but Love Soars higher yet and will Preserve him Zel. Bucarius I dare dromise will not exceed your Commands least he forfeit what he so lately gain'd Your Favour App. Emilius comes hast give Lovisa Notice why Dost thou flutter thus my Injur'd Heart why Steals the Woman's weakness into my Eyes at his Lov'd sight here will I wait unseen and view their Fondness to Steel my Soul from all remorse Exit Enter Emilius With a Paper in his Hand Emil. Call'd Villain Coward Seiz'd Challeng'd in my Father's Court And yet By Honor and by Love compell'd not to Discover who I am for that wou'd give this Blaster of my Fame just Cause for his black Calumnies But Oh! Lovisa To whom shall I commit her How hide These dark Perplexities Which shou'd the Trembling Dear once know ' Twou'd Fright her Peace away and Break her tender Heart Enter Lovisa and Zelide Lov See where he Stands Squandering the precious Minuts which I with eager Expectation Counted Pains in my Heart and in My Eyes incessant Tears Zel. Some Grief has seiz'd him but sure your Sight Will hush his Cares I 'll to my Princess And inform her of his coming Lov. My Lord Emil My Love My Life Lov. Am I well us'd Emil. Are ye not my Dearest Lov. No! Emil. By whom Lov. By thee Emilius thou much Lov'd false One Emil. Ha! Lov. Is this your promis'd hast Are these thy Joys Sardina Yields Cou'd you not add a Day to your Dissembled Truth Must I be tortur'd instantly Yes yes I must For I deserve it all from Heav'n I merit more But not Oh cruel Man not from thee Emil. My Angel Thy upbradings are unjust Were there no Cause for my delay Methinks Lovisa might have chid me less Severely But Oh! Believe Emilius who never will Deceive thee there was a Cause Lov. That Cause I 'de know If I am Lov'd I may be trusted The Letter which at sight Of me so hastily you hid Let me see it Ease the wracking Fears that from my Heart and Eyes draw painful Showers For I too think I Have a Cause much Cause to suspect thy Faith Emil. What Villain equal Enemy to Truth and me Has dar'd Traduce my Honor Lov. Give me the Letter and I 'le confront the Accuser With the falshood you stand Charg'd Emil. How poor is your Request Command My Life and try your Power Lov. If desiring so small a thing I am deny'd What future hope can raise me from Despair Oh Emilius Thy words have lost their Accent And thy looks their Tenderness Something sadly Whispers to my Soul I am undone For ever ever Ruin'd Emil. Sure Fate has watch'd her time for my Destruction And with a smiling Face led me on to happy Moments Which I expecting doubly Fraught with Joys Now turn the Curst Reverse and leave no Grasping Hold Lov. I am that Fate you fear the Bar to some New Beauty or Wealthier Aim But Oh! My Lord If there remains one Spark Of Honor bestow me in a Cloyster amidst secluded Virgins I 'le remain nor murmur your unkindness Do this if you are not lost to all Humanity Let the Holy Veil shrow'd me from the vile Scorns Of your ungrateful Sex Emil. O here am I Who is it talks thus to me It is Lovisa My Wife Dearer thrn These Eyes Dearer than my strugling Heart Which never trembled but at thy Anger Dearer than every Tye or Bond which Nature makes By her am I Condemn'd by her thus hardly us'd Take notice thou Stranger Enemy whatsoe're Thou art All thy approbrious Names I here Forgive Thee since she my Bosom'd Soul who Like my Conscience knows each Action of my Life Since she Taxes me with loss of Honor Oh! All ye Powers Perhaps I have mistook the Paths of Virtue and am indeed a Villain Lov. I cannot bear to see him thus It wracks me Worse than my Suspicious Oh! Forgive my Inconsiderate Words and take me to your Arms whilst Mine are fill'd with Pleasures leaning on your Breast And Listening to your Sighs let me forget my Sorrows And if it is Deceit 'T is also Delight ineffable To be so deceiv'd Emil. Oh Charmer Charmer But all words are weak I 'le grasp thee fireer than Life can bear And leave my Soul upon thy Lips App. aside behind the Scenes Poison and Death shall enter next the