Scene
the
first
.
Enter
Altamont
,
Meruolle
.
Sciolto
at
the
other
doore
.
Altamont
.
THis
is
the
truth
,
therefore
consider
now
my
Fate
.
Hah
!
Sciolto
!
Meruolle
.
What
makes
he
there
.
Altamont
.
Tis
Sciolto
,
the
brute
Adulterer
,
He
whom
I
lately
mention'd
in
my
speech
.
A
slaue
more
salt
then
is
the
Balticke
ware
,
More
hot
then
hell
,
a
Satyre
or
a
Goate
.
Sciolto
.
And
shall
be
still
so
(
Sir
)
vnlesse
your
wife
Dismisse
her
pride
,
and
vouchsafe
to
coole
me
.
Alta.
Deuils
and
death
,
I'm
murderd
through
the
Eare
—
He
drawes
,
Sciolto
puls
foorth
a
case
of
Pistols
,
Sciolto
.
Take
discipline
awhile
,
Know
if
there
be
A
boisterous
motion
vsd
,
I
haue
for
each
Of
you
a
round
Synamon
Plumme
,
and
they
Shall
enter
your
nice
stomacks
the
wrong
way
—
Altamont
.
Though
thou
wert
hardy
as
the
Lions
race
;
And
arm'd
with
all
th'Artillery
on
Earth
,
I
durst
assault
thee
as
I
am
;
but
so
I
cannot
satisfie
Reuenge
.
Meruolle
.
Sciolto
,
now
my
memory
begins
To
know
you
better
:
for
your
riots
bold
And
lowd
demeanure
in
this
City
hath
Beene
long
obseru'd
.
I
wonder
much
y'imploy
Your
precious
minutes
in
a
course
so
vile
.
Sciolto
.
What
,
as
to
copulate
and
increase
kind
?
It
has
beene
a
vocation
euer
since
The
Sunne
spi'd
man
thus
crawling
on
the
Earth
—
Meruolle
.
But
what
excuse
canst
thou
in
honour
vrge
,
for
wearing
such
aduantagious
defence
,
Against
his
iust
and
single
violence
?
Sciolto
.
I
haue
an
odde
humor
,
not
to
be
kill'd
.
Altamont
.
O
Alteza
,
had
but
my
name
beene
hid
Beneath
some
fold
in
the
voluminous
Darke
booke
of
Fate
,
I
might
haue
miss'd
of
my
Creation
then
,
so
I
should
nere
haue
seene
Thy
face
.
Sciolto
.
My
curses
(
Sir
)
haue
cause
t'assault
Her
more
then
yours
:
for
she
has
staru'd
me
heere
With
want
of
naturall
delight
.
My
free
Large
growth
and
tincture
of
my
haire
denote
,
My
constitution
cannot
suffer
me
,
To
weare
a
surplesse
,
or
proceed
Eunuch
.
Though
I
should
bath
and
swimme
in
Iulips
Sir
,
I'ue
still
vnrulie
heate
about
my
Chine
.
Altamont
.
A
Salamander
that
doth
feede
and
cloth
It selfe
with
flame
,
was
thy
Progenitor
.
Sciolto
.
Haue
I
not
equall
reason
to
complaine
?
In
three
Houres
not
so
much
as
a
drie
kisse
.
Th'old
amorous
Deacon
that
imbrac'd
his
Cow
Was
not
so
destitute
.
Meruolle
.
Fine
calumny
!
Sciolto
.
A
Negro
might
be
vsefull
now
,
although
Sh'ad
but
one
eye
,
and
that
fix'd
on
her
heele
.
Altamont
.
I'le
strew
vpon
thy
food
the
teeth
of
Snakes
,
Sciolto
.
Signior
,
presume
no
more
vpon
a
fond
Easie
nature
.
I
haue
beene
abstinent
Too
long
.
Haste
,
and
with
pliant
steps
present
Your
wife
;
Or
else
I'le
assure
ye
you
shall
seeke
Some
other
man
to
Cuckold
ye
for
me
.
Meruolle
.
Sciolto
,
this
is
barbarous
!
Altamont
.
I'le
shoot
Thy
heart
with
needles
,
small
as
splinters
of
A
haire
that
thou
mayst
die
,
and
yet
not
know
That
thou
art
kild
.
