PHYLASTER Or Loue lyes a Bleeding Acted at the Globe by his Maiesties Seruants Written by Francis Baymont and Iohn Fletcher Gent. Printed at London for Thomas Walkley and are to be sold at his shop at the Eagle and Child in Brittaines Bursse 1620 The Actors Names KING of Cecely ARATHVSA the Princesse PHYLASTER PHARAMONT a Spanish Prince LEON a Lord GLEREMON Two Noble Gentlemen TRASILIN Two Noble Gentlemen BELLARIO a Page LEONS daughter CALLATEA a Lady of Honor MEGRA another Lady A Waiting Gentlewoman Two Woodmen A Countrey Gallant An old Captaine And Souldiers A Messenger PHYLASTER Actus 1. Scoen. 1. Enter at seuerall doores Lord LYON TRASILINE followes him CLERIMON meetes them TRASILINE WEll ore tane my Lord LYON Noble friend welcome and see who encounters vs honourable good Clerimon CLE. My good Lord Lyon most happily met worthy Traefilme Come gallants what 's the newes the season affoords vs variety the novilists of our time runnes on heapes to glut their itching eares with airie sounds trotting to 'th burse and in the Temple walke with greater zeale to heare a nouall lye then a pyous Anthum tho chanted by Cherubins TRANS. True Sir and holds set counsels to vent their braine sicke opinions with presagements what all states shall designe CLE. That 's as their intelligence serues LYON And that shall serue as long as inuention lastes there dreames they relate as spoke from Oracles or if the gods should hold a synod and make them their secritaries they will diuine and prophecie too but come and speake your thoughts of the intended marriage with the Spanish Prince He is come you see and brauely entertainde TRAS. Hee is so but not married yet CLE. But like to be and shall haue in dowry with the Princesse this Kingdome of Cycele LEON Soft and faire there is more will forbid the baines then say amen to the marriage though the King vsurped the Kingdome during the non-age of the Prince Phylaster hee must not thinke to bereaue him of it quite hee is now come to yeares to claime the Crowne TRA. And lose his head in the asking LEON A diadem worn by a headlesse King wold be wonderous Phylaster is too weake in power GLE. He hath many friends LEON And few helpers TRA. The people loue him LEON I grant it that the King knowes too well And makes this Contract to make his faction strong What 's a giddy-headed multitude That 's not Disciplinde nor trainde vp in Armes To be trusted vnto No he that will Bandy for a Monarchie must prouide Braue marshall troopes with resolution armde To stand the shock of bloudy doubtfull warre Not danted though disastrous Fate doth frowne And spit all spightfull fury in their face Defying horror in her vgliest forme And growes more valiant the more danger threats Or let leane famine her affliction send Whose pining plagues a second hel doth bring Thei 'le hold their courage in her height of spleene Till valour win plenty to supply them What thinke ye would yer feast-hunting Citizens Indure this TRA. No sir a faire march a mile out of town that their wiues may bring them their dinners is the hottest seruice that they are trained vp to CLE. I could wish their experience answered their loues Then should the much too much wrongd Phylaster Possesse his right in spight of Don and the diuell TRA. My heart is with your wishes LEON And so is mine And so should all that loues their true borne Prince Then let vs ioyne our Forces with our mindes In what 's our power to right this wronged Lord And watch aduantage as best may fit the time To stir the murmuring people vp Who is already possest with his wrongs And easily would in rebellion rise Which full well the King doth both know and feare But first our seruice wee 'le proffer to the Prince And set our proiects as he accepts of vs But husht the King is comming sound musicke within Enter the King PHARAMONT the Princesse the Lady GALLATEA the Lady MEGRA a Gentlewoman with Lords attending the King takes his seate KING Faire Prince Since heauens great guider furthers our intents And brought you with safety here to arriue Within our Kingdome and Court of Cycele We bid you most welcome Princely Pharamont And that our Kingly bounty shall confirme Euen whilst the Heauens hold so propitious aspect Wee 'le crowne your wisht desires with our owne Lend me your hand sweet Prince hereby enioy A full fruition of your best contents The interest I hold I doe possesse you with Onely a fathers care and prayers retaine That heauen may heape on blessings take her Prince A sweeter Mistrisse then the offered Language of any dame were she a Queene whose eye speakes common Loues and comfort to her seruants Last Noble son for so I now must call you what I haue done thus publik is not to add a comfort in particular to you or mee but all and to confirme the Nobles and the Gentrie of our Kingdome by oath to your succession which shall be within this moneth at most TRA. This will be hardly done CLE. It must be ill done if it be done LEON When