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11Actus primus, Scaena prima. 22Enter William the Conqueror: Marques Lubeck, with a picture: 33Mountney: Manuile: Valingford: and Duke Dirot. 44Marques. WHat meanes faire Britaines mighty Conqueror
55So
suddenly to ca
st away his
sta
ffe?
66And all in pa
ssion to for
sake the tilt.
77D. Dirot. My Lord, this triumph we
solemni
se here,
88Is of meere loue to your increa
sing ioyes:
99Only expe
cting cheerefull lookes for all.
1010What
sudden pangs then moues your maie
sty,
1111To dim the brightne
sse of the day with frownes?
1212W.Conqueror. Ah, good my Lords, mi
scon
ster not the cau
se:
1313At lea
st,
su
spe
ct not my di
splea
sed browes
1414I amorou
sly do beare to your intent:
1515For thanks and all that you can wi
sh I yeeld.
1616But that which makes me blu
sh and
shame to tell,
1717Is cau
se why thus I turne my conquering eyes
1818To cowards lookes and beaten fanta
sies.
1919Mountney. Since we are guiltle
sse, we the le
sse di
smay
2020To
see this
sudden change po
sse
sse your cheere:
2121For if it i
ssue from your owne conceits,
2222Bred by
sugge
stion of
some enuious thoughts:
2323Your highne
sse wi
sdome may
suppre
sse it
straight.
2424Yet tell vs (good my Lord) what thought it is,
2525That thus bereaues you of your late content,
2626That in adui
se we may a
ssist your Grace.
2727Or bend our forces to reuiue your
spirits.
2828W. Con. Ah
Marques Lubeck, in thy power it lyes
2929To rid my bo
some of the
se thraled dumps:
3030And therefore, good my Lords forbeare a while,
3131That we may parley of the
se priuate cares,
3232Who
se
strength
subdues me more than all the world.
3333Valingford. We goe and wi
sh thee priuate conference,
3434Publicke a
ffe
cts in this accu
stomed peace.
3535Exit all but William and the Marques. 3636William. Now
Marques mu
st a Conqueror at armes
3737Di
sclo
se him
selfe thrald to vnarmed thoughts,
3838And threatned of a
shaddow, yeeld to lu
st:
3939No
sooner had my
sparkeling eyes beheld
4040The
flames of beautie bla
sing on this peece,
4141But
suddenly a
sence of myracle
4242Imagined on thy louely Mai
stres face,
4343Made mee abandon bodily regard,
4444And ca
st all plea
sures on my wounded
soule:
4545Then gentle
Marques tell me what
she is,
4646That thus thou honoure
st on thy warlike
shield:
4747And if thy loue and intere
st be
such,
4848As iu
stly may giue place to mine,
4949That if it be: my
soule with honors wings
5050May
fly into the bo
some of my deare.
5151If not, clo
se them and
stoope into my graue.
5252Marques. If this be all renowned Conquero:
5353Aduance your drooping
spirits, and reuiue
5454The wonted courage of your Conquering minde,
5555For this faire pi
cture painted on my
shield
5656Is the true counterfeit of louelie
Blanch 5757Princes and daughter to the King of
Danes: 5858Who
se beautie and exce
sse of ornaments
5959De
serues another manner of defence
6060Pompe and high per
son to attend her
state
6161Than
Marques Lubeck any way pre
sents:
6262Therefore her vertues I re
signe ro thee,
6363Alreadie
shrind in thy religious bre
st,
6464To be aduanced and honoured to the full.
6565Nor beare I this an argument of loue:
6666But to renowne faire
Blanch my Soueraignes Childe,
6767In euerie place where I by armes may doe it.
6868William. Ah
Marques, thy words bring heauen vnto my
soule,
6969And had I heauen to giue for thy reward,
7070Thou
should
st be thronde in no vnworthy place.
7171But let my vttermo
st wealth
su
ffice thy worth,
7272Which here I vowe, and to a
spire the bli
sse
7373That hangs on quicke atchiuement of my loue,
7474Thy
selfe and I will trauell in di
sgui
se,
7575To bring this Ladie to our Brittaine Court
7676Marques. Let
William but bethinke what may auayle,
7777And let mee die if I denie my ayde.
7878William. Then thus: The
Duke Dirot and th'Earle
Dimach 7979Will I leaue
sub
stitutes to rule my Realme,
8080While mightie loue forbids my being here,
8181And in the name of Sir
Robert of
Windsor 8282Will goe with thee vnto the Dani
sh Court.
8383Keepe
Williams secrets
Marques if thou loue him.
8484Bright
Blaunch I come, sweet fortune fauour me,
8585And I will laud thy name eternally.
8787Enter the Miller and Em his daughter. 8888Miller. Come daughter we mu
st learne to
shake o
ff pompe.
8989To leaue the
state that ear
st be
seemd a Knight,
9090And gentleman of no meane di
scent,
9191To vndertake this homely millers trade:
9292Thus mu
st we maske to
saue our wretched liues,
9393Threatned by Conque
st of this haple
sse Ile:
9494Who
se
sad inua
sions by the Conqueror,
9595Haue made a number
such as we
subie
ct 9696Their gentle neckes vnto their
stubborne yoke,
9797Of drudging labour and ba
se pe
santrie.
9898Sir
Thomas Goddard now old
Goddard is,
9999Goddard the Miller of faire Manche
ster.
100100Why
should not I content me with this
state?
101101As good Sir Edmund
Trofferd did the
flaile.
102102And thou sweete
Em mu
st stoope to high e
state.
103103To ioyne with mine that thus we may prote
ct 104104Our harmele
sse liues, which ledd in greater port
105105Would be an enuious obie
ct to our foes,
106106That
seeke to root all Britaines Gentrie
107107From bearing countenance again
st their tyrannie.
108108Em. Good Father let my full re
solued thoughts,
109109With
setled patience to
support this chance
110110Be
some poore comfort to your aged
soule:
111111For therein re
sts the height of my e
state,
112112That you are plea
sed with this deie
ction,
113113And that all toyles my hands may vndertake,
114114May
serue to worke your worthines content.
115115Miller, Thankes my deere daughter: the
se thy plea
sant words
116116Tran
sfer my
soule into a
second heauen:
117117And in thy
setled minde, my ioyes con
sist,
118118My
state reuiued, and I in former plight.
119119Although our outward pomp be thus aba
sed,
120120And thralde to drudging,
stay le
sse of the world,
121121Let vs retaine tho
se honourable mindes
122122That lately gouerned our
superior
state.
123123Wherein true gentrie is the only meane,
124124That makes vs di
ffer
from ba
se millers borne:
125125Though we expe
ct no knightly delicates,
126126Nor thir
st in
soule for former
soueraigntie.
127127Yet may our mindes as highly
scorne to
stoope
128128To ba
se de
sires of vulgars worldline
sse,
129129As if we were in our pre
sedent way.
130130And louely daughter,
since thy youthfull yeares
131131Mu
st needs admit as young a
ffe
ctions:
132132And that
sweet loue vnpartiall perceiues
133133Her dainie
subie
cts through euery part,
134134In chiefe receiue the
se le
ssons from my lips,
135135The true di
scouerers of a Virgins due
136136Now requi
site, now that I know thy minde
137137Something enclinde to fauour
Manuils sute,
138138A gentleman, thy Louer in prote
st:
139139And that thou mai
st not be by loue deceiued,
140140But try his meaning
fit for thy de
sert,
141141In pur
suit of all amorous de
sires,
142142Regard thine honour. Let not vehement
sighes
143143Nor earne
st vowes importing feruent loue,
144144Render thee
subie
ct to the wrath of lu
st:
145145For that transformed to former
sweet delight,
146146Will bring thy body and thy
soule to
shame.
147147Cha
ste thoughts and mode
st conuer
sations,
148148Of proofe to keepe out all inchaunting vowes,
149149Vaine
sighes, for
st teares, and pittifull a
spe
cts,
150150Are they that make deformed Ladies faire,
151151Poore wretch, and
such inticing men,
152152That
seeke of all but onely pre
sent grace,
153153Shall in per
seuerance of a Virgins due
154154Prefer the mo
st refu
sers to the choyce
155155Of
such a
soule as yeelded what they thought.
