HYMENS TRIVMPH A Pastorall Tragicomaedie Presented at the Queenes Court in the Strand at her Maiesties magnificent intertainement of the Kings most excellent Maiestie being at the Nuptials of the Lord Roxborough By SAMVEL DANIEL LONDON Imprinted for Francis Constable and are to bee sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the white Lyon 1615 TO THE MOST EXCELLENT MAIESTIE OF THE HIGHEST-borne princess ANNE of Denmark Queene of England Scotland France and Ireland HEre what your sacred influence begat Most lou'd and most respected Maiestie With humble heart and hand I consecrate Vnto the glory of your memorie As being a piece of that solemnitie Which your Magnificence did celebrate In hallowing of those roofes you rear'd of late With fires and chearefull hospitalitie Whereby and by your splendent Worthines Your name shal longer liue then shal your walles For that faire structure goodnesse finishes Beares off all change of times and neuer falles And that is it hath let you in so farre Into the heart of England as you are And worthily for neuer yet was Queene That more a peoples loue hath merited By all good graces and by hauing been The meanes our State stands fast established And blest by your blest wombe who are this day The highest borne Queene of Europe and alone Haue brought this land more blessings euery way Then all the daughters of strange Kings haue done For we by you no claimes no quarrels haue No factions no betraying of affaires You doe not spend our blood nor states but saue You strength vs by alliance and your haires Not like those fatall marriages of France For whom this kingdome hath so dearely paid Which onely our afflictions did aduance And brought vs farre more miseries then aid Renowned Denmark that hast furnished The world with Princes how much doe we owe To thee for this great good thou dist bestow Whereby we are both blest and honoured Thou didst not so much hurt vs heretofore But now thou hast rewarded vs farre more But what doe I on this high subiect fall Here in the front of this low Pastorall This a more graue and spacious roome requires To shew your glorie and my deepe desires Your Maiesties most humble seruant SAMVEL DANIEL The Prologue Hymen opposed by Auarice Enuie and Iealousie the disturbers of quiet marriage first enters Hym. IN this disguise and Pastorall attire Without my saffron robe without my torch Or other ensignes of my duty I Hymen am come hither secretly To make Arcadia see a worke of glorie That shall deserue an euerlasting storie Here shall I bring you two the most entire And constant louers that were euer seene From out the greatest suffrings of anoy That fortune could inflict to their full ioy Wherein no wilde no rude no antique sport But tender passions motions soft and graue The still spectators mast expect to haue For these are onely Cynthias recreatiues Made vnto Phoebus and are feminine And therefore must be gentle like to her Whose sweet affections mildely mooue and stir And here with this white wand will I effect As much as with my flaming torch of Loue And with the power thereof affections mooue In these faire nymphes and shepheards round about Enuie Stay Hymen stay you shall not haue the day Of this great glorie as you make account We will herein as we were euer wont Oppose you in the matches you addresse And vndermine them with disturbances Hym. Now doe thy worst base Enuie thou canst doe Thou shalt not disappoint my purposes Auarice Then will I Hymen in despite of thee I will make Parents crosse desires of loue With those respects of wealth as shall dissolue The strongest knots of kindest faithfulnesse Hym. Hence greedy Auarice I know thou art A hagge that do'st bewitch the mindes of men Yet shalt thou haue no powre at all herein Iealousie Then will I Hymen doe thou what thou canst I will steale closely into linked hearts And shake their veines with colde distrustfulnesse And euer keepe them waking in their feares With spirits which their imagination reares Hym. Disquiet Iealousie vile furie thou That art the ougly monster of the minde Auant be gone thou shalt haue nought to doe In this faire worke of ours nor euermore Canst enter there where honour keepes the doore And therefore hideous furies get you hence This place is sacred to integritie And cleane desires your sight most loathsome is Vnto so well dispos'd a companie Therefore be gone I charge you by my powre We must haue nothing in Arcadia sowre Enuie Hymen thou canst not chase vs so away For looke how long as thou mak'st marriages So long will we produce incumbrances And we will in the same disguise as thou Mixe vs among these shepheards that we may Effect our worke the better being vnknowne For ills shew other faces then their owne The Speakers Thyrsis Palaemon friend to Thyrsis Clarindo Siluia disguised the beloued of Thyrsis supposed to be slaine by wild beasts Cloris a Nymph whom Clarindo serued and in loue with Thyrsis Phillis in loue with Clarindo Montanus in loue with Phillis Lidia Nurse to Phillis Forresters Dorcas Siluanus Medorus father to Siluia Charinus father to Thyrsis Chorus of Shepheards ACT. I. SCEN. I. Thirsis Palaemon SO to be reft of all the ioyes of life How is it possible Palaemon I Should euer more a thought retaine Of the least comfort vpon earth againe No I would hate this heart that hath receiu'd So deepe a wound if it should euer come To be recur'd or would permit a roome To let in any other thing then griefe Pal. But Thirsis you must tel me what is the cause Thi. Think but what cause I haue whē hauing pass'd The heates the colds the trembling agonies Of feares and hopes and all the strange assaults Of passion that a tender heart could feele In the attempt and pursuite of his loue And then to be vndone when all was done To perish in the hauen after all Those Ocean suffrings and euen then to haue My hopefull Nuptiall bed turn'd to a graue Pal. Good Thirsis by what meanes I pray thee tell Thi. Tell thee alas Palaemon how can I tell And liue doest thou not see these fields haue lost Their glory since that time Siluia was lost Siluia that onely deckt that onely made Arcadia shine Siluia who was ah woe the while So miserablie rent from off the world So rapt away as that no signe of her No peece was left to tell vs by what meanes Safe onely this poore remnant of her vaile All torne and this deere locke of her rent haire Which holy reliques here I keepe with me The sad memorials of her dismall fate Who sure deuoured was vpon the shore By ravenous beasts as she was walking there Alone it seemes perhaps in seeking me Or els retir'd to meditate apart The storie of our loues and heauie smart Pal. This is no newes you tell of Siluias death That was long since why shold you
