shake hands shake hands Pen. Why thou art not run away from thy Lady too art Pet. No but I am sent of an everlasting Errand and will leave the answer to my Executors I 'me for push a pike boy Pen. Stand close stand close here come the Captains Enter Eleazer Skimeon and Zareck with a Paper in his hand Elea. The Commons are in arms against us Skimeon And resolutely take our Fathers part Yet he I hear gives no allowance too 't But rhinks with fair perswasions to prevail But we are arm'd with resolution Sk. We must be wise my Lord those aged hairs Are taught by long experience to intrap our younger brains and this may be a plot to take us at ' advantage Therefore my Lord in time let me advise that we encrease our forces speedily Let us make know â— the Proclamation Elea. Read the â—â—ntents of it once again Zareck reads Whosoever listeth to be rid from the bondage of his Master or hath any injury in his Countrey or what servant soever desireth to beset at liberty or who so cannot abide the rule of his father or his mother all that be in debate and stand in fear of their Creditors or fear the Iews for shedding innocent blood If there be any man that is accused of any notorious crime in danger therefore To be short whosoever iâ— disposed to rob to haunt Whores to murder and to live freely at other mens cost let him come to me and I will relieve him Pet. O rare I am ravished I am ravished the wenches the wâ—nches boy Elea. I do not like the Proclamation the subject sounds too harsh and will beget Distractions in the graver Citizens Skim Death what need we care for that So we be strong for opposition Elea. Delays are dangerous and we may be surpriz'd Indeed upon the sudden well let it be done But in thy Name for I must seem to be Vpright and zealous for their liberty Enter the High Priest and Gorion the High Priest kneels Ananias Behold young man thy aged Father kneels And knnels to thee even unto thee his Son And begs with tears with tears of bitterness the ransom of thy soul and of the State Both lost for ever ever lost if thou persist Elea. Patience defend me or I shall be o'recom Sk. Take heed ye be not caught Elea. Caught is' t possible for man to view this sight Apart this most prodigious sight and not be caught O Heavens Did I not hear him say a was my Father Go this passion I hope wil work some good effect the Carter comes Have I not heared him beg and seen him kneel Had a been Jewries slave a could have done no more Is' t possible these Rivolets of blood should flow From such a Fountain Come hither fellow Time and Maturity do seem to say Pet. Hee 'l hang him sure thou mayest have been a Father to a Son tell me hadst thou e're a son Cart. Had I and have too an 't like your Worship or chood be zorry Elea. The power of Nature works as strong in thee As in thy Prince thou lov'st him too I know Cart. By th' mass I zee your Worship 's vilely cunning I do indeed Elea. Couldst thou afford upon some weighty cause Suppose to save thy life to kneel unto thy son Car. Kads nails kneel I scorn that esaith I hil make the Looby kneel to me I hil warrant him El. Come hither seest thou this old man Car. Ay Canst thou believe this man to be my Father C. Vather ketha no by my troth not I. El. Vp thou decrepped lump of vanity thou base impostor that wouldst cheat the world With a supposed Name thou beastly shame Of Age and Honour thou indignity Vnto thy self and thy Posterity Come come disrobe thy self I say and yeild Whilst he speaks he disrobes him these ornaments to him that scorns to kneel Here fellow put um ofâ— put um on I say for I will have it so Let our Proclamation be publisht Za. It shall my Lord. Exit Elea. Skim and Zareck at one door and Anna. Gor. at the other weeping and after them the Carter whistling Pet. St Pennel ' st Pennel The heighth of his preserment will not let him answer me Well I am astonished to think what honor I shall come too Finis Actus primus Incipit Actus Quartus Enter Titus Valerio Nicanor Titus NOw fellow-Souldiers what Methinks ye look Not smiling on Vespatians Son Let not the miss of your old Captain strike Your manly hearts with grief Come come let me See your cheerful countenances speak My hearty welcome Courage noble friends For know there 's not a dram of worth infus'd Within Vespatians noble loins but lives Invested here these lusty Roman veins Swell high as ere did his with hopeful pride Of happy victory this loyal brest Harbours a heart as full of Clemency If gently sought unto but slighted once the daring Lyon harbours one more mild More merciful the I I tell ye Lords I 'le not expect more duty from your hands then my deserving actions truly weigh'd Shall justly challenge And be thus assur'd My aged Father thus far I le out-do there 's not a tiâ—tle of his former promises to either here but shall by me be crown'd