Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 06 of 10Fletcher, John
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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 06 of 10
Fletcher, John
English drama
_Jul._ Curs'd be she,
That's so indulgent to her own delights,
That for their satisfaction, would give
A stop to such a glorious enterprize:
For me, I would not for the world, I had been
Guilty of such a crime; go on and prosper.
Go on my dearest Lord, I love your Honor
Above my life; nay, yours; my prayers go with you;
Which I will strengthen with my tears: the wrongs
Of this poor Countrey, edge your sword; Oh may it
Pierce deep into this Tyrants heart, and then
When you return bath'd in his guilty blood;
I'll wash you clean with fountains of true joy.
But who are your assistants? though I am
So covetous of your glory, that I could wish
You had no sharer in it. [_Knock._
_Vir._ Be not curious.
They come, however you command my bosom,
To them I would not have you seen.
_Jul._ I am gone Sir,
Be confident; and may my resolution
Be present with you. [_Exit._
_Vir._ Such a Masculine spirit,
With more than Womans virtues, were a Dower
To weigh down a Kings fortune.
_Enter_ Brissonet, Camillo, Ronvere.
_Briss._ Good day to you.
_Cam._ You are an early stirrer.
_Vir._ What new face,
Bring you along?
_Ron._ If I stand doubted Sir?
As by your looks I guess it: you much injure
A man that loves, and truly loves this Countrey,
With as much zeal as you doe; one that hates
The Prince by whom it suffers, and as deadly;
One that dares step as far to gain my freedom,
As any he that breaths; that wears a sword
As sharp as any's.
_Cam._ Nay, no more comparisons.
_Ron._ What you but whisper, I dare speak aloud,
Stood the King by; have means to put in act too
What you but coldly plot; if this deserve then
Suspition in the best, the boldest, wisest?
Pursue your own intents, I'll follow mine;
And if I not out-strip you--
_Briss._ Be assur'd Sir,
A conscience like this can never be ally'd
To treachery.
_Cam._ Who durst speak so much,
But one that is like us, a sufferer,
And stands as we affected?
_Vir._ You are cozen'd
And all undone; every Intelligencer
Speaks Treason with like licence; is not this
_Ronvere_, that hath for many years been train'd
In _Ferrand_'s School, a man in trust and favour,
Rewarded too, and highly?
_Cam._ Grant all this,
The thought of what he was, being as he is now;
A man disgrac'd, and with contempt thrown off;
Will spurr him to revenge, as swift as they,
That never were in favour.
_Vir._ Poor and childish.
_Briss._ His regiment is cast, that is most certain;
And his command in the Castle given away.
_Cam._ That on my knowledge.
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