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PHILOTUS;
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PREFACE.
IN the scanty annals of the early Scotish drama, the comedy of Philotus occupies a very conspicuous place. It is therefore a sub ject of some regret that the name of the poet has not hitherto been ascertained ; for there is no evidence, and indeed no great proba bility, of its having been written by Robert Semple, who has some times been represented as the author. He is mentioned as the writer of a play, which on the 17th of January 1568 was acted before the regent and others of the nobility j ! and it has been taken for granted that he was the writer of Philotus, which has not been appropriated by any other author. Various plays were however written and acted which were never printed, and which are no longer preserved in manuscript ; nor must we so rapidly hasten to the conclusion, that this particular drama could only be the com position of an individual who is recorded as the writer of some drama, unnamed and undescribed.
1 Bin-el's Diary, p. 14, in DalyelTs Fragments of Scotish History. Edinb. 1798, 4to.
ii PREFACE.
On evidence equally doubtful, several writers have represented this poet as a Scotish peer.1 The evidence indeed amounts to lit tle more than this : — the fourth Lord Semple bore the same name, and after the year 1570 the poet changed his signature to Semple. The identity of the name is itself a very slender proof, and requires no particular consideration. In Bannatyne's MS. he appears as Semple, without the addition of his Christian name ; but if this circumstance is to be admitted as evidence, Dunbar, Henryson, Scott, and various other poets may in the same manner be elevated to the dignity of the peerage. Lord Semple succeeded his grand father in 1572,2 and the manuscript was written in 1568 : it is evi dent that at this latter date Robert Semple was not a peer, though we find him here mentioned by his surname. In the Legend of the Bishop of Sanctandrois Lyfe, which, as it mentions Adamson's journey to London, must have been written so late as the year 1583, the author describes himself by his initials R. S. It is ad mitted that Lord Semple continued to profess the popish religion ; but the poems of Robert Semple contain the most unequivocal proofs of having been written by a protestant, and the Legend was manifestly written by a zealous presbyterian. According to
1 Sibbald's Chronicle of Scottish Poetry, vol. iii. p. 397. Preface to Semple's Sege of the Castel of Edinburgh. [Lond. 1813] 4to. Motherwell's Essay on the Poets of Renfrewshire (p. xvii.) prefixed to the Harp of Renfrewshire. Paisley, 1819, 12mo.
* Wood's Peerage of Scotland, vol. ii. p. 494.
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Dempster, the poet died in 1595 ; 1 but the peer is known to have survived till 1611. Whatever credit may be due to this literary historian, there are other circumstances more than sufficient to render their identity extremely dubious. Montgomery, in a sonnet addressed to Robert Hudson, specifies Semple as not exempted from the ordinary misfortunes of poets ; and as this sonnet appears to have been written when he was advanced in years, it affords another presumption against the identity of the poet and the peer.
Ye knau ill guy ding genders irony gees, And specially in poets : for example,
Ye can pen out tua cuple, and ye pleis, Yourself and I, old Scot and Robert Semple.*
It is not perhaps to be considered as very probable that Montgo mery would have applied these expressions to the presumptive heir of a baron ; and it is certain that he would not thus have described the baron himself. There is some reason to believe that Semple was a captain in the army : he speaks of himself as having been present at the siege of Edinburgh Castle ; in the progress of his narrative, he specifies particular incidents which he had not himself
1 Dempsteri Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Scotorum, p. 602. — He represents Sem ple as exhibiting the combined excellencies of Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid, and Calli- machus ; an eulogium which cannot but be regarded as extravagant by those who have perused such of his compositions as are now to be found.
* Montgomery's Poems, p. 75. Edinb. 1821, 8vo.
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an opportunity of observing-, and he distinctly mentions a captain of his own name.
Four capitanis followit, at thair bak to byde, Sempill and Hectour, Ramsay and Robesoun.
The comedy of Fhilotus exhibits a plot sufficiently complex. The principal character, from which the play derives its name, is a very rich and very old man, deeply enamoured of Emily, the young and beautiful daughter of Alberto. As she feels little inclination to listen to the addresses of such a lover, he employs a macrell, or procuress, " to allure the madyn ;" though, with his honourable intentions, it is not very obvious why he should have had recourse to an agent of this class. In the course of a long conference, she endeavours, but without success, to persuade Emily to marry Phi- lotus. Some of her suggestions may be supposed to reflect consi derable light on the usages of that period. He afterwards addresses himself to Alberto, who very willingly listens to his proposal, and endeavours to obtain his daughter's consent j but she declares her
repugnance to such a match, and thus excites the violent indigna-
«
tion of her father. Flavius, a youthful lover, now makes his appearance, and finds a more favourable reception. He commen ces with a long and pedantic oration, interspersed with divers noti ces of Apollo, Daphne, Mars, Venus, Demosthenes, and other notable personages. We may suppose the young gentleman to be
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newly dismissed from the schools, but the young gentlewoman seems to be equally familiar with Parnassus and Helicon.
Last, sen ze may my meladie remeid,
Releiue zour Sysiphus of his restles stane : Zour Titius breist that dois full ryfely bleid,
Grant grace thairto, befoir the grip be gane.
Cum stanche the thrist of Tantalus anone, And cure the wounds geuin with Achilles knyfe : l
Accept for zours, fair maistres, such a one, That for zour saik dar sacrifice his lyfe.
1 Telephus, when wounded by Achilles, could only be cured by the spear which had inflicted the injury. See Hygini Fabulae, p. 161, edit. Munckeri, and Musgrave's Euripides, vol. iii. p. 588. This subject has furnished the ancient poets with many allusions, which are frequently of the amatory kind. The following distich Valck- enaer has quoted from a manuscript Anthology. (Diatribe in Euripidis perditorum Dramatum Reliquias, p. 210. Lugd. Bat. 1767, 4to.)
o Tfu<r»s noli uxt<r<ruro' pt,t> rv yt'no
The entire story is contained in an epigram of another ancient poet. (Poematia ve- tera Pithoei, p. 49. Anthologia Burmanni, torn. i. p. 80.)
Telephus exccllens Alcidis pignus et Augae
Externae sortis bella inopina tulit. Nam Grai Trojam peterent cum mille carinis,
Tangeret et classis litus adacta suum, Occurrens Danais forti dum pugnat Achilli,
Syria pugnanti percutit hasta femur. Pro cujus cura consultus dixit Apollo,
Hostica quod salubrem cuspis haberet opem.
b
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EMILY. Zourorisoun, sir, sounds with sic skil,
In Cupids court as ze had bene vpbrocht, Or fosterit in Parnassus forkit hill,
Quhair poetis hes thair flame and ftirie socht,
Nocht taisting of sweit Helicon for nocht, As he zour plesant preface dois appeir,
Tending thairby, quhill as we haue na thocht, To mak vs to zour purpois to adheir.
Emily assumes the dress of a young gentleman, and in this disguise leaves her father's house. In the mean time, her brother Philerno returning after a long absence, is mistaken for Emily, to whom he bears a striking resemblance : he concurs in his sister's stratagem, and consents to marry Philotus ; who commits his supposed bride to the custody of Br is ill a, his daughter by a former marriage. This youthful pair find themselves pleased with each other's com pany ; and, after certain invocations, Philerno pretends to be me tamorphosed into a man. An interval of a month is supposed to elapse between the elopement of Emily and the nuptials of Philo-
Mox precibtu flexi Pelidae robore sacro
Injecto membris pulvere plaga fuit. Monstrant fata viri vario miracula casu :
Unde datum est vulnus, contigit inde salus.
In the eighth of these verses, the poet has shortened the penult of salubrem ,- and several modern poets have ventured to follow the example. Among this number is Buchanan, Psalm, xcix, whose error was long ago noted by Pincier. (Parerga Otii Marpurgensis Philologica, p. 380. Herbornae Nassov. 1617, 8vo.)
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tus ; but the period at length arrives, and a priest performs the marriage-ceremony with sufficient formality. Philerno, " fearing to be discovered, maketh a brawling that same night with Philo- tus, and abuseth him vyllie, and to colour the mater the better, agreeth with a whore to go to bed with Philotus." Flavius, who had been secretly married to Emily, is struck with astonish ment on witnessing the marriage of this old man to a person whom he supposes to be the real daughter of Alberto ; and, after various conjurations, he dismisses her as an evil spirit who had assumed an earthly shape. She returns to her father's house, and is there met by Philotus : the one complains of her husband, and the other of his wife, and a comic situation is thus produced. The mystery being at length explained, Emily returns to Flavius, and Brisilla is married to Philerno. After this arrangement of their domestic affairs, Philotus expatiates on his own folly, and a person named the Messenger makes a concluding address to the audience.
This comedy, in its plan and execution, discovers a much nearer approach to the modern drama than Sir David Lindsay's " Satyre of the three Estaitis." It possesses the merit of easy versification, but the speeches are frequently too long and declamatory. The author has not divided his play into acts and scenes. The proba bility of the incidents is sometimes impaired by the introduction of a certain character denominated the Pleasant, who, without any ap parent concern in the business of the drama, intrudes himself into
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the most private conferences for the mere purpose of aiming at a joke.
The plot and indeed the entire story of Philotus are borrowed from a work of Barnaby Rich, published under the title of " Rich his Farewell to Militarie Profession ; conteining very pleasant Discourses fit for a peaceable time." The work includes eight different tales, of which he has given this preliminary account : " The histories (altogether) are eight in number, whereof the first, the seconde, the fift, the seuenth, and eight are tales that are but forged onely for delight, neither credible to be beleued, nor hurt- full to be perused. The third, the fowerth, and the sixt are Italian histories, written likewise for pleasure, by Maister L. B." The tale of Phylotus and Emelia is the eighth in the series, and, according to this account, belongs to the author's original stock. As the book is of great rarity, it has been thought advisable to in sert this tale in an appendix. For the use of a mutilated copy of a very early, if not the first edition, we are indebted to Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. It is a small quarto, printed in black letter ; but as it wants the title and nearly all the last leaf, the date cannot be ascertained. The first edition is said to have been printed in the year 1583. In the following reprint of the eighth tale, the defects of this copy have, by the kindness of Dr Bliss, been supplied from the edition of 1606, a copy of which is preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. The passages taken from the
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latter impression are distinguished by being enclosed in brackets. Rich's second tale, of Apolonius and Silla, appears to have fur nished the plot of Shakspeare's Twelfth Night. 1
In what he entitles the Conclusion, he has introduced a tale of a certain devil named Balthaser, who married a young lady of singular beauty, rejoicing in the name of Mildred. The husband was so pestered with the wife's love of the new fashions in dress, that he finally determined to relinquish the connexion ; and, in pur suance of this resolution, he directed his course to Edinburgh, where he possessed the king of Scots. " While Mistres Mildred was pro ceeding in these speeches or suche other like, the deuill her hous- bande was stroke in suche a dumpe, that not able any longer to indure her talke, he not onely auoided hymself from her presence, but also deuised with speede to flie the countrie, and cummyng to Douer, thinkyng to crosse the seas, finding no shippyng readie, he altered his course, and gat hym into Scotlande, neuer staiyng till he came to Edenbrough, where the kyng kept his court ; and now forgettyng all humanitie whiche he had learned before in Eng- lande, he began againe a freshe to plaie the deuil, and so possessed the king of Scots himself with such strange and vnaquainted pas sions, that by the coniecture of phisitions, and other learned men that were then assembled together, to iudge the kynges diseases,
> See Boswell's Shakspeare, vol. xi. p. 321. Collier's Annals of the Stage, vol. i. p. 328, and likewise his Poetical Decameron, vol. ii. p. 134.
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thei all concluded that it must needes bee some feende of hell that so disturhde their prince." Such is the story as it stands in the earlier edition ; but before the year 1606, a king of Scots had become formidable to an English author or printer, and in the later edition we find a prudent substitution of the Grand Turk. " Thinking to crosse the seas, finding shipping ready, he toke his course and gat him to Rome, neuer staiyng till he came to Con stantinople, where the Turke kept his court ; and nowe forgetting all humanitie which he had learned before in England, he began againe afresh to play the deuill, and so possessed the Turke him- selfe."
The comedy of Philotus is here reprinted from a copy of the first edition deposited in the Advocates' Library. A second edi tion of this delectable treatise was printed at Edinburgh by Andrew Hart in the year 1612. Both editions are in quarto, and both are extremely rare. The song inserted at the end of the first edition, and omitted in the second, is transcribed from Campion ; and, ac cording to the opinion of Mr Crowe, it exhibits " the most extra ordinary combination of English verse that is perhaps any where to be found." ] From a copy belonging to the Duke of Devon shire, the various readings of the second edition have been very politely supplied by J. Payne Collier, Esq. It has not been con sidered of any importance to mark such variations as are merely
1 Crowe's Treatise on English Versification, p. 105. Lend. 1827, 8vo.
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literal. Here we clearly perceive such corrections and changes as may be supposed to have proceeded from the author ; nor is it ne cessary to discuss the hasty conclusion of Mr Pinkerton, which he himself deliberately abandoned, that Philotus must have been writ ten long before the date of the first impression, that it must have been written during the reign of James the Fifth.
The indecency of this early drama rendered it a matter of no small doubt and hesitation, whether we could venture to reprint it without suppressing the most flagrant passages ; of which we do not feel inclined to adopt the defence urged by a learned writer, to whom we have already referred. " The recent editor of a Biographia Dramatical he states, " has attacked this piece vio lently on the score of immodesty. This writer's philosophy, it would seem, is exactly equal to his learning. Had he the smallest share of philosophy, he would know that our bashfulness, so re markable to foreigners, is a weakness, and not a virtue ; and that it is this bashfulness alone which makes us so nice about matters so freely discoursed by other nations. If the generation of man be a matter of shame and infamy, it follows that man is the child of shame and infamy. Now nothing excites vice so much as low ideas of human nature ; and those nice writers, while they are preaching virtue, are from mere ignorance opening the door to every vice. Had this writer any learning, he would know that the comedies of Aristophanes, written in the brightest period of
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Athenian politeness, are quite indecent to British ears. Are we wiser than the Athenians ? Are we not far more foolish in this respect than all modern nations ?" Of the validity of this extra ordinary defence he seems however to have felt a secret distrust, or perhaps his abstract science was encountered by the bookseller's homely prejudice ; for, after an interval of six years, when he republished the same comedy,* he suppressed those very passages which he here represents as so consonant to the dictates of sound philosophy, as well as Attic taste. Without entertaining the faint est wish to study moral science under so great a master, we have been induced to hope that the peculiar circumstances of such a re print as this, overshadowed by the decent veil of Gothic characters, and confined to a narrow and select circulation, might be consi dered as affording some justification of our departure from the plan^ of a family Philotus.
1 Pinkerton's List of the Scotish Poets, (p. cxi.) prefixed to Ancient Scotish Poems. Lend. 1786, 2 vols.Svo.
1 Scotish Poems, reprinted from scarce editions, vol. iii. p. 1. Lond. 1792, 3 vols.
870.
Ane verie excellent and dele&a- bili Treatife iutitulit
PHILOTVS.
Q^VHAIRIN WE MAY PERSAVE THE
greit inconveniences that fallis out in the Manage betwene age and zoutb.
Ovid. Siqua velis apt6 nubere,nube pari.
IVSTTTIA.
RSLIGIOi
IMPRINTED AT EDINBVRGH
be Robert Charteris. 1603. CVM PRIVILEGIO REGAL I.
THE NAMES OF THE INTER-
LOQVITORS.
Philotus, the auld man. The Plefant. Emilie,the Madyn. The MacrelL
Alberto,the Madynis father. Flavius,ane zoung man. Stephano, Albertois fervant. Philerno,Albertois fone. Brifilla,Philotus his Dochter. TheMinifter. The Huir. TheMeflinger.
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PHILOTVS.
Philotus directis his fpeich to Emilie.
laur ijtng
Luflie Iniffome lamp of licijt, ^our fionpnetf ?our fietutiefirftfjt ^our fiaitlp fiatnre trpm $ titljt geffure graue anD gutie: countenance^out rullouv our fm^iing rDfit, (clef c Dots all appear,
6$£ fenfed to illu&e,
2 CluDen 3(^out6etut!e Do beljalfc, 3f man unto |out fairness fate: 31 Dotu not flie Ijotoliett 31 toalt»,
15ot fiounts 31 man fie ^outfsJ: JFo^ ^oto ftueit ^avt 31 toald fo?fatft, C&e (JBmp^ce fo^ to be mp matfe, Cljattcoii: Deft Dotu fum pitte tab, faif mee fva
3 Deme na ill of m^ age m^ troto, 3(fe plap tlje ^onketi$J part to ?oto* JFirfl tr tDe treut[j,tDen map ?e troto,
JFo? <2>olb no? geir ?e fall not tuant, ^toeit ^art twitlj me tljato fie na fcant, Cfjairfotr fome grace tmtome grant,
PHILOTVS.
Plefant. it)a,(ja,qut)a b?ocljt tljf i; kittocks Ijftljec Clje mefcill f rind vefaue tljc fitljtu: 31 tcoto K tuatf not al together,
Cbte ttoel-montl) at ane pgef rijing* ailace 31 laurlj fo? Iptill lucfee, 31 laurl) to fie ane auto Cade gucfee: Q&oft tuoto fa f at ne a$ Ije tuatd f ,
JFva be fall till lji0 flr itcDing.
5 jl^oti) toallf e a0 tDe Cade ye raigetf, <$uDeutan qulja IjcjJ maiD ^out mufiagedr* llo au tDebo^ of fouvelroiv agejS,
%$ Ije mir Ijt not be biDDln: Came 5c to tooto our Laffe, noui lac Ijtei*, 3e av fa vafclj tljair tuill be flac^ter, ^e tuill not fpaic no? fpefe quljaf js auc Ijt Ijir,
^e at fa vafcljlie nDDtn»
6 Emily. 3Jtuait nottueill fiv quljat ?e metne, T5ot fuidie 31 Ijaue feinbtll feine,
3ne tuotoet of ?out ?eldu fa feeine,
%$ $t appett to be: 31 tljinb ane man fit,of ?ont ?eiuis$, Moults not be blpnDit tuitlj tljc bleivijj, 6a feife ane pattie of ^out pelted,
jFo^e get nane of mee.
