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A77567	Five nevv playes, viz. The English moor, or the mock-marriage. The love-sick court, or the ambitious politique: Covent Garden weeded. The nevv academy, or the nevv exchange. The queen and concubine. / By Richard Brome.	Brome, Richard, d. 1652?; Brome, Richard, d. 1652? English Moor.; Brome, Richard, d. 1652? Love-sick court.; Brome, Richard, d. 1652? Covent Garden weeded.; Brome, Ricahrd, d. 1652?. New academy.; Brome, Richard, d. 1652? Queen and concubine.	1659 (1659)	Wing B4872; Thomason E1782_1; Thomason E1782_2; Thomason E1782_3; Thomason E1782_4; Thomason E1782_5; ESTC R209758	271,627	554

't as well as the best With every one in their own footing Now observe Daunce Mat. You have done well Now pray le ts break up school Hard. But yet not break up house My sonne and daughter Have given me power to call their Supper mine To which I 'le give you welcome Ale and VVine Deus dedit his quoque finem laus Deo FINIS These BOOKs following are sold by Andrew Crook at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard In folio A Large and compleat Concordance to the Bible by Samuel Newman The Bible of a large English or black Letter used in Churches The Bible of a faire London Print The Bible in Welch Leviathan or the Matter Form and Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiastical and Civil by Thomas Hobbs Ben Johnsons Works in two Volumes The History of Don Quixote Doctor Kellet of the Sacrament of our Lords Supper All Homers Works translated by George Chapman Orlando Furioso by Sir John Harrington Psyche or Loves Mystery by Jo. Beaumont In quarto Riders Dictionary Thomae Thomasii Dictionarium Doctor Gauden of the Ministry and Ministers of the Church of England His three Sermons upon several occasions The Fables of Esop paraphrased in verse and adorn'd with Scripture by John Ogilby Doctor Lightfoot his Harmony on the foure Evangelists His Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles His Description of the Temple His Description of the service of the Temple Ten godly and faithful Sermons by John Gore late Minister at St. Peters in Cornhil Doctor Day his Treatise of the Resurrection 1 Cor 15. 16. Burton of bowing at the Name of Jesus Mr. Thomas Shepherd of Liturgies power of the Keyes and of the Catholick visible Church in answer to Mr. John Ball Dr. Twisse of Predestination in answer to Mr. Cotton The Swedish Intelligencer containing the principal passages and actions done in the best parts of Christendome Virgil translated Grammatically by John Brinsley A Phylosophical and Chymical Treatise of Fire and Salt Clement the blessed Pauls fellow-labourer in the Gospel his Epistle to the Corinthians The Protestants Kalendar The Mysteries of Art and Nature in foure parts the first of Waterworks the second of Fire-works the third of Drawing Limming Painting Engraving and Etching the fourth of sundry experiments by John Bate William Lithgow his Travels A Sermon preached at Newport in the Isle of Wight Octob 1648. in the time of the Treaty on Gal 5. 22. 23. by Robert Saunderson D. in D. and Chaplain to the late King An excellent Treatise of the interest of Princes and States of Christendome A Path-way to Piety containing 1. Christs Prayer expounded 2. A Communicant instructed 3. A Direction to live well 4. A Direction to die well Doctor Swadlin his Manuel of devotions suiting each day with prayers and meditations suitable to the works of the Day as also each mans calling she Nobleman the Souldier the Lawyer the Trades-man the Sick man the dying man A Brief of the Bibles History THE QUEEN And CONCUBINE A COMEDIE BY RICHARD BROME Asperius nihil est Humili cum surgit in Altum Si vis vincere disce pati LONDON Printed for A. Crook and Hen Brome at the Gun in Ivy Lane 1659 Drammatis Personae Gonzago King of Sicilie Gonzago His Son the Prince Horatio An old humorous Courtier Lodovico Eulalia's faithful Counsellor Flavello alias Alphonso Alinda's Sycophant Four Lords two Bishops Sforza Two Rivall Generals Petruccio Two other Captains and Souldiers Strozzo Two cashier'd Lieutenants Fabio A Doctor Suborned false witnesses against Eulalia A Midwife Pedro A Gentleman of Palermo Poggio Two chief Inhabitants of Palermo Lollio Three or four Countrey-men of Palermo Curat   Cryer Of Palermo Guard   Andrea Eulalia's Fool Jago   Rugio Two other her Servants Jaylor   Women Kings Guard Eulalia The Banish'd Queen Petruccio's Servant Alinda the veil'd Concubine Genius of Eulalia Three or four Girls The Scoene Sicilie The first Song for pag. 88. VVHat if a Day or a moneth or a year Crown thy Delights With a thousand wish'd contentings May not the chance of a Night or an Hour Cross thy Delights With as many sad Tormentings Fortune Honour Beautie Birth Are but blossomes dying Wanton Pleasures doating Mirth Are but Shadows flying All our Joys Are but Toys Idle thoughts deceiving None hath power Of an Hour In our lifes bereaving The second Song for pag. 111. HOw bless'd are they that wast their wearied Hours In solemn Groves and solitarie Bowers Where neither eye nor Ear Can see or hear The frantique mirth And false Delights of frolique earth Where they may sit and pant And breath their pursy Souls Where neither grief consumes nor griping want Afflicts nor sullen care controuls Away false Joys ye Murther where ye kisse There is no Heaven to that no Life to this ACT. I. Scoen. I. Enter Horatio Lodovico Hor. THe clouds of Doubts and Fears are now dispers'd And Joy like the resplendent Sun spreads forth New life and spirit over all this Kingdom That lately gasp'd with Sorrow Lod. Now