Sciolto
.
I
thanke
ye
(
Signior
)
but
We
Florentines
doe
sleepe
like
Leuorites
,
With
our
Eyes
open
:
how ere
,
I
could
vouchsafe
To
shoot
you
now
,
and
preuent
your
kindnesse
.
—
Meruolle
.
Sciolto
,
hold
.
If
eyther
charge
doe
misse
,
He
that
suruiues
,
shall
grinde
thy
marble
heart
,
Betweene
his
teeth
—
Sciolto
.
I
meant
not
to
giue
fire
.
There
is
a
tricke
of
grauity
i'th
state
Cald
Law
.
Besides
,
you
dead
,
the
children
which
I
chance
to
get
vpon
your
bucksome
wife
,
I
should
goe
neere
to
keepe
at
my
owne
charge
.
Altamont
.
Africa
breedes
no
monster
like
to
thee
.
Sciolto
.
I'le
to
my
chamber
now
,
and
fortifie
There
,
I
remaine
(
during
the
pleasure
of
Your
wife
)
your
Tenant
(
Signior
)
in
fee
tayle
.
—
Exit
.
Altamont
.
It
is
a
cunning
,
and
promiscuous
slaue
.
This
story
of
Alteza's
abstinence
,
He
doth
but
counterfet
,
to
gull
my
sight
.
Meruolle
.
Had
the
Diuell
himselfe
crep't
into
flesh
,
And
vndertooke
this
seruice
to
your
wife
,
She
had
possessd
,
the
weaker
Instrument
.
He
hath
in
's
Veynes
,
a
most
intemperat
blood
His
valour's
so
renown'd
,
that
all
the
smooth
,
The
curl'd
,
and
silken
Nobles
of
the
Towne
,
Doe
homage
to
his
Sword
;
and
by
such
Actes
As
these
,
he
glorifies
his
truant
youth
.
Altamont
.
Thy
fayth
was
iealous
,
I
seduc'd
thy
eare
To
share
vntruths
:
but
now
,
thou
knowst
too
much
.
Meruolle
.
T'was
my
suspect
of
Fame
,
and
dispersement
Of
your
deepe
wrong
,
that
manacled
till
now
,
Your
hands
.
My
temp'rate
Lectures
cease
.
Obey
Reuenge
,
and
I
will
follow
it
,
vntill
My
wealth
,
and
life
,
are
forfeyted
to
Law
.
Alta.
Hah
!
wilt
thou
?
O
my
quickened
heart
(
entomb'd
Before
within
my
breast
)
wilt
thou
?
This
,
this
Then
is
the
direfull
night
,
wherein
I'le
giue
A
strict
and
cruell
iustice
to
Reuenge
.
Meruolle
.
This
then
is
the
night
,
wherein
my
bold
loue
Shall
merit
me
th'eternall
name
of
friend
.
Alt.
Come
sweare
,
sweare
now
(
on
this
victorious
sword
)
Thou
wilt
obey
th'iniunctions
of
my
wrath
,
And
yet
in
personall
act
,
not
mooue
,
but
when
My
will
appoints
a
mixture
of
thy
strength
.
Meruolle
.
My
choice
Religion
,
&
the
honors
of
my
blood
,
I
heere
doe
pawne
to
ratifie
the
vow
—
Meruolle
kisses
the
Hilts
.
Altamont
.
Now
worke
my
iniurd
spirits
,
till
you
make
Dull
sorrow
rise
in
nimble
flame
.
Anger
,
Is
blood
,
pow'rd
,
and
perplex'd
into
a
froth
,
But
Mallice
is
,
the
wisedome
of
our
wrath
.
Exeunt
.
Ent.
Florello
,
Charintha
,
Alteza
,
Rossa
,
Molard
.
Charintha
.
Your
Lordships
letters
were
of
a
prompt
stile
!
Florello
.
This
orient
Roape
is
yours
,
and
you
must
wear't
;
I
sickne
els
,
and
grow
a
villager
In
Elizium
!
Charintha
.
Your
bounty
choakes
my
thankes
.
Alteza
.
Take
it
.
Afflict
me
Fame
,
if
ere
I
knew
His
parallell
;
he
woes
at
Neroe's
rate
.
Enter
Besognia
.
Besognia
.
