yours sir Come prethee let 's dispatch the Moone shines finely Prethee be kill'd by me thou wilt be hang'd else But it may be thou long'st to be hang'd Roc. Out with him Sir You shall have my sword too when he 's dispatch'd once We have the world before us Gom. Wilt thou walke fellow I never knew a Rogue hang arse-ward so And such a desperate knave too Ab. Pray goe with him Something I 'le promise too Mount You would be kill'd then No remedy I see Gom. If thou dar'st doe it Mount Yes now I dare lead out I 'le follow presently Vnder the Mount I 'le meet ye Gom. Goe before me He have ye in a string too Mount As I am a Gentleman And by this holy place I will not faile thee Feare not thou shalt be kill'd take my word for it I will not faile Gom. If thou seap'st thou hast Cats luck The Mount Mount The same make haste I am there before else Gom. Goe get ye home now if he scape I am Cowar'd Mount Well now I am resolv'd and he shall finde it Scaena Tertia Enter Miranda Lucinda Gollonna Mir. How is it with the Lady Luc. Sir as well As it can be with one who feeling knowes now What is the curse the divine justice lay'd On the first sinfull woman Mir. Is she in travell Luc. Yes sir and yet the troubles of her mind Afflict her more then what her body suffers For in the extremity of her paine she cries out Why am I here Where is my Lord Gomera Then sometimes names Miranda and then sighes As if to speake what questionlesse she loves well If heard might doe her injury Col. Heavens sweet mercy Looke gently on her Mir. Prethee tell her my Prayers Are present with her and good wench provide That she want nothing what 's thy name Luc. Lucinda Mir. Lucinda there 's a prosperous omen in it Bea Lucina to her and bring word That she is safe delivered of her burthen And thy rewards thy liberty come Collonna We will goe see how th' Engineer has mounted The Canon the great Master sent be carefull To view the workes and learn the discipline That is us'd here I am to leave the world And for your service which I have found faithfull The charge that 's mine if I have any power Hereafter may concerne you Col. I still finde A noble Master in you Mir. 'T is but justice Thou do'st deserve it in thy care and duty Exeunt Scaena quarta Enter Gomera Mountferrat Rocca Abdella with a Pistoll Gom. Here 's even ground I 'le stir no foot beyond it Before I have thy head Maunt. Draw Rocca Gom. Coward Hath inward guilt rob'd thee as well of courage As honesty that without oddes thou dar'st not Answer a single Enemy Mount All advantage That I can take expect Roc. We know you are valiant Nor doe we purpose to make further triall Of what you can doe now but to dispatch you Mount And therefore fight and pray together Gom. Villaines Whose basenesse all disgracefull words made one Cannot expresse so strong is the good cause That seconds me that you shall feele with horrour To your proud hopes what strength is in that arme Though old that holds a sword made sharp by justice Ab. You come then here to prate fight Mount Helpe Rocca now Or I am lost forever how comes this Are villany and weaknesse twynes Roc. I am gone too Gom. You shall not scape me wretches Ab. I must doe it All will goe wrong else shoots him Gom. Treacherous bloody woman What hast thou done Ab. Done a poor womans part And in an instant what these men so long Stood fooling for Mount This aide was unexpected I kisse thee for 't Roc. His right armes onely shot And that compell'd him to forsake his sword He 's else unwounded Mount Cut his throat Ab. Forbeare Yet doe not hope 't is with intent to save thee But that thou maist live to thy farther torment To see who triumphes over thee come Mountferrat Here joyne thy foot to mine and let our hearts Meet with our hands the contract that is made And cemented with blood as this of ours is Is a more holy sanction and much surer Then all the superstitious ceremonies Enter Norandine You Christians use Roc. Who 's this Mount Betray'd againe Nor. By the report it made and by the wind The Pistoll was discharged here Gom. Norandine As ever thou lov'st valour or wear'st Armes To punish basenesse shew it Nor. O the devill Gomera wounded and my Brache black beauty An actor in it Ab. If thou strik'st I 'le shoot thee Nor. How fright me with your Pot-gun what art thou Good heaven the Rogue the traytor rogue Mountferrat To swinge the neast of you is a sport unlook'd for Hels consume you Mount As thou art a man I am wounded give me time to answer thee Go. Durst thou urge this this hand can hold a sword yet Nor. Well done to see this villaine makes my hurts Bleed fresh againe but had I not a bone whole In such a cause I should doe thus thus Rascals Enter Corporall and watch Cor. Disarme them and shoot any that resists Gom. Hold Corporall I am Gomera Nor. T is well yet that once in an age you can Remember what you watch for I had thought You had again been making out your parties For sucking piggs 'T is well Nor. As you will answer The contrary with your lives see these forth coming Cor. That we shall doe Nor. You bleed a pace good Souldiers Goe helpe him to a Surgeon Roc. Dare the worst And susser like your selfe Ab. From me learne courage Nor. Now for Miranda this newes will be to him As welcome as 't is unexpected Corporall There 's something for thy care to night my horse there Actus quintus Scaena prima Enter Oriana and Lucinda Ori. How do's my Boy Luc. Oh wondrous lusty Madam A little Knight already you shall live To see him tosse a Turke Ori. Gentle Lucinda Much must I thank thee for thy care and service And may I grow but strong to see Valetta Enter Miranda Norandine Collonna My husband and my brother thou shalt finde I will not barely thank thee Mir. Looke Captaine we must ride away this morning The Auberge sits to day and the great Master Writes plainly I must or deliver in The yeere expir'd my probation weed Or take the Cloake you likewise Norandine For your full service and your last assistance In false Mountferrats apprehension Are here commanded to associate me my twin in this high honour Nor. I le none on 't doe they think to bind me to live chaste sober and temperately all dayes of my life they may as soone tye an Englishman to live so I shall be a sweet Dane a sweet Captaine goe up and downe drinking small beere and swearing odds neagues no I le live a Squire at Armes still and doe thou so too and thou beest wise I have found the
delivered of em here are no Brokers No Alchymists to turn 'em into Mettle Nor Leather'd Captaine's with Ladies to adore 'em Wilt thou see a dogfish rise in one of thy brave doublets And tumble like a Tub to make thee merry Or an old Haddock rise with thy hatcht sword Thou payd'st a hundred Crowns for A Mermayd in a mantle of your worships Or a Dolphin in your double ruffe Fran. Ye are merry but if I take it thus If I be foysted and jeer'd out of my goods La-mure Nor I I vow thee Nor Master nor mate I see your cunning Alb. O be not angry Gentlemen Moril. Yes Sir we have reason And some friends I can make Mast. What I did Gentlemen was for the generall safety If ye ayme at me I am not so tame Tib. Pray take my councell Gallants Fight not till the Surgeon be well Hee 's damnable Sea-sick and may spoyle all Besides he has lost his Fidlestick and the best Box of Bores grease why doe you make such faces And hand your swords Alb. Who would ye fight with Gentlemen Who has done ye wrong for shame be better temper'd No sooner come to give thankes for our safeties But we must raise new civill Broyles amongst us Inflame those angry powers to shower new vengeance on us What can we expect for these unmanly murmers These strong temptations of their holy pitties But plagues in another kind a fuller so dreadfull That the singing stormes are slumbers to it Tib. Be men and rule your minds If you will needs fight Gentlemen And thinke to raise new riches by your valours Have at ye I have little else to doe now I have said my Prayers you say you have lost And make your losse your quarrell And grumble at my Captaine here and the Master Two worthy persons indeed too worthy for such rascals Thou Galloone gallant and Mamon you That build on golden mountaines thou money Maggot Come all draw your swords ye say ye are miserable Alb. Nay hold good Tibalt Tib. Captaine let me correct em I 'le make ye ten times worse I will not leave em For look ye fighting is as nourishing to me as eating I was born quarrelling Mast. Pray Sir Tib. I will not leave em skins to cover em Doe ye grumble when ye are well ye rogues Mast. Noble Du-pont Tib. Ye have Clothes now and ye prate Amin. Pray Gentlemen for my sake be at peace La-m. Let it become me to make all friends Fran. You have stopt our angers Lady Alb. This shewes noble Tib. 'T is well 't is very well there 's halfe a Bisket Break 't amongst ye all and thank my bounty This is clothes Plate too come no more quarrelling Amin. But ha what things are these Enter Sebastian and Nicusa Are they humane creatures Tib. I have heard of Sea-Calves Alb. They are no shaddows sure they have Leggs and Armes Tilb. They hang but lightly on though Amint. How they looke are they mens faces Tib. They have Horse-Tayles growing to em Goodly long maines Amint. Alas what sunk eyes they have How they are crept in as if they had been frighted Sure they are wretched men Tib. Where are their Wardrobs Looke ye Franvile here are a cople of Courtiers Amint. They kneele alas poore soules Alb. What are ye speake are ye alive Or wandring shaddows that finde no peace on earth Till ye reveale some hidden secret Sebast. We are men as you are Onely our miseries make us seem Monsters If ever pitty dwelt in noble hearts Alb. We understand 'em too pray marke em Gentlemen Sebast, Or that heaven is plea'sd with human charity If ever ye have heard the name of friendship Or suffered in your selves the least afflictions Have gentle Fathers that have bred ye tenderly And Mothers that have wept for your misfortunes Have mercy on our miseries Alb. Stand up wretches Speak boldly and have release Nicus. If ye be Christians And by that blesse'd name bound to releeve us Convey us from this Island Alb. Speake what are ye Seb. As you are Gentle born to tell ye more Were but to number up our own calamities And turn your eyes wild with perpetuall weepings These many yeers in this most wretched Island We two have liv'd the scorne and game of fortune Blesse your selves from it Noble Gentlemen The greatest plagues that humane nature suffers Are seated here wildnesse and wants innumerable Alb. How came ye hither Nicus. In a ship as you do and as you might have been Had not heaven preserv'd ye for some more noble use Wrack't desperately our men and all consum'd But we two that still live and spin out The thin and ragged threds of our misfortunes Alb. Is there no meat above Sebast. Nor meat nor quiet No summer here to promise any thing Nor Autume to make full the reapers hands The earth obdurate to the teares of heaven Let 's nothing shoot but poysoned weeds No Rivers nor no pleasant Groves no beasts All that were made for mans use flye this desart No aëry fowle dares makes his flight over it It is so ominous Serpents and ugly things the shames of nature Roots of malignant tastes foule standing waters Sometimes we finde a fulsome Sea-root And that 's a delicate a Rat sometimes And that we hunt like Princes in their pleasure And when we take a Toad we make a Banquet Amint. For heavens sake let 's aboord Alb. D' ee know no farther Nicusa Yes we have sometimes seen the shaddow of a place inhabited And heard the noyse of hunters And have attempted to finde it so far as a River Deep slow and dangerous fenced with high Rocks We have gone but not able to atchieve that hazard Returne to our old miseries If this sad story may diserve your pitties Alb. Ye shall aboord with us we will relieve your miseries Sebast. Nor will we be unthankfull for this benefit No Gentlemen wee 'le pay for our deliverance Look ye that plough the Seas for wealth and pleasures That out-runne day and night with your ambitions Looke on those heaps they seeme hard ragged quarries Remove 'em and view 'em fully Mast. O heaven they are Gold and Jewels Sebast. Be not too hasty here lies another heape Morill. And here another All perfect gold Alb. Stand farther off you must not be your own carvers La-m. We have shares and deep ones Fran. Yes Sir wee 'le maintain 't ho fellow Saylors La-m. Stand all to your freedomes I 'le have all this Fran. And I this Tib. You shall be hang'd first La-m. My losses shall be made good Fran. So shall mine or with my sword I 'le do 't All that will share with us assist us Tib. Captain let 's set in Alb. This money will undoe us undoe us all Sebast. This Gold was the overthrow of my happines I had command too when I landed here And lead young high and noble spirits under me This cursed Gold entising 'em they set upon their Captain On me that
suit Nor are you in your warehouse master Merchant Stand back and give your betters leave your betters And grumble not if ye do as I love meat I will so swinge the salt itch out on you Captaine Master and the rest of us That are brothers and good fellows we have bin Too late by the ears and yet smart for our follies To end therefore all future emulation if you please To trust to my election you shall say I am not partiall to my selfe I doubt not Give content to all All Agreed agreed Tib. Then but observe how learned and discreetly I wil proceed and as a skilfull Doctor In all the quirks belonging to the game Read over your complexions for you Captaine Beinst first in place and therefore first to be serv'd I give my judgement thus for your aspect Y' are much inclind to melancholy and that tels me The sullen Saturne had predominance At your nativity a malignant planet And if not qualified by a sweet conjunction Of a soft and ruddy wench born under Venus It may prove fatall therefore to your armes I give this rose-cheekt Virgin Cla. To my wish Till now I never was happy Amin. Nor I accurs'd Tib. Master you are old Yet love the game that I perceive too And if not well spurd up you may prove rusty Therefore to help ye here 's a Bradamanta Or I am cosend in my calculation Cro. A poore old man alloted to my share Ti. Thou wouldst have two Nay I think twenty but fear not wench Though he be old he 's tough look on 's making Hee 'l not fayle I warant thee Ros. A merry fellow And were not man a creature I detest I could indure his company Ti. Here 's a fayre heard of Does before me And now for a barren one For though I like the sport I do not love To Father children like the grand signior Thus I walk in my Seraglio And vew 'em as I passe then draw I forth My handkercher and having made my choyce I thus bestow it Ros. On me Ti. On you now my choyce is made To it you hungry rascals Alb. Excellent Amin. As I love goodnesse It makes me smile i th height of all my feares Cla. What a strong contention you may behold Between my Mothers mirth and anger Ti. Nay no coynesse be mistrisse of your word I must and will enjoy you Ros. Be adviz'd foole alas I am old How canst thou hope content from one that 's fifty Ti. Never talke on 't I have known good ones at threescore and upwards Besides the weathers hot and men That have experience fear feavers A temperate diet is the only physick Your Julips nor Gujacum prunello's Champhire pils nor Goord-water Come not neer your old woman Youthfull stomackes are still craving Though their be nothing left to stop their mouths with And believe me I am no frequent giver of those bounties Laugh on laugh on good Gentlemen do I shall make holiday and sleep when you Dig in the mines till your hearts ake Ros. A mad fellow Well Sir I 'le give you hearing and as I like Your wooing and discourse but I must tell ye sir That rich widdowes look for great sums in present Or assurances of ample joynters Ti. That to me is easie For instantly I 'le do it hear me comrades Alb. What sayst thou Tibalt Tib. Why that to woe a wench with empty hands Is no good heraldy therefore le ts to the gold And share it equally 't will speak for us More then a thousand complements or cringes Ditties stolne from Patrick or discourse from Ovid Besides 't will beget us respect And if ever fortune friend us with a Barque Largly supply us with all provision Alb. Well advis'd defer it not Ti. Are ye all contented All We are Ti. Le ts away then Straight wee 'l returne And you shall see our riches Exit Ros. Since I know what wonder and amazement was I neer was so transported Cla. Why weep ye gentle mayd There is no danger here to such as you Banish fear for with us I dare promise You shall meet all courteous entertainment Cro. We esteem our selves most happy in you Hip. And blesse fortune that brought you hither Cla. Hark in your eare I love you as a friend already Ere long you shall call me by a neerer name I wish your brother well I know you apprehend me Amin. I to my griefe I do Alas good Ladies there is nothing left me But thanks to pay ye with Enter Albert Tibalt and the rest with treasure Clar. That 's more Then yet you stand ingaged for Ros. So soon returnd Alb. Hear see the idoll of the Lapidary Ti. These Pearls for which the slavish Negro Dives to the bottome of the Sea Lam. To get which the industrious Merchant Touches at either pole Fran. The never-fayling purchase Of Lordships and of honors Mor. The worlds Mistris That can give every thing to the possessors Ma. For which the Saylors scorn tempestuous winds And spit defiance in the Sea Ti. Speak Lady look we not lovely now Ros. Yes yes O my Starrs Be now for ever blest that have brought To my revenge these robbers take your arrowes And nayle these monsters to the earth Alb. What mean ye Lady In what have we offended Ros. O my daughter And you companions with me in all fortunes Look on these Caskets and these Jewels These were our own when first we put to Sea With good Sebastian and these the Pyrats That not alone depriv'd him of this treasure But also took his life Cro. Part of my present I well remember was mine own Hip. And these were mine Ju. Sure I have worne this Jewel Ros. Wherefore do ye stay then And not performe my command Al. O Heaven What cruell fate pursues us Ti. I am well enough serv'd That must be offring jointures Jewels And precious stones more then I brought with me Ros. Why shoote ye not Cla. Heare me deere Mother And when the greatest cruelty is Justice Do not shew mercy death to these starv'd wretches Is a reward not punishment let 'em live To undergoe the full weight of your displeasure And that they may have sence to feel the torments They have deserv'd allow 'm some small pittance To linger out their tortures Ros. T is well counsell'd All And wee 'l follow it Heare us speake Ros. Peace dogs Bind 'em fast when fury hath given way to reason I will determine of their sufferings Which shall be horrid Vengeance though slow pac'd At length oretakes the guilty and the wrath Of the incensed powers will fall most sure On wicked men when they are most secure Exeunt Actus quartus Scaena prima Enter Raymond Sebastian Nicusa Saylors 1. Sayl. Here 's nothing sir but poverty and hunger No promise of inhabitance neither tract of Beast Nor foot of man we have searcht All this Rocky desart yet cannot discover any assurance Here is or hath been such men 2. Sayl.
