the fall of a Gentlewomans fanne that is new come to Court Seb. New come to Court I le pray for her is she vertuous Bo. And she be there is hope the Courtiers may convert her here 's To her first Enter Iugler Iu. Gentlemen will you see a Iackanapes Bo. How many is there of you Seb. Yet more o'these raskalls Iu. I can shew you very fine tricks Bo. Prethee Hocus Pocus keepe thy grannams huckle bone And leave us Seb. Presto be gon or I le teach you a tricke for your Iackanapes Learning they will be deceiued that choose a Tauerne for privacie Bo. Come our blood cooles here 's to your faire daughter Seb. Poore girle I thanke you sir Bo. I do not flatter you but you may be proud I say no more Seb. Of what Bo. Your daughter shee 's a hansome Gentlewoman the're be Worse faces at Court Seb. Her complexion is naturall she has no tricke of art A litle breeding she has had and some precepts to guard her Honesty Bo. Honesty where is it Seb. It should be every where Bo. Take heed what you say least you be made to justifie it Honesty every where Here 's to you come Seb. I speake Bonaldo what I thinke and it would be no Dishonour to the greatest to be the first examples Bo. If all were of your mind who should thrive in this world Pledge me How shall Christians behave themselves in great offices Or under-clarkes purchase honesty but one terme were enough to undoe the City the Court were but in ill case if great men should stand upon 't for the Countrey t is bought and sold every market day Come begin to me Seb. Name it Bo. To the Duke Seb. The Duke he does not love me Bo. How Seb. No Bovaldo he does not Bo. He loves your daughter Seb. T is not Princely Nay I shall dare to tell him so but To his health Bo. Let it come me thinkes he is a very fine Gentleman Seb. I begin to be warme already Bo. And one that loves a wench as well Seb. As ill thou wodst say Bo. As ill as I let it be so I were no good subiect to deny it To his Highnesse Seb. Thou knewest me a Gentleman Bo. Are you not so still Seb. No I 'me a Knight a Lord I know not what I 'me lost within a wildernesse of names But I will be my selfe agen the tother cup Bo. T is welcome shall we double our files Seb. This skirmish will doe well Bo. Charge me home then Seb. Now I could talke me thinkes I will not prostitute Eubella for The wealth of his whole Dukedome ther'e 's no honor To a noble conscience he is the greatest coward Dares not be honest Bo. Right if a man dares not be honest he is a Coward But he that dares be dishonest Seb. Dares cut his fathers throat Bo. A pretty fellow here 's to you agen shall s have a wench now am I addicted to embrace any thing in the likenesse of a woman oh for a Chamber-maide to wrestle withall send for a brace of Basaliskes thou hast no spirit no Masculine vertue now could I o're runne the whole Countrey of the Amazons Here 's to a Penthesilia beare up my valiant Mirmidon and we will do such feates shall make the Troians wonder at our backes and bring Dame Hellen to us Seb. I prethee leave this humor t is not generous Bo. How not generous take heed what you say Seb. I shanot eate my words Bo. Then drinke your drinke Now Troy burnes blew wheras Hecuba Seb. Thou art all for wenching Bo. Vpon a condition I will drinke to thee No no thou wot not doe so much and a man should die for a lift a' the leg the Duke has a great minde to thy daughter he is but mortall flesh and bloud there be subjects that have as sound bodies no dispraise to his Excelency Seb. d ee not feare to talke thus Bo. Feare would any durst send to me such A virgin Pinnace rigd and gay with all flags Seb. This is uncivill and I shall tell Bonaldo Bo. Nay nay thou art so waspish if a friend desired a curtesie that is in fashion because the Duke Seb. Y' are too bold and forget your selfe I am Ashamd of this converse because the Duke Did his hand graspe the Scepters of the world And would propound e'm all to buy the honor Of my Eubella I would scorne his salarie And tell him he were poorer in his soule Then he that feedes i th hospitall I 'me armd And shall grow very angry with your humor Which ere it nam'd my daughter carried wickednesse Enough but in her cause I am easily Provok'd to teach that tongue repentance dares Traduce her whitnesse I allow a mirth But do not love this madnesse and if I Might counsell you there is a way to quench These wild licencious flames earnest of those Our soules shall feele hereafter we are both In yeeres and should looke out our winding sheet Not women Bo. Boy I le pay the reckoning Be honest and see what will Come on 't I le seeke out my sonne Hippolito Hee 'e be ruld by me here 's a coile about a tassell Gentle Seb. Hee 's drunke already That which has raisd me but to noble anger Is his distraction there 's for your wine Now to the wanton Duke heaven let him see His shame and know great men that practise lust Both kill their body and corrupt their dust Let him fret do what he can The world shall call Sebastian honest man Exit Enter Hippolito Hi. Had I but one thing that did touch on honor My friendship and is that diseasd already And languishing was it for this I would not See her that I might trespasse with more guilt When she was married are not other women As