now but halfe so eloquent To paint in words what I le performe in deedes I know your honour then would pittie me Slie Harke you mistresse wil you eat a peece of bread Come sit downe on my knee Sim drinke to hir Sim For she and I will go to bed anon Lord May it please you your honors plaiers be come To offer your honour a plaie Slie A plaie Sim O braue be they my plaiers Lord I my Lord Slie Is there not a foole in the plaie Lord Yes my lord Slie When wil they plaie Sim Lord Euen when it please your honor they be readie Boy My lord I le go bid them begin their plaie Slie Doo but looke that you come againe Boy I warrant you my lord I wil not leaue you thus Exit boy Slie Come Sim where be the plaiers Sim stand by Me and wee le flout the plaiers out of their cotes Lord I le cal them my lord Hoe where are you there Sound Trumpets Enter two yoong Gentlemen and a man and a boie Pol. Welcome to Athens my beloued friend To Platoes schooles and Aristotles walkes Welcome from Cestus famous for the loue Of good Leander and his Tragedie For whom the Helespont weepes brinish teares The greatest griefe is I cannot as I would Giue entertainment to my deerest friend Aurel. Thankes noble Polidor my second selfe The faithfull loue which I haue found in thee Hath made me leaue my fathers princelie court The Duke of Cestus thrise renowmed seate To come to Athens thus to find thee out Which since I haue so happilie attaind My fortune now I doo account as great As earst did Caesar when he conquered most But tell me noble friend where shal we lodge For I am vnacquainted in this place Poli. My Lord if you vouchsafe of schollers fare My house my selfe and all is yours to vse You and your men shall staie and lodge with me Aurel. With all my hart I will requite thy loue Enter Simon Alphonsus and his three daughters But staie what dames are these so bright of hew Whose eies are brighter then the lampes of heauen Fairer then rocks of pearle and pretious stone More louelie farre then is the morning sunne When first she opes hir orientall gates Alfon. Daughters be gone and hie you to the church And I will hie me downe vnto the key To see what Marchandise is come a shore Ex. Omnes Pol. Why how now my Lord what in a dumpe To see these damsels passe away so soone Aurel. Trust me my friend I must confesse to thee I tooke so much delight in these faire dames As I doo wish they had not gone so soone But if thou canst resolue me what they be And what old man it was that went with them For I doo long to see them once againe Pol. I cannot blame your honor good my lord For they are both louely wise faire and yong And one of them the yoongest of the three I long haue lou'd sweet friend and she lou'd me But neuer yet we could not find a meanes How we might compasse our desired ioyes Aurel. Why is not her father willing to the match Pol. Yes trust me but he hath solemnlie sworne His eldest daughter first shall be espowsde Before he grauntes his yoongest leaue to loue And therefore he that meanes to get their loues Must first prouide for her if he will speed And he that hath her shall be fettred so As good be wedded to the diuell himselfe For such a skould as she did neuer liue And till that she be sped none else can speed Which makes me thinke that all my labours lost And whosoere can get hir firme good will A large dowrie he shall be sure to haue For her father is a man of mightie wealth And an ancient Cittizen of the towne And that was he that went along with them Aurel. But he shall keepe hir still by my aduise And yet I needs must loue his second daughter The image of honor and Nobilitie In whose sweet person is comprisde the somme Of natures skill and heauenlie maiestie Pol. I like your choise and glad you chose not mine Then if you like to follow on your loue We must deuise a meanes and find some one That will attempt to wed this deuilish skould And I doo know the man Come hither boy Go your waies sirha to Ferandoes house Desire him take the paines to come to me For I must speake with him immediatlie Boy I will sir and fetch him presentlie Pol. A man I thinke will fit hir humor right As blunt in speech as she is sharpe of toong And he I thinke will match hir euerie waie And yet he is a man of wealth sufficient And for his person worth as good as she And if he compasse hir to be his wife Then may we freelie visite both our loues Aurel. O might I see the center of my soule Whose sacred beautie hath inchanted me More faire then was the Grecian Helena For whose