take Tell me how got this Monster entrance speak Ebol Heav'n witness 't was without my knowledg done R. Gom. No she had other bus'ness of her own aside Oh Blood and Murder King All are false A Guard Enter Guard Seize on that Traytor To Carlos D. Carl. Welcome I am prepar'd Queen Stay Sir let me die too I can obey King No Thou shalt live Seemingly kind By heav'n but not a Day I a revenge so exquisite have fram'd aside She unrepenting dies and so she 's damn'd Henr. If ever pity could your heart ingage If e're you hope for blessings on your Age Incline your ears to a poor Virgins pray'r King I dare not venture thee thou art too fair What would'st thou say Henr. Destroy not in one man More Virtue than the World can boast agen View him the eldest pledge of your first Love Your Virgin Joyes that may some pity move King No for the wrongs I suffer weigh it down I 'd now not spare his life to save my own Away by thy soft Tongue I 'le not be caught Henr. By all that hopes can frame I begg if not May you by some base hand unpity'd dye And childless Mothers curse your Memory By Honour Love by Life King Fond Girle away By heav'n I 'le kill thee else still dar'st thou stay Cannot Death terrifie Thee Henr. No for I If you refuse me am resolv'd to die D. Carl. Kind fair one do not wast your sorrows here On me too wretched and not worth a tear There yet for you are mighty Joyes in store When I in dust am laid and seen no more Oh Madam To the Queen Qu. Oh my Carlos must you dye For me no mercy in a Father's eye D. Carl. Hide Hide your Tears into my Soul they dart A tenderness that misbecomes my heart For since I must I like a Prince would fall And to my aid my Manly spirits call Qu. You like a man as roughly as you will May die but let me be a woman still Weeps King Th' art Woman a true Copy of the first In whom the race of all Mankind was curst Your Sex by Beauty was to Heav'n ally'd But your great Lord the Devil taught you pride He too an Angel till he durst rebel And you are sure the Stars that with him fell Weep on a stock of tears like Vows you have And alwaies ready when you wou'd deceive Qu. Cruel Inhumane Oh my heart why shou'd I throw away a Title that 's so good On one a stranger to what e're was so Alas I 'm torn and know not what to do The Just resentment of my wrong's so great Ready to sink with passion My spirits sink beneath the heavy weight Tyrant stand off I hate thee and will try If I have scorn enough to make me dye D. Car. Blest Angel stay Takes her in his Arms. Qu. Carlos the sole Embrace You ever took you have before his face D. Carl. No wealthy Monarch of the plenteous East In all the Glories of his Empire drest Was ever half so rich or half so blest But from such bliss how wretched is the fall They too like we must die and leave it all King All this before my face what Soul could bear 't Go force her from him Officer approaches D. Car. Slave 't will cost thy heart Th'adst better meet a Lyon on his way And from his hungry Jawes reprize the prey She 's Mistriss of my Soul and to prepare My self for death I must consult with her R. Go. Have pity Ironically King Hence How wretchedly he rules That 's serv'd by Cowards and advis'd by fooles Oh Torture D. Car. Rouze my Soul Consider now That to thy blissful Mansion thou must go But I so mighty Joyes have tasted here I hardly shall have sence of any there Oh soft as Blossoms and yet sweeter far Leaning on her bosom Sweeter than Incense which to Heav'n ascends Though 't is presented there by Angels hands King Still in his Arms Cowards go tear her forth D. Car. You 'l sooner from its Center shake the Earth I 'l hold her fast till my last hour is nigh Then I 'l bequeath her to you when I die King Cut off his hold or any thing D. Carl. Ay Come Here kill and bear me hence into my Tomb I 'd have my Monument erected Here With broken mangled Limbs still clasping her Qu. Hold and I 'l quit his Arms The Gu. Offer their Axes King Now bear him hence They part Qu. Oh horrid Tyrant The Gu. are hurrying Carlos off Stay Unhappy Prince Turn turn oh Torment must I leave you so No stay and take me with you where you go D. Carl. Hark slaves my Goddess summons me to stay Dogs have you eyes and can you