p. 156, l. 6. A] to a chaire. l. 8. A—F] other. A] will take. l. 14. A] give mee audience. Gomits] me. l. 16. A] soone one of you. ll. 29 and 30. Gomits] but I am grown To balk, but I defie. l. 30. A] but I desire, let. l. 32. B, C and G] draulst. D] drawlst. l. 34. G] in an instant. l. 36. A] An't. l. 38. A, B and G] As yet you. l. 39. A] command mee else.
p. 157, l. 11. B, C and G] Were great as. l. 12. A] that I might. l. 14. A] with. l. 28. Aomits] puffe. B and Gomitthe bracket, and print 'puffe' in roman type as part of the speech. l. 29. D, E and F] rules. l. 34. A] Will you be gone. l. 35. A] My word mooves. C—F] My words moves. l. 36. A] 2 Gent. l. 39. A] That they will. Bomits] you. Aomits] Exeunt all but Arb. and Mar. l. 40. Folio] the.
p. 158, l. 7. Folio] scare. l. 17. A] doted, because. B—Fomit] it. l. 35. Aomits] but. A] of your faults. l. 39. A] above the earth.
p. 159, l. 4. Folio] safe. l. 15. A, B and G] would. l. 21. A] these wilde moodes. l. 22. A] honest. l. 23. A, B and G] would. l. 25. A] would. l. 34. A, B, C and G] Give thee. l. 37. Foliomisprints] paron. l. 40. C] doest. Fomits] I.
p. 160, l. 4. B, C and D] i' thine eare. F] thy eare. l. 10. A] Ith those. G] in those. l. 12. B] they wenches. l. 18. B by mistakeAdds] Enter Bessus, and the two Gent. l. 22. Aomitsthis stage-direction. l. 25. A] I am. l. 26. A] 1 Gent. l. 27. A] 2 Gent. l. 30. A] I bad you; halfe. l. 31. A] An't. l. 35. A] Panthan. l. 38. A] will not. l. 39. Aomits] Sir.
p. 161, l. 6. E and F] a good an opinion. l. 15. Aomits] a. G] Enter a Messenger, with a Packet. l. 21. A] Thanke thee for. l. 29. A] teares enough. B—F] tears I'now. G] tears Enow. l. 32. C—F] set her.
p. 162, l. 2. A] now has hired. l. 7. F] them. l. 12. A] laden. l. 16. E and F] that come. l. 18. A—D and G] mourning. l. 19. A] her sacred dew. l. 32. A] prayers. l. 34. A] dangers. l. 35. Aomits] Exeunt.
p. #163#, l. 3. A, B and G] either loves. l. 7. A—G] place. A] unfortunately too light. l. 17. Aomits] thee. l. 24. Folio] make. l. 31. B and G] gi'n. A, B and G] to. l. 33. A] would place.
p. #164#, l. 11. Foliomisprints] could. l. 15. A—G] requires. A] more speed. l. 18. B] He shall not doe so Lord. l. 21. AAdds] Finis Actus Primi. B and CAdd] The end of the First Act. l. 24. A] attendance. GAdds] and Guards.
p. #165#, l. 5. A] paid downe. l. 20. A] let light. l. 25. A—D] eare. l. 30. A] another woman. l. 36. A] twill. F] 'twood not. l. 37. Fomits] not.
p. #, l. 9. A] mine own. l. 21. B—F] a did. l. 23. A] held time. l. 25. A—G with variations in spelling] my Lord Protectour. l. 29. Foliomisprints] Cammanders.
p. #167#, l. 7. Aomits] as you. l. 12. A, B and G] prayers are. A] I will. l. 20. Aomits] Arane. l. 23. A] Betweene. l. 36. A] heare it. l. 37. A] I, I prethee.
p. #168#, l. 1. F] Captain. l. 3. A] neere a Captaine. l. 4. A] of the. l. 7. A—G] whom. l. 11. A] prethee. l. 14. F] was given. l. 18. A] I, but I. l. 20. A] saide. ll. 21 and 22. A] when one. l. 23. A] Marshallists. l. 30. F] doest. l. 31. A] twas so. B—G] so 'twas. l. 36. A] An't. l. 37. A and B] neerer. G] nearer. l. 39. A] kindnesses.
p. #169#, l. 1. A and G] Thalestris. l. 10. A] for her honestie. l. 17. A] on her. l. 33. AAdds] Exit. B—G with various abbreviationsAdd] Exit Bessus. l. 34. A, B and GAdd] Exit. l. 35. A—Gomitstage-direction. l. 39. F] speeks them.
p. #170#, l. 1. A] vertuous. l. 6. A] or feeles. l. 7. A—G] hope. l. 11. A—D and G] love. l. 16. E and F] where bargain'd. l. 18. A] find time worthy. l. 20. A, B and G] there is. l. 22. A] with this. l. 27. A] to see you Madam. l. 29. Aomits] Gob. l. 35. Aomits] Exeunt Women.
p. #171#, l. 9. F] a stake. l.14. F] if foole. l. 20. A] prethee. l.22. F] noble sharp. l. 33. A] desire too. E and F] his one desire.
p. #172#, l. i. A—D and G] those tender. l. 4. A, B and G] I shall. l. 13. B, C and F] Thalectris. l. 16. B, C and G] others. l. 26. A, B and G] women out. l. 29. A] say. l. 35. A—D and G] those. l. 37. A] places quickly. l. 38. A, D and F] a foote. B, C and E] afoote. G] afoot.
p. #173#, l. 2. A] looke. l. 5. A] Enter two Citizens wives, and Philip. l. 15. A, B and G] with me downe. l. 16. A] abed. l. 17. A] tis. l. 18. A] prethee. l. 29. A] In good faith. l.34. A] I. l. 35. Aomits] you. l. 37. A] had thrusting. G] shoving. l. 38. A] hap to go.
p. #174#, l. 2. A] so on me. l. 5. A] have not. l. 10. A] law, thou art. A] there is. l. 11. A] thou art. A] of it. l. 12. A] he will never. l. 13. A] stripling. l. 17. A] you are. l. 18. B—F] cast. l. 19. Aomitsthis line. l. 20. A—D and G] The King, the King, the King, the King. l. 21. Aomits] Flourish. A] Enter Arbaces, Tigranes, Mardonius, and others. l. 23. E and F] I think. l. 29. A] without our blouds. B and G] but with our. G] bloud. l. 31. A] in your Townes. l. 32. A—D and G] about you; you may sit. l. 37. A, B and G] may you. F] you may fall. l. 38. A, B and G] when I.
p. 175, l. 5. E and F] beheld. l. 6. A] hearts. l. 9. A] Hang him, hang him, hang him. l. 13. A, B and G] was farre. l. 14. E and F] nor to revile. l. 15. A—D and G] the nature. l. 19. A] made that name. l. 21. C and D] and well for. l. 22. B—G] word. l. 25. A] commendations. l. 29. A] Thus my. l. 30. A] calles. l. 36. A] Eate at. l. 40. In place of this line A] Exeunt.
