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T H E WORKS OF J O H N DRYDEN

Editor

VINTON A. DEARING
LUME SlXTEE

EDITOR

Vinton A. Dearing
 VOLUME XVI

The Works
of John Dryden

Plays
KING A R T H U R
CLEOMENES
LOVE T R I U M P H A N T
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PILGRIM

University of California Press

Berkeley Los Angeles London
1996
 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, LTD.

London, England

The copy texts of this edition have been drawn in the

main from the Dry den Collection of the
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

Copyright © 1996 by The Regents of the University of California

ISBN: 0-5*0-08166-6
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: ¡5-7149
Designed by Ward Ritchie
 To
Mary Dearing Langworthy
Timothy Harvard Langworthy
John Vinton Langworthy
 The preparation of this volume of the California edition of
The Works of John Dryden has been made possible in part
by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humani-
ties, an independent federal agency, and by a matching grant
from The UCLA Foundation.
Preface

In Dryden's last decade he brought before the theatergoing pub-

lic a dramatic opera, a tragedy, a tragicomedy, and appendages to
an old comedy by John Fletcher, revived and revised in part so
that Dryden might have the profits of its third night. By the ac-
cident that Henry Purcell wrote the music for the opera, it is
still produced from time to time. Also, the words of The Secular
Masque, Dryden's major contribution to The Pilgrim, still find
their place in anthologies. Accompanying this spectrum of the
dramatic kinds Dryden provided wide-ranging reports from the
fighting front as he, an experienced member of the theatrical
community who was also an endless experimenter, aesthetician,
political commentator, and moralist, met attacking forces of
various kinds. We wish to thank those who have helped us look
over Dryden's shoulder as he sat writing in the front room on
the ground floor of his house in Gerrard Street, the site of the
present number 44 in what is today the heart of London's China-
town.
Besides the National Endowment for the Humanities and
The UCLA Foundation, whose grants-in-aid are acknowledged
elsewhere, I wish to thank Chancellor Charles E. Young and
the Research Committee of the University of California, Los
Angeles, for sabbatical leave and additional grants-in-aid. I am
also grateful to former Vice-Chancellor William D. Schaefer for
encouragement and support.
Those who have given time and effort to producing the Cali-
fornia Dryden owe a great debt to the staffs of the libraries and
other institutions they have visited or who have responded to
requests of various kinds. First among these is necessarily the
staff of the William Andrews Clark Library, on whose collections
the edition principally rests. We trust that other librarians and
the public whose gifts and taxes support their institutions, will
feel our gratitude for benefits bestowed even if we have not un-
dertaken to be more specific.
In 1995, the tercentenary of Henry Purcell's death, two pro-
ductions of his and Dryden's opera King Arthur came on stage,
one in Europe, one in the United States. The historical staging
of the American production made us see what thefirstaudience
viii Preface

saw, the modern staging of the European production made us feel

what the first audience felt. A research grant from The UCLA
Foundation allowed me to attend performances of both produC'
tions, and the following people answered questions about them:
J. Thomas Boggs, Paul Brown, designer of the European produc-
tion, Jack Edwards, director of the American production, Cor-
mac Simms of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, and
Professor Tamie Watters. Some years previously, Dr. Kay Lipton
and Professor Harris Saunders had helped me describe the music
in the opera, and after I had refocussed and added to my descrip-
tion on the basis of what I had seen and heard on the stage, Pro-
fessor Saunders was kind enough to read over the new material.
The following persons have helped in one way or another with
the preparation of this volume, some by their typing skills, some
by their research, editorial or proofreading skills: Jane Abelson,
Evajane Boranian, Wendy Rose Bryden, Professor Susan Car-
magno, Professor Dianne Dugaw, Professor Walter Ellis, Frances
Farrell, Christine Ferris, Barbara Foxe, Jeanette Dearborn Gilki-
son, Nina Anne Greeley, Robert Hunt, Shirley Kahlert, Jill
Kuhn, Ronald Lear, Dr. Geraldine Moyle, Professor Susan Jane
Owen, Sherry Rader, Gayle Shattuck, Hugh Stocks and Diann
Vanzile.
I am especially grateful to Mrs. Geneva Phillips, our Managing
Editor, and to Mrs. Grace Stimson, the latter for editing the
manuscript and for preparing it for the printer, and the former
for participating in research herself as well as coordinating the
researches of others and acting as liaison with the press.
V. A. D.
Contents

King Arthur, or The British Worthy 1

Cleomenes, the Spartan Heroe 71
Love Triumphant, or Nature Will Prevail 167
Contributions to The Pilgrim, by John Fletcher, revised by
Sir John Vanbrugh a6i
Prologue 263
Epilogue 265
Song of a Scholar to His Mistress 268
The Secular Masque 270
Commentary 275
Textual Notes 435
Appendixes
A. Henry Purcell's Music for King Arthur 475
B. The Life of Cleomenes, by Plutarch, translated by
Thomas Creech 515
Index to the Commentary 535
Illustrations

A PERFORMANCE OF The Secular Masque AT THE

W I L L I A M ANDREWS C L A R K MEMORIAL LIBRARY Frontispiece
TITLE PAGE OF King Arthur 2
FRONTISPIECE TO KING ARTHUR ( 1 7 3 5 ) FACING PAGE 53
T I T L E PAGE OF CLEOMENES 72
FRONTISPIECE TO C LEOMENES ( 1 7 35) FACING PAGE 165
T I T L E PAGE OF LOVE TRIUMPHANT 168
FRONTISPIECE TO LOVE TRIUMPHANT (1735) FACING PAGE 193
T I T L E PAGE OF THE PILGRIM 262
HALF TITLE OF The Secular Masque 267
A New Song in the Dramatick Opera, "Your
Hay it is Mow'd" (King Arthur) 507
A Song in the Dramatick Opera, "Fairest Isle"
{King Arthur) 508
 KING ARTHUR
OR

THE BRITISH WORTHY

King ARTHUR:
O R,

The Britifli Worthy.

A Dramatic^

O P E R A .
Perform'd at the QVEENS Theatre
By Their M A J E S T I E S Servants.

Written by Mr. D R V D E N.

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Et Celebrare Domenica fatta, Hor.

London, Printed for Jacob Tonfon, at the Judges-Head

in Chanccry-Lanc near Fleetjlreet.

TITLE PAGE OF THE FIRST EDITION (MACDONALD 91 A)

 King Arthur 3

T o the
MARQU1SS of HALLIFAX.

My LORD,

T
HIS Poem was the last Piece of Service, which I had the
Honour to do, for my Gracious Master, King Charles the
Second: And though he liv'd not to see the Performance
of it, on the Stage; yet the Prologue to it, which was the Opera of
Albion and Albanius, was often practis'd before Him at White-
hal, and encourag'd by His Royal Approbation. It was indeed a
Time, which was proper for Triumph, when He had overcome
all those Difficulties which for some Years had perplex'd His
10 Peaceful Reign: But when He had just restor'd His People to
their Senses, and made the latter End of His Government, of a
Piece with the Happy Beginning of it, He was on the suddain
snatch'd away, from the Blessings and Acclamations of His Sub-
jects, who arriv'd so late to the Knowledge of Him, that they had
but just time enough to desire Him longer, before they were to
part with Him for ever. Peace be with the Ashes of so Good a
King! Let His Humane Frailties be forgotten; and His Clem-
ency and Moderation (the inherent Virtues of His Family) be
remembred with a Grateful Veneration by Three Kingdoms,
20 through which He spread the Blessings of them. And, as your
Lordship held a principal Place in His Esteem, and perhaps the
first in His Affection, during His latter Troubles; the Success
which accompanied those prudent Counsels, cannot but reflect
an Honour on those few who manag'd them; and wrought out,
by their Faithfulness and Diligence, the Publick Safety. I might
dilate on the Difficulties which attended that Undertaking, the
Temper of the People, the Power, Arts and Interest of the con-
trary Party, but those are all of them Invidious Topicks; they
are too green in our Remembrance; and he who touches on them,
so Incedit per ignes, suppositos cineri doloso. But without reproach-

4 Opera] Opera QI-2, F, D. 5 and\ and QI-2, F, D.

4 King Arthur

ing one side to praise another, I may justly recommend to both,

those wholsom Counsels, which wisely administred, and as well
executed, were the Means of preventing a Civil War, and of ex-
tinguishing a growing Fire which was just ready to have broken
forth among us. So many Wives, who have yet their Husbands
in their Arms; so many Parents, who have not the Number of
their Children lessen'd; so many Villages, Towns and Cities,
whose Inhabitants are not decreas'd, their Property violated, or
their Wealth diminish'd, are yet owing to the sober Conduct,
and happy Results of your Advice. If a true Account may be ex-
pected by future Ages, from the present, your Lordship will be
delivered over to Posterity, in a fairer Character than I have
given: And be read, not in the Preface of a Play, (whose Author
is not vain enough to promise Immortality to others, or to hope
it for himself) but in many Pages of a Chronicle, fill'd with
Praises of your Administration. For if Writers be just to the
Memory of King CHARLES the Second, they cannot deny him
to have been an exact Knower of Mankind, and a perfect Dis-
tinguisher of their Talents. 'Tis true, his Necessities often forc'd
him to vary his Councellours and Councils, and sometimes to
employ such Persons in the Management of his Affairs, who were
rather fit for his present purpose, than satisfactory to his Judg-
ment: But where it was Choice in him, not Compulsion, he was
Master of too much good Sense to delight in heavy Conversation;
and whatever his Favourites of State might be, yet those of his
Affection, were Men of Wit. He was easie with these; and com-
ply'd only with the former: But in the latter part of his Life,
which certainly requir'd to be most cautiously manag'd, his secret
Thoughts were communicated but to few; and those selected of
that sort, who were Amici omnium Horarum, able to advise him
in a serious Consult, where his Honour and Safety were con-
cern'd; and afterwards capable of entertaining him with pleasant
Discourse, as well as profitable. In this Maturest part of his Age,
when he had been long season'd with Difficulties and Dangers,
and was grown to a Niceness in his Choice, as being satisfied how
few cou'd be trusted; and, of those who cou'd be trusted, how
il Ages,] comma failed to print in some copies of Qr.
 King Arthur 5
few cou'd serve him, he confined himself to a small Number of
Bosom Friends; amongst whom, the World is much mistaken, if
your Lordship was not first.
If the Rewards which you receiv'd for those Services, were only
Honours, it rather shew'd the Necessities of the Times, than any
want of Kindness in your Royal Master: And as the Splendour of
your Fortune stood not in need of being supported by the Crown,
so likewise in being satisfied without other Recompence, you
show'd your self to be above a Mercenary Interest; and strength-
10 en'd that Power, which bestowed those Titles on you: Which
truly speaking, were Marks of Acknowledgment more than Fa-
vour.
But, as a Skilful Pilot will not be tempted out to Sea, in sus-
pected Weather, so have you wisely chosen to withdraw your self
from publick Business, when the Face of Heaven grew troubled;
and the frequent shifting of the Winds foreshew'd a Storm:
There are Times and Seasons when the best Patriots are willing
to withdraw their Hands from the Commonwealth; as Phocion
in his latter Days was observ'd to decline the Management of
20 Affairs: Or, as Cicero, (to draw the Similitude more home) left
the Pulpit, for Tusculum, and the praise of Oratory, for the
sweet Enjoyments of a private Life: And, in the Happiness of
those Retirements, has more oblig'd Posterity by his Moral Pre-
cepts, than he did the Republick, in quelling the Conspiracy of
Catiline. What prudent Man, wou'd not rather follow the Exam-
ple of his Retreat, than stay like Cato, with a stubborn unsea-
sonable Virtue, to oppose the Torrent of the People, and at last
be driven from the Market-place by a Riot of a Multitude, un-
capable of Counsel, and deaf to Eloquence? There is likewise a
so Portion of our Lives, which every Wise Man may justly reserve
to his own peculiar use, and that without defrauding his Native
Country. A Roman Soldier was allow'd to plead the Merit of
his Services for his dismission at such an Age; and there was but
one Exception to that Rule, which was, an Invasion from the