disobey Pressing forward See her Oh let me but just touch my bliss King By Hell he shan't slaves are ye mine or his Qu. My life D. Car. My Soul Farewel Qu. He 's gone he 's gone Exit Carlos Now Tyrant to thy rage I 'm left alone Give me my death that hate both life and thee King I know thou dost yet live Qu. Oh misery Why was I born to be thus curst or why Throwes her self on the floor Should life be forc't when 't is so sweet to die King Thou woman hast been false but to renew To Eboli Thy Credit in my heart assist me now Prepare a draught of poison such as will Act slow and by degrees of Torment kill Give it the Queen and to prevent all sence Of dying tell her I 've releas'd the Prince And that e're Morning he 'l attend her I In a disguise his presence will supply So Glut my rage and smiling see her dye Ebol Your Majesty shall be obey'd R. Go. Do work thy mischiefs to their last degree And when th' are in their height I 'l murder-thee aside King Now Gomez ply my rage and keep it hot O're Love and Nature I 've the Conquest got Still charming Beauty triumphs in her eyes Looking at the Queen Yet for my honour and my rest she dies Exeunt Queen and Women But oh what Ease can I expect to get When I must purchase at so dear a rate Exeunt Omnes The SCENE shuts The End of the Fourth Act. ACT the Fifth SCENE the First Enter King Solus King 'T Is night the season when the happy take Repose and only wretches are awake Now discontented Ghosts begin their rounds Haunt ruin'd Buildings and unwholsome Grounds Or at the Curtains of the restless wait To frighten 'em with some sad sale of fate When I would rest I can no rest obtain The ills I 've born ev'n o're my slumbers reign And in sad Dreams torment me o're again The fatal bus'ness is e're this begun I 'm shock't and start to think what I have done But I forget how I that Phillip am So much for Constancy renown'd by fame Who through the Progress of my life was ne're By hopes transported or depress'd by fear No
Igad he knew not a line in it he would be Author of but he is a fine Facetious witty Person as my friend Sir Formal has it and to be even with him I know a Comedy of his that has not so much as a Quibble in it which I would be Author of and so Reader I bid him and thee Farewell The Prologue WHen first our Authour took this Play in hand He doubted much and long was at a stand He knew the Fame and Memory of Kings Were to be treated of as Sacred things Not as th' are represented in this Age Where they appear the Lumber of the Stage Us'd only just for reconciling Tools Or what is worse made Villains all or Fools Besides the Characters he shows to Night He found were very difficult to Write He found the Fame of France and Spain at stake Therefore long paus'd and fear'd which part to take Till this his judgment safest understood To make 'em both Heroick as he cou'd But now the greatest stop was yet unpass't He found himself Alas confin'd too fast He is a man of Pleasures Sirs like you And therefore hardly could to bus'ness bow Till at the last he did this Conquest get To make his pleasure whetstone to his wit So sometimes for variety he writ But as those Block-heads who discourse by Rote Sometimes speak sence although they rarely know 't So he scarce knew to what his work would grow But 't was a Play because it would be so Yet well he knows this is a weak pretence For Idleness is the worst want of sence Let him not now of carelessness be Taxt He 'l write in earnest when he writes the next Mean while Prune his superfluous Branches never spare Yet do it kindly be not too severe He may bear better fruit another year Persons represented By Philip the 2 d. K. of Spain Mr. Batterton Don Carlos his Son Mr. Smith Don Iohn of Austria M. Harris Marquiss of Posa the Prince's Confident Mr. Crosby Rui-Gomez Mr. Medbourn Queen of Spain Mrs. Mary Lee. Dutchess of Eboli Wife to R. Gomez Mrs. Shadwell Henrietta Mrs. Gibbs Garcia Mrs. Gillow Officer of the Guards Mr. Norris ERRATA PAge 7. line 24. for to their strength read so their strength Pagâ— 9. l. 29. for past r. pass p. 10. l. 24. for he 's too far r. so too far p. 12. l. 22. for gaze r. gape p. 64. l. 18. for receive read support Advertisement THe Reader