Marc. Sir, this is complement; I pray you leave me.
Gent. Sir, it is not.
Marc. Why? I would only see the Town.
Gent. And only that I come to shew you.
Marc. Which I can see without you.
Gent. So you may
Plainly, not safely: For such difference
As you have seen betwixt the sea and earth
When waves rise high, and land would beat 'em back
As fearful of Invasion; such we find
When we land here at Barcelona.
Plainly, not safely: For such difference
As you have seen betwixt the sea and earth
When waves rise high, and land would beat 'em back
As fearful of Invasion; such we find
When we land here at Barcelona.
Marc. Sir.
Gent. Besides our General of the Galleys, fearing
Your hasty nature, charg'd me not return
Without you safe.
Your hasty nature, charg'd me not return
Without you safe.
Marc. O Sir, that Roderigo
Is noble, and do's mistake my temper.
There is not in the world, a mind less apt
To conceive wrongs, or do 'em; has he seen me
In all this voyage, in the which he pleases.
Is noble, and do's mistake my temper.
There is not in the world, a mind less apt
To conceive wrongs, or do 'em; has he seen me
In all this voyage, in the which he pleases.
En[t]er Eugenia, with divers Attendants.
To call me friend, let slip a hasty word?
S'light Sir: yonder is a Lady va[il]d,
For properness beyond comparison,
And sure her face is like the rest: we'll see't.
S'light Sir: yonder is a Lady va[il]d,
For properness beyond comparison,
And sure her face is like the rest: we'll see't.
Gent. Why? you are hasty Sir already: know you
What 'tis you go about.
What 'tis you go about.
Marc. Yes, I would see
The womans face.
The womans face.
Gent. By heaven you shall not do't:
You do not know the custom of the place:
To draw that curtain here, though she were mean,
Is mortall.
You do not know the custom of the place:
To draw that curtain here, though she were mean,
Is mortall.
Marc. Is it? earth must come to earth
At last, and by my troth, I'll try it Sir.
At last, and by my troth, I'll try it Sir.
Gent. Then I must hold you fast. By all the faith
That can be plac'd in man, 'tis an attempt
More dangerous than death, 'tis death and shame:
I know the Lady well.
That can be plac'd in man, 'tis an attempt
More dangerous than death, 'tis death and shame:
I know the Lady well.
Marc. Is she a Lady?
I shall the more desire to see her Sir.
I shall the more desire to see her Sir.
Gent. She is Alanso's wife, the Governor,
A noble Gentleman.
A noble Gentleman.
Marc. Then let me go,
If I can win her, you and I will govern
This Town Sir, fear it not, and we will alter
These barbarous customs then; for every Lady
Shall be seen daily, and seen over too.
If I can win her, you and I will govern
This Town Sir, fear it not, and we will alter
These barbarous customs then; for every Lady
Shall be seen daily, and seen over too.
Gent. Come, do not jest, nor let your passions bear you
To such wild enterprises: hold you still,
For as I have a soul, you shall not do't.
She is a Lady of unblemish'd fame,
And here to offer that affront, were base:
Hold on your way, and we will see the Town,
And overlook the Ladies.
To such wild enterprises: hold you still,
For as I have a soul, you shall not do't.
She is a Lady of unblemish'd fame,
And here to offer that affront, were base:
Hold on your way, and we will see the Town,
And overlook the Ladies.
Marc. I am school'd,
And promise you I will: but good Sir, see,
She will pass by us now; I hope I may
Salute her thus far off.
And promise you I will: but good Sir, see,
She will pass by us now; I hope I may
Salute her thus far off.
Gent. 'S foot, are you mad?
'Twill be as ill as th' other.
'Twill be as ill as th' other.
1 Attend. What's the matter?
What would that fellow have?
What would that fellow have?
1. Atten. It seems you are new landed: would you beg
Any thing here?
Any thing here?
Marc. Yes Sir, all happiness
To that fair Lady, as I hope.
To that fair Lady, as I hope.
Gent. Mark-antonio.
Marc. Her face, which needs no hiding: I would beg
A sight of.
A sight of.
Gent. Now go on, for 'tis too late
To keep this from a tumult.
To keep this from a tumult.
1. Attend. Sirrah, you
Shall see a fitter object for your eyes,
Then a fair Ladies face.
Shall see a fitter object for your eyes,
Then a fair Ladies face.
Eug. For heavens sake, raise not
A quarrel in the streets for me.
A quarrel in the streets for me.
1. Attend. Slip in then;
This is your door.
This is your door.
Eug. Will you needs quarrel then?
1. Attend. We must, or suffer
This outrage: is't not all your minds Sirs, speak?
This outrage: is't not all your minds Sirs, speak?
