Volume 6 — THE DOUBLE MARRIAGE. (continued 2)

Madam, thus my duty Stoops to the favor you vouchsafe your servant, In honouring her house. Mart. Is this in scorn? Jul. No by the life of Virolet: give me leave To swear by him, as by a Saint I worship, But am to know no farther, my heart speaks that My servants have been rude, and this boy (doting Upon my sorrows) hath forgot his duty: In which, that you may think I have no share, Sirra, upon your knees, desire her pardon. Boy. I dare not disobey you. Mart. Prethee rise, My anger never looks so low: I thank you. And will deserve it, if we may be private, I came to see and speak with you. Jul. Be gone. [Exit Boy. Good Madam sit. Mart. I rob you of your place then. Jul. You have deserv'd a better, in my bed; Make use of this too: Now your pleasure Lady. If in your breast there be a worthy pitty, That brings you for my comfort, you do nobly: But if you come to triumph in your conquest, Or tread on my calamities, 'twill wrong Your other excellencies. Let it suffice, That you alone enjoy the best of men, And that I am forsaken. Mart. He the best? The scum and shame of mankind. Jul. Virolet, Lady? Mart. Blest in him? I would my youth had chosen Consuming feavers, bed-rid age For my companions, rather then a thing To lay whose baseness open, would even poyson The tongue that speaks it. Jul. Certainly from you At no part he deserves this; and I tell you, Durst I pretend but the least title to him, I should not hear this. Mart. He's an impudent villain, Or a malicious wretch: to you ungrateful; To me beyond expression barbarous. I more then hate him; from you he deserves A death most horrid: from me, to dye for ever, And know no end of torments. Would you have comfort? Would you wash off the stain that sticks upon you, In being refus'd? Would you redeem your fame, Shipwrack'd in his base wrongs? if you desire this, It is not to be done with slavish suffering, But by a Noble anger, making way To a most brave revenge, we may call justice; Our injuries are equal; joyn with me then, And share the honor. Jul. I scarce understand you, And know I shall be most unapt to learn To hate the man I still must love and honor. Mar. This foolish dotage in soft-hearted women, Makes proud men insolent: but take your way, I'll run another course. Jul. As you are noble, Deliver his offence. Mart. He has denied The rites due to a wife. Jul. O me most happy, How largely am I payd for all my sufferings! Most honest Virolet, thou just performer Of all thy promises: I call to mind now, When I was happy in those joys you speak of, In a chast bed, and warranted by Law too, He oft would swear, that if he should survive me, (Which then I knew he wisht not) never woman Should tast of his embraces; this one act Makes me again his debtor. Mart. And was this The cause my youth and beauty were contemn'd? If I sit down here! wel—— Jul. I dare thy worst, Plot what thou canst, my piety shall guard him Against thy malice. Leave my house and quickly, Thou wilt infect these innocent walls. By virtue I will inform him of thy bloody purpose, And turn it on thine own accursed head; Believ't I will. [Exit Juliana. Mart. But 'tis not in thy power To hinder what I have decreed against him. I'll set my self to sale, and live a strumpet; Forget my birth, my father, and his honor, Rather then want an instrument to help me In my revenge. The Captain of the guard; Blest opportunity courts me.

Ron. Sad and troubled? How brave her anger shews! how it sets off Her natural beauty! under what happy star Was Virolet born, to be belov'd and sought to, By two incomparable women? noblest Lady, I have heard your wrongs and pitty them: and if The service of my life could give me hope To gain your favor, I should be most proud To be commanded. Mart. 'Tis in you, my Lord, To make me your glad servant. Ron. Name the means. Mar. 'Tis not preferment, Jewels, Gold, or Courtship. He that desires to reap the harvest of My youth and beauty, must begin in blood, And right my wrongs. Ron. I apprehend you Madam, And rest assured 'tis done; I am provided Of instruments to fit you: To the King, I'll instantly present you; if I fail, He shall make good your ayms: he's less then man, That to atchieve your favor, would not do Deeds, fiends would fear to put their agents to. [Exeunt.

Vir. Quod invitus facis, non est scelus. 'Tis an axiome, Now whether willingly I have departed With that I lov'd: with that, above her life Lov'd me again, crownd me a happy husband, Was full of children: her afflictions, That I begot, that when our age must perish, And all our painted frailties turn'd to ashes, Then shall they stand and prop[a]gate our honors. Whether this done, and taking to protection A new strange beauty, it was a useful one: How to my lust? if it be so, I am sinful; And guilty of that crime I would fling from me. Was there not in it this fair course of virtue? This pious course, to save my friends, my Countrey, That even then had put on a mourning garment, And wept the desolation of her children? Her noblest children? Did not she thrust me on, And to my duty clapt the spur of honor? Was there a way, without this woman, left me To bring 'em off? the marrying of this woman? If not, why am I stung thus? why tormented? Or had there been a wild desire joyn'd with it, How easily, both these, and all their beauties Might I have made mine own! why am I toucht thus, Having perform'd the great redemption, Both of my friends and family? fairly done it? Without base and lascivious ends; O Heaven, Why am I still at War thus? why this a mischief, That honesty and honor had propounded, I, and absolv'd my tender will, and chid me, Nay then unwillingly flung me on?