The auld man fpeikis to the Macrell to allure the Madyn.
7 <5uDe Dame, 31 fjaue ^oto to implop, ^a ?e m^ putpofe ran conuog:
Onti tljat ^on Lafle 31 micljt Inio^,
^efoulD not toant retuatvO: 0tue t)tt tljtsi Cablet anti tljijj IRing, C&I0 IPudTe of golti and fpair naming:
about all toeill map bung,
PHILOTVS. £Df gold tab naregaird,
8. Macrell. jRa fir,let me and tfjat allane, §>uppofe ft Ijo toar maid of a ftane, 3[fe gat Dir grant o? all be gane,
Co tie at ?onr command: Cljocfjt fcljo be ftrange, J tljinb na toonder, TBlait things tj$ fone ^ocljt in ane blunder, $ not tlje fitfi fit:,of ane Bundet,
Cfjat 31 Daue fiad in fjand,
9 31 a»t ane JFifcDe 31 am ane Cile,
Can fteir nip toung and taple ritjjt tpeill, 31 gine me to tlje mefeill Deill,
<^if onie can do mail:: 3[ can tpit{> fait ani0 fleitcf) and flatter, 2nd tuin ane Ctolun bot mitlj ane clatter, Cljat garss me Dank gnde tojme foa latter,
^uppoiss mp bac& ga bair*
The Macrell intends to allure the Madyn.
10 <5od bli0 ^oto 9@aiftre3E5 tuitlj ?onr IBuib, £eife me tljap lips t&at 31 on luib:
3 &ope in <^od to fie ?oto bjnib,
ane nobill ijoufc at game: 31 ben ane ^an into tgi0 toun, S)f Dpeft Donour and renoun, CDat tuald be glaid to gine ijijs <$otane,
jfo? to fjaue ?o\» §i$ Dame*
1 1 Emily, jftoto be nip faull 31 tan not fie, Cljat tljair fife uertetp ij5 in me,
, 31 pvap ?oto qnfiat i«5 Be,
man qnljome of ?c meine/ Macrell. psjilotnss iss tljc man a f aitlj, ane gronnd-ricBe man and full of gtaitfj:
PHILOTVS.
he mantis! na jcturlci r laitlj nor 0 baitij big anD brine.
toau tlje tooman all ijii h>fe, baD Dap to lie lite toeDbit torfe, £ rljo nu rl)t Ijaur gold and gciv ate vrf r ,
30 Coppet in ijiv fef ft: v a , not a L aDie in all tijis L anD , 3 luait niirljt Ijaur mail lur altlj in IjanD, J!3or mir ijt ijanr mait at ijii romutanti,
Co Do vu itD q nljat frljo (iff.
13 JFait floutt ,noto fen ^e ma^ {jim fang,
It luav not guD c to let Dim gang, Onto ?out ftlC ^e'ile Do gteit to^ang,
•^lucit lja?t nolu and 3f flip Dim: lOoti) tpatr ijj ttuentie into tljiu toun , fl) f gteiteft tirDns and renoun, CDat toalb lie glad f 02 to fit Don n ,
(Upon tijnir knr 10 to g^ip Dim*
14 CDotDt De be aulD mr jop, quDat ve r k, Cnlj rn De i^ gane giuc Dim ane geek,
tak anotljrv be tlje ncr k,
Ouijr n 3c tlje gvaitlj ijaue gottin:
me ^out nu>nD and quljat >e nirinr, 31 fall r onnop all tljid fa eleine, CDat me ne" fall efieme ane trrinr, CluDen 31 am DeiD and vottin .
15 EmUie. 31 gtant guDe-tupfe De is tirDtgu&e, ^nc man of toealtD and nobill blutte,
loot De0 mait millet of ane Ion De, 3nD e@ittaned till ijiss DanDijs: Jl5oj of ane baitnelie Laflfr Irke mr e, 3@ait meit Did ^D? noa to J?f e to be:
- PHILOTVS.
lj)i tf age and mpne cannot agtie, £Xu6ilI t&at tye toatld flandfc*
16 Macrell. Let tljat allane, fjeia not fa auto, jBot £it of cutage Ijalf fa raid, 15ot gif 5e toat {us tnpfe,?e tpalO,
Q5e toeill aneucD content, OTitlj Ijf m matt tteitment on ane dag, 8nfc get matt making off ^e map, U3o£ toit^ ane 22Jamflet,fuit& to fap,
dnljen ttoentie ^ettid at fpent
1 7 ^e neptftet meU toltD lad no? (oun, 15ot toit^ tfte fiefl in a» tDii3 toim, 5>ij5 to^f e map ap fit f oamefi Ooun,
Ht eptljet bu tDe o ? btnfu (giang foameft in at Oute 02 ^et, 3nd ap tlje fitfl gude-dap toald get, Z&iitlj ail men ijonoutit attd toeill t|et>
3jJ onie Jjatt tuald t^infe,
i 8 %e quDat a taoman^ mpnde map mef fe ^nd ijeit quljat (jonout,toealtlj and eife, ?& map get tuitB Btm and ?e pleife,
Co do ajs 31 deupfe: 5out fpte fall fitfi de Sitnand cleit, ^ont S^adpniiS tljan fall Bane ?out geft, l^utin gnde oadout and effett,
3llfe moaning 02 ?otu tpfe*
19 and fap,lo
iput on £out OTplicote foa it cuillisJ,
!Lo,ljeu* ane of ^ont Oeltiote ffuiUiSr,
IXuBaiton f e fall fit doun: Cfjan ttuafum rummig to camfte^out Bait,
on pout geidgeit foft and fait,
PHILOTVS.
Cak tljati* ?ou v glafle fie all tie rlafir, and fa gats on ?ouc &oun,
20 Cljan tak to ftanclje tljc mowing djoutfc, 3nc flip of a3auefie fo? 50111- uiouty, JFoj fume cad fuc&er in at foutlj,
CogtddettoitfjaCoift: Cfjjie 0atDrn gotop** tab of tlje Hti% 3nt> bid | out l^agc in Ijaift p^epait, JToa ^out Difjone fum daintie fail*, rail* not foi na roill.
2 1 3ne pair of Pleuatid popping i?ait, 3ne Ipectdr k and ane duail^ie get,
cup of %ar &,frucit and toeill fet,
Q9ap fo; ane b^eckfad gaine.
Catec ^e ma^ cait fo^ f^ne, um delicate agane ? e d^ne, 5out Cuke to feafoun all fa fpne,
CDan doi^ implojp lji0 painc.
22 Co fie 50111: fevuantejj ma^ ?e gang, luke 5oui* C^ad^nisJ all amang, giftijaitonietoatkbefriang, CDan bittetlic t^eni blame, may ?e Ijaue baitl) CUiaifffo and Candie Kuffes and TSatlet 16ellijJ fo? 5ouv toeiting and not in ?our ljous5 at
23 and notu quljen all tljir iwaukss id JFo? four teftefcljing eftetnone, $at bjing unto 30111 cljalmcu four, %mn daintie Difr Ijc of meate; ane cup o: ttoa luitlj Q^ufc aDalf, ^uiii utDec lit ijt tl)ing tljai ctuitDall,
done,
PHILOTVS.
iRafinjs o? fo? Capeta rail, ®iftfiat?epleafetoeate*
24 Cill fuppet tpme tljen ma|> ?e c Jioftf, (Unto ?out ®atden to tepoitf,
£D| metelte to tab ane gloitf,
flDt tafe ane fcufee and tetti on:
^ne to ?out fuppeu at ^e fyocfjt,
Cill fair full fat tlmt Ijejs fiene focljt,
anti Daintie tilftljexJ tjeftliefiocljt, Cljat ILaDless lotieg to fetD on,
25 Clje D?gane0 tDan into ?out IjaH, 52Jttlj^tDalmeanti Cjmftaell found tlja^faU, Clje O^ole and tlie Hute tmtlj all,
Co gat ^out meate Dtfgefl: Cfie fuppet done tljan up ^e t^fe, Co gang ane quisle aj5 tss tlje'gpfe, IBe ^e Ijauetotomit ane Sllep t^^pfe,
3(t t0 ane mple almaifl*
26 Cljan ntaj> ?e to ^out CSalmet gang, IBegple tlje ntrfit gtf it fie lang,
Witl} talk and metie molue0 antang,
Co eleuate tlje fplene; JFo? ^out Collation tafe and taiff, Sum la?till licljt t&ing till difgeft, Ht nicljt ufe Eenfe to^ne a^ almaiC,
JFo| it i$ cauld and dene,
27 2nd fo? ^out fiacfc 3[ datfie fiould, Cfiat ?e fall tweit euen ass ?e toould,
doubill (^atnift|iing0 of gould, 3nd Ctaip afioue ?out &ait: tleluote 5at,^out Dude of €?tait, 'Jout a9j.>fleH qu&en ?e gang to gait,
15 2
PHILOTVS.
JFra ^ont and toind baitfj air and latt, Co krip that face fa fait*
28 Df IPareftf toatk ui:orljt bi> tljr laif , $ou v Owe toalf-r IKMKUJ ?e fall Daue, jfoi to decott ane Cataat ctaif
C[)at cumlie Collout bane: ^oitt gieit goulD Clictinie foj 3ouv net k> i5e boUifum to tljc Caulc and beck, Jfo? Ijt l)fJ5 goulD aneur lj,qul)at ver k.x
3!t uull not OanO on nane.
^ t|je netu gu|?fe,
29 and fo? ?o«t
Co ijaue tljriu loufe tuitlj pletjs and
£D? clafped rlotjj behind: CDe ftuffe nip ijart yt neid not ijaine, IPan (Ueluot,ta£fde fignvit o? platne, ^ilk^at^ne^amapfe o? <$cogtafne,
Clje f^nefl ^e can find*
30 3>out rlaitljr j5 on culloutt0 cuttit out, ^nd all Pafmenttt round about, £$£ bleftmg on tijat femelte fnout,
^a toeill 31 troto fall fet t&em: ^out fcljankijJ of filfc ?out ueluot fcljone, ^our bo^devit JlO^licote abone, a$5 ^e deupfe all fall be done,
^Incratfit quljen ~?t get tljeni.
3 1 ^our Cablet be ?out Ijal0 tftat lif nge0 <Sould bracelet*! and all utijcc tljingjs, ' and all 3ouc fingcrxs full of IRiugjJ,
Witty jpearle and p^ecioufii ftanejs: ^e fall Ijaue aj? quljill ?e ctp Do, IRtckillte of goulD and jetoellttf jo,
IXuljat
PHILOTVS.
reck to tafc ttje 15ogill-bo, $02 bonie butd fo? ante,
32 @)toelt fiatt qufjat fattfjet toald ge Ijaue ilXujjat gteitet plefout tuald ?e ctaue, jftoto be mp faull ?ot» totll befaue,
^ouv felf and ?e f o^fatfe ^tm: Cljafvfoit ftuett fjonte 3i ?oto paa^, Cafe tent in tjmte and noc&t bela^, ^toeit fucfeev,necfe me not toltlj na^,
15ot be content to tafe
33 Plefant. CD* denili mm If cfe tfiat fcefrd auld Jl3olu fie t&e ttottioug and ttolwane, (totwan ^>a Imfilie a0 fto i0 tootuane,
%te ass tfje catling ctafeis: IBegple t^e name fto 10 Dot ^oung, JFouft fall tlja^ lip$,<$od no^ tljat tonng, DOav douolll gilt tuit^ l^utiftft doung,
3ind ill cljefr on
34 Emily. <£ude-tMgfe all 10 bot gude 31 6^i^» Jfoj tueill 31 lufe to mafe gnde c&efr, jFoi jjononvi0,gould,and utljec gefr,
CDa|> can not be tefufit: 31 gtant lndeid,m^ da|?lie fait*, (KJill be fnflScient and mait% IBot belt gude ?e do not fyalt*,
35 31 fitant all da|) to be toeill ttet, 5)onouti3 aneto and Ijicljtupfet, IBot qnljat intteatment fall 3 get,
31 p?a^?oto In nibbed.'' IBot toitfi ane laltbait fo^ to l#, ane anld detd flocfe,bait^ cauld and
153
PHILOTVS.
all mp daped ijcit
Cljat Ije nip fr Ijankns fr IjeD.
36 IMd cine ijalf finikin in Ijis ijeid, |t)ia Lp$e far rauldet tDan tlje leid, fj)itf ftoflle flefrD ajs Ije mat DeiO,
^lill f 01 na Dapping ijcit: Onljc altljfuni Dotting curt niaiv, fi)ij5 tiltljfuni flcvunic isi natDtng fair, % vuuiifr l)ing tuitD rift and vaiv, gif tljat lie f\ncit,
37. B)i0 jsftpnnc IjavD clappit to tDr bane, ^JOitD <$ut and <$taiicU liaitlj ouiiganc, JT^otu qnljcn tljiv ttoutile^ Ijcjs Dim tanr ,
5)ijs topfe getjs all tfje tupte: /Foj (IIenu0 games 31 If t tljem ga, 31 geflc Dee lie not guDc of tljav, 31 roulD vucill of Did manevjj ma,
(5if 31 lift till infcpte,
38 Macrell. JF 03 ^lemisJ game rate not a ru it, ftflaill me ane fc&amflet tDat ran Do'it, %tn tDait map be na utDet buit, on Did Dead ane Dojne: me tDat luitlj tuit and gftill, 5c map Dane eafmentd at ?oiit vuiU, at nirDt gat ^oung men rum ^oto till, Jput tDem atoap at mo^ne*
39 Emily. <£jnde-topfe,all is? botuaine Co nice of fik matettf to fpeik, ^ont putpoid i0 not luo^tD ane leib,
31 Ujill Deit ^oto na mait: Q9atk Dame,and tDid id all and fum , 31f enet ?etDid eatand rnm,
feib,
PHILOTVS.
13D? of ?our Ijead 31 Wr ane mum, 3e fall tepent it fait*
40 Macrell. 3011 dalntle Dame fcljo is fa npcr ©clje'lll nocljt be twin fie na deupce, JFo? noutljet plages noi fo? P3£ce,
jfo? goulb no? Dtljei: gaine, ^djo id fa arfetoavt and fa t^a, CDat tuitlj tefufe 31 tome &tt fta, £>>c!jci,fee ^anft Q^atie fa^nde mee fa,
3( dav not ga agane*
Philotus enteris in conference with the Madynis father.
41. (JSufce 6offe,fen ^e aue euev bene,
and auld familiar fwnd, Co mafe mail: quentance ti0 bettuene,
31 slaidl^ could agtfe: ^e 6aue ane doubter quljome tmtill, 31 beate ane pafling grit gude twill, Cluljate IP^ifnomie p^efiguteg jjfelll, twit and Ijoneftie,
42 (^if mee tljat jLafle to be nt£ tu^fe, JFo? Cocljev-gude fall be na fitpfe, IBelelue mee fcljo fall Ijaue ane l^fe,
and f 03 ?ouv geir 31 fait; not: JF aitlj ^e ?out felf fall modlfte, 5>it Lpfe Eent Land and Conjunftfie, <£oflbp,qu!jait tlja^ fame fall be, appoint tlje place and fpaiv not
43
biuife m^ Ijedtage allljaill, IXuljilfess gif tljat tljap Dappen to f aid,
$$$ moueabletf 31 twill denude,
PHILOTVS.
anr pairt my iDourljtcv to p:oin>De, anc paivt to Irauc fuin freind afyde, Cnljrn Dcitlj fall U0 Diflruc r.
44 Alberto. <$ude fii',and goflbp 31 am glaid, CDat all be Done atf ?c ijauc fatD,
Cafe baitlj nu> bulling and tljt 09a^b, Ipanie to ^ouv ijous togiddet:
and gif tljat fctjo pla^ not
3ln onie lain full ijonrft aiit,
and ^onout ?otu tuittj all bit 31 tuald Q)o gaid not tljitljt i%
Alberto fpeiks to his Dochter.
45 JFo? tlje anr man 31 Baue f o^efeine, ane man of mirgt and lucltlj 31 mefne, C^at ftaitlicr mar tljc fuftciuc,
anr man of Ijonou v and vrnoun, anr of tlje Potente^ of tyc toun:
nane nia;> beinllet fit Doun, Cljte Citic all
46 Emily. <^od and fiude nature doftf allotw, C&at 31 obedient be to ?oto,
9nd father IjitljettiUf 3 ttoto,
3e Siaue nane ntljec feine: ^nd alj5 eftemto ^otu fo| to be, ane toning fatljcr Ditto nice, Cgattfott deit fatljcu let mee fee,
Clje man of quDome >e meitu«
47 Alberto, ipfjilotujj ijj tlje man indeid, Ciuljaiv tljoto anenobill l^fcmap leid, fl^ltlj qu^om 31 did fa fatpjoteid,
Win tnant bot tbp gude toill:
PHILOTVS.
giue t[j£ frie content tljaitfoit, SDecfe Dp and do ttjgfelf decoit, <£ang quickly to and fap no moir, Cljoto man ague tljairtill,
48 Emilie. <£if ?e fra futte toald reftaine, and patientlie Sett me agane,
31 foulD ^otu fcljatti in tetnris plane,
2BttD teafon ane ercufe: %tn ^attage oene but t^taltiome fvee, (^oD and gufce nature doijj agree, C|ja 1 3f qufjafr afi it I^feesx not mee,
^a^latufnllietefufe,
49 3 am fourtene,an& Ijee fouvefcoir, 31 fiaill and fonnd,|jee feife and (bit, IJ)oto can 31 gtue confent ttjaivfofr,
£D? ?it till Jjim agteer 3(ndge gif Pljilotug 6e difcteit> Co feife ane matcfj fa fat unmeit, Cfiocljt 31 ntfufe Dim father ftueit,
31 paap ^oto pardon mee*
50 Alberto. Jj^oto durft tfioto trumpet &e fa
Co tant 0^ tell,tl)at Ije urns aid.'' D? durft tefufe odjt tljat 31 tuald,
Jbaue biddin tlje obeg: IBot fen ?e fland fa l^till ato, 3ffe gat ^oto a^aiflteiES fo^ to fenato, CDe 3[mpp?e Patents Ije0 be lato,
abuif t^ait C&ildaen ap»
5 1 and ijeir to (Sod 31 mak ane uotu, 15ot gif tfiot» at m|> bidding botu, 31 fall tljc d^efle and Catkin ijovu, and f^ne adupfetlje better:
* C
(bald
PHILOTVS.