you vanish Enter Ferand Ronvere Florish Cornets Fer. Double the Guards and take in men that dare These slaves are frighted where are the proud Rebels To what protection fled what villain leads 'em Under our nose disturb our rest Ronver. We shall heare For such a search I have sent to hunt the Traytors Fer. Yet better men I say we stand too open How now Castruchio how do you like our glory Cast. I must confesse 't was somewhat more then my match Sir This open glory agrees not with my body But if it were i th' Castle or some strength Where I might have my swing Vil. You have been swing'd brother How these delights have tickled you you itch yet Will you walke out again in pomp Cast. Good Foole Vil. These rogues must be rebuked they are too sawcy These peremptory Knaves Will you walk out Sir And take the remnant of your Coronation The people stay to see it Fer. Do not vex him Ha's griefe enough in 's bones you shall to th' Citadell And like my selfe command there use your pleasure But take heed to your person Vil. The more danger Still the more honour Brother Cast. If I reign not then And like a King and thou shalt know it fool And thou shalt feel it foole Vil. Fooles still are freemen I 'le sue for a protection till thy reigne 's out Fer. The people have abus'd the liberty I late allowed I now proclaime it straighter No men shall walk together nor salute For they that doe shall dye Ronver. You hit the right Sir That liberty cut off you are free from practise Fer. Renew my guards Ronver. I shall Fer. And keep strict watches One houre of joy I aske Ronver. You shall have many Exeunt Flor. Cor. Pandulfo and Iuliana led by two of the guard as not yet fully recover'd 1. Guard You are now at liberty in your own house Lady And here our charge takes end Pandul. 'T is now a Custome We must even wooe those men deserve worst of us And so we thanke your labours there 's to drinke For that and mischiefe are your occupations And to meane well to no man you Chief'st harvests 2. Gard. You give liberally we hope Sir er 't be long To be oftner acquainted with your bounty And so we leave you Pand. Doe for I dote not on ye Iul. But where 's my Husband what should I do here Or what share have I in this joy cal'd liberty Without his company Why did you flatter me And tell me he was return'd his service honour'd 1. Gard. He is so and stands high in the Kings favour His friends redeemd and his own liberty From which yours is deriv'd confirm'd his service To his own wish rewarded so fare-well Lady Ex. Guard Pand. Go persecute the good and hunt ye hell-hounds Ye Leeches of the time suck till ye burst slaves How does my girle Iul. Weake yet but full of comfort Pand. Sit down and take some rest Jul. My heart 's whole Father That joyes and leaps to heare my Virolet My Deer my life has conquer'd his afflictions Pand. Those rude hands and that bloody will that did this That durst upon thy tender body Print These Characters of cruelty heare me heaven Iul. O Sir be sparing Pand. I 'le speake it tho I burst And tho the ayre had eares and serv'd the Tyrant Out it should goe O heare me thou great Justice The miseries that waite upon their mischiefs Let them be numberlesse and no eye pitty Them when their soules are loaden and in labour And wounded through and through with guilt horror As mine is now with griefe let men laugh at 'em Then when their monstrous sins like earth-quaks shake 'em And those eyes that forgot heaven would look upward The bloody 'larms of the conscience beating Let mercy flye and day strook into darknesse Leave their blind soules to hunt out their own horrors Iul. Enough enough we must forget deare Father For then we are glorious formes of heaven and live When we can suffer and as soon forgive But where 's my Lord me thinkes I have seen this house And have been in 't before Pand. Thine own house jewell Iul. Mine without him or his without my company I thinke it cannot be it was not wont Father Pand. Some businesse with the King let it be good heaven Reteines him sure Enter Boy Iul. It must be good and noble For all men that he treats with taste of vertue His words and actions are his own and Honour 's Not bought nor compel'd from him Pand. Here 's the Boy He can confirme us more how sad the child looks Come hither Lucio how and where 's thy Master Iul. Speak gentle Boy Pand. Is he return'd in safety Iul. If not and that thou knowest is miserable Our hopes and happinesse declin'd for ever Study a sorrow excellent as thy Master Then if thou canst live leave us Lucio Noble Madam My Lord is safe return'd safe to his friends and fortune Safe to his Country entertain'd with honour Is here within the house Iul. Doe not mock me Lucio But such a melancholy hangs on his mind And in his eyes inhabit such sad shadowes But what the cause is Pand. Goe tell him we are here Boy There must be no cause now Iul. Hast thou forgot me Lucio No noblest Lady Jul. Tell him I am here Tell him his wife is here sound my name to him And thou shalt see him start speake Iuliana And like the Sunne that labors through a tempest How suddainly he will disperse his sadnesse Pand. Goe I command thee instantly And charge him on his duty Iul. On his Love Boy I would faine goe to him Pand. Away away you are foolish Iul. Beare all my service sweet Boy Pand. Art thou here still Jul. And tell him what thou wilt that shall become thee Pand. i th' house and know we are here Ex. Boy Iul. No no he did not I warrant you he did not could you think His Love had lesse then wings had he but seen me His strong affection any thing but fire Consuming all weak lets and rubs before it Till he had met my flame and made one body If ever heavens high blessings met in one man And there erected to their holy uses A sacred mind fit for their services Built all of polisht honour 't was in this man Misdoubt him not Pand. I know he 's truly noble But why this sadnesse when the generall cause Requires a Jubile of joy Jul. I know not Enter Virolet and Boy Pand. Pray heaven you find it not Jul I hope I shall not O here he comes and with him all my happinesse He staies and thinks we may be too unmannerly Pray give him leave they stand off Pand. I doe not like this sadnesse Vir. O hard condition of my misery Unheard of plagues when to behold that woman That chaste and vertuous woman that preserv'd me That pious wife wedded to my afflictions Must be more
then upon our watches Lop. This Pilgrim scap'd a joyfull one Iaq. Let 's Drink round To the Boyes health and then about our businesse Exeunt Actus Tertius Scaena prima Enter Roderigo Iaques Loper and three Out-Lawes Rod. None of you know her Iaq. Alas Sir we never saw her Nor ever heard of her but from your report Rod. No happy eye Lop. I doe not think 't is she Sir Me thinks a woman dares not Rod. Thou speak'st poorely What dares not woman when she is provok'd Or what seemes dangerous to Love or fury That it is she this has confirm'd me certain These Jewels here a part of which I sent her And though unwilling yet her Father wrought her To take and weare Lop. A wench and we not know it And among us where were our understandings I could have ghess'd unhappily have had some feeling In such a matter Here are as pretty fellowes At the discovery of such a Jigambob A handsome wench too sure we have lost our faculties We have no motions what should she doe here Sir Rod. That 's it that troubles me O that base Rascall There lies the misery how cunningly she quit him And how she urg'd had ye been constant to me I ne're had suffer'd this 1. Outl. Ye might have hang'd him And would he had been hang'd that 's all we care for 't So our hands had not don 't Rod She is gone again too And what care have ye for that gone and contemn'd me Master'd my will and power and now laughs at me Lop. The devill that brought her hither Sir I thinke Has carryed her back again invisible For we ne're knew nor heard of her departure Iaq. No living thing came this night through our watches She went with you Rod. Was by me till I slept But when I wak'd and call'd O my dull pate here If I had open'd this when it was given me This Roguy Box Enter Alphonso and 2 Outlaw Lop. We could but give it ye Rod Pilgrime a Pox O Pilgrimes there the game goes There 's all my fortune fled I know it I feele it Al. Bring me unto thy Captain where 's thy Captain I am founder'd melted some fairy thing or other Has led me dauncing the devill has haunted me i th' likenesse of a voyce give me thy Captaine 2. Outl. He 's here Sir there he stands Al. How do'st thou Captain I have been fool'd and jaded made a dogge bolt My daughters runne away I have been haunted too I have lost my horse I am hungry out of my wits also Rod. Come in I 'le tell you what I know strange things And take your ease I 'le follow her recovery These shall be yours the whil'st and do ye service Al. Let me have drinke enough I am almost choak'd too Rod. You shall have any thing what think you now Souldiers Jaq. I think a woman is a woman that 's any thing The next we take we 'l search a little neerer We 'l not be boyed again with a paire of breeches Exeunt Scaena secunda Enter Iuletta Iul. He 's gone in here This is Roderigo's quarter And I 'le be with him soone I 'le startle him A little better then I have done All this long night againe I have led him out o' th way to try his patience And made him sweare and curse and pray and sweare And cry for anger I made him leave his horse too Where he can never find him more whistled to him And then he would run through thick thin to reach me And down in this ditch up again and shake him And swear some certaine blessings then into that bush Pop goes his pate and all his face is comb'd over And I sit laughing a hundred tricks I have serv'd him And I will double em before I leave him I 'le teach his anger to dispute with women But all this time I cannot meet my Mistresse I cannot come to comfort her that grieves me For sure she is much afflicted till I doe I 'le haunt thy Ghost Alphonso I 'le keep thee waking Yes I must get a Drum I am villanous weary And yet I 'le trot about these villages Till I have got my will and then have at ye I 'le make your anger drop out at your elbowes ere I leave ye Exit Scaena Tertia Enter Seberto and Curio Seb. 'T is strange in all the circuit we have ridden We cannot crosse her no way light upon her Cur. I doe not think she is gone thus far or this way For certain if she had we should have reach'd her Made some discovery heard some news we have seen nothing Seb. Nor passe by any body that could promise any thing She is certainly disguis'd her modesty Durst never venture else Cur. Let her take any shape And let me see it once I can distinguish it Seb. So should I think too has not her father found her Cur. No I 'le be hang'd then he has no patience Unlesse she light in 's teeth to looke about him He guesses now and chafes and frets like Tinsell Seb. Let him goe on he cannot live without it But keep her from him heaven where are we Curio Cur. In a wood I think hang me if I know else And yet I have ridden all these Coasts at all houres And had and aime Seb. I would we had a guid Cur. And if I be not much awry Seberto Not far off should be Rodorigo's quarter For in this Fastwes if I be not cozen'd He and his Out-laws live Seb. This is the place then Enter Aliuda We appointed him to meet in Cur. Yes I thinke so Seb. Would we could meet some living thing what 's that there Cur. A Boy I think stay why may not he direct us Alin. I am hungry and I am weary and I cannot find him Keep my wits heaven I feele 'em wavering O God my head Seb. Boy dost thou heare thou stripling Alin. Now they will teare me torture me now Roderigo Will hang him without mercy ha Cur. Come hither A very pretty Boy what place is this child And whether dost thou travell how he stares Some stubborn Master has abu'd the Boy And beaten him how he complaines whether goest thou Alin. I goe to Segonia Sir to my sick Mother I have been taken here by drunken theeves And O my bones I have been beaten Sir Mis-us'd rob'd extreamly beaten Gentlemen O God my side Seb. What beasts would use a Boy thus Look up and be of good cheer Alin. O I cannot My back my back my back Cur. What theeves Alin. I know not But they call the Captaine Roderigo Cur. Look ye I know we were there abouts Seb. Do'st thou want any thing Alin. Nothing but ease but ease Sir Cur. There 's some mony And get thee to thy Mother Alin. I thank ye Gentlemen Seb. This was extreamely foule to vex a Child thus Come let 's along we cannot loose our way now Ex. Alin. Though ye are honest men I
winds That cut the stubborne rocks and make them shiver Set me there friends Rug. Hold fast he must to bed Fryer what scalding sweats he has Mar. He 'le scalld in hell for 't that was the cause Alph. Drinke drinke a world of drinke Fill all the cups and all the antick vessels And borrow pots let me have drinke enough Bring all the worthy drunkards of the time The experienc'd drunkards let me have them all And let them drinke their worst I le make them Ideots I le lye upon my Back and swallow Vessels Have Rivers made of cooling wine run through me Not stay for this mans health or this great Princes But take an Ocean and begin to all oh oh Mar. He cooles a little now away with him And to his warme bed presently Alph. No drinke no winde no cooling aire Rug. You shall have any thing His hot fit lessens Heaven put in a hand now And save his life there 's drink Sir in your chamber And all coole things Alph. Away away le ts fly to 'em Exeunt Enter Valerio and Evanthe Evan. To say you were impotent I am asham'd on 't To make your self no man to a fresh maid too A longing maid upon her wedding night also To give her such a dor Val. I prethee pardon me Evan. Had you been drunke ' thad been excusable Or like a Gentleman under the Surgeons hands And so not able there had been some colour But wretchedly to take a weaknesse to ye A fearefull weaknesse to abuse your body And let a lye worke like a spell upon ye A lye to save your life Val. Will you give me leave sweet Evan. You have taken too much leave and too base leave too To wrong your Love hast thou a noble spirit And canst thou looke up to the peoples loves That call thee worthy and not blush Valerio Canst thou behold me that thou hast betraid thus And no shame touch thee Val. Shame attend the sinfull I know my innocence Evan. Ne're think to face it that 's a double weaknesse And shewes thee falser still the King himselfe Though he be wicked and our Enemy But juster then thine in pitty of my injuries Told me the truth Val. What did he tell Evanthe Evan. That but to gaine thy life a fortnight longer Thy lov'd poore life thou gav'st up all my duties Val. I sweare 't is false my life and death a recitall I have weir'd 'em both and finde 'em but one fortune But Kings are men and live as men and dye too Have the affections men have and their falsehoods Indeed they have more power to make 'em good The King 's to blame it was to save thy life wench Thy innocent life that I forbore thy bed For if I had toucht thee thou hadst dyed he swore it Evan. And was not I as worthy to dye nobly To make a story for the times that follows As he that married me what weaknesse Sir Or dissability do you see in me Either in minde or body to defraud me Of Such an opportunity Do you think I married you Only for pleasure or content in lust To lull you in mine armes and kise you hourely Was this my end I might have been a Queen Sir If that had caught me and have knowne all delicates There 's few that would have shun'd so faire an offer O thou unfaithfull fearefull man thou hast kill'd me In saving me this way thou hast destroy'd me Rob'd me of that thy love can never give more To be unable to save me O misery Had I been my Valerio thou Evanthe I would have lyen with thee under a Gallowes Though the Hangman had been my Hymen and the furies With iron whips and forks ready to torter me I would have hug'd thee too though hell had gap'd at me Save my life that expected to dye bravely That would have woo'd it too Would I had married An Eunuch that had truly no ability Then such a fearefull lyar thou hast done me A scurvy curtesie that has undone me Val. I le do no more since you are so nobly fashion'd Made up so strongly I le take my share with ye Nay Deere I le learne of you Evan. He weeps too tenderly My anger 's gone good my Lord pardon me And if I have offended be more angry It was a womans flash a sudden valour That could not lye conceal'd Val. I honour ye by all the rights of holy marriage And pleasures of chaste love I wonder at ye You appeare the vision of a Heaven unto me Stuck all with stars of honour shining cleerly And all the motions of your minde celestiall Man is a lumpe of earth the best man spiritlesse To such a woman all our lives and actions But counterfeits in Arras to this vertue Chide me againe you have so brave an anger And flowes so nobly from you thus deliver'd That I could suffer like a childe to heare ye Nay make my self guilty of some faults to honour ye Evan. I le chide no more you have rob'd me of my courage And with a cunning patience checkt my impudence Once more forgivenesse She kneeles Kisses her Val. Will this serve Evanthe And this my love Heavens mercy be upon us But did he tell no more Evan. Only this trifle You set my woman on me to betray me 'T is true she did her best a bad old woman It stir'd me Sir Val. I cannot blame thee Jewell Evan. And me thought when your name was sounded that way Val. He that will spare no fame will spare no name Sweet Though as I am a man I am full of weaknesse And may slip happily into some ignorance Yet at my yeeres to be a bawd and cozen Mine owne hopes with my Doctrine Evan. I beleeve not nor never shall our time is out to morrow Val. Let 's be too night then full of fruitfulnesse Now we are both of one minde let 's be happy I am no more a wanting man Evanthe Thy warme embraces shall dissolve that impotence And my cold lye shall vanish with thy kisses You houres of night be long as when Alemena Lay by the lusty side of Jupiter Keep back the day and hide his golden beames Where the chaste watchfull morning may not finde 'em Old doting Tython hold Aurora fast And though she blush the day-break from her cheeks Conceale her still thou heavy Walne stand firme And stop the quicker revolutions Or if the day must come to spoile our happinesse Thou envious Sunne peepe not upon our pleasure Thou that all Lovers curse be farre off from us Enter Castruchio with Guard Evan. Then let 's to bed and this night in all joyes And chaste delights Cast. Stay I must part ye both It is the Kings command who bids me tell ye To morrow is your last houre Val. I obey Sir In Heaven we shall meet Captaine where King Frederick Dare not appeare to part us Cast. Mistake me not though I am rough in doing of my Office You shall finde Sir
i' th wind and held against all weathers While I were able to beare with my tyres And so discharg 'em I would willingly Live Marcellina not till barnacles Bred in my sides Mar. Thou art i' th right wench For who would live whom pleasures had forsaken To stand at marke and cry a bow short signeur Were there not men came hither too Clau. Brave fellowes I feare me Bawdes of five i' th' pound Mar. How know you Clau. They gave me great lights to it Mar. Take heed Claudia Clau. Let them take heed the spring comes on Mar. To me now They seem'd as noble visitants Clau. To me now Nothing lesse Marcellina for I marke 'em And by this honest light for yet t is morning Saving the reverence of their guilded doublets And Millan skins Mar. Thou art a strange wench Claudia Clau. Ye are deceived they shew'd to me directly Court crabbs that creepe a side way for their living I know 'em by the breeches that they beg'd last Mar. Peace my Lady comes what may that be Clau. A Sumner Enter Lucina and Lycias the Eunuch That cites her to appeare Mar. No more of that wench Eun. Madam what answer to your Lord Luci. Pray tell him I am subject to his will Eun. Why weepe you Madam Excellent Lady there are none will hurt you Luci. I do beseech you tell me Sir Eun. What Lady Luci. Serve ye the Emperor Eun. I do Luci. In what place Eun. In 's chamber Madam Luci. Do ye serve his will too Eun. In faire and just commands Luci. Are ye a Romane Eun. Yes noble Lady and a Mantuan Luci. What office bore your parents Eun. One was Pretor Luci. Take heed then how you staine his reputation Eun. Why worthy Lady Luci. If ye know I charge ye Ought in this Message but what honesty The trust and faire obedience of a servant May well deliver yet take heed and help me Eun. Madam I am no Broker Claud. I le be hangd then Eun. Nor base procurer of mens lusts Your husband Praid me to doe this office I have done it It rests in you to come or no Luc. I will Sir Eun. If ye mistrust me doe not Luc. Ye appeare so worthy And to all my sence so honest And this is such a certain signe ye have brought me That I believe Eun. Why should I couzen you Or were I brib'd to doe this villany Can mony prosper or the foole that takes it When such a vertue falls Luc. Ye speake well Sir Would all the rest that serve the Emperour Had but your way Claud. And so they have ad unguem Luc. Pray tell my Lord I have receivd his Token And will not faile to meete him yet good Sir thus much Before you goe I doe beseech ye too As little notice as ye can deliver Of my appearance there Eun. It shall be Madam And so I wish you happinesse Luc. I thank you Exeunt Scaen. 2. Enter Aecius pursuing Pontius the Captaine and Maximus following Tumult noise within Max. Temper your selfe Aecius Pon. Hold my Lord I am a Roman and a Souldier Max. Pray Sir Aeci. Thou art a lying Villaine and a Traytor Give me my selfe or by the Gods my friend You 'l make me dangerous how dar'st thou pluck The Souldiers to sedition and I living And so Rebellion in 'em and even then When I am drawing out to action Pon. Heare me Max. Are yee a man Aeci. I am a true hearted Maximus And if the Villaine live we are dishonourd Max. But heare him what he can say Aeci. That 's the way To pardon him I am so easie naturd That if he speak but humbly I forgive him Pon. I doe beseech yee Noble Generall Aeci. Has found the was already give me rome One stroake and if he scape me then ha's mercy Pon. I doe not call yee Noble that I feare ye I never care'd for death if ye will kill me Consider first for what not what you can doe T is true I know ye for my Generall And by that great Prerogative may kill But doe it justly then Aeci. He argues with me By Heaven a made up Rebell Max. Pray consider What certaine grounds ye have for this Aeci. What grounds Did I not take him preaching to the Souldiers How lazily they liv'd and what dishonours It was to serve a Prince so full of woman Those were his very words friend Max. These Aecius Though they were rashly spoke which was an errour A great one Pontius yet from him that hungers For warres and brave imployment might be pardond The heart and harbourd thoughts of ill make Traytors Not spleeny speeches Aeci. Why should you protect him Goe too it shewes not honest Max. Taynt me not For that shewes worse Aecius All your friendship And that pretended love ye lay upon me Hold back my honesty is like a favour You doe your slave to day to morrow hang him Was I your bosome peece for this Aeci. The nature of my zeale and for my Country Makes me sometimes forgive my selfe for know Thou I most strive to be without my passions I am no God For you Sir whose infection Ha's spread it selfe like poyson through the Army And cast a killing fogge on faire Allegiance First thank this Noble Gentleman y'e had dy'de else Next from your place and honour of a Souldier I here seclude you Pon. May I speak yet Max. Heare him Aeci. And while Aecius holds a reputation At least command ye beare no Armes for Rome Sir Pon. Against her I shall never The condemnd man Ha's yet that priviledge to speak my Lord Law were not equall else Max. Pray heare Aecius For happily the fault he has committed Though I believe it mighty yet considered If mercy may be thought upon will prove Rather a hastie sin then heynous Aec. Speake Pon. T is true my Lord ye took me tir'de with peace My words almost as ragged as my fortunes T is true I told the Souldier whom we serv'd And then bewaild we had an Emperour Led from us by the flourishes of Fencers I blam'd him too for women Aec. To the rest Sir Pon. And like enough I blest him then as Souldiers Will doe sometimes T is true I told 'em too We lay at home to show our Country We durst goe naked durst want meate and mony And when the Slave drinkes Wine we durst be thirstie I told 'em this too that the Trees and Roots Were our best pay-masters the Charity Of longing women that had bought our bodies Our beds fires Taylers Nurses Nay I told 'em For you shall heare the greatest sin I said Sir By that time there be wars agen our bodies Laden with scarres and aches and ill lodgings Heates and perpetuall ants were fitter praires And certaine graves then cope the foe on crutches T is likely too I counsell'd 'em to turne Their Warlike pikes to plough-shares their sure Targets And Swords hatcht with the bloud of many Nations To Spades and pruning Knives for those
