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A37000	A new opera, call'd, Cinthia and Endimion: or, The loves of the deities. As it was designed to be acted at Court, before the late Queen; and now acted at the Theatre Royal, by His Majesty's servants. The second edition. Written by Mr. D'Vrfey.	D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.	1697 (1697)	Wing D2752A; ESTC R213532	36,920	56

A NEW OPERA CALL'D Cinthia and Endimion OR THE Loves of the Deities As it was Designed to be Acted at COURT before the late QUEEN and now Acted at the Theatre Royal by His MAJESTY's Servants The Second Edition Written by Mr. D'VRFEY LONDON Printed by W. Onley for Sam. Briscoe in Russel-street Covent-garden and R. Wellington at the Lute in St. Paul's Church-yard 1697. ☞ The Relapse or Vertue in Danger Being the Second Part of The Fool in Fashion A Comedy acted at the Theatre Royal. A new Opera call'd Brutus of Alba or Augusta's Triumph Acted at the Theatre in 〈◊〉 Garden With Variety of new Songs Both sold for Sam. Briscoe in Covent-Garden The Names and Characters of the Representers in the Opera morally fashioning the Vertues and Vices of Human Nature JVpiter Cinthia Representing Greatness and Honour attack'd by natural Frailty and wavering Passion Apollo Representing Wit and Love slighted by obstinate Pride Cupid Representing Desire wanton and unsatisfy'd Psyche Representing innocent Vertue o'ercome by insinuation Opportunity and Love Daphne Representing affected Pride and Ill-nature Pan Representing Ignorance and Credulity Mercury Representing Subtileness Wantonness and Inconstancy Endimion Representing Modesty Integrity and Good-nature Syrinx Representing irregular Passion Treachery and Envy Gods Goddesses Neptune Amphitrite Pactolus Ganges Tyber Thames Saturnia Pleiades Zephirus Shepherds Satyrs Singers Dancers and Attendants The Scene Ionia with Mount Latmus To the Right Honourable HENRY Earl of Rumney Viscount Sidney Master-General of his Majesty's Ordinance one of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy-Council Constable of Dover-Castle and Lord-Warden of the Cinque-Ports My LORD BE pleas'd from your humble and most oblig'd Servant to accept this Off-spring of my Muse which I am the more incourag'd to lay at your Feet because it formerly had the Honour to be look'd upon with a gracious Regard by the best of Queens of late happy and glorious Memory before whom it had been presented in her Court if the ensuing National Fatality had not in the interim unfortunately happened however not to let it be intirely a Prey to ill Destiny I have with great Care and Pains at last made shift to strip it from its Mourning into a Dress proper to be seen by the Town tho' it may want that Illustration which the Court-Ornament had adorn'd it with And therefore most humbly beg your Lordship to make one Addition more to the many repeated Condescentions and Favours you have conferr'd on me which is to let it be honour'd with a Place in your Esteem and then I shall never have occasion to value what Malice Ill-nature or any unjust Criticism shall inveterately expose to its Prejudice You are one my Lord that all Eyes are so much upon all Hearts so much inclin'd to honour serve and love and all Pens so oblig'd and ready to praise that tho' my Heart be as full of desire to do it as is possible yet I find there is no place left void for me to express my Duty there is nothing to be said which has not been already and perhaps too with more Advantage on the Writer's side than I have Partiality enough for my self to pretend to There is another significant Reason too my Lord which wholly deters me from the common Custom of Poets and Dedicators which is your Scorn and Detestation of Flattery wherein you nobly imitate the Royal Inclination and Humour of our Glorious Master King WILLIAM who never fail'd to shew his frowning Dislike of that Frenchified Vice nor ever gave Incouragement for its Seeds to be planted and grow in his Dominions To whom I wish Eternal Honour Successful Victory and Long Life And