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Darius King of Persia a tragedy as it is acted by Their Majesties servants / written by Mr. Crowne.
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Crown, Mr. (John), 1640?-1712.
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King pardons me Sure you may do 't Me. Oh! is the King so good And after that can you forgive your self Be. Ha done Me. I shall but let me do you first What Services I can and set you free From all Temptations you may have from me Perhaps you think a Crown may delight me Oh! I wou'd rather have my Head be cleft In my King's Service than by Treason Crown'd Let but my Sword command the spots of Earth On which I fight to Guard his Crown and Life And Nobler Fortune I will ne're desire The Gods be prais'd there I have Lordships yet And let us all preserve our Loyalty Then our true Glory lives though our Pomp dies For that is Vanity now I have done I 'le make but one Request then take my leave Be. What 's that Me. To chuse the place of my Exile Be. Where 's that Me. In the Fair Arms of one I Love. Be. And who is she Me. I know not wou'd I did It was my Fate at the Cilician Streights To give her Liberty and lose my own Be. Didst thou make no enquiry of her Name Me. I found her grac'd with all perfections And these I think are Names enow for one They took up all my thoughts and all my time Which was not much for soon we were pursu'd I was compell'd to face the Enemy I had the honour of the Victory But lost the best Reward the sight of her For she was fled away and from that hour I saw her not till now Be. Where saw you her Me. Here in this Palace Be. Here my Wife lives here Aside When did you see her Me. Not a minute past Be. Oh! how I tremble this must be my wife Aside Was no one with her Me. Yes your self my Lord. Be. Infernal horrours Me. Ha! he is disturb'd Aside Be. Oh! he has stab'd me sleeping in my Bed And waken'd me in Hell. Past all dispute Her secret sorrow is a Love for him I 've been solliciting for my own shame 'T is so t is so my Son has whor'd my Wife H 'as whor'd her in her Soul and that 's enough I 'le rip him up and carry her his Heart Hold he is Innocent and she may be Shall I skin o're my Wound with that may be And probe no farther no 't will fester then Oh! better see her once in the foul Act And so conclude my Torment and her Sin Than see her hourly sinning in my thoughts Me. My Lord I fear I love not as I shou'd For I perceive it discomposes you Though you in tenderness conceal my fault Pray let me know it I will freely part With all the Joys I have to pleasure you Be. Oh! noble Youth sure I am safe from him Aside But not from my own thoughts I cannot bear Thorns in my Bed if I have torment there Where shall I rest no I must search it well No Son I only doubt your good success Had you any Encouragement Me. I thought I had Be. 'T is done th' Adultery's finish'd o' her part Aside So is her Life Memnon you have my leave To make this Beauty yours be who she will. Me. My Lord I never can requite this Love Because you fight against your self for me For I see great contention in your thoughts Be. 'T is over now go in you 'l find her there Ex. Me. Oh! Memnon now I wish thy Vertue strong For if you mingle Smiles you mingle Blood. As Bessus is stealing after Memnon Nabarzanes enters Na. My Lord my Lord Be. Whos 's that I 'm employ'd Na. I 've Business for you that concerns your Life Be. I 'm busied in concerns above my Life Na. Well let 'em be of more Concern than Heaven You shall abandon'em and go with me Patron the Greek has been among our Troops Discover'd our designs and told the King. Be. Wou'd Patron were in Hell. Na. He shall be worse For head you Troops he shall be in our Power Be. I 'le come immediately Na. Immediately What Business have you here but with your Wife Do you prefer a Kiss above a Crown And all the Lives and Fortunes of your Freinds Then I believe Patron had this from you And you have sold us all Be. Who I Na. Yes you Your Wife and You the Cause and the World Sink I 'le save my self Farewel Be. Hold hold I go Oh! you have wrong'd me Na. Shew it in the Field Be. I will but I shall perish go or stay