great And when I go t' injoy Her Sacred Charms VVhat though I quit the VVorld in those dear Arms Oh with what glory will th' exchange be given VVhen I shall Lose Earth only and find Heaven Exit Cesa ACT III. SCENE I. Enter King Ferdinand Oswell Guards and Attendants King GOne 't is impossible they should escape Osw. We 've searcht o'er all the Court but 't was in vain Cesario and Urania in the Night Fled from the Palace but which way they took Not all our care can learn Ferd. Curses pursue him Some Whirlwind snatch him up and on the back Of his Rough Wings transport the wandering Ravisher And Drop his Cursed Head into the Sea Or land him in some cold remote wild Desart There to inhabit amongst Brutes and Savages O' th' two the Innocenter Beasts of Prey King My Lord it is not Rage can help us now But e'er they are fled too far make swift pursuit Leave not a Corner of my Realm unsearcht Prepare me Men and Horse immediately I 'll after 'em my self Ferd. Most Royal Sir See at your Feet an Injur'd Prince thus kneels And begs that trust may be repos'd in him King Thy Suit is granted Haste delay not then Bring him alive or dead I care not which O that I cou'd Command a flash of Lightning Or usurp one minute the Prerogative of Death That I might shoot ruin as sudden on 'em As Waters fall from Mountains but away There is no danger now like our delay Ex. King Attendants Ex. Omn. Scene A Wood. Enter Cesario and Urania disguised Cesa Come my Souls Joy let not such painted griefs Press down thy Spirits the darkness but presents Shadows of fear for it is that secures us From dangerous pursuit Ura. Wou'd it were day My apprehension is so full of horrour I think each found the airs light motion makes To be my Father threatning our ruins With all the storm of his impending Vengeance Cesa Fear not that thunder blast whose Bolts too far to reach us Wrapt in the Arms of Night that favours Lovers We hitherto have scaped his eager search Ura. But when will it be day the light has comfort Our first of useful sences being lost The rest are less delighted Cesa The early Cock Has sung his Summons to the days approach 'T will instantly appear why starts my Love Ura. Heard you no sound Cesa Sound Ura. Some amazing sound Pray listen Cesa 'T is thy fear suggests Illusive fancies Under Loves protection We may presume of safety but retire And under yon kind Tree repose a while Ex. Enter four Banditti 1 Band. Well my dear Comrades of the Pad prithee how Long have we Brother Rogues hung in a knot together 2 Band. Hung together hum I don't like that word hanging But if you mean how long we have fairly robb'd together 1 Band. Robb'd pox that 's as bad as t'other Give it a genteeler Name for shame since we Four Noble Captains Sons of Thunder And Brothers of Mercury have been planted In the Post of Honour and given the Words of Command Stand and deliver 2 Band. I this is something like 3 Band. 'T is let me see some five Summers And almost as many Winters 1 Band. And in all that time I have been musing And hammering to find out whether the Mystery of Thieving Be an Art or a Science 3 Band. Oh fie fie a Science most certain and a Liberal Science too for the People give all and we take all Omnes Ay Ay A Liberal Science A Liberal Science 1 Band. But come Less Prattle and more Business For if these Eves-Droppers of mine have not damnably deceived me Here must be Game abroad I 'm certain I heard talking hard by and if the Devil does not play booty We shall have a Prize quickly 3 Band. Say you so hush then and sculk They retire to the side of the Stage Re-enter Cesario and Urania Uran. Sure my Cesario this is more than Fancy Did you not hear some talk Cesar. These must be Robbers No matter I 've a Sword ne'er fail'd me yet Though I 'd not stain it with the Blood of Villains 2 Band. I think I have you Sir Lays hold on Ces. left Arm. Cesar. Thy Death thou hast Cesario Runs him through But there 's yet more to do e'er I am ta'en They fight off Band. give way Uran. My Lord Cesario whither do you run Come back and shun by flight the Villains Swords He 's lost he 's lost what will become of me Whether Oh! whether which way shall I take Ex. confusedly at the wrong Door Re-enter Cesario bloody his Sword drawn Cesar. Urania my Love my Life where art thou My Soul speak to me 't is Cesario calls By Heavens I fear she has forsook the place And wanders in the dark to find me out Oh! I could rave but see the Day appears Blest Lamp of Heaven lead lead me to Urania With thy kind rising Beams guide me once more To those dear Eyes thy Sister-Twins of Light Or shrowd me Gods in Everlasting Night Ex. Ces. Scene changes to another Part of the Wood. Enter Urania Uran. The Day begins to break and trembling Light As if affrighted with this Night's Disaster Steals through the farthest Air and by degrees Salutes my weary Longings yet 't is welcome Though it betray me to the worst of Fate Love and Desire e'er suffer'd Oh Cesario Thy wisht for Presence wou'd have checkt these Passions And shot Delight through all the Mists of Sadness But thou art lost and all my Joys are fled Ne'er to return without thee Enter First and Third Banditti 1 Band. Have we found you Seize her Fabrichio our Companion 's Blood Shed by your Hero you shall now atone for Drag her along and tye her to yon' Tree Where we by turns will quench our furious Appetites Uran. Kill me Oh! kill me rather let me dye Than live to see the Jewel that adorns The Souls of vertuous Virgins ravisht from me Do not add Sin to Sin and at a Price That ruines me and not enriches you Purchase Damnation Do not do not do 't Sheath here your Swords and my departing Soul Like your good Angel shall sollicite Heaven To dash out your Offences See here 's Gold and Jewels Take all nay had I more you should command But do not stain my Vertue 3 Band. Ay this is something I love a Lass that pays well for her Pleasure Come let 's stop her Mouth I long till we 're aboard her Uran. Help Murder Murder a Rape Ex. Band. dragging Uran. Enter Cesario Cesar. For ever gone yet I am still alive Unpitying Gods why have you snatcht her from me Uran. within Help Help a Rape 3 Band. Stop her Mouth Cesar. Ha! do I dream or was 't Urania's Voice Uran. within Help Murder a Rape Cesar. Help to that Fair distrest quick let me fly Not a departing Soul wou'd mount with half the Wings To reach his Heaven as I to rescue mine Ex.
