out to revenge it if I break One Article Age. Great miracle of Queens How happy I esteem my self in being Thought worthy to be numbred in the rank Of you confederates my love and best service Shall teach the world hereafter but this gift With which you have confirm'd it is so far Beyond my hopes and means e'r to return That of necessity I must dye oblig'd To your unanswer'd bounty The. The sweet Lady In blushes gives your Highness thanks Qu. Believe it On the Queens word she is a worthy one And I am so acquainted with her goodness That but for this peace that hath chang'd my purpose And to her more advancement I should gladly Have call'd her Daughter The. Though I am depriv'd of A blessing 't is not in the Fates to equal To shew my self a Subject as a Son Here I give up my claim and willingly With mine own hand deliver you what once I lov'd above my self and from this hour For my affection yields now to my duty Vow never to sollicite her Cra. 'T is well cover'd Neanthes and the rest Exeunt Cra. Nea. Sos Era Qu. Nay for this night You must for 't is our Countrey fashion Sir Leave her to her Devotions in the morning We 'll bring you to the Temple Leo. How in this Your Highness honours me Mer. Sweet rest to all Age. This kiss and I obey you Bel. Please it your Highness This is the Gentleman Qu. You are welcome home Sir Now as I live one of a promising presence I have heard of you before and you shall find I 'll know you better find out something that May do you good and rest assur'd to have it Were you at Sparta lately Euph. Three daies since Madam I came from thence Qu. 'T is very late Good night my Lord do you Sir follow me I must talk further with you Ag. All rest with you Exeunt Enter Crates Neanthes Eraton Sosicles disguis'd Cra. She must pass through this Cloyster suddainly And boldly seize upon her Nea. Where 's the Prince Cra. He does expect us at the place I shew'd you Enter Merione and Servant I hear ones footing peace 't is she Mer. Now leave me I know the way though Vesta witness with me I never trode it with such fear help help Cra. Stop her mouth close out with the Light I 'll guide you Exeunt Actus Secundus Scaena Prima Enter Merione as newly ravished Mer. TO whom now shall I cry What pow'r thus kneel to And beg my ravisht honor back upon me Deaf deaf you gods of goodness deaf to me Deaf Heaven to all my cries deaf hope deaf justice I am abus'd and you that see all saw it Saw it and smil'd upon the villain did it Saw it and gave him strength why have I pray'd to ye When all the worlds eyes have been sunk in slumbers Why have I then powr'd out my tears kneel'd to ye And from the Altar of a pure heart sent ye Thoughts like your selves white innocent vows purer And of a sweeter flame than all the earths odours Why have I sung your praises sâ—rew'd your Temples And crown'd your Holy Priests with Virgin Roses Is it we hold ye powerful to destroy us Believe and honor ye to see us ruin'd These tears of anger thus I sprinkle toward ye You that dare sleep secure whilst Virgins suffer These stick like Comets blaze eternally Till with the wonder they have wak'd your justice And forc't ye fear our curses as we yours Enter Theanor Crates with vizards My shame still follows me and still proclaims me He turns away in scorn I am contemned too A more unmanly violence than the other Bitten and slung away What e'r you are Sir you that have abus'd me and now most basely And sacrilegiously robb'd this fair Temple I sling all these behind me but look upon me But one kind loving look be what ye will So from this hour you will be mine my Husband And you his hand in mischief I speak to you too Counsel him nobly now you know the mischief The most unrighteous act he has done perswade him Perswade him like a friend knock at his Conscience Till fair Repentance follow yet be worthy of me And shew your self if ever good thought guided ye You have had your soul will make it yet fair with marriage Open your self and take me wed me now Draws his Dagger More fruits of villany your Dagger come Ye are merciful I thank you for your medicine Is that too worthy too Enter the rest disguis'd Devil thou with him Thou penny Bawd to his Lust will not that stir thee Do you work by tokens now Be sure I live not For your own safeties knaves I will sit patiently But as ye are true villains the Devils own servants And those he loves and trusts make it as bloody An Act of such true horror Heaven would shake at 'T will shew the braver goodness hold my hope fast And in thy mercies look upon my ruines And then I am right my eyes grow dead and heavy Enter six disguis'd singing and dancing to a horrid Musick and sprinkling water on her face Wrong me no more as ye are men The. She is fast Cra. Away with her Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Agenor and Gentlemen Age. Now Gentlemen the time 's come now t' enjoy That fruitful happiness my heart has long'd for This day be happy call'd and when old Time Brings it about each year crown'd with that sweetness It gives me now see every man observe it And laying all aside bears shew of business Give this to joy and triumph How fits my cloaths 1 Gent Handsome and wondrous well Sir Ag. Do they shew richly For to those curious eyes even beauty envies I must not now appear poor or low fashion'd Methinks I am younger than I was far younger And such a promise in my bloud I feel now That if there may be a perpetual youth Bestowed on man I am that soul shall win it Does my hair stand well Lord how ill-favourdly You have drest me to day how baldly why this Cloak 2 Gen Why 't is the richest Sir Age. And here ye have put me on A pair of Breeches look like a pair of Bagpipes 1 Gen. Believe Sir they shew bravely Ag. Why these Stockins 2 Gen. Your Leg appears Ag. Peâ—h I would have had 'em Peach-colour All young and new about me and this Scarf here A goodly thing you have trickt me like a Puppet 1 Gen. I 'll undertake to rig forth a whole Navy And with less labor than one man in love They are never pleas'd 2 Gen. Methinks he looks well 1 Gen. Well As man can look as handsome now do I wonder He found not fault his Nose was put on ugly Or his Eyes lookt too gray and rail at us They are the way wards things these Lovers 2 Gent. All will be right When once it comes to th' push 1 Gent. I would they were at it For
Enter Francis Servant Abbess and Cellide severally Val. My happy Mistress too now Fortune help me And all you Stars that govern chast desires Shine fair and lovely Ab. But one hour dear Daughter To hear your Guardian what he can deliver In Loves defence and his and then your pleasure Cell Though much unwilling you have made me yield More for his sake I see how full of sorrow Sweet catching sorrow he appears O love That thou but knew'st to heal as well as hurt us Mich. Be rul'd by me I see her eye fast on him And what ye heard believe for 't is so certain He neither dar'd nor must oppose my evidence And be you wise young Lady and believe too This man you love Sir Val As I love my soul Sir Miâ—h This man you put into a free possession Of what his wants could ask or your self render Val. And shall do still Mich. Nothing was barr'd his liberty But this fair Maid that friendship first was broken And you and she abus'd next to my sorrow So fair a form should hide so dark intentions He hath himself confess'd my purpose being Only to stop his journey by that policy Of laying Felony to his charge to fright the Sailers Divers abuses done Thefts often practis'd Monyes and Jewels too and those no trifles Cell O where have I bestrew'd my faith in neither Let 's in for ever now there is vertue Mich. Nay do not wonder at it he shall say it Are ye not guilty thus Fran. Yes O my Fortune Mich. To give a proof I speak not enviously Look here do you know these Jewels Cell In good Mother Enter Thomas Dorothy and Mary then Sebastian and Launcelot Val. These Jewels I have known Dor. You have made brave sport Tho. I 'le make more if I live Wench Nay do not look on me I care not for ye Lan. Do you see now plain that 's Mistris Dorothy And that 's his Mistris Seb. Peace let my joy work easily Ha boy art there my boy mine own boy Tom boy Home Lance and strike a fresh piece of Wine the Town 's ours Val. Sure I have know these Jewels Alice They are they certain Val. Good Heaven that they were Alice I 'le pawn my life on 't And this is he come hither Mistris Dorothy And Mistris Mary who does that face look like And view my Brother well Dor. In truth like him Ma. Upon my troth exceeding like Mich. Beshrew me But much and main resemblance both of face And lineaments of body now Heaven grant it Ali. My Brother 's full of passion I 'le speak to him Now as you are a Gentleman resolve me Where did you get these Jewels Fran. Now I 'le tell ye Because blind fortune yet may make me happy Of whom I had 'em I have never heard yet But from my infancy upon this arm I ever wore ' em Ali. 'T is Francisco Brother By Heaven I ty'd 'em on a little more Sir A little little more what parents have ye Fra. None That I know yet the more my stubborn fortune But as I heard a Merchant say that bred me Who to my more affliction dyed a poor man When I teach'd eighteen years Ali. What said that Merchant Fra. He said an infant in the Genoway Galleys But from what place he never could direct me I was taken in a Sea-fight and from a Mariner Out of his manly pity he redeem'd me He told me of a Nurse that waited on me But she poor soul he said was killed A Letter too I had enclos'd within me To one Castruccio a Venetian Merchant To bring me up the man when years allow'd me And want of friends compell'd I sought but found him Long dead before and all my hopes gone with him The Wars was my retreat then â—nd my travel In which I found this Gentlemans free bounty For which Heaven recompenc'd him now ye have all Val. And all the worldly bliss that Heaven can send me And all my prayers and thanks Alice Down o' your knees Sir For now you have found a Father and that Father That will not venture ye again in Galleys Mich. 'T is true believe her Sir and we all joy with ye Val. My best friend still my dearest now Heaven bless thee And make me worthy of this benefit Now my best Mistress Cel. Now Sir I come to ye Ab. No no let 's in Wench Cell Not for the world now Mother And thus Sir all my service I pay to you And all my love to him Val. And may it prosper Take her Francisco now no more young Callidon And love her dearly for thy Father does so Fran. May all hate seek me else and thus I seal it Val. Nothing but mirth now friends Enter Hylas and Sam. Hyl. Nay I will find him Sam. What do all these here Tho. You are a trusty Husband And a hot lover too Hyl. Nay then good morrow Now I perceive the Knavery Sam. I still told ye Tho. Stay or I 'le make ye stay come hither Sister Val. Why how now Mistris Thomas Tho. Peace a little Thou would'st fain have a Wife Hyl. Not I by no means Tho. Thou shalt have a wife and a fruitful wife for I find Hylas That I shall never be able to bring thee Children Seb. A notable brave boy Hyl. I am very well Sir Tho. Thou shalt be better Hylas thou hast 7 hundred pound a year And thou shalt make her 3 hundred jâ—ynture Hyl. No. Tho. Thou shalt boy and shalt bestow Two hundred pound in Cloaths look on her A delicate lusty wench she has fifteen hundred And feasible strike hands or I 'le strike first Dor. You 'l let me like Mar. He 's a good handsome fellow Play not the fool Tho. Strike Brother Hylas quickly Hyl. If you can love me well Dor. If you can please me Tho. Try that out soon I say my Brother Hylas Sam. Take her and use her well she 's a brave Gentlewoman Hyl. You must allow me another Mistriss Dor. Then you must allow me another Servant Hyl. Well let 's together then a lusty kindred Seb. I 'le give thee five hundred pound more for that word Ma. Now Sir for you and I to make the feast full Tho. No not a bit you are a vertuous Lady And love to live in contemplation Ma. Come fool I am friends now Tho. The fool shall not ride ye There lye my Woman now my man again And now for travel once more Seb. I 'le barr that first Ma. And I next Tho. Hold your self contented for I say I will travel And so long I will travel till I find a Father That I never knew and a Wife that I never look'd for And a state without expectation So rest you merry Gentlemen Ma. You shall not Upon my faith I love you now extreamly And now I 'le kiss ye Tho. This will not do it Mistress Ma. Why when we are married we 'l do more Seb. There 's all Boy The
Alas I cannot help it Ang. Especially to me thou knowst when I was here I said I lik'd thee of All thy Mistriss Servants Maid So did I you though it be not my fortune to express It at this present for truly if you would cry I cannot Let you in Ang. Pox on her I must go the down-right way look you Here is ten pound for you let me speak with her Maid I like your gold well but it is a thing by heaven I cannot do she Will not speak with you especially at this time she has affairs Ang. This makes her leave her jesting yet but take it And let me see her bring me to a place Where undiscerned of her self I may Feed my desiring eyes but half an hour Maid Why faith I think I can and I will stretch my wits And body too for gold if you will swear as you Are gentle not to stir or speak where you shall See or hear now or hereafter give me your gold I 'le plant you Ang. Why as I am a Gentleman I will not Maid Enough quick follow me Ex. Angelo and Maid Enter Servant S. Why where 's this maid she has much care of her business Nell I think she be sunk why Nell whiew Maid within What 's the matter Enter Maid Ser. I pray you heartily come away oh come come the Gentleman My Mistris invited is coming down the street and the banquet Not yet brought out They bring in the Banquet Lel. within Nell Sirrah Maid I come forsooth Ser. Now must I walk when there 's any fleshly matters in hand my Mistris sends me of a four hours errand but if I go not About mine own bodily business as well as she I am a Turk Exit Servant Enter Father Fa. What all wide open 'T is the way to sin Doubtless but I must on the gates of Hell Are not more passable than these how they Will be to get out God knows I must try 'T is very strange if there be any life Within this house would it would shew it self What 's here a Banquet and no mouth to eat Or bid me do it this is something like The entertainment of adventurous Knights Entring enchanted Castles For the manner Though there be nothing dismal to be seen Amazes me a little what is meant By this strange invitation I will sound My Daughters meaning e're I speak to her If it be possible for by my voyce Musique She will discover me hark whence is this The SONG COme hither you that love and hear me sing of joyes still growing Green fresh and lusty as the pride of Spring and over blowing Come hither youths that blush and dare not know what is desire And old men worse than you that cannot blow one spark of fire And with the power of my enchanting Song Boyes shall be able men and old men young Enter Angelo above Come hither you that hope and you that cry leave off complaining Youth strength and beauty that shall never dye are here remaining Come hither fools and blush you stay so long from being blest And mad men worse than you that suffer wrong Yet seek no rest And in an hour with my enchanting Song You shall be ever pleas'd and young maids long Enter Lelia and her Maid with a Night-gown and Slippers Lel. Sir you are welcom hither as this kiss Given with a larger freedom than the use Of strangers will admit shall witness to you Put the gown on him in this chair sit down Give him his slippers be not so amaz'd Here 's to your health and you shall feel this wine Stir lively in me in the dead of night Give him some wine fall to your banquet Sir And let us grow in mirth though I am set Now thus far off you yet four glasses hence I will sit here And try till both our bloods Shoot up and down to find a passage out Then mouth to mouth will we walk up to bed And undress one another as we go Where both my treasure body and my soul Are your's to be dispos'd of Fa. Umh umh Makes signs of his white head heard Lel. You are old Is that your meaning why you are to me The greater novelty all our fresh youth Are daily offer'd me though you perform As you think little yet you satisfie My appetite from your experience I may learn something in the way of lust I may be better for But I can teach These young ones But this day I did refuse A paire of 'em Julio and Angelo And told them they were as they were Raw fools and whelps a Ang. makes discontented signs Maid Pray God he speak not b Maid laies her finger cross her mouth to him Lel. Why speak you not sweet sir Fath. Umh. Stops his ears shews he is troubled with the Musick Lel. Peace there that musique now Sir speak To me Fath. Umh. Points at the Maid Lel. Why would you have her gone you need not keep Your freedom in for her she knows my life That she might write it Think she is a stone She is a kind of bawdy Confessor And will not utter secrets Fath. Umh. Points at her again Lel. Be gone then since he needs will have it so 'T is all one Exit Maid Fath. locks the door Is all now as you would come meet me then And bring a thousand kisses on thy lips And I will rob thee of 'em and yet leave Thy lips as wealthy as they were before Fath. Yes all is as I would but thou Lel. By Heaven 't is my Father Starts Fath. And I do beseech thee Leave these unheard of lusts which worse become thee Than mocking of thy Father let thine eyes Reflect upon thy soul and there behold How loathed black it is and whereas now Thy face is heavenly fair but thy mind foul Go but into thy Closet and there cry Till thou hast spoil'd that face and thou shalt find How excellent a change thou wilt have made For inward beauty Lel. Though I know him now To be my Father never let me live If my lust do abate I 'le take upon me To have known him all this while Fath. Look dost thou know me Lel. I knew ye Sir before Fath. VVhat didst thou do Lel. Knew you and so unmov'dly have you born All the sad crosses that I laid upon you VVith such a noble temper which indeed I purposely cast on you to discern Your carriage in calamity and you Have undergone 'em with that brave contempt That I have turn'd the reverence of a child Into the hot affection of a Lover Nor can there on the earth be found but yours A spirit fit to meet with mine Fath. A woman thou art not sure Lel. Look and believe Fath. Thou art Something created to succeed the Devil When he grows weary of his envious course And compassing the World but I believe thee Thou didst but mean to try my patience And dost so still but better be advis'd
the Complexion of great Wits The Fools Distemper He that 's mad by fits Is wise so too It is the Poets Muse The Prophets God the Fools and my excuse For in Me nothing less than Fletchers name Could have begot or justify'd this flame Beaumont Return'd methinks it should not be Fletcher Return'd methinks it should not be No not in 's Works Plays are as dead as He. The Palate of this age gusts nothing High That has not Custard in 't or Bawdery Folly and Madness fill the stage The Scene Is Athens where the Guilty and the mean The Fool'scapes well enough Learned and Great Suffer an Ostracism stand Exulate Mankind is fall'n again shrunk a degree A step below his very Apostasie Nature her self is out of Tune and sick Of Tumult and Disorder Lunatick Yet what world would not cheerfully endure The Torture or Disease t' enjoy the Cure This Book 's the Balsam and the Hellebore Must preserve bleeding nature and restore Our Crazy stupor to a just quick Sense Both of Ingratitude and Providence That teaches us at Once to feel and know Two deep Points what we want and what we owe. Yet Great Goods have their Ills Should we transmit To Future Times the Pow'r of Love and Wit In this Example would they not combine To make Our Imperfections their Design They 'd study our Corruptions and take more Care to be Ill than to be Good before For nothing but so great Infirmity Could make them worthy of such Remedy Have you not seen the Suns almighty Ray Rescue th' affrighted world and redeem Day From black despair how his victorious Beame Scatters the storm and drowns the petty flame Of Lightning in the glory of his eye How full of pow'r how full of Majesty When to us Mortals nothing else was known But the sad doubt whether to burn or drown Choler and Phlegm Heat and dull Ignorance Have cast the people into such a Trance That fears and danger seem Great equally And no dispute left now but how to dy Just in this nick Fletcher sets the world clear Of all disorder and reforms us here The formal Youth that knew no other Grace Or Value but his Title and his Lace Glasses himself and in this faithful Mirrour Views disapproves reforms repents his Errour The Credulous bright Girl that believes all Language in Oaths if Good Canonical Is fortifi'd and taught here to beware Of ev'ry specious bait of ev'ry snare Save one and that same Caution takes her more Than all the flattery she felt before She finds her Boxes and her thoughts betray'd By the Corruption of the Chambermaid Then throws her washes and dissemblings by And Vows nothing but Ingenuity The severe States-man quits his sullen form Of Gravity and bus'ness The Luke-warm Religious his Neutrality The hot Brain-sick Illuminate his zeal the sot Stupidity The souldier his Arrears The Court its Confidence The Plebs their fears Gallants their Apishness and Perjurie Women their Pleasure and Inconstancie Poets their wine the Vsurer his Pelf The world its Vanity and I my self Roger L' Estrange On the Edition FLETCHER whose fame no age can ever wast Envy of Ours and glory of the last Is now alive again and with his name His sacred Ashes wak'd into a Flame Such as before did by a secret charm The wildest Heart subdue the coldest warm And lend the Lady's eyes a power more bright Dispensing thus to either heat and Light He to a sympathie those souls betrai'd Whom Love or Beauty never could perswade And in each mov'd spectatour could beget A real passion by a Counterfeit When first Bellario bled what Lady there Did not for every drop let fall a tear And when Aspasia wept not any eye But seem'd to wear the same sad liverie By him inspir'd the feign'd Lucina drew More streams of melting sorrow than the true But then the Scornful Lady did beguile Their easie griefs and teach them all to smile Thus he Affections could or raise or lay Love grief and mirth thus did his charms obey He Nature taught her passions to out do How to refine the old and create new Which such a happy likeness seem'd to bear As if that Nature Art Art Nature were Yet all had nothing been obscurely kept In the same Vrn wherein his dust hath slept Nor had he ris ' the Delphick wreath to claim Had not the dying scene expir'd his name Despair our joy hath doubled he is come Thrice welcom by this Post-liminium His loss preserv'd him they that silenc'd Wit Are now the Authours to Eternize it Thus Poets are in spight of Fate reviv'd And Plays by Intermission longer liv'd THO. STANLEY A CATALOGUE Of all the COMEDIES and TRAGEDIES Contained in this BOOK in the same Order as Printed 1 THe Maids Tragedy * 2 Philaster or Love lies a bleeding * 3 A King or no King * 4 The Scornful Lady * 5 The Custom of the Country 6 The Elder Brother * 7 The Spanish Curate 8 Wit without Money * 9 The Beggars Bush 10 The Humorous Lieutenant 11 The Faithful Shepherdess * 12 The Mad Lover 13 The Loyal Subject 14 Rule a Wife and have a Wife * 15 The Laws of Candy 16 The False One. 17 The Little French Lawyer 18 The Tragedy of Valentinian 19 Monsieur Thomas * 20 The Chances 21 Rollo Duke of Normandy * 22 The Wild-Goose Chase 23 A Wife for a Month. 24 The Lovers Progress 25 The Pilgrim 26 The Captain 27 The Prophetess 28 The Queen of Corinth 29 The Tragedy of Bonduca 30 The Knight of the Burning Pestle * 31 Loves Pilgrimage 32 The Double Marriage 33 The Maid in the Mill. 34 The Knight of Maltha 35 Loves Cure or the Martial Maid 36 Women pleased 37 The Night Walker or Little Thief * 38 The Womans Prize or the Tamer tamed 39 The Island Princess 40 The Noble Gentleman 41 The Coronation * 42 The Coxcomb 43 Sea-Voyage 44 Wit at several Weapons 45 The Fair Maid of the Inn. 46 Cupids Revenge * 47 Two Noble Kinsmen * 48 Thierry and Theodoret. * 49 The Woman-Hater * 50 The nice Valour or the Passionate Madman 51 The Honest Man's Fortune A Mask at Grays-Inn and the Inner Temple Four Plays or Moral Representations THE MAIDS TRAGEDY Persons Represented in the Play King Lysippus brother to the King Amintor a Noble Gentleman Evadne Wife to Amintor Brothers to Evadne Melantius Diphilus Aspatia troth plight wife to Amintor Calianax an old humorous Lord and Father to Aspatia Gentlemen Cleon Strato Diagoras a Servant waiting Gentlewomen to Aspatia Antiphila Olympias Dula a Lady Maskers Night Cynthia Neptune Eolus Actus primus Scena prima Enter Cleon Strato Lysippus Diphilus CLeon The rest are making ready Sir Strat. So let them there 's time enough Diph. You are the brother to the King my Lord we 'l take your word Lys Strato thou hast some skill in Poetry What thinkst thou of a Mask will it be well Strat. As well as Mask can
Northern wind Evad. You dare not strike him Amint. Do not wrong me so Yes if his body were a poysonous plant That it were death to touch I have a soul Will throw me on him Evad. Why 't is the King Amint. The King Evad. What will you do now Amint. 'T is not the King Evad. What did he make this match for dull Amintor Amint. Oh! thou hast nam'd a word that wipes away All thoughts revengeful in that sacred name The King there lies a terror what frail man Dares lift his hand against it let the Gods Speak to him when they please Till when let us suffer and wait Evad. Why should you fill your self so full of heat And haste so to my bed I am no Virgin Amint. What Devil put it in thy fancy then To marry me Evad. Alas I must have one To Father Children and to bear the name Of Husband to me that my sin may be more honourable Amint. What a strange thing am I Evad. A miserable one one that my self am sorry for Amint. Why shew it then in this If thou hast pity though thy love be none Kill me and all true Lovers that shall live In after ages crost in their desires Shall bless thy memory and call thee good Because such mercy in thy heart was found To rid a lingring Wretch Evad. I must have one To fill thy room again if thou wert dead Else by this night I would I pity thee Amint. These strange and sudden injuries have saln So thick upon me that I lose all sense Of what they are methinks I am not wrong'd Nor is it ought if from the censuring World I can but hide it Reputation Thou art a word no more but thou hast shown An impudence so high that to the World I fear thou wilt betray or shame thy self Evad. To cover shame I took thee never fear That I would blaze my self Amint. Nor let the King Know I conceive he wrongs me then mine honour Will thrust me into action that my flesh Could bear with patience and it is some ease To me in these extreams that I knew this Before I toucht thee else had all the sins Of mankind stood betwixt me and the King I had gone through 'em to his heart and thine I have lost one desire 't is not his crown Shall buy me to thy bed now I resolve He has dishonour'd thee give me thy hand Be careful of thy credit and sin close 'T is all I wish upon thy Chamber-floore Plâ—â—â—â—st to night that morning visiters May think we did as married people use And prethee smile upon me when they come And seem to toy as if thou hadst been pleas'd With what we did Evad. Fear not I will do this Amint. Come let us practise and as wantonly As ever loving Bride and Bridegroom met Le ts laugh and enter here Evad. I am content Amint. Down all the swellings of my troubled heart When we walk thus intwin'd let all eyes see If ever Lovers better did agree Exit Enter Aspatia Antiphila and Olympias Asp Away you are not sad force it no further Good Gods how well you look such a full colour Young bashful Brides put on sure you are new married Ant. Yes Madam to your grief Asp Alas poor Wenches Go learn to love first learn to lose your selves Learn to be flattered and believe and bless The double tongue that did it Make a Faith out of the miracles of Ancient Lovers Did you ne're love yet Wenches speak Olympias Such as speak truth and dy'd in 't And like me believe all faithful and be miserable Thou hast an easie temper fit for stamp Olymp. Never Asp Nor you Antiphila Ant. Nor I. Asp Then my good Girles be more than Women wise 〈◊〉 least be more than I was and be sure you credit any thing the light gives light to before a man rather believe the Sea weeps for the ruin'd Merchant when he roars rather the wind courts but the pregnant sails when the strong cordage cracks rather the Sun comes but to kiss the Fruit in wealthy Autumn when all falls blasted if you needs must love forc'd by ill fate take to your maiden bosoms two dead cold aspicks and of them make Lovers they cannot flatter nor forswear one kiss makes a long peace for all but man Oh that beast man Come le ts be sad my Girles That down cast of thine eye Olympias Shews a fine sorrow mark Antiphila Just such another was the Nymph Oenone When Laris brought home Helen now a tear And then thou art a piece expressing fully The Carthage Queen when from a cold Sea Rock Full with her sorrow she tyed fast her eyes To the fair Trojan ships and having lost them Just as thine eyes do down stole a tear Antiphila What would this Wench do if she were Aspatia Here she would stand till some more pitying God Turn'd her to Marble 't is enough my Wench Shew me the piece of Needle work you wrought Ant. Of Ariadne Madam Asp Yes that piece This should be Theseus h 'as a cousening face You meant him for a man Ant. He was so Madam Asp Why then 't is well enough never look back You have a full wind and a false heart Theseus Does not the story say his Keel was split Or his Masts spent or some kind rock or other Met with his Vessel Ant. Not as I remember Asp It should ha' been so could the Gods know this And not of all their number raise a storm But they are all as ill This false smile was well exprest Just such another caught me you shall not go so Antiphila In this place work a quick sand And over it a shallow smiling Water And his ship ploughing it and then a fear Do that fear to the life Wench Ant. 'T will wrong the story Asp 'T will make the story wrong'd by wanton Poets Live long and be believ'd but where 's the Lady Ant. There Madam Asp Fie you have mist it here Antiphila You are much mistaken Wench These colours are not dull and pale enough To shew a soul so full of misery As this sad Ladies was do it by me Do it again by me the lost Aspatia And you shall find all true but the wild Island I stand upon the Sea breach now and think Mine arms thus and mine hair blown with the wind Wild as that desart and let all about me Tell that I am forsaken do my face If thou hadst ever feeling of a sorrow Thus thus Antiphila strive to make me look Like sorrows monument and the trees about me Let them be dry and leaveless let the Rocks Groan with continual surges and behind me Make all a desolation look look Wenches A miserable life of this poor Picture Olym. Dear Madam Asp I have done sit down and let us Upon that point fix all our eyes that point there Make a dull silence till you feel a sudden sadness Give us new souls Enter Calianax Cal. The King
canker Evad. Let me consider Mel. Do whose child thou wert Whose honour thou hast murdered whose grave open'd And so pull'd on the Gods that in their justice They must restore him flesh again and life And raise his dry bones to revenge his scandal Evad. The gods are not of my mind they had better let 'em lie sweet still in the earth they 'l stink here Mel. Do you raise mirth out of my easiness Forsake me then all weaknesses of Nature That make men women Speak you whore speak truth Or by the dear soul of thy sleeping Father This sword shall be thy lover tell or I 'le kill thee And when thou hast told all thou wilt deserve it Evad. You will not murder me Mel. No 't is a justice and a noble one To put the light out of such base offenders Evad. Help Mel. By thy foul self no humane help shall help thee If thou criest when I have kill'd thee as I have Vow'd to do if thou confess not naked as thou hast left Thine honour will I leave thee That on thy branded flesh the world may read Thy black shame and my justice wilt thou bend yet Evad. Yes Mel. Up and begin your story Evad. Oh I am miserable Mel. 'T is true thou art speak truth still Evad. I have offended noble Sir forgive me Mel. With what secure slave Evad. Do not ask me Sir Mine own remembrance is a misery too mightie for me Mel. Do not fall back again my sword 's unsheath'd yet Evad. What shall I do Mel. Be true and make your fault less Evad. I dare not tell Mel. Tell or I 'le be this day a killing thee Evad. Will you forgive me then Mel. Stay I must ask mine honour first I have too much foolish nature in me speak Evad. Is there none else here Mel. None but a fearful conscience that 's too many Who is' t Evad. O hear me gently it was the King Mel. No more My worthy father's and my services Are liberally rewarded King I thank thee For all my dangers and my wounds thou hast paid me In my own metal These are Souldiers thanks How long have you liv'd thus Evadne Evad. Too long Mel. Too late you find it can you be sorry Evad. Would I were half as blameless Mel. Evadne thou wilt to thy trade again Evad. First to my grave Mel. Would gods th'hadst been so blest Dost thou not hate this King now prethee hate him Couldst thou not curse him I command thee curse him Curse till the gods hear and deliver him To thy just wishes yet I fear Evadne You had rather play your game out Evad. No I feel Too many sad confusions here to let in any loose flame hereafter Mel. Dost thou not feel amongst all those one brave anger That breaks out nobly and directs thine arm to kill this base King Evad. All the gods forbid it Mel. No all the gods require it they are dishonoured in him Evad. 'T is too fearful Mel. Y' are valiant in his bed and bold enough To be a stale whore and have your Madams name Discourse for Grooms and Pages and hereafter When his cool Majestie hath laid you by To be at pension with some needy Sir For meat and courser clothes thus far you know no fear Come you shall kill him Evad. Good Sir Mel. And 't were to kiss him dead thou'd smother him Be wise and kill him Canst thou live and know What noble minds shall make thee see thy self Found out with every finger made the shame Of all successions and in this great ruine Thy brother and thy noble husband broken Thou shalt not live thus kneel and swear to help me When I shall call thee to it or by all Holy in heaven and earth thou shalt not live To breath a full hour longer not a thought Come 't is a righteous oath give me thy hand And both to heaven held up swear by that wealth This lustful thief stole from thee when I say it To let his foul soul out Evad. Here I swear it And all you spirits of abused Ladies Help me in this performance Mel. Enough this must be known to none But you and I Evadne not to your Lord Though he be wise and noble and a fellow Dares step as far into a worthy action As the most daring I as far as Justice Ask me not why Farewell Exit Mel. Evad. Would I could say so to my black disgrace Oh where have I been all this time how friended That I should lose my self thus desperately And none for pity shew me how I wandred There is not in the compass of the light A more unhappy creature sure I am monstrous For I have done those follies those mad mischiefs Would dare a woman O my loaden soul Be not so cruel to me choak not up Enter Amintor The way to my repentance O my Lord. Amin. How now Evad. My much abused Lord Kneels Amin. This cannot be Evad. I do not kneel to live I dare not hope it The wrongs I did are greater look upon me Though I appear with all my faults Amin. Stand up This is no new way to beget more sorrow Heaven knows I have too many do not mock me Though I am tame and bred up with my wrongs Which are my foster-brothers I may leap Like a hand-wolf into my natural wilderness And do an out-rage pray thee do not mock me Evad. My whole life is so leprous it infects All my repentance I would buy your pardon Though at the highest set even with my life That slight contrition that 's no sacrifice For what I have committed Amin. Sure I dazle There cannot be a faith in that soul woman That knows no God more mighty than her mischiefs Thou dost still worst still number on thy faults To press my poor heart thus Can I believe There 's any seed of Vertue in that woman Left to shoot up that dares go on in sin Known and so known as thine is O Evadne Would there were any safety in thy sex That I might put a thousand sorrows off And credit thy repentance but I must not Thou hast brought me to the dull calamity To that strange misbelief of all the world And all things that are in it that I fear I shall fall like a tree and find my grave Only remembring that I grieve Evad. My Lord Give me your griefs you are an innocent A soul as white as heaven let not my sins Perish your noble youth I do not fall here To shadow by dissembling with my tears As all say women can or to make less What my hot will hath done which heaven and you Knows to be tougher than the hand of time Can cut from mans remembrance no I do not I do appear the same the same Evadne Drest in the shames I liv'd in the same monster But these are names of honour to what I am I do present my self the foulest creature Most poysonous dangerous and despis'd of men