faire and tempting or am I hurried By violence of my fate to love her best That should be most a stranger and does she Meet my modest flame nay must the tapers Sacred to Hymen light us to our sinnes Lust was too early up in both oh man Oh woman that our fires had kissd like lightning Which doth no sooner blaze but is extinct shee 's here Enter Clariana and Page Cla. Where 's your master Pag. There he is Madam Cla. Why do you walke so melancholy sir Hi. I was collecting my selfe about some businesse Must be dispach'd this morning sirra pray The groome make ready my horse Cla. Not yet You do not meane to leave me o' the suddaine I am alone my husband is at Court Pray rob me not of all my company I shall not thinke upon his absence with So much sorrow if you make me happy With your society Hi. There 's the Divell already I cannot leave her My boy may go howsoever Exit Page Cla. Oh Hippolito If you have usd no charmes but simple courtship Perhaps you may condemne me in your thoughts That I so soone not studying the wayes Of cunning to disguise my love which
Gallouse Du. Take the frantick hence Seb. Take hence the ravisher Cour. Sebastian Seb. Although he ravish not Eubella From her selfe yet he does ravish A daughter from her father and I le voice it Through every streete I am not bound to whisper When griefes so loud within me Du. Place him where his noise may make his owne headake not others This liberty of tongue shall be corrected Seb. It will but spread thy infamy when men Shall speake my cause and thy lasciviousnes Which I will tell so often to the stones The vault shall be ashamd to eccho thee Eubella Du. Away with him Seb. Do bury me alive be strong Eubella And let not death by my example shake thee Du. This may incline her do not weepe Eubella They are not worth a teare yet t is within Thy power to ransome their bold heads were they Humbled toth block this Pitty shewes a child But Princes loose their awe that are too mild Bellamente and Servant Exeunt Bel. Where 's your Lady Ser. In her Chamber Bel. Whoe 's with her Ser. None but the Gentleman you left here Bel. Hippolito I wonot have so base a thought Ilt to e'm Yet you may go and say I am returnd and wish her presence Ha there is something busie with my braine Exit Ser. And in the shape of jealousie presents A thousand feares they have beene very loving Since we were married thou soules corrupter Who sent thee to me to distract my peace Be gon be gon and scatter thy foule seedes Vpon a ground that will be fruitfull to thee The innocence I carry in my breast Armes me against the thoughts of others treason My friend my wife the very names are sacred And like the heads of Saints and holy Martyrs Invested with such glorious beames they strike Conspiracy blind how now what 's in thy face Enter Servant Ser. Oh sir Bel. What 's the matter Ser. Would you could understand without my tongue Bel. How does thy Lady Ser. My Lady is Bel. Ha why dost pause vilaine answer me Ser. Alas I know not with what words to tell you Would I had never seene her or you never Married her Bel. Ha stay there Shall I trust thee now fury but speake and Be not tedious what is my Lady doing upon thy life Ser. Alas sir it will make you madde Bel. Speake or never speake agen I am prepard Ser. Pardon my unhappinesse to deliver then A truth that will distract you you have now Nor friend nor wife Bel. Are they both dead Ser. Yes dead to honor finding her chamber lockt I know not what did prompt me to make use Of a small cranny where I beheld em both I want modest language To tell how they are falne and yet too soone I know you cannot choose but understand me Bel. How long hast thou beene a Raven Ser. Good sir collect your selfe T is my misfortune and no fault to be The sad reporter Bel. Do I live still Ser. And shall I hope long Bel. Th' art most uncharitable if thou hadst lou'd Thy master thou wouldst wish him happinesse Which all life denies is my composition So hard a sorrow great and high like this Cannot disolve it wonot my heart breake With this then melt it some celestiall fire In pitty of my sufferings some cloud Of raine since my owne eyes refuse to drowne me Fall and orewhelme this miserable Iland Ser. Sir Bel. Can this be possible be sure they are Divells Or I shall find such a new hell for thee Ser. I would it were not true Ser. I would it were not true Bel. Some mercifull whirlewind snatch this burden up And carry it into some wildernesse Leave not If it were possible the mention Of what I was behind the wolues are honester Then mankind is to man I prethee kill me I kneele to be destroyd it is thy duty When thou shalt tell the world my wretched story And what soule killing and devouring griefes Thy good hand rid me of it shall acquit thee And call thy murder charity Ser. Good sir Bel. O whither shall I runne to find a friend Will do the gentle office to despatch me Without my owne hand Ser. Rather live to take Iustice upon their periuries Bel. Good man My better Angel how had I forgot My selfe Coward to thinke of dying yet Who would put confidence in heaven hereafter If it should suffer me depart the world Without revenge and that my owne upon em Come draw take my sword I will be double arm'd I charge