the Court Puts on her rich Attire and like fresh Flora After the blasts of winter spreads her Mantle Deck'd with delightful Colours to receive The jocund Spring that brings her this new life Scoen. II. Enter Flavello bare before the Prince the Queen Eulalia Alinda Attendants Hoboys Hor. The Queen comes on Joy in that face appears That lately was overwhelmed in her tears Lod. and Hor. Health and perpetual Joy unto the Queen Eul. Thanks my good Lords I am prepar'd to meet it How neer 's the King Hor. At hand my Soveraign Eul. Welcome that happy word that leads the way But yet he is not come he is not here Never so sweet an expectation Appear'd so tedious pray set on apace That I may live yet to an interview With my lov'd honour'd Lord Hor. That your delay May seem less grievous hear this by the way A brief relation of the Kings success In this his late well-won Battail Eul. Be it so But mention not his dangers good my Lord Hor. That were to make his Conquest nothing worth It would make Victory upon his head As she had flown into his Burgonet To shrowd her from a storm and not to sit Or rather stand triumphant on a foot With display'd wings upon the utmost Sprigg Of his high flourishing Plume vaunting her safety So perch'd and so supported by his Valour Prin. Pray Mother hear the dangers too the worst Will make the best the sweeter I could hear Of dangers yet to come and Women may Discourse of Perils past each Holy-day Hor. Well said young Prince right of the Kings own Metal And gracious Madam let me tell you though You do not love to hear of blood and danger Y' have brought a Warrior forth I do foresee 't I love to speak my thoughts I hope you trust me A right old Courtier I still true to th' Crown Prin. How this old fellow talkes you said my Lord You would discourse the Battail

throw their Masters Set them at war with him O misery of kings His vertue breeds their vices and his goodness Pulls all their ills upon him He has been Too long too lenetive A thousand heads Or say a hundred or but ten cut off Of the most gross ones the prime leading heads Of theirs a moneth since had preserv'd him better Then all his doctors pills can purge him now Jus. You are too sharp Disanius There 's a means As milde as other of the Kings clear Acts In agitation now shall reconcile All to a common peace no doubt Dis. What 's that Justinius Jus. Stay Here comes Stratocles Ent. Strat Dis. I fear in that Ambitious pate lies the combustable stuff Of all this late commotion They confer aside Str. Why is man Prescrib'd on earth to imitate the Gods But to come nearest them in power and action That is to be a King That onely thought Fills this capacious breast A King or nothing Jus. He 's deep in meditation Dis. On no good It is some divellish waking dream affects him I 'le put him out And as I was about To say my Lord Str. What when Disanius Dis. About a moneth since It stick still in my jaws Be not ambitious Affect not popularity 'T is the most Notable break-neck in a kingdom Str. In whom Dis. I know to whom I speak would Stratocles As well knew who he is and what he does It would be better for him Thank me not I wish it for the king and kingdoms good Not yours I do assure you my great Lord Yet mine own Peer if you forget me not Str. You take your time Sir to make me your mirth A time may come Dis. When you may be my King And then up goes Disanius Is 't not so Str. Yes up to Court to be king Stratocles fool Dis. The Court now priviledges thee or I would change A cuffe with your great Souldier-ship and popular greatness With clowns and Citizens and Gentry sprung By their late peaceful wealth out of their dongue But let 'em thank our pious King not you That claim as merit for your service done Their loves and voices Jus. Cease my Lords this strife The King may hear on 't whose perplexities Already are too grievous Pray be silent The king approaches Enter king Eupathus Dis. Wee 'll attend his entrance King Upon those terms they are come then Eupathus Eu. Four of the chief in the commotion Upon the ingagement of my faith that you Had past your kingly word for their return In safety I have brought to Court who wait Your present will and pleasure King Bring 'em in Disanius welcome I thought well to send for you To take a Councellors part of my late cares Into your consideration Dis. I attend Your Highness pleasure King Nearer good Disanius They talk privately Str. Do you deal in secret king The Commons sent for To their examination and this old Antagonist of mine cal'd to confront me And I prepar'd by no intelligence To fit me for th' incounter Let 'em come I must not be deny'd to stand as fair In competition for the Crown as any man The King himself elects for his successor The people are mine own thro' all his parts He may command their knees but I their hearts King Stratocles Justinius Disanius sit My lords altho' our Lawes of Thessaly To you as well as to our self are known And all our customs yet for orders sake I shall lay open one to you That is when A king deceaseth without issue male As I unfortunately must the Commons Are to elect their King provided that He be of noble blood a sculdier and one That has done publick service for the Crown Str. That makes for me King Or else the son of some Great General slain in battel for his countrey As my Adrastus was Dis. O my brave brother King Twenty years sorrow for that Souldiers loss Has not worn out his memory Str. Your grace Forgets not then Souldiers of fresher fame King Some other time to boast good Stratocles Dis. T were good youl 'd hear the king A general Or a Generals son may be elected There Your