have a Daughter and one whom Nature has rather been prodigal then backward in bestowing Graces My mind ever design'd her Sir for you and to compleat what I so long had wish'd even from both your Infancies I let your Father know my whole design whose heart with mine did willingly agree there wanting nothing but your riper years which Heav'n bestowing on you both your Father according to his promise and my great desire has sent in you the Center of my hopes Sym. I find my self betray'd betray'd to love I Gad and wheal'd already into the bonds of Matrimony and that 's a dangerous task for a Gallant of the times to undertake especially for one who hath bin caught by that religious cheat of Wedlock at least fifteen times but the best is the Sicillian and our Laws differ as much as their Constitutions and for those facts committed there a Gentleman in honour cannot suffer here aside Sir you honour me too much in thus bestowing upon me so great a prize as your lovely Daughter who maybe as ugly as the Devil for ought I know aside Arr. Had not the great deserts Sir of your Father besides equallity of birth and friendship translated to my Soul your noble vertues this first encounter would have giv'n me sufficient satisfaction of your merits Sym. My Lord your praises rise to Ostentation and to requite you for this noble kindness if recommencing love will ought oblige you you may command your Servant Arr. You make me happy this grant of yours pulls back some years from age my Daughter will be overjoy'd at such a Husband and meet you with the best respects of Love Sym. Let her be swift in granting for I Gad if she holds out long my affections will melt away and turn into down right hatred meer slight neglect scorn and so forth Arr. She 's half prepar'd already there wants nothing but the grant the word I Love and then the deed is done Sym. I but that word I have known extended to such a length that it was impossible to find an end of the resolve I since my fit of Love's return'd hate all but yielding Females and to those I fly with as much vigor as a Novice in the Art of Courtship to his new gain'd Mistress Let her be plyant and my fit will last If not As it came swiftly on it flies as fast Arr. Come Son for so I 'le call you now after your tedious journey rest is needful then you shall see the only joy I have And from her eyes receive so sweet a fate You 'l bless that pow'r which first did Love create Exeunt SCENE a City Enter Oroandes two Captains and Souldiers Oro. My Kings Commission gives me not only orders to dethrone brave Zannazarro but to demolish all to burn his factious Town and in its Ruins bury the thoughts of Usurpation Omnes Heav'n crown the action with success Oroa. My gratitude divides it self amongst you all the only way of recompence until some happy beam of opportunity shall light my wishes to a requital of your early loves Summon the Rebel They sound a parl Enter as on the Walls Zannazarro and Attendants Zan. What means this hasty Summons Is your anger so swift in motion that it not admits due rites unto the dead and though our griefs sit heavy on our Souls 't is not of Kin to fear but we dare draw our Swords ere we have wip'd our eyes and in a peal of Cannon thunder his Funeral Oroa. 'T is pity a resolve thus fortified should unravel all its glory in an unlawful cause Zan. Oroandes you may spare your labour though we have lost the strongest Cittadel of all our hopes in our dear Fathers death yet we will sell our Lives at honours dearest rate and not fall an humble Sacrifice to death Oroa. I am sorry Sir that my advice proceeding from the love I bear your worth has miss'd its wish'd for ends Farewell all happiness but that which waits on victory attend you Exeunt below Zan. The like to thee brave Soul since part we must When next we meet 't will be in blood and dust Exeunt above An alar'm and fighting within Enter as in flight Zannazarro and Souldiers Enter aft e rt em fighting the first Captain and Souldiers they follow Zannazarro and Souldiers off and then return Enter to them Oroandes and Souldiers Oroa. Where 's Zannazarro 1 Cap. Receiv'd into the Town in spight of all our Force Oroa. S'death their Army beaten and cannot he be Conquer'd scale the Walls kill and burn all till death be tyr'd with Conquering Scene the Walls of the Town Zannazarro and Souldiers appear upon 'em Allarm Oroandes and Souldiers scale the Walls beat off Zannazarro and Souldiers and enter the Town Allarm still a shout and then the Scene changes to a Town afire a noise of shrieks and fighting for a while and then the Scene changes to a Temple in which is discover'd Amasia kneeling at the Altar with two or three Ladies Enter a Messenger all bloody Mess Fly dearest Lady fly the day is lost your noble Brother taken Wars furious Goddess fierce Enyo stands over your batter'd Gates a