to read their actions through mens hearts and faces are so far asunder that they hold no intelligence Do but view yon stranger well and you shall see a Feaver through all his bravery and feel him shake like a true Tenant if he give not back his Crown again upon the report of an Elder Gun I have no augury King Go to Be more your self as you respect our favour You 'l stir us else Sir I must have you know That y' are and shall be at our pleasure what fashion we Will put upon you smooth your brow or by the gods Phi. I am dead Sir y' are my fate it was not I Said I was 〈◊〉 wrong'd I carry all about me My weak stars led me to all my weak fortunes Who dares in all this presence speak that is But man of flesh and may be mortal tell me I do not most intirely love this Prince And honour his full vertues King Sure he 's possest Phi. Yes with my Fathers spirit It 's here O King A dangerous spirit now he tells me King I was a Kings heir bids me be a King And whispers to me these be all my Subjects 'T is strange he will not let me sleep but dives Into my fancy and there gives me shapes That kneel and do me service cry me King But I 'le suppress him he 's a factious spirit And will undo me noble Sir â—our hand I am your servant King Away I do not like this I 'le make you tamer or I 'le dispossess you Both of life and spirit For this time I pardon your wild speech without so much As your imprisonment Ex. King Pha. and Are. Di. I thank you Sir you dare not for the people Gal. Ladies what think you now of this brave fellow Meg. A pretty talking fellow hot at hand but eye yon stranger is not he a fine compleat Gentleman O these strangers I do affect them strangely they do the rarest home things and please the fullest as I live could love all the Nation over and over for his sake Gal. Pride comfort your poor head-piece Lady 't is a weak one and had need of a Night-cap Di. See how his fancy labours has he not spoke Home and bravely what a dangerous train Did he give fire to How he shook the King Made his soul melt within him and his blood Run into whay it stood upon his brow Like a cold winter dew Phi. Gentlemen You have no suit to me I am no minion You stand methinks like men that would be Courtiers If you could well be flatter'd at a price Not to undo your Children y' are all honest Go get you home again and make your Country A vertuous Court to which your great ones may In their Diseased age retire and live recluse Cle. How do you worthy Sir Phi. Well very well And so well that if the King please I find I may live many years Di. The King must please Whilst we know what you are and who you are Your wrongs and juiuries shrink not worthy Sir But add your Father to you in whose name We 'll waken all the gods and conjure up The rods of vengeance the abused people Who like to raging torrents shall swell high And so begirt the dens of these Male-dragons That through the strongest safety they shall beg For mercy at your swords point Phi. Friends no more Our years may be corrupted 'T is an age We dare not trust our wills to do you love me Thra. Do we love Heaven and honour Phi. My Lord Dion you had A vertuous Gentlewoman call'd you Father Is she yet alive Di. Most honour'd Sir she is And for the penance but of an idle dream Has undertook a tedious Pilgrimage Enter a Lady Phi. Is it to me or any of these Gentlemen you come La. To you brave Lord the Princess would intreat Your present company Phi. The Princess send for me y' are mistaken La. If you be call'd Philaster 't is to you Phi. Kiss her hand and say I will attend her Di. Do you know what you do Phi. Yes go to see a woman Cle. But do you weigh the danger you are in Phi. Danger in a sweet face By Jupiter I must not fear a woman Thra. But are you sure it was the Princess sent It may be some soul train to catch your life Phi. I do not think it Gentlemen she 's noble Her eye may shoot me dead or those true red And white friends in her face may steal my soul out There 's all the danger in 't but be what may Ex. Phil. Her single name hath arm'd me Di. Go on And be as truly happy as thou art fearless Come Gentlemen let 's make our friends acquainted Lest the King prove false Ex. Gentlemen Enter Arethusa and a Lady Are. Comes he not La. Madam Are. Will Philaster come La. Dear Madam you were wont To credit me at first Are. But didst thou tell me so I am forgetful and my womans strength Is so o'recharg'd with danger like to grow About my Marriage that these under-things Dare not abide in such a troubled sea How look't he when he told thee he would come La. Why well Are. And not a little fearful Lat. Fear Madam sure he knows not what it is Are. You are all of his Faction the whole Court Is bold in praise of him whilst I May live neglected and do noble things As fools in strife throw gold into the Sea Drown'd in the doing but I know he fears La. Fear Madam me thought his looks hid more Of love than fear Are. Of love To whom to you Did you deliver those plain words I sent With such a winning gesture and quick look That you have caught him La. Madam I mean to you Arc. Of love to me Alas thy ignorance Lets thee not see the crosses of our births Nature that loves not to be questioned Why she did this or that but has her ends And knows she does well never gave the world Two things so opposite so contrary As he and I am If a bowl of blood Drawn from this arm of mine would poyson thee A draught of his would cure thee Of love to me La. Madam I think I hear him Are. Bring him in You gods that would not have your dooms withstood Whose holy wisdoms at this time it is To make the passion of a feeble maid The way unto your justice I obey Enter Phil. La. Here is my Lord Philaster Are. Oh! 't is well Withdraw your self Phi. Madam your messenger Made me believe you wisht to speak with me Are. 'T is true Philaster but the words are such I have to say and do so ill beseem The mouth of woman that I wish them said And yet am loth to speak them Have you known That I have ought detracted from your worth Have I in person wrong'd you or have set My baser instruments to throw disgrace Upon your vertues Phi. Never Madam you Are. Why then should you in such a
be Di. And she was taken with her boy Phi. What boy Di. A Page a boy that serves her Phi. Oh good gods a little boy Di. I know you him my Lord Phi. Hell and sin know him Sir you are deceiv'd I 'le reason it a little coldly with you If she were lustful would she take a boy That knows not yet desire she would have one Should meet her thoughts and knows the sin he acts Which is the great delight of wickedness You are abus'd and so is she and I. Di. How you my Lord Phi. Why all the world 's abus'd In an unjust report Di. Oh noble Sir your vertues Cannot look into the subtil thoughts of woman In short my Lord I took them I my self Phi. Now all the Devils thou didst ille from my rage Would thou â—adlâ— ta'â—e devils â—ngeâ—dring plagues When thou didst take them hide thee from my eyes Would them hadst taken Thunder on thy breast When thou didst take them or been strucken dumb For ever that this soul deed might have slept in silence Thra. Have you known him so ill temper'd Cle. Never before Phi. The winds that are lâ—t loose From the â—our several corâ—â—â—s of the earth And spread themsâ—lves all over sea and land Kiss 〈◊〉 chastâ— one What friend bears a sword To run me through Di. Why my Lord are you so mov'd at this Phi. When any falls from vertue I am distract I have an interest in 't Di. But good my Lord recal your self And think what 's best to be done Phi. I thank you I will do it Please you to leave me I 'le consider of it To morrow I will find your lodging forth And give you answer The readiest way Di. All the gods direct you Thra. He was extream impatient Cle. It was his vertue and his noble mind Exeunt Di. Cle. and Thra. Phi. I had forgot to ask him where he took them I 'le follow him O that I had a sea Within my breast to quench the fire I feel More circumstances will but fan this sire It more afflicts me now to know by whom This deed is done than simply that 't is done And he that tells me this is honourable As far from lies as she is far from truth O that like beasts we could not grieve our selves With that we see not Bulls and Rams will fight To keep their Females standing in their fight But take 'em from them and you take at once Their spleens away and they will fall again Unto their Pastures growing fresh and fat And taste the waters of the springs as sweet As 't was before finding no start in sleep But miserable man See see you gods Enter Bellario He walks still and the face you let him wear When he was innocent is still the same Not blasted is this justice Do you mean To intrap mortality that you allow Treason so smooth a brow I cannot now Think he is guilty Bell. Health to you my Lord The Princess doth commend her love her life And this unto you Phi. Oh Bellario Now I perceive she loves me she does shew it In loving thee my boy she has made thee brave Bell. My Lord she has attired me past my wish Past my desert more fit for her attendant Though far unfit for me who do attend Phi. Thou art grown courtly boy O let all women That love black deeds learn to dissemble here Here by this paper she does write to me As if her heart were Minâ—s of Adamant To all the world besides but unto me A maiden snow that melted with my looks Tell me my boy how doth the Princess use thee For I shall guess her love to me by that Bell. Scarce like her servant but as if I were Something allied to her or had preserv'd Her life three times by my fidelity As mothers fond do use their only sons As I 'de use one that 's lefâ— unto my trust For whom my life should pay if he met harm So she does use me Phi. Why this is wondrous well But what kind language does she feed thee with Bell. Why she does tell me she will trust my youth With all her loving secrets and does call me Her pretty servant bids me weep no more For leaving you shee 'l see my services Regarded and such words of that soft strain That I am nearer weeping when she ends Than ere she spake Phi. This is much better still Bell. Are you ill my Lord Phi. Ill No Bellario Bell. Me thinks your words Fall not from off your tongue so evenly Nor is there in your looks that quietness That I was wont to see Phi. Thou art deceiv'd boy And she stroakes thy head Bell. Yes Phi. And she does clap thy cheeks Bell. She does my Lord. Phi. And she does kiss thee boy ha Bell. How my Lord Phi. She kisses thee Bell. Not so my Lord. Phi. Come come I know she does Bell. No by my life Phi. Why then she does not love me come she does I bad her do it I charg'd her by all charms Of love between us by the hope of peace We should enjoy to yield thee all delights Naked as to her bed I took her oath Thou should'st enjoy her Tell me gentle boy Is she not paralleless Is not her breath Sweet as Arabian winds when fruits are ripe Are not her breasts two liquid Ivory balls Is she not all a lasting Mine of joy Bell. I now I see why my disturbed thoughts Were so perplext When first I went to her My heart held augury you are abus'd Some villain has abus'd you I do see Whereto you tend fall Rocks upon his head That put this to you 't is some subtil train To bring that noble frame of yours to nought Phi. Thou think'st I will be angry with thee Come Thou shalt know all my drift I hate her more Than I love happiness and plac'd thee there To pry with narrow eyes into her deeds Hast thou discover'd Is she faln 〈◊〉 As I would wish her Speak some comfort to me Bell. My Lord you did mistake the boy you sent Had she a sin that way hid from the world 〈…〉 I would not aid Her base desires but what I came to know As servant to her I would not reveal to make my life last ages Phi. Oh my heart this is a salve worse than the main disease Tell me thy thoughts for I will know the least That dwells within thee or will rip thy heart To know it I will see thy thoughts as plain As I do know thy face Bell. Why so you do She is for ought I know by all the gods As chaste as â—ee but were she foul as Hell And I did know it thus the breath of Kings The points of Swords Tortures nor Bulls of Brass Should draw it from me Phi. Then 't is no time to dally with thee I will take thy life for I do hate thee I could curse thee now Bell. If you do hate you could not curse me
Cap. How do you like this my Lord Prince these are mad boys I tell you these are things that will not strike their top-sayles to a Foist And let a man of war an Argosie hull and cry Cockles Pha. Why you rude slave do you know what you do Cap. My Pretty Prince of Puppets we do know And give your greatness warning that you talk No more such Bugs-words or that soldred Crown Shall be scratch'd with a Musket Dear Prince Pippen Down with your noble bloud or as I live I 'le have you codled let him lose my spirits Make us a round Ring with your Bills my Hâ—ctâ—â—s And let us see what this trim man dares do Now Sir have at you here I it And with this swashing blow do you swear Prince I could hulk your Grace and hang you up cross leg'd Like a Hare at a Poulters and do this with this wâ—per Pha. You will not see me murder'd wicked Vâ—â—aâ—s 1 Cit. Yes indeed will we Sir we havâ— not seen one for a great while Capt. He would have weapons would he give him a Broad-side my brave boyes with your pikes branch in his skin in Flowers like a Satin and between every Flow â—a mortal cut your Royalty shall ravel jag him Gentlemen â—'le have him cut to the kell then down the seaâ—es oh for a whip To make him Galoone-Laces I 'le have a Coach-whip Phi. O spare me Gentlemen Cap. Hold hold the man begins to fear and know himself He shall for this time only be scal'd up With a Feather through his nose that he may only see Heaven and think whither he 's going Nay beyond Sea Sir we will proclaim you you would be King Thou tender â—â—ir apparent to a Church-Ale Thou sleight Prâ—nce of single Sarcenet Thou Royal Ring-tail fit to fly at nothing But poor mens Poultry and have every Boy Beat thee from that too with his Bread and Butter Pha. Gods keep me from these Hell-hounds 2 Cit. Shall 's gâ—ld him Captain Cap. No you shall spare his dowcets my dear Donsels As you respect the Ladies let them flourish The curses of a longing woman kill as speedy as a Plague Boys 1 Cit. I 'le have a Leg that 's certain 2 Cit. I 'le have an Arm. 3 Cit. I 'le have his Nose and at mine own charge build a Colledge and clap't upon the Gate 4 Cit. I 'le have his little Gut to string a Kit with For certainly a Royal Gut will found like silver Pha. Would they were in thy belly and I past my pain once 5 Cit. Good Captain let me have his Liver to seed Ferrets Cap. Who will have parcels else speak Pha. Good gods consider me I shall be tortur'd 1 Cit. Captain I 'le give you the trimming of your hand-sword and let me have his Skin to make false Scabbards 2 He had no horns Sir had he Cap. No Sir he 's a Pollard what would'st thou do with horns Cit. O if he had I would have made rare Hasts and Whistles of 'em but his Shin bones if they be sound shall serve me Enter Philaster All. Long live Philaster the brave Prince Philaster Phi. I thank you Gentlemen but why are these Rude weapons brought abroad to teach your hands Uncivil Trades Cap. My Royal Rosiclear We are thy Mirmidons thy Guard thy Rorers And when thy noble body is in durance Thus do we clap our musty Mutrions on And trace the streets in terrour Is it peace Thou Mars of men Is the King sociable And bids thee live Art thou above thy soemen And free as Phoebus Speak if not this stand Of Royal blood shall be abroach atilt and run Even to the lees of honour Phi. Hold and be satisfied I am my self Free as my thoughts are by the gods I am Cap. Art thou the dainty darling of the King Art thou the Hylas to our Hercules Do the Lords bow and the regarded scarlets Kiss their Gumd go's and cry we are your servants Is the Court Navigable and the presence struck With Flags of friendship if not we are thy Castle And this man sleeps Phi. I am what I desire to be your friend I am what I was born to be your Prince Pha. Sir there is some humanity in you You have a noble soul forget my name And know my misery set me safe aboard From these wild Cambals and as I live I 'le quit this Land for ever there is nothing Perpetual prisonment cold hunger sickness Of all sorts all dangers and all together The worst company of the worst men madness age To be as many Creatures as a woman And do as all they do nay to despair But I would rather make it a new Nature And live with all those than endure one hour Amongst these wild Dogs Phi. I do pity you Friends discharge your fears Deliver me the Prince I 'le warrant you I shall be old enough to find my safety 3 Cit. Good Siâ— take heed he does not hurt you He 's a fierce man I can tell you Sir Cap. Prince by your leave I 'le have a Sursingle And Male you like a Hawke He stirs Phi. Away away there is no danger in him Alas he had rather sleep to shake his fit off Look you friends how gently he leads upon my word He 's tame enough he need no further watching Good my friends go to your houses and by me have your pardons and my love And know there shall be nothing in my power You may deserve but you shall have your wishes To give you more thanks were to slatter you Continue still your love and for an earnest Drink this All. Long maist thou live brave Prince brave Prince brave Prince Exeunt Phi. and Pha. Cap. Thou art the King of Courtesie Fall off again my sweet youths come and every man Trace to his house again and hang his pewter up then to The Tavern and bring your wives in Musses we will have Musick and the red grape shall make us dance and rise Boys Exeunt Enter King Are. Gal. Meg. Cle. Dion Thra. Bellario and Attendants King Is it appeas'd Di. Sir all is quiet as this dead of night As peaceable as sleep my Lord Philaster Brings on the Prince himself King Kind Gentlemen I will not break the least word I have given In promise to him I have heap'd a world Of grief upon his head which yet I hope To wash away Enter Philaster and Pharamond Cle. My Lord is come King My Son Blest be the time that I have leave to call Such vertue mine now thou art in mine arms Me thinks I have a salve unto my breast For all the stings that dwell there streams of grief That I have wrought thee and as much of joy That I repent it issue from mine eyes Let them appease thee take thy right take her She is thy right too and forget to urge My vexed soul with that I did before Phi. Sir is it blotted from my memory Past and forgotten For you
Ars My friend sure Has got her out and now he has made an end on 't Lop. See where the Sea comes how it soums and brustles Thâ— great Lâ— vâ—athan o' th' Law how it tumbles Bar. Made every way an Ass abus'd on all sides And fâ—om all quarters people come to laugh at me Rise like a Comet to be wonder'd at A hoâ—â—â—d Com t for Boys tongues and Ballads I will run from my wits Enter Amaâ—anta Leandro Ars Do do good Lawyer And from thy mony too then thou wilt be quiet Mil. Here she comes home now mark the salutations How like an Ass my friend goes Aâ—s She has pull'd his cars down Bar. Now what sweet voyage to what Garden Lady Or to what Coulins housâ— Ama. Is this my welcome I cannot go to Church but thus I am scandal'd Uâ— no devotion for my soul but Gentlemen Bar. â—o Church Aâ—â— Yes and ye keep sweet youths to wait upon me Sweet bred up youths to be a credit to me Tâ—â—â—e's your delight again pray take him to ye He never comes neaâ— me more to debase me Bar How 's this how 's this good wise how has he wrong'd ye Ama I was â—â—m to drive him like a sheep before me I bluâ—h to think how people steer'd and scorn'd me Others have handsome men that know behaviour Place and observance this silly thing knows nothing Cannot tell ten let every Rascal justâ—e me And still I push'd him on as he had been coming Bar. Haâ— did ye push him on is he so stupid Ama When others were attentive to the Priest Gâ—od devout Gentleman then fell he fast â—ast sound asleep then hist began the Bag pipes 〈◊〉 several stops on 's noâ—e made a rate musick A â—â—â—e and lâ—ud and those plaid many an Anthem â—uâ— out of that he â—ell straight into dreaming Ars As cunning as she is sweet I like this carriage Bar What â—id he then Ama Why then be talked in his Sleep too Nay I 'le divulge your moral vertues sheeps face And talkâ—d a loud tâ—at every â—aâ— was fixt to him Dâ—â— not I suffer do you think in this time 〈◊〉 of your bawâ—â—ng Law of appâ—lations Oâ— Declarations and Excommunications Waâ—â—ants and â—xâ—â—utions and such Devils 〈◊〉 aâ—l the Gentlemâ—n out o' th' Church by hurryes Wâ—â—â—◠〈…〉 they would never come there again Thus am I served and man'd Lean. I pray ye forgive me I must confess I am not fit to wait upon ye Alas I was brought up Ama. To be an Asse A Lawyers Asse to carry Books and Buckrams Bar. But what did you at Church Lop. At Church did you ask her Do you hear Gentlemen do you mark that question Because you are half an Heretick your self Sir Would ye breed her too this shall to the Inquisition A pious Gentlewoman reproved for praying I 'le see this filed and you shall hear further Sir Ars Ye have an ill heart Lop. It shall be found out Gentlemen There be those youths will search it Die You are warm Signiour But a Faggot will warm ye better we are witnesses Lop. Enough to hang him do not doubt Mil. Nay certain I do believe h 'as rather no Religion Lop. That must be known too because she goes to Church Sâ—â— O monstrum informe ingens Die Let him go on Sir His wealth will build a Nunnery a fair one And this good Lady when he is hang'd and rotten May there be Abbess Bar. You are cozen'd honest Gentlemen I do not forbid the use but the form mark me Lop. Form what do you make of form Bar. They will undo me Swear as I oft have done and so betray me I must make fair way and hereafter Wife You are welcome home and henceforth take your pleasure Go when ye shall think fit I will not hinder ye My eyes are open now and I see my errour My shame as great as that but I must hide it The whole conveyance now I smell but Basta Another time must serve you see us friends now Heartily friends and no more chiding Gentlemen I have been too foolish I confess no more words No more sweet Wife Ama. You know my easie nature Bar. Go get ye in you see she has been angry Forbear her fight a while and time will pacify And learn to be more bold Lean. I would I could I will do all I am able Exâ—t Bar. Do Leandro We will not part but friends of all hands Lop. Well said Now ye are reasonable we can look on ye Bar. Ye have jerkt me but for all that I forgive ye Forgive ye heartily and do invite ye To morrow to a Breakfast I make but seldom But now we will be merry Ars Now ye are friendly Your doggedness and niggardize slung from ye And now we will come to ye Bar. Give me your hands all You shall be welcome heartily Lop. We will be For we 'll eat hard Bar. The harder the more welcome And till the morning farewell I have business Exit Mil. Farewel good bountiful Bartolus 't is a brave wenâ—â— A suddain witty thief and worth all service Go we 'll all go and crucifie the Lawyer Die I 'le clap four tire of teeth into my mouth more But I will grind his substance Ars Well Leandro Thou hast had a strange Voyage but I hope Thou rid'st now in safe harbour Mil. Let 's go drink Friends And laugh aloud at all our merry may-games Lop. A match a match 't will whet our stomachs better Exeunt Actus Quintus Scena Prima Enter Violante and Servant 〈◊〉 MAdam he 's come Chair and stools out Viol. 'T is well how did he look â—â—en he knew from whom you were sent was he not startled Or confident or fearful Ser. As appear'd â—ike one that knew his fortune at the worst And car'd not what could follow Viol. 'T is the better â—each me a Chair so bring him in be careful That none disturb us I will try his temper And if I find him apt for my employments Enter Jamie Servant â—le work him to my ends if not I shall â—ind other Engines Ser. There 's my Lady Viol. Leave us Jam. You sent for me Viol. I did and do's the favour Your present state considered and my power Deserve no greater Ceremony Jam. Ceremonie â—se to pay that where I owe a duty â—oâ— to my Brothers wife I cannot fawn 〈◊〉 you expect it from me you are cozen'd And so farewel Viol. He bears up still I like it â—ray you a word Jam. Yes I will give you hearing â—a equal terms and sit by you as a friend â—et not stand as a Sutor Now your pleasure Viol. You are very bold Jam. 'T is fit since you are proud 〈◊〉 was not made to feed that foolish humour â—ith flattery and observance Viol. Yet with your favour A little form joyn'd with respect to her That can add to your wants or free you from 'em Nay raise you to a fate beyond your hopes â—ight well
To hold me soul Peri. O you are fairer far Than the chaste blushing morn or that fair star That guides the wandring Sea men through the deep Straighter than straightest Pine upon the steep Head of an aged mountain and more white Than the rew Milk we strip before day-light From the full fraighted bags of our fair flocks Your hair more beauteous than those hanging leeks Of young Apollo Amo. Shepherd be not lost Y' are sail'd too far already from the Coast Of our discourse Peri. Did you not tell me once I should not love alone I should not lose Those many passions vows and holy Oaths I 've sent to Heaven did you not give your hand Even that fair hand in hostage Do not then Give back again those sweets to other men You your self vow'd were mine Amo. Shepherd so far as Maidens modesty May give assurance I am once more thine Once more I give my hand be ever free From that great foe to faith foul jealousie Peri. I take it as my best good and desire For stronger confirmation of our love To meet this happy night in that fair Grove Where all true Shepherds have rewarded been For their long service say sweet shall it hold Amo. Dear friend you must not blame me if I make A doubt of what the silent night may do Coupled with this dayes heat to move your bloud Maids must be fearful sure you have not been Wash'd-white enough for yet I see a stain Stick in your Liver go and purge again Peri. O do not wrong my honest simple truth My self and my affections are as pure As those chaste flames that burn before the shrine Of the great Dian only my intent To draw you thither was to plight our troths With enterchange of mutual chaste embraces And ceremonious tying of our selves For to that holy wood is consecrate A vertuous well about whose flowry banks The nimble-footed Fairies dance their rounds By the pale moon-shine dipping oftentimes Their stolen Children so to make them free From dying flesh and dull mortalitie By this fair Fount hath many a Shepherd sworn And given away his freedom many a troth Been plight which neither envy nor old time Could ever break with many a chaste kiss given In hope of coming happiness by this Fresh Fountain many a blushing Maid Hath crown'd the head of her long loved Shepherd With gaudy flowers whilest he happy sung Layes of his love and dear Captivitie There grows all Herbs fit to cool looser flames Our sensual parts provoke chiding our bloods And quenching by their power those hidden sparks That else would break out and provoke our sense To open fires so vertuous is that place Then gentle Shepherdess believe and grant â—n troth it fits not with that face to scant â—our faithful Shepherd of those chaste desires â—e ever aim'd at aâ—â— Amo. Thou hast prevail'd farewel this coming night â—hall crown thy chast hopes with long wish'd delight Peri. Our great god Pan reward thee for that good â—hou hast given thy poor Shepherd fairest Bud Of Maiden Vertues when I leave to be The true Admirer of thy Chastitie â—et me deserve the hot polluted Name Of the wild Woodman or affect some Dame Whose often Prostitution hath begot More foul Diseases than ever yet the hot â—un bred through his burnings whilst the Dog â—ursues the raging Lion throwing Fog â—nd deadly Vapour from his angry Breath â—illing the lower World with Plague and Death Ex. Am. Enter Amaryllis Ama. Shepherd may I desire to be believ'd What I shall blushing tell Peri. Fair Maid you may Am. Then softly thus I love thee Perigot â—nd would be gladder to be lov'd again â—han the cold Earth is in his frozen arms â—o clip the wanton Spring nay do not start â—or wonder that I woo thee thou that art â—he prime of our young Grooms even the top â—f all our lusty Shepherds what dull eye â—hat never was acquainted with desire â—ath seen thee wrastle run or cast the Stone With nimble strength and fair delivery And hath not sparkled fire and speedily â—ent secret heat to all the neighbouring Veins Who ever heard thee sing that brought again â—hat freedom back was lent unto thy Voice â—hen do not blame me Shepherd if I be â—â—e to be numbred in this Companie â—â—ce none that ever saw thee yet were free Peri. Fair Shepherdess much pity I can lend â—o your Complaints but sure I shall not love 〈◊〉 that is mine my self and my best hopes â—re given already do not love him then â—hat cannot love again on other men â—estow those heats more free that may return â—ou fire for fire and in one flame equal burn Ama. Shall I rewarded be so slenderly â—or my affection most unkind of men 〈◊〉 I were old or had agreed with Art â—o give another Natâ—â—e to my Cheeks 〈◊〉 were I common Mistress to the love 〈◊〉 every Swain or could I with such ease â—â—ll back my Love as many a Wanton doth â—hou might'st refuse me Shepherd but to thee 〈◊〉 am only fixt and set let it not be 〈◊〉 Sport thou gentle Shepherd to abuse â—he love of silly Maid Peri. Fair Soul ye use â—hese words to little end for know I may â—etter call back that time was Yesterday â—r stay the coming Night than bring my Love â—ome to my self again or recreant prove 〈◊〉 will no longer hold you with delays â—his present night I have appointed been â—o meet that chaste Fair that enjoys my Soul 〈◊〉 yonder Grove there to make up our Loves â—e not deceiv'd no longer chuse again â—hese neighbouring Plains have many a comely Swain â—resher and freer far than I e'r was â—estow that love on them and let me pass â—arewel be happy in a better Choice Exit Ama. Cruel thou hast struck me deader with thy Voice â—han if the angry Heavens with their quick flames Had shot me through I must not leave to love I cannot no I must enjoy thee Boy Though the great dangers 'twixt my hopes and that Be infinite there is a Shepherd dwells Down by the Moor whose life hath ever shown More sullen Discontent than Saturns Brow When he sits frowning on the Births of Men One that doth wear himself away in loneness And never joys unless it be in breaking The holy plighted troths of mutual Souls One that lusts after ever several Beauty But never yet was known to love or like Were the face fairer or more full of truth Than Phoebe in her fulness or the youth Of smooth Lyaeus whose nigh starved flocks Are always scabby and infect all Sheep They feed withal whose Lambs are ever last And dye before their waâ—ning and whose Dog Looks like his Master lean and full of scurf Not caring for the Pipe or Whistle this man may If he be well wrought do a deed of wonder Forcing me passage to my long desires And here he comes as fitly to my purpose As my quick thoughts could wish for Enter Shepherd Shep. Fresh
Beauty let me not be thought uncivil Thus to be Partner of your loneness 't was My Love that ever working passion drew Me to this place to seek some remedy For my sick Soul be not unkind and fair For such the mighty Cupid in his doom Hath sworn to be aveng'd on then give room To my consuming Fires that so I may Enjoy my long Desires and so allay Those flames that else would burn my life away Ama. Shepherd were I but sure thy heart were sound As thy words seem to be means might be found To cure thee of thy long pains for to me That heavy youth-consuming Miserie The love sick Soul endures never was pleasing I could be well content with the quick easing Of thee and thy hot fires might it procure Thy faith and farther service to be sure Shep. Name but that great work danger or what can Be compass'd by the Wit or Art of Man And if I fail in my performance may I never more kneel to the rising Day Ama. Then thus I try thee Shepherd this same night That now comes stealing on a gentle paâ—â— Have promis'd equal Love and do appoinâ— To make yon Wood the place where hands and hearts Are to be ty'd for ever break their meâ—ting And their strong Faith and I am ever thine Shep. Tell me their Names and if I do not 〈◊〉 By my great power the Centre of their Lâ—â—â— From his fixt being let me never more Warm me by those fair Eyes I thus adorâ— Ama. Come as we go I 'll tell thee wâ—â—â— And give thee fit directions for thy work Enter Cloe. Cloe. How have I wrong'd the times or 〈…〉 After this holy Feast I pass unknown And unsaluted 't was not wont to be Thus frozen with the younger companie Of jolly Shepherds 't was not then held good For lusty Grooms to mix their quicker blood With that dull humour most unfit to be The friend of man cold and dull Chastitie Sure I am held not fair or am too old Or else not free enough or from my fold Drive not a flock sufficient great to gain The greedy eyes of wealth-alluring Swain Yet if I may believe what others say My face has soil enough nor can they lay Justly too strict a Coyness to my Charge My Flocâ—s are many and the Downs as large They feed upon then let it ever be Their Coldness not my Virgin Modestie Makes me complain Enter Thenot. The. Was ever Man but I Thus truly taken with uncertainty Where shall that Man be found that loves a mind Made up in Constancy and dare not find His Love rewarded here let all men know A Wretch that lives to love his Mistress so Clo. Shepherd I pray thee stay where hast thou been Or whither go'st thou here be Woods as green As any air likewise as fresh and sweet As where smooth Zephyrus plays on the fleet Face of the curled Streams with Flowers as many As the young Spring gives and as choise as any Here be all new Delights cool Streams and Wells Arbors o'rgrown with Woodbinds Caves and Dells Chuse where thou wilt whilst I sit by and sing Or gather Rushes to make many a Ring For thy long fingers tell thee tales of Love How the pale Phoebe hunting in a Grove First saw the Boy Endymion from whose Eyes She took eternal fire that never dyes How she convey'd him softly in a sleep Hâ—s temples bound with poppy to the steep Head of old Latmus where she stoops each night Gilding the Mountain with her Brothers light To kiss her sweetest The. Far from me are these Hot flashes bred from wanton heat and ease I have forgot what love and loving meant Rhimes Songs and merry Rounds that oft are sent To the soft Ears of Maids are strange to me Only I live t' admire a Chastitie That neither pleasing Age smooth tongue or Gold Could ever break upon so pure a Mold Is that her Mind was cast in 't is to her I only am reserv'd she is my form I stir By breath and move 't is she and only she Can make me happy or give miserie Clo. Good Shepherd may a Stranger crave to know To whom this dear observance you do ow The. You may and by her Vertue learn to square And level out your Life for to be fair And nothing vertuous only fits the Eye Of gaudy Youth and swelling Vanitie Then know she 's call'd the Virgin of the Grove She that hath long since bury'd her chaste Love And now lives by his Grave for whose dear Soul She hath vow'd her self into the holy Roll Of strict Virginity 't is her I so admire Not any looser Blood or new desire Clo. Farewel poor Swain thou art not for my bend I must have quicker Souls whose works may tend To some free action give me him dare love At first encounter and as soon dare prove The SONG Come Shepherds come Come away without delay Whiâ—st the gentle time dost stay Green Woods are dumb And will never tell to any Those dear Kisses and those many Sweet End races that are given Dainty Pleasures that would even Râ—â—se in â—eldest Age a fire And give Virgin Blood desire Then if ever Now or never Come and have it Think not I Dare deny If you crave it Enter Daphnis Here comes another better be my speed Thou god of Blood but certain if I read Not false this is that modest Shepherd he That only dare salute but ne'r could be Brought to kiss any hold discourse or sing Whisper or boldly ask that wished thing We all are born for one that makes loving Faces And could be well content to covet Graces Were they not got by boldness in this thing My hopes are frozen and but Fate doth bring Him hither I would sooner chuse A Man made out of Snow and freer use An Eunuch to my ends but since he 's here Thus I attempt him Thou of men most dear Welcome to her that only for thy sake Hath been content to live here boldly take My hand in pledg this hand that never yet Was given away to any and but sit Down on this rushy Bank whilst I go pull Fresh Blossoms from the Boughs or quickly cull The choicest delicates from yonder Mead To make thee Chains or Chaplets or to spread Under our fainting Bodies when delight Shall lock up all our senses How the sight Of those smooth rising Cheeks renew the story Of young Adonis when in Pride and Glory He lay infolded 'twixt the beating arms Of willing Venus methinks stronger Charms Dwell in those speaking eyes and on that brow More sweetness than the Painters can allow To their best pieces not Narcissus he That wept himself away in memorie Of his own Beauty nor Silvanus Boy Nor the twice ravish'd Maid for whom old Troy Fell by the hand of Pirrhus may to thee Be otherwise compar'd than some dead Tree To a young fruitful Olive Daph. I can love But I am loth to say so
Doth only to her worthy self abide Thou blessed staâ— I thank thee for thy light Thou by whosâ— power the darkness of sad night Is banisht from the Earth in whose dull place Thy câ—aster bâ—ams play on the heavy face Of all the world making the blue Sea smile To see how cunningly thou dost beguile Thy Brother of his brightness giving day Again from Câ—â—â—â— Whiter than that way That leads to soâ—es high Court and chaster far Than chastity it self yon blessed star That nightly shines Thou all the constancie That in all women was or e're shall be From whose fair eye-balls flyes that holy fire That Poâ—ts stile the Mother of desire Infusing into every gentle brest A soul of greater price and far more blest Than that quick power which gives a difference 'Twixt man and creatures of a lower sense Clor. Shepherd how cam'st thou hither to this place No way is troden all the verdant grass The spring shot up stands yet unbruised here Of any foot only the dapled Deer Far from the feared sound of crooked horn Dwels in this fastness Th. Chaster than the morn I have not wandred or by strong illusion Into this vertuous place have made intrusion But hither am I come believe me fair To seek you out of whose great good the air Is full and strongly labours whilst the sound Breaks against Heaven and drives into a stound The amazed Shepherd that such vertue can Be resident in lesser than a man Clor. If any art I have or hidden skill May cure thee of disease or festred ill Whose grief or greenness to anothers eye May seem impossible of remedy I dare yet undertake it The. 'T is no pain I suffer through disease no beating vein Conveyes infection dangerous to the heart No part impostum'd to be cur'd by Art This body holds and yet a feller grief Than ever skilfull hand did give relief Dwells on my soul and may be heal'd by you Fair beauteous Virgin Clor. Then Shepherd let me sue To know thy grief that man yet never knew The way to health that durst not shew his sore Then Then fairest know I love you Chor. Swain no more Thou hast abus'd the strictness of this place And offred Sacrilegious foul disgrace To the sweet rest of these interred bones For fear of whose ascending sly at once Thou and thy idle passions that the sight Of death and speedy vengeance may not fright Thy very soul with horror Then Let me not Thou all perfection merit such a blot For my true zealous faith Clor. Dar'st thou abide To see this holy Earth at once divide And give her body up for sure it will If thou pursu'st with wanton flames to fill This hallowed place therefore repent and goe Whilst I with praise appease his Ghost below That else would tell thee what it were to be A rival in that vertuous love that he Imbraces yet Then 'T is not the white or red Inhabits in your cheek that thus can wed My mind to adoration nor your eye Though it be full and fair your forehead high And smooth as Pelops shoulder not the smile Lies watching in those dimples to beguile The easie soul your hands and fingers long With veins inamel'd richly nor your tongue Though it spoke sweeter than Arions Harp Your hair wove into many a curious warp Able in endless errour to infold The wandring soul nor the true perfect mould Of all your body which as pure doth show In Maiden whiteness as the Alpsian snow All these were but your constancie away Would please me less than a black stormy day The wretched Seaman toyling through the deep But whilst this honour'd strictness you dare keep Though all the plagues that e're begotten were In the great womb of air were setled here In opposition I would like the tree Shake off those drops of weakness and be free Even in the arm of danger Clor. Wouldst thou have Me raise again fond man from silent grave Those sparks that long agoe were buried here With my dead friends cold ashes Then Dearest dear I dare not ask it nor you must not grant Stand strongly to your vow and do not faint Remember how he lov'd ye and be still The same Opinion speaks ye let not will And that great god of women appetite Set up your blood again do not invite Desire and fancie from their long exile To set them once more in a pleasing smile Be like a rock made firmly up ' gainst all The power of angry Heaven or the strong fall Of Neptunes battery if ye yield I die To all affection 't is that loyaltie Ye tie unto this grave I so admire And yet there 's something else I would desire If you would hear me but withall deny O Pan what an uncertain destiny Hangs over all my hopes I will retire For if I longer stay this double fire Will lick my life up Clor. Doe let time wear out What Art and Nature cannot bring about Then Farewel thou soul of vertue and be blest For ever whilst that here I wretched rest Thus to my self yet grant me leave to dwell In kenning of this Arbor yon same dell O'retopt with morning Cypress and sad Yew Shall be my Cabin where I 'le early rew Before the Sun hath kist this dew away The hard uncertain chance which Fate doth lay Upon this head Clor. The gods give quick release And happy cure unto thy hard disease Exeunt Enter Sullen Shepherd Sullen I do not love this wench that I should meet For ne'r did my unconstant eye yet greet That beauty were it sweeter or more fair Than the new blossoms when the morning air Blows gently on theâ— or the breaking light When many maiden blushes to our sight Shoot from his early face were all these set In some neat form before me 't would not get The least love from me some desire it might Or present burning all to me in sight Are equal be they fair or black or brown Virgin or careless wanton I can crown My appetite with any swear as oft And weep as any melt my words as soft â—nto a maiden ears and tell how long My heart has been her servant and how strong My passions are call her unkind and cruel Offer her all I have to gain the Jewel Maidens so highly prize then loath and sly This do I hold a blessed destiny Enter Amaryllis Amar. Hail Shepherd Pan bless both thy flock and thee For being mindful of thy word to me Sul. Welcom fair Shepherdess thy loving swain Gives thee the self same wishes back again Who till this present hour ne're knew that eye Could make me cross mine arms â—â—er daily dye With fresh consumings boldly tell me then How shall we part their faithful loves and when Sâ—â—ll I bely him to her shall I swear Hâ—s faith is false and he loves every where 〈◊〉 say he mockt her th' other day to you Which will by your confirming shew as true For he
