12591259Enter Zweno King of Denmarke with Rosilio, 12611261Zweno. Rosilio, Is this the place whereas the Duke
William 12631263Rosilio. It is, and like your grace.
12641264Zweno. Goe captaine away, regard the charge I gaue:
12651265See all our men be martialed for the
fight.
12661266Di
spo
se the wards as lately was deui
sed,
12671267And let the pri
soners vnder
seuerall gards
12681268Be kept apart vntill you heare from vs.
12691269Let this
su
ffice, you know my re
solution,
12701270If
William Duke of Saxon be the man,
12711271That by his an
swer
sent vs, he would
send
12721272Not words but wounds: not parleis but alarms,
12731273Mu
st be decider of this controuer
sie.
12741274Rosilio,
stay with mee, the re
st begone.
Exeunt. 12751275Enter William, and Demarch with other attendants 12761276William. All but
Demarch go
shroud you out of
sight,
12771277For I will goe parley with the Prince my
selfe.
12781278Demarch. Should
Zweno by this parley call you forth,
12791279Vpon intent iniuriou
sly to deale:
12801280This o
ffereth too much oportunitie.
12811281William. No, no,
Demarch, that were a breach
12821282Again
st the Law of Armes: therefore begone,
12841284I
see that
Zweno is ma
ster of his word.
12851285Zweno,
William of Saxonie greeteth thee
12861286Either well or ill, according to thy intent.
12871287If well thou wi
sh to him and Saxonie,
12881288He bids thee friendly welcome as he can:
12891289If ill thou wi
sh to him and Saxonie,
12901290He mu
st with
stand thy malice as he may.
12911291Zweno. William, for other name and title giue I none
12921292To him, who were he worthie of tho
se honours
12931293That Fortune and his predece
ssors left,
12941294I ought by right and humaine courte
sie
12951295To grace his
style with duke of Saxonie.
12961296But for I
finde a ba
se degenerate minde,
12971297I frame my
speech according to the man,
12981298And not the
state that he vnworthie holds.
12991299William. Herein
Zweno do
st thou aba
se thy
state,
13001300To breake the peace which by our aunce
sters
13011301Hath heretofore been honourably kept.
13021302Zweno. And
should that peace for euer haue been kept,
13031303Had not thy
selfe beene author of the breach:
13041304Nor
stands it with the honour of my
state,
13051305Or nature of a father to his childe,
13061306That I
should
so be robbed of my daughter,
13071307And not vnto the vtmo
st of my power
13081308Reuenge
so intolerable an iniurie.
13091309William. is this the colour of your quarrell
Zweno? 13101310I well perceiue the wi
se
st men may erre.
13111311And thinke you I conueied away your daughter
Blanch? 13121312Zweno. art thou
so impudent to deny thou did
st 13131313When that the proofe thereof is manife
st;
13151315Zweno. Thine owne confe
ssion is
su
fficient proofe.
13161316William. Did I confe
sse I
stole your daughter
Blanch? 13171317Zweno. Thou did
st confe
sse thou had
st a Ladie hence.
13191319Zweno. Why that was
Blanch my daughter,
13211321Who wrongfully thou detaine
st pri
soner.
13221322Zweno. Shamele
sse per
sisting in thy ill,
13231323Thou doe
st maintaine a manife
st vntroth,
13241324As
shee
shall iu
sti
fie vnto thy teeth.
13251325Rosilio, fetch her and the
Marques hither.
13271327William. It cannot be I
should be
so deceiued.
13281328Demarch, I heare this night among the
souldiers,
13291329That in their watch they tooke a pen
siue Ladie:
13301330Who at the appoyntment of the Lord
Dirot is yet in keeping:
13321332Onely thus much I ouer-hard by chance.
13341334Demarch. It may be
Blanch the King of Denmarkes daughter.
13351335William. It may be
so: but on my lyfe it is not;
13361336Yet
Demarch, goe and fetch her
straight.
13381338Rosilio. Plea
seth your highnes, here is the
Marques and
Mariana.
13391339Zweno, See here
Duke William, your competitors,
13401340That were con
senting to my daughters
scape:
13411341Let them re
solue you of the truth herein,
13421342And here I vow and
solemnely prote
st,
13431343That in thy pre
sence they
shall lo
se their heads,
13441344Vnle
sse I heare where as my daughter is.
13451345William. O
Marques Lubeck how it grieueth me,
13461346That for my
sake thou
shoulde
st indure the
se bondes.
13471347Beiudge my
soule that feeles the martirdome.
13481348Marques. Duke William, you know it is for your cau
se,
13491349It plea
seth thus the King to mi
sconceiue of me,
13501350And for his plea
sure doth me iniurie.
13511351Enter Demarch with the Ladie Blanch. 13521352Demarch. May it plea
se your highne
sse.
13531353Here is the Ladie you
sent me for.
13541354William. Away
Demarch, what telle
st thou me of Ladies?
