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Actus tertius

III. i

Enter Duke Cap: Leiftenaunt Antient
Cap
nottable rogue and thow hast the practique of villany
as perfect as the theori thow art dyed in graine

Duke
try mee in all waters [hange] weare mee in all wethers, yf I Change
Coulor hang mee, but yow talkt of a letter from Court whats
the best newes there

Cap
faith bad enough the good duks dead and aspero elected
in his stead, more hee has receaud our pay and taken the
princes ransomes

Duke
& sent yow yor full shares in em

lief
by tom long the Carrier the deuill a peni Can wee finger yet

Duke
the mores behind yee shall.

Anti
wee haue had the shalls alredy

Duke
& were I as yow I would haue some of the kernells to or I wold

leif
what: he threatens yf wee Complaine to the state heele hang
vs oh hees a damnable polititian.

Duke
his nature right most of yor Cowards are so.

Cap
hee made a way the dutchese & picentio very murtherously

lief
two noble harts & in my Conscience inocent

Cap
and by the sudainnes of the duks death I shrowdy
feare hee had a bloudy hand in that to: but among
many bad actions the worst that euer hee did was when hee
wrought our generalls banishment & thrust himselfe into the place

Duke
the dutchesse brother Iulio was not hee an archtraitor

Cap
hee was an archvilaine that enformd him so; Ime sure the Comons
lost a father the Citty a patron; the soldier a purseberer &
the generall land a good statsman.

anti
and all long of that insinuating Coward aspero.

Duke
and are yow soldiers and Can suffer all this

Cap
how should wee mend yt

Duke
how? had yee the spleene of so many flyes, or the spirrits of so
many bees, youde haue swarmd about his eares in muteny
ere this times: euery viniards lapp ys full of grapes, the feilds
backs redy to breake wt h bearing of Corne the meddowes flow
wt h milke and the gardens wt h honny be yor owne Caruers
serue yor owne turne and sett fire a'the rest

Cap
why now thow speakst like an enuious knaue and a most improvident
foole, the viniards are oure dish when wee are drie wee drinke out
of them the feilds our loafe when wee are hungry wee eat of
them; the villages our Chambers when wee are wounded or sicke
wee sleep in them.

anti
and wouldst thow haue vs like a drunken begger breake our
owne dish, giue the dog our loafe and sett fire of our owne
bedstraw.

Duke
yow haue some reason to spare the Country now I thinke on't
indeed, but the Cytty that spends more in smoake, and throwes
away asmuch in snuffes in one weeke as would maintaine the
army a whoole moneth, rifle that pilladge that

Cap
the Cytty worse and worse. the Cyttyes our mint why
Coyne they money but for vs our wardrop makes ritch ga
rments for vs, our factors & trafique for vs, our millitary
nurcery to traine vp yong soldiers for vs, indeed our
bridchamber to bring their daughters gallant for vs

anti
& wouldst haue vs robb our owne tresury pilladge our owne
warhouses, deflowre our wiues murther our sonnes and rauish
our owne daughters;

Duke
nether Country nor Cytty what say yee to the Court then

Cap
speake but an yll word of that Ile stop thy throat wt h my poniard.

anti
those noble senators that haue spent their youth in seruing

Cap
theire meanes in gracing & there whole age in Concelling

leif
yf any state paralell the soldier tis the Courtier

Cap
right wee wake in our tents they wake in their bedds wee
proiect in their trenches they plott in their studdyes, wee scall
wt h ladders they make breaches wt h letters, in a word wee
spend our bloud to win for them abroad & they waste their braines
to prouide for vs at home

anti
nay more, yf euer wee make acount to bee reuengd of that
villaine aspero; yt must bee by the meanes of the noble & truly
valiant Courtier

leif
asperoes the only man that iniures vs and at him ys our aime

Duke
both loyall & yet valiant I did not thinke to find. such gentle
harts in such rough outsides yt glads mee beyond vtterance

i sold
I say shees mine and I must haue her

ent 2 sold: vict: & Iulio
2 sold
I say shees mine and I will haue her

Iuli
and I say yow must aske mee leaue first

Cap
why how now soldiers whats the busines

i sold
I haue ocasion to vse that mule a litle and the slaue
will not lend mee her.

