other as I am the mad brayne Count And do the best too for my brothers loue Pe. Thanks good maister brother but what are they that Talke with them so long are they wooers trow I do not like it would they would come neare Irus O those are three seruantes that attend on them Let them alone let them talke a while Eli. Tell vs Menippus Druso and Polydor VVhy all our parentes gaue you three such charge To waite on vs and ouer see vs still VVhat do they feare thinke you that we would do Mem. There feare is least you should accompanie Such as loue wanton talke and dalliance Eli. VVhy what is wanton talke Mem. To tell you that were to offend our selues And those that haue forbidden you should heare it Sa. VVhy what is dalliance sayes my seruant then Dru. You must not know because you must not dally Sa. How say you by that well do you keepe it from vs as much as you can wee le desire it neuerlesse I can tell ye Mar. Lord what straite keepers of poore maides are you You are so chast you are the worse agayne Eli. Pray you good seruantes will you do vs the seruice To leaue vs alone a while Mem. VVe are commaunded not to be from you And therefore to leane you alone Were to wrong the trust your parentes put in vs Ma. I cry you mercy sir yet do not stand all on the Trust our parentes puts in you but put vs in a litell to I pray Sa. Trust vs good seruantes by our selues a while Dru. Le ts my mastrs and you say the woord They le but to Irus for to know theire fortunes And hee s a holy man all Egypt knowes Mem. Stay not to long then mistris and content Eli. That 's my good seruant we will straight returne Po. And you mistris Mar. And I trustie seruant Po. Faith then I le venter my charge among the rest Exeunt Mar. A mightie venture you shall be cronicled in Abrahams asses Catalog of cockscombes for your resolution Eli. Now the great foole take them all who could haue Pickt out three such liuelesse puppies Neuer to venter on their mistrisses Sa. One may see by them it is not meete choise men should haue offices Mar. A prettie morrall work it in the samplar of your hart Eli. But are we by our selues Mar. I thinke so vnlesse you haue alone in your belly Eli. Not I God knowes I neuer came where they grew yet Since we are alone le ts talke a little merrily Mee thinkes I long to know what wanton talke and dalliance is Sa. I le lay my life t is that my mother vses when she and others Do beginne to talke and that she sayes to me mayde Get ye hence fall to your needle what a mayd and Idle Ma. A mayd and Idle why maydes must be Idle but not an other thing Sa. then do not name it for I feare t is naught For yesterday I hard Menippus as he was talking VVith my mothers maide and I stoode harkning at the chamber doore Sayde that with that woord a mayd was got with childe Eli How with the very woord Sa. I meane with that the woord seemes to expresse Mar. Nay if you be so fine you will not name it now VVe are all alone you are much too nice Eli. VVhy let her chuse let vs two name it Mar. Do then Elimine Eli Nay doe you Martia Mar. VVhy woman I dare Eli. Do then I warrant thee Mar. I le warrant my selfe if I list but come let it alone Let vs to Irus for our fortunes Eli. God saue graue Irus Irus VVelcome beautious Nymphes Sa. How know you Irus we are beautifull and cannot see Irus Homer was blinde yet could he best discerne The shapes of euery thing and so may I Eli. Indeede wee heare your skill can beautifie Beautie it selfe and teach dames how to decke Their heades and bodies fittest to their formes To their complexions and their countenances Ir. So can I beauteous Nimphes and make all eyes Sparkle with loue fire from your excellence Eli. How thinke you we are tyred to tempte mens lookes Beeing thus Nimphlike is it not too strange Irus It is the better so it doth become But that I may disclose to you your fortunes Tell me first Pego their true faces formes Pe. Mary sir this that speakes to you has a face thinne like vnto water grewell but yet it would do your hart good if you could see it Irus I know and see it better then thy selfe The blaze whereof doth turne me to a fyre Burning mine Intrailes with a strong desire Eli. VVhy turnst thou from vs Irus tell my fortune Irus I wonder at the glorie it presentes To my soules health that sees vppon your heade A corronet and at your gratious feete Nobles and princes in their highest state VVhich state shal crowne your fortune eare you die And eare the hart of Heauen the glorious