there I take it you were never His Rivall M. B. T is confest Bo. What malice then Prevail'd above your reason to pursue us With this injustice M. B. Lady give me leave I were a villaine to be guilty of The basenesse you accuse me your servant Shall quit me from intrusion and my soule Is my best witnesse that I brought no malice But unstay'nd thoughts into your roofe but when I was made the common laughter I had bin Lesse than a man to thinke of no returne And had he beene the onely of my blood I would not be so much the shame of soldier To have beene ram'd and suffered and you are Too hasty in your judgement I could say More but t is dishonour to expostulate These causes with a woman I had reason To call him to account you know not all My provocation things are not with me as with another man Bo. How is that the matter May spread too farre some former quarrell t is My best to reconcile em sir I may Be ignorant if any thing have past Before this morning I pray pardon me But as you are a gentleman let me Prevaile your differences may here conclude 'Las I am part of him now and betweene A Widdow and his wife if I be thus Divorc'd M. B. I le be his servant Bo. Sir you shew A noble disposition good my Lord Compose their differences prethee meete his friendship M. B. I have satisfaction and desire his love La. Th' ast done but like a gentleman thy hand I le love thee while I live Lo. Why so all friends M. B. I meete it with a heart and for disturbing Your mirth to day La. No no disturbance M. B. Then give me but the favour To shew I wish no sorrow to the bride I have a small oblation which she must Accept or I shall doubt we are not friends T is all I have to offer at your Wedding Bo. Ha M. B. There 's my hand to justifie it at fit time Peruse it my Lord I shall be studious How to deserve your favour Lo. I am yours La. My Lord let me obtaine you le honour me To night Miu Bon. Reades I was taken by a Turkish Pirate and detain'd many yeares A prisoner in an Island where I had dyed his Captive Had not a worthy Merchant thence redeemed furnished me Blessed delivery Enter one with another Letter Ca. To me from Venture he is very mindfull good I shall make use of this Bo. Till then conceale me Ca. Excellent stuffe but I must have another Name subscrib'd Lo. Will you walke Ladies Ca. Your servants waite upon Ke. We humbly thanke your honour 2. A brave sparke 1. Sparke he 's the very Bonfire of Nobility Exeunt The fift Act Enter Lacy Mistresse Bonavent Bonvile Mistresse Fairefield Mistresse Caroll Tryer La. My Lord you honour us Bo. And what we want In honourable entertainement we beseech Our duties may supply in your construction Lor. What needes this ceremonie La. Thou art welcome too Franke Tryer Tr. I give you thankes and wish you still more joy sir Bo. Wee le shew your Lordship a poore Gallery La. But where 's my new acquaintance Bo. His Nagge outstript the Coaches Hee 'le be your guest anon feare not Exit Ca. While they complement with my Lord let you and I Change a few words Iu. As many as you please Ca. Then to the purpose Touching your brother Lady T were tedious to repeate he has beene pleas'd To thinke well of me and to trouble you With the discourse how I have answered it T were vaine but thus how ere he seeme to carry it While you were present I doe finde him desperate Iu. How Ca. Nay I speake no conjecture I have more Intelligence than you imagine you are his sister And nature binds you to affect his safety By some convenient Messenger send for him But as you love his life doe not delay it Alas I shall be sorry any gentleman Should for my sake take any desparate course Iu. But are you serious Ca, Perhaps good counsell Applyed while his despaire is greene may cure him If not Iu. You make me wonder Ca. I know the inconsiderate will blame Me for his death I shall be rail'd upon And have a thousand cruelties throwne on me But would you have me promise love and flatter him I would doe much to save his life I could Shew you a paper that would make you bleed To see his resolution and what Strange and unimitable wayes he has Vow'd to pursue I tremble to thinke on em There 's not a punishment in fiction And Poets write enough of hell if you Have read their story but hee le try the worst Were it not that I feare him every minute And that all haste were requisite to save him You should peruse his letter Iu. Letter since we saw him Ca. Since I must confesse I wondred But you in this shall see I have no malice I pray send for him as I am a gentlewoman I have pure intention to preserve his life And cause I see the truth of his affliction Which may be yours or mine or any bodies Whose passions are neglected I will try My best skill to reduce him here 's M. Tryer Enter Tryer He now depends upon your charity Send for him by the love you beare a brother Tr. Will you not Chide my want of Manners gentlewomen To interrupt your dialogue Iu. We ha done sir Ca. I shall be still your