sweet sake so many princes dide That came with thousand shippes to Tenedos But when we come vnto hir fathers house Tell him I am a Marchants sonne of Cestus That comes for traffike vnto Athens heere And heere sirha I will change with you for once And now be thou the Duke of Cestus sonne Reuell and spend as if thou wert my selfe For I will court my loue in this disguise Val. My lord how if the Duke your father should By some meanes come to Athens for to see How you doo profit in these publike schooles And find me clothed thus in your attire How would he take it then thinke you my lord Aurel. Tush feare not Valeria let me alone But staie heere comes some other companie Enter Ferando and his man Saunders with a blew coat Pol. Here comes the man that I did tel you of Feran. Good morrow gentlemen to all at once How now Polidor what man still in loue Euer wooing and canst thou neuer speed God send me better luck when I shall woo San. I warrant you maister and you take my councell Feran. Why sirha are you so cunning San. Who I t were better for you by fiue marke And you could tel how to doo it as well as I Pol. I would thy maister once were in the vaine To trie himselfe how he could woe a wench Feran. Faith I am euen now a going San. I faith sir my maisters going to this geere now Pol. Whither in faith Ferando tell me true Feran. To bonie Kate the patientst wench aliue The diuel himselfe dares scarce venter to woo her Signior Alfonsos eldest daughter And he hath promisde me six thousand crownes If I can win her once to be my wife And she and I must woo with skoulding sure And I will hold hir too t till she be wearie Or else I le make her yeeld to graunt me loue Pol. How like you this Aurelius I thinke he knew Our mindes before we sent to him But tell me when doo you meane
A Pleasant Conceited Historie called The taming of a Shrew As it was sundry times acted by the Right honorable the Earle of Pembrook his seruants Printed at London by Peter Short and are to be sold by Cutbert Burbie at his shop at the Royall Exchange 1594 A Pleasant conceited Historie called The Taming of a Shrew Enter a Tapster beating out of his doores Slie Droonken Tapster YOu whorson droonken slaue you had best be gone And empty your droonken panch some where else For in this house thou shalt not rest to night Exit Tapster Slie Tilly vally by crisee Tapster I le fese you anon Fils the tother pot and all 's paid for looke you I doo drinke it of mine owne Instegation Omne bene Heere I le lie a while why Tapster I say Fils a fresh cushen heere Heigh ho heer 's good warme lying He fals asleepe Enter a Noble man and his men from hunting Lord Now that the gloomie shaddow of the night Longing to view Orions drisling lookes Leapes from th' antarticke World vnto the skie And dims the Welkin with her pitchie breath And darkesome night oreshades the christall heauens Here breake we off our hunting for to night Cupple vppe the hounds and let vs hie vs home And bid the huntsman see them meated well For they haue all deseru'd it well to daie But soft what sleepie fellow is this lies heere Or is he dead see one what he dooth lacke Seruingman My lord t is nothing but a drunken sleepe His head is too heauie for his bodie And he hath drunke so much that he can go no furder Lord Fie how the slauish villaine stinkes of drinke Ho sirha arise What so sound asleepe Go take him vppe and beare him to my house And beare him easilie for feare he wake And in my fairest chamber make a fire And set a sumptuous banquet on the boord And put my richest garmentes on his backe Then set him at the Table in a chaire When that is doone against he shall awake Let heauenlie musicke play about him still Go two of you awaie and beare him hence And then I le tell you what I haue deuisde But see in any case you wake him not Exeunt two with Slie Now take my cloake and giue me one of yours Al fellowes now and see you take me so For we will waite vpon this droonken man To see his countnance when he dooth awake And finde himselfe clothed in such attire With heauenlie musicke sounding in his eares And such a banquet set before his eies The fellow sure will thinke he is in heauen But we will be about him when he wakes And see you call him Lord at euerie word And offer thou him his horse to ride abroad And thou his hawkes and houndes to hunt the deere And I will aske what sutes he meanes to weare And what so ere he saith see you doo not laugh But still perswade him that he is a Lord Enter one Mes. And