ALEXANDER

With what expense of money plate and jewels This Miter is attained my Coffers witness: But Astaroth my covenant with thee Made for this soul more precious then all treasure, Afflicts my conscience, Oh but Alexander Thy conscience is no conscience; if a conscience, It is a coprouse and polluted conscience. But what? a coward for thy conscience? The devil is witness with me when I sealed it And cauterized this conscience now scared up To banish out faith, hope and charity; Using the name of Christian as a stale For Arcane plots and intricate designs That all my misty machinations And Counsels held with black Tartarian fiends Were for the glorious sunshine of my sons; That they might mount in equal parallel With golden majesty Like Saturn's son To dart down fire and thunder on their foes. That, that was it, which I so much desired To see my sons through all the world admired, In spite of grace, conscience, and Acharon I will rejoice and triumph in my Charter. Sedebis Romae Papam, summa in foelicitate tui et Filiorum vine; 11. et 7. die 8. post moriere. Proviso quod numquam to signs tremende Crucis signo. Was di ill provideth in his covenant I should not cross my self at any time; I never was so ceremonious. Well this rich Miter thought it cost me deer Sh ll make me live in pomp while I live here. Holla Bernardo? He tincketh a bell. Call hither my two sons the Duke of Candy and the Cardinal of Valence. Happy those sons whom father's love so well That for their sakes they dare adventure hell. Come my deer sons the comfort of my life Yours is this earthly glory which I hold. Cannot the spacious bounds of Italy Divided equally contain you both? From France and Swisserland I will begin With Naples and those Towns in Peadmont And all the seignories in Lombardy From Porto di Volane to Savona And Genes on the otherside of Italy Upon the Mediterranean towards Greece; Allotted Candy for his patrimony. And in Romania from Pontremoli And Prato to fair Florence; and from thence In Tuskany within the River Narre And fruitful Arno those sweet Provinces Even to Mont Alto, Naples, Policastro And Petrasilia in Calabria The furthest home of Italy for Caesar. Gain double strength with your united loves Love one another boys you shall be Kings: Fortune hath been auspicious at my birth And will continue gracious to mine end. Castor and Pollux would not live in Heaven Unlesses they might be stellified together, You for a little-turf of earth contend When they together shine the welkin clears: And gentle gales bear fourth the winged fails, But when they shine a part they threaten storms And hideous tempests to the Mariners Castor would not be called but Pollux Castor And Castor Castors Pollux : so my Candy Be Candy, Caesa , Candies Caesar, With perfect love, deer boys love one another So shall be S engt en worser by his brother. I and I fear me he will ind it so, Your brother Caesar tells you very true: You must not be so ceremonious Of oaths and honesty, Princes of this world Are not p ickt in the books of conscience, You may not break your promise for a world: Learn this one lesson look ye mark it well, It is not always needful to keep promise, For Princes (forced by mere necessity To pass their faithful promises) again Forced by the same necessity to break promise. Caesar delivereth Oracles of true h. 'Tis well said Caesar, yet attend a little, And bind them Like rich bracelets on thine arms Or as a precious jewel at thine ear. Suppose two factious Princes both thy friends Ambitious both, and both competitors, Advance in hostile arms against each other Join with the strongest to confound the weak But let your wars foundation touch his Crown, Your nearest Charity concerns your self; Else let him perish; yet seem charitable. As if you were merely composed of virtue: Believe me Candy things are as they seem, Not what they be themselves; all is opinion: And all this world is but opinion. Look what large distance is betwixt Heaven and Earth, So many leagues betwixt wealth and honesty: And they that live puling upon the fruits Of honest consciences; starve on the Common. Caesar can tell thee this in ample sort. And Caesar love him, love him heartily; Though mildness do possess thy brother Cand e, It is a gentle vice, vicining virtue. Caesar now to thee. This task upon thy shoulders only leans; I rest upon thee Caesar : were it not That thou must second it, or first it rather I durst not trust such things of consequence, To feeble spirits: therefore