Part 34

Buss. It must be shortly, then, For his dark words have tyed my thoughts on knots 165 Till he dissolve and free them.

Tam. In meane time, Deare servant, till your powerfull voice revoke him, Be sure to use the policy he advis'd; Lest fury in your too quick knowledge taken Of our abuse, and your defence of me, 170 Accuse me more than any enemy. And, father, you must on my lord impose Your holiest charges, and the Churches power, To temper his hot spirit, and disperse The cruelty and the bloud I know his hand 175 Will showre upon our heads, if you put not Your finger to the storme, and hold it up, As my deare servant here must doe with Monsieur.

Buss. Ile sooth his plots, and strow my hate with smiles, Till all at once the close mines of my heart 180 Rise at full date, and rush into his bloud: Ile bind his arme in silk, and rub his flesh To make the veine swell, that his soule may gush Into some kennell where it longs to lie; And policy shall be flanckt with policy. 185 Yet shall the feeling Center where we meet Groane with the wait of my approaching feet: Ile make th'inspired threshals of his Court Sweat with the weather of my horrid steps, Before I enter: yet will I appeare 190 Like calme security before a ruine. A politician must, like lightning, melt The very marrow, and not taint the skin: His wayes must not be seene; the superficies Of the greene Center must not taste his feet, 195 When hell is plow'd up with his wounding tracts, And all his harvest reap't by hellish facts. Exeunt.

Finis Actus Quarti.

LINENOTES:

Enter D'Ambois and Frier and 1-19 I am . . . despaire. A omits.

18 th. Emend, ed.; B, th.

Tamira enters. A, she enters. Pero, her maid. Emend. Dilke; A, her maid; B, Pero and her maid.

22 curst. A omits.

25 After this line A has Father, followed by stage direction: Ascendit Bussy with Comolet.

28-31 Our love is knowne; . . . but he. Omitted in A, which has instead:--

Buss. What insensate stocke, Or rude inanimate vapour without fashion.

He puts on his robes. A omits.

Thunder. A omits.

78 Articulat. In some copies of B this is printed: Articular.

80 one. A; B, on.

103 [Fri.] Emend, ed.; Qq, Monsieur.

113 where you may. A, wherein you.

Enter . . . letter. A omits.

Mont[surry] . . . exit. Emend. ed.; A, Exit Mont., which it places after y'faith in l. 140; B, Exit Mont. and stabs Pero.]

143 rather be a bitter. A, be, at least, if not a.

145 To you . . . me? A omits. Enter servant. A omits.

155 die. A, stay.

156 In. A, With. her. Emend. Dilke; Qq, his. See note, p. 159.

162 And curb . . . policies. A, And let him curb his rage with policy.

193 taint. A, print.

197 by. A, from.

ACTUS QUINTI SCENA PRIMA.