Boy. He's here Madam; This is the melancholly walk he lives in, And chooses ever to increase his sadness. Jul. Stand by. Vir. 'Tis she: how I shake now and tremble! The virtues of that mind are torments to me. Jul. Sir, if my hated face shall stir your anger, Or this forbidden path I tread in vex you; My love, and fair obedience left behind me, Your pardon asked, I shall return and bless you. Vir. Pray stay a little, I delight to see you; May not we yet, though fortune have divided us, And set an envious stop between our pleasures, Look thus one at another? sigh and weep thus? And read in one anothers eyes, the Legends, And wonders of our old loves? be not fearful, Though you be now a Saint, I may adore you: May I not take this hand, and on it sacrifice The sorrows of my heart? white seal of virtue. Jul. My Lord, you wrong your wedlock. Vir. Were she here, And with her all severe eyes to behold us, We might do this; I might name Juliana, And to the reverence of that name, bow thus: I might sigh Juliana she was mine once; But I too weak a guard for that great treasure—— And whilst she has a name, believe me Lady, This broken heart shall never want a sorrow. Jul. Forget her sir, your honor now commands you You are anothers, keep those griefs for her, She richly can reward 'em. I would have spoken with you. Vir. What is your will? for nothing you can ask, So full of goodness are your words and meanings, Must be denied: speak boldly. Jul. I thank you sir. I come not To beg, or flatter, only to be believ'd, That I desire: for I shall tell a story, So far from seeming truth, yet a most true one; So horrible in nature, and so horrid; So beyond wickedness, that when you hear it, It must appear the practice of another, The cast and malice of some one you have wrong'd much, And me, you may imagine me accuse too, Unless you call to mind my daily sufferings; The infinite obedience I have born you, That hates all name and nature of revenge. My love, that nothing but my death can sever, Rather than hers I speak of. Vir. Juliana, To make a doubt of what you shall deliver, After my full experience of your virtues, Were to distrust a providence; to think you can lie, Or being wrong'd, seek after foul repairings, To forge a Creed against my faith. Jul. I must do so, for it concerns your life Sir; And if that word may stir you, hear and prosper: I should be dumb else, were not you at stake here. Vir. What new friend have I found, that dares deliver This loaden trunk from his afflictions? What pittying hand, of all that feels my miseries, Brings such a benefit? Jul. Be wise and manly, And with your honor fall, when Heaven shall call you, Not by a hellish mischief. Vir. Speak my blest one, How weak and poor I am, now she is from me! Jul. Your wife. Viro. How's that? Jul. Your wife. Vir. Be tender of her, I shall believe else—— Jul. I must be true; your ear, sir; For 'tis so horrible, if the ayr catch it, Into a thousand plagues, a thousand monsters, It will disperse it self, and fright resistance. [Whispers. Viro. She seek my life with you? make you her agent? Another love? O speak but truth. Jul. Be patient, Dear as I love you, else I leave you wretched. Vir. Forward, 'tis well, it shall be welcome to me; I have liv'd too long, numbred too many days, Yet never found the benefit of living; Now when I come to reap it with my service, And hunt for that my youth and honor aims at, The Sun sets on my fortune red and bloody, And everlasting night begins to close me, 'Tis time to dye.

