't as well as the best With every one in their own footing Now observe Daunce Mat. You have done well Now pray le ts break up school Hard. But yet not break up house My sonne and daughter Have given me power to call their Supper mine To which I 'le give you welcome Ale and VVine Deus dedit his quoque finem laus Deo FINIS These BOOKs following are sold by Andrew Crook at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard In folio A Large and compleat Concordance to the Bible by Samuel Newman The Bible of a large English or black Letter used in Churches The Bible of a faire London Print The Bible in Welch Leviathan or the Matter Form and Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil by Thomas Hobbs Ben Johnsons Works in two Volumes The History of Don Quixote Doctor Kellet of the Sacrament of our Lords Supper All Homers Works translated by George Chapman Orlando Furioso by Sir John Harrington Psyche or Loves Mystery by Jo. Beaumont In quarto Riders Dictionary Thomae Thomasii Dictionarium Doctor Gauden of the Ministry and Ministers of the Church of England His three Sermons upon several occasions The Fables of Esop paraphrased in verse and adorn'd with Scripture by John Ogilby Doctor Lightfoot his Harmony on the foure Evangelists His Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles His Description of the Temple His Description of the service of the Temple Ten godly and faithful Sermons by John Gore late Minister at St. Peters in Cornhil Doctor Day his Treatise of the Resurrection 1 Cor 15. 16. Burton of bowing at the Name of Jesus Mr. Thomas Shepherd of Liturgies power of the Keyes and of the Catholick visible Church in answer to Mr. John Ball Dr. Twisse of Predestination in answer to Mr. Cotton The Swedish Intelligencer containing the principal passages and actions done in the best parts of Christendome Virgil translated Grammatically by John Brinsley A Phylosophical and Chymical Treatise of Fire and Salt Clement the blessed Pauls fellow-labourer in the Gospel his Epistle to the Corinthians The Protestants Kalendar The Mysteries of Art and Nature in foure parts the first of Waterworks the second of Fire-works the third of Drawing Limming Painting Engraving and Etching the fourth of sundry experiments by John Bate William Lithgow his Travels A Sermon preached at Newport in the Isle of Wight Octob 1648. in the time of the Treaty on Gal 5. 22. 23. by Robert Saunderson D. in D. and Chaplain to the late King An excellent Treatise of the interest of Princes and States of Christendome A Path-way to Piety containing 1. Christs Prayer expounded 2. A Communicant instructed 3. A Direction to live well 4. A Direction to die well Doctor Swadlin his Manuel of devotions suiting each day with prayers and meditations suitable to the works of the Day as also each mans calling she Nobleman the Souldier the Lawyer the Trades-man the Sick man the dying man A Brief of the Bibles History THE QUEEN And CONCUBINE A COMEDIE BY RICHARD BROME Asperius nihil est Humili cum surgit in Altum Si vis vincere disce pati LONDON Printed for A. Crook and Hen Brome at the Gun in Ivy Lane 1659 Drammatis Personae Gonzago King of Sicilie Gonzago His Son the Prince Horatio An old humorous Courtier Lodovico Eulalia's faithful Counsellor Flavello alias Alphonso Alinda's Sycophant Four Lords two Bishops Sforza Two Rivall Generals Petruccio Two other Captains and Souldiers Strozzo Two cashier'd Lieutenants Fabio A Doctor Suborned false witnesses against Eulalia A Midwife Pedro A Gentleman of Palermo Poggio Two chief Inhabitants of Palermo Lollio Three or four Countrey-men of Palermo Curat  Cryer Of Palermo Guard  Andrea Eulalia's Fool Jago  Rugio Two other her Servants Jaylor  Women Kings Guard Eulalia The Banish'd Queen Petruccio's Servant Alinda the veil'd Concubine Genius of Eulalia Three or four Girls The Scoene Sicilie The first Song for pag. 88. VVHat if a Day or a moneth or a year Crown thy Delights With a thousand wish'd contentings May not the chance of a Night or an Hour Cross thy Delights With as many sad Tormentings Fortune Honour Beautie Birth Are but blossomes dying Wanton Pleasures doating Mirth Are but Shadows flying All our Joys Are but Toys Idle thoughts deceiving None hath power Of an Hour In our lifes bereaving The second Song for pag. 111. HOw bless'd are they that wast their wearied Hours In solemn Groves and solitarie Bowers Where neither eye nor Ear Can see or hear The frantique mirth And false Delights of frolique earth Where they may sit and pant And breath their pursy Souls Where neither grief consumes nor griping want Afflicts nor sullen care controuls Away false Joys ye Murther where ye kisse There is no Heaven to that no Life to this ACT. I. Scoen. I. Enter Horatio Lodovico Hor. THe clouds of Doubts and Fears are now dispers'd And Joy like the resplendent Sun spreads forth New life and spirit over all this Kingdom That lately gasp'd with Sorrow Lod. Now the Court Puts on her rich Attire and like fresh Flora After the blasts of winter spreads her Mantle Deck'd with delightful Colours to receive The jocund Spring that brings her this new life Scoen. II. Enter Flavello bare before the Prince the Queen Eulalia Alinda Attendants Hoboys Hor. The Queen comes on Joy in that face appears That lately was overwhelmed in her tears Lod. and Hor. Health and perpetual Joy unto the Queen Eul. Thanks my good Lords I am prepar'd to meet it How neer 's the King Hor. At hand my Soveraign Eul. Welcome that happy word that leads the way But yet he is not come he is not here Never so sweet an expectation Appear'd so tedious pray set on apace That I may live yet to an interview With my lov'd honour'd Lord Hor. That your delay May seem less grievous hear this by the way A brief relation of the Kings success In this his late well-won Battail Eul. Be it so But mention not his dangers good my Lord Hor. That were to make his Conquest nothing worth It would make Victory upon his head As she had flown into his Burgonet To shrowd her from a storm and not to sit Or rather stand triumphant on a foot With display'd wings upon the utmost Sprigg Of his high flourishing Plume vaunting her safety So perch'd and so supported by his Valour Prin. Pray Mother hear the dangers too the worst Will make the best the sweeter I could hear Of dangers yet to come and Women may Discourse of Perils past each Holy-day Hor. Well said young Prince right of the Kings own Metal And gracious Madam let me tell you though You do not love to hear of blood and danger Y' have brought a Warrior forth I do foresee 't I love to speak my thoughts I hope you trust me A right old Courtier I still true to th' Crown Prin. How this old fellow talkes you said my Lord You would discourse the Battail
shall have Madam Alin. You made not choise of men of Resolution Flav. They were the same exasperate cashier'd Souldiers That sware so valiantly against Eulalia Alin. Many that pass for Souldiers dare swear valiantly That dare not fight Flav. Many that dare not fight Dare do a murther Madam such a tame one too I am confident they have kill'd her however I have done my best Alin. Thou hast done nothing whilst that woman lives The work was not so course that your own hand Could have disdain'd it Sir if you had lov'd me So leave me negligent Fellow Flav. Her first months Majesty hath wip'd out The memorie of all her former dayes I must not lose her though this hand then soon Must do the work be 't not already done Exit King How cheers my love what ominous aspect Hath wrought this sad Eclipse upon that Beautie VVhose radiancie onely is my life Cast by this veil of sadness quit my fears And from my Browes wipe off a score of years No what must then remove it or dispell These Clouds that from the anguish of thy heart Do cast this shadow ore my happiness Alin. I must not will not name it but you said You would do something which it seems Your wavering love neglects King Can I neglect A duty that belongs to my Alinda Speak it again and by my first nights bliss I had with thee by this kiss and by this I le treble in performance all my promises Alin. Y' are dull in your performances I will Not name a request the second time although my life Your dignitie and your Kingdoms safetie Lie on the rack for 't King She will not name 't again Her last request was for the head of Sforza Her arrogant proud Father whose perversness Checq'd at her due promotion and whose life Swolne up with Popularitie was my danger Threatning no less then ruine on my State She will not name 't again poor tender soul Lest she might fall into th' interpretation Of an unnatural child yet for my safetie She suffers in desire to have it done I have prevented her desire 't is done I know Petruccio his Antagonist Who had my warrant and Signet for it VVould not be slack in th' execution Come sweet be fearless that which your mild goodness Is now so timerous to name is done Alin. Is she pursu'd and put to death King What she Alind. Nay I have said again King Sforza my dearest life th' unnatural Homicide That sought thy life and mine is put to death Alin. VVhat my dear Father King VVas it not your Desire Enter Petruccio Here comes sure Testimony speak Petruccio I will not ask Is 't done but speak the manner How Sforza di'd Petr. A self-wil'd obstinate man Such as he liv'd he di'd and gracious Madam That a more bloody Spectacle should not move Your tender nature to compunction I brought But this inseparate Adjunct of his malicious Head a Jewel Against you the King and the whole Kingdoms good Alin. This is a token most infallible The Jewel that none but the cold hand of Death Could ravish from him 'T is done The fear of him is like a storm blown ore 'T is done but this is yet but part of that full satisfaction That must confirm my safetie Pray my Lord side You fatal instrument of my Fathers blood Let me not look upon you King Nay Alinda Exit Petruccio You must not be so sad your gentle sorrow In those obsequious Tears express'd shew nature And Filial pietie as he was your Father But think upon your wrongs my dangers and your own Alin. Alas my Lord think you withall a Father Is not so early forgot But sorrow leave me And do you give me leave to think that now It is no less a Childs part to embrace Revenge then sorrow for a Fathers loss King How means my love Alin. She lives that was his Ruine You may remember whom I mean Eulalia Till now I had no Plea against her life Onely my care of you might wish her Death For your security Her fowl Adultery And secret Practices against your Crown Were nothing unto me compar'd with this Now I have lost a Father she the cause He suffers she survives where are your Laws King Sweet be content Alin. Content your self great Sir With your black infamie sit down content On your Majestick Throne the President Of Capital contented Cuckolds do Till all your Subjects dance the Hornpipe too King Nay dear Alinda do but think Alin. Think what VVhat on a course to be reveng'd on you To serve you in that kind my self Kin. O torment Alin. Or rather let me think your lustful purpose VVas but to rob me of my Virgin-Honour And that you put her by but for a time Until my youth had quench'd your Appetite Then to recal her home to your embraces She is your wife it seems then still not I King You have awak'd me from a Lethargie In which I was confounded now I see She and mine Honour cannot live at once She dies Alinda Alin. And you may consider A little further yet Sir if you please You Father and maintain a Son your own I cannot safely say and therefore more Is my vexation who demeans himself Not towards me like one that were your wife King Hee 's also doom'd already my Alinda Alin. It may prevent a greater strife hereafter Should he but live t' inherit Lands and Titles That must belong to yours and my succession King Thy wisdom inspir'd me all shall be Be thou but my Alinda rul'd by thee Alin. Seal you that Grant with this kiss I Seal mine My glories were eclips'd but now they shine ACT. IV. Scoen. I. Enter Poggio Lollio two Countrey-men with Eulalia Eul. Y' Are welcome Friends your prayers and good wishes Are comforts to me yet without danger of the Proclamation Pog. Madam the Court in all the Braverie It boasts and borrows cannot so rejoyce In the bright shining Beauty of their Queen As we in your enjoying in this plainness Their Bells and Bonfires Tilts and Tournaments Their Feasts and Banquets Musicks and costly shews How ere unpaid for shall not outpass our loves Eul. Be you as confident I will not wrong A man among you therefore pray reserve What is your own and warrant your own safety Pogg. But how you 'll live we know not we are now In our old former Health the Countrey 's cur'd Your Practice at an end unless you had The common gift of most Physitians To make as many sick as you make sound You will not find a Patient in seven years Eul. But I have other Arts sufficient skill In works of several kinds the Needle Loome The Wheel the Frame the Net-Pin and choice of Fingers works are most familiar with me Lol. And can you handle the Bobbins well good Woman Make statute-Lace you shall have my Daughter Pogg. And mine to make Tape-Purles can you do it Eul. Yes and teach all your children works to
King What say you Lodovico Lod. I say Sir the distresses of that Lady merit a Kings Pity and not such scorn As I see cast upon her but the best are women King No more Eul. May it please your Highness sit and note the Play By which we gain when we lay work away The Song I taught you last Song Alin. These wenches will be a good help to you at wassel-tide Eul. We have varietie for all the Seasons Of such poor entertainments mighty Queen To shew our much contentment in their welcome Lod. Goodness speaks in her Alin. There 's for your Song No stay I may transgress The Law Lod. O Devil Hor. Let her jeer on aside King Not if you give it for her pains Alinda Alin. Nay since you warrant it let 's pay and go Though I have heard such pains disputed Begging Lod. As all Arts are by the Rewards they find Eul. Nay I beseech your Majesties Alin. What 's the Feat now Musick Dance Alin. Sir are you pleas'd to prosecute your journey Or do these Beauties and delights enchant you King Ha no come let 's away Eul. Oh let me yet entreat your Highness stay Alin. Not a stroke more I thank you we have heard And seen enough so much as I must tell you I cannot but commend your Parents Wisdom Who having Calculated your Nativitie By which they had the foresight of your fall Prevented thus the Planets by their care By teaching you to live by Hand and Foot Lod. Did ever Daughter of a King thus suffer Or has she Pride to smile on Injuries Alind. Sir you forget Nicosia Eulalia whispers her Alin. Plots against me King How 's that Alin. She dreams of Treason intended against me Hor. No Divination against her own good I hope aside Eul. Mighty Sir hear me not to implore your Bountie No not your thanks nor Popular Applause But for I am your Subject and your servant Bound by your Allegiance as well to prevent All Ills might pass against you as to do none I could not think it but strict dutie in me To hasten this discoverie Lod. Treason and a Letter We have never a false Brother amongst us have we Hor. If ever you held your peace peace now King It bears a face of Horror Alin. Cunning and Gipsie Tricks will you to Nicosia Kin. What we meant there we may do here as well The Treason 's there intended look ye my Lords How careless is this woman of her safetie Alin. You Sir are careless for if there be danger VVhere can I fear it but in this place onely The world holds not an Enemy of mine But this enchantress you maintain against me King Your motion and your own love drew us hither Alin. I would fain love her and certainly I should But that she still begets fresh cause of Hatred She has some Devillish Plot in hand this Instant This shew is but the straw that hides the Pit Lod. No enemy but she to let her know she lies Even unto Prophanation against that Lady I le speak Hor. I hope you will not Lod. The King shall see his error Hor. Will you Lod. She her crueltie Hor. Will you will you Lod. The world Eulalia's Pietie Hor. Will you will you King What says Lodovico Lod. Most mighty Sir we here confess and say Hor. We you hear not me say any thing do you King What will you say Lod. That Letter was not ours Hor That 's well King We easily believe it Lod. Nor any day or place as yet set down Among our selves for fact against the Queen I mean Alinda Hor. Nor fact intended was there of death or danger Lod. 'T was wish'd at least by us Hor. Lord Lord Lord mumb King Our Guard Enter Guard Lod. King she 's the General grudge of all thy Kingdom Hor. You do not hear me say so King Their grudge incites my love take e'm away Come my wrong'd Alinda This place shall serve And this Assembly to make a Kings word good Make your Demands three things I promise you Ask what you will even to my dearest blood Alin. Your Highness will excuse me if I urge you To bind it with an Oath King Give me a Book VVhat I have promis'd to my lawful Queen I will perform ask freely Eul. Great Queen vouchsafe to take an Admonition My last and truest Testimonie of Love The rest were shadows to it Alin. Well pray let 's hear it Eul. Let your Demands be for the common good Not for your own respects selflove may hurt you Beware Ambition Envie and Revenge King The Oracle could not pronounce more wisely Alin. Is this your love 't is fear of my just Vengeance Therefore hear my demands my King and Husband First I demand the lives of these conspirators Lodovico and Horatio Omn. Bloody Alin. Next that your Son much of the Mothers Nature By Act of Parliament be disinherited Omn. O fearful Alin. Last that this woman have her eyes put out And be for ever banish'd your Dominions Omn. Crueltie and Ingratitude past all Example King Was this your Charitie you have now declar'd it fully And I of both have made sufficient Tryal Come here Eulalia take now thy wonted Seat and keep it ever Thy povertie and patience have restor'd thee By the just Providence while her Excesse and Pride Casts her before thee to receive that Doom She had devis'd 'gainst thy immortal Goodness Into perpetual Exile hence away with her Alind. Remember your Oath my Lord King My Oath was to perform what I had promis'd unto my lawful Queen that 's my Eulalia And let good Lodowick and Horatio be restor'd Exeunt King and Attendants Alinda entransed carried out Scoen. V. Enter Curate Cur. Oh! proh proh Nef as I le have no hand in blood of any man Eul. More exclaimations what distracts you now Cur. Coram Senatures acta est sub Judice lis est Ocurvae in Terris animae the Rusticks Have tane again the Law into their hands And will you tender clemencie non justante A Courtiet hang his sweet Face nec invante Eul. VVhat is his Name Cur. His Name is hight Alphonso That Treason brought in Pectore Skonso Eul. VVho are the heads of the Judicious Faction Cur. Andrea Lollio Poggio the Drudges Have got the Peoples voice to their Judges Lod. Dare they do this Cur. Yes Judges they will be And kill they say the Snake of Treachery Eul. I hope we may come yet to stay their Sentence Eul. Pray bring us to the place where if we can Let us avert their Judgement from this man Exeunt Scoen. VI. Enter Andrea Poggio Lollio a Typstaff before them Andr. And can these turmoiles never have an end Unless we load our heads and shoulders thus Our bodies eke with Justice Capa Pe And Pepper all our brains with Policie Pog. 'T was time to have a care I and a piteous care Lol. A pious care you mean Pog. Well pious then You 'l shew your own
said for her recovery Just. We have dispatch't a hundred several posts To every coast and angle of your Kingdom No way of finding her is left unsought Dis. Could we finde Stratocles she might be found King Stil upon him Where 's Philocles where 's Philargus They are missing too Dis. Hell has not in 't a thought That can detract their honours Jus. Yet a Rumor Is spread about the Court they are gone to fight Dis. 'Gainst whom Jus. Against themselves Nay more that they Have fought and both are slain Dis. You may as soon Believe the Artick and Antartick poles Can meet it opposition amidst The firmament and jointly in a fall Extinguish both their lights in Neptunes bosom King Whence springs this Rumor Dis. Stratocles is the head We may be confident and his men the pipes That have dispers't it Kin. Stil you judge Stratocles Ent. Thym weeps What purpose can he have in 't Dis. O my sister Has heard the news too Weep not tender sister Your sons are safe Thy. Yes they are with the Gods King And had they tane Eudina with them too My doubts and fears were over well as yours Ent. Garr weeping Dis. Here 's one that makes a face an ugly one And would weep too had she but moisture in her How now Whose Mare 's dead Garrula Take thy bottle And turn that into tears Or dost thou wring Thy face because that 's dry Gi'mee 't I 'le fill it Gar. My son oh oh my son is at deaths door Dis. And is death so unkind to keep it shut Against him Out upon him churle Gar. My liege And Madam it shall out you might have sav'd My sons life in your servants love whose scorn Will be his death except the King divert it And I shall tell him what you know I know Thy. O me undone Gar. And open such a secret Unto his majesty King Yet forbear me now Gar. Do you slight me in the care of my sons life Do you scorn my secret too that may be worth More then your kingdom to you Dis. Away old fool Gar. Now you shall never know 't Dis. For thy good wil The king would thank thee in offering at some mirth To cool his grief but that it is too hot Yet to be touch'd Jus. Indeed you do not well To move the King or to perplex the Lady Now in their sorrows fulness Gar. What 's their sorrow To mine My sons a dying Jus. Her sons are dead And the Kings daughter lost Gar. But I pray say Is my Lord Philocles and Philargus dead Jus. 'T is said so Gar. Then I say my son shall live Dis. And so wilt thou while thou canst lift thy bottle To that old Mazer Gar. Hem A hem a ha Dis. Do you rejoyce and shew the rotten half tooth You have left that they are dead Gar. No I rejoyce That the advancement that the giglet gap'd for In one of their fine followers is lost In hope of which she scorn'd my son But now He shall scorn her and live Dis. Out envious trot Gar. I le comfort him with the newes Dis. away you Hag Exit Gar. Here comes one merry look Eup. Joy to the king Enter Eupathus Eupa Dis. Well said speak up and home good Eup. Your daughter's safe return'd so is your son Madam For which you are to thank the Gods This is Their true relation He gives the King a paper Dis. Where is Stratocles Eup. Caught in the snares of his foul treachery Dis. Bravely and honestly spoken Eupathus He reads to Thym aside Eup. And by their hands whose voices he had once For his election Dis. What his country heads Eup. They all turn head upon him now Dis. Brave heads Observe my judgement now my king Those heads I will so souse in our best Greekish Wines That they shall be such heads O heads heads heads King I do approve your judgment good Disanius But wish you not insult ore mans dejection We find that Stracocles is much Penetent And troubled at his trespass Dis. A halter still him For an ambitious hypocritical Traytor King The time for my Eudina's match draws near And I no longer will attend on fortune I have decreed it past recal regardless Whether against the oracle or with it Thy. Yet am I confident in your assertion You priests of Delphos Dis. Hee 'l bestow her yet On Stratocles if she stand longer doubtful In a fair choise Eup. Fear not my Lord That doubt Your Countrey heads will clear He has lost them For ever Dis. O brave heads I will so ring Their ears with jewels of praises and preferment That they shall glare like direful comets at him King One she shall chuse of them If not I 'le put A third upon her Thy. With your pardon Sir Why are you for I find it is so stronger For Philocles King No reason urges me And yet I find an inclination in me That pleads for him I can perceive you too Are partial towards Philargus Can you yield A reason for 't Thy. Yes Sir he is my eldest King Alas But not an hour Well I 'le remit My power propounding and accept Her choice of either made within the time Thy. I there my hopes do anchor else they were Certain of Ship-wrack yet the perillous waves My vessel rides on seems so many graves Explicit Actus Quartus ACT 5. SCENE 1. Philocles Philargus Philoc. Brother and friend I 'm deaf to all deswasion I charge you by Eudina's love our friendship And if there be ought that you hold more sacred Move not to alter my fix'd resolution Philar. That resolution 's mine And I conjure you By the self-same respects and all that are Or may be hollowed to let me depart I will remove but for some few daies journey Whence you shall duly hear from me But rather I 'le travail to th' Antipodes then here Linger the vain impediment of your joyes In your Eudina Philoc. Travel 's my design Eudina must be yours She is a bliss Which heaven created for you Philar. Can a bliss Be purchas'd with your absence No 'T wil torture Equally in fruition as in want Were it a Kingdom onely we could part it Without the quarrel of the Thebean brothers Or were it heaven it self Castor and Pollux Should have our imitation But Eudina Is onely indivisible Philoc. Add to it this Their sentence is erroneous that deny Partition to the soul For ours do witness Friendship can give her a division And make reciprocal community Of all her faculties But still Eudyna Is indivisible Why name I her Whom to forget must be my onely tasque Brother adieu Philar. 'T is I that must take leave Enter Disan Dis. Is it even so Philoc. I fear we are prevented Dis. Nephews why left you so the presence I May justly fear you were ill advis'd in it The King expects your quick return and will not Let pass this peremptory day set down For matching of his daughter to preserve Life
