Greatness is the Centre Of all happiness and felicity Like our Lands at first is ty'd to the Crown Kings comes near unto the Gods and are like them Both in power and pleasure do command all Enjoy all are miserable onely in having Of too much and wanting what to wish for Theirs is the dazling happyness 'T is idle Therefore to prefer Private joyes before The Crown-pleasures The King may throw by his Greatness when he please and be poorly happy But the Begger will nere sigh unto a Scepter King Why I Polyander ther 's some life in this A little heaven even in the apprehension Aratus art not thou of this opinion Ara. Not I Sir nor of my Lord the Fools there Kings are more miserable than they seem Happy flatter'd by themselves and others Into a joy that is not and what they feel They rather do imagine than find so Yet I grant too a King may be happy But not then as a King Felicity Is a Purchase and no Inheritance Nor has the Prerogative more than one life In 't ever it dyes still with the Buyer Troubles are the good Kings profession In the Wars the first Dart is thrown at him Where oft times his happyness is in a Glorious death or perhaps his God-like Raies Are pluck'd from him by some accursed hand And so falls less happy being after Vainly wish'd so by a poor revenge he Knows not Com. Very Grave and unseasonable Thus your Lord-ship gets the reputation Of Singularity which the Vulgar Suspect to be Wisdom Ara. Sir you see How this place and my freenes are injur'd King Mirth onely mirth Aratus He means Thy speech would better have become a Councel Than a Banquet Timeus welcome Nay Keep your seats Would thou had'st been partaker Enter Timeus Of our Mirth Time Sir when my actions or my age Shall make me worthy of your ease and pleasures I shall be a thankfull sharer but till then Your Troubles will become me better than Your Sports and Cares will sit more lovely on My Brow than Roses Sir those that are about you Seek to drown your Vertues Ara. Your Highnesse meanes None here Time I name none here my Lord King Nay Timeus Thou nere look'st friendly on our pleasures Time I must confesse Sir I had rather see you Bloudy than thus Wet nor are my Wishes Impious Polyander Poly. My Lord Time How basely that Smile became thee I had Rather thou had'st answer'd me with a Blow Than such a Look I thought to have ask't thee Something but I see thou art unworthy Of a brave Demand Thy Skill lies onely In the Curiosity of a Meal To say at the first touch o' th' tongue this is A Chian this a Falernian Wine Streight by the colour of the flesh to know Whether the foul were cram'd or whether fed Prethee Polyander how sat the Wind When this Bore was slain Were not these Apples Pull'd the Moon Encreasing Degenerate I have seen thee put thy face into a Frown And were 't so constant in that look as if Thou had'st no other Poly Sir when you shall find Or make a cause I 'le put them on again Here they 'l but sour the Entertainment Com. You see my Lord they are not drownd they live Still under water Time Like thine Beast King Prethee Timeus let us enjoy our Mirth While the Gods give it the time will come That we shall wish for it and not have it On my Conscience thou could'st be content To have Enemies onely that thou might'st cut 'em off Time I am sorry Sir if I have offended Against your Mirth it was not my intent I came to bring you News King News What is 't Good Time 'T is as you shall esteem of 't Sir There 's A Stranger Prince ariv'd King Hither Time Yes Sir His Visit 's forc't by a Storm as he pretends King What ere the Occasion is he shall be Welcome The time 's far spent Aratus it Shall be thy Employment From us fairly Salute the Prince and tell him though the Seas Have been Unfriendly the Land shall Court him Ara. Great Sir you highly Honour me Phro So now we have time to speak What think'st thou Exeunt all but Aratus Phronimus and Eurylochus Aratus of these passages Arat. Well bravely well Eury. Your speech strook desperately at the King He will not swallow it without some touch of jealousie Ara. 'T is no matter He cannot crosse us now We have not tan'e so many yeares to build A Work up and then to have it ruin'd With a push No he that will shake 't must first Overthrow a Kingdome a Prince a Law so large The Extents are Nere did Plot thrive like it It has infected with the Holy Sore The greatest part o' th' Realm and catches daily Like some Unheard of New Opinions Streightned at first and prison'd in the brests Of two or three gain strength by Time and Eares And daily fed by curiosity Thrust out at last the Old and most Receiv'd And grow the whole Religion of the Place When we have call'd our Party forth the Work Will seem done the thin Numbers that are left Not deserving the Name of Enemies The Tyrant then will see himself no more A King but onely