that I should loue you I doe confesse you are a proper man Infor. O doe not mocke Selina let not excellence Which you are full of make you proud and scornefull I am a Gentleman though my outward part Cannot attract affection yet some haue told me Nature hath made me what she need not shame Yet looke into my heart there you shall see What you cannot despise for there you are With all your graces waiting on you there Loue hath made you a Throne to sit and rule Ore Infortunio all my thoughts obeying And honouring you as Queene passe by my outside My brest I dare compare with any man Sil. 〈…〉 can see this brest you boast of so Infor. Oh t't is an easie worke for though it be Not to be pearced by the dull eye whose beame Is spent on outward shapes there is a way To make a search into hiddenst passage I know you would not loue to please your sense A Tree that beares a ragged vnleau'd top In depth of Winter may when Summer comes Speake by his fruit he is not dead but youthfull Though once he shew'd no sap my heart 's a plant Kept downe by colder thoughts and doubtfull feares Your frownes like Winter stormes make it seeme dead But yet it is not so make it but yours And you shall see it spring and shoot forth leaues Worthy your eye and the oppressed sap Ascend to euery part to make it greene And pay your loue with fruit when Haruest comes If my affection be suspected make Experience of my loyalty by some seruice Though full of danger you shall know me better And so discerne the truth of what you see not Sil. Then you confesse your loue is cold as yet And Winter 's in you heart Infor. Mistake me not Silena for I say My heart is cold not loue Sel. And yet your loue is from your heart I le warrant Infor. Oh you are nimble to mistake My heart is cold in your displeasures onely And yet my loue is feruent for your eye Casting out beames maintaines the flame it burnes in Againe sweete Loue My heart is not mine owne 't is yours you haue it And while it naked lyes not dain'd your bosome To keepe it warme how can it be but cold In danger to be frozen blame not it You onely are in fault it hath no heate Sel. Well sir I know you haue Rethoricke but I Can without art giue you a finall answer Infor. Oh stay and thinke a while I cannot relish You should say finall sweet deliberate It doth concerne all the estate I haue I meane not dunghill treasure but my life Doth stand or fall to it if your answer be That you can loue me be it swift as lightning But if you meane to kill me and reiect My so long loue-deuotions which I haue pay'd As to an Altar stay a little longer And let me count the riches I shall lose By one poore aëry word first giue me backe That part of Infortunio that is lost Within your loue play not the Tyrant with me Sel. Y' are ouer-weake to let your passions sway you If I knew any thing I had of yours I would not doe you that iniustice sir To let it stay with me and for your loue I cannot pay it backe againe with mine Either release the debt or I shall dye in 't Your suite is fruitlesse hopelesse pardon me farewell Ant. Now by all my hopes you are to blame sister come this Gentleman deserues your loue Infortunio Sel. Brother you forget your selfe Ant. Why I doe remember I am your brother I say you must loue him Sel. Must Ant. What does that moue your spirit what are you but you may loue be not petulant y' are a baggage and not worthy of a man by heauen I now could kick her Exit Gasp. Thy tother sister was of calmer temper this a true woman Infor. Sir had not nature made you brother to her I should be angry Exit Ant. Alas poore Gentleman I doe not feele my selfe in such an humour for Hilaria and yet by this hand I loue her well enough and now I thinke on 't I promis'd her my company she has a damnable vsurious stinking wretch to her father that cannot abide me but 't is no matter this wench and I may find a place to meete in in spight of his eyes and spectacles How now Gorgon what sayes she Enter Gorgon Gorg. Sir I haue done your remembrances to Mistris Hilaria and told her you should find her comming by and by but you were best passe in some obscurity for her father Rufaldo is hard by sir Lupus in Fabula Enter Rufaldo Ant. Gasparo