it please your honour your plaiers be com And doo attend your honours pleasure here Lord The fittest time they could haue chosen out Bid one or two of them come hither straight Now will I fit my selfe accordinglie For they shall play to him when he awakes Enter two of the players with packs at their backs and a boy Now sirs what store of plaies haue you San. Marrie my lord you maie haue a Tragicall Or a comoditie or what you will The other A Comedie thou shouldst say souns thout shame vs all Lord And what 's the name of your Comedie San. Marrie my lord t is calde The taming of a shrew T is a good lesson for vs my lord for vs Y are maried men Lord The taming of a shrew that 's excellent sure Go see that you make you readie straight For you must play before a lord to night Say you are his men and I your fellow Hee s something foolish but what so ere he saies See that you be not dasht out of countenance And sirha go you make you ready straight And dresse your selfe like some louelie ladie And when I call see that you come to me For I will say to him thou art his wife Dallie with him and hug him in thine armes And if he desire to goe to bed with thee Then faine some scuse and say thou wilt anon Be gone I say and see thou doost it well Boy Feare not my Lord I le dandell him well enough And make him thinke I loue him mightilie Ex. boy Lord Now sirs go you and make you ready to For you must play assoone as he dooth wake San. O braue sirha Tom we must play before A foolish Lord come le ts go make vs ready Go get a dishclout to make cleane your shooes And I le speake for the properties My Lord we must Haue a shoulder of mutton for a propertie And a little vinegre to make our Diuell rore Lord Very well sirha see that they want nothing Exeunt omnes Enter two with a table and a banquet on it and two other with Slie asleepe in a chaire richlie apparelled the musick plaieng One So sirha now go call my Lord And tel him that all things is ready as he wild it Another Set thou some wine vpon the boord And then I le go fetch my Lord presentlie Exit Enter the Lord and his men Lord How now what is all thinges readie One I my Lord Lord Then sound the musick and I le wake him straight And see you doo as earst I gaue in charge My lord My lord he sleepes soundlie My lord Slie Tapster gis a little small ale Heigh ho Lord Heer 's wine my lord the purest of the grape Slie For which Lord Lord For your honour my Lord Slie Who I am I a Lord Iesus what fine apparell haue I got Lord More richer farre your honour hath to weare And if it please you I will fetch them straight Wil. And if your honour please to ride abroad I le fetch you lustie steedes more swift of pace Then winged Pegasus in all his pride That ran so swiftlie ouer the Persian plaines Tom. And if your honour please to hunt the deere Your hounds stands readie cuppeld at the doore Who in running will oretake the Row And make the long breathde Tygre broken winded Slie By the masse I thinke I am a Lord indeed What 's thy name Lord Simon and it please your honour Slie Simon that 's as much to say Simion or Simon Put foorth thy hand and fill the pot Giue me thy hand Sim am I a lord indeed Lord I my gratious Lord and your louelie ladie Long time hath moorned for your absence heere And now with ioy behold where she dooth come To gratulate your honours safe returne Enter the boy in Womans attire Slie Sim Is this she Lord I my Lord Slie Masse t is a prettie wench what 's her name Boy Oh that my louelie Lord would once vouchsafe To looke on me and leaue these frantike fits Or were I
cristalline As faire as is the milke white way of Ioue As chast as Phoebe in her sommer sportes As softe and tender as the asure downe That circles Cithereas siluer doues Her do I meane to make my louely bride And in her bed to breath the sweete content That I thou knowst long time haue aimed at Now Valeria it rests in thee to helpe To compasse this that I might gaine my loue Which easilie thou maist performe at will If that the marchant which thou toldst me of Will as he sayd go to Alfonsos house And say he is my father and there with all Pas ouer certaine deedes of land to me That I thereby may gaine my hearts desire And he is promised reward of me Val. Feare not my Lord I le fetch him straight to you For he le do any thing that you command But tell me my Lord is Ferando married then Aurel. He is and Polidor shortly shall be wed And he meanes to tame his wife erelong Vale. He saies so Aurel. Faith he 's gon vnto