sorrows Tears away Shee 's Courted by a Monarch whose Renown Does make him greater much then does his Crown To Conquer All he has resistless Pow'rs His Sword subdues His Sex his Vertues Ours Sev. Then let his Virtue which you so much Prize Suppress your Jealousie and dry your Eyes Virtue so Firm as nothing can Remove Aliz. Virtue is nothing but a Name in Love What cannot Love when he is Victor do Which makes me think their Change their Virtue too Sev. With equal Flames the King your Flames did meet And daily breath'd his Passion at your feet Myrtles when giv'n by You were Dearer held Than all those Lawrells Vanquish'd France did yield He went with Grief that Empire to subdue Hating what ever sever'd him from You. Aliz. I see his Change in spight of all his Art He suffers not but plays the Lovers part Sev. Let not such Thoughts be entertain'd by you He Courts you now more then he us'd to do Aliz. This does the Truth of what I said detect His Passion now is chang'd into Respect And Love which once was High and is decay'd Like the Sun setting casts the greater shade From all his secret Vows he does depart 'T is False Love onely needs the help of Art Sev. Such Doubts his Constancy may Over-throw Who Thinks him False provokes him to Be so Did you to him your cause of Grief unfold Aliz 'T would not deserve that Name could it be told She meanly Loves who slighted can admit Ought but her Love alone can tell her it Sev. No wonder Grief thus in your Breast does Reign When you from your Physician hide your Pain Let Him but hear from whence your Sorrow grows Aliz. 'T is Love and vain to tell him what he knows Sev. Then I will tell it him and he will fly Faster to You than to a Victory And quickly learn to clear his Fancy'd Fault Aliz. A Perfect Lover needs not to be taught And if he were with Lovers tâ—…ue Passion Fir'd He would not need to Learn hee 'd be Inspir'd Sev. At my request ease your distemper'd Mind And on my life you suddenly shall find To think him faulty is to think Amiss Aliz. He is too Guilty since I think he is Exeunt several wayes Enter Cleorin and Delaware Cleo. I hop'd your absence now three years compleat Had cur'd your Passion for Plantagenet And you would Fame to hopeless Love prefer Dela I courted Fame but more to merit Her Since I durst Love not having Fame atchiev'd Since I Ador'd her while her Husband liv'd Now that the Noble Kent three years is dead Now that with Lawrel War has Crown'd my Head How can you be dear Sister so unwise To think that Love can fall while Hope does rise Cleo. You know Dear Brother onely for your sake That I three years incessant care did take To make my self your Conquerours Confident But though I have accomplish'd my Intent Yet all I Gain'd by it is to believe She never your Addresses will Receive For since she lost her Lord the Noble Kent She thinks all time not paid to Grief mispent Dela In what you say much cause of Hope I find Since Grief tâ—… unwelcom'st Passion of the Mind She does admit within her to Reside Love the most welcome cannot be Deny'd Cleo. Do not your Hopes with such wild Fancies feed Her 's is a Grief which does from Love proceed You by your Passion strangely are mis-led Dela Is it then possible to Love the Dead We but to those Alive can Love express For when the Cause does die the Effect must cease Cleo. Your own strange Fate opposes what you said Your Love does Live and yet your hope is Dead Dela Since Love has over her Triumphant been My Flame is such to doubt Success were Sin Cleo. Nothing from Sorrow can her Soul remove And Grief is still an Enemy to Love But were her Grief subdu'd yet I must say A greater hind'rance does obstruct your way In the King's Heart a growing Flame does rise Which he discovers by his Sighs and Eyes He is the greatest Monarch of the Earth And greater by his Actions then his Birth Dela Had I her heart his Titles would not sway In Loves just ballance onely Love does weigh Cleo. The Nature of our Sex I 'le not disguise Our Servants Loves less than their Pow'rs we prise For but in Name alone their Hearts are ours But we effectually do share their Pow'rs Dela Yet Love would tell her 't is a greater thing To Conquer then it is to be a King Cleo. There 's something else which makes my Care more great Then all which I to you have mention'd yet You know the Prince of Wales did once appear Your Conquerours Lover and was lov'd by her And he to wed her gain'd the Kings Consent But unexpectedly she married Kent I often prest the Cause she would reveal Yet she the secret does from me conceal But though she on the Prince does lay the Blame Yet she will weep when she but hears his Name A thousand other Proofs do make me doubt That Fire is onely cover'd not put out Dela Ah Cleorin there 's none but I alive Of that Strange Marriage an account 〈◊〉 give You know when to the Wars of France I went I made a Friendship with the Earl of Kent Which in short time did grow so strong and high As when he found he of his Wounds should die He to strict silence first did me Engage Then told me how he gain'd his Marriage Which is so strange a story I dare swear She never can love him nor he love her Cleo. I will not beg you then to tell me why Since you have ty'd your self to secresie Brother I now must leave you for you know Our King does on King Iohn a Masque bestow To which he did Plantagenet invite And thither I must wait on her to night Dela Ah since you must be gone yet e're you go Let me at least what I may hope for know Cleo. The highest joy to which you can pretend Is that your Mistress you may make your Friend Dela If She does Friendship and not Love bestow At once she 'll make me blest and wretched too Cleo. She 'll meet your Friendship but your Love she 'll shun Despair must do what Reason should have done Dela This is a cruelty she should abhorre She should not do so much or should do more Exeunt several wayes Enter the King Alizia and Sevina Alizia 's Chamber King While your Suspition to such height does rise You wrong at once my Passion and your Eyes Ah Madam be no longer so unkind Since you to think me False must think me Blind How can you doubt of any change in me When such fair Eyes are your Security Aliz. Ah do not Sir condemn what I have done To doubt your Love does more declare my own 'T is Love not Jealousie which I detect Then for the causes sake excuse th' effect King Madam
