Frame must fall to pieces Thy Soul a fairer Tenant to this building Should wander in persuit of mine Mar. No more Let me advise your griefs I have tears for both Divide at distance you may kiss in heart Man With such a groan souls from their bodie part The Castellano lights away the Ladies and Manuell retires to his Prison Enter Roderigo and Isabella Isa. How an Impostor though the Peoples tongues That catch at every noise and wave their duty As they are prescrib'd by Faction or lewd Pamphlets Doe talk this loud Rod. Upon my honour Madam Isa. I hope your Lordship has another knowledge And faith than to disgrace your bloud the Prince Ro. I say he is no Prince and we are sorry A Lady of your greatness should i' th' height Of such a glorious expectation lose What did invite your person hither Isa. Ha! Then I am lost that Letter has undone me Which full of love and satisfaction made Me hasty to destroy my self Ro. 'T is yet Within your choice to lose no honour Madam And in my sense of what you else might suffer I come to tender reparation Both to your love and greatness Isa. 'T is not possible Ro. If you can find within your heart a will To entertain my love I 'm no Impostor The King will call me Brother be kind Madam And what is past shall vanish like a dream Secure me with a smile Isa. My Lord I thank you But there will still remain some characters By which the world may guess at my sad story Ro. There cannot Isa. Yes I find some printed here For I did love the person I confess Of him you call the Impostor did he know Himself a Counterfeit Ro. Let me be just And quit him from that Treason Isa. That is something To plead his innocence to me I dare not Yet ask his name when I remember what My tongue consented to before the Priest So late yet 't will be known if he be not The Prince we thought tel me his other name Say is he basely born Ro. He is the Duke Mendoza's son Isa. That is a comfort yet And in the confidence of this truth my Lord I am well again I thank you Ro. If this please you Doe you remember Madam he hath wounds Fatall upon him that allready may Exclude him from the living Isa. 'T would be impious While there is any life remaining Sir To make another promise when you say He 's dead I may with modest freedom hear What you too early now prepare me for Exit Isa. Ro. You honour me enough I find her judgement Allready meet what I propound he cannot He sha'not live to cross me Enter Piracquo 'T is Piracquo He can assure me you look sad my Lord As if with Iulio's giving up the ghost Your sons life now were forfeit Pir. 'T is too true Ro. I 'll follow and acquaint her yet 't is safer She take it from another Pir. All my hopes Are in your Grace the King is coming hither If you will bind an old mans prayers and service Second my feeble breath and mediate His mercy to my boy you may be satisfied In conscience he had no thoughts to kill him The Prince's death will not engage you now To be poor Manuel's enemy good my Lord Forgive what past in my rash language Ro. Does not Your Lordship call to mind there was a sum Of fifty thousand Ducats Pi. They shall be sent to your Grace's Secretary nay I 'll make 'em fifty thousand more and think It cheap to save his life now you are mercifull Ro. The bargain would doe well but you are cozen'd I will not take a Maravide not I If upon other honourable tearms I may possess you favour I shall meet Your just commands ha' you forgot my Lord Some men doe keep Records but I am charitable And will not rack your patience Pi. Y' are gratious Ro. Ten millions of Ducats shall not ransome Your Darling from the Scaffold you observe You know your self your fortune and upon What strength you must depend now I have said Pi. Will your Grace hear My son shall live then and not lose one hair If you would pawn your soul to have it otherwise I have said too Ro. So peremptory Pi. Your Grace must pardon me the truth I have A scurvy sullen humour where I meet A worse and cannot hold though I should hang for 't And so God bu'y to your Grace we are alone Ro. Be merry with your head on time may come Pi. I would take boldness once more to intreat That the young man may live till the next Spring And then your Grace may purge Ro. So Sir I shall find waies to stay your vomiting The King Enter King and Lords 1. Lo. Good Sir be comforted Ki. Good Sir give me reasons I had a son till now yet long since lost him Ro. Now you may take revenge Ki. T is well remembred Mendoza is the Traytor he shall bleed For Carlo's loss Ro. And he deserves that would Have cozen'd the whole Kingdom Ki. Send for him I 'll ask him in what wilderness the boy Has hid himself command him hither presently And if he give me not a satisfaction It will be justice then to send his soul About the world to find him out 1. Lo. The Prince Antonio Sir Enter Antonio and Maria An. If at a time when sorrow Hath exercised his sting you can admit To hear me happy in Maria's love Let me begin to call you father and Till Carlo find your blessing think you have One to supply his duty Ki. It is some Allay to Carlo's loss Maria has Not left her father Ma. I shall ever live Within your precept to express a daughter As unto him a wife Ki. Both to my heart Sit down where is your sister Isabella Ro. She not despairs To be a Bride to one that may repair My Nephews loss and if she smile on me It wil not draw I hope your frown upon it Enter Isabella Julio Piracquo An. Is not that Isabella Isa. And this he Who if you call me Sister must be worth Your noblest Friendship and embrace Ro. Alive Iu. Your pardon Sir they knew me innocent Made me usurp Prince Carlo's name for Iulio's Ro. Confusion Enter Manuel and Clara Pi. I appeal Sir to your justice and have brought My son to hear your breath pronounce his pardon Ki. Thus all meet happiness but I receive Him free Piracquo onely I must mourn The loss of mine Enter Mendoza and Pedro Iu. I am no Prince Don Manuel my fate Has been unriddled Cla. My Brother living we are all safe Me. Ha my Iulio Iu. Your blessing now Me. Take it and with it all my tears I scorn To shed one other drop my joyes are mighty My heart is all one bonefire Ki. Plead no more Mendoza dies the sentence is irrevocable Pe. There is a cooler Sir after your bonefire Iu. Sister I 'll kiss these sorrows off Cl. You cannot while my Father 's doom'd to death Ro. Why does Mendoza live Pi. Because he must not dye yet Pedro Pe. My Lord Pi. and Pe. whisper with the King Men. I 'll give thee Clara first here take her Manuel I see she loves thee lose no tears for me My Taper has burnt dim this many years Ki. Antonio Maria Isabella Mendoza witness all proceed Piracquo Pi. I was that Pirat Sir that stole your son And being desperate meant by this surprise To make my peace Pe. I was in the Confederacy And must affirm this truth Pi. But just when I had fitted my design And did expect t' have brought Don Carlo home I heard he was at Court no loss deplor'd For by the Dutchess of Mendoza's art Iulio supply'd the Princes name and person Me. And sent me word to Court my Son was dead ha Pi. This made me think my Kinsman had deceiv'd me And then resolv'd my stay in Portugal Where as my own I bred and call'd him Manuel Till after many years your Grace redeem'd us And I at my return confirm'd i' th' story By Pedro hitherto protracted time With hope to serve Don Iulio for our freedome I have your pardon Sir for all Ki. Thou hast Pe. I am included trust me with a Secret Sir Another time I knew 't would come to this At last and with some justice did but punish Your fears and jealousies is not this better Than sending me to the Wars or shipping me For t'other World before my time Me. Th' art my best Servant Pi. And my heir agen Car. Depose me from this glorious title Sir Unless my Clara may divide the honor Ki. Providence meant her thine both call me father Ro. There is no remedy Nephew welcom home And Neece we shall be kindred now Mendoza Piracquo we are friends too and I 'll try How I can love you heartily Ki. I hear The Altar call make hast the triumph will Attend too long the clouds are chac'd away Night ne'r was mother to so bright a day Exeunt omnes FINIS
