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Actus Secundus.

Scena prima

Enter Rufinus Solus.
Ruf.
A Generall; o yee Gods,
why so disgrace ye a great Soldiers name
to cast it on a Creature so vnworthy
I that this twenty yeares haue tugd with danger
where ere it durst appeare, and oft haue donne,
those deeds would make this nouice quake to heere
I that haue stood more breaches for my Cuntry
then ere he numberd yeares, while this right hand,
from mars[s] alluring fauorits has forct
vnwilling Victory, for all are nowe
by the vngratefull King slighted, neglected
while this young puney thing is sett a cock horse
well, King, not feare, but wisdome makes mee hold
my f«urie» thus long from thee, but my Generall
ward yr selfe well, or my revengefull ire
like a resistles storme sent from the north
shall blast yr springing glory in the bud,
the deadly shirt dipt in the Centaures gore
thou foole, thou mighst haue put on with les danger
then cloath the thus in these vnfitting honors
wc h fate ordaind for mee, I hate thee firmely
and hate deepe rooted in a Souldiers brest
can hardly be digd out, oh his grace comes
and I must cleere my browe, for anger seene
looses his force, kept secret strengthens speene,

Enter Learchus, Leontius, Marcellanus and an other Senator, then Titus. the Kinge talking to Armanus Cornetts short florish
King.
Armanus wee haue sent thy freind to danger,
but honor leads him on, wee euer saw,
some dawning vertue[s] in his generous looke
wc h now wee hope in Action will shine cleere,
and dazle envies eyes, pray speake Lords freely
[freely] how like you our election of a Generall.

Sen:
as if the Gods themselues had made the choyce,

Ruf.
Yes amongst Schoole boyes, to lead a feasting on

King.
Yr approbation pleases, and wee trust
heele bring home peace and victory together
therefore thoe feare of ill succes be farr
on his high Alter to Tarpeian Ioue,
a milke White Bull with gilded hornes weele offer
to fauor Roome, and be propitious to him
Lett all our Temple Gates be open'd wide
and dayly Orisons to all the Gods
be made to send him home a happy Victor

Ruf.
the Kings growne wondrous holy athe suddaine

King
our selfe in priuate heere Lowe on our knees
will poure our prayers, for his tender safetie
then leaue vs Lords, and see our will performed
Religiously, nay you may stay, Rufinus,

Exit omnes, manet King & Rufinus.
Ruf.
Whats the Kings meaning to make mee his preist
why I [neare] yet neare knew wc h way to pray
or if my nurse ere taught mee, such a Language
I left it in my Cradle, heers a Cushion,
please yr grace to kneele,

King.
to kneele to whome, wee are not disposed to pray
[dost not thou thinke the Gods would blush to see]
[a man in greatnes equalling themselues]
[debase himselfe so poorely, Knowe Rufinus]
[if Ioue be able to do vs a kindnes]
[our merits bind him toot, the Garlands, Crownes]
[high Altars, sacrifices, stately Temples]
[our bounty has bestowed vpon him, yett]
[are vnrewarded all, then without pride]
[wee scorne to bee a beggar to our debtor]

Ruf.
then I mistooke you Sir

King:
and so thou dost,
in more then this Rufinus, preethee tell mee
whats thy conceite of Tullius and his honors?

Ruf.
May I speake freely Sir?

King.
and fearles too
as if thou weart my oracle or preist
thoe all thy words be poynted, and black treason
hung vpon euery harsh tuned syllable,
of what thou now shalt vtter by my Crowne
my loue shall be as firme to thee as nowe,