servant Iu. Here 's a riddle but I will doo 't Shall I presume upon you for a favour Enter Lord Tr. You shall impose on me a greater trouble My Lord your care Lo. We misse you above Lady Iu. My Lord I waite upon you I beseech Your pardon but a minute will you doe this It is an office he may thanke you for Beside my acknowledgement Tr. Yes I le goe And yet I doe not like to be sent oft This is the second time Iu. Now I am for your Lordship What 's your pleasure Lo. I would be your Echo Lady and returne Your last word pleasure Iu. May you never want it Lo. This wonot serve my turne Iu. What my Lord Lo. This is the charity of some rich men That passing by some monument that stoopes With age whose ruines pleade for a repaire Pitty the fall of such a goodly pile But will not spare from their superfluous wealth To be the benefactor Fa. I acknowlede That empty wishes are their shame that have Ability to doe a Noble worke And flye the Action Lo. Come you may apply it I would not have you a gentlewoman of your word Alone they 're deedes that crowne all what you wish me Is in your owne ability to give You understand me will you at length consent To multiply wee le point a place and time And all the world shall envie us Iu. My Lord Lo. Lord me no lords shall we enjoy lippes upon 't Why doe you looke as you still wondred at
desire It should be guilty of defacing any Part of your body yet upon a just And noble provocation wherein My Mistresse love and honour is engaged I dare draw blood Tr. Ha ha ha Ven. A Mistresse love and honour this is pretty Rid. I know you cannot But understand me yet I say I love you And with a generous breast and in the confidence You will take it kindely I returne to that I promis'd you good councell come leave off The prosecution Ven. Of what I prethee Rid. There wil be lesse affront then to expect Till the last minute and behold the victory Anothers you may guesse why I declare this I am studious to preserve an honest friendshippe For though it be my glory to be adorn'd With trophies of her vanquisht love Ven. Whose love Tr. This sounds as if he Ieer'd you Ven. Mushroompe Tr. What d ee meane gentlemen friends and fall out About good Councell Ven. I le put up a gaine now I thinke better on 't Tr. T is done discreetly Cover the nakednesse of your toole I pray Ven. Why looke you Sir If you bestow this Councell Out of your love I thanke you yet there is No great necessitie why you should be at The cost of so much breath thing 's well considered A Ladies love is mortall I know that And if a thousand men should love a woman The dice must carry her but one of all Can weare the Garland Tr. Now you come to him Ven. For my owne part I lov'd the Lady wel But you must pardon me If I demonstrate There 's no such thing as you pretend and therefore In quittance of your loving honest Councell I would not have you build an ayry Castle Her Starres have pointed her another way This instrument will take her height Shewes the Ring Rid. Ha Ven. And you may guesse what cause you have to triumph I would not tell you this but that I love you And hope you will not runne your selfe into The cure of Bedlam hee that weares this favour Hath sence to apprehend Rid. That Diamond Ven. Observe it perfectly there are no trophies Of vanquisht love I take it comming toward you It will be lesse affront then to expect Till the last minute and behold the victory Anothers Rid. That Ring I gave her Tr. Ha ha ha Ven. This was his gift to her ha ha ha Have patience spleene ha ha Tr. The scene is chang'd Rid. She wonot use me thus she did receive it With all the circumstance of love Ven. I pitty him my eyes runne ore dost heare I cannot choose but laugh and yet I pitty thee She has a Ieering wit and I shall love her More heartily for this What dost thinke Poore Gentleman how he has foold himselfe Rid. I le to her againe Ven. Nay be not passionate A faith thou wert too confident I knew It could not hold dost thinke I de say so much else I can tell thee more but lose her memorie Rid. Were it more rich hee shewes a Chaine of Pearle Then that which Cleopatra gave to Anthony With scorne I would returne it Tr. She give you this Chaine Rid. She shall be hang'd in chaines ere I will keepe it Ven. Stay stay let my eye Examine that this Chaine Rid. Who would trust woman after this Ven. The very same She tooke of me when I receiv'd this Diamond Rid. Ha ha you doe but iest she wonot foole You o'th is fashion looke a little better one may be like another Ven. T is the same Rid. Ha ha I would it were that we might laugh At one another by this hand I will Forgive her prethee tell me ha ha ha Tr. You will carry her From Ioue himselfe though he should practise all His shapes to court her Rid. By this Pearle o Rogue How I doe love her for t be not dejected A Ladies love is mortall one of all Must weare the Garland do not foole your selfe Beyond the cure of Bedlam Tr. She has fitted you With a paire of fooles