it is at best t will bee but halfe done whilst so braue a gentleman is wrongde and slung off TRA. I feare CLE. Who dos not LEON I feare not for my selfe and yet I feare too well we shall see we shall see no more PHARAMONT Kissing your white hand Mistrisse I take leaue to thanke your royall Father and thus far to be my owne free trompet vnderstand great King and these your subiects mine that must be for so deseruing you haue spoke me Sir and so deseruing I dare speake my selfe to what a person of what Eminence ripe expectation of what faculties manners and vertues you would wed your Kingdomes and in me haue your wishes oh this countrey by more then all the gods I hold it happy happy in their deor memories that haue bin Kings great and good happy in yours that is and from you as a Chronicle to keepe your noble name from rotting Age do I open my selfe most happy Gentlemen beleeue me in a word a Princes word there shal be nothing to make vp a Kingdome mighty and flourishing defenced feard equall to be commanded and obeyed but through the trauels of my life I le finde it out and tie it to this countrey By all the gods my Raigne shall bee as easie to the subiects that euery man shall bee his Prince himselfe and his owne Law Yet I his Prince and Law And deerest Lady to your deerest selfe deere in the choyce of him whose name and lustre must make you more and mightier Let mee say you are the blessedst liuing for sweete Princesse you shall inioy a man of men to bee your seruant you shall make him yours for whom great Queenes must die . TRA. Miracles CLE. This speech calls him Spaniard being nothing but a large Inuentorie of his owne commendations LEON I wonder what 's
better Blest in that the secret iustice of the gods Is mingled with it let vs leaue and kisse lest some Vnwelcom'd guest should fall betwixt vs And we should part without it PHY. T' will be ill I should abide here long PRIN. T is true and worse you should come often How shall we deuise to hold intelligence That our true loues on an new occasion may agree What path is best to tread PHY. I haue a boy sent by the gods I hope to this intent not yet seene in the Court hunting the buck I found him sitting by a fountaine side of which he borrowed some to quench his thirst and payd the nymph as much againe in teares a Garland lay him by made by himselfe of many seuerall flowers bred in the vayle stucke in that mistick order that the rarenesse delighted me but euer when he turn'd his tender eye vpon vm he would weepe as if he meant to make them grow againe seeing such prety helplesse innocence dwel in his face I askt him all his story he told me that his parents gentle dyed leauing him to the mercy of the fields which gaue him roots of the christall springs which did not stop the course and the Sun which still he thankt it yeelded him his life then tooke hee vp his garland and did shew what euery flower as countrey people hold did signifie and how all ordered thus exprest his griefe and to my thoughts did read the pretiest lecture of his countrey art that could be wisht so that me thoughts I could haue studied it I gladly entertainde him whom was glad to follow and haue got the trustiest louingest and the gentlest boy that euer maister kept him wil I send to wayte on you and beare our hidden loue PRIN. T is well no more Enter woman WOO. Madame the Prince is come to doe his seruice PRIN. What will you Phylaster doe with your selfe PHY. Why that which all the gods haue appointed out for me PRIN. Deare hide thy selfe bring in the Prince PHI. Hide me from Pharamont When thunder speakes which is the voyce of God Though I doe reuerence yet I doe not hide my selfe And shall a stranger Prince haue leaue to bragge Vnto a forraigne Nation that he made Phylaster hide himselfe PRIN. He cannot know it PHY. Though it should sleepe for euer to the world it is a simple sin to hide my selfe which will for euer on my conscience lie PRIN. Then good Phylaster giue him scope and way in what he sayes for he is apt to speake what you are loath to heare PHI. I will Enter PHARAMONT and a woman PHAR. My Princely Mistrisse as true louers ought I come to kisse these faire hands to shew in outward ceremonies the deare loue within my heart PHI. If I shall haue an answer or no derectly I am gone PHA. To what what would he haue answer PRIN. To his claime vnto the Kingdome PHA. Sira I forbare you before the King PHI. Good sir doe so still I would not talke with you PHA. But now the time is fitter doe but offer to make mention of right to any kingdome though it lie scarce habitable PHI. Good sir let me goe PHA. And by the gods PHI. Peace Pharamont if then PRIN. Leaue vs Phylaster PHI. I haue done PHI. You shall not need PHA. What now PHI. Know Pharamont I loath to brawle with such a blast as thou who are nothing but a valiant voyce but if thou shalt prouoke mee further men shall say thou wert and not lament it PHA. Doe you sleight my greatnesse so much and in the chamber of the Princesse PHI. It is a place to which I must confesse I owe a reuerence but wert the Church at the high Altar there 's no place so safe where thou darst iniurie me but I dare kill thee and for your greatnesse know I can grasp you and your greatnesse thus thus into nothing giue not a word not a word back farewell Exit PHA. 