Ruf.
Then Sir, for Tullius, heis a white cheekt boy.
whose fearfull Soule, a Souldiers frowne would fright
from his fine mettled brest, he has a face
that would disgrace a Wound, had you veiwed him
as he went drooping through the Citty gates,
you might haue seene his hart theare characterd,
he lookt as if with ioy he could haue changd
his march for a softe measure, his loud Drum
for a still quauering Lute, his wauing Cullors
for a Ladies scarfe, and his stiffe armor for a masking sute
nor can I thinke yr eyes sr were so blinded
but you saw many more able, more deseruing men
whose vertues might haue claymd what yow haue cast
on him without desert, amongest wc h number,
since you are pleasd to forgett it, I may name
my selfe without the title of vaine glorious,
and boast this hand has puld Coliguall death
euen from that brest of yours, and quencht those fires
that would haue turnd yor pallace into Cindors
in three sett Battells gainst the manly Gaules,
wc h weare the first since Godlike Hercules
that euer climbd the Alpine hills wt h force
this sword hath woon you glorie but henceforth
Ile learne to rest at home securd from danger
yr wiues shall be deflowred, yr Childrens braines
strow the cold pauement, all the Chanells runne
with crimson riuers, and yr tottering Crowne
drop from yr head, ere I will strike a stroake
or stur a foote for any so vnthankfull.

King.
how Traytor?

Ruf.

King.
Yes Sir wee doe
and you shall all feele ours, poore envious fooles
whose shallowe Iudgments, could search our reach
in sending Tullius hence, I knew yr hate,
yo r puft ambition, and yr poysonous spleenes
darting at Marcus graces, wc h [fild] like moates
but darken the bright beames of his cleere vertues,
yr honors make you odious grace bestowed,
on those that shall corrupt it, blacker showes
and dos present the persons baser far
then such as spring from dunghills, you haue now
by this deuice throwne that into our bosome
wee would haue purchased with a magazin

Ruf.
Yr poore partaking it, for since I see
Reuenge sitt on yr forehead, wee know now
how to preuent yr furie fare you well Sir

King.
Stay

Ruf.
not to heare one word more,

King.
wee doe intreate thee stay

Ruf.
well whats yr will

King.
that thou shouldst looke more mildly, banish doubt
for wee so prize thee and thy high deserts
weele take away the Cloud that hides the truth
from thy deluded eys, therefore prepare
to heare a storie shall astonish thee
thou canst be secrett

Ruf.
Yes I thinke I can,

King.
then knowe, these furrowes cast vp in our brow
was but to couer seede that has tane roote
in this our dry partcht braine, wee are in loue
with beautious Philadelpha

Ruf.
Whats that to mee

King.
Be patient thou shalt heare, I dote on her
more then the foole on folly, wise on knowledge
the Vserer on his gold, or proud of honor
it was her loue that aduanct Tullius,
vnto this tipe of state,
her beautie only made him Generall
and thrust him hence into the Iawes of danger,
wc h his [debillities] Rash Iudgment soone will leape into
for whilest he staid at home, what hope had I
of my opportunitie to gaine
the ritchest prize that euer sweetend sin
my loue to thee is firme as ere it was
but lust so sure has mark't mee for her owne
that I neglect all things that tend not soly
to the attainement of my wisht delight

Ruf.
faith sir in my mind
an easie battery might win such a fort

King
I knowe not for I yet nere found the man
I could thinke worthy the embassie
to beare the message of my hart to her,
but thou Rufinus, through the Court art famed
for thy neate swasiue spech and canded toung
with which from fixed resolutions oft,
thou hast remoued our selfe and made vs wonder
at our owne weaknes, seeking to conclude
matters of waight without thee, tis my wish

Ruf.
that I should be yor spokes man,

King.
before any

Ruf.
a faire preferment thus whilest Tullius wins
honor abroad, stiled yr great Generall,
I must be kept at home to be yr Pander
you are ignoble, to propose a deede
of so much basenes to a Souldier
had I no other name to honor mee
Ile sooner flye vnto yr enemie
and with my sword compell this princock boy
to bring her to yor Armes nay to yr bed
and make him there, be baude to his owne wife
then vndergoe the title, Pander sdeath

King.
Stop nott at that, tis far from our intent

Ruf.

King
No more
preethee no more thou shalt wast such words
whose [«w*******»de] eloquence would force a frozen Nun
to fly her holy orisons to imbrace mee
I build vpont shees mine, about it then
I'me yet a Bondman thou must sett mee free
or I shall range beyond Communitie
about it deere Rufinus, thus must Kings
Exit Rufinus
for priuate ends the Insolence indure
of those were borne there Vassailes
and Immure there high disdaine, that like a storme should drowne
there full sayld pride and h[omwards]elong strike it downe
but who ist can preuent it, chance or fate
what wee intend wants power or witt to mate,
Exit Ki«ng»

sc. ii.

