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A64777	Agiatis, Queen of Sparta, or, The civil wars of the Lacedemonians in the reigns of the Kings Agis and Leonidas : in two parts / translated out of the French.	Vaumorière, M. de (Pierre Ortigue), 1610-1693.	1686 (1686)	Wing V161; ESTC R35227	102,597	238

enough to send you back contented After this they parted and went out of the Wood and left Teleander in a mortal Melancholly The Prince turned himself towards Onecrysa and beholding her with Eyes that sufficiently denoted the trouble of his Heart he said Well Madam will you still affirm I am mistaken and that they do not intend to rob me of Cylesira I confess answered Onecrysa that my surprize is extream I could never have believed that Cylesira had been thus engaged as Leriana lets us understand she is However replied Teleander it shall not be easie for her to unite her self to that Vnknown whom she prefers before we or at least I will not be so unhappy as to see that Vnion It shall either cost me my Life or I will reach Themistides 's Heart I will attack him even before Cylesira 's Eyes But replied Onecrysa all in a fright what necessity is there that you expose your self after that manner If you chance to overcome your Rival do you think you shall be received with the greater favour by the Person who loves him And if your self be overcome will you not give your Enemies a fresh cause of Joy and Triumph You had better Teleander you had better take a way more pleasing and less dangerous Let us seize Cylesira as you at first proposed unto me I consent to it You will be every minute furnished with means to make your self be beloved by her when her dependance shall be on us and she removed from Themistides If you cannot gain her Heart at least she shall not have the liberty to give her self to another They then consulted of the means how to execute their Resolution They re-took their Chariot and went directly to Leosthenes's House as if they had but just then arrived at Palenis Leriana and Cylesira received them with Civility accompanied with Friendship and Respect and gave them very quickly an Entertainment wherein they saw plenty of Dainties proper to good Country Towns While Teleander enjoyed the pleasure of eating with Cylesira of looking on her with Eyes full of Passion and of finding her all Mild and Complaisant Themistides was disturbed with cruel disquiets Besides his being informed that his Rival was with Cylesira Xenares told him News much more vexatious He gave an account of the intreaty Leriana had made him and assured him he would disoblige Cylesira if he desired to see her any more The Reasons she has to forbid your going to her House pursued he are possibly greater than I believed them at first to be Not to flatter you Sir I doubt that Onecrysa and Teleander would not during the Games have quitted Corinth to come into Egina if they had had no other business than to make a formal Visit That which confirms me more in my Conjectures is that they oblige me to make you this disagreeable Compliment precisely at the time your Rival is expected Will you then after this delay one minute to disingage your self Will you not open your Eyes to see that Teleander is preferred before you But should Cylesira do otherwise what advantage could you reap from it Would you marry an unknown Woman You Sir who one day are to reign over the fiercest Nations of the World Court some Alliance that may contribute to the Peace of the Common-wealth or else strengthen your Party Joyn Ambition to your Love Consider that the Princess Agiatis is a most accomplisht Beauty and that your marriage with her would unite the two Royal Families of Sparta I know very well she is designed for King Agis but Sir that Prince is your Enemy and it would be an action worthy of your greatness to attempt to win of him a double Victory I mean to vanquish him at the head of a Powerful Faction and in the Heart of a Charming Princess This indeed is to require very much from you but is it too much for a Prince that derives his Original from the great Hercules No Xenares replied Themistides animated with a Noble Ardour it is not too much for Cleomenes to attack Agis though supported by a Party much stronger than that of Leonidas but never expect that I will endeavour to rob him of Agiatis For besides that the Princess would never favour my enterprise and Gilipus would be much more averse unto me I for my own part confess unto you that I should not care to combat with those Sentiments of aversion wherewith they have inspired Agiatis for every thing that has relation to the House of Leonidas You know Sir replied Xenares that Great Men change their Love or Hate according to the change of their Interests 'T is not the pretended Aversion of Agiatis that creates in you that indifference for her I know the real cause of it You no longer remember who you are and I perceive with a feeling sorrow that 't is Cylesira who has made you forget your self But Sir make a generous effort and forget even her Rouse up in your Heart a just resentment for the Prohibition I made you in her behalf Master your self so far this day as to be able to go and divert your self with Hunting without any regret for her To morrow you shall make some other progress and so by degrees free your self of a Passion which otherwise would be fatal to your Repose to the re-establishment of your House and to your Glory Themistides sighed instead of answering His Love was too violent and Xenares's Arguments were a little too strong not to give him most severe Torments He was for a while as it were buried in a most profound Melancholly but at length he made this answer I have hearkned to your Advice with all the acknowledgment that I ought but Xenares I know not whether I shall be capable of following it Methinks I should not go to divert my self out of Palenis since even Decency requires that I make a visit to the Princess Onecrysa Ah! Sir answered Xenares with vexation do not cover under that pretence the desire you have to see Cylesira Do you believe that after what I told you you would do Onecrysa or Leriana any pleasure by going to Leosthenes's House at a time when your presence there is the most apprehended Is it after that manner that you pretend to make your self be beloved In the name of Heaven think of gaining the esteem of the World and never shew your self incommode I leave you with Phililistion added he seeing that Corinthian enter and go to give some necessary Orders for the matter I proposed unto you He was hardly gone out when Themistides related to Philistion his misfortune in a few words and going on with the Discourse Can you said he be of Xenares Opinion Ought I to remove from Cylesira at the very minute on which her Destiny and mine will possibly be decided For indeed my Lot is affixed to that Charming Creatures I will never love any but her All my Passions are so subjected to my love that I more