'T is an odd fellow Madame wee must stop his mouth with some office when we are married PRIN. You were best make him your Controuler PHA. I thinke he would discharge it well Madame I hope our hearts are knit but yet so slow the cerimonies of state are that t will bee long before our hearts bee so then if you please being agreed in heart let vs not waite for dreaming forme but take a little stolne delights and so preuent our ioyes to come PRIN. If you dare speake your thoughts I must with-draw in honour Exit Princesse PHA. The constetution of my body will neuer hold out till the wedding I must seeke else where Exit PHA. Actus 2. Scoen. 2. Enter PHYLASTER and his boy called BELLARIO PHI. And thou shalt finde her honourable boy full of regard Vnto thy tender youth for thy owne modesty And for my sake apter to giue then thou wilt be to aske I or deserue BOY Sir you did take me vp when I was nothing And I am onely yet some thing by being yours You trusted me vnknowne and that which you were apt to conster a simple innocence in me perhaps might haue beene crafty The cunning of a boy hardened in lyes and theft yet ventered you to part my miseries and me For which I neuer can expect to serue a Lady that beares more honour in her brest then you PHY. But boy it will preferre thee thou art yong And bear'st a childish ouer-flowing loue to them that claps thy cheekes and speake thee faire but when iudgement comes no rule those passions thou wilt remember best those carefull friends that pla'st thee in the noblest way of life she is a Princesse I preferre thee to BOY In that small time that I haue seene the world I neuer knewe a man hastie to part with a seruant he thought trusty I remember my father would preferre the boyes he kept to greater men then he but did it not till they were too sawcy for himselfe PHY. Why gentle boy I find no fault at all In thy behauiour BOY Sir if I haue made a fault of ignorance Instruct my youth I shall be willing if not apt to learne Age and experience will adorne my mind with larger Knowledge and if I haue done a wilfull fault Thinke me not past all hope for once What maister holds so strickt a hand ouer his boy That he will part with him without one warning Let me be corrected to breake my stubbornenesse If it be so rather then turne me off And I shall mend PHY. Thy loue dos plead so prettily to stay That trust me I could weepe to part with thee Alas I do not turne thee off thou knowst it is my businesse That dos call thee hence and when thou art with her Thou dwell with me thinke so and t is so and when time is full That thou hast well dischargd this heauy trust Layd on so weake a one I will againe with ioy Receiue thee as I liue I will nay weepe Not
has not broke your lawes but how could I looke to be heard of gods that must be iust praying vpon the ground I hold in wrong Enter LEON LEO. Sir I haue askt and her women sweare she is within but they I thinke are baudes I tolde vm I must speake with her they laught and said their Lady lay speechlesse I said my businesse was important they said their Lady was about it I grew hot and cried my businesse was a matter that concern'd life and death they answered so was sleeping at which their Lady was I vrg'd againe shee had scarce time to bee so since last I saw her they smilde againe and seemde to instruct mee that sleeping was nothing but lying downe and winking answers more direct I could not get from them in short sir shee 's not there KING T is then no time to dally you a' the guard wait at the back-doore of the Princes lodging and see that none passe thence vpon your liues Knock Gentlemen knock lowde what has your pleasure taken off your hearing I 'le breake your meditation knock againe and lowder not yet I do not thinke he sleepes hauing such larumes by him once more Pharamont They knock Enter Pharamant aboue PHA. What sawcy groome knocks at this dead of night where be our waiters by my vexed soule he meetes his death that meetes me for this boldnesse K. Prince Prince you wrong your thoughts wee are your friends come downe PHA. The king KING The same sir Come downe sir we haue cause of present counsell with you PHA. If your grace please to vse mee I 'le attend you to your chamber K. No t is too late Prince I 'le make bold with yours PHA. I haue certaine priuate reasons to my selfe sir They prease to come in Makes me vnmannerly and say you cannot Nay prease not forward he must come through my life That comes heere K. Sir be resolued I must come and will come enter PHA. I will not be dishonoured thus hee that enters enters vpon his death sir t is a signe