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A53459
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Herod the Great a tragedy / written by the Right Honourable the Earl of Orrery.
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Orrery, Roger Boyle, Earl of, 1621-1679.
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1694
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Wing O479; ESTC R21923
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were Her At this I feel such Rage as Man ne'er knew Which seems to tell me what you speak is true Solo. Your Orders which to him intrusted were For the Queens Death he did to her declare Her I thought my Uncle's Death enough had been To fright all else from acting of his Sin Have you a proof of this the Charge is high Solo. Ask him your Self if he the truth deny It shall be prov'd by those you cannot doubt Her 'T is only Love could rack that secret out Solo. Admire not if those Charms which Conquer'd you Had the like Power to Conquer others too Her My fury in untrodden Paths shall walk But why do I mispend my time in talk If he confess or faintly but deny By my own hand the Queen and He shall dy Solo. Ah for the Queen Sir give me leave to sue Her Of all the World 't is most unfit in you Solo. Perhaps she did not of his Love admit Her She is too guilty in Concealing it To me immediately Sohemus send And at my Chamber let some Guards attend Solo. From this design I would your wrath disswade Her My anger cannot be by talk allay'd Herod goes out Solo. My fierce Revenge has now begun her flight To hurl my Rival into endless night And her proud Servant to his Cost shall prove There 's no Revenge like that of slighted Love Solome goes out The Scene is the Obscure Grotta Enter Antipater and Hazael Ant. Yes I met Tamar there Haz. And did you find Her Friendship firm in all you have design'd Ant. Yes yes this night I to the Queen shall go And there whate'er my Fate is I shall know Haz. I hope you have her leave to wait on her Ant. She must not know of it till I am there Since to such Rules of Honour she is ty'd That to ask leave were but to be deny'd To them Phaltiel and Samias Sam. Oh Sir from whence we came such grief we saw As far transcends the skill of Art to draw Observing as we past along the street At Abner's Palace Gate much People meet We through it at length did make our way Where on a Herse his Headless Father Iay. About it stood his Friends and Kindred all Whose griefs did more than fill the spacious Hall And seem'd to put a Voice into the Stones By making them to Echo back their Groans Phal But all their Sorrows scarce deserv'd that name Compar'd to Abner's when he thither came At his dead Father's Feet himself he threw Where for a while he lay as Speechless too Nothing in all his griefs did mean appear He neither breath'd one sigh nor shed one Tear But did convince all who were in the Room That Grief is still when it is highest dumb His Eyes did on the pale Corps so fix'd stay As if through them he 'd look his Life away Sam. At last to Heaven he such a look did throw As threatned more than all his words could do Phal A look which Herod if he had been there Could not have seen but must have shook with fear Sam. Your Father who for Abner then did send To this great Scene of Sorrow gave an end He at the Message cheerfully did rise And such Contentment sparkl'd in his Eyes As if by it he to the World would say I go to meet the Fate of Barzillai Ant. I almost envy Abner I confess Who did his grief so generously express Phalt. Not knowing why Herod for Abner sent And thinking you would long for the event Pollio who we in a disguise met there We sent to learn it and then meet us here Ant. I for the News impatient am and wait Pollio comes in But he is come already Pray relate What 't is my Father hath with Abner done Poll. When he came in the King sate on his Throne Inviron'd by his Court and Guards and all That Curiosity did thither call To whom the noble Youth did boldly say Sir though you sent for me from Barzillai Yet I with Joy to wait on you am come That I from you too may receive my doom For sure I 'm Summon'd for no other Cause Yes to excuse the Justice of the Laws Herod at length did with a sigh reply 'T is they that took your Father's Life not I. Any less Crime than what my Crown would take I would have Pardon'd for my Abner's sake But he who into that great Sin could run Cannot deserve the Tears of such a Son Too many for him are already spilt But Worth to cherish while I punish guilt Thy Father's and the forfeitures of those Who for their Crimes with him their heads did lose With Iewry's Government to thee I give Abner with sighs did the great gifts receive And Herod then made him the Throne ascend Where he embrac'd him and did call him Friend Ant. This Action his past Fame for ever wounds He in it for his Father's Blood compounds All the great things which by him have been done Cannot wash off the meanness of this One Poll. But Sir as through the Palace Court I past I saw the Guards run to their Arms in hast And though I ask'd the Cause I could not know Something Important Herod means to do For Courtiers run about from place to place And much of Fear is seen in every Face Ant. What do you think the Cause of this may be Phalt. We are as Ignorant of that as he Sam. But such Alarms from nothing cannot grow 'T is therefore fit we to the Court should go And learn from whence this trouble does begin Ant. Till your Return I 'll stay for you within They go out several ways The Scene the Queens Lodgings Enter the Queen and Mariana Mar. 'T is from Pheroras I attend you now Who has commanded me to let you know That you over your self should watchful be For Solome who is your Enemy Does your Dishonour with much art pursue And fills the King with Jealousies of you Queen I am indebted to Pheroras Care Did he name nothing in particular Mar. No for when he but spoke in your Defence Herod in Anger did command him thence What is it Madam that provokes her thus Queen Her nature makes her still malicious Besides her Brother's Will she aims to sway And thinks that I sometimes obstruct her way Another Cause may have her hate begot Yet since 't is but my thought I name it not Tamar comes in hastily Tam. to Mar. My hast has made me almost out of breath Herod I fear designs your Brother's Death And all the Guards are running to their Arms As they are us'd to do in fierce Alarms While Herod in Impatience till he comes Walks stern and silent in his private Rooms Mar. Pardon those fears which in my Face you see That Brother is more than the World to me Pardon me too if I go seek him now And Madam if I humbly beg of you That you Pheroras warmly will engage To use his Power to