Madam
,
ther's
a
new
Dandolo
,
a
new
Count
,
lighted
at
the
Gate
,
and
craues
entrance
.
Florello
.
That's
rare
i'faith
;
haue
I
a
shadow
walkes
Without
leaue
o'the
Sunne
?
Alteza
.
A
conspiracie
.
Florello
.
Did
not
Meruolle
say
,
t'would
be
a
month
,
Ere
he
ariu'd
?
Rossa
.
Be
bold
and
meet
your
chance
.
Florello
.
Stand
firme
,
and
stiffely
on
your
sinewes
then
,
Auouch
me
still
,
for
the
true
Dandolo
.
Alteza
.
Charintha
,
'tis
some
stratagem
;
but
if
He
Iewells
bring
,
and
in
a
hand
as
large
,
And
open
as
yon'
easy
snypes
,
thou
hast
Ill
lucke
if
thou
constraine
him
not
to
losse
.
Charintha·
I'le
smile
no
longer
then
these
rich
sparkles
Shine
in
my
Eies
.
Enter
Dandolo
.
Dandolo
.
The
Lady
that
is
nam'd
Charintha
heere
,
must
be
reueald
;
for
Il'd
Exalt
her
Lippes
,
and
make'em
knowne
to
mine
.
Flo:
S'light
,
this
is
the
great
Cham
.
Hearke
ye
,
Signior
—
Charintha
.
My
Lord
,
I
pray
afford
him
leave
to
speake
.
Dan.
What
,
is
that
sawcy
Groome
?
Does
he
sell
Egges
?
Florello
.
I'le
shew
ye
my
Trade
;
A
poore
sword-man
,
I
—
Alteza
.
Sir
you
destroy
the
quiet
of
my
Howse
:
He
shall
haue
safety
heere
,
and
leaue
to
speake
.
Charintha
.
I'm
call'd
Charintha
Sir
;
proceed
to
speech
.
Dandolo
.
I'le
first
doe
speciall
grace
vnto
your
Lip
—
My
Penne
hath
woo'd
you
oft
;
but
now
by
stealth
Thus
single
I'm
ariu'd
,
a
Moone
before
The
time
I
did
prefix
.
Charintha
.
I
sir
,
the
cause
.
Dandolo
.
T'was
Winter
when
I
specifi'd
the
date
Of
my
aproach
,
and
then
my
blood
was
cold
;
But
now
the
spring
is
come
,
Things
would
couple
.
These
(
Lady
)
are
very
serculare
Pearle
—
Alteza
.
I
sir
,
and
in
such
Toyes
,
she
much
delights
:
Allthough
her
modesty
be
loath
,
to
make
Her
fancys
knowne
.
Would
you
had
brought
some
few
To
mach'em
.
Dandolo
.
Doe
you
affect'em
Lady
?
Charintha
.
I
reioyce
in
all
the
workes
of
Nature
!
Dandolo
.
I
am
instructed
then
.
Alteza
.
As
how
,
deare
Sir
?
Dandolo
.
That
I
did
ill
,
to
leaue
my
Pearles
behind
.
Alteza
.
Sister
this
Hulke
,
is
neither
rigg'd
,
nor
fraught
,
Charintha
.
I'le
haue
no
more
of
him
,
he
is
too
costiue
.
Flor.
Sir
a
word
.
Me thinks
you
looke
,
like
raw
Porke
.
Dandolo
.
Has
not
this
house
the
priuiledge
of
peace
?
Florello
.
Ladyes
,
this
Impostor
steales
my
Titles
,
And
my
name
,
I
aske
leaue
,
to
punish
him
.
Alteza
.
Wee'le
not
protect
his
crimes
,
vse
your
iustice
.
Florello
drawes
his
Stiletto
.
Florello
.
Vnlesse
you
are
an
Estridge
,
Sir
,
and
can
Digest
steele
,
coole
your
lungs
,
and
calmely
wayt
Th'inquiry
I
shall
vrge
.
Dandolo
.
Hence
,
and
be
dead
!
Florello
.
Molard
,
reueale
how
long
thou
hast
bin
Pimpe
,
To
the
family
of
the
Dandolos
?
Molard
.
About
some
thirty
yeeres
(
Sir
.