Stay and the Hangman's Sword falls on my head Go my Wife 's Whor'd aside oh cursed troubled World Where nothing without Sorrow can be had And 't is not easy to be Good or Bad. For Horrour attends Evil Sorrow Good Vice Plagues the Mind and Vertue Flesh and Blood. Ex. ACT IV. SCENE The Field Enter Darius Artabasus Patron Guards Ar. OH have I sav'd Villains to kill my King Da. No more no more I know thy honest thoughts Oh! my dear Children now a long farewell To all my Glory now a long farewel Nay oh my Fate I must for ruine fight Cyrus and Alexander did not shew More Courage to be Lords o' the whole World Than I must do to have no share in it For if these Villains Perish by my Sword I cut off all the Army that I have And I the once Great Monarch of the World Shall want a Cave where I may hide my head But Justice will be best for all Mankind I 'le shew that I deserve the World I lose Pa. I must entreat your leave for one word more Alas I sooner shall have leave from you Than from my self for every word I speak That grieves your heart stabs mine yet I must speak There 's scarce a faithful man in all your Camp. Da. What dost thou say are all the Persians false Pa. They are as true to you as to themselves But as in danger they have always done So they do now forsake you and themselves Da. Ha! do they joyn the Traytors Pa. Oh! Sir no. They joyn with nothing but confounding fear And that they meet with wherefoe're they go Terrours beset ' em Alexander comes And here the Traytors boldly threaten ' em They who had any Life in 'em are fled And they that stay are held by Cowardise They have not Soul enough even for flight Ar. He has told Truth which I was loath to speak We may as well force men into a Camp From Sick and Dying as from wanton Beds From Plagues as Luxury a flattering Pest Da. Oh! Alexander where wou'd be thy Fame Hadst thou my Army well may'st thou subdue Kingdoms by Men who merit to be Kings For mine do not deserve the name of men Pa. Sir one word more and then I shall have done Not far from hence I have four thousand Greeks We march'd to Persia fifty thousand men Did ever Greek forsake you but by Death Alas Sir now we cannot if we wou'd For in your Service we have fought our selves Out of our
Traytress has inform'd my Husband all And he in rage has flung me off to Hell. Did he consent you shou'd address to me Me. No Madam not to your fair self by name I do not know your name Ba. Not know my Name Me. No Madam when I met you in the Field Love and Amazement took up all my Sence Had I been told your Name I had not known The Enemy and Night then parted us And a long Night it was I saw no day 'Till here this happy Morning I saw you I found my Father told him what befell He gave me a full grant to make you mine Be what you wou'd Or. Now Madam was I false Aside to Barzana Ba. I am more wretched than I was before I have found Treasure which I cannot keep The Love of him I love is now my grief For I am forc'd to cast it all away I must discover to him who I am Alas my Lord this Love is but a Dream Your Heart receiv'd my Image as it past Remove the face the shadow vanishes Leave me your Love is gone Be 't as it will All Heaven and Earth is plac'd between us two For to be plain with you I am a Wife Me. Madam I will acknowledge a bold Truth I sought you much but Guide I cou'd have none For you are far above description Chance brought me hither when the wanton winds Open'd the folding doors and shew'd me you My Soul retir'd in a Religious awe But your inchanting words soon brought her back I heard you own inspiring Love for me Madam wou'd you do that were you a Wife Ba. Oh! I shall blush to Death Aside to Or. Or. Good Madam why He knows not who you are you did not say You are his Father's wife Aside Ba. 