him I owe For hee 's my Tyrant and my Rivall too Yet with the last I merit to be curs'd Since I to kill him needed but the first Dem. In killing him your Country you 'le expose Are. Not killing him I Cleopatra loose And he unworthy of her will appeare Who above all things does not value her Dem. This Truth with greater lustre may be seen If you would not oppose her being Queen Are. I le not oppose by taking Tryphons life Her being Queen but being a Tyrants wife Dem. Since she would have him as her Choice or Fate Shee 'l take suâ—… proofs of Love as proofs of Hate Are. Her Virtue which has still appear'd so High Sâ—…ews 't is a â—…arriage of Necessity Which hath engag'd me by one generous blow To fâ—… my Mistress and my Countrey too Farewell I le goe and act what I intend And If I â—…ll say you have lost a Freind Embracing him Dem. â—…eel'e perish in th' attempt Aretus stay And is thâ—… 〈◊〉 your câ—…e no other way Are. In 〈◊〉 question you mispend your breath In 〈◊〉 Love what Cure is there but Death Dem. You'â—…e meet your owne attempting his I fear Are. T is twice a Death to be depriv'd of her Farewell wast this for which you call'd me backe Dem. Stay Friend for I 'me contriving for your sake That which may â—…ach your End a safer way Suspend â—…h ' Attempt the remnant of this day Since in your Love you are engag'd so farr To serve you in it ' I le imploy my care You know the Pow'r which I with Tryphon have Are. This is but spoke th' Usurpers Life to save Dem. How 's this your self as me you now offend Can you suspect me and yet call me Freind Are. What I have said in such a Storm of Fate Deseâ—…ves your pitty rather then your Hate Doe not the Pardon which I beg deny T was my Distraction wrong'd you and not I. Dem. Alas I see you are or'come with Greif Are. Yet to my Sorrows 't would be some Releif Would you then Swear if you in your Designe Should faile you would assist me then in mine Dem. But will you swear his Death you 'le not attempt If from his Rivallshipp I you exempt Are. In such a vow myself I cannot Trust T is less to be Unhappy then Unjust Which I should be if I to you should give A promise that I 'de let th' Usurper live Dem. The Vow which I desire that you would make Is not for Tryphon's but for Syrias sake Are. Poor Syria since Demetrius thinks it good To bind me not to shed thy Tyrants Blood What greater Curse could Heaven on thee have sent Then make thy safety be thy Punishment Dem. Since 't is the will of Heaven we must submit What will you doe Are I 'le doe what shall be fit Dem. But will you then too no more condescend To loose a Rivall and oblige a Freind Are. Would you have me doe more then what is fit Dem. But will you Vow to make me Judge of it If By my Power with Tryphon and my Skill I make him cease to Rival you Dre I will Oh Cleopatra never Lover yet Did of his Passion give a Proof so great With such Devotion to your Eyes I bend As I pay them what I deny'd my Freind Nay for their sake and what more could I doe I spare the Tyrant of my countrey too If I in this Act against Duties Laws Let Love forgive the Effect which Love did cause Ah Freind from me you have extorted now That which I feare may prove a Guilty Vow But you are judge of all which gives me Rest. Dem. Can you then doubt what 's trusted to my Breast Are. You see I doe it not since I decline Even to inquire what you for me designe Dem. Feare not I 'le ner'e betray a Trust so High Are. When you betray me 't is high time to Dye Embracing him they goe out Enter Nicanor Stratonice Irene The SCENE Nicanor's Pallace Stra. I thought my Sister your consent had got Nic. So farr from getting that she askd it not Hermione to me has been Unjust I left my Cleopatra to her Trust And know not well which most I should Suspect Or her Unfaithfulness or her Neglect Th' Ambition of your Sister I foresee Will make her Wretched and will Hazard me For if she marryes Tryphon Shee 's undone And me hee 'le ruine if his Love she shun Ire Hermione and I have but one Breast And she to me did solemnly protest She not till 't was too late the Business knew And Sir laments for it as much as you Nic. In such a Fault she 'd show herself Unwise If she from you did not herself disguise Stra. Hermione is Innocent therein Sir 't is my sisters Fate or else her Sin Nic. You both absolve Hermione from Guilt Shew me on what your Confidence is built Stra. The cause of mine to you Sir I le relate She Loves my sister and does Tryphon Hate And would not Sir I know deserve your Frown To gaine for her own self the Syrian Crown Iren. I know she does Aretus much esteem And thinks your Daughter only merits him And to Hermione he told this day The Love he does to Cleopatra pay Besides she vow'd to me 't is her Intent In that Address to be her Confident Nic. Does then Aretus Cleopatra love 〈◊〉 And in that height I fear his Death 't will prove For when he knowes shee 'l be th' Usurpers Wife He will attempt his own or Tryphon's Life Nic. That Happiness at which I most did aime Is now fall'n on me but is fall'n in vaine That Height'ned Worth Aretus still has shewn Makes me esteem him above Tryphon's Throne My Stratonice Irene you and I Must for this Ill find a quick Remedy All must assault her in a several way On Cleopatra my Commands I 'll lay And with Hermione you two must joyne To make your Sister break off her Designe Stra. You may be of our best Endeavour sure But Sir I fear this Ill is past our Cure Nic. Those who of Feare in their Attempts admit Doe take the surest way to faile in it Her Resolutions cannot be above Her Duty Friendship and Aretus Love But we lose Time while we together stay And this Affair admits of no Delay They goe out several wayes Enter Cleopatra Hermione The SCENE a Garden and a Grove of Trees Her Forgive me Madam that I thus have prest To know the Grief which does invade your Breast For though when you in publick doe appeare Your Speech is Chearfull and your Looks are Clear Yet they are clouded when you are alone And every Word is brought forth with a Groan Cleo. That which you have observ'd alas is true Those various Actings to my Fate are due I ought since Destin'd to a Tyrants Throne Joyfull to seem yet mourn when I 'm alone Nor know I which my Soul does most subdue Feigning
Provinces your Sword has Won Ask me to share with you the English Crown And that true Kindness with does me dispose Still to deny you Her would grant you Those Prin. The Empire of the world I should Disdain Unless Plantagenet with me did Reign No Charms would in that Throne to me appear Without I had your leave to place Her there But if you grant me what I now implore I cannot Ask nor can you Give me more King When first her Beauties in your Heart did Reign I had design'd to Marry you in Spain And the consent I of Don Pedro won By which you had Succeeded to his Crown But by affection for you I was led To give you leave Plantagenet to Wed. What Act of greater Kindness could be shown Then yield your Love should lose so fair a Throne You have lost Spain by your first Fatal Flame And by your second you will lose your Fame Those Wreaths which Conquer'd France for you have made By such a Guilty Fire will quickly fade Prin. I doubt not Sir but by my Sword to gain As large a Monarchy as that of Spain Fortune the Valiant may to Thrones prefer But 't is by Sufferings I must Conquer her King Ah Prince since nor your Reason nor your Fame Can cure you of so Criminal a Flame I 'le try if my Commands can make you do What Fame and Reason cannot lead you to I here enjoy you Son by every thing Which binds you to your Father and your King This sinful Love without delay decline Which should your Horror cause as well as mine For if this Passion longer you pursue You 'll lose your Fame your King and Father too Exeunt King and