that you my Lord in reward of your Indefatigable Duty Care and Zeal for his Service may always be happy in the Station you now are in The Blessing of his Smiles and Favour is the Perpetual Wish of My LORD Your Lordship 's most intirely devoted humble Servant T. D'URFEY PROLOGUE to Cinthia and Endimion The Scene is a pleasant Country in which appears by an artificial Sun just setting Mount Latmus with pleasant Valleys round it some full of Corn others with Fruit a Gloominess on the suddain o're-spreads the Stage till after a while Saturnia representing Night ascends from the Stage and Sings Saturnia THe weary hot and amorous God of Day Desends into the Bosom of the Sea To revel there some pleasant Hours away And I succeeding Regent of the Night Till mighty Cinthia rises with new Light O're all the gloomy World extend my awful sway Nature is g●ne to rest and Human-kind Possest with Peace of Mind En●oy what in these Grove● the happy Shepherds find Appear my Dazling Pleiades appear Cinthia intends to Night to revel here Come come away Come come away Adorn'd each in her glittering Robe and shame Approaching-day Enter the Pleiades Electra Alcinoe Caleno Tagete Asterope Maia and Merope they joyn in a Figure like the Seven Stars as they appear the Scene becomes more light then Merope prepares to Sing Merope BEhold the Daughters of fam'd Atlas come Adorn'd with Lustre at great Night's command Thro' ambient Air ten thousand Leagues from home We come to Visit blest Ionia's Land II. Say mighty Queen of Shades what 's to be done What Wonders must the bright Virgiliae do Are we to Mutiny against the Sun And let Mankind no more his Splendor view Saturn No no no no that 's too severe No blemish must in your bright Forms appear Let Faction be by drossy Mortals shown The purer starry Region must have none Ioy is your business n●w Ioy and Delight Great Cinthia comes to revel here to Night Merope Then since the Affair is all Dancing and Play My light-footed Sisters shall trip it away So brisk that the Swains That inhabit the Plains Shall all at the Sight Have a Passion for Night And remember no more the dull Charms of the Day Saturn Bright Star Sweet Merope this grant of thine Shall make thee equal with my Planets shine For now the hour draws near and to my Sence Methinks I feel lov'd Zephirus's Influence The Charming Zephire fragrant breezes blows See wh●re he comes perfuming every Rose And shedding Sacred Odours as he goes Enter Zephirus Sings this to a Minuit Tune Zephir Night dear Promoter of Lovers Felicity Thou sweet Attoner for Cares of the Day Happy disguise of a Virgins simplicity Whose guilty Blushes her Heart wou'd betray Thou sweet Concealer of her Intreague Which the Day wou'd reveal When to a private Bower At some Mid-night-hour whilst the old Dad do snore To her Love she wou'd steal II. Then the extreams of true Ioy are most ravishing When silent Hours indulge our Delight Whilst happy Mortals Loves Treasures are lavishing Day still they rail at but bless the kind Night Day the curst cause of Mortal Debate Pride Ambition and Cares With Sol lies dreaming Where Thetis is streaming Whilst Night Love and Fate Rule the World's grand Affairs Sat. I know I know and

hast prevail'd Psyche Oh happy Hour Cynthia And now you Deities and every Power That love the night days coming luster chace And shade the glowing blushes of my face Let Phaebus close confin'd this minute be Attractive Thetis keep him in the Sea Till I this strange unusual thing have done And the effect of Iove's Command have shewn Take this Kiss which Oracles ordain Take what no Mortal did before obtain Not ever after thee must hope again Kisses him he awakes Cupid The sacred Touch divine Impression makes See from his deadly Swoon the Youth awakes Let him his Heaven find in Cynthia's Charms My Heav'n's on Earth whilst Psyche's in my Arms. Psyche Ah! can this beautious Vision then be true Runs eagerly and embraces Psyche My dear dear Charmer am I sure 't is you Cupid 'T is I thou sweet Perfection of thy Kind Ah round thy Waste let me