dropping pine about her Tresses lends with its dismal light an entrance to the Messengers of Death the Battlements sweat all in flames whilst loud confusion fills th' enlightned air The Ladies weep Ama. Weep not my dear companions you have shar'd alike with me in ev'ry change of fortune if fate ordains this the Catastrophe of all those Tragick Scenes to us our Virgin innocence shall be protection safer then th' united Swords of Earths most powerful Monarchs Outcries within 1 Lad. Oh they are entring entring le ts fly dear Madam Ama. Whether When slaughter runs through all where can we find protection Enter Oroandes and Souldiers Oroa. Ha! what place is this with what an awful Majesty it looks sure it inshrines Deity what 's she spies Amasia with such a face Troy's tutelary Angel look'd when all her Crown of Turrets drop't their flaming heads Amasia kneels to Oroandes Ama. What ere thou art that in this dreadful shape com'st to prophane this hallow'd place with blood if in your breast there dwell a human thought telling you that a Woman was your Mother for her sake pity a distressed Virgin Oroandes stands amased le ts fall his Sword Oroa. A chilling frost unnerves my joints sure 't is Divinity or Magick that hath thus depos'd my Reason to let rebel passion tryumph i' th' injur'd Throne Rise Lady there 's a Religious ice about my heart that chains up all my fury I shall rather slight the commands of a much injur'd Prince then violate ought which the dictates of my Soul proclaims for sacred Ama. Oh lead me then to some polluted place that 's grown drunk with blood and there let mine increase the purple deluge I shall not always be protected by this place's sanctity or if I were find few of so much vertue to be with
forty years help help murder murder Runs up and down the Stage crying murder at length falls down and Jasper in running after falls too the old Woman gets up and runs away crying murder Jas Pox of her old bones could she not stand to be kil'd decently Sly She thought 't was better living Sir but le ts begon her mumbling chaps will raise the streets upon us Jas Withal my heart Since want of Huff and Dinging makes a Cully I 'le Rant Rore Swear and Curse to be a Bully Exeunt ACT II. SCENE the City Enter Jasper Sympleton Slywit Musitioners and Dancers Jas FOllow your Leader Rascals this is the House undermine it first with a noise of vocal Musick and then blow it up with a whirlwind of Fidling SONG THus like a Spark and a Bully o' th' Town I Ramble i' th' Streets and Roam up and down No Lover so decently ere made approach But first he debauch'd his dear self in a Coach The act being done to his Miss with a noise Of scraping dull Rascals and rabble of boyes In Nonsence he chatters the height of his joys 2. But your Knight Alamode your man of pretence Who comes arm'd all over wtth nothing but sence With Gawdy rich Cloths Perfume Patch and Paint Can't such a Lover be less then a Saint For they drest all Airie and Puritie prove No blessing so great so great as your Love 3. Your Love that chief bliss of our Mortal Estate Though oftentimes Clouded with envie and hate We Slaves must admire and gladly pursue Yhough we lose both our senses our pleasures and you What man that 's a Lover and boldly dare move But durst for enjoyment forsake all above Though that minute he 's dam'd and dam'd for his Love A Serenade and then a Dance all the while they Sing and Dance Theocrine and Julia are seen in the Balconee Enter Sir Symon Credulous and Drayner Theocrine and Julia Exit above Sly Sir there 's your Rival Jas Dam me Sir you are an Insipid Excommunicated Rascallian Son of a Whore and my Rival Strikes Sir Symon runs back and draws his Sword Sir Symon doth the same and coming towards one another they know each other Sym. What my Quondam friend and noble acquaintance Sir Jasper Sympleton Jas My Right Worshipful and Pomathematical Bully Sir Symon Credulous They Embrace Sly Cully Drayner Dra. Bully Slywit They Embrace Sym. And how and how is 't I Gad who thought to have seen you here the last time we saw each other I pawn'd you at the Rose for a Guinny that little Debauch made a Divorce betwixt us and have I met thee here Embrace again but a Pox of your Ceremonious way of Greeting Bully that slap was very severe to a friend Jas A slight way of Complement to a Rival but dear Rogue let me kiss thee I Gad I joy to see you Embrace again Sym. This is a Rival by his fawning for I believe a Sicilian Rival and an English Cuckold are much of a Nature both loving the man that most injures them aside But Bully Sympleton what made you here so early bin upon the Ramble I 'le warrant you and so came and paid your devoires to the Lady of your best affections Jas Rot me if I 'm in love with any body but my Landress these are only some of my flashes of Gallantry to let the City know my merits but