Torturing Wretches Bucarius and Brisac appear in the Balcony Buc. Look there Bris. Ha my Eyes betray me into Errors Blasts and Lightenings seize ' em Buc. Forbear your Passion or our Revenge is lost 'T is but one Slave by Bribes I 've gain'd On the least Noise we are discover'd Emil. Do I not Love ye Lov. I will suspect no more Bris. Curst Curst Lovisa Contagion of my Blood Disgrac'd is our till now untainted Honor. Buc. Vile Lovisa Begon they 'l turn Upon us Begon or I shall think you Cowardly Avoid the Vengeance such wrongs require Bris. Fly I need no urging Conduct me to the Fatal Place that I may mark it for the Exeunt from the Balcony Traytors Blood O Lovisa Lov. Ha! Did I not hear my Name It was pronounc'd aloud and with a Voice That I 'm sure is not unknown Oh my Emilius All my Fears return Emil. Thy Fancy only Lov. Yet you started too Ha! Thy lovely Eyes Relate their Fires And thou agen Art lost in Contemplation Emil. Take off Oh! Lovisa those piercing Looks Let not those Heav'nly Lights the Planets That must Rule my Days this Moment Pry into my Heart And all the Years I have to come I 'le lay it open to thy view Spare me some Hours and I 'le bring thee everlasting Peace Lov. Eternal Woe Ha! I reflecton thy past words Thou hast an Enemy O Idle Jealousies where Got ye room into a Bosome that is fill'd with naught But Love Behold me on my Knees Hanging upon Thine with Dying Pangs Oh! Let it strike Compassion Through thee Emil. Why doth thy Tenderness Torment thy self and me Indeed my Love there is no Danger nor Just Cause For thy disquiet I 'le intreat our Friend to Comfort ye Lov. I have no Friend but thou slay with me I beg ye by These Tears by these poor trembling Limbs which with Their shaking loose their Hold that I will never quit Till Life forsakes me Emil. Oh hardest Tryal But the time will be Elaps'd Who waits there Lov. Do call 'em Command they tear me from ye No they need not Death Death rids ye of the trouble Emil. Ha! Sinks Faint and Cold Appamia She faints Princess Zelided Help there Enter Appamia and Zelide App. Bless me What 's the matter Lovisa Swooning In your Arms Emil. Enquire not but quickly apply some Remedy App. The precious Cordial now Zelide now Zel. Madam App. Dost thou demur and seest the lovely Creature dead Be Swift I charge thee Fly Bend her Exit and returns with a Bowl Gently forward Give it me Hold from your Hand it will be most acceptable
Coldest Virgin 's Bosome Heave her Heart to Pant And Eyes run o're as mine do now App. aside Oh scalding Drops they set my Heart on Fire Lov. But when he sees the listning Maid Incline To the soft passion his Sighs Inspire How his Eyes Will talk how he will tremble How Infect With the Convulsive Joy How Swear How Weep Oh 't is too much for Words 't is Rapture all App. aside Torture worse than Death Vengeance Before She noth possess him She dies my Zelide by all my my Face Wrongs She dies Lov. And did I believe all this Innocent and Credulous The Eager Transports of a first Amour the Noble Vows of Simpathising Souls which God-like and untainted Truth possest Did I Forego my Awful Duty loose the Dear Blessings Of my Indulgent Parents fly from my Tender Mother whose Arms Nurs'd my Infant Weakness Up to this Ingratitude whose kind Eyes never View'd me but with Smiling pleasure which Now perhaps are Streaming for my Fault Or Closing with Pangs greater than those I gave her at my Ill-fated Birth Zel. Oh! who can here words like these and keep their Temper not Conquer'd India Groaning under Her Tyrannic-Masters shows a greater Wretch App. Madam what mean your most immoderate Griess Upon a bare Suggestion Fie Fie 'T is most unreasonable Lov. Your Pardon For I must have leave to Rave Can I but think of sharing my Emilius's Love or Loosing the Idea my Soul had Fram'd of Deathless Constancy of endless Kindness can my working Fancy behold this dismal wrack of all my Quiet And not run Mad App. Mad For what Oh were but as free from Love as I Banish the thought that wou'd disturb ye Love Never