ringer* fell off her head, for kindling such a combustion in the state. I miss'd the meteort once, and hit that woman, who cried out, clubs! when I might see from far some forty truncheoneers draw to her succour, which were the hope of the Strand, where she was quartered. They fell on; I made good my place; at length they came to the broomstaff with me, I defied them still; when suddenly a file of boys behind them, loose shot, delivered such a shower of pebbles, that I was fain to draw mine honour in, and let them win the work: The devil was amongst them, I think, surely. Port. These are the youths that thunder at a play-house, and fight for bitten apples; that no audience, but the Tribulation of Tower-hill, or the Limbs of Limehouse, ‡ their dear brothers, are able to endure. I have some of them in Limbo Patrum, § and there they are like to dance these three days; besides the running banquet of two beadles || that is to come. Enter the LORD CHAMBERLAIN. Cham. Mercy o' me, what a multitude are here! Your faithful friends o' the suburbs? We shall have We are but men; and what so many may do, Cham. As I live, If the king blame me for 't, Ill lay ye all By the heels, and suddenly; and on your heads A Marshalsea, shall hold you play these two months. Man. You great fellow, stand close up, or I'll make your head ache. Port. You i' the camblet, get up o' the rail; I'll peck** you o'er the pales else. SCENE IV.-The Palace.tt [Exeunt. Enter trumpets, sounding; then two Aldermen, LORD MAYOR, GARTER, CRANMER, Duke of NORFOLK, with his Marshal's staff, Duke of SUFFOLK, two Noblemen bearing great standingbowls for the christening gifts; then four Noblemen bearing a * Pink'd cap. + Two Puritan congregations. A desert of whipping. ** Pitch. tt At Greenwich. + The brazier. Place of confinement. canopy, under which the Duchess of NORFOLK, godmother, bearing the child richly habited in a mantle, &c. Train borne by a Lady; then follows the Marchioness of DORSET, the other godmother, and Ladies. The troop pass once about the stage, and GARTER speaks. Gart. Heaven from thy endless goodness, send prosperous life, long, and ever happy, to the high and mighty princess of England, Elizabeth! Flourish. Enter KING, and Train. Cran. [kneeling]. And to your royal grace, and the good queen, My noble partners, and myself, thus pray: All comfort, joy, in this most gracious lady, Heaven ever laid up to make parents happy, May hourly fall upon ye! K. Hen. Thank you, good lord archbishop; What is her name? Cran. Elizabeth. K. Hen. Stand up, lord. [The KING kisses the child. With this kiss take my blessing: God protect thee! Cran. Amen. K. Hen. My noble gossips, ye have been too prodigal: I thank ye heartily; so shall this lady, When she has so much English. Cran. Let me speak, Sir, For heaven now bids me; and the words I utter Shall still be doubled on her: truth shall nurse her, Holy and heavenly thoughts still counsel her: She shall be loved and fear'd: Her own shall bless her: Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, And hang their heads with sorrow: Good grows with her: Under his own vine, what he plants; and sing * This and the following seventeen lines were probably written by Ben Jonson, after the accession of King James. Her ashes new create another heir, As great in admiration as herself; So shall she leave her blessedness to one (When heaven shall call her from this cloud of darkness), Who, from the sacred ashes of her honour, Shall star-like rise, as great in fame as she was, And so stand fix'd: Peace, plenty, love, truth, terror, Shall be, and make new nations: He shall flourish, To all the plains about him:-Our children's children K. Hen. Thou speakest wonders.] Cran. She shall be, to the happiness of England, To the ground, and all the world shall mourn her. Thou hast made me now a man; never, before This oracle of comfort has so pleased me, That, when I am in heaven, I shall desire To see what this child does, and praise my Maker.— And your good brethren, I am much beholden; I have received much honour by your presence, And ye shall find me thankful. Lead the way, lords ;- EPILOGUE. "Tis ten to one, this play can never please [Exeunt TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. PERSONS REPRESENTED. PRIAM, King of Troy. }n ENEAS, ANTENOR, Trojan Com- CALCHAS, a Trojan Priest, taking AGAMEMNON, theGrecian General. ACHILLES, AJAX, Grecian DIOMEDES, PA ers. TROCLUS, THERSITES, a deformed and scur- ALEXANDER, Servant to Cressida. HELEN, Wife to Menelaus. Trojan and Greek SOLDIERS, and SCENE.-Troy, and the Grecian Camp before it. PROLOGUE. IN Troy, there lies the scene. From isles of Greece With wanton Paris sleeps; And that's the quarrel. And the deep-drawing barks do there disgorge * Orgueilleux-proud, disdainful. + Freight. + Snut. Now expectation, tickling skittish spirits, To tell you, fair beholders, that our play Leaps o'er the vaunt* and firstlings of those broils, Like, or find fault; do as your pleasures are; ACT I. SCENE I-Troy. Before PRIAM'S Palace. Enter TROILUS armed, and PANDARUS. Tro. Call here my varlet,+ I'll unarm again: Tro. The Greeks are strong, and skilful to their strength, But I am weaker than a woman's tear, Tamer than sleep, fonder than ignorance; Less valiant than the virgin in the night, And skilless as unpractised infancy. Pan. Well, I have told you enough of this: for my part, I'll not meddle nor make no further. He that will have a cake out of the wheat, must tarry the grinding. Tro. Have I not tarried? Pan. Ay, the grinding; but you must tarry the bolting. Pan. Ay, the bolting; but you must tarry the leavening. Pan. Ay, to the leavening: but here's yet in the word-hereafter, the kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of the oven, and the baking; nay, you must stay the cooling too, or you may chance to burn your lips. Tro. Patience herself, what goddess e'er she be, Doth lesser blench§ at sufferance than I do. At Priam's royal table do I sit; And when fair Cressid comes into my thoughts, So, traitor!-when she comes! -When is she thence? Pan. Well, she looked yesternight fairer than ever I saw her look, or any woman else. Avant, what went before. |