A Guy. Brother, 'tis you that are deceiv'd in her, Beshrew her, she hath been my bedfellow year and more, yet I had not the graceBrothers, receive a sister; reverend father, Accept a daughter, whilst I take a wife, And of a great king's daughter make a queen. This is the beauteous virgin, the French lady, To whom my fortune still remains in debt. Eus. A lady! then I cry you mercy, brother; Is now at length transform'd to be your queen. Guy. Fair saint, I did you wrong. If fortune had not been your friend in this, 0. E. Bol. This fortune makes our joys mere comical. | The fame of our success all Europe rings : First in the Temple hang these trophies up, Prince Godfrey, walk you with your crown of thorns; Guy with his lady; Tancred with his wife; Charles with his crown of Cyprus; and young Eustace Crown'd with the rich Sicilian diadem ; I with the honour of the Pagans' deaths. This Play, as Mr Warton observes, is burlesqued in Beaumont and Fletcher's Knight of the Burning Pestle. It is a mixture of the droll and serious, and was evidently intended to ridicule the reigning fashion of reading Romances. Note to The Second Part of King Henry IV. A. S. S. 2. EDITIONS. (1.) "The Foure Prentises of London. With the Conquest of Jerusalem. As it has bene diverse times acted at the Red Bull, by the Queenes Majesties Servants. Written by Thomas Heywood. Printed at London for J .W. 1615. 4to." (2.) "The Foure Prentises of London. With the Conquest of Jerusalem. As it hath beene divers times acted at the Red Bull, by the Queenes Majesties Servants, with good applause. Written and newly revised by Thomas Heywood. Printed at London by Nicholas Okes. 1652. 4to." The word is often used in ancient writers. So, in Ben Jonson's Devil is an Ass, A. 2. S. 8: "If we could get a witty boy now Engine, That were an excellent crack, I could instruct him Massinger's Unnatural Combat, A. 1. S. 1: "Here's a crack! I think they suck this knowledge in their milk." VOL. III. THE ANTIQUARY. BY SHAKERLEY MARMION. SHAKERLEY MARMION was born at Aynho, near Brackley, in the county of Northampton, where his father was lord of the manor, and in possession of a considerable estate. He received the early part of his education at the free school at Thame in the county of Oxford, under the care of Richard Boucher, commonly called Butcher, the master thereof. In the year 1617, he became a gentleman commoner of Wadham College in Oxford, and in 1624 'took the degree of master of arts. Anthony Wood 2 says, that he was a goodly proper gentleman, and had once in his possession seven hundred pounds per annum at least." The whole of this ample fortune he dissipated; after which he went into the Low Countries; but not meeting with promotion according to his expectation, he returned to England, and was admitted one of the troop raised by Sir John Suckling for the use of King Charles the First, in his expedition against the Scots, in the year 1639; but falling sick at York, he returned to London, where he died in the same year.3 Besides several poems, scattered about in different publications, he wrote three plays, viz. (1.)" Hollands Leaguer, an excellent comedy, as it hath bin lately and often acted with great applause by the high and mighty Prince Charles his servants, at the private house in Salisbury court." 1632. 4to. To the Dramatis Persona of this play, the names of the several performers are added. Oldys, in his MS. Notes on Langbaine, says, there is a tract in prose called Hollands Leaguer, or an Historical Discourse of the Life and Actions of Donna Britannica, the Arch Mistress of the wicked Women of Eutopia; wherein is detected the notorious Sin of Pandarism, and the execrable Life of the luxurious Impudent. 4to. 1632. (2.) "A Fine Companion, acted before the King and Queene at White-hall, and sundrie times, with great applause, at the private house in Salisbury-court, by the Prince his servants." 1633. 4to. (3.)" The Antiquary, a comedy, acted by her Majesties servants, at the Cockpit." 1641. 4to. He also published" Cupid and Psiche; or an epick poem of Cupid and his Mistress, as it was lately presented to the Prince Elector." Prefixed to this are complimentary verses, by Richard Brome, Francis Tuckyr, Thomas Nabbes, and Thomas Heywood. Wood says, he left some things in MS. ready for the press, which were either lost or in obscure hands. 