Lord Latymer Prin. Two Ills he offers one he bids me choose I must my Mistress or my Father Loose Why should he strive by Nature to remove The highest bond of Nature that of Love Though Nat'ral 't is t' Obey a Fathers call Yet to love her is much more Natural Since he would have me yield to Natures sway Where she most Rules there I should most Obey Dela Since She your King your Father and your Friend Oppose your Love give to your Love an End Any of them the Conquest ought to Win Then to Oppose all Four will prove a Sin Prin. Ah Delaware the Sin were much more Great Should I now cease to love Plantagenet Then I to kill my self I must needs consent My Love and Life being of like extent Dela Your Passion is Unjust while 't is so Great You pay Loves Score with what is Natures debt If in your Love so prodigal you are With what Sir will you pay your Fathers Care Prin. Ah 't is his Love for her noâ—… care for me Which makes him treat me with such Cruelty Against all Rules of Justice he does go Making himself both Judge and Party too If to Love her who wrong'd me be a Crime The self-same cause makes Love a Fault in him Dela More by a King and Father may be done Then may be by a Subject and a Son Let calmer Thoughts you to your Duty bring Pronounce the names of Father and of King With that Respect which is to either due And yield to those Effects 't will work in you Those Pow'rful Names will then Victorious be Prin. I find in either dwells Divinity For nothing less of Force enough could prove To hinder me to speak to her I Love This is the very utmost I can do And this Heav'n knows will prove my Torment too Dela Silence Sir is but half of what you owe You should suppress your Inclination too Prin. My Inclinations must be let alone For though 't is Mine yet it is not my own Dela Onely to Lovers this Distinction's known How can it Sir be yours and not your own Prin. Subjects who from their King the Pow'r have gâ—… Are still his Subjects though he Rules them not Oh Friend in my Condition there appears Two Motions like to those which Rule the Sphears My Love the Rapid Motion I may call My Duty to my King the Natural Which while it does it's Regular Course obey Loves Rapid Motion hurries it away Exeunt The End of the Third Act. THE FOURTH ACT. The Scene opening King Edward and Lord Latymer appear in a Garden discoursing Lat. SIr 't is past doubt the' Intelligence is true King What the French King the Princes Rival too Lat. And to so great a Height as I believe A period to their Friendship it will give For never any yet could soar above The fierce Resentments of a Rivalls Love King Friendship between them two can hardly be Of so much Strength as Nature is in me Since Love in me does Nature's Force subdue Doubt not in them 't will Conquer Friendship too 'T is the Prerogative of her Bright Eyes For Love of them to breake all other Ties Lat. Is it then just you on the Prince should lay Commands above his Pow'r Sir to obey King Oh Latymer I grant I am to Blame But 't is not Love alone does me Inflame Glory in that I act does bear a part Glory does fire my Mind as Love my Heart Nothing for me seems Worthy to Pursue But what my Son Attempting Fail'd to do Since he to such an Envied Fame does rise Mine will Burn dimme if it Outshine not his Lat. Oh Sir can you who have such Glory won Grow Jealous of the Glory of your Son King He never Glory Lov'd who could Admit Of any thing which might Outrival it From this Resolve nothing can me remove Nature must yield to Glory and to Love Enter King John and the Prince who lock the Chamber-door Lat. Sir I perceive the Prince and the French King Something Important does them hither bring For they are come alone and lock the gate If Sir conceal'd a while you here will wait Perhaps you 'll learn what in their Loves they 'll Do. King That 's a discourse deserves my list'ning to King Edward and Lord Latymer conceal themselves behind the Scene King Io. 'T is such a Secret as shall clearly show The perfect Friendship which to you I owe Since what to tell my self is scarcely fit I to your Secresie shall now commit Prin. Though nothing can to me more Pleasure give Then Proofs Sir of your Frienship to receive Yet among Friends there may such Secrets be As to disclose them were an Injury But you too well the Laws of Friendship know And are too Generous to use me so King Io. That Friend must to himself appear Unjust Who takes as Injuries the Marks of Trust Yet tell me Sir what can that Secret be Which to Reveal would be an Injury Prin. Shoul'd you have brib'd your Guards to set you free 'T would be an Injury to tell it me For I should be what ever I should do False to my King and Father or to you King Io. Could I corrupt or else his Guards deceive I 'de not return to France without his
still a Conquest most prefer Plan. They Tyrants are who to usurp delight King Who has most Bâ—…y has 〈◊〉 Love most right Plan. You wrong your Mistris while my Love you seek And I my Friend in hearing what you speak King To Love another after you are seen A greater wrong Madam in me had been I fully know the great debt which is due To your fair Eyes and to your Vâ—…tues too And it had been below them to have gain'd A Heart in which no Beauty e're has reign'd But mine before had yielded to the Pow'rs Of conquering Charmes which none excel but yours What greater merit can my Passion shew Then thus to leave Alizia to love you This of its vastness is a proof sublime Plan. Ah what you call your Merit is your Crime Since perfect Love in Justice must excel Falshood and her together cannot dwell King That perfect Love is just I grant is true And I prove mine is Just in Loving you Your Eyes which act the Change you so abhor Are my security I 'le change no more Since to the highest Beauty I pretend Blame not if by Degrees I reach that end And as my Love that blessing does pursue So now I find it onely shines in you Enter Alizia and Sevina Aliz. This Duty daily must be paid by me And though 't is late She starts back amaz'd seeing the King Oh Heaven what is 't I see Ah! would these Eyes rather than see this Sight Had been clos'd up by an eternal night King What is it Madam which you thus bâ—…oan Aliz. Can you ask that since you two are alone And at an hour so Guilty as it showes The Falseness of her Friendship and your Vows To me this Sight so vast a Grief does give As makes me wish rather to Die than Live King And Madam 't is some cause of Grief in me To find in you so strange a Jealousie Aliz. If you who do the Wrong Sir can admit Of Grief What then must I that Suffer it But Sir your cause of Grief shall be remov'd My Death shall shew you soon how well I lov'd To Plan. Go treacherous Woman False as thou art Fair Those Hopes you rais'd on your wrong'd Friends Despair Shall soon be blasted for my injur'd Ghost Shall still pursue you for those Joyes I lost Where e're you go revenge it shall invoke And shew you still that Heart your Falshood broke You still shall see it or shall hear it groan And it shall haunt you in his Bed and Throne She offers to go out Plan. Oh go not