Enter Philadelpha, in a mourning habit and Flauia her wayting mayde.
Phy.
Is not Armanus yet returned from Court

Fla:
return'd, no madame, but I wonder at it
being a Marchant venturer as he is
and there such Excellent trading me thinks ere this
he might haue made returne by tale or holesale

Phy.
I preethee Flauia cease, why art thou still
so iocond when Im'e sad

Fla:
faith Lady to try if the Company of mirth
can driue away [these] this vnwelcome melancholy
tis a scurvy guest and still disturbs you;

Phy.
tis a kinde freind that still assotiates mee
my Tullius when he parted left vs twoo
to keepe his howse, and ther's no other lord
shall beare rule heere, till he himselfe take place

Fla:
worse luck say I, oh fie vpont
this marriage spoyles vs all, when you were a mayde

Phy.
A mayde Flauia,

Fla:

Phy.
Thou art a mad wench, faith tell mee Flauia
since wee are enterd thus in fond discourse
how many Suters hast thou?

Fla:
Let mee see,
tag and rag, thinke some foure and twenty
as many as would make vp a Grand Iurie
but if I were in question for my life
Ide be prest ere Ide be tryde by em,
the haue bin so oft forsworne

Phy.
Lord wench what dost thou do with'em all

Fla:
Doo with'em all, Venus forbid it Madame
I keepe em at a further distance by my faith
hees a happie man, that once in a moone gets a tuch
of my lipps, yet there was a saucie Mercer
tother day thrust in vpon mee with his yard
in his hand, and ere I was
aware made shifte to feele what stuff my petticote
was made of
but I thinke I gaue him a cooling card
I taught him what it was for a Citizen
to meddle with a wayting gentlewoman
I made him stand at bay like a chased stagge

Phy.
Are you so good a huntswoman tis well
but which of all the number dost thou loue
which is the man like to goe through with thee

Fla:
faith Madam there is one, thats
like to goe as far as a man can do with a woman

Phy.
Thou art knauish, still, what is he Harebraine

Fla:
Knock.
Exit Flauia

Phy.
This wench is honest only straines this mirth
to quallifie my sorrowe, now who ist,

Enter Flauia
Fla:
the worthy Wight I spoke of, good sweet Madam
do but voutsafe a welcome

Phy.
bring him in.

Enter Sr Pergamus in an old Armor a Capons tayle in his Beauer, a long sword; and D«i»ndimus a Dwarfe carying his Launce and Sheilde./
Phy.
bless me what Pagents this

Per:
Now Flauia behold thy Pergamus
in Armes compleate for thy sweete sake a drest
with Launce and sheild likewise, and in my Crest
the fauor thou bestowedst on mee last day
whose very shaking shall the man dismay
dares stand the force of my vnvanquisht Arme

Dind.
Ile sweare vnvanquisht, was neare tryd yett

Fla:
Alas what meanes my loue you affright mee
are these fitt tooles to come a woing with

Dind.
I neare knew a woman finde fault wt h long toole before

Per.
No talke of wooing nowe thy beautious sight
must blazond bee before thy warlike Knight
will tuch thy tender skin,

Fla:
A Poet too

Per
faith some such idle vaine infects my muse
it comes to mee by naturall instinct
I can scarse talke but in such foolish verse

Fla.
I thinke no less.

Phy.
It tis a signe you haue a pregnant witt Sr Pergamus.