man Siph. But Chilax Where are her women Chi. None but your Graces Sister Because she would have it privat to the world yet Knowes of this businesse Siph. I shall thanke the Chilax Thou art a carefull man Chi. Your Graces servant Siph. I 'le find a fit place for thee Chi. If you will not There 's a good Lady will she points yee forward Away and take your fortune not a word sir So you are greas'd I hope Exit Siph. Cloe. manet Chi. Enter Stremon Foole and Boy Chi. Stremon Foole Picus Where have you left your Lord Strem. I' th' Temple Chilax Chi. Why are ye from him Strem. Why the King is with him And all the Lords Chi. Is not the Princesse there too Strem. Yes And the strangest coile amongst 'em She weeps bitterly The King entreats and frownes my Lord like Autumne Drops off his hopes by handfulls all the Temple Sweats with this Agonie Chi. Where 's young Polidor Strem. Dead as they said o' th' sudden Chi. Dead Strem. For certaine But not yet knowne abroad Chi. There 's a new trouble A brave young man he was but we must all die Strem. Did not the Generall meet you this morning Like a tall stallion Nun Chi. No more a that Boy Strem. You had been ferreting Chi. That 's all one Foole My Master foole that taught my wits to traffique What has your wisdome done how have you profited Out with your Audit come you are not emptie Put out mine eye with twelve pence do you shaker What thinke you of this shaking here 's with coxcombe Ha boyes ha my fine rascalls here 's a Ring Pulls out a Purse How right they goe Foole. O let me ring the fore-bell Chi. And here are thumpers Chickens golden rogues â—it wit ye rascalls Foole. I have a Sty here Chilax Chi. I have no gold to cure it not a penny Not one crosse Cavalier we are dull Sou'diers Grosse heavy-headed fellowes fight for victualls Foole. Why ye are the spirits of the time Chi. By no meanes Foole. The valiant firie Chi. Fy fie no Foole. Be-lee-me sir Chi. I woo'd I could sir Fool. I will satisfie ye Chi. But I will not content you alas poore boy Thou shewst an honest nature weepes for thy Master There 's a red rogue to buy thee handkerchers Foole. A was an honest Gentleman I have lost too Chi. Ye have indeed your labour Foole but Stremon Doest thou want money too no virtue living No firking out at fingers ends Strem. It seemes so Chi. Will ye all serve me Strem. Yes when ye are Lord Generall For lesse I will not goe Chi. There 's gold for thee then Thou hast a souldiers minde Foole Fool. Here your first man Chi. I will give thee for thy wit for 't is a fine wit A daintie diving wit hold up just nothing Goe graze i' th' commons yet I am mercifull There 's six pence buy a Saucer steale an old gowne And beg i' th' Temple for a Prophet come away boyes Let 's see how things are carried Foole up sirra You may chance get a dinner Boy your preferment I 'le undertake for your brave Masters sake You shall not perish Fool. Chilax Chi. Please me well Foole And you shall light my pipes Away to th' Temple But stay the Kings here sport upon sport Boyes Enter King Lords Siphax kneeling Cloe with a Vaile King What would you have Captaine Speake suddenly for I am wondrous busie Siph. A Pardon Royall sir King For what Siph. For that Which was heav'ns will should not be mine alone sir My marrying with this Lady King It needs no Pardon For marriage is no sin Si. Not in it selfe sir But in presuming too much Yet heav'n knowes So does the Oracle that cast it on me And the Princesse royall sir King What Princesse Siph. O be not angrie my dread King your Sister King My sister she 's i' th' Temple man Siph. She is here sir Lord The Captain 's mad she is kneeling at the Altar King I know she is with all my heart good Captain I do forgive ye both be unvail'd Lady Puts off her vaile Will ye have more forgivenes the mans frantick Come let 's goe bring her out God give yee joy sir Siph. How Cloe my old Cloe Exit King Lords Cloe. Even the same sir Chi. Gods give your manhood much content Strem. The Princesse Lookes something mustie since her comming over Fool. 'T were good youl 'd brush her over Siph. Fooles and Fidlers Make sport at my abuse too Foole. O 't is the nature Of us Fooles to make bold with one another But you are wise brave sirs Chi. Cheere up your Princesse Believe it sir the King will not be angry Or say he were why 't was the Oracle The Oracle and like your Grace the Oracle Strem. And who most mighty Siphax Siph. With mine owne whore Cloe. With whom els should ye marry speak your conscience Will ye transgresse the law of Armes that ever Rewards the Souldier with his owne sins Siph. Devills Cloe. Ye had my maiden-head my youth my sweetnes Is it not justice then Siph. I see it must be But by this hand I 'le hang a lock upon thee Cloe. You shall not need my honesty shall doe it Siph. If there be wars in all the world Cloe. I 'le with ye For you know I have bin a souldier Come curse on when I need another Oracle Chi. Send for me Siphax I 'le fit ye with a Princesse And so to both your honours Foole. And your graces Siph. The Devill grace ye all Cloe. God a mercy Chilax Chi. Shall we laugh halfe an houre now Strem. No the King comes And all the traine Chi. Away then our Act 's ended Exeunt Enter King Calis Memnon and Cleanthe Curtisan Lords King You know he do's deserve ye loves ye dearly You know what bloody violence had us'd The Hearse ready Polidor Eumenes Captains Upon himselfe but that his brother crost it You know the same thoughts still inhabit in him And covet to take birth Look on him Lady The wars have not so far consum'd him yet Cold age disabled him or sicknesse sunk him To be abhorr'd looke on his Honour sister That beares no stamp of time no wrinkles on it No sad demolishment nor death can reach it Looke with the eyes of heaven that nightlie waken To view the wonders of my glorious Maker And not the weaknesse looke with your vertuous eyes And then clad royaltie in all his conquests His matchlesse love hung with a thousand merits Eternall youth attending Fame and Fortune Time and Oblivion vexing at his vertues He shall appeare a miracle looke on our dangers Looke on the publique ruine Calis O deare brother King Fie let us not like proud and greedy waters Gaine to give off againe this is our Sea And you his Cynthia govern him take heed His stouds have bin as hie and full as any And gloriously now is got up to the girdle The
am faulty or is my Love so fatall That of necessity it must destroy The object it most longs for dull Hypollita To thinke that injuries could make way for love When courtesies were despis'd that by his death Thou shouldst give that which only thou canst hope for While he is living My honours at the stake now And cannot be preserv'd unlesse he perish The enjoying of the thing I love I ever Have priz'd above my fame why doubt I now then One only way is left me to redeeme all Make ready my Caroch Leo. What will you Madam Hyp. And yet I am impatient of such stay Bind up my haire fy fy while that is doing The Law may cease his life thus as I am then Not like Hypollita but a Bachanall My frantique Love transports me Exit Leo. Sure shee 's distracted Zab. Pray you follow her I will along with you I more then ghesse the cause women that love Are most uncertaine and one minute crave What in another they refuse to have Exit Scaena 5a Enter Clodio Charino Clo. Assure thy selfe Charino I am alter'd From what I was the tempests we have met with In our uncertaine voyage were smooth gales Compar'd to those the memory of my lusts Rais'd in my conscience and if ere againe I live to see Zenocia I will sue And seek to her as a Lover and a Servant And not command affection like a Tyrant Char. In hearing this you make me young againe And heaven it seemes favouring this good change in you In setting of a period to our dangers Gives us faire hopes to find that here in Lisbon Which hitherto in vain we long have sought for I have receiv'd assur'd intelligence Such strangers have bin seen here and though yet I cannot learn their fortunes nor the place Of their abode I have a soule presages A fortunate event here Clo. There have pass'd A mutuall enterchange of courtesies Between me and the Governour therfore boldly We may presume of him and of his power If we finde cause to use them otherwise I Would not be known here and these disguises Will keep us from discovery Enter Manuel Doctor Arnoldo Guard Char. What are these Clo. The Governour with him my Rivall bound Char. For certaine 't is Arnoldo Clo. Let 's attend What the successe will be Man Is 't possible There should be hope of his recovery His wounds so many and so deadly Doct. So they appear'd at first but the blood stop'd His trance forsook him and on better search We found they were not mortall Man Use all care To perfect this unhop'd for cure that done Propose your own rewards and till you shall Heare farther from me for some ends I have Conceal'd it from his Mother Doct. Wee 'l not faile Sir Exit Man You stil stand confident on your innocence Arn. It is my best and last guard which I will not Leave to relye on your uncertaine mercy Enter Hypolita Zabulon Leopold Zenocia 2 Servants Hyp. Who bade you follow me Goe home you Sir As you respect me goe with her Arn. Zenocia And in her house a Servant Cha. 'T is my daughter Clo. My love Contain your joy observe the sequel Zen. passes Man Fye Madam how undecent 't is for you So far unlike your selfe to bee seene thus In th' open streets why do you kneele pray you rise I am acquainted with the wrong and losse You have sustain'd and the Delinquent now Stands ready for his punishment Hyp. Let it fall Sir On the offender he is innocent And most unworthy of these bonds he weares But I made up of guilt Man VVhat strange turne 's this Leo. This was my prisoner once Hyp. If chastity In a young man and tempted to the height too Did ere deserve reward or admiration He justly may claim both Love to his person Or if you please give it a fowler name Compel'd me first to train him to my house All engines I rais'd there to shake his vertue Which in the assault were uselesse he unmov'd stil As if he had no part of humane frailty Against the nature of my Sex almost I plaid the Ravisher You might have seen In our contention young Apollo fly And love-sicke Daphne follow all arts failing By flight he wan the victory breaking from My scorn'd embraces the repulse in women Unsufferable invited me to practise A meanes to be reveng'd and from this grew His Accusation and the abuse Of your still equall justice My rage ever Thanks heaven though wanton I found not my selfe So far engag'd to hell to prosecute To the death what I had plotted for that love That made me first desire him then accuse him Commands me with the hazard of my selfe First to entreate his pardon then acquit him Man What ere you are so much I love your vertue That I desire your friendship doe you unloose him From those bonds you are worthy of your repentance Makes part of satisfaction yet I must Severely reprehend you Leo. I am made A stale on all parts But this fellow shall Pay dearely for her favour Arn. My life 's so full Of various changes that I now despaire Of any certaine port one trouble ending A new and worse succeeds it what should Zenocia Doe in this womans house Can chastity And hot Lust dwell together without infection I would not be or jealous or secure Yet something must be done to sound the depth on 't That she lives is my blisse but living there A hell of torments there 's no way to her In whom I live but by this door through which To me 't is death to enter yet I must And will make tryall Man Let me hear no more Of these devices Lady this I pardon And at your intercession I forgive Your instrument the Jew too get you home The hundred thousand crowns you lent the City Towards the setting forth of the last Navy Bound for the Islands was a good then which I ballance with your ill now Char. Now Sir to him You know my daughter needs it Hyp. Let me take A farewell with mine ey Sir though my lip Be barr'd the Ceremonie courtesie And custome too allowes of Arn. Gentle Madam I neither am so cold nor so ill bred But that I dare receive it you are unguarded And let me tell you that I am asham'd Of my late rudeness and would gladly therefore If you please to accept my ready service Waite on you to your house Hyp. Above my hope Sir if an Angel were to be my convoy He should not be more welcome Exit Arn. and Hyp. Clo. Now you know me Man Yes Sir and honour you ever remembring Your many bounties being ambitious only To give you cause to say by some one service That I am not ungratefull Clo. 'T is now offer'd I have a suite to you and an easie one Which e're long you shall know Man When you think fit Sir And then as a command I will receive it Till when most
know HVGH CAPET was the first Next his Sonne Robert Henry then and Phillip With Lewis and his Sonne a Lewis too And of that name the seventy but all this Springs from a female as it shall appeare Duke Now give me leave I grant you this your title At the first sight carryes some shew of truth But if ye weigh it well ye shall finde light Is not his Majestie possest in peace And justice executed in his name And can you thinke the most Christian King Would do this if he saw not reason for it Shat. But had not the tenth Lewis a sole daughter Duke I cannot tell Shat. But answer me directly Duke It is a most seditious question Shat. Is this your justice Duke I stand for my King Shat. Was ever heire apparant thus abus'd I 'le have your head for this Duke Why do your worst Shat. Will no one stir to apprehend this traytor A guard about my person will none come Must my owne royall hands performe the deede Then thus I do arrest you Duke Treason help Enter Wife Long and Bew. and Servant Wife Help help my Lord and husband Duke Help thy Duke Long. Forbeare his graces person Shat. Forbeare you to touch him that Your heire apparant weds But by this hand I will have all your heads Exit Ser. How doth your grace Duke Why well Ser. How do you finde his title Duke 'T is a dangerous one As can come by a female Ser. I 't is true But the law Salicke cuts him off from all Long. I do beseech your grace how stands his title Duke Pew nothing the law Shallicke cuts him off from all Wife My gracious husband you must now prepare In all your graces pomp to entertaine Your cozen who is now a convertite And followes here this night he will be here Duke Be ready all in hast I do intend To shew before my cozens wondring face Exeunt omnes The greatnesse of my pomp and of my place Actus quartus Enter Cozen his Wife Co. Sirra is all things carried to the Taylor The measure and the fashion of the gowne With the best trim Man Yes Sir 't will be ready within this two dayes Co. For my selfe I care not I have a suite or two of ancient velvet Which with some small correcting and addition May steale into the presence Wife Would my Gowne were ready husband I 'le lay my life To make you something ere to morrow night Co. It must not bee Before we see the Duke and have advice How to behave ourselves le ts in the while And keep our selves from knowledge till time shall call us Enter Long and Bewford Exeunt Long. I much admire the fierce masculine spirit Of this dread Amazon Bew. This following night I 'le have a wench in solace Long. Sir I heare you And will be with you if I live no more Enter Maria Ma. My Lady would intreate your presence Gentlman Bew. We will obey your Lady she is worthy Long. You light alone a word or two Ma. Your will Sir Long. Harke in your eare wilt thou be maried speake wilt thou marry Ma. Maried to whom Sir Long. To a proper fellow landed and able bodied Ma. Why do you flout me Sir Long. I sweare I do not I love thee for thy Ladies sake be free Ma. If I could meet such matches as you speake of I were a very child to loose my time Sir Long. What saiest thou to Mounsier Bewford Mar. Sir I say hee 's a proper Gentleman and far Above my meanes to looke at Long. Dost thou like him Ma. Yes Sir and ever did Long He is thine owne Mar. You are too greate in promises Long. Be rul'd and follow my advice he shall be thine Mar. Would you would make it good Sir Long. Do but thus Get thee a cushion underneath thy cloathes And leave the rest to me Mar. I 'le be your scholler I cannot loose much by the venture sure Long. Thou wilt loose a prettie maiden head my rogue Or I am much o' th bow hand you 'le remember If all this take effect who did it for you And what I may deserve for such a kindnesse Ma. Yours Sir Exeunt Enter Jaques and Shatillion severally Ja. Save ye Sir Sha. Save the King Ja. I pray you Sir which is the nearest way Sha. Save the King this is the nearest way Ja. Which is the nearest way to the post house Sha. God save the King and his post Ja. I pray Sir direct me to the house Sha. Heaven save the King you cannot catch me Sir Ja. I do not understand you Sir Sha. You do not I say you cannot catch me Sir Ja. Not catch you Sir Sha. No Sir nor can the King With all his stratagems and his forced tricks Although he put his nobles in disguise Never so oft to sift into my words By course of law lay hold upon my life Ja. It is businesse that my Lord the Duke Is by the King imployed in and he thinks I am acquainted with it Sha. I shall not need to ripp the cause up From the first to you But if his Majesty had suffered me To marry her though she be after him The right heire generall to the Crowne of France I would not have convayed her into Spaine As it was thought nor would I ere have joyn'd With the reformed Churches to make them Stand for my cause Ja. I do not thinke you would Shat. I thanke you Sir And since I see you are a favorer Of vertues kept in bondage Tell directly to my soveraigne King For so I will acknowledge him for ever How you have found my staid affections Setled for peace and for the present state Ja. Why Sir Sha. And good Sir tell him further this That notwithstanding all suggestions Brought to him against me and all his suspitions Which are innumerall to my treasons If he will warrant me but publique tryall I 'le freely yeild my selfe into his hands Can he have more then this Ja. No by my troth Sha. I would his Majesty would heare but reason As well as you Ja. But Sir you do mistake me For I never saw the King In all my life but once therefore good Sir May it please you to shew me which is the post house Sha. I cry you mercie Sir then you 'r my freind Ja. Yes Sir Sha. And such men are very rare with me The post house is hard by farewell Ja. I thanke you Sir I must ride hard to night And it is darke already Shat. I am cruell to send this man directly to his death That is my freind and I might easily save him He shall not dye come backe my freind come backe Ja. What is your will Sha. do you not know Ja. Not I Sha. And do you gather nothing by my face Ja. No Sir Sha. Vertue is ever innocent La not the fault on me I greive for you And wish that all my teares might win your safety Ja. Why Sir Sha. Alas
AWay delights goe seeke some other dwelling For I must dye Farewell false Love thy tongue is ever telling Lye after lye For ever let me rest now from thy smarts Alas for pitty goe And fire their hearts That have been hard to thee mine was not so Never againe deluding love shall know me For I will dye And all those griefes that thinke to over-grow me Shall be as I For ever will I sleepe while poore maids cry Alas for pity stay And let us dye With thee men cannot mocke us in the day Iul. Mistris not one word Mistris if I grieve ye I can depart againe Ang. Let 's goe then quickly For if she get from under this darke cloud We shall both sweate I feare for 't Iul. Do but speake Though you turne from me and speake bitterly And I am gone for that I think will please you Ang. Oh that all women were thus silent ever What fine things they were Iul. You have look'd on me When if there be beliefe in womens words Spoken in teares you swore you lov'd to do so Lel. O me my heart Ang. Now Julio play the man Or such another will undoe thee Would I had any thing to keepe me busie I might not heare her thinke but what she is Or I doubt mainly I shall be i' th mash too Jul Pray speake againe Lel. Where is my woman Wom. Here Ang. Mercy upon me what a face she has Would it were vail'd againe Lel. Why did you let This flattering man in to me did not I Charge thee to keep me from his eyes againe As carefully as thou wouldst keep thine owne Thou hast brought me poyson in a shape of heaven Whose violence will breake the hearts of all Of all weake women as it has done mine That are such fooles to love and looke upon him Good Sir be gone you know not what an ease Your absence is Ang. By heaven she is a wonder I cannot tell what 't is but I am squeamish Jul. Though I desire to be here more then heaven As I am now yet if my sight offend you So much I love to be commanded by you That I will goe Farewell Lel. I should say something E're you depart and I would have you heare me But why should I speak to a man that hates me And will but laugh at any thing I suffer Jul. If this be hate Lel. Away away deceiver Jul. Now help me Angilo Ang. I am worse then thou art Lel. Such teares as those might make another woman Believe thee honest Julio almost me That know their ends for I confesse they stir me Ang. What will become of me I cannot goe now If you would hang me from her o brave eye Steale me away for Gods sake Julio Jul. Alas poor man I am lost againe too strangely Lel. No I will sooner trust a Crocadile When he sheds teares for he kills sodainly And ends our cares at once or any thing That 's evill to our natures then a man I finde there is no end of his deceivings Nor no avoyding 'em if we give way I was requesting you to come no more And mocke me with your service 't is not well Nor honest to abuse us so far you may love too For though I must confesse I am unworthy Of your love every way yet I would have you Thinke I am somewhat too good to make sport of Jul. Will you believe me Lel. for your vows and oaths And such deceiving teares as you shed now I will as you doe study to forget 'em Jul Let me be most despis'd of men Lel. No more There is no new way left by which your cunning Shall once more hope to catch me no thou false man I will avoid thee and for thy sake all That beare thy stamp as counterfeit in love For I am open ey'd againe and know thee Goe make some other weepe as I have done That dare believe thee goe and sweare to her That is a stranger to thy cruelty And knowes not yet what man is and his lyings How thou di'st daily for her poure it out In thy best lamentations put on sorrow As thou canst to deceive an Angell Julio And vow thy selfe into her heart that when I shall leave off to curse thee for thy falshood Still a forsaken woman may be found To call to heaven for vengeance Ang. From this houre I heartily despise all honest women I care not if the world tooke knowledge on 't I see there 's nothing in them but that folly Of loving one man only give me henceforth Before the greatest blessing can be thought of If this be one a whore that 's all I aime at Iul. Mistris the most offending man is heard Before his sentence why will you condemn me E're I produce the truth to witnesse with me How innocent I am of all your angers Lel. There is no trusting of that tongue I know 't And how far if it be believed it kills no more Sir Iul. It never lyed to you yet if it did 'T was only when it cal'd you mild and gentle Lel. Good Sir no more make not my understanding After I have suffered thus much evill by you So poor to thinke I have not reach'd the end Of all your forc'd affections yet because I once lov'd such a sorrow too too dearly As that would strive to be I do forgive ye Even heartily as I would be forgiven For all your wrongs to me my charity Yet loves you so far though againe I may not And wish when that time comes you will love truly If you can ever doe so you may finde The worthy fruit of your affections True love againe not my unhappy harvest Which like a foole I sow'd in such a heart So drye and stonie that a thousand showres From these two eyes continually rayning Could never ripen Iul. Y 'ave conquer'd me I did not thinke to yield but make me now Even what you will my Lelia so I may Be but so truly happy to enjoy you Lel. No no those fond imaginations Are dead and buried in me let 'em rest Iul. I 'le marry you Ang. The Devill thou wilt Iulio How that word waken'd me come hither friend Thou art a foole looke stedfastly upon her Though she be all that I know excellent As she appeares though I could fight for her And run through fire though I am starke mad too Never to be recover'd though I would Give all I had l'th world to lye with her Even to my naked soule I am so far gone Yet me thinks still we should not doate away That that is something more then ours our honours I would not have thee marry her by no meanes Yet I should do so is she not a whore Iul. She is But such a one Ang. 'T is true she 's excellent And when I well consider Iulio I see no reason we should be confin'd In our affections when all creatures else Enjoy stil where they like Iul. And so will I then
