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The injur'd lovers, or, The ambitious father a tragedy acted by Their Majesty's servants at the Theatre Royal / by W. Mountfort ...
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Mountfort, William, 1664?-1692.
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Wing M2974; ESTC R11790
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heart to one not yet engaged King Fair Excellence Ant. My most honoured Prince King What brings me here I 'm sensible you know Your Father having told you by my Order Oh! slight not therefore thou all conquering Maid The faithful offerings of a love-bound Heart Unhappy only in not being the first Was taken Prisoner by those restless eyes Ant. Since by your Royal Order I am sent By my one Father here to wait upon your Pleasure To hear as you are pleas'd to say your love Far fitter for an equal Royalty With such respect I 'l entertain your story As does a double Duty now require King The entertainment of a double Duty Can never satisfy my greedy Passion Oh! give me but your single love to feed on 'T will gratifie my Soul Luxuriously But Duty without Inclination serve me Ant. To love my Prince I ever was instructed 'T was in my early grounds of living taught And nourisht by a natural Inclination King That love is but an awful Duty still Which for a Love like mine I will pay you Thus be Commanded thus becomes your Subject kneels Thus ever pay your Tribute as my Soveraign Ant. Justly you do disgrace me with this usage Puting my backward Duty in Remembrance kneels Of its neglect in doing thus no sooner King How cunningly she seems to avoid my meaning Rise subtle Beauty I know this Part 's as hard For you to act as me to like Throw off this art of distance in behaviour And give my plain and worthy meanings welcome Oh! do not shun the merits of my love But meet 'em with a generous Gratitude Ant. Impossible King Pity a Prince who never beg'd before Nay never lov'd till Antelina charm'd him As the rich Indies in their secret Pride Whilst undiscover'd flourisht and were great So was my heart till love surpriz'd it quite My richer Peace was fatally betray'd And by thy powerful Beauty captive made Ant. The Spaniards who that Wealthy soil subdued As the first Conquerours still their Title keep I was besieged long time ago by one Who came in the persuit of unknown Land It was my heart he was first that found it He put such strong Passion in the place That nothing e're can Master it again King Why I can force thee storm thee and destroy His weak resistance and thy obstinate will As easily as I can take my Rivals life But I by gentler means would gain thy heart And mercifully treat so fair a Foe Prithee resign Ant. I dare not King I will Protect thee for it I 'l make thee all Ambition can invent My Crown my Glories at thy feet I 'l lay Ant. I will not yield tho' for the crime I perish King Do not provoke my rage Think on thy Duty on my Power Ant. They 'r great Temptations but they cannot Conquer There 's something Irresistable within Which baffles reason by stubborn fancy The rules of what we ought to do dispises Or coming all with positive desire King When two desires both positive alike Meet with a Resolution to destroy each other Or bring both to one oppinion 'T is certain one must loose Mine has a Power to back what it pretends to And erring beauty thou shalt find too late What slighted Love joyn'd with that power can do Ant. Alas I know it makes a dreadful Tyrant Yet I will beat its utmost persecution Rather than prejudice my plighted Faith. King It s Persecution will not light on you Suppose I long'd to tast of a fair Fruit A sordid Miser would not part with Should I for that destroy the Tree that bore it No cut the Keeper off whose interest guards it Then satisfie my longings uncontroul'd Rheusanes is the Dragon guards this Tree Which e're I can possess first he must die Exit Ant. He 's gone yet wherefore should I dread him Rheusanes interest cannot want Protection Nor dare this King without good grounds destroy him The hour draws on will make him ever mine And banish all my cares Oh Time Thou ever marching yet untired Spirit Of unaccountable Eternity start from thy Constant course to help my Love Hast but this once to give my longings ease And be as slow hereafter as you please Exit Enter King and Oryala Ory I beg it may not be yet break it off King It must be done Oryala 't is too far gone To be prevented now you know he has forsaken Antelina Ory Indeed he has not Sir she still remains The Idol of his heart 't is not an hour since He parted from her with all the assurance of His constancy King No matter for his Constancy You follow my directions Embrace the offers which I have propos'd Or all your interest to the Crown forsakes you Ory For Honour sake Sir let me stand at distance Let me not make so mean a Condescension King State Policy enforces me to do it He 's grown too popular and shakes my safety Unless I do unite his Power with mine Ory What comfort can I hope from one that hates me King I know that you Love him Ory I must acknowledge my desires are towards him Did but his inclinations wait on mine But when I think of future disrespect Hereafter slights and distant entertainment I of my Love will make a Sacrifice Rather then wed the least of these Disturbers King When it is done as well he may curse Heav'n As meditate indifference towards thy merit Ory I fear the Event King Whom I Protect methinks should scorn to fear No more of these Excuses but accept it Heirs I must have I will not Marry for 'em Unless thy obstinacy force me to it Ory Be witness Heav n in what I must perform I cross my own desire to pleasure yours King About it speedily If you refuse consider I must Wed Accept my Crown devolves upon your head Exit Ory What shall I do I long and yet I fear Hate him when present fond of him not near Oh! I am lost between these harsh extreams Love drives me downward its impatient strems And e're a perfect Voyage I can make My will against the Rock of Pride does shake Ambition storms and Honour drives me back Exit Enter Ghinotto at one door Dorenalus at another Ghi Why this disorder'd carriage in my son Heavy disquiet sits upon his brow With an unusual solitude admir'd I will observe him Dor. How am I curst with that disturber Love My wretched Heart 'twixt hope and fear is wracht And yet I dare not own what may â—â—â—ieve me Ghi How 's this Dor. If I should tell her of my sufferings This eating Feavor which consumes my Youth And then instead of pitying she should scorn me Why what a Mock of mankind would it make me who 'd Point and say That is the haughty Thing Who thought his Passion worthy of a Princess And fond of the conceit Undid himself Ghi Dorenalus Dor. My Lord. Ghi You seem surpriz'd Dor. I did not think of any one so near me