PRINTED FOR THE MALONE SOCIETY BY
CHARLES WHITTINGHAM & CO.
AT THE CHISWICK
PRESS
FIDELE AND FORTUNIO
THE TWO ITALIAN
GENTLEMEN
V
THE MALONE SOCIETY
REPRINTS
1909
2-111
This reprint of the Two Italian Gentlemen has been
prepared by Percy Simpson and checked by the General
Editor.
Mar. 1910. W. W. Greg.
IN the Register of the Stationers' Company is found
the following entry :
12 / Novembris/ [1584]
Receaued of him for printinge a booke entituled fedele et fortuna. The Thomas
deceiptes in love Discoursed in a Commedia of ij Italyan gent and trans- Hackett/
lated into Englishe./ vjd/
[Arber's Transcript, II. 437.]
There can be no doubt that this is the play now printed
from the unfortunately imperfect quarto at Chatsworth,
and very little that it is Racket's original edition that
thus survives. In the absence, however, of the title-page,
it is impossible to say how closely the entry followed
the wording of the original : evidently the names were
Fedele and Fortunio, while the words 'Two Italian
Gentlemen* occur both in the head and running titles.
The exact extent of the imperfection cannot now be
determined, but the extant six sheets signed B to G
include the beginning of the text and almost bring
the action to a conclusion at the end, so that it is
highly probable that not more than two half-sheets
A and H are missing. This would give an arrange
ment similar to that of Patient Grissell, a play to which,
in spite of a probable difference in date of fifteen years,
the present bears a close typographical resemblance.
The quarto is printed in an ordinary black letter of a
body resembling modern pica (20 11. = 83 mm.), inter
spersed with roman. For reasons already explained in
the case of Patient Grissell this has been rendered in
the reprint by thin-leaded type of a body one size
smaller.
In the original is inserted a cutting from a sale cata
logue which runs as follows : ' 4642 — The pleasaunt and
fine conceited Comcedie of two Italian Gentlemen, with
the merie devices of Captaine Crack-stone, in black
letter, unique, from Mr. Inglis's collection, imperfect,
green morocco.' This is the entry of the play in the
second part of the Elbliotheca Heberiana^ the lot having
been sold on 25 June 1834, when it fetched £20.
The purchaser was Rodd, and the copy was clearly
that acquired by the sixth Duke of Devonshire. As
stated, Heber's copy had previously belonged to John
Bellingham Inglis, and it is thus entered in his anonym
ous sale-catalogue of * Old Plays/ dated 12 April 1826:
c 140 The pleasaunt and fine conceited Comoedie of Two
Italian Gentlemen, with the merie Devices of Captaine
Crack-stone (wants title and ending) black letter, unique,
circa 1580.' At this sale it was purchased by Thorpe
for £9 1 2s.
There is an allusion to the play by Nashe in Have
with you to Saffron Walden^ where Importune says:
cYet for all he [i.e. Gabriel Harvey] is such a vaine
Basilisco and Captaine Crack-stone in all his actions &
conuersation, & swarmeth in vile Canniball words,
there is some good matter in his booke against thee '
(1596, sig. QiJ).
The piece is adapted from an Italian play by Luigi
Pasqualigo entitled IlFedele, of which another and closer
version is found in Abraham Fraunce's Latin comedy,
preserved in manuscript at Penshurst, to which modern
scholars have given the title Victoria.
VI
LIST OF IRREGULAR AND DOUBTFUL READINGS
22. to en
40. Jaunt (Stint?)
76. prima
86. acqaintance,
ioo. longer:
102. ttaj:
107. loouejou,
108. feneto,
no. tmtterg:
117. quick:
122. ofljer
131. fecjoolmaifter.
132. 3munctfom0(?)
137. a deep?
1 66. verfificautes (verfificantes.)
175- ron,(?)
194. Iflooue(?)
211 C.W. flDj) (fflDj)
260. again*
270. prima
tertia,
278. tjouCad — bee,
285. Pamphila,
c.w.
286. A ttilia.
293. feno
314.
328. place,
340. fcefireg:
360. IBatte* (a space before the
stop)
362. inuittble,
c.w. gpu (<TJ?ou)
363. Victoria,
364- «,«
366.
374- tiotom
386. Exeunt
404- fte0flU(?)
405. Porcum.
-gooforumioftibus (?)
406. Fede (Fede-)
447. dcauenire
448. ch*io . . . m'increfce
450. m^amate,
452. in (in-)
457- tOi^&l
473 c-w. toere (dfllere)
503. tiarme:
505. p^ap:
510. Victoria,
542. pOU*
563. Temapttor, (Temptator,?
cf. 1. 629)
571- fi
i.e. sighs)
580. Ijaoue
583 c.w.
588. Dpe:
595- tfjlg (tf damaged)
596. Jim Come, (an accid
ental mark between
the words, resembling
a hyphen)
602. JO, 1)0, JO*
632. victoria
702. Ima (Ima-)
731
735. toll
739. ADio.(?)
755- Seer
756. are
771. meete,
VII
785. fcelttioug,
986. in beetle (?)
786. pe,
Fedele-
787. loue,
988. fee.
789. tieliffljt,
993- tjere,
790. Attlia.
1013. &ir, If
795. &!),
1019. rafcollp
805. Aedipus,
1054. diua (dira?)
808. frame,
1056, 1062. Crack-ft
812, 829, 831, 841. Crack-ft
1057. t't'g
833- fete:
1 06 1, 1070. tC't#
834. Crack-
1092, 1094. pedante.
842 c.w. l^OtD (^t^Oto)
1092. mfftreffe,
846. CJOOfe rather (an accidental
1093. (t,
mark between the words,
1103. pamphila.
resembling a comma)
1104. tyame*
861. mee,
1105 c.w. JJpo (1106. ^j)io)
865. tertia,
1 1 08. motte*
876. mafU:
i ii 2. remoueto*
878. pjooue
1114. 10pUt
c.w. ge(get)
1115. t&nd
OO_ >hc4^^Vl
007. oxDeu*
1117. iflflljieteof
888. greeue*
1124. pamphila.
911. loue*
1138. fm*
917- fttfnB (UttfnB)
1142. t't'#
929. 1Ff0 . . . piaffe too$#
1155- creafee,
930- 1' le (lie)
1159- me,
935- fcetert* (Defart.)
1171. bjefte,
Verg. (Virg.)
1179. tjan&e,
944. Seena
c.w. &0 (^f&O)
955. demonftratiuam,
1183. fceuife,
958. tongnejs
1185. anon,
959- tlPtt
1190. Victoria,
967. flores.
1191. Fortunio,
97°- fo^Ot,
1199. *3Plg
976, 980, 983, 985, 987. pedante.
1200. a fleepe*
977. Fedele,
1201. f But (But)
979- Hue,
1207. cleare,
982. toell,
1208. Victoria,
983. tell,
1223. 'Jt'ig
Vlll
1234- JelU
1247.
1255.
1256. Fortunio,
1258. miffjift
1259. bejin&e,
1268. Caller (Called,
i.e. cauls)
1288. pleafe,
1301. {jeer of
1331. Watchme
1334- atoojtoe,
1340. £C[ ]teft (small hole in
paper)
1393. Crack-ft
1394- a Heepe,
1395- 1'W
1399- afre|atio,(?)
1411. vn (vn-)
1412. Victoria (?) . . . pea?,
1421, 1425, 1431. Crack-ft
1432. CJOfe'te
H47> H5I, 1459- Crack-ft
1468.
1471.
1497. Ufc'te
1505- 1'«
1511. Crack-ftone, (?)
1520. gane*(?)
1528. (leatie
I531- Jeer.
J532- appeace.
1543. Crack-ft
1562. fee,
1563. Victoria
1570. name,
1571. Crack-ft*
1588. Crack-ft
1589. 1'fc
1592. to tone(?)
1593- pournie0
1597. Crack-ft,
1600. Crack-ft'
1624. te,
1629. aitte,
1634. ende,
1635. fceenDe,
1636. tmfcone,
1651. Dotoe,
1653. Crack-ft
1654. ta CD
1663. Cpee&e,
1666. fit? (fit.)
1693. re&eem&e*
1694. a tteepe,
1705
1708. iop?
1726. ^fj5
1729. Crack-ft,
1735- <25enletoomag
1738. bleetie.
1747. ^otm'fte
1750, 1756,1773. Crack-ft
1755- butted
1757- Tee.
1759. im'un'e,
1764. »?(?)
Speakers' names, printed in the margin as runners, are liable to shift
even if originally correct, which was not always so. In the following
cases the name appears half a line, more or less, too high : 11. 79, 392-3,
426, 1076-7, 1539. In others the name appears half a line, more or
less, too low: 11. 286-9, 292~6 (almost a whole line too low), 308-15,
ix b
521-7, 882-900, 9l8-94-6, ^03, "93-9> i3°5-i320> I364-7°> 1442-7°-
To this latter list should be added the cases of the directions at 11. 206
and 452-4, which may be intentional. Minor irregularities are frequent
but are not worth recording.
The word 'Actus* is consistently treated as a feminine. The punc
tuation is often irregular. It has not been noted in the list except where
it is seriously misleading or fails to mark the ends of speeches. It should
be noticed that in the earlier portion in particular a colon is frequently
used where we should expect only a comma. Commas are not in
frequent at the ends of speeches in rapid dialogue, but all cases have
been noted. A typographical peculiarity, which will be seen in the
facsimiles, is the ligatured 0£ and 00. In the case of the tt ligature the
first 0 bears an acute accent. The origin of this peculiar sort, which
appears in a good many English black-letter founts, is not known, but as
it is without present significance it has been disregarded in the reprint.
The margins of the original quarto have been somewhat closely
cropped in binding, with the result that a few of the speakers' names
have been cut into. Where sufficient of a letter remains to enable it to
be readily identified no notice of the mutilation has been taken, where
this is not the case resort has been had to brackets.
N.B. — A small error has crept into the line numbering, where 1319
is misprinted as 1119. Fortunately the misprint is an isolated one.
There are also six cases in which the text of the reprint has been
found to be wrong. The correct readings are as follow :
405. ioftibus: 885. Pamphila[
619. aoiljatg 1047. fceffjjerlp
847. jeelfc, 1428. grained (sic)
LIST OF CHARACTERS
in order of entrance.
FORTUNIO. PAMPHILA, maid to Virginia.
Captain CRACK-STONE. MEDUSA, an enchantress.
PEDANTE, tutor to Fedele. VIRGINIA.
ATTILIA, maid to Victoria. two Watchmen.
FEDELE. SBIRRI, captain of the watch.
VICTORIA. OTTAVIANO, father of Virginia.
The soldiers who enter with Sbirri at 1. 1554 have no part, but are
presumably the same as the watchmen of 11. 1309 and 1331. The
scene is Naples.
The best thanks of the Society are due to His Grace
the Duke of Devonshire, who generously placed the
original at the editor's disposal, as also to Mrs. S. A.
Strong, till recently Librarian at Chatsworth, who was
the first to report the whereabouts of the play, and
kindly negotiated its temporary transfer to the British
Museum.
XI
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*gC;e *2v^; ^ %
SB&p^sas? ^^ssj^^® 3*^K&E
b^ feS^ic fi!& <y» -i V-^' Sfe/.:p^f^> <^*j» ^^^ *g
" ^i^^^M"'^^^^
ie peaaunt ana nnc
conceited Oomoedte of two Italian Gen*
^ with the r/icric dcutfcs of
Captaine Crack-ftone.
AcTusprinia,
Scena prima.
Enter Foitunio and Captain Grack-(tone,Fortunio
ilievving very fad countenance.
T T<£tfmtm'(clofefytoafr^^ Fortunio.
~ SDortf) rob tjtm felfe of Ubcrtie,befi&e* toe Da^li? Snoc,
2Dljat ottier0 councelei toil b? fucli in cucrr tare be blotoem
00 hauc no pototr lot)cn time rrquircs^to fmotlicr all tljct r .
tc ano laD tf)oto fecft ]! am , but tahv tnip Ijart is fo:c: (otonc
Dfcurtcfie content t^ Telfe ano albe me tljat no mo^e* r ,
fl ^eauie in DdeD ana as Ijcauie as lead, ;rra
Cittjrr tt t0fomeof t^efefameb^m^quauer0,o: feme feinueof Uonc*
p:ithfcng that runned in Ins bead. Crr c of a ijapfatni
IDeare pou Raider Fortunio,bf tfje&onoj of a feototer^ bt? tfje glo*
JJ5l? all t^e pclear es ano to^menters, tljat tfjetfe tjanos Ijaue flain^
&to but fcoure rour minde to m^,anD l^uf tp t?our graft
Ctr^cr jle fiaoerou fome eafe.o: f on tyalbe tiangu fo: a tticcf. %
$»ou fenoUic J am a god ftllotDe9not()ing denture nothing i)aue*
3f 3! haO not put mr carras to tje Jibbet,3 Ijao not been tfius b^aur*
fee notu, if rou Venture not to fljetue fome truft^ bodr rour nuntwt
3t lutll be fcerp long ere tftc Better ?ou ftnne*
^tnd fo peradtienture rou fuall nctter be fped: (bed.
J?o: tutj en tlje Cmlte i0 cut of t^e toar^ rou muff goe ftipperlcHe to
Boto findetf) ?je reD:e(Te, tfjat b;eafee* ^tsminde tjnto n ftole^
ijs icarnd, tnfjere foil? fet0 tfje toifcr (b;
Of two Ita&an Gentlemen.
which Fedeletakethvp, andrcadesitatthelamp which bur-
neth in the Temple,
tSI&at mcanetf) fyiM a letter : tooe is met,
OTtjere fljall j reao ifc ligtjt trnfyin tije SCemple a Dm fee,
f SDijis greeting me fljinfces 10 none of tf>e beff : Pedante.
31 tee br tyiz cottntenaunce tje itfces not tye reft.
f ai) cruell SDame t&at can aiffemble fo, Fcdelc.
SEtye peoje Fedele, life tjjou muft ftegoe,
f Mtyat nefoes in t?our letter ^ir, tell mee* PedanttJ.
f Keao it fyv felfe and Ce, Fedcle.
Pedante readeth the Letter
La mia mala fortuna m'h a fatto df auenire cofa che medio fa-
rebbe ch'io non fufsi nata, m'increfce non poter attenderui la
promelsa, ma piu mi duole, che mi fia tolfca la commodita del
vederui, pero (e mf amate, non paflate mai piu di quaa perche
farete caufa della mia rouina.
SCIiis is ff range tjpon ff range, t?our Dape* are out t»o?ne, Pedante in
, , ^1? foztune is fuc^tJiat it Jao been better fin mee '
3 l)aD neuer been bojne,
, , 3 am fo2£ t^it 3 can not ftanft to nt p IDCD:U:
, , 3nD mo;c fo^^at fortune to mee uiill not pur p:cfence aff CD;O*
^ ^ ^iti) 31 am rob'D of sour company to|)ome moftc 3 ocftre:
? j 3ff t?ou lojue mee come no mo^e tl)is toar,
fpr&eefttng my trouble, ano kindling of fier,
Igeer is a 0eeueles aunftoer tuitl) all m^ Ijart,
^ou Ijaue ^o«r erranu &ir, noto tD^en ^ou toil you map aeparte*
^yt cannot bee, but fljat Viaoria Ijatj) an otfjer loue: Fedele.
ifjerfo:e J purpofep^efentlp, jjer p^iuie fleigljts to p:owe*
f ^ou are tlje fearfulleft gentleman tl;at euer 3 fenetoe: Pedante.
ji is impofitble that t^outi be true,
^our olone noubtfulnes tangles pou (till in tftc briers,
SDtD 3 neuer teacl[) )?ou: SCljat a tooman Denies tjjat in fyotoe,
totjiclj m Deeu f^ee aefires,
are all tljofe fjo^rible ofyes taJjicb fo oft ty& Ijatl) ftoo^ne,
3m? lifeeltljo^c tliat fyee tuotilD leaue pou fo,:lo^nef
Remember !;er tearesano ^er pitifull leoftes:
3lf fta !a>i:c rcu not ftill, 31 Dare burne mp bates, •
f J^c r.o, !;cr ottjes anD feares,ano !<Dfces;anD all tijou canft repeat fcdclo,
Cm, turn
<t$The pleafaunt and fine
conceited Comozdie of two Italian Gen-
tkmen^ with the merie deuifes of
Captaine Crack-ftone.
Actus prima. Scena prima.
Enter Fortunio and Captain Crack-ftone, Fortunio
(hewing very fad countenance.
d tfjat Mfclofeti) to a freenti tie fecretg of t)te minde: Fortunio.
SDootlj rob l)im felfe of libertie, bedlieg toe liaplp finde,
tCtiat otfierg councefe toll bp fuct) in euerp tare be blotoen:
&$ 5aue no potoer toljen time required, to fmotfjer all tfjeir
^eaute ano faD tlioVo feeft 31 am, but tofjp mp ^act 10 foje: (otone
€)f curteCe content tfjp Celfe and af fee me rijat no rnoje^
f t^eaufe in Deed and a?? lieauie ag lead, 10 Crack-
(Eit^er it i£ Come of tjefe fame fyemp quauer0, o^ fome fcinlie of ftone.
P^ickfong;t!)atrunne0in5i06eati^ (rpe of a Captain:
^eare pou Q^aifter Fortunio, bp t^e fjono^ of a Soldier, bp tlje g;lo=
IBj all ttje ^oleajegf anti to^menter0, ttiat tfieife Janlig J^tie flain,
2Doo but fcoure pour mintie to mee, and ftttt tip pour peef :
(Eitljer gie fintie pou fome eafe, oj pou fl^albe Jangti foj a t^eef^
gou fenotoe31 am a pot) fellotoe, nothing Venture nothing fiaue,
3f 31 !)^ti not put mp carca0 to t!)e3I ibbet,3| Sad not been t&ugf b^aue^
S>o noto, if pou tenture not to fyetoe fome trulfp botip pour mintie:
3|t toill be foerp long ere tlje Differ pou ffn&e, 20
5lnD fo peraduenture pou Qjall neuer be fpeU: (beti^
jfo^ to5 en tje Coofee i0 out of t$e toap, pou muft goe fupperleCCe to
^ ^oto fintietj ^ ^tJ^eCCe,t5atb^eafee0!)i0 mintie tnto afoole? Fortunio.
flDi to!)at te learnti, Vojere follp fet0 tje toifer fo^te to fcfioole ?
^ Bf. get
A Pleafant Comoedie
get Otl) lie bjaueg it toitl) tje beft, in euerp company:
&nti knoto e0 toj ere euerp gallant loue&auti feegtljeremetip,
3 tofll not (tick to let Jim knotoe tje fecretg of mp Jart:
£nt« make Jim partner of mp pain, anti p^iuie to mp fmart, 28
3DOO POU knotoe Victoria?