Jul. She comes her self. Ron. Believe Lady, And on this Angel hand, your servant seals it, You shall be Mistriss of your whole desires, And what ye shall command. Mart. Ha mynion, My precious Dame, are you there? nay go forward, Make your complaints, and pour out your fain'd pitties, Slave, like to him you serve: I am the same still, And what I purpose, let the world take witness, Shall be so finisht, and to such example, Spite of your poor preventions, my dear Gentleman, My honorable man, are you there too? You and your hot desire? your mercy Sir, I had forgot your greatness. Jul. 'Tis not well Lady. Mart. Lord, how I hate this fellow now; how desperately My stomach stands against him; this base fellow, This gelded fool! Jul. Did you never hear of modesty? Mart. Yes, when I heard of you and so believ'd it, Thou bloodless, brainless fool. Vir. How? Mart. Thou despised fool, Thou only sign of man, how I contemn thee! Thou woven worthy in a piece of Arras, Fit only to enjoy a wall; thou beast Beaten to use; Have I preserv'd a beauty, A youth, a love, to have my wishes blasted? My dotings, and the joys I came to offer, Must they be lost, and sleighted by a dormouse? J[u]l. Use more respect; and woman, 'twill become you; At least, less tongue. Mart. I'll use all violence, Let him look for't. Jul. Dare you stain those beauties, Those heavenly stamps, that raise men up to wonder, With harsh and crooked motions? are you she That overdid all ages, with your honor; And in a little hour dare loose this triumph? Is not this man your husband? Mart. He's my halter; Which (having sued my pardon) I fling off thus, And with him all I brought him, but my anger; Which I will nourish to the desolation, Not only of his folly, but his friends, And his whole name. Vir. 'Tis well, I have deserved it. And if I were a woman, I would rail too. Mart. Nature nere promised thee a thing so noble. Take back your love, your vow, I give it freely; I poorly scorn it; graze now where you please: That that the dulness of thy soul neglected, Kings sue for now. And mark me, Virolet, Thou image of a man, observe my words well. At such a bloody rate I'll sell this beauty, This handsomness thou scornst and flingst away, Thy proud ungrateful life shall shake at: take your house, The petty things you left me give another; And last, take home your trinket: fare you well, Sir. Ron. You have spoke like your self; Y'are a brave Lady. [Exeunt Ronvere and Martia. Jul. Why do you smile, Sir? Vir. O my Juliana, The happiness this womans scorn has given me, Makes me a man again; proclaims it self, In such a general joy, through all my miseries, That now methinks— Jul. Look to your self dear Sir, And trifle not with danger that attends you; Be joyful when y'are free. Vir. Did you not hear her? She gave me back my vow, my love, my freedom; I am free, free as air; and though to morrow Her bloody will meet with my life, and sink it, And in her execution tear me piecemeal: Yet have I time once more to meet my wishes, Once more to embrace my best, my noblest, truest; And time that's warranted. Jul. Good Sir, forbear it: Though I confess, equal with your desires My wishes rise, as covetous of your love, And to as warm alarums spur my will to: Yet pardon me, the Seal o'th' Church dividing us, And hanging like a threatning flame between us, We must not meet, I dare not. Vir. That poor disjoynting That only strong necessity thrust on you, Not crime, nor studied cause of mine: how sweetly, And nobly I will bind again and cherish; How I will recompence one dear imbrace now, One free affection! how I burn to meet it! Look now upon me. Jul. I behold you willingly, And willingly would yield, but for my credit. The love you first had was preserv'd with honor, The last shall not cry whore; you shall not purchase From me a pleasure, that have equally Lov'd your fair fame as you, at such a rate: Your honesty and virtue must be bankrupt, If I had lov'd your lust, and not your lustre; The glorious lustre of your matchless goodness, I would compel you now to be!—forgive me, Forgive me Sir, how fondly still I love you! Yet nobly too; make the way straight before me, And let but holy Hymen once more guide me, Under the Ax upon the Rack again, Even in the bed of all afflictions, Where nothing sings our Nuptials but dire sorrows, With all my youth and pleasure I'll imbrace you, Make Tyranny and death stand still affrighted, And at our meeting souls amaze our mischiefs; Till when, high heaven defend you, and peace guide you. Be wise and manly, make your fate your own, By being master of a providence, That may controle it. Vir. Stay a little with me, My thoughts have chid themselves: may I not kiss you? Upon my truth I am honest. Jul. I believe ye; But yet what that may raise in both our fancies, What issues such warm parents breed. Vir. I obey you, And take my leave as from the Saint that keeps me. I will be right again, and once more happy In thy unimitable love. Jul. I'll pray for ye, And when you fall I have not long to follow. [Exeunt.

Ses. Now we have got free credit with the Captain. Mast. Soft, soft, he's here again: Is not that Lady— Or have I lost mine eyes? a salt rhume seizes 'em; But I should know that face. Bots. Make him not madder, Let him forget the woman; steer a lar-board. Mast. He will not kill her. Bots. Any thing he meets; He's like a Hornet now, he hums, and buzzes; Nothing but blood and horror. Mast. I would save the Lady, For such another Lady. Bots. There's the point; And you know there want women of her mettle. Mast. 'Tis true, they bring such children now, Such demilancies, Their fathers socks will make them Christning clothes. Gun. No more, they view us. Ses. You shall play a while, And sun your self in this felicity, You shall you glorious whore, I know you still. But I shall pick an hour when most securely— I say no more. Ron. Do you see those? those are they Shall act your will; come hither my good fellows: You are now the Kings. Are they not goodly fellows? Mart. They have bone enough, if they have stout heart to it. Mast. Still the old wench. Sess. Pray Captain, let me ask you What Noble Lady's that? 'tis a rude question, But I desire to know. Ron. She is for the King, Sir; Let that suffice for answer. Sess. Is she so Sir? In good time may she curse it. Must I breed hackneys for his grace? Ron. What wouldst thou do To merit such a Ladies favor? Sess. Any thing. Ron. That can supply thy wants, and raise thy fortunes? Ses. Let her command, and see what I dare execute. I keep my conscience here; if any man Oppose her will, and she would have him humbled, Whole families between her and her wishes— Mast. We have seen bleeding throats sir, Cities sackt; And infants stuck upon their pikes. Botes. Houses a fire, and handsome mothers weeping. Ses. Which we have heaped upon the pile like sacrifices. Churches and Altars, Priests and all devotions, Tumbled together into one rude Chaos. Gun. We know no fear Sir, but want of imployment. Sess. Nor other faith but what our purses preach. To gain our ends we can do any thing, And turn our souls into a thousand figures; But when we come to do— Mart. I like these fellows. Ron. Be ready and wait here within this hour I'll shew you to the King, and he shall like ye: And if you can devise some entertainment To fill his mirth, such as your Countrey uses, Present it, and I'll see it grac'd. After this Comicke Scene we shall imploy you, For one must dye. Sess. What is he sir? speak boldly, For we dare boldly do. Ron. This Ladies husband; His name is Virolet. Sess. We shall dispatch it. [Exit Martia, Ronvere. O damned, damned thing: a base whore first: And then a murtherer, I'll look to you. Bots. Can she be grown so strange? Ses. She has an itch; I'll scratch you my dear daughter, I'll so claw you; I'll curry your hot hide; married and honour'd? And turn those holy blessings into brothels? Your beauty into blood? I'll hunt your hotness. I'll hunt you like a train. Mast. We did all pitty her. Ses. Hang her, she is not worth mans memory; She's false and base, and let her fright all stories. Well, though thou beest mine enemy, I'll right thee, And right thee Nobly. Bots. Faith sir, since she must go, Let's spare as few as may be. Ses. We'll take all, And like a torrent sweep the slaves before us. You dare endure the worst? Mast. You know our hearts sir, And they shall bleed the last, ere we start from ye. Gun. We can but dye, and ere we come to that, We shall pick out some few examples for us. Ses. Then wait the first occasion, and like Curtius, I'll leap the gulph before you, fearless leap it: Then follow me like men, and if our virtues May buoy our Countrey up, and set her shining In her first state; our fair revenges taken, We have our noble ends or else our ashes. [Exeunt.

