the Prince Dionysius Exit Clean. It may advance something if you speak kindly To the young Highness who may be Honorably Preserv'd and be of use to our Necessities The gods allow us prudence Exit Tim. I 'le withdraw Enter Dionysius Clea. Your Highness humble Servant I rejoyce To see you cheerful Sir the Queen was thinking The late unkindness of your Father might Have made too deep Imprission in your thoughts Dionis 'T was an Affront shook my Obedience But you see I wear a quiet Face Clean. I see you can Retain You filial Piety Dionis I preserve My thoughts in their own purity to the Queen And came to kiss her Hand Enter Timandra Clea. She 's coming forth I 'le leave you Dionis Your near Relation may do me a Favour When I am absent by some friendly mention I may deserve it Clean. You have already Sir Exit Cleander Dionis Madam it was not A want within me of that most Religious Esteem I owe to your person that I did not shew more of passion in my late Affront And you concern'd Tim. You shew'd a noble temper And piety to your Father Dionis I hope Madam You wonot think my soul so much a Coward To quit the least thought of my Honoring you The Pride and Glory of your Sex I hold it A greater Blessing to call you Mistris than him Father Tim. But with your Highness pardon Here 's nothing of ill Consequence consider'd Or to your self or me And dangers have But ill Invitements to Affection Though you have made me Captive I am not So weary of my self to wear new Chains What is your Father's Court to me A Prison But with more Paint and Ornament I take The Garden Air sometimes the Fields or Grove But not without your Father in whose absence I want not spies upon me In each Chamber And Gallery And this he calls by Liberty And glorious Freedom But you cannot help it Dionisi Madam I came to tell you that I can And will if you consent Tim. To what Dion To accept it as my Service and my Duty I know you look upon me now with wonder Forgive me and forget I brought you hither To exercise the greatness of your Virtue And when I kiss this sacred Hand let it Bind like an Oath that 's sworn by all the Gods I will not rest 'till you are free again Out of the reach and force of Siracuse In your own Kingdom where your Subjects eyes To see you agen Surpriz'd with your blest presence Shall weep their sudden joys and dye contented Nay in your own Court Madam where I found you When you were praying unto stubborn Heaven That heard you not If all this be not done By mee and ere the Sun three times Rejoyce The world with Day Conclude that I am dead And one thing Madam more I scorn to make A Price or name my own Reward when this Is perfect you may please to think I lov'd you Tim. You have nam'd such things Sir give me your pardon I have not hope eneough to think'em possible But such an Act would merit much Dion I must Seem calme and easie to my Father 'till It come to Action the method is already Form'd in my Brain All that is good attend you Exit Enter Cleander Clean. I am glad to see these Smiles aboard Tim. I have a story will concern our happiness This Dionisius may be noble Clean. I mainly doubt it Madam if the Devil Should spawn a Saint it would be wonderful Enter a Lady Lady Madam a young Gentleman from the King Humbly desires Access Tim. We are interrupted I guess upon what Embassy he comes Please you Withdraw Enter Calanthe Clean. He 's young and handsome What great pity it is He should be a Knave so soon But the Usurper Is cunning to engage such Innocent Faces To abuse our fond Belief How the Urchin throws His eyes upon me As he would stare me Out o' th ' Presence Exit Cleander Clean. Madam I hope you will vouchsafe your pardon If no express a Service for your just Concerns I beg a Freedom Tim. You attend the King Cal. Madam I do but am not now his Messenger Tim. I like it better Cal. Though I bring with me what is fit for Princes To hear the Language of an humble Heart That in the general interest to Virtue Comes to unlade it self and do you service Tim. Thou givest thy business a spacious preface And by thy looks it should be fair But yet Sweet youth take heed the Court thou com'st from do not Instruct thee wrong Thou serv'st a Master wise Enough to Teach Cal. My attendance on the King Madam doth carry No early date and if you dare believe me My time hath been to mourn not to admire Transactions of the Court Some tears I have wept Though a stranger to your Person for your sake Tim. Prethee take off my wonder and be clear This Language would invite me to believe There were some Danger near Cal. I would give it a Name That should not fright you for it is Within your choise timely to scatter a'l Those hovering Clouds that may involve you in Too late Repentance Tim. Still thou art obscure