Crack- f 3Doonot3 knotoel)er?tDf)attt)ink pee? (tancetoitjjmee?
ftone. #0 tfjougi) ere a proper gentletooman in Naples toere out of quain=
Fortunio. n |£er Ijaue 3 feen of late, ano often bp 6^t toinDotoe paft:
jfcom tojic^ fljee let a letter fall, tDjicJ taking tjp in fjatt,
3 teab, anD founti toitjin Defcrtbtie tje frantique fit0 of looue:
Sfll^etjer it toere fo^ mee, o^ anp el# 31 cannot ppoue^
^ll^ti&er fye faine anD baite ^er fjookeg t^e Cmple to beguile:
Cannot be found, till toit bp line ^aue meafureti euer? toile,
9! fenotoe l^e loueD Fedele once, before ^e \oent to »>pain:
^Lnti meaner perljap^ to loue tint (till, fitlj Ijce'tf returnD again
3Doo tljou but aft jim foj m? fafee, anu iaunt out ^10 tieare: 40
&nti tioutle^ t^ou fl[)alt jjaue of mee, tljp Captain^ pap fo i l)ire+
Crack- IT 3|f t^i^ be all &ir, let mee alone,
ftone. £bout pour buCneffe pou map be pne,
91 toill feele Signior Fedeles mintie berp cunninglp:
^inti return pou an anftoer of tl)i# par p^efentlp^
Fortunio. n^amercie, be truftpe*
Crack-ft. n &# truftp a0 tteele:
3 faiit no fault but one, 3 am fomtofjat tyo^t in ttie Seele*
Fortunio. U Mi raccommando. Exit.
Crack-ft. H Bafilus Cotlpeece fOJ an Ol&e Manus,
gou ftall not Ijaue |)er at rack anti maunger 3 trotoe: 51
^omtojat bp tj)i0 fo^ mine otone p^opo^tion 3 knotoe*
Mljen ttoo bone0 are at ftrtf e fo^ a Dog, it te commonlp Ceen:
l&at t^e t|)irti come0 anu takeg it, anti toipe0 t^eir moutjjeg cleen*
3 mean as pou fee mee in tjjte bjaualttie:
^o be a futer to Victoria xoitj all p^ofigalitie* (toijile:
3 b^oug|)t Butter anti CljeeCe Setter to tiittaile tje Camp a great
i9^anp tinted 3 tooulo nick tjem of tfceir meafure,
anti tlje »>oltiier0 beguile.
Hike a craf tp knaue, bp ti)i£ meaner 3 got fo muci) gain: 60
^at 3 bought tlji0 apparell of a Captain t&attDag aain.
3lnti bearing tfee fame ab^oati a0 pou fee:
of two Italian Gentlemen.
tOje »>oldierg all ttje toton ouer, make a Captain of mee+
flDne called mee Captain,Cf)eefe,an otljer Captain Cruft:
#n otfjer bjaue Crack-ftone, take tofjici) name pe luflL
l&e (Eentlemen are euerp one glad of mp company: (merp*
Becaufe 3 Ijaue fuel) a toilde too^me in inp bed, a0 malted tijem ail
^e toomen tljep loue mee, Victoria f$ cljeefe:
But tyee ijatf) been fomto&at ttranp of late, tjerfo^e to be bjeefe,
31 t|jouffl)t fome ftratoeg toere tn ttje pad, ttjat fljee lookt fo cop : 70
2But notD ijaue at !)et apt'n, toftj a fcefy tieti m mp top.
3 totll ficft tntierp^opn »>ir Fedele t)(0 mfnDe to tmderftanD:
gooti luck, ^ts fecijoolmai'ftec and Set ^atd ace at iiantu
botfje of tljem fceendlp togitljer lioo toalke:
toill fneke into a corner and Ijearken to ttieic talke. ftep afide.
Actus prima Scena fecunda.
Enter Pedante the Parafite, attired in a gown and cap
like a Schoolmaifter, and with him Attilia.
I^ap pou matftec ^cftoolmaffter let me be pne: Attilia.
3 Jaue Ijafte on mp toap, Jit be at fjome apfn anone^ 80
n £>toeet I) art and bag: pudding pe pou fo ftoiftlp ? Pedante.
^aue toitft pou ttjen, doo pe lack anp companp ?
lT3nfaiti)S>ir;no+ Attilia.
^ 3 P^P ?ou tell me one tljing before pou pane, Pedante.
3 tljink pou be fomtoljat tDetjertoife bp pour arte*
2Doo pou knotoe me bp acqatntance, o^ geffe pou bp afme?
^|)at pou l)it f o rig jt on mp office in dead of mp name ?
^ 3 Ijaue feen pou before if 3 am not begwlde: (cfjtlde* Attilia.
gou tjaue been 3>cl)oolmai(Ier to maitter Fedele euer ttnce fje toa0 a
H tIErue ftoeet ^ art, but 3 Pjap tliee be not angrp toitj mee: Pedante.
But giue me leaue a little to&il* to mooue a quettion to tjjee* 91
^Qltiat i0 pour name, and tofjere doo pou dtoell?
H »>ofte, tljere lap a (tratoe, t|)at toill 3 not tell* Attilia.
&laa poo^ Attilia, toljatmeanegliebptiji^ ?
3^3 ftap tDitl)t)imlong;,mp miftregf Victoria Jerferuant toil miffe*
jabout pour buCne0 pod ^>ir, 3 pjap pou get pou atoap :
3 purpofe not to tell pou mp name tljte dap*
IF Be not fo ftrange faire Hadp, 3 knotoe pour name terp toell, Pedante.
#nd t^e name of pour mittreg, and t^e place Vojere pou dtoelL
Bij. 3f
A Pleafant Comcedie
Attilia. 1T 3f pou doo, tttucl) ffooti doo ft pou, 1 can tarp no longer: 100
Pedante. n C&en 3 perceiue 31 tyall be tyiuen to trp totjo (0 tjje ftronger,
91 tyall tell pou one tljing if it pleafe pou to ftap: (ftop her.
Attilia. «i fepeafc pour mtntie quicfclp, a tooo^ti anti atoap,
Pedante. n Bee not angrp 31 befeecl) pou, to Jear tfjat ig true,
gou are tfie faireft Creature tljat euer 31 tuti tueto*
Attilia. n mfyst follotoe^ of tljte ?
Pedante. f 31 Itfee pou, anti loouepou, before all t^e
Creatures tjat euer 31 feneto,
Attiiiia. n ftflifjat til lucli t'0 tji0 ? 31 fee nottjfne; tfjat mafces me to loue anti
Pedante. IT gou miff^t if you tn'De me, fo^ 31 come of t^e Cmtter0: (like pou.
Attilia. f (Bjeat barker^ are none of tje peatett biterg*
Pedante. f (0ood mittre0 Attilia, becauCe pou ^aue Jade: 112
31 toill talfee toitfi pou moje, to jen pour buttne0 ig paft^
31f 3 can be fpareD frommp^aifter Co long:,foonatmfft)t:
31 Voill refo^te to pour JouCe, anti lap mp meaning toiDe
open before pour affftt^
Attilia. u jfartDtl &ir Pedante, loofe pou be not too quicfe: Exit.
Pedante. f flfllljat a tijunfeen toooer am 31 tftat pue ^er neuer a licfee,
^10 fallen out pat foj mp ^aifter Fedele, anti come0 in tlje nic&>
Bp cogging and counterf aiting looue, && pou Cee :
gt Attilia be fo mati,a0 to lifeeanti looue mee, 121
Bp jer all tje 3lugling of^er miftregf 3 ftall fenotoe:
5lnti finue to^etjer anp neto comers,
Jaue Cet mp SRpaifter beODe tje cui^in o^ no.
Crack- n ^10 (0 as excrement foj mp p^opoCtion ag can be tiettrtie,
ftone. £>oon at nigjt lifee tfte feeljoolmaitter toill 3 be attirtie*
jfirft come, fir ft Ceru'ti, if tfje mafo be fo freentilp to let mee in:
^l)en &a &a fe>a, tje battaile toill beginne.
dfllitj tfiat ^agnaniminftreiae anti mercp, tliat in mee tiootj ftoe:
3le make a conflict of tjje ^iftre0,anti let t^emaid goe+
jf aretoell feelp »>c5oolmaifter* 131
tf)t0 3^w^ction fe not found in Jig ^Duerb 3 trotoe. Exit.
Pedante. u ^efe titiinggf toilbe iopfull to mp maifter 3 am fure,
flfllljo fo^ loue of Victoria fufferg manp a tyarp ftoloer:
Enter Fe- Hoe toljere ^e cornet talking bp tjim felfe alone,
dele. ftSittl) Jtg( fjead full of t&ougl) t0, anD Ji0 6 art full of mone.
Eotofe tjp pour toitteg »>ir, toliat are pou a deep ?
of two Italian Gentlemen.
j^euer be fo hafe minded to a tooman to creep.
£>ee,fee,pour cap on pour tiead,good manners forgot,
Jpoto pou are come to pour otone ftoinge, pou fcnotoe me not. 140
2Doo pour tiutie to pour maifter, good nurture in faeft:
In via virtutis non progredi, regredi eft.
H#la0 mp care Co clofett) tjp mp figljt: Fedele.
Itjat all 10 loft, toijerin 3 fyould deligfit.
irgou fcnotoe t&at it map be faid of me, toljicf) toa0 faid of Vlifles, Pedante.
Multorum hominum mores qui vidit et vrbes.
Ctjerfoje if pou dedre mee pour care0 to releeue:
^{je bett counCell^l can, to pouj toill giue*
^gou fenotoe Victoria (0 tlje caufe of all mp fecret fmart: Fedele.
Victonaes beautte i'0 tje too^me, t jat gna\oe0 me to tje tiart. 150
afloat counfailenoto?
not 31 teac!) POU long agoe OUt Of tragiCall Seneca: Pedante.
goltien Taping, duo omnium malorum fcemina?
SMD 3 not cauCe pou toitj pour pen in t&e margent of pour boofe,
to marfcetijat place:
pet toill pou be tooting on a beautifull face ?
no otSer^ife fcanifyetf), anti atoap txoot^ goe:
toater, t|at neuer rettirne0 to tje fp^ng,
from tofjence it Ufa flotoe.
Seautie 10 Co tickle a foundation to bear anp frame: 160
and looue fo Uncertain, tljat it tt);otoe0 rlje IjouCe on Iji0 Ijeti
tjat built t^e fame.
Mljerupon 3 ff^w^ ?ou a good leffon of olde:
(Euerp letter tfjerof toould be to^ttten in-iBolde.
Quod iuuat exiguum eft, plus eft quod laedit amantes:
fenotoe to!) at 3 mean tjat are verfifkautes
tji0 colde comfort in mp need, be all tljat 3 (Jail {jaue: Fedele.
2Dut of mp Cg!)t. j^o fuccour at tfjp !)ande0 3 mean to craue.
ff Adultus luuenis tandem cuftode remoto: Pedante.
Cereus in vitium flecti, monitoribus afper. 170
lie rig^t cotirfe of tlje toojld, noto 6e runne0 tpon toSeele0:
!^ad 3 fenotoen tfjfg tojen pou toere a bop,
3 toould ^aue Ijamperd pour tjeele0.
3t toere a good deed to fet all pour fortune at euen and od:
&nd let pou alone till pou are beaten to itlj pour otone rod.
But
A Pleafant Comcedie
But tje looue tljat31 bear to pou euerp dap:
92IlfU not fuffer me to fee t&te good toitte catt
»>ome titling 31 Jaue fo£ you, tfjerfoje be not afraid :
31 am grotoen in acquaintance toitf) Victoriaes maid*
2Bp totjome 3 trutt in t&e end to fenotoe: 180
Mljjat feotterg to fjer 9£iffre0 reCojte too and fro*
31f nobodp el# DO follotoe tfjegame:
^tlje fparfe t{jat pou left in Jer tyeff, toill b^eafe out in a
Fedele. f ^fj^fees ffooD Pedante, get ttjee l)ome and leaue me Jeer a fpace:
%$ trpe if 31 map meet toit^ faire Victoria in tfcfg place*
Pedante. ^31 knotoe totjere to piicfe tjat tje tain map bleed :
»>ee jjoto faire Ije Doott) Cpea^tD^en fete ljumour 31 feed*
ZI|)i0 padetf) Profodia, Sintaxis and all,
{Cfa tfje toap to mp profit to ftoop to ^10 call* Exit.
Fedele. ^$?eer toagf 31 tount to meet toit^ 5er, and Ijeer 31 mean to toalfce:
jand found Ijer meaning if 31 map,bp moouing ^er to talfce* 191
Victoria fetteth open the Cafement of her windowe and with
her Lute in her hand playeth, and fmgeth this dittie.
Victoria. Jf looue be like the flower that in the night,
When darknes drownes the glory of the Skyes:
Smelles fweet, and glitters in the gazers fight,
But when the gladfome Sun beginnes to rife,
And he that viewes it, would the fame imbrace :
It withereth, and loofeth all his grace.
Why doo I looue and like the curfed Tree, 200
Whofe buddes appeer, but fruite will not be feen:
Why doo I languifh for the flower I fee?
Whofe root is rot, when all the leaues be green.
In fuch a cafe it is a point of fkill :
To followe chaunce, and looue againft my will.
Speake. <af) poo£ Victoria, jeer it toag tjp guife,
1o ftand and fee Fommio paCOng bp:
Mlljofe loouety tyape tjart) caugljt me bp mine epe&
meaner to mafce me p^ifoner toljife 31 dpe*
10 gafe on Jim toag life to mee before: 210
abf ence deatj, becaufe 31 fee no moje*
o
of two Italian Gentlemen.
greedp looue t&at neuer feeUtl) glut, Fedele.
fjaue 31 boatted of Victoriaes grace?
feare at latt from fauour to be fyut,
&nd lofe t&e lig&t of fuel) a fining face?
£>ljall neither teare& m\ tople, no& bjofcen deep:
^aue fojce inouglj a 3ladie0 looue to feeep ?
<I#nd Ijatl) Fortunio nofo forgot tlje foap+ Victoria.
22l|)icl) bp mp toindofoe learnd of late to foalfee:
&ee tlje ditturber of mp peace tl)i0 dap, 220
Fedele comeg to proffer mee fome talfce*
ig tieer, 6i0 patience 3 toill p^ooue:
Fortunios fafee 31 cannot looue*
a 9^ittre0 toljiter tljen t^e fnotoe, Fedele.
fetraigljter ttyn Cedar, fa^igt)ter tjen tlje (Piaffe :
jfiner in trip and ftoifter tljen tlje l&oe,
$®$lt pleafant tljen tlje $tzlb of floto^ing (B^affe*
^o^e gladfome to mp toit&ering 31ope0 tljat fade:
^en Mlinter0 »>un, o& »>ommer0 cooling (|jade,
fetoeeter tljen fuelling grape of ripett toine, 230
Softer tlien featjer0 of tl)e fairett fetoan:
femootjer tljen31et, mo^e ttatelp tjen t^e^ine,
jf refter tfjen poplar, fmaller t&en mp fpam
Clearer tjen Beauties fierp pointed beam:
®l gfie crutte of C^ittalles frofen ttreatm
9et i0 fljjee curtter tljen t^e Beare bp feinde,
&nd Ijarder parted tljentljeaged €)ke:
a^o^e glib tljen ^3Dple, mo^e fickle tljen tjie toinde,
fe> titter t^en »>teele, no fooner bent but biofce*
Hoe tljus mp feruice i0 a latting fo^e: 240
get toill 31 ferue altjougl) 31 dpe tljerfo^e*
Enter Victoria.
^jpoto mutt 31 either fode Ijim off toit^ fained curtede: Victoria.
£>l elgf be cop in talke, to rid mee of I)i0 companp^ Shee ofFreth
Fedele toell met, and fo fartoell* 31 w^wtt afoap: to departe
buCnejs t'0 fucj a0 toill not fuffer me to ttape* & he ftay-
Victoria: let tl0 l)aue One tDOOJd before pee pe, eth her. Fedele.
looue,ol) deat^, between pou botlje, boucljfafe to rid mp tooe*
founder fure it i0 to fee, Ijofo gentlemen complain: Victoria.
SBfeat
A Pleafant Comoedie
fflijat carfe, toljat care, tofjat Jell on earti), foj toomen tljep fuftaim
gour peace i# toar,pour aeep 10 toatcjing, anD pour eaCe (0 tople:
gour life ig deatf), pour mirtt) i# mone, anti pour fuccefte a fople*
^jefe tooojdeg are fefde £0$ o^namentg to beautffie pour ftile: 253
&nd tjefe 3 tjinfe pou I ollotoe, pooje Victoria to beguile*
Fedele. H3f foj pour fafce alone, moje tjen foj anp otljer Dame:
31 toere not t&ug to^menteu, tjen, 3 graunt 3 toere too blame.
But atj pour goltien graced are tlje cauCe of all mp greefe :
(Biue eare and credit to mp plaint, anti peelU me Come releefe*
Victoria. ng|£ tlji0 be true, toljp tu'ti pou part ? anti ttap Co long: in Spain :
iSDelap bieeU0 lode, either 3 tjoug^t pou loould not come again,
€>j el0 tjat cjange of companp tooulu alter pour Ueligftt,
5lnti abfence put me out of minae, tfjat (|)ut me out of flgl)^ 262
3Diti not 3 ^p, tjat pour departure to oulti mp deatf) procure?
Fedele. f JoU tllD.
Victoria. n&n& could pou mafee me tjen to feele fo i^arp a tyoto^e ?
Fedele. f $eefc jatfje no latoe, tfje matter toucljt mp land and life Coneer:
<?0)at 3 toa0 fo$e apinft mp toill, to (tap no longer I)eer+
But dtl) 3 ^aue difpatc^t, according to mine otone deCre:
Hoe Jeer 3 ^tn to ferue pou (till, in bitter froft, o& fier*
D
Actus prima Scena tertia, 270
Enter Attilia, Maid to Miftrefle Victoria, with Pamphila,
Maid to Miftres Virginia, and Medufa the Enchantrefle
with her box of enchantments vnder her arme.
Victoria. | (Eparte Fedele fo^ tljitf time, come to me foonat
3 to ill conttder better of pour plaint and fceauie
S^pmaid and ot^er companp dootjp^eafe intotl)i0 place:
3t toere not good to mafee tjem all, acquainted toitl) pour cafe.
Fedele. n<a tfjoutad t^anfee0, tji0 in pour ear, let tjjat tje token bee, Exit.
Victoria, n 3 fcnotoe pour meaning &ir, fartoell, referre tije reft to mee>
&la0 poo^e foule, Je little fenotoe0, Ijoto colde a fute Ije fjatfje,
^e muft be dallied toit& a to^ile, fo^ fear of after fcatfje* 281
Attilia. 1T ^[nd UtUft POU feefe Fedele OUt ?
Pamphila. f3 muff*
Attilia. 11 But to to J at end ?
Pamphila, f'Eo craue of curutte, t^at Je toould Hand mp S^iftre0 freend.
of two Italian Gentlemen.
Virginia: A ttilia.
Pamphilaf
IT 31 n to!) at matter 3 P£ap+ Attiiia.
n i:t)at£ counfaile fonto pou, 3 mutt not euerp tiling betyap* PamPhila[
#nd pet bp Set, Co bitter 10 tlje tafte of looue, 3 fintie: 290
IJat gall toere fleeter to rtje mouttj, and better to tje minde*
n 3 !)aue tlje l£are on foot* Attiiia.
H But fcnotoe pOU tojjere Fedele 10? Pamphilaf
IT l?fm at Iji0 fjoufe,o£ toalfeing m tje ttreet pou l|)all not mfffe* Attiiia.
1^ faretoell, 31 totll pe feefe jtm ftrafgtjt;* Exit. pamphiia[
n get findeliimnottoofoon: Attiiia.
5lla0 poo^e foule,Ser fute (0 cotoe before it be begum
Hoe fjeer tfje common fault of looue, to f ollotoe Ijer tfiat apeg:
^Inti ape from Jer t^at rnafee^ purfutte,tott!) louli lamenting; crpeg*
Fedele Iooue0 Victoria,anti l^ee tjatl) t)im forgot:
Virginia Ufee0 Fedele beft, anti fyt regarde0 Jer not* 301
IT flD foolify looue, anD loouerjs tfjat loofmot to tljeire ftate, Medufa.
