuse it Gent. I knew he was gone about some womans labour As good a neighbour though I say it and as comfortable many such more we need Shaloon Alas poor Ladie thou art like to lie crosse-legg'd to night Good Monsieur I will excuse your Master for this once Sir because sometimes I have lov'd a wench my self too Sha. 'T is a good hearing Sir Gent. But for your lye Shaloon if I had you here it should be no good hearing for your pate I would pummell Sha. A fair good night Sir Gent. Good night thou noble Knight Sir Pandarus My heart is cold o' th sudden and a strange dulnesse possesses all my bodie thy will be done heaven Exit Enter Gabriella and Casta and Maria with a Taper Casta. 'Faith friend I was even going to my bed when your maid told me of your sudden sicknesse but from my grave so truly I loue you I think your name would raise me ye looke ill since last I saw ye much decai'd in colour yet I thanck heaven I finde no such great danger as your maid frighted me withall take courage and give your sicknesse course some griefe you have got that feeds within upon your tender spirits and wanting open way to vent it selfe murders your mind and choakes up all your sweetnesse Gab. It was my maids fault worthy friend to trouble ye so late upon so light a cause yet sure I have ye O my deare Casta Casta. Out with it Gods name Gab. The closset of my heart I will lock here wench Lavall knocks within and things shal make ye tremble Who 's that knocks there Mar. 'T is Lavall Gab. Sit you still Let him in In am resolv'd and all you wronged women you noble spirits that as I have sufferd under this glorious beast-insulting man lend me your causes then your cruelties for I must put on madnesse above women Casta. Why do you look so ghastly Gab. Peace no harm Deer Enter Lavall Lav. There take my cloak and sword Where is this Banquet Mar. In the next room Casta. How came he here Heaven blesse me La. Give me some wine wench fill it ful and sprightly Gab. Sit still and be not fearfull Lav. Till my veins swell and my strong sinews stretch like that brave Centaur that at the table snatch'd the
Kingdomes he hath purchas'd noble Sister Take not your vertue from him O take heed We ebbe not now to nothing take heed Calis Calis The wil of heaven not mine which must not alter And my eternall doome for ought I know Is fixt upon me alas I must love nothing Nothing that loves againe must I be blest with The gentle Vine climbs up the Oke and clips him And when the stroke comes yet they fall together Death death must I enjoy and live to love him O noble Sir Mem. Those teares are some reward yet Pray let me wed your sorrowes Calis Take 'em Souldier They are fruitfull ones lay but a fight upon 'em And strait they will conceive to infinites I told ye what ye could find 'em Roome before there Knock Enter Funerall Captaines following and Eumenes King How now what 's this more drops to th' Ocean Whose body 's this Capt. The noble Polidor This speakes his death Mem. My Brother dead Calis O Goddesse O cruell cruell Venus here 's my fortune King Read Captaine Mem. Read aloude farewell my follies Eumen reades To the Excellent Princesse Calis 1. Cap. Be wise as you are beauteous love with judgement And look with clear eyes on my noble Brother Value desert and vertue they are Jewells Fit for your worth and wearing take heed Lady The Gods reward ingratitude most grievous Remember me no more or if you must Seeke me in noble Memnons love I dwell there I durst not live because I durst not wrong him I can no more make mee eternall happy With looking downe upon your loves Farewell Mem. And did'st thou die for me King Excellent vertue What will ye now doe Calis Dwell for euer here sir Mem. For me deare Polidor ô worthy young man O love love love love above recompence Infinite love infinite honesty Good Lady leave you must have no share here Take home your sorrowes here 's enough to store me Brave glorious griefes was ever such a brother Turne all the stories over in the world yet And search through all the memories of mankind And find me such a friend h 'as out-done all Outstript 'em sheerely all all thou hast Polidor To die for me why as I hope for happinesse 'T was one of the rarest thought on things The bravest and carried beyond compasse of our actions I wonder how he hit it a young man too In all the blossomes of his youth and beautie In all the fulnesse of his veines and wishes Woed by that Paradice that would catch heaven It starts me extreamly thou blest Ashes Thou faithfull monument where loue and friendship Shall while the world is worke new miracles Calis O! let me speake too Mem. No not yet thou man For we are but mans shadowes only man I have not words to utter him speake Lady I 'le thinke a while Calis The Goddesse grants me this yet I shall enjoy the dead no tombe shall hold thee But these two armes no Trickments but my teares Over thy Hearse my sorrowes like sad armes Shall hang for ever on the tuffest Marble Mine eyes shall weepe thee out an Epitaph Love at thy feet shall kneele his smart bow broken Faith at thy head youth and the Graces mourners O sweet young man King Now I begin to melt too Mem. Have ye enough yet Lady roome for a gamster To my fond Love and all those idle fancies A long farwell thou diedst for me deare Polidor To give me peace thou hast eternall glory I stay and talke here I will kisse thee first And now I 'le follow thee Polidor rises Pollidor Hold for heavens sake Mem. Ha! Does he live Dost thou deceive me Pol. Thus farre Yet for your good and honour King Now deare sister Calis The Oracle is ended noble sir Dispose me now as you please Po. You are mine then Calis With all the joyes that may be Po. Your consent sir King Ye have it freely Po. Walke along with me then And as you love me love my will Calis I will so Po. Here worthy Brother take this vertuous Princesse Ye have deserv'd her nobly she will love ye And when my life shall bring ye peace as she does Command it ye shall have it Mem. Sir I thanke ye King I never found such goodnesse in such yeares Mem. Thou shalt not over-doe me though I die for 't O how I love thy goodnesse my best brother You have given me here a treasure to enrich me Would make the worthiest King alive a begger What may I give you back againe Po. Your love sir Mem. And you shall have it even my dearest love My first my noblest love take her againe sir She is yours your honesty has over-run me She loves ye lov'st her not excellent Princesse Injoy thy wish and now get Generalls Po. As ye love heaven love him she is only yours sir Mem. As ye love heaven love him she is only yours sir My Lord the King Po. He will undoe himselfe sir And must without her perish who shall fight then Who shall protect your Kingdome Mem. Give me hearing And after that beliefe were she my soule As I doe love her equall all my victories And all the living names I have gain'd by warre And loving him that good that vertuous good man That only worthy of the name of brother I would resigne all freely 't is all love To me all marriage rites the joy of issues To know him fruitfull that has been so faithfull King This is the noblest difference-take your choise sister Calis I see they are so brave and noble both I know not which to looke on Pol. Chuse discreetly And vertue guide ye there all the world in one man Stands at the marke Mem. There all mans honestie The sweetnesse of all youth Cal. O God's Mem. My Armour By all the God's she 's yours my armes I say And I beseech your Grace give me imployment That shall be now my Mistresse here my Courtship King Ye shall have any thing Mem. Vertuous Lady Remember me your servant now Young man You cannot over-reach me in your goodnesse O love how sweet thou look'st now and how gentle I should have slubber'd thee and stain'd thy beauty Your hand your hand sir King Take her and Heaven blesse her Mem. So Po. 'T is your will sir nothing of my merit And as your royall gift I take this blessing Cal. And I from heaven this gentleman thanks Goddess Mem. So ye are pleas'd now Lady Cal. Now or never Mem. My cold stiffe carkasse would have frozen ye Warres warres King Ye shall have warres Mem. My next brave battell I dedicate to your bright honour sister Give me a favour that the world may know I am your souldier Calis This and all faire Fortunes Mem. And he that beares this from me must strike boldly Cleanthe kneeling Cal. I do forgive thee be honest no more wench King Come now to Revells this blest day shall prove The happy crown of noble Faith and Love Exeunt
heires Bar. This cannot be 't is Monstrous Die Three Ships at Sea too Bar. You have made me full Executor Di. Full full and totall would I had more to give ye But these may serve an honest mind Bar. Ye say true A very honest mind and make it rich too Rich wondrous rich but where shall I raise these monys About your house I see no such great promises Where shall I find these summes Die Even where you please Sir You are wise and provident and know businesse Ev'n raise 'em where you shal think good I am reasonable Bar. Thinke good will that raise thousands What doe you make me Di. You have sworn to see it done that 's all my comfort Bar. Where I please this is pack'd sure to disgrace me Di. Ye are just and honest and I know you will doe it Ev'n where you please for you know where the wealth is Bar. I am abused betrayed I am laugh'd at scorn'd Baffel'd and boared it seemes Ars. No no ye are fooled Lop. Most finely fooled and handsomely and neatly Such cunning Masters must be fooled sometimes Sir And have their worships noses wiped 't is healthfull We are but quit you foole us of our moneys In every Cause in every Quiddit wipe us Di. Ha ha ha ha some more drink for my heart Gentlemen This merry Lawyer ha ha ha ha this Scholler I thinke this fitt will cure me this Executor I shall laugh out my Lungs Bar. This is derision above sufferance villany Plotted and set against me Die Faith 't is knavery In troth I must confesse thou art fooled indeed Lawyer Mil. Did you thinke had this man been rich Bar. 'T is well Sir Mil. He would have chosen such a Wolfe a Cancker A Maggot-pate to be his whole Executor Lop. A Lawyer that entangles all mens honesties And lives like a Spider in a Cobweb lurking And catching at all Flies that passe his pitt-falls Puts powder to all States to make em caper Would he trust you Die Doe you deserve I find Gentlemen This Cataplasme of a well cozen'd Lawyer Laid to my stomach lenifies my Fever Me-thinkes I could eat now and walke a little Bar. I am asham'd to feele how flat I am cheated How grossely and malitiously made a May-game A damned Trick my wife my wife some Rascall My credit and my wife some lustfull villaine Some Bawd some Rogue Ars. Some craftie Foole has found ye This 't is Sir to teach ye to be too busie To covet all the gaines and all the rumours To have a stirring oare in all mens actions Lop. We did this but to vex your fine officiousnesse Bar. Good yeild ye and go'd thank ye I am fooled gentlemen The Lawyer is an Asse I doe confesse it A weak dull shallow Asse good even to your worships Vicar remember Vicar Rascall remember Thou notable rich Rascall Die I doe remember Sir 'Pray ye stay a little I have ev'n two Legacies To make your mouth up Sir Bar. Remember Varletts Quake remember Rogues I have brine for your Buttocks Ex. Lop. Oh how he frets and fumes now like a dunghill Di. His gall containes fine stuffe now to make poysons Rare damned stuffe Ars. Let 's after him and still vex him And take my Friend off by this time he has prosper'd He cannot loose this deere time 't is impossible Mil. Well Diego thou hast done Lop. Hast done it daintily Mil. And shalt be as well paid Boy Ars. Goe let 's crucifie him Exeunt Scaena Sexta Enter Amaranta Leandro Lea. I have told ye all my story and how desperately Am. I doe believe let 's walke on time is pretious Not to be spent in words here no more wooing The open Ayre 's an enemy to Lovers Pewter ready for noyse Doe as I tell ye Lea. I 'll doe any thing I am so over-joy'd I 'll fly to serve ye Am. Take your joy moderately as it is ministred And as the cause invites that man 's a foole That at the sight o' th' Bond dances and leapes Then is the true joy when the money comes Lea. You cannot now deny me Am. Nay you know not Women have crotchets and strange fits Lea. You shall not Am. Hold ye to that and sweare it confidently Then I shall make a scruple to deny ye 'Pray ye let 's step in and see a friend of mine The weather 's sharp we 'll stay but halfe an houre We may be miss'd els a private fine house 't is Sir And we may find many good welcomes Lea. Doe Lady Doe happy Lady Am. All your mind 's of doing You must be modester Lea. I will be any thing Exeunt Scaena Septima Enter Bartolus Bar. Open the dores and give me roome to chafe in Mine owne roome and my liberty why Maid there Open I say and doe not anger me I am subject to much fury when ye dish-clout When doe ye come a sleepe ye lazie hell-hound Nothing intended but your ease and eating No body here why wife why wife why jewell No tongue to answer me 'pre'thee good Pupill Dispence a little with thy carefull study And step to th' doore and let me in nor he neither Ha! not at 's study nor asleepe nor no-body I 'll make ye heare the house of Ignorance No sound inhabits here I have a key yet That commands all I feare I am metamorphiz'd Enter Lopez Arsenio Milanes Diego Lop. He keepes his fury still and may doe mischiefe Mil. He shal be hang'd first we 'll be sticklers there boyes Di. The hundred thousand Dreams now that posses him Of jealousie and of revenge and frailtie Of drawing Bills against us and Petitions Lop. And casting what his credit shall recover Mil. Let him cast till his Maw come up we care not You shall be still secured A great noyse within Die We 'll pay him home then Hark what a noyse he keeps within Lop. Certaine H 'as set his Chimneys o' fire or the divell roars there Di. The Codixes o' th' Law are broke loose Gentlemen Ars. He 's fighting sure Di I 'll tell ye that immediatly Exit Mil. Or doing some strange out-rage on himselfe Ars. Hang him he dares not be so valiant Enter Diego Di. There 's no body at home and he chafes like a Lyon And stinkes withall Noyse still Lop. No body Di. Not a creature Nothing within but he and his Law-tempest The Ladies dishes kettles how they fly all And how the Glasses through the Roomes Enter Bartolus Ars. My friend sure Has got her out and now he has made an end on 't Lop. See where the Sea comes how it foams brussels The great Leviathan o'th' Law how it tumbles Bar. Made every way an Asse abus'd on all sides And from all quarters people come to laugh at me Rise like a Comet to be wonder'd at A horrid Comet for Boyes tongues and Ballads I will run from my wits Enter Amaranta Leandro Ars. Doe doe good Lawyer And from thy money too then thou wilt be quiet
I know not what I shall be Yet I must thanke you and if happily You had asked me yesterday when these were living And my feares lesse I might have hearkned to you Din. Peace to your grief I bind you to your word Enter Cleremont Anabell Beaupre Verdoone Charlote Nurse the two Gentlemen Lam. How doe you conjure Din. Not to raise dreadfull apparitions Madam But such as you would gladly see Lam. My Brother and nephew living Beap. And both owe their lives To the favour of these Gentlemen Verd. Who deserve Our service and for us your gracious thankes Lam. Which I give freely and become a suitour To be hereafter more familiar Kisse With such great worth and vertue 1 Gen. Ever thinke us Your servants Madam Cler. Why if thou wilt needs know How we are freed I will discover it And with laconick brevity these Gentlemen This night incountring with those out lawes that Yesterday made us prisoners and as we were Attempted by 'em they with greater courage I am sure with better fortune not alone Guarded themselves but forc'd the bloody thieves Being got betweene them and this hellish Cave For safety of their lives to fly up higher Into the woods all left to their possession This save your Brother and your nephew from The gibbet this redeem'd me from my Chaines And gave my friend his liberty this preserv'd Your honour ready to be lost Din. But that I know this for a ly and that the thieves And gentlemen are the same men by my practise Suborn'd to this he does deliver it With such a constant brow that I am doubtfull I should believe him too 1 Gent. If we did well We are rewarded 2 Gent. Thankes but takes away From what was freely purpos'd Cler. Now by this hand You have so cunningly discharg'd your parts That while we live rest confident you shall Command Dinant and Cleremont nor Beaupre Nor Verdoone sents it for the Ladyes they Were easie to be gul'd 1 Gent. 'T was but a jest And yet the jest may chance to breake our neckes Should it be knowne Cler. Feare nothing Din. Cleremont Say what successe Cler. As thou wouldst wish 't is done Lad The grove will witnesse with me that this night I lay not like a blocke but how speed you Din. I yet am in suspence devise some meanes To get these off and speedily Cler. I have it Come we are dull I thinke that the good fellowes Our predecessors in this place were not So foolish and improvident husbands but 'T will yeild us meat and wine 1 Gent. Let 's ransack it 'T is ours now by the Law Cler. How say you sweet one Have you an appetite Ana. To walke againe I' th Woods if you thinke fit rather then eate Cler. A little respite prithee nay blush not You aske but what 's your owne and warrantable Monsier Beaupre Verdoone What thinke you of the motion Verd. Lead the way Ex. Manent Din. and Lamira Beau. We follow willingly Cler. When you shall thinke fit We will expect you Din. Now be mistris of Your promise Lady Lam. 'T was to give you hearing Din. But that word hearing did include a grant And you must make it good Lam. Must Din. Must and shall I will be fool'd no more you had your tricks Made properties of me and of my friend Presum'd upon your power and whip'd me with The rod of mine owne dotage doe not flatter Your selfe with hope that any humane helpe Can free you and for ayde by miracle A base unthankfull woman is unworthy Lam. You will not force me Rather then enjury you With your consent because I will torment you I 'le make you feele the effects of abus'd love And glory in your torture Lam. Brother Nephew Helpe helpe for heavens sake Din. Teare your throat cry lowder Though every leafe these trees beare were an Eccho And summond in your best friends to redeeme you It should be fruitlesse 't is not that I love you Or value those delights you prize so high That I 'le enjoy you a French crowne will buy More sport and a companion to whom You in your best trim are an Ethiope Lam. Forbeare me then Din. Not so I 'll do 't in spite And breake that stubborne disobedient will That hath so long held out that boasted honour I will make equall with a common VVhores The spring of Chastity that fed your pride And grew into a River of vaine glory I will defile with mudd the mudd of lust And make it lothsome even to goats Lam. O heaven No pitty sir Din. You taught me to be cruell And dare you thinke of mercy I 'le tell thee foole Those that surpriz'd thee were my instruments I can plot too good Madam you shall find it And in the stead of licking of my fingers Kneeling and whining like a boy new breech'd To get a toy forsooth not worth an apple Thus make my way and with Authority Command what I would have Lam. I am lost for ever Good sir I doe confesse my fault my grosse fault And yeild my selfe up miserable guilty Thus kneeling I confesse you cannot study Sufficient punishments to load me with I am in your power and I confesse againe You cannot be too cruell if there be Besides the losse of my long guarded honour Any thing else to make the ballance even Pray put it in all hopes all helpes have left me I am girt round with sorrow hell 's about me And ravishment the least that I can looke for Doe what you please Din. Indeed I will doe nothing Nor touch nor hurt you Lady nor had ever Such a lewd purpose Lam. Can there be such goodnesse And in a man so injur'd Din. Be confirmed in 't I seale it thus I must confesse you vex'd me In fooling me so often and those feares You threw upon me call'd for a requitall Which now I have return'd all unchast love Dinant thus throwes away live to man-kind As you have done to me and I will honour Your vertue and no more thinke of your beauty Lam. All I possesse comes short of satisfaction Din. No complements the terrours of this night Imagine but a fearfull dreame and so With ease forget it for Dinant that labour'd To blast your honour is a Champion for it And will protect and guard it Lam. 'T is as safe then As if a compleat Army undertooke it Exeunt Enter La-writ Sampson Clyents La-writ Do not perswade me gentle Monsier Sampson I am a mortall man againe a Lawyer My mortall part I have put off Sam. Sweet Monsier Let but our honours teach us La-writ Monsier Sampson My honourable friend my valiant friend Be but so beaten-forward my brave Clyents I am yours and you are mine againe be but so thrasht Receive that Castigation with a cudgell Sam. Which calls upon us for a Reparation La-wr. I have it cost me halfe a crowne I beare it All over me I beare it Monsier Sampson The oyles and the old
mine nor deare unto me Then usefull to his honour I preserve it If thou hadst studied all the courtesies Humanity and noble blood ar linkt too Thou couldst not have propounded such a benefit Nor heapt upon me such unlookt for honour As dying for his sake to be his Martyr 'T is such a grace Hyp. You shall not want that favour Let your bones worke miracles Arn. Dear Lady By those faire eyes Hyp. There is but this way left ye To save her life Arn. Speake it and I embrace it Hyp. Come to my private chamber presently And there what love and I command Arn. I 'le doe it Be comforted Zenocia Zen. Do not do this To save me do not loose your selfe I charge you I charge you by your love that love you beare me That love that constant love you have twin'd to me By all your promises take heed you keep 'em Now is your constant tryall If thou dost this Or mov'st one foote to guide thee to her lust My curses and eternall hate pursue thee Redeem me at the base price of disloyalty Must my undoubted honesty be thy bawd too Goe and entwine thy selfe about that body Tell her for my life thou hast lost thine honour Pulld all thy vowes from heaven basely most basely To add an hour to me that hate thee for it Stoop'd to the servile flames of that foule woman Know thee againe nor name thee for a husband Arn. What shall I doe to save her Hyp. How now what hast there Enter a Servant Ser. The Governour attended with some Gentlemen Are newly entered to speake with your Ladiship Hyp. Poxe ô their businesse reprieve her for this hour I shall have other time Arn. Now fortune help us Hyp. I 'le meete 'em presently retire a while all Exit Zab. You rise to day upon your right side Lady You know the danger too and may prevent it And if you suffer her to perish thus As she must doe and suddenly beleeve it Unlesse you stand her friend you know the way on 't I ghesse you poorely love her lesse your fortune Let her know nothing and performe this matter There are hours ordained for severall businesses You understand Arn. I understand you bawd Sir And such a Councellour I never car'd for Enter the Governour Clodio Leopold Charino and Attendants at one doore Hyppolita at the other Hyp. Your Lordship does me honour Gover. Faire Hyppolita I am come to ease you of a charge Hyp. I keepe none I count a burthen Sir and yet I lye too Gover. Which is the maide is she here Clod. Yes Sir This is she this is Zenocia The very same I sued to your Lordship for Zen. Clodio againe more misery more ruine Under what angry starre is my life govern'd Gover. Come hither maid you are once more a free woman Here I discharge your bonds Arn. Another smile Another tricke of fortune to betray us Hyp. Why do's your Lordship use me so unnobly Against my will to take away my bond-woman Gov. She was no lawfull prize therefore no bond-woman She 's of that Countrey we hold friendship with And ever did and therefore to be used With entertainment faire and courteous The breach of league in us gives foule example Therefore you must be pleas'd to think this honest Did you know what she was Leop. Not till this instant For had I known her she had been no prisoner Gover. There take the maid she is at her owne dispose now And if there be ought else to do your honour Any poore service in Clod. I am vowed your servant Arn. Your Father 's here too that 's our only comfort And in a Countrey now we stand free people Where Clodio has no power be comforted Zen. I feare some trick yet Arn. Be not so dejected Gover. You must not be displeas'd so farewell Lady Come Gentlemen Captain you must with me too I have a little businesse Leop. I attend your Lordship Now my way 's free and my hopes Lords againe Exeunt all but Hyp. Zab. Hyp. Dy' e jeere me now ye are going I may live yet to make you howle both Zab. You might have done you had power then But now the chaines are off the command lost And such a story they will make of this To laugh out lazie time Hyp. No meanes yet left me For now I burst with anger none to satisfie me No comfort no revenge Zab. You speake too late You might have had all these your usefull servants Had you been wise and suddain What power or will Over her beauty have you now by violence To constrain his love she is as free as you are And no law can impeach her liberty And whilst she is so Arnoldo will despise you Hyp. Either my love or anger must be satisfied Or I must dye Zab. I have a way woo'd do it Woo'd do it yet protect me from the Law Hyp. From any thing thou knowest what power I have What money and what friends Zab 'T is a divellish one But such must now be us'd walke in I 'le tell you And if you like it if the Divell can doe any thing Hyp. Divell or what thou wilt so I be satisfied Exeunt Enter Sulpitia Jaques Sulp. This is the rarest and the lustiest fellow And so bestirs himselfe Jaq. Give him breath Mistris You 'l melt him else Sulp. He does perform such wonders The women are mad on him Jaq. Give him breath I say The man is but a man he must have breath Sulp. How many had he yesterday And they paid bravely too Jaq. About fourteene But still I cry give breath spare him and have him Sulp. Five Dames to day this was a small stage He may endure five more Jaq. Breath breath I cry still Body ô me give breath the man 's a lost man else Feede him and give him breath Enter 2. Gentlewomen Sulp. Welcome Gentlewomen Y' are very welcome 1 Gen. We heare you have a lusty wel-complexion'd fellow That does rare tricks my sister and my selfe here Would trifle out an houre or two so please you Sulp. Jaques conduct 'em in Both There 's for your courtesie Exeunt Jaqu. and Gent. Sulp. Good pay stil good round pay this happy fellow Will set me up againe he brings in gold Faster then I have leisure to receive it O that his body were not flesh and fading But I 'le so papp him up nothing too deare for him What a sweet sent he has Now what newes Jaques Jaq. He cannot last I pitty the poor man I suffer for him two coaches of young City dames And they drive as the Divell were in the wheeles Are ready now to enter and behind these An old dead-palsied Lady in a litter And she makes all the hast she can the man 's lost You may gather up his dry bones to make nine-pins But for his flesh Sulp. These are but easie labours Yet for I know he must have rest Jaq. He must you 'l beate him off his
not save her Her fate is in your hand Hipo. Can I restore her Sulp. If you command my Art Hip. I 'le dye my selfe first And yet I 'le goe visit her and see This miracle of sorrow in Arnoldo And 't were for me I should change places with her And dye most happy such a lovers teares Were a rich monument but too good for her Whose misery I glory in come Sulpitia You shall a long with me good Zabulon Be not farr off Zab. I will attend you Madam Exeunt Enter Duarte and a Servant Ser. I have serv'd you from my youth and ever You have found me faithfull that you lives a treasure I 'le locke up here nor shall it be let forth But when you give me warrant Dua. I rely Vpon thy faith nay no more protestations Too many of them will call that in question Which now I doubt not she is there Ser. Alone too But take it on my life your entertainment Appearing as you are will bee but course For the displeasure I shall undergoe I am prepar'd Dua. Leave me I 'le stand the hazard Exit Servant The silence that 's observ'd her close retirements No visitance admitted not the day These sable colours all signes of true sorrow Or hers is deeply counterfeit I 'le looke neerer Manners give leave she fits upon the ground By heaven she weepes my picture in her hand too She kisses it and weepes againe Enter Guiomart Guio. Whos 's there Dua. There is no starting back now Madam Guio. Ha another murderer I 'le not protect thee Though I have no more Sonnes Dua. Your pardon Lady Ther 's no such foule fact taints me Guio. What makes thou here then Where are my Servants do none but my sorrowes Attend upon me speake what brought thee hither Dua. A will to give you comfort Guio. Thou art but a man And 't is beyond a humane reach to do it If thou could raise the dead out of their graues Bid time run back make me now what I was A happy Mother gladly I would heare thee But that 's impossible Dua. Please you but to read this You shall know better there why I am sent Then if I should deliver it Guio. From whom comes it Dua. That will instruct you I suspect this stranger Yet she spake something that holds such alliance With his reports I know not what to thinke on 't What a frown was ther she looks me through through Now reades againe now pauses and now smiles And yet there 's more of anger in 't then mirth These are strange changes oh I understand it She 's full of serious thoughts Guio. You are just you Heavens And never do forget to heare their prayers That truly pay their vowes the defer'd vengeance For you and my words sake so long defer'd Under which as a mountaine my heart groanes yet When 't was dispair'd of now is offerd to me And if I loose it I am both wayes guilty The womans maske dissimulation help me Come hither freind I am sure you know the Gentleman That sent these charms Duar. Charms Lady Guio. These charms I well may call them so th 'ave won upon me More then ere letter did thou art his freind The confidence he has in thee confirmes it And therefore I 'le be open breasted to thee To heare of him though yet I never saw him Was most desir'd of all men let me blush And then I 'le say I love him Dua. All men see In this a womans vertue Guio. I expected For the courtesie I did long since to have seene him And though I then forbad it you men know Betweene our harts and tongues there 's a large distance But I 'le excuse him may be hitherto He has forborne it in respect my Sonne Fell by his hand Dua. And reason Lady Guio. No he did me a pleasure in 't a riotous fellow And with that insolent not worth the owning I have indeed kept a long solemne sorrow For my freinds sake partly but especially For his long absence Dua. O the Devill Guio. Therefore Bid him bee speedy a Preist shall be ready To tye the holy knot this kisse I send him Deliver that and bring him Dua. I am dumbe A good cause I have now and a good sword And something I shall do I wait upon you Exeunt Enter Mannuel Charino Arnoldo Zenocia borne in a chaire 2. Doctors Clodio Doct. Give her more ayre shee dyes else Arn. O thou dread power That mad'st this all and of thy workemanship This virgin wife the Master peice looke downe on her Let her minds virtues cloth'd in this faire garment That worthily deserves a better name Then flesh and bloud now sue and prevaile for her Or if those are denyed let innocence To which all passages in heaven stand open Appeare in her white robe before thy throne And mediate for her or if this age of sinne Be worthy of a miracle the Sun In his diurnall progresse never saw So sweete a subject to imploy it on Man Wonders are ceas'd Sir we must worke by meanes Arno. 'T is true and such reverend Physitians are To you thus low I fall then so may you ever Be stil'd the hands of heaven natures restorers Get wealth and honours and by your successe In all your undertakings propagate Your great opinion in the world as now You use your saving Art for know good Gentlemen Besides the fame and all that I possess For a reward posterity shall stand Indebted to you for as heaven forbid it Should my Zenocia dye robbing this age Of all that 's good or gracefull times succeeding The story of her pure life not yet perfect Will suffer in the want of her example Doct. Were all the world to perish with her wee Can do no more then what art and experience Gives us assurance of we have us'd all meanes To finde the cause of her disease yet cannot How should we then promise the cure Arn. Away I did bely you when I charg'd you with The power of doing yee are meere names only And even your best perfection accidentall What ever malady thou art or spirit As some hold all diseases that afflict us As love already makes me sensible Of halfe her sufferings ease her of her part And let me stand the butt of thy fell malice And I will sweare th' art mercifull Doct. Your hand Lady What a strange heat is heare bring some warme water Arn. She shall use nothing that is yours my sorrow Provides her of a better bath my teares Shall do that office Zeno. O my best Arnoldo The truest of all lovers I would live Were heaven so pleas'd but to reward your sorrow With my true service but since that 's denied me May you live long and happy do not suffer By your affection to me I conjure you My sicknesse to infect you though much love Makes you too subject to it Arn. In this onely Zenocia Wrongs her servant can the body Subsist the soule
gentlemen save ye 1. Mer. The same to you sir save ye faire Mistris Francis I would this happie night might make you blush too Vanl. She dreames a pace Fran. That 's but a drowsie fortune 3. Mer. Nay take us with ye too we come to that end I am sure ye are for the wedding Vanl. Hand and heart man And what their feet can doe I could have tript it Before this whorson gout Enter Gerrard Ger. Blesse ye Masters Vanl. Clause how now Clause thou art come to see thy Master And a good master he is to all poore people In all his joy t is honestly don of thee Ger. Long may hee live sir but my businesse now is If you would plase to doe it and to him too Enter Florez Vanl. He 's heere himselfe Flo. Stand at the doore my friends I pray walke in welcome faire Mistris Francis See what the house affords ther 's a young Lady VVill bid you welcome Vanl. VVe joy your happinesse Exit Flo. I hope It will be so Clause nobly welcome My honest my best friend I have been carefull To see thy monys Ger. Sir that brought not me Do you know this Ring againe Flo. Thou hadst it of me Ger. And do you well remēber yet the boone you gave me Upon returne of this Flo. Yes and I grant it Be it what it will aske what thou can'st I 'le do it Within my power Ger. Ye are not married yet Flo. No Ger. Faith I shall aske you that that will disturb ye But I must put ye to your promise Flo. Do And if I faint and flinch in 't Ger. Well said Master And yet it grieves me too and yet it must be Flo. Prethee distrust me not Ger. You must not marry That 's part of the power you gave me which to make up You must presently depart and follow me Flo Not marry Clause Ger. Not if you keep your promise And give me power to aske Flo. Pre'thee thinke better I will obey by heaven Ger. I have thought the best Sir Flo. Give me thy reason do'st thou feare her honesty Ger. Chaste as the yee for any thing I know Sir Flo. Why should'st thou light on that then to what purpose Ger. I must not now discover Flo. Must not marry Shall I breake now when my poore hart is pawn'd When all the preparation Ger. Now or never Flo. Come 't is not that thou would'st thou dost but fright me Ger. Upon my soule it is Sir and I binde ye Flo. Clause can'st thou be so cruell Ger. You may breake Sir But never more in my thoughts appeare honest Flo. Did'st ever see her Ger. No Flo. She is such a thing O Clause she is such a wonder such a mirror For beauty and faire vertue Europe has not Why hast thou made me happy to undo me But looke upon her then if thy heart relent not I 'le quit her presently who waites there Ser. within Sir Flo. Bid my faire love come hither and the company Pre'thee be good unto me take a mans hart And looke upon her truly take a friends hart And feele what misery must follow this Ger. Take you a noble hart and keep your promise I forsooke all I had to make you happy Enter Bertha Van-donck and the rest Merchants Can that thing call'd a woman stop your goodnesse Flo. Looke there she is deale with me as thou wilt now Did'st ever see a fayrer Ger. She is most goodly Flo. Pray ye stand still Ber. What ayles my love Flo. Did'st thou ever By the faire light of heaven behold a sweeter O that thou knew'st but love or ever felt him Looke well looke narrowly upon her beauties 1. Mer. Sure h 'as some strange designe in hand he starts so 2 Mer. This Beggar has a strong power over his pleasure Flo. View all her body Ger. 'T is exact and excellent Flo. Is she a thing then to be lost thus lightly Her mind is ten times sweeter ten times nobler And but to heare her speak a Paradise And such a love she beares to me a chaste love A vertuous faire and fruitfull love 't is now too I am ready to enjoy it the Priest ready Clause To say the holy words shall make us happy This is a cruelty beyond mans study All these are ready all our joyes are ready And all the expectation of our friends T will be her death to do it Ger. Let her dye then Flo. Thou canst not 't is impossible Ger. It must be Flo. 'T will kil me too 't wil murder me by heaven Claus I 'le give thee halfe I have come thou shalt save me Ger. Then you must goe with me I can stay no longer If ye be true and noble Flo. Hard heart I 'le follow Pray ye all goe in againe and pray be merry I have a weighty businesse give my cloake there Enter Servant with a Cloake Concerns my life and state make no enquiry This present houre befaln me with the soonest I shall be here againe nay pray goe in Sir And take them with you t is but a night lost Gentlemen Van. Come come in we will not loose our meat yet Nor our good mirth he cannot stay long from her I am sure of that Flo. I will not stay beleeve Sir Exit Gertrud a word with you Ber. Why is this stop Sir Flo. I have no more time left me but to kisse thee And tell thee this I am ever thine farewell wench Exit Be. And is that all your ceremony Is this a wedding Are all my hopes and prayers turnd to nothing Well I will say no more nor sigh nor sorrow oh me Till to thy face I prove thee false Exit Actus Quintus Scaena Prima Enter Bertha and a Boore Ber. LEad if thou thinkst we are right why dost thou make These often stands thou saidst thou knewst the way Boo. Fear nothing I doe know it would t were homeward Ber. Wrought from me by a Beggar at the time That most should tye him T is some other Love That hath a more command on his affections And he that fetcht him a disguised Agent Not what he personated for his fashion Was more familiar with him and more powerfull Then one that ask'd an almes I must finde out One if not both kind darknesse be my shrowd And cover loves too curious search in me For yet suspition I would not name thee Boor. Mistris it grows some-what pretty and dark Ber. What then Boor. Nay nothing do not thinke I am afraid Although perhaps you are Ber. I am not forward Boo. Sure but you are give me your hand fear nothing There 's one leg in the wood do not pull backward What a sweate one on 's are in you or I Pray God it do not prove the plague yet sure It has infected me for I sweat too It runs out at my knees feele feele I pray you Ber. What ailes the fellow Boor. Hark hark I besech you Doe you heare nothing Ber. No
advantage ever Io. All this time mother The childe wants looking too wants meat and Nurses Lan. Now blessing o' thy care it shall have all And instantly I le seek a Nurse my selfe sonne 'T is a sweet childe ah my young Spaniard Take you no further care sir Io. Yes of these Jewels I must by your leave Mother these are yours To make your care the stronger for the rest I le finde a Master the gold for bringing up on 't I freely render to your charge Lan. No more words Nor no more children good sonne as you love me This may doe well Ioh. I shall observe your Morals But where 's Don Ferdinand Mother Lan. Ten to one About the like adventure he told me He was to finde you out Exit Io. Why should he stay thus There may be some ill chance in 't sleep I will not Before I have found him now this woman 's pleas'd I le seek my friend out and my care is eas'd Exit Scaena 10. Enter Duke and Gent. 1 Gen. Beleeve sir 't is as possible to doe it As to remove the City the maine faction Swarm throgh the streets like hornets arm'd with angers Able to ruine States no safety left us Nor meanes to dye like men if instantly You draw not back againe Duk. May he be drawne And quarter'd too that turnes now were I surer Of death then thou art of thy fears and with death More then those feares are too 1. Sir I feare not Du. I would not crack my vow start from my honour Because I may finde danger wound my soule To keep my body safe 1. I speak not sir Out of a basenesse to you Du. No nor doe not Out of a basenesse leave mo what is danger More then the weaknesse of our apprehensions A poor cold part o' th bloud who takes it hold of Cowards and wicked livers valiant mindes Were made the Masters of it and as hearty Seamen In desperate stormes stem with a little Rudder The tumbling ruines of the Ocean So with their cause swords do they do dangers Say we yere sure to dye all in this venture As I am confident against it is there any Amongst us of so fat a sense so pamper'd Would chuse luxuriously to lye a bed And purge away his spirit send his soule out In Sugar-lops and Syrups give me dying As dying out to be upon mine enemy Parting with man-kinde by a man that 's manly Let 'em be all the world and bring along Cain's envy with 'em I will on 2. You may sir But with what safety 1. Since 't is come to dying You shall perceive sir here be those amongst us Can dye as decently as other men And with as little ceremony on brave sir Duk. That 's spoken heartily 1. And he that flinches May he dye lowzie in a ditch Du. No more dying There 's no such danger in it What 's a clock 3. Somewhat above your houre Du. Away then quickly Make no noise and no trouble will attend us Exeunt Scaena 11. Enter Fredericke and Peter with a candle Fred. Give me the candle so goe you out that way Pet. What have we now to doe Fred. And o' your life sirrah Let none come neare the doore without my knowledge No not my Land lady nor my friend Pet. 'T is done sir Fr. Nor any serious businesse that concerns me Pet. Is the winde there agen Fr. Be gone Pet. I am sir Exit Enter Constantia with a Jewell Fr. Now enter without feare And noble Lady That safety and civility yee wish'd for Shall truely here attend you no rude tongue Nor rough behaviour knows this place no wishes Beyond the moderation of a man Dare enter here your owne desires and Innocence Joyn'd to my vow'd obedience shall protect you Were dangers more then doubts Coast. Ye are truely noble And worth a womans trust let it become me I doe beseech you sir for all your kindnesse To render with my thanks this worthlesse trifle I may be longer troublesome Fred. Faire offices Are still their owne rewards Heav'n blesse me Lady From selling civill courtesies may it please ye If ye will force a favour to oblige me Draw but that cloud aside to satisfie me For what good Angel I am engag'd Const. It shall be For I am truely confident yee are honest The Piece is scarce worth looking on Fred. Trust me The abstract of all beauty soule of sweetnesse Defend me honest thoughts I shall grow wilde else What eyes are there rather what little heavens To stirre mens contemplations what a Paradice Runs through each part she has good bloud be temperate I must look off too excellent an object Confounds the sense that sees it Noble Lady If there be any further service to cast on me Let it be worth my life so much I honour ye Or the engagement of whole Families Const. Your service is too liberall worthy sir Thus farre I shall entreat Fred. Command me Lady You make your power too poore Const. That presently With all convenient haste you would retire Unto the street you found me in Fred. 'T is done Const. There if you finde a gentleman opprest With force and violence doe a mans office And draw your sword to rescue him Fred. Hee 's safe Be what he will and let his foes be devills Arm'd with your pitty I shall conjure 'em Retire this key will guide ye all things necessary Are there before ye Const. All my prayers goe with ye Exit Fred. Ye clap on proof upon me men say gold Do's all engages all works through all dangers Now I say beauty can do more The Kings Exchequer Nor all his wealthy Indies could not draw me Through halfe those miseries this peece of pleasure Might make me leap into we are all like sea-Cards All our endeavours and our motions As they doe to the North still point at beauty Still at the fairest for a handsome woman Setting my soule a side it should goe hard But I would straine my body yet to her Unlesse it be her owne free gratitude Hopes ye shall dye and thou tongue rot within me E're I infringe my faith now to my rescue Exit Actus Secundus Scaena prima Enter Duke pursued by Petruchio Antonio and that Faction Duke YOu will not all oppresse me Ant. Kill him i th' wanton eye let me come to him Duk. Then yee shall buy me dearely Petr. Say you so sir Ant. I say cut his Wezand spoile his peeping Have at your love-sick heart sir Enter Don John John Sure 't is fighting My friend may be engag'd fie gentlemen This is unmanly oddes Ant. I le stop your mouth sir Du. fals down Don Ioh. bestrides him John Nay then have at thee freely Ther 's a plumb sir to satisfie your longing Pet. Away I hope I have sped him here comes rescue We shall be endangered where 's Antonio Ant. I must have one thrust more sir Ioh. Come up to me Ant. A mischiefe confound your fingers Petr.
