nature No Sir I boldly dare proclaim her yet No Woman But woo her still and think her modesty A sweeter mistress than the offer'd Language Of any Dame were she a Queen whose eye Speaks common loves and comforts to her servants Last noble son for so I now must call you What I have done thus publick is not only To add a comfort in particular To you or me but all and to confirm The Nobles and the Gentry of these Kingdoms By oath to your succession which shall be Within this month at most Thra. This will be hardly done Cle. It must be ill done if it be done Di. When 't is at best 't will be but half done Whilst so brave a Gentleman 's wrong'd and stung off Thra. I fear Cle. Who does not Di. I fear not for my self and yet I fear too Well we shall see we shall see no more Pha. Kissing your white hand Mistress I take leave To thank your Royal Father and thus far To be my own free Trumpet Understand Great King and these your subjects mine that must be For so deserving you have spoke me Sir And so deserving I daâ—e speak my self To what a person of what eminence Ripe expectation of what faculties Manners and vertues you would wed your Kingdoms You in me have your wishes Oh this Country By more than all my hopes I hold it Happy in their dear memories that have been Kings great and good happy in yours that is And from you as a Chronicle to keep Your Noble name from eating age do I Opine my self most happy Gentlemen Believe me in a word a Princes word There shall be nothing to make up a Kingdom Mighty and flourishing defenced fear'd Equall to be commanded and obey'd But through the travels of my life I 'le find it And tye it to this Country And I vow My reign shall be so easie to the subject That every man shall be his Prince himself And his own law yet I his Prince and law And dearest Lady to your dearest self Dear in the choice of him whose name and lustre Must make you more and mightier let me say You are the blessed'st living for sweet Princess You shall enjoy a man of men to be Your servant you shall make him yours for whom Great Queens must die Thra. Miraculous Cle. This speech calls him Spaniard being nothing but A large inventory of his own commendations Enter Philaster Di. I wonder what 's his price For certainly he 'll tell himself he has so prais'd his shape But here comes one more worthy those large speeches than the large speaker of them let me be swallowed quick if I can find in all the Anatomy of yon mans vertues one sinew sound enough to promise for him he shall be Constable By this Sun he 'll ne're make King unless it be for trifles in my poor judgment Phi. Right Noble Sir as low as my obedience And with a heart as Loyal as my knee I beg your favour King Rise you have it Sir Di. Mark but the King how pale he looks with fear Oh! this same whorson Conscience how it jades us King Speak your intents Sir Phi. Shall I speak 'um freely Be still my royal Soveraign King As a subject We give you freedom Di. Now it heats Phi. Then thus I turn My language to you Prince you foreign man Ne're stare nor put on wonder for you must Indure me and you shall This earth you tread upon A dowry as you hope with this fair Princess Whose memory I bow to was not left By my dead Father Oh I had a Father To your inheritance and I up and living Having my self about me and my sword The souls of all my name and memories These arms and some few friends besides the gods To part so calmly with it and sit still And say I might have been I tell thee Pharamond When thou art King look I be dead and rotten And my name ashes For hear me Pharamond This very ground thou goest on this fat earth My Fathers friends made fertile with their faiths Before that day of shame shall gape and swallow Thee and thy Nation like a hungry grave Into her hidden bowels Prince it shall By Nemesis it shall Pha. He 's mad beyond cure mad Di. Here 's a fellow has some fire in 's veins The outlandish Prince looks like a Tooth drawer Phi. Sir Prince of Popping jayes I 'le make it well appear To you I am not mad King You displease us You are too bold Phi. No Sir I am too tame Too much a Turtle a thing born without passion A faint shadow that every drunken cloud sails over And makes nothing King I do not fancy this Call our Physicians sure he is somewhat tainted Thra. I do not think 't will prove so Di. H 'as given him a general purge already for all the right he has and now he means to let him blood Be constant Gentlemen by these hilts I 'le run his hazard although I run my name out of the Kingdom Cle. Peace we are one soul Pha. What you have seen in me to stir offence I cannot find unless it be this Lady Offer'd into mine arms with the succession Which I must keep though it hath pleas'd your fury To mutiny within you without disputing Your Genealogies or taking knowledge Whose branch you are The King will leave it me And I dare make it mine you have your answer Phi. If thou wert sole inheritor to him That made the world his and couldst see no sun Shine upon any but thine were Pharamond As truly valiant as I feel him cold And ring'd among the choicest of his friends Such as would blush to talk such serious follies Or back such bellied commendations And from this present spight of all these bugs You should hear further from me King Sir you wrong the Prince I gave you not this freedom to brave our best friends You deserve our frown go to be better temper'd Phi. It must be Sir when I am nobler us'd Gal. Ladyes This would have been a pattern of succession Had he ne're met this mischief By my life He is the worthiest the true name of man This day within my knowledge Meg. I cannot tell what you may call your knowledge But the other is the man set in mine eye Oh! 't is a Prince of wax Gal. A Dog it is King Philaster tell me The injuries you aim at in your riddles Phi. If you had my eyes Sir and sufferance My griefs upon you and my broken fortunes My want's great and now nought but hopes and fears My wrongs would make ill riddles to be laught at Dare you be still my King and right me not King Give me your wrongs in private They whisper Phi. Take them and ease me of a load would bow strong Cle. He dares not stand the shock Atlas Di. I cannot blame him there 's danger in 't Every man in this age has not a soul of Crystal for all men
Mel. Why Diphilus it is A thing to laugh at in respect of this Here was my Sister Father Brother Son All that I had speak once again What youth lies slain there by thee Amint. 'T is Aspatia My senses fade let me give up my soul Into thy bosom Cal. What 's that what 's that Aspatia Mel. I never did repent the greatness of my heart till now It will not burst at need Cal. My daughter dead here too and you have all fine new tricks to grieve but I ne're knew any but direct crying Mel. I am a pratler but no more Diph. Hold Brother Lysip Stop him Diph. Fie how unmanly was this offer in you Does this become our strain Cal. I know not what the mater is but I am Grown very kind and am friends with you You have given me that among you will kill me Quickly but I 'le go home and live as long as I can Mel. His spirit is but poor that can be kept From death for want of weapons Is not my hand a weapon good enough To stop my breath or if you tie down those I vow Amintor I will never eat Or drink or sleep or have to do with that That may preserve life this I swear to keep Lysip Look to him tho' and bear those bodies in May this a fair example be to me To rule with temper for on lustful Kings Unlookt for sudden deaths from heaven are sent But curst is he that is their instrument PHILASTER OR Love lies a Bleeding The Scene being in Cicilie Persons Represented in the Play The King Philaster Heir to the Crown Pharamond Prince of Spain Dion a Lord. Noble Gentlemen his Associates Cleremont Thrasiline Arethusa the Kings Daughter Galatea a wise modest Lady attending the Princess Megra a lascivious Lady An old wanton Lady or Croan Another Lady attending the Princess Eufrasia Daughter of Dion but disguised like a Page and called Bellario An old Captain Five Citizens A Countrey fellow Two Woodmen The Kings Guard and Train Actus primus Scena prima Enter Dion Cleremont and Thrasiline Cler. HEre 's not Lords nor Ladies Dion Credit me Gentlemen I wonder at it They receiv'd strict charge from the King to attend here Besides it was boldly published that no Officer should forbid any Gentlemen that desire to attend and hear Cle. Can you ghess the cause Di. Sir it is plain about the Spanish Prince that 's come to marry our Kingdoms Heir and be our Soveraign Thra. Many that will seem to know much say she looks not on him like a Maid in Love Di. O Sir the multitude that seldom know any thing but their own opinions speak that they would have but the Prince before his own approach receiv'd so many confident messages from the State that I think she 's resolv'd to be rul'd Cle. Sir it is thought with her he shall enjoy both these Kingdoms of Cicilie and Calabria Di. Sir it is without controversie so meant But 't will be a troublesome labour for him to enjoy both these Kingdoms with safetie the right Heir to one of them living and living so vertuously especially the people admiring the bravery of his mind and lamenting his injuries Cle. Who Philaster Di. Yes whose Father we all know was by our late King of Calabria unrighteously deposed from his fruitful Cicilie My self drew some blood in those Wars which I would give my hand to be washed from Cle. Sir my ignorance in State-policy will not let me know why Philaster being Heir to one of these Kingdoms the King should suffer him to walk abroad with such free liberty Di. Sir it seems your nature is more constant than to enquire after State news But the King of late made a hazard of both the Kingdoms of Cicilie and his own with offering but to imprison Philaster At which the City was in arms not to be charm'd down by any State order or Proclamation till they saw Philaster ride through the streets pleas'd and without a guard at which they threw their Hats and their arms from them some to make bonefires some to drink all for his deliverance Which wise men say is the cause the King labours to bring in the power of a Foreign Nation to aw his own with Enter Galatea Megra and a Lady Thra. See the Ladies what 's the first Di. A wife and modest Gentlwoman that attends the Princess Cle. The second Di. She is one that may stand still discreetly enough and ill savour'dly Dance her Measure simper when she is Courted by her Friend and slight her Husband Cle. The last Di. Marry I think she is one whom the State keeps for the Agents of our confederate Princes she 'll cog and lie with a whole Army before the League shall break her name is common through the Kingdom and the Trophies of her dishonour advanced beyond Hercules-pillars She loves to try the several constitutions of mens bodies and indeed has destroyed the worth of her own body by making experiment upon it for the good of the Common-wealth Cle. She 's a profitable member La. Peace if you love me you shall see these Gentlemen stand their ground and not Court us Gal. What if they should Meg. What if they should La. Nay let her alone what if they should why if they should I say they were never abroad what Foreigner would do so it writes them directly untravel'd Gal. Why what if they be Meg. What if they be La. Good Madam let her go on what if they be Why if they be I will justifie they cannot maintain discourse with a judicious Lady nor make a Leg nor say Excuse me Gal. Ha ha ha La. Do you laugh Madam Di. Your desires upon you Ladies La. Then you must sit beside us Di. I shall sit near you then Lady La. Near me perhaps But there 's a Lady indures no stranger and to me you appear a very strange fellow Meg. Me thinks he 's not so strange he would quickly be acquainted Thra. Peace the King Enter King Pharamond Arethusa and Train King To give a stranger testimony of love Than fickly promises which commonly In Princes find both birth and burial In one breath we have drawn you worthy Sir To make your lair indearments to your daughter And worthy services known to our subjects Now lov'd and wondered at Next our intent To plant you deeply our immediate Heir Both to our Blood and Kingdoms For this Lady The best part of your life as you confirm me And I believe though her few years and sex Yet teach her nothing but her fears and blushes Desires without desire discourse and knowledge Only of what her sell is to her sell Make her feel moderate health and when she sleeps In making no ill day knows no ill dreams Think not dear Sir these undivided parts That must mould up a Virgin are put on To shew her so as borrowed ornaments To speak her perfect love to you or add An Artificial shadow to her
I grew acquainted with my heart and search'd What stir'd it so Alas I found it love Yet far from 〈◊〉 for could I have but liv'd In presence of you I had had my end For this I did delude my noble Father With a feign'd Pilgrimage and drest my self In habit of a boy and for I knew My birth no match for you I was past hope Of having you And understanding well That when I made discovery of my Sex I could not stay with you I made a vow By all the most religious things a Maid Could call together never to be known Whilst there was hope to hide me from mens eyes For other than I seem'd that I might ever Abide with you then fate I by the Fount Where first you took me up King Search out a match Within our Kingdom where and when thou wilt And I will pay thy Dowry and thy self Wilt well deserve him Bell. Never Sir will I Maâ—ry it is a thing within my vow But if I may have leave to serve the Princess To see the vertues of her Lord and her I shall have hope to live Are. I Philaster Cannot be jealous though you had a Lady Drest like a Page to serve you nor will I Suspect her living here come live with me Live free as I do she that loves my Lord Curst be the wife that hates her Phi. I grieve such vertues should be laid in earth Without an Heir hear me my Royal Father Wrong not the freedom of our souls so much To think to take revenge of that base woman Her malice cannot hurt us set her free As she was born saving from shame and sin King Set her at liberty but leave the Court This is no place for such you Pharamond Shall have free passage and a conduct home Worthy so great a Prince when you come there Remember 't was your faults that lost you her And not my purpos'd will Pha. I do confess Renowned Sir King Last joyn your hands in one enjoy Philaster This Kingdom which is yours and after me What ever I call mine my blessing on you All happy hours be at your Marriage joyes That you may grow your selves over all Lands And live to see your plenteous branches spring Where ever there is Sun Let Princes learn By this to rule the passions of their blood For what Heaven wills can never be withstood Exeunt Omnes A KING and no KING Persons Represented in the Play Arbaces King of Iberia Tigranes King of Armenia Gobrias Lord Protector and Father of Arbaces Bacurius another Lord. Two Captains Mardonius Bessus Ligoces Father of Spaconia Two Gentlemen Three Men and a Woman Philip a servant and two Citizens Wives A Messenger A Servant to Bacurius Two Sword-men A Boy Arane The Queen Mother Panthea Her Daughter Spaconia A Lady Daughter of Ligones Mandane A waiting woman and other attendants Actus primus Scena prima Enter Mardonius and Bessus two Captains Mar. BEssus the King has made a fair hand on 't he has ended the Wars at a blow would my sword had a close basket hilt to hold Wine and the blade would make knives for we shall have nothing but eating and drinking Bes We that are Commanders shall do well enough Mar. Faith Bessus such Commanders as thou may I had as lieve set thee Perdue for a pudding i' th' dark as Alexander the Great Bes I love these jests exceedingly Mar. I think thou lov'st'em better than quarrelling Bessus I 'le say so much i' thy behalf and yet thou ' it valiant enough upon a retreat I think thou wouldst kill any man that stopt thee if thou couldst Bes But was not this a brave Combate Mardonius Mar. Why didst thou see 't Bes You stood wi' me Mar. I did so but me thought thou wink'dst every blow they strook Bes Well I believe there are better souldiers than I that never saw two Princes fight in lists Mar. By my troth I think so too Bessus many a thousand but certainly all that are worse than thou have seen as much Bes 'T was bravely done of our King Mar. Yes if he had not ended the wars I 'me glad thou dar'st talk of such dangerous businesses Bes To take a Prince prisoner in the heart of 's own Country in single combat Mar. See how thy blood curdles at this I think thou couldst be contented to be beaten i'th is passion Bes Shall I tell you truly Mar. I. Bes I could willingly venture for 't Mar. Um no venture neither Bessus Bes Let me not live if I do not think 't is a braver piece of service than that I 'me so fam'd for Mar. Why art thou fam'd for any valour Bes Fam'd I I warrant you Ma. I 'me e'en heartily glad on 't I have been with thee e're since thou cam'st to th' wars and this is the first word that ever I heard on 't prethee who fames thee Bes The Christian world Mar. 