Per.
Am I ore heard, a Riuall, then

Fla:
oh hold, what will you doe
it tis my Lady comes to welcome yee,

Per.
oh is it so, then rest my Rossicleere
that neare was drawne/ but it kild some bodie, fairest

Din:
When any man was neere

Phy.
Excellent, go on I long to heare you talke

Din.
I but his sett speech is at an end
has spoke all that he studied,

Per
Ladie you must not looke for complemt
it tis absurd in Souldiers, butt,

Phy.
att a stopp,

Per
att such a butt, faire Lady giue mee leaue
to draw my prick shaft home

Fla:
He has hit now indeed, nay Madam
I told you what a Suter I had of him

Phy.
Is that yr [Dwaf] Dwarfe Sr Pergamus

Per.
this is my Page

Dind.
the Squire of Lowe degree
that dos attend vpon this Arrant Knight,

Per.
All this is little to the purpose madam
I come prepard you see, with vtmost speede
to martch with your braue Generall to the warrs,
I would be sorrie but to be the first
and foremost in the ranke next to himselfe

Phy.
Yr hast deserues it trust mee, but my Lord
is there by this tyme

Per:
how, Come Dindimus,

Phy.
and coming back I hope with victorie

Per.
and I not there it tis impossible
post Dindimus fetch me my swiftest horse
and one that can run best

Din:
yr curtald Gime

Per.
Whip I say be gon
I would not for a hundreth roman dollors
but be the first that should come home agen
to tell the storie of our Cheualdrie
one honors enough for mee when I am there once

Fla:
but will my dearest leaue mee

Per.
will I, oh hold mee not, this sword shall write
a Chronicle of thee, Hector of Troy
amongst the Troians neare made such anoy

Fla:
amongst thee Greekes you meane,

Per.
als one to mee
something he did, but Flauia thou shalt see
Sr Pergamus of Roome will him excell
if thou neare seest mee more, then say—

Enter Armanus
Arm:
Howe now whose this.

Phy.
Armanus is it you.

Arm:
Madame I desire some priuate Conference
pray dischardge yor woman,

Phy.
She may begon, weart in a Wildernes
Ide trust my selfe with yor knowne vertues

Fla:
Come Sr Pergamus, till yor horse come
you and Ile go play at shuttlecock

Per:
A match iffaith I loue that sport [well] alife
yet my mother chargd me not to vse it
for feare a putting my arme out a ioynt

Exit Sr P:& Fla.
Arm.
Lady I come to bee a Suter to yee

Phy.
What ere it be lyes in my power to graunt
that Loue wc h shines on Tullius «**»ues my tounge
to say you must not want it

Arm.
Quickly you yeild, but looke yt like rash Phebus
after his promise to his haire braind Sonn
or like Heauens Monarch after his sad vowe
to his loued Semele, you repent not
of what you grant so freelie the first this

Phy.
My promise is performed and you enioyet,
but if ought els you craue, yr Counsell makes me wise
to aske what tis, ere I ingage mee further

Arm.
fairest know, I come to sue for Loue

Phy.
and can you doubt sr but you haue it amply

Arm.
I meane such Loue as Tullius shall enioy
when he lyes panting in these Iuory Armes
such Loue as Venus cals for; yt wc h Swims
in highest pleasure, such as Cinick fooles
stile lust and wantons, but wiser men
the worlds Elizium

Phy.
Defend mee, what strange Sounds
beats at my ears for entrance, or what feind
assumes the habit of my Lords best freinde
to wrong his goodnes and my Chastitie
this cannot be Armanus

Arm.
Why deare Madam
because I speake the hart of him that lies
a Captiue at yor mercy bound and chaynd
by yr inchanting beautie, in yr breath
the life of all his ioyes, oh let the Doome
be milde and gentle then, as is the ayre you drawe
one kinde embrace, raises vp to heauen, onely this

Phy.
all faith in men farewell
doe you not blush, to make mee blush to heare
yr vnchast speeches, is yr hart so fowle
as yr falce toung would make it, good my lord
what light Collections has yr searching eye
caught from my loose behauiour, what wild lookes
Immodest gestures, wanton dalliance
since my dearest Tullius absence, euer dwelt
or dimpeld this with Laughter, yt yow dare
assay to tempt mee to impuritie
suppose [you] I were as wicked as yow wish mee
or did exceede [Pasiphæ] a Lais in my lust
can you immagin I would trust my truth
or virgin honor, or the vnspotted white
wc h Tullius neare vnclaspt yet with a man
that proues so faithles to so good a freinde