156156But hoe: where is
Trotter? 157157Here enters Trotter the Millers man to them: and they 158158within call to him for their grist. 159159Trotter. Wheres Trotter? why Trotter is here.
160160Yfaith, you and your daughter go vp and downe weeping,
161161And wamenting and keeping of a wamentation,
162162As who
should say, the Mill would goe with your wamenting.
163163Miller. How now Trotter? why complaine
st thou
so?
164164Trotter. Why yonder is a company of young men and maids
165165Keepe
such a
stir for their gri
st, that they would haue it before
166166My
stones be readie to grind it. But yfaith, I would I coulde
167167Breake winde enough backward: you
should not tarrie for your
169169Miller. Content thee Trotter, I will go paci
fie them.
Here he ta- 170170Trotter. Iwis you will when I cannot. Why looke,
keth Em a- 171171You haue a Mill. Why whats your Mill without mee?
bout the neck. 172172Or rather Mi
stres, what were I without you?
173173Em. Nay Trotter, if you fall achiding, I will giue you ouer.
174174Trotter. I chide you dame to amend you.
175175You are too fine to be a Millers daughter
: 176176For if you
should but
stoope to take vp the tole di
sh 177177You will haue the crampe in your
finger
178178At lea
st ten weekes after.
179179Miller. Ah well said
Trotter, teach her to plaie the good hu
swife
180180And thou
shalt haue her to thy wife, if thou can
st get her good wil.
181181Trotter. Ah words wherein I
see Matrimonie come loaden
182182With ki
sses to
salute me: Now let me alone to pick the mill,
183183To
fill the hopper, to take the tole, to mend the
sailes,
184184Yea, and to make the mill to goe with the verie force of my loue.
185185Here they must call for their grist within. 186186Trotter. I come, I come, yfaith now you
shall haue your gri
st 187187Or el
se
Trotter Will trot and amble him
selfe to death.
188188They call him againe.Exit. 189189Enter king of Denmarke, with some attendants, Blanch his 190190daughter, Mariana, Marques Lubeck, William 192192King of Denmarke. Lord Marques
Lubeck, welcome home,
193193Welcome braue Knight vnto the
Denmarke King:
194194For
Williams sake the noble
Norman Duke,
195195So famous for his fortunes and
succe
sse,
196196That graceth him with name of Conqueror:
197197Right double welcome mu
st thou be to vs.
198198Rob. Windsor. And to my Lord the King
shall I recount
199199Your graces courteous entertainment,
200200That for his
sake vouch
safe to honour me
201201A
simple Knight attendant on his grace.
202202King Den. But
say Sir Knight, what may I call your name?
203203Robert Windsor. Robert Windsor and like your maie
stie.
204204King Den. I tell thee
Robert, I
so admire the man,
205205As that I count it hainous guilt in him
206206That honors not Duke
William with his heart.
207207Blanch. Bid this
straunger welcome, good my girle.
208208Blanch. Sir,
should I negle
ct your highnes charge herein,
209209It might be thought of ba
se di
scourte
sie.
210210Welcome Sir Knight to
Denmarke heartily.
211211Ro. Winds. Thanks gentle Ladie. Lord
Marques, what is
she?
212212Lubeck. That
same is
Blanch daughter to the King,
213213The
sub
stance of the
shadow that you
saw.
214214Rob. Windsor. May this be
shee, for whom I cro
st the Seas?
215215I am a
sham'd to think I was
so fond,
216216In whom there's nothing that contents my minde,
217217Ill head, wor
se featurde, vncomly, nothing courtly,
218218Swart and ill fauoured, a Colliers
sanguine
skin.
219219I neuer
saw a harder fauour'd Slut.
220220Loue her? for what? I can no whit abide her.
221221King of Denmarke. Mariana, I haue this day receiued letters
222222From
Swethia, that lets me vnder
stand,
223223Your ran
some is colle
cting there with
speed,
224224And
shortly
shall be hither
sent to vs.
225225Mariana. Not that I
finde occa
sion of mi
slike
226226My entertainment in your graces court,
227227But that I long to
see my natiue home.
228228King Den. And rea
son haue you Madam for the
same:
229229Lord
Marques I commit vnto your charge
230230The entertainement of Sir
Robert here,
231231Let him remaine with you within the Court
232232In
solace and di
sport, to
spend the time.
234234Robert Wind. I thank your hightnes, who
se bounden I remaine.
235235Blanch speaketh this secretly at one end of the stage. 236236 Vnhappie
Blanch, what
strange e
ffe
cts are the
se
237237That workes within my thoughts confu
sedly?
238238That
still me thinkes a
ffe
ction drawes me on
239239To take, to like, nay more to loue this knight.
240240Robert. Wind. A mode
st countenance, no heauie
sullen looke,
241241Not verie faire, but richly deckt with fauour:
242242A
sweet face, an exceding daintie hand:
243243A body were it framed of wax
244244By all the cunning Arti
sts of the world
245245It could not better be proportioned.
246246Lubeck. How now Sir
Robert? in a
studie man
? 247247Here is no time for contemplation.
248248Robert Windsor. My Lord there is a certaine odd conceit,
249249Which on the
sudden greatly troubles me.
250250Lubeck. How like you
Blaunch? I partly do perceiue
251251The little boy hath played the wag with you.
252252Sir Robert. The more I look the more I loue to looke.
253253Who
sayes that
Mariana is not faire?
254254Ile gage my gauntlet gain
st the enuious man,
255255That dares auow there liueth her compare.
256256Lubeck. Sir
Robert, you mi
stake your counterfeit.
257257This is the Lady which you came to
see.
258258Sir Robert. Yea my Lord
: She is counterfeit in deed:
259259For there is the
sub
stance that be
st contents me.
260260Lubek. That is my loue. Sir
Robert you do wrong me.
261261Robert. The better for you Sir,
she is your Loue,
262262As for the wrong, I
see not how it growes.
263263Lubeck. In
seeking that which is anothers right.
264264Robert. As who
should
say your loue were priuileged
265265That none might looke vpon her but your
selfe.
266266Lubeck. The
se iarres becomes not our familiaritie,
267267Nor will I
stand on termes to moue your patience.
268268Robert. Why my lord, am not I of
fle
sh & bloud as well as you?
269269Then giue me leaue to loue as well as you.
270270Lubeck. To loue Sir
Robert? but whome? not
she I loue?
271271Nor
stands it with the honor of my
state,
272272To brooke corriuals with me in my loue.
273273Robert. So Sir, we are thorough for that L.
274274Ladies farewell. Lord
Marques, will you go?
275275I will
finde a time to
speake with her I trowe?
276276Lubeck. With all my heart. Come Ladies. wil you walke?
Exit. 277277Enter Manuile alone disguised. 278278Manuile. Ah
Em the
subie
ct of my re
stle
sse thoughts,
279279The Anuyle whereupon my heart doth beat,
280280Framing thy
state to thy de
sert,
281281Full ill this life becomes thy heauenly looke,
282282Wherein
sweete loue and vertue
sits enthroned.
283283Bad world, where riches is e
steemed aboue them both,
284284In who
se ba
se eyes nought el
se is bountifull.
285285A Millers daughter
saies the multitude,
286286Should not be loued of a gentleman.
287287But let them breath their
soules into the ayre:
288288Yet will I
still a
ffe
ct thee as my
selfe.
289289So thou be con
stant in thy plighted vow,
290290But here comes one, I will li
sten to his talke.
291291Enter Valingford at another dore, disguised. Manuile staies 292292Valingford. Goe
William Conqueror and
seeke thy loue.
hiding him- 293293Seeke thou a mynion in a forren land
selfe. 294294While
st I draw backe and court my loue at home,
295295The Millers daughter of faire Manche
ster
296296Hath bound my feet to this delight
some
soyle:
297297And from her eyes do dart
such golden beames,
298298That holds my heart in her
subie
ction.
299299Manuile, He ruminates on my beloued choyce:
300300God grant he come not to preuent my hope.
301301But heres another, him yle li
sten to.
