gay it looks Men. Madam you want that pitying regard To value what I do or what I am I 'le therefore lay my Cardinals Hat aside And in bright Arms demand my Honour back Qu. Is 't thus my Lord you give me proofs of Love Have then my eyes lost all their wonted power And can you quit the hope of gaining me To follow your Revenge go go to fight Bear Arms against your Country and your King All for a little worthless Honour lost Men. What is it Madam you would have me do Qu. Not side with Philip as you hope my Grace Now Sir you know my pleasure think on 't well Men. Madam you know your Power o're your Slave And use it too tyrannically but dispose The Fate of him whose Honour and whose Life Lies at your mercy I 'le stay and dye since 't is your gracious pleasure King Philip upon your life Upon your strict Allegiance I conjure you To remain at Court till I have reconcil'd you Phil. Never Sir Nor can you bend my temper to that tameness King 'T is in my power to charge you as a Prisoner But you 're my Brother yet remember too I am your King No more Phil. I will obey King Abdelazer I beg you will forget your cause of hate Against my Brother Philip and the Cardinal He 's young and rash but will be better temper'd Abd. Sir I have done and beg your Royal pardon King Come Philip give him your hand Phil. I can forgive without a Ceremony King And to confirm ye Friends I invite you all to Night to Banquet with me Pray see you give Attendance Come Brother You must along with us Exeunt all but Abd. Queen and Women Qu. Leave me To the Women who Ex. Now my dear Moor Abd. Madam Qu. Why dost thou answer with that cold Reserve Is that a look an action for a Lover Abd. Ah Madam Qu. Have I not taken off thy Banishment Restor'd thee to thy former state and honours Nay and heapt new ones too too mighty for thy hopes And still to raise thee equal to this heart Where thou must ever Reign Abd. 'T is true my bounteous Mistress all this you 've done But Qu. But what my Abdelazer Abd. I will not call it to your memory Qu. What canst thou mean Abd. Why was the King remov'd Qu. To make thy way more easie to my arms Abd. Was that all Qu. All Abd. Not but it is a blessing Gods would languish for But as you 've made it free so make it just Qu. Thou meanst and marry thee Abd. No by the Gods aside Not marry me unless I were a King Qu. What signifies the Name to him that Rules one Abd. What use has he of life that cannot live Wihout a Ruler Qu. Thou wouldst not have me kill him Abd. Oh by no means not for my wretched life What kill a King forbid it Heav'n Angels stand like his Guards about his Person The King Not for so many Worlds as there be Stars Twinkling upon the embroider'd Firmament The King He loves my wife Florella shou'd he dye I know none else durst love her Qu. And that 's the reason you wou'd send him hence Abd. I must confess I wou'd not bear a wrong But do not take me for a Villain Madam He is my King and may do what he pleases Qu. 'T is well Sir Abd. Again that frown it renders thee more charming Than any other Dress thou cou'dst put on Qu. Away you do not love me Abd. Now mayst thou hate me if this be not pretty Qu. Oh you can flatter finely Abd. Not I by Heav'n Oh that this head were circled in a Crown And I were King by Fortune as by Birth And that I was till by thy Husband's power I was divested in my Infancy Then you shou'd see I do not flatter ye But I instead of that must see my Crown Bandy'd from head to head and tamely see it And in this wretched state I live 't is true But with what joy you if you lov'd might guess Qu. We need no Crowns Love best contented is In shadie Groves and humble Cottages Where when 't wou'd sport it safely may Retreat Free from the noise and danger of the Great Where Victors are ambitious of no Bays But what their Nymphs bestow on Holy-days Nor Envy can the amorous Shepherd move Unless against a Rival in his love Abd. Love and Ambition are the same to me In either I 'le no Rivals brook Qu. Nor I And when the King you urge me to remove It may be from Ambition not from Love Abd. Those scruples did not in your bosom dwell When you a King did in a Husband kill Qu. How Sir dare you upbraid me with that sin To which your Perjuries first drew me in Abd. You interrupt my sense I only meant A sacrifice to Love so well begun Shou'd not Devotion want to finish it And if that stop to all our joys were gon The envying world wou'd to our Power submit But Kings are Sacred and the Gods alone Their Crimes must judge and punish too or none Yet he alone destroys our happiness Qu. There 's yet one more Abd. One more give me his name And I will turn it to a Magick Spell To bind him ever fast Qu. Florella Abád Florella Oh I cou'd gnaw my Chains That humble me so low as to adore her But the fond blaze must out whilst I erect aside A nobler fire more fit for my Ambition Florella dies a Victim to your will I will not let you lose one single wish For a poor life or two Though I must see my Glories made a prey And not demand 'em from the Ravisher Nor yet complain because he is my King But Philip's brow no Sacred Oyntment Deifies If he do wrong stands fair for the Revenger Qu. Philip instruct me how t' undoe that Boy I hate The publick Infamy I have receiv'd I will Revenge with nothing less than death Abd. 