also Cleombrotus who ran to his assistance found no better Dessiny The Magistrates went to find Chelonisa in a Temple informed her of the Death of the Prince her Husband and exprest to her their sorrow for it Chelonisa after having given some Tears which Generosity made her shed for a Man who deserved them not thought of returning to Lacedemon 'T was about that time that Agiatis executed the Resolution she had taken of breaking with Cleomenes after having made him some considerable Present She called Leriana and said to her I pray give Themistides what Jewels I have left You shall tell him that I see none let him call to mind that I have already advertised him of it and that he will oblige me to come no more to my Appartment Leriana who ardently desired that Agiatis should consent to Leonidas's Design was very glad that Themistides should see the Queen no more and laid aside all thoughts but those of obeying the Order she had received But she was very much surprized when the Kings Officers of whom she enquired after Themistides answered her that they knew him not and that they had never heard mention of any such Man She gave an account of it to the Queen who was likewise amazed at it 'T is true they did not remain long in that uncertainty Cleomenes who could not live without seeing Agiatis resolved to discourse with Leriana to justifie himself before her and to intreat her to make his Peace He went to her Lodgings and was received with an Air that seemed to promise an happy success to his visit What Joy do you give me said she to him to come so opportunely The Queen has caused search to be made for you and has given me a Commission which ought not to be displeasing to you Cleomenes confirmed in the hope he had conceived waits impatiently for Leriana to explain her self when she takes the Jewels and makes a proffer of them in the behalf of Agiatis as a mark of her acknowledgment The Prince looks sadly on Leriana without casting his Eyes on the Present Madam says he to her by what Crime do you believe I have drawn upon my self this kind of recompence If you have forgotten replied Leriana that it is for the great service you have done 't is just that the Queen remember it Suffer me I intreat you replied Themistides that I complain to the Queen of an usage which she did not perhaps intend as an Affront to me If it be to punish me for having said well of Cleomenes she may pardon me a Fault which I will never commit again Neither shall there be any more mention made of Themistides when once Cleomenes shall be seen to appear How interrupted Leriana with surprize is Agiatis angry with you and forbids you to see her for no other reason but because you are ingaged in the Interests of the Prince of Lacedemon That is the subject of my Disgrace replied Themistides Ah! since 't is that replied Leriana I declare my self for you and I will lose my Credit or I will make your Peace Leriana found nevertheless a great deal of difficulty to obtain leave for Themistides to see again Agiatis and if that Princess did at last consent to it it was for once only and to force him to accept those Jewels he had refused Cleomenes did advance towards her with no very good assurance and observing that there still remained some severity in her Eyes he conceived so great Grief at it that Agiatis who took notice of it felt her Heart growing tender Nevertheless she did not suffer any sign of that change to appear in her Face and she even resolved to renounce for ever the sight of Themistides In the mean time that Lover throws himself at her Feet and Agiatis endeavouring to raise him up hurts his Wound Cleomenes grows pale and the Queen having observed it asked him the cause of it with greater earnestness than she would willingly have shewn The Prince had no sooner said that a pain proceeded from a Wound he had in his left Shoulder but the Princess beheld him with greater application than before After having recalled into her memory all things that could confirm her Conjecture O ye Gods cried she out what is it I see What! is Themistides interessed for the Prince of Lacedemon and is he wounded in the left Shoulder It is no longer to be doubted Themistides is Cleomenes as Cylesira was Agiatis Confess Themistides confess I conjure you and leave me not in the uncertainty wherein you see me Since you command me Madam replied the Prince I confess I am Cleomenes O Heaven cried out Leriana in her turn what a happiness is this after so many misfortunes Ah Leriana replied Cleomenes do not flatter me with any hope unless you would displease the Queen I perceive plainly that I shall never be but unfortunate either as I am Themistides or Cleomenes You know that at Corinth and in the Isle of Egina Cylesira took away from me all opportunities of seeing her I did my duty replied the Queen I defended a Heart which I might well imagine Prince Gilipus would never have disposed of in favour of Themistides I know not replied the Prince of Lacedemon whether Cleomenes shall have any better Destiny but I have observed certain cross accidents that presage no great good In effect Madam when Leonidas takes his measures to carry you away and make me happy I oppose his Attempts and my own good Fortune But I do not repent of what I have done Neither would I have had my own Felicity have cost you one moments vexation The Queen hearkned to him with attention she beheld Cleomenes with Eyes that seemed no longer enraged but as she kept silence How Madam said Leriana you give the Prince no answer after so obliging a Protestation I am very glad replied the Queen that he has been so generous in respect of Agiatis and so faithful to Cylesira Both the one and the other deserve to be remembred with acknowledgment But Sir added she with some disquiet addressing her self to Cleomenes leave me I intreat you alone and do not oblige me to talk any more of you Cleomenes was transported with joy that he put one knee to the Earth to thank the Queen and went to relate to the King all that had passed Leonidas and Cretesilea are no less satisfied with it than the Prince and went immediately to Agitatis's Apartment Though their visit had nothing in it but what was very agreeable yet it did not last long for besides that it was late notice was brought to Leonidas that Chelonisa was just arrived Cleomenes on the morrow fail'd not to visit Agiatis as soon as Decency permitted him to enter her Chamber he told her immediately that nothing retained her in the Apartment which had been given her You may go out of it when you please continued he the King has been graciously pleased that I should have the pleasure