13551355I
so dete
st the dealing of their
sex,
13561356As that I count a louers
state to be the ba
se
13571357And vilde
st slauerie in the world.
13581358Demarch.
What humors are the
se? heres a
strange alteration.
13591359Zweno. See
Duke William, is this
Blanch or no?
13601360You know her, if you
see her I am
sure.
13611361William. Zweno I was deceiued, yea vtterly deceiued,
13621362Yet this is
shee: this
same is Ladie
Blanch.
13631363And for mine error, here I am content
13641364To do what
soeuer
Zweno shall
set downe.
13661366The man which loued and honoured thee with his heart.
13671367Mariana. When
fir
st I came into your highne
sse court,
13681368And
William often importing me of loue:
13691369I did deui
se to ea
se the griefe your daughter did
su
stain:
13701370Shee
should meete Sir
William masked as I it were.
13711371This put in proofe, did take
so good e
ffe
ct,
13721372As yet it
seemes his grace is not re
solued,
13731373But it was I which he conueid away.
13741374William. May this be true? It cannot be but true.
13751375Was it Ladie
Blanch which I conueid away?
13771377Thus to deale with him which meant to thee nought but faith.
13781378Blanch. Pardon deere father my follies that are pa
st,
13791379Wherein I haue negle
cted my dutie
13801380Which I in reuerence ought to
shew your grace,
13811381For led by loue I thus haue gone a
stray,
13821382And now repent the errors I was in.
13831383Zweno. Stand vp deare daughter, though thy fault de
serues
13841384For to be puni
sht in the extreme
st sort;
13851385Yet loue that couers multitude of
sins
13861386Makes loue in parents winke at childrens faults.
13871387Su
fficeth
Blanch thy father loues thee
so,
13881388Thy follies pa
st he knowes, but will not know.
13891389And here Duke
William take my daughter to thy wife.
13901390For well I am a
ssured
shee loues thee well.
13911391William. A proper coniun
ction: as who
should
say,
13931393I would goe thru
st my
selfe into the
flame.
13941394Let Mai
stres nice go Saint it where
shee li
st,
13951395And coyly quaint it with di
ssembling face,
13961396I hold in
scorne the fooleries that they v
se,
13971397I being free will neuer
subie
ct my
selfe
13981398To any
such as
shee is vnderneath the
sunne.
13991399Zweno. Refu
se
st thou to take my daughter to thy wife?
14001400I tell thee Duke, this ra
sh deniall
14011401May bring more mi
schiefe on thee then thou can
st avoyd:
14021402William. Conceit hath wrought
such generall di
slike
14031403Through the fal
se dealing of
Mariana,
14041404That vtterly I doe abhor their
sex.
14051405They are all di
sloyall, vncon
stant, all vniu
st:
14081408Will
say there's no
such creatures on the ground.
14091409Blanch. Vncon
stant Knight, though
some de
serue no tru
st,
14101410Thers others faithfull, louing, loyall, & iu
st.
14111411Enter to them Ualingford with Em and the Miller. 14121412And Mountney, and Manuile, and Elner. 14131413Willi. How now L.
Ualingford, what makes the
se women here?
14141414Valingf. Here be two women, may it plea
se your grace,
14161416And are in
strife whether
shall haue him to their husband.
14171417William. Stand forth women and
saie,
14181418To whether of you did he
fir
st giue his faith?
14211421William. Speak
Manuile, to whether did
st thou giue thy faith?
14221422Manuile. To
saie the troth: this maide had
fir
st my loue.
14231423Elner. Yea
Manuile, but there was no witne
sse by.
14241424Em. Thy con
science
Manuile a hundred witne
sses.
14251425Elner. Shee hath
stolne a con
science to
serue her own turne:
14261426But you are deceiued, yfaith he will none of you.
14271427Manuile. Indeed, dread Lord,
so deere
I held her loue,
14281428As in the
same I put my whole delight.
14291429But
some impediments which at that in
stant hapned,
14311431For which I had her fathers franke con
sent.
14321432William. What were the impediments?
14331433Manuile. Why
shee could neither heare nor
see.
14341434William. Now
shee doth both. Mayden how were you cured?
14351435Em. Pardon my Lord, Ile tell your grace the troth,
14361436Be it not imputed to me as di
scredite.
14371437I loued this
Manuile so much, that
still methought
14381438When he was ab
sent did pre
sent to mee
14391439The forme and feature of that countenance
14401440Which I did
shrine an ydoll in mine heart:
14411441And neuer could I
see a man methought
14421442That equald
Manuile in my partiall eye.
14431443Nor was there any loue betweene vs lo
st,
14441444But that I held the
same in high regard,
14451445Vntill repaire of
some vnto our hou
se,
14461446Of whom my
Manuile grew thus iealous:
14471447As if he tooke exception I vouch
safed
14481448To heare them
speake, or
saw them when they came:
14491449On which I
straight tooke order with my
selfe
14501450To voyde the
scruple of his con
science,
14511451By counterfaiting that I neither
saw nor heard,
14521452Any wayes to rid my hands of them.