Coates as hansomely As any Taylor that had taken measure Ven. Give me thy hand Tr. Nay lay your heads together How to revenge it and so gentlemen I take my leave Ven. She has abusd us Rid. Let vs take his Councell Wee can be but what we are Ven. A paire of credulous fooles Rid. This other fellow Fairefeild has prevail'd Ven. Which if hee have Rid. What shall we do Ven. I thinke we were best let him alone Rid. d ee heare Wee le to her againe you le Be ruld by me and tell her what wee thinke on her Ven. She may come to herselfe and be asham'd on 't Rid. If she would affect one of us for my part I am indifferent Ven. So say I too but to give us both the canvas Le ts walke and thinke how to behave our selves Exeunt Enter Mistresse Bonavent and Mistris Caroll Car. What d ee meane to do with him Bon. Thou art To much a Tyrant the seven yeares are past That did oblige me to expect my Husband Engag'd to Sea and though within those limits Frequent intelligence hath reported him Lost both to me and his owne life I have Bin carefull of my vow and were there hope Yet to embrace him I would thinke another Seven yeares no penance but I should thus Be held a cruell woman in his certaine Losse to despise the love of all mankinde And therefore I resolve upon so large A triall of his Constancy at last To give him the reward of his respects To me and Ca. Marry him Bo. You have apprehended Ca. No marvaile if men raile upon you then And doubt whether a Widdow may be sav'd We Maides are thought the worse on for your easines How are poore women overseene We must Cast a way our selves upon a whyning lover In charity I hope my Cousens Ghost Will meete as you go to Church or if You scape it then upon the Wedding night Bo. Fy Fy Ca. When you are both a bed and candles out Bo. Nay put not out the candles Ca. May they burne blew then at his second kisse And fright him from well I could say something But take your course he 's come already Enter Lacy Put him off but another twelue moneth so so Oh love into what foolish labyrinthes Dost thou leade us I would all women were But of my minde we would have a new world Quickly I will goe studie Poetry A purpose to write verses in the praise Of th' Amazonian Ladies in whom only Appeare true valour for the instruction Of all posterity to beate their husbands La. How you endeare your servant Ca. I will not Be guilty of more stay Enter Mr. Fairefeild Fa. Sweete Lady Ca. Y' are come in time Sir to redeeme me Fa. Why Lady Ca. You wil be as comfortable as strong waters There 's a Gentleman Fa. So uncivill to affront you Ca. I had no patience to heare him longer Take his offence before you question him Fa. And be most
Lo. I doe not love these distances Tr. You would have her be more humble this will try her If shee resist his siege she is a brave one I know hee 'le put her too 't he that doth love Wisely will see the triall of his Mistris And what I want in impudence my selfe Another may supply for my advantage I le frame excuse Lo. Franke thou art melancholy Tr. My Lord I now reflected on a businesse Concernes me equall with my fortune and It is the more unhappy that I must So rudely take my leave Lo. What not so soone Tr. Your honours pardon Iu. Are you sir in earnest Tr. Love will instruct you to interpret fairely They are affaires that cannot be dispenced with I leave this noble gentleman Iu. Hee 's a stranger You wonot use me well and shew no care Of me nor of my honour I pray stay Tr. Thou hast vertue to secure all I am confident Temptations will shake thy innocence No more then waves that clime a Rocke which soone Betray their weakenesse and discover thee More cleare and more impregnable How is this Tr. Farewell I will not sin against your honours clemency To doubt your pardon Lo. Well and there be no remedy I shall see you Anon i th Parke the Match holds I am not willing To leave you alone Lady Iu. I have a servant Lo. You have many in their number pray write me I shall be very dutifull Iu. Oh my Lord Lo. And when I have done a fault I shall be instructed But with a smile to mend it Iu. Done what fault Lo. Faith none at all if you but thinke so Iu. I thinke your Lordship would not willingly Offend a woman Lo. I would never hurt em 'Thas bin my study still to please those women That fell within my conversation I am very tender hearted to a Lady I can denie em nothing Iu. The whole sex is bound to you Lo. If they well considered things And what a stickler I am in their cause The common cause but most especially How zealous I am in a Virgins honour As all true Knights should be no woman could Deny me hospitality and let downe When I desire accesse the rude Portcullice I have a naturall sympathy with faire ones As they do I do there 's no hansome woman Complaines that she has lost her maindenhead But I wish mine had bin lost with it Iu. Your Lordship 's merry Lo. T is because you looke pleasant A very hansome Lodging is there any Accomodations that way