yet away Sev. At â—…east be pleas'd to hear what she can say Aliz. Whatever she can tell I do dispise I 'le not believe her Words above mine Eyes And I have seen so much as I â—…ow fly To seek out Death my onely Remedy Exeunt Alizia and Sevina Plan. So well her height'ned Spirit Sir I know As what she Threatens she too soon will do If by your instant Kindness or my Care We do not stop th' Effects of her Dispair Forgive me if I leave you to attend The Debts I owe to a Dispairing Friend The King stays her King Oh leave not your Adorer to pursue One who does hate you and usurp'd your due If to receive my Passion you decline Even her Dispair will be less great then mine Plan. Detaâ—…n me not She 'll die through our delay King And I shal die should you thus go away Plan. She needs my help King But does not it implore Plan. Her Case deserves it King Mine deserves it more Plan. Her Grief does wound me King So my Love should do Plan. Your Love 's her debt King 'T is onely due to you A great skreik within Plan. That Fatal Skreik must cut off our debate For my best speed I fear will come too late She breaks from the King and goes out hastily King She 's gone and left me in a deeper Grief Then her's to whom she flies to give Relief She does her Hatred to my Love prefer To me she 's Cruel but she 's Kind to her 'T is Fortune onely or resistless Fate Which governs all the World in Love and Hate The King stands musing a while Valeria's Brother thinking him gone comes from behind the Bed The King lifts up his eyes sees him and starts back Valeria's Brother runs into the Bed again King A Man and here and at this time of night How quickly did He vanish from my sight Does she a Visitant like this admit Though my bad Angel 't were I 'le speak to it The King draws his Sword and goes towards the Bed Who art thou and what is it brought thee here The King plucks Valeria's Brother out of the Bed who trembles but answers not His Tongue is ty'd by Guiltiness or Fear Prepare for Death or else resolve my Doubt He 's silent still what Ho who waiâ—…s without Enter two Courtiers running Since my Commands thy silence cannot break I 'le find ouâ—… Tortures which shall make thee speak Seize on this Mute and with him follow me They seize on Valeria's Brother Why should the Thrones of Kings so envy'd be When such strange Griefs assault me in one hour As make my Sorrows greater than my Pow'r Exeunt The End of the Fourth Act. THE FIFTH ACT. Enter King Edward and Lord Latymer King I Have in short told you my cause of Grief Which is as Just as 't is above Relief Ah! to forsake one in whose heart I Reign'd To Court another who my Flames disdain'd And such a Lovely Youth thus hid by her Are loads too heavy for my Soul to bear Lat. Though Sir the Fair Plantagenet may be Too justly blam'd for one Inconstancy Yet in all else her Vertue such hath been As to suspect it Sir would turn a Sin King Oh she who could for Kent my Son forgo What is it after which she might not do She must have given that Love for which she prest Were not her Heart by other Fires possest I 'le not defame her since she bears my name But she for ever has supprest my Flame Enter Sevina hastily Sev. If with your Love Sir for Alizia You have not thrown your Pity too away Be pleas'd to see where She Despairing lies And with your Hand vouchsafe to close her Eyes King Madam what is 't which her Dispair does move Sev. Oh ask not that when she has lost your Love She did a while that Misery suspect But when the certainty she did detect She had but that our strength was her Relief By one dire blow ended her Life and Grief When from her Hand the Weapon we did wrest Suâ—…h storms of Sighs did crow'd out of her Brest And from her Eyes such streams of Tears did flow As we repented that we stop'd the blow For sure the loss of Life is a less Ill Then that Despair which does possess her still But though we did one sort of Death prevent Yet she on dying Sir is so intent
condescend Or else my Grief my tortur'd Life shall end Dela Such were the Arts us'd by the Earl of Kent As both seem'd Guilty yet were Innocent Cleo. Madam while you such scrupulous Vertue show The Prince may of your Love suspicious grow That moveing sorrow which he does express Invites your kindness now to make it cease Plan. Sooner then you such Grief Sir shall admit I will obey what ever you think fit I rather Sir will an Injustice doe To my own self then seem unkind to you Prin. Ah Madam in those happy words I find You are to me at once both Just and Kind No Satisfaction e're was hop'd by me But that you might that Innocency see Which Delaware's great Friendship made appear Who is thereby for ever setled here Where Madam next to you he still shall grow Dela Ah could a Prince ought to his Subject owe I might then think to me you are in debt Prin. To me your Friendship has bin always great Yet I must Tax it of a seeming wrong Since this blest Secret you conceal'd so long Cleo. What Justice does this seeming wrong excuse Shall Sir present you with more welcome news While your great Father was in Love with her He as a Subject Sir had cause to fear A Secret so important to declare As might perhaps have caus'd a Civill War But Sir now that the King has this blest day Resum'd his Love for fair Alizia And has by Vowes which oft he did repeat Renounc'd his Passion for Plantagenet Which from her sef this very hour we know My Brother lost no time to tell it you Prin. These charming Words which now from you I hear His Justice shews and ends my greatest Fear Nothing from Heaven was left me to implore But that my Father Rivall'd me no more Cleo. What fitter time can Fortune give to you Then thus your Ends in Love still to pursue Lose not one Moment of it for perhaps Those Conquering Eyes may make him soon relaps Prin. What you advise your care of me does show Forgive me Madam If I leave you now Since 't is so vast a Blessing to implore As granted I shall never leave you more Plan. That Grant the noblest Blessing Sir would be Could it make you as happy as 't will me The Prince offers to goe out Dela Stay Sir I scorn your Goodness to abuse Or own your Pardon to her Feign'd Excuse Fear made me not the Secret Sir conceal Nor the King's Change the Secret now reveal For those were Motives of such mean degree As Sir I blush that they were nam'd for me Those Reasons Sir of which shee did make use Obtain'd but did not Merit your Excuse My guilty Doubts a while have kept me Dumb But Love and Honour have those doubts oâ—…e'come Plan. My Cleorin what will your Brother doe Cleo. I am as ignorant of it as you Dela Now all the Truth shall be to you reveal'd For 't is too Glorious Sir to be conceal'd Know Sir those Beauties which did conquer you Became while Kent did live my Conquerors too At Poitiers they did me to Glory bring And made me grace your Triumph with a King And though some Honour I acquir'd that day Yet Sir that prosperous Action I may say Did on no score to me so welcome prove As making me more fit to Court her Love Rais'd by this thought for England Sir I came Where soon her Beauties