_Enter Demetrius, and Leontius.
Dem. Let me but see her, dearLeontius; Let me but dye before her.
Leo. Would that would doe it:If I knew where she lay now, with what honestie,You having flung so main a mischief on her,And on so innocent and sweet a Beauty,Dare I present your visit?
Dem. I'le repent all: And with the greatest sacrifice of sorrow, That ever Lover made.
Leo. 'Twill be too late Sir: I know not what will become of you.
Dem. You can help me.
Leo. It may be to her sight: what are you nearer?She has sworn she will not speak to ye, look upon ye,And to love ye again, O she cries out, and thunders,She had rather love—there is no hope—
Dem. YesLeontius,There is a hope, which though it draw no love to it,At least will draw her to lament my fortune,And that hope shall relieve me.
Leo. Hark ye Sir, hark ye: Say I should bring ye—
Dem. Do [not] trifle with me?
Leo. I will not trifle; both together bring ye, You know the wrongs ye' done.
Dem. I do confess 'em.
Leo. And if you should then jump into your fury, And have another querk in your head.
Dem. I'le dye first.
Leo. You must say nothing to her; for 'tis certain, The nature of your crime will admit [no] excuse.
Dem. I will not speak, mine eyes shall tell my penance.
Leo. You must look wondrous sad too.
Dem. I need not look so, I am truly sadness self.
Leo. That look will do it:Stay here, I'le bring her to you instantly:But take heed how you bear your self: sit down there,The more humble you are, the more she'l take compassion.Women are per'lous thing[s] to deal upon. [Exit.
Dem. What shall become of me? to curse my fortune,Were but to curse my Father; that's too impious;But under whatsoever fate I suffer,Bless I beseech thee heaven her harmless goodness.
Enter Leontius, and Celia.
Leo. Now arm your self.
Cel. You have not brought him?
Leo. Yes faith, And there he is: you see in what poor plight too, Now you may doe your will, kill him, or save him.
Cel. I will goe back.
Leo. I will be hang'd then Lady, Are ye a coward now?
Cel. I cannot speak to him.
Dem. O me.
Leo. There was a sigh to blow a Church down; So, now their eyes are fixt, the small shot playes, They will come to th' batterie anon.
Cel. He weeps extreamly.
Leo. Rail at him now.
Cel. I dare not.
Leo. I am glad on't.
Cel. Nor dare believe his tears.
Dem. You may, blest beauty, For those thick streams that troubled my repentance, Are crept out long agoe.
Leo. You see how he looks.
Cel. What have I to doe how he looks? how lookt he then, When with a poisoned tooth he bit mine honour? It was your counsel too, to scorn and slight him.
Leo. I, if ye saw fit cause; and you confest too,Except this sin, he was the bravest Gentleman,The sweetest, noblest: I take nothing from ye,Nor from your anger; use him as you please:For to say truth, he has deserved your justice;But still consider what he has been to you.
Cel. Pray do not blind me thus.
Dem. O Gentle Mistris,If there were any way to expiateA sin so great as mine, by intercession,By prayers, by daily tears, by dying for ye:O what a joy would close these eyes that love ye.
Leo. They say women have tender hearts, I know not, I am sure mine melts.
Cel. Sir, I forgive ye heartily,And all your wrong to me I cast behind me,And wish ye a fit beauty to your vertues:Mine is too poor, in peace I part thus from you;I must look back: gods keep your grace: he's here still. [Ex.
Dem. She has forgiven me.
Leo. She has directed ye:Up, up, and follow like a man: away Sir,She lookt behind her twice: her heart dwells here Sir,Ye drew tears from her too: she cannot freeze thus;The door's set open too, are ye a man?Are ye alive? do ye understand her meaning?Have ye bloud and spirit in ye?
Dem. I dare not trouble her.
Leo. Nay, and you will be nip't i'th' head with nothing,Walk whining up and down; I dare not, I cannot:Strike now or never: faint heart, you know what Sir—Be govern'd by your fear, and quench your fire out.A Devil on't, stands this door ope for nothing?So get ye together, and be naught: now to secure all,Will I go fetch out a more soveraign plaister. [Exeunt.
Enter Antigonus, Seleucus, Lysimachus, Ptolomy, Lieutenant, Gentlemen, Lords.
Ant. This peace is fairly made.
Seleu. Would your Grace wish usTo put in more: take what you please, we yield it;The honour done us by your son constrains it,Your noble son.
Ant. It is sufficient, Princes; And now we are one again, one mind, one body, And one sword shall strike for us.