Never till I 'm Convinc'd my Fears are Vain App. Zelide Prepare the Banquet I commanded let the Italian Eunuch Sing and softest Musick turn her Griess Till this Prince beloved this dearest Man return And bring Peace and Comfort to her mind Lov. Oh Heavn's Banquets and Musick am I Fit for either App. Unkind is your Refusal of what my Care provided Love I must Obey with all these Swelling Griefs I consent To your desires because you say 't is kindly meant So Wretches who despair when Death 's in View Do Pleasures Taste and seem delighted too Feign'd Smiles conceal the faltering Smart Gay in their Looks whilst Tempests rend the Heart Exit Scene Draws Discovers Brisac and Adellaida sitting on a Couch A SONG After the SONG Bris. Crown'd with dear Consenting Love Listening To the Musick of thy Voice willingly wou'd I Forget the busie World with thee Supinely pass My Softer Hours on this Lov'd Bosome Wrack'd With delight confess the bliss my Adellaida Created with Golden Slumbers Charm'd and Waking still to bless the Beauteous Cause Crown'd With Happy Days and Happier Nights which Feasted every Sense with Love and still renew'd Desires that will never never Fade Adel. If my Brisac one Corner of the Globe were yours Or mine I think we might Command a Lasting Happiness But when both tho' born To wealth and Noblest Honours are dependant on a Rigid Parents Will what shall we hope But lasting Woe Bris. Rather Eternal Joy Is this the Language Hymen Requires upon our Nuptial Day No No. Kisses Embraces are his Due Words soft as as thy Frame and Looks that Melt in kindly Shower's Amid Madam the Lord Lorenza comes this way Adel. Ha! My Fathers Favourite Call my Women Oh my Brisac how awkard is the Sound of Love Pronounc'd by those we hate Not but that Lorenza's Nicely brave and Justly Qualifi'd For his inherent Greatness But if there be A Fate below Sure 't is shown in that Which Guides Affection Enter Lorenza Lor. Thro' all the Rooms of State and Antichambers Have I pass'd where the Dumb Gazers In Expectation stand like Statutes or the Sensless Pictures over ' em No Life is seen In Court whilst you Fair Princess Retire To Recesses that are forbidden the Admiring World Adel. Methinks the Vice-roy's side is proper'st For the Gallant Man where in this Iron Age He will not fail to hear of Seiges Battles And all the Glorious business of the Brave Lor. Yet there 's a Lord like me seems to build His Hapiness in Beauty Bris. Does that Displease ye Lor. Don Lopez I shall find a place and time To tell you whether it does or no. Bris. Soon as you will I 'm ready Adel. aside Oh my poor heart My Lords Chose ye my Apartments for your Broils Hence I Command ye both you Don Lopez Return Apamia Word I 'le wait upon her And for you my Lord I shou'd be glad to know What business brought you hither Lor. Oh Words and Looks cold enough to Confirm Despair But my Happy Rival shall not Triumph for such I know he is here will I be reveng'd or Fall Turn thou Invader of all the Joys my Youth Had promis'd for upon this spot of Earth Will I dispute for Adellaida tho' her Presence Make the Chamber Sacred Bris. Here woud'st thou Fight for Adellaida To have the Womens Cries Alarm all the Palace Be parted ' ere my Arm cou'd reach thee Boy Lor. Thou art a secret undermining Traytor Bris. Ha! Adel. Don Lopez my Lord have I no power I charge thee go or else plunge both your Swords into my Bosome go I charge ye And leave me with Lorenza Bris. Farewel The time was most unfit And I repent my rashness Exit Adel. So My Lord was this well done Lor. Oh Madam ask the Mad-man a Reason For his last Extravagance Ask Sinners In Dispair why they Curse Heav'n when They shou'd Pray Your Beauteous Eyes Have ruin'd me they have darted Fires Which tho' they set me in Extramest Burnings Yet the reflected Heat warms not the smallest Particle of you Adel. Lorenza tell me freely is it your self You Love or me Lor. Oh Cruel Question Command one Hand To Cut the other off Take this Weapon Stab me o're and or'e with Wounds tho' but