what made you here Bully Credulous To Court a Lady I dare swear Sym. By my honour no an unlucky Horse of mine as I was riding to view the Country stood still with me seven miles together which forc't me to be beholding to the Gentleman of this House for a nights Lodging This will do or nothing aside But if ever I ride a tir'd Horse again post me for a Cully Jas This may be but I Gad 't is very impossible Enter Theocrine and Julia. Sym. Zounds here comes my Lady now dare I as well be hang'd as speak to her for fear of having my threat cut aside Jas What a pox shall I do now if I speak I discover my affections and create a Rival and if I say nothing I lose my Mistress Oh valour oh valour what 's become of you aside Sly Sir why do you not speak to the Lady she expects you aside to Jasper Jas She may expect me if she pleases but I think I shan't speak to her to Slywit Dra. Sir are you not asham'd to stand gaping as if you had lost your speech to Symon Sym. I Gad I had better lose my speech then lose my life for if I speak to her he 'l speak to me and above all things I hate an angry Rival to Drayner Sly Good Sir recollect your self your Rival is an arrand Coward and dares not own before your face his love to Theocrine and should you refuse to Court her now she 's lost for ever aside to Jasper forward Sir forward for shame Pushes Jasper forward Sym. I Gad I 'le venture too Drayner get your Sword ready and if my Rival offers to draw dispatch him decently Speaks this aside to Drayner and then goes towards Theocrine Jasper doth the same Jas Honourable Madam Sym. Lovely Lady Get your Sword ready Drayner Jas Most Aromatick Beauty Sym. Divine Celestial and Odoriferous Venus Jas The glory of your presence makes me stoop thus low to kiss your hand Kisses her hand Sym. The glory of your presence makes me bold to kiss your L and so forth Offers to kiss her Theo. What mean you Sir Jas Ay what mean you Sir Sym. Nay nay no huffing Bully no harm upon my honour Madam Theo. You 'r bold Sir and intrude too far upon the priviledg my Father gave you but that you are a stranger and a Gentleman I should chastise the Insolence Jas I would not lose the honour for a Kingdom he 's my Rival and that 's sufficient hum hum After a Huffing Proud manner Bully Credulous you are my friend aside to him Give me your hand meet me within this minute Aloud after the foregoing manner at the Tavern aside as before Sym. Agreed aloud as before Jas Madam your Servant such sawcy actions must and shall be punished farewell aloud as before Exit Sir Jasper and Slywit Sym. Your Servant Madam if I fall say you lost one who lov'd After the same manner to Theocrine Exit Sir Symon with Drayner Theo. The Coxcombs will not fight sure Jul. You need not fear it Madam their Spirits are too dull for such brave Actions Theo. I do not much yet something troubles me and what it is I know not Jul. Love for Vanlore Madam 't is true his vertues merit all your noble thoughts but his mean fortunes so inrage your Father I fear you 'l ne're enjoy him Theo. Fathers are Cruel when they think they 'r Kind and more disturb our rest by forcing Love then when they rob us of the Author of it Enter a Servant Serv. Madam a Messenger from Ardenna
a Religious reverence aw'd Oroa. Do not dear Soul too much afflict your self my Power secures you from all future violence each tear you shed drops from my heart in blood I 'm conquer'd in this victory and become a Captive to my prisoner fear nothing Madam for your Guardian Angel roab'd in virginity is not whiter then those thoughts which cloath my Soul when they reflect on so much suff'ring vertue Oh give my passions leave to move within the Orb of your Celestial Beauty while no line tends to the Center of a thought unchast Ama. Alas my Lord this is no time to play with Love when War and Death sit by and hold the stakes Oroa. If all my service to my Prince hath merited ought worth requital he must show it in mercy to you or by a blacker doom shake my obedience off but only grant me thus much satisfaction that when time redeems you from these cruel frowns of fate you would with pity then on my afflictions look Ama. I were ungrateful else noble Sir I so much prize your vertues that if ere my frowning stars smile on my fate again their powerful influence shall reflect on you in so much thankful gratitude you shall acknowledg it the eldest Child of Love Oroa. My joyes grow equal with my wishes Banish all fear since fate so kind doth prove Thus to reward Wars mightie toyls with Love Exeunt SCENE Arratus Lodgings Enter at one door Arratus and Theocrine at the other Sir Symon and Drayner Sir Symon drest Gallantly Arr. Son you 'r most nobly welcome my Daughter I thank my Stars accepts the proffer and no doubt but both parties will be agreed Sym. I hope so too Sir for as I said before I hate a tedious Courtship Arr. Daughter this is the Gentleman I spoke of is he not in ev'ry thing compleat to my description Theo. Yes Sir If gawdy Cloaths Powder and Paint can make a Lover this Monster wants no Graces aside Sym. Madam having the honour to be introduc'd into your noble company I hope I shall not appear rude in thus presuming to kiss your hand and all that I Gad she is very handsome and hath conquer'd my heart at this first entervieu aside Lady I hope your Father hath made you sensible of my Amours and withal the way and manner of my Courtship for I Gad and all that I love damnably and hate monstrously Theo. 