sunne Shall quench his rosiat fires within the west You shall a husband haue noble and rich Sa. Happie Elimine oh that I myght too Eli. Thankes for this newes good Irus but disclose The meanes to this if it be possible Irus VVhen you come home ascend your Fathers tower If you see a man come walking by And looking vp to you descend And Issue for you shall haue leaue And if he woe you chuse him from the world Though he seeme humorous and want an eye VVearing a veluet patch vpon the same Chuse him your husband and be blest in him Eli. I le doe as thou aduisest gentle Irus And prouing this I le loue thee whilst I liue Sa. My fortune now sweete Irus Irus VVhat face hath this Nimph Pego Pego Mary sir a face made in forme like the ace of hartes Irus And well compard for she commaundes all hartes Equall in beautie with that other Nimph And equally she burnes my hart with loue Sa. Say say sweete Irus what my fortune is Thou turnst from me as when thou didest admire The happie fortune of Elimine Irus So might I well admiring yours no lesse Then when the light cround monarch of the heauens Shal quench his fire within the Oceans brest Rise you and to your fathers garden hie There in an arbour doe a banquet set And if there come a man that of him selfe Sits downe and bids you welcome to your feast Accept him for he is the richest man That Alexandria or Aegypt hath And soone possessing him with all his wealth In little tyme you shall be rid of him Making your seconde choyse mongst mightie kinges Sa. Blest be thy lippes sweete Irus and that light That guides thy bosome with such deepe fore sight Sleepe shall not make a closet for these eyes All this succeeding night for hast to rise Ma. My fortune now sweete Irus but I fayth I haue some wrong to be the last of all For I am olde as they and big enough To beare as great a fortune as the best of them
so thou list we will performe And all my power shall march at thy commaund Rhe. Rhesus doth yeeld his crowne and dignitie To great Cleanthes Aegyptes onely strength For if Cleanthes liues who euer liued More likelier to be monarke of the world Then here accept my vowd allegiance VVhich as the rest I render vnto thee Bebri. So sayth Bebritius of Bebritia And layes his crowne and homage at thy feete Clean. Hold take your crownes agayne and kepe your othes and fealties to mee So shal you liue as free as here to fore And neare hereafter stoupe to conquest more Enter Elimine and Samathis with childe Pego. Here comes the two widowes of the begger and the king little know they that both their husbandes are turnd into one king there would be olde striuing who should bee Queene I fayth Eli. Pittie dread soueraigne Sa. Pittie gratious Lord Clean. VVhat are your sutes Eli. I the poore countesse and the widdow left Of late Count Hermes hauing all my goodes seazd to our late kings vse for murder done Of young prince Dorules humbly pray your grace I may haue somewhat to mainetayne my state And this poore burthen then which I goe withall The haplesse Infant of a haplesse father Sa. And I my Lord humbly intreate your grace That where my husband Leon is deceast And left me much in debt his creditors Hauing seased all I haue into their handes And turnd me with this haplesse burthen heere Into the streetes your highnesse will descend To my reliefe by some conuenient order Clean. Poore soules I most extreamely pittie them But say is Leon deade Clear Men say my Lord he cast his desperate body From Th alexandrian tower into the sea Cean. VVho saw the sight or gaue out this reporte You maister Burgomaister Pe. I did my gratious Lord Clean. So I deuisd indeede that he should say That none should neuer looke for Leon more But these my widowes here must not be left vnto the mercie of the needy world Nor mine owne Issue that they goe withall Haue such base fortunes and there fire so great VVidowes in pittie of your widowhood And vntymely endes of both your husbandes The slaughter of the Count your husband madam Shal be remitted and your selfe enioy The vtmost of the liuing he possest So will I pay your husband Leons debt And both shall liue fitting there wonted states Kinges in there mercie come most neare the Goddes And can no better shew it then in ruth Of widowes and of children fatherlesse My selfe will therefore be to both your birthes A carefull father in there bringing vp Ambo The Gods for euer blesse your maiestie Cle. But tell me were your husbandes such bad men That euery way