knowes I call'd for Garrula but to send her With best directions to prepare and arm Her tender soul against the sting of sorrow Before it should approach her But Eudina You must be valliant and not let the sight Of death in others shake your confidence Eud. How means your majesty King Suppose that both Your fatal lovers Philocles and Philargus Slept in the caves of death Eud. I should not live then King Suppose his desteny had cut off one And in him all the impediments that crost You in th' enjoying of the other say Which could you wish surviver But you have Declar'd your constant purpose to possess The first Disanius brings into this presence Come one is dead There is a strict necessity You know it Now collect your Reason For 't is not Your passion for the dead nor your dislike Of Stratocles no though my subjects yeeld you A longer time shall make me tempt the Gods Recorders Ent. Disanius before a herse Philocles after Varillus manacled and led by Tersulus Euputhus supports Philocles as ready to sink with grief By breaking of my vow Be stedfast then As you respect a father and take courage See Philocles lives Eud Philargus then Is brought in dead before him by Disanius And unto him the first to be brought in My faith was vow'd and he is now my choice King What being dead Could you affect 'em so Equally both alive that you forbore To chuse because you could not have 'em both And now seek onely him cannot be had The herse set down Eudinae kneels to it Philo. kneels What Love what madness call you this good Gods Throw not your wrath upon me in destruction on the other Just. Nor let your passion Master you great sir side As sodain grief does her But give a little Scope to her sorrow Shee will soon return And meet her Reason in obedience To your desires King I thank thee good Justinius A Song During which Disanius c. discourse with the King Disanius seems to acquaint the King with the manner of Philargus death pointing at Varillus The King seems much troubled but at the end of the song as by the Kings appointment Disanius raiseth Philocles and Justinius raiseth Eudina and bring them to the King while Eupathus with the Attendants go forth with the herse the Recorders playing which done King Your virgin tears and vowes ore your lost love I did attend with pardon my Eudina In hope you are now compliant to my will Dis. Grieve not your father Madam Eud. I ha' done And as the Gods direct him to command me I must and will obey Dis. So that 's well said King The Gods have pleas'd Eudina to determine Your doubtful choice reserving Philocles Unto your love without competitor Therefore it now remains that he be taken Into your liking whom I have decreed My successor Eud. His merits are above Me and this land In which what interest My birth hath given me I resign to him Onely let me beseech a further respite King For what the celebration I consent But for the contract this imediate hour Shall see it knit beyond all dissolution Dis. I that I thirst to see King Give me your hands Eudina gives her hand Yours Philocles Dis. Why give you not your hand Dare you not trust the King with 't should he now Shew a jades trick and flie back Philoc. I beseech Under your highness Pardon yet a respite Dis. More respits yet Was ever hopeful match Driven so round about King Why this delay Philoc. My brothers blood cries in me for your justice Which must be executed on his murderer Before I safely can or dare possess His interest in the faith of fair Eudina Dis. O is that all that may be soon dispatch'd Come forwards Poysoner Good your Majesty For expedition make me his judge And hangman too I care not rather then Suffer this match hang o' the tenters thus King Has he confes'd the fact Dis. Yes yes to me I beat it out of him Quickly good King King Your patience good Disanius Sirrah speak Var. It was my act But may your mercy look Upon my love in it unto my Lord King Your Lord shall be your judge then Philoc. I adjudge him To sharp but lingring tortures for his death Alone can yeeld no satisfaction Tortures that may draw in by his confession As accessaries with him all the homicides That are i' th' Kingdom Dis. A hard matter that Philoc. Nor can I think his onely brain and hands Compos'd the poyson Dis. Hang him hee 's a Barber And uses Aqua fortis oyl of Vitriol Mercury and such like to cleanse his Rasors Just. 'T is good that you Varillus clear your conscience And if you had confederates in the fact Give up their names Ter. Varillus I suspect Doris joyn'd hand with you in my Lords death Dis. What 's that you mutter Ter. It shall out my Lord The handmaid Doris put him on 't I know 't By what she said to us both we being her lovers Dis. The Taylor proves an honest man because He cannot have the wench himself he 'll hang her Var. Of her I had the poyson t is confest Exit Tersulus Dis. O that whore King Find her and drag her hither Enter Thymele Thy. Where 's my Philargus Give me yet his body That with a mothers tears I may imbalm it Dis. You have heard the woful newes then but my sister Could grief recal Philargus we would weep A second deluge for his reparation Renew his breath by sighing and awake him With grones out of his Sepulchre Thy. Already Have you inter'd him then you made strange hast Was it your subtlety to send me hence Fearing my cries might have reviv'd him king And so again delay'd your daughters marriage I have enough to cross it yet Philargus Dis. What 's that Str. Destraction sure King My fear foresaw 't Thy. You are deceiv'd for from my depth of sorrow Through this thick film of tears I can perceive You are about to joyn the hands and faiths Of Philocles and Eudina King Is not that Enough to dry your tears and shew you that The Gods were rather merciful in leaving This son then rigorous in taking tother Dis. Or would you now cause you have lost Philargus Kill Philocles too by crossing of this contract Thy. It is the pleasure of the Gods I cross it Ent. Gar. Dis. Of devils it is What can she mean Go sleep Gar. King by your leave Dis. What sayes old suckbottle now Thy. Nay I am here before you Garrula And now will tell the long hid secret for you And if I erre in it disprove me Gar. Tell 't then My faltring tongue will fail me I can hear tho' Drinks Thy. This contract must not be King You then must yeeld More reason then I find you have Thy. Your self Can never make it You will sooner joyn The Wolfe and Lamb Falcon and Dove together King No trifling I command you
As thus great Sir in the late Execution Of Death-doom'd Sforza which the Souldier Not looking on your Justice but the Feud That was betwixt Petruccio and him Resents as if it were Petruccio's Act Not yours that cut him off and still as madly Bewitch'd with Sforza's love as ignorant Of the desert of brave Petruccio They all turn head upon him and as if 'T were in his power to new create him to them They cry to him for Sforza Sforza or if not Petruccio's life must answer Sforza's blood King Left you him in that distress Capt. He did prevail With much entreatie by some private reasons Upon their fury for an hours respite In which dear time 't is onely you may save Guiltless Petruccio from a timeless Grave King Thou art a Souldier art not Capt. And have commanded in your Highnesse Wars King Me thinks I should remember but I le trust thee Hor. I hope you 'll be advis'd though how you run Into this wild-fire of Rebellion King My Fortune is more desperate then his I am beset and circled in with mischiefes Way-laid with heaps of dangers every where Yet I will on Kings were not made to fear I le fetch him off and the more readily For my misprision of his Loyaltie Could I think that man false Hor. No Sir nor I By all meanes fetch him off that Loyal General Is tenfold worth the whole Rebellious Army Save him and hang them all Enter Petruccio with a Rabble of Souldiers and two Captains crying Come come away with him away with him Petr. Have you no Faith nor due obedience Unto the King this outrage is 'gainst him In me he suffers 1. Capt. We obey the King And 't is his Justice that we cut your throat For doing such outrage in the death of our brave General That had you lives more then false drops of blood They were not all sufficient satisfaction for his losse 2. Capt. Your limited hour draws on apace Prepare Enter a Servant Petr. He 's come within that hour that shall relieve me Where is he is he come Serv. You are betray'd He 's fled and gone no such man to be found Petr. Then Faith is fled from man is Sforza fled Why should I wish to live now Honour 's dead Now take your bloody course and in my fall Martyr the man that sav'd your General 1. Capt. Sav'd him how sav'd Petr. Sforza lives All How 's that how 's that that that again Petr. As I now live I set him free from Prison Trusting unto his Honour to secure me In which I did abuse the Kings Authoritie To th' forfeit of my life Sold. This sounds this sounds 1. Capt. But does this sound well from a Souldiers mouth 2. Capt. He is not now worthy of death before He be well whipt for lying Within The King the King the King 1. Capt. He could never come in a better time to see how bravely we will do justice for him King How comes this Fury rais'd amongst ye Souldiers Have you forgot my Laws and Person too 1. Capt. We honour both thus low now gives us leave To look like men and give your Highness welcome To see a General of your Election Die with a lie in 's mouth your Souldier here None of the good Queens old ones King Dare you both judge and execute this man 2. Capt. We dare to kill the Hangman of our General And think it fits our Office best though you Have Law enough to wave our care and pain And hang him up your self for he affirms That he let Sforza live 'gainst your command And that 's the lie we treat of Kin. I le give you all your Pardons and him Honour To make that true Sfor. Your Kingly word is taken Discovers himself Noble Petruccio thou art disengag'd And if the temper of the Kings high Anger Blow still above his Justice let it crush This cloud that holds a shower of innocent blood Willing to fall and calm his violent fury All Our General lives a Sforza Sforza King Sforza Petr. You have outdone me in Nobilitie King I am all wonder now this man appears The Mansion and habitual Seat of Honour Of which he seems so full there cannot be An Angle in his breast to lodge so base An Inmate as disloyaltie if so How was Eulalia false or how Gonzago That tender Boy the fruit of lawless lust There I am lost again Great Power that knowest The subtletie of hearts shew me some light Through these Cymmerian mists of doubts and fears In which I am perplex'd even to distraction Shew me shew me yet the face of glorious Truth where I may read If I have err'd which way I was misled Hor. Enters O my dread Lord King Thy news Hor. O my sweet Soveraign King Art thou distracted too Hor. No Sir The Queen the Queen the Queen 's distracted And I am like to be and you and any man That loves the King unless some Conjurer Be found to lay the Devil I mean Sforza Sforza Sir would you think that monstruous Traytor Sforza walks in the Court without a Head Appear'd unto the Queen I found her talking with him Kneeling and praying him to give her Pardon Told him indeed 't was she that sought his Head And that she thought that being now a Queen She might by her Prerogative take Heads Whose and as many as she listed but She promis'd she would send it him again Or else Petruccio's first or if he would forgive her This time shee 'ld do so no more He seem'd he would not hear her then she beat Her self against the walls and floor and flies To free her self by th' windows calls for Poison Knife Rope or any thing whereby to follow Her most abused Father What to make on 't As I am true to th' Crown I must refer Onely unto your Majestie King O 't is fearful Petr. My Lord you saw not th' Apparition did you Hor. Not I I saw him not nor has the Devil Power in a Traytors shadow to appear Unto a Loyal Subject Hah my Loyaltie And Truth unto the Crown defend me See the very foresaid Devil at my Elbowe Head and all now avoid attempt me not Satan I do conjure thee by all the vertues of a Loyal Courtier Sfor. They are all too weak to charm a Devil Sir But me they may your Friend Hor. I defie thee Bubsebel Petr. What do you see my Lord Hor. Look there the Apparition there it is As like the Traytor Sforza when he liv'd As Devil can be like a Devil oh Petr. Fear not he lives and Loyal to the King Hor. Does the King say so Sfor. Give me your hand my Lord The king will say so if this be flesh and blood Hor. I if thou beest flesh and blood but how to believe that I know not when my touch makes me sweat out a whole showre of pure Loyaltie King No more Horatio I find that my credulitie Has been wrought on unto my much abuse And
his Mistresse Vin. This fellow was happily found Buz. This was an excellent draught Nat. But the seeret friend out with that you must keep no secrets amongst friends Buz. It might prove a shrew'd matter against my mischevious Master as it may be handled Nat. Hang him cullion that would turn thee away Wee 'l help thee to handle it fear it not Buz. Heark you then all friends Shall I out with it Vin. What else Buz. I le first take tother cup and then out with 't altogether And now it comes If my Mistress do bring him home a bastard she 's but even with him Nat. He has one I warrant Has he cadzooks Buz. That he has by this most delicate drink But it is the Arsivarsiest Aufe that ever crept into the world Sure some Goblin got it for him or chang'd it in the neast that 's certain Nat. I vow thou utterest brave things Is 't a boy Buz. It has gone for a boy in short coats and long coats this seaven and twenty years Ed. An Idiote is it Buz. Yes A very natural and goes a thissen and looks as old as I do too And I think if my beard were off I could be like him I have taken great pains to practise his speech and action to make my self merry with him in the countrey Nat. Where is he kept friend where is he kept Buz. In the further side of Norfolk where you must never see him T is now a dozen years since his father saw him and then he compounded for a sum of mony with an old man one Hulverhead to keep him for his life time and he never to hear of him But I saw him within these three moneths We hearken after him as land-sick heirs do after their fathers in hope to hear of his end at last Vin. But heark you friend if your beard were off could you be like him think you What if you cut it off and to him for a father Nat. Pray thee hold thy peace Buz. My beard friend no My beard 's my honour Hair is an ornament of honour upon man or woman Nat. Come come I know what we will do with him Mun knock him down with the other cup We 'l lay him to sleep but yet watch and keep him betwixt hawk and buzzard as he is till we make excellent sport with him Buz. Hey ho I am very sleepy Nat. See he jooks already Boy shew us a private room Boy This way Gentlemen Buz. Down Plumpton-parke c. They lead Buz. out and he sings ACT. 3. SCENE 3. Lucy Theophilus Lu. Indeed you were unkind to turn away My maid poor harmless maid whose innocent mirth Was the best chear your house afforded me The. I am sorry sister trust me truly sorry And knew I which way to recover her With my best care I would Yet give me leave I saw her overbold and overheard her Say she foresaw that Arthur my sole enemy Should be your husband I le marry you to death first Lu. Now you fly out again The. Your pardon again your sister And for your satisfaction I will strive To oversway my passion How now Arnold Ent. Arn. Me thinks I read good newes upon thy face Ar. The best Sir I can tell is the old Jew Quicksands has lost his wife The. She is not dead Ar. T is not so well for him for if she were He then might overtake her though she were Gone to the devil But she 's run away But to what corner of the earth or under Whose bed to find her is not to be thought It has rais'd such a laughter in the town Among the Gallants The. And do you laugh too Ar. Yes and if you do not out-laugh all men That hear the joyful newes t is too good for you The. I am too merciful I kill thee not Out of my doors thou villain reprobate He beats Arnold Ar. Hold Pray Sir hold The. Never while I have power to lift a hand Against thee mischievous Villain Lucy Is not this passion brother The. Forbear sister This is a cause turns patience into fury Lu. Arnold forbear his sight The. And my house too Or villain look to die oft as I see thee Ext The. Lu. Arn. Turn'd out o' doors A dainty frantick humour In a young Master Good enough for me though Because t is proper to old serving-men To be so serv'd What course now must I take I am too old to seek out a new Master I will not beg because I le crosse the proverb That runs upon old serving creatures stealing I have no minde to T is a hanging matter Wit and invention help me with some shift He kneels To help a cast-off now at a dead lift Sweet fortune hear my suit Ent. Nat. Vin. Edm. Nat. Why how now Arnold What at thy devotion Ar. I le tell you in your ear sir I dare trust you Nat Arnold whisper Vi. Could earthly man have dreamt this rascal Quick sands Whose Letchery to all our thinking was Nothing but greedy Avarice and cosonage Could have been all this while a conceal'd whoremaster To have a Bastard of so many years Nursled i' th' Countrey Ed. Note the punishments That haunt the Miscreant for his black misdeeds That his base off-spring proves a natural Ideot Next that his wife by whom he might had comfort In progeny though of some others getting Should with her light heels make him heavie-headed By running of her Countrey And lastly that The blinded wretch should cast his servant off Who was the cover of his villany To shew us that can have no mercy on him The way to plague him Vin. Ha ha ha Ed. What do'st laugh at Vin. To think how nimble the poor uzzard is To be reveng'd on 's Master How he has Shap'd himself Cut off his beard and practis'd all the postures To act the Changeling bastard Ed. Could we light Upon some quaint old fellow now could match him To play the clown that brings him up to town Our company were full and we were ready To put our project into present action Nat. Gentlemen we are fitted take this man w' ye He is the onely man I would have sought To give our project life I 'le trust thee Arnold And trust thou me thou shalt get pieces by 't Besides I le piece thee to thy Master again Ar. That clinches Sir Nat. Go follow your directions Vin. Come away then Ex. Vin. Ed. Arn. Nat. Sweet mirth thou art my Mistress I could serve thee And shake the thought off of all woman kind But that old wonts are hardly left A man That 's enter'd in his youth and throughly salted In documents of women hardly leaves While reins or brains will last him T is my case Yet mirth when women fail brings sweet incounters That tickle up a man above their sphear They dull but mirth revives a man who 's here En. Art The solitary musing man cal'd Arthur Posses'd with serious vanity Mirth to me The world
