Where are the Souldiers that escaped with thee Io. Dead all save this whom I desire you both To favour as my special friend and one Whose valour may deserve your love The circumstances of the others loss We will refer untill some fitter time Va. Let it be so Come my brave Souldier great Vespatians son Will joy to see thee safe Exeunt Sound Musick and enter a Dumb Shew Vespatian and Titus two Souldiers follow bearing a Crown Vespa confâ—rreth with Titus then enter Valerio and Nicanor with Ioseph and the Cap. they present Ioseph to Vespa Ioseph kneels Vespatian and Titus imbrace him Valerio and Nicanor whisper with the Souldiers take the Crown of them and present it kneeling to Vespatian he refuseth twice they draw and force him to ascend and take it Titus kneeleth Vespatian imbraceth him Ioseph takes leave of Titus and the rest and exit with Vespatian and the Captains consult and exeunt at the other doors Chorus Romes great Commander Nero lately dead Behold now good Vespatians aged head Enjoyes the Diadem conceive him now Ariv'd at Rome there with a solemn vow Of bloody war he raiseth fresh supply to aid his valiant son in Galile Ioseph is sent to Rome by Cesars son there lives a captive till the wars begun Against Ierusalem mean time we pray Let pleasing musick charm the time away Finis Actus Secundies Incipit Actus tertius Scena secunda Enter Zareck with Ieho Letter THe times steals on apace I must be brief in my delivery Knockâ— within Who knocks Za. A servant to the Lord Ichochanan Serv. Your business Za. T is private to yor Lord Serv. I will inform him so Enter Skimeon Skim From whom thy business Za. Read this my Lord and you shall be resolv'd Skim My Lord multiplicity of words protract time the third night from the date of this you shall have entrance into the City be sudden strong a bold farewel Reads the Letter I shall not fail commend me to thy Lord and bid him rest assured of my appearance Exit Za. I will my Lord. Skim Farewel be sudden strong and bold Za. I will be all Exit But 't is Ichochanan to work thy fall Enter Eleazer Elea. To be or not to be I there 's the doubt For to be Sovereign by unlawful means Is but to be a slave to base desire And where 's my honour then What a strange buzzing of ambition Pusues my thirsty soul O Eleazer can thy traytor breast Give harbour to a thought of Paricide It is thy father O the sacred tye Of filial duty how that awful name Affrighteth all my faculties with fear With fear of what with foolery by heaven If there be ought within this awful name That can extort obedience from a son 'T is but the rotten Carcass there 's the thing That for to please its self begets another So does a beast and yet 'twixt them we see An equal freedome of society As for the nobler part of man we know That 's of a higher birth if it be so Thus low my knee shall bend but thou my heart Bends his knee Scorn to obey remember where thou art I am resolv'd the times are bloody and the peoples hearts I hear are bent on me Ichochanans the man that I must fairly close withall this done We shall be strong for opposition Soft here a comes Enter Jehochanan Iehoc. My Lord Eleazer Elea. Iehochanan well met Ie. My Lord if without a breach of manners I might be bold to question with your Lordship I should desire to know the secret cause of your accustomed sadness which good my Lord pardon my boldness as tender of your Lordships health and honour I have of late observed Elea. O my Iehochanan I know thou lovest me well imbraces him Nor will I in words or actions give the cause To say I am unthankful though I must confess The greatest part of my requital is Too mean for thy deserts the means Iehochanan I want the means to counterpoise thy worth Io. O my gracious Lord your love hath ever been A full requital to my poor deserts But good my Lord the cause of this your sadness Elea. O I have been tormented to the soul To see the strange distraction of the times To see the sacred City rul'd by those Whose poor decrepid brains are fiâ—ter far For drowsing pillows than for bloody war Ie. My Lord your father Elea. O that cheating name With what a magick spell it doth bewitch The crazy judgement and besot the