It cooles to 'th tast and creeps like Ice dissolv'd Into my blood but meeting with the flame It scalds my bosom and augments the fire That turnes my heart to ashes poor Iuliana To what a loss hath thy first sin betray'd thee Ambition hath reveng'd thy breach of Honor And Death must cure Ambition for I have No prospect left but what invites to ruine I am resolv'd not to expect my fate But meet it this way Enter Leonato Leon. Dearest Fioretta Ha what offends my Princess there is something That dwells like an Ecclipse upon thy eyes They shine not as they did a discontent Is like a mildew fallen upon thy cheek T is pale and cold as Winter were come back To over-run the Spring Iul. My dearest Lord My face is but the title to a volume Of so much misery within as will Tire your amazed soul to read Leo. Thou dost Freez up my blood already O call back Part of this killing language if thou mean'st To make me understand thee the amazement Doth fall so like a deluge I am drownd Ere I can think my feares how have we liv'd At distance thou shouldst walk upon this Earthquake And my ground tremble not but with this fright I am awake open the volume now I will read every circumstance Iul. Observe then what first becomes my sorrow Leo. Dost thou kneel That posture is for them have lost their Innocence We must do this to Heaven Iul. I must to you Leon. What guilt can weigh thee down so low Dost weep too Iul. I should not love my eyes if they were silent They know this story will too soon o'rcharge My feeble voice that every tear could fall Into some character which you might read That so I might dispense with my sad tongue And leave my sorrows legible oh my Lord I have wrong'd you above hope to find your mercy Leo. Take heed think once more what thou hast don Ere thou describe such an offence lest I Believe a fault will drown us both with horror Thou hast not broke thy vow nor given away Thy honor since thy faith did seal thee mine Iul. Not in a thought Leo. I wo'not see thee kneel Rise and be welcome to my armes thou hast Done nothing can offend me Fioretta Iul. Alas I am not Fioretta Leo. Ha! this doth confirm me thou hast all this while But mock'd my fear and yet this weeping is Not counterfeit thou art too blame my love Is it thy jealousie that I am cold In my returnes to answer thy affection Or have I less in thy esteem of merit Than thy hopes flatterd thee or doth the time That dully moves and intermit the joyes We promis'd when the Altar had confirm'd us Sit heavy on thy thought we will awake From this our sullen sleep and quit off those Sick Feathers that did droop our wings fly to The holy man whose charm shall perfect us And chain our amorous soules Iul. Divide us rather Joy is a fugitive of late and while You think of Hymen you remove your wishes Fioretta will forbid the Priest Leon. Canst thou forget thy love so much Iuli. Alas my Lord You have been all this while abus'd and when I have said enough to assure your Faith that I Am not your Fioretta but a Virgin Compell'd to take her name you will I hope Kill me your self and save me a despair That will conclude my breath else in few Minutes Leon. Are not you Fioretta but a Virgin Compell'd to take her name who durst compell thee Iul. The Duke of Mantua Leon. I dissolve in wonder Durst Mantua use me thus thy name Iuli. Iuliana My blood excepting what does fill the veins Of Princes flowing from the noblest spring Of honor Leon. Where was Fioretta then Iuli. Conveid I know not whither ere you came To save their lives that did betray you thus I was too careless of my fate that I Kept such a glowing secret still within me I had no fear to be consum'd that had Another Fire within me whose wide flame Had soon devour'd all my considerings Alas my Lord You did appear so full Of honor virtue and such Princely love T was easie to forget on whom you smil'd I had no thought to wish my self unhappy Or own another name to my undoing Yet now more tender of your birth and fame Than my own life I cast my self beneath Your feet a bleeding sacrifice Leon. Am I awake and hear all this Iul I see my Lord In your inraged eye what lightning is Prepar'd t is welcom since I dare hope To live upon your smile I would fain dye Betime before the shame of my dishonour Inforce a mutinie upon my self But think my Lord while I confess all this Against my self how free I might have been How happy how near Heaven above those glories Had not you forc'd me from the blessed Garden Where I was planted and grew fair though not Oblig'd by any solemn vow 't was you Your own hand ravish'd me from that sweet life Where without thought of more than should concern Your welfare in my prayers I might have sung And had converse with Angells Enter Petronio Petro. Sir I bring sad news Leon. I prethee speak I am prepar'd for all Petr. The Duke is dead Leon. My Father dead Petro. I do not like the Princess at that posture Leon. I have forgot your name Lady you may rise Enter Honorio Flaviano Claudio and Guard Hon. My Lord I bring you news welcom as health Or liberty your soul will not be spacious Enough to entertain what will with joyes And strong amazement fill it how I swell With my own happiness to think I shall Redeem your noble heart from a dishonor Wil weigh down death You think you vvalk on Roses And feel not to vvhat Dragons teeth and stings You vvere betraid I bring a disinchantment And come vvith happy proofs Leon. To tell me this is not Your Sister Fioretta but a Nunne Subornd to cheat me I know all the business And am resolv'd in my revenge Iuliana Svveet suffering Maid dry thy fair eyes t is I Must make thee satisfaction I thus By thy own name receive thee to my bosom But you that practis'd cunning shall e'r time Contract the age of one pale Moon behold The Countrey I preserv'd a heap of ruines Iul. Flaviano sir Honor. Do you knovv vvhom you embrace Flaviano has confest Himself the Traitor and the black contriver Of all this mischief Leonato hear me Or by thy Father nevvly falln to ashes I shall repent I had an honorable Thought of thee Flaviano Madam vvitchcraft My rage vvill strangle my discourse my soul Is leaping forth to be reveng'd upon That Devill Prince keep off his very breath Will stifle thee and dam thy honor to All ages Fioretta's now in Court Flav. Ha! in the Court Leon. This is some nevv device Honor. I charge thee by thy blood throvv of these Harpies And do my Sister justice vvhom their