the Wretched Cause of Warre His Power being ravisht from him Phr. While the fruit 's thus ripe why doe we let it grow Eury. And spoil perhaps Arat. We will no longer onely A little Ceremony detaines us To Crown our King that past our actions With our thoughts shall then contend in swiftnesse Phro How sped your visit to the young Prince Arat. Most happily O had you seen with me The Dear Cause of this our Danger how Cheap Would you have thought the Greatest for his Sake And stood contemning Life thinking your bloud Ill-stored within your veines when that his service Call'd it sure 't was some such Shape and Sweetness Which first slav'd men and gain'd a Rule before there was A Kingdome Eury. You forget your Message to the Prince Arat. 'T is true pray bear me Company we may get thankes For our Complement another day Exeunt Omnes Enter Harpastes Harp Devill whether wilt thou hurle me The Ship Sunk under so much Ill nor can the Earth Bear us both together the greatest Hills Presse not her face with half that Load one thought Of Goodnesse made me lighter than the Waves And in an instant taught me how to swim Enter Melampus to him Melampus Melam Harpastes Harp Are we onely scap't Melam I hope so Harp Then the Storm has plaid the Hangman And sav'd us Innocent Melam Innocent What 's that It has sav'd us so much labour and a broken head perhaps Harp The Wrack was great and full of horror Melam How the rogues pray'd and roar'd above the Waves Vow'd whole heards of Off rings for their safety But Neptune sav'd 'em Charges and took the Verier Beasts Harp We scapt miraculously Melam I hope you 'l burn no Bullocks to the
you 'd rather Have in Chaines than all the list of Traitors I have nam'd Sir commit the Uucasing Him to me and suffer me to proceed With Aratus as I shall see cause Exeunt all but Timeus Aratus and the Guard King Take your way I 'll leave him to you Time My Lord with the perswasion of your Innocence I have procur'd your Freedom Of my Father and do desire in Return Of this kindness if it be such to let Me see the face of this my Enemy Once more if your Acquaintance as appears By your words be not too late to know his Abode My Lord I shall receive him otherwise Than you expect The Relation you have Made of him and what my self was witness of Have turn'd my Hate into Admiration Of him and if I can move his Love as I have done his Anger I shall be happy In his Valour 'T is not the first time that The Brav'ry of Enemies have made them Friends And that Wounds have been the first Seals of Love I do consider how much I injur'd him And that on such provocation he could not Have done less At the first sight I call'd him Dog And without more Circumstance commanded To have him kill'd Ara. Now Sir I must kneel to you You have the goodness of a Prince He shall Submit for his Offence or suffer for it And if you find not that Noble Spirit In him I have told you of in the most Dangerous Business you shall imploy him Let him be punish'd for this his Ill-plac'd-Valour Time My Lord I 'll take no other Surety But your Word ever oblige me thus Exit Timeus and Guard Ara. But my Lord though I can Answer I cannot give Credit to your smooth Tongue This last Accident might have lost all I 'll Hazard no more by my Delayes And seeing They know not their time to strike I 'll teach em Both the How and When to do it Before To morrow this time I 'll ring their Dull Security such an Alarm Enter Haimantus disguis'd like a Saylor Haim My Lord Prince Clearchus Salutes you Ara. Ha! Prince Clearchus Said'st thou Come nearer friend Haim Do you not know me My Lord Ara. My Lord Haimantus I crave your Pardon How fares the Prince Haim Well and both He And my Lord Pallantus who happily made His Escape to our Ships from his Pursuers Have sent me in this Disguise to let you know The Block-house is privately surrender'd To 'em in which they now are with three hundred Of our Selectest Men and undertake With this strength to rescue the Princess Hianthe This Even if the state of your other Affairs Will suffer it Our Navy besides rides Clear And disengag'd near to the Block-house Where they can land what greater Force they please Ara. Hum. The Gallant Prince and bold Pallantus safe The Block-house surrender'd and the Ships at hand Both for a Reserve and a Retreat Why should They not attempt it My Lord tell 'em Their Design is Noble and like Themselves Full of Youth of Fire of Bravery of Justice That where such Spirits as theirs move in any Action all Designs ought to Follow and Not Lead they make the Period and the Poynts Of Business Say I do not onely approve Of this their Purpose but will Assist 'em In their Retreat and at the same time give A Divertisement by some hundreds of Great shot pour'd into the City Come my Lord I 'll direct you a way to return less Hazardous