I master All the festred ill that may Give him grief another day Satyr See he gathers up his spright And begins to hunt for light Now he gapes and breaths again How the blood runs to the vein That erst was empty Alex. O my heart My dearest dearest Cloe O the smart Runs through my side I feel some pointed thing Pass through my Bowels sharper than the sting Of Scorpion Pan preserve me what are you Do not hurt me I am true To my Cloe though she flye And leave me to thy destiny There she stands and will not lend Her smooth white hand to help her friend But I am much mistaken for that face Beats more Austerity and modest grace More reproving and more awe Than these eyes yet ever saw In my Cloe. Oh my pain Eagerly renews again Give me your help for his sake you love best Clor. Shepherd thou canst not possibly take rest Till thou hast laid aside all hearts desires Provoking thought that stir up lusty fires Commerce with wanton eyes strong blood and will To execute these must be purg'd untill The vein grow whiter then repent and pray Great Pan to keep you from the like decay And I shall undertake your cure with ease 〈◊〉 when this vertuous Plaster will displease 〈◊〉 tender sides give me your hand and rise â—p â—im a little Satyr for his thighs 〈◊〉 feeble Alex. Sure I have lost much blood Satyr 'T is no matter 't was not good Mortal you must leave your wooing Though there be a joy in doing Yet it brings much grief behind it They best feel it that do find it Clor. Come bring him in I will attend his sore When you are well take heed you lust no more Satyr Shepherd see what comes of kissing By my head 't were better missing Brightest if there be remaining Any service without feigning I will do it were I set To catch the nimble wind or get Sâ—adows gliding on the green Or to steal from the great Queen Of Fayries all her beauty I would do it so much duty Do I owe those precious Eyes Cor. I thank thee honest Satyr if the cryes Of any other that be hurt or ill Draw thee unto them prithee do thy will To bring them hither Satyr I will and when the weather Serves to Angle in the brook I will bring a silver hook With a line of finest silk And a rod as white as milk To deceive the little fish So I take my leave and wish On this Bower may ever dwell Spring and Summer Clor. Friend farewel Exit Enter Amoret seeking her Love Amor. This place is Ominous for here I lost My Love and almost life and since have crost All these Woods over never a Nook or Dell Where any little Bird or Beast doth dwell But I have sought him never a bending brow Of any Hill or Glade the wind sings through Nor a green bank nor shade where Shepherds use To sit and Riddle sweetly pipe or chuse Their Valentines that I have mist to find My love in Perigot Oh too unkind Why hast thou fled me whither art thou gone How have I wrong'd thee was my love alone To thee worthy this scorn'd recompence 't is well I am content to feel it but I tell Thee Shepherd and these lusty woods shall hear Forsaken Amoret is yet as clear Of any stranger fire as Heaven is From foul corruption or the deep Abysse From light and happiness and thou mayst know All this for truth and how that fatal blow Thou gav'st me never from desert of mine Fell on my life but from suspect of thine Or fury more than madness therefore here Since I have lost my life my love my dear Upon this cursed place and on this green That first divorc'd us shortly shall be seen A sight of so great pity that each eye Shall dayly spend his spring in memory Of my untimely fall Enter Amaryllis Amar. I am not blind Nor is it through the working of my mind That this shows Amoret forsake me all That dwell upon the soul but what men call Wonder or more than wonder miracle For sure so strange as this the Oracle Never gave answer of it passeth dreams Or mad-mens fancy when the many streams Of new imaginations rise and fall 'T is but an hour since these Ears heard her call For pity to young Perigot whilest he Directed by his fury bloodily Lanc't up her brest which bloodless fell and cold And if belief may credit what was told After all this the Melancholy Swain Took her into his arms being almost slain And to the bottom of the holy well Flung her for ever with the waves to dwell 'T is she the very same 't is Amoret And living yet the great powers will not let Their vertuous love be crost Maid wipe away Those heavy drops of sorrow and allay The storm that yet goes high which not deprest Breaks heart and life and all before it rest Thy Perigot Amor. Where which is Perigot Amar. Sits there below lamenting much god wot Thee thy and fortune go and comfort him And thou shalt find him underneath a brim Of sailing Pines that edge yon Mountain in Amo. I go I run Heaven grant me I may win His soul again Exit Amoret Enter Sullen Sull. Stay Amaryllis stay Ye are too fleet 't is two hours yet to day I have perform'd my promise let us sit And warm our bloods together till the fit Come lively on us Amar Friend you are too keen The morning riseth and we shall be seen Forbear a little Sull I can stay no longer Amar. Hold Shepherd hold learn not to be a wronger Of your word was not your promise laid To break their loves first Sull. I have done it Maid Amar. No they are yet unbroken met again And are as hard to part yet as the stain Is from the â—inest Lawn Sull. I say they are Now at this present paâ—ted and so far That they shall never meet Amar. Swain 't is not so For do but to yon hanging Mountain go And there believe your eyes Sull. You do but hold Off with delayes and trifles farewell cold And frozen bashfulness unfit for men Thus I salute thee Virgin Amar. And thus then I bid you follow catch me if you can Exit Sull. And if I stay behind I am no man Exit running after her Enter Perigot Per. Night do not steal away I woo thee yet To hold a hard hand o're the rusty bit That guides the lazy Team go back again Bootes thou that driv'st thy frozen Wain Round as a Ring and bring a second Night To hide my sorrows from the coming light Let not the eyes of men state on my face And read my falling give me some black place Where never Sun-beam shot his wholesome light That I may sit and pour out my sad spright Like running water nâ—ver to be known After the forced fall and sound is gone Enter Amoret looking for Perigot Amo This is
〈◊〉 bottom speak if thou be here My Perigot thy Amoret thy dear Callâ— on thy loved Name Per. What art thou darest Treaâ— thes◠〈…〉 paths where death and care Dwell on the face of â—â—â—knefs Amo. 'T is tâ—â— friend Thy Amoret come â—ither to give end To 〈◊〉 confiâ—â—â—ngs look up gentle Boy I have forgot â—â—ose Pains and dear annoy I suffer'd for thy sake and am content To be in love again why hast thou rent Those â—uâ—led loâ—ks where I have often hung Riband and Damask-roses and have slung Waters distil'd to make thee fresh and gay Sweeter than the Nosegayes on a Bridal day Why dost thou cross thine Arms and hang thy face Down to thy bosom letting fall apace From those two little Heavens upon the ground Showers of more price more Orient and more round Than those that hang upon the Moons pale brow Cease these complainings Shepherd I am now The same I ever was as kind and free And can forgive before you ask of me Indeed I can and will Per. So spoke my fair O you great working powers of Earth and Air Water and forming fire why have you lent Your hidden vertues of so ill intent Even such a face so fan so bright of liue Had Amoret such words so smooth and new Came flying from her tongue such was her eye And such the pointed sparkle that did flye Forth like a bleeding shaft all is the same The Robe and Buskins painted Hook and frame Of all her Body O me Amoret Amo. Shepherd what means this Riddle who hath set So strong a difference 'twixt my self and me That I am grown another look and see The Ring thou gav'st me and about my wrist That curious Bracelet thou thy fell didst twist From those fan Tresses knowst thou Amoret Hath not some newer love forc'd thee forget Thy Ancient faith Per. Still nearer to my love These be the very words she oft did prove Upon my temper so she still would take Wonder into her face and silent make Signs with her head and hand as who would say Shepherd remember this another day Amo. Am I not Amoret where was I lose Can there be Heaven and time and men and most Of these unconstant Faith where art thou 〈◊〉 Are all the vows and protestations dead The hands help up the wishes and the heart Is there not one remaining not a part Of all these to be found why then I see Men never knew that vertue Constancie Per. Men ever were most blessed till crass late Brought Love and Women forth unfortunate To all that ever tasted of their smiles Whose actions are all double full of wiles Like to the subtil Hare that 'fore the Hounds Makes many turnings leaps and many rounds This way and that way to deceive the scent Of her pursuers Amo. 'T is but to prevent Their speedy coming on that seek her fall The hands of cruel men more Bestial And of a nature more refusing good Than Beasts themselves or Fishes of the Flood Per. Thou art all these and more than nature meant When she created all frowns joys content Extream fire for an hour and presently Colder than sleepy poyson or the Sea Upon whose face sits a continual frost Your actions ever driven to the most Then down again as low that none can find The rise or falling of a Womans mâ—â—d Amo. Can there bâ— any Age or dayes or time Or tongues of men guilty so great a crime As wronging simple Maid O Perigot Thou that wast yesterday without a blot Thou that wast every good and every thing That men call blessed thou that wast the spring From whence our looser grooms drew all their best Thou that wast alwayes just and alwayes blest In faith and promise thou that hadst the name Of Vertuous given thee and made good the same Ev'en from thy Cradle thou that wast that all That men delighted in Oh what a fall Is this to have been so and now to be The only best in wrong and infamie And I to live to know this and by me That lov'd thee dearer than mine eyes or that Which we esteem'd our honour Virgin state Dearer than Swallows love the early morn Or Dogs of Chace the sound of merry Horn Dearer than thou canst love thy new Love if thou hast Another and far dearer than the last Dearer than thou canst love thy self though all The self love were within thee that did fall With that coy Swain that now is made a flower For whose dear sake Echo weeps many a shower And am I thus rewarded for my flame Lov'd worthily to get a wantons name Come thou forsaken Willow wind my head And noise it to the world my Love is dead I am forsaken I am cast away And left for every lazy Groom to say I was unconstant light and sooner lost Than the quick Clouds we see or the chill Frost When the hot Sun beats on it Tell me yet Canst thou not love again thy Amoret Per. Thou art not worthy of that blessed name I must not know thee fling thy wanton flame Upon some lighter blood that may be hot With words and feigned passions Perigot Was ever yet unstain'd and shall not now Stoop to the meltings of a borrowed brow Amo. Then hear me heaven to whom I call for right And you fair twinkling stars that crown the night And hear me woods and silence of this place And ye sad hours that move a sullen pace Hear me ye shadows that delight to dwell In horrid darkness and ye powers of Hell Whilst I breath out my last I am that maid That yet untainted Amoret that plaid The careless prodigal and gave away My soul to this young man that now dares say I am a stranger not the same more wild And thus with much belief I was beguil'd I am that maid that have delaid deny'd And almost scorn'd the loves of all that try'd To win me but this swain and yet confess I have been woo'd by many with no less Soul of affection and have often had Rings Belts and Cracknels sent me from the lad That feeds his flocks down westward Lambs and Doves By young Alexis Daphnis sent me gloves All which I gave to thee nor these nor they That sent them did I smile on or e're lay Up to my after-memory But why Do I resolve to grieve and not to dye Happy had been the stroke thou gav'st if home By this time had I found a quiet room Where every slave is free and every brest That living breeds new care now lies at rest And thither will poor Amoret Per. Thou must Was ever any man so loth to trust His eyes as I or was there ever yet Any so like as this to Amoret For whose dear sake I promise if there be A living soul within thee thus to free â—â—y body from it He hurts her again Amo. So this work hath end Farewel and live be constant to thy friend Tâ—at loves thee next Enter Satyr Perigot
Stremon Pol. Why this is utter madness Eum. Thus it is Sir Pol. Only the Princess sight 1 Cap. All we can judge at Pol. This must be lookt to timely Eum. Yes and wisely Pol. He does not offer at his life Eum. Not yet Sir That we can hear of Pol. Noble Gentlemen Let me entreat your watches over him Ye cannot do a worthier work 2 Cap. We came Sir Provided for that service Pol. Where is Chilax Strem. A little busie Sir Pol. Is the Fool and Boy here Strem. They are Sir Enter Memnon Pol. Let 'em be still so and as they find his humours Eumen. Now ye may behold him Pol. Stand close and make no noise By his eyes now Gentlemen I guess him full of anger Eumen. Be not seen there Mem. The hour 's past long ago he 's false and fearful Coward go with thy Caitive soul thou Cur Dog Thou cold Clod wild fire warm thee monstrous fearful I know the Slave shakes but to think on 't Pol. Who 's that Eumen. I know not Sir Mem. But I shall catch ye Rascal Your mangy Soul is not immortal here Sir Ye must dye and we must meet we must maggot Be sure we must for not a Nook of Hell Not the most horrid Pit shall harbour thee The Devils tail sha'n't hide thee but I 'll have thee And how I 'll use thee whips and firebrands Tosting thy tail against a flame of wild fire And basting it with Brimstone shall be nothing Nothing at all I 'll teach ye to be treacherous Was never Slave so swing'd since Hell was Hell As I will swinge thy Slaves Soul and be sure on 't Pol. Is this imagination or some circumstance For 't is extream strange Eumen. So is all he does Sir Mem. Till then I 'll leave ye who 's there where 's the Surgeon Demagoras Dem. My Lord. Mem. Bring the Surgeon And wait you too Enter Surgeon Pol. What wou'd he with a Surgeon Eum. Things mustring in his head pray mark Mem. Come hither Have you brought your Instruments Sur. They are within Sir Mem. Put to the doors a while there ye can incise To a hairs breadth without defacing Sur. Yes Sir Mem. And take out fairly from the flesh Sur. The least thing Mem. Well come hither take off my doublet For look ye Surgeon I must have ye cut My Heart out here and handsomly Nay stare not Nor do not start I 'll cut your throat else Surgeon Come swear to do it Sur. Good Sir Mem. Sirrah hold him I 'll have but one blow at his head Sur. I 'll do it Why what should we do living after you Sir We 'll dye before if ye please Mem. No no. Sur. Living hang living Is there ne'r a Cat hole where I may creep through Would I were in the Indies Aside Mem. Swear then and after my death presently To kill your selves and follow as ye are honest As ye have faiths and loves to me Dem. We 'll do it Eum. Pray do not stir yet we are near enough To run between all dangers Mem. Here I am Sir Come look upon me view the best way boldly Fear nothing but cut home if your hand shake Sirrah Or any way deface my heart i' th' cutting Make the least scratch upon it but draw it whole Excellent fair shewing at all points Surgeon The Honour and the Valour of the Owner Mixt with the most immaculate love I send it Look to 't I 'll slice thee to the Soul Sur. Ne'r fear Sir I 'll do it daintily would I were out once Mem. I will not have ye smile Sirrah when ye do it As though ye cut a Ladies Corn 't is scurvy Do me it as thou dost thy Prayers seriously Sur. I 'll do it in a dump Sir Mem. In a Dog Sir I 'll have no dumps nor dumplins fetch your tools And then I 'll tell ye more Sur. If I return To hear more I 'll be hang'd for 't Mem. Quick quick Dem. Yes Sir With all the heels we have Exeunt Surgeon Demagoras Eumen. Yet stand Pol. He 'l do it Eum. He cannot and we here Mem. Why when ye Rascals Ye dull Slaves will ye come Sir Surgeon syringe Dog-leach shall I come fetch ye Pol. Now I 'll to him God save ye honour'd Brother Mem. My dear Polydore Welcome from travel welcome and how do ye Pol. Well Sir would you were so Mem. I am I thank ye You are a better'd man much I the same still An old rude Souldier Sir Pol Pray be plain Brother And tell me but the meaning of this Vision For to me it appears no more so far From common Course and Reason Mem. â—â—ank thee Fortune At length I have found the man the man must do it The man in honour bâ—und Pâ—l To 〈◊〉 Mem. Hark soâ— I will bless ye with the circumstance Of that weak shadow that appear'd Pol. Sp◠〈◊〉 Sâ— Walks with him Mem. It is no Story for all ears Pol. The Princess Whispers Mem. Peace and hear all Pol. How â—â—m Sure 't is dangerous He starts so at it Pol. You heart do you know Sir Mem. Yes Pray thee be softeâ— Pol. Me to do it Mem. Only reserv'd and dedicated Pol. For shame Brother Know what ye are a man Mem. None of you Athens Good sweet Sir no Philosophy thou seel'st not The honourable end fool Pol. I am fine I feel The shame and scorn that follows have ye serv'd thus long The glory of your Country in your Conquests The envy of your Neighbours in your Vertues Rul'd Armiâ—s of your own given Laws to Nations Belov'd and fear'd as far as Fame has travell'd Call'd the most fortunate and happy Memnon To lose all here at home poorly to lose it Poorly and pettâ—â—hly ridiculously To sling away your fortune where 's your Wisedom Where 's that you govern'd others by discretion Do's your Rule lastly hold upon your self sie Brother How ye are faln Get up into your honour The top branch of your bravery and from thence Look and behold how little Memnon seems now Mem. Hum 't is well spoken but dost thou think young Scholar The tongues of Angels from my happiness Could turn the end I aim at no they cannot This is no Book-case Brother will ye do it Use no more art I am resolv'd Pâ—l Ye may Sir Command me to do any thing that 's honest And for your noble end but this it carries Mem. Ye shall not be so honour'd live an Ass still And learn to spell for profit go go study â—â—m Ye must not hold him up so he is lost then Mem. Get thee to School again and talk of turnips And find the natural Cause out why a Dog Turns thrice about e're he lyes down there 's Learning Pol. Come I will do it now 't is brave I find it And now allow the reason Mem. O do you so Sir Do ye find it currant Pol. Yes yes excellent Mem. I told ye Pol. I was foolish I have here
vertue from this Kingdom Turn'd honour into earth and faithful service Cal. I swear his angeâ—'s excellent Pol. Truth and most tried love Into disdain and downfall Calis Still more pleasing Pol. Live then I say famous for civil slaughters Live and lay out your triumphs gild your glories Live and be spoken this is she this Ladie This goodly Ladie yet most killing bâ—autie This with the two edg'd eyes the heart for hardness Outdoing rocks and coldness rocks of Crystal This with the swelling soul more coy of Courtship Than the proud sea is when thâ— shores â—â—brace him Live till the mothers find ye read your story And sow their barren curses on your beauty Till those that have enjoy'd their loves despise ye Till Virgins pray against ye old age find ye And even as wasted coals glow in their dying So may the Gods reward ye in your ashes But y' are the Sister of my King more prophecies Else I should utter of ye true loves and loyal Bless themselves ever from ye so I leave ye Cal. Prethee be angry still young man good fair Sir Chide me again what wou'd this man doe pleas'd That in his passion can bewitch souls stay Eumen. Upon my life she loves him Calis Pray stay Pol. No. Cal. I do command ye Pol. No ye cannot Ladie I have a spell against ye Faith and Reason Ye are too weak to reach me I have a heart too But not for hawks meat Ladie Cal. Even for Charity Leave me not thus afflicted you can teach me Pol. How can you Preach that Charity to others That in your own soul are an Atheist Believing neither power nor fear I trouble ye The Gods be good unto ye Cal. Amen Lucip. Ladie She Swounds Cel. O royal Madam Gentlemen for heaven sake Pol. Give her fresh air she comes again away sirs They come back And here stand close till we perceive the working Eumen. Ye have undone all Pol. So I fear 2 Capt. She loves ye Euâ—eâ— And then all hopes lost this way Pol. Peace she rises Clean. Now for my purpose Fortune Cal. Where 's the Gentleman Lucip. Gone Madam Calâ—â— Why gone Lucip. H 'as dispatch't his business Calâ—â— He came to speak with me He did Clean. He did not Calâ—s For I had many questions Lucip. On my Faith Madam he Talk't a great while to ye Calis Thou conceiv'st not He talk't not as he should doe O my heart Away with that sad sight didst thou e're love me Lucip. Why do you make that question Câ—â— If thou didst Run run wench run nay see how thou stir'st Lucip. Whither Calâ—â— If 't were for any thing to please thy self Thou woud'st run toth ' devil but I am grown Clean. Fie Lady Cal. I ask none of your fortunes nor your loves None of your bent desires I slack ye are not In love with all men are ye one for shame You will leave your honour'd mistris why do ye stare so What is that ye see about me tell me Lord what am I become I am not wilde sure Heaven keep that from me O Cleanthe help me Or I am sunk to death Cle. Ye have offended and mightily love is incenst against ye And therefore take my Counsel to the Temple For that 's the speediest physick before the Goddess Give your repentant prayers ask her will And from the Oracle attend your sentence She is milde and mercifull Calis I will O Venus Even as thou lov'st thy self Clean. Now for my fortune Exeunt Cal. and women Pol. What shall I doe 1 Capt. Why make your self Pol. I dare not No Gentlemen I dare not be a villain Though her bright beauty would entice an Angel I will toth ' King my last hope get him a woman As we before concluded and as ye pass Give out the Spartans are in arms and terrible And let some letters to that end be feign'd too And sent to you some Posts too to the General And let me work be ne're him still Eumen. We will Sir Pol. Farewel and pray for all what e're I will ye Doe it and hope a fast end Eumen. The Gods speed ye Exeunt Enter Stremon Fool Boy and Servants Servants He lies quiet Strem. Let him lye and as I told ye Make ready for this shew h 'as divers times Been calling upon Orpheus to appear And shew the joyes now I will be that Orpheus And as I play and sing like beasts and trees I wou'd have you shap't and enter thou a Dog fool I have sent about your sutes the Boy a bush An Ass you you a Lion Fool. I a Dog I 'le sit you for a Dog Bow wow Strem. 'T is excellent Steal in and make no noise Fool. Bow wow Strem. Away Rogue Exeunt Enter Priestess and Chilax Priest Good sweet friend be not long Chi. Thou think'st each hour ten Till I be ferreting Prie. You know I love ye Chi. I will not be above an hour let thy robe be 〈◊〉 And the door be kept Knock Câ—â—antâ—â— knocks Wâ—â—â— Prie. Who knocks there Yet more business Enter Cleanthe Chi. Have ye more pensioners the Princess womâ—â—â— Nay then I 'le stay a little what game 's a foot now Clean. Now is the time Chi. A rank bawd by this hand too She grinds o'both sides hey boyes Priest How your Brother Siphax Loves he the Princess Cle. Deadlie and you know He is a Gentleman descended noblie Chi. But a rank knave as ever pist Cle. Hold Mother Here 's more gold and some jewells Chi. Here 's no villany I am glad I came toth ' hearing Priest Alas Daughter What would ye have me doe Chi. Hold off ye old whore There 's more gold coming all 's mine all Cle. Do ye shrink now Did ye not promise faithfully and told me Through any danger Pri. Any I can wade through Cle. Ye shall and easily the sin not seen neither Here 's for a better stole and a new vail mother Come ye shall be my friend Chi. If all hit hang me I 'le make ye richer than the Goddess Pri. Say then I am yours what must I doe Cle. I' th' morning But very early will the Princess visit The Temple of the Goddess being troubled With strange things that distract her from the Oracle Being strongly too in love she will demand The Goddess pleasure and a Man to cure her That Oracle you give describe my Brother You know him perfectly Pri. I have seen him often Cle. And charge her take the next man she shall meet with When she comes out you understand me Priest Well Cle. Which shall be he attending this is all And easily without suspicion ended Nor none dare disobey 't is Heaven that does it And who dares cross it then or once suspect it The venture is most easie Pri. I will doe it Cle. As ye shall prosper Pri. As I shall prosper Cle. Take this too and farewel but first hark hither Chi. What a young whore 's this to betray her Mistris A thousand
Cuckolds shall that Husband be That marries thee thou art so mischievous I 'le put a spoak among your wheels Clean. Be constant Priest 'T is done Chi. I 'le doe no more at drop shot then Exit Chilax Pri. Farewel wench Exeunt Priest and Cleanthe Actus Quartus Scena Prima Enter a Servant and Stremon at the door Servant HE stirs he stirs Strem. Let him I am ready for him He shall not this day perish if his passions May be fed with Musick are they ready Enter Memnon Ser. All all see where he comes Strem. I 'le be straight for him Exit Stremon Enter Eumenes and Captains Ser. How sad he looks and sullen Stand close Here are the Captains my fear 's past now Mem. Put case i'th'other world She do not love me neither I am old 't is certain Eumen. My blood lost and limbs stiff my embraces Like the cold stubborn bark hoarâ—e and heatless My words worse my fame only and atchievements Which are my strength my blood my youth my fashion Must wooe her win her wed her that 's but wind And women are not brought to bed with shadows I do her wrong much wrong she is young and blessed Sweet as the spring and as his blossoms tender And I a nipping North-wind my head hung With hails and frostie I sicles are the souls so too When they depart hence lame and old and loveless No sure 't is ever youth there Time and Death Follow our flesh no more and that forc'd opinion That spirits have no sexes I believe not Enter Stremon like Orpheus There must be love there is love what art thou SONG Stre. Orpheus I am come from the deeps below To thee fond man the plagues of love to show To the fair fields where loves eternal dwell There 's none that come but first they pass through hell Hark and beware unless thou hast lov'd ever Belov'd again thou shalt see those joyes never Hark how they groan that dy'd despairing O take heed then Hark how they howl for over-daring All these were men They that be fools and dye for fame They lose their name And they that bleed Hark how they speed Now in cold frosts now scorching fires They sit and curse their lost desires Nor shall these souls be free from pains and fears Till Women wast them over in their tears Mem. How should I know my passage is deni'd me Or which of all the Devils dare Eumen. This Song Was rarely form'd to fit him SONG Orph. Charon O Charon Thou waster of the souls to bliss or bane Cha. Who calls the Ferry-man of Hell Orph. Come near And say who lives in joy and who in fear Cha. Those that dye well Eternall joy shall follow Those that dye ill their own soul fate shall swallow Orph. Shall thy black Bark those guilty spirits stow That kill themselves for love Cha. O no no no. My cordage cracks when such great sins are near No wind blows fair nor I myself can stear Orph. What lovers pass and in Elyzium raign Cha. Those Gentle loves that are belov'd again Orph. This Souldier loves and fain wou'd dye to win Shall he goe on Cha. No 't is too foul a sin He must not come aboard I dare not â—ow Storms of despair and guilty blood will blow Orph. Shall time release him say Cha. No no no no. Nor time nor death can alter us nor prayer My boat is destinie and who then dare But those appointed come aboard Live still And love by reason Mortal not by will Orph. And when thy Mistris shall close up thine eyes Cha. Then come aboard and pass Orph. Till when be wise Cha. Till when be wise Eumen. How still he sits I hope this Song has setled him 1 Capt. He bites his lip and rowles his fiery eyes yet I fear for all this 2 Capt. Stremon still apply to him Strem. Give me more room sweetly strike divinely Such strains as old earth moves at Orph. The power I have over both beast and plaint Thou man alone feelst miserable want Musick Strike you rare Spirits that attend my will And lose your savage wildness by my skill Enter a Mask of Beasts This Lion was a man of War that died As thou wouldst do to gild his Ladies pride This Dog a fool that hung himself for love This Ape with daily hugging of a glove Forgot to eat and died This goodly tree And usher that still grew before his Ladie Wither'd at root This for he could not wooe A grumbling Lawyer this pyed Birâ— a page That melted out because he wanted age Still these lye howling on the Stygian shore O love no more O love no more Exit Memnon Eumen. He steals off silently as though he would sleep No more but all be near him feed his fancie Good Stremon still this may lock up his follie Yet Heaven knows I much fear him away softly Exeunt Captains Fool. Did I not doe most doggedly Strem. Most rarelie Fool. He 's a brave man when shall we dog again Boy Unty me first for Gods sake Fool. Help the Boy he 's in a wood poor child good hony Stremon Let 's have a bear-baiting ye shall see me play The rarest for a single Dog at head all And if I do not win immortal glorie Play Dog play Devil Strem. Peace for this time Fool. Prethee Let 's sing him a black Santis then let 's all howl In our own beastly voices tree keep your time Untye there bow wow wow Strem. Away ye Asse away Fool. Why let us doe something To satisfie the Gentleman he 's mad A Gentleman-like humour and in fashion And must have men as mad about him Strem. Peace And come in quicklie 't is ten to one else He 'l find a staff to beat a dog no more words I 'le get ye all imployment soft soft in in all Exeunt Enter Chilax and Cloe. Chi. When camest thou over wench Clo. But now this evening And have been ever since looking out Siphax I' th' wars he would have lookt me sure h 'as gotten Some other Mistris Chi. A thousand wench a thousand They are as common here as Caterpillers Among the corn they eat up all the Souldiers Clo. Are they so hungry yet by their leave Philax I 'le have a snatch too Chi. Dost thou love him still wench Clo. Why should I not he had my Maiden-head And all my youth Chi. Thou art come the happiest In the most blessed time sweet wench the fittest If thou darst make thy fortune by this light Cloe And so I 'le kiss thee and if thou wilt but let me For 't is well worth a kindness Clo. What shou'd I let ye Chi. Enjoy thy miniken Clo. Thou art still old Chilax Chi. Still still and ever shall be if I say Thou wo't strike the stroke I cannot do much harm wench Clo. Nor much good Chi. Siphax shall be thy Husband Thy very Husband woman thy fool thy Cuckold Or what thou wilt make him I am
need Cleo. Would I were prisoner To one I hate that I might anger him I will love any man to break the heart of him Any that has the heart and will to kill him Ars Take some fair truce Cleo. I will goe study mischief And put a look on arm'd with all my cunnings Shall meet him like a Basilisque and strike him Love put destroying flames into mine eyes Into my smiles deceits that I may torture him That I may make him love to death and laugh at him Enter Apollodorus Ap. Câ—sar commends his Service to your Grace Cleo. His service what 's his service Eros Pray ye be patient The noble Caesar loves still Cleo. What 's his will Ap. He craves access unto your Highnesâ— Cleo. No Say no I will have none to trouble me Ars Good Sister Cleo. None I say I will be private Would thou hadst flung me into Nilus keeper When first thou gav'st consent to bring my body To this unthankfull Câ—sar Ap. 'T was your will Madam Nay more your charge upon me as I honoured ye You know what danger I endured Cleo. Take this And carry it to that Lordly Caesar sent thee There 's a new Love a handsom one a rich one One that will hug his mind bid him make love to it Tell the ambitious Broker this will suffer Enter Caesar Ap. He enters Cleo. How Caesar I do not use to wait Lady Where I am all the dores are free and open Cleo. I ghess so by your rudeness Caesar Ye are not angry Things of your tender mold should be most gentle Why do you frown good gods what a set-anger Have you forc'd into your face Come I must temper ye What a coy smile was there and a disdainfull How like an ominous flash it broke out from ye Defend me Love Sweet who has anger'd ye Cleo. Shew him a glass that false face has betrai'd me That base heart wrought me Caesar Be more sweetly angry I wrong'd ye fair Cleo. Away with your foul flatteries They are too gross but that I dare be angry And with as great a god as Caesar is To shew how poorly I respect his memory I would not speak to ye Caesar Pray ye undoe this riddle And tell me how I have vext ye Cleo. Let me think first Whether I may put on a Patience That will with honour suffer me know I hate ye Let that begin the story Now I 'le tell ye Caesar But do it milder In a noble Lady Softness of spirit and a sober nature That moves like summer winds cool and blows sweetness Shews blessed like her self Cleo. And that great blessedness You first reap'd of me till you taught my nature Like a rude storm to talk aloud and thunder Sleep was not gentler than my soul and stiller You had the Spring of my affections And my fair fruits I gave you leave to taste of You must expect the winter of mine anger You flung me oft before the Court disgrac'd me When in the pride I appear'd of all my beauty Appear'd your Mistress took into your eyes The common-strumpet love of hated lucre Courted with covetous heart the slave of nature Gave all your thoughts to gold that men of glory And minds adorn'd with noble love would kick at Souldiers of royal mark scorn such base purchase Beauty and honour are the marks they shoot at I spake to ye then I courted ye and woo'd ye Call'd ye dear Caesar hung about ye tenderly Was proud to appear your friend Caesar You have mistaken me Cleo. But neither Eye nor Favour not a Smile Was I blessed back with but shook off rudely And as ye had been sold to sordid infamy You fell before the Images of treasure And in your soul you worship'd I stood slighted Forgotten and contemn'd my soft embraces And those sweet kisses you call'd Elyzium As letters writ in sand no more remembred The name and glory of your Cleopatra Laugh'd at and made a story to your Captains Shall I endure Caesar You are deceiv'd in all this Upon my life you are 't is your much tenderness Cleo. No no I love not that way you ar ecozen'd I love with as much ambition as a Conquerour And where I love will triumph Caesar So you shall My heart shall be the Chariot that shall bear ye All I have won shall wait upon ye By the gods The bravery of this womans mind has fired me Dear Mistress shall I but this night Cleo. How Caesar Have I let slip a second vanity That gives thee hope Caesar You shall be absolute And Reign alone as Queen you shall be any thing Cleo Make me a maid again and then I 'le hear thee Examine all thy art of War to do that And if thou find'st it possible I 'le love thee Till when farewel unthankfull Caesar Stay Cleo. I will not Caesar I command Cleo. Command and goe without Sir I do command thee be my slave for ever And vex while I laugh at thee Caesar Thus low beauty Cleo. It is too late when I have found thee absolute The man that Fame reports thee and to me May be I shall think better Farewel Conquerour Exit Caesar She mocks me too I will enjoy her Beauty I will not be deni'd I 'le force my longing Love is best pleas'd when roundly we compel him And as he is imperious so will I be Stay fool and be advis'd that dulls the appetite Takes off the strength and sweetness of delight By Heaven she is a miracle I must use A handsom way to win how now what fear Dwells in your faces you look all distracted Enter Sceva Anthony Dolabella Sceva If it be fear 't is fear of your undoing Not of our selves fear of your poor declining Our lives and deaths are equall benefits And we make louder prayers to dye nobly Than to live high and wantonly whilst you are secure here And offer Hecatombs of lazie kisses To the lewd god of love and cowardize And most lasciciously dye in delights You are begirt with the fierce Alexandrians Dol. The spawn of Egypt flow about your Palace Arm'd all and ready to assault Ant. Led on By the false and base Photinus and his Ministers No stirring out no peeping through a loop-hole But straight saluted with an armed Dart. Sce. No parley they are deaf to all but danger They swear they will fley us and then dry our Quarters A raâ—her of a salt lover is such a Shooing-horn Can you kiss away this conspiracy and set us free Or will the Giant god of love fight for ye Will his fierce war-like bow kill a Cock-sparrow Bring out the Lady she can quel this mutiny And with her powerfull looks strike awe into them Sâ—e can destroy and build again the City Your Goddesses have mighty gifts shew 'em her fair brests The impregnable Bulworks of proud Love and let 'em Begin their battery there she will laugh at 'em They are not above a hundred thousand Sir A mist a