Iu. Ther 's a garden Wilt please your Lordship tast the ayre on 't Lo. I meant other conveniency but if You please I le waite upon you thither Exeunt Pa. You and I had better stay and in their absence Exercise one another Wait. How meane you Page Pa. I le teach you away that we may follow em And not remove from hence Wa. How prethee Pa. Shall I begge your lip W. I cannot spare it Pa. I le give you both mine W. What meanes the Child Pa. Because I have no upper lip d ee scorne me I ha kist Ladies before now and have Beene sent for to their Chambers W. You sent for Pa. Yes and beene trusted with their Clossets too We are such pretty things we can play at All hid under a Fardingale how long Have you bin a waiting creature W. Not a moneth yet Pa. Nay then I cannot blame your ignorance You have perhappes your maidenhead W. I hope so Pa. Oh lamentable away with it for shame Chaffer it with the Coachman for the credit Of your profession do not keepe it long T is fineable in Court W. Good Maister Page How long have you bin skild in those affaires Pa. Ere since I was in Breeches and you le finde Your honesty so troublesome W. How so Pa. When you have truck'd away your Maidenhead You have excuse lawfull to put off gamesters For you may sweare and give em satisfaction You have not what they lookt for beside the benefit Of being impudent as accasion serves A thing much in request with waiting creatures We Pages can instruct you in that quality So you be tractable W. The boy is wild Pa. And you will leade me a Chase I le follow you Exeunt Enter Caroll Rider and Venture Ca. Why did you ever thinke I could affect Of all men living such a thing as you are What hope or what encouragement did I give you Because I tooke your Diamond must you presently Bound like a ston'd horse Rid. Shee 's a very Colt Ca. Cause you can put your hat of like a dancer And make a better legge then you were borne to For to say truth your calfe is well amended Must this so overtake me that I must Strait fall in love w'e yee one step to Church Another into the Sheets more to a bargaine Y' are wide a bow and some thing over shot Ven. Then this is all that I must trust to you Will never ha me Ca. In my right minde I thinke so Why prethee tell me what I should do with thee Ven. Can you finde nothing to do with me Ca. To finde any Monkey spiders were an office Perhappes you would not execute Ven. Y' are a gipsy And none of the twelue Sibills in a Taverne Have such a tand complexion there be Dogges And Horses in the world Ca. They 'le kepe you company Ven. Tell me of Spiders I le wring your Monkeys necke off Ca. And then puzzle Your braine to make an Elegie which shalbe sung To the tune of the devill and the baker good You have a pretty ambling wit in Summer d ee let out or keepe for your owne Riding who holdes your stirrop while you jump Into a jest to the endangering Of your ingenious quodlibets Rid. Come tha 'st said enough Ca. To him you would have some Rid. Some testimony of your love if it please you Ca. Indeed I have heard you are a pretious gentleman And in your younger could play at trap well Rid. Fare you well gentlewoman by this light a devill I le follow my old game of horse-rasing Ven. I could teare her Ruffe I wo'd thou wort A Whore then I de be reveng'd and bring the Prentices To arraigne thee on Shrovetuesday a pox upon you Enter Fairefeild Ca. A third man a third man two faire gamesters Rid. For shame le ts goe Ca. Will you stay gentleman you ha no more wit Exit To venter keepe your heads warme in any case There may be dregges in the bottome o the braine pan Which may turne to somewhat in seven yeares and set You up againe now Sir Fa. Lady I am come to you Ca. It does appeare so Fa. To take my leave Ca. T is granted Sir god buy Fa. But you must stay and heare a little more I promise not to trouble you with Courtship I am as weary as you can be displeased wo ot Ca. On these conditions I would have the patience To heare the brasen head
speake Fa. Whether or how I purpose to dispose My selfe hereafter as I know you have No purpose to enquire I have no great Ambition to discourse but how I have Studied your faire opinion I remit To time and come now only to request That you would grant in lew of my true service One boone at parting Ca. Forboone I proceede Fa. But you must sweare to performe truely what I shall desire and that you may not thinke I come with any cunning to deceive you You shall except what ere you would deny me And after all I le make request Ca. How 's this Fa. But it concernes my life or what can else Be neerer to me that you sweare Ca. To what Fa. When you have made exceptions and thought What things in all the world you will exempt From my petition I le be confident To tell you my desire Ca. This is faire play Fa. I would not for an Empire by a trick Oblige you to performe what should displease you Ca. This is a very strange request are you in earnest Ere you begin shall I except