like Ivy bind Embracing Psyche But how what shall I call my Heart's best Joy Cupid Call me the Soveraign of Sympathy But if my common Title thou would'st know The God of Love all humanes call me so With better Title grac'd now being thine Embracing her Psyche The God of Love was ever Fate like mine Embraces and kisses him Now with my Sex can I with Pride look down And above Mortal Bliss can prize my own They still must with short scraps of Joy dispence But here for ever I 've the Quintessence Agen embrace Cupid To the glad World the Light 's restor'd agen Endimion comes forward Endim. Where am I now what Visions have I seen My Heart yet throbs with the Remains of Joy That blest my Sence and entertain'd my Eye Eternal Groves all flourishing and gay Refreshing Bloom and everlasting Day Upon a lucid Mount methought I sate And saw the sacred Mysteries of Fate Beheld the Furies chase Earth's impious brood Whilst Gods were coyning Blessings for the good But now methinks I feel my wonted Pain Shaking to mortal Cares return'd again Yet who a Pain can know when Cynthia's by Oh my full heart Cynthia Endimion yes 't is I Whose pity was too great to see you lie So long entranc'd but how how came you charm'd Endim. What your Eyes left undone your Drug perform'd Cynthia My Drug he raves and I th' Infection take Endim. Admire not Madam Miracles you make Syrinx from you the fatal potion brought Cynthia From me Oh impious Wretch let her be sought By all my Stars I ne're had such a Thought Endim. Then I am happy beyond mortal Bliss For 't is a Torment to me I confess To think great Cynthia was the Poysoner Of poor Endimion for Adoring her The Heavenly Powers On Reprobates their Furies exercise But cast no Thunder on the Votaries Besides my Love had so much purity It cou'd not lessen you tho' it exaled me Cupid Since Harmony Alarms every thing below Let Songs of Love Life's darling Blessing show Enter Zephirus and Iris and Sing Zeph. AH what happy Days and Nights The fond Lover Does discover When his Mistriss smiles upon him To the Heaven of sweet Delights Kind Desire Mounts him higher Every Moment she looks on him 'T is the noblest Gift of Jove 'T is the greatest Ioy above Let us then for ever love Ever love ever love Let us then for ever love Iris. II. Bliss beyond all Thought she feels Who 's kind Wooer Does pursue her With a true and constant Passion Panting Ioy each Pulse reveals All her Glances Are Advances When Love rules her Inclination Pray we then to Mighty Jove That our Flames may ne'er remove But for ever let us love Let us love let us love But for ever let us love Second Movement Zeph. Humours most obstinate Love changes soon Iris. Love puts the harshest discord into tune Zeph. Inspires the sordid makes the Miser fine Iris. Turns humane cares into a bliss divine 'T is all transporting Joy and charms the Heart 'T is all in all and all in every part Chorus of both 'T is all transporting c. Enter Apollo Deified with a Crown of Stars with Daphne guarded and a young Shepherd Apollo Endimion take this Crown and put it on The King of Gods adopts thee for his Son Wonder not but receive the Gift from me The next to this is Immortality Thy sacred Vertues are proclaim'd above Even in the high and dazling Court of Iove Who will himself descend to honour thee Endim. So much devotion to the grace belongs I must in Blushes pay my gratitude Apollo And now since the great Thunderer has endued Me with new Power and from the Race of Men Translated me into a God agen Th' Affronts and Injuries I lately bore I purpose to revenge Cynthia You have the Power Apollo Look then upon this slander to her Race This very Devil with an Angel's face False as a Harlot's Tears to gain her Will Or an old Rebel Politician's Zeal True Woman like the first Mankind betray'd When Hell and she their precious bargain made This Creature this fair piece of Cruelty I blush to speak it was belov'd by me The Mistress of my Soul and fond Desires Till her vain folly quench'd my hallow'd fires I was the subject of her scorn and pride Jest and