p. 176, l. 1. Aomitsone 'God bless your Majesty.' l. 7. A] n*. l. 10. Aomits] so. B, C, D and G] women. A] Exeunt 1, 2, 3, and Women. l. 11. A—G] afore. l. 12. A] homeward. l. 13. Aomits] all. l. 15. A] They are. A—G] heard on. l. 18. AAdds] Finis Actus Secundi. B and CAdd] The end of the Second Act. l. 19. A] Actus Tertii Scaena Prima. l. 23. A] doth. l. 29. A—D and G] where you will have her. l. 37. Aomits] I do hope she will not.
p. 177, l. 6. A] Sir, sheele not. l. 15. B and G] would. l. 18. C—Fomit] you. l. 24. Aomits] I Gent. and. l. 25. A] here's. l. 29. A] them. B and GAdd] Exit Gobrias. l. 35. Aomits] and two Gentlemen. GAdds] Attendants, and Guards.
p. 178, l. 11. A, B and G] sorrow. l. 14. AAdds] Exit. l. 15. Aomits] Exit Arane. l. 32. G] words and kind ones. l. 35. C] doest. l. 36. D] forth my selfe. l. 38. A and G] thence. l. 40. A] wounded flesh.
p. 179, l. 1. A, B and G] a quill. l. 2. A, B, C and G] wanton wing. l. 3. A] in thy bloud. l. 16. A, B and Gomit] it. l. 33. A by mistake gives the words 'some one that hath [A has] a wit, answer, where is she' to Gobrias, with the result that the names of the speakers of the following four speeches are transposed.
p. 180, l. 18. A] sleepe. l. 27. A] Is a long life of yet, I hope. l. 31. C, D and E] doest. ll. 33—35. Aomitsthese lines.
p. 181, l. 11. A] If shee were any. l.14. D] dispute. l. 16. F and G] naked. l. 19. A, B and G] is she not. l. 39. A, B and G] your brother.
p. 182, l. 6. A] them. l. 8. A] yet so. l. 9. Folioprints] langish. l. 17. A] sudden change. l. 19. A, B and G] Pray God it doe. l. 24. A] prisoner. l. 31. A] in the.
p. 183, l. 13. A, B and G] And how dare you then. C and D] And how then dare you. l. 21. A, B and G] that breath. l. 24. A] law.
p. 184, l. 11*. A] subtiller. G] subtiler. l. 13. A and G] Tyrants. B] Tirants. F] mightest. l. 14. A] in the depth. B] i' the depth. C and G] i' the deepe. l. 18. Aomits] Exeunt Tigr. and Bac. l. 21. GAdds] Exit Spaconia. l. 39. A and B] then to; here I. G] then too; here I.
p. 185, l. 11. A] still in doubt. l. 12. A] This, this third. l. 25. A, B, C and G] A poysoner. l. 26. A by mistake gives this speech to Bacurius and the following one to Gobrias. l. 32. A] had it twixt. A] Exeunt omnes, prae. Ar. Mar. G] Exeunt Gob. Pan. and Bes.
p. 186, l. 9. A] I prethee. l. 10. B and G] Am not I. l. 19. F] O do. l. 25. A] I prethee. l. 26. AAdds]Mar. I warrant ye. l. 28. G] of game. l. 30. B and Gomit] it.
p. 187, l. 2. A] them. l. 3. A] In this state (omitsI). B, C, D and G] I' this state. l. 4. B—F] b' the. A] with. l. 5. A] with. l. 10. A, B and G with variations of spelling] God cald. C and D] heaven cald. l. 11. A] pounds. l. 17. A and G] afraid. l. 21. G] A pox. A—G] of their. l. 23. A] of me. l. 24. A] freshly to account, worthily. l. 25. B and Gomit] the. l. 26. Aomits] a. l. 27. Here and throughout the scene '3 Gent' is in A described as 'Gent.' l. 30. A] you are. l. 32. A] he nothing doubts.
p. 188, l. 2. A—D, F and G with variations of spelling] O cry you mercie. E] O cir you mercy. l. 3. A, B, C and G with variations of spelling] agreeablie. l. 4. Here and in the following three lines A reads only one 'um' in place of three. l. 12. A by mistakeomits]Bes. l. 19. A] plaine with you. l. 20. A] can doe him. A] resolutely. l. 21. B and C] hundreth. l. 22. F] no more. l. 23. A] pray ye. l. 26. A simply] Exit. l. 30. D] these two houres. l. 32. Fomits] that. A] reserv'd. l. 34. A] are there. l. 35. A] likely to hold him this time here for mine. l. 36. B, C and G] yeare. D] these five yeares. l. 37. A] send me.
p. 189, l. 27. A] I prethee. l. 28. A—D and G] beate. l. 31. A] pounds. l. 32. Aomits] well. F] well and walk sooner. l. 33. C] I do. l. 36. C] doest.
p. 190, l. 5. A—G] Come, unbuckle, quicke. l. 7. C—F] Unbuckle say. l. 17. Aomits] Bac. l. 24. A] will I. l. 25. A] that this is all is left. G] that is left. l. 26. Aomits] Bessus. l. 28. G] he's. l. 32. A, B and G] await. l. 35. Aomitsthis stage-direction. l. 39. A] in their eyes.
p. 191, l. 3. A—G] lies. l. 5. A—G] vex me. l. 6. G] thou art. l. 8. Aomits] do. l. 12. F] fire. l. 14. A, B and G] is not that. G] there is. l. 18. A, B and G] I shall not. l. 20. A—G] I know 'tis. l. 21. A] hath … 22. A] or fall. l. 34. A] of all this.
p. 192, l. 2. A, B and G] shall I. l. 6. A] But what, what should. B and G] should. l. 11. A, B and G] on more advice. l. 17. Aomits] a. l. 19. Foliomisprints] faithul. l. 21. F] doe't. l. 23. C—F] doest. l. 24. A, B and G] I hope I. l. 37. E and F] doest.
p. 193, l. 4. A, B and G] cause. l. 5. A, B, C and Gomit] ha. l. 7. A, B, C and G] blow about the world. l. 8. A, B and G] his cause. l. 9. A] deare Mardonius. l. 12. A, B and G] Pray God you. l. 24. A, B and G] God preserve you, and mend you. l. 26. A, B and G] require. l. 30. A, B and G] use of. l. 32. AAdds] to them.
p. 194, l. 2. A] I am. l. 4. A, B, F and G] I am. A includes the words 'I am glad on't' in the following speech of Mardonius. l. 5. A, B and G] to that. ll. 7—9. Aomitsthese lines. l. 11. A, B and G] occasions. l. 15. A, B, C and G] to the. l. 16. A—D and G] for his. l. 17. Aomits] Mar. l. 19. A] Doe for. The letters 'ith' are in C cut off at the end of the line. l. 23. A, B and G] a thing. l. 26. G] would fain have thee. l. 27. A] understands. G] understandest. l. 30. A] dost make. l. 32. A, B and G] tell me, it shall. C has the same reading, though the word 'tell' is by mistake cut off from the end of the line. Aomits] too. l. 35. A, B and C] and mayst yet.