run and fetch him quickly Lu. O brother The. Sister can I be too zealous In such a cause as this For heark you sister Enter Dionisia Dio. There was no way like this to get within 'em Now courage keep true touch with me I le vex Your cunning and unnatural purpose brother If I do nothing else Pa. Sir here 's the youth The. A lovely one he is and wondrous like her O let me run and clasp him hang about him And yoak him to me with a thousand kisses I shall be troublesome and heavy to thee With the pleas'd waight of my incessant love Youth of a happy kindred which foreruns A happy fortune ever Pray thee sister Is he not very like her Lu. If I durst I would now say this were the better beauty For it resembles Arthurs The, I' st not her face you do not mind me sister Lu. Hers was a good one once and this is now The. Why sister you were wont to take delight In any comfort that belong'd to me And help to carry my joyes sweetly now You keep no constant course with me Dio. This man Melts me alas Sir I am a poor boy The. What and allied to her impossible Where ere thou liv'st her name 's a fortune to thee Her memory amongst good men sets thee up It is a word that commands all in this house Dio. This snare was not well laid I fear my self The. Live my companion my especial sweet one My brother and my bedfellow thou shalt be Dio. By lakin but I must not though I find But weak matter against it This my courage The. She took from earth how kind is heaven how good To send me yet a joy so near in blood Good noble youth if there be any more Distres'd of you that claims aliance with her Though a far off deal freely let me know it Give me their sad names I le seek 'em out And like a good great man in memory humble Nere cease until I plant 'em all in fortunes And see 'em grow about me Dio. I hear of none my self excepted Sir The. Thou shalt have all my care then all my love Dio. What make I here I shall undo my self The. Yet note him sister Dio. I ther 's the mark my malice chiefly aims at But then he stands so near I wound him too I feel that must not be Art must be shewen here The. Come you shall kiss him for me and bid him welcome Lu. You are most welcome Sir and were her name To which you are allied a stranger here Yet Sir believe me you in those fair eyes Bring your own welcome with you Dio. Never came Malice 'mong so sweet a people It knowes not how to look nor I on them Lu. Let not your gentle modesty make you seem Ungentle to us by turning so away The. That 's well said sister but he will and shall Be bolder with us ere we part Dio. I shall too much I fear The. Come gentle blessing Let not a misery be thought on here If ever any were so rude to touch thee Between us we 'll divide the comfort of thee Exeunt Omnes ACT. 4. SCENE 4. Millicent Phillis Mil. I have heard thy story often and with pitty As often thought upon 't and that the father Of my best lov'd Theophilus together with His then friend Master Meanwell who have since Become each others deathsman as t is thought By suits in Law wrought the sad overthrow Of thy poor Fathers fortune by which means Poor Gentleman he was enforc'd to leave His native Country to seek forrain meanes To maintain life Phi. Or rather to meet death For since his traval which is now six years I never heard of him Mil. Much pittiful Phi. So is your story Mistress unto me But let us dry our eyes and know we must not Stick in the mire of pitty but with labour Work our delivery yours is now at hand If you set will and brain to 't But my honor If a poor wench may speak so is so crack'd Within the ring as 't will be hardly solder'd By any art If on that wicked fellow That struck me into such a desperate hazard Mil. He will be here to night and all the crew And this must be the night of my delivery I am prevented else for ever wench Phi. Be sure among the guests that you make choise Of the most civil one to be your convoy And then let me alone to act your Mores part Mil. Peace he comes Enter Quic. Phi. I le to my shift then Exit Phi. Quic. Wher 's my hidden beauty That shall this night be glorious Mil. I but wait the good hour For my deliverance out of this obscurity Quic. T is at hand So are my guests See some of 'em are enter'd Enter Nat. O my blith friend Master Nathaniel welcome Arthur And Master Arthur Meanwell as I take it Nat. Yes Sir a Gentleman late posses'd with sadnes Whom I had much a do to draw along To be partaker more of your mirth then chear You say here shall be mirth How now what 's that Ha' you a black coney berry in your house Quic. Stay Catelina Nay she may be seen For know Sirs I am mortified to beauty Since my wives death I will not keep a face Better then this under my roof I ha' sworn Ar. You were too rash Sir in that oath if I May be allowed to speak Quic. T is done and past Sir Nat. If I be not taken with yon'd funeral face And her two eyes the scutcheons would I were whipt now Art Suppose your friends should wish you to a match Prosperous in wealth and honour Quic. I le hear of none nor you if you speak so Art Sir I ha' done Nat. It is the handsom'st Rogue I have ere seen yet of a deed of darkness Tawney and russet faces I have dealt with But never came so deep in blackness yet Quic. Come hither Catelyna You shall see Sir What a brave wench she shall be made anon And when she dances how you shall admire her Art Will you have dancing here to night Quic. Yes I have borrowed other Moors of Merchants That trade in Barbary whence I had mine own here And you shall see their way and skill in dancing Nat. He keeps this Rie-loaf for his own white white tooth With confidence none will cheat him of a bit I le have a sliver though I loose my whittle Quic. Here take this key t will lead thee to those ornaments That deck'd thy mistress lately Use her casket And with the sparklingst of her jewels shine Flame like a midnight beacon with that face Or a pitch'd ship a fire the streamers glowing And the keel mourning how I shall rejoyce At these prepostrous splendours get thee glorious Be like a running fire-work in my house Nat. He sets me more a fire at her Well old stick breech If I do chance to clap your Barbary buttock In all her bravery and get a snatch In
we were awake And saw nothing Pla. Collect your spirits Madam you slept Eud. It was an omenous dream then Thy. And of good I dare divine it Madam And now see Enter Philargus Whom fortune first hath sent to be your choice Philargus you have won the glorious prize Philar. But dos the glory of the world Eudina grant it Eud. My affrightment shakes me still O my Philargus I am now inspir'd Sure by a vision from the Gods with knowledge That in my choice of you or Philocles I shall become the ruin of you both Philar. T is not in fate to wound our common friendship Eud. T is better in my self to kill the danger Philar. The Gods avert such purposes If you Deprive the world of your fair self then we Both fall by necessary consequence But what are we This Thessaly must suffer The King must yield to see a new and strange Successon appointed to his Crown And by his subjects not himself Eud. T is that Deters me yet let me prevail Philargus To quit me of my fears that ere I passe My faith unto a husband your and Philocles Before the Gods your Mother and my self Once more do celebrate your vow of Friendship And let me be excus'd in this for I Must tell you dear Philargus that tho' now My love be fixt on one of you albeit I name not which I will not take him with Least scruple of a fear of losing him Again by th' others spight nor leave that other Lesse lov'd by me then now he is for ever And tho but one can be possess'd of me One friendship yet must marry us all three Philar. The Gods have spoke it in you it is their Divine injunction Madam I obey it And dare engage as much for Philocles Thy. This is most fair now till you meet t is fit You fall on lighter purposes for your health Son here was mirth to day although the Princesse Relish'd it not Philar. I heard of Gerons love To his fair Doris We are now become His Tutors Madam to be amorous Thy. Placilla come you hither I observe A change in you of late and do suspect The Reason What! Do you blush at my suspition Nay then you mak 't my knowledge You are in Love I 'le yet come nearer you I guesse with whom And at fit time I 'le school you for 't Eud. Come Madam Now if you please wee 'l take some ayr Philargus Craves leave to seek his brother Philar. Yes Madam Thy. I wait o' your Grace Nay do not look displeas'd I tell you Girl there is danger in it Exit Eud Thym Philar. Stay Placilla What! has my Mother chid you I 'le not question Her Reason nor your fault but pray thee sister If Philocles approach to see the Princesse Ere my return tell him I stay at 's lodging First to confer with him Pla. I will my brother Philar. Introth thou weepst Therefore to comfort you Because I know by some infallible signes You are more tender of his Love then mine He stands in equal competition yet With me for fair Eudina And if Fortune Allots her me I 'le be as kind a brother And stil the same to you as Philocles I pray thee dry thine eyes Ent. Matho disguised with a letter Mat. If a disguis'd face and a counterfeit hand Ever prevail'd may these in this plot speed Philarg reads My Lord I had this in charge to render to you Ex. Matho Pla. I am discover'd in my lawlesse love Remember Cupid whom thou makest thy Anvil A poor weak virgin If thou art a God Be just and reasonable It savours not Of justice to provoke incestuous flames Nor Reason to enforce an Ardency Of things impossible Let me not burn With neighbouring fire which to enjoy I must Therefore dispair because it is so near Philar. Ha! where 's this fellow is he gone Pla. Yes brother Philar. T is Philocles his hand An eager challenge A challenge and to me his friend and Brother Now Oracle where 's your Riddle Answer me Apollo's fiddle-stick O ye Delphian Priests You hang religion up like painted cloaths Before unseemly walls to cloak their filth And palliate their wicked misteries Pla. How do you brother Philar. Sick in Philocles You 'l hear more of his kindness to you shortly Exit Pla. He suspects too with much displeasure my Unreasonable Love to Philocles But why should we be Reasons followers With loss of liberty which of the Creatures Allayes his heat toward any of his kind 'Cause the same belly gave them being They Observe no difference of Sire or Dam Brother or Sister being mature for love Ah whither am I going Bestial thoughts Forth of my bosom Leave me not my Soul Or my soules better part my reason Oh It was returning but a flaming shaft Enter Philocles Of love has set it's Mansion afire And frights it back again Philoc. Placilla Sister Pla. That name of Sister like a violent cold Upon an extream heat feavers my blood To death Philoc. Me thinks you are sad and troubled sister Why thus alone Or have you entertain'd That troublesome companion Love Come tell me I can advise you very learnedly For Cupids Scholars are more exquisite In giving councel then in using it Pla. How shall I answer him I dare not look on Philoc. Why are you sad Pla. Out of conformity Unto the present garb I have assum'd Onely a veil of sadness Philoc. Thou art onely happy Whose sorrow is but outward as a stranger Call'd to be present at a funeral Clads himself like the rest is serious And silent with a countenance dejected And Testudineous pace but has not tears No groanings for a loss to him unknown The Obsequies performed uncloaths himself Of griefe and weeds together But my sister You are not pleas'd to talk upon this subject Where is the Princess Pla. He' has given me now a Colour for my sadness The Princess is retir'd She has been troubled With a most fearful dream of a Duello Betwixt you and Philargus to be fought Philoc. With friendly Courtesies Pla. Nay with swords she said Philoc. Ha ha ha Pla. Philargus hath been with her and to him She told her fears enjoyning him that both Of you should come and jointly before her Declare your constant friendship Philoc. That 's soon done Pla. But trust me Sir I fear Philargus took not All as she meant it for at his departing He look'd displeasedly and when I demanded His healths condition he said he was sick In Philocles Philoc. In Philocles his absence As I am in his That was his meaning sister Pla. Pardon my fear which is that hee 's not friends w' ye Pheloc. Away your fear has made you idle Pla. No It is my love in that black horror clad Which will before it leaves me make me mad Exit Philoc. I le seek him out Enter Matho disguis'd a Letter Math. My Lord I was commanded To convey these into your Lordships hands Philoc. By whom were you
my Lords Dor. Then if both have her I 'le be yours not else Ger. As Whilome said None of the wisest Clerks When the Sky falls we shall have store Dor. Of Whilomes Ha ha ha Var. Ter. Ha ha ha Ger. Your Mistresse Lady Princesse and my Mother Shall know your Dor. Away old Whilome All Ha ha ha Ger. Your Lords too I 'le acquaint Dor. Away old child Go tell it Mother do If you had spent in the Phylosophers school Your time no better then in Cupids Lectures What a strange dunce you had been Tell her Love shows In you as Whilome she knows what she knows Ger. Your Love I will forget your scorn remember In black revenge and so Dor. Farewel December Var. Hee 'l to his Mother now But tell me Doris What means that Beldame in she knows she knows She 's often up with 't to the Governesse Dor. It has relation to some uncouth passage Betwixt them in my Ladies youth I guesse Var. T is some smock-secret I believe But Gentlemen You know how I have laid my self out to you Ter. That as the Princesse shall bestow her self On eithers Lord you will embrace his man Dor. Right Var. And to that you 'l hold Dor. Yes This for a Creed That heaven must make its choice and hold you Of one of them before she take the other You understand me and now cease your strife When th'ones Lord 's dead I 'le be the others wife So farewel Gentlemen I have staid too long Var. She has given us both a hint now would we take it Dor. You did not hear me say Kill you his Lord Nor you kill his Exit Var. But she has laid a ground To end a strife that I should nere ha' found Ter. Varillus come our Lords may be return'd And we be shent for loytering Var. I must think on 't Exit ACT 4. SCENE 2. Matho in his disguise Mat. Now for my Combitants Th' appointed ground Is here the time draws on and the event Foreseen in my imaginary light Of every passe projected in their fight In the first passage each shall wound the other Then shall they give lend pay change wound for wound Till both of them lie fainting on the ground Holding between their teeth their doubtful lives When I to end the question friendly come in And with an equal hand dispatcht 'em both Ent. Philarg And so into my ambush One approaches Exit Philar. This is the place What is 't that urges me So promptly to deed which being acted Will be th' astonishment of Heaven and earth Applauded no where but in Hell Fair Tempe Let it not be deriv'd to after Ages By any uncouth mark upon thy face Let not thy grassy locks that shall receive The drops of blood wither and die condemning The place that bore them to continual baldness Let not the impress of our labouring feet Hold it's proportion nor that part of earth Whereon the slain shall measure out his length Reserve the stamp and make it monumental By a perpetual spring of more procere And bigger bladed grass And when my soul Hath found an Exit which my purpose is My Brothers sword shall open let the valley When hee 's departed sink and undermine The bordering hills that they may cover me Ent. Philoe Philoc. He hath prevented me in hast In death I shall prevent his happily expected Labour and toy'l who for no other end Am here arriv'd but to be sacrific'd For expiation of his discontent Philar. Let all the eyes of heaven be hooded onely One star to guid his point unto my heart Which instantly shall fall and be extinct In my distilled blood that so the Gods May not behold him May some magick spell Instruct his arm and weapon how to slay My name and memory that of me there be not Any desire on him no Imputation Philoc. My cure is onely how my breast may swallow His point without revealing mine intent Philar. I so 't shall be a violent assay For provocation and then spit my self Upon his steel They espie one another draw and pass at each other instantly both spread their arms to receive the wound Philoc. Philargus What! so quick Philar. What 's meant by this Philoc. That should be my demand Philar. Are you so changeable Philoc. Not I Philargus Philar. This was my resolution Will you stain The reputation rais'd of your high valour Philoc. I came to make experiment of none But what consists in suffring Philar. That 's my part Philoc. My self If you deny me that last friendly office Phila. Brother you dally with me Therefore I conjure you By faire Eudina let your anger loose Break up this cask of blood and give the earth A draught unto her health Philoc. By the same Beauty Then which no greater subject of an oath I swear to be your nuptialls sacrifice Be you the Priest I 'le suffer without noise In my displayed bowels you shall read An augury of bliss unto you both Philar. This is hard measure Philocles to mock Ere you destroy Philoc. I 'le mock no more Adieu He offers to kill himself Philargus closes with him Philar. Hold hold and be not prodigal of that blood More precious then Pactolus golden streams They strugle and both fall down still striving to hold each others sword c. Philoc. Was then your challenge but to try me onely Philar. Yours was it seems but none went out from me Philoc. Then are we both ensnar'd by treachery Enter Matho Math. This I foresaw 't would come to 'Save ye lordings And whither travail ye Do you not want a guide To help ye on your way Matho draws they start up and disarm him Philar. This is the villane That summon'd me Philoc. And me Villane what art thou Math. Unhappily gues'd I pray inquire no further Philar. What monster art thou Philoc. Unworthy on thy face to bear mans ensign Who has subborn'd thee See t is Stratocles man He unbeards him Philar. Die villane die And were thy master in thee The thirst of whose ambition sought our bloods His flesh with thine should here become a prey Unto the Ravens Math. O be pitiful And spare my life my Lords and I 'le reveal Matters of weight and wonder which conceal'd Will yet cost both your lives and make the Princess If she not answer my Lords fierce desires Subject to rape and murder Philoc. How can she So fall into his power Philar. We shall abuse The trust the Gods have put into our hands If we neglect to execute justice on thee Math Let me but warn ye of Eudina's danger Whereby her virgin Innocence may not suffer And then inflict your furies on me Philoc. That charms our ready hands and steel Speak quickly Math. This very hour she 's to be surpriz'd By my Lord Stratocles here on Tempe plains Where she is come to walk slenderly guarded To take the air He with a strength will seise her And hurry her hence unto his Mansion house To
encrease And better is your money thus let out on red and white then upon black and white I say You cannot think how I am taken with that Rowe How even and straight they are And so are all indeed The Surveyor what e're he was has manifested himself the Master of his great Art How he has wedded strength to beauty state to uniformity commodiousnesse with perspicuity All all as 't should be Rook. If all were as well tenanted and inhabited by worthy persons Cock Phew that will follow What new Plantation was ever peopled with the better sort at first nay commonly the lewdest blades and naughtypacks are either necessitated to 'hem or else do prove the most forward venturers Is not lime and hair the first in all your foundations do we not soile or dung our lands before we sowe or plant any thing that 's good in 'hem And do not weeds creep up first in all Gardens and why not then in this which never was a Garden until now and which will be the Garden of Gardens I foresee 't And for the weeds in it let me alone for the weeding of them out And so as my Reverend Ancestor Justice Adam Overdoe was wont to say In Heavens name and the Kings and for the good of the Common-wealth I will go about it Rook. I would a few more of the Worshipful hereabouts whether they be in Commission or not were as well minded that way as you are Sir we should then have all sweet and clean and that quickly too Cock I have thought upon a way for 't Mr. Rooksbill and I will pursue it viz. to finde out all the enormities yet be my selfe unspied whereby I will tread out the spark of impiety whilest it is yet a spark and not a flame and break the egge of a mischief whilest it is yet an egge and not a Cockatrice Then doubt not of worthy tenants for your houses Mr. Rooksbill Rook. I hope Sir your best furtherance Cock I had a letter bur last night from a worthy friend a West-countrey Gentleman that is now coming up with his family to live in Town here and desire is to inhabit in these buildings He was to lie at Hammersmith last night and requested an early meeting of me this morning here to assist him in the taking of a house It is my businesse hither for he could never do 't himselfe He has the oldest touchy wrangling humour But in a harmlesse way for he hurts no body and pleases himself in it His children have all the trouble of it that do anger him in obeying him sometimes You will know him anon I mean he shall be your Tenant And luckily he comes Enter Croswill Gabriel Katherine Belt Cros. It is not enough you tell me of obedience Or that you are obedient But I will be obeyed in my own way Do you see to Gab. and Ka. Cock My noble friend Mr. Croswill right happily met Cros. Your troublesome friend Mr. Cockbrayne Cock No trouble at all Sir though I have prevented yours in finding a fit house for you Cros. You ha' not ha' you ha Cock Actum est Mr. Croswill But Civility pardon me Is not this your daughter Kisse Cros. All the Shee-things I have and would I were well rid of her too Cock Sweet Mrs. Katherine Welcome Mr. Gabriel I take it Gab. Gabriel Croswill is my name Cock But where 's your younger sonne Mihill There 's a spark Cros. A Spark A dunce I fear by this time like his brother Sheepshead there Gab. Gabriel is my proper name Gros. I have not seen him this Twelve-moneth since I chamber'd him a Student here in Town Cock In town and I not know it Cros. He knows not yet of my coming neither nor shall not till I steal upon him and if I finde him mopish like his brother I know what I will doe Cock Have you not heard from him lately Cros. Yes often by his letters lesse I could reade more comfort in 'hem I fear he 's turn'd Precisian for all his Epistles end with Amen and the-matter of 'hem is such as if he could teach me to ask him blessing Rook. A comfortable hearing of a young man Cros. Is it so Sir but I 'le new mould him if it be so I 'le tell you Mr. Cockbrayne never was such a father so crost in his children They will not obey me in my way I grant they do things that other fathers would rejoyce at But I will be obeyed in my own way d ee see Here 's my eldest sonne Mark how he stands as if he had learn't a posture at Knights-bridge spittle as we came along while-eare He was not only borne without wit but with an obstinate resolution never to have any I mean such wit as might become a Gentleman Cock Was that resolution borne in him think you Cros. It could never grow up in him still as it does else When I would have him take his horse and follow the dogs and associate Gentlemen in hawking hunting or such like exercises he 'l run you a foot five mile another way to meet the brethren of the separation at such exercises as I never sent him to I am sure on worky dayes And whereas most Gentlemen run into other mens books in hands that they care not who reades he has a book of his own Short-writing in his pocket of such stuffe as is fit for no mans reading indeed but his own Gab. Surely Sir Cros. Sure you are an Asse Hold your tongue Gab. You are my father Rook. What comfort should I have were my son such Cros. And he has nothing but hang'd the head as you see now ever since Holiday sports were cried up in the Countrey And but for that and to talk with some of the silenc'd Pastors here in town about it I should not have drawn him up Rook. I would I could change a sonne w' you Sir Cros. What kinde of thing is thy sonne ha dost thou look like one that could have a sonne fit for me to father ha And yet the best take both and t' please you at all adventures ha Rook. I am sure there cannot be a worse or more debauch'd reprobate then mine is living Cros. And is the devil too good a Master for him think'st thou ha Wherein can I deserve so ill at thy hands fellow whate're thou art that thou should'st wish me comber'd with a worse burden when thou hearest me complain of this ha What is this fellow that you dare know him Friend Cockbrayn I will not dwell within three parishes of him Rook. My tenant Blesse me from him I had rather all my Rents were Bawdy houses Cock Think nothing of his words he 'll forget all instantly The best natur'd man living Cros. Dost thou stand like a son now that hears his father abus'd ha Gab. I am praying for the conversion of the young man he speaks of Coek. Well said Mr. Gabriel Cros. But by the way where 's your sonne Anthony have you