the taming schoole Val. The taming schoole why is there such a place Aurel. I and Ferando is the Maister of the schoole Val. That 's rare but what decorum dos he vse Aurel. Faith I know not but by som odde deuise Or other but come Valeria I long to see the man By whome we must comprise our plotted drift That I may tell him what we haue to doo Val. Then come my Lord and I will bring you to him straight Aurel. Agreed then le ts go Exeunt Enter Sander and his Mistres San. Come Mistris Kate Sander I prethe helpe me to some meate I am so faint that I can scarsely stande San. I marry mistris but you know my maister Has giuen me a charge that you must eate nothing But that which he himselfe giueth you Kate Why man thy Maister needs neuer know it San. You say true indede why looke you Mistris What say you to a peese of beeffe and mustard now Kate Why I say t is excellent meate canst thou helpe me to some San. I I could helpe you to some but that I doubt the mustard is too collerick for you But what say you to a sheepes head and garlick Kate Why any thing I care not what it be San. I but the garlike I doubt will make your breath stincke and then my Maister will course me for letting You eate it But what say you to a fat Capon Kate That 's meate for a King sweet Sander helpe Me to some of it San. Nay berlady then t is too deere for vs we must Not meddle with the Kings meate Kate Out villaine dost thou mocke me Take that for thy sawsinesse She beates him San. Sounes are you so light fingerd with a murrin I le keepe you fasting for it this two daies Kate I tell thee villaine I le tear the flesh of Thy face and eate it and thou prates to me thus San. Here comes my Maister now he le course you Enter Ferando with a peece of meate vppon his daggers point and Polidor with him Feran. Se here Kate I haue prouided meate for thee Here take it what i st not worthie thankes Goe sirra take it awaie againe you shall be Thankefull for the next you haue Kate Why I thanke you for it Feran. Nay now t is not worth a pin go sirray and take It hence I say San. Yes sir I le Carrie it hence Maister let her Haue none for she can fight as hungrie as she is Pol. I pray you sir let it stand for I le eate Some with her my selfe Feran. Well sirra set it downe againe Kate Nay nay I pray you let him take it hence And keepe it for your owne diete for I le none I le nere be beholding to you for your Meate I tell thee flatlie here vnto the thy teethe Thou shalt not keepe me nor feede me as thou list For I will home againe vnto my fathers house Feran. I when you 'r meeke and gentell but not Before I know your stomack is not yet come downe Therefore no maruell thou canste not eate And I will goe vnto your Fathers house Come Polidor let vs goe in againe And Kate come in with vs I know ere longe That thou and I shall louingly agree Ex. Omnes Enter Aurelius Valeria and Phylotus the Marchant Aurel. Now Senior Phylotus we will go Vnto Alfonsos house and be sure you say As I did tell you concerning the man That dwells in Cestus whose son I said I was For you doo very much resemble him And feare not you may be bold to speake your mind Phylo. I warrant you sir take you no care I le vse my selfe so cunning in the cause As you shall soone inioie your harts delight Aurel. Thankes sweet Phylotus then stay you here And I will go and fetch him hither straight Ho Senior Alfonso a word with you Enter Alfonso Alfon. Whos 's there what Aurelius what 's the matter That you stand so like a stranger at the doore Aurel. My father sir is newly come to towne And I haue brought him here to speake with you Concerning those matters that I tolde you of And he can certefie you of the truth Alfon. Is this your father you are welcome sir Phylo. Thankes Alfonso for that 's your name I gesse I vnderstand my son hath set his mind And bent his liking to your daughters loue And for because he is my only son And I would gladly that he should doo well I tell you sir I not mislike his choise If you agree to giue him your consent He shall haue liuing to maintaine his state Three hundred poundes a yeere I will assure To him and to his heyres and if they do ioyne And knit themselues in holy wedlock bande A thousand massie in gots of pure gold And twise as many bares of siluer plate I freely giue him and in writing straight I will confirme what I haue said in wordes Alfon. Trust me I must commend your liberall mind And louing care you beare vnto your son And here I giue him freely my consent As for my