Prayers shall all Unanimous be sent To our most Holy Prophet and his Mother For Success here and joy t' your Soul hereafter But say Great Sir When will your Generous Soul Spare a few Minutes for so Great a Work Cal. To Morrow Night he does design to Revel And Sup with Count d' Arlin and my self I have agreed le Talbo shall be there And help to Administer and serve at Table And when his Heart is warm with Love and Wine His Fancy tickled with Delight and Pleasure When with his Praises we have fill'd his Thoughts And lull'd his Reason quite beyond suspition Then Holy Fathers then the Minute blest Which by his Loss restores our Joys forever This is the manner that the appointed time Fly Lazy Minutes prompt on the Lazy Sun Sick with delay I faint 'till it be done Exeunt Omnes ACT V. Scene IV. Scene St. Jacques Enter King Solus K. WHO waits there Enter Waiter Where is Erone Wa. May it please your Majesty she waits the Dutchess's coming in the Antichamber You both can sing Damon's Farewel Call her and let me hear it Exit Waiter Eâ—â—â—a and the Waiter appear within the Scenes they Sing to 〈◊〉 Musick of Flutes Lutes and Base-Viols K. Methinks a strange unusual Melancholly Has of a sudden siezed my Flagging Spirits Avert all ill you Powers Enter Caligula Count D' Arlin Le Talbo The King points to them to stand still while the Song is singing SONG Phil. MUST we part Stay stay dear heart Stay but one poor hour or two Sure there 's more than that to Love and Friendship due Da. Though there 's Musick in thy Tongue And every Word 's a well-tun'd Song Though thy Tears can more perswade Than Prayers by dying Martyrs made Yet they cannot Fate re-call Tears with Death cannot prevail Phil. Shall rude Death then me bereave Of my Love's Prerogative Stay dear heart Love bids thee stay Da. But Fate hard fate commands away Phil. How shall I alas Survive When for thee alone I live When thy Life and Beauty's dead Love and Grief Love and Grief Shall quickly strike me Dead Corus Come then let 's leave this World together And mount those blest Abodes Where we 'll be Lords o're Death and Fate And equal to the Gods K. 'T is a good Melancholly Humour Is it not Brother Cal. Sir I am no admirer of dull heavy Love Songs I am for the noise of Drums and Trumpets and Shrieks of Conquer'll Enemys I hope to see him make me a little such Musick by and by This Song might serve for an Epitaph I wonder how the Devil he came to hit on this unluckly Humour I hope he has no dying thoughts of a sudden that may spoil our design Aside It grows pretty late I wish your Majesty would honour us with your Company at Supper K. Ay come lead on Come all sit down we must be equal here They retire within the Scenes which open and discover a Table spread c. They sit down Cal. Le Talbo thou must wait the rest retire Some Wine Le Talbo Exeunt Attendants They fall on Eating Sir I be bold to Whisper Long last Corinna's Charms K. Come with all my heart I love the little Jade strangely She has some little Pouting looks that take me very much Cal. I have that will take him more Come fill to D'Arlin D' Ar. Your Highness is in a very pleasant humour I Cogratulate it Has your Highness any extraordinary Occasion for it Cal. Why verily D' Arlin that which revives all Mankind He Whispers the King The bravest Bona Roba Fresh and Plump Fine and Gay Your Majesty will give me leave to part in time for the Minute draws near Le Tal. For his Destruction K. Prithee Caligula thou hast put me a gadding too Le Talbo get me Chocolate before I part Cal. Fortune still waits upon me Why he thrusts himself upon it without my Advice or Assistance Well I may say my Conscience is clear Aside Come D' Arlin thou hast a sweet Tooth left a ticklish Vain doubtless Aside Le Talbo gives Chocolate to the King and D'Arlin K. 'T is well made and a good taste D'Ar turns his Faoe about and makes wry Faces as if he was sick They drink D'Ar Well I 'll straight be ready to go He pulls out Pen and lnk and writes Cal. I 'll warrant thee ready to Dye presently Aside D'Ar What strange dizzyness is this that o're whelms my Brain My Spirits sink and throb about my Heart Heaven keep us from Treachery I 'll give the King a hint Heavens preserve him and I care not He Writes Le Talbo It works too soon I fear Aside to Cal. Cal. Never fear if he fall now there 's his Old Distemper will bear the worst can be said The King seems to sit uneasie he has been us'd to an Apoplexy and this will symbolize with it Aside D'Arlin rising I must take my leave of your Majesty while I send this Note K. No stay 'till we all go King pulls to make d'Arlin stay and in the mean time he