yield Bold in close Ambush base in open Field The envious Devil did my Fortune wrong Thus Fought thus Conquer'd I when I was young Exit Alarm Enter Cort. Bloudy Cort. Furies pursue these false Taxallans Flight Dare they be Friends to us and dare not Fight What Friends can Cowards be what hopes appear Of help from such that where they hate show fear Enter Piz. Vasquez Piz. The Field grows thin and those that now remain Appear but like the shadows of the Slain Vasq. The fierce old King is vanish'd from the place And in a cloud of dust pursues the Chase. Cort. Their eager Chase disorder'd does appear Command our Horse to charge them in the rear To Piz. You to our old Castillian Foot retire To Vasq. Who yet stand firm and at their backs give Fire Exeunt severally Enter Odm. and Guy meeting each other Odm. Where hast thou been since first the Fight began Thou less then Woman in the shape of Man Guy Where I have done what may thy Envy move Things worthy of my Birth and of my Love Odm. Two bold Taxallans with one Dart I slew And left it sticking ere my Sword I drew Guy I sought not Honour on so base a Train Such Cowards by our Women may be Slain I fell'd along a Man of Bearded face His Limbs all cover'd with a Shining case So wondrous hard and so secure of wound It made my Sword though edg'd with Flint rebound Odm. I kill'd a double Man the one half lay Upon the ground the other ran away Guns go off within Enter Mont. out of breath with him Alib. and an Indian Mont. All 's lost Our Foes with Lightning and with Thunder Fight My Men in vain shun death by shameful Flight For death's Invisible come wing'd with Fire They hear a dreadful noise and straight expire Take gods that Soul ye did in spight create And made it great to be unfortunate Ill Fate for me unjustly you provide Great Souls are Sparks of your own Heavenly Pride That lust of power we from your god-heads have You 'r bound to please those Appetites you gave Enter Vasq. and Piz. with Spaniards Vasq. Pizarro I have hunted hard to day Into our toyls the noblest of the prey Seize on the King and him your Prisoner make While I in kind revenge my taker take Piz. with two goes to Attaque the King Vasq. with another to seize Alib. Guy Their danger is alike whom shall I free Odm. I 'le follow Love Guy I 'le follow Piety Odm. retreats from Vasq. with Alib off the stage Guy Fights for his Father Guy Fly Sir while I give back that life you gave Mine is well lost if I your life can save Mont. Fights off Guy making his retreat stays Guy 'T is more than Man can do to scape them all Stay let me see where noblest I may fall He runs at Vasq. is seized behind and taken Vasq. Conduct him off And give command he strictly guarded be Guy In vain are guards Death sets the Valiant free Exit Guy with Guards Vasq. A Glorious day and bravely was it Fought Great fame our General in great dangers sought From his strong Arm I saw his Rival run And in a crowd th' unequal Combat shun Enter Cortez leading Cidaria who seems crying and begging of him Cort. Mans force is fruitless and your gods would fail To save the City but your Tears prevail I 'le of my Fortune no advantage make Those Terms they had once given they still may take Cyd. Heaven has of right all Victory design'd Where boundless power dwells in a will confin'd Your Spanish Honour does the World excel Cort. Our greatest Honour is in loving well Cyd. Strange ways you practice there to win a Heart Here Love is Nature but with you 't is Art Cort. Love is with us as Natural as here But fetter'd up with customs more severe In tedious Courtship we declaâ—e our pâ—iâ— And ere we kindness find first meet disdain Cyd. If Women Love they needless pains endure Their Pride and Folly but delay their Cure Cort. What you mis-call their Folly is their care They know how fickle common Lovers are Their Oaths and Vows are cautiously believ'd For few there are but have been once deceiv'd Cyd. But if they are not trusted when they vow What other marks of passion can they show Cort. With Feasts and Musick all that brings delight Men treat their Ears their Pallats and their Sight Cyd. Your Gallants sure have little Eloquence Failing to move the Soul they Court the Sence With Pomps and Trains and in a crowd they Woe When true Felicity is but in two But can such Toys your Womens passion move This is but noise and tumult 't is not Love Cort. I have no reason Madam to excuse Those ways of Gallanâ—ry I did not use My Love was true and on a Nobler score Cyd. Your Love Alas then have you Lov'd before Cort. 