kinde of a Gentleman you know I 'll not stirre till I have my money I am not an Asse Sir Mi. No body sayes thou art Shoe I have had too many such tricks put upon me i' my dayes Mi. A trick as I hope for money it is no trick Shoe Well Sir trick or no trick I must have my money or my boots and that 's plain dealing Mi. A pox o' th' boots so my legs were out of 'hem Would they were i' thy throat spurres and all you will not out Shoe No marry will we not Tay. Well-said Shoomaker I commend thee thou hast a better heart then I though my stomack 's good Enter Laundresse Mi. O well said my good Laundresse How am I bound to thee yet all this wo'not do 't Laundresse Thou must bestir thy stumps a little further and borrow me a couple of Gownes more for these Rascals here that will not away Laun. How wo'not away And they were well serv'd they would be thrust out of doors for saucie companions Your Masters would not put a Gentleman to his trumps thus M Nay svveet Laundresse restrain thy tongue and stretch thy feet A couple of Govvns good Laundresse and forget not caps Ex. If I do novv furnish you like Civil Lavvyers and you do not keep your countenances if ever you do but peep in at the Hall-door at Christmas to see the revels I 'le have you set i' th' stocks for this beleeve it Sho. If you do Sir I may hap be even vvith you before the year comes about and set you in our stocks for 't Tay. But will you make Lawyers of us Mi. Have you a minde to have your money you unbelieving Rascals Shoc. I see your drift and hope you 'll prove an honest Gentleman Mi. Thou hast some hope though no faith nor trust in any man Shoe Alas Sir our Masters sit at great rents and keep great families Mi. I cry you mercy they are remov'd into the nevv plantation here where they say are a tribe of Infidel-tradesmen that have made a Law vvithin your selves to put no trust in Gentlemen But beare your selves handsomely here you vvere best I am acquainted vvith a crevv that haunts about your habitations vvith whom I will joyne and so batter your windows one of these nights else O welcom Laundresse how doest thou toile for me Laun. Your fathers talking as I am a woman below As thou art a woman below well-said Come on with these Gownes and le ts see how yow 'll look If we had time the Shoomaker should wash his face but seeing there is no remedy pull the cap in your eyes and good enongh Now Laundresse set us stooles and leave us Laun. I hear him coming up Ex. Mi. Now let him come we are ready for him Shoomaker keep your hand underneath the book that the pitch do not discover you Sho. I warrant you Sir Mi. And Taylor be sure you have no Needle on your sleeve nor thread about your neck Tay. I warrant you too for me Sir Mi: He 's enrred Enter Croswill Belt and stand aside Mi. Remitter I say is where a man hath two titles that is to say one of an elder the other of a later And he cometh to the land by the later title yet the Law adjudgeth him to be in by the force of the elder title If the tenant in the taile discontinue the taile and after he diseaseth his discontinue and so dieth seised whereby the tenants descend to their issue as to his Cousin inheritable by force of the taile In this case the tenants descend who have right by force of the taile a Remitter in the taile taken for that in the Law shall put and adjudge him to be in by force of descent Pox on ye speak something good or bad somewhat Sho. The Remitter you say is seised i' th' tail Mi. Excellent Shoomaker I say so and again I say that if the tenant in the taile in feoffe his son or his Cousin inheritable by force of the taile the which sonne or cousin at the time of the feoffment is within age and after the tenant in the taile dierh this is a Remitter to the heire in the taile to whom the feoffment is made now Taylor Tay. Think you so Sir Mi. Look either Fitzherbert Perkins or Dier and you shall finde it in the second part of Richard Cordelyon So much for Remitter Novv I 'll put a plain home-spun case as a man may say vvhich vve call a moot-case Sho. I pray do Sir Cross. Some father might take joy of such a sonne novv This takes not me No this is not my vvay Mi. The case is this aside pull up your grounds closer and be hang'd you are a Tailor and you a Shoomaker Sho. And you owe us money Mi. I put the case I do to you for a suit of clothes Tay. Well Mi. And to you for a paire of boots Sho. True Mi. I have broke my day with you both Suppose so Both Very well we do Mi. You clap a Sergeant o' my back I put in bail remove it and carry it up into the upper Court with habeas-Corpus bring it down again into the lower Court with procedendo then take it from thence and bring it into the Chancery with a Certiorari I and if you look not to it bring it out of the Chancery again and thus will I keep you from your money till your suite and your boots be worne out before you recover penny of me Sho. S'ly'd but you shall not your father shall know all first Mi. S'foot Shoomaker wilt thou be an Asse I do but put a case Have you not seen it tried Tay. Yes very often Cross. Away with books Away with Law Away with madnesse I God blesse thee and make thee his servant and defend thee from Law I say Take up these books sarrah and carry them presently into Pauls Church-yard d ee see and change them all for Histories as pleasant as profitable Arthur of Britain Primalion of Greece Amadis of Gaul and such like de see Mi. I hope he do's but jest Cross. And do you heare Sirrah Belt I Sir Cross. Get Bells work and you can into the bargain Belt Which Bell Sir Adam Bell with Clim o' th' Clough and William of Cloudesley Cros. Adam Bell you Asse Valiant Bell that kill'd the Dragon Belt You mean St. George Cros. Sir Jolthead do I not I 'le teach you to chop logick vvith me Mi. Sfoot how shall I answer my borrow'd books Stay Belt Pray Sir do not change my books Cros. Sir Sir I will change them and you too Did I leave thee here to learn fashions and manners that thou mightst carry thy self like a Gentleman and dost thou wast thy brains in learning a language that I understand not a word of ha I had been as good have brought thee up among the wild Irish Mi. Why alass Sir Had I not better keep my self within my Chamber at my Studie then be
have beaten me enough of conscience Was ever good Patriot so rudely handled but the end crowns all Capt. Forbear him sons What canst thou be that canst not be satisfied with beating speak art a man or a Ghost Cock I have been Sir a man and of my hands howe're misfortune humbles me under your manhoods But I have seen the face of warre and serv'd in the Low-countreys though I say 't on both sides Clot. Then 't is impossible this fellow can be beat out of countenance Mick We 'll leave him in his qualiry for that constant vertue Capt. Sure 't is Fenner or his Ghost He was a riming souldier Look do his eyes stand right Cock They had a dish e'ne now sir Nick Of sack 't is true here take another and wash the inside of your Throat And let us hear your pipes in their right tune Cock Give me a Theam Gentlemen Nick The praise of sack Sing the praise of sack Ant. Let it be of the Blade Clot. And the Battoon I beseech you Draw Do you call Gentlemen Nick I vow I will have sack Draw T'other quart of Canarie you shall Takes pot Nick Are your eares so quick I vow I 'le dull 'em Draw Anon anon Nick I say a song of Sack Capt. I let it be of Sack Nick Now you pump do you Cock No sir but think of a tune Clot. If he can pump us up a spring of Sack we 'll keep him and break half the Vintners in Town Song Now B. and Clot. askes Gabriel Are you a brother They fall in the burthen Nick I vow well-said Ant. I swear 't was well Clot. I protest the best that I have heard in this kind I wonder at his ability I prithee art not acquainted with my two Poetical Drury-lane Writers the Cobler and the Tapster Cock No sir not I I work not their way What I do is ex tempore after the Theme given Cock But they run quite before you Their Works are in print sometimes and ready to be sung about streets of men that are hang'd before they come to the Gallowes Ant. But did not Mihil say he would come again Nick I marvel at his stay Clot. I and the Mumpers when come they I long to see the Sisters now I am a brother sworn and entred Enter Pig Nick O here comes news How now pig Pig You must all presentlie to the Paris Tavern Nick Must at whose suit Pig Mr. Mihil bade me tell you so Ant. Is he gone from hence Pig He is and all his gone and dispersed Nick Then the old Jew my father 's gone Pig Only there 's one delicate demure Gentleman with Mr. Mihil travell'd along with him towards Paris I believe he meanes to make a mouth of him Nick O 't is his precise brother But vvhere 's thy Mystresse and Madama Damaris that they come not Pig They desire to meet you there too 't is more private Ant. Avvay vve 'll follovv thee Clot. Pig hovv does thy father Hog the Turkie Merchant Pig I am in haste Sir Ex. Ant. Why Turkie Merchant Pig Because he trades in nothing but Turkie commodities Egges and Concubines 't vvere vvell to geld him and send him to the Grand Seignior to vvait in his Seraglio Enter Dravver Nick Thou hast such a vvit in this Clotpoll of thine The Reckoning Drawer Draw Here here Sir here 's your bill Capt. Let see the summe What is 't Drawer 40. sh. and 3. d. Si your dinner and what you had since in all sir Capt, 'T is very reasonable Commend me to thy Master Son Clotpoll pay 't It is your duty Clot. Yes for my Brothership Capt. Boyes I must leave you Cock 40. sh. for foure mens dinners note that yet he sayes 't is reasonable Draw Good Captain He was ever the fairest Reckoner though he has never the luck to pay any thing Ant. Fare you well father Nick When we have further occasion we 'll repair to your lodging Clot. At Bloomesbury Father I know Cock Bloomsbury good I note it Capt. Sirrah look to the second Article of your Oath Clot. Against discovery of lodgings haunts or by-walks I am warn'd Capt. Look that you be so Ex. Capt. Nick 40. sh. and 3. d. you 'l bate the 3. d. will you not Draw We 'll not much stand for that Sir though our Master sits at deare rent Nick Give me your two peeces Ant. Pray let me see the bill before you pay it Nick Well I can hold it then Ant. Bread and beer 1. sh. 4. d. I do not think we four could eat 3. d. of bread and for my part I drank but two glasses of beer Nick And I but one I vow Clot. And my father and I but one betwixt us I protest Draw Ha' you no men below Nick Below the earth doest mean I am sure we have none above-ground Draw I know not Gentlemen there 's so much reckon'd at the bar and you please you may see it Ant. Nay an 't be at the bar it stands for Law Well wine 5 sh. 9. d. I think we had no lesse A Shoulder of Mutton stuff't with Oysters 8. sh. that cost your Master very near ten groats a brace of Partridge 5. sh. a couple of Cocks 4. sh. 6. d. a dozen of Larks 20. d. Anchovis 6. sh. I swear but a Sawcer full Draw I 'le be sworne they are so much reckon'd in the Kitchen Ant. All 's law I tell you all 's law in Tavernes But I hope there will be a law for you one o'these dayes Then is their Fruit and Cheese Tobaccho Fire and I know not what is 't right cast Cock There is more hope of that young man then of all the rest indeed it is a sore abuse another verie weed in the city I do note that also Nick Sirrah before you have your money fetch me a glasse of Beere But canst thou sing this upon any subject Cock Any sir any an 't be till midnight Ex. Nick But you have strange helps to your invention I did note the rolling o' th' eye and rubbing your Brows sometimes Clot. So did I I protest and therefore I tell you what If he can sing such another Song and look stedfastly the while upon any thing and hold his hands behind him I 'le give him half a crown if not he shall ha' nothing for tother Cock Agreed Gentlemen give me your Theme Ant. You shall give it him Nick And withal watch him if he stir hand or eye especially the eye Clot. I will I protest and set mine eye against his that he shall not twink but I 'le perceive it and lay him o're the pare Cock Well Sir your Theme Clot. In praise of the Battoon and if you misse it you shall be sure on 't Cock You 'll help me with the burthen Gentlemen Nick Yes yes for the more grace of the Song Clot. Take you no care for that Set your eyes and begin SONG To prove the Battoon the most noble
is too much abuse made of such good creatures Wine in it self is good you will grant though the excesse be nought and Tavernes are not contemptible so the company be good Gab. It is most true we finde that holy men have gone to Tavernes and made good use of 'em upon their Peregrinations Mi. And cannot men be content to take now and then a cup and discourse of good things by the way As thus Brother here 's a remembrance if she be living and have not lost her honour to our Cousin Dore as Gab. O that kinswoman of ours She was the dearest losse that e're fell from our house Mi. Pledge her good brother Gab. I do Mi. I hope 't will maudlenize him Gab. But have you never seen that miscreant that wrong'd her since he did that same they say you knew him Mi. Alas suppose I had what could be done she 's lost we see What good could she receive by any course against him Gab. It had been good to have humbled him though into the knowledge of his Transgression And of himself for his soules good either by course of Law or else in case of necessity where the Law promiseth no releefe by your own right hand you might have smote him smote him with great force yea smote him unto the earth until he had prayed that the evil might be taken from him Mih. This is their way of loving enemies to bear 'em into goodnesse Well brother I may meet with him again and then I know what to do If he knew him as I do now what a religious combate were here like to be at Nicks coming Enter Boy Sir here 's a Gentlewoman asks for Mr. Rooksbill Mih. The travell'd Gallant is 't not Boy Yes sir and the old black party her Land lady with her But they ask for no body but him sir Mih. Say he is here by all meanes and bring 'em up Ex. Boy Gab. Women pray brother le ts avoid the place let us flie it What should we do with women in a Tavern Mih. No harme assure your selfe cannot we govern ourselves Enter Dorcas and Madge and start back Nay Lady stay he will be here presently that you look for Gab. I will not glance an eye toward temptation Mih. I am amaz'd sure I have seen this face howe're your habit and the course of time may give 't another seeming Dorc. Good Angels help my thoughts and memory It is my Kinsman Mihil What 's the other that hides his face so Mih. Do you turn away Dorc. It is my Cousin Gabriel strangely altered Mih. Come hither you I 'le make a little bold with you Thou that hast been a concealer of more sins in womens actions then thou hast grizled hairs Dorc. Sure I will speak to him he alwayes lov'd me Mih. Reveale a truth to me on my demand now instanrly without premeditation I 'le cut thy tongue out else Mad. What 's here to do do you think I am a devil that you make such conjurations over me Mih. I think thou art as true a servant of his as any Bawd can be But he now if thou darest How long have you known that Gentlewoman and what do you know by her Dorc. Sir Mad. Here 's a stirre about nothing I know nothing by her not I Nor whether she has any thing or nothing that a woman should have by the report of knowledge of man woman or beast not I She came to me but this morning with a purpose to set me up in my new house as I hoped But she has taken a course to make it honestly spoken of already to my utter undoing but she never comes within my doors again as I hope to thrive by my Trade hereafter Dorc. Pray look upon me sir Mih. Was she so resolutely bent and so soon altered Mad. Upon the very first fight of the very first man that came into my house the very first houre of my setting up in it Mih. What man was that Mad. A shame take him your roaring friend Nick I think she is enamoured of him or of something she guesses he has and would faine play the honest woman with him that never played honest man with woman in his life Mih. 'T is she and 't is most wonderful Dorc. If you knew who I were you would not be so strange to me Mad. And here she comes me a hunting after him like a fondling whilest halfe a dozen peeces might ha' been gotten at home by this time aud she have had the halfes of it in her purse by this time if she would have done as I thought she would have done by this time Mih. Alas poor Howlet Mad. I sent whooping after the best guest that haunt my house to have taken the first fruits of her conversation and she would not see a man of 'em to my undoing Mih. Well leave thy hooting Madge and hold thy peace thou shalt get by it Mad. Yes I shall get a good name shortly and this geare hold and turn begger I shall Dor. Pray sir but one word Mih. Speak to her brother 't is our Cousin Dorcas Gab. Will you abuse me too is she not lost Mih. And will not you give her leave to be found again his wine and her sudden apprehension works on him at once Cousin I 'le speak to you though I confesse the miracle of our meeting thus amazes me Dorc. O Cousins both As ye are Gentlemen and of that noble stock whose meer remembrance when he was given up and at the brink of desperate folly stroke that reverend fear into my soul that hath preserv'd my honour from further falling Lend me now your aide to vindicate that honour by that man that threw me in the way of losse and ruine Mih. All shall be well good Cousin you shall have both hands and hearts to re-estate you in him So that in fact you have not wrong'd that honour since he forsook you Dorc. On my soule I have not Mih. Infants then shall be pardoned Brother speak Dorc. You were wont still to be my loving'st Cousin Gab. What a strange dream has wine wrought in my head Mih. I hope it will work out his superfluous zeale And render him civil Christian again Dor. It is no dream good Cousin you are awake And I that Dorcas for whom you have wish't Affinity of blood might be dispens'd with And you to be my choice So well you lov'd me Gab. And will above my life affect you still But you must leave these gauds and prophane dressings Mad. Bawds did he say how comes he to know me troe Dorc. How came my Cousin Gabriel thus translated Out of gay cloathes long haire and lofty spirit Stout and brave action manly carriage Into so strict a Reformation Where is the martial humour he was wont so to affect Mih. His purity and your disgrace fell on you both about a time I faith Gab. Do you swear by your FAITH Mi. He 's falling back again Boy Some more