302302Enter Mountney disguised at another dore. 303303L. Mountney. Nature vniu
st, in vtterance of thy art,
304304To grace a pe
sant with a Princes fame:
305305Pe
sant am I
so to mi
s-terme my loue
306306Although a Millers daughter by her birth:
307307Yet may her beautie and her vertues well
su
ffice
308308To hide the blemi
sh of her birth in hell,
309309Where neither enuious eyes nor thought can pierce,
310310But endle
sse darkne
sse euer
smother it.
311311Goe
William Conqueror and
seeke thy loue,
312312While
st I draw backe and court mine owne the while:
313313Decking her bodie with
such co
stly robes
314314As may become her beauties worthine
sse,
315315That
so thy labours may be laughed to
scorne,
316316And
she thou
seeke
st in forraine regions,
317317Be darkned and eclip
st when
she arriues,
318318By one that I haue cho
sen neerer home.
319319Manuile. What comes he to, to intercept my loue?
320320Then hye thee
Manuile to fore
stall
such foes.
Exit Manuile. 321321Mountney. What now Lord
Valingford are you behinde?
322322The king had cho
sen you to goe with him.
323323Valingford. So cho
se he you, therefore I maruell much
324324That both of vs
should linger in this
sort.
325325What may the king imagine of our
stay?
326326Mountney. The king may iu
stly think we are to blame:
327327But I imagin'd I might well be
spared
328328And that no other man had borne my minde.
329329Valingford. The like did I: in frend
ship then re
solue
330330What is the cau
se of your vnlookt for
stay?
331331Mountney. Lord
Valingford I tell thee as a friend,
332332Loue is the cau
se why I haue
stayed behind.
333333Valinford. Loue my Lord? of whom?
334334Mountney. Em the millers daughter of Manche
ster.
335335Valingford. But may this be?
336336Mountney. Why not my Lord? I hope full well you know
337337That loue re
spe
ctes no di
fference of
state
338338So beautie
serue to
stir a
ffe
ction.
339339Valingford. But this it is that makes me wonder mo
st,
340340That you and I
should be of one conceit
341341In
such a
strange vnlikely pa
ssion.
342342Mountney. But is that true? my Lord: I hope you do but ie
st.
343343Valingford. I would I did: then were my griefe the le
sse.
344344Mountney. Nay neuer grieue: for if the cau
se be
such
345345To ioyne our thoughts in
such a Sympathy:
346346All enuie
set a
side: let vs agree
347347To yeeld to eithers fortune in this choy
ce.
348348Valingford. Content
say I, and what
so ere befall,
349349Shake hands my Lord and fortune thriue at all.
Exeunt. 350350Enter Em, and Trotter the Millers man with a kerchife on 351351his head, and an Vrinall in his hand. 352352Em. Trotter where haue you beene?
353353Trotter. Where haue I beene? why, what
signi
fies this?
354354Em. A kerchiefe, doth it not?
355355Trotter. What call you this I pray?
356356Em. I
say it is an Vrinall.
357357Trotter. Then this is my
stically to giue you to vnder
stand
358358I haue beene at the Phi
smicaries hou
se.
359359Em. How long ha
st thou beene
sicke?
360360Trotter. Yfaith, euen as long as I haue not beene halfe well,
361361And that hath beene a long time.
362362Em. A loytering time I rather immagine.
363363Trot. It may bee
so: but the Phi
smicary tels me that you can (help me.
364364Em. Why, any thing I can doe for recouerie of thy health
365365Be right well a
ssured of.
366366Trot. Then giue me your hand.
368368Trot. That the ending of an old indenture
369369Is the begining of a new bargaine.
371371Trot. That you promi
sed to do any thing to recouer my health.
372372Em. On that condition I giue thee my hand,
373373Trot. Ah
sweet
Em.
Here he offers to kisse her. 374374Em. How now
Trot? your ma
sters daughter?
375375Trot. Yfaith I aime at the faire
st,
376376Ah
Em.
sweet
Em, fre
sh as the
flower:
377377That hath power to wound my hart.
378378And ea
se my
smart, of me poore theefe,
380380Em. So all your rime lies on the ground.
382382Trot. Ah marke the deui
se,
383383For thee my loue full
sicke I was, in hazard of my life
384384Thy promi
se was to make me whole and for to be my wife.
385385Let mee inioy my loue my deere,
386386And thou po
sse
sse thy
Trotter here.
387387Em. But I meant no
such matter.
388388Trot. Yes woos but you did, Ile goe to our Par
son Sir Iohn,
389389And he
shall mumble vp the marriage out of hand.
390390Em. But here comes one that will forbid the Banes.
391391Here Enters Manuile to them. 392392Trotter. Ah Sir you come too late.
393393Manuile. What remedie T
rotter.
394394Em. Goe T
rotter, my father calles.
395395Trotter. Would you haue me goe in, and leaue you two here
? 396396Em. Why, dare
st thou not tru
st me?
397397Trotter. Yes faith, euen as long as I
see you.
398398Em. Goe thy waies l pray thee hartily.
399399Trotter. That
same word (hartily) is of great force.
400400I will goe: but I pray
sir, beware you
401401Come not too neere the wench.
Exit Trotter. 402402Manuile. I am greatly beholding to you.
403403Ah Mai
stres,
sometime I mitgh haue
said my loue,
404404But time and fortune hath bereaued me of that,
405405And I am abie
ct in tho
se gratious eyes
406406That with remor
se ear
st saw into my griefe,
407407May
sit and
sigh the
sorrowes of my heart.
408408Em. In deed my
Manuile hath
some cau
se to doubt,
409409When
such a
swaine is riuall in his loue,
410410Manuile. Ah
Em, were he the man that cau
seth this mi
stru
st,
411411I
should e
steeme of thee as at thee
fir
st.
412412Em. But is my loue in earne
st all this while?
413413Manuile. Beleeue me
Em, it is not time to ie
st 414414When others ioyes, what lately I po
sse
st.
415415Em. If touching loue my
Manuile charge me thus?
416416Vnkindly mu
st I take it at his hands,
417417For that my con
science cleeres me of o
ffence.
418418Manuile. Ah impudent and
shamele
sse in thy ill,
419419That with thy cunning and defraudfull tongue
420420Seeks to delude the hone
st meaning minde:
421421Was neuer heard in
Manchester before,
422422Of truer loue then hath beene betwixte vs twaine:
423423And for my part how I haue hazarded
424424Di
splea
sure of my father and my freindes
425425Thy
selfe can witnes. yet notwith
standing this:
426426Two gentlemen attending on
Duke William 427427Mountney and
Valingford, as I heard them named,
428428Oft times re
sort to
see and to be
seene,
429429Walking the
street fa
st by thy fathers dore,
430430Who
se glauncing eyes vp to windowes ca
st,
431431Giues te
sties of their Mai
sters amorous heart.
432432This
Em is noted and too much talked on,
433433Some
see it without mi
stru
st of ill.
434434Others there are that
scorning grin thereat,
435435And
saith, there goes the Millers daughters wooers.
436436Ah me, whome chie
fly and mo
st of all it doth concerne
437437To
spend my time in griefe and vex my
soule,
438438To thinke my loue
should be rewarded thus,
439439And for thy
sake abhorre all women kind,
440440Em. May not a maid looke vpon a man
441441Without
su
spitious iudgement of the world?
442442Manuile. If
sight do moue o
ffence, it is the better not to
see.
443443But thou did
st more vncon
stant as thou art,
444444For with them thou had
st talke and conference.
445445Em. May not a maid talke with a man without mi
stru
st? 446446Manuile. Not with
such men
su
spe
cted amorous.
447447Em. I grieue to
see my
Manuiles ielo
sie
448448Manuile. Ah
Em, faithfull loue is full of ielo
sie,
449449So did I loue thee true and faithfully,
450450For which I am rewarded mo
st vnthankfully.
451451Exit in a rage, Manet Em, 452452 And
so awaie? what in di
splea
sure gone?
453453And left me
such a bitter
sweete to gnaw vpon?
454454Ah
Manuile, little wotte
st thou,
455455How neere this parting goeth to my heart.
456456Vncourteous loue who
se followers reaps reward,
457457Of hate di
sdaine, reproach and infamie,
458458The fruit franticke, bedlame ielou
sie.
459459Here enter Mountney to Em. 460460But here comes one of the
se
su
spitious men:
461461Witnes my God without de
sert of me:
462462For onely
Manuile honor I in harte:
463463Nor
shall vnkindne
sse cau
se me from him to
start.
