EPILOGVE.

EPILOGVE.

EnterSwetnammuzzled, hal’d in by Women.

EnterSwetnammuzzled, hal’d in by Women.

EnterSwetnammuzzled, hal’d in by Women.

Swet.Why doe you hale me thus? Is’t not enough,I haue withstood a tryall? beene arraign’d?Indured the torture of sharp-pointed Needles?The Whip? and old Wiues Nayles? but I must stand,To haue another Iurie passe on me?Loret.It was a generall wrong; therefore must haueA generall tryall, and a Iudgement too.Leon.The greatest wrong was mine; he sought my life:Which fact I freely pardon, to approoueWomen are neither tyrannous, nor cruell,Though you report vs so.Swet.I now repent,And thus to you (kind Iudges) I appeale.Me thinkes, I see no anger in your eyes:Mercie and Beautie best doe sympathize:And here for-euer I put off this shape,And with it all my spleene and malice too,And vow to let no time or act escape,In which my seruice may be shewne to you.And this my hand, which did my shame commence,Shall with my Sword be vs’d in your defence.

Swet.Why doe you hale me thus? Is’t not enough,I haue withstood a tryall? beene arraign’d?Indured the torture of sharp-pointed Needles?The Whip? and old Wiues Nayles? but I must stand,To haue another Iurie passe on me?Loret.It was a generall wrong; therefore must haueA generall tryall, and a Iudgement too.Leon.The greatest wrong was mine; he sought my life:Which fact I freely pardon, to approoueWomen are neither tyrannous, nor cruell,Though you report vs so.Swet.I now repent,And thus to you (kind Iudges) I appeale.Me thinkes, I see no anger in your eyes:Mercie and Beautie best doe sympathize:And here for-euer I put off this shape,And with it all my spleene and malice too,And vow to let no time or act escape,In which my seruice may be shewne to you.And this my hand, which did my shame commence,Shall with my Sword be vs’d in your defence.

Swet.Why doe you hale me thus? Is’t not enough,I haue withstood a tryall? beene arraign’d?Indured the torture of sharp-pointed Needles?The Whip? and old Wiues Nayles? but I must stand,To haue another Iurie passe on me?

Swet.Why doe you hale me thus? Is’t not enough,

I haue withstood a tryall? beene arraign’d?

Indured the torture of sharp-pointed Needles?

The Whip? and old Wiues Nayles? but I must stand,

To haue another Iurie passe on me?

Loret.It was a generall wrong; therefore must haueA generall tryall, and a Iudgement too.

Loret.It was a generall wrong; therefore must haue

A generall tryall, and a Iudgement too.

Leon.The greatest wrong was mine; he sought my life:Which fact I freely pardon, to approoueWomen are neither tyrannous, nor cruell,Though you report vs so.

Leon.The greatest wrong was mine; he sought my life:

Which fact I freely pardon, to approoue

Women are neither tyrannous, nor cruell,

Though you report vs so.

Swet.I now repent,And thus to you (kind Iudges) I appeale.Me thinkes, I see no anger in your eyes:Mercie and Beautie best doe sympathize:And here for-euer I put off this shape,And with it all my spleene and malice too,And vow to let no time or act escape,In which my seruice may be shewne to you.And this my hand, which did my shame commence,Shall with my Sword be vs’d in your defence.

Swet.I now repent,

And thus to you (kind Iudges) I appeale.

Me thinkes, I see no anger in your eyes:

Mercie and Beautie best doe sympathize:

And here for-euer I put off this shape,

And with it all my spleene and malice too,

And vow to let no time or act escape,

In which my seruice may be shewne to you.

And this my hand, which did my shame commence,

Shall with my Sword be vs’d in your defence.

FINIS.

FINIS.

FINIS.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTESDid not change “VV” to “W”.Changed“We all deserue as much” to “We all deserue as much.”Changed“For I should neuer liue till your returne,” to “For I should neuer liue till your returne.”Changed“For when the the Nauies ioyn’d, the Cannons plaid” to “For when the Nauies ioyn’d, the Cannons plaid”.Changed“By this hand, I shall thinke my money vell bestowed” to “By this hand, I shall thinke my money well bestowed”.Changed“EnterNicanor.” to “Enter Nicanor.”Changed“Scan.Goe then, Ile follow,” to “Scan.Goe then, Ile follow.”Changedthe second “Scen. II.” to “Scen. III.” in Act IIII.Changed“Attic.But not the the freedome ofLeonida” to “Attic.But not the freedome ofLeonida”.Changed“I neuer heard him speake so carefully” to “Iag.I neuer heard him speake so carefully”. [The catchword on the previous page was “Iag.”]Changed“Scold,He lookes as if he did” to “Scold.He lookes as if he did”.Changed“KingNo, thy loue” to “King.No, thy loue”.Changed“Thus I throw downe before your Highnesse feet,” to “Thus I throw downe before your Highnesse feet.”Retained all spellings and punctuations as printed except as noted above.Except for apostrophes, silently corrected spaces around punctuation, for example changed “ ,” to “,” and “,a” to “, a”.

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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