have had my daughter Come hither Kate now if thou lov'st him take him Are you content friend Cockbrayne Cock O sir most happily Cros. Why run you not together Ant. It is too late or needlesse now for me to marry her Cros. Is 't come to that and if I do not swindge him Are you too good sir for my daughter Ant. I do not say so sir Cros. Huswife do you like him Kat. No more then he does me sir Cros. Get you together or I 'le swaddle you both into one you perverse fooles Ant. Sir the truth is we are married already Kat. 'T is so indeed sir Cros. Heyday who am I trow how durst you do it vvithout my consent Kat. I had your consent sir you commanded me to take my choice in vvhom I pleas'd before you vvould take notice Cros. I cannot abide this vvrangling Give you joy Cock Joy and my blessing on you Why I knovv not vvhom to commit novv Cros. You have done the Common-wealth a special piece of service the vvhile vvith your State-braines But let us make a night of this I pray Cit. Sir the parties have given me satisfaction and I am content they be releas'd Cros. There 's an honest fellovv novv and looks like one that vvould be beaten every day for ready money Go novv vvhile ye are vvell and be seen no more in this Precinct All Never and 't please your vvorships never Cros. 'T vvas built for no such vermine Hence avvay And may the place be purg'd so every day 'T is no unvvorthy member may be found To pester or to vilifie this ground That as it vvas intended it may be A Scoene for Vertue and Nobilitie EPILOGUE T Is not the Poets Art nor all that we By life of Action can present on 't ye Can or ought make us to presume a Play Is good 't is you approve 't Which that you may It cannot misbecome us since our gaines Come by your favour more then all our paines Thus to submit us unto your commands And humbly ask the favour at your hands Another 'T is done And now that Poets can divine Observe with what Nobility doth shine Faire Covent-Garden And as that improves May we finde like Improvement in your Loves FINIS THE NEW ACADEMY Or the NEW Exchange By RICHARD BROME LONDON Printed or Andrew Crook at the Green Dragon in Saint Pauls Church-yard And Henry Brome at the Gun in Ivy-lane 1658 The Actors Names Sir Swithin Whimlby a melancholy Widower Suitor to the Lady Nestlecock Old Matchil a Merchant that married his Maid Gabrialla's Guardian Young Matchil his sonne Old Lafoy a French Gentleman Guardian to young Matchil Young F. Lafoy his sonne Mr. Hardyman Captain Valentines Father-in-law Hannah's father Strigood half brother to Matchil Valentine Askal son-in-law to Hardiman Hannah's half-brother Erasmus a young Gentleman his Companion and Friend Cash Matchils Prentice Nehemiah Nestlecock a foolish Gentleman the Ladies sonne Ephraim the Lady Nestlecocks Servant Rafe Camelion an uxorious Citizen A Footpost Papillion Two Monsieurs alias Philip Matchils and Lafoy's sons Galliard Frances VVomen Ladie Nestlecock a fond Mother Joyce Matchils Daughter Foster Sisters Gabriella Lafoy's Daughter Mrs. Blithe Tripshort Sir Swithin Whimlbies Neece Hannah Camelions wife Captain Hardimans daughter Maudlin Matchils Maid and Wife THE NEW ACADEMY OR THE NEW EXCHANGE Act. I. Valentine Erasmus IS this the entertainment you promis'd me in the Jovial Merchants house Is this the great interest you have in his huge hospitality when by half an hours attendance and intreats we cannot obtain the sight of him Er. I wonder at it Sure some strange disaster has suddenly befallen him He was last night the merriest man alive drank healthes told tales sung Catches Trowle the Bowle Tosse the Cannykin and what not and all for joy that his sonne he said was upon his returne whom he has not seen these dozen years since he sent him a little Lad into France to be bred there Val. I heard he did so and that in lieu by way of Exchange he brings up the daughter of the Parisien that breeds his sonne Er. Right Val. But is that daughter so exquisite a creature as is this Merchant Matchills own whom you so much extoll Er. They are both so equally handsome and vertuous that be their dowries so and their consents alike I 'll take my choice of crosse and pile for either with such a friend as thou art Val. Troth and that 's friendly spoken Mus Er. It is so Val yet not with some policie do I wish thee a fortune for insooth young Gentleman though I like your person and some of your qualities yet by reason of your wants I finde you something heavy on my purse-strings and my selfe scarce able to supply you And if we faile of good matches I must even turne you over shortly to the hopes you hoast of in your City-Mystresses and Tradesmens wives Val. Peace prythee hold thy peace Enter Cash Friend Cash Is your Master Mr. Matchill yet at leisure to be seen Cast He much desires sir to be held excus'd 'T is true that he invited you His dinner 's ready and his heart welcomes you But he has met with an unhappy newes to day Val. I feard some ill What is the matter Cash His only sonne whom he of late expected home out of France we hear is dead Val. His daughter will prove a bouncing match then Cash That 's the impression the heavy newes makes in you Gentlemen Er. Come let 's go Cash Nay Gentlemen although my Masters sudden sadnesse shuts him from you His meat and wine are ready There are some good company in his Parlour too Pray stay Val. Are his faire daughter and the French-borne Damsel there to be seen Cash Both Pray be pleas'd to enter I hope his passionate fit e're you have din'd will be past over He is not wont to suffer long under the hand of sorrow 'T is like that you shall see him ere you go Er. In that faire hope we 'll enter and fall to Ex. Val. Er. Cash 'T is like you shall fall short though of your aim At my young Mystresse who by this black newes Becomes my Masters heire and so the white That all the gallant suiters of the City And Court will level their keen shafts at Where Are mine own hopes then that stood as faire In competition for her love as any When the great noise of her inheritance Shall drown each Lovers tongue that cannot say It is a Lords at least I rather wish The young man had not did Enter Strigood Stri. Where 's my Boykin my Friskoe my Delight my Cash by what better name can I call thee Cash O me Master Strigood what make you here Stri. I come to comfort my brother in his sorrow His sonne is dead they say Ha! Is 't not so Cash And he is almost dead with sorrow Back sir The sight of you that are his sole vexation will make him mad Str. That is my
follies Might have been temper'd into manly vertues Cash I hear not that Mat. But I fall back agen From my revenge to grief Away I will not He reads again Here 's the death-doing point These slight disorders In my young forward sonne I finde it here Were by his churlish and perfidious Guardian Interpreted no lesse then Reptobation And by his ignorant cruelty so punish'd For here he shuts his eare and door against him When suddenly the loose licentious world Soothes on his youthful in judicious courage To imminent destruction so being engag'd In a rash quarrel he in duel fell Th' Opponents sword was instrument yet I inferre Lafoy his Guarcian was his murderer Farewel my boy and this is the last teare Thou shalt wring from me Something I 'll do Shall shew a fathers love and valour too I 'm young enough to draw a sword in France yet But first Come hither Sirrah Cash Now it comes Mrt. I purpose streight to order my estate Look that you forthwith perfect my Accompts And bring me all my books of debtor and creditor Receipts and payments what you have in wares And what in cash let me inform my self Cash 'T is as I fear'd Mat. I 'll set all right and streight All statutes bonds bills and seal'd instruments That do concern me I have in my Closet Or at my Councels or my Scriveners I 'll call in them my selfe Why doest thou look so amaz'dly Would'st have me yield a reason why I 'll tell thee I mean to make a voyage and perhaps To settle and proportion out my estate By Will before I go Do you as I command you Cash Whatever he pretends I know his drift And e're I 'll be discover'd by my stay Being run out I 'll choose to run away Ex. Mat. My daughter in the first place must be car'd for I 'll make her a good match My next in blood then My Knave-half-brother and my whole fool-Sister But the best is her Ladiship has enough And all I have in Strygoods hands were nothing Therefore I 'll purpose nothing to him Oh Enter Joyce and Gabriella The Joy and Torment of my life at once Appear to me I must divide them thus He thrusts off Gabriella Hence hated issue of my mortal foe VVhom I have foster'd with a Parents Piety As carefully and dearly as mine own VVhile the inhumane cruelty of thy Sire Has to untimely death expos'd my sonne Thank me I kill not thee so leave my house There 's French enough in town that may befriend you To pack you o're to Paris what 's your own To Joyce Take w' ye and go VVhy cleave you to her so Forsake her cast her off Are not my words Of force but I must use my hands to part ye Jo. Deare honour'd father I beseech you hear me In parting us you separate life from me And therein act a real crueltie On me your only childe sharper then that Which you can but pretend done by her father Mat. Durst thou speak so Joy I cannot live from her Mat. O monstrous Pray your reason Why not live Joy You know Sir from our Infancie we have been Bred up together by your tender care As we had been twin-borne and equally Your own and by a self-same education We have grown hitherto in one affection We are both but one body and one mind What Gabriella was I was what I was she And till this haplesse houre you have enjoyn'd me Nay charg'd me on your blessing not to arrogate More of your love unto my self then her Mat. That was 'cause I presum'd her father lov'd Or should have lov'd my sonne your brother Joy I never knew brother or sister I Nor my poor self but in my Gabrella Then blame me not to love her I beseech you Upon me knees Mat. Th' art knee-deep in rebellion Unnatural Gipsie since thou prov'st my torment In being the same with her and hast declar'd Thy self no more my childe then she whom now I do abhorre avoid with her my sight Rise and be gone lest thou pull curses on thee Shall sink thee into earth Gab. O rather Sir Let me 'gainst whom your fury first was bent Suffer alone the sharpnesse of your vengeance And let it not be said 'cause you surmise My father lost your son that therefore you Have cast away your daughter Hurl me rather Into the ruthless waves to seek my way Or do but take her hold her in the armes Of your paternal love and I 'll take flight To weane her to you Joy She cannot may not leave me Mat. Out of my doors then with her Enter Lady Nestlecock La. What 's the matter ha Mat. Such as you cannot mend deare Lady Sister What come you hither with your Ha for Ha La. To comfort you dear brother if you 'll heare me Your sonne is dead they say and here I finde Your daughter is rebellious 'gainst our will Mat. You speak much comfort do you not think you La. But is it so Joyce ha I thought you Joyce Would have rejoyc'd your father in obedience Joyce And not afflict him with your stubbornnesse Mat. O this impertinent woman La. But my brother Let me advise you rather then suffer her To be an eye-sore to you put her out Where she may learne more duty If you please I 'll take her home and shew her how it should be Mat. Yes as you have shewen your Nestlecock your sonne La. I there 's a childe Brother you 'l pardon me If I aspire in hope that he shall be Your heire if Joyce miscarry in rebellion Mat. And therefore you would breed her How the devil Works in a covetous woman Though a foole too Your sonne 's an Asse an Ideot and your self No better that have bred him so Do you tell me Of your sweet sugar-chop't Nestle cockscombe La. Ha Mat. He 's fit t' inherit nothing but a place I' th' Spittle-house Fools Colledge yond at Knights-bridge La. And did I come to bring thee consolation Now let me tell thee I rejoyce in thy Just punishment thy scourge of crosses Thou That for these six years space until this day Hast kept continual feast and jollitie For thy wives death who was too good for thee Mat. Right for she was my Master a perpetual Vexation to me while she was above-ground Your Ladiship could not have spoke more comfort to me Then the remembrance of that shook-off Shackle Which now in my affliction makes me smile And were I on her grave I could cut capers La. A further punishment I prophecie Grows in the neck of thy leud insolence Mat. I could e'ne finde in heart to marry again In spight now of thy witchcraft my son dead My daughter disobedient and your childe A very chilblaine What have I to do But marry again all women are not devils I may yet get an heire unto my minde Enter Strigood Mat. Art thou here too Stri. Stay you forget your brother Mr. Matchil You have match'd ill
once already and take heed You match not worse your children though untoward And taking of the devillish Shrew their mother Were likely of your own begetting Yet Your second wife may bring you a supply Of heires but who must get them first is doubtful Mat. Thy impudence amazes me Str. Ha ha La. I 'm sick at sight of the leud Reprobate Stri. d ee cast about for heirs and have besides Your daughter here a brother and a sister La. Call not thy self our brother He appears Unkinde to me but thou insufferable I loath to look upon thee Stri. He has spoke Against her Aunt her Moon-calf sonne I 'll make her love me best and presently Brother I say Mat. I cannot look upon thee Provoke me not to speech I charge thee Str. Give me leave to speak Hold you your peace Hear but my brotherly advice and when Give your consent in silence Mat. hum hum c. La. Hear him not Mat. Nor you neither hum hum hum La. I am not angry with you now and therefore I charge you hear him not Mat. hum hum Stri. My advice is thus that for your daughters good For mine own good and for your Sisters good And for her sonne your Nephew 's good La. How 's that ha Stri. And chiefly for your own good and the credit A wise man would desire to hold i' th' world Think not of marrying nor of buying hornes At the whole value of your whole estate But match your daughter while you have the meanes In your own hands give her a good round portion Here are deserving Gentlemen i' th' house Next think of me your brother that has spent In down-right fellowship heaven knows what All fraudulent purposes to make any man A miser or a gainer by 't a faire estate And now do want a brotherly supply A hundred a year or so but above all Fasten your land unto your Sisters sonne That hopeful Gentleman sweet Nehemiah Mat hum La. Now brother you may hear him Stri. What though it straggle from the name of Matchil Remember yet he is your mothers Grandchilde La. Why d ee not hear him brother Mat. hum Stri. As I hope To be a landed man my self Had I a thousand yearly I would leav 't him La. Trulie I thank you Now I 'll call you brother Y' are a good natur'd Gentleman if you had it Come home and see my sonne VVill you not hear him ha Mat. I need not nor your selfe I see you gape Like monsters that would swallow me alive I know your mindes and I will do mine own And thus it is Stay let me stay a little La. Look you how wilde he looks Stri. He 's falling mad Stark staring mad La. I would he had a wife then For nothing else can tame him Mat. So it shall be First I 'll be Master of mine own estate Next Stri. Take a wife to master that and you Mat. Next you Madamoiselle on whom with patience I cannot look forsake my house and suddenly Linger not for a man to wait upon you But let your black bag guard you 't is a fashion Begun amongst us here by your own Nation And if I longer must call you my daughter Forsake you her Joy VVhat mine own heart dear Sir Mat. At your own choice I can force her departure Though not perswade your stay determine quickly Either to leave her and enjoy a father Or never more expect a fathers blessing Gab. Dear mine own heart leave me obey your father Joy It must be to my death then Weepes Mat. I 'll be sudden Therefore be you as brief in your resolve La. Alas poor hearts Just so loth To part was I and my sonne Nehemiah Today when I came forth Stri. Neece Joyce let me Advise you Mat. Pray Sir none of your advices Let her advise her self whilest I impart To you my next intention which is thus To end your strife for shares in mine estate I 'll venter on a wife indeed I 'll marry La. Will you so ha Mat. Yes indeed La Stri. If then You 'l estate nothing on me for my life Give me a see to help you to a wife I can a good one Mat. I 'll none Sir of your good ones Besides Sir I 'm provided La. You are not are you ha Mat. Let it suffice I say 't so quit my house Stri. Shall I expect then nothing Mat. Pray sir do 'T is all I can afford you You have wit Yes you can daunce tread money out of rushes Slight and activity to live upon A nimble braine quick hands and airie heels To get a living Stri. Hah Mat. Pray fall to practice Stri. I may sir to your cost if you put off Your daughter with her Sweet-heart her Mon Coeur There as she calls her Dear my Lady Sister You see how churlishly this Merchant uses us He has forgot sure he was borne a Gentleman Will you be pleas'd I speak to you in your eare La. Any way brother Strigood Hang him Nabal To warn me out o's house and not alone To turne a stranger from within his gates But offer to cast out his childe too ha Stri. 'T is about that I 'd speak pray Madam heark you Enter Erasmus Valentine Er. Noble Mr. Matchil though we are your meat Before we saw you you will give us leave To take our leaves and thank you ere we part Mat. O Gentlemen Val. W'have heard your cause of sorrow Mat. But I have over-past it Heark ye Gentlemen Eras. You 'l give us leave first to salute the Ladies Mat. Nay if you love me heare me first Er. Val. Your will Sir Talk aside La. Neece you shall no way disobey your father In being rul'd by me Stri. So so it takes La. You and your second selfe shall home with me Until his furious humour be blown over To which the first meanes is to shun his sight And then let me alone to make your peace Joy Gab. We thank your Ladiship La. So let us slip Home to my house together La. Hist brother lead the way Stri. As glad as ever Fox was of his prey Exit om. Pet. Mat. Er. Vab Mat. 'T is even so Gentlemen sorrow findes no lodging In my light heart sometimes she knocks at door And takes a drink but here she must not sit by 't Val. Y' are happy Sir Er. Yet I have heard you say You never tasted joy for divers yeares Till your wife died since when a King of mirth And now to marry agen is such a thing Mat. Yes sir t is such a thing that I will marry That I fore know can never disobey me And I 'll defie the devil to dishonest her Er. Is she so ougly Val. No he means so vertuous Mat. Well-said sir you shall drink before me Rachel Mawdlin Protest you shall though 't be in my own house Er. Now he resumes his humour Mat. Ratchel I say Bring me a kan o' sack Er. But how can you Presume before the
Han. You slight him now but he knows all your Councels Val. By this good tongue no more then the unbegotten Hans that I mean to clap into thy Kelder Nor ever shall doest think I am so foolish To talk away my hopes No thou art my Faery Pinch me to death when I discover thee Han, Go to avoid suspition then besides I have occasions that do call me hence Ex. Er. Your stay was somewhat long Val. Yet 't was to purpose As here you may behold but I must make no words on 't 1. 2 3 4 c. She has enjoyn'd me that O 't is a cunning Gypsie Er. So 't seems by trusting thee that hast no power to keep a secret Val. Troth to tell you true My conscience will not beare 't I cannot be So ungrateful to receive a courtesie But to acknowledge it Er. Yet thou hast the conscience To work a mans estate out of his hands By his wives frailty even to break his back Val. 'T is rather to be fear'd she may break mine She 's a tight strong dock't Tit Er. O Tradesmen why do you marry Val. Why to make Tradeswomen For Gentlemen that want money and commodity You know the thing that I call father-in-law That had my mothers whole estate and butied her Allowes me nothing Er. Thank your own sweet courses Val. My courses are sweet courses they serve me to live upon Er. But I shall put you off O'one of your sweet courses or at least I 'le strain a point of friendship to be satisfied Touching this woman 't will be worth discovery Val. But why these cloudy looks do not you like my courses ha Er. I cry thee mercy Val I was upon our former subject Matchil Val. I there 's a hasty match clap't up You ask't Why Tradesmen marry there 's a marriage now A humorous Coxscombe that could never laugh In all his last wives dayes and since her death Could ne're be sad For him to marry his Malkin For poor and course obedience Well I hope To take my course in his house yet for all Her boasted chastity and obedience Er. Wouldest thou touch such a thing Val. What not for money She can pay well and her uglinesse cannot fright me I can do that work winking Er. She can be no such woman Val. Tell not me What any woman can or cannot be You 'll give me leave to try my fortune with her Er. Yes and walk with you towards it Ex. Ambo Scoen. 2. Enter Lady Nestlecock Ephraim La. No newes no tidings of 'em Ephraim ha Was even sucg a scape Eph. Not since the Rape Of Hellen I 'm perswaded I have search't With narrow eyes as I may say with care And diligence in most secret places And can no way inform my self what is Betide of the young Damosels or old Squire Your Neece and the French Virgin and the man Unworthy to be call'd your brother Strigood La. O hang him Villain Eph. Doubtlesse 't was his plot To work upon your Ladiships good nature To harbour them that he might take th' advantage Of stealing them away La. What to do ha Eph. To do much may be done by his seducements On two such tender Virgins though he should But plant them in our suburbs but my feare Is that he has transported them beyond seas Into some Nunnery Your Ladiship Knows he is adverse in Religion La. I know he is of none Eph. Satan will work The stronger in him then to their subversion La. How shall I answer now my brother Matchil But he is justly serv'd to marry so The thought of it torments me Where 's my comfort Where 's Nehemiah ha Eph. He 's busie Madam La. What at his book or at his musick ha Eph. That is his Ballet or his Jewes Trump No Madam He is busie at his exercise of Armes With a new Casting top a Cat and Catstick I bought and brought him home La. I thank you for 'hem My careful discreet Ephraim I like His harmlesse exercises well Eph. I hope Your Ladiship can say since I have had The Government of him under your Ladiship I have been careful of the Gentleman And have his love withal so much that I Dare say I hope you 'll pardon the comparison That had you married me which was as likely As that your brother would have ta'ne his Maid I think that Mr. Nehemiah would not Have run away in hatred of our Match As Mrs. Joyce it seems hath done of theirs I hope your Ladiships pardon I understand My duty La. And you speak but reason Ephraim Eph. I have given her there a touch of my affection Who knowes how it may work La. Go call him in I would not have him over heat himself Eph. 'T is a good care And Madam by the way Let me advise that since his riper yeares Require and that faire Propositions Of marriage are tender'd for him that We gently by degrees do take him off From childish exercise indeed plaine boyes play More manly would become him La. You would have him Do worse then would you and be nought you varlet What! would you have him play at Mans-game ha Fore he be married ha what what how now Is it but up and ride w' ye ha Eph. I humbly Beseech your Ladiships pardon I will call Sweet Mr. Nehemiah to your worship La. Go th' art an honest man I know thou lov'st him Ex. Eph. Indeed he 's all my comfort and my care And I must naturally respect all those That do partake with me my care of him Enter Nehemiah looking down and eating Neh. my boy Negh Sonne Nehemiah Neh. F'sooth La. That 's my good Lamb Hold up thy head and thou Shalt have a wife Neh. But mother f sooth when I have her Will she play with me at peg-top La. At any thing my boy Neh. And she ha' not good box and steel I shall so grull her And then at Mumbledepeg I will so firk her La. But when y' are married you 'll finde other pastime Neh. Whate're I say I have a meaning though But yet I doubt I shall not forsake all My old fagaries in a yeare or two La. I know thy will is good to leave thy wag-tricks And I commend your understanding in it It shewes you man and ready for a wife Neh. Amardla f'sooth I think so I Amardla For I did beat a boy as high as my selfe Yesterday with one hand La. Where was thy tother Neh. The boy had but one hand f'sooth I us'd both La. Well th' art too witty to live long I feare But as I was saying sonne I do expect Sir Swithen Whimtby to bring his Neece Neh. Who f'sooth the crying Knight he that has wept E're since his Lady di'd and mournes in colours Speaks nothing but in verse and gives me Ballats The old Knight Powel that pronounces what d ee call 'hem La. Odes childe and Elegies He has been inspir'd With the infection of Poetry E're since his wives