and thou loue me shew thy wit to entertaine this piece of blacke Dammaske and Veluet guards while I goe in to Hilaria Ruf. Old men are the truest louers young men are inconstant and wag with euery wind we neuer moue but are as true as steele Gor. But in womens matters as weake as water as weake as water Ruf. Besides sweet Loue but doe I court a shadow to see whither loue will carry a man let me see I could find in my heart to bestow a ring vpon my Sweet-heart but that I am loth to part with it hem I will get but one childe and that shall be a boy lest hauing too many children I vndoe my heire and my goods be deuided O sweet Selina O amiable Selina sure I am not old Gor. I haue it Signior Gasparo pray let me begin with my Merchant if you loue me and if you like it second me Gasp. Goe to Gorgon let 's see thy window Ruf. Old men walke with a staffe and creepe along the streets hold their heads below their girdle faulter in their speech foame at mouth and breathe ten times in a furlong and are ready to spit their lungs on euery mans threshold Gorg. God saue you sir Ruf. God a mercy honest Gorgon Gor. I crie you mercie sir I le assure you sir I tooke you for Master Rufaldo the old Merchant Ruf. Why and am not I is not the fellow drunke I am Rufaldo Gor. It may be some kin to him but not that Rufaldo I meane you are younger a faire deale Ruf. I am that Rufaldo the Merchant that buried my wife lately and haue one daughter Hilaria ancient acquaintance with Cornelio and your Master Antonio Gor. Oh sir you must excuse me for that Ruf. Is thy name Gorgon Gor. What else sir honest Gorgon I Ruf. Doe I know thee to be Gorgon what shall I be fac'd out of my selfe why thou varlet who am I if not Rufaldo Gor. Why sir 't is plaine you haue no gray haires in your head your cheeke is scarlet a wanton youthfull eye Rufaldo had a head like frost his eyes sunke into his hollows a rugged brow a hoarie beard and all his body not worth a drop of blood a very crazie old meale-mouth'd Gentleman you are younger at least by thirty yeeres Ruf. I le assure
actually possest Of mutuall enioying Stay who 's this Enter lenkin and his Page locarello The Welshman that deliuers his affection At second hand to me Ien. Looke you Pages where our Sweet-hearts and Pigsnies be her could tell what to say to her now know her heart very well but pogs vpon her cannot aule her knowledge speake Rethoricks and Oratories and fine words to her looke you kanow better to fight and cut doublets with her Welsh glaues marke you Ioc. Sir will you loose this opportunitie you le curse your selfe in Welsh two or three dayes together for 't Ien. Sentilwoman if her knaw not her name was Ienkin borne in Wales came of pig houses prittish bloods was haue great hils and mountaines aule her owne when was get 'em againe anie was her cousins and our Countreyman was neuer conquered but alwayes haue the victories prauely haue her Armes and scushrins to know that say you was giue in her crests great deale of monsters and Dragons kille 'em with their hookes very valiantly as any Sentelman in the whole world pray you now was please you place her affections and goodwils vpon her in wayes of makemoney marke you teale plainely lenkin was loue her very honestly else pox vpon her and her will fight in her cause and quarrels long as haue any plood in her bellies and backs too marke you Sel. Sir I am bound to you for the affection You cast on me 't is farre aboue my merit Ien. Merits say you awle merits are awle banished our Countries and Nations you know dat pray you was her loue lenkin Sel. Loue you sir I know not How to be so inhumane not to loue you Your parts deserue a nobler obiect I am not Worthy so much opinion of your loue But wherein I may doe you seruice sir You shall command Selina Exit Selina Ien. Shall her was make her meanes and satisfactions warrant her or say Senkin was Sentleman of Wales say you now Pages was haue her matrimonies wedlocks very fast looke you and when was get her awse her cousins was make ioyes and gratulation for her good fortunes vpon her walsh Harpes know you dat very well Pages her feare her shall be Knighted one dayes and haue great cumulations of vrships honours and