one survives the Secret But we two Pe. Keep your own counsell Sir This Fatherly affection may doe harm He could not dye in better time Ki. Madam can you Whose honour seems to suffer by this absence Have so much charity to comfort me Isa. He is not desperate while we have hope My Lord Piracquo's son may wait upon him Enter Manuell An. Don Manuell Ki. Hast brought news of my Son Ma. I can inform you a sad story Sir Isa. Where is the Prince Ma. Not dead I hope Ki. Hast thou a jealousie will concern that fear My soul has been a Prophet what misfortune Ma. If you have strength to hear a truth So sad he has been wounded Ex. Ladies Ki. By what Traitour look to the Princess Ma. I had not with such boldness undertook The Tragick Story if I had not brought The great Offender Ki. Oh welcome Manuell where 's the Body Ma. Where it doth want no Surgery but my Father Is gone with all the wings his fear and duty Can aid him with at his return to acquaint you With Carlo's life or death Ro. Would I were his Surgeon Ki. Thou hast not nam'd the Villain yet he may Escape Ma. I have took order for his stay Untill your anger and the Laws conclude him Ki. Thou hast done us service Ma. And it will sink by slow degrees into Your faith that he who gave him all his wounds Was one that lov'd him faithfully An. Lov'd him Ma. Above his own life Ro. Torments oretake the Traitour Ma. 'T is not well said with pardon of the King When I shall bring you to the weeping heart Of this poor man some may allow his penitence So great it may invite a mercy to him Alass he was betray'd to the black deed Both sword and soul compell'd to 't Ki. Here 's a prodigie Ro. Are you acquainted with the guilty person That you dare thus extenuate his fact Ma. I am and dare produce him here he stands So far from wishes to out-live the Prince He begs to wait upon his Shade An. Does he not bleed Ki. Apprehend his person Ma. They are but churlish drops And know not their own happiness this wound Was made by Carlo yet how slow it weeps To answer his effusion could I reach Their orifice I 'd kiss the crimson lips For his dear name that made 'em Men. Did he kill him Justice Sir Justice I beg for Justice Upon this Murderer Pe. Now it works Ki. You by what nearer interest in Carlo Should you imagine we are slow to punish him 'T was a black hour when Carlo saw thee first Rewarded now for all his love to prison with him And let him see no day Ex. guarded Ma. I kiss your Sentence An. This circumstance is strange I am not satisfied Ex. Ant. after Manuell Enter Clara Ki. How is the Princess Cl. Sir she is alive And would be glad to hear the Prince were so Ki. We cannot promise Clara Roderigo We should be satisfied where his Body is for 't is without a Soul I fear by this time Ro. I could instruct the Surgeon a way To make that sure Me. And Manuell hath confess'd himself the Murderer To Clara Pe. This change was unexpected Cla. Is he gone to Prison then Me. Go home by that time thou Hast wept out all thy tears I 'll come and tell thee A little sad tale Clara that shall make An end and we will break our hearts together Ki. Mendoza Me. Sir Ki. Why does thy grief appear So rude to out-swell mine he was my Son Me. My tears are anger Sir as well as grief That he that did commit this Paricide Should be so impudent to say he lov'd him Ki. That amazes me Me. But Traitours have their Gloss And dare expound their disobedient acts A branch of their allegiance precious jugglings Treason would be too ugly to appear With his own face but Duty and Religion Are hansome visors to abuse weak sight That cannot penetrate beyond the bark And false complexion of things I hope You wo'not think a single death sufficient If Iulio dye Ki. Carlo thou meanst Me. I I the Prince I know not what I say Sir Things make me wild Pe. Take heed Sir what you say Enter Antonio Roderigo at one dore and at the other dore Piracquo and a Lord discoursing Piracquo is return'd Pi. My son confess the deed and sent to Prison so Ki. Now Sir An. How is the Prince my Lord Pi. This was an act of his last strength as when A short-liv'd Taper makes a blaze it has Direction to your Sister Sir and I His last commands I fear Pir. gives Ant. a Letter An. For the conveyance Trust that to me give this Sir to my Sister To his Servant Ki. Then he is dead Piracquo Pi. Not yet Sir But he hath such a wound will not allow Him many minutes life 't is mortall Sir They say and wo'not pain him past next dressing Ro. How things succeed to my Ambition Sir Me. I care not for my head now let him take it 'T is but for keeping counsell Ro. It is apparent this misfortune grew From both their loves to Clara Ki. Thy son Piracquo dyes Pi. Great Sir hear me An. Manuell affirms he did not know the Prince I' th' habit of a More and that his Page By the command of Carlo told him that His Master had been wounded by that More To engage their fight Pi. All this the Prince acknowledg'd Ro. These are devices to paint Manuel's Treason Pi. I sooner dare believe one accent from The Prince's breath when his just soul was parting Than all your Commentaries I am bold Nor can the Law and all your anger weigh So heavy as my curse upon his head That durst lift up a Sword to wound the Prince But let not passion take away your justice 'T is that I kneel for Ki. Against whom Piracquo Pi. 'gainst him that 's guilty of the Prince's loss You may incline to think poor Manuell innocent Ki. What riddle 's this Ro. Has not your son Piracquo Confess'd himself the Murderer An. Manuel's fortune Distracts the old man Pi. Pardon my love of truth I here accuse Mendoza that hath slept so long in Treason Me. Ha Pe Pedro Pi. If he deny I ha' proof to make him blush And sink him with dishonour Pedro can Relate a Story will be worth your wonder Me. Nay then 't is come about I see I cannot Sir confess in better time Don Manuel has accus'd himself unjustly For Carlo's death that Prince if I may trust A Wife upon her death-bed Enter Isabella Ki. Roderigo Give us account from their examination And guide us in this Labyrinth Piracquo Return toth ' Prince what Death hath left of him Command may be attended hither Isa. Sir if you please I have a great desire To take a sad leave of the Prince and kiss His pale hand ere his Body be embalm'd And sear-cloths hide him from us Ki. It will but Enlarge
THE IMPOSTVRE A Tragi-Comedie AS It was Acted at the private House IN BLACK FRYERS WRITTEN By JAMES SHIRLEY Never Printed before LONDON Printed for Humphrey Robinson at the Three Pigeons and Humphrey Moseley at the Prince's Armes in St. Paul's Church-yard 1652 TO SIR ROBERT BOLLES Baronet SIR IT hath been a Complement with some when they have treated Friends to profess a barrenness in that which they had prepared not without studied charge and Curiositie As I was never so insolent to magnifie my own being best acquainted with my weak abilities so I should deserve a just affront to my self and undervalue your person to present you with any thing were first cheap in my own opinion Sir this Poem I may with modesty affirm had a fair reception when it was personated on the stage and may march in the first rank of my own compositions which directed now by my humble devotion comes from the press to kiss your hand and bear your noble Name in the dedication I cannot have so much prejudice upon your nature to think you will decline it and should I abate those other characters of honour that shine upon you your indulgence to Musick and singular love to the worthy professors eminently shew the harmony of