All. Yes.
Eug. Then I do beseech ye, let my Lord
Enter three or four Souldiers.
Not think the quarrel about me; for 'tis not. [Exit.
Gent. See happily some of our Galley souldiers
Are come ashoar.
Are come ashoar.
1. Attend. Come on Sir, you shall see
Faces enough.
Faces enough.
Gent. Some one of you call to
Enter certain Townsmen.
Our General, the whole rore of the Town
Comes in upon us.
Comes in upon us.
Marc. I have seen Sir better
Perhaps, than that was cover'd; and will yet
Perhaps, than that was cover'd; and will yet
Enter Philippo, Theodosia, and Leocadia.
See that, or spoil yours.
Phil. On, why start you back?
Theo. Alass Sir, they are fighting.
Gent. Ho General,
Look out, Antonio is in distress.
Look out, Antonio is in distress.
Enter Rodorigo above.
Theo. Antonio.
Leoc. Antonio! 'tis he.
Rod. within. Ho, Gunner make a shot into the Town,
I'll part you: bring away Antonio [a shot.
Into my Cabben. [Exit Attendants and Townsmen.
I'll part you: bring away Antonio [a shot.
Into my Cabben. [Exit Attendants and Townsmen.
Gent. I will do that office.
I fear it is the last, that I shall do him.
I fear it is the last, that I shall do him.
[Exit Souldiers and Gentlemen with Marckantonio.
Theo. The last, why will he dye?
Leoc. Since I have found him: happiness leave me,
When I leave him.
When I leave him.
Phil. Why Theodosia?
My sister; wake: alass, I griev'd but now
To see the streets so full; and now I grieve
To see them left so empty: I could wish,
Tumult himself were here, that yet at least
Amongst the band, I might espie some face
So pale and fearful, that would willingly
Embrace an arrand for a Cordial,
Or Aquavitæ, or a cup of sack,
Or a Physitian: but to talk of these
She breaths: stand up, O Theodosia,
Speak but as thou wert wont, give but a sigh,
Which is but the most unhappy piece of life,
And I will ever after worship sadness,
Apply my self to grief; prepare and build
Altars to sorrow.
My sister; wake: alass, I griev'd but now
To see the streets so full; and now I grieve
To see them left so empty: I could wish,
Tumult himself were here, that yet at least
Amongst the band, I might espie some face
So pale and fearful, that would willingly
Embrace an arrand for a Cordial,
Or Aquavitæ, or a cup of sack,
Or a Physitian: but to talk of these
She breaths: stand up, O Theodosia,
Speak but as thou wert wont, give but a sigh,
Which is but the most unhappy piece of life,
And I will ever after worship sadness,
Apply my self to grief; prepare and build
Altars to sorrow.
Theo. O Philippo, help me.
Phil. I do; these are my arms, Philippo's arms,
Thy Brothers arms that hold thee up.
Thy Brothers arms that hold thee up.
Theo. You help me
To life: but I would see Antonio
That's dead.
To life: but I would see Antonio
That's dead.
Phil. Thou shalt see any thing; how dost thou?
Phil. Why that's well: call up
Thy senses, and uncloud thy cover'd spirits.
How now?
Thy senses, and uncloud thy cover'd spirits.
How now?
Theo. Recover'd: but Antonio,
Where is he?
Where is he?
Phil. We will find him: art thou well?
Theo. Perfectly well, saving the miss of him;
And I do charge you here, by our allyance,
And by the love which would have been betwixt us,
Knew we no kindred; by that killing fear,
Mingled with twenty thousand hopes and doubts,
Which you may think, plac'd in a Lovers heart,
And in a Virgins too, when she wants help,
To grant me your assistance, to find out
This man alive, or dead; and I will pay you
In service, tears, or prayers, a world of wealth:
But other treasure, I have none: alas!
You men have strong hearts; but we feeble maids
Have tender eyes, which only given be
To blind themselves, crying for what they see.
And I do charge you here, by our allyance,
And by the love which would have been betwixt us,
Knew we no kindred; by that killing fear,
Mingled with twenty thousand hopes and doubts,
Which you may think, plac'd in a Lovers heart,
And in a Virgins too, when she wants help,
To grant me your assistance, to find out
This man alive, or dead; and I will pay you
In service, tears, or prayers, a world of wealth:
But other treasure, I have none: alas!
You men have strong hearts; but we feeble maids
Have tender eyes, which only given be
To blind themselves, crying for what they see.
Phil. Why do'st thou charge me thus? have I been found
Slow to perform, what I could but imagine
Thy wishes were; have I at any time
Tender'd a business of mine own, beyond
A vanity of thine? have I not been
As if I were a sensless creature, made
To serve thee without pow'r of questioning,
If so, why fear'st thou?