waile her now Thi. Long since Palaemon thinke you any length Of time can euer haue a powre to make A heart of flesh not mourne not grieue not pine That knows that feels that thinks as much as mine Pal. But Thirsis you know how her father meant To match her with Alexis and a day To celebrate the nuptials was prefixt Thi. True he had such a purpose but in vaine As oh it was best knowne vnto vs twaine And hence it grew that gaue vs both our feares That made our meeting stealth our parting teares Hence was it that with many a secret wile Wee rob'd our lookes th' onlookers to beguile This was the cause oh miserable cause That made her by her selfe to stray alone Which els God knowes she neuer shold haue done For had our libertie as open beene As was our loues Siluia had not beene seene Without her Thirsis neuer had we gone But hand in hand nor euer had mischance Tooke vs asunder shee had alwaies had My bodie interpos'd betwixt all harmes And her But ah we had our libertie Laid fast in prison when our loues were free Pa. But how knowst thou her loue was such to thee Thi. How do I know the Sun the day from night Pal. Womens affections doe like flashes proue They oft shew passion when they feele small loue Thir. Ah do not so prophane that precious sexe Which I must euer reuerence for her sake Who was the glorie of her kinde whose heart In all her actions so transparant was As I might see it cleere and wholly myne Alwayes obseruing truth in one right line How oft hath she bene vrg'd by fathers threats By friends perswasions and Alexis sighs And teares and prayers to admit his loue Yet neuer could be wonne how oft haue I Beheld the brauest heardsmen of these plaines As what braue heardsman was there in the plaines Of all Arcadia that had not his heart VVarm'd with her beames to seek to win her loue Ah I remember well and how can I But euer more remember well when first Our flame began when scarce we knew what was The flame we felt when as we sate and sigh'd And lookd'vpon each other and conceiu'd Not what we ayld yet something we did ayle And yet were well and yet we were not well And what was our disease we could not tell Then would we kisse then sigh then looke thus In that first garden of our simplenesse Wee spent our childhood but when yeeres began To reape the fruite of knowledge ah how then Wold she with grauer looks with sweet stern brow Check my presumption and my forwardnes Yet still would giue me flowers still would me shew What she would haue me yet not haue me know Pal. Alas with what poore Coyne are louers paid And taken with the smallest bayte is laid Thi. And when in sports with other company Of Nimphes and shepherds we haue met abroade How would she steale a looke and watch mine eye Which way it went and when at Barley breake It came vnto my turne to rescue her With what an earnest swift and nimble pace Would her affection make her feet to run And farther run then to my hand her race Had no stop but my bosome where to end And when we were to breake againe how late And loath her trēbling hand wold part with mine And with how slow a pace would shee set forth To meet th e'ncountring party who contends T' attaine her scarce affording him her fingers ends Pal. Fie Thirsis with what fond remembrances Doest thou these idle passions entertaine For shame leaue off to waste your youth in vaine And feede on shadowes make your choice anew You other Nimphes shall find no doubt will be As louely and as faire and sweete as she Thi. As faire and sweete as she Palaemon peace Ah what can pictures be vnto the life VVhat sweetnes can be found in Images VVhich all Nimphes els besides her seemes to me She onely was a reall creaturee shee VVhose memory must take vp all of mee Should I another loue then must I haue Another heart for this is full of her And euermore shall be here is shee drawne At length and whole and more this table is A storie and is all of her and all Wrought in the liueliest colours of my bloud And can there be a roome for others heere Should I disfigure such a peece and blot The perfectst workmanship loue euer wrought Palaemon no ah no it cost too deere It must remaine intire whilst life remaines The monument of her and of my paines Pal. Thou maiest be such a fond Idolater To die for loue though that were very strange Loue hath few Saints but many confessors And time no doubt will raze out all these notes And leaue a roome at length for other thoughts Thi. Yes when there is no spring no tree no groue In all Arcadia to record our loue And tell me where we were the time we were How we did meete together what we said Where we did ioy and where we sate dismai'd And then I may forget her not before Till then I must remember one so deere VVhen euery thing I see tells me of her And you deere Reliques of that martred Saint My heart adores you the perpetuall bookes Whereon when teares permit mine eye still looks Ah you were with her last and till my last You must remaine with me you were reseru'd To tell me shee was lost but yet alas You cannot tell me how I wold you could White spotlesse vaile cleane like her womanhood Which whilome coveredst the most louely face That euer eye beheld Was there no message sent From her by thee Ah yes there seemes it was Here is a T made with her blood as if Shee would haue written Thirsis I am slaine In seeking thee sure so it should haue beene And so I reade it and shall euer so And thou sweet remnant of the fairest haire That euer wau'd with winde Ah thee I found When her I hop'd to finde wrapt in a round Like to an O the character of woe As if to say O Thirsis I die thine This much you tell me yet dumbe messengers Of her last minde and what you cannot tell That I must thinke which is the most extreame Of wofulnesse that any heart can thinke Pal. There is no dealing with this man I see This humour must be let to spend it selfe Vnto a lesser substance ere that we Can any way apply a remedy But I lament his case and so I know Do all that see him in this wofull plight And therefore will I leaue him to himselfe For sorrow that is full hates others sight Thir. Come boy whilst I contemplate these remaines Of my lost loue vnder this myrtle tree Record the dolefull'st song the sighingst notes That musicke hath to entertaine bad thoughts Let it be all at flats my boy all graue The tone that best befits the griefe I haue The Song Had sorrow euer fitter place To
act his part Then is my heart Where it takes vp all the space Where is no veine To entertaine A thought that weares another face Nor will I sorrow euer haue Therein to be But onely thee To whome I full possession gaue Thou in thy name Must holde the same Vntill thou bring it to the graue So boy now leaue me to my selfe that I May be alone to griefe entire to misery SCEN. II. Cloris Clarindo NOw gentle boy Clarindo hast thou brought My flockes into the field Cla. Mistris I haue Clo. And hast thou told them Cla. Yes Clo. And are there all Cla. All Clo. And hast thou left them safe my boy Cla. Safe Clo. Then whilst they feede Clarindo I must vse Thy seruice in a serious businesse But thou must do it well my boy Cla. The best I can Clo. Do'st thou know Thirsis Cla. Yes Clo. But know'st him well Cla. I haue good reason to know Thirsis well Clo. What reason boy Cla. I oft haue seene the man Clo. Why then he knowes thee too Cla. Yes I suppose vnles he hath forgotten me of late Clo. But hath he heard thee sing my boy Cla. He hath Clo. Then doubtles he doth well remember thee VVell vnto him thou must a message do From thy sad mistres Cloris but thou must Doe it exactly well with thy best grace Best choice of language and best countenance I know thou canst doe well and hast a speech And fashion pleasing to performe the