soul With adoration of this lump of earth Ie. You know my Lord there is a sacred tye Enjoyns obedience Elea. Tush meer policy A trick a cheat to keep the world in aw Death I am vext to think how men are gull'd Ie. My Lord I understand not what you mean Elea. Thou canst not be so dull Is' t so I dare not utter now what I conceive O my good Lord remember that your father Apart Elea. No more by all that 's good I hate the name of father Ie. Death I am discover'd Ie. Now I have found ye Sir and must have leave To tell your Lordship that you do me wrong From which of all my actions have ye pickt Even but a shew of treason to the state Elea. How ye forget your self Ie. T is you my Lord that both forget your slef and me Elea. Agen Ie. Nay I must tell ye 't was not for your honour Vpon the buzzing of some bare report To undermine your friend Elea. Speakst thou this in earnest Ie. I do and will in earnest stand Against that traytor whose presumptuous hand Dare touch your aged father Elea. Vngrateful slave the traytor I return With interest of what thou dost deserve Traytor to me and traytor to the state Ie. This but to play another time upon me Which ended still Iehochanan's the same Elea. Dar'st thou not stand for Eleazer then Ie. I neither dare nor will Elea. Then I dare kill thee They draw and sight Ie. Hold art thou in earnest Elea. The to'ther bout will tell thee Ie. Swear by the honour of a loyal friend And I beleeve it Elea. By heaven I swear and by the sacred tye Of settled friendship what my words express My actions shall confirm Ie. Then thus I do imbrace your love Now my Lord What ere the project be I vow assistance and fidelity Elea. Then take it thus Thou hast command to muster up thy forces Let it be done with expedition My doting father hath devis'd this plot To cheat the Citizens whose greedy souls thirst for Vespatians blood but fearful they while thus they gull the people mean to pay the wonted tribute money and with slavish fear to crave a peace of the proud Emperour This on my life is true but wee 'l prevent it Ie. I but the means my Lord E. To morrow morning ere the break of day Muster thy forces to the market place there I will meet thee with a warlike troop Of youthful
shake hands shake hands Pen. Why thou art not run away from thy Lady too art Pet. No but I am sent of an everlasting Errand and will leave the answer to my Executors I 'me for push a pike boy Pen. Stand close stand close here come the Captains Enter Eleazer Skimeon and Zareck with a Paper in his hand Elea. The Commons are in arms against us Skimeon And resolutely take our Fathers part Yet he I hear gives no allowance too 't But rhinks with fair perswasions to prevail But we are arm'd with resolution Sk. We must be wise my Lord those aged hairs Are taught by long experience to intrap our younger brains and this may be a plot to take us at ' advantage Therefore my Lord in time let me advise that we encrease our forces speedily Let us make know â— the Proclamation Elea. Read the â—â—ntents of it once again Zareck reads Whosoever listeth to be rid from the bondage of his Master or hath any injury in his Countrey or what servant soever desireth to beset at liberty or who so cannot abide the rule of his father or his mother all that be in debate and stand in fear of their Creditors or fear the Iews for shedding innocent blood If there be any man that is accused of any notorious crime in danger therefore To be short whosoever iâ— disposed to rob to haunt Whores to murder and to live freely at other mens cost let him come to me and I will relieve him Pet. O rare I am ravished I am ravished the wenches the wâ—nches boy Elea. I do not like the Proclamation the subject sounds too harsh and will beget Distractions in the graver Citizens Skim Death what need we care for that So we be strong for opposition Elea. Delays are dangerous and we may be surpriz'd Indeed upon the sudden well let it be done But in thy Name for I must seem to be Vpright and zealous for their liberty Enter the High Priest and Gorion the High Priest kneels Ananias Behold young man thy aged Father kneels And knnels to thee even unto thee his Son And begs with tears with tears