t is oddes But I may include what you have a minde to then Where 's your petition Fa. I will runne that hazard Ca. You will why looke you for a little mirthes sake And since you come so honestly because You shannot say I am compos'd of Marble I doe consent Fa. Sweare Ca. I am not come to that I le first set bounds to your request and when I have left nothing for you worth my grant I le take a zealous oath to grant you any thing Fa. You have me at your mercy Ca. First you shannot Desire that I should love you Fa. That 's first proceede Ca. No more but proceede d ee know what I say Fa. Your first exception forbid's to aske That you should love me Ca. And you are contented Fa. I must be so Ca. What in the name of wonder will he aske me You shall not desire me to marry you Fa. That 's the second Ca. You shall neither directly nor indirectly with me to lye with you Have I not clipt the wings of your conceipt Fa. That 's the third Ca. That 's the third is there anything a young man would Desire of his Mis when he must neither love marry nor lye with her Fa. My suite is still untoucht with her Ca. Suite if you have another suite t is out of fashion Ye cannot begge my state yet I would willingly Give part of that to be rid on thee Fa. Not one Iewell Ca. You wo'd not have me spoyle my face drinke poyson Or kill any body Fa. Goodnesse forbid that I should wish your danger Ca. Then you wo'd not ha me ride through the Citty naked As once a Princesse of England did through Coventry Fa. All my desires are modest Ca. You shall not begge my Parrat nor intreate me To fast or weare a hayre smocke Fa. None of these Ca. I wonot be confin'd to make me ready At tenne and pray till dinner I will play At gleeke as often as I please and see Playes when I have a minde to 't and the races Though men sho'd runne Adamits before me Fa. None of these trench on what I have to aske Ca. Why then I sweare stay You shannot aske me before company How old I am a question most untoothsome I know not what to say more I le not be Bound from spring garden and the Sparagus I wo'not have my tongue tyde up when Iv'e a minde to jeere my suitors among which Your worship shall not doubt to be remembred For I must have my humor I am sicke else I will not be compeld to heare your sonnets A thing before I thought to advise you of Your words of hard concoction rude Poetry Have much impayred my health try sence another while And calculate some prose according to The elevation of our pole at London As sayes the learned Almanacke but come on And speake your minde I ha done I know not what More to except if it be none of these And as you say feazable on my part I sweare Fa. By what Ca. For once a kisse it may be a parting blow By that I will performe what you desire Fa. In few words thus receive it by that oath I binde you never to desire my company Hereafter for no reason to affect me This I am sure was none of your exceptions Ca. What has the man sayd Fa. T is cleere I am confident To your understanding Ca. You have made me sweare That I must never love you nor desire Your company Fa. I know you will not violate What you have sworne so all good thoughts possesse you Ca. Was all this circumstance for this I never Exit Found any inclination to trouble him With too much love why should he binde me from it And make me sweare an oath that for the present I had no affection to him had beene reasonable But for the time to come never to love For any cause or reason that may move me Hereafter very strange I know not what to thinke on 't Although I never meant to thinke well on him Yet to be limitted and be prescrib'd I must not doe it t was a poore tricke in him But I le goe practise something to forget it The third Act Enter Lord Bonvile Mistresse Iulietta Fairefield with their Attendants Lo. Lady y' are welcome to the spring the Parke Lookes fresher to salute you how the birds On every tree sing with more cheerefullnesse At your accesse as if they prophecyed Nature would dye and resigne her providence To you fit onely to succeede her Iu. You expresse A Master of all Complement I have Nothing but plaine humilitie my Lord To answere you Lo. But I le speake our owne English Hang these affected straines which we sometimes Practise to please the curiosity Of talking Ladyes by this lippe th' art welcome I le sweare a hundred oathes upon that booke An 't please you Enter Tryer Tr. They are at it Iu. You shall not need my Lord I 'me not incredulous I doe beleeve your honour and dare trust For more than this Lo. I wonot breakē my credit With any Lady that dares trust me Iu. She had a cruell heart that would not venture Vpon the ingagement of your honour Lo. What what durst thou venture now and be plaine wo'me Iu. There 's nothing in the verge of my command That should not serve your Lordship Lo. Speake speake truth and flatter not Vpon what security Iu. On that which you propounded sir your honour It is above all other obligation And he that 's truely noble will not staine it Lo: Vpon my honour will you lend me then But a nights lodging Iu. How sir Lo. She is angry I shall obtaine I know the tricke on t had She yeelded at the first it had beene fatall Iu. It seemes your Lordship speakes to one you know not Lo. But I desire to know you better Lady Iu. Better
