1690Enter the Queene, and all that were in before. 1691Le. This is the hou
se where the mad Lord did vow to do
1692the deed, draw all your
swoords couragious gentlemen, Ile
1693bring you there where you
shall honor win, but I can tell
1694you, you mu
st breake your
shinne.
1695Ca. Who will not breake his necke to
saue his King:
set
1697Le. Yea, much good can I do with a wounded arme,
1698Ile go and call more helpe.
1699Qu. Others
shall go, nay we will rai
se the
streets, better
1700di
shonor, then de
stroy the King.
1701Le. Sbloud I know not how to excu
se my villany, I
1703Enter Dowsecer, and his friend. 1704Dow. Ile geld the adulterous goate, and take from him
1705the in
strument, that plaies him
such
sweete mu
sicke.
La. O
dayes mirth.
1706La. O rare, this makes my
fiction true: now ile
stay.
1707Quee. Arre
st the
se faithle
sse traitrous gentlemen.
1708Dow. What is the rea
son that you call vs traitours?
1709La. Nay, why do you attempt
such violence again
st 1710the per
son of the King?
1711Dow. Again
st the King, why this is
strange to me.
1712Enter the King, and Martia. 1713Ki. How now my ma
sters, what? weapons drawne, come
1715Qu. How fares my Lord?
1716Ki. How fare I? well, but you yfaith
shall get me
speak
1717for you another time; he got me here to wooe a curious
1718Lady, and
she temptes him,
say what I can, ouer what
1719state I will in your behalfe L
emot,
she will not yeeld.
1720Le, Yfaith my liege, what a hard heart hath
she, well
1721hearke you, I am content your wit
shall
saue your hone
sty
1723Ki. Peace, a plague on you, peace; but wherefore asked
1725Queene. Becau
se I feared that you were hurte my
1727Ki. Hurt, how I pray?
1728Lem. Why, hurt Madam, I am well againe.
1729Quee. Do you aske? why he told me
Dowsecer and this
1730his friend, threatned to take away.
1731Ki. To take away, what
should they take away.
1733Qu. Nay, I pray name it you.
1734Le. Why then, thus it was my liege, I told her
Dow- 1735secer, and this his friende threatned to take away, and
1736if they could the in
strument of procreation, and what
1737was that now, but
Martia beeing a fayre woman, is
1738not
shee the in
strument of procreation, as all women
G 2 Lem.
An humorous
1741Le. Go to, go to, you are one of tho
se
fiddles too yfaith.
1742Ki. Well pardon my minion, that hath frayd you thus,
1743twas but to make you mery in the end.
1744Qu. I ioy it endes
so well, my gracious Lord.
1745Fo. But
say my gracious Lord, is no harme done, be
- 1746tweene my louing daughter, and your grace?
1747Ki. No, of my honor and my
soule
Foyes.
1748Dow. The
fire of loue which
she hath kindled in me be
- 1749ing greater then my heate of vanity, hath quite expelled.
1750Ki. Come
Dowsecer, receiue with your lo
st wittes your
1751loue, though lo
st; I know youle yeeld, my lord and you her
1753Both Mo
st ioyfully my Lord.
1754Ki. And for her part I know her di
spo
sitiō well enough.
1755Lem.What, will you haue her?
1757Le. Ile go and tell L
abesha pre
sently.
1758Enter Iaquis, and my Host. 1759Ia. Mon
sieur L
emot, I pray let me
speake with you, I
1760come to you from the Lord
Moren, who would de
sire you
1761to
speake to the King for my ma
sters lottery, and he hath
1762my place to beare a torch, for bare faced hee dares not look
1763vpon his wife, for his life.
1764Le. O excellent, Ile further thy ma
sters lottery and it be
1765but for this ie
st only, harke you my liege, heres the poore
1766man hath bin at great charges for the preparation of a lotte
- 1767ry, and he hath made the rare
st deuice, that I know you wil
1768take great plea
sure in it, I pray let him pre
sent it before you
1770Ki. Whith all my heart, can you be ready
so
soone?
1771Host. Pre
sently and if it like your grace.