'T is heathenishly done of 'em in my conscience thou deserv'st it not Bes Yes I ha' don good service Mar. I do not know how thou mayst wait of a man in 's Chamber or thy agility of shifting of a Trencher but otherwise no service good Bessus Bes You saw me do the service your self Mar. Not so hasty sweet Bessus where was it is the place vanish'd Bes At Bessus desp'rate redemption Mar. At Bessus desp'rate redemption where 's that Bes There where I redeem'd the day the place bears my name Mar. Pray thee who Christened it Bes The Souldiers Mar. If I were not a very merrily dispos'd man what would become of thee one that had but a grain of choler in the whole composition of his body would send thee of an errand to the worms for putting thy name upon that field did not I beat thee there i' th' head o' th' Troops with a Trunchion because thou wouldst needs run away with thy company when we should charge the enemy Bes True but I did not run Mar. Right Bessus I beat thee out on 't Bes But came I not up when the day was gone and redeem'd all Mar. Thou knowest and so do I thou meanedst to flie and thy fear making thee mistake thou ranst upon the enemy and a hot charge thou gav'st as I 'le do thee right thou art furious in running away and I think we owe thy fear for our victory If I were the King and were sure thou wouldst mistake alwaies and run away upon th' enemy thou shouldst be General by this light Bes You 'l never leave this till I fall foul Mar. No more such words dear Bessus for though I have ever known thee a coward and therefore durst never strike thee yet if thou proceedest I will allow thee valiant and beat thee Bes Come our King 's a brave fellow Mar. He is so Bessus I wonder how thou cam'st to know it But if thou wer 't a man of understanding I would tell thee he is vain-glorious and humble and angry and patient and merry
name â—â—th sound harmoniously to men at distance â—â—d those who cannot penetrate beyond â—he bark and out-skin of a Common-wealth â— state have eyes but ravish'd with the Ceremony â—â—at must attend a Prince and understand not â—hat cares allay the glories of a Crown â— good Kings find and feel the contrary â—â— have try'd my Lord the burden and can tell â—ould require a Pilot of more years â—o steer this Kingdom now impos'd on me By justice of my birth Cas I wish not life But to partake those happy days which must Succeed these fair proceedings we are blest But Sir be sparing to your self we shall Hazard our joyes in you too soon the burden Of state affairs impose upon your counsel 'T is fitter that we waste our lives than you Call age too soon upon you with the trouble And cares that threaten such an undertaking Preserve your youth Leo. And choose you our Protestor Is' t that you would conclude my Lord We will Deserve our subjects faith for our own sake Not sit an idle gazer at the helm Enter Messenger Phi. How observ'd you that Mark how Cassander's Planet struck Eu. He might have look'd more calmly for all that I begin to fear but do not yet seem troubled Leo. With what news travels his haste I must secure My self betimes not be a King in jest And wear my Crown a Tenant to their breath Cas Demetrius Sir your brother With other Traitors that oppose your claims Are fled to the Castle of Nestorius And fortifie Mes I said not so my Lord. Cas I 'll have it thought so hence Exit Messen Leo. Plant forces to batter The walls and in their ruin bring us work They live not Eub. Good Sir hear me Cas Let it work Were Demetrius dead we easily might uncrown This swoln Impostor and my Son be fair To piece with young Sophia who I hear Repents her late affront Eub. Their lives may do You service let not blood stain your beginnings The people not yet warm in their allegeance May think it worth their tumult to revenge it With hazard of your self Leo. Who dares but think it Yet offer first our mercy if they yield Demetrius must not live my Lord your counsel What if he were in heaven Cas You have my consent You sha'not stay long after him Leo. Sophia is Not my Sister To prevent all that may indanger us we 'll marry her That done no matter though we stand discover'd For in her Title then we are King of Epire Without dispute Cas Hum in my judgement Sir That wonot do so well Leo. What 's your opinion Cas He countermines my plot are you so cunning Leo. What 's that you mutter Sir Cas I mutter Sir Leo. Best say I am no King but some impostor Rais'd up to gull the state Cas Very fine to have said within Few hours you 'd been no King nor like to be Was not in the compass of High Treason I take it Eub. Restrein your anger the Kings mov'd speak not Cas I will speak louder do I not know him That self-same hand that rais'd him to the throne Shall pluck him from it is this my reward Leo. Our guard to prison with him Cas Me to prison Leo. Off with his head Cas My head Eub. Vouchsafe to hear me great Sir Cas How dares he be so insolent I ha' wrought my self into a fine condition Do' e know me Gentlemen Phi. Very well my Lord How are we bound to heaven for multiplying These blessings on the Kingdom Leo. We allow it Eub. Counsel did never blast a Princes ear Leo. Convey him to the sanctuary of Rebels Nâ—storius house where our proud brother has Enscons'd himself they 'll entertain him lovingly He will be a good addition to the Traitors Obey me or you dye for 't what are Kings When subjects dare affront ' em Cas I shall vex Thy soul for this Leo. Away with him when Kings Frown let offenders tremble this flows not From any cruelty in my nature but The fate of an Usurper he that will Be confirm'd great without just title to 't Must lose compassion know what 's good not do 't Exeunt Enter Polidora and her servant Serv. Madam the Princess Sophia Pol. I attend her Highness Enter Sophia How much your grace honors your humble servant Sop. I hope my brother 's well Pol. I hope so too Madam Sop. Do you but hope he came to be your guest Pol. We are all his whilst he is pleas'd to honor This poor roof with his royal presence Madam Sop. I came to ask your pardon Polidora Pol. You never Madam trespass'd upon me Wrong not your goodness Sop. I can be but penitent Unless you point me out some other way To satisfie Pol. Dear Madam do not mock me Sop. There 's no injury like that to love I find it now in my own sufferings But though I would have rob'd thee of Arcadius Heaven knew a way to reconcile your hearts And punish me in those joys you have found I read the story of my loss of honor Yet can rejoyce and heartily that you Have met your own agen Pol. Whom do you mean Sop. My brother Pol. He is found to himself and honor He is my King and though I must acknowledge He was the glory of my thoughts and I Lov'd him as you did Madam with desire To be made his reason and duty since Form'd me to other knowledge and I now Look on him without any wish of more Than to be call'd his subject Sop. Has he made Himself less capable by being King Pol. Of what Sop. Of your affection Pol. With your pardon Madam Love in that sense you mean lost Polidora When he forsook Arcadius I disclaim All ties between us more than what a name Of King must challenge from my obedience Sop. This does confirm my jealousie my heart For my sake Madam has he lost his value Pol. Let me beseech your grace I may have leave To answer in some other cause or person This argument but opens a sad wound To make it bleed afresh we may change this Discourse I would elect some subject whose Praises may more delight your ear than this Can mine let 's talk of young Lisimachus Sop. Ha! my presaging fears Pol. How does your grace Sop. Well you were talking of Lisimachus Pray give me your opinion of him Pol. Mine It will be much short of his worth I think him A gentleman so perfect in all goodness That if there be one in the world deserves The best of women heaven created him To make her happy Sop. You have in a little Madam Exprest a volume of mankind a miracle But all have not the same degree of faith He is but young Pol. What Mistriss would desire Her servant old he has both Spring to please Her eye and Summer to return a harvest Sop. He is black Pil. He sets a beauty off more rich And she that 's fair will love him faint
away and give the day our room Yet whil'st our raign lasts let us stretch our power To give our servants one contented hour With such unwonted solemn grace and state As may for ever after force them hate Our brothers glorious beams and wish the night Crown'd with a thousand stars and our cold light For almost all the world their service bend To Phoebus and in vain my light I lend Gaz'd on unto my setting from my rise Almost of none but of unquiet eyes Nigh Then shine at full fair Queen and by thy power Produce a birth to crown this happy hour Of Nymphs and Shepherds let their songs discover Easie and sweet who is a happy Lover Or if thou woot then call thine own Endymion From the sweet flowry bed he lies upon On Latmus top thy pale beams drawn away And of this long night let him make a day Cinth Thou dream'st dark Queen that fair boy was not mine Nor went I down to kiss him ease and wine Have bred these bold tales Poets when they rage Turn gods to men and make an hour an age But I will give a greater state and glory And raise to time a noble memory Of what these Lovers are rise rise I say Thou power of deeps thy surges laid away Neptune great King of waters and by me Be proud to be commanded Neptune rises Nep. Cinthia see Thy word hath fetcht me hither let me know why I ascend Cinth Doth this majestick show Give thee no knowledge yet Nep. Yes now I see Something intended Cinthia worthy thee Go on I 'le be a helper Cinth Hie thee then And charge the wind flie from his Rockie Den. Let loose thy subjects only Boreas Too foul for our intention as he was Still keep him fast chain'd we must have none here But vernal blasts and gentle winds appear Such as blow flowers and through the glad Boughs sing Many soft welcomes to the lusty spring These are our musick next thy watry race Bring on in couples we are pleas'd to grace This noble night each in their richest things Your own deeps or the broken vessel brings Be prodigal and I shall be as kind And shine at full upon you Nep. Ho the wind Enter Eolus out of a Rock Commanding Eolus Eol Great Neptune Nep. He. Eol What is thy will Nep. We do command thee free Favonius and thy milder winds to wait Upon our Cinthia but tye Boreas straight He 's too rebellious Eol I shall do it Nep. Do great master of the flood and all below Thy full command has taken Eol Ho! the main Neptune Nep. Here. Eol Boreas has broke his chain And struggling with the rest has got away Nep. Let him alone I 'le take him up at sea He will not long be thence go once again And call out of the bottoms of the Main Blew Proteus and the rest charge them put on Their greatest pearls and the most sparkling stone The bearing Rock breeds till this night is done By me a solemn honour to the Moon Flie like a full sail Eol I am gone Cin. Dark night Strike a full silence do a thorow right To this great Chorus that our Musick may Touch high as heaven and make the East break day At mid-might Musick SONG Cinthia to thy power and them we obey Joy to this great company and no day Come to steal this night away Till the rites of love are ended And the lusty Bridegroom say Welcome light of all befriended Pace out you watry powers below let your feet Like the Gallies when they row even beat Let your unknown measures set To the still winds tell to all That Gods are come immortal great To honour this great Nuptial The Measure Second Song Hold back thy hours dark night till we have done The day will come too soon Young Maids will curse thee if thou steal'st away And leav'st their blushes open to the day Stay stay and hide the blushes of the Bride Stay gentle night and with thy darkness cover The kisses of her Lover Stay and confound her tears and her shrill cryings Her weak denials vows and often dyings Stay and hide all but help not though she call Nep. Great Queen of us and Heaven Hear what I bring to make this hour a full one If not her measure Cinth Speak Seas King Nep. Thy tunes my Amphitrite joyes to have When they will dance upon the rising wave And court me as the sails my Trytons play Musick to lead a storm I 'le lead the way Song Measure To bed to bed come Hymen lead the Bride And lay her by her Husbands side Bring in the Virgins every one That grieve to lie alone That they may kiss while they may say a maid To morrow 't will be other kist and said Hesperus be long a shining Whil'st these Lovers are a twining Eol Ho! Neptune Nept. Eolus Eol The Seas go hie Boreas hath rais'd a storm go and applie Thy trident else I prophesie ere day Many a tall ship will be cast away Descend with all the Gods and all their power to strike a call Cin. A thanks to every one and to gratulate So great a service done at my desire Ye shall have many floods fuller and higher Than you have wisht for no Ebb shall dare To let the day see where your dwellings are Now back unto your Government in haste Lest your proud charge should swell above the waste And win upon the Island Nep. We obey Neptune descends and the Sea-gods Cinth Hold up thy head dead night seest thou not day The East begins to lighten I must down And give my brother place Nigh Oh! I could frown To see the day the day that slings his light Upon my Kingdoms and contemns old Night Let him go on and flame I hope to see Another wild-fire in his Axletree And all false drencht but I forgot speak Queen The day grows on I must no more be seen Cin. Heave up thy drowsie head agen and see A greater light a greater Majestie Between our sect and us whip up thy team The day breaks here and you some flashing stream Shot from the South say which way wilt thou go Nigh I 'le vanish into mists Exeunt Cin. I into day Finis Mask King Take lights there Ladies get the Bride to â—â—d We will not see you laid good night Amintor We 'l ease you of that tedious ceremony Were it may case I should think time run slow If thou beest noble youth get me a boy That may defend my Kingdom from my foes Amin. All happiness to you King Good night Mâ—lantius Exeunt Actus Secundus Enter Evadne Aspatia Dula and other Ladies DVL. Madam shall we undress you for this 〈◊〉 The Wars are nak'd that you must make to night Evad. You are very merry Dula Dul. I should be far merrier Madam if it were wâ—â—me as it is with you Eva. Why how now wench Dul. Come Ladies will you help Eva. I am soon undone Dul. And as