But ftoi'mme againft tfje tiDe, and t^en repent to^en tf0 too late*
3f toee couldlearne tofeefe to tl)em,t5at tintoW tioofue:
'ifje matcS toere made, anti toee ftould Jaue no caufe at all to rue*
(Iflitjentoee be cop, and fjolDeour freende0 aloof e at cap and fmee:
^6e 9^art 10 marde, and euerp epe our follp t^en dootj fee.
talke POU t&ere Attiiia ? Victoria.
f)Urt at all tO pOU* Attiiia.
netoeg ? 310 Victoria.
^ (Bood, ftoeet, and iopfull netoe0, Q^tftreg 3 b^'ng pou noto. Attiiia.
IT Hjaft tl)OU met toftj Fortunio? Victoria.
1Fj00tfO* Attiiia.
n W$tn toSatc0 tje netoe0 ? Victoria.
n &$ 3 toag toalfeing t^ougf) tje ttreet0 alone: Attiiia.
2Deuiffng joto to ande a remedie to cure pour mone,
3 met Medufa toitj Jer bo^ and trincfeet0 ag pou fee:
(LQISofe cunning fyojtlp ftall deuife, tlje toap to fet pou free*
IT^O tDap toit!)OUt Fortunio^ Victoria.
U Fortunio pou ftall jaue: 320 Attiiia.
Be not afraid tjerfo^e in tfjte: tl)i0 tooman0 aide to craue*
&See can enchant, and tooo$etounder0,bp S^agicfe0 learned art:
&ijee can toitj tDOOide0,toitt) cjarme0 and Ijearbe&giuepouFortu-
nioesjart* C j*
A Pleafant Comcedie
Victoria. IT %% foole,31 Jutotoe t&at looue te fuel) a paffiion of tfje minde:
#0 neither 8p$e »>p£ite0 can rule, noj fojce of apagicfc binde*
Attilia. n get trpe fter cunning, ttti) tljat 3) jjaue fyougfjt tjer into place,
Victoria. 1F Medufa, toill tljp d^uggetf procure a pining loouer grace?
Medufa. n ^iare0, t&ep toilU 330
Victoria, n €>pentfjpbo;rand let me fee t&p ftoje:
Het me jaue tjat tyall pleafure me, 3|le pap tjee toell t!)erfoie>
Medufa. f l^eer 10 an (Egge of a black l^en, a quill plucfet from a Crotoe,
CLQlbo toitlj tljig pen tD^ite^ on t^i0 (Egge, a ctjarme ^ 3 doo fenotoe
Hnu namesf tje part? to&ome tljep lifeert^e famefljall looue again,
f&ifjat tfjinfe pou of tljig remeDpe ?
Attilia. ir tltjtt remetipe i0 tain,
Becauf emp iftre0 care0 not fpi tl)e Cngle iuice of looue.
io>I)e crauetlj mo^e, l^ee muft eniop tlje part? t^ee Decree: 340
Victoria, n jfpe, f)olne t&p peace*
Attilia. n <K0 fjati) (Jee not tje t^ing tljat (|jee require^
Medufa. HEoe^eerafpoonfullofaJHiirgin^milfee, t
3|nco^po^ateti taitl) a peece of fcotoe:
toitj cintier^ of fine fepamfl) &ilfee,
deepeti in tlje licquo^ of a felotim
tjione CDe to^ite Venus anti Cupids name:
b^ople it on t^e coaled tnto a cruft,
Batting it toell toitj Jonp ti^ope0 anD ogle: 35°
(Biue it to fjtfn pou looue, to ftin&le luft,
&nb tljen pour Cute fyall neuer fuffer fople.
tCJ W toill Co bintie tje gallant to jome pou cljoofe:
^Jat tiefyall nere Jim Celfe Jeerafter loofe.
Attilia. IF ^11 tlji0 (0 to no purpofe, pet me rt)infcg pou are too toiDe:
dailjat pleaCure can mp ^iftrejs 6aue Co long a0 Ije i0 tieD ?
Victoria. 1T &$tt meaner not tieti in 5 ana 01 foot, but bounti to be mp Haue:
3n all tje Ceruice^ and duties tljat 3 mean to craue*
Medufa. f !£eere are ttoo Jartegf, tje one toa0 tafeen out of a black Cat:
'QElie ottjer from a ^igion: jeer i£ ttje blood of a 23atte* 360
l^eere i0 a peece of Virgin toa^e, Jeers? an incjjaunted 25ean,
mafee pou goe inuifible,
»ou
of two Italian Gentlemen.
IT gou fenotoe not toljat 3 mean. Victoria,
tfjingetf are pjetp, but tijep are not foj mp Sl£ittre0 fit, Attiiia.
it fye be mutable, 3 p^ap tofcat profits? it?
fyall befjoldettje man, totjome fyee deligfjtetf) motte to fee:
But beeing Ijid : flje neuer can em'ope f)f0 company
get tyetoe fc0 mo^e.
n ^eer'0 tijingeg toill mafee men melt in fitter of looue, Medufa.
Si toanton (0oate0 bjat'ne, anti tje Hiuer of a purple 2Dooue. 370
Si Cocked e?e, anu a Capons fpurre, tlje left legge of a 3Duatle:
Si (0oofe bill, anu a (Banders tung, a mounting: (Eafflegf tajle*
But at5 tljep muft be tafeen in tfjincreafing; of tje 9^oone:
Before tlje riang of tl)e &un, o$ tofjen t^e fame i0 tiotom
^Ind clofelp to^apt in fflirffin parcjement on a jFt?tia^ nig:|)t:
3 toill not trouble you toit^ t^efe*
if flDf mo^e Iet0 taue a firtt Victoria.
H !i?eer i0 tfje image of a man, made out in ailirffin taa^e, Medufa.
MU)iclj beeing pjicfet, oj toafted in rt)e aame of burning jflw*
l^ee tjat pou looue fyall come and t^otoe !)im felfe before gour feet:
9^o^e ljumble t^en a 3lambe, to doo tojat ^ou (|jall rtinfe ig meet
1T €)tjatl0it> 382 Victoria.
IT ^I)i0 ig it mutt doo mp ^ittreg? good : Attiiia.
Bp Images it mutt be tnougljt, Hooue i0 a fjolp Eood^
n dfllee mutt toitljdjatoe our felue0 attde, and tooojfe it out of Cg^t: Medufa.
H (Enter mp Joufe, tje &un i0 fet, | nolo begins t^e nigftt Exeunt Victoria.
The firft Act beeing ended, the Conforte of Mufique
foundeth a pleafant Galliard.
Actus fecunda. Scena prima.
Enter Captain Crack-ftone, difguifed like a Schoolmaifter, in
the apparell of Pedante, with a book in his hand.
SflDfte, fojit ig nigjt, 3 mutt not mafee anp nopfe 3 trotoe: 392 Crack
le tjjiniig t^i0 apparell mafee0 me learnd,
gonder i0 tfjegreen 2Dog, and tl)e bleto Beare,
Il?o^ner0 (Birdie, and tje 3Lpon0 eare*
9e tj)infee0 3 fyould fpotot Hattin before 3 betoare,
Argus
A Pleafant Comoedie
Argus mecum infputare?
Cur Canis tollit poplitem,
Cum mingit in parietem ? 400
SLlitt tittle tattle 9£iftre0 Victoriaes $&£aid:
3f 3 fpeafee lifee tje fecjoolmaifter, tyee toill neuer be afraid,
&0foon a0 tye open0 tjedooje to let mee in:
flfllitf) tttp Ropericall aliquanci 3 fcill begin*
Swinum, Velum, Porcum. Graye-gooforum ioftibus
Enter Fede Rentibus dentibus, lofadifhibus, come after t)0*
le and Pe- 3 jaue beraped mp felfe 3 tfcinfe toitj) fpeafeing Co Jig;!):
dante. ^0 10 £>ir Fedelet&at 10 Co nfff j.
^ill Ije be pad it to ere not gooti foj mee to appeere:
tlElierfo^e Jle aip into tf)e temple, 410
anu jitie me in tje ^ombe tjat ttanDetfi jeere^
Fedele. IF ^too ftraunge it i0, t^at tojen 3 (Ijoulti reiojce,
Si cj tiling feare tiootj aitt^ougj euerp taine:
Sink tojen 3i !)op* to 5^are Victoriaes toice,
SDoubt tt)^otoe0 me tiotone into Difpaire again*
^je comfort tjat fl&e gaue me, toa0 Co color:
^Jat fo^ mj life 31 tiare not be too boltie*
Pedante. f Degeneres animos timor arguit,
faint Jart neuer toun f aire llatip tjep f ap :
<antl Amor odit inertes, tafee tjat b? tfyt toap* 420
Seeing (ftee appointed tji0 time, toward toitj a courage,
neuer ftanti pou in Doubt:
3magination man? time0 fett^ft tountier0 about
Jtot becaufe it c^angetb tje courCe of tje t^ingpou tooulD finde:
But becaufe it Dootj rule and gouern t je minde,
Fedele. n 3 fi&iuer (till, come beare me company,
flBntill tljou feeft mee nearer to tljedooje:
^6? fpeecpootb giue me comfort migitilp,
&nd egge0 me on tmto it moje and moje*
Pedante. IF Andate allegramente, pou are rig^t tnder ter toindotoe noto :
ffll^at ftall 3 doo, toill pou taue me to leaue pou ? 431
Fedele. f /£ot fo, but (tap tntill tjou feett me in:
^o giue tje ttgne 3 purpofe to begin.
Heer let him either tafte a Flute or whittle, at the found wher-
of : Victoria comes to the windowe, and throwes out a letter,
which
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
which Fedele taketh vp, and reades it at the lamp which bur-
neth in the Temple.
aaijat meaner!) tjte ? a letter : tooe i0 mee,
d21i)erefyall3] read ft? ligfjttoitjintjetiremp^ doo fee*
1F Iflfef greeting me tl)in&e0 10 none of tje beft: ~ Pedante.
31 fee bpl)i0countenauncel)elifee0 not tlje reft* 441
1F &$ cruell 2Dame tljat can diffemble Co, Fedele.
2Dpe poo^e Fedele, life tfjou muft fojpe*
1F flflltjat netoe0 in pour letter &ir, tell mee? Pedante.
n IRead it tjjp f elfe and fee* Fedele.
Pedante readeth the Letter
La mia mala fortuna m'ha fatto d*auenire cofa che meglio fa-
rebbe ch'io non fufsi nata, m'increfce non poter attenderui la
promefsa, ma piii mi duole, che mi fia tolta la commodita del
vederui, per6 fe m'amate, non paflate mai piii di qua, perche
farete caufa della mia rouina. 451
^^10 f0 ftrange tpon ftrange, pour tiape^ are out too^ne, Pedante in
, , $®v fortune 10 fuel), tijat it Jati been better fo& mee terpretsthe
31 jati neuer been bo^ne* Letter.
, , 1 am fojp tf)at 3 can not ttanti to mp tooo^ti :
, , &nb mo^e fo^p,t6at fortune to meetot'll not pour p^efenceaffoo^
, , &ttlj 3 am rob'D of pour companp toliome mofte 3 tieQre:
, , 3|f pou looue mee come no mo^e t jt'0 toap,
foj beetling mp trouble, and kindling: of ffer*
^eer i0 a deeuele0 aunftoer toitl) all mp fcart, 460
Sou l)aue pour errand »>ir, noto tojen pou toil pou map departe*
if 3t cannot bee, but tjat Victoria jjatti an otjer looue: Fedele.
^Ijerfo^e 3 purpofe p^efentlp, Ijer p^iuie aeig:Jt0 to p^ooue.
n gou are ttje fearfulleft gentleman tljat euer 3 fenetoe: Pedante.
3t i0 impolHble tftat (Jould be true*
Sour otone doubtfulne0 tang:le0 pou ftill in tlje b^ier0,
2Did 3 neuer teacl) pou: tlEljat a Vooman denie0 tljat in
in deed tyee dettre0*
all tfjofe jo^rible otl)e0 to tjiclj fo oft (|jee ^atl)
lifeelijode tjat (Jee toould leaue pou fo^lo^ne? 470
l&emember !)er teare0 and ter pitifull Ioofee0:
31 f i|)ee looue pou not (till, 31 bare burne mp boofee0.
no, Jer otlje0 and teare0, and Iooke0,and all tjjou canft repeat Fedele.
C Hf, toe re
A Pleafant Comoedie
flfliere but a# tyafcotoeg finely caff, to cotter tier Deceit*
But tttf) 3 fin&e Ijer ag tyee 10, 31 toill reuenge tje tx^ong;:
&>£tipetl)etieatl) intl)i0attempt,becaufe3| liuetoolong;*
Pedante. n gou are to jjaftp a Pointer, too rtje battaile to pe,
3f pott toill be reuenpd ere pour enemp pou fcnotoe*
Fedele. n^ine enemieg 3 purpofe ftratgjt to trj,
H?f&e tjee tott^fn Come p^fufe corner ^eer: 480
Be tifllfffent to marfe to Jo paffetS b^,
8n& it tjat anp otjer man appeere
(Cft&er to enter, o^ to iffue out,
Sl^arfe tofjat Je (0, anti put mee out of doubt. Exit.
Pedante. 1T £ artoell fefr, commit ttje care to m^ Ijantie,
8$ cloCe as 3 can> ln t|) W place 1 toil ftanD,
ffllnfeen tnto anp, pet Detains of all:
51 pjettp Ccotote Cet to take a fenaue in a pi't-f alU
Conner come Come,to!)atfoeuer tjep bee,
&tanti cloCe Pedante, tjat no botip fee, 490
Actus fecunda. Scena fecunda.
Enter Medufa, Victoria, and Attilia, difguifed like Nunnes,
with lighted Tapers in their handes.
Crack-ftone liftes vp his head out of the Tombe, and ducks
downe againe, fpeaking this as followeth.
r
Crack-ft. 1T SI rope on tljefe paffen^er^, 3 am in a miferable plight,
3 tjinfe 1 tyall not get out of tl)i0 place tji0 niff jt.
Medufa. 1T %i& altttolte one a clock, tje fitteft Joure to
5lnD Compaq euerp tjing, t^at beft map further pour
Victoria, fl ^en let t0 pe, 500
Pedante. f O che cricca di vacche? tojat Cattell Jaue toe Ijeare?
Be tjep toomen, o^ tieuil0 in t!)e lifeeneg of toomen ttat appeare?
Attilia. n 9£i(lre0 tafeeiieeii toe be not fpiUe, fo^ tjatmap b^eeti fcg liarme:
Victoria, n |^o, no, but lifee a fo^te of $lunne0 tnto tje CtjurcJ toe ftoarme,
Medufa. f (Cnter tlje Cftappell, toe toill mafee a# t^ouffj toe ment to p^ap:
Victoria. H IReatJ ffOOtl Medufa.
Pedante. u#i) miferable Pedante, tooulD 3 ^ere atoap,
a
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
3 quiuer Co f aft, tfjat 3 feele no pounti :
'fltte a company of toitc&eg 3 Ijoulti fojtp pound*
IT MJfjen begin pou ftoeet Ijart? 510 Victoria,
1T 9£ake Ijafte pou jjato neeti, Attilia.
'JOje daj toill app^ocjK, anti tje niffljt pn toit?) Cpeetu
IT a rope on tftetn all, tfjep pe a catter-toalling 3 troto, Pedante.
&lll)ome tlie^ meane to torment 3 tooulti fflatilp knotoe.
IT <3Cj)f0 toater anU tfii0 ople 3 jaue, 10 contureti a# pou Cee, Medufa.
3n tlje name of tjofe &p^tte0 t&at to^itten on tjt0 Jlmap bee.
^oto mud 3 to^ite t&e name of Jim tnjom pott Co mttc!) tioo loue:
^{jen bintie tjefe Cp^ite0,!)im to tlje like affection fo^ to motte.
31 cfiarge ^ou a0 pou meane to purcljafe fauour in t)i'0 a^t:
and bp tfce tiertue of mine art, tell me Jig name aright. 520
11 Fortunio. Victoria.
ttjat Doot!) mp maftter Fedele tiifgrace, Pedante.
Victoria tn'fguiCeH in place^
n gour name tpon t^e b^eff, Ji0 on ttie fo^ejeati mud 3 tyite, Medufa.
coniure,noto it i0 tje fttllett time of all tlje nigju
fO* Victoria.
coniure tjeetljott toa^en3mage Jeere, Medufa.
Venus fruitfull toombe tliat Cupid bare:
in Fortunios name ttip fo^ce appeare,
comfort f apje Victoria ful of care^ 530
^jiat bp tjie tertue of mine &rt tjou be:
3n t|ji0 tier greef a p^efent reme&p:
3 coniure t^ee Fortunio at tje lengtj,
B^ fiead, e^e0, earesf, tjj litter anti t^p fjart:
efy, blooti, bone0, anetoejj, ftrengtl),
feet,lianti0,antJ euergparte*
^tjat p^efentlp ttj^ b^eft be fet on fier:
anti all tf)j? botoel0 bo^le toit!) jot Dedre,
Hoofe tfjat bp nigjt tjott take no quiet reft,
2Bp tia? tljou lotje t&jj comfortable footi: 540
?let euerp iop be tiao:e;er0 to tljp b^eft,
»>ee, fjeare, anD toucl) nau^t tjat map doo tjee poti*
%i\ fancp make tljee fo^ a roiter meet,
#na ttjioto tjee doton before Victoriaes feet*
?look tjat l?je neuer paffe out of tfip minDe,,
But
A Pleafant Comoedie
But paint fjer jeauenlp face in euerp tfjougljt:
Hooue l)er aboue all Creatureg of ter fcinDe,
^ofper not, till bp rtjee fjer iopeg be to^ougjt*
But toafte ag tfjig meltg at tfje canDleg aame:
&men, fiat, fiat, in Cupidoes name* 550
Victoria, fflflijatljaue pou Doon? anD igtlje Spirit come fop tljat pou Do call?
Pedante. IT ijje greateft jfeenD of Ijell come and tafee pou all*
Medufa. n flaiitl) ogle of (Hirgin toaje 31 tjee annointe,
&nb ttffne, anD marfee tljee toitf) tje Jolp Ctoffe:
g|n Venus name, 3 toater euerg iognt*
Cjjat looue bp tjee map neuer fuffer lode*
Victoria. IT jj^Oft $&UZ ?OU DOOn?
Medufa. ifjt muft be pjicfet, anti fet in greater fieat:
tEfien t^e »>pirit0 bounti, before it doo tfje feat*
Attilia. f^akejaae* (tojft:
Medufa. n j Confute gou gee -o^iteg, tojofe narne^ are on tjtg 3map
ainti noto re&earfe gou one bg one, in ojoer a0 gou at* 562
Nettabor, Temapttor, Vigilator, Somniator, Aftarot, Berliche,
BufFon, Amachon, Suchon, Suftani, Afmodeus.
Pedante. H Ottomanus, Sophye, Turke, anD tje great Cham :
O vi pofTono portar in precipitio^.