'T is true I Lov'd but she is Dead she 's Dead And I should think with her all Beauty Fled Did not her fair resemblance live in you And by that Image my first Flames renew Cyd. Ah happy Beauty whosoe're thou art Though dead thou keep'st possession of his Heart Thou mak'st me jealous to the last degree And art my Rival in his Memory Within his Memory ah more then so Thou Liv'st and Triumph'st ore Cydaria too Cort. What strange disquiet has uncalm'd your breast Inhumane fair to rob the dead of rest Poor Heart She slumbers deep deep in her silent Tomb Let her possess in Peace that narrow Room Cyd. Poor-heart he pities and bewails her death Some god much hated soul restore thy breath That I may kill thee but some ease 't will be I 'le kill my self for but resembling thee Cort. I dread your anger your disquiet fear But blows from hands so soft who would not bear So kind a passion why should I remove Since jealousie but shows how well we Love Yet jealousie so strange I never knew Can she who Loves not me disquiet you For in the Grave no Passions fill the Breast 'T is all we gain by Death to be at rest Cyd. That she no longer Loves brings no relief Your Love to her still lives and that 's my grief Cort. The object of desire once tane away 'T is then not Love but pitty that we pay Cyd. 'T is such a pitty I should never have When I must lye forgotten in the Grave I meant to have oblig'd you when I dy'd That after me you should Love none beside But you are false already Cort. If untrue By Heaven my falshood is to her not you Cyd. Observe sweet Heaven how falsly he does Swear You said you Lov'd me for resembling her Cort. That Love was in me by resemblance bred But shows you chear'd my sorrows for the Dead Cyd. You still repeat the greatness of your grief Cort. If that was great how great was the relief Cyd. The first Love still the strongest
corner'd minds Where Womans crooked fancie turns and winds You that can Love explore and truth impart Where both lye deepest hid in Womans heart Arise The Ghosts of Traxalla and Acacis arise they stand still and point at Montez High Pr. I did not for these Ghastly Visions send Their sudden coming does some ill portend Begon begon they will not dis-appear My Soul is seiz'd with an unusual fear Mont. Point on point on and see whom you can fright Shame and Confusion seize these shades of night Ye thin and empty forms am I your sport They smile If you were flesh You know you durst not use me in this sort The ghost of the Indian Queen rises betwixt the Ghosts with a Dagger into her Breast Mont. Ha! I feel my Hair grow stiff my Eye-balls rowl This is the only form could shake my Soul Ghost The hopes of thy succesless Love resign Know Montezuma thou art only mine For those that here on Earth their passion show By death for Love receive their right below Why doest thou then delay my longing Arms Have Cares and Age and Mortal life such Charms The Moon grows sickly at the sight of day And early Cocks have summon'd me away Yet I 'le appoint a meeting place below For there fierce winds o're dusky Vallies blow Whos 's every puff bears empty shades away Which guidless in those dark Dominions stray Just at the entrance of the Fields below Thou shalt behold a tall black Poplar grow Safe in its hollow trunk I will attend And seize thy Spirit when thou doest descend Descends Mont. I 'le seize thee there thou Messenger of Fate Would my short Life had yet a shorter date I 'm weary of this flesh which holds us here And dastards manly Souls with hope and fear These heats and colds still in our breasts make War Agues and Feavers all our passions are Exeunt SCENE II. Cydaria Alibech Betwixt the two Armies Alib. Blessings will Crown your Name if you prevent That Blood which in this Battel will be spent Nor need you fear so just a fute to move Which both becomes your duty and your Love Cyd. But think you he will come their Camp is near And he already knows I wait him here Alib. You are too young your power to understand Lovers take wing upon the least command Already he is here Enter Cort. and Vasq. to them Cort. Methinks like two black storms on either hand Our Spanish Army and your Indians stand This only space betwixt the Clouds is clear Where you like day broke loose from both appear Cyd. Those closing Skies might still continue bright But who can help it if you 'l make it night The Gods have given you power of Life and Death Like them