Lys. Let PrinceDemetriusBut lead us on: for we are his vowed servants; Against the strength of all the world we'l buckle.
Ptol. And even from all that strength we'l catch at victory.
Sel. O had I now recover'd but the fortune I lost inAntioch, when mine Unckle perish'd; But that were but to surfeit me with blessings.
Lys. You lost a sweet child there.
Sel. Name it no more Sir;This is no time to entertain such sorrows;Will your Majesty do us the honour, we may see the Prince,And wait upon him?
Enter Leon.
Ant. I wonder he stayes from us: How nowLeontius, where's my son?
Sel. Brave Captain.
Lys. Old valiant Sir.
Leo. Your Graces are welcom:Your son and't please you Sir, is new cashiered yonder,Cast from his Mistris favour: and such a coil there is;Such fending, and such proving; she stands off,And will by no means yield to composition:He offers any price; his body to her.
Sel. She is a hard Lady, denies that caution.
Leo. And now they whine, and now they rave: faith Princes,'Twere a good point of charity to piece 'em;For less than such a power will doe just nothing:And if you mean to see him, there it must be,For there will he grow, till he be transplanted.
Sel. Beseech your grace, let's wait upon you thither, That I may see that beauty dares deny him, That scornfull beauty.
Ptol. I should think it worse now; Ill brought up beauty.
Ant. She has too much reason for't; Which with too great a grief, I shame to think of, But we'll go see this game.
Lys. Rather this wonder.
Ant. Be you our guideLeontius, here's a new peace. [Ex.
Enter Demetrius and Celia.
Cel. Thus far you shall perswade me, still to honour ye,Still to live with ye, Sir, or near about ye;For not to lye, you have my first and last love:But since you have conceiv'd an evil against me,An evil that so much concerns your honour,That honour aim'd by all at for a pattern:And though there be a false thought, and confest too,And much repentance faln in showrs to purge it;Yet, whilest that great respect I ever bore ye,Dwells in my bloud, and in my heart that duty;Had it but been a dream, I must not touch ye.
Dem. O you will make some other happy?
Cel. Never, Upon this hand I'le seal that faith.
Dem. We may kiss, Put not those out o'th' peace too.
Cel. Those I'le give ye,So there you will be pleas'd to pitch yourne ultra,I will be merry with ye; sing, discourse with ye,Be your poor Mistris still: in truth I love ye.
Enter Leontius, Antigonus, Seleucus, Lysimachus, Ptolomie, Lieutenant, and Gentleman.
Dem. Stay, who are these?
Lys. A very handsom Lady.
Leo. As e're you saw.
Sel. Pity her heart's so cruel.
Lys. How does your Grace? he stands still, will not hear us.
Ptol. We come to serve ye, Sir, in all our fortunes.
Lys. He bows a little now; he's strangely alter'd.
Sel. Ha? pray ye a wordLeontius, pray ye a word with ye,Lysimachus? you bo'th knew mineEnanthe, I lost inAntioch, when the Town was taken, Mine Uncle slain,Antigonushad the sack on't?
Lys. Yes, I remember well the Girl.
Sel. Methinks now That face is wondrous like her: I have her picture, The same, but more years on her; the very same.
Lys. A Cherry to a Chery is not liker.
Sel. Look on her eyes.
Leo. Most certain she is like her: Many a time have I dandled her in these arms, Sir, And I hope who will more.
Ant. What's that ye look at, Pr[in]ces?
Sel. This Picture, and that Lady, Sir.
Ant. Ha! they are near: They only err in time.
Lys. Did you mark that blush there? That came the nearest.
Sel. I must speak to her.
Leo. You'll quickly be resolved.
Sel. Your name sweet Lady?
Cel.Enanthe, Sir: and this to beg your blessing.
Sel. Do you know me?
Cel. If you be the KingSeleucus, I know you are my Father.
Sel. Peace a little, Where did I lose ye?
Cel. At the Sack ofAntioch,Where my good Unckle di'd, and I was taken,By a mean Souldier taken: by this Prince,This noble Prince, redeem'd from him again,Where ever since I have remain'd his Servant.
Sel. My joys are now too full: welcomeEnanthe, Mine own, my dearest, and my bestEnanthe.
Dem. And mine too desperate.
Sel. You shall not think so, This is a peace indeed.
Ant. I hope it shall be, And ask it first.
Cel. Most Royal Sir, ye have it.
Dem. I once more beg it thus.