which they 'd bound their Faiths Appease them first which when you have perform'd A private way may finish your Revenge King Must I then crouch and fawn to crawling Mud Wou'd I cou'd Curse the Traytors from the Earth But oh the wretched State of Kings my Fate Will force my Tongue to flatter where I hate Ex. Ferd. Dost thou not think thy self secur'd from harm And with Triumphant smiles dispise our fury Dost thou not think the threatning storm that 's near Will cast thee safe ashore and Shipwrack me Cesar. How silly and how vain is credulous Man Thy Fear suggests what never enters here I see the Woman brooding in thy Eyes And thy Soul bursting with envenom'd Malice And oh how poor is he that 's Passion 's Slave Let me be stript of all my Soul holds dear Rob me of Life and what 's more priz'd Urania Yet thou shou'dst see how my undaunted Soul Cou'd bear it all and smiling quit the World Ferd. I 'll try this boasted Courage 't is resolv'd This hour 's thy last in spite of what can threaten Thou tak'st the Free-hold of my Soul away Urania and that are but one Creature 's Death I have been a tame Fool all this while Swallow'd my Poison in a fruitless hope But my Revenge as heavy as Iove's wrath Wrapt in a Thunder-bolt is falling on thee Cesar. Aâ—d I can thus undaunted stand the stroke Yes barbarous Prince appear in thy true Colours Shake off that dull effeminate Clog Humanity And if the least remains of Vertue Honour Hang soft upon thy Soul freeze freeze thy Veins Crust'em to Rock and wall thy heart in Marble Inexorable as the Grave and deaf as Death Bath in my Blood and mount me to the Stars But know when from my glorious Constellation I shall look down upon that dark Abyss Where thou ly'st howling in eternal Flames I 'll scorn thee then as I defie thee now Ferd. Oh! I am vanquisht by this noble Spirit Come to my Arms my Arms nay to my Heart There take possession and remain for ever Cesario thou sha't find that I have Honour Equals my Love Oswell retire a while But first your Sword and as you love your Master Ask me not why nor yet dispute my Orders Osw. I 've ever learnt Obedience to my Prince Tho' I much fear the fatal Consequence Ex. Oswell Ferd. Cesario this imbrace makes me thy Friend And with it take this more surprising Present Since 't is decree'd that one of us must fall Let Fortune hold the Scale if 't is my Fate A long farewel at once to Life and Love But if 't is doom'd this Hand must give thee Death Oh make but this return with thy last Breath Call me thy Friend and make Urania mine Cesar. By Heaven you have with Honour conquer'd me And here I lift a Sword against that Life Which witness for me Gods how fain I 'd save Nay were there any way to preserve both But by resigning of the bright Urania Were I as great as the young Macedonian Whose Conquering Arms subdu'd the spacious VVorld I 'd quit all Titles to those vanquisht Crowns And build my Happiness on Love and Friendship Ferd. It will not be we cannot both possess her And either to resign's Impossible Therefore delay no longer if thou dost I here call back the name of Friend again And will proceed as an inveterate Foe Cesa But this Embrace and then proceed to blood Embrace Now Fate ordain me Love or give me Death Ferd. Thou hast thy wish Urania now is thine Fight and both wounded And may those powers that give her to your Arms Crown all your Days and Nights with endless Joys Ferd. falls Cesa That wish is kind but oh it comes too late For Death has been too busy with us both And we both fall each others Sacrifice Falls Enter King Tachmas Sigismond Oswell and Souldiers Osw. Behold my Lord the fatal deed is done See where th' unhappy Rivals Arm in Arm Are mixing Blood as they have join'd their Souls Tach. How fares my Brother Cesa Near my last safe Harbour Let me the little time I have to live Imploy in begging Pardon of my King And one kind farewel word to my Urania King Haste haste and bring that most unhappy Innocence Made wretched by a Fathers harsh Decree Cesa O Brother Place me nearer to my Friend No more my Enemy yet still my Rival My generous Rival still though't be in Death Ferd. My dear Cesario I must bid farewel For cruel Death too hasty draggs me hence Urania hates me and 't is time to die But whither I shall go too cruel Fair The shades of black Despair can only tell Pusht from the World by thy Disdain and Scorn I drop into the dark side of Eternity Dies Cesar. Farewel thou Royal Convert of true Honour Enter Ardel. Ardel. Where where 's the King oh Sir the poor Urania King Ha! what of her Ardel. If Horrour and Confusion Will lend me Breath to speak Unhappy Princess Alarm'd by the false Oswell's treach'rous Tongue That your Commands had given Cesario death Her generous Despair for her dear Lord In her own Breast has plung'd her fatal Dagger Cesar. For me this was too much Oh Love thy Altar Was never loaden with so rich a Victim Ardel. And all the small remains of life that 's left her She comes to sigh out in his dying Arms. Enter Urania bleeding her hair hanging loose led by two Women Uran. Lead lead me to this dismal scene of Horrour Place me but near to my poor dying Lord And in his Arms I 'll quit the World with pleasure Cesar. Ye cruel Powers this stabs my very Soul Is there no Help no Art no succouring Angels To save her Life Uran. Wer 't in the Power of Fate The precious Balm of thy king Tears wou'd do 't But 't is too late King My dear unhappy Daughter What has thy Rashness done Uran. Nothing but only paid The Debts of dying Love tho' cruel Fate Divorc'd me from his Arms and cancell'd all Our marriage Joys yet in the Grave in that Cold Bridal Bed I shall not be deny'd To lie a sleeping Virgin by thy side King Of all these Ruines only I am Authour Cesar. Can then my kind and generous Princess Leave all her Greatness all her blooming Youth Let those dear Eyes those sparkling Twins of Love And all that mighty Mass of infinite Beauty Lie undistinguish'd in the common Heap Of mouldring Dust ghostly as Death and wither'd As naked scraggy Roots of unborn Flowers And all for her unhappy worthless Slave Uran. Cou'd I do less to shew I lov'd Cesario The meanest of my Sex can live and love Each common Spark inspires that feeble heat To die for Love is only truly great Nor is this all the Glory of my Death You God's I bring my Innocence to Heaven Free from Loves grosser and impurer Charms I die a Virgin in my Husbands Arms. Dies Cesa She 's dead she 's dead meet her you Gods oh meet her Throw open all the shining Gates of Heaven And sally out thick as the Beams of Day To her Immortal Praise new tune your Spheres At her dear Feet your brightest Diadems lay For this is Beauties Coronation Day But still in all her Heavenly Pomp she wants Her Loyal Slave I come dear Saint I come Oh let thy Soul one moment stay its slight And take mine with thee to Eternal Light Dies Enter Sigismond