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Albion and Albanius an opera ... / written by Mr. Dryden.
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Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Grabu, Louis, d. 1694.
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a Book representing Hypocracy and Phanaticism when Archon has charmed Democracy and Zeal with the Caduceus of Mercury they fall a sleep on the Pedestal and it sinks with them Merc. CEase Augusta Cease thy mourning Happy dayes appeare Godlike Albion is returning Loyal Hearts to Cheere Every Grace his youth Adorning Glorious as the Star of Morning Or the Planet of the Year Chor. Godlike Albion is returning c. Merc. to Arch. Hast away Loyal chief hast away No delay but obey To receive thy lov'd Lord hast away Ex. Arch. Tham. Medway and Isis you that augment me Tides that encrease my watry store And you that are Friends to Peace and Plenty Send my merry Boyes all ashore Sea Men Skipping Mariners Leaping Shouting Tripping Send my merry Boyes all ashore A Dance of Watermen in the King 's and Duke's Liveries The Clouds divide and Juno appears in a Machine drawn by Peacocks while a Symphony is playing it moves gently forward and as it descends it opens and discovers the Tail of the Peacock which is so Large that it almost fills the opening of the Stage between Scene and Scene Merc. THe Clouds divide what Wonders What Wonders do I see The Wife of Iove 'T is shee That Thunders More than thundring Hee Iuno No Hermes No 'T is Peace above As 't is below For Iove has left his wandring Love Tham. Great Queen of gathering Clouds Whose Moisture fills our Floods See we fall before Thee Prostrate wee adore Thee Aug. Great Queen of Nuptial Rites Whose pow'r the Souls Unites And fills the Genial Bed with chast Delights See we fall before Thee Prostrate we adore Thee Iuno 'T is ratifi'd above by every God And Iove has firm'd it with an Awfull Nod That Albion shall his love renew But oh ungrateful Fair Repeated Crimes beware And to his Bed be true Iris appears on a very large Machine This was really seen the 18th of March 1684. by Capt. Christopher Gunman on Board his R. H. Yacht then in Calais Pierre He drew it as it then appear'd and gave a draught of it to us We have only added the Cloud where the Person of Iris sits Iuno SPeak Iris from Batavia speak the Newes Has she perform'd my dread Command Returning Albion to his longing Land Or dares the Nymph refuse Iris. Albion by the Nymph attended Was to Neptune recommended Peace and plenty spread the Sails Venus in her shell before him From the Sands in safety bore him And supply'd Etesian gales Retornella Archon on the Shore Commanding Lowly met him at his Landing Crowd's of People swarm'd around Welcome rang like Peals of Thunder Welcome rent the Skies assunder Welcome Heav'n and Earth resound Iuno Why stay we then on Earth When Mortals laugh and love T is time to mount above And send Astraea down The Ruler of his Birth And Guardian of his Crown 'T is time to mount above And send Astraea down Mer. Iu. Ir. 'T is time to mount above And send Astraea down Mer. Ju. and Iris ascend Aug. and Tham. The Royal Squadron Marches Erect Tryumphal Arches For Albion and Albanius Rejoyce at their returning The passages adorning The Royal Squadron marches Erect Triumphal Arches For Albion and Albanius Part of the Scene disappears and the 4 Triumphal Arches erected at his Majesties Coronation are seen Albion appears Albanius by his side preceded by Archon followed by a Train c. Full Chor. HAil Royal Albion Hail Aug. Hail Royal Albion Hail to thee Thy longing Peoples expectation Tham. Sent from the Gods to set us free From Bondage and from Usurpation Aug. To pardon and to pity me And to forgive a guilty Nation Tham. Behold the differing Climes agree Rejoycing in the Restauration Entry Representing the Four parts of the World rejoycing at the Restauration of Albion ACT II. The Scene is a Poetical Hell The Change is Total The Vpper part of the House as well as the Side Scenes There is the Figure of Prometheus chain'd to a Rock the Vulture gnawing his Liver Sisiphus rowling the Stone the Belides c. beyond abundance of Figures in various Torments Then a great Arch of Fire Behind this Three Pyramids of Flames in perpetual agitation Beyond this glowing Fire which terminates the Prospect Pluto the Furies with Alecto Democracy and Zelota Plut. INfernal Offspring of the Night Debarr'd of Heav'n your Native right And from the glorious