'T is strange Sir you can admit at once of love and hate Sym. In their degrees Lady but sometimes they are inseparable for I can at once hate and love love and hate and all that but the present cause which may be easily avoided is a tedious Courtship Theo. I 'm glad I know your mind Sir and shall strive to please in expedition Sym. I vow to Gad and all that you are the sweetest lovingest Lady and so forth in all Europe Arr. I told you Son she would be all obedience and to preserve your Loves entire for ever prepare against to morrow for the Wedding Theo. To morrow Sir Arr. Yes Daughter so I 've said a days loss begets an age of sorrow to morrow is the ultimate Theo. The warning Sir's too short I cannot in one night consent to the great loss that fatal day will bring defer it Sir a week Sym. By Heav'n I shall forget to love by that time alas Madam my love comes on by fits and if you refuse me while it reigns upon me I Gad and all that you may go seek your Husband Arr. Dispute no more to morrow is the day till then I give you leave to think upon 't He must be taken in the height of love Or else th' effects in pallid fear will move Delay'd affection many ills produce And love may lose its pow'r for want of use Exeunt As they are going off Enter Sir Jasper and Slywit Sir Jasper seeing them stands still Jas Ha! that 's more then I expected this is sure a Rival and one of the newest stamp pox on this love I say a man is never free from one danger or other now am I in a great Quandary whether I had best go forward or backward if I go forward there 's a Rival if backward there goes a Coward and to stand still is worst of all Sly Sir what do you mean Did you come out with an intent to see your Mistress and stand disputing what you 'd best to do Jas Do why what you would have me do Did you not see a Rival with my Lady and let me tell you there 's danger in those Creatures pox on 'em they are as common as Cuccolds but not half so loving Sly That 's as they 'r us'd if they discover the least spark of fear they 'r valliant then as Lyons but if you bear up Briskly swear Neatly and huff Compleatly they sneak away just like insipid Asses Jas Nay if swearing and huffing would overcome I think none dare pretend to have any courage but my self Sly As for example suppose you were my Rival thus I come to you Umh Umh Umh Dam me Sir you are an Insipid Excommunicated Rascullian Son of a Whore and my Rival Gives Sir Jasper a slap on the face retreats and draws his Sword Jas Pox on your Rival ship if this be the fruits on 't you may keep your Lady and be damn'd was that Alamode to make fire fly out of both the eyes of a Gentleman Sly I us'd you kindly in 't you should in answer to the affront have drawn your Sword and Jas Run away I 'le warrant you Sly No Sir fought him Gentilely and with a decent thrust push'd his Soul into another World Jas I marry Sir that 's a good way to be hang'd and all that Sly Phu I am asham'd of you and your conversation a Gentleman and be hang'd 't was never heard of I knew a Squire after he Cowardly had kill'd a Score had leave to mak 't up Forty and you being a Knight I hope you may have more power Jas Say you so nay if I may kill Cum privilegio woe be to the next I meet my anger 's up and murder will ensue but to our business suppose you were my Rival thus I come up to you Umh Umh Umh Dam me Sir you are an Insipid Excommunicated Rascallian Son of a Whore and my Rival Strikes Sly Runs back to draw his Sword and then returns Sly So this was well done and like a lover Jas Nay let me alone for huffing Enter an old Woman here comes something now courage for me Sly What mean you Sir Jas Nothing but to kill that Monster I have sworn and a Gentleman should not break his word Sly But that 's a woman Sir a very old woman Jas If she were a very old Devil I would kill her my angers up and murder will ensue Goes to kill the old Woman Old W. Oh Lord Sir hold put up your Sword Sir I have not seen a naked thing of that length this