she would ravish you Enter Hannah Stri. Some other time Here comes your wife The newes good Landlady Han. Newes out of France your fame is spread abroad Stri. How out of France Han. Two young French Gentlemen New come ashore the daintiest sweetest Gentlemen That e're I saw now you 'll be jealous Rafe Cam. Not I Han. Are come to lodge here having heard It seems that you professe French qualities And instantly desire to be acquainted With you and your sweet company Stri. Can they speak English Han. One very well and the tother can say Tree Fransh crown for two English kisse already Now be jealous Rafe Cam. Pish Hony soit qui maly pense Stri. You can speak French Landlord Cam. So much as you have heard not one word more I assure you but this Adieu Monsieur and so I leave you Han. Will you not see the Gallants Rafe Cam. Not I I wo'nt be jealous Cock and so By the Back-door to the ducking pond I go Ex. Stri. Enter then Landlady where be these Girles Han. Here they are come Ex. Enter Joyce Gabriella Stri. Stand aside Cash and be not yet discovered Now Ladies how do y'like your way of living Joy I do not like it Uncle Gab. Troth nor I sir Joy We eat and lodge well and we weare good cloathes And keep our credit in the house we live in But what we suffer in our reputation Abroad is dangerously doubtful Stri. So so Gab. Here we are view'd and review'd by all comers Courted and tempted too and though w' are safe In our chaste thoughts the impious world may say We are set out to common sale Stri. So so Cash And so you are to th' utmost of his power I dare be sworne Joy But Uncle for the time that you intend To stay I pray admit no new acquaintance Nor any more lest I for my escape Venture a leap two stories deep Stri. Ha! you said You know I have disclos'd you to no eye That could take knowledge who or whence you are And for the forrein strangers and such Townsfolks As knew us not what need we weigh their thoughts Their gold is weight let that be all we look to While our deserving arts and qualities Require it from 'hem If they think us wicked And hope to get Virginities for salary And pay for their deluded hopes before-hand What is our act bnt Justice on their follies In taking of their prodigal coine Gab. I hope You deal not that way for us Stri. Never fear it Joy But Uncle though you have taught us courtly Gypsie tricks That somewhat trench upon our modesties Pray let it not be thought we 'll sell our honesties Stri. Trust to my care Cash And that 's the way to do it Stri. And in that care be confidently seen By a deserving Gentleman whom I Present to kisse your hands Joy I will see none Cash You need not feare me Lady for I can But tell your father if you slight his servant Gab. Blesse us what Metamorphosis is this 'T is Cash your fathers man Joy Is this the habit of a Merchants Prentice Cash Is this the lodging of a Merchants daughter Joy Has his great marriage turn'd my fathers house Into a sumptuous Palace that he keeps Such costly men Or doth the bravery Of his late beauteous Bride require such gorgeous Attendants Pray what office may you fill About her person Cash Will you home and see Gab. We are betray'd Stri. Ha ha ha Be not afraid of Cash I know him and he knows us He is our friend And we 'll be his As for his bravery 'T is no new thing with him I know him of old This sute 's his worst of foure And he 's one Of the foure famous Prentices o' th' time None of the Cream and Cake-boyes nor of those That gall their hands with stool-balls or their Catsticks For white-pots pudding-pies stew'd prunes and Tansies To feast their Titts at Islington or Hogsden But haunts the famous Ordinaries o' th' time Where the best chear best game best company are frequent Lords call him Cousin at the Bowling Green And the great Tennis-Court Thy fathers money Would rust else Girle Keep thou our Councel Cash And we 'll keep thine though 't be to the undoing Of him and all the wretches of his brotherhood That love their money and their base desires Better then blood or name Gab. But can you hold It good in any servant so to hazard His Masters livelihood Stri. Can you hold your peace He 's wise and saves by 't all this while He knows His friends are bound in full two thousand pounds For 's truth and his true service and perhaps He is not out above one thousand yet Where 's your wit now Cash Mystresse I 'le do you service and be true to you I 'd not have mist of this discovery Stri. You see she hearkens to him Talk aside Cash And touch her boldly Cash I would not have mist it For all the wealth your father has and at Convenient privacy I le give you reasons That shall gaine your belief to 't Stri. The French Gallants Enter Papillion Galliard I had almost forgot them They are a paire Of delicate young Monsieurs If they have But crownes enough they are the likelicst Merchants for my new Mart that I can choose She said they can speak English that 's a help For devil of French have I to entertain 'hem Salutes Gab. See mine own heart here 's more temptation still Joy I 'le not endure the onset Cash I le defend you Joy Yet there are graces in their looks methinks That do invite my stay Pap. N' entendes vous la langue francois Monsieur dittez Stri. I would be glad to heare you speak the language I better understand and that is English In which you are most welcome Pap. Your faire courtesie Merits our greatest thanks Gali. I tanck you sir I have bid Fraunce adieu to come and learn De English very well I speak a lietel But de English Mesteresse can teach de best I shall be glad to take my commencements Or my first Lessons from these Ladies lips Salute Stri. A fine forward spark Gali O sweet O delicate Ladies if you will breath into me English I shall if you please put Fransh into you Une pour l'antre dat is one for anoder Cash So they might make a hot bargain on 't Joy Are these your Civil Gentlemen Landlady Han. He seems a little waggish but the other Is wondrous civil He comes blushingly Pap. You are before me in the Salutation Of these faire Ladies Monsieur Galiard Gal. Il E'vray Monsieur Papilion I kisse before then you mose kisse behind But let me pray my tardinesse be excus'd Salute Joy You pronounce English well sir Pap. I am glad You like it Lady Gab. I like the others as well Pap. I have before spent many monethes in England And my great love unto the Nation Especially to the beauties
good word for Ephraim I have a minde f'sooth because he has made me a man to make him my father f'sooth La. What what How now How durst you sirrah move my sonne in this ha Eph. Madam La. Is it but so ha Neh. Pray f'sooth hear him speak He can speak Poetry he sayes as well as Knight Whimlbie Speak Ephraim Eph. Madam Faâ—re truth have told That Queens of old Have now and then Married with private men A Countesse was no Blusher To wed her Usher Without remorse A Lady took her Horse Keeper in wedlock These did wisely know Inferiour men best could their work below Neh. Mother f'sooth Is it not fine Eph. Nay Madam more then so I 'le further go La. But you shall not Sirrah What what how now Is 't but up and ride ha Out of my doors thou varlet Neh. I must out too then mother I am afraid oh La. Good Neh. be pacified I 'le give him a better answer But not a word on 't now sweet childe I pray thee Here comes Sir Swithin Enter Whimlbie Blithe Whi. Ha ha ha Madam ha ha ha Kisse La. I marry Sir Swithin This is better then O Madam O when you wash't your handkerchiefs in the suds and then to wring hem out in Poetry Whi. My tears with the memory of the dead are all fallen into Lethe and nothing but joy left in me sinc my hopes are confirm'd in your lap And hang Poetry I study profit now Therefore look you Madam here is a draught of my marriage-instrument to your lap Eph. His instrument being drawn I must put up my pipe and be gone Ex. VVhi. And here is another draught for sweet Master Nehemiah for my Neece Blithes Joincture Neh. O but she sayes she will not have me VVhi. When did she say so Neh. Now now she spat the word out of her mouth And I say if she ha' not me you shall whine both your eyes out before you have my mother and see ne're the worse I warrant you Neh. A crosse marriage or no marriage I say still La. I say so too sonne Sweet boy be content Whi. Blithe You spoke well of him behinde his back and made me think you lov'd him and would marry him Bli. Behinde his back I may do much to please you But when I look upon him he turnes my stomack worse then a fool made of soure milk La. Marry Gip Mrs Queasie my sonne 's as sweet as you I hope and as wise as you And suck't as sweet milk as ever the good Cow your mother gave Bli. Ha ha ha Whi. Patience good Madam Eph. I hope the crosse marriage is crost This is untoward wooing La. Uds so do you flirt out your unsavoury comparisons upon my sonne Bli. Flirt not you at me Madam lest I flirt your milk-sop under the snotty nose here Neh. Yes and I have a sword and you ha' got ne're a one La. You wo' not will you ha Do you flie at him ha Whi. Fear not good Madam La. Ephraim save my boy Bli. Ha ha ha Whi She shall not hurt him Leave her to me good Madam La. I ever fear'd he was not long-liv'd he was so witty And now I feare she will be the death of him I would not he should marry her for a million Neh Say not so mother I love her better and better still I never had play-fellow i my life but we fell out and in agen And I must and will marry her I take my death on 't aforehand La. O me he is bewitch't to her Whi. Leave all to me dear Madam La. As I am to you I think Sir Swithin Whi. Let me alone with her I 'le win her and he shall wear her feare not As I was saying Madam she speaks as well of him behinde his back as your owne heart can wish And told me she was content to marry him La. Behinde his back did she so Whi. Yes truly Madam Neh. Loe you there mother Let her marry me behind my back then And when we are marri'd I 'le make her stick to 't before my face I warrant you or if she will make back-play I 'le play at nothing but backgammons with her La. Well Heaven blesse thee thou art but too good for her Whi. Speak gently Neece I charge you Bli Madam I hope your Ladiship shall finde me too good for him If e're he has me La. Ha! say you so Whi. She meanes in well-doing Madam La. Nay then I thank you Mrs. Blithe Assuring you that you shall be no way so good to him but I will be as good to you Neh. Agreed again of all hands But look how she turnes and keeps cut like my Sparrow She will be my back Sweet-heart still I see and love me behind Whi. She is yet raw and has not much been abroad to see the manners of the time In which my melancholy has been her main hinderance But Madam there is now that is worth all our sight and observation A new Academy where they say the newest and most courtly carriage and behaviour is taught and practised both for young Gentlemen and women Have you not heard on t La. Yes Sir Swithin and that the French tongue is taught there with great alacrity and my sonne is wish't thither but soft I warrant you Whi. But let him see it at least in our company it will embolden him I mean to carry my Neece thither I have been a Lover of Arts and Exercises and know somewhat since my youth Pray let us spend one houre of this afternoon there La. Pardon me good sir Swithin Neh. But he shall not mother if you love me for I mean to perfect my dancing there and to learn French there For I mean when I am married to travel into France But I will first be perfect in the tongue I shall learne it the sooner when I am there you know Pray let us go to th' A comedy what d ee call it Whi. The Academy La. Say you so sonne then come sir Swithin Come Mrs. Blithe we will all go Bli. I 'le wait upon you though my heart sayes no Ex. Scoen. 2. Enter Joyce Gabriella Joy O mine own heart how near were we both fallen Into the Gulf of Ruine Gab. Thanks for our delivery We were upon the brink of main destruction Joy Was ever such a Friend as this mine Vncle Pretending us his children too and call'd us daughters To those he bargain'd with to sell our Maidenhead Gab. 'T was a most damnable practise fie upon him Joy And had the Monsieurs been as capable Of our Virginities as he was of Their moneys how had we then resisted Gab. By Venus mine own heart my Gentleman Came up so close to me that if my voice Had not been stronger then mine armes O me I tremble son it yet I had been vanquish't Joy But did you note the vertue of the Gentlemen When they were sensible of our feares and tears How gently they desisted
Val. Nay 't is no Jest Now Ladies let me tell you And sad Sir Swithin pray lend all your eares Stri. Cash we are betray'd Cash if we be not nimble I smell a Fox Hy thee up quickly Cash And hurry down the wenches We 'll make bold with My Ladies Coach to hurry us away Enter Matchil Hardy Lafoy Hannah Mat. But not too fast Go sir fetch down the wenches Thou shamelesse Reprobate Doest thou hang thy head now I 'le take a course to hang the rest o' thee Your Ladiships well met at the new school So is your Chare-woman Ha' you profited By the devils doctrine here you weep sin Swithin For the iniquity of the times Neh. You mean His Neece pray Vncle did you meet her She 's gone away too after my Cousin Joyce And the French maid I think she is here agen Enter Eras. Blithe Camelion Amardla wipe your eyes and look Sir Swithin The tother honest Gentleman has found her And let him take her for his paines for me Er. I thank your love But sir 't is your consent We only seek Mat. Sir Swithin let 'em have it Mat. This is the Gentleman I would have spoke for In birth in meanes in person every way Deserving her Take him upon my word Hard. And Madam since you stick but upon Joyncture Having heard lately well of his husbandry Han. Thank a good sister sir Hard. I will secure you Three hundred pounds a year your brother knows me Mat. With make good his word Agree by your selves Lad. Upon these termes 't is like we shall agree Sir Swithin are you pleas'd Whim. Pleas'd or displeas'd It seems they are married Cam. Yes I assure you I saw their hands joyn'd and I heard 'hem both Answer the Priest Whim. I will no longer whine Heaven give you joy As y' are your owne y' are mine Cam. There are more weddings i' th' house your daughters Are linck't by this time to the two young Frenchmen Mat. His daughters ours I fear what French where are they Enter Cash two sonne 's Joy Gab. Cash Here sir undone I feare Mat What are you married Mat. Jun. Sir she is mine I must and will maintain it Laf. Jun. And she is mine Laf. This is your sonne And this Is mine Mat. This is your daughter And this mine Each married to her brother Laf. Jun. Mon Pere Je desire vestre Benediction Jour pour moy ma femme Laf. You are lost children all was ever thread By fate so crossely spun so crossely wed Mat. I know not how to Blesse you or to look On your incestuous eyes Laf. Jun. What is dat Incest We have commit noting we have no time Since we were marry for so much as kisse Begar no point so much as but one kisse Har. Be not dismay'd These marriages are none The errour of the persons nullifies The verbal ceremony and 't is well They past not unto further rites I 'le finde A lawful way to clear all this And then As you and they consent they shall exchange And marry in due order Laf. Jun. Sir I tanck you You 'ave speak very well And we shall make De exshange presently A new exchange De new Exshange indeed for de husbands To shange the wifes before they can be wearie Prenez mon frere la voici la une pour lautre Dere is one for anoder Har. Is each party Agreed and so content Ma. J. Gab. We are Jo. And we Laf. Ju. Wee wee I ensuis tresbien contult Mat. Ja. Provided that we have our fathers leaves and councels Mat. Can you seek fathers leaves or councels now That have run from 'hem in your disobedience Into the snares of hell too farre I fear To be releast O hell-bred Villain Stri. Your brother o' one side Mat. Ju. Lend but a patient care And by my hopes of your desired pardon I 'le quit you of your feare 'T is true my duty At my Arrival should have wing'd me to you But hearing of your late ill talk't on marriage Mat. O that root of mischief And of my Sisters flight as loth to appear to you As to presume a welcom I was curious First to observe the Town and taste the newes When more by Providence then accident Here we made choice of lodging saw and lik't The practices of the Society Until this wicked man who still presumes To call you brother finding us youthful strangers And as he might suppose wanton Mat. He made A bargain with you for their Maiden heads Cash told me that and how that hellish purpose Was vertuously declin'd Stri. O counterfeit Cash Mat. But must you therefore knowing whose sons you were Marry you knew not whom Mat. Ju. Pardon me sir Our loves were noble and by due enquirie Fetch 't from each others faithful breast the knowledge Of each other Mat. VVhat and marry then Each his own Sister Riddle me not to death Mat. Ju. Sir I have done And now that I have said The worst that might have hapned by his practice To make his shame or his repentance greater VVho only was my aim VVe are not married None of us all are married one to other Cam. No I assure you sir Howere I li'd At their request small matter for a friend I saw all the hurt the Priest did here to day That was upon them two there Er. Thank you sir Mat. You shall be then And so take hands in earnest Is 't not a double Match Lafoy Laf. VVithout All manner of condition I consent Mat. I am full of joy Cash O can you pardon me sir Mat. Good boy good boy I know not how a City Could stand without such Prentices And hope This wants few such But what canst thou now say Brother o' one side for thy selfe Speak quickly VVhile the good humour holds me to be friends VVith all the world yet yonder 's one lies heavy Athwart my stomack Stri. Y' are full of joy you say And I say had it been within my power To have broke your heart I had don 't Therefore in me Be comforted and love me for I finde I have no power to hurt you and will therefore Attempt no further Mat. Brotherly spoke in troth And worthily worth an hundred mark a month Shall ha 't Stri. Know then into the bargain that I forg'd the letter that suggeited to you My Nephews death in hope of means that way Mat. Honestly said again Now what say you Ra. I say that I am humbled on my knees I beg your pardon Mat. All 's too well me thinks But heark before you break up school le ts have One frisk one fling now one cariering dance And then pack up Omn. Agreed Agreed Agreed Stri. Play then Les tous ensembles Neh. That 's the French name on 't Uncle 't is in Dutch call'd All-to-mall and I call it in English Omnium Gatherum 't is the daintiest daunce We had it here to day I and my mother My Aunt and all can daunce in
the Court I mean to seek her way Do you refuse Eul. He does not shall not Royal Sir Onely I beg that I may take my leave The wishes a true Subject ought to send From the most humble heart up to the Throne Of sacred Majesty I equally divide To you my King and Queen Professing by the Powers you present I part as well content with my condition Since it is your command as ere I was to sit in that Promotion Alin. Sir I may not sit to be taunted and upbraided thus Eul. Pardon me mighty Lady I am as far From daring to do so as from a Queen And whilst you love the King and he is pleas'd I shall no less obey you then I lov'd you VVhen I sent for you to the Court and there into this heart received you Alin. I am plainly jeer'd hence that woman King Away with her Exit Eulalia with Conzago And let it be proclaim'd according to th' extremitie of Law our Censure be observ'd Lod. Alas how can she live one night King And now to your consent have I it yet For Marriage with Alinda If you are pleas'd Then call us King and Queen Omn. Long live the King and Queen Lod. I mean Eulalia aside King T is well on to the ceremonies then Kings were But common men did not their Power get fear Scoen. III Enter presently again Lodovico Horatio Lod. It is oppression Tyrannie indeed Hor. Speak lower good my Lord Hor. For fear of whom of what Hor. You would not that the King should hear you would you Lod. Faith if he did Hor. Faith then as sure as your tongue 's your own now your whole head would be his then Lod. If it might so excuse the Queen I car'd not Hor. It will do the Queen as much good as the money it might be sold for in the Market That and the Appurtenances to it would yield little at the Shambles Come my Lord speak privately and purposely keep your head on your shoulders it becomes the place as well as 't had been made for it If the King have a mind to turn away his Wife I le give him leave to turn mine after her to wait upon her rather than to have my head bowl'd at her though I were sure it should kisse the Mistress Lod. Oh but the ensuing danger my Horatio The mischiefes that of necessary course must follow even to the ruine of the State by the Kings dotage on his second choice draws blood from Subject hearts Oh that lewd Woman Hor. She is a Woman of middle earth yet But what shall we dare to say two hours hence Come think upon Law and Regal Authoritie The Kings Power Warrants his Acts I know as well as you the Queen Eulalia Heaven bless her I hope 't is yet no Treason to pray for her is as vertuous a Lady as ever beautified a Court or made a Kings Bed happy For all the Articles fram'd against her Lod. The perfect Pattern of Meekness Patience Obedience Hor. Of all that 's good or should be wish'd in VVoman Lod. So obsequious a lover of her Husband that she gave way unto his loose affections even to this now-she-start-up that supplants her Hor. She consider'd she grows old she reads in her Sons face nigh twenty years of the Kings love to her and gives him leave to place it now elsewhere Lod. And is so far from limiting his Choice That she possesses it that seeks her blood My soul tels me the witnesses against The Queen are by this Concubine suborn'd Hor. I will not say so Lod. You cannot chuse but think so Hor. My thoughts are warranted by the Proverb But come make up your Face temper your voyce and looks with the rest of the most Honourable Assembly shake off this discontent 't is a disease by which you 'l perish else now all the Court 's in height you to professe distaste Come be a looker on at least Lod. Upon a Court on Fire O Horatio Bright Burning Troy gave not a dearer cause Of willingness to those affrighted souls She forc'd to leave her sinking in her ashes To flie for refuge to another Region Nor in their flight could they by looks reverted See danger in more horrible aspect Than I upon the ruines of this Kingdom Hor. Your stay my Lord may prevent danger Lod. Yes if it could remove the Fatal cause The pride the crueltie the Ambition Of that wild Fury the outragious Queen VVho treads and tramples down the Government Consider this Horatio and the means To work this great effect and I am yours To stay till it be done Hor. Alinda's Death VVho 's there Looks about Lod. Is it not necessary no body what d' ye fear Or can you find how to preserve the State At a less rate you know too well the King How apt his Nature is to fell oppression The burden of whose crueltie long since If by the vertuous Clemencie of his Wife It had not been alay'd and mitigated Had been a general subversion And now that Peerless Princesse being depos'd Whose vertue made her famous and us happy And he re-married to this shame of women Whose vileness breeds her envie and our mischief What can we look for but destruction Hor. I dare me thinks a little hear you now The Court being surfeited too with wine and noise And could almost talk to the point it self To your own ear Looks about him at every word 'T is fit somewhat were done I cannot say what but if the wronged Queen Be not restor'd we shew ingratitude How much I may not say enough to damn us Lod. I now you speak Hor. And though I will not speak it if the Strumpet Be not conveniently and speedily destroy'd Though death dance with us in the enterprize We shall seem born more for our selves than Countrey Lod. Brave noble resolution Hor. Nay more now I will speak Lod. This way good Horatio Hor. That way or any way If Poyson Sword Policy or Strength may do it Lod. Speak lower good Horatio see the Mignion Enter Flavello and divers Petitioners Hor. What for him my Ladies Game-keeper that understands nothing but Monkeyes Parrots short-nos'd Dogs and Starlings Master of her Majesties Foisting-hounds Lod. So he hears you Hor. Let him he has no Soul to understand nor Language to answer a Man he knows how to dyet disple and perfume the small Cattle he has charge of for which rare Art and catching Spiders for principal Pug he is rais'd prime man in his great Mistresses favour Lod. How the Petitioners flock to him Hor. Swarm rather for they are Bees in his head Oh! he engrosses all the Suits and commends them to the White Hand whose disposing will make the whole Kingdom black in Mourning if Fate by us prevent not See how he carries it We might talk what we would for him His well-ordered head is so taken up with Particular Affaires he mindes no General talk But my good Lord 'fore others Ears and
