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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A71220	Zelinda : an excellent new romance translated from the French of Monsieur De Scudery, by T.D. gent.; Histoire d'Alcidalis et Zélide. English	Voiture, Monsieur de (Vincent), 1597-1648.; Scudéry, Madeleine de, 1607-1701.; D'Urfey, Thomas, 1653-1723.	1676 (1676)	Wing V684; ESTC R21510	47,796	141

Treacherously Ravished from my Arms And if a Thief has Robbed me shan't I seize my Treasure where I find it Concluding with a close imbrace Go ye are an unkind naughty man said she and I wont love you indeed if you offer Sighing and gently striving to defend what she had rather have dyed then keep What oh powerful opportunity may not be effected by thy assistance How sweet a recompence did the mistaken Alcidalis think he had for all his pains and what a full revenge on Fortune for her Jilting Tricks while he lay dying in the Arms of his supposed Deity But oh the shortness and uncertainty of humane felicity Who would not think the tired Duke now taking large Arrears of sleep for his last nights Disturbance Who would believe he should so soon a second time molest these Lovers Yet so it was for in the height of all their Bliss Florella almost Breathless with her haste rushed in casting back such frightfull Looks as if some ghastiy Phantasm had pursued her and by the Blazing light of a great Wax Taper which she brought discovered to the surprised Alcidalis the false Zelinda and e're he could discharge his Senses from the Amazement that object raised she increased it by crying out The Duke The Duke was privately returned and just entered the Palace which truth their ears immediatly confirmed by the hasty Footsteps which they heard The Dutchess Pale and Trembling had not power to speak but with up-lifted Hands and Eyes seemed to implore the assistance of Alcidalis while Florella whose Senses were more at liberty threw a loose Robe and Head-Tyre of the Dutchesses on Alcidalis hiding his Face as much as the Dress would permit Scarce was this done when the Duke entered clasped him in his Arms and spake the kindest things a doting Husband could invent to oblige the best Wife in the World To which he dar'd make no reply but Florella freed him from that trouble telling the Duke a suddain Tooth-ach got by a cold she took the preceding night made speaking extreamly troublesome and swelled her Face so she dared not expose it to the Air lest it increased her Malady Alcidalis took the hint and began to Groan so Lamentably it put his Grace into such mortal apprehensions of her danger that it was hard to judge who was in the greatest perplexity He the Prince or the Dutchess who lay quaking under the Bed-Cloathes like a Child frighted with the Tale of Raw head and bloody Bones Death was the least punishment the Lovers could expect if they were discovered A hundred times did Alcidalis resolve to force his Passage over the Dukes feeble Body But the consideration of the Dutchesses danger as a Woman in distress though her imposture had much incensed him diverted all those thoughts to a Generous resolution of freeing her or sharing in her destiny Thus Affairs stood when Fortune seemed weary of tormenting them and gave some prospect of hope for the Uxorious Duke would himself be the Messenger to call the Physitians which gave all hopes of setting things right ' ere he returned but their Joy vanished like a swift reflection of the Sun cast from a moving Looking-Glasse for the blind Quean whose sole delight consists in Tantalizing those that trust her thrust them the next Minuit on the very brink of Ruine The Duke unable to leave his Dear Zelinda without a Kiss found a strange unusual Roughness on his Chin and surprised with a sudden fit of Jealousie surveying him the same instant from Head to Foot imagined his dimensions six times as big as his Zelinda's for Passion blinds the Understanding as some Diseases cheat the Sight and rending off the Head-Dress saw not only a man but his Slave Clariantes whose extraordinary valour had made him worthy of his particular knowledge Immediatly running out with loud Exclamations of Treason Treason the Guard repaired to his aid when his back was turned you may think Alcidalis was not idle but casting off that faetal Robe with a bravery of Spirit which never forsook him he prepared though unarmed to dispute his Life But e're he went turning to the Dutchess who was almost drowned in Tears Madam says he if extravagancy of Passion had not wholly seized my Reason with my Senses your Deportment so contrary to her strict and spotless Virtue had assured me you