did revive your Flame And Fortune against me was so much bent As you your Rival made your Confident And by a Cruelty unknown to you You in your Love my help Commanded too Prin. I â—…m amaz'd my Lord at what you say Dela Though that Command I wanted pow'r to Obey Yet â—…eaven my witness is how much I strove To make my Duty overcome my Love But when I found by what I did endure That she alone the Wounds she gave could cure I meant the Secret never to disclose And when your Father did your Flame oppose I try'd your Love by reason to subdue But that attempt Sir proveing fruitles too Inspir'd by Love or guided by Despair I to her self my Passion did declare Cleo. Of this Discovery I Fear the event Plan. It merits Wonder and not Punishment Dela But when I for her Favour Sir did sue Alas she said her Love was given to you So given as nothing could recall her Grant Since your forsakeing her that pow'r did want And in her Words and Accents made appear Her Flames for you did equall yours for her Convinc'd by this that following my Design Would blast your joyes but not procure memine In which I was confirm'd by Cleorin The Noble Fatal Conquest I did win And forc'ed my self that Secret to declare Which builds your Blessings on my own Despair Cleor. Yet Glory must on that Despair attend In which you serv'd your Mistress Prince and Friend Dela Though Sir t was much your Mistress to adore To help you while your Rival yet is more Now Sir my Story to an end is brought Or Praise my merit or condemn my Fault Prin. Oh you so nobly have orecome your flame As your Despair cannot transcend your Fame That Heightned Friendship which our Loves secures In our Contentment will present you yours Your Friendship yet on me such Debts does lay As I must too Despair those Debts to pay Plan. 'T is Nobler much if you dare credit me To be th' Obliger than th' Obleig'd to be But in that Heart your Prince did first obtain By Freindship plac'd you shall for ever Reign Dela If ought could cure the Grief of loosing you What you both said that Miracle would doe Exeunt Enter King Edward King Iohn Lord Latimer Count Guesclin and all the Men. King Ed. What as a Lover could I less have Done Hearing what past betwixt you and my Son Strange are th' Effects which Jealousy produce But fully Sir to purchase your Excuse I come to visit you and let you know That I no more a Rival am to you My Anger though 't were great yet it was Short K. Iohn Sir I admire no more at your Transport O're hearing all we in the garden said But you have now full Reparation made Enter Delaware and Prince Prin. Sir I more Greive I did a Fault Commit Then I am Pleas'd that you have Pardon'd it But Sir I hope that Freedome you 'd restore Is but an Earnest that you 'l grant me more My Great Request Sir is Renew'd by me Granting me that is more then Liberty Such Strange Discoveries I have made this day As all the favour for which now I pray Is that to let me court her you 'll consent When you your self have judg'd her Innocent King Ed. But will you cease to court her when I prove You being judge she Merits not your Love Prin. This by my Duty Sir I promise you K. Ed. Then what you beg'd of me I grant you too Prince Be pleas'd then Sir to order Delaware Without Reserve
his Knowledge to Declare And what he Sayes I hope you will Believe King Ed. To what he speaks I still will Credit give Dela I should be too Unworthy of this Trust Should I abuse a King so Great and Just When to the Warrs of Aquitaine I went I made a Friendship with the Earl of Kent Who in a Charge did such deep Wounds receive As finding that he had not long to Live A Messenger in hast for me he sent As soon as e'r I came into his Tent He told me Something on his Heart did lye Which griev'd him more then he was Griev'd to Dye Then in my Hand he did this Letter lay And in a Sigh his Soul did fly away Prin. When you have heard it Read it will Afford Proof of her Vertue King Ed. Read it then my Lord. The Earl of KENT to the Lord DELAVVARE MY Death forces me to discover by what Arts I obtained from the Prince of Wales the faire Plantagenet Before He ador'd her I did and as soon as he fell in Love not knowing mine he made me his Confident but the King being against the match the Prince the better to cloud his reall passion for Plantagenet seem'd to have one for the fair Aurelia but still trusted me with the Superscription Cypher and Seale which he used when he writ to my Plantagenet and I had the fatal employment of carrying all their Letters At length the Glory the Prince wonn at Cressy joyn'd with his grief for the King's denyal conquer'd his Father and the Day was appointed for his marrying Plantagenet which if not prevented I found would be the Day of my Death This I imparted to my Mother who had no small ascendant over Plantagenet and by my Mothers advice I got the Prince to write a Letter to Aurelia whom I seem'd to be passionatly in Love with wherein he beg'd her pardon for having counterfeited a Love to her when his was otherwise disposed of but to repair it he earnestly recommended me to her affection as most worthy of it This Letter I seal'd and superscribed with the Cypher the Prince alwayes made use of to Plantagenet Prince's passion for Aurelia that this letter being delivered to Plantagenet Prince's Prince's inconstancie that in the dictates of those resentments she gave her self to me whereunto my Mothers Friendship with her did highly contribute The Prince in despair undertakes the war with France and I soon after disguised to all but you follow'd him in hope by some great action to wash off the Guilt my Love forced me to contract but here I met my Death Tell them all this and that I hope their hatred to me will be buried in my Grave Dela This Letter till this day I have conceal'd For Causes Sir unfit to be Reveal'd Prin. I hope you find in what he did relate She was not Guilty but Unfortunate King Ed. I must confess these Arts which Kent did use Doe her forsaking you too much Excuse Prin. Since this has wash'd off her imagin'd Stain Give me your leave to love her Sir again King Ed. I would not have defam'd her but I see To cure his Love there 's but that Remedy No Prince the Sin she did last night Commit Makes her for ever for your Love unfit Prin. Oh Heaven must I endure a new Assault Tell me I beg you Sir this Fansied Fault For she is of such an unblemish'd Fame As I can give it well no better Name But Sir to try me this perhaps is done King Ed. I doe not use to trifle with my Son And I beleive you I credit what I said When I my self found hid within her Bed A Lovely Youth who since is dumb with Fear My Lord bring instantly that Pris'ner here to Latimer Exit Latimer Prince Though I my self what you have said should see Yet I would think my Eyes were False not She. King Ed Since to your Witness I did credit give Methinks what I have said You should Believe Prin. Forgive me if her Vertue and my Love Forc'd me to speak what may your Anger move Fate never man to such a streight did bring I must offend my Mistress or my King Esteem her Guilty or not