in wanton Sport of Tyranny See if I 'de Complain Adel. If this be true if you cou'd suffer this sure you Can suffer less and for a Gift so Noble as My everlasting Friendship bear the Wrack Of disappointed Love Lor. I guess your meaning how quick it runs Thro' my Distracted Brain 't is got alrendy To my Heart and pulls the Bursting Strings Your Father comes But Oh! I sind no Advocate will do Adel. Stop him Lorenza Divert his Wrath for much I fear He Has heard of this disorder Perform my first Desires and let me be oblig'd Lor. Tho' Death is mingled with these sweet Words And surely will follow yet much I 'm pleas'd to hear ' em Adel. No you shall Live renown'd and long if my Prayers prevail But meet my Father and appease him Lor. Will you forgive me then this Roughness this most Unmanly Violence my passion Caus'd Adel. I will Lor. But will you ever see me more Adel. Yes Instantly and tell you all my Fate Lor. Oh
no further Talk no Words Lean and Let me bear thee to the adjoyning Palace of Appamia There try the power of Art To stay thy Fleeting Life Bris. To Appamia's My Lab'ring Heart Beats quicker at the thought There I may See But I will not Name her She Shall be happy and I forgot Emil. Lean Sir yet more Yonder I spy some That may assist Us Oh Fate Oh Lovisa How shall I ever dare appear before thee Thus sprinkl'd with thy Brother's Blood Exeunt Re-enter Bucarius and Roderigo Buc. The Victims are ready for the Sacrifice Now let 'em Dye in whining Tales and hope Elysium whilst I Seize My exasperated Heroine And Retire till the Storm is past Rod. What 's your Design Buc. To abscond a while and if the Murmurings prove Too loud at Us To fly to the Indies and there Revel In Love and Pleasure too great for Laws And happy above the reach of Fate Rod. I ask but to partake your Fortunes Which ever way they Bend. Buc. You shall Command 'em hast to Appamia The humble way I need no longer move She dares not cannot now deny her Love Her Guilt and Rival Rage her scorn Disarms I 'm paid with nothing but her long'd for Charmes Exev SCENE Changes Enter Adellaida and Amedia Adel. How every Sense is out of Tune wounded and broken When the Minds disorder'd through these Antique Cloisters have I walk'd alone at the silent Solemn Midnight Hour without the least fear or apprehension Yet now a Gloomy Evening and the Fatal Chance Of the proceeding Day strikes me with horror Each Marble Pillar seems a shrouded Ghost And the hollow Winds Eccho like their Groans Amid Go back dear Madam For sure there is unusual Terror Adel. On and seek Appamia I have made thee A Coward by my Fears Enter Emilius Brisac Led Bris. Here let me Rest any further Motion gives me present Emil. Gently set him down whilst I fetch help Death Whose there My Adellaida Adel. returning Is it Emilius calls Emil. That Wretch Emilius Oh Sister This cursed Hand And this unhappy Sword I fear has slain a Gentleman Whom now to save I willingly wou'd Dye Adel. What Gentleman Emil. The Brother to Lovisa my Wife Behold Adel. Ah! Murder Murder My Love My Husband Falls Emil. Darkness o'rewhelm me What dost thou say upon Bris. Bris. Thy Brother Oh the strange work of Fate But upbrad him not nor grieve too much My Charming Bride Upon thy Bosome let the poor Brisac Expire 'T is the Millky-way And leads I hope to Heav'n Dies Adel. Thou sha't not go without me come back Come back Open thy Eyes Speak yet again Breath upon me Alass his Breath is gone Some Angel hat caught the precious Sweet And Treasur'd it in Immortality Emil. Her Griess root me with stiff'ning Horror Pale Death Usurps the lively Red that us'd to Adorn His Face What Villain with obdurate Heart And cruel Eyes cou'd do this But shall a Wife Behold thee thus and not Revenge Thee Thy Dagger poiuts the way detested and Accurst I 'le drive thy barbarous Soul to Shades Below if my Sight almost Drown'd in Tears can Guide my feeble Arm Emil. Strike boldly Adel. Ha my Brother My Darling Brother Fall fall thou Wretch Strike strike and wound Thy self Emil. What mean