were not the ncomparable Zelinda but if you give me not some account of that excellent Princess by all the Gods I swear to unvail your imposture and expose you to the just Cruelty of the deluded Duke though my death accompany your Infamy Ah Sir said the deplorable Dutchess can you with such extream rigour pay my excess of Love ingrateful man the too happy Zelinda since so esteemed by you lives in the Isle of Sardignia it was to save her life I consented to become a Dutchess 'T is not Cruel Prince to the care of my own safety you owe for this discovery for with your self you take from me all desire to live But to preserve your Life notwithstanding all your unkind contempt ten thousand times dearer to me then my own I once more tell you your too happy Zelinda lives yet in Sardignia in obedience to her own desire attended thither by my Father Shortness of time forbids to tell you more Now leave me to the severity of an incensed Jealous Husband but when you think of my failing remember the Cause and pity me Here the noise of the Dukes return stayed her Speech Alcidalis had dyed in her defence so graceful and so moving was her grief but hopes of seeing the true Zelinda banished all other sentiments With Courage even to rashness he cast himself amidst the Guard and got safely off for their too much hast the Mortal enemy of most designs brought the Guard 〈◊〉 with so little light that in the Confusion it was not difficult to pass without being discerned The inraged Duke entring found his Dutchess standing in that very Dress and Posture he left Clariantes only the Head-Tyre he had disordered was again put on and by the advice of Florella who was old excellent at sudden Shifts she was so placed Strait he cryes out to his Guard There There behold the audacious Traytor take him seize him away with him to Tortures let him be 100 Years dying The Guard seeing none but the Dutchess like Statues stood without motion The Duke stormed Vowed all were in the Plot should dye together but first that Villain Clariantes Andrunning at the Dutchess with his Drawn Sword had certainly killed her if Florella's shriek at his first motion had not made her start aside Yet she escaped not without a Wound in her Side which together with her fright cast her on the Bed in a swoun and by the falling off of her Head-Tyre shewed the Duke what he had done He did not as some would expect search round the Chamber and the Palace for Clariantes but wholly submitted to his Uxorious

as theirs whom she grieved for Never had Love and Grief a greater Sacrifice then here nor misery more powerful Arguments to gain compassion from the most obdurate hearts here is a large Field for the Author to expatiate on the vicissitude of humane things but the Gentle Reader would think him very inhumane nay in my Conscience accessary to their Murthers if he suffered three of the most Illustrious Persons in the World to lye neglected on the ground and dye for want of careful attendance while he was shewing his Common-place Wit therefore he hastens to their relief with resolution to save them all if he can Alcidalis took the Queen in his Arms while others performed the same service to the Princess and Zelidan conveying them to their several apartments the uncertain Multitude that some few Minutes before breathed nothing but death and damnation against them now followed them Houling and Groaning All the Arts and strength of Physick were diligently applyed which restored some weak symptoms of life in Zelidan and those were carefully Cherished but the unfortunate Princess was irrevocably dead The Queens Swouning being only the effect of a vehement surprizing Passion death soon was beaten off and his pale spreading Ensigns rufled up by her returning Senses But life came accompanied with all those killing Griefs that waited on its exile which like the envyed Favourites of some weak unhappy Prince for forrows soon insinuate themselves into the hearts affection raised new Commotions among the souls discontented faculties and the oppressed Senses those necessary Subjects and support of Life which were like to prove as fatal as the former had not the News of Zelidans hopeful Recovery repressed their Violence by the removal of the cause Weak as she was she caused her self to be removed to his apartment But Gods what a universal amazement seized the Queen and all the Attendants to find their Champion was a Woman For so her swelling Breasts declared which by undressing her the better to apyly their necessary aid were discovered Her Senses in a little time were perfectly restored and 't was difficult for the most curious observer to determine