of bitterness the ransom of thy soul and of the State Both lost for ever ever lost if thou persist Elea. Patience defend me or I shall be o'recom Sk. Take heed ye be not caught Elea. Caught is' t possible for man to view this sight Apart this most prodigious sight and not be caught O Heavens Did I not hear him say a was my Father Go this passion I hope wil work some good effect the Carter comes Have I not heared him beg and seen him kneel Had a been Jewries slave a could have done no more Is' t possible these Rivolets of blood should flow From such a Fountain Come hither fellow Time and Maturity do seem to say Pet. Hee 'l hang him sure thou mayest have been a Father to a Son tell me hadst thou e're a son Cart. Had I and have too an 't like your Worship or chood be zorry Elea. The power of Nature works as strong in thee As in thy Prince thou lov'st him too I know Cart. By th' mass I zee your Worship 's vilely cunning I do indeed Elea. Couldst thou afford upon some weighty cause Suppose to save thy life to kneel unto thy son Car. Kads nails kneel I scorn that esaith I hil make the Looby kneel to me I hil warrant him El. Come hither seest thou this old man Car. Ay Canst thou believe this man to be my Father C. Vather ketha no by my troth not I. El. Vp thou decrepped lump of vanity thou base impostor that wouldst cheat the world With a supposed Name thou beastly shame Of Age and Honour thou indignity Vnto thy self and thy Posterity Come come disrobe thy self I say and yeild Whilst he speaks he disrobes him these ornaments to him that scorns to kneel Here fellow put um ofâ— put um on I say for I will have it so Let our Proclamation be publisht Za. It shall my Lord. Exit Elea. Skim and Zareck at one door and Anna. Gor. at the other weeping and after them the Carter whistling Pet. St Pennel ' st Pennel The heighth of his preserment will not let him answer me Well I am astonished to think what honor I shall come too Finis Actus primus Incipit Actus Quartus Enter Titus Valerio Nicanor Titus NOw fellow-Souldiers what Methinks ye look Not smiling on Vespatians Son Let not the miss of your old Captain strike Your manly hearts with grief Come come let me See your cheerful countenances speak My hearty welcome Courage noble friends For know there 's not a dram of worth infus'd Within Vespatians noble loins but lives Invested here these lusty Roman veins Swell high as ere did his with hopeful pride Of happy victory this loyal brest Harbours a heart as full of Clemency If gently sought unto but slighted once the daring Lyon harbours one more mild More merciful the I I tell ye Lords I 'le not expect more duty from your hands then my deserving actions truly weigh'd Shall justly challenge And be thus assur'd My aged Father thus far I le out-do there 's not a tiâ—tle of his former promises to either here but shall by me be crown'd With fair performance To witness which we give you joint Command And Martial Pow'r as next unto our self Val. My gracious Lord the best of my endeavours Shall strive to merit what your noble hand Hath now conferr'd my hearts best blood my Lord Shall seal my faithful protestation Ni. My actions my good Lord shall better speak My humble thâ—nks then my unskilful phrase Mean time your Lordships pardon for my silence Ti. T is well Now I must tell ye Lords As I have ript my heart to let you see My lifes Compendium I expect that you Should shape your actions to deserve my love For I must tell ye Lords 't is not a formal shew of gilded words that can perswade me so Let me behold your brave attempts pursue Imperious victory through seas of blood Your panting souls in midst of Massacre thirst after Honour till the reaking blade cry 't is enough Have ye not seen when in a bloody fray My Noble Father hath been left alone Alone begirt with ranks of Enemies Whose strong Batalio's kept all rescue from him How then even then when horror infinite Stood gazing on him with a grim aspect How then I say his daring countenance Stood in defiance of them all at once How the more danger still the more he durst Like a strange Mastiff fiercely set upon by mungril Curs in number ten to one With angry teeth and courage bravely bold A snarles and snaps now this now that doth bite And stoutly still maintains the unequal fight with equal fury till the bawling curâ—es be quite disperst So he but with such Kingly awful Majesty as if in midst of this confusion A found but sport of recreation Such and so daring