8* Life:] Q i - s , F, D.
23-24 Moral Precepts] Moral Precepts Q1-2, F, D.
32 Country] Q2, F,D; Coutry Qi. 32 Roman] D; Roman Q1-2, F.
 6 King Arthur

Gauls. How far that, may work with your Lordship, I am not
certain; but I hope it is not coming to the Trial.
In the mean time, while the Nation is secur'd from Foreign
Attempts, by so powerful a Fleet, and we enjoy not only the
Happiness, but even the Ornaments of Peace, in the Diver tise-
ment of the Town, I humbly offer you this Trifle, which if it
succeed upon the Stage, is like to be the chiefest Entertainment
of our Ladies and Gentlemen this Summer. When I wrote it,
seven Years ago, I employ'd some reading about it, to inform
io my self out of Beda, Bochartus, and other Authors, concerning
the Rites and Customs of the Heathen Saxons; as I also us'd the
little Skill I have in Poetry to adorn it. But not to offend the
present Times, nor a Government which has hitherto protected
me, I have been oblig'd so much to alter the first Design, and
take away so many Beauties from the Writing, that it is now
no more what it was formerly, than the present Ship of the Royal
Sovereign, after so often taking down, and altering, is the Vessel
it was at the first Building. There is nothing better, than what
I intended, but the Musick; which has since arriv'd to a greater
20 Perfection in England, than ever formerly; especially passing
through the Artful Hands of Mr. Purcel, who has Compos'd it
with so great a Genius, that he has nothing to fear but an igno-
rant, ill-judging Audience. But the Numbers of Poetry and
Vocal Musick, are sometimes so contrary, that in many places
I have been oblig'd to cramp my Verses, and make them rugged
to the Reader, that they may be harmonious to the Hearer: Of
which I have no Reason to repent me, because these sorts of
Entertainment are principally design'd for the Ear and Eye; and
therefore in Reason my Art on this occasion, ought to be sub-
ao servient to his. And besides, I flatter my self with an Imagination,
that a Judicious Audience will easily distinguish betwixt the
Songs wherein I have comply'd with him, and those in which I

1 1 Saxons] Saxons Q i - i , F, D.
14 me,] Qi (second state), Qs, F, D; me, (and by a particular Favour wou'd
have continued me what I was, if I could have comply'd with the Terms which
were offered me) Qi (first state).
17 is] D; to Q i - a , F.
30 his.] Qi (first state), Qa, F, D; <-«/A Qi (second state).
38 Songs] Q i - 2 , F, D.
 King Arthur 7

have followed the Rules of Poetry, in the Sound and Cadence of

the Words. Notwithstanding all these Disadvantages, there is
somewhat still remaining of the first Spirit with which I wrote it:
And, though I can only speak by ghess, of what pleas'd my first
and best Patroness the Dutchess of Monmouth in the reading,
yet I will venture my Opinion, by the knowledge I have long
had of her Graces Excellent Judgment, and true taste of Poetry,
that the parts of the Airy and Earthy Spirits, and that Fairy kind
of writing, which depends only upon the Force of Imagination,
10 were the Grounds of her liking the Poem, and afterwards of
her Recommending it to the Queen. I have likewise had the
satisfaction to hear, that Her Majesty has Graciously been pleas'd
to peruse the Manuscript of this Opera, and given it Her Royal
Approbation. Poets, who subsist not but on the Favour of Sov-
ereign Princes, and of great Persons, may have leave to be a little
vain, and boast of their Patronage, who encourage the Genius
that animates them. And therefore I will again presume to ghess,
that Her Majesty was not displeas'd to find in this Poem the
Praises of Her Native Country; and the Heroick Actions of so
20 famous a Predecessor in the Government of Great Britain, as
King Arthur.
All this, My Lord, I must confess, looks with a kind of Insin-
uation, that I present you with somewhat not unworthy your
Protection: But I may easily mistake the Favour of Her Majesty
for Her Judgment: I think I cannot be deceiv'd in thus addres-
sing to your Lordship, whom I have had the Honour to know,
at that distance which becomes me, for so many Years. 'Tis true,
that formerly I have shadow'd some part of your Virtues, under
another Name; but the Character, though short and imperfect,
so was so true, that it broke through the Fable, and was discover'd
by its Native Light. What I pretend by this Dedication, is an
Honour which I do my self to Posterity, by acquainting them
that I have been conversant with the first Persons of the Age in
which I liv'd; and thereby perpetuate my Prose, when my Verses

s Words.] Qi (first state), Qs, F, D; ~ A Qi (second state).

11 Queen.] Qi (first state), Qg, F, D; Qi (second state).
13 Opera] Opera Q 1 - 2 , F, D.
14 Approbation.] Qi (first state), Q2, F, D; Qi (second state).
8 King Arthur

may possibly be forgotten, or obscur'd by the Fame of Future

Poets: Which Ambition, amongst my other Faults and Imperfec-
tions, be pleased to pardon, in

My LORD,

Your Lordships most Obedient Servant,

John Dryden.
2 Poets:] Qi-g, F, D.
 King Arthur 9

Prologue to the OPERA,

Spoken by Mr. Betterton.

S
URE there's a Dearth of Wit in this dull Town,
When silly Plays so savourly go down:
As when Clipp'd Money passes, 'tis a sign
A Nation is not over-stock'd with Coin.
Happy is he, who, in his own Defence,
Can Write just level to your humble Sence;
Who higher than your Pitch can never go;
And doubtless, he must creep, who Writes below.
So have I seen in Hall of Knight, or Lord,
10 A weak Arm, throw on a long Shovel-Board,
He barely lays his Piece, bar Rubs and Knocks,
Secur'd by Weakness not to reach the Box.
A Feeble Poet will his Bus'ness do; \
Who straining all he can, comes up to you: /
For if you like your Selves, you like him too. )
An Ape his own Dear Image will embrace;
An ugly Beau adores a Hatchet Face:
So some of you, on pure instinct of Nature,
Are led, by Kind, t' admire your fellow Creature:
so In fear of which, our House has sent this Day,
T' insure our New-Built-Vessel, call'd a Play:
No sooner Nam'd, than one crys out, These Stagers
Come in good time, to make more Work for Wagers.
The Town divides, if it will take, or no; "J
The Courtiers Bet, the Cits, the Merchants too; >
A sign they have but little else to do. )

Qia lacks prologue.

17 ugly Beau] Mi; ugly Beau Qib, Q2, F, D.
19 Creature:] M i ; Q i b , Q2,F, D.
s i Play:] Qib, Qs, F, D; Mi.
88-23 These . . . Wagers] in italics in Qib, Qi, F, D.
IO King Arthur

Betts, at the first, were Fool-Traps; where the Wise

Like Spiders, lay in Ambush for the Flies:
But now they're grown a common Trade for all,
And Actions, by the News-Book, Rise and Fall. >
Wits, Cheats, and Fops, are free of Wager-Hall. )
One Policy, as far as Lyons carries;
Another, nearer home sets up for Paris.
Our Betts, at last, wou'd ev'n to Rome extend,
But that the Pope has prov'd our Trusty Friend.
Indeed, it were a Bargain, worth our Money,
Cou'd we insure another Ottobuoni.
Among the rest, there are a sharping Sett,
That Pray for us, and yet against us Bett:
Sure Heav'n it self, is at a loss to know,
If these wou'd have their Pray'rs be heard, or no:
For in great Stakes, we piously suppose,
Men Pray but very faintly they may lose.
Leave off these Wagers; for in Conscience Speaking,
The City needs not your new Tricks for Breaking:
And if you Gallants lose, to all appearing
You'll want an Equipage for Volunteering;
While thus, no Spark of Honour left within ye,
When you shou'd draw the Sword, you draw the Guinea.
 King Arthur il

Dramatis Persona;.

King A rthur. Mr. Betterton.

Oswald, King of Kent, a Saxon
Mr. Williams.
and a Heathen. -}
Conon, Duke of Cornwal, Tributary -} Mr. Hodgson.
to King Arthur.-
Merlin, a famous Inchanter. Mr. Kynaston.
Osmond, a Saxon Magician, and a
Mr. Sandford.
Heathen.
Aurelius, Friend to Arthur. Mr. Alexander.
Albanact, Captain of Arthur's Guards.— Mr. Bowen.
Guillamar, Friend to Oswald. Mr. Harris.

WOMEN.

Emmeline, Daughter of Conon. Mrs. Bracegirdle.

Matilda, her Attendant. Mrs. Richardson.

Philidel, an Airy Spirit. Mrs. Butler.

Grimbald, an Earthy Spirit. Mr. Bowman.

Officers and Soldiers, Singers and Dancers, ire.

Scene in KENT.
Saxon and] D; Saxon Qi-s, F.
Saxon Magician] D; Saxon ~ Qi-s, F.
 KING ARTHUR:
OR,
THE BRITISH WORTHY.

A C T I. SCENE I.

Enter Conon, Aurelius, Albanact.

Con. Then this is the deciding Day, to fix

Great Britain's Scepter in great Arthur's Hand.
Aur. Or put it in the bold Invaders gripe.
Arthur and Oswald, and their different Fates,
Are weighing now within the Scales of Heaven.
Con. In Ten set Battles have we driven back
These Heathen Saxons, and regain'd our Earth:
As Earth recovers from an Ebbing Tide,
Her half-drown'd Face, and lifts it o'er the Waves.
From Severn's Banks, even to this Barren-Down,
Our foremost Men have prest their fainty Rear,
And not one Saxon Face has been beheld;
But all their Backs, and Shoulders have been stuck
With foul dishonest Wounds: Now here, indeed,
Because they have no further Ground, they stand.
Aur. Well have we chose a Happy day for Fight;
For every Man, in course of time, has found
Some days are lucky, some unfortunate.
A lb. But why this day more lucky than the rest?
Con. Because this day
Is Sacred to the Patron of our Isle;

7 Saxons] D; Saxons Qi-2, F. 7 Earth:] Q1-2, F, D.

10 Barren-Down] Barren-Down Qi-S, F, D.
Saxon] D; Saxon Qi-a, F.
 King Arthur 13

A Christian, and a Souldiers Annual Feast.