is desired to take Notice That in the Third and Fourth Acts particularly the sence is frequently mistopped which I know not whether they are the fault of the Press or of him that Transcribed it from the Author's Copy The false stops are generally Interrogation points or Notes of Exclamation when indeed they might as properly have made True-love-knots and they would have serv'd as well to the purpose Don CARLOS Prince of Spain A TRAGEDY ACT the First SCENE the First A Palace Royal. The Curtain drawn discovers the King and Queen Attended Don Carlos the Marquess of Posa Rui-Gomez c. Eboli Henrietta Garcia Attendants Guards King HAppy the Monarch on whose Brow no Cares Add weight to the bright Diadem he weares Like me in all that he can wish for blest Renown and Love The Gentlest calms of rest And peace adorn my Brow enrich my Breast To me great Nations Tributary are Though whilest my Vast Dominions spreads so far Where most I Reign I must pay homage here To the Queen Approach bright Mistress of my purest vows Now show me him that more Religion owes To Heav'n or to its Altars more Devoutly bows Don Carlos So Merchants cast upon some Savage Coast Are forc't to see their dearest Treasures lost Curse What 's obedience a false Notion made aside By Priests who when they found old Cheats decay'd By such new Arts kept up declining Trade A Father oh King Why does my Carlos shrowd His Joy and when all 's Sunshine wear a Cloud My Son thus for thy Glory I provide From this Fair Charmer and our Royal Bride Shall such a Noble Race of Heroe's spring As may adorn the Court when thou art King D. Car. A greater Glory I can never know Then what already I enjoy in you The Brightest Ornaments of Crowns and Powers I only can admire as they are yours K. Heaven How he stands unmov'd not the least show Of Transport D. Car. Not admire your happiness I do As much admire it as I rev'rence you Let me express the mighty Joy I feel Kneels to the Queen Thus Sir I pay my duty when I kneel Queen How hard it is his Passion to Confine I 'm sure 't is so if I may judge by mine aside Alas my Lord y' are too obsequious now To Carlos D. Carlos Oh might I but Enjoy this pleasure still Here would I worship and for ever kneel Queen For Heav'n my Lord you know not what you do King Still there appears disturbance on his brow And in his looks an Earnestness I read Which from no Common Causes can proceed aside I 'le probe him deep When when my dearest Joy To the Queen Shall I the mighty debt of Love defray Hence to Loves secret Temples let 's retire There on his Altars kindle th'Am'rous fire Then Phoenix-like Each in the flame expire Still he is fixt Looking on D. Carlos Gomez observe the Prince To R. Gomez Yet smile on me my charming Excellence Virgins should only fears and blushes show But you must lay aside that Title now The Doctrine which I preach by Heav'n is good Oh! the Impetuous sallyes of my Blood Queen To what unwelcome Joyes I 'm forc't to yield Now fate her utmost malice has fulfill'd Carlos farewel for since I must submit King Now wing'd with rapture let us fly my sweet My Son all Troubles from thy breast resigne And let thy Father's happiness be thine Exeunt K. and Q. attended D. C. What King what God would not his pow'r forgo T' enjoy so much Divinity below Did st Thou behold her Posa Posa Sir I did D. Car. And is she not a sweet one such a Bride Oh Posa once she was Decreed for mine Once I had hopes of Bliss hadst thou but seen How blest how proud I was if I could get But leave to lye a prostrate at her feet Ev'n with a look I could my pains beguile Nay she in pitty too would sometimes smile Till at the last my vows successful prov'd And one day sighing she confess'd she lov'd Oh! then I found no limits to our joy With Eyes thus languishing we lookt all day So vigorous and strong we darted beams Our meeting glances kindled into flames Nothing we found that promis'd not delight For when rude shades depriv'd us of the light As we had gaz'd all day we dreamt all night But after all these Labours undergone A cruel Father thus destroys his Son In their full height my choicest hopes beguiles And robs me of the fruit of all my Toyles My