'T is well we can agree in our Resentments For I have vow'd he shall not live a day He has an art to pry into our secrets To all besides our love is either hid Or else they dare not see but this Prince Has a most dangerous spirit must be calm'd Qu. I have resolv'd his death And now have waiting in my Cabinet Engines to carry on this mighty work of my Revenge Abd. Leave that to me who equally am injur'd You like the Gods need only but command And I will execute your sacred will That done there 's none dare whisper what we do Qu. Nature be gone I chase thee from my soul Who Love 's Almighty Empire does controul And she that will to thy dull Laws submit In spight of thee betrays the Hypocrite No rigid Virtue shall my soul possess Let Gown-men preach against the wickedness Pleasures were made by Gods and meant for us And not t' enjoy 'em were ridiculous Abd. Oh perfect great and glorious of thy Sex Like thy
danger lies Wou'd you receive me with that usual tenderness Which did express it self in everysmile I should dismiss this horrour from my face And place again its Native calmness there And all my Veins shall re-assume their heat And with a new and grateful Ardour beat Flor. Sir all my soul is taken up with fear And you advance your Fate by staying here Fly fly this place of death if Abdelazer Shou'd find you here all the Divinity About your Sacred Person could not Guard you King Ah my Florella cease thy needless fear And in thy soul let nothing reign but Love Love that with soft desires may fill thy Eyes And save thy Tongue the pain t' instruct my heart In the most grateful knowledge Heav'n can give me Flor. That knowledge Sir wou'd make us both more wretched Since you I know wou'd still be wishing on And I shou'd grant till we were both undone And Sir how little she were worth your care Cou'd part with all her honourable fame For an inglorious life short and despis'd King Canst thou believe a flame thy Eyes have kindled Can urge me to an infamous pursuit No my Florella I adore thy Virtue And none prophane those Shrines to whom they offer Say but thou lov'st and I thus low will bow kneels And sue to thee to be my Soveraign Queen I 'le circle thy bright Forehead with the Crowns Of Castile Portugal and Aragon And all those petty Kingdoms which do bow Their Tributary knees to thy Adorer Flor. Ah Sir have you forgot by Sacred vow All that I am is Abdelazers now King By Heav'n it was a Sacrilegious theft But I the Treasure from his breast will tear And reach his heart though thou art seated there Flor. A deed like that my Virtue wou'd undoe And leave a stain upon your Glories too A sin that wou'd my hate not passion move I owe a Duty where I cannot love King Thou think'st it then no sin to kill thy King For I must dye without thy love Florella Flor. How tamely Sir you with the Serpent play Whose fatal Poison must your life betray And though a King cannot Divine your Fate Kings only differ from the Gods in that See Sir with this I am your Murderer made holds up a Dagger By those we love we soonest are betray'd King How can that fair hand acquaint it self with death What wilt thou do Florella Flor. Your Destiny divert And give my heart those wounds design'd for yours If you advance I 'le give the deadly blow King Hold I command thee hold thy impious hand My heart dwels there and if your strike I dye Enter Queen Alonzo and Elvira Qu. Florella arm'd against the King Snatches the Dagger and stabs her the King rises Of Traitress King Hold hold inhuman Murdress What hast thou done most barbarous of thy Sex takes Flor. in his arms Qu. Destroy'd thy Murdress and my too fair Rival aside King My Murdress what Devil did inspire thee With thoughts so black and sinfull cou'd this fair Saint Be guilty of a Murder No no too cruel Mother With her Eyes her charming lovely Eyes She might have kill'd and her too virtuous cruelty Oh my Florella Sacred lovely Creature Flor. My death was kind since it prevented yours And by that hand which sav'd mine from a guilt points to the Queen That Dagger I receiv'd of Abdelazer To stab that heart he said that lov'd me best But I design'd to overcome your Passion And then to have vanquisht Abdelazer's Jealousie But finding you too faithfull