p. 195, l. 2. A—D and G] that I have ever. l. 3. A, B and Gomit] the. l. 8. A, B, C and G] your businesse. l. 12. A, B and Gomit] now. l. 29. A—F] Gods and mans. l. 30. G] nature. l. 36. AAdds] Finis Actus Tertii. B and CAdd] The end of the Third Act.
p. 196, l. 1. A] Actus Quarti Scaena Prima. l. 2. A—Gomit] and. l. 11. A, B, C and G] Yet fearing since they. A] th' are many. l. 13. F] them. l. 14. F] them. l. 15. A] fearefull; if he. l. 18. A] labour out this. l. 19. A] against. ll. 25 and 26. A encloses the words 'never … humour' within brackets. l. 26. D, E and F] shot. l. 30. F] no farther. l. 33. Aomits] But.
p. 197, l. 3. AAdds] Exit. l. 4. Aomits] Exit Gob. l. 13. A] yours. l. 29. G] I'm. A] if no more. l. 36. B—G] these. l. 37. A] That have Authority. l. 38. F] besides.
p. 198, l. 1. A] words. l. 4. A] Ime. l. 12. A, B and G] Pray God. l. 13. Aomits] in prison. l. 15. A and F] mine. A] turne. l. 27. A, B and G] deserv'd it. l. 33. A] griefes. l. 35. A] womans. F] woman. l. 36. A] lost. l. 39. G] unconstancy.
p. 199, l. 7. A] kill me Ladie. l. 9. Aomits] Lady. l. 15. A] for were. l. 20. A] in the. l. 26. A, B and G] is as firme. l. 27. A] and as lasting. l. 28. A, B and G] in the. C] in th' ayre. l. 31. A] murmurs. l. 37. A—D and G] wrongs.
p. 200, l. 1. A by mistakeomits] Spa. l. 2. A, B, C and G] Our ends alike. l. 9. A] hee's asham'd. l. 17. A] pray believe me. l. 19. A, B and G] No more. l. 20. A] and Mardonius. l. 32. A—G] outlast. Foliomisprints] too. l. 38. A] is that.
p. 201, l. 5. A] know. l. 10. A] pratling. l. 11. A] to it. l. 15. A—G] Beside. l. 17. A] Sirra. l. 23. A] Staffe poak't. A, B, C and G] through. F] throw. l. 24. A—D and G] broke. l. 25. D, E and F] stifled with. l. 30. F] worst. l. 35. A] you may say Sir what. Foliomisprints] you. l. 36. A gives this line to Mardonius.
p. 202, l. 3. A, B and G] I thank God. l. 5. A] doe it. l. 6. Aomits] Doe. l. 13. AAdds] and a Souldier like a termogant. l. 16. A] let um be prisoners. l. 18. F] them. ll. 19 and 20. A gives these lines to Bacurius. ll. 21 and 22. A and G give these lines to Spaconia. l. 22. A, B, C and G] deare. l. 23. A] Ex. Bacu. with Tig. and Spa. l. 24. A, B, C and G] have you. l. 25. F] prove. l. 30. A] Sadlers. l. 32. A, D and F] darest. l. 33. A] knowest. l. 34. G] will not. l. 37. A] shall then tell. B] of this. l. 40. A] Where. F] them.
p. 203, l. 1. AAdds afteroff] doe, kill me. l. 2. Aomits] worse. l. 4. A, B, C and G] a dead sleepe. l. 5. A] Like forraigne swords. l. 10. A] all thine. l. 12. G] Wilt. A] with me good Mardonius. l. 20. A, B and G] and all beautie. l. 22. F] she is not. l. 23. A] doe enlarge her. l. 26. A] that would have. l. 29. E and F] heat. l. 30. E] To here wretched. Fomits] a. l. 38. A] knew of. B, C and D] knewst the.
p. 204, l. 7. A] is it. l. 15. A—D and Gomit] a. l. 16. Aomits] Thousands. E and F] Thousand. A] denie it. l. 18. A, B and G] vertue. l. 24. Aomits] all. l. 26. A—G] stooles there boy. l. 32. A, B and G] and my deare. l. 33. B, C and G] to th' cause. l. 35. Fomitsthis line. l. 37. A prints the words 'be wise, and speake truth' as the conclusion of the second Sword-man's speech.
p. 205, l. 4. A] If he have. l. 5. B—E] If a have. F] If I have. l. 12. A] case. l. 13. A, B and G] an honourable. l. 15. A, B and G] we Sword-men. l. 17. A, B and G] drawne ten teeth. A—G] beside. l. 18. A] all these. l. 21. B—E] a crackt. l. 22. A] with crossing. l. 26. A—G] There's. l. 30. A, B, C and G] mile. l. 32. A—G] mile. l. 34. A, B and C] 'Tis a the longest. G] o' the longest. l. 35. A by mistake gives this line to Bessus and the following speech to the first Sword-man.
p. 206, ll. 5 and 6. F] word forc'd. l. 9. A—D and G] case. l. 12. A] sit. G] sat. l. 13. A] it had. l. 15. E and F] delivery. l. 19. B—E] A should. F] And should. A—D and G] deliverie. l. 24. A] by th'. l. 25. A] you are. l. 28. Aomits] the. l. 32. B and G] that we. l. 33. Foliomisprints] honesty. A] good Sir to th'. l. 35. A] The boy may be supposd, hee's lyable; but kicke my brother.
p. 207, l. 7. A] Still the must. l. 9. A—D and Gomit] I. A] againe, againe. l. 12. Fomits] my. l. 20. A] at the kicke. l. 22. F] baren scorn, as I will call it. l. 27. A—G] sore indeed Sir. l. 29. A] the foole. l. 30. A] Ah Lords. l. 32. A, B, C and G] laught.
p. 208, l. 5. A—G] size, daggers. F] sizes. l. 16. A] To abide upon't. l. 20. A, B, C and Gomit] me. F] Both get me. l. 21. F] cleane. l. 22. G] what you have done. l. 27. F] Go will, and tell. l. 28. A—D] Or there be. l. 29. AomitsandbeforeGob. l. 33. Aomits] Exit Gob. l. 34. A] you are. A, B, C and G] and I would. A, B and G] to God. l. 38. G] the rising. l. 39. B, C and G] I shall. l. 40. Foliomisprints] Ban.
p. 209, l. 3. A] does. l. 6. A] I prethee. l. 8. A, B and G] I am. l. 23. A, B and G] In as equal a degree. C and D] In equal a degree. l. 27. A] I prethee. l. 33. C, D and E] and there is. E] no cause. F] and there is none can see.