Medufa. H 3 coniure gou, pou foule infernall fcnot of baCer fep^iteg,
Bp tfie mofte ^iffjtg potoer anti fo itz of tjat great (Boti of looue:
Botlje bp tjeBotoe anti Djeanfulldintof ail Jig feathered fligfit^
^nd bg lite toingge0, antibptjefmoafee of loouer^ fcaltiingag^e^*
&nHbpt&ef mart anti fo^otoe, tjatt^i^ troubled Dame Dootf) pjooue:
B? all tfje^lanetg t^at our Jarte0,to Sate oj lifeing mooue*
B? tlje Dettreg of Jjer t^at f)atj Victoria tmto name: 574
Bp Venus fillet, anD tfje goulDen pleafureg of l&er game*
B^eafee loofe 3 fag, anD truDge toitl) ^attg foot out of pour Denne,
iftunt anD purfue, befturre pour felue0 to (eefe Fortunio out:
jf o^fafee Xoitb fpeeD tfje ftincfetng fogge of tjiat pour fcglp fenne,
^offe(Te,anD c^ace tim, fee tjat pou returne no moje again,
TOl pou Ijaoue b^ugl)t Jim Doton anD JumbleD t)im, if Je be ftout,
2D£iue jim toitj pour tormenting gnatoe, tje Citie rounD about*
(Foe make l)i£ beD of 'EJiftle&anD W ftat of packing tjjo^ne:
9Hntill pou b^ingjim tjetjer tinto Jer tfiat i^ fo^lo^ne* 583
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
POU dOOn Medufa ? Victoria.
n JRoto mutt 31 fticfe a needle in Jig Jart, Medufa.
and pjicfe Jim toitj tje point, before toe parte.
11 3 P^P pou p^icfe Jim loell. Attiiia.
^ 3f tjat 31 ttrifee tje needle tjjougj, tje gentleman toill tope: Medufa.
11 'fltjen fpare Jim good Medufa, toucj Jim tenderly 589 Victoria.
Heer they throw their candles into the Tombe where Crack-
ftone lyeth.
Jaue 3 Doon, folloto anu t^oto ^our ^aper0 out of jjanti, Medufa.
into t!)i0t!Combe tljatag pou Cee,!jarD tip t0 Jeer dootljttanti :
&et fiet tmto tjeir feet, and toatt tje co^fe0 of tje tieaH,
TEJat long Jaue Qept toitjin tjig place Cnce tjep toere iwrieti.
f But to ill tji0 make Jim come, an to tjen fubmit Jim felfe to mee ? Victoria.
11 3^iftre0 it toil, anto pou tj'euent tjerof tyall l^o^tlp fee: Medufa.
Crack-ftone rifeth out of the Tombe with one candel in his
mouth, and in eche hand one. The women and Pedante fly,
crying the deuil the deuil. The women let fall the Image, and
Crack-ftone taketh it vp. 601
n ail i0 mine, Jo, Jo* Jo. ail fc mine, Crack-
3Diuil0 toere fmock& in tjig latter time* (feen: ftone.
&ucjaffjt0,a0amone;tjebone0oftjelieatiintji0ra!:ombe3|jaue
oaiouia Jaue ma&e anp man but mp felfe,
out of Jig tmtteg to Jaue been.
(Boon Ho£d: once me tjouffjtj fato my (Branfcam trot rounn about
me in Jer pap peticote and Jer reU cap,
j^euer ance 3 toa0 bo^ne, toa0 1 taken in fucj a trap.
anotjer time me tjougjt 3 f ato t Je fouleg, 610
of all tjem tjat tiieti foj loue,
Crp out tjpon %adp (Vengeance, one tjat toag fucj a fair
tooman a^ notjing; couin moue.
kittle Cuprit Jim felfe in tje bottome of Jell:
Curtt faper Hatip Pilcher, fo^ burning Ji0 ffein toitj aHamp^elL
^Ji^ coniuptton put me in a terrible feare,
3f it Jafc Continued longer, Termagant, Rawhead, Rofte-meat, and
Eatbread,and all tje armies of 2Deuil0 Jad been Jeer.
dflljat tji0 ? fomto Jat 3 perceaue tjep Jatte let fall fo& Jade,
A Pleafant Comoedie
Sin 31ntap in toare fcerp p^etelp cafte* 620
Fortunio & tD^itten in. tlje fo$ead of tlje fame,
iumpe fcptjn Jig Bell? Victoriaes name*
failed) out terp toell for me,
31'le fende tjjte to Fedele tljat Je and Fortunio tlje tame map fe+
Cljig to ill mafce tljem to fjate Ijer toonderfullp,
'SCfjen tyall 3 jjaue Jet in fpigljt of tije ppe+
toe f)*re?a needle in jt'0 fjeart,
name0 of Augrem to^ttte round about it toitt) Margaris arte>
Nettabor, Temptator, Vigilator, and Buffon.
'Cfjep come,t5ep come, tjep come, tf0 time to be pne. Run away.
Actus fecunda. Sena tertia. 631
Enter victoria and Attilia.
Victoria, njn fucf) a feare at ridngof tlje fptrite0 toee^ll toere caft,
^jat being fcarde,toe loft our toap andjmap too at laft*
91 maruell toljere Medufa 10?
Attilia. n fe)f)ee toofee bet to fcer JeelejJ, ^ 636
#nd time 31 trotoe, fo^ all § too^ld me tjougfjt did rune on to ljeele&
Victoria. iT^>it!) t|)i0 enchanting; tafee0 no place, 50 teefee Fortunio ftrei^te,
#nd tell Jim tjat to fpeafce toitt) Jim Ji0 pleafure^l do toapte*
Si too^de o^ ttoo toill ferue mp turne,goe feefee Jim out of jand,
Attilia. ^ (LQl!) ere ftall 31 feefee Jim?fo^3l fenotoenottD^ere fji^joufedot!)
Victoria, f Bj? £ Piazza, t^ere 31 am fure ^ t^ou fljalt fee Jim toalfee, (ftand.
Spending tlje time toitj one o^ otjer of f)i£ friendg in talfee.
Attilia. Ujjpe* Exit-
Actus fecunda. Sena quarta. 645
Enter Fedele whifpering with Pedante.
Victoria. IF 31 *&&# to troubled in mp minde, toitj frigfit of fudden feare,
^Jat pet 31 feele mp Cnetoe^ tl)ake,and tremble euer? toijere*
2lla0 loofee tojere Fedele comeg, 31 cannot fcape tnfeene,
l£e i0 importunate, 31 fenotoe not Joto to ridde me of Ijim cleene.
Fedele. n Si J curfed dame0, tfjeir loue i0 like a flame,
•aDuiuering; in ttf&nt bettoeene too blatter of topnde, 652
Jere and tjere, bp either of tje fame.
Set
of two Italian Gentlemen.
get property to none of bot!) endinde*
l^ate and difdaine ig painted in tijeir epe&
2Deceit and tteaCon in tijeir bofome lieg. *
Cfjeir piomifeg are made of battle glaffe,
dffrounde totti) a fiilop to tlje finetf duft,
^tjeir t|)ougl)te0 a0 (teaming riuerg ftoiftlp paffe,
^Ijeir too^deg'are ople, and ^et tjep pttjer ruft* 660
.mount lihe billotoeg to t^e C^egf,
fcanify ftrai^t out of tje o:a^er0 eje^
are tje^ neuer founDe but in tintruetf),
Conftant in nau^t,but in inconftancie,
%ty common foe0 of toeale,anti audtie0 of ruetf).
2Deuoun'n0: canfeer0 of manjs libertie^
8?ere Dotj) t^e ftaine of moDeftie abide:
&nb flj^otDDtnglg tiefire^ fjer felfe to Jitie*
2But get tljee ttreigtit to &ir Fortunio.
d^ill ^im to come anti fpeafee a VDO^ tDitt) me, 670
!£atfe and potte Ijafte toit^ fpeede fee tljat tfjou pe,
'ZCJat 5e tj)i0 treac^erie map quicfcelp fee*
Slpeane tofjile on jjer to^ofe face beginner to gloto:
lie burden of mp b^eft 31 meane to tfootju
^^{jen take pou t^i0 Jlmage of toap tfjat pou fee, Pedante.
Crackftone tje Captaine deliuered it to mee*
Being Ji0 turne a0 !je faid fo^ to toatcf) tjjte nig:!)t,
j^nd breaking; l^p f entinel to Jen it began to be ligj) t+
tCJtt Image tje tould me in tfjettreete !je founde,
Hping jarde bp t^e cfjappell tipon t^e grounde. 680
<<P)i0 i0 ttje fame ttiat toag made to incjante Fortunio,
Be^olde it and fee totjet^er 3 fap truetj o^ no*
^ ^ plotoglje^ tlje fea0, and fifyes in tje lande, Fedele.
Slndlofett) all Belabour of ttjembotj,
l^e fondlp reared fyi$ fo^treCTe on tje fande*
^Jat builder t)is trutt tjpon a toomang trotj*
But get tjee tjence about tjp buCnede,
^5at31 map taifcetoitl) t!)i0 mp good miftreffe*
ITADio. Exit. Pedante.
^ ^LQlell met good »>tr Fedele, tojat^ tfje caufe 690 Victoria.
€)ftjefe pour troubled toofectf tljat 3 beside,
3D>ii* flfllljat
A Pleafant Comoedie
rain i0 tlj^eatneD bp tfjefe (lo^mp aatoe0:
bp pour gate, anti gefture pou tmfol&e ?
30 loouetjjefparfctfjat fun&el0 all tfjigfier:
$>i tioo pou lacfe tljefruitof pour Dettre ?
Fjedele. 1T <?CJ)e caufe tfjat fet0 tnp gefture0 out of frame,
310 in pour felfe if pou boo feard) tjje fame.
Victoria. ff &nt> ft j)p gOOtJ »>t'r ? 698
F]edele. IT Mijat mafce pou Jeer fo earlp in tlje ftreet?
Victoria, n 9^p longing tljouffl)t0 Hiti piopJette,tt)at5eer3tyoulD poumeet.
F]edele. f Jl^Ot tme but felt Fortunio: pou fenoto tt)l0 3 ^m fwet: Shew her
&nD tofiat bp magicfe pou Jaue tioon,Ji0 fauour to procure, the Ima
3 neuer tjjougljt fo f ap^e a Dame, Jafc been f o foule toitjtn, ge.
But Ct5 continued feruice, IjaU no fo^ce tlip grace to toin:
Be fuer tintfiankful tonetcj) , periur'a anti motte DiQopall tiame:
31 toill not reft,befo^e 3 bee reuengeD of tfje fame.
to Fortunio p^efentlp 3 purpofe i!)all be fyoton:
open b^ute of tjp repjoclje,t^ou0:l)out tje Citie blotom 708
Sill tfcat in Naples titoell tljig nap, C^all tountier at tl)i0 been,
euerp toountiing; tung fyall mafee tjine Ijono^ nolo to bleeti.
felfe toill tjelp to teare tje Jact,out of tljp faotip quicfe,
giuetfjpcrimfoncoulereD blooti^nto t^e tiog:0 to licfu
liuelp toil 3 bla^e ttjee out, to euerp p^er0 epe:
^tat tlioug:^ t^p carca0 rot and toafte, tfjp il^ame fyall neuer tipe.
^10 bufp toill 3 bee to plague tjee mo^e tljen i0 e^p^ett:
#0 tjou toaft cunning to Ueceiue tje man tjat lou'D tljee bett.
Victoria, n 3 ttjink pou are tiifpofeti to iett, anD make fome triall Ijeere,
trimlp pou can treafc aloft to thunder in mine eare.
to^en 3 Hide into mp felfe, anti tjere examine toell^
i&ue tioon, 3 finoe 3 neuer from Fedele fell. 720
pet 3 fee pour Ijart ttill toojfee0, bp to^iclj 3 &oo fufpect,
ffl)icopl)ant0 tooulD mafee pou, pour Victoria to reiect
But pacience i0 a foertue, a0 tje tooo^teft toit0 Doo fap,
9pp loue to pou, tieferue0 not tjat pou fottrefc Jeer t|ji0 nap.
Fjedele. ^ ge0 tljat, and mo^e, in tljee'0 no truet^, loue,faittj,no£ lopaltpe,
Butlie0,tie0:embling,faUl)ooti,Jate,an7(?)ame,antifo^cerp.
Beftur tjp felfe, enct)aunt,an& conture noto anD Doo tljp tooo^ft,
^Ije tiap tjoto fenetoft t0 botj, (tjall tyojtlp be bp tfjee accurft.
Victoria, fj am not p^t'Up t^ntO tl)i0, nOJ fenO\J3 Fortunio,
of two Italian Gentlemen.
&f) poo^e Victoria tjou art caught, alag tojat tyall 31 &oo ? 73°
l^otocounfaile me Attilia, Attilia, fc not Jeer:
be mp gallants noto, toill not Crack-ftone appeare?
t0 tfje time fo^ tfjee Crack-ftone mp Jart to pine,
2Doo tfjijaf antJ tljen 31 toll be ttjine, anti liften to tljp Cute,
But til tljat 3 map fpeaft toiti Jim, tig belt tjat 31 be mute*
jfartoell fe>ir, be not rafl), but 3]uiig;e, 31 cannot anCtoere mucj:
9^o^e pou fl&all feno\o tojen time JatJ trieti,
mp tcutj bj perfect tucj> ADio. Exit.
f A diauolo. 740 Fedele.
510 31 J^we fenoton tljee, Co i|jaU »>tr Fortunio fenoto tjee ftraigjt,
5f o^ tojome 31 Cent, anti Jeer Je come0,tDjoCe commmg 31 &oo to aft*
Actus fecunda. Scena quinta.
Enter Fortunio with Pedante.
U Eft mora damnofa, p^ap let tl0 atoaj, Pedante.
jfoj ponfcer mp^ailler pour comming: t»ootl) (tap*
^ &fr Fedele (00D Caue pOU* Fortunio.
^1 5lntl pOU &fr Fortunio, Fedele.
31toa0Co boloe tocjargemp man, tnto pour JouCe to pe*
9^atter0 of toatgl)t31 i^ue to pou,of Creen&fyip to imparte: 750
^a?p leafureferue0,anD31 toillftanti,tof)eertott!)allmpt)art* Fortunio.
^ il^ot Co, but CtJ it aCketf) time, if pou toill tafee tje pain, Fedele.
'QCo toalfee toitj mee tinto mp Joute,tjere toil 31 tell pou plain*
BotJ ID Jat 31 fato anti Jearfc of late,to JicJ toucljetj pou Co neer:
'ZCJat pou toill giue mee tl)anfe0 31 knoto,tol)en pou tje matter Jeer
IT (Boe tojen pou pleafe 3II'* b^ace pou companp, Exeunt Fede- Fortunio.
f Pedante pOU map toalke ab^OaD, le & Fortunio Fedele.
till 2Dinner tJ^atoetJ np* arme in arme.
^clflliti) a POD toilfeir, tjat0 tfje tjing; 3) fceare, Pedante.
But if 31 meet not Attiilia, tje fat i0 in tje fier* 760
jpoj mp Q^aifterief fake, 31 began to loue Ijer in ieff,
map cljaunce to ftoalloto a (BuDgion in earned*
loue 10 a Jo*, Je beginnetj at firft bp Halliance anti plap:
encreafett) ji0 gettingef euerp Dap* Enter Attilia.
Oh deus adiunxit noftris fua numina votis.
Bejjoltie 31 befeecj pou mp tielicate 9£iftri0*
2D*iij*
A Pleafant Comoedie
feometoljat Janpg in tjje toinde, tjat mafceg Jer to lotoer,
flfliljat aple pou ftoeete Ijearte toljp loofte pou Co fotoer ?
Attilia. 11 $$% miftreffe toeepeg* 769
Pedante. H J^ei^e JO, tojatg tje Caufe ?
Attilia. ^ s>lje bade me feefee a friend of fjerg, toft!) toljom 3 can not meete,
Pedante. n &pplp toarme clotljeg to Jer ttomacfee, anti loofce tfjat tye take no
Attilia. IT ^[re pou a fiction ? (colDeof fjerfeete.
Pedante. f 3 fo^Coot!) foj a toomam
Attilia. f &o me tijourtt bp tfje talfee, tjat before pou tiiD moue,
3 p^ap &ir, to Jat toa0 it pou Ca^tie of ioue*
Pedante. H Eft Deus in nobis agitante calefcimus illo.
3I tiare not tell pou t je meaning, left 3 ma&e pour djeefceg gloe.
But if it be true tljat t^e poet tioetlj ttng,
^e i0 not a man tjat feeler not Ioue0 tting^ 780
31 toill be in loue a0 foone a0 3 can,
BecauCe 3 tooulfc Jaue euerp botip count me a mam
Attilia. ir 3 jeacD a tale of Fiorio, not fcatfe t^ee oj foure Dajeg pafte,
&nb Biancofiore to jjoCe ftoeete loue toa0 ionp to mp tafte>
Pedante. fjjj loue Co tielttiOU^,
Attilia. IT jt i& 3 affure pe,
Pedante. iffltjien 3 am in loue,
Attilia. f Mlitl) tojome 3 P^ap tjee*
Pedante. f flaiit^ ttjee mp delict,
AttHa. n 3 am fo^ie, pou take not pour marfce arigljt^ 790
fetanDe backe Pedante t^ou p^efumfte, 3 am not ag pou fceeme,
»>o quicklp toonne, mp name an& honour liffitlp to efteeme*
Pedante. H3DifCOUrteCe feille0 me> 'Proffer to embrace her.
Attilia. ir ^ato ap to j en 3 fa ifc pee*
Pedante. U Si^y Here let him counterfaite the paffion of loue by
lookes and iefture.
Attilia. n fejetoe all t^e paffiong ttjat pou can, pet toill not 3 be toonne,
^o Cerue pou a0 a frienti of mine to one of late Ijatl) tione*
jfoj louing: one, a0 migt) t be pou, ojDer to Jim l^e ptte, 799
3n faeffgerjs toeetie to come to tlje Uoo^e,an almeg of Jer to craue*
^Lnti fo jje DiD,(!)elet.t)im in, but to^at toas $i& retoartie,
3 cannot tell, Bearing tje tale 3 Did not it reprde*
3 ffette tljep djunfee a poffet toljen jer mittreffe toa0 a fleepe,
Come not pou fo to me, our doojeg 3 purpofe faft to keepe*
f Dauus
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
1F Dauus fum non Aedipus, in parableg HOtD QjC beging tO ftofc), Pedante.
31 map cljance to trpe toljetljer 31 tyalbe toelcome o^ no*
jfaretoell miffreile Attilia, 3 am to p^oude mp Celfe tinto begging to
continue lefte at lafte pou repent tje Came. (frame, Exit. Attilia.
je 10 gone, Crackftone tlje captaine 31 tmtft ftnde,
&nd to tying tjim to mp mtftreffe ftraigljt to tmderff ad fjer minde*
iongfjatt) Ije fued to be tier daue, noto muft ^e fyeto tt)e Came, Enter
^[nti fet jjimCelfe againd Fedele to remoue tjer l^ame* Crack-ft
(BooD lucfee, te come0* 813
loofee fo^ no mo^e Hattin noto mp gotone {0 gone, Crack-ft.
learning toit!) mp reparrell goe0 off anti oru
3I tooulD 31 could meete toitl) matter Pedayntrye,
^o fenotoetoljat 5155 maifter Cait^ to tlje
3 beleeue it te a0 tieaup a0 lead to reiefte,
tjerefoje tootle time Ceruejs me to tafee tfje Came 3 toere bed*
toill 3 to Voinne miftreffe Victoria tafee Come papne,
tlje i0 quite out of fauour toftf) tjem ttxiapne* 821
gonder^ Jer mapde, ^lz Calute jjer bp and bpe,
title tatle, toell met of mine Ijoneftie,
doetl) pour miftreffe*
^ &$ toell ag fte map, Attilia.