your soul and while Poetry is received a Musicall part of humane knowledge I cannot despair of your candid entertainment Sr. I beseech you take it as an earnest of my thoughts to serve you I am assured it brings with it beside the acknowlegment of your late obligation upon me ambitious desires to preserve my interest in your favour while I subscribe my self Sir The humblest of your Honourers Ia Shirley The Prologue OUr poet not full confident he says When Theaters free vote had crown'd his plays Came never with more trembling to the stage Since that poetick Schism possest the age A Prologue must have more wit than the play He knowes not what to write fears what to say He has been stranger long to'th' English scene Knowes not the mode nor how with artfull pen To charm your airy soules beside he sees The Muses have forsook their groves the trees That fear'd no thunder and were safely worn By Phaebus own priests are now rudely torn By every scurrile wit that can but say He made a Prologue to a new no play But let 'em pass you Gentlemen that sit Our judges great Commissioners of wit Be pleas'd I may one humble motion make 'T is that you would resolve for th' authors sake I' th' progress of his play not to be such who 'l understand too little or too much But choose your way to Iudge to th' Ladies one Address from the Author and the Prologue 's done In all his Poems you have been his care Nor shall you need to wrinckle now that fair Smooth Alablaster of your brow no fright Shall strike chast eares or dye the harmlese white Of any cheek with blushes by this pen No Innocence shall bleed in any scene If then your thoughts secur'd you smile the wise Will learn to like by looking on your eyes Persons Duk of Mantua Honorio his Son Flaviano The Dukes Creature Leonato The Duke of Ferrara's Son Petronio a noble man of Ferrara Bertoldi an insolent Coward son to Florelia Claudio a creatvre of Flaviano Volternio Hortensio Colonells Antonio a Gent. Frier Pandolfo a servant of the Tavern Soldiers Servants Abbess Fioretta Daughter to the Duke of Mantua Donebella Sister to Leonato Juliana A Mistris of Flaviavo Florelia A noble Lady Mother to Bertoldi Ladies THE IMPOSTURE Enter Duke Honorio Flaviano at severall Doors Duke NO Army yet discover'd Flav. None Duke We are lost Honor. Despair not sir Duke Away thy confidence is folly Is not danger round about us From every part destruction staring us I' th' face this City like a fatall Center Wherein the bloody lines of War and Famine Prepare to meet Flav. And every minute we expect a Battery Honor. The walls are not so easily made dust As the besiegers would perswade our faith Disarm not your own hearts my confidence Tells me we sha'not suffer the Duke of Ferrara may send yet to raise the siege Duke Fond Boy it was thy counsell to depend Upon his aids and promise Fioretta Thy Sister with so great a dowry to The Dukes vainglorious Son fame has beli'd His valour and we now are cheated of Our lives and Dukedome Honor. Sir with my duty safe let me intreat you Not stain the character of a Prince so much The interest we have in that great Title Should make us wise in our belief for when Princes break faith Religion must dissolve And nature grone with burthen of the living Beside his Son Leonato how ever Traduc'd or sullied by some Traitors envy Deserves a noble fame and loves the hope Of our alliance I ne'r saw his person But t were a sin honor could not forgive In us to question him Duke We fool our selves Le ts think of timely Articles and yield Flav. Whilst there is hope of mercy Hon Oh! this want Of man will make all our well meaning starres Forfiet their kind aspects turn their influence to death Flav. My Lord I cannot be concern'd in name And honour with your person whose least blood Is worth ten thousand arteries of mine Therefore while such necessities invade us I cannot but prefer your lives and in My duty counsell you would think of what Is offer'd here rather than hazard all By a vain expectation of an Army From Leonato who with all his forces Is not yet sure to prosper in our cause Duke Consider that Honorio Flav. Nay should Heaven So smile upon us that his sword o'r come This to weak apprehension may promise Our glory but examine well the close There may be greater danger in his victory Than all our want of him can threaten Hono. You perplex my understanding Flav. He expects your Sister the reward of his great service Hono. Is it not Justice Flau. Yes forbid it goodness He should not thrive in his fair hope and promises But if her Highness find not in her heart Consent to meet the Prince with love and marriage Who shall defend us from his power that must Keep us in awe and this earth panting yet With frights and sufferings of the Warre Hono. It is my wonder Lord Flaviano your wisdome Should weave these wild impossibilities My Sister not consent nature her birth Obedience honor common gratitude Beside ambition of what can be hop'd for To make her happy will give wings to her desires Duke I cannot tell Hono. I cannot think Your reason sir can be so much corrupted To look upon my Sister with that fear She should not fly to meet our great preserver Do you believe she now 'mong holy Virgins Lead thither by her own devotion During this Warr to pray and weep for us Teares whose clear Innocence might tempt an Angel To gather up the drops and string for Saints A Christall Rosarie can wish
Nuns Among whose sweet society our Daughter During this War and tumult went to offer Her prayers for our deliverance I am in a storm and now must stand aside My desperate fate Horten. I hope shee 's not turn'd Nun Leo. I should not like it Vol. May not we visit the holy house 't is pitty so much Sweet flesh should be engros'd and barrell'd up With penitentiall pickle 'fore their time That would keep fresh and fair and make just work For their Confessions I do not like the women Should be cabled up Hor. I think so Vol. I would this Virgin would be peevish now Hor. Why so Volt. That we might ha' some sport among the Leverets For I would so inflame the Generall He were affronted that wee should have all Commission to work into the Warren Le. We do want a person here whose name is great I' th' Register of honor it would much Enlarge our present happiness to Embrace him Your Son the prince Honorio Duke 'T was his chance Upon a sally when your colours gave Us Invitation to the Field and spirited Our souldiers to receive a shot whose cure May excuse the want of his attendance sir Nor will I doubt his wounds are doubled by The thought he cannot wait upon your person Le. He should have honor'd us and made me proud To know whom so much fair desert hath made Dear in the voice and love of men but I Shall not despair to see him We want A limb of our own Army where is Signior Bertoldi that came with us to see Fashions I hope we have not lost him Horten. Sir I know not I fear hee 's slain Volt. He wo'not dy so nobly He 'l nere give up the ghost without a Fetherbed He vvas sick last night at the report vve vvere But three leagues off the Enemy and call'd For a hot caudle I that knevv his cold Disease perswaded him to drink which he Did fiercely as I could vvish in hope to see him Valiant and vvalk the round but quite against Nature his ague shook him more and all the Drink Which vvas the full proportion of a gallon Came out at 's forehead