publick place Injure a Princess and a scandal lay Upon my fortunes sam'd to be so great Calling a great part of my dowry in question Phi. Madam this truth which I shall speak will be Foolish but for your fair and vertuous self I could afford my self to have no right To any thing you wish'd Are. Philaster know I must enjoy these Kingdoms Phi. Madam both Are. Both or I die by Fate I die Philaster If I not calmly may enjoy them both Phi. I would do much to save that Noble life Yet would be loth to have posterity Find in our stories that Philaster gave His right unto a Scepter and a Crown To save a Ladies longing Are. Nay then hear I must and will have them and more Phi. What more Are. Or lose that little life the gods prepared To trouble this poor piece of earth withall Phi. Madam what more Are. Turn then away thy face Phi. No. Are. Do. Phi. I cannot endure it turn away my face I never yet saw enemy that lookt So dreadful but that I thought my self As great a Basilisk as he or spake So horribly but that I thought my tongue Bore Thunder underneath as much as his Nor beast that I could turn from shall I then Begin to fear sweet sounds a Ladies voice Whom I do love Say you would have my life Why I will give it you for it is of me A thing so loath'd and unto you that ask Of so poor use that I shall make no price If you intreat I will unmov'dly hear Are. Yet for my sake a little bend thy looks Phi. I do Are. Then know I must have them and thee Phi. And me Are. Thy love without which all the Land Discovered yet will serve me for no use But to be buried in Phi. Is' t possible Are. With it it were too little to bestow On thee Now though thy breath doth strike me dead Which know it may I have unript my breast Phi. Madam you are too full of noble thoughts To lay a train for this contemned life Which you may have for asking to suspect Were base where I deserve no ill love you By all my hopes I do above my life But how this passion should proceed from you So violently would amaze a man that would be jealous Are. Another soul into my body shot Could not have fill'd me with more strength and spirit Than this thy breath but spend not hasty time In seeking how I came thus 't is the gods The gods that make me so and sure our love Will be the nobler and the better blest In that the secret justice of the gods Is mingled with it Let us leave and kiss Lest some unwelcome guest should fall betwixt us And we should part without it Phi. 'T will be ill I should abide here long Are. 'T is true and worse You should come often How shall we devise To hold intelligence That our true lovers On any new occasion may agree what path is best to tread Phi. I have a boy sent by the gods I hope to this intent Not yet seen in the Court hunting the Buck I found him sitting by a Fountain side Of which he borrow'd some to quench his thirst And paid the Nymph again as much in tears A Garland lay him by made by himself Of many several flowers bred in the bay Stuck in that mystick order that the rareness Delighted me but ever when he turned His tender eyes upon 'um he would weep As if he meant to make 'um grow again Seeing such pretty helpless innocence Dwell in his face I ask'd him all his story He told me that his Parents gentle dyed Leaving him to the mercy of the fields Which gave him roots and of the Crystal springs Which did not stop their courses and the Sun Which still he thank'd him yielded him his light Then took he up his Garland and did shew What every flower as Country people hold Did signifie and how all ordered thus Exprest his grief and to my thoughts did read The prettiest lecture of his Country Art That could be wisht so that me thought I could Have studied it I gladly entertain'd him Who was glad to follow and have got The trustlest loving'st and the gentlest boy That ever Master kept Him will I send To wait on you and bear our hidden love Enter Lady Are. 'T is well no more La. Madam the Prince is come to do his service Are. What will you do Philaster with your self Phi. Why that which all the gods have appointed out for me Are. Dear hide thy self Bring in the Prince Phi. Hide me from Pharamond When Thunder speaks which is the voice of Jove Though I do reverence yet I hide me not And shall a stranger Prince have leave to brag Unto a forreign Nation that he made Philaster hide himself Are. He cannot know it Phi. Though it should sleep for ever to the world It is a simple sin to hide my self Which will for ever on my conscience lie Are. Then good Philaster give him scope and way In what he saies for he is apt to speak What you are loth to hear for my sake do Phi. I will Enter Pharamond Pha. My Princely Mistress as true lovers ought I come to kiss these fair hands and to shew In outward Ceremonies the dear love Writ in my heart Phi. If I shall have an answer no directlier I am gone Pha. To what would he have an answer Are. To his claim unto the Kingdom Pha. Sirrah I forbear you before the King Phi. Good Sir do so still I would not talk with you Pha. But now the time is fitter do but offer To make mention of right to any Kingdom Though it be scarce habitable Phi. Good Sir let me go Pha. And by my sword Phi. Peace Pharamond if thou Are. Leave us Philaster Phi. I have done Pha. You are gone by heaven I 'le fetch you back Phi. You shall not need Pha. What now Phi. Know Pharamond I loath to brawl with such a blast as thou Who art nought but a valiant voice But if Thou shalt provoke me further men shall say Thou wert and not lament it Pha. Do you slight My greatness so and in the Chamber of the Princess Phi. It is a place to which I must confess I owe a reverence but wer't the Church I at the Altar there 's no place so safe Where thou dar'st injure me but I dare kill thee And for your greatness know Sir I can grasp You and your greatness thus thus into nothing Give not a word not a word back Farewell Exit Phi. Pha. 'T is an odd fellow Madam we must stop His mouth with some Office when we are married Are. You were best make him your Controuler Pha. I think he would discharge it well But Madam I hope our hearts are knit and yet so slow The Ceremonies of State are that 't will be long Before our hands be so If then you please Being agreed in heart let
about it Arb. Give consent why I will have 'em all that know it rackt to get this from 'em all that wait without come in what ere you be come in and be partakers of my joy O you are welcome Enter Bessus Gentlemen Mardonius and other attendants Arb. The best news nay draw no nearer they all shall hear it I am found no King Mar. Is that so good news Arb. Yes the happiest news that ere was heard Mar. Indeed 't were well for you if you might be a little less obey'd Arb. One call the Queen Mar. Why she is there Arb. The Queen Mardonius Panthea is the Queen and I am plain Arbaces go some one she is in Gobrias house since I saw you there are a thousand things delivered to me you little dream of Exit a Gent. Mar. So it should seem my Lord what fury 's this Gob. Believe me 't is no fury all that he saies is truth Mar. 'T is very strange Arb. Why do you keep your hats off Gentlemen is it to me I swear it must not be nay trust me in good faith it must not be I cannot now command you but I pray you for the respect you bare me when you took me for your King each man clap on his hat at my desire Mar. We will you are not found so mean a man but that you may be cover'd as well as we may you not Arb. O not here you may but not I for here is my Father in presence Mar. Where Arb. Why there O the whole story would be a wilderness to lose thy self for ever O pardon me dear Father for all the idle and unreverent words that I have spoke in idle moods to you I am Arbaces we all fellow-subjects nor is the Queen Panthea now my Sister Bes Why if you remember fellow-subject Arbaces I told you once she was not your Sister I and she lookt nothing like you Arb. I think you did good Captain Bessus Bes Here will arise another question now amongst the Sword-men whether I be to call him to account for beating me now he is proved no King Enter Lygones Mar. Sir here 's Lygones the agent for the Armenian State Arb. Where is he I know your business good Lygones Lyg We must have our King again and will Arb. I knew that was your business you shall have your King again and have him so again as never King was had go one of you and bid Bacurius bring Tigranes hither and bring the Lady with him that Panthea the Queen Panthea sent me word this morrning was brave Tigranes mistress Ex. two Gent. Lyg 'T is Spaconia Arb. I I Spaconia Lyg She is my Daughter Arb. She is so I could now tell any thing I never heard your King shall go so home as never man went Mar. Shall he go on 's head Arb. He shall have chariots easier than air that I will have invented and ne're think one shall pay any ransome and thy self that art the messenger shalt ride before him on a horse cut out of an intire Diamond that shall be made to go with golden wheeles I know not how yet Lyg Why I shall be made for ever they beli'd this King with us and said he was unkind Arb. And then thy Daughter she shall have some strange thing wee 'l have the Kingdom sold utterly and put into a toy which she shall wear about her carelesly some where or other See the vertuous Queen behold the humblest subject that you have kneel here before you Enter Panthea and 1 Gent. Pan. Why kneel you to me that am your Vassal Arb. Grant me one request Pan. Alas what can I grant you what I can I will Arb. That you will please to marry me if I can prove it lawfull Pan. Is that all more willingly than I would draw this air Arb. I 'le kiss this hand in earnest 2 Gent. Sir Tigranes is coming though he made it strange at first to see the Princess any more Enter Tigranes and Spaconia Arb. The Queen thou meanest O my Tigranes Pardon me tread on my neck I freely offer it and if thou beest in given take revenge for I have injur'd thee Tigr. No I forgive and rejoyce more that you hâ—â—â— found repentance than I my liberty Arb. Mayest thou be happy in thy fair choice for thâ—â— art temperate You owe no ransom to the state know thâ—â— I have a thousand joyes to tell you of which yet I dare 〈◊〉 utter till I pay my thanks to Heaven for 'em Will you gâ— with me and help me pray you do Tigr. I will Arb. Take then your fair one with you and you Quâ—â—â— of goodness and of us O give me leave to take you arm in mine come every one that takes delight iâ— goodness help to sing loud thanks for me that I am provâ—â— no King THE SCORNFUL LADY A COMEDY Persons Represented in the Play Elder Loveless a Sutor to the Lady Young Lov less a Prodigal Savil Steward to Elder Loveless Two Sisters Lady and Martia Your glove or Abigal a waiting Gentlewoman Welford a Sutor to the Lady Sir Roger Curate to the Lady Hangers on to Young Loveless A Captain A Travailer A Poet A Tabaco-man Wenches Fidlers Morecraft an Vsurer A Rich Widow Attendants Actus primus Scena prima Enter the two Lovelesses Savil the Steward and a Page Elder Love BRother is your last hope past to mollifie Morecrafts heart about your Morgage Young Love Hopelesly past I have presented the Usurer with a richer draught than ever Cleopatra swallowed he hath suckt in ten thousand pound worth of my Land more than he paid for at a grip without Trumpets El. Lo. I havâ— as hard a task to perform in this house Yo. Lo. Faith mine was to make an Usurer honest or to lose my Land El. Lo. And mine is to perswade a passionate woman or to leave the Laâ—â— Make the boat stay I fear I shall begin my unfortunate journey this night though the darkness of the night and the â—â—ughness of the waters might easily disswade an unwilling maâ— Savil. Sir your Fathers old friends hold it the sounder course for your body and estate to stay at home and marry and propagate and govern in our Country than to Travel and die without issue El. Lo. Savil you shall gain the opinion of a better servant in seeking to execute not alter my will howsoever my inâ—â—â—nts succeed Yo. Lo. Yoâ— leâ—s Mistres Younglove Brother the grave râ—â—her of your Mistresses toes Enter Mâ—â—tres Younglove the waiting woman El. Lo. Mistres Younglove Young Mâ—ster Loveless truly we thought your sails had been boist â—y Mistres is perswaded you are Sea-sick ere 〈◊〉 El. Lo. Loveâ—â—â—e her ill taken up resolution so dearly 〈◊〉 thou move her from me 〈◊〉 By thâ—â— light that shines there 's no removing her â—â—ngger a still opinion by the end I attempted her to day when they say a woman can deny nothing El. Lo. What critical minute was that Young