the bonnie Broom Come buy my Birchen Broom i th' warres we have no more room Buy all my bonnie Broom For a kisse take two If those will not doe For a little little pleasure Take all my whole treasure If all these will not do 't Take the Broom-man to boot Broom Broom the bonnie Broome 2. Song 1 Sol. The wars are done and gone And Souldiers now neglected Pedlers are Come maidens come alone For I can shew you handsome handsome ware Powders for for the head And drinks for your bed To make yee blith and bonney As well in the night we souldiers can fight And please a young wench as any 2 Sol. I have fine Potato's Ripe Potato's 3. Song 3 Sol. Will ye buy any Honesty come away I sell it openly by day I bring no forced light nor no Candle To cozen yee come buy and handle This will shew the great man good The Trades-man where he sweares and lyes Each Lady of a noble bloud The Citie dame to rule her eyes Ye are rich men now come buy and then I le make yee richer honest-men 4. Song 4 Sol. Have ye any crackt maiden-heads to new leach or mend Have ye any old maiden-heads to sell or to change Bring 'em to me with a little pretty gin I le clout 'em I le mend 'em I le knock in a pin Shall make 'em as good maids agen As ever they have bin Bor. What means all this why do y' sel Brooms Ancient Is it in wantonnesse or want An. The onely reason is To sweep your Lordships conscience here 's one for the nonce Gape sir you have swallowed many a goodlier matter The onely casting for a crazie conscience 3 Sol. Will your Lordship buy any honestie 't will be worth your money Bor. How is this 3 Sol. Honestie my Lord 't is here in a quill An. Take heed you open it not for 't is so subtle The least puffe of wind will blow it out o th' kingdome 2 Sol. Will your Lordship to taste a fine Potato 'T will advance your wither'd state Anc. Fill your honour full of most noble itches And make Jack dance in your Lordships breeches 1 Sol. If your daughters on their beds Have bow'd or crackt their maiden-heads If in a Coach with two much tumbling They chance to crie fie fo what fumbling If her foot slip and downe fall shee And break her leg 'bove the knee The one and thirtieth of Februarie let this be tane And they shall be arrant maids againe Bor. Ye are brave souldiers keep your wantonnesse A winter will come on to shake this wilfulnesse Disport your selves when you want your money Ex. Anc. Broom Broom c. Exit singing Scaene 6. Enter Alinda Honora Viola Al. You must not be so fearefull little one Nor Lady you so sad you will ne're make Courtiers With these dull sullen thoughts this place is pleasure Preserv'd to that use so inhabited And those that live here live delightfull joyfull These are the Gardens of Adonis Ladies Where all sweets to their free and noble uses Grow ever young and courted Hon. Blesse me heaven Can things of her yeares arrive at these rudiments By your leave fair gentlewoman how long have you bin here Al. Faith much about a week Hon. You have studied hard And by my faith arriv'd at a great knowledge Viol. Were not you bashfull at first Al. I I for an houre or two But when I saw people laugh'd at me for it And thought it a dull breeding Hon. You are govern'd here then Much after the mens opinions Al. Ever Ladie Hon. And what they think is honourable Al. Most precisely We follow with all faith Hon. A goodly Catechisme Viol. But bashfull for an houre or two Al. Faith to say true I do not think I was so long for look yee T is to no end here put on what shape ye will And soure your selfe with ne're so much austeritie You shall be courted in the same and won too 'T is but some two houres more and so much time lost Which we hold pretious here In so much time now As I have told you this you may lose a servant Your age nor all your Art can e're recover Catch me occasion as she comes hold fast there Till what you doe affect is ripn'd to yee Has the Duke seen yee yet Ho. What if he have not Al. You doe your beauties too much wrong appearing So full of sweetnesse newnesse set so richly As if a Councell beyond nature fram'd yee Hon. If we were thus say heaven had given these blessings Must we turne these to sin-oblations Al. How foolishly this Countrey way shewes in ye How full of flegme doe you come here to pray Ladies You had best crie stand away let me alone gentlemen I le tell my father else Viol. This woman 's naught sure A verie naughtie woman Hon. Come say on friend I le be instructed by ye Al. You 'll thank me for 't Ho. Either I or the devil shal The Duke you were speaking of Al. 'T is well remembred yes let him first see you Appeare not openly till he has view'd yee Hon. Hee 's a very noble Prince they say Al. O wondrous gracious And as you may deliver your selfe at the first viewing For look ye you must beare your selfe yet take heed It be so season'd with a sweet humilitie And grac'd with such a bountie in your beautie Hon. But I hope he will offer me no ill Al. No no 'T is like he Will kisse ye and play with ye Hon. Plaie with me how Al. Why good Lord that you are such a foole now No harme assure your selfe Viol. Will ye play with me too Al. Look babies in your eyes my prettie sweet one Ther 's a fine sport doe you know your lodgings yet Hon. I heare of none Al. I doe then they are handsome Convenient for accesse Viol. Accesse Al. Yes little one For visitation of those friends and servants Your beauties shall make choice of friends and visits Doe not you know those uses Alas poore novice There 's a close Cowch or two handsomely placed too Viol. What are those I pray you Al. Who would be troubled with such raw things they are to lie upon And your love by ye and discourse and toy in Viol. Alas I have no love Al. You must by any meanes You 'll have a hundred feare not Viol. Honestie keep me What shall I doe with all those Al. You 'll finde uses Ye are ignorant yet let time work you must learne too To lie handsomly in your bed a mornings neatly drest In a most curious VVastcoat to set ye off well Play with your Bracelets sing you must learn to rhime to And riddle neatlie studie the hardest language And 't is no matter whether it be sense or no So it goe seemlie off Be sure yee profit In kissing kissing sweetly there lies a maine point A key that opens to all practick pleasure I le helpe yee to
a friend of mine shal teach ye And suddenlie your Countrey way is fulsome Hon. Have ye schooles for all these mysteries Al. O yes And severall houres prefix'd to studie in Ye may have Kalanders to know the good houre And when to take a jewell for the ill too VVhen to refuse with observations on 'em Under what Signe 't is best meeting in an Arbor And in what Bower and houre it works a thousand VVhen in a Coach when in a private lodging VVith all their vertues Hon. Have ye studied these How beastly they become your youth how bawdily A woman of your tendernesse a teacher Teacher of these lewd Arts of your full beauty A man made up in lust would loath this in yee The rankest Leacher hate such impudence They say the devill can assume heavens brightnesse And so appeare to tempt us sure thou art no woman Al. I joy to finde ye thus Hon. Thou hast no tendernesse No reluctation in thy heart 't is mischiefe Al. All 's one for that read these and then be satisfi'd A few more private rules I have gather'd for ye Read 'em and well observe 'em so I leave ye Exit Viol. A wondrous wicked woman shame go with thee Hon. What new Pandoras box is this I le see it Though presently I teare it Read Thine Viola 'T is in our owne wills to believe and follow Worthy Honora as you have begun In vertues spotlesse schoole so forward run Pursue that noblenesse and chaste desire You ever had burne in that holy fire And a white Martyr to faire memorie Give up your name unsoil'd of infamy How 's this Read yours out sister this amazes me Vio. Feare not thou yet unblasted Violet Nor let my wanton words a doubt beget Live in that peace and sweetness of thy bud Remember whose thou art and grow still good Remember what thou art and stand a storie Fit for thy noble Sex and thine owne glorie Hon. I know not what to thinke Viol. Sure a good woman An excellent woman sister Hon. It confounds me Let 'em use all their arts if these be their ends The Court I say breeds the best foes and friends Come let 's be honest wench and doe our best service Vio. A most excellent woman I will love her Exeunt Actus Quartus Scaena prima Enter Olimpia with a Casket and Alinda Al. MAdam the Duke has sent for the two Ladies Olim. I prethee go I know thy thoughts are with him Go go Alinda do not mock me more I have found thy heart wench doe not wrong thy Mistris Thy too much loving Mistris doe not abuse her Al. By your owne faire hands I understand ye not Ol. By thy own faire eyes I understand thee too much Too farre and built a faith there thou hast ruine Goe and enjoy thy wish thy youth thy pleasure Enjoy the greatnesse no doubt he has promised Enjoy the service of all eyes that see thee The glory thou hast aim'd at and the triumph Onely this last love I aske forget thy Mistris Al. Oh who has wrong'd me who has ruin'd me Poore wretched Girle what poyson is slung on thee Excellent vertue from whence flowes this anger Ol. Go ask my Brother ask the faith thou gav'st me Aske all my favours to thee aske my love Last thy forgetfulnesse of good then flye me For we must part Alinda Al. You are wearie of me I must confesse I was never worth your service Your bounteous favours lesse but that my duty My ready will and all I had to serve ye O heaven thou know'st my honestie Ol. No more Take heed heaven has a justice take this ring with yee This doting spell you gave mee too well Alinda Thou knew'st the vertue in 't too well I feele it Nay keep that too it may sometimes remember ye When you are willing to forget who gave it And to what vertuous end Al. Must I goe from yee Of all the sorrowes sorrow has must I part with yee Part with my noble Mistris Ol. Or I with thee wench Al. And part stain'd with opinion Farewell Lady Happy and blessed Lady goodnesse keep yee Thus your poore servant full of griefe turnes from yee For ever full of griefe for ever from yee I have no being now no friends no Countrey I wander heaven knowes whither heaven knows how No life now you are lost onely mine innocence That little left me of my selfe goes with me That 's all my bread and comfort I confesse Madam Truely confesse the Duke has often courted me Ol. And powr'd his soule into thee won thee Al. Doe you think so Well time that told this tale will tell my truth too And say ye had a faithfull honest servant The businesse of my life is now to pray for ye Pray for your vertuous loves Pray for your children When heaven shall make ye happy Ol. How she wounds me Either I am undone or she must go take these with yee Some toyes may doe ye service and this money And when ye want I love ye not so poorely Not yet Alinda that I would see ye perish Prethee be good and let me heare look on me I love those eyes yet dearely I have kiss'd thee And now I le doe 't againe farewell Alinda I am too full to speak more and too wretched Exit Al. You have my faith And all the world my fortune Exit Scene 2. Enter Theodore The. I would faine heare What becomes of these two Wenches And if I can I will doe 'em good Enter Gentleman passing over the Stage Doe you heare my honest friend He knowes no such name What a world of businesse Which by interpretation are meere nothings These things have here 'Masse now I think on 't better I wish he be not sent for one of them To some of these by-lodgings me thought I saw A kinde of reference in his face to Bawderie Enter Gent. with a Gentlewom passing over the Stage He has her but 't is none of them hold fast theefe An excellent touzing knave Mistris You are to suffer your penance some half hour hence now How farre a fine Court Custard with Plumbs it Will prevaile with one of these waiting gentlewomen They are taken with these soluble things exceedingly This is some yeoman o th' bottles now that has sent for hir That she calls father now woe to this Ale incence By your leave sir Enter a Servant Ser. Well sir what 's your pleasure with me The. You do not know the way to the maids lodgings Ser. Yes indeed doe I sir The. But you will not tell me Ser. No indeed will not I because you doubt it Exit Enter 2. Servant Th. These are fine gim-cracks hey here comes another A Haggon full of wine in 's hand I take it Well met my friend is that wine 2 Ser. Yes indeed is it The. Faith I le drink on 't then 2 Ser. Ye may because ye have sworne sir The. 'T is very good I le drinke a great
it Fer Shall I Gas All my follies Be else recorded to my shame Fer. Enough My heart is here for ever lodg'd Gas The Lady Fer. The place admits no time to utter all But Gaspero if thou wilt prove my friend I 'le say thou art Gas Your servant I conceive ye Wee 'll choose some fitter leisure Fer. Never man Was in a moment or more bless'd or wretched Exeunt Enter Hyparcha placing two chaires Antinous and Erota Er. Leave us Hy. I shall Ex. Er. Antinous sit downe Ant. Madam Er. I say sit downe I do command you sit For looke what honour thou didst gaine by me I cannot lose by it happy Antinous The graces and the higher Deities Smil'd at thy birth and still continue it Then thinke that I who scorne lesser examples Must doe the like such as do taste my power And talke of it with feare and reverence Shall do the same unto the man I favour I tel thee youth thou hast a conquest won Since thou cam'st home greater then that last Which dignified thy same greater then if Thou shouldst goe out againe and conquer farther For I am not asham'd to acknowledge My selfe subdued by thee Ant. Great Lady Er. Sit still I will not heare thee else now speake And speake like my Antinous like my Souldier Whom Cupid and not Mars hath sent to Battle Ant. I must I see be silent Er. So thou maist There 's greater Action in it than in clamour A looke if it be gratious will begin the War A word conclude it then prove no Coward Since thou hast such a friendly enemie That teaches thee to conquer Ant. You do amaze me Madam I have no skill no practice in this War And whether you be serious or please To make your sport on a dejected man I cannot rightly ghesse but be it as it will It is a like unhappinesse to me My discontents beare those conditions in them Musick And lay me out so wretched no designes How ever truly promising a good Can make me rellish ought but a sweet-bitter Voluntarie Exile Musick againe Er. Why an Exile What comfort can there be in those companions Enter Hyparcha Which sad thoughts bring along with Hyp. Madam Er. Whence comes this well-tun'd sound Hyp. I know not Madam Er. Listen wench What ever friendly hands they are that send it Song Let 'em play on they are Masters of their facultie Doth it please you sir Ant. According to the time Er. Go to 'em wench And tell 'em we shall thanke 'em for they have kept As good time to our disposition as to their instruments Unlesse Antinous shall say he loves Enter Philander There never can be sweeter accents uttered Phi. Let then the heart that did imploy those hands Receive some small share of your thankes with them 'T is happinesse enough that you did like it A fortune unto me that I should send it In such a lucky minute but to obtaine So gratious welcome did exceed my hopes Ero. Good Prince I thanke you for it Phi. O Madam poure not to fast joyes on me But sprinkle 'em so gently I may stand 'em It is enough at first you have laid aside Those cruell angry lookes out of your eyes With which as with your lovely you did strike All your beholders in an Extasie Ero. Philander you have long profess'd to love me Phi. Have I but profest it Madam Er. Nay but heare me Phi. More attentively then to an Oracle Er. And I will speake more truly if more can be Nor shall my language be wrapt up in Riddles But plaine as truth it selfe I love this Gentleman Whose griefes has made him so uncapable Of Love he will not heare at least not understand it I that have lookt with scornefull eyes on thee And other Princes mighty in their states And in their friends as fortunate have now prai'd In a petitionary kind almost This man this wel deserving man that I must say To looke upon this beauty yet you see He casts his eyes rather upon the ground Then he will turne 'em this way Philander You looke pale I 'le talke no more Phi. Pray go forward I would be your Martyr To dye thus were immortally to live Ero. Will you goe to him then and speake for me You have loved longer but not ferventer Know how to speake for you have done it like An Orator even for your selfe then how will you for me Whom you professe to love above your selfe Phi. The curses of dissemblers follow me Unto my grave and if I do not so Er. You may as all men do speake boldlier better In their friends cause still then in your owne But speake your utmost yet you cannot feigne I will stand by and blush to witnesse it Tell him since I beheld him I have lost The happinesse of this life food and rest A quiet bosome and the state I went with Tell him how he has humbled the proud And made the living but a dead Erota Tell him withall that she is better pleas'd With thinking on him then enjoying these Tell him Philander Prince I talke in vaine To you you do not marke me Phi. Indeed I do Er. But thou dost looke so pale As thou wilt spoyle the story in relating Phi. Not if I can but live to tell it Er. It may be you have not the heart Phi I have a will I am sure how e're my heart May play the coward but if you please I 'le trie Er. If a kisse will strengthen thee I give you leave To challenge it nay I will give it you Phi. O that a man should taste such heavenly blisse And be enjoyn'd to beg it for another Er. Alas it is a miserie I grieve To put you to and I will suffer rather In his tyranny than thou in mine Phi. Nay Madam since I cannot have your love I will endeavour to deserve your pitty For I had rather have within the grave Your love then you should want it upon earth But how can I hope with a feeble tongue To instruct him in the rudiments of love When your most powerfull beauty cannot worke it Er. Do what thou wilt Philander the request Is so unreasonable that I quit thee of it I desire now no more but the true patience And fortitude of Lovers with those helpes Of sighes and teares which I think is all the Phisick Phi. O if he did but heare you 't were enough And I will wake him from his Appoplexie Antinous Ant. My Lord Phi. Nay pray No curtesie to me you are my Lord Indeed you are for you command her heart That commands mine nor can you want to know it For looke you she that told it you in words Explaines it now more passionately in teares Either thou hast no heart or a marble one If those drops cannot melt it prethee looke up And see how sorrow sits within her eyes And love the griefe she goes with if not her Of which thou art the parent and never yet Was there by
heart was even a bleeding in my body Dor. A curl'd haire gentleman stept in a stranger As he rod by belike he heard our bickering Saw our distresses drew his sword and prov'd He came to execute and not to argue Lord what a lightning me thought flew about him When he once toss'd his blade in face Adonis While peace inhabited between his eye-browes But when his noble anger stirr'd his mettle And blew his firie parts into a flame Like Pallas when she sits between two armies Viewing with horrid browes their sad events Such then hee look'd and as her shield had arm'd him Cal. This man sir were a friend to give an age for This gentleman I must love naturally Nothing can keep me off I pray you goe on sir Dor. I will for now you please me this brave youth This bud of Mars for yet he is no riper When once he had drawne bloud and flesh'd his sword Fitted his manly mettle to his spirit How he bestirr'd him what a lane he made And through their fierie Bullets thrust securely The hardned villaines wondring at his confidence Lame as I was I follow'd and admir'd too And stirr'd and laid about me with new spirit My men too with new hearts thrust into action And down the rogues went Cle. I am strook with wonder Dor. Remember but the storie of strong Hector When like to lightning he broke through his van-guard How the Greeks frighted ran away by Troops And trod downe Troops to save their lives so this man Dispers'd these slaves had they been more and mightier He had come off the greater and more wonder Cle. Where is the man good sir that we may honor him Cal. That we may fall in superstition to him Dor. I know not that from me he late departed But not without that pious care to see safe Me and my weak men lodg'd and dress'd I urg'd him First hither that I might more freely thanke him He told me he had businesse crav'd my pardon Businesse of much import Clean. Know you his name Dor. That he deny'd me too a vow had bard him Cal. In that he was not noble to be namelesse Dor. Daughter you must remēber him when I am dead And in a noble sort requite his piety 'T was his desire to dedicate this service To your faire thoughts Cal. He knowes me then Dor. I nam'd you And nam'd you mine I think that 's all his knowledge Cle. No name no being Cal. Now I am mad to know him Saving mine honour any thing I had now But to enjoy his sight but his bare picture Make me his Saint I must needs honour him Serv. I know his name Cal. There 's thy reward for 't speak it Ser. His man told me but he desir'd my silence Cal. O Jasper speak 't is thy good Masters cause too We all are bound ingratitude to compell thee Serv Lisander Yes I am sure it was Lisander Cal. Lisander 't was Lisander Cle. 'T is Lisander O my base thoughts my wicked To make question this act could be another mans 'T is Lisander a handsome timber'd man Serv. Yes Cle. My Lisander was this friends absence to bee mourn'd Cal. I grant it I le mourne his going now and mourne it seriously When you weep for him sir I le beare you company That so much honour so much honesty Should be in one man to doe things thus bravely Make me his Saint to me give this brave service VVhat may I doe to recompence his goodnesse I cannot tell Cle. Come sir I know you are sickly so are your men Dor. I must confesse I am weake And fitter for a bed then long discourses Cle. You shall hear to morrow to morrow provide Surgeons Dor. Lisander Cal. VVhat new fire is this Lisander Exeunt Actus Secundus Scaena prima Enter Lisander and Lancelot Lis. PRethee good Lancelot remember that Thy Masters life is in thy trust and therefore Be very careful Lance. I will lose mine owne rather then hazard yours Lis. Take what disguise You in your owne discretion shall think fittest To keep your selfe unknowne Lanc. I warrant yee 'T is not the first time I have gone invisible I am as fine a Fairie in a businesse Concerning night-worke Lis. Leave your vanities VVith this purse which deliver'd You may spare your Oratory convey this Letter to Caliste's woman Lanc. 'T is a handsome girle Mistris Clarinda Lis. I have made her mine You know your work Lanc. And if I sweat not in it At my returne discarde me Exit Lisand. O Caliste the fairest cruellest Enter Clarange Clar. So early stirring a good day to you Lis. I was viewing sir The site of your house and the handsomnesse about it Believe me it stands healthfully and sweetly Clara. The house and master of it really Are ever at your service Lis. I returne it Now if you please goe forward in your storie Of your deare friend and Mistris Clara. I will tell it And tell it short because 't is breakfast time And love a tedious thing to a quick stomach You eate not yester-night Lis. I shall endure sir Clara. My selfe and as I then deliver'd to you A gentleman of noble hope one Lidian Both brought up from our infancy together One company one friendship and one exercise Ever affecting one bed holding us One griefe and one joy parted still between us More then companions twins in all our actions VVe grew up till we were men held one heart still Time call'd us on to Armes we were one souldier Alike we sought our dangers and our honours Gloried alike one in anothers noblenesse VVhen Armes had made us fit we were one lover VVe lov'd one woman lov'd without division And woo'd a long time with one faire affection And she as it appeares loves us alike too At length considering what our love must grow to And covet in the end this one was parted Rivalls and honours make men stand at distance VVe then woo'd with advantage but were friends still Saluted fairely kept the peace of love We could not both enjoy the Ladies favour Without some scandall to her reputation We put it to her choice this was her sentence To part both from her and the last returning Should be her Lord we obey'd and now you know it And for my part so truely I am touch'd with 't I will goe farre enough and be the last too Or ne're returne Lisand. A sentence of much cruelty But milde compar'd with what 's pronounc'd on me Our loving youth is borne to many miseries What is that Lidian pray ye Claran. Caliste's brother if ever you have heard of that faire Ladie Lisan. I have seen her sir Claran. Then you have seen a wonder Lisan. I doe confesse of what yeares is this Lidian Clara. About my years there is not much between us Lisan. I long to know him Clara. 'T is a vertuous longing As many hopes hang on his noble head As blossoms on a bough in May and sweet ones Lis. Ye are
a faire storie of your friend Clar. Of truth sir now what 's the matter Enter a Servant Serv. There is a gentleman At doore would speak with you on private businesse Clara. With me Serv. He saies so and brings haste about him Clara. Wait on him in Exit Serv. Lisan. I will retire the while to the next room Clar. We shall not long disturbe you Ent. Alcidon Alc. Save ye sir Clara. The like to you fair sir pray you come neare Alc. Pray you instruct me for I know you not With Monsieur Clarange I would speake Clar. I am he sir Ye are nobly welcome I wait your businesse Alcid. This will informe you Clara. Will you please to sit down Reads He shall command me sir I le wait upon him Within this houre Alcid. Y' are a noble gentleman Wil 't please you bring a friend we are two of us And pitty either sir should be unfurnish'd Clara. I have none now and the time is set so short 'T will not be possible Alc. Doe me the honour I know you are so full of brave acquaintance And worthy friends you cannot want a partner I would be loath to stand still sir besides You know the custome and the vantage of it If you come in alone Clar. And I must meet it Alc. Send wee 'l defer an houre let us be equall Games won and lost on equall tearmes shew fairest Clar. 'T is to no purpose to send any whither Unlesse men be at home by Revelation So please you breath a while when I have done with him You may be exercis'd too I le trouble no man Enter Lisander Lis. They are very loud Now what 's the newes Clara. I must leave you Leave you a while two houres hence I le returne friend Lisan. Why what 's the matter Clar. A little businesse Lis. And 't be but a little you may take me with ye Clar. 'T will be a trouble to you Lis. No indeed to do you service I account a pleasure Clar. I must alone Lisan. Why Clarang. 'T is necessity Before you passe the walks and back agen I will be with ye Lis. If it be not unmannerly To presse you I would goe Claran. I le tell you true sir This gentleman and I upon appointment Are going to visit a Lady Lisond. I am no Capuchin why should not I goe Alc. Take the gentleman Come he may see the gentlewoman too And be most welcome I do beseech you take him Lisan. By any means I love to see a gentlewoman A prettie wench too Clar. Well sir wee 'll meet you And at the place My service to the Lady Alc. I kisse your hand Exit Clara. Prethee read o're her Letter Lisander reads Monsieur I Know you have consider'd the dark sentence Olinda gave us and that however she disguis'd it it pointed more at our swords edges then our bodies banishments the last must enjoy her if we retire our youths ars lost in wandring in emulation we shall grow old men and feeble Which is the scorne of love and rust of honour and so return more fit to wed our Sepulchers then the Saint we aime at let us therefore make our journey short and our hearts ready and with our swords in our hands put it to fortune which shall be worthy to receive that blessing I le stay you on the mountaine our old hunting place this gentleman alone runs the hazzard with me and so I kisse your hand Your servant Lidian Is this your wench you 'll finde her a sharp Mistris What have I thrust my selfe into is this that Lidian You told me of Clara. The same Lisan. My Ladies brother No cause to heave my sword against but his To save the father yesterday and this morning To help to kill the son this is most courteous The onely way to make the daughter doat on me Clara. Why doe you muse would ye goe off Lis. No no I must on now this will be kindly taken No life to sacrifice but part of hers Doe you fight straight Clara. Yes presently Lis. To morrow then The balefull tidings of this day will break out And this nights Sun will set in bloud I am troubl'd If I am kill'd I am happy Clara. VVill you goe friend Lis. I am ready sir fortune thou hast made me monstrous Exeunt Enter Malfort and Clarinda Malf. Your cousin and my true friend lusty Leon Shall know how you use me Clar. Be more temperate Or I will never use nor know you more i th' way of a seruant all the house takes notice Of your ridiculous fopperie I have no sooner Perform'd my duties in my Ladies chamber And she scarce down the staires but you appeare Like my evill spirit to me Mal. Can the fish live out of the water or the Salamander Out of the fire or I live warme but in The frying-pan of your favour Cla. Pray you forget Your curious comparisons borrowed from The pond and kitchin and remember what My Ladies pleasure is forth entertainment Of her noble father Ma I would learn the art of memory in your table book Cla. Very good sir no more but up and ride I apprehend Your meaning soft fire makes sweet mault sir I 'le answer you in a Provetbe Mal. But one kisse from thy honey lippe Cla. You sight too high my hand is A faire ascent from my foot his slavering kisses Spoyle me more gloves enough for once you 'l surfet With too much grace Mal. Have you no imployment for me Cla. Yes yes go send for Leon and convey him Into the private Arbour from his mouth I heare your praises with more faith Ma. I am gone-yet one thing ere I go there 's at the dore The rarest Fortune-teller he hath told me The strangest things he knows ye are my Mistris And under seale deliver'd how many children I shall beget on you pray you give him hearing He 'l make it good to you Gla. A cunning man Of your own making howsoe're I 'le heare him At your intreaty Mal. Now I perceive ye love me At my entreaty come in friend remember To speake as I directed he knows his lesson And the right way to please her this it is To have a head-peece Exit Enter Lancelot like a Fortune-teller with a Purse and two Letters in it Cla. 'T is said you can tell Fortunes to come Lan. Yes Mistris and what 's past Unglove your hand by this straight line I see You have laine crooked Cla. How laine crooked Lan. Yes and in that posture plaid at the old game No body heares me and I 'le be no blab And at it lost your maiden-head Cla. A shrewd fellow 'T is truth but not to be confess'd in this Your palmestry deceaves you some thing else sir Lan. Ye are a great woman with your Lady and Acquainted with her counsels Cla. Still more strange Lan. There is a noble Knight Lisander loves her Whom she regards not and the destinies With whom I am familiar have deliver'd
Taper Cal. O my sad heart my head my head Clea. Alas poore soule what do you out of your bed You take cold my Caliste how do ye Cal. Not so well sir to lye by ye my brothers fright Clea. I had a frightfull dreame too A very frightfull dreame my best Caliste Me thought there came a Dragon to your Chamber A furious Dragon wife I yet shake at it Are all things well Lis. Shall I shoote him Cal. No All well Sir 'T was but your care of me your loving care Which alwaies watches Clean. And me thought he came As if he had risen thus out of his den As I do from these hangings Lis. Dead Cal. Hold good Sir Clea. And forc'd ye in his armes thus Cal. 'T was but fancie That troubled ye here 's nothing to disturbe me Good sir to rest againe and I am now drousie And will to bed make no noise deare husband But let me sleep before you can call any body I am a bed Clea. This and sweet rest dwell with ye Exit Cal. Come out againe and as you love Lisander Make haste away you see his mind is troubled Do you know the doore ye came at Lis. Well sweet Lady Cal. And can ye hit it readily Lis. I warrant ye And must I go must here end all my happinesse Here in a dreame as if it had no substance Cal. For this time friend or here begin our ruines We are both miserable Lis. This is some comfort In my afflictions they are so full already They can find no encrease Cal. Deare speake no more Lis. You must be silent then Cal. Farewell Lisander thou joy of man farewell Lis. Farewell bright Lady Honour of woman-kind a heavenly blessing Cal. Be ever honest Lis. I will be a dog else The vertues of your mind I 'le make my library In which I 'le study the celestiall beauty Your constancie my armour that I 'le fight in And on my sword your chastity shall sit Terror to rebell bloud Cal. Once more farewell Noise within O that my modestie cou'd hold you still sir he comes againe Lis. Heaven keep my hand from murther Murther of him I love Cal. Away deare friend Down to the garden staires that way Lisander We are betrai'd else Ent. Clea. Lis. Honour guard the Innocent Exit Lis. Clean. Stil up I fear'd your health Cal. Has miss'd him happily I am going now I have done my meditations My heart 's almost at peace Clea. To my warme bed then Cal. I will pray ye lead A Pistoll shot within Clean. A Pistoll shot i' th' house At these houres sure some theefe some murtherer Rise ho rise all I am betraide Cal. O fortune O giddy thing he has met some opposition And kil'd I am confounded lost for ever Enter Dorilaus Dor. Now what 's the matter Clea. Theeves my noble father villaines and Rogues Dor. Indeed I heard a Pistoll let 's search about Enter Malfort Clarinda and Servants Mal. To bed againe they are gone sir I will not bid you thanke my valour for 't Gone at the garden doore there were a dozen And bravely arm'd I saw 'em Clarin. I am glad glad at the heart Ser. One shot at me and miss'd me Mal. No 't was at me the bullet flew close by me Close by my eare another had a huge Sword Flourish'd it thus but at the point I met him But the Rogue taking me to be your Lordship As sure your name is terrible and we Not much unlike in the darke roar'd out aloud 'T is the kill cow Dorilaus and away They ran as they had flowne now you must love me Or feare me for my courage wench Clarin. O Rogue O lying Rogue Lisander stumbled Madam At the staires head and in the fall the shot went off Was gone before they rose Cal. I thanke heaven for 't Clari. I was frighted too it spoyl'd my game with Leon Cle. You must sit up and they had come to your Chamber What pranks would they have plaid how came the doore open Ma. I heard 'em when they forc'd it up I rose Took Durindana in my hand and like Orlando issu'd forth Clarin. I know you are valiant Clean. To bed again And be you henceforth provident at sun-rising We must part for a while Dor. When you are a bed Take leave of her there 't will be worth the taking Here 't is but a cold ceremony ere long Wee 'l find Lisander or we have ill fortune Clea. Locke all the doores fast Mal. Though they all stood open My name writ on the doore they dare not enter Exeunt Enter Claran Frier with a Letter Claran. Turnd Hermit Fri. Yes and a devout one too I heard him preach Claran. That lessens my beliefe For though I grant my Lidian a scholler As far as fits a Gentleman he hath studied Humanity and in that he is a Master Civility of manners courtship Armes But never aim'd at as I could perceive The deep points of divinity Fri. That confirmes his Devotion to be reall no way tainted With ostentation or hypocrisie The cankers of Religion his sermon So full of gravity and with such sweetnesse Deliver'd that it drew the admiration Of all the hearers on him his own letters To you which witnesse he will leave the world And these to faire Olinda his late Mistris In which he hath with all the moving language That ever express'd Rhetorick sollicited The Lady to forget him and make you Blessed in her embraces may remove All scrupulous doubts Claran. It strikes a sadnesse in me I know not what to thinke of 't Fri. Ere he entred His sollitary cell he pen'd a ditty His long and last farewell to love and women So feelingly that I confesse however It stands not with my order to be taken With such Poeticall raptures I was mov'd And strangely with it Claran. Have you the copy Fri. Yes sir My Novice too can sing it if you please To give him hearing Claran. And it will come timely For I am full of melancholy thoughts Against which I have heard with reason Musick To be the speediest cure pray you apply it A Song by the Novice ADieu fond love farewell you wanton powers I am free againe Thou dull disease of bloud and Idle howers Bewitching paine Flie to the fooles that sigh away their time My nobler love to heaven clime And there behold beauty still young That time can ne're corrupt nor death destroy Immortall sweetnesse by faire Angels sung And honour'd by eternity and joy There lives my love thether my hopes aspire Fond love declines this heavenly love growes higher Fri. How do ye approve it Claran. To its due desert It is a heavenly Hymne no ditty father It passes through my eares unto my soule And workes divinely on it give me leave A little to consider shall I be Out done in all things nor good of my selfe Nor by example shall my loose hopes still The viands of a fond affection feed me As I were a sensuall