Arm.
Sure you mistake mee

Phy.
The Gods grant I doe,

Arm.
theres no lust raignes in mee

Phy.
oh pardon Sr, pardon my misconceite
and harsh reply, and ile attend yow euer

Arm.
Yor bent knee, is my instructions badge, and thus lowe
once more I vrge the acceptance of that sute
you so abhor to heare, but for an other,

Phy.
this is worse more hatefull,
Loue yt inforct the Gods themselues to err
might in yr selfe haue made it pardonable
but for an other, nothing can be baser

Arm.
the man but knowne the name of basenes fades
tis for the King, whose awfull dread Comaund
must be obeyd before our owne desires,

Phy.
he must comaund then iust and worthy things
else tis more noble to deny his will

Arm.
he may compell you know what he intreats

Phy.
Yes such as boue there honors prize there liues
not she that chuses vertue for her guide
you greater powers gard me from violence
and from a wilfull fall ile keepe my selfe
high Iupiter the venger of foule sinne
with angry thunder strike mee to the deepest
and darkest shades of hell, when I consent
to foile my vnstained faith,

Arm.
Heauen heare thy vowes, and turne those plagues on mee
when I shall tempt thee further
Rise the worlds wonder a pure Virgin Wife
sweete Angell fly me nott, for what I spake
was only to confirme my sacred thoughts
of thy religious virtue, yett those sparkling eyes
haue kindled raging flames in the Kings brest
and I was woed and seemeingly was wonne
to ayde Rufinus in the ouerthrowe
of thy vnvanquisht goodnes,

Phy.
I am now safe and shelterd with a Rock
Tullius thou art happie aboue happines
Enter Flauia.
blest with so true a freind. in hast thy newes

Fla:
The Lord Rufinus, Madam all alone
s'entred the howse and craues some speach wt h yow

Phy.
What shall I do Armanus—

Arm.
With all Loue
[sm] seeme to afford a welcome, giue him free audience.
in some place vnseene ile ouer heare yr conference
that when tyme, cals to account, these iniuries I may stand
a Witnes [a Witnes] gainst there falcehoods

stands aside
Phy.
[Bring him in].

Enter Rufinus
Ruf.
[all health and happines]

Phy.
[If yr faire words and wishes paralell, yr Lordshipps welcome]

Ruf.
[No words can paralell my wishes madam]
[the happines I bring yow wants a name]
[tis more ineffable then are the ioyes]
[of Loue or paradice—]

Phy
[You astonish mee]

Ruf.
[Be not perverse faire mirracle of nature]
[the Queene of Heauen shall emulate thy state]
[Princes shall throng to kis these hands, and Kings]
[shalbe thy Tennants but at will.]

Arm.
[smooth villin.]

Ruf.
[The world shalbe thy dowry and all men]
[shall study howe to please and honor thee]
[all this and more is thyne, do but consent]
[to entertaine a blis exceeds the rest]

Phy.
[tis a hard thing a Woman can deny on these Conditions]

Ruf.
[tis what all women couet to imbrace]
[or els most writers err, if to enioy]
[a man excells his sex, as yow do yours]
[when he was young, and yet he is not old]
[his face disgracet Adonis, or the boy]
[the Thunder bearer stole from morning Troy]
[and since virillity vpon his chinn, hath golden haires]
[blinde Cupid sits weauing his nets of them]
[to catch coy Virgins]

Phy.
[is he a properer man then Tullius]

Ruf.
[Compare the Crowe to the vnspotted Swann]
[Easop to Hyacinths]

Phy
[What pitty tis]
[so sweete a man was borne without a name]

Ruf.
[Nay certeinly he has a name bright beautie]
[and the best it tis Titus Martius, my dread Soueraigne]
[whose royall loue in this as in his hart]
[is text with deepest Impression,]

Phy.
[My sad thoughts]
[told me some poysonous sen«a»e, was closely hid]
[vnder yr florishing words]

Ruf.
[Can you deny a louers smile to him]
[yt layes a Crowne beneath yr conquering feete]

