Enter FOLLY. Fol. I sweat like a pamper'd jade of Asia,3 and drop like a cob-nut out of Africa- Enter a Forester. Fores. Back! whither go you ? [Fol.] Oyes! this way. Fores. None must pass : Here's kept no open court; our queen this day Rides forth a-hunting, and the air being hot, She will not have rude throngs so stifle her. Back! [Exeunt. SCENE III.—The Court of Summer. Enter SUMMER and DELIGHT. Sum. And did break her heart then? Del. Yes, with disdain. Sum. The heart of my dear mother-nurse, the Spring! I'll break his heart for't: had she not a face, Del. The Graces sat On her fair eyelids ever; but his youth, 3 I sweat like a pamper'd jade of Asia, &c.] This bombast is from Marlow, and has run the gauntlet through every dramatic writer, from Shakspeare to Ford. The cobnut of Africa is less familiar to us; literally, it means a large nut; but I know of no fruit with that specific name. (They call her Humour, and her parasite Folly) He cast the sweet Spring off, and turn'd us from him; Yet his celestial kinsman, for young Raybright hither To see thy glorious court, sends me before In care for him.— my hours [Recorders The SUN appears above. Sum. Obey your charge!-Oh, thou builder [Kneels. Of me, thy handmaid! landlord of my life! Life of my love! throne where my glories sit! Now I but see thee. Sun. Rise! [she rises.] Is Raybright come yet? Del. Not yet. Sun. Be you indulgent over him; Enter PLENTY. And lavish thou thy treasure. Plen. Our princely cousin Raybright, your Darling, and the world's delight. Is come. Sun. Who with him? Plen. A goddess in a woman, Attended by a prating saucy fellow, Call'd Folly. Sun. They'll confound him But he shall run [his course;] go and receive him. [Exit PLENTY. Sum. Your sparkling eyes, and his arrival, draws Heaps of admirers; earth itself will sweat To bear our weights. Vouchsafe, bright power, to borrow Winds not too rough from Æolus, to fan Our glowing faces. Sun. I will: ho, Æolus! Unlock the jail, and lend a wind or two To fan my girl, the Summer. Eol. (Within.) I will. Sun. No roarers. Eol. (Within.) No. Sun. Quickly. Eol. (Within.) Fly, you slaves! Summer sweats; cool her. [Hoboys.-The SUN takes his seat above. Enter RAYBRIGHT, HUMOUR, PLENTY, FOLLY, Country-fellows, and Wenches. SONG. Haymakers, rakers, reapers, and mowers, Dress up with musk-rose her eglantine bowers, Daffodils strew the green; Sing, dance, and play, The Sun does bravely shine Rich as a pearl Comes every girl, This is mine, this is mine, this is mine; Let us die, ere away they be borne. Bow to the Sun, to our queen, and that fair one Come to behold our sports: Each bonny lass here is counted a rare one, These and we With country glee, Will teach the woods to resound, And the hills with echoes hollow: Their bleating dams, 'Mongst kids shall trip it round; For joy thus our wenches we follow. Wind, jolly huntsmen, your neat bugles shrilly, Hounds make a lusty cry; Spring up, you falconers, the partridges freely, Then let your brave hawks fly.. Horses amain, Over ridge, over plain, The dogs have the stag in chase: And sousing kills with a grace! Now the deer falls; hark! how they ring [The SUN by degrees is clouded. Sum. Leave off; the Sun is angry, and has drawn A cloud before his face. Del. He is vex'd to see That proud star shine [so] near you,* at whose rising The Spring fell sick and died; think what I told you, His coyness will kill you else Sum. It cannot.-Fair prince, Though your illustrious name has touch'd mine ear, Till now I never saw you; nor never saw A man, whom I more love, more hate. Ray. Ha, lady! Sum. For him I love you, from whose glittering rays You boast your great name; for that name I hate you, Because you kill'd my mother and my nurse. never Hold you by the hand again. Sum. You have free leave To thrust your arm into our treasury, 4 Del. He is vex'd to see That proud star shine so near you.] The quarto gives this speech to Humour; but she is evidently the proud star to whom it refers. It must stand as it is now regulated. |