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The fatal jealousie a tragedy acted at the Duke's Theatre.
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Payne, Henry Neville, fl. 1672-1710.
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1673
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I 'm Reveng'd already For 's joyning with Antonio ' gainst our house He 's Antidated Cuckold and by me O rare Revenge There 's for thy News Nurse Gives money to her Were all my Enemies but serv'd the same At a more full Revenge I 'de never aim Nurse Me-thinks you should not be so merry for losing my Lady 'faith had I known it you should not have come Into the place you wot'on by my means Fran. Nay be not angry Nurse I find her drift She loves our family and studies to Revenge it To make him Cuckold how it pleases me Poyson nor Poniards is not half so well Go tell her Nurse I 'm glad she takes this way I glory in her love by Heaven I do I 'le find Sebastian out and laugh with him Till I e'en split my sides Nurse Sir you 'le tell no body I hope Fran. No none but him To say as he goes by there goes my Cuckold And then to laugh go Nurse and tell her I 'le be sure to meet Exit Nurse Another double Pistoll for my Jasper I 'le have him one whole night for this For to speak truth I find the Rogue does not love me Heavens What a bad world is this An Old Woman though never so willing Can scarce get a friend for ready money When such as Eugenia can make the Gold fly about But time will come she must be fain to turn tail And pay for one as I do or go without But it pleases me my Lady says he shall be my husband Then I shall need give money no longer for faith if he Be negligent I 'le ring him a Peal to quicken him to his duty Thus marry'd once I 'le doe like other wives That make their husbands drudge for quiet lives The End of the Second Act. Act the Third Enter Don Gerardo with a Book in his Hand Song 1. SOme Happy Soul come down and tell What Joys are those with you do dwell If it be Happiness like ours below Which from our want of ills does only flow Then 't is plain that mighty theam Of Immortality is but a Dream 2. 'T is Love 't is Love for nothing can Give real Happiness to Man But Joys like those that Lovers Souls enjoy Which here on Earth there 's nothing can destroy Ay ay 't is Love only can be The Happy Souls endless felicity Ger. What a dull heavy load hangs on my Soul Weighing me down to Earth as if 't would say 'T was weary of its Burthen and resolv'd To shake it off and mix with its first matter What is the thing call'd Death we mortals shun Is' t some real or is' t a fancy only Like that imaginary point in Mathematicks Not to be found only in definition It is no more Death like your Childrens Bug-bears Is fear'd by all yet has no other Being Then what weak fancy gives it 't is a Line But yet imaginary drawn betwixt Time and that dreadful thing Eternity I that 's the thing 't is fear'd for now I find it Eternity which puzzles all the World To name the Inhabitants that People it Eternity whose undiscover'd Countrey We Fools divide before we come to see it Making one part contain all happiness The other misery then unseen fight for 't Losing our certains for uncertainties All Sects pretending to a Right of choyce Yet none go willingly to take their part For they all doubt what they pretend to know And fear to mount lest they should fall below Be 't as it will my Actions shall be just And for my future State I Heav'n will trust Enter a Servant Return'd already what can be the cause Serv. Sir Don Antonio likewise is return'd Ger. What reason had he for it dost thou know Ser. My Lord I do not for we by your appointment Having took Horse did with our greatest speed Pursue the Road should lead us to Don John's When near a Thicket stands some two Miles off I spy'd Antonio lying on the ground And Jasper walking of the Horses by him Fearing his seeing us we took the Thicket Where shelter'd from their Eyes I left my Fellows But I approach'd as near as possible Hoping I did you Service if I could By their Discourse gather their cause of stay Ger. 