to be happy I did resolve to dye and have my wish Farewell my King my soul begins its flight And now is hovering in eternal Night dyes King She 's gon she 's gone her sacred soul is fled To that Divinity of which it is a part Too excellent to inhabit Earthly bodies Alon. Oh Sir you grieve too much for one so foul King What prophane breath was that pronounc'd her foul Thy Mothers soul though turn'd into a Cherubin Was black to hers Oh she was all Divine Alonzo was it thou her Brother Alon. When she was good I own'd that title Sir King Good by all the Gods she was as chaste as Vestals As Saints translated to Divine abodes I offer'd her to be my Queen Alonzo To share the growing Glories of my Youth But uncorrupted she my Crown contemn'd And on her Vertues Guard stood thus defended Alon. weeps Oh my Florella let me here lie fix'd kneels And never rise till I am cold and pale As thou fair Saint art now but sure She cou'd not dye that noble generous heart That arm'd with love and honour did rebate All the fierce sieges of my Amorous flame Might sure defend it self against those wounds Given by a Womans hand or rather 't was a Devils rises What dost thou merit for this Treachery Thou vilest of thy Sex But thou' rt a thing I have miscall'd a Mother And therefore will not touch thee live to suffer By a more shamefull way but here the lyes Whom I though dead must still adore as living Alon. Sir pray retire there 's danger in your stay When I reflect upon this Nights disorder And the Queens Art to raise my Jealousie And after that my Sisters being murder'd I must believe there is some deeper Plot Something design'd against your Sacred Person King Alonzo raise the Court I 'le find it Exit Alonzo Though 't were hid within my Mothers soul. Qu. My gentle Son pardon my kind mistake I did believe her arm'd against thy life King Peace Fury Not ill-boding Raven shrieks Nor Midnight cries of murder'd Ghosts are more Ungratefull than thy faint and dull excuses Be gone and trouble not the silent griefs Which will insensibly decay my life Till like a Marble Statue I am fixt kneels and weeps at Flor.'s feet Dropping continual tears upon her Tomb. Abd. within Guard all the Chamber doors fire and confusion Consume these Spanish Dogs was I for this Sent to fetch back a Philip and a Cardinal To have my Wife abus'd Enter Abdelazer Qu. Patience dear Abdelazer Abd. Patience and I am Foes where 's my Florella The King and in Florella's Bed-Chamber Florella dead too Rise thou Eternal Author of my shame Gay thing to you I speak King rises And thus throw off Allegiance Qu. Oh stay your fury generous Abdelazer Abd. Away fond woman throws her from him King Villain to me this language Abd. To thee young Amorous King How at this dead and silent time of Night Durst you approach the Lodgings of my Wife King I scorn to answer thee Abd. I 'le search it in thy heart then They fight Qu. and Elv. run out crying Treason King The Devil 's not yet ready for his soul And will not claim his due Oh I am wounded falls Abd. No doubt on 't Sir these are no wounds of Love King Whate're they be you might have spar'd 'em now Since those Florella gave me were sufficient And yet a little
sound My Eyes have took an everlasting leave Of all that blest their sight and now a gloomy darkness Benights the wishing sense that vainly strives To take another view but 't is too late And life and Love must yield to death and Fate dyes Abd. Farewell my greatest Plague he rises with joy Thou wert a most impolitique loving thing And having done my bus'ness which thou wert born for 'T was time thou shou'dst retire And leave me free to Love and Reign alone Enter Leonora Alonzo Ordonio and other men and women Come all the world and pay your sorrows here Since all the world has Interest in this loss Alon. The Moor in tears nay then the sin was his Leon. The Queen my Mother dead How many sorrows will my heart let in Ere it will break in pieces weeps over her Alon. I know the source of all this Villany And need not ask you how the Queen came murder'd Elv. My Lord that Frier from the Cardinal did it Alon. The Cardinal 'T is possible for the injuries she did him aside Cou'd be repaid with nothing less than death My Fair your griefs have been so just of late I dare not beg that you would weep no more Though every tear those lovely Eyes let fall Give me a killing wound remove the Body Guards remove the body Ex. all but Alo. Leo. Such objects suit not souls so soft as thine Leon. With horrours I am grown of late familiar I saw my Father dye and liv'd the while I saw my beauteous Friend and thy lov'd Sister Florella whilst her breast was bleeding fresh Nay and my Brothers too all full of wounds The best and kindest Brother that ever Maid was blest with Poor Philip bound and led like Victims for a Sacrifice All this I saw and liv'd And canst thou hope for pity from that heart Whose hardned sense is proof 'gainst all these miseries This Moor Alonzo is a subtle Villain Yet of such Power we scarce dare think him such Alon. 