will May much endanger us mean while we stand As friend with one that we may both command Weep Gorian weep or else our hearts will break Our eyes will tell more then our tongues can speak But I have done the times are so extreme VVe have not leisure to lament our state Our sudden danger summons us to sit In counsel strait to take some speedy course About our safety Go. Heaven give a blessing to our fair proceedings A table brought and they sts H. P. How truly doth experience teach us now That fear once grounded in a Commonwealth Proves oftentimes hereditary The common rumor of Vespatians Host Strikes terror to the people O the power Of this distracted sear Even death it self Appears not half so terrible But we trifle time We are inform'd by sure intelligence That he intends within these three dayes space Set footing in Iudea How appointed Yet we know notâ— but to be suppos'd In all points like unto Vespatian O Gorion how methinks that Name Begets abortive twins of horrid grief Within this brest of mine Those streams of blood Which by that fatal hand were lately spilt Bleeds fresh within my soul Gor. So would they do in mine if not repeld To grieve our selves with what 's impossible To be represt is to desire to be More wretched then we are Io. 'T is true it such is Nature that it strives to know It self in wretchedness how truly we Acquire the center of our misery H. P. Wel No more of this now tó our present business That you are zealous for your countries good I rest assur'd Nor do I doubt your care And actual courage in a fair desence Such I have ever deem'd ye Nor do I fear but I shall find ye now The same Now your attentions then your fair assents To what I have to utter To broach a war and not to be assur'd Of certain means to make a fair defence How e're the ground be just may justly seem A wilful madness Such is Iewries case Are not our Towers defac't our Walls unbuilt Our Forces weakned and our treasure spent Our countrey ruinate our people too Imbroile in native blood O Gorion see Iudea wars with Rome Rome with the world The world is conquer'd and yet Iewry stands In opposition Is not this to be Our own tormenters in self-cruelty Go. We know the weakness of our State to be Vnable to resist yet know not how To yeeld or not to yeeld or what to do The furious tempest drives us on the Rocks Of Forreign and Domestick Enemies The raving multitude will not endure To pay the Roman tribute Elea. VVhere common dangers meet with equal power It stands not with our Honors to expose Our lives and fortunes to a base repulse H.P. VVe will proclaim it death to him that dares Deny the tribute Money Josep That were to blow the fire that burns so hot already Such is our fate that we are forc't to sight VVith Rome or with our selves H.P. Since so it is we will not sheath our sword In our own bosom we will rather dye By Roman sword then native butchery Elea. Bravely resolv'd nor do I doubt to see Iudea's ruines loss and poverty Made good again with loss of Roman blood Entera Messenger Mess Peace to this sacred Meeting but to Iudea bloody wars Vespatian with ten thousand horse and forty thousand foot is now arriv'd H.P. Hast thee ' immediate to Iehocanan bid him proclaim Vespacian coming command him in our Name to muster up his forces and to attend your further pleasure Mess I shall my Lord. H.P. Is it possible already come we must be speedy then in our designs Iosep 'T were best with speed to send Embassadors To crave a truce for some small time whilest we Prepare our selves in fair hostility Elea Shame blast thy tongue shall Iewry seek To Heathen Nation Let their venom burst Into the worst of malice we will stand In terms of equal Honor. Go. Thy judgement Eleazer is too rash Thy youthful blood boils fury in thy brests And captivates thy reason unto passion Elea. Gorian I tell thee Iosep Ioseph tells thee first That if thou blast my Fathers