'T was like thy self both diligent and prudent Serv. But all my care did signifie but little The Wind blew fresh and rustling in the Wood Wholly destroy'd their Voyces so that few words Of what they said I heard and those I did Came so divided they had no connexion Ger. What sort of Actions did you then perceive Serv. My Lord I saw Antonio much disturb'd Sometimes he 'd rise and walk a turn or two With eager pace then stop as suddenly Then stamp and tear his hair then loudly cry She 's dead she 's dead Oh Caelia Oh Antonio Then lye him down again and rest a space Sometimes call Jasper to him talk a while And soon again rise in another Passion Seldom I heard a word except a Curse Or now and then a Name as Lewis Caelia Pedro Francisco Flora nay my Lord Sometimes I heard your Name and then Engenia's Then suddenly holding his hands to Heav'n He 'd down again and there a while would role Ger. These Actions sure did seem a perfect madness Serv. It seem'd indeed a madness methodiz'd Like theirs who are Transported far with Passion Ger. But how perceiv'd you Jasper bear himself Serv. Quite in another manner but as strange For when his Lord look'd down his looks would be As full of mirth ready to burst in Laughter That I perceiv'd he scarce contain'd himself But if his Lord did look about to speak Then was his Face demure with hand on Breast Turning his Eyes to Heav'n and groaning sighs As you have seen my Lord a Canting Preacher Aiming to cheat his Audience wanting matter Sigh to seem Holy till he thought on something So at that distance seem'd his Actions to me But when his back was turn'd the Rascal would Make Mouths and point with signs of greatest scorn Ger. There is some Fatal Villany in this Some Mystery beyond my Fathoming But how long staid they thus Serv. About two hours when mounting both their Horses I took mine and un-espy'd did dogg e'm to the City And where they Hous'd I know not for they enter'd Remote from Home and I i' th' streets soon lost e'm Ger. Do both your Fellows know this Serv. No my Lord I did not think it would become my Duty To tell them any thing but what they saw Ger. I never knew thee yet mistake thy trust Thy secrecy was well Preserve it still For I must use it further therefore go And Charge your Pistols we must walk a Round About Antonio's House to watch their motion For there the Scene must lye of this design If there be mischief in 't thy courage now If theirs occasion must again be try'd And well Rewarded too Serv. 'T is so my Lord Above all
was For all I 'm worth Exit Enter Captain Watch and Servant Capt. When I consider every Circumstance Of what you tell and what I know my self I must conclude I ought not to defer To search Antonio's House if he 's from home As you pretend he is It makes me think There is some strange Intrigue design'd by him For why should he turn back as you relate And then obscure himself in such a House Besides he told me he was strait for Home And yet it seems he was not as you say Serv. It 's truth upon my Life he was not there At past the hour of Nine Watch. Who comes there Enter the little Devil and runs and skulkes Captain the Devil the Devil See where he stands Capt. O' my Conscience The Witches little Familiar again If you 're afraid let me come I 'm us'd to These sort of Devils Come come uncase It sputters like a Cat Captain to him Uncase young Gamester what slippery pranck Are you about now Don't you remember your Last escape Sirrah Devil Pray Master don't whip me I 'le tell all Capt. Out with it then where 's the Old Witch your Mistress Devil Alas Captain she was kill'd to Night when You brought in the Watch to search our House Capt. Kill'd by whom Devil I know not that but we were putting a cheat Upon a Lord there by contrivance of his Man And when you knockt we ran to our lurking holes To hide us but when the Coast was clear we came Out and seeking for my Mistress found her dead in one Of the holes thrust through her Body with a Dagger in Three places Capt. What cheat was that you put upon the Lord Dev. We Acted like Devils and in a Song made him Believe his Wife did Cuckold him Capt. This was Antonio whom I met there Sir Devil Ay that 's his Name a mighty furious Man He said he 'd kill e'm all before 't was day He made me quake to hear him I hope now Captain you will let me go Capt. No no you Rogue If he has done more mischief You shall be hang'd except you find your Fellows That joyn'd i' th' cheat with you to make