ye Adel. Prevented then in Desparation Dig the Earth up Force thy way through to the Center or call upon You ponderous Roof to Crush thee Amid Help Sir I cannot hold her Emil. What shall I do prithee call my Father hither 'T is now too late to hide ought from him Exit Amid Oh! That at first I had discover'd her Love and mine Adel. My Father Ah his Curse did this a Parents Curse brought on me all this World of Woe Since then Curses have the power to kill I 'le Curse All humane Kind And first for thee Despair Still gnaw thy Soul when e're thou hop'st for Comfort May the deluding Vision vanish from thy Eyes and Such a Sight as my Brisac is now Be thy Perpetual Portion Emil. I beg ye cease Adel. Where 's now the charming Syllables that us'd to carry Thrilling pleasure to my Heart and melting softness To my Eyes 'T is gone 'T is past for ever Even the Last Antidote against Despair Hope is gone Then with never-ceasing Wailings fix here on this Dear dead Image feed thy Soul with Sorrow till I grow Pale and Cold like my Sorrow Love till One Grave the only Bridal Beremains Receive us both Emil. Severely has my Fate Ordain'd that I shou'd be The cruel Causeof these Heart-wounded Griefs Enter Vice-roy Amidia Vice What does this continual Voice of Sorrow mean Still to Alarm me with New Mischiefs Can the time Measur'd by so few Hours Produce these various Scenes of Horror Is it Don Lopez o're whom my Daughter Weeps Amid Not Don Lopez but a Nobleman of France Who in the late Progress gain'd the Heart and Since the Nuptial Vows of my unhappy Mistress Emil. Oh Sir Your Son your wretched Son has done All this Commit me to the hardest Laws My Just Country Decrees But Oh! If e're in my Obedience I deserv'd your Favourur'd If my Mother whose lov'd Memory you Treasur'd As your greatest Bliss Was dear to ye when Under the Ax or on the Wrack I expire Save And protect my wife Send her safely back To France From whence I stole the unequal'd prize Vice Emilius here My Eyes and Ears thus entertain'd With Sights of Death and Sounds of Marriage What mean these dismal Riddles Adel. I can Explain 'em See Sir your Power you Bid it Rain and lo from my Eyes whole Deluges Have pour'd you said I shou'd behold Pale Horror in the Face of him I Lov'd And look how dreadfully you are obey'd Vice Alass 't is dire Confusion all But Take her from the Body and Guard her with special Care Adel. Stand off Indeed ye' are to blame They go to take Adel away Do not Father do not part us now I ask but this Cold Hand I 'le lay it to my Heart and it shall bring me Quiet Everlasting Quiet Vice Ye humour her distraction to some Apartment lead her Adel. Let him come with me then do do Inhumane Creatures do yet all your Forces cannot keep in Life I have him still I hold I grasp him Ah me Their cruel strength prevails Another Look Ye Tygers my Heart-strings Swell and Ach with painful stretching Once more and they will burst Yes yes My pale dead Love I shall I will O're take thee I will I will Exit forced off Vice What have I done Alonza to deserve Such Punishments Henceforth never Let Man build in Earth his Happiness Since even our Children whom we from Heav'n are priviledg'd to Love prove our greatest Torments To the Hall of Justice let this Dead Lord be born and Summon thither the Alcade and all the Officers Oh Emilius How shall I behold thee now a Criminal to Heav'n and me But I won't
beg Adel. My Tongue I will Command But my thoughts are full of thee As thine I hope sometimes remember me Exit severally Enter Vice-Roy Lorenza Attended Vice The Lowering Heavn's all Sullen as the Fate I fear Conspire to Increase this most unwelcome Load upon my Drooping Spirits The Day Lorenzo which was as fair at our up-rising As Gaudy Nature cou'd put on is now reverst The Sun Wrapt up in Sable Clouds Seems To hasten his Delightful Course and long To Sett in Darkness Lor. Such are the Joys of Humane kind Uncertain as the Seasons So Fortune Tempts us With a Smiling Face and in a Moment Sickness Death or Cruel Disappointment