in faint svveat he had Not mov'd ten paces but he fell dovvn backward And swore he was shot with a cold bullet how They rould him like a Barrel back to his Tent For levers could not raise him to make use Of 's feet agen I know not nor since saw him Hort. I hope hee 's still asleep Volt. But when he wakes And finds the Army marcht away He dares not Go home agen alone how hee 'l venture O'r the dead bodies hither he has don 't Enter Bertoldi Ber. Where is the General Leo. Here comes our mirth Hort. A walking Armorie noble Signior Bertoldi Bertol. If you want Pikes or Muskets there I could Ha brought field peeces but I durst not venture My chine Leon. Where had you these Bert. Ask ask the men I kill'd if they deny A syllable I 'l forswear the Warrs Volt. He has disarm'd and rob'd the dead Hort. A coward has impudence to rob a Church Volt. He durst not take 'em from a man that had But so much life in him to gasp or grone That noise would fright him Hort. I rejoyce Signior y' are safe come home Bert. I would I were at home and you get me Among your Guns agen how i st Volterino Enter Flaviano Volt. This news wil much exalt your Mothers heart Leon. He is return'd but with a melancholy face Where is the Princess Du. Where is our Daughter Flav. Where her devotion I fear will make This Dukedome most unhappy if your virtue Exceed not what is read in other Princes It was my fear that place and conversation Would mortifie too much that active heat Should wait on the desires of high-born Ladies Leon. The mystery Volt. Do not you find it they have nunnified her Flav. Sir your pardon She whom first fear and fright of War perswaded To joyn her prayer and person with the Virgins In the religious Cloyster by what art Or holy magick won is now resolv'd Leon. What hath she vow'd Flau. Untill a year be finished By revolution of the dayes great guide Not to forsake the Nunnery but spend Her hours in thankfull prayers to Heauen for this Great victory Volt. So so It will come to the battery I talk'd on Duke It cannot be Leo. It must not be Volt. I am of that opinion my Lord It must not be this is a stratagem Flau. She humbly praies you would interpret this No breach of filiall piety nor your Highness a will to wrong so great a merit As hath engag'd all fortunes here and lives To bleed for you but weigh in your best charity That duties are first paid to Heaven the spring And preservation of what makes us happy And she is confident when you consider Leon. How much my honor suffers to imploy The strength I have to punish this affront Bert. A pox upon 't we shall ha' more fighting now Duke I hope you have no thought of any practice Here to deserve that language Volt. Y' are abus'd Leon. If you be her Father sir I must expect What did ingage me hither and without Delayes or leave this City in a flame Bert. More Fire-works Leon. In whose Ashes I will bury this foul ingratitude Duke We are ruin'd all Bert. There is not so much danger to be put In Rank and File with Pye-meat in an Oven If a man were certaine to come out agen Dow-bak'd Leon. Yet stay I have considered I may have leave to see this Frozen Lady Duke We are more undone Flav. Your person may prevail sir And by some better charm gain her consent Or if you please not to ingage your self Upon the trouble of a hasty visit The presence of her Father and what else We can prepare to keep your smile upon us Shall be inforc'd to clear how much we aim At the perfection of your wishes Bert. So so Leon Prospen Flav. I have now courage sir to serve your will And am o' th' sudden confident Leon. It pleases Exit Leon Duke It is impossible Flav. Promise any thing In such a strait and not despair to effect it Be private men content with their poor Fathom Since Heauen we limit not why should not Kings Next Gods perform the second mighty things Your ear Exit ACT II. Enter Flaviano and Abbesse with a Letter Flav. YOu will obey the Dukes command Abbes. Good Princes Punish not teach us sacrilege I 'l obey A thousand sufferings ere such a rape Flav. A rape Abbesse Of honor Honesty Religion I am plac'd here to preserve and not betray The Innocent should I instead of prayer Chast life the holyness of vow of discipline With those austerities that keep wild blood In calm obedience now begin to teach Soul-murdering liberty the breach of all Was promis'd Heaven Flav. Wy' Madam you mistake We ask no Virgin to turn Whore we
learn'd simplicity and truth You are a Prince and in your Creation But one degree from Angels strive to rise That one round higher and y' are perfect I am By my good Fathers leave and the sweet rules Of this Religious order now i' th' way To meet another Bridegroom before whom While you stand a competitor you fall To Atomes sir my love is planted here And I have made a vow which your own charity Will bid me not to violate your triumph Being the spring of my imperfect duty That for a year I 'l spend my time among This happy Quire to offer up my Prayers And humble gratitude to Heaven a weak Oblation for our safeties Flav. Ha how 's this Leon. My Lord did you not say you had prevail'd What mockery is this Flav. I am undone What does the Gipsey mean shee 'l betray all Most excellent Madam Iu. Oh my Lord imploy Your counsell to advance not Kill our Virtue Remember where and what I am Flav. So so Volt. Sir will you suffer this a new affront Iulia I am resolv'd To live and pay you better tribute here For your affection and unequal'd service Here no distraction will afflict my prayers Which trust me I will offer chastly for you At every hour of my devotion 'T is you next Heaven that gave this blessing to us To meet and in the holy Quire breath up Our sacred Hymes while Angells Eccho to us And Heaven delighted with our harmony Opening her azure curtaines will present us A vision of all the joyes we pray and hope for Flav. This my instructions Iulia O think my Lord To what a loss of Heaven your love invites me Yet let me not be thought while I pretend The choice and sweetness of a Recluse I Should in a thought accuse your worth who are The man of all the World I most could fancie If I be seen to blush make it no sin I know it is but honourable love Wings your desire and that which should prefer you Is merit of your Sword that cut our way To freedom and soft peace Religions Pillow The Nurse of Science and the generall blessing You have a title yet more strong pleads for you The contract and the promise of a Prince A chain with many Links of Adamant Duke I like not that Iuli. To bind and make me yours When I have nam'd these severall interests And look upon my self so short of merit I chide your unkind destiny at such Expence of honor to go off unsatisfied And quickly should despise my self the cause Of your distast but that my vow confirms me And mustring up Religious thoughts prevailes Above my other will made to obey you T is but a year my Lord that I have bound My self this exile Leon. T is an age Iuli. But while Time hath one minute in his Glass of that Nothing shall take me hence unless you bring An impious strength upon this holy dwelling And force me from my cell but you are far From such a sacrilege oh think not on it I 'l place you in my heart while you are virtuous But such an Act might lose those noble thoughts Of you I wish preserv'd but I offend And am too large in this unwelcome argument May wisdom guide