p. 210, l. 6. D, E and F] stop. l. 11. A, B and G] God keepe you. l. 12. A, B and G] cause. l. 19. A] innocents. l. 20. A, B and Gomit] that. l. 24. A, B and G] it is. l. 27. A, B and G] as it lists. l. 33. A encloses 'Which I beseech thee doe not' within brackets. l. 36. A, B and G] For God knows. l. 39. A] start eye to.
p. 211, l. 2. F] them. l. 5. A] should. l. 11. F] them. l. 20. A, B and G] sinnes. l. 32. A] no steppe.
p. 212, ll. 1-6 and 8. F] them. l. 2. A] them. l. 5. Folio] and them. l. 6. A] drinke them off. l. 25. A gives this line to Panthea. l. 27. D, E and F] brother. l. 29. B] i' this. l. 35. Aomits] Why. l. 38. A, B and G] I know thou.
p. 213, l. 4. A, B and Gomittoobeforescrupulous. ll. 8 and 9. In place of these lines G reads] I dare no longer stay. l. 9. A and B] hotter I feare then yours. l. 11. A, B and G] for God's sake. l. 14. Aomitsstage-direction. B and Gomit] several wayes. AAdds] Finis Actus Quarti. B and CAdd] The end of the Fourth Act. l. 15. A] Actus Quinti Scaena Prima. l. 19. A] leave to visit. l. 20. A] hands. l. 26. A] officers.
p. 214, l. 3. B—F] were a valiant. l. 6. A] something lighter. l. 28. A—Domit] he. G] h'as. l. 29. B—F] a was. l. 30. A] in his. E and F] in in's. l. 31. A—E] a my. F] in my. G] i'my. l. 33. A, B and G] like to wicker Targets. l. 35. Aomits] he. A] so low a sence. l. 36. A] should. l. 38. A, B and G] That this strange fellow.
p. 215, l. 3. A—D and G] broke. A—G] or a shoulder out. A—F] ath' stones. l. 4. A] of my. l. 10. Aomits] the. l. 13. Foliomisprints] Catain. l. 16. Aomits] Sword. l. 19. A] thus kicke you, and thus. B and G] thus kicke, and thus. l. 21. A—D and G] told you that. l. 23. Aomits] Sword. A—F] a should. l. 25. A, B, C and G] a one. l. 26. Aomits] beats him. l. 29. A, B and G] Sir I know. l. 30. Aprints'Bes.' at the beginning of the following line, thus making this line part of Lygones' speech.
p. 216, l. 6. A, B and G] you would. l. 7. A, B, C and G] strange now to have. l. 12. Foliomisprints] danghter. l. 13. A, B and G] of being. l. 15. Aomits] Lygo. l. 18. Aomits] Sword. l. 19. A] ath' sword. l. 20. G] h'as. l. 23. A] a kick't. l. 24. Aomits'Bes.,' thus making this line part of the second Sword-man's speech. l. 25. Aomits] Sword. A gives the words 'Now let him come and say he was not sorry, And he sleepes for it' to '2,' i.e., the second Sword-man. l. 26. B—F] a was not. B—F] a sleepes. l. 28. Aomits] clear. G] Exeunt omnes. l. 34. A prints this stage-direction after the words 'There he is indeed' in l. 35.
p. 217, l. 3. A, B, C and G] businesse will. l. 5. B] the Armenia state. l. 9. Fomits] is. l. 20. A—G] couldst prate. l. 28. A] vild. B and C] vilde. B—F] commendations. l. 30. A, B and G] or rather would I. l. 34. A and F] mine own. l. 38. A] and like it.
p. 218, l. 3. A] in the. B, C, D and G] i' the. l. 6. Bmisprints] my Prince. l. 8. A] beside. l. 12. A] men. l. 13. C] Cawdle. l. 14. A] your Queene. l. 21. A] should speake. l. 27. A] a Queene. l. 33. A, B and G] Good God. l. 37. A, B and Gomit] all.
p. 219, l. 4. A] that shall. l. 6. Aomits] all. l. 7. A] a servant. l. 11. A] and Swordmen. In A this stage-direction is printed after the following line. l. 15. A—F] ath' sword. l. 17. A—D and Gomit] much. l. 20. A] I can aske. l. 23. A] will require launcing. l. 24. A] and full. l. 28. Aomits] must. l. 31. A, B and G] God continue it. l. 32. Fmisprints] they to it.
p. 220, l. 5. The two Sword-men are throughout the scene referred to in A as '2' or '1.' l. 6. Aomits'Bac.,' thus giving the line to the second Sword-man. l. 13. A—Gomit] on. F] them, that have. l. 16. A—F] ath' law. l. 22. F] That is. A] their paines. l. 26. A] ye rogues, ye apple-squiers. l. 31. A] a many of. F] a beautie of. l. 33. E] I do beseech. l. 35. A—F] A this side.
p. 221, l. 4. A] in your pocket slave, my key you. B and G] in your pocket slave, my toe. l. 5. A] with't. l. 11. A—G] doing nothing. l. 12. Aomitsthis stage-direction. B] Enter Servant, Will. Adkinson. l. 13. A—D] Here's. l. 14. A] I am. A] prethee. l. 15. A] beate um. l. 17. Aomits] Sir. l. 18. Aomits] Captain, Rally. A] up with your. F] rally upon. l. 20. A] cride hold. l. 22. E and F] vit me. l. 23. A, B and G] breath. Aomits] Exit Bac. l. 25. A] Ime sure I ha. l. 26. B—F] a kicke. B—F] a will. l. 27. C—F] beside. l. 29. A, B and G] yes, God be thanked. l. 33. A, B, C and G] is a. l. 34. A] hands.
p. 222, l. 2. Aomits] clear. G] Exeunt omnes. l. 4. A—D and G] bore. After this line AAdds]—Hell open all thy gates, And I will thorough them; if they be shut, Ile batter um, but I will find the place Where the most damn'd have dwelling; ere I end, Amongst them all they shall not have a sinne, But I will call it mine: l. 5. A—D and G] friend. A, B and G] to an. l. 13. B, C and D] a comming. l. 14. A—G] does your hand. l. 19. This line from 'I can' and the next line are given by A to Mardonius. l. 24. A] humblier.
p. 223, l. 4. A, B and Gomit] and. l. 12. A] thinkest. l. 13. G] these are tales. l. 15. A—D and G] should get. l. 17. A] Farre other Fortunes. l. 19. A, B and G] God put. G] temporall. l. 20. AAdds] Exit. B and. GAdd] Exit Mar. l. 21. A—D and G] errors. l. 27. A, B and Gomit] more. l. 35. A—D and Gomit] my.
p. 224, l. 4. F] knowest. l. 9. A] doest. l. 12. A] and I when I. F] knowest. l. 16. B and F] meanst. l. 17. A, B, C and G] a lie. A, B and G] God and. l. 22. A, B and G] wouldst. l. 28. A] gavest. l. 31. A] your selfe. B and G] it thy selfe. l. 38. A and G] know it. l. 39. E and F] staind.