1772Ki. But hearke you L
emot, how
shall we do for euery
1774Le. Will you all tru
st me with the making of them?
1775All. With all our hearts.
1776Le. Why then Ile go to make the po
ses and bring L
abe- 1777sha to the lottery pre
sently.
Enter
dayes mirth.
1778Enter Florila like a Puritan. 1779Flo. Surely the world is full of vanitie, a woman mu
st take
1780heed
she do not heare a lewd man
speake, for euery woman
1781cannot when
shee is tempted, when the wicked
fiend gets
1782her into his
snares e
scape like me, for graces mea
sure is not
1783so
filled vp, nor
so pre
st downe in euery one as me, but yet
I 1784promi
se you a little more: well, Ile go
seeke my head, who
1785shal take me in the gates of his kind armes vntoucht of any.
1786King. What Madam are you
so pure now?
1787Flo. Yea, would not you be pure?
1789Flo. You mu
st be then a diuell, I can tell you.
1790Lab. O wife where ha
st thou beene?
1791Flo. where did I tell you I would be
I pray.
1792Lab. In thy clo
se walke thou
said
st.
1794Lab. Truly
I know not, I neither looked nor knocked,
1795for L
abesha told me that you, and faire
Martia were at Ve
- 1797Ki. L
abesha? my lord you are a wi
se man to beleeue a fool.
1798Flo. Well my good head, for my part I forgiue you: but
1799surely you do much o
ffend to be
su
spicious: where there is
1800no tru
st, there is no loue, and where there is no loue twixt
1801man and wife, theres no good dealing
surely: for as men
1802should euer loue their wiues,
so
should they euer tru
st thē,
1803for what loue is there where there is no tru
st?
1804King. She tels you true, my lord.
1805Lab. Shee doth my liege; and deare wife pardon this
1806and
I will neuer be
su
spicious more.
1807Flo. Why
I say,
I do.
1808Enter Lemot, leading Labesha in a halter. 1809Lem. Looke you my liege,
I haue done
simple
seruice
1810amonge
st you, here is one had hanged him
selfe for loue,
1811thinking his Mi
stre
sse had done
so for him: well,
see your
1813Labesh. And doth my Mi
stre
sse liue?
G 3 King.
An humorous
1814King. Shee doth, O noble knight, but not your Mi
- 1816Lab. Sblood, but
she
shall for me, or for no body el
se.
1817Lem. How now, what a traitor, draw vpon the King.
1818Lab. Yea, or vpon any woman here in a good cau
se.
1819King. Well
sweete
Besha let her marry
Dowsecer,
Ile get
1820thee a wife worth
fifteene of her, wilt thou haue one that
1822Lab. Not I by the Lord, I
scorne her, Ile haue her better
1824King. Why thats well
said.
1825Lem. What Madam, are you turned puritan againe?
1826Elo. When was I other, pray?
1827Lem. Marie Ile tell you when, when you went to the
1828Ordinarie, and when you made fal
se
signes to your hu
s- 1829band, which I could tell him all.
1830Flo. Cur
sed be he that maketh debate twixt man & wife.
1831Lem. O rare
scripturian! you haue
sealed vp my lips, a
1832hall, a hall, the pageant of the Butterie.
1833Enter two with torches, the one of them Moren, then my host 1834and his son, then his maid drest like Queene For- 1835tune, with two pots in her hands. 1837Lem. This is Verones
sonne, my liege.
1838King. What
shall he do?
1839Cat. Speak
some
speach that his father hath made for him
1840Qu. Why is he good at
speeches?
1841Cat. O he is rare at
speaches.
1842Boy. Faire ladies mo
st tender, and nobles mo
st slender,
1843and gentles who
se wits be
scarce.
1844Ki. My ho
st, why do you call vs nobles mo
st slender?
1845Host. And it
shall plea
se your Grace, to be
slender is to be
1846proper, and therfore where my boy
saies nobles mo
st slen
- 1847der, it is as much to
say,
fine and proper nobles.
1848Le. Yea, but why do you call vs gentles who
se wits are
Host
dayes mirth.
