dote upon him Brother This is a conjuration may do much Lu. Well said Thou art my Sister this good nature shews it And now I 'le tell thee I ha' promis'd him As much as mariage comes too and I lose My honor if my Don receive the canvas He ha's a good estate and I have borrow'd Considerable monies of him Sister Peeces of eight and transitory Ducats Ja. Which must be paid Lu. Not if you marry him Conditions have been thought on Ja. How conditions Lu. And some revenew was convenient To do things like a Gentleman I may Tell you my Father is a litle costive Purse-bound his pension cannot find me tooth-picks I must live till he dye 't is fit you know Alberto ha's an Exchequer which upon Thy smiles will still be open Ja. Very good Then you upon the matter have sold me to him To find you spending money Lu. No not sold W' are at no certain price summes have been lent In expectation or so and may again Ja. You deserve Brother I should hate you now Lu. 'T is all one to me so you love him For my part I defire but my expences Ja. What if another man supply your wants Upon the same conditions of my love Lu. I am indifferent so I have my charges My necessary wine and women paid for Love where you please your self I am but one I would not see him want that 's all because My Father is not yet resolv'd about His going to heaven Ja. Well sir for Don Alberto You shall be his advocate no more and there 's A Fee to bribe your silence in his cause Lu. Why thank you sister will you dye a virgin Ja. Why do yo ask Lu. I would speak for somebody tell me but whom You have a mind to and I 'le plead for him And if he be a Don he will consider it You may give me what you will besides Ja. When I Resolve You shall be acquainted Lu. But d' ee hear Untill you do resolve I would lose no time 'T is good keeping a freind and a warm client You may look lovingly upon Alberto And let him hope at all adventures in Two moneths you may be otherwise provided And he may hang himself i' th meane time Some favours now and then to the poor Gentleman Will doe him good and me no hurt besides You 'l please my Father in 't whose vote is for him And that 's a thing materiall I am To meet with Don Alberto and some Gentlemen I will preserve his confidence and tell him I ha' talkd with thee Have you any more Of this complexion cause I know not what Occasions I may have to keep my credit With men of mark and honour vvhere I am going You are my Fathers darling and command His yellovv Ingots tother Doblon D'oro Ja. So I may bring a rent-charge upon my self Lu. The tother drop of orient mercie come Ja. You care not vvhat accounts I give my Father Lu. Thou hast tvventy vvayes to cosen him vvedge it Into the next Bill he vvears Spectacles And loves to read Item for pious uses Can it be less to help a brother vvell said Ja. Let not this feed your riot Luys By no means I am for no Carthusians to day Enter Carlos Fernando Francisco and Felisarda Farevvell dear Sister vvho is that Ja. My Father Lu. I cannot indure that old mans company Exit Car. I am past complement and must acknovvledge Your fair intentions honor us she is no Goddess Of beauty Sir but let me without pride Boast my self blest Fernando in her virtues And that which crowns em all obedience Jacinta Entertain this Gentleman With all becoming thoughts of Love his merit Out of no rash but mature judgement hath Prevaild with me to name him to the first And noblest place within your heart Ferd. Untill this hour I never had the considence More than to think of love and hide a flame That almost hath consum'd me You may think It worth a smile and that I flourish To shew my vanity of wit or language But when you understand that I bring hither No young affection but a love took in Long since at my ambitious eye it may Beget your gentle thought or will to cure me Jac. Pardon me if the more you strive to print A truth on this short story of your passion The more I find my self inclin'd to wonder Since you seem to inferre You took in the Disease at sight of me I cannot be So ignorant as not to have receiv'd Your Name and Character but never knew Before when you did grace us with a visit And how then at such distance you contracted A danger so consuming is above My knowledge not my pittie if you could Direct me to the cure with Virgin honor Car. So so I leave you to the amorous Dialogue Presume you have my voice Jac. Sir with your pardon You lead me to a Wilderness and take Your self away that should be guide do you Engage me to affect this Don Fernando In earnest Car. Yes Jac. You did direct my love To Don Alberto Car. I dispence with that Command you may by fair degrees and honor Quit his addresses and dispose your self Mistris and Bride to Don Ramyres heir Felis. It does not thus