The Duke of Milan Author:Philip Massinger Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Fran. Thou, then, art nothing : Thy life is in my power, disdainful woman ! Think on't, and tremble. Marc. No, with my curses Of horror to thy conscience... more » in this life, And pains in hell hereafter, I defy thee. [Exit. Fran. I am lost In the discovery of this fatal secret. Curs'd hope, that flatter'd me, that wrongs could make her A stranger to her goodness ! all my plots Turn back upon myself; but I am in, And must go on : and, since I have put off From the shore of innocence, guilt be now my pilot! [Exit, . . : r ..r ACT III. SCENE I. The Imperial Camp, before Pavia. Enter Medina, Hernando, and Alphonso. Med. The spoil, the spoil! 'tis that the soldier fights for. Our victory, as yet, affords us nothing But wounds and empty honour. 'J' . Hern. Hell put it in The enemy's mind to be desperate, and hold out! Yieldings and compositions will undo Us ; And what is that way given, for the most part, Comes to the emperor : the poor soldier left To starve, or fill up hospitals. Alph. But, when We enter towns by force, and carve ourselves, Pleasure with pillage— Med, I long to be at it. . .. Hern. My main hope is, .. ..-: . . . To begin the sport at Milan : there's enough, And of all kinds of pleasure we can wish for, To satisfy the most covetous. Alph. Every day, We look for a remove. Med. For Lodowick Sforza, . The Duke of Milan, I, on mine own knowledge, Can say thus much : he is too much a soldier, Too confident of his own worth, too rich too, And understands too well the emperor hates him, To hope for composition. . : Alph. On my life, : , We need not fear his coming in. Hern. On mine, I do not wish it :. I had rather that, To shew his valour, he'd put us to the trouble To fetch him in by the ears...« less