from our stables Six Persian Coursers armed and furnished With rich Caparisons of gold and Pearl, With six rich Complete Armours for they saddles, And such a Cabinet of precious Jewels As we shall choose within to morrow morning Present from us in token of our love. Let for no cost in sumptuous banqueting, Believe me Caesar sometimes at a banquet, More ground is God then at a bloody battle. Worm out their humours, fathom their delights, If they delight in that which Naples covets, Fine, witty, lovesick, brave, and beautiful, Eloquent, glancing, full of fantasies. Such Sugar hearted Sire's, or such Comets, As shine in our imperial state of Room, True picklocks in close wards of policy, Present them with the Paragons of Room : And spare not for a Million in expense,, So long as here they keep their residence. I doubt it not: And Caesar, (as thou dost embrace my love, More then the world beside) accomplish this, And we shall Caesar with high blessings bliss, Exit Castillian take five hundred harguebusse, Two hundred Arbalastes, and fortify, Upon the tower of Saint Sebastian, Affronting that port where proud Charles should enter, Called Santa Maria di Pop lo. Bravely bring on your companies bold hearts, Gaspar de Fois are those two Basilisks, All eady mounted on their carriages? We make you master of our Ordinance, He delivereth his Linstock. And on the Turret of Saint Adrian. Plant six more Cannon, and four Culverings, Four Lizards, and eight Sacres, with all speed, Take Gunners with you to the Citadel, Powder and shot, with Ladles for their charge, See none be wanting; set them to their task. Have a good care your Pioneers work hard, To further your fortifications. Exit Gasper. We will embrace that course, but with your leave, In Castle Angelo Capitulate: Standing (as best befits us) on our Guard. Son Charles know then we took not to this place, In fear as to some refuge or asyle: But for as as news were brought in post, That you with all your forces did approach. Armed and in hostile manner to this City, The Conclave thought it fit tendering the safety, Of holy Church, and sacred privilege, To know your meaning first, and then with pomp, To make your welcome in Saint Peters palace, In the best fashion with endue ceremonies. So may you seize upon the Churches rights, If that we should refer all to your trust. What should we grant most Christian King of France And tell me truly (were it your own case) Whither you would (on such slight promises) Accord to such uneven conditions? Victorious Cham less, such is my trust and love That neither fear of force nor violence Could any ways induce me to suspect you. Hence came it that the ports of Room were opened (At our behests) to give you guestning. Accept us therefore with our promises, Which we shall under hand and seal confirm Not any way to Cross your Actium. What come ye to make pillage of the Church, Which held you deer as her chief Champion? For bear your violence in the name of God: Fearing the scourge, and thunder from above, Ou offers are both joust and reasonable. To render presently the Citadels Of Terracina, Cinita Vecchia, and Spoleto. Iscraiot, reprobate apostata, I charge thee to desist and make submission With penance to the Mother Church of Room On pain of everlasting reprobation. Forbear your blasphemies, what know ye not Christ's Vicar general chosen on earth? Have not I power to bind and lose men's sins, And souls, on earth, in hell, and purgatory? Come take Saint Peters Chair proud heretics; Here take this triple Crown, o you would take it: But he, that made it, did not for you make it. Ascanio thou wouldst have these Golden keys; Here take them with my vengeance on thy head, He throws his k ies. And Pseudo Paulus would have Saint Pauls sword, Ordained for his decollation. Son Charles (since we capitulato with you) Me thinks you should not suffer these t'affront us. The sun shall never set upon my wrath; That Oily Lamp of blessed Charity Shall not extinguish in my zealous heart: He that knows all, knows this I cannot falter With any brother, all are faithful friends: Be but submissive, mild, and penitent, And all is passed, as all had been well meant. Now touching Gemen Ottoman, son Charles, When you shall undertake those godly wars, I will deliver him as willingly As you demand: and with a cheerful heart, Praising your godly zeal on Christ's behalf, And praying for your good success in war. We will regreet your presence presently. Son Charles, your welcome is as acceptable, As