p. 225, l. 7. A, B, C and G] allowest. l. 15. C—F] doest … doest. l. 17. A—D and G] Cease thou strange. l. 18. A] contemn'st. ll. 20 and 21. Foliomisprints] dear … punishnment. l. 35. A and C] expects. B] expectes. D] expectst. G] expect'st. l. 39. A] thou wicked.
p. 226, l. 10. A, B, C and G] of a law. l. 19. Aomits] you. ll. 25 and 26. A—G] Land as she. l. 29. Amisprints]Arb. l. 31. A—D and Gomit] a.
p. 227, l. 2. A] opportunitie. ll. 4 and 5. A, B and G] and God was humbly thankt in every Church, That so had blest the Queene, and prayers etc. l. 12. A—D and G] quicke. l. 14. A] abed. l. 16. A] sware. l. 20. A] the Queene. l. 23. A—G] yeare. l. 28. A] her talke. l. 32. A] sparke. l. 35. A, B and G] till I am. A] are silver. l. 37. Aomits] too. I. 38. A, B and G] yes God knowes.
p. 228, l. 2. A by mistakeomits]Gob. A] dare. l, 3. A] them. l. 4. A—G] waites. l. 7. A] Ent. Mar. Bessus, and others. l. 8. Aomits]Arb. A] Mardonius, the best. Bmisprints]Mar. l. 11. E and F] happie. l. 14. A] On, call. l. 19. Aomits]Exit a Gent. l. 24. Aomits] I swear it must not be; nay, trust me. l. 26. B and C] beare. l. 28. A] but you are not.
p. 229, l. 1. A] I say she. l. 8. A] Armenian king. I. 15. Foliomisprints] morrning. l. 16. Aomitsthis stage-direction. l. 24. A and G] He shall. B] A shall. C] An shall. l. 25. A—G] shall. l. 26. Fomits] that. l. 31. Amisprints] thinke. l. 35. In place of this stage-direction A after the word 'Queen' in l. 33reads] Enter Pan.
p. 230, l. 6. A gives this speech to Mardonius. l. 7. Aomits] at first. l. 8. In A this stage-direction occurs after 'Queen' in the following line. l. 14. A and F] Maist. G] May'st. l. 17. F] them. l. 20. A—G] your Queene. l. 23. A—GAdd] Finis.
p. 152, ll. 8 and 9. A—D and G] 3 ll.dare, day, I. l. 27. A] 2 ll.of, thus. ll. 33—35. A] 3 ll.Earth, Prince, Acts.
p. 157, l. 20. A] 2 ll.king, away.
p. 159, ll. 3—8. A—D and G] 8 ll.praise, worthy, death, lies, there, though, dust, envy. ll. 11 and 12. A—D and G] 3 ll.windes, I, speake. ll. 29—38. A—D and G] 14 ll.lives, said, truth, bin, see, parts, world, farre, yeares, mee, thee, wilt, I, thus. l. 40 and p. 160, ll. 1—4. A—D and G] 6 ll.Take, which, love, I, mee, eare.
p. 160, ll. 6 and 7. A, B and G] 2 ll.Mardonius, Jewell.
p. 161, ll. 21 and 22. A—D and G] 3 ll.newes, not, Gobrias. ll. 27—33. A—D and G] 9 ll.farre, sinnes, teares, feele, brest, stand, eyes, world, me. ll. 37—39 and p. 162, ll. 1—7. A—D and G] 14 ll.know, died, life, pardon'd, fit, olde, thence, out, there, live, me, deathes, life, him.
p. 163, ll. 16—22. A, B, C and G] 9 ll.of(C =halfe),free, thine, prisoner, force, me, unwilling, Tigranes, there. D] 7 ll.halfe, free, thine, force, me, Tigranes, there.
p. 164, ll. 1 and 2. A—D and G] 2 ll.health, jealous. ll. 25—35 and p. 165, ll. 1 and 2. A—D and G] 16 ll.regard, prisoner, escape, prisoner, woman, me, say, her, Lord, grace, arme, womanhood, death, sonne, why, speake.
p. 165, ll. 14—17. A—D and G] 5 ll.Time, know, thinke, heart, urgd. ll. 35 and 36. A—D and G] 2 ll.it, believ'd. ll. 38 and 39. A—D and G] 3 ll.you, die, uncredited(D =should).
p. 166, ll. I and 2. A—D and G] 4 ll.Then, me, King, plots(D adds l. 3). ll. 5—8. A—D and G] 5 ll.me, content, power, me, done. ll. 19—23. A—and G] Prose. ll. 25 and 26. A]These, these.
p. 167, ll. 9 and 10. A] 2 ll.well, so. l. 19. A—D and G] 2 ll.readie, morrow. ll. 21—28. A] 10 ll.hereafter, office, discourse, how, victorie, doe, danger, long, while, beate. ll. 21—24. B—D and G] 4 ll.hereafter, office, discourse, victory. ll. 25—28. B—D and G] Prose.
p. 168, ll. 11 and 12. A—D and G] 2 ll.Bessus, nothing. ll. 39 and 40. A—D and G] 2 ll.kindnesses, name.
p. 169, ll. 2—5. A—D and G] 5 ll.letter, enough, you, me, me. ll. 25 and 26. A and G] 2 ll.Already, foolish. ll. 37—40 and p. 170, ll. 1—4. A—D and G] 12 ll.Lord, live, um, Just, um, mee, heare, way, care, you, enjoyes, worth.
p. 170, ll. 5—10. A—D and G] Prose. ll. 13—18. A—D and G] 8 ll.you, power, leave, like, him, humours, lesse, offer'd. ll. 27—29. A] 2 ll.pleasure, Madam.
p. 171, ll. 10—15. A—D and G] 9 ll.unreasonably, seeme, ill, ought, faire, good, prayer, me, you. ll. 31—40 and p. 172, ll. 1—6. A—D] 24 ll.weepe, words, sorrow, me, him, Thalestris, me, sweare, slay, thee, himselfe, me, yet, face, you, eares, eyes, him, hope, dead, him, fast, ceremony, him.
p. 172, ll. 15—21. A—D and G] 11 ll.not, desire, others, me(ornot),wrong, birth, injure, hither, commanded, ready, servand.
p. 174, l. 20. A—D] 2 ll.king, now. ll. 23—29. A—D and G] 11 ll.full, subjects, love, height, you, me, warre, imagine, word, blouds, peace.