welcome as these plyant arms Twin'd round and fast about thee can perswade thee Ang. Away Lel. I was in such a fright before thou cam'st You old mad fellow it will make thee laugh Though it feared me has talkt so wildly here Sirrha he rusht in at my dores and swore He was my Father and I thinke beleev'd it But that he had a sword and threatned me I'faith he was good sport good thrust him out That thou and I may kisse together wilt thou Fath. Are you her Champion with these fair words Got in to rescue her from me Offer to run at him Ang. Hold sir I sweare I doe not harbour such a thought I speake it not for that you have two swords But for t is truth Lel. Two swords my Angilo Thinke this that thou hast two young brawny armes And ne're a sword and he has two good swords And ne're an arme to use 'em rush upon him I could have beaten him with this weake body If I had had the spirit of a man Ang. Stand from me and leave talking or by heaven I 'le trample thy last damning word out of thee Fath. Why do you hinder me then stand away And I will rid her quickly Lel. Would I were Cleare of this businesse yet I cannot pray Ang. Oh be advis'd why you were better kill her If she were good Convey her from this place Where none but you and such as you appoint May visite her where let her heare of nought But death and damning which she hath deserv'd Till she be truly justly sorrowful And then lay mercy to her who does know But she may mend Fa. But whither should I beare her Ang. To my house 'T is large and private I will lend it you Fa. I thanke you Sir and happily it fits With some designe I have but how shall we Convey her Lel. Will they cary me away Fa. For she wil scratch and kick scream so loud That people will be drawn to rescue her Ang. Why none can hear her here but her own maid Who is as fast as she Fa. But in the streete Ang. Why we will take 'em both into the Kitchin There binde 'em and then gag 'em and then throw 'em Into a Coach I 'le bring to the backe-dore And hurry 'em away Fa. It shall be so I owe you much for this and I may pay you There is your sword lay hold upon her quickly This way with me thou disobedient childe Why do's thy stubborn heart beat at thy breast Let it be still for I will have it search'd Till I have found a well of living teares Within it that shall spring out of thine eyes And flow all o're thy body foul'd with sin Till it have wash'd it quite without a stain They drag her Lel. Help help ah ah Murther I shall be murthered I shall be murthered Fa. This helps thee not Lel. Basely murdered basely Fa. I warrant you Exeunt Actus Quintus Scaena Prima Enter Lodowicke and Piso Lod. THis roguy Captaine has made fine work with us Piso I would the Devill in a storm would carry him Home to his Garison againe I ake all over That I am sure of Certainly my body Is of a wild-fire for my head rings backward Or else I have a morise in my braines Lod. I 'le deale no more with souldiers wel remembred Did not the Vision promise to appeare About this time again Piso Yes here he comes He 's just on 's word Enter Father Fath. O they be here together Shee 's penitent and by my troth I stagger Whether as now she is either of these Two fooles be worthy of her yet because Her youth is prone to fall againe ungovern'd And marriage now may stay her one of 'em And Piso since I understand him abler Shall be the man the other beare the charges And willingly as I will handle it I have a Ring here which he shall believe Is sent him from a woman I have thought of But e're I leave it I 'le have one of his In pawne worth two on 't for I will not loose By such a messe of sugar-sops as this is I am too old Lod. It moves againe let 's meet it Fa. Now if I be not out we shall have fine sport I am glad I have met you Sir so happily You do remember me I am sure Lod. I doe Sir Piso This is a short praeludium to a challenge Fa. I have a message Sir that much concerns you And for your speciall good Nay you may heare too Piso VVhat should this fellow meane Fa. There is a Lady How the poore thing begins to warme already Come to this Towne as yet a stranger here Sir Faire young and rich both in possessions And all the graces that make up a woman A widow and a vertuous one It workes He needs no broath upon 't Lod. VVhat of her Sir Fath. No more but this she loves you Lod. Loves me Fa. Yes And with a strong affection but a faire one If ye be wise and thankfull you are made ther 's the whole matter Lod. I am sure I heare this Fath. Here is a Ring Sir of no little value Which after she had seen you at a window She bad me hast and give it when she blush'd Like a blown rose Lod. But pray Sir by your leave Me thinks your yeares should promise no ill meaning Fa. I am no Bawd nor cheater nor a coarser Of broken-winded women if you feare me I 'le take my leave and let my Lady use A fellow of more forme an honester I am sure she cannot Lod. Stay you have confirm'd me Yet let me feele you are in health Fa. I hope so My water 's well enough and my pulse Lod. Then All may be excellent pray pardon me For I am like a boy that had found money Afraid I dreame still Piso Sir what kind of woman Of what proportion is your Lady Lod. I Fa. I 'le tell you presently her very picture Do you know a woman in this towne they call Stay yes it is so Lelia Piso Not by sight Fa. Nor you Sir Lod. Neither Fa. These are precious Rogues To raile upon a woman they never saw So they would use their Kindred Piso We have heard though She is very faire and goodly Fa. Such another Just of the same complexion making speech But a thought sweeter is my Lady Lod. Then Shee must be excellent indeed Fa. Indeed she is And you will finde it so you do beleeve me Lod. Yes marry do I and I am so alter'd Fa. Your happinesse will alter any man Do not delay the time Sir at a house Where Don Valasco lay the Spanish Signior Which now is Signieur Angelos she is Lod. I know it Fa. But before you shew your selfe Let it be night by all meanes willingly By day she would not have such gallants seene Repair unto her 't is her modesty Lod. I 'le goe and fit my selfe Fa. Doe and be sure You
steele warr waited on and fortune courted That high plum'd honour built up for her owne Behold that mightinesse behold that fiercenesse Behold that child of warr with all his glories By this poore hand made breathlesse here my Achillas Egypt and Cesar owe me for this service And all the conquer'd Nations Ach. Peace Septimius Thy words sound more ungratefull then thy actions Though sometimes safety seeke an instrument Of thy unworthy nature thou loud boaster Think not she is bound to love him too that 's barbarous Why did not I if this be meritorious And bindes the King unto me and his bounties Strike this rude stroke I 'le tell thee thou poore Roman It was a sacred head I durst not heave at Not heave a thought Sep. It was Ach. I 'le tell thee truely And if thou ever yet heard'st tell of honour I 'le make thee blush It was thy Generalls That mans that fed thee once that mans that bred thee The aire thou breath'st was his the fire that warm'd thee From his care kindled euer nay I 'le show thee Because I 'le make thee sensible of thy businesse And why a noble man durst not touch at it There was no peece of Earth thou puts thy foote on But was his conquest and he gave thee motion He triumph'd three times who durst touch his person The very walls of Rome bow'd to his presence Deare to the Gods he was to them that feard him A faire and noble Enemy didst thou hate him And for thy love to Cesar sought his ruine Armed the red Pharsalian feilds Septimius Where killing was in grace and wounds were glorious Where Kings were faire competitours for honour Thou should'st have come up to him there have sought him There sword to sword Sep. I kill'd him on commandment If Kings commands be faire when you all fainted When none of you durst looke Ach. On deeds so barbarous What hast thou got Sep. The Kings love and his bounty The honour of the service which though you raile at Or a thousand envious soules fling their foames on me Will dignifie the cause and make me glorious And I shall live Ach. A miserable villaine What reputation and reward belongs to it Thus with the head I seize on and make mine And be not impudent to aske me why Sirha Nor bold to stay read in mine eyes the reason The shame and obloquy I leave thine owne Inherit those rewardes they are fitter for thee Your oyle 's spent and your snuff stinks go out basely Sep. The King will yet consider Exit Enter Ptolomy Achareus Photinus Achil. Here he comes Sir Ach. Yet if it be undon heare me great Sir If this inhumane stroake be yet unstrooken If that adored head be not yet severd From the most noble Body weigh the miseryes The desolations that this great Eclipse works You are young be provident fix not your Empire Upon the Tombe of him will shake all Egypt Whose warlike groanes will raise ten thousand Spirits Great as himselfe in every hand a thunder Destructions darting from their lookes and sorrowes That easy womens eyes shall never empty Pho. You have done well and 't is done see Achillas And in his hand the head Ptol. Stay come no nearer Me thinks I feele the very earth shake under me I do remember him he was my guardian Appointed by the Senate to preserve me What a full Majesty fits in his face yet Pho. The King is troubled be not frighted Sir Be not abus'd with feares his death was necessary If you consider Sir most necessary Not to be miss'd and humbly thanke great Isis He came so opportunely to your hands Pitty must now give place to rules of safety Is not victorious Caesar new arriv'd And enter'd Alexandria with his friends His Navy riding by to wait his charges Did he not beate this Pompey and pursude him Was not this great man his great enemy This Godlike vertuous man as people held him But what foole dare be friend to flying vertue Enter Caesar Anthony Dollobella Sceva I heare their Trumpets 't is too late to stagger Give me the head and be you confident Haile Conquerour and head of all the world Now this head 's off Caesar Ha Pho. Do not shun me Caesar From kingly Ptolomy I bring this present The Crowne and sweat of thy Pharsalian labour The goale and marke of high ambitious honour Before thy victory had no name Caesar Thy travell and thy losse of blood no recompence Thou dreamst of being worthy and of warr And all thy furious conflicts were but slumbers Here they take life here they inherit honour Grow fixt and shoot up everlasting triupmhes Take it and looke upon thy humble servant With noble eyes looke on the Princely Ptolomy That offers with this head most mighty Caesar What thou would'st once have given for it all Egypt Ach. Nor do not question it most royall Conquerour Nor dis-esteeme the benefit that meetes thee Because 't is easily got it comes the safer Yet let me tell thee most imperious Caesar Though he oppos'd no strength of Swords to win this Nor labourd through no showres of darts and lances Yet here he found a fort that faced him strongly An inward warr he was his Grand sires Guest Friend to his Father and when he was expell'd And beaten from this Kingdome by strong hand And had none left him to restore his honour No hope to finde a friend in such a misery Then in stept Pompey tooke his feeble fortune Strengthend and cherish'd it and set it right againe This was a love to Cesar Sceva Give me hate Gods Pho. This Cesar may account a little wicked But yet remember if thine owne hands Conquerour Had fallen upon him what it had bin then If thine owne Sword had touch'd his throat what that way He was thy Son in law there to be tainted Had bin most terrible let the worst be renderd We have deserv'd for keeping thy hands innocent Cesar. Oh Sceva Sceva see that head see Captaines The head of godlike Pompey Sce. He was basely ruinde But let the Gods be griev'd that sufferd it And be you Cesar Cesar. Oh thou Conquerour Thou glory of the world once now the pitty Thou awe of Nations wherefore didst thou fall thus What poore fate followed thee and pluckt thee on To trust thy sacred life to an Egyptian The life and light of Rome to a blind stranger That honourable war nere taught a noblenesse Nor worthy circumstance shew'd what a man was That never heard thy name sang but in banquets And loose lascivious pleasures to a Boy That had no faith to comprehend thy greatnesse No study of thy life to know thy goodnesse And leave thy Nation nay thy noble friend Leave him distrusted that in teares falls with thee In soft relenting teares heare me great Pompey If thy great spirit can heare I must taske thee Thou hast most unnobly rob'd me of my victory My love and mercy Ant. O how brave these teares shew
by me Theod. Is 't come to Patience now Arch. Is t not a vertue Theod. I know not I ne're found it so Ar. That 's because Thy anger ever knowes and not thy judgement Theod. I know you have been rifl'd Ar. Nothing lesse boy Lord what opinions these vaine people publish Rifl'd of what The. Study your vertue patience It may get Mustard to your meat Why in such haste sir Sent ye for me Ar. For this end onely Theodore To wait upon your sisters to the Court I am commanded they live there The. Toth ' Court sir Ar. Toth ' Court I say The. And must I wait upon 'em Ar. Yes 't is most fit yee should ye are their brother The. Is this the businesse I had thought your mind sir Had been set forward on some noble action Something had truely stirr'd ye Toth ' Court with these Why they are your daughters sir Ar. All this I know sir The. The good old woman on a bed he threw Toth ' Court Ar. Thou art not mad The. Nor drunke as you are Drunke with your duty sir doe you call it duty A pox o' duty what can these doe there What should they doe Can ye look Babies sisters In the young Gallants eyes twirle their Band-strings Can ye ride out to ayre your selves pray sir Be serious with me doe you speake this truely Ar. Why didst thou never heare of women Yet at Court boy The. Yes and good women too very good women Excellent honest women but are you sure sir That these will prove so Hon. There 's the danger brother The. God a mercy wench thou hast a grudging of it Ar. Now be you serious sir and observe what I say Doe it and doe it handsomely goe with 'em The. With all my heart sir I am in no fault now If they be thought whores for being in my company Pray write upon their backs they are my sisters And where I shall deliver 'em Ar. Ye are wondrous jocund But prethee tell me art thou so lewd a fellow I never knew thee faile a truth The. I am a souldier And spell you what that meanes Ar. A Souldier What dost thou make of me The. Your Pallat 's downe sir Ar. I thanke yee sir The. Come shall we to this matter You will to Court Hon. If you will please to honour us The. I le honour yee I warrant I le set yee off With such a lustre wenches Alas poore Viola Thou art a foole thou criest for eating white-bread Be a good huswife of thy teares and save 'em Thou wilt have time enough to shed 'em sister Doe you weep too nay then I le foole no more Come worthy sisters since it must be so And since he thinks it fit to trie your vertues Be you as strong to truth as I to guard yee And this old gentleman shall have joy of ye Exeunt Scaene 3. Enter Duke and Burris Duke Burris take you ten thousand of those Crowns And those two chaines of Pearle they hold the richest I give 'em yee Bur. I humbly thanke your grace And may your great example worke in me That noble charity to men more worthy And of more wants Duke You beare a good minde Burris Take twenty thousand now Be not so modest It shall be so I give 'em goe there 's my ring for 't Bur. Heaven blesse your Highnesse ever Exit Duke You are honest Enter Alinda and Putskie at doore Puts. They 're comming now to Court as faire as vertue Two brighter starres ne're rose here Al. Peace I have it And what my Art can doe the Duke Put. I am gone Remember Exit Al. I am counsell'd to the full sir Duke My prettie Mistris whither lyes your businesse How kindly I should take this were it to me now Al. I must confesse immediately to your grace At this time Du. You have no addresse I doe believe ye I would yee had Al 'T were too much boldnesse Sir Upon so little knowledge lesse deserving Du. You 'll make a perfect Courtier Al. A very poore one Du. A very faire one sweet come hither to me What killing eyes this wench has in his glorie Not the bright Sun when the Sirian starre reignes Shines halfe so fierie Al. Why does your grace so view me Nothing but common handsomenesse dwells here sir Scarce that your grace is pleas'd to mock my meanness Du. Thou shalt not goe I doe not lie unto thee In my eye thou appear'st Al. Dim not the sight sir I am too dull an object Duke Canst thou love me Canst thou love him will honour thee Al. I can love And love as you doe too but 't will not shew well Or if it doe shew here where all light lustres Tinsell affections make a glorious glistering T will halt i th' handsome way Du. Are yee so cunning Dost think I love not truely Al. No ye cannot You never travell'd that way yet pray pardon me I prate so boldly to you Du. There 's no harme done But what 's your reason sweet Al. I would tell your grace But happily Du. It shall be pleasing to me Al. I should love you again then you would hate me With all my service I should follow yee And through all dangers Du This would more provoke me More make me see thy worthes More make me meet 'em Al. You should doe so if yee did well and truely But though yee be a Prince and have power in ye Power of example too ye have fail'd and falter'd Du. Give me example where Al. You had a Mistris Oh heaven so bright so brave a dame so lovely In all her life so true Du. A Mistris Al. That serv'd yee with that constancy that care That lov'd your will and woo'd it too Du. What Mistris Al. That nus'rd your honour up held fast your vertue And when she kist encreas'd not stole your goodnesse Du. And I neglected her Al. Lost her forsook her Wantonly slung her off Du. What was her name Al. Her name as lovely as her selfe as noble And in it all that 's excellent Du. What was it Al. Her name was Beau-desert Doe you know her now sir Du. Beau-desert I not remember Al. I know you doe not Yet she has a plainer name Lord Archas service Do you yet remember her there was a Mistris Fairer then women far fonder to you sir Then Mothers to their first-borne joyes Can you love Dare you professe that truth to me a stranger A thing of no regard no name no lustre When your most noble love you have neglected A beautie all the world would wooe and honour Would you have me credit this thinke ye can love me And hold ye constant when I have read this storie Is 't possible you should ever favour me To a slight pleasure prove a friend and fast too When where you were most ty'd most bound to benefit Bound by the chaines of honesty and honour You have broke and boldly too I am a weak one Arm'd
not content with this He lastly hath conspir'd my death and sought Means to engage me to this Lady's debt Whose bounty all my whole estate could never Give satisfaction too now honoured fathers For this cause only if your Law be law And you the Ministers of justice then Thinke of this strange ingratitude in him Phi. Can this be so Antinous Ant. 'T is all true Nor hath my much wrong'd father limn'd my faults In colours halfe so black as in themselves My guilt hath dyed them were there mercy left Yet mine owne shame would be my Executioner Lords I am guilty Er. Thou beliest Antinous Thine innocence alas my lords hee 's desperate And talkes he knowes not what you must not credit His lunacy I can my selfe disprove This accusation Cassilane be yet More mercifull I beg it Cas. Time nor fate The world or what is in it shall not alter My resolution he shall dye Er. The Senats Prayers or weeping Lovers shall not alter My resolution thou shalt dye Ant. Why Madam Are ye all Marble Pos. Leave your shifts Antinous What plead you to your fathers accusation Ant. Most fully guilty Pos. You have doom'd your selfe We cannot quit you now Cas. A burthen'd conscience Will never need a hang-man hadst thou dar'd To have denide it then this Sword of mine Should on thy head have prov'd thy tongue a lyar Er. Thy sword wretched old man thou hast liv'd too long To carry peace or comfort to thy grave Thou art a man condemn'd my Lords this tyrant Had perish'd but for me I still suppli'd His miserable wants I sent his daughter Mony to buy him food the bread he eate Was from my purse when he vaingloriously To dive into the peoples hearts had pawn'd His birth-right I redeemed it sent it to him And for requitall only made my suite That he would please to new receive his son Into his favour for whose love I told him I had been still so friendly But then he As void of gratitude as all good nature Distracted like a mad man poasted hether To pull this vengeance on himselfe and us For why my Lords since by the Law all meanes Is blotted out of your commission As this hard hearted father hath accus'd Noble Antinous his unblemished Son So I accuse this father and crave judgement Cas. All this is but deceit meere trifles forg'd By combination to defeat the processe Of Justice I will have Antinous life Arc. Sir what do ye meane Er. I will have Cassilane's Ant. Cunning and cruell Lady runs the streame Of your affections this way have you not Conquest enough by treading on my grave Unlesse you send me thether in a shrowd Steept in my fathers bloud as you are woman As the protests of love you vow'd were honest Be gentler to my father Er. Cassilane Thou hast a heart of flint let my intreates My teares the Sacrifice of griefes unfained Melt it yet be a father to thy son Unmaske thy long besotted judgement see A low obedience kneeling at the feet Of nature I beseech you Cas. Pish you cosen Your hopes your plots are idle I am resolute Er. Antinous urge no further Ant. Hence thou Sorcery Of a beguiling softnesse I will stand Like the earths Center unmoved Lords your breath Must finish these divisions I confesse Civility doth teach I should not speake Against a Lady of her birth so high As great Erota but her injuries And thankelesse wrongs to me urge me to cry Alowd for justice Fathers Dec. Whether run you Ant. For honoured fathers that you all may know That I alone am not unmatchable In crimes of this condition lest perhaps You might conceive as yet the case appeares That this foule staine and guilt runs in a bloud Before this presence I accuse this Lady Of as much vile ingratitude to me Cas. Impudent Traitor Phi. Her O spare Antinous The world reputes thee valiant do not soyle All thy past noblenesse with such a cowardize As murthering innocent Ladies will stamp on thee Ant. Brave Prince with what unwillingnesse I force Her follies and in those her sin be witnesse All these about me she is bloudy minded And turnes the justice of the Law to rigor It is her cruelties not I accuse her Shall I have Audience Er. Let him speake my Lords Dec. Your memory will rot Ant. Cast all your eyes On this what shall I call her truthlesse woman When often in my discontents the sway Of her unruly bloud her untam'd passion Or name it as you list had houre by houre Sollicited my love she vow'd at last She could not would not live unlesse I granted What she long sued for I in tender pitty To save a Lady of her birth from ruine Gave her her life and promis'd to be hers Nor urg'd I ought from her but secresie And then enjoyn'd her to supply such wants As I perceiv'd my fathers late engagements Had made him subject to what shall I heape up Long repetitions she to quit my pitty Not only hath discover'd to my father What she had promis'd to conceale but also Hath drawne my life into this fatall forfeit For which since I must dye crave a like Equality of justice against her Not that I covet bloud but that she may not Practice this art of falsehood on some other Perhaps more worthy of her love hereafter Por. If this be true Er. My Lords be as the Law is Indifferent upright I do plead guilty Now sir what glory have you got by this 'Las man I meant not to outlive thy doome Shall we be friends in death Cas. Heare me the villaine Scandals her honour'd Lords Er. Leave off to doate And dye a wise man Ant. I am over-reach'd And master'd in my own resolution Phi. Will ye be wilfull Madam here 's the curse Of loves disdaine Cas. Why sit you like dumb Statues Demur no longer Pos. Cassilane Erota Antinous death ye aske and 't is your doomes You in your follies liv'd dye in your follies Cas. I am reveng'd and thanke you for it Er. Yes and I Antinous hath been gratious Ant. Sir may I presume to crave a blessing from you Before we part Cas. Yes such a one as Parents Bestow on cursed sons now now I laugh To see how those poore younglings are both cheated Of life and comfort looke ye looke ye Lords I go but some ten minutes more or lesse Before my time but they have fiuely coz'nd Themselves of many many hopefull yeares Amidst their prime of youth and glory now Enter Annoph My vengeance is made ful Welcome my joy Thou comst to take a seasonable blessing From thy halfe buried fathers hand I am dead Already girle and so is she and he We all are wormes-meat now Anno. I have heard all Nor shall you dye alone Lords on my knees I beg for justice too Porp. 'Gainst whom for what Ann. First let me be resolv'd does the Law favour None be they ne're so mighty Porp. Not the greatest Ann.