Wife Ant. My Father's Wife Witness ye Powers above She was first mine by Sacred Vows and Love But as the Priest our willing hands did ty Herod from me forc'd her by Tyranny For which my Sword I did against him draw He broke Our Match and then I broke his Law Phal No one can say but he in that did ill Yet Sir Forget not he 's your Father still Sam. And to that Sacred Name a Debt is due Ant. And to offended Love there is so too All that I ow'd he to himself did pay That Life he gave he more than took away These guilty Tears which from my Eyes would flow Too little Love and too good nature show Wiping his Eyes Phalt. Blame not that Piety which makes you mourn Consider Sir your Father may return Ant. That thought in your belief should find no room A Prince's Prison's Prologue to his Tomb. The Folly equal to the guilt would be First to Restrain then set a Monarch free He never can again his freedom win Sam. Grant it yet Incest is a Crying Sin Methinks that word alone should make you start Ant. Incest most think is but a term of Art A name with which thePriests keep Fools in aw For no such thing is found in Nature's Law He must himself and not his Fortune blame Who from his Joyes is frighted by a Name Phal What we have said we wish we could unsay Since it augments the Storm it should allay Sam. But in a calmer hour we hope 't will move Ant. You speak your Friendship and I speak my Love Yet I conjure you leave me for some time Else you will both participate my Crime For I am now into a Chaos hurl'd Darker than that which first involv'd the World Phalt. to Sam. His Passion thus oppos'd does higher grow Sam. May Heaven that Quiet which you want bestow Phalt. and Sam. go out Ant. Before she knows I live 't is fit I see If she preserves her Constancy to me But if my feign'd Death made her prove untrue What Herod thinks is done my hand shall do Ant. goes out The Scene is a Magnificent Apartment Enter Solome who is met by Merab Mer. Madam the Prince Sohemus now is come Solo. Call him and when he enters leave the room Merab goes out Solo. How should I without blushes on him look Whom while we lov'd so meanly I forsook Merab introduces Sohemus and then goes out again Sohemus does it not your Soul surprise That Solome is without weeping Eyes When Herod now is Dead a Loss so great That all our Glories in his fall are set Sohe Madam th' Assaults of Fate though nere so rude Have still been Conquer'd by your Fortitude Solo. This Conquest you ascribe to a wrong Cause 'T is Love alone which to my grief gives Laws Nothing can now my Inclinations cross This Joy does more than recompence that loss For I can now do your brave Passion right Our hearts which Power divorc'd Love shall unite Sohe I am amaz'd to hear such words as these Madam have you forgot Cossabanes To whom by Sacred Marriage you are ty'd And how you did my grief for him deride A grief which I one day could not have born And which my Death had cur'd had not your scorn Solo. Though I was forc'd by Herod's stern Command To give the abhorr'd Cossabanes my hand Yet 't was above his Tyranny and Art To make me from Sohemus give my heart Your doubts of me on a false ground are built You should not call my punishment my guilt Sohe Ah to that Punishment you seem'd inclin'd Solo. I seem'd more faulty but to be more kind For had you by my words or Actions seen How firm for you my Passion still has been Your Love or your Revenge had made you run To those extreams I found it wise to shun With Joy I did submit to be his Wife Since I had no way else to save your Life Sohe Could you think fit to me your Love to give Yet hope I could the loss of it outlive Solo. In that fierce Storm we then did both endure A seeming scorn could only be your Cure Sohe The Power of Love for me you never knew Since while you lov'd you seem'd to scorn me too Darkness and light may both together reign As well as perfect Love and such disdain Though a Just Person may a Sin commit Yet his Soul trembles while he 's acting it But when your Vows to me you did decline Nothing but Joy in your fair Eyes did shine Solo. Though for your sake I did that guilty deed Yet while my Face did smile my Heart did bleed I did to break that match all I could do Both with Cossabanes and Herod too But when all fail'd to which I had recourse I from my heart that Brother did divorce And on his Ruin ever since was bent In hope of this blest time Heaven now has sent Sohe These are strange Secrets which you now declare Solo. Listen and I will tell you stranger far 'T was I made Herod to Octavius go And made Pheroras wait upon him too That Caesar having both might more incline To cut off the Male Race of all Our Line 'T was I made Herod to all else unjust And leave his haughty Wife to your sole trust With Orders if he Caesar did not win You instantly should put to Death his Queen Sohe He told me none but I those Orders knew Solo. You see he told you then what was not true Sohe But to what end did you those Crimes pursue Solo. For my great End That of obtaining you Sohe Madam against the Power of Heaven you strive Solo. How 's that Sohe Is not Cossabanes alive Solo. 'T is Man not God makes Marriages by force Therefore this day I sent him a Divorce Sohe That right is only by our Sex enjoy'd Solo. That Usurpation I for you destroy'd 'T is just where two under one Contract are That they alike the priviledge should share Affection only ties true Wedlock Bands Where hearts divide in vain Priests join the hands He now in his Arabia does reside Where I have sent him leave to choose a Bride Now if you act your Prince's last Command Nothing between us and our Joyes doth stand For when the Queen you have of Life bereft I only of both Royal Lines am left Then will a Crown which my free Love bestows Sohemus starts and trembles Make some Atonement for my breach of Vows Why do you start and such disturbance show Sohe 'T is at the Mischiefs you would make me do Solo. To a true Subject then can any thing Look like a Crime when 't is t' obey his King Sohe Those who by Power alone have Scepters sway'd Ought not when Dead to have their wills obey'd Only to Lawful Kings that Duty 's shown Solo. Then do it for my sake or for your own I would have done it ere I spoke of it But that to me it did appear unfit That