Majesty left King Or if the sonless King Yet has a daughter and he match her in His life time to a husband that is noble He stands immediate heir unto the Crown Against all contradiction Str. Now think upon my service Royal Sir Dis. Now think upon my Nephewes Royal Master The sons of brave Adrastus who was slain Twenty years since in fighting of your battel Str. T were good you would hear the king The husband of Your daughter must be elected There you left sir King It rests now that a speedy choice be made Of a fit husband one that may acquire Eudynas love and peoples approbation The people for whose noise I must not rest Till my successor be appointed to them Are wild till this election be made They have in arms made their demand and wait Enter Eupathus My present answer Dis. O here they come These be the principals 4 Rustiks The heads the heads forsooth they call themselves Head-carpenter head-smith head-plowman head-shepherd Kin. Nay pray approach seem no more abash'd Here then amongst your giddy-headed rowts they all kneel Where every man 's a King and wage your powers Gainst mine in foul defiance Freely speak Your grievance and your full demand 1. Rus. T is humbly all exprest in this petition 2. Rus. By all means have a care that to any question we give the King good words to his face He is another manner of man here then we took him for at home 3. Rus. I sweat for 't I am sure I have scarce a dry thred in my leather lynings 4. Rus. They made us heads i' the countrey But if our head-ships now with all our countrey care should be hang'd up at court for displeasing of this good King for the next Kings good our necks will not be set right a-again in the next Kings raign I take it 1. Rus. My head itches to be at home again 2. Rus. My head itches to be at home again 3. Rus. My head and heart both akes for fear Would I were honestly hang'd out o' the way to be rid on 't King There you may read my Lords what we before Found would be their demand T is for a King That must succeed me Dis. And because you have Govern'd them long in peace by which they thrive Their wisdom would have you intail that piece On them for after times and so they nominate Ambitious Stratocles to be your heir Str. Envious Disanius my merit is Their Motive King Cease your strife You have stood more inclin'd To lay your choise on Philocles or Philargus The Twin-born sons of long since slain Adrastus 1. Rus. May 't please your Majesty we are inform'd That in their travails unto Delphos both Of them are dead Dis. That information Was meerly by suggestion I dare speak it Insinuated

We both by strong injunction must pursue Your sacred Love yet keep our friendship true Then thus illustrious Madam He kneels Eud. Not so low Philar. As low as future duty must compel me When you shall be my Queen let me beseech The favour that I seek and would obtain Equal with heavenly bliss to shine on Philocles Eud. That he may be your King Philar. May he prove so Eud. Be all example lost Philar. Friendship with favour may Hold between King and Subject But one throne Cannot estate two Kings Love's number 's one Eud. O my Philargus you have open'd now The meaning of the Oracle I have the sence Most perfectly You have beyond example Preserv'd your friendship with your brother and In wooing for him have won me to your self I am your own She kisses him Philar. I am amidst the Gods The wealth o' th' world the beauty of the Heavens And powers of both shall not redeem my interest Provided that I lose not Philocles Ent. Philo. Thy. Pla. Eud. In that your constancy you win me more Thy. Your importunity hath prevail'd See Philocles The Princeis and Philargus Philoe. O you are partial He sinks Pla. O help my brother speak dear Philocles Philar. Ye Gods how comes this Let me raise him up Brother and friend speak 't is Philargus calls thee Philoc. Philargus let me go 'T is your advantage Eud. Let me request the cause of your disturbance Good Philocles Philo. No other but my self Honour'd Eudyna For who feeds to danger Upon a dish he loves ought not to blame The meat but his unbridled appetite Pla. How do you now What a cold moisture Spreads ore his temples here Eud. Let me come to him Thy. I can read his grief Eud. What 's that to the redress Thy. The Delphian God medcines inventor knowes That and not I Eud. His grief 's a jealous passion Upon my suppos'd favour to Philargus Shake it off Philocles I am thine as much As ere I was or his Philoc. It is no jealousy Onely a fear Philargus had broke friendship So my souls better part exited left The other languishing Philar. Had you expir'd In that belief and I had understood it My shadow should have posted after yours Unto the Elisian fields to vindicate So causeless imputation Thy: And because You charg'd my son with partiallity Let us remove Philargus come Placilla Eud. You will not take him from me Stay Philargus Thy. What would you do with both Philar. I may not stir When she whose power above me countermands The precepts of the Gods requires my stay Thy. What not to give you brother Philocles An opportunity for equal hearing Your grace will not deney 't him Eud. True I may not Philar. That spell convinces all Friendships above And must controul obedience and love Exit with Thym Placil T is not to injure thee my dear Philargus That here I linger to oppose thy love But to prefer it Eud. What sayes Philocles Philoc. To say I love you Madam with a zeal That dares to meet the tryal of Martyrdom And suffer 't for your sake might get a name A glorious one and an immortal Crown Yet so I should forgo in leaving you On earth a heaven on it the bliss