Mart. As you are noble, keep me from discovery, And let me only run a strangers fortune; For when the King shall find I am his daughter He ever holds most ominous, and hates most: With what eyes can he look, how entertain me, But with his fears and cruelties? Asc. I have found you, Suspect not, I am bound to what you like best, What you intend, I dare not be so curious To question now, and what you are, lies hid here.

The King comes, make your fortune, I shall joy in't. Ron. All things are ready sir to make you merry, And such a King, you shall behold him now. Fer. I long for't, For I have need of mirth. Ron. The Lady sir. Fer. Now as I am a King, a sprightly beauty, A goodly sweet aspect! my thanks Ronvere, My best thanks; on your lips I seal your wishes, Be what you can; imagine mine, and happy. And now sit down and smile; come my Ascanio; And let this Monarch enter.

Ronv. These are the Switzers: I told your grace of. Fer. Goodly promising fellows, With faces to keep fools in awe, I like 'em; Go guard the presence well, and do your duties, To morrow I shall take a farther view: Sess. You shall Sir, Or I shall loose my will; how the whore's mounted! How she sits thron'd! thou blasing muddy meteor, That frightest the under world with lustful flashes, How I shall dash thy flames! away, no word more.

Fer. Now, here he comes in glory; be merry Masters, A Banquet too? [meat conveyed away. Ron. O, he must sit in State Sir! Asca. How rarely he is usher'd! can he think now He is a King indeed? Ron. Mark but his countenance. Cast. Let me have pleasures infinite, and to the height, And women in abundance, many women,