ever was Kings presence into Room : To morrow we will with the power of heaven, Together celebrate a solemn Mass: After the Senior, Bishop, Cardinal, You must take place: and as our custom is, Shall give us water when we celebrate: This done, we will bestow some time in pleasures. Here leave we Charles with pompous ceremonies, Feasting within the Vatican at Room: From thence to Naples, where the peoples hatred Conceived against the former Kings, made way For him, without resistance to the crown. This done, he marches back again for France, And Ferdinand does repossess his state. Mean while King Charles sick of and Apoplexy, Dies at Ambois: the Duke of Orleans, Lewis the twelfth conjointly knitting force, Does march in arms with Ferdinand of Spain, These regain Naples and divide that realm, But this breeds mortal war betwixt them both, The wily Pope dissembles at all hands, These quell only concerns him and Caesar. Exit. Astor ? what Astor ? my delight my joy, My star, my triumph, my sweet fantasy, My more then son, my love, my Concubine, Let me behold those bright Stars my joys treasure, Those glorious well attempered tender cheeks; That specious forehead Like a lane of Lilies: That seemly Nose loves chariot triumphant, Breathing Panchaian Odours to my senses, That gracious mouth, betwixt whose crimosin pillo Venus and Cupid sleeping kiss together. That chin, the ball vowed to the Queen of beauty, Now budding ready to bring forth love blossoms, Astor Manfredi turn thee to my love, Come hither Astor we must talk above. Do not me forget: I am thy brother, and thy dearest friend, 1 line In iper years is pure and permanent, Grounded on judgement, flowing from pure love: Whereas the love lightning from young desire, Fickle and feeble will not long hold fire, It is so violent it will not last. They're blessed whose lovers love when youth is passed. Tell me not of mine age and Holiness, Thy sighed suffices me to make me young: Neither upbraid me with my sanctimony, Love is the purest essence from above, And to thy soul I would affix my love. Come hither then and rest with me to night, Give me ruition of those amorous pits, Where blinded Cupid close in ambush sits: Who with his Arrow (when thou laughed at Venus ) Shot through thy smiling cheeks, and did enchain us. Thy Chamber with Ambrosial odours breathes, New loves and true loves unto them that entreateth, And furious M rs made mild his Faulcheon sheatheth At thy delicious aspect: see thy Chamber: The walls are made of Roses, roof of Lilies, Be not ashamed to mount and venture it, Here Cupid's Altar, and fair Venus hill is. Thy bed is made with spice and Calamus, With Sinamond and Spicnard, Arabic, With Opobelsam and rich gums of Egypt, Music Angelical of strings and voices. With sundry birds in sugared symphony, Where whistling Wood-nimphes, and the pleasant choice is Of Antique Actium mixed with harmony, Attend thy joyous entrance to this Chamber. Now my sweet friend the joys of love does mutter Thy mind too bashful is, speak tongue loves utter, Thy Coral gums cud loves pure quintisence, And thou thy self fair boy loves purest essence. What wilt thou come Manfredi to my Chamber, And bless me with thy precious breath of Amber. Come then, and let that pass, Alexander tin keth a bell. Holla Barnardo ? All business for this night I will adjourn, Give good attendance that at his return Astor may come to me for my sick heart, Till Astor with his beauty full embrace, Do bless my body wounded with his dart, Can find no rest, love hath it in hight chase. Fore-god it's Candy, it's Candy I know it's Candy, Where is that traitorous homicide? where is he? I cannot see him: he shall not escape me so I must and will find him, though he we invisible, Appear appear; not yet; would and Candy murdered too, Let me look forth. O, o, very good very good: well I perfectly peceiue. By this descension of Arctophilax, What time of night it is, sorrow give place; Revenge in blood and fiery sacrifice, Commandeth: nature now prevents her current: yield, Let us adore the second eye of heaven, he boweth his body. Bright Armatas increases she, is not combust. Oh sacred season for nocturnal Ceremonies. This joyous quarter is in Casmaran. would. he looks on a watch. What hour of night is't? why 'tis Salem, twelve a cloak, What are our angels this quarter? Gargatel Tariel Gaviel. How goodly these augurize fair auspices of truth, Now mounts bright Athaman in his golden ascension, Direct in opposition with our hemispher, he tinketh on a bell. And now there hour with them is Aetalon : Bernardo bring hither thy white robes of sanctity, Hast thou Coals ready burned bring in my Thurible, And sense about this sanctified place, For here Festatiui must have her honour. Candy my son is murdered, Candy my son, Candy my son is murdered: I will raise All the great devils to show the murderer, Even as thou lou'dst my son hast and dispatch, Hast and dispatch it as thou love my soul. 