Sel. You must not be deny'd, Sir.
Cel. By me, I am sure he must not: sure he shall not; Kneeling I give it too; kneeling I take it; And from this hour, no envious spight e're part us.
All. The gods give happy joyes; all comforts to ye.
Dem. My newEnanthe.
Ant. Come, beat all the Drums up,And all the noble instruments of War:Let 'em fill all the Kingdom with their sound,And those the brazen Arch of Heaven break through,While to the Temple we conduct these two.
Leo. May they be ever loving, ever young, And ever worthy of those lines they sprung; May their fair issues walk with time along.
Lieu. And hang a Coward now; and there's my song. [Exeunt.
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Prologue.
Would some man would instruct me what to sayFor this same Prologue, usual to a Play,Is tied to such an old form of Petition;Men must say nothing now beyond commission:The Cloaks we wear, the Leggs we make, the placeWe stand in, must be one; and one the face.Nor alter'd nor exceeded; if it be,A general hisse hangs on our levitie:We have a Play, a new Play to play now,And thus low in our Playes behalf we bow;We bow to beg your suffrage, and kind ear;If it were naught, or that it might appear,A thing buoy'd up by prayer, Gentlemen,Believe my faith, you should not see me then.Let them speak then have power to stop a storm:I never lov'd to feel a House so warm:But for the Play if you dare credit me,I think it well: All new things you shall see,And these disposed to all the mirth that may;And short enough we hope: and such a PlayYou were wont to like: sit nobly then, and see:If it miscarry, pray look not for me.
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Epilogue,Spoke by theLieutenant.
I am not cur'd yet throughly; for believeI feel another passion that may grieve,All over me I feel it too: and nowIt takes me cold, cold, cold, I know not how:As you are good men help me, a CarowseMay make me love you all, all here i'th' house,And all that come to see me doatingly;Now lend your hands; and for your courtesie,The next imployment I am sent upon,I'le swear you are Physicians, the War's none.
(A) The First Folio.(B) The Second Folio.(C) The Manuscript dated Novemb. 27. 1625.
This MS. is a beautiful specimen of Ralph Crane's caligraphy. It is bound in vellum, with gilt lines and a gilt design on the cover. The following particulars are written on a leaf before the title-page:—
'K. Digby Margrit This Manuscript belonged to the celebrated Sir Kenelm Digby. His grand-daughter (one of the daughters & co-heiresses of his eldest son, John Digby) was married to Richard Mostyn Esq're of Penbedw in Denbighshire, & their daughter & coheiress to Richard Williams Esq., my Great Grandfather. Thro' this connection of my family with that of Digby, several of Sir Kenelm's books & Manuscripts have come into my possession. Wm W.E. Wynne. given by W.W.E. Wynne Esqre to me W. Ormsby Gore April 8. 1837.'
The title-page is as follows:—
'Demetrius and Enanthe, a pleasant Comedie written by John Fletcher gent.'
Surrounding the title are rough decorations drawn in ink in the form of corkscrew scrolls.
The following dedication is written on the leaf following the title-page:—
To the honorableSirKelham DigbieKnight.
Worthie Sir.
I know, that to a Man of your religious Inclination, a devine Argument would have byn much more Wellcom; And such a one (good Sir) have I upon the Anvile for you, but it requires some-what a more Consolatorie time to fashion it: Being therefore by the Wise-mans rule (That sales there is a time for all thinges) encouraged, I hope it will not be much in-oportune, after a Season so sad, to present you with a Matter Recreative. Well knowing, that you that know well how to bestow all your howers, will (in yo'r release from higher Studies) not think a litle peece of time lost, in casting, upon this Comedie, yo'r Smile, and upon him, that (in all dutie) submits it to yo'r generous Acceptaunce, your Noble Favo'r, as upon one that shall still rejoyce to be esteemed Your Commaunded Beades-man Ralph Crane. Novemb. 27. 1625.
p. 281, Omitted in C. Also omitted in A save the title, The Humourous Lieutenant. l. 34. Bmisprints] Evanthe.
p. 282, l. 2. C] 2 Gent. Ushers, & Servants with. l. 3. Comits] quick. l. 6. C] 'pray ye tell. l. 7. C] Mornings. l. 8. Comits] Lord. C] you should live. l. 11. C] are off the. A] are of the. l. 12.Omitted inC. l. 13. Cadds] (make all things perfect) would you have theis Ladies, they that come here to see the Show, theis Beuties (Enter 2. or that have byn labouring to sett-off their Sweetnes, (3. Ladies and washed, and curld; perfum'd, and taken Glisters, for feare a flaw of wind might over-take 'em, loose theis, and all theire expectations? l. 19. C] eie. l. 20. C] and where. l. 22. C] shall survey their. l. 26. C] Enter divers Cittizens, & their wives. ll. 28 and 29. Cgives these 2 ll. simply toCitt. l. 36.Omitted inC. A] was as like.