^[nd foerp deOrou0 to Cpeafee toitj pou to dap*
H ftfllljat tOOUld flje ? Crack-ft.
n 3 fenotoe not* Attilia.
n 2Doe pou Cpeafee a0 pou tljinfce ? Crack-ft
n 3 Ijaue no caufe »>ir from t ije truetj to l^^infee* 830 Attilia.
n 3 fenotoe not tofjat 3 fl^ould Cap, fo& (Je doetj me iniurie, Crack-ft
Ifjat regarded no moje mp Ceruice and b^auerie*
n flDj} Cap not Co &ir : Attilia.
n fflltjp am 3 not bjaue ? Crack-
n ge0 indeed, and a p^opperer man fye can neuer Jaue* Attilia.
IT 3 toill not fticke fo$ Jer Cake to pull luniper and all tje god0 fro Crack-ft.
3f 3 map fee tjat mp pojtnance dotlj pleaCe 6er epe* (tje Cfepe,
dEuerp tooman tfjat on eartt) at tljt'0 dap dots liue,
3«s mo^e beholding to me, tfjen to Jer parents tjat life tinto fierdid
H CLfll^P &fr ? (giUe* Attilia.
n i:ijep gaue tjem life tljat paltetlj atoap, Crack-ft
3 Siu* tliem iope0 ttiat neuer decap, 842
A Pleafant Comcedie
Attiiia. ir l£oto p^oue pou tljat ?
Crack-ft. 113] am Co terrebintf)inall anti plap fuel) reafeeg
to Jen 31 come to tlje feelD:
CJat mine enemies cljoofe ratjjer to murtier tfjem
feluegtljentopteltu
ftflljerbp tfceir 2Damneti fouleg fjaue Co peftereti all {jell:
'0 no roome left foj toomen to titoelU
being tfouft out of tlje place tjat i£ tfjeirg ft^ ri^t: 850
are conftrainti into Jeauen to take tljeir ftigjn
Attiiia. n 3 confer tjat t&te benefit 10 fo great,
tEjjat mp tung 10 not able pour p^atfe to repeat
Crack-ft. n 25ettDe0 tl)at,3] ^aue ag goon lucfe a0 anp man of mp Cfe,
Co fintie fauour anti freenDl^tp m (0entle\nomen^ epesf.
31 t^anfe t^em t^ep flout me to mp face, toljen no otfjer tljep mocfe,
Ctjte toa0 mp fatjerja» craft, foj je euer maDe mp S^otfjer
to to^ap mee m jjer fmocke.
(Kme me good lucfe anti t^oto mee into tlje fe)ea0,
QH^ere toomen tafee a pftcf),t't 10 eafp to pleafe* 860
Attiiia. f Crutf) &ir,but totll ?ou goe too my ^ittre0 toitj mee,
Crack-ft. fl Mlttf) an alutonti Ijart mp girle 3 toil folloto tjee* Exeunt.
The fecond Act beeing ended, the Conforte
foundeth again.
Actus tertia, Scena prima.
Enter Miftres Virginia, with Pamphila her maid.
Pamphiia. A ^JftrelTe 91 map, anti totll once moje goe
IVl ^fet)^m if poupleafe:
jaitljougl) 3 feare ji0 anftoere toil returne pou little eate*
flfllljat tljoug^ Je loou'ti pou firft ? pou fee 5i0 fute
fallen to tjegrounti, 871
^inti bp tl)i0 fmall pucfute,t|)infee0 pou are a0 gooti loft a0 founD.
iljee ftoopetj to Victoriaes lure, but fye liatl) caft Jim of,
5?ee botoe0, anti creeper to Jer, fl&e turner I)i0 labour too a fcoffe.
Virginia. 1F I^OtD Canft t^OU tell?
Pamphila. n (guen peftertiap 31 tiearti it of !)er maiD:
Virginia, u g|f it bee fo, tljen i0 Ijee iuftlp plagued from aboue,
feeler t^at Jell of mintie, toljicj all fo^fafee (B&offes tioop^ooue
»e
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
get can 3 not beleeue it Pamphila, before 31 fee,
Sink gather bp ite anftoere, tjat tje 6atf) fo^fafcen mee* 880
'(Ifjerefoje goe feefee t)im out againe*
u^itf refte it fyall not neede, Em. Fedeie. Pamphii[
Hoe toljere ijc toalfeesf atf fad ag tljottglj (j (0 ijeact to ftljin did bleede*
u&teppe to Jim ftraigljte* Virginia.
Fedeie, ff pOU fenetD agf toell Pamphila
loue : anti Jer tfjat loue^ pou, to releeue,
SL& pou are CWlfull in deceite to DtoelL
to toment lofiome pou l^oulti neuer greeue,
toere fte tjat beared pou in Jer b^ette,
890
^appie toere pou of fucj a pearle poffefte*
l^lflljat meanetl) tji0?
IT Calfee tmt& mp mittrelTe feir, anti pou tyall
^IJen tO tjp mittreffe Pamphila, 3 pe.
^iftreffe Virginia, tojat*0 t^e cauCe 3 P^ap,
^ICfiatpoutiidfentieoElatetofeefeemeout?
If pou Jaue anptfjing; to meto Cap,
S>peafee, t&at3| map refolue pou of tlie doubt*
1T Fedeie, nOtD bejolde t!)p Crueltte,
!^ec topee ig Itopt, and dotj fo^ fo^otoe die*
If 3 neuer tjOUffSt Fedeie tO jaue fOUnde^
gour lijetoe of faitj inp^omifejj fojpt:
gour Iptiing; dead, and buried in t je grounde,
felfe caft off a0 t^ougj pou feneto me not*
loue in iefte and turne it to a fco^ne,
not tje nature of a (Bentle bo^ne*
, 3 loue pou ag 3 did before,
SL0 dearelp a$ ttje deareff friend pou jaue,
&>l ag a b^otjer, toould pou anp mo^e ?
Commande of me to!) at curteae map craue*
3f jfancieg lurking popfon pou remoue,
&nd be not Q)ipt in »>eae0 of raffing loue*
dfll&ofe great companion^ are difco^de and
jflatterp, 3Deceit, ^reafon and Crueltie:
^euineffe of minde, greef, penurie, and fcat^e:
5!Inreft, fufpicion, feare, and 3elouCe,
Confuming|)unger,and an endleffe tljirtte,
Si iuing deatf), life dping toitj tl)e ffrtte,
Fedeie.
Pamphilaf
Fedeie.
900
Pamphila.
Virginia.
Fedeie.
910
A Pleafant Comoedie
Virginia. 11 #f) Pamphila, g ffn&e tfjy toOldeg ate tttlC,
tCJe mo^e in liking 3 did tljinke Jim bound:
ttiie loofer lie, and ijuntetl) after netoe, 920
I?i0 talke toag nothing but an empty found*
^tjote fcertueg notoe, 31 Tee !je dotf) defpife:
^at once did painte my picture in jjte eye&
3(f lufttce Wallace ftande aboue t!)e Cfepeft
and angrie pti0 troe looke into our life:
&ome plague no doubt,foi Jim t^ep toill UeuiCe,
&iib fcourge l)im toitj Come fto^me of bitter ftrife.
^lltJougS &e taunt of conqueft fiere a tof)Ue>
<W# not pjaife tooltip a tooman to beguile.
Come Pamphila^' le learne to fet jim ligt)t» 930
tti at fo Mffembletf toitl) a double tongue,
!^elpe to conueiglie me (freight out of |)i0 ag^t,
Mljofe toanD^ing cfjo^fe Jatj tione me Double tojong*
jFaretoell feir, a0 toe met, toe meane to parte,
Pamphila. 1F ^I)t0 greeting anftoere0imtof)igtiefert* Exeunt Verg. & Pam.
Fedele. ^feo quicfelp gone ? f aretoell, all toomen fo^ Victories fafee,
^Ind on tjem all fo$ 5^> reuenge 3 meane to take.
Bude t^ep are toitl) pen to to^ite our tiiceg in our face,
2But negligent to fenotoe t^e blemity of tjeir otone Ditgrace. 939
d5effure0 anli looked in reauineffe, at tjeir command t^ep Jaue,
Sl^irtJ, fo^rotoe, feare, Ijope, anU tojat ot^er paflion pou can craue,
^ence riCetj euer? cloutie in loue, tljte b^eedetj all t|e ttrife,
&nare0 to our feete,neuouring canker0,tljefe are tnto life.
Actus tertia. Seena fecunda.
Enter Pedante with the robe on his arme.
Pedante. URidetur chorda qui Temper aberrat eadem.
31 cannot abifce &ir,to Jarpeftill tpon one ftring,
31t i$ tooCuckolike t^epfa?,one fong continually to dng+
3|t toere gooD fo^ pou to learne quickly in toljat cleefe you
fyoulD take your part, 950
&n& be fpeetiely reuengeti on Jer tjat ftrike0 fucf) a nagger
to your Jeart*
^>6 tfcey are
ttoitle-ttoatle, and 3 knoto not toljat,
of two Italian Gentlemen.
Genus demonftratiuam, fg fuel) a bottomleffe fea,
pou to ill neuer Ijatie done if pott enter into tljat.
IJe dffp^aife of toomen te Co great, t|jat tottljout doubt,
SLll tlje tongneg in tlje too^ld are not able to Cet it out. 958
'ZTijaf one of mp p jecepw, to be tyojt anti tyarpe in toojd and bloe,
tijey anger pott, bid tfje deuill take tljcm all, and make no
tfjou Co neare Pedante? (mo^e adoe. Fedele.
113 Jeard pou toell pnougj. Pedante.
3 t^inke 3 mutt bjing; pou to Copia reru aptne foi cpge of ftuffe,
Heaue tjeCe e^clamatton0,anti crpt'ng: out fcpon toomen noto,
3f pou looke toell to pour Celfe, tf)e f aulte f* in pou.
Sou toould neetie0 loue, tjoug;^ to pour latt lecture among pour
fententiae, fimilitudines and dicendi flores. ?
31 made pou tojite tji0 in pour paper booke, Littore quot conchae,
tot funt in amore dolores.
Didtt in fceeiie Pedante,anti 3 jaue not it fo&ot, 970 Fedele.
pou fintie it bp p^oofe, 31 beleeue pou toill not. Pedante.
But let tjijs matter paffe, and tell me &ir, Ijoto toitlj Fortunio pou
2Did pou toucf) t)im Co neere tjat Ji0 jjeart did bleede ? (fpeede,
1T4D1) no, fo^ in Victoria jje Jat^ Tuc!) confidence, Fedele.
'HEIjat Je e^cufetj l)er,and noto miftruttetj mp pretence.
HQjQl^at remedp tfjen? pedante.
^3 knotoenot,fo^^^it^,e^cepttjat3l canplainlpp^oue, Fedele,
^jat ot^er men bettdeg ^im Celfe Victoria doet!) loue. 978
^e toa0,and i?af,and toill be jer0,Co long a0 Ije dot!) liue,
f Accidit in puncto, quod non contingit in anno, foerp ffOOd COOCell fO^ pedante.
3Doe pou fee tji^b^aue robe ? (tjig 3 can giue.
113 doe,tierp toell, Fedele.
HBut tojp 3 tjaue b^ougljt it,pou cannot tell, pedante.
HjflOtrutt me. (Victoriaes mapde? Fedele.
H2Didnot3l tel pou tjat fo^ pour fake 3 bega to currp fauour toitj pedante.
^3^deede Pedante,^ remember fuel) a tfjing pou faioe. Fedele.
^ %>$t tooke o^der tlji0 tjerp dap toitj mee, Put on the pedante.
<3Tl)at difguifed on t!)i0 maner,a^ bp and bp pou tyall fee. Robe.
<Euent|)u0&irbej)olde,3| IftoulD come tii0 nig^t,
2Difguifed tjat no man migljt knoto me bp ttgiit. 99°
&nd begge an alme0 at tlje doo^e, (Ije toould let me in ftraigljte,
make me a poCCet fo^ mp labour, tljat fo toell can toaigljt.
A Pleafant Comcedie
Wit fyall be ag mere? *& cup and can, tofien 3 am once tljere,
e]dele. f SBtyat'g tl)i0 tO me?
jedante. n^ufy ta&e pou no care:
Hook tfiat Come p^ettp corner, bp pott map be efpied,
flfllfjere pou anti Fortunio pour felueg map fjide*
Be bott) of pou Jeer about t&e mid'ft of tlje nigfjt,
^IDJat to!) en 3 come out, bort) of pou of me map Jaue a Cgl)t,
3 at Departure toil bid Victoria fartoell, 1000
Commend mp entertainment, and faptt tiootj e^celU
ttfitttDUl maleljtm to rtjinfeag foon a0 3 am gone,
^at victoria louet^ not l)tm alone^
]edele. f <£> excellent
]edante. n^>ee tojat an olfce jfojc ttiefe rotten rag§# i|)^otDti0,
3 canplap t^eknaue anto conuap ft in tije cioto&e&
Butjearepou&tr?
]edele. f ffiKJat fattt tJOU?
jedante. <[ !^oulD faft Rafter Fortunio, ttl 3 be out of Iji0 reacl),
3Leaft fie cut me in peeceg \&$m Je Ijeare0 me pieacl), 1010
jedeie. n jfear not,be fuer Ije iftall not ftfrre before 3 fee t^ee gon,
jfartoel,anH tjanfees? to fint'05 tji0,3 tofl to Jim anon« Exit.
jedante. f £tlteto &tr, 3f Appollo tje fcerp b^Otjer Of Diana antl lupiters
jfoi tje loue of a Hatip tjat taa0 Jarti to be toum (fonne,
^fjouffjt tt no fl^ame in a&5epf)earti0 toeeli,
l^im felfetodebafe,tSe fooner to fpeeD*
fejoulti 3 ftat am not toojtljp to beare out Apoiios
chamberpot, tfitak anp fco^ne,
Cjiat tjjefe rafcotlp ragged bp me (ioulfc be too^ne*
&o long a0 3 tioo it mp fute foj to moue: 1020
&n& further mp Rafter toitj) mp flauering loue.
Quod exemplo fit, iure fieri putant, Tully tlOOt^ fap,
autljojitie i0 a p^iuiletige to folloto tljig Voap*
god Appollo to&ofe example 3 take,
to ttap tje courfe of tjjp Cjarriot a tootle fo^ mp Cafce,
buffer not tlj^p jo^fetf to Ijaften t^e dap,
But prolong p ntg|)t, a0 tojen lupiter tljp fatjjer toitj Akmena lap>
^eraduenture 3 map get a poung Hercules a0 toel a0 lie,
But fo^ fcerp anne and ijame too, fo it (fcould be^
oledooeuerppeer,
3t
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
3t tyall be feftiuall tomp fecljoller&tomake good cjeere, 1031
^{jej tyall plap it tljej? to til, from moaning to nigtjt,
SDuring ttjat time, tjjep flmll not be contained to come in mp fig&t,
^i0 toill be cake and pudding to tljem tfjat are truantty,
&nd care notijoti) little t&ep take foj tjeir monp*
Si beting; Pedante, 3 a begging 31 goe, Beg at Virginiaes gate.
Tic, toe, fate vna limofma, d vn pouerino.
^(l&Jatboldebeggertjauetoeattfjegate, Pamphila comes Pamphila.
#rt tf)ou notafyamed to goea begging folate ? to the doore.
n jpo good miftrette, it te no fyame at all, 1040 Pedante.
But ttje greateft Jonour tljat tinto a man ma? falL
an 2ilmz& i0 a gitt,and a gifte i^ a token of reuerence 3 troto,
reuerence f& to^en our fuperiour^ toe fcnoto*
being pjeCented of all men toitj almeg a^ pou fee,
Eeuerenced of all men of f o jce 3 muft bee*
^ jfo^ reafoning fo deepelp, no ^ilme0 (Jail you jaue, Pamphila.
Becaufe 3 to ill not Ijonour fuel) a beggerlep fenaue* Exit.
^ jfaretoell and be tjangde, tjere 3 toa0 ouer-reacjt toitl) a croofete Pedante.
Sfllitte bought at tfjig rate 10 an excellent treafure* (meafure,
Beginning^ are Jarde, tjig pjouerbe i0 olde, 1050
lleref o^e at fome ottjer bodies doo^e 3 meane to be bolde*
Tic, toe, fate limofma : popoli mei benedetti, Beg at Victoriaes gate.
Che iddio v' aiuterd, nelle voflre tribulationi.
Tic, toe, chi la diua ouer la fara dire, Enter Crackftone out
Di buona morte non potra morire. of Victoriaes houfe.
^Mifjat fturdp fenaue fjaue toe Jeer in tfje ftreete, Crack-ft
'lo beggeat t^igftime of tlje nigljt ?»)irra t'i0 not meete,
^acfee jence &irra 3 aduife pou, leatt 3 gto you a fotoce, 1058
<D\ take t&ee b j tlje jeele^ and tfooto t^ee ouer tje fjotofe*
maifter beate not tfje poo^e, to^en tjep make tjeir mone, Pedante.
not long Cnce pour courrage toag ag colde a^ a ftone*
fatocp knaue, me tjinke^ Je doetjj p^ate, Crack-ft
2Doeft tljou knoto to tojome tjou fpeakeft, 01 at toliofe gate?
^ jpo good maifter,be good to me, 3 befeectie pou,foj 3 fau* b$nt, Pedante.
3 toere beft to be quiet till Je be gone*
Hdflle Jaue manp good ftartoppe^ made Jeer in tlje cittie, Crack-ft.
Jf o$ publifting tjefe targerp knaue0 tljat goe tip and doton idlelp
feee fjoVo Je t'0 fcapte, and i^inketfj aCde,
A Pleafant Comcedie
loofeeg are to trigge foj Sim too abide.
^(0 a toonder to fee fcoto tljep croucj toljere Coeuer 3 come, 1070
3f 3 ftande tljep ftoupe, it 3 fpeafee tfjep are dumbe*
Miftreffe Victarrogantie fcatf) Cent foj me,
l$er C&aplen apinft Fedele to be*
3f 3 WH Win foj &er fake, and put Jim to tyame,
fe>l)e Sat!) piomifte me Ijer loue, to retoarde tlje fame*
Pedante. 1T jDJ, Traditora. (tinmen tO lap OUt tttg Jeart to tit? IjOfe,
Crack-ft. ff ^oto am 3 bounto to Mars, $ tojeix mp ftomacfe fo ftoelleg J 3 am
^e Cotoeg tip mp gotget tottj t&e aaugljter of mp foe0.
3'le pe put on mp t?0£{HttO!, $ t§e reft of mine ^Lrmoj ttrafffljt,
j^nd ^ere about 5er Soufe fo^ ^fm 3 Wll toaffflt. 1080
(Euerp nlgjt (|)e faftj, Je cornet f neafung; peer bp>
But tf Se come noto,3 toili pantile Jim trimlp* Exit.
Pedante. IT d5oe gooDman (Koofe,p^outtie pou, $ arme pou a0 Xoell a0 pou can,
Hap about pou, and plap tlje proper mam
in tempore veni, 3 came Jet^er in tje ntcfee,
9pp matter fljall fpeedelp Scare of tfjig tricke*
get toill 3 P* fo^etoard toit|) mp buaneUe ag 3 decreede,
jand trpe tjoto toell of mp purpofe 3 am like to fpeede*
Tic toe, vna limofma al poueretto,
Date Signora per Tamour di Dio. 1090
Attiiia. IFMJfjotetjere?
pedante. ugour cjartue ffood miftreffe,
Attiiia. U (Enter and tafee it,
pedante. ncBod retoarde pou pod miftreffe, 3 toill not fo^fafee it* Exit.
