836 Count. Porter,
remember what I gaue in charge,
837And when you haue done
so,
bring the Keyes to me.
838Port. Madame,
I will.
Exit. 839 Count. The Plot is layd, if all things fall out right,
840I
shall as famous be by this exploit,
841As Scythian
Tomyris by
Cyrus death.
842Great is the rumour of this dreadfull Knight,
843And his atchieuements of no le
sse account:
844Faine would mine eyes be witne
sse with mine eares,
845To giue their cen
sure of the
se rare reports.
846 Enter Messenger and Talbot. 847 Mess. Madame,
according as your Lady
ship de
sir'd,
848By Me
ssage crau'd,
so is Lord
Talbot come.
849 Count. And he is welcome: what
? is this the man
? 851 Count. Is this the Scourge of France?
852Is this the
Talbot,
so much fear'd abroad?
853That with his Name the Mothers
still their Babes?
854I
see Report is fabulous and fal
se.
855I thought I
should haue
seene
some
Hercules,
856A
second
Hector, for his grim a
spe
ct,
857And large proportion of his
strong knit Limbes.
858Alas, this is a Child, a
silly Dwarfe:
859It cannot be, this weake and writhled
shrimpe
860Should
strike
such terror to his Enemies.
861 Talb. Madame, I haue beene bold to trouble you:
862But
since your Lady
ship is not at ley
sure,
863Ile
sort
some other time to vi
sit you.
864 Count. What meanes he now?
865Goe aske him,
whither he goes?
866 Mess. Stay my Lord
Talbot, for my Lady craues,
867To know the cau
se of your abrupt departure?
868 Talb. Marry,
for that
shee's in a wrong beleefe,
869I goe to certi
fie her
Talbot'
s here.
870 Enter Porter with Keyes. 871 Count. If thou be he,
then art thou Pri
soner.
872 Talb. Pri
soner? to whom?
873 Count. To me, blood-thir
stie Lord:
874And for that cau
se I trayn'd thee to my Hou
se.
875Long time thy
shadow hath been thrall to me,
876For in my Gallery thy Pi
cture hangs:
877But now the
sub
stance
shall endure the like,
878And I will chayne the
se Legges and Armes of thine,
879That ha
st by Tyrannie the
se many yeeres
880Wa
sted our Countrey,
slaine our Citizens,
881And
sent our Sonnes and Hu
sbands captiuate.
883 Count. Laughe
st thou Wretch?
884Thy mirth
shall turne to moane.
885 Talb. I laugh to
see your Lady
ship
so fond,
886To thinke,
that you haue ought but
Talbots shadow,
887Whereon to pra
cti
se your
seueritie.
888 Count. Why
? art not thou the man
? 890 Count. Then haue I
sub
stance too.
891 Talb. No,
no, I am but
shadow of my
selfe:
892You are deceiu'd, my
sub
stance is not here;
893For what you
see,
is but the
smalle
st part,
894And lea
st proportion of Humanitie:
895I tell you Madame,
were the whole Frame here,
896It is of
such a
spacious loftie pitch,
897Your Roofe were not
su
fficient to contayn't.
898 Count. This is a Riddling Merchant for the nonce,
899He will be here,
and yet he is not here:
900How can the
se contrarieties agree?
901 Talb. That will I
shew you pre
sently.
902 Winds his Horne, Drummes strike vp, a Peale 903of Ordenance: Enter Souldiors. 904How
say you Madame? are you now per
swaded,
905That
Talbot is but
shadow of him
selfe?
906The
se are his
sub
stance,
sinewes,
armes,
and
strength,
907With which he yoaketh your rebellious Neckes,
908Razeth your Cities,
and
subuerts your Townes,
909And in a moment makes them de
solate.
910 Count. Vi
ctorious
Talbot,
pardon my abu
se,
911I
finde thou art no le
sse then Fame hath bruited,
912And more then may be gathered by thy
shape.
913Let my pre
sumption not prouoke thy wrath,
914For I am
sorry, that with reuerence
915I did not entertaine thee as thou art.
916 Talb. Be not di
smay'd,
faire Lady,
nor mi
scon
ster
917The minde of
Talbot, as you did mi
stake
918The outward compo
sition of his body.
919What you haue done,
hath not o
ffended me:
920Nor other
satisfa
ction doe I craue,
921But onely with your patience,
that we may
922Ta
ste of your Wine,
and
see what Cates you haue,
923For Souldiers
stomacks alwayes
serue them well.
924 Count. With all my heart, and thinke me honored,
925To fea
st so great a Warrior in my Hou
se.
Exeunt.