they did deserue such endes Eli. Myne was a husband to my hartes content But that he vsd the priuiledge of men Clean VVhat priuiledge of men Eli. To take some other loue besides his wife VVhich men think by their custome they may do Although their wiues be strictly bound to them Clean VVith whom suspect you he was great with all Eli. VVith this poore widow here the worlde supposeth Sa. So thinkes the world my husband was with you Pe, Fayre dames what will you say to me If I can tell you where your husbandes bee Clean. VVhat can you sir Pe. Nay nothing sir I did but ieast with you I feard him I fayth but I le be secret that 's flat Clean. VVell maister Burgomaister see that you restore The goodes and landes you ceasd Both of the countesse and rich Leons wife Not pittie of their widowhoodes alone But their rare beauties moue me to this good Oh Maister Burgomaster see here 's your wife come to welcome you home from warre Enter Martia with a child Oh husband husband will you goe to warre and leaue me in this taking Pe. This taking why this is a very good taking how say you is it not and like your Maiestie Clean. T is very wel Maister Burgomaister Pe. But Shall I intreat one boone of your Maiestie Cle. VVhat 's that Maister Burgomaister Pe. Mary euen to be god father to my young Burgomaister here Cle. VVithall my hart sir Mar. Come on sweete husband for my time drawes neare Pe. Feare not thou shalt be a ioyfull mother I warrant thee Cle. How say you my Lordes is not our Burgomaister a tall man euery way did you not marke how manfully he be haued himselfe in our late Battayle Po. We did my Lord and wonder at his courage Rhe. His merit doth deserue a better place Then to be Burgomaister of Alexandria Cle. Then say my Lordes how shall we deale with him Bi. Had he beene widower he might haue wedded with this countesse heere Pe. Oh I haue one of mine owne I thanke you sir here 's one has the sweete of them I fayth Po. My Lord the offer had beene to hye a grace for him For neare did eye behold a fayrer face Be. So sayth mine eye that hath my hart incenst Bi. And Rhesus me thinkes this exceedes her farre Rhe. No question of it as the sonne a starre Po. As sodaynely as lightning beautie woundes Be. None euer loud but at first sight they loud Po. Loues dartes are swift as is the lightning fier Rhe. See he shootes arrowes burning from her eyes Po. VVhy which loues Rhesus Rhe. This coelestiall dame Po And which loues Bion Bi. Euen the very same Po. Then may I freely Ioy the countesse heere Be. No Porus for Bebritius loues her too Cle. Are they in loue oh Gods would that were true My louing ioy the fresh desire of kinges How now my Lords doth beauty startle you Po. More then dead stockes would startle at such beauty Be. In vayne do I resist my passions Mightie Cleanthes to annex my hart In loue to thee aswell as victorie Grant this fayre countesse here may be my queene Po. No great Cleanthes giue her to my hand VVhose hart was first the subiect of her graces Rhe. Then let the Arabian king make this his queene Bi. Nay this Cleanthes let my loue inioy Cle. How fatall are these loues now I perceaue Their fortunes that I told as I was Irus VVill now in force I see be come to passe Sa. Oh holy Irus blessed be thy tongue That like an orator hath told our fortunes Eli. He told vs we should soone lose our first loues Making our second choise mongst greatest kinges Cle I did indeede but God knowes knew not how Pe. How say you maister brother am not I secret now Cle. Thou art and be so still for not the worlde Shall euer know the mad prankes I haue played Now stand fayre my Lordes and let these Ladies view you Eli. In my eye now the blackest is the fayrest For euery woman chooseth white and red Come martiall Perus thou shalt haue my loue Be. Out on thee foolish woman thou hast chose a deuill Pe. Not yet sir til he haue hornes Sa. T is not the face and colour I regard But fresh and louely youth allures my choyse And thee most beautious Bion I affecte Rhe. Haplesse is Rhesus Bebri. Accurst Bebritius Cle. Haue patience gentle Lordes I will prouide Other Aegyptian Ladies for your turne So will we linke in perfit league of loue So shall the victorie you lost to me Set double glorie on your conquered heades So let vs goe to frolicke in our Court Carousing free whole boules of greekish wine In honor of the conquest we haue made That at our banquet all the Gods may tend Plauding our victorie and this happie end Exeunt FINIS