)
I'ue
procur'd
Both
time
and
place
,
for
your
good
Fathers
game
,
Ere
since
he
was
capable
of
woman
.
Rossa
.
He
vsd
the
Trade
(
Sir
)
in
his
infancy
.
Molard
.
I
scare
could
walke
,
when
I
began't
:
the
first
I
brought
him
was
my
Nurse
.
Florello
.
Canst
point
,
at
ought
He
did
some
two
and
twenty
yeeres
agoe
?
Molard
.
Distinctly
Sir
.
I
know
that
Gentleman
,
He
was
got
,
on
a
Tripewife
of
Lucca
.
Florello
.
O
th'action
of
my
fathers
loynes
!
Alteza
.
My
lord
?
Florello
.
I'm
an
old
Iew
at
Genealogies
.
This
fellowes
descent
I
know
now
,
and
where
He
tooke
's
creation
too
.
By
chance
thus
haue
I
met
forty
of
my
Fathers
Bastards
.
Th'are
poore
,
and
put
me
oft
to
charge
.
Brother
,
Welcome
.
—
Rossa
,
giue
him
a
Quardecus
.
Dandolo
.
Bid
Kings
winde
silke
,
and
Princes
measure
oats
.
Charin.
Your
trayne
of
Parasite
,
Pimpe
,
Foole
and
Dwarfe
,
Speake
you
at
first
,
to
be
the
true
yong
Lord
.
Alteza
.
Yet
th'other
has
some
markes
,
that
doe
belong
Vnto
a
Count
,
o'th
last
edition
too
:
Dandolo
.
D'you
thinke
y'are
the
Count
?
Florello
.
I
doe
,
thinke
it
,
Sir
.
Dandolo
.
Thought's
free
.
Alteza
.
He
should
be
a
Venetian
,
By'th'
wit
,
and
policy
of
his
courage
.
Dan.
Beauties
,
were
your
hands
cleane
,
they
should
be
kil●
〈◊〉
.
Florello
.
Bold
illegitimate
.
Dandolo
.
Sir
,
—
you
shall
know
,
No
man
ere
got
me
,
but
my
owne
Father
.
Exit
.
Florello
.
Besognia
speake
in
my
behalfe
;
I'le
giue
Thee
a
Pearle
then
,
big
as
a
Pompeon
.
Besognia
.
Which
,
when
your
Lordship
does
,
Ile
returne
ye
A
pointed
Diamond
,
big
as
a
Steeple
.
Alteza
.
Y'on
thrifty
counterfet
,
has
much
perplex'd
Your
seruants
wit
.
Charintha
.
My
Lord
.
Lets
in
,
and
ieere
.
Florello
.
Slow
method
fooles
obey
.
To
th'
stars
aduance
His
head
,
who
thus
resists
the
power
of
Chance
.
Ex.
omnes
.
Enter
Scoperta
,
Sciolto
.
Scoperta
.
Like
to
my
Genius
he
doth
mooue
about
The
house
.
Our
soules
are
surely
neere
ally'd
—
Sciolto
.
Cals
he
her
,
his
concubine
?
By
this
hand
There's
not
a
Prince
in
all
the
East
,
has
such
Another
.
This
Altamont
still
gripes'em
In
the
flanke
;
he
knowes
to
chuse
his
cattell
.
Be
thou
pleas'd
,
O
yong
and
wholesome
Lady
!
Scoperta
.
The
Garden
(
Signior
)
doth
containe
more
walks
,
As
pensatiue
in
shade
as
this
.
I
doe
Beseech
you
,
change
your
path
,
and
leaue
me
heere
.
Sciolto
.
The
fumes
of
spicery
?
you
must
not
now
—
Holds
her
in
his
Armes
.
Altamont
,
Meruolle
,
from
aboue
.
Meruolle
.
My
vowes
haue
promis'd
you
the
ample
truth
Of
my
intelligence
.
Behold
,
whom
there
,
Sciolto
keepes
in
amorous
whisper
.
Altamont
.
Hah
,
Scoperta
!
Libid'nous
Girle
,
what
makes
She
with
that
Horse
?
Meruolle
.
Shall
I
disturbe
their
speech
?
Altamont
.
No
,
let'em
Knit
and
generate
;
my
words
Shall
neuer
penetrate
her
Eare
vntill
I
am
reueng'd
for
what
my
Eyes
haue
seene
.