Alb. Oh, now I understand you, This is St. George of Cappa-
docia's Day. Well, It may be so, but Faith I was Ignorant; we
Soldiers seldom examine the Rubrick; and now and then a Saint
may happen to slip by us; But if he be a Gentleman Saint, he will
forgive us.
Con. Oswald, undoubtedly will Fight it bravely.
Aur. And it behoves him well, 'tis his last Stake.
But what manner of Man is this Oswald? Have ye ever seen him?
[To Alb.
Al. Ne'er but once; and that was to my Cost too; I follow'd him
too close, and to say Truth, somwhat Uncivilly, upon a Rout; but
he turn'd upon me, as quick and as round, as a chaff'd Boar; and
gave me two Licks across the Face, to put me in mind of my
Christianity.
Con. I know him well; he's free and open Hearted.
Aur. His Countries Character: That Speaks a German.
Con. Revengeful, rugged, violently brave;
And once resolv'd is never to be mov'd.
Alb. Yes, he's a valiant Dog, Pox on him.
Con. This was the Character he then maintain'd,
When in my Court, he sought my Daughters Love:
My Fair, Blind, Emmeline.
Alb. I cannot blame him for Courting the Heiress of Corn-
wall: All Heiresses are Beautiful; and as Blind as she is, he would
have had no Blind Bargain of her.
Aur. For that Defeat in Love, he rais'd this War.
For Royal Arthur Reign'd within her Heart,
Ere Oswald mov'd his Sute.
Con. Ay, now Aurelius, you have Nam'd a Man;
One, whom besides the Homage that I owe,
As Cornwall's Duke, to his Imperial Crown,

23-27 As in D; set as verse in Q1-2, F (/ W e l l . . . / Seldom . . . / Happen . . . /

Forgive).
30+ s.d. [To Alb.] as in D; on 1.29 in Q1-2, F.
31-35 As in D; set as verse in Qt-a, F (/ And t o . . . / B u t . . . / And gave . . . / In).
31 and that] Qa, F, D; & that Q i . 37 German] D; German QI-2, F.
38-39 As in D; set as prose in Q1-2, F (and).
44-46 As in D; set as verse in Q1-2, F(/ A l l . . . / No).
51 owe,] Qg, F, D; Qi.
14 King Arthur

I wou'd have chosen out, from all Mankind,

T o be my Soveraign Lord.
Aur. His Worth divides him from the crowd of Kings;
So Born, without Desert to be so Born;
Men, set aloft, to be the Scourge of Heaven;
A n d with long Arms, to lash the Under-World.
Con. Arthur is all that's Excellent in Oswald;
And void of all his Faults: In Battle brave;
But still Serene in all the Stormy War,
Like Heaven above the Clouds; and after Fight,
As Merciful and Kind, to vanquisht Foes,
As a Forgiving God; but see, he's here,
And Praise is Dumb before him.

Enter King Arthur, Reading a Letter, with Attendants.

Arthur Reading. Go on, Auspicious Prince, the Stars are kind:

Unfold thy Banners to the willing Wind;
While I, with Aiery Legions, help thy Arms;
Confronting Art with Art, and Charms with Charms.
So Merlin writes; nor can we doubt th' event, [To Con.
With Heav'n and you to Friends; Oh Noble Conon,
You taught my tender Hands the Trade of War;
A n d now again you Helm your hoary Head,
A n d under double weight of Age and Arms,
Assert your Countries Freedom, and my Crown.
Con. No more, my Son.
Arth. Most happy in that Name I
Your Emmeline, to Oswald's Vows refus'd,
You made my plighted Bride:
Your Charming Daughter, who like Love, Born Blind,
Un-aiming hits, with surest Archery,
A n d Innocently kills.
Con. Remember, Son,
You are a General, other Wars require you.
For see the Saxon Gross begins to move.
Arth. Their Infantry Embattel'd, square and close,

66-69 Go ... Charms] in romans in Qi-a, F, D.

 King Arthur 15

March firmly on, to fill the middle space:

Cover'd by their advancing Cavalry.
By Heav'n, 'tis Beauteous Horrour:
T h e Noble Oswald has provok'd my Envy.

Enter Emmeline, led by Matilda.

Hal Now my Beauteous Emmeline appears

so A new, but Oh, a softer Flame, inspires me:
Even Rage and Vengeance, slumber at her sight.
Con. Haste your Farewel; I'll chear my Troops, and wait ye.
[Exit Conon.
Em. Oh Father, Father, I am sure you're here;
Because I see your Voice.
Arth. No, thou mistak'st thy hearing for thy sight;
He's gone, my Emmeline;
And I but stay to gaze on those fair Eyes,
Which cannot view the Conquest they have made.
Oh Star-like Night, dark only to thy self,
100 But full of Glory, as those Lamps of Heav'n
That see not, when they shine.
Em. What is this Heav'n, and Stars, and Night, and Day,
T o which you thus compare my Eyes and me?
I understand you, when you say you love:
For, when my Father clasps my Hand in his,
That's cold, and I can feel it hard and wrinkl'd;
But when you grasp it, then I sigh and pant,
And something smarts, and tickles at my Heart.
Arth. Oh Artless Love I where the Soul moves the Tongue,
110 And only Nature speaks what Nature thinks I
Had she but Eyes!
Em. Just now you said I had:
I see 'em, I have two.
Arth. But neither see.
Em. I'm sure they hear you then:
What can your Eyes do more?
Arth. They view your Beauties.
90 A new] Q2 {[corrected state), D; Anew Q i , Qa (uncorrected state), F.
16 King Arthur I, i

Em. Do not I see? You have a Face, like mine,

T w o Hands, and two round, pretty, rising Breasts,
That heave like mine.
Arth. But you describe a Woman.
Nor is it sight, but touching with your Hands.
Em. Then 'tis my Hand that sees, and that's all one:
For is not seeing, touching with your Eyes?
Arth. No, for I see at distance, where I touch not.
Em. If you can see so far, and yet not touch,
I fear you see my Naked Legs and Feet
Quite through my Cloaths; pray do not see so well.
Arth. Fear not, sweet Innocence;
I view the lovely Features of your Face;
Your Lips Carnation, your dark shaded Eye-brows,
Black Eyes, And Snow white Forehead; all the Colours
That make your Beauty, and produce my Love.
Em. Nay, then, you do not love on equal terms:
I love you dearly, without all these helps:
I cannot see your Lips Carnation,
Your shaded Eye-brows, nor your Milk-white Eyes.
Arth. You still mistake.
Em. Indeed I thought you had a Nose and Eyes,
And such a Face as mine; have not Men Faces?
Arth. Oh, none like yours, so excellently fair.
Em. Then wou'd I had no Face; for I wou'd be
Just such a one as you.
Arth. Alas, 'tis vain to instruct your Innocence,
You have no Notion of Light or Colours.
Emmel. Why, is not that a Trumpet? [Trumpet sounds within.
Arth. Yes.
Em. I knew it.
And I can tell you how the sound on't looks.
It looks as if it had an angry fighting Face.
Arth. 'Tis now indeed a sharp unpleasant sound,
Because it calls me hence, from her I love,
T o meet T e n thousand Foes.

14s s.d. [Trumpet rounds] Qa, F, D; sound Q i .

 King Arthur 17

Em. How do so many Men e'er come to meet?

This Devil Trumpet vexes 'em, and then
They feel about, for one anothers Faces;
And so they meet, and kill.
Arth. I'll tell ye all, when we have gain'd the Field;
One kiss of your fair Hand, the pledge of Conquest,
And so a short farewel.
[.Kisses her Hand, and Exit with Aurel. Alb. and Attendants.
Em. My Heart, and Vows, go with him to the Fight:
May every Foe, be that, which they call blind,
And none of all their Swords have Eyes to find him.
But lead me nearer to the Trumpet's Face;
For that brave Sound upholds my fainting Heart;
And while I hear, methinks I fight my part.
[Exit, led by Matilda.

SCENE II.

The Scene represents a place of Heathen worship; The three

Saxon Gods, Woden, Thor, and Freya placed on Pedestals.
An Altar.

Enter Oswald and Osmond.

Osmo. 'Tis time to hasten our mysterious Rites;

Because your Army waits you.
Oswa. Thor, Freya, Woden, all ye Saxon Powers,
[Making three Bows before the three Images.
Hear and revenge my Father Hengist's death.
Osmo. Father of Gods and Men, great Woden, hear.

148 do] does Q1-2, F, D. 148 e'er] Q z . F . D ; e e ' r Q i .

154+ s.d. Exit] Exit QJ-2, F, D. 160+ s.d. [£*i<J Q2, F, D; ( — Q i .
SCENE II.] omitted by Qi-a, F, D.
s.d. The Scene . . . Altar. Enter . . . Osmond.] D; Enter . . . Osmond. The Scene
... Altar. Q1-2, F.
s.d. Saxon] D; Saxon Q1-2, F. 3 Saxon] D; Saxon Q i - s , F.
3+ s.d. [Making] D; Oswald making Q i (s.d. centered above 1.3); [Oswald making
Qa, F (s.d. at right above 1.3).
18 King Arthur I, ii

Mount thy hot Courser, drive amidst thy Foes;

Lift high thy thund'ring Arm, let every blow
Dash out a mis-believing Briton's Brains.
Oswa. Father of Gods and Men, great Woden hear;
Give Conquest to thy Saxon Race, and me.
Osmo. Thor, Freya, Woden, hear, and spell your Saxons,
With Sacred Runick Rhimes, from Death in Battle.
Edge their bright Swords, and blunt the Britons Darts.
No more, Great Prince, for see my trusty Fiend,
Who all the Night has wing'd the dusky Air.

Grimbald, a fierce earthy Spirit arises.

What news, my Grimbald?