your Princely thoughts Whilst I return to pray for you Flav. She has orethrown all Volt. Sir if you love her she Hath taught you a cunning way to make her yours This habit is compel'd a little force For form will disingage her she does love you And pleaded hansomely against her self Leon. No more I 'l not despair yet of your Daughter This is but Virgin nicety at the next Meeting she may incline to smile upon me Shee 's too much treasure to be won at first Assault Volterino Exit Leon Volt. Hort Duke Flaviano Flav. I did expect a storm Duke We are not safe yet Flav. I wonder why Iuliana kept not promise The Dog-dayes thaw her chastity I 'm mad Oh for some stratagem to save all yet But you Sir give me leave to say are timorous Princes should fix in their resolves your conscience Should be as subject to your will as I am Duke I must confess Flaviano I had No fancy to Iulianas mariage Flav. That was all my hope how could I love the man Durst kill him now Duke I shudder what noise is that Flav. These horrors will eternally affright us Enter Leon Bert. Volterino Hortensio with swords drawn Leo. The man that dares be guilty of least Insolence To any Virgin dyes Exeunt Leon Volt. Horten Ber. My hopes are nipt I thought to have tasted Nuns flesh but the General has made it fasting day Ex. Flav. I hope he means to force away Iuliana Ha they attempt it prosper 'em deer fate Blest beyond expectation Duke Dost think We shall be safe Enter Leonato Iuliana in her habit Volterino Hortensio Leon. Injoy the other benefit of my Sword In peace this shall be mine Exit Leon Iul. Vol. Hort. Flav. The stars dote on us Enter Honorio and Claudio Hon. VVhat unexpected tumults fright the City Du. You are too bold upon your wound Honorio To come abroad Flav. The Prince has stoln your Sister From the Nunnery Hono. He dares not Blemish his honor so though he deserv'd her And all our lives should she be obstinate Flav. T is done Honor. This Act shall lose him death upon The Surgeon that hath dallied with my wounds But I 'l revenge this rape Duke Look to the Prince Exit Flav. I could adore my destiny the wench sure Meant to be ravish'd thus I kiss thy policy This chance hath made a dancing in my blood While sin thrives t is too early to be good Exeunt ACT III Enter Antonio and Fioretta Fior. IS this Ferraras Court Anto Yes Madam Fior. I will not yet discover I shall find A time Antonio to reward thy faith And service to me Enter Donabella Florelia Ladies Anto. Here are Ladies Madam Dona. I have a great desire to see this wonder The Princess Fioretta so much fam'd For beauty Flor. Comes she with his Excellence Do. Most certainly so speaks the Prince Leonato's My Brothers Letters and that with some difficulty He gaind her from the Nunnery Flor. Who is this Don. She has an excellent shape some stranger Prethee Florelia ask Anto. This Lady Madam Seems to make some address this way I know not Upon what Jealousie my Lady left aside Placentia so privatly where she Was entertain'd by Flavianos Mother Though old a Lady of no decrepit brain Fior. Antonio Flor. A Lady Madam calls her self Lauriana Born in Placentia but the Warrs affrighting Both Mantua and the confines she came hither With confidence of safety till the storm At home be over Dona. It is not fit a person of your quality And presence should be ingag'd to common persons And if I may entreat you shall consent To be my guest at Court which will be proud To entertain such beauty Fior. It must
he meant revenge should time and place Fit his intents and I should meet his anger Let this secure thy peace his honor will Not let him wound me basely and when I Lift up a sword 'gainst him fate let me dye Exeunt ACT. IV. Enter Pedro Pe. My Lord is coming to my chamber he Has been with the King I see my self allready Knight of the order of the Calatrava And my Commission sign'd for the State Secretary I am not the first servant of the Court Has kept his Lord in aw these Secrets are An excellent curb to ride a Statesman with That is not come to the art of poysoning I know he wishes heartily I were hang'd I tryed him once for the wars to find his pulse And I was listed Captain before some The Generall knew had been seven years in service As Ushers to right honourable Ladies There was his Graces commendations To a Field-officer that should drill me out The first to dye with honor on some on-slaught So quitted that preferment Enter Mendoza He is come I 'll take no notice Men. If he liv'd at the t'other end of th' world He might betray me in the next packet Ha! Pe. Item I bequeath Me. What art thou doing Pe. Only making up my Will Sir and my self ready for the Indies 't is a long voyage And therefore I would settle every thing Before I go if your Grace please to honor me I would make you my Executor Me. But when Will you dye Pedro ha Pe. Sir there be storms Abroad and who does know how soon the waves May rore and crack the cabins Me. Ha! Pe. There may be Calentures my Lord and twenty Devices to be met at sea beside The land diseases there be Hericanoes Are boysterous enough to tear up mountains And strike a ship clean through o' t' other side To the Antipodes Me. He deals with the devil and knows my thoughts There 's no hast to make your will I have Consider'd o' the business and truth is I cannot find my heart willing to part with thee So far thou hast been faithfull we will live And dye together Pe. By no means my Lord I am resolv'd I will not live in Spain A moneth for as much plate as the next Fleet Brings home no I beseech your Grace excuse me Me. Why Pedro Pe. If your Grace please I shall be Knighted Or have the Office you have promis'd do 't And do 't betime it will be worse for both else Me. You do not threaten to reveal the business Pe. 'Lass there be other matters Sir as dangerous And if you love your self or honor finish I cannot help it Me. I am all a bath Pedro why dost thou fright me so if thou Beest honest ther 's no mortal can betray us Pe. Worse worse than that let me go travel Sir And far enough it is not possible That I should stay and you preserve your wits Me. The reason Pe. It will make you mad to hear it Sir But 't is my desperate fate the stars command it Would I had never seen Me. What Pe. A face that I could name Me. If it concerns not The other mystery let me hear it Pedro I will be arm'd Pe. Why then you 'll cut my throat You cannot hold your hand pray let me go And you may save all yet Me. Thou dost torment me P. And yet it is no fault of mine directly We are all flesh and blood oh Sir Me. Out with it Pe. You 'll curse me when you know it I would your Grace would guess but 't is impossible 'T is working to get out I am Me. Well sayd Pe. Oh Sir I am I am in love now 't is out Me. That all Pe. All a Pistol to a Maravide you draw Your Rapier presently upon me and If I name but the party will not have The patience to foin but tilt it at me Sir do not know 't what will become of me It will be safer Sir to hoyst sayls yet No matter whither So I never come Agen for if I see one face too often Both you and I and she 's undone I have Beaten my self allready fasted prayed Been drunk and pray'd agen nothing will kill Concupiscence oh Sir Me. Why this is raving Pe. I you may call it what you please but here She lies a cross that must or doe the deed Or make poor Pedro miserable Me. How he sweats Pedro do not