The third Act being doone, the Confort founds
a follemne Dump.
o
Actus quarta. Scena prima. 1097
Enter Medufa and Pamphila.
l^appie ft 3 truft tjat SDocto^ foule bp toljom 3 learnde,
l)ig famous &rte, and eafelp bp it mp lining; earnde*
tfjat Je fcneto Ijoto deere tig life and learning toa0 to me,
<3D ^ $z could but foi Si0 deatj mp g;riefe and fo^rotoe fee*
pamphiia. if Medufa, if 3 did not feare mp Sonour and mp name,
flfllould foone be loft Jerebp, and turne mp credite into tyame*
3 toould become tljp »>cSoller, but 3 bluft to fpeafce of it,
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
Pamphila, foj fucf) a miftceffe tljou act farre &nfit*
Miijat talkft tfjou of tljp name,and Jonour lifcelp to be loft,
23? learning of mpne #rte?tolj!cl) tyould be Jono^d of tjje mofte*
&nd mo^e efteemtie tfjen
eafp to be p^oued,
bp $ijittfee0 learned ffetll,Uifeafe0 be remoueti.
mp cunning:, euerg fmarte tjat HotJ afflict tje mi'nde,
30put to cjace,foj euec? gciefe, a remeDp 3 fin^e*
tanU Jaue pou an^ Calue foi loue ?
tdJUtiereof (0 it maoe ?
n <3Df timers tSing:0,Cmple,ant> mfccte, accoutring to m^ tcade^
utEJen if foj loue, oj monp, pou to ill gcaunt me mp cequefte,
Het me once b? ]?our cunning fee, mj miftreffe ^aue fome refte,
f ftfltljome ferue ^ou tfien?
U fOlfOOt5,3 feni^ miftreffe Virginia.
f get fartiier,let me craue pour name*
name ig pamphila.
1122
lOUe>
f !i?oto faret^ fl)e toitft it?
, and fo^e, toitj fojroto pinde, and difpoffefte of toft*
louetj fte ?
11 Fedele . 1 1 30
n&nd Joto long; Ijatl) (|je bin fo ?
113 fenoto not,pet3 gefte^tfjat fte Cckned a peere ape*
uflflljat if 3 ^elpe Ijer ? tell me totio tyall pleafe me fo^ mp paine?
f 9^p felfe,becaufetnfenotoentol)er,3 feefeefiertealtj to gaine*
n Si louino: feruant, goe tjp toage0 and leaue it all to me*
But Jarfee tljee*
f Het me Ijaue paffage to Ijer lodging free*
'C&at totien (Je little tljinfeeg tSereof,mp 9^edcin0 3 niap male,
®p tiertue of tlje toiid), !jer toounded jeart map comfort tafee*
'ZCJe leffe (Je looked foj remedp,
t^emo^e i$f)erdeligl)t,tof)en fig obtapnde*
f tCJen let'0 be gon*
n Content,
Medufa.
Pamphilaf
Medufa.
Pamphila.
Medufa.
Pamphila.
Medufa.
Pamphila.
Medufa.
Pamphila.
Medufa.
Pamphila.
Medufa.
Pamphila.
Medufa.
Pamphila.
Medufa.
Pam phila.
Medufa.
Pamphila.
Medufa.
Pamphila.
Medufa.
Pamphila.
Medufa.
Pamphila.
A Pleafant Comoedie
Medufa. IT Content, for it ig nigjt*
#nd Conner cornet Fedele toiti) Fortunio ijand in fjande,
^o tyunne fufpect, t&ep fyal not Cee fog talking Ijere to ftade* Exit.
Actus quarta. Scena fecunda.
Enter Fedele and Fortunio togither.
Fedele. ncome -o>ir Fortunio, noto 10 tlje time to put pou out of doubt, 1149
Victoria loue pou, oj pour dealings tioe but floute*
let fog tyiotode out Celueg a tofcile, tljat (fanning out of figljt,
ftflle map perceiue toljat Iouec0 ^aunt Victoriaes fjoufe bg nifftt.
Fortunio. f^greetie, tjjig i0 tje fitteft time to paffe tje ttceete,
ann giue jer muCfee at Jer toinDotoe,fo^ a pliant meete*
Fedele. naaijifte,fo^f)ertioo^el)eginne0 to creafee,
Fortunio. 1^31 tDoetf) in beetle* Enter Pedante difguifed, comming forth
Fedele. '^3 f*** of Victoriaes houfe.
Fortunio. n^l man me tjinfee0,€) let me pe,
Fedele. n&tap &it, be ruleti bp me,
Pedante. HflD tiellCate Victoria fo long a0 1 liue, 1160
foj tjig( enter tainement, great tjanfee0 toill g giue*
^ije remembrance of tje ftoeeteneffe of tf)i0 nig^t Co toell pad,
Mlill feetie me Wtl) Ijonp topple mp life tioetl) laft^ Exit.
Fortunio. ir & tillane, let me goe Fedele, let me goe 3 fap:
3 toill reuenge t^i0 iniurie before tie get atoap*
Fedele. n^ot fo,foj raittng of a tumult in tje ftreete fo late,
&nd troubling of tlje toatcle tjat ftan&e armeti at euerp gate.
Fortunio. H3Dut drumpet,3 toill mafee tjee noto a mirroj to tljitf totone,
Si pointing ftocke to euerp one tfjat paffetj fop anfc Hotone>
Fedele. n^oto toill pou be reuengeti ? "70
Fortunio. HBp Ctoo^tie, and fyeatlje it in jer b^efte,
Fedele. fjBe not too ttoift to ferue Jer f o, 3 ttiintte it toere not befte*
Fortunio. IF&nfctoSp?
Fedele. ^Becaufe ftat if pou full 5er,t!)en pour felfe pou Doe defame,
3Difcredite Jer,and put ^er l)oufe,anti kindled imto ftame.
^Susf pou Q)all euer toalfce in feare of t&ofe pou neuer tatoe,
BeCde0,^er friended toill trippe at pou,bp danger of t&e latoe*
Fortunio. f l^oto (fall 3 bt reuenged tjen?
Fedele. iKBiue Jer a Fico out
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
fljoulli 31 fcape,tmt tlje reuenge in little fteede tooulD ffande* Fortunio.
fye fyoulo Die, ana none fyoulfc fenoto t&e fcillainie tye DID,
But euerp tong ere long; tyall talfce of tfjat, tf)at3|Jaue fpfoe* 1182
&ome otfjer toap 31 tm'li Deuife,
1F2Doe CO, fO£ yit & ffOne* Exit. Fedele.
3 toill fee to^t tfjte VictoriaCait!) to me anon, Fortunio.
10 tjete tDltljtn? Knocke at her doore.
Actus quarta. Scena tertia.
Enter Victoria and Attilia to Fortunio.
beDol&e Fortunio. Attilia.
113 come tof)t'm,toelcomeffoo& &tX 1190 Victoria,
iT^Dut^ipocrite, no, no, Fortunio,
l£oto tio pou like pour otjer loue?
f 3 like of none,but ?ou> Victoria.
TOufy, 5olDe ^our peaee,31 f)a& a0 Ime ?ou tolDe me tjjat it fneto. Fortunio.
(Euen noto came one out of tljj f)ou£e,\x>i)o bititiinff tjee faretoell,
^n'umpljeti of tlj? courteae,and fatt> itDiti e^celU
n Come Ijftfjer mapde, tofjat tjaue you Done ? tell me, Victoria.
no matter mittreffe, pou tfiinfee 31 let in m? companions Attilia.
pou are a fleepe* 1200
n But feeing you Jaue no better confidence in me,
me mj toage^^'le be pne,pour feruant no longer toill 31 be.
goe about, me fo mucfj to tiifpace,
p^ouitje foi pour felfe,31 can fjaue mo^e toages in another place*
n^eace peeuii?) foole,31 tjinfee not Co,?et let me affce 31 P^ap, Victoria.
Becaufe to ttaun&er me, pou Ijeare to&at Fortunio tioet!) fap>
H3I foice not toftat tie faitj,31 fcnoto mp confcience to be cleare, Attilia.
ir#nti fo 10 mine, altfjougl) fo ftoutlp $z rep^oue me Seer* 1208 Victoria,
uifjen ^ati 31 neither littning; eareg to jeare,no^ epe0 to fee, Fortunio.
feitje tSegfailenot,31'le cretiite ttjem,anti giue no Beetle to tfjee*
But truft to it,anu loofce fo^ it, t^ouiftalt repent at laft,
^at ere tfjou blearti'ft Fommioes a^tetoitlj fuc!) a iugline: caft.
H31tbootett)nottofpeafietojim>t)ei0infuc|ateate, Victoria.
But 31 tiurft lap mp life Fedele tDjougl)ttl)i55 feate*
o* Attilia.
fali^ooti anti t!jp »>o^cerie,at lengt!) 31 Jaue perceiu'De, Fortunio.
A Pleafant Comoedie
Butbp t&p fubtiletraine,no longer toill3 be deceiu'de*
Victoria, f 3 faid, it fcag Fedeles deede,bUt Crack-ftone (0 tOO ttOtD,
To cut Sim off, before tSte rurno^ roote beginne to grofcu
Attilia. u s^tttreffe, 3'le feeke Crack-ftone, and Jafte Jim to ttie deede, 1220
(£103 perceiue tSat fcerp ill, pout felfe 10 like to fpeede,
Victoria. irgDoe fo, and till 3 fee Fortunioes angrp mootie be paft,
1?i0 beft out of !)i0 p^eCence to conueifffje ntp Celfe in fmfte*
jFatetoell &ir Fortunio, t^infee ag pou finDe me* Exeunt Victo.
Fortunio. f g tDill,anti toill reuenge it a0 farce a0 pou bintie me, & Attilia.
jfpe jartleffe to^etcte,flotot6full,anti tjattljat'g mo^e,
Set tnreuengeD, tojp tiiU 3 (lap mp fcanti ?
Ml^P titD 3 not Ijer eaitjleffe boDp p^e?
a01jile0 in mp potoer before me tye tiiD ftanti.
SMtlp Did 3 not foj to fulfill mp tiotoe: 1230
2)oe tl>at,toiS)icl) none toould couer no^ allotoe?
ll?er treafon mafeeji mj raging; tljoufflitg to Ctoell,
IBepontie tfje bounoe0 of all Jumanitie,
!^er faltyoode ti^iue0 tlje jfutie^ out of Sell.
^o p^actifeftraunge anti e^treame crueltie.
9et neither rancoure^ fo^ce,no^ ouglp fientie,
!^atl)f tourge pnougj fo^ Cuc& a double friende^
But pet before reuenge mp furie take,
3 He offer feruite to Virginia.
Heaft euerp dame Ijere after me fo^fafee, 1240
WUJen it i0 fenotoen Soto 3 ^f^ Victoria.
d5ood lucke, Medufa jeer me tljinkeg 3 f^>
, Si cunning broker, terp fit f oj mee.
Actus quarta. Scenaquarta.
Enter Medufa, with aPedlers Bafket vnder her arme,
to Fortunio.
Medufa. n^ptople fo great, retoarde fo fmall,
ttjat euerp man fcootlj gtue,
^atlj made me toearp of mp trade, tmcertaine Ijoto to liue» 1249
Fortunio. f dfllell met Medufa, tofjetjer goeft tljou toitj tjp Packe fo late?
Medufa. 113 toag abrade to fell mp toare^, at euerp Hadieg gate*
But being ouertaken t&us bp nigljt,3 I)ie me Some,
cm
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
toil fortune fend a better market, foj tie too^lde te none.
^flfllfjat Ijatt tjOU fOlde?
u jRotljing; but too^deg,
ITOfjatjaft ti)OU got?
Bottling but toinde:
^ttfjat market tljou migjtt toell tjaue feept,
and pet Ijaue left tljp packe bejinde,
^j£ot Co, fo^ bp ttje carriage tjat toitljm mp
puttie ^acfee 3 Jaue,
3 enter m tboCe 3Ladie0 c JamberjJ,
tf)at 3 finoe bo tlj fine and Inaue.
^ind tntier colour of tje trffte0 3 beare about to fell,
3 pleatie f oj fucj a0 pou pod &p^,
t&at feele bp loue tfie f ojce of |elL
HQjQlljat fcaft tjou t^ere ?
^Callejaf (Bo^et0, !^eare0, ^otoder0 to mafee a Ball,
Vallentia d5loue& and Venice
to rubbe tlje teetlj toitljalL
Fortunio.
Medufa.
Fortunio,
Medufa.
Fortunio.
1260 Medufa.
Fortunio.
Medufa.
1270
^inne0,®odkin0,&taie0,and ot^er kindeof ffuffe,
^o mo^e but tell me toijat pou lacke,
and pou ftall Ijaue jnourjlj*
SL tljoufanD knacfeesJi Ijaue,
to btter, to^ic!) 3 tnutt be floto,
Becaufe tjej are fo fecret, ag become^ not pou to knotoe*
^ipeitjer am 3 importunate, to toeing it out of tfjee, Fortunio.
get muft 3 craue tljee noto, to ftotoe t jp felfe a friend to mee. 1280
^aQifjerein? Medufa.
if(Cuen in tfje loue tjat 3 to faire Virginia beare, Fortunio.
113 doubte it ig too Ijarde a taCfee,15e Ioue0 Fedele fo, Medufa.
^at fte bp no meaner can be toonne, Fedele to fo$o+
nget doe tfcp bett, to moue mp fute, Fortunio.
n^Lfy beft 3 can 3 toill, Medufa.
^Ind ranfacfceeuerp corner of mp toitte0 to fyetoe mp ffeilU
Citjer it mutt be done bp crafte,o$ 9£agicfce,tol)icf) pou pleafe,
Crafte, oj ^agiclte, toiiicj pou litte, Fortunio.
fo 3 map purr&afe eafe. 1290
$.\i.
A Pleafant Comcedie
Medufa. f £>ir, firft bp deceit 3'le trie Joto 3 can tying; tje Came about,
3f ffjifteg tioe faile, (Encjaunted Jerbeg (Jail put pou out of doubt
31 toill imto Jer lodging ftraigjt, and da? pour comming tjere,
dfllitjin an Joure oj Jalfe,to follotoe,fee pou doe not feare*
3'le tell Jer tjat3 meane to tying Fedele to Jer bed,
ftflljen ligjteg are out,anti deepe ig? crept into jjer f art) erg lieati^
pou are in anfc Jalfe tnb^afte, a tumult toill 3 mafee,
call Ijer father tip,?ou in Jer cljamber tljere to tafee*
i?ou fenoto ag;e to ill CuCpect tje tDOift,anD tojjen Je Cee0 pou Co,
CLfllill fo^ce pou tfjen to marrie Ijer, lojetljer fljee totll o^ no. 1300
25e(fte0, to^en t^at tl)e b^ute Jeer of 10 blotoen in euerp place,
Fedele and all otjer Cuter&toill fo^fafee tje cfjace*
Hoe, t ju0 bp fubtiltie pou IJall poffefCe tje name pou crau'de,
pet bp me tojen all Ig toltie,!)er Jonour (Jail be Cau'&e.
Fortunio.
Medufa.
ig a0 toell a0 can be toiljte, Depart 3 pjap tjee
Scena quinta.
Exit.
Actus quarta.
Enter Fedele with Pedante, and with them, two
Watch-men with Billes.
Fortunio. Wpontl)eetoill3|tDai'01)te, 1310
»>eetoljere Fedelecome0,becaufe Je (Jail not me Cttfpecte,
3 toill auopDe tje (treete0a toljile,t5at nothing me Detecte* Exit.
Fedele. 11 ^[nD 10 It Co Pedante ?
Pedante. f 3t Ig a0 3 tell ?e+
Attilia toltie me,tjat Jer miftreffe jad matie a requett,
Crack-ftone,to (Jeatje Jig ftoo^lie in pour b^e(t (tent,
goe aie? pou fenoVoe, tJifguiCeD to tje JouCe fo^ an otljer in-
3 Caloe Jim come tjence,b2ajjgin£ tojat Je tooulD Doe,
in tje ftreeteg a0 Je toent* 1119
Fedele. H^[la0 poo^e Coule, 3 fenoto Je Hare Ccarce loofee a flpc in tje face,
But feed tjott tj#? 3 toill piouide mp Captaine to Difpace.
Come on mp frien&eg,£oe pou anti Cet tjig net at tje 3Lane0 end,
Jfo^ tojen Je corner, mp ftDO^oe tpon tji0 (Ballant toill 3 bend.
Sinb crpe aloude arme, arme, a0 tjoug;J our enemies Jad tje toall,
% Jearing tji0, toill take Ji0 Jeeleg and let Ji^ anger fall,
flflie toill purfue Jim fo, tjat toe toill d^iue Jim to tje net,
Mljen
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
flflljen Je (0 in, pull pou tje co£tie0,fo£ tjat Came purpoCe Cet*
&nti mafee Jim faff,tjen toill toe lea&e Jim Jamp^eu in tje fame,
flfllitj mirtj and glee about tje totone, to put Jim to tje fyame*
(BoeCetittp, 1330
ll&lletoill Watchme
n 8%, Surra, 31 perceiue toe (Jail goe a batfotoling; tjig nigjt, Pedante.
31 tooulfc pCaptainetooulli come, tjat of tJi0p£etieCpojt3l migjt
ifflflijifte, not atoo^lie, foj Je 10 at fjanue, (Jaue a Ogljt. Fedele.
Come let fcg botfi pjiuilp in ambufy ftantie*
Actus quarta. Scena fexta.
Enter Captaine Crack-ftone, armed like a Champion.
fl j^oto ftall m^ tialeroQitie appeare fcnto all, Crack-ft.
can kill men,anti Cerue a tooman at fjer call.
]tettg:riefei0,t5atintiooinfft5i0feate, 1340
31 am Cure mp Jonour toill not be Co greate*
&& tojen 31 ffiw* a cjarger to mp Coeg in tje open feeltie,
S>\ put Cittie0 into Cacke0,and make tl)OuCanDe0 to peeltie^
'Eo b^ing; Fedele to tlje Counter, i0 but to figljt toitj a die,
lljere i0 neither p^aiCe, p^ine, noj p^ouiDence in tje tJicto^ie.
tClierefo^e tafee Jeetie Crack-ftone tatjat pou Doe,
gou Ja^artie pour poD name,pour Jonour ftanDe^ on tip toe*
kill a (Bentlema ^ neuer ougjt me malice, i0 mo^e tje crueltie,
to feill Jim £o£ a tooman, toill b^ing: me fctterlp to infancie*
feilljim tjen? peratiuenture pea:(l)all31 let Jim go? 1350
^eratiuenture 31 tnap, peraDuenture no.
4DJ angle DeuiCe, Jere i0 a b^aine 31 beleeue,
^bletoi^ootebirnbolte0oCinuenti60,frommpJeaDintomp{leeue.
31 toill mafee a peat nopCe beCo^e Victoriaes tioo^e in tje tfreete,
^0tJougJattJi0pjeCenttoitJ Fedele 3 Din meete,
TEJen toill 31 runne to Jer JouCe amapne,
make Jer beleeue tjat Fedele ig flapne*
before tjat fye Jeare anp netoe^ of Jig life,
3l'le Jaue Jer to tje ^ietf,anti ntafee Jer mp toife.
!^aue euen at it ag toell a0 31 can, Fight with the Ayre.
Si J 3Uillaine0,tJu0 manp of pou f et tpon a nafceti man,
2D^atoe on mp pot) fellotoeg anO Cpare not,ftrtke Jome, 1362
&J cotoartilp 2Da(tartJe0, Co Cone be pou gone?
jM'ij, n&rme,
Fjedele.
PJedante.
F]edele.