Grim. I have plaid my part;
For I have Steel'd the Fools that are to dye;
Six Fools, so prodigal of Life and Soul,
That, for their Country, they devote their Lives
A Sacrifice to Mother Earth, and Woden.
Osmo. 'Tis well; But are we sure of Victory?
Grim. Why ask'st thou me?
Inspect their Intrails, draw from thence thy Guess:
Bloud we must have, without it we are dumb.
Osmo. Say, Where's thy fellow-servant, Philidel?
Why comes not he?
Grim. For, he's a puleing Sprite.
Why didst thou chuse a tender airy Form,
Unequal to the mighty work of Mischief?
His Make is flitting, soft, and yielding Atomes:
He trembles at the yawning gulph of Hell,
Nor dares approach the Flame, lest he shou'd singe
His gaudy silken Wings.
He sighs when he should plunge a Soul in Sulphur,
As with Compassion touch'd of foolish man.
Osm. What a half Devil's he!
8 Briton's] D; Briton's Q1-2, F. 10 Saxon] D; Saxon Q1-2, F.
11 Saxons] D; Saxons Q1-2, F. 13 Britons] D; Britons Q1-2, F.
28 Mischief?] Q1-2, F, D. 34 Compassion] D; QI-2, F.
35 he!] Q1-2, F, D.
I, ii King Arthur 19

His Errand was, to draw the Low-land damps,

A n d Noisom vapours, from the foggy Fens:
T h e n , breath the baleful stench, with all his force,
Full on the faces of our Christned Foes.
Grim. Accordingly he drein'd those Marshy-grounds;
A n d bagg'd 'em in a blue pestiferous Cloud;
W h i c h when he shou'd have blown, the frighted Elf
Espy'd the Red Cross Banners of their Host;
A n d said he durst not add to his damnation.
Osm. I'le punish him at leisure;
Call in the Victims to propitiate Hell.
Grim. That's my kind Master, I shall break fast on 'em.

Grimbald goes to the Door, and Re-enters with 6 Saxons in

White, with Swords in their hands. They range themselves 3
and 3 in opposition to each other. The rest of the Stage is fill'd
with Priests and Singers.

1 Pr. Woden, first to thee,

A Milk white Steed, in Battle won,
We have Sacrific'd.

Chor. We have Sacrific'd.

Vers. Let our next Oblation be,

To T h o r , thy thundring Son,
Of such another.

Chor. We have Sacrific'd.

Vers. A third; (of Friezeland breed was he,)

To Woden'5 Wife, and to Thor'5 Mother:
And now we have atton'd all three:
We have Sacrific'd.

Chor. We have Sacrific'd.

47+ s.d. Saxons] D; Saxons Q i - 2 , F.

47+ s.d. The rest] as in D; begins a separate s.d. in Q1-2, F.
48 1 Pr.] omitted by QI~2, F, D, Si-).
so King Arthur I, ii

2 Voc. The White Horse Neigh'd aloud.

To Woden thanks we render.
To Woden, we have vow'd.

Chor. To Woden, our Defender.

[The four last Lines in CHORUS.

Vers. The Lot is Cast, and Tanfan pleas'd.

Chor. Of Mortal Cares you shall be eas'd,

Brave Souls to be renown'd in Story.
Honour prizing,
Death despising,
Fame acquiring
By Expiring,
Dye, and reap the fruit of Glory,
Brave Souls to be renown'd in Story.

Vers. 2. I call ye all,

To Woden'i Hall;
Your Temples round
With Ivy bound,
In Goblets Crown'd,
And plenteous Bowls of burnish'd Gold;
Where you shall Laugh,
And dance and quaff,
The Juice, that makes the Britons bold.

[The six Saxons are led off by the Priests, in

Order to be Sacrific'd.
Osw. Ambitious Fools we are,
And yet Ambition is a Godlike Fault:
Or rather, 'tis no Fault in Souls Born great,

65 pleas'd.] Q1-2, F, D; plac'd Si-s; plas'd S3.

72 Glory,] Q1-2, F, D; ~ a Si-g.
82 Britons] D; Britons Q1-2, F; Britains Bsi, S1-3.
8a+ s.d. [The six ] Q2 (second state), F, D; Q i , Qg (first state).
8«+ s.d. Saxons] D; Saxons Q t - i , F. 83 Osw.] Q2, F, D; Ows. Q i .
 King Arthur 21

W h o dare extend their Glory by their Deeds.

Now Britany prepare to change thy State,
A n d from this Day begin thy Saxon date.
[Exeunt Omnes.

SCENE III.

A Battle supposed to be given behind the Scenes, with Drums,

Trumpets, and Military Shouts and Excursions: After which,
the Britons, expressing their Joy for the Victory, sing this Song
of Triumph.

Come if you dare, our Trumpets sound;

Come if you dare, the Foes rebound:
W e come, we come, we come, we come,
Says the double, double, double Beat of the Thundring Drum.
Now they charge on amain,
Now they rally again:
The Gods from above the Mad Labour behold,
And pity Mankind that will perish for Gold.

The Fainting Saxons quit their Ground,

10 Their Trumpets Languish in the Sound;
They fly, they fly, they fly, they fly;
Victoria, Victoria, the Bold Britons cry.
Now the Victory's won,
To the Plunder we run:
We return to our Lasses like Fortunate Traders,
Triumphant with Spoils of the Vanquish'd Invaders.

88 Saxon] D; Saxon Q i - a , F.
SCENE III.] omitted, by Qr-s, F, D, SI-J.
i, 2 Come if you dare] in italics in QI-2, F, D, Qs.
3 In italics in QJ-2, F, D, Qs.
4-5,18-13 Between these pairs of lines Qi, F have blank lines, making four
quatrains.
 22 King Arthur II, i

A C T II. SCENE I.

Enter Philidel.

Phil. Alas, for pity, of this bloody Fieldl

Piteous it needs must be, when I, a Spirit,
Can have so soft a sense of Humane Woesl
Ahl for so many Souls, as but this Morn'
Were cloath'd with Flesh, and warm'd with Vital Blood,
But naked now, or shirted but with Air.

Merlin, with Spirits, descends to Philidel,

on a Chariot drawn by Dragons.

Mer. What art thou, Spirit, of what Name and Order?

(For I have view'd thee in my Magick Glass,)
Making thy moan, among the Midnight Wolves,
10 That Bay the silent Moon: Speak, I Conjure thee.
'Tis Merlin bids thee, at whose awful Wand,
The pale Ghost quivers, and the grim Fiend gasps.
Phil. An Airy Shape, the tender'st of my kind,
T h e last seduc'd, and least deform'd of Hell;
Half white, and shuffl'd in the Crowd, I fell;
Desirous to repent, and loth to sin,
Awkward in Mischief, piteous of Mankind,
My Name is Philidel, my Lot in Air,
Where next beneath the Moon, and nearest Heav'n,
20 I soar; and have a Glimpse to be receiv'd,
For which the swarthy Daemons envy me.
Mer. Thy Business here?
Phil. T o shun the Saxon Wizards dire Commands,
Osmond, the awful'st Name next thine below;
'Cause I refus'd to hurl a Noysom Fog

A C T I I . S C E N E I.] D ; A C T I I . Q I - 2 , F .
6 + s.d. Merlin] QI-2, F, D (s.d. at right).
21 Damons] Damons Qi-2, F, D.
2 J Saxon] D; Saxon QI-2, F. 24 below;] Q1-2, F, D.
 King Arthur 23

O n Christen'd Heads, the Hue and Cry of Hell

Is rais'd against me, for a Fugitive Spright.
Mer. Osmond shall know, a greater Power protects thee;
But follow thou the Whispers of thy Soul,
T h a t draw thee nearer Heav'n.
And, as thy place is nearest to the Sky,
T h e Rays will reach thee first, and bleach thy Soot.
Phil. In hope of that, I spread my Azure Wings,
A n d wishing still, for yet I dare not pray,
I bask in Day-light, and behold with Joy
My Scum work outward, and my Rust wear off.
Mer. Why, 'tis my hopeful Devil; now mark me, Philidel,
I will employ thee, for thy future Good:
T h o u know'st, in spite of Valiant Oswald's Arms,
Or Osmond's Powerful Spells, the Field is ours.
Phil. O h Master! hasten
T h y Dread Commands; for Grimbald is at Hand;
Osmond's fierce Fiend, I snuff his Earthy Scent:
T h e Conquering Britons, he misleads to Rivers,
Or dreadful Downfalls of unheeded Rocks;
Where many fall, that ne'er shall rise again.
Mer. Be that thy care, to stand by falls of Brooks,
A n d trembling Bogs, that bear a Green-Sword show.
Warn off the bold Pursuers from the Chace:
N o more, they come, and we divide the Task.
But lest fierce Grimbald's pond'rous Bulk oppress
T h y tender flitting Air, I'll leave my Band
Of Spirits with United Strength to A i d thee,
And Force with Force repel.
[Exit Merlin on his Chariot.
Merlin's Spirits stay with
Philidel.

Enter Grimbald in the Habit of a Shepherd, follow'd by King

Arthur, Conon, Aurelius, Albanact and Soldiers,
who wander at a distance in the Scenes.

54+ s.d. [Exit] Qa, F; Q i , D.

84 King Arthur

Grim. Here, this way, Britons, follow Oswald's flight;

This Evening as I whistl'd out my Dog,
T o drive my straggling Flock, and pitch'd my Fold,
I saw him dropping Sweat, o'er labour'd, stiff,
Make faintly as he could, to yonder Dell.
Tread in my Steps; long Neighbourhood by Day
Has made these Fields familiar in the Night.
Arth.l thank thee, Shepherd;
Expect Reward, lead on, we follow thee.

Phil, sings. Hither this way, this way bend,

Trust not that Malicious Fiend:
Those are false deluding Lights,
Wafted far and near by Sprights.
Trust 'em not, for they'll deceive ye;
And in Bogs and Marshes leave ye.

Chor. of Phil. Spirits. Hither this way, this way bend.

Chor. of Grimb. Spirits. This way, this way bend.

Phil, sings. If you step, no Danger thinking,

Down you fall, a Furlong sinking:
'Tis a Fiend who has annoy'd ye;
Name but Heav'n, and he'll avoid ye.

Chor. of Phil. Spirits. Hither this way, this way bend.

Chor. of Grimb. Spirits. This way, this way bend.

Philidels Spirits. Trust not that Malicious Fiend.

Grimbalds Spirits. Trust me, I am no Malicious Fiend.

Philidels Spirits. Hither this way, 8cc.

Con. Some wicked Phantom, Foe to H u m a n kind,

Misguides our Steps.
Alba. I'll follow him no farther.
 King Arthur 25

Grimbald speaks. By Hell she sings 'em back, in my despight.

I had a Voice in Heav'n, ere Sulph'rous Steams
Had damp'd it to a hoarseness; but I'll try.

He sings. Let not a Moon-born Elf mislead ye,

From your Prey, and from your Glory.
Too far, Alas, he has betray'd ye:
Follow the Flames, that wave before ye:
Sometimes sev'n and sometimes one;
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry on.

2.

See, see, the Footsteps plain appearing,

That way Oswald chose for flying:
Firm is the Turff, and fit for bearing,
Where yonder Pearly Dews are lying.
Far he cannot hence be gone;
Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry on.

Aur. 'Tis true, he says; the Footsteps yet are fresh

Upon the Sod, no falling Dew-Drops have
Disturb'd the Print. [All are going to follow Grimbald.

Philidel sings. Hither this way.