same Nor can I haue a fitter messenger In this imployment then thy selfe my boy For sure me thinkes noting thy forme and grace That thou hast much of Siluia in thy face Which if he shall perceiue as well as I Sure he will giue thee audience willinglie And for her sake if not for mine heare out Thy message for he still though she be dead Holdes sparkles of her vnextinguished And that is death to me for though sometimes Silvia and I most deere companions were Yet when I saw he did so much preferre Her before me I deadly hated her And was not sorie for her death and yet Was sorie shee should come to such a death But to the purpose goe to Thirsis boy Say thou art Cloris seruant sent to be The messenger of her distressed teares Who languishes for him and neuer shall Haue comfort more vnlesse he giue it her Cla. I will Clo. Nay but stay boy ther 's something else Tell him his cruelty makes me vndoe My modesty and to put on that part VVhich appertaines to him that is to wooe And to disgrace my Sexe to shew my heart VVhich no man else could haue had powre to doe And that vnlesse he doe restore me backe Vnto my selfe by his like loue to me I cannot liue Cla. All this I 'le tell him too Clo. Nay but stay boy there is yet more Tell him it will no honour be to him When euer it shall come to be made knowne That he hath beene her death that was his owne And how his loue hath fatall beene to two Distressed nymphes Cla. This will I tell him too Clo. Nay but stay boy wilt thou say nothing else As of thy selfe to waken vp his loue Thou mayst say something which I may not say And tell him how thou holdst me full as faire Yea and more faire more louely more compleate Then euer Siluia was More wise more stai'd How shee was but a light and wauering maid Cla. Nay there I leaue you that I cannot say Clo. What sayst thou boy Cla. Nothing but that I will Endeauour all I can to worke his loue Clo. Doe good my boy but thou must yet adde more As from thy selfe say what an vnkinde And barbarous part it is to suffer thus So beauteous and so rare a nymph to pine And perish for his loue and such a one As if shee would haue stoop'd to others flame Hath had the gallantst heardsmen of these fields Fall at her feete all which she hath despis'd Hauing her heart before by thee surpriz'd And now doth nothing else but sit and mourne Speake Thirsis weepe Thirsis sigh Thirsis and Sleepe Thirsis when she sleepes which is but rare Besides good boy thou must not sticke to sweare Thou oft hast seene me sowne sinke to ground In these deep passions wherein I abound For something thou maist say beyond the truth By reason of my loue and of thy youth Doe good Clarindo sweare and vow thus much But do'st thou now remember all I say Do'st thou forget no parcell of my speech Shall I repeate the same againe to thee Or els wilt thou rehearse it vnto mee That I may know thou hast it perfect boy Cla. It shall not need be sure I will report What you enioyne me in most earnest sort Clo. Ah doe good boy Although I feare it will Availe me little for I doubt his heart Is repossessed with another loue Cla. Another loue Who may that be I pray Clo. With Amarillis I haue heard for they Are thought will in the end make vp a match Cla. With Amarillis Well yet will I goe And try his humour whether it be so Clo. Goe good Clarindo but thou must not faile To worke effectually for my auaile And doe not stay returne with speed good boy My passions are to great t' indure delay ACT. I. SCEN. III Clarindo sol THirsis in loue with Amarillis then In what a case am I what doth availe This altred habite that belies my Sexe What boots it t' haue escap'd from pirats hands And with such wiles to haue deceiu'd their wills If I returne to fall on worser ills In loue with Amarillis is that so Is Siluia then forgot that hath endur'd So much for him doe all these miseries Caus'd by his meanes deserue no better hire Was it the greatest comfort of my life To haue return'd that I might comfort him And am I welcom'd thus ah did mine eies Take neuer rest after I was arriu'd Till I had seene him though vnknowne to him Being hidden thus and couer'd with disguise And masculine attire to temporize Vntill Alexis mariage day be past Which shortly as I heare will be and which Would free me wholly from my fathers feare Who if he knew I were return'd would yet Vndoe I doubt that match to match me there Which would be more then all my suffrings were Indeed me thought when I beheld the face Of my deere Thirsis I beheld a face Confounded all with passion which did much Afflict my hart but yet I litle thought It could haue beene for any others loue I did suppose the memorie of me And of my rapture had possest him so As made him shew that countenance of woe And much adoe had I then to forbeare From casting me into his armes and yeild What comfort my poore selfe could yeild but that I thought our ioyes would not haue bin complete But might haue yeilded vs anoyes as great Vnlesse I could come wholly his and cleer'd From all those former
had receiu'd of this rude swaine And finding it not deadly she applyde Those remedies she knew of best effect And bindes it vp and powres into her mouth Such cordiall waters as reuiue the spirits And so much wrought as she at length perceiu'd Life was not quite gone out but lay opprest With like indeuours we on Thirsis worke And ministred like Cordials vnto him At length we might heare Siluia fetch a groane And there withal Thirsis perceiu'd to moue Then Thirsis fet a groane and Siluia mou'd As if their liues were made both of one peece Whereat we ioyd and then remoud and set Each before other held vp their heads And chaf'd their temples rub'd and stroak'd their cheekes Wherewith first Siluia casts vp her dimme eyes And presently did Thirsis lift vp his And then againe they both together sigh'd And each on other fixt an vnseeing eye For yet t' was scarse the twylight of their new Returning day out of the night of death And though they saw they did not yet perceiue Each other and yet both turn'd to one point As toucht alike and held their lookes direct At length we might perceiue as life began T' appeare and make the morning in their eyes Their beames were cleerer their opener lookes Did shew as if they tooke some little note Of each the other yet not so as they Could thorowly discerne who themselues were And then we tooke and ioynd their hands in one And held them so a while vntill we fealt How euen each others touch the motion gaue Vnto their feeling and they trembling wrung Their hands together and so held them lockt Lookt still vpon each other but no words at all Then we call'd out to Thirsis Thirsis looke It is thy Siluia thou here holdst she is Return'd reuiu'd and safe Siluia behold thou hast Thy Thirsis and shalt euer haue him thine Then did we set them both vpon their feet And there they stood in act euen as before Looking vpon each other hand in hand At last we saw a blushing red appeare In both their cheekes which sense sent as a lampe To light their vnderstanding And forthwith The teares gusht forth their eies which hindred theÌ„ A while from seeing each other till they had Cleared them againe And then as if new wak'd From out a fearefull dreame they stand and doubt