'T is very true Aside What held my tongue But oh he knows too much He knows my Love more he shall never know I 'd rather burn in any fire than shame I will get free then like a Vision I 'le vanish hence and never be heard of more Me. Oh! Madam I perceive you are disturb'd Ba. Indeed My Lord y 'ave give me great Offence Me. Alas I fear my self am the Offence Why shou'd you be asham'd of innocent Love Unless you be asham'd of him you Love. Oh! is it so with me Ba. Y 'ave made it now Indecent to consider what you are And if you have not your ill Father has Your wicked Father has destroy'd your hopes Me. Oh! must I suffer for my Father's faults Ba. And must I suffer for your Father's faults I am a Princess o' the Royal Blood And if I League with you I cast away My Fortune Conscience Honour nay my Life Nay both shall die and by your Father's hand Me. Oh! Madam I am sure that fear is vain Pray send for him I know he 'll give consent Ba. Oh! horrour horrour Me. Madam do not fear Run for my Father Ba. Will you murder me All of the Royal Race will seek my Life If I be known to love your Father's Son. Me. Madam we 'll fly to the Brave Enemy Ba. I fly away in secret with a man And with the Son of the King's Enemy Shou'd my Friends pardon me yet I shou'd dye With Shame and Horrour And I 'm much displeas'd You shou'd embrace such shameful thoughts o' me And I even scorn you for your loving me Since you believe I have no more desert Me. Madam your merit seems so great to me As gives a Grace to every thing you do You can do nothing will appear a fault Madam I 'le do such things to serve the King As will conceal the faults of my ill Birth Ba. You can do nothing Nature binds your hands Will you destroy your Father horrid thought Yet if you do not he destroys the King. That Hell surrounds you 't is impossible To come at you but through all Misery And why shou'd you desire such ill to me Then go if you 'd preserve my Love or Life Your stay will but incurr my Mortal hate Nay perhaps bring my Blood upon your head Me. The Gods forbid I 'le rather sink to Hell. Ba. Then go whilst I have one kind thought of you And my kind thoughts are all you shall enjoy Me. All this I fear'd expected almost wish'd So much I tender you above my self For my ill Father's Son must look for Plagues They are my Birthright and Inheritance And I shou'd be most cruel and unjust If I shou'd seek to fix 'em upon you No Madam fly our cursed House and me Your generous Loyalty I praise and love Though 't is the Sword of Heaven to cut me off Well Madam I will take my self away Nay more I beg you 'l throw me from your thoughts That I may ne're be trouble to you more Ba. Now he goes nearer to my heart than ever Aside 'T is dangerous to see or hear him more And cruelty to send him bleeding hence Without some Balm My Lord I were unjust To love you least when you deserve it most No no you ever shall possess my thoughts And Heaven that made me has no more of me Me. Oh! Madam many thousand thousand thanks For this Compassion though 't will be no more Than a fair Monument o're a dead Wretch Ba. Oh! I have held my violent Grief till now To make our parting easie as I cou'd But now I 've lost all power o're my self And if you longer stay I shall fall dead Go if y 'ave pity for your self or me Me. I go I go and now can easier go Your kind Tears comfort me oh wretched me The grief of her I love is all my joy And now a long farewel my Love was born In a most fatal Field in Deaths dark shades And it will ne're have Health till it repair To Death again its Mournful Native Air. Exit Ba. He 's gone and I shall never see him more I must not will not dare not see him more I 'le fly if possible all thoughts of him All knowledge of my self Poor Womankind Heaven for our ruin gifts on us bestows Charms to allure no Power to opppose In Passion we are strong in Reason weak Constant alone to errour and mistake In Vertue feign'd in Vanity sincere Witty in Sin and for Damnation fair Exeunt Omnes ACT V. SCENE A Garden Enter Memnon Me. OH I am blasted in my Bloom of Youth I am more miserable for my Youth For the more Years and Life I have to come The larger Fields of Misery and Shame Have my unhappy Father sowed for me Well I will trouble nothing but my self I 'le wander from my Friends my Fortunes Hopes Then like a Plummet parted from the Line I will sink down in deep obscurity Where never more shall trace be found o' me Ha! oh my Heart the Princess comes this way Enter Barzana and Oronte Comes like a sudden spring on my dead hopes And forces 'em methinks into new Life Something methinks from Heaven stops my