heart who runnes La. An Irish and an English footeman Bo. Will they runne this way La. Iust before you I must have a bet Exit Bo. Nay nay you shannot leave me Ca. Do it discreetely I must speake to him To ease my heart I shall burst else Wee le expect em here Cousen do they runne naked Bo. That were a most immodest sight Ca. Here have bin such fellowes Cousen Bo. It would fright the women Ca. Some are of opinion it brings us hither Harke what a confusion of tongues there is Let you and I venture a paire of Gloves Vpon their feete I le take the Irish Bo. T is done but you shall pay if you lose Ca. Here 's my hand you shall have the Gloves if you winne Bo. I thinke they are started The Runners after them the Gentlemen Omnes A Teag A Teag make way for shame Lo. I hold any man forty peeces yet Ven. A hundred pound to ten a hundred peeces to ten will No man take me M. B. I hold you Sir Ven. Well you shall see a Teag a Teag hey Tr. Ha well run Irish Bo. He may be in a Bogge anon Exeunt Ca. Can they tell what they doe in this Noise Pray Heaven it do not breake into the Tombes At Westminster and wake the dead Enter Master Fairefeild and his Sister Fa. She 's yonder still she thinks thee a new Mistris Iu. I observe her Fa. How goe thinges Franke Enter Tryer Prethee observe that creature Tr. She leeres this way Fa. I ha done such a strange cure upon her Sh 'as sent for me and I will entreate thee Franke To be a witnes of my triumph t is Now in my power to punish all her Ieeres But I le go to her thou shalt keepe a distance Only to heare how most miraculously I ha brought things about Tr. The cry returnes Omnes Make way there a Teag a Teag a Teag Enter Runners and Gentlemen Ven. Forty fifty a hundred peeces to ten M. B. I hold you Ven. Well you shall see you shall see M. B. This gentleman does nothing but talke he makes good No bet Ven. Talke you prate I le make good what I please Sir M. B. Make the best you can o' that They switch and draw and Exeunt Enter Lord Bon. For heavens sake le ts remove Ca. What for a naked weapon Exeunt Lo. Fight gentlemen y' are fine fellowes 't is a noble cause Come Lady I le discharge your feares A Cup of Sacke and Anthony at the Rose Will reconcile their furies Exeunt Enter Fairefeild and Tryer Fa. I make a doubt whether I should go to her Vpon a single summons Tr. By any meanes Fa. What women are forbidden They 're mad to execute she 's here be you It 'h reach of her voyce and see how I will humble her Enter Caroll and Rider Ca. But keepe at some fit distance Ri. You honour me and shall Command me any service Exit Ca. He has gone a strange way to worke with me Fa. Well advis'd observe and laugh without a noise Ca. I am asham'd to thinke what I must say now Fa. By your leave Lady I take it you sent for me Ca. You wonnot be so impudent I send for you By Whom or when Fa. Your servant Ca. Was a villaine if he mention'd I had any such desire he told me indeed You courted him to entreate me that I would Be pleas'd to give you another audience And that you swoare I know not what confound you You would not trouble me above six words Fa. You are prettily dispos'd Ca. With much adoe you see I have consented What is 't you would say Fa. Nay what is 't you would say Ca. Be you no prompter to insinuate The first word of your studied Oration He 's out on s part come come I le imagine it Was it not something to this purpose Lady Or Mistresse or what you will although I must confesse you may with justice laugh at My most ridiculous suite and you will say I am a foole Fa. You may say any thing Ca. To come agen whom you have so tormented For nere was simple Camomile so trod on Yet still I grow in love but since there is No hope to thaw your heart I now am desperate Oh give me lend me but the silken tye About your legge which some doe call a garter To hang my selfe and I am satisfied am not I a witch Fa. I thinke th' art past it Which of the furies art thou made already I shall depart the world nere feare it Lady Without a necklace did not you send for me Tr. I shall laugh a loud sir Ca. What madnesse has Possest you have I not sworne you know by what Never to thinke well of you of all men Living not to desire your companie And will you still intrude shall I be haunted For ever no place give me priviledge Oh man what art thou come to Fa. Oh woman How farre thy tongue and heart doe live asunder Come I ha found you out off with this vayle It hides not your complexion I doe tell thee I see thy heart and every thought within it A little peevishnesse to save your credit Had not beene much amisse but this over Over doing the businesse it