Meruolle
.
There
is
a
generall
tainture
in
the
Sex
.
Altamont
.
She
is
proscrib'd
,
I'ue
fil'd
her
in
the
List
With
those
that
taste
to Night
a
bitter
fate
.
Away
,
away
.
This
obiect
ruines
all
My
faculties
.
Exeunt
from
aboue
.
Sciolto
.
I
sigh
my
first
salute
Was
so
intempratly
perform'd
.
But
O!
The
iustice
of
my
Starres
!
My
loue
is
now
Reueng'd
vpon
my
lust
.
With
pure
chaste
flame
I
Court
the
Mistresse
vnto
Altamont
;
One
heere
reseru'd
for
sinfull
vse
.
Stay
,
stay
!
—
Scoperta
.
If
I
am
seene
,
my
life
is
forfeited
—
Sciolto
.
Hast
thou
not
heard
my
vowes
,
whose
violence
And
number
well
might
satisfie
suspect
in
wayward
Kings
.
Scoperta
.
How
dare
I
traficke
thus
For
loue
with
thee
:
when
thy
accompts
with
Heauen
Are
yet
not
cleer'd
that
lust
betrai'd
thee
to
?
Sciolto
.
With
what
aduice
of
modesty
canst
thou
Accuse
my
blood
;
when
in
this
Mansion
th'art
Contain'd
for
the
like
sinne
?
Scoperta
.
Were
I
well
knowne
Vnto
the
qualitie
of
thy
new
loue
,
I
would
reueale
my selfe
,
and
take
from
thy
Beliefe
the
false
opinion
of
my
guilt
.
Sciolto
.
If
ere
I
practise
impious
heate
agen
,
Some
long
armd
Fiend
that
in
the
Center
dwels
Reach
at
my
foot
,
and
pull
me
into
flames
.
Scoperta
.
Beare
witnesse
Immortalitie
and
Truth
That
I'm
officiall
heere
but
by
pretence
,
My
Vaines
are
cold
and
chaste
as
Northerne
snow
.
Sciolto
.
Thy
name
,
and
then
my
doubts
I
will
forsake
?
Scoperta
.
Scoperta
is
my
name
.
I
Sister
am
To
Altamont
;
not
Mistresse
of
his
lust
.
Sciolto
.
O
dire
affinity
!
my
loue
is
now
Alli'd
vnto
my
hate
.
Yet
Altamont
Nere
merited
my
wrath
.
It
is
the
wit
The
policie
of
sinne
,
to
hate
those
men
We
haue
abusd
.
When
first
I
spi'd
the
grace
And
lusture
of
thy
shape
;
me thought
I
lou'd
,
And
my
sicke
heart
enform'd
me
loue
was
good
:
Scoperta
.
And
you
when
I
beheld
,
I
said
to
Heauen
,
O
make
but
his
immortall
part
like
to
The
Garment
Nature
clothes
it
in
,
and
he'le
Remaine
a
Type
,
from
whom
shall
be
deriu'd
The
Prophets
,
and
the
Kings
that
rule
the
Earth
.
Sciolto
.
Her
beauties
so
increase
;
that
they
do
make
My
comprehension
poore
.
Scoperta
.
I
should
haue
vs'd
More
leasure
and
nice
Art
,
when
I
did
giue
My
loue
away
.
Sciolto
.
O
stay
,
vntill
my
vowes
Affoord
a
larger
warrant
of
my
faith
—
Scoperta
:
Our
new
society
must
not
be
seene
.
But
if
thy
loue
be
free
from
carnall
Arts
,
(
Such
as
the
curled
Youth
of
Italy
Doe
vse
)
make
me
thy
sudden
stealth
.
Early
,
(
Ere
the
succeeding
Sunne
ariue
i'th'
East
)
Appeare
beneath
my
Casements
view
,
and
I
Will
follow
thee
along
the
spacious
World
.
Exit
.
Sciolto
.
Goe
noble
Maid
,
wert
thou
diuided
from
My
reach
,
by
Sheets
of
Elementall
fire
,
By
streames
of
recking
blood
,
by
purple
mists
(
Which
Cannons
in
their
acclamation
breath
)
Or
winds
(
when
met
to
blow
each
other
from
The
Earth
)
yet
I
would
pull
thee
to
my
Heart
.