it could not help thee 2 Sold. Hang not an arse 1 Sold. Goad him on with thy Sword Thou dost deserve a worser end and may All such conclude so that their friends betray Exeunt SCENE IV. Enter severally Arsino Eros Cleopatra Ars We are lost Eros Undone Ars Confusion Fire and Swords And fury in the Souldiers face more horrid Circle us round Eros The Kings Command they laugh at And jeer at Caesars threats Ars My Brother seiz'd on By the Roman as thought guilty of the tumult And forc'd to bear him company as mark'd out For his protection or revenge Eros They have broke Into my Cabinet my Trunks are ransack'd Ars I have lost my jewels too but that 's the least The barbarous Rascals against all humanity Or sense of pity have kill'd my little Dog And broke my Monkeys Chain Eros They rifled me But that I could endure would they proceed no further Ars O my Sister Eros My Queen my Mistress Ars Can you stand unmov'd VVhen the Earth-quake of Rebellion shakes the City And the Court trembles Cleo. Yes Arsino And with a Masculine Constancy deride Fortunes worst malice as a Servant to My Vertues not a Mistress then we forsake The strong Fort of our selves when we once yield Or shrink at her assaults I am still my self And though disrob'd of Soveraignty and ravish'd Of ceremonious duty that attends it Nay grant they had slav'd my Body my free mind Like to the Palm-tree walling fruitful Nile Shall grow up straighter and enlarge it self ' Spight of the envious weight that loads it with Think of thy Birth Arsino common burdens Fit common Shoulders teach the multitude By suffering nobly what they fear to touch at The greatness of thy mind does soar a pitch Their dim eyes darkened by their narrow souls Cannot arrive at Ars I am new created And owe this second being to you best Sister For now I feel you have infus'd into me Part of your fortitude Eros I still am fearful I dare not tell a lie you that were born Daughters and Sisters unto Kings may nourish Great thoughts which I that am your humble handmaid Must not presume to rival Cleo. Yet my Eros Though thou hast profited nothing by observing The whole cou se of my life learn in my death Though not to equal yet to imitate Thy fearless Mistress Enter Photinus Eros O a man in Arms His Weapon drawn too Cleo. Though upon the point Death sate I 'll meet it and outdare the danger Pho. Keep the Watch strong and guard the passage sure That leads unto the Sea Cleo. What Sea of rudeness Breaks in upon us or what Subjects Breath Dare raise a storm when we command a calm Are Duty and Obedience sled 〈◊〉 â—aven And in their room ambition anâ— pâ—iâ—e Sent into Egypt That Face speaks thee Photinus A thing thy Mother brought into the World My Brother's and my Slave but thy behaviour Oppos'd to that an insolent intruder Upon that Soveraignty thou shouldst bow to If in the Gulph of base ingratitude All loyalty to Ptolomy the King Be swallowed up remember who I am Whose Daughter and whose Sister or suppose That is forgot too let the name of Caesar Which Nations quake at stop the desperate madness From running headlong on to thy Confusion Throw from thee quickly those rebellious Arms And let me read submission in thine Eyes Thy wrongs to us we will not only pardon But be a ready advocate to plead foâ— thee To Caesar and my Brother Pho. Plead my Pardon To you I bow but scorn as much to stoop thus To Ptolomy or Caesar Nay the gods As to put off the figure of a man And change my â—ssence with a sensual Beast All my designs my counsels and dark ends Were aim'd to purchase you Cleo. How durst thou being The scorn of baseness nourish such a thought Pho. They that have power are royal and those base That live at the devotion of another VVhat birth gave Ptolomy or fortune Caesar By Engines fashion'd in this Protean Anvil I have made mine and only stoop at you Whom I would still preserve free to command me For Cesar's frowns they are below my thoughts And but in these fair Eyes I still have read The story of a supream Monarchy To which all hearts with mine gladly pay tribute Photinus's Name had long since been as great As Ptolomies e'r was or Caesars is This made me as a weaker tye to unloose The knot of Loyalty that chain'd my freedom And slight the fear that Caesars threats might cause That I and they might see no Sun appear But Cleopatra in the Egyptian Sphear Cleo. O Giant-like Ambition marryed to Cymmerian darkness inconsiderate Fool Though flatter'd with self-love could'st thou believe Were all Crowns on the Earth made into one And that by Kings set on thy head all Scepters Within thy grasp and laid down at my feet I would vouchsafe a kiss to a no man A guelded Eunuch Pho. Fairest that makes for me And shews it is no sensual appetite But true love to the greatness of thy Spirit That when that you are mine shall yield me pleasures Hymen though blessing a new married Pair Shall blush to think on and our certain issue The glorious splendor of dread Majesty Whose beams shall dazel Rome and aw the world My wants in that kind others shall supply And I give way to it C eo Basâ—â— thaâ—â—â—y Birth Can there be geâ—â—â—â—nd hear this and no thunder Rain thee into the Earth Pho. They are asleep And cannot hear thee Or with open Eyes Did Jove look on us I would laugh and swear That his artillery is cloy'd by me Or if that they have power to hurt his Bolts Are in my hand Cleo. Most impious Pho. They are dreams Religious Fools shake at yet to assure thee If Nemesis that scourges pride and scorn Be any thing but a name she lives in me For by my self an oath to me more dreadful Than Stix is to your gods weak Ptolomy dead And Caesar both being in my toil remov'd The poorest Rascals that are in my Camp Shall in my presence quâ—ncâ— their lustful heat In thee and young Arsino while I laugh To hear you howl in vain I deride those gods That you think can protect you Cleo. To prevent thee In that I am the Mistress of my Fate So hope I of my sister to confirm it I spit at thee and scorn thee Pho. I will tame That haughty courage and make thee stoop too Cleo. Never I was born to command and will dye so Enter Achillas and Souldiers with the Body of Ptolomy Pho. The King dead this is a fair entrance to Our future happiness Ars Oh my dear Brother Cleo. Weep not Arsino common women do so Nor lose a tear for him it cannot help him But study to dye nobly Pho. Caesar fled 'T is deadly aconite to my cold heart It choaks my vital Spirits where was your care Did the Guards
first quick Eele that sav'd her tail Exeunt SCENE II. Enter Lucina Ardelia and Phorba Ardel. You still insist upon that Idol Honour Can it renew your yâ—uth can it add wealth That takes off wrinkles can it draw mens eyes To gaze upon you in your age can honour That truly is a Saint to none but Souldiers And look'd into bears no reward but danger Leave you the most respected person living Or can the common kisses of a Husband Which to a sprightly Lady is a labour Make ye almost Immortal ye are cozen'd The honour of a woman is her praises The way to get these to be seen and sought too And not to bury such a happy sweetness Under a smoaky roof Luci. I 'le hear no more Phor. That white and red and all that blessed beauty Kept from the eyes that make it so is nothing Then you are rarely fair when men proclaim it The Phenix were she never seen were doubted That most unvalued Horn the Unicorn Bears to oppose the Huntsman were it nothing But tale and meer tradition would help no man But when the vertue 's known the honour 's doubled Vertue is either lame or not at all And love a Sacriledge and not a Saint When it bars up the way to mens Petitions Ard. Nay ye shall love your Husband too we come not To make a Monster of ye Luc. Are ye women Ard. You 'll find us so and women you shall thank too If you have grace to make your use Luc. Fye on ye Phor. Alas poor bashful Lady by my soul Had ye no other vertue but your blushes And I a man I should run mad for those How daintily they set her off how sweetly Ard. Come Goddess come you move too near the earth It must not be a better Orb stayes for you Here be a Maid and take ' em Luc. Pray leave me Phor. That were a sin sweet Lady and a way To make us guilty of your melancholy You must not be alone in conversation Doubts are resolv'd and what sticks near the conscience Made easie and allowable Luc. Ye are Devils Ard. That you may one day bless for your damnation Luc. I charge ye in the name of Chastity Tempt me no more how ugly ye seem to me There is no wonder men defame our Sex And lay the vices of all ages on us When such as you shall bear the names of women If ye had eyes to see your selves or sence Above the base rewards ye play the bawds for If ever in your lives ye heard of goodness Though many Regions off as men hear Thunder â—f ever ye had Mothers and they souls If ever Fathers and not such as you are If ever any thing were constant in you Besides your sins or coming but your courses If ever any of your Ancestors Dyed worth a noble deed that would be cherish'd Soul-frighted with this black infection You would run from one another to repentance And from your guilty eyes drop out those sins That made ye blind and beasts Phor. Ye speak well Lady A sign of fruitful education If your religious zeal had wisdom with it Ard. This Lady was ordain'd to bless the Empire And we may all give thanks for 't Phor. I believe ye Ard. If any thing redeem the Emperour From his wild flying courses this is she She can instruct him if ye mark she is wise too Phor. Exceeding wise which is a wonder in her And so religious that I well believe Though she would sin she cannot Ard. And besides She has the Empires cause in hand not loves There lies the main consideration For which she is chiefly born Phor. She finds that point Stronger than we can tell her and believe it I look by her means for a reformation And such a one and such a rare way carried That all the world shall wonder at Ard. 'T is true I never thought the Emperor had wisdom Pity or fair affection to his Country Till he profest this love gods give 'em Children Such as her vertues merit and his zeal I look to see a Numa from this Lady Or greater than Octavius Phor. Do you mark too Which is a Noble vertue how she blushes And what a flowing modesty runs through her When we but name the Emperour Ard. But mark it Yes and admire it too for she considers Though she be fair as Heaven and vertuous As holy truth yet to the Emperour She is a kind of nothing but her service Which she is bound to offer and she 'll do it And when her Countries cause commands affection She knows obedience is the key of vertues Then flye the blushes out like Cupid's arrows And though the tye of Marriage to her Lord Would fain cry stay Lucina yet the cause And general wisdom of the Princes love Makes here find surer ends and happier And if the first were chaste this is twice doubled Phor. Her tartness unto us too Ard. That 's a wise one Phor. I rarely like it shews a rising wisdom That chides all common fools as dare enquire What Princes would have private Ard. What a Lady Shall we be blest to serve Luc. Go get ye from me Ye are your purses Agents not the Princes Is this the vertuous Loâ—e ye train'd me out to Am I a woman fit to imp your vâ—ces But that I had a Mother and a woman Whosoever living fame turns all it touches Into the good it self is I should now Even doubt my self I have been sâ—arch't so near The very soul of honour why should you two That happily have been as chaste as I am Fairer I think by much for yet your faces Like ancient well built piles shew worthy ruins After that Angel age turn mortal Devils For shame for woman-hood for what ye have been For rotten Cedars have born goodly branches If ye have hope of any Heaven but Court Which like a Dream you 'l find hereafter vaniâ—h Or at the best but subject to repentance Study no more to be ill spoken of Let women live themselves if they must fall Their own destruction find 'em not your Fâ—vours Ard. Madam ye are so excellent in all And I must tell it you with admiration So true a joy ye have so sweet a fear And when ye come to anger t is so noble That for mine own part I could still offend To hear you angry women that want tâ— And your way guided else I count 〈…〉 Are either Fools or Cowards Phor. She were a Mistris for no p◠〈…〉 Could she not frown a ravish'd kiss 〈…〉 And such an anger as this Lady lea◠〈◊〉 Stuck with such pleasing â—angers 〈…〉 Which of ye all could hold from Luc. I perceive ye Your own dark sins dwell with ye and t' at prâ— You sell the chastity of modest wives at Runs to diseases with your bones I scorâ— And all the nets ye've pitcht to catch my vâ— Like Spiders Webs I sweep away before me Go tell the Emperour ye have met a woman That
Thom. Kiss me and be my friend we two were twins And shall we now grow strangers Dor. 'T is not my fault Thom. Well there be other women and remember You you were the cause of this there be more lands too And better People in 'em fare ye well And other loves what shall become of me And of my vanities because they grieve ye Dor. Come hither come do you see that Cloud that flies there So light are you and blown with every fancy Will ye but make me hope ye may be civil I know your Nature's sweet enough and tender Not grated on nor curb'd do you love your Mistress Thom. He lies that says I do not Dor. Would ye see her Thom. If you please for it must be so Dor. And appear to her A thing to be belov'd Thom. Yes Dor. Change then A little of your wildness into wisdom And put on a more smoothness I 'll do the best I can to help ye yet I do protest she swore and swore it deeply She would never see you more where 's your mans heart now What do you faint at this Thom. She is a woman But him she entertains next for a servant I shall be bold to quarter Dor. No thought of fighting Go in and there we 'll talk more be but rul'd And what lies in my power ye shall be sure of Exeunt SCENE III. Enter Alice and Mary Alice He cannot be so wild still Mary 'T is most certain I have now heard all and all the truth Alice Grant all that Is he the first that has been giv'n a lost man And yet come fairly home he is young and tender And fit for that impression your affections Shall stamp upon him age brings on discretion A year hence these mad toys that now possess him Will shew like Bugbears to him shapes to fright him Marriage dissolves all these like mists Mary They are grounded Hereditary in him from his father And to his grave they will haunt him Alice 'T is your fear Which is a wise part in you yet your love However you may seem to lessen it With these dislikes and choak it with these errors Do what you can will break out to excuse him Ye have him in your heart and planted Cousin From whence the power of reason nor discretion Can ever root him Mary Planted in my heart Aunt Believe it no I never was so liberal What though he shew a so so comely fellow Which we call pretty or say it may be handsom What though his promises may stumble at The power of goodness in him sometimes use too Al. How willingly thy heart betrays thee Cousin Cozen thy self no more thou hast no more power To leave off loving him than he that 's thirsty Has to abstain from drink standing before him His mind is not so monstrous for his shape If I have Eyes I have not seen his better A handsome brown Complexion Mary Reasonable Inclining to a tawncy Alice Had I said so You would have wish'd my tongue out then his making Mar. Which may be mended I have seen legs straighter And cleaner made Alice A body too Mary Far neater And better set together Alice God forgive thee For against thy Conscience thou lyest stubbornly Mary I grant 't is neat enough Alice 'T is excellent And where the outward parts are fair and lovely Which are but moulds o' th' mind what must the soul be Put case youth has his swinge and fiery Nature Flames to mad uses many times Mary All this You only use to make me say I love him I do confess I do but that my fondness Should sling it self upon his desperate follies Alice I do not counsel that see him reclaim'd first Which will not prove a miracle yet Mary I am afraid 't will vex thee horribly To stay so long Mary No no Aunt no believe me Alice What was your dream to night for I observ'd ye Hugging of me with good dear sweet Tom. Mary Fye Aunt Upon my Conscience Alice On my word 't is true Wench And then ye kiss'd me Mary more than once too And sigh'd and O sweet Tom again nay do not blush Ye have it at the heart Wench Mary I 'll be hang'd first But you must have your way Enter Dorothea Alice And so will you too Or break down hedges for it Dorothea The welcom'st woman living how does thy Brother I hear he 's turn'd a wondrous civil Gentleman Since his short travel Dor. 'Pray Heaven he make it good Alice Mary How do ye friend I have a quarrel to ye Ye stole away and left my company Dor. O pardon me dear friend it was to welcome A Brother that I have some Cause to love well Mary Prithee how is he thou speak'st truth Dor. Not perfect I hope he will be Mary Never h 'as forgot me I hear Wench and his hot love too Alice Thou would'st howl then Mary And I am glad it should be so his travels Have yielded him variety of Mistresses Fairer in his eye far Alice O cogging Rascal Mary I was a fool but better thoughts I thank heaven Dor. 'Pray do not think so for he loves you dearly Upon my troth most firmly would fain see you Mary See me friend do you think it fit Dor. It may be Without the loss of credit too he 's not Such a prodigious thing so monstrous To fling from all society Mary He 's so much contrary To my desires such an antipathy That I must sooner see my grave Dor. Dear friend He was not so before he went Mary I grant it For then I daily hop'd his fair Conversion Alice Come do not mask your self but see him freely Ye have a mind Mary That mind I 'll master then Dor. And is your hate so mortal Mary Not to his person But to his qualities his mad-cap follies Which still like Hydras heads grow thicker on him I have a credit friend and Maids of my sort Love where their modesties may live untainted Dor. I give up that hope then 'pray for your friends sake If I have any interest within ye Do but this courtesie accept this Letter Mary From him Dor. The same 't is but a minutes reading And as we look on shapes of painted Devils Which for the present may disturb our fancy But with the next new object lose 'em so If this be foul ye may forget it ' pray Mary Have ye seen it friend Dor. I will not lie I have not But I presume so much he honours you The worst part of himself was cast away When to his best part he writ this Mary For your sake Not that I any way shall like his scribling Alice A shrewd dissembling Quean Dor. I thank ye dear friend I know she loves him Alice Yes and will not lose him Unless he leap into the Moon believe that And then she 'l scramble too young wenches loves Are like the course of quartans they may shift And seem to cease sometimes and yet we
Have I no rule yet as I live he dyes That does not execute my will and suddenly Bal. All that thou canst do takes but one short hour from me Rol. Hew off her hands Ham. Lady hold off Ed. Nay hew 'em Hew off my innocent hands as he commands you Exeunt Guard Count Baldwin They 'll hang the faster on for Deaths convulsion Thou seed of Rocks will nothing move thee then Are all my tears lost all my righteous Prayers Drown'd in thy drunken wrath I stand thus then Thus boldly bloody Tyrant And to thy face in Heavens high Name defie thee And may sweet mercy when thy soul sighs for it When under thy black mischiefs thy flesh trembles When neither strength nor youth nor friends nor gold Can stay one hour when thy most wretched Conscience Wak'd from her dream of death like fire shall melt thee When all thy Mothers tears thy Brothers wounds Thy Peoples fears and curses and my loss My aged fathers loss shall stand before thee Rol. Save him I say run save him save her Father Fly and redeem his head Exit Latorch Ed. May then that pity That comfort thou expect'st from Heaven that mercy Be lockt up from thee fly thee howling find thee Despair Oh my sweet father storms of terrours Blood till thou burst again Rol. Oh fair sweet anger Enter Latorch and Hamond with a Head Lat. I am too late Sir 't was dispatch'd before And his Head is here Rol And my Heart there go bury him Give him fair Rites of Funeral decent Honours Ed. Wilt thou not take me Monster highest Heaven Give him a punishment fit for his mischief Lat. I fear thy Prayer is heard and he rewarded Lady have patience 't was unhappy speed Blame not the Duke 't was not his fault but Fates He sent you know to stay it and commanded In care of you the heavy object hence Soon as it came have better thoughts of him Enter Citizens 1 Cit. Where 's this young Traytor Lat. Noble Citizens here And here the wounds he gave your soveraign Lord. 1 Cit. This Prince of force must be Belov'd of Heaven whom Heaven hath thus preserv'd 2 Cit. And if he be belov'd of Heaven you know He must be just and all his actions so Rol. Concluded like an Oracle Oh how great A grace of Heaven is a wise Citizen For Heaven 't is makes 'em wise as 't makes me just As it preserves me as I now survive By his strong hand to keep you all alive Your Wives your Children Goods and Lands kept yours That had been else preys to his tyrannous Power That would have prey'd on me in Bed assaulted me In sacred time of Peace my Mother here My Sister this just Lord and all had felt The certain Gulph of this Conspiracy Of which my Tutor and my Chancellour Two of the gravest and most counted honest In all my Dukedom were the monstrous Heads Oh trust no honest men for their sakes ever My politick Citizens but those that breathe The Names of Cut-throats Usurers and Tyrants Oh those believe in for the foul-mouth'd World Can give no better terms to simple goodness â—ven me it dares blaspheme and thinks me tyrannous For saving my own life sought by my Brother Yet those that sought his life before by poyson Though mine own servants hoping to please me I 'll lead to death for 't which your Eyes shall see 1 Cit. Why what a Prince is here 2 Cit. How just 3 Cit. How gentle Rol. Well now my dearest Subjects or much rather My Nerves my Spirits or my vital Blood Turn to your needful rests and setled peace Fix'd in this root of steel from whence it sprung In Heavens great help and Blessing but ere sleep Bind in his sweet oblivion your dull senses The Name and Vertue of Heavens King advance For yours in chief for my deliverance Cit. Heaven and his King save our most pious Soveraign Exeunt Citizen Rol. Thanks my good people Mother and kind Sister And you my noble Kinsmen things born thus Shall make ye all command whatever I Enjoy in this my absolute Empire Take in the Body of my Princely Brother For whose Death since his Fate no other way Would give my eldest birth his supream Right We 'll mourn the cruel influence it bears And wash his Sepulchre with kindly tears Aub. If this game end thus Heavens will rule the set What we have yielded to we could not let Exeunt omnes praeter Latorch and Edith Lat. Good Lady rise and raise your Spirits withal More high than they are humbled you have cause As much as ever honour'd happiest Lady And when your Ears are freer to take in Your most amendful and unmatched fortunes I 'll make you drown a hundred helpless deaths In Sea of one life pour'd into your Bosome With which shall flow into your arms the Riches The Pleasures Honours and the rules of Princes Which though death stop your ears methinks should open 'em Assay to forget death Ed. Oh slaughter'd Father Lat. Taste of what cannot be redress'd and bless The Fate that yet you curse so since for that You spake so movingly and your sweet eyes With so much Grace fill'd that you set on fire The Dukes affection whom you now may rule As he rules all his Dukedome is' t not sweet Does it not shine away your sorrows Clouds Sweet Lady take wise heart and hear and tell me Ed. I hear no word you speak Lat. Prepare to hear then And be not barr'd up from your self nor add To your ill fortune with your far worse judgment Make me your servant to attend with all joys Your sad estate till they both bless and speak it See how they 'll bow to you make me wait command me To watch out every minute for the stay Your modest sorrow fancies raise your graces And do my hopes the honour of your motion To all the offered heights that now attend you Oh how your touches ravish how the Duke Is slain already with your flames embrac'd I will both serve and visit you and often Ed. I am not fit Sir Lat. Time will make you Lady Exeunt SCENE II. Enter the Guard 3 or 4 Boys then the Sheriff Cook Yeoman of the Cellar Butler Pantler to execution 1 Guard Come bring in these fellows on away with ' em 2 Guard Make room before there room for the Prisoners 1 Boy Let 's run before Boys we shall have no places else 2 Boy Are these the youths Cook These are the youths you look for And pray my honest friends be not so hasty There will be nothing done till we come I assure you 3 Boy Here 's a wise hanging are there no more Butl. Do you hear Sir you may come in for your share if you please Cook My friend if you be unprovided of a hanging You look like a good fellow I can afford you A reasonable penny-worth 2 Boy Afore afore Boys here 's enough to make us sport Yeom
bread The Creatures of a Parasite a slave I find you here Latorch not wonder at it But that this honest Captain should be made His instrument afflicts me I 'le make trial Whether his will or weakness made him do it Captain you saw the Duke when he commanded I should do what these letters did direct me And I presume you think I 'le not neglect For fear or favour to remove all dangers How near soever that man can be to me From whom they should have birth Ham. It is confirm'd Aub. Nor would you Captain I believe refuse Or for respect of thankfulness or hopes To use your sword with fullest confidence Where he shall bid you strike Ham. I never have done Aub. Nor will I think Ham. I hope it is not question'd Aub. The means to have it so is now propos'd you Draw so 't is well and next cut off my head Ham. What means your Lordship Aub. 'T is Sir the Dukes pleasure My innocence hath made me dangerous And I must be remov'd and you the man Must act his will Ham. I 'le be a Traytor first before I serve it thus Aub. It must be done And that you may not doubt it there 's your warrant But as you read remember Hamond that I never wrong'd one of your brave profession And though it be not manly I must grieve That man of whose love I was most ambitious Could find no object of his hate but me Ham. It is no time to talk now honour'd Sir Be pleas'd to hear thy servant I am wrong'd And cannot being now to serve the Duke Stay to express the manner how but if I do not suddenly give you strong proofs Your life is dearer to me than my own May I live base and dye so Sir your pardon Exit Ham. Aub. I am both waies ruin'd both waies mark't for slaughter On every side about behind before me My certain fate is fix't were I a Knave now I could avoid this had my actions But meer relations to their own ends I could ' scape now Oh honesty thou elder child of vertue Thou seed of Heaven why to acquire thy goodness Should malice and distrust stick thorns before us And make us swim unto thee hung with hazards But Heaven is got by suffering not disputing Say he knew this before-hand where am I then Or say he does know it where 's my Loyalty I know his nature troubled as the Sea And as the Sea devouring when he 's vex'd And I know Princes are their own expounders Am I afraid of death of dying nobly Of dying in mine innocence uprightly Have I met death in all his forms and fears Now on the points of Swords now pitch'd on Lances In fires and storms of Arrows Battels breaches And shall I now shrink from him when he courts me Smiling and full of sanctity I 'le meet him My Loyal hand and heart shall give this to him And though it bear beyond what Poets feign A punishment duty shall meet that pain And my most constant heart to do him good Shall check at neither pale affright nor bloud Enter Messenger Mess The Dutchess presently would crave your presence Aub. I come and Aubrey now resolve to keep Thy honour living though thy body sleep Exit SCENE II. Enter Edith a Boy and a Banquet set out Edith Now for a Fathers murther and thy ruine All chastity shall suffer if he raign Thou blessed soul look down and steel thy Daughter Look on the sacrifice she comes to send thee And through the bloudy clouds behold my piety Take from my cold heart fear from my sex pity And as I wipe these tears off shed for thee So all remembrance may I lose of mercy Give me a womans anger bent to bloud The wildness of the winds to drown his prayers Storm-like may my destruction fall upon him My rage like roving billows as they rise Pour'd on his soul to sink it give me flattery For yet my constant soul ne'r knew dissembling Flattery the food of Fools that I may rock him And lull him in the Down of his desires That in the height of all his hopes and wishes His Heaven forgot and all his lusts upon him My hand like thunder from a cloud may seize him I hear him come go boy and entertain him Enter Rollo SONG TAke Oh take those lips away That so sweetly were forsworn And those eyes like break of day Lights that do mislead the Morn But my kisses bring again Seals of love though seal'd in vain Hide Oh hide those hills of Snow Which thy frozen blossome bears On whose tops the Pinks that grow Are of those that April wears But first set my poor heart free bound in those Ivy chains by thee Rol. What bright star taking beauties form upon her In all the happy lustre of Heavens glory Has drop'd down from the Skye to comfort me Wonder of nature let it not prophane thee My rude hand touch thy beauty nor this kiss The gentle sacrifice of love and service Be offer'd to the honour of thy sweetness Edi. My gracious Lord no deity dwells here Nor nothing of that vertue but obedience The servant to your will affects no flattery Rol. Can it be flattery to swear those eyes Are loves eternal lamps he fires all hearts with That tongue the smart string to his bow those sighs The deadly shafts he sends into our souls Oh look upon me with thy spring of beauty Edi. Your grace is full of game Rol. By Heaven my Edith Thy Mother fed on Roses when she bred thee Ed. And thine on brambles that have prick'd her heart out Rol. The sweetness of the Arabian wind still blowing Upon the treasures of perfumes and spices In all their pride and pleasures call thee Mistris Edi. Wil 't please you sit Sir Rol. So you please sit by me Fair gentle maid there is no speaking to thee The excellency that appears upon thee Tyes up my tongue pray speak to me Edi. Of what Sir Rol. Of any thing any thing is excellent Will you take my directions speak of love then Speak of thy fair self Edith and while thou speak'st Let me thus languishing give up my self wench Edi. H 'as a strange cunning tongue why do you sigh Sir How masterly he turns himself to catch me Rol. The way to Paradise my gentle maid Is hard and crooked scarce Repentance finding With all her holy helps the door to enter Give me thy hand what dost thou feel Edi. Your tears Sir You weep extreamly strengthen me now justice Why are these sorrows Sir Rol. Thou't never love me If I should tell thee yet there 's no way left Ever to purchase this blest Paradise But swimming thither in these tears Edi. I stagger Rol. Are they not drops of blood Edi. No. Rol. They 're for blood then For guiltless blood and they must drop my Edith They must thus drop till I have drown'd my mischiefs Edi. If this be true I have no
bless me Sure if I had provok'd 'em they had quarter'd me I am a most ridiculous Ass now I perceive it A Coward and a Knave too 1 Gent. 'T is the mad Gentleman Let 's set our Faces right Bel. No no laugh at me And laugh aloud 2 Gent. We are better manner'd Sir Bel. I do deserve it call me Patch and Puppy And beat me if you please 1 Gent. No indeed we know ye Bel. ' Death do as I would have ye 2 Gent. You are an Ass then A Coxcomb and a Calf Bel. I am a great Calf Kick me a little now Why when Sufficient Now laugh aloud and scorn me so good b'ye And ever when ye meet me laugh 1 Gent. We will Sir Exeunt SCENE III. Enter Nantolet La-Castre De-Gard Lugier Mirabel Mir. Your patience Gentlemen why do ye bait me Nan. Is' t not a shame you are so stubborn hearted So stony and so dull to such a Lady Of her Perfections and her Misery Lug. Does she not love ye does not her distraction For your sake only her most pitied lunacie Of all but you shew ye does it not compel ye Mir. Soft and fair Gentlemen pray ye proceed temperately Lug. If ye have any feeling any sense in ye The least touch of a noble heart La Cas Let him alone It is his glory that he can kill Beauty Ye bear my Stamp but not my Tenderness Your wild unsavoury Courses set that in ye For shame be sorry though ye cannot cure her Shew something of a Man of a fair Nature Mir. Ye make me mad De-Gard Let me pronounce this to ye You take a strange felicity in slighting And wronging Women which my poor Sister feels now Heavens hand be gentle on her Mark me Sir That very hour she dies there 's small hope otherwise That minute you and I must grapple for it Either your life or mine Mir. Be not so hot Sir I am not to be wrought on by these policies In truth I am not Nor do I fear the tricks Or the high sounding threats of a Savoyan I glory not in Cruelty ye wrong me Not grow up water'd with the tears of Women This let me tell ye howsoe'r I shew to ye Wild as ye please to call it or self-will'd When I see cause I can both do and suffer Freely and feelingly as a true Gentleman Enter Rosalure and Lelia Ros O pity pity thousand thousand pities Lel. Alas poor Soul she will dye she is grown sensless She will not know nor speak now Ros Dye for love And love of such a Youth I would dye for a Dog first He that kills me I 'll give him leave to eat me I 'll know men better ere I sigh for any of ' em Lel. Ye have done a worthy act Sir a most famous Ye have kill'd a Maid the wrong way ye are a conqueror Ros A Conquerour a Cobler hang him Sowter Go hide thy self for shame go lose thy memory Live not ' mongst Men thou art a Beast a Monster A Blatant Beast Lel. If ye have yet any honesty Or ever heard of any take my Counsel Off with your Garters and seek out a Bough A handsom Bough for I would have ye hang like a Gentleman And write some doleful matter to the World A Warning to hard hearted men Mir. Out Kitlings What Catterwauling's here what Gibbing Do you think my heart is softned with a black Santis Shew me some reason Enter Oriana on a Bed Ros Here then here is a reason Nant. Now if ye be a man let this sight shake ye La. C. Alas poor Gentlewoman do you know me Lady Lug. How she looks up and stares Ori. I know ye very well You are my Godfather and that 's the Monsieur De-Gar And who am I Ori. You are Amadis de Gaul Sir Oh oh my heart were ye never in love sweet Lady And do you never dream of Flowers and Gardens I dream of walking Fires take heed it comes now Who 's that pray stand away I have seen that face sure How light my head is Ros Take some rest Ori. I cannot For I must be up to morrow to go to Church And I must dress me put my new Gown on And be as fine to meet my Love Heigh ho Will not you tell me where my Love lies buried Mir. He is not dead beshrew my heart she stirs me Ori. He is dead to me Mir. Is' t possible my Nature Should be so damnable to let her suffer Give me your hand Ori. How soft you feel how gentle I 'll tell you your fortune Friend Mir. How she stares on me Or. You have a flattering face but 't is a fine one I warrant you may have a hundred Sweet-hearts Will ye pray for me I shall dye to morrow And will ye ring the Bells Mir. I am most unworthy I do confess unhappy do you know me Ori. I would I did Mir. Oh fair tears how ye take me Ori. Do you weep too you have not lost your Lover You mock me I 'l go home and pray Mir. 'Pray ye pardon me Or if it please ye to consider justly Scorn me for I deserve it Scorn and shame me Sweet Oriana Lel. Let her alone she trembles Her sits will grow more strong if ye provoke her La Cas Certain she knows ye not yet loves to see ye How she smiles now Bel. Where are ye Oh why do you laugh come laugh at me What a Devil art thou sad and such a subject Such a ridiculous subject as I am Before thy face Mir. Prithee put off this lightness This is no time for mirth nor place I have us'd too much on 't I have undone my self and a sweet Lady By being too in dulgent to my foolery Which truly I repent look here Bel. What aâ—â—s she Mir. Alas she 's mad Bel. Mad Mir. Yes too sure for me too Bel. Dost thou wonder at that by this light they are all so They are coz'ning mad they are brawling mad they are proud mad They are all all mad I came from a World of mad Women Mad as March-Hares get 'em in Chains then deal with ' em There 's one that 's mad she seems well but she is dog mad Is she dead dost think Min. Dead Heaven forbid Bel. Heaven further it For till they be key cold dead there 's no trusting of 'em Whate'r they seem or howsoe'r they carry it Till they be chap faln and their Tongues at peace Nail'd in their Coffins sure I 'll ne'r believe 'em Shall I talk with her Mir. No dear friend be quiet And be at peace a while Bel. I 'll walk aside And come again anon but take heed to her You say she is a Woman Mir. Yes Bel. Take great heed For if she do not cozen thee then hang me Let her be mad or what she will she 'll cheat thee Exit Mir. Away wild Fool how vile this shews in him now Now take my faith before ye all I speak it