'Langbaine, p. 345. 2 Athena Oxoniensis, Vol. II. p. 19. Oldys, in his MS. Notes on Langbaine, says, it was our author's father who squandered away his fortune; but as he quotes no authority for this assertion, I have followed Wood's account. 3 Oldys' MS. Notes to Langbaine. SCENE I. ACT I. Enter LIONEL and PETRUCIO. Lion. Now, sir, let me bid you welcome to your country, and the longing expectation of those friends, that have almost languish'd for the sight of you. I must flatter him, and stroke hin too, he will give no milk else. [Aside. Pet. I have calculated, by all the rules of reason and art, that I shall be a great man; for what singular quality concurs to perfection and advancement, that is defective in me? Take my feature and proportion, have they not a kind of sweetness and harmony, to attract the eyes of the beholders? the confirmation of which, many authentical judgments of ladies have seal'd and subscrib'd to. Lion. How do you, sir? are you not well? Pet. Next, my behaviour and discourse, according to the court-garb, ceremonious enough, more promising than substantial, able to keep pace with the best hunting wit of them all; besides, nature has bless'd me with boldness sufficient, and fortune with means; what then should hinder me? nothing but destiny, villainous destiny, that chains virtue to darkness and obscurity. Well, I will insinuate myself into the court, and presence of the Duke, and if he have not the grace to distinguish of worth, his ignorance upon him. Lion. What, in a muse, sir? Pet. Cannot a gentleman ruminate over his good parts, but you must be troubling of him? Lion. Wise men and fools are alike ambi The scene however seems to be laid at Venice. The Rialto is mentioned in Act First, and Venice is again spoken of in Act Third, as where the transactions of the play are carried on. S. P. Pet. Well, thou hast Linceus' eyes for observation, or could'st ne'er have made such a cun tious; this travelling 4motion has been abroad in quest of strange fashions, where his spungy brain has suck'd the dregs of all the folly hening discovery of my practice. But will the could possibly meet with, and is indeed more ass than he went forth. Had I an interest in his disgrace, I'd rail at him, and perhaps beat him for it; but he is as strange to me, as to himself, therefore let him continue in his belov'd simplicity. [Aside. Pet. Next, when he shall be instructed of my worth, and eminent sufficiencies, he cannot dig ladies, think you, have that apprehension, to discern and approve of me? Lion. Without question; they cannot be so dull or stony-hearted, as not to be infinitely taken with your worth: Why, in a while, you shall have them so enamour'd, that they'll watch every opportunity to purchase your acquaintance; then again revive it with often banquet nify me with less employment than the dignity❘ting and visits: nay, and perhaps invite others, of an embassador: How bravely shall I behave myself in that service! and what an ornament unto my country may I arrive to be, and to my kindred! But I will play the gentleman, and neglect them; that's the first thing I'll study. Lion. Shall I be bold to interrupt you, sir? Pet. Presently I'll be at leisure to talk with you: 'tis no small point in state policy, still to pretend only to be thought a man of action, and rather than want a colour, be busied with a man's own self. Lion. Who does this ass speak to? surely to himself: and 'tis impossible he should ever be wise, that has always such a foolish auditory. [Aside. Pet. Then, with what emulous courtship will they strive to entertain me in foreign parts! And what a spectacle of admiration shall I be made amongst those who have formerly known me! How dost thou like my carriage? Lion. Most exquisite ! believe me. Pet. But is it adorn'd with that even mixture of fluency and grace, as are requir'd 5 both in a statist and a courtier? Lion. So far as the divine prospect of my understanding guides me, 'tis without parallel, most excellent; but I am no profess'd critick in the mystery. by their foolish example, to do the like; and some, that despair of so great happiness, will inquire out your haunts, and walk there two or three hours together, to get but a sight of you. Pet. Oh infinite! I am transported with