And not the weakness look with your vertuous eyes And then clad royaltie in all his conquests His matchless love hung with a thousand merits Eternal youth attending Fame and Fortune Time and Oblivion vexing at his vertues He shall appear a miracle look on our dangers Look on the publick ruin Calis O dear Brother King Fie let us not like proud and greedy waters Gain to give off again this is our Sea And you his Cynthia govern him take heed His flouds have been as high and full as any And gloriously now is got up to the girdle The Kingdomes he hath purchas'd noble Sister Take not your vertue from him O take heed We ebbe not now to nothing take heed Calis Calis The will of Heaven not mine which must not alter And my eternal doom for ought I know Is fixt upon me alas I must love nothing Nothing that loves again must I be blest with The gentle Vine climbs up the Oke and clips him And when the stroke comes yet they fall together Death death must I enjoy and live to love him O noble Sir Mem. Those tears are some reward yet Pray let me wed your sorrows Calis Take 'em Souldier They are fruitfull ones lay but a sigh upon 'em And straight they will conceive to infinites I told ye what ye would find ' em Enter Funeral Captains following and Eumenes King How now what 's this more drops to th' Ocean Whose body 's this Eum. The noble Polydor 〈◊〉 speaks his death Mem. My Brother dead Calis O Goddess O cruel cruel Venus here 's my fortune King Read Captain Mem. Read aloud farewel my follies Eumen. reads to the Excellent Princess Calis Eum. Be wise as you are beauteous love with judgement And look with clear eyes on my noble Brother Value desert and vertue they are Jewels Fit for your worth and wearing take heed Lady The Gods reward ingratitude most grievous Remember me no more or if you must Seek me in noble Memnons love I dwell there I durst nor live because I durst not wrong him I can no more make me eternal happy With looking down upon your loves Farewel Mem. And did'st thou die for me King Excellent vertue What will ye now doe Calis Dwell for ever here Sir Mem. For me dear Polydor O worthy young man O love love love love above recompence Infinite love infinite honesty Good Lady leave you must have no share here Take home your sorrows here 's enough to store me Brave glorious griefs was ever such a Brother Turn all the stories over in the world yet And search through all the memories of mankind And find me such a friend h 'as out-done all Outstript 'em sheerly all all thou hast Polydor To die for me why as I hope for happiness 'T was one of the rarest thought on things The bravest and carried beyond compass of our actions I wonder how he hit it a young man too In all the blossomes of his youth and beautie In all the fulness of his veins and wishes Woo'd by that Paradise that would catch Heaven It starts me extreamly thou blest Ashes Thou faithfull monument where love and friendship Shall while the world is work new miracles Calis O! let me speak too Mem. No not yet thou man For we are but mans shadows only man I have not words to utter him speak Lady I 'le think a while Calis The Goddess grants me this yet I shall enjoy the dead no tomb shall hold thee But these two arms no Trickments but my tears Over thy Hearse my sorrows like sad arms Shall hang for ever on the tuffest Marble Mine eyes shall weep thee out an Epitaph Love at thy feet shall kneel his smart bow broken Faith at thy head youth and the Graces mourners O sweet young man King Now I begin to melt too Mem. Have ye enough yet Lady room for a gamester To my fond Love and all those idle fancies A long farewel thou diedst for me dear Polydor To give me peace thou hast eternal glory I stay and talk here I will kiss thee first And now I 'le follow thee Polydor rises Pol. Hold for Heavens sake Mem. Ha! Does he live Dost thou deceive me Pol. Thus far Yet for your good and honour King Now dear Sister Calis The Oracle is ended noble Sir Dispose me now as you please Pol. You are mine then Calis With all the joyes that may be Pol. Your consent Sir King Ye have it freely Pol. Walk along with me then And as you love me love my will Calis I will so Pol. Here worthy Brother take this vertuous Princess Ye have deserv'd her nobly she will love ye And when my life shall bring ye peace as she does Command it ye shall have it Mem. Sir I thank ye King I never found such goodness in such years Mem. Thou shalt not over doe me though I die for 't O how I love thy goodness my best Brother You have given me here a treasure to enrich me Would make the worthiest King alive a begger What may I give you back again Pol. Your love Sir Mem. And you shall have it even my dearest love My first my noblest love take her again Sir She is yours your honesty has over-run me She â—oves ye lose her not excellent Princess Injoy thy wish and now get Generals Pol. As ye love heaven love him she is only yours Sir Mem. As ye love heaven love him she is only yours Sir My Lord the King Pol. He will undoe himself Sir And must without her perish who shall fight then Who shall protect your Kingdom Mem. Give me hearing And after that belief were she my soul As I do love her equal all my victories And all the living names I have gain'd by war And loving him that good that vertuous good man That only worthy of the name of Brother I would resign all freely 't is all love To me all marriage rites the joy of issues To know him fruitfull that has been so faithfull King This is the noblest difference take your choice Sister Calis I see they are so brave and noble both I know not which to look on Pol. Chuse discreetly And vertue guide ye there all the world in one man Stands at the mark Mem. There all mans honestie The sweetness of all youth Cal. O God's Mem. My Armour By all the God's she 's yours my Arms I say And I beseech your Grace give me imployment That shall be now my Mistress there my Courtship King Ye shall have any thing Mem. Vertuous Lady Remember me your Servant now Young man You cannot over-reach me in your goodness O love how sweet thou look'st now and how gentle I should have slubber'd thee and stain'd thy beauty Your hand your hand Sir King Take her and Heaven bless her Mem. So. Pol. 'T is your will Sir nothing of my merit And as your royal gift I take this blessing Cal. And I from heaven this gentleman thanks Goddess Mem.
sleep Achil. He rowz'd them with his Sword We talk of Mars but I am sure his Courage Admits of no comparison but it self And as inspir'd by him his following friends With such a confidence as young Eagles prey Under the large wing of their fiercer Dam Brake through our Troops and scatter'd them he went on But still pursu'd by us when on the sudden He turn'd his head and from his Eyes slew terrour Which strook in us no less fear and amazement Than if we had encounter'd with the lightning Hurl'd from Jove's cloudy Brow Cleo. 'T was like my Caesar Achil. We faln back he made on and as out fear Had parted from us with his dreadful looks Again we follow'd but got near the Sea On which his Navy anchor'd in one hand Holding a Scroll he had above the waves And in the other grasping fast his Sword As it had been a Trident forg'd by Vulcan To calm the raging Ocean he made away As if he had been Neptune his friends like So many Tritons follow'd their bold shouts Yielding a chearful musick we showr'd darts Upon them but in vain they reach'd their ships And in their safety we are sunk for Caesar Prepares for War Pho. How fell the King Achil. Unable To follow Caesar he was trod to death By the Pursuers and with him the Priest Of Isis good Achoreus Ars May the Earth Lye gently on their ashes Pho. I feel now That there are powers above us and that 't is not Within the searching policies of man To alter their decrees Cleo. I laugh at thee Where are thy threats now Fool thy scoffs and scorns Against the gods I see calamity Is the best Mistress of Religion And can convert an Atheist Shout within Pho. O they come Mountains fall on me O for him to dye That plac'd his Heaven on Earth is an assurance Of his descent to Hell where shall I hide me The greatest daring to a man dishonest Is but a Bastard Courage ever fainting Exit Enter Caesar Sceva Antony Dolabella Caes Look on your Caesar banish fear my fairest You now are safe Sce. By Venus not a kiss Till our work be done the Traitors once dispatch'd To it and we 'll cry aim Caes I will be speedy Exeunt Cleo. Farewel again Arsino how now Eros Ever faint-hearted Eros But that I am assur'd Your Excellency can command the General I fear the Souldiers for they look as if They would be nibling too Cleo. He is all honour Nor do I now repent me of my favours Nor can I think that Nature e'r made a Woman That in her prime deserv'd him Enter Caesar Sceva Antonie Dolabella Souldiers with the Heads Ars He 's come back Pursue no further curb the Souldiers fury Caes See beauteous Mistris their accursed heads That did conspire against us Sce. Furies plague 'em They had too fair an end to dye like Souldiers Pompey fell by the Sword the Cross or Halter Should have dispatch'd them Caes All is but death good Sceva Be therefore satisfied and now my dearest Look upon Caesar as he still appear'd A Conquerour and this unfortunate King Entomb'd with honour we 'll to Rome where Caesar Will shew he can give Kingdoms for the Senate Thy Brother dead shall willingly decree The Crown of Egypt that was his to thee Exeunt oâ—â—â—es Prologue NEW Titles warrant not a Play for new The Subject being old and 't is as true Fresh and neat matter may with ease be fram'd Out of their Stories that have oft been nam'd With glory on the Stage what borrows he From him that wrote old Priam's Tragedy That writes his love to Hecuba Sure to tell Of Caesars amorous heats and how he fell In the Capitol can never be the same To the Judicious Nor will such blame Those who pen'd this for Barr'enness when they find Young Cleopatra here and her great Mind Express'd to the height with us a Maid and free And how he rated her Virginitie We treat not of what boldness she did dye Nor of her fatal Love to Antony What we present and offer to your view Upon their faiths the Stage yet never knew Let Reason then first to your Wills give laws And after judge of them and of their cause Epilogue I Now should wish another had my place But that I hope to come off and with Grace And but express some sign that you are pleas'd We of our doubts they of their fears are eas'd I would beg further Gentlemen and much say In favour of our selves them and the Play Did I not rest assur'd the most I see Hate Impudence and cherish Modestie THE Little French Lawyer A COMEDY Persons Represented in the Play Dinant a Gentleman that formerly loved and still pretended to love Lamira Cleremont a merry Gentleman his Friend Champernell a lame old Gentleman Husband to Lamira Vertaign a Noble-man and a Judge Beaupre Son to Vertaign Verdone Nephew to Champernell Monsieur La Writt a wrangling Advocate or the Little Lawyer Sampson a foolish Advocate Kinsman to Vertaign Provost Gentlemen Clients Servants WOMEN Lamira Wife to Champernell and Daughter to Vertaign Anabell Niece to Champernell Old Lady Nurse to Lamira Charlotte Waiting Gentlewoman to Lamira The Scene France The principal Actors were Joseph Taylor John Lowin John Vnderwood Robert Benfield Nicholas Toolie William Egleston Richard Sharpe Thomas Holcomb Actus Primus Scena Prima Enter Dinant and Cleremont Din. DIsswade me not Clere. It will breed a brawl Din. I care not I wear a Sword Cler. And wear discretion with it Or cast it off let that direct your arm 'T is madness else not valour and more base Than to receive a wrong Din. Why would you have me Sit down with a disgrace and thank the doer We are not Stoicks and that passive courage Is only now commendable in Lackies Peasants and Tradesmen not in men of rank And qualitie as I am Cler. Do not cherish That daring vice for which the whole age suffers The blood of our bold youth that heretofore Was spent in honourable action Or to defend or to enlarge the Kingdom For the honour of our Country and our Prince Pours it self out with prodigal expence Upon our Mothers lap the Earth that bred us For every trifle and these private Duells Which had their first original from the Frcenh And for which to this day we are justly censured Are banisht from all civil Governments Scarce three in Venice in as many years In Forence they are rarer and in all The fair Dominions of the Spanish King They are never heard of Nay those neighbour Countries Which gladly imitate our other follies And come at a dear rate to buy them of us Begin now to detest them Din. Will you end yet Cler. And I have heard that some of our late Kings For the lie wearing of a Mistris favour A cheat at Cards or Dice and such like causes Have lost as many gallant Gentlemen As might have met the great Turk in
wait upon as far as Italy Bel. I 'll travel into Wales amongst the mountains I hope they cannot find me Ros If you go further So good and free society we hold ye We 'll jog along too Pin. Are ye so valiant Lady Lel. And we 'll be merry Sir and laugh Pin. It may be We 'll go by Sea Lel. Why 't is the only voyage I love a Sea-voyage and a blustring tempest And let all split Pin. This is a dainty Damosel I think 't will tame ye can ye ride post Lel. O excellently I am never weary that way A hundred mile a day is nothing with me Bel. I 'le travel under ground do you hear sweet Lady I find it will be dangerous for a woman Ros No danger Sir I warrant I love to be under Bel. I see she will abuse me all the world over But say we pass through Germany and drink hard Ros We 'll learn to drink and swagger too Bel. She 'l beat me Lady I 'le live at home Ros And I 'le live with thee And we 'll keep house together Bel. I 'le keep hounds first And those I hate right heartily Pin. I go for Turky And so it may be up into Persia Lel. We cannot know too much I 'le travel with ye Pin. And you 'l abuse me Lel. Like enough Pin. 'T is dainty Bel. I will live in a bawdy-house Ros I dare come to ye Bel. Say I am dispos'd to hang my self Ros There I 'le leave ye Bel. I am glad I know how to avoid ye Mir. May I speak yet Fac. She beckons to ye Mir. Lady I could wish I knew to recompence Even with the service of my life those pains And those high favours you have thrown upon me Till I be more desertful in your eye And till my duty shall make known I honour ye Noblest of women do me but this favour To accept this back again as a poor testimony Ori. I must have you too with 'em else the will That says they must rest with ye is infring'd Sir Which pardon me I dare not do Mir. Take me then And take me with the truest love Ori. 