than that you came in hither Exeunt Omnes Enter Hianthe The time of their great Plot is now compleat The hours are finish'd O let it not You Which look down which favourablylook down Upon this Isle want your Power which first Did strengthen it let the same Hand that bid Disclose it too Shame not at so Glorious An Off-spring when it is Heavenly and doth Confess the Father when none but Gods dare Call it theirs nor without Blasphemy can Own it Ye were kind Parents at the first Shew your selves still so and Rear the Child ye Have Gotten Where Humane strength shall fail there Hold it up and make that Want the Strongest Enter Mellssa Mel. Madam I now met my Lord Ara us Who intreats your Highness to keep within Your Lodgings this Night and to fear nothing What euer Embroylments you hear abroad Or near you Enter Timeus Time Madam I come to tell you The Infection which caus'd this your Retirement Is now clear'd up and vanish'd and abroad You may safely bless us with your Presence The Court has for these dayes suffer'd an Eclipse But when it shall again shew forth its Beams Your Beautyes it will look more Glorious By its short Obscuring Enter the King Comastes Minetius King Weil said Timeus Now I like thee here thy Cares and Services Are bent the right way would I could see thee Once look pale in these Can a young Man when He may have leave to breath in such a Paradise As this draw a common Ayre an Ayre o' th' People I am loath to change thy present thoughts but The business I have to tell thee will bring Thee peace and more leasure for them The suspition Thou had'st of a Treason was not Vain since It hath broke out but 't is already supprest The two Chief of 'em are taken in their passage As they went to Head their Forces And I Have commanded they be set so High As to enjoy a Large View of that Land they Were Ambitious of and then to strangle 'em At that Height Time Are there but two Sir of Note That you have taken Flatter not your self Had they been thousands they had left more behind Your Majesty counts that a Victory Which they scorn to account a Loss and think Y' are safe when they are not indangered Is Aratus Phronimus or Eurylochus Among them Is Pallantus one of the two Are taken King Pallantus Thou dream'st of the Dead And the Ages past Time Sir he 's Living And if my Aimes deceive me not he has Lately Walk'd among us and makes up the Knot Of Traitors Ha! King What can this mean Look out A vollie of Great Shot interrupts their discourse and they stand amaz'd Enter Polyander Poly. Sir arme speedily put your self within Your Strength or y' are lost The Block-house Is revolted Prince Clearchus poures Men In Swarmes upon the Shore Aratus has Seiz'd both the Gate and Fort that lead unto Great Shot still The Haven and thunders as you hear Upon the City Time These were the Evills I was a Prophet of I saw them when They were Disguis'd Sir 't is no time now to Stand But Doe King Madam we intreat your Pardon That thus we have offended 'gainst your peace And made you the first partaker of our Troubles That ought to have Known them Last Hian. Sir your Trouble Is too sad to be excus'd Mel. How likes your Hignesse the Serenade of this fair Evening Exeunt all but Hian. Meliss Hian. I like it
and Haimantus Cler. Have you commanded all the Mariners Aboard each Captain to his charge bid the Souldiers fill the Decks with their full numbers And display their Colours left nothing wanting That may add to the Glory of the Navy Haim Sir all things are in their Pride and height The Captains Bravery seems to lend brightness To the day and like the Sun throwes raies and light About 'em Nor lookstheir Gold less awful Than the Souldiers Steel On the Ships appear The Joy and Riches of a Conquest and yet they Keep the Order of a joyning-battel There wants nothing to make a War-like Princely And well-commanded Navy but your Presence Sir Clear I would not have them think us such Poor Men That we are drove to seek for their Relief To sue for Bread and Water but rather That we come like Noble Woers full of Rewards and Presents able to return All favours we receive and equally To honour Them that honour Us as Great As they It shall appear that he that is Master of such a Fleet may style himself Prince though Lord of nothing else Haim The people Flock upon the shore and with one Voyce say You come to fetch their Princess Sir you have More than their Consents already you have Their wishes too Clear I marry Haimantus Such a Jewel would make the rest look dim There are two Ladies in this Isle if fame Say true the wonders of the World When Nature Made them she summon'd her whole God-head And unwearied wrought till she had done Form'd each limb as if she had begun there She seem'd to practise on the World till then And what like beautiful she fram'd before Were but