The tragedy of Albertus VVallenstein late Duke of Fridland, and generall to the Emperor Ferdinand the second. Written by Henry Glapthorne. The scene, Egers. And acted with good allowance at the Globe on the Banke-side, by his Majesties Servants.
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The tragedy of Albertus VVallenstein late Duke of Fridland, and generall to the Emperor Ferdinand the second. Written by Henry Glapthorne. The scene, Egers. And acted with good allowance at the Globe on the Banke-side, by his Majesties Servants.
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Glapthorne, Henry.
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Imprinted at London :: By Tho. Paine, for George Hutton dwelling at the Turn-stile in Holborne,
1639.
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Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, -- Herzog von Friedland, 1583-1634 -- Drama.
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"The tragedy of Albertus VVallenstein late Duke of Fridland, and generall to the Emperor Ferdinand the second. Written by Henry Glapthorne. The scene, Egers. And acted with good allowance at the Globe on the Banke-side, by his Majesties Servants." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01777.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.
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Scena secunda, Frederick, Albertus, Newman.
Newm.
Pish, perish still in ignorance, am I,Who am grand master in the art of Love,Not able to instruct a limber youthOf the first growth, your brother here makes loveIn all ill favor'd tone, and skrewes his countenance,As he were singing of lamentable BalladsOf Tillies overthrow, but you for your part,(I've knowne you of an urchin) are so fiery,You speake all squibs and crackers, carry a CanonIn your mouth, you'l fright the Lady, she'l imagine
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You come to ravish her.
Albert.
The ColonellTells you, your owne, good brother.
New.
I've told you yours too, or I'm much mistaken,You love, 'tshould seeme, the faire Emilia,A pretty wench, they say, but that's no matter,Your fathers are agreed on't, and you'd have meShew you the readiest way, how to accost herNegatively, I will demonstrate instantly.
Fred.
I shall observe your doctrine most exactly.
Newm.
Pray observe,You must not then accost her with a shrug,As you were lowzie, with your Lady, sweet Lady,Or most super-excellent Lady,Nor in the Spanish garbe, with a state face,As you had new been eating of a Raddish,And meant to swallow her for mutton to't:Nor let your words, as that I'm most afraid of,('Cause 'tis your naturall mood) come rumbling forth,Usher'd with a good full-mouth'd oath, I love you:But speake the language of an overcomming Lover;I doe not meane that strange pedanticke phrase,Us'd by some gallants, who doe aime at wit,And make themselves starke asses by't, praise their mistressesByth' Sun and stars, while the poore girles imagine,They meane their signes, their Mercers or PerfumersInhabit at (for sure beyond those PlanetsThey've studied no Astrologie) but you mustIn gentle, free, and genuine phrase deliverYour true affection, praise her eye, her lip,Her nose, her cheeke, her chin, her neck, her brest,Her hand, her foot, her leg, her every thing,And leave your roses and your lillies forYour country froes, to make nosegayes of:But stay, here comes your Mistris, her father too,In conference; fall on my Mirmidon,
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While we retreat.
Int. Waymar, Emilia.
Alber.
Speed your endevors, brother.
Ex. Newm. Alber
Waym.
'Tis so concluded 'twixt me and her father,For both our goods, be not you nice Emilia,The noble youth's so furnish'd with all worth,You needs must like him.
Emilia.
Good sir give me license,To let my eye direct my heart to love,And if young Fredericke be the master ofSuch absolute gifts, doubt not but I shall find them.
Waym.
My Lord I'm gladOf this faire interview I and my daughterWere even conferring of you; sir as yetShe's something timorous, dreads a Souldiers lookes.
Fred.
She needs not sir.She beares a spell about her that would charmeA Scythians native fiercenesse into softnesse,Those spirit-breathing eyes, my Lord, which canKill as they please, or quicken with a glance.
Waym.
Now they are enter'd,Ile steale away and leave them.
Fred.
Gentle Lady,To make the addresses of my love-sicke heart,Plaine and apparent to you, that you may,Search through my soule, and find it all your creature,Give me your patient hearing.
Emil.
'Tis a request,Might tax my manners, should I deny it toOne of your noble quality; use your pleasure.
Fred.
Which consistsIn viewing your bright beauty, the ideaOf all perfections, which the jealous heavensDurst ever lend to earth-divinest Lady,The gentle ayre which circumscribes your cheeke,Leaving its panting kisses on the flowres,That in that Tempe blossome, does not love
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Those fields of purity more then mine eyes do,Mine, Lady, is a holy,An intellectual zeale, such as the AngelsAnd Saints, who know no sexes do affect by,Past imitation too, should they who striveTo trace me, take the constancy of Swans,Or never-changing Turtles, as their patternes.
Emilia.
Sir, it seemesYou've studied complement as well as Armes,But he's a foolish Lover, who to gaineHis Mistris, dare not promise what you have utter'd, but I mustHave more then verball assurance of your love.
Fred.
By your faire selfe I'm reall, do intend,What I've deliver'd with as much true zeale,As Anchorits do their prayers: I love your minde,Your excellent minde, and for its sake, the pureShrine, which containes that blessing, this fair building,This pallace of all happinesse, and intreat you,As you have mercy in you, to take pittyUpon my loves stern sufferings, and redresse them,By your consent to take me for your husband.
Emilia.
Sir you are an over-hasty Lover, to imagineI can at first sight of your person, beSurpriz'd and yeeld, they must be strong allurements,Must tempt a bashfull Virgin still inur'dTo no companion but her feares and blushes,To give her heart away, and live in thraldome,Unto a stranger.
Fred.
Love, Madam, has Eagles eyes; it can beget acquaintance,Even in a moment, suddenly as time,The time that does succeed it. Farewell.I will not have my over-hasty zeale,Urge your mild sufferance further, pray think on meAs one who've plaid my full extent of blisse,In your injoying, think you are the land wracke,By which the brittle vessell of my hopes,
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Must through Loves-swelling Ocean be directed,To a safe harbor, honour me to kisseYour faire hand; Lady now farewell, no blisseCan be in love, till we know what it is.
Exeunt.
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