Chor. of Phil. Spirits. Hither this way, this way bend.

Chor. of Grimb. Spirits. This way, this way bend.

Philidels Spirits. Trust not that Malicious Fiend.

Grimb. Spirits. Trust me, I am no Malicious Fiend.

Philidels Spirits. Hither this way, Sec.

[They all incline to Philidel.

Grim, speaks. Curse on her Voice, I must my Prey forego;
106+ s.d. [They] Qs, F, D; A ~ Qi.
26 King Arthur

T h o u , Philidel, shalt answer this, below.

[Grimbald sinks with a Flash.
Arth. A t last the Cheat is plain;
T h e Cloven-footed Fiend is Vanish'd from us;
Good Angels be our Guides, and bring us back.

Phil, singing. Come follow, follow, follow me.

Chor. Come follow, &c.

And me. And me. And me. And me.

Vers. 2 Voc. And Green-Sword all your way shall be.

Chor. Come follow, 8cc.

Vers. No Goblin or Elf shall dare to offend ye.

Chor. No, no, no, Sec.

No Goblin or Elf shall dare to offend ye.

Vers. 3 Voc. We Brethren of Air,

You Hero's will bear,
To the Kind and the Fair that attend ye.

Chor. We Brethren, &c.

[Philidel and the Spirits go off singing, with

King Arthur and the rest in the middle
of them.

117,119 Goblin or Elf] Goblin or Elf Qi-s, F, D; Goblin or Elf Si-s.

m Hero's] Hem's Q1-2, F, D; Hero's S1-2.
183+ s d - [Philidel] Qg, F, D; A ~ Qi.
 King Arthur 27

SCENE II.

Pavilion Scene.

Enter Emmeline led by Matilda.

Em. N o News of my Dear Love, or of my Father?

Mat. None, Madam, since the gaining of the Battel;
Great Arthur is a Royal Conqueror now,
And well deserves your Love.
Em. But now I fear
He'll be too great, to love poor silly me.
If he be dead, or never come agen,
I mean to die: But there's a greater doubt:
Since I ne'er saw him here,
How shall I meet him in another World?
Mat. I have heard something how two Bodies meet,
But how Souls joyn, I know not.
Em. I shou'd find him,
For surely I have seen him in my Sleep,
And then, methought, he put his Mouth to mine,
A n d eat a thousand Kisses on my Lips;
Sure by his Kissing I cou'd find him out
Among a thousand Angels in the Sky.
Mat. But what a kind of Man do you suppose him?
Em. He must be made of the most precious things:
And I believe his Mouth, and Eyes, and Cheeks,
And Nose, and all his Face, are made of Gold.
Mat. Heav'n bless us, Madam, what a Face you make him.
If it be yellow, he must have the Jaundies,
A n d that's a bad Disease.
Em. W h y then do Lovers give a thing so bad
As Gold, to Women, whom so well they love?

SCENE II.] omitted by Q1-2, F, D.

s.d. Pavilion Scene. / Enter . .. Matilda.] Enter . .. Matilda. Pavilion Scene. Q i - a ,
F, D (Scene. Pavilion. D).
7 doubt:] Qi—2, F, D. 10 something] Q i - a , F, D.
*8 King Arthur II, ii

Mat. Because that bad thing, Gold, buys all good things.
Em. Yet I must know him better: Of all Colours,
Tell me which is the purest, and the softest.
Mat. They say 'tis Black.
Em. Why then, since Gold is hard, and yet is precious,
His Face must all be made of soft, black Gold.
Mat. But, Madam
Em. No more; I have learn'd enough for once.
Mat. Here are a Crew of Kentish Lads and Lasses
Wou'd entertain ye, till your Lord's return,
With Songs and Dances, to divert your Cares.
Em. O bring 'em in,
For tho' I cannot see the Songs, I love 'em;
And Love, they tell me, is a Dance of Hearts.

Enter Shepherds and Shepherdesses.

1 Shepherd sings. How blest are Shepherds, how happy their

Lasses,
While Drums and Trumpets are sounding
Alarms!
Over our Lowly Sheds all the Storm passes;
And when we die, 'tis in each others Arms.
A11 the Day on our Herds, and Flocks
employing;

All the Night on our Flutes, and in enjoying.

Chor. All the Day, 8cc.

2.
Bright Nymphs of Britain, with Graces
attended,
Let not your Days without Pleasure expire;
Honour's but empty, and when Youth is
ended,

53 Kentish] D; Kentish Qi-a, F.

40 and] Qs, F, D, Ds, Bss, Si-a; & Qi.
 King Arthur 29

All Men will praise you, but none will desire.

Let not Youth fly away without Contenting;
Age will come time enough, for your
Repenting.

Chor. Let not Youth, &c.

[Here the Men offer their Flutes to the Women, which

they refuse.

2 Shepherdess. Shepherd, Shepherd, leave Decoying,

Pipes are sweet, a Summers Day;
But a little after Toying,
Women have the Shot to Pay.

2.

Here are Marriage-Vows for signing,

Set their Marks that cannot write:
After that, without Repining,
Play and Welcom, Day and Night.

[Here the Women give the Men Contracts, which they accept.

Chor. of all. Come, Shepherds, lead up, a lively Measure;

The Cares of Wedlock, are Cares of Pleasure:
But whether Marriage bring Joy, or Sorrow,
Make sure of this Day, and hang to Morrow.

[The Dance after the Song, and Exeunt

Shepherds and Shepherdesses.

Enter on the other side of the Stage, Oswald and Guillamar.

Osw. The Night has wilder'd us; and we are fain

Among their foremost Tents.

52+ s.d. [Here] Q i , F, D; Qi. 60+ s.d. [Here] Qz, F, D; A ~ Qi.

64+ s.d. [TheDance] Qa, F, D; A Qi.
64+ s.d. Exeunt] Exeunt Q1-2, F, D.
 Bo King Arthur

Guill. Hal What are these?

They seem of more than Vulgar Quality.
Em. What Sounds are those? They cannot far be distant:
Where are we now, Matilda?
70 Mat. Just before your Tent:
Fear not, they must be Friends, and they approach.
Em. My Arthur, speak, my Love,- Are you return'd
To bless your Emmeline?
Oswa. to Guilla. I know that Face:
'Tis my Ungrateful Fair, who, scorning mine,
Accepts my Rivals Love: Heav'n, thou'rt bounteous,
Thou ow'st me nothing now.
Mat. Fear grows upon me:
Speak what you are; speak, or I call for help.
Oswa. We are your Guards.
Mat. Ah me! We are betray'd; 'tis Oswald's Voice,
so Em. Let 'em not see our Voices, and then they cannot find us.
Osw. Passions in Men Oppress'd, are doubly strong.
I take her from King Arthur; there's Revenge:
If she can love, she buoys my sinking Fortunes:
Good Reasons both: I'll on. Fear nothing, Ladies,
You shall be safe.
[Oswald and Guillamar seize Emmeline and Matilda.
Em. and Matil. Help, help; a Rape, a Rape!
Oswa. By Heav'n ye injure me; tho Force is us'd,
Your Honour shall be sacred.
Em. Help, help, Oh Britons, help!
Oswa. Your Britons cannot help you:
so This Arm, through all their Troops, shall force my way;
Yet neither quit my Honour, nor my Prey.
[Exeunt, the Women still crying.

66 these?] Qi-g, F, D.
85 s.d. [Oswald and Guillamar seize Emmeline and Matilda] D; AOswald and
Guillamar seize Emmeline and Matilda Q1-2, F.
85 and] D; & Qi-s, F.
86 me;] Q1-2, F, D. 9 1 + s.d. [Exeunt] Qi, F, D; Qi.
II, iii, iv King Arthur 31

SCENE III.

An Alarm within: Some Soldiers running over the

Stage: Follow, follow, follow.

Enter Albanact Captain of the Guards, with Soldiers.

Alb. Which way went th' Alarm?

i Sol. Here, towards the Castle.
Alb. Pox o' this Victory; the whole Camp's debauch'd:
All Drunk or Whoring: This way, follow, follow. [Exeunt.

[The Alarm renews: Clashing of Swords within for a while.

SCENE IV.

Re-enter Albanact, Officer and Soldiers.

Officer. How sits the Conquest on great Arthur's Brow?

A Iba. As when the Lover, with the King is mixt;
He puts the gain of Britain in a Scale,
Which weighing with the loss of Emmeline,
He thinks he's scarce a Saver. [Trumpet within.
Officer. HarkI a Trumpetl
It sounds a Parley.
Alba. 'Tis from Oswald then,
An Eccho to King Arthur's Friendly Summons,
Sent since he heard the Rape of Emmeline,
T o ask an Interview. [Trumpet answering on the other side.
Officer. But hark I already

SCENE III.] omitted by Q1-2, F, D.