Fields of Light Condemn'd in shades to dragg the Chain And fill with groans the gloomy Plain Since Pleasures here are none below Be ill our good our joy be Woe Our Work t' embroil the Worlds above Disturb their Union disunite their Love And blast the Beautious frame of our Victorious Foe Democ. and Zelot together Oh thou for whom those Worlds are made Thou Sire of all things and their end From hence they spring and when they fade In Shuffled Heaps they hither tend Here Humane Souls receive their Breath And wait for Bodies after Death Democ. Hear our Complaint and grant our Pray'r Pluto Speak what you are And whence you fell Democ. I am thy first begotten care Conceiv'd in Heav'n but born in Hell When Thou didst bravely undertake in fight You Arbitrary Pow'r That rules by Soveraign might To set thy Heav'n-born fellows free And leave no difference in Degree In that Auspicious Hour Was I begot by Thee Zelota One Mother bore us at a Birth Her Name was Zeal before she fell No fairer Nymph in Heav'n or Earth Till Saintship taught her to rebel But loosing Fame And changing Name She 's now the Good Old Cause in Hell Plut. Dear Pledges of a Flame not yet forgot Say what on Earth has been your lot Dem. and Zel. The Wealth of Albion's Isle was ours Augusta stoopt with all her stately Towr's Dem. Democracy kept Nobles under Zel. Zeal from the Pulpit roar'd like Thunder Dem. I trampled on the State Zel. I lorded o're the Gown Dem. and Zel. We both in Triumph sate Usurpers of the Crown But oh Prodigious turn of Fate Heaven controuling Sent us rowling rowling down Plut. I wonder'd how of late our Acherontique shore Grew thin and Hell unpeople'd of her Store Charon for want of Use forgot his Oar. The Souls of Bodies Dead flew all Sublime And hither none return'd to purge a Crime But now I see since Albion is restor'd Death has no Bus'ness nor the vengeful Sword 'T is too too much that here I ly From glorious Empire hurl'd By Iove excluded from the Sky By Albion from the World Dem. Were Common-Wealth restor'd again Thou should'st have Millions of the slain To fill thy dark abode Zel. For He a Race of Rebels sends And Zeal the Path of Heav'n pretends But still mistakes the rode Pluto My lab'ring thought At length hath wrought A bravely bold design In which you both shall joyn In borrow'd shapes to Earth return Thou Common-wealth a Patriot seem Thou Zeal like true Religion burn To gain the giddy Crowds Esteem Alecto thou to fair
made FINIS ALBION AND ALBANIUS An OPERA Decorations of the Stage in the First Act. THE Curtain rises and there appears on either side of the Stage next to the Frontispiece a Statue on Horse-back of Gold on Pedestal's of Marble enrich'd with Gold and bearing the Imperial Armes of England one of these Statues is taken from that of the late King at Charing-Cross the other from that Figure of his present Majesty done by that noble Artist Mr. Gibbons at Windsor The Scene is a Street of Palaces which lead to the Front of the Royal Exchange the great Arch is open and the view is continued through the open part of the Exchange to the Arch on the other side and thence to as much of the Street beyond as could properly be teaken Mercury descends in a Chariot drawn by Ravens He comes to Augusta and Thamesis They lye on Couches at a distance from each other in dejected postures She attended by Cities He by Rivers On the side of Augusta's Couch are Painted Towers falling a Scarlet Gown and Gold Chaine a Cap of Maintenance thrown down and a Sword in a Velvet Scabbard thrust through it the City Arms a Mace with an old useless Charter and all in disorder Before Thamesis are broken Reeds Bull-rushes Sedge c. with his Vrn Reverst ACT I. Mercury Descends Merc. THou glorious Fabrick stand for ever stand Well Worthy Thou to entertain The God of Traffique and of Gain To draw the Concourse of the Land And Wealth of all the Main But where the shoales of Merchants meeting Welcome to their Friends repeating Busie Bargaines deafer sound Tongues Confus'd of every Nation Nothing here but Desolation Mournful silence reignes around Aug. O Hermes pity me I was while Heav'n did smile The Queen of all this Isle Europes Pride And Albions Bride But gone my Plighted Lord ah gone is Hee O Hermes pity mee Tham. And I the Noble Flood whose tributary Tide Does on her Silver Margent smoothly glide But Heav'n grew jealous of our happy state And bid revolving Fate Our Doom decree No more the King of Floods am I No more the Queen of Albion She These two Lines