Then justly I accuse of foule ingratitude My Lords you of the Senate all not one Excepted Pos. Porp. Us Phil. Annophill Ann. You are the Authors Of this unthrifty bloud-shed when your enemies Came marching to your gates your children suck'd not Safe at their mothers breasts your very Cloysters Were not secure your starting-holes of refuge Not free from danger nor your lives your owne In this most desperate Extasie my father This aged man not onely undertook To guard your lives but did so and beat off The daring foe for you he pawn'd his lands To pay your souldiers who without their pay Refus'd to strike a blow but Lords when peace Was purchas'd for you and victorie brought home Where was your gratitude who in your Coffers Hoarded the rustie treasure which was due To my unminded father he was glad To live retir'd in want in penurie Whilst you made feasts of surfeit and forgot Your debts to him The sum of all is this You have been unthankfull to him and I crave The rigor of the Law against you all Cas. My Royall spirited daughter Fro. Annophill Thou art a worthy wench let me embrace thee Ann. Lords why doe ye keep your seats they are no places For such as are offenders Pos. Though our ignorance Of Cassilanes engagements might asswage Severity of justice yet to shew How no excuse should smooth a breach of Law I yeeld me to the triall of it Porp. So must I Great Prince of Cyprus you are left The onely Moderator in this difference And as you are a Prince be a Protector To wofull Candy Phil. What a Scene of miserie Hath thine obdurate frowardnesse old man Drawne on thy Countries bosome and for that Thy proud ambition could not mount so high As to be stil'd thy Countries onely Patron Thy malice hath descended to the depth Of hell to be renowned in the Title Of the destroyer dost thou yet perceive What curses all posterity will brand Thy grave with that at once hast rob'd this kingdome Of honour and of safety Erot. Children yet unborne Will stop their eares when thou art nam'd Arc. The world will be too little to containe The memorie of this detested deed The Furies will abhorre it Dec. What the sword Could not enforce your peevish thirst of honour A brave cold weak imaginarie fame Hath brought on Candy Candy groans not these That are to die Phil. 'T is happinesse enough For them that they shall not survive to see The wounds wherewith thou stab'st the land that gave Thee life and name Dec. 'T is Candy's wrack shall feele Cas. The mischief of your folly Porp. Pos. Annophill Ann. I will not be entreated Cas. Prethee Annophill Ann. Why would ye urge me to a mercy which You in your selfe allow not Cas. 'T is the Law That if the party who complaines remit The offender he is freed is 't not so Lords Porp. Pos. 'T is so Cas. Antinous By my shame observe What a close witch-craft popular applause is I am awak'd and with cleare eyes behold The Lethargie wherein my reason long Hath been be-charm'd Live live my matchlesse sonne Blest in thy fathers blessing much more blest In thine owne vertues let me dew thy cheeks With my unmanly teares Rise I forgive thee And good Antinous if I shall be thy father Forgive me I can speak no more Ant. Deare Sir You new beget me now Madam your pardon I hartily remit you Ero. I as freely Discharge thee Cassilane Ann. My gracious Lords Repute me not a blemish to my Sex In that I strove to cure a desperate evill With a more violent remedy your lives Your honours are your owne Phil. Then with consent Be reconcil'd on all sides Please you fathers To take your places Pos. Let us againe ascend With joy and thankfulnesse to heaven And now To other businesse Lords Enter Gaspero and Melitus with Gonzalo Mel. Two howres and more Sir The Senate hath been set Gonz. And I not know it Who sits with them Mel. My Lord the Prince of Cyprus Gonz. Gaspero VVhy how comes that to passe Gas Some waighty cause I warrant you Gonz. Now Lords the businesse ha VVho 's here Erota Porp. Secretarie doe your charge Upon that Traitor Gonz. Traytor Gas Yes Gonzalo Traitor Of treason to the peace and state of Candy I doe arrest thee Gonz. Me thou dog Enter Fernando and Michael Mich. With License From this grave Senate I arrest thee likewise Of Treason to the State of Venice Gonz. Ha Is Michael here nay then I see I am undone Ero. I shall not be your Queen Your Dutchesse or your Empresse Gonz. Dull dull braine O I am fool'd Gas Look Sir do you know this hand Mic. Do you know this Seale First Lords he writes to Venice To make a perfect league during which time He would in private keep some Troops in pay Bribe all the Centinells throughout this kindom Corrupt the Captaines at a Banquet poyson The Prince and greatest Peeres and in conclusion Yield Candy slave to Venice Gas Next he contracted With the Illustrious Princesse the Lady Erota In hope of marriage with her to deliver All the Venetian gallantry and strength Upon their first arrivall to the mercy Of her and Candy Erot. This is true Gonzalo Gon. Let it be true what then Pos. My Lord Ambassadour What 's your demand Mich. As likes the State of Candy Either to sentence him as he deserves Here or to send him like a slave to Venice Porph. We shall advise upon it Gonz. O the devills That had not thrust this trick into my pate A Politician foole destruction plague Candy and Venice both Pos. Porp. Away with him Mel. Come sir I le see you safe Exeunt Gonz. Mel. Ero. Lords e're you part Be witnesse to another change of wonder Antinous now be bold before this presence Freely to speak whether or no I us'd The humblest meanes affection could contrive To gaine thy love Ant. Madam I must confesse it And ever am your servant Ero. Yes Antinous My servant for my Lord thou shalt be never I here disclaim the interest thou hadst once In my too passionate thoughts Most noble Prince If yet a relique of thy wonted flames Live warme within thy bosome then I blush not To offer up the assurance of my faith To thee that hast deserv'd it best Phil. O Madam You play with my calamity Ero. Let heaven Record my truth for ever Phil. With more joy Then I have words to utter I accept it I also pawne you mine Ero. The man that in requitall Of noble and un-sought affection Growes cruell never lov'd nor did Antinous Yet herein Prince ye are beholding to him For his neglect of me humbled a pride Which to a vertuous wife had been a Monster Phil. For which I le ranke him my deserving friend Ant. Much comfort dwell with you as I could wish To him I honour most Cas. O my Antinous My owne my owne good son Fer. One suit I have
The Court shall be brought to you then how now who is 't 1. Maid An ancient woman with a maid attending A pretty girle but out of cloathes for a little money It seemes she would put her to your bringing up Madam Enter Woman and Phebe Leu. Let her come in Would ye ought with us good woman I pray be short we are full of businesse Wo. I have a tender girle here and 't please your honour Leu. Very well VVom. That hath a great desire to serve your worship Leu. It may be so I am full of Maids VVom. She is young forsooth And for her truth and as they say her bearing Leu. Ye say well come ye hither maid let me feel your pulse 'T is some what weak but nature will grow stronger Let me see your leg she treads but low i th' pasternes VVom. A cork heele Madam Leu. We know what will doe it Without your aime good woman what do you pitch her at Shee 's but a slight toy cannot hold out long VVom. Even what you think is meet Leu. Give her ten Crowns we are full of businesse Shee is a poore woman let her take a Cheese home Enter the wench i th' office Ex. VVom. 1. Mai. 2. Maid What 's your name sister Phe. Phebe forsooth Leu. A pretty name 't will doe well Goe in and let the other maid instruct ye Phebe Ex. Phe. Let my old velvet skirt be made fit for her I 'le put her into action for a wascoate And when I have rigg'd her up once this small Pinnace Shall saile for gold and good store too who 's there Knock within Ent. Menippe Lord shall we never have any ease in this world Still troubled still molested what would you have I cannot furnish ye faster then I am able And ye were my husband a thousand times I cannot do it At least a dozen poasts are gone this morning For severall parts of the Kingdome I can do no more But pay 'em and instruct 'em Men. Prethee good sweet heart I come not to disturbe thee nor discourage thee I know thou labour'st truly harke in thine eare Leu. Ha What do you make so dainty on 't looke there I am an Asse I can do nothing Men. Celia I this is she a stranger borne Leu. What would you give for more now Men. Prethee my best Leucippe ther 's much hangs on t Lodg'd at the end of Marse's street that 's true too At the sacke of such a Towne by such a Souldier Preserv'd a prisoner and by Prince Demetrius Bought from that man againe maintain'd and favourd How came you by this knowledge Leu. Poore weake man I have a thousand eyes when thou art sleeping Abroad and full of businesse Men. You never tri'd her Leu. No she is beyond my levell so hedg'd in By the Princes infinite love and favour to her Men. She is a hansome wench Leu. A delicate and knowes it And out of that proofe armes her selfe Men. Come in then I have a great designe from the King to you And you must worke like waxe now Leu. On this Lady Men. On this and all your wits call home Leu. I have done Toyes in my time of some note old as I am I thinke my braines will worke without barme Take up the Bookes Men. As we goe in I 'le tell ye Exeunt Scaene 4. Enter Antigonus Tymon Lords and a Souldier Ant. No face of sorrow for this losse 't will choake him Nor no man misse a friend I know his nature So deep imprest with griefe for what he has suffer'd That the least adding to it adds to his ruine His losse is not so infinite I hope Souldier Soul Faith neither great nor out of discretion The young men out of heate Enter Demetrius Leontius and Lieutenant Ant. I ghesse the manner Lord Men. The Prince and 't like your Grace Ant. You are welcome home sir Come no more sorrow I have heard your fortune And I my self haue tride the like cleare up man I will not have ye take it thus if I doubted Your feare had lost and that you had turn'd your back to 'em Basely besought their mercies Leo. No no by this hand sir We fought like honest and tall men Antig. I know 't Leontius or if I thought Neglect of rule having his councell with ye Or too vaine-glorious appetite of fame Your men forgot and scatter'd Leo. None of these sir He shew'd himselfe a noble gentleman Every way apt to rule Ant. These being granted Why should you think you have done an act so hainous That nought but discontent dwells round about ye I have lost a Battaile Leo. I and fought it hard too Ant. With as much meanes as man Leo. Or devill could urge it Ant. Twenty to one of our side now Leo. Turne Tables Beaten like dogs againe like Owles you take it To hart for flying but a mile before 'em And to say truth 't was no flight neither sir 'T was but a walke a handsome walke I have tumbl'd with this old body beaten like a stock-fish And stuck with arrowes like an arming Quiver Blouded and bang'd almost a day before 'em And glad I have got off then Here 's a mad shaver He fights his share I am sure when ere he comes to 't Yet I have seen him trip it tithely too And cry the devill take the hindmost ever Lieu. I learn'd it of my betters Leo. Boudge at this Ant. Has fortune but one face Lieu. In her best vizard Me thinks she looks but lowzily Ant. Chance though she faint now And sink below our expectations Is there no hope left strong enough to boy her Dem. 'T is not this day I fled before the enemie And lost my people left mine honour murder'd My mayden honour never to be ransom'd VVhich to a noble soule is too too sencible Afflicts me with this sadnesse most of these Time may turne straight againe experience perfect And new swords cut new wayes to nobler fortunes O I have lost Ant. As you are mine forget it I doe not think it losse Demet. O sir forgive me I have lost my friends those worthy soules bred with me I have lost my selfe they were the pieces of me I have lost all Arts my Schooles are taken from me Honour and Armes no emulation left me I liv'd to see these men lost look'd upon it These men that twin'd their loves to mine their vertues O shame of shames I saw and could not save 'em This carries sulphure in 't this burnes and boyles me And like a fatall Tombe bestrides my memorie Antig. This was hard fortune but if alive and taken They shall be ransom'd let it be at Millions Dem. They are dead they are dead Lieu. VVhen would he weep for me thus I may be dead and powder'd Leo. Good Prince grieve not VVe are not certaine of their deaths the enemy Though he be hot and keene Yet holds good Quarter VVhat noyse is this Great Shout within Enter Gentlemen Lieu.