you make no stranger of mee to bring these runagates to my chamber at these vnseasoned houres K. Why do you chafe your selfe you are not wrongd Nor shal be onely search your lodging For some cause to our selfe Enter I say PHA. I so no ME. Let vm enter Prince let vm enter I am vp I know their businesse t is a poore breaking of a Ladies honour they hunt so hotly after let vm enioy it you haue your businesse Gentlemen I lay here O my Lord the King this is not noble in you To make publicke the weakenesse of a woman KING Come downe ME. I dare my Lord your whoting and your clamours your priuate whispers and your broad fleerings can no more vex my soule then this base carriage but I haue vengeance still in store for some shall in the most contempt you can haue of mee bee ioy and nourishment KING Will you come downe ME. Yes to laugh at your worst but I shall wring you if my skill faile me not KING Sir I must chide you deerely for this loosenesse You haue wrongd a Lady but no more Conduct him to his lodging and to bed CLE. Get him another wench and you bring him to bed indeed LEON T is strange a man cannot ride a Stage or two To breath himselfe without a warrant if this geare hold That lodgings be searcht thus pray God we may lye With our owne wiues in safety that they be not they come downe to the King by some tricke of state mistaken KING Now Lady of honour where 's your honour now No man can fit your palat but the Prince Thou most ill shrowded rottennesse thou peece Made by a Painter and Apothecaries thou troubled sea of lust Thou wildernesse inhabited by wild thoughts Thou swolne clowd of infection thou ripe mine of all diseases Thou all sinne and hell and last all diuels tell me Had you none to pull on with your courtesies But he that must be mine and wrong my daughter By all the gods all these all the Pages and all the Court Shall whoote thee through the Court fling rotten orrenges Make reball rymes and seare thy name with candles Vpon wals doe you laugh Lady Venus ME. Faith sir you must pardon me I cannot chuse but laugh To see you merry if you do this O King Nay if you dare do it by all those gods you swore by And as many more of my owne I will haue fellowes And such fellowes in it that shall make noble mirth The Princesse your deere daughter shall stand by me Vpon wals and sung in ballads or any thing vrge me no more I know her and her haunts her fayre leaps And out-lying and will discouer all and will dishonour her I know the boy she keepes a hansome boy about eighteene Knowes what she dos with him where when Come sir you put me to a womans madnesse The glory of a fury and if I doe not doe it to the height KING What boy is that she raues at ME. Alas good minded Prince you know not these things I am loth to reueale vm keepe this fault As you would keepe your health from the hote ayre Of the corrupted people or by heauen I will not sinke alone what I haue knowne Shall be as publike as in Print all tongues shall speake it As they doe the language they 're borne in as free and commonly I 'le set it like a prodigious starre for all to gaze at And so high and glowing that other kingdomes far and forraigne Shall read it there trauaile with it till they finde no tongue To make it more nor no more people And then behold the fall of your faire Princesse KING Has she a boy LEON So please your grace I haue seene a boy waite on her a faire boy KING Go get you to your quarters for this time I 'le study to forget you ME. Do so and I 'le forget your Exit King MEGRA and the guard CLE. Heere 's a male spirit fit for Hercules if euer there be nine worthy of women this wench shall ride aside and be their Captaine LEON Sure she has a Garison of diuels in her tongue She vttered such bals of wild fire she has so netled the King That all the Doctors in the Countrey will not cure him That boy was a strange found out antidote to cure her infections That boy that Princesse boy that chast braue vertuous Ladies boy and a faire boy a wel-spoken boy All these considered can make nothing else But there I leaue yee Gentlemen TRA. Nay wee 'le go wander with you Exit three Gentlemen Actus 3. Scoen. 1. Enter three Gentlemen CLE. And doubtlesse t is true LEON I and t is the gods That raisd this punishment to scourge the King With his owne yssue is it not a shame for all vs That write noble in the Land for vs that should be freemen To behold a man that is the brauery of