Cal. It is no secret in the Court The King For that he has made his Title now does love you Enter Damocles Dam. Ha! what makes that Boy here I le observe He obscures Cal. And cherishes a hope by marriage To fix his never satisfyed Ambition Tim. This is not thy Concernment Cal. But it will Be yours too soon and justly may be mine Who have a Heart that inward bleeds to see So great a Queen and more than great in Virtue Made a Tyrants hopes Tim. Thy duty to the King obliges thee To wish him well although my Ruâ—n Follow Alas I have no favours to Reward thee Cal. To serve your Virtue is above Reward Save what Heaven gives Tim. This boldness wants example Cal. I confess it And in that answers his impiety You cannot choose but know it Fame has not Yet lost his Tongue abroad and it might reach Your ear Or if you have not been so happy 'T is not too late to tell you he is false To Heaven and all mankind Within his Breast Dwells no ingredient of Love or Honour And though he carry Bolsome in his Lip 'T is to betray you at last a Sacrifice To his unruly Greatness Tim. I am a Queen Cal. But in a Tyrants power which knows no Law When he has secured your Crown to his Ambition Tim. I have heard too much of him he dares not Act A Violence although I be his Prisoner Cal. He that durst act a Sacriledge upon His King will think it but a petty Trespass To bruise or break a soft Heart such as yours Tim. All this I know is Truth But why from him Aside But that he speak so passionately the Vices Of this great man I should believe I had A Rival that obscur'd within
Glories and my Self You cannot loose mein a Wilderness Though you should make no pursuitafter me It would become my Care to finde you out To honour and reward you and in confidence That you are still the same Men that dare Execute VVhen I command This day I have determin'd The Harvest of your Fortunes Col. Alex. We dare Execute whatever you Command Dam. Hugo the List acquaint 'em with my purpose Tuou art fit to be a Minister of State I will peruse their Faces Hug. Can you read Colonels Col. Alex. Dost make a question Hug. I cannot tell 't is not in your Commissions You must be acquainted with these Names They 'r Men That must Where sits the winde be knock'd o' th' Head And your work 's done all but examining VVhat Baggs Plate Jewels and such Tristes they Have at Home I cut out this work for you Proc. Excellent witty Hugo thy designs oblige us all Hug. When you have done I look for my Reward Sir the Officers are very Reasonable and will do my thing You shall command For their own good to Damocles Dam. Their Smiles assure my Happiness and their own VVhich shall grow uplike Twinâ—s Hug. If any will go off civilly and Compound Col. Str. What shall 's do with ' em Dam. Give 'em Wings to fly to any Region Of the Air or Earth so we be rid of ' em This day I lay all down and like the Sun Set in my Evening Cloud But yet may Rise Hug. Or my Astrology fails Poroc More bright and glorious Dam. That to the gods and you Exit Damoe Hug. You must not be drunk till the work be done But hark you Gentlemen You are to Act great things VVhere 's your Commission to Secure you Str. That 's true Hug. When you have done this dangerous Service Where 's Your Order to defend you from the Gallows Str. My thoughts were so taken up with the Hope Of Plunder I minded no Security Hug. I must provide for you all 'T is here then Under the General 's hand This is your Commission Peremptory d' ee mark This you must do And more you may do For many things Are left to your own discretions Colonel As how Hug. If in that Company or as you March you see Any man whose Look Fashion or Beard you Like not 'T is enough to make him a Delinquent And qualifie him for a Composition Colonel Most ingenions Hugo We are all bound to thee Hug. I shall see that by my Share in your Plunder Exeunt omnes Enter Demaratus and Calanthe Cal. You tell me wonders Sir Dem. Let me Repeat 'em Madam This day will Damocles deliver up His guilty Greatness and lay by his Sword Hath been so fatal to your Family I am transported with my Hopes and Prophecy The hour approaches Madam when you may Like a bright Star too long Eclips'd Advance Your glorious Head and wear upon your Brow Those Beams that best become your Name and Birth Daughter and Sister to a King Cal. Alas both those Relations cease my Father 's dead And my dear Brother drown'd Dem. Yet still you are Calanthe Next of Blood for whom the Stars Have finish'd theâ—r Consult to make you happy Cal. By Damocle's Reign call home your Reason My Lord you gave me a preservation VVhen my misfortune knew not how to find Or parallel in Story a more sad Image Than mine did Represent Do not undo That goodness you have wrought by wishing me Believe there