I will disport my grace, Stand there and long for me. What have ye brought me here? is this a Feast Fit for a Prince? a mighty Prince? are these things, These preparations, ha? Doct. May it please your grace? Cast. It does not please my grace: where are the Marchpanes, The Custards double royal, and the subtilties? Why, what weak things are you to serve a Prince thus? Where be the delicates oth' earth and ayr? The hidden secrets of the Sea? am I a plow-man, You pop me up with porridge? hang the Cooks. Fer. O most Kingly: What a Majestick anger! Cast. Give me some wine. Asca. He cools agen now. Cast. Fool where are my Players? Let me have all in pomp; let 'em play some love matter, To make the Ladies itch, I'll be with you anon Ladies; You black eyes, I'll be with you. Give me some wine I say, And let me have a Masque of Cuckolds enter: Of mine own Cuckolds, And let them come in, peeping and rejoycing Just as I kiss their wives, and somewhat glorying. Some wine I say, then for an excellent night-piece, To shew my glory to my loves, and minions, I will have some great Castle burnt. Vil. Hark you brother: If that be to please these Ladies, ten to one The fire first takes upon your own, look to that; Then you may shew a night piece. Cast. Where's this wine? Why shall I choak? do ye long all to be tortur'd? Doct. Here Sir. Cast. Why, what is this? why Doctor. Doct. Wine and water Sir. 'Tis Soveraign for your heat, you must endure it. Vil. Most excellent to cool your night-piece Sir. Doct. You are of a high and cholerick complexion, And you must have allayes. Cast. Shall I have no sheere wine then? Doct. Not for a world: I tender your dear life Sir; And he is no faithful subject— Vil. No, by no means: Of this you may drink, and never hang, nor quarter, Nor never whip the fool, this liquors merciful. Cast. I will sit down and eat then: Kings when th' are hungry, May eat I hope? Doct. Yes, but they eat discreetly. Cast. Come, tast this dish, and cut me liberally; I like sauce well. Doct. Fie 'tis too hot Sir: Too deeply season'd with the spice, away wi'th't, You must acquaint your stomach with those dyets Are temperately nourishing. Cast. But pray stay Doctor, And let me have my meat again. Doct. By no means: I have a charge concerns my life. Cast. No meat neither; Do Kings never eat Doctor? Doct. Very little Sir. And that too very choice. Vil. Your King never sleeps Brother, He must not sleep, his cares still keep him waking. Now he that eats and drinks much is a dormouse; The third part of a wafer is a weeks diet. Cast. Appoint me something then. Doct. There. Cast. This I feel good, But it melts too suddainly; yet, how, that gone too! Ye are not mad! I charge you. [take away. Doct. For your health Sir, A little quickens nature, much depresses. Cast. Eat nothing for my health? that's a new dyet, Let me have something, something has some savor. Why thou uncourteous Doctor, shall I hang thee? Doct. 'Tis better Sir than I should let you surfeit, My death were nothing. Vil. To loose a King, were terrible. Cast. Nay, then I'll carve my self, I'll stay no ceremonies. This is a Patridge Pye, I am sure that's nourishing, Or Galen is an Ass: 'tis rarely season'd: Ha Doctor have I hit right? a mark a mark there? [take away. Vil. What ails thy grace? Cast. Retriv those Patridges. Or as I am a King— Doct. Pray Sir be patient, They are flowen too far. Vil. These are breath'd pyes an't please you, And your hawkes are such Buzards. Cast. A King and have nothing, Nor can have nothing! Vil. What think you of pudding? A pudding Royal? Cast. To be royally starv'd, Whip me this fool to death; he is a blockhead. Vil. Let 'em think they whip me, as we think you a King: 'Twill be enough. Cast. As for your dainty Doctor, the Table taken away, All gone, all snatch'd away, and I unsatisfied, Without my wits being a King and hungry? Suffer but this thy treason? I tell thee Doctor. I tell it thee, in earnest, and in anger, I am damnably hungry, my very grace is hungry. Vil. A hungry grace is fittest to no meal Sir. Doct. Some two hours hence, you shall see more: but still Sir You must retain an excellent and strict dyet. Vil. It sharpens you, and makes your wit so poynant, Sir Your very words will kill. Doct. A bit of Marmalade No bigger than a Pease. Vil. And that well butter'd, The ayr thrice purified, and three times spirited, Becomes a King: your rare conserve of nothing Breeds no offence. Cast. Am I turn'd King Camelion, And keep my Court i'th' ayr? Fer. They vex him cruelly. Asca. In two days more they'll starve him. Fer. Now the women, there's no food left but they. Asca. They'll prove small nourishment. Yet h'as another stomach and a great one, I see by his eye. Cast. I'll have mine own power here; Mine own Authority; I need no tutor. Doctor this is no dyet. Doct. It may be Sir. Vil. Birlady, it may turn to a dry dyet; And how thy grace, will ward that— Cast. Stand off Doctor; And talk to those that want faith. Fer. Hot and mighty. Asca. He will cool apace, no doubt. Cast. Fair, plump, and red, A forehead high, an eye revives the dead; A lip like ripest fruit, inviting still. Vil. But O, the rushy well, below the hill, Take heed of that, for though it never fail Take heed I say, for thereby hangs a tail. Cast. I'll get ye all with Child. Vil. With one Child Brother, So many men in a Blew Coat. Cast. Had I fed well, And drunk good store of wine, ye had been blest all, Blest all with double Births; come kiss me greedily, And think no more upon your foolish Husbands, They are transitory things: a Kings fame meets you. Doct. Vanish away. [Ex. Women. Cast. How, they gone too? my guard there: Take me this devil Doctor, and that fool there, And sow 'em in a sack; bring back the women, The lovely women, drown these rogues or hang 'em. Asca. He is in earnest Sir.

Fer. In serious earnest, I must needs take him off. Sess. Now, now be free. Now liberty, now Countrey-men shake from ye The Tyrants yoke. All liberty, liberty, liberty. Guard. Treason, treason, treason. Fer. We are betray'd, fly to the Town, cry treason, And raise our faithful friends; O my Ascanio. Asca. Make hast, we have way enough. Guard. Treason, treason. [Ex. Fer. Asca. and guard. Sess. Spare none, put all to th' sword: a vengeance shake thee; Art thou turn'd King again? Cast. I am a Rascal: Spare me but this time, if ever I see King more, Or once believe in King. Sess. The ports are ours. The treasure and the port, fight bravely Gentlemen; Cry to the Town, cry liberty and honor;

Waken their persecuted souls, cry loudly, We'll share the wealth among ye. Cast. Do you hear Captain? If ever you hear me, name a King. Sess. You shall not. Cast. Or though I live under one, obey him. Gun. This Rogue again. Sess. Away with him good Gunner. Cast. Why look ye Sir? I'll put you to no charge; I'll never eat. Gun. I'll take a course, you shall not, Come, no more words.

Cast. Say nothing when you kill me. Sess. He's taken to the Towers strength; Now stand sure Gentlemen. We have him in a pen, he cannot scape us, The rest oth'Castle's ours; liberty, liberty: What is this City up? Boatsw. They are up and glorious, And rouling like a storm they come; their Tents Ring nothing but liberty and freedome. The women are in Arms too. Sess. Let 'em come all. Honour and liberty. All. Honor and liberty. [Exeunt.

Jul. This woman threats, her eyes, even red with fury Which like prodigious meteors, foretold Assur'd destruction, are still before me. Besides I know such natures unacquainted With any mean, or in their love, or hatred, And she that dar'd all dangers to possess him, Will check at nothing, to revenge the loss Of what she held so dear, I first discover'd Her bloody purposes, which she made good, And openly profess'd 'em; that in me Was but a cold affection; charity Commands so much to all; for Virolet Methinks I should forget my Sexes weakness, Rise up, and dare beyond a womans strength; Then do, not counsel: he is too secure, And in my judgment, 'twere a greater service To free him from a deadly Enemy, Then to get him a friend. I undertook too, To cross her plots, oppos'd my piety, Against her malice; and shall vertue suffer? No Martia, wer't thou here equally armed, I have cause, spite of thy masculine breeding, That would assure the victory: my angel Direct and help me.