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Cel. I crave your mercy: I meant no such thing to ye: but if ye were a Gentleman:
2. alas (poore woman:) 'pray doe not thrust her soe:
Cel. nay: even continue: and doe not let your Office fall (Sir) I beseech ye: for want of Indiscretion, and ill-manners; you would have made a notable sturdy Beadle:
1. She must goe out:
Cel. I am out already (Sir) out of my witts, you say: 'pray heaven it prove not; if this fell ffitt afflict me.
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of Gentleman and did forgive that hereditary folly belongs to your Place: but now, etc.
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2. Emb. We therefore, as yet the ministers of Peace, of ffriendship, as yet our MASTERS Swords, and Angers sleeping, all former Injuries forgot, and buried, as yet to stop that swelling tide of Blood, (O mightie Sir) that when it comes, like Tempests broke from the raging North, beates all before 'em. We yet crave restitution of those Lands, those Citties sackd*, those PRISONERS, and that PREY, the Soldiers, by your will, stands Master of; Thinck, etc.
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or War, (though rather I could afford your Age, so much discretion to leave off brawling now);* The Wars are doubtfull, and on Our Horsemens Staves, Death lookes as grimly as on your keene-edgd Swords: Our darts sure pointed, and from Our sinowye Bowes, we can raise showres of bloody Shaffts, shall hide the face of heaven, and cast as deepe Ecclipzes ore the day, and terrible, as yours: Our Strengthes are equall; Our hopes, as high, and wanton: Even ourMenthe same in Labours, and in Sufferance: Hunger they dare contemne, as well as yours, and where they find no Meate, feed on their Angers, march on the edge of danger; Rest and Sleepe, (the soules of soft, and tender Bodies) they shake off, as well as yours: And when tyrde Nature locks up their Spiritts, yet like Stormes, farr off, even in their Rest, they raise a warlike Murmurr, we come prepard for either. {Enter Prince Demetrius {from hunting: attended {wth yong Gentlemen.
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Ant. did not you mark a Woman my Sonne risse to?Gent. I saw her SirAnt. doe you know her?Gent, noe; beleeve't, Sir:
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Ant. She must be known & suddenly; when you have done Come in and take your leave sir, and some few Prayers along.
Ant. [sic] Do ye know her?
Gent. Char. No, beleeve sir.
Ant. Did you observe herTymon?
Tym. I look'd on her, But what she is—
Ant. I must have that found.
Tym. Well sir
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Tim. well Sir: Ant. When you have done come in, and take your leave Sir, some fewe praires along.—Ext.
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should never be imploid; how are you certaine she is a stranger?
Tim. being so yong, and handsome, and not made privy to your Graces pleasures for I presume under your gracious favo'r you have not yet (Sir.)
Ant. what (Sir?)
Tim. as they say (Sir) made any salley on her, or delighted your roiall body;
Ant. you prate like a coxcombe.
Tim. sure I thinck I doe (Sir) But (howsoever) I speake with in my compasse; in theis matters that concerne partie, and partie, and no farther, that reach but to the meere instruction and garnishing of youth:
Ant. you'll hold your prating?
Tim. I know not: for theis twentie yeares, I am sure on't, (I thinck theis five and twenty) I have serv'd ye, and serv'd ye with as good, and gratious pleasure, like a true Subject, ever cautulous that nothing you receivd from me, to sport ye, but should endure all tests, and all translations: I thinck I have don soe: and I thinck I have fitted yee: and if a coxcomb can doe theis things handsomer:
Ant. WellcomMinippus. {EnterMinippus.
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p. 304, l. 8. C] will yet work, without Barme (boy). l. 12. C] Enter Antigonus, and a Soldier; wth Attendants. l. 18. C] 'faith. A] discretion. l. 20. C] and ye Leiutenant. l. 22. A]Lord Men. A and B] Grace—s. l. 27. C] backs. l. 29. C] by heaven.
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no stale Stuff, for your money-Marts; that sent it? who dares…dar'st.
