spirit, 'tis a good spirit;
For with her body living ill she knew not;
And with her body dead ill cannot meddle.
MRS ART. Who am I? Or where am I?
ANS. O, she speaks,
And by her language now I know she lives.
MRS ART. O, who can tell me where I am become?
For in this darkness I have lost myself;
I am not dead, for I have sense and life:
How come I then in this coffin buried?
ANS. Anselm, be bold; she lives, and destiny
Hath train'd thee hither to redeem her life.
MRS ART. Lives any 'mongst these dead? none but myself?
ANS. O yes, a man, whose heart till now was dead,
Lives and survives at your return to life:
Nay, start not; I am Anselm, one who long
Hath doted on your fair perfection,
And, loving you more than became me well,
Was hither sent by some strange providence,
To bring you from these hollow vaults below,
To be a liver in the world again.
MRS ART. I understand you, and I thank the heavens,
That sent you to revive me from this fear,
And I embrace my safety with good-will.
_Enter_ AMINADAB _with two or three_ BOYS.
AMIN. _Mane citus lectum fuge, mollem discute somnum,
Templa petas supplex, et venerate deum_.
Shake off thy sleep, get up betimes,
Go to the church and pray,
And, never fear, God will thee hear,
And keep thee all the day.
Good counsel, boys; observe it, mark it well;
This early rising, this _diluculo_
Is good both for your bodies and your minds:
'Tis not yet day; give me my tinder-box;
Meantime, unloose your satchels and your books:
Draw, draw, and take you to your lessons, boys.
1ST BOY. O Lord, master, what's that in the white sheet?
AMIN. In the white sheet, my boy? _Dic ubi_, where?
1ST BOY. _Vide_, master, _vide illic_, there.
AMIN. O, _Domine, Domine_, keep us from evil,
A charm from flesh, the world, and the devil!
[_Exeunt_.
MRS ART. O, tell me not my husband was ingrate,
Or that he did attempt to poison me,
Or that he laid me here, and I was dead;
These are no means at all to win my love.
ANS. Sweet mistress, he bequeath'd you to the earth;
You promis'd him to be his wife till death,
And you have kept your promise: but now, since
The world, your husband, and your friends suppose
That you are dead, grant me but one request,
And I will swear never to solicit more
Your sacred thoughts to my dishonest love.
MRS ART. So your demand may be no prejudice
To my chaste name, no wrong unto my husband,
No suit th
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