Slow to perform, what I could but imagine
Thy wishes were; have I at any time
Tender'd a business of mine own, beyond
A vanity of thine? have I not been
As if I were a sensless creature, made
To serve thee without pow'r of questioning,
If so, why fear'st thou?
Theo. I am satisfied.
Phil. Come; then let's go: where's Leocadia?
Theo. I know not Sir.
Phil. Where's Leocadia?
Theo. I do not know.
Phil. Leocadia,
This Tumult made the streets as dead as night,
A man may talk as freely: what's become
Of Leocadia?
This Tumult made the streets as dead as night,
A man may talk as freely: what's become
Of Leocadia?
Theo. She's run away.
Phil. Begone, and let us never more behold
Each others face, till we may, both together,
Fasten our eyes on her: accursed be
Those tender cozening names of charity,
And natural affection, they have lost
Me only by observing them, what cost
Travel, and fruitless wishes may in vain
Search through the world, but never find again.
Each others face, till we may, both together,
Fasten our eyes on her: accursed be
Those tender cozening names of charity,
And natural affection, they have lost
Me only by observing them, what cost
Travel, and fruitless wishes may in vain
Search through the world, but never find again.
Theo. Good Sir be patient, I have done no fault
Worthy this banishment.
Worthy this banishment.
Phil. Yes Leocadia,
The Lady so distress'd, who was content
To lay her story, and to lay her heart
As open as her story to your self,
Who was content, that I should know her Sex,
Before dissembl'd and to put her self
Into my conduct, whom I undertook
Safely to guard, is in this Tumult lost.
The Lady so distress'd, who was content
To lay her story, and to lay her heart
As open as her story to your self,
Who was content, that I should know her Sex,
Before dissembl'd and to put her self
Into my conduct, whom I undertook
Safely to guard, is in this Tumult lost.
Theo. And can I help it Sir?
Phil. No, would thou couldst,
You might have done, but for that zeald religion
You women bear to swownings, you do pick
Your times to faint when some body is by:
Bound or by nature, or by love, or service
To raise you from that well dissembled death:
Inform me but of one that has been found
Dead in her private chamber by her self,
Where sickness would no more forbear, than here,
And I will quit the rest for her.
You might have done, but for that zeald religion
You women bear to swownings, you do pick
Your times to faint when some body is by:
Bound or by nature, or by love, or service
To raise you from that well dissembled death:
Inform me but of one that has been found
Dead in her private chamber by her self,
Where sickness would no more forbear, than here,
And I will quit the rest for her.
Theo. I know not
What they may do, and how they may dissemble;
But by my troth, I did not.
What they may do, and how they may dissemble;
But by my troth, I did not.
Phil. By my troth,
Would I had try'd; would I had let thee layn,
And followed her.
Would I had try'd; would I had let thee layn,
And followed her.
Theo. I would you had done so
Rather, than been so angry: where's Antonio?
Rather, than been so angry: where's Antonio?
Phil. Why do'st thou vex me with these questions?
I'll tell thee where, he's carried to the Galleys,
There to be chain'd, and row, and beat, and row
With knotted ropes, and pizzels; if he swound,
He has a dose of bisket.
I'll tell thee where, he's carried to the Galleys,
There to be chain'd, and row, and beat, and row
With knotted ropes, and pizzels; if he swound,
He has a dose of bisket.
Theo. I am glad
He is alive.
He is alive.
Phil. Was ever man thus troubled,
Tell me where Leocadia is?
Tell me where Leocadia is?
Theo. Good brother be not so hasty, and I think I can:
You found no error in me, when I first
Told you she was a woman, and believe me
Something I have found out, which makes me think,
Nay, almost know so well, that I durst swear
She follow'd hurt Antonio.
You found no error in me, when I first
Told you she was a woman, and believe me
Something I have found out, which makes me think,
Nay, almost know so well, that I durst swear
She follow'd hurt Antonio.
Phil. What do we
Enter the Governor, two Attendants, and the Townsmen.
Then lingring here; we will aboard the Galleys
And find her.
And find her.
Gov. Made he a shot into the Town?
1. Attend. He did Sir.
Gov. Call back those Gentlemen.
1. Attend. The Governor, commands you back.
Phil. We will obey him Sir.
Gov. You gave him cause to shoot; I know, he is
So far from rash offence, and holds with me
Such curious friendship: could not one of you
Have call'd me while 'twas doing, such an uproar,
Before my dore too?
So far from rash offence, and holds with me
Such curious friendship: could not one of you
Have call'd me while 'twas doing, such an uproar,
Before my dore too?