Whether they were awake indeed or else Still in a dreame distrusting their owne eyes Their long indured miseries would not Let them belieue their sudden happinesse Although they saw it till with much adoe They had confirm'd their credit and had kist Each other and imbrac'd and kist againe And yet still dumbe their ioy now seem'd to be Too busie with their thoughts t' allow them words And then they walkt a little then stood still Then walkt againe and still held other fast As if they fear'd they should be lost againe And when at last they spake it was but thus O Siluia and O Thirsis and there stopt VVe lest our sight and presence So many hinder might the passage of being there Their modest simple and vnpractis'd loue Came all our way and onely Lamia left VVhose spirit and that sufficient skill she hath Will serue no doubt to see they shall doe well Cho. VVell may they do deere couple who haue thus Grac'd our Arcadia with their faithfulnes SCAEN II. Phillis Lidia Cloris VVHat shall we now do Lidia now am I Vtterly sham'd this youth turn'd woman is Clarindo Siluia is become how now Can I for euer looke on her againe Or come in any company for shame Now must I needs be made a common ieast And laughing stocke to euery one that shall But heare how grossely I behau'd my selfe Lid. Faith Phillis as it is falne out your case Is very crazie and to make it whole There is no way but euen to laugh it out And set as good a face as you can doe Vpon the matter and say thus How you Knew well inough it was no man whom you Affected so who neuer could loue man Nor euer would and that by meere instinct And simpathie of Sexe you fancied him So put it off and turne it to a ieast Phi. That shall I neuer doe but euer blush At her to thinke what she will thinke of me VVho did bewray my selfe so foolishly Lid. Are you here Cloris you are blest to day For being mistres vnto such a boy You may reioyce that euer this fell out Clo. Reioyce ah Lidia neuer was there nymphe Had more occasion to be sad then I For I am quite vndone and sham'd hereby For I imploy'd this my supposed boy In message vnto Thirsis whom I lou'd I must confesse more dearely then my life And told him all the secrets of my heart And therefore with what face can euer I Looke vpon them that know thus much by me No Lidia I will now take Thirsis course Hide me for euer in these desert woods And neuer come in companie againe They shall not laugh at me in their great ioyes Lid. But Cloris I would laugh with them were I as you And how soeuer felt my selfe within Yet would I seeme be otherwise without Cannot you say that you knew well enough How it was Siluia that you intertain'd Although you would not seeme to take such note And thereupon imploy'd her in that sort To Thirsis knowing who it was would giue To him the greatest comfort vpon earth And thus faire Nimphes you fitly may excuse These simple slips and know that they shall still Haue crosses with their piles who thus doe play Their fortunes with their loues as you two did But you must frame your countenance thereto And looke with other faces then their owne As many else doe here who in their parts Set shining lookes vpon their clowdy hearts And let vs mixe vs with this company That here appeares with mirth and iollitie The Song of the fifth Chorus Who euer saw so faire a sight Loue and vertue met aright And that wonder Constancie Like a Comet to the eye Seldome euer seene so bright Sound out aloud so rare a thing That all the Hilles and Vales may ring Looke Louers looke with passion see If that any such there bee As there cannot but be such Who doe feele that noble touch In this glorious companie Sound out aloud c. FINIS Pag 51. line 24 page 54. line 28. for lonenesse reade lonenesse Ib. p. 54. l. 6. for desciâ—e r. desire p. 59. l. 23 put out all p. 62. l 7. at the verses end adde help p. 63. l. 6. r. oyles
dangers which we fear'd VVhich now a little stay though any stay Be death to me would wholly take away And therefore I resolu'd my selfe to beare This burthen of our sufferings yet a while And to become a seruant in this guise To her I would haue skorned otherwise And be at all commands to goe and come To trudge into the fields early and late VVhich though I know it misbecomes my state Yet it becomes my fortune which is that Not Phillis whom I serue but since I serue I will doe what I doe most faithfully But Thirsis is it possible that thou Shouldst so forget me and forgo thy vowe Or is it but a flying vaine report That slanders thine affection in this sort It may be so and God grant it may be so I shall soone finde if thou be false or no But ah here comes my Fury I must flie ACT. I. SCEN. IIII Phillis Clarindo Ah cruell youth whither away so fast Cla. Good Phillis do not stay me I haue haste Phi. What haste shouldst thou haue but to comfort me VVho hath no other comfort but in thee Cla. Alas thou do'st but trouble me in vaine I cannot helpe thee t' is not in my powre Phi. Not in thy powre Clarindo ah if thou Hadst any thing of manlines thou would'st Cla. But if I haue not what doth it auaile In this sort to torment thy selfe and me And therefore pre thee Phillis let me goe Phi. Ah whither canst thou go where thou shalt be More deerely lou'd and cherisht then with me Cla. But that my purpose cannot satisfie I must be gone there is no remedie Phi. O cruell youth will thy hart nothing moue Shew me yet pitie if thou shew not loue Cla. Beleeue me Phillis I do pitie thee And more lament thy error so farewell Phi. And art thou gone hard-hearted youth hast thou Thus disappointed my desires and left My shame t' afflict me worser then my loue Now in what case am I that neither can Recall my modestie nor thee againe Ah were it now to do againe my passions should Haue smothred me to death before I would Haue shew'd the smallest sparkle of my flame But it is done and I am now vndone Ah hadst thou bene a man and had that part Of vnderstanding of a womans hart My words had bene vnborne onely mine eies Had bene a tongue ynough to one were wise But this it is to loue a boy whose yeares Conceiues not his owne good nor weighes my teares But this disgrace I iustly haue deseru'd SCEN. V. Lidia Phillis SO Phillis haue you and y' are rightly seru'd Haue you disdain'd the gallanst Forresters And brauest heardsmen all Arcadia hath And now in loue with one is not a man Assure your selfe this is a iust reuenge Loue takes for your misprision of his powre I told you often there would come a time When you would sure be plagu'd for such a crime But you would laugh at me as one you thought Conceiu'd not of what mettall you were wrought Is this you who would wonder any nymphes Could euer be so foolish as to loue Who is so foolish now Phil. Peace Lidia peace Adde not more griefe t' a hart that hath too much Do not insult vpon her misery Whose flame God wot needs water and not oyle Thou seest I am vndone caught in the Toyle Of an intangling mischiefe tell me how I may recouer and vnwinde me now Lid. That doth require more time we will apart Consult thereof be you but rul'd by me And you shall finde I yet will set you free Exeunt The song of the first Chorus Loue is a sicknesse full of woes All remedies refusing A plant that with most cutting