s.d. Follow, follow, follow] Follow, follow, follow Qi-a, F, D.
s.d. Guards] Qa, F, D ; Guurds Q i . 3 s.d. [Exeunt] Qg, D; A ~ Q i , F.
3+ s.d. [The] F, D; A ~ Qi-g. SCENE IV.] omitted by Qi-2, F, D.
2 mixt;] Q1-2, F, D. 5 s.d. [Trumpet] Qg, F, D; Qi.
9 s.d. [Trumpet] Qa, F, D; A ~ Q i .
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“That is the first riddle. The
answer is house, reserving an
opening for the doorway.
The men that stand,
The men that lie down,
The men that are folded.
“That is the second riddle. The
answer is, house, again. The
timbers that stand, the battens
that are laid down and the grass
that is folded. I must go home
now. When the day arrives, you
must come up. I will prepare the
oven and when it is heated you
answer the first riddle; and when
you see the stones thrown out
onto the sides, answer the
second riddle; after that I will
take ahold of the king and throw
him in the oven.”
On the day appointed,
Kepakailiula and his friend went
to the king’s house. As they
came in the king saw them and
called out: “Let the stranger be
seated here.” As soon as he sat
down, the king said: “Will the
stranger join in the fun?”
Kepakailiula replied: “Yes.” “I
have two riddles,” said the king.
“Oia ka nane mua. Eia ka haina,
he hale a koe ka puka komo.
O kanaka i ku,
O kanaka i moe,
O kanaka i pelupelu ia.
“Oia ka lua o ka nane, eia kona
haina, he hale no, o ka laau e ku
ana, o ka aho e moe ana, o ka
mauu i pelupelu ia. E hoi au, a
hiki ia la, pii ae oe, a na’u no
auanei e hoa ka umu, a enaena,
hai oe i ka nane mua; a ulu, a
lele ke a ma kapa, hai oe i ka lua
o ka nane; a pau ia na’u e lalau
mai i ke ’lii a hoolei i ka umu.”
A hiki ia la, hele aku la laua nei
me ke aikane a hiki, ike mai la
ke ’lii, kahea mai la: “Maanei ka
malihini.” A hiki keia olelo mai la
kela: “E papa wahi lealea me ka
malihini?” Ae aku keia. “Ae.” “He
nane, ina e loaa a’u nane elua,
kalua ia au i ka umu, ina loaa
ole, kalua ia oe i ka umu, oia la.”
“If the right answers are given to
them, I will be baked in the oven.
If they are not answered
correctly, you will be baked in the
oven. These are the conditions.”
The king then gave the first
riddle.
Step all around, step to the
bottom,
Leaving, reserving a certain
place.
“The second one is this:
The men that stand,
The men that lie down,
The men that are folded.
“These are my riddles, I want the
stranger to understand. If you
give the right answers you will
indeed live, but if you fail, I shall
kill you. I will bake you in the
oven.” When Kepakailiula saw
that the oven was heated, he
gave the answer to the first
riddle:
“It is a house. It is thatched all
around, reserving the door way.”
“Yes, you have given the right
answer to my riddle; my second
one is yet to be answered. If you
Hai mai la ua ’lii nei i ka nane ia
ia nei:
Kai a puni, kai a lalo,
Koe, koe, koena.
“Eia ka lua o kuu nane:
O kanaka i ku,
O kanaka i moe,
O kanaka i pelupelu ia.
“Oia a’u nane la, i lohe oe e ka
malihini; a loaa ia oe pakele oe i
na la, loaa ole ia oe make oe
ia’u, kalua ia oe i ka umu.” A ike
keia ua enaena ka umu, hai aku
la i ka nane mua: “He hale, ako
ia a puni, koe ka puka komo.”
“Ae, loaa ae la kuu nane mua ia
oe, o kuu nane alua koe, ina
aole e loaa, make oe ia’u.” Nana
aku la keia a ulu ka umu, a hiolo
ke a i lalo, hai aku la:
fail, I shall kill you.” Kepakailiula
looked at the oven and when he
saw the stones being thrown to
the side he answered the second
riddle:
It is also a house.
The timbers that stand,
The battens that are laid down,
The grass that is folded.
“What! Who has told you?” While
he was expressing his wonder
he was thrown in the oven by
Kukaea. At this time, the chiefs
and men of Kauai jumped in to
help their king, but Kepakailiula,
his friend and Kukaea fought so
well and bravely [516]that great
numbers were slain, forcing the
Kauai people to flee to the
mountains. Makolea the wife of
Kepakailiula was soon after
found and they returned to the
home of his friend. Upon arriving
at the house, Kepakailiula gave
Kauai over in charge of his friend
with Kukaea under him. They
then remained on Kauai for
many days. Thus ends this
legend. [499]
He hale no;
He laau ke ku ana,
He aho ke moe ana,
He mauu ke pelu ana.
“Kahaha! I loaa la ia oe, ia wai?”
Ia ia e olelo ana, o ka manawa ia
noho ana i loko o ka umu ia
Kukaea. Iho iho ana na ’lii o
Kauai e alu, a me na kanaka, e
noke aku ana o Kepakailiula i ka
haihai, oia o ke aikane, o
Kukaea, holo na kanaka i ke
[517]kuahiwi. Loaa aku la o
Makolea ka wahine, hoi aku la
me ke aikane. A hiki i ka hale,
haawi aku o Kepakailiula ia
Kauai a puni no ke aikane, o
Kukaea ke ’lii malalo, noho lakou
ia Kauai, o ka pau ana ia o keia
kaao. [516]
1 Ke-paka-ili-ula, the red-skinned
paka. ↑
2 Hina, the favorite feminine character
of Hawaiian story. ↑
3 Not shown whether brother or
sister. ↑
4 Names indicating a stay-at-home,
Kiinoho, and a traveler, Kiihele. ↑
5 Paliuli, the Hawaiian Paradise,
located in certain legends as in
Puna, Hawaii, as it does here. ↑
6 Cane of luxuriant growth that has
bent over and curved upward. ↑
7 Bananas fell, or dropped, scattering
from the bunch through ripeness. ↑
8 An anahulu is a ten day period. This
term is never applied to any other
counting. ↑
9 This phrase indicates the Hawaiian
ideal of physical perfection, and is
frequently met with. ↑
10 Hiwahiwa, beloved one, here refers
to Hina. ↑
11Keiki a kaua, our son, from adoption,
or rearing as foster parents, though
nephews in fact. ↑
12 As note 2. ↑
13 A deprecating comparison surely. ↑
14 A better rendering would be “a wife
for you.” ↑
15 Poohiwi, literally “shoulder to rest
on.” ↑
16 A customary form in a contest;
courtesy giving the stranger the
choice first. ↑
17 Lauawa, a Maui wind. ↑
18 Taking his name for adoption from
fear. In many of the South Sea
Islands an exchange of names was a
bond of friendship. ↑
19 Halau, a long, open, flat-top
structure of temporary character, of
coconut leaves usually, for sheltering
canoes, and a kind erected for semi-
outdoor entertainments. ↑
20 Moa, a recognition of supreme
sovereignty. ↑
21 Keaumiki and Keauka are
sometimes referred to as gods of the
tides. ↑
22 Virtually burning his bridges behind
him. ↑
23 Perhaps figurative for the remains of
the king’s food: the crumbs from the
table. ↑
[Contents]
Legend of Wahanui.
Wahanui was the king, Kilohi
was the prophet and Hawaii the
land they lived in. Boarding his
double canoe, he left Hawaii and
set sail for Kaunolu, Lanai. The
reason of this journey made by
Wahanui was on account of an
oath made by him, “When I step
on the breasts of Kane and
Kanaloa, then will I return to
Hawaii.” Before Wahanui sailed
from Hawaii, Kane and Kanaloa,
together with their younger
brother Kaneapua, were living at
Kaunolu, Lanai. They were three
gods who sometimes changed
into other forms. Kane and
Kanaloa taking the form of birds,
while Kaneapua very often had a
human form.
Once upon a time they became
very thirsty, so Kane and
Kaao no Wahanui.
O Wahanui ke ’lii, o Kilohi ke
kaula, o Hawaii ka aina, holo mai
la kona mau kaulua mai Hawaii
mai, a Kaunolu i Lanai. O ke
kumu o keia holo ana o
Wahanui, he olelo nana i
hoohiki, penei: “Aia a hehi i ka
houpo o Kane laua o Kanaloa,
alaila, hoi i Hawaii.” Mamua ae o
ka holo ana mai o Wahanui mai
Hawaii mai, e noho ana o Kane,
Kanaloa a me ko laua pokii o
Kaneapua, i Kaunolu, ma Lanai;
he mau akua lakou ekolu, o
Kane a me Kanaloa, he mau
kino manu ko laua, o Kaneapua
he kino kanaka kona.
Noho iho la lakou a make i ka
wai, olelo aku o Kane a me
Kanaloa requested their
youngest brother to go to the
uplands of Lanai for water, at a
spring called Nanaihale. Upon
the arrival of Kaneapua at the
spring with his water jug, he
urinated by the edge of the
spring before he stooped down
to fill his jug; he did not know
that his urine had run into the
spring. When he arrived home
and met Kane and Kanaloa, they
reached out for the water jug and
each took a drink. When they
had satisfied their thirst they
discovered that it was urine
instead of water, so they flew off
and left Kaneapua on Lanai.
While Kaneapua was one day
seated by the seashore on the
Kaunolu point, he saw the
double canoe of Wahanui
passing by, so he called out from
the shore: “Whose canoe is
that?” “It is Wahanui’s,” replied
the prophet Kilohi. “Wahanui is
the chief, who is the prophet?”
“Kilohi.” Kaneapua again asked:
“A canoe, sailing where to?” “It is
a canoe sailing to Tahiti to step
on the breasts of Kane and
Kanaloa.” Kaneapua called out:
Kanaloa ia Kaneapua, ko laua
pokii: “E pii oe i wai no kakou, i
uka o Lanai,” o Nanaihale ka
inoa o ka wai. A hiki o Kaneapua
me ka huewai ilaila, mimi iho la
ia ma kapa nahelehele o ka wai,
a pau ia, hoi iho la ia a ka
punawai, ukuhi i ka huewai. Aole
ia i ike, ua kahe ka mimi ona a
loko o ka wai, hoi aku la ia a hiki
i o Kane a me Kanaloa, lalau
mai la laua i ka huewai a inu iho
la, he mimi wale no ka wai, ia
wa, lele laua a haalele ia
Kaneapua i Lanai.
Ia Kaneapua e noho ana ma ka
lae o Kaunolu, holo mai ana ka
waa o Wahanui, kahea aku o
Kaneapua mauka: “Nowai he
waa?” “No Wahanui,” pela ’ku ke
kaula o Kilohi. “O Wahanui ke ’lii,