For me thinkes he talkes hansomely Py. And truly As neare as my understanding shall enable me You look as if you kept my Ladies secrets Nay doe not laugh for I meane honestly How these young things tattle when they get a toy by th' end And how their hearts goe pit a pat and look for it Wou'd it not dance too if it had a Fiddle Your gravity I ghesse to take the Petitions And heare the lingring suits in love dispos'd Their sighes and sorrowes in their proper place You keep the ayme office Qui. Prethee suffer him For as I live hee 's a pretty fellow I love to here sometimes what men think of us And thus deliver'd freely 't is no malice Proceed good honest man Pin. I will good Madam According to mens states and dignities Moneyes and moveables you rate their dreames And cast the Nativity of their desires If he reward well all he thinks is prosperous And if he promise place his dreams are Oracles Your ancient practique Art too in these discoveries Who loves at such a length who a span farther And who drawes home yeeld you no little profit For these yee milk by circumstance Qui. Yee are cunning Pin. And as they Oyle ye and advance your spindle So you draw out the lines of love your doores too The doores of destiny that men must passe through These are faire places Pan. He knowes all Pin. Your trap doores To pop fooles in it that have no providence Your litle wickets to work wise men like wires throgh at And draw their states and bodies into Cobwebs Your Posterne doores to catch those that are cautelous And would not have the worlds eye finde their knaveries Your doores of danger some men hate a pleasure Unlesse that may be full of feares your hope doores And those are fine commodities where fooles pay For every new encouragement a new custome You have your doores of honour and of pleasure But those are for great Princes glorious vanities That travell to be famous through diseases There be the doores of povertie and death too But these you doe the best you can to damme up For then your gaine goes out Qui. This is a rare lecture Pin. Read to them that understand Pan. Beshrew me I dare not venture on ye yee cut too keen sir Qui. We thank you sir for your good mirth Enter Quisara You are a good Companion Here comes the Princesse now attend your businesse Quisar. Is there no remedy no hopes can help me No wit to set me free whos 's there hoe Quisan. Troubled her looks are almost wilde What ailes the Princesse I know nothing she wants Quisar. Who 's that there with you Oh Signeur Piniero you are most welcome How does your noble uncle Pin. Sad as you are Madam But he commends his service and this Letter Quisar. Goe off attend within Faire sir I thank ye Pray be no stranger for indeed you are welcome For your owne vertues welcome Quis. We are mistaken This is some brave fellow sure Pan. I 'me sure hee 's a bold fellow But if she hold him so we must beleeve it Ex. Quisar. Doe you know of this faire sir Pin. I ghesse it Madam And whither it intends I had not brought it else Quis. It is a businesse of no common reckoning Pin. The handsomer for him that goes about it Slight actions are rewarded with slight thanks Give me a matter of some waight to wade in Quis. And can you love your Uncle so directly So seriously and so full to undertake this Can there be such a faith Pyn: Dare you say I to it And set me on 't is no matter for my Uncle Or what I owe to him dare you but wish it Quisar I wou'd faine Pyn. Have it done say but so Lady Quisan. Conceive it so Pyn. I will 't is that I am bound too Your will that must command me and your pleasure The faire aspects of those eyes that must direct me I am no Uncles agent I am mine owne Lady I scorne my able youth should plough for others Or my ambition serve for pay I ayme Although I never hit as high as any man And the reward I reach at shall be equall And what love spurs me on to this desire Makes me forget an honest man a brave man A valiant and a vertuous man my country-man Armusia The delight of all the Minions Is love of you doting upon your beauty the admiration of your excellence Make me but servant to the poorest smile Or the least grace you have bestow'd on others And see how suddenly I le worke your safety And set your thoughts at peace I am no flatterer To promise infinitely and out-dream dangers To lye a bed and sweare men into Feavers Like some of your trim suters when I promise The light is not more constant to the world Then I am to my word She turnes for millions Quisar. I have not seen a braver confirm'd courage Pyn. For a tun of Crownes she turns she is a woman And much I feare a worse then I expected You are the object Lady you are the eye In which all excellence appears all wonder From which all hearts take fire all hands their valour And when he stands disputing when you bid him Or but thinks of his estate Father Mother Friends Wife and Children Is a foole and I scorne him And be but to make cleane his sword coward Men have forgot their fealty to beauty Had I the place in your affections My most unworthy uncle is fit to fall from Liv'd in those blessed eyes and read the stories Of everlasting pleasures figur'd there I wou'd finde out your cōmands before you thought 'em And bring 'em to you done ere you dream't of 'em Quis. I admire his boldnesse Pyn. This or any thing Your brothers death mine uncles any mans No state that stands secure if you frowne on it Look on my youth I bring no blastings to you The first flower of my strength my faith Quis. No more sir I am too willing to believe rest satisfi'd If you dare doe for me I shall be thankfull You are a handsome gentleman a faire one My servant if you please I feale it thus sir No more till you deserve more Exit Pyn. I am rewarded This woman's cunning but she 's bloudy too Although she pulls her Tallons in she 's mischievous Form'd like the face of heaven cleare and transparent I must pretend still beare 'em both in hopes For feare some bloudy slave thrust in indeed Fashion'd and flesh'd to what they wish well uncle What will become of this and what dishonour Follow this fatall shaft if shot let time tell I can but only feare and crosse to crosse it Exit Enter Armusia Emanuel Soza Em. Why are you thus sad what can grieve or vex you That have the pleasures of the world the profits The honour and the loves at your disposes Why should a man that wants nothing want his quiet Ar. I want what
Cel. In this mind I am in I thinke I should be hardly brought to strike ye Unlesse 't were thus but in my mans mind Dem. What Cel. I should be friends with ye too Now I thinke better Dem. Ye are a tall Souldier Here take these and these This gold to furnish ye and keepe this bracelet Why do you weep now You a masculine spirit Cel. No I confesse I am a foole a woman And ever when I part with you Dem. You shall not These teares are like prodigious signes my sweet one I shall come backe loden with fame to honour thee Cel. I hope you shall But then my deare Demetrius When you stand Conquerour and at your mercy All people bow and all things waite your sentence Say then your eye surveying all your conquest Finds out a beautie even in sorrow excellent A constant face that in the midst of ruine With a forc'd smile both scornes at fate and fortune Say you find such a one so nobly fortified And in her figure all the sweets of nature Dem. Prethee No more of this I cannot find her Cel. That shews as far beyond my wither'd beauty And will run mad to love ye too Dem. Do you feare me And do you thinke besides this face this beauty This heart where all my hopes are lock'd Cel. I dare not No sure I think ye honest wondrous honest Pray doe not frowne I le swear ye are Dem. Ye may choose Cel. But how long will ye be away Dem. I know not Cel. I know you are angry now pray look upon me I le aske no more such questions Dem. The Drums beat I can no longer stay Cel. They doe but call yet How faine you would leave my company Dem. I wou'd not Unlesse a greater power then love commanded Commands my life mine honour Cel. But a little Dem. Prethee farewell and be not doubtfull of me Cel. I would not have ye hurt and ye are so ventrous But good sweet Prince preserve your selfe fight nobly But do not thrust this body 't is not yours now 'T is mine 't is onely mine doe not seek wounds Sir For every drop of bloud you bleed Dem. I will Celia I will be carefull Cel. My heart that loves ye deerely Dem. Prethee no more we must part Drums a March Harke they march now Cel. Pox on these bawling Drums I am sure you 'll kisse me But one kisse what a parting 's this Dem. Here take me And doe what thou wilt with me smother me But still remember if your fooling with me Make me forget the trust Cel. I have done farewell sir Never look back you shall not stay not a minute Dem. I must have one farewell more Cel. No the Drums beat I dare not slack your honour not a hand more Onely this look the gods preserve and save ye Actus Secundus Scaena prima Enter Antigonus Carinthus Tymon Ant. What have ye found her out Char. We have hearkned after her Ant. What 's that to my desire Char. Your grace must give us time And a little meanes Ty. She is sure a stranger If she were bred or knowne here Ant. Your dull endeavours Enter Menippus Should never be employ'd Welcome Menippus Men. I have found her sir I meane the place she is lodg'd in her name is Celia And much a doe I had to purchase that too Ant. Dost think Demetrius loves her Men. Much I feare it But nothing that way yet can win for certaine I le tell your grace within this houre Ant. A stranger Men. VVithout all doubt Ant. But how should he come to her Men. There lies the marrow of the matter hid yet Ant. Has't thou been with thy wife Men. No sir I am going to her Ant. Goe and dispatch and meet me in the garden And get all out ye can Exit Men. I le doe my best sir Exit Tym. Blest be thy wife thou wert an arrant asse else Char. I she is a stirring woman indeed There 's a braine brother Tym. There 's not a handsome wench of any mettle VVithin an hundred miles but her intelligence Reaches her and out reaches her and brings her As confidently to Court as to a sanctuary VVhat had his mouldy braines ever arriv'd at Had not she beaten it out o th' Flint to fasten him They say she keeps an office of Concealements There is no young wench let her be a Saint Unlesse she live i th' Center but she findes her And every way prepares addresses to her If my wife would have followed her course Charinthus Her lucky course I had the day before him O what might I have been by this time Brother But she forsooth when I put these things to her These things of honest thrift groans ô my conscience The load upon my conscience when to make us cuckolds They have no more burthen then a brood-goose brother But let 's doe what we can though this wench faile us Another of a new way will be lookt at Come let 's abroad and beat our brains time may For all his wisedome yet give us a day Ex. Scaene 2. Drum within Allarme Enter Demetrius and Leontius Dem. I will not see 'em fall thus give me way sir I shall forget you love me else Leo. VVill ye lose all For me to be forgotten to be hated Nay never to have been a man is nothing So you and those we have preserv'd from slaughter Come safely off Dem. I have lost my selfe Leo. You are cozn'd Dem. And am most miserable Leo. There 's no man so but he that makes himself so Dem. I will goe on Leo. You must not I shall tell you then And tell you true that man's unfit to governe That cannot guide himselfe you lead an Army That have not so much manly suff'rance left yee To beare a losse Dem. Charge but once more Leontius My friends and my companions are engag'd all Leo. Nay give 'em lost I saw 'em off their horses And the enemy master of their Armes nor could then The policie nor strength of man redeem 'em Dem. And shall I know this and stand fooling Leo. By my dead fathers soule you stir not sir Or if you doe you make your way through me first Dem. Thou art a Coward Leo. To prevent a Madman None but your fathers Son durst call me so Death if he did Must I be scandall'd by ye That hedg'd in all the helps I had to save ye That where there was a valiant weapon stirring Both search'd it out and singl'd it unedg'd it For feare it should bite you am I a coward Goe get ye up and tell 'em ye are the Kings Sonne Hang all your Ladies favours on your Crest And let them fight their shares spurre to destruction You cannot misse the way be bravely desperate And your young friends before ye that lost this battell Your honourable friends that knew no order Cry out Antigonus the old Antigonus The wise and fortunate Antigonus The great the valiant and the fear'd
me ye had best and kill an innocent Brother why Cosen by this light I le die too This Gentleman is temperate be you merciful Alas the Swords Am. You had best run me through the belly 'T will be a valiant thrust Ism. I faint amongst ye Ant. Pray ye be not fearful I have done sweet Lady My sword's already aw'd and shall obey ye I come not here to violate sweet beauty I bow to that Ism. Brother you see this Gentleman This Noble Gentleman Lis. Let him avoid then And leave our Walk Ant. The Lady may command Sir She bears an eye more dreadful then your weapon Ism. What a sweet nature this man has dear brother Put up your sword Ter. Let them put up and walk then Ant. No more loud words there 's time enough before us For shame put up do honour to these beauties Mar. Our way is this We will not be denyde it Ter. And ours is this we will not be cross'd in it Ant. What ere your way is Lady 't is a fair one And may it never meet with rude hands more Nor rough uncivil Tongues Exeunt Ism. I thank ye Sir Indeed I thank ye nobly A brave Enemie Here 's a sweet temper now This is a man Brother This Gentleman's anger is so nobly seated That it becomes him Yours proclaim ye Monsters What if he be our House-Foe we may brag on 't We have ne'er a friend in all our House so honourable I had rather from an Enemie my Brother Learn worthy distances and modest difference Then from a race of empty friends loud nothings I am hurt between ye Am. So am I I fear too I am sure their swords were between my leggs deer Cosen Why look ye pale where are ye hurt Ism. I know not But here me-thinks Lis. Unlace her gentle Cosen Ism. My heart my heart and yet I blesse the Hurter Am. Is it so dangerous Ism. Nay nay I faint not Am. Here is no blood that I find sure 't is inward Ism. Yes yes 't is inward 't was a subtle weapon The hurt not to be cur'd I fear Lis. The Coach there Am. May be affright Ism. Aminta 't was a sweet one And yet a cruel Am. Now I find the wound plain A wondrous handsome Gentleman Ism. Oh no deeper Prethee be silent wench it may be thy cause Am. You must be searched the wound will rancle Cosen And of so sweet a nature Ism. Deer Aminta Make it not sorer Am. And on my life admires ye Ism. Call the Coach Cosen Am. The Coach the Coach Ter, 'T is ready bring the Coach there Lis. Well my brave enemies we shall yet meet ye And our old hate shall testifie Ter. It shall Cosen Exeunt Scaena secunda Enter Antonio and Martine Ant. Their swords alas I weigh 'em not deer Friend The indiscretion of the Owners blunts 'em The fury of the House affrights not me It spends it self in words Oh me Martine There was a two edg'd eye a Lady carried A weapon that no valour can avoyd Nor Art the hand of Spirit put aside O Friend it broke out on me like a bullet Wrapt in a cloud of fire that point Martine Dazled my sence and was too subtle for me Shot like a Comet in my face and wounded To my eternal ruine my hearts valour Mar. Methinks she was no such peece Ant. Blaspheme not Sir She is so far beyond weak commendation That impudence will blush to think ill of her Mar. I see it not and yet I have both eies open And I could judge I know there is no beauty Till our eies give it'em and make 'em hansom What 's red and white unles we do allow 'em A green face else and me-thinks such an other Ant. Peace thou leud Heretick Thou judge of beauties Thou hast an excellent sense for a signe-post Friend Dost thou not see I le swear thou art soon blind else As blind as ignorance when she appear'd first Aurora breaking in the east and through her face As if the Hours and Graces had strew'd Roses A blush of wonder flying when she was frighted At our uncivil swords didst thou not mark How far beyond the purity of snow The soft wind drives whitenes of innocence Or any thing that bears Celestial palenes She appear'd o' th' sodain Didst thou see her tears When she intreated O thou Reprobate Didst thou not see those orient tears flow'd from her The little Worlds of Love A sett Martine Of such sanctified Beads and a holy heart to love I could live ever a Religious Hermite Mar. I do beleeve a little and yet me-thinks She was of the lowest stature Ant. A rich Diamond Set neat and deep Natures chief Art Martine Is to reserve her Modells curious Not cumbersome and great and such a one For fear she should exceed upon her matter Has she fram'd this Oh 't is a spark of beauty And where they appear so excellent in little They will but flame in great Extention spoils 'em Martine learn this the narrower that our eies Keep way unto our object still the sweeter That comes unto us Great bodies are like Countries Discovering still toyle and no pleasure finds 'em Mar. A rare Cosmographer for a small Island Now I believe she is handsom Ant. Belive heartily Let thy belief though long a coming save thee Mar. She was certain fair Ant. But heark ye Friend Martine Do not believe your self too far before me For then you may wrong me Sir Mar. Who bid ye teach me Do you show me meat and stitch my lips Antonio Is that fair play Ant. Now if thou shouldst abuse me And yet I know thee for an arrant Wencher A most immoderate thing thou canst not love long Mar. A little serves my turn I fly at all games But I believe Ant. How if we never see her more Shee is our enemie Mar. Why are you jealous then As far as I conceive she hates our whole House Ant. Yet good Martine Mar. Come come I have mercy on ye You shall enjoy her in your dream Antonio And I 'll not hinder though now I perswade my self Enter Aminta with a Letter Ant. Sit with perswasion down and you deal honestly I will look better on her Mar. Stay who 's this Friend Ant. Is 't not the other Gentlewoman Mar. Yes a Letter She brings no challenge sure if she do Antonio I hope shee 'l be a Second too I am for her Am. A good houre Gentlemen Ant. You are welcom Lady 'T is like our late rude passage has powr'd on us Some reprehension Am. No I bring no anger Though some deserv'd it Ant. Sure we were all too blame Lady But for my part in all humility And with no little shame I ask your pardons Indeed I wear no sword to fright sweet beauties Am. You have it and this Letter pray ye Sir view it And my Commission 's done Mar. Have ye none for me Lady Am. Not at this time Mar. I am sorry for 't
late to give me back The yesterday I lost Mar. Indeed to say sooth Your opposition from the other part Is of more force there you run the hazzard Of every hour a life had you supply You meet your deerest enemy in love With all his hate about him 'T will be more hard For your Ismenia to come home to you Then you to go to Country Isabell Enter Julio Ant. Tush 't is not fear removes me Mar. No more your Unkle Jul. Oh the good hour upon you Gentlemen Welcome Nephew Speak it to your friend Sir It may be happier receiv'd from you In his acceptance Ant. I made bold Uncle To do it before and I think he beleeves it Mar. 'T was never doubted Sir Jul. Here are sports Dons That you must look on with a loving eye And without Censure 'lesse it be giving My country neighbours loves their yeerly offrings That must not be refus'd though 't be more pain To the Spectator then the painfull Actor 'T will abide no more test then the tinsell Wee clad our Masks in for an hours wearing Or the Livory lace sometimes on the cloaks Of a great Dons Followers I speak no further Then our own Country Sir Mar. For my part Sir The more absurd 't shal be the better welcom Jul. You 'll find the guest you look for I heard Cousen You were at Toledo th' other day Ant. Not late Sir Jul. O fie must I be plainer You chang'd the point With Tirso and Lisauro two of the Stock Of our Antagonists the Belides Ant. A meer proffer Sir the prevention Was quick with us we had done somewhat else This Gentleman was ingag'd in 't Jul. I am The enemie to his foe for it that wild-fire Will crave more then fair water to quench it I suspect Whence it will come I know not Enter two or three Gentlemen Ant. I was about a gentle reconcilement But I do fear I shall goe back agen Jul. Come come The Sports are coming on us Nay I have more guests to grace it Welcome Don Gostanco Giraldo Philippo Seat seat all Musick Cup. Love is little and therefore I present him Enter a Cupid Love is a fire therefore you may lament him Mar. Alas poor Love who are they that can quench him Jul. He 's not without those members fear him not Cup. Love shoots therefore I bear his bow about And Love is blind therefore my eyes are out Ma. I never heard Love give reason for what he did before Enter Bustofa for Paris Cup. Let such as can see see such as cannot behold Our goddesses all three strive for the ball of gold And here fair Paris comes the hopefull youth of Troy Queen Hecub's darling-son King Priams onely joy Mart. Is this Paris I should have taken him for Hector rather Bust. Paris at this time Pray you hold your prating Ant. Paris can be angry Jul. Oh at this time You must pardon him he comes as a Judge Mar. Mercy on all that looks upon him say I Bust. The thundring seas whose watry fire washes the whiting-Mops The gentle Whale whose feet so fell flies ore the mountain tops No roares so fierce no throats so deep no howls can bring such fears As Paris can if Garden from he call his Dogs and Bears Mar. I those they were that I feard all this while Bust. Yes Jack-an-Apes Mar. I thank you good Paris Bust. You may hold your peace and stand further out o' th' way then The lines will fall where they light Yes Jack-an-Apes he hath to sports and faces make like mirth Whilst bellowing buls the horned beasts do tosse from ground to earth Bloud Bear there is as Cupid blind Ant. That Bear would be whip'd for losing of his eyes Bust. Be whipped man may see But we present no such content but Nimps such as they be Ant. These are long lines Mar. Can you blame him leading Buls Bears in 'em Enter Shepherd singing with Ismena Aminta Florimell as Juno Pallas Venus and 3 Nymphs attending Bust. Go Cupid blind conduct the dumb for Ladies must not speak here Let shepherds sing with dancing feet and cords of musick break here Song Now Ladies fight with heels so light by lot your luck must fall Where Paris please to do you ease and give the golden Ball Dance Mar. If you plaid Paris now Antonio where would you bestow it Ant. I prethee Friend Take the full freedome of thought but no words Mar. Protest there 's a third which by her habit Should personate Venus and by consequence Of the Story receive the honours prize And were I a Paris there it should be Doe you note her Ant. No mine eye is so fixed I cannot move it Cup. The dance is ended Now to judgment Paris Bust. Here Juno here but stay I do espy A pretty gleeke comming from Pallas eye Here Pallas here yet stay agen methinks I see the eye of lovely Venus winks Oh close them both shut in those golden eyne And I will kisse those sweet blind cheeks of thine Juno is angry yes and Pallas frowns Would Paris now were gone from Ida's-downe They both are fair but Venus has the Mole The fairest hair and sweetest dimple hole To her or her or her or her or neither Can one man please three Ladies altogether No take it Venus tosse it at thy pleasure Thou art the lovers friend beyond his measure Jul. Paris has done what man can do pleas'd one Who can do more Enter Gerasto as Mars Mar. Stay here 's another person Ger. Come lovely Venus leave this lower Orbe And mount with Mars up to his glorious Spheare Bust. How now what 's he Flor. I 'm ignorant what to do Sir Ger. Thy silver-yoke of Doves are in the Team And thou shalt fly through Apollo's Beam I 'le see thee seated in thy golden Throne And hold with Mars a sweet conjunction Exit Bust. Ha what follows this has carried away my sister Venus He never rehears'd his part with me before Jul. What follows now Prince Paris Flor. within Help help help Bust. Hue and cry I think Sir this is Venus voice Mine owne sister Florinells Mar. What is there some Tragick-Act behind Bust. No no altogether Comical Mars and Venus Are in the old conjunction it seems Mar. 'T is very improper then for Venus Never cryes out when she conjoynes with Mars Bust. That 's true indeed they are out of their parts sure It may be 't is the Book-holders fault I le go see Exit Jul. How like you our Countrey Revells Gentlemen All Gent. Oh they commend themselves Sir Ant. Me-thinks now Juno and Minerva should take revenge on Paris It cannot end without it Mar. I did expect Insteed of Mars the Storm-Gaoler Eolus And Juno proffring her Deiopeia As satisfaction to the blustring god To send his Tossers forth Jul. It may so follow Le ts not prejudicate the History Enter Bustofa Bust. Oh oh oh oh Jul. So here 's a Passion towards Bust. Help help
kisse till then farewell Sweet Exeunt Actus quartus Scaena Prima Enter Antonio Martine Bustofa Mar. By all means discharge your follower Ant. If we can get him off Sirrha Bustofa Thou must needs run back Bust. But I must not unlesse you send A Bier or a Lictor at my back I do not use to run From my friends Ant. Well go will serve turne I have forgot Bust. What Sir Ant. See if I can think on 't now Bust. I know what 't is now Ant. A Pistolet of that Bust. Done you have forgot a device to send me away You are going a smocking perhaps Mar. His owne due due i'faith Antonio The Pistolet's his owne Ant. I confesse it There 't is now if you could afford out of it A reasonable excuse to mine Uncle Bust. Yes I can But an excuse will not serve your turn it must be a lie A full lie 't will do no good else if you 'll go to The price of that Ant. Is a lie dearer then an excuse Bust. Oh treble this is the price of an excuse but a lye is two more Look how many foyles go to a fair fall so many excuses to A full lye and lesse cannot serve your turn let any Tailor I' th' Towne make it Mar. Wie 't is reasonable give him his price Let it be large enough now Bust. I 'll warrant you cover him all over Ant. I would have proof of one now Bust. What scale my invention before hand you shall pardon Me for that well I 'll commend you to your Uncle and Tell him you 'll be at home at supper with him Ant. By no means I cannot come to night man Bust. I know that too you do not know a lye when you see it Mar. Remember it must stretch for all night Bust. I shall want stuffe I doubt 't will come to the other Pistolet Ant. Well lay out you shall be no loser Sir Bust. It must be faced you know there will be a yard of dissimulation At least City-measure and cut upon an untroth or two Lyned With Fables that must needs be cold weather 's coming if it had A galloon of hypocrisie 't would do well and hooked Together with a couple of conceits That 's necessity well I 'll bring in my Bill I 'll warrant you as fair a lye by that time I have done With it as any gentleman i' th' Town can swear too if he Would betray his Lord and Master Exit Ant. So so this necessary trouble 's over Mar. I would you had bought an excuse of him Before he went you 'll want one for Ismenia Ant. Tush there needs none there 's no suspition yet And I 'll be arm'd before the next encounter In a fast tye with my fair Isabel Enter Bustofa Mar. Yes you 'll find your errand is before you now Bust. Oh Gentlemen look to your selves ye are Men of another world else your enemies are upon you The old house of the Bellides will fall upon your heads Signior Lisauro Ant. Lisauro Bust. And Don what call you him he 's a Gentleman Yet he has but a Yeomans name Don Tarso Tarso and a dozen at their heels Ant. Lisauro Tarso nor a dozen more Shall fright me from my ground nor shun my path Let 'em come on in their ablest fury Mar. 'T is worthily resolved I 'll stand by you Sir This way I am thy true friend Bust. I 'll be gone Sir that one may live to tell what 's become of you Put up put up will you never learn to know a lye From an Esop's fables there 's a taste for you now Exit Enter Ismenia and Aminta Mar. Look Sir what time of day is it Ant. I know not my eies go false I dare not trust 'em now I prethee tell me Martin if thou canst Is that Ismenia or Isabella Mar. This is the Lady forget not Isabella Ant. If this face may be borrowed and lent out If it can shift shoulders and take other tyres So 't is mine where ere I find it Ism. Be sudden Exit Aminta I cannot hold out long Mar. Beleeve 't she frowns Ant. Let it come she cannot frown me off on 't How prettily it wooes me to come neerer How do you Lady since yesterdaies pains Were you not weary of my faith Ism. I think you were Ant. What Lady Ism. Weary of your faith 't is a burthen That men faint under though they bear little of it Mar. So this is to the purpose Ant. You came home In a fair hour I hope Enter Aminta Ism. From whence Sir Am. Sir there 's a Gentlewoman without desires to speak with you Ant. They were pretty homely toyes but your presence Made them illustrious Ism. My Cosen speaks to you Am. A Gentlewoman Sir Isabella She names her self Mar. So so it hits finely now Ant. Name your self how you please speak what you please I 'll hear you cheerfully Ism. You are not well Request her in she may have more acquaintance With his passions and better cure for 'em Am. She 's nice in that Madam poor soul it seems She 's fearfull of your displeasure Ism. I 'll quit her From that presently and bring her in my self Exit Mar. How carelesly do you behave your self When you should call all your best faculties To councell in you how will you answer The breach you made with fair Ismenia Have you forgot the retrograde vow you took With her that now is come in evidence You 'll die upon your shame you need no more Enemies of the house but the Lady now You shall have your dispatch Enter Ismenia like Juno Ant. Give me that face And I am satisfied upon whose shoulders So ere it growes Juno deliver us Out of this amazement Beseech you Goddesse Tell us of our friends how dos Ismenia And how does Isabella both in good health I hope as you your self are Ism. I am at farthest In my counterfeit my Antonio I have matter against you may need pardon As I must crave of you Ant. Observe you Sir What evidence is come against me what think you The Hydra-headed Jury will say to 't Mar. 'T is I am foold My hopes are pour'd into the bottomles tube T is labour for the house of Bellides I must not seem so yet but in sooth Lady Did you imagine your changeable face Hid you from me by this hand I knew you Ant. I went by the face and by these eies I Might have been deceived Ism. You might indeed Antonio For this Gentleman did vow to Isabella That he it was that lov'd Ismenia And not Antonio Mar. Good and was not that A manifest confession that I knew you I else had been unjust unto my friend T was well remembred there I found you out And speak your conscience now Ant. But did he so protest Ism. Yes I vow to you had Antonio Wedded Isabella Ismenia Had not been lost there had been her lover Ant. Why much good do you friend take her to you
'em some victuals and wine to cheer their hearts quick Hang up poor pilchers 2. Soul This is the bravest Captain Nen. Caratach I 'll leave you to your will Car. I 'll answer all Sir 2. Daugh. Let 's up and view his entertainment of 'em I am glad they are shifted any way their tongues else would still have murdred us 1. Daugh. Let 's up and see it Exeunt Enter Hengo Car. Sit down poor knaves why where 's this wine and victuals who waites there Suit within Sir 't is coming Hen. Who are these Uncle Car. They are Romans Boy Hen. Are these they that vex mine Aunt so can these fight they look like emptie scabbards all no mettle in 'em like men of clouts set to keep crows from orchards why I dare fight with these Car. That 's my good chicken And how do ye how do you feel your stomacks Jud. Wondrous apt Sir as shall appear when time calls Car. That 's wel down with 't a little grace will serve your turns eat softly you 'll choak ye knaves else give 'em wine Jud. Not yet Sir we 're even a little busie Hen. Can that fellow do any thing but eat thou fellow Jud. Away Boy away this is no boyes play Hen. By Uncle if his valour lie in 's teeth he 's the most valiant Car. I am glad to hear ye talk Sir Hen. Good Uncle tell me What 's the price of a couple of cramm'd Romans Car. Some twenty Britains boy these are good soldiers Hen. Do not the cowards eat hard too Car. No more boy Come I 'll sit with you too sit down by me boy Jud. Pray bring your dish then Car. Hearty knaves More meat there 1. Soul That 's a good hearing Car. Stay now and pledge me Jud. This little piece Sir Car. By square eaters More meat I say upon my conscience the poor Rogues have not eat this month how terribly they charge upon their victuals dare ye fight thus Jud. Beleeve it sir like devils Car. Wel said famine Here 's to thy General Jud. Most excellent Captain I wil now pledge thee Car. And to morrow night say to him His head is mine Jud. I can assure ye Captain He wil not give it for this washing Car. Wel said Daughters above 1. Daugh. Here 's a strange entertainment how the theeves drink 2. Daug. Danger is dry they look'd for colder liquor Car. Fil 'em more wine give 'em ful bowls which of you all now in recompence of this good dare but give me a sound knock in the Battell Jud. Delicate Captain to doe thee a sufficient recompence I 'll knock thy brains out Car. Do it Hen. Thou dar'st as well be damn'd thou knock his brains out thou skin of man Uncle I will not hear this Jud. Tie up your whelp Hen. Thou kill my Uncle Would I had but a sword for thy sake thou dry'd dog Car. What a mettle this little vermine caries Hen. Kill mine Uncle Car. He shall not child Hen. He cannot he 's a Rogue an onely eating Rogue Kill my sweet Uncle oh that I were a man Jud. By this wine which I will drink to Captain Junius who loves the Queens most excellent Majesties little daughter most sweetly and most fearfully I will do it Hen. Uncle I 'll kill him with a great pin Car. No more Boy I 'll pledge thy Captain To ye all good Fellows 2. Daugh. In love with me that love shall cost your lives all Come Sister and advise me I have here a way to make an easie conquest of 'em if fortune favour me Car. Let 's see ye sweat to morrow blood and spirit Boyes this wine turn'd to sterne valour 1. Soul Heark ye Judas if he should hang us after all this Jud. Let him I 'll hang like a Gentleman and a Roman Car. Take away there they have enough Jud. Captain wee thank you heartily for your good cheer and if we meet to morrow one of us payes for 't Car. Get 'em guides their wine Enter 2d Daughter and a Servant has over master'd 'em 2. Daugh. That hungry fellow with the red beard there give it him and this to see it well deliverd Car. Farewell knaves speak nobly of us keep your words to morrow Enter a Guide and doe something worthy your meat Go guide 'em and see 'em fairly onward Jud. Meaning me Sir Serv. The same The youngest daughter to the Queen intreats ye to give this privately to Captain Junius this for your pains Jud. I rest her humble servant Commend me to thy Lady Keep your files boyes Serv. I must instruct ye farther Jud. Keep your files there Order sweet friends faces about now Guide Here Sir here lies your way Jud. Blesse the founders I say Fairly good souldiers fairly march now close boyes Exeunt Scaena quarta Enter Swetonius Petillius Demetrius Decius Macer Swet. Bid me be wise and keep me where I am and so be safe not come because commanded Was it not thus Ma. It was Sir Petill. What now think ye Swet. Must come so hainous to him so distastefull Petill. Give me my money Dem. I confesse 't is due Sir and presently I 'll pay it Swet. His obedience so blind at his yeers and experience it cannot find where to be tendred Ma. Sir the Regiment was willing and advanc'd too the Captains at all points steel'd up their preparations full of resolve and confidence Youth and fire like the fair breaking of a glorious day guilded their Falanx when the angrie Penyus stept like a stormy cloud 'twixt them and hopes Swet. And stopt their resolutions Ma. True his reason to them was ods and ods so infinite discretion durst not look upon Swet. Well Penyus I cannot think thee coward yet and treacherous I dare not think thou hast lopt a limb off from me and let it be thy glory thou wast stubborn thy wisdome that thou leftst thy Generall naked Yet ere the Sun set I shall make thee see all valour dwels not in thee all command in one experience Thou wilt too late repent this and wish I must come up had been thy blessing Petill. Let 's force him Swet. No by no means he 's a torrent we cannot easily stemme Petill. I think a Traitor Swet. No il words let his own shame first revile him That wine I have see it Demetrius distributed amongst the souldiers to make 'em high and lustie when that 's done Petillius give the word through that the Eagles may presently advance no man discover upon his life the enemies full strength but make it of no value Decius are your starv'd people yet come home Dec. I hope so Swet. Keep 'em in more obedience This is no time to chide I could be angry else and say more to ye But come let 's order all whose sword is sharpest and valour equall to his sword this day shall be my saint Petill. We shall be holy all then Exeunt Enter Judas and his company Jud. Captain Captain I have brought 'em off again