a thousand Vanities beside But see the Woman's cheat in being coy This seeming Virtue with a down-cast Eye I found this Morning courting of a Boy Pratling warm Love applauding his rare Feature Prompted by all the Furies in her Nature This mov'd my Rage and by the Powers above Refusing me she shall no other love Cynthia To everlasting Shades I her condemn First for refusing you then loving him Daph. Oh fatal Sound oh cruel Goddess too Upon my Knees thus let me rooted grow Kneels Untill this horrid Sentence you repeal Apollo To hope compassion and yet none to feel What confidence is this Daph. Ah calm your hate In a soft Tone You once was kinder in your Mortal state Am I grown old and do my Charms abate Apollo Ah flattering Mischief think not to regain Affection lost I was a Lover then That fed your Pride and bred you to be Vain Nay so divine a Passion I could boast My love supply'd the heaven I had lost But no return no gratitude I met You must be coy Daph. I but dissembl'd it You say yourself it is the female cheat Apollo You cannot love pursue the Humour still Daph. Forgive me now and if I can I will Tenderly kneeling Apollo What your young Minion here for him you 'll try No I 'll not trust your Sex's fallacy He is the chosen Darling you adore And I am to be flatter'd for my Power Away this last Affront's too great to bear The Wretch I 'll not forgive I will not hear Your Sex shall know that Heaven your Beauty gave Not to oblige the fool or fortune's slave But to reward the witty and the brave Daph. Why then Rage on and your worst Anger prove My stubborn fix'd Resolve it ne'er shall move

more am pleas'd That we are from his gaudy Beams releas'd For by a Light that breaks thro' yonder Skies And a bright Crescent that does rise Cinthia I see draws near Great Cinthia in her Splendor will appear GRAND CHORVS Let Nature then revel in Joy and Delight Let Cinthia and Iove be the Chorus to Night The God of all Power and Goddess of Light EPILOGUE to the OPERA Mr. Dogget dress'd like Collin rises from under the Stage as frighted OH oh Groans From Crouds of Rogues that did like me rebel Good People I am just now scap'd from Hell By lucky Fortune and Apollo's Grace I shall love Wit the better all my Days Repriev'd from Pluto's smoky Dungeon-hole A Convert to save yours and my own Soul Ah Criticks leave off then to Damn our Rhimes Lest you are Damn'd yourselves these devilish Times For had you seen what I have seen below Such Reformation would amongst you grow You 'd hear the Parson oftner than you do You 'd have a wiser Rellish of what ill is And damn no more your poor Souls for your Phillis Your Cloris Daphne or your Amarillis You 'd leave the wanton Dabling in the Palm No more Chant Bawdy Songs but Howl a Psalm Little did I think in that Station new To find so much Acquaintance 'mongst that Crew But there they were A sad Tale but 't is true The Quoif the Cassack Red-coat and the Blew The Cit the Lawyer and the Soldier bold And more damn'd Vintners than the place would hold Yet for all these the Virtuoso's there If I observ'd right were Hell's choicest Ware Much more regarded than the duller Fry The Devil of late loves learned Company Time was a House-breaker was a fine Guest But now he 's for a Wit that breaks a Iest And has for each Degree peculiar Rooms Fit Offices for every one that comes For th' Lord is the large Dining-room assign'd The Bed-chamber for th' Lady that is kind The low Mechanick is a Kitchen-dweller For Pimps the Hall for Poets is the Celler For Plotters a huge Slaughter-house they frame Where one expected was of noted Fame Fer fer fer fer I 'm sure you know his Name I ask'd If he e'er yet had seen his Room 'T was answer'd No But he was sure to come Shock'd at that News I ran away for fear And finding Friends made shift to get up here An humble Penitent now as true and loyal As are the glittering Sun-beams to the Dial. Take good Example then and mend your Lives Beat all your Whores good Sirs and Buss your Wives On Wit no more a barbrous Censure pass But let Good-nature shew