dignities too a great while agoe Ioc. And great Castles i th' aire Ien. Was giue awle our lands and craggy Tenements in Wales away to our cousin vp Iohn and liue her selfe here vpon very good fashions with our monies and mighty riches when her can get 'em Enter Infortunio Infor. How now whither so fast man thou maist get to hell by night and thou goest but an Aldermans pace Ien. By Cats blood her will goe to the Deuill and her list what is that to her Infor. Cry you mercy your name is Master lenkin Ien. And what haue her to say to Master lenkin lenkin is as good names as her owne pray you was good Sentle man as her selfe know very well say you now Infor. Godboy sir Ien. Boyes does her call her boyes harke you her her name is lenkin her be no boyes no shildren Infor. I will not be vsed so Ien. Her shall be vs'd worse and her call lenkin boyes was knocke as tall a man as herselfe an welsh plood be vp looke you Infor. Can she loue Rufaldo 't is impossible Ien. Piple pables 't is very possible Infor. His body has more diseases then an Hospitall an hunger-staru'd Rascall Ien. Raskals sheshu was neuer such names and appellations put vpon her awle her dayes Becar her will make you eate vp awle her words and ignominies or her plade shall make holes in your bellies diggon Infor. A very puffe a weake Canniball Ien. Hey puffe and Cannibals if the Deuill be in your mouthes her will picke your teeths with her welsh plade and pay you for all your puffes Cannibals warrant her Infor. But 't is her fault aloue impudent woman Oh may you like Narcissus perish by Your face the fall of others or vnpityed Of heauen and earth dye loathsome I could curse Ien. Her can curse and sweare too looke you now Infor. Pardon diuinest sexe passions doe force My reason from me I doe submit Craue pardon as your creature Ien. Nay and her craue pardons and make submissions lenkin was put vp awle her angers and indignations farewell Exit cum locarello Infor. Oh Selina Thou art too much an Adamant To draw my soule vnto thee either be Softer or lesse attractiue but Rufaldo 'T is depth of witchcraft oh I could be mad Beyond all patience mad it is some malice Hath laid this poyson on her Enter Gorgon with a letter Gor. Here 's Infortunio Alas poore Gentleman little does he thinke what blacke and white is here a bitter handfull of commendations to him my young Mistris is mad of the old Cockscombe and will marry him almost without asking I cannot tell but if shee doe not cuckold him and make him crye cornes on his toes ere he dye he has fooles fortune for a wise man would be out of hope to auoyd it he spies me Inf. Whither running Gorgon Gorg. Not out of my wit Sir I haue a Letter from my yong Mistris Selina must in all haste haue cleanely conueyance to old Rufaldo Inf. Let me but see the directions To my beloued friend Master Rufaldo 't is a lye she was mistaken it was I should owe this appellation I le not beleeue the superscription 't is a painted face I 'de see the heart on 't Gorg. I hope sir you will not throw open the sheet and discouer my Mistris secrets How he stares Inf. If you loue me and wish me constant be your owne friend and let our marriage day begin with the next morning thine mine Oh Selina she 's mad All woman-kinde is mad and I am mad whom shall I rend in pieces for my wrongs and as with Atomes fill this poysned ayre Rufaldo Stay is not she a creature rationall oh no there is no sparke of nature in her all is sunke lost for euer stay stay see Gorg. He has made a Taylors bill on 't torn 't apieces ere it be discharg'd What shall I doe Inf. This is Medias brother torne in pieces And this the way where she with Iason flies Tom Colchos come not neere 'em see looke That 's an arme rent off Gorg. This Inf. And the hand beckens vs To cry out murder Gorg. I le but hold it by the hand Inf. That 's a leg o' th boy Gorg. This sir a leg it shall goe with me then Inf. There there 't is head and yellow curled locks His eyes are full of teares now they doe stare To see where all his other members lye Gorg. So I haue all his quarters I le presently sir get poles for 'em and hang 'em vpon the Gates in their postures for you Exit Inf. But she and Iason are both slipt and Argos is Sayling home to Greece see how