not touch Even as thou hatest me Brother let no young man know this As thou shalt hope for peace when thou most needest it Peace in thy soul desire the King to kill me Make me a traitor any thing I 'le yield to it And give thee cause so I may dye immediately Lock me in Prison where no Sun may see me In wails so thick no hope may e're come at me Keep me from meat and drink and sleep I 'le bless thee Give me some damned potion to deliver me That I may never know my self again forget My Country kindred name and fortune last That my chaste love may never appear before me This were some comfort Sor. All I have I have brought ye And much good may it do ye my dear Brother See ye observe it well you will find about ye Many eyes set that shall o're-look your actions If you transgress ye know and so I leave ye Exit Val. Heaven be not angry and I have some hope yet Exit Enter Frederick and Sorano Fred. Hast thou been with him Sor. Yes and given him that Sir Will make him curse his Birth I told ye which way Did you but see him Sir but look upon him With what a troubled and dejected nature He walks now in a mist with what a silence As if he were the shrowd he wrapt himself in And no more of Valerio but his shadow He seeks obscurity to hide his thoughts in You would wonder and admire for all you know it His jollity is down valed to the ground Sir And his high hopes of full delights and pleasures Are turn'd tormenters to him strong diseases Fred. But is there hope of her Sor. It must fall necessary She must dislike him quarrel with his person For women once deluded are next Devils And in the height of that opinion Sir You shall put on again and she must meet ye Fred. I am glad of this Sor. I 'le tell ye all the circumstance Within this hour but sure I heard your grace To day as I attended make some stops Some broken speechs and some sighs between And then your Brothers name I heard distinctly And some sad wishes after Fred. Ye are i' th' right Sir I would he were as sad as I could wish him Sad as the Earth Sor. Would ye have it so Fred. Thou hearest me Though he be sick with small hope of recovery That hope still lives and mens eyes live upon it And in their eye their wishes my Sorano Were he but cold once in the tomb he dotes on As 't is the fittest place for melancholy My Comt should be another Paradise And flow with all delights Sor. Go to your pleasures let me alone with this Hope shall not trouble ye nor he three dayes Fred. I shall be bound unto thee Enter Valerio Camillo Cleanthes Menallo Sor. I 'le do it neatly too no doubt shall catch me Fred. Be gone they are going to bed I 'le bid good night to ' em Sor. And mark the man you 'l scarce know 't is Valerio Exit Cam. Chear up my noble Lord the minute 's come You shall injoy the abstract of all sweetness We did you wrong you need no wine to warm ye Desire shoots through your eyes like sudden wild-fires Val. Beshrew me Lords the wine has made me dull I am I know not what Fred. Good pleasure to ye Good night and long too as you find your appetite You may fall to Val. I do beseech your grace For which of all my loves and services Have I deserved this Fred. I am not bound to answer ye Val. Nor I bound to obey in unjust actions Fred. Do as you please you know the penalty And as I have a soul it shall be executed Nay look not pale I am not used to fear Sir If you respect your Lady good night to ye Exit Val. But for respect to her and to my duty That reverent duty that I owe my Soveragin Which anger has no power to snatch me from The good night should be thine good night for ever The King is wanton Lords he would needs know of me How many nick chases I would make to night Men. My Lord no doubt you 'l prove a perfect gamester Val. Faith no I am unacquainted with the pleasure Bungle a set I may how my heart trembles And beats my breast as it would break his way out Good night my noble friends Cle. Nay we must see you toward your bed my Lord. Val. Good faith it needs not 'T is late and I shall trouble you Cam. No no till the Bride come Sir Val. I beseech you leave me You will make me bashfull else I am so foolish Besides I have some few devotions Lords And he that can pray with such a book in 's arms Can. We 'l leave ye then and a sweet night wait upon ye Men. And a sweet issue of this sweet night crown ye Cle. All nights and days be such till you grow old Sir Exeunt Lords Val. I thank ye 't is a curse sufficient for me A labour'd one too though you mean a blessing What shall I do I am like a wretched Debtor That has a summe to tender on the forfeit Of all he is worth yet daâ—e not offer it Other men see the Sun yet I must wink at it And though I know 't is perfect day deny it My veins are all on fire and burn like Aetna Youth and desire beat â—aâ—ums to my blood And adde fresh fuâ—â— to my warm a affections I must injoy her yet when I consider When I collect my self and weigh her danger The tyrants will and his power taught to murther My tender care controlls my blood within me And like a cold fit of a peevish Ague Creeps to my soul and stings an see upon me Enter Queen Evanthe Ladies and Fool. That locks all powers of youth up but prevention O what a blessedness 't were to be old now To be unable bed-rid with diseases Or halt on Crutches to meet holy Hymen What a rare benefit but I am curst That that speaks other men most freely happy And makes all eyes hang on their expectations Must prove the bane of me youth and ability She comes to bed how shall I entertain her Tony. Nay I come after too take the fool with ye For lightly he is ever one at Weddings Queen Evanthe make ye unready your Lord staies for ye And prethee be merry Tony. Be very merry Chicken Thy Lord will pipe to thee anon and make thee dance too Lady Will he so good-man ass Tony. Yes good silly And you had such a Pipe that piped so sweetly You would dance to death you have learnt your sinque a pace Evan. Your grace desires that that is too free in me I am merry at the heart Tony. Thou wilt be anon the young smug boy will give thee a sweet cordial Evan. I am so taken up in all my thoughts So possest Madam with the lawfull sweets I
back you 'l find it true nay open it 'T is good Gold I assure you Cla. How two Letters the first indors'd to me this to my Lady Subscrib'd Lisander Lan. And the fortune-teller his servant Lancelot Cla. How had I lost my eyes That I could not know thee not a word of the loss Of my virginity Lan. Nor who I am Cla. I 'le use all speedy means for your dispatch With a welcom answer but till you receive it Continue thus disguis'd Monsieur Malfort You know the way to humour him shall provide A lodging for you and good entertainment Nay since we trade both one way thou shalt have Some feeling with me take that Lan. Bountifull wench may'st thou ne're want imployment Cla. Nor such pay boy Exeunt Enter Lidian Alcidon at one door Lisander Clarange at another Lid. You 're welcom Alci Let us do our office first And then make choice of a new piece of ground To try our fortunes Lisa All 's fair here Alci And here their swords are equal Lisa If there be any odds in mine we will exchange Alci We 'l talk of that When we are farther off farewel Lisa Farewel friend Ex. Lisander and Alcidon Lidi Come let us not be idle Cla. I will find you imployment fear not Lid. You know Sir the cause that brings as hither Cla. There needs no more discoursing No time nor place for repetition now Lid. Let our swords argue and I wish Clarange The proud Olinda saw us Cla. Would she did What ever estimation she holds of me She should behold me like a man fight for her Lid. 'T is nobly said set on love and my fortune Cla. The same for me come home brave Lidian 'T was manly thrust this token to the Lady Ye have it Sir deliver it take breath I see ye bleed apace ye shall have fair play Enter Lisander Lis You must lye there a while I cannot help you Lid. Nay then my fortune 's gone I know I must dye Yet dearly will I sell my love come on both And use your fortunes I expect no favour Weak as I am my confidence shall meet ye Cla. Yield up your cause and live Lid. What dost thou hold me A recreant that prefers life before credit Though I bleed hard my honour finds no Issue That 's constant to my heart Cla. Have at your life then Lis Hold or I 'le turn and bend my sword against ye My cause Clarange too view this brave Gentleman That yet may live to kill you he stands nobly And has as great a promise of the day As you can tye unto your self he 's ready His sword as sharp view him with that remembrance That you deliver'd him to me Clarange And with those eyes that clearness will become ye View him as you reported him survey him Fix on your friendship Sir I know you are noble And step but inward to your old affection Examine but tâ—at soul grew to your bosom And try then if your sword will bite it cannot The edge will turn again asham'd and blunted Lidian you are the pattern of fair friendship Exampled for your love and imitated The Temple of true hearts stor'd with affections For sweetness of your spirit made a Saint Can you decline this nobleness to anger To mortal anger ' gainst the man ye love most Have ye the name of vertuous not the nature Lid. I will sit down Clar. And I 'le sit by you Lidian Lis And I 'le go on can Heaven be pleas'd with these things To see two hearts that have been twin'd together Married in friendship â—oâ—the world to wonder Of one growth of one nourishment one health Thus mortally divorc'd for one weak woman Can love be pleas'd love is a gentle spirit The wind that blows the April flowers not softer She is drawn with doves to shew her peacefulness Lions and bloody Pards are Mars's servants Would ye serve love do it with humbleness Without a noise with still prayers and soft murmurs Upon her Altars offer your obedience And not your brawls she 's won with tears not terrors That fire ye kindle to her deity Is only gratefull when it 's blown with sighs And holy Incense flung with white hand-innocence Ye wound her now ye are too superstitious No sacrifice of bloud or death she longs for Lid. Came he from Heaven Clar. He tells us truth good Lidian Lisa That part of noble love which is most sweet And gives eternal being to fair beauty Honour you hack i' pieces with your swords And that ye fight to crown ye kill fair credit Clar. Thus we embrace no more fight but all friendship And where love pleases to bestow his benefits Let us not argue Lid. Nay brave Sir come in too You may love also and may hope if ye do And not rewarded for 't there is no justice Farewel friend here let 's part upon our pilgrimage It must be so Cupid draws on our sorrows And where the lot lights Clar. I shall count it happiness Farewel dear friend Lis First let 's relieve the Gentleman That lyes hurt in your cause and bring him off And take some care for your hurts then I will part too A third unfortunate and willing wanderer Exeunt Enter Olinda and Calista Oli. My fears foresaw 't would come to this Cal. I would your sentence had been milder Olin. 'T is past help now Cal. I share in your despair and yet my hopes Have not quite left me since all possible means Are practised to prevent the mischief following Their mortal meeting my Lord is coasted one way My Father though his hurts forbad his travel Hath took another my Brother in Law Beronte A third and every minute we must look for The certain knowledge which we must endure With that calm patience heav'n shall please to lend us Enter Dorilaus and Cleander severally Dor. Dead both Clea. Such is the rumour and 't is general Olin. I hear my passing bell Cal. I am in a fevour Cle. They say their seconds too but what they are Is not known yet some worthy fellows certain Dor. Where had you knowledge Clea. Of the Country people 't is spoken every where Dor. I heard it so too And 't is so common I do half believe it You have lost a Brother wench he lov'd you well And might have liv'd to have done his country service But he is gone thou fell'st untimely Lidian But by a valiant hand that 's some small comfort And took him with thee too thou lov'st brave company Weeping will do no good you lost a servant He might have liv'd to have been your Master Lady But you fear'd that Olin. Good Sir be tender to me The news is bad enough you need not press it I lov'd him well I lov'd 'em both Dor. It seems so How many more have you to love so Lady They were both fools to fight for such a Fiddle Certain there was a dearth of noble anger When a slight woman
thank ye Exit Dio. Pray Maximinian pray Max. I 'll pray and work too Dio. I 'll to the Market-place and read the offer And now I have found the Boar. Del. Find your own faith too And rememher what ye have vow'd Dio. O Mother Del. Prosper Get. If my master and I do this there 's two Emperours And what a show will that make how we shall bounce it Exeunt Actus Secundus Scena Prima Enter Drusilla and Delphia Dru. LEave us and not vouchsafe a parting kiss To her that in his hopes of greatness lives And goes along with him in all his dangers Del. I grant 't was most inhumane Dru. O you give it Too mild a name 't was more than barbarous And you a Partner in 't Del. I Drusilla Dru. Yes You have blown his swoln Pride to that vastness As he believes the Earth is in his fathom This makes him quite forget his humble Being And can I hope that he that only fed With the imagin'd food of future Empire Disdains even those that gave him means and life To nourish such desires when he 's possess'd Of his ambitious ends which must fall on him Or your Predictions are false will ever Descend to look on me Del. Were his intents Perfidious as the Seas or Winds his heart Compos'd of falshood yet the benefit The greatness of the good he has from you For what I have confer'd is thine Drusilla Must make him firm and thankful But if all Remembrance of the debts he stands engag'd for Find a quick Grave in his Ingratitude My powerful Art that guides him to this height Shall make him curse the hour he e'r was rais'd Or sink him to the Centre Dru. I had rather Your Art could force him to return that ardour To me I bear to him or give me power To moderate my passions yet I know not I should repent your grant though you had sign'd it So well I find he 's worthy of all service But to believe that any check to him In his main hopes could yield content to me Were treason to true love that knows no pleasure The object that it dotes on ill affected Del. Pretty simplicity I love thee for 't And will not sit an idle looker on And see it cozen'd dry thy innocent eyes And cast off jealous fears yet promises Are but lip comfort and but fancy ought That 's possible in Nature or in Art That may advance thy comfort and be bold To tell thy Soul 't is thine therefore speak freely Dru. You new create me To conceal from you My virgin-fondness were to hide my sickness From my Physician O dear Aunt I languish For want of Diocles's sight he is the Sun That keeps my blood in a perpetual Spring But in his absence cold benumming Winter Seizes on all my faculties Would you bind me That am your Slave already in more fetters And in the place of service to adore you O bear me then but 't is impossible I fear to be effected where I may See how my Diocles breaks thorow his dangers And in what heaps his honours flow upon him That I may meet him in the height and pride Of all his glories and there as your gift Challenge him as mine own Del Enjoy thy wishes This is an easie Boon which at thy years I could have given to any but now grown Perfect in all the hidden mysteries Of that inimitable Art which makes us Equal even to the gods and Natures wonders It shall be done as fits my skill and glory To break thorow bolts and locks a Scholars prize For Thieves and Pick-locks to pass thorow an Army Cover'd with night or some disguise the practice Of poor and needy Spies No my Drusilla From Ceres I will force her winged Dragons And in the air hung over the Tribunal The Musick of the Spheres attending on us There as his good Star thou shalt shine upon him If he prove true and as his Angel guard him But if he dare be false I in a moment Will put that glorious light out with such horrour As if the eternal Night had seiz'd the Sun Or all things were return'd to the first Chaos And then appear like Furies Dru. I will do What e're you shall command Del. Rest then assur'd I am the Mistris of my Art and fear not Exeunt Soft Musick SCENE II. Enter Aper Camurius Guard a Litter covered Aper Your care of your sick Emperour fellow-souldiers In colours to the life doth shew your love And zealous duty O continue in it And though I know you long to see and hear him Impute it not to pride or Melancholy That keeps you from your wishes such State-vices Too too familiar with great Princes are Strangers to all the actions of the life Of good Numerianus Let your patience Be the Physitian to his wounded eyes Wounded with pious sorrow for his Father Which time and your strong Patience will recover Provided it prove constant 1 Guard If he counterfeit I will hereafter trust a prodigal heir When he weeps at his Fathers Funeral 2 Guard Or a young widow following a bed-rid husband After a three years groaning to the Fire 3 Guard Note his humility and with what soft murmurs He does enquire his pleasures 1 Guard And how soon He is instructed 2 Guard How he bows again too Aper All your commands dread Caesar I 'll impart To your most ready Souldier to obey them So take your rest in peace It is the pleasure Of mighty Caesar his thanks still remembred For your long patience which a donative Fitting his State to give shall quickly follow That you continue a strict Guard upon His sacred person and admit no stranger Of any other Legion to come near him You being most trusted by him I receive Your answer in your silence Now Camurius Speak without flattery Hath thy Aper acted This passion to the life Cam. I would applaud him Were he saluted Caesar but I fear These long protracted counsels will undo us And 't is beyond my reason he being dead You should conceal your self or hope it can Continue undiscover'd Aper That I have kill'd him Yet feed these ignorant fools with hopes he lives Has a main end in 't The Pannonian Cohorts That are my own and sure are not come up The German Legions waver and Charinus Brother to this dead dog hells plagues on Niger Is jealous of the murther and I hear Is marching up against me 'T is not safe Till I have power to justifie the Act To shew my self the authour be therefore careful For an hour or two till I have fully sounded How the Tribunes and Centurious stand affected That none come near the Litter If I find them Firm on my part I dare profess my self And then live Aper's equal Cam. Does not the body Begin to putrifie Aper That exacts my haste When but even now I feign'd obedience to it As I had some great business to impart The scent had almost choak'd me
our own quiet sake Ag. Come wait upon me And bear your selves like mine my friends and nobly Ex. Scaena Tertia Enter Theanor Crates and Erates bringing Merione Erat. This is her Brothers door Cra. There lay her down then Lay her along she is fast still Ser. As forgetfulness Cra. Be not you stirr'd now but away to your Mother Give all attendance let no stain appear Of fear or doubt in your face carry your self confidently The. But whither runs your drift now Cra. When she wakes Either what 's done will shew a meer dream to her And carry no more credit or say she find it Say she remember all the circumstances Twenty to one the shapes in which they were acted The horrors and the still affrights we shew'd her Rising in wilder figures to her memory Will run her mad and no man guess the reason If all these fail and that she rise up perfect And so collect her self believe this Sir Not knowing who it was that did this to her Nor having any power to ghess the thing done too Being the utter undoing of her honor If it be known and to the worlds eye publish'd Especially at this time when Fortune courts her She must and will conceal it nay forget it The woman is no Lucrece get you gone Sir And as you would have more of this sport fear not The. I am confirm'd farewel Cra. Farewel away Sir Disperse your selves and as you love his favour And that that crowns it Gold no tongues amongst ye You know your charge this way goes no suspicion Ex. Enter Agenor and Leonides with two Gent. Ag. You are stirring early Sir Leo. It was my duty To wait upon your Grace Ag. How fares your Sister My beauteous Mistriss what is she ready yet Leo. No doubt she 'll lose no time Sir young Maids in her way Tread upon thorns and think an hour an age Till the Priest has done his part that theirs may follow I saw her not since yesterday i' th' evening But Sir I am sure she is not slack believe me Your grace will find a loving soul Ag. A sweet one And so much joy I carry in the thought of it So great a happiness to know she is mine Believe me noble Brother that to express it Methinks a Tongue 's a poor thing can do nothing Imagination less who 's that that lies there Leo. Where Sir Ag. Before the door it looks like a woman Leo. This way I came abroad but then there was nothing One of the Maids o'rwatch'd belike Ag. It may be Leo. But methinks this is no fit place to sleep in 1 Gent. 'T is sure a woman Sir she has jewels on too She fears no foul play sure Leo. Bring a Torch hither Yet t' is not perfect day I should know those Garments Ag. How sound she sleeps Leo. I am sorry to see this Ag. Do you know her Leo. And you now I am sure Sir Ag. My Mistriss how comes this Enter Queen Theanor Beliza Euphanes Neanthes Attendants Leo. The Queen and her train Qu. You know my pleasure Euph. And will be most careful Qu. Be not long absent the suit you preferr'd Is granted Nea. This fellow mounts apace and will Towre o'r us like a Falcon. Qu. Good morrow to ye all why stand ye wondring Enter the house Sir and bring out your Mistriss You must observe our Ceremonies what 's the matter What 's that ye stand at How Merione Asleep i' th' street belike some sudden Palsie As she stept out last night upon devotion To take her farewel of her Virgin state The air being sharp and piercing struck her suddenly See if she breath Leo. A little Qu. Wake her then 'T is sure a fit Ag. She wakes her self Give room to her Qu. See how the spirits struggle to recover And strongly reinforce their strength for certain This was no natural sleep The. I am of your mind Madam Qu. No Son it cannot be The. Pray Heaven no trick in 't Good Soul she little merits such a mischief Qu. She is broad awake now and her sence cleers up 'T was sure a fit stand off Mer. The Queen my Love here And all my noble friends Why where am I How am I tranc'd and moap'd i'th'street Heaven bless Shame to my Sex o th' ground too O I remember Leo. How wild she looks Ag. Oh my cold heart how she trembles Mer. Oh I remember I remember Qu. What 's that Mer. My shame my shame my shame Oh I remember My never-dying shame The. Here has been villanie Qu. I fear so too Mer. You are no Furies are ye No horrid shapes sent to affright me Ag. No sweet We are your friends look up I am Agenor O my Merione that loves you dearly And come to marry ye Leo Sister what ail ye Speak out your griefs and boldly Ag. Something sticks here Will choak ye else Mer. I hope it will Qu. Be free Lady You have your loving friends about ye Ah. Dear Merione By the unspotted love I ever bore ye By thine own goodness Mer. Oh 't is gone 't is gone Sir I am now I know not what pray ye look not on me No name is left me nothing to inherit But that detested base and branded Ag. Speak it And how diseases of most danger Their causes once discover'd are easily cur'd My fair Merione Mer. I thank your love Sir When I was fair Merione unspotted Pure and unblasted in the bud you honour'd White as the heart of truth then Prince Agenor Even then I was not worthy of your favour Wretch that I am less worthy now of pitty Let no good thing come near me virtue flie me You that have honest noble names despise me For I am nothing now but a main pestilence Able to poison all Send those unto me That have forgot their names ruin'd their fortunes Despis'd their honours those that have been Virgins Ravish'd and wrong'd and yet dare live to tell it The. Now it appears too plain Mer. Send those sad people That hate the light and curse society Whose thoughts are Graves and from whose eyes continually Their melting souls drop out send those to me And when their sorrows are most excellent So full that one grief more cannot be added My Story like a torrent shall devour ' em Hark it must out but pray stand close together And let not all the world hear Leo. Speak it boldly Mer. And Royal Lady think but charitably Your Grace has known my breeding Qu. Prethee speak it Mer. Is there no stranger here send off your servants And yet it must be known I shake Ag. Sweet Mistriss Mer. I am abus'd basely abus'd do you ghess yet Come close I 'll tell ye plainer I am whor'd Ravish'd and robb'd of Honour Leo. Oh the Devil Ag. What hellish Slave was this The. A wretch a wretch A damned wretch do you know the Villain Lady Mer. No. The. Not by ghess Mer. Oh no. The. It must be known Qu.
death indeed Pen. It shall be sharp Sir Petill. Why Mithridates was an arrant asse To dye by poison if all Bosphorus Could lend him Swords your Sword must do the deed 'T is shame to dye choak'd fame to dye and bleed Pen. Thou hast confirmed me and my good Petillius Tell me no more I may live Petill. 'T was my Commission But now I see ye in a nobler way A way to make all even Pen. Fare-well Captain Be a good man and fight well be obedient Command thy self and then thy men Why shakest thou Petill. I do not Sir Pen. I would thou hadst Petillius I would find something to forsake the world with Worthy the man that dies a kind of earth-quake Through all stern valors but mine own Petill. I feel now A kind of trembling in me Pen. Keep it still As thou lov'st virtue keep it Petill. And brave Captain The graet and honoured Penyus Pen. That again O how it heightens me again Petillius Petill. Most excellent Commander Pen. Those were mine Mine only mine Petill. They are still Pen. Then to keep 'em For ever falling more have at ye heavens Ye everlasting powers I am yours The work 's done Kills himself That neither fire nor age nor melting envy Shall ever conquer Carry my last words To the great General kiss his hands and say My soul I give to heaven my fault to justice Which I have done upon my self my virtue If ever there was any in Poor Penyus Made more and happier light on him I faint And where there is a foe I wish him fortune I dye lye lightly on my ashes gentle earth Petill. And on my sin Farewell great Penyus Noise within The souldier is in fury Now I am glad 'T is done before he comes This way for me The way of toile for thee the way of honor Exit Enter Drusus and Regulus with Souldiers Sould. Kill him kill him kill him Dru. What will ye do Reg. Good soldiers honest soldiers Sould. Kill him kill him kill him Dru. Kill us first we command too Reg. Valiant Soldiers Consider but whose life ye seek O Drusus Bid him be gone he dies else Shall Rome say Ye most approved Souldiers her dear children Devoured the fathers of the fights shall rage And stubborn fury guide those swords to slaughter To slaughter of their own to civil ruine Dru. O let 'em in all 's done all 's ended Regulus Penyus has found his last eclipse Come Souldiers Come and behold your miseries come bravely Full of your mutinous and bloody angers And here bestow your darts O only Romane O father of the Wars Reg. Why stand ye stupid Where be your killing furies whose sword now Shall first be sheath'd in Penyus do ye weep Howl out ye wretches ye have cause howl ever Who shall now lead ye fortunate whose valor Preserve ye to the glory of your Countrey Who shall march out before ye coy'd and courted By all the Mistrisses of War care counsel Quick-ey'd experience and victory twin'd to him Who shall beget ye deeds beyond inheritance To speak your names and keep your honors living When children faill and time that takes all with him Build houses for ye to oblivion Dru. O ye poor desperate fools no more now souldiers Go home and hang your arms up let rust rot 'em And humble your stern valors to soft prayers For ye have sunk the frame of all your virtues The sun that warm'd your bloods is set for ever I 'll kiss thy honor'd cheek Farewell great Penyus Thou thunder-bolt farewell Take up the body To morrow morning to the Camp convey it There to receive due Ceremonies That eye That blinds himself with weeping gets most glory Exeunt with a dead march Scaena Quarta Enter Swetonius Junius Decius Demetrius Curius and Souldiers Bonduca two Daughters and Nennius above Drum and Colours Swet. Bring up the Catapults and shake the wall We will not be out out-brav'd thus Nen. Shake the earth Ye cannot shake our souls Bring up your Rams And with their armed heads make the Fort totter Ye do but rock us into death Exit Nennius Jun. See Sir See the Icenian Queen in all her glory From the strong battlements proudly appearing As if she meant to give us lashes Dec. Yeild Queen Bond. I am unacquainted with that language Roman Swet. Yield honour'd Lady and expect our mercy Exit Decius We love thy nobleness Bond. I thank ye ye say well But mercy and love are sins in Rome and hell Swet. Ye cannot scape our strength ye must yield Lady Ye must adore and fear the power of Rome â—ond If Rome be earthly why should any knee With bending adoration worship her She 's vitious and your partial selves confess Aspires the height of all impiety Therefore 't is fitter I should reverence The thatched houses where the Britains dwell In careless mirth where the blest houshold gods See nought but chast and simple purity 'T is not high power that makes a place divine Nor that the men from gods derive their line But sacred thoughts in holy bosoms stor'd Make people noble and the place ador'd Swet. Beat the wall deeper Bond. Beat it to the center We will not sink one thought Swet. I 'll make ye Bond. No. 2. Dau. O mother these are fearful hours speak gently Enter Petillius To these fierce men they will afford ye pitty Bond. Pitty thou fearful girl 't is for those wretches That misery makes tame Wouldst thou live less Wast not thou born a Princess Can my blood And thy brave fathers spirit suffer in thee So base a separation from thy self As mercy from these Tyrants Thou lov'st lust sure And long'st to prostitute thy youth and beauty To common slaves for bread Say they had mercy The divel a relenting conscience The lives of Kings rest in their Diadems Which to their bodies lively souls do give And ceasing to be Kings they cease to live Show such another fear and I 'll fling thee to their fury Swet. He is dead then Petill. I think so certainly yet all my means Sir Even to the hazzard of my life Swet. No more We must not seem to mourn here Enter Decius Dec. There 's a breach made Is it your will we charge Sir Swet. Once more mercy Mercy to all that yield Bond. I scorn to answer Speak to him girl and hear thy Sister 1. Dau. General Hear me and mark me well and look upon me Directly in my face my womans face Whose only beauty is the hate it bears ye See with thy narrowest eyes thy sharpest wishes Into my soul and see what there inhabits See if one fear one shadow of a terror One paleness dare appear but from my anger To lay hold on your mercies No ye fools Poor fortunes fools we were not born for triumphs To follow your gay sports and fill your slaves With hoots and acclamations Petill. Brave behaviour 1. Dau. The children of as great as Rome as noble Our names before
And loe upon that string thy teeth shall hang Prepare thy self for dead soon shalt thou be Rafe Saint George for me They fight Barba Gargantua for me Wife To him Rafe to him hold up the Giant set out thy leg before Rafe Cit. Falsifie a blow Rafe falsifie a blow the Giant lies open on the left side Wife Bear 't off bear 't off still there boy O Rafe's almost down Rafe's almost down Rafe Susan inspire me now have up again Wife Up up up up up so Rafe down with him down with him Rafe Cit. Fetch him over the hip boy Wife There boy kill kill kill kill kill Rafe Cit. No Rafe get all out of him first Rafe Presumptuous man see to what desperate end Thy treachery hath brought thee the just Gods Who never prosper those that do despise them For all the villanies which thou hast done To Knights and Ladies now have paid thee home By my stiff arm a Knight adventurous But say vile wretch before I send thy soul To sad Avernus whither it must go What captives holdst thou in thy sable cave Barba Go in and free them all thou hast the day Rafe Go Squire and Dwarf search in this dreadful cave And free the wretched prisoners from their bonds Exit Squire and Dwarf Barb. I crave for mercy as thou art a Knight And scornst to spill the blood of those that beg Rafe Thou shewest no mercy nor shalt thou have any Prepare thy self for thou shalt surely dye Enter Squire leading one winking with a Bason under his chin Squire Behold brave Knight here is one prisoner Whom this wild man hath used as you see Wife This is the wise word I hear the Squire speak Rafe Speak what thou art and how thou hast been us'd That I may give him condign punishment 1. Kni. I am a Knight that took my journey post Northward from London and in courteous wise This Gyant train'd me to his den Under pretence of killing of the itch And all my body with a powder strew'd That smarts and stings and cut away my beard And my curl'd locks wherein were Ribands ty'de And with a water washt my tender eyes Whilst up and down about me still he skipt Whose virtue is that till my eyes be wip't With a dry cloth for this my soul disgrace I shall not dare to look a dog i'th'face Wife Alass poor Knight relieve him Rafe relieve poor Knights whilst you live Rafe My trusty Squire convey him to the Town Where he may find relief adieu fair Knight Exit Knight Enter Dwarf leading one with a patch o'er his Nose Dwar. Puissant Knight of the burning Pestle height See here another wretch whom this soul beast Hath scorcht and scor'd in this inhumane wise Rafe Speak me thy name and eke thy place of birth And what hath been thy usage in this Cave 2. Knight I am a Knight Sir Pock-hole is my name And by my birth I am a Londoner Free by my Copy but my Ancestors Were Frenchmen all and riding hard this way Upon a trotting horse my bones did ake And I faint Knight to ease my weary limbes Light at this Cave when straight this furious fiend With sharpest instrument of purest steel Did cut the gristle of my Nose away And in the place this velvet plaster stands Relieve me gentle Knight out of his hands Wife Good Rafe relieve Sir Pockhole and send him away for in truth his breath stinks Rafe Convey him straight after the other Knight Sir Pockhole fare you well 3. Knight Kind Sir goodnight Exit Cryes within Man Deliver us Woman Deliver us Wife Harke George what a woful cry there is I think some woman lyes in there Man Deliver us Woman Deliver us Rafe What gastly noise is this speak Barbaroso Or by this blazing steel thy head goes off Barb. Prisoners of mine whom I in diet keep Send lower down into the Cave And in a Tub that 's heated smoaking hot There may they find them and deliver them Rafe Run Squire and Dwarf deliver them with speed Exeunt Squire and Dwarf Wife But will not Rafe kill this Giant surely I am afraid if he let him go he will do as much hurt as ever he did Citizen Not so Mouse neither if he could convert him Wife I George if he could convert him but a Gyant is not so soon converted as one of us ordinary people There 's a pretty tale of a Witch that had the Divels mark about lier God bless us that had a Gyant to her son that was call'd Lob-lie-by-the-fire didst never hear it George Enter Squire leading a man with a glass of Lotion in his hand and the Dwarf leading a woman with Dyet-bread and Drink Cit. Peace Nell here comes the prisoners Dwar. Here be these pined wretches manfull Knight That for this six weeks have not seen a wight Raph. Deliver what you are and how you came To this sad Cave and what your usage was Man I am an errant Knight that followed Arms With spear and shield and in my tnder years I strucken was with Cupids fiery shaft And fell in love with this my Lady dear And stole her from her friends in Turne-ball street And bore her up and down from Town to Town Where we did eat and drink and Musick here Till at the length at this unhappy Town We did arrive and coming to this Cave This beast us caught and put us in a Tub Where we this two months sweat and should have done Another Month if you had not relieved us Wom. This bread and water hath our dyet been Together with a rib cut from a neck Of burned Mutton hard hath been our fare Release us from this ugly Gyants snare Man This hath been half the food we have receiv'd But only twice a day for novelty He gave a spoonful of his hearty broth Pulls out a siringe To each of us through this same tender quill Raph. From this infernall Monster you shall go That useth Knights and gentle Ladies so Convey them hence Exeunt man and woman Cit. Cunny I can tell thee the Gentleman like Rafe Wife I George I see it well enough Gentlemen I thank you all heartily for gracing my man Ralph and I promise you you shall see him oftner Bar. Mercy great Knight I do recant my ill And henceforth never gentle blood will spill Raph. I give thee mercy but yet thou shalt swear Upon my burning Pestle to perform Thy promise utter'd Bar. I swear and kiss Raph. Depart then and amend Come Squire and Dwarf the Sun grows towards his set And we have many more adventures yet Exeunt Cit. Now Raph is in this humor I know he would ha beaten all the boys in the house if they had been set on him Wife I George but it is well as it is I warrant you the gentlemen do consider what it is to overthrow a Gyant but look George here comes Mistriss Merri-thought and her son Michael now you are welcome
in the behalf of this child Mer. Are you not wise to Merri-thought Mist mer. Yes truly would I had nere seen his eyes he has undone me and himself and his children and there he lives at home and sings and hoyts and revels among his drunken companions but I warrant you where to get a penny to put bread in his mouth he knows not And therefore if it like your Worship I would intreat your Letter to the honest Host of the Bell in Waltham that I may place my child under the protection of his Tapster in some setled course of life Mer I 'm glad the heavens have heard my prayers thy Husband When I was ripe in sorrows laught at me Thy son like an unthankful wretch I having Redeem'd him from his fall and made him mine To shew his love again first stole my daughter Then wrong'd this Gentleman and last of all Gave me that grief had almost brought me down Unto my grave had not a stronger hand Reliev'd my sorrows go and weep as I did And be unpittied for here I profess An everlasting hate to all thy name Mist mer. Will you so Sir how say you by that come Micke let him keep his wind to cool his Pottage we 'll go to thy Nurses Micke she knits silk stockings boy and we 'll knit too boy and be beholding to none of them all Exeunt Michael and Mother Enter a Boy with a Letter Boy Sir I take it you are the Master of this house Mer. How then boy Boy Then to your self Sir comes this Letter Mer. From whom my pretty boy Boy From him that was your servant but no more Shall that name ever be for he is dead Grief of your purchas'd anger broke his heart 〈◊〉 saw him dye and from his hand receiv'd This paper with a charge to bring it hither Read it and satisfie your self in all Merch. LETTER SIR that I have wronged your love I must confess in which I have purchast to my self besides mine own undoing the ill opinion of my friends let not your anger good Sir outlive me but suffer me to rest in peace with your forgiveness let my body if a dying man may so much prevail with you be brought to your daughter that she may know my hot flames are now buried and withall receive a testimony of the zeal I bore her vertue farewell for ever and be ever happy Jasper Gods hand is great in this I do forgive him Yet am I glad he 's quiet where I hope He will not bite again boy bring the body And let him have his will if that be all Boy 'T is here without Sir Mer. So Sir if you please You may conduct it in I do not fear it Hum. I 'll be your Usher boy for though I say it He ow'd me something once and well did pay it Exeunt Enter Luce alone Luce. If there be any punishment inflicted Upon the miserable more than yet I feell Let it together seize me and at once Press down my soul I cannot bear the pain Of these delaying tortures thou that art The end of all and the sweet rest of all Come come oh death bring me to thy peace And blot out all the memory I nourish Both of father and my cruel friend O wretch'd maid still living to be wretched To be a say to fortune in her changes And grow to number times and woes together How happy had I been if being born My grave had been my cradle Enter servant Ser. By your leave Young Mistris here 's a boy hath brought a Coffin What a would say I know not but your father Charg'd me to give you notice here they come Enter two bearing a Coffin Jasper in it Luce. For me I hope 't is come and 't is most welcome Boy Fair Mistriss let me not add greater grief To that great store you have already Jasper That whilst he liv'd was yours now dead And here inclos'd commanded me to bring His body hither and to crave a tear From those fair eyes though he deserve not pitty To deck his Funeral for so he bid me Tell her for whom he di'd Luce. He shall have many Exeunt Coffin-carrier and Boy Good friends depart a little whilst I take My leave of this dead man that once I lov'd Hold yet a little life and then I give thee To thy first heavenly being O my friend Hast thou deceiv'd me thus and got before me I shall not long be after but believe me Thou wert too cruel Jasper ' gainst thy self In punishing the fault I could have pardoned With so untimely death thou didst not wrong me But ever wer 't most kind most true most loving And I the most unkind most false most cruell Didst thou but ask a tear I 'll give thee all Even all my eyes can pour down all my sigh's And all my self before thou goest from me There are but sparing Rites But if thy soul Be yet about this place and can behold And see what I prepare to deck thee with It shall go up born on the wings of peace And satisfied first will I sing thy Dirge Then kiss thy pale lips and then dye my self And fill one Coffin and one grave together SONG Come you whose loves are dead And whilst I sing Weep and wring Every hand and every head Bind with Cipress and sad Ewe Ribbands black and Candles blue For him that was of men most true Come with heavy mourning And on his grave Let him have Sacrifice of sighs and groaning Let him have fair flowers enow White and purple green and yellow For him that was of men most true Thou fable cloth sad cover of my joys I lift thee up and thus I meet with death Jasp And thus you meet the living Luce. Save me Heaven Jasp Nay do not flye me fair I am no spirit Look better on me do you know me yet Luce. O thou dear shadow of my friend Jasp Dear substance I swear I am no shadow feel my hand It is the same it was I am your Jasper Your Jasper that 's yet living and yet loving Pardon my rash attempt my foolish proof I put in practice of your constancy For sooner should my sword have drunk my blood And set my soul at liberty than drawn The least drop from that body for which boldness Doom me to any thing if death I take it And willingly Luce. This death I 'll give you for it So now I am satisfied you are no spirit But my own truest truest truest friend Why do you come thus to me Jasp First to see you Then to convey you hence Luce. It cannot be For I am lockt up here and watcht at all hours That 't is impossible for me to scape Jasp Nothing more possible within this Coffin Do you convey your self let me alone I have the wits of twenty men about me Only I crave the shelter of your Closet A little and then fear me not creep in That they may