and take our meat from us Cla. These are weak abject things that shew ye poor ones What 's the great service ye so oft have threatned If ye might see me and win my favour Jul. That businesse of discovery Mor. O I le tell ye Lady Lam. and so will I Fran. And I Pray let me speak first Mor. Good no confusion We are before a Lady that knows manners And by the next meat I shall eate t is certain This little Gentlewoman that was taken with us Cla. Your Captains sister she you mean Mor. I I she 's the businesse that we would open to ye You are cousned in her Lam. How what is 't you would open Fran. She is no sister Mor. Good sirs how quick you are She is no sister Madam Fran. She is his Mor. Peace I say Cla. What is she Mor. Faith sweet Lady She is as a man would say his Cla. What Lam. His Mistris Mor. Or as some new translators read his Cla. O me Mor. And why he should delude you thus Unlesse he meant some villany these ten weeks He has had her at Sea for his own proper appetite Lam. His Cabin-mate I le assure ye Cla. No sister say ye Mor. No more then I am brother to your beauty I know not why he should juggle thus Cla. Do not lie to me Mor. If ye find me lie Lady hang me empty Cla. How am I fool'd Away with 'em Juletta and feed 'em But hark ye with such food as they have given me New misery Fran. Nor meat nor thanks for all this Exit Cla. Make 'em more wretched O I could burst curse and kill now Kill any thing I meet Juletta follow me And call the rest along Iul. We follow Maddam Exeunt Enter Albert and Aminta Amin. I must be gone now else she may suspect me How shall I answer her Alb. Tell her directly Amin. That were too sudden too improvident Fires of this nature must be put out cunningly They 'l waste all come neere 'em else Farewell once more Alb. Farewell And keep my love entire Nay kisse me once again me thinks we should not part Amin. O be wise sir Alb. Nay one kisse more Amin. Indeed you 'r wanton Enter Clarinda Juletta Crolale Hippolita We may be taken too Cla. Out thou base woman By Heaven I le shoot 'em both Cro. Nay stay brave Lady hold A sudden death cuts of a Nobler vengeance Cla. Am I made Bawd to your lascivious meetings Are ye grown so wise in sin Shut up that villaine and sirra Now expect my utmost anger Let him there starve Alb. I mock at your mischiefes Exit Cla. Tie that false witch unto that Tree There let the savage beasts Gnaw of her sweetnesse and Snakes Embrace her beauties tie her and watch That none relieve her Hip. We could wish ye better fortune Lady But dare not help ye Amin. Be your own friends I thank ye Now onely my last audit and my greatest Enter Raymond O Heaven be kind unto me And if it be thy wil preserve Raym. Who is this Sure t is a woman I have trod this place And found much footing now I know t is peopl'd Ha let me see t is her face O Heaven turn this way mayd Amin. O Raymond O brother Raym. Her tongue to t is my sister what rude hand Nay kisse me first O joy Amin. Fly fly deere brother You are lost else Jul. A man a man a new man Raym. What are these Enter Juletta Crocale Clarinda Cro. An Enemy an Enemy Cla. Dispatch him Take him off shoot him straight Raym. I dare not use my sword Ladies Against such comely foes Amin. O brother brother Cla. Away with 'em and in darke prisons bind 'em One word replyd ye die both Now brave mother follow thy Noble Anger And I le help thee Exeunt Actus quintus Scaena prima Enter Rossella Clarinda Crocale Juletta Hippolita Ros. I am deaf to all your intreaties she that moves me For pity or compassion to these Pirates Digs up her fathers or her brothers Tombe And spurns about their ashes Couldst thou remember what a father thou hast once T would steele thy heart against foolish pity By his memory and the remembrance of his deere embraces I am taught that in a Noble cause revenge is Noble And they shal fall the sacrifices to appease His wandering Ghost and my incensed fury Cla. The new come prisoner to Ros. Him to Yet that we may learn Whether they are the same or neere ally'd To those that forc'd me to this cruell course Better their poore allowance and permit 'em To meet together and confer Within the distance of your eare perhaps They may discover something that may kill Despaire in me and be a means to save 'em From certain ruine Cro. That shal be my charge Ros. Yet to prevent All hope of rescue for this new come Captain Hath both a ship and men not far off from us Though ignorant to find the onely Port That can yeeld entrance to our happy Island Guard the place strongly and ere the next Sunne Ends his diurnall progresse I wil be Happy in my revenge or set 'em free Exeunt Enter Crocale Juletta Hippolita A Table furnisht Cro. So serve it plentifully And lose not time to enquire the cause There is a main design that hangs upon this bounty See the Table furnisht with Wine too That discovers secrets which tortures cannot open Open the doores too of the severall prisons And give all free entrance into this room Undiscover'd I can here marke all Enter Tib. Mast. Here 's Captain carelesse and the tough Ship-master The slaves are nos'd like Vultures How wilde they look Tib. Ha the mystery of this Some good Hobgoblin rise and reveale Mast. I am amazed at it nor can I sound the intent Tib. Is not this Bread Substantiall bread not painted Mast. But take heed You may be poysoned Tib. I am sure I am famisht And as the wise man says Gripes the guts as much as any Minerall This may be Treacle sent to preserve me After a long fast or be it Vipers spittle I le run the hazzard Mast. We are past all feare I le take part with ye Tib. Do and now yfaith how d' e feel your selfe I finde great ease in 't What 's here Wine and it be thy will Strong lusty Wine Well fooles may talke Of Metridate Cordials and Elixars But from my youth this was my onely Physick Here 's a colour what Ladies cheek Though ceruss'd over comes neere it It sparkles too hangs out Diamonds O my sweet heart how I will hug thee Again and again They are poor drunkards And not worth thy favours That number thy moyst kisses in these Christals Mast. But Mounsiuer Here are Suckets and sweet dishes Tib. Tush boys meat I am past it here 's strong food fit for men Nectar old lad Mistris of merry hearts Once more I am bold with you Mast. Take heed man Too much will
Bots. Where 's the Duke Gun I have not seen him stir to day Bots. O Gunner What bravery dwels in his age and what valour And to his friends what gentlenesse and bounty How long have we been inhabitants at Sea here Gun Some fourteen yeers Bots. By fourteen lives I swear then This Element never nourisht such a Pirate So great so fearlesse and so fortunate So patient in his want in Act so valiant How many saile of wel man'd ships before us As the Bonuto does the flying fish Have we pursued and scowerd that to outstrip us They have been fain to hang their very shirts on What Gallies have we bang'd and sunke and taken Whose onely fraughts were fire and stern defiance And nothing spoke but Bullet in all these How like old Neptune have I seen our Generall Standing i th' Poope and tossing his steel Trident Commanding both the Sea and Winds to serve him Gun His daughter too which is the honour Boteswain Of all her sex that Martiall mayd Bots. A brave wench Gun How oftentimes a fight being new begun Has she leap'd down and took my Linstock from me And crying now fly right fir'd all my chasers Then like the Image of the warlike Goddesse Her Target brac'd upon her arme her Sword drawn And anger in her eyes leap'd up again And bravely hal'd the Barke I have wondred Botswain That in a body made so delicate So soft for sweet embraces so much fire And manly soule not starting at a danger Bots. Her Noble father got her in his fury And so she proves a souldier Gun This to I wonder at Taking so many strangers as he does He uses them with that respect and coolnesse Not making prize but onely borrowing What may supply his want nor that for nothing But renders back what they may stand in need of And then parts lovingly Where if he take His Countreyman that should be neerest to him And stand most free from danger he sure pays for 't He drownes or hangs the men ransacks the Barke Then gives her up a Bonfire to his fortune Bots. The wrongs he has receiv'd from that dull Countrey That 's all I know has purchas'd all his cruelty We fare the better cheerly cheerly boys The ship runs merrily my Captain 's melancholy And nothing cures that in him but a Sea-fight I hope to meet a saile boy and a right one Gun That 's my hope too I am ready for the pastime Bots. I' th mean time let 's bestow a song upon him To shake him from his dumps and bid good day to him Ho in the hold Enter a Boy Boy Here here Botes. To th' main top boy And thou kenst a ship that dares defie us Here 's Gold Boy I am gon Exit Boy Bots. Come sirs a queint Levet Trump a levet To waken our brave Generall Then to our labour Enter Duke of Sesse above and his daughter Martia like an Amazon Sess. I thank you loving mates I thank you all There 's to prolong your mirth good morrow to you Daugh. Take this from me you 'r honest valiant friends And such we must make much of Not a sayle stirring Gun Not any within ken yet Botes. Without doubt Lady The wind standing so faire and full upon us We shal have sport anon But noble Generall Why are you still so sad you take our edge off You make us dull and spirit-lesse Sess. I le tell ye Because I wil provoke you to be fortunate For when you know my cause t will double arme you This woman never knew it yet my daughter Some discontents she has Daugh. Pray sir go forward Ses. These fourteen yeeres I have stoed it here at Sea Where the most curious thought could never find it Bots. Call up the Master and all the Mates Enter below the Master and Saylers Ses. Good morrow Mast. Good morrow to our Generall good one And to that Noble Lady all good wishes Daugh. I thank you Master Sess. Mark me thus it is then Which I did never think to have discovered Till full revenge had wooed me but to satisfie My faithfull friends thus I cast off my burden In that short time I was a Courtier And followed that most hated of all Princes Ferrant the full example of all mischiefes Compel'd to follow to my soule a stranger It was my chance one day to play at Chesse For some few Crowns with a mynion of this Kings A mean poor man that onely serv'd his pleasures Removing of a Rook we grew to words From this to hotter anger to be short I got a blow Daugh. How how my Noble father Ses. A blow my girle which I had soon repayd And sunk the slave for ever had not odds Thrust in betwixt us I went away disgrac'd Daugh. For honours sake not so sir Ses. For that time wench But calld upon him like a Gentleman By many private friends knockt at his valour Courted his honour hourely to repaire me And tho he were a thing my thoughts made sleight on And onely worth the fury of my footman Still I pursued him Nobly Daugh. Did he escape you My old brave father could you sit down so coldly Ses. Have patience and know all Pursued him fairly Till I was laught at scornd my wrongs made maygames By him unjustly wrong'd should be all justice The slave protected yet at length I found him Found him when he suppos'd all had been buried And what I had received durst not be questioned And then he fell under my Sword he fell For ever sunk his poore life like the ayre Blown in an empty bubble burst and left him No Noble wind of memory to raise him But then began my misery I fled The Kings frowns following and my friends dispaires No hand that durst relieve my Countrey fearfull Basely and weakly fearfull of a tyrant Which made his bad wil worse stood still and wondred Their vertues bedrid in e'm then my girle A little one I snatch'd thee from thy nurse The modell of thy fathers miseries And some small wealth was fit for present carriage And got to Seal where I profest my anger And wil do whilst that base ungratefull Countrey And that bad King have blood or means to quench me Now ye know all Mast. We know all and admire all Go on and do all still and still be fortunate Daught. Had you done lesse or lost this Noble anger You had been worthy then mens empty pities And not their wonders Go on and use your justice And use it still with that fell violence It first appeared to you if you go lesse Or take a doting mercy to protection The honour of a father I disclaim in you Call back all duty and will be prowder of The infamous and base name of a whore Then daughter to a great Duke and a coward Sess. Mine own sweet Martia no thou knowst my nature It cannot must not be Daugh. I hope it shal not But why sir do you keep alive still
With patience in despising all your cruelties And make you choke with anger Ses. Away I say Mar. Stay sir h 'as given you such bold language I am not reconcil'd to him yet and therefore He shall not have his wish observ'd so neerly To die when he please I beseech you stay sir Ses. Do with him what thou wilt Mar. Carry him to th' Bilboes And clap him fast there with the Prince Viro. Do Lady For any death you give I am bound to blesse you Exit Virolet and Saylors Mar. Now to your Cabin sir pray lean upon me And take your rest the Surgeons waite all for you Ses. Thou makest me blush to see thee bear thy fortuns Why sure I have no hurt I have not fought sure Mast. You bleed apace Sir Mart. Ye grow cold too Ses. I must be ruld no leaning My deepest wounds scorn Crutches All A brave Generall Flor. Trumpets Cornets Exeunt omnes Enter two Saylors 1 Sayl. Will they not moore her 2 Sayl. Not till we come to the Fort This is too weak a place for our defences The Carpenters are hard at worke she swims well And may hold out another fight The ship we took Burns there to give us light 1 Sayl. She made a brave fight 2 Sayl. She put us all in feare 1 Sayl. Beshrew my heart did she Her men are gone to Candy they are pepper'd All but this prisoner 2 Sayl. Sure he 's a brave fellow 1 Say A stubborn knave but we have pul'd his bravery He discovers Virolet and Ascanio in the Bilboes Look how he looks now come let 's go serve his dyet Which is but bread and water 2 Sayl. He 'l grow fat on 't Exeunt Saylors Ascan. I must confesse I have endured much misery even almost to the ruine of my spirit But ten times more grows my affliction To finde my friend here Viro. Had we serv'd our Countrey Or honesties as we have serv'd our follies We had not been here now Ascan. T is to true Virolet Viro. And yet my end in ventring for your safety Pointed at more then Ferrants will a base one Some service for mine own some for my Nation Some for my friend but I am rightly payd That durst adventure such a Noble office From the most treacherous command of mischiefe You know him now Ascan. And when I neerer knew him Then when I waited Heaven be witnesse with me And if I lie my miseries still load me With what teares I have woed him with what prayers What weight of reasons I have layd what dangers Then when the peoples curses flew like storms And every tongue was whetted to defame him To leave his doubts his tyrannies his slaughters His fell oppressions I know I was hated too Viro. And all mankind that knew him these confessions Do no good to the world to Heaven they may Let 's study to die well we have liv'd like coxcombs Ascan. That my mis-fortune should lose you too Viro. Yes And not onely me but many more and better For my life t is not this or might I save yours And some brave friends I have engag'd let me go It were the meritorious death I wish for But we must hang or drown like whelps Ascan. No remedy Viro. On my part I expect none I know the man And know he has been netled to the quick too I know his nature Ascan. A most cruell nature Vir. His wrongs have bred him up I cannot blame him Ascan. He has a daughter too the greatest scorner And most insulter upon misery Viro. For those they are toyes to laugh at not to lead men A womans mirth or anger like a meteor Glides and is gone and leaves no crack behind it Our miseries would seem like masters to us And shake our manly spirits into feavors If we respected those the more they glory And raise insulting Trophies on our ruines The more our vertues shine in patience Sweet Prince the name of death was never terrible To him that knew to live nor the loud torrent Of all afflictions singing as they swim A gall of heart but to a guilty conscience Whilst we stand faire but by a two-edg'd storm We find untimely fals like early Roses But to the earth we beare our native sweetnesse Ascan. Good sir go on Viro. When we are little children And cry and fret for every toy comes crosse us How sweetly do we shew when sleep steales on us When we grow great but our affections greater And struggle with this stubborn twin born with us And tug and pull yet still we finde a Giant Had we not then the priviledge to sleep Our everlasting sleep he would make us ideots The memory and monuments of good men Are more then lives and tho their Tombs want tongues Yet have they eyes that daily sweat their losses And such a teare from stone no time can value To die both young and good are natures curses As the world says ask truth they are bountious blessings For then we reach at Heaven in our full vertues And fix our selves new Stars crown'd with our goodnes Asc. You have double arm'd me Srange Musick within Hoboys Hark what noyse is this What horrid noyse is the Sea pleas'd to sing A hideous Dirg to our deliverance Viro. Stand fast now Within strange cries horrid noyse Trumpets Asc. I am fixt Viro. We feare ye not Enter Martia Let death appear in all shapes we smile on him Asc. The Lady now Viro. The face o th' Maske is alter'd Asc. What will she doe Viro. Do what she can I care not Asc. She looks on you sir Viro. Rather she looks through me But yet she stirs me not Mart. Poore wretched slaves Why do you live or if ye hope for mercy Why do not you houle out and fill the hold With lamentations cries and base submissions Worthy our scorn Viro. Madam you are mistaken We are no slaves to you but to blind fortune And if she had her eyes and durst be certain Certain our friend I would not bow unto her I would not cry nor aske so base a mercy If you see any thing in our appearance Worthy your sexes softnes and your own glory Do it for that and let that good reward it We cannot beg Mart. I le make you beg and bow too Viro. Madam for what Mart. For life and when you hope it Then will I laugh and triumph on your basenesse Asc. Madam t is true there may be such a favour And we may aske it too aske it with honour And thanke you for that favour nobly thank you Tho it be death but when we beg a base life And beg it of your scorn Viro. Y' are couzened woman Your handsomnesse may do much but not this way But for your glorious hate Mart. Are ye so stubborn Death I will make you bow Vir. It must be in your bed then There you may worke me to humility Mart. Why I can kill thee Viro. If you do it handsomely It
may be I can thank you else Mart. So glorious Asca. Her cruelty now workes Mart. Yet woot thou Virt. No Mart. Wilt thou for life sake Viro. No I know your subtilty Mart. For honour sake Viro. I will not be a Pageant My mind was ever firm and so I le lose it Mart. I le starve thee to it Viro. I le starve my selfe and crosse it Mart. I le lay thee on such miseries Viro. I le weare 'em And with that wantonnesse you do your Bracelets Mart. I le be a moneth a killing thee Viro. Poore Lady I le be a moneth a dying then what 's that There 's many a Callenture outdoes your cruelty Mart. How might I do in killing of his body To save his Noble mind Who waites there Enter a Saylor with a rich Cap and Mantle Sayl. Maddam Mart. Unbolt this man and leave those things behind you And so away Now put 'em on Unbolt him Exit Sailor Viro. To what end Mart. To my end to my will Viro. I will Mart. I thank you Viro. Nay now you thank me I le do more I le tell ye I am a servant to your curtesie And so far will be wooed but if this triumph Be onely aym'd to make your mischiefe glorious Lady y 'ave put a richer shroud upon me Which my strong mind shall suffer in Mart. Come hither And all thy bravery put into thy carriage For I admire thee Viro. Whither will this woman Asc. Take heed my friend Mart. Look as thou scorndst my cruelty I know thou doest Vir. I never fear'd nor flatter'd Mart. No if thou hadst thou hadst died I had gloried I suffer now and thou which art my prisoner Hast Nobly won the free power to despise me I love thee and admire thee for thy Noblenesse And for thy manly sufferance am thy servant Vir. Good Lady mock me not Mart. By Heaven I love thee And by the soule of love am one piece with thee Thy mind thy mind thy brave thy manly mind That like a Rock stands all the storms of fortune And beats 'em roaring back they cannot reach thee That lovely mind I dote on not the body That mind has rob'd me of my liberty That mind has darken'd all my bravery And into poor despis'd things turn'd my angers Receive me to your love sir and instruct me Receive me to your bed and marry me I le wait upon you blesse the houre I knew you Viro. Is this a new way Mart. If you doubt my faith First take your liberty I le make it perfect Or any thing within my power Viro. I love you But how to recompence your love with marriage Alas I have a wife Mart. Dearer then I am That will adventure so much for your safety Forget her fathers wrongs quit her own honour Pull on her for a strangers sake all curses Vir. Shall this Prince have his freedom too Else all I love is gone all my friends perish Mart. He shall Vir. What shall I do Mart. If thou despise my curtesie When I am dead for griefe I am forsaken And no soft hand left to asswage your sorrows Too late but too true curse your own cruelties Ascan. Be wise if she be true no thred is left else To guide us from this laborinth of mischiefe Nor no way for our friends Viro. Thus then I take you I bind ye to my life my love Mart. I take you And with the like bond tye my heart your servant W' are now almost at Harbour within this houre In the dead watch I le have the long boat ready And when I give the word be sure you enter I le see ye furnisht both immediately And like your selfe some trusty man shall wait you The watch I le make mine own onely my love Requires a stronger vow which I le administer Before we go Viro. I le take it to confirm you Mart. Go in there are the Keys unlock his fetters And arme ye Nobly both I le be with you presently And so this loving kisse Ascan Be constant Lady Exeunt omnes Enter the Duke of Sesse by Torchlight Master and Surgeon with him Surg. You grow so angry sir your wound goes backward Sess. I am angry at the time at none of you That sends but one poor subject for revenge I would have all the Court and all the villany Was ever practiz'd under that foule Ferrand Tyrant and all to quench my wrath Mast. Be patient Your grace may find occasion every houre For certaine they will seeke you to satisfy And to the full your anger Ses. Death they dare not They know that I command death feed his hunger And when I let him loose Sur. You 'l never heale sir If these extreames dwell in you you are old And burn your spirits out with this wild angers Ses. Thou liest I am not old I am as lusty And full of manly heat as them or thou art Mast. No more of that Ses. And dare seek out a danger And hold him at the swords point when thou tremblest And creepest into thy box of salves to save thee O Master I have had a dreadfull dream to night Me-thought the ship was all on fire and my lov'd Daughter To save her life leapt into th' Sea where suddainly A stranger snatch'd her up and swom away with her Mast. 'T was but the heate o' th fight sir Boateswain within Sailor Botes. Look out what 's that Sail. The long bote as I live Bote. Ho there i th long Bote She claps on all her Oares Ses. What noise is that Hoy. Mast. I hear sir Exit Master Boats The devill or his dam haile her agen boyes Ssail. The long boate ho the long boate Ses. Why the long boate Where is the long Boate Boat She is stolne off En. Master Ses. Who stole her O my prophetique soule Mast. Your daughter 's gone sir The prisoners and six Saylors rogues Ses Mischief six thousand plagues sale with 'em They 'r in her yet make out Mast. We have ne'r a Boate En. Gunner Gun Who knew of this trick Ses. Weigh Anchors and away Boat We ha' no winde sir They 'l beate us with their Oares Ses. Then sinke 'em Gunner O sink 'em sink 'em sink 'em claw 'em Gunner As ever thou hast lov'd me Gun I 'le do reason But I 'le be hangd before I hurt the Lady Exit Gun Ses. Who knew of this Trump a peece or two go off Mast. We stand all clear Ses. What divel Put this base trick into her tayle my daughter And run away with rogues I hope she 's sunk A peece or two Or torne to pieces with the shot rots find her The leprosy of whore stick ever to her En. Gunner O she has ruind my revenge Gun She is gone sir I cannot reach her with my shot Ses. Rise winds blow till you burst the aire Blow till ye burst the aire and swell the Seas That they may sink the starres O dance her dance her She s
poyson but a sleeping potion Which she received yet of sufficient strength So to bind up her sences that no signe Of life appeard in her and thus thought dead In her best habit as the custome is You know in Malta with all ceremonies She 's buried in her families monument In the Temple of St. Iohn I 'le bring you thither Thus as you are disguisd some six howers hence The potion will leave working Roc. Let us haste then Discover Tombe Mount Be my good angel guid me Abd. But remember You keep your Oath Mount As I desire to prosper In what I undertake Abd. I ask no more Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Miranda Norandine and Collonna Col. Here sir I have got the Key I borrowd it Of him that keeps the Church the door is open Mir. Look to the horses then and please the fellow After a few devotions I 'le retire Be not far off there may be some use of ye Give me the light come friend a few good prayers Were not bestowd in vaine now even from you sir Men that are bred in blood have no way left 'em No bath no purge no time to weare it out Or wash it off but penitence and prayer I am to take the order and my youth Loaden I must confesse with many follies Circled and bound about with sins as many As in the house of memory live figures My heart I 'le open now my faults confesse And rise a new man heaven I hope to a new life Nor. I have no great devotion at this instant But for a prayer or two I will not out sir Hold up your finger when you have praid enough Mir. Go you to that end Nor. I shall ne'r pray alone sure I have bin so us'd to answer the Clerk would I had a cushion for I shall ne'r make a good Hermit and knee till my knees are horn these stones are plaguy hard where shal I begin now for if I do not observe a method I shall be out presently Ori. Oh oh Nor. What 's that sir did ye heare Mir. Ha to your prayers Nor. 'T was here abouts t' has put me clean awry now I shall ne'r get in again ha by Land And water all children and all women I there it was I left Ori. Oh oh Nor. Never tell me sir Here 's something got amongst us Mir. I heard a groane A dismall one Ori Oh Oh Nor. Here t is here sir 't is here sir A devill in the wall Mir. T is some illusion To fright us from devotion Ori Oh oh Nor. Why t is here The spirit of a huntesman choakd with butter Her 's a new tomb new trickments too Mir. For certaine This has not bin three dayes here Nor. And a Tablet With rimes upon 't Mir. I prethee read 'em Norandine Nor. An Epi and Epi taff I think 't is I 't is taff an Epitaff Upon the most excell excell lent and Mir. Thou canst not read Nor. I have spoild mine eyes with gunpowder Mir. An Epitaph upon the most vertuous and excellent Lady The honor of Chastity Oriana Nor. The grand masters sister how a devil came she here When slipt she out o th' way the stone 's but half upon her Mir. T is is a sodain chang certain the mischiefe Mountferrat offerd to her broak her heart-strings Nor. Would he were here I would be the clerk my self And by this little light I would bury him alive here Her 's no lamenting now Ori. Oh oh Nor. There t is Mir. Sure from the monument the very stone groanes for her Oh deer Lady blessing of women vertue of thy sex How art thou set for ever how stolne from us Babling and prating now converse with women Nor. Sir it rises it looks up She rises up Mir. Heaven blesse us Nor. It is in womans cloathes it rises higher Mir. It looks about and wonders sure she lives sir T is she t is Oriana t is that Lady Nor. Shall I go to her Ori. Where am I Mir. Stand still Ori. What place is this Nor. She is as live as I am Ori. What sinell of earth and rotten bones what dark place Lord whether am I carried Nor. How she stares And sets her eyes upon him Mir. How is 't deer Lady Do you know me how she shakes Ori. You are a man Mir. A man that honours you Ori. A cruell man Ye are all cruell are you in your grave too For ther 's no trusting cruell man above ground Nor. Byr' Lady that goes hard Mir. To do your service And to restore ye to the joyes you were in Ori. I was in joyes indeed and hope Mir. She sincks againe Again she is gon she is gon gon as a shadow She sinks for ever friend Nor. She is cold now She is certainly departed I must cry too Mir. The blessed angels guide thee put the stone too Beauty thou art gon to dust goodnesse to ashes Nor. Pray take it well we must all have our houres sir Mir. I thus we are and all our painted glory A buble that a boy blowes in toth ' ayre And there it breaks Nor. I am glad ye sav'd her honour yet Mir. Would I had sav'd her life now too oh heaven For such a blessing such a timely blessing O friend what deer content 't would be what story To keep my name from wormes Oria Oh oh Nor. She lives again 'T was but a trance Mir. Pray ye call my man in presently Help with the stone first oh she stirs againe Oh call my man away Nor. I fly I fly sir Mir. Upon my knees O heaven O heaven I thank thee The living heat steales into every member En. Colonn Come help the Coffin out softly and sodainly Norand VVhere is the Clerk Col. Drunk above he is sure sir Mir. Sirah you must be secret Col. As your soule sir Mir. Softly good friend take her into your armes Nor. Put in the crust againe Mir. And bring her out there when I am a horseback My man and I will tenderly conduct her Unto the Fort slay you and watch what issue And what inquirie 's for the body Nor. Well sir Mir. And when ye have done come back to me Nor. I will Mir. Softly oh softly Nor. She growes warmer still sir Col. What shall I do with Key Mir. Thou canst not stir now Leave it i th' door go get the horses ready Exeunt Roc. The door 's already open the Key in it En. Rocca Mountferrat Abdella With a dark lanthorn Mount What were those past by Roc. Some scout of Souldiers I think Mount It may be well so for I saw their horses They saw not us I hope Abd. No no we were close Beside they were far off Mount What time of night is 't Abd. Much about twelve I think Roc. Let me go in first For by the leaving open of the door here There may be some body in the Church give me the Lanthorne Abd. You 'l love me now I hope Mount Make
mystery now why the Gentlemen weare but three barres of the crosse and the knights the whole one Mir. Why Captaine Nor. Mary sir to put us in remembrance we are but three quarters cross'd in our licence and pleasures but the poore Knights cross'd altogther the brothers at Armes may yet meet with their Sisters at Armes now and then in brotherly love but the poore Knights cannot get a Lady for love nor money 't is not so in other Countries I wis pray haste you for I 'le along and see what will come on 't Exit Mir. Collonna provide strait all necessaries For this remove the Lytter for the Lady And let Lucinda beare her company You shall attend on me Coll. With all my duties Exit Mir. How fare you gracious Mistresse Ori. O Miranda You pleas'd to honour me with that faire title When I was free and could dispose my selfe But now no smile no word no looke no touch Can I impart to any but as theft From my Gomera and who dares accept Is an usurper Mir. Leave us I have touch'd thee Thou fairer vertue then thou' rt beautifull Hold but this test so rich an one was never Altar ready Tapers booke Try'd by the hand of man on the vast earth Sit brightest Oriana is it sinne Still to professe I love you still to vow I shall doe ever heaven my witnesse be 'T is not your eye your cheeke your tongue no part That superficially doth snare young men Which has caught me read over in your thoughts The story that this man hath made of you And thinke upon his merit Ori. Onely thought Can comprehend it Mir. And can you be so Cruell thankelesse to destroy his youth That sav'd your honour gave you double life Your own and your faire Infants that when fortune The blind foe to all beauty that is good Bandied you from one hazard to another Was even heavens Messenger by providence Call'd to the Temple to receive you there Into these Armes to give ease to your throwes As if 't had thunder'd take thy due Miranda For she was thine Gomera's jealousie Strooke death unto thy heart to him be dead And live to me that gave thee second life Let me but now enjoy thee Oh regard The torturing fires of my affections Ori. Oh master them Miranda as I mine Who follows his desires such tyrants serves As will oppresse him insupportably My flames Miranda rise as high as thine For I did love thee 'fore my marriage Yet would I now consent or could I think Thou wert in earnest which by all the soules That have for chastity been sanctified I cannot in a moment I doe know thou 'ldst call faire temperance up to rule thy blood Thy eye was ever chaste thy countenance too honest And all thy woings was like maidens talk Who yeeldeth unto pleasures and to lust Is a poore captive that in Golden Fetters And pretious as he thinkes but holding gyves Frets out his life Mir. Find such another woman And take her for his labour any man Ori. I was not worthy of thee at my best Heaven knew I was not I had had thee else Much lesse now gentle sir Mirandas deeds Have been as white as Orianas fame From the beginning to this point of time And shall we now begin to staine both thus Think on the legend which we two shall breed Continuing as we are for chastest dames And boldest Souldiers to peruse and read I and read thorough free from any act To cause the modest cast the booke away And the most honour'd Captaine fold it up Mir Fairest let goe my hand my pulse beats thick And my mov'd blood rides high in every vaine Lord of thy selfe now Souldier and ever I would not for Aleppo this fraile Bark This barke of flesh no better fleeres-man had Then has Mountferrat's may you kisse me Lady Ori. No though 't be no essentiall injury It is a circumstance due to my Lord To none else and my deerest friend if hands Playing together kindle heate in you What may the game at lips provoke unto Mir. Oh what a tongue is here whil'st she doth teach My heart to hate my fond unlawfull love She talkes me more in love with love to her My fires she quencheth with her arguments But as she breathes 'em they blow fresher fires Sir further now my flame cooles husband wife There is some holy mystery in those names That sure the unmarried cannot understand Ori. Now thou art strait and do'st enamour me So far beyhind a carnall earthly love My very soule doats on thee and my spirits Doe embrace thine my minde doth thy mind kisse And in this pure conjunction we enjoy A heavenlyer pleasure then if bodies met This this is perfect love the other short Yet languishing fruition every Swaine And sweating Groome may clasp but our's refinde Two in ten ages cannot reach unto Nor is our spirituall love a barren joy For mark what blessed issue we 'll beget Deerer then children to posterity A great example to mens continence And womens chastity that is a childe More faire and comfortable then any heire Mir. If all wives were but such lust would not finde One corner to inhabit sinne would be So strange remission superfluous But one petition I have done Ori. What Sweet Mir. To call me Lord if the hard hand of death seize on Gomera first Ori. Oh much too worthy How much you undervalue your own price To give your unbought selfe for a poore woman That has been once sold us'd and lost her show I am a garment worne a vessell crack'd A zoane untide a Lilly trod upon A fragrant flowre cropt by anothers hand My colour sullyde and my odour chang'd If when I was new blossom'd I did feare My selfe unworthy of Mirandas spring Thus over-blown and seeded I am rather Fit to adorn his Chimney then his bed Mir. Rise miracle save Malta with thy vertue If words could make me proud how has she spoke Yet I will try her to the very block Hard-hearted and uncivill Oriana Ingratefull payer of my industries That with a soft painted hypocrisie Cozen'st and geer'st my perturbation Expect a witty and a fell revenge My comfort is all men will thinke thee false Beside thy husband having been thus long Enter Nor. Collonna Lucinda with a Childe on this occasion in my Fort and power I le heare no more words Captaine let 's away With all care see to her and you Lucinda Attend her diligently she is a wonder Nor. Have you found she was well delivered What had she a good Mid-wife is all well Mir. You are merry Norandine Luc. Why weepe you Lady Ori. Take the poor Babe along Col. Madam 't is here Ori. Dissembling death why didst thou let me live To see this change my greatest cause to grieve Exeunt Scaena secunda Enter Astorius Castriot Valetta Gomera Synnet Knights 2 Bishops Mountferrat guarded by Corporall and Souldiers Abdella a Gentleman with a cloake sword
