Act. 1. Scen. 4.
Enter Bermudo.
Ber.
Of what aery substance is Mans soul
That still 'tis so ambitious to aspire?
The higher stil I am lifted, the more I covet.
Is there no end Heavens of our vain desires?
Cannot a Crown and Scepter stay our towr∣ing
thoughts?
But must we aim at things impossible?
Are we All compos'd of that same disputa∣ble
element
Whose question'd flames outstrips the
highest Region?
Is there no Earth commixt within us,
Or did we drop it at our first creation?
Enter Halisdus.
Thou envious Man, why com'st thou with a
face
So wretched, thus to check our joyes?
What sorrow 'ist thy tears does thus prog∣nosticate?
Hal.
I now lament the wofull fruits
Of your dire cruelty: Oh too much wrong∣ed
Princess!
Wretched Desdonella!
Ber.
What of her? Perhaps her passion
Has caus'd her to lay violent hands upon her
self.
Is't not so?
Hal.
Your Highness is too true a Prophet,
For the wofull Princess when as the fatall
newes
Of her dear brothers Misery, resounding in
her ears
Was seconded by the late publish't edict,
Knowing