1850Host. To be
scarce, is to be rare: and therefore where as
1851he
sayes Gentles who
se wits be
scarce, is as much as to
say,
1852Gentles who
se wits be rare.
1853Lem. Well, forwards trunchman.
1854Boy. Faire ladies mo
st tender, and nobles mo
st slender,
1855and gentles who
se wittes bee
scarce, Queene Fortune
1856doth come with her trumpe, and her drumme, as it may ap
- 1858Lab. Come hither, are you a
schoolemai
ster, where was
1859Fortune Queene, of what countrey or kingdome?
1860Host. Wy
sir, Fortune was Queene ouer all the world.
1861Lab. Thats a lie, theres none that euer conquered all the
1862world, but mai
ster
Alisander, I am
sure of that.
1863Lem. O rare Mon
sieur
Labesha, who would haue thought
1864hee could haue found
so rare a fault in the
speach.
1865Host. Ile alter it if it plea
se your grace.
1866King. No, tis very well.
1867Boy. Father I mu
st begin againe they interrupt me
so.
1868Ho. I be
seech your grace giue the boy leaue to begin again.
1869King. With all my heart, tis
so good we cannot heare
1871Boy. Faire ladies mo
st tender, and nobles mo
st slender,
1872and gentles who
se wittes are
scarce, Queene Fortune doth
1873come with her Fife, and her Drum, as it doth appeare by
1874my voice, here is Fortune good, but il by the rood, and this
1875naught but good
shall do you, dealing the lots out of our
1876pots, and
so good Fortune to you
sir.
1877Lem. Looke you my liege, how hee that caries the torch
1879Kin. I warrant tis with care to carie his torch well.
1880Lem. Nay there is
something el
se in the wind: why my
1881ho
st, what meanes thy man
Iaques to tremble
so?
1882Host. Hold
still thou knaue, what art thou afraid to looke
1883vpon the goodly pre
sence of a king: hold vp for
shame.
1884Lem. Alas poore man, he thinks tis
Iaques his man: poore
1885lord, how much is he bound to
su
ffer for his wife?
King.
An humorous
1886King Hearke you mine ho
st, what goodly per
son is that?
1887is it Fortune her
selfe?
1888Host. Ile tell your Maie
stie in
secrete who it is, it is my
1890King. I promi
se you
she becomes her
state rarely.
1891Lem. Well my liege, you were all content that I
should
1892make your po
ses: well here they be euery one: giue Ma
- 1893ster Verone his
fiue crownes.
1894King. Theres mine and the Queenes.
1896Dow. And there is mine and
Martias.
1897Lem. Come L
abesha thy money.
1898Lab You mu
st lend me
some, for my boy is runne away
1900Le. Thy boy?
I neuer knew any that thou had
st.
1901Lab. Had not I a boy three or foure yeares ago, and he
1903Lem. And neuer
since he went thou had
st not a peny,
1904but
stand by,
Ile excu
se you. But
sirrah
Catalian, thou
shalt
1905stand on one
side and reade the pri
ses, and I will
stand on
1906the other and read the Po
ses.
1908Lem. Come on Queene Fortune, tell euery man his
1909po
sie, this is orderly, the King and Queene are
fir
st.
1910King. Come let vs
see what goodly po
ses you haue gi
- 1912Lem. This is your Maie
sties, At the faire
st,
so it bee not
1914King. A plague vpon you, you are
still playing the vil
- 1916Le. This is the Queenes, Obey the Queene: and
she
1917speakes it to her hu
sband, or to Fortune, which
she will.
1918Cat. A pri
se: your Maie
sties is the
summe of foure
shil
- 1920King. Why how can that be, there is no
such coyne.
1921Host. Here is the worth of it, if it plea
se your grace.
Quee.
dayes mirth.
1922Quee. Well, whats for me?
1924Quee. A goodly iewell.
1925Le. Count L
aberuele and
Florila.
1926La. Whats my po
sie
sir I pray?
1927Le. Mary this my Lord,
1928Of all fortunes friends, that hath ioy in this life,
1929He is mo
st happy that puts a
sure tru
st in his wife.