31 fall tljrr raft in 1 1 1 1 ane pit, Cluljaic tjjoto fo; ?eir anD Dap fall fit, CCUtlj l):riD anD in arc u fuirlp hntt liounD infill anr t'cttci,
$2 CDoto faf fa foff upon tljjj fin ill, CDat making off maiD f ijc ane f tall, T5ot 31 Call mab t Dp rurage mill,
JFor all tl))> ftomark flout: Cfjat f f tmuavD0 qu lj t II tljat f ijoiu l c if, CDou'0 lie agafl mee fo j to gretf , pnrDanr c f ijoui gvrinns tljat plap to p?f if ,
3Durfc f ijcc anD fpeib ouf .
53 Emily, ^totit fatDer,«iitigate Courtage, ^out uj?aitl) anD anger fiv,afluiagr, I )anr pi ic on nuj ^outljlir agr ,
^otir axuin flcfrlj anD ?ou v bhtDe: <$if in pout pit 31 be ouettfoatoin, CluDomc Dane ^e lu^aikit bot ?ouv aurin, ^ir nc tuc Itir Ijc^ not bene bnatuin,
fartiDe.
54 Cljt fauage beifi$$ into tljaic k)>nDr, (Eljaiv foung to pitie av inrlpuDr, Let mriT it tyaiif oil' nuiif pout* nuwDf ,
Co Ijf u tljat l)u inblif rn>ij3 : Cab Dp anD U ni fie ?our pee, ^ufpfnD tljf furie of ?ouv fp?e, £InD grant me lapfer,3l Defpre, iptill to aDupfe.
Heir followis the Oratioun of the zonker Flavias to the Madyn, hir anfwer and confent, The convoying of her from her father : her father and the auld wower followis, and finds Philerno the Madyns brother laillie arryued, quhoine thay tak to be the Madyn, and of his deceit.
PHILOTVS.
taging lotu, t|je feitce and flaming ty\t *• C&at Ooi0 m# b^eift and bodp al combute
3incendit toitlj tlje datt of gtit defj^e, jFta fbK* of tljefe ttoa fpatking epte f ul fute, I|)ej5 me confttagnit to cum and feik nip cute flDf l)cv,fva quljoni p^omdit f)t0 m;> txiound, duljoui nejjtljn; ^aluc no^ ^pp can nffuve, 15ot onlp Q)o can mak me faif and found*
56 Lj)fee a0 t&e capttne toit^ ane t^ant taine, Perforce mitl) paomife toiftit to and f to, Ctutjen tljat lie feijs all utfter graces gaine, a^an fuccour feik of Ijtm tljat to^ocljt fyi$ too, ^a mon 31 fald to m^ maifl fveindlp fo, Co feik fo? falue of [jet t&at gane tip fait: Co ptap fot pcarr,tljorl)t tigout bid me go, Co ct^ foj metcie,qn^en au 31 »«a^ na mait*
57 §>a fen ^e pane me captinate a0 tljtall> ^en K p^euail(,let pitie noto Dane place: 5)aue metcie fen ?e a^aifltess at of all, ^tudge not to gtant ?ont fnpplicant fum gtace Co fla^ ane taine man,tuat bot lack allace, jfta tljat lie cum uoluntatlie in toill:
^en 31 am,a@iflteg,in t&e felf famecace, 3ne t^tall confenting pitie toat to fpilL
58 Cluljat fetla? tljocljt,puit3[ tuit^ luif opp^eft Confer tDe fo^ceof t|»e bl^nd Htcljet IBogr }l)oto toais appollo fo? ^i0 Dapljne daefl,
3nd a^at0 amafit Iji0 Oenujs to enjop, Did nott^e t^untieting 31upitet contiop JFot Danae ^im felf into ane ftoto^e, Clje gods aboue fen luif Ijatlj maid tljem co^, lato tljen qu^ fould 31 not
€ 2
PHILOTVS.
59 30 taf ne untlj ane no: Dapljne mair deroit Clu&aitf milt to Oenutf map rompaint be: 3nd ben r in brume Danae bcf oil*, ^uppofr tljr <$od on Ijiv Did raft Ijis rpr: Ouijate geared to ijir betotie Doi0 ague, ClnD in quljaijs fairness is no folp founD, Culjat mrviir II a9iftvf S tljan ,fuppofc ?c fr, CcUtij nulling band me to ?out betotte bound.
60 duijato bcirDt rontepning bclutic Vuitlj tljr Jl3a Icj3 al utljrr pulr IjiituDc dot0 pa0 (beamiss Jl3ot* to rompait ane clud to glanung gleamed, T5?ir Ijt Oenu<5 rullouv tttttj ane landuiavt (ajES: Cl)e quljptcft lapkr bottuitlj tfje blafheft aflr, Ctje ntbent Eoi0 bot luitlj tljr tuallotuit iuciD OsJ puteft gold id p^ectoufet no? glafife,
^our betotte fa allutDetDotss ercetd,
61 ^out|jeifr[|)ljgol
^ont fnaiuifrlj rljetks Ipkc qu'jptcft ^our lourfum lipd faD,foft,anD Axietttoee fie, 0j5 Eofcs ted quljcn tljat ane (botoie iss pafi: ^out toung nitrljt mak Demofltbened agaQ, ^onr tettl) f peivljs nur Ijt of ttjair place dep jpue 2^itlj TBtotllijj of 3|ndian Cbuc at tlje laft ^out Ipapttf f o? tljc pjio?ttic dotiS fltpne.
62 and Ipfec a0 quljcn tljr fiamping feale id frt 3fn toaj: toeill to^oc&t, quljill it id foft 31 fap, CDeprent tljaitof temapning ma^ ?e get,
tlje feale itfelf be tane atoap, r femlie fljaip fa fall ab^de fo? ap, Cluljilfe t&roto t^e fir Ijt mp fenfid IjejJ reOaifit, Cljorljt abfent ?e,>it 3 fall niclit and da^, ^ont p^efenre 6aue as in mp &aut ingvaifit.
63
PHILOTVS.
63 Cljodjt fanfie be bot of ane figure fainit, I13a figure feidtf quljair t&air isJ na effeft: Cuin fa ftoeit faull 31 penfclj bot ag painit, flBitlj fanfie feti tljat toill na faffing brerb, gwppoig 31 ijauc tljc acdOent quljat vcrk, me tljc foliDc fubftanrr to atteine, ,qu^en ?e to fcetttj fall me timft, CtuDoin bot ^ouv atoin Ijaue ^e cofountiit
64 lafl,fen ?e maj) mp meladie temeiD, iReleiue^our ^fip^uss of ^to teflle0 ftane: ^ouv Cittuis b^eift tljat Dotss full spfelp bletd, 0rant grace tDairto,befoti; t|ie grip be gane, Cum ftaur IK tljc tljull of Canta(u$$ anone, Clnd cure pe toounDg geui a viutlj Or ijillt s$ kmjf e Accept foi ^ouvjs fair ^aiflue^,fucD a one, Cljat fo? 50111; faik tiar famfi'ce fyi$ Igfe,
65Emily. ZOVR2D?ifoun fit fountisS trnt jj fie ffeil 3!n Cupitid Court ad ic ijaD bene tipb^ocgt: iSD? fofterit in parnaOit^ forfeit $)iU £luljair IPoetiiS ^eg tDair flame and furie foftt Jftocljt taifiing of ftweit helicon fo^ nocfit, 00 be ;ouv plefant preface Doi0 appeir: CenDing tljairb£,quljiU ai5 tue Daue na tfjoc&t, Co mak U0 to 50111* purpoi0 to aDl)eii%
66 2JQlitD lotting language tending till allure, ffltitb ftoeit difcourfe tlje fimpill till ouirf^le, *$t cad ^our craf t,^our tunning and ?our cure, T5ot puir €)?pljanej5 and 0^ad|)nij5 to begple, ^our tuaillit out tooids5,intienfit fo? a tu^le, Co trap all tljofe tljat trouiiu in ?otu na traine CBe frute of flattrie is5 bot to defile, fp?ed t^at tuee can neuer get agane* C 3
PHILOTVS.
67 v gat tttf ttoto tljat all out ijciDS be count, Jn piapfing of out brume lip tljc ^kpitf: diifc to ->oui in oiDjj xuc at na mait bot mount C6te ujag to fie gif to* ?e map fupp2£fe, ^out doubill ijait doitf euetie Dap Dnipfc, Hue tijoiufauD fljif ttf urns neuet in 30111 tljocOt, ^e (about tDu55 ujitD all tljat in 3om l£i#, till Dndo,and b^ing u^ all to nocljt.
68 9ind tlji<5 conceate id common to ^otu all, JFo^ ?out atoin luff,?e fet not bp out fcljame,
>oui fxncitcft U)o:D,ai feafonit all mitlj gall, 3out fail-fit pijiafc, digfigutesf bot defame, 31 tljinh tljau-f oiv tijap gtitlie at to blame, CDat tcoiuijj in ?oui mait no; tljc tljinrj tljap fe 15ot 3!, quljill tljat OBmilia id HIP Jftame Co ttoU) 3! fall like to §anft Ci)oma0 be«
69Flavius. jToi feit ftoeit maiflted qnljat rcmciD %
map petftuade quljatv tljaiv deme -5C ta^angoufiie in deid, H3oU3 be mp faull 3! ftoeit: ^out ijonouiMiot -50UV fr Ijamc 3i fcik, 31 count not b|> mp lnft ane Icik, 3!t iua0 na fib tiling a^aiftteg meib, maid me to cum ijciv.
70 Cbi0 ijJ m^ fute ^e fall me ttuff, Judge ?e ?out felf gif it be )'uff, 3In Ijonr n luif and Ijoncft luff,
2Uit[) ^OU) to leid nip h>fc : €ljij5 ijs tljc ttcu t ij of HIP intent, 3!n latofull lufe bot onlie bent, Sdupfe |oto gif ?e can confent,
Co be HIP toeddit lupf c.
«
71 Emily.
yi Emily. %it futeliegif3itmdctftude> ^DUE twining fo? to fie ag gude, 3[tljinfe in ane toee fould conclude,
OBefoit t&at it toet lang: 31 am content to be ?oui; topfe, Co lufe and fetue ?oto all m j> Igfe, IBot tat^et fla^ me toritlj a fen^fe,
H3oj offes me ane to^ang*
72 IBot fii;,ane tl)ing 31 Ba«e to fap,
3|n ^adage^^omifit me
Opott ane tieiti auld man: 2^it|) qnljome tljoc^t 31 to «ot content, Cill naneutljevljetoillronfent, a^ab to tDaitfoir fo? tillinuent
3ne conuo^, gif ^otu can*
73 Ipfeetoapte ?oto mon fivfl to me ftueit,
to me fall do na fcefr, fall not cum mj> Iiotiie neir, JFo? uillante no? ill: 3^ qu&ill tfie Bnptiall Oa^ fall flanti, fatt&et fiu, gif mee ^onu fiant), me fo? to compleit t^e band, 3nD pvomciQ to fulfill*
74Flavius.}j)aue tfjafr mp fjand twitlj al mg jjatt faitljfull p^omete fo? mp patt, tpme to change quljill deitlii^ datt, Put till mp Ipfe ane end:
IBot oe ane ^u^dand tvaift and tteto,
JFo? na fufpeft tfjat ani0 fall teta,
TBot teadie a^ to do mj? deto, neuev till offend*
PHILOTVS.
75 Emily. 311 t)fl£ Qufjaitto tlje tteutjj to tell, 3 Dae norljt uiitlj tljat mattet mrl,
T5ot ?it 31 fall Deupfe mp fell, 3ne fr Ijif t to fr vuc out ttmir :
JTo? kciping flatit baitD lait and ait,
&nfenD-futtl) map 31 "tw^t fait,
a^ake 31 ane mint and Do na mait, 31 map fo? curt uuititr .
76 dulien 31 [jauc t)ttbetDocl)t me 31 can na bettet toa# Den^fe, 'Bot tljat 31 man me Difagpre,
3|n ijaliitc of ane man: Cljug 31 but Danget o? but Dout, Cljto bufinris map lining about, 3In mans atta^ unhenD pajs out,
JToi- octjt iiu> {icipavxs ran*
77 CDaitfoit ?e fall gang anD ptoupDe, anr 15)agc 0 rlaitljitf in tljt meine all orrafionss me bcfjjDe,
Let me euin ax5 tljap lid me rail, HD? qu^at fumeuet me befall, 31 Ijope toitDin tljtie Da^ijs 31 Cum qupetlj? ?oto to.
78 Flavius. IBe m^ atoin mentis 31 fall atteine, 3nD fenD to ^oto tljaj> claitljio unfene, Contjoji) (at fie all ttnng0 fa rleine,
Cljat neuet nane fufperb: 31 toill toait on mp felf anD mett ?otu, Co fe ? out neto rlaitjjtf ais tljap fet ?oto, £ljc Carle tljat Ijcrljt fa toeill to tteit foto,
31 tijiuu fall get ane gerb.
Emily
PHILOTVS.
79 Emilie. 31 Ijaue to on narrotolie atoap ^on Carle Dalf put me in effrag, intuait and toaiting aj>, 3|n c&anging aff mj> claitfjig: ,let tog ga out of Ijte ficljt,
am frie,nt£ freind gude-nicfjt, il)e luktsJ as all tinngjs tuav not ticljt, Lo f ontiri- quljatc Ijc gate,
80 Flavius. 9^5 onlte luif and S@^ fcarling Deiv and m Jt)oto fall 31 f uet tfje requite,
C^iss grit guDe toill let fee: Cljat but refpeft t&at men callis fc^ame, 513oa fta^avt of tljp atoin gude name, jf 03 ba«te,foa ftlafptjemie no? blame
^e$$ tjentertt all fo? mee*
Stephano Albertus Servant.
8 1 a^aifter full far 31 &aue ?oto forljt, and full ill netoejs 3! Daue ?oto b^orfit, Cfje t^ing allace, 3f neuer
J])e0 Ijappinnit ^oto tljiss ^our dour^ter fir (^e [jafc bot ane) rate manni0 rlnitljtg lje0 on l)ir tane, 2nd qu^etlie tjejs ftir earand gane,
31 ran not tell quljat toa^»
82 3[toonderit firft and toajs agafi, TBot qu^en 31 fatu tljat fto toa$j pafl, 31 follotoit efter toonder faff, ^it toas 31 not tlje better: fcljiftit ties Ijir felf af^de, in fum ijou0 fljo did tjir H5a fir,quDat euer fall betpde, 31t toill be Jjard to get &er, D
PHILOTVS.
83 Alberto. JFaltf petotene Ijcss frijo plamt tljat lore; frljo me IjanDlit in tins (bit.- i ipoit Co #ob 31 uotij rum 31 atijojt,
8nb laj> on ijii HIP ijanDte: 31 fall in: ane rrniupill mab, Co tin m pci.s all Dmfi tmbettab, J^o: to commit fa foull ane farb, " duljill t&at tljtJJ Citie HanDi0.
84 Oploe Dagabounb,fal0 ijat lot ijuir, 1-3 a D $0 na frljamr ,tubr ll)o na cute, Of patentig tijat ijii gat anb buic,
Bo? blube of qufjilk (!)o fpjangt 011 Ijoncft betDtieto Difprfe, 0nb Ipkc ane man ijii bifag^fe, (UntDomanlie in (tb ane to^fe,
30 gutigetfo? to gang.
85 JFate mifc[)ant,full of all tnifcbeif, Diflaitfull ttaitout, commoun tijcif, £Df all tljr kin emit not tljr gictf ,
JFo? flefcDI^ foull bel^te: Cu'ja fall into fik trumpet^ tiuft J £Xufjaij5 tdickit toa^ijs at fa un juft, 0nb leb luitij letub licentious beafilie appetpte,
86 Philotus. SD fex: tmcettaine,fta£le anb f al0, Diffimulate anb biflaitfull alj5, &Uitl) Ijonie lipd to IjalD in Ijal0,
TBot tuitlj anetuicMt mpnbe: Clubome tuill bois mail no: teafoun mufe, a^ait Icrljeuir no? Ijonrft luf e, ^aii Ijailotiie no? gube be Ijufr ,
Onronflant anb unkimbe.
PHILOTVS.
87 3I« quljome aneftato^ot na fljame finfetf, C&at ane tying fajns and trtljer tljinfes; 3ne epe lufete Dp,ane Dttjet toinfcg,
Witfy fait and fein?eitface: 15ot goflbp go,qu[jill it iss gteine, JFoj to feife out qtifta Ijeg ijir feine,
of [jit mo^eu tuee get ane meine,
3|t tuai; ane
can tell,
88 Philerno. (gwfce fivjs,iis nane 31n qu&at flmt Doi0 aibetto Dtoell, D| 6e quljat finge 31le fenatu m^ fell,
®utie oaet&jen all about; jFos tliotljt 31 to &te ^one and iDe^^e, 31 fenato &iiu not a mpte t^e mair,
to tljijs Coton Doijs notu vepait, father to finD out*
89 Alberto, ^ea ftarlote,ttotutt tljofcu fo? to ffeip ^en 31 ftaue gottin of tlje ane grip, IBe Clinfi 3f fall tty nuutute nip,
Eiclit frfjauplp o? tuee frljeD:
($oD no| 3f tar in ane taip,
euev tljotu fta nip IjanD efcaip, dufiill 31 Ijaue pullit'tlie Ipfee ane
duljait nane fall be to
goPhilotus. Eage not gube gofle,bot Bald ?ouv
Clje lass bot bairnlie tj5 and ^oung, 31 toald be laitD to tuit Bit* dung,
^uppofe frljo ^atljoffendit: jfojgiue bit tljig ane fault fo? niee, 9nd 3[ fall fouevtie fo? l)it bee, Cljat inflantlp fto fall agree,
CDat tljijj flip fould be mendit
(toung
PHILOTVS.