Which grieving I should in Elisium miss No I will love you better then to die And be mine own chief mourner yet must crave Under your gracious favour leave to suffer More then a thousand deaths that is to live And part with my fair hopes in you for ever Eud. What means my Philocles Philoc. Princely Madam Consider the necessity which now By further search I gather from the hidden Oraculous perduit by which I am tied Not to contend for you that is I must not Wound friendship in Philargus But pursue My fortune which is to gain love from you For whom it sayes not but the meanings plain I for Philargus should your love obtain The Gods deal after as they please with me My sute is that you take Philargus Eud. O Philocles you have made a double conquest For you have got the victory of me Which was before assign'd unto Philargus Your fortune thus embraces you she kisses him Philoc. This now And with Philargus friendship were to me A fortune 'bove the envy of the Gods Eud. He cannot disallow 't He woo'd me for you And won me to himself as you have now Suing for him Philoc. I must not hold you then His title as his friendship precedes mine Eud. Yet still the choice is mine I may take you Without offence to him But now he comes Ent. Philar Thy. Pla. And has again an equal interest Strange love In others absence I took either And lov'd each best Now both at once appear Neither is mine Fate let me die to one Rather then live in this confusion Thy. Now Madam whethers love do you approve Eud. Confound me not with question They are each Wedded to others friendship Either is More studious for the other then himself Philar. And ever must Philoc. And will be Eud. So will I For both of you then for my self Thy. Alass Eud. Then let 's continue thus with Maiden love With modest freedom unsuspected joyes As we had all been formed in one womb Till Heaven determine of us Ent. King and Eupathus King To determine Of you Eudyna is by heaven committed In present unto me On you depends The future glory and prosperity Both of my house and Kingdom T is besides Exacted of me by my near Allies And by my Subjects whom I must secure To constitute a Successor And no longer Will I expect your answer then five dayes By then you must declare who is your husband Or else expect one from my self the man Whose name I am as loth to mention As you to hear even Stratocles Eud. Nay death first King Be you obedient and by the way Take my approvement of Lord Philocles Not that I slight Philargus Eud. Here 's a mystery too As dark as that from Delphos He approves My choice of Philocles slighting not Philargus King Come both you equal brothers leave her to Her thoughts a while Ambo In all obedience Ex. King c. Thy. What strange amazement hath surpriz'd you Madam No study nor no strife can alter fate Or the decrees the Gods determinate A husband you shall have be confident Be as you were secure of the event Till time produce it Pla. Madam be your self Eud. Yet five dayes for love's war Jove grant I have By then to end the strife a peaceful grave Explicit Actus secundus ACT 3. SCENE 1. Garrula Geron. Gar. Would you thus offer by your own disease To shorten your Mothers dayes Or can you pine And I not grieve or cannot grief kill me Do you think Ger. A wise Philosopher Whilome did affirm That women who have past the fire of love Have hearts which grief can neither pierce ne move Gar. Son your Philosophy fails you as your love Blinds you

said for her recovery Just. We have dispatch't a hundred several posts To every coast and angle of your Kingdom No way of finding her is left unsought Dis. Could we finde Stratocles she might be found King Stil upon him Where 's Philocles where 's Philargus They are missing too Dis. Hell has not in 't a thought That can detract their honours Jus. Yet a Rumor Is spread about the Court they are gone to fight Dis. 'Gainst whom Jus. Against themselves Nay more that they Have fought and both are slain Dis. You may as soon Believe the Artick and Antartick poles Can meet it opposition amidst The firmament and jointly in a fall Extinguish both their lights in Neptunes bosom King Whence springs this Rumor Dis. Stratocles is the head We may be confident and his men the pipes That have dispers't it Kin. Stil you judge Stratocles Ent. Thym weeps What purpose can he have in 't Dis. O my sister Has heard the news too Weep not tender sister Your sons are safe Thy. Yes they are with the Gods King And had they tane Eudina with them too My doubts and fears were over well as yours Ent. Garr weeping Dis. Here 's one that makes a face an ugly one And would weep too had she but moisture in her How now Whose Mare 's dead Garrula Take thy bottle And turn that into tears Or dost thou wring Thy face because that 's dry Gi'mee 't I 'le fill it Gar. My son oh oh my son is at deaths door Dis. And is death so unkind to keep it shut Against him Out upon him churle Gar. My liege And Madam it shall out you might have sav'd My sons life in your servants love whose scorn Will be his death except the King divert it And I shall tell him what you know I know Thy. O me undone Gar. And open such a secret Unto his majesty King Yet forbear me now Gar. Do you slight me in the care of my sons life Do you scorn my secret too that may be worth More then your kingdom to you Dis. Away old fool Gar. Now you shall never know 't Dis. For thy good wil The king would thank thee in offering at some mirth To cool his grief but that it is too hot Yet to be touch'd Jus. Indeed you do not well To move the King or to perplex the Lady Now in their sorrows fulness Gar. What 's their sorrow To mine My sons a dying Jus. Her sons are dead And the Kings daughter lost Gar. But I pray say Is my Lord Philocles and Philargus dead Jus. 