464464Mountney. For this good fortune, Venus be thou ble
st,
465465To meet my loue, the mi
stres of my heart,
466466Where time and place giues opportunitie
467467At full to let her vnder
stand my loue.
468468He turnes to Em &offers to take her by the hand, &she goes from him. 469469Faire mi
stres,
since my fortune
sorts
so well:
470470Heare you a word. What meaneth this?
472472Em. I am going homewards, Sir:
473473Mountney. Yet
stay (
sweet loue) to whom I mu
st di
sclo
se
474474The hidden
secrets of a louers thoughts,
475475Not doubting but to
finde
such kinde remor
se
476476As naturally you are enclined to.
477477Em. The Gentleman your friend Sir,
478478I haue not
seene him this foure dayes at the lea
st.
479479Mountney. whats that to mee? I
speake not (
sweet) in per
son of (my friend,
480480But for my
selfe, whom if that loue de
serue
481481To haue regard being honourable loue:
482482Not ba
se a
ffe
cts of loo
se la
sciuious loue,
483483Whom youthfull Wantons play and dally With:
484484But that Vnites in honourable bands of holy rytes,
485485And knits the
sacred Knot that Gods.
Here Em cuts him off. 486486Em. What meane you
sir to keepe me here
so long?
487487I cannot vnder
stand you by your
signes,
488488You keepe a pratling with your lips,
489489But neuer a word you
speake that I can heare.
490490Mountney. What is
she deafe? a great impediment.
491491Yet remedies there are for
such defe
cts.
492492Sweete
Em, it is no little griefe to mee,
493493To
see where nature in her pride of Art
494494Hath wrought perfe
ctions rich and admirable.
495495Em. Speake you to mee Sir?
496496Mountney. To thee my onely ioy.
498498Mountney. Oh plague of fortune: Oh hell without compare.
499499What boots it vs to gaze and not enioy?
500500Em. Fare you Well Sir.
Exit Em. Manet Mountney. 501501Mountney. Fare well my loue Nay farewell life and all.
502502Could I procure redre
sse for this in
firmitie,
503503It might be meanes
shee would regard my
suit.
504504I am acquainted with the Kings Phi
sitions:
505505Among
st the which there's one mine hone
st friend,
506506Seignior
Alberto, a very learned man,
507507His iudgement will I haue to help this ill.
508508Ah
Em, faire
Em, if art can make thee whole:
509509Ile Buy that
sence for thee, although it co
st me deare.
510510But
Mountney: stay, this may be but deceit,
511511A matter fained onely to delude thee.
512512And not vnlike, perhaps by
Valingford,
513513He loues faire
Em as well as I.
514514As well as I? ah no, not halfe
so well.
515515Put ca
se, yet may he be thine enemie,
516516And giue her coun
sell to di
ssemble thus.
517517Ile try the euent and if it fall out
so,
518518Friend
ship farewell: Loue makes me now a foe.
Exit Mountney. 519519Enter Marques Lubeck, and Mariana. 520520Mariana. Tru
st me my Lord, I am
sorry for your hurt.
521521Lubeck. Gramercie Madam: but it is not great:
522522Onely a thru
st, prickt with a Rapiers point.
523523Mariana. How grew the quarrell my Lord?
524524Lubeck. Sweet Ladie, for thy
sake.
525525There was this la
st night two maskes in one company.
526526My
selfe the formo
st: The other
strangers were:
527527Among
st the which, when the Mu
sick began to
sound the Mea
-(
sures,
528528Each Masker made choice of his Ladie:
529529And one more forward then the re
st stept towards thee:
530530Which I perceiuing thru
st him a
side, and tooke thee my
selfe.
531531But this was taken in
so ill part,
532532That at my comming out of the court gate, with iu
stling together,
533533It was my chance to be thru
st into the arme.
534534The doer thereof becau
se he was the originall cau
se of the di
sorder
535535At that inconuenient time, was pre
sently committed,
536536And is this morning
sent for to aun
swer the matter:
Here enters
537537And I think here he comes. What Sir
Robert of
Windsor how now?
Sir Robert of
538538Sir Robert. Ifaith my Lord a pri
soner: but what ailes your arme?
Windsor with
539539Lubeck. Hurt the la
st night by mi
schance.
a Gaylor.
540540Sir Robert. What, not in the maske at the Court gate?
541541Lubeck. Yes tru
st me there.
542542Sir Rob. Why then my Lord I thank you for my nights lodging.
543543Lubeck. And I you for my hurt, if it were
so;
544544Keeper awaie, I di
scharge you of your pri
soner.
Exit the Keeper. 545545Sir Rob. Lord
Marques, you o
fferd me di
sgrace to
shoulder me.
546546Lubeck. Sir I knew you not, and therefore you mu
st pardon me
547547And the rather it might be alleaged to me of
548548Meere
simplicitie, to
see another daunce with my Mi
stris
549549Di
sgui
sed, and I my
selfe in pre
sence: but
seeing it
550550Was our haps to damni
fie each other vnwillingly,
551551Let vs be content with our harmes,
552552And lay the fault where it was, and
so become friends.
553553Sir Robert. Yfaith I am content with my nights lodging
554554If you be content with your hurt.
555555Lubeck. Not content that I haue it, but content
556556To forget how I came by it.
557557Sir Robert. My Lord, here comes Ladie
Blanch, lets away.
559559Lubeck. With good will, Ladie you will
stay?
560560Exit Lubeck and Sir Robert. 562562Blanch. Mariana, as I am grieued with thy pre
sence:
563563So am I not o
ffended for thy ab
sence,
564564And were it not a breach to mode
stie,
565565Thou
shoulde
st know before I left thee.
566566Mariana. How neare is this humor to madne
sse
567567If you hold on as you begin, you
568568are in a pretty way to
scolding.
569569Blanch. To
sculding hu
swife?
570570Mariana. Madam here comes one.
571571Here enters one with a letter. 572572Blaunch. There doth indeed. Fellow woulde
st thou haue any
573573Thing with any body here?
574574Messenger. I haue a letter to deliuer to the Ladie
Mariana.
576576Messen. There mu
st none but
shee haue it.
577577Blaunch snatcheth the letter from him, Et exit messenger. 579579And therefore to ea
se the anger I
su
staine,
580580Ile be
so bold to open it, whats here?
581581Sir
Robert greets you well?
582582Your Mai
stries, his loue, his life; Oh amorous man,
583583How he entertaines his new Mai
stres;
584584And be
stowes on
Lubeck his odde friend
585585A horne night cap to keepe in his wit.
586586Mariana. Madam though you haue di
scourteou
sly
587587Read my letter, yet I pray you giue it me.
588588Blaunch. Then take it there, and there, and there.
589589She teares it. Et exit Blaunch. 590590Mariana. How far doth this di
ffer from mode
stie:
591591Yet will I gather vp the peeces, which haply
592592May
shew to me the intent thereof
594594She gathers vp the peeces and ioynes them. 595595Mariana. Your
seruant and loue
sir
Robert of
Windsor 596596Alius William the
Conqueror, wi
sheth long health and happine
sse.
597597Is this
William the
Conqueror,
shrouded vnder
598598The name of
sir
Robert of
Windsor? 599599Were he the Monarch of the world
600600He
should not di
spo
se
sse
Lubeck of his loue.
601601Therefore I will to the Court, and there if I can
602602Clo
se to be freinds with Ladie
Blaunch,
603603And thereby keepe
Lubeck my loue for my
selfe:
604604And further the Ladie
Blanch in her
sute as much as I may.
Exit. 606606Em. Ielou
sie that
sharps the louers
sight,
607607And makes him conceiue and con
ster his intent,
608608Hath
so bewitched my louely
Manuils sences,
609609That he mi
sdoubts his
Em that loues his
soule,
610610He doth
su
spe
ct corriuals in his loue:
611611Which how vntrue it is be iudge my God.
612612But now no more
: Here commeth
Valingford: 613613Shift him o
ff now, as thou ha
st done the other.
Enter Valingford. 614614Valingf. See how Fortune pre
sents me with the hope I lookt for.
617617Valingf. I am
Valingford thy loue and friend.