91 Philerno. jFatljet 31 Btant wp Ijaill offence, <T tjic clai tljca 31 ijauc tane till ga ij cure, and gif it plrafc ">oiu till difpence, 5rj5 2£lit& tljit tljingtf tljat at pad:
(43 C&it bpgane faulted toill ?e fo^giue, 3nD eftet father qu^ill 31 Wue, 3gane 31 fall ?oto neuet gteiue,
t^at m^ lj>fe map latt.
92 %rljci\n me ti)r manet and tljr ujai>, 3nD 3 ?out bidding fall obq>, 3nd neuet fall ?ouc \uill gane fap,
15ot be at 30111- command: Alberto. C&te fault Ijeit ftelie 31 fo?giue tjee, l^ljilotusj is tljc man velriueo tljcc, fl); ntljeruja^iss 31 Ijad mifcljeifit tljcr,
and noiu giue nice tljp Ijand.
93 Cf)i0 10 mp ordinance and toill, <&iue tlj)> confent Ipljilotu^ til!, Co marie ytm and to fulfill, Cljat godlte bliffit band: Philerna jfatDet, 31 tactile am content, and ijciito gtucjs mp full confent, it ticljt fait toald mee tepent, fould ?oto gainftand.
94Philotus. Jpcit i£ mp Ijanb mp da t ling Dotu, Co be ane faitljfull fpou0 to be mp fault (^oflbp Cf)i0 i0 ane ijappie inciting: matet 0offc, 10 fa tueill D?cH, Cljat all tljingjj at cumdefo? tlje beff, T5ot let ujs fet amang tljc tefi, ane dap f 02 all compleiting.
95
PHILOTVS.
95 Alberto. 3ne Sl^onetlj and na langer dap, jfoa it requpseg na grit delag,
Cafe t&air ?our topfe toitl) ?oto atoap,
3nd tofe Ijir as ?e toill: Philotus. JFoafuitb ?e fall ga tuitlj me Ijame, IXuljair 31 fall &eip ?oto faif fua fcDame, Onto tljr da;;, o? tljan nice blame,
Cljat frljo fall ijaue nane ill.
96 Plefant. Ciulja euev (atxi in all t^aiv Ipfe, Ctua cappit Cairli0 mafe fife ane ^ Co tafe a ?oung man fo^ ijis lu^f
3011 cadgell tuald be glaid: Cfje feind refaue tlje fe^felejj frunt, Put doun tiip Ijand and gtaip Ijiv runt, C&e Carle feennig not,lje isi fa blunt,
<£if fc^o be man 03 maid*
97 Quid gucfeis tlje mundie,(}jo is a gillie,
a Colt-foill, not a fillie,
a doto, bot l]e<5 a pillie, Cljat tuill pla^ tlje ane paflfe: Put doun tlj^ fjand Dane Carle and graip, 3& tf>a£ tjad tuont to rljciss tljr Paip, Jfo? tDoto Ijejs gotten ane jolie iaip, 3(n Ipfeenetf of ane Lafle.
Philotus fpeiks to his Dochter Brifila.
98 1B?ifilla Ooc^ter mpne giue eir, 3 ^ot&et 31 &aue b^odjt tfje Ijeit, Co mee a topfe and darling deir,
3[ fte command tljairfoir J|)ir Ijonour, ferue, obep and luif, Cfttirfe a^ tlje befl fo? fjir beljuif , Co plei0 fiir fie tfy$ pairt tljotu p^uif , '
PHILOTVS.
Cdlulj tmt and all
Philotas to bis new Bryde.
99 Ofe Ijq turn a0 ?out atoin nip doto, ftcip 6it,foj fto fall lp toitD ?oto,
Ouijill 31 map latufullieatootu,
Co lap ->o\u br HIP 0>Dr: Philerno. j fall ?our Doc^tev 5)usJbanD ftueit, Jfl^a Irs* no? mp conipainr oun ticit, 3nD foI(oU) baitlj at bed and nicit,
Culjill tljat 31 be ane biPdr .
Philerno to Brifilla.
100 Ipouj doi0 tljc quDctll of Jfoztonn go, £Uiljat uiir kit toettd tjcjJ ixi?or Ijt out
and mime alfo,
£Du v fa tljci-0 baitlj ijcs done agtie, Cljat 31 to ?oun0,euin ass ?c fie, Ond ?e to ntpnc fall mannt be, 3nd all uponc ane Dap,
101 !i)ard ij3 out Ijap and lur klcj5 rljanrc , dulja pitied uss fuppofe tucr pance/ JMl oft tljiJJ matet did 31 ffeance,
TBot toitlj mp felf befo it: 31 ijaurbrnc tljicatnit and fo^flttttn, oft tljat 31 am untlj it bittin,
a iuap o{ it be tpittin, 3nd vr medic tljaijfoit.
102 Briiilla. Q9atfivc<s allace fo? fib temeid, (Tijat fib ane putpoi^ fould p^oceid,
31 vuald luifr 0 vatljn to be deid,
Boj in tljat manet matrljit: Culjat aillit ?e {patented to pzcpaiv,
PHILOTVS.
^out Cfjilt^entf fceip continuall cait, ^out cvetoell Ijan&eg quljp t»i& ?e fpafr, to
1 03 Onnatutall fatljetsJ note quljaitfoir .' 32MD ^e^ouv Oocfjtetg tljus Druoirr' jFo? ^out uane f antaftess far mof t,
J13oi onie guDe vefpecfe: 3|js it not boittuie Ije0 ^oto trcewn, 8>af knaj>t£S to feife foa Ijaifl to l|)eauin.'' 31 ttoto t&at all tlje luaclD euln,
§;>all at ^out: gucbvie gecfe*
104 Solace to fetb tljemfelueis to fla, 3ne m^?e to inifle tljap fall in ma: C^a^ get feot gteif qu^en a0 tljap ga>
Co get ttiaiv gveiteft game: 3nti toee^oung t^ingjs to?mentit to, CljairDafftng Doid us; ftua undo, ®if tlja^ be to^fe,tljaiv doingg lo,
COillfignifie t&e fame,
1 05 Philerno. 3[t p?of eitt0 not f o? to cotupleine, Let t>j$ fo^fieouufeluess fiettoene, Jpoto toee t^iss ytutii map p^eueine, anti faif uss fta tliai? fnaicijs:
j3 t^a^ toeill can, meetvan^fo^meintillane man, Wtt ttua oucfelue0 fould made tljan, 3nD faif us fva t^ait
1 06 Brifilla.^afe ^oto a ma, tljat ij5 bot motoitf Co tljinfe tljaivon ^our gteif ftot gtotoiss, jFoj ttiat fceupfe Deuill Ijaiti it Dotot'0,
^enitranneuevfce: Philerno. CluJ^ notr* gif tljat tuitlj faitft toep^a^ E
PHILOTVS.
JFo? oft t&e tfoDDetf as 31 &atD fap, !De0 Done t&e l£he anD ?it Qa; map,
Ipcvrljaiue till tJ0 ague.
107 Ctiat3!p&i0 toa0 a 8£apD toeteiD, 3nD ftua DiD fo; Ijir p^rv (pdD, Detie mitlj tbc <boDDr 0 inDeid, C vanff o?iuDc On in ane man:
ane
Onto Ijio ncxu r bunif alUurfr ,
CG i tlj D ifagr paill anD team
108 Ciul)i> map not note ate tueill aj3 tljan, €ijc $oDDe0 ronucvt me in ane man,
Clje Ipbe gif tljat mp ptapet ran,
3J futelie tuill afla|>: a^aifi frr i tit <$oDDe0 Celeftiall, ^e inirljtir Q3uif ccjs gteit anD fmall, anD Dcauinltr potcier^ ane anD all,
a^aiff ljumblie 31 ?oto prap,
109 Hube Doun from ?out impr?c abonr , 3nD from ?out ijctr I) tciumpljant Crone, Cill ud puiv fauHiis fenD furroui- fonc,
Of >ouv maid fperiall genre:
Ijotu tuee pniv q^aDjjni-j mutne, fete anD luif Ijoto baitlj taeebutne, C [jaivfoii: intill ane man mee tu vnr , till cfr ijcvu tijtd rate,
1 10 TBefjalD out Patents [jc<5 opp^tft, 3nD bp ali Deft tljait Dorljtci'<5 D^eft, CClitlj unmcit matrljco to moled,
£10 fillic faul(i0 jt fie: Cljaivfoit immottall ($>oDDe0 of gtace,
PHILOTVS.
<£rant tljat our paageritf mag tafe place, Conuert ing fegnde, tljitf cairfull cace, folac c to fupplie*
1 1 1 Plefant. 8ne fattfj perf umit tmtfj fgne folie, 3nd monie Dane too^d alla*ttolie, Cfjg paaget tfi not Ijalf fa Ijolte,
ll)oufe=lui;Dane ais it femisJ: 15ot all tnuenttt f o? a togle, Clip DeOfallotu fo? to beggle, Clje borne Laflfe hot to Defile,
5l5a tJotobllness tftat
1 1 2 Brifilla. a^aifitf 0 quljat noto ? lietlitnfe ?e Di t&an to be in fotone ?e feime: (D?eme, ^c&o Igis al0 Deid, quljat fall 3( fceime,
flDf tlji0 nnljappierlianrer' ^c^o toill not Deit me fo? na ctgiis, Jfor plucking on ftljo toill not v^ij5, ^a latfmiv-lj>fee lo a0 fcljo I|>ij5,
30 saueift in a trance*
1 13 Philerno. £D bliffull Deitie Diu^ne, ^aift Dappie tonuent, Coutt and Cljat Doi0 ^out gloaioujs ems$ incline,
£Dur piapevte to adDetv: Wit tander tljanfcs unto ^oto all, jfo? Ijeiting tiss quljen t^at toee call,
ridding us fcom bondage tl^all,
00 plainlie doid appeit;*
1 14 3 am ane man TBaifilla lo, and toitlj all neceflarijJ tljairto, Q@^ all tjjat onie man mag do, 31 fall gat ?oto confidder: fen tljc ($oddi0 abone ijes baoc!)t,
law
1 -i
PHILOTVS.
Ct)i0 uionDrroiijs tuai-k,anD ljc<5 it unor Ijt, 3nb jjvantit all ruin as tore forljt, Lrt D0 be glaiD togiDDrr.
1 15 Brifilla.jf3ot» fen tDe$oD0 fjetf furrour fent 8nD Done euen ajs tuce DiD inucnt, ^3i} IOP 31 ijaitlp am content,
Co Do a0 ?e Deupfr: <Llj:ouj ^otijj Dcncit nip onlie rljopfr, 3In mutuaK luif toee fall vrjopfr, Our f uitoujj f atljrvjs liaitlj fuppofe
€ljaj> toalD jcibip in
1 1 6 Philotus.a9j> Doto fuppoijs 31 t>id Delap, Ji^oto rum ijs our fumt ff3uptiall Da|>, (Tliaiif oiv mak Ijaift f\ua tljat tu ec map,
3In tpmr rum to tpr kivk: Philerno. ^a quljen ?e lift fie, 31 ant teaDie, Cijait ijs ane <$uf-tjeiD,fo^ be our HaDie, 31 toajJ ?our ^>one,anD ^e m^ DaDie, mo 211 ing in tljc mirk,
1 1 7 Minifter.3i Dout not bot ^t unDerftanD, Joouj <$oD is 3utlj our of tljid band, ClnD tlje actioun tljat luce ijaur in IjanD,
iDeDiDtjimfelfoutfet: Co tijat effrft all men 31 meine, Q^ir&t kcip tljair boDprjs puir anb rleinr, j?ra JFo^niration till abfleine,
0nD CftilDrrn to beget.
j 1 8 OBot fen tlje mater niinu atj>o?t, 31lk titljer Dap, 31 toill be frljo^t,
0nD Doijs tljr parties baitlj crljoit, CorljaritieanDluif:
Ca& [jcir tljijs ujoman f o? ?our lupf r ,
drip
PHILOTVS.
!£eip,luif and cSjetifcD Ijit &ut ffrpfe, 311 titfjet; alg tetme of ?oiu; Igfe,
1 19 Cafe foa ?ouv Spoils Pljilotug tfjan, flDbep anD Intf Jim as ?e can, jfo?faife fo? Dim all titljet* man,
fXnljill Deitlj tio ^oui Difleuev: Cfje Ho^ti to fanftifie anD blefle ^ot», ij)ijs grace anD fauouv alss 31 tuifclj ?oto, JLet not Ijt0 luif anD mevcie mifle ^otu,
16ot be toitlj ^oto fo? enei%
Flavius conjuration.
120 £D metde (^oD, DOUJ mag tljitf tot
inDeiD ricljt OBmilie, 3jn fo?me of Ijiv a faitlj 3! fa*
%mn Deuill Ije0 meoefatfit: 31 tuill in Ijaifl t^aiufoti; gang Dame, padt fo? fin anD fcDame, to tell me tlje aluin ricljt Jftame, Jfot 0oD^s caujs 31 toill ( taif it»
121 Clje Cvoce of (^oD, out ^autout ftoeit, Co faif anD fane me fra tljat ^p?ett, Cljat tljoto na Dap Dane fo? to meit,
C^itlj me in all tljp l|)fe; 3In (^oD0 beljalf 31 cljavge tlje Jeft, Cljat tljoto fiuaik in mg Dart na feiv, T5ot pasJ tljp toa^ anD Do na Deir,
Co negtljei; man no? togfe.
122 jFirft 31 fonjnte tfje to ^anft ^atle, 05e aivifcl) king anD Cineene of Jfavie,
to tlje Ctinitie to tatfe,
duljill tljoto tfje twitlj fjaue taull:
OB 2
PHILOTVS.
'Be ClwfianD Ijitf 0poflillej5 ttoell,
of Jt)eutn and
aulD &anft Cafiian ijuu fell, ipetet and be Ipaull,
123 'Be a^atljetu, fl^atb, be Luife and 31ofine, 15e LetDe, ^>tij: an& acljetone, 15e ijelliff&e furtejs euene one,
£Xuljair Ipluto ijj tlje CUat tt)0tp Depart anD Do na \uonDrr, T5e lirbtnf ng, qu^irle toinD, Daple noj tfjun&et, Ctjat bead no? boDie get na blunder,
Ijavmt quljcu tljoiu gat^ Ijcnr r .
1 24 Ctj^oto potuer 31 cljarge tlje of t^e IPatp, CDotu nepttjec gime,gotol,gloiume,noi gaip, Li?fee anbet fai&ell, like tjnfell 3ip, L j> kc Dftle noi aicifr ijc OElfe: JL^ke fy\it Dragon full of fett, Lgfee mattoolf ,Lpon,T5ull no? IBeit, l?ot pa0 3ovu Ijcnrc ad tljotu rome ijrir,
1 25 Emily. <$utie-man quljat metne ic or ijt bot dulja [jess >oto put in fib ane milder (gtifc t 15efoit 31 neuev untievftuDr,
Ct)e f onnr of 3ou i roniuiing: Flavius. 31 charge tbe ?tt a$ of befof t, Pass ijenr e anD ttoubill in c no mot v, Ctototo tljouj to D?avu me ouir tljc fr oil,
JTal0 feinD tuitlj tlji> alluving.
126 Emily. (^uDe-man qu^at mifletijJ all 3tf ?e toat cumbieD tottlj tDe cotDtss, 3e at 31 tDtnb l^fee 31oljnr of ILofti*, ane out of ijis mpuDe:
Flavius.
PHILOTVS.
Flavius. 3(n <$od$ fceDalfe 31 tlje fcefeic&e, ^mpcfrljr me not uritlj tuoad \m fpeicge,
o <^od 31 me beteic&e, JFta t|ie and al tfi^ fegnde.
1 27 Plefant. it)a jja,ija 6a,fja fja>6a Ija, Clje fetnti tefaue tlje lar^tei:0 a, IXuljilk 10 tlie tupfefi of U0 ttoa»
ot
jr lemit fUiII,be0 tljoto not tint tDp frill, Cljat tafetjs tDa? topfe to lie ane DetH, Cljoto i0 fav uatnefl 3! toait tuetll,
3 • 128 Flavius. 31 rfjatge tfje ?it a?5 31 fiaue ellii5,
T5e Humitoaiss anti IBe ftueit ^anft ^teuin Ganit to t&e tieid,
and 6e 15eiD,
lie
129
OBe ^aljomeit tlie Curfeifclj IBt Julian anD ^anft OBlousi nod, TBr 15evnard and be IB^Or: 15e a@ic6aell tDat tDe Dragon Dang, IBr (^abaiell and Jitf auld fang, ^5e Eaptiaell in t^meof t&iang,
EoO,
3oEmily.^ lnif,31 tfjinfe it uetie Ipfee, to? JL fidge
PHILOTVS.
C. u I) at i0 tlje mater tijat ->t mtntt dutjatgarritf ?oto bjai&.-'qiiljaii; tjaue?e dutjat nilli0 ?oto joj>.;quljat tjaue ^c fener* Co rage toittj fib unreil/
131 Flavius. Cluljat Ijaue 31 fene fal<5 Ijound of 31 trotoit quijrn 3j bid toitlj tlje null, Cljoto toad vtrljt OBmilic tljp fell,
JT3ot ane incarnate Deuill: 13ot J virljtnoiutuitlj nu» atoin (2Bine> Bicljt <2Binilie Ijaut mar^it feint, §a tljoto mon be ane §>p?eit tmcleine,
Lo:D faif me fra tijj> euilL
T5euettetu of tlje Dalte (^fjaift, C>epaitt out of mpne DOUJJ in Ijatfi, 3nD ^oD quljaijs potaer and mirljt is maift,
Confetue me fva tijr cummer: <^ang Ijence to IDell o? to fte JFatie, KLlitlj me tljoui ma;) na langet tarie, JFo? qutjp.^31 ttoeiv t&e be ^anft S^atie,
Ct)ou'0 benane of m^ nttmmet*
1 33Philerno.(^at tofc fje tljiis tioujj f o? it gtotoss
((ait
DuffaanD 31 Oaue fo^ to Debait,
>oto a Iptill of r ftait, IBefoit toee go to bed:
am ?oung and
riiiage kene,and ?e bot cauld, Clje ane mon to tlje DtDev faulD, 3 f aitlj befoit toe fcljed*
134 Philotus, 3^e toil not foi tfte maifltie ^[Jc mon gtie better and toe tft^ue, (fttgue, Philerno. j(5a be m£ faull toe'ijs toit belpue, £Xu^a gettf tlje upper Ijano:
PHILOTVS.