become you sir to mock A Virgin never injur'd you he is Your elder Brother I am here beneath The levell of his thoughts i' th' nature of A servant to my Cosen and depend Upon my Uncles charity Fran. May I be Curst in my own affections if I Delude thee though to atchieve our best desires We seem to dissemble thus before Don Carlos This is a secret yet to poor Jacinta Car. You have my will obey it Ja. Hath Francisco broken his faith already Car. May you both joy where you have plac'd your loves You apply close Francisco Exit Fran. With your good favour I fairly hope Ford. Your Father 's gone Jacinta Ja. I should be Equally pleas'd if you would leave me too Felis. This is a change Ja. Unkind Francisco hear me Fran. T is my meaning Brother I ha' prepard Your story there with Felisarda lose No time Ferd. Jacinta clear your thoughts agen And pardon that I took a shape to fright you I shall not grieve to see Francisco prosper And merit all your favours since my hopes Must thrive or have their Funerall here Ja. Are we So blest Francisco th' ast a noble Brother Ferd. I may suppose my Brother Felisarda Hath made it now no secret that I love you And since our stars have so contriv'd that we Have means to assist our mutuall ambitions Do not you make their influence unprofitable T is the first boldness I ere tooke to visit you Although my eyes have often with delight And satisfaction to my heart observ'd you Felis. You seem a noble Gentleman and can take But litle glory to undo a Maid Whose Fortunes cannot bring you any triumph Ferd. How mean you fairest Felis. Not to be
flattered Sir Into a sin to cure my poverty For men whose expectations are like yours Come not with honour to court such as I am Lost to the World for want of portion But with some untam'd heat of blood Fer. I dare With conscience of my pure intent try what Rudeness you find upon my lip t is chast As the desires that breath upon my language I began Felisarda to affect thee By seeing thee at Prayers thy vertue wing'd Loves Arrow first and 't were a sacrilege To choose thee now for sin that hast a power To make this place a Temple by thy Innocence I know thy poverty and came not to Bribe it against thy chastity if thou Vouchsafe thy fair and honest love it shall Adorn my fortunes which shall stoop to serve it In spight of friends or destiny Fran. My Brother Knows my whole Interest in thee to whom My Fathers care directed him but we Thus mutually resolve to aid each other Ja. This must be wisely manag'd of all sides Parents have narrow eyes Fran. Our meeting thus Will happily secure us from their Jealousie Our Fathers must not know this countermarch Enter Carlos Car. Ha I like not this Fernando at busie courtship With Felisarda and Francisco so Close with my Daughter Jac. Las we are betrai'd Felis. My Unkle Ferd. You are her Kinswoman and of her bosom I prethee in my absence plead to fair Jacinta for me as an earnest of My gratitude accept this trifle from me Car. Ha 't is a Jewell Felis. Without this reward I should solicite sir your cause and do My duty to Ton Carlos who desires it Ferd. I take my leave Fran. Madam I shall be proud To call you Sister but you will prepare Another happiness if you vouchsafe To speak for me to pretty Felisarda She 's bound to hear your counsel and obey it If I may owe this favour to your charity Jacin. Your goodness will deserve more Fran. I must follow him Exit Car. Do you take notice Felisarda that You live here on the bounty of an Unkle Your Father had but ill news from the Indies Felis. Sir as your goodness wants no testimony I shall attend it with all humble services Car. How durst you in the presence of my Daughter Maintain such whispers with Fernando ha Felis. Sir he was pleas'd Car. No more I here discharge you Jacinta I 'l provide one to attend you With less relation to your blood I 'l hear Of no defence away out of my dores Go to your Father Signior Teodoro His ships may rise agen were sunk by th' Hollander And Fleet from St. Thome he may prefer you To some Rich Don or who knows but you may Born on the Plumes of his estate be made In time a proud Condessa so adios Mui illustre Sennora Felisarda Exit Ja. Thus have I heard a tall ship has been wrack'd By some strange gust within the Bay his passion Admits of no dispute O my poor Cose I fear my turn is next to be an exile Thy absence must deprive me of Francisco Who can no more glad his Jacintas eyes With a pretence to visit thee Felis. T is not My fear to suffer want so much afflicts me As that I must lose you but he returnes Enter Carlos with a Letter and Servant Car. Don Pedro de Fuente Calada comming hither With Don Alberto and my Son Serv. Yes sir the Count desires to see Jacinta Whom your Son has so commended and sent