and Spurres Gomara Val. A tender husband hast thou shew'd thy selfe My deerest brother and thy memory After my life in brazen Characters Shall monumentally be register'd To ages consequent till times running hand Beats back the world to undistinguish'd Chaos And on the top of that thy name shall stand Fresh and without decay Gom. Oh honour'd sir If hope of this or any blisse to come Could lift my load of griefe off from my soule Or expiate the trespasse 'gainst my wife That in one houres suspition I begat I might be won to be a man againe And fare like other husbands sleepe and eate Laugh and forget my pleasing penitence But till old nature can make such a wife Againe I vow ne're to resume the order And habits that to men are necessary All breath I 'le spend in sighes all sound in groanes And know no company but my wasting moans Ast. This will be wilfull murder on your self Nor like a Christian doe you beare the chance Which th' inscrutable will of heaven admits Gom. What would you have my weaknesse doe that Suffer'd it selfe thus to be practis'd on By a damn'd hell-hound and his agent dam The impious mid-wife to obortive birthes And cruell instrument to his decrees By forgery they first assail'd her life Heaven playing with us yet in that he wrought My deerest friend the servant to her vertue To combat me against his Mistresse truth That yet effectlesse this enchanting witch Bred banefull jealousie against my Lady My most immaculate Lady which seiz'd on her Almost to death Oh yet not yet content She in my hand put to restore her life As I imagin'd what did execute Their devillish malice farther great with childe Was this poore innocent that too was lost They doubled death upon her not staying there They have done violence unto her Tomb Not granting rest unto her in the grave I wish Miranda had injoy'd my prize For sure I 'm punish'd for usurping her Oh what a Tyger is resisted Lust How it doth forrage all Mount Part of this tale I grant you true but 't was not poyson given her Ab. I would it had we had been farre enough If we had been so wise and had not now Stood curtsing for your mercies here Mount Beside What is become o th' body we know not Val. Peace impudents And deere Gomera practise patience As I my self must by some meanes at last We shall dissolve this riddle Gom. Wherefore comes This villaine in the festivall array As if he triumph'd for his treacherie Cast. That is by our appointment give us leave You shall know why a non Enter Miranda Norandine Collona Val. One of the Esguard Esg. The Gentlemen are come Val. Truyce then a while With our sad thoughts what are you both resolv'd Nor. Not I my Lord your downe right Captain still I le live and serve you not that altogether I want compunction of conscience I have enough to save me and that 's all Bar me from drink and drabs ev'n hang me too You must ev'n make your Captaines capons first I have too much flesh for this spirituall Knighthood And therefore do desire forbearance sir Till I am older or more mortifide I am too sound yet Val. What say you Miranda Mir. With all pure zeale to Heaven duty to you I come to undergo it Val. Proceed toth ' ceremony Gom. Before you match with this bright honor'd title Admir'd Miranda pardon what in thought I ever did transgresse against your vertue And may you find more joy with your new bride Then poor Gomera ere in joyd with his But 't was mine own crime and I suffer for 't Long wear your dignity and worthily Whilst I obscurely in some corner vanish Mir. Have stronger thoughts and better first I crave According to the order of the Court I may dispose my captives and the fort That with a clean and purified heart The fittiler I may endue my roabe All T is granted Enter Oriana vaild Ladies Lucinda child Mir. Bring the captives To your charge And staid tuition my most noble friend I then commend this Lady start not off A fairer and a chaster never liv'd By her own choyce you are her Guardian For telling her I was to leave my fort And to abandon quite all worldly cares Her own request was to Gomeras hands She might be given in custody for sh 'ad heard He was a Gentleman wise and temperate Full of humanity to womenkind And cause he had bin married knew the better How to entreat a Lady Val. What Country woman is she Mir. Borne a Greek Val. Gomera 't will be barbarous to deny A Lady that unto your refuge flyes And seekes to shrowd her under vertues wing Gom. Excuse me noble sir oh think me not So dull a devill to forget the losse Of such a matchlesse wife as I posses'd And ever to endure the sight of woman Were she the abstract of her sex for forme The only warehouse of perfection Where there no Rose nor Lilly but her Cheek No Musick but her tongue vertue but hers She must not rest near me my vow is graven Here in my heart irrevocably breath'd And when I break it Ast. This is rudenesse Spaniard Unseasonably you play the Timonist Put on a disposition is not yours Which neither fits you nor becomes you Gom. Sir Cast. We cannot force you but we would perswade Gom. Beseech you Sir no more I am resolv'd To forsake Malta tread a Pilgrimage To faire Jerusalem for my Ladies soule And will not be diverted Mir. You must beare This Child along we then Gom. VVhat Child All How 's this Mir. Nay then Gomera thou art injurious This child is thine and this rejected Lady Thou hast as often known as thine own wife And this I 'le make good on thee with my sword Gom. Thou durst as well blaspheme if such a scandall I crave the rights due to a Gentleman Women unvaile Ori. Will you refuse me yet Gom. My wife Val. My sister Gom. Some body thank Heaven I cannot speak All All praise be ever given Mount This saves our lives yet would she had bin dead The very sight of her afflicts me more Then fear of punishment or my disgrace Val. How came you to the Temple Mir. Sir to do My poor devotions and to offer thanks For scaping a temptation ne'r perform'd VVith this faire virgin I restore a wife Earth cannot paralell and busie nature If thou wilt still make women but remember To work 'em by this sampler take heed sir Henceforth you never doubt sir Gom. VVhen I do Death take me sodainly Mir. To encrease your happinesse To your best wife take this addition Gom. Alack my poor knave Val. The confession The Moor made 't seemes was truth Nor. Mary was it sir the only truth that ever issud out of hell which her black jawes resemble a plague o' your bacon-face you must be giving drinks with a vengance ah thou branded bitch do' ye stare gogles I
the whole Christian world spectators were There by his son or were he by adoption Or nature his a brave Scene was presented Which I make choyce to speak of since from that The good successe of Alvarez had beginning Vil. So I love vertue in an enemy That I desire in the relation of This young mans glorious deed you 'ld keep your self A friend to truth and it Lam Such was my purpose The Town being oft assaulted but in vaine To dare the prow'd defendants to a sally Weary of ease Don Inigo Peralta Son to the Generall of our Castile forces All arm'd advanc'd within shot of their wals From whence the muskateers plaid thick upon him Yet he brave youth as carelesse of the danger As carefull of his honor drew his sword And waving it about his head as if He dar'd one spirited like himself to triall Of single valor he made his retreat With such a slow and yet majestique pace As if he still cald low'd dare none come on When sodainly from a posterne of the town Two gallant horse-men issued and o're-took him The army looking on yet not a man That durst relieve the rash adventurer Which Lucio son to Alvarez then seeing As in the vant-guard he sat bravely mounted Or were it pity of the youths misfortune Care to preserve the honour of his Country Or bold desire to get himselfe a name He made his brave horse like a whirle wind bear him Among the Combatants and in a moment Dischar'd his Petronell with such sure aime That of the adverse party from his horse One tumbled dead then wheeling round and drawing A faulchion swift as lightning he came on Upon the other and with one strong blow In view of the amazed Town and Campe He strake him dead and brought Peralta off With double honour to himselfe Vit. 'T was brave But the successe of this Lam. The Campe receiv'd him With acclamations of joy and welcome And for addition to the faire reward Being a massy chain of gold given to him By yong Peralta's Father he was brought To the Infantas presence kiss'd her hand And from that Lady greater in her goodnesse Then her high birth had this encouragement Go on youngman yet not to feed thy valour With hope of recompence to come from me For present satisfaction of what 's past Aske any thing that 's fit for me to give And thee to take and be assur'd of it Ana. Excellent princesse Vit. And stil'd worthily The heart bloud nay the soule of Souldiers But what was his request Lam. That the repeale Of Alvarez makes plaine he humbly begd His Fathers pardon and so movingly Told the sad story of your uncles death That the Infanta wept and instantly Granting his suit working the Arch-duke to it Their Letters were directed to the King With whom they so prevaild that Alvarez Was freely pardon'd Vit. 'T is not in the King To make that good Ana. Not in the King what subject Dares contradict his power Vit. In this I dare And wil and not call his prerogative In question nor presume to limit it I know he is the Master of his Lawes And may forgive the forfeits made to them But not the injury done to my honour And since forgeting my brave Uncles merits And many services under Duke D' Alva He suffers him to fall wresting from Justice The powerfull sword that would revenge his death I 'le fill with this Astrea's empty hand And in my just wreake make this arme the Kings My deadly hate to Alvarz and his house Which as I grew in years hath still encreas'd As if it cal'd on time to make me man Slept while it had no object for her fury But a weak woman and her talk'd of Daughter But now since there are quarries worth her sight Both in the father and his hopefull son I 'le boldly cast her off and gorge her full With both their hearts to further which your friendship And oathes will your assistance let your deedes Make answer to me uselesse are all words Till you have writ performance with your Swords Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Bobadilla and Lucio Luc. Go fetch my work this ruffe was not well starch'd So tell the maid 'thas too much blew in it And look you that the Partrich and the Pullen Have cleane meat and fresh water or my Mother Is like to hear on 't Bob. O good Sir Iaques helpe me was there ever such an Hermaphrodite heard of would any wench living that should hear and see what I do be wrought to believe that the best of a man lies under this Petticoate and that a Cod-peece were far fitter here then a pind-Placket Luc. You had best talk filthily do I have a tongue To tell my Mother as well as ears to heare Your ribaldry Bob. May you have ten womens tongues that way I am sure why my yong Mr. or Mistris Madam Don or what you wil what the devill have you to do with Pullen or Partrich or to sit pricking on a clowt all day you have a better needle I know and might make better work if you had grace to use it Luc. Why how dare you speak this before me sirha Bob. Nay rather why dare not you do what I speak though my Lady your mother for fear of Vitelli and his faction hath brought you up like her daughter and h 'as kept you this 20 year which is ever since you were born a close prisoner within dores yet since you are a man and are as wel provided as other men are me thinks you should have the same motions of the flesh as other Cavaliers of us are inclin'd unto Luc. Indeed you have cause to love those wanton motions They having hope you to an excellent whipping For doing something I but put you in mind of it With the Indian mayd the governour sent my mother From Mexico Bob. Why I but taught her a Spanish trick in charity and holp the King to a subject that may live to take grave Maurice prisoner and that was more good to the State then a thousand such as you are ever like to do and I wil tell you in a fatherly care of the Infant I speak it if he live as blesse the babe in passion I remember him to your years shall he spend his time in pinning painting purling and perfuming as you do no he shall to the wars use his Spanish Pike though with the danger of the lash as his father has done and when he is provoked as I am now draw his Toledo desperatly as Luc. You will not Kill me oh Bob. I knew this would silence him how he hides his eys If he were a wench now as he seems what an advantage Had I drawing two Toledos when one can do this But oh me my Lady I must put up young Master I did but jest O custom what ha'st thou made of him Enter Eugenia and Servants Eug. For bringing this be still my friend no more A servant to
wil give ye good councell Vit. That already You Have bestowd a Ribbon or a Glove Cla. Nay those are tokens for a waiting maid To trim the Butler with Vit. Your feather Cla. Fie the wenches give them to their Serving-men Vit. That little ring Cla. T will hold you but by th' finger And I would have you faster Vit. Any thing That I may weare and but remember you Cla. This smile my good opinion or my self But that it seems you like not Vit. Yes so well When any smiles I will remember yours Your good opinion shall in weight poize me Against a thousand ill Lastly your selfe My curious eye now figures in my heart Where I wil weare you till the Table breake So whitest Angels guard you Cla. Stay sir I Have fitly thought to give what you as fitly May not disdaine to weare Vit. What 's that Cla. This Sword I never heard a man speak till this houre His words are golden chaines and now I feare The Lyonesse hath met a tamer here Fie how his tongue chimes what was I saying Oh this favour I bequeath you which I tie In a love-knot fast nere to hurt my friends Yet be it fortunate 'gainst all your foes For I have neither friend nor foe but yours As ere it was to me I have kept it long And value it next my Virginity But good return it for I now remember I vow'd who purchas'd it should have me too Vit. would that were possible but alas it is not Yet this assure your selfe most honour'd Clara I le not infringe an Article of breath My vow hath offerd to ye nor from this part Whilst it hath edge or point or I a heart Exit Cla. Oh leave me living what new exercise Is crept into my breast that blauncheth clean My former nature I begin to finde I am a woman and must learn to fight A softer sweeter battaile then with Swords I am sick me thinks but the disease I feele Pleaseth and punisheth I warrant love Is very like this that folks talke of so I skill not what it is yet sure even here Even in my heart I sensibly perceive It glows and riseth like a glimmering flame But know not yet the essence on 't nor name Exit Actus tertius Scaena prima Enter Malroda and Alguazier Mal. He must not nor he shall not who shall let him You politique Diego with your face of wisdome Don-blirt the on your aphorismes Your grave and sage Ale physiognomy Do not I know thee for the Alquazier Whose dunghill all the Parish Scavengers Could never rid thou Comedy to men Whose serious folly is a for all To shoot their wits at whilst thou hast not wit Nor heart to answer or be angry Alg. Lady Mal. Peace peace you rotten rogue supported by A staffe of rottener office dare you check Anys accesses that I wil allow Piorato is my friend and visits me In lawfull sort to espouse me as his wife And who wil crosse or shall our enter-viewes You know me sirha for no Chambermaid That cast her belly and her wastcote lately Thou thinkst thy Constableship is much not so I am ten offices to thee I thy house Thy house and Office is maintain'd by me Alg. My house of office is maintain'd i th' garden Go too I know you and I have contriv'd Y' are a delinquent but I have contriv'd A poyson though not in the third degree I can say blacks your eye though it be grey I have connivd at this your friend and you But what is got by this connivency I like his feather well a proper man Of good discourse fine conversation Valiant and a great carrier of the businesse Sweet breasted as the Nightingale or Thrush Yet I must tell you you forget your selfe My Lord Vitellies love and maintenance Deserves no other Jack ith' box but he What though he gather'd first the golden fruit And blew your pigges-coat up into a blister When you did wait at Court upon his mother Has he not wel provided for the barne Beside what profit reap I by the other If you wil have me serve your pleasure Lady Your pleasure must accommodate my service As good be vertuous and poore as not Thrive by my knavery all the world would be Good prosper'd goodnesse like to villany I am the Kings vice-gerent by my place His right Lieutenant in mine owe precinct Mal. Thou art a right rascall in all mens precincts Yet now my paire of twins of foole and knave Looke we are friends there 's Gold for thee admit Whom I wil have and keep it from my Don And I will make thee richer then thou art wise Thou shalt be my Bawd and my Officer Thy children shall eate still my good night Owle And thy old wife sell Andyrons to the Court Be countenanced by the Dons and weare a hood Nay keepe my garden-house I le call her mother Thee father my good poysonous red-har'd Dill And Gold shall daily be thy Sacrifice Wrought from a fertill Island of mine owne Which I wil offer like an Indian Queen Alg. And I wil be thy divel thou my flesh With which I le catch the world Mal. Fill some Tobacco And bring it in if Piorato come Before my Don admit him if my Don Before my Love conduct him my deere devill Exit Alg. I wil my dear flesh first come first serv'd Wel said O equall Heaven how wisely thou disposest Thy severall gifts one 's born a great rich foole For the subordinate knave to worke upon Anothers poore with wits addition Which wel or ill us'd builds a living up And that too from the Sire oft discends Onely faire vertue by traduction Never succeeds and seldome meets successe What have I then to do with 't My free will Left me by Heaven makes me or good or ill Now since vice gets more in this vicious world Then piety and my stars confluence Enforce my disposition to affect Gaine and the name of rich let who wil practice War and grow that Way great religious And that way good my chiefe felicity Is wealth the nurse of sensuality And he that mainly labours to be rich Must scratch great scabs and claw a Strumpets itch Exit Scaena secunda Enter Piorato and Bobadilla with Letters Pio. To say sir I wil wait upon your Lord Were not to understand my selfe Bob. To say sir You wil doe any thing but wait upon him Were not to understand my Lord Pio. I le meet him Some halfe houre hence and doubt not but to render His sonne a man againe the cure is easie I have done divers Bob. Women do ye mean sir Pio. Cures I do mean sir be there but one sparke Of fire remaining in him unextinct With my discourse I le blow it to a flame And with my practice into action I have had one so full of childish feare And womanish hearted sent to my advice He durst not draw a Knife to cut his meat Bob. And how sir did you help him
if they had gon I would not have staid long after I would ev'n have died too bravely y'faith like a Roman-Steward hung my selfe in mine owne Chaine and there had been a story of Bobadilla Spindola Zancho for after ages to lament hum I perceive I am not onely not regarded but also not rewarded Alv. Prethee peace shalt have a new chaine next Saint Iaques day or this new gilt Bob. I am satisfied let vertue have her due And yet i am melancholy upon this atonement pray heaven the State rue it not I would my Lord Vitellies Steward and I could meet they should finde it should cost 'em a little more to make us friends well I will forsweare wine and women for a yeere and then I will be drunk to morrow and runne a whoring like a dogge with a broken bottle at 's taile then will I repent next day and forsweare 'em againe more vehemently be for-sworne next day againe and repent my repentance for thus a melancholy Gentleman doth and ought to live Assist. Nay you shall dine with me and afterward I le with ye to the King But first I will Dispatch the Castles businesse that this day May be compleat Bring forth the malefactors Enter Alguazier Pachieco Metaldi Mendoza Lazaril Piorato Malroda Guard You Alguazier the Ringleader of these Poore fellowes are degraded from your office You must restore all stolne goods you receiv'd And watch a twelve moneth without any pay This if you faile of all your goods confiscate You are to be whipt and sent into the Gallies Alg. I like all but restoring that Catholique doctrine I doe dislike Learn all ye officers By this to live uprightly if you can Exit Assist. You Cobler to translate your manners new Are doom'd to th' Cloyster of the Mendicants With this your brother botcher there for nothing To cobble and heel hose for the poor Friers Till they allow your pennance for sufficient And your amendment then you shall be freed And may set up againe Pach. Mendoza come Our soules have trod awry in all mens sight We 'l underlay 'em till they goe upright Exit Pach. Mend. Assist. Smith in those shackles you for your hard heart Must lye by th' heeles a yeer Met. I have shod your horse my Lord Exit Assist. Away for you my hungry white-loaf'd face You must to th' Gallies where you shall be sure To have no more bits then you shall have blowes Laz. Well though herrings want I shall have rowes Assist. Signior you have prevented us and punish'd Your selfe severeller then we would have done You have married a whore may she prove honest Pio. 'T is better my Lord then to marry an honest woman That may prove a whore Vit. 'T is a hansome wench and thou canst keepe her tame I le send you what I promis'd Pio. Ioy to your Lordships Alv. Here may all Ladies learne to make of foes The perfect'st friends and not the perfect'st foes Of deerest friends as some doe now a dayes Vit. Behold the power of love to nature lost By custome irrecoverably past the hope Of friends restoring love hath here retriv'd To her own habit made her blush to see Her so long monstrous metamorphoses May strange affaires never have worse successe Exeunt EPILOGUE OVr Author feares there are some Rebell hearts Whose dulnesse doth oppose loves peircing darts Such will be apt to say there wanted wit The language low very few scaenes are writ With spirit and life such odde things as these He cares not for nor ever meanes to please For if your selves a Mistresse or loves friends Are lik't with this smooth Play he hath his ends FINIS A PROLOGUE At the reviving of this Play STatues and Pictures challenge price and fame If they can justly boast and prove they came From Phidias or Apelles None deny Poets and Painters hold a sympathy Yet their workes may decay and lose their grace Receiving blemish in their limbs or face When the minds art has this preheminence She still retaineth her first excellence Then why should not this deere peece be esteem'd Child to the richest fancies that ere teem'd When not their meanest off-spring that came forth But bore the image of their fathers worth Beaumonts and Fletchers whose desert outwayes The best applause and their least sprig of Bayes Is worthy Phaebus and who comes to gather Their fruits of wit he shall not rob the treasure Nor can you ever surfeit of the plenty Nor can you call them rare though they be dainty The more you take the more you do them right And wee will thanke you for your own delight The Honest mans Fortune Actus primus Scena prima Enter the Duke of Orleans and the Earle of Amiens at severall doores Ame. MOrrow my Lord of Orleance Orl. You salute me like a stranger brother Orleance were to me a Title more belonging whom you call the husband of your sister Ami. Would the circumstances of your brotherhood had never offer'd cause to make our conversation lesse familiar I meet you like a hinderance in your way your great law suit is now upon the tongue and ready for a judgement Orl. Came you from the Hall now Ami. Without stay the Court is full and such a presse of people does attend the issue as if some great man were brought to his araignment Orl. Every mothers sonne of all that multitude of hearers went to be a witnesse of the misery your sisters fortunes must have come to if my adversary who did love her first had been her husband Ami. The successe may draw a testimony from them to confirme the same opinion but they went prepar'd with no such hope or purpose Orl. And did you intreat the number of them that are come with no such hope or purpose Ami. Tush your own experience of my heart can answer ye Orl. This doubtfull makes me clearly understand your disposition Ami. If your cause be just I wish you a conclusion like your cause Orl. I can have any common charity to such a prayer From a friend I would expect a love to prosper in Without exceptions such a love as might Make all my under takings thankfull to 't Precisely just is seldome faithfull in our wishes To another mans desires Farewell Exit Orl. Enter Montague having a Purse Duboys Longueville and Voramer the Page with two Gaskets Dub. Here comes your adversaries brother in law Long. The Lord of Amiens Dub. From the Hall I thinke Ami. I did so save your Lordship Mont. That 's a wish my Lord as courteous to my present state As ever honest mind was thankfull for For now my safety must expose it selfe To question yet to look for any free Or hearty salutation sir from you Would be unreasonable in me Ami. Why Mont. Your sister is my adversaries wife That neernesse needs must consequently draw Your inclination to him Ami. I will grant Him all the neernesse his alliance claimes And yet be nothing lesse impartiall My Lord of
manners you shall finde If I transgresse my custome you doe lie And are a villaine which I had rather yet My Sword had prov'd then I been forc'd to speake Nay give us leave and since you stand so haughtily And highly on your cause let you and I Without engaging these two Gentlemen singly determine it Long. My Lord you 'l pardon us Dub. I trust your Lordships may not doe us that affront Ami. As how Dub. We kisse your Lordships hand and come to serve you here with Swords Long. My Lord we understand our selves Dub. We have had the honour to be call'd unto the businesse and we must not now quit it on terms Ami. Not terms of reason Long. No no reason for the quitting of our calling Dub. True if I be call'd to 't I must aske no reason Long. Nor heare none neither which is lesse It is a favour if my throat be cut Your Lordship does me which I never can A noise within crying down with their Swords Nor must have hope how to requite what noise What cry is that my Lord upon your guard Some treachery is a foot Enter Lady Orleans Lamira Montague Lady O here they are My Lord deare Lady helpe me helpe me all I have so woefull interest in both I know not which to feare for most and yet I must prefer my Lord Deare brother You are too understanding and too Noble To be offended when I know my duty Though scarce my teares will let me so to do it Orl. Out loathed strumpet Lady O my dearest Lord If words could on me cast the name of whore I then were worthy to be loath'd but know Your unkindnesse cannot make me wicked And therefore should lesse use that power upon me Orl. Was this your art to have these actors come To make this interlude withdraw cold man And if thy spirit be not frozen up Give me one stroke yet at thee for my vengeance Ami. Thou shalt have stroakes and stroakes thou glorious man Till thou breathst thinner ayre then that thou talkest Lam. My Lord Count Amiens Lady Princely husband Orl. Whore Lam. You wrong her impudent Lord O that I had the bulke Of those dull men look how they stand and no man Will revenge an innocent Lady Ami. You hinder it Madam Lam. I would hinder you is there none else to kill him Lady Kill him Madam have you learn'd that bad Language O repent And be the motive rather both kill me Orl. Then die my infamy Mont. Hold bloody man Orl. Art thou their Basiliske Mont: To strike thee dead but that thy fate deserves some weightier hand Dub. Sweet my Lord Orl. O here 's a plot you bring your champions with you the adultresse with the adulterer Out howling Dub. Good my Lord Orl. Are you her Graces countenance Lady the receiver to the poore vicious couple Dub. Sweet my Lord Orl. Sweet rascall didst not thou tell me false fellow This Montague here was murdered Dub. I did so but he was falser and a worthlesse Lord Like thy foule selfe that would have had it so Long. Orleance t is true and shall be prov'd upon thee Mont. Thy malice Duke and this thy wicked nature are all as visible as thou but I borne to contemne thy iniuries doe know that though thy greatnesse may corrupt a Jury and make a Judge afraid and carry out a world of devils with thy title yet thou art not quiet at home thou bearest about thee that that doth charge thee and condemne thee too The thing that grieves me more and doth indeed displease me is to thinke that so much basenesse stands here to have encountered so much honour Pardon me my Lord what late my passion spake when you provok'd my innocence Orl. Yes doe O flattery becomes him better then the sute he weares give him a new one Amiens Ami. Orleance t is here no time nor place to jest or raile Poorely with you but I will finde a time to Whisper you forth to this or some fit place As shall not hold a second interruption Mont. I hope your Lordships honour and your life Are destined unto higher hazzards this is of A meaner arme Dub. Yes faith or none Long. He is not fit to fall by an honest Sword A Prince and lie Dub. And slander and hire men To publish the false rumours he hath made Long. And sticke 'em on his friends and innocents Dub. And practice against their lives after their fames Long. In men that are the matter of all leudnesse Bands thieves and cheaters it were monstrous Dub. But in a man of blood how more conspicuous Ami. Can this be Lady They doe slander him Orl. Hang them a paire of railing hangbies Long. How stand Orleance stay give me my Pistols boy Hinder me not by I will kill him Lady O stay his fury Ami. Longueville my friend Long. Not for my selfe my Lord but for mankind And all that have an interest to vertue Or title unto innocence Ami. Why heare me Long. For justice sake Ami. That cannot be Long. To punish his wives your honour and my Lords wrongs here whom I must ever call so for your loves I le sweare I le sacrifice Ami. Longaville I did not thinke you a murtherer before Long. I care not what you thought me Ami. By If thou attempt His life thy own is forfeit Mont. Foolish frantick man the murder will be of us not him Lady O God Mont. We could have kild him but we would not take The justice out of fates Singe but a haire of him thou diest Long. No matter shoot Ami. Villaine Dub. My Lord your sister is slaine Ami. Biancha Mont. O haplesse and most wretched chance Lam. Standst thou looking upon the mischief thou hast made Thou Godlesse man feeding thy blood-shot eyes With the red spectacle and art not turn'd to stone With horrour hence and take the wings of thy blacke Infamy to carry thee beyond the shoot of looks Or sound of curses which will pursue thee still Thou hast out-fled all but thy guilt Orl. O wish it off again for I am crack'd Under the burden and my heart will breake How heavy guilt is when men come to feele If you could know the mountaine I sustaine With horror you would each take off your part And more to ease me I cannot stand Forgive where I have wrong'd I pray Ami. Looke to him Montague Long. My Lords and Gentlemen the Lady is well but for feare Unlesse that have shot her I have the worst on 't that needs would venture Upon a tricke had like to ha' cost my guts Look to her she 'l be well it was but Powder I chargd with thinking that a guilty man Would have been frighted sooner but I am glad He 's come at last Lam. How is Byancha well Ami. Lives she see sister doth she breath Lady O Gentlemen thinke you I can breath That am restored to the hatefull sense Of feeling in me my deare husbands death O no I live