1. Towns. By my troth Sir, we were so busy in the publick cause, of our own
Private falling out: that we forgot it: at home we see now
You were not, but as soon as the shot made us fly, we ran
Away as fast as we could to seek your honor.
Private falling out: that we forgot it: at home we see now
You were not, but as soon as the shot made us fly, we ran
Away as fast as we could to seek your honor.
Gov. 'Twas gravely done; but no man tells the cause
Or chance, or what it was that made you differ.
Or chance, or what it was that made you differ.
1. Towns. For my part Sir, if there were any that I knew
Of, the shot drove it out of my head, do you know any neighbours?
Of, the shot drove it out of my head, do you know any neighbours?
All. Not we, not we.
Gov. Not we! nor can you tell.
1. Attend. No other cause,
But the old quarrel betwixt the Town and the Galleys.
But the old quarrel betwixt the Town and the Galleys.
Gov. Come nearer Gentlemen: what are your names?
Phil. My name Philippo.
Gov. Strangers you are it seems.
Phil. Newly arriv'd.
Gov. Then you are they begun this Tumult.
Phil. No Sir.
[G]ov. Speak one of you.
1. Attend. They are not, I can quit 'em.
Theo. Yet we saw part, and an unhappy part
Of this debate, a long sought friend of ours
Strook down for dead, and born unto the Galleys,
His name is Mark-antonio.
Of this debate, a long sought friend of ours
Strook down for dead, and born unto the Galleys,
His name is Mark-antonio.
Phil. And another
Of our company, a Gentleman
Of noble birth, besides accompanyed
With all the gifts of nature, ravish'd hence
We know not how, in this dissention.
Of our company, a Gentleman
Of noble birth, besides accompanyed
With all the gifts of nature, ravish'd hence
We know not how, in this dissention.
Gov. Get you home all, and work; and when I hear
You meddle with a weapon any more
But those belonging to your Trades, I'll lay you
Where your best Customers shall hardly find you. [Exit Townsmen.
I am sorry gentlemen, I troubled you,
Being both strangers, by your tongues, and looks,
Of worth: To make ye some part of amends
If there be any thing in this poor Town
Of Barcelona that you would command,
Command me.
You meddle with a weapon any more
But those belonging to your Trades, I'll lay you
Where your best Customers shall hardly find you. [Exit Townsmen.
I am sorry gentlemen, I troubled you,
Being both strangers, by your tongues, and looks,
Of worth: To make ye some part of amends
If there be any thing in this poor Town
Of Barcelona that you would command,
Command me.
Theo. Sir, this wounded Gentleman,
If it might please you, if your pow'r and love
Extend so far, I would be glad to wish
Might be remov'd into the Town for cure:
The Galleys stay not, and his wound I know
Cannot endure a voyage.
If it might please you, if your pow'r and love
Extend so far, I would be glad to wish
Might be remov'd into the Town for cure:
The Galleys stay not, and his wound I know
Cannot endure a voyage.
Gov. Sir, he shall,
I warrant you: Go call me hither Sirrah,
One of my other Servants. [Exit 1. attendan[t].
I warrant you: Go call me hither Sirrah,
One of my other Servants. [Exit 1. attendan[t].
Phil. And besides.
The Gentleman we lost, Signior Francisco,
Shall be render'd too.
The Gentleman we lost, Signior Francisco,
Shall be render'd too.
Enter a Servant.
Whispers to his Servant.
Theo. Now we shall have 'em both.
Phil. Blest be thy thoughts
For apprehending this: blest be thy breath
For uttering it.
For apprehending this: blest be thy breath
For uttering it.
Gov. Come Gentlemen, you shall
Enter my roof: and I will send for Surgeons,
And you shall see your friends here presently.
Enter my roof: and I will send for Surgeons,
And you shall see your friends here presently.
Theo. His name was Mark-antonio.
Gover. I know it,
And have sent word so.
And have sent word so.
Phil. Did you not forget
Francisco's name?
Francisco's name?
Gover. Nor his: y'are truly welcome,
To talk about it more, were but to say
The same word often over: you are welcome. [Exeunt.
To talk about it more, were but to say
The same word often over: you are welcome. [Exeunt.
Scæna Secunda.
Enter Mark-antonio, carried, Leocadia following; and the Servant. 2 Soldiers carrying him.
Serv. This is the house Sir.
Mar. Enter it, I pray you,
For I am faint, although I think my wound
Be nothing. Soldiers, leave us now: I thank you.
For I am faint, although I think my wound
Be nothing. Soldiers, leave us now: I thank you.
1. Sold. Heaven send you health Sir.
Serv. Let me lead you in.
Mark. My wound's not in my feet; I shall entreat 'em
I hope to bear me so far. [Exit.
I hope to bear me so far. [Exit.
