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Clowne:
Iff this [place] villadge bee inhabited wth men, as this place wthin
is wth monsters: Iff wth men that have eyes and can
distinguishe bewty, or that have harts, and therffore.
sence off pitty Iff you bee ffathers and knwe' what
beelonges to children, or christians. and thereffor what
is ment by charity, Iff husband-men and have hope off
your harvest. or Marchants: off your trades Increase,
Iff ffishermen that woold thryve by your' labours [or]
or any off all these that would bee' knwne by your honesty
Ashburne.
many off these thou namest have place in vs.
the great'st part, iff not all:
Clowne
then lend your helpinge hnds. to succor releive' deffend
deliver save secure. patronadge abett and mayntayn
Ashburne.
whome what
Clowne,
Bewty vertue, purity syncincerity' softnes sweetenes.
Inocenc and chastity.
Ashb:
gainst what, gainst whome.
clowne,
oppression, ffrawde rudenes reproch, sin shame.
debate, disease, Theft rapine: contempt off religion
and breach off sanctury, against a magozin off
misedemeanors and a whole monopoly off mischeiff[OMITTED]
godffrey
I knwe the busines syr iff in that place
These are the too distressed, wracks at sea,
wee sawe this morninge ffloatinge: sweeter guirles
I never yet sett ey on, and opprest,
by too ill lookinge raskells, that to warme' them
wisht all the towne a boneffyre,
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miscreant slaves:
ffor one yonge damsells sakes I once, cald [ffather] doughte«r»
and in the absens off there greater ffrends:
I'l stand beetwixt them and these Iniuryes:
Clowne,
These are they after' whome I have bin seekinge, and
my mayster was inquiringe, Iff you will but secure
them heare in the villadge, whilst I carry woord
to my Myster' in the Citty. you shall doo mee a courtesye
and him a most noble offyce.
Ashburne.
Itt was no more than promisse, and I shoold
ffayle in my goodnes not to see that doone,
post to thy mayster bid him meete vs heare,
mene tyme my man shall rayse the villadgers,
boathe in the reskewe off these Inocent maydes,
and in deffens off holly priviledge,
Clowne,
I ffly lyke the winds,
godff.
and I'l go call the pesants
to rayse another tempest:
Ashburne.
hasten boathe,
[and till ayde Com I'l laye myne eare and listen,]
[to heare what ffurther coyle is kept wthin.]
[Alls silent on the suddeine,]
Musick.
[Helpe Helpe oh ayde, a wretched mayde,]
[or els wee are vndoon then,]
[And have I Caught, and Have I Caught you]
[In vayne it is to roonne then,]
[Som Reskewe when ffrom gods or men]
[Redeeme vs ffrom these Crosses.]
[Tis all in vayne since nwe I gaine.]
[part off my fformer losses.]
[oh Heaven defend what yet no end]
[off these' our strange desasters.]
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[To them that ffly there Maysters]
[why to defame reproch and shame]
[poore Inocents thus dragge yee]
[wth your offens theres no dispence,]
[A way then where ffore lagge yee.]
A tmult wth in and suddene noyse enter att one, doore, godffrey wth Coontry ffellowes ffor theire reskewe at the other Mildewe Sarlaboys. Palestra Scribonia.
palest
wheare in what place shall wee beestowe our selffes
ffrom this iniust mans ffury,
Scrib:
Iff compeld
and draggd ffrom sanctuary by prophane hands,
where shall wee fflye to saffety
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whether iff
not vnto vs. we often see the gods
giue and bequeathe there Iustyce vnto men
wch wee as ffythe-ffully will see perfformd.
All
downe wth these saucy companions.
godfrey
Downe wth these Sacraligious salsaparreales. these
vnsanctiffied sarlaboyses. that woold make a very
Seralia off the sanctuary and are meare renegadoes to
all religion,
Mildew,
stay hold. are you bandetty rovers theives
and wyte you heare to robb and pilladge vs
the sea so late hathe ryffled. these are myne
my chattells and my' goodds. nor can you Cease thē
as wracks I appeale vnto the admirall,
Ashb:
his power I in his absens will supply,
and Cease you all as fforffett, these as goodds.
you as super ffluous Ladynge till that coort
shall Comprimise bee twixt vs.
