Bar.
What have I here?
Lea.
A Gentleman, a free man,
One that made trial of this Ladies constancie,
And found it strong as fate; leave off your fooling,
For if you follow this course, you will be Chronicled.
EnterJamyandAssistant.
For a devil, whilst a Saint she is mentioned,
You know my name indeed; I am now no Lawyer.
Die.
Some comfort now, I hope, or else would I were hanged up.
And yet the Judge, he makes me sweat.
Bar.
What news now?
Jam.
I will justifie upon my life and credit
What you have heard, for truth, and will make proof of.
Assist.
I will be ready at the appointed hour there,
And so I leave ye.
Bar.
Stay I beseech your worship,
And do but hear me.
Jam.
Good Sir, intend this business,
And let this bawling fool, no more words lawyer,
And no more angers, for I guess your reasons,
This Gentleman, I'le justifie in all places,
And that fair Ladies worth; let who dare cross it.
The Plot was cast by me, to make thee jealous,
But not to wrong your wife, she is fair and vertuous.
Die.
Take us to mercy too, we beseech your honour,
We shall be justified the way of all flesh else.
Jam.
No more talk, nor no more dissention lawyer,
I know your anger, 'tis a vain and slight one,
For if you doe, I'le lay your whole life open,
A life that all the world shall—I'le bring witness,
And rip before a Judge the ulcerous villanies,
You know I know ye, and I can bring witness.
Bar.
Nay good Sir, noble Sir.
Jam.
Be at peace then presently,
Immediatley take honest and fair truce
With your good wife, and shake hands with that Gentleman;
H'as honour'd ye too much, and doe it cheerfully.
Lop.
Take us along, for Heaven sake too.
Bar.
I am friends,
There is no remedie, I must put up all,
And like my neighbours rub it out by th' shoulders,
And perfect friends;Leandronow I thank ye,
And there's my hand, I have no more grudge to ye,
But I am too mean henceforward for your Companie.
Lea.
I shall not trouble ye.
Ars.
We will be friends too.
Mil.
Nay Lawyer, you shall not fright us farther,
For all your devils we will bolt.
Bar.
I grant ye,
The Gentleman's your Bail, and thank his coming,
Did not he know me too well, you should smart for't;
Goe all in peace, but when ye fool next, Gentlemen,
Come not to me to Breakfast.
Die.
I'le be bak'd first.
Bar.
And pray ye remember, when ye are bold and merry,
The Lawyers Banquet, and the Sawce he gave ye.
Jam.
Come: goe along; I have employment for ye,
Employment for your lewd brains too, to cool ye,
For all, for every one.
All.
We are all your Servants.
Die.
All, all for any thing, from this day forward
I'le hate all Breakfasts, and depend on dinners.
Jam.
I am glad you come off fair.
Lea.
The fair has blest me.
[Exeunt.
SCENA III.
EnterOctavi[o], Jacinta, [Ascanio].
Oct.
This is the place, but why we are appointed
ByDon Jamieto stay here, is a depth
I cannot sound.
Asc.
Believ't he is too noble
To purpose any thing but for our good.
Had I assurance of a thousand lives,
And with them perpetuitie of pleasure,
And should lose all, if he prov'd only false,
Yet I durst run the hazard.
Jac.
'Tis our comfort,
We cannot be more wretched than we are,
And death concludes all misery.
Oct.
Undiscovered
EnterHenrique, Jamie.
We must attend him.
Asc.
Our stay is not long.
With himDon Henrique?
Jac.
Now I fear;
Be silent.
Hen.
Why dost thou follow me?
Jam.
To save your life,
A plot is laid for't, all my wrongs forgot,
I have a Brothers Love.
Hen.
But thy false self
I fear no enemy.
Jam.
You have no friend,
But what breathes in me: If you move a step
Beyond this ground you tread on, you are lost.
Hen.
'Tis by thy practice then: I am sent hither
To meet her, that prefers my life and safetie
Before her own.
Jam.
That you should be abus'd thus
With weak credulitie! She for whose sake
You have forgot we had one noble Father,
Or that one Mother bare us, for whose love
You brake a contract to which heaven was witness,
To satisfie whose pride and wilfull humour
You have expos'd a sweet and hopefull Son
To all the miseries that want can bring him,
And such a Son, though you are most obdurate,
To give whom entertainment Savages
Would quit their Caves themselves, to keep him from
Bleak cold and hunger: This dissembling woman,
This Idol, whom you worship, all your love
And service trod under her feet, designs you
To fill a grave, or dead to lye a prey
For Wolves and Vulturs.
Hen.
'Tis false; I defie thee,
And stand upon my Guard.
EnterLeandro, Milanes, Arsenio, Bart, Lopez, Diego,
Octavio, Jacinta, Ascanio,andServants.
Jam.
Alas, 'tis weak:
Come on, since you will teach me to be cruel,
By having no faith in me, take your fortune,
Bring the rest forth, and bind them fast.
Oct.
My Lord.
Asc.
In what have we offended?
Jam.
I am deaf,
And following my will, I do not stand
Accomptable to reason: See her Ring
(The first pledge of your love, and service to her)
Deliver'd as a Warrant for your death:
These Bags of gold you gave up to her trust,
(The use of which you did deny your self)
Bestow'd on me, and with a prodigal hand,
Whom she pick'd forth to be the Architect
Of her most bloudy building; and to fee
These Instruments, to bring Materials
To raise it up, she bad me spare no cost,
And (as a surplusage) offer'd her self
To be at my devotion.
Hen.
O accurs'd!
Jam.
But be incredulous still; think this my plot;
Fashion excuses to your self, and swear
That she is innocent, that she doats on ye;
Believe this, as a fearfull Dream, and that
You lie not at my mercy, which in this
I will shew only: She her self shall give
The dreadfull Sentence, to remove all scruple
Who 'tis that sends you to the other world.
Enter Violante.
Appears myViolante? speak (my dearest)
Do's not the object please you?