appeares Ridiculous like my suite as you inferred But I forgive thee and forget thy trickes And trillabubs and will sweare to love thee Hartily wenches must ha their wayes Ca. Pardon me sir if I have seem'd too light It was not rudenesse from my heart but a Disguise to save my honour if I found You still incredulous Fa. I love thee better For thy Vagaries Ca. In vaine I see I should dissemble w' ee I must confesse y 'ave caught me had you still Pursued the common path I had fled from you You found the constitution of women In me whose will not reason is their law Most apt to doe what most they are forbidden Impatient of curbes in their desires Fa. Thou sayest right Ca. Oh love I am thy Captive but I am forsworn Am I not sir Fa. Nere thinke o' that Ca. Nere thinke on 't Fa. T was a vaine oath and well may be dispenst with Ca. Oh sir be more religious I never Did violate an oath in all my life Though I ha beene wilde I had a care of that An oathe 's a holy obligation And never dreaming of this chance I tooke it With true intention to performe your wishes Fa. T was but a kisse I le give it thee agen Ca. But t is inrold in that high Court already I must confesse I could looke on you now With other eyes for my rebellious heart Is soft and capeable of loves impression Which may prove dangerous if I cherish it Having forsworne your love Fa. Now I am fitted I have made twigges to ierke my selfe well thought on You shall absolve your selfe your oath does not Oblige you to performe what you excepted And among them if you remember you Said
I have no meaning to exasperate Thoughts that oppose your safety and to shew I have compassion and delight in no Mans ruine I wil frame my selfe to love you Fa. Will you why thanke you Ca. Here 's my hand I will Be comforted I have a stronger faith Fa. I see then you haue charity for an need Ca. I le lose my humour to preserve a life You might ha met with some hard hearted Mistresse That would a suffred you to hang or drowne Your selfe Fa. I might indeed Ca. And carried newes To the distressed Ghosts but I am mercifull But doe not you mistake me for I do not This out of any extraordinary Former good will only to save your life There be so many beames convenient And you may slip out of the world before We are aware beside you dwell to neere The River if you should be melancholy After some tides you would come in and be More talkt off then the Pilchards but I ha done You sha'not go to hell for me I now Am very serious and if you please To thinke well of me instantly wee le marry I le see how I can love you afterward Shal 's to the Priest Fa. By your good favour no I am in no such tune Ca. You doe suspect I ieere still by my troth I am in earnest Fa. To save my life you are content to marry me Yes Ca. To save thy life I will not be troubled with thee How Fa. No Madam jeere all I am now resolv'd Talke and talke out thy heart I wo'not lose My selfe a scruple ha you no more letters They 're pretty mirth wou'd I knew who subscrib'd My name I am so farre from hanging of my selfe That I will five yet to be thy tormenter Vertue I thanke thee for 't and for the more Security I le never dote againe Nor marry nor endure the imaginations Of your fraile sex this very hight I will Be fitted for you all I le geld my selfe 'T is something lesse then hanging and when I Have carv'd away all my concupiscence Observe but how I le triumph nay I le doo 't And there were no more men in the world Ca. Sir sir as you love goodnes I le tell you all first heare me and then execute You wonot be so foolish I doe love you Fa. I hope so that I may revenge thy peevishnes Ca. My heart is full and modesty forbids I should use many words I see my folly You may be just and use me with like cruelty But if you doe I can instruct my selfe And be as miserable indeed as I Made you in supposition my thoughts Point upon no sensuality remit What 's past and I will meete your best affection I know you love me still do not refuse me If I goe once more backe you nere recover me Fa. I am as ticklish Ca. Then le ts clapt up wisely While we are both i' th humor I do finde A grudging and your last words sticke in my stomacke Say i st a Match speake quickely or for ever Hereafter hold your peace Fa. Done Ca. Why done Fa. Seale and deliver Ca. My hand and heart this shall suffice till morning Fa. Each others now by conquest come le ts to e'm If you should false now Ca. Hold me not worth the hanging Exeunt Enter Mis Fairefield Tryer Bonvile Lo. I knew not she was thy Mistresse which incouraged All my discourses Tr. My Lord y 'ave richly satisfied me and Now I dare write my selfe the happiest lover In all the world know Lady I ha tryed you Iu. You have it seemes Tr. And I have found thee right And perfect gold nor will I change thee for A Crowne imperiall Iu. And I have tryed you And found you drosse nor doe I love my heart So ill to change it with you Tr. How 's this Iu. Vnworthily you have