Degrees to this Height these the Ascent From which she now must fall They made her Older Than the labour of a thousand years Enter a Servant Serv. Ther 's a great train it seems from Court coming To your Highness Clear Come le ts meet 'em As Clearchus is going out Arats Phronimus Eurylochus and Pallantus meet him Ara. Sir the King congratulates your safety And is glad of your Arrival though the Cause Were dangerous You would have Oblig'd him Much Sir if you had been bound for Creet Clear The King is Royal and chides me kindly He binds a Stranger ever to his Service Ara. His Majesty expects you 'll honour him With your Presence this night at Court Clear My Lord I shall wait upon him But I must fist Entreat you 'l favour me with your Company A ship-board I shall not need to excuse A Souldiers Entertainment I doubt not But your Lordships knows it well Coursnesse and Plainnesse are the Praise of it Arat. Sir you are The Envy of your Neighbour Princes you So farre exceed them in a Brave Command I nere was happy in the like sight before And my Lord they that can boast the strangest Have not seen one so Common and so Rare Your Navy lookes as if she wore the Spoiles Of a whole Land or came to purchase 'em Clea. My Lord you 'l make me proud Your presence yet Will adde unto its Glory Enter Timeus and Coracinus Exeunt Omner Time Found dead upon the shore Cor. I my Lord Thrown into a Cliffe Time Were they drown'd Cora. 'T is believ'd not my Lord for many fresh Wounds Were found upon their bodies and yet their Clothes Were wet Time 'T is strange Were there but two Cor. No my Lord Time That 's stranger yet Reward the Men that found them And bid'm make no farther enquiry After their Deaths nor speak of it Let it Exit Coraos Die with you too doe you hear The Villaines Have rob'd at their return and got their deaths That way I nere could spare 'em worse the State Stands in greater need of theirs than of the Sword of Justice Rodia Rod My Lord He calls Rodia and she Entern Time Is your Lady to be spoke with Rod Alwayes My Lord by you But now she 's coming forth Enter Endora Time Save you sweet Sister End O y' are welcome Sir Time Sure Eudora Venus and the Graces Had their hands to day about you You look Fairer than your self and move in the Sphear Of Love and Beauty Cupid has taken His Stand up in your Eyes and shootes at all That come before him Pray Venus he misse me Eud. When doe you grow serious Time These are the Fair Lookâ— Must captivate the Stranger Prince in a Free Country And this the Dresse that must inchant him ha Eud. There is no Charm in 't certainly it pleas'd Me the least of Many No 't is your Fair Mistresse that beares those Love-Nets about her If the Stranger'scape her he 's safe Time ' Had better Kill his Father and then gaze upon the Spectacle than look upon her with the Eyes of Love Eud. Nay then you are unjust Would you have him stronger than your self was If he for that be guilty the same Doom Must belong to both alike Time But I have Prevail'd so far that he shall be free both From the danger of Love and seeing Nor must You make up his entertainment Eud. I was Commanded to be ready and Attend there Time But now the Commissions alter'd And runs in the Other Sence Eud. I shall be Content to obey either May I not Know the cause Time You may We would not feed The Prince here with hopes to get a Wife This Was the Storm that drove him in Nor must you Onely for this time forbear his presence But while he staies He 's unworthy of you Eud. If you know him so I shall then without Excuse denie his Visits But I think This businuesse may be borne a Nobler Way Nor will the End Fail though the Meanes be Fair Leave it to me If he Sue with Honour He will take an Honourable Answer Though he gain none from me I 'le get his Love And send him home no lesse a Friend than if He were a Husband By my Restraint you 'l Onely procure unto your self the markes Of Jealousie and Rudenesse and fouler Staines If that the Crime were nam'd to the desert Besides it does proclaim in Me too such A Weaknesse as I am much asham'd of Had he a Face adorn'd with the Graces Of both Sexes Beauty and Manlinesse And these after the Custome of the Roman Princes in their Statues Engrafted on On the body of some God I could look on Converse I and neglect him too when I Have reason for it Fear not me then Time I doe not I know thee strong the Honour Of a Kingdome may lean with safety on Thee But he will linger here too long besot The State with Feastings and in this Jollity Give Opportunity to Treacherous Practises He must be us'd Ill there are Reasons for it Eud. Is there then a Policie In Rudenesse Why doe you not rather send A Defiance to him Proclaim him Enemie This were Nobler far than to receive him In your armes and then Affront him say Health And wish Poyson in