Sig. Forgive dread Sir the uagrateful sounds I bring The popular fury and your Armies Rage For their Dear General and Princes Blood Is swell'd so high that where the Storm will break I tremble but to think their Impious murmurs No less than at your Royal Scepter fly King My Scepter why 't is what I 'm weary of It may be Tachmas 't will to thee descend But when the Royal Helm is in thy hand Oh let my Wrack thy warning Seamark stand Shun but my Guilt and with a prosperous Tyde Safe from my Rock the Royal Vessel Guide Exeunt omnes EPILOGUE Spoken by M rs Knight Written by Mr. Durfey AS a young sprightly Widow of the Town That had some year 's the marriage Comforts known Believing She had once the best of Men Resolves to try her Fortune o'er agin So our Young scribling Fool that found before Your kind Indulgence needs must write once more Plagu'd with an Itch that does through Poets run Who once being enter'd never can have done He says my Intercession cannot fail And that a pleading Female must prevail I told him I shou'd never help his Play As having ne'er oblig'd I mean your way And that in times of War you Women chuse Iust like Iack-Boots only for present use Till your Convenience serv'd to stand at door Then laid by by the Footman to be wore Bus'ness of Love moves now no tender Passion Your Heads are buzz'd with bus'ness of the Nation And when your Ladies sigh for a soft word Tou roar Boy bring my Pistols fetch my Sword What Hopes then I cou'd have he well might guess Pray Heav'n these jarring days may quickly cease Women and Misers always pray for peace Plunder of Gold the Miser's fear does move Ours that we shall not plunder'd be of Love For to say truth tho' Souldiers all are brave They 're the worst Lovers that our Sex can have For now adays their duty grows so hard They 're always Resty when they mount our Guard However I must try my Luck If then There chance to be amongst you Gentlemen Any so kind to hear what I can say Them I invoke in favour of this Play It has some Wit tho' mix'd with many a Fau't Some little Fancy too but as for Plot There are so many New ones found elsewhere He thought not worth his time to make one here And therefore tho' you can't that Part applaud Clap now for there 's a Pumpkin Plot abread FINIS
Looks that us'd to cheer the Court Are now grown Strangers to you Urania Prithee Peace Can I look pleasant in Cesario's Absence As well the Sun wrapt in a dark Eclipse May appear beautiful to th' frighted World Oh when Cesario when wilt thou return To free me from thy hated Rival's Suit This Ferdinand Disturber of my Peace Ardel. Madam you need not thus disturb your self He takes all humble ways to gain your Heart Your Father too seems not to force your Love And if Cesario comes with Conquest home The King's Consent perhaps may make you his Urenia What Musick 's that Soft Musick within Ardel. 'T is with Prince Ferdinand Uran. Musick from Ferdinand The Groans of tortur'd Ghosts were Airs more pleasing SONG within I. WHen Silvia is kind and Love plays in her Eyes I think 't is no Morning till Silvia does rise Of Silvia the Hills and the Valleys all ring Her Beauty 's the Subject each Shepherd does sing But if she proves cruel how little will move Those Charms which inspir'd us with Raptures of Love Thy Rigour dear Sylvia will shorten thy Reign And make our bright Goddess a Mortal again II. Here enters Ferdinand who stands gazing on Urania Love heightens our Ioys he 's the Ease of our Care Inspires the Valiant and crowns all the Fair Oh seize his soft Wings then before 't is too late Or Cruelty quickly will hasten thy Fate 'T is Kindness dear Silvia 't is Kindness alone Will add to thy Lovers and strengthen thy Throne In Love as in Empire Tyrannical Sway Will make Loyal Subjects forget to obey Urania Now now begins my Horrour The fatal Bell shou'd it proclaim my Death Were Sphere-like Musick to this Night-Crow's Voice Ferdinand Still my Urania still that angry Brow Dearer than Life but Oh more cold than Death Thou fair Insensible still deaf to all My Sighs my Vows my Prayers Prayers that move Gods And melt down Blessings even from Heav'n are Eloquence Too weak to touch the more adored Urania Uran. Oh Ferdinand why do you still pursue Your hopeless Suit how oft have I deny'd you Nay when Denials those rough Arguments Have been but unsuccessful Orators What soft Intreaties have I gently murmur'd To lull that Passion which but only wakes To rack your Quiet and to ruine mine Ferd. Too cruel Fair Uran. I know great Prince you are the Man design'd By my most Royal Father for my Husband But wou'd you wed my Person without Love There are a Thousand Beauties wou'd affect you Beauties whose Charms do far exceed Urania's And would be happy in so brave a Prince Ferd. Why do you treat me thus like cruel Judges Who speak them fairest whom they mean shou'd die What Charms can ever equal bright Urania's Or who indeed is worthy to possess ' em Were I the Glorious Monarch of the Skies By Heav'n I 'd place my Thunder in thy Hand Make Nature and her Laws owne thy Command Mount thee aloft on my proud Eagle's Wings Whilst all my lesser Gods like Captive Kings And fawning Courtiers fill'd thy shining Train Thou o'er thy Iove so Absolute shou'dst Reign To kiss thy Feet my Heavens should Homage pay And crowding Stars make a new Milky Way Uran. Forbear this Language I with Horrour hear Alas I 've made a strict and solemn Vow Ferd. A Vow to what to whom Ah speak Uran. To one who merits all that I can give To one that long has kept my Heart a Pris'ner With whom I 've vow'd it shall remain for ever Make me not perjur'd keep your Kindness in For Love and I must never meet agen Ferd. What murd'ring Sounds are these and must this happy Blest Cursed Rival have more Pow'r than I Uran. Pardon me Sir when I am bound to say And die to prove it true Not all the Sun sees must alter me Not Empires buy my Love nor Tortures force it Ferd. I feel an Ice creeping through all my Veins That more than killing Winter-blast that chills My crusting Blood and turns me into Marble Speak speak Urania whilst I 've sence to hear Who is this curst Invader of my Right Uran. 