False
lust
,
I
take
of
thee
eternall
leaue
—
Ent.
Niente
,
Alteza
.
Alteza
.
Conuey
those
odors
thither
,
and
disperse
The
costly
smoke
,
about
the
roome
.
Niente
.
I
shall
.
Alteza
.
Place
soft
and
easie
finger'd
Lutes
,
behind
The
Arras
;
voyces
feminine
and
yong
.
And
spread
the
Cowch
,
with
the
greene
Persian
Quilt
.
Niente
.
All
is
prepard
.
Exit
.
Sciolto
.
For
what
are
these
designd
?
Alteza
.
I
feele
a
slothfull
grudging
in
my
veynes
,
And
therefore
meane
to
solace
with
a
male
.
Brush
thy
Beard
,
and
follow
me
.
—
Sciolto
.
Now
am
I
As
rascally
a
sinner
,
as
euer
.
Alteza
.
Why
comst
thou
not
?
Sciolto
.
O
Loue
!
A
little
grace
.
Alteza
.
Is
not
thy
blood
well
?
Kisse
me
Sciolto
.
Sciolto
.
Shall
we
be
wrap't
in
curlings
intricate
?
Alteza
.
We'le
haue
our
artificiall
heates
,
and
with
our
own
Panting
coole
vs
to
new
,
and
yonger
strength
.
Sciolto
.
And
shall
we
'tweene
two
shady
Poplars
hang
I'th
Indian-Net
,
whose
slippery
closures
may
Entangle
vs
so
fast
,
we
n'ere
shall
be
Vntied
agen
▪
Alteza
.
We'le
grow
as
in
one
skin
.
Sciolto
.
Yes
,
much
!
Not
an
inch
.
—
Alteza
.
I
want
thy
meaning
.
Sciolto
.
And
shall
my
action
more
.
It
mightinesse
And
state
,
taught
me
to
fast
from
flesh
;
and
now
,
I
am
well
pleas'd
to
make't
perpetuall
Lent
.
Alteza
.
I
like
this
well
.
My
Male
is
witty
growne
.
Sciolto
.
Goe
,
kneele
to
your
husband
,
and
beg
from
him
Lawfull
recreation
:
My selfe
intend
To
purchase
a
few
Beades
,
and
turne
Vot'ry
.
She'le
nere
moue
hence
,
'till
I'ue
inrag'd
her
spleene
.
Alteza
.
What
motiue
(
Sir
)
perswades
ye
,
vse
me
thus
?
Sciolto
.
Why
—
ye
are
not
handsome
.
Alteza
.
Trimme
prodigie
!
Scio.
Question
your
Glasse
!
Your
Face
was
caru'd
—
out
of
A
Blew
Cabidge
;
and
'tis
contracted
now
To
one
,
oblique
Wrinkle
.
Alteza
.
Villaine
,
thou
ly'st
.
Sciolto
.
Thy
aged
skull
in
stead
of
haire
Oregrowne
with
Mosse
,
and
lookes
as
if
t'had
binne
,
A
Thousand
yeares
entoomb'd
.
Alteza
.
Adders
,
and
snakes
.
Sciolto
.
Thy
sollitary
Teeth
,
in
distance
stand
Like
the
decayed
Arches
of
a
Bridge
.
Alteza
.
Better
,
th'adst
binne
vnborne
.
Sciolto
.
Wilt
not
yet
goe
?
Thy
Fingers
are
all
crook'd
,
like
the
Tallans
Of
a
Griffon
.
Thou
walkst
on
Cloven-feete
.
Alteza
.
Hoa
!
Niente
.
Sciolto
.
Thy
Bones
are
pil'd
acrosse
▪
Much
like
the
Stickes
on
a
Coniurers
fire
.
Alte.
Are
my
Groomes
dead
?
what
hoa
!
I'le
impound
ye
.
—
Sciolto
pulls
out
a
Case
of
Pistolls
.
Sciolto
.
It
must
not
be
.
For
with
these
two
(
of
which
I
meane
to
rob
your
armorie
)
there
shall
Be
passage
forc'd
broad
enough
for
a
Teeme
Of
Southerne
Elephants
.
Farwell
Oister
!