618618Em. I cry you mercie Sir: I thought
so by your
speech.
619619Valingf. What aileth thy eyes?
620620Em. Oh blinde Sir, blind,
striken blinde by mi
shap on a
sudden.
621621Valingf. But is it po
ssible you
should be taken on
such a
sudden;
622622Infortunate
Valingford to be thus cro
st in thy loue.
623623Faire
Em, I am not a little
sorrie to
see this thy hard hap:
624624Yet neuerthele
sse, I am acquainted with a learned Phy
sitian,
625625That will do any thing for thee at my reque
st.
626626To him will I re
sort, and enquire his iudgement,
627627As concerning the recouerie of
so excellent a
sence.
628628Em. O Lord Sir: and of all things I cannot abide Phy
sicke:
629629The verie name thereof to me is odious.
630630Valingford. No; not the thing will doe thee
so much good?
631631Sweet
Em, hither I came to parley of loue,
632632Hoping to haue found thee in thy woonted pro
speritie.
633633And haue the gods
so vnmercifully thwarted my expe
ctation?
634634By dealing
so
sini
sterly with thee
sweet
Em? 635635Em. Good
sir, no more, it
fits not me
636636To haue re
spe
ct to
such vaine fanta
sies,
637637As idle loue pre
sents my eares withall,
638638More rea
son I
should gho
stly giue my
selfe,
639639To
sacred prayers, for this my former
sinne,
640640For which this plague is iu
stly fallen vpon me,
641641Than to harken to the vanities of loue.
642642Valingford. Yet
sweet
Em accept this iewel at my hand,
643643Which I be
stow on thee in token of my loue.
644644Em. A jewell
sir, what plea
sure can I haue
645645In jewels, trea
sure, or any worldly thing
646646That want my
sight that
should di
scerne thereof?
647647Ah
sir I mu
st leaue you:
648648The paine of mine eyes is
so extreame
649649I cannot long
stay in a place. I take my leaue.
Exit Em. 650650Valingford. Zounds, what a cro
sse is this to my conceit;
651651But
Valingford,
search the depth of this deui
se.
652652Why may not this be fained
subtiltie,
653653By
Mountneyes inuention, to the intent
654654That I
seeing
such occa
sion
should leaue o
ff my
suit,
655655And not any more per
sist to
solicite her of loue?
656656Ile trie the euent, if I can by any meanes perceiue
657657The e
ffe
ct of this deceyte to be procured by his meanes,
658658Friend
Mountney the one of vs is like to repent our bargain.
Exit. 659659Enter Mariana and Marques Lubeck. 660660Lubeck. Ladie,
since that occa
sion forward in our good
661661Pre
senteth place and opportunitie:
662662Let me intreat your woonted kind con
sent
663663And freindly furtherance in a
suit I haue.
664664Mariana. My Lord you know you neede not to intreat,
665665But may command
Mariana to her power
666666Be it no impeachment to my hone
st fame.
667667Lubeck. Free are my thoughts from
such ba
se villanie
668668As may in que
stion, Ladie, call your name:
669669Yet is the matter of
such con
sequence,
670670Standing vpon my honorable credit,
671671To be e
ffe
cted with
such zeale and
secre
sie,
672672As
should I
speake and faile my expe
ctation
673673It would redound greatly to my preiudice.
674674Mariana. My Lord wherein hath
Mariana giuen you occa
sion
675675That you
should mi
stru
st or el
se be iealous of my
secre
sie?
676676Lubeck Mariana, do not mi
scon
ster of me:
677677I not mi
stru
st thee, nor thy
secre
sie,
678678Nor let my loue mi
scon
ster my intent,
679679Nor thinke thereof but well and honourable
680680Thus
stands the ca
se: Thou knowe
st from England
681681Hither came with me
Robert of Windsor, a noble man at Armes,
682682Lu
stie and valiant, in
spring time of his yeares,
683683No maruell then though he proue amorous.
684684Mariana. true my Lord, he came to
see faire
Blanch.
685685Lubeck. No
Mariana, that is not it.
686686His loue to
Blanch was then extin
ct 687687When
fir
st he
saw thy face
688688Tis thee he loues: yea, thou art onely
shee
689689That is mai
stris and commander of his thoughts.
690690Mariana. Well, well, my Lord, I like you, for
such drifts
691691Put
silly Ladies often to their
shifts,
692692Oft haue I heard you
say, you loued me well:
693693Yea,
sworne the
same, and I beleeued you to.
694694Can this be found an a
ction of good faith,
695695Thus to di
ssemble where you found true loue?
696696Lubeck. Mariana, I not di
ssemble on mine honour:
697697Nor failes my faith to thee. But for my friend,
698698For princely
William, by whom thou
shalt po
sse
sse
699699The title of e
state and Maie
stie,
700700Fitting thy loue and vertues of thy minde,
701701For him I
speake, for him do I intreat,
702702And with thy fauour fully do re
signe
703703To him the claime and intere
st of my loue.
704704Sweet
Mariana then denie mee not.
705705Loue William, loue my friend and honour mee
706706Who el
se is cleane di
shonoured by thy meanes.
707707Mariana, Borne to mi
shap, my
selfe am onely
shee,
708708On whome the Sunne of fortune neuer
shined:
709709But Planets rulde by retrogarde a
spe
ct,
710710Foretold mine ill in my natiuitie.
711711Lubeck. Sweet Ladie cea
se, let my intreatie
serue
712712To paci
fie the pa
ssion of thy griefe,
713713Which well I know proceeds of ardent loue.
714714Mariana. But
Lubeck now regards not
Mariana.
715715Lubeck. Euen as my life,
so loue I
Mariana.
716716Mariana. Why do you po
st mee to another then?
717717Lubeck. He is my friend, and I do loue the man.
718718Mariana. Then will
Duke William rob me of my loue?
719719Lubeck. No as his life
Mariana he doth loue.
720720Mariana. Speake for your
selfe my Lord let him alone.
721721Lubeck. So do I Madam, for he and I am one.
722722Mariana. Then louing you I do content you both.
723723Lubeck. In louing him you
shall content vs both.
724724Me, for I craue that fauour at your hands:
725725He for hopes that comfort at your hands.
726726Mariana. Leaue of my lord, here comes the Ladie
Blanch.
728728Lubeck. Hard hap to breake vs of our talke
so
soone,
729729Sweet
Mariana, doe remember me.
Exit Lubeck. 730730Mariana. Thy
Mariana cannot chu
se but remember thee.
731731Blanch. Mariana well met, you are verie forward in your loue?
732732Mariana. Madam be it in
secret
spoken to your
selfe,
733733If you wil but follow the complot I haue inuented
734734You will not think me
so forward
735735As your
selfe
shall proue fortunate.
737737Mariana. Madam as thus: It is not vnknowen to you
738738That Sir
Robert of
Windsor,
739739A man that you do not little e
steeme,
740740Hath long importuned me of loue:
741741But rather then I will be found fal
se
742742Or vniu
st to the
Marques Lubeck,
743743I will as did the con
stant ladie
Penelope 744744Vndertake to e
ffe
ct some great taske.
745745Blanch. What of all this?
746746Mariana. The next time that
Sir Robert shall come
747747In his woonted
sort to
solicit me with loue,
748748I will
seeme to agree and like of any thing
749749That the Knight
shall demaund,
so far forth
750750As it be no impeachment to my cha
stitie:
751751And to conclude, point
some place for to meet the man,
752752For my conueyance from the
Denmarke Court:
753753Which determined vpon, he will appoynt
some certaine time
754754For our departure: whereof you hauing intelligence,
755755You may
soone
set downe a plot to weare the Engli
sh Crowne.
758758Mariana. If Sir
Robert proue a King and you his Queene
760760Blanch. Were I a
ssured of the one, as I am per
swaded
761761Of the other, there were
some po
ssibilitie in it.
763763Mariana. Madam begon and you
shall
see
764764I will worke to your de
sire and my content.
Exit Blanch. 765765William. Con. Lady this is well and happily met,
766766Fortune hetherto hath beene my foe,
767767And though I haue oft
sought to
speake with you,
768768Yet
stil l haue beene cro
st with
sini
ster haps.