'Tis not yet yawn by three quarters of and hour, What are our Angels of this night? Michael, Dardael, Huratipel In a triumphant car of burning gold, Crowned with a circlet of black hebeny, And with a mace of Jet King Varca rides. Attended with his ministers of state, Andas and Cynaball. Fit dismal times for our solemnities. Put on my robes give me my Pentacle, Cense well Barnardo: bring me some fire in and earthen vessel Now must I labour Like a collyers horse. My precious best approved and trusty servant, Hence in all hast betake thee to thy beads, Whi st these dark works of horror are in hand, Read Sand ll is my umigation. I conjure thee by these aforesaid names, That thou receive no phantasmatike illusions. I charge thee by the four recited names, And by the dreadful title of great Phaa. By which all creatures are sure sealed up, By which the prince of darkness and all powers, In earth and hell do tremble and fallen down, Show me the shape of that condemned man, Which murdered my son the duke of Candy. Hold, hold, hold, hold; per todos santos now no more, Caesar hath killed a brother and a father. Show me the person by whose impious hand, Gismond Viselli, was done to death? Out, out, no more no more, my soul dissolves. Beldachiensis, Berolanensis, Helioren, descend, descend , jubeo, mando impero. Devil dese death with thunder. &c. Out out alas Bernardo I am wounded, With grisly wounds and deep incurable. The cureless wounds I mean are of my body Wounds both of my soul and body: but Bernardo This is my comfort in calamity Some shall pack after them for company Whats a clock? Hast thee, then pass thee to my Pothecary, bid him provide those drug I spoke for yesterday, and bear them in all hast to Dominico Giglio take you those letters with you which are here, bid him deliver them Lodowick Sforza's name her lustful Paramour; make hast and see that he dispatch it quickly, deliver him a purse from me for a token crammed with two hundred ducats, bid him be secret as he loves his life, hast and begun. Astor shall follow, I must have his Lands This thorn must be cut of being but tender Then cut it soon while it is young and slender, Least growing great it prick thee to the bone My lust importunes it and he shall die, Sons, Nephews, Daughters, Concubines, shall die. My conscience is turned mercies enemy, He that would rise to riches and renown Must not regard though he pull millions down. A foul read vengeance over hangs his head Whose heart indurate or whose devilish brain, Could execute conceive or meditate So foul a murder of and Innocent. Caraffa with Bentivoli give leave Somewhat I would in private have with Caesar. Caesar desemble not for that were vain Exeunt Car. et Been. Whence comest thou. Then he was drowned Caesar was he not? What by some Fisher. Execrable Cain ; perfidious Homecide, Apparent villain what canst thou design? Which I would know that thou canst hide from me. Caesar no more, Caesar no more, thou knowest. That I know, dissemble not. Caesar thou dost unkindly vex my soul, With rubbing up my secret Misery's: Incurred by seeking to lift up thy head. Out wicked and nefarious homicide. A triple joy succeeds a single grief, I have engaged all to make Caesar great, Caesar it suits with thy grace and glory, To cloak my vices, I will pardon thine, Let one of us excuse and others crimes, And for this bloody fact so lately done. As thou didst cunningly begin proceed, To lay the gilded or imputation On them whose death may do thee benefit: And never was my soul better contented, Then that our woes are with rich Hope's prevented. Holla Bernardo, call in Caraffa with Bentiuoly: Enter Barn: Ay now now now, my precious boy, my Caesar, Prosecute as thou hast begun, With Art, look sullaine and demure, Hold down thy head, Like one swollen up with sorrow, They come, they come, say that those arms were put on, In revenge of Candies death. The sovereign medicine of things passed cure, Is for to bear with patience and forget, Caesar hath vowed revenge for Candies death, And in regard