2. Sold. How seriously these land men fled, when our General made a
Shot, as if he had been a warning to call 'em to their Hall.
Shot, as if he had been a warning to call 'em to their Hall.
1. Sold. I cannot blame 'em, What man have they now in the
Town, able to maintain a Tumult, or uphold a matter out
Of square if need be? O the quiet hurley burleys that I
Have seen in this Town, when we have fought four hours
Together, and not a man amongst us so impertinent or
Modest to ask why? but now the pillars that bare
Up this blessed Town in that regular debate, and
Scambling, are dead, the more's the pitty.
Town, able to maintain a Tumult, or uphold a matter out
Of square if need be? O the quiet hurley burleys that I
Have seen in this Town, when we have fought four hours
Together, and not a man amongst us so impertinent or
Modest to ask why? but now the pillars that bare
Up this blessed Town in that regular debate, and
Scambling, are dead, the more's the pitty.
2. Sold. Old Ignatio lives still.
1. Sold. Yes, I know him: he will do prettily well at a mans liver:
But where is there any man now living in the Town
That hath a steady hand, and understands Anatomy
Well? if it come to a particular matter of the lungs,
Or the spleen, why? alas Ignatio is to seek; are
There any such men left as I have known, that
Would say they would hit you in this place? is there
Ever a good heartist, or a member-percer, or a
Small-gut man left in the Town, answer
Me that?
But where is there any man now living in the Town
That hath a steady hand, and understands Anatomy
Well? if it come to a particular matter of the lungs,
Or the spleen, why? alas Ignatio is to seek; are
There any such men left as I have known, that
Would say they would hit you in this place? is there
Ever a good heartist, or a member-percer, or a
Small-gut man left in the Town, answer
Me that?
2. Sold. Mass, I think there be not.
1. Sold. No, I warrant thee. Come, come, 'tis time
We were at the Galleys. [Exeunt.
We were at the Galleys. [Exeunt.
Enter Governor, Eugenia, Mark-antonio, Philippo, Theodosia, Leocadia, Attendants.
Gover. Sir, you may know by what I said already,
You may command my house; but I must beg
Pardon to leave you, if the publick business
Forc'd me not from you, I my self should call it
Unmannerly: but good Sir, do you give it
A milder name: it shall not be an hour
Ere I return.
You may command my house; but I must beg
Pardon to leave you, if the publick business
Forc'd me not from you, I my self should call it
Unmannerly: but good Sir, do you give it
A milder name: it shall not be an hour
Ere I return.
Mar[c]. Sir, I was nere so poor
In my own thoughts, as that I want a means
To requite this with.
In my own thoughts, as that I want a means
To requite this with.
Gov. Sir, within this hour. [Exit.
Marc. This the Lady that I quarrell'd for?
O lust if wounds cannot restrain thy power,
Let shame: nor do I feel my hurt at all,
Nor is it ought, only I was well beaten:
If I pursue it, all the civil world
That ever did imagine the content
Found in the band of man and wife unbroke,
The reverence due to housholds, or the blemish
That may be stuck upon posterity
Will catch me, bind me, burn upon my forehead,
This is the wounded stranger, that receiv'd
For charity into a house, attempted—
I will not do it.
O lust if wounds cannot restrain thy power,
Let shame: nor do I feel my hurt at all,
Nor is it ought, only I was well beaten:
If I pursue it, all the civil world
That ever did imagine the content
Found in the band of man and wife unbroke,
The reverence due to housholds, or the blemish
That may be stuck upon posterity
Will catch me, bind me, burn upon my forehead,
This is the wounded stranger, that receiv'd
For charity into a house, attempted—
I will not do it.
Eug. Sir, how do you do now?
That you walk off.
That you walk off.
Marc. Worse Madam, than I was;
But it will over.
But it will over.
Eug. Sit, and rest a while.
Marc. Where are the Surgeons?
Eug. Sir, it is their manner,
When they have seen the wound especially,
The patient being of worth, to go consult,
Which they are now at in another room,
About the dressing.
When they have seen the wound especially,
The patient being of worth, to go consult,
Which they are now at in another room,
About the dressing.
Marc. Madam, I do feel my self not well.
Theo. Alass!
Leoc. How do you Sir.
Eug. Will you drink waters?
Marc. No good Madam, 'tis not
So violent upon me; nor I think
Any thing dangerous: but yet there are
Some things that sit so heavy on my conscience,
That will perplex my mind, and stop my cure,
So that unless I utter 'em. A scratch
Here on my thumb will kill me: Gentlemen,
I pray you leave the room, and come not in
Your selves, or any other till I have
Open'd my self to this most honour'd Lady.