769769I cannot Madam tell a louing tale
770770Or court my Mai
stres with fabulous di
scour
ses,
771771That am a
souldier
sworne to followe armes:
772772But this I bluntly let you vnder
stand,
773773I honour you with
such religious zeale
774774As may become an honorable minde.
775775Nor may I make my loue the
siege of Troy
776776That am a
stranger in this Countrie.
777777Fir
st what I am, I know you are re
solued,
778778For that my friend hath let you that to vnder
stand,
779779The
Marques Lubeck to whom I am
so bouud,
780780That while
st I liue I count me onely his.
781781Mariana. Surely you are beholding to the
Marques,
782782For he hath beene an earne
st spoke
s-man in your cau
se.
783783William. And yeelds my Ladie then at his reque
st 784784To grace Duke
William with her gratious loue;
785785Mariana. My Lord I am a pri
soner, and hard it were
786786To get me from the Court.
787787William. An ea
sie matter to get you from the Court.
788788If ca
se that you will thereto giue con
sent.
789789Mariana. Put ca
se I
should, how would you v
se me then?
790790William. Not otherwi
se but well and honorably.
791791I haue at Sea a
ship that doth attend,
792792Which
shall forthwith condu
ct vs into England;
793793Where when we are, I
straight will marrie thee.
794794We may not
stay deliberating long
795795Lea
st that
su
spition, enuious of our weale
796796Set in a foot to hinder our pretence.
797797Mariana. But this I thinke were mo
st conuenient
798798To maske my face the better to
scape vnknowne.
799799William. A good deui
se: till then, Farwell faire loue.
800800Mariana. But this I mu
st intreat your grace,
801801You would not
seek by lu
st vnlawfully
802802To wrong my cha
st determinations.
803803William. I hold that man mo
st shamele
sse in his
sinne
804804That
seekes to wrong an hone
st ladies name
805805Whom he thinkes worthy of his marriage bed.
806806Mariana. In hope your oath is true,
807807I leaue your grace till the appointed time.
809809William. O happie
William, ble
ssed in thy loue:
810810Mo
st fortunate in
Marianaes loue:
811811Well
Lubeck well, this courte
sie of thine
812812I will requite if God permit me life.
Exit. 813813Enter Ualingford and Mountney at two sundrie dores, looking 814814angerly each on other with Rapiers drawen. 815815Mountney. Ualingford,
so hardlie I di
sge
st an iniurie
816816Thou ha
st profered me, as wer't not that I dete
st to do what
stands
817817Not with the honor of my name,
818818Thy death
should paie thy ran
some of thy fault.
819819Ualingford. And M
ountney, had not my reuenging wrath,
820820Incen
st with more than ordinarie loue
821821Beene
such for to depriue thee of thy life,
822822Thou had
st not liued to braue me as thou doe
st: wretch as thou art,
823823Wherein hath
Valingford o
ffended thee?
824824That honourable bond which late we did con
firme
825825In pre
sence of the gods,
826826When with the Conqueror we arriued here
827827For my part hath been kept inviolably
828828Till now too much abu
sed by thy villanie,
829829I am inforced to cancell all tho
se bands,
830830By hating him which I
so well did loue.
831831Mountney. Subtill thou art, and cunning in thy fraud,
832832That giuing me occa
sion of o
ffence,
833833Thou pick
st a quarrell to excu
se thy
shame.
834834Why
Valingford, was it not enough for thee
835835To be a riuall twixt me and my loue,
836836But coun
sell her to my no
small di
sgrace,
837837That when I came to talke with her of loue,
838838Shee
should
seeme deafe, as faining not to heare?
839839Valingford. But hath
shee
Mountney v
sed thee as thou
saye
st?
840840Mountney. Thou knowe
st too well
shee hath:
841841Wherein thou coulde
st not do me greater iniurie.
842842Valingford. Then I perceiue we are deluded both:
843843For when I o
ffered many gifts of Gold and iewels
844844To entreat for loue,
shee hath refu
sed them with a coy di
sdaine,
845845Alleaging that
shee could not
see the
sunne.
846846The
same conie
ctured I to be thy drift,
847847That fayning
so
shee might be rid of mee.
848848Mountney, The like did I by thee. But are not the
se naturall im
-(pediments?
849849Validgford. In my conie
cture merely counterfeit:
850850Therefore lets joyne hands in friend
ship once againe,
851851Since that the iarre grew only by conie
cture.
852852Mountney. With all my heart: Yet lets trye the truth thereof.
853853Valingf. With right good will. We will
straight vnto her father,
854854And there to learne whether it be
so or no.
Exeunt. 855855Enter William and Blanch disguised, with a maske 857857William. Come on my loue the comfort of my life:
858858Di
sgui
sed thus we may remaine vnknowne,
859859And get we once to Seas, I force not then,
860860We quickly
shall attaine the Engli
sh shore.
861861Blanch. But this I vrge you with your former oath.
862862You
shall not
seeke to violate mine honour,
863863Vntill our marriage rights be all performed.
864864William. Mariana, here I
sweare to thee by heauen.
865865And by the honour that I beare to Armes,
866866Neuer to
seeke or craue at hands of thee
867867The
spoyle of honourable cha
stitie
868868Vntill we do attaine the Engli
sh coa
st,
869869Where thou
shalt be my right e
spou
sed Queene.
870870Blanch. In hope your oath proceedeth from your heart,
871871Lets leaue the Court, and betake vs to his power
872872That gouernes all things to his mightie will,
873873And will reward the iu
st with endle
sse ioye,
874874And plague the bad with mo
st extreme annoy,
875875William. Lady as little tarriance as we may,
876876Lea
st some mi
s-fortune happen by the way.
877877Exit Blanch and William. 878878Enter the Miller, his man Trotter, & Manuile. 879879Miller. I tell you
sir it is no little greefe to mee,
880880You
should
so hardly conceit of my daughter,
881881Who
se hone
st report, though I
saie it,
882882Was neuer blotted with any title of defamation.
883883Manuile. Father
Miller, the repaire of tho
se gentlemen to your (hou
se,
884884Hath giuen me great occa
sion to mi
slike.
885885Miller. As for tho
se gentlemen, I neuer
saw in them
886886Any euill intreatie. But
should they haue profered it,
887887Her cha
ste minde hath proofe enough to preuent it.
888888Trotter. Tho
se gentlemen are as hone
st as euer I
saw:
889889For yfaith one of them gaue me
six pence
890890To fetch a quart of Seck. See ma
ster here they come.
891891Enter Mountney and Valingford. 892892Miller. Trotter, call
Em, now they are here together,
893893Ile haue this matter throughly debated,
Exit Trotter. 894894Mountney. Father, well met. We are come to confer with you.
895895Manuile. Nay; with his daughter rather.
896896Valingf. Thus it is father, we are come to craue your friend
ship (in a matter.
897897Miller. Gentlemen as you are
strangers to me,
898898Yet by the way of courte
sie you
shall demand
899899Any rea
sonable thing at my hands.
900900Manuile. What is the matter
so forward
901901They come to craue his good will?
902902Valinford. It is giuen vs to vnder
stand that your daughter
903903Is
sudenly become both blinde and deafe.
904904Miller. Mary God forbid: I haue
sent for her, in deed
905905She hath kept her chamber this three daies.
906906It were no litle griefe to me if it
should be
so.
907907Manuile. This is Gods iudgement for her trecherie.
908908Enter Trotter leading Em. 909909Miller. Gentlemen I feare your words are two true:
910910See where
Trotter comes leading of her.
911911What ayles my
Em, not blinde I hope?
912912Em. Mountney and
Validgford both together?
913913And
Manuile, to whom I haue faithfully vowed my loue?
914914Now
Em suddenly helpe thy
selfe.
915915Mountney. This is no de
sembling
Valingford.
916916Valingford. If it be; it is cunningly contriued of all
sides.
917917Em. Trotter lend me thy hand,
918918And as thou loue
st me keep my coun
sell
919919And iu
sti
fie what
so euer I
saie, and Ile largely requite thee.
920920Trott. Ah, that is as much as to
saie you would tell a mon
strous,
921921Terrible, horrible, outragious lie,
922922And I
shall
sooth it, no berlady.