him Jealous Devil I 'le bring you presently to them and shew you all Their holes they did but send me out to watch when The Coast was clear Capt. Who say you set you on to this design Devil An ill-look'd Rogue his Man the Witches Nephew I think they call him Jasper Capt. Well take the Boy and call some of your Fellows And there surprize them all I 'le not defer My searching to prevent the mischief That Don Antonio further may design For I believe he had a hand in this Was done i' th' Garden however the mistake Did happen to begin between the Dead Serv. Come Sir make haste for I begin to fear Some Tragedy is Acted in the House For Don Antonio's Rage is alwayes quick And they have toucht the string will stretch it highest Capt. Come then let 's hasten back Whistling behind the Stage Enter Nurse Nurse Ay that 's his whistle and I must obey't Why Pedro Pedro What are you dead asleep Pedro I say Pedro within Who calls Nurse Pedro rise quickly my Lady Caelia wants you Ped. What can she want me for at such a time Nurse I know not but Flora came and said you must Come quickly I think to Ride to my Lord. Ped. I come but I 'le have a care of your Tricks Nurse Nurse What tricks What do you Enter Pedro in a Night-Gown with his sword in 's hand Do with your Sword Ped. Why Nurse you may have malice and malice May seek mischief which because you are no Witch And cannot come through a Key-hole to compass For ought I know you call me out to do it ha What whistle's that Whistle Nurse What whistle Are you mad Go to my Lady Ped. Still I suspect you Exeunt Enter Nurse with Antonio and Jasper Anto. Are they together Nurse Nurse Yes my Lord the more 's my sorrow Anto. Nay then I see the Devils did speak truth Francisco their kind Couzen Whor'd them both By Heav'ns they took their turns I see it plain O that I could invent some horrid Death And had but time to execute it on them But since I cannot plain stabbing will do well The less they 've here the more they 'l find in Hell Nurse I hope you will not kill your Lady Sir Anto. Not kill her But I must Nurse What have I done Oh oh Cryes out oh oh Anto. Hold stop your mouth I 'le stop it for you else They 'l hear her and escape Come Jasper are you ready Jasp Yes my Lord I follow Exeunt Nurse What have I done one Murder on another I see 't was he that kill'd Eugenia now By 's naming Don Francisco oh that Jasper Oh the Ghost again what shall I do Exit Caelia in Bed and Flora all Bloody Cael. I 'm sorry that I sent thee since she 's mad But would 't was day that I might get her lookt to Flor. I 'm sure she has scratch't my face sufficiently Cael. 'T is well it was no worse Pedro knocks Flor. Alas she 'l come again Ped. Flora Flora. He knocks Flor. Who 's that Pedro What 's the matter with you Ped. Nurse call'd and said my Lady would speak with me Cael. Bid him come in Flor. My Lady bids you enter Enter Pedro. Cael. Pedro the Nurse is mad I did not call you You see how she has scratcht poor Flora's Face She came just now shreeking and staring hither If you could lock her up into some Room It would do well A noise Exiturus he fights and Enters with Antonio whom when he sees he lets fall his point and is kill'd Jasper runs Flora through Ped. I hear her coming up Thieves Madam Thieves Oh Heav'ns it is my Lord Anto. Damn'd Letcher so it is What does your Courage fail you There take that Runs him through And boast in Hell that Don Antonio's Sword Did thee thr Honour to send thee thither Flor. O Heav'ns My fears were true the Rogue has kill'd me Anto. Now Monster of thy Sex see this and tell me Falls dyes What are the effects you do expect from it Cael. Death that 's less terrible then is your Anger Which I perceive by it's effects already Upon that Innocent Man cannot stay there Anto. Are your concerns for him when they should be Employ'd to Heav'n for mercy to your Soul Nay then Hell take it's Quarry this for Don Lewis This for Don Francisco and take this last For thy insatiate Lust with that damn'd Hind Cael. This killing me my Lord is very cruel Since I ne're sinn'd in thought against your Honour This as I do expect Eternal Rest Is such a Truth that I can dye in it Anto. O Hell and Furies This Womans impudence exceeds you all See there a Dog just wreeking from thy Bed Hot with the Labour you have