'T is said so Gar. Then I say my son shall live Dis. And so wilt thou while thou canst lift thy bottle To that old Mazer Gar. Hem A hem a ha Dis. Do you rejoyce and shew the rotten half tooth You have left that they are dead Gar. No I rejoyce That the advancement that the giglet gap'd for In one of their fine followers is lost In hope of which she scorn'd my son But now He shall scorn her and live Dis. Out envious trot Gar. I le comfort him with the newes Dis. away you Hag Exit Gar. Here comes one merry look Eup. Joy to the king Enter Eupathus Eupa Dis. Well said speak up and home good Eup. Your daughter's safe return'd so is your son Madam For which you are to thank the Gods This is Their true relation He gives the King a paper Dis. Where is Stratocles Eup. Caught in the snares of his foul treachery Dis. Bravely and honestly spoken Eupathus He reads to Thym aside Eup. And by their hands whose voices he had once For his election Dis. What his country heads Eup. They all turn head upon him now Dis. Brave heads Observe my judgement now my king Those heads I will so souse in our best Greekish Wines That they shall be such heads O heads heads heads King I do approve your judgment good Disanius But wish you not insult ore mans dejection We find that Stracocles is much Penetent And troubled at his trespass Dis. A halter still him For an ambitious hypocritical Traytor King The time for my Eudina's match draws near And I no longer will attend on fortune I have decreed it past recal regardless Whether against the oracle or with it Thy. Yet am I confident in your assertion You priests of Delphos Dis. Hee 'l bestow her yet On Stratocles if she stand longer doubtful In a fair choise Eup. Fear not my Lord That doubt Your Countrey heads will clear He has lost them For ever Dis. O brave heads I will so ring Their ears with jewels of praises and preferment That they shall glare like direful comets at him King One she shall chuse of them If not I 'le put A third upon her Thy. With your pardon Sir Why are you for I find it is so stronger For Philocles King No reason urges me And yet I find an inclination in me That pleads for him I can perceive you too Are partial towards Philargus Can you yield A reason for 't Thy. Yes Sir he is my eldest King Alas But not an hour Well I 'le remit My power propounding and accept Her choice of either made within the time Thy. I there my hopes do anchor else they were Certain of Ship-wrack yet the perillous waves My vessel rides on seems so many graves Explicit Actus Quartus ACT 5. SCENE 1. Philocles Philargus Philoc. Brother and friend I 'm deaf to all deswasion I charge you by Eudina's love our friendship And if there be ought that you hold more sacred Move not to alter my fix'd resolution Philar. That resolution 's mine And I conjure you By the self-same respects and all that are Or may be hollowed to let me depart I will remove but for some few daies journey Whence you shall duly hear from me But rather I 'le travail to th' Antipodes then here Linger the vain impediment of your joyes In your Eudina Philoc. Travel 's my design Eudina must be yours She is a bliss Which heaven created for you Philar. Can a bliss Be purchas'd with your absence No 'T wil torture Equally in fruition as in want Were it a Kingdom onely we could part it Without the quarrel of the Thebean brothers Or were it heaven it self Castor and Pollux Should have our imitation But Eudina Is onely indivisible Philoc. Add to it this Their sentence is erroneous that deny Partition to the soul For ours do witness Friendship can give her a division And make reciprocal community Of all her faculties But still Eudyna Is indivisible Why name I her Whom to forget must be my onely tasque Brother adieu Philar. 'T is I that must take leave Enter Disan Dis. Is it even so Philoc. I fear we are prevented Dis. Nephews why left you so the presence I May justly fear you were ill advis'd in it The King expects your quick return and will not Let pass this peremptory day set down For matching of his daughter to preserve Life

the Court I mean to seek her way Do you refuse Eul. He does not shall not Royal Sir Onely I beg that I may take my leave The wishes a true Subject ought to send From the most humble heart up to the Throne Of sacred Majesty I equally divide To you my King and Queen Professing by the Powers you present I part as well content with my condition Since it is your command as ere I was to sit in that Promotion Alin. Sir I may not sit to be taunted and upbraided thus Eul. Pardon me mighty Lady I am as far From daring to do so as from a Queen And whilst you love the King and he is pleas'd I shall no less obey you then I lov'd you VVhen I sent for you to the Court and there into this heart received you Alin. I am plainly jeer'd hence that woman King Away with her Exit Eulalia with Conzago And let it be proclaim'd according to th' extremitie of Law our Censure be observ'd Lod. Alas how can she live one night King And now to your consent have I it yet For Marriage with Alinda If you are pleas'd Then call us King and Queen Omn. Long live the King and Queen Lod. I mean Eulalia aside King T is well on to the ceremonies then Kings were But common men did not their Power get fear Scoen. III Enter presently again Lodovico Horatio Lod. It is oppression Tyrannie indeed Hor. Speak lower good my Lord Hor. For fear of whom of what Hor. You would not that the King should hear you would you Lod. Faith if he did Hor. Faith then as sure as your