owai ke kaula?” “O Kilohi.” Ninau
hou o Kaneapua: “He waa e holo
ana i hea?” “He waa e holo ana i
Kahiki, hehihehi i ka houpo o
Kane a me Kanaloa.” I aku o
Kaneapua: “Pehea la hoi owau
kekahi?” Olelo mai o Kilohi: “He
komokomo ka waa.” “I ka iako
“Why not let me come too?”
Kilohi answered: “The canoe is
already loaded down.” “If the
canoe is loaded down, let me
ride on the sticks connecting the
canoe to the outrigger.” “They
are also overcrowded.” “Let me
ride on the outrigger then.” “That
too is overcrowded.” This
conversation was carried on until
every part of the canoe was
requested for. Kaneapua then
called after he had been denied
a seat on any part of the canoe:
“Return, it is going to be stormy.”
Kilohi replied: “Who are you that
shall cause my lord’s canoe to
return?”
After leaving the Kaunolu point,
they continued on their way until
they were off the Kaena point,
where they encountered a heavy
wind; soon after this a storm
arose and the canoe was
overturned. Wahanui the chief
got a severe cold and the things
in the canoe were wet: so they
returned and landed at Lele, in
Lahaina. After spending the night
at this place they again set out
the next day. Upon passing by
Kaunolu, Kaneapua again called
au.” “He komo no.” “I ke ama
au.” “He komo.” Pela no ka ia nei
olelo a pau luna o ka waa. I aku
o Kaneapua: “E hoi he ino.” I mai
o Kilohi: “O oe no ka mea e hoi
ai ka waa o ko’u haku?”
Holo mai la lakou mai Kaunolu a
ka lae o Kaena, loaa i ka
makani, ka ino, kahuli na waa,
opili ke ’lii o Wahanui, pulu na
ukana, hoi aku la a pae ma Lele,
i Lahaina. Moe a ao ae, holo hou
lakou a Kaunolu, hana aku no o
Kaneapua e like me na olelo
mua, aohe ae o Kilohi, ke kaula.
Holo no a make hou, hoi hou, o
ka lua ia. [519]Hooiaio iho o
Wahanui i ka olelo a Kaneapua
ke keiki, me kona manao ua oi
kona ike i ko Kilohi, kana kaula.
out as before, and again the Ia holo ana, kau o Kaneapua i
prophet, Kilohi, refused to allow luna o na waa a holo aku la.
him to come aboard. Not very far Elua hookele o luna, o Hookele i
from this place they again were Hilo, o Hookele i Kau; mahope o
caught in another [518]storm and na hookele o Kaneapua. O ka
were forced to return a second manawa ia, paa o luna i ka ohu
time. On this return Wahanui me ka pohina, aohe ike o mua ia
began to realize how true the hope o na waa; pela ko lakou
boy Kaneapua predicted and holo ana a hiki i ka aina o
that he was much smarter than Kanehunamoku, he kino ilio ke
his prophet, Kilohi. On the next ano o ka aina ma ka lakou ike
trip Kaneapua was given aku. Olelo aku o Kilohi ia
passage and the journey was Wahanui: “He ilio. E hoi kaua i
then resumed. There were two Hawaii, i honi aku i ka ihu o ke
sailing masters aboard, Hookele keiki me ka wahine, a papau
i Hilo and Hookele i Kau. 1 kaua i ka ilio ai kanaka a Hina.”
Kaneapua sat behind the sailing
masters. As soon as Kaneapua
took his seat a thick fog was
seen to approach them and
before very long a thick darkness
enveloped them; so thick indeed
that those in the aft part of the
canoe could not see those in the
fore part. This darkness
prevailed until they arrived at the
land of Kanehunamoku, a land
which appeared to them in the
form of a dog. Kilohi said to
Wahanui that it was a dog and
begged him that they return to
Hawaii and kiss the children and
wives ere they be eaten up by
the man-eating dog of Hina. At
this it was made evident to
Wahanui, that Kilohi was not the
great priest that he had all along
thought him to be, and that they
would all have been killed if
Kaneapua had not been allowed
to join them.
At this fear expressed by Kilohi,
Kaneapua said reassuringly:
“You are entirely mistaken,
Kilohi, that is the land of
Kanehunamoku. Upon seeing
you to be a stranger the land is
hidden from view, when it
becomes clear [it will be seen].
There are people on the land as
you can hear their voices.” When
they drew nearer to the place
they saw 2 that it was land, they
also saw a man who was
gathering coral for food, a death-
dealing food. Soon after this they
left the land of Kanehunamoku
and continued on their way. After
they had sailed for some time
they looked up and saw two hills,
Paliuli and Palikea which
appeared to be moving and
towering above and ahead of
them. These two hills were two
demi-gods sent by Kane and
Olelo Hoakaka. Ua maopopo,
aohe ike o Kilohi ma keia olelo
ana; mai make lakou, ina aole o
Kaneapua e kau pu me lakou. I
aku o Kaneapua: “Lalau oe e
Kilohi, he aina ia, o
Kanehunamoku, ike mai la ia oe
i ka malihini, lele ae la ka hauli o
ka moku iluna, hoaiai mai la; he
kanaka ko uka ke uwalo mai la.”
A kokoke lakou, i nana aku ka
hana he aina, he kanaka, he
puna ka ai, he ai make. Haalele
lakou ia Kanehunamoku, holo
hou lakou. I nana aku ka hana,
he mau puu elua, o Paliuli, o
Palikea, e oni ana iluna, a kiekie
mamua o lakou nei, he mau
kupua keia na Kane a me
Kanaloa, e ake ana e make
lakou nei. I aku o Kaneapua ia
Wahanui a me Kilohi: “He make
keia, ina e hiolo iho, pau kakou i
Kanaloa who desired their
destruction. Kaneapua said to
Wahanui and Kilohi: “That is
death, if those hills should
crumble and fall on us we shall
all be killed. They have been
sent by Kane and Kanaloa.”
Kaneapua then called out to
Paliuli and Palikea: “Return
down below else I shall be killed
and you two will be ashamed.” At
this call the two hills were
shamed and the travelers were
saved. Kaneapua then said to
Wahanui: “You float here while I
dive down below.
Honunuikuaeaea my
grandmother is down there; if her
back is turned up it will mean our
death, but if it is turned down, we
will be saved.” He then dove
down and called out:
“Honunuikuaeaea, turn your face
upward.” She then turned her
face upward and called out:
“Whose offspring art thou?”
“Yours.” “What is your name?”
“Kaneapua.” The grandmother
then fell on him and wept, and
then asked him: “What is the
object of this journey that brings
my lord here?” “I want a rope to
moor the canoe with.” She then
ka make; na Kane laua o
Kanaloa keia make.”
Olelo aku la o Kaneapua ia
Paliuli a me Palikea: “E hoi i lalo,
o make auanei au hilahila olua.”
Ma keia olelo, hilahila na puu,
hala keia make. I aku keia ia
Wahanui: “E lana oukou maanei,
e luu au ilalo, no ka mea, aia
ilalo o ka Honunuikuaeaea, ke
kupunawahine, o ke kua he
make, o ke alo ke ola.” Luu keia
a kahea iho: “E ka
Honunuikuaeaea, huli ae ko alo
iluna.” Huli ae ana kela iluna ke
alo. “Nawai ke kupu o oe?” “Nau
no.” “Owai kou inoa?” “O
Kaneapua.” Lele mai la ke
kupunawahine uwe, a ninau mai
la: “Heaha ka huakai a kuu haku
i hiki mai nei?” “I kaula hekau no
ka waa e paa ai.” Haawi mai la
ka honu i ka naau ona ia
Kaneapua. Ea ae la o Kaneapua
a ka waa, hikii iho la a paa.
gave Kaneapua her intestines
and Kaneapua rose to the
surface and tied the rope to the
canoe.
Kane and Kanaloa soon after
opened the calabash in which
was kept the wind of
Laamaomao. The wind came up,
a storm arose, the sea became
rough, the waves beat down and
broke over them causing the
coral to be thrown up on the
shore. This storm lasted ten
days. When the storm abated
the travelers once more thought
of safety and that all their
troubles were about over; but
there yet remained one more
object to be encountered, a dog
that belonged to Kaneapua.
They then landed and
[520]moored their canoe.
Kaneapua then said to Wahanui:
“Go until you find three men who
are lying down face up; they are
Kane and Kanaloa, and the third
one is Mauli. Step on the breasts
of all three of them and return,
but don’t look backward.”
Wahanui then went on his way
and after carrying out the
instructions he returned.
Kuu mai ana o Kane laua o
Kanaloa i ka ipu makani a
Laamaomao, pa ka makani, ka
ino, ke kai, popoi, haki ka nalu,
lele puna i uka me ke akoakoa,
hookahi anahulu o ka pa ana. A
pau ka pa ana, pau ae la ka
make, aohe kupu e koe, he ilio
nae koe, na Kaneapua no. Pae
aku la lakou a uka i ke one, olelo
aku la o Kaneapua [521]i ke ’lii ia
Wahanui: “E hele oe a na
kanaka ekolu e moe ana iluna ke
alo, o Kane a me Kanaloa, o
Mauli ke kolu, hehi iho oe i na
umauma o lakou a hoi mai; mai
nana aku oe i hope, hele aku la
o Wahanui a hoi mai la. Olelo
aku o Kaneapua: “Ea! E wahi
oukou ia’u a onionio, a e olelo
oukou owau ko oukou akua, o
Kaneapua.” Lohe o Wahanui i
nei olelo a Kaneapua, kukuli iho
la ia a mohai aku la i kana
waiwai i lawe mai ai na
Kaneapua. Akahi a maopopo ia
lakou o Kaneapua keia me
lakou. Akoakoa mai la ke namu,
Kaneapua then instructed his ke nawa, ka huhu, ninau mai la:
companions, saying: “You must “Auhea ko oukou akua?” “Eia ke
now wrap me up and make me ku nei.” “U! He ’kua nui no ka ko
appear to be striped and say that oukou.” “Ae, he pau ko oukou i
I am your god, Kaneapua.” ka ai ia me kona maona ole.”
When Wahanui heard this he
went down on his knees before
Kaneapua and offered him all
the things of value brought by
him; this being the first time that
he was made aware that this
person who had been with them
all this time was Kaneapua.
Shortly after this all manner of
spirits 3 gathered and asked:
“Where is your god?” “Here it is
standing.” “Yes, you have a large
god indeed.” “Yes, you could all
be devoured [by him] without
satisfying his hunger.”

