sound musicke within.
Enter the King, Pharamont, the
Princesse, the Lady Gallatea,
the Lady Megra, a Gentlewoman, loith Lords attending,
the King takes his seate.
KING. Faire Prince,
Since
heavens great guider furthers our intents,
And
brought you with safety here to arrive
Within
our Kingdome and Court of Cycele,
We
bid you most welcome, Princely Pharamont,
And
that our Kingly bounty shall confirme,
Even
whilst the Heavens hold so propitious aspect
Wee’le
crowne your wisht desires (with our owne)
Lend me your hand sweet
Prince, hereby enjoy
A full fruition of your best contents,
The interest I hold I doe possesse
you with,
Onely a fathers care, and prayers
retaine,
That heaven may heape on blessings,
take her Prince,
A sweeter Mistrisse then the offered
Language of any dame,
were she a Queene whose eye speakes
common Loves,
and comfort to her servants:
Last Noble son, for so I
[now must call
you, what I have done thus publik,
is not to add a comfort
[in particular
to you or mee, but all, and to confirme
the Nobles and the
Gentrie of our Kingdom’e by
oath to your succession: which
[shall
be within this moneth at most.
l. 28. B—E] nor Lords, nor Ladyes. l. 33. B and C] desired. l. 34. Folio] ghess.
p. 76, l. 1. B and C] Faith sir. l. 8. F] for me.
p. 77, l. 1. B and C] Faith, I thinke. l. 29. B] quickly to bee. l. 33. D—H] To give a stranger. l. 35. In B—H bracket ends with this line. l. 37. F, G, H and the Folio misprint] your daughter. l. 38. C, D and E] your subjects.
p. 78, l. 9. E—H] I making. l. 13. B] To talke of her. l. 22. B omits] a. l. 29. A] when it is. l. 30. A—E] is wrong’d.
p. 79, l. 4. A] And in me. l. 5. A, B and C] By more then all the gods, I hold it happy. D and E] By more then all my hopes I hold it happy (A—E repeat happy at beginning of next line). l. 9. A] rotting age. l. 10. A—H] Open. l. 15. A] finde it out. l. 16. A, B and C] And tye it to this Countrey. By all the gods. l. 17. A] as easie to the subjects. l. 27. A] Miracles. l. 30. A prints this stage-direction after the word ‘shape’ in l. 32. l. 31. A] he’le sell him, he has so be praised his shape. B—G] sell himself. l. 33. A] large praises. ll. 34 and 35. A] Let mee bee swallowed quicke, if I can finde all the Anatomy of yon mans vertues unseene to sound enough. l. 37. A, B and C] of trifles. l. 39. A omits] And.
p. 80, l. 1. A] for favour. l. 3. A, B and C] how pale he lookes, he feares. l. 4. A] And this same whoresone conscience, ah how it jades us. l. 5. B] intent. l. 6. A] speak on. l. 11. F and G] turn’d. l. 15. A] sweet Princesse. l. 25. A, B and C add after] ashes, as I. l. 26. F] goes. l. 30. A] his hidden bowels. l. 31. A, B and C] By the just gods it shall. l. 35. A] I Prince of popines, I will make it well appeare. l. 40. A] Turcle.