tongue 's your own now your whole head would be his then Lod. If it might so excuse the Queen I car'd not Hor. It will do the Queen as much good as the money it might be sold for in the Market That and the Appurtenances to it would yield little at the Shambles Come my Lord speak privately and purposely keep your head on your shoulders it becomes the place as well as 't had been made for it If the King have a mind to turn away his Wife I le give him leave to turn mine after her to wait upon her rather than to have my head bowl'd at her though I were sure it should kisse the Mistress Lod. Oh but the ensuing danger my Horatio The mischiefes that of necessary course must follow even to the ruine of the State by the Kings dotage on his second choice draws blood from Subject hearts Oh that lewd Woman Hor. She is a Woman of middle earth yet But what shall we dare to say two hours hence Come think upon Law and Regal Authoritie The Kings Power Warrants his Acts I know as well as you the Queen Eulalia Heaven bless her I hope 't is yet no Treason to pray for her is as vertuous a Lady as ever beautified a Court or made a Kings Bed happy For all the Articles fram'd against her Lod. The perfect Pattern of Meekness Patience Obedience Hor. Of all that 's good or should be wish'd in VVoman Lod. So obsequious a lover of her Husband that she gave way unto his loose affections even to this now-she-start-up that supplants her Hor. She consider'd she grows old she reads in her Sons face nigh twenty years of the Kings love to her and gives him leave to place it now elsewhere Lod. And is so far from limiting his Choice That she possesses it that seeks her blood My soul tels me the witnesses against The Queen are by this Concubine suborn'd Hor. I will not say so Lod. You cannot chuse but think so Hor. My thoughts are warranted by the Proverb But come make up your Face temper your voyce and looks with the rest of the most Honourable Assembly shake off this discontent 't is a disease by which you 'l perish else now all the Court 's in height you to professe distaste Come be a looker on at least Lod. Upon a Court on Fire O Horatio Bright Burning Troy gave not a dearer cause Of willingness to those affrighted souls She forc'd to leave her sinking in her ashes To flie for refuge to another Region Nor in their flight could they by looks reverted See danger in more horrible aspect Than I upon the ruines of this Kingdom Hor. Your stay my Lord may prevent danger Lod. Yes if it could remove the Fatal cause The pride the crueltie the Ambition Of that wild Fury the outragious Queen VVho treads and tramples down the Government Consider this Horatio and the means To work this great effect and I am yours To stay till it be done Hor. Alinda's Death VVho 's there Looks about Lod. Is it not necessary no body what d' ye fear Or can you find how to preserve the State At a less rate you know too well the King How apt his Nature is to fell oppression The burden of whose crueltie long since If by the vertuous Clemencie of his Wife It had not been alay'd and mitigated Had been a general subversion And now that Peerless Princesse being depos'd Whose vertue made her famous and us happy And he re-married to this shame of women Whose vileness breeds her envie and our mischief What can we look for but destruction Hor. I dare me thinks a little hear you now The Court being surfeited too with wine and noise And could almost talk to the point it self To your own ear Looks about him at every word 'T is fit somewhat were done I cannot say what but if the wronged Queen Be not restor'd we shew ingratitude How much I may not say enough to damn us Lod. I now you speak Hor. And though I will not speak it if the Strumpet Be not conveniently and speedily destroy'd Though death dance with us in the enterprize We shall seem born more for our selves than Countrey Lod. Brave noble resolution Hor. Nay more now I will speak Lod. This way good Horatio Hor. That way or any way If Poyson Sword Policy or Strength may do it Lod. Speak lower good Horatio see the Mignion Enter Flavello and divers Petitioners Hor. What for him my Ladies Game-keeper that understands nothing but Monkeyes Parrots short-nos'd Dogs and Starlings Master of her Majesties Foisting-hounds Lod. So he hears you Hor. Let him he has no Soul to understand nor Language to answer a Man he knows how to dyet disple and perfume the small Cattle he has charge of for which rare Art and catching Spiders for principal Pug he is rais'd prime man in his great Mistresses favour Lod. How the Petitioners flock to him Hor. Swarm rather for they are Bees in his head Oh! he engrosses all the Suits and commends them to the White Hand whose disposing will make the whole Kingdom black in Mourning if Fate by us prevent not See how he carries it We might talk what we would for him His well-ordered head is so taken up with Particular Affaires he mindes no General talk But my good Lord 'fore others Ears and