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p. 315, l. 1. A] did a'. l. 21is not inC,but see below. l. 23. C]
Hos. you'll find I said soe:I say it must be: the more my greif (heaven knowes)I hope etc.
l. 25. C] art' sure. l. 27. C] (she is mightie crafty. A] peilous crafty. l. 33. C] whilst the.
p. 316, l. 3. C]
(now the devill's in her) he's etc.
l. 13. C] Leontius running after him: Drums within. l. 23. A and C] doe but make. l. 28. C] 'faith. l. 31. C] art' not thou he? l. 37. C] ye' have found the cause on't.
p. 317, l. 8. B] so see. l. 9. C] thou fight no more. l. 10. C] in the. l. 11. C] nere. l. 19. C] heaven deliver me. l. 11. C] Sirha. l. 24. C] provocatives. l. 30. C] a' devill. l. 31. C] provoake ye. l. 36. C] mary' that. l. 37. C] Enter Gentlemen. l. 39. C] hath 'hedgd. A] has.
p. 318, l. 3. C] he hath. l. 4. Comits] Sir. l. 11. C] help. l. 23. Comits] 2. l. 25. Cadds another] quickly. l. 26. C] run…thicke. Cgives this line toLieu.and the next toLeo. l. 31. C] I'll bate thee one: goe winck, and fight: for shame. l. 38. C] a tird Girole. l. 39. Comits] 2.
p. 319, l. 1. C] why that, (Sir) that: doe. l. 2. Comits] 2. ll. 10 and 11. C]
I thanck thee: A] God a mercy,I thanck thee, with. God a mercy with.
l. 17. C] argument: a toy: l. 18. Comits this line. l. 21. C] I'll nere. l. 23. C] fit ye. l. 24. C] upon's. l. 25. C] who doth best: (Boyes.)
p. 320, l. 1. C] how doth she her coming? l. 11. C] she hath. l. 14. C] she hath…they fitt. l. 17. C] and others. l. 18. Aomits]Ant. l. 21. A] sung to it. l. 22. C] Eies (by heaven) they kill on. l. 33. C] 'pray ye where's. l. 37. C] there was.
p. 321, l. 16. C] Ladies. l. 17. C] not trouble ye. l. 20. A and C] of such. l. 28. C] on my.
p. 322, l. 12. Comits] now. l. 25. C] Gentlemen. l. 26. C] sure I. l. 33. C] and of a.
p. 323, l. 2. C] and Gentlemen. l. 19. C] a flotten. ll. 24-26are omitted inC. l. 34. Comits] 'Life.
p. 324, l. 9. Cadds a fourthha. l. 12. Comits] 2. l. 15. Cgives this line to1 Phisand the next to2 Phis. l. 21. C] did not I. l. 23. C] he's. l. 34. C] and other Gentlemen.
p. 325, l. 3. C] our Watches. l. 5. C] 'faith. l. 8. C] yet: I see he. l. 9. Comits] too. l. 11. C] beleeve'. l. 18. C] such a Hell…rise to. l. 22. C] he's fairly. l. 24. A and C] Doctor. l. 26. Comits] 2. l. 31. Comits stage direction. l. 36. Cadds stage direction] he drinks. 2. Kans.
p. 326, l. 3. Bmisprints] remembrace. l. 7. C] Will performd. l. 9. C] Wine begins to tickle. l. 12. C] a Drom beates. l. 13. C] one sung. l. 15. C] Song? l. 18. Comits] 2. ll. 20 and 21. A] dare ye…dare ye. l. 25. C] 'bove. l. 28. Cgives this line toDem.ending withSore?and adds'tis true (Sir)to the beginning ofPhis. l. 34. C]
Phis. I know he's weake: but yet his hart's whole.
p. 327, l. 2. Cgives this line toDem. l. 6. C] how the. l. 8. Comits] away, away, away. l. 10. C] and Soldiers. l. 24. Cadds] Alarum within. l. 31. C] who charges.
p. 328, l. 2. C] here five. l. 5. A and C] a-peeces. l. 11. C] Did I not. l. 12. Cadds] Exeunt. ll. 13 and 14. C] Enter ye Leiutenant…driving Soldier before him. l. 15. C] coxcomb. l. 23. Comits] and…Gentlemen. l. 25. C] men. l. 29. C] he's hurt shrewdly. l. 30. C] these.
p. 329, l. 2. Comits] 2. l. 6. Cadds] Ext. l. 9. C]
yet: Come Leontius Let's now up to theis Conquerors: they are our owne.