14531453All this I did to keepe my
Manuiles loue,
14541454Which he vnkindly
seekes for to reward.
14551455Maluile. And did my
Em to keepe her faith with mee
14561456Di
ssemble that
shee neither heard nor
sawe.
14571457Pardon me
sweet
Em, for I am onely thine.
14581458Em. Lay o
ff thy hands, di
sloyall as thou art,
14591459Nor
shalt thou haue po
sse
ssion of my loue,
14601460That can
st so
finely
shift thy matters o
ff.
14611461Put ca
se I had beene blind and could not
see,
14621462As often times
such vi
sitations falles
14631463That plea
seth God which all things doth di
spo
se:
14641464Shoulde
st thou for
sake me in regard of that?
14651465I tell thee
Manuile, had
st thou beene blinde,
14661466Or deafe, or dumbe, or el
se what impediments
14671467Might befall to man,
Em would haue loued, and kept,
14681468And honoured thee: yea, begg'd if wealth had fail'd
14711471Em. I do forgiue thee with my heart,
14721472And will forget thee too if ca
se I can:
14731473But neuer
speake to mee, nor
seeme to know mee.
14761476Now
Elner, J am thine owne my girle.
14771477Elner. Mine
Manuile? thou neuer
shalt be mone.
14791479That while
st I liue I will abhor thy company.
14801480Manuile. Is it come to this? of late, I had choyce of twaine
14811481On either
side to haue me to her husband,
14821482And now am vtterly reie
cted of them both.
14831483Valingford. My Lord this gentleman when time was
14861486To laugh at him that
sometime
scorned at vs.
14871487Mountney. Content my Lord, inuent the forme.
14891489William. I
see that women are not generall euils,
14901490Blanch is faire: Methinkes I
see in her,
14911491A mode
st countenance, a heauenly blu
sh.
14921492Zweno, receiue a reconciled foe,
14931493Not as thy friend, but as thy
sonne in law,
14941494If
so that thou be thus content.
14951495Zweno. I ioy to
see your grace
so tra
ctable.
14971497And after my decea
se the Denmark Crowne.
14981498William. Now
sir, how
stands the ca
se with you?
14991499Manuile. I partly am per
swaded as your grace is,
15001500My Lord, he is be
st at ea
se that medleth lea
st.
15011501Valingford. Sir, may a man be
so bold
15031503Manuile. Yea two or three: what are they?
15041504Valingford. I
say, this maid will haue thee to her husband.
15051505Mount. And I
say this: & thereof will I lay an hundred pound.
15061506Valingf. And I
say this: whereon I will lay as much.
15071507Manuile. And I
say neither: what
say you to that?
15081508Mountney. If that be true: then are we both deceiued.
15091509Manuile. Why it is true, and you are both deceiued.
15101510Marques. In mine eyes, this is the propre
st wench.
15111511Might I adui
se thee, take her vnto thy wife.
15121512Zweno. It
seemes to me,
shee hath refu
sed him.
15141514Zweno. If one refu
se him, yet may he haue the other.
15151515Marques. He will aske but her good will, and all her friends.
15161516Zweno. Might I adui
se thee, let them both alone.
15171517Manuile. Yea, thats the cour
se, and thereon will I
stand,
15181518Such idle loue hencefoorth I will dete
st.
15191519Valingford. The foxe will eat no grapes and why?
15201520Mountney. I know full well, becau
se they hang too hie.
15211521William. And may it be a Millers daughter by her birth?
15221522I cannot thinke but
shee is better borne.
15231523Valingford. Sir
Thomas Goddard hight this reuerent man,
15241524Famed for his vertues and his good
succe
sse:
15251525Who
se fame hath been renowmed through the world.
15261526William. Sir
Thomas Goddard welcome to thy Prince,
15271527And faire
Em, frolike with thy good father.
15281528As glad am I to
find Sir
Thomas Goddard.
15291529As good Sir
Edmund Treford on the plaines:
15301530He like a
shepherd, and thou our countrie Miller,
15311531Miller. And longer let not
Goddard liue a day,
15321532Than he in honour loues his
soueraigne.
15331533William. But
say Sir
Thomas,
shall I giue thy daughter?
15341534Miller. Goddard and all that he hath
15351535Doth re
st at the plea
sure of your Maie
stie.
15361536William. And what
sayes
Em to louely
Valingford? 15381538That for your
sake dur
st leaue his King.
15391539Em. Em re
sts at the plea
sure of your highnes:
15401540And would I were a wife for his de
sert.
15411541William. Then here Lord
Valingford,
15431543Here take her, make her thy e
spou
sed wife.
15441544Then goe we in, that preparation may be made,
15451545to
see the
se nuptials
solemnely performed.
15461546Exeunt all. Sound drummes and Trumpets.