a dozen eggs down But then beware your wenches Host More than this too Host Worts worts and make 'em porridge pop 'em up wench But they shall pay for Cullyses Host All this is nothing They call for Kid and Partridge Host Well remembred Where 's the Faulconers half dog he left Host It stinks Sir Past all hope that way Host Run it o'r with Garlick And make a Roman dish on 't Host Pray ye be patient And get provision in these are fine gentlemen And liberal gentlemen they have unde quare No mangey Muleters nor pinching Posts That seed upon the parings of Musk-millions And Radishes as big and tough as Rafters Will ye be stirring in this business here 's your brother Mine old Host of Ossuna as wise as you are That is as knavish if ye put a trick Take heed he do not find it Host I 'll be wagging Host 'T is for your own commodity why wenches Anon forsooth within Hostess Who makes a fire there and who gets in water Let Oliver goe to the Justice and beseech his Worship We may have two spits going and do you hear Druce Let him invite his Worship and his Wives Worship To the left-Meat to morrow Enter Bayliff Bayl. Where 's this Kitchen Hostess Even at the next door Signior what old Don We meet but seldom Bayl. Prethee be patient Hostess And tell me where the meat is Host Faith Master Baylie How have ye done and how man Bayl. Good sweet Hostess What shall we have to dinner Hostess How does your woman And a fine Woman she is and a good Woman Lord how you bear your years Bayl. Is' t Veal or Mutton Beef Bacon Pork Kid Pheasant or all these And are they ready all Host The hours that have been Between us two the merry hours Lord Bayl. Hostess Dear Hostess do but hear I am hungry Hostess Ye are merrily dispos'd Sir Bayl. Monstrous hungry And hungry after much meat I have brought hither Right worshipful to pay the reckoning Money enough too with 'em desire enough To have the best meat and of that enough too Come to the point sweet wench and so I kiss thee Hostess Ye shall have any thing and instantly E'r you can lick your ears Sir Bayl. Portly meat Bearing substantial stuff and fit for hunger I do beseech ye Hostess first then some light garnish Two Pheasants in a dish if ye have Leverits Rather for way of ornament than appetite They may be look'd upon or Larks for Fish As there is no great need so I would not wish ye To serve above four dishes but those full ones Ye have no Cheese of Parma Hostess Very old Sir Bayl The less will serve us some ten pound Hostess Alas Sir We have not halfe these dainties Bayl Peace good Hostess And make us hope ye have Hostess Ye shall have all Sir Bay That may be got for money Enter Diego the Host and a Boy Host Diego Where 's your Master Bring me your Master Boy I must have liquor Fit for the Mermydons no dashing now child No conjurings by candle light I know all Strike me the oldest Sack a piece that carries Point blank to this place boy and batters Hostess I kiss thy hands through which many a round reckoning And things of moment have had motion Hostess Still mine old Brother Host Die Set thy Seller open For I must enter and advance my Colours I have brought three Dons indeed wench Dons with Duckets And those Dons must have dainty Wine pure Bacchus That bleeds the life blood what is your cure ended Bayl. We shall have Meat man Host Die Then we will have Wine man And Wine upon Wine cut and drawn with Wine Hostess Ye shall have all and more than all Bay All well then Host Die Away about your business you with her For old acquaintance sake to stay your stomach Exit Hostess and Bayliff And Boy be you my guide ad inferos For I will make a full descent in equipage Boy I 'll shew you rare Wine Host Die Stinging geer Boy Divine Sir Host Die O divine boy march march my child rare Wine boy Boy As any is in Spain Sir Host Die Old and strong too Oh my fine boy clear too Boy As Christal Sir and strong as truth Host Die Away boy I am enamor'd and I long for Dalliance Stay no where child not for thy fathers blessing I charge thee not to save thy Sisters honor Nor to close thy Dames eies were she a dying Till we arrive and for thy recompence I will remember thee in my Will Boy Ye have said Sir Exeunt Actus Tertius Scaena Prima Enter Philippo and 2 Host Phi. MIne Host is that Apparel got ye spoke of Ye shall have ready money 2 Host 'T is come in Sir he has it on Sir And I think 't will be fit and o' my credit 'T was never worn but once Sir and for necessity Pawn'd to the man I told ye of Phi. Pray bargain for it And I will be the pay-master 2 Host I will Sir Phi. And let our meat be ready when you please I mean as soon 2 Host It shall be presently Phi. How far stands Barcelona 2 Host But two Leagues off Sir You may be there by three a clock Phi. I am glad on 't Exeunt Scaena Secunda Enter Theodosia and Leocadia Theo. Signior Francisco why I draw you hither To this remote place marvel not for trust me My innocence yet never knew ill dealing And as ye have a noble temper start not Into offence at any thing my knowledge And for your special good would be inform'd of Nor think me vainly curious Leo. Worthy Sir The courtesies you and your noble Brother Even then when few men find the way to do 'em I mean in want so freely showr'd upon me So truly and so timely minister'd Must if I should suspect those minds that made 'em Either proclaim me an unworthy taker Or worse a base beleever Speak your mind Sir Freely and what you please I am your Servant The. Then my young Sir know since our first acquaintance Induc'd by circumstances that deceive not To clear some doubts I have nay blush not Signior I have beheld ye narrowly more blushes Sir ye give me so much light I find ye A thing confest already yet more blushes You would ill cover an offence might sink ye That cannot hide your self why do ye shake so I mean no trouble to ye this fair hand Was never made for hardness nor those eies Come do not hide 'em for rough objects harke ye Ye have betraid your self that sigh confirms me Another and a third too then I see These boys cloths do but pinch ye come be liberal Ye have found a friend that has found you disguise not That loaden soul that labors to be open Now you must weep I know it for I see Your eies down laden to the lids another Manifest token that my doubts are perfect Yet I have
shall be mine Pand. We have such a Mistriss here to teach us courage That cowards might learn from her Fer. You are slow Put on the rack Begin the Scene thou miserable fool For so I 'll make thee Jul 'T is not in thy reach I am happy in my sufferings thou most wretched Fer. So brave I 'll tame you yet pluck hard villains Is she insensible no sigh nor groan or is she dead Jul. No tyrant though I suffer More than a woman beyond flesh and blood 'T is in a cause so honourable that I scorn With any sign that may express a sorrow To shew I do repent Fer. Confess yet And thou shalt be safe Jul. 'T is wrapt up in my soul 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 chair in honor Of her invincible fortitude Ron. Will you not Dispatch the rest Fer. When I seem merciful Assure thy self Ronvere I am most cruel Thou wonder of thy Sex and of this Nation That hast chang'd my severity to mercy Not to thy self 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 denie I only ask one service Cam. Above hope Fer. There rides a Pyrate neer the Duke of Sesse My enemy and this Countreys that in bonds Holds my dear friend Ascanio free this friend Or bring the Pyrats head besides your pardon And honor of the action your reward Is forty thousand Ducates And because I know that Virolet is as bold as wise Be he your General as pledge of your faith That you will undertake it let this old man And this most constant Matron stay with me Of whom as of my self I will be careful 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 will proclaim King Ferrant merciful Exeunt Ron. The mysterie of this my Lord or are you Chang'd in your nature Fer. I 'll make thee private to it The lives of these weak men and desperate woman Would no way have secur'd me had I took them 'T is Virolet I aim at he has power And knows to hurt If they encounter Sesse And he prove conqueror I am assur'd They 'll find 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 'll make thee understand the drift of all So we stand sure thus much for those that fall Exeunt Actus Secundus Scaena Prima Enter Boateswain and Gunner Boats Lay here before the wind up with your 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 roar And curle their wanton heads Ho below there Ho ho within Lay her North-east and thrust her missen out The day grows fair and clear and the wind courts us Oh for a lusty sail now to give chase to Gun A stubborn Bark that wou'd but bear up to us And change a broadside bravely Boats Where 's the Duke Gun I have not seen him stir to day Boats Oh Gunner What bravery dwells in his age and what valour And to his friends what gentleness and bounty How long have we been inhabitants at Sea here Gun Some fourteen years Boats By fourteen lives I swear then This Element never nourisht such a Pirate So great so fearless and so fortunate So patient in his want in Act so valiant How many sail of well mann'd ships before us As the Bonuto does the flying Fish Have we pursued and scour'd that to outstrip us They have been fain to hang their very shirts on What Gallies have we bang'd and sunk and taken Whose only fraughts were fire and stern defiance And nothing spoke but Bullet in all these How like old Neptune have I seen our General Standing i' th' Poop and tossing his Steel Trident Commanding both the Sea and Winds to serve him Gun His Daughter too which is the honor Boatswain Of all her sex that Martial Maid Boats A brave wench Gun How oftentimes a fight being new begun Has she leap'd down and took my Linstock from me And crying now fly righ and fir'd all my chasers Then like the Image of the warlike Goddess Her Target brac'd upon her arm her sword drawn And anger in her eies leapt up again And bravely hall'd the Bark I have wondred Boatswain That in a body made so delicate So soft for sweet embraces so much fire And manly soul not starting at a danger Boats Her noble Father got her in his fury And so she proves a Soldier Gun This too I wonder at Taking so many strangers as he does He uses them with that respect and coolness Not making prize but only borrowing What may supply his want nor that for nothing But renders back what they may stand in need of And then parts lovingly Where if he take His Countreyman that should be nearest to him And stand most free from danger he sure pays for 't He drowns or hangs the men ransacks the Bark Then gives her up a Bonfire to his fortune Boats The wrongs he has receiv'd from that dull Countrey That 's all I know has purchas'd all his cruelty We fare the better cheerly cheerly boys The ship runs merrily my Captain 's melancholly And nothing cures that in him but a Sea-sight I hope to meet a sail-boy and a right one Gun That 's my hope too I am ready for the pastime Boats I' th' mean time let 's bestow a Song upon him To shake him from his dumps and bid good day to him Ho in the hold Enter a Boy Boy Here here Boats To th' Main top Boy And thou kenst a ship that dares defie us Here 's Gold Boy I am gone Exit Boy Boats Come sirs a quaint Levet Trump a Levet To waken our brave General Then to our labor Enter Duke of Sesse above and his daughter Martia like an Amazon Ses I thank you loving mates I thank you all There 's to prolong your mirth and good morrow to you Daugh. Take this from me you 're honest valiant friends And such we must make much of Not a sail stirring Gun Not any within ken yet Boats Without doubt Lady The wind standing so fair and full upon us We shall have sport anon But noble General Why are you still so sad you take our edge off You make us dull and spiritless Ses I 'll tell ye Because I will provoke you to be fortunate For when you know my
are a stranger and save your self 2 Cit. You wonder here at us as much we wonder To hear you speak so openly and boldly The Kings command being publisht to the contrary 'T is death here above two to talk together And that must be but common salutation neither Short and so part Boats How should a man buy mustard If he be forc'd to stay the making of it Within 1. Clear all the streets before the King 1 Cit. Get off Sir And shift as we must do Exeunt Citizens Ses I 'll see his glory Mast Stand fast now and like men Flourish Colours Enter Castruccio like the King in the midst of a Guard Villio Cast Begin the game Sir And pluck me down the Row Of houses there They hide the view o' th' hill and sink those Merchants Their ships are foul and stink Mast This is a sweet youth Cast All that are taken in assemblies Their houses and their wives their wealths are forfeit Their lives at your devotion Villains Knaves I 'll make you bow and shake I 'll make you kneel Rogues How brave 't is to b a King Gun Here 's fine tumbling Cast No man shall sit i' th' temple near another Boats Nor lie with his own wife Cast All upon pain Of present death forget to write Boats That 's excellent Carriers and Footposts will be arrant rebels Cast No character or stamp that may deliver This mans intention to that man i' th' Countrey Gun Nay an you cut off after my hearty commendatinos Your friend and Oliver No more Cast No man smile And wear face of mirth that fellows cunning And hides a double heart he 's your prize smoke him Enter Virolet Ronvero Ascanio and Martia passing over Ses What base abuse is this Ha 't is her face sure My prisoners with her too by heaven wild whore Now is my time Mast Do what you will Ses Stay hold yet My Countrey shall be serv'd first let her go We 'll have an hour for her to make her tremble Now shew our selves and bless you with your valours Guard Here 's a whole plump of Rogues Virolet and they off again Ses Now for your Countrey Cast Away with 'em and hang 'em shew no mercy I say no mercy Ses Be it so upon ' em Guard Treason treason treason Boats Cut the slaevs to giggets Gun Down with the Bul-beefs Ses Hold hold I command you look here Cast A miserable thing I am no King Sir Ses Sirrah your fools-face has preserv'd your life Wear no more Kings coats you have scap'd a scouring Boats I' st not the King Ses No 't is a prating Rascal The puppy makes him mirth Cast Yes Sir I am a puppy Boats I beseech you let me hang him I 'll do 't in my Belt straight Cast As you are honourable It is enough you may hang me Gun I 'll hang a squib at 's tail That shall blow both his buttocks like a petard Cast Do any thing But do not kill me Gentlemen Enter Citizen Boates Let 's flea him and have him flye blown Cit. Away and save your lives The King himself is coming on if you stay You are lost for ever let not so much nobleness Wilfully perish Sess How near 2. Cit. He 's here behind you Ex. Sess Boatsw Saylers Citizens Sess We thank 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 distur'd our rest Ronver. We shall hear 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 confess 't was somewhat more than 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 swinge Vil. You have been swing'd brother How these delights have tickled you you itch yet Will you walk out again in pomp Cast Good Fool. 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 H 'as grief enough in 's bones you shall to the Citadel And like my self command there use your pleasure But take heed to your person Vil. The more danger Still the more honor Brother Cast If I reign not then And like a King and thou shalt know it fool And thou shalt feel it fool Vil. Fools still are freemen I 'll sue for a protection till thy reign 's out Fer. The people have abus'd the liberty I late allow'd I now proclaim it straighter No men shall walk together nor salute For they that do 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 hour of joy I ask Ron. You shall have many Exeunt Flor. Cor. Pandulfo and Juliana led by two of the guard as not yet fully recovered 1. Guard You are now at liberty in your own house Lady And here our charge takes end Pand. 'T is now a Custom We must even wooe those men deserve worst of us And so we thank your labors there 's to drink For that and mischief are your occupations And to mean well to no man your 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. Do for I dote not on ye Jul. But where 's my Husband what should I do here Or what share have I in this joy call'd liberty Without his company Why did you flatter me And tell me he was return'd his service honor'd 1 Gard. He is so and stands high in the Kings favor His friends redeemed 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 girl Jul. Weak yet but full of comfort Pand. Sit down and take some rest Jul. My heart 's whole Father That joys and leaps to hear my Virolet My Dear 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 hear me heaven Jul. O Sir be sparing Pand. I 'll speak it tho I burst And tho the ayr had ears and serv'd the Tyrant Out it should go O here me thou great Justice The miseries that wait upon their mischiefs Let them be numberless and no eye pitty Them when their souls are loaden and in labour And wounded through and through with guilt and horror As mine is now with grief let men laugh at 'em Then
when their monstrous sins like earth-quakes 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 darkness Leave their blind souls to hunt out their own horrors Jul. Enough enough we must forget dear Father For then we are glorious formes of heaven and live When we can suffer and as soon forgive But where 's my Lord methinks I have seen this house And have been in 't before Pand. Thine own house jewel Jul. Mine without him or his without my company I think it cannot be it was not wont Father Pand. Some business with the King let it be good heaven Reteins him sure Enter Boy Jul. It must be good and noble For all men that he treats with tast of virtue His words and actions are his own and Honour 's Not brought nor compell'd from him Pand. Here 's the Boy He can confirm us more how sad the child looks Come hither Lucio how and where 's thy Master Jul. Speak gentle Boy Pand. Is he return'd in safety Jul. If not and that thou knowst is miserable Our hopes and happiness 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 Countrey entertain'd with honour Is here within the house Jul. Do not mock me Lucio But such a melancholly hangs on his mind And in his eyes inhabit such sad shadowes But what the cause is Pand. Go tell him we are here Boy There must be no cause now Jul. 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 speak Juliana And like the Sun that labors through a tempest How suddainly he will disperse his sadness Pand. Go I command thee instantly And charge him on his duty Jul. On his love Boy I would fain go to him Pand. Away away you are foolish Jul. Bear 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 Jul. No no he did not I warrant you he did not could you think His love had less than wings had he but seen me His strong affection any thing but sire 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 honor 't was in this man Misdoubt him not Pand. I know he 's truely noble But why this sadness when the general 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 happiness He stays and thinks we may be too unmannerly Pray give him leave they stand off Pand. I do not like this sadness Vir. O hard condition of my misery Unheard of plagues when to behold that woman That chast and virtuous woman that preserv'd me That pious wife wedded to my afflictions Must be more terrible than all my dangers O fortune thou hast rob'd me of my making The noble building of a man demolisht And flung me headlong on a sin so base Man and mankind contemn even beasts abhor it A sin more dull than drink a shame beyond it So foul and far from faith I dare not name it But it will cry it self out loud ingratitude Your blessing Sir Pand. You have it in abundance So is our joy to see you safe Vir. My Dear one Jul. H 'as not forgot me yet O take me to you Sir Vir. Must this be added to increase my misery That she must weep for joy and loose that goodness My Juliana even the best of women Of wives the perfectest let me speak this And with a modesty declare thy vertues Chaster than Chrystal on the Scythian Clifts The more the proud winds Court the more the purer Sweeter in thy obedience than a Sacrifice And in thy mind a Saint that even yet living Producest miracles and women daily With crooked and lame souls creep to thy goodness Which having toucht at they become examples The fortitude of all their sex is Fable Compar'd to thine and they that fill'd up glory And admiration in the age behind us Out of their celebrated urns are started To stare upon the greatness of thy spirit Wondring what new Martyr heaven has begot To fill the times with truth and ease their stories Being all these and excellent in beauty For noble things dwell in the noblest buildings Thou hast undone thy husband made him wretched A miserable man my Juliana Thou hast made thy Virolet. Jul. Now goodness keep me Oh! my dear Lord. Pand. She wrong you what 's the meaning Weep not but speak I charge you on obedience Your Father charges you she make you miserable That you your self confess Vir. I do that kils me And far less I have spoke her than her merit Jul. It is some sin of weakness or of Ignorance For sure my Will Vir. No 't is a sin of excellence Forgive me heaven that I prophane thy blessings Sit still I 'll shew you all Exit Virolet. Pand. What means this madness For sure there is no tast of right man in it Grieves he our liberty our preservation Or has the greatness of the deed he has done Made him forget for whom and how he did it And looking down upon us scorn the benefit Well Virolet if thou beest proud or treacherous Jul. He cannot Sir he cannot he will shew us And with that reason ground his words Enter Virolet Martia Ronvere Pand. He comes What Masque is this what admirable beauty Pray heaven his heart be true Jul. A goodly woman Vir. Tell me my dear and tell me without flattery As you are nobly honest speak the truth What think you of this Lady Jul. She is most excellent Vir. Might not this beauty tell me it 's a sweet one Without more setting off as now it is Thanking no greater Mistress than meer nature Stagger a constant heart Pand. She is full of wonder I But yet yet Virolet. Vir. Pray by your leave Sir Jul. She would amaze Vir. O! would she so I thank you Say to this beauty she have all additions Wealth noble birth Pand. O hold there Vir. All virtues A mind as full of candor as the truth is I and a loving Lady Jul. She must needs I am bound in conscience to confess deserve much Vir. Nay say beyond all these she be so pious That even on slaves condemn'd she showre her benefits And melt their stubborn Bolts with her soft pitty What think you then Pand. For such a noble office At these years I should dote
that are slain now might have liv'd to have got children that might have curs'd their fathers Jul. Oh my posterity is ruin'd Bust Oh sweet Antonio Jul. Oh dear Antonio Bust Yet it was nobly done of both parts When he and Lisauro met Jul. Oh death Has parted ' em Bust Welcome my mortal foe says one Welcome my deadly enemy says th' other off go their doublets they in their shirts and their swords stark naked here lies Antonio here lies Lisauro he comes upon him with an Embroccado that he puts by with a puncta reversa Lisauro recoils me two paces and some six inches back takes his carrere and then on Jul. Oh. Bust Runs Antonio quite thorow Jul. Oh villain Bust Quite thorow between the arm and the body so yet he had no hurt at that bout Jul. Goodness be praised Bust But then at next encounter he fetches me up Lisauro Lisauro makes out a long at him which he thinking to be a Passado Antonio's foot slipping down oh down Jul. O now thou art lost Bust Oh but the quality of the thing both Gentlemen both Spanish Christians yet one man to shed Jul. Say his enemies blood Bust His hair may come by divers casualties though he never go into the field with his foe but a man to lose nine ounces and two drams of blood at one wound thirteen and a scruple at another and to live till he dye in cold blood yet the Surgeon that cur'd him said if Pia-mater had not been perish'd he had been a lives man till this day Jul. There he concludes he is gone Bust But all this is nothing now I come to the point Jul. I the point that 's deadly the antient blow Over the buckler ne'r went half so deep Bust Yet pitty bids me keep in my charity for me to pull an old mans ears from his head with telling of a Tale oh fowle Tale No be silent Tale. Farthermore there is the charge of Buriall every one will cry Blacks Blacks that had but the least finger dipt in his blood though ten degrees remov'd when 't was done Moreover the Surgeon that made an end of him will be paid Sugar-plums and sweet breads yet I say the man may recover again and dye in his bed Jul. What motley stuff is this Sirrha speak truth What hath befallen my dear Antonio Restrain your pitty in concealing it Tell me the danger full take off your care Of my receiving it kill me that way I 'll forgive my death what thou keepst back from truth Thou shalt speak in pain do not look to find A limb in his right place a bone unbroke Nor so much flesh unbroil'd of all that mountain As a worm might sup on dispatch or be dispatch'd Bust Alass Sir I know nothing but that Antonio is a man of Gods making to this hour 't is not two since I left him so Jul. Where didst thou leave him Bust In the same clothes he had on when he went from you Jul. Does he live Bust I saw him drink Jul. Is he not wounded Bust He may have a cut i'th'leg by this time for Don â—artin and he were at whole slashes Jul. Met he not with Lisauro Bust I do not know her Jul. Her Lisauro is a man as he is Bust I saw ne'er a man like him Jul. Didst thou not discourse a fight betwixt Ant. and Lis Bust I to my self I hope a man may give himself the lye if it please him Jul. Didst thou lye then Bust As sure as you live now Jul. I live the happier by it when will he return Bust That he sent me to tell you within these ten days at farthest Jul. Ten days he 's not wont to be absent two Bust Nor I think he will not he said he would be at home to morrow but I love to speak within my compass Jul. You shall speak within mine Sir now Within there Enter Servants Take this fellow into custody keep him safe I charge you Bust Safe do you hear take notice what plight you find me in if there want but a collop or a steak o' me look to 't Jul. If my Nephew return not in his health to morrow Thou goest to th'Rack Bust Let me go to th'manger first I had rather eat oats than hay Exeunt Enter Bellides with a Letter Bel. By your leave Sir Jul. For ought I know yet you are welcome Sir Bel. Read that and tell me so or if thy spectacles be not easie Keep thy nose unsadl'd and ope thine ears I can speak thee the contents I made 'em 'T is a challenge a fair one I 'll maintain 't I scorn to hire my Second to deliver 't I bring 't my self Dost know me Julio Jul. Bellides Bel. Yes is not thy hair on end now Jul. Somewhat amaz'd at thy rash hardiness How durst thou come so near thine enemy Bel. Durst I dare come nearer thou' rt a fool Julio Jul. Take it home to thee with a knave to boot Bel. Knave to thy teeth again and all that 's quit Give me not a fool more than I give thee Or if thou dost look to hear on 't again Jul. What an encounter 's this Bel. A noble one My hand is to my words thou hast it there There I do challenge thee if thou dar'st be Good friends with me or I 'll proclaim thee coward Jul. Be friends with thee Bel. I 'll shew thee reasons for 't A pair of old Coxcombs now we go together Such as should stand examples of discretion The rules of Grammar to unwilling youth To take out lessons by we that should check And quench the raging fire in others bloods We strike the battel to destruction Read 'em the black art and make 'em believe It is divinity Heathens are we not Speak thy conscience how hast thou slept this month Since this Fiend haunted us Jul. Sure some Good Angel Was with us both last night speak thou truth now Was it not last nights motion Bel. Dost not think I would not lay hold of it at first proffer Should I n'er sleep again Jul. Take not all from me I 'll tell the doctrine of my vision Say that Lisauro best of thy blood Or any one the least allyed to thee Should be the prey unto Lisauro's sword Or any of the house of Bellides Bel. Mine was the just inversion on on Jul. How would thine eyes have emptied thee in sorrow And left the Conduit of nature drie Thy hands have turn'd rebellious to the balls And broke the glasses with thine own curses Have torn thy soul left thee a Statue To propagate thy next posterity Bel. Yes and thou causer so it said to me They fight but your mischiefs the young men were friends As is the life and blood coagulate And curded in one body but this is yours An inheritance that you have gather'd for 'em A Legacie of blood to kill each other Throughout your Generations Was 't not so Jul. Word for word Bel. Nay I
travel Enter Rowland Livia Byancha and Tranio Petro. What have we here Row Another Morris Sir That you must pipe too Tra. A poor married couple Desire an offering Sir Bya. Never frown at it You cannot mend it now there 's your own hand And yours Moroso to confirm the bargain Petron. My hand Mor. Or mine Bya. You 'll find it so Petro. A trick By a trick Bya. Yes Sir we trickt ye Liv. Father Petro. Hast thou lain with him speak Liv. Yes truly Sir Petro. And hast thou done the deed boy Row I have Sir That that will serve the turn I think Petru. A match then I 'll be the maker up of this Moroso There 's now no remedy you see be willing Mor be or be not he must have the wench Mor. Since I am over-reach'd let 's into dinner And if I can I 'll drink 't away Tra. That 's well said Petro. Well sirrah you have plaid a trick look to 't And let me be a Grandsire within 's twelve-month Or by this hand I 'll curtail half your fortunes Row There shall not want my labour Sir your money Here 's one has undertaken Tra. Well I 'll trust her And glad I have so good a pawn Row I 'll watch ye Petru. Let 's in and drink of all hands and be jovial I have my Colt again and now she carries And Gentlemen whoever marries next Let him be sure he keep him to his Text. Exeunt EPILOGUE THe Tamer 's tam'd but so as nor the men Can find one just cause to complain of when They fitly do consider in their lives They should not reign as Tyrants o'er their wives Nor can the Women from this president Insult or triumph it being aptly meant To teach both Sexes due equality And as they stand bound to love mutually If this effect arising from a cause Well laid and grounded may deserve applause We something more than hope our honest ends Will keep the Men and Women too our friends THE ISLAND PRINCESS A Tragi-Comedy The Persons represented in the Play King of Sidore an Island Suitors to the Princess Quisara King of Bakam King of Siana Governor of Terna an Issand An ill man Ruy Dias a Captain of Portugal also suitor to the Prin. Piniero Nephew to Ruy Dias a merry Captain Soldiers and Friends to Piniero Christophero Pedro Armusia a noble daring Portugueze in love with the Princess companions to Armusia and his valiant followers Soza Emanuel Keeper Moors Guard Captain Citizens Townsmen Women Quisara the Island Princess Sister to the King of Sidore Quisaâ—a Aunt to the Princess Panura Waiting-woman to the Princess Quisara Citizens wives The Scene India The Principal Actors were John Lowin John Vnderwood William Eglestone Rich. Sharpe Joseph Tailor Robert Benfield George Birch Tho. Polard Actus Primus Scaena Prima A Bell Rings Enter Pymero Christophero and Pedro. Pymero. OPen the Ports and see the Watch reliev'd And let the guards be careful of their business Their vigilant eyes fixt on these Islanders They are false and desperate people when they find The least occasion open to encouragement Cruel and crafty souls believe me Gentlemen Their late attempt which is too fresh amongst us In which against all arms and honesty The Governor of Ternata made surprize Of our Confederate the King of Tidore As for his recreation he was rowing Between both Lands bids us be wise and circumspect Chr. It was a mischief suddenly imagin'd And as soon done that Governor 's a fierce knave Unfaithful as he is fierce too there 's no-trusting But I wonder much how such poor and base pleasures As tugging at an Oar or skill in Steerage Should become Princes Py. Base breedings love base pleasure They take as much delight in a Baratto A little scurvy boat to row her tightly And have the Art to turn and wind her nimbly Think it as noble too though it be slavish And a dull labour that declines a Gentleman As we Portugals or the Spaniards do in riding In managing a great horse which is princely The French in Courtship or the dancing English In carrying a fair presence Ped. He was strangely taken But where no faith is there 's no trust he has paid for 't His Sister yet the fair and great Quisara Has shew'd a noble mind and much love in 't To her afflicted brother and the nobler still it appears And seasons of more tenderness because his ruin stiles her absolute And his imprisonment adds to her profit Feeling all this which makes all men admire her The warm beams of this fortune that fall on her Yet has she made divers and noble Treaties And propositions for her brothers freedom If wealth or honor Py. Peace peace you are fool'd Sir Things of these natures have strange outsides Pedro And cunning shadows set'em far from us Draw 'em but near they are gross and they abuse us They that observe her close shall find her nature Which I doubt mainly will not prove so excellent She is a Princess and she must be fair That 's the prerogative of being Royal Let her want eyes and nose she must be beauteous And she must know it too and the use of it And people must believe it they are damn'd else Why all our neighbor Princes are mad for her Chr. Is she not fair then Py. But her hopes are fairer And there 's a haughty Master the King of Bakan That lofty Sir that speaks far more and louder In his own commendations than a Cannon He is strucken dumb with her Ped. Beshrew me she is a sweet one Py. And there 's that hopeful man of Syana That sprightly fellow he that 's wise and temperate He is a Lover too Chr. Wou'd I were worth her looking For by my life I hold her a compleat one The very Sun I think affects her sweetness And dares not as he does to all else dye it Into his tauny Livery Py. She dares not see him But keeps her self at distance from his kisses And her complexion in a Case let him but like it A week or two or three she would look like a Lion But the main sport on 't is or rather wonder The Governor of Ternata her mortal enemy He that has catcht her brother King is struck too And is arriv'd under safe conduct also And hostages of worth delivered for him And he brought a Letter from his prisoner Whether compell'd or willingly delivered From the poor King or what else dare be in 't Chr. So it be honourable any thing 't is all one For I dare think she 'll do the best Py. 'T is certain He has admittance and sollicites hourly Now if he have the trick Ped. What trick Py. The true one To take her too if he be but skill'd in Bat-fowling And lime his bush right Chr. I 'll be hang'd when that hits For 't is not a compell'd or forc'd affection That must take her I guess her stout and virtuous But where 's your Uncle Sir our