growes Most barren with best vsing Why so More we enioy it more it dyes If not enioy'd it sighing cries Hey ho Loue is a torment of the minde A tempest euerlasting And Ioue hath made it of a kinde Not well nor full nor fasting Why so More we enioy it more it dies If not enioyd it sighing cries Hey ho ACT. II. SCEN. I. Siluanus Dorcas Montanus IN what a meane regard are we now held VVe actiue and laborious forresters VVho though our liuing rurall be and rough Yet heretofore were we for valour priz'd And well esteem'd in all good companies Nor would the daintiest nymphes that valleyes haunt Or fields inhabite euer haue despis'd Our siluane songs nor yet our plaine discourse But gracefully accepted of our skill And often of our loues when they haue seene How faithfull and how constant we haue beene Dor. It 's true Siluanus but you see the times Are altred now and they so dainty growne By being ador'd and woo'd and followed so Of those vnsinowed amorous heardsmen who By reason of their rich and mighty flockes Supply their pleasures with that plenteousnesse As they disdaine our plainnesse and do scorne Our company as men rude and ill borne Sil. VVell so they doe but Dorcas if you marke How oft they doe miscarie in their loue Aud how disloyall these fine heardsmen prooue You shall perceiue how their aboundant store Payes not their expectation nor desires Witnesse these groues wherein they oft deplore The miserable passions they sustaine And how perfidious wayward and vnkinde They finde their loues to be which we who are The eyes and eares of woods oft see and heare For hither to these groues they much resort And here one wayles apart the vsage hard Of her disordred wilde and wilfull mate There mournes another her vnhappy state Held euer in restraint and in suspect Another to her trusty confident Laments how shee is matcht to such a one As cannot giue a woman her content Another grieues how shee hath got a foole Whose bed although shee loath shee must endure And thus they all vnhappy by that meanes Which they accompt would bring all happinesse Most wealthely are plagu'd with rich distresse Dor. And so they are but yet this was not wont To be the fashion here there was a time Before Arcadia came to be diseas'd With thes corrupted humors reigning now That choise was made of vertue and desert VVithout respect of any other endes VVhen loue was onely master of their hearts And rul'd alone when simple thoughts produc'd Plaine honest deedes and euery one contends To haue his fame to follow his deserts And not his shewes to be the same he was Not seem'd to be and then were no such parts Of false deceiuings plaid as now we see But after that accursed greedinesse Of wealth began to enter and possesse The hearts of men integrity was lost And with it they themselues for neuer more Came they to be in their owne powre againe That Tyrant vanquisht them made them all slaues That brought base seruitude into the world VVhich else had neuer bin that only made Them to endure all whatsoeuer weights Powre could deuise to lay vpon their necke For rather thē they would not haue they would not be But miserable So that no
II. SCEN. III Montanus Lidia Phillis VVhat pleasure can I take to chase wild beasts When I my selfe am chac'd more egarly By mine owne passions and can finde no rest Let them who haue their heart at libertie Attend those sports I cannot be from hence Where I receiu'd my hurt here must I tread The maze of my perplexed miserie And here see where shee is the cause of all And now what shall I doe what shall I say How shall I looke how stand which vtter first My loue or wrath Alas I know not which Now were it not as good haue beene away As thus to come and not tell what to say Phil. See Lidia see how sauagely hee lookes Good let vs goe I neuer shall endure To heare him bellow Lid. Prethee Phillis stay And giue him yet the hearing in respect Hee loues you otherwise you shew your selfe A sauage more then hee Phil. Well it I heare I will not answere him a word you shall reply And prethee Lidia doe reply for mee Lid. For that wee shall Phillis doe well enough When he begins who seemes is very long To giue the onset sure the man is much Perplexed or he studies what to say Phil. Good Lidia see how he hath trickt himselfe Now sure this gay fresh suite as seemes to mee Hangs like green Iuy on a rotten tree Lid. Some beasts doe weare gray beards beside your goates And bear with him this suit bewraies yong thoghts Mon. Ah was it not enough to be opprest With that confounding passion of my loue And her disdaine but that I must be torne With wrath and enuie too and haue no veine Free from the racke of suffrings that I can Nor speake nor thinke but most distractedly How shall I now begin that haue no way To let out any passion by it selfe But that they all will thrust together so As none will be expressed as they ought But something I must say now I am here And be it what it will loue enuie wrath Or all together in a comberment My words must be like me perplext and rent And so I 'le to her Phi. Lidia see he comes Lid. He comes indeed and as me thinkes doth More trouble in his face by farre then loue Mon. Faire Phillis and too faire for such a one shew Vnlesse you kinder were or better then I know you are how much I haue endur'd For you although you skorne to know I feele And did imagine that in being a man Who might deserue regard I should haue bin Prefer'd before a boy But well I see Your seeming and your being disagree Phi. What Lidia doth he brawle what meanes he thus To speake and looke in this strange sort on me Mon. VVell modest Phillis neuer looke so coy These eyes beheld you dallying with a boy Phi. Me with a boy Montanus when where how Mon. To day here in most lasciuious sort Lid. Ah ha belike he sawe you Phillis when This morning you did striue with Cloris boy To haue your garland which he snatcht away And kept it from you by strong force and might And you againe laid hold vpon the same And held it fast vntill with much adoe He wrung it from your hands and got away And this is that great matter which he saw Now fye Montanus fye are you so grosse T' imagine such a worthy nymph as shee VVould be in love with such a youth as he VVhy now you hauc vndone your credit quite You neuer can make her amends for this So impious a surmise nor euer can Shee as shee reason hath but must despise your grossenesse who should rather haue come in And righted her then suffer such a one To offer an indignity so vile And you stand prying in a bush the while Mon. VVhat do I heare what am I not my selfe How haue mine eyes double vndone me then First seeing Phillis face and now her fact Or else the fact I saw I did not see And since thou hast my vnderstanding wrong'd And traytour-like giuen false intelligence VVhereby my iudgement comes to passe amisse And yet I thinke my sence was in the right And yet in this amaze I cannot tell But howsoere I in an errour am In louing or beleeuing or in both And therefore Phillis at thy feet I fall And pardon craue for this my grosse surmise Lid. But this Montanus will not now suffise You quite haue lost her and your hopes and all Mon. Good Lidia yet intreate her to relent And let her but command me any thing That