Phy
[Vnheard of cruelty dares such black thoughts]
[enter the bosome of a true borne Prince]
[where cleerest streames should runn, by his owne choyse]
[and free election, I was made the spouse,]
[of noble Tullius, with his royall hand]
[in the holy Temple giuen to my lord]
[and dos he seeke in the vniting spring]
[to reape the harvest of vnripened ioyes]
[and pluck that fruite the owner neuer tasted]
[was it for this my Marcus was remoued]
[from safeties valley where content sits crownd]
[to tread vpon the slipperie steps of state]
[where pride and envy striue to throw him downe]
[and folly and disdaine deryding him:]
[Wast not enough to mock his youth with hopes]
[of a feigned happines, then send him forth]
[to stand the battery of Rebellious freinds Armes]
[that would deface his Cuntry and race downe]
[this Citty and his Pallace, but meane while]
[seeke to make spoile of his cheefe treasurie]
[and rob this storehowse by adulterate thefte]
[where all his Ioyes are hoorded, poore yong man]
[poore in thy riches, lestned, being made greate]
[for when with honors losse wee honor gaine]
[tis an ill thriuing purchase they yt winne]
[are the most loosers, ile not hazard mine.]

Ruf.
[You are to hard a gamester for all knowe]
[honor attends the fauor of a Kinge]

Phy
[Would you then vrge me to infringe my oath]
[and vyolate the sacred vowe I made]
[before the Gods and men to Tullius,]

Ruf.
[thats an excuse easilie dispenct with all]
[a Lovers vowes—the Gods neare harken after]
[but in the ayre the dye, madam be wise]
[if you refuse these graces you may pull]
[perills on him you seeme to tender soe]
[and danger yr owne safetie, Kings requests]
[must not be dallyed with cheefely in loue]
[for what the least enioy, the couet most]
[and are vnbounded int, bethinke yr selfe]
[and bless me with yr answere ile attend it]

Phy.

Ruf.
[If you comand Lady I must obey]
Exit Ruf.
[since what you will no Prince dares contradict.]

Arm.
[A cuning slaue and smooth tongd flatterer]

Phy.
[for feare a strict deniall might haue sh«ould» may wrorke]
[some stratagem against my Tullius life]
[thus long I haue wth patience I will heare Hells messenger]
[and with a liberall tonge and fained words]
[haue out seeme to accept of his ill motion stript modestie but heauen can tell]
but heauen can tell how farr [twas] tis from my hart.

Arm.
best of thy sex I knowet, and with my life
will still assist gainst all temptations

Phy.
May my lord liue to thanke yow

Arm.
tis a wish
beyond wc h, all the world wants recompence.

Exeunt omnes.

sc. iii.

Enter with Drum & Cull. Tullius, Marius Capt; Bellario; Ianus Black snout, snip snap, and Calueskin./
Tullius
Thus farr our troopes haue martcht auspiciously
and like to wild fire turnd to nothing all
that durst resist them, sure some greater power
which fauors Roome and vs aboue the strength
of any mortall Armes, fights on our side
our foes are fled into there walls agen
and dare not stand the incounter

Mar.

Ian.
If the prayers of a pure Virgin ere could moue the Gods
to be compassionate and end in peace
these threatning Summons, for thy safetie Marius
and my deere brothers; Lelia will neare cease
her [Impre]Invocations to those potent powers,
that yet in all yr actions garded yee,

Marcel
Harke my Lord, agen the Sum̄mon vs,

[Ans] Tul.
Answere once more that Sound, bring vp or troopes
weele offer parly to them, and propose
Rough warr, or peace«,» such Articles obseru'd
as wee before provided,

Parly Answered
Mar.
They appeare

Tull.
Sabinus wee are come to giue the peace
if vpon faire Condicōns thoult receau'et
Surrender vp agen those Forts and Townes
which wt h rebellious Armes thou hast diuorct
from Roome and vs, Titus pardons all
thy bold attempts, nor shall the life or goods
of thee, or any thy assistants feele,
the wrack of his iust anger, be not rash
but answere with aduice, for if our swords
but once more see the Suns reflected beames
Ruine and death attends them,

Sab:

Mar.
against necessitie who ist can stand
therefore consider and submitt yr selues
it may regaine yr former liberty

Sab.
a seeming liberty is worse then thrall
wee scorne such clemencye

Tull.
Pervert not truth
yet aske for mercy and it may be granted,

Sab:
Wee hate to beg it Tullius tho yr power
you thinke resistles, ere to morrowes noone
these hands shall force it from thee

Tull.
Cease to boast.
[Exit Sab]
twas answerd like a Soldier
When wee meete our swords shall proue as much.