923923Em. My pre
sent extremitie wills me, if thou loue me
Trotter? 924924Trotter. That
same word loue makes me to doe any thing.
925925Em. Trotter wheres my father?
926926He thrusts Em vpon her father. 927927Trotter. Why what a blinde dunce are you, can you not
see?
928928He
standeth right before you.
930930Good father, giue me leaue to
sit
931931Where I may not be di
sturbed,
932932Sith God hath vi
sited me both of my
sight and hearing.
933933Miller. Tell me
sweet
Em how came this blindnes.
934934Thy eyes are louely to looke on,
935935And yet haue they lo
st the bene
fit of their
sight.
936936What a griefe is this to thy poore father?
937937Em. Good father let me not
stand as an open gazing
stock to (euerie one,
938938But in a place alone as
fits a creature
so mi
serable.
939939Miller. Trotter lead her in, the vtter ouerthrow
940940Of poore
Goddards ioy and onely
solace.
941941Exit the Miller, Trotter and Em. 942942Manuile. Both blinde and deafe, then is
she no wife for me;
943943And glad am I
so good occa
sion is hapned:
944944Now will I away to
Manchester,
945945And leaue the
se gentlemen to their blinde fortune.
Exit Manuile 946946Mountney. Since fortune hath thus
spitefully cro
st our hope,
947947Let vs leaue this gue
st and harken after our King,
948948Who is at this day landed at
Lirpoole.
Exit Mountney. 949949Valingford. Goe my Lord, Ile follow you.
950950Well, now
Mountney is gone
951951Ile
staie behind to
solicit my loue,
952952For I imagine that I
shall
find this but a fained inuention
953953Thereby to haue vs leaue o
ff our
suits.
954954Enter Marques Lubeck, and the King of Denmark 955955Angerly with some attendants. 956956Zweno. K. Well
Lubeck well, it is not po
ssible
957957But you mu
st be con
senting to this a
ct;
958958Is this the man
so highly you extold?
959959And play a part
so hatefull with his friend?
960960Since
fir
st he came with thee into the court
961961What entertainement and what countenance
962962He hath receiued, none better knowes than thou.
963963In recompence whereof, he quites me well,
964964To
steale away faire
Mariana my pri
soner,
965965Who
se ran
some being lately greed vpon,
966966I am deluded of by this e
scape.
967967Be
sides, I know not how to an
swer it
968968When
shee
shall be demanded home to Swethia.
969969Lubeck. My gracious Lord conie
cture not I pray
970970Wor
ser of
Lubeck than he doth de
serue:
971971Your highnes knowes
Mariana was my loue,
972972Sole paragon and mi
stres of my thoughts.
973973Is it likely I
should know of her departure,
974974Wherein there is no man iniured more than I?
975975Zweno. That carries rea
son
Marques I confe
sse.
976976Call forth my daughter, yet I am per
swaded
977977That
shee poore
soule
su
spe
cted not her going
: 978978For as I heare:
shee likewi
se loued the man,
979979Which he to blame did not at all regard.
980980Rocilia. My Lord here is the Prince
sse
Mariana: 981981It is your daughter is conueyed away.
982982Zweno. What, my daughter gone?
983983Now
Marques your villanie breakes foorth.
984984This match is of your making, gentle
sir:
985985And you
shall dearly know the price thereof.
986986Lubeck. Knew I thereof, or that there was intent
987987In
Robert thus to
steale your highnes daughter
988988Let heauens in iu
stice pre
sently confound me.
989989Zweno. Not all the prote
stations thou can
st v
se,
990990Shall
saue thy life. Away with him to pri
son.
991991And minion, otherwi
se it cannot be,
992992But you are an agent in this trecherie.
993993I will reuenge it throughly on you both.
994994Away with her to pri
son. Heres
stu
ffe indeede?
995995My daughter
stolen away?
996996It booteth not thus to di
sturbe my
selfe,
997997But pre
sently to
send to Engli
sh William,
998998To
send me that proud knight of Wind
sor hither,
999999Here in my Court to
su
ffer for his
shame:
10001000Or at my plea
sure to be puni
shed there
10011001Withall, that
Blanch be
sent me home againe,
10021002Or I
shall fetch her vnto
Windsors co
st,
10031003Yea, and
Williams too if he denie her mee?
Exit Zweno. 10041004Enter William taken with souldiers. 10051005William. Could any cro
sse, could any plague be wor
se?
10061006Could heauen or hell did both con
spire in one
10071007To a
ffli
ct my
soule, inuent a greater
scourge
10081008Than pre
sently I am tormented with?
10101010Ioy of my heart, and comfort of my life
10111011For thee I breath my
sorrowes in the ayre,
10121012And tire my
selfe: for
silently I
sigh,
10131013My
sorrowes a
ffli
cts my
soule with equall pa
ssion.
10141014Souldier. Go to
sirrah, put vp, it is to
small purpo
se.
10151015William. Hence villaines hence, dare you lay your hands
10171017Souldier. Well
sir, we will deale for that,
10181018But here comes one will remedie all this.
10201020Souldier. My Lord, watching this night in the campe,
10211021We tooke this man, and know not what he is:
10221022And in his companie was a gallant dame,
10231023A woman faire in outward
shewe
shee
seemd,
10241024But that her face was mask'd we could not
see
10251025The grace and fauour of her countenance.
10261026Demarch. Tell me good fellow of whence and what thou art.
10271027Souldier. Why do you not an
swer my Lord?
10291029Demarch. And take
st thou
scorne to an
swer my demand?
10301030Thy proud behauiour very well de
serues
10311031This mi
sdemeanour at the wor
st be con
strued.
10321032Why doe
st thou neither know, nor ha
st thou heard?
10331033That in the ab
sence of the Saxon Duke,
10341034Demarch is his e
speciall Sub
stitute
10351035To puni
sh tho
se that
shall o
ffend the lawes.
10361036William. In knowing this, I know thou art a traytor,
10371037A rebell, and mutenous con
spirator.
10381038Why
Demarch, knowe
st thou who I am?
10391039Demarch. Pardon my dread Lord the error of my
sence,
10401040And mi
sdemeanor to your princely excellencie.
10411041Will. Why
Demarch, What is the cau
se my
subie
cts are in armes?
10421042Demarch. Free are my thoughts my dread and gratious Lord
10431043From trea
son to your
state and common weale,
10441044Only reuengement of a priuate grudge,
10451045By Lord
Dirot lately profered me,
10461046That
stands not with the honor of my name,
10471047Is cau
se I haue a
ssembled for my guard
10481048Some men in armes that may with
stand his force,
10491049Who
se
setled malice aymeth at my life.
10511051Demarch. In armes, my gratious Lord,
10551055I feare I
shall
find traytors of you both.
Exit. 10561056Enter the Citizen of Manchester, and his daughter Elner, 10581058Citizen. Indeed
sir it would do verie well
10591059If you could intreat your father to come hither:
10601060But if you thinke it be too far,
10611061I care not much to take hor
se and ride to Manche
ster.
10621062I am
sure my daughter is content with either:
10631063How
saye
st thou
Elner art thou not?
10641064Elner. As you
shall think be
st I mu
st be contented.
10651065Manuile, Well
Elner, farewell, only thus much,
10661066I pray make all things in a readines,
10671067Either to
serue here or to carry thither with vs.
10681068Citizen. As for that
sir take you no care,
10691069And
so I betake you to your iournie.
10711071But
soft, what gentleman is this?
10721072Valingf. God
speed
sir, might a man craue a word or two with you?
10731073Citizen. God forbid el
se
sir, I pray you
speake your plea
sure.
10741074Valingford. The gentleman that parted from you was he not
10751075Of Manche
ster, his father liuing there of good account.
10761076Citizen. Yes mary is he
sir: why doe you aske?
10771077Belike you haue had
some acquaintance with him.
10781078Valingford. I haue been acquainted in times pa
st,
10801080I am growen werie of his companie.
10821082He hath beene acquainted with a poore millers daughter,
10831083And diuers times hath promi
st her marriage.
10841084But what with his delayes and
flouts,
10851085He hath brought her into
such a taking,
10861086That I feare me it will co
st her her life.