Iuli
I haue neuer a horse of that Cullor

i sold
and yet I offer money for her hire to.

Iuli
dost take mee for a hackney man.

Duke
I thinke thart scarce so good.

Iuli
do thow hang till I mend then.

Cap
a Churlish slaue, whither art traueling

Iuli
to seeke a needle in a bottle of hey or looke a freind among
my kindred Chuse yow wc h

Cap
they are both hard to find in this age I Can tell thee

Duke
and what firkin of ffoot stuffe ys that wc h scornes to
bee familiar wt h a soldier

Iuli
a true soldier would scorne her wt h his heeles these
nere Came where good soldiers grew yt

Duke
and I pray where grew yow sir. yor mort I presume
Comes a the house of the grincomes aman may read her
parentage in her nose; yor selfe I guese to bee some decaid
bottle man and because yor ale would not stand wt h yow yow
run away from yt some Rorer; broake yor Creddit & yor
Coxcomb both at a blow & now hauing patcht vp yor state
wt h some two ownce & a halfe of antient Caracus, yow
haue brought yor sweet beagle to follow the Camp

Iuli
Ide follow thee to the gallouse first.

Duke
are yee so hott share her amongst yee soldiers and Clap
this saucy knaue i the bilbowes.

Cap
Clap yor neck i the stocks & wee serud yow right wee should
who made yow Iack in ofice among vs, what ere thow art
my freind thart welcome

Iuli
shall see that by yor gifts

Cap
the best I haue ys entertainment & that Ile giue thee
whats shee thy wife

Iuli
my wife no & yet wee tumbled both in a bedstraw

Cap
thy sister, well shee shalbee Cooke & laundrese to our person.

Iuli
shall haue a great place on't

Cap
yf any one [aske] offer thee any violence or so much as an
imodest or vnchast question for the first ofence hee goes
to the bilbowes the second to the furca; alexander wonn
more honor by the noble vsadge of darius wife then hee
did by Conquest of her husband, a president of an invinsible
Couradge & for my part I will imitate yt

vict
spoke like a soldier guard my Chastity
Ile play the Cator go to the neiboring townes
first buy yor meat & after see yt drest

Cap
for my priuat tent only for the Comon hutts let them
prouide for them selues. The world shall know
how ere disgrast by Clownes as much Ciuillity mongst guns as gownes

Exeunt
[Enter a boy drest like Elinor & a doctor
boy
but ys yt possible the mad lord should take mee for the
princes;

doct
his brother has thow seest & ys gone in her name to fetch him
& wert not this moale on thy forhead doth distinguish yee
I should swere thow were]

duke
braue resolution I haue not found
more Iustice among magistrats, lesse pride
amongst the reuerent Clergy, so litle insolence
in priuate famelyes, nor lesse Coruption
in Courts of Iustice, so much loyalty
in myne owne Chamber, greter temperance
Cannot bee in a Cloister to bee short
this Camps a glasse in wc h some riotous Court
may see their errors, yt hath shewd mee some
I neuer saw before, but times are Come
by mild indulgence to that pittied end
they are growne so bad they are ashamd to mend

Exit

III. ii

Enter a boy drest like Elinor & doctor
boy
but ys yt possible the mad lord should take mee for the princes

doct
his brother has thow seest & ys gone in her name to fech him, and
were yt not this moale on thy forhead does distinguish yee I
should swere thow wert shee my selfe, but maske maske I heare
them Coming play thy part wt h Iudgment & doubt not his recouery

Ent Borgias & Hortenza
Hort
speake that agen the princes send for mee
harnesse the winds & mount mee on the Clowds
that I may fly into her armes, but where
where bee the traine of ladyes that shee sends
to vsher mee, write to mee by a groome
tis not her hand (vmph) Crye yee mercy sir,
ys that the Cause? why though I was disarmd
and lost my sword I haue wonn honor by yt
for since in seauen pitcht battailes gainst the turke
I haue brought home spoyles & noble prisoners

doct
shee herd so much and out of her princly disposition
shee sends to speake wt h yow.