not life was that I left And what you have cal'd me to is death indeed I cannot weep so fast as he doth bleed Dub. Pardon me Madam he is well Lady Ha my husband Orl. I cannot speake whether my joy or shame Be greater but I thank the Heavens for both O look not black upon me all my friends To whom I will be reconciled or grow unto This earth till I have weept a trench That shall be great enough to be my grave And I will think them too most manly teares If they do move your pities it is true Man should do nothing that he should repent But if he have and say that he is sorry It is a worse fault if he be not truly Lam. My Lord such sorrow cannot be suspected Here take your honoured wife and joyn your hands she hath married you again And Gentlemen I do invite you all This night to take my house where on the morrow To heighten more the reconciling feast I le make my selfe a husband and a guest Exeunt Actus Quintus Scaena prima Enter Montague and Charlote Char. Well now I am sure you are mine Mont. I am sure I am glad I have one to own then you 'l finde me honest As these daies go enough poore without question Which beggars hold a vertue give me meat and I Shall do my worke else knock my shooes off And turn me out again Char. You are a merry fellow Mont. I have no great cause Char. Yes thy love to me Mont. That 's as we make our game Char. Why you repent then Mon. Faith no wors then I am I cannot be Much better I expect not I shall love you And when you bid me goe to bed obey Lie still or move as you shall minister Keep a foure-nobles Nag and a black Merling learn to love Ale and play at two-hand Irish And there 's then all I aime at Char. Nay sweet fellow I le make it something better Mont. If you doe you 'l make me worse Now I am poore and willing to doe wel Hold me in that course of all the Kings creatures I hate his coyne keep me from that and save me For if you chance out of your housewifery To leave a hundred pound or two bestow it In Plum-broth ere I know it else I take it Seeke out a hundred men that want this money Share it among 'em they 'l cry noble Montague And so I stand again at livery Char. You have pretty fancies sir but married once This charity will fall home to your selfe Mont. I would it would I am afraid my loosenesse Is yet scarce stopt though it have nought to worke on But the meere aire of what I have had Char. Pretty Mont. I wonder sweet heart why you 'l marry me I can see nothing in my selfe deserves it Unlesse the handsome wearing of a band For that 's my stocke now or a paire of garters Necessity will not let me loose Char. I see sir a great deale more a hansome man a husband To make a right good woman truely happy Mont. Lord where are my eyes either you are foolish As wenches once a yeere are or far worse Extreamly vertuous can you love a poore man That relies on cold meat and cast stockings One onely suit to his backe which now is mewing But what will be the next coate will pose Tristram If I should leavy from my friends a fortune I could not raise ten groats to pay the Priest now Char. I le do that duty t is not means nor money Makes me pursue your love were your mind bankrupt I would never love you Enter Lamica Mont. Peace wench here 's my Lady Lam. Nay never shrinke i' th wetting for my presence D' ee finde her willing Montague Mont. Willing Madam Lam. How dainty you make of it doe not I know You two love one another Mont. Certaine Madam I thinke ye 'ave revelations of these matters Your Ladyship cannot tell me when I kist her Lam. But she can sir Mont. But she will not Madam For when they talke once t is like fairy-money They get no more close kisses Lam. Thou art wanton Mont. God knows I need not yet I would be lusty But my provender scarce pricks me Lam. It shall be mended Montague I am glad you are grown so merry Mont. So am I too Madam Lam. You two will make a pretty hansome consort Mont. Yes Madam if my fiddle faile me not Lam. Your Fiddle why your Fiddle I warrant thou meanest madly Mont. Can you blame me alasse I am in love Char. T is very well sir Lam. How long have you been thus Mont. How thus in love Lam. You are very quick sir no I mean thus pleasant Mont. Ever since I was poore Lam. A little wealth would change you then Mont. Yes Lady into another suit but never more Into another man I le bar that mainly The wealth I get henceforward shal be charm'd For ever hurting me I le spend it fasting As I live noble Lady there is nothing I have found directly cures the melancholy But want and wedlocke when I had store of money I simper'd sometime and spoke wondrous wise But never laught out-right now I am empty My heart sounds like a bell and strikes at both sides Lam. You are finely temper'd Montague Mont. Pardon Lady if any way my free mirth have offended T was meant to please you if it prove too sawsie Give it a frown and I am ever silenc'd Lam. I like it passing well pray follow it This is my day of choice and shall be yours too T were pity to delay ye call to the Steward And tell him t is my pleasure he should give you 500 Crowns make your selfe hansome Montague Let none weare better cloathes t is for my credit But pray be merry still Mont. If I be not and make a foole of twice as many hundreds Clap me in Canvas Lady Exeunt Enter La-poope Laverdine and Malycorne Lav. I am strangely glad I have found the mystery Of this disguised boy out I ever trusted It was a woman and how happily I have found it so and for my selfe I am sure One that would offer me a thousand pound now And that 's a pretty sum to make one stagger In ready gols for this concealment could not Buy my hope of her she 's a dainty wench And such a one I finde I want extreamly To bring me into credit beauty does it Mal. Say we should all meach here and stay the feast now what can the worst be we have plai'd the knaves that 's without question La-p. True and as I take it this is the first truth We told these ten yeeres and for any thing I know may be the last but grant we are knaves Both base and beastly knaves Mal. Say so then Lav. Well La-p. And likewise let it be considered we have wrongd And most maliciously this Gentlewoman We cast to stay with what must we expect now Mal. I there
prosper Though the State sinke for 't Cra. Now you are a Prince Fit to rule others and in shaking off The Bonds in which your Mother fetters you Discharge your debt to nature she 's your guide Follow her boldly Sir The. I am confirm'd Fall what may fall Cra. Yet still disguise your malice In your humility The. I am instructed Cra. Though in your heart there rage a thousand tempests All calmenesse in your lookes The. I shall remember Cra. And at no hand though these are us'd as agents Acquaint them with your purpose till the instant That we employ them t is not fit they have Time to consider when 't is done reward Or feare will keep them silent yet you may Grace them as you passe by 't will make them surer And greedier to deserve you The. I le move onely As you would have me Good day gentlemen Nay spare this ceremonious forme of duty To him that brings love to you equall love And is in nothing happier then in knowing It is return'd by you we are as one Sos. I am ore-joyd I know not How to reply but Era. Hang all buts my Lord For this your bounteous favour Nean. Let me speake If to feed Vultures hereafter the halter Has done his part or if there be a Hell To take a swindge or two there may deserve this Sos. We are ready Era. Try us any way Nean. Put us to it The. What jewels I have in you Cra. Have these soules That for a good looke and a few kinde words Part with their essence The. Since you will compell me To put that to the tryall which I doubt not Crates may be suddenly will instruct you How and in what to shew your loves obey him As you would binde me to you Cra. T is well grounded Leave me to reare the building Nean. We will doe Cra. I know it Era. Any thing you l put us to Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Leonidas Merione Beliza Servant Leo. Sister I reape the harvest of my labours In your preferment be you worthy of it And with an open bosome entertaine A greater fortune then my love durst hope for Be wise and welcome it play not the coy And foolish wanton with the offerd bounties Of him that is a Prince I was woo'd for you And won Merione then if you dare Beleeve the object that tooke me was worthy Or trust my judgement in me think you were Courted sued to and conquerd Mer. Noble brother I have and still esteeme you as a Father And will as farre obey you my heart speakes it And yet without your anger give me leave To say That in the choice of that on which All my lifes joyes or sorrowes have dependance It had been fit ere you had made a full And absolute grant of me to any other I should have us'd mine owne eyes or at least Made you to understand whether it were Within my power to make a second gift Of my poore selfe Leo. I know what t is you point at The Prince Theanos love let not that cheat you His vowes were but meere courtship all his service But practise how to entrap a credulous Lady Or grant it serious yet you must remember He 's not to love but where the Queene his Mother Must give allowance which to you is barr'd up And therefore study to forget that ever You cherisht such a hope Mer. I would I could Leo. But brave Agenor who is come in person To celebrate this Marriage for your love Forgives the forfeit of ten thousand lives That must have falne under the sword of war Had not this peace been made which generall good Both Countries owe to his affection to you O happy Sister aske this noble Lady Your bosome friend since I faile in my credit What palme Agenors name above all Princes That Greece is proud of carries and with lustre Rel. Indeed fame gives him out of excellent And friend I doubt not but when you shall see him He 'l so appeare to you Art sure 't is he Ser. As I live Madam Bel. Vertue enable me to containe my joy 'T is my Euphanes Ser. Yes Bel. And he 's in health Ser. Most certainly Madam Bel. I le see him instantly So prethee tell him Exit Ser. Mer. I yeeld my selfe too weake In argument to oppose you you may leade me Whither you please Leo. 'T is answer'd like my Sister And if in him you finde not ample cause To pray for me and daily on your knees Conclude I have no judgement Mer. May it prove so Friend shall we have your company Bel. Two houres hence I will not faile you Leo. At your pleasure Madam Exit Leo and Mer. Enter Euphanes Bel. Could I in one word speake a thousand welcomes And hearty ones you have 'em Fie my hand We stand at no such distance by my life The parting kisse you tooke before your travell Is yet a virgin on my lips preserv'd With as much care as I would doe my fame To entertaine your wish'd returne Euph. Best Lady That I doe honour you and with as much reason As ever man did vertue that I love you Yet looke upon you with that reverence As holy men behold the Sun the Starrs The Temples and their gods they all can witnesse And that you have deserv'd this duty from me The life and meanes of life for which I owe you Commands me to professe it since my fortune Affords no other payment Bel. Good Euphanes where benefits are ill conferr'd I had thought That for the trifling courtesies as I call them Though you give them another name you had Made ample satisfaction in th' acceptance And therefore did presume you had brought home Some other Language Euph. No one I have learn'd Yeelds words sufficient to expresse your goodnesse Nor can I ever chuse another theame And not be thought unthankfull Bel. Pray you no more As you respect me Euph. That charme is too powerfull For me to disobey it 'T is your pleasure And not my boldnesse Madam Bel. Good Euphanes Beleeve I am not one of those weak Ladies That barren of all inward worth are proud Of what they cannot truly call their owne Their birth or fortune which are things without them Nor in this will I imitate the world Whose greater part of men think when they give They purchase bondmen not make worthy friends By all that 's good I sweare I never thought My great estate was an addition to me Or that your wants took from you Euph. There are few So truly understanding or themselves Or what they doe possesse Bel. Good Euphanes Where benefits Are ill conferr'd as to unworthy men That turne them to bad uses the bestower For wanting judgement how and on whom to place them Is partly guilty but when we do favours To such as make them grounds on which they build Their noble actions there we improve our fortunes To the most faire advantage If I speake Too much though I
observe our Ceremonies what 's the matter What 's that ye stand at How Merione Asleep i' th street belike some sudden Palsie As she stept out last night upon devotion To tooke her farewell of her Virgin state The Ayre being sharp and piercing struck her suddenly See if she breath Leo. A little Quee. Wake her then 'T is sure a fit Ag. She wakes her selfe Give roome to her Quee. See how the spirits struggle to recover And strongly re-inforce their strengths for certaine This was no naturall sleep The. I am of your minde Madam Quee. No Sonne it cannot be The. Pray Heaven no trick in 't Good soule she little merits such a mischiefe Quee. She is broad awake now and her sence clears up 'T was sure a fit stand off Mer. The Queene my Love here And all my noble friends Why where am I How am I traunc'd and moaped i' th street Heaven blesse me Shame to my Sex o' th ground too O I remember Leo. How wilde she lookes Ag. Oh my cold heart how she trembles Mer. O I remember I remember Quee. What 's that Mer. My shame my shame my shame O I remember My never-dying shame The. Here has been villainie Quee. I feare so to Mer. You are no Furies are ye No horrid shapes sent to affright me Ag. No sweet We are your friends looke up I am Agenor O my Merione that loves you dearely And come to marry ye Leo. Sister what ayle ye Speake out your griefes and boldly Ag. Something sticks here Will choake ye else Mer. I hope it will Quee. Be free Lady You have your loving friends about ye Ag. Deare Merione By the unspotted love I ever bore ye By thine owne goodnesse Mer. O 't is gone 't is gone Sir I am now I know not what pray ye look not on me No name is left me nothing to inherit But that detested base and branded Ag. Speake it And how diseases of most danger Their causes once discover'd are easily cur'd My faire Merione Mer. I thanke your love Sir When I was faire Merione unspotted Pure and unblasted in the bud you honour'd White as the heart of truth then Prince Agenor Even then I was not worthy of your favour Wretch that I am lesse worthy now of pitty Let no good thing come neare me vertue fly me You that have honest noble names despise me For I am nothing now but a maine pestilence Able to poyson all Send those unto me That have forgot their names ruin'd their fortunes Despis'd their honours those that have been Virgins Ravish'd and wrongd and yet dare live to tell it The. Now it appeares too plaine Mer. Send those sad people That hate the light and curse society Whose thoughts are Graves and from whose eyes continually Their melting soules drop out send those to me And when their sorrowes are most excellent So full that one griefe more cannot be added My Story like a torrent shall devoure 'em Hark it must out but pray stand close together And let not all the world heare Leo. Speake it boldly Mer. And Royall Lady think but charitably Your Grace has known my breeding Quee. Prethee speake it Mer. Is there no stranger here send off your servants And yet it must be knowne I shake Ag. Sweet Mistris Mer. I am abus'd basely abus'd do you ghesse yet Come close I le tell ye plainer I am Whor'd Ravish'd and robb'd of Honour Leo. O the Divell Ag. What hellish Slave was this The. A wretch a wretch A damned wretch do you know the Villaine Lady Mer. No The. Not by ghesse Mer. O no The. It must be knowne Quee. Where was the place Mer. I know not neither Ag. O Heaven Is this the happy time my hope to this come Leo. Neither the man nor circumstances The. His tongue Did you not heare his tongue no voice Mer. None none Sir All I know of him was his violence Ag. How came ye hither Sweet Mer. I know not neither The. A cunning piece of Villany Mer. All I remember Is onely this Going to Vestas Temple To give the Goddesse my last Virgin prayers Neere to that place I was suddenly surpris'd By five or sixe disguis'd and from thence violently To my dishonour hal'd that Act perform'd Brought back but how or whether till I wak'd here The. This is so monstrous the gods cannot suffer it I have not read in all the villanies Committed by the most obdurate Rascalls An act so truly impious Leo. Would I knew him The. He must be known the Devill cannot hide him Quee. If all the Art I have or power can do it He shall be found and such a way of justice Inflicted on him A Lady wrong'd in my Court And this way rob'd and ruin'd The. Be contented Madam If he be above ground I will have him Ag. Faire vertuous Maid take comfort yet and flourish In my love flourish the staine was forc'd upon ye None of your wills nor yours rise and rise mine still And rise the same white sweet faire soule I lov'd ye Take me the same Mer. I kneele and thank ye Sir And I must say ye are truly honourable And dare confesse my will yet still a Virgin But so unfit and weak a Cabinet To keep your love and vertue in am I now That have been forc'd and broken lost my lustre I meane this body so corrupt a Volume For you to study goodnesse in and honour I shall intreat your Grace conferre that happinesse Upon a beauty sorrow never saw yet And when this griefe shall kill me as it must do Only remember yet ye had such a Mistris And if ye then dare shed a teare yet honour me Good Gentlemen expresse your pitties to me In seeking out this villany and my last suit Is to your Grace that I may have your favour To live a poore recluse Nun with this Lady From Court and Company till Heaven shall heare me And send me comfort or death end my misery Que. Take your own will my very heart bleeds for thee Ag. Farewell Merione since I have not thee I le wed thy goodnesse and thy memory Leo. And I her faire revenge The. Away let 's follow it For he is so rank i' th wind we cannot misse him Exeunt Scaena Quarta Enter Crates and Conon Cra. Conon you are welcome home yee are wondrous welcome Is this your first arrivall Con. Sir but now I reacht the Towne Cra. Ye' ar once more welcome then Con. I thanke ye noble Sir Cra. Pray ye do me the honour To make my poore house first Con. Pray Sir excuse me I have not seene mine owne yet nor made happy These longing eyes with those I love there what 's this a Taverne Cra. It seemes so by the outside Con. Step in here then And since it offers it selfe so freely to us A place made only for liberall entertainment Let 's seeke no further but make use of this And after the Greek fashion to our friends Crown
attend To intercede betweene him and his Justice And since the Law allowes as much to me As she can challenge let the milder sentence Which best becomes a Mother and a Queene Now overcome nor let your wisdome suffer In doing right to her I in my wrong Indure a second Ravishment Bel. You can free him Onely from that which do's concerne your selfe Not from the punishment that 's due to me Your injuries you may forgive not mine I plead mine owne just wreak which will right both Where that which you desire robs me of Justice 'T is that which I appeale to Mer. Bloody woman Dost thou desire his punishment Let him live then For any man to marry where he likes not Is still a lingring torment Bel. For one Rape One death 's sufficient that way cannot catch me Mer. To you I fly then to your mercy Madam Exempting not your Justice be but equall And since in no regard I come behind her Let me not so be undervalu'd in Your highnesse favour that the world take notice You so prefer'd her that in her behalf You kil'd that Son you would not save for me Mercy O mercy Madam Bel. Great Queen Justice Age. With what a Masculine constancy the grave Lady hath heard them both Leo. Yet how unmov'd she sits In that which most concernes her Con. Now she rises And having well waigh'd both their arguments Resolves to speak Euph. And yet againe she pauses O Conon such a resolution once A Roman told me he had seene in Cato Before he kill'd himself Que. 'T is now determin'd Merione I could wish I were no Queene To give you satisfaction no Mother Beliza to content you and would part Even with my being both might have their wishes But since that is impossible in few words I will deliver what I am resolved on The end for which all profitable Lawes Were made looks two waies onely the reward Of innocent good men and the punishment Of bad Delinquents Ours concerning Rapes Provided that same latter clause of Marriage For him that had falne once not then foreseeing Mankinde could prove so monstrous to tread twice A path so horrid The great Law-giver Draco That for his strange severity Was said to write his sterne Decrees in blood Made none for Parricides presuming that No man could be so wicked Such might be Lycurgus answere did he live for this But since I finde that in my Sonne which was not Doubted in any else I will adde to it He cannot marry both but for both dying Both have their full revenge You see Beliza You have your wish with you Merione I le spend a teare or two so Heaven forgive thee The. Upon my knees I do approve your judgement And beg that you would put it into act With all speed possible onely that I may Having already made peace with my self Part so with all the world Princely Agenor I aske your pardon yours my Lord Euphanes And Crates with the rest too I forgive you Do you the like for me Yours gracious Mother I dare not ask and yet if that my death Be like a Son of yours though my life was not Perhaps you may vouchsafe it Lastly that Both these whom I have wrong'd may wish my ashes No heavy burden ere I suffer death For the restoring of Meriones honour Let me be married to her and then dye For you Beliza Que. Thou hast made in this Part of amends to me and to the world Thy suit is granted call a Flamyn forth To do this holy work with him a Headsman Enter Flamyn and Executioner Raise up thy weeping eyes Merione With this hand I confirme thy Marriage Wishing that now the Gods would shew some miracle That this might not divorse it Cra. To that purpose I am their Minister stand not amaz'd To all your comforts I will do this wonder Your Majesty with your pardon I must speak it Allow'd once heretofore of such a Contract Which you repenting afterwards revok'd it Being fully bent to match her with Agenor The griev'd Prince knowing this and yet not daring To crosse what you determin'd by an Oath Bound me and these his followers to doe something That he might once enjoy her we sworne to it And easily perswaded being assur'd She was his Wife before the face of Heaven Although some Ceremonious formes were wanting Committed the first Rape and brought her to him Which broke the Marriage but when we perceiv'd He purpos'd to abuse our ready service In the same kinde upon the chaste Beliza Holding our selves lesse ty'd to him then goodnesse I made discovery of it to my Brother Who can relate the rest Euph. It is most true Quee. I would it were Euph. In every circumstance It is upon my soule For this knowne to me I wan Merione in my Ladies habit To be againe but willingly surpriz'd But with Agenor and her noble Brother With my approv'd friend Conon with such speed She was pursu'd that the lewd act scarce ended The Prince assur'd he had enjoy'd Beliza For all the time Meriones face was cover'd Was apprehended and brought to your presence But not till now discover'd in respect I hop'd the imminent danger of the Prince To which his loose unquenched heats had brought him Being pursu'd unto the latest tryall Would worke in him compunction which it has done And these two Ladies in their feign'd contentions To your delight I hope have serv'd as Maskers To their owne Nuptialls Quee. My choyce was worthy When first I look'd on thee as thou hast order'd All shall be done and not the meanest that Plaid in this unexpected Comedy But shall pertake our bounty And my Lord That with the rest you may seeme satisfi'd If you dare venture on a Queene not yet So farre in debt to yeares but that she may Bring you a lusty Boy I offer up My selfe and Kingdome during my life to you Ag. It is a blessing which I durst not hope for But with all joy receive All We all applaud it Quee. Then on unto the Temple where the rights Of Marriage ended we 'l finde new delights Exeunt Here endeth the Queene of Corinth VVomen pleas'd Actus primus Scaena prima Enter Bartello and Silvio Sil. T Is true she is a right good Princes and a just one And Florence when she sets has lost a Planet Bar. My Mistris I tell thee gentle Nephew There is not such another friend to goodnesse To down-right dealing to faith and true heart Within the Christian confines Before she blest us Justice was a Cheese-monger a meere Cheese-monger Weigh'd nothing to the World but mytes and maggots And a maine stinke Law like a Horse-courser Her rules and precepts hung with gawdes and ribbonds And pamper'd up to cousen him that bought her When she her selfe was hackney lame and founder'd Sil. But the sweet Lady Belvidere the bright one Bar. I there 's a face indeed O my deare Nephew Could a young fellow of thy fiery mettle
I le prove the man you ever wished Isab. You have blest me Exeunt Actus Quartus Scaena Prima Enter Silvio Sil. WHat labour and what travell have I runne Through And through what Cities to absolve this Riddle Diviners Dreamers Schoolemen deep Magitians All have I tride and all give severall meanings And from all hope of any future happinesse To this place am I come at length the country The people simple plaine and harmlesse witty Whose honest labours Heaven rewards with plenty Of Corne Wine Oyle which they againe as thankfull To their new Cropps new pastimes celebrate And crowne their joyfull harvests with new voyces By a rich farmer here I am entertain'd And rank't among the number of his Servants Not guessing what I am but what he would have me Here may be so much wit though much I feare it To undo this knotty question and would to Heaven Enter Soto with a Proclamation My fortunes had been hatch'd with theirs as innocent And never knowne a pitch above their plainnesse Soto That it is that it is what 's this word now this Is a plaguy word that it is r. e. a. that it is reason By your leave Mr. Soto by your leave you are too quick Sir Ther 's a strange par'lous T. before the reason A very tall T. which makes the word High Treason Sil. What Treason 's that do's this fellow understand Himselfe Soto Pitch will infect I le meddle no more with this geere What a Devill ayles this fellow this foolish fellow Being admitted to be one of us too That are the masters of the Sports proceeding Thus to appeare before me too unmorriss'd Do you know me friend Sil. You are my Matters Son Sir Soto And do you know what sports are now in season Sil. I heare there are some a foot Soto Where are your Bells then Your Rings your Ribanes friend your clean Napkins Your nosegay in your hat pinn'd up am not I here My fathers eldest Son and at this time Sir I would have ye know it though ye be ten times his servant A better man then my father far Lord of this Harvest Sir And shall a man of my place want attendance Sil. 'T was want of knowledge Sir not duty bred this I would have made suit else for your Lordships service Soto In some sort I am satisfied now mend your maners But thou art a melancholly fellow veng'ance melancholly And that may breed a insurrection amongst us Go too I le lay the best part of two pots now Thou art in love and I can guesse with whom too I saw the wench that twir'd and twinkled at thee The other day the wench that 's new come hither The young smug wench Sil. You know more then I feele Sir Soto Go too I le be thy friend I le speak a good word for thee And thou shalt have my Lordships countenance to her May be I have had a snap my self may be I may be no We Lords are allow'd a little more Sil. 'T is fit Sir I humbly thank ye you are too too tender of me But what Sir I beseech ye was that paper Your Lordship was so studiously Imployed in When ye came out a doores Soto Thou meanest this paper Sil. That Sir I think Soto Why 't is a Proclamation A notable piece of villany as ever thou heard'st in thy life By mine honour it is Sil. How Sir or what concernes it Soto It comes ye from the Duchesse a plaguy wise woman To apprehend the body of one Silvio As arrant a Rascall as ever pist against post And this same Silvio or this foresaid rascall To bring before her live or dead for which good service The man that brings him has two thousand Duckets Is not this notable matter now Sil. 'T is so indeed This Proclamation beares my bane about it Can no rest finde me no private place secure me But still my miseries like blood-hounds haunt me Unfortunate young man which way now guides thee Guides thee from death the Countrey 's laid round for thee O Claudio now I feele thy blood upon me Now it speaks lowdly here I am sure against me Time now has found it out and truth proclam'd it And Justice now cries out I must die for it Soto Hast thou read it Sil. Yes Soto And dost thou know that Silvio Sil. I never saw him Sir Soto I have and know him too I know him as well as I know thee and better And if I light upon him for a trick he plaid me once A certaine kinde of dog-trick I le so fiddle him Two thousand Duckets I le so pepper him And with that money I le turne Gentleman Worth a browne Bakers dozen of such Silvio's Sil. There is no staying here this rogue will know me And for the money sake betray me too I must bethink me suddenly and safely Enter Morrisdancers Soto Mine owne deare Lady have at thy honey-comb Now for the honour of our Towne Boyes trace sweetly Cry within of Arme Arme What a vengeance ayles this whobub pox refuse 'em Cannot they let us dance in our owne defence here Enter Farmer and Captaine Capt. Arme honest friends arme suddenly bravely And with your antient resolutions follow me Look how the Beacons show like comets your poor neighbours Run maddingly affrighted through the Villages Syennas Duke is up burnes all before him And with his sword makes thousand mothers childlesse Soto What 's this to our Morrisdancers Sil. This may serve my turne Soto There 's ne're a Duke in Christendome but loves a May-game Cap. At a Horse you were alwaies ceaz'd put your Son on him And arme him well i' th States name I command ye And they that dare go voluntary shall receive reward Soto I dare go no way Sir this is strange Master Captaine You cannot be content to spoile our sport here Which I do not think your Worship 's able to answer But you must set us together by the ears with I know not who to We are for the bodily part o' th dance Cap. Arme him suddenly This is no time to foole I shall returne ye else A rebell to the Generall State and Duchesse And how you 'l answer then Far. I have no more Sons Sir This is my onely boy I beseech ye Master Captain Soto I am a rank coward too to say the truth Sir I never had good luck at buffets neither Far. Here 's vorty shillings spare the childe Cap. I cannot Soto Are ye a man will ye cast away a May-Lord Shall all the wenches in the Country curse ye Sil. An 't please you Captaine I le supply his person 'T is pitty their old custome should be frighted Let me have Horse and good Armes I le serve willingly And if I shrink a foot of ground Hell take me Cap. A promising aspect face full of courage I le take this man and thank ye too Far. Ther 's for thee 'T is in a clout but good old gold Sil. I
my Master 's comming Bar. The Devill come and go with him Pen. The Devill 's come indeed he brings your wife Sir Isab. We are undone undone then Bar. My wife with him Why this is a dismall day Pen. They are hard by too Sir Bar. I must not dare not see her Isab. Nor my Husband For twenty thousand pound Bar. That I were a Cat now Or any thing could run into a Bench-hole Saint Anthonies Fire upon the Rogue has brought her Where shall I be just in the nick o th' matter When I had her at my mercy think for heaven sake My wife all the wilde furies hell has Pen. Up the Chimney Bar. They 'l smoke me out there presently Isab. There there it must be there We are all undone else it must be up the Chimney Bar. Give me a Ladder Isab. You must use your Art Sir Alas we have no Ladders Bar. Pox o' thy husband Do's he never mend his house Pen. No nor himselfe neither Up nimbly Sir up nimbly Bar. Thou know'st I am fat Thou mercilesse leane Rogue Pen. Will ye be kill'd For if he take ye Bar. Lend me thy shoulder Pen. Soft Sir You 'l tread my shoulder-bones into my sides else Have ye fast hold o th' barrs Bar. A vengeance bar 'em Isab. Patience good Captain patience quickly quickly Bar. Do you think I am made of smoke Pen. Now he talkes of smoke What if my Master should call for fire Bar. Will ye Martyr me Isab. He must needs have it Bar. Will ye make me Bacon Isab. We 'l do the best we can are all things ready Pen. All all I have 'em all Bar. Go let 'em in then Not a word now on your life Bar. I hang like a Meteor Enter Lopez and Rodope Lop. You are welcome Lady Rho. You are too too curteous But I shall make amends faire Isabella Isab. Welcome my worthy friend most kindely welcome Rho. I heare on 't and I le fit him for his foolery Lop. Some sweet meats wife some sweet meats presently Bart. O my sowre sauce Lop. Away quick Isabella Exit Isab. Did you heare him Rho. Yes yes perfectly proceed Sir Lop. Speake loud enough Dare ye at length but pitty me Rho. 'Faith Sir you have us'd so many reasons to me And those so powerfully Lop. Keep this kisse for me Bar. And do I stand and heare this Rho. This for me Sir This is some comfort now Alas my Husband But why Do I think of so poore a fellow So wretched so debosh'd Bar. That 's I I am bound to heare it Rho. I dare not lye with him he is so ranke a Whore-master Lop. And that 's a dangerous point Rho. Upon my conscience Sir He would stick a thousand base diseases on me Bar. And now must I say nothing Lop. I am sound Lady Rho. That 's it that makes me love ye Lop. Let 's kisse againe then Rho. Do do Bar. Do the Devill And the grand Pox do with ye Lop. Do ye heare him well Enter Penurio and Isabella Now what 's the newes with you Pen. The sound of War Sir Comes still along The Duke will charge the City We have lost they say Lop. What shall become of me then And my poore wealth Bar. Even hang'd I hope Rho. Remove your Jewells presently And what you have of wealth into the Cittadell I here all 's secure Lop. I humbly thank ye Lady Penurio get me some can climbe the Chimney For there my Jewells are my best my richest I hid 'em fearing such a blow Pen. Most happily I have two Boyes that use to sweep fould Chimnies Truly I brought 'em Sir to mock your worship For the great Fires ye keep and the full diet Lop. I forgive thee knave where are they Pen. Here Sir here Mounsieur Black will your small worship mount Enter two Boyes 1 Boy Madam è be com to creep up into your Chimney and make you Boy sings Cleane as any Lady in de world Ma litla litla frera and è Chanta frere chanta Pen. Come Mounsieur mounte mountè mount Mounsieur Mustard-pot Boy sings 1 Boy Mounsieur è have dis for votra barba ple ta von Mounsieur Pen. Mòunte Mounsieur mountè dere be some fine tings 1 Boy Me will creep like de Ferret Mounsieur Pen. Dere in the Chimney The Boy above singing 1 Boy He be de sheilde due shauson Madam Boy goes in behinde the Arras Pen. There 's a Birds-nest I wound have ye climbe it Mounsieur Up my fine singing Mounsieur that 's a fine Mounsieur Lop. Watch him he do not steale Pen. I warrant ye Sir Lop. These Boyes are knavish Boy within Madam here be de Rat de Rat Madam Pen. I le looke to him tithly Lop. Lord what comes here Boy sings upon Bartellas shoulder A walking apparition Isab. Saint Christopher Rho. Mercy o' me what is it How like my Husband it lookes Bar. Get ye downe Devill I le breake your neck else was ever man thus chimnied Lop. Go pay the Boyes well see them satisfied Pen. Come Mounsieur Devills come my Black-berries I le butter ye o' both sides Boye Exit saying Adieu Madam adieu Madam Isab. Nay ev'n look Sir are you cooled now Captaine Bar. I am Cuckolled and fool'd to boot too Fool'd fearefully fool'd shamefully Lop. You are welcome Sir I am glad I have any thing within these doores Sir To make ye merry you love my wife I thank ye You have shew'd your love Bar. Wife am I this this odde matter This monstrous thing Rho. You ought but yet you are not I have been bold with you Sir but yet not basely As I have faith I have not Lop. Sir beleeve it 'T was all meant but to make you feele your trespasse We new your howre and all this fashion'd for it Bar. Were you o th' plot too Isab. Yes by my troth sweet Captaine Bar. You will forgive me wife Rho. You will deserve it Bar. Put that toth ' venture Rho: Thus am I friends againe then And as you ne're had gone astray thus kisse ye Bar. And I le kisse you and you too ask forgivenesse Kisse my wife Lopez 't is but in jest remember And now all friends together to my Castle Where we 'l all dine and there discourse these stories And let him be Chimney-swept in 's lust that glories Exe. Scaena Q a ta Enter Silvio and Belvidere severally Sil. Haile reverent Dame heaven wait upon thy studies Bel. You are well met Son what is the Battell ended Sil. Mother 't is done Bel. How has thy honour prosper'd Sil. The Dutchesse has the day Syenna's Prisoner Arm'd with thy powrefull Art this arme dismounted him Receiv'd him then on foot and in faire valour Forc'd him mine owne this Jewell I tooke from him It hung upon his cask the Victors triumph And to the Dutchesse now a Prisoner I have renderd him Come off againe unknown Mother Bel. 'T is well done let me see he jewell Son 'T