tongue with shame As thou hast blasted mine may Ioseph lose his Name Of sacred Priesthood but H.P. I do command you cease the blood of strife Begins already to seize our sacred streets I therefore will assign to each by Lot His several command nor will my self stand free But bear a part in this hostility VVe will even in the period of our age Grow strong again instam'd with holy rage Of our dishonor VVithin thore bring forth the Lots Elea. To me the country of the Edomites One brings Lots they draw and open them Iosep To me Galilee H.P. To us Ierusalem Go. To all success from Heaven may each man be Inspir'd with holy Zeal Chivalry Exeunt omnes Finit Actus Primus ACT. II. Incipit Actus Secundus Scoena Secunda Sound Droms and enter VESPATIAN and TITUS his Son VALERIO and NICANOR two Captains with others Vesp VALERIO Val. My gracious Lord. Vesp Since now we are thus happily arriv'd VVithin Iudea's Confines March thou To Galilee say we offer peace To Iewries Priests from Romes great Emperor But on thy life take heed thou speak us not In too rough Language Let thy milder phrase Sute thy Embassage with a pleasing stile Adorn'd with powerful Eloquence Yet with such graceful brave aspect that thou Eclips not Roman Honor. Theâ— lews are stout and losty therefore Art Shall give the first Alarum If they refuse Let then our Roman Eagle be displaid VVith all her sable Feathers soaring high O're sad Iudea's desolation Val. My Lord I shall obey Exit Vesp Is the Ammunition safely landed Titus My Lord it is and brought from Antioch within a dayes journey of Gamala Vesp See it be safely stow'd and let our Iron Rams be strongly fitted for the battory Ni. It shall be done Vesp I 'le make this sturdy Nation 's greatness stoop To Romes command or spend my aged blood In the Attempt See there be store of strong Scaladoes too VVe'el force their breaches in despight of death And raze their sacred buildings to the ground Lead on to Galilee Excunt Enter ZARECK Zare To be a piece of walking câ—ay a thing VVhose highest happines hath ever been To keep it self alive and that life too Not for it selfe preserv'd but others is To be worse then a Beast for they However miserable in effect Yet live contented void of Reasons eye They cannot see nor seel their misery To be man whose wretched life is fraught As full of fears as minutes whose calamities the world laments and yet not know his plague Is to be happy Why should Nature give More priviledge to beast then man Lives there a Deity whose powerful hand Moves the great Module of this Vniverse And can this be Soft Who comes here Iehochannan I will withdraw my self Enter JEHOCHANAN The Letter shall
Riddles in 's mouth P. Fare ye well Sir fare ye well My Lady said I should get something though I staid all night But I 'me more liker to stay till dooms-day for I think I shan't live Till morning fare ye well Sir Exit Pet. Za. This is sure the Lady Miriams man Whom Lord Iehochanan hath lately rifled Here Comes the Lord Eleazer I will withdraw steps aside Enter Eleazer Elea. Cozen'd and cheated gull'd and fool'd I am O man man man most miserable How truly vain How absolutely base Are thy lost actions yet how infinite The Seâ—s of sorrow that thou wadest through To make thee miserable Ere thy polluted face was yet produc't To face of heaven the wofull womb foretold With griping throws thy native wretchedness And when thou wert brought forth what worlds of care And greif and pains the tender mother takes To bring thee up what tedious daies and nights Are thrown away upon thine infant age Then when thy fruitfull branches bear the buds Of hopefull youth when understanding blooms The beautious blossoms of a riper wit VVhat daies and nights and hours and minutes spent On tedious papers whose enigma's dull The slender judgement of the youthfull brain Till when Maturity proclaims thee man Then loomes this goodly vessel on the main Of mutabilitie with all the sails Of honour swelling high But see O see A sable cloud of sin with angry browâ— Threatens distruction now the Venoms burst Down with the main sails ere the gust approach Alas 't is now too late all 's over whelm'd Turn'd upside down the preâ—ious lading