Hort
to see my prisoners mary & shall, Call forth
the turke the bashawes & those Concubines
that I brought Captiue at my Chariott wheeles
march faire in order: so obserue yor state
more lofty stalke like a Collossus thus: good plesing exelent
and now Crouch petty viceroyes and present
yor seruices the ransomes & yor liues
to the deuine Comaundresse of my sword

boy
for wc h I ow yow both respect & loue noble hortenza.

Hor
Hortenza fall fall of into my tent

boy
his sences do begin to fall in order

Hort
had not that same hortenza a thinge Calld brother

Bor
borgias

Hort
borgias borgias: and a mr s

boy
elinor

Hort
p—pause there a while: that same hortenza.

borg
ys my noble brother

boy
& my valiant seruant

Hort
nay yare to quicke agen loe
yf I bee that hortenza my sences
are wondrously decaid, and so good man
I make no doubt are his, for yt was voycd
his mr s scornd at least neglected him
for a slight foole Calld—

doct
garullo

Hort
garullo garulo.

doct
Close him now

boy
noble hortenza as I am princes I did neuer loue him

Hor
pray now say true

boy
and for yor being disarmd

Hort
well I am the man then. for my being disarmd.

boy
I lay the fault on [valor] fortune not yor valor

Hort
the world knowes I were worth enough about mee

boy
besids our sex do not delight in bloud
venus ys drawne by [vultures] turtles not by vultures
and ladyes loue smoth kisses, not rough scarrs
and mangled bosomes, this then for all suffice
my loue liues here as to the Count yt dies

Hort
I would yt did elce; you'd make a prowd man of mee then.

boy
to seale my promise to yow were that fauor
to seale yt surer were that amorous kisse

Hor
Come home my sences & inioy full blisse.

doct
alls well now leaue him

boy
scorne has spent his darts
though yron tounges woemen haue silken harts

Hort
Thow hast Ile swere, are they gone? then hence
exeunt
disembled frenzy I will were no looks
but such as brids & bridgromes do put on
at weddings & high festiualls

amb
wee long
ent Amb: aspero: Cosmo Gismond
to heare some newes from the distracted prince

asp
see where hee walks good hart disturb him not

Hort
the subiect of my languadge shalbee loue
and the Cheife theame Ile handle the escapes
& amorous slights of Ioue

amb
alas hees falne into another straine of madnes

Hort
my execise—my noble lords yor pardon.

asper
wee are glad to heare yow plesant

Hort
blame not yf I bee.
that of my selfe wt hout the help of any
haue wrought my selfe into the princes loue

amb
a madman still at least hee talks like one

Hort
that proues mee none indeed I neuer was

amb
not frantike

Hort
neuer when I apeard to bee so. I did but faigne
the humor only to sound the princes bosome

amb
wee are all ioyd to heare yt

asp
growne Cunning prince and troth how did yow find her.

Hort
more gratious farr then I deserud or hoped
out of her bounty first shee gaue mee life
& wt h my life her loue, & wt h her loue
this fauor oh but not Content wt h this
shee seald our Ioyes large patent wt h a kisse

aspe
this was miraculous here shee Comes againe
princes

Ent Elinor & Count a foole
Elinor
to mee

asper
madam to yow that swore
to fight against all Com̄ers that maintaine
hortensaes loue suit

Elinor
death a my hopes madd to

amb
wee thanke yee madam for the kind vsage of our noble mr
the tresure that yor lipps bestowd on him

Elino
my lipps ha ha.

Hort
yor pardon gratious maid I tould them all

Elinor
what all sir.

Hort
why I tould them how gratiously yow gaue my sences to mee
that yow bestowd this on mee

Elinor
hence madd foole I once did pitty now I shall hate thee deadly

asp
yow pittied him euen now, euen now yow kist him

Eli
I kisse him where when why

all
here, now, for loue

Elinor
for loue of peace, are yow all lunatique
or Ioynd wt h him to mocke and make mee madd

Hort
or Ioynd wt h yow to mocke and make mee madd
wt h double double torment—oh Confes