[Footnote 1: The prose printings of E and F have not been recorded.]
p. 175, ll. 4—6. A—D and G] 4 ll.man, home, hearts, deliverance. ll. 11—22. A—D and G] 17 ll.wrong, spectacle, people, me, deserved, you, dwels, man, compare, selfe, you, too, name, fall, loves, content, worke. ll. 35 and 36. A—D and G] 2 ll.Children, is.
p. 176, ll. 23—35. A—D and G] 14 ll.Sir, hands, know, her, home, stubbornnesse, like, her, Jewell, mad, sister, is, Land, another.
p. 177, ll. 1—10. A—D and G] 11 ll.Too, friends, know, loth, passe, constraint, so, speake, health, love, againe.
p. 178, ll. 16 and 17. A—D and G] 3 ll.die, returne, life. ll. 30—32. A—D and G] 4 ll.ill, kneele, gaine, you.
p. 179, ll. 21—25. A—D and G] 7 ll.earth, alas, command, me, short, sister brought.
p. 180, l. 31. A—D and G] 7 ll.Gobrias, meane.
p. 191, ll. 35 and 36. A—D and G] 2 ll.utterd, careleslie.
p. 192, ll. 9—12. E and F] 3 ll.And, love, thou. ll. 10—12.A—D and G] 3 ll.Advice, love, thou. ll. 16 and 17. A—D andG] 3 ll.This, caution, it(GAddsl. 18). ll. 20 and 21.A—D and G] 2 ll.it, it.
p. 194, ll. 5 and 6. A] 2 ll.cutlers, King. l. 22. A] 2 ll.will, whatsoever.
p. 195, ll. 21 and 22. A] 2 ll.in-, Monsters.
p. 196, l. 38, and p. 197, ll. 1—3. A] Prose.
p. 197, ll. 4 and 5. A] 3 ll.you, Spaconia, thus.
p. 199, ll. 9 and 10. B—D and G] 3 ll.Ladie, passe, King. ll. 12 and 13. A and G] 2 ll.from, remov'd.
p. 201, ll. 7 and 8. A] 2 ll.All, folly. l. 15. A] 2 ll.Sir, warrant. ll. 39 and 40.
p. 202, ll. 19—22. A] Prose.
p. 204, l. 6. A—D and G] 2 ll.false, letter. ll. 36—38. A] 2 ll.Truth, Prince.
p. 205, ll. 26 and 27. A—D and G] 3 ll.Another, distance, opinion.
p. 207, ll. 11—13. A—D and G] 3 ll.Toge-, man, brother. I. 24. A—D and G] 2 ll.Sir, since.
p. 209, ll. 31 and 32. A] 2 ll.me, brother.
p. 212, ll. ii and 12. A] 3 ll.Panthea, gaze, out. ll. 23 and 24. A] 2 ll.you, gone.
Actus Quinti Scaena Prima.
Enter Mardonius, and Ligones.
Mar.
Sir, the King has seene your Commission, and beleeves it, and freely by this warrant gives you leave to visit PrinceTigranesyour noble Master.
Lig.
I thanke his Grace, and kisse his hands.
Mar.
But is the maine of all your businesseEnded in this?
Lig.
I have another, but a worse; I am asham'd, it is a businesse.—
Mar.
You serve a worthy person, and a stranger I am sure you are; you may imploy mee if you please, without your purse, such Officers should ever be their owne rewards.
Lig.
I am bound to your noblenesse.
Mar.
I may have neede of you, and then this curtesie,If it be any, is not ill bestowed:But may I civilly desire the rest?I shall not be a hurter, if no helper.
Lig.
Sir, you shall know I have lost a foolish daughter,And with her all my patience; pilferd awayBy a meane Captaine of your Kings.
Mar.
Stay there Sir:If he have reacht the noble worth of Captaine,He may well claime a worthy gentlewoman,Though shee were yours, and noble.
Lig.
I grant all that too: but this wretched fellowReaches no further then the emptie name,That serves to feede him; were he valiant,Or had but in him any noble nature,That might hereafter promise him a good man;My cares were something lighter, and my graveA span yet from me.
Mar.
I confesse such fellowesBe in all royall Campes, and have, and must beTo make the sinne of coward more detestedIn the meane Souldier, that with such a foyleSets of much valour: By descriptionI should now guesse him to you. It wasBessus,I dare almost with confidence pronounce it.
Lig.
Tis such a scurvy name asBessus, and now I thinke tis hee.
Mar.
Captaine, doe you call him?Beleeve me Sir, you have a miserieToo mighty for your age: A pox upon him,For that must be the end of all his service:Your daughter was not mad Sir?
Lig.
No, would shee had beene,The fault had had more credit: I would doe something.
Mar.
I would faine counsell you; but to what I know not:Hee's so below a beating, that the womenFind him not worthy of their distaves; andTo hang him, were to cast away a rope,Hee's such an ayrie thin unbodied coward,That no revenge can catch him:He tell you Sir, and tell you truth; this rascallFeares neither God nor man, has beene so beaten:Sufferance has made him wanscote; he has hadSince hee was first a slave, at least three hundred daggersSet in his head, as little boyes doe new knives in hot meat;Ther's not a rib in's bodie a my conscience,That has not beene thrice broken with drie beating;And now his sides looke like to wicker targets,Everie way bended:Children will shortly take him for a wall,And set their stone-bowes in his forhead: is of so low a sence,I cannot in a weeke imagine what should be done to him.
Lig.
Sure I have committed some great sinne,That this strange fellow should be made my rod:I would see him, but I shall have no patience:
Mar.
Tis no great matter if you have not, if a laming of him, or such a toy may doe you pleasure Sir, he has it for you, and Ile helpe you to him: tis no newes to him to have a leg broke, or a shoulder out, with being turnd ath' stones like a Tanzie: Draw not your sword, if you love it; for my conscience his head will breake it: we use him ith' warres like a Ramme to shake a wall withall; here comes the verie person of him, doe as you shall find your temper I must leave you: but if you doe not breake him like a bisket, you are much too blame Sir.Ex. Mardo. Enter Bessus and Sword-men.
Lig.
Is your name Bessus?
Bes.
Men call me Captaine Bessus.
Lig.
Then CaptaineBessusyou are a ranke rascall, without more exordiums, a durty frozen slave; and with the favour of your friends here, I will beate you.
2.
Pray use your pleasure Sir, you seem to be a gentleman.
Lig.
Thus CaptaineBessus, thus; thus twinge your nose, thus kicke you, and thus tread you.
Bess.
I doe beseech you yeeld your cause Sir quickly.
Lig.
Indeed I should have told you that first.
Bess.
I take it so.
1.
Captaine, a should indeed, he is mistaken:
Lig.
Sir you shall have it quickly, and more beating,You have stolne away a Lady Captaine Coward,And such a one.
Bes.
Hold, I beseech you, hold Sir,I never yet stole any living thingThat had a tooth about it.
Lig.
Sir I know you dare lieWith none but Summer Whores upon my life Sir.
Bes.
My meanes and manners never could attemptAbove a hedge or hey-cocke.
Lig.
Sirra that quits not me, where is this Ladie,Doe that you doe not use to doe, tell truth,Or by my hand Ile beat your Captaines braines out.Wash um, and put um in againe, that will I.
Bes.
There was a Ladie Sir, I must confesseOnce in my charge: the PrinceTigranesgave herTo my guard for her safetie, how I usd herShe may her selfe report, shee's with the Prince now:I did but waite upon her like a Groome,Which she will testifie I am sure: If not,My braines are at your service when you please Sir,And glad I have um for you?