lost The shipwrack't soul for ever ever lost in lake of death Eternall death Woo'd I Had been destroyd within the house of sin The cursed wombe or been abortive born Ne're to have seen that hatefull light that sees My wretched fall Curst be the fantacy that shap't the thought Of my conception ten times curst the act The lustfull act ten thousand times the hour Of my nativity may that ever be An hour of horrour plague and misery Za. it works it works Enter the Lady Miriam Lady For charity good courteous Sir take pitie on a poor distressed Lady Even for the love ye bear unto the womb that bred ye She kneâ— Elea. The Love I bear the love I bear is hate Hate most unatterable so inveterate That I could curse my primogenitors Sâ—fut I could curse my father Adam too La. A lass Sir I am rob'd and spoild of all Ah gentle Sir afford me some relief And I will beg a blessing for your sweet benevolence Elea. Blessing for me there 's not a scruple left Mongst the great waight of heavenly charity Vex me no more Exit La. Weeping Eleaz. The Silent tamer of diurnall careâ— That charms our weary limbs with sweet repose Yields not relief to me my wearied soul Lives in perpetual torment for if I Chance to get a minutes rest my frighted Ghost Sees ghastly Shapes more horrible then death Even now mine eyes grow dull for want of sleep Lie there distressed carcass and forget Thy self to be in misery he Sleeps Enter Persiphone with the three furies they Cirâ—le him about and Persâ—â—phone Sings FRom the infernal Kingdom wee Come to read thy destinie Know thy hands imbru'd in blood Must be bath'd in Stigian flood Mortall thou art damn'd for this Down down down down down Down down down down down Down to the deep Abyss Endless shall thy torment be Horrour plague and miserie Shall afflict thy sooty soul Whilst the tortur'd spirits howl Banisht from eternall bliss Down down c. Freezing cold and scorching fires Shal reward thy soul desires Loss of heaven shall vex thee too More then fire and frost can do Whilst the furious Sâ—akes shall hiss Down down c. Not a thousand ages shall Expiate thy bitter thrall Not a flood of tears asswage Ought of thy enflamed rage This thy doome for deeds amiss Down down c. Musick to thy meat shall be Damned fiends shal laugh at thee Laugh to scorn thy griping pain Laugh to hear thee curse in vaâ—â—â— Curse thine endless miseries Down down c. Ho ho ho ho ho ho. Laugh all and Exeunt Zareck Ha ha ha here 's sport alone for mee The murder of his father troubles him With ghastly apparitions horrour and despair Pursue thy guilty soul til I may see My ful revenge in by calamity Exit Agen agen agen without I saw Eleazer rises The Furies here the sudden apparition Has so appal'd my guilty soul that I Am lost in terror all my Vitals shrink With ghastly fear my intermissive pulse Speaks the disorder of my panting heart No comfort for a poor distressed man Down down rebellious knees so stubborn still I bear a burden of such massie weight Woo'd crack the mighty Axletree of Heaven Yet cannot force these sturdy limbs to bend My Ovens mouth is damm'd with dirty sin No vent for sorrow not a peeping-hole To steal a dram of comfort for my soul O Eleazer thou art lost for ever Exit ACTUS QUINTUS Enter VALERIO WHat a Devil ails the General I have observ'd in him of late a strange and uncouth Carriage to his near attendants His looks distracted and his words compos'd With strange disturbance Sure all it not well But I 'le observe Enter Titus crosses the stage and exit with an angry look upon Valerio Val. Death what should this mean Enter Nicanor Ni. Valerio Well met saw'st thou the General lately Val. Yes I have seen him lately Heaven bless me from the sight of him agen Ni. Why man what is the matter Val. What 's the matter Why a has star'd me into such a strange distemper I shall not be my self this hour agen A looks like Vulcan when his fiery face Looks red with rage upon the Rival God A walks by sembreess with such stately gait As if a scorn'd to tread on Casars Earth A speaks by riddles and such strange enigmae's that sure ' t wo'd pose old Oedipus to answer Hast not thou seen him in this musty mood Ni. Yes yes yes I have seen