Elinor
why do yow weepe? what yst I should Conffes

Hort
yor promise, gift, and vow of mariadge

[H]eli
I giue yow gifts I promise mariadge
speake one word more and Ile seale vp myneeares
and take a Iorny to the frozen pole
rather then send good word or looke to thee

exit
Count
do good nell twilbee a voyadge for the heauens
and yet weele nether buy borow nor begg by the way nether.
weele bait at the bull, fetch butchers meat at the ram. rabbet
and Cunny at virgo, fish from pisces, Crabbs & lobsters from
Cancer, bread from libra, butter and Cheese from the ballance
our milke from the goate, water from aquarius, & wine from
the man in the moone, farwell prince Ile remember thy health
in Clarrett

exit
ent a gent: whispers asp
asper
my mr s sicke? search all the world for doctors
and rob the earth of simples, no time but now.
Iust when wee thought to solemnize our nuptialls
for to fall sick in, Coradg faire prince my fate
paralells thine, both much vnfortunate

exeunt
amba
dispaire not though sir wee will after her
and spend what art wee may to winn her for yee

exeunt
Hort
no let her go shee ys not worth yor labor
deny thy gift deny thy vowes nay then
deny thy selfe to bee a woman.

enter Doctor in hast
doct
prince, wheres prince hortenza vds mee what haue yee done
the princes aquainted yow wt h her loue in priuat and yow proclaimt
all the Court ouer

Hort
her loue, her scorne, shee has denyed yt all

doct
afore Company true; why shees so Chary of her loue to yow
sheele not trust the ayre wt hyt for feare of preuention.

Hort
alas dere hart was that her policy

doc
only that shee wonders yow were so dull yow Could not vnderstand [yt] yt

Hort
ignorant asse: and does her loue stand Constant
to mee still for all this

doct
as euer yt did yow may thanke mee fort though, to proue yt
shee has sent yow this diamond wt h this penalty that yf euer
yow moue yt [her] againe publike or priuate so much as to yor owne
brother Cost yt her life sheele neuer Come in yor sight, nor giue
yow so much as a good looke after.

Hort
good soule the racke shall not inforce yt from mee

doct
and this more, yf shee Chance to meete yow and throw
a frowne at yow as thats her purpose, takt as a spetiall
grace, throw her another and sheele receiue yt as the like
but not a word good nor badd nor so much as a smile.

Hort
to avoyd suspition: I Conceaue her fully

doct
bee carfull, yf shee do Chance to write to yow (as for triall
perhaps shee will,) do not read yt; yf shee Court do
not answer her; the more shee importunes yow the more
slight her for though shee loue yow beyond imagination
her purpose ys not to haue yt knowne till the very instant
of her mariadge, and that shalbee wt hin this three or foure dayes
at farthest will not this bee pritty now.

Hor
yt well Conueighd
a nobler part true amorists nere plaid.

exit
doctor
thats as yt proues though by yor leaue, I haue put my selfe
vpon a strange engadgment here, for shee nether loues nor Can
indure so much as the name of him; yet yf bentiuoli stand Constant
to mee I make no doubt of the performance for all this

exeunt

III. iii

Ent: Aspero Cosmo Gis: Fernesi Isabella sick Picentio as a doctor wt h her water.
Cosmo
bee Comforted deare sir shee may recouer.
& render to yor bosome the full hope
of those delights yow wish

asp
halfe my estate were Cheap to buy theasurance of that hope
how fares my Isabella

Isab
oh my hart; how fares my aspero.

aspe
my dere Isabella

Isab
to deare indeed when such a lofty rate
ys sett vpon my life, a thinge so poore
tis hardly worth the keeping, but yor loue
yor loue—my lord—oh—doctor

Cosmo
Vrinall so long a looking in my ladyes water.
what find yow in't

Pice
atende moy mēsure, begar mee find a very mush strange tinge
Come a my ladyes belly, and make mush begar vera mush seeka

Cosmo
but how to make her well sir thats yt yow Come for.

picen
vell begar mee tinke a dat den and mee haue searsha my braine
for many ting for dat purposea; me musha intreat de shamra for
mee selua for I musha speaka one two tree woord woode lady in
priuate

aspe
wt h all my hart be carfull worthy sir

exeunt
picent.
dei vow gard a mall meesure, dei vow gard la tout. & now madam
madam; yow no heare a moy no looke a moy no speake a moy
madam vat yow say, de voman bee sike in de tonge, oh strange
maladi be sik in de tonge oh admirable madam.