hangd 't is the surer contract Cle. What think you of this marriage of Valerios Tony. They have given him a hot custard and meane to burne his mouth with it had I knowne he had been given to die honourably I would have helpt him to a wench a rare one should have kill'd him in three weeks and sav'd the sentence Cam. There be them would have spared ten daies of that too Ton. It may be so you have women of all vertues There be some Guns that I could bring him too Some Morter-peeces that are plac'd i' th Suburbs Would teare him into quartets in two houres There be also of the race of the old Cockatrices That would dispatch him with once looking on him Men. What Month wouldst thou chuse Tony if thou hadst the like fortune Ton. I would chuse a mull'd Sack month to comfort my belly for sure my back would ake for 't and at the months end I would be most dismally drunk scorn the gallows Me. I would chuse March for I would come in like a Lion To. But you 'ld go out like a Lamb when you went to hanging Ca. I would take April take the sweet o' th year And kisse my wench upon the tender flowers Tumble on every Greene and as the birds sung Embrace and melt away my soule in pleasure Ton. You would go a Maying gayly to the gallowes Clean. Prethee tell us some newes Tony. I le tell ye all I know You may be honest and poore fooles as I am And blow your fingers ends Cam. That 's no newes foole Ton. You may be knaves then when you please starke knaves And build faire houses but your heires shall have none of 'em Men. These are undoubted Ton. Truth is not worth the hearing I le tell you newes then There was a drunken Saylor That got a Marmaid with childe as she went a milking And now she sues him in the bawdy Court for it The infant Monster is brought up in fish-street Cam. I this is somthing Ton. I le tell you more There was a fish taken A monstrous fish with a sword by his side a long sword A pike in 's neck and a gun in 's nose a huge gun And letters of Mart in 's mouth from the Duke of Florence Cle. This is a monstrous lye Ton. I do confesse it Do you think I would tell you truths that dare not heare 'em You are honest things we Courtiers scorn to converse with Exit Cam. A plaguy foole but le ts consider Gentl Why the Queen strives not to oppose this sentence The Kingdomes honour suffers in this cruelty Men. No doubt the Queen though she be vertuous Winks at the marriage for by that only meanes The Kings flame lessens to the youthfull Lady If not goes out within this month I doubt not She hopes to rock a sleep his anger also Shall we go see the preparation 'T is time for strangers come to view the wonder Cam. Come le ts away send my friends happier weddings Exe. Enter Queen and Evanthe Que. You shall be merry come I le have it so Can there be any nature so unnoble Or anger so unhumane to pursue this Eva. I feare there is Que. Your feares are poore and foolish Though he be hasty and his anger death His will like torrents not to be resisted Yet Law and Justice go along to guide him And what Law or what Justice can he finde To justifie his will what Act or Statute By Humane or Divine establishment Left to direct us that makes marriage death Honest faire wedlock 't was given for increase For preservation of mankinde I take it He must be more then man then that dare break it Come dresse ye handsomly you shall have my Jewels And put a face on that contemnes base fortune 'T will make him more insult to see you fearfull Outlooke his anger Eva. O my Valerio Be witnesse my pure minde 't is thee I grieve for Que. But shew it not I would so crucifie him With an innocent neglect of what he can do A brave strong pious scorne that I would shake him Put all the wanton Cupids in thine eyes And all the graces on that nature gave thee Make up thy beauty to that height of excellence I le help thee and forgive thee as if Venus Were now againe to catch the God of Warre In his most rugged anger when thou hast him As 't is impossible he should resist thee And kneeling at thy conquering feet for mercy Then shew thy vertue then againe despise him And all his power then with a looke of honour Mingled with noble chastity strike him dead Eva. Good Madam dresse me You arme me bravely Que. Make him know his cruelty Begins with him first he must suffer for it And that thy sentence is so welcome to thee And to thy noble Lord You long to meet it Stamp such a deep impression of thy beauty Into his soule and of thy worthinesse That when Valerio and Evanthe sleep In one rich earth hung round about with blessings He may run mad and curse his act be lusty I le teach thee how to die too if thou fear'st it Evan. I thank your Grace you have prepar'd me strongly And my weak minde Que. Death is unwelcome never Unlesse it be to tortur'd mindes and sick soules That make their own Hells 't is such a benefit When it comes crown'd with honour shews so sweet too Though they paint it ugly that 's but to restraine us For every living thing would love it else Fly boldly to their peace ere nature call'd 'em The rest we have from labour and from trouble Is some incitement every thing alike The poore slave that lies private has his liberty As amply as his Master in that Tombe The earth as light upon him and the flowers That grow about him smell as sweet and flourish But when we love with honour to our ends When memory and vertues are our mourners What pleasure 's there they are infinite Evanthe Onely my vertuous wench we want our sences That benefit we are barr'd 't would make us proud else And lazy to look up to happier life The blessings of the people would so swell us Evan. Good Madam dresse me you have drest my soul The merriest Bride I le be for all this misery The proudest to some eyes too Que. 'T will do better come shrink no more Evan. I am too confident Exeunt Enter Frederick and Sorano Sora. You are too remisse and wanton in your angers You mold things hansomly and then neglect 'em A powerfull Prince should be constant to his power still And hold up what he builds then people feare him When he lets loose his hand it shewes a weaknesse And men examine or contemne his greatnesse A scorne of this high kinde should have cal'd up A revenge equall not a pitty in you Fred. She is thy sister Sor. And she were my mother Whilst I conceive she has you wrong'd I hate her And
Ton. Shall not the Foole stay with thee Quee. Come away Sirra Exeunt Queene Ladies Ton. How the Foole is sought for sweet Malt is made of easie fire A hasty horse will quickly tire a sudden leaper sticks i' th mire Phlebotomy and the word lye nier take heed of friend I thee require This from an Almanack I stole and learnt this Lesson from a foole Good night my Bird Exit Tony Evan. Good night wise Master Tony Will ye to bed my Lord Come let me help ye Val. To bed Evanthe art thou sleepy Evan. No I shall be worse if you look sad upon me Pray ye let 's to bed Val. I am not well my love Evan. I le make ye well there 's no such Phisick for ye As your warme Mistris armes Val. Art thou so cunning Evan. I speake not by experience pray ye mistake not But if you love me Val. I do love so dearely So much above the base bent of desire I know not how to answer thee Evan. To bed then There I shall better credit yea fie my Lord Will ye put a maid too 't to teach ye what to do An innocent maid Are ye so cold a Lover Intruth you make me blush 't is midnight too And 't is no stolne love but authorised openly No sin we covet pray let me undresse ye You shall help me prethee sweet Valerio Be not so sad the King will be more mercifull Val. May not I love thy minde Evan. And I yours too 'T is a most noble one adorn'd with vertue But if we love not one another really And put our bodies and our mindes together And so make up the concord of affection Our love will prove but a blinde superstition This is no schoole to argue in my Lord Nor have we time to talke away allow'd us Pray let 's dispatch if any one should come And finde us at this distance what would they think Come kisse me and to bed Val. That I dare do and kisse againe Evan. Spare not they are your owne Sir Val. But to injoy thee is to be luxurious Too sensuall in my love and too ambitious O how I burne to pluck thee from the stalke Where now thou grow'st a sweet bud and a beauteous And bear'st the prime and honour of the Garden Is but to violate thy spring and spoile thee Evan. To let me blow and fall alone would anger ye Val. Let 's sit together thus and as we sit Feed on the sweets of one anothers soules The happinesse of love is contemplation The blessednesse of love is pure affection Where no allay of actuall dull desire Of pleasure that partakes with wantonnesse Of humane fire that burnes out as it kindles And leaves the body but a poore repentance Can ever mix let 's sixe on that Evanthe That 's everlasting the tother casuall Eternity breeds one the other Fortune Blinde as her selfe and full of all afflictions Shall we love vertuously Evan. I ever loved so Val And only think our love the rarest pleasure And that we most desire let it be humane If once injoyed growes stale and cloyes our appetites I would not lessen in my love for any thing Nor finde thee but the same in my short journey For my loves safety Evan. Now I see I am old Sir Old and ill-favour'd too poore and despis'd And am not worth your noble Fellowship Your fellowship in Love you would not else Thus cunningly seeke to betray a maid A maid that honours you thus piously Strive to abuse the pious love she brings ye Farewell my Lord since ye have a better Mistris For it must seeme so or ye are no man A younger happier I shall give her roome So much I love ye still Val. Stay my Evanthe Heaven beare me witnesse thou art all I love All I desire and now have pitty on me I never lyed before forgive me Justice Youth and affection stop your eares unto me Evan. Why do you weep if I have spoke too harshly And unbeseeming my beloved Lord My care and duty pardon me Val. O heare me Heare me Evanthe I am all on torture And this lye tears my conscience as I vent it I am no man Evan. How Sir Val. No man for pleasure no womans man Evan. Goodnesse forbid my Lord sure you abuse your selfe Val. 'T is true Evanthe I shame to say you will finde it Weepes Evan. He weepes bitterly 'T is my hard fortune blesse all young maids from it Is there no help my Lord in Art will comfort ye Val. I hope there is Evan. How long have you been destitute Val. Since I was young Evan. 'T is hard to dye for nothing Now you shall know 't is not the pleasure Sir For I am compell'd to love you spiritually That women aime at I affect ye for 'T is for your worth and kisse me be at peace Because I ever loved ye I still honour'd ye And with all duty to my Husband follow ye Will ye to bed now ye are asham'd it seemes Pigmalion prayed and his cold stone took life You do not know with what zeale I shall aske Sir And what rare miracle that may worke upon ye Still blush prescribe your Law Val. I prethee pardon me To bed and I le sit by thee and mourne with thee Mourne both our fortunes our unhappy ones Do not despise me make me not more wretched I pray to heaven when I am gone Evanthe As my poore date is but a span of time now To recompence thy noble patience Thy love and vertue with a fruitfull husband Honest and honourable Evan. Come you have made me weep now All fond desire dye here and welcome chastity Honour and chastity do what you please Sir Exeunt Actus Quartus Scaena Prima Enter at one doore Rugio and Frier Marco at the other doore Sorano with a little glasse violl Rug. WHat ailes this peece of mischief to looke sad He seemes to weep too Mar. Something is a hatching And of some bloody nature too Lord Rugio This Crocadile mournes thus cunningly Sor. Haile holy Father And good day to the good Lord Rugio How fares the sad Prince I beseech ye Sir Rug. 'T is like you know you need not aske that question You have your eyes and watches on his miseries As neare as ours I would they were as tender Mar. Can you do him good as the King and you appointed him So he is still as you desir'd I think too For every day he is worse Heaven pardon all Put off your sorrow you may laugh now Lord He cannot last long to disturbe your Master You have done worthy service to his Brother And he most memorable love Sor. You do not know Sir With what remorse I aske nor with what wearinesse I grone and bow under this load of honour And how my soule sighs for the beastly services I have done his pleasures these be witnesse with me And from your piety beleeve me Father I would as willingly unclothe my selfe Of title
of her cullour And has her qualmes as Ladies use to have Sir And her disgusts Fred. And keeps her chamber Cass. Yes Sir Fred. And eats good Brooths and Jellies Cass. I am sure she sighs Sir and weepes good Lady Fred. Alas good Lady for it She should have one could comfort her Cassandra Could turne those teares to joyes a lusty comforter Cass. A comfortable man does well at all houres For he brings comfortable things Fred. Come hither hold your face between you have eaten Onions Her breath stinks like a Fox her teeth are contagious These old women are all Elder-pipes do ye mark me Gives a Purse Cass. Yes Sir but does your Grace think I am fit That am both old and vertuous Fred. Therefore the fitter the older still the better I know thou art as holy as an old Cope Yet upon necessary use Cass. 'T is true Sir Fred. Her feeling sence is fierce still speake unto her You are familiar speake I say unto her Speake to the purpose tell her this and this Cass. Alas she is honest Sir she is very honest And would you have my gravity Fred. I I your gravity will become the cause the better I le looke thee out a Knight shall make thee a Lady too A lust Knight and one that shall be ruled by her And adde to these I le make 'em good no mincing Nor ducking out of nicity good Lady But do it home wee 'l all be friends to tell her And such a joy Cass. That 's It that stirs me up Sir I would not for the world attempt her chastity But that they may live lovingly hereafter Fred. For that I urge it too Cass. A little evill may well be suffered for a generall good Sir I le take my leave of your Majesty Exit Enter Valerio Fred. Go fortunately be speedy too here comes Valerio If his affliction have allayed his spirit My work has end Come hither Lord Valerio How do you now Val. Your Majesty may ghesse Not so well nor so fortunate as you are That can tye up mens honest wills and actions Fred. You have the happinesse you ever aim'd at The joy and pleasure Val. Would you had the like Sir Fred. You tumble in delights with your sweet Lady And draw the minutes out in deare embraces You lead a right Lords life Val. Would you had tryed it That you might know the vertue but to suffer If anger though it be unjust and insolent Sits hansomer upon you then your scorne Sir Fred. Yon cleerly see now brave Valerio What 't is to be the rivall to a Prince To interpose against a raging Lion I know you have suffer'd infinitely suffer'd And with a kinde of pitty I behold it And if you dare be worthy of my mercy I can yet heale you yeeld up your Evanthe Take off my sentence also Val. I fall thus low Sir My poore sad heart under your feet I lay And all the service of my life Fred. Do this then for without this 't will be impossible Part with her for a while Val. You have parted us What should I do with that I cannot use Sir Fred. 'T is well consider'd let me have the Lady And thou shalt see how nobly I le befriend thee How all this difference Val. Will she come do you think Sir Fred. She must be wrought I know she is too modest And gently wrought and cunningly Val. I is fit Sir Fred. And secretly it must be done Val. As thought Fred. I le warrant ye her honour shall be faire still No foyle nor staine shall appeare on that Valerio You see a thousand that beare sober faces And shew of as in-imitable modesties You would be sworn to that they were pure Matrons And most chaste maids and yet to augment their fortunes And get them noble friends Val. They are content Sir In private to bestow their beauties on 'em Fred. They are so and they are wise they know no want for 't Nor no eye sees they want their honesties Val. If it might be carried thus Fred. It shall be Sir Val. I le see you dead first with this caution Why sure I think it might be done Fred. Yes easily Val. For what time would your Grace desire her body Fred. A moneth or two it shall be carried still As if she kept with you and were a stranger Rather a hater of the Grace I offer And then I will returne her with such honour Val. 'T is very like I dote much on your honour Fred. And load her with such favour to Valerio Val. She never shall claw off I humbly thank ye Fred. I le make ye both the happiest and the richest And the mightiest too Val. But who shall work her Sir For on my conscience she is very honest And will be hard to cut as a rough Diamond Fred. Why you must work her any thing from your tongue Set off with golden and perswasive language Urging your dangers too Val. But all this time Have you the conscience Sir to leave me nothing Nothing to play withall Fred. There be a thousand take where thou wilt Val. May I make bold with your Queene She is uselesse to your Grace as it appeals Sir And but a loyall wife that may be lost too I have a minde to her and then 't is equall Fred. How Sir Val. 'T is so Sir thou most glorious impudence Have I not wrongs enow to suffer under But thou must pick me out to make a monster A hated wonder to the world Do you start At my intrenching on your private liberty And would you force a hye-way through mine honour And make me pave it too but that thy Queene Is of that excellence in honesty And guarded with Divinity about her No loose thought can come neare nor flame unhollowed I would so right my selfe Fred. Why take her to ye I am not vext at this thou shalt injoy her I le be thy friend if that may win thy courtesie Val. I will not be your Bawd though for your Royalty Was I brought up and nourisht in the Court With thy most Royall Brother and thy selfe Upon thy Fathers charge thy happy Fathers And suckt the sweetnesse of all humane Arts Learnt armes and honour to become a rascall Was this the expectation of my youth My growth of honour Do ye speak this truly Or do ye try me Sir for I beleeve not At least I would not and me thinks 't is impossible There should be such a Devill in a Kings shape Such a malignant Fiend Fred. I thank ye Sir To morrow is your last day and looke to it Get from my light away Val. Ye are Oh my heat 's too high and full to think upon ye Exeunt Enter Evanthe and Cassandra Evan. You think it fit then mortified Cassandra That I should be a Whore Cass. Why a whore Madam If every woman that upon necessity Did a good turne for there 's the maine point mark it Were term'd a whore who would be
Frederick Brother I am come to see you and have brought A Banquet to be merry with your Grace I pray sit downe I do beseech your Majesty And eat eat freely Sir why do you start Have you no stomack to the meat I bring you Dare you not taste have ye no Antidotes You need not feare Sorano's a good Apothecary Me thinks you looke not well some fresh wine for him Some of the same he sent me by Sorano I thank you for 't it sav'd my life I am bound to ye But how 't will worke on you I hope your Lordship Will pledge him too me thinks you looke but scurvily And would be put into a better colour But I have a canded Toad for your good Lordship Sor. Would I had any thing that would dispatch me So it were downe and I out of this feare once Fred. Sir Thus low as my duty now compells me I do confesse my unbounded sinnes my errours And feele within my soule the smarts already Hide not the noble nature of a brother The pitty of a friend from my afflictions Let me a while lament my misery And cast the load off of my wantonesse Before I finde your fury then strike home I do deserve the deepest blow of Justice And then how willingly O death I le meet thee Alp. Madam those sweet tears are potent speakers And brother live but in the Monastery Where I lived with the selfe same silence too I le teach you to be good against your will brother Your tongue has done much harme that must be dumbe now The daily pilgrimage to my fathers Tombe Teares sighs and groanes you shall weare out your daies with And true ones too you shall performe deare brother Your diet shall be slender to inforce these to light a pennance Sir Fred. I do confesse it Alph. Sorano you shall Sor. How he studies for it Hanging 's the least part of my pennance certaine Evanthe kneeles Alph. What Lady 's that that kneeles Cast. The chaste Evanthe Alph. Sweet your petition Evan. 'T is for this bad man Sir Abominable bad but yet my brother Alph. The bad man shall attend at bad a Master And both shall be confin'd within the Monastery His ranke flesh shall be pull'd with daily fasting But once a week he shall smell meat he will surfet else And his immodest minde compell'd to prayer On the bare bords he shall lye to remember The wantonnesse he did commit in beds And drinke faire water that will ne're inflame him He sav'd my life though he purpos'd to destroy me For which I le save his though I make it miserable Madam at Court I shall desire your company You are wise and vertuous when you please to visit My brother Frederick you shall have our Licence My deere best friend Valerio Val. Save Alphonso Omn. Long live Alphonso King of us and Naples Alph. Is this the Lady that the wonder goes on Honour'd sweet maid here take her my Valerio The King now gives her she is thine owne without feare Brother have you so much provision that is good Not season'd by Sorano and his Cooks That we may venture on with honest safely We and our friends Fred. All that I have is yours Sir Alph. Come then let 's in and end this Nuptiall Then to our Coronation with all speed My vertuous maid this day I le be your Bride-man And see you bedded to your owne desires too Beshrew me Lords who is not merry hates me Onely Sorano shall not beare my cup Come now forget old paines and injuries As I must do and drowne all in faire healths That Kingdom 's blessed where the King begins His true love first for there all loves are twins Exeunt Omnes Prologue YOu are welcome Gentlemen and would our Feast Were so well season'd to please every Guest Ingenuous appetites I hope we shall And their examples may prevaile in all Our noble friends who writ this bid me say He had rather dresse upon a Triumph day My Lord Mayers Feast and make him Sawces too Sawce for each severall mouth nay further go He had rather build up those invincible Pyes And Castle Custards that afright all eyes Nay eat 'em all and their Artillery Then dresse for such a curious company One single dish yet he has pleas'd ye too And you have confest he knew well what to do Be hungry as you were wont to be and bring Sharpe stomacks to the stories he shall sing And he dare yet he saies prepare a Table Shall make you say well drest and he well able Epilogue WE have your favovrs Gentlemen and you Have our indeavours deere friends grudge not now There 's none of you but when you please can sell Many a lame Horse and many a faire tale tell Can put off many a maid unto a friend That was not so since the action at Mile-end Ours is a Virgin yet and they that love Untainted flesh we hope our friends will prove Here endeth A Wife for a Moneth VVIT At severall VVeapons Actus primus Scaena prima Enter Sir Perfidious Old-craft an old Knight and Witty-pate his Sonne Witty SIr i 'me no Boy i 'me deepe in one and twenty The second yeare 's approaching Old K. A fine time For a youth to live by his wits then I should thinke If e're he meane to make account of any Witty Wits Sir Old K. I wits Sir if it be so strange to thee I 'me sorry I spent that time to get a Foole I might have imploy'd my paines a great deale better Thou know'st all that I have I ha got by my wits And yet to see how urgent thou art too It grieves me thou art so degenerate To trouble me for meanes I never offer'd it My Parents from a Schoole-boy past nineteen once See what these times are growne too before twenty I rusht into the world which is indeed Much like the Art of Swimming he that will atteine to 't Must fall plumpe and duck himselfe at first And that will make him hardy and adventurous And not stand putting in one foot and shiver And then draw tother after like a quake-buttock Well he may make a padler i' the world From hand to mouth but never a brave swimmer Borne up by th' chin as I bore up my self With my strong industry that never fayl'd me For he that lyes borne up with Patrimonies Lookes like a long great Asse that swims with bladders Come but one prick of adverse fortune to him He sinkes because he never try'd to swim When wit playes with the billowes that choackt him Witty Why is it not a fashion for a Father Sir Out of his yearely thousands to allow His only sonne a competent brace of hundreds Or such a toy Old K. Yes if he meane to spoyle him Or mar his wits he may but never I This is my humour Sir which you 'le finde constant I love wit so well because I liv'd by 't That I le give no man power out
That if we were married you 'de be jealous Gard. I protest I should a little but not of her It is the married woman if you mark it And not the maid that longs the appetite Followes the first taste when we have relisht We wish cloying the taste once pleas'd before Then our desire is whetted on to more But I reveale too much to you ifaith Bird Cun. Not a whit 'faith Bird betwixt you and I I am beholding for bettering of my knowledge Gard. Nay you shall know more of me if you 'le be rul'd But make not things common Cun. Vd' so your Lady Gard. I 't is no matter she 'le like well of this Our familiarity is her content Enter Neece and Clowne Nee. This present from Sir Gregory Clow. From my Master the Worshipfull right Sir Gregory Fop Nee. A Ruffe and what might be his high conceit In sending of a Ruffe Clow. I thinke he had two conceits in it forsooth too high too Low Ruffe high because as the Ruffe does embrace your necke all day so does he desire to throw his Knightly armes Neece But then I leave him off a nights Clow. Why then he is ruffe low a ruffian a bold adventerous errant to do any rough service for his Lady Nee. A witty and unhappy conceit do's he meane As he seemes to say unto that reverence Toward He does wooe her sure Cuning Clow. To tell you truth Lady his conceit was far better then I have blaz'd it yet Nee. Do you think so Sir Clow. Nay I know it forsooth for it was two dayes ere he compass'd it to finde a fitting present for your Ladyship was sending once a very fine Puppy to you Nee. And that he would have brought himselfe Clow. So he would indeed but then he alter'd his devise and sent this Ruffe requesting withall that whensoever it is foule you with your owne hands would bestow the starching of it Nee. Else she wooes him now his eyes shoots this way And what was the reason for that Sir Toward Cun. Clow. There lyes his maine conceit Lady for sayes he In so doing she cannot chuse but in the starching to clap it often between her hands and so she gives a great liking and applause to my present whereas if I should send a Puppy she ever calls it to her with Irist hisse hisse which js a fearefull disgrace he drew the devile from a Play at the Bull tother day Nee. I marry Sir this was a rich conceit indeed Clow. And far fetch'd therefore good for you Lady Gard. How now which way looke you Bird Can. At the Foole Bird shall I hot look at the Foole Gard. At the Foole and I here what need that pray look this way Nee. I le fit him aptly either I le awake His wits if he have any or force him To appeare as yet I cannot think him Without any Sirrah tell me one thing true That I shall aske you now Was this devise Your Masters owne I doubt his wit in it He 's not so ingenious Clow. His owne I assure you Madam Nee. Nay you must not lye Clow. Not with a Lady I 'de rather lye with you then lye with my Master by your leave in such a case as this Gard. Yet agen your eye Cun. The Foole makes mirth ifaith I would heare some Gard. Come you shall heare none but me Nee. Come hither friend nay come neare me did Thy Master send thee to me he may be wise But did not shee it much in that men sometimes May wrong themselves unawares when they least thinke on 't Was Vulcan ever so unwise to send Mars To be his spokesman when he went a wooing Send thee heigh-ho a pretty rowling eye Clow. I can turne up the white and the black too and need be forsooth Nee. Why here 's an amorous nose Clow. You see the worst of my nose forsooth Nee. A cheek how I could put it now in dalliance A paire of lips oh that we were uney'd I could suck Sugar from 'em what a beard 's here When will the Knight thy Master have such a Stampe of man-hood on his face nay do not blush Clow. 'T is nothing but my flesh and blood that rises so Cun. Death she courts the Foole Gard. Away away 't is sport do not minde it Nee. Give me thy hand come be familiar I here 's a promising palme what a soft Handfull of pleasure 's here here 's Downe compar'd With Flocks and quilted Straw thy Knights fingers Are leane mattrice rubbers to these Feathers I prethee let me leane my cheeke upon 't What a soft pillow 's here Clow. Hum umh hu hum Neece Why there 's a courage in that lively passion Measure thee all o're there 's not a limbe But has his full proportion it is my voyce There 's no compare betwixt the Knight and thee The goodlier man by halfe at once now I see thee all over Clow. If you had seen me swim tother day on my back you would have sed you had seene there was two Chambermaids that saw me and my leggs by chance were tangled in the flags and when they saw how I was hang'd they cryed out O help the man for feare he be drown'd Neece They could do no lesse in pitty come thine arme wee 'le walke together Cun. Blindnesse of Love and Women why she dotes upon the Foole Gard. What 's that to you minde her not Cun. Away you Burre Gard. How 's that Cun. Hang of Fleshook fasten thine itchy claspe On some dry Toad-stoole that will kindle with thee And burne together Gard. Oh abominable Why do you not love me Cun. No never did I tooke thee downe a little way to Enforce a Vomit from my offended stomack Now thou' rt up agen I loath thee filthily Gard. Oh Villaine Cun. Why dost thou not see a sight Would make a man abjure the sight of women Nee. Ha ha ha he 's vext ha ha ha Ha ha ha Gard. Why dost thou laugh Because thou laugh'st nothing else ifaith Cun. She has but mockt my folly else she findes not The bosome of my purpose some other way Must make me know I le try her and may chance quit The fine dexterity of her Lady-wit Exit Nee. Yes introth I laught to think of thy Master Now what he would think if he knew this Clow. By my troth I laugh at him too faith Sirrah hee 's but a foole to say the truth though I say 't that should not say 't Nee. Yes thou shouldst say truth and I beleeve thee Well for this time wee 'le part you perceive something Our tongues betray our hearts there 's our weaknesse But pray be silent Clow. As Mouse in Cheese or Goose in Hay ifaith Neece Looke we are cut off there 's my hand where my lips would be Clow. I le wink and think 'em thy lips farewell Exit Nee. Now Gardionesse I need not aske where you have been Gard. O Lady never was woman so abus'd Clow. Do'st thou
that will take her away by the Civill Law if you be my friend keepe you so if you have done me a good turne do not hit me i th' teeth with 't that 's not the part of a friend Cun. If you be content Sir Greg. Content I was never in better contention in my life I le not change her for both the Exchanges New or the Old Come kisse me boldly Clow. Give you joy Sir Sir Greg. Oh Sir I thanke you as much as though I did you are beloved of Ladies you see we are glad of under women Clow. Ladies let not Ladies be disgrac'd you are as it were a married man and have a Family and for the parties sake that was unnam'd before being Pese-cod time I am appeas'd yet I would wish you make a ruler of your tongue Cun. Nay no dissention here I must bar that And this friend I entreat you and be advis'd Let this private contract be yet conceal'd And still support a seeming face of love Unto the Lady marke how it availes you And quits all her scornes her Unckle is now hot In pursuit of the match and will enforce her Bend her proud stomack that she shall proffer Her selfe to you which when you have flouted And laught your fill at you shall scorne her off With all your disgraces trebled upon her For there the pride of all her heart will bow When you shall foot her from you not she you Sir Greg. Good ifaith I le continue it I 'de faine laugh at the old fellow too for he has abus'd me as scurvily as his Neece my Knight-hood 's upon the spur wee 'le go to Bed and then to Church as fast as we can Exit Sir Greg. and Mirah Clow. I do wonder I do not heare of the Lady yet Cun. The good minute may come sooner then you are aware of I do not thinke but 't will e're night yet as neare as 't is Clow. Well I will go walke by the new River in that meditation I am o're shooes I 'me sure upon the dry bank this gullery of my Master will keepe me company this two houres too if love were not an enemy to laughter I should drive away the time well enough you know my walke Sir if she sends I shall be found angling for I will try what I can catch for luck sake I will fish faire for 't Oh Knight that thou should'st be gull'd so ha ha it does me good at heart But oh Lady thou tak'st downe my merry part Exit Enter Witty-pate Witty Friend Cun. Here friend Witty All 's afoot and will go smooth away The woman has conquer'd the women they are gone Which I have already complain'd to my Father Suggesting that Sir Gregory is falne off From his charge for neglects and ill usage And that he is most violently bent On Gentries wife whom I have call'd a widow And that without most sudden prevention He will be married to her Cun. Foot all this is wrong This wings his pursuit and will be before me I am lost for ever Witty No stay you shall not go But with my Father on my wit let it lye You shall appeare a friendly assistant To helpe in all affaires and in execution Helpe your selfe only Cun. Would my beleefe Were stronge in this assurance Witty You shall credit it And my wit shall be your slave if it deceive you Enter Old Knight My Father O. K. Oh Sir you are well met where 's the Knight your friend Cun. Sir I thinke your Sonne has told you Witty Shall I stand to tell 't agen I tell you he loves But not my Kins-woman her base usage And your slack performance which he accuses most Indeed has turn'd the Knights heart upside downe O. K. I le curbe her for 't can he be but recover'd He shall have her and she shall be dutifull And loue him as a wife too Witty With that condition Sir I dare recall him were he enter'd the Church So much interest of love I assure in him O. K. Sir it shall be no losse to you if you do Witty I but these are words still will not the deeds Be wanting at the recovery if it should be agen O. K. Why here foole I am provided five hunder'd in earnest Of the thousands in her Dower but were they married once I 'de cut him short enough that 's my agreement Witty I now I perceive some purpose in you Father O. K. But wherefore is she then stolne out of doores to him Witty To him oh fye upon your errour she has another object beleeve it Sir O. K. I never could perceive it Witty I did Sir and to her shame I should speake it To my owne sorrow I saw it dalliance Nay dotage with a very Clowne a Foole O.K. Wit and wantons nothing else nothing else She love a Foole she 'le sooner mate a foole Of a wise man Cun. I my friend complaines so Sir Gregory sayes flatly she makes a foole of him And these bold circumstances are approv'd Favours have been sent by him yet he ignorant Whither to carry 'em they have been understood And taken from him certaine Sir there is An unsuspected fellow lyes conceal'd What or where e're he is these slight neglects Could not be of a Knight else O. K. Well Sir you have promis'd if we recover him Unmarried to salve all these old bruises Cun. I le do my best Sir O. K. I shall thanke you costly Sir and kindly too Witty Will you talke away the time here Sir and come behinde all your purposes O.K. Away good Sir Witty Then stay a little good Sir for my advise Why Father are you broke your wit begger'd Or are you at your wits end or out of Love with wit no trick of Wit to surprize Those designes but with open Hue and Cry For all the world to talke on this is strange You were not wont to slubber a project so O. K. Can you helpe at a pinch now shew your selfe My sonne go too I leave this to your wit Because I le make a proofe on 't Witty 'T is thus then I have had late intelligence they are now Buxsome as Bachus Froes revelling dancing Telling the Musicks numbers with their feet Awaiting the meeting of premonisht friends That 's questionlesse little dreading you Now Sir with a dexterous trick indeed suddaine And sufficient were well to enter on um As something like the abstract of a Masque What though few persons if best for our purpose That commends the project O. K. This takes up time Witty Not at all I can presently furnish With loose disguises that shall fit that Scene O. K. Why what wants then Witty Nothing but charge of Musick That must be paid you know O. K. That shall be my charges I le pay the Musick What e're it cost Witty And that shall be all your charge Now on I like it there will be wit in 't Father Exit O. K. and Witty Cun. I will neither