1930La. A very good one
sir, I thanke you for it.
1931Flo. Whats mine I pray?
1933Good fortune be thou my good fortune bringer,
1934And make me amends for my poore bitten
finger.
1935La. Who bit your
finger wife?
1936Flo. No body; tis vaine po
sie.
1937Ca. Blanke for my lord L
aberuele, for his wife a po
sie,
1938a paire of holy beades with a cruci
fix.
1939Flo. O bommination Idole, Ile none of them.
1940Ki. Keepe them thy
self Veron,
she will not haue them.
1941Le. Dowsecer and
Martia I haue
fitted your lord
ship
1945Ma. And what is mine
sir?
1946Le. A
serious one I warrant you change: for the better.
1947Ma. Thats not ami
sse.
1948Ca. A price:
Dowsecer hath a cats eyes or M
ercuries rod
1949of gold,
set with Iacinths and Emeralds.
1950Dow. What is for
Martia? 1951Ca. Martia hath the two
serpents heades
set with Dia
- 1953Le. What my ho
st Uerone?
1954Ki. What? is he in for his owne iewells.
1955Le. O what els my liege, tis our bountie, and his po
sie is
1956To tel you the truth in words plaine and mild,
1957Verone loues his maide, and
she is great with child.
H Ki. What
An humorous
1958Ki. What Queene fortune with child,
shall we haue
1959yong fortunes my ho
st?
1960Host. I am abu
sed, and if it plea
se your Maie
stie.
1961Maid. Ile play no more.
1962Lem. No faith you need not now, you haue plaid your
1963bellie full alreadie.
1964Host. Stand
still good
Iaquena, they do but iea
st.
1965Maid. Yea, but I like no
such iea
sting.
1966Lem. Come great Queene Fortune, let
see your po
sies,
1967what madam, alas, your ladi
ship is one of the la
st.
1968Coun. What is my po
sie
sir I pray?
1969Lem. Marie Madam your po
sie is made in maner and
1970forme of an Eccho, as if you were
seeking your hu
sbande,
1971and fortune
should be the Eccho, and this you
say: where is
1972my hu
sband hid
so long vnmaskt, maskt?
sayes the Eccho,
1973but in what place
sweete Fortune? let me heare: heare
sayes
1975King. There you lie Eccho, for if he were here we mu
st 1977Lem. Indeed
sweete King, there me thinkes the Eccho
1978mu
st needes lie, if hee were here wee mu
st needes
see him,
1979tis one of thē that caries the torches: no that cannot be nei
- 1980ther, and yet by the Ma
sse heres
Iaques, why my ho
st, did
1981not you tell me that
Iaques should be a torchbearer: who
1982is this? Gods my life, my lord.
1983Mor. And you be Gentlemen let me go.
1984Coun. Nay come your way, you may be well enough a
- 1985shamed to
shew your face that is a periured wretch, did
1986not you
sweare, if there were any wenches at the ordinarie,
1987you yould
straight come home.
1988King. Why, who tolde you Madam, there were any
1990Coun. He that will
stand to it, L
emot my liege.
1991Lem. who I
stand to it, alas, I tolde you in kindne
sse,
1992and good will, becau
se I would not haue you companie
1993long from your hu
sband.
Mor.
dayes mirth.
1994Mor. Why loe you bird, how much you are deceiued.
1995Co. Why wherefore were you afraid to be
seene?
1996Mor. Who I afraid? alas I bore a torch to grace this
1997honorable pre
sence, for nothing els
sweete bird.
1998King. Thanks good M
oren,
see lady with what wrong
1999you haue pur
sued your mo
st inamored lord: but come now
2000al are friends, now is this day
spent with an hurtfull motiues
2001of delight, and ouer ioyes more my
sen
ses at the night: and
2002now for
Dowsecer, if all will follow my deui
se, his beauteous
2003loue and he
shal married be, and here I
solemnly inuite you
2004all home to my court, where with fea
stes wee will crowne
2005this myrthfull day, and vow it to renowne.