of Caesars piety, I make him general in his brother's place. Come on my Lords, we will advise within, For I must have your counsels in my grief. Exeunt omnes. Bring in that Opium, and bowl of Wine, Here I must act a Trage-comoedie, Bernardo is it well confected and prepared? According to my conference with Rotsi. Thou hast been taster to me, many times, Begin Bernardo. It holds good colour hold here Bernardo, Give good attendance, bring them to their rest, Then give me notice at my study door. Sirrah be diligent and serviceable in this, Even as thou love thy master. Exit Alexander into his study. What news man? And both upon one bed? My blessing rest upon thee my Benardo. Depart now with those letters I delivered, To be conveyed to lore ce leave me here. Sl p both secure upon your fatal bed, Now hat he God of silence Morpheus, Hath with his to black horn sealed up, Your langue eye lids loaded with pale death, Sleep until you draw your latest breath, Poor would meles boys strangers to sin and evil, O were my soul as innocent as yours! This office is of highest consequence, In friendsh p for I consider it, I sent you from a million of sorrows, Into the flowery fields of Paradise. Their to go habit in the groves of mittle, To feed on Manna and to drink pure Nectar, A cup of everlasting happiness. Where such sweet music vn-con-ceiueable, Shall entertain your senses in sweet comfort, As the delight thereof shall never die Astor what Astor speak awake Phillippo, Both fast a sleep. He stirreth and moves them opening both their bosoms. Now Roderick betake thee to thy task, What? peace Astor begins to talk I will attend. Do they not sleep? are they not yet a sleep? Be not their senses yet locked up in sleep. Astor awake awake, awake Philippo. All safe and sure, o this was but a dream, Their Genius hath before told them of their end, And joyfully they do shake hands with death. Come out here now you Cleopatra's birds. Fed fat and plump with proud Egyptian slime, Of seven mouthed Nylus but now turned lean: Take your repast upon these Princely paps. Now Ptolamies wife is highly magnified, Ensigning these fair princely twins their death, And you my lovely boys competitors, With Cleopatra share in death and fate. Now Charon stays his boat upon the strand, And with a rugged for head full of wrath' He thrusts a million from the shore of Stix, To give you waftage to the Elisian fields, I see their colours change and death sits heavy. On their fair foreheads with his leaden mace. My birds are glutted with this sacrifice. What now proud worms? how tastes you princes blood. The slaves be plump and round in to your nests, Is there no token of the serpents draught, All clear and safe well now fair boys goodnight. Bernardo, Bernardo, the feat is done, Use thy discretion as I did de ect. Exit Alexander. Have you delivered to the bottleman, The fatal wine. 'Tis well, now if our plot prove right, Thou shalt be master of much wealth to night, Dying in estate all comes to my share, Caraffa loves a salad passing well, And I have fitted one to serve his turn, Their gold will make thy soldiers fight in blood, And wing thy victories with good success. My Lords give answer in sincerity, Hath not my Caesar fought well for the Church? That hath so soon subjected in her right. Imola, Furly, Camerino, Capva, Urbine, Faenza Sinegaglia. Brave Caesar I must boast of it in presence, That I Christ's vicar of his Church on earth, Have such a son which issued fuom my loins, That being vicar of the Churches wars. Hath in revolution of one year, Done more then all the generals have done, In honour of our Church for forty years, Bring me some wine here I will drink a Joy to Caesar and this Noble company. C sar your self are master of this east, I drink a good success and victory, To Caesar and great happiness to all. Hold Caesar ; stay for we are poisoned, O very ick bring me preservatives, I think I have S good a any man. Alex. to his study. Here C sar taste some of this precious water, Against all plague, poison, and pestilence A present help: I bought it of a Jew, Born and brought up in Galily. Caesar tasteth. The flames of Mongibell consume my liver, Bring me to some repose. C sar take rest, Send for Physicians, all my fear remains That Caesar shall miscarry. You talk of penance and of penitence, Compunction with contrition and remission For all my sins; I pray you think of yours You vex your selves too much I cannot thank you, Have patience sirs; o 'tis a goodly exorcise