suspected me And cherish'd that bad humor for which know You never must have hope to gaine my love He that shall doubt my vertue out of fancy Merits my just suspition and disdaine Lo. Oh fie Franke practise jealosie so soone Distrust the truth of her thou lov'st suspect Thy owne heart sooner what I have sayd I have my pardon for thou wert a wife for him Whose thoughts were nere corrupted Tr. T was but a tryall and may plead for pardon Iu. I pray denie me not that liberty I will have proofe too of the man I choose My husband beleeve me if men be At such a losse of goodnesse I will value My selfe and thinke no honour equall to Remaine a Virgine Tr. I have made a trespasse Which if I cannot expiate yet let me Dwell in your Charity Iu. You shall not doubt that Enter Fairefield Mistresse Caroll Lacy Mistresse Bon. Pray my Lord know him for your servant Fa. I am much honour'd Lo. You cannot but deserve more by the title of her brother La. An other couple Bo. Master Fairefield and my Cosen are contracted Ca. T is time I thinke sister I le shortly call you Iu. I ever wisht it Fa. Franke Tryer is melancholy how hast thou sped Tr. No no I am very merry Iu. Our banes sir are forbidden Fa. On what termes La. My Lord you meet but a course entertainement How chance the musicke speakes not shall us dance Enter Venture and Rider Ven. Rivers of hell I come Ri. Charon thy Oare is needelesse save you gallants Ven. I will swimme unto thy shoare art not thou Hero Ca. But you are not Leander if you be not drown'd In the Hellespont Ven. I told thee I would drowne my selfe a hundred times a day Ca. Your letter did Ven. A ha Ca. It was a devillish good one Ven. Then I am come To tickle the confines of Elizium My Lord I invite you to my wedding And all this good companie Lo. I am glad your shoulder is recovered When is the day Ven. Do thou set the time Ca. After to morrow name it this gentleman And I shall be marryed i' th morning and you know We must have a time to dine and dance to bed Ven. Married Fa. Yes you may be a guest sir and be welcome Ven. I am bob'd agen I le bob for no more Eeles let her take her course La. Oh for some Willow garlands Recorders Enter Page and Master Bon. Lo. This is my boy how now sirra Pa. My Lord I am employ'd in a devise Roome for the melancholy wight Some doe call him willow Knight Who this paines hath under taken To finde out lovers are forsaken Whose heads because out little witted Shall with Garlands straight be fitted Speake who are tost on Cupids Billowes And receive the Crowne of willowes This way that way round about Keepe your heads from breaking out La. This is excellent nay nay Gentlemen You must obey the Ceremony Ven. He tooke measure of my head Ri. And mine Tr. It must be my fate too Ven. Now we beth M. Bo. And if you please to try I doe not thinke But this would sit you excellently La. Mine What does he meane Bo. I prethee Master Lacy try for once Nay he he has some conceipt La. For thy sake I le doe any thing what now M. B. Y' are now a Messe of willow gentlemen And now my Lord I le presume to bid you welcome Fa. Is not this the gentleman made you dance La. My new acquantance where 's thy beard M. Bo. I left it at the Barbers it grew rancke And he has reap'd it La. Here take thy toy agen M. B. It shannot neede La. You tell me wonders Lady is this gentleman Your Husband La. Ca How her husband my Lord M. B. Yes indeed Lady if you please you may Call me your kinsman seaven yeare and misfortune I confesse had much disguis'd me but I was And by degrees may proove agen her husband Bo. After a tedious absence suppos'd death Arriv'd to make me happy Ven. This is rate M. B. My Lord and Gentlemen Y' are no lesse welcome than before M. Lacy droope not La. This turne was above all expectation And full of wonder I congratulate Your mutuall happinesse Ven. All of a brotherhood La. M. Bonavent a my Conscience t is he Did fortune owe me this Ca. A thousand welcomes Bo. Equall joyes to thee and Master Fairefield Lo. Nay then you but obey the ceremony La. I was not ripe for such a blessing take her And with an honest heart I wish you joyes Welcome to life agen I see a providence In this and I obey it Ven. In such good company t would never grieve A man to weare the willow M. B. You have but chang'd Your host whose heart proclaimes a generall welcome Bo. He was discovered to me in the Parke Though I conceal'd it M. B. Every circumstance Of my absence after supper wee le discourse of I will not doubt your Lordship meanes to honour us Lo. I le be your guest and drinke a joviall health To your new marriage and the joyes of your Expected Bride here after you may doe As much for me faire Lady will you write Me in your thoughts if I desire to be A servant to your vertue will you not Frowne on me then Iu. Never in Noble waies No virgin shall more honour you Lo. By thy cure I am now my selfe yet dare call nothing mine Till I be perfect blest in being thine Exeunt FINIS