Blasts Our growing Expectations Vice True Lorenza yet thou complain'st not By Experience or the weight of Sorrows But like the Common Vogue of the World That still Crios out The Times are hard Fate grows blinder more unjust than ever With a Knavish Partial Hand Scatters Her Favours Missing none but the Deserving This Complaint the present Age always thinks Is new When alass their Fore-fathers Always said the same But prethee Lorenza leave thou such Affectation Thy Fortune 's large Thy Character is good Noble thy Birth And all the Blessings of a prosperous Youth Attend thee Lor. My Gallant Friend Venerable Governour Say Rather all the Curses Vice How Lor. The Wretch that in a Raging Feaver Lies Whose parch'd-up Soul Hunts round the Burning Clay wherein it is Consin'd and sighs but for a Cool retreat were he Lord of the Universe Wou'd he not give it all for Liquid Draughts Of Quenching Water Sound his Big Titles In his Ears Disclose his Hoarded Wealth Lull him with Enchanting Songs Surround him With the Various Pleasures Luxury in Health And Power Invented wou'd this make him Happy No! Like me amidst the hateful Bustle He 'd beg for Ease or Death Vice Folly and Madness Thou hast no cause Lor. Not Cause Is not all the Happiness my Heart Can guess at or my mind can Frame Treasur'd In Beauteous Adellaida And doth not the Disdainful fair still view me with relentless Eyes Like the Coy Daphne Fly my Loath'd pursuit Shun me as she wou'd Infection O must Accurst Hated by Adellaida Why do I Live Why Drag This Irksome Being round a World where Nothing else can please Vice Far from thy Soul be such a thought my Son She hates the not but fearful unknowing yet Mankind will only try thy Faith e're She for Life Surrender Lor. Oh! had I grounds for that kind hope I 'de not Exchange the Prospect of such Bliss to be Spains Monarch or the United Worlds Vice Have you not my Approbation and is she not The Pattern of Obedience I own won by her Sweetness I did promise not to force her Inclinations but I know she wou'd as Soon forgoe her Honour as Contradict my will Lor. That Don Lopez the lately arriv'd Kinsman Of your fair Charge Oh forgive my Jealousy Vice Nothing but her Friendship to Appamia At the return of my belov'd Emilius I hope To fix that Lady and all her Fortunes in my Family Direct me heav'n but in the Disposal of those two choice blessings Thou hast given my Children and what e're Probations is Fit beside shall be receiv'd without a Murmer thought Lor. Auspicious be the Moment that we offer up Our Prayers Grant me good Heav'n my Love I ask no more Vic. Search my Lorenza find this darling Mistriss out Fall at her Feet and Breath thy faithful Vows I 'le follow and my persuasions add This kind Force Will Storm her gentle Breast and touch that Heart whieh seems Impenitrable Lor. Oh Love Thou charming little God dwell in my Eyes And hang upon my Tongue with Honey-dropping Eloquence Steal through her Ears and thrill into her Heart Till She at lash th' Almighty Rapture know To please her self and ease her Lover's Woe Exeunt Enter Apamia and Zelide App. Remember Zelide each particular We'ave from Lovisa Learn't Zel. Fear not Madam my Memory shall be A faithful Register to serve you App. Easie and plain her Words An honest Freedom ran through her Narration And am I Doom'd to Ruine this Artless Innocence Zel. Blest be these Reflections Cherish these thoughts Coutinue Madam as free from Guilt As is Lovisa App. But shall she then possess Emlius Shall these Cursed Eyes behold the Hateful O ject of their meeting Loves See the Gay Years Circle round with flowing Pleasure Whilst I despair No rather gape wipe thou Earth And swallow them or me to bear us all The Burden is too great Zel. Still I am your Slave and 't is my fear for you For your dear Safety only make me wish You 'd move no farther App. Yes I will on and give 'em back the Wracks I feel Sure 't is but Justice The Earl d Englesac he was the Man Her Father chose for whom the Nuptuals were prepar'd Zel. Right Madam