Gasparo the proiect Gasp. Canst be close Gor. As mid-night to a Bawd or a paire of Trusses to an Irish mans buttockes Gasp. Goe to thou shalt now then excuse me to thy Master I will presently furnish my selfe with new lodgings and expect to heare from me shortly my braue Delphicke I haue it in Embrio and I shall soone be deliuered Gorg. If I faile call me Spider-catcher Exit Gasp. Mum not a word if all hit right we may Laugh all our melancholy thoughts away Exit Actus secundus Scena prima Enter Bubulcus Bub. If I were a woman now could I fall in loue with my selfe euery body tels me I am the proprest Gentleman in the Towne and I put it vp for the truth is I dare not giue any one the lye a pox a fighting I can looke as big as another but shall I be such an Asse to venture my selfe with beasts for they say your swords most commonly are Foxes and haue notable mettall in 'em let me see I am now at Rufaldoes my father in Law that must be here he is Enter Rufaldo apparelled youthfully Master Rufaldo if you had beene my owne father as you are but like to be my father in Law I should haue prou'd my selfe a foole by this hand I should not haue knowne you why how briske and neate and youthfull he is Ruf. I am something altered I confesse since I saw you Bub. By this flesh that shines a man would not take you to be aboue fiue or sixe and thirty at most how came this Ruf. Iust as Gasparo told me 't is apparent nay nay sonne forbeare to be inquisitiue I confesse I am abated of my age the power of Loue and so forth but I see your fire of loue is not out too Bub. No mine was but raked vp in the embers Ruf. Why this Loue does make vs all ingenious too come sit downe sauing your tayle sir a cushion we may discourse with the more case Bub. Pray how does my Sweet-heart Mistris Hillaria Ruf. Shee is very well ha sonne I am in loue too son I call you I hope you will get my daughters good-will but you le finde her peeuish Bub. No matter sir for that I would not haue her easily I would sweat for her I le warrant I le make her loue me Ruf. Looke you can you read I made a ditty to send to my Mistris and my Musician that I keepe in my house to teach my daughter hath set it to a very good aire he tels me you shall heare and iudge of it I heare him tuning his Instrument A Song God of Warre to Cupid yeeld He is Master of the field He with Arrow hits the heart Thou with Lance the worser part Cupid greater is then Ioue Since he wounded was with loue Nay in power by much ods He excels the other gods Loue transform'd Ioue to a Swan Made Vlysses a mad man But Rufaldo it does make Young for his Selinas sake Ruf. How doe you relish it ha Bub. I troth the Ditty is as pretty an ayer as ere I saw 't is diuided into three regions too I warrant you can make Ballads easily Ruf. Oh fie they are barbarous and ignoble that 's beggerly Bub. But for all that I haue read good stuffe sometimes especially in your fighting Ballads When Cannons are roaring and bullets are flying c. Ruf. Fie a whipping post tinkerly stuffe how did you like the aire Bub. As sweet an aire as a man would wish to liue in but 't is some-what backeward Ruf. Oh Musicke the life of the soule Bub. I should haue learn'd Musicke once too but my Master had so many crochets I could ne'r away with it but where is your daughter sir there is no Musicke without her she is the best Instrument to play vpon Ruf. And you shall haue her betweene your legs presently Bub. I had as liefe be betwixt hers for all that Ruf. Hilaria where is this girle I le fetch her to you and leaue her with you for I haue a Loue of mine owne to whom I meane in person to present this Ditty I le fetch her Exit Bub. I doe not see what fault shee 'can finde with me and if I had some good word to come ouer her but I must helpe it out and neede be with swearing but here she is Enter Rufaldo Hilaria Antonio aloofe Ruf. Still Antonio with you you are a foolish girle doe I take care to prouide a husband for you and will you cast away your selfe vpon a Prodigall but that I would not discontent his sister whom I hope to make my wife I would forbid him my house therefore be wise and take heede of