Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 10 of 10Fletcher, John
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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 10 of 10
Fletcher, John
English drama
_Dor._ If I had serv'd you right, I should have seen
Your old pate off, e'r I had reveald.
_Ben._ Oh wench!
Oh honest wench! if my wife die, I'll marry thee:
There's my reward.
_Ferd._ 'Tis true.
_Duke._ 'Tis very strange.
_Ger._ Why kneel you honest Master?
_Ferd._ My good Lord.
_Ger._ Dear Mother.
_Duke._ Rise, rise, all are friends: I owe ye
for all their boards: And wench, take thou the man
Whose life thou sav'dst; less cannot pay the merit.
How shall I part my kiss? I cannot: Let
One generally therefore joyn our cheeks.
A pen of Iron, and a leaf of Brass,
To keep this Story to Eternity:
And a _Promethean Wit_. Oh sacred Love,
Nor chance, nor death can thy firm truth remove. [_Exeunt._
_King._ Now _Isabella_. [_Flourish._
_Isab._ This can true Love do.
I joy they all so happily are pleas'd:
The Ladies and the Brothers must triumph.
_King._ They do:
For _Cupid_ scorns but t' have his triumph too. [_Flourish._
_The_ TRIUMPH.
_Enter divers Musicians, then certain Singers bearing Bannerets_
_inscribed, Truth, Loyalty, Patience, Concord: Next_ Gerrard
_and_ Ferdinand _with Garlands of Roses: Then_ Violanta,
_Last, a Chariot drawn by two_ Cupids, _and a_ Cupid _sitting
in it_. [Flourish.
_Enter_ PROLOGUE.
_Love, and the strength of fair affection_
_(Most royal Sir) what long seem'd lost, have won_
_Their perfect ends, and crown'd those constant hearts_
_With lasting Triumph, whose most virtuous parts,_
_Worthy desires, and love, shall never end._
_Now turn we round the Scæne, and (Great Sir) lend_
_A sad and serious eye to this of Death,_
_This black and dismal Triumph; where man's breath,_
_Desert, and guilty bloud ascend the Stage,_
_And view the Tyrant, ruind in his rage._ [Exit.
[Flourish.
_Enter_ L'avall, Gabriella _and_ Maria.
_Gab._ No, good my Lord, I am not now to find
Your long neglect of me; All those affections
You came first clad in to my love, like Summer,
Lusty and full of life: all those desires
That like the painted Spring bloom'd round about ye,
Giving the happy promise of an Harvest,
How have I seen drop off, and fall forgotten!
With the least lustre of anothers beauty,
How oft (forgetful Lord) have I been blast[e]d!
Was I so eas'ly won? or did this body
Yield to your false embraces with less labour
Then if you had carried some strong Town?
_Lav._ Good _Gabriella_.
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