me To give you notice Car. Ha Iacinta retire To your closet and put on your richest Jewels A Count is come to visit you Felisarda There may be some more art us'd in her dress To take the eyes of greatness Iac. Sir you speak As I were meant for sacrifice or sale The Count Don Pedro Car. No reply be carefull And humble in your office Felisarda And you may live and eat here till Iacinta Provide another servant to attend her Which may be three whole dayes my anger is Not everlasting bid my Wife come to me Enter Alsimira I expect an honourable guest the Count Don Pedro To see our Daughter whom I have commanded To appear with all her riches to attract him Alsi. If his Intents be honourable I have heard Don Pedro loves a hansom Donna Car. He had better cool his hot blood i' the frosen Sea and rise thence a rock of Adamant To draw more wonder to the North than but Attempt to wrong her chastity Enter Don Pedro Luys and Alberto This from Don Pedro is an honor binds The service of our lives Ped. Noble Don Carlos Alsi. If we had been prepar'd we should have met This grace with more becoming Entertainment Ped. T is fair and equall to my wishes she Does smel of rosted Garlick this your Sister He kisses Al. Enter Jacinta and Felisarda Luys That is my Mother here is Jacinta Sir Ped. She has a tempting shape I now am pleas'd I Use to kiss all hum a pretty thing To Phelis Car. I like not his busie eyes on Felisarda Alber. You will be faithfull to me Luys Who I faithfull how shall I live else Car. Son Luys Alber. Madam Ped. Will you be pleas'd admit Don Pedro by The Title of your servant to presume Somtime to wait upon you Jacin. It were pride And sawcy ambition sir in me to think You can descend so much from your great birth To own a name and office so beneath you Ped. I that before thought women easie trifles And things which nature meant only to quench High flames in man am taken with this Lady Luys thou hast wrong'd the fair Jacinta Thy praise was thyn and cold Spain is not rich Enough to boast her equall and I love her Luys Oh she will be to proud to know it Sir Ped. Proud she must be whose eyes have such command She has a pretty servant too Luys I like 'em both Luys How both Ped. They will do well One for a Wife the other for a Concubine Luys It will becom your high blood Ped. Say I kiss Her white hand and present her with these Pearls Luys Your honor shall command Ped. Your Daughter has a most magnetick face And I pronounce her happy your consent Confirmes her mine Car. Ther 's nothing in my blood or fortune but Don Pedro shall command I was Propheticall Come hither Alsimira wouldst imagine Hee 's taken with Jacinta and hath praid Already my consent Alis. Believe not all That great men speak are Oracles our Daughter Car. If she be stubborn uncreates her self Be you wise and counsell her to this ambition Or thus I loose you all ha turn away That Faery shee s a Witch the Count talks with her Alb. I hope you hold me not Sir less deserving Than when you gave me free access to plead My service to your Daughter if that Don Car. Sir you too much prejudicate my thoughts I must give due respects to men of honor Nor is it fit I should
shall be sad to know I did deserve an Enemy or he want A Charity at death Fer. Thy cruell Enemy And my best friend hath took Eternall leave And 's gone to heaven I hope excuse my tears It is a tribute I must pay his memory For I did love my Father Felis. Ha! your Father Fer. Yes Felisarda he is gone that in The morning promis'd many years but death Hath in few hours made him as stiff as all The winds and winter had thrown cold upon him And wisper'd him to marble Felis. Now trust me My heart weepes for him but I understand Not hovv I vvas concern'd in his displeasure And in such height as you profess Fer. He did Command me on his blessing to forsake thee Was 't not a cruell precept to inforce The soul and curse his Son for honest love Felis. This is a wound indeed Fer. But not so mortall For his last breath was Balsom pour'd upon it By which he did reverse his malediction And I that groan'd beneath the weight of that Anathema sunk almost to despair Where night and heavy shades hung round about me Found my self rising like the morning Star To view the World Felis. Never I hope to be Eclips'd agen Fer. This was a welcom blessing Fe. Heaven had a care of both my joyes are mighty Vouchsafe me sir your pardon if I blush And say I love but rather than the peace That should preserve your bosom suffer for My sake 't were better I were dead Fer. No live And live for ever happy thou deserved'st it It is Fernando doth make hast to sleep In his forgotten dust Felis. Those accents did Not sound so cheerfully Fer. dost love me Felis. Sir Fer. Do not I prethee do not I am