Mildew.
Ith meane tyme
lett mee possesse myne owne, these' are my slaves
[these are] my vtensills my moove ables: and bought,
wth myne owne private coyne [Coyne to wch I]
Sarlab.
to wch I am witnes.
Mildew,
and by' the heyre I'l dragge them as myne owne
weart ffrom the' holly alter
Palest:
succor [Helpe,]
Scrib:
Helpe,
Ashbur.
Are they not Christians.
Mildew.
yes.
Ashbur
what nation
Mildew.
Englishe,
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In myne owne' Coontry borne' and shall not I
stand as theire' champion then, I tell thee pesant
Englands [not] no broode ffor slaves.
Palest
oh syr to you
we ffly as to a ffather
Ashburne.
and I'l guard you
as weare you myne owne children
Mildewe.
gainst there lord
owner and mayster,
Ashburne.
none is bredd wth vs,
but such as are ffree borne. and christian Lawes
do not allowe such to bee bought or' sould,
ffor [h] any Bawde or pandar to hyre such
to Comon prostitution. heare they stand.
tutch but a garment nay a heyre off theres
wth thy least ffinger, thy bald head Il sinke
belowe thy gowty ffeete.
Mildew.
I am opprest,
Is theire no lawe in ffrance,
Ashbur
yes syr to punish [these]
these chastityes seducers:
Mildew:
giue mee ffyar
I will not leave off all this monastery
off you or these, off whats Combustible,
naye off my selff [dispeyring] one moietye vnconsumd,
godffry
his ffrend beeffore him wisht the towne a ffyre.
nwe hee would burne the Cloyster, to arch-pillers
Ashburne.
and lyke such
our purpose is to vse them, Dare not miscreant,
onc to giue these a name. whome thou calst thyne
no not a beck or nod: Iff thou but styrst,
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damadge or out rage: I will lye' thee prostrate.
beneathe these staves and halberts:
Mildew.
Is this Lawe.
godffrey.
yes staffords Lawe.
Ashburne.
naye ffeare not prty guirles:
the ffryars them selff, weare they not at theire pry[OMITTED]
wold have doon more then this in Iust deffens,
off theire Imunitys: but in theire absens.
I stand ffor them, nor shall you part ffrom hence.
or dare to squetche, till they them selves bee Iudges.
off Iniurye doon to this sacred place.
or such as I have sent ffor make' appearance
to clayme what thou vniustly calst thyne owne.
Godffrey:
nay thou shalt ffind wee have too stringes to our Bo[OMITTED]
Ashburne
Iff hee but styrr then stryke:
Mildew.
this stafford lawe
wch I till nwe heard never nam'd in ffrance.
Is ffor the present a more ffeare-ffull coort.
then chancery or starr-chamber. I want motion, you have made
a statue a meere imadge.
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[styrr and thou diest weele maule you]
Mildew:
[Iff heare I can have none lett mee depart.]
[to seeke elce-where ffor iustyce.]
Sarlab.
[Keepe him prisoner]
[and sett mee ffree to ffind som advocate]
[to pleade in his iust cause,]
godffre.
[neather styrr]
[in peyne off too ffrensh too ffrensh crownes and they so crack[OMITTED]]
[neare more to passe ffor Currant.]
Ashburne.
[that prsme.]
Mildew.
[misery off miseryes. I am bow'nd hād and ffoote.]
[and yet boath legges and armes at liberty]
godff
[yes by the lawe cald stafford.]
Enter Mr Raphael Mr Treadway and the clowne,
Raphael
durst then the slave vse my palastra thus.
and dragge her by the heyre ffrom sanctuary,
Clowne,
most trew syr
Raphael.
why didst not kill him
Clowne,
Iff I had had but a swoord I had doon't, but I sough[OMITTED]
the villadge through and coold ffind neare' a cutter
Raphael.
weare there no skattere'd stones lye in the streete,
to have beate his brynes out.
Clowne,
not a stone to throwe att [the] a dogg,
Raphael
hadst thou not heeles
Clowne
yes to have kickt hm lyke a dogge but I resarvd
them to roon the more nimbly about your busines,
Palestra.
I nowe spye a newe sanctuary his armes.
In wch I may prsme security
My Raphael.