3(ndeid tljoto fall beic mee a benell, jFo£ toitlj mj> J!3eiue0 31 fall t&e nauell , 3uld ruftuonc Carle tafe tljaii- a veuell, Cljan do as 31 command,
1 35 Philotus. 3| fie It nttnmto to cnffite t&e man, 31le end t&e jrtap tljat tljota ftegan, Cijat uifto?ie tljotu ncncv tuan ,
Cljat fall be borljt fa Dm: 5>a meme,tnetde (Smilfe, Cafe ^e tfie maiftne all fo? me, JFo? 31 fall at ?our fiiDDing be,
3nt» fla^ me not,3| ftuext*
1 36 PlefantOHel rlappit buvd quljan lull ^e feitTe auld futll, t^e feind refaue tljt mtflTe, ^e ttoiuit to get ane butd of blifle, Co fjaue ane of t^ic a^aggieS: Ctntiat tljinfe ^e noto.'' fjoto tjs tlje rare, ^e'ill all doit,allace,allace> gtace and ^onout on t&at face, IXuoti Eobein to
i37Philerno. Cljan ijecljt in fjaift tfjaitfoit tljat §>all uadte at mp bidding boto, (tljoto duljat euet 31 do t&oto fall allotu,
8$g fanfie to fulfill: ^a gang 31 out, fa mm 3 in, ^)a gif 31 iuaifl, fa gif 3f toin , duDat euet 31 do maft ^e na din,
'Botlet me tuitb nt|>
138 CJjou mag not fpeit tlie rau0,$ dnljen tljat 31 lift not twit& ^oto Ig, CUijjat 3| t^e bid,and tlioto den#, Witt mill not tueill ague:
PHILOTVS.
Ctuljen tfjat 31 vM& turtb to tepait &peir not the ru mpanir ,no: q u ijaiv : Content tii i> felf a nD ma k na mam 3f man tDp maifler be*
139 Philotus. 31 am content quljrn (f Ijoto Cone, ail till olir i> that ->c intone,
CDat ?e commanD it man be Done
CDait us nane utljrr butt: Philerno. Ciuljat ijj f pur p?j>ce Damefall fair.'' Ciu^at tak ?e foj a nicbtu lairr' Huir. v fall a Croun upon me fpaiv,
15ot quljom toitlj fall 31 Do itt
140 PhUerno. 3[le get a man,ljaue lieit a Ctoun, 15ot be toeill Orange quljen ?e l£ Doun,
nj?ce and gar tljc iLarbair lotane,
Huir. CDe ?oungeft JLasJ in all tljijs Citie, ^all b^De na matr requeifi no? treitte, 3Ile rvj> a0 3I toar fmirt f 02 pitie, Ciuljen 31 am frit!) Dim laiD,
141 EmUy. j|3ouj fen mp pufband jjejJ Done fa "But rauis foi to put me ijim fra,
31 toill unto nu> f atljcv ga,
05efoir IjijJ feit to falD: JFatljer fa far 31 DiD offenD, Cljat 31 mar not mp 11110 amenD, 9nD am ouir pert fog to pietenD
3oitr Dor ijtrv to be ralD,
142 Alberto. Lament notjet tyat matet be, C^^ faltig ar buriet all vuitij me* IBettoirt tljj? ^uf faanD nouj anD tljee,
31?5 onie neto Debait.''
Emily.
s
?fc
25r
PHILOTVS.
Emily. 31 fenato of naiu, fcot Ijee indeid, i])ej& put mee fra ljim,qufjat teinetd.' and lu ill na matt: fik f ofiedtf f rid, JJ)e fapis of mgne efiait?
143 Alberto, Ciuljat t$ tlje matet tljat ?e metne againfl all oj&ouv f laii* anO rlcine,
%cl)iit game >ottv tu;pfe tljat ljc0 not btnr ,
^it f|?ue fcapetf in ^our aucljt: 3(i5 tljte ane plefant goDlte l^fe, Co lie in 6au*ac e,ftutt anti ftrgfe, Cljc feind lualD faine man be ?out tupf e,
Can neuet; fit in faucet,
144 Philotus. ftneto ?e tlje tuentlj glide-man 31 J 3tt; laboui: K fould not alloiu, (ttota iluiie all mp face,be()ald nuj li?otu,
CDat ijs battl) blafe and bla: Alberto. 3[t ma^ toeill fie, 31 *an not tell, Cljat frljo duufi tuitlj tljat matet mcll, Let Ijit mafe anftoet fot git; fell,
Cofiegifitliefa*
145 Docljtei; gaue 31 tlje tljiu command, Cljat tljoiu tljp $)u^liand foiild ganedand, }l)oto dutfl t&otu ^uir,ljim ujit&tfi^ Jand,
IPnt to tlje point of felling.' Emily. Cljat toac grit tu^ang fiv, gif fa bee, TBot Ijee na iDussband ijs to mee, Cyan Ijoto could tuee ttoa difague,
Cljat ncuevljati na nulling.
146 Alberto. 5i5a melling a^ifitij5?tDil ?e tljan Denp tge ^anage of tljat man,
3In face of fjalie S\ivk qulja can, Cfii0 open deid denp?
PHILOTVS.
Emily. Let rrfoun fit umij ?oto p? ru ai 1 1, Con Dmi nc mee not full in t ij r t ai II, Q5f foir tljat ?e bane liaiD nip tai II, CDe treutlj fpne map ?e ttp*
147 J13oto tljitf i«3 ad tljat 31 toalD fap, Ctjat pla wus tube nice atoap, about a Qgonetlj anD a Dap,
Died in a Claviers uiciD: COitt) q uljouif 31 Dane bene run tlill, 3nr ntl) ri (ZBmtlie ap anD q uljill, fDre fato -50iu gine l?lj ilotuss till,
148 %upponing mrr ant DeuiU of !bcll, Witty rrrturll ronjuratiounro fed, DiD mre out ofljig ijouss rrprll,
ane out of ijts mpnde o? mattit,
nirr of Ijis5 ljou.c> fcebattit, 31 ran not tell q u Ijat Ijrjs Ijim f bai'tit, man
149 Alberto. CfjuJ puvpoi<s goflc,appritj3 to me %a tu onD r v npre anD ftcang t to be, Cgat u? r r to lu it tlj r D r 1 1 tir,
JTo? JFlatJiujs man fend: %iv gif >e rould Derlaitttf note, }i)ouj lang tljijj vuoman mass tuitlj anD all tijc manet q ttljrn anD Ijoto,
Wtt VualD virDt glaDlie krnD ,
i5oFlavius. ®a fat aibetto ajj 31 31 fall tljr fiutlj Dnto iciu frljato, Clutien 31 ?ouc Dour &terj$ betotf e 31 fato, 3[offetitf)itguDe4oiU:
arrepttng
1
PHILOTVS.
accepting tfjan tfje paomife maid, Cled Ipfee a TBop but mait abaid, jfta ?oto diflaitfullie fcljo flaid, and come mj>ne Doug ttntilL
151 CtuDait 31 &it feetptt as mp to^fe, Ctet, luifit anfc cDeteid ytt fo^ l|?f e, dujittl eftev-tuavti fell out ane fl^fe,
Cjjiv matets all amang: JFo? plalnlte in tlje Etrfe 31 fat»> C&tj5 man became ^out ^>one in lata, 3( diO tljaitfoit petf^tlj? fenato,
^ Cmilie toa0 to?ang»
152 and tDat Come ^p^eit Jit fcDaip Bad tane ^)en (ZEmiUesJ tjjait toass Sot ane,
31 tjaitfof t to tljat (^tiaift Ijaue gane,
Confuting Dit m# fell: 0nti fva m^ Ijou0 erpellit Dit to, Cljiss tooman feirnis f oj to be fc&o, ^enf^ne 31 Dad na matt ado,
mitlj tjjat f al0 f eind of !J>ell.
153 Philotus. jRoto JFlauiu^s, 31 tuaitticBt toeil ^>en ane of tftem man be a IDeill,
&&$ maiglit face mafes mee to feill,
C&at mjwe man be tfie fame: JFo? qujgr' tic^t Cmilie is ?outi0, and tjiat incatnate DenillijS outte, 31 gat, ?e ana^ fie bemp clouti0,
a Deill tmto m^ Dame*
i54Philerno. |{)eit 3( am cum to ted JFo? 31 am neptljet Deill noa £2J^fe, 15ot am ane ?oung man be mp Igfe, , and ?out ait*
PHILOTVS.
£\uljomc 3t fo? <$milie Daif tanr. 0nD ui a I D not fii.s let nice allane, Cniiili ->r fato 11 uijat gait it is gane,
31 can tr 1 1 ->oiu na mail.
155 Philotus. 0 man,allace,anD Ijavmifap, <£ljat tpitlj nip onlp iDorljtr u lap,
^pnr Dang IH'P fc IKquljat fall 31 tw-
£Df tljitf tfnDappic rljanrr.' ! )au r 31 not maid a briTir block , Ctjat [jcj$ fo| 31ntnie matpit Jock .' C])at ntotoit HIP Docket fo: a mock ,
CDc Dcuill be at tljc Dance,
156 3llace,31 am foi mtt fcftamit,
Co be tijus in uu> cilD Defamit, 03 1» H?ocljtcv i?5 not to be blaiu it ,
JFo? 31 DaD all tDe to^te: HuID mm ijj riupfc uaiunis5,3i petfaif, Cljc tupfcft VuiU in tootuing vat f , 31 fo? nip labout tuitlj tDc laif,
^m Dtiuin to tijiz
157 Alberto. <$uDe gofle^out tu^aitft to pacific ^en tljat tljaii* map na better bee,
31 am content nip ^o one tijat Dee, ^all in itl) ?ou v Docljteu 03ane:
Philemo. 3| am content toitti Ijatt anD tuill,
CljtjJ e^atiage f atljet to fulfill,
Clnljat neiDijS ^IjilotujJ to tljink ill, O: fit l)i£ taeitD to \uavie.
158 Flavius.1Be fcolicfe JFlauiuss anD faine, Co get tljp OBmilie againe
Co Deme mp DOUJ, \uas3 31 not toaine, Cfjat tijouj Dad bene a Qyitit t
JSotu
PHILOTVS.
fen J am fted fta tljat frit, 3nD uaine illufioun DiD appett,
mp datltng and m# deit, fucfcet anti m# toeit,
159 <$ude fitfisQiiljat is tljait matt; ado, 3lih ^outlj pi0 lufe Dess gotten lo, !Letu0 tDairfoti; go qnicfelie to,
3nD matte tuitl) our mattt'0: JLet ug fouve lufevjs novu tejo^fe, 3flb ane fo^ to injo^ tjf is rljopfe, meitev matrlje no? ane of tljofe,
1 60 let ^0 all foute noto iuttlj ane fang> 2Bitlj navtlj and meloote amang, ^tuegloitto (Sod tljatln tljitft^ang,
5>ejs bene all ouv relief: CBat Ije0 fta tlj?alDome fet Ui5 frte, 0nD ()e0 130 placttin fife degvie, 3!lk ane ai$ i)ee tuald iu ifr lj to te, glaionejj fo? Ijtss gmf.
Ane fang of the foure Lufearis.
WERE Jacobs ^onejx matt fogfull fo^ to fe, Cfje toaltnngtoatoes Etng Ipljataoid SDtfl Jifrael matt glaiD in ija vt to tie (cof ound from all fett,befotr in bondage bound.'' €tufjen<£od tDebjoc Ijt ftp f ([Bgtpttangtound, medetnoitxiee, altent Di0 dettie/
1 62 ft&aggteitet glaidnetf intlje land of (Steice duljen 3l30on come ftom Colcfjog Same agane ^ ^nd ronquetft gad ttyt famous golden JFleitf, (£& Witty (about lang,ujitij pettell and toitty pane.'
.
PHILOTVS.
(Tljr JFatljer jEzon tojau not Ijalf (a faine, Co fie l)i£ %one returning Uriel) fib gloir,
3ou>f f ,quljaio m imdi0 at fati0fyit,and moir.
163 £>if onie joy into tlji<3 Caitlj bclatu, 0? tuarldlie plefour vcput be perfyte,
gutter Colace fall ?e to nice flja\u , till in joy ^ouv DaitijJ all ijaid Delytef Co l) an r 3ou v L u ff and luft ic L aDic q n Ijptc, J n q u ij oiu c 5c map I ai tlj nt rljt anD Day re joy fe : 3|n quijom eie may ?out plefnre0 all repofe.
i64ilett)tf tljattfoi^fm euin ajs toetoalti tpifle,
Brripjorklie luitlj If ill anD mutual I luff, 30 fleitanD in tlje j?lude0 of joy and blifle, C^itlj folace fing and foa-oinco all remufe, Let us tljf f rnftejj of pjcfent plefour p?nf e, 3ln rr r ompeure of all our former pane, mifrrie,quljairin toee Did remane*
Philotus.
1 65.15ot noto atiucrt gude fyctljciin all about, CDat of my labour ijrss tlje furr c0 feine: 3e tljat ijeo bard tlji0 ijaill difcourfe tl) jotuout, a^ay knaiu ijoiu far tlja 1 31 abufit ijatte bene, 31 grant indeid tljair in ill na man me meine, JFo? 3f "iy Telf am autljour of my greif , Cl)at by my calling fould be rary it rleine, Witty 3outfilie toyi0 unto fa griet m ifrljeif.
1 66 <&if 31 |jad Uieyit my grauitieand age, 1R em ember it al0 my firlt and auncient fait, 31 ijad not fotomit in fik tmkyndlie rage, jfo? to difgr are mine ijonour and efiait, €luljat Ijad 31 borljt bot to my felf debait, ^uppoi0 tlje mater ijad rum tijan a0 31 meinit:
JI3ay
PHILOTVS.
J13ap nip repentance is not ftalf fa lait,
0S 3 &a& fitotin tlje t&ing quljaitfoit 3 greinit,
167 jf 03 tljocljt mg folie DiD tlje Ho^D offenD, ni)» gnDe ®oD ijes Ui?orljt all foi Ujr bed: tljt<5 tebuik ijc^ tijatvf oiv- to me fenO, fik inojDiaatc Doings to Deteft, Clnljilk ftueit tefeutb 3 tecbin tuit^ tlie teff, jFroni fatljevlte affeftion to jj^oc etD,
I^ltepafliouns poflTeff, lettne be nu> ejcamptli to tak
1 68 ^en age t&airfoit fulti gouetmt be fe fbill Let rountenance accord tot tji ^ont gta^ IjatcijJ ^e aundents all,let tefonn tetoll ?out; twill, ^ubDeto ^onv fenfis till eft fjeto tbtr fnatns, (Sif ?e tuald not Incomb^eD be toitfj taivis, 'Beniatflet: oner^onr atotn affefttontf fjaill: jFot ^ailillie tlje ptaife is onl^ tljaiusJ, Ctjat may againft ft k paulonsj p^enaill,
The Mefsinger.
1 69 (5uDe u'ts,noto Dane ^e Ijatti and fene tfif 35 OntDO^tljie of ^oni; auDience 3 grant, (ferfe 9Jnfo?mallie letontin uulgartietfe, Df taailltt out tooaDjS and leimtt leiD bot ffeant
3 tuait toill neuet fo? mp tnDeness vufe mee: ^it m^ guDe-totll fo? to fnpplie t^e toant, 3 Dope fall of ?ont; ronttefies ewnfe mee«
1 70 jfot paffing toeil 3 6a«e implo^it m^ pants §>toa tljat ?e ran be tmtlj tlje fame content: jFo? Deto tegaitD gnDe acceptionns gained, anD parties pleifit Dots mab tlje tpme toel fpet <^tf <£oD IjaD gvetter leirning to mee lent,
PHILOTVS.
31 fulD fiaue ft Ijatoin tlje fame to ato gufce toil!: flftlpte ignorance tljat 3 &id not inuent,
anr fn-fr tljat uu rljt ->ou u fantafietf fulfill.
171 Laflfiu5,noU) Irtuss pjaiumtlj ane acco?&, foi to p : r frm r the petfoun of out King: Accounting a# t|jte gift a0 of tl>e Lo^D, 3ne pgufcent Prince aboue ufii fot to ting. Cljan gloitto <£>o& and pgapfis* lettotf fing, Clje Jf at&et, %one anD Ijalie <$aifl put gpde, Of hiss nietcicss ttf to conduct and bang, Co IjXu in fot ap,in plefouiess to abj>De.
FINIS.
"TT7HAT if a day or a month or a zeere ^ *^ Crown thy defire with a thoufend wifched contentingsf Can not the chance of ane nicht or ane houre, Crofle thy delightes with a thowfand fad tormentings ? Fortune,honour,bewtie,zouth are but bloflbmes dying Wanton plefoures,dotting loue are but ihadowes flying: All our joyes are but toyes idle thoughtes deceauing, None hes power of an houre in thair lyues bereauing.
Earth's but a point of the World,and a man Is but a poynt of the Earths compared centure. Shall than the poynt of a poynt be fo vaine As to delight in a fillie poynts aventure? All is hazard that wee haue^iere is nothing byding: Dayesof pleafures ar but ftremes throgh fair medowes gly- Well or wo tyme dois go,in tyme is no returning, (ding
Secreete fates guydes our ftates, both in mirth and murning.
The Printer of this prefent Treatife hes (according to the Kings Majefties licence grantit to him) printit findrie vther delectabill Dtfcourfes vnderaamit, fie as are, Sir Dauid Lyn- deiayis play, The Preiftis of Pebles with merie Tailes, The Freiris of Berwick, and Bilbo.
VARIOUS READINGS IN THE EDITION OF 1612.
IN collating the two early editions of this Play, the following appear to be the principal variations ; the words of the edition of 1603 being first quoted, followed by the corresponding words of the edition of 1612.
The TITLE PAGE of Hart's edition has an Arabesque ornament at the top, with a shield in the centre, charged with the figure of a Heart interlaced with the letter A ;
LINE 1. <Ane'— <A;'
2. ' Treatise,' — ' Comedie ;'
5. < Fallis,'— « fall ;'
8. « Velis,' — ' voles ;'
Andrew Hart's device, with A, H. below it, in place of Charteris' ; and the imprint, « EDINBURGH, Printed hy Andro Hart, and are to he Solde at his Buith, on the North-side of the gate, a litle beneath the Crosse, ANNO DOM. 1612."