whether the Queen or Zelinda for so we must call her now she s discovered was in the greatest confusion after they had a long time gazed upon each other the Queen finding in the transformed Zelidan the well known Beauty and Meen of the persecuted Zelinda lifting her eyes to Heaven cryed out I yeild just Gods I yeild to my inexorable destiny Ab Zelinda thy injuries have been too well revenged Having said this e'r Zelinda could answer she retired Love being now wholly exextinct Nature resumed her power and carried her to the apartment of the Princess where with such moving passion she deplored her loss that the most inssible were forced to sympathize with her The News of Zelidans Transformation flew straight through the Pallace and the extraordinariness of the change raised a Curiosity in Alcidalis to behold her for he had not heard that it was Zelinda The Messengrr he sent to obtain that liberty entered her Chamber just as one was going from her to entreat the favour which he sought The Prince full of shame for his Victory over a Woman hastened to beg her pardon When he entered his Attendants respectively withdrew to the furthest part of the Room Neither the Paleness her loss of Blood had planted on her Cheeks nor their long separation could hinder the discovery of the true Zelinda at first sight So perfectly had love engraven her Image in his heart What Pen can describe the Violence of their differnt Passions which then Tyrannized in this Princes Breast Shame and grief for wounding her he prized above his Life and joy that she survived and was in a place where he was now sole Master and able to give and receive the highest proofs of a mutual unalterable Love like meeting Tydes whose opposed forces change swift running Streams a while into a fixed Calme reduced him to a state of insensibility Without Speech or motion he beheld her Such extasies are the usual effects of sudden Joys or Grief the heart being surprized and oppressed with unexpected Events all the Vital Spirits croud so fast to its assistance that they often cause that ruine Nature sends them to prevent As some whose Animal Spirits are obstructed and as it were smothered by the indigested Vapours which from the Stomach fume into the Brain and a while deprive them of the benefits of Life as interposing Clouds obscure the Suns lustre retain their Senses but want power to imploy them such the present State of Alcidalis was he knew what he ought to speak and act but the greatness of his Love and violence of his desires took from him all ability of utterance till Zelinda whose condition much resembled his fearing his silence proceeded from some change in his affection thus began Is this the kind reception Alcidalis gives the unfortunate Zelinda do all the dangers I have past and all my constant Love merit this cold return Great Gods have you preserved me from so many various Deaths to perish here here in the only Haven where I had deposited my last hopes of assured safety Oh Alcidalis let thy Sword give me a speedy and more welcome death then thy disdain Here casting himself on the Bed and imbracing her he could get out no more but Oh my dearest Zelinda and was relapsing again into his former extasie which overcoming with much difficulty he proceeded Your safety and your love my adored Zelinda are blessings too great to be received at once with less concern Since your loss in blindness to all other objects of delight I have wandred ore the World pardon me if I could not meet the first appearance of my Glorious Sun without amazement Give me ye Divine Powers proportioned strength to bear my Happiness lest like a starving man while I too greedily receive it that hastens my death which only can restore my fainting life Then do you yet love me cryed the overjoyed Princess and will the King keep those vowes which Alcidalis made to the then Happy Zelinda For ever for ever answered the transported Alcidalis the enjoyment of my adored Zelinda is more then ten thousand Empires Ah Sir said she but interest of State State cryed Alcidalis my Zelinda is all all to me I would not thank the Gods for a Crown but to lay it at her Feet Then turning to the Attendants which had now filled the Room impatience of beholding their long lost Prince bringing them thither from all parts raising his voice he cryed out He is a Traytor and the Mortal Enemy of Alcidalis that will not kneel and Petition the excellent Zelinda to be his Queen whose Beauty and Virtues merit the Empire of the Universe The Gods to whom I pay all reverence shall never but by death Divorce me from thy Arms. Were I Racked to ten thousand peices as every part of a