'T is certain My Brother lov'd ye dearly and I ought As dearly to preserve that love But Sir Though I were willing these are but your Ceremonies Mir. As I have life I speak my soul Ori. I like ye But how you can like me without I have Testimony A Stranger to ye Mir. I 'le marry ye immediately A fair State I dare promise ye Bel. Yet she 'll couzen thee Ori. Would some fair Gentleman durst promise for ye Mir. By all that 's good Enter La-Castre Nantolet Lugier de-Gard All. And we 'll make up the rest Lady Ori. Then Oriana takes ye nay she has caught ye If ye start now let all the world cry shame on ye I have out travell'd ye Bel. Did not I say she would cheat thee Mir. I thank ye I am pleas'd ye have deceiv'd me And willingly I swallow it and joy in 't And yet perhaps I know ye whose plot was this Lug. He is not asham'd that cast it he that executed Followed your Fathers will Mir. What a world 's this nothing but craft and cozenage Ori. Who begun Sir Mir. Well I do take thee upon meer Compassion And I do think I shall love thee As a Testimony I 'le burn my book and turn a new leaf over But these fine clothes you shall wear still Ori. I obey you Sir in all Nant. And how how daughters what say you to these Gentlemen What say ye Gentlemen to the Girles Pen. By my troth if she can love me Lel. How long Pin. Nay if once ye love Lel. Then take me And take your chance Pin. Most willingly ye are mine Lady And if I use ye not that ye may love me Lel. A Match i' faith Pin. Why now ye travel with me Ros How that thing stands Bel. It will if ye urge it ' Bless your five wits Ros Nay 'prethee stay I 'le have thee Bel. You must ask me leave first Ros Wilt thou use me kindly And beat me but once a week Bel. If ye deserve no more Ros And wilt thou get me with child Bel. Dost thou ask me seriously Ros Yes indeed do I. Bel. Yes I will get thee with child come presently And 't be but in revenge I 'le do thee that courtesie Well if thou wilt fear God and me have at thee Ros I 'le love ye and I 'le honour ye Bel. I am pleas'd then Mir. This Wild-Goose Chase is done we have won o' both sides Brother your love and now to Church of all hands Let 's lose no time Pin. Our travelling lay by Bel. No more for Italy for the Low-Countries Exeunt A Wife for a Month A TRAGI-COMEDY Persons Represented in the Play Alphonso King of Naples elder Brother to Frederick Frederick unnatural and libidinous Brother to Alphonso and usurper of his Kingdom Sorano a Lord Brother to Evanthe Frederick's wicked instrument Valerio a noble young Lord servant to Evanthe three honest Court Lords Camillo Cleanthes Menallo Rugio an honest Lord friend to Alphonso Marco a Frier Alphonso's friend Podramo a necessary creature to Sorano with other Masquers Cupid Graces with other Masquers Tonie King Frederick's Knavish fool Castruccio Captain of the Cittadel an honest man Citizens Lawyer Physician Captain Cut-purse Fool. Attendants WOMEN Queen Wife to Frederick a vertuous Lady Evanthe Sister to Sorano the chaste Wife of Valerio or a Wife for a Month. Cassandra an old Bawd Waiting-woman to Evanthe Ladies City-Wives The Scene Naples The principal Actors were Joseph Taylor Richard Robinson Nicholas Toolie Robert Benfield John Vnderwood George Birch Actus Primus Scena Prima Enter King Frederick Sorano Valerio Camillo Cleanthes Menallo and Attendants Sor. WILL your Grace speak Fre. Let me alone Sorano Although my thoughts seem sad they are welcome to me Sor. You know I am private as your secret wishes Ready to fling my soul upon your service E're your command be on 't Fre. Bid those depart Sor. You must retire my Lords Cam. What new design is hammering in his head now Cle. Let 's pray heartily None of our heads meet with it my Wife 's old That 's all my comfort Men. Mine's ugly that I am sure on And I think honest too 't would make me start else Cam. Mine's troubled in the Country with a Feaver And some few infirmities else he looks again Come let 's retire certain 't is some she-business This new Lord is imployed Val. I 'le not be far off because I doubt the cause Ex. Fre. Are they all gone Sor. All but your faithful Servant Fre. I would tell thee But 't is a thing thou canst not like Sor. Pray ye speak it is it my head I have it ready for ye Sir Is' t any action in my power my wit I care not of what nature nor what follows Fre. I am in love Sor. That 's
jealous may she grow Leon. I will be rul'd But you have promis'd and I must enjoy you Clar. We shall find time for that you are too hasty Make your self fit and I shall make occasion Deliberation makes best in that business And contents every way Leon. But you must feed This foolish Steward with some shadow of A future favour that we may preserve him To be our instrument Clar. Hang him Leon. For my sake Sweet I undertook to speak for him any Bauble Or slight employment in the way of service Will feed him fat Enter Malfort Clar. Leave him to me Mal. She comes my Lady Clar. I will satisfie her Mal. How far have you prevail'd Leon. Observe Clar. Monsiâ—ur Malfort I must be brief my cousin hath spoke much In your behalf and to give you some proof I entertain you as my servant You shall have the grace Leon. Upon your knee receive it Clar. And take it as a special favour from me To tye my shooe Malf. I am o're-joy'd Leon. Good reason Clar. You may come higher in time Leon. No more the Lady Enter Calista Malf. She frowns Clar. I thank you for this visit cousin But without leave hereafter from my Lady I dare not change discourse with you Malf. Pray you take your mornings draught Leon. I thank you Exeunt Leon Malf. Happiness attend your honour Calist Who gave warrant to this private parle Clar. My innocence I hope My conference with a kinsman cannot call Your anger on me Calist Kinsman Let me have No more of this as you desire you may continue mine Clar. Why madam under pardon Suppose him otherwise yet coming in A lawfull way it is excusable Calist How 's this Clar. I grant you are made of pureness And that your tenderness of honour holds The soveraigntie o're your passions Yet you have A noble Husband with allow'd embraces To quench lascivious fires should such flame in you As I must ne're believe Were I the wife Of one that could but zanie brave Cleander Even in his least perfâ—ctions excuse My o're-bold inference I should desire To meet no other object Cal. You grow fancie Do I look further Clar. No dear Madam and It is my wonder or astonishment rather You could deny the service of Lisander A man without a rival one the King And Kingdom gazes on with admiration For all the excellencies a Mother could Wish in her only Son Cal. Did not mine honour And obligation to Cleander force me To be deaf to his complaints Clar. 'T is true but yet Your rigor to command him from your presence Argu'd but small compassion the Groves Witness his grievous sufferings your fair name Upon the rinde of every gentle Poplar And amorous Myâ—tle trees to Venus sacred With adoration carv'd and knee'ld unto This you unsâ—â—n of him both saw and heard Without compassion and what receiv'd he For his true sorrows but the heavy knowledge That 't was your peremptory will and pleasure How e're my Lord liv'd in him he should quit Your sight and house for ever Cal. I confess I gave him a strong potion to work Upon his hot bloud and I hope 't will cure him Yet I could wish the cause had concern'd others I might have met his sorrows with more pity At least have lent some counsel to his miseries Though now for honours sake I must forget him And never know the name more of Lisander Yet in my justice I am bound to grant him Laying his love aside most truely noble But mention him no more this instant hour My Brother Lidian new return'd from travel And his brave friend Clarange long since rivals For fair and rich Olinda are to hear Her absolute determination whom She pleases to elect see all things ready To entertain 'em and on my displeasure No more words of Lisander Clar. She endures to hear him nam'd by no tongue but her own How e're she carries it I know she loves him Exit Cal. Hard nature hard condition of poor women That where we are most su'd to we must flye most The trees grow up and mix together freely The Oak's not envious of the sailing Cedar The lustie Vine not jealous of the Ivie Because she clips the Elm the flowers shoot up And wantonly kiss one another hourly This blossome glorying in the others beauty And yet they smell as sweet and look as lovely But we are ty'd to grow alone O honour Thou hard Law to our lives chain to our freedoms He that invented thee had many curses How is my soul divided O Cleander My best deserving husband O Lisander The truest lover that e're sacrific'd To Cupid against Hymen O mine honour A Tyrant yet to be obey'd and 't is But justice we should thy strict Laws endure Since our obedience to thee keeps us pure Exit Enter Clender Lidian and Clarange Clean. How insupportable the difference Of dear friends is the sorrow that I feel For my Lisanders absence one that stamps A reverend print on friendship does assure me You are rivals for a Lady a fair Lady And in the acquisition of her favours Hazard the cutting of that Gordian knot From your first childhood to this present hour By all the tyes of love and amity fasten'd I am blest in a wife Heaven make me thankfull Inferiour to none sans pride I speak it Yet if I were a free-man and could purchase At any rate the certainty to enjoy Lisanders conversation while I liv'd Forgive me my Calista and the Sex I never would seek change Lid. My Lord and Brother I dare not blame your choice Lisanders worth Being a Mistris to be ever courted Nor shall our equal suit to fair Olinda Weaken but adde strength to our true affection With zeal so long continued Claran. When we know Whom she prefers as she can choose but one By our so long tri'd friendship we have vow'd The other shall desist Clea. 'T is yet your purpose But how this resolution will hold In him that is refus'd is not alone Doubtfull but dangerous Enter Malfort Malf. The rich heir is come Sir Cleand. Madam Olinda Malf. Yes Sir and makes choice After some little conference with my Lady Of this room to give answer to her suitors Cle. Already both look pale between your hopes To win the prize and your despair to lose What you contended for Lid. No Sir I am arm'd Clar. I confident of my interest Cle. I 'le believe ye when you have endur'd the test Enter Calista Olinda and Clarinda Malf. Is not your garter Unty'd you promis'd that I should grow higher In doing you service Clar. Fall off or you lose me Exit Malfort Câ—e Nay take your place no Paris now sits judge On the contending goddesses You are The Deitie that must make curst or happy One of your languishng servants Ol. I thus look with equal eyes on both either deserves A fairer fortune than they can in reason Hope for from mâ— fâ—om Lidian I expect When I have
'll carry it Ru. Does this become you Princess Arm. The Captain 's jealous Jealous of that he never durst deserve yet Goe freely goe I 'll give thee leave Ru. Your leave Sir Arm. Yes my leave Sir I 'll not be troubled neither Nor shall my heart ake or my head be jealous Nor strange suspitious thoughts reign in my memory Go on and do thy worst I 'll smile at thee I kiss your fair hand first then farewel Captain Exit Quisar What a pure soul inherits here what innocence Sure I was blind when I first lov'd this fellow And long to live in that fogg still how he blusters Ru. Am I your property or those your flatteries The banquets that ye bid me to the trust I build my goodly hopes on Quisar Be more temperate Ru. Are these the shews of your respect and favour What did he here what language had he with ye Did ye invite could ye stay no longer â—o be so gracious in your eye Quisar You are too forward Ru. Why at these private hours Quisar You are too saucy Too impudent to task me with those errors Do ye know what I am Sir and my prerogative Though you be a thing I have call'd by th' name of friend â— never taught you to dispose my liberty â—ow durst you touch mine honor blot my meanings â—nd name an action and of mine but noble Thou poor unworthy thing how have I grac'd thee â—ow have I nourisht thee and raised thee hourly Are these the gratitudes you bring Ruy Dias The thanks the services I am fairly paid Was 't not enough I saw thou wert a Coward â—nd shaddowed thee no noble sparkle in thee Daily provok'd thee and still found thee coward â—ais'd noble causes for thee strangers started at Yet still still still a Coward ever Coward And with those taints dost thou upbraid my virtues Ruy. I was too blame Lady Quisar So blindly bold to touch at my behaviour Durst thou but look amiss at my allowance If thou hadst been a brave fellow thou hadst had some licence Some liberty I might have then allowed thee For thy good face some scope to have argued with me But being nothing but a sound a shape The meer sign of a Soldier of a Lover The dregs and draffy part disgrace and jealousie I scorn thee and contemn thee Ru. Dearest Lady If I have been too free Quisar Thou hast been too foolish And go on still I 'll study to forget thee I would I could and yet I pity thee Exit Ru. I am not worth it if I were that 's misery The next door is but death I must aim at it Exit Actus Quartus Scaena Prina Enter King and Governor like a Moor-Priest Kin. SO far and truly you have discovered to me The former currents of my life and fortune That I am bound to acknowledge ye most holy And certainly to credit your predictions Of what are yet to come Gov. I am no lyer 'T is strange I should and live so near a neighbor But these are not my ends Kin. Pray ye sit good father Certain a reverend man and most religious Gov. I that belief 's well now and let me work then I 'll make ye curse Religion e'r I leave ye I have liv'd a long time Son a mew'd up man Sequester'd by the special hand of Heaven From the worlds vanities bid farewel to follies And shook hands with all heats of youth and pleasures As in a dream these twenty years I have slumber'd Many a cold Moon have I in meditation And searching out the hidden Wils of heaven Lain shaking under many a burning Sun Has fear'd my body and boil'd up my blood Feebl'd my knees and stampt a Meagerness Upon my figure all to find out knowledge Which I have now attained to thanks to heaven All for my countreys good too and many a vision Many a mistick vision have I seen Son And many a sight from heaven which has been terrible Wherein the Goods and Evils of these Islands Were lively shadowed many a charge I have had too Still as the time grew ripe to reveal these To travel and discover now I am come Son The hour is now appointed My tongue is touch'd and now I speak Kin. Do Holy man I 'll hear ye Gov. Beware these Portugals I say beware 'em These smooth-sac'd strangers have an eye upon ' em The cause is now the God's hear and believe King King I do hear but before I give rash credit Or hang too light on belief which is a sin father Know I have found 'em gentle faithful valiant And am in my particular bound to 'em I mean to some for my most strange deliverance Gov. Oh Son the future aims of men observe me Above their present actions and their glory Are to be look'd at the Stars shew many turnings If you could see mark but with my eyes pupil These men came hither as my vision tells me Poor weather-beaten almost lost starv'd feebled Their vessels like themselves most miserable Made a long sute for traffique and for comfort To vent their childrens toys cure their diseases They had their sute they landed and to th' rate Grew rich and powerful suckt the fat and freedom Of this most blessed Isle taught her to tremble Witness the Castle here the Citadel They have clapt upon the neck of your Tidore This happy Town till that she knew these strangers To check her when she 's jolly King They have so indeed Father Gov. Take heed take heed I find your fair delivery Though you be pleas'd to glorifie that fortune And think these strangers gods take heed I say I find it but a handsome preparation A fair-fac'd Prologue to a further mischief Mark but the end good King the pin he shoots at That was the man deliver'd ye the mirror Your Sister is his due what 's she your heir Sir And what 's he a kin then to the kingdom But heirs are not ambitious who then suffers What reverence shall the gods have and what justice The miserable people what shall they do King He points at truth directly Gov. Think of these Son The person nor the manner I mislike not Of your preserver nor the whole man together Were he but season'd in the Faith we are In our Devotions learn'd King You say right Father Gov. To change our Worships now and our Religion To be traytor to our God King You have well advised me And I will seriously consider Father In the mean time you shall have your fair access Unto my Sister advise her to your purpose And let me still know how the gods determine Gov. I will but my main end is to advise The destruction of you all a general ruine And when I am reveng'd let the gods whistle Exeunt Enter Ruy Dias and Pyniero Ruy. Indeed I am right glad ye were not greedy And sudden in performing what I will'd you Upon the person of Armufia I was afraid for I well
