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The fox Ateukin, cursed parasite,

Incens'd your grace to send the wolf abroad,
The French-born Jaques, for to end my days:
He, traitorous man, pursu'd me in the woods,
And left me wounded, where this noble knight
Both rescu'd me and mine, and sav'd my life.
Now keep thy promise; Dorothea lives;
Give Anderson his due and just reward:
And since, you kings, your wars began by me,
Since I am safe, return, surcease your fight.
K. OF SCOTS. Durst I
presume to look upon

eyes,

Which I have tired with a world of woes,
Or did I think submission were enough,
Or sighs might make an entrance to my soul,

those

You heavens, you know how willing I would weep;
You heavens can tell how glad I would submit;
You heavens can say, how firmly I would sigh.
DOR. Shame me not, prince, companion in thy bed:
Youth hath misled,—tut, but a little fault;
'Tis kingly to amend what is amiss.

Might I with twice as many pains as these
Unite our hearts, then should my wedded lord
See how incessant labours I would take.

My gracious father, govern your affects:

Give me that hand, that oft hath blest this head,
And clasp thine arms, that have embrac'd this [neck],
About the shoulders of my wedded spouse.
Ah, mighty prince! this king and I am one;
Spoil thou his subjects, thou despoilest me;
Touch thou his breast, thou dost attaint this heart :
O, be my father then in loving him!

K. OF ENG. Thou provident kind mother of increase,
Thou must prevail, ah, nature, thou must rule!
Hold, daughter, join my hand and his in one;
I will embrace him for to favour thee:

I call him friend, and take him for

my son.

DOR. Ah, royal husband, see what God hath wrought!

Thy foe is now thy friend. Good men at arms, Do you the like. These nations if they join, What monarch, with his liege-men, in this world, Dare but encounter you in open field?

K. OF SCOTS. All wisdom, join'd with godly piety! Thou English king, pardon my former youth; And pardon, courteous queen, my great misdeed: And, for assurance of mine after life,

I take religious vows before my God,

To honour thee for father,* her for wife.

SIR CUTH. But yet my boons, good princes, are not past.

First, English king, I humbly do request,
That by your means our princess may unite
Her love unto mine aldertruest love,

Now you will love, maintain, and help them both.
K. OF ENG. Good Anderson, I grant thee thy re-

quest.

SIR CUTH. But you, my prince, must yield me mickle more.

nobles are your

chiefest states,

You know your
And long time have been banish'd from your court:
Embrace, and reconcile them to yourself:

They are your hands, whereby you ought to work.
As for Ateukin, and his lewd compeers,

That sooth'd you in your sins and youthly pomp,
Exile, torment, and punish such as they;
For greater vipers never may be found
Within a state than such aspiring heads,

That reck not how they climb, so that they climb.
K. OF SCOTS. Guid knight, I grant thy suit. First
I submit,

*father] The 4to. "favour."

+SIR CUTH.] The 4to. gives to Lady Anderson this, and the next speech of Sir Cuthbert Anderson.

aldertruest] i. e. truest of all: alder being used as the genitive of all. So Chaucer alderfirst, and Shakespeare alderliefest.

And humble crave a pardon of

your Grace.
Next, courteous queen, I pray thee by thy loves
Forgive mine errors past, and pardon me.
My lords and princes, if I have misdone,
As I have wrong'd indeed both you and yours,
Hereafter trust me, you are dear to me.

As for Ateukin, whoso finds the man,

Let him have martial law, and straight be hang'd, As all his vain abettors now are dead.*

And, Anderson, our treasurer shall pay

Three thousand marks for friendly recompence.

NANO. But, princes, whilst you friend it thus in Methinks of friendship Nano shall have none. [one, DOR. What would my dwarf, that I will not besstow?

NANO. My boon, fair queen, is this, that you would go:

Although my body is but small and neat,

My stomach, after toil, requireth meat:
An easy suit, dread princes, will you wend?

K. of Scors. Art thou a pigmy born, my pretty friend?

NANO. Not so, great king, but nature, when she

fram'd me,

Was scant of earth, and Nano therefore nam'd me;
And, when she saw my body was so small,
She gave me wit, to make it big withal.

K. OF ENG. Till time when

DOR. Eat then.

K. OF ENG. My friend, it stands with wit,
To take repast when stomach serveth it.
DOR. Thy policy, my Nano, shall prevail.

As all his vain abettors now are dead] The 4to;
"As (all his vain arbitters now are divided).”

+ NANO] The 4to. "L. AND."

Till time when] To this and the next speech of the King of England the 4to. prefixes "K." Part of the text appears to be wanting here.

Come, royal father, enter we my tent:
And, soldiers, feast it, frolic it, like friends.
My princes, bid this kind and courteous train
Partake some favours of our late accord.
Thus wars have end, and, after dreadful hate,
Men learn at last to know their good estate.

[Exeunt omnes.

GEORGE-A-GREENE, THE PINNER

OF WAKEFIELD.

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