Vir. The State in Combustion, Part of the Cittadel forc'd, the treasure seiz'd on; The guards corrupted, arm themselves against Their late protected Master; Ferrant fled too, And with small strength, into the Castle's Tower, The only Aventine, that now is left him! And yet the undertakers, nay, performers, Of such a brave and glorious enterprize, Are yet unknown: they did proceed like men, I like a child; and had I never trusted So deep a practice unto shallow fools, Besides my souls peace, in my Juliana, The honor of this action had been mine, In which, accurs'd, I now can claim no share. Jul. Ronvere! 'tis he, a thing, next to the devil I most detest and like him terrible; Martia's right hand, the instrument I fear too, That is put to her bloody will, into act. Have I not will enough, and cause too mighty? Weak womens fear, fly from me. Vir. Sure this habit, This likeness to Ronvere, which I have studied, Either admits me safe to my design, Which I too cowardly have halted after, And suffer'd to be ravisht from my glory; Or sinks me and my miseries together; Either concludes me happy. Jul. He stands musing, Some mischief is now hatching: In the full meditation, of his wickedness, I'll sink his cursed soul: guide my hand heaven, And to my tender arm give strength, and fortune, That I may do a pious deed, all ages Shall bless my name for; all remembrance crown me. Vir. It shall be so. Jul. It shall not, take that token, And bear it to the lustful arms of Martia, Tell her, for Virolets dear sake, I sent it. Vir. O I am happy, let me see thee, That I may bless the hand that gave me liberty, O courteous hand, nay thou hast done most nobly, And heaven has guided thee, 'twas their great justice; O blessed wound that I could come to kiss thee! How beautiful, and sweet thou shew'st! Jul. Oh! Vir. Sigh not, Nor weep not dear, shed not those sovereign Balsames Into my blood; which must recover me; Then I shall live again, to do a mischief, Against the mightiness of love and virtue, Some base unhallowed hand shall rob thy right of. Help me, I faint: so. Jul. O unhappy wench! How has my zeal abus'd me; you that guard virtue, Were ye asleep? or do you laugh at innocence? You suffer'd this mistake? O my dear Virolet! An everlasting curse follow that forme I strook thee in, his name be ever blasted: For his accursed shadow has betray'd The sweetness of all youth, the nobleness, The honour, and the valor; wither'd for ever The beauty and the bravery of all mankind: O my dull, devils eyes. Vir. I do forgive you, By this, and this I do; I know you were cozen'd; The shadow of Ronvere, I know you aym'd at, And not at me; but 'twas most necessary, I should be struck, some hand above directed you: For Juliana could not shew her justice Without depriving high heaven of his glory, Or any subject fit for her, but Virolet: Forgive me too, and take my last breath sweet one, This the new marriage of our souls together; Think of me Juliana, but not often, For fear my faults should burthen your affections, Pray for me, for I faint. Jul. O stay a little, A little little Sir. [Offers to kill her self. Vir. Fye Juliana. Jul. Shall I outlive the virtue, I have murder'd? Vir. Hold, or thou hat'st my peace, give me the dagger, On your obedience, and your love, deliver it. If you do thus; we shall not meet in heaven sweet; No guilty blood comes there; kill your intentions, And then you conquer: there where I am going, Would you not meet me Dear? Jul. Yes. Vir. And still love me? Jul. And still behold you. Vir. Live then till heaven calls you. Then ripe and full of sweetness you rise sainted. Then I that went before you to prepare, Shall meet and welcome you, and daily court you With Hymnes of holy Love—I go out, Give me your hand, farewell, in peace farewell, Remember me, farewell. [dyes. Jul. Sleep you sweet glasses, An everlasting slumber crown those Chrystals, All my delight adue, farewell, Dear Virolet, Dear, Dear, most Dear; O I can weep no more, My body now is fire, and all consuming, Here will I sit, forget the world and all things, And only wait what heaven shall turn me to, For now methinks I should not live. [She sits down.

P[a]nd. O my sweet daughter, The work is finisht now, I promis'd thee: Here are thy virtues shewed, here register'd, And here shall live for ever. Jul. Blot it, burn it, I have no virtue, hateful I am as hell is. Pand. Is not this Virolet? Jul. Ask no more questions, Mistaking him I kill'd him. Pand. O my Son, Nature turns to my heart again, my dear Son, Son of my age, would'st thou go out so quickly? So poorly take thy leave, and never see me? Was this a kind stroak daughter? could you love him? Honour his Father, and so deadly strike him? O wither'd timeless youth, are all thy promises, Thy goodly growth of Honors come to this? Do I halt still i'th' world, and trouble nature, When her main pieces founder, and fail dayly?