Credit you That Sir I cannot this I Dare not Doe Enter Latimer and Valeria's Brother King Io. Valeria's Brother Love is just I see Since he Revenges my inconstancy And makes him punish his fair Sister 's wrong King Ed. If still thy Fear has not ty'd up thy Tongue Discover to the King and to my Son How thou by Charmes Plantagenet hast won I found thee in her Bed there 's no Excuse Valer. Broth. Sir that 's a place which few men would refuse Enter Plantagenet Alizia Cleorin Sevina and all the Women Shall not one moment stay thy Destiny Plan. The Words and Anger of the King are High Alizia Sir and I but now did hear That with this Gentleman you Angry were We come to beg you to forgive his Crime King Ed. Of all the World you should not plead for Him For you by it so Great a Guilt do show As I had rather but suspect then know Plan. I know not what you mean by what you said King Ed. You know not too you hid him in your Bed Plan. Who could to you that Secret Sir declare Kig Io. Oh Heaven does she Confess then he was there Val. Bro That Sir I hope is no Offence to you do King Io. False Youth to me what worse Wrong could'st thou Val Bro. I thought my Sister had your Heart possest King Io. But did'st thou not from her to me protest She bid thee help me if I ere should be In Love with any one more Fair then She Val. Bro. And doe you Sir confess that you are so King Io. Those Charming Eyes must every Heart ore'throw Val. Bro. This Guilt in you will cause her Death I fear King Io. Thy Guilt to me is more then mine to her What do'st thou aile thou tremblest and lookst pale Val. Admire not Grief does or ' my soul prevail When to Valeria's self such Words you said taking off her Disguise As Sir does make her wish that she were Dead But though she 's killd by your Inconstancy Yet in your Armes she begs your leave to Dye she faints Plantagenet holds her up Plan. She faints Ah Sir that Guilty Change in you King Io. Oh Madam blame not what you made me doe Plan. Sir 't is not Just to charge your Fault on me King Ed. Is it Valeria then King Io. Yes Yes 't is she Her Broth'rs face so much resembles hers As I deluded by the clothes she wears Did to her self my Change in Love avow Prince The Clouds of my Despair do vanish now And Charming Hopes in me begin to Reign Plan. Give her more Air for now she Breaths again Valeria is set in a Chair King Ed. Oh I the fair Plantagenet did wrong Prince The Proofs that she is Guiltless are so strong As I now
so much Flame express As sure you could not but his Passion see Cleo. That 's not enough he should have told it me But what soe'r his Proofs of Love have been By me Dear Friend alas they were not seen For I so fear'd that I might act amiss In my own Love that I ne're minded his Blushes a Womans Passion may reveal But Men their Passion by their Words should tell Her Could he your Love more Generously seek Then to Deserve it and yet Nothing Speak Cleo. Rather what more could he have done amiss Then Lose my Love by so Concealing his A Love that is at once both Great and Strong While it doth Bind the Heart Sets Free the Tongue And lest that mine should make me Faulty prove I to my Honour Sacrific'd my Love So I did fear his Merit was so Great That asking Nothing he might All Things get Her How cruell is your Vertue or your Fate Which makes your Love produce th' Effects of Hate Cleo. Aretus yet more Cruelty does show That durst Love me yet durst not tell me so Her You doe him Double Wrong since his Respect You first Mistake then Punish as Neglect Such awfull Flames you in his Heart have bred As he thinks Silence ought his Love to plead He but defers to Speak what he does feel Till by his Actions you his Love may tell And to declare his Passion does delay Only to show it you the Noblest Way Cleo. Fatall Delay the Fatal'st that could be It loses me to him and him to me Yet such a High Respect to him I pay That on My Self I 'l Punish his Delay And since my Promise is to Tryphon made To Breake it Love it self shall not perswade That which for me your Friendship made me doe My Honour makes me now Perform for you Your Rivall I will never be again Her I for Aretus did a Love but feign That in your Blushes Madam I might see What by your Modesty was hid from me Yet had I lov'd I 'd not that Love pursue Since you best merit him as he does you But how can you so lust to Honour prove And yet resolve to be Unjust to Love Ah you much more then he have done amiss You prize your Word more then your Flame and his And by a Sacred Bond your self you Tye To him you hate and him you love you Fly Cleo I owe him less then I doe owe my Flame And fly not from his Love but from my Shame She to her Honour too Unjust does prove Who dares not value it above her Love Press me not then to Do what I should Shun Rather then be Unjust I 'l be Undone Those who are lost while Virtue they pursue In their Destruction find their Comfort too They goe out Enter Demetrius and Seleucus The SCENE Demetrius's Apartment Sel. Those were the Words which between us did pass Bul I perceive some Sadness in your Face Dem. My Heart and Face doe then but ill agree Since nothing could more welcome seem to me Sel. I cannot guess from whence your Joy should rise Since Tryphon told me 't was by your Advice That he did offer her to be his Queen And which is more that you employ'd had been To Court her to be Consort to his Throne Dem. All this and more then this I freely owne For I not only woo'd her to be Queen But her Consent to be it I did winn But why at this Seleucus do you start Sel. Alas what you have said has pierc'd my Heart Yet from my Friend I 'l not my self disguise The Charming Light of Cleopatra's Eyes Over my Soule the Victory did win But to herself this has a Secret been For my Demetrius I did judg it fit Not Words but Service should discover it That High Respect I did resolve was due To such a Beauty and such a Passion too Methinks at this which I have spoke you start I think her Beauties too have pierc'd your Heart Dem. How can you think for Tryphon I 'd appear If I my self had been in Love with her Sel. But why should you such Satisfaction show That he declines what you advis'd him to Ah sure your Liberty she did surprise Since first to Court her you did him advise I see what Beauty has made Tryphon doe What it has wrought in him it may in you And what I said such Change in you did move As I have Cause t'impute it to your Love Dem. If any Change does in my Looks appear 'T is not I vow that Im in Love with her Sel. Give me then leave there my Address to make Dem. That 's what I cannot Give but you may Take Sel. Neither for Tryphon nor your self to woo And yet deny me leave to court her too I cannot guess what 't is that you intend Dem. I were unfit to be Seleucus Friend Should I act otherwise â—…en now I doe For he who to one Friend does prove untrue That he may gaine another Friend's Esteem Deserves too justly to lose both of them Though I am yours above what I can say Yet I must be it too in Honours way In Friendship every other Tenure's ill By that mine has been held and