him hee 's giddy-headed and loose-bodied The Bee may buzze but he will leaue a sting plant your loue there vpon my blessing he has many Lordships Hil. Pray heauen he haue good manners Ruf. I haue set open the gate of opportunity Cupid speed vs both Bub. Let mee alone to enter my man now the point is open hum stay there 's a man in her Tables more then I looked for foot he kisses her I le call Rufaldo backe hee s out of sight it were but a cowardly tricke for me to run-away Ant. Be Buzzard now the sting of conscience eate vp his gut frie his suet and leaue him at his death not able to weigh downe a pound of candle Bub. He talkes of suet I doe melt already Hil. Looke doe you see that man of clothes vpon my fathers blessing he must be my husband What will you doe Ant. Fight with him his clothes are too big for him I le beate him till he swell to 'em Hil. No as you loue me doe not strike him Bub. I will set a good face whatsoeuer come Hilaria how does my Loue come kisse why so this comes of valour we fall to and he falls off he 's some coward I hope and how doest Hilaria 't is an age since I saw thee what Springals is that ha Hil. One that desires to be of your acquaintance sir Bub. My acquaintace who is he none but Knights and Knights fellowes are of my acquaintance I scorne Gentlemen Hi. But for my sake pray be acquainted with him Bub. Thou shalt doe much with me sir I am content for her sake whom I loue to bee acquainted with you wo't borrow any money for so doe all that begin their acquaintance with me 't is the fashion he is a coward is he not here nay and you scorne my money I scorne your acquaintance Hil. Pray for my sake Bub. Why he will borrow no money of mee I had neuer such a tricke put vpon me since I knew what acquaintance was I me sure there haue beene forty acquainted with me since I came to Towne and not one had not so little breeding to let me aske 'em the question wee could no sooner shake hands but the other was in my pocket It may be 't is his modesty Sir this is my Loue
point vpon your good behauiour are you not well Ruf. I am the worse for you by forty markes One thing more vertuous wife that you would not tell your father nor any body else how you haue beaten me Goodnight sweet vertuous wife Exit Ant. Ha ha Hillaria my way to thee is free I haue beat my passage and I come to thee Enter Felice like a Shepheardesse Selina Shepheards Sel. I had thought the woods and such wilde groues as these Had beene the house of rapine and could not Afford humanity beasts and men like them Are wont to make such places desolate Did Nature make you thus at first and are We that haue Cities house and Ciuill Lawes More rude then you or hath all vertue chose You as diuine earth to dwell vpon Shepheardesse indeed I am in loue With your wild Kingdome here and would not be A King abroad if I might be a subiect With such faire Nymphes as you 1. Shep. Oh sonne you would say so When our pleasures all you know We are not opprest with care With which you in Cities are A Shepheard is a King whose Throne Is a mossie Mountaine on Whose top we sit our crooke in hand Like a Scepter of command Our subiects sheepe grazing below Wanton frisking to and fro Fel. We nothing feare awake nor sleepe But the Woolfe goddild our sheepe On a Countrey Quill each playes Madrigals and pretty Layes Of passions and the force of Loue And with Ditties heauen moue Birds will listen to our song And to leauy Arbours throng To learne our notes and Mistris name Vallies ecchoing with the same 2. Shep. When we hunt as there is store Of Deere the trembling Hare and Bore You would thinke that you had seene Gods in Shepheards weeds agen A hundred pretty Nymphes apace Tripping ore the lands and chase As many Lads the gentle aire Playing with their dangling haire Fel. Sometimes we dance a Feary round Hand in hand vpon the ground Shepheards piping Garlands crowning With our harmelesse bosomes drowning 1. Shep. Walke vnto the siluer brooke You shall need no other hooke To catch the dancing fish withall But a song or Madrigall Fel. When the clouds let fall their showres We haue at hand a hundred bowres Where vnder Sweet-bryer safe are wee And honey-dropping Woodbind tree