After this Kaneapua instructed Olelo aku la o Kaneapua: “Ea, i

his companions as follows:
“When you get to the house
don’t sit in the best places as
that will mean your death, but sit
in the bad places and you will be
saved.” When they arrived at the
house they followed out the
instructions given them.
They lived here until after the
expiration of some months when
komo oukou i ka hale, mai noho
oukou ma kahi maikai, he make
ia, ma kahi inoino he ola ia.” Hiki
aku la lakou i ka hale. Pela ko
lakou noho ana a hala he mau
mahina, makaukau lakou e hoi,
haawi mai o Kaneapua ia
Wahanui, he mau pilikua elua.
Eia ke ano o ka pilikua, o ke kua
o kekahi me ke kua o kekahi hui,
komo na iwi aoao a paa loa, elua
they made their preparation to
return home. On leaving,
Kaneapua gave Wahanui an
image of a double-bodied giant, 4
the bodies being joined together
by means of the ribs growing into
one another. It had two heads,
four hands and feet and four
eyes. If one was called to obey
the laws of nature, the other
accompanied without such
desire, and so in all their
movements. Upon accepting this
present Kaneapua said to him:
“Don’t show this image until you
reach Hawaii for otherwise you
will get killed.”
On the return voyage Wahanui
first landed at Kauai, where they
met a great crowd of people
together with the king Kupakoili
and his prophet Luluupali.
Because of the shouts made by
the people ashore Wahanui went
ashore with his present. 5 When
the people saw this strange
object they gave a mighty shout.
When Kupakoili heard the shout,
he inquired of his prophet,
Luluupali: “How can I get
possession of that image?”
Luluupali answered: “Kill the king
poo, eha lima, me na wawae,
eha no hoi maka, ina e hele
kekahi e mimi, e hana lepo
paha, alaila, hele kekahi me
kona mimi ole, pela ma na hele
ana a pau loa. No kekahi ka
hele, hele aku kekahi. Lawe mai
la o Wahanui i mau milimili nana.
I mai o Kaneapua: “Mai hoike oe
i kou wa e hoi ai, a hiki i Hawaii,
o make oe.”
Hoi mai la o Wahanui ma a pae i
Kauai, e paa pu ana na kanaka
me ko laila alii o Kupakoili, me
kana kilokilo o Luluupali. No ka
uwa o uka, lele aku la lakou e
nana, o Wahanui kahi i lele me
ka pilikua ana; ike mai la na
kanaka, uwa, lohe o Kupakoili,
ninau aku i ke kilokilo ia
Luluupali: “Pehea la e loaa ai
ia’u ka pilikua?” I mai o
Luluupali: “E pepehi i na kanaka
me ke ’lii, a e puhi i na waa i ke
ahi.” Ia wa ua hooko ia ko
Kupakoili makemake. Ua make o
and his people and burn up the
canoes.” This advice was carried
out by Kupakoili, and Wahanui
was killed and his image taken
away. One man, however,
escaped; he was one of the
bailers; he dove into the sea and
escaped. After a time he took
unto himself a wife, a Kauai
woman and settled there, taking
up fishing as his occupation. It
was this man’s usual custom
while on his fishing trips to carry
a large quantity of food along
with him. After he had done this
for some time his wife began to
be inquisitive and at last asked
him why he took so much food;
he answered: “What fault is there
in taking this food? Food is
easily brought back again.”
Shortly after this while out
fishing, a storm came up and he
was blown out to sea, and after a
number of days he managed to
land on Hawaii. When he met
the people he told them that
Wahanui and his followers had
all been killed in Kauai, and that
he was the only one who
escaped. A proclamation was
then issued calling the people of
Hawaii to come together and to
Wahanui ma, a lawe ia ae la na
pilikua. Hookahi kanaka i pakele,
o ke kanaka ka liu; luu no ia a
nalowale, a mahope moe i ka
wahine o Kauai, noho iho la
lawaia.
He mea mau i keia kanaka ke
holo i ka lawaia, he kumaupoi
kona o e holo ai, pela i na holo
ana a pau loa, haohao ka
wahine a ninau aku, i mai kela:
“Heaha auanei ka hewa, o keia
lawe ana, he mea hoihoi ka ai.”
Holo hou keia i ka lawaia, e puhi
iho ana ka makani lilo keia i ka
moana a pae i Hawaii. Olelo aku
la keia: “Ua make o [523]Wahanui
a me na kanaka i Kauai, a owau
ka i pakele.” Kuuhaua o Hawaii e
hoakoakoa, a e hoomakaukau,
hoouna mai la i na waa e kii ia
Kupakoili a me Kauai a puni, e
holo i Hawaii e kii i ka waa i ka
waiwai; aohe kane noho, aohe
wahine, aohe keiki e holo a pau
loa i Hawaii. O keia hana ana,
he wea, i make a hiki lakou i
Hawaii, pau i ka luku ia aohe
mea koe. [522]
make preparations for avenging
the death of [522]their king. A
double canoe was then sent to
Kauai to invite Kupakoili and his
people to come to Hawaii and
get all the canoes and all the
property on that island. The
invitation was as follows: “Let no
man, woman, or child remain, all
must sail for Hawaii.” This
invitation was accepted and all
the people sailed for Hawaii
where they were all killed; no
one escaped. [517]

1 These are the two sailing masters of

the Pakaa story who displaced
him. ↑
2 Nana aku ka hana, an expression of
wonderment or surprise, as we
would say: Lo and behold! ↑
3 Namu, nawa, huhu; anger, and
strange and confused speech. ↑
4 Pilikua, twin-bodied. ↑
5 His twin-bodied gift from
Kaneapua. ↑
[Contents]
Legend of Kaulu.
Kukaohialaka was the father and
Hinauluohia was the mother of
three children, all boys. Kaeha
was the first-born, Kamano was
the second, and Kaulu was the
youngest of the three. Kailua in
Koolau [was] their birthplace.
Kaeha the oldest brother loved
and esteemed Kaulu; while
Kamano hated and ill-treated
Kaulu the youngest of their
family. Kaulu was in his mother’s
womb five years before he was
born; at birth he already had a
full set of teeth; his hair was
long, and his buttocks covered
with hair.
The reason why Kaulu stayed in
his mother’s womb so long was
because Kamano had said that
he would kill the next child. On
Kaao no Kaulu.
O Kukaohialaka ka makuakane,
o Hinauluohia ka makuahine, o
Kaeha, ka mua, o Kamano ka
muli iho, o Kaulu ka pokii loa o
lakou; ekolu lakou. O Kailua i
Koolau ka aina hanau; o Kaeha
ke kaikuaana aloha ia Kaulu; o
Kamano ka hana ino ia Kaulu,
oia ke kaikuaana hana aloha ole.
Elima makahiki o Kaulu i loko o
ka opu, ulu ka niho, loloa ka
lauoho, huluhulu ka puukole. O
ke kumu o keia noho ana o
Kaulu i loko o ka opu, o ka
ohumu o Kamano, e pepehi ke
hanau ae o Kaulu; no keia hana
a Kamano pela, noho no o Kaulu
i loko o ka opu.
O ko laua kaikuaana o Kaeha, ia
ia i lohe ai i ka make o Kaulu ke
hanau ae, olelo aku ia ia
Kamano: “Heaha ka mea e
hearing this Kaulu stayed in the
womb. When Kaeha the oldest
brother heard that the next child
was to be killed, he asked
Kamano: “Why should you kill
the next child?” When Kaulu
heard Kaeha say this he said to
himself while still in the womb:
“There, I see I will live. You will
save me. Well and good, if you
save me then I will take care of
you.”
When Kaulu was born he was in
the form of a piece of rope,
having no human form. When
Kamano, the angry brother saw
that it had no human form, he
said: “If you had a human body I
would kill you.” Kaeha on the
other hand took up the piece of
rope, Kaulu, and put him up on a
shelf, where he remained until all
of thirty days had gone by
without being once looked at.
Kaeha in the meantime had
been carried off by the spirits
and was left in a certain place in
the sky, or heaven, called
Lewanuu and Lewalani 1 where
Kane and Kanaloa had their
home.
make ai ko kaua pokii?” A lohe o
Kaulu i keia olelo a Kaeha, olelo
iho ia i loko o ka opu: “Aia ua
ola, o oe ka ko’u mea e ola ai;
heaha la hoi, i ola au ia oe,
alaila, malama aku au ia oe.”
Hanau o Kaulu, he pauku kaula
aohe kino maoli; nana ke
kaikuaana huhu o Kamano,
aohe kino, olelo iho ia, ina he
kino kou make oe ia’u. O Kaeha
hoi ko laua kaikuaana, lalau aku
la ia i ke kino kaula o Kaulu, a
lawe aku la a kau i luna o ka
holopapa. Malaila o Kaulu i
waiho ai a hala ekolu anahulu,
me ka ike ole ia aku.
O Kaeha hoi, ko laua kaikuaana,
ua lilo i ke akua, i kini akua i ka
lehu o ke akua, i ka pukui akua, i
ke kaikuaana o ke akua. Lawe ia
aku la o Kaeha a ka Lewanuu a
me ka Lewalani ka aina o Kane
ame Kanaloa e noho ana.
Kaulu remained on the shelf until
he turned or received a human
body. This shelf was used for the
purpose of stowing away kapas.
When he awoke he looked
around the inside of the house
and saw that his oldest brother
Kaeha was missing. He then
proceeded out of the house and
looking up he saw that his
brother had been carried up by
the spirits to the Lewanuu and
Lewalani. At this he started off in
search of his brother Kaeha.
Upon coming to where the heavy
surf was beating he inquired of
the surf: “I say, this high surf are
you strong?” The surf replied:
“Yes.” Kaulu asked: “What is
your strength?” “I strike from
above and when I catch them I
give them a good soaking,” said
the surf. Eight surfs then struck
Kaulu, but he was not injured.
Kaulu then asked of his hands:
“Say, Hakaukahi my right hand
and Limapaihala my left hand.”
“What is it?” asked the two
hands. “Flamed is the upper jaw,
flamed is the lower jaw.” 2 Kaulu
then reached for the surf and
broke it into small pieces, thus
making the surf small unto this
Maluna o ka holopapa o Kaulu, a
lilo i kino kanaka (ke ana o ka
holopapa he wahi kau kapa); ala
ae la o Kaulu a nana ia loko o ka
hale, aole kona kaikuaana o
Kaeha; oili ae la ia a ma waho o
ka hale, nana ae la a ike, ua lilo i
ke akua i luna o ka Lewanuu a
me ka Lewalani. Ia manawa hele
o Kaulu e imi i kona kaikuaana ia
Kaeha, a hiki ia i kahi a ka nalu e
poi ana, olelo aku la ia i ka nalu:
“E keia nalu nui e ku nei a kiekie,
he ikaika no?” Ae mai ka nalu:
“Ae.” Ninau aku o Kaulu: “Heaha
kou ikaika?” “He poi iho maluna,
loaa iho, eloelo,” pela mai ka
nalu. Popoi ka nalu, ewalu nalu i
luna o Kaulu, aohe nae o Kaulu
make. Ninau iho o Kaulu i na
lima ona, o Hakaukahi ka lima
akau, o Limapaihala ka lima
hema; olelo ae na lima: “A ke
aha a ke aha?” “A ke a luna, a
ke a lalo.” E uhae aku ana o
Kaulu i ka nalu liilii a hiki i keia
la. [525]
Hele hou o Kaulu a halawai me
ia kupu, o ka ale iki, o ka ale nui.
I aku o Kaulu: “O ka hookuakea
moana wale no ka olua, aohe
ikaika?” Olelo mai lauala: “Ha
day. He then continued on his
way until he met other
[524]demigods, the small and
large waves to whom he said:
“You are only making the ocean
look white, you have no
strength.” The waves replied:
“We are strong and also brave.”
A fight was then had in which he
killed both of his opponents;
therefore the waves are small to
this day. After this he continued
on his way until he met
Kuililoloa, a dog that was
guarding the land and the sea.
Another battle was fought in
which Kuililoloa was torn to
pieces, therefore the dogs are
small to this day.
When Kaulu arrived in the land
where his brother was living, he
approached the house and hid
himself within the leaf of a palm
tree. At dusk that evening the
spirits asked Kaeha: “Let us
prepare some awa.” They then
all got some awa and prepared
the awa to be pounded. After
pounding a sufficient quantity,
Kaeha went out to cool himself.
Upon seeing Kaeha Kaulu came
out of his hiding place and met
ikaika no, a he koa no.” Hakaka
lakou a make ia Kaulu, nolaila,
liilii ka ale o ka moana. Hele hou
o Kaulu a loaa o Kuililoloa, he
ilio ia e kiai ana i ka aina a me
ke kai, hakaka laua a make o
Kuililoloa, haehae ia e Kaulu,
nolaila, liilii na ilio e noho nei i
keia wa.
Hiki o Kaulu i ka aina a kona
kaikuaana e noho nei; hele aku
la keia a kokoke i ka hale, pee
iho la keia i loko o ka ao loulu. A
ahiahi molehulehu, olelo aku la
na akua a pau ia Kaeha: “E
mama awa kakou.” Mama iho la
lakou, a pau ka mama ana, hele
aku la o Kaeha iwaho o ka hale
e hooluolu iaia iho. Hele mai la o
Kaulu e ike; ninau aku la o
Kaeha: “Owai neia wahi keiki?”
“O Kaulu, o kou pokii e kau ana i