Boy. He does weep certain: what bodie's that lies by him? How do you do Sir? Pand. O look there Lucio, Thy Master, thy best Master. Boy. Woe is me. They have kill'd him, slain him basely, O my Master! Pand. Well daughter well; what heart had you to do this? I know he did you wrong; but 'twas his fortune, And not his fault, for my sake that have lov'd you, But I see now you scorn me too. Boy. O Mistress? Can you [si]t there, and his cold body breathless? Basely upon the earth? Pand. Let her alone Boy, She glories in his end. Boy. You shall not sit here, And suffer him you loved—ha! good Sir come hither, Come hither quickly, heave her up; O heaven Sir, O God, my heart, sh's cold; cold and stiff too: Stiff as a stake, she's dead. Pand. She's gone, nere bend her. I know her heart, she could not want his company: Blessing go with thy soul, sweet Angels shadow it O, that I were the third now, what a happiness! But I must live, to see you layd in earth both, Then build a Chapel to your memories, Where all my wealth shall fashion out your stories. Then dig a little grave besides, and all's done. How sweet she looks, her eyes are open smiling, I thought she had been alive, you are my charge Sir, And amongst you, I'll see his goods distributed. Take up the bodies, mourn in heart my friends, You have lost two noble succors; follow me, And thou sad Countrey, weep this misery. [Exeunt.

Sess. Keep the Ports strongly mann'd, and let none enter, But such as are known Patriots. All. Liberty, liberty. Sess. 'Tis a substantial thing, and not a word You men of Naples, which if once taken from us, All other blessings leave us; 'tis a jewel Worth purchasing, at the dear rate of life, And so to be defended. O remember What you have suffer'd, since you parted with it; And if again you wish not to be slaves, And properties to Ferrand's pride and lust, Take noble courage, and make pe[r]fect what Is happily begun. 1. Cit. Our great preserver, You have infranchis'd us, from wretched bondage. 2. Cit. And might be known, to whom we owe our freedom, We to the death would follow him. 3. Cit. Make him King, The Tyrant once remov'd. Sess. That's not my end. 'Twas not ambition that brought me hither, With these my faithful friends, nor hope of spoil; For when we did possess the Tyrants treasure, By force extorted from you, and employed, To load you with most miserable thraldome, We did not make it ours, but with it purchas'd The help of these, to get you liberty, That for the same price kept you in subjection. Nor are we Switzers, worthy Countrey-men, But Neapolitans, now eye me well; And tho the reverend Emblems of mine age, My silver locks are shorne, my beard cut off, Partaking yet of an adulterate Colour; Tho 14 years you have not seen this face, You may remember it, and call to mind, There was a Duke of Sess, A much wrong'd Prince, Wrong'd by this Tyrant Ferrand. 1. Cit. Now I know him. 2. Cit. 'Tis he, long live the Duke of Sess. Sess. I thank you. The injuries I receiv'd, I must confess, Made me forget the love I owed this Country, For which I hope, I have given satisfaction, In being the first that stir'd, to give it freedome; And with your loves and furtherance, will call back, Long banisht peace, and plenty, to this people. 2. Cit. Lead where you please, we'll follow. 1. Cit. Dare all dangers.

Sess. What solemn funeral's this? Pand. There rest a while, And if't be possible there can be added Wings to your swift desire of just revenge, Hear, (if my tears will give way to my words) In brief a most sad story. Sess. Speak, what are they? I know thee well Pandulfe. Pand. My best Lord? As far as sorrow will give leave, most welcome; This Virolet was, and but a Son of mine, I might say, the most hopeful of our Gentry; And though unfortunate, never ignoble: But I'll speak him no farther. Look on this, This face, that in a savage would move pitty, The wonder of her Sex, and having said 'Tis Juliana, Eloquence will want words To set out her deservings; this blest Lady That did indure the Rack, to save her Husband, That Husband, who, in being forc'd to leave her, Indur'd a thousand tortures; by what practise, I know not, (but 'twas sure a cunning one) Are made, the last I hope, but sad examples Of Ferrands tyranny. Convey the bodies hence. Sess. Express your sorrow In your revenge, not teares, my worthy Soldiers: That fertile earth that teem'd so many children, To feed his cruelty, in her wounded wombe, Can hardly now receive 'em. Boats. We are cold, Cold walls shall not keep him from us. Gun. Were he cover'd with mountains, and room only for a Bullet to be sent level at him, I would speed him. M[r]. Let's scale this petty Tower; at Sea we are Falcons, And fly unto the main top in a moment. What then can stop us here? 1 Cit. We'll tear him piece-meal. 2 Cit. Or eat a passage to him. Ses. Let discretion Direct your anger; that's a victory, Which is got with least loss, let us make ours such: And therefore friends, while we hold parley here, Raise your scalado on the other side, But enter'd wreak your suffrings.

1 Cit. In our wrongs: There was no mean. 2 Cit. Nor in our full revenge Will we know any. Sess. Be appeas'd good man, No sorrow can redeem them from deaths Prison; What his inevitable hand hath seiz'd on, The world cannot recover. All the comfort That I can give to you, is to see vengeance Pour'd dreadfully upon the Authors head, Of which their ashes may be sensible, That have fain by him. [Sound a parley.