your grace out of observation meerly Already have propounded Bap. With the honor to give the daring enemy an affront In being the first opposer it will teach Your Soldiers boldnesse and strike feare in them That durst attempt you 1. Magi. Victualls and ammunition And mony too the sinewes of the war are stor'd up in the Magazine 2. Magi. And the gallies new rigd and traind up And at two dayes warning fit for the service Duke We commend your care Nor will we ere be wanting in Our counsailes As we doubt not your action you Baptista Shall stay with us that Merchant is not wise That ventures his whole fortunes in one bottome Albert. Be our Admirall spare your thankes His merit in you that jnvites this honor Preserve it such ere long you shall heare more Things rashly undertaken end as ill But great acts thrive when reason guides the will Exeunt Enter 3. Gentlemen 1. No question t was not well done in Caesario To crosse the horse of younge Mentivole In the middest of this course 2. That was not all the switching him duld him 3. Would that both the jades Had broke their necks when they first started light We stand here prateing give them leave to whisper And when they have cut one anothers throats Enter Mentivole and Cesario Make in to part em 2. There is no such hazard Their fathers freindship and their love forbid it See where they come 1. With fury in their loookes Ment. You have the wages with what fowle play got I le not dispute Caesar. Fowle play Ment. I cannot speak it In a fairer language and if some respects Familiar to my selfe chaind not my tongue I should say no more I should but I le sit down With this disgrace how ere presse me no farther For if once more provokd you l vnderstand I dare no more suffer an Injury Then I dare doe one Caesar. Why sir are you injur'd In that I take my right which I would force Should you detaine it Ment. Put it to judgement Caesar. No my will in this shall carrie it Ment. Your will nay farwell softnes then they sodainly drawe 3. This I foresaw 2. Hold hold Caesar I am hurt 2. Shift for your selfe t is death Ment. As you respect me beare him off with care If he miscarry since he did the wrong I le stand the shock of 't 2. Gently he will faint else Exeunt Gent. with Caesario Ment. And speedily I beseech you my rage over That pourd upon my reason clouds of error I see my folly and at what deare losse I have exchangd a reall innocence To gaine a meere fantasticall report Transported only by vaine popular wind To bee a daring nay foole hardie man Ent. Baptista But could I satisfie my selfe within here How should I beare my fathers frowne They meet me My guilt conjures him hither Bap. Sirra Mentiv. Sir Bap. I have met the trophies of your ruffian sword Was there no other Anvile to make triall How far thou durst be wicked but the bosome Of him which under the adulterate name Of friendship thou hast murder Ment. Murderd sir My dreams abhor so base a fact true valor Imployd to keepe my reputation faire from the austerest judge can never merit To be branded with that title you begot me A man no coward and but call your youth To memory when injur'd you could never Boast of the Asses fortitude slavelike patience And you might justly doubt I were your sonne If I should entertaine it if Caesario Recover as I hope his wound 's not mortall A second tryall of what I dare doe In a just cause shall give strong witnesse for me I am the true heire to Baptistas courage As to his other fortunes Baptist. Boy to neither But on this strict condition Which jntreaties From Saints nay Angels shall not make me alter A friendship so began and so continu'd Betweene me and Alberto my best friend Your brawles shall not dissolve it is my will And as I am thy father I command thee That jnstantly on any tearms how poore So ere it skils not thou desire his pardon And bring assurance to me has sign'd it Or by my fathers soule I le never know thee But as a stranger to my blood performe it And suddainly without reply I have said it Ment. And in it given a heavier sentence on me Then the most cruel death you are my father And your will to be servd and not disputed By me that am your sonne but I le obey And though my heart strings crack for 't make it known When you command my faculties are your own Exeunt Actus secundus Scaena prima Enter Alberto Physition and a Chirurgion Phys HAve patience Noble Sir your sonne Caesario Will recover without question Surgeon A slight wound Though it peirc't his body it hath miss'd the vitals Phys. My life for 't he shall take the aire againe within these 10. daies Alber. O but from a friend To receive this blody measure from a friend If that a man should meete a violent death In a place where he had taken sanctuary Would it not grieve him such all Florence held Their friendship and t is that which multiplyes The injury Physi. Have patience worthy Signior Alber. I doe protest as I am man and soldier If I had buried him in a wave at sea Lost in some honorable action I would not to the saltnesse of his grave Have added the least teare but these quarrels Enter Mariana and Clarissa Bred out of game and wine I had as lief He should have died of a surfeit Maria. Oh what comfort How is it with our son Sir Alber. His Work-masters Beare in my hand here as my Lawyer does When I have a crackt title or bad sute in Law All shall goe well Maria. I pray you Gentl what think you of his wound Physi. T is but a scratch nothing to danger Claris. But he receiv'd it from a friend And the unkindnesse tane at that may kill him Mari. Let me see him Physi. By no meanes he slumbers Mari. Then I cannot beleive you When you tell me ther'e 's hope of him Alber. Yet many Ladyes Doe give him more faith to their Physition Then to their Confessor Claris. O my poore lost brother And friend more deere then brother Alber. More loud instruments To disturbe his slumbers goe goe take Caroch And as you love me you and the Girle retire To our Summer house 'i th Country I le be with you Within these two dayes Maria. I am yours in all things Though with much sorrow to leave him Exeunt Maria Claris Alber. I pray you Gentlemen With best observance tend your Patient The losse of my heire Male lies now a bleeding Enter Mentivole And think what payment his recovery Exeunt Phisition Chirur Shall showre upon you Of all men breathing Wherefore doe you arrive here are you mad My injury begins to bleed a fresh At sight of you why this affront of your I
Governour Eugenia Markantonio Philippo Theodosia Leocadia Attendants Gover. Sir you may know by what I said already You may command my house but I must beg Pardon to leave you if the publique businesse Forc'd me not from you I my self should call it Unmannerly but good Sir do you give it A milder name it shall not be an houre Ere I return Marc. Sir I was nere so poor In my own thoughts as that I want a means To require this with Gover. Sir within this houre Exit Marc. This the Lady that I quarrell'd for O lust if wounds cannot restrain thy power Let shame nor do I feel my hurt at all Nor is it ought only I was well beaten If I pursue it all the civill world That ever did imagine the content Found in the band of man and wife unbroke The reverence due to housholds or the blemish That may be stuck upon posterity Will catch me bind me burn upon my forehead This is the wounded stranger that receiv'd For charity into a house attempted I will not do it Eug. Sir how do you now That you walk off Marc. Worse Madam then I was But it will over Eug. Sit and rest a while Marc. Where are the Surgeons Eug. Sir it is their manner When they have seen the wound especially The patient being of worth to go consult Which they are now at in another room About the dressing Marc. Madam I do feel My self not well Theo. Alas Leoc. How do you Sir Eug. Will you drink waters Marc. No good Madam 't is not So violent upon me nor I think Any thing dangerous But yet there are Some things that sit so heavy on my conscience That will perplex my mind and stop my cure So that unlesse I utter 'em A scratch Here on my thumb will kill me Gentlemen I pray you leave the room and come not in Your selves or any other till I have Open'd my self to this most honour'd Lady Phil. We will not Theo. O blest he will discover now His love to me Leoc. Now he will tell the Lady Our Contract Exit Eug. I do beleeve he will confesse to me The wrong he did a Lady in the streets But I forgive him Marc. Madam I perceive My self grow worse and worse Eug. Shall I call back your friends Marc. O no but ere I do impart What burthens me so sore let me entreat you For there is no trust in these Surgeons To look upon my wound it is perhaps My last request But tell me truly too That must be in how far you do imagine Ir will have pow'r upon me Eug. Sir I will Marc. For heavens sake softly oh I must needs lay My head down easily whilst you do it Eug. Do Sir 'T is but an ordinary blow a child Of mine has had a greater and been well Are you faint hearted Mar. Oh Eug. Why do you sigh There is no danger in the world in this I wonder it should make a man sit down What do you mean why do you kisse my breasts Lift up your head your wound may well endure it Mar. O Madam may I not expresse affection Dying-affection too I fear to those That do me favors such as this of yours Eug. If you mean so 't is well but what 's the busines Lies on your conscience Mar. I will tell you Madam Eug. Tel me and laugh Mar. But I wil tel you true Though I do laugh I know as well as you My wound is nothing nnor the power of earth Could lay a wound upon me in your presence That I could feel But I do laugh to think How covertly how far beyond the reach Of men and wisemen too we shal deceive 'em Whilst they imagine I am talking here With that short breath I have ready to swound At every full point you my ghostly Mother To hear my sad confession you and I Will on that bed within prepar'd for me Debate the matter privately Eug. Forbear Thou wert but now as welcome to this house As certain cures to sick men and just now This sodain alteration makes thee look Like plagues come to infect it if thou knewst How loathsom thou wilt be thou wouldst intreat These walls or postes to help thee to a hurt Past thy dissimulation Mar. Gentle Madam Cal 'em not in Eug. I will not yee this place I know to be within the reach of tongue And ears thou canst not force me therefore hear me What I will tell thee quickly thou art born To end some way more disesteem'd then this Or which is worse to dye of this hurt yet Come gentleman Enter Leocadia Mar. Good Madam Eug. Gentlemen Leoc. Madam how is 't is Mark-antonio well Methinks your looks are alter'd and I see A strange distemper in you Eug. I am wrought By that dissembling man that fellow worth Nothing but kicking Enter Philippo and Theodosia Leo. Gentle Madam speak To me alone let not them understand His fault he wil repent it I dare swear Eug. I le tell it you in private Phil. Mark-antonio How do you Mar. Stand further off I pray you Give me some ayre Theo. Good Brother wil he scape The Surgeons say there is no danger Phil. Scape No doubt he wil Leo. Alas wil he not leave This trying all Madam I do beseech you Let me but speak to him you and these by And I dare almost promise you to make him Shew himself truly sorrowful to you besides a story I shal open to you Not put in so good words but in it self So full of chance that you wil easily Forgive my tediousnesse and be wel pleas'd With that so much afflicts me Eug. Good Sir do Leo. And I desire no interruption Of speech may trouble me till I have said What I wil quickly do Theo. What wil she say Eug. Come gentlemen I pray you lend your ears And keep your voyces Leo. Signior Mark-antonio How do you Mar. Oh the Surgeons Leoc. Let me tel you Who know as wel as you you do dissemble It is no time to do so leave the thoughts Of this vain world forget your flesh and blood And make your spirit an untroubled way To passe to what it ought Mar. You 'r not in earnest Why I can walk Sir and am wel Leoc. 'T is true That you can walk and do beleeve you 'r wel It is the nature as your Surgeons say Of these wounds for a man to go and talk Nay merrily till his last hour his minute For heaven sake sir sit down again Mar. Alas Where are the Surgeons Leoc. Sir they will not come If they should dresse you you would dye they say Ere one told twenty trouble not your mind Keep your head warm and do not stir you body And you may live an hour Mar. Oh heavens an hour Alas it is to little to remember But half the wrongs that I have done how short Then for contrition and how least of all For satisfaction Leo. But you desire To satisfie Mar. Heaven
Athens nurseth Arts as well as Arms Soph. Nor glory Martius in this day of thine 't is behind yesterday but before to morrow Who knows what Fortune then will do with thee She never yet could make the better man the better chance she has the man that 's best she still contends with and doth favour least Mar. Me thinks a graver thunder then the skies breaks from his lips I am amaz'd to hear and Athens words more then her swords doe fear Soph. Martius slave Sophocles couldst thou acquire and did thy Roman gods so love thy prayers and solemn sacrifice to grant thy suit to gather all the valour of the Cesars thy Predecessors and what is to come and by their influence fling it on thee now thou couldst not make my mind go lesse not pare with all their swords one vertue from my soul how am I vassall'd then Make such thy slaves as dare not keep their goodnesse past their graves Know Generall we two are chances on the die of Fate now thrown thy six is up and my poor one beneath thee next thy throw may set me upmost and cast thee below Mar. Yet will I trie thee more Calamitie is mans true touchstone Listen insolent Prince that dar'st contemn the Master of thy life which I will force here 'fore thy City walls with barbarous crueltie and call thy wife to see it and then after send her Soph. Ha ha ha Mar. And then demolish Athens to the ground depopulate her fright away her fame and leave succession neither stone nor name Soph. Ha ha ha Mar. Dost thou deride me Val. Kneel ask Martius for mercy Sophocles and live happie still Soph. Kneel and ask mercie Roman art a god I never kneel'd or begg'd of any else thou art a foole and I will loose no more instructions on thee now I finde thy eares Solemn Musick Enter Dorigen Ladies bearing a sword are foolish like thy tongue My Dorigen oh must shee see me bound 1. Cap. There 's the first sigh he breath'd since he was born I think 2. Cap. Forbear all but the Ladie his wife Soph. How my heart chides the manacles of my hands that let them not embrace my Dorigen Val. Turn but thy face and ask thy life of Martius thus and thou with thy fair wife shalt live Athens shall stand and all her priviledges augmented be Soph. 'T were better Athens perish'd and my wife which Romans I do know a worthie one then Sophocles should shrink of Sophocles commit profane Idolatry by giving the reverence due to gods to thee blown man Mar. Rough stubborn Cynick Soph. Thou art rougher far and of a couser wale fuller of pride lesse temperate to bear prosperity Thou seest my meer neglect hath rais'd in thee a storm more boystrous then the Oceans my vertue Patience makes thee vitious Mar. Why fair-ey'd Ladie do you kneel Dor. Great Generall victorious godlike Martius your poor handmaid kneels for her husband will not cannot speaks thus humbly that he may not Listen Roman thou whose advanced front doth speak thee Roman to every Nation and whose deeds assure 't Behold a Princesse whose declining head like to a drooping lily after storms bowes to thy feet and playing here the slave to keep her husbands greatnesse unabated all which doth make thy Conquest greater For if he be base in ought whom thou hast taken then Martius hath but taken a base prize But if this Jewell hold lustre and value Martius is richer then in that he hath won O make him such a Captive as thy self unto another wouldst great Captain be till then he is no prisoner fit for thee Mar. Valerius here is harmonie would have brought old crabbed Saturn to sweet sleep when Jove did first incense him with Rebellion Athens doth make women Philosophers and sure their children chat the talk of gods Val. Rise beauteous Dorigen Dor. Nor untill I know the Generals resolution Val. One soft word from Sophocles would calm him into tears like gentle showrs after tempestuous winds Dor. To buy the world he will not give a word a look a tear a knee 'gainst his own judgement and the divine composure of his minde all which I therefore doe and here present this Victors wreathe this rich Athenian sword Trophies of Conquest which great Martius wear and be appeas'd Let Sophocles still live Mar. He would not live Dor. He would not beg to live When he shall so forget then I begin to command Martius and when he kneels Dorigen stands when he lets fall a tear I dry mine eyes and scorn him Mar. Scorn him now then here in the face of Athens and thy friends Self-will'd stiffe Sophocles prepare to die and by that sword thy Lady honour'd me with which her self shall follow Romans Friends who dares but strike this stroke shall part with me half Athens and my half of Victorie Cap. By not we Nic. Cor. We two will do it Sir Soph. Away ye fish-fac'd Rascals Val. Martius to eclipse this great Eclipse labours thy fame Valerius thy Brother shall for once turn Executioner Give me the sword Now Sophocles I 'll strike as suddenly as thou dar'st die Soph. Thou canst not And Valerius 't is lesse dishonour to thee thus to kill me then bid me kneel to Martius 't is to murther the fame of living men which great ones do their studies strangle poyson makes away the wretched hangman only ends the Play Val. Art thou prepar'd Soph. Yes Val. Bid thy wife farewell Soph. No I will take no leave My Dorigen yonder above 'bout Ariadnes Crown my spirit shall hover for thee prethee haste Dor. Stay Sophocles with this tie up my sight let not soft nature so transformed be and lose her gentler sex'd humanitie to make me see my lord bleed So 't is well never one object underneath the Sun will I behold before my Sophocles Farewell now teach the Romans how to die Mar. Dost know what 't is to die Soph. Thou dost not Martius and therefore not what 't is to live to die is to begin to live It is to end an old stale weary work and to commence a newer and a better 'T is to leave deceitfull knaves for the societie of gods and goodnesse Thou thy self must part at last from all thy garlands pleasures Triumphs and prove thy fortitude what then 't will do Val. But art not griev'd nor vex'd to leave life thus Soph. Why should I grieve or vex for being sent to them I ever lov'd best now I 'll kneel but with my back toward thee 't is the last duty this trunk can doe the gods Mar. Strike strike Valerius or Martius heart will leap out at his mouth This is a man a woman Kisse thy lord and live with all the freedome you were wont O Love thou doubly hast afflicted me with vertue and with beauty Treacherous heart my hand shall cast thee quick into my urne ere thou transgresse this knot of pietie Val. What ails my Brother Soph. Martius oh
hour she is now a surfet to me Enter Gentill Who 's that Gentill I charge ye no acquaintance you nor your maid with him nor no discourse till times are riper Gent. Fie my noble Lord can you be now a stranger to the Court when your most vertuous Bride the beauteous Hellena stands ready like a star to gild your happinesse when Hymen's lustie fires are now a lighting and all the flowre of Anjoy Lav. Some few trifles for matter of adornment have a little made me so slow Gentille which now in readinesse I am for Court immediately Gent. Take heed Sir this is no time for trifling nor she no Ladie to be now entertain'd with toyes 't will cost ye Lav. Y' are an old Cock Gentille Gent. By your Lordships favour Lav. Prethee away 't will lose time Gent. O my Lord pardon me that by all means Lav. We have businesse afoot man of more moment Gen. Then my manners I know none nor I seek none Lav. Take to morrow Gent. Even now by your Lordships leave Excellent Beautie my ever service here I dedicate in honour of my best friend your dead Father to you his living vertue and wish heartily that firm affection that made us two happie may take as deep undying root and flourish betwixt my daughter Casta and your goodnesse who shall be still your servant Gab. I much thank ye Lav. o' this dreaming puppie Will ye go Sir Gent. A little more Good Lord Lav. Not now by Come I must use ye Gent. Goodnesse dwell still with you Exeunt Gentille Lavall Gab. The sight of this old Gentleman Maria puls to mine eyes again the living picture of Perolot his vertuous son my first Love that dy'd at Orleance Mar. You have felt both fortunes and in extreams poor Lady for young Perolot being every way unable to maintain you durst not make known his love to friend or father My Lord Lavall being powerfull and you poor will not acknowledge you Gab. No more Le ts in wench there let my Lute speak my laments they have tired me Exeunt Enter two Courtiers 1. Court I grant the Duke is wondrous provident in his now planting for succession I know his care as honourable in the choice too Marines fair vertuous daughter but what 's all this to what end excellent arrives this travell when he that bears the main roof is so rotten 2. Cou. You have hit it now indeed For if fame lye not he is untemperate 1. Court You expresse him poorly too gentle Sir the most deboist and barbarous beleeve it the most void of all humanitie howere his cunning cloake it to his Uncle and those his pride depends upon 2. Cour. I have heard too given excessively to drink 1. Court Most certain and in that drink most dangerous I speak these things to one I know loves truth and dares not wrong her 2. Cour. You may speak on 1. Cour. Uncertain as the sea Sir proud and deceitfull as his sins great Master his appetite to women for there he carries his main sail spread so boundlesse and abominably that but to have her name by that tongue spoken poysons the vertue of the purest Virgin 2. Cour. I am sorry for young Gabriella then a maid reputed ever of faire carriage for he has been noted visiting 1. Cour. Shee is gone then or any else that promises or power gifts or his guilfull vows can work upon but these are but poor parcels 2. Cour. 'T is great pitie 1. Cour. Nor want these sins a chief saint to befriend 'em the Divell follows him and for a truth Sir appears in visible figure often to him at which time he 's possest with sudden trances cold deadly sweats and griping of the conscience tormented strangely as they say 2. Cour. Heaven turn him This marriage day maist thou well curse fair Hellen But let 's go view the Ceremony 1. Cour. I 'll walk with you Exeunt Musick Enter Gabriella and Maria above And Lavall Bride States in solemnitie as to marriage and passe over viz. Duke Marine Longavile Mar. I hear 'em come Gad. Would I might never hear more Mar. I told you still but you were so incredulous See there they kisse Gab. Adders be your embarces The poyson of a rotten heart O Hellen blast thee as I have been just such a flattery with that same cunning face that smile upon 't O mark it Marie mark it seriously that master smile caught me Mar. There 's the old Duke and Marine her father Gab. Oh Mar. There Longavile the Ladies now Gab. Oh I am murderd Marie Beast most inconstant beast Mar. There Gab. There I am not no more I am not there Hear me oh heaven and all you powers of justice bow down to me but you of pitie die I am abus'd she that depended on your Providence she is abus'd your honour is abus'd that noble peece ye made and call'd it man is turn'd to divell all the world 's abus'd Give me a womans will provok'd to mischiefe a two edg'd heart my suffring thoughts to wild-fires and my embraces to a timelesse grave turne Mar. Here I 'll step in for 't is an act of merit Gab. I am too big to utter more Mar. Take time then Enter Gentille and Casta Gent. This solitary life at home undoes thee obscures thy beautie first which should prefer thee next fils thee full of sad thoughts which thy yeers must not arrive at yet they choak thy sweetnesse Follow the time my girl and it will bring thee even to the fellowship of the noblest women Hellen her self to whom I would prefer thee and under whom this poor and private carriage which I am onely able yet to reach at being cast off and all thy sweets at lustre will take thee as a fair friend and preferre thee Casta. Good Sir be not so cruell as to seek to kill that sweet content y' have bred me to Have I not here enough to thank heaven for the free air uncorrupted with new flattery the water that I touch unbrib'd with odours to make me sweet to others the pure fire not smotherd up and choak'd with lustfull incense to make my blood sweat but burning cleer and high tels me my minde must flame up so to heaven What should I do at Court wear rich apparell me thinks these are as warm And for your state Sir wealthie enough Is it you would have me proud and like a pageant stuck up for amazements Teach not your child to tread that path for fear Sir your drie bones after death groan in your grave the miseries that follow Gent. Excellent Casta Casta. When shall I pray again a Courtier or when I doe to what God what new body and new face must I make me with new manners for I must be no more my self Whose Mistris must I be first with whose sin-offring season'd and when I am grown so great and glorious with prostitution of my burning beauties that great Lords kneel and Princes beg for
your friend thus sad still me thinks 'T is an unseemly nature in a Souldier Iac. What hath she to do with me or my behaviour Fab. He do's but shew so prethee to him Sister Iac. If I do not breake thy head I am no Christian If I get off once Clo. Sir we must intreat you To thinke your selfe more welcome and be merry 'T is pitty a faire man of your proportion Should have a soule of sorrow Iac. Very well Pray Gentlewoman what would you have me say Clo. Do not you know Sir Ia. Not so well as you That talke continually Fra. You have hither Sir Clo. I thank him so he has Faire fall his sweet face for 't Iac. Let my face Alone I would wish you least I take occasion To bring a worse in question Clor. Meaning mine Brother where was your friend brought up h 'as sure Been a great lover in his youth of pottage They lye so dull upon his understanding Fab. No more of that thou 'lt anger him at heart Clo. Then let him be more manly for he lookes Like a great School-boy that had been blown up Last night at dust-point Fra. You will never leave Till you be told how rude you are fye Clora Sir will it please you sit Clo. And I 'le sit by you Iac. Woman be quiet and be rul'd I would wish you Clo. I have done Sir Captaine Fab. Art thou not asham'd Iac. You are an asse I 'le tell you more anon You had better ha been hang'd then brought me hither Fab. You are grown a sullen foole either be handsom Or by this light I 'le have wenches baite thee Goe to the Gentlewoman and give her thanks And hold your head up what Ia. By this light I 'le brain thee Fra. Now ô my faith this Gentleman do's nothing But it becomes him rarely Clora look How well this little anger if it be one Shews in his face Clo. Yes it shewes very sweetly Fra. Nay do not blush Sir ô my troth it does I would be ever angry to be thus Fabritio ô my conscience if I ever Do fall in love as I will not forswear it Till I am something wiser it must be I will not say directly with that face But certainly such another as that is And thus dispose my chance to hamper me Fab. Dost thou heare this and stand still Iac. You will prate still I would you were not women I would take A new course with ye Clo. Why couragious Iac. For making me a stone to whet your tongues on Clo. Prethee sweet Captaine Iac. Goe goe spin goe hang Clo. Now could I kisse him Iac. If you long for kicking You 'r best come kisse me do not though I 'de wish ye I 'le send my Foot-man to thee he shall leap thee And thou wantst horsing I 'le leave ye Ladies Fra. Beshrew my heart you are unmannerly To offer this unto a Gentleman Of his deserts that comes so worthily To visite me I cannot take it well Iac. I come to visite you you foolish woman Fra. I though you did Sir and for that I thanke you I would be loth to loose those thankes I knowe This is but some odd way you have and faith It do's become you well to make us merry I have heard often of your pleasant veine Fab. What wouldst thou ask more Ja. Pray thou scurvy fellowe Thou hast not long to live adieu deare Damsels You filthy women farewell and be sober And keepe your chambers Clor. Farewell old Don Diego Fra. Away away you must not be so angry To part thus roughly from us yet to me This do's not shew as if 't were yours the wars May breed men something plain I know But not thus rude give me your hand good Sir I know 't is white and Jac. If I were not patient What would become of you two prating houswives Clo. For any thing I know we would in to supper And there begin a health of lusty Claret To keep care from our hearts and it should be Fab. Faith to whom Mark but this Jacamo Clo. Even to the handsomest fellow now alive Fab. Do you know such a one Fra. He may be ghest at Without much travel Fab. There 's another item Clo. And he should be a Souldier Fra. 'T would be better Clo. And yet not you sweet Captaine Fra. Why not he Ja. Well I shall live to see your husbands beate you And hisse 'em on like ban-dogs Clo. Ha ha ha Jac. Green sicknesses and serving-men light on ye With greasy Codpieces and woollen stockings The Devill if he dare deal with two women Be of your counsels Farewell Plaisterers Exit Jacamo Clor. This fellow will be mad at Mid-sumer Without all doubt Fab. I thinke so too Fra. I am sorry Hee 's gone in such a rage but sure this holds him Not every day Fab. Faith every other day If he come neare a woman Clor. I wonder how his mother could endure To have him in her belly he 's so boysterous Fra. He 's to be made more tractable I doubt not Clo. Yes if they taw him as they do whit-leather Upon an iron or beate him soft like Stock-fish Scaena quarta Enter Laelia and her waiting woman with a vaile Lel. Art sure 't is he Wom. Yes and another with him Lel. The more the merryer did you give that money And charg'd it to be delivered where I shewed you Wom. Yes and what else you bad me Lel. That brave fellow Though he be old what e're he be shews toughnesse And such a one I long for and must have At any price these young soft melting gristles Are only for my safer ends Wom. They are here Lel. Give me my vaile and bid the boy goe sing That song above I gave him the sad Song Now if I misse him I am curst goe wench And tell 'em I have utterly forsworn All company of men yet make a venture At last to let 'em in thou knowst these things Doe 'em to 'th life Wom. I warrant you I am perfect Lel. Some ill woman for her use would give A million for this wench she is so subtle Enter to the doore Julio and Angilo Wom. Good Sir desire it not I dare not do it For since your last being here Sir beleeve me She has griev'd her selfe out of all company And sweet soule almost out of life too Jul. Prethee Let me but speake one word Wom. You will offend Sir And yet your name is more familiar with her Then any thing but sorrow good Sir goe Ang. This little varlet hath her lesson perfect These are the baites they bob with Iul. Faith I will not Wom. I shal be chidden cruelly for this But you are such a Gentleman Iul. No more Aug. There 's a new Tyre-wench peace thou art well enough Iul. What has she musique Wom. Yes for Gods sake stay 'T is all she feedes upon Iul. Alas poore soule Ang. Now will I pray devoutly for there 's need on t The SONG
What mysterie is this Arcanes can they Thinkst thou meane any good Arc. My Lord they dare not Intend ought else but good Cas. T is true they dare not Arcanes welcome them Come hither Annophill Stand close to me wee 'll change our affability Into a forme of State and they shall know Our heart is still our owne Enter Arcanes Fernando and Gaspero Arc. My Lord Cas. Arcanes I know them both Fernando as you are A man of greatnesse I should under-value The right my sword hath fought for to observe Low-fawning complements but as you are A Captive and a stranger I can love you And must be kinde You are welcome Fern. 'T is the all Of my ambition Gas And for proof how much He truely honours your heroick vertues The Senate on his importunity Commend him to your Lordships guard Cas. For what Gas During the time of his abode in Candy To be your houshold guest Fer. Wherein my Lord You shall more make me debtor to your noblenesse Then if you had return'd me without ransome Cass Are you in earnest Sir Fern. My sute to the Senate Shall best resolve you that Cass. Come hither Secretarie Look that this be no trick now put upon me For if it be Sirrah Gas As I have troth My Lord it onely is a favour granted Upon Fernando's motion from himselfe Your Lordship must conceive I 'de not partake Ought but what should concerne your honour who Has been the prop our Countries shield and safety But the renowned Cassilane Cass. Applause Is Gaspero puffe nothing why young Lord Would you so much be sequester'd from those That are the blazing Comets of the time To live a solitarie life with me A man forsaken all my hospitality Is now contracted to a few these two This tempest wearied souldier and this Virgin We cannot feast your eyes with Masques and Revells Or Courtly Anticks the sad sports we riot in Are Tales of foughten fields of Martiall scarres And things done long agoe when men of courage Were held the best not those well-spoken youths Who onely carry conquest in their tongues Now stories of this nature are unseasonable To entertaine a great Dukes son with Ter. Herein Shall my Captivity be made my happinesse Since what I lose in freedome I regaine With int'rest by conversing with a Souldier So much lesse for experience as great Cassilane Pray sir admit me Cas. If you come to mock me I shall be angrie Fer. By the love I beare To goodnesse my intents are honourable Cas. Then in a word my Lord your visitations Shall find all due respect But I am now Growne old and have forgot to be an host Come when you please you are welcome Fer. Sir I thank you Ann. Good sir be not too urgent for my father Will soon be mov'd yet in a noble way Of courtesie he is as easily conquer'd Fer. Lady your words are like your beauty powerfull I shall not strive more how to doe him service Then how to be your servant Cas. Shee 's my daughter And does command this house Fer. I so conceive her Cas. Doe you heare Gas My honour'd Lord Cas. Commend me to them Tell 'em I thank them Gas. Whom my Lord Cas The Senate Why now come you so dull O they are gratious And inâ—â—â—â—â—â—â—â— gratefull Thou art eloquent Speak modestly in mentioning my services And if ought fall out in the By that must Of meere necessity touch any act Of my deserving praises blush when you talke on 't 'T will make them blush to heare on 't Gas Why my Lord Cas. Nay nay you are too wise now good observe me I doe not raile against the hopefull Springall That builds up monuments in Brasse reares Trophies With Mottoes and Inscriptions quaint devices Of Poetrie and fiction let 's be quiet Arc. You must not crosse him Gas Not for Candys wealth Fer. You shall for ever make me yours Ann. 'T were pitty to double your captivity Arc. Who 's here Decius Enter Decius Cas. Ha! Decius who nam'd Decius Dec. My duty to your Lordship I am bold Presuming on your noble and knowne goodnesse To Cas. What Dec. Present you with this Cas. Letter Dec. Yes my honour'd Lord Cas. From whom Dec. Please you peruse The in-side you shall finde a name subscrib'd In such humility in such obedience That you your selfe will judge it tyranny Not to receive it favourably Cas. Hey-day Good words my Masters this is Court-infection And none but Cowards ply them Tell me Decius Without more circumstance who is the sender Dec. Your much griev'd sonne Antinous Cas. On my life A challenge speak as thou art worthy speak I le answer 't Dec. Honour'd Sir Cas. No honour'd Sirs Foole your yong Idoll with such pompous Attributes Say briefely what containes it Dec, 'T is a lowly Petition for your favour Cas, Rash young man But that thou art under my owne roofe and know'st I dare not any way infringe the Lawes Of hospitality thou should'st repent Thy bold and rude intrusion But presume not Againe to shew thy Letter for thy life Decius not for thy life Arc. Nay then my Lord I can with-hold no longer you are too rough And wrestle against nature with a violence More then becomes a father wherein would yee Come nearer to the likenesse of God Then in your being entreated Let not thirst Of honour make you quite forget you are A man and what makes perfect man-hoods comforts A father Ann. If a memory remaine Of my departed mother if the purity Of her unblemish'd faith deserve to live In your remembrance let me yet by these Awake your love to my uncomforted Brother Fer. I am a stranger but so much I tender Your sons desertfull vertues that I vow His Sword nere conquer'd me so absolutely As shall your curtesie if you vouchsafe At 〈◊〉 our instances to new receive him Into your wonted favour Gas Sir you cannot Require more low submission Anno. Am I not Growne vile yet in your eyes then by the name Of father let me once more sue for him Who is the only now remaining-branch With me of that most ancient roote whose body You are deare sir Cas. 'T is well an host of furies Could not have baited me more torturingly More rudely or more most unnaturally Decius I say let me no more heare from him For this time goe thou hence and know from me Thou art beholding to me that I have not Killed thee already looke to 't next looke to 't Arcanes fie fie Annophil Exit Arc. He 's gone Chaf'd beyond sufferance we must follow him Dec. Lady this letter is to you Anno. Come with me For we must speake in private please you sir To see what entertainement our sad house Can yeild Ex. Fer. I shall attend you Lady Gas How do ye like To sojourne here my Lord Fer. More then to feast With all the Princes of the earth besides Gonzalo told me that thou wert honest Gas Yes sir And you shall find