l. 17. Cadds] say: a Trompet:The stage directionEnter a Trompet and a Harroldis 2 or 3 lines higher inC. l. 25. C] Enter Seleucus Lismachus and Ptolomey. l. 29. C] Honours. l. 34. C] Dem. that will not doe it. l. 35. ChasLeontiusat the end, not the beginning, of the line.
p. 330, l. 3. A] such prizes. l. 5. C] to doe. l. 14. C] Mans. l. 16. C] easie price. l. 31. C] our comfort.
p. 331, l. 29. C] by heaven it. l. 31. C] Lis. Ptol. l. 32. Comits this line and the stage direction on the following line. l. 36. Comits this line and addsExet.
p. 332, l. 5. A] And yet when she is as free, and when she is courted. C] and yet She is, as free, and when she is courted. l. 19. Comits] or Lords. ll. 22 and 23. C gives these two lines to_ 1. Gent. l. 25. C] and those. l. 27. C] never see so…frozen. l. 34. C] sings daintely. l. 37. A] th' matter.
p. 333, l. 5. C] Enter Celia wth Ladies. l. 10. C] Loves as Lay's. l. 15. C] State. l. 16. C] nowhether. l. 21. C] no mortall. l. 27. C] 'send. l. 28. A and C] hand. l. 30. A and C] that: that.
p. 334 l. 16. C] be to an. l. 17. A and C] slubbers. l. 26. C] nothing els to.
p. 335, l. 16. C] hath suckd. l. 29. C] so light. l. 39. C] 'pree-thee…doth the. l. 40. C] he doth.
p. 336, l. 7. C] 'may. l. 8. C] I have soe (Lady). l. 17. C] be thine. l. 18. C] the flames. l. 36. C] Enter Demetrius: Leontius: Gent: Soldiers: ye Host (talking wth Demetrious).
p. 337, l. 1. A and C] on ye. l. 9. CgivesExeuntas the sole stage direction. l. 18. C] There is. l. 19. C] Leontius, etc. l. 23. C] hath. l. 26. C] 'faith Sir. l. 30. C] he hath. l. 39. C] bore ye. A] bare me.
p. 338, l. 21. A and C] a Sorcerer. l. 23. C] which hath. l. 26. Aby mistake omitsDem.and readsIn heaven. l. 37. A] and doe believe.
p. 339, l. 3. C] shew'd. l. 5. C] upon her. l. 26. Comits] and Gent. l. 30. C] Wayt you. l. 33. C] your Highnes.
p. 340, l. 8. C] discontent: Will speake. l. 9. Comits] 2 Gent. C] hath taken. A] Has. l. 17. C] she's not. l. 22. C] hath now. l. 24. C] none come. l. 30. C] thy life. l. 34. C] but drip…Snow doth.
p. 341, l. 4. A and C] and there. l. 6. C] in now. l. 16. C] yet you. l. 31. C] reneage els. A] the coole: he will revenge els. l. 36. A] I swore I.
p. 342, l. 1. C] Enter a Magitian wth a Bowle in his hand. l. 3. A and C] Powders. Agives this line toMag. l. 8. C] never. l. 10. Comits] Exit. l. 12. C'sstage direction runs: He seems to Conjure: sweett Musick is heard, and an Antick of litle Fayeries enter and dance about ye Bowle and fling in things, and Ext. Comits the Song and the Answer. l. 16. A] loose. ll. 19 and 20.A comma and a full stop have been transposed afterSpellanddesires. l. 28. A] view e're day. l. 30. A] and one.
P. 343, l. 14. Comits this line. l. 17. Aprefaces withLew (char.), l. 22. Comits] art. l. 24.Omitted fromBin error. l. 25. C] Gent. and Leiutenant. l. 38. C] has given. l.33. Agives this line toLeo.
p. 344, l. 1. C] ffortifications. l. 5. Comits] Away. l. 12. C] beware he's. Agives this line toLeo. l. 14. Agives this line toLieut. l. 17. Comits] him. l. 18. Comits stage direction. l. 20. C] doesoe: l. 21. C] Doe if ye. l. 24. Comits stage direction. l. 34. C] owne, Boy. l. 35. C] w'th a. l. 39. Cadds stage direction] he swounds.
p. 345, l. 2. C] Exit Dem. l. 4. Comits] with a Bowl. l. 5. Cgives this line toLeo.and reads] alas, he's. Comits] 2. l. 10. A and C] Waters. l. 11. Cgives this line toLeo. l. 13. Agives this line to2 Gent. l. 14. Comits] 2. l. 15. Cgives this line toGent. l. 22. Comits] 2. l. 26. C] won the. ll. 30 and 31. C] Gent. well Sir—ex't.—Enter Leucippe. l. 36. C] in the.