that you have Grace So you may have the Peace you wish the Land And Tallies and New Money answer your Demand CINTHIA and ENDIMION A Dramatick Opera ACT I. The SCENE appears more lightned Variety of Birds are heard Singing and several Flutes as suppos'd play'd on by the Inhabitants Shepherds then Enter Apollo dress'd like a Shepherd with him Endimion Apol. HEark Heark Endimion Listen to these Strains The skilful Breath of some contented Swains That know the Soul of Life is Harmony Mind every Note observe each softning Cadence And when thou hast done feasting thy pleased Ear Then tell me if Apollo is not wretched Beyond the basest Mortal here below Endim. Divine Apollo Iove will soon relent Finding his Glories dearkned by the Loss Of the chief Light of his Eternal Palace The God of Musick Wit and Poetry As he is just he 's merciful I once prov'd it When an abhorr'd Detractor the Court being here Envying the Grace I found in Iuno's Eyes Strove to possess him that she was too kind Then urg'd him straight to doom me for Presumption To take a Drug brought out of Hell from Proserpine Which could cause Sleep perpetual But Iove Scorning his Malice rais'd me more to Favour And so no doubt e're long he will Apollo Banish your Grief then and unclowd your Eye These Strains alas are dull when you are by Apol. Once I indeed was Soveraign of Arts When through the dazling Empire of the Sky No Deity aspiring to be fam'd Durst vie with me to please my Heavenly Father The Lucid Glories circled round my Head And when I sung and touch'd my charming Lyre None durst presume to equal but admire Endim. Are ye not still the same Apol. Oh no 't is gone My Godhead now is dwindled to Mortality My Triumph's turn'd to Sorrow which still drop From my full Eyes like Showers of Winter Rain I now retain no Spark of what 's Above Or of Divinity but that I love Endim. The ambitious Son of Neptune the fierce Cyclops That forg'd the Thunder for the King of Gods Slain by your Hand I know first caus'd your Exit But of your Love till now I nothing knew Sure great Apollo is not unsuccessful Apol. Whiter than Parian Marble but as cold Is the Celestial Nymph that I adore She has a Face where Beauty sits in State Adorn'd with blooming Sweets two Starry Eyes Bright as her Soul so Heavenly languishing So full of liquid Love and sprightly Joy That an old Critick dogged from his Cradle And bred unnatural would gaze and wonder A Glance shou'd so confound Philosophy Her Name is Daphne Endim. Then I know her well She now has Residence in Cinthia's Court Apol. So Hermes told me on A●●risus Bank Where late I kept the King Admetus's Sheep In 〈◊〉 Degree Iove's dreadful Rage then plac'd me For her Sake lovely Youth I wander here Courting the mournful Shades obscurely The worst of Mortals now tho' late a Deity Endim. If Love Omnipotence a Curse design'd I am most Curst of all poor Human Kind Beauty o're me so absolute does Reign I think it Heaven to Love altho' in vain Yet all must own the Passion Great and Noble A Joy the best of all the Gods has sigh'd for And to obtain it chang'd Immortal Being Oh! Cinthia thou Extream of Excellence Aside But hold rash Tongue thy helpless Woe conceal This Mistery Fate only must Reveal Enter Hermes Hermes Endimion from the Starry Queen I come To Summon your Attendance at their Revils By leave from Iove to finish an Affair Of some great Consequence she lately here Descended But yet as if he blam'd her Curiosity He smiling gave Command that for a Month The time ordain'd for her Abode on Earth That she and all of us should be Translated And in a Mortal State be Subject to The Accidents Passions and Punishments Of this Inferiour World You 'll have good Sport faith For ten to one some of our Gods fly out To try their new Humanity For my part If I 'scape Whipping-post or Stocks I 'm happy Endim. With eager Duty I obey the Summons 'T will be some Pleasure to stand gasing by For tho' it starve my Heart 't will feast my Eye Exit Endim. Herm. Wonder invades my Sense yet no disguise Can hide the great Apollo from my Eyes I