—
Exit
.
Alte.
Where
are
my
Groomes
,
my
slaues
?
iniurious
wolfe
.
Barke
at
my
precious
feature
,
and
thus
strew
My
beautie
ore
,
with
infamie
and
dust
?
Strike
my
greene
youth
,
with
Epethites
of
age
?
My
Altamont
nere
vs'd
me
thus
.
He
oft
Compar'd
me
to
the
Starres
,
m'Eies
t'
Easterne
light
,
When
day
smiles
at
her
birth
.
O!
I
could
curse
The
giddie
iudgement
of
my
blood
;
that
thus
Seduc'd
me
to
forsake
that
Saint
,
and
mix
My
knowledge
with
this
Deuill
.
He's
fled
too
,
Vntouch'd
by
my
reuenge
.
Niente
,
hoa
!
Enter
Altamont
.
Alta.
'Tis
Alteza
,
I
know
her
sinfull
voice
,
—
(
She
kneeles
.
)
Alteza
.
O
Sir
,
if
anguish
,
or
distresse
,
can
make
,
An
humble
heart
,
behold
your
Lady
now
;
That
shortens
thus
,
her
stature
,
at
your
feete
.
—
Altamont
.
What
may
this
forc'd
humillitie
portend
?
Alteza
.
Sciolto
(
cruell
as
the
windes
in
March
)
Hath
strooke
,
my
womanhood
,
with
tyranie
,
And
scorne
.
Can
Fate
present
so
large
a
test
,
Of
your
true
loue
,
(
both
to
your selfe
,
and
me
)
As
that
you
minister
reuenge
vpon
His
Life
.
Goe
,
and
salute
his
recreant
Heart
With
your
bright
Steele
,
and
then
obedience
claime
Repleate
with
fonde
Idolatrie
,
and
loue
.
Altamont
.
The
Fiends
are
surelie
maried
too
;
for
there's
Noe
torment
like
a
Wife
!
false
Alteza
.
Alteza
.
So
ill
I
merit
charitie
:
that
all
My
passions
argue
cunning
and
pretence
.
This
is
a
wise
hypocrisie
,
to
hide
Thy
lust
,
or
snare
me
in
some
guilt
,
whereby
The
Duke
may
claime
my
life
,
and
thou
receiue
More
quiet
space
,
t'inioy
Sciolto's
limmes
.
Alteza
.
Those
angrie
spirits
that
reside
below
,
In
flaming
Ouens
,
are
not
more
cruell
in
Their
enuie
,
then
am
I
in
hate
to
him
.
Altamont
.
So
soone
,
dost
steepe
him
in
thy
gall
,
whom
thou
Hast
washt'
i'th
warme
distilments
of
thy
heart
.
Alteza
.
If
ere
I
knew
him
,
with
more
guilt
,
then
what
My
wishes
and
my
thoughts
containd
;
let
wrath
Then
make
me
her
experiment
,
to
trie
How
much
of
paine
,
mortalitie
can
heare
.
Altamont
.
Thy
periur'd
attestations
cease
;
for
though
The
howres
are
few
,
since
first
you
did
conferre
,
Yet
you
had
both
the
pregnant
thrift
,
to
make
The
time
aduantagious
to
sinne
.
Alteza
.
Expresse
,
Some
mercie
in
your
faith
,
and
heare
me
speake
.
Altamont
.
Keepe
thy
deniall
'tweene
thy
blisterd
lippes
.
If
vtterd
'
thou
art
dead
.
Alteza
.
Loue
is
no
more
.
Alta.
Dost
weepe
?
I
sooner
thought
t'haue
seene
the
Flint
Supple
as
Spunge
;
th'obdurate
Diamond
melt
At
the
Glow-wormes
pale
eie
.
Alteza
.
How
hath
the
pride
Of
Courts
misse-led
my
youth
,
that
you
should
thinke
I'ue
lost
,
all
tender
complements
of
grace
?
Alta.
Thou
wert
a
Virgin
sweet
,
so
precious
in
Thy
frame
,
that
with
the
cordage
of
thy
haire
Thou
mightst
haue
fetterd
Kings
.
Thy
voice
has
marr'd
The
beauties
of
the
night
.
When
thou
didst
sing
The
quiet
stars
,
would
fall
asleepe
and
winke
.