did blush to ask thy love Pol. Give me your pardon Sir Arcadius At our last meeting without argument To move him more than his affection to me Vow'd he did love me love me above all Women And to confirm his heart was truely mine He wish'd I tremble to remember it When he forsook his Polidora's love That Heaven might kill his happiness on Earth Was not this nobly said did not this promise A truth to shame the Turtles Dem. And his heart Iâ— still the same and I thy constant Lover Pol. Give me your leave I pray I would not say Arcadius was perjur'd but the same day Forgetting all his promises and oathes While yet they hung upon his lips forsook me D' ee not remember this too gave his faith From me transported with the noise of greatness And would be married to a Kingdom Dem. But Heaven permitted not I should dispose What was ordain'd for thee Pol. It was not virtue In â—im for sure he found no check no sting In his own bosome but gave freely all The reines to blind ambition Dem. I am wounded The thought of thee i th' throng of all my joyes Like poyson powr'd in Nectar turnes me frantick Dear if Arcadius have made a fault Let not Demetrius be punish'd for 't He pleads that ever will be constant to thee Pol. Shall I believe Mans flatteries agen Lose my sweet rest and peace of thought agen Be drawn by you from the streight paths of virtue Into the maze of Love Dem. I see compassion in thy eye that chides me If I have either soul but what 's contain'd Within these words or if one syllable Of their full force be not made good by me May all relenting thoughts in you take end And thy disdain be doubled from thy pardon I 'll count my Coronation and that hour Fix with a rubrick in my Calendar As an auspicious time to entertain Affairs of weight with Princes think who now Intreats thy mercy come thou sha't be kind And divide Titles with me Pol. Hear me Sir I lov'd you once for virtue and have not A thought so much unguarded as to be won From my truth and innocence with any Motives of state to affect you Your bright temptation mourns while it stayes here Nor can the triumph of glory which made you Forget me so court my opinion back Were you no King I should be sooner drawn Again to love you but 't is now too late A low obedience shall become me best May all the joyes I want Still wait on you if time hereafter tell you That sorrow for your fault hath struck me dead May one soft tear drop from your eye in pitty Bedew my hearse and I shall sleep securely I have but one word more for goodness sake For your own honor Sir correct your passion To her you shall love next and I forgive you Exit Dem. Her heart is frozen up nor can warm prayers Thaw it to any softness Phi. I 'll fetch her Sir again Dem. Perswade her not Phi. You give your passion too much leave to triumph Seek in another what she denies Enter Macarius Mac. Where 's the King oh Sir you are undone A dangerous treason is a foot Dem. What Treason Mac. Cassander and Eubulus have proclaim'd Another King whom they pretend to be Leonatus your elder Brother he that was But this morning prisoner in the Castle Dem. Ha Mac. The easie Epirotes Gather in multitudes to advance his Title They have seised upon the Court secure your person Whilst we raise power to curbe this Insurrection Ant. Lose no time then Dem. We will not Arme one Man Speak it agen have I a brother living And must be no King Mac. What means your Grace Dem. This newes doth speak me happy it exalts My heart and makes me capable of more Than twenty Kingdoms Phi. Will you not Sir stand Upon your guard Dem. I 'll stand upon my honor Mercy relieves me Lisa Will you lose the Kingdom Dem. The World 's too poor to bribe me leave Me all lest you extenuate my fame and I Be thought to have redeem'd it by your counsel You shall not share one sâ—ruple in the honor Titles may set a gloss upon our Name But Virtue onely is the soul of Fame Mac. He 's strangely possest Gentlemen Exeunt Omnes Actus Quintus Scaena Prima Enter Philocles and Lisander Phi. HEre 's a strange turne Lisander Lisa 'T is a Kingdom Easily purchas'd who will trust the faith Of multitudes Phi. It was his fault that would So tamely give his Title to their Mercy The new King has possession Lisa And is like To keep 't we are alone what dost think of This innovation Is' t not a fine Jigge A precious cunning in the late Protector To shuffle a new Prince into the state Phi. I know not how they have shuffled but my head on 't A false card is turn'd up trump but fates look to 't Enter Cassander and Eubulus Eub. Does he not carry it bravely Cas Excellently Philocles Lisander Phi. Lis Your Lordships servants Are we not bound to heaven for multiplying These blessings on the Kingdom Phi. Heaven alone Works miracles my Lord. Lisa I think your Lordship Had as little hope once to see these Princes Revive Phi. Here we must place our thanks Next providence for preserving So dear a pledge Enter Leonatus attended Eub. The King Leo. It is our pleasure The number of our guard be doubled give A Largess to the Soldiers but dismiss not The Troops till we command Cas May it please Leo. It will not please us otherwise my Lord We have try'd your faith Eub. Does he not speak with confidence Leo. My Lords and Gentlemen to whose faith we must Oâ—e next to Heaven our fortune and our safety After a tedious eclipse the day â— bright and we invested in those honors Our bloud and birth did challenge Cas May no time â—e registred in our annals that shall mention â—â—e that had life to oppose your sacred person Leo. Let them whose Titles forg'd and flaw'd suspect Their states security our right to Epire â—eaven is oblig'd to prosper treason has â—o face so black to fright it all my cares â—evel to this that I may worthily â—anage the province and advance the honor â—f our dear Countrey and be confident â— an expence of bloud may give addition â—f any happiness to you I shall â—ffer my heart the sacrifice and rejoyce â—o make my self a ghost to have inscrib'd â—pon my marble but whose cause I died for Eub. May Heaven avert such danger Cas Excellent Prince â— whom we see the Copy of his Father â—one but the Son of Theodosius â—ould have spoke thus Leo. We are pleas'd to interpret well â—et give me leave to say in my own justice â— have but exprest the promptness of my soul â—o serve you all but 't is not empty wishes â—an satisfie our mighty charge a weight â—ould make an Atlas double a Kings
complexions Betray effeminate minds and love of change Two beauties in a bed compound few men He 's not so fair to counterfeit a woman Nor yet so black but blushes may betray His modesty Sop. His proportion exceeds not Pol. That praises him and a well compacted frame Speaks temper and sweet flow of elements Vast buildings are more oft for shew than use I would not have my eyes put to the travel Of many acres e'r I could examine A man from head to foot he has no great But he may boast an elegant composition Sop. I 'll hear no more you have so far out-done My injuries to you that I call back My penitence and must tell Polidora This revenge ill becomes her Am I thought So lost in soul to hear and forgive this In what shade do I live or shall I think I have not at the lowest enough merit Setting aside my birth to poize with yours Forgive my modest thoughts if I rise up In my own defence and tell this unjust Lady So great a winter hath not frozen yet My cheek but there 's something nature planted That carries as much bloom and spring upon 't As yours What flame is in your eye but may Find competition here forgive agen My Virgin honor what is in your lip To tice the enamour'd soul to dwell with more Ambition than the yet unwither'd blush That speaks the innocence of mine Enter Demetrius Oh brother Dem. I 'll talk with you anon my Polidora Allow thy patience till my breath recover Which now comes laden with the richest news Thy ear was ever blest with Sop. Both your looks And voice express some welcome accident Dem. Guess what in wish could make me fortunate And heaven hath dropt that on Demetrius Sop. What means this extasie Dem. 'T were sin to busie Thy thoughts upon 't I 'll tell thee that I could Retein some part 't is too wide a joy To be exprest so soon and yet it falls In a few syllables thou wot scarce believe me I am no King Sop. How 's that Pol. Good Heaven forbid Dem. Forbid Heaven has reliev'd me with a mercy I knew not how to ask I have they say An elder brother living crown'd already I only keep my name Demetrius Without desire of more addition Than to return thy servant Pol. You amaze me Can you rejoyce to be deposed Dem. It but Translates me to a fairer and better Kingdom In Polidora Pol. Me Dem. Did you not say Were I no King you could be drawn to love Me agen that was consented to in Heaven A Kingdom first betraid my ambitious soul To forget thee that and the flattering glories How willingly Demetrius does resign The Angels know thus naked without Titles â— throw me on thy charity and shall Boast greater Empire to be thine agen than To wear the triumphs of the world upon me Enter Macarius Mac. Be not so careless of your self the people Gather in multitudes to your protection Offering their lives and fortunes if they may But see you Sir and hear you speak to 'em Accept their duties and in time prevent â—our ruin Sop. Be not desperate 't is counsel Dem. You trouble me with noise speak Polidora Pol. For your own sake preserve your self My fears distract my reason Enter Antigonus Ant. Lord Lisimachus With something that concerns your safety is â—led hither and desires a present hearing Mac. His soul is honest be not Sir a mad man â—nd for a Lady give up all our freedoms Exit Pol. I 'll say any thing here Lisimachus Sop. Dear brother hear him Enter Lisimachus Lis Sir I come to yield My self your prisoner if my father have â—ais'd an Impostor to supplant your Title Which I suspect and inwardly do bleed for â— shall not only by the tender of My self declare my innocence but either â—y my unworthy life secure your person Or by what death you shall impose reward The unexpected Treason Sop. Brave young man Did you not hear him Brother Lis I am not minded Pol. Be witness Madam I resign my heart â— never was anothers you declare â—oo great a satisfaction I hope This will destroy your jealousie Remember now your danger Dem. I despise it What fate dares injure me Lis Yet hear me Sir Sop. Forgive me Polidora you are happy My hopes are remov'd farther I had thought Lisimachus had meant you for his Mistriss 'T is misery to feed and not know where To place my jealousie Enter Macarius Mac. Now 't is too late You may be deafe until the Cannon make You find your sense we are shut up now by A troop of Horse thank your self Pol. They will Admit conditions Sop. And allow us quarter A shout within Pol. We are all lost Dem. Be comforted Enter Antigonus Ant. News my Lord Cassander sent by the new King To bear us company Dem. Not as prisoner Ant. It does appear no otherwise the soldiers Declare how much they love him by their noise Of scorn and joy to see him so rewarded Dem. It cannot be Ant. You 'll find it presently He curses the new King talks treason ' gainst him As nimble as he were in 's shirt he 's here Enter Cassander Cas Oh let me beg untill my knees take root I'th'earth Sir can you pardon me Dem. For what Cas For Treason desperate most malicious Treason I have undone you Sir Dem. It does appear You had a Will Cas I 'll make you all the recompence I can But e'r you kill me hear me know the man Whom I to serve my unjust ends advanc'd To your throne is an impostor a mere counterfeit Eubulus ' Son Etxi Anti Dem. It is not then our brother Cas An insolent usurper proud and bloudy Seleucus is no leprosie upon me There is not punishment enough in nature To quit my horrid act I have not in My stock of blood to satisfie with weeping Nor could my soul though melted to a flood Within me gush out tears to wash my stain off Dem. How an Impostor what will become on 's now We are at his mercy Cas Sir the peoples hearts Will come to their own dwelling when they see I dare accuse my self and suffer for it Have courage then young King thy fate cannot Be long compell'd Dem. Rise our misfortune Carries this good although it lose our hopes It makes you friend with virtue we 'll expect What providence will do Cas You are too merciful Lis Our duties shall beg heaven still to preserve you Enter Antigonus Ant. Our enemy desires some parley Sir Lis 'T is not amiss to hear their proposition Pol. I 'll wait upon you Dem. Thou art my Angel and canst best instruct me Boldly present our selves you 'll with Cassander Cas And in death be blest To find our charity Exit Sop. Lisimachus Lis Madam Sop. They will not miss your presence the small time Is spent in asking of a question Lis I wait your pleasure Sop. Sir I have a suit to you Lis To me