P]edante.
Fjedele.
C]rack-ft.
P]edame.
Victoria
out at her
windowe.
Fedele.
Crack-ft
Pedante.
A Pleafant Comoedie
Hlfcill, fall, full*
^2DOtone toitj) Crack-ftone.
f (Bute me a ffitlL Heere Crack-ftone runnes into the net, Fedele
IT jfollotot, follOtDt* after him, leauing Pedante on the ftage.
n&>ut alag toljere am 31 note ? 1369
ir jfaffe pnougf) bp t&ig time 3 troto*
31$ tji0 mp luffp Mil Coto, tfjat totll eate fop fo man? men at a bit,
#nd toljen lie Dealer toitf) a l^atiotoe totlt not ftan& to tt ?
Enter Fedele and two or three other, leading Crack-ftone
in the net, finging.
BE ftill my mates, that keepe the gates,
When euery watch is fet:
Your lucke is naught, your freendes haue caught,
Your Captaine in a net.
Heigh ho Crack-ftone, heigh ho Crack-ftone.
A Nodie, a Nodie, a Nodie, we haue, 1380
Heigh hoe, Crack-ftone, luftie and braue.
JNow fouldiers all, forfake the wall,
Your foes haue got the towne,
Manhood is fled, God Mars is dead,
Your Captaine is a clowne.
Heigh ho Crack-ftone, Heigh ho Crack-ftone,
A Nodie, a Nodie, a Nodie, we haue,
Heigh ho Crack-ftone, lufty and braue. 1388
Attilia, come fji'tljec ftceigljt, Come fturre f# m tlje ttreete,
9£e tjinfceg 31 t)eare ttje notft of men, anti trampling of tljeir f eete*
n&f) fete, pou meant to feill me you, to pleafe Victoria,
But noto 3 ttutf to mafee of.tjee a pooje Crack-ftone, (f 3 map.
f 3l^5at tiictoitougf prince of battaile pti Marche-beere, Jati not
31 tiati made pou euerp one into co^nerg to cteepe* (bene a Qeepe,
IC'iiaf ttie jfo^ttme of Voarce, lucfee runne0 not euec to one CDe,
^erefoje 31 am content tje pjicfeatojie to abide*
31 am not ftrong Sampler to b^eafee out of pour jjandg,
But of) ^ Come little jjogrp ^oufe, toould gnato a funder mp bad0,
31 toould giue pou fuctj a fre?ado,oi caua^ado, take toljiclj pou pleafe
&& fl&ould be fmall to pour comfort, and little to poureafe*
nflDj totjat t&ig Captaine toould do, if je toere out of ty& Cfcin,
of two Italian Gentlemen.
%ii\ Ijte courage be cooler, 3 p^ap pou fcolde Jim im
^itfrette, 3 can not tell to jat te beff to be Caide, Attilia.
€>nce mo^e 31 perceiue pou are betraide*
3 Cee tljat Fedele antJ W friended Jaue pour CJampion beCet,
#nd noto botf) to )(£ fyame anti pour&fje i8 caught in a net.
n&tt tljou Cure tljat it ig Co ? 1407 victoria.
an epe to tje ende* Attilia.
let t)0 tyeto l)im to Victoria, fjig deareft friend* Here they Fedele.
let jim be led tJiourt euerp ftreete in § totone, bring him pedante.
cracferope, map tjijoto rotte eg^ at ^ cloton. ringing vn
, Victoria if $ be atoafee, riCe $ loofee out 3 p^ap, to Victor. Fedele.
windowe. Crack-ft.
'tiebefo^etfie perfect Hap* Shrinke in & looke
Called? outagaine. Victoria.
IT Fedele: feee tje Cljampion,tDjome pou Cet to murDer me, Fedele.
'HDjite tieeD tljjourtout tl)eCittie,Q)o^tlp i^all tiiljonour tjee.
f flDut, 1 Uefie Jim. Victoria.
^Mljjat fapett tj)OU Attilia? 1419 Fedele.
n !£e is a fenaue, 3 fcenie Jim. Attilia.
if'Cljou art a 2D^abbe anti a jSCueane, if mp name be Oack-ftone, Crack-ft
3 toa0 requetteti to tfite, bot^ bp t^ee anU Victoria. (pou Cap ?
mp miftrelTe anti me poD manCotoarD, tioe pou finoto tojat Attilia.
^ »>ir, pour face toa0 not toafl^te pefter &ap. Emptie a chs-
rope on all toljojeg, toill pou tyinfee anp ^lle, her pot on his Crack-ft
3 tjjinke fte crotontie me toit| a potle of ftale^ head.
1Cf)f0 D^infee toa0 ill bjueD, and migjt fiaue bene fparde, 1427
ICSe terp grained of tfje S^alte, dickey faft to mp bearde.
toill tell me mo^e anon, toljen euerp maide in tljig totone, Pedante.
emptied fier almejs bo^ on tfje top of pour crotone^ (me go,
ir&lag good maifter Fedele, a0 pou are a (Gentleman, no farther let Crack-ft
3 fyall be clio^te toftfi tji0 dole, if pou tjandle me fo^ (otljer me are,
Confider 3 am a man, fubiect to p Came piefltng-p^on of $ minde ^
JFoj tje loue of a tooman, ouerto&elmed toitj care,
3 confeffe 3 am as pou are, flefy g blood, and loued Victoria Co toell,
could Ijaue bin content fo| jer Cake, to &aue gone quicke to
, and if 3 take not pour part, (Jell,
and be reuenged bpon Jer, before 3 tioe refte,
&et t^e gun-l^ot of tp^annie to tfje buitoarke0 of mp b^efte*
Cut
A Pleafant Comoedie
Cut off mj IBUmmeg jjo^ne^, anD bjeafee into tf)e belfrie, 1440
#nD bleffe tlje curfeD Daptg of mp turginitie,.
P]edante. m£e rotoleg In ${* Keto^ifce ag an £pe in I)i0 taple,
flfllpnDe anD tiDe at commaunDement, fje flpegtoitf) fullfaple,
F]edele. 11 &o tljat tjiou feefce all meaner tljou canft, Victoria to Deface,
&nD bla?e Ijer in eac&e companp,anD Ctnke Jet in Hlfpace*
31 let tljee goe* Let him out of the net.
Oack-ft ^(Hnjootiemei p^ap,
31 am a0 toean'e of mp carfap a0 a aDogge of t)i0 Dap,
Pedante. n^lacke t&e co^De0 tljece m? mattery, giuejtm Cea-roome fntiafte,
Clofe ap^e ig not Jolfome fo^ (Ballant^ to tafte* 1450
Crack-ft f/poto 3 be^mne to feele mg fjeart bp little $ little rife out of mp
get tlje fente of tl)i0 toater, ig ftill in mp nofe.
31 t^inke 31 am tje perple^ionableft man tjat Iiue0 at tljig Da?,
jfo^ 31 tooulD faine be reuengeD of Victoria, anD 31
Pedante. Hjfolloto mp counfell, anD be ruleD bp mee,
^tien l^alt t^ou fee Captaine,to|)at 3|'le Doe fo^ tljee^
3l'le teacje tfiee a toap,to ccpe quittance toitlj tier before it be long,
^InD mafee ijer recant ^er cjatering at VoinDoto toftjj an otfjer fong:.
Crack-ft ncEramercp Pediculus, t^ou art tje comfo^tableft fellotoe
ttateuer3|DiDfee, 1460
31 tljinfce t^ou toaft bo^ne bnDer fome merrp planet,
in tfte time of Diuertttie*
Fedele. ^ j)5otD Ct!) Victonaes name i0 lifee foj euer to be lott,
furtljer reuenge3lVDill notfeeke,a031 to jer DiD bofte.
Becaufe t^at a0 mpfelfe tniuftl^fent^D Virginia.
&o am 31 no to foftlp requiteD b? Victoria.
Pedante pe, anD parDon of Virginia craue,
tell tier t&at 31 toill be l)er&
Pedante. n^tjat^ it fye tooulD Jaue*
But 31 befeec!) gou &ir, tarr? till tlje Dap be liffjt, 1470
31 am loft to goe (tumbling in tje ftreete0 tjji0 nigljt,
Fedele. ^lltyn till tje moaning let it reft, but earlp fee t^ou rife,
mp mettage in t^e meefceft fo^t t^ou canft Deutfe*
toee'le Jome anD take a tteepe, Exit with them that
fO£ 31 am OUer-toatCjt, helde the net.
Pedante. njllerp toell fe>ir, beare pou tje net after,
31 tiaue fome budneffe toitf) tlje Captaine to be Ditpatc&t*
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
maitfer Captaine come totti) me,
fo£ ag foone ag mp maiffer to bed 1 Ijauefyougftt,
gou fyall fee toljat a tiling foj pou 3 jaue Vo^oug^t. 1480
&nd becaufe pou jaue determined on Victoria to reuenge pour
3tmuff be Done tj(0 niffjt o* neuer, time doe notpjolong* (tojog;,
&& fjer datterie t^tjS nigljt, fyfng did pou In bande^
l|)alideltuer 5^r into pour Jandeg.
let t)0 atoap and our Celue0 p^ouide, Crack-ft.
fenotoeft tfie paruerbe, no bodp tarie0 £o^ tlje tide* Exeunt4
The fourth Act being ended, the Confort foundeth
a pleafant Allemaigne.
Actus quinta. Scena prima.
Enter Fortunio alone. 1490
Tl&nOtoe Virginia loueg Fedele bett,
I Medufa HfeetoiCe map be Cent to ftotote:
S^pfelfe Jer fauour neuer pet poffeft,
3 f none of t&efe,pet all mapmafee me doubte*
!^otD Ceruice fl&ould toiti) b^igjt ttiumptifng face,
2DifperCe tfje clouded, tjat put mp iopeg to cljace*
get if Fedele be not life'te alone,
8)\ if Medufa of true p^omife be:
8>\ faire Virginia toill be mou'de bp mone. 1499
if not all tjefe,pet one mappleafure me.
^erefojejto ffiue tje toatc&tDOoid 3'Ie beginne, Whittle.
(Boodluck,tl)edoo^eopen0,3l?leenterim Exit.
Enter Atilia.
H^afee fieede Attilia, toa0 not ttiat Fortunio tljou did'tte fee? Attilia.
IPW noto midnigfjt, fo late abjoade i'tl) ttreete tofiat mafeetj Je?
3 fee Pedante (0 not jeer, 3 mufe fje meete0 me not,
3 litle tjourtt je could fo foone jte p^omife Jaue foiffot*
3f je bemaitterof I)i0 tooo^d, and Iouemea0 ji0 life,
Cje time 10 come to fyetoe tje fame, and tafee me foj |ii0 toife*
Actus quinta. Scena fecunda. 1510
Enter Pedante and Crack-ftone with the Beggers weede.
Come on »>ir apace, tojat mafceg pou fo dacfce?
^efentlp put me tjte Eobe on pour bacfee.
A Pleafant Comcedie
getpoufcp along; tjeftreete,anti be not afrap&e,
Cljeretyall pott meete Victoria, m tfje apparell of Jer map&e,
^{jinfeinff pou tljug tiifffuifeti, to be Fommio,
Witty rea&p pou fyall finfce Ijer toitl) pou to Q;O+
clfllljenpoutjaue Jer, fjolfc faft,fo£ fy'eVBill notrettft, 1518
flflioe Jer,toed 1)er,betilJe j)er,an& fcfe Ijer as? pou lift*
(Eitfjer noto 01 neuer, pour tieCce pou Ojall 6aue, (pou fye ffaue*
flDj be reuengeti on tje entertainement t^at out of Jet tomfcoto to
Crack-ft. ir&ee tljefojce of loue,l)olD it t'0 able fo^ a neetie,
ftj^ototie a b^aue minoe in a baCe feintie of toee&e* (name,
Pediculus, oj Pedantonie, 3 am not tier? p^ofpect in pour
pare fall out, 31 tyall be bounti tojjilei liue,
to t^anfee pou fo^ t^e Came^
Pedante. f 3 tooulD not be fje tjat tyould fo courag;iou0 a Captaine,
anfc tialiant (Gentleman tieceiue* (leaue
l^jerefoje trie me, $ tcuft me, fo& t^i0 time 31 purpofe to take mp
Crack-ft. ff aretoell little ^aftrie, Exit.
31f 31 map meete tDit^^iftreffe Victoriane Jeer^
jinking; tjat Fortunio in tl)i0 place, to tjer loill appeare. 1532
<£i tjer 31 toill make Jer incant tlie former too^tJ0 tjat tye Cpafee,
dfllljen fte Defieti me, $ fcenfeli t^at H)e Xoilti me to feil Fedele foj Jet
lt)|3lDiUliacke beatejer,$bellp beate Jer too too pittfullp, (fafee^
gou fenoto loue i0 afire,anti t^ep Cap fireanDtoater JatJ no mercp.
But firft 31 toill Cpeafee Jer faire, becaufe to be plaine,
Commonlp faire foole0 make too£Ueg anti perftoaCon0 to be faine*
Attilia. ir^ia0 Soto long; in t!)e ftreete (Jail 31 fo* mp Pedante ftap ?
l£e p^omifeti to meete me Jeer, anD fteale me quite atoap* 1540
feome boDp in tlje ftreete31 l)eare,3 trufttje famei0Jee,
#nfcfo3ltioe pertoademe,bptl)e begger^ toeetie 31 fee*
Crack-ft ^3lf^ beleeue Pediculus againe another Dap,
ponder in&lice tittle tattled parrell t^e ^iftreffe DootJ ftap,
$ 31 baa fome of Pediculus £5>cl)oole-butter to mafee me a lip Calue,
flDi could buttoet mp tonge in Ji0 inkio^ne, •
fo^ loomen toill Jerfeen tofjen toe fpeafee b^aue>
<D tjou t^at carrieft a ball of toil&e fire in tfiine epe,
to burne tp mp fjeart,
^at (^all 3 Cap mo^e, to fet out mp fmarte. 1550
time toill not fuffer to (Jeto mp piofperitie,
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
committe pou to tlje (Botig foj lacfee of bjeuftfe,
Actus quinta. Scena tertia.
Enter Sbirri the Captaine, of the watche, with fome Soldiers, and
with him MiftrefTe Victoria.
Joto Pedante Counterfeited Crack-ftone fa talfee, Attilia.
'atfjerebp toe tyall efcape, and tfjpugf) tfje toatcj) fn fafetie toalfee*
u Captaine Sbirri, tl)i0 mgjjt mp mai&e Attilia ran atoap, Victoria.
%r 31 befeec&e pou, if Qje be not paft tje toatc!), to ftap^
feome tljing:3I ^oubt tjat l^e fjatf) ttolne,anti carried to ^er mateg,
ftreete^anD all tje citie pte0*
, but fome bodte 31 fee, 1562 Sbirri.
to tjem botfje and tafee tfiem ftretgljt, Victoria
fo^ fure tje fame i& ftee*
iTCome mine oton ^arragon, Crack-ft.
31 fenoto tSou Jatt tarried fojme all t^tftolifle,
^jerefo^e folloto me (freight,
lead t^e UcfeoUft »>oulDier0 meeteti^, and mebeg:uile>
H&Ofte not tO faff, Sbirri.
but (tap 31 charge jou in tlje p^ince^ name, 1570
fCBoti faue tlje ^^incej? grace, Crack-ft.
ant« put I)i0 enemies to (?)ame^
Ofliee are t^eBing^ fn'enoe0,
31 tooulti ^ou ftjoulti to ell fenotoe,
^Ijerefo^e trouble t0 no farther, but let t)0 pe*
%ty feing:0 fjeafc 10 occupied toit^ mattery of great impojtunitie,
31 fenoto tie 10 not confto apteti,
at tfjte time to fpeafee toitj me.
&Ee are peace-able people,
toe fjaue no toeapongf fjeere, 1580
Wit are neither D^unfee no& fober,
m\ mafee anj fteere*
(Bet pou to pour placet, feeepe tlje toatcj a0 pou tyoulu,
^inti toee'le to our lotting pou mapbe boulD*
»>ir, toe toill knoto pour name, Sbirri.
anli efce t^e place to^ere pou Jaue beene,
A Pleafant Comoedie
pe, nig;b t-toalfcerg jeer are tier? Celfcom Ceene*
Crack-ft ir<acj}en3l p^ap pou, toijat mafee you atyoafce Co late? 1588
<Q?i$ longing; to pour office to feeepe tlje gate*
&$ foj our name&l fcnoto of no fuel) commencement poubaue,
flfllbp pou tyoulu be Co pearcbant tbefame to craue,
Attilia. n&Oie baue bin foo^tb at Cupper &ir,i'tbe totone toft!) a gooH frfenti,
&n& noto toe are returnfng: Some, nig:!) at our pournieg eno.
Victoria. iTffli!)at9£im'on, are pou tjere intieeDe?
Attilia. ng^p ^iftrelte, out alag,
Bejolde Pedante toe are tane, joto i^all toe tioe to paffe ?
Crack-ft, ^3 ijoUi fourtp pounu 31 am UncfcleU, 3 tooulD Pedicuius toere Jeer,
31 tooulU meetetoitj tje Ccalde&quitterbe-boofce fo^ tl)i0 geare*
Sbirri. ^310 tji^pourmaplie?
Crack-ft. f 3Jt (0* 1600
Sbirri. ^ILap Sold on jjer toitfi Cpeetie,
JLttbt Ceeto|iat(Baffabontie te JfH toitjm tji0 toeede.
Crack-ftone? {Ldl!)0toe?
Crack-ft. ^T^nti tojotoe too tljen, Diti pou tieuer Cee man before?
31 am not tafcen in Deuototrie, tjerefo^e toontier no mo^e*
Attilia. f <a falter come to Jim, 10 it bee?
Sbirri. iF&ojrfe 3 am pott Captaine, pou in Cucf) acaCe to Cee*
!^eer pou are tafeen toitt) tljt'jj maptie, tobicb i$ lifee to be tadjtc
<3Df Jellonte, anti acceffarie pou toitb b*£ are cacbte*
Crack-ft. ng fteale notbing; from toomen but tbeir Joneftie: 1610
Mlljicb 10 a0 ffooo,a0 b^ tbat robbed tbe^inter of a Bible,
becauCe Ije tooulti duDie 2Diuinitie*
Actus quinta. Scena quarta.
Enter Fortunio running halfe vnreadie, after him Ottauiano the
father to miftrefle Virginia, and Medufa with a fpitte in her
hande, and to them Fedele and Pedante, with weapons in their
handes.
Ottaui. n&toppe, ffoppe*
Sbirri. ^m^t meanetb tbte? come bentie pourtoeapon0 at tbem all,
Mlbome i^all toe ftoppe ? 1620
antitobat?0tbe cauCe tbatmafeegpoutbugto call?
Fedele. UPedante, take tl)J? CtoOjtie, Fedele and Pedante fpeake out at
ariCe let'0 goe into tbe ftreete, a windowe within.
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
S>ome toontyou0 b^ople 3 doubt tljere i0,
113 am fo faft to^apt in tfye tipper tyeete*
<3Ef)at 3 can not get out, 3 p^ap you mafee not fucj Jatte,
you tjjinfee tfjat tje jottetf of tlje fyoile tie pafte*
Captaine, lap no pnDe0 on me, a (Gentleman 3 am,
to ill not attte,
too^tl) tije time tjat to mp fjoufe fje came* 1630
ir Ottauiano,toljat>0 tije caufe of pour lamenting crpe ?
fenotoe, JatJ &ir Fortunio tione jou anp iniurie?