daughter I thinke he knowes her mind And I will in large her dowrie for your sake And solemnise with ioie your nuptiall rites But is this gentleman of Cestus too Aurel. He is the Duke of Cestus thrise renowned son Who for the loue his honour beares to me Hath thus accompanied me to this place Alfonso You weare to blame you told me not before Pardon me my Lord for if I had knowne Your honour had bin here in place with me I would haue donne my dutie to your honour Val. Thankes good Alfonso but I did come to see When as these marriage rites should be performed And if in these nuptialls you vouchsafe To honour thus the prince of Cestus frend In celebration of his spousall rites He shall remaine a lasting friend to you What saies Aurelius father Phylo. I humbly thanke your honour good my Lord And ere we
monsters with my sword To trauell dayly in the hottest sun And watch in winter when the nightes be colde I would with gladnesse vndertake them all And thinke the paine but pleasure that I felt So that my noble father at my returne Would but forget and pardon my offence Phile. Let me intreat your grace vpon my knees To pardon him and let my death discharge The heauy wrath your grace hath vowd gainst him Pol. And good my Lord let vs intreat your grace To purge your stomack of this Melancholy Taynt not your princely minde with griefe my Lord But pardon and forgiue these louers faults That kneeling craue your gratious fauor here Emel Great prince of Cestus let a womans wordes Intreat a pardon in your lordly brest Both for your princely son and vs my Lord Duke Aurelius stand vp I pardon thee I see that vertue will haue enemies And fortune will be thwarting honour still And you faire virgin too I am content To accept you for my daughter since t is don And see you princely vsde in Cestus courte Phyle. Thankes good my Lord and I no longer liue Then I obey and honour you in all Alfon. Let me giue thankes vnto your royall grace For this great honor don to me and mine And if your grace will walke vnto my house I will in humblest maner I can show The eternall seruice I doo owe your grace Duke Thanks good Alfonso but I came alone And not as did beseeme the Cestian Duke Nor would I haue it knowne within the towne That I was here and thus without my traine But as I came alone so will I go And leaue my son to solemnise his feast And ere 't be long I le come againe to you And do him honour as beseemes the son Of mightie Ierobell the Cestian Duke Till when I le leaue you Farwell Aurelius Aurel. Not yet my Lord I le bring you to your ship Exeunt Omnes Slie sleepes Lord Whos 's within there come hither sirs my Lords A sleepe againe go take him easily vp And put him in his one apparell againe And lay him in the place where we did find him Iust vnderneath the alehouse side below But see you wake him not in any case Boy It shall be don my Lord come helpe to beare him hence Exit Enter Ferando Aurelius and Polidor and his boy and Valeria and Sander Feran. Come gentlemen now that suppers donne How shall we spend the time till we go to bed Aurel. Faith if you will in triall of our wiues Who will come sownest at their husbands call Pol. Nay then Ferando he must needes sit out For he may call I thinke till he be weary Before his wife will come before she list Feran. T is well for you that haue such gentle wiues Yet in this triall will I not sit out It may be Kate will come as soone as yours Aurel. My wife comes soonest for a hundred pound Pol. I take it I le lay as much to youres That my wife comes as soone as I do send Aurel. How now Ferando you dare not lay belike Feran. Why true I dare not lay indeede But how so little mony on so sure a thing A hundred pound why I haue layd as much Vpon my dogge in running at a Deere She shall not come so farre for such a trifle But will you lay fiue hundred markes with me And whose wife soonest comes when he doth call And shewes her selfe most louing vnto him Let him inioye the wager I haue laid Now what say you dare you aduenture thus Pol. I weare it a thousand pounds I durst presume On my wiues loue and I will lay with thee Enter Alfonso Alfon. How now sons what in conference so hard May I without offence know where abouts Aurel. Faith father a waighty cause about our wiues Fiue hundred markes already we haue layd And he whose wife doth shew most loue to him He must inioie the wager to himselfe Alfon. Why then Ferando he is sure to lose I promise thee son thy wife will hardly come And therefore I would not wish thee