desires to speak with you Theo. Some news from Vanlore now Heav'n I hope is kind Exeunt SCENE Chamber Royal. Enter Antellus Glorianda Guards two Sea Captains and Attendants Antellus Reading a Letter King The Letter WHen first our full spread sayles were Pregnant grown and all our hopes grew equal to our wishes a spightful Storm stretch'd on the wings of all the Clamorous Winds scatter'd our Fleet whose Ruind sayles hang on the top of Rocks the darkned Sky proclaims a dissolution and the angry Waves assault our sinking Ships Some hours this Tempest held and on a suddain the face of the Heav'n was clear the Seas grew Calm and light appear'd just like a new born day that we might see the dreadful Ruin's of our scatter'd Fleet and what bred most distraction the Prince's Ship was lost King How full of fatal changes are our Lives what is 't to be a Monarch and yet live to be a trembling at ev'ry breath of passion thus when all my thoughts in the fair hopes were calm'd of Heroina's safe Arrival then even then to have 'em smother'd in this Cloud of curst Intelligence Glo. Your grief is yet but weak suspitions birth and happily may prove abortive Sir King Oh Glorianda thou fain wouldst flatter me to comfort but the malignity of sorrow can admit no Cordials there there Gives Glorianda the Letter she peruses it unravel the black clew that led me into this dark Labyrinth of grief and tell me then if I have ever left hopes to escape this growing storm of Passion Glorianda having perus'd the Letter returns it Glo. Sir th'information is most sad if true King Oh 't is too true too true my Glorianda devouring Seas have cous'ned our Embraces but shall I lose her thus Go gather all those Ships that owe obedience to this life and let their Squadrons scour the Seas untill you find her out or else by all that 's good your lives though an unworthy Sacrifice shall fall an offering to her Fathers loss Exit the Sea Captains Shouts within Enter Oroandes Zannazarro and Amasia Guarded Oroandes kneels and presents the Prisoners Oro. Thus only may your Enemies Encounter those Beames of sacred Majesty that shine through you from the Sicilian Diadem King Rise Oroandes high in our love as wonder thus joy encounters grief but is too weak for such a foe Glo. I more then doubt poor Zannarro's safety Loves secret flames teach me the way to fear And when he moves from life my death draws near Weeps King Why so much woman Glorianda Thou but mispendest thy pity on an object which if not remov'd will soon Eclipse the brightness of our Stars Go call the Priests of Mars and Pallas hither Exit a Guard Oro. What might this Rage Portend Enter the Guards and two Priests King Here take the Prisoners to your charge and let those Ceremonies be perform'd by which the tainted blood of Sacrifices are made Incense for the Gods see 'em prepar'd ere the next Morning guilds the Earth Delay Shall pluck no feathers from the wings of Day Ere vengeance meet the Rebels Exeunt Priests and Prisoners Glo. Oh they are lost for ever lost Oro. Is 't Grief or Reverence that unnerves me thus Oh my Soul thou art too weak too faintly weak to move beneath the Chaos of these woes King Now Oroandes I have time left to Embrace thee and hug this Cabinet of vertues yet I have not in all thy absence let thy goodness slide out of my thoughts witness this Lady in whose virgin breast I 've strove to plant thy worth Fight like a noble Souldier and so move Till noble vertue Conquer Glorious Love Exit King and Attendants Glo. Whither starts my degenerate Spirits I was born free as Sicily's King and though he is my Brother sure I may be allow'd the freedom of my Choice Weeps Oro. She weeps There 's more in this then yet my thoughts can fathom pardon Lady my unbecoming rudeness I have sorrows which like an evil Genius on my Soul sit cloth'd in sables and obscure the light of your bright Glories Glo. This is no time to flatter Sir or move In these disorders tow'rds the Throne of Love A gen'ral sweetness should about us wait And not the surly frowns of angry fate To quench those flames so newly are begun I 'le weep down floods and drown the rising Sun Oro. To Court your tears argues a fatal end And love thus planted never can extend In Glorious paths of mutual happiness We treat the fancy and expect success But when before the heart is gone astray Our Monarchs gifts doth but our lives betray And to refuse what he so kindly gave Were but to Ruin what we hop'd to save Glo. Though our affections variously do move In diff'rent forms of Gratitude and Love Yet they 'r perhaps of kin did you but know From whence th' Original of Grief doth grow My Lord I blush not to relate these eyes Drop tears to mollifie the Deities Those stubborn Gods which sway the reeling State Of Zannazarro and Amasia's Fate For him my cares for her your fears are strong Yet they must suffer for their Fathers wrong Oro. Oraculously spoken her great Charms Have bound me in the Circle of her Arms In height of Conquest they surpris'd my Soul Her Glories all my Lawrels did controul My growing fortune stop'd at her bright eyes And she