"Let him come in, one knows not what may "God's will that I should set this tree, "And then they hate them that did bring them up. Enter the Painter. "Paint. God bless you, sir. "Hier. Wherefore? why, thou scornful villain! "How, where, or by what means, should I be " blest? "Isa. What would'st thou have, good fellow? "Paint. Justice, madam. "Hier. O ambitious beggar, would'st thou have "that, "That lives not in the world? Why, all the undelved mines cannot buy An ounce of justice, 'tis a jewel so inestimable. "And there is none but what comes from him. "Hier. How! was thy sou murdered? [Exeunt. [The Painter and he set doron. "Come, let's talk wisely now :"Was thy son murdered? "Paint. Ay, sir. "With villains' swords, hanging upon this tree. "Canst thou draw a murderer? "Paint. I'll warrant you, sir; "I have the pattern of the most notorious villains, "That ever lived in all Spain. "Hier. O, let them be worse, worse: stretch "thine art, ❝ 211 And let their beards be of Judas's own colour, 211 And let their beards be of Judas's own colour.—It is observed, that "in an age when but small part "of the nation could read, ideas were frequently borrowed from representations in painting or tapestry." Leland, in his Collectanea, asserts, that painters constantly represented Judas the traitor with a red head. Dr Plot's Oxfordshire, p. 153., says the same. This conceit is thought to have arisen in England from our ancient grudge to the red-haired Danes. See the Notes of Mr Steevens and Mr Tollet to Merry Wives of Windsor, A. I. S. 4. To the instances there produced may be added the following: Middleton's Chaste Maid of Cheapside, 1620: "What has he given her? what is it Gossip? A fair high standing cup, and the two great postle spoons, one of them gilt. Sure that was Judas with the red "beard." Beaumont and Fletcher's Sea Voyage, p. 104.: "Methought a sweet young man, "In years some twenty, with a downy chin, "Took me in his arms, and kiss'd me twenty times." "And let their eye-brows jetty over: in any case | Then stay, Hieronimo, attend their will, For mortal men may not appoint "observe that; "Then, sir, after some violent noise, " Bring me forth in my shirt, and my gown under "my arm, "With my torch in my hand, and my sword reared up thus, "And with these words: "What noise is this? who calls Hieronimo? May it be done. "Paint. Yea, sir. "Hier. Well, sir, then bring me forth, bring "me through alley and alley, still with a distract"ed countenance going along, and let my hair "heave up my night-cap. "Let the clouds scowl, make the moon dark, "the stars extinct, the winds blowing, the bells tolling, the owls shrieking, the toads croaking, "the minutes jarring, and the clock striking "twelve. "And then at last, sir, starting, behold a man 'hanging, and tot'ring, as you know the wind will wave a man, and I with a trice to cut him "down. 66 "And looking upon him by the advantage of "Draw me like old Priam of Troy, Invocate, and in the end leave me "In a trance, and so forth. "Paint. And is this the end? 212 their time. Per scelus semper tutum est sceleribus iter. Strike, and strike home, where wrong is offered thee; For evils unto ills conductors be, And death's the worst of resolution; For he that thinks with patience to contend, To quiet life, his life shall easily end. Fata si miseros juvant, habes salutem; If destiny thy miseries do ease, Then hast thou health, and happy shalt thou be. "Hier. O no, there is no end: the end is death Nor aught avails it me to menace them, "and madness; "And I am never better than when I am mad; "Were he as strong as Hector, thus would I "[He beats the Painter in, then comes out Vindicta mihi. Aye, heaven will be revenged of every ill; Who, as a wintry storm upon a plain, Enter a Servant. Ser. Here are a sort 216 of poor petitioners, That are importunate; and it should please you, sir, That you should plead their 217 cases to the king. Hier. That I should plead their several actions? Why let them enter, and let me see them. Enter three Citizens and an Old Man. 1 Cit. So, I tell you this, for learning, and for law, There's not any advocate in Spain That can prevail, or will take half the pain, Hier. Come near, you men that thus importune Hier. Say, father, tell me what's thy suit? Senex. No, sir; could my woes Give way unto my most distressful words, Then should I not in paper (as you see) With ink bewray what blood began in me. Hier. What's here?