Enter Fedele and Pedante with weapons.
qutcfeelj man,let'0 fee tjt0 pageant ere it tafee an enoe,
W$z tfjat t)^eafe0 me of m p aeepe, 10 none of mp freentie,
tojetcje tfjat am 3 ala0,anD Jalfe tmtione,
ftrange feintie of fyople i0 t^i0 tjat 10 begonne?
1130 it Fortunio in Ueetie? ^^ i& tj)p treacjerie, Medufa.
H^ine,ala0 gooti &ir, pou doe me iniurie,
3 graunt tjat after 3 liati b^ougjt mp poung miftreffe to beD, 1640
jfeeling tje Ueepe i^ut tp mine epe0,
anti ti^ouping toitf) mp fjeaD,
3 laitie me tiotone to tafee mp re(l,anti fo toitlj fjatte forgot,
'ZCo locfee tfje tioo^e0 about tje toufe,anti fjoto it come0 (0oti toot,
3 can not tell, but tofjen 3 f et a nap anti tooofee againe,
3 Jearti a buttling in tlje tiarfee,anti tljen tiid 3 complaine*
crpefc aloutie to pou foj Ijelpe, tojereat immediatlp,
(Bentleman toit&Oietoe Jim felfe, anD foo^ began to
Pedante.
Fortunio[
Ottaui.
Sbirri.
Fedele.
Pedante.
Virginia.
Pedante.
Ottaui.
Medufa.
V Mltjat f a^ft tJOU ? 1650
i0 DOtoe,
feille0 me to tljinfee on it : tje greater mg tooe.
lucfee niDget toitj all mp jeart,
glaD,tJat 3 Jaue fome botip to tafee mp pam
But o j tjat mp janoe0 toere at liberalitie noto to ftrifee,
3 tooultJ fet mp (Bramariner a leffon to pifee*
f 2fy &ir Fortunio, tife pou tju0 t^e man tjjat lou'de jou bett,
'fltafee Jim, tf)i0 tiillainie fyall not be turned to a ielt
HjSDuiet ^OUr felfe Ottauiano, fitj it i0 fO patt,
•ZIEje b^ute toill not be called bacfee fo long a0 life tiootj latt> 1660
3£i0 puniftment mafee0 not pour daughter a0 tlje toa0 before,
(BJtt* But
Pedante.
Fedele.
Pedante.
Fedele.
Crack-ft
Ottaui.
Sbirri.
A Pleafant Comcedie
15ut giue Ijer tmto f)im to toife, and talke of ft no moje.
l$ig liuing (0 ag good ag pour&make fcp tfje matcl) toitlj fpeede,
O]ttaui. ir$leede Ijatfc no latoe,3l am content, if tljep be botje agreede.
Virginia. n#la0 31 neuer kneto tfje man,ije neuer touc^t me pet,
3 lOUe Fedele, and je alone te fOJ Virginia fit?
F]edele. n^'le take no \nlfe at Cecond j)antie5tSanfee0 fo^ pour curtede,
Het Jfm tliat liat^ poffeft pour fjono^toeare tje Came fo^ me.
P]edante. n^n euerp ^enni0 Court in tjie too^lti,falCe plap it ig found,
<Q[a take tp tje Ball at tje CeconD rebound. 1670
Fjortunio. f Virginia, if tl) at pou can be content,
'ZCo Ule of Jim tjat Ioue0 pou in fcigf Jeart:
(Btue me pour ljanti,and tf pour minde be bent,
marcie me, 31 neuer meane to parte.
life, and liuin&mo^e pou can not craue,
IRemainetl) pour0,doe noto but af fee and Ijaue.
Virginia. ^3 t&anke pou &ir,in tjat it pleafetj pou to tife me fo,
9pp p^omife toa0 niffl) graunted to Fedele long ago.
Fortunio. HBut lie Jatl) noto tfyfafeen pou.
Fedele. f Virginia, pou are free, 1680
^aiTure pour felfe,pour marriap neuer l^all be ftatde bp me.
Virginia, f tCjjen if pou loue 31 toill be pour0*
Fortunio. ^i&Jall 31 jjaue pour good ID ill ?
Ottaui. ngou fiaue.
Fortunio. ^3 loue pou tf)en,and meane to loue pou Bill.
Medufa. n^oto man and toife, Ottauiano ijearken tinto me,
^It^ougj tji0 (Gallant in Virginiaes chamber pou did fee,,
get i0 %w fjonour a0 it toa0,bnfpotted bp tje fame,
^ind kept bp me, tojiclj euer !jad regarde tinto tier name.
Fortunio made I)i0 mone and faid, Ije lou'de Virginia beft, 1690
Virginia fo^ Fedeles fake could neuer take Jer reft,
minde toa0 on Victoria, Virginia ligf)t etteemde,
tjjat Virginiaes life and libertie migjt be redeemde.
3 b^ougtit Fortunio to t^e Ijoufe tojen flje toa0 faft a deepe,
^[nd clofetji0 niglit into Ijer chamber bot!) of t0 did creepe*
31 made l)im to tinb^ace Sim felfe,and piefentlpdid call
jfo^ pou to come,a0 t^ougj fome greater matter did befall,
gou came, Ije aed,and noto i0 taken in Fedeles agtjt,
^10 t^ougj Virginia ijad diftonoured beene bp Jim tljig nigjt.
of two Italian Gentlemen.
not fo,but tt)i0 toag tione to bleare ttje ga^erg egetf, 1700
plearure^tm,antJCaueljecl(fr,tlji0 ttiingDitil DeutCe.
n 3D mifcfjieuoug JeaU, maider titD gou fjeare tljte geare, Pedante.
a girle is? too^tti golde in a fceare peere*
tipfe, tittle, tittle ede amen, Crack-ft.
a toencl) ig not tie found in tlje too^lliagaine*
3 Ijaue tjearfc it often,anD notoe 3 tio pjoue,
•Zliat toomen are Cuttle too^me0 foj tje conuaciance of loue*
etrueiioj? Ottaui.
tafee mp JeaD, Fortunio.
3 came not nig:!) Virginia, altljous!) fijje toere in &e&+ 1710
HFortunio pou are quitte toitj me, foj tofjen toe lag in fcotote, Fedele.
^o toatcj ty faire Victories Joufe, tolio paffeti in ana out*
tjat foj tl)e nonce b j me toa0 fet,to call Victoria bp jer name*
!£e toent tnto Attilia,toit5 counterfeited loue,
'atfjat b? Si0 meane0,from fap^e Victoria g migjtpouremoue*
gou feeing !)im,anD j earing toj en lie came foojtf),tDSat Je faiD,
^oug!)t Se jati bene toitl) Ijer,
tolien Je fjati bene but toitj t^e maitie*
2flljereat pou fto^mde, and left tje cjace 1720
of tier t^at lou^de gou Deere,
Sflljic^ i0 no piefe at all to me,t jat tjopeg to toinne tier tjeere>
<3Ejierefo£e Victoria noto fo^et Fortunio totiicti i0 lode,
^InD loue Fedele, totjo fo^ pou, pet neuer fpareu cofte*
JLzt fall ttjp tojatii,fo^ giue me too,tjat meaner to be ttiine otone,
Wig fel&ome feen but toarre0 tiaue enti, top foe0 are ouert^otom
^»>itti ^ou ]&aue fo p^euenteti me^anti perfect loue p^otette, Victoria.
3 toill put tip ttje iniurie, and pour0 fo^ euer red*
1F9£P nofe i0 iopnteu,3 mag pe (Joe t^e (Boding noto if 3 toill, Crack-ft,
!£e t{jat eat0 toitti \ Ueuil toittiout a long fpoone, fjijaf fare toil be ill*
a^atjat Cpirit0 of t je Buttrg toere abjoaH tj)i0 nigjt,
3 Ijaue beene fo Jam tiarteti to mine enemies, 1732
ttiat 3 tljinfce all ttje (0od0 of loue ougtit me a fpite*
3 graunt 3 am none of ttiefe fine Criminadoes,
ttjat can tumble in a (Benletoomag lap,anti rumble in tier eare,
But toitjout tauntage be it fpofeen,
3 am a# good a0 1 tje bed at ttie puft of a fpeare*
3 can
S]birri.
Victoria.
A]ttilia.
Crack-ft
Pedante.
Crack-ft
Pedante.
Crack-ft.
Pedante.
Attilia.
Pedante.
Crack-ft.
Sbim.
A Pleafant Comoedie
3 can cut anti flafy to make mine enemies to blee&e. (tfeetie.
anti p^tcke it p^outilp 31 tell you, Wjen 3 am Curmounteti tipon mp
V9@iffr*ffe Victoria, noto 3 Cee ttfef onelp rettg to knotoe, 1740
be Hone tinto pour maptie,0£ fyall toe let tjer pe ?
Crack-ftone tj)l'0 nigf)t , POU tOOke mp mafDe CO
Co p^t'Con toitj) Ijer iC pou pleaCe, to cut off fjer refo^te*
^(Booti mlftceffe beare toitij me, 3 toofee no Jurt bp fjtm at all,
But meane to tell pou t'uftlp Joto tje matter aid befalU
C^e ^c^oolemaifter tljat on Fedele euer Dootl) attentie,
^^omt'fte to marrte me tji0 nig:!)t,mp Ceruile lite to ende*
aipon toj)ofetoooiD,from pou 3 fteti,antJ (taide Eoj Jim in tfiettreete
(Ldlliere 3 aptnft mp totll, toitj tj(0 Crack-ftone titd meete.
HBotole to tjjj> bfafe, matter Pedicuius, 3 p^ap pou tafee pour toife,
and 3 fo^ tljte matter to HI not ttanne at ttrife* 1751
pou bemembertie toliat pou CaiD to^en pou conttulteti toitf) me,
come fjet&er in tfif0 parrell fecretlp.
tttattter Crack-ftone, antl mtftreffe Attilia,
pou are toelcome to tje butted,
^aaelcome tottj a luiaueg name,3 be^umpe pour gutted
IT Wity CO £>fr ? ((|)OUlD fee.
H2Di&tt not tjou tell me, tfjat in tf)i0 parrell mittreffe Victoria 3
Ctii^m^ttntJettreetetobecompenCeDofmptmurie,
nfeo pou map (f pou pleaCe,take pour cpeg in pour Jantie,
Curne about &tr, anti Cee tojjere Victoria Dotl) ftantie*
and a0 fo^ Attilia, a0 pou fyeto, Co bake,
3 am not Co baCe mtn&en pour leauino# to take*
n&flJijp maitter Pedante, toill pou Cerue me Co ?
^3 wtutt 3 ptrceiue tofiitfier 3 totll o^ no.
1760
Crack-ft
ir»>oft tljere Crack-ftone,be not too rafl) to proffer figjt,
gou anti t^i0 maptie together in tje tiarke toere tane tji0
CJe matter te CuCpitiou^, fit!) Je Co^Caketf) jer,
Co take Jer to pour toife no time pou tyoulti tieCerre,
Clflle cannot Co^ce 5er tipon Jim,fit5 fye toa0 tane toitj pou.
totoCoeuer pou cloke it, none pour meeting can allotoe.
tl) tjere i«s no remote oC conCcience to be Countie,
Caitt t^ou ailice tittle tattle,
art t!)ou content bp loue to be bountie ?
1770
FEDELE AND FORTUNIO
THE TWO ITALIAN
GENTLEMEN
THE MALONE SOCIETY
REPRINTS
1909 [SUPPLEMENT 1933]
PRINTED FOR THE MALONE SOCIETY
BY JOHN JOHNSON AT THE
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
PRESS
This Supplement has been prepared by the General
Editor.
Dec. 1933.
W. W. Greg.
Printed in Great Britain
WHEN The Two Italian Gentlemen was included among
the Malone Society's publications for 1909, the only
copy of the play that could be traced was that in the
collection of the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth.
This was, therefore, used for the reprint in spite of its
imperfect condition: it contained sheets B to G only,
and lacked, as it later proved, two leaves at the begin
ning and two at the end (the last being a blank). Since
then two other copies have appeared, or reappeared :
one again imperfect, but containing the dedication-leaf
(A 2); the other perfect, including the final blank.
The Devonshire copy, after passing through the Hun-
tington collection, is now in the Folger Shakespeare
Library at Washington : the second imperfect copy
(wanting Ai and Hi, 2), which had been seen and
described by Collier (History of Dramatic Poetry , 1831,
iii. 241-3), is now in the Henry E. Huntington Library
in California : the perfect copy, which first came to
notice in the Mostyn sale in 1919, is now also in the
Folger collection.
The Collier and Mostyn copies, as they may for dis
tinction be called, show important differences in the
dedication. While the body of the epistle is the same
in each, and is printed from one setting of the type, the
heading and subscription vary : the Collier copy giving
the writer's initials as CA. M.' and the name of the
dedicatee as clohn Heardson, Esquier ', while the Mostyn
copy gives the writer's initials as c M. A.' and the dedi
catee's initials (only) as 'M. R.' It should be added that
in the Mostyn copy the initials CM. A.' are also found
subscribed to the epilogue (on Hiv). Now, it is probable
that the half-sheets at the beginning and the end (A2 and
H2) were in fact printed together as one sheet (especially
as A is not signed), and we may presume that the initials
iii
ow the epilogue were varied in accordance with th
signature to the epistle, though no copy of the 'A. M.'
variant of H i has survived.
Thanks to the kindness of the authorities in charge
of the Folger and Huntington collections, it is now
possible to complete the Society's edition of the play
by issuing reprints of Ai, Aa, and Hi (Ha being blank)
from the Mostyn copy, together with collotype reproduc
tions of the Mostyn title-page and the Collier dedication.
IRREGULAR READINGS
Title, line 3 Loue :
Prologue, line 12 haue.
Text, line 1783 Ctatte.
IV
FEDELF. ana FORTVNIO.
The dccdtcs in
Lowe : excellently difcourfed in a
very plcafaunt and fine conceited
ComocdiCy of two Italian
Gciitleinen.
Tranflatedout of Itakan>andfct
downc according as it hath bcene prc-
feuted before the Quecnes^norte
excellent Maiefhe.^
Lorn/on
Printed for! h
H acktt, and are to be foldc at
his Hx>p in Lumbcrd ftreetc, vndcr die
Popes head. Anno.
q«ff
To th
e vvoor
fhipfull,
and Very courteous Gentleman, M. differ
lolin Heard/on, Efquier, A. M. commen-
dcth this pleafaunt and fine con
ceited Comoedic.
Oorfliipfull Sir , my acquaintaunce w ith you is very
little, vvnich may impeach me of preemption in this
mine attempt : but the good report of your affable
nature to euery one, giueth me hope to be entertained
amongft them. I commende to yourfrcendly viewc
this prettie Conceit,as well for the inuention,as the de
licate conuciance thereof: not doubting butyou will fb eftccme there
of ^is it dooth ver>' well defeme , and I hartely defirc. As for my felfe,
your good conftruftion will gather ( I hope ) the fummc of my eood
will : which is more towards you then I will hecre fpeake of^andl there
fore is left to your wonted fauour to iudgc of.
Your woorfliips to his
power. A. M.
FEDELE and FORTVNIO.
deceites in
: excellently difcourfed in a
very pleafaunt and fine conceited
Comoedie, of two Italian
Gentlemen.
Tranjlated out of Italian, andfet
downe according as it hath beene pre-
fented before the Queenes mofte
excellent Maieftie.
At London
i ^Printed f orTho=
mas Hacket, and are to befolde at
his fhop in Lumberd ftreete, vnder the
Popes head. Anno. 1585.
To the VVoorfhipf ull,
and very courteous Gentleman, Maijier
M.R. M. A. commendeth this pleafaunt
and fine conceited Comcedie.
Oorfhipfull Sir, my acquaintaunce with you is very
little, which may impeach me of prefumption in this
mine attempt : but the good report of your affable
nature to euery one,giueth me hope to be entertained
amongft them. I commende to your freendly viewe
thisprettieConceit,aswellfortheinuention,asthede- 10
licate conueiance thereof: not doubting but you will fo efteeme there
of, as it dooth very well deferue, and I hartely defire. As for my felfe,
your good conftruction will gather (I hope) the fumme of my good
will : which is more towards you then I will heere fpeake of, and there
fore is left to yourwonted fauour to iudge of.
Your woormips to his
power. M. A.
The Prologue before
the Queene.
o
N euery fyde where I this inftant gaze,
The glimfe of honour dimmes my dazeled eye:
Which fight may fet a ftouter in a maze,
And cheefely him that pende this Comoedie.
In whiche he vfde no thundering wordes of ftate:
But dipt his winges, to keepe a meaner gate.
He fhootes at mirth, yet if he mifle that white,
Your Highnefle pardon he dooth humbly craue :
Will wanted not to fend his Arrowe right,
But fith you pleafe to fee what mirth we haue.
With Phoebus caft your fierie blaze afyde:
That meaner men your prefence may abyde.
FINIS.
10
Of two Italian Gentlemen.
euer anti euer to be mp topfe,
<3E,o tiifobep me anti Mfyonour me, all fte tiaieg? of ftp life*
H 3) am. Attilia.
11 %6en giue me ftp Ijanti, ftou fijalt neither take anp rigjt, Crack-ft.
noj tioe anp tojong, 1780
Wit toill Jaue a litter of poung Captained ere it be long,
U Fedele, fit!) ftat bp Medufaes Cubtile (leigf)t POU ^aue, Ottaui.
<i)btaintie Victoria, toljome before all creatures you Din eraue,
^leaCe Jer toiti) recompence, t t^en pour loue fljall moft appeare.
l[EookelD5atfl)eliiti,toa0nonefoi fe>ir Fortunio, notfo^mee, Fedele.
get tttl) tyt cfjaunfte to pleaCure me, tye i^all receiue a fee,
31 ffiue to 5er mj ^oole-maifter*
Tf JLikt bnto like, anti learning to Cktll, Pedante.
31 p^ap t^ee fpeake, toilt t^ou &aue me-?
if Sea feir, if pou toill. 1790 Medufa.
It 31 tioe not tjjinke t^at t^ou canft be in loue toitl) mj looker, Pedante.
all tje riclie^ 31 jjaue conttfte0 in m? booked
pjap t^ee to tell me Medufa,
ti)OU be COntentetl tolt^ Lillie, Linaker, anti Cornucopia^
II 3| toill be contented, to^atCoeuer it be, Medufa.
31f 31 map finue pou contented toit^ me*
11 (13tue me ftp 6anti, 3|'le Cet tip a great (Brammer fcfjoolebp $ bp, Pedante.
dllle (Ijall ft^iue toell pnougj, it toill tumble in rountilp.
3l'le teaci) bopej2? fte Eatin tongue, to tojite anti to reatie,
^Lnti ft ou little toenfteia?, fteir neetile anti ft ieti. 1 800
flfllee'le be a0 merrp aj^ Crickets, anti loue out of meaCure,
£Di> loue 31 can tell pou te an excellent treafure.
25ut noto gooti maifter, ftte requeft bp tlje toap,
31 befeeft pou let b0 all be marrieti bpon one tiap.
let 6im be matie maiiler of t^e Cock-pit in £ent,
firft cljiltie ere tlie peere be fpent
The fift Act being done, let the Confort found a cheerefull
Galliard, and euery one taking handes together, departe
fmging.
FINIS.
Epilogue at
the Court.
Lea/I long delay your Highneffe might offend \
Our Writer heere thought good his pen to flay;
Defiringpardon if he did offend >
Injhooting wyde,Jhort, orey or any way.
And for ourfelues like courtefie we craue;
If that his Arrowes we mijje-placed haue.
FINIS. M. A.
NOV 0 2 1994
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