the thought on't! It draws near noon, and I appointed certain gallants to meet me at the fivecrown ordinary; after, we are to wait upon the like beauties you talk'd of, to the publick theatre. I feel of late, a strong and witty genius growing upon me, and I begin, I know not how, to be in love with this foolish sin of poetry. Lion. Are you, sir? there's great hopes of you. Pet. And the reason is, because they say, 'tis both the cause and effect of a good wit, to which I can sufficiently pretend; for nature has not play'd the step-dame with me. Lion. In good time, sir. Pet. And now you talk of time, what time of day is it by your watch? Lion. I have none, sir. Pet. How, ne'er a watch? oh monstrous! how do you consume your hours? Ne'er a watch! 'tis the greatest solecism in society that e'er I heard of: ne'er a watch! Lion. How deeply you conceive of it! Pet. You have not a gentleman, that's a true gentleman, without one: 'tis the main appendix 4Motion. Motion is a puppet. In Ben Jonson's Every Man out of his Humour, A. 4. S. 5, Captain Pod, the celebrated owner of a puppet-shew, and his motion, are mentioned. Beaumont and Fletcher's Rule a Wife and have a Wife, A. 2: "If he be that motion that you tell me of, And make no more noise, I shall entertain him," The Queen of Corinth, by the same, A. 1. S. 3: "Good friends, for half an hour remove your motion.” Dekkar's Villanies discovered by lanthorne and candle-light, 1620, ch. 4. “This labour being taken, the master of the motion hearkens where such a nobleman, &c. The motion is presented before him." Both in a statist and a courtier.-A statist, is a statesman. So, in Ben Jonson's Cynthia's Revels, A. 2. S. 3: "Next is your statist's force, a serious, solemn, and supercilious face, full of formal and square gravity." to a plush lining: besides, it helps much to discourse; for, while others confer notes together, we confer our watches, and spend good part of the day with talking of it. Lion. Well, sir, because I'll be no longer destitute of such a necessary implement, I have a suit to you. Pet. A suit to me! Let it alone till I am a great man, and then I shall answer you with the greater promise, and less performance. Lion. I hope, sir, you have that confidence, I will ask nothing to your prejudice, but what shall some way recompense the deed. Pet. What is't? Be brief, I am in that point a courtier. Lion. Usurp then on the proffer'd means, Shew yourself forward in an action May speak you noble, and make me your friend. Pet. A friend! what's that? I know no such thing. Lion. A faithful, not a ceremonious friend; Redeem you from ill courses: and, not flattering at you. Pet. Why, be there any such friends as these? They walk like spirits, not to be discern'd; Pet. Well, to the purpose, speak to the purpose. Lion. If I stand link'd unto you, The Gordian knot was less dissoluble, A rock less firm, or center moveable. Pet. Speak your demand. Lion. Do it, and do it freely then; lend me a hundred duckets. Pet. How is that? lend you a hundred duckets! Not a - I'll never have a friend while I breathe first; no, I'll stand upon my guard: I give all the world leave to whet their wits against me, work like moles to undermine me, yet I'll spurn all their deceits like a hillock: I tell thee, I'll not buy the small repentance of a friend or whore, at the rate of a livre. Lion. What's this? I dare not Trust my own ears, silence choak up my anger; Of his baseness, and now my fears are ended. Pet. What pretty sparkle of humanity have Whose attendant are you, my little knave? Ang. I deliver'd your letter to him; he is very sorry he can furnish you no better; he has sent you twenty crowns, he says, towards the large debt he owes you. Pet. A fine child! and delivers his tale with good method: Where, in the name of Ganymede, had'st thou this epitome of a servitor? Lion. You'd little think of what consequence and pregnancy this imp is: you may hereafter have both cause to know, and love him.What gentlemen are these? Lor. These are joys, In their relation to you, so transcendent, Gas. See where he stands, Lion. I'll be bold, by your favour, to endear Pet. I am much bound to you for it. Pet. See the abundant ignorance of this age! he cites my father for a precedent: alas, he is a good old man, and no more; there he stands, he |