He doe's not follow us Give me a steeple top Leo. They live they live sir Ant. Hold up your manly face They live they are here Son Dem. These are the men 1 Gent. They are and live to honour ye Dem. How scap't ye noble friends me thought I saw ye Even in the jawes of death 2. Gent. Thanks to our folly That spurr'd us on we were indeed hedg'd round in 't And ev'n beyond the hand of succour beaten Unhors'd disarm'd and what we lookt for then sir Let such poore weary soules that heare the Bell knoll And see the grave a digging tell Dem. For heaven sake Delude mine eyes no longer how came ye off 1. Gent. Against all expectation the brave Seleucus I thinke this day enamour'd on your vertue VVhen through the Troops he saw ye shoot like lightning And at your manly courage all tooke fire And after that the miserie we fell too The never-certaine fate of war considering As we stood all before him fortunes ruines Nothing but death expecting a short time He made a stand upon our youths and fortunes Then with an eye of mercy inform'd his judgement How yet unripe we were unblowne unhardend Unfitted for such fatall ends he cryed out to us Goe Gentlemen commend me to your Master To the most high and hopefull prince Demetrius Tell him the valour that he showed against me This day the virgin valour and true fire Deserves even from an Enemie this courtesie Your lives and Armes freely I 'le give 'em thanke him And thus we are return'd Sir Leo. Faith 't was well done 'T was bravely done was 't not a noble part Sir Lieu. Had I been there up had I gone I am sure on 't These noble tricks I never durst trust 'em yet Leo. Let me not live and 't were not a famed honestie It takes me such a tickling way now would I wish heaven But ee'n the happines ee'n that poore blessing For all the sharp afflictions thou hast sent me But ee'n i' th' head o' th' field to take Seleucus I should doe something memorable fie sad still 1. Gent. Doe you grieve we are come off Dem. Unransom'd was it 2. Gent. It was sir Dem. And with such a fame to me Said ye not so Leo. Ye have heard it Dem. O Leontius Better I had lost 'em all my selfe had perished And all my fathers hopes Leo. Mercy upon ye VVhat ayle ye Sir death doe not make fooles on 's Neither goe to Church nor tarry at home That 's a fine Horne-pipe Ant. VVhat 's now your griefe Demetrius Dem. Did he not beat us twice Leo. He beate a pudding Beate us but once Dem. Has beate me twice and beat me to a coward Beat me to nothing Lieu. Is not the devill in him Leo. I pray it be no worse Dem. Twice conquer'd me Leo. Bear witnesse all the world I am a dunce here Dem. With valour first he strook me then with honour That stroak Leontius that strook do'st thou not feele it Leo. Where abouts was it for I remember nothing yet Dem. All these gentlemen That were his prisoners Leo. Yes he set 'em free sir With Armes and honour Dem. There there now thou hast it At mine owne weapon Courtesie h 'as beaten me At that I was held a Master in he has cow'd me Hotter then all the dint o th' fight he has charg'd me Am I not now a wretched fellow think on 't And when thou hast examin'd all wayes honourable And find'st no doore left open to requite this Conclude I am a wretch and was twice beaten Ant. I have observ'd your way and understand it And equall love it as Demetrius My noble childe thou shalt not fall in vertue I and my power will sink first you Leontius Wait for a new Commission ye shall out againe And instantly you shall not lodge this night here Not see a friend nor take a blessing with ye Before ye be i th' field the enemy is up still And still in ful designe Charge him againe Son And either bring home that againe thou hast lost there Or leave thy body by him Dem. Ye raise me And now I dare look up againe Leontius Leo. I I sir I am thinking who we shall take of 'em To make all straight and who we shall give toth ' devill VVhat saist thou now Lieutenant Lieu. I say nothing Lord what aile I that I have no minde to fight now I finde my constitution mightily alter'd Since I came home I hate all noises too Especially the noise of Drums I am now as well As any living man why not as valiant To fight now is a kinde of vomit to me It goes against my stomack Dem. Good sir presently You cannot doe your Son so faire a favour Ant. 'T is my intent I le see ye march away too Come get your men together presently Leontius And presse where please you as you march Leo. VVe goe sir Ant. VVait you on me I le bring ye to your command And then to fortune give you up Dem. Ye love me Ext. Leo. Goe get the drums beat round Lieutenant Lieu. Harke ye sir I have a foolish businesse they call marriage Leo. After the wars are done Lieu. The partie staies sir I have giv'n the Priest his money too all my friends sir My father and my mother Leo. VVill you goe forward Lieu. She brings a pretty matter with her Leo. Halfe a dozen Bastards Lieu. Some fortie sir Leo. A goodly competency Lieu. I meane sir pounds a year I le dispatch the matter 'T is but a night or two I le overtake ye sir Leo. The 2 old legions yes where lies the horse-quarter Lieu. And if it be a boy I le even make bold sir Leo. Away with your whore A plague o' your whore you damn'd rogue Now ye are cur'd and well must ye be clicketing Lieu. I have broke my minde to my Ancient in my absence Hee 's a sufficient gentleman Leo. Get forward Lieu. Onely receive her portion Leo. Get ye forward Else I le bang ye forward Lieu. Strange sir A Gentleman and an officer cannot have the libertie To doe the office of a man Leo. Shame light on thee How came this whore into thy head Lieu. This whore sir 'T is strange a poore whore Leo. Doe not answer me Troop Troop away doe not name this whore againe Or think there is a whore Lieu. That 's very hard sir Leo. For if thou dost look to 't I le have thee guelded I le walk ye out before me not a word more Ex. Scaene 5. Enter Leucippe and Governesse Leu. Ye are the Mistris of the house ye say Where this young Ladie lies Gov. For want of a better Leu. You may be good enough for such a purpose When was the Prince with her answer me directly Gover. Not since he went a warring Leuc. Very well then What carnall copulation are you privie too Between these two be not afraid we are women And may talke thus amongst
it 1 Daugh. And then be sure to die Nen. It shall go hard else Bond. Fare well with all my heart we shall meet yonder where few of these must come Nen. Gods take thee Lady Exit Nennius Bond. Bring up the swords and poison Enter one with swords and a great cup 2 Daugh. O my fortune Bond. How how ye whore 2 Daugh. Good mother nothing to offend ye Bond. Here wench behold us Romanes Swet. Mercy yet Bond. No talking puff there goes all your pitie Come short prayers and let 's dispatch the businesse you begin shrink not I 'll see ye do 't 2 Daugh. O gentle mother O Romanes O my heart I dare not Swet. Woman woman unnatural woman 2 Daugh. O perswade her Romanes alas I am young and would live Noble mother can ye kill that ye gave life are my yeers fit for destruction Swet. Yeeld and be a Queen still a mother and a friend Bond. Ye talk come hold it and put it home 1 Daugh. Fie sister fie what would you live to be Bond. A whore still 2 Daugh. Mercie Swet. Hear her thou wretched woman 2 Daugh. Mercie mother O whither will you send me I was once your darling your delight Bond. O gods fear in my family do it and nobly 2 Daugh. O do not frown then 1 Daugh. Do it worthy sister 't is nothing 't is a pleasure we 'll go with ye 2 Daugh. O if I knew but whither 1 Daugh. To the blessed where we shall meet our father Swet. Woman Bond. Talk not 1 Daugh. Where nothing but true joy is Bond. That 's a good wench mine own sweet girl put it close to thee 2 Daugh. O comfort me still for heavens sake 1 Daugh. Where eternal our youths are and our beauties where no Wars come nor lustful slaves to ravish us 2 Daugh. That steels me a long farewel to this world Bond. Good I 'll help thee 1 Daugh. The next is mine Shew me a Romane Lady in all your stories dare do this for her honour they are cowards eat coals like compell'd Cats your great Saint Lucrece di'd not for honour Tarquin topt her well and mad she could not hold him bled Petill. By I am in love I would give an hundred pound now but to lie with this womans behaviour O the devil 1 Daugh. Ye shall see me example All your Rome if I were proud and lov'd ambition if I were lustful all your ways of pleasure if I were greedie all the wealth ye conquer Bond. Make haste 1 Daugh. I will Could not intice to live but two short hours this frailty would ye learn how to die bravely Romanes to fling off this case of flesh lose all your cares for ever live as we have done well and fear the gods hunt Honour and not Nations with your swords keep your mindes humble your devotions high so shall ye learn the noblest part to die Bond. I come wench to ye all Fates hang-men you that case the aged destinies and cut the threds of Kingdoms as they draw 'em here here 's a draught would ask no lesse then Caesar to pledge it for the glories sake Cur. Great Lady Swet. Make up your own conditions Bond. So we will Swet. Stay Dem. Stay Swet. Be any thing Bond. A Saint Swetonius when thou shalt fear and die like a slave Ye foole ye should have ti'd up death first when ye conquer'd ye sweat for us in vain else see him here he 's ours still and our friend laughs at your pities and we command him with as easie reins as do our enemies I feel the poison Poor vanquish'd Romanes with what matchlesse tortures could I now rack ye But I pitie ye desiring to die quiet nay so much I hate to prosecute my victory that I will give ye counsel ere I die If you will keep your Laws and Empire whole place in your Romane flesh a Britain soul Enter Decius Swet. Desperate and strange Dec. 'T is won Sir and the Britains all put to th' sword Swet. Give her fair Funeral she was truely noble and a Queen Petill. take it a love-mange grown upon me what a spirit Iun. I am glad of this I have found ye Petill. In my belly O how it tumbles Iun. Ye good gods I thank ye Exeunt Actus Quintus Scaena Prima Enter Caratach upon a rock and Hengo by him sleeping Car. Thus we afflicted Britains climb for safeties and to avoid our dangers seek destructions thus we awake to sorrows O thou woman thou agent for adversities what curses this day belong to thy improvidence to Britanie by thy means what sad millions of widows weeping eyes The strong mans valour thou hast betraid to fury the childes fortune to fear and want of friends whose pieties might wipe his mournings off and build his sorrows a house of rest by his blest ancestore the virgins thou hast rob'd of all their wishes blasted their blowing hopes turn'd their songs their mirthful Marriage songs to Funerals the Land thou hast left a wildernesse of wretches The boy begins to stir thy safety made would my soul were in heaven Heng. O noble Uncle look out I dream'd we were betraid a soft dead march within Car. No harm boy 't is but thy emptinesse that breeds these fancies thou shalt have meat anon Heng. A little Uncle and I shall hold out bravely What are those look Uncle look those multitudes that march there they come upon us stealing by Car. I see 'em and prethee be not fearful Heng. Now ye hate me would I were dead Car. Thou know'st I love thee dearly Heng. Did I ere shrink yet Uncle were I a man now I should be angry with ye Enter Drusus Regulus and Souldiers with Penyus Herse Drums and Colours Car. My sweet chicken see they have reach'd us and as it seems they bear some Souldiers body by their solemn gestures and sad solemnities it well appears too to be of eminence Most worthy Souldiers let me intreat your knowledge to inform me what noble body that is which you bear with such a sad and ceremonious grief as if ye meant to woo the world and nature to be in love with death Most honourable excellent Romanes by your ancient valours as ye love fame resolve me Sould. 'T is the body of the great Captain Penyus by himself made cold and spiritlesse Car. O stay ye Romanes by the religion which you owe those gods that lead ye on to Victories by those glories which made even pride a vertue in ye Dru. Stay what 's thy will Caratach Car. Set down the body the body of the noblest of all Romanes as ye expect an offering at your graves from your friends sorrows set it down a while that with your griefs an enemy may mingle a noble enemy that loves a Souldier and lend a tear to vertue even your foes your wild foes as you call'd us are yet stor'd with fair affections our hearts fresh our spirits though sometimes stubborn yet when vertue dies
young Ascanio Prince of Rossana King Ferrants most belov'd one You took two moneths agoe Why is not he flung overboord or hang'd Ses. I le tell thee girle It were a mercy in my nature now So soon to break the bed of his afflictions I am not so far reconcil'd yet to him To let him die that were a benefit Besides I keep him as a bayt and dyet To draw on more and neerer to the King I look each hour to heare of his Armados And a hot welcome they shall have Daugh. But hark you If you were overswayed with oddes Ses. I find you I would not yield no girle no hope of yeelding Nor fling my self one houre into their mercies And give the tyrant hope to gain his Kingdom No I can sink wench and make shift to die A thousand doores are open I shal hit one I am no niggard of my life so it goe Nobly All waies are equall and all houres I care not Daugh. Now you speak like my father Mast. Noble General If by our means they inherit ought but bangs The mercy of the main yard light upon us No we can sinke too sir and sinke low enough To pose their cruelties to follow us And he that thinks of life if the world go that way A thousand cowards suck his bones Gun Let the worst come I can unbreech a Canon and without much help Turn her into the Keele and when she has split it Every man knows his way his own prayers And so good night I think Mast. We have liv'd all with you Boy a top And will die with you Generall Sess. I thank you Gentlemen Boy above A Sayle a Sayle Mast. A cheerfull sound Boy A Sayle Bots. Of whence of whence boy Boy A lusty sayle Daugh. Look right and look again Boy She plows the Sea before her And fomes i' th mouth Bots. Of whence Boy I ken not yet sir Sess. O may she prove of Naples Mast. Prove the Divell We 'l spit out fire as thick as she Boy Hoy Mast. Brave boy Boy Of Naples Naples I think of Naples Master Me thinks I see the Armes Mast. Up up another And give more certain signes Exit Saylor Sess. All to your businesse And stand but right and true Bots. Hang him that halts now Boy Sh 'as us in chase Mast. We 'l spare her our main top-saile He shall not look us long we are no starters Down with the fore-saile too we 'l spoom before her Mart. Gunner good noble Gunner for my honour Load me but these two Minions in the chape there And load 'em right that they may bid faire welcome And be thine eye and level as thy heart it Gun Madam I le scratch 'em out I le pisse 'em out else Sayl. above Ho Sess. Of whence now Sayl. Of Naples Naples Naples I see her top flag how she quarters Naples I heare her Trumpets Sess. Down she 's welcome to us Exit Mast. Bots. Gun Sayl. Every man to his charge man her i' th bowe wel And place your rakers right daughter be sparing Mart. I sweare I le be above sir in the thickest And where most danger is I le seek for honour They have begun harke how their Trumpets call us Hark how the wide mouth'd Cannons sing amongst us Heark how they saile out of our shels for shame sir Sess. Now fortune and my cause Mart. Be bold and conquer Exit Charge Trumpets and shot within Enter Master and Boteswain Mast. They 'l board us once again they 'r tuffe valiant Botes. Twice we have blown 'em into th' ayre like feathers And made 'em dance Mast. Good boys fight bravely manly Enter Gunner They come on yet clap in her stern yoke 'em Gun You shall not need I have provision for 'em Let 'em boord once again the next is ours Stand bravely to your Pikes away be valiant I have a second course of service for 'em Shall make the bowels of their Barke ake hoy The Duke fights like a Dragon Who dares be idle Exit Charge Trumpets pieces goe off Enter Master Boteswaine following Mast. Down with 'em stow 'em in Bots. Cut their throats t is brotherhood to fling em into the Sea The Duke is hurt so is his lovely daughter Martia We have the day yet Enter Gunner Gun Pox fire 'em they have smok'd us never such plumbs yet flew Bots. They have rent the ship bor'd a hundred holes She swims still lustily Mast. She made a brave fight and he shall be cur'd And make a braver yet Gun Bring us some Cans up I am hot as fire Enter Boy with 3 Cans Botes. I am sure I am none o' th coolest Gun My Cannons rung like Bels Here 's to my Mistris The dainty Sweet brasse Minion split their fore-mast She never failed Mast. Ye did all well and truly like faithfull honest men Botes. But is she rich Master Trumpet flourish Enter Sesse Martia Virolet Saylors Mast. Rich for my Captains purpose howsoever And we are his How bravely now he shows Heated in blood and anger how do you sir Not wounded mortally I hope Sess. No Master but onely weare the livery of fury I am hurt and deep Mast. My Mistris too Mart. A scratch man My needle would ha done as much good sir Be provident and carefull Sess. Prethee peace girle This wound is not the first blood I have blusht in Ye fought all like tall men my thanks among ye That speaks not what my purse means but my tongue souldiers Now sir to you that sought me out that found me That found me what I am the Tyrants Tyrant You that were imp'd the weak arme to his folly You are welcome to your death Vir. I do expect it And therefore need no complement but waite it Sess. Thou bor'st the face once of a Noble Gentleman Rankt in the first file of the vertuous By every hopefull spirit shewed and pointed Thy Countries love one that advanc'd her honour Not taynted with the base and servile uses The Tyrant ties mens soules too Tell me Virolet If shame have not forsook thee with thy credit Vir. No more of these Racks what I am I am I hope not to go free with poore confessions Nor if I show ill will I seem a monster By making my mind prisoner do your worst When I came out to deale with you I cast it Onely those base inflictions fit for slaves Because I am a Gentleman Sess. Thou art none Thou wast while thou stoodst good th' art now a villain And agent for the divell Vir. That tongue lies Give me my Sword again and stand all arm'd He prove it on ye all I am a Gentleman A man as faire in honour rate your prisoners How poore and like a Pedagogue it shews How far from Noblenesse t is fair you may kil 's But to defame your victory with foule language Ses. Go fling him overboord I le teach you sirra Vir. You cannot teach me to die I could kill you now
her anger shews how it sets off Her naturall beauty under what happy star Was Virolet born to be belov'd and sought to By two incomparable women Noblest Lady I have heard your wrongs and pity them and if The service of my life could give me hope To gain your favour I should be most proud To be commanded Mart. T is in you my Lord To make me your glad servant Ron. Name the means Mar. T is not preferment Jewels Gold or Courtship He that desires to reap the harvest of My youth and beauty must begin in blood And right my wrongs Ron. I apprehend you Madam And rest assur'd t is done I am provided Of instruments to fit you To the King I le instantly present you if I faile He shal make good your aymes he 's lesse then man That to atchieve your favour would not doe Deeds friends would fear to put their agents to Exeunt Enter Virolet Reading Vir. Quid invitus facis non est scelus T is an axiome Now whether willingly I have departed With that I lov'd with that above her life Lov'd me again crownd me a happy husband Was full of children her afflictions That I begot that when our age must perish And all our painted frailties turn to ashes Then shal they stand and propagate our honors Whether this done and taking to protection A new strange beauty it was a useful one How to my lust if it be so I am sinful And guilty of that crime I would fling from me Was there not in it this fair course of vertue This pious course to save my friends my Countrey That even then had put on a mourning garment And wept the desolation of her children Her noblest children Did not she thrust me on And to my duty clapt the spur of honour Was there a way without this woman left me To bring 'em off the marrying of this woman If not why am I stung thus why tormented Or had there been a wild desire joyn'd with it How easily both these and all their beauties Might I have made mine own why am I toucht thus Having perform'd the great redemption Both of my friends and family fairly done it Without base and lascivious ends O Heaven Why am I still at war thus why this a mischiefe That honesty and honour had propounded I and absolv'd my tender wil and chid me Nay then unwillingly flung me on Enter Juliana and the Boy Boy He 's here Madam This is the melancholy walk he lives in And chooses ever to encrease his sadnesse Jul. Stand by Vir. T is she how I shake now and tremble The vertues of that mind are torments to me Jul. Sir if my hated face shal stir your anger Or this forbidden path I tread in vex you My love and faire obedience let behind me Your pardon asked I shal return and blesse you Vir. Pray stay a little I delight to see you May not we yet though fortune have divided us Ana set an envious stop between our pleasures Look thus one at another sigh and weep thus And read in one anothers eyes the Legends And wonders of our old loves be not fearful Though you be now a Saint I may adore you May I not take this hand and on it sacrifice The sorrows of my heart white seale of vertue Jul. My Lord you wrong your wedlock Vir. Were she here And with her all severe eyes to behold us We might do this I might name Julian And to the reverence of that name bow thus I might sigh Juliana she was mine once But I too weak a guard for that great Treasure And whilst she has a name believe me Lady This broken heart shal never want a sorroW Jul. Forget her sir your honour now commands you You are anothers keep those griefes for her She richly can reward 'em I would have spoken with you Vir. What is your wil for nothing you can aske So ful of goodnesse are your words and meanings Must be denied speak boldly Jul. I thank you sir I come not To beg or flatter onely to be believ'd That I desire for I shal tell a story So far from seeming truth yet a most true one So horrible in nature and so horrid So beyond wickednesse that when you heare it It must appeare the practice of another The cast malice of some one you have wrongd much And me you may imagine me accus'd to Unlesse you call to mind my daily sufferings The infinite obedience I have born you That hates all name and nature of revenge My love that nothing but my death can sever Rather then hers I speak of Vir. Juliana To make a doubt of what you shall deliver After my full experience of your vertues Were to distrust a providence to think you can lie Or being wrong'd seek after foule repairings To forge a Creed against my faith Jul. I must do so for it concernes your life sir And if that word may stir you heare and prosper I should be dumb else were not you at stake here Vir. What new friend have I found that dares deliver This loden Trunke from his afflictions What pitying hand of all that feeles my miseries Brings such a benefit Jul. Be wise and manly And with your honour fall when Heaven shall call you Not by a Hellish mischiefe Vir. Speak my blest one How weak and poor I am now she is from me Jul. Your wife Viro. How 's that Jul. Your wife Vir. Be tender of her I shal believe else Jul. I must be true your eare sir For t is so horrible if the ayre catch it Into a thousand plagues a thousand monsters It will disperse it selfe and fright resistance Viro. She seeke my life with you make you her agent Another love O speake but truth Jul. Be patient Deare as I love you else I leave you wretched Vir. Forward t is well it shal be welcome to me I have liv'd too long numbred too many daies Yet never found the benefit of living Now when I come to reap it with my service And hunt for that my youth and honour aimes at The Sunne sets on my fortune red and bloody And everlasting night begins to close me T is time to die Enter Martia and Ronvere Jul. She comes her selfe Ron. Believe Lady And on this Angel hand your servant seales it You shal be Mistris of your whole desires And what ye shal command Mart. Ha mynion My precious dame are you there nay go forward Make your complaints and poure out your faind pities Slave like to him you serve I am the same still And what I purpose let the world take witnesse Shal be so finisht and to such example Spite of your poore preventions my deare Gentleman My honourable man are you there too You and your hot desire Your mercy sir I had forgot your greatnesse Jul. T is not wel Lady Mart. Lord how I hate this fellow now how desperately My stomack stands against him this base fellow This