On the reverse of the Title — THE ARGUMENT. Philotus, an olde rich man, is ena- morued with the loue of Emilia, daughter to Alberto, who being refused, imployeth a Macrell or Pandrous to allure her thereto, but all in vain ; afterward he dealeth with her father, Alberto, who being blinded with the man's wealth, vseth first faire words, aad thereafter threatnings to perswade her thereto ; the mayde still refuseth. In the mean time, Flavius, a young man, enters in conference with the Mayde, and obtain- eth her consent, who, being disguised, conveyeth herselfe away priuilie with the said Flavius. Her father and Philotus searches for her in the house. Philerno, the Maydes brother, laitlie arryued out of other countries (being verie lyke her) is mistaken by her
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father and Philotus, to be Emilia, who takes the person of his sister vpon him : and after diuerse throat nings of his father, consenteth to marrie Philotus : and so Philo tus committeth Philerno to the custodie of his daughter, Brisilla, vntill the mariage should be accomplished. Pbilerno faines himselfe to Brisilla, to be transformed in a man, and so maketh himselfe familiar with her. Thereafter, Philerno is maried to Philotus, who, fearing to be discovered, maketh a brawling that same night with Phi- lotus, and abuselh him vyllie, and to colour the mater the better, agreeth with a whore to go to bed with Philotus. Flavius seeing the supposed Emilia to bee maried to Philotus, imagines the right Emilia to be a deuill, and, after many conjurations, expelleth her his house, she returneth to her father, Alberto, acknowledging her mis behaviour, and lamenting her case. Flavius being sent for, perceiuing how he had mistaken Emilia, reuealeth the whole trueth, and so taketh her home agane to his wife, and Philerno Brisilla. In the end Philotus bewaileth his follie for pursuing so vnequall a match, warning all men to beware, by bis example.
LINE 1. ' Interlocutors,' « Speakers.' — 13. « Huir,' < Whore.'
TITLE, 1. 1. « Ane,' « A ;'
1. 2. « Treatise,' < Comedie.'
St. ii. v. 4. « man,' ' must ;' 7. « dow,' « doue.' This word is sometimes printed dow in the edition of 1612, and sometimes altered to doue. The same remark will apply to man and must ; gar and make, &c.
St. in. v. 2. « Ise,' « He ;' 6. < theirs,' « the rer's.'
St. iv. v. 7. < f ,' « fucke.'
St. x. v. 2. ' Leise me thay,' ' Grace on these.'
6t. xni. v. 1. ' sen,' « sith.'
St. xiv. v. 7. « freine,' ' freind.'
St. xvi. v. 5. ' on,' ' in.'
St. xvin. v. 3. « and,' ' if;' 5. « birnand,' « birning,'
St. xix. v. 1. ' muilles,' ' mooles.'
St. xx. v. 1. « the,' « your ;' 8. < not,' < you.'
St. xxni. v. 1. « is,' « are ;' 5. « with,' < of.'
St. xxviii. v. 2. « cheinzeis,' ' cheinies.'
St. xxix. v. 5. « stufFe,' « stuste.'
St. xxxi. v. 6. « rickillis,' ' heapes.'
St. xxxn. v. 6. « nocht,' < not ;' 7. « neck me not with,' < doe not say me.'
St. xxxin. v. 1. ' rowan,' ' rowdan ;' 6. « thay,' ' these ;' 8. ' thay,' ' these.'
St. xxxiv. v. 3. « and,' < an.'
St. xxxv. v. 7. « heir,' « may.'
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St. xxxvi. v. 6. « filthsum,' ' filthie ;' 8. < sweit,' < weit.'
St. xxxvu. v. 3. ' thir,' ' these.'
St. xxxviu. v. 1. < care,' « cure ;' ' cult,' < coote ;' 7. ' gar,' < make.'
St. XLII. v. 7. < thay,' ' the.'
St. XLVII. v. 8. ' man,' ' must.'
St. XLVIII. v. 5. ' sen,' < sith.'
St. L. v. 1. ' tmmper,' ' strumpet ;' 2. ' was,' ' is ;' 6. < gar,' < make.'
St. LII. v. 2. < off,' < of.'
The lines printed in Roman letters at the end of Stanza LIV. are omitted in the edition of 1612.
The word < FLAVIUS' is inserted, in the edition of 1612, between the running-title and the first verse of Stanza LV.
St. LVI. v. 2. ' toistit,' ' tossed ;' 4. < man,' « must.'
St. LX. v. 3. « clud,' ' cloud ;' 5. « asse,' « ashe ;' 7. « nor,' < then.'
St. LXI. v. 7. « bwillis,' « ballis.'
St. LXV. v. 1. ' Orisoun,' < oration ;' 5. ' nocht,' < no.'
St. LXVIII. v. 3. « word,' ' words.'
St. LXIX. v. 1. < Flavius,' < Fla. ;' 6. ' by,' ' for ;' 7. < na,' ' not.'
St. LXXIV. v. 5. < ane,' < na;' 6. < anis,' ' once.'
St. LXXV. v. 5. « stairt,' ' strait.'
St. LXXVI. v. 7. ' vnkend,' < unknowne.'
St. LXXVII. v. 6. ' sumeuer,' ' soever.'
St. LXXVIII. v. 6. <, as,' ' how.'
St. LXXXIII. v. 6. ' trumpers,' ' strumpets."
St. LXXXIV. v. 4. ' quWlk,' ' whom.'
St. LXXXV. v. 3. < curit,' ' caired ;' 5. ' trumpers,' ' strumpets.'
St. LXXXVII. v. 4. ' feinzeit,' ' fained.'
St. LXXXVIII. v. 3. ' singe,' « signe.'
St. LXXXIX. v. 6. < hand,' ' hands.'
St. xc. v. 8. « sould,' ' shall.'
St. xci. v. 4. ' thir,' ' these ;' 5. < thir,' « these.'
St. xcn. v. 5. ' Alberto,' < Alb.'
St. xcnr. v. 5. « Philerno,' < Phil.'
St. xciv. v. 1. « Philotus,' ' Phi.'
St. xcv. v. 1. < Alberto,' « Alb.'
St. xcvr. v. 1. ' Plesant,' < Pie. ;' 5. ' the,' ' your.'
St. xcvn. v. 2. ' colt-foill,' < colt fool.'
St. xcvm. v. 8. ' all devoir,' < indeuoure.'
St. xcix. v. 5. « Philerno,' ' Phil.'
St. cvi, v. 1. « Brisilla,' « Bri.'
St. cxi. v. 1. « Plesant,' ' Pie.'
St. cxi i. y. 1. ' bethink,' ' methink ,-* 2. « than,' ' els.'
St. cxiu. y. 1. ' blisful,' ' blessed;' 4. « to adheir,' < for to heare.'
St. cxiv. r. 4. « gar,' « make.'
St. cxv. y. 1. « Brisilla,' < Bri.'
St. cxvn. v. 3. dele « that.'
St. cxx. v. 3. « a,' « in.'
St. cxxi. y. 2. < sane,' < keepe ;' « that,' < thee.'
St. cxxn. y. 4. « taull,' ' tauld ;' 7. ' Tastian,' « Austian.'
St. cxxv. y. 1. « Emily,' < E. ;' 5. < Flaying,' « Fla.'
St. cxxvi. v. 1 . « Emily,' ' E.1
St. cxxx. v. 1. « Emily,' ' Emi.'
St. cxxxi. y. I. « Flavius,' ' Fla.'
St. cxxxin. v. 1. ' Philerno,' « Philer. ;' « gar wsche,' ' cause ush.'
St. cxxxiv. v. 1 . < Philotus,' « Philot. ;' 3. < Philerno,' « Philer.'
St. cxxxv. v. 1. « Philotus,' « Phi.'
St. cxxxvi. y. 1. « Plesant,' « Pie. ;' 6. « all doit,' « do it all.' St. cxxxvn. y. 1. ' Philerno,' « Philer.'
St. cxxxix. v. 1. « Philotus,' < Philo. ;' 5. < Philerno,' ' Philer.'
St. CXL. y. 1. ' Philerno,' < Philer. ;' 5. • Huir,' < Whore.'
St. CTLI. v. 1. « Emily,' ' Em.'
St. CXLII. v. 1. « Alberto,' « Alber. ;' 5. « Emily,' « Em.'
St. CXLIII. y. 5. ' Alberto,' « Alb. ;' 6. « barrace,' ' barrtite ;' 7. ' feind,' * feiud.'
St. CXLIV. v. 1. « Philotus,' < Philo. ;' 5. « Alberto,' « Alb.'
St. CXLV. v. 3. « huir,' « whore.'
St. CXLVI. v. 8. ' syne,' « then.'
St. CLII. v. 1. « some,' « her,' ' hir,' « some ;' 3. ' haue,' < hes.'
St. CLIII. v. 1. « Philotus,' « Philot.'
St. CLIV. v. 1. « Philerno,' ' Philer.'
St. CLV. y. 1. ' Philotus,' ' Philo. ;' 4. « chance,' < chauce.'
St. CLVI. v. 5. « is,' ' are.'
St. CLVII. v. 1. < Alberto,' < Alb. ;' 5. < Philerno,' « Philer. ;' 8. ' his,' • this.'
St. CLVII i. v. 1. « Flavius,' ' Fla.'
St. CLXIV. v. 3. < fleitand,' « fleiting.'
St. CLXVIII. y. 7. ' hailillie,' ' wholie all.'
St. CLXIX. y. 1. « and sene this ferse,' ' vs here reherse ;' 4. ' leid bot,' ' language.'
St. CLXX. r. 3. ' acceptiouns gaines,' « acceptance doth gaine ;' 8. < Ane ferse,' ' And search.'
St. CLXXI. r. 1. ' Last, sirs, now let vs pray with ane accord,' < Last, let vs pray to God with ane accord;' 4. ' ring,' < reigne.'
The poem, printed at the end of the play in the edition of 1603, is omitted in the edition of 1612.
APPENDIX;
CONTAINING
BARNABY RICH'S TALE
OF
PHYLOTUS AND EMELIA.
OF
PHYLOTUS AND EMELIA.
[THE ARGUMENT OF THE VIII HISTORIE.
^ Philotus, an old and auncient Citizen of Rome, fatteth in love with Emelia, a yong and beautifull virgin the Daughter of Alberto, who knowing the wonderfull wealth of Phylotus, would have forced his daughter to have married him ; but in the ende was pretelie deceiued by Phylerno, the bro ther of Emelia, who married with Phylotus in his sisters stead, and other prety actions that fell out by the waye.
IT hath many times bin had in question, and yet could neuer be decided from whence this passion of extreame loue doth proceed, whose furie is such where it once taketh possession, that (as they say) loue is without law, so it maketh -the Pacientes to be as utterly void of reason, but in my opinion the selfe same thing, which is many times shadowed under the title of loue, may more properly be termed, and called by the name of lust, but be it loue, or be it lust, the difference is nothing so much as the humour that feedes it, is wonderfull strange, and hath no maner of certainty in it, excepting this, it is without pareiality, for commonly when it driueth us to effect, it is done with out any maner of respect, for some time it maketh us to linger after our friends, sometimes to languish after our foes, yea, betweene whom there hath bin had mortall hostility : the sonne hath bin scene to fall in loue with the wife of his Father, the Father againe in like manner with the wife of his sonne, the King hath bin attached with the poore and needie begger, the poore againe in lyk- ing with those of high degree, yea and though there haue bin many which
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haue] seen their owne errour, and there withall haue confessed their abuse, yet thei haue not bin able to refraine themselues, from prosecuting their follie to the ende, and all be it, reason proffereth us sondrie sufficient causes, why we ought to refraine the appetite of our own desires, yet fancie then is he that striketh suche a stroke, that reasons rules can naught at all preuaile, and like as those whom loue hath once intangled, the more thei striue the far ther thei bee tied, so it is vnpossible that loue should be constrained, where affection breedes not likyng, nor fancy is not fed, but where these two hath once ioyned in election, all other affects be so dimme and blinded, that euery vice seemeth to vs a vertue, whereof springeth this Prouerbe, In loue there is no lacke, so that in deede to saie the truth, if there be any pietie to be imputed to this ragyng loue, it is in that it is not parciall, nor hath it any respect of persons, but bee thei frendes, be thei foes, be thei riche, be thei poore, be thei young, be thei olde, bee thei wise, bee thei foolishe, loue is still indifferent, and respecteth all a like : but if any man will thinke that in respect of beautie, wee esteeme not all the rest : I am able to saie it is not true, consideryng how many haue forsaken the better likyng, and haue chosen the worse, so that for my parte the more I consider of it, the more I am amazed, and therefore will beate [my braines no more about it, but leave it to the credit of such as have bin louers themselves, whose skil in the matter I preferre before mine owne, and will come to my Historic of Phy- lotus, who being an aged man, fell in loue with a yong maiden, farre unfit ting to his yeares, and followeth in this sort.
In the gallant citty of Naples, there was remaining a young man, called by the name of Alberto. This Alberto beeing married not fully out a yeere, his wife was deliuered of a Sonne whom he named Phylerno, and upon diuers considerations, minding to chaunge his habitation, he prepared himselfe to goe dwell at Rome, and first taking order for his sonne Phylerno, who for the tendernesse of his age he left still in Naples at nurse, himselfe, his wife, with all the reste of his household came to Rome, where he had not long remained,] but his wife was likewise deliuered of a daughter, whom he called by the name of Emelia, who as she grewe in yeares, she likewise proued to bee
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very beautifull and faire, and amongst a greate nomber of others, there was dwellyng in Rome an auncient Citizen, whose name was Phylotus, a man very orderly in yeares, and wonderfully aboundyng in goodes, this Phylotus hauing many tymes taken the viewe of Emelia, beganne to growe very sore in loue with her, or rather I maie saie in his olde yeares beganne to doate after this young maiden, for it can not bee properly called loue in these olde men, whose dotage if it were not more then outragious, either their greate discretion would represse it, either their many yeares would mortifie it. But Phylotus in the ende desired Emelia of her father in the waie of Mariage, Alberto accordyng to the custome of Parentes, that desires to marrie their daughters, more for goods, then for good will betweene the parties, more for lucre then for loue, more for liuing then for learning, more for wealth then for wit, more for honour then for honestie, and so thei maie haue great store of money thei neuer consider farther of the man: Alberto in like maner knowyng the wealth wherewith Phylotus was indued, who had neuer a childe but one onely Daughter, whose name was Brisilla, gaue his full con sent, without any farther consideration of the inequalitie [of the yeares that was betweene Phylotus and his daughter : he neuer remembred what strifes, what iarres, what debates, what discontentment, what counterfaiting, what dissembling, what louring, what loathing, what neuer liking, is euer hac^ where there is such differences betweene the married, for perfect loue can neuer be without equalitie, and better were a married couple to continue without liuing, then without loue : and what are the occasions that make so many women to stray from their husbands, but when they be married to such as they cannot like of : but surely if women did throughly consider how dangerous it is for them to dealev with these olde youthes, I thinke they would be better aduised in medling with them, for besides that they be unwildie, lothsome, (and, sir, reuerence of you,) very unlouely for you to lye by, so they be] commonly inspired with the spirite of Jelousie, and then thei will looke to you so narrowly, and mewe you vp so closely, that you will wishe a thousande tymes the Priest had bin hanged that maried you, but then to late.
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But to retourne to our Historic : Alberto respectyng more the wealth of Phylotus, then the likyng of his daughter, gaue his consent to take hym for his sonne in lawe, and told Emelia how he had disposed on her : Emelia seyng what an olde babie her father had chosen to be her housebande, moste humbly desired hym to giue her leaue to choose for her self, whereat her father being very angrie, beganne sharply to rate her, saiyng : And arte thou then so muche wedded to thine owne will, that thou skornest to be de- rected by me thy louyng father, or thinkest thou that thy wisedome doeth so farre surmount my wit, that thou canst better prouide for thy self, then I whiche so carefully haue hetherto brought thee vp, or doeth the tender loue or the chargeable cost whiche I haue bestowed on thee, deserue no bet ter recompence, then to despise those that I would haue thee to like of.
Emelia fallyng doune of her knees before her father saied : Moste deare and louyng father, moste humbly I beseech you, for the affection whiche by nature you beare me, not to think me so gracelesse a childe, that I would goe about to contrarie you, or stubbornly would refuse what soeuer you would think conuenient for my behoofe, and although you shall finde in me suche duetie as is meete for a daughter, and al obedience that is fit for a childe, yet sir consider the harte whiche can not bee compelled, neither by feare,' neither by force, nor is not otherwise to be lured, then onely by fancies free consent, and as you haue bestowed on me this fraile and transi- torie life, so my bodie shall be at your disposition as it shal please you to appoint it, and will conclude with this humble petition, desiryng you not to bestowe me of any that is not agreeable to my fancie and good likyng.
Well (quoth her father) then see you frame your liking to like well of my likyng. I haue promised you to Phylotus in mariage, and Phylotus is he that shall be your housband, and looke you goe not aboute to contende against that I haue determined, if you doe, neuer accompt me for father nor freende, and thus he departed.