'T is true my charming Fair he is that Villain As ill and powerful too yet he has a heart That may be reacht with this but 't is not time points to his Sword We must dissemble yet which is an Art Too foul for souls so Innocent as thine Enter Abdelazer The Moor Hell will he not allow us sorrowing time Abd. Madam I come to pay my humblest duty And know what service you command your Slave Leon. Alas I 've no Commands or if I had I am too wretched now to be obey'd Abd. Can one so fair and great ask any thing Of Men or Heaven they wou'd not grant with joy Leon. Heav'ns will I 'm not permitted to dispute And may implore in vain but 't is in you To grant me what may yet preserve my life Abd. In me in me the humblest of your Creatures By yon bright Sun or your more splendid Eyes I wou'd divest my soul of every hope To gratifie one single wish of yours Name but the way Leon. I 'm so unhappy that the only thing I have to ask is what you must deny The liberty of Philip. Abd. How Philips liberty and must I grant it I in whose hands Fortune had put the Crown Had I not lov'd the good and Peace of Spain Might have dispos'd it to my own advantage And shall that Peace Which I 've preferr'd above my proper Glories Be lost again in him in him a Bastard Alon. That he 's a Bastard is not Sir believ'd And she that cou'd love you might after that Do any other sin and 't was the least Of all the number to declare him Bastard Abd. How Sir that cou'd love me what is there here Or in my soul or Person may not be belov'd Alon. I spoke without reflection on your Person But of dishonest love which was too plain From whence came all the Ills we have endur'd And now being warm in mischiefs Thou dost pursue the Game till all be thine Abd. Mine Alon. Yes thine The little humble Mask which you put on Upon the face of Falshood and Ambition Is easily seen through you gave a Crown But you 'l command the Kingly power still Arm and disband destroy or save at pleasure Abd. Vain Boy whose highest fame Is that thou art the great Alvare's Son Where learnt you so much daring to upbraid My generous Power thus falsly do you know me Alon. Yes Prince and 't is that knowledge makes me dare I know thy fame in Arms I know in Battels Thou hast perform'd deeds much above thy years My Infant courage too By the same Master taught grew up to thine When thou in Age out-didst me not in Bravery I know thou 'st greater Power too thank thy Treachery Abd. Dost thou not fear that Power Alon. By Heaven not I Whilst I can this command lays his hand on his Sword Abd. I too command a Sword Abd. lays his hand on his and comes close up to him But not to draw on thee Alonzo Since I can prove thy Accusations false By ways more gratefull take this Ring Alonzo The sight of it will break down Prison Gates And set all free as was the first born man Alon. What means this turn Abd. To enlarge Philip but on such Conditions As you think fit to make for my security And as thou' rt Brave deal with me as I merit Alon. Art thou in earnest Abd. I am by all that 's Sacred Leon. Oh let me fall before you and ne're rise Till I have made you know what Gratitude Is fit for such a Bounty Haste my Alonzo haste and treat with Philip Nor do I wish his freedom but on such terms As may be advantageous to the Moor. Alon. Nor I by Heaven I know the Prince's soul Though it be fierce 't has Gratitude and Honour And for a deed like this will make returns Such as are worthy of the brave Obliger Exit Alon. Abd. Yes if he be not gone to Heaven before you come aside What will become of Abdelazer now Who with his Power has thrown away his Liberty Leon. Your Liberty Oh Heaven forbid that you Who can so generously give Liberty Should be depriv'd of it It must not be whilst Leonora lives Abd. 'T is she that takes it from me Leon. I Alas I wou'd not for the world Give you one minutes pain Abd. You cannot help it 't is against your will Your Eyes insensibly do wound and kill Leon. What can you mean and yet I fear to know Abd. Most charming of your Sex had Nature made This clouded face like to my heart all Love It might have spar'd that language which you dread Whose rough harsh found unfit for tender Ears Will ill express the business of my life Leon. Forbear it if that business Sir be Love Abd. Gods Because I want the Art to tell my story In that soft way which those can do whose business Is to be still so idly employ'd I must be silent and endure my pain Which