Isab.
this Idle talke ys a new sicknes to mee.
good—sir—bee—silent

picen.
qui dittes vous selance mee no point selance begare mee no
selance; mee musha parle vow vow musha parla moy and
so mush pour dat

Isa.
pray then bee breife what find yow in my water.

picen
begar noting to purpossa in dis vomans vatra. de Coolra vat yee
Caule, vermilee dat make de ould face new; in dat ee Can find
van de voman play falce woode man; and make de graund bump
in de templa; in one I Can finda musha deale of pride, in de
second musha ambition in de turd a gallemaffry of all des, but
pardona moy mee Can finda no shusha ting in yor s, and yet begar
now mee see yow mocka moy make a mee mocka de duke &
begar mocka all, yow disembla musha paine & bee no poynt
sika

Isa.
how sir not sick.

picenti
no begar no poynt seeka vnlesse yt pour loue of some othra man
for begar yow no point loua de duke

Isab
does yor art tell yow that

picent
my art tella moy mora yow loua one picentio

Isa
picentio? thart no doctor but a deuill

picent
deuella? diew guard a moy madam, mee haue some skilla in de
art negromancie, but boone Courage: mee bee no blabba. mee
no tella de grand tale;

Isab
in hope thow art not since thow knowst my sicknes
for I Confesse all thow hast sayd ys true
aply some Cure toot, wilt be Constant to mee

picent
per le monde per le Ceile per le ground per

Isab
no further protestations I beeleeue thee
and in a hope thow wilt bee faithfull to mee
know that I faignd this sicknes to preuent
my mariadg wt h the duke: The duke? wt h him
would basly steale that title, aspero
a name imitates his nature

picent
for boone intande vow; and were bee dat picentio yow
so mush loua madam ditte moy dat.

Isa
hee was by asperoes Comaund imprisoned.
there—I much feare mee murthered.

picen
I begarr hee bee all dead & de shast dutches to. my
art tella moy so musha to.

Isab
picentio dead why do I wish to liue then.
though hetherto my mallady was faignd.
now't maks mee sick indeed, sick to the death
asperoes loathd beds worse then a graue; the day
wee should bee married ys allmost vpon vs.
some queint Confection that may take my soule
handsomly hence, thow nere hadst more for life
then Ide bestow for death deare doctor help mee

picent
how

Isa
by poyson.

picent
poyson a vow? pardon a moy Comann a moy for poyson
aspero dat grand meshant and per lee mond I shall
putta datt in his Cupp shall rumbla rumbla like tundra
in his gutta & senda him to de grand diabolo prestamento.

Isab
though wrongd I will not bee a murtherer.
no I will leaue him to the share of plagues
that heauen hath stord vp for him, yf [by] thy art
had but the powre to raise picentioes ghoast
wt h halfe thy skill some Can do more then that
that from his toung I might bee satisfied
of some few doubts that trouble mee I should goe
in quiet to my graue

picent
begar yow sharge a moy mush madam and yett yow shall no
tinka mee bragga more den my art Can performe, mee
shall raise one too tree petteet deuella shall run lik
shacknape at my Comaunda. one of dem shall run to de
place yow Calla eliziū & fesha de ghost of picentio prestamento.
and Com againe in litle space in moment

Isab
doot & expect reward

picent
fico for reward mee bee none of yor pooura Iack Iuglers
dat show tricck for reward, vat me do ys por le Creditt
of my art I will into my shambra & send him prestamento
by & by begar by and by

Exit
Isab
how pleasure and afliction both Contend
on my deuoted thoughts, one halfe presents
my deere picentios shaddow; while mee thinks
I Cast this amorous Chaine about his necke
and bind him to my bosome, while me thinks
I see him smile and in that smile Conceiue
infinite Chandge of pleasures while mee thinks
my lip & his encounter do exchange
equally valued touches while mee thinks
I know not what to thinke,—alls but mee thinks
sweet shaddow but no substance, to thee halfe
brings in the shape of aspero; where mee thinks
I see death shutt myne eyes thus & pray
and wt h that spell expell him, my picentio
my loue Crackt of at first