are Sung by Reprises betwixt Augusta and Thamisis Aug. O Hermes pity me Tham. O Hermes pity me Sung by Augusta and Thamesis together Aug. Behold Tham. Behold Aug. My Turrets on the ground That once my Temples crown'd Tham. The Sedgy Honours of my Brow 's disperst My Urn reverst Merc. Rise rise Augusta rise And wipe thy weeping Eyes Augusta for I call thee so 'T is lawful for the Gods to know Thy Future Name And growing Fame Rise rise Augusta rise Aug. O never never will I rise Never will I cease my mourning Never wipe my Weeping Eyes Till my plighted Lord's returning Never never will I rise Merc. What brought Thee Wretch to this despair The Cause of thy Misfortune show Aug. It seems the Gods take little Care Of Humane things below When even our Suff'rings here they do not know Merc. Not unknowing came I down Disloyal Town Speak did'st not Thou Forsake thy Faith and break thy Nuptial Vow Aug. Ah 't is too true too true But what cou'd I unthinking City do Faction sway'd me Zeal allur'd me Both assur'd me Both betray'd me Merc. Suppose me sent Thy Albion to restore Can'st thou repent Aug. My falshood I deplore Tham. Thou seest her mourn and I With all my Waters will her Tears supply Merc. Then by some loyal Deed regain Thy long lost Reputation To wash away the stain That blots a Noble Nation And free thy famous Town again From force of Usurpation Chor. of all We 'll wash away the stain That blots a noble Nation And free this famous Town again From force of Usurpation Dance of the followers of Mercury Aug. Behold Democracy and Zeal appear She that allur'd my Heart away And He that after made a prey Merc. Resist and do not fear Chor. of all Resist do not fear Enter Democracy and Zeal attended by Archon Democ. Nymph of the City bring thy Treasures Bring me more To waste in Pleasures Aug. Thou hast exhausted all my Store And I can give no more Zeal Thou Horny Flood for Zeal provide A new Supply And swell thy Moony tide That on thy buxom Back the floating Gold may glide Tham. Not all the Gold the Southern Sun produces Or Treasures of the fam'd Levant Suffice for Pious uses To feed the sacred hunger of a Saint Democ. Woe to the Vanquisht woe Slave as thou art Thy Wealth impart And me thy Victor know Zeal And me thy Victor know Resistless Arms are in my hand Thy Barrs shall burst at my Command Thy Towry Head lye low Woe to the Vanquish'd woe Aug. Were I not bound by fate For ever ever here My Walls I would translate To some more happy Sphere Remov'd from servile fear Tham. Remov'd from servile fear Wou'd I could disappear And sink below the Mayn For Commonwealth's a Load My old Imperial Flood Shall never never never bear again Thamesis and Augusta together A Commonwealth's a Load Our old Imperial Flood Shall never never bear again Dem. Pull down her Gates Expose her bare I must enjoy the proud disdainful fair Haste Archon Haste To lay her waste Zel. I 'll hold her fast To be embrac'd Dem. And she shall see A Thousand Tyrants are in thee A Thousand thousand more in mee Archon to Aug. From the Caledonion Shore Hither am I come to save thee Not to force or to enslave thee But thy Albion to restore Hark! the peales the People ring Peace and freedom and a King Chor. Hark! the Peales the People ring Peace and freedom and a King Aug. Tham. To Armes to Armes Archon I lead the way Merc. Cease your Alarmes And stay brave Archon stay 'T is Doom'd by Fates Decree 'T is Doom'd that Albion's dwelling All other Isles excelling By Peace shall Happy be Archon What then remaines for me Merc. Take my Caduceus take this aweful Wand With this th' Infernal Ghosts I can command And strike a Terror thro the Stygian Land Common-wealth will want pretences Sleep will Creep on all his Senses Zeal that lent him her assistance Stand amaz'd without resistance Archon touches Democracy with a Wand Dem. I feel a lazy slumber layes me down Let Albion let him take the Crown Happy let him reign Till I wake again falls-asleep Zel. In vain I rage In vain I rouze my Powers But I shall wake again I shall to better Houres Ev'n in slumber I will vex him Still perplex him Still incumber Know you that have ador'd him And Soveraign power afford him Wee 'll reap the gains Of all your paines And seem to have restor'd him Zel. falls asleep Aug. and Tham. A stupyfying sadness Leaves Her without motion But sleep will cure her madness And coole her to Devotion A double Pedestal rises On the Front of it is painted in Stone colour two Women one holding a double Fac'd Vizor the other