great self 't was spoke resolv'd and brave I must attend the King where I will watch All Philip's motions Qu. And after that if you will beg admittance I 'le give you leave to visit me to night Abd. Madam that blessing now must be deferr'd My wrongs and I will be retir'd to Night And bring forth Vengeance with the Mornings light leads her to the door Enter Osmin Zarrack Osm. My gracious Lord Abd. Come near and take a secret from my lips And he who keeps not silence hears his death This night the Prince and Cardinal do you mark me Are murder'd Osm. Where Sir Abd. Here in the Court Osm. By whom Great Sir Abd. By thee I know thou dar'st Osm. Whatever you command Abd. Good then see it be perform'd Osmin how goes the Night Osm. About the hour of Eight And you 're expected at the Banquet Sir Prince Philip storms and swears you 're with the Queen Abd. Let him storm on the Tempest will be laid Where 's my Wife Osm. In the Presence Sir with the Princess and other Ladies Abd. She 's wondrous forward what the King I am not jealous tho' but he makes Court to her hah Osmin He throws out love from Eyes all languishing Come tell me he does sigh to her no matter if he do And fawns upon her hand and kneels tell me Slave Osm. Sir I saw nothing like to Love he only treats her Equal to her Quality Abd. Oh damn her Quality Zar. I came just now From waiting on his Person to the Banquet And heard him ask if he might visit her to night Having something to impart to her that concern'd his life Abd. And so it shall by Heav'n aside Zar. But she deny'd and he the more intreated But all in vain Sir Abd. Go Osmin you the Captain of my Guard of Moors Chuse out the best affected Officers To keep the Watch to night Let every Guard be doubled you may be liberal too And when I give the word be ready all Osm. What shall the word be Ex. Zarrack Abd. Why Treason mean time make it your bus'ness To watch the Prince's coming from the Banquet Heated with Wine and fearless of his Person You 'l find him easily to be attaqu'd Osm. Sir do not doubt my management nor success Ex. Osmin Abd. So I thank thee Nature that in making me Thou didst design me Villain Fitting each faculty for Active mischief Thou skilful Artist thank thee for my face It will discover nought that 's hid within Thus arm'd for ills Darkness and Horrour I invoke your aid And thou dread Night shade all your busie Stars In blackest Clouds And let my Daggers brightness only serve To guide me to the mark and guide it so It may undoe a Kingdom at one blow Exit SCENE II. A Banquet under a Canopy the King Leonora Florella Ladies waiting Philip Mendozo Alonzo Ordonio Antonio Sebastian Lords and Attendants as soon as the Scene draws off they all rise and come forward King My Lords you 're sad to night give us loud Musick I have a double cause to mourn And grief has taken up its dwelling here Beyond the art of Love or Wine to conquer 'T is true my Father 's dead and possibly 'T is not so decent to appear thus gay But life and death are equal to the wretched And whilst Florella frowns 't is in that number to Flor. I must account her Slave Alonzo How came thy Father so bewitch'd to Valour For Abdelazer has no other Virtue To recompence it with so fair a Creature Was this a Treasure t' inrich the Devil with Alon. Sir he has many Virtues more than Courage Royally born serv'd well this King and Country My Father brought him up to Martial toyls And taught him to be Brave I hope and Good Beside he was your Royal Father's Favourite King No Alonzo 't was not his love to Virtue But nice obedience to his King and Master Who seeing my increase of Passion for her To kill my hopes he gave her to this Moor. Alon. She 's now a virtuous woman Sir King Politique Sir who would have made her other Against her will he forc'd her to his arms Whilst all the world was wondring at his madness Alon. He did it with her Approbation Sir King With thine Florella cou'dst thou be so criminal Flor. Sir I was ever taught Obedience My humble thoughts durst ne're aspire to you And next to that death or the Moor or any thing King Oh God! had I then told my tale So feebly it could not gain belief Oh my Florella this little faith of thine Has quite undone thy King Alonzo Why didst not thou forbid this fatal Marriage She being thy only Sister Alon. Great Sir I did oppose it with what violence My duty would permit and wou'd have dy'd In a just quarrel of her dear defence And Sir though I submitted to my Father The Moor and I stand on unequal terms Phil. Come who dares drink Confusion to this Moor Ant. That Sir will I. Sebast. And I. Phil. Page fill my Glass I will begin the Round Ye all shall pledge it Alonzo first to thee drinks Alon. To me Sir Phil. Why yes thou lovest him therefore Nay you shall drink it though 't were o th' Stygian Lake Take it by Heav'n thou'dst Pimp for him to my Mother Nay and after that give him another Sister Alon. 