Lig.
This is most likely, Sir I aske your pardon,And am sorrie I was so intemperate.
Bes.
Well, I can aske no more, you would thinke it strange Now to have me beat you at first sight.
Lig.
Indeed I would but I know your goodnes can forgetTwentie beatings. You must forgive me.
Bes.
Yes, ther's my hand, goe where you will, I shall thinkeYou a valiant fellow for all this.
Lig.
My daughter is a Whore,I feele it now too sencible; yet I will see her,Discharge my selfe of being Father to her,And then backe to my Countrie, and there die;Farewell Captaine.
Exit.
Bes.
Farewell Sir, farewell, commend me to the Gentlewoman I praia.
1.
How now Captaine, beare up man.
Bes.
Gentlemen ath' sword your hands once more, I haveBeene kickt againe, but the foolish fellow is penitent,Has ask't me mercy, and my honor's safe.
2.
We knew that, or the foolish fellow had better a kick'tHis Grandsire.Confirme, confirme I pray.
1.
There be our hands againe.
2.
Now let him come, and say he was not sorry,And he sleepes for it.
Bes.
Alas good ignorant old man, let him goe,Let him goe, these courses will undoe him.
Exeunt.
Enter Ligones, and Bacurius.
Bac.
My Lord your authoritie is good, and I am glad it is so, for myconsent would never hinder you from seeing your owne King. I am aMinister, but not a governour of this state; yonder is your King,Ile leave you.
Exit.
Lig.
There he is indeed,Enter Tig. and Spaco.And with him my disloyall childe.
Tig.
I doe perceive my fault so much, that yetMe thinkes thou shouldst not have forgiven me.
Lig.
Health to your Maiestie.
Tig.
What? good Ligones, welcome; what businesse brought thee hether?
Lig.
Severall Businesses.My publique businesse will appeare by this:I have a message to deliver, whichIf it please you so to authorise, isAn embassage from the Armenian state,UntoArbacesfor your libertie:The offer's there set downe, please you to read it.
Tig.
There is no alteration happenedSince I came thence?
Lig.
None Sir, all is as it was.
Tig.
And all our friends are well.
Lig.
All verie well.
Spa.
Though I have done nothing but what was good,I dare not see my Father: it was faultEnough not to acquaint him with that good.
Lig.
Madam I should have scene you.
Spa.
O good Sir forgive me.
Lig.
Forgive you, why I am no kin to you, am I?
Spa.
Should it be measur'd by my meane deserts,Indeed you are not.
Lig.
Thou couldst prate unhappilyEre thou couldst goe, would thou couldst doe as well.And how does your custome hold out here.Spa. Sir.
Lig.
Are you in private still, or how?
Spa.
What doe you meane?
Lig.
Doe you take money? are you come to sell sinne yet? perhaps I can helpe you to liberall Clients: or has not the King cast you off yet? O thou wild creature, whose best commendation is, that thou art a young Whore. I would thy Mother had liv'd to see this: or rather would I had dyed ere I had seene it: why did'st not make me acquainted when thou wert first resolv'd to be a Whore? I would have seene thy hot lust satisfied more privately. I would have kept a dancer, and a whole consort of Musitions in mine owne house, onely to fiddle thee.Spa. Sir I was never whore.
Lig.
If thou couldst not say so much for thy selfe thou shouldst beCarted.
Tig.
LigonesI have read it, and like it, You shall deliver it.
Lig.
Well Sir I will: but I have private busines with you.
Tig.
Speake, what ist?
Lig.
How has my age deserv'd so ill of you,That you can picke no strumpets in the Land,But out of my breed.
Tig.
Strumpets goodLigones?
Lig.
Yes, and I wish to have you know, I scorneTo get a Whore for any Prince alive,And yet scorne will not helpe me thinkes: My daughterMight have beene spar'd, there were enough beside.
Tig.
May I not prosper, but Shee's innocentAs morning light for me, and I dare sweareFor all the world.
Lig.
Why is she with you then?Can she waite on you better then your men,Has she a gift in plucking off your stockings,Can she make Cawdles well, or cut your Comes,Why doe you keepe her with you? For your QueeneI know you doe contemne her, so should IAnd every Subject else thinke much at it.
Tig.
Let um thinke much, but tis more firme then earthThou seest thy Queene there.
Lig.
Then have I made a faire hand, I cald her Whore,If I shall speake now as her Father, I cannot chuseBut greatly rejoyce that she shall be a Queene: but ifI should speake to you as a Statesman shee were more fitTo be your Whore.
Tig.
Get you about your businesse toArbaces,Now you talke idlie.
Lig.
Yes Sir, I will goe.And shall she be a Queene, she had more witThen her old Father when she ranne away:Shall shee be a Queene, now by my troth tis fine,Ile dance out of all measure at her wedding:Shall I not Sir?
Tigr.
Yes marrie shalt thou.
Lig.
He make these witherd Kexes beare my bodieTwo houres together above ground.
Tigr.
Nay, goe, my businesse requires haste.
Lig.
Good God preserve you, you are an excellent King.
Spa.
Farewell good Father.
Lig.
Farewell sweete vertuous Daughter;I never was so joyfull in my life,That I remember: shall shee be a Queene?Now I perceive a man may weepe for joy,I had thought they had lied that said so.
Exit.
Tig.
Come my deare love.
Spa.
But you may see anotherMay alter that againe.
Tigr.
Urge it no more;I have made up a new strong constancie,Not to be shooke with eyes; I know I haveThe passions of a man, but if I meeteWith any subject that shall hold my eyesMore firmely then is fit; Ile thinke of thee,and runne away from it: let that suffice.
Exeunt.
Enter Bacurius, and a servant.
Bac.
Three gentlemen without to speake with me?
Ser.
Yes Sir.
Bac.
Let them come in.
Ser.
They are enterd Sir already.
Enter Bessus, and Swordmen.
Bac.
Now fellowes, your busines, are these the Gentlemen.
Bess.
My Lord I have made bold to bring these Gentlemen my Friends ath' sword along with me.
Bac.
I am afraid youle fight then.
Bes.
My good Lord I will not, your Lordship is mistaken,Feare not Lord.
Bac.
Sir I am sorrie fort.
Bes.
I can aske no more in honor, Gentlemen you heare my Lord is sorrie.
Bac.
Not that I have beaten you, but beaten one that will be beaten: one whose dull bodie will require launcing: As surfeits doe the diet, spring and full. Now to your swordmen, what come they for good Captaine Stock-fish?
Bes.
It seemes your Lordship has forgot my name.
Bac.
No, nor your nature neither, though they are things fitter I confesse for anything, then my remembrance, or anie honestmans, what shall these billets doe, be pilde up in my Wood-yard?
Bes.
Your Lordship holds your mirth still, God continue it: but for these Gentlemen they come.
Bac.
To sweare you are a Coward, spare your Booke, I doe beleeve it.