River runs his head Into forgotten ways again I ransome And his fair course turn right this day Thierry The Son of France whose manly powers like prisoners Have been tied up and fetter'd by one death Give life to thousand ages this day beauty The envy of the world Pleasure the glory Content above the world desire beyond it Are made mine own and useful Mart. Happy Woman That dies to do these things Thier. But ten times happier That lives to do the greater oh Martel The gods have heard me now and those that scorn'd me Mothers of many children and blest fathers That see their issues like the Stars un-number'd Their comfort more than them shall in my praises Now teach their Infants songs and tell their ages From such a Son of mine or such a Queen That chaste Ordella brings me blessed marriage The chain that links two Holy Loves together And in the marriage more than blest Ordella That comes so near the Sacrament it self The Priests doubt whether purer Mart. Sir y' are lost Thier. I prethee let me be so Mart. The day â—ears And those that have been offering early prayers Are now retiring homeward Thier. Stand and mark then Mart. Is it the first must suffer Thier. The first Woman Mart. What hand shall do it Sir Thier. This hand Martell For who less dare presume to give the gods An incense of this offering Mart. Would I were she For such away to die and such a blessing Can never crown my parting Enter two men passing over Thier. What are those Mart. Men men Sir men Thier. The plagues of men light on 'em They cross my hopes like Hares who 's that Enter a Priest Mart. A Priest Sir Thier. Would he were gelt Mart. May not these rascals serve Sir Well hang'd and quarter'd Thier. Nov Mart. Here comes a woman Enter Ordella veil'd Thier. Stand and behold her then Mart. I think a fair one Thier. Move not whilst I prepare her may her peace Like his whose innocence the gods are pleas'd with And offering at their Altars gives his soul Far purer than those fires pull heaven upon her You holy powers no humane spot dwell in her No love of any thing but you and goodness Tie her to earth fear be a stranger to her And all weak blouds affections but thy hope Let her bequeath to Women hear me heaven Give her a spirit masculine and noble Fit for your selves to ask and me to offer Oh let her meet my blow doat on her death And as a wanton Vine bows to the pruner That by his cutting off more may increase So let her fall to raise me fruit hail woman The happiest and the best if the dull Will Do not abuse thy fortune France e'er found yet Ordel. Sh 'is more than dull Sir less and worse than Woman That may inherit such an infinite As you propound a greatness so near goodness And brings a Will to rob her Thier. Tell me this then Was there e'er woman yet or may be found That for fair Fame unspotted memory For virtues sake and only for it self sake Has or dare make a story Ordel. Many dead Sir Living I thing as many Thier. Say the kingdom May from a womans Will receive a blessing The King and kingdom not a private safety A general blessing Lady Ordel. A general curse Light on her heart denies it Thier. Full of honor And such examples as the former ages Were but dim shadows of and empty figures Ordel. You strangely stir me Sir and were my weakness In any other flesh but modest womans You should not ask more questions may I do it Thier. You may and which is more you must Ordel. I joy in 't Above a moderate gladness Sir you promise It shall be honest Thier. As ever time discover'd Ordel. Let it be what it may then what it dare I have a mind will hazard it Thier. But hark ye What may that woman merit makes this blessing Ordel. Only her duty Sir Thier. 'T is terrible Ordel. 'T is so much the more noble Thier. 'T is full of fearful shadows Ordel. So is sleep Sir Or any thing that 's meerly ours and mortal We were begotten gods else but those fears Feeling but once the fires of nobler thoughts Flie like the shapes of clouds we form to nothing Thier. Suppose it death Ordel. I do Thier. And endless parting With all we can call ours with all our sweetness With youth strength pleasure people time nay reason For in the silent grave no conversation No joyful tread of friends no voice of Lovers No careful Fathers counsel nothing's hâ—â—d Nor nothing is but all oblivion Dust and an endless darkness and dare you woman Desire this place Ordeel 'T is of all sleeps the sweetest Children begin it to us strong men seek it And Kings from heighth of all their painted glories Fall like spent exhalations to this centre And those are fools that fear it or imagine A few unhandsome pleasures or lifes profits Can recompence this place and mad that staies it Till age blow out their lights or rotten humors Bring them dispers'd to th' earth Thier. Then you can suffer Ordel. As willingly as say it Thier. Martell a wonder Here 's a woman that dares die yet tell me Are you a Wife Ordel. I am Sir Thier. And have children She sighs and weeps Ordel. Oh none Sir Thier. Dare you venture For a poor barren praise you ne'er shall hear To part with these sweet hopes Ordel. With all but Heaven And yet die full of children he that reads me When I am ashes is my Son in wishes And those chaste dames that keep my memory Singing my yearly requiems are my Daughters Thier. Then there is nothing wanting but my knowledg And what I must doe Lady Ordel. You are the King Sir And what you do I 'll suffer and that blessing That you desire the gods showr on the Kingdom Thier. Thus much before I strike then for I must kill you The gods have will'd it so they 're made the blessing Must make France young again and me a man Keep up your strength still nobly Ordel. Fear me not Thier. And meet death like a measure Ordel. I am stedfast Thier. Thou shalt be sainted woman and thy Tomb Cut out in Chrystal pure and good as thou art And on it shall be graven every age Succeeding Peers of France that rise by thy fall Tell thou liest there like old and fruitful nature Darest thou behold thy happiness Ordel. I dare Sir Thier. Ha Puls off her veil le ts fall his sword Mar. Oh Sir you must not doe it Thier. No I dare not There is an Angel keeps that Paradice A fiery Angel friend oh virtue virtue Ever and endless virtue Ordel. Strike Sir strike And if in my poor death fair France may merit Give me a thousand blows be killing me A thousand days Thier. First let the earth be barren And man no more remembred rise Ordella The nearest to
borrow money of you Frig. That 's an excellent motive Rin. No my sweet Don nor to ask what you owe me Frig. Why that is the very motive of motives why I ought and will know thee and if I had not wound thee up to this promise I would not have known thee these fifteen years no more than the errantst or most founder'd Castillian that followed our new Queens Carriages a-foot Rin. Nor for any thing dear Don but that you would place me conveniently to see the Play to night Frig. That shall I Signior Rinaldo but would you had come sooner you see how full the Scaffolds are there is scant room for a Lovers thought here Gentlewomen sit close for shame Has none of ye a little corner for this Gentleman I 'll place ye fear not And how did our brave King of Portugal Emanuel bear himself to day You saw the solemnity of the marriage Rin. Why like a fit Husband for so gracious and excellent a Princess as his worthy mate Isabella the King of Castiles Daughter doth in her very external linaments mixture of colours and joyning Dove like behaviour assure her self to be And I protest my dear Don seriously I can sing prophetically nothing but blessed Hymns and happy occasions to this sacred union of Portugal and Castile which have so wisely and mutually conjoyned two such virtuous and beautiful Princes as these are and in all opinion like to multiply to their very last minute Frig. The King is entring Signior hover here about and as soon as the Train is set clap into me we 'll stand near the State If you have any Creditors here they shall renew bonds a Twelvemonth on such a sight but to touch the pomel of the King's Chair in the sight of a Citizen is better security for a thousand double Duckets than three of the best Merchants in Lisbon Besides Signior we will censure not only the King in the Play here that Reigns his two hours but the King himself that is to rule his life time Take my counsel I have one word to say to this noble Assembly and I am for you Rin. Your method shall govern me Frig. Prologues are bad Huishers before the wise Why may not then an Huisher Prologize Here 's a fair sight and were ye oftner seen Thus gather'd here 't would please our King and Queen Vpon my conscience ye are welcome all To Lisbon and the Court of Portugal Where your fair eyes shall feed on no worse sights Than preparations made for Kings delights We wish to men content the manliest treasure And to the Women their own wish'd for pleasure Enter King and Queen Emanuel and Isabella Lords and attendants Em. Fair fountain of my life from whose pure streams The propagation of two Kingdoms flowes Never contention rise in eithers brest But contestation whose love shall be best Isab Majestick Ocean that with plenty feeds Me thy poor tributary Rivolet Sun of my beauty that with radiant beams Dost gild and dance upon these humble streams Curst be my birth-hour and my ending day When back your love-floods I forget to pay Or if this brest of mine your crystall brook Ever take other form in other look But yours or ere produce unto your grace A strange reflection or anothers face But be your love-book clasp'd open'd to none But you nor hold a storie but your own A water fix'd that ebbs nor floods pursue Frozen to all onely dissolv'd to you Em. O who shall tel the sweetness of our love To future times and not be thought to lye I look through this hour like a perspective And far off see millions of prosperous seeds That our reciprocall affection breeds Thus my white rib close in my brest with me Which nought shall tear hence but mortalitie Lords Be Kingdoms blest in you you blest in them Frig. Whist Seignior my strong imagination shews me Love me thinks bathing in milk and wine in her cheeks O! how she clips him like a plant of Ivie Rin. I Could not you be content to be an Owl in such an ivie-bush or one of the Oaks of the City to be so clipt Frig. Equivocal Don though I like the clipping well I could not be content either to be your Owl or your Ox of the City The Play begins Flourish Enter a Poet with a garland Poet Prologue Low at your sacred feet our poor Muse layes Her and her thunder-fearless virdant Bayes Four severall Triumphs to your Princely eyes Of Honor Love Death and Time do rise From our approaching subject which we move Towards you with fear since that a sweeter Love A brighter Honor purer Chastitie March in your brests this day triumphantly Then our weak Scenes can show then how dare we Present like Apes and Zanies things that be Exemplifi'd in you but that we know We ne'r crav'd grace which you did not bestow Enter in triumph with Drums Trumpets Colours Martius Valerius Sophocles bound Nicodemus Cornelius Captains and Soldiers Mar. What means proud Sophocles Soph. To go even with Martius And not to follow him like his Officer I never waited yet on any man Mar. Why poor Athenian Duke thou art my slave My blows have conquerd thee Soph. Thy slave proud Martius Cato thy countrey-man whose constancie Of all the Romans I did honor most Rip'd himself twice to avoid slavery Making himself his own Anatomie But look thee Martius not a vein runs here From head to foot but Sophocles would unseame and Like a spring garden shoot his scornfull blood Into their eyes durst come to tread on him As for thy blows they did conquer me Seven Battailes have I met thee face to face And given thee blow for blow and wound for wound And till thou taught'st me knew not to retire Thy sword was then as bold thy arm as strong Thy blows the Martius cannot conquer me Val. What is it then Soph. Fortune Val. Why yet in that Thou art the worse man and must follow him Soph. Young Sir you erre If Fortune could be call'd Or his or your's or mine in good or evill For any certain space thou hadst spoke truth But she but jests with man and in mischance Abhors all constancie flowting him still With some small touch of good or seeming good Midst of his mischief which vicissitude Makes him strait doff his armour and his fence He had prepar'd before to break her strokes So from the very Zenith of her wheel When she has dandled some choice favorite Given him his boons in women honor wealth And all the various delecacies of earth That the fool scorns the gods in his excess She whirls and leaves him at th' Antipodes Mar. Art sure we have taken him Is this Sophocles His fettred arms say no his free soul I. This Athens nurseth Arts as well as Arms. Soph. Nor glory Martius in this day of thine 'T is behind yesterday but before to morrow Who knows what Fortune then will do with thee She never yet could make
for Casta Lav. Oh O O O! He dies Mar. He 's dead come quickly let 's away with him 'T will be too late else Gab. Help help up to th' chamber Exeunt with Lavalls body Enter Duke Hellena Gentile Casta and attendants with lights Duke What frights are these Gent. I em sure here 's one past frighting Bring the lights neerer I have enough alreadie Out out mine eyes Look Casta Lord. 'T is young Perolot Duke When came he over Hold the Gentlewoman she sinks and bear her off Cast O my dear brother Exit Gent. There is a time for all for me I hope too And very shortly Murdred Gabriella Maria with Lavalls body above Duke Who 's above there Gab. Look up and see Duke What may this mean Gab. Behold it Behold the drunken murderer Of that young Gentleman behold the rankest The vilest basest slave that ever flourish'd Duke Who kill'd him Gab. I and there 's the cause I did it Read if your eyes will give you leave Hell Oh! monstrous Gab. Nay out it shall there take this false heart to ye The base dishonor of a thousand women Keep it in gold Duke 't is a precious jewel Now to my self for I have liv'd a fair age Longer by some moneths then I had a mind to Duke Hold. Gab. Here young Perolot my first contracted True love shall never go alone Duke Hold Gabriella â— do forgive all Gab. I shall die the better Thus let me seek my grave and my shames with me Mar. Nor shalt thou go alone my noble Mistris Why should I live and thou dead Lord. Save the wench there Mar. She is I hope and all my sins here written Duke This was a fatal night Gent. Heaven has his working Which we cannot contend against Duke Alas Gent. Your Grace has your alas too Duke Would 't were equal For thou hast lost an honest noble childe Gent. 'T is heir enough has lost a good remembrance Duke See all their bodies buried decently Though some deserv'd it not How do you Lady Hell Even with your Graces leave ripe for a Monasterie There will I wed my life to tears and prayers And never know what man is more Duke Your pleasure How does the maid within Lord. She is gone before Sir The same course that my Lady takes Gent. And my course shall be my Beads at home so Please your Grace to give me leave to leave the Court. Duke In peace Sir And take my love along Gent. I shall pray for ye Duke Now to our selves retire we and begin By this example to correct each sin Exeunt Flourish King Em. By this we plainly view the two imposthumes That choke a kingdoms welfare Ease and Wantonness In both of which Lavall was capital For first Ease stole away his minde from honor That active noble thoughts had kept still working And then deliver'd him to drink and women Lust and outragious riot and what their ends are How infamous and foul we see example Therefore that great man that will keep his name And gain his merit out of Virtues schools Must make the pleasures of the world his fools Flourish The TRIUMPH Enter Musicians next them Perolot with the wound he died with Then Gabriella and Maria with their wounds after them four Furies with Bannerets incrib'd Revenge Murder Lust and Drunkenness singing Next them Lavall wounded Then Chariot with Death drawn by the Destinies Flourish Enter PROLOGUE From this sad sight ascend your noble eye And see old Time helping triumphantly Helping his Master Man view here his vanities And see his false friends like those glutted flyes That when they 've suckt their fill fall off and fade From all remembrance of him like a shade And last view who relieves him and that gone We hope your favour and our Play is done Flourish Enter Anthropos Desire and Vain Delight Bounty Ant. What hast thou done Desire and how imploy'd The charge I gave thee about levying wealth For our supplies Desire I have done all yet nothing Tri'd all and all my ways yet all miscarried There dwells a sordid dulness in their mindes Thou son of earth colder then that thou art made of I came to Craft found all his hooks about him And all his nets baited and set his slie self And greedie Lucre at a serious conference Which way to tie the world within their statutes Business of all sides and