Pand. They appear. Fer. 'Tis not that we esteem rebellious Traytors Worthy an answer to their proudest Summons That we vouchsafe our presence; or to exchange One syllable with 'em: but to let such know, Though circled round with treason, all points bent As to their Center at my heart, 'tis free, Free from fear, villains, and in this weak Tower Ferrand commands as absolute, as when He trod upon your necks, and as much s[c]orns you. And when the Sun of Majesty shall break through The clouds of your rebellion, every beam Instead of comfortable heat shall send Consuming plagues among you; and you call That government which you term'd tyrannous Hereafter, gentle. Sess. Flatter not thy self With these deluding hopes, thou cruel beast, Thou art i'th' toyle, and the glad Huntsman prouder, By whom thou art taken, of his prey, than if (Like thee) he should command, and spoil his Forrest. Fer. What art thou? Sess. To thy horror Duke of Sesse. Fer. The Divel. Sess. Reserv'd for thy damnation. Fer. Why shakes my love? Mart. O I am lost for ever; Mountains divide me from him; some kind hand Prevent our fearful meeting: Or lead me To the steep rock, whose rugged brows are bent Upon the swelling main; there let me hide me: And as our bodies then shall be divided, May our souls never meet. Fer. Whence grows this, Sweetest? Mar. There are a thousand furies in his looks; And in his deadly silence more loud horror, Than when in hell the tortur'd and tormentors Contend whose shreeks are greater. Wretched me! It is my father. Sess. Yes, and I will own her, Sir, Till my revenge. It is my daughter, Ferrand; My daughter thou hast whor'd. Fer. I triumph in it: To know she's thine, affords me more true pleasure, Than the act gave me, when even at the height, I crack'd her Virgin zone. Her shame dwell on thee, And all thy family; may they never know A female issue, but a whore; Ascanio. Ronvere, look cheerfull; be thou a man too, And learn of me to dye. That we might fall, And in our ruines swallow up this Kingdom, Nay the whole world, and make a second Chaos. And if from thence a new beginning rise, Be it recorded this did end with us; And from our dust hath embryon. Ron. I liv'd with you, And will dye with you; your example makes me Equally bold. Asc. And I resolv'd to bear What ere my fate appoints me. Sess. They are ours, Now to the spoyl. Boats. Pitty the Lady; to all else be deaf. [Exeunt. Within, Kill, kill, kill. [Alarum Flo. Trumpets. Retreat.

Sess. Cruel beginnings meet with cruel ends; And the best sacrifice to Heaven for peace, Is tyrants blood: and those that stuck fast to him, Flesh'd instruments in his commands to mischief, With him dispatch'd. Boats. They are cut off. Sess. 'Tis well. All. Thanks to the Duke of Sesse. Sess. Pay that to Heaven, And for a general joy, give general thanks: For blessings nere descend from Heaven, but when A grateful Sacrifice ascends from men. To your devotion, leave me, there's a Scene, Which I would act alone; yet you may stay, For wanting just spectators, 'twill be nothing. The rest forbear me. Cit. Liberty, liberty, liberty. Mar. I would I were as far beneath the Centre, As now I stand above it; how I tremble! Thrice happy they that dyed; I dying live To stand the whirlwind of a fathers fury. Now it moves toward me. Sess. Thou, I want a name, By which to stile thee: All articulate sounds That do express the mischief of vile woman, That are, or have been, or shall be, are weak To speak thee to the height. Witch, Parricide, For thou, in taking leave of modesty, Hast kild thy father, and his honor lost; He's but a walking shadow to torment thee. To leave, and rob thy father; then set free His foes, whose slavery he did prefer Above all treasure, was a strong defeazance To cut off, even the surest bonds of mercy. After all this, having given up thy self, Like to a sensual beast, a slave to lust, To play the whore, and then (high Heaven it racks me) To find out none to quench thy appetite, But the most cruel King, whom next to Hell, Thy father hated; and whose black imbraces Thou shouldst have fled from, as the whips of furies; What canst thou look for?

Mart. Death; and 'tis not in you To hurt me farther: my old resolution, Take now the place of fear; in this I liv'd, In this I'll dye, your daughter. Pand. Look but here; You had I know, a guilty hand in this; Repent it Lady. Mart. Juliana dead? And Virolet? Pand. By her unwilling hand. Mart. Fates you are equal. What can now fall on me, That I will shrink at? now unmov'd I dare Look on your anger, and not bend a knee To ask your pardon; let your rage run higher Than billows rais'd up by a violent Tempest, And be, as that is, deaf to all intreaties: They are dead, and I prepar'd; for in their fall All my desires are summ'd up. Sess. Impudent too? Die in it wretch. Boats. Stay Sir. [Boats. kills her. Sess. How dar'st thou villain, Snatch from my sword the honor of my justice? Boats. I never did you better service Sir, Yet have been ever faithful. I confess That she deserv'd to dye; but by whose hand? Not by a fathers. Double all her guilt, It could not make you innocent, had you done it. In me 'tis murder, in you 'twere a crime Heaven could not pardon. Witness that I love you, And in that love I did it. Sess. Thou art Noble, I thank thee for't; the thought of her dye with her. Asc. My turn is next: since she could find no mercy, What am I to expect? Cit. With one voyce, Sir, The Citizens salute you with the stile Of King of Naples. Sess. I must be excus'd, The burden is too heavy for my shoulder, Bestow it where 'tis due. Stand forth Ascanio, It does belong to you; live long and wear it, And warn'd by the example of your Unkle, Learn that you are to govern men, not beasts: And that it is a most improvident head, That strives to hurt the limbs that do support it. Give burial to the dead; for me, and mine, We will again to Sea, and never know, The place, which in my birth first gave me woe. [Exeunt.