commanded all my victories To her great Charms my Conquest soon did bow And Lillies sat tryumphant on her brow The Warlike Eagle and the Phaenix may Fly to a Wilderness and shun the day While she invested in the Roabes of Love Darts fiercer Beams as she to th' East doth move Glo. And can you then see so much goodness fall Rather turn Rebel to save them lose all Oro. I have an Army yet 't is true but when I think on Treason they will shun me then My blood shrinks to its Center at a Rebels name Scattering a death-like Ague through each vein My Nerves shrink back at any thing that 's ill We dam our selves when we a Monarch kill If all our prayers cannot satisfie An angry King we 'l both Loves Martyrs die Glo. I will do something too something that may Preserve my fame as glorious as the day Perhaps Sir our united prayers may move Heav'n to Compassion and the King to Love Oro. My prayers shall wait on yours and if deni'd Dying for love with them shall be my pride Exeunt SCENE a Tavern Sir Jasper Sympleton Sir Symon Credulous Drayner and Sly wit are discovered Drinking Jas Pox this is better then fighting What should a man of honour that hath an Estate and so forth venture his life for 't is enough for poor pittiful little inconsiderate Rascals that have no other dependency but Murder and Hanging Sym. True Bully Pox of fighting I say there 's no sport in it whoring and drinking I am for but I hate fighting Jas Come le ts sit down then Sirrah
and a Priests Roabes in his hand Oro. This fair Amasia was a happy hour To Rescue thee from such a Villains pow'r Lust in these Roabs so dreadful did appear Beyond an Armies strength it made me fear Ama. The Impious Villain in such Crimes did move Striving to force what he at first cal'd Love That I almost mistrusted Heav'n who gave Such sawcy Boldness to th' injurious Slave Till you my chief Protector came with aid And th' injurious Mass of sin display'd Oro. Under this Masque of Heav'n and Silver age The impious Rebel ' mongst his sins did rage The blooming beauty of a fragrant flower To crop and kill while it was in his pow'r The Slaves confession may perhaps ingage Our King in Clemency to cease his rage Those Counterplots laid to prevent your fall Though seeming Ominous may save us all These Roabs which he has so abus'd shall prove The Guardian Angel to preserve my love Ama. Run not such dangerous hazards for her sake Who knows no way to pay your favours back By the King Vow and Laws I 'm doom'd to die A minute cuts off my Mortality And then my Gratitude and Debts remain Too Great and Vast ere to pay back again Oro. All the return I ask for or desire Is but your equal love and equal fire Grant I in death may so much comfort meet To fall a Lover at Amasia's feet Ama. You had my word before and if ere Fate Changes my doom for a serener fate Before the Gods and you I vow that hour Amasia shall submit to your great pow'r Your Chains I 'le wear and give up Victory The toyles of War for brave Captivity To be o'recome by one so truly brave Makes a most Glorious Captive of your Slave Oro. Those noble Chains I 'le wear and tryumph more Then ere I did in Conquering before To be your Slave is such a pleasing fate The mighty blessing doth my fears rebate In Life or Death or smooth fac'd Victory No pleasures like this sweet Captivity Ama. We soon must part with all those joys and breath How e're I shall be happy in my death If Life with you be bliss Death must be more Since real happiness is there in store For all who do a true Loves fate deplore Oro. Think not of death first see Oroandes fall And let a sigh attend his Funeral For whilst I live no force shall reach thy heart When I am wounded in each mortal part And bleeding death about my Soul doth wait Prepare Amasia to receive thy fate Till then my pow'r and this disguise believe Either of these may bring a safe repreive Ama. Thus to prophane the holy Roabs will be A greater trouble then the loss of me Heaven will be angry at your strange pretence Oro. Heav'n cannot frown to save such innocence They what we Sacrifice injustice call Else vertue would be banish'd from us all Vertue expatiates to blot out Vice Reaching her Glorious Arms to Paradise And if we root that Angel from the Earth Our weak humanity is out of breath For that conducted by the Powers above Teaches the way to Duty and to Love Come my fair Sacrifice these Roabs can be Never prophan'd worn to deliver thee Exeunt ACT III. SCENE the Court Enter Antellus Glorianda and Guards King URge me no more the Gods have so decreed Amasia and her Brother both must bleed Glo. Consider Sir the Nature of the Crime And for my sake withdraw your Rage this time Look on Amasia's Charms and then declare If Zeal and Beauty are not both at War The Cruel Tyrant to secure his own Usurps this beauty to enrich his Throne King You sue in vain for