shall be still Sel. Fate ore my hopes another Cloud does send I 'm Rival'd and by one that is your Friend But may you not acquaint me with his Name Who is my Fellow Martyr in this Flame Dem. No I 'l be just to both he shall not know You Rivall him or that he Rivals you Yet both thus farr shall be oblieg'd to me From Tryphon's Rivallship I 'l set you free But did he not acquaint you with her Name Who in his Heart has lighted such a Flame Sel. So vast a Cause of Joy to me it prov'd That he no longer Cleopatra lov'd As I did not remember to inquire Who this new Passion did in him inspire Dem. By what he said could you not gues at it Sel. Ah! he who Cleopatra's Love could quit The Pow'r of Love forever must forswear For could he Love who should he love but her Sure this new Love is but a Love of State But he for our return too much may waite Dem. I long to know to whom he does Submit As much as he that I 'l consent to it Exeunt Enter Nicanor Stratonice Aretus and Irene The SCENE Nicanor's Pallace Ire Sir that Demetrius may your Pardon winn That he made Tryphon court her for his Queen He bad me tell you every way hee 'l try To make that Love which he gave Life to Dy And hopes himself this night to let you know He has perform'd what he has promis'd you Nic. I at this Promise so much Joy admit As nought can Heighten but his doing it Stra. What e'r Demetrius hopes yet Sir I fear Tryphon will not decline his Love for her Nic. Demetrius Pow'r with him you know is Great Stra. The Pow'r of Beauty Sir is Greater yet And though th' Usurper were more fierce and
so much Cruelty Is 't not enough my Flame is scorn'd by you But you would make me help my Rival too And my Resentments higher to Inflame These Wrongs you do me under Friendships name Madam if this if this your Friendship be Ah give me Proofs then of your Cruelty Either bestow on me your Love or Hate This Tyranny surpasses that of Fate Fate onely made me Wretched but 't is you Alas would have me make my self so too To Love you is a Confidence so high As I for it do not refuse to Die But do not let your Doom be so severe As thus to make me my own Murtherer From those Fair Eyes which did my Love create I beg I may alone receive my Fate Plan. Oh why should you be griev'd to this Degree Love which does govern you does govern me 'T is Love gives Laws to us not we to it And to his boundless Pow'r we must submit Since by its Influence of my Love you miss I give you that which of next Value is And hope by Friendships Kindness to remove Your Grief for wanting Pow'r to give you Love Dela Ah Madam How can you that Friendship prize Which could destroy the Conquest of your Eyes And would against its nature make it prove A Rivals help and Mutherer of Love 'T is past the Pow'r of Friendship to bestow Such Joyes as those 't would ravish from me now Yet think not strange that I deny to you What I deny'd my Prince and General too For your Triumphant Eyes since his return Have made his Fire once quench'd more freely Burn This Fatal Secret he to me confess'd And unobey'd made me the like request But yet your Cruelty does his Surpass He did not know that I his Rival was But you who knew it strive to make me do What known to him Love had not forc'd him to Fortune both ways my Torments does advance By Friendships Knowledge and its Ignorance Plan. Ah! that Blest Secret which I learn from you Makes me with Greater Hopes my suit renew For 't were below your Vertue to undo At once my Lord a Friend and Mistress too Sure to that man Loves Pow'r was never known Who valu'd others Joyes above his own Consider since I lov'd him while I thought That his Inconstancy did cause his Fault If any other Love my Breast can fill When from your self I find he loves me still Since 't is my Fate onely the Prince to Love Since therefore all your Hopes must fruitless prove Assist your Prince and Mistress in distress And help that Love which nothing can suppress Quenching by such a Gen'rous Act you Flame From your Misfortune you 'll increase your Fame Retire my Lord and think on what I said I know when Love does once the Heart invade So Pow'rfull is that Passions Influence As 't is not easily remov'd from thence But when alone you weigh what 's ask'd by me Reason and Honour must Victorious be Dela Oh Madam though the Trouble be not light Of being thus commanded from your Sight Yet that torments me in a less Degree Then those Desires which here you lay on me Yet e're I go this Sacred Voyce receive I to Obey you Madam will so Strive As If I can my Flame I will suppress And on my Ruine raise my Happiness But if I quench not Fires which you create Accept the Duty and deplore the Fate Exit Delaware Plan. Go my dear Cleorin and lose no time Improve th ' Impression I have made on hâ—…m For that Blest Secret he reveald to me Shews that on him depends my Destiny Exeunt several wayes Enter Guesclin hastily who meets Delaware Guesc. My Lord I have been seeking you with News Which will at once Horror and Grief infuse My King and your Great Prince are both confin'd Dela From what Black Coast blows this Tempestuous Wind Guesc. By the Lord Latymer I understand They are imprison'd by your Kings command Dela The cause of it did he not let you know Guesc. 'T is what he could not or else would not do Let us by sev'ral ways imploy our care First to discover why they Prisoners are That known we may more hopefully apply To this Misfortune a quick Remedy Dela Let 's hasten to this Work for 't were a Crime In serving them to lose one moments time Exeunt several wayes The SCENE is Plantagenets Bed-Chamber Plantagenet and Valeria's Brother sitting and in Discourse Val. Bro. Th' Assurance Madam which to me you give With Joyes above expression I receive 'T is you alone those Blessings can extend Which both my Merit and my Hopes transcend Plan. You in such moving words your Love have shown As I m Justice could not less have done Some Time and Industry it will require Fairly to reach that End which we desire But leave it to my care if you think fit Val. Bro. She who must make my Fate should govern it While 't is in such fair hands it is secure Enter a Laâ—… hastily Lady Madam the King is almost at the door They both rise up hastily Plan. The King Oh strange Misfortune and so near Val. Bro. What would he think if he should see me here 'T will ruin all which we design'd to do Lady The King does come the way which he should go Exit Lady hastily Plan. By what dire Planet is he hither led I hear him hide your self within my Bed A noise within Valeria's Brother hides himself in Plantagenet's Bed She goes to meet the King Enter the King King Since I enjoy'd at last this long'd for time I hope you will not think it is a Crime Madam If I employ it now to say An Adoration to your Eyes I pay An Adoration Words would ill express For could I tell its Greatness 't would be less So high a Passion ne're was paid before And yet I blush Madam that 't is no more Plan. Do you consider Sir what now you say Such Vows you should but to Alizia pay Sir you mistake to her alone they 'r meant King Ah say not I mistake when I repent You may believe what I now say is true Since of most Love I speak and speak to you To you who have given mine such perfect strength As 't is uncapable of more but length That Falshood might Truths piercing sight escape It slowly moves and in a borrow'd shape But â—…uth which onely fears to be unknown Moves speedily and no disguise puts on Plan. 'T is strange this Love should grow so great so soon King The Dawning of it was a perfect Noon For what such Eyes Madam as yours create Must â—…each Perfection in their first Estate Yet since I did Alizia first Adore I grant I merit this neglect and more But you the name of Tyranuous will win Revenging a Misfortune as a Sin This usage too will an Injustice be You Wrong your Eyes while thus you Punish me Plan. Were there nought else ' I de not be false to her King Beauty should