So violent upon me; nor I think
Any thing dangerous: but yet there are
Some things that sit so heavy on my conscience,
That will perplex my mind, and stop my cure,
So that unless I utter 'em. A scratch
Here on my thumb will kill me: Gentlemen,
I pray you leave the room, and come not in
Your selves, or any other till I have
Open'd my self to this most honour'd Lady.
Phil. We will not.
Theo. O blest! he will discover now
His love to me.
His love to me.
Leoc. Now he will tell the Lady
Our Contract. [Exit.
Our Contract. [Exit.
Eug. I do believe he will confess to me
The wrong he did a Lady in the streets;
But I forgive him.
The wrong he did a Lady in the streets;
But I forgive him.
Marc. Madam, I perceive
My self grow worse and worse.
My self grow worse and worse.
Marc. O no, but e'r I do impart
What burthens me so sore, let me intreat you,
(For there is no trust in these Surgeons)
To look upon my wound; it is perhaps
My last request: But tell me truely too,
That must be in: how far do you imagine
It will have pow'r upon me.
What burthens me so sore, let me intreat you,
(For there is no trust in these Surgeons)
To look upon my wound; it is perhaps
My last request: But tell me truely too,
That must be in: how far do you imagine
It will have pow'r upon me.
Eug. Sir, I will.
Marc. For heavens sake, softly: oh, I must needs lay
My head down easily, whilst you do it.
My head down easily, whilst you do it.
Eug. Do Sir,
'Tis but an ordinary blow; a child
Of mine has had a greater, and been well;
Are you faint hearted?
'Tis but an ordinary blow; a child
Of mine has had a greater, and been well;
Are you faint hearted?
Marc. Oh.
Eug. Why do you sigh?
There is no danger in the world in this;
I wonder it should make a man sit down;
What do you mean, why do you kiss my breasts?
Lift up your head, your wound, may well endure it.
There is no danger in the world in this;
I wonder it should make a man sit down;
What do you mean, why do you kiss my breasts?
Lift up your head, your wound, may well endure it.
Mar. O Madam, may I not express affection,
Dying-affection too I fear, to those
That do me favors, such as this of yours.
Dying-affection too I fear, to those
That do me favors, such as this of yours.
Eug. If you mean so, 'tis well; but what's the business
Lies on your conscience?
Lies on your conscience?
Mar. I will tell you Madam.
Eug. Tell me and laugh?
Mar. But I will tell you true
Though I do laugh, I know as well as you
My wound is nothing, nor the power of earth
Could lay a wound upon me in your presence,
That I could feel; but I do laugh to think
How covertly, how far beyond the reach
Of men, and wise men too, we shall deceive 'em,
Whilst they imagine I am talking here
With that short breath I have, ready to swound
At every full point; you my ghostly Mother
To hear my sad confession, you and I
Will on that bed within, prepar'd for me,
Debate the matter privately.
Though I do laugh, I know as well as you
My wound is nothing, nor the power of earth
Could lay a wound upon me in your presence,
That I could feel; but I do laugh to think
How covertly, how far beyond the reach
Of men, and wise men too, we shall deceive 'em,
Whilst they imagine I am talking here
With that short breath I have, ready to swound
At every full point; you my ghostly Mother
To hear my sad confession, you and I
Will on that bed within, prepar'd for me,
Debate the matter privately.
Eug. Forbear,
Thou wert but now as welcome to this house
As certain cures to sick men, and just now
This sudain alteration makes thee look
Like plagues come to infect it; if thou knewst
How loathsome thou wilt be, thou wouldst intreat
These wals, or posts to help thee to a hurt,
Past thy d[i]ssimulation.
Thou wert but now as welcome to this house
As certain cures to sick men, and just now
This sudain alteration makes thee look
Like plagues come to infect it; if thou knewst
How loathsome thou wilt be, thou wouldst intreat
These wals, or posts to help thee to a hurt,
Past thy d[i]ssimulation.
Mar. Gentle Madam
Call 'em not in?
Call 'em not in?
Eug. I will not yet, this place
I know to be within the reach of tongue,
And ears, thou canst not force me; therefore hear me
What I will tell thee quickly, thou art born
To end some way more disesteem'd than this,
Or which is worse, to dye of this hurt yet.
Come Gentlemen.
I know to be within the reach of tongue,
And ears, thou canst not force me; therefore hear me
What I will tell thee quickly, thou art born
To end some way more disesteem'd than this,
Or which is worse, to dye of this hurt yet.
Come Gentlemen.
Enter Leocadia.
Mar. Good Madam.
Eug. Gentlemen.
Leoc. Madam how is't? is Mark-antonio well?
Methinks your looks are alter'd, and I see
A strange distemper in you.