Lamentations of a thousand Souls Some Lame some Blind some Deaf some Lunatick Some struck with Palsie some with Leprosie All sighing groaning crying underneath The painful weight of Sorrow and Affliction Eul. What is that woful part o' th' Country call'd That suffers this Calamitie and how Did the Inhabitants there stand affected To Goodness or Religion Pedr. We are all sinful Yet no way to extenuate our fault Or murmure at the Judgement faln upon us We have been held obedient to the Church True Subjects to the King and friendliest Neighbours Among our selves all Sicily could boast of This part of it or Province being call'd The fair Talermian Fields and is the same Our Kings have customarily laid out For their Queens Dowry and has therefore been Vulgarly call'd The Paradice of Love Andr. Stay there old man I have heard there is Neither Lawyer nor Physician in all the Province Lod. None could e'er get a living amongst 'um in all their Practise It seems they liv'd then civilly and temperately Andr. Nor Gentleman nor Begger in their Confines Lod. Then sure their Wealth was all communicable There could not but be excellent Neighbour-hood Andr. And which was worth all the rest their Priests Were ever the best good-Fellows in all the Country Pedr. Y' are now upon the Confines of that Country And cannot scape some dangerous ill If you dare tast the Aire of it Andr. That shall be try'd I 'll have a whiff on 't If I get a mischief by it let the Fools harm be a warning to the VVise Pedr. See more of those distressed Souls that flie The foul Contagion Enter four Others Exit Andr. Yet charitable to each others wants For here the Deaf conducts the Blind the Blind Supports the Lame the Dumb removes the sick and feeble All that can make least shift for 't flie the Place Then do not you press toward it Eul. There will I Take up my Habitation Lod. Y' are not desperate Eul. Mark me good Lodovico note my Reasons This poor afflicted Province was my Dowry And the o'er-hasty judging world will say According to the Censure pass'd on me My Trespass drew this Evil on the Land Lod. T is better that the world should judge so and perish For it in it's Ignorance then you so wilfully Be cast away you hear that none escape Pedr. None Old nor Young Man Woman Child all In one kinde or other do feel Affliction Eul. Do any die Pedr. None though the most do wish They might in lieu of their sad sufferings Eul. And whither now do you intend your travail with your griefs Pedr. VVe hope a better Air will cure us But VVe are advis'd by our Divines and Augurs By the best means we can to make our Journey Towards the Court to send our sad complaint Unto the King Eul. Hear now what he will say Pedr. They find by Divination that this punishment Is falne upon this Province by the Sin Of the Adulterous Queen whose Dowrie 't was Eul. Did not I tell you Pedr. And that until His justice take away Her loathed life This evil will not cease Lod. What the Queen Eulalia's life Pedr. Yes Sir we hear shee 's banish'd and forbid relief But nothing save her polluted blood must quench this flame In expiation of her Sin and shame Lod. Dare you stay longer here pray let us flie Eul. Why then you think me guiltie Lodovico Lod. I know not what to think but that I will not Eul. Was that your Priests opinion and advice Pedr. Yes and thus grounded that our pains began Just at the hour the Kings Indulgencie Releas'd her forfeit Life Eul. 'T was everso Priests are but Apes to Kings And prostitute Religion to their ends Might you not judge as well it was th' injustice and the wrongs the innocent Queen hath suffer'd that has brought sense of her injuries upon her Province And that if she had died her Dowrie here with her had also suffered Death to make it nothing to the King as he made her Lod. I mark ye that and that your false surmise Against the Queen has brought this evil on you Pedr. O now my pain increases 1. O mine Eyes 2. My Brain 3. My Bones 4. My limbs are on the Rack Lod. 'T is plain your fowl mistrust is the infection that rages in you Eul. Lodovico peace where is thy pain good man Pedr. Here in this Arm shrunk up as it were sear'd with fiery Irons Eul. Bless'd Providence assist me whilst with Prayers I use the gift thou gav'st me for the cure of these afflicted People Give me thine hand what feelst thou now Pedr. A precious cooling Balm that has extinguished The scorching heat I felt and has reduc'd My Flesh my Sinews and my Arteries Into their natural temper and true use Eul. Joyn that hand to thy other and thank Heaven then That made thee whole Pedr. I do I do Lod. Miraculous Pedr. O sure you are some Heavenly Saint or Goddess Eul. Beware Idolatry and onely send All praise to th' power whose mercy hath no end Onely do this for me inform the rest How you have sped and win them back again To the next village bid them be of chear Whilst I make Holy Prayers for their help I le come and live among you for my hire Which shall be cheap believe me Pedr. All we have VVill be too slight reward first take my store Eul. I will but take my next competent meal I hope this will be thought but valuable Pedr. I pray take more Eul. Go back I say with your sad company And comfort them with news of your success And a full hope of cure to every one That 's Partner in this sad Affliction Pedr. With happy feet I shall spread it through the Countrey Exeunt omnes Rustici Lod. O happy woman now no more a Queen But Holy Saint I see how Providence Means to advance thy injur'd innocence I le dwell here now my self and without fear For perfect health I think dwells only where Good Eulalia remains I have enough To buy a Farm for me and poor Andrea But what 's become of him Eul. I le tell you Lodovico the poor Fellow Is gone to taste the Countrey Air for me Lest I might be infected you shall see Straight how he speeds Lod. And that was honest love Enter Andrea Andr. A Surgeon a Surgeon Oh a Surgeon Eul, How now Andrea Andr. A Surgeon Oh twentie Surgeons bonesetting Surgeons Eul. What 's the matter man Andr. I am out of joynt I le taste no more of such contagious Aires To save as many Queens as I have hairs Oh Surgeons and Bone-setters Bone-setters and Surgeons all my Bones all my Bones for a penny I have not a finger nor a toe in joynt my Leggs my Thighs my Arms my neck My back and Crupperbone is out of joynt Oh for a Sowgelder a Surgeon I would say Out a joynt out a joynt I am all out a joynt Eul. Thy
tongue 's not out a joynt Andr. No nor a Thing I have that has no Bone in 't All else is out a joynt Eul. This came of tempting Providence were not you Told the danger by the many that smarted of it Andr. I met them all dancing and frisking home The blind man made the way the dumb man sung The deaf kept time to his Notes the lame led on The Dance to all the rest whilst I can go No further lies down 'T was for you I ventured Eul. And now you repent you meant me so much good Andr. And now again I do repent that ever I did repent Oh for a Stone-cutter a Bone-setter I would say Eul. VVell Sir give me your hands stand up Andr. VVith as good a will as ever I stood to woman Eul. Now how do you feel your self Andr. In very pretty plight I feel I am sufficient Haugh heigh Capers and turns 't will do again and if I durst venture into that unluckie Countrey again I would now teach the Clowns how to Dance for joy Eul. Yes you shall venter Sir and by the way I le teach you to teach them to work and pray Andr. To work and play I pray you Lod. If there be Heaven on earth it is this woman Andr. Then if there be a Purgatorie on earth I le venter through it for her heigh o ho Scoen. V. Enter three or four Countrey-men 1. Health and Joy Health and Joy 2. O happy woman that ever she came hither 1. Nay happy we that ere she came among us 2. VVhat shall we render her in recompence All that we have is too little for this woman This good woman this holy woman this she-Saint If there be one above ground 3. O do not make an If at her neighbour lest the ground swallow thee quick in thy Infidelitie 2. Now doubtless and without all adventure she is an unknown woman 3. And therefore a good woman for 't is too true All those that are well known are e'en bad enough And known she will not be for all our entreats No not so much as from whence she came we see 2. And that counsel she may keep still for me For doubtless and without all peradventure If we had need of another such it were in vain to seek her 1. Sure 't was from Heaven she came Where the whole stock of good women vvere plac'd long ago Scoen. VI. Enter Fabio and Strozza Fab. 'T is she I 'm confident Stroz. Our work lies fairly then before us Lod. These look like mischievous Robbers Eul. What can they take from us Lod. Your Life I fear Andr. I have e'en din'd let 'em take away when they please Lod. Their looks are murderous Eul. Fear not Lodovico why look ye Friends so amazedly ha' ye lost your way or what do ye seek Fab. No we ha' found our way 't is to you we seek we dare come roundly to you for all your Guard your old Fool and your young here Lod. O my unhappy Fears Eul. You will not murder me Fab. 'T is all the Office we are bound to doe you Eul. Just Heaven protect me Fab. Call upon Heaven as you go thitherward VVe may not stay long Invocations Andr. Pray take me in your way and run me through her if you be honest Murderers Help Murder Murder Scoen. VII. Enter to them Curate Crier Pedro Lollio Poggio Crier O yes O yes O yes Cur. Silence Crier suspend the Proclamation to prevent abomination Lod. Heaven has sent us ayd Fab. O we are prevented Cur. On on sa sa down with their VVeapons up with their heels till we insect and rip up the intrails of the Cause what an Assassinate was here attempted O infausta Dies two swords against the naked vvomb of a VVoman and none but weaponless men to assist her viz. Senex Ineptus Andr. That is to say Give me their Swords under my Fools Coat I 'll hurt no body Cur. Upon my facundity an elegant construction by the Fool So I am cedunt arma Togae Fab. For our attempt Sir we vvill answer it vve are for the King Car. Then vve are for the King Sir in nomine Majestatis we command you to attend our present Office and then we will examine yours Loll. And then if you deserve the Gallows you shall be sure on 't a short breathing-vvhile shall be no hinderance to you So Crier lift up your Voice and proceed Crier O yes O yes O yes By the Kings most Excellent Majesty a Proclamation prohibiting upon pain of Death any Relief to be given unto the banish'd Eulalia Cur. Now say VVhereas upon just and lawful Tryal Crier VVhereas c. Cur. The said Eulalia Crier The said Eulalia Eul. I am that hapless she that for relief will not beg nor borrow nor take of yee Lod. Cur. aside Pedr. 'T is she and at the price of Life I vvill relieve her aside Pog. How vvhat have vve done In relieving her from killing we are all become Traytors Loll. That 's an idle fear vve knew her not VVhich now vve do vve may again reliver her Into their hands for them to kill her yet And then there 's no harm done Pog. So let us give them their swords again and vvhen they have done their vvork to make all sure vve 'll hang them for their pains and so keep the Law in our own hands vvhile vve have it Cur. O homines insani quomodo erravistis The woman must be sav'd á manubus istis They are Catilinarian Traytors Lod. You Sir have reason you have found her Life The King has pardon'd and although her Doom In this her Banishment were heavy and A punishment even unto Death but that Good soul she works and labours for her food You find not yet 't is lawful any kill her Cur. Recte dixisti Domine therefore Sir You that are for the King as you pretend Shew us th' Imperative mood or warrant for her death Or we shall put you into the Optativa mood By punishment to wish your selves dead oftner Or more times than bona fide there be Tenses In all the Moods of all my Accidences Eul. For my part I le forgive them if they will Deliver truely who corrupted them To rid the world of this weary burden that I may pray for them Pedr. Can such a goodness deserve so fowl a Censure Eul. But first tell me Are not you two the men that gave false evidence at my Arraignment touching injur'd Sforza Fab. We gave no evidence nor false nor true Andr. No countrey-woman they had no such Beards But I will try if I can make 'm like 'em O rare what a nimble Barber am I Lod. They are the self-same men the two cashier'd Lieutenants that Sforza should have hang'd for mutinies in the late Wars Pedr. What hinders now their execution Cur. Digito compesce labellum silence good Pedro I do commend your zeal but Periculum est in via We will walk
weather-headed wise neighbours Pog. Heaven bless our Holy woman 1. Heaven bless your Holiness 2. Nay then Heaven bless our Sacred Soveraign Eul. This Homage fits not me 1. We had not liv'd but by your sacred means And will no longer live then be your Subjects Eul. You go about to cast away your lives In serving or in succouring me you fall Into Rebellion against the King 2. We have no King nor Queen but you Heaven bless your Majesty Omn. Heaven bless your Majestie Andr. That was pronounc'd bravely O my brave new neighbours Eul. Y' are Traytors All 1. In honouring our Soveraign Andr. I well said hold her to it Eul. How dare you call me so 2. VVe dare and can prove it good and lawful This Province is engag'd unto you Madam The King made it your Joynture and we find No reason but you instantly possesse it Eul. VVhat and the King alive 1. He 's dead to you Lol. Yes yes he 's dead to you Andr. VVell said again that 's a sound point be sworn These be true Blades Eul. I tremble but to hear you And will not live an hour amongst you more But with this freedom To use my fair obedience to the King 2. You shall obey the King then and we 'll obey your Majesty Eul. O let that Title die with my late Fortune Remember it no more but let me be As one of you nay rather an Inferior Or I from this abiding must remove Of which I first made choice in truth for love 3. O Madam Eul. Take heed good neighbours Beware how you give Dignitie or Title therein you may transgress 2. No whit good Madam Observe the Dialect of France And you shall find Madam given there in Courtesie To women of low Fortunes unto whom 'T is held a poore addition though great Queens Do grace and make it Royal Eul. 'T is then the Greatness of The Person dignifies the Titles not it the Person 1. And in that Madam you are in your content Above all Title 's proper to great Princes But setting this aside how thrive your Scholars Eul. We go fairly on Enter 1. Girl look you Sir Here 's one that knew no letter in the Book Within these ten days can read hitherto And waits for a new lesson proceed hither And at your hour I le hear you 1. Girl Yes forsooth Mistresse Enter 2. Girl Eul. Good Girl well said nay nay hold up your head so so 't is very well let 's see your Samplar what an hearts ease is here Lod. Right in its perfect Colours Eul. Nay shee 'l do well now take me out this Flower Keep your work clean and you shall be a good Maid Enter 3. Girl Now where 's your writing book 3. Girl 'T is here forsooth Pray shall I haye a join-Joyn-hand Copy next Eul. No child you must not Joyn-hand yet you must your letters and your minums better first Take heed you may Joyn-hand too soon and so mar all still youth desires to be too forward Go take your Lute and let me hear you sing the last I taught you Song Enter 4. Girls Scoen. IV. Enter Doctor and Midwife Lod. Whither do you press who would you speak withall Doctor O Sir for Charity sake give us access unto the holy woman Lod. Who are you or from whence Doct. We are poor Pilgrims man and wife that are upon our way struck with sad pain and sorrow Andr. Alas poor Pilgrims here 's she must do you good Eul. How divine Justice throwes my Enemies into my hands what are your griefes Doct. My wife is struck with dumbness Andr. Hold a little That 's the greatest grief a woman can endure But trouble not thy self to seek for cure Too many a man i' th' world will change with thee A wife that of her Language is too free And give good Boot Eul. Pray Sir be you silent And where 's your pain Doct. Here in this hand Which I desire to shew in some more privacie Eul. Because your Blow cannot be safely given here you think O sinful wretch thou hadst no pain till now Nor was she dumb till divine Providence Now at this instant struck her It is now Just as thou saist and justly are you punished For treacherous counterfeits Lodowick search his hand Lod. His hand is wither'd and lets fall a Knife Andr. As sharp to do a mischief as ere was felt on Eul. Now take off his false Beard see if you know him And let the woman be unmuffled Lod. O Divels Andr. O the last couple that came out of Hell Lod. These are the other two that damn'd themselves In perjurie against you at your Tryal Andr. How do you master Doctor and Mistress Midwife Is this the Pen your Doctorship prescribes with This might soon write that might cure all diseases And are these the Labours you go to Mistress Midnight VVould you bring women to bed this way Omn. O damnable conspirators Eul. Pray take 'm hence their time 's not come for cure yet Andr. Come away Pilgrims we 'll cure 'em for you If your own salves can cure you O my sweet Pilgrims 1. Fough they stink of Treason damnably 2. VVhat shall we hang 'm drown 'em or burn 'em 1. They shall taste fortie deaths then take their own 2. I come away with 'em they shall die fortie times without peradventure Eul. You shall lose me if you do any violence to any of 'em but let 'm be lodg'd with those we took to day I le feed 'em all Andr. They 'l be a jolly company Eul. Pray do as I intreat 3. You shall in all command us 1. I le make my Barn a spittle for your conspirators till it be top full and then set fire on 't and please you Eul. Do you no harm and fear none send your Children 2. Omn. Long live our Queen Andr. Your Queen have you a mind to be hang'd Queen have you a mind to be hang'd Omn. our School-Mistress we would say Eul. VVe live secure in spight of Foes and see Where Heaven protects in vain is Treacherie VVho says our State is low or that I fell When I was put from Court I did not rise Till then nor was advanc'd till now I see Heaven plants me 'bove the reach of Treachery Lod. O happie happie Saint Ex. Rustici with Doct. and Midwife Scoen. V. Enter Flavello alias Alphonso with a Letter to Eulalia Poggio and Lollio following Lol. I would she had a Councel she shall have a Councel And we will be the Heads thereof Though I be put to the pains to be President my self Pog. It is most requisite for her safety her danger may be great A good guard then in my opinion were more requirable Lol. 'T is well consider'd she shall have a Guard too and we will be the limbs thereof though I be put to the trouble of Captain on 't my self Pog. You will put on all Offices yet count 'em pain and trouble Lol. Yes and perform 'em