With fair performance To witness which we give you joint Command And Martial Pow'r as next unto our self Val. My gracious Lord the best of my endeavours Shall strive to merit what your noble hand Hath now conferr'd my hearts best blood my Lord Shall seal my faithful protestation Ni. My actions my good Lord shall better speak My humble thâ—nks then my unskilful phrase Mean time your Lordships pardon for my silence Ti. T is well Now I must tell ye Lords As I have ript my heart to let you see My lifes Compendium I expect that you Should shape your actions to deserve my love For I must tell ye Lords 't is not a formal shew of gilded words that can perswade me so Let me behold your brave attempts pursue Imperious victory through seas of blood Your panting souls in midst of Massacre thirst after Honour till the reaking blade cry 't is enough Have ye not seen when in a bloody fray My Noble Father hath been left alone Alone begirt with ranks of Enemies Whose strong Batalio's kept all rescue from him How then even then when horror infinite Stood gazing on him with a grim aspect How then I say his daring countenance Stood in defiance of them all at once How the more danger still the more he durst Like a strange Mastiff fiercely set upon by mungril Curs in number ten to one With angry teeth and courage bravely bold A snarles and snaps now this now that doth bite And stoutly still maintains the unequal fight with equal fury till the bawling curâ—es be quite disperst So he but with such Kingly awful Majesty as if in midst of this confusion A found but sport of recreation Such and so daring
Where are the Souldiers that escaped with thee Io. Dead all save this whom I desire you both To favour as my special friend and one Whose valour may deserve your love The circumstances of the others loss We will refer untill some fitter time Va. Let it be so Come my brave Souldier great Vespatians son Will joy to see thee safe Exeunt Sound Musick and enter a Dumb Shew Vespatian and Titus two Souldiers follow bearing a Crown Vespa confâ—rreth with Titus then enter Valerio and Nicanor with Ioseph and the Cap. they present Ioseph to Vespa Ioseph kneels Vespatian and Titus imbrace him Valerio and Nicanor whisper with the Souldiers take the Crown of them and present it kneeling to Vespatian he refuseth twice they draw and force him to ascend and take it Titus kneeleth Vespatian imbraceth him Ioseph takes leave of Titus and the rest and exit with Vespatian and the Captains consult and exeunt at the other doors Chorus Romes great Commander Nero lately dead Behold now good Vespatians aged head Enjoyes the Diadem conceive him now Ariv'd at Rome there with a solemn vow Of bloody war he raiseth fresh supply to aid his valiant son in Galile Ioseph is sent to Rome by Cesars son there lives a captive till the wars begun Against Ierusalem mean time we pray Let pleasing musick charm the time away Finis Actus Secundies Incipit Actus tertius Scena secunda Enter Zareck with Ieho Letter THe times steals on apace I must be brief in my delivery Knockâ— within Who knocks Za. A servant to the Lord Ichochanan Serv. Your business Za. T is private to yor Lord Serv. I will inform him so Enter Skimeon Skim From whom thy business Za. Read this my Lord and you shall be resolv'd Skim My Lord multiplicity of words protract time the third night from the date of this you shall have entrance into the City be sudden strong a bold farewel Reads the Letter I shall not fail commend me to thy Lord and bid him rest assured of my appearance Exit Za. I will my Lord. Skim Farewel be sudden strong and bold Za. I will be all Exit But 't is Ichochanan to work thy fall Enter Eleazer Elea. To be or not to be I there 's the doubt For to be Sovereign by unlawful means Is but to be a slave to base desire And where 's my honour then What a strange buzzing of ambition Pusues my thirsty soul O Eleazer can thy traytor breast Give harbour to a thought of Paricide It is thy father O the sacred tye Of filial duty how that awful name Affrighteth all my faculties with fear With fear of what with foolery by heaven If there be ought within this awful name That can extort obedience from a son 'T is but the rotten Carcass there 's the thing That for to please its self begets another So does a beast and yet 'twixt them we see An equal freedome of society As for the nobler part of man we know That 's of a higher birth if it be so Thus low my knee shall bend but thou my heart Bends his knee Scorn to obey remember where thou art I am resolv'd the times are bloody and the peoples hearts I hear are bent on me Ichochanans the man that I must fairly close withall this done We shall be strong for opposition Soft here a comes Enter Jehochanan Iehoc. My Lord Eleazer Elea. Iehochanan well met Ie. My Lord if without a breach of manners