Emelia hearyng this cruell conclusion of her father, was wonderfully abashed, and beeyng by her self in her Chamber, she beganne to consider of
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her fathers wordes, and for feare to incurre any farther displeasure, she deused how she might frame her self to the likyng of her louer, and with a yong womans minde, she first beganne to consider of his wealth, of his call- yng, of the reuerence wherewith he was vsed in the Citie, and that likewise in beyng his wife, she should also bee had in estimation, and bee preferred before other women of meaner credite, and to desire superioritie, it is com monly euery womans sicknesse, and therefore this could not choose but please her very well : then she remembered how commodious it were to marrie one so wealthie as Phylotus, whereby she should not neede to beate her braines aboute the practising of housewiferie, but should haue seruauntes at com- maundment to supplie that tourne, this likewise pleased her very well, but be cause she would well perswade her self, she beganne to coniecture how she should spende the tyme to her contentment, and therefore she beganne to thinke what a pleasure it was to bee well furnished with sondrie sutes of ap- parell, that in the mornyng when she should rise, she might call for what she list to put on, accordyng as the tyme and the fasshion did require, and her fancie serued best, for thus Phylotus was well able to keepe his wife, and this pleased her likewise very well, & then when she were vp, she might breake her fast with a cuppe of Malmsie, or Muskadine next her harte. It was very good for ill Ayres in a mornyng, and this she thought was but an easie matter, and likewise pleased her very well : when she had broken her fast, then she might stirre about the house, and looke to this, and see to that, and where she found any thyng amis, not to touche it with her owne fingers, for marryng the beautie of her hande, but to call for Cicelie, lone, or Gate, and to chide them like Sluttes, that thei could not spie a fault but when thei must be tolde : this likewise pleased her very well, then to haue prouided for Dinner some iuncketts, that serued best her appetite, her housbade had good store of coine, and how could it bee better spente, then vpon themselues : to make their fare the better, this likewise pleased her verie well, now when she had dined, then she might goe seeke out her examplers, and to peruse whiche woorke would doe beste in a Ruffe, whiche in a Gorget, whiche in a
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Sleeue, whiche in a Quaife, whiche in a Caule, whiche in a Handkercheef, what Lace would doe beste to edge it, what seame, what stitche, what cut, what gard, and to sit her doune, and take it forthe by little and little : and thus with her Nedle to passe the after noone, with deuising of thinges for her owne weary ng, this likewise pleased her passyng well : Then to prouide for Supper some shift of diet, and sondrie sauces, the better to help the sto- macke, Oranges, Lemos, Oliues, Caphers, Salades of sondrie sortes, alas a Croune will goe a greate waie in suche trifles. This likewise pleased her verie well, whe she had supped, to vse some exercise, accordyng to the cea- son : if it were in Sommer, to goe walke with her neighbours to take the aire, or in her Gardein to take the verdure of sweete and pleasaunt flower, this likewise pleased her verie well, when she was come in, and readie to goe to her Chamber, a Cup of cold Sacke to bedward, is verie good for digestion, and no coste to speake of, where suche abondaunce doeth remaine, and this likewise pleased her verie well.
But now although she had deuised, to passe the daie tyme with suche conten- tation, when she remembred at Night, she must goe to bed to bee lubber leapt : and with what cold courtesie she should be entertained by her graie hedded bedfelowe, what frosen embracementes he was able to bestowe of her, all was marde, and quite dashte out of remembraunce, and all the commodities before spoken of, that she should receiue in the tyme of the daie, would not serue to counteruaile that one incommoditie, in the season of the Night : Like as wee saie, one vice spilles a greate nomber of vertues. Thus Emelia was now to seeke, and could in nowise frame her self to loue Philotus : but when she had flattered her self with a thousande delightes, that she should receiue in the daie time by his wealth, when she remembred bedde tyme, she was as newe to beginne as before. Wherefore she remained in great per- plexitie, thinkyng her happe to bee ouer hard, and the comforte verie bare, where the beste choice had suche assuraunce of doubtfull ende. For to Marrie after her Fathers mynde, she knewe would breede her lothed life : and to gainsaie what he had determined, would likewise loose her fathers
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likyng, that she wiste not for her life whereon to resolue, and thus from dale to daie, as she continued in this doubt ; there happened to hit into her com- panie a yong Romaine gentleman, whose name was Flanius, who sodainly fell in Loue with Emelia, and takyng the tyme whilest his oportunitie serued, he let Emelia to vnderstande, of the greate loue he bare her. Eme lia, accordyng to the custome of women, made the matter verie coie at the firste, although in her harte she wer right glad, cosideryng her case how it stood. Flanius was so muche the more importunate vppon her, and with suche nice termes as woers be accustomed : He so Courted, and followed Emelia, that she perceiuyng his feruente affection, tolde hym a verie short circumstaunce, how her father had disposed her, to one that she could not like of, and therfore, if he would firste promise to take her as his wife, and that he could finde suche meanes, to conueigh her from her Fathers house in secrete sorte (for otherwise she was sure her Father would bee a let to hinder their purpose) she was contented to harken to his speeche, and yeeld to his demaunde. Flanius the gladdest man in the world, to heare these ioyfull newes, sware vnto her, that all should bee accomplished, and that with as muche speede as her self would desire.
There was no more to conclude of the, but how she might be conueighed from out her fathers house. Flanius deuised that late in an Euenyng, or in the Night tyme when euery one were quiete in their beddes, if she could finde the meanes to gette forthe of doores, then he would be readie to receiue her. But that could not be, for bothe her Father and Mather neuer failed, to bee at home in the Euenynges, and at Nightes she was lodged in her Fa thers Chambers, that it was impossible for her to gett forthe. So that there was no remedie, but that the feate must bee wrought in some after Noone, when bothe her Father and Mother vsed to bee abroade, about their busi- nesse : And then she knewe not how to come forthe alone, because she had not been accustomed so to dooe, and to followe a straunger, it would breede the greater suspition.
But Flanius to auoide all these surmises, deuised the nexte euenyng to
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conueigh her in at some backe windowe of her fathers house, a sute of mannes apparell : wherin the next daie in the after noone, her father & mother be- yng abroad, she should shift herself, and so come her waies vnknowne of any, to suche a place : where he himself would be ready awaiting for her, and so conueigh her home to his owne house. This deuise Emelia liked passyng well, and accordyng as it was appoincted, the next euening Flanius co- ueighed this sute of apparell in at the windowe, where Emelia was ready to receiue it, and laiyng it vp in safetie, til the next daie in the after noone, her father and her mother beyng bothe forthe of dores, she quickly shifted her self, into this manes apparell, and thus forth of dores she goes to her ap pointed place, where Flanius was staiyng, who accordyng to promise, con- ueighed her home to his owne house.
This matter was not so closely handeled by Emelia, but she was espied by one of her Fathers seruauntes, who beeyng on the backside through a Win dowe, sawe her how she was stripping of her self, and marked how she put on the mannes apparell, whereat the yong fellowe had greate meruaile, and stoode still beholdyng to see what would fall out in the ende. But whe he sawe her goe forthe a dores, he hastened after into the streate : But Emelia was so sodainly gone, that for his life he wist not whiche waies to seeke after her, wherfore in a woderfull haste, he came to his Maister, whom he founde in the Citee, in the companie of Philotus, saiyng : Oh sir, I haue verie euill newes to tell you, what is the matter (q. his maister) is any thyng a misse at home : Yea sir (q. the seruaunte) your daughter Emelia is euen now depart ed into the citee, in the habite of a man : But whiche waies she wente, I could not for my life deuise, for after she gat once forthe of the place where she shifter her, I could neuer more set eye of her.
Is Emelia gone (quoth her louer Philotus) Oh God, what euill newes bee these that I heare : And without any further staie, bothe the Father and the Louer, gat them out at the doores together, and aboute the streates thei runne like a couple of madde men.
Now it fell out, that Philerno the Sonne of Alberto, and Brother to
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Emelia, whom you haue heard before, was lefte at Naples, beeyng an Infante, and had remained there till this tyme at Schoole, and at this verie instaunte was come from Naples to Rome, to visite his Father and Mother, of whom he had no maner of knowledge, otherwise then by their names. And it for tuned that Alberto and Philotus, happened to meete with Philerno in the streates, who was so like his sister Emelia, that bothe Alberto and Philotus, assured themselues, that it could bee no other but she. Wherefore Alberto commyng to hym, saied : staie, staie, moste shamelesse and vngracious Girle, doest thou thinke that by thy disguising of thy self, in this maner, thou canst escape vnknowne to me, who am thy Father, Ah vile strumpet that thou art : what punishement is sufficient for the filthinesse of thy facte : And with this he seemed, as though he would haue fline vpon her in the streate, to haue beate her : but Philotus thruste in betweene them, and desired his neighbour to staie hymself, and then imbracyng Philerno in his armes, he saied : Ah Emelia my sweete and louing wenche, how canste thou so vn- kindelie forsake thy Philotus, whose tender loue towardes thee is suche, that as I will not let to make thee soueraigne of my self, so thou shalt be Dame and Mistresse of all that euer I haue, assuryng thee, that thou shalt neuer want for Golde, Gemmes, Jewelles, suche as bee fit and conuenient for thy degree.
Philerno seeyng a couple of old dotyng foole thus clusteryng aboute hym, not knowyng what thei were : had thought at the first, thei had been out of their wittes, but in the ende by their woordes, perceiuyng a farther circum stance in the matter, he deuised some thyng for his owne disporte, to feede them a little with their owne follie, saied : Pardon me I beseeche you this my greeuous offence, wherein I knowe I haue too farre straied from the limites and boundes of modestie, protestyng hereafter so to gouerne my self, that there shall bee no sufficient cause, whereby to accuse me of suche vn- maidenlike partes, and will euer remaine with suche duetie and obediece, as I trust shall not deserue but to be liked duryng life.
Philotus hauyng heard this pitifull reconciliation, made by his Emelia,
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verie gently entreated her father, in her behalf, well (q. her father) seeyng you will needes haue me to forgiue this her leudnesse, at your requeste I am contented to pardon her, and then speakyng to Philerno, he saied :
How saie you houswife, is your stomacke yet come doune, are you con tented to take Philotus for your Housebande, yea my good Father (q. Phi lerno) and that with all my harte, Oh happie newes (q. Philotus) and here u it hal 1 he began to sette his cappe on the one side, and to turne up his mus- chatoes, and fell to wipyng of his mouthe, as though he would haue falne a kissyng of her by and by in the streates, but reraebryng hym self where he was, he brought Alberto with Philerno, into a freendes house, that was of his familiare acquaintaunce, and there the Marriage betweene theim was throughlie concluded, and all parties seemyng to giue their full consentes. Philotus desired his father in Lawe, that he might haue the custodie of Emelia, swearing by his old honestie, that he would not otherwise vse her, then his owne Daughter Brisilla, vntill the daie of his Nuptials, and then to vse her as his wife : to which request Alberto seemed verie willynglie to giue consent : but then because Philotus would not carrie his beloued, through the streates in her mannes apparell, he desired his Father in Lawe to goe home, and sende some sute of her apparell, wherwith to shift her, before he would Carrie her to his owne house. Alberto seyng matters so throughly concluded, toke his leaue of theim bothe, and goyng his waies home, he caused all his Daughters apparell to be looked together, and to bee sent to the place where Philotus was remaining with Philerno, who taking forthe suche as should serue the tourne for that present, Philerno so well as he could arraied hymself, in one of his sisters sutes of apparell, and thus de parted with Philotus to his owne house, where Philotus callyng his daugh ter Brisilla, he saied vnto her, beholde here the partie, whom I haue chosen to bee your Mother, chargyng you of my blessyng, that you honour, reue- rence, and obeie her, and with all diligence that you be attendaunt vpon her, and readie at an ynche to prouide her of any thing, that she shall either want or call for. And you my deare and louyng Emelia, I dooe here ordaine and
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appoincte you to bee Mistresse of this house, and of all that is in it, desiryng you to accepte of this my Daughter, to doe you seruice in the daie time, and in the night to vouchsafe her for your bedfellowe, vntill our daie of Marriage bee prefixed, and then my self will supplie the rome. Philerno seyng the excellent beautie of Brisilla, was nothyng sorie to haue suche a bedfellowe, but thought euery hower a daie, till night was come, whiche beyng approched, to bedde thei went, where Philerno did not thinke it his readiest waie to giue any sodaine attempte, but therefore he brake into this discourse followyng.
My Brisilla, were it not but that wee bee founde parciall in the causes of our frendes, but especially where the causes doe touche our parentes, our iudgementes be so blinded by affection, that we can neither see, nor well con- fesse a manifest truth : but if matters might be considered on, without re spect of persones with indifference, and accordyng to the truthe and equitie of the cause : I durst then put my self in your arbitremente my Brisilla, and to abide your sentence, whereto I doubte not, but you would confesse the preiudice I sustaine, it is muche intolerable, and almoste impossible, for a yong maide to endure, and the rather, if you would measure my condition, by your owne estate, who beeyng as you see, a yong maiden like your self, and should be thus constrained by my freendes, to the mariyng of your fa ther, whom I doe confesse to bee worthie of a better wife then my self. But consideryng the inequalitie of our yeres, I cannot for my life, frame my self to loue him, and yet I am forced against my will to Marrie hym, and am appointed to be your mother : that am more meete to be your copanion and plaie fellowe. But that affiaunce whiche I haue concerned in your good Nature, hath made me thus boldly to speake unto you, desiryng but to heare your opinion with indifferencie, whether you thinke I haue good cause to c5plain or naie : and then peraduenture I will sale farther vnto you, in a matter that doeth concerne your owne behoofe.
Brisilla hearyng this pitifull complaint, verie sorrowfull in her behalfe, saied : would to God I were as well able to minister releef vnto your dig-
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tresse, accordyng to your owne contentment, as I am hartely sorie to con sider your greef, and do well perceiue the iuste occasion you haue to com- plaine.
Ah my Brisilla, saied Philerno, I am as hartely sorie in your behalf, and peraduenture doe vnderstande somethyng, whiche your self dooe not yet knowe of, whiche will greeue you verie sore. But first Brisilla, let me aske you this question, dooe you knowe my father, or naie.
No sure (quoth Brisilla) I haue no maner of knowledge of hym, neither did I knowe, whether you had any father aliue, or naie, but now by your owne reporte, and as straunge it was to me, to heare the wordes, whiche my Fa ther vsed to me this daie, when he brought you home, for that I neuer vn- deretoode before, that he went about a wife.
Philerno was verie glad to heare these newes, because it serued so muche the better for his purpose : and therefore saied as followeth.
This tale that I minde to tell you (my Brisilla) will seeme more straunge then all the reste, and yet' assure your self, it is nothyng so straunge as true, and therefore giue eare to that I mynde to saie : Doe you not thinke it verie straunge in deede, that the one of vs should bee made bothe mother and daughter to the other, and that our fathers, whiche be now so diescrepit and olde, should bee so ouer haled, with the furie of their fonde and vnbridel- ed affections, that to seme their owne appetites, thei force not with what clogges of care, thei comber vs that be their louyng daughters, but haue con cluded betwene them selues a crosse Marriage, and so in deede it maie well be tearmed, that will fall out so ouerthwarte to our behoofes, who beyng now in our yong and tender yeres, and should bothe of vs bee made the dearlynges of twoo old men, that seekes to preferre their owne lust, before their childrens loue, and measure their fierie flames of youth, by the ded coles of age, as though thei were able with their cold and rare imbracementes, to delaie the forces of the fleshe, whose flames doeth excede in these our grene and tender yeres, and as muche possible for vs to cotinue in likyng, as flowers are seen to agree with Froste, but in plaine tearmes (my Brisilla)
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and to discipher a verie trothe, it is contracted betweene our aged parentes, that your father (as you see) should first take me to his wife, whiche wed- dyng beyng once performed, then my Father in like maner, should chalenge you, accordyng as it is concluded betweene them.
Alas (q. Brisilla) these newes bee straunge indeede, and it should seem by your woordes so fullie resoiued on, that there is no hope of redresse to be had in the matter.
None in the worlde (q. Philerno) but thus betweene ourselues, the one of vs to comfort the other.
A colde comforte (q. Brisilla) wee shall finde in that, but oh pitilesse parentes, that will preferre your own pleasures with your childrens paine : your owne likyng, with your childrens loathyng : your owne gaine, with your childrens greefe : your owne sporte, with your childrens spoile : your owne delight, with your childrens despight. O how muche more happie had it been, that we had neuer been borne.
Alas my Brisilla (q. Philerno) tormente not your self with suche ex- treame anguishe, for if that would haue serued for redresse, the matter had been remedied, and that long sithence : But I would to God my Brisilla, that I were a man for your only sake, and hauing so good leisure, as thus beyng together by our selves, we should so handle the matter, that our fa thers should seeke newe wiues.
Alas (q. Brisilla) suche wishes are but waste, and vnpossible it is, that any suche thing should happen.
Impossible (quoth Philerno) naie surely Brisilla, there is nothing impos sible, but I haue knowne as greate matters as these haue been wrought : Doe we not read that the Goddesse Venus, transformed an luorie Image, to a liuely and perfect woman, at the onelie request of Pygmalion. Diana likewise conuerted Acteon to a Harte. Narcissus for his pride was turned to a flower. Archane to a Spider, with a greate number of others haue bin transformed, some into Beastes, some into Foules, and some into Fishes,
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but amongst the rest of the miracles that haue bin wrought by the Goddesse, this storie falleth out moste meete and fittyng to our purpose.
There was sometime remainyng in the Countrey of Phestos a maried couple, the housbande called by the name of Lictus, the wife Telethusa, who beyng with childe, was willed by her housbande so sone as she should be deliuered, if it were not a lad, that the childe should presently be slaine, his wife beyng deliuered at her appointed tyme, brought forthe a girle, and yet notwithstandyng her housbandes commaundement, brought vp the childe, makyng her housebande beleeve it was a boye, and called it by the name of Iphis, and thus as it grew in yeares, was apparelled like a lad, and beeyng after by his father assured to a wife called by the name of lanthe, a young Maiden, and the daughter of one Telest dwellyng in Dictis, Telethusa the mother of Iphis, fearyng her deceipt would bee knowne, deferred of the Mar riage daie so long as she could, sometymes fainyng tokens of ill successe, sometimes faining sicknesse, sometymes one thyng, sometymes an other, but when all her shift es were driuen to an ende, and the Manage daie at hande, Telethusa comming to the Temple of the Goddesse Isis, with her heire scat tered aboute her eares, where before the Aulter of Isis, she made her humble supplications, and the gentle Goddesse hauing compassion, transformed Iphis to a man.
Loe here Brisilla, as greate a matter brought to passe as any wee haue spoken of yet, and the Goddesse bee of as greate force and might in these daies, as euer thei were in times past, we want but the same zeale and faith to demaunde it, and sure in my opinion, if either of vs made our request to the Goddes, who commonly bee still assistant to helpe distressed wightes, thei would neuer refuse to graunt our reasonable requestes, and I will ad- uenture on it my self, and that without any farther circumstaunce.