can be truth or hope in Damocles At this time when Success Courts him abroad And not a breath at home so bold to murmur At his Ambition now lay down his Power He will sooner part with his right Arm. Dem. When I remember Madam who you are And what your Royal Brother suffer'd 't is A fair excuse if you admit not this To your belief We all knew him a Villain But what 's all this if heaven have now decreed He shall be a Convert Cal. Till the Earth witness it For whom 't is partly meant let us not throw Nature and Reason off the greatest Argument You can assign is that he has advanc'd Cleomenes to so great a Place of Trust. A person of much Honour and by fate Employ'd at Carthage when the Flames broke out At home in whose black Clouds my Brother Vanish'd A man of the best Race of the Nobility VVhose Valour hath endear'd him to the Souldiers And rather of the Generals Fear than Choice Call'd to the Power which he can soon take off Dem. You are too full of Jealousie Cal. My Lord you must not to Timoleons Tombe My soul presages it will prove the Scean Of some black Tragedy Dem. Hear me Madam Cal. I know 't is your Affection joyn'd with Duty That flatters you with Hope to see me prosper Invites you from me But I 'le not consent To loose you so my Father Brother all My cruel Stars have left me Dem. I could chide your busie fears To wave my Resolves now were to be false to you and to my Country The Gods and Justice call me and you Madam To expect the Glories that your Blood doth challenge Which I shall timely urge when Damocles Lays down his Interest in the State and Army And when your Name is mention'd Cal. Still I fear Dem. Prepare for news Madam to cure the tremblings Of your affrighted Heart They stay for me permit me to Kiss your Hand Cal. Since there 's no Remedy Dem. You are gracious to dispence Exit Dem. Cal. Farewell my honest Lord my soul divines VVe have had our last meeting in this world 'T is time to call a Counsel of my thoughts I am lost else Exit Cal. Enter Officers solemnly one after another carrying a Sword and other Armes of the General 's Commission upon a rich Cushion a Page before Damocles attended by Hugo and others Dam. Hugo How dost like this Ceremony Do not I look now like a walking Hearse Hug. Most rarely but 't were fit you made a halt You will arrive too soon before the Knaves Be all met at the Tombe A thin Convention VVill spoil the sport I always lov'd to see Full Audience in the Theatre 't is the credit And glory of an Action and I must Applaud your Brain for this Design who might Have done your business without half this trouble Dam. There 's the Delight the mischief is my Luxury To Raise 'em high then Crush 'em in their Swelling I do not wish my self Born to the Inheritance Of this great Island Hang long Pedegrees Titles of Blood and empty Fables of Our Ancestors A Ladder by which Fools And Changlings may ascend to greatest Empires I will create a Claim to every Kingdom VVithin my Reach It speaks the greater Power And frights a Nation which should be us'd To terror lest their saucy pride and ease Make cheap the Person of their Soveraign Hug. How every thing becomes you We arrive Timely Do you not hear a Noise and Outcry
that Habit There 's something more than my weak Eye can Reach His words do speak a greater Soul than what He seemes to enclose Cal. I hope 't will prosper She seems to Resent it Aside Madam I dare not trespass more upon you I have discharg'd my duty to your merit To Justice and to Heaven And now I cast My self on Providence for what must follow If I have given a light to see the Danger You might incurr with this bad King I am happy But if my want of years or Eloquence To cloath my Honest meaning better make it Less acceptable You may soon Revenge it I have put a poor unworthy Life within Your Breath which you may throw into the Air Or call the Usurpers Cruelty to punish it You shall see Madam then I fear not Death And in my last devotions will pray Heaven may forgive you Tim. Stay noble Youth and Take my thanks I know not when thou meanst To visit me agen The King comes forth Enter Strato and Proclus Dam. Our Guard lay hold upon that Traytor that Impudent Young Villain Yes He shall visit you when he can crawle from tother world Cal. My Stars have done their worst be you perfect Madam Dam. Let his Tongue be cut out immediately Tim. Sir I beseech you let not your Anger fall With so much Cruelty Dam. Madam though you have not merited so much If the Story be consider'd to incline me To any mercy for him Yet that part Of his punishment Remit Drag him to The Common prison till further Order Stay I have thought better on 't Carry him prisoner to the Castle and tell Cleomenes I have sent back his pretious Page but bid him As