Quem penitet peccasse paene est innocens Give leave, give leave, come hither when I call Either mere fools or good physicians all. Nay leave me good my lords, feign would I meditate, Leave me I pray you. solus. What is repentance? have I not forgotten? Why repentance is a spiritual martiredome, Which mortifieth sins and heals the soul: Having been wounded with the spirits sword This sword Gods book: that book by me profaned And by which book of God my soul is damned, I damned undoubtedly. O wretched Alexander, slave of sin And of damnation; what is he that can Deliver thy poor soul? o none but he That when thou didst renounce him cast of thee, Repentance is in vain, mercy too late, O why should miserable mortal man, Whose languashing breath lives in his nostrils Vex and torment himself with daily travel To scrape up heaps of gold to gape for honours? What were the conquests of great Alexander : Of Cyrus, Can us Caesar ? what were it To be possessed of this universe And leave it all behind him in a moment? Might some one man attain that happiness Which our first Adam had n Parradice, Before he did prevaricate? why then It were a work oflasting worthiness To rip the bowels of our mother Ops For treasure; and to conquer all the world, Because eternity would promise it, Out, out all S my pains, my guts, my liver And yet I fear it not though in secum city Once more I will with powerful exorcisms, Invoke those Angels of eternal darkness To show me now the manner of death. I exorcise thee foul malignant spirit In the names of, of, of — Dissolve dissolve, break, break, black soul dissolve, And poison all this hem so here with h sin. Proud Lucifer Traitor, to great Jehovah, Father of lies my time is not expired I will not do that violence to God, Taking that which is his from him To be bestowed on his great enemy. Seven years are yet to come, I look for them. Behold it? is it not for eight years & 8 days? How? how? how? how? howes that? Deh quella malitiam deal Diabolo: Deh quello veleno deal inferuno. And for what stands this figure then? Know then malignant Angel of confusion, My soul is a divine light first created In likeness lively formed to the word, Which word was God, that God the cause of causes, My soul is substance of the living God, Stamped with the seal of heaven, whose Carracter Is his eternal word, at which hell trembles. Mark yet what I can answer for this soul. Mighty Jehovah most exuperant, Two creatures made in feature Like himself, The world and man: world reasonable and immortal, Man reasonable, but dissoluble and mortal, And therefore man was called Microcosmus, The little world, and second tipe of God, Containing those high faculties and functions, And elements which are within the world. Man then that worser h participate with all, Through operation, conversation, and simbolisation, With matter in the subject properly, With th'elements in body quadrifarie, With growing plants in virtue vegitatiue In sense with beasts; with heavens by th'influence Of the superior spirits into inferior In wisdom and capacity with Angels, With Eloym in that great continent, Is without doubt preserved by that God, Finding all things contained in himself. Rest with this answer, that my soul is Gods Whose habitacle is prepared in heaven. First it does know God being figured According to that Image of himself, And then the world whose lively shape it bears, And to conclude the soul of man knows all, Because with all things it does simbolize, For in this Man there is a mind intelligent, A quickening word and a celestial spirit, That Like a lightning every way diffused, All things which are made by the mighty power, Uniteth, moves, and replenisheth. Pause yet a little, let me meditate, Alexander holds up his hands and softly crying. Mercy, mercy, mercy; arise arise: up, up, up: fie, fie: no, no? stir stubborn, stony, stiff indurate heart not yet, up. why, what? wilt thou not foul traitor? to my soul? not yet? Arise, arise, advance heart clogged with sin, Oppressed with damnation: up advance yet. Wilt thou not stir stiff heart? what am I damned? Yet a little, yet a little, o yet: not yet? alas. High God of heavens and earth if thou bear love, Unto the soul of infull man show mercy, Me cy good Lord, o mercy, mercy, mercy. O save my soul out of the Lyons paws, My darling from the den of black damnation, My soul, my dove, cover with silver wings, Her down and plumage make of fine tried gold, Help, help, help, above stir, stir, stupidity. It will