thee by thy duty or thy life If that be more stay you at bottome of The staires while I ascend their sinfull chamber And if my Pistoll misse his treacherous heart He has no way to passe but on thy sword The place gives such advantage that with Safety thou maist command his life Kill him with losse compunction then a witch Fleas a dead Infant for his skin to perfect A hellish incantation thou wo't do 't Ser. I le do my best he shano't scape Bel. Wife friend You hang like vlcers on me I am bound To cut you from my heart to cure my wound Exeunt Actus Quartus Enter Hippolito and Clariana upon a bed Hip. WHat pitty t is these pleasures are not lawfull Cla. Lawfull that would take much from the delight And value I have heard some Gentlemen That want no venison of their owne Sweare they had rather strike their neighbors deere Then hunt in their owne parke what we possesse We keepe for our necessity not game Or wearied with enjoying give 't a way To purchase thanks abroad Hi. For all that Madam there is danger in some purlies and when the Keeper is none of the wisest their bolts are sooner shot I like the sport but would not be taken at the deere stealing yet for such a Doe as thou art I would venter Cla. T is no glory to take a towne without some hazard that victorie is sweetest which is got in the face of danger when the very cannons are hoarse with clamor then the bold souldier goes on and thinkes the noise loude musicke to him give me the man that feares no colours was there ever any thing worth the enioying that came easily and without trouble to us what makes a maidenhead the richer purchase thinke you but I am married and my husband is your friend Hip. Prethee no more o'th at Cla. No more oth at in my conscience you are fearefull this is the ballad right Courtier hey Courtier ho wilt thou be my true love no no no fy upon 't I should name my husband often to arme and fortifie our selves I confesse I do not wish him here perhaps he would do some mischiefe and hinder another meeting but if he were present now and should see us kisse for and he were ten husbands I would trust his eyes no further what could he say for he did but kisse her for he did but kisse her and so let her go come for shame be
occasion That brought me hither I would heare what practise Is meant against my life which I would now Preserue for that deere virgin more then love To keepe it for my use I did imagine How ever Bellamente shewed a formall And calme release yet he would meditate Revenge at such a time he most should wound me And had not I a perfect confidence Your thoughts meant simple pitty to my danger I should not thus farre have engaged my self Then I beseech you tell me Cla. Any thing Hi. Why d ee delay me thus Clariana Cla. Pardon o pardon me Hippolito Indeed I will discover all the plot Hi. I am prepard Cla. But there is no misfortune Leveld at you the danger is all mine And I but use this policy to take My last farewell for I must never see You married Hi. You amaze me what unhappinesse Will Bellamente be so cruell to thee Having forgiven Cla. A hand more severe Is armd against me Hi. Is there no prevention Cla. It is within your mercy to do much Hi. Pronounce then as much safety as my strength can give thee against any enemy be But Bellamente I have wounded him Too much already may I credit then There is treachery ayming at my blood Declare what man I must oppose in thy Protection Cla. No man Hi. Y' are misticall Cla. A woman is my enemy Hi. There will be No use of valour then Cla. But much of love If you resolve to save bleeding Clariana Thou must oppose Eubella Hi. What was that Kill my Eubella Cla. It stretches not so farre onely I beg You would not marry her and I shall live Hi. Not marry her why there 's no steele can bring So certaine and so violent a death Forsake Eubella now now when shee 's drest My glorious bride the Nuptiall ceremonie And Priest expecting us I know you speake not In hope I should beleeve you may as well Bid me'commit a murder on my life For this will kill her and we both are one Who hath instructed you to this Cla. My love My love that will not suffer me to know Thou must be given thus away for ever I could endure thy absence for whole yeeres And not complaine repent my equall sorrow We have so farre offended while you keepe Your present freedome there were then some hope A possibility at last to meet In new affections to redeeme the old But thus my expectation is destroyd You understand Hi. Too much be not deceived There is no love that is not vertuous And thy consenting thus farre but in thought Is sacriledge and thou dost rob the Church Twice first in violation of thy vowes Which there were registred and then mine expected I dare not heare you talke thus Cla. Is this all All the reward for loosing of my selfe For thy sake Hip. Y' are not yet quite lost Cla. What curse Made blacke the houre of my conception Farewell Hippolito when you heare me dead Come to my grave and drop one teare upon me Hip. What meanes Clariana Enter Milena Mi. Oh Madam looke behind me I see my Master comming in and he Suspecting my hast this way followes me With his sword drawne Enter Bellamente Bel. Are you so nimble ha Hi. Woman thou hast