slips the Letter into the King's hand unseen D. Read this Great Sir I have just Life enough to wish you safe Aside Ex. d'Ar The King turns to the Window with the Letter and while he Reads he Faints back and falls without speaking Le Tal. running Heavens save ihe King Cal. Save him What dost mean His Life If thou wer 't another Brother thou should'st pay for that Word if he should recover I 'll not have so much as one good Wish during my Reign which I reckon is well begun Here make a noise and Alarm the Court We must have the Formality of Mourning Well Is not this an easie way of obtaining a Kingdom He whose aspiring Heart to Empire bears Should banish first all empty Doubts and Fears Never consider so he can obtain The Care the Crime the Danger but the Gain The End of the Fifth Act. 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security for my Life Second Jeb However let the worst betide I can thank my Stars I die in a good Cause Intriguo But for the present Father I have a strange inclination to live in a good one vengeance on it I never lik'd this desperate way of maintaining a Cause as we call it Goal Sir Let me tell you my Sentiments clearly you have but a very short time to consider of the great Journey you are going to take I advise you therefore to improve it to advantage if a Reprieve comes at last you are still the same if not which may be doubted you cannot but be doubly griev'd as doubly disappointed Int. And art thou then Intriguo thus deluded Are thus thy blooming hopes so Swiftly vanish'd Are thus thy faithful Services repaid And all thy care and hearty Zeal requited ' S'Death shall I tamely fall a Sacrifice To the designs of an ungrateful Master Shall I in guilty Silence chose to dye Aside When his bear speaking might preserve my Life Or like some Novice when the Rooking Gamester By Subtile Cheating Arts has drain'd his Pocket Stand both the Ridicule and Jest of my Imposers Hast not thou yet Intriguo in thy power To pay the mighty Debt exacted on thee Would not the willing Sanhedrim vouchsafe to hear And praise and save thee for thy just Discovery Ah! yes they would But now the Brazen head Has doom'd thee lost for ever Time is past And like the unwary Passenger whose way Leads o're the dry deserted Strand thou didst Aside Delay the lucky minute of thy passage Staying alas till the returning Waves O're took surrounded grasp'd and overwelm'd thee Enter Nobs Ha! Nobs here nay then perhaps I may have wrong'd my Master He did not hear me I hope Aside N. Siegnior Intriguo his Royal Highness the Duke has sent Int. A Reprieve or Pardon Speak my good Angel Has my just Master thought me worthy of his Remembrance Good Prince I did not doubt his Mercy but yo know the very Apprehensions of Death do strangely perplex a man But prithee dear Nobs let 's fee my last Comfort my Hopes my Joy dear lack how strangely I am altered in a moment well I vow I was very melancholy till I saw you thou art born under a lucky Planet thou alwaies bring'st good Tidings with thee Come let me see it is it a clear Pardon or a Reprieve for pleasure N. A clear downright Pardon an absolute Acquittance for all Debts Dues and Demands c. That you shall never be troubled for any thing of Plot or Plotting again while you breath Int. Look yo here now good lack what an ungrateful Villain was I to accuse so good a Master Well I could find in my Heart to Hang my self for pure spite Aside But come a murrain on it we 'll let that alone till another time and now dear Nobs let me hug thee ' fack I can crack a Pint now with some comfort They Embrace with thee and ' fack we will have it too Come Mr. Keeper give Orders for an hearty Bottle come a Fart of Hanging now I have got a Pardon a Pardon Boy He leaps about Goal Mr. Nobs if you have brought Seigniour Intriguo's Pardon you would do him a kindness to produce it for my Warrant runs for Executon this Morning at Ten of the Clock and you see by my Watch the time is near expired Int. Ay ay come produceit these Keepers are so Sawey when they have a Man in their Power Sir The Duke may remember your Malapartness Goal Sir I must remember my Business and if I mistake not your Worship will be part of it to day Aside N. Heark you Siegniour you cannot imagine what He takes Intriguo aside a difficulty the Duke met with before he could obtain it for you must understand the Sanhedrim Petition'd and made a terrible Pother to have you Executed off hand nay the very Rabble were gathering and threatned to pull you out themselves so that upon mature deliberation it was thought sit and concluded bewteen the King and Duke mark you me that you