Methinks your looks are alter'd, and I see
A strange distemper in you.
Eug. I am wrought
By that dissembling man, that fellow worth
Nothing but kicking.
By that dissembling man, that fellow worth
Nothing but kicking.
Enter Philippo and Theodosia.
Leo. Gentle Madam speak
To me alone let not them understand
His fault, he will repent [it] I dare swear.
To me alone let not them understand
His fault, he will repent [it] I dare swear.
Eug. I'll tell it you in private.
Phil. Mark-antonio,
How do you?
How do you?
Mar. Stand farther off I pray you
Give me some ayre.
Give me some ayre.
Theo. Good Brother, will he scape,
The Surgeons say there is no danger.
The Surgeons say there is no danger.
Leo. Alas will he not leave
This trying all; Madam, I do beseech you
Let me but speak to him, you and these by,
And I dare almost promise you to make him
Shew himself truly sorrowful to you, besides a story I shall open to you,
Not put in so good words but in it self
So full of chance, that you will easily
Forgive my tediousness, and be well pleas'd
With that so much afflicts me.
This trying all; Madam, I do beseech you
Let me but speak to him, you and these by,
And I dare almost promise you to make him
Shew himself truly sorrowful to you, besides a story I shall open to you,
Not put in so good words but in it self
So full of chance, that you will easily
Forgive my tediousness, and be well pleas'd
With that so much afflicts me.
Eug. Good Sir do.
Leo. And I desire no interruption
Of speech may trouble me till I have said
What I will quickly do.
Of speech may trouble me till I have said
What I will quickly do.
Theo. What will she say.
Eug. Come Gentlemen, I pray you lend your ears,
And keep your voyces.
And keep your voyces.
Leo. Signior Mark-antonio
How do you do?
How do you do?
Mar. Oh the Surgeons.
Leoc. Let me tell you
Who know as well as you, you do dissemble,
It is no time to do so; leave the thoughts
Of this vain world, forget your flesh and blood,
And make your spirit an untroubled way
To pass to what it ought.
Who know as well as you, you do dissemble,
It is no time to do so; leave the thoughts
Of this vain world, forget your flesh and blood,
And make your spirit an untroubled way
To pass to what it ought.
Mar. Y're not in earnest?
Why I can walk Sir, and am well.
Why I can walk Sir, and am well.
Leoc. 'Tis true
That you can walk, and do believe y're well:
It is the nature, as your Surgeons say
Of these wounds, for a man to go, and talk,
Nay merrily, till his last hour, his minute:
For heaven sake Sir, sit down again.
That you can walk, and do believe y're well:
It is the nature, as your Surgeons say
Of these wounds, for a man to go, and talk,
Nay merrily, till his last hour, his minute:
For heaven sake Sir, sit down again.
Mar. Alass
Where are the Surgeons?
Where are the Surgeons?
Leoc. Sir, they will not come,
If they should dress you, you would dye they say
Ere one would tell twenty; trouble not your mind,
Keep your head warm, and do not stir your body,
And you may live an hour.
If they should dress you, you would dye they say
Ere one would tell twenty; trouble not your mind,
Keep your head warm, and do not stir your body,
And you may live an hour.
Mar. Oh heavens, an hour?
Alass, it is to[o] little t[o] remember
But half the wrongs that I have done; how short
Then for contrition, and how least of all
For satisfaction?
Alass, it is to[o] little t[o] remember
But half the wrongs that I have done; how short
Then for contrition, and how least of all
For satisfaction?
Leo. But you desire
To satisfie?
To satisfie?
Mar. Heaven knows I do.
Leo. Then know
That I am he, or she, or what you will
Most wrong'd by you; your Leocadia,
I know you must remember me.
That I am he, or she, or what you will
Most wrong'd by you; your Leocadia,
I know you must remember me.
Mar. Oh heaven!
Le[o]. That lost her friends, that lost her fathers house,
That lost her fame in loosing of her Sex,
With these strange garments, there is no excuse
To hinder me, it is within your power
To give me satisfaction; you have time
Left in this little piece of life to do it:
Therefore I charge you for your conscience sake,
And for our fame, which I would fain have live
When both of us are dead, to celebrate
That Contract; which you have both seal'd and sworn
Yet ere you dye, which must be hastily
Heaven knows.
That lost her fame in loosing of her Sex,
With these strange garments, there is no excuse
To hinder me, it is within your power
To give me satisfaction; you have time
Left in this little piece of life to do it:
Therefore I charge you for your conscience sake,
And for our fame, which I would fain have live
When both of us are dead, to celebrate
That Contract; which you have both seal'd and sworn
Yet ere you dye, which must be hastily
Heaven knows.