Thou
art
all
discord
now
:
thy
glorie's
darke
;
Thy
thinne
,
and
Rosiall
blood
,
is
turn'd
to
Inke
.
Alteza
.
I
haue
outliu'd
the
helpe
of
penitence
,
And
benefit
of
hope
.
Altamont
.
Oft
haue
I
sai'd
Let's
leaue
the
false
,
the
buisie
world
and
sleepe
Beneath
our
vines
;
Nature
(
not
cunning
)
then
,
Augments
our
wealth
;
the
dew
of
heauen
is
cheape
,
Nor
need
we
pay
for'th
Sunnes
warme
light
,
If
kinde
Diuinitie
allow
t'each
humane
soule
A
starre
;
our
issue
w'ele
increase
,
vntill
The
bright
and
numerous
throng
be
all
imploi'd
.
Alteza
.
But
I
am
sterill
as
a
wildernesse
,
My
name
,
is
sickenesse
to
your
memorie
.
Altamont
.
Witnesse
you
silent
powers
,
the
crime
is
not
Deriu'd
from
me
.
T'explaine
my
innocence
,
Know
,
she
that
heere
I
housd
,
t'affront
thy
pride
,
Was
my
chaste
sister
,
not
my
Concubine
.
Alteza
.
Then
you
are
loiall
still
,
t'oth
Mariage
vow
.
Altamont
.
But
;
she
treds
the
slimie
path
.
Scoperta
,
Is
now
thy
Riuall
in
Sciolto's
lust
.
Alteza
.
All
springs
from
the
ambition
of
my
guilt
.
—
Altamont
.
Although
thy
penitence
be
rash
,
it
doth
Become
thee
well
,
and
thou
hast
quite
dissolu'd
The
stonie
corners
of
my
heart
.
This
night
I
purposd
thee
a
cruell
death
,
but
now
Rise
,
and
continue
mortall
still
—
I'le
lay
My
mercy
on
thy
Lip
,
and
for
it
take
My
last
farewell
—
.
I'le
neuer
see
thee
more
.
Alteza
.
This
is
a
mercy
that
confounds
the
will
And
strength
of
all
my
gratitude
.
O
sad
Decree
.
You
haue
diuorc'd
me
from
your
Eyes
.
Alta.
Two
neighboring
Lillies
whom
rude
winds
disperse
'Mongst
restlesse
dust
,
may
sooner
meet
vpon
Their
stalkes
agen
,
and
kisse
each
other
in
A
second
growth
,
then
we
our
loues
renew
.
Alteza
.
Take
heede
(
Sir
)
how
you
prophecy
!
For
my
Humilitie
with
moist
contrition
ioyn'd
,
May
hope
to
wash
my
leprous
staines
away
.
Altamont
.
O
no!
my
iealousie
is
growne
so
sicke
,
that
my
Suspect
enformes
me
,
it
will
nere
be
cur'd
.
Alteza
.
I
creepe
thus
to
my
Toombe
,
indebted
for
Your
loue
,
till
all
the
drowsie
world
shall
rise
To
generall
Accompts
;
and
then
my
want
Of
earlier
gratitude
will
make
my
Debt
A
sinne
—
Exit
.
Altamont
.
O
triuiall
propertie
of
life
!
Some
doe
attend
the
mighty
warre
,
and
make
Diuinitie
their
yoake
;
till
for
the
sport
Of
Kings
th'augment
the
number
of
the
dead
.
Some
walke
in
slipprie
paths
of
Court
,
and
feede
On
silent
smiles
;
the
grauitie
of
mirth
.
Some
trauaile
in
the
search
of
humane
Arts
,
But
knowledge
is
reseru'd
:
She
sits
so
high
In
Cloudes
,
we
cannot
reach
her
with
our
Eye
:
Or
if
with
patient
steps
we
to
her
climbe
,
Death
sayes
we
cannot
reach
her
with
our
time
.
For
witherd
age
ariues
,
when
numbring
on
Our
griefs
not
yeeres
;
the
tedious
space
of
life
We
straite
accuse
.
For
life
is
like
the
spanne
Forc'd
from
a
gowtie
hand
;
which
,
as
it
gaines
Extent
,
and
actiue
length
,
the
more
it
paines
.
Exit
.