'T is well you are my Prince Phil. I 'de rather be a Prince of Curs come pledge me Alon. Well Sir I 'le give you way drinks Phil. So wou'dst thou any though they trod on thee So nay Prince Cardinal though it be not decent For one so sanctify'd to drink a Health Yet 't is your Office both to damn and bless Come drink and damn the Moor. Men. Sir I 'm for no carousing Phil. I 'm in an humour now to be obey'd And must not be deny'd but see the Moor Enter Abdelazer gazes on them Just come to pledge at last Page fill again Abd. I 'le do you reason Prince whate're it be gives him the Glass Phil. 'T was kindly said Confusion to the Moor. Abd. Confusion to the Moor if this vain Boy See the next rising Sun Phil. Well done my Lad. King Abdelazer you have been missing long The Publique good takes up your whole concern But we shall shortly ease you of that load Come let 's have some Musick Ordonio did I not call for Musick Ord. You did Sir Abd. Roderigo Rod. My gracious Lord. Roderigo whispers to Abd. Abd. No more the Prince observes us Phil. There 's no good towards when you are whisp'ring Ord. The Musick you commanded Sir is ready SONG Nymph MAke haste Amintas come away The Sun is up and will not stay And oh how very short's a Lovers day Make haste Amintas to this Grove Beneath whose shade so oft I 've sat And heard my dear lov'd Swain repeat How much he Galatea lov'd Whilst all the listening Birds around Sung to the Musick of
the blessed sound Make haste Amintas come away The Sun is up and will not stay And oh how very short's a Lovers day Swain enters with Shepherds and Shepherdesses and Pipes I hear thy charming voice my Fair And see bright Nymph thy Swain is here Who his devotions had much earlier paid But that a Lamb of thine was stray'd And I the little wanderer have brought That with one angry look from thy fair eyes Thou mayst the little Fugitive chastise Too great a punishment for any fault Come Galatea haste away The Sun is up and will not stay And oh how very short's a Lovers day Dance King How likes Florella this Flor. Sir all delight 's so banisht from my soul I 've lost the taste of every single joy Abd. Gods this is fine give me your Art of flattery Or something more of this will ruine me Though I 've resolv'd her death yet whilst she 's mine I would not have her blown by Summer Flyes Phil. Mark how he snarles upon the King The Cur will bite anon Abd. Come my Florella is 't not Bed-time Love Flor. I 'le wait upon you Sir going out Phil. The Moor has ta'en away we may depart Abd. What has he ta'en away turns about Phil. The fine gay play-thing that made us all so merry Abd. Was this your sport to his Wife King Abdelazer keep your way Good night fair Oreature Abd. I will obey for once Exit Abd. and Flor. King Why this Resentment Brother and in publick Phil. Because he gives me cause and that in publick And Sir I was not born to bear with Insolence I saw him dart Revenge from both his Eyes And bite his angry Lip between his teeth To keep his Jealousie from breaking forth Which when it does stand fast my King King But Philip we will find a way to check him Till when we must dissemble take my counsel Good night Phil. I cannot nor I will not yet Good night Exit King and all but Phil. Party Well Friends I see the King will sleep away his anger And tamely see us murder'd by this Moor But I 'le be Active Boys Therefore Antonio you Command the Horse Get what more numbers to our Cause you can 'T is a good Cause and will advance our credit We will awake this King out of his Lethargy of Love And make him absolute Go to your Charge And early in the morning I 'le be with you Ex. all but Phil. If all fail Portugal shall be my Refuge Those whom so late I Conquer'd shall Protect me But this Alonzo I shou'd make an Interest in Cou'd I but flatter 't is a Youth that 's Brave Enter Cardinal in haste Men. Fly fly my Prince we are betray'd and lost else Phil. Betray'd and lost Dreams idle Coward dreams Men. Sir by my Holy Order I 'm in earnest And you must either quickly fly or dye 'T is so ordain'd nor have I time to tell By what strange miracle I learnt our Fate Phil. Nor care I I will stay and Brave it Men. That Sir you shall not there 's no safety here And 't is the Army only can secure us Phil. Where had you this Intelligence Men. I 'le tell you as we go to my Apartment Where we must put our selves in Holy dress For so the Guards are set in every place And those all Moors the Slaves of Abdelazer That 't is impossible in any other Habit to escape Come haste with me and let us put 'em on Phil. I 'de rather stay and kill till I am weary Let 's to the Queens Apartment and seize this Moor I am