despair this feaver may Be cur'd it may Pe. Indeed you can do much For to say truth your Grace is both acquainted And has no small command upon the party Me. Nay then be confident who is 't Pe. It is shall I name her Me. By my honor I will beat thee else Pe. Why so then The pretty soul I will confess to you Whom if I stay I must Me. Enjoy this such a business Pe. Is is Clara your Graces one only daughter Me. Ha! draws Pe. I told you this afore but do not do 't Sir now I rather look for 't in the next sallad Or in my mornings draught there 's spice i' your closet Or we have Spanish figs. Me. Thou most unheard-of impudence how can'st hope I should not cut thy head off sirrah rascall Pe. To these things humane nature has been prone But if you kill one Sir there is a scedule A Secret in a bag of writings left In a friends hand nay I did look for this There is an Inventory of Goods were stoln The Anno Domini with Aetatis suae Set down the day o' th' moneth and place remembred If these do not revenge my death Me. Why so a pox upon thee yet come hither And let me cut thy tongue out Pe. I confess I am not fit to marry Sir a Lady of Her Princely birth and fortune all consider'd Alas I know I am a wreth but Me. Thou wouldst have her to be thy whore me Thy pander to speak for thee rogue devill I must kill thee there is no remedy Pe. Hold you mistake me Sir 't is no such business Me. What wouldst thou have then Pe. I would go beyond sea I to the Indies sir Or turn a Haddack by the way send me To the new Islands or Iapan Me. From whence you may send Letters to the King No sirrah I 'll not trust you Pe. 'T is a hard case my Lord I have dangerous sailing Betwixt your Graces Scylla and her Caribdis Me. I dare not kil him why do I not kil my self then No I wo'not I will talk reason to him Come hither sirra my tormentor Pe. I Sir Me. If your hot blood must have a cooler will None serve your rogues turn but my daughter Clara Say thou art mad Pe. I have too many senses Me. Or if your wantonness must be confin'd Within my walls Pe. The more my sorrow but I 'll try my Lord If you will give me leave for your sake Sir Among her Gentlewomen what I can do To conjure down my devil I will
take Some physick too Sir every thing will help Would I were whipt my Lord Me. Whipt with a vengeance Pe. But I am griev'd For your vexation and my scurvey fortune But if there be a wench a witch a medicine Above ground that can give me any charm Your Grace shall hear no more on 't So your pardon And now my Lord let your unworthy servant Have leave to ask one question does not your Grace Suspect me monstrously nay d' ee not think I do presume too much upon your fears And that the knowledge of this Secret makes Me bold and sawcy my good Lord Me. 'T is all too true but 't is not in my brain To help 't unless I take some course to kill thee Pe. How Me. I fear I shall be driven to 't one fit Like this will work my impatience up look to 't Pe. Why then I 'll tel your Grace an easie way To remove all your jealousie and never Trouble your brain with study how to kil me A most compendious way Me. I would I knew it Pe. 'T is but my going to the Court my Lord And if you be not cur'd within an hour After I have told the King a story how Your wife the Dutchess lost I ha' done Fear nothing Enter Lord Lo. Is not Prince Carlo here Me. Not here my Lord Lo. 'T is the Kings pleasure you attend him presently Your daughters presence is expected too Among the Ladies for the entertainment Of Princess Isabella new arriv'd the Court Me. We humbly wait to kiss his hand Pe. Shall I attend Me. I am resolv'd now not to sleep without thee And in the day I 'll look upon thee Pedro As thou wert my great Seal and I thy keeper Pe. Yet I may give you a slip Me. We 'll to Clara The Princess Isabella come so private ha Pedro Pe. I am here my Lord Exeunt Enter Manuel Ma. This is the place by his commands to meet in It has a sad and fatall invitation A Hermit that forsakes the world for prayer And solitude would be timorous to live here There 's not a spray for birds to perch upon For every tree that over-looks the vale Carries the mark of lightning and is blasted The day which smil'd as I came forth and spread Fair beams about has taken a deep melancholy That fits more ominous in her face than night All darkness is less horrid than half light Never was such a scene for death presented And there 's a ragged mountain peeping over VVith many heads seeming to crowd themselves Spectators of some Tragedy but I 'll Prevent 'em all though my obedience Instructed me to wait here it shall not Be brib'd to draw my sword against the Prince And in his honor I am safe how e'r This sense of Clara's loss transport him 't is not VVithin his nature to be impious And if I gain his friendship I return VVith triumph to my Clara Within help help Enter Prince Carlo's Page Pa. Oh help Don Manuel help for heavens sake Ma. Celio the Princes page where is the Prince Pa. Oh Sir I fear he 's slain Ma. By whom Pa. The Devill or one not very much unlike him A More that basely set upon him sure He has dispatcht the Prince he persues me And if he have Death shall be welcome to me For I am not fit to live and lose my Master He 's here and his sword bloudy Enter Carlo like a More Ma. Villain were all thy bloud rivers of balm Or such a floud as would restore a life To the departed World it should be all A sacrifice to Carlo They fight Pa Hold hold Don Manuell Ma. Canst thou be mercifull to the Princes Murderer Pa. Curse on my Duty to obey so far My Lord the Prince is slain you are wounded too Ma. The Prince Car. Don Manuell I forgive thee Ma. Pray Heaven this be a Dream for if my hand Have been so much a Traitour it shall call No other aid in your revenge Are you Prince Carlo Car. I was Ma. That voyce shall be my sentence Car. Hold I charge thee by thy honour Manuell Ma. Why did you wear this black upon you Sir Or how could art of man contrive a Cloud Which this Soul had no eyes to penetrate Car. I knew thou wouldst not fight against me knowingly And if I fell I meant it to secure Thy act from punishment when in this darkness I took my leave o' th' World onely that boy Whom I compel'd to feign me wounded so To make thee draw thy sword but with my bloud I feel my spirits vanish if I have but breath enough I send by thee a kiss To thy own Clara now Ma. Oh help good boy For 't is no time to curse thee now my horse Is not far off this scarf may stay his bleeding Untill we meet with better Surgerie Now Heaven reprieve my strength but to convey him To some good place and I resign my self To all the justice you will call me to Exit Enter King Mendoza Roderigo Antonio Pedro Lord Ki. Y' are all but my tormentors where 's Piraecquo Enter Piracquo Ro. His son is absent too Pir. Have comfort Sir An. Our neglect is lost in the Generall Cause What doe you think my Lord Mendoza Men. This no news of the Prince is not so comfortable Enter 1 Lord Ki. The news you bring Lo. Unless he had left the Kingdom Ki. Be dumb and he had left the World Your cares might have persued him if he Return not you have murdred him Ro. My Stars are now At work in Heaven their influence is powerful I will adore the Sun if it dissolve not This mist in which the Prince is lost I am Content thou be a Constellation Carlo In any Sphere but this Enter a Messenger with a Letter to Piracquo Pir. To me 't is Manuel's character Lo. Unless we hear some good news of the Prince I fear we lose the King too An. 'T is strange none should attend him but his Page Ro. I fear some plot is practis'd 'gainst his life But dare not speak 2 Lo. That 's it distracts the King Whose fears are helpt by a sad dream he had Last night Ro. My Lord Piracquo's son is missing too Pi. Comfort your self till my return I 'll find 'em or ne'r see your face agen Ki. Well said Piracquo all my prayers go with thee Me. Pedro Exit Pir. Pe. My Lord Me. I know not what to say but stand Before they may not see me weep Pe. Sir I must confess Me. Ha! Confess Pe. You are still suspicious have a true heart And let your conscience look less abroad Sir If he be dead your trouble 's over Sir We must all dye Death has his severall waies And times to take us off some expire humbly I' th' Cradle some dismist upon a Scaffold Enter Isabella Maria Clara Me. Come hither doe not name a Scaffold I Was innocent thou knowst the plot was all My Ladies and not