p. 346, l. 1. C] after that. l. 5. C] has. A] 'has. l. 13. Comits] Ex. l. 18. C] that rais'd it. l. 26. C] o' th' crimes. l. 32. C] theis thirty…upwards. A] these. l. 33. C] from it. l. 36. C] shame light on him…greive hartely.
p. 347, l. 5. C]
for heaven-sake tell…in it.
l. 13. C] fye on't, it doth. l. 17. A] for a fit. l. 33. C] on my.
p. 348, l. 2. C] and of. l. 4. C] I will, by heaven. l. 8. C] a hart-sore. l. 9. C] even. l. 11. C] be sorer. l. 12. C] Enter Gent. l. 16. C] and wrings, and. l. 17. Comits] 2. l. 27. C] with't. l. 28. C] as they. l. 31. C] ends. ll. 35 and 38. Comits] 2. l. 36. A] fooles. l. 38. C] 'twill passe.
p. 349, l. 4. A and C] King's-streete. l. 8. C] with 'King. l. 11. A and C] mary-bones. l. 13. C] vouchsaffe a wight thy. l. 14. C] this ffellow. l. 15. B] King. l. 16. C] ffooteman. l. 19. C] 2. Gent. l. 21. C] act this. l. 22. C] 1. Gent, will sigh…and cry. l. 25. C] Jigg. l. 27. Comits] 2. l. 28. A and C] to him? for half an howre I.
p. 350, l. 11. C] Maidenhood. l. 12. C] Gods blesse. l. 15. Cadds] in her hand. l. 19. Comits stage direction. l. 24. C] Potion? his eies affright me. l. 36. C] hath your.
p. 351, l. 4. C] their doatings. l. 5. C] his braines. Comits] 'em. l. 10. C] this works. l. 13. C] Lust. l. 21. Bmisprints] gorious. l. 25. C] admire for Goodnes. l. 33. C] Infants cries: your Sin's in. l. 36. Comits] can.
p. 352, l. 2. C] Death sitts upon our Blood. l. 4. C] Snake) curld. l. 5. C] will not you. l. 16. C] those. l. 24. Comits] severally. l. 26. C] Leiutenant, and Gent. Aomits] and. l. 30. A] It serves so. l. 38. C] oh sweet King.
p. 353, ll. 1 and 2. C]
Leo. by thy leave: Leiu. whenIconsider (my honest ffrend etc.
l. 7. C] a scurvy. l. 11. C] for your…sirha. l. 18. Comits] 2. l. 19. Cadds at end of line] (Gent.) l. 23. C] are melted. l. 27. C] bid me. l. 28. C] He is. l. 32. Comits] 2. Comits] severally. l. 33. CbeginsActus Quintus: Sce'a. pri'a.here. l. 34. C] Minippus: Gent. l. 35. C] Gent.and so throughout. l. 37. A] wronged his.
p. 354, l. 5. C] Attendants. l. 11. C] in Vow. l. 15. C] Sce'a. 2'a. l. 17. C] There is…Lights. A] lights. l. 25. C] Enter Celia Minippus Etc. l. 32. C] Gent.
p. 355, l. 5. C] doe not know me. l. 17. C] Min. Comits] Me. etc. l. 22. A] The Corke. A and C] will come. l. 31. Bmisprints] Leu. l. 39. Comits] gallant.
p. 356, l. 10. A] And one command. l. 16. A and C] him, to dye. l. 17. A] in me nature. l. 36. C] by heaven.
p. 357, l. 6. B] know. l. 15. C] prove to. l. 21. C] turnd black. l. 29. C] but ffalsehood, and loose. A] but imperious lust, and losers faces. l. 39. A and C] Circes.
p. 358, l. 12. C] thousand waies. l. 18. C] thy Devills. l. 34. C] thy muddy. l. 40. A] back thoughts.
p. 359, l. 3. C] Mine. l. 11. C] and in. l. 18. Comits] and Lords. l. 21. A] heavens.
p. 360, l. 4. B] best. l. 8. C] begin. l. 12. C] Sce'a. 3'a. l. 14. C] he doth. l. 19. C] heaven-sake. l. 30. A] I most confesse. l. 32. C] now (and with.
p. 361, l. 12. C] followes. l. 36. C] all these.