what must be deni'd The Gods prescrib'd this way to scourge their pride Glo. Call not that Pride which was Revenge alone Nor is it Justice Sir to Kill the Son Your veng'ance scourg'd the Rebels as they flew And ev'ry factious man your Valour slew You strong Rebellion hunted out of breath Which Sir expir'd in brave Zoranzo's death King The fathers fall did but foment him more Proving a greater Rebel then before Still he grew on and in Rebellion mov'd Glo. Your self Sir by a Son would be belov'd His Fathers Death new veng'ance did implore Could he do less for one had sought before Rebellious Nature did the faction head And he fought only to revenge the Dead His Army weak wounded on ev'ry part Fought not to Conquer but Revenge their smart King Why for the bold Usurper do you move I shall grow angry and believe you love Glo. You gave me leave and made a worthy choice Brave Oroandes had my Brothers voice But he as well as I preserves a flame For dead Zoranzo's Issue King Dare you name An Act so base to love your Countries foe He dies and never shall your pashions know The Gods expect their Sacrifice with care And ' cause you shall not languish in dispair Against to morrow for their Deaths prepare Glo. What have I said that should your anger move If you will save his Life I will not love Let him but live and I 'le forget the wrong Though love is grown too pow'rful and too strong With ease to be remov'd in youth when first Kind conversation in each eye had nurst A gentle Cupid and our hearts though poor Wanting th' effects of love could love no more Down with content we by each other sate Weeping to think upon our Childish fate Till he forc'd by a Fathers pride did flie From me and honour to your Enemy Though then he lost obedience to the Crown A mutual love did our Souls Current drown Within one Silver stream and shall I now Cause his dejected state to fate doth bow Kill him with pride whose noble growth would be A joyful Harvest of felicity No let his Titles Sacrifices fall To his first Guilt his Vertue merits all King Call Treason Vertue and the Traytor just Rebellion's a desire to Rule and Lust Of Empire makes 'em break their trust ill Acts committed by success made good And Nations staggering for want of blood Drawn out by Civil strifes and unjust fears Are only debts to Nature in Arrears You know my Vow which I will ne're evade Glo. Heav'n blushes when that bloody Vow is paid If he must fall the worthiest of men Heav'n will be pleas'd with Sacrifices then My blood and his shall mount up to the Skys And feed the Nostrils of our Deities Till they in Rage to see such goodness fall Rain down our blood on veng'ance on ye all Amasia's Charms shall with such swiftness move The Gods out of meer pity from above Shall plague you all when 't is too late with Love Exit Glorianda King Amasia 's Charms shall with such swiftness move The Gods out of meer pity from above Shall plague you all when 't is too late with Love What can she mean 'T was spoke as she did spy The little Tyrant dancing in my eye Something unruly
keep suspition off Sym. And so will I From hence forth honour I 'le no more pursue Then she doth Cowards that 's both I and you Jas Had we been valiant we had bin no more Death sav'd our lives that we might save a score Exeunt SCENE the Temple Antellus Glorianda Arratus Theocrine and Guards are discover'd King Thou look'st too sadly Glorianda though Funerals do attend the day we 'r not to wear the sables on our Souls Glo. My sadness Sir only proceeds from fear how my frail temper may endure a sight so full of horror Loud Musick Enter at one door the Priests of Mars leading Zannazarro bound follow'd by Priests in white with Censors and Sacrificing Instruments at the other Oroandes drest like a Priest of Pallas leading Amasia bound Virgins in white following with Censors and Sacrificing Instruments King My Rage begins to melt I could e'en wish they might survive the rigor of their doom Glo. Must I see this and live No Zannazarro here 's my Convoy to thee Draws a Dagger The Priests lead 'em to the Altar where unbinding their Arms they give 'em liberty to embrace each other Zan· So now Amasia we have ended all our employments on the Earth the wheels of Time worn on the road of Age will lose their motions ere we shall again meet in the Robes of flesh Farewell Though in a Moment here our Bodies die Our Souls shall meet in vast Eternity Inseperably in the Clouds we both shall move Treading on Air teaching the Gods to love There walking hand in hand such tales we 'l tell As shall Immortalize our joys Farewell Ama. Farewell dear Brother if thy Soul do move And take thy flight ere mine to dwell above Stay for me in the thin unmoulded Air For fear your loss should kill me with despair Zannazarro and Amasia are led to the Altar where whilst they kneel this Song is sung SONG SEE