your grief An. I will attend my Sister my Lord Piracquo You can best direct us Exe. Ant. Pir. Isa. Ro. Convey 'em with a strong guard Men and Ped. under guard Pe. What think you of an Indian voyage now Sir Ro. My joyes are firm at root Don Manuel Sir is not guilty of the Prince's death Yet stain'd with blood to merit execution He that is slain did but usurp your blessing And was by the art of Duke Mendoza's Lady Then Governess to the Prince after the loss Of Carlo that was stoln away an infant Put in his place the Court has been long cosen'd Ki. This story will want faith Me. The circumstance will make all clear Ki. Expound the riddle as we walk there 's no Condition more expos'd to care than Princes Private men meet the force of common stings But none can feel the weight of Kings but Kings Exeunt ACT. V. Enter Mendoza and the Castellano Me. A Very goodly pile a hansom prison Ca. It has been grac'd with persons of some honor Me. They had but little grace as well as I That came to be your Tenants for all that Signior where is my quondam servant My fellow prisoner Pedro Ca. He is singing Sir Me. What Ca. Catches Me. He has a fine time on 't He need not clear his throat for a confession He has done that already and I too That trouble 's over and yet call him hither But I 'll not sing Poor Iulio thou art gone and with thy eyes all my delights are clos'd My senses vanish too apace I was Too hasty when my Dutchess lay a dying to visit her had I but stayd one hour she had been speechless and I had been happy without the reach of this unlucky Secret Enter Castellano and Pedro Pe. Does the house fill Sir these are active times and if all men had their deserts the State Must be at charge to build new tenements for Traytors Ca. The times are busie Sir Pe. They are indeed Good for al squires of the delinquent body And sable Twig Ca. You are very pleasant Sir Pe. You would not smile I think so much if Justice Should take a toy and turn about it is Within the hand of fate to fetch a compass With your own rod whip you know what follows Me. Is this a time and place convenient Pedro To sing your catches Ex. Cast. Pe. Yes and please your Grace And cause my songs are set for three parts Sir If it will please your Grace to take the Tenor And get the Prince's Page newly committed To sing the Treble for the Base let me alone Me. You can sing that part at first sight Pe. I can reach double ef-fa-uth Shall the boy come Me. Yes yes why should I grieve Pe. Why now you are right Let men that have no hope to get their freedom Be sullen whine like whelps and break their sleep We must be jolly and drink sack and sing Me. We why we is any thing in our condition Can promise hope to be enlarg'd before The rest our state if you consider Pedro Exceeds in being desperate other mens As we out-sin them in the fact Pe. Why there 's your error we are in for Treason Sir That 's to our comfort Me. Comfort can there be A greater charge Pe. Oh our discharge the nearer Poor things whose highest thoughts are pilfering Lye by 't and languish Sessions after Sessions Till they have worn away their clothes and skins too And often are repriev'd when he that 's sent Hither for Treason quickly comes to th' bar Pleads his not guilty and is hang'd compendiously Me. Yet some with reverence to your observations Are not dispatcht Pe. Then doubt their causes mainly Your Grace I hope shall not complain for want Of timely execution I am thinking What Speech is best to please the people at it Me. I shall have cause to name your treachery Pe. Why so there 's more argument by that To stuff out your confession Me. Tell me and tell me truly How long since you discover'd this Court Secret To Don Piracquo Pe. I was tender hearted Sir And knew that I had but a weak memory Therefore the first time that I saw his Lordship After he came from Portugal I told him The punctual story lest I should forget Sir What should a man dissemble lose time for I did it for your good Me. It does appear Pe. It was no fault of mine you came no sooner To this preferment Me. It might have sav'd my Iulio's life indeed And then though I had dyed Pe. Yet you were against it still These jealousies and fears do seldom prosper I knew by instinct t' were better but as it is 'T is well your death will be more pittied And remarkable Me. But what have you got by betraying me Pe. The credit to be hang'd for treason as I told your Grace besides the benefit Of being read in Chronicles with Lords And men of worship I have prepar'd a business For the present a provision Sir Will serve any turn Me. What 's that Pe. A ballad Sir Before I dye to let the people know How I behav'd my self upon the scaffold With other passages that will delight The people when I take my leave of the world Made to a Pavin tune Will you hear it Enter Castell and Clara Me. Away you knave Cast. Sir your Daughter Pe. She comes to condole I 'll see you another time your Graces servant Ex. Cl. Sir I beseech you tell me for I dare not Believe the busie noise they say you have Confest strange things and he that was receiv'd These many years Prince Carlo and so lately Slain is my brother Iulio Me. Sad truth Clara Cl. I have heard my Mother say he dyed an infant Me. And I believ'd it too but at her death She told me another story Clara that Prince Carlo by some Pirats had been stoln An infant from our Castle on which loss She sent me word to Court my son dyed suddenly At which the King fearing some danger might Follow to the Prince her charge commanded him To court instead of whom she sent thy brother Who was believ'd the Kingdoms heir untill Pedro who waited then nearest thy Mother And knew the imposture brake his oath and told Piracquo all the Secret by whose charge My death and shame must make up the full Tragedy Cla. Manuel kill'd my brother then Me. He has don 't And if thou hast a Sister's soul thou must Joyn with thy father to pull curses on him Cl. That wil not call poor Iulio back again They say that Charity will open Heaven Me. Charity will you not curse your brother's murderer Upon my blessing I command thee curse him Cl. That would but wound us more not reach him Beside 't were an intrenchment upon heaven So boldly to prescribe our own revenge It were a sin might draw another punishment Great as the loss of you Me. You are a baggage But if thou