sure there the Mongrel's Kennell'd Men. Sir we lose time in talking come with me Phil. Where be these Lowsie Gaberdines Men. I will conduct you to ' em Phil. Mother and Moor Farewell I 'le visit you again and if I do My black Infernal I will Conjure you Exeunt ACT. III. SCENE I. Enter Abdelazer and Zarrack Zar. OSmin my Lord by this has done his task And Philip is no more among the living Will you not rest to Night Abd. Is this a time for sleep and idleness dull Slaves Zar. The bus'ness we have order Sir to doe We can without your aid Enter Osmin Abd. Osmin Thy ominous looks presage an ill success Thy Eyes no joyful news of Murders tell I thought I should have seen thee drest in bloud Speak Speak thy News Say that he lives and let it be thy last Osm. Yes Sir he lives Abd. Lives thou ly'st base Coward lives renounce thy Gods It were a sin less dangerous speak again Osm. Sir Philip lives Abd. Oh treacherous Slave Osm. Not by my fault by Heav'n Abd. By what curst chance If not from thee could he evade his Fate Osm. By some intelligence from his good Angel Abd. From his good Devil Gods must the Earth another day at once Bear him and me alive Osm. Another day an Age for ought I know For Sir the Prince is fled the Cardinal too Abd. Fled Fled sayst thou Oh I cou'd curse the Stars that rule this Night 'T is to the Camp they 're fled the only refuge That Gods or men cou'd give ' em Where got you this intelligence Osm. My Lord enquiring for the Prince At the Apartment of the Cardinal whither he went His Pages answer'd me he was at his Devotions A lucky time I thought to do the deed And breaking in found only their empty Habits And a poor sleeping Groom who with much threatning Confess'd that they were fled in Holy Robes Abd. That case of Sanctity was first ordain'd To cheat the honest world 'T was an unlucky chance but we are idle Let 's see how from this ill we may advance a good pawses 'T is now dead time of Night when Rapes and Murders Are hid beneath the horrid Veil of darkness I 'le ring through all the Court with doleful sound The sad alarms of Murder Murder Zarrack Take up thy standing yonder Osmin thou At the Queens Apartment cry out Murder Whilst I like his ill Genius do awake the King Perhaps in this disorder I may kill him aside Treason Murder Murder Treason Enter Alonzo and Courtiers Alon. What dismal crys are these Abd. Where is the King Treason Murder Where is the sleeping Queen arise arise Osm. The Devil taught him all his arts of falshood aside Enter King in a Night-Gown with Lights King Who frights our quiet slumbers with this noise Enter Queen and Women with Lights Qu. Was it a dream or did I hear the sound Of Treason call me from my silent griefs King Who rais'd this rumour Abdelazer you Abd. I did Great Sir King Your Reasons Abd. Oh Sir your Brother Philip and the Cardinal Both animated by a sense of wrongs And envying Sir the fortune of your Slave Had laid a Plot this Night to murder you And 'cause they knew it was my waiting Night They would have laid the Treason Sir on me King The Cardinal and my Brother bring them forth
Abd. Live Leonora beauteous Queen of Spain shout Alon. From Abdelazer this it cannot be At least not real aside Abd. My Lords Be it now your care magnificently to provide Both for the Coronation and the Marriage Of the fair Queen Let nothing be omitted that may shew How we can pay where we so vastly owe. bows Alon. I am much bound to Spain and you my Lords For this great Condescention Leon. My Lords I thank ye all And most the gallant Moor I am not well turns to Alon. Something surrounds my heart so full of death I must retire to give my sorrow breath Ex. Leon. follow'd by all but Abd. and Roderigo who looks on Abd. Rod. Sir what have you done Abd. What every man that loves like me shou'd do Undone my self forever to beget One moments thought in her that I adore her That she may know none ever lov'd like me I 've thrown away the Diadem of Spain 'T is gone and there 's no more to set but this My heart at all and at this one last cast Sweep up my former losses or be undone Rod. You Court at a vast rate Sir Abd. Oh she 's a Goddess a Creature made by Heaven To make my prosperous Toyls all sweet and charming She must be Queen I and the Gods decree it Rod. Sir is she not design'd Alonzo's Bride Abd. Yes so her self and he have ill agreed But Heaven and I am of another mind And must be first obey'd Rod. Alonzo will not yield his Interest easily Abd. Wou'd that were all my stop to happiness But Roderigo this fond Amorous Queen Sits heavy on my heart Rod. She 's but a woman nor has more lives than one Abd. True Roderigo and thou hast dealt in Murders And know'st the safest way to Rod. How Sir Abd. Thou dar'st not sure pretend to any Virtue Had Hell inspir'd thee with less Excellency Than Arts of killing Kings thou 'dst ne're been rais'd To that exalted height t' have known my secrets Rod. But Sir Abd. Slave look back upon the wretchedness I took thee from What merits hadst thou to deserve my bounty But Vice brave prosperous Vice Thou' rt neither Wise nor Valiant Rod. I own my self that Creature rais'd by you And live but to repay you name the way Abd. My business is to have the Queen remov'd She does expect my coming this very hour And when she does so 't is her custom to be retir'd Dismissing all Attendance but Elvira Rod. The rest I need not be instructed in Exit Rod. Enter Osmin Osm. The Cardinal Sir is close confin'd with Philip. Abd. 