10871087Citizen. To be plaine with you
sir:
10881088His father and I haue been of old acquaintance,
10901090Betweene my daughter and his
sonne,
10911091Which is now throughly agreed vpon
10921092Saue onely the place appoynted for the marriage,
10931093Whether it
shall be kept here or at Manche
ster,
10941094And for no other occa
sion he is now ridden.
10951095Elner. What hath he done to you?
10961096That you
should
speake
so ill of the man.
10971097Valingford. Oh gentlewoman I crie you mercie,
10991099Elner. If I knew this to be true?
11001100He
should not be my husband were he neuer
so good:
11021102I would de
sire you to take the paines
11031103To beare this gentleman companie to Manche
ster
11041104To know whether this be true or no.
11051105Citizen. Now tru
st mee gentleman hee deales with mee verie (hardly,
11061106Knowing how well I meant to him.
11071107But I care not much to ride to Manche
ster
11081108To know whether his fathers will be
11091109He
should deale with me
so badly.
11101110Will it plea
se you
sir to go in, we will pre
sently take hor
se & away.
11111111Valingford. If it plea
se yo to go in
11121112Ile follow you pre
sently.
Exit Elner and her father. 11131113Now
shall I be reuenged on
Manuile,
11141114And by this meanes get
Em to my wife:
11151115And therefore I will
straight to her fathers
11161116And informe them both of all that is hapned.
Exit. 11171117 Enter William, the Ambassador of Denmarke, 11191119William. What newes with the Denmark Emba
ssador?
11201120Embassador. Mary thus, the King of Denmark & my Soueraigne
11211121Doth
send to know of thee what is the cau
se
11221122That iniuriou
sly again
st the law of armes,
11231123Thou ha
st stollen away his onely daughter
Blanch,
11241124The onely
stay and comfort of his life.
11251125Therefore by me he willeth thee to
send his daughter
Blanch: 11261126Or el
se forthwith he will leuy
such an ho
st,
11271127As
soone
shall fetch her in de
spite of thee.
11281128William. Emba
ssador, this an
swer I returne thy King,
11291129He willeth me to
send his daughter
Blanch: 11301130Saying I conuaid her from the Dani
sh court,
11311131That neuer yet did once as think thereof.
11321132As for his menacing and daunting threats
11331133I nill regard him nor his Dani
sh power:
11341134For if he come to fetch her forth my Realme,
11351135I will prouide him
such a banquet here.
11361136That he
shall haue
small cau
se to giue me thanks.
11371137Embassador. Is this your an
swer then?
11391139Embassador. I goe: but to your co
st.
Exit Ambassador. 11401140William. Demarch our
subie
cts ear
st leuied in ciuill broyles,
11411141Mu
stred forthwith for to defend the Realme,
11421142In hope whereof that we
shall
finde you true,
11431143We freely pardon this thy late o
ffence.
11441144Demarch. Mo
st humble thanks I render to your grace.
11461146Enter the Miller and Valingford. 11471147Mill. Alas gentleman, why
should you trouble your
selfe
so much,
11481148Con
sidering the imperfe
ctions of my daughter,
11491149Which is able to with-draw the loue of any man from her,
11501150As alreadie it hath done in her
fir
st choyce.
11511151Mai
ster
Manuile hath for
saken her,
11521152And at Che
ster
shall be maried to a mans daughter of no little (wealth.
11531153But if my daughter knew
so much:
11541154It would goe verie neere her heart I feare me.
11551155Valingf. Father miller:
such is the entire a
ffe
ction to your (daughter,
11561156As no mi
sfortune what
soeuer can alter.
11571157My fellow
Mountney thou
see
st gaue quickly ouer,
11581158But I by rea
son of my good meaning
11601160Although I am borne o
ff with
scornes and deniall.
11621162Miller. Tru
st me
sir I know not what to
saie,
11631163My daughter is not to be compelled by me,
11641164But here
she comes her
selfe:
speake to her and
spare not:
11651165For I neuer was troubled with loue matters
so much before.
11661166Em. Good Lord!
shall I neuer be rid of this importunate man?
11671167Now mu
st I di
ssemble blindne
sse againe.
11681168Once more for thy
sake
Manuile thus am I inforced,
11691169Becau
se I
shall complete my full re
solued minde to thee.
11711171Miller. Here
sweet
Em, an
swer this gentleman
11721172That would
so faine enioye thy loue.
11731173Em. Where are you
sir? will you neuer leaue
11741174This idle and vaine pur
suit of loue?
11751175Is not England
stor'd enough to content you?
11761176But you mu
st still trouble the poore
11771177Contemptible maid of Manche
ster.
11781178Valingf. None can content me but the faire maid of Manche
ster.
11791179Em. I perceiue loue is vainly de
scribed,
11811181Would haue you likewi
se troubled with a blinde wife,
11821182Hauing the bene
fit of your eyes,
11831183But neither follow him
so much in follie,
11841184But loue one, in whom you may better delight.
11851185Valingford. Father Miller, thy daughter
shall haue honour
11871187I am a Gentleman of king
Williams Court,
11881188And no meane man in king
Williams fauour.
11891189Em. If you be a Lord
sir, as you
say:
11901190You o
ffer both your
selfe and mee great wrong:
11911191Yours, as apparant in limiting your loue
so vnorderly,
11921192For which you ra
shly endure reprochement:
11941194When being
shut from the vanities of this world,
11951195you would haue me as an open gazing
stock to all the world:
11961196For lu
st, not loue leades you into this error:
11971197But from the one I will keepe me as well as I can,
11981198And yeeld the other to none but to my father,
12001200Valingford. Why faire
Em,
Manuile hath for
saken thee,
12011201And mu
st at Che
ster be married, which,
12021202If I
speake otherwi
se than true,
12031203Let thy father
speake what credibly he hath heard.
12041204Em. But can it be
Manuile will deale
so vnkindly,
12051205To reward my iu
stice with
such mon
strous vngentlenes.
12071207And doe
st thou now thus requite it?
12081208Indeed the
se many daies I haue not
seen him,
12091209Which hath made me maruell at his long ab
sence.
12101210But father, are you a
ssured of the wordes he
spake,
12121212Miller. In
sooth daughter, now it is forth,
12141214Ma
ster
Manuile hath for
saken thee,
12161216To a mans daughter of no little wealth.
12211221Em. Then good father pardon the iniurie,
12221222That I haue done to you only cau
sing your griefe,
12231223By ouer-fond a
ffe
cting a man
so trorhle
sse.
12241224And you likewi
se
sir, I pray hold mee excu
sed,
12251225As I hope this cau
se will allow
su
fficiently for mee:
12261226My loue to
Manuile, thinking he would requite it,
12271227Hath made me double with my father and you,
12291229Which I will no longer hide from you.
12301230That inticing
speeches
should not beguile mee,
12311231I haue made my
selfe deafe to any but to him.
12321232And le
st any mans per
son
should plea
se mee more than his,
12331233I haue di
ssembled the want of my
sight:
12341234Both which
shaddowes of my irreuocable a
ffe
ctions,
12351235I haue not
spar'd to con
firme before him.
12361236My father, and all other amorous
soliciters:
12371237Wherewith not made acquainted, I perceiue
12381238My true intent hath wrought mine owne
sorrow
12391239And
seeking by loue to be regarded,
12401240Am cut o
ff with contempt, and de
spi
sed.
12411241Mill. Tell me
sweet
Em, ha
st thou but fained all this while for (his loue,
12421242That hath
so di
scourteou
sly for
saken thee.
12431243Em. Credit me father I haue told you the troth,
12441244Wherewith I de
sire you and Lord
Valingford not to be di
splea
sed
12461246Let my pre
sent griefe hold me excu
sed.
12471247But may I liue to
see that vngratfull man
12481248Iu
stly rewarded for his trecherie,
12491249Poore
Em would think her
selfe not a little happie.
12501250Fauour my departing at this in
stant,
12511251For my troubled thought de
sires to meditate alone in
silence
12531253Valingf Will not
Em shew one cheerefull looke on
Valingford? 12541254Miller Alas
sir, blame her not, you
see
shee hath good cau
se,
12551255Being
so handled by this gentleman:
12561256And
so Ile leaue you, and go comfort my poore wench
12571257As well as I may.
Exit the Miller. 12581258Ualingford. Farewell good father.
Exit Valingford. 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.