hand
Here of thys pap[er] maks a regyster [_Gives the letter_.
Of myscheives above wonder. Who reads thys,
Thoughe flynte, must melt in pyttie.

_Bus_. Dye all my hopes, & in thys masse of shame
Be buryed both my memorye & name.
[_Ex. La Busse_.

_Gan_. What a lardge passage or cyrcompherence
Theise prynces make to come unto the way
Which lyes before theire nosses! tys lost wytt
To seeke an engyne for the desperatt,
Why, deathes in all he looks on; but to hope
Saftye were more then dyetye[105] can promysse.
Let it suffyce all's true, & thus I rest:
If I dye once, not ever, I am blest.

_Char_. I am amazd: what I have reade & heard
Tournes me like _Gorgon_ into senclessnes.
He speaks heare of a rynge, a wytchcraft rynge,
By which I was inchaunted to hys syster.
Where is that damned juell?

_Tur_. Here in my safe possessyon, thys is it,
Which at her deathe, lodgd underneathe her tonge,
I found by carefull searche. Good deare sir, keepe it
And hencefourthe onlye love your royall selfe.
The spell is past example, & hys synne
Can onlye ballance downe the wyckednes.

_Gan_. Butt I confes it, & the sorcerrer
That made it I did murder conynglye,
And at her deathe had I recompast it,
I had beene kynge of _Fraunce_. Thys noble knave
Was pryvie to the passadge.

_Did_. Tys toe late
Nowe to denye it: deathe never bryngs hys smarte
But when a strycks gaynst lawe or gaynst desarte.

_Char_. Away with them, & see theym presentlye
Broken uppon the wheele.
[_Ex. Gan. Did. & guard_.
Nephewe, for you
I give you freelye here the realme of _Spayne_
And all domynions in it; for your guarde
Ten thousand of our best _Frenche_ gentyllmen.
And wishe your fortunes like your valure be
The best of everye lived posterytie.

_Orl_. Sir[106], you doe bynde me to eternall servyce
Bothe in your love & justyce, for we fynde
Th'instructyons that on evyll men depends
Is to compare theire projects with theire ends.

[_Exe_.

FINIS. [Greek: Telos]

Terminat hora diem, terminat Author opus.

Nella [Greek: ph d ph n r] la B.[107]

INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF _THE TRYALL OF CHEVALRY_.

This play was printed in 1605, and is stated on the title-page to have
been "lately acted by the right Honorable the Earle of Darby his
servants." It has not been reprinted, and copies of the old quarto are