should for Meer Formality and to asswage the growing Fury of the People that you should I say be drawn to the place of Execution and then Sir ' gad I can but laugh at the Jest mark you me just as they expect to see you Dangle whip rush me I or some Body else in no matter who with the Reprieve though at the same time we must be forc'd to make a formal Excuse that you are to be Examin'd or so again in Council before you Die and so Sir as I told you under that Delusion egad we whisk you away and so give them the Slip for ever Int. Oh! ye Devil lost lost ruin'd He starts and stamps and undone for ever Drawn to the place of Execution quoth he ay and Hang'd at the place of Execution What a Devil should I do there else 1. Jeb Why this Nobs Brother is the Miracle of his time what a Feteh was there and how he prepared him for it Egad as he says if he once come to the place of Execution I know what will follow Aside 2. Jeb No Reprieve I 'll secure him and it will be too late to tell Tales then Aside Int. But prithee dear Nobs art thou in earnest thou hast curdled my Blood strangely that was boyling just before with Joy bur prithee that 's the way to be torn to pieces by the Rabble if I should escape Hanging N. Udslife Siegniour Intriguo you are the strangest incredulous man Udssish if the Duke know this let me be hang'd 't would be of ill consequence pray let us have no more of that Siegniour Enter Keeper K. Sir The Praefect according to Warrant demands the Delivery of your Prisoners for Execution Goal Siegniour Intriguo I must obey Int. I submit Well Nobs I hope thou wilt remember thy old Friend N. Fear nothing I shall within these two hours see thee assuredly safe and well Exit Nobs Jeb As Halter and Coffin can make him Aside Goal Sir The Praefect waits Int. Lead on and shew me my mysterious Fate To Life or Death I 'm fixt for either state My Fears are boundless but my Hope 's a span Yet if I Fall There 's no Belief in Man Finis Actus tertij ACT. IV. Scene I. Corinna's Bed-chamber Enter King Corinna Leonora undrest and in Loose Night-Gowns Remarquo slips behind the Hangings LEt 's barr these Doors my Dear Corinna close Lest some dark prying Statesman here discover us And with his Lamentable Noise of Plots Disturb and Interrupt our Secret Pleasures Come Leonora fill my other Arm And share the other half of thy Lov'd Monarch Here now 's my Paradice my Heaven of Joy All that a Monarch can desire or wish for Let the Grave Politician shake his Head And blame the well-fix'd Choice of my Diversion It were a Crime to think that Providence Who wisely fix'd us in this lofty Station To
be the Ease and Profit of our People Should at the same time with Severity Restrain with niggard Hand the free Enjoyment Of all those Pleasures which our meanest Subjects Do daily Revel in Cor. No no my Dear Let us no longer vainly stand Disputing What our so well Inspired Souls declare Is necessary just and requisite Come to thy Rosie Lips this Rosie Wine Shall add another fresh Vermillion Tincture See how its Sparkling Spirits Fly to meet thee And Dance and Sing to thy approaching Lipps Come to thy Health my Royal Love and Master And may'st thou ever like this Generous Wine Abound with lofty Spirit Warmth and Vigour Come Leonora to the King Fill up Rem So so the Scene begins well now for a good Limner we shall have delicate Figures for his Fancy to operate on presently Well if the Women hold 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 they begin they 'll certainly shame the Men out of the Beastly Sin of Drinking Aside Leon. Come To my Royal Lord Long Health and Ease Un-interrupted Joys and Endless Pleasuâ—â—â— The Power but not the Toyl of Mighty Business Let him Live long Hungaria's happy King Enjoying still an Everlasting Spring K. Dear Leonora and my Soul Corinna It quells my growing Joys and damps my Pleasures To think how small a Span of Power I have To Grasp and to Reward your boundless Merits How like a real Monarch should I stand If once my struggling Will were dis-intangled From the Curst Bonds of Haughty Sanhedrims How should my Bounty with my Will keep pace And Crown my peerless Nymphs extreamest Wishes Well I may Live to see the time Knocking without Rem Yes poor deluded Monarch thou may'st Live To see the time when with a Fatal Sorrow Thou 'lt wish and wish when 'tis alas too late 'T were in thy Power to mend or to re-call Those Fatal Errors which thy easie Nature By these pernicious Arts intic'd consents to When with Insulting Pride thy crafty Foes Shall Laugh and Triumph o're thy conquer'd Reason When by these very Arts by which thou think'st Poor cheated Prince