shall see him Attempting your brave Sister privately Mark but his high behaviour then King I will Father Gov. And with scorn I fear contempt too King I hope not Gov. I will not name a lust It may be that also A little force must be applyed upon him Now now applyed a little force to humble him These sweet intreaties do but make him wanton King Take heed ye wrong him not Gov. Take heed to your safety I but forewarn ye King if you mistrust me Or think I come un-sent King No I 'll go with you Exeunt Enter Armusia Quisara Arm. Madam you see there 's nothing I can reach at Either in my obedience or my service That may deserve your love or win a liking But a poor thought but I pursue it seriously Take pleasure in your Will even in your anger Which other men would grudge at and grow stormy I study new humility to please ye And take a kind of joy in my afflictions Because they come from ye I love my sorrows Pray Madam but consider Quisar Yes I do Sir And to that honest end I drew ye hither I know ye have deserv'd as much as man can And know it is a justice to requite you I know ye love Arm. If ever love was mortal And dwelt in man and for that love command me So strong I find it and so true here Lady Something of such a greatness to allow me Those things I have done already may seem foyls too 'T is equity that man aspires to heaven Should win it by his worth and not sleep to it Enter Governor and King Gov. Now stand close King and hear and as you find him Believe me right or let Religion suffer Quisar I dare believe your worth without additions But since you are so liberal of your love Sir And wou'd be farther tried I do intend it Because you shall not or you wou'd not win me At such an easie rate Arm. I am prepared still And if I shrink Quisar I know ye are no coward This is the utmost trial of your constancy And if you stand fast now I am yours your wife Sir You hold there 's nothing dear that may atchieve me Doubted or dangerous Arm. There 's nothing nothing Let me but know that I may straight flie to it Quisar I 'll tell you then change your Religion And be of one belief with me Arm. How Quisar Mark Worship our Gods renounce that faith ye are bred in 'T is easily done I 'll teach ye suddenly And humbly on your knees Arm. Ha I 'll be hang'd first Quisar Offer as we do Arm. To the devil Lady Offer to him I hate I know the devil To dogs and cats you make offer to them To every bird that flies and every worm How terribly I shake Is this the venture The trial that you talk'd of where have I been And how forgot my self how lost my memory When did I pray or look up stedfastly Had any goodness in my heart to guide me That I should give this vantage to mine enemy The enemy to my peace forsake my faith Quisar Come come I know ye love me Arm. Love ye this way This most destroying way sure you but jest Lady Quisar My Love and Life are one way Arm. Love alone then and mine another way I 'll love diseases first Doat on a villain that would cut my throat Wooe all afflictions of all sorts kiss cruelty Have mercy heaven how have I been wand'ring Wand'ring the way of Lust and left my Maker How have I slept like Cork upon a water And had no feeling of the storm that tost me Trode the blind paths of death forsook assurance Eternity of blessedness for a woman For a young handsome face hazard my Being Quisar Are not our powers eternal so their comforts As great and full of hopes as yours Arm. They are puppets Gov. Now mark him Sir and but observe him nearly Ar. Their comforts like themselves cold sensless outsides You make 'em sick as we are peevish mad Subject to age and how can they cure us That are not able to refine themselves Quis The Sun and Moon we worship those are heavenly And their bright influences we believe Arm. Away fool I adore the Maker of that Sun and Moon That gives those bodies light and influence That pointed out their paths and taught their motions They are not so great as we they are our servants Plac'd there to teach us time to give us knowledge Of when and how the swellings of the main are And their returns agen they are but our Stewards To make the earth fat with their influence That she may bring forth her increase and feed us â—â—l I fall from this faith to please a woman For her embraces bring my soul to ruin I look'd you should have said make me a Christian Work that great cure for 't is a great one woman That labor truly to perform that venture The crown of all great trial and the fairest I look'd ye should have wept and kneel'd to beg it Washt off your mist of ignorance with waters Pure and repentant from those eyes I look'd You should have brought me your chief god ye worship He that you offer humane bloud and life to And make a sacrifice of him to memory Beat down his Altars ruin'd his false Temples Gov. Now you may see Quisar Take heed you goe too far Sir And yet I love to hear him I must have ye And to that end I let you storm a little I know there must be some strife in your bosom To cool and quiet ye e'r you can come back I know old friends cannot part suddainly There will be some lett still yet I must have ye Have ye of my faith too and so enjoy ye Arm. Now I contemn ye and I hate my self For looking on that face lasciviously And it looks ugly now me thinks Quisar How Portugal Arm. It looks like death it self to which 't wou'd lead me Your eyes resemble pale dispair they fright me And in their rounds a thousand horrid ruins Methinks I see and in your tongue hear fearfully The hideous murmurs of weak souls have suffer'd Get from me I despise ye and know woman That for all this trap you have laid to catch my life in To catch my immortal life I hate and curse ye Contemn your Deities spurn at their powers And where I meet your Mahumet gods I 'll swing 'em Thus o'r my head and kick 'em into puddles Nay I will out of vengeance search your Temples And with those hearts that serve my God demolish Your shambles of wild worships Gov. Now now you hear Sir Arm. I will have my faith since you are so crafty The glorious cross although I love your brother Let him frown too I will have my devotion And let your whole State storm King Enter and take him I am sorry friend that I am forc'd to do this Gov. Be sure you bind him fast Quisar But
Is he not Duke indeed see how he looks As if his spirit were a last or two Above his veins and stretcht his noble hide Long. Hee 's high-brac't like a Drum pray God he break not Bew. Why let him break there 's but a Calves-skin lost Long. May it please your Grace to see the City 'T will be to the minds and much contentment Of the doubtful people Du. I am determin'd so till my return I leave my honour'd Dutchess to her chamber Be careful of your health I pray you be so Ser. Your Grace shall suffer us your humble servants To give attendance fit so great a person Upon your body Du. I am pleased so Long. Away good Bewford raise a guard sufficient To keep him from the reach of Tongues be quick And do you hear remember how the streets Must be dispos'd with for cries and salutations Your Grace determines not to see the King Du. Not yet I shall be ready ten dayes hence To kiss his Highness hand and give him thanks As it is fit I should for his great bounty Set forward Gentlemen Groom Room for the Duke there Exeunt Duke and Train Wife 'T is fit he should have room to shew his mightiness He swells so with his poyson 'T is better to reclaim ye thus than make A sheeps-head of you It had been but your due But I have mercy Sir and mean to reclaim you By a directer course That Woman is not worthy of a Soul That has the sovereign power to rule her husband And gives her title up so long provided As there be fair play and his state not wrong'd Enter Shattillion Shat I would be glad to know whence this new Duke springs The people buz abroad or by what title He receiv'd his dignity 't is very strange There should be such close jugling in the State But I am ty'd to silence yet a day May come and soon to perfect all these doubts Wife It is the mad Shattillion by my Soul I suffer much for this poor Gentleman I 'll speak to him may be he yet knows me Monsieur Shattilion Shat. Can you give me reason from whence This great Duke sprang that walks abroad Wife Even from the King himself Shat. As you are a Woman I think you may be cover'd Yet your prayer would do no harm good Woman Wife God preserve him Enter Shattillions Love Shat. I say Amen and so say all good Subjects Love Lady as ever you have lov'd or shall As you have hope of heaven lend your hand And wit to draw this poor distracted man Under your roofe from the broad eyes of people And wonder of the streets Wife With all my heart My feeling of his grief and loss is much Love Sir now you are come so near the prison will ye Goe in and visit your fair Love poor soul She would be glad to see you Shat. This same Duke is but Apocryphal there 's no creation That can stand where titles are not right Lov. 'T is true Sir Shat. This is another draught upon my life Let me examine well the words I spake The words I spake were that this novel Duke Is not o' th' true making 't is to me most certain Wife You are as right Sir as you went by line Shat. And to the grief of many thousands more Wife If there be any such God comfort them Shat. Whose mouths may open when the time shall please I 'm betray'd commend me to the King And tell him I am sound and crave but justice You shall not need to have your guard upon me Which I am sure are plac'd for my attachment Lead on I 'm obedient to my bonds Lov. Good Sir be not displeased with us We are but servants to his Highness will To make that good Shat. I do forgive you even with my heart Shall I entreat a favor Wife Any thing Shat. To see my love before that fatal stroak And publish to the world my christian death And true obedience to the Crown of France Lov. I hope it shall not need Sir for there is mercy As well as Justice in his Royal heart Exeunt Enter three Gentlemen 1 Gent. Every man take his corner here am I You there and you in that place so be perfect Have a great care your cries be loud and faces Full of dejected fear and humbleness He comes Enter Jaques Ja. Fye how these streets are charg'd and swell'd With these same rascally people give more room Or I shall have occasion to distribute A martial almes amongst you as I am a Gentleman I have not seen such rude disorder They follow him like a prize there 's no true gaper Like to your Citizen he will be sure The Beares shall not pass by his door in peace But he and all his family will follow Room there afore Sound Enter Duke and his company Ja. Give room and keep your places And you may see enough keep your places Long. These people are too far unmanner'd thus To stop your Graces way with multitudes Du. Rebuke them not good Monsieur 't is their loves Which I will answer if it please my stars To spare me life and health 2 Gen. Bless your Grace Du. And you with all my heart 1 Gen. Now heaven preserve your happy dayes Du. I thank you too 3. Gen. Now Heaven save your Grace Du. I thank you all Bew. On there before Du. Stand Gentlemen stay yet a while For I am minded to impart my love To these good people and my friends Whose love and prayers for my greatness Are equal in abundance note me well And with my words my heart for as the Tree Long. Your Grace had best beware 't will be inform'd Your greatness with the people Duke I had more My honest and ingenious people But The weight of business hath prevented me I am call'd from you but this tree I spake of Shall bring forth fruit I hope to your content And so I share my bowels amongst you all Omnes A noble Duke a very noble Duke Enter a Gentleman Ser. Afore there Gentlemen Gen. You 'r faithfully met good Monsieur Mount Marine Ser. Be advis'd the time is alter'd Gen. Is he not the same man he was afore Duke Still the same man to you Sir Long. You have received mighty Grace be thankful Gen. Let me not dye in ignorance Long. You shall not Then know the King out of his love hath pleas'd To stile him Duke of Burgundy Gen. O great Duke Thus low I plead for pardon and desire To be enrol'd amongst your poorest slaves Du. Sir you have mercy and withal my hand From henceforth let me call you one of mine Ser. Make room afore there and dismiss the people Du. Every Man to his house in peace and quiet Peop. Now heaven preserve the Duke heaven bless the Duke Exeunt Omnes Enter Wife Wife This Letter came this morn from my Cosin To the great Lady high and mighty Duchess Of burgundy be these delivered Oh
her Lis I presume She always speaks the language of her heart And I can be ambitious for no more Happiness on earth than she encourages Me to expect Cas It was an act becoming The wisdom of her Father to engage A tye between our Families and she Hath play'd her best discretion to allow it But we lose time in conference wait on her And be what thou wert born for King of Epire I must away Exit Lis Success ever attend you Is not the Queen yet coming forth Lisa Your servant You may command our duties This is the Court Star Philocles Phi. The Star that we must sail by Lisa All must borrow A light from him the young Queen directs all Her favours that way Phi. He 's a noble Gentleman And worthy of his expectations Too good to be the son of such a Father Lisa Peace remember he is Lord Protector Phil. We have more need of Heavens Protection I' th' mean time I wonder the old King Did in his life design him for the office Lisa He might expect his faith I have heard when The King Who was no Epirote advanc'd His claim Cassander our Protector now Young then oppos'd him toughly with his faction But forc'd to yield had fair conditions And was declar'd by the whole State next heir If the King wanted issue our hopes only Thriv'd in this daughter Phi. Whom but for her smiles And hope of marriage with Lisimachus His Father by some cunning had remov'd E'r this Lisa Take heed the Arras may have ears I should not weep much if his grace would hence Remove to Heaven Phi. I prethee what should he do there Lisa Some Offices will fall Phi. And the Skie too e'r I get one stair higher While he 's in place Enter Antigonus Ant. Lisander Philocles How looks the day upon us where 's the Queen Phi. In her bed-chamber Ant. Who was with her Lisa None but the young Lord Lisimachus Ant. 'T is no treason If a man wish himself a Courtier Of such a possibility he has The mounting fate Phi. I would his Father were â—ounted to th' gallows Ant. He has a path fair enough â—f he survive by title of his Father Lisa The Queen will hasten his ascent Phi. Would I were Queen Ant. Thou wou'dst become rarely the petticoat What wou'dst thou do Phi. Why I wou'd marry My Gentleman usher and trust all the strength And burden of my State upon his legs Rather than be call'd wife by any son Of such a Father Lisa Come let 's leave this subject We may find more secure discourse when saw You young Arcadius Lord Macarius's Nephew Ant. There 's a spark a youth moulded for a Favourite The Queen might do him honor Phi. Favourite 't is too cheap a name there were a match Now for her Virgin blood Lisa Must every man That has a handsome face or leg feed such Ambition I confess I honor him He has a nimble soul and gives great hope To be no woman-hater dances handsomly Can court a Lady powerfully but more goes To th' making of a Prince he 's here And 's Uncle Enter Arcadius Macarius Seleucus Sel. Save you Gentlemen who can direct me To find my Lord Protector Lisa He was here Within this half hour young Lisimachus His Son is with the Queen Sel. There let him compliment I have other business ha Arcadius Exit Phi. Observ'd you with what eyes Arcadius And he saluted their two families Will hardly reconcile Ant. Seleucus carries Himself too roughly with what pride and scorn He past by ' em Lisa Th' other with less shew Of anger carries pride enough in 's soul I wish 'em all at peace Macarius looks Are without civil war a good old man The old King lov'd him well Seleucus Father Was as dear to him and maintain'd the character Of an honest Lord through Epire that two men So lov'd of others should be so unwelcome To one another Arc. The Queen was not wont to send for me Mac. The reason 's to her self It will become your duty to attend her Arc. Save you Gentlemen what novelty Does the Court breathe to day Lisa None Sir the news That took the last impression is that you Purpose to leave the Kingdom and those men That honor you take no delight to hear it Arc. I have ambition to see the difference Of Courts and this may spare the delights At home do surfet and the Mistriss whom We all do serve is fixt upon one object Her beams are too much pointed but no Countrey Shall make me lose your memories Enter Queen Lisimachus Macarius Charilla Qu. Arcadius Mac. Your Lordship honor'd me I have no blessing in his absence Lis 'T is done like a pious Uncle Qu. We must not Give any licence Arc. If your Majesty Would please Qu. We are not pleas'd it had become your duty To have first acquainted us e'r you declar'd Your resolution publick is our Court Not worth your stay Arc. I humbly beg your pardon Qu. Where 's Lysimachus Lis Your humble servant Madam Qu. We shall find Employment at home for you do not lose us Arc. Madam I then write my self blest on earth When I may do you service Qu. We would be private Macarius Mac. Madam you have blest me Nothing but your command could interpose to Stay him Qu. Lisimachus You must not leave us Lisa Nothing but Lisimachus has she not Ta'en a philter Qu. Nay pray be cover'd Ceremony from you Must be excus'd Lisi It will become my duty Qu. Not your love I know you would not have me look upon Your person as a Courtier not as Favorite That Title were too narrow to express How we esteem you Lis The least of all These names from you Madam is grace enough Qu. Yet here you wou'd not rest Lis Not if you please To say there is a happiness beyond And teach my ambition how to make it mine Although the honors you already have Let fall upon your servant exceed all My merit I have a heart is studious To reach it with desert and make it possible Your savor's mine by justice with your pardon Qu. We are confident this needs no pardon Sir But a reward to cherish your opinion And that you may keep warm your passion Know we resolve for marriage and if I had another gift beside my self Greater in that you should discern how much My heart is fixt Lis Let me digest my blessing Qu. But I cannot resolve when this shall be Lis How Madam do not make me dream of Heaven And wake me into misery if your purpose Be to immortalize your humble servant Your power on earth's divine Princes are here The copies of Eternity and create When they but will our happiness Qu. I shall Believe you mock me in this argument I have no power Lis How no power Qu. Not as a Queen Lis I understand you not Qu. I must obey your Father 's my Protector Lis How Qu. When I am
absolute Lisimachus Our power and Titles meet before we are but A shadow and to give you that were nothing Lis Excellent Queen My love took no original from State Or the desire of other greatness Above what my birth may challenge modestly I love your virtues mercenary souls Are taken with advancement you 've an Empire Within you better than the worlds to that Looks my ambition Qu. T'other is not Sir To be despis'd Cosmography allows Epire a place i' th' Map and know till I Possess what I was born to and alone Do grasp the Kingdoms Scepter I account My self divided he that marries me Shall take an obsolute Queen to his warm bosom My temples yet are naked until then Our Loves can be but compliments and wishes Yet very hearty ones Lis I apprehend Qu. Your Father Enter Cassander and Seleucus Cas Madam a Gentleman has an humble suit Qu. 'T is in your power to grant you are Protector I am not yet a Queen Cas How 's this Lis I shall expound her meaning Qu. Why kneel you Sir Sel. Madam to reconcile two families That may unite both Counsels and their blood To serve your Crown Qu. Macarius and Eubulus That beare inveterate malice to each other It grew as I have heard upon the question Which some of either family had made Which of their Fathers was the best Commander If we believe our stories they have both Deserved well of our state and yet this quarrel Has cost too many lives a severe faction Sel But I 'll propound a way to plant a quiet And peace in both our houses which are torn With their dissentions and lose the glory Of their great names my blood speaks my relation To Eubulus and I wish my veins were emptied To appease their war Qu. Thou hast a noble soul This is a charity above thy youth And it flows bravely from thee name the way Sel. In such a desperate cause a little stream Of blood might purge the foulness of their hearts If you 'll prevent a deluge Qu. Be particular Sel. Let but your Majesty consent that two May with their personal valour undertake The honor of their family and determine Their difference Qu. This rather will inlarge Their hate and be a means to call more blood Into the stream Sel. Not if both families Agree and swear Qu. And who shall be the Champions Sel. I beg the honor for Eubulus cause To be ingag'd if any for Macarius Worthy to wager heart with mine accept it I am confident Arcadius For honor would direct me to his sword Will not deny to stake against my life His own if you vouchsafe us priviledge Qu. You are the expectation and top boughs Of both your houses it would seem injustice To allow a civil war to cut you off And your selves the instruments besides You appear a soldier Arcadius Hath no acquaintance yet with rugged war More fit to drill a Lady than expose His body to such dangers a small wound I' th' head may spoil the method of his hair Whose curiosity exacts more time Than his devotion and who knows but he May lose his ribond by it in his lock Dear as his Saint with whom he would exchange His head for her gay colours then his band May he disorder'd and transform'd from Lace To Cutwork his rich cloaths be discomplexioned With bloud beside the infashionable slashes And at the next Festival take Physick Or put on black and mourn for his slain breeches His hands cas'd up in gloves all night and sweet Pâ—â—atum the next day may be endangerd'd To blisters with a sword how can he stand Upon his guard who hath Fidlers in his head To which his feet must ever be a dancing Beside a falsify may spoil his cringe Or making of a leg in which consists Much of his Court-perfection Sel. Is this Character Bestow'd on him Qu. It something may concern the Gentleman Whom if you please to challenge To Dance play on the Lute or Sing Sel. Some Ketch Qu. He shall not want those will maintain him For any sum Sel. You are my Sovereign I dare not think yet I must speak somewhat I shall burst else I have no skill in Jiggs Nor Tumbling Qu. How Sir Sel. Nor was I born a Minstrel and in this you have So infinitely disgrac'd Arcadius But that I have heard another Character And with your royal Licence do believe it I should not think him worth my killing Qu. Your killing Sel. Does she not jeer me I shall talk treason presently I find it At my tongues end already this is an Affront I 'll leave her Qu. Come back do you know Arcadius Sel. I ha' chang'd but little breath with him our persons Admit no familiarity we were Born to live both at distance yet I ha' seen him Fight and fight bravely Qu. When the spirit of Wine Made his brain valiant he fought bravely Sel. Although he be my enemy should any Of the gay flies that buzze about the Court Sit to catch trouts i' th' summer tell me so â— durst in any presence but your own Qu. What Sel. Tell him he were not honest Qu. I see Selecus thou art resolute And I but wrong'd Arcadius your first Request is granted you shall fight and he That conquers be rewarded to confirm First place and honor to his Family Is it not this you plead for Sel. You are gracious Qu. Lisimachus Lis Madam Cas She has granted then Sel. With much ado Cas I wish thy sword may open His wanton veins Macarius is too popular And has taught him to insinuate Qu. It shall But haste the confirmation of our loves And ripen the delights of marriage Seleucus Exit cum Sel. Lis As I guest It cannot be too soon Cas To morrow then we crown her and invest My Son with Majesty 't is to my wishes â—eget a race of Princes my Lisimachus Lis First let us marry Sir Cas Thy brow was made To wear a golden circle I 'm transported Thou shalt rule her and I will govern thee Lis Although you be my Father that will not Concern my obedience as I take it Enter Philocles Lisander and Antigonus Gentlemen Prepare your selves for a solemnity Will turn the Kingdom into triumph Epire Look fresh to morrow 't will become your duties In all your glory to attend the Queen At her Coronation she is pleased to make The next day happy in our Calendar My office doth expire and my old blood Renews with thought on 't Phi. How 's this Ant. Crown'd to morrow Lisa And he so joyful to resign his Regency There 's some trick in 't I do not like these hasty Proceedings and whirls of state they have commonâ— As strange and violent effects well heaven save the Queen Phi. Heaven save the Queen say I and send her a sprightly Bed-fellow for the Protector let him pray for Himself he is like to have no benefit of my devotion Cas But this doth quicken my old heart Lisimachus
did blush to ask thy love Pol. Give me your pardon Sir Arcadius At our last meeting without argument To move him more than his affection to me Vow'd he did love me love me above all Women And to confirm his heart was truely mine He wish'd I tremble to remember it When he forsook his Polidora's love That Heaven might kill his happiness on Earth Was not this nobly said did not this promise A truth to shame the Turtles Dem. And his heart Iâ— still the same and I thy constant Lover Pol. Give me your leave I pray I would not say Arcadius was perjur'd but the same day Forgetting all his promises and oathes While yet they hung upon his lips forsook me D' ee not remember this too gave his faith From me transported with the noise of greatness And would be married to a Kingdom Dem. But Heaven permitted not I should dispose What was ordain'd for thee Pol. It was not virtue In â—im for sure he found no check no sting In his own bosome but gave freely all The reines to blind ambition Dem. I am wounded The thought of thee i th' throng of all my joyes Like poyson powr'd in Nectar turnes me frantick Dear if Arcadius have made a fault Let not Demetrius be punish'd for 't He pleads that ever will be constant to thee Pol. Shall I believe Mans flatteries agen Lose my sweet rest and peace of thought agen Be drawn by you from the streight paths of virtue Into the maze of Love Dem. I see compassion in thy eye that chides me If I have either soul but what 's contain'd Within these words or if one syllable Of their full force be not made good by me May all relenting thoughts in you take end And thy disdain be doubled from thy pardon I 'll count my Coronation and that hour Fix with a rubrick in my Calendar As an auspicious time to entertain Affairs of weight with Princes think who now Intreats thy mercy come thou sha't be kind And divide Titles with me Pol. Hear me Sir I lov'd you once for virtue and have not A thought so much unguarded as to be won From my truth and innocence with any Motives of state to affect you Your bright temptation mourns while it stayes here Nor can the triumph of glory which made you Forget me so court my opinion back Were you no King I should be sooner drawn Again to love you but 't is now too late A low obedience shall become me best May all the joyes I want Still wait on you if time hereafter tell you That sorrow for your fault hath struck me dead May one soft tear drop from your eye in pitty Bedew my hearse and I shall sleep securely I have but one word more for goodness sake For your own honor Sir correct your passion To her you shall love next and I forgive you Exit Dem. Her heart is frozen up nor can warm prayers Thaw it to any softness Phi. I 'll fetch her Sir again Dem. Perswade her not Phi. You give your passion too much leave to triumph Seek in another what she denies Enter Macarius Mac. Where 's the King oh Sir you are undone A dangerous treason is a foot Dem. What Treason Mac. Cassander and Eubulus have proclaim'd Another King whom they pretend to be Leonatus your elder Brother he that was But this morning prisoner in the Castle Dem. Ha Mac. The easie Epirotes Gather in multitudes to advance his Title They have seised upon the Court secure your person Whilst we raise power to curbe this Insurrection Ant. Lose no time then Dem. We will not Arme one Man Speak it agen have I a brother living And must be no King Mac. What means your Grace Dem. This newes doth speak me happy it exalts My heart and makes me capable of more Than twenty Kingdoms Phi. Will you not Sir stand Upon your guard Dem. I 'll stand upon my honor Mercy relieves me Lisa Will you lose the Kingdom Dem. The World 's too poor to bribe me leave Me all lest you extenuate my fame and I Be thought to have redeem'd it by your counsel You shall not share one sâ—ruple in the honor Titles may set a gloss upon our Name But Virtue onely is the soul of Fame Mac. He 's strangely possest Gentlemen Exeunt Omnes Actus Quintus Scaena Prima Enter Philocles and Lisander Phi. HEre 's a strange turne Lisander Lisa 'T is a Kingdom Easily purchas'd who will trust the faith Of multitudes Phi. It was his fault that would So tamely give his Title to their Mercy The new King has possession Lisa And is like To keep 't we are alone what dost think of This innovation Is' t not a fine Jigge A precious cunning in the late Protector To shuffle a new Prince into the state Phi. I know not how they have shuffled but my head on 't A false card is turn'd up trump but fates look to 't Enter Cassander and Eubulus Eub. Does he not carry it bravely Cas Excellently Philocles Lisander Phi. Lis Your Lordships servants Are we not bound to heaven for multiplying These blessings on the Kingdom Phi. Heaven alone Works miracles my Lord. Lisa I think your Lordship Had as little hope once to see these Princes Revive Phi. Here we must place our thanks Next providence for preserving So dear a pledge Enter Leonatus attended Eub. The King Leo. It is our pleasure The number of our guard be doubled give A Largess to the Soldiers but dismiss not The Troops till we command Cas May it please Leo. It will not please us otherwise my Lord We have try'd your faith Eub. Does he not speak with confidence Leo. My Lords and Gentlemen to whose faith we must Oâ—e next to Heaven our fortune and our safety After a tedious eclipse the day â— bright and we invested in those honors Our bloud and birth did challenge Cas May no time â—e registred in our annals that shall mention â—â—e that had life to oppose your sacred person Leo. Let them whose Titles forg'd and flaw'd suspect Their states security our right to Epire â—eaven is oblig'd to prosper treason has â—o face so black to fright it all my cares â—evel to this that I may worthily â—anage the province and advance the honor â—f our dear Countrey and be confident â— an expence of bloud may give addition â—f any happiness to you I shall â—ffer my heart the sacrifice and rejoyce â—o make my self a ghost to have inscrib'd â—pon my marble but whose cause I died for Eub. May Heaven avert such danger Cas Excellent Prince â— whom we see the Copy of his Father â—one but the Son of Theodosius â—ould have spoke thus Leo. We are pleas'd to interpret well â—et give me leave to say in my own justice â— have but exprest the promptness of my soul â—o serve you all but 't is not empty wishes â—an satisfie our mighty charge a weight â—ould make an Atlas double a Kings
complexions Betray effeminate minds and love of change Two beauties in a bed compound few men He 's not so fair to counterfeit a woman Nor yet so black but blushes may betray His modesty Sop. His proportion exceeds not Pol. That praises him and a well compacted frame Speaks temper and sweet flow of elements Vast buildings are more oft for shew than use I would not have my eyes put to the travel Of many acres e'r I could examine A man from head to foot he has no great But he may boast an elegant composition Sop. I 'll hear no more you have so far out-done My injuries to you that I call back My penitence and must tell Polidora This revenge ill becomes her Am I thought So lost in soul to hear and forgive this In what shade do I live or shall I think I have not at the lowest enough merit Setting aside my birth to poize with yours Forgive my modest thoughts if I rise up In my own defence and tell this unjust Lady So great a winter hath not frozen yet My cheek but there 's something nature planted That carries as much bloom and spring upon 't As yours What flame is in your eye but may Find competition here forgive agen My Virgin honor what is in your lip To tice the enamour'd soul to dwell with more Ambition than the yet unwither'd blush That speaks the innocence of mine Enter Demetrius Oh brother Dem. I 'll talk with you anon my Polidora Allow thy patience till my breath recover Which now comes laden with the richest news Thy ear was ever blest with Sop. Both your looks And voice express some welcome accident Dem. Guess what in wish could make me fortunate And heaven hath dropt that on Demetrius Sop. What means this extasie Dem. 'T were sin to busie Thy thoughts upon 't I 'll tell thee that I could Retein some part 't is too wide a joy To be exprest so soon and yet it falls In a few syllables thou wot scarce believe me I am no King Sop. How 's that Pol. Good Heaven forbid Dem. Forbid Heaven has reliev'd me with a mercy I knew not how to ask I have they say An elder brother living crown'd already I only keep my name Demetrius Without desire of more addition Than to return thy servant Pol. You amaze me Can you rejoyce to be deposed Dem. It but Translates me to a fairer and better Kingdom In Polidora Pol. Me Dem. Did you not say Were I no King you could be drawn to love Me agen that was consented to in Heaven A Kingdom first betraid my ambitious soul To forget thee that and the flattering glories How willingly Demetrius does resign The Angels know thus naked without Titles â— throw me on thy charity and shall Boast greater Empire to be thine agen than To wear the triumphs of the world upon me Enter Macarius Mac. Be not so careless of your self the people Gather in multitudes to your protection Offering their lives and fortunes if they may But see you Sir and hear you speak to 'em Accept their duties and in time prevent â—our ruin Sop. Be not desperate 't is counsel Dem. You trouble me with noise speak Polidora Pol. For your own sake preserve your self My fears distract my reason Enter Antigonus Ant. Lord Lisimachus With something that concerns your safety is â—led hither and desires a present hearing Mac. His soul is honest be not Sir a mad man â—nd for a Lady give up all our freedoms Exit Pol. I 'll say any thing here Lisimachus Sop. Dear brother hear him Enter Lisimachus Lis Sir I come to yield My self your prisoner if my father have â—ais'd an Impostor to supplant your Title Which I suspect and inwardly do bleed for â— shall not only by the tender of My self declare my innocence but either â—y my unworthy life secure your person Or by what death you shall impose reward The unexpected Treason Sop. Brave young man Did you not hear him Brother Lis I am not minded Pol. Be witness Madam I resign my heart â— never was anothers you declare â—oo great a satisfaction I hope This will destroy your jealousie Remember now your danger Dem. I despise it What fate dares injure me Lis Yet hear me Sir Sop. Forgive me Polidora you are happy My hopes are remov'd farther I had thought Lisimachus had meant you for his Mistriss 'T is misery to feed and not know where To place my jealousie Enter Macarius Mac. Now 't is too late You may be deafe until the Cannon make You find your sense we are shut up now by A troop of Horse thank your self Pol. They will Admit conditions Sop. And allow us quarter A shout within Pol. We are all lost Dem. Be comforted Enter Antigonus Ant. News my Lord Cassander sent by the new King To bear us company Dem. Not as prisoner Ant. It does appear no otherwise the soldiers Declare how much they love him by their noise Of scorn and joy to see him so rewarded Dem. It cannot be Ant. You 'll find it presently He curses the new King talks treason ' gainst him As nimble as he were in 's shirt he 's here Enter Cassander Cas Oh let me beg untill my knees take root I'th'earth Sir can you pardon me Dem. For what Cas For Treason desperate most malicious Treason I have undone you Sir Dem. It does appear You had a Will Cas I 'll make you all the recompence I can But e'r you kill me hear me know the man Whom I to serve my unjust ends advanc'd To your throne is an impostor a mere counterfeit Eubulus ' Son Etxi Anti Dem. It is not then our brother Cas An insolent usurper proud and bloudy Seleucus is no leprosie upon me There is not punishment enough in nature To quit my horrid act I have not in My stock of blood to satisfie with weeping Nor could my soul though melted to a flood Within me gush out tears to wash my stain off Dem. How an Impostor what will become on 's now We are at his mercy Cas Sir the peoples hearts Will come to their own dwelling when they see I dare accuse my self and suffer for it Have courage then young King thy fate cannot Be long compell'd Dem. Rise our misfortune Carries this good although it lose our hopes It makes you friend with virtue we 'll expect What providence will do Cas You are too merciful Lis Our duties shall beg heaven still to preserve you Enter Antigonus Ant. Our enemy desires some parley Sir Lis 'T is not amiss to hear their proposition Pol. I 'll wait upon you Dem. Thou art my Angel and canst best instruct me Boldly present our selves you 'll with Cassander Cas And in death be blest To find our charity Exit Sop. Lisimachus Lis Madam Sop. They will not miss your presence the small time Is spent in asking of a question Lis I wait your pleasure Sop. Sir I have a suit to you Lis To me
born quarrelling Mast Pray Sir Tib. I will not leave 'em skins to cover 'em Do ye grumble when ye are well ye rogues Mast Noble Du-pont Tib. Ye have cloaths now and ye prate Amin. Pray Gentlemen for my sake be at peace Let it become me to make all friends Fran. You have stopt our angers Lady Alb. This shews noble Tib. 'T is well 't is very well there 's half a Bisket Break 't amongst ye all and thank my bounty This is Cloaths and Plate too come no more quarrelling Amin. But ha what things are these Are they humane creatures Enter Sebastian and Nicusa Tib. I have heard of Sea-Calves Alb. They are no shadows sure they have Legs and Arms. Tib. They hang but lightly on though Amint. How they look are they mens faces Tib. They have horse-tails growing to ' em Goodly long manes 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 Wardrobes Look ye Franvile here are a couple of Courtiers Amint. They kneel alas poor souls Alb. What are ye speak are ye alive Or wandring sâ—adows that find no peace on earth Till ye reveal some hidden secret Sebast We are men as you are Only our miseries make us seem monsters If ever pitty dwelt in noble hearts Alb. We understand 'em too pray mark'em t Gentlemen Sebast Or that heaven is pleas'd with human echarity 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 blessed name bound to relieve us Convey us from this Island Alb. Speak 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 perpetual weepings These many years in this most wretched Island We two have liv'd the scorn and game of fortune Bless your selves from it Noble Gentlemen The greatest plagues that humane nature suffers Are seated here wildness and wants innumerable Alb. How came ye hither Nicus In a ship as you do and you might have been Had not Heaven preserv'd ye for some more noble use Wrackt 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 Autumn to make full the reapers hands The earth obdurate to the tears of heaven Le ts nothing shoot but poison'd weeds No Rivers nor no pleasant Groves no Beasts All that were made for man's use slie this desart No airy Fowl dares make his flight over it It is so ominous Serpents and ugly things the shames of nature Roots of malignant tasts foul standing waters Sometimes we find 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 aboard Alb. D' ye know no farther Nicu. Yes we have sometimes seen the shadow of a place inhabited And heard the noise of hunters And have attempted ro find it to far as a River Deep slow and dangerous fenced with high Rocks We have gone but not able to atchieve that hazard Return to our old miseries If this sad story may deserve your pities Alb. Ye shall aboard with us we will relieve your miseries Sebast Nor will we be unthankful for this benefit No Gentlemen we 'll pay for our deliverance Look ye that plough the Seas for wealth and pleasures That out-run day and night with your ambitions Look on those heaps they seem hard ragged quarries Remove 'em and view 'em fully Mast Oh heaven they are Gold and Jewels Sebast Be not too hasty here lies another heap Moril. 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 we 'll maintain 't ho fellow Sailors La-m. Stand all to your freedoms I 'll 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 'll do 't All that will share with us assist us Tib. Captain let 's set in Alb. This money will undo us undo us all Sebast This Gold was the overthrow of my happiness I had command too when I landed here And lead young high and noble spirits under me This cursed Gold enticing 'em they set upon their Captain On me that own'd this wealth and this poor Gentleman Gave us no few wounds forc'd us from our own And then their civil swords who should be owners And who Lords over all turn'd against their own lives First their rage consum'd the Ship That poor part of the Ship that scap'd the first wrack Next their lives by heaps Oh be you wise and careful La-m. We 'll ha'more sirrah come shew it Fran. Or ten times worse afflictions than thou speak'st of Alb. Nay and ye will be dogs Beats 'em out Tib. Let me come Captain This Golden age must have an Iron ending Have at the bunch He beats 'em off Exit Amint. Oh Albert Oh Gentlemen Oh Friends Exit Sebast Come noble Nephew if we stay here we dye Here rides their Ship yet all are gone to th' spoil Let 's make a quick use Nicus Away dear Uncle Sebast This Gold was our overthrow Exit Nicus It may now be our happiness Enter Tibalt and the rest Tib. You shall have Gold yes I 'll cram it int'ye You shall be your own carvers yes I 'll carve ye Morill. I am sore I pray hear reason Tib. I 'll hear none Covetous base minds have no reason I am hurt my self but whilst I have a leg left I will so haunt your gilded souls how d' ye Captain Ye bleed apace curse on the causers on 't Ye do not faint Alb. No no I am not so happy Tib. D' ye howl nay ye deserve it â—â—se greedy rogues come shall we make an end of 'em Alb. They are our Countrey-men for heavens sake spare ' em Alas they are hurt enough and they relent now Aminta above Aminta Oh Captain Captain Alb. Whose voice is that Tib. The Ladies Amint. Look Captain look ye are undone poor Captain We are all undone all all we are all miserable â—ad wilful men ye are undone your Ship your Ship Alb. What of her Amint. She 's under sail and floating See where she flies see to your shames you wretches These poor starv'd things that shew'd you Gold La-m. and Franvile goes up to see the Ship 1 Sail. They have cut the Cables And got her out the Tide too has befriended ' em Mast