him and self him too Pox on 's fingers for'â— He askt me last night what store was in the Magazine I told him about a Months provision A steps him back and stares and stamps and says What Is' t possible No more Why dost not speak No more I say Art sure there is no more Death woo't not speak and then his truncheon walks â—'fuâ— had I not warded weâ— I had been mall'd I knew not what to say And then a call'd me â—oâ— and went his way Va. Now by this hand I am lighter by a Roman dram to hear thee in for a share too Why now I could sing or daunce Or rime or jest or do any thing Stand stand thou here and I will act the General And do thou speak to me as if he were in presence Ni. Content Val. Nicanor Ni. My Lord. Val. Come hither What store of prisoners were taken in
foundation that our 〈◊〉 laid When first a did ordain the Vestal-fires It would have been more proper had ye limm'd her Smiling and pointing to a sumptuous house Built on the rowling land the Motto this Sine me peris Impensa well the next Temperance decipher'd in a white Robe with a sober countenance in her left hand a Cornucopia with this Motto In abundantiâ— absteâ—io the next Chastity pictur'd in a green Robe a Lion couching by her side she points to a Lilly the Mooto Pares nos sumus Friendship binding a fardle of sticks together the Motto Concordio regna florent Constancy depainted in a purple Robe her left hand pointing to the Moon her right to her Bosom the Motto Mutabile quiâ—quid extra nil imus Patience limm'd in a Violet Robe pointing to mee Hah it 's not so 't is so the Motto Dispares nos sumus and under Saâ— ciro 〈◊〉 sat bent This was a good conceit it likes me passing well For now I see my Lords yee will not flatter me Well I 'le indevour to amend it Lord Come now to your sports Musick and they dance the Mask ended Time presents the Prisoners and exeunt Jehoch Mercy my gracious Lord The Prisoners kneel Titus What stately Prisoner's heâ— that wears the Diadem Je. My honor'd Lord this is the cruel Simeon And this Jehochanan Tit. What! art sure t is he Je. Most certain mighty Prince Sim. Mercy my honor'd Lord. Tit. Look down look down ye powers above and see the basest scum of all mortality Is' t possible to see the Villains kneel And beg Seaven daies together let the Slaves be led In triumph to be mocks and scorn'd and kickâ— And each day tortur'd to extremity then put them to an ignominious death Si. Curses and plagues reward thee Exeunt Prisoners and Guard Ti. Now worthy Gorion thou hast liv'd to see thy self reveng'd of all thine injury Gor. Ah my good Lord I joy not in revenge that I must leave to heaven Shout within Ti. Enquire the cause of that shout 1. Attendant More prisoners brought my Lord. Ti. Let them have entrance Enter Officers leading Zareck and the Lady Miriam Prisoners another following leading Peter with an hasteâ— about his neck the Lady weeps 1. Officer Come along Sir Come alongâ— you have no stomach to go too 't Pâ—â—t I have more stomach beha'â—e to eat if I had some vittailâ— hark ye Sir pray do not pull too hard least ye pull my head off it 's held on by nothing but skin and dry bones the marrow is wasted long since I believe I shall never hold the hanâ—â—â—g Tit. What Lady 's that whose sad behaviour speaks such discontents Gor. Ah Noble Titus to relate the story Of her sad fate will prove a task too weighty For a woful breast to utter Let others speak her sad calamity Weeps For me it is enough to weep her misery Titus Rise up distressed woman by all that 's good Lady 〈◊〉 I joy not in so sad a spectacle Tell me thy cause of grieâ—ance If there be A way to make thee happy leave it to me And I will see thee righted Lady A way to make me happy ay the poor wretch the world to me is a distastfull thing Full of affrighting Objects pensive thoughts and fears Horrors amazements anguish greefe and â—ears Attend my restless hours no room is left For the least hope of comfort no starting hole to ease the torture of a wearied soul She weeps Ti. Know'st thou this Lady Ioseph Io. My honor'd Lord this is the Lady Miriamâ— Extracted from a noble family the sad Epitome of grief and misery the wofull mother of a murther'd son Titus