is within the power of man to do And you shall finde Montanus will performe More then a Gyant and will stead her more Then all the heardsmen in Arcadia can Lia. Shee will command you nothing but I wish You would a little terrifie that boy As he may neuer dare to vse her name But in all reuerence as is fit for her But doe not you examine him a word For that were neither for your dignity Nor hers that such a boy as he should stand And iustifie himselfe in such a case Who would but faine vntruths vnto your face And herein you some seruice shall performe As may perhaps make her to thinke on you Mon. Alas this is a worke so farre so low Beneath my worth as I account it none Were it t' incounter some fierce mountaine beast Or monster it were something fitting mee But yet this will I doe and doe it home Assure you Lidia as I liue I will Phi. But yet I would not haue you hurt the youth For that were neither grace for you nor mee Mon. That as my rage will tollerate must be ACT. II. SCEN. IV. Cloris Clarindo HEere comes my long expected messenger God grant the newes hee brings may make amends For his long stay and sure I hope it will Me thinkes his face bewraies more iollytie In his returning then in going hence Cla. Well all is wel no Amarillis hath Supplanted Siluias love in Thirsis heart Nor any shall but see where Cloris lookes For what I shall not bring her at this time Clo. Clarindo though my longing would be faine Dispatch'd at once heare my doome pronounc'd All in a word of either life or death Yet doe not tell it but by circumstance Tell me the manner where and how thou foundst My Thirsis what he said how look'd how far'd How he receau'd my message vsed thee And all in briefe but yet be sure tell all Cla. All will I tell as neere as I can tell First after teadious searching vp and downe I found him all alone like a hurt Deare Got vnder couer in a shadie groue Hard by a little christall purling spring Which but one sullen note of murmur held And where no sunne could see him where no eye Might ouerlooke his louely primacy There in a path of his owne making trode Bare as a common way yet led no way Beyond the turnes he made which were but short With armes acrosse his hat downe on his eyes As if
But see here comes my solitarie sonne Let vs stand close Medorus out of sight And note how he behaues hlmselfe in this Affliction and distressed case of his SCEN. III Thirsis solus THis is the day the day the lamentable day Of my destruction which the Sun hath twice Returnd vnto my griefe which keepe one course Continually with it in motion like But that they neuer set this day doth claime Th' especiall tribute of my sighes and teares Though euery day I duely pay my teares Vnto that soule which this day left the world And yet I know not why me thoughts the Sun Arose this day with farre more cheerefull rayes With brighter beames then vsually it did As if it would bring something of release Vnto my cares or else my spirit hath had Some manner of intelligence with hope Wherewith my heart is vnacquainted yet And that might cause mine eie with quicker sence To note th' appearing of the eye of heauen But something sure I feele which doth beare vp The weight of sorrow easier then before SCEN. IV. Palaemon Thirsis VVHat Thirsis still in passion still one man For shame shew not your selfe so weakely set So feebly ioynted that you cannot beare The fortunes of the world like other men Beleeue me Thirsis you much wrong your worth This is to be no man to haue no powers Passions are womens parts actions ours I was in hope t' haue found you otherwise Thir. How otherwise Palaemon doe not you Hold it to be a most heroicke thing To act one man and doe that part exact Can there be in the world more worthinesse change Then to be constant is there any thing Shewes more a man What would you haue me That were to haue me base that were indeed To shew a feeble heart and weakely set No no Palaemon I should thinke my selfe The most vnworthy man of men should I But let a thought into this heart of mine That might disturbe or shake my constancie And thinke Palaemon I haue combates too To be the man I am being built of flesh And hauing round about me traytors too That seeke to vndermine my powres and steale Into my weakenesses but that I keepe Continual watch and ward vpon my selfe Least I should be surpriz'd at vnawares And taken from my vowes with other snares And euen now at this instant I confesse Palaemon I doe feele a certaine touch Of comfort which I feare to entertaine Least it should be some spie sent as a traine To make discouery of what strength I am Pal. Ah worthie Thirsis entertaine that spirit What euer else thou doe set all the doores Of thine affections open thereunto Thir. Palaemon no Comfort and I haue beene So long time strangers as that now I feare To let it in I know not how t' acquaint My selfe therewith being vsed to conuerse VVith other humours that affect me best Nor doe I loue to haue mixt company VVhereto I must of force my selfe apply Pal. But Thirsis thinke that this must haue an end And more it would approoue your worth to make The same your work then time should make it his Thir. End sure it must Palamon but with me For so I by the Oracle was told That very day wherein I lost the day And light of comfort that can neuer rise Againe to mee when I the saddest man That euer breath'd before those Altars fell And there besought to know what was become Of my deare Silvia whether dead or how Reast from the world but that I could not learne Yet thus much did that voice diuine returne Goe youth reserue thy selfe the day will come Thou shalt be happy and returne againe But when shall be that day demanded I The day thou dyest replide the Oracle So that you see it will not be in these But in th' Elizian fields where I shall ioy The day of death must bring me happinesse Pal. You may mistake the meaning of those words Which is not knowne before it be fulfill'd Yeeld you to what the gods command if not Vnto your friends desires reserue your selfe For better daies and thinke the Oracle Is not vntrue although not vnderstood But howsoeuer let it not be said That Thirsis being a man of so rare parts So vnderstanding and discreete should pine in loue And languish for a silly woman thus To be the fable of the vulgar made Ascorne and laught at by inferiour wits Thir. In loue Palaemon know you what you say Doe you esteeme it light to be in loue How haue I beene mistaken in the choice Of such a friend as I held you to be That seemes not or else doth not vnderstand The noblest portion of humanity The worthiest peece of nature set in man Ah know that when you mention loue you name A sacred mistery a Deity Not vnderstood of creatures built of mudde But of the purest and refined clay Whereto th' eternall fires their spirits conuey And for a woman which you prize so low Like men that doe forget whence they are men Know her to be th' especiall creature made By the Creator of the complement Of this great Architect the world to hold The same together which would otherwise Fall all asunder and is natures chiefe Vicegerent vpon earth supplies her state And doe you hold it weakenesse then to loue And loue so excellent a miracle As is a worthy woman