I might be bold to question with your Lordship I should desire to know the secret cause of your accustomed sadness which good my Lord pardon my boldness as tender of your Lordships health and honour I have of late observed Elea. O my Iehochanan I know thou lovest me well imbraces him Nor will I in words or actions give the cause To say I am unthankful though I must confess The greatest part of my requital is Too mean for thy deserts the means Iehochanan I want the means to counterpoise thy worth Io. O my gracious Lord your love hath ever been A full requital to my poor deserts But good my Lord the cause of this your sadness Elea. O I have been tormented to the soul To see the strange distraction of the times To see the sacred City rul'd by those Whose poor decrepid brains are fiâ—ter far For drowsing pillows than for bloody war Ie. My Lord your father Elea. O that cheating name With what a magick spell it doth bewitch The crazy judgement and besot the soul With adoration of this lump of earth Ie. You know my Lord there is a sacred tye Enjoyns obedience Elea. Tush meer policy A trick a cheat to keep the world in aw Death I am vext to think how men are gull'd Ie. My Lord I understand not what you mean Elea. Thou canst not be so dull Is' t so I dare not utter now what I conceive O my good Lord remember that your father Apart Elea. No more by all that 's good I hate the name of father Ie. Death I am discover'd Ie. Now I have found ye Sir and must have leave To tell your Lordship that you do me wrong From which of all my actions have ye pickt Even but a shew of treason to the state Elea. How ye forget your self Ie. T is you my Lord that both forget your slef and me Elea. Agen Ie. Nay I must tell ye 't was not for your honour Vpon the buzzing of some bare report To undermine your friend Elea. Speakst thou this in earnest Ie. I do and will in earnest stand Against that traytor whose presumptuous hand Dare touch your aged father Elea. Vngrateful slave the traytor I return With interest of what thou dost deserve Traytor to me and traytor to the state Ie. This but to play another time upon me Which ended still Iehochanan's the same Elea. Dar'st thou not stand for Eleazer then Ie. I neither dare nor will Elea. Then I dare kill thee They draw and sight Ie. Hold art thou in earnest Elea. The to'ther bout will tell thee Ie. Swear by the honour of a loyal friend And I beleeve it Elea. By heaven I swear and by the sacred tye Of settled friendship what my words express My actions shall confirm Ie. Then thus I do imbrace your love Now my Lord What ere the project be I vow assistance and fidelity Elea. Then take it thus Thou hast command to muster up thy forces Let it be done with expedition My doting father hath devis'd this plot To cheat the Citizens whose greedy souls thirst for Vespatians blood but fearful they while thus they gull the people mean to pay the wonted tribute money and with slavish fear to crave a peace of the proud Emperour This on my life is true but wee 'l prevent it Ie. I but the means my Lord E. To morrow morning ere the break of day Muster thy forces to the market place there I will meet thee with a warlike troop Of youthful
must you be my Lords to gain my love and win your countrey honor Ni. My Lord our lives Fortunes weigh'd with either We prize at nothing nor can we desire more felicity then to enjoy the least of either Va. My honored Lord your most exact command will teach us Valour had we ne're been train'd in Martial Discipline Ti. I like your answers wel saving that yours Valerio â—avours too much of â—lattery and yet upon life thou art not that way guilty And trust me souldiers I am confident Your words and actions will in all points sympathize But we trifle time and most redeem it by a strict surveigh of our proceedings Enter Joseph from Rome Ie. From great Vespatian my most honor'd Lord I come to do thee humble service Ti. Now by my life thou it welcome welcome worthy friends Our Royal Father ne'er could send a man More deer in our affection Thou com'st as we could wish thee Ioseph to morrow we intend to parley with Ierusalem thy friendly presence may perchance perswade thy Countreymen to yeild subjection If they refuse by the Majestick power Of mighty Cesar's sacred Diadem I 'le scourge their pride with such severity shall make the Rebels curse their misery Exeunt Come my endeared friend Takes Jo. by the hand Enter Zareck The three seditious Captains are at odds Each hunts the other's lifes yet all do bear A fair pretence of friendship to each other Each seeks for soveraignty whilst Sinon I With protestations of integrity And zealous love do fairly close with all For being friends to all in time of league 't will be a riddle to the wisest pate Whose love I prized most then I protest With what obsequious care and â—â—â—ling