down and take rest and goodnes guard me Pes. 1 We have scap'd to day well certain if the Out-laws Had known we had been stirring we had paid for 't 2 Plague on 'em they have rob'd me thrice 3 And me five times Beside they made my daughter one of us too An arrant Drum O they are the lewdest Rascals The Captaine such a damn'd peece of iniquitie But we are farre enough of on 'em that 's the best on 't They cannot heare 4 They 'le come to me familiarly And eat up all I have drinke up my wine too And if there be a Servant that content 'em Let her keele hold they 'll give her Stowage enough We have no Children now but Theeves and Outlawes The very Brats in their Mothers bellies have their qualities They 'll steale into the world 1 Would we had some of 'em here 2 I O' that condition we could Master 'em They are sturdy knaves 3 A devill take their sturdinesse We can neither keep our wives from 'em nor our States We pay the Rent and they possesse the benefit 1 What 's this lies here is it drunk or sober It sleeps and soundly too 2 'T is an old woman That keepes sheepe hereabouts it turns and stretches 4 Do's she keep sheep with a sword 3 It has a Beard too 1 Peace peace It is the devill Roderigo Peace of all hands and looke 2 'T is he 3 Speake softly 4 Now we may fit him 3 Stay stay let 's be provident 1 Kill him and wake him then 4 Let me come to him Ev'n one blow at his pate if ere he wake more 3 So so so lay that by 2 I must needs kill him It stands with my reputation 3 Stand off I say And let us some way make him sure then torture him To kill him presently has no pleasure in 't Has been tormented of us at least this twelve moneth Rod. Oh me All He comes he comes 4 Has he no Guns about him 3 Softly again no no take that hand easily And tye it fast there that to th' other bough there Fast fast and easie least he wake 2 Have we got ye This was a benefit we never aym'd at 3 Out with your knives and let 's carve this Cock-theefe Daintily carve him 1 I would he had been used thus Ten year agoe we might have thought we had children 3 O that Sir Nicholas now our Priest were here What a sweet Homily would he say over him For ringing all in with his wife in the Bell-frey He would stand up stiffe girt Now pounce him lightly And as he rores and rages let 's goe deeper Come neere you are dym ey'd on with your spectacles Rod. O what torments me thus what slaves what villaines O spare me doe not murther me 3 We 'll but tickle ye You have tickled us at all points 4 Where are his Emblemes Enter Pedro Rod. As ye are men and Christians 2. Yes we hear ye And you shall here of us too Rod. Oh no mercy Ped. What noyse is this what rore I cannot find her She is got free again but where or which way Rod. O' villains beasts Pedro. Murdring a man ye rascals Ye inhumane slaves off off and leave this cruelty Or as I am a Gentleman do ye brave me Then have among ye all ye slaves ye cowards Take up that sword and stand stay ye base rascals Ye cut-throate rogues All Away away Exeunt Pes. Ped. Ye dog-whelps Rod O' I am how more wretched far then ever Ped. A violence to that habit ha Roderigo What makes he here thus lad is it repentance Or only a fair shew to guid his mischiefes Rod. This benefit has made me shame to see him To know him blush Ped. You are not much hurt Rod. No Sir All I can call a hurt sticks in my conscience That pricks and tortuers me Ped. Have ye considerd The nature of these men and how they us'd ye Was it fair play did it appear to you handsom Rod. I dare not speak or if I do t is nothing Can bring me off or justifie me Ped. Was it noble To be o're-layd with odds and violence Manly or brave in these thus to oppresse ye Do you blush at this in such as are meer rudenes That have stopt soules that never knew things gentle And dare you glorifie worse in your self sir Ye us'd me with much honour and I thank ye In this I have requited some ye know me Come turne not back ye must and ye shall know me Had I bin over seasond with base anger And suited all occasions to my mischiefes Bore no respect to Honesty Religion No faith no common tie of man humanity Had I had in me but given reines and licence To a tempestuous will as wild as winter This day know Roderigo I had set As small a price upon thy life and fortunes As thou didst lately on mine innocence But I reserve thee to a nobler service Rod. I thank ye and I 'le studdy more to honour ye You have the nobler soule I must confesse it And are the greater master of your goodnes Though it be impossible I should now recover And my rude will grow handsome in an instant Yet touching but the purenes of your mettle Something shall shew like gold at least shall glister That men may hope although the mine be rugged Stony and hard to work yet time and honour Shall find and bring forth that that 's rich and worthy Ped I 'le trie that and to 'th purpose ye told me sir In noble emulation so I take it I 'le put your hatred far off and forget it You had a faire desire to try my valour You seemd to court me to it you have found a time A weapon in your hand an equall enemy That as he puts this off puts of all injuries And only now for honors sake defies ye Now as you are a man I know you are valiant As you are gentle bred a souldier fashioned Rod. His vertue startles me I dare fight Pedro Ped. And as you have a Mistris that you honor Mark me a Mistris Rod. Ha Ped. A handsome Mistris As you dare hold your self deserving of her Rod. Deserving what a word was that to fire me Ped. I could compell ye now without this circumstance But I 'le deale free and fairely like a Gentleman As ye are worthy of the name ye carry A daring man Rod. O that I durst not suffer For all I dare do now implies but pennance Ped. Now do me noble right Rod. I 'le satisfy ye But not by th' word pray ye hear me and allow me I have bin rude but shall I be a monster And teach my sword to hurt that that preserved me Though I be rough by nature shall my name Inherit that eternall staine of barbarous Give me an enemy a thing that hates ye That never heard of yet nor felt your goodnes That is one main antipathy to sweetnes And set me on you cannot hold me
Exit Eug. She knows your love sir and the full allowance Her Father and my selfe approve it with And I must tell you I much hope it hath Wrought some impression by her alteration She sighes and saies forsooth and cries heigh ho She 'll take ill words o th' Steward and the Servants Yet answer affably and modestly Things sir not usuall with her there she is Change some few words Say Maddam I am bound to ye How now faire Mistresse working Cla. Yes forsooth Learning to live another day Say That needs not Cla. No forsooth by my truly but it do's We know not what we may come too Eug. 'T is strange Say Come I ha beg'd leave for you to play Cla. Forsooth 'T is ill for a faire Lady to be idle Say She had better be well busied I know that Turtle me thinkes you mourne shall I sit by you Cla. If you be weary sir you had best be gone I work not a true stitch now you 'r my mate Say If I be so I must doe more then side you Cla. Ev'n what you will but tread me Say Shall we bill Cla. Oh no forsooth Say Being so faire my Clara Why do' ye delight in black-worke Cla. Oh white sir The fairest Ladies like the blackest men I ever lov'd the colour all black things Are least subject to change Say Why I doe love A black thing too and the most beauteous faces Have oftnest of them as the blackest eyes Jet-arched browes such haire I 'le kisse your hand Cla. 'T will hinder me work my sir and my Mother Will chide me if I doe not doe my taske Say Your Mother nor your Father shall chide you Might have a prettier taske would you be rul'd And looke with open eyes Cla. I stare upon you And broadly see you a wondrous proper man Yet 't were a greater taske for me to love you Then I shall ever work sir in seven yeer o' this stitching I had rather feele Two then sow one this rogue h 'as giv'n me a stitch Cleane crosse my heart good faith sir I shall prick you Say In goodder faith I would prick you againe Cla. Now you grow troublesome pish the man is foolish Say Pray weare these trifles Cla. Neither you nor trifles You are a trifle weare your selfe sir out And here no more trifle the time away Say Come you 're deceived in me I will not wake Nor fast nor dye for you Cla. Goose be not you deceiv'd I can not like nor love nor live with you Nor fast nor watch nor pray for you Eug. Her old fit Say Sure this is not the way nay I will breake Your melancholie Cla. I shall breake your pate then Away you sanguine scabbard Eug. Out upon thee Enter Alvarez Piorato Lucio Bobadilla Thou 'lt breake my heart I am sure Say She 's not yet tame Alv. On sir put home or I shall goad you here With this old Fox of mine that will bite better Oh the brave age is gone in my young daies A Chevalier would stock a needles point Three times together strait i th' hams Or shall I gi'v'ye new Garters Bob. Faith old Master There 's little hope the linnen sure was danck He was begot in he 's so faint and cold 2 Torches ready Ev'n send him to Toledo there to study For he will never fadge with these Toledos Beare ye up your point there pick his teeth Oh base Pio. Fie you are the most untoward Scholler beare Your body gracefully what a posture 's there You lie too open breasted Luc. Oh! Pio. You 'ld never Make a good States-man Luc. Pray no more I hope to breath in peace and therefore need not The practise of these dangerous qualities I doe not meane to live by 't for I trust You 'l leave me better able Alv. Not a Button Eugenia Let 's goe get us a new heire Eug. I by my troth your daughter 's as untoward Alv. I will breake thee bone by bone and bake thee Ere I 'le ha' such a woodden Sonne to inherit Take him a good knock see how that will work Pio. Now for your life Signior Luc. Oh alas I am kill'd My eye is out looke Father Zancho I le play the foole no more thus that I will not Cla. Heart nere a rogue in Spaine shall wrong my brother Whil'st I can hold a sword Pio. Hold Maddam Maddam Alv. Clara Eug. Daughter Bob. Mistresse Pio. Bradamante Hold hold I pray Alv. The devil 's in her o' the other side sure There 's Gold for you they have chang'd what ye calt's Will no cure help well I have one experiment And if that faile I le hang him then here 's an end on 't Come you along with me and you sir Exit Bob. Now are you going to drowning Alv. Eug. Luc. Bob. Say I le ev'n along with ye she 's too great a Lady For me and would prove more then my match Exit Cla. You 'r he spoke of Vitelli to the Steward Pio. Yes and I thank you you have beat me for 't Cla. But are you sure you doe not wrong him Pio. Sure So sure that if you please venture your selfe I le show you him and his Cockatrice together And you shall heare 'em talke Cla. Will you by sir You shall endeere me ever and I ask You mercy Pio. You were somewhat boystrous Cla. There 's Gold to make you amends and for this paines I le gratifie you further I 'le but masque me And walke along with ye faith let 's make a night on 't Exit Scaena quinta Enter Algnazier Pachieco Mendoza Metaldi Lazarillo Alg. Come on my brave water-Spanlels you that hunt Ducks in the night and hide more knavery under your gownes then your betters observe my precepts and edifie by my doctrine at yond corner will I set you if drunkards molest the street fall to brabling knock you down the malefactors and take you up their cloaks and hats and bring them to me they are lawfull prisoners and must be ransom'd ere they receive liberty what else you are to execute upon occasion you sufficiently know and therefore I abbreviate my Lecture Met. We are wise enough and warme enough Men. Vice this night shall be apprehended Pach. The terror of rug-gownes shall be known and our bils Discharge us of after recknings Laz. I will doe any thing so I may eat Pach. Lazarillo We will spend no more now we are growne worse we will live better let us follow our calling faithfully Alg. Away then the Common-wealth is our Mistresse and who Would serve a common Mistresse but to gaine by her Exeunt Actus quartus Scaena prima Enter Vitelli Lamorall Genevora Anastro and two Pages with lights Lam. I pray you see the Masque my Lord Ana. 'T is early night yet Gen. O if it be so late take me along I would not give advantage to ill tongues To tax my being here without your presence To be my warrant Vit. You might spare this
i' th Sea To feed the fishes 't was your will I take it I did it from a strong Commission And stood not to capitulate Fred. 'T is well done And I shall love you for your faith What anger Or sorrow did he utter at his end Castr. Faith little Sir that I gave any eare to He would have spoke but I had no Commission To argue with him so I flung him off His Lady would have seene but I lockt her up For feare her womans teares should hinder us Fred. 'T was truly still I wonder my Sorano We heare not from the Monastery I believe They gave it not or else it wrought not fully Cast. Did you name the Monastery Fred. Yes I did Captaine Cast. I saw the Fryer this morning and Lord Rugio Bitterly weeping and wringing of their hands And all the holy men hung downe their heads Sora. 'T is done I le warrant ye Cast. I asked the reason Fred. What answer hadst thou Cast. This in few words Sir Your Brother 's dead this morning he deceased I was your servant and I wept not Sir I knew 't was for your good Fred. It shall be for thine too Captaine indeed it shall O my Soranto Now we shall live Sor. I now there 's none to trouble ye Fred. Captaine bring out the woman and give way To any Suitor that shall come to marry her Of What degree soever Cast. It shall be done Sir Exit Cap. Fre. O let me have a lusty Banquet after it Enter Evanthe Camillo Cleanthes Menallo Foole Castruchio I will be high and merry Sor. There be some Lords That I could counsell ye to sling from Court Sir They pry into our actions they are such The foolish people call their Countries honours Honest brave things and stile them with such Titles As if they were the patternes of the Kingdome Which makes them proud and prone to looke into us And talk at randome of our actions They should be your lovers of your commands And followers of your will bridles and curbs To the hard headed Commons that maligne us They come here to do honour to my sister To laugh at your severity and fright us If they had power what would these men do Do you heare Sir how privily they whisper Fred. I shall silence 'em And to their shames within this weeke Sorane In the meane time have patience Sor. How they jeere and looke upon me as I were a Monster And talk and jeere How I shall pull your plumes Lords How I shall humble ye within these two daies Your great names nor your Country cannot save ye Fred. Let in the Suitors Yet submit I le pardon ye You are halfe undone already do not winde My anger to that height it may consume ye Enter Lawyer Physitian Captain Cutpurse And utterly destroy thee faire Evanthe yet I have mercy Evan. Use it to your bawds To me use cruelty it best becomes ye And shewes more Kingly I contemne your mercy It is a cozening and a bawdy mercy Can any thing be hoped for to relieve me Or is it fit I thank you for a pitty when you have kill'd my Lord Fred. Who will have her Evan. My teares are gone My teares of love to my deere Valerio But I have fill'd mine eyes againe with anger O were it but so powerfull to consume ye My tongue with curses I have arm'd against ye With Maiden curses that Heaven crownes with horrors My heart set round with hate against thy tyranny O would my hands could hold the fire of Heaven Wrapt in the thunder that the Gods revenge with That like sterne Justice I might fling it on thee Thou art a King of Monsters not of men And shortly thou wilt turne this Land to Devills Fred. I le make you one first and a wretched Devill Come who will have her Law I an 't like your Majesty I am a Lawyer I can make her a Joynter of any mans Land in Naples And she shall keepe it too I have a trick for it Foole. Canst thou make her a Joynter of thine honesty Or thy ability thou lewd abridgement Those are non-suted and flung o're the barre Physitian An 't please your Majesty to give me leave I dare accept her and though old I seeme Lady Like Eason by my art I can renew youth and ability Foole. In a powdring Tub Stew thy selfe tender againe like a Cock Chicken The broth may be good but the flesh is not fit for doggs sure Capt. Lady take me and I le maintaine thine honour I am a poore Captaine as poore people call me Very poore people for my Souldiers They are quartered in the outsides of the City Men of ability to make good a high way We have but two grand Enemies that oppose us The Don Gout and the Gallowes Foole. I believe ye and both these you will binde her for a Joynter Now Signior firke Cut-purse Madam take me and be wise I am rich and nimble and those are rare in one man Every mans pocket is my Treasury And no man weares a Sute but fits me neatly Clothes you shall have and weare the purest Linnen I have a tribute out of every Shop Lady Meat you shall eat I have my Caters out too The best and lustiest and drinke good Wine good Lady Good quickening Wine Wine that will make you caper And at the worst Foole. It is but capring short Sir You seldome stay for Agues or for Surfets A shaking fit of a whip sometimes o're takes ye Marry you dye most commonly of chokings Obstructions of the halter are your ends ever Pray leave your horne and your knife for her to live on Evan. Poore wretched people why do you wrong your selves Though I fear'd death I should feare you ten times more You are every One a new death and an odious The earth will purifie corrupted bodies You 'le make us worse and stinke eternally Go home go home and get good Nurces for you Dreame not of wives Fred. You shall have one of 'em if they dare venter for ye Evan. They are dead already Crawling diseases that must creep into The next grave they finde open are these fit husbands For her you have loved Sir though you hate me now And hate me mortally as I hate you Your noblenesse in that you have done otherwise And named Evanthe once as your poore Mistris Might offer worthier choice Fred. Speake who dare take her for one moneth and then dye Phi. Dye Sir Fred. I dye Sir that 's the condition Phi. One moneth is too little For me to repent in for my former pleasure To go still on unlesse I were sure she would kill me And kill me delicately before my day Make it up a yeare for by that time I must dye My body will hold out no longer Fred. No Sir it must be but a moneth Lawy. Then farewell Madam This is like to be a great yeare of dissention Among good people and I dare not lose it There will