Ar. Ah you your self what now you said must blame Or must think Justice but an empty Name Who has the Right has on his side the Odds Else chance does Rule the World and not the Gods Dem. The Right Antiochus had on his side And yet alas by Tryphon's Sword he dy'd Ar. You know that hapless Monarch did not dye By Tryphon's Force but by his Trechery Those onely then to bear his Yoke are fit Who can Fear ought more than to suffer it Do not a Guilt so great as this pursue Dem. I have more Cause to be his Foe than you For he is fall'n in Love with Stratonice And me he did into a Vow surprize Before to me his Conqueress he did name That I would Help and Serve him in his Flame By which the Death of Tryphon you may see Cannot more Grateful prove to you than me But my concerns from Syria are above Even those I have for Stratonice's Love Then doe not Blame me if I hinder you From Doing what I think is Sin to Doe Ar. The Justice of the Gods in this you see He punishes in you your Guilt to me You Cross my Love and bind me to my Oath Tryphon alike Revenges me in both 'T is Heaven permits him thus to do you Wrong Because his Death you have delay'd so long Dem. That Wrong you mention I with Patience take Since I 'me convinc'd it is for Syria's sake By me be taught to give your Passion Lawes And Bâ—…avely Suffer for your Contry's cause Farewell to Sacred Virtue let us trust The Gods would not be Gods were they not Just. Demetrius offers to gâ—… 〈◊〉 Aretus drawes his Sword Ar. Demetrius stay Dem. Ha! what meane you now Ar. Since you Deny to free me from my Vow By which my Hopes of Cleopatra End And Syria must under a Tyrant Bend Either of which too Cleerly you must see Is worse a thousand times then Death to me Thus I cast off that Friendship which does prove So Fatall to my Country and my Love My Death must End the Grief of losing both Or yours Absolve me from my Guilty Oath Dem. Put up your Sword for when this Storm is Laid You 'll Curse your self for what you now have said Though to your Rage your Friendship you Resign Yet you shall see nothing can alter mine Ar. How dare you mention Friendship 's Sacred Name And yet Oppose my Country Love and Fame By that Enchanting Word you shall not now That payment Stop which to these three I Owe. Draw or I 'll kill thee Dem. Heare me but one Word Ar. I will not hear thee till thou draw'st thy Sword Dem. Then thus I draw it but to Heaven I Vow I 'l soner Kill my self with it then You. Ar. Thy Guilt to me thy Courage has betray'd It makes Demetrius now of Death affraid Dem. When thou reflect'st the King my Rivall is How by my Oath I have lost Stratonice And how thy self on whom I did rely Art from my Friend become my Enemy It may perhaps to thee a Truth appeare That Death is what I Wish not what I Feare What I have told thee now I thus make good Opening his doublet and spreading his armes Here quench thy Rage in my â—…guarded Bâ—…ood And in such Death no 〈◊〉 I shall endure But that thy Rage not Friendship acts the Cure Aretus turns away Why dost thou turn away we are Agreed My Death is what thou Seek'st and what Need. Ar. Oh my Demetrius that which now you doe Is worse then not to Free me from my Vow 〈◊〉 For Friendship 's sake methinks you should not give Words worse then Death yet after let me Live Dem If this appears a Cruelty to thee Then be not Guâ—…lty of the like to me Ar. I buâ—… provok'd you to that High Degree To get that Death from you you seek from me Dem. Such Wounâ—…s from You and Fate I now Recieve As I much rather Death would Take then Give Ar. I hop'd for me your Friendship was so High As when you found Tryphon oâ—… I must Dye You then to Kill him your Consent would give Or let me the Denyal not Survive But now alas both are refus'd by you Dem. Ah doe not blame what Honour makes me doe You know how much Tryphon my Friend has bin Ar. Call you him Friend who 's Guilty of the sin Of Tying you by Oath from Stratonice Dem. He does not know that he my Rivall is But she whom I acquainted with it now And how I was surpris'd into my Vow Does Scorn his Passion and Condemn my Crime In being False to her and true to him For thus she tearmes what my Oath binds me to By which I am under such Torments now As if the Gods should but one day deny The Cure I need the Grief will make me die So long your Aimes at Tryphons Death suspend 'T is but one day and beg'd too by your Friend Ar. So long I 'le respite Justice for your sake But know so long I shall be on the Racke Dem. Heaven Knows which on us both such Ills has thrown That I lament Your Sufferings as my Own They goe out embracing Enter Tryphon and Nicanor The SCENE Tryphons Pallace Try Yes in my first Address my chiefest End Was by Alliance to make you my Friend And this Address to the like End does move But with th' Addition of a Deathless Love The Bond between us nothing can â—…doe When ty'd by Love and by Alliance too Nic. That Honor you to Stratanice design Deserves her best Acknowledgements and mine Try You then Consent I place her in my Throne Nic. Sir it were fit you first Obtain'd her Own For as by Natures Dictates she is led Not without my Consent her self to Wed So 't would â—…n me Unnaturall appear Should I without her leave dispose of Her Try 'T would much Advance the Union I pursue If I could tell her 't is Approv'd by you Nic. Too much to me it like Injustice showes T' Approve that Union till I know she Does Try You 'l make me doubt your Scruples are so nice That you on it do set too Low a Price Nic. No Sir I doe Esteem her 〈◊〉 I ought Call not my Duty to my Child a Fault Try I Know what e'r you Please shee 'll alwayes Do And therefore I 'll alike Ascribe to you Those Charming Joy Iâ—…m her Love shall find As all my â—…orments should she prove Unkind To you Nicanor I this Evâ—…ning give T' ingage her my Addresses to receive But if to be Rejected be my Fate Know I 'l resent it at the Highest Rate Nic. I 'l Rather to a Punishment submit Then to the Guilt of what may Merit it Tryphon and Nâ—…canor goe out severall wayes Enter Cleopatra and Seleucus The SCENE Nicanors Pallace Sel. Though Tryphon does to me much Favour show Yet Madam the Respect to you I owe Makes me abhor th' Affront he did to you And makes me offer to Revenge it