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.