to Buoy thy Pleasures up Thy Pleasures Ease and Life shall be endangered When those who truly pitying now thy Grief Would Face Ten Thousand Deaths for thy Relief Will coldly then upbraid thy Unbelief Aside K. What sawcy Slave is this that boldly durst Intrude upon my Privacy and Pleasures Knocking again Now by the Life of Mahomet the Man Designs to affront me with his Impudence Prithee Corinna know his Name K. and Leonora retire to the inner part of the Scenes out of sight While I and Leonora here retire Knocking again Corinna Goes to the Door Cor. Who 's there And speak by whose Authority You thus presume to Alarm my Apartment D. Verily Madam I am Damasippus and must Speak to the K. immediately I have Important Business to deliver to him Cor. Prince Damasippus always should be welcom To great Androgynes and me She half opens the Door and stands in the Passage Da. I desire always to be welcom to the King Pray Madam let me be happy in his sight Cor. My Lord the King 's retir'd and is asleep And gave strict Orders not to be disturb'd ' Slife This Prince carries a great Stroak with Androgynes and if he should take him away with him we should miss of our Business He must not see him Aside Your Highness must needs rest satisfied 'till Morning For His Majesty must not be disturb'd Da. Alas Madam It will be a Disturbance to Himself And the whole Kingdom if I don't see him By your leave Madam He pushes to come in Cor. You 'll not use Violence my Lord. Da. I hope you don't fear Ravishing my Lady The King comes from within the Scenes K. What Noise is that What bold Intruder is this Da. I humbly conceive the rarity of such an Action will be a sufficient Apology to your Majesty for your Faithful Subject and Kinsman Damasippus He Kneels K. Alack alack Good Cousin What makes you here at this time of Night What I 'll warrant you thought you were at the Siege of Rhodes now well you are a Fierce Assailant but I think you mistook the Cittadel Da. Dread Sir Naught less thau Duty Love Allegiance Honour Prompted me thus to intrude upon your Secrets 'T is Whisper'd nay 't is talk'd in threatning Murmures That some whome my Opinion can't call Friends Advise and have prevail'd by crafty Reasons To have the Sanhedrim to Morrow broken Sir Let me beg by all the Sacred Tyes Of Kindred Friendship Honour Gratitude Which long have held me Captive to your Will And which 'till now I never strove t' oppose To think what dreadful Consequences may Flow from so unaccountable Abrupt an Action The Nation 's Blood is in a boyling Ferment Rais'd and Alarm'd by all these late Discoveries Their Love and Wishes to your Health and Life Which by this Plot seem'd to be chiefly aim'd at Did first Foment and stir their Active Spirits To stand prepar'd and ready to defend you The Sanhedrim their Representatives Out of a Filial Duty to your Person And in pursuance of the People's Wishes Desire to search the Danger of that Wound Which like a Gangreen would o're spread the Nation Already they have Prob'd and found the Venom Has reach'd and tainted even the very Vitals And by a secret Passage to ascend And Dart its Poyson upwards to the Head And now like an unruly Patient you Forgive me if I once too plainly speak Kneeling When even the Root and Cause of your Distemper Are by your wise Physicians Skill explor'd Refuse t' Accept or cast away in Anger Their necessary wholsome Applications But then Dread Sir consider how the Body For every Member covets its own Safety When thus it finds the Head supinely careless Or which is worse which hardly can be thought Resolv'd and bent upon its own Destruction Consider then how Nature common Safety Which sure right Reason should dictate to all Will urge them to make speedy Applications First by Entreaty and when that do's fail By Power to seek their common Preservation This Sir I speak as what I fear will be Though Heaven the Searcher of all Hearts can witness My Prayers and hearty Wishes are It may not K. Well good Cousin thou art a rare maker of Speeches wil't make One for me to Morrow Da. My Blood to serve you should as freely go as now my Words K. Nay nay But prithee Cousin thou art turn'd a meer Stoick all of a suddain Come you have been dozing like an Old Paedagogue over some Obsolete Author to find out some Abstruse Question to puzzle his Schollars Come Damasippus here 's that will bring theeto thy Self again Come to Love and Beauty and Hang Business He Drinks Cor. So so That will set him a Float presently he 'll be nothing but Tropes and Figures in a Moment you 'll see him make a meer Fool of this Old Politician Aside K. Come Cousin take your Glass with