dearest Posa thou wer't ever kind Bring thy best Counsel and direct my mind Enter Gomez R. Go. Still he is here My Lord. D. Car. Your business now R. Go. I 've with concern beheld your Clouded brow Ah! though y 'ave lost a Beauty well might make Your strictness honour and your duty shake Let not a Fathers ills misguide your mind But be Obedient though he 's prov'd unkind D. Car. Hence Cynick to dull Slaves thy Morals teach I have no leisure now to hear thee Preach Still you 'l usurp a power o're my will R. Go. Sir you my Service do interpret ill Nor need it be so soon forgot that I Have been your Guardian from your Infancy When to my charge committed I alone Instructed you how to expect a Crown Taught you Ambition and Wars noblest Arts How to lead Armies and to Conquer Hearts Whilst though but Young You would with pleasure read of Sieges got And smile to hear of bloody Battles fought And still though not controul I may advise D. Car. Alas thy Pride wears a too thin disguise Too well I know the Falshood of thy Soul Which to my Father render'd me so foul That hardly as his Son a smile I 've known But always as a Traytor met his frown My forward Honour was Ambition call'd Or if my friends my early Fame extoll'd You dampt my Fathers smiles still as they sprung Perswading I repin'd he liv'd too long So all my hopes by you were frustrate made And rob'd of Sun-shine wither'd in the shade Whilst my good Patriot â— you dispos'd the Crown Out of my reach to have it in your own But I 'le prevent your Policy R. Go. My Lord This accusation is unjust and hard The King your Father would not so upbraid My age is all my service thus repaid But I will hence and let my Master hear How generously you reward my care Who on my just complaint I doubt not will At last redress the Injuries I feel Exit Gomez Po. Alas my Lord you too severely urge Your Fate his Interest with the King is large Besides you know he has already seen The Transports of your passion for the Queen The use he may of that advantage make You ought at least t' avoid but for her sake D. Car. Ah! my dear friend th' ast toucht my tend'rest part I never yet learnt the dissembling Art Go call him back tell him that I implore His pardon and will nere offend him more The Queen kind Heaven make her thy nearest care Oh! fly o're take him e're he goes too far Exit Posa How are we bandied up and down by Fate By so much more unhappy as w' are great A Prince and heir to Spains great Monarch born I 'm forc't to Court a Slave whom most I scorn Who like a Bramble 'mongst a Cedars boughs Vexes his Peace under whose shade he grows Re-enter R. Gomez and Posa Now he returns assist me Falshood down Thou Rebel passion Sir I fear I 've done To R. Gomez You wrong but if I have you can forgive Heaven can I do this abject thing and live aside R. Go. Ah! my good Lord it makes too large amends When to his Vassal thus a Prince descends Tho it was something rigid and unkind T' upbraid your faithful Servant and your friend D. Car. Alas no more all Jealousies shall cease Between us two let there be hence forth Peace So may Just Heav'n assist me when I sue As I to Gomez always will be true R. Go. Stay Sir and for this mighty favour take All the return sincerity can make Blest in you Fathers love as I 'm in yours May not one fear disturb your happy hours Crown'd with success may all your wishes be And you ne're find worse Enemies than me Exeunt Car. and Posa Nor spight of all his greatness shall he need Of too long date his ruine is decreed Spains early hopes of him have been my fears 'T was I the charge had of his tender years And read in all the Progress of his growth An untam'd haughty hot and furious Youth A Will unruly and a Spirit wild At all my precepts still with scorn he smil'd Or when by th'power I from his Father had Any restraint was on his pleasures laid Usher'd with frowns on me his soul would rise And threaten future vengeance from his Eyes But now to all my fears I bid adieu For Prince I 'le humble both your Fate and you Here comes the Star by whom my course I steer Enter Eboli Welcome my Love Eboli My Lord why stay you here Losing the pleasure of this happy night When all the Court are melting in delight You toyl with the dull bus'ness of