-The humble supplication of Don Bazulto, for his murdered son. Senex. Aye, sir. Hier. No, sir, it was my murdered son! Oh my son, Oh my son, Oh my son Horatio! But mine, or thine, Bazulto, be content. [He draweth out a bloody Napkin. O no, not this, Horatio, this was thine: 1 Cit. Oh, see the kindness of Hieronimo! 2 Cit. This gentleness shows him a gentleman. Hier. See, see, oh see thy shame, Hieronimo; See here a loving father to his son; Behold the sorrows and the sad laments, - 217 Causes, 1623.33. 218 This, 1618. 23. 33. 219 Band. This was altered to bond in the former edition. Band was, however, the manner in which the word was formerly written, and I imagine pronounced. See several instances in Mr Steevens's Note on The Comedy of Errors, A. 4 S. 2. Again, Churchyard's Challenge, p. 152.: "Since faith could get no credit at his hand, Beaumont and Fletcher's Noble Gentleman. Vol. VIII. edit. 1778, p. 389. : 220 Stand you, '618. 23. 33. 221 Corsick-The Glossary to Gawain Douglas's Virgil, explains the word corssy to be big-bodied; corsick is therefore large, huge, great. In Churchyard's Challenge, p 37. we have the substantive corzies, for. swellings, protuberances. 22 Rueful, 1618, 23. 33. 224 Love, 61. 226 Swift, 1618. 23, 38. "And corzies rose, that made a running sore." 223 Delivered, 1618. 23. 33. 227 Knock at the dismal gates of Pluto's court, Getting by force (as once Alcides did) 2 A troop of furies, and tormenting hags, To torture Don Lorenzo and the rest. Yet, lest the triple-headed porter should Deny my passage to the slimy strond, The Thracian poet thou shalt counterfeit.— Corne on, 228 old father, be my Orpheus; And if thou can'st 229 no notes upon the harp, Then sound the burden of thy sore heart's grief Till we do gain, that Proserpine may grant Revenge on them that murdered my son. Then will I rend and tear them thus, and thus, Shivering their limbs in pieces with my teeth. [Tears the Papers. [Exit HIERONIMO, and they after. 1 Cit. O, sir, my declaration! 2 Cit. Save my bond. Hier. What, not my son? thou then 234 a fury Sent from the empty kingdom of black night, Thou art the lively image of my grief, wan, Thy forehead troubled, and thy muttering lips. LIMPERIA. King. And now to meet these 237 Portingales; 227 Did, omitted, 1618. 228 On, omitted, 1618. 23. 33. 229 Can'st no notes-i e. says Mr Iawkins, " understandest not; hast no knowledge of, or power in.” So, Spenser, and others. 230 Them, 618 23.33. 232 Thou art, 1623. 33. 234 Then thou, 1633. 236 Be, sir, 1618.-Be done, sir, 1623. 238 Sufficed, 1618. 23. 33. VOL. I. 231 How, omitted, 1618. 233 Older, 1618. 23. 33. 235 Dimmed, 1618. 23. 33. 3 s (For it beseems us now that it be known) Vice. Renowned king, I come not as thou think'st, In ceaseless prayers, To think how strangely heaven hath thee preserved. King. See, brother, see, how nature strives in him! Come, worthy Viceroy, and accompany A place more private fits this princely mood. Vice. Or here, or where your highness thinks it good. [Exeunt all but CASTILE and LORENZO. Cast. Nay, stay, Lorenzo, let me talk with you; See'st thou this entertainment of these kings? Lor. I do, my lord, and joy to see the same. Cast. And knowest thou why this meeting is? Lor. For her, my lord, whom Balthezar doth love, 241 Cast. I tell thee, son, myself have heard it said, When (to my sorrow) I have been ashamed To answer for thee, though thou art IDY SOD Lorenzo, know'st thou not the common love, And kindness that Hieronimo hath won By his deserts, within the court of Spain? 243 Lor. My lord, it lies not in Lorenzo's power To stop the vulgar, liberal 243 of their tongues; A small advantage makes a water-breach, And no man lives, that long contenteth all. Cast. Myself have seen thee busy to keep back Him and his supplications from the king. Lor. Yourself, my lord, have seen his passions, That ill-bescemed the presence of a king; And, for I pitied him in his distress, I held him thence with kind and courteous words, Cast. Hieronimo, my son, mistakes thee then. Were reconciled, if he misconstrue me. Cast. Lorenzo, thou hast said, it shall be so.— Go one of you, and call Hieronimo. Enter BALTHEZAR and BELIMPERIA. Bal. Come, Belimperia, Balthezar's content; My sorrow's ease, and sovereign of my bliss, 245 to be mine, Sith heaven hath ordained thee 239 They are, 1633. 241 Wert, 1618. 23. 33. 240 Pleasures, 1623. 33. 242 Too, omitted, 1618. 23. 33. 243 Liberal-Liberal, in our ancient writers, is, as here, frequently used to signify licentious. So, in Field's Woman's a Weathercock: 244 That, omitted, 1623. 33. 246 Cheare, 1618. 29. 33. 245 Heaven hath thee ordained, 1623. 33. |