And here with all he seemed, with many piteous sighes, throwyng vp his handes to the heauens, to mumble forth many woordes in secrete, as though he had beene in some greate contemplation, and sodainly, without any maner of stirryng either of hande or foote, did lye still as it had been a thyng im-
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mouable, whereat Brisilla beganne for to muse, and in the end spake to hym, but Phylerno made no maner of aunswere, but seemed as though he had bin in some traunce, wherewith Brisilla began to call and with her arme to shake him, and Phylerno giuyng a piteous sigh, as though he had bin awaked sodainly out of some dreame, saied, O blessed Goddesse Venus, I yeeld thee humble thankes, that hast not despised to graunt my request ; and then speakyng to Brisilla, he saied : and now my Brisilla be of good comforte, for the same Goddesse whiche haue not disdained to heare my supplication, will likewise be assistaunt to further our farther pretences, as hereafter at our better leisure we shall consider of, in the meane tyme re- ceiue thy louyng freende, that to daie was appoincted to bee thy fathers wife, but now consecrated by the Goddesse to be thy louyng housbande ; and here withall imbrasyng Brisilla in his armes, she perceiued in deede that Emelia was perfectly metamorphosed, which contented her very well, thinkyng her self a thrise happie woman to light of suche a bedfellowe : thus bothe of them the one pleased very well with the other, thei passed the tyme, till Phylotus had prepared and made all thinges readie for his Mariage daie, and then callyng his frendes and neighbours about him, to the Churche thei goe together, where Alberto gaue Phylerno his sonne, in the steede of his daughter Emelia to Phylotus for his wife : when all the rest of the Mariage rites that are to bee doen in the Churche were performed, thei passed forthe the daie with feastyng and great mirthe vntill it was night. When the companie beganne to breake vp, and euery one to take his leaue, and Phy lotus with his bride were brought into their Chamber, where Phylerno de- siryng the companie to auoyde, and makyng fast the doore he saied to Phy lotus, there resteth yet a matter to bee decided betweene you and me, and seyng we bee here together by our selues, and that tyme and place doeth fall out so fit, I hold it for the best that it be presently determined.
What is the matter then (q. Phylotus) speake boldly my Emelia, and if there be any thyng that hanges in dispence betweene vs, I trust it shall easely bee brought to a good agreement.
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I praie God it male (q. Phylerno) and to reuealc the matter in breefe and shorte circumstaunce, it is this. You are now my housebande, and I your lawfull wife, and for that I dooe knowe the difference in our yeares, your self beyng so old and I very yong, it must needes fall out there wil be as greate deuereitie in our conditions ; for age is commonly giuen to bee fro- warde, testie, and ouerthwart : youth againe to be frolique, pleasaunt, and merrie, and so likewise in all our other conditions wee shall bee founde so contrary and disagreyng, that it will be impossible for vs to like the one of the others doinges, for when I shall seeme to followe my owne humour, then it will fall out to your discontentment. And you againe to followe that diet whiche your age doeth constraine, will be most lothsome vnto me, then you beyng my housbande will thinke to commaunde me, and I must be obedient to your will, but I beyng your wife will thinke scorne to be controlde, and wil dispose of my self according to my owne liking, and then what braules and brabbles will fall out, it were to muche to be rehearsed, and thus we shall Hue neither of vs bothe in quiet, nor neither of vs bothe contented, and therefore for the auoidyng of these inconueniences, I haue deuised this waie, that beyng thus together by our selues, we will trie by the eares whiche of vs shall bee maister and haue authoritie to commaunde : if the victory hap pen on your side, I am contented for euer after to frame my self to your or- dinaunce and will as it shall please you to appoinct : if otherwise the con quest happen on my side, I will triumph like a Uictor, and will looke to beare suche a swaie, that I will not be contraried in any thing, what so euer it shall please me to commaunde.
Phylotus knowyng not what to make of these speeches, and thinkyng the tyme very long, till he had taken his first fruites, saied : Come, come my Emelia let vs goe to bed, where I doubt not but we shall so well agree, that these matters wil easely be taken vp, without any controuersie, suche as you haue spoken of.
Neuer while I liue (q. Phylerno) before I knowe whereon to resolue ; and whether you shall rest at my commaundement, or I at yours.
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Why (q. Phylotus) doe you speake in earnest, or would you looke to commaunde me that am your housbande, to whom you ought to vse all due- tie and obedience.
Then were I in good case (q. Phylerno) that should be tied to vse duetie or obedience to a man of your yeares, that would not let to prescribe vs rules of your owne dotage, to be obserued in steede of domesticall disci pline.
Then I perceiue (q. Phylotus) wee shall haue somethyng adoe with you hereafter, that will vse me with these tearmes the very first night. But see you make no more to dooe, but come on your waies to bed.
And I perceiue (quoth Phylerno) the longer that I beare with you, the more foole I shall finde you ; and with this vp with his fiste and gaue Phy lotus a sure wheritte on the eare. Phylotus, in a great rage, flies againe to Phylerno : there was between them souse for souse, and boxe for boxe, that it was harde to Judge who should haue the victorie. In the ende Phylerno gettes Phylotus faste by the graie bearde, and by plaine force pulles him doune on the flower, and so be pomels hym aboute the face, that he was like . to haue been strangled with his owne bloud, which gushed out of his nose and mouth. Wherefore, holdynge vp his handes, he cried, Oh Emelia, I yeeld my self vanquished and ouercome ; for Gods sake holde thy handes, and I will neuer more contende with thee during life.
Phylerno, staiyng hymself, saied : Art thou contented then to yeeld me the conquest, and hereafter this according as thou hast saied : neuermore to striue with me, neuer to gainsaie any thyng, what soeuer it shall please me to commaunde.
Neuer while I Hue (q. Phylotus) and therefore for Gods sake let me arise, and chalenge to your self what superioritie you please, whiche for me shall neuer be denaied so long as I shall Hue.
Well (q. Phylerno) but before I will let you arise, I will haue you promise me to confirme these conditions, whiche folowe in this maner. First, that at my pleasure, I male goe abroade with my freendes, to make merrie
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so often as I list, whither I list, and with whom I list. And neither at my goyng forthe, to be demaunded whither I will, ne at my returne to bee asked where I have been. I will farther haue you condescende to this, that foras- muche as I haue learned, that it is not onely very vntothsome, but likewise very vnwholesome, for youth and age to lye sokyng together in one bedde, I will therefore make no bedfellowe of you, but at my owne pleasure. And in maner as followeth, that is to saie : this first yere I shall be contented to bestowe one night in a moneth to doe you pleasure, if I maie see you wor- thie of it, or that you bee able to deserue it : but the first yere beyng once expired, fower tymes a yeere maie very well suffice, that is one night a quar ter, as it shall please myself to appoinct. There be many other matters whiche I will not now stande to repeate, but these before rehearsed, bee the principall thynges wherein I wil not be controlde, but meane to follow myne owne liking : How saie you Phylotus, can you bee contented to frame your self herein, to followe my direction.
Alas (quoth Phylotus) I see no other shift, I must perforce endeuour my self paciently to abide what soeuerit shall please you to commaunde, and doe yeeld myself as recreant, and ouercome, and wholy doe put my self to your fauour and mercie, readie to receiue what soeuer it shall please you to awarde vnto me.*
Phylerno, letting hym now arise, saied : prepare your self then to goe to your bedde, and anon, at myhe owne leasure, I will come vnto you ; and de- parte againe at myne owne pleasure, when I shall see tyme.
Phylotus, comforting hymself with these sweete speeches, did thinke it yet to be some part of amendes, that she had promised to come and visite hym : went quietly to his bedde, there to abide the good hower till Emelia did come.
Phylerno, hauyng prepared one of these marcenarie women (whereof there are greate store in Rome to bee had) conueighed her to the bedd of Phylo tus, giuyng her enstructions how to vse her selfe : and went hymself to his best beloued Brisilla, whom he had made priuie to his whole deuise ; and in
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this maner it was agreed betweene them, thei had thought to haue dieted Phylotus once a moneth with some cast stuffe, suche as thei could hire best cheape in the Toune.
But it fell out that Flanius, whom you haue heard before, had stolne awaie Einelia, beyng at the Churche the same daie that Phylotus was maried, and sawe Alberto giue his daughter Emelia to Phylotus for his wife : had thought assuredly that hymself had been deceiued by some Deuill or spirite, that had taken vpon hym the likenesse of Emelia. And, therefore, hastyng hymself home with all possible speede, came to Emelia, and blessing him self, he saied: I charge thee in the name of the liuyng GOD, that thou tell me what thou art, and that thou presently departe to the place from whence thou earnest. And I conjure thee in the name of the Holie Trini- tie, by our blessed Ladie the Virgine Marie, by Aungels and Archaungels Patriarkes and Prophetes, by the Apostles, and fower Euangelistes, Mat- thewe, Marke, Luke and Jhon, by al the holie Martyres and Confessours, and the rest of the rable and blessed route of Heauen, that thou quietly de parte without any maner of preiudice, either to man, woman, or childe, either to any maner of beast that is vppon the face of the earth, the Foules of the ayre, or the Fishes of the Sea, and without any maner of Tempest, Storme, Whirle winde, Thunder or Lightnyng, and that thou take no maner of shape, that rnaie seeme either terrible or fearfull vnto me.
Emelia hearyng these wordes, merueilyng muche what thei ment, with a smilyng countenaunce came towardes Flanius, saiyng : Why how now, Seig nior Flanius, what doe you thinke me to be some Deuill, or any Hagge of Hell, that you fall so to Coniuryng and blessyng of your self?
I charge thee come no nere (quoth Flanius) stand backe, for these intice- mentes can no longer abuse me, when I haue seen with myne eyes, my be- loued Emelia, maried in the Churche, and giuen by Alberto her Father, to Phylotus for his wife, what should I thinke of thee but to be some Feend, or sent vnto me by some Inchauntment or Witchcraft ; and therefore I will no longer neither of thy companie, neither of thy conference: And here withall
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takyng Emelia by the shoulders, he thrust her forthe of doores, and shut- tyng the doore after her: He gat hym to his Chamber, where he fell to his praiere, thinkyng assuredly that Emelia had been some spirite.
But Emelia, after she had a three or fower daies made what meanes she could to Flanius, and sawe it was in vaine, was driuen to goe to her Father, before whom fallyng vppon her knees, she desired hym moste humbly to for- giue her.
Alberto takyng her vp in his armes saied: that he knewe nothyng where in she had offended hym, but her suite might easily be graunted.
Deare father (quoth Emelia) I know I haue offended, and so farr as my fact deserueth, rather to be punished than pitied : the remembraunce where of is so lothsome vnto me, that I feare to call you by the name of father, hauing shewed my self so vnworthie a daughter. These wordes she pro nounced with such sorrowe, that the teares streamed doune her cheekes ; wherewith Alberto, moued with natural affection, said : Deare child, I knowe no suche offence that ought to bee so greeuously taken ; but speake boldly, whatsoeuer it be, I freely forgiue it.
Emelia very well comforted with these speeches, beganne to discourse how she first disguised herself in Page's apparell, and what greef it was to her conscience, that she should so farr straie from the duetie and obedience of a child, and to become a fugitiue in a man's apparell. But her father not sufleryng her further to proceede in her tale, saied : Alas, deare daughter if this bee the matter, it is long agoe sithe I haue bothe forgiuen and for gotten these causes : and therefore let these thynges neuer trouble you. But tell me nowe how doe you lik of your bedfellowe ? how agree you with hym, or he with you, I would be glad to knowe ?
Alas deare father (quoth Emelia) that is the matter that I come to you, he hath turned me awaie, and wil no longer take me for his wife, and what is the cause that hath moued hym vnto it I protest before God I knowe not for my life.
Hath he turned thee awaie (q. Alberto) my self wil quickly find a re-
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medie for that matter, and without any more to do, (would not tary so much as while his goune was a brushing) but out of doores he goes towards Phy- lotus, whom by chaunce he met withall in the Streates, and in a greate chafe begins to chalenge hym for abusyng of his daughter, swearyng that he would make all Rome to speake of his abuse, if he ment to proceede in that he had begunne.
Phylotus, wonderyng to see the man in suche an agonie, beganne to wishe that he had neuer seene hym nor his daughter neither, and that if any bodie haue cause to complaine it is I (quoth Phylotus) that haue maried such a wife, that is more like to a deuill then a woman ; and I perceiue now is maintained in her mischiefe by you that are her father, who ought rather to rebuke her then so to take her part, and to incourage her in her leudenesse.
What incouragment is this you speake of (q. Alberto) I knowe not what you meane by these wordes ; but assure your self of this, that as I wil not maintaine my child in any thing that is euill, so I will not see her take a manifest wrong.
Doe you thinke this to be good then (quoth Phylotus) that your daugh ter should bestowe suche hansell on her housband as she hath alreadie be stowed vpon me, and then pointyng to his face, he saied : See here your daughter's handie woorke, how thinke you, is this requisite to be borne with all, that you stande so muche in your daughter's defence ?
Alberto seeyng his face all swolne, and the skinne scratched of, perceiued that Phylotus was at a fraie, and had good cause to complaine : And wonderyng that his daughter was so sodainly become a shrewe, saied : If this bee my daughter's handie woorke, I can neither beare withall, neither will I allowe it in her, so to vse her housebande. And therefore I praie you, lette me heare the matter debated betweene you ; and I doubt not, but to take suche order, as there shall no more any suche rule happen betweene you.
I am contented you shall debate what you will (q. Phylotus) so it maie be doen with quietnesse, but I will neuer more contende with her for
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the maisterie while I Hue, she hath alredie wonne it, I am contented she shall weare it.
I praie you then (quoth Alberto) that you wil goe home to your owne house, and I will goe fetche my daughter, and will come vnto you straight waie, and I doubt not but to take suche order betweene you as shall fall out to bothe your likinges.
I praie God you maie (q. Phylotus) and I will goe home, and there will staie your commyng.
Alberto likewise went to his owne house, and callyng Emelia, saied neuer a woorde to her, but willed her to followe hym : and commyng to the house of Phylotus, whom he founde within tariyng his commyng. And it fortuned at the same instante, Philerno and Brisilla bothe were gone into the Toune to buye certaine thynges that thei had neede of. And Alberto beginnyng first to rebuke his Daughter, that would seme in suche maner to abuse her housebande, and with a long discourse he preached vnto her, with what due- tie and obedience, women ought to vse their housebandes withall, and not to take vpon them like Maisters, to correcte and chastise theim, Emelia de- naied not onelie the facte, but also she denaied Phylotus to be her house bande.
What haue wee here to dooe (quoth the Father) how canst thou (shame- lesse queane) denaie that, whiche within these fower dales was performed in the face of the whole worlde ?
Emelia standyng stiffe to her tackelyng: would in nowise confesse that euer she was married.
Then her Father beganne to charge her with her owne woordes, whiche she had vsed to him before, how she had disguised her self in mannes ap- parell, and so stolne awaie forthe of doores, the which Emelia neuer de nied. Why then (quoth her father) did not I meete thee in the streates, and at the requeste of thy housebande here presente, did forgiue thee thy faulte, to whom I then deliuered thee, and with whom thou haste euer sith- ence remained.
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Emelia made flat deniall of any of all these saiynges to bee true. Alberto in a greate furie, would haue taken witnesse of Philotus in the matter, but Philotus fearyng an other banket at night, when he should goe to bedde, durste not in any wise seeme to contrarie Emelia : In the ende after greate fendyng and prouyng had in the matter, Emelia from poinct to poincte dis coursed to her Father, how she firste fell into the likyng of Flanius, and by his practise so conueighed her self awaie in his Pages apparell, and had with hym remained all this while, till now he had tourned her awaie.
Her father would in nowise allow this tale to be true, but Flanius beeyng well knowne to bee a courteous Gentleman, Alberto deuised to sende for hym, who presently at his gentle intreatie, came to the house of Philotus, where he spared not to confesse a truth, that onely for the loue that he bare to Emelia, he deuised to steale her awaie : and there came one vnto him in the likenesse of Emelia, and in the same apparell that he had prouided for her, whom he verie charely kept, vntill suche tyme as he sawe with his owne eyes, that Emelia was married in the Churche to Philotus, and then assur- yng hym self, that he had been deceiued by some Spirite, that had taken vppon the similitude and likenesse of Emelia, he presently came home, and tourned her awaie, and what was become of her, he could neuer learne.
Alberto muche amazed to heare this tale, saied : Seignior Flanius doe you knowe your Emelia again, if you see her, and then, poinctyng to his daugh ter, he saied: Is not this the same Emelia that you speake of, whiche you haue tourned awaie.
I knowe not (q. Flanius) the one from the other; but sure I sawe with myne eyes twoo Emelias so like, that the one of them of force must needes bee the Deuill.
There is no question (q. Philotus) but that is my wife, if there bee euer a Deuill of them bothe, I knowe it is she : Out alas that euer I was borne, what shall I now dooe, I knowe I haue married the Deuill.
And by fortune as Alberto chaunced to looke forthe of the windowe, he espied Philerno and Brisilla in the Streate commyng homewardes. Peace
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(q. Alberto) here commeth the other Emelia, wee shall now trie, whiche of them is the Deuill (I thinke) before we departe.
By this Philerno was come in, and hearyng how matters had been de bated, and were falne out : againe, knowing Alberto to be his Father, and what preiudice his sister Emelia was like to sustaine, if she should be forsaken by her freende and louer Flanius, confessed the whole matter, humblie de- siryng his Father to forgiue hym.
When he had a while wondered at the circumstaunce, and the truthe of
euery thyng laied open, and come to light, all parties were well pleased and
contented, sauyng Philotus, for when he remembred, first the losse of his
loue Emelia, then how Philerno had beaten hym, what a bedfellowe he had
prouided hym, while he hym self went and laie with his daughter ; these
thinges put all together, made hym in suche a chafe, that he was like to
runne out of his wittes. But when he had regarded a good while, and sawe
how little helpe it did preuaile hym, he was contented in the ende that his
daughter Brisilla, should Marrie with Philerno, and Flanius verie ioy-
fully receiued againe his Emelia (when he knewe she was no
Deuill,) and bothe the Marriages consummate in one daie.
And so I praie God giue them ioye, and euery old do-
tarde so good successe as had Philotus.
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