the State R. Go. Only my fair one how to make thee great Thou tak'st up all the bus'ness of my heart And only to it pleasures canst impart Say say my Goddess when shall I be blest It is an Age since I was happy last Eboli My Lord I come not hither now to hear Your love but offer something to your Ear If you have well observ'd you must have seen To day some strange disorders in the Queen R. Go. Yes such as Youthful Brides do still express Impatient Longings for the happiness Approaching Joyes will so disturb the Soul As Needles alwaies Tremble near the Pole Ebol Come Come my Lord seem not so blind too well I 've seen the Wrongs which you from Carlos feel And know your Judgment is too good to loose Advantage where you may so safely choose Say now if I inform you how you may With full Revenge all your past Wrongs repay R. Go. Blest Oracle speak how it may be done My will my life my hopes are all thy own Eboli Hence then and with your strictest cunning try What of the Queen and Prince you can descry Watch every look each quick and subtle glance Then we 'l from all produce such Circumstance As shall the King 's new Jealousie advance Nay Sir I 'l try what mighty Love you show If you will make me great begin it now How Sir d' you stand Consid'ring what to do R. Go. No but methinks I view from hence a King A Queen and Prince three goodly Flowers spring Whilst on 'em like a subtle Bee I 'l prey Till to their Strength and Vertue drawn away Unable to recover each shall droop Grow pale and fading hang his Wither'd Top Then fraught with Thyme Triumphant back I 'l come And unlade all the pretious sweets at home Exit Gomez Eboli In thy fond policy Blind fool go on And make what hast thou canst to be undone Whilst I have nobler bus'ness of my own Was I bred up in Greatness have I been Nurtur'd with glorious hopes to be a Queen Made love my study and with Practic'd Charms Prepar'd my self to meet a Monarch's Arms At last to be Condemn'd to the Embrace Of one whom Nature made to her disgrace An old Imperfect feeble dotard who Can only
Innocent incline On her bare word and would not Credit mine The poison 's very busie at my heart Methinks I see Death shake his Threat'ning dart Why are you kind and make it hard to die Persist Continue on the Injury Call me still vile incestuous all that 's foul King Oh pity pity my despairing Soul Sink it not quite Raise my Physitians strait Hasten 'em quickly e're it be too late Propose rewards may set their skill at strife I 'l give my Crown to him that saves her life Curst Dog To Gomez D. I. Vile prostitute King Revengeful Fiend But Iv'e forgotten half to Carlos send Prevent what his despair may make him do Enter Henrietta Henr. Oh Horror Horror everlasting Woe The Prince the Prince King Hah speak Hen. He dyes he dyes Within upon his Couch he bleeding lyes Just taken from a Bath his Veins all Cut From which the springing blood flowes swiftly out He threatens death on all that shall oppose His fate to save that life which he will loose King Dear Austria hasten all thy int'rest use Tell him it is to Friendship an Offence And let him know his Father's penitence Beg him to live R. Go. Since yo 've decreed my death know 't will be hard The Bath by me was poison'd when prepar'd I Ow'd him that for his late pride and scorn King There never was so curs't a Villain born But by revenge such pains he shall go through As ev'n Religious Cruelty ne're knew Rack him I 'l broyl him burn him by degrees Fresh Torments for him ev'ry hour devise Till he Curse heav'n and then the Caitiff dies Queen My faithful Henrietta art thou come To wait th' unhappy Mistress to her Tomb I brought thee hither from thy Parents young And now must leave thee to heav'n knowes what wrong But Heav'n to its protection will receive Such goodness let it then thy Queen forgive Hen. How much I lov'd you Madam none can tell For 't is Unspeakable I lov'd so well A proof of it the World shall quickly find For when You dye I 'l scorn to stay behind Enter D. Carlos supported between two and bleeding D. Iohn See Sir your Son King My Son but oh how dare I use that name when this sad Object 's near See Injur'd Prince who 't is thy pardon Craves No more thy Father but