undone me Cla. Oh my fortune againe betraid Bel. Nay then I le make sure worke Exit Mi. Alas what shall become of me the doores are lockt Hip. Cruell dessembler Cla. Hippolito the sequell shall acquit My thoughts I me circled with more certaine danger And cannot hope life Hi. T is not that I feare To dy thou knowst I am not guilty Of any second shame but my Eubella That every minute lookes to be my bride How the thought rends me Cla. I can prevent his furie Against thee Hi. There is no way Cla. Yes this Hi. Ha divell what hast done Mi. Alas what ha you both done Cla. I thanke thee Thou hast spar'd my execution on my selfe I le tell thee now Hippolito by this This crimson in whose ebbe my life hasts from me I did not looke for Bellamente but Surprisd I thought it honor to beg in The tragedy I know my fate was not To be resisted t was impossible To find a second mercy from him and I would secure no woman after me Should boast the Conquest of Hippolito Thy sword was gentle to me search't againe And thou shalt see How my embracing blood will keepe it warme And kisse the kind destroyer Enter Bellamente and Servants Milena runns in Bel. What are you humbled must not serve your turne Cla. We have deceivd your triumph Hi. Bellamente Cla. Heare me first and know this bold hand sav'd Thy fury to Hippolito whom with My last breath I pronounce not in a thought Guilty of new dishonor Bel. As soone perswade It is not day Hi. This letter summond me Cla. I had no other meanes to speake with him And my unruly love did prompt me to it Hi. I tremble not in my innocence to thinke Of death but my Eubella poore Eubella Cla. If she but lovd thee as I did sheel 'le follow Furies will lend a torch to light her to The shades we go to Bel. Is the wickednesse all thine Hi. Except the wound my hasty sword Gave as reward for this too neere my heart I feare Cla. Dost feare Hi. For poore Eubellas sake Bel. Now thou hast met a justice in thy blood For thy first sinne but I will have a Surgeon Hi. Send for Eubella rather Oh let me breath my last upon her lips It will concerne thee Bellamente somewhat The world will think this murder was thine else Bel. Make hast O woman thou didst weepe once when thy teares Won my forgivenesse where are all the drops The penitent showers in which thy stained soule Should bath it selfe this minute lanching forth To thy eternity Cla. Th' are of another colour oh forgive me Good heaven I have wrongd thee Bellamente Oh wives hereafter meane your hearts to them You give your holy vowes what mist weighs downe My eyes already oh t is death I see In a long robe of darkenesse is preparing To seale them up for ever t were no death If we could loose our sinnes as we do breath Bel. Shee s gone to a long silence place her body There and then gently raise Hippolito To the other chaire Hi. Hast hast my deare Eubella Enter Bonaldo Bo. How came this tragedy Hi. Give me your last blessing I me going a long Pilgrimage you gave Too great a licence to my youth Bo. Howe 's this Hi. My wanton bloud now payes for t Clariana And I have changd a wound where is Eubella Bo. She is too neere this griefe this punishment Should ha beene mine long since I was his father In sinne as well as yeeres she is dead already Thy glasse had many sands till it was broken Then those few minutes that are left of mine I le number with my prayers Enter Duke Eub. Seb. Court Eu. Hippolito Hip. My wound hath had a happy patience Farewell Seb. Eubella Bo. He is departed Du. Bellamente who hath done all this Bel. I le do my best to tell you Here 's all that 's left of them whom how I lov'd Heaven and my poore heart knowes Eu. And is he slaine But once more let me kisse him Bel. I did not kill em sir they were too willing To leave the world together but their wrongs All all the paiment for my honest love awakd me to revenge and had they beene The very strings that tye my life together It should ha falne to peeces but their hands Prevented mine Du. The cause you rather leade me To thinke you were their murderer we must Be better satisfied or your blood must answer For this effusion Bel. The cause my Lord t is growne since it came hither Pray give me leave because you shanot suffer i th expectation you shall have it all Together this Hippolito and that Clariana Harke there t is Enter Milena Seb. His griefe has overchargd him Du. None to decipher these sad characters Mi. With your pardon I can Seb. Be comforted Eubella all thy teares Will not recall his life Eu. Pray give me leave Since he is dead to embalme him had I di'ed Before him hee 'd ha wept as much for me Du. We have heard too much but moderate Eubella Thy sorrows he surviues that will supply A bridegroome and thy vertue bids me tender My selfe a recompence for thy sufferings Eu. I know you wod not lead me to forget Hippolito so soone I dare not thinke Of being a Bride agen Seb. Does your grace meane this honor Du. By my Dukedome Seb. After this shower is over she will shine Doubt not my Lord and blesse her happy starres Du. Lead from this charvell house they shall be interrd With all solemnity becomes there birth And when their funerall rites and teares are done New joyes shall rise with the next mornings Sunne Exit omnes FINIS