mens misery not to know it Exit Sfor. It is decreed of me that I must suffer This Barbarous crueltie and I le bravely bear it I ha' not force these double walls to part Or mollifie the Jaylors harder heart May spirit then assist me to despise And bear my scorn above my injuries Scoen. VII. Enter Petruccio and Guard Petr. Revenge has cast her self into my hands Strangling the Life of Sforza in these Lines His Head is in this grasp but where is Honour Must that forsake this Brest must the pure heat Of heavenly Honour yeeld unto the scorch Of Hell-bred base Revenge it must not cannot For as the Sun puts out all baser Fires Where Honour shines thought of Revenge expires Besides he is below my Anger now And has no Life but forfeited to Law Or the Kings Fury I 'll not question which Nor was it justlie he gave me th' Affront In being made Lord General when I stood for 't But the Kings selfe in his Election He wrong'd not me no more then I did him When th' Honour was transfer'd from him to me That 's answer'd cleerly I acquit thee Sforza But now my Loyaltie how shall I discharge That special Duty I am here commanded Stand back I say to see the Execution And bring the Head of Sforza to the King What an addition here is of Advancement To make me first a General then a Hangman I 'll do him better Service Loyal Horatio Would think himself now damn'd to leave a tittle Of the Kings powerful pleasure unfulfil'd Call the Keeper Keep Here my Lord Enter Keeper Petr. I am to see and speak with Sforza Keep Then I doubt not but your Honour has brought VVarrant Petr. My Honour be your VVarrant will not that serve Keep I will not lose the Kings Grace for all the Honours in the Kingdom Petr. Do'st know me or my place Keep Yes I both know and honour you as far as my own place gives me leave but in this I must crave pardon you may not see him my Lord by a less VVarrant then the Kings own Signet and that fetches him out and it please you Petr. But have you been so strict to all men else Has no man chang'd a vvord vvith him Keep Not since These Keys commanded him I can assure you Not even the Prince himself who much desir'd it I look'd as black on him as upon you now I am no white Prison-Keeper I to venture Mine own Neck for a Prisoner's at a price And give condemn'd men leave to run away No I am the black Jaylor I and 't is thought Lineally descended from Cerberus Petr. I must commend thy Care see there 's the Signet Keep I 'll fetch the Prisoner May it please you to come forth my Lord Sfor. Have I then liv'd to hear Mans voice again Keep Here 's the Lord Marshal and chief General Of the Kings Forces come to speak with you Sfor. Those Titles once were mine but now I must Attend his pleasure that is Master of them Petr. All leave the Room but be at hand Guard VVe shall Exeunt Keeper and Guard Scoen. VIII. Sfor. My first object from my long obscurity The man that hates me most of all the world It is his news cannot be good not good The better 't is best to know the worst he cannot deceive me Petr. My Lord I do presume I am unwelcom Because you are possess'd I never lov'd you Sfor. The Court yields me such Complement this has No ampler Comforts in 't But y' are deceiv'd For you are welcom sowre captious Lord y' are welcom Because love me or love me not you speak I have been here these two and twenty dayes And never heard the voice of Man till now Meat I have found and Lodging but for Language In what part of the world I am I know not Proceed I value your words well you see That give you six for one why do you not speak I have been us'd to talk with men that love me not And more with Enemies I dare be sworn Then Friends come speak I pray what is 't you come for Petr. Alas I pity him his too too much vexation Has over-tam'd him Sfor. Will you not speak and tell me Petr. Pray let me ask you first Have you been kept So strictly from the Speech of all men Sfor. E'er since I was committed and from the knowledge Of vvhy I vvas committed too nay he that keeps me 'Till now he call'd me forth never spake a vvord If I ask'd him what News here he vvas vvith me Or when he heard from Court then there again Or why I vvas committed still the same answer So that I could inform my self of nothing Come if thou bee'st an honest Enemy Tell me something As thou dost wish my throat cut tell me something Petr. You seem to take no notice of the cause of your commitment Sfor. Further than this I cannot 'T was the Kings pleasure to command it Treason was cry'd a Guard away with him But for what cause unless it were for drawing My sword upon O that Rebellions Girle To save her from the danger of his lust VVhich I tell you I was doubtful of and so Sir Let me ask you is she still about the Queen Queen My daughter Sir I mean Petr. Yes much about the Sfor. And the Queen loves her Petr. As dearly as her self Sfor. Nay if you be a Souldier now speak truely Petr. The Queen and shee 's all one Sfor. Then there 's some hope The King yet keepes fair quarter with her VVomen are quickly jealous Petr. He knows nothing I 'm confident of all these great proceedings Poor man I pity him but I le put him to it VVill you now answer me as y' are a Souldier To some few Articles Sfor. You have engag'd me Petr. 'T were shame he should die ignorant of at least The Accusations are laid against him Sfor. Come Sir your Articles Petr. You are accus'd Of an intended Treason 'gainst the King Sfor. Who 's my Accuser Petr. Even the King himself Sfor. Umh umh umh he should not be my Judge then It is some Devillish dream of his or else That Policie that Princes purchase Hell by With strong assurance without all exception That is when Souldiers men of best desert Have merited more then they have means to give To cut their lives by whom they onely live Petr. You flie now from the question y' are engag'd by the Honour of a Souldier Unto that Accusation guiltie or not guiltie Sfor. I am not guiltie as I am a Souldier And in that Oath I would not be forsworn To save as many lives were they within me As perish'd by my Sword to save his One Petr. In that I am satisfied now to the next If you will hear it you shall promise me To answer without passion I or no Sfor. I will do what I can Petr. You 're next accus'd Of fowl Adulterie with the Queen Eulalia Sfor. Hah Petr.