Strozzo Alphonso Doctor and Midwife they all kneel You know my Story Sir and who have been My strong abusers and by me converced Therefore let me Petition Royal King You have by these discovered the abuse That led you into error and that light Which makes discovery of their black misdeeds Will shew you to a Throne of greater mercy Then you can give King I must confess I need it Bee 't as thou wilt Eulalia Eul. Go then and thank the King All Long live the King and Queen Exeunt offenders Lod. Here 's goodness now Hor. I would the Devil had 'm that thought ill of her Andr. And good King Pardon me and my pure brother Judges and Sages of the Dorpe here that would have hang'd those Manufactors King 'T is quickly granted Andr. And I le as quickly make them run mad with Joy Eul. My next suit is for now I 'm set a begging You 'l Pardon your Alinda King She is not mine Should she recover as Heavens will be done Eul. Recover fear not Sir this Traunse hast drown'd Her Frenzie and shee 'l live a sober life King I shall forgive her But she must no more in her recovery Be consort or acquaintance unto me But where 's Posteritie now O my Boy Eul. Sir you have had but homely entertainment Yet in my humble dwelling now I le shew you Since you appear so tender and so good A Father the sweet comfort of a Son Pray fetch the Prince King You cannot raise from death Exit Lodovico Eul. Can you forgive Petrucio that deceiv'd you In his faign'd death to save a real life King Forgive he won me in preserving Sforza Let me but see my Son I le honour him Enter Lodovico with Gonzago Hor. See the most Princely vertue that survives King lives my Gonzago Gonz. If you my Royal Father be not displeas'd With me or my good mother I shall live Hor. And long live my sweet Prince King Let not my joy confound me where 's Petruccio Lod. Sforza and he are bringing the entrauns'd Alinda Your fair Queen to your presence King She is no Queen of mine Hor. No hang her hang her This this is the Queen A very Queen of harts a better Title Crowns not the best of women in our days King Good Lodovico may the merited Fame of thy fidelitie While there are Kings on Earth Shew them to gratifie All trustie servants love him Gonzago Hor. Love him my Loyaltie preserv'd I shall not desire the Princes love my self If he not giv 't to faithful Lodovico My true yoak fellow in State and Commonwealth Recorders Enter Sforza and Petruccio bringing Alinda in a Chayre veyl'd King But here 's the man Gonzago whom thou owest A love of equal value to thy life Petr. I cannot Sir in dutie nevertheless But fall before your mercy which I pray for That durst assume the hardness to control Your Majestie Command Hor. There is a Loyaltie after my own heart now Here a new Song Eulalia unvailes Alinda Eul. Bless'd Heauen she lives and wakes I hope in health Sfor. If she awake to vertue she is welcome Into the the world again but if she rise With an Ambitious thought of what she was Or meet the light with a presumptuous look That renders her in thought but worthy of it By this bless'd presence I will yet take leave To sink her under earth immediatly Eul. Patience good Sforza see what she will do Alin. Where have I been or how am I brought hither Or where I am I know not but that shall not Musick ceased Be unto me a wonder for I know Were it reveil'd it could not be so strange A storie as my self was to the world How have I wandred in the way of Error Till I was worn into an Airie vapour Then wrap'd into a cloud and thence distill'd Into the earth to find a new creation 'T is found and I am found in better state Then I was in before I lost my Dutie For in this second Birth I find a knowledge How to preserve it Therefore if an Heart Dissolved in its Tears may move your Pity My noble Father if I may say Father Whose blessing and forgiveness I entreat Let not your frown destroy my future hopes Sfor. What a rich sound were this now were it reall Eul. As you may think I honour vertue Sforza I do believe 't is really unfaigned Sfor. It is Heavens goodness to your Grace then Madam The more to vindicate your injur'd vertue And manifest your merits to the world Thou art mine own again Alinda Eal. Note her further Alin. My suit is next to you King Queen and Prince Whose love whose Pietie whose Innocence I have too much abus'd that to appeal My trespasses at large by due confession I should appear but more impertinent to each eye and ear My suit is therefore though you not forget I ever was you will be pleas'd to think There is not an Alinda in the world So give me leave to leave it and in this I beg my Fathers Aid to be remov'd Back to my countrey Naples and in that Into the Magdalene Nunnerie at Lucera To spend this life in Tears for my amiss And holy Prayers for eternal Bliss veiles her self Sfor. So thou art mine for ever King She has anticipated my great purpose For on the reconcilement of this difference I vow'd my after life unto the Monasterie Of holy Augustinians at Solanto Omn. O mighty Sir King 'T is not to be gain-said So hast we to Nicosia where my Son In lieu of former wrongs I le yield thee up my Crown and Kingdom Your vertuous mother whom may you for ever Honour for her pietie with these true Statesmen will enable you to govern well Hor. Who makes a doubt of that King And let your studie Sir be ever watchful To cherish vertue as to punish vice And see that you considerative be Of Sforza in the wrongs he felt by me His was the greatest losse Sfor. Sir I have won My wrongs are drown'd in her conversion King Good Sforza see her plac'd as she desires In that Religious order I have now Plighted my Troth to Heaven and so has she Omn. O may Sir such Wedlock ne'er broken be King Now with such melting silence as sweet Souls From Bodies part to Immortalitie May we for better life divided be Exeunt Omnes Dedit Deus his quoque finem RIC. BROME The Epilogue Lod. THrough much distress and many perilous wayes Our Queen at last with more then conquering Bays Is Crown'd with hearts but now she fals again And we except her glory you maintain Our good depends on you then thus it stands She chears our Hearts if she but gain your Hands FINIS Books Printed for Hen Brome at the Gun in Ivy-Lane THe Souls Conflict Being Eight Sermons six whereof were Preached at Oxford The Queens Exchange A Comedy by Richard Brome Two Essays of Love and Marriage The Grand Impostor Examined or the life and Tryal of James Nayler The Souls Turnkey Being a Conference betwixt Mr. Hanum and Mr. Tuke Moderator of Gr. 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imploy'd Math. My Lord 't was not The man that mov'd me For I know him not But the reward I humbly take my leave Exit Philoc. My brother write Ha! Are we at such distance Thou art no Prophetess Placilla art thou He Reads Brother Philocles we are the laughing stock of the Natition and injurious both to the King our Countrey the divine Eudina and our selves by our childish love The time is short meet me I conjure you by our Friendship within three hours in the North vale of Tempe where it shall be the Gods election to take one of us and leave the other for Eudina Expostulate not with your self much less with me otherwise then by weapon or never expect to see your Brother Philargus O Gods and men where shall we go to find Friendship and truth Bee 't so For in th' event We may be happy both But with this ods One with Eudina tother with the Gods Exit Explicit Actus Tertius ACT 4. SCENE 1. Varillus Tersulus Var. We should love one another brother Tersulus More inwardly and be in friendship true As our Lords are Prithee let their example Piece up all difference betwixt us Ter. Piece up I know your meaning and your jear Varillus In your piece up Var. Fie on thy jealousie 'Cause thou art a Taylor How ere a Gentleman by place thou think'st I jear thy quality Ter. You should not For Look back unto the worlds beginning there Youl ' find a Taylor was before a Barber Var. Nay if you go to rip up old Antiquity Ter. Rippe there he is again Var. You may as well Collect that the first man who you suggest Was his own Taylor was his own Barber first Ter. As how Var. Do you think he did not scratch his head In casting how to fashion out his breeches And that 's in part you know the Barbers office Ter. The scraching of the head Var. And still In use 'mongst Taylors on themselves But note The foul corruptions brought in by Time Of old they did but rub invention up How to contrive their work But now their heads Wrists fingers all have got an itch by 't which Nothing but stealing can allay though that Can never cure it Ter. Lying and stealing went Of old together now they are shar'd it seems Between the Barber and the Taylor Var. Sharp Ter. Your instruments are sharp as mine Sir Barber And you can pick more out of your Lords ears Then I take from his Garments with my sheers Var. Agree good brother or would we had Doris To stickle twixt us There y' are afore me too Var. But come Lords followers are their Apes in most things Why should not we be as friendly Rivals now In Doris Love as are our Lords in the Princess Eudinas We will take up a fashion Enter Doris Dor. Varillus where 's your Lord Var. I know not Doris Dor. Tersulus where 's yours Var. I know not Doris Dor. You Eccho one another Y' are commanded Both by the Princess and the Governess To seek 'em out Both Your love commands our stay Dor. Coupled together Go yet one of you You I can spare best Var. Why him Dor. You then Ter. Why him Dor. Do you conspire I will return your care Ter. Nay gentle Doris stay For t is in vain To seek our Lords They are both rod singly forth To take the Air Mine an hour since Var. Mine even now I came but since to call My brother Tersulus Dor. Your brother Tersulus Ter. As deeply vow'd in friendship as our Lords are Var. It is with us as t is with them we both Are brothers friends yet Rivals in your love Can you now as the Princess is to them Be equally affected to us both Dor. Do you stay me to abuse me Var. Nay dear Doris We love our Lords and as you love the Princess Who loves them love you us You are Eudina I Philocles and he Philargus is Dor. Are the men mad Ter. Suppose so Gentle Doris Var. The King commands you to make present choice Of one of us or else ambitious Stratocles That 's Geron must enjoy you Now sweet Princess Be speedy in your choice The kingdoms good Depends upon it And in your Election O make Philargus blest He best deserves you Ter. Admired friend and brother Philocles Your courtesie ore-comes me I must sue Though my heart akes the while as much for you Dor. This is fine fooling Good Barber Philocles and Taylor Philargus You shall not need to trim up his Affection Nor you to stich up his with your forc'd courtesies I know in this each wooes but for himself And my Affection runs as even betwixt you As nothing but your sizors or your sheares Had parted Var. See Stratocles alias Geron Enter Geron. Ger. So Whilome did contend two warlike Princes For a fair Hand till a powerful King Subdu'd them both and it Doris take heed Be wary in your conversation As Whilom Tully warn'd his tender son With such Plebeians least their vulgar breeding Corrupt your education Var. Must she be Your pupil learned Geron Ger. And my self Her onely study such as Whilome was Ulysses to Penelope Var. Take heed Doris How you become his wife For he will love you So by the book as he will never lie with you Without an Authour for 't Ger. Sir she shall be More precious to me then Homers Iliads Whilome to Alexander which he made His mighty bed-fellow But why stand I To render this account The Princesse sent you Doris to call their Lords to walk with her And take the air of Tempe Ter. They are gone to take the air already sir Ger. Come you with me then Doris Dor. And why with you Antiquity I have heard you all this while And though you boast you have an interest in me We are not yet one volume both bound up And clasp'd together Var. She speaks in his Element Dor. No I am yet loose paper and 't were good To keep me so for when I 'm bound I must Obey be search'd examin'd and corrected Yet this I 'le do and now be serious If you will all obey my rule and try Your fortunes who shall have me Var. Ter. We agree Ger. Their merits bear no aequability With mine Var. A very Stratocles Dor. You boast your worth and stand on confidence In powerful advocates But what are all Unto my Love and which is more my will If you will hear my proposition hear it Var. Ter. We are agree'd Pray hear 't Ger. Le ts hear it then The Gods in Love Whilome have stoop'd with men Dor. That you all love me I believe and am Content that every one of you do think Himself prime man in my Affection And one of you I 'le take But yet my choice Must wait upon Eudina's Therefore mark If your Lord wins the Princesse and becomes The Kings immediate Heir I will be yours If your Lord yours Ger. Therein the oddes is mine For they are both
Thymele Philoc. If you be serious Mother hold us not In this suspence Thy. Let not the royal blood Of Thessaly be stain'd with an incestuous match King How Gar. She sayes right They are both your lawful children By your own vertuous Queen now in Elisium King What dreams are these of your distemperd heads Thy. This is no dream or fable But unfain'd Sip As truth it self Which with your gracious leave I shall demonstrate humbly craving pardon For my so long concealment as I 'le yeeld Due reason for it King Freely speak you have it Thy. You may remember in your civil wars Those cruel warres as I may justly stile 'em In which my husband fell Dis. O my brave brother Thy. When open Rebels and domestick Traytors Pursu'd your Crown and life your gracious Queen To have been brought to bed and was beleev'd To have miscarried by an abortive birth King True In her flight she was constrain'd to take A neighbouring cottage and use the help Of the Swains wife Gar. That swain-ess was my self Though my deserts have glorified me since And by my help and somewhat of the Gods She then made you the Father of that Prince Dis. Take up thy bottle Sister speak you on Thy. Th' affrighted queen yet wise in that extremity Suspecting that the innocence of her babe Born to a Kingdom could not be secur'd In those combustions from apparent danger Sent him to me in private then in travel Of my Philargus Charging me to fain A second labour with the Midwifes aid For Philocles I did and was reputed Mother of both King I cannot think our Queen Would keep us ignorant of so good a Fortune Thy. I mov'd her oft to tell you But she answer'd All is not sound There 's danger yet And when After Eudyna's birth she felt her self At point of death she strictly did enjoyn Me and this woman onely conscious with her By oath of which she had prepar'd this copy A paper In her own hand to keep it silent till Philocles should be able to secure Himself from treachery or that your terme Of life expiring or some accident Of no lesse consequence requir'd detection For further proof Kin. My joy forbids more questioning Give me my flesh and blood into my bosome Thrice happy Fathers if your Children were Borne to you thus of perfect Age But where Is now a Match for my Eudina I Have here a successor A shout within and crying Philargus Philargus c. King Hah Voyces i' th Ayre that cry Philargus Eud. Voyces that do tell me I must follow him Up to the heavens and there be married to him Des. Here 's the She-Devil now Ent. Turs. with Dor. Dor. You need not pull me For that mans love I laid thy Lord to sleep Had I lov'd thee best then his Lord had slept Dis. How does he sleep speak impudent baggage how Dor. How With a powder Sir which my own father A skilful pothecary prepar'd who if Philargus dye shall hang with us for Company Dis. Your father Dor. Yes But now the perils past See if he sleep t is walking Enter Philargus Eupathus Philoc. Ha! Philargus Or but the shade the spirit of my friend Philar. Be not amaz'd as at an apparition Thy. Doth my son live O then I have enough Dis. Come hither come hither you three I will discharge The scene of you Thy love unto thy Lord Though somewhat unadvisedly imploy'd Deserves reward I le see it given thee Thy Lord and King shall thank thee take thy wench She has love in her wit and wit in her anger I like the luck of things that ill intents Should bring forth good events Thy faithfulness To thy Lord too was happy Go I 'le I 'le see you Ext. Var. Ter Dor. All royally rewarded How now Geron Ger. My Lord I see here 's joy towards as why Ent. Ger. Dis. 'Slife stand not Whiloming now man but be brief Ger. Cry mercy I had left it But my Lord To celebrate the flowing joyes in Court I and my Countrey heads have fram'd a Masque Rather an antick dance rather a countrey toy Rather a Rustick round rather a Dis. Hoy day Thy Rather 's worse then thy Whilom Dost know What time o'day 't is Ger. T is a rural thing To be presented at the Princess wedding And if you think it meet I will induce The practise of it presently As why Dis. Go fetch the heads and heels I 'le stay the King To see and laugh at 'em That 's grace enough Exit Geron. King Philargus you have much to know the which We will Eudina tell you now shee 's yours Receive her and our blessing Philar. Were I dead As I was thought to be your name pronounc'd Over my grave beyond all Necromancy Would call fresh blood into my veins again Strengthen my nerves to break the Iron gates Of death and force my joyful spirit from Th' Elisian Paradise to live with you King You shall not be a looser Thymele Philocles shall be yours and in exchange Placilla mine Philoc. To me my beauteous spouse Thou art as Juno to her Jupiter Sister and wife Thy. Your highness may be pleas'd Now at so happy leasure to perpend The Oracle which truly hath effected Each word of the prediction King Who can repeat the answer I ha' lost it Dis. I have it Contend not for the jewel which Ere long shall both of you inrich Philoc. Eudina does so me in a dear sister Philar. Me in a Peerless wife Dis. Pursue your fortune for 't is she Shall make ye what you seem to be Philoc. She has done that too For now indeed w' are brothers King Apollo thou hast fill'd us all with joy But has our joy already fill'd our Court Loud Musick is here With Musick Dis. Will your Majesty yet sit And see the practise of a presentation Against the Marriages by your Swains of Tempe With thanks and give it all the grace we may Ger. From Tempe plains the Tempe Swains Enter Geron and the Swains and Nymphs for the dance With mirth aud Melody With Dance and Song do hither throng To greet your Majestie Gar. O there look there Madam my Son and all My old Temperian Neighbours Ger. We cannot hope in all our scope To gain much praise for skill But it shall be enough if ye Accept of our good will The Dance King My thanks to all All Heaven bless your Majesty Exeunt King Thanks to Apollo Let his temple be The place of our solemnity His Altars Let them be laden with Arabian spices Let his Priests lead in a devout procession The horned Sacrifice mantled with Ghirlonds And we our Temples crown'd with Laurel follow With Musick sounding Hymen and Apollo FINIS EPILOGƲE T is not the Poets art nor all that we By life of Action can present unt' ye Can justly make us to presume a Play Is good till you approv 't which that you may It cannot mis-become us since our gains Come
by your favour more then all our pains Thus to submit us unto your commands And humbly ask that favour at your hands THE WEEDING OF THE COVENT-GARDEN Or the Middlesex-JƲSTICE OF Peace A Facetious COMEDY A POSTHUME of RICHARD BROME An Ingenious Servant and Imitator of his Master that famously Renowned Poet Ben Johnson Aut prodesse solent aut delectare Poetae Dramatis Personae LONDON Printed for Andrew Crook and are to be sold at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard And Henry Broom at the Gun in Ivy-lane 1658 Upon AGLAƲRA printed in Folio By this large Margent did the Poet mean To have a Comment writ upon his Scene Or is it that the Ladies who ne're look On any but a Poeme or Play-book May in each page have space to scribble down When such a Lord or Fashion comes to Town As Swaines in Almanacks account do keep When their Cow calv'd and when they bought their sheep Ink is the life of Paper 't is meet then That this which scap'd the Press should feel the Pen A Room with one side furnish'd or a face Painted half-way is but a faire disgrace This great voluminous Pamphlet may be said To be like one that hath more haire then head More excrement then body Trees which sprout With broadest leaves have still the smallest fruit When I saw so much white I did begin To think Aglaura either did lie in Or else took Pennance Never did I see unlesse in Bills dasht In the Chancerie So little in so much as if the feet Of Poetry like Law were sold by th' sheet If this new fashion should but last one yeare Poets as Clerks would make our paper dear Doth not the Artist erre and blast his fame That sets out pictures lesser then the frame Was ever Chamberlaine so mad to dare To lodge a childe in the great Bed at Ware Aglaura would please better did she lie I' th' narrow bounds of an Epitomie Pieces that are weav'd of the finest twist As Silk and Plush have still more stuffe then list She that in Persian habit made great brags Degenerates in this excesse of rags Who by her Giant-bulk this only gaines Perchance in Libraries to hang in chaines T is not in Book as Cloth we never say Make London-measure when we buy a Play But rather have them pair'd Those leaves be faire To the judicious which more spotted are Give me the sociable Pocket-books These empty Folio's only please the Cooks R. B. A SONG A Way with all grief and give us more sack 'T is that which we love let love have no lack Nor sorrow nor care can crosse our delights Nor witches nor goblins nor Buttery sprights Tho' the candles burne dimme while we can do thus We 'll scorn to flie them but we 'll make them flie us Old Sack and old Songs and a merry old crew Will fright away Sprights when the ground looks blew A PROLOGUE HE that could never boast nor seek the way To prepare friends to magnifie his Play Nor raile at 's Auditory for unjust If they not lik't it nor was so mistrust Ful ever in himself that he besought Preapprobation though they lik't it not Nor ever had the luck to have his name Clap't up above this merit Nor the shame To be cried down below it He this night Your faire and free Attention does invite Only he prays no prejudice be brought By any that before-hand wish it nought And that ye all be pleas'd to heare and see With Candor suiting his Integritie That for the Writer Something we must say Now in defence of us and of the Play We shall present no Scandal or Abuse To vertue or to honour Nor traduce Person of worth Nor point at the disgrace Of any one residing in the Place On which our Scene is laid nor any Action shew Of thing has there been done for ought we know Though it be probable that such have been But if some vicious persons be brought in As no new Buildings nor the strongest hold Can keep out Rats and Vermine bad and bold Let not the sight of such be ill endur'd All sores are seen and search't before th' are cur'd As Ruffian Bawd and the licentious crew Too apt to pester Scituations new Another Prologue 'T is not amisse ere we begin our Play T' intreat you that you take the same surveigh Into your fancie as our Poet took Of Covent-Garden when he wrote his Book Some ten years since when it was grown with weeds Not set as now it is with Noble Seeds Which make the Garden glorious And much Our Poet craves and hopes you will not grutch It him that since so happily his Pen Foretold its faire emprovement and that men Of worth and honour should renown the place The Play may still retain its former grace To my LORD of Newcastle on his PLAY called THE VARIETY He having commanded to give him my true opinion of it My Lord I Could not think these seven yeares but that I In part a Poet was and so might lie By the Poetick Licence But I finde Now I am none and strictly am confin'd To truth if therefore I subpaena'd were Before the Court of Chancerie to swear Or if from thence I should be higher sent And on my life unto a Parliament Of wit and judgement there to certifie What I could say of your VARIETY I would depose each Scene appear'd to me An Act of wit each Act a Comedy And all was such to all that understood As knowing Johnson swore By God 't was good R. B. The Actors Names Rooksbill a great Builder in Covent-Garden Crossewill a Countrey Gentleman Lodger in his Buildings Cockbrain a Justice of Peace the Weeder of the Garden Nicholas Young Gentlemen Rooksbills son Gabriel Crossewills elder son Mihil Cross younger son Anthony Cockbraines son Mun Clotpoll a foolish Gull Driblow Captain of the Philoblathici Belt Crossewills Servant Ralph Dorcas Servant A Citizen A Parson A Taylor A Shoomaker A Vintner A Drawer Pig Damaris Servant Women Actors Lucie Rooksbills daughter Katharine Crossewills daughter Dorcas alias Damaris Croswills Neece Margerie Howlet a Bawd Bettie Two Punks Francisca A Laundresse THE COVENT-GARDEN Weeded ACT. I. SCENE I. Cockbrayne Rookes-bill Cock I Marry Sir This is something like These appear like Buildings Here 's Architecture exprest indeed It is a most sightly scituation and fit for Gentry and Nobility Rook. When it is all finished doubtlesse it will be handsome Cock It will be glorious and yond magnificent Peece the Piazzo will excel that at Venice by hearsay I ne're travell'd A hearty blessing on their braines honours and wealths that are Projectors Furtherers and Performers of such great works And now I come to you Mr. Rookesbill I like your Rowe of houses most incomparably Your money never shone so on your Counting-boards as in those Structures Rook. I have pil'd up a Leash of thousand pounds in walls and windows there Cock It will all come again with large