lay so much Feran. Tush father were it ten times more I durst aduenture on my louely Kate But if I lose I le pay and so shall you Aurel. Vpon mine honour if I loose I le pay Pol. And so will I vpon my faith I vow Feran. Then sit we downe and let vs send for them Alfon. I promise thee Ferando I am afraid thou wilt lose Aurel. I le send for my wife first Valeria Go bid your Mistris come to me Val. I will my Lord Exit Valeria Aurel. Now for my hundred pound Would any lay ten hundred more with me I know I should obtaine it by her loue Feran. I pray God you haue not laid too much already Aurel. Trust me Ferando I am sure you haue For you I dare presume haue lost it all Enter Valeria againe Now sirra what saies your mistris Val. She is something busie but she le come anon Feran. Why so did not I tell you this before She is busie and cannot come Aurel. I pray God your wife send you so good an answere She may be busie yet she sayes she le come Feran. Well well Polidor send you for your wife Pol. Agreed Boy desire your mistris to come hither Boy I will sir Ex. Boy Feran. I so so he desiers her to come Alfon. Polidor I dare presume for thee I thinke thy wife will not deny to come And I do maruell much Aurelius That your wife came not when you sent for her Enter the Boy againe Pol. Now where 's your Mistris Boy She bad me tell you that she will not come And you haue any businesse you must come to her Feran. Oh monstrous intollerable presumption Worse then a blasing starre or snow at midsommer Earthquakes or any thing vnseasonable She will not come but he must come to her Pol. Well sir I pray you le ts here what Answere your wife will make Feran. Sirra command your Mistris to come To me presentlie Exit Sander Aurel. I thinke my wife for all she did not come Will proue most kinde for now I haue no feare For I am sure Ferandos wife she will not come Feran. The more 's the pittie then I must lose Enter Kate and Sander But I haue won for see where Kate doth come Kate Sweet husband did you send for me Feran. I did my loue I sent for thee to come Come hither Kate what 's that vpon thy head Kate Nothing husband but my cap I thinke Feran. Pull it of and treade it vnder thy feete T is foolish I will not haue thee weare it She takes of her cap and treads on it Pol. Oh wonderfull metamorphosis Aurel. This is a wonder almost past beleefe Feran. This is a token of her true loue to me And yet I le trie her further you shall see Come hither Kate where are thy sisters Kate They be sitting in the bridall chamber Feran. Fetch them
parte before your honor here Shall articles of such content be drawne As twixt our houses and posterities Eternallie this league of peace shall last Inuiolat and pure on either part Alfonso With all my heart and if your honour please To walke along with vs vnto my house We will confirme these leagues of lasting loue Val. Come then Aurelius I will go with you Ex. omnes Enter Ferando and Kate and Sander San. Master the haberdasher has brought my Mistresse home her cappe here Feran. Come hither sirra what haue you there Habar A veluet cappe sir and it please you Feran. Who spoake for it didst thou Kate Kate What if I did come hither sirra giue me The cap I le see if it will fit me She sets it one hir head Feran. O monstrous why it becomes thee not Let me see it Kate here sirra take it hence This cappe is out of fashion quite Kate The fashion is good inough belike you Meane to make a foole of me Feran. Why true he meanes to make a foole of thee To haue thee put on such a curtald cappe sirra begon with it Enter the Taylor with a gowne San. Here is the Taylor too with my Mistris gowne Feran. Let me see it Taylor what with cuts and iagges Sounes you villaine thou hast spoiled the gowne Taylor Why sir I made it as your man gaue me direction You may reade the note here Feran. Come hither sirra Taylor reade the note Taylor Item a faire round compast cape San. I that 's true Taylor And a large truncke sleeue San. That 's a lie maister I sayd two truncke sleeues Feran. Well sir goe forward Tailor Item a loose bodied gowne San. Maister if euer I sayd loose bodies gowne Sew me in a seame and beate me to death With a bottome of browne thred Tailor I made it as the note bad me San. I say the note lies in his throate and thou too And thou sayst it Taylor Nay nay nere be so hot sirra for I feare you not San. Doost thou heare Taylor thou hast braued Many men braue not me Thou 'st faste many men Taylor Well sir San. Face not me I le