Exit. Sab
Calu:
oh now, now Snip snap:

Snip.
Wee are all dead men—

Tull.
Well Gentlemen you see
what a stiff foe wee haue to deale withall
[but be not daunted, for our strengths compared
were to match Hercules with Dindimus]
Lett yr Armes be in redines, and strong watch
this night in euery quarter, Come Marius
weele take our Tent agen, me thinks I feele
the bleake and moist rawnes of the vaporous Ayre
to be malignant to mee, how cheeres Ianus

Mar
do not the humorous Elemt s offend
thy tendernes, howe fares my pretty page

Ian.
As one whose life were gouerned by those stars
sh'ind at yr happy births, there is no ill,
can craze my health, that not assayles yr s first

Tull.
Loving boy thy goodnes sure protects vs,

Exit. Tull. Mar. Ian: & Capt]
Bell.
How now my fresh water Souldiers
how ist wee are like to haue hott doings,

Bla:
Wee are in deed, it puts me into a cold sweate
to thinke ont.

Snip
Would my mothers Catt had kild mee in my cradell

Bla:
Or my wife whose nayles are sharper
scratcht out my eyes, I might not see my death.

Bell:
Tut man corrage
Lets fight it valiantly and never feare

Snip.
Truly Leifftenant I dare not fight

Bell.
Not fight man, Why.

Snip
because there was an old woman once
told mee [if euer I fought I should be kild]/[should I «***a*»n a prick o s«agr**» of «m»ee«d»]

Calu:
[Shee told vs all three soe, indeed Leiftenant]/[I swe«r» I nere vsed one but I [OMITTED]]

Bell.
Hang her dambd witch
can there be a brauer death, then to dye
for our Cuntry,

Snip.
Brauery call ye it
tis an invisible brauery, a mans nere seene to weart
Leftenant heres all the money I haue
Speake a good word to the Generall I may go home agen
you may say I'me trobled with a catching disease
that will infect the Army,

Bla.
or do you heare
tell him wee were not our owne men when wee came forth
twas only drinke that made vs Valiant
and vnles he will be at the chardge to keepe vs drunke
as long as the Wars last,
wee shalbe able to do him no seruice at all

Bell.
You shall not want for drinke, boyes take my word
pox on't, tis base to retorne, you shall haue euery roage
and totterd Tinkar kick yee, spit at yee
and euery wench in Roome as yee pass by fling durt at yee
saying there are the Souldiers durst not drawe there blades

Snip
But the shall finde wee dare, and strike home[e] too,
I am now resolued and wilbe Valiant,
this Bodkin quilts there skins as full of holes as ere was canvas dublett

[Bla] Bell
Spoke like a man bold snip

Black
these wordes haue fired mee too,
and tho there scull caps be of anvill proofe
this blade shall hammer some of em

Cal:
Then come forth thou durandan so bright

Bell.
Why how now mad orlando

Cal:
I am mad
[a]ny haire like bristles raise there forked ends
against these Sabines, I shall Lether em,

Bla:
Well sed my tuff [C]Calueskin; one health now
heere at the Sutlers, to our Victorye
then ech man to his quarter

Snip:
donne I'faith

[Enter ye Sutler
Bell.
[Giue vs] some Liquor heere,

Tap:
You shall gentlemen instantly
how much wilt please you haue

Bell.
Each man his doble measure

Tay.
in a trice,

Bell.
shalls haue a Catch my harts

Cal:
IGood Leftenant,

Bla:
Me thinkes a Souldier should sing nothing else
catch, that catch may is all our life you know

Bell
Black Snout's conceited too,

Tap.
heere Gentlemen

Enter wt h drinke
Bell
Come on [then] my boyes and ech man beare a part

Songe.
«saying» [.«s»h God a mercy Leftenant]