deliuer Pharamont to my hand And from me accept this Giues vm his purse Testimonie of my loue Which is but a pittance of those ample thankes Which shall redowne with showred courtesies CAP. Take him to thee braue Prince and we thy bounty thankefully accept and will drinke thy health thy perpetuall health my Prince whilst memory lasts amongst vs we are thy Mermidons my Achillis we are those will follow thee and in thy seruice will scowre our rusty murins and our bill-bow-blades most noble Phylaster we will Come my rowtists let 's retyer till occasion calls vs to attend the noble Phylaster OMNES Phylaster Phylaster Phylaster Exit CAPTAINE and Citizens PHAR. Worthy sir I owe you a life For but your selfe there 's nought could haue preuail'd PHI. T is the least of seruice that I owe the King Who was carefull to preserue ye Exit Enter LEON TRASILINE and CLERIMON TRA. I euer thought the boy was honest LEON Well t is a braue boy Gentlemen CLE. Yet you 'ld not beleeue this LEON A plague on my forwardnesse what a villaine was I to wrong vm so a mischiefe on my muddy braines was I mad TRA. A little frantick in your rash attempt but that was your loue to Phylaster sir LEON A pox on such loue haue you any hope my countinance will ere serue me to looke on them CLE. O very well Sir LEON Very ill Sir vds death I could beate out my braines or hang my selfe in reuenge CLE. There would be little gotten by it ene keepe you as ye are LEON An excellent boy Gentlemen beleeue it harke the King is comming Cornets sounds Enter the King Princesse GALLATEA MEGRA BELLARIO a Gentlewoman and other attendants K. No newes of his returne Will not this rable multitude be appeas'd I feare their outrage lest it should extend With dangering of Pharamonts life Enter PHILASTER with PHARAMONT LEON See Sir Phylaster is return'd PHI. Royall Sir Receiue into your bosome your desired peace Those discontented mutineares be appeasde And this fortaigne Prince in safety K. How happie am I in thee Phylaster Whose excellent vertues begets a world of loue I am indebted to thee for a Kingdome I here surrender vp all Soueraignetie Raigne peacefully with thy espoused Bride Deliuers his Crowne to him Assume my Son to take what is thy due PHA. How Sir yer son what am I then your Daughter you gaue to me KIN. But heauen hath made asignement vnto him And brought your contract to anullity Sir your entertainment hath beene most faire Had not your hell-bred lust dride vp the spring From whence flow'd forth those fauours that you found I am glad to see you safe let this suffice Your selfe hath crost your selfe LEON They are married sir PHAR. How married I hope your highnesse will not vse me so I came not to be disgraced and returne alone KING I cannot helpe it sir LEON To returne alone you neede not sir Here is one will beare you company You know this Ladies proofe if you Fail'd not in the say taging ME. I hold your scoffes in vildest base contempt Or is there said or done ought I repent But can retort euen to your grinning teeths Your worst of spights tho Princesse lofty steps May not be tract yet may they tread a wry That boy there BEL. If to me ye speake Lady I must tell you you haue lost your selfe In your too much forwardnesse and hath forgot Both modesty and truth with what impudence You haue throwne most damnable aspertions On that noble Princesse and my selfe witnesse the world Behold me sir Kneeles to LEON and discouers her haire LEON I should know this face my daughter BEL. The same sir PRIN. How our sometime Page Bellario turn'd woman BEL. Madame the cause induc't me to transforme my selfe Proceeded from a respectiue modest Affection I bare to my my Lord The Prince Phylaster to do him seruice As farre from any laciuious thought As that Lady is farre from goodnesse And if my true intents may be beleeued And from your Highnesse Madame pardon finde You haue the truth PRIN. I doe beleeue thee Bellario I shall call thee still PHI. The faithfullest seruant that euer gaue attendance LEON Now Lady lust what say you to 'th boy now Doe you hang the head do ye shame would steale Into your face if ye had grace to entertaine it Do ye slinke away Exit MEGRA hiding her face KING Giue present order she be banisht the Court And straightly confinde till our further Pleasure is knowne PHAR. Here 's such an age of transformation that I doe not know how to trust my selfe I 'le get me gone to Sir the disparagement you haue done must be cald in question I haue power to right my selfe and will Exit PHARAMONT KING We feare ye not sir PHI. Let a strong conuoy guard him through the Kingdome With him let 's part with all our cares and feare And Crowne with ioy our happy loues successe KING Which to make more full Lady Gallatea Let honour'd Clerimont acceptance finde In your chast thoughts PHI. T is my sute too PRIN. Such royall spokes-men must not be deni'd GAL. Nor shall not Madame KING Then thus I ioyne your hands GAL. Our hearts were knit before They kisse PHI. But t is you Lady must make all compleat And giues a full peryod to content Let your loues cordiall againe reuiue The drooping spirits of noble Trasiline What saies Lord Leon to it LEON Marry my Lord I say I know she once lou'd him At least made shew she did But since t is my Lord Phylasters desire I 'le make a surrender of all the right A father has in her here take her sir With all my heart and heauen giue you ioy KING Then let vs in these nuptuall feastes to hold Heauen hath decreed and Fate stands vncontrold FINIS