p. 362, l. 2. C] you should. l. 6. C] Sce'a. 4'a. Enter Antigonus: Gent. Leiueten't, etc. l. 9. Comits] 2. l. 13. C] drunck. l. 18. C] Gent. has. A] 'Has. l. 26. C] owes yet. l. 33. A and C] I pree-thee. l. 36. C] why I thanck thee (Soldier).
p. 363, l. 5. C] nor I hope I. l. 8. C] towards. l. 9. C] I thanck thee still. l. 18. Comits] Ha, ha, ha. l. 23. Comits] 2. l. 24. A] Has. l. 27. A] rosten hawkes. l. 38. C] while.
p. 364, l. 1. C] Sce'a. 5'a. l. 9. C] can I. l. 26. Bmisprints] not not. l. 28. C] y' have don. l. 34. B] admit to excuse.
p. 365, l. 5. Bmisprints] thing. l. 13. C] yes' faith. l. 31. C] are drop'd. l. 34. A] poisoned truth.
p. 366, l. 1. C] he has. l. 5. C] any hope. l. 15. C] god's. l. 21. C] left open. ll. 27 and 28. Ctransposes these twoll. l. 32. C]
Sce'a. 6'a. Enter Antigonus: Seleuchus, Ptolomy.Lisimachus: Gent. Leiueten't. etc.
p. 367, l. 3. C] once againe. l. 21. C] old valiant Soldier. l. 22. C] are all wellcom. l. 23. C] (and't please your Grace) is cassheird. l. 27. C] any Peace. l. 29. C] 'faith. l. 34. C] 'beseech.
p. 368, l. 5. C] Sce'a. 7'a. l. 13. C] that be. l. 24. A and C] your Ultra. ll. 27 and 28. C]
Enter Antigonus Seluchus Lysimachus PtolomyLeontus Leiuten't. etc.
l. 28. Aomits] and. l. 36. C] 'pray a.
p. 369, l. 2. C] Antiochus. l. 10. Comits] have. l. 12. Comits] Princes. Bmisprints] Prnices. l. 17. Cgives this line toSel. l. 35. A] Cel. l. 40. C] I once more next [instead ofbeg it thus].
p. 370, l. 9. C] sound. l. 10. C] beat through. l. 16. Cadds] Finis. Comits] Prologue and Epilogue.
p. 371, l. 1. A] And those. l. 6. Aomits] Spoke by theLieutenant. l. 13. A] comes.
(A) The | Faithfull | Shepherdesse. | By John Fletcher. | Printed atLondon for R. Bonian | and H. Walley, and are to be sold at | the spredEagle over against the | great North dore of S. Paules. Undated, butprobably 1609-10.
(B) The same, with slight differences in the Commendatory Verses and in one or two other sheets.
(C) The | Faithfull | Shepherdesse. | By John Fletcher. | The second Edition, newly corrected. | London, | Printed by T.C. for Richard Meighen, | in S't Dunstanes Church-yard in Fleet-streete, | 1629.
(D) The | Faithfull | Shepherdesse. | acted at Somerset | House before the King and | Queene on Twelfe night | last, 1633. | And divers times since with great ap- | plause at the Private House in Blacke- | Friers, by his Majesties Servants. | Written by John Fletcher. | The third Edition, with Addition. | London, | Printed by A.M. for Richard Meighen, next | to the Middle Temple in Fleet- | street. 1634.
(E) The | Faithfull | Shepherdesse. | Acted at Somerset | House before the King and | Queen on Twelf night | last, 1633. | And divers times since, with great ap- | plause, at the Private House in Black- | Friers, by his Majesties Servants. | Written by John Fletcher. | The Fourth Edition. | London, | Printed for Ga. Bedell and Tho. Collins, at the Middle | Temple Gate in Fleet-street. 1656.
(F) The | Faithfull | Shepherdesse. | Acted at | Somerset-House, | Before the King and Queen on | Twelfth night, 1633. | And divers times since, with great | Applause, at the Private House in | Black-Friers, by his Majesties | Servants. | Written by John Fletcher. | The Fifth Edition. | London, | Printed for G. Bedell and T. Collins, at the Middle | Temple- Gate in Fleet-street, 1665.
The verso of the title-page bears the date March 3, 1664/5.Licensed,Roger L'Estrange.
As neither the Second Folio nor the Quartos print any list of theCharacters it may be as well to give one here.
Perigot. Old Shepherd.Thenot. Priest of Pan.Daphnis. God of the River.Alexis. Satyr.Sullen Shepherd. Shepherds.