Here in spight of stormes we tell Stories of loue of Philomell Of Paris and the Golden ball Of Eccho and Narcissus fall 3. Shep. Here no false-loue brings despaire Iealousie or suspition care Alwaies happy most of all On Siluanus festiuall Sel. No more good Shepheards you vndoe a boy With the opinion of his happinesse If a few Iewels I haue brought with me May find acceptance here I shall bestow them As freely as your loues haue falne on me Nay then I le force 'em on you I haue left To purchase a Flock with you 1. Shep. We thanke you gentle boy gooden We must to our Flockes agen Sel. But Shepheardesse or sister if thou wilt Oh would thou wert I preethee call me brother Hath Loue a part among you tell me pray What punishment inflict you on false loue But sure you are exempt from such A misery what then Is her reward that out of peeuishnesse Contemnes the honest passion of her Louer Insults vpon his vertue and doth place Vnworthily her affection Fel. Though such a woman need no curse Being one her selfe or worse Yet we Shepheards vse to say May she loue another day And not be lou'd dye in despaire And haue no other Tombe but aire Enter Infortunio distracted Infor. A prey a prey Where did you get that face That goddesse face it was Selina's once How came you by it did she on her death-bed Bequeath her beauty as a legacy Not willing it should die but liue and be A lasting death to Infortunio Oh she was cruell not to bury it with her But I am a foole 't is Venus and her Sonne Where be your Bow and Arrowes little Cupid Didst thou maliciously spend all thy Quiuer Vpon my heart and not reserue one shaft To make Selina loue me Tell me Venus Why did you vse me so you shall no more Be Queene of Loue Stay stay Cupid was blind How comes he now to see yes he did see He neuer could haue wounded me so right else Why then let Fortune haue her eyes agen And all things see how wretched I am made Sel. Oh is there not within the power of Art How to restore this Gentleman Fel. There is and out of that experience we Haue in these woods of simples I doubt not But to apply a remedy Sel. He will be worthy of your care herein And should he be which I cannot imagine Ingratefull to your skill I would reward it And call you mother or my sister for it Fel. It seemes you haue some relation to him Sel. Indeed he is the dearest friend I had And if my blood were powerfull to restore him I de spend it like a prodigall I know Selina Inf. Ha doe you know Selina she 's married to Rufaldo the old Vsurer that went to bed afore to his money and begate forty i th' hundred now he beds Selina And layes his rude hand o're her sacred brest Embraceth her faire body now he dares Kisse her and suck Ambrosia from her lip Those eyes that grace the day now shine on him He her Endimion she his siluer Moone The tongue that 's able to rock Heauen asleepe And make the musicke of the Spheres stand still To listen to the happier aires it makes And mend their tunes by it that voice is now Deuoted to his eares those cheekes those hands Would make gods proud to touch are by his touch Profaned euery houre oh this makes me mad But I will fit 'em for it for I le die It may be then she 'le weepe and let fall teares Vpon my graue-stone which shall be of marble And hard like her that if she powre out floods No drops shall sinke thorow it to soften me I will be wrapt in Lead to keepe out praiers For then I know shee 'le beg I would be friends But then I will be iust and hate her loue As she did mine and laugh to see her grieue Sel. Come I will fetch Selina to you if you will sleepe Inf. Will you then I will liue you shall be my best boy Come I scorne to weepe or shead another teare Sit downe I le haue a Garland for my Boy Of Phoenix feathers Flowers are too meane To sit vpon thy temples in thy face Are many Gardens Spring had neuer such The Roses and the Lillies of thy cheekes Are slips of Paradise not to be gathered But wondred at Sel. But you said you would sleepe when slept you last Inf. I remember before I lou'd but that I know not when I slept soundly and dreamt of gathering Nosegayes 'T is vnlucky to dreame of hearbs and flowers Fel. For Selina's sake I le try my best skill on him Get