Guiltie or no Sfor. No Sir nor dares there be Such a suggestion in the heart of Hell And were he there that thought or could but dream Of such a Scandal I 'ld squeeze it out on 's Brains Petr. Then I must hold you to your promise Sir Enter Guard Sfor. A wrestling towards away west away Nay then I am betray'd Petr. Forbear I pray Guard retire Sfor. He comes but to insult and to torment me Petr. My Lord you much forget is not this Passion Sfor. Passion of heart he hopes not for Salvation That hears with patience but the repetition Of such a Blasphemie I must not die Until the world be vindicated from The redamnation such an error threatens Petr. You see I could oppress you but all forbear the roome Exit Guard Sfor. Do you come to mad me Petr. If you will be calm I le tell you what I come for Sfor. As setled as a Rock beneath a mountain Here will I sit and hear thy loudest malice Petr. If this man be not innocent vertue lives not Sfor. Now tell me what you come for and be sure You ask no more abominable questions VVhilst calmly I clear these thus By the Honour And faith of a true Souldier I am clear Of these suggested crimes which before Heaven Which knows my Innocencie I do not urge To save my life from the Kings violent Fury Nor any way to close with thee in Friendship Now that my fortune is at worst So speak 'T is long a coming I begin to think It is some good you are so loath to utter 't Petr. It is if you can apprehend it so My Lord I take you for my friend and come To make my moan to you insomuch as now I do conceive you Noble Vertuous Honest Sfor. Foh this is worse than all the rest this stinks Of the Court-putrefaction Flatterie grossly But on I prithee talk is such a noveltie I will hear any thing Petr. I could not see your vertue when it shin'd Thorow the radiant favours of the King It dazled me with envie then but now Like the red Sun through cold and mystie vapours I can behold it at the full Sfor. So so umh whu so much for my vertues What 's your business now Petr. I say I come to make my moan to you Groaning beneath a weightie Injury The King has thrown upon me Sfor. Has denyed him Something I warrant that he would have begg'd The making of a Knight or some such foolerie What was 't Petr. In putting a base office on me Sfor. Is the great Marshals and chief Generals Office become so base Petr. No Sir the Hangmans Office Read that I am commanded there and warranted VVith present speed to bring your Head to him Sfor. A prayer or two by his great leave and yours And you shall have it instantly Petr. My Lord you shall not undervalue 't so That Honour which has won me to you shall Work better for your preservation I have much more to tell you and strong Reasons Why you should live of the Queens infinite wrongs And yours wrought by your Daughters cruel Ambition Sfor. This is a nobleness beyond Example Sure now you are honest Petr. There you see my strength If now for truth and Honours cause I strain A point of Loyaltie you will engage Your Honour to secure me Sfor. I hold my Honour equal to the best And prize it still so far above my life That to save Kingdoms I le not forfeit it Here in the sight of Heaven I do engage it For your securitie Petr. I ask no better Keeper Enter Keeper Keep My Lord Petr. Dismiss that Guard and give us way Keep I shall Petr. Now come my Lord vertue may be cast by But never overcome by Tyrannie Sfor. VVars Sword Laws Axe or Tyrannies fell Knife May overcome my Person not my life For that is yours Petruccio Exeunt Ambo ACT. III Scoen. I. Enter Enlalia Eul. TUrn'd out of all and cast into the world And that forbidden too to pitie me No sucour no relief to be afforded Heaven still is where it was and cannot lose The Providence it ever had let those That think me wretched now consider that And be with me converted to a Faith That will proclaim us happy What 's my loss VVhat was the State and glory of a Court But steps and lights through dangerous Ambition To ends beyond our selves in whose atchievements VVe make our selves but nothing to ourselves And all that we are then is to the world VVhich renders us great Titles which tane off VVe then return unto our selves again And all the world is ours I was not great Till now nor could I confidently say Any thing was mine own till I had nothing They do but sleep that live in highest Pompe And all their happiness is but a dream VVhen mine is reall nay nay I can prove it Their costly fare breeds riot mine content Their rich Attire is but mere Pageantry Made to please their eyes mine keeps me warm And healthful when a cold becomes their sickness They boast of Honour and Gentilitie For their Attendants then when the chief Honour Of the best woman meek obedience Is my own handmaid and my Patience A sweeter servant than Gentilitie Continually my other for Councel and defence what have I now They have the helps of worldly wise mens brains And I the comforts of my fruitfull Prayers They have tall big-bon'd servants for defence I the strongst guard of all mine innocence Birds chirp What Musick had the Court compar'd to this Or what comparison can all their sports And Revells hold with those of Kids and Fawnes And frisking Lambs upon the countrey lawnes VVhich are my hourly pleasant entertainments In all my wanderings in which I have not Hunger'd at any time but I have found Meat which I duely earn'd nor ever thirsted But I have found a Spring that has refresh'd me And am no sooner weary then I finde A shelter or a shade to rest me in As now in which a slumber 'gins to creep Over mine Eyes more soft then any sleep Could these my Senses when I lay of late On Down beneath the Canopy of State falls asleep Scoen. II. Enter Genius Sleep in thy Sainted Innocence Whilst Angels watch in thy defence Sleep whilst I charm these bubling Streams With Musick to make sweet thy Dreams Thy Dreams which truly shall relate The Passages of thy Estate Dumb shew Enter Alinda Flavello two Lieutenants Doctor Midwife Exeunt Lieutenants Doctor Midwife Enter Sforza at the other end raging and the Jaylor with mute action Enter King Petruccio Alinda whispers the King he gives a Warrant and Signet to Petruccio Exit Petruccio King kisses Alinda graces Flavello Exeunt All this as the Genius speaks Note first thy Foes in Court conspire Against thy Life and Villains hire To act thy Tragedy Loe those the perjur'd Evidence That suggested thine offence Are hir'd the second time to be Co-actors in thy