ah then let mee Still be so weake still let me loue and pine In contemplation of that cleane cleare soule That made mine see that nothing in the world Is so supreamely beautifull as it Thinke not it was those colours white and red Laid but on flesh that could affect me so But something else which thought holds vnder locke And hath no key of words to open it They are the smallest peeces of the minde That passe this narrow organ of the voice The great remaine behinde in that vast orbe Of apprehension and are neuer borne And therefore if your iudge cannot reach Vnto the vnderstanding of my Case You doe not well to put your selfe into My Iury to condemne me as you doe Let th' ignorant out of their dulnesse laugh At these my sufferings I will pitty them To haue beene so ill borne so miscompos'd As not to know what thing it is to loue And I to great Apollo here appeale The soueraigne of the Muses and of all Wel tun'd affections and to Cinthia bright And glorious Lady of cleere faithfulnesse Who from aboue looke down with blisfull beames Vpon our humble groues and ioy the hearts Of all the world to see their mutuall loues They can iudge what worthinesse there is In worthy loue Therefore Palaemon peace Vnlesse you did know better what it were And this be sure when as that fire goes out In man he is the miserablest thing On earth his day-light sets and is all darke And dull within no motions of delight But all opprest lies struggling with the weight Of worldly cares and this olde Damon saies Who well had
felt what loue was in his daies Pal. Well Thirsis well how euer you doe guilde Your passions to indeere them to your selfe You neuer shall induce me to beleeue That sicknesses can be of such effect And so farewell vntill you shall be well SCEN. V Medorus Charinus O Gods Charinus what a man is this Who euer heard of such a constancie Had I but knowne him in enioying him As now I doe too late in losing him How blest had bene mine age but ah I was Vnworthie of so great a blessednesse Cha. You see Medorus how no counsell can Preuaile to turne the current of his will To make it run in any other course Then what it doth so that I see I must Esteeme him irreuocably lost But harke the shepheards festiuals begin Let vs from hence where sadnesse were a sinne Here was presented a rurall marriage conducted with this Song From the Temple to the Boord From the Boord vnto the Bed We conduct your maidenhead Wishing Hymen to affoord All the pleasures that he can Twixt a woman and a man ACT. IIII. SCEN. I. Thirsis solus I Thought these simple woods these gentle trees Would in regard I am their daily guest And harbour vnderneath their shadie roofes Not haue consented to delude my griefes And mock my miseries with false reports But now I see they will afflict me too For as I came by yonder spreading Beech Which often hath the Secretarie beene To my sad thoughts while I haue rested me if loue had euer rest vnder his gentle shade I found incaru'd and faire incaru'd these words Thy Siluia Thirsis liues and is return'd Ah me that any hand would thus adde scorne Vnto affliction and a hand so faire As this may seeme to be which were more fit Me thinkes for good then to doe iniurie For sure no vertue should be ill imployd And which is more the name of Siluia was Caru'd in the selfe same kinde of character Which shee aliue did vse and where with all Subscrib'd her vowes to me who knowes it best Which shews the fraud the more more the wrōg Therefore you stars of that high court of heauen Which do reueale deceits and punish them Let not this crime to feit a hand To couzin my desires escape your doome Nor let these riots of intrusion made Vpon my lonenesse by strange company Afflict me thus but let me haue some rest Come then refresher of all liuing things Soft sleepe come gently and take truce with these Oppressours but come simple and alone VVithout these images of fantasie Which hurt me more then thou canst do me good Let me not sleepe vnlesse I could sleepe all SCEN. II. Palaemon Thirsis ALas he here hath laid him downe to rest It were now sinne his quiet to molest And God forbid I should I will retire And leaue him for I know his griefes require This poore releeuement of a little sleepe Thi. What spirit here haunts me what no time free Ah is it you Palaemon would to God You would forbeare me but a little while You shew your care of me too much in this Vnseasonable loue skarce kindnesse is Pal. Good Thirsis I am sorie I should giue The least occasion of disease to you I will be gone and leaue you to your rest Thi. Doe good Palaemon goe your way farewell And yet Palaemon stay perhaps you may By charmes you haue cause sleep to close mine eies For you were wont I doe remember well To sing me Sonnets which in passion I Composed in my happier daies when as Her beames inflam'd my spirits which now are set And if you can remember it I pray Sing me the song which thus begins Eyes hide my loue Which I did write vpon the earnest charge Shee gaue vnto me to conceale our loue The Song Eyes hide my loue and doe not shew To any but to her my notes Who onely doth that cipher know Wherewith we passe our secret thoughts Belie your lookes in others sight And wrong your selues to doe her right Pal. So now he sleeps or else doth seeme to sleep But howsoeuer I will not trouble him SCEN. III Clarindo Thirsis SEe where he lies whom I so long to see Ah my deere Thirsis take thy quiet rest I know thou needst it sleepe thy fill sweete loue Let nothing trouble thee be calme oh windes Be still you heards chirp not so loud sweet birds Lest you should wake my loue thou gentle banke That thus art blest to beare so deare a weight Be soft vnto those dainty lymmes of his Plie tender grasse and render sweet refresh Vnto his wearie senses whilst he rests Oh could I now but put off this disguise VVith those respects that fetter my desires How closely could I neighbour that sweet side But stay he stirres I feare my heart hath brought My feete too neere and I haue wakened him Thi. It will not be sleepe is no friend of mine Or such a friend as leaues a man when most He needes him See a new assault who now Ah t is the boy that was with me erewhiles That gentle boy I am content to speake With him he speakes so pretily so sweet And with so good respectiue modesty And much resembles one I knew once well Come hither gentle boy what hast thou there Cla. A token sent you from the nymph I serue Thi. Keepe it my boy and weare it on thy head Cla. The gods forbid that I a seruant should Weare on my head that which my mistresse hath Prepar'd for yours Sir I beseech you vrge No more a thing so ill becomming me Thi. Nay sure I thinke it better will become Thy head then mine and therefore boy thou must Needes put it on Cla. I trust you lonenesse hath not so Unciviled you to force a messenger To doe against good manners and his will Thi. No good my boy but I intreate thee now Let me but put it on hold still thy head It shall not be thy act but onely mine Let it alone good boy for if thou saw'st How well it did become thee sure thou wouldst Now canst thou sing my boy some gentle song Cla. I cannot sing but I could weepe Thi. VVeepe why Cla. Because I am not as I wish to be Thi. VVhy so are none be not dipleas'd for this And if you cannot sing tell me some tale To passe the time Cla. That can I doe did I but know what kinde Of tale you lik'd Thi. No merry tale my boy nor yet too sad But mixed like the tragicke Comedies Cla. Then such a tale I haue and a true tale Beleeue me Sir although not written yet In any booke but sure it will I know Some gentle shepheard moou'd with passion must Record it to the world and well it will Become the world to vnderstand the same And this it is There was sometimes a nymph Isulia nam'd and an Arcadian borne Faire can I not avouch shee was but chaste And honest sure as the euent will prooue VVhose mother dying