Mar. Alass, the sting of conscience
To death-ward for our faults; draw nearer all
And hear what I unhappy man shall say;
First Madam I desire your pardon; next
(I feel my spirits fail me) Gentlemen
Let me shake hands with you, and let's be friends,
For I have done wrong upon wrong so thick
I know not where, that every man methinks
Should be mine enemy; Forgive me both.
Lastly 'tis true (oh I do feel the power
Of death seize on me) that I was contracted
By seal and oath to Leocadia;
(I must speak fast, because I fear my life
Will else be shorter than my speech would be)
But 'tis impossible to satisfie
You Leocadia, but by repentance,
Though I can dyingly, and boldly say
I know not your dishonor, yet that was
Your virtue, and not mine, you know it well;
But herein lies th' impossibility,
O Theodosia, Theodosia
I was betroth'd to Theodosia
Before I ever saw thee; heaven forgive me
She is my wife this half hour whilst I live.
To death-ward for our faults; draw nearer all
And hear what I unhappy man shall say;
First Madam I desire your pardon; next
(I feel my spirits fail me) Gentlemen
Let me shake hands with you, and let's be friends,
For I have done wrong upon wrong so thick
I know not where, that every man methinks
Should be mine enemy; Forgive me both.
Lastly 'tis true (oh I do feel the power
Of death seize on me) that I was contracted
By seal and oath to Leocadia;
(I must speak fast, because I fear my life
Will else be shorter than my speech would be)
But 'tis impossible to satisfie
You Leocadia, but by repentance,
Though I can dyingly, and boldly say
I know not your dishonor, yet that was
Your virtue, and not mine, you know it well;
But herein lies th' impossibility,
O Theodosia, Theodosia
I was betroth'd to Theodosia
Before I ever saw thee; heaven forgive me
She is my wife this half hour whilst I live.
Theo. That's I, that's I, I'm Theodosia,
Hear me a little now, who have not suffer'd
Disgrace at all methinks, since you confess
What I so long have sought for, here is with me
Philippo too my Brother.
Hear me a little now, who have not suffer'd
Disgrace at all methinks, since you confess
What I so long have sought for, here is with me
Philippo too my Brother.
Mar. I am glad;
All happiness to him; come let me kiss thee
Beg pardon of that Maid for my offence,
And let me farther, with a dying breath
Tell in thine ear the rest of my desires.
All happiness to him; come let me kiss thee
Beg pardon of that Maid for my offence,
And let me farther, with a dying breath
Tell in thine ear the rest of my desires.
Eug. I am afraid they will all four turn women
If we hold longer talk.
If we hold longer talk.
Leoc. Alass there is
No hope for me; that's Theodosia
And that her Brother, I am only sorry
I was beholding to 'em; I will search
Over the world, as careless of my fortunes,
As they of me, till I can meet a curse
To make these almost killing-sorrows worse. [Exit.
No hope for me; that's Theodosia
And that her Brother, I am only sorry
I was beholding to 'em; I will search
Over the world, as careless of my fortunes,
As they of me, till I can meet a curse
To make these almost killing-sorrows worse. [Exit.
Theo. Sir, as I live she ly'd, only to draw
A just confession from you, which she hath
A happy one for me, ask of this Lady,
Ask of my Brother.
A just confession from you, which she hath
A happy one for me, ask of this Lady,
Ask of my Brother.
Eug. Sir, she did dissemble,
Your wound is nothing.
Your wound is nothing.
Phil. Leocadia's gone. [Exit.
Theo. Rise up, and stir your self, 'tis but amazement
And your imagination that afflicts you,
Look you Sir now.
And your imagination that afflicts you,
Look you Sir now.
Theo. The Surgeons do not come, because they swear
It needs no dressing.
It needs no dressing.
Eug. You shall talk with 'em
Within, for your own fancy.
Within, for your own fancy.
Mar. Where's your Brother, and Leocadia?
Eug. Within belike.
Mar. I feel my self methinks as well as ever.
Eug. Keep then your mind so too; I do forgive
The fault you did to me; But here is one
Must not be wrong'd hereafter.
The fault you did to me; But here is one
Must not be wrong'd hereafter.
Mar. Neither shall she
When I make jests of oaths again, or make
My lust play with religion, when I leave
To keep true joys for her, and yet within
My self true sorrow for my passed deeds
May I want grace, when I would fain repent,
And find a great and sodain punishment. [Exeunt.
When I make jests of oaths again, or make
My lust play with religion, when I leave
To keep true joys for her, and yet within
My self true sorrow for my passed deeds
May I want grace, when I would fain repent,
And find a great and sodain punishment. [Exeunt.
Actus V. Scæna Prima.
Enter Philippo, Diego, and Incubo.