it Alber. I 'll not bandy words but thus dissolve the contract Bap. There I meet thee and seize on what 's mine own Alber. For all my service Great Sir grant me the combat with this wretch That I may scourge his insolence Bap. I kneel for it Cesar And to approve my self Alberto's Son I 'll be his second upon any odds ' Gainst him that dare most of Baptista's race Menti. Already upon honourable terms In me thou hast met thy better for her sake I 'll add no more Alber. Sir let our swords decide it Maria. Oh stay Sir and as you would hold the Title Of a just Prince e'r you grant licence to These mad-mens fury lend your private ear To the most distress'd of Women Duke Speak 't is granted He takes Mariana aside Clar. In the meantime let not Clarissa be A patient looker on though as yet doubtful To whom to bend her knee first yet to all I stoop thus low in duty and would wash The dust of fury with my Virgin tears From his bless'd feet and make them beautiful That would move to conditions of peace Though with a snail-like pace they all are wing'd To bear you to destruction reverend Sirs Think on your antient friendship cemented With so much bloud but shed in noble action Divided now in passion for a brawl The Makers blush to own much lov'd Cesario Brother or friend each Title may prevail Remember with what tenderness from our childhood We lov'd together you preferring me Before your self and I so fond of you That it begot suspition in ill minds That our affection was incestuous Think of that happy time in which I know That with your dearest bloud you had prevented This shower of tears from me Mentivole My Husband registred in that bright star-chamber Though now on earth made strangers be the example And offer in one hand the peaceful Olive Of concord or if that can be denied By powerful intercession in the other Carry the Hermian rod and force attonement Now we will not be all marble Death 's the worst then And he shall be my Bridegroom Offers to kill her self Ment. Hold Clarissa his loving violence needs must Offer in spite of honor He snatches away her knife and sets it to his own breast she staies his hand Duke Was it to that end then on your Religion Mar. And my hope in Heaven Sir Duke We then will leave intreaties and make use Of our authority must I cry ai-me To this unheard of insolence in my presence To draw your swords and as all reverence That 's due to Majesty were forfeited Cherish this wildeness sheath them instantly And shew an alteration in your looks or by my power Alber. Cut off my head Bap. And mine rather than hear of peace with this bad man I 'll not alone give up my throat but suffer Your rage to reach my family Enter Prospero Juliana Biancha Alb. And my name to be no more remembred Duke What are these Ces Biancha 't is Biancha still Biancha but strangely alter'd Bapt. If that thirteen years Of absence could raze from my memory The figure of my friend I might forget thee But if thy Image be graven on my heart Thou art my Prospero Pros Thou my Baptista Duke A suddain change Bap. I dare not ask dear friend If Juliana live for that 's a blessing I am unworthy of but yet denie not To let me know the place she hath made happy By having there her Sepulchre Pros If your Highness please to vouchsafe a patient Ear we shall make a true relation of a story That shall call on your wonder Duke Speak we hear you Pros Baptista's fortune in the Genoua Court His banishment with his fair Wife's restraint You are acquainted with what since hath follow'd I faithfully will deliver E'r eight Moons After Baptista's absence were compleat Fair Juliana found the pleasures that They had injoy'd together were not barren And blushing at the burthen of her womb No father near to own it it drew on A violent sickness which call'd down compassion From the angry Duke then careful of her health Physitians were enquir'd of and their judgment Prescrib'd the Baths of Luca as a means For her recovery to my charge it pleas'd her To be committed but as on the way We journey'd those throws only known to Women Came thick upon her in a private Village Bap. She died Pros Have patience she brought to the world A hopeful Daughter for her bodies sickness It soon decay'd but the grief of her mind Hourly increas'd and life grew tedious to her And desperate e'er to see you she injoyn'd me To place her in a Greekish Monastery And to my care gave up her pretty Daughter Bapt. What Monastery as a Pilgrim bare-foot I 'll search it out Pros Pray you interrupt me not Now to my fortunes the girl well dispos'd of With a faithful friend of mine my cruel fate Made me a prisoner to the Turkish Gallies Where for 12 years these hands tugg'd at the Oar But fortune tyr'd at length with my afflictions Some Ships of Maltha met the Ottoman Fleet Charg'd them and boarded them and gave me freedom With my deliverers I serv'd and got Such reputation with the great Master That he gave me command over a tall And lusty ship where my first happy service Was to redeem Alberto rumour'd dead But was like me surpriz'd by Cortugogly Alber. I would I had died there Pros And from him learning Baptista liv'd and their dissolv'd friendship I hois'd up sails for Greece found Juliana A votary at her Beads having made known Both that you liv'd and where you were she borrow'd So much from her devotion as to wish me To bring her to you if the object please you With joy receive her Bapt. Rage and fury leave me Throws away his sword I am so full of happiness there 's no room left To entertain you oh my long lost Jewel Light of mine eyes my souls strength Julia. My best Lord having embrac'd you thus Death cannot fright me Bapt. Live long to do so though I should six here Pardon me Prospero though I enquire my daughters fortune Pros That your happiness May be at all parts perfect here she is Ces Biancha daughter to a Princess Pros True with my faithful Host I left her And with him till now she hath resided Ignorant both of her birth and greatness Bap. Oh my blest one Joy upon joy o'erwhelms me Duke Above wonder Alb. I do begin to melt too this strange story Works much upon me Duke Since it hath pleas'd heaven To grace us with this miracle I that am Heavens instrument here determine thus Alberto Be not unthankful for the blessings shown you Nor you Baptista discord was yet never A welcome sacrifice therefore rage laid by Embrace as friends and let pass'd difference Be as a dream forgotten Bap. 'T is to me Alber. And me and thus confirm it Duke And to tye it In bonds
be with us Most royall Brother Hippol. Sir by our tye of Marriage Emil. By your own spotless honor Hip. By that faith That fair hand and that honest heart you gave me Emil. By that you would have pitty in another By your own virtues infinite Hip. By valor By all the chast nights I have ever pleas'd you Thes These are strange Conjurings Per. Nay then I 'll in too By all our friendship Sir by all our dangers By all you love most wars And this sweet Lady Emil. By that you would have trembled to deny A blushing Maid Hip. By your own eyes By strength In which you swore I went beyond all women Almost all men and yet I yielded Theseus Per. To crown all this By your most noble soul Which cannot want due mercie I beg first Hip. Next hear my prayers Emil. Last let me intreat Sir Per. For mercy Hip. Mercy Emil. Mercy on these Princes Thes Ye make my faith reel Say I felt Compassion to 'em both how would you place it Emil. Upon their lives But with their banishments Thes You are a right woman Sister You have pitty But want the understanding where to use it If you desire their lives invent a way Safer than banishment Can these two live And have the agony of love about 'em And not kill one another Every day They 'ld fight about you Hourly bring your honor In publique question with their Swords Be wise then And here forget 'em It concerns your credit And my o' th equally I have said they die Better they fall by th' Law than one another Bow not my honor Emil. O my noble Brother That o' th was rashly made and in your anger Your reason will not hold it if such vows Stand for express will all the world must perish Beside I have another oath gainst yours Of more authority I 'm sure more love Not made in passion neither but good heed Thes What is it Sister Per. Urge it home brave Lady Emil. That you would never deny me any thing Fit for my modest suit and your free granting I tye you to your word now if ye fall in 't Think how you maim your honor For now I 'm set a begging Sir I 'm deaf To all but your compassion how_their lives Might breed the ruin of my name Opinion Shall any thing that loves me perish for me That were a cruell wisdom doe men proyn The straight young Bows that blush with thousand Blossoms Because they may be rotten O Duke Theseus The goodly Mothers that have groan'd for these And all the longing Maids that ever lov'd If your vow stand shall curse me and my Beauty And in their funerall songs for these two Cosens Despise my crueltie and cry woe worth me Till I 'm nothing but the scorn of women For Heavens sake save their lives and banish ' em Thes On what conditions Emil. Swear'em never more To make me their Contention or to know me To tread upon the Dukedome and to be Where ever they shall travel ever strangers to one another Pal. I 'll be cut a peeces Before I take this oath forget I love her O all ye gods dispise me then Thy Banishment I not mislike so we may fairly carry Our Swords and cause along Else never trifle But take our lives Duke I must love and will And for that love must and dare kill this Cosen On any peece the earth has Thes Will you Arcite Take these conditions Pal. He 's a villain then Per. These are men Arcite No never Duke 'T is worse to me than begging To take my life so basely though I think I never shall enjoy her yet I 'll preserve The honor of affection and dye for her Make death a Devill Thes What may be done For now I feel compassion Per. Let it not fall again Sir Thes Say Emilia If one of them were dead as one must are you Content to take th' other to your husband They cannot both enjoy you They are Princes As goodly as your own eyes and as noble As ever same yet spoke of Look upon 'em And if you can love end this difference I give consent are you content too Princes Both. With all our souls Thes He that she refuses Must dye then Both. Any death thou canst invent Duke Pal. If I fall from that mouth I fall with favor And Lovers yet unborn shall bless my ashes Arc. If she refuse me yet my grave will wed me And Soldiers sing my Epitaph Thes Make choice then Emil. I cannot Sir they are both too excellent For me a hayr shall never fall of these men Hip. What will become of ' em Thes Thus I ordain it And by mine honor once again it stands Or both shall dye You shall both to your Countrey And each within this month accompanied With three fair Knights appear again in this place In which I 'll plant a Pyramid And whether Before us that are here can force his Cosen By fair and knightly strength to touch the Pillar He shall enjoy her The other loose his head And all his friends Nor shall he grudge to fall Nor think he dies with interest in this Lady Will this content ye Pal. Yes Here Cosen Arcite I'm friends again till that hour Arc. I embrace ye Thes Are you content Sister Emil. Yes I must Sir Ecel both miscarry Thes Come shake hands again then And take heed as you are Gentlemen this Quarrell Sleep till the hour perfixt and hold your course Pal. We dare not fail thee Theseus Toes Come I 'll give ye Now usage like to Princes and to Friends When ye return who wins I 'll settle here Who loses yet I 'll weep upon his Beer Exeunt Actus Quartus Scaena Prima Enter Jailor and his freind Jail HEar you no more was nothing said of me Concerning the escape of Palamon Good Sir remember 1 Fr. Nothing that I heard For I came home before the business Was fully ended yet I might perceive E'r I departed a great likelyhood Of both their pardons for Hippolita And fair-ey'd Emilia upon their knees Begg'd with such handsome pitty that the Duke Methought stood staggering whether he should follow His rash oath or the sweet compassion Of those two Ladies and to second them That truly noble Prince Perithous Half his own heart set in too that I hope All shall be well neither heard I one question Of your name or his scape Enter 2 Friends Jail Pray Heaven it hold so 2 Fr. Be of good comfort man I bring you news Good news Jail They are welcome 2 Fr. Palamon has clear'd you And got your pardon and discover'd How and by whose means he scap'd which was your Daughter's Whose pardon is procured too and the prisoner Not to be held ungrateful to her goodness Has given a sum of money to her Marriage A large one I 'll assure you Jail Ye are a good man And ever bring good news 1 Fr. How was it ended 2 Fr. Why
know you will not lose her Hippolita I see one eye of yours conceives a tear The which it will deliver Florish Emil. Is this winning Oh all you heavenly powers where is your mercy But that your wills have said it must be so And charge me live to comfort this unfriended This miserable Prince that cuts away A life more worthy from him than all women I should and would die too Hip. Infinite pity That four such eyes should be so fix'd on one That two must needs be blind for 't Thes So it is Exeunt Scena Quarta Enter Palamon and his Knights pinion'd Jailor Executioner c. Gard. There 's many a man alive that hath out-liv'd The love o' th' people yea i' th' self-same state Stands many a Father with his child some comfort We have by so considering we expire And not without mens pity To live still Have their good wishes we prevent The lothsome misery of age beguile The Gout and Rheum that in lag hours attend For grey approachers we come towards the gods Young and unwapper'd not halting under Crimes Many and stale that sure shall please the gods Sooner than such to give us Nectar with 'em For we are more clear Spirits My dear kinsmen Whose lives for this poor comfort are laid down You have sold 'em too too cheap 1 K. What ending could be Of more content o'er us the victors have Fortune whose Title is as momentary As to us death is certain a grain of honor They not o'er-weigh us 2 K. Let us bid farewel And with our patience anger tott'ring Fortune Who at her certain'st reels 3 K. Come who begins Pal. Ev'n he that led you to this Banquet shall Taste to you all ah ha my Friend my Friend Your gentle daughter gave me freedom once You 'll see 't done now for ever pray how does she I heard she was not well her kind of ill Gave me some sorrow Jail Sir she 's well restor'd And to be married shortly Pal. By my short life I am most glad on 't 't is the latest thing I shall be glad of prethee tell her so Commend me to her and to piece her portion Tender her this 1 K Nay let 's be offerers all 2 K. Is it a maid Pal. Verily I think so A right good creature more to me deserving Than I can quight or speak of All K. Commend us to her They give their purses Jail The gods requite you all And make her thankful Pal. Adieu and let my life be now as short As my leave taking Lies on the Block 1 K. Lead courageous Cosin 1. 2. K. We 'll follow cheerfully A great noise within crying run save bold Enter in haste a Messenger Mess Hold hold oh hold hold hold Enter Pirithous in haste Pir. Hold hoa It is a cursed haste you made If you have done so quickly noble Palamon The gods will shew their glory in a life That thou art yet to lead Pal. Can that be When Venus I have said is false How do things fare Pir. Arise great Sir and give the tidings ear That are most early sweet and bitter Pal. What Hath wak't us from our dream Pir. List then your Cosin Mounted upon a Steed that Emily Did first bestow on him a black one owing Not a hayr worth of white which some will say Weakens his price and many will not buy His goodness with this note Which superstition Hear finds allowance On this horse is Arcite Trotting the stones of Athens which the Calkins Did rather tell than trample For the horse Would make his length a mile if 't pleas'd his Rider To put pride in him as he thus went counting The flinty pavement dancing as t' were to'th' Musick His own hoofs made For as they say from iron Came Musicks origen what envious Flint Cold as old Saturne and like him possest With fire malevolent darted a Spark Or what feirce sulphur else to this end made I comment not The hot horse hot as fire Took Toy at this and fell to what disorder His power could give his will bounds comes on end Forgets-school dooing being therein train'd And of kind mannage pig-like he whines At the sharp Rowell which he frets at rather Than any jot obeyes Seeks all foul means Of boystrous and rough Iad'rie to dis-seat His Lord that kept it bravely When nought serv'd When neither Curb would crack girth break nor diff'ring plunges Dis-root his Rider whence he grew but that He kept him 'tween his legs on his hind hoofs That Arcites legs being higher than his head on end he stands Seem'd with strange art to hang His victors wreath Even then fell off his head And presently Backward the jade comes o'er and his full poyze Becomes the Riders load Yet is he living But such a vessell 't is that floats but for The surge that next approaches He much desires To have some speech with you Loe he appears Enter Theseus Hippolita Emilia Arcite in a chair Pal. O miserable end of our alliance The gods are mightie Arcite if thy heart Thy worthie manly heart be yet unbroken Give me thy last words I 'm Palamon One that yet loves thee dying Arc. Take Emilia And with her all the worlds joy Reach thy hand Farewell I have told my last hour I was false Yet never treacherous Forgive me Cosen One kiss from fair Emilia 'T is done Take her I die Pal. Thy brave soul seek Elizium Emil. I 'll close thine eyes Prince Blessed souls be with thee Thou art a right good man and whâ—le I live This day I give to tears Pal. And I to honor Thâ—se In this place first you sought Even very here I sundred you acknowledg to the gods Our thanks that you are living His part is play'd and though it were too short He did it well your day is length'ned and The blissfull dew of heaven do's arowze you The powerfull Venus well hath grac'd her Altar And given you your love Our Master Mars Hast vouch'd his Oracle and to Arcite gave The grace of the Contention So the Deities Have shew'd due justice Bear this hence Pal. O Cosen That we should things desire which doe cost us The loss of our desire That nought could bay Dear love but loss of dear love Thes Never Fortune Did play a subtler Game The conquer'd triumphs The victor has the Loss yet in the passage The gods have been most equall Palamon Your kinsman hath confest the right o' th' Lady Did lye in you for you first saw her and Even then proclaim'd your fancie He restor'd her As your stolen Jewell and desir'd your spirit To send him hence forgiven The gods my justice Take from my hand and they themselves become The Executioners Lead your Lady off And call your Lovers from the stage of death Whom I adopt my Friends A day or two Let us look sadly and give grace unto The Funerall of Arcite in whose end The visages of Bridegroomes we 'll put on And smile
Bawd I would take whipping And pay a fine now Exit Bawdber Theod. But were ye once disgraced Or fallen in wealth like leaves they would slie from you And become browse for every beast You will'd me To stock my self with better friends and servants With what face dare you see me or any mankind That keep a race of such unheard of relicks Bawds Leachers Letches female fornications And children in their rudiments to vices Old men to shew examples and lest Art Should loose her self in act to call back custome Leave these and live like Niobe I told you how And when your eyes have dropt away remembrance Of what you were I 'm your Son performe it Brun. Am I a woman and no more power in me To tye this Tyger up a soul to no end Have I got shame and lost my will Brunhalt From this accursed hour forget thou bor'st him Or any part of thy blood gave him living Let him be to thee an Antipathy A thing thy nature sweats at and turns backward Throw all the mischiefs on him that thy self Or woman worse than thou art have invented And kill him drunk or doubtfull Enter Bawdher Protaldie Lecure. Bawd Such a sweat I never was in yet clipt of my minstrels My toyes to prick up wenches withall Uphold me It runs like snow-balls through me Brun. Now my varlets My slaves my running thoughts my executions Baw. Lord how she looks Brun. Hell take ye all Baw. We shall be gelt Brun. Your Mistress Your old and honor'd Mistress you tyr'd curtals Suffers for your base sins I must be cloyster'd Mew'd up to make me virtuous who can help this Now you stand still like Statues Come Protaldye One kiss before I perish kiss me strongly Another and a third Lecure. I fear not gelding As long she holds this way Brun. The young courser That unlikt lumpe of mine will win thy Mistriss Must I be chast Protaldye Pro. Thus and thus Lady Brun. It shall be so let him seek fools for Vestalls Here is my Cloyster Lecure. But what safety Madam Find you in staying here Brun. Thou hast hit my meaning I will to Thierry Son of my blessings And there complain me tell my tale so subtilly That the cold stones shall sweat And Statues mourn And thou shalt weep Protaldye in my witness And there forswear Bawd Yes any thing but gelding I 'm not yet in quiet Noble Lady Let it be done to night for without doubt To morrow we are capons â—run Sleep shall not seize me Nor any food befriend me but thy kisses â—'â—e I forsake this desart I live honest He may as well bid dead men walk I humbled Or bent below my power let night-dogs tear me And goblins ride me in my sleep to jelly Ere I forsake my sphear Lecure. This place you will Brun. What 's that â—o you or any Ye doss you powder'd pâ—g bones rubarbe glister Must you know my designs a colledge on you The proverbe makes but fools Prota. But Noble Lady Brun. You a sawcie ass too off I will not If you but anger me till a sow-gelder Have cut you all like colts hold me and kiss me For I 'm too much troubled Make up my treasure And get me horses private come about it Exeunt Actus Secundus Scaena Prima Enter Theodoret Martell c. Theod. Though I assure my self Martell your counsell Had no end but allegeance and my honor Yet I 'm jealous I have pass'd the bounds Of a sons duty For suppose her worse Than you report not by bare circumstance But evident proof confirm'd has given her out Yet since all weakness in a kingdome are No more to be severely punished than The faults of Kings are by the Thunderer As oft as they offend to be reveng'd If not for piety yet for policie Since some are of necessitie to be spar'd I might and now I wish I had not look'd With such strict eyes into her follies Mart. Sir a duty well discharg'd is never follow'd By sad repentance nor did your Highness ever Make payment of the debt you ow'd her better Than in your late reproofs not of her but Those crimes that made her worthy of reproof The most remarkeable point in which Kings differ From private men is that they not alone Stand bound to be in themselves innocent But that all such as are allyed to them In nearness to dependance by their care Should be free from suspition of all crime And you have reap'd a double benefit From this last great act first in the restraint Of her lost pleasures you remove th' example From others of the like licentiousness Then when 't is known that your severitie Extended to your mother who dares hope for The least indulgence or connivence in The easiest slips that may prove dangerous To you or to the Kingdome Theod. I must grant Your reason good Martell if as she is My mother she had been my subject or That only here she could make challenge to A place of Being But I know her temper And fear if such a word become a King That in discovering her I have let lose A Tygress whose rage being shut up in darkness Was grievous only to her self Which brought Into the view of light her cruelty Provok'd by her own shame will turn on him That foolishly presum'd to let her see The loath'd shape of her own deformitie Mart. Beasts of that nature when rebellious threats Begin to appear only in their eyes Or any motion that may give suspition Of the least violence should be chain'd up Their fangs and teeth and all their means of hurt â—ar'd off and knockt out and so made unable To do ill They would soon begin to loath it I 'll apply nothing but had your Grace done Or would doe yet what your less forward zeal In words did only threaten far less danger Would grow from acting it on her than may Perhaps have Being from her apprehension Of what may once be practis'd For believe it Who confident of his own power presumes To spend threats on an enemy that hath means To shun the worst they can effect gives armor To keep off his own strength Nay more disarms Himself and lyes unguarded ' gainst all harms Or doubt or malice may produce Theod. 'T is true And such a desperate cure I would have us'd If the intemperate patient had not been So near me as a mother but to her And from me gentle unguents only were To be appli'd and as physitians When they are sick of fevers eat themselves Such viands as by their directions are Forbid to others though alike diseas'd So she considering what she is may challenge Those cordialls to restore her by her birth And priviledge which at no suit must be Granted to others Mart. May your pious care Effect but what it aim'd at I am silent Enter Devitry Theod. What laught you at Sir Vitry I have some occasion I should not else And the same cause perhaps That
's poison'd by his mother poison'd the Mistriss to this stallion who by that poison ne'er shall sleep again 2. ' Foot let us mince him by piece-meals till he eat himself up 3. Let us dig out his heart with needles and half broil him like a Mussel Prot. Such another and I prevent you my bloud 's setled already Devit Here 's that shall remove it road viper drag him unto Martel unnatural paricide cruel bloudy woman Omnes On you dogfish leech caterpillar Devit A longer sight of him will make my rage turn pity and with his suddain end prevent revenge and torture wicked wicked Brunhalt Exit Enter Bawdber and three Courtiers 1. Not sleep at all no means 2. No Art can do it Bawdb. I will assure you he can sleep no more Than a hooded Hawks a centinel to him Or one of the City Constables are tops 3. How came he so Bawdb. They are too wise that dare know Something 's amiss heaven help all 1. What cure has he Bawdb. Armies of those we call Physitians some with glisters Some with Lettice-caps some posset-drinks some Pills Twenty consulting here about a drench Enter Messenger The bringing in of Leonor the bastard Son to your murther'd brother her Physitian By this time is attacht to that damn'd devil Mess 'T is like he will be so for e'er we came Fearing an equal justice for his mischiefs He drencht himself Brun. He did like one of mine then Thier. Must I still see these miseries no night To hide me from their horrors that Protaldy See justice fall upon Brun. Now I could sleep too Enter Ordella Mart. I 'll give you yet more Poppy bring the Lady And heaven in her embraces gives him quiet Madam unveil your self Ordel. I do forgive you And though you sought my bloud yet I 'll pray for you Brun. Art thou alive Mart. Now could you sleep Brun. For ever Mart. Go carry her without wink of sleep or quiet Where her strong knave Protaldye 's broke o' th' wheel And let his cries and roars be musick to her I mean to waken her Thier. Do her no wrong Mart. Nor right as you love justice Brun. I will think And if there be new curses in old nature I have a soul dare send them Mart. Keep her waking Exit Brunhalt Thier. What 's that appears so sweetly there 's that face Mart. Be moderate Lady Thier. That Angels face Mart. Goe nearer Thier. Martel I cannot last long see the soul I see it perfectly of my Ordella The heavenly figure of her sweetness there Forgive me gods it comes Divinest substance Kneel kneel kneel every one Saint of thy Sex If it be for my cruelty thou comest Do ye see her hoe Mart. Yes Sir and you shall know her Thier. Down down again to be reveng'd for bloud Sweet Spirit I am ready she smiles on me O blessed sign of Peace Mart. Goe nearer Lady Ordel. I came to make you happy Thier Hear you that Sir She comes to crown my soul away get sacrifice Whilst I with holy Honors Mart. She 's alive Sir Thier. In everlasting life I know it friend Oh happy happy soul Ordel. Alas I live Sir A mortal woman still Thier. Can spirits weep too Mart. She 's no spirit Sir pray kiss her Lady Be very gentle to him Thier. Stay she is warm And by my life the same lips tell me brightness Are you the same Ordella still Mart. The same Sir Whom heavens and my good Angel staid from ruin Thier. Kiss me again Ordel. The same still still your servant Thier. 'T is she I know her now Martel sit down sweet Oh blest and happiest woman a dead slumber Begins to creep upon me oh my jewel Enter Messenger and Memberge Ordel. Oh sleep my Lord. Thier. My joyes are too much for me Mess Brunhalt impatient of her constraint to see Protaldye tortur'd has choak'd her self Mart. No more her sins go with her Thier. Love I must die I faint close up my glasses 1 Doct. The Queen faints too and deadly Thier. One dying kiss Ordel. My last Sir and my dearest and now Close my eyes too Thier. Thou perfect woman Martel the Kingdom 's yours take Memberge to you And keep my line alive nay weep not Lady Take me I go Ordel. Take me too farewel honour Die both 2 Doct. They are gone for ever Mart. The peace of happy souls go after them Bear them to their last beds whilst I study A Tomb to speak their loves whilst old time lasteh I am your King in sorrows Omnes We your subjects Mart. Devitry for your service be near us Whip out these instruments of this mad mother From Court and all good people and because She was born Noble let that Title find her A private grave but neither tongue nor honor And now lead on they that shall read this story Shall find that Virtue lives in Good not Glory Exeunt Omnes The Woman-Hater PROLOGUE GEntlemen Inductions are out of date and a Prologue in Verse is as stale as a black Velvet Cloak and a Bay Garland therefore you shall have it plain Prose thus If there be any amongst you that come to hear lascivious Scenes let them depart for I do pronounce this to the utter discomfort of all two-penny Gallery men you shall have no bawdery in it or if there be any lurking amongst you in corners with Table-books who have some hope to find fit matter to feed his malice on let them claspe them up and slink away or stay and be converted For he that made this Play means to please Auditors so as he may be an Auditor himself hereafter and not purchase them with the dearness of his cares I dare not call it Comedy or Tragedy 't is perfectly neither A Play it is which was meant to make you laugh how it would please you is not written in my Part for though you should like it to day perhaps your selves know not how you should digest it to morrow Some things in it you may meet with which are out of the common road a Duke there is and the Scaene lies in Italy as those two things lightly we never miss But you shall not find in it the ordinary and over-worn Trade of jesting at â—ords and Courtiers and Citizens without taxation of any particular or new vice by them found out but at the persons of them such he that made this thinks vile and for his own part vows That he did never think but that a Lord Lord born might be a wise man and a Courtier an honest man Actus Primus Scaena Prima Enter Duke of Millain Arrigo Lucio and two Courtiers T Is now the sweetest time for sleep the night is scarce spent Arrigo what 's a clock Arri. Past four Duke Is it so much and yet the morn not up See yonder where the shamefac'd Maiden comes Into our sight how gently doth she slide Hiding her chaste cheeks like a modest Bride With a red veil of
Mont. I humbly pray you will be pleased to pardon And to give satisfaction to you Madam Although I break my heart I will confess That I have wrong'd them too and make submission Lam. No I 'll spare that go bid the Cook haste supper Exit Mont. La-p. Oh brave Lady thou art worthy to have servants to be commandress of a Family that knowest how to use and govern it Lav. You shall have many Mistresses that will so mistake as to take their Horse-keepers and Footmen instead of their Husbands thou art none of those Mal. But she that can make distinction of men and knows when she hath gallants and fellows of rank and quality in her house Lam. Gallants indeed if it be the Gallants fashion To triumph in the miseries of a man Of which they are the cause one that transcends In spight of all that fortune hath or can be done A million of such things as you my doors Stand open to receive all such as wear The shape of Gentlemen and my gentler nature I might say weaker weighs not the expence Of entertainment think you I 'll forget yet What 's due unto my self do not I know That you have dealt with poor Montague but like Needy Commanders cheating Citizens And perjur'd Courtiers I am much mov'd else use not To say so much if you will bear your selves As fits such you would make me think you are You may stay if not the way lies before you Exit Mal. What think you of this Captain La-p. That this is a bawdy-house with Pinacles and Turrets in which this disguised Montague goes to Rut gratis and that this is a landed pandress and makes her house a brothel for charity Mal. Come that 's no miracle but from whence derive you the supposition Lav. Observe but the circumstance you all know that in the height of Mountagues prosperity he did affect and had his love return'd by this Lady Orleans since her divorcement and his decay of estate it is known they have met not so much as his boy but is wanting and that this can be any thing else than a meer plot for their night-work is above my imagination to conceive Mal. Nay it carries probability let us observe it better but yet with such caution as our prying be not discovered here 's all things to be had without cost and therefore good staying here La-p. Nay that 's true I would we might wooe her twenty years like Penelopes sutors come Laverdine Exeunt Malli La Poop Lav. I follow instantly yonder he is Enter Viramor The thought of this boy hath much cool'd my affection to his Lady and by all conjectures this is a disguised whore I will try if I can search this Mine Page Ver. Your pleasure Sir Lav. Thou art a pretty boy Ver. And you a brave man now I am out of your debt Lav. Nay prethee stay Ver. I am in haste Sir Lav. By the faith of a Courtier Ver. Take heed what you say you have taken a strange oath Lav. I have not seen a youth that hath pleased me better I would thou couldst lie me so far as to leave thy Lady and wait on me I would maintain thee in the bravest cloaths Ver. Though you took them up on trust or bought 'em at the Brokers Lav. Or any way then thy imployments should be so neat and cleanly thou shouldst not touch a pair of pantables in a month and thy lodging Ver. Should be in a brothel Lav. No but in mine arms Ver. That my be the circle of a Bawdy-house or worse Lev. I mean thou should'st lye with me Ver. Lie with you I had rather lye with my Ladies Monkey 't was never a good world since our French Lords learned of the Neapolitans to make their Pages their Bed-fellows doth more heart to the Suburb Ladies than twenty dead vacations 'T is supper time Sir Exit Veram Lav. I thought so I know by that 't is a woman for because peradventure she hath made trial of the Monkey she prefers him before me as one unknown well these are standing creatures and have strange desires and men must use strange means to quenceh strange fires Exit Actus Quartus Scaena Prima Enter Montague alone in mean habit Mont. NOw Montague who discerns thy spirit now Thy breeding or thy bloud here 's a poor cloud Eclipseth all thy splendor who can read In thy pale face dead eye or lenten shute The liberty thy ever-giving hand Hath bought for others manacling it self In gyves of parchment indissoluble The greatest hearted man supplyed with means Nobility of birth and gentlest parts I thought the right hand of his Sovereign If virtue quit her seat in his high soul Glitters but like a Palace set on fire Whose glory whilst it shines but ruins him And his bright show each hour to ashes tending Shall at the last be rak'd up like a sparkle Unless mens lives and fortunes feed the slame Not for my own wants though blame I my Stars But suffering others to cast love on me When I can neither take nor thankful be My Ladies woman fair and virtuous Young as the present month sollicites me For love and marriage now being nothing worth Enter Veramour Ver. Oh! Master I have sought you a long hour Good faith I never joy'd out of your sight For Heavens sake Sir be merry or else bear The buffets of your fortunes with more scorn Do but begin to rail teach me the way And I 'll sit down and help your anger forth I have known you wear a suit full worth a Lordship Give to a man whose need ne'er frighted you From calling of him friend five hundred Crowns E'er sleep had left your sences to consider Your own important present uses yet Since I have seen you with a tencher wait Void of all scorn therefore I 'll wait on you Mont. Would Heaven thou wert less honest Ver. Would to Heaven you were less worthy I am ev'n w' e Sir Mon. Is not thy Master strangely fall'n when thou Servest for no wages but for charity Thou dost surcharge me with thy plenteous love The goodness of thy virtue shown to me More opens still my disability To quit thy pains credit me loving boy A free and honest nature may be opprest Tir'd with courtesies from a liberal spirit When they exceed his means of gratitude Ver. But 't is a due in him that to that end Extends his love or duty Mont. Little world Of virtue why dost love and follow me Ver. I will follow you through all Countreys I 'll run fast as I can by your horse side I 'll hold your stirrop when you do alight And without grudging wait till you return I 'll quit offer'd means and expose my self To cold and hunger still to be with you Fearless I 'll travel through a wilderness And when you are weary I will lay me down That in my bosom you may rest your head Where whilst you sleep I 'll watch that