with the Ladies of the time Noble and faire only for love to thee Must of necessity invite a tendernesse As low as nature could have stampt a bond womans To entertaine quick motions of rare gratitude For my uncommon favours Bian. Deed my Lord as far as my simplicity can leade mee I freely thank your curtesies Cesar. To thank them is to reward them pretty one Bian. Then teach me How I may give them back again in truth I never yet receiv'd a paire of Gloves A trifling ring from any that expected An equall satisfaction but as willingly I parted with the gift unto the owner as he bestowd it Caesar. But I pow're before thee Such plenties as it lyes not in the ability Of thy whole kindred to returne proportionable One for a thousand Bian. You my Lord conclude For my instruction to ingage a debt Beyond a possibilitie of paiment I ever thought a sinne and therefore justly Without conceit of scorne or curious rudenesse I must refuse your bounty Cesar. Canst thou love Bian. Love is there such a word in any language That carries honest sence Cesar. Never dwelt ignorance In so sweet-shap't a building love Bianca Is that firme knot which tyes two hearts in one Shall ours be tyed so Bian. Vse a plainer word My Lord Insteed of tyes say marries hearts Then I may understand Cesar. Their hearts are married Whose enterchange of pleasures and embraces Soft kisses and the privacies of sweetes Keeps constant league together when temptation Of great mens oathes and gifts shall urge contempt Rather then batter resolution novelty Of sights or taste of new delights in wantonnesse Breeds surfeit more then appetite in any Reserv'd to noble vowes my excellent maide Live thou but true to me and my contents Mine only that no partner may pertake The treasure of those sweets thy youth yet glories in And I will raise thy lownesse to abundance Of all varieties and more triumph In such a mistris then great Princes doating On truth-betraying wives Bian. Thus to yeeld up then The cottage of my vertue to be swallow'd By some hard-neighboring landlord such as you are Is in effect to love a Lord so vicious O where shall innocence find some poore dwelling Free from temptations tirrany Cesar. Nay prethee Byan. Gay clothes high feeding easie beds of lust Change of unseemly sights with base discourse Draw curses on your Pallaces for my part This I will be confirmd in I will eate The bread of labour know no other rest Then what is earnd from honest paines ere once more Lend eare to your vild toyles Sir would you were As noble in desires as I could be in knowing vertue Pray doe not afflict a poore soule thus Caesar. I sweare to me Bianca steales off Gen. The Duke my Lord commands your speedy presence For answering agreivances late urg'd Against you by your Mother Caesar. By my Mother Gent. The Court is neere on sitting Cesar. I waite on it Sir Exeunt Enter Duke Magistrate Secretary Baptista Attendants Mentivole they sit Mentivole stands by Duke What wast of bloud what tumults what divisions What outrages what uprores in a state Factions though issuing from meane springs at first Have not restraind flowed to the sad example At Rome betweene the Ursins and Columnies Nay here at home in Florence twixt the Neers And the Bianchi can too mainly witnesse I sit not at the helme my Lords of soveraignty Deputed Pilot for the Common-wealth To sleep whiles others steere as their wild fancies Shall councell by the compasse of disorders Baptista This short Preface is directed Chiefly to you the petty brawles and quarrels Late urg'd betwixt th' Alberti and your family Must yes and shall like tender unknit joynts Fasten againe together of themselves Or like an angry Chyrurgion we will use The roughnesse of our justice to cut off The stubborne rancour of the limbes offending Bap. Most gracious Florence Duke Our command was signified That neither of the followers of each party Should appeare here with weapons Bap. T is obeyd Sir on my side Duke We must leave the generall cause Of State employments to give eare to brawles Of some particular grudges pollitick government For tutord Princes but no more henceforth Ent. Mariana and Clarissa at one door Cesario at the other Our frowne shall check presumption not our clemency Mari. All blessings due to unpartiall Princes Crowne Florence with eternity of happinesse Cesar. If double praiers can double blessings great Sir Mine joyne for your prosperity with my mothers Duke Rise both now briefly Lady without circumstance Deliver those agrievances which lately Your importunity possest our counsaile Were fit for audience wherein you petitiond You might be heard without an Advocate Which boone you find is granted Mari. Though divided I stand between the laws of truth and modesty Yet let my griefes have vent Yet the cleernesse Of strange necessity requires obedience To nature and your mercy in my weeds Of mourning emblems of too deer misfortunes Badges of griefes and Widdowhood the burthen Of my charg'd soule must be layd downe before you Wherein if strict opinion cancell shame My frailty is my plea Stand forth young man And heare a story that will strike all reason Into amasement Cesar. I attend Mar. Alberto peace dwell upon his ashes still the husband Of my remembrance and unchanging vowes Has by his death left to his heire possession Of faire revenew which this young man claymes As his inheritance I urgd him gently Friendly and privately to grant a partage Of this estate to her who ownes it all This his supposed Sister Bap. How supposed Cesar. Pray Madam recollect your selfe Mar. The relish Of a strange truth begins to work like Physick Already I have bitternesse to mingle With these preparatives so deadly loathsome It will quite choake digestion shortly heare it Cesario for I dare not rob unjustly The poore soule of his name this this Cesario Neither for Father had Alberto me For Mother nor Clarissa for his Sister Claris. Mother ô Mother Ment. I am in a Dream sure Duke No interruptions Lady on Maria. How ever Bap. A Faulkners sonne Mari. Mistake not Great Duke of Tuscany or the beginning Or processe of this novelty my husband The now deceasd Alberto from his youth In-urd to an impatiency and roughnesse Of disposition when not many monthes After our marriage were worne out repin'd At the unfruitfull barrennesse of youth Which as he pleasd to terme it cut our hops off From blessing of some issue to prevent it I grew ambitious of no fairer honor Then to preserve her love and as occasions Still call'd him from me studied in his absence How I might frame his welcome home with comfort At last I faynd my selfe with child the Message Of freedome or reliefe to one halfe stervd In prison is not utter'd with such greedinesse Of expectation and delight as this was To my much affected Lord his care his goodnesse Pardon me that I use
much you have other garments Host Will you intreat those too Theo. Your Mule must too To the next town you say 't is neer in pity You cannot see this poor Boy perish I know ye have a better soul we 'l satisfie ye Host 'T is a strange foolish trick I have but I cannot help it I am ever cozen'd with mine own commendations It is determin'd then I shall be robb'd too To make up vantage to this dozen here Sir Heaven has provided ye a simple garment To set ye off pray keep it hansomer Then you kept your own and let me have it render'd Brush'd and discreetly folded Leoc. I thank ye Sir Host Who wants a doblet 2. I Host Where will you have it 2. From you Sir if you please Host Oh there 's the poynt Sir Phil. My honest friends I am sorry for your fortunes But that 's but poor relief here are ten Duckets And to your distribution holy Sir I render 'em and let it be your care To se 'em as your wants are well divided Hos. Plain dealing now my friends and Father Fryer Set me the sadle right no wringing Fryer Nor tithing to the Church these are no duties Scowre me your conscience if the Devill tempt ye Off with your cord and swing him Fry Ye say well Sir all Heaven keep your goodnesse Theo. Peace keep you farewell friends Host Farewell light horse-men Exit the rob'd Phil. Which way travell you Sir Bayl. To the next town The. Do you want any thing Bayl. Only discretion to travell at good houres And some warm meat to moderate this matter For I am most outragious cruell hungry Host I have a stomach too such as it is Would pose a right good pasty I thank heaven for 't Bayl. Chees that would break the teeth of a new hand-saw I could endure now like an Eastrich or salt beeffe That Cesar left in pickell Phil. Take no care Wee 'l have meat for you and enough I th' mean time Keep you the horse way lest the fellow misse us We 'l meet ye at the end o' th wood Host. Make hast then Exit Host Bayl. Theo. My pretty Sir till your necessities Be full supplied so please you trust our friendships We must not part Leo. Ye have pull'd a charge upon ye Yet such a one as ever shall be thankfull Phil. Ye have said enough may I be bold to ask ye What Province you were bred in and of what parents Leo. Ye may Sir I was born in Andoluzia My name Francisco son to Don Henriques De Cardinas Theo. Our noble neighbour Phil. Son to Don Henriques I know the gentleman and by your leave Sir I know he has no son Leo. None of his own Sir Which makes him put that right upon his brother Don Zanchio's children one of which I am And therefore do not much err Phil. Still ye do Sir For neither has Don Zanchio any son A daughter and a rare one is heire Which though I never was so blest to see Yet I have heard great good of Theo. Urge no further He is ashamed and blushes Phil. Sir If it might import you to conceal your self I ask your mercy I have been so curious Leo. Alas I must ask yours Sir for these lies Yet they were usefull ones for by the claiming Such noble parents I beleev'd your bounties Would shew more gracious The plain truth is gentlemen I am Don Sanchios stewards son a wild boy That for the fruits of his unhappinesse Is faigne to seek the wars Theo. This is a lie too If I have any ears Phil. Why Theo. Mark his language And ye shall find it of too sweet a relish For one of such a breed I le pawn my hand This is no boy Phil. No boy what would you have him Theo. I know no boy I watcht how fearfully And yet how sodainly he cur'd his lies The right wit of a woman Now I am sure Phil. What are ye sure Theo. That 't is no boy I le burn in 't Phil. Now I consider better and take councell Methinks he shows more sweetnesse in that face Then his fears dare deliver Theo. No more talk on 't There hangs some great waight by it soon at night I le tell ye more Phil. Come Sir what ere you are With us embrace your liberty and our helps In any need you have Leo. All my poor service Shall be at your command Sir and my prayers Phil. Let 's walke a pace hunger will cut their throats els Exeunt SCAENA TERTIA. Enter Rodorigo Markantonio and a Ship-master two Chairs set out Rod. Call up the Master Mast. Here Sir within Rod. Honest Master Give order all the Gallys with this tyde Fall round and neer upon us that the next wind We may waigh off together and recover The Port of Barcelona without parting Mast. Your pleasures done Sir within Rod. Signior Markantonio Till meat be ready let 's sit here and prepare Our stomachs with discourses Marc. What you please Sir Rod. Pray ye answer me to this doubt Marc. If I can Sir Rod. Why should such plants as you are pleasures children That ow their blushing years to gentle objects Tenderly bred and brought up in all fulnesse Desire the stubborn wars Marc. In those 't is wonder That make their ease their god and nor their honour But noble Generall my end is other Desire of knowledge Sir and hope of tying Discretion to my time which only shews me And not my years a man and makes that more Which we call handsome the rest is but boys beauty And with the boy consum'd Rod. Ye argue well Sir Mar. Nor do I wear my youth as they were breches For object but for use my strength for danger Which is the liberal part of man not dalliance The wars must be my Mistress Sir Rod. O Signiour You 'l find her a rough wench Mar. When she is won once She 'l show the sweeter Sir Rod. You can be pleas'd though Sometimes to take a tamer Mar. 'T is a truth Sir So she be handsom and not ill condition'd Rod. A Soldier should not be so curious Mar. I can make shift with any for a heat Sir Rod. Nay there you wrong your youth too and however You are pleas'd to appear to me which shews wel Signior A tougher soul then your few years can testifie Yet my yong Sir out of mine own experience When my spring was I am able to confute ye And say y' had rather come to th' shock of eys And boldly march up to your Mistriss mouth Then to the Cannons Mar. That 's as their lading is Sir Rod. There be Trenches Fitter and warmer for your years and safer Then where the bullet plays Mar. Ther 's it I doubt Sir Rod. You 'l easily find that faith But come be liberal What kind of woman could you make best wars with Mar. They are all but heavy marches Rod. Fy Marckantonio Beauty in no more reverence Mar. In the Sex Sir
like this can never be allide To treachery Cam. Who durst speake so much But one that is like us a sufferer And stands as we affected Vir. You are cozend And all undone every Intelligencer Speakes treason with like licence is not this Ronvere that hath for many yeeres been train'd In Ferrands Schoole a man in trust and favour Rewarded too and highly Cam. Grant all this The thought of what he was being as he is now A man disgrac'd and with contempt thrown off Will spurre him to revenge as swift as they That never were in favour Vir. Poore and childish Briss. His regiment is cast that is most certain And his command in the Castle given away Cam. That on my knowledge Vir. Grosser still what shepheard Would yeeld the poor remainder of his flock To a known wolfe though he put on the habit Of a most faithfull dogge and barke like one As this but onely talkes Cam. Yes he has meanes too Virol. I know it to my griefe weake men I know it To make his peace if there were any warre Between him and his Master betraying Our innocent lives Ron. You are too suspitious And I have born too much beyon'd my temper Take your own wayes I 'le leave you Vir. You may stay now You have enough and all indeed you fisht for But one word Gentlemen have you discover'd To him alone our plot Briss. To him and others that are at his devotion Vir. Worse and worse For were he onely conscious of our purpose Though with the breach of Hospitable lawes In my own house I de silence him for ever But what is past my help is past my care I have a life to loose Cam. Have better hopes Ron. And when you know with what charge I have further'd Your noble undertaking you will sweare me Another man the guards I have corrupted And of the choyce of all our noblest youths Attir'd like virgins such as Hermits would Welcome to their sad cells prepar'd a Maske As done for the Kings pleasure Vir. For his safety I rather feare and as a pageant to Usher our ruine Ron. We as Torch-bearers Will waite on these but with such art and cunning I have convei'd sharp poniards in the Wax That we may passe though search't through all his guards Without suspition and in all his glory Oppresse him and with safety Cam. 'T is most strange Vir. To be effected Ron. You are doubtfull still Briss. But we resolv'd to follow him and if you Desist now Virolet we will say 't is feare Rather then providence Exeunt Cam. And so we leave you Enter Julian Iul. To your wise doubts and to my better councels Oh! pardon me my Lord and trust me too Let me not like Cassandra prophesie truths And never be beleiv'd before the mischiefe I have heard all know this Ronvere a villaine A villaine that hath tempted me and plotted This for your ruine onely to make way To his hopes in my embraces at more leisure I will acquaint you wherefore I conceil'd it To this last minute if you stay you are lost And all prevention too late I know And 't is to me known onely a darke cave Within this house a part of my poor dower Where you may lye conceal'd as in the center Till this rough blast be ore where there is ayre More then to keep in life Ferrand will find you So curious his feares are Vir. 'T is better fall Then hide my head now 't was thine own advice My friends ingag'd too Iul. You stand further bound Then to weake men that have betray'd themselves Or to my Councell though then just and loyall Your phansie hath been good but not your judgement In choyce of such to side you wil you leape From a steep Tower because a desperate foole Does it and trusts the wind to save his hazard There 's more expected from you all mens eyes are fixt On Viriolet to help not hurt them Make good their hopes and ours you have sworn often That you dare credit me and allow'd me wise Although a woman even Kings in great Actions Waite opportunity and so must you Sir Or loose your understanding Vir. Thou art constant I am uncertain foole a most blinde foole Be thou my guide Jul. I I faile to direct you For torment or reward when I am wretched May constancy forsake me Vir. I 've my safety Enter Castruchio and Villio Vil. Why are you rapt thus Cast. Peace thou art a foole Vil. But if I were a flatterer like your worship I should be wise and rich too There are few else that prosper baudes excepted They hold an equall place there Cast. A shrew'd knave But O the King the happy King Vil. Why happy In bearing a great burthen Cast. What beares he That 's born on Princes shoulders Vil. A Crownes waight Which sets more heavy on his head then the ore Slaves digge out of the Mines of which 't is made Cast. Thou worthily art his fool to think that heavy That carryes him in the ayre the reverence due To that most sacred Gold makes him ador'd His Foot-steps kist his smiles to raise a begger To a Lords fortune and when he but frownes The City quakes Vil. Or the poor Cuckolds in it Cox-combs I should say I am of a foole Vil. Grown a Philosopher to heare this parasite Cast. The delicates he is serv'd with see and envy Vil. I had rather have an Onyon with a stomack Then these without one Cast. The Celestiall Musick still Musick Such as the motion of the eternall spheares Yeelds Iove when he drinkes Nectar Vil. Here 's a fine knave yet hath to many fellowes Cast. Then the beauties That with variety of choyce embraces these passe o're Renew his age Vil. Help him to croutch rather And the French Cringe they are excellent Surgeons that way Cast. O Majesty let others think of heaven While I contemplate thee Vil. This is not Atheisme but Court observance Cast. Now the God appears usher'd with earth-quakes Vil. Base Idolatry Flourish Enter Ferrand Guard women Servants Fer. These meates are poysoned hang The Cookes no note more on Forfeit of your fingers doe you Envy me a minutes slumber what are these 1. Gu. The Ladies appointed by your Majesty Fer. To the purpose for what appointed 1. Gu. For your graces pleasure Fer. To sucke away the little bloud is left me By my continuall cares I am not apt now Injoy them first taste of my dyet once And your turne serv'd for fifty Crownes a peece Their Husbands may redeem them Wo. Great Sir mercy Fer. I am deafe why stare you is what we command To be disputed who 's this bring you the dead T' upbrai'd me to my face Cast. Hold Emperour Hold mightest of Kings I am thy vassell Thy Foot-stool that durst not presume to look On thy offended face Fer. Castruchio rise Cast. Let not the lightning of thy eye consume me Nor heare that Musicall tongue in dreadfull thunder That speakes
all mercy Vir. Here 's no flattering rogue Cast. Ferrand that is the Father of his people The glory of mankinde Fer. No more no word more And while I tell my troubles to my selfe Be Statues without motion or voyce Though to be flatter'd is an itch to greatnesse It now offends me Vil. Here 's the happy man But speake who dares Fer. When I was innocent I yet remember I could eat and sleepe Walke unaffrighted but now terrible to others My guards cannot keepe feare from me It still pursues me Oh! my wounded conscience The Bed I would rest in is stuft with thornes The grounds strow'd o're with adders and with aspicks Where ere I set my foot but I am in And what was got with cruelty with blood Must be defended though this life 's a hell I feare a worse hereafter ha Ron. My Lord Enter Ronvere and guard Fer. Welcome Ronvere welcome my golden plummet With which I sound mine enemies depthes and angers Hast thou discover'd Ron. All as you could wish Sir The Plot and the contrivers was made one Of the conspiracie Fer. Is Virolet in Ron. The head of all he onely scented me And from his feare that I plaid false is fled The rest I have in fetters Fer Death and hell Next to my mortall foe the pyrat Sesse I aym'd at him he 's vertuous and wise A lover of his freedome and his countries Dangerous to such as govern by the sword And so to me no tract which way he went No meanes to overtake him Ron. Ther 's some hope left But with a rough hand to be seas'd upon Fer. What is 't Ron. If any know or where he is Or which way he is fled it is his wife Her with his Father I have apprehended And brought among the rest Fer. 'T was wisely order'd Go fetch them in and let my executioners Exit Ronvere Appeare in horrour with the racke Vil. I take it signeur this is no time for you to flatter Or me to foole in Cast Thou art wise in this let 's off it is unsafe to be nere Jove When he begins to thunder Vil. Good morality Exit Fer. I that have peirc'd into the hearts of men Forc'd them to lay open with my lookes Secrets whose least discovery was death Will rend for what concernes my life the fortresse Of a weake womans faith Enter Ronvere guard Executioners with a Rack Camillo Brissonet Pandulfo Juliana Ca. What ere we suffer The waight that loads a Traytors Heart sit ever heavy on thine Briss As we are caught by thee Fall thou by others Ron. Pish poor fools your curses will Never reach me Iul. Now by my Virolets life Father this is a glorious stage of murther Here are five properties too and such spectators As will expect good action to the life Let us performe our parts and we shall live When these are rotten would we might begin once Are you the Master of the company Troth you are tedious now Fer. She does deride me Iul. Thee and thy Power if one poor syllable Could win me an assurance of thy favour I would not speake it I desire to be The great example of thy cruelty To whet which one know Ferrand I alone Can make discovery where my Virolet is Whose life I know thou aym'st at but if tortures Compell me to 't may hope of heaven forsake me I dare thy worst Fer. Are we contemn'd Iul. Thou art Thou and thy Ministers my life is thine But in the death the Victory shall be mine Pand. We have such a Mistresse here to teach us courage That cowards might learn from her Fer. You are slow put on the rack Begin the Scene thou miserable foole For so I 'le make thee Jul. 'T is not in thy reach I am happy in my sufferings thou most wretched Fer. So brave I le tame you yet pluck hard villains Is she insensible no sigh nor groan or is she dead Jul. No tyrant though I suffer More then a woman beyond flesh and blood T is in a cause so honourable that I scorn With any sign that may expresse a sorrow To shew I do repent Fer. Confesse yet And thou shal be safe Jul. T is wrapt up in my soule From whence thou canst not force it Fer. I will be Ten daies a killing thee Jul. Be twenty thousand My glory lives the longer Ron. T is a miracle She tires th' executioners And me Fer. Unloose her I am conquer'd I must take Some other way reach her my chaire in honour Of her invincible fortitude Ron. Will you not Dispatch the rest Fer. When I seem mercifull Assure thy selfe Ronvere I am most cruell Thou wonder of thy sex and of this Nation That hast chang'd my severity to mercy Not to thy selfe alone but to thy people In which I do include these men my enemies Unbind them Pand. This is strange Fer. For your intent Against my life which you dare not deny I onely aske one service Cam. Above hope Fer. There rides a Pyrate neer the Duke of Sesse My enemy and this Countries that in bonds Holds my deere friend Ascanio free this friend Or bring the Pyrats head besides your pardon And honour of the action your reward Is forty thousand Ducates And because I know that Virolet is as bold as wise Be he your Generall as pledge of your faith That you wil undertake it let this old man And this most constant Matron stay with me Of whom as of my selfe I wil be carefull She shall direct you where her husband is Make choice of any ship you think most useful They are rig'd for you Exeunt Guard with Juliana and Pand. Bris. We with joy accept it Cam. And wil proclaim King Ferrant mercifull Exeunt Ron. The mysterie of this my Lord or are you Chang'd in your nature Fer. I le make thee private to it The lives of these weake men and desperate woman Would no way have secur'd me had I took them T is Virolet I aime at he has power And knows to hurt If they encounter Sesse And he prove conquerour I am assur'd They 'l finde no mercy if that they prove victors I shall recover with my friend his head I most desire of all men Ron. Now I have it Fer. I le make thee understand the drift of all So we stand sure thus much for those that fall Exeunt Actus secundus Scaena prima Enter Boteswain and Gunner Bots. Ley here before the wind up with her Canvase And let her work the wind begins to whistle Clap all her streamers on and let her dance As if she were the Minion of the Ocean Let her bestride the billows till they rore And curle their wanton heads Ho below there Ho ho within Ley her North-east and thrust her missen out The day grows faire and cleare and the wind Courts us O for a lusty saile now to give chase to Gun A stubborn Barke that wo'd but bear up to us And change a broadside bravely