pains My wits are wearied to design a ploâ— Whose wary circumstances may discry All shew of falshood in the enterprize to trip the heels of either enemy then shew the time the place the manner how to do 't O I am tickled with the fine conceit My Father in a fair and good eâ—tate Was by these Rebels rob'd and spoil'd of all And I his son left naked to the world poor and dejected till my working brain Projected this employment to relieve me Since when I have been busied for revenge O how methinks that very word Revenge Allaies the fury of my discontent But soft 't is much about the time they should be here I will withdraw my self Zareck stands behind the hangings Enter Eleazer I must be wise and cloath my pleasing phrase With fair pretence of peace and amity The blustring wind commands with angry brow The toiling travellier to leave his Cloak the storm encreases but the pelting man still gripes it faster till the pleasing Sun By gentle rayes intreats him lay it down Enter L. Jehochanan and L. Skimeon Ieho Good morrow to the Lord Eleazer A tubla set and Zareck stands behind the Arras Elea. Welcome Iehochanan welcome noble friends Come sit we down and each man freely speak His cause of grievance Ah my worthy friends Dissention is amongst us Vpon my life I dare presume there is some strange mistake For else it cannot be that we should differ Ie. Some strange mistake Indeed my Lord 't was strange Your Lordship should mistake your self so much And us your friends your friends nay more my Lord then friends For friends are formal now the strength of your designs To send to us a publike messenger to summon us upon command to be Attendants on your Lordships pleasure My Lord this was not fair nor friendly E. Not fair my Lords nor friendly which of you that stood in equal terms of honor with my self Woo'd lose one tittle of that Dignity that fairly rank't this state and qualityâ— Was it for me to say I woo'd intreâ—tâ— Was not the Message publike Had it been private you should then have seen My fair respect and friendly love to either But as it was my Lord L. Skim Nay then I must have leave to tell ye Sir Your Honour swells too high and must be qualifi'd In equal terms of Honor with your self My Lord I dare affirm thus Simeon stands In equal terms of honour with your self Elea. How 's that Sim. Nay good my Lord your Father 's yet alive And you are then a private man 〈◊〉 we Elea. This is in jest to see how I can poize A Friends affection or perchance totry the bent of mine Sim Your Honour may do weâ—â— to pass iâ— so Or else perchance your Lordship may be angry And then how much your helth may be impair'd With such distemper may perhaps Elea. No more I was not wont to be ridiculous Nor did I come to hear such airy talk If this be earnest let me hear who dares pronounc'tagen Ie. Who dares that brave reflects on me that dare stand up spurn at that and thee Elâ— Is' t possible S. Iehochanan thou dost me open wrong to intercept me The cause was mine to me it did belong to give an answer Wer 't thou not who thou art I should not take this well Ie. Simeon I am as deep engag'd as thou And will have leave to prize mine Honor highest S. And will have leave Ie. I say and will have leave and say 't agen S. Death thou dar'st not say 't agen Za. Apart is works Ie. Dare not Elea. I do command ye cease For shame give o're this rash behaviour Is this a time to broach a Faction When Cesars son has conquer'd Galileâ— And now is marching to Ierusalem Ie. Command thy slaves proud man for I am free And will command my self E. Villain Ie. Thou lyest E. O my inraged sould must I endure all this S. All this and more thou must endure me too E. Must Simeon S. I must I say and shall Couldst thou dart lightnings from thy countenance Thus woo'd I meet thee and out-face thee thus E. O I am lost in rage and can endure no longer They draw and a trumpet sounâ—â— from within Enter an Merauld Her From Cesar's sons brave Lords I come to say He offers parley to Jerusalem The time prefixt is the next morning sun Elea. Go tell thy Master we accept it H. I shall return your answer Exit El. This is no time to sight nor will I now Stand to defend mine honor But stay before we sheath our weapons let us swear Howe're our private quarrel may proceed That we will still maintain each other's part Against Vespaian's son Both We are content E. Your hands Lay hands on the Sword By a true souldiers Honour we do swear Fairly to friend each other in the field And jointly to oppose Vespatian Both We swear to do 't E. The same swear I. I shall expect you both to morrow early Both. We will not miss the hour Exeunt at several wayes Za. The Furies are broke loose if either fall Zarech may rise to be a General Exit Enter Perter with a Sword and Buckler leading Gorion manicled with an halter about his neck