not, no it will not, yet alas, no, no, no? is that my sentence to damnation? I am undone, undone. I tell thee I cannot be resolved, To dwell in darkness break black soul dissolve, And poison all this Hemisphere with sin, And if I may not reach that happiness, Since for my sons sake I my self enthralled, Tell me shall Caesar die this death with me? O show me then the manner of his death, What means that ghastly shadow which came first? Thus God is only joust. My robes, my robes; he robs me of my robes, Bring me my robes, or take away my life, My robes, my life, my soul and all is gone. Horror and horror, fear ensueth fear, Torment with torments is Encompassed: Despair upon despair, damnation Upon damnati , hell and cons ence, Mu to er lust a arice impiety, Vam e pr ph nation and upon tacie, Rage and distraction to ranize: away, Away proud Lucifer, away. Holla, holla, holla, come, come, come, what, when, where when, why, deaf, strike, dead, alive, o alas, o alas, always burr ning, always f eezing, always living, tormented, never ending, never, never, never mending, out, out, out, out, why, why, when there whither, thither. Upon my blessing follow Caesars counsel; It tendeth to thy glory. This is a welcome messenger for Godfrey, To make a marriage with the Lady Saunce : And Can y for so much as this requires A ioyfu l entertainment; take that honour And bid him welcome with endue compliments. Show courteous, language laudable apporte; Let them be feasted in more sumptuous sort Then ordinary messengers of state: Observe his speeches, fathom his designs; And for I know thy nature tractable, And full of courtesy: show courtesy And good intreaty to them: Gentle Candy Now show thy sell e a politician; I need not give thee large instructions; For that I know thee wise and honourable Greet them from us: Caesar shall at a turn Give correspondence to thy courtesy: I as well sitteth with my state and honour Within these ten days will admit them hearing: Mean while learn out by lore of policy The substance of their motions, that we may Be better arm worser to give them resolution. We are resolved: Gasper de fois take heed, On pain of death no soldier be so bold As to discharge one piece or arbalast, Before th'alarme being given from them, We with a culvering from Castle Angelo, Proclaim hostility: troop on a pace, Take we what fortune peace or war affords, The worst of resolution is with swords. Most Christian Charles, here I salute your grace, Bidding you peaceably welcome to Room, If you bring peace along with you to Room. Your faith & honour? stay most Christian Charles Men will not yield up Castles upon words Unless their states, and lives grow desperate. Your souls? foh foh they stink in sighed of God & man, Your souls? why they be should to Lucifer, Your consciences are of so large a last That you would fell Saint Peters Patrimony, As Esau did his heritage for broth. Where didst thou here this news. Sure by some subtle Fisher that laid nets For Candies life and honour: but say truly, Was it thy brother. Ah that I never had been any father, But speak again, man speak the truth and fear not: Who slew thy brother Candy this last night, Who trained him forth who walked along with him. Caesar the Devil hath been thy Schoolmaster. Pray for your selves, trouble not me with prayers, I pray you trouble not your selves with praying. Delicious fruits divine Confections, Of herbs, roots, flowers of sundry fashions. Preservatives drawn from the rich Elixar, Of finest gold pure pearl and precious stones, Provided for thy divine appetite, Wines of more price (made by th'industrious art, Insacred distillations) then that Nectar, Which Hebe bore, when Jove did most affect her. Then by the dreadful names of Amioram, Titepand Sadai show me that damned child of reprobation. Which this night murdered the duke of Candy. On with auspicious steps triumphant Caesar. And entertain them in brave jollity. Man only false. Learn miserable wretched mortal men, By this example of a sinful soul, What are the fruits of pride and Avarice, Of cruel Empire and impiety, Of profanation and Apostasy, Of brutish l st falsehood, and perfidy, Of deep dissembling and hypocrisy, Learn wicked worldlings, learn, learn, learn by me To save your souls, though I condemned be. Thou canst not mock me with thy Sophistry, M soul is more divine and cannot perish. Martial your selves here sworne-men and there Churchmen. Then art thou Queen to undone. Fill me that bowl of wine, And chamber voided?