Enter picentio in his owne shape
picent
yt ys as vaine
to offer thy imbrace to what thow seest
as to imbrace thy shaddow when thy soule
ys from that prison of thy flesh (like mine)
remoud into elizium; wearing both
an equall purity wee may Come nerrer
till then bee thus deuided, then in breife
speake for what Cause I'me from the land of soules
Cald to this den this dungeon

Isab
in one word
not to ofend thee wt h much Circumstance
Ile name a two fold Cause, the first to know
yf when thow wert as I am In thy brest
dwelt such a loue as myne was

picent
such a loue
so hott so Cold in truth in Chastity

Isab
what angells speak[s] who doubts, my next enquiry
ys of thy death picentio yf enforst
the maner & the actor

picent
for thy loue
wc h as I haue profest was deare to mee
as this eternall essence, I was Cast
into a loathsome prison, and there strangled.
the actor or Comaunder of the act
was Cruell aspero.

Isab
oh I Could wish
my head were like medusaes euery haire
a serpent full of poyson; I might thus
squise in the murderers face, and make his body
as vgly as his soule ys

picent
to this hate I had a purpose to Coniure thee sweet
but since I see thee grownded in't alredy
my peace on earth ys finisht and allmost
the minuts of my liccence—I must

She offers to embrace him
Isab
stay picentio, loue, dere shadow, shun mee still

picent
im brace mee in thy thoughts wt hin thyne armes
thow Canst not Isabella

Isab.
yf I Could no force should take thee from mee

picent
in that loue
thy wish ys worse then hate for where I dwell
dwells nether lust nor murther, thers no miser
whose foods the sweatt of labor, and whose drinke
ys the salt drop falls from the widdowes eye
wee haue no barr wt h vs where golden bribes
blind Iustice wt h theire shine, whilst the feeling
maks yor right loose his hearing no deceipt:
no poore soule whipt for begging, & so beate
in to the hangmans office, no Isabella
all our desires are fashiond in one mould
wee know nor adge nor sicknes wee haue there
no nipping blast nor dog starr

Isab
temperat Climate
blesse mee but wt h the scituation of yt

picent
at our next meeting now my last minuts Come
and I must leaue thee

Exit
Isab
wt h a frowne dere soule
picentio frowne vpon mee? in his flesh
heed neuer meet mee neuer leaue mee thus
that frownes a shaft wt h an envenomd head
shott deep in to my bosome

Ent Picentio as Doctor
picenti
now deiw guard de madam haue ee no performa mee promise

Isab
thow hast

picent
I ee tinke so begarr was hee no shust de man in shapee proportion
& euery ting dat hee apeare van hee was aliue

Isab
in shape hee was—but

picent
but vat but pray speake a mee vat butt: fat de strang tinge
bee de voman; but: but vat

Isa
oh mr doctor

picent
yet agen, begarr mee bee no so musha troubla pour maka de
growne for prison de man as to conten de voman; vatta now yett
yow no speake vat

Isab
his shape was louely and the words hee spake
as Calme and quiet as loue ys

picent
vell & vat ys de but datt stika so mush in de stomake

Isab
but still as my afection would haue op't myne armes
offring imbraces toot yt walkt a way
and wt h a frowne departed.

picent
ee begar I tought as musha yow offra de embrace vpon de aire
pray Can yow Casha dat so sembla de glasse

Isab
this reason sees—but loue

picent
bee like de puppi ooner nine day old yt Canno see on de eye
mee say madam twas de plus grann offence

Isab
to offer to imbrace him? yf yt were
a sinn so Capitall thus I repent yt
wittnes these waters

picent
fi madam yow no shame to make vater fore all dis Company
but plete vow mee shall pacifie de ghost my selua. in Into yor
shamra and maka mush seeke agen. s..na. atende moy dat yow
no poynt loua de duke, dis bee de Cause pour la mor de picentio
mee shall prouida de grand posshon sall make de duke hata vow
and so diew garda vow.

Isab
any thing doctor so hee loue mee not
for who so euer has my outward part
picentios shaddow shall Comaund my hart

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