Enter Page Pag. The Lord Bucarius waits your Pleasure App. Admit him yet stay come back Zelide Whither am I going can I decree Emilius Death And Live Yes for he 's Dead to me already But can I dehold the noblest Form Nature In all her Workings e're produc'd or Joyning Art rendred Exquisite a cold Lump Of Clay The Immortal Soul Hunted by Violence from her lovely Dwelling Zel. Think well Madam for after Death Repentance is too late App. What is 't that Staggers my Resolves Avaunt thou soft Intruding Pity Let my wild Fancy view their Scenes of Mutual Love and Fire my just Revenge Ha! Methinks I see their glowing Lips Which thurst to meet their close Embraces Where their beating Hearts keep time Their Arms are Revetted together Part 'em ye Powers part ' em Set Seas Olimpick Hills And all the Lumber of the Earth between ' em Oh! Zel. Dear Madam Cease App. I will be Calm as the still Waters when scarce A Breath of Wind Curles the falling Waves Husht like a sleeping Serpent underneath A Bed of Flowers But when those Happy Loves think to trace the Steps of Everlasting Joy Tempests and Whirlwinds Stings of Adders shall surround ' em Now let him come Oh what Earth-quakes shake This little Frame wou'd it were once Destroy'd Emilius and Lovisa then Might Live in Peace Zel. Look up my Princess disquiet be their Portion Since they have made it yours App. He comes my Woes must be dissembled and my Looks be Cheerful Enter Bucarius My Lord did you not wonder at my Summons Buc. I was pleasingly surpriz'd as Dying Men with a Reprive or Tortur'd Minds with suddain Ease So Joyful and so unexpected was the mighty Favour App. Your repeated Services I long heve weigh'd Your continual Application in whatever Related to my welfare nor is your Constant Vows Of Love forgot And if I seem'd to slight those Assiduities It was but the utmost Tryal of your Faith Buc. Oh Sounds Celestial Words Transcendent as Thy Charms What can my Goddess mean App. Leave Extasies to a more
Chide thee Lest thou shoulst suffer and thy Father's words Prove the sad Presages of ensuing Fate Emil. You are too good and I too guilty for the Blessing Of your forgiveness I feei a Pain almost Intolerable where that Villain toucht me with his Sword Vice Lead to the Wife you nam'd so tenderly and let us Try to stop the further Current of these Misfortunes Enter Lovisa led by her Woman her Hair down Distracted Wounded in her Bosome and Arms. Ha! What Beauteous Wretch is this Emil. My Lovisa Or is it some Phantome rais'd For my Astonishment Lov. Give me way I am all Consuming Flames Unhand me Let me Lanch my Veins yet Deeper They are all on Fire Blood cannot quench ' em My Breath is Flakes of Fire My Eyes like flaming Meteors Shoot! My Nerves my Arteries Like Shrivelâ—d Parchment shrink in Fire I Burn I Blaze I Dye Oh that I cou'd For Death they say is Cold Emil. Speak La Brette the Cause e're I Catch the Madness E're I grow Wild as Winds And Deaf as Storms Lab. Thus did I find her mangling her own Flesh Tearing her lovely Hair and Raging in these Direful Torments Lov. Off off with these Burning Robes Dip 'em in some Spring Then Cover me agen and let 'em Drop and Drop Upon my Fiery Heart Or turn the Rivers On me Lap me in Cool refeshing Waves Give Oh give me Ease Emil. Oh that I cou'd that I cou'd know from whence These Horrors come Look not thus Distractedly Upon me Be Calm my Love be Calm And since there is no hope of Life Let 's Dye In peace Vice My Son Emil. Your Pardon Sir I have no further wish The Business of my Hours is done Vice Alonza Search Inquire these Pangs are greater Than Nature gives Emil. What Starts and what Convulsions Dost thou bear It must be Poison But by whom Lov. Ha! Yet another Blaze Am I not Consum'd My Head is Aetna All the Springs Of Blood Rowling Seas of Fire Bear me to the Frozen North lay me in a Bed Of Snow will ye not Emilius No 't is impossible The Mass is all on Fire Ay now the Fabrick Falls and I am Ashes Emil. My Sisters Dagger Death Lingers Look up Lovisa Vice Alas Emilius