Raphael.
my Palestra, are you saffe,
Bee ffore I giue due thankes to this good man,
wch tyme shall paye in all pluralityes
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and shame off men on whom to bee revendgd,
Mildew.
the storme at Sea, was not more terrible
then this the Land nwe threatens:, againe vndoon
over and over wretched,
Clowne
See the limbe.
off his ould Syre the Devill.
Raphael:
periurd slave
perffidious but that I abhore to take
the hangmans office ffrom him this should open
a doore by wch thy black soule should ffly out,
vnto assured damation,
Treadwy.
bee more patient
proceede wth him after' a legall course,
and bee not swayde by ffury,
Raphael.
well advysd,
what can thy ffalce toonge pleade in thy' excuse,
thou volme off all vyces.
Mildewe.
why what not
Raphael
Is thy hart sear'd thy browe made impudent,
and all thy male ffactions armd wth lyes
against iust testates and apparant truthes:
when I had payde ffull ransom ffor this pryze
why didst thou beare her' hence.
Mildewe.
I did not doo't,
these bee my witnes [did] have' I borne her hence.
when I have brought her to thee,
Raphael.
thy bawdes rethorick,
shall not excuse thee thus: ffrends guarde' [[illeg.]] hm saffe,
Clowne.
wee will see his ffooles coate guarded ey and
reguarded too ffrom slippinge out off our ffingers
[godffrey,
[wee'l ffinde] amongst vs more then to make him]
[ffower elbowes. elbowe him off all sydes gentleme«n»]
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[that hee hathe showed him selff no better than]
[a Cox combe.]
Treadwy:
beeleeve mee nwe I do not blame' my' ffrende,
to ffishe in trobled streames ffor such a pearle,
or digge in black mwld ffor so ritch a myne,
but to redeeme a Chast [Ino] and Inocent sowle,
fforthe ffrom the ffierye Iawes off lust and hell,
exprest a most Comended charity,
what second bewtyes that I intreate you ffrend,
that tremblinge fflyes ffrom his inffectious ills.
to patronise her youthe and Inocence.
beneathe that grave mans goodnes.
Raphael:
a lyke suffrer,
wth her in all distresses: lyke in yeares
In vertue no wye differinge, off our nation
who knwes but neare allyde too,
Treadwy
I ffeele somethinge
growinge on mee I knwe not howe to style
pitty or love synce it hath tast off boathe
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[yeares] Age minds wracks bondadge, pur suites Iniuryes:
shoold nwe bee separate, the one bee ffreede.
the tother left in durance ffor the want
and pious tender off so small a somme,
I somwhat have in purpose.
Raphael.
Dragge them boathe
bee ffore the magistrate
Sarlab.
mee where ffore—why
godffrey
as his abetter and ill counseller,
one woold have burnt the villadge. and the other
threatned to ffyar the cloyster
Raphael.
boathe acts capitall,
and woorthy seveare censure.
Mildew:
though thou pleadst interest.
In wye off earnest [iff] in palestra yet
robb mee not quite, giue mee ye to-ther back,
my only portion left mee by the Sea
and [sett] stock to sett vpp trade by,
Scrib:
rather tor ture mee
wth any violent death
Tread:
leave them in trust
and chardge off this grave' reverent gentle man
vntill you heare the Sentenc off the coort.
Ashb:
I willing ly accept theire patronadge,
heare att my howse they shall have meate and harbour
wth all supplyes convenient.
Raphaell,
nobly spooke.
meane tyme hale these to'th [Iustyce.] coort,
Mildew,
my Palestra,
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Raphael.
stopp his mouth,
Mildew.
my Scribonia
not thou in treate them neather,
Treadwy
Tymes but triffled
awy wth them to Iustyce,
Mildew:
take my skinne then
synce nothinge elce [he] is left mee,
Clowne
thats rotten all redy and will neather make goodd
leather nor parchement. th towne theire.
Ashburne.
com damsells ffollowe mee where I shall leade,
Exeunt.
I have' a Curst wyffe at home I tell you that,
but [th] one that I prsme will not bee Iealous
off too such harmeles sowles,
Palestra.
you are to vs.
a patrone and deffender,
Scrib:
bownd vnto you
not as an host but ffather
Exeunt/clere
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