of all sorts swarming Like Bees broke loose in summer I declared Your will and want together both inforcing With all the power and pains I had to reach him Yet all fell short Anth. His answer Desire This he gave me Your wants are never ending and those supplies That came to stop those breaches are ever lavisht Before they reach the main in toys and trifles Gew-gaws and gilded puppets Vain delight He says has ruin'd ye with clapping all That comes in for support on clothes and Coaches Perfumes and powder'd pates and that your Mistris The Lady Pleasure like a sea devours At length both you and him too If you have houses Or land or jewels for good pawn he 'll hear you And will be readie to supplie occasions If not he locks his ears up and grows stupid From him I went to Vanity whom I found Attended by en endless troop of Tailors Mercers Embroiderers Feather-makers Fumers All occupations opening like a Mart That serve to rig the body out with braverie And th' row the roome new fashions flew like flyes In thousand gaudie shapes Pride waiting on her And busily surveying all the breaches Time and delaying Nature had wrought in her Which still with art she piec'd again and strengthened I told your wants she shew'd me gowns and head-tires Imbroider'd wastcoats smocks seam'd thorow with cutworks Scarfs mantles petticoats muffs powders paintings Dogs monkeys parrots which all seemed to shew me The way her money went From her to Pleasure I took my journey Anth. And what says our best Mistris Desire She danc'd me out this answer presently Revels and Masques had drawn her drie alreadie I met old Time too mowing mankind down Who says you are too hot and he must purge ye Anth. A cold quietus Miserable creatures Born to support and beautifie your master The godlike man set here to do me service The children of my will why or how dare ye Created to my use alone disgrace me Beasts have more courtisie they live about me Offering their warm wooll to the shearers hand To clothe me with their bodies to my labours Nay even their lives they daily sacrifice And proudly press with garlands to the altars To fill the gods oblations Birds how to me Striking their downie sails to do me service Their sweet airs ever ecchoing to mine honor And to my rest their plumie softs they send me Fishes and plants and all where life inhabits But mine own cursed kind obey their ruler Mine have forgot me miserable mine Into whose stonie hearts neglect of dutie Squint-ey'd deceit and self-love are
one voice salute you Demetrius King of Epire. Mac. I am no Uncle Sir this is your Sister I should have suffer'd incest to have kept you Longer i th' dark love and be happy both My trust is now discharg'd Lisa And we rejoyce Arc. But do not mock me Gentlemen May I be bold upon your words to say I am Prince Theodosius Son Mac. The King Arc. You 'll justifie it Sister I am very glad to see you Sop. I am to find a brother and resign my glory My triumph is my shame Exit Enter Cassander Cas Thine ear Lisimachus Arc. Gentlemen I owe Unto your loves as large acknowledgment As to my birth for this great honor and My study shall be equal to be thought Worthy of both Cas Thou art turn'd Marble Lisi There will be the less charge for my Monument Cas This must not be sit fast young King Exit Lisa Your sister Sir is gone Arc. My sister should have been my Bride that name Puts me in mind of Polidora ha Lisander Philocles Gentlemen If you will have me think your hearts allow me Theodosius son oh quickly snatch some wings Express it in your haste to Polidora Tell her what title is new dropt from heaven To make her rich onely created for me Give her the ceremony of my Queen With all the state that may become our Bride Attend her to this throne Are you not there Yet stay 't is too much pride to send for her Wee 'll go our self no honor is enough For Polidora to redeem our fault Salute her gently from me and upon Your knee present her with this Diadem 'T is our first gift tell her Demetrius follows To be her guest and give himself a servant To her chast bosome bid her stretch her heart To meet me I am lost in joy and wonder Exceunt Omnes Actus Quartus Scaena Prima Enter Cassander Eubulus Soldier Cas WHere 's the Captain of the Castle Sol. Hee 'll attend your honors presently Cas Give him knowledge we expect him Sol. I shall my Lord. Exit Cas He is my creature fear not And shall run any course that we propound Eub. My Lord I like the substance of your plot 'T is promising but matters of this consequence Are not so easily perfect and it does Concern our heads to build upon secure Principles though Seleucus I confess Carry a high and daring spirit in him 'T is hard to thrust upon the state new setled Any impostor and we know not yet Whether hee 'll undertake to play the Prince Or if he should accept it with what cunning He can behave himself Cas My Lord affairs Of such a glorious nature are half finish'd When they begin with confidence Eub. Admit He want no art or courage it must rest Upon the people to receive his title And with what danger their uncertain breath May flatter ours Demetrius scarcely warm In the Kings seat I may suspect Cas That reason Makes for our part for if it be so probable That young Demetrius should be living Why May not we work them to believe Lenatus The eldest son was by some trick preserv'd And now would claim his own there were two sons Who in their Fathers life we supposed dead May not we find a circumstance to make This seem as clear as t'other let the vulgar Be once possest wee 'll carry Epire from Demetrius and the World Eub. I could be pleas'd To see my Son a King Enter Poleanus The Captain 's here Pol. I waite your Lordships pleasure Cas We come to visit your late prisoner I will not doubt but you intreat him fairly He will deserve it for himself and you Be fortunate in any occasion To have exprest your service Pol. Sir the knowledge Of my honorable Lord his Father will Instruct me to behave my self with all Respects becoming me to such a son Cas These things will least Oblige you but how bears he his restraint Pol. As one whose soul 's above it Eub. Patiently Pol. With contempt rather of the great command Which made him prisoneâ— he will talke sometimes So strangely to himself Eub. Hee 's here Enter Seleucus Sel. Why was I born to be a subject 't is Soon answer'd sure my Father was no Prince That 's all the same ingredients use to make A Man as active though not royal blood Went to my composition and I Was gotten with as good a will perhaps And my birth cost my Mother as much sorrow As I had been born an Emperor Cas While I look Upon him something in his face presents A King indeed Eub. He does resemble much Theodosius too Cas Whose son we would pretend him This will advance our plot Sel. 'T is but a name And mere opinion that prefers one man Above another I 'll imagine then I am a Prince or some brave thing on Earth And see what follows but it must not be My single voice will carry it the name Of King must be attended with a troop Of acclamations on whose ayrie wings He mounts and once exalted threatens Heaven And all the stars how to acquire this noise And be the thing I talke of men have rise From a more cheap nobility to Empires From dark originals and sordid blood Nay some that had no fathers sons of the earth And flying people have aspir'd to Kingdoms Made nations tremble and have practis'd frowns To awe the world their memory is glorious And I would hug them in their shades but what 's All this to me that am I know not what And less in expectation Pol. Are you serious Cas Will you assist and run a fate with us Pol. Command my life I owe it to your favor Sel. Arcadius was once as far from being As I and had we not so cunningly Been reconcil'd or one or both had gone To seek our fortunes in another world What 's the device now If my death be next The summons shall not make me once look pale Cas Chide your too vain suspitions we bring â— life and liberty with what else can make Thy ambition happy th' ast a glorious flame We come to advance it Sel. How Cas Have but a will And be what thy own thoughts dare prompt thee to A King Sel. You do not mock me Gentlemen You are my Father Sir Eub. This minute shall Declare it my Seleucus our hearts swell'd With joy with duty rather oh my boy Sel. What 's the mistery Pol. You must be a King Cas Seleucus stay thou art too incredulous Let not our faith and study to exalt thee â—e so rewarded Eub. I pronounce thee King Unless thy spirit be turn'd coward and Thou saint to accept it Sel. King of what Cas Of Epire. Sel. Although the Queen since she sent me hither Were gone to Heaven I know not how That title could devolve to me Cas We have No Queen since he that should have married her Is prov'd her youngest brother and now King In his own title Sel. Thank you Gentlemen
There 's hope for me Cas Why you dare fight with him And need be for the Kingdom Sel. With Arcadius If you 'll make stakes my life against his crown I 'll fight with him and you and your fine Son And all the Courtiers one after another Cas ' T wo'not come to that Sel. I am of your Lordships mind so fare you well Cas Yet stay and hear Sel. What that you have betray'd me Do tell your King my life is grown a burden And I 'll confess and make your souls look pale To see how nimble mine shall leap this battlement Of flesh and dying laugh at your poor malice Omnes No more long live Leonatus King of Epire. Sel. Leonatus Who 's that Cas Be bold and be a King our brains have been Working to raise you to this height here are None but friends dare von but call your self Leonatus and but justifie with confidence What we 'll proclaime you if we do not bring The Crown to your head we ' ill forfeit ours Eub. The state is in distraction Arcadius Is prov'd a King there was an elder brother If you dare but pronounce you are the same Forget you are my son Pol. These are no trifles Sir all is plotted To assure your greatness if you will be wise And take the faire occasion that 's presented Sel. Arcadius you say is lawful King And now to depose him you would make me An elder brother is' t not so Cas Most right Sel. Nay right or wrong if this be your true meaning Omnes Upon our lives Sel. I 'll venture mine but with your pardon Whose brain was this from whom took this plot life Eub. My Lord Cassander Sel. And you are of his mind and you and think This may he done Eub. The destinies shall not croâ—s us if you have Spirit to undertake it Sel. Undertake it I am not us'd to compliment I 'll owe My life to you my fortunes to your Lordship Compose me as you please and when y 'ave made Me what you promise you shall both divide Me equally one word my Lord I had rather Live in the prison still than be a propeâ—â—y To advance his politick ends Eub. Have no suspition Cas So so I see Demetrius heels already Trip'd up and I 'll dispatch him out o th' way Which gone I can depose this at my leasure Being an Impostor then my Son stands fair And may piece with the Princess we lose time What think you if we first surprize the Court While you command the Castle we shall curbe All opposition Eub. Let 's proclaim him first I have some faction the people love me They gain'd to us wee 'll fall upon the Court. Cas Unless Demetrius yield himself he bleeds Sel. Who dares call treason sin when it succeeds Exeunt Omnes Enter Sophia and Charilla Cha. Madam you are too passionate and lose The greatness of your soul with the expence Of too much grief for that which providence Hath eas'd you of the burden of a state Above your tender bearing Sop. Thour' t a fool And canst not reach the spirit of a Lady Born great as I was and made onely less By a too cruel destiny above Our tender bearing What goes richer to The composition of Man than ours Our soul as free and spatious our heart 's As great our will as large each thought as active And in this onely Man more proud than we That would have us less capable of Empire But search the stories and the name of Queen Shines bright with glory and some precedents Above Mans imitation Cha. I grant it For the honor of our sex nor have you Madam By any weakness sorfeited command He that succeeds in justice was before you And you have gain'd more in a royal brother Than you could lose by your resign of Epire. Sop. This I allow Charilla I ha done 'T is not the thought I am depos'd afflicts me At the same time I feel a joy to know My Brother living no there is another Wound in me above cure Cha. Virtue forbid Sop. Canst find me out a Surgeon for that Cha. For what Sop. My bleeding fame Cha. Oh do not injure Your own clear innocence Sop. Do not flatter me I have been guilty of an act will make All love in women question'd is not that A blot upon a Virgins name my birth Cannot extâ—nuate my shame I am Become the stain of Epire. Cha. 'T is but Your own opinion Madam which presents Something to fright your self which cannot Be in the same shape so horrid to our sense Sop. Thou wod'st but canst not appear ignorant Did not the Court nay the whole Kingdom take Notice I lov'd Lisimachus Cha. True Madam Sop. No I was false Though counsel'd by my Father to affect him I had my politick ends upon Cassander To be absolute Queen flattering his son with hopes Of love and marriage when that very day I blush to think I wrong'd Lisimachus That noble Gentleman but heaven punish'd me For though to know Demetrius was a blessing Yet who will not impute it my dishonor Cha. Madam you yet may recompence Lisimachus If you affect him now you were not false To him whom then you lov'd not if you can Find any gentle passion in your soul To entertain his thought no doubt his heart Though sad retains a noble will to meet it His love was firm to you and cannot be Unrooted with one storme Sop. He will not sure Trust any language from her tongue that mock'd him Although my soul doth weep sor't and is punish'd To love him above the world Enter Lisimachus Cha. Hee 's here As fate would have him reconcil'd be free And speak your thoughts Lisi If Madam I appear Too bold your charity will sign my pardon I heard you were not well which made me haste To pay the duty of an humble visit Sop. You do not mock me Sir Lisi I am confident You think me not so lost to manners in The knowledge of your person to bring with me Such rudeness I have nothing to present But a heart full of wishes for your health And what else may be added to your happiness Sop. I thought you had been sensible Lisi How Madam Sop. A man of understanding can you spend One prayer for me remembring the dishonor I have done Lisimachus Lisi Nothing can deface that part of my Religion in me not to pray for you Sop. It is not then impossible you may Forgive me too indeed I have a soul Is full of penitence and something else If blushing would allow to give 't a name Lisi What Madam Sop. Love a love that should redeem My past offence and make me white again Lisi I hope no sadness can possess your thoughts For me I am not worthy of this sorrow But if you mean it any satisfaction For what your will hath made me suffer 't is But a strange overflow of Charity To keep me still alive be your self Madam And let