lost Alas I am no more Fernando there Is nothing but the Empty name of him That did betray thee place a guard about Thy heart be time I am not worth this sweetness Felis. Did not Fernando speak all this alas He knew that I was poor before and needed not Despise me now for that Fer. Desert me goodness When I upbraid thy wants 'T is I am poor For I ha' not a stock in all the World Of so much dust as would contrive one narrow Cabin to shroud a worm my dying Father Hath given away my Birthright to Francisco I 'm disinherited thrown out of all But the small Earth I borrow thus to walk on And having nothing left I come to kiss thee And take my everlasting leave of thee too Farewell this will perswade thee to consent To my Eternall absence Felis. I must beseech you stay a little sir And clear my faith Hath your displeased Father Depriv'd you then of all and made Francisco The Lord of your Inheritance without hope To be repair'd in Fortune Fer. 'T is sad truth Felis. This is a happiness I did not look for Fer. A happiness Felis. Yes Sir a happiness Fer. Can Felisarda take delight to hear What hath undone her servant Felis. Heaven avert it But 't is not worth my grief to be assur'd That this will bring me nearer now to him Whom I most honor of the World and t is My pride if you exceed me not in Fortune That I can boast my heart as high and rich With noble flame and every way your equall And if you be as poor as I Fernando I can deserve you now and love you more Than when your expectation carried all The pride and blossoms of the spring upon it Fer. Those shadowes will not feed more than our fancies Two poverties will keep but a thin table And while wee dream of this high nourishment Wee do but starve more gloriously Felis. 'T is ease And wealth first taught us art to surfet by Nature is wise not costly and will spread A table for us in the Wilderness And the kind Earth keep us alive and healthfull With what her bosom doth invite us to The brooks not there suspected as the Wine That somtime Princes quaff are all transparent And with their pretty murmurs call to tast 'em In every tree a Chorister to sing Health to our loves our lives shall there be free As the first knowledge was from sin and all Our dreams as Innocent Fer. Oh Felisarda If thou didst own less Virtue I might prove Unkind and marry thee but being so rich In goodness it becomes me not to bring One that is poor in every vvorth to vvast So excellent a Dower be free and meet One that hath Wealth to cherish it I shall Undo thee quite but pray for me as I That thou maist change for a more happy Bridgroom I dare as soon be guilty of my death As make thee miserable by expecting me Farwell and do not wrong my soul to think That any storm could separate us two But that I have no fortune now to serve thee Felis. This will be no exception sir I hope When wee are both dead yet our bodies may Be cold and strangers in the Winding sheet We shall be married when our spirits meets Exeunt Act V. Enter Carlos Pedro Pe. Your daughter does not use me well Don Carlos Car. I know not what to think Some great misfortune must be the cause Ped. Not yet appear they might And they had crept like Tortoyses Ariv'd Before this time Car. There is some strange disaster Ped. The Coach orethrown and both their lives Endanger'd can but excuse 'm Enter Alsimira Oh my Lord Don Carlos Ped. The Tragick voice of women stricks mine eare Car. Alsimira Ped. Madam Car. Where is our Daughter Alsi. My fear almost distracts me she is gone Stoln ravish'd from me Ped. Ha Alst. An armed Troop In Visards forc'd her from my coach and heaven Knows where they have hurried the poor Jacinta Car. A troop of armed Devils Ped. Let them be A legion they are all damn'd Al. Nay they were men and mortall sure Ped. I w'on'ot leave one soul amongst them all Car. Mine is in torment I' th' hope height of my ambition To be thus cros'd how scap'd you Alsi. Alas I was not young enough I offer'd My self to bear her company and suffer As much as she did but one boysterous fellow With a starch'd voice and a worse vizard took me Just here above my Sciatica and quoited me Into the coach agen upon my head I had alarum in 't for half an hour And so I scap'd with life Ped. Did they use her with any rigor Alsi. To say truth they were gentle enough to her Ped. That mollifies and they may live Car. Hell overtake 'em le ts return they had better Committed incest than this rape Ped. They had better ravish'd Proserpine before Don Lucifer's own face I am all fury Exeunt Enter Alberto and Estefania Alb. Pardon my dear Jacinta It was love That threw me on this act I had no patience To see thee forc'd into a mariage By a covetous Father whose devotion Is only Wealth and Title I esteem No danger if at