'T is well Osm. And do you think it fit Sir they shou'd live Abd. No this day they both must dye some sort of death That may be thought was given them by themselves I 'm sure I give them cause Osmin view well this Ring Whoever brings this Token to your hands Without considering Sex or Quality Let 'em be kill'd Osm. Your will shall be obey'd in every thing Exeunt severally SCENE a fine Chamber A Table and Chair Enter Queen and Elvira Qu. Elvira hast thou drest my Lodgings up Fit to receive my Moor Are they all gay as Altars when some Monarch Is there to offer up rich Sacrifices Hast thou strew'd all the Floor his feet must press With the soft new-born Beauties of the Spring Elv. Madam I 've done as you commanded me Qu. Let all the Chambers too be fill'd with Lights There 's a Solemnity methinks in Night That does insinuate Love into the soul And makes the bashfull Lover more assur'd Elv. Madam You speak as if this were your first Enjoyment Qu. My first Oh Elvira his Power like his Charms His Wit or Bravery every hour renews Love gathers sweets like Flow'rs which grow more fragrant The nearer they approach maturity knock Hark! 't is my Moor give him Admittance straight The thought comes o're me like a gentle Gale Raising my bloud into a thousand Curls Elv. Madam it is a Priest Qu. A Priest oh send him quickly hence I wou'd not have so cold and dull an Object Meet with my Nobler sense 't is mortifying Elv. Perhaps 't is some Petition from the Cardinal Qu. Why what have I to do with Priest or Cardinal Let him not enter Elv. goes out and returns with Roderigo drest like a Fryer Elv. From Abdelazer Madam Qu. H 'as nam'd a word will make all places free Rod. Madam be pleas'd to send your Woman hence I 've something to deliver from the Moor Which you alone must be acquainted with Qu. Well your Formality shall be allow'd retire to Elv. What have you to deliver to me now Rod. This shews a Dagger and takes her roughly by the hands Qu. Hah Rod. You must not call for help unless to Heaven Qu. What daring thing art thou Rod. One that has now no time to answer thee stabs her she struggles her arm bleeds Qu. Oh ho'd thy killing hand I am thy Queen Rod. Thou mayst be Devil too for ought I know I 'le try thy substance thus stabs again Qu. Oh Abdelazar Thou hast well reveng'd me on my sins of Love he seats her in the Chair But shall I die thus tamely unreveng'd Help murder help he offers to stab again Enter Elvira and other Women Elv. Oh Heavens the Queen is murder'd help the Queen Rod. offers to stab Elv. Enter Abdelazer Abd. Hah the Queen what Sacrilegious hand Or heart so Brutal Durst thus prophane the Shrine ador'd by me Guard well the Passages Qu. Thou art that Sacrilegious Brutal thing And false as are the Deities thou worship'st Abd. Gods let me not understand that killing language Inform me quickly how you came thus wounded Lest looking on that Sacred stream of bloud I dye e're I 've reveng'd you on your Murderer Qu. Haste then and kill thy self thou art my Murderer Nor had his hand if not by thee instructed Aim'd at a sin so dangerous Abd. Surely she 'l live aside This Can mischief dwell beneath this Reverend shape Confess who taught thee so much cruelty Confess or I will kill thee Rod. The Cardinal Qu. The Cardinal Abd. The Cardinal Oh impious Traytor How came I mention'd then Rod. To get Admittance Abd. But why do I delay thy punishment Dye and be damn'd together aside stabs him But oh my Queen Elvira call for help Have I remov'd all that oppos'd our flame kneels To have it thus blown out thus in a minute When I all full of Youthfull fire all Love Had rais'd my soul with hopes of near delights To meet thee cold and pale to find those Eyes Those Charming Eyes thus dying Oh ye Powers Take all the prospect of my future joys And turn it to despair since thou art gone Qu. Cease cease your kind complaints my struggling soul 'Twixt Death and Love holds an uneasie contest This will not let it stay nor that depart And whilst I hear thy voice thus breathing Love It hovers still about the gratefull