the worst of slaves Behold the tears that from these fountains flow D. Carl. I come to take my farewel e're I go To that bright dwelling where there is no room For Blood and where the Cruel never Come King I know there is not therefore must despair Oh heav'n his Cruelty I cannot bear Dost thou not hear thy wretched Father sue D. Car. My Father speak the word once more is 't you And may I think the dear Conversion true Oh that I could King By heav'n thou must it is Let me Embrace and kiss thy Trembling knees Why wilt thou dye no live my Carlos live And all the wrongs that I have done forgive D. Car. Life was my Curse and giv'n me sure in spight Oh had I perisht when I first saw light I never then these miseries had brought On you nor by you had been Guilty thought Prop me apace I feel my life decay The little time on Earth I have to stay Grant I without Offence may here bestow Pointing to the Queen You cannot certainly be Jealous now King Break break my heart Leads D. Carlos to the Chair D. Car. Y 'ave thus more kindness shown Then if y 'ad Crown'd and plac't me on your Throne Methinks so highly happy I appear That I could pity you to see You there Take me away again You are too good Queen Carlos is 't you Oh stop that Royal flood Live and possess your Father's Throne when I In dark and gloomy Shades forgotten lie D. Car. Crowns are beneath me I have higher pride Thus on you fixt and dying by your side How much a Life and Empire I disdain No we 'l together mount where both shall raign Above all Wrongs and never more Complain Queen Oh matchless Youth oh Constancy Divine Sure there was never Love that Equall'd thine Nor any so Unfortunate as mine Henceforth forsaken Virgins shall in Songs When they would ease their own repeat thy wrongs And in remembrance of thee for thy sake A solemn Annual Procession make In Chast devotion as fair Pilgrims Come With Hyacinths and Lillies deck thy Tomb. But one thing more and then Vain World adieu It is to reconcile my Lord and You. D. Carl. H 'as done no wrong to me I am possest Of all beyond my expectation blest But yet methinks there 's something in my heart Tells me I must not too Unkindly part Father draw nearer raise me with your hand Before I dye what is 't you would Command King The Grant thou l't find too difficult a Task I want forgiveness if I durst but ask How Curs't and yet how might I have been blest D. Carl. Oh all my wrongs and my misfortunes past As they ne're were let your Remembrance shun And quite forget e'm all as I ha' done Alas 't is fate has been too blame not You Who only Honours dictates did pursue I was a wicked Son Indeed I was Rebel to Yours as well as Duties Laws By head-strong will too proud to be confin'd Scorn'd your Commands and at your Joyes repin'd When to my love your Royal Claim was layd I should have born my Inj'ries and obeyd But I was hot and would my right maintain Which you forgave yet I rebell'd again And nought but death can now wash off the stain King Why wert thou made so excellently good And why was it no sooner Understood But I was Curs't and blindly led astray Oh for thy Father for thy Father pray Thou may'st ask that which I 'm too vile to dare And leave me not tormented by despair D. Carl. Thus then with the remains of life we kneel D. Carl. and the Queen sink out of the Chairs and kneel May you be ever free from all that 's ill Queen And everlasting peace upon you dwell King No more this Virtue 's too divinely bright My Darken'd Soul too Conversant with Night Grows blind and Overcome with too much light Here raise e'm up Gently ye slaves down down Ye Glorious Toyles a Scepter and a Crown For ever be forgotten in your stead Only Eternal darkness wrap my head Qu. Where are you oh Farewel I must be gone King Blest happy Soul take not thy flight so soon Stay till I dye then bear mine with thee too And Guard it up which else must sink below Qu. From all my Injuries and all my fears From Jealousie Love's bane the worst of Cares Thus I remove to find that stranger rest Carlos thy hand receive me on thy breast Within this minute how shall we be blest D. Car. Oh far above What ever wishes fram'd or hopes design'd Thus where we go we shall the Angels find For