nether be faste nor braued At thy handes I can tell thee Kate Come come I like the fashion of it well enough Here 's more a do then needs I le haue it And if you do not like it hide your eies I thinke I shall haue nothing by your will Feran. Go I say and take it vp for your maisters vse San. Souns villaine not for thy life touch it not Souns take vp my mistris gowne to his Maisters vse Feran. Well sir what 's your conceit of it San. I haue a deeper conceite in it then you thinke for take vp my Mistris gowne To his maisters vse Feran. Tailor come hether for this time take it Hence againe and I le content thee for thy paines Taylor I thanke you sir Exit Taylor Feran. Come Kate we now will go see thy fathers house Euen in these honest meane abilliments Our purses shall be rich our garments plaine To shrowd our bodies from the winter rage And that 's inough what should we care for more Thy sisters Kate to morrow must be wed And I haue promised them thou shouldst be there The morning is well vp le ts hast away It will be nine a clocke ere we come there Kate Nine a clock why t is allreadie past two In the after noone by all the clocks in the towne Feran. I say t is but nine a clock in the morning Kate I say t is tow a clock in the after noone Feran. It shall be nine then ere we go to your fathers Come backe againe we will not go to day Nothing but crossing of me still I le haue you say as I doo ere you go Exeunt omnes Enter Polidor Emelia Aurelius and Philema Pol. Faire Emelia sommers sun bright Queene Brighter of hew then is the burning clime Where Phoebus in his bright aequator sits Creating gold and pressious minneralls What would Emelia doo if I were forst To leaue faire Athens and to range the world Eme. Should thou assay to scale the seate of loue Mounting the suttle ayrie regions Or be snacht vp as erste was Ganimed Loue should giue winges vnto my swift desires And prune my thoughts that I would follow thee Or fall and perish as did Icarus Aurel. Sweetly resolued faire Emelia But would Phylema say as much to me If I should aske a question now of thee What if the duke of Cestus only son Which came with me vnto your fathers house Should seeke to git Phylemas loue from me And make thee Duches of that stately towne Wouldst thou not then forsake me for his loue Phyle. Not for great Neptune no nor Ioue himselfe Will Phylema leaue Aurelius loue Could he install me Empres of the world Or make me Queene and guidres of the heauens Yet would I not exchange thy loue for his Thy company is poore Philemas heauen And without thee heauen were hell to me Eme. And should my loue as erste did Hercules Attempt to passe the burning valtes of hell I would with piteous lookes and pleasing wordes As once did Orpheus with his harmony And rauishing sound of his melodious harpe Intreate grim Pluto and of him obtaine That thou mightest go and safe retourne againe Phyle. And should my loue as earst Leander did Attempte to swimme the boyling helispont For Heros loue no towers of brasse should hold But I would follow thee through those raging flouds With lockes disheuered and my brest all bare With bended knees vpon Abidas shoore I would with smokie sighes and brinish teares Importune Neptune and the watry Gods To send a guard of siluer scaled Dolphyns With sounding Tritons to be our conuoy And to transport vs safe vnto the shore Whilst I would hang about thy louely necke Redoubling kisse on kisse vpon thy cheekes And with our pastime still the swelling waues Eme. Should Polidor as great Achilles did Onely imploy himselfe to follow armes Like to the warlike Amazonian Queene Pentheselea Hectors paramore Who foyld the bloudie Pirrhus murderous greeke I le thrust my selfe amongst the thickest throngs And with my vtmost force assist my loue Phyle. Let Eole storme be mild and quiet thou Let Neptune swell be Aurelius calme and pleased I care not I betide what may betide Let fates and fortune doo the worst they can I recke them not they not discord with me Whilst that my loue and I do well agree Aurel. Sweet Phylema bewties mynerall From whence the sun exhales his glorious shine And clad the heauen in thy reflected raies And now my liefest loue the time drawes nie That Himen mounted in his saffron robe Must with his torches waight vpon thy traine As Hellens brothers on the horned Moone Now Iuno to thy number shall I adde The fairest bride that euer Marchant had Pol. Come faire Emelia the preeste is gon And at the church your father and the reste Do stay to