to save or scatter with a breath Cort. That power they to your Father did dispose 'T was in his choice to make us Friends or Foes Alib. Injurious strength would rapine still excuâ—e By off'ring terms the weaker must refuse And such as these your hard conditions are You threaten Peace and you invite a War Cort. If for my self to Conquer here I came You might perhaps my actions justly blame Now I am sent and am not to dispute My Princes orders but to execute Alib. He who his Prince so blindly does obey To keep his Faith his Vertue throws away Cort. Monarchs may err but should each private breast Judge their ill Acts they would dispute their best Cyd. Then all your care is for your Prince I see Your truth to him out-weighs your love to me You may so cruel to deny me prove But never after that pretend to Love Cort. Command my Life and I will soon obey To save my Honour I my Blood will pay Cyd. What is this Honour that does Love controul Cort. A raging fit of Vertue in the Soul A painful burden which great minds must bear Obtain'd with danger and possest with fear Cyd. Lay down that burden if it painful grow You 'l find without it Love will lighter go Cort. Honour once lost is never to be found Alib. Perhaps he looks to have both passions Crown'd First dye his Honour in a Purple Flood Then Court the Daughter in the Father's Blood Cort. The edge of War I 'le from the Battel take And spare her Father's Subjects for her sake Cyd. I cannot Love you less when I 'm refus'd But I can dye to be unkindly us'd Where shall a Maids distracted heart find rest If she can miss it in her Lovers breast Cort. I till to morrow will the fight delay Remember you have conquer'd me to day Alib. This grant destroys all you have urg'd before Honour could not give this or can give more Our Women in the foremost ranks appear March to the Fight and meet your Mistress there Into the thickest Squadrons she must run Kill her and see what Honour will be won Cyd. I must be in the Battel but I 'le go With empty Quiver and unbended Bow Not draw an Arrow in this fatal strife For fear its point should reach your Noble life Cort. No more your kindness wounds me to the death Honour be gone what art thou but a breath I 'le live proud of my infamy and shame Grac'd with no Triumph but a Lovers name Men can but say Love did his reason blind And Love 's the noblest frailty of the mind Draw off my Men the War 's already done Piz. Your orders come too late the Fight 's begun The Enemy gives on with fury led And fierce Orbellan combats in their head Cort. He justly fears a Peace with me would prove Of ill concernment to his haughty Love Retire fair Excellence I 'le go to meet New Honour but to lay it at your feet Exeunt Cort. Vasq. Piz. Enter Odm. and Guy to Alib. and Cyd. Odm. Now Madam since a danger does appear Worthy my Courage though below my Fear Give leave to him who may in Battel dye Before his Death to ask his destiny Guy He cannot Dye whom you command to Live Before the Fight you can the Conquest give Speak where you 'l place it Alib. Briefly then to both One I in secret Love the other Loath But where I hate my hate I will not show And he I Love my Love shall never know True worth shall gain me that it may be â—ed Desert not fancy once a Woman led He that in fight his courage shall oppose With most success against his Countries Foes From me shall all that recompence receive that Valour Merits or that Love can give 'T is true my hopes and fears are all for one But hopes and fears are to my self alone Let him not shun the danger of the strife I but his Love his Country claims his Life Odm. All obstacles my Courage shall remove Guy Fall on fall on Odm. For Liberty Guy For Love Exeunt the Women follewing SCENE Changes to the Indian Country Enter Mont. attended by his Indians Mont. Charge charge their ground the faint Taxallans
my coming wait And on thy Life secure the Prison Gate She plucks out a Dagger and approaches him Spaniard awake thy Fatal hour is come Thou shalt not at such ease receive thy Doom Revenge is sure though sometimes slowly pac'd Awake awake or sleeping sleep thy last Cort. Who names Revenge Alm. Look up and thou shalt see Cort. I cannot fear so fair an Enemy Alm. No aid is near nor canst thou make defence Whence can thy Courage come Cort. From Innocence Alm. From Innocence let that then take thy part Still are thy looks assur'd have at thy Heart Hold up the Dâ—ggâ— I cannot kill thee sure thou bear'st some Charm Goes baâ