CYP. Thus comes a calm unto a sea-wreck'd soul, Ease to the pained, food unto the starv'd, As you to me, my best creation. Trust me, my queen; my love's large chronicle Thou never shalt o'erread, because each day It shall beget new matter of amaze, And live to do thee grace eternally. Next whom my Philocles, my bounteous friend, Author of life, and sovereign of my love, My heart shall be thy throne, thy breast the shrine, Where I will sit to study gratefulness. To you, and you, my lords, my best of thoughts, Whose loves have show'd a duteous carefulness; To all, free thanks and graces. This unity Of love and kingdoms is a glorious sight. Mount up the royal champion, music and cornets sound: Let shouts and cries make heaven and earth rebound. [_Exeunt._ EPIRE. How like the sun's great bastard o'er the world Rides this man-mounted engine, this proud prince, And with his breath singes our continents. Sit fast, proud Phaeton, or[161] by heaven I'll kick And plunge thee in the sea; if thou'lt needs ride, Thou shouldst have made thy seat upon a slave, And not upon mine honour's firmament. Thou hast not heard the god of wisdom's tale, Nor can thy youth curb greatness, till my hate Confound thy life with villain policy. I am resolv'd, since virtue hath disdain'd To clothe me in her riches, henceforth to prove A villain fatal, black and ominous. Thy virtue is the ground of my dislike; And my disgrace, the edge of envy's sword, Which like a razor shall unplume thy crest, And rob thee of thy native excellence. When great thoughts give their homage to disgrace, There's no respect of deeds, time, thoughts, or place. FOOTNOTES: [128] Langbaine observes that several incidents in this play are borrowed from novels, as the story of Mariana swearing Philocles to be dumb, from Bandello's Novels; Alfonso cuckolding Prate the orator, and the latter appearing before the council, from the same book. The English reader may see the same story in, "The Complaisant Companion," 8o, 1674. [129] The word _music_ is here inserted in the 4o, 1608, and is repeated at the commencement of each act. [130] _'Tis heresy I hold_--edit. of 1608. [131] [Old copies, _fare see_.] [132] An old word used by Chaucer, Spenser, Fairfax, and other writers, signifying a physician. [133] The entrance of Mariana with the queen, &c., is not mentioned, though her _exit_ is noticed: by the dialogue, which follows their departure from the walls, it is evident that she ought to be named, though hitherto omitted.--_Collier._ [134] Dr Johnson observes that worm is the Teutonic word for serpent; and Dr Percy, that in the northern counties the same word is still used in that sense. See their several notes, and also Mr Tollet's to "Antony and Cleopatra," act v. sc. 2. [135] [Greater, better.]