Bes.
Your Lordship still drawes wide, they come to vouch under their valiant hands, I am no Coward.
Bac.
That would be a shew indeed worth seeing: sirra be wise and take money for this motion, travell with it, and where the name ofBessushas been knowne, or a good Coward stirring, twill yeeld more then a tilting. This will prove more beneficiall to you, if you be thriftie, then your Captaineship, and more naturall; Men of most valiant hands is this true?
2.
It is so most renowned,Tis somewhat strange.
1.
Lord, it is strange, yet true; wee have examined from your Lordships foote there to this mans head, the nature of the beatings; and we doe find his honour is come off cleane, and sufficient: This as our swords shall helpe us.
Bac.
You are much bound to you bilbow-men, I am glad you are straight again Captaine: twere good you would thinke some way to gratifie them, they have undergone a labour for youBessus, would have puzzledhercules, with all his valour.
2.
Your Lordship must understand we are no men ath' Law, that take pay for our opinions: it is sufficient wee have cleer'd our friend.
Bac.
Yet here is something due, which I as toucht in conscience will discharge Captaine; Ile pay this rent for you.
Bess.
Spare your selfe my good Lord; my brave friends aime at nothing but the vertue.
Bac.
Thats but a cold discharge Sir for their paines.
2.
O Lord, my good Lord.
Bac.
Be not so modest, I will give you something.
Bes.
They shall dine with your Lordship, that's sufficient.
Bac.
Something in hand the while; ye rogues, ye apple-squiers: doe you come hether with your botled valour, your windie frothe, to limit out my beatings.
1.
I doe beseech your Lordship.
2.
O good Lord.
Bac.
Sfoote, what a many of beaten slaves are here? get me a cudgell sirra, and a tough one.
2.
More of your foot, I doe beseech your Lordship.
Bac.
You shall, you shall dog, and your fellow beagle.
1.
A this side good my Lord.
Bac.
Off with your swords, for if you hurt my foote, Ile have you fleade you rascals.
1.
Mines off my Lord.
2.
I beseech your Lordship stay a little, my strap's tied to my codpiece point: Now when you please.
Bac.
Captaine, these are your valiant friends, you long for a little too?
Bess.
I am verie well, I humblie thanke your Lordship.
Bac.
Whats that in your pocket slave, my key you mungrell? thy buttocks cannot be so hard, out with't quicklie.
2.
Here tis Sir, a small piece of Artillerie, that a gentleman a deare friend of your Lordships sent me with to get it mended Sir; for it you marke, the nose is somewhat loose.
Bac.
A friend of mine you rascall, I was never wearier of doing nothing, then kicking these two foote-bals.
Ser.
Heres a good cudgell Sir.
Bac.
It comes too late; I am wearie, prethee doe thou beate um.
2.
My Lord this is foule play ifaith, to put a fresh man upon us;Men, are but men.
Bac.
That jest shall save your bones, up with your rotten regiment, and be gone; I had rather thresh, then be bound to kicke these raskals, till they cride hold:Bessusyou may put your hand to them now, and then you are quit. Farewell, as you like this, pray visit mee againe, twill keepe me in good breath.
2.
Has a divellish hard foote, I never felt the like.
1.
Nor I, and yet Ime sure I ha felt a hundred.
2.
If he kicke thus ith dog-daies, he will be drie founderd: what cure now Captaine, besides oyle of bayes?
Bess.
Why well enough I warrant you, you can goe.
2.
Yes, God be thanked; but I feele a shrewd ach, sure he has sprang my huckle bone.
1.
I ha lost a haunch.
Bess.
A little butter friend, a little butter; butter and parselie is a soveraigne matter:probatum est.
1.
Captaine, we must request your hands now to our honours.
Bess.
Yes marrie shall ye, and then let all the world come, we are valiant to our selves, and theres an end.
1.
Nay, then we must be valiant; O my ribbes.
2.
O my small guts, a plague upon these sharpe toe'd shooes, they are murderers.
Exeunt.
Enter Arbaces with his Sword drawne.
Arb.
It is resolv'd, I bore it whilst I could,I can no more, Hell open all thy gates,And I will thorough them; if they be shut,Ile batter um, but I will find the placeWhere the most damn'd have dwelling; ere I end,Amongst them all they shall not have a sinne,But I may call it mine: I must beginneWith murder of my friend, and so goe onTo an incestuous ravishing, and endMy life and sinnes with a forbidden blowUpon my selfe.
Enter Mardonius.
Mardo.
What Tragedie is here?That hand was never wont to draw a Sword,But it cride dead to something:
Arb.
Mar. have you bidGobriuscome?
Mar.
How doe you Sir?
Arb.
Well, is he comming?
Mar.
Why Sir are you thus?Why does your hand proclaime a lawlesse warreAgainst your selfe?
Arb.
Thou answerest me one question with another,IsGobriuscomming?
Mar.
Sir he is.Arb. Tis well.
Mar.
I can forbeare your questions then, be goneSir, I have markt.
Arb.
Marke lesse, it troubles you and me.
Mar.
You are more variable then you were.
Arb.
It may be so.
Mar.
To day no Hermit could be humblierThen you were to us all.
Arb.
And what of this?
Mar.
And now you take new rage into your eies,As you would looke us all out of the Land.
Arb.
I doe confesse it, will that satisfie,I prethee get thee gone.
Mar.
Sir I will speake.
Arb.
Will ye?
Mar.
It is my dutie,I feare you will kill your selfe: I am a subject,And you shall doe me wrong in't: tis my cause,And I may speake.
Arb.
Thou art not traind in sinne,It seemesMardonius: kill my selfe, by heavenI will not doe it yet; and when I will,Ile tell thee then: I shall be such a creature,That thou wilt give me leave without a word.There is a method in mans wickednesse,It growes up by degrees; I am not comeSo high as killing of my selfe, there areA hundred thousand sinnes twixt me and it,Which I must doe, I shall come toot at last;But take my oath not now, be satisfied,And get thee hence.
Mar.
I am sorrie tis so ill.
Arb.
Be sorrie then,True sorrow is alone, grieve by thy selfe.
Mar.
I pray you let mee see your sword put upBefore I goe; Ile leave you then.
Arb.
Why so?What follie is this in thee? is it notAs apt to mischiefe as it was before?Can I not reach it thinkest thou? these are toyesFor children to be pleas'd with, and not men;Now I am safe you thinke: I would the bookeOf Fate were here, my sword is not so sure,But I should get it out, and mangle thatThat all the destinies should quite forgetTheir fix't decrees, and hast to make us newFarre other Fortunes mine could not be worse,Wilt thou now leave me?
Mar.
God put into your bosome temperate thoughts,He leave you though I feare.
Exit.
Arb.
Goe, thou art honest,Why should the hastie errors of my youthBe so unpardonable, to draw a sinneHelpelesse upon me?
Enter Gobrius.
Gob.
There is the King, now it is ripe.
Arb.