Think upon thy wretched Father Enter Bucarius Dragging in Appamia and Zelide Buc. Come forth thou Woman Angel in View In Action Fiend And thou Black Accomplice whose Looks and Deeds are Parallel Come forth My Breath Will last Spite of thy Bloody Hand To tell the Vice-roy the Murders thou hast Caus'd Vice Bucarius Wounded Which way shall I turn My Bloodshot Eyes Appamia Buc. Curses instead of Pity First upon her and then on me App. Villain Buc. I am Indeed a Villain Love which sooner or later Ruins all Mankind was my Destruction But Oh! I find I cannot end my Story Appamia's Love set me on to Mischief and when I claim'd the promise she had made For my Reward Her person and her Wealth She answered with a Blow By a Poyson'd Dagger given Sieze Her and that Devil Moor They will finish What I cannot Oh! Dies Vice How Madam Guards put that Infidel upon the Wrack immediately Zel. I Offer up my Limbs practise your Torments Yet not all the Agonies Spain or hell can Invent shall force Confession from me That will Injure my Lov'd Mistress App. Oh thou Strik'st me deeper than my Conscience 'T was my Command forc'd the unhappy Wretch Save her from the Wrack And I will own the fatal Turth Vice Appamia Is 't possible Is this Lovely Creature by thee Destroy'd App. No by Emilius Emil. I did I Falser than Malice in the Mouth Of Envy Invention blacker than Hell Creates App. the Cordial Fool 't is true it was by me Prepar'd but you convey'd it to the Charmers Lips Emil. Hell and Despair What cou'd provoke Thee How have I been Deceiv'd App. Dull and Insensible had I not Eyes As well as thy Lovisa She saw and Lov'd And ventur'd all So wou'd I My Flames were Fiercer far than hers Which disappointed turn'd to black Revenge Accomplish'd now but Oh for thee ungrateful As thou wert To thy Death I never did consent Nor that I care to be believ'd for all things now are Equal with me But when that dead Villain brought The Fatal News That with Invennom'd Steel he had Touch'd thee I with the Poyson'd Dagger which he Nam'd gave back the Blow and there he lies at Once the proof of my Revenge and Love Vice How Terrible's a Womans rage but the Law Must speak thy Sentence Secure 'em Guards App. The Law but will that end my Misery haâ—tâ— Late I begin to see the Fatal Ills my unhappy Love has caus'd My Zilide who now shall Shield us From the Terros of Despair Let me for ever Warn my Sex and fright 'em from the thoughts of Black Revenge from being by Violent Passions Sway'd Murder And am I the cause Fall Mountains On this Guilty Head and let me think no more Vice Emilius Is there any Hopes Emil. Still there is warmth about her Heart Her Eyes too Glimmer like dying Tapers Oh my Lovisa My Love has been thy Bane Lov. I grow Cool Emilius thou mayst receive me now And not be set on Fire This I can bear Thus I cou'd have dy'd And not Complain'd Emil. what pains hast thou not born what Wracking Misery When the Pangs of Death are thought refreshing ease Hold off a little Thus let us meet Thus let me Clasp thee Thus will We Mount together Stabs himself Vice O Fatal End of all my Hopes Emil. Farewel the blooming Expectation Of a Prosperous Life Also farewel The wracking Cares the Treacheries the Woes that might have been my Fate Your Pardon Sir My Disobedience thus punish'd Claims it How fares my Partner even in Death One Kiss the last that I shall ever take Oh! Dies Lov. Stay my Emilius I am a Stranger Here and have been hardly us'd No Friend to Close my Dying Eyes He 's gone I follow Lay me by the Man I have Lov'd With whom I wou'd have Liv'd for whom I Die Dies Vice Appamia My Foster Daughter but I have done Heav'ns Mercy overtake thy Crimes On Earth thou wilt meet with none Alonza Thee I Substitute in full Authority Till farther Orders from the Court of Spain Arrive and will My self for ever from the World retire Leaving this sad Truth behind That Parents Shou'd not beyond the hopes of Heaven Their Children Prize Nor Indulg'd Children dare to Disobey Lest they are punish't such a dismal way FINIS