left her very young Vnto her fathers charge who carefully Did breed her vp vntill shee came to yeares Of womanhood and then prouides a match Both rich and young and fit ynough for her But shee who to another shepheard had Call'd Sirthis vow'd her loue as vnto one Her heart esteem'd more worthy of her loue Could not by all her fathers meanes be wrought To leaue her choice and to forgoe her vow Thi. No more could my deere Siluia be from me Cla. Which caused much affliction to the both Thi. And so the selfe same cause did vnto vs Cla. This nymph one day surcharg'd with loue griefe Which comonly the more the pittie dwel As Inmates both together walking forth With other maydes to fish vpon the shore Estrayes apart and leaues her companie To entertaine her selfe with her owne thoughts And wanders on so far and out of sight As shee at length was sudainely surpriz'd By Pyrats who lay lurking vnderneath Those hollow rocks expecting there some prize And notwithstanding all her pittious cryes Intreaty teares and prayes those feirce men Rent haire and vaile and caried her by force Into their ship which in a little Creeke Hard by at Anckor lay and presently hoys'd saile And so away Thi Rent haire and vaile and so Both haire and vaile of Siluia I found rent Which heere I keepe with mee But now alas What did shee what became of her my boy Cla. VVhen she was thus in shipp'd and woefully Had cast her eyes about to view that hell Of horrour whereinto she was so sudainely Implung'd shee spies a woman sitting with a child Sucking her breast which was the captaines wife To her she creepes downe at her feet she lyes O woman if that name of woman may Moue you to pittie pittie a poore maid The most distressed soule that euer breath'd And saue me from the hands of these feirce men Let me not be defil'd and made vncleane Deare woman now and I will be to you The faithfull'st slaue that euer mistres seru'd Neuer poore soule shall be more dutifull To doe what euer you command then I No toile will I refuse so that I may Keepe this poore body cleane and vndeflowr'd Which is all I will euer seeke For know It is not feare of death laies me thus low But of that stain wil make my death to blush Thi. VVhat would not all this mooue the womans hart Cla. Al this would nothing moue the womans hart VVhom yet she would not leaue but still besought Oh woman by that infant at your breast And by the paines it cost you in the birth Saue me as euer you desire to haue Your babe to ioy and prosper in the world VVhich will the better prosper sure if you Shall mercy shew which is with mercy paid Then kisses shee her feet then kisses too The infants feete and oh sweet babe said shee Could'st thou but to thy mother speake for me And craue her to haue pittie on my case Thou mightst perhaps prevaile with her so much Although I cannot child ah could'st thou speake The infant whether by her touching it Or by instinct of nature seeing her weepe Lookes earnestly vpon her and then lookes Vpon the mother then on her againe And then it cryes and then on either lookes Which shee perceauing blessed childe said shee Although thou canst not speake yet do'st thou cry Vnto thy mother for me Heare thy childe Deare mother it 's for mee it cryes It 's all the speech it hath accept those cryes Saue me at his request from being defilde Lett pittie moue thee that thus mooues thy childe The woman though by birth and custome rude Yet hauing veynes of nature could not bee But peircible did feele at length the point Of pittie enter so as out gusht teares Not vsuall to sterne eyes and shee besought Her husband to bestow on her that prize VVith safegard of her body at her will The captaine seeing his wife the childe the nymph All crying to him in this pittious sort Felt his rough nature shaken too and grants His wiues request and seales his graunt with teares And so they wept all foure for company And some beholders stood not with dry eies Such passion wrought the passion of their prize Thi. In troth my boy and euen thy telling it Moues me likewise thou doost so feelingly Report the same as if thou hadst bene by But I imagine now how this poore nymph VVhen she receiu'd that doome was comforted Cla. Sir neuer was there pardon that did take Condemned from the blocke more ioyfull then This graunt to her For all her misery Seem'd nothing to the comfort she receiu'd By being thus saued from impurity And from the womans feet she would not part Nor trust her hand to be without some hold Of her or of the childe so long as shee remaind VVithin the ship which in few daies arriues At Alexandria whence these pirats were And there this woefull maide for two yeares space Did serue and truly serue this captains wife VVho would not lose the benefit of her Attendance for all her profit otherwise But daring not in such a place as that To trust her selfe in womans habite crau'd That she might be appareld like a boy And so she was and as a boy she seru'd Thi. And two yeares t is since I my Siluia lost Cla. At two yeares end her mistres sends her forth Vnto the Port for some commodities Which whilst shee sought for going vp and downe Shee heard some merchant men of Corinth talke Who spake that language the Arcadians did And were next neighbours of one continent To them all rapt with passion down she kneeles Tels them shee was a poore distressed boy Borne in Arcadia and by Pirats tooke And made a slaue in Egypt and besought Them as they fathers were of children or Did hold their natiue countrey deare they would Take pity on her and releeue her youth From that sad seruitude wherein shee liu'd For which shee hop'd that shee had friends aliue Would thanke them one day reward them too If not yet that shee knew the heauens would doe The merchants mou'd with pity of her case Being ready to depart tooke her with them And landed her vpon her countrey coast VVhere when shee found her selfe shee prostrate fals Kisses the ground thankes giues vnto the Gods Thankes them who had beene her deliuerers And on shee trudges through the desart woods Climes ouer craggie rockes and mountaines steep VVades thorough riuers struggles thorough bogs Sustained onely by the force of loue Vntill shee came vnto the natiue plaines Vnto the fields where first shee drew her breath There lifts shee vp her eyes salutes the ayre Salutes the trees the bushes flowres and all And oh deare Sirthis here I am said shee Here notwithstanding all my miseries I am the same I was to thee a pure A chaste and spotlesse maide oh that I may Finde thee the man thou didst professe to be Thi. Or else