each wind leaves Civil Wars And Heav'n approves the Sacrifice Whilst to behold it all the Stars Glitter to light the Deities Cho. Peace reigns through ev'ry Element Whilst this blest pair to Heav'n are sent 2. Sparta's fair Ephigenia di'd A spotted Sacrifice to this Bright Nymph compar'd whose Virgin pride Sayes Nature nought hath done amiss Cho. Yet she must live where Time shall be Confounded in Eternity 3. Prepare prepare the fatal stroke Which Life and Soul must seperate Goodness may pity not revoke The firm Decrees of certain fate Cho. They come they come their ways prepare And lead 'em through the pathless Air Lead 'em to live where Time shall be Confounded in Eternity The Priests offer to strike but are hindred by Oroandes a clap of Thunder Groanes and Shrieks throughout the Temple the Priests Robes are spotted with blood the Images of the Gods drop down King What horrid Prodigies are these The Gods are sure grown angry with our Prayers Oro. I have bin long attendant on these Powers yet never saw the Gods thus mov'd before King They 'r sure displeas'd with Offerings so Pure or else some hidden Charms unknown to us hath wrought this Miracle Oro. Here here lies the guilt of our impieties 't is I deserve the utmost of your rage Oroandes discovers himself King Ha! Oroandes what damm'd Imposture's this Soft Musick from above the Images are rais'd again Oro. The argument of Mercy from the Gods emboldens me to seek the like from you My violent passions forc'd my love into strange labyrinths of attempts but what I first trembling with guilt did undertake these Miracles have prov'd Legitimate When Amasia into the inmost Room was of the Temple brought resolv'd to bear her from the Rigor of her doom I had thither in private first convey'd my self attending on the hour when the Priest with his sad charge should enter which arriv'd I that came there to offer Sacriledg saw my self ordain'd the Instrument of Heaven to free her from the hands of a fowl Ravisher King This dreadful story strikes trembling Earthquakes throughout all my Limbs Oro. That this is true witness those Powers which own'd that cause which I though rashly undertook King Pardon me ye Diviner Powers I have been too neglective of the charge you gave me but will redeem it in my future Zeal that Villains blood forc'd out by Tortures shall begin the Purple Deluge To Zannazarro and Amasia who kneel I must forget those Crimes Heav'n hath been pleas'd freely to forgive rise higher in our favour then was that exalted Story from whence your Father fell They rise Oro. Mountains of grief fall from my burthen'd Soul in their delivery but your Soverain Mercy must either with one Cordial more relieve my sickly hopes or I am lost for ever King Thy actions speak thy wishes Here Oroandes take from my hand this gift from Heav'n she 's thine by their decree Gives him Amasia Zannazarro kneels Zan. Ere your extended Mercy shall contract it 's liberal hand let me be happy in the full fruition of my joys my love to Glorianda though long smother'd in my fates security must now break out King Thy thoughts arrive cloth'd in the Robes of joy Rise Zannazarro Imbrace in her thy happiness Zannazarro rises the King gives him Glorianda Now all your Seas are calm'd only my Barque still stands in opposition ' gainst the wave And it shall struggle with the Storm to show To show how much we to this days deliv'ry owe. Exeunt ACT IV. SCENE the Sicilian Plaines Enter Vanlore like a Shepherd leading in Heroina wet as from a wreck Shepherds and Shepherdesses Van. COme Lady you must now inhabit here In silent shades and solitary Groves Where Rustick sweetness makes us void of fear And harmless Nature teacheth harmless Loves The Morning Dew drawn up by Sols strong Charms Is not more safe when lock'd within his Arms Then you protected by our Innocence Her Sir if these words prove not a bare pretence I shall have cause to thank your care and be Happy ' mongst you though cloth'd in misery Van. Time will wear out the thoughts of dangers past And you may be releas'd from griefs at last Though in the Storm you left Estates behind Your life secures the safety of your mind A troubled fancy Robs the Soul of rest That man may be secur'd but never blest For they who do within such Wars maintain Distract their Reason to secure their Pain Her But pains like mine do seize on ev'ry part Ensnares the Soul to Captivate the Heart My many troubles like a Clouded Sky Declare some sudden Storm of dangers nigh Van. You but suspect those ills you need not fear And danger Madam's unacquainted here Her Wealth I have none to lose or to bestow My Gratitude is all and that I 'le owe Which may in time to such a greatness rise I shall return those thanks you 'l not despise Van. I wish the Curtain of your Fate may be Drawn from the face of smooth felicity Wounds are not cur'd