he will stand clear in our Thoughts look to him And place him in some Dungeon dark and deep enough Where he may Howl unpitied He may afford him The musique of his Chains to make him merry Cal. And when you have done all your Cruelâ—y Death will at last spight of your Rage Release me Exit Calanthe and Officers Enter Hugo Stops and goes off Dam. Madam you may be wise yet to consider I honourably Court you What is past Is in your wisdom to Redeem by Smiles Upon your Servant pray think timely Madam Exit Enter Cleander and observes Timandra going of weeping Clean. Weeping Shall I kill him now and Oblige The world by taking off this hated Monster Yet he spoke kindly when he parted from her Exit Tim. Enter Damocles But he Returns Dam. Hiarbas Nearer yet You may Remember I said 't was in your power to deserve Your Liberty and me your Friend The way Is this Use all your Interest or Art To make the Queen more soft to my desires Clea. How Sir Dam. I would have a marriage of our Crowns and Hearts You understand Clean. I must acknowledge You much honour me But Sir you have chosen a weak Orator In the affairs of Love I wish I had An Interest in the Queen so great to serve you To your own merit but in what my Power Or Language can effect in Reference to Your wishes shall appear Dam. Thou art prudent she has newly took the Gallery Exit Clea. Enter Hugo again Hugo I thought our favours would have made you Be near us still I wanted thee Hug. I was here within these Six minutes to attend you Sir Dam. I saw thee not Hug. But I did you Sir with the beautious Queen And knew my duty better than to interrupt you When you are private with a Lady Dam. You can be a Courtier Hug. I have news for you Dam. What 's that Hug. Your Son presents his duty to you Dam. My Son Hug. Yes your obedient Son as I have Order'd him He begs your pardon for his bold intrusion Upon the Queen Timandra's Love he has Done with her Dam. Done with her How Hug. He has disengag'd her from his thought and now Wisely foresees your Care and deep Contrivements Are for his good and Greatness when it shall Please Heaven to call you hence which I hope Will never be whilst I live Sir Dam. I thought he had been stubborn and resolv'd An expedition far enough to tame him Hug. The People will not thank you Sir for that They have no mind to part with him Dam. The People Hang the shabbed multitude Hug. Oh! they love him Sir and he is more endear'd To their kind thoughts since his Return Dam. And I grow less ha Hug. The more 's the pity Sir Dam. But tell me Hugo Hug. The many headed Beast will talk Sir Dam. Of me Hug. I Sir of you Dam. What dare they say Hug. E'en bad enough They were ill before but The bloody Nose you gave the Senate Sir Has turn'd theâ—r Tongues wild Dam. I must know what they say Hug. I beseech you do not Do not desire to hear it A pox upon 'em what can you expect from Rogues And Rebels Dam. I have a prospect of their Hearts already I know they love me not But I do long To hear how the Slaves talk and belch their poison Come Gi 't me therefore in their own pure Vomit Hug. I am very unwilling I know 't will make you angry Dam. With thee Do 't I command thee as thou lov'st me But let me have no mincing of the Treason Nor washing a fowl word the Sports lost then I 'm in the Humor for 't Hug. You know I am the Creature of your Smiles And must obey when you Command But Dam. There 's no Retreat Begin now I am ready Hug. Why Sir the people call you a Bold Knave Yes By my troth which in their opinion is a worse Name than Traytor and more suitable to Their understandings They that would be Thought less Soluble in their own Tongues Say you are but an Usurper and though you Have the luck to dye in your Bed nay and may Have the liberty to stinke in your Grave Yet they hope before they dye to make it a Holiday and see you hang'd after all this to The great Comfort of the Nation What Rogues are these Dam. The Rascals would be witty On good Hugo Hug. Another says the Flames you have kindled Can never be quench'd till some of your principal members Be committed to the Fire The name Of your Quarters has been terrible and therefore They wish that every Post that now carries A Libel had also a Limb of you Dam. Good Good Hug. For your Soul they think the Devil will Scarce have any thing to do with it though It be his due lest your impudence should Out-face him in his own Dominions and by Some Faction and Conspiracy there Cheat Him of his Kingdom as you have done your Soveraign here Dam. Ha Ha. Hug. They say beside other gifts you have two Virtues Most remarkable Pity and Devotion Dam. 'T is well they will allow me any thing Hug. They say you can Out-weep the Crocodile when You have the Humours to dissemble and can eat Up any mans