Murther'd by whom Lady Miriam By me by this accursed arme enâ—ombed here within the wretched womb that gave it life She weeps Peter Me thinks I feel a great 〈◊〉 stir in my stomack â—â—w Lady Ah my dear son thy wounds bleed fresh In my remembrance the bloudy act Siâ—â— sad upon my soul â—â—â—â—ghts my guilty breast Distracts my working brain Iustice my Lord I cry for Justice against my cruel 〈◊〉 And must not be denâ—e◠〈◊〉 She weeps Titus The vnpleasing Spectacle disturbs me Lead her away and see her sâ—fâ—ly kept And gently vs'd let warâ—â—st eyes Attend her actions least she offer Violence to her unhappy self La. Were I at liberty for that I would not linger out a moment I hate to live and yet I feel to dy By mine own handâ— for Heavens love â—et me Titus Leadher away and comfort her Lady Ah! be not so vnkind can ye 〈◊〉 piâ—â—y see a Caâ—â—iffon the wrack of misery and not relieve her Gorion Passion I â—ear will over co◠〈◊〉 if she persist in this extremity Lady Open a passage to my guilty soul and send it to eternal vengeance or if there be one drop of mercy leâ—◠〈◊〉 misery 〈◊〉 â—o heaven to begg it Weeps Titus My soul relents to see 〈…〉 A Peter That 's old gray-beard that was led a way Eyes Gorion by me to tortures if he remembers me I go to pot ' st Madam Lady Madam Speak a good word for me Titus What 's he that wears that livery of Death Gorion A servant to the Lady Miriam the very same that led my aged limbs to torture but by cumpulsion of the rebel Iews I therefore humbly beg his pardon Peter I I I must to 't now a has spy'd me Titus Come hither sirrah Peter Now I go now I go now I go Lady madam Titus Although I know thee to be guilty of an offence Deserving death yet for thy Ladies sake And this good man's I give thee life and liberty Loose him and leave him to his lady's service See thou be careful of her preservation Lady Ay me most miscrable They take the Halter off Peter O rare now could I leap out of my skin for Joy Come away Madam come a way the sight of the halter makes my stomack wamble Come away I say Zareck A ha ha ha ha Confusion play thy part And hatch up mischief to the highest strain Of mans invention Titus What daring prisoner's he Whose uncouth laughter scorns at misery Iosephus The most unheard of piece of villany that ever Nature gave a being to this is that cursed wretch that blew the coles Of hot dissention 'twixt the Citizens that murdred the high Priest and promted on the three seditious Captains to ambition that rob'd this wretched Lady and gave fire to Jewries sacred temple Titus Villain What saist thou for thy self Is all this true Peter A broke my pate too Za. Ha ha ha all this all this and ten times more all this is nothing not the thousand part Of my unknown designs did'st thou but know the danger that is in me thou wouldst not venture me So near thy person Titus Halter him and lead him to the wrack Let him be tortur'd with the greatest rigour Can be invented They halter him Za. Ha ha ha ha Could'st thou devise As many tortures as have e're bin born By all the sons of Adam thus wood I slight Spurns at it Both them and thee Tit. I shall unmask this hellish bravery Lead him away I say Zar. Thou canst not Roman in spight of cruelty Zareck will triump in the Victory Officers Come along Sir come along Pet. Hark yee Sir when ye begin to cry Oh Remember whose pate yee broke Sir Zar. Peace Babler Exeunt Officers with Zareck Tit. Come honor'd friends upon a Romans word Ye 're nobly welcome let not Jewrys fall Descends his throne Dismay your Princely hearts Romes General Will find a way to raise your ruin'd State The gods are just we must submit to fate Take care of that distressed Lady Pet. Now do I long to see the Captains at it Exeunt omnes the Lady weeping Finis Actus Quinti EPILOGVS THE lofty Buskin and the learned Bay Are not exspected to adorn our Play Our Author dâ—â—meth these fair trophies fiâ— To grace the raptures of a riper wit The stately lines of Sophocles high strain Flow from the fountain of Minerva's brainâ— Instead of Bayes and Buskins if our stile May fairly merit your deserved smile 'T is all we aime as either grant us this Or gently pardon what you judge amiss FINIS