'T is you that are the Invader of his Right For e'er I thought or heard of Ferdinand I 'd treasur'd up my Soul in dear Cesario Ferd. Cesario ha is he my happy Rival Can you then stoop so low to love a Subject And slight the proffer'd Greatness of a Crown Yet yet Urania call up Noble Thoughts Think of a Crown Uran. A Crown a Glittering Trifle On which a Love like mine looks down with Scorn And thinks it greater Pleasure in a Cottage An humble Shepherdess with my Cesario Than Reign the Empress of the Gawdy East In any others Arms. You have my Answer And if my Father will not give Consent The Coals the Roman Portia did devour Are not blown out Steel holds its Temper still Nay there are Thousand ways to let our Life And I dare die for him Exit Uran. Ferd. Did my Stars owe me this Oh I could curse ' em And from my tortured Heart exhale those Vapours Those Sulphur-Fumes from the black Hell within me With Execration that should blast the Day And darken all the World Enter Oswell Who 's there my Oswell Oswell Ever your Creature Sir but much concern'd To find this Alteration in your Looks Ferd. Thou wouldst not wonder didst thou know the Cause The bright Urania she whose spreading Fame Drew me from Thessaly to view that Beauty So much admired by every neighb'ring Prince Whom when I saw I scarce could think her mortal Something so all Divine shot from those Eyes That I had not the Power to stand before ' em Our Fathers both consented to the Match But she that cruel Fair is still impenetrable Minds not my Passion slights my proffer'd Glory Dotes on a Subject one below my Birth Flies with Disdain from the true Flame I bring To light her humble Taper at a Gloe-worm Osw. 'T is very strange the great Prince Ferdinand With all his prosperous Fortunes cannot thaw her Ferd. The fatal Cause of all her Scorn's too plain This fair infatuated Charmer Dotes on Cesario on her Father's General Whose threatning Power stands like a flaming Sword To stop my Entrance into Paradise He 's now imploy'd 'gainst the Sicilian King And whilst he conquers Ferdinand is lost Osw. I rather think you should with Joy receive him Who comes a Conqu'ror from her Father's Enemy Ferd. If he comes home with Victory the King And his wise State must give him Thanks the People Giddily run to meet the Conquerour And owe their Lives and Safeties to his Triumph But where am I what Peace brings it to me What Blessing is 't to hear the popular Voice The echoing Crowd with all their barbarous Throats Shoot their wild Joys to Heaven and I in Torment Certain to lose my Hopes in fair Urania Osw. There may be ways at home to remove him And place you in your Wishes but
ask her of you King By Heaven I will prevent that Insolence Have I been prodigal in 's Praise for this Yes he shall be received Who waits Enter Fabio Fabio My Lord King Speak is Cesario with the Army near Fab. My Lord as I 'm inform'd and commonly My Information's good he does not want A full Days March and will be here to night King Give Order that no Man go forth to meet him Until our Pleasure 's further known Command The Governour place a Guard about the Gates Let no Man's Face appear upon your Life Fab. Why does your Majesty think I will fail In the Performance of your Orders No! When I do that may I King Begone I say and fool some other time Exit Fab. Who wou'd repose in Man whose vast Ambition Wou'd strive to mount above the Rebel-Giants Cesario I will quell thy haughty Pride Who durst attempt the Daughter of thy King Yet she too owns a fault that equals thine Degenerate Princess can such Low-born Passion Stir this course Ferment in thy Royal Blood Run thy rich Veins no purer Folly Frailty Frenzy Oh Woman Woman to thy share they fall Thou sweep'st the Heap and hast engross'd 'em all Exeunt ACT II. Enter Cesario Vincentio Sigismond and Soldiers Cesario COmmand a Halt 1 Soldier Halt 2 Soldier Halt 3 Soldier Halt Cesar. The King sure had Intelligence Vincentio Most certain Cesar. 'T is strange Is it not possible we have mistook the Place Transported with our Victory Speak Gentlemen is 't so or do we dream Vincent Those Walls Are certainly the same and that the City Peopled when we set out and full of Prayers For our Success Sigism It may be they reserve Their welcome till we march into the City Vincent Nay they may have some Conceit Cesar. A general Silence like Night dwells round about us And no sign that Men inhabit here Have we won abroad to lose our selves at home Or what is worse Has whilst we went some Monster landed here Made the Place desolate devoured the Natives And made 'em creep into their Mother Earth Sigism Not one Salute for our Return such cold reception Cesar. Sure they don't take us for their Enemies Captain enquire the Cause let none else move Yet stay sure it must be some strange Mortality And yet that cannot be Have we brought home Their Safeties purchas'd through so many Horrours And is this all the payment for our Conquest To shut the Gates upon us Vincent Force 'em open ' sDeath let us shake their Walls about their Ears They are asleep sure Cesar. Such another Rashness Forfeits thy Head Go to Be temperate As I grudge none the Merit of their Valour I must hear none so bold Vincent I 've done Sir Cesar. Subjects are bound to fight for Princes They not ty'd to the Reward of every Service I look upon thee now dy'd o'er in Blood And have forgot thy Errour give no breath To such a Thought hereafter Honour pays Double where Kings neglect and he Indeed is valiant that forgets to be rewarded Sigism This is cold Comfort for a Knapsack-Man Cesar. And yet 't is strange the King shou'd thus neglect us This is cheap Entertainment for a Conquerour Is 't not Vincentio Misery of Soldiers When they have sweat Blood for their Countries Honour They lie at others Mercy Vincent They have slept since and dreamt not of our Sufferings Cesar. There 's something would fain mutiny within me Strangle these Snakes betimes Cesario So fold up your Ensigns throw off all the Pride That may express a Triumph we 'll march on As we had over-bought our Victory Vincent The Gates are open now and we discover A Woman by her Habit coming this Way Cesar. Alone more strange and fatal It may be 't is my Genius come to give A Melancholy Warning of my Death As Brutus had from his I 'll stand my Destiny Yet bearing the Resemblance of a Woman It will less terrifie Who should this be Enter Urania veil'd Lady Who e'er you are there 's something in that Cloud That mournful Cloud which speaks some wondrous Sadness Would I 'd the Power to dispossesâ— your Sorrow Urania My dear Cesario Cesar. My beloved Urania I 'm now rewarded had Cesario taken Into his Body VVounds not to be number'd This Kiss had cur'd 'em all or but one Drop Of this rich Balsom for I know thy Tears Are shed for Joy to see Cesario safe The King with all the Glories of his Province Cannot do greater Honour to his General For I 've a greater Empire in thy Love Than Fame or Victory has ever boasted My Life My Soul Uranio Uran. Call again that Temper which has made Cesario Honour'd And if my Tears which carry something more Thâ—n Joy to welcome home my most loved Lord Affect you with no Sadness which I wish not View well my Looks which I have not put on To counterfeit a Grief and they will tell you There is necessity for you to know Somewhat to check the Current of your Triumph Cesar. I was too careless Of thy sad Looks my Joy to see thy Face Made me distinguish nothing else proceed And punish my too prodigal Embraces It is not fit I be in one Thought blest And thou in such a Livery Uran. When you say You 've strength enough to entertain the Knowledge Of such an Injury Cesar. If it only point at me Speak it at once I am collected And dare all Shafts that level at this Head If it concern thy self let it not flow too fast But rather let my Ears receive it By such Degrees as may not kill too soon But leave me some Life only to revenge it Uran. The King although my Father I must speak The King for whom you shed your Blood abroad Has ill-rewarded you at home Cesar. Speak how Uran. Since your departure here arriv'd a Prince From Thessaly permitted by my Father To make his Court to me which I resisted His Personal Visits Messages rich Presents Left me not quiet to enjoy my self I told him I had given my Faith already Contracted yours Impatient of my Answers He urg'd his Greatness vow'd he would possess me Yet I resisted still and still am free Preserv'd and welcome home my dearest Lord. Cesar. Is 't possible Uran. This is but half the Story By his Command none dare salute your Victory Or pour their glad Hearts forth at your Return Nay more Unless I yield to wed the Prince And you your self too grant your free Consent Has vow'd your everlasting Banishment And in it murders me for when you 're gone I cannot will not must not dare not live Cesar. Yes live Urania tho' you live my Rival's Let not the Icy arms of Death infold thee Better thy Sex beside were all extinguisht And thou the only God-like Woman left T' adorn the VVorld Vincentio dost hear this VVe must ask pardon that we have been valiant Repent our Duties and that Victory VVe bought so dear
VVe shou'd have dy'd abroad And then perhaps been talkt of in the Crowd Of honest men for giving up those Lives VVhich for our service they may now take from us VVe are not yet i' th' Snare and have the power To stifle their designs Vincent The Soldiers hearts are yours Cesar. No no Vincentio let 'em be the King 's If such as they forget their Office we Must keep our Thoughts unstain'd I 'll to the King But without any Train Sigis. In this you do not consult your Safety Cesar. Safety is a Lecture To be read to Children But for me I carry My own Security within The King I know Is gracious tho' at present His Passion reigns too strongly in his Breast Uran. Hear me Cesario e'er you see the King Hear me or poor Urania's lost for ever Cesar. VVhat says my Love Uran. Swear then to grant my Suit And I will name the means to make us happy Cesar. Oh speak And bless my Ears with the dear Sound Uran. Command your Soldiers first to greater distance Cesar. waves his hand the Soldiers fall back You see Cesario how our Hopes are crost And if you love as you have often swore You will not stop at any thing to gain me Cesar. Propose a Means that may not blot my Fame Nor make me Traytor to my Sovereign Not all the Dangers that can threaten Man Shall barr Cesario from Urania's Arms. Uran. Were it not better in some distant Clime To live and love and peaceably possess The small Remainder of our Lives to come What though we quit all glittering Pomp and Greatness The busie noisy Flatteries of Court We shall enjoy Content in that alone Is Greatness Power VVealth Honour all summ'd up Cesar. I cannot guess thy Meaning Instruct me plainer what you 'd have me do Uran. Since then the King will ne'er let me be thine Let 's in the dead of Night retire from Court And to th' Arcadian Plains direct our Steps There amongst Nymphs and Shepherds we may live And quite forget that we were ever great Cesar. My Soul my more than Life now thou art too kind But can my dear Urania born a Princess Nurs'd up in all the Tenderness of Power The Pride the Pomp and Glory of a Court From her Arch'd Roofs and Golden Towers descend To homely VVeeds and humble Cottages And all for worthless me Uran. For thee my Love Thou Lord of all my Joys Cells Caves and Desarts Are Palaces with thee Oh my Cesario There there where True Love reigns is only Empire Cesar. Thou Angel-kind and more than Angel fair Sigism My Lord the King comes this way Uran. Now Cesario thou hast thy Choice Love or Ambition Either to challenge bravely or resign me poorly But yet might I instruct you in your Choice Since rather than wed Ferdinand this hand Should give me Death yet Oh If I must die Let me expire in Pleasure not in Torment If thou disclaimst me slighted and despised In that distracted Thought I shall die wretched But if my dearest Lord will Nobly own me Charm'd with that Bliss then I can breath out Life Like Saints in Martyrdome not one weak Nerve Or shivering sigh shall of the Dart complain But the great cause shall sweeten all the pain Cesa Guide me you Gods in this Unhappy Labyrinth Enter King Ferdinand Oswell Fabio c. Cesa kneels Most Royal Sir Alas you too much honour The poor Cesario who at your Feet Lays all his Lawrels the fair Grove That your kind Sun has warm'd and cherisht King Did I not give you a strict Charge that none 〈◊〉 pass the Gates Tell me how she came hither To Fab. Fab. Indeed an 't please your Majesty you did Give Order that no Man shou'd but she said She was a Woman and I askt no farther King Hence you Buffoon Cesario rise I shall not flatter you Nor indeed have I any Grace for him Who durst attempt to steal my Kingdoms Heir Cesa Thus prostrate to the Earth I sue for Pardon That my ambitious Passion soars so high But oh there 's Irresistless Force in Love The Gods have felt it then can Man withstand it Such is my Fate nay kill me 't is the same For though I know 't is Death to ask the Gift Yet on my Knees I beg the fair Urania King What says the Traytor off thy Breath will blast me I see it like a Mist infect the Air. Good Gods was ever Insolence like this But sure I dream this cannot be Cesario Vincentio Souldiers speak is this your General Ferd. Yes yes Great Sir This is that Valiant Man That fought for Loyalty and not Ambition Now you may see for what he drew his Sword 'T was for Urania that he fought and Conquer'd 'T is she 't is she that must be his reward O Sir deny him not make him your Son Mould that course humble Clay t' Imperial Honour And mix it with the Royal Blood of Naples Cesa This humble Clay what saist thou haughty Lord By Heaven that Tongue did not the King protect it Had better challenge Iove and all his Thunder Thou titled Vanity thou Courtier made for peace How much my Merits for the fair Urania Exceed thy poor Pretences thou all Feather Too tender for the very VVind to ruffle When VVars loud Trumpet in a Field of Death Call'd me to wounds and dy'd me o'er in Blood Thou slepst securely lull'd on Beds of Downe Less soft than the effeminate Lord that fill'd ' em King Be silent Traytor this is perfect Raving Your Valour has been paid in the Success What you have done was Duty Cesar. True it was I must confess that it was Duty all King To shew us then you have not mix'd our Cause With private and particular Revenge Resolve before tomorrow Sun appears To quit Urania to Prince Ferdinand Or be for ever banisht from Our Kingdom And Daughter resolve you to meet his Love And make Cesario to your Heart a Stranger Or else expect to feel the worst of Tortures Consult your safest way Come Gentlemen And from a grateful King you all shall find The just Reward that 's due to Truth and Honour Uran. Ah my prophetick Fear To night Cesario Aside Cesar. To night my fair Remembrancer Aside to Uran. Exeunt King Ferd. Osw. Fab. Vincent Sigism and Soldiers Manent Cesario and Urania Cesar. Good Heaven Can this be real what all gone I that this morning was the Lord of Thousands Am not the Owner now of one poor Servant Banisht from Love or Naples this is hard But yet indeed 't is not a wonder here In this unhospitable Court of Naples So my unhappy Brother fell before me Who for the slaying of this King's Court Minion VVas doom'd for ever from his Native Soil Oh Tachmas what e'er Corner of the VVorld Now hides thy exil'd Head Thy wretched Brother The poor Cesario too must share thy Fate Yes we will hasten to some Rural Seat And never more in Cursed Courts be
of gold return Cesa My Friend and Brother my Beloved kind Tachmas This fainting sweetness wants thy helping care Your Roots and Water are not for her diet Is there no way to purchase other food Tac. Hard by there is a little Neighbouring Village Where we may be supplied with necessaries Cesa Droop not fair Flower since we may yet find Peace Though now we 're like the first unhappy pair Cast from that Paradise where once we were Like Fugitives banisht our native home And destin'd through unpeopled Worlds to roam Yet we may hope a smiling Morn more fair For sure to banish all unjust dispair Such truth as thine is Heavens peculiar care Ex. omnes The End of the Third Act. ACT IV. SCENE I. Urania Sola Ura. HOW long my Dear Cesario shall I want Thy presence to drive all these troubles hence My Soul is heavy and my Eye-lids feel A pressing weight that fain won'd shut out light And let in Peace hush my lull'd Sorrows silent And give my feeble strength a short repose More Clouds do gather round my Eyes 't is strange I am not us'd to be inclin'd to sleep Whilst the day shines I 'll take what nature offers It may discharge my waking Melancholy Sits down I feel it gently slide upon my Sences Take me you Heavenly Rulers to your Care And let my Dreams be nothing but Cesario Lies down Enter Ferdinand and Oswell Attendants Ferd. I cannot find 'em sure the Prince of Darkness Or some of his Commission'd Fiends have snatcht 'em From the Orb of Light to hide their guilty shames In his own sable shades black as their Crimes There 's not a Corner in this spreading Realm But we have searcht with strictest diligence Osw. My Lord here lies a Woman Dead I think Ferd. A Woman ha By Heaven and Earth 't is she And wrapt in the dull leaden Arms of sleep But where 's Cesario Where lies he Conceal'd I 've happiness by halves if he escapes Osw. He cannot be far off 't were best my Lord Behind yon Thicket to conceal your self Till you have got 'em both within your Snave Ferd. You Counsel well Let us a while retire By Heaven I keep a Jubilee within me Riot in Joy and Revel in delight To think how bravely I shall take revenge Ex. Uran. Defend me Heaven Do I dream still or wake Uran. wakes What horrid Visions have appear'd before me Methought I saw Cesario gash'd with Wounds And Ferdinand all o'er dy'd in his Blood Whilst my Unkind and Cruel Father stood Triumphing over him and with a smile Rejoic'd to see his Soul and Body part But why shou'd I give credit to a Dream An airy Vision fram'd by 〈◊〉 fancy Deluding my weak sence with 〈◊〉 and shadow Enter Cesario with a Basket of Meat Tachmas with Drink Cesa Look up Urania cast thy Sorrow off See I have brought thee Food to cheer thy Spirits They all sit down Angels protect her with how much delight She feeds upon the homely fare of Peasants Enter Ferdinand Oswell and Attendants Ferd. Do you not want Attendants to your Banquet Nay let not us disturb you we are Friends And only come to take repast with you Cesa Curst Fate The Guards seize Cesario and Tachmas Surpriz'd Unarm'd and made so tame a Sacrifice Uran. Now now I see too late my Dreams were true Tach. Oh Sir I beg you wou'd not let me suffer Alas I 'm Innocent my Charity Oblig'd me to assist the miserabl◠Let not your Vengeance fall on an old Man But spare my Age. Ferd. Thou art below my anger Be gone and keep thy Life not worth my taking Tach. How has my Hypocrite Tongue belyed my Heart Think not mistaken Tyrant that the fear Aside Of Death makes me so poor a Suppliant When I descend thus low I only stoop To borrow Life to lend it my Cesario Ex. Tach. Ferd. Now Sir for you To Cesario Cesa Me I despise thy rage Let all the Tortures Malice can invent Be laid on me I can endure 'em all But do not dare to touch that Angel-Form Whose unexampled Vertue is alone Enough t' atone for all her Sexes Frailty Take heed how you provoke the Gods by hurting That brighest nearest Image of themselves Ferd. Young angry Sir spend not your Breath in vain Keep it to curse the Hour thou saw'st that Face I have a Scourge for thee I have bold Lord Fierce as the Vengeance of an angry God And swifter than a Pestilence for You To Uran. In whom I once had treasur'd up my Soul You 're in my Power my Love is turn'd to Hate And thou before thy Face shalt see her die To Cesario Cesar. O bloody Tyrant aim your Rage at me Send me to Ruine kill me wrack me burn me Do any thing so you 'll but save her Life Think when you murder that Celestial Form You wound all Mankind at the dismal Blow Not only all the mourning Globe the Gods Themselves will suffer when such Vertue bleeds Ferd. Most amorous Raptures Uran. Do not touch one Hair Of that dear Gallant God-like Man on mine My Head alone pour all your impious Vengeance Live my kind dearest Lord. Ferd. Not Fate shall save him Nor Heaven it self keep thee from my Revenge Uran. How I disdain thy Rage 〈◊〉 shew thy Malice Kill me as barbarously as thou art base But as I die I 'll send my last kind Looks Sighs Prayers and Life into Cesario's Eyes Nay though you scatter all my sprinkled Ashes Around the World each Atome of my Dust Shall find a Soul and fly into his Bosome Cesar. O mighty Love Ferd. So brave nay then I 'll find a means to tame you Attend me to my Chariot with the Princess But to your Horse's Tayl tye fast that Slave And drag 〈◊〉 to the King Uran. Hold Hold yet hold You do not sure mean this Barbarity How can you look on him and be so cruel See how he stands like a tame suffering Saint And smiles i' th' midst of all his Miseries If not for him shew pity then to me And though he be your Prisoner use him nobly Ferd. I 'm deaf to all Intreaties Drag him forward Ex. Omnes The King discover'd melancholy some Attendants standing by him A Song and Symphony of Musick within SONG VVritten by a Person of Quality 1. LONG time alas our Mournful Swains Have been with Fears oppress'd And pensive walk'd along the Plains Pitying their Flocks distress Their Fences all were open laid No Ewes their Lambs cou'd keep Foxes and Rav'nous Wolves were made The Guardians of their Sheep 2. Pan was not worshipp'd as before But saw his learned Rules And Iustice all turn'd out of door By Arbitrary Fools Phillis for Pan her Charms engag'd But cou'd no Pity draw They sacrific'd to Pagan rage Phillis as well as Law 3. At length came Strephon on the Plain At whose dread Sight did run And vanish each Tyrannick Swain Like Mists before the Sun Then his Brave Head with
long the King Commanded The Princess to her Chamber you to Prison We must obey him Cesa 'T is indeed your duty Resist not Destiny My Love obey him And leave Cesario with his griefs Farewel Farewel for ever my belov'd Urania Till we shall meet again above the Stars Uran. My Lord my Life my Soul my All Farewel Grief choaks my words and I can say no more Ex. Ura. Osw. Cesa Come Gentlemen now lead me to my Fate For Death 's the only thing I wish to find I think there are some here have follow'd me Where I have sought him oft but ne'r fled from him But it is past Cesario now 's no more My Fame Life Honour 's gone yet what is Death To think no more and Honours but a Breath But my Urania's lost nought could provoke My Soul to pain like that dire killing stroke Oh that last Wound has toucht so near my Heart That Fate 's whole Quiver wants another Dart. Ex. Omn. The End of the Fourth Act. ACT V. SCENE I. Scene A Field Enter Tachmas Vincentio Sigismond and Souldiers Vin. MY Fellow Souldiers why we 're thus met here This noble Youth the brave the valiant Tachmas The banisht Brother to your lov'd Cesario Can best inform you my Heart swells with grief And cannot tell the story speak my Lord And be assur'd you 're amongst Men whose Souls Do claim an equal share in your Misfortunes Tach. Then to you Souldiers props of this great Kingdom Behold I come uncall'd from Banishment And give my Life into your noble hands I come a Tale of horrour to relate I come to shew when Monarchs sleep in Peace What worthless trifles they esteem poor Souldiers May I have leave to speak Sould. Yes Speak speak Tachmas Tach. Alas I fear the subject is ungrateful But yet it does concern the general good That Soul of Valour great Cesario he Who has like Lightning purg'd the air of Naples From all the hot Infections Foreign War Cou'd threaten and shall he Whose very name was great as Fate it self To all his Enemies now basely die Sigis. Die no he 's damn'd that dares but mutter it Vin. If they who first occasion'd it were so ' Twou'd bring much Comfort to all honest Hearts Tach. His Death past all Redemption is Concluded His Death to whom they owe their Lives Oh Souldiers You 've seen i' th' heat and bravery of a Fight How he 'd cheer up his faint dishearten'd Troops Even when his Body seem'd but all one Wound That it appear'd a little Island Circled Round with the purple Deluge of his Blood Who when Wars Queristers the big-mouth'd Drums And surly Trumpets sung his Armies Dirge That fatal Musick swell'd his sprightly Sence More than soft Hymns at Nuptials Sigis. Sir His Glories Are so well known to us we need not urge The'repetition but 't is past my thoughts Why on the sudden he shou'd be compell'd To yield his Life up Vin. Nay when we return'd From our last Victory when we expected He shou'd have had a double Triumph given In honour of our Victories the King And his wise State receiv'd us as their Foes What cou'd they mean by that Tach. I 'll tell you Sir There is in Princes Courts a lean-fac'd Monster Term'd Envy Reigning in Unworthy Breasts To Fames Heroick Sons such as can cringe With subtle motion to their Prince's smiles Adore his Footsteps and his awful Nodâ— And can like Asps instil into his Ears A sweet yet killing Venom These thin Souls When the blunt Warriour has on Piles of Wounds Built up his Countries Safety whisper Beware In time my Lord least he do grow too great So the poor Souldier is in time of Peace Stript of those Glories purchast in the War Vin But Sir why must he die Tach. Only for loving of his Monarch's Daughter Tell me Is that a Crime deserving Death Speak if it be and I will plead no more Vin. A Crime ' Udsdeath my Lord he does deserve her H 'as bravely fought and bravely conquer'd for her Speak Fellow Souldiers shall these Court Mushrooms That live in Peace and Riotous Luxury Deny a fasting Souldier one poor snap After long abstinence It may not be And for your foreign Prince your Ferdinand We 'll spoil his Vaulting ev'ry Man a Limb Will quickly cool his Courage Tach. Yet Souldiers tho' I beg you 'd save your General Preserve your Loyalties Oh for bear the King And his dear sacred Person reverence As if he were a God and dwelt on Earth Vincen. We 'll save the King and General but if They 'll take my Counsel hang up Ferdinand Souldiers Ay ay well said noble Colonel Long live Our King and General and a Halter for Ferdinand Tach. Let me imbrace you all all to my Bosom You Limbs of Mars Who when Fate calls you hence Will leave behind each man a Monument Which shall for Ages last with this Inscription The Sons of Honour Naples great Preservers Sure to such Men belong those mighty Names Who sav'd their General yet preserv'd their Fames Ex. Omn. SCENE II. Urania discover'd Reading A Song within SONG Written by a Person of Quality Sung by Mrs. Boteler 1. COrinna in the Bloom of Youth Was coy to ev'ry Lover Regardless of the tend'rest Truth No soft Complaints cou'd move her Mankind was hers and at her Feet Lay prostrate and adoring The Witty Valiant Rich and Great Alike in vain imploring 2. But now grown Old she wou'd repair The Loss of Time and Pleasure With willing Looks and wanton Air Inviting ev'ry Gazer But Love 's a Summer-Flower that dies With the first Weathers Changing The Lover like the Swallow flies From Sun to Sun still ranging 3. Cloe let this Example move Your foolish Heart to Reason Youth is the proper Time for Love And Age is Vertues Season Uran. In vain alas you strive to give me Ease Musick to lull my Pains dull soothing Flattery The pressing weight that hangs upon my Soul Nought but my dear Cesario can remove All Props are weak where the Foundation 's Love Enter Oswell Osw. O Royal Mourner lovely in thy Tears Thus low I fall to beg a blushing Pardon For the sad Story I am doom'd to tell Uran. How my Heart trembles speak what is 't Sir If there be yet a greater Grief in store Speak it and kill Urania with the Sound Yes Oswell play the generous Executioner Give me the last kind finishing Stroke of Mercy And end my lingring Torments at a Blow Osw. The Gods and all good Powers guard your Life And O that I had dy'd e'er liv'd Commission'd For this ungrateful Charge doom'd to pronounce The only Sound can make Urania wretched Uran. I guess the Horrour yet I fear to know it Osw. And I thus trembling stand and fear to utter it Yet you must hear it yes the fatal Sound Must reach your Ears and some curst Tongue must tell you Your dear Cesario's murder'd Uran. Murder'd Osw. Yes murder'd by the King's
Command Uran. Enough Oh cruel Father Osw. The Prince my Master toucht with his long Sufferings Heard but too late of the King 's harsh Decree And flew with Eagle's speed to stop the Blow But Oh too late their bloody butchering hands Already were imbru'd in his warm Blood His last words pardon'd his unhappy Rival And as o' th' Ground they lay claspt Arm in Arm Like faithful Friends they mourn'd each others Fortune Uran. Oh speak no more Osw. Yes I am bound to speak The Prince as by Cesario's side he lay With truest Tears bathing his bleeding Wounds And with these words thrown in like precious Balm Had almost stopt the Journey of his Soul Live live said he Urania is thy own To make Atonement for thy mighty Wrongs I 'll quit my Love Uran. Dissembling Infidel Aside Osw. But when he saw his Veins did ebb too fast And Life flew swift away he snatcht his Sword And e'er my Hand cou'd reach to stop the Blow Plung'd it in 's Breast but did not reach his Heart Which when Cesario saw he graspt his Hands Begging that he would live and call'd him Friend Go to that widow'd Fair said he the poor Urania But first prepare her for the dismal Story Tell her 't is now too late for her to grieve And as she ever lov'd her dying Husband Bid her obey the King who though unkind Is still my Sovereign and her Royal Father More he 'd have said but hasty Death rush'd in And his last words bequeath'd you Ferdinand's Uran. Ferdinand's did he Cou'd he call me his My unkind Lord didst thou then think I 'd live After thy Death and live within his Arms Aside The Cursed Author of our Cruel Fortunes Though with a painted shew of Treacherous Grief He cast a mist before thy dying Eyes Aside The Masque's too thin for mine Pray Sir retire To Osw. And tell Prince Ferdinand 't will not be long Ere I am happy in his love or Heavens Aside Osw. I shall obey your Highness Oh true Woman Aside The living still are valu'd not the dead Ex. Osw. Uran. It is decreed I must not stay behind Yes yes my Father thou sha't see thy Daughter When all her Veins stream with a purple source Then he may pity me and shed one tear Sure Nature will compel him to do that Enter Ardelia Ard. Madam the King Commanded me to wait yoâ— Straight to the Palace Uran. I 'll attend his Call Now my Cesario in what e'er bright Region The Mansion of the blest where Martyr'd truth And faithful Love in wreaths of Glory shine I 'll find thee out and mix my Soul with thine Think not mistaken King Cesario's Grave The narrow Gulph of parting Worlds between us Shall be a bar to love resolv'd like mine Yes Dearest Martyr 't is by Love decreed That thy Urania at thy Stake shall bleed Since Faith and Truth such poor Rewards are given What is deny'd on Earth we 'll seek in Heaven Ex. SCENE III. A Prison Cesario discover'd on a Couch Enter Ferdinand and Oswell Ferd. You think she may be won then Osw. May most Certain Nay Sir you have her own Confession for 't Her foolish Tongue in the last words dropt from her Cou'd not forbear to tell me so alas What VVoman ever yet admir'd the dead VVhen there were living Lovers to be found Ferd. Then he must die Oswell wait you without And let none Enter here unless the King Osw. I shall obey your Orders Ex. Oswell Cesario Rises Cesa More Torments still VVhy dost thou bring to plague me The only Person of the VVorld I hate Ferd. And why that Person of the VVorld so hateful Cesa Because that Person poorly entertains A sordid Soul within which shames the Lodging Ferd. Bold Man Cesa Yes bolder Lord. Thou that darst act VVhat Man would blush to think Ferd. Blush Cesa Blush false Greatness Inglorious titled Vvretch Panthers and Leopards Are spotless to thy Stains those kind Devourers The Innocenter honourabler Savages They chase blood fairer than the treach'rous Ferdinand Run down their hunted Prey in open Field Not snare'em into toyls mew'd up for Sacrifice In Dungeon Walls as thou hast done Cesario Ferd. Vile Arrogant how Impudent is guilt When with such Rude and Villainous Reflections Thou darst impeach the Justice of thy punishment Cesa Justice my bold Tormenter Ferd. Justice Miscreant The just reward of thy too bold Ambition As well the tumbling Lucifer might challenge His Fall call his Damnation Martyrdom Plung'd in his Flames for his aspiring Pride As thou in Chains for thine Cesa Infamous Tyrant How poorly dost thou prop thy Impious Cause And gild the Face of Butchery Royal Hangman Take thy Face hence my persecuting Cerberus Sure in the Grave I shall not rest in Peace If Prisons cannot guard me from thy Malice Ferd. Malice alas can'st think I bear thee Malice Imperial brightness Envy at a shadow Malign thee yes when Stars repine at gloe-Worms Oh that thou stoodst but some tall Mountain Cedar With all thy Pride and Glory rais'd up high That I might plow thy Root up with a blast But since a Village Shrub is all my aim And my low Vengeance has no nobler game My blushing shame withholds my arm of fate Cesa A Shrub that name from him that needs my pity From him that lives in Torment I in Pleasure Raptures and Ecstasies my Jail Companions Whilst Fiends and Goblins haunt thee even to Thrones Break thy distracted sleeps on Beds of Gold From my Urania's love her love poor Prince There Darts that Beam as lights my very Dungeon Imprints a softness even in Chains and Death Whilst thou the little object of her hate Must bear about thee an Eternal Hell And beg in vain of that dear Heaven for ease Enter Oswell Osw. My Lord the King Ferd. Now tremble at thy doom Cesa Why should I dread the only thing I covet You seek a Life that I desire to lose Enter King Shout within King Hell and Confusion seize their clamorous Throats Oh Ferdinand I am beset with Ruine My very Slaves oppose my Royal Justice And dare rebel to save a Traytor 's Life Ferd. Great Sir what storm is this that shakes your quiet King Dost thou not hear the bellowing Crowd proclaim it The scum of Earth those never-failing Rebels Join with the Souldiers to preserve Cesario But in despight of that ungovern'd Herd A Monarchs hand shall send him from the World Draws and runs at Cesario Ferd. stops him Ferd. Hold Sacred Sir King Wilt thou oppose me too Ferd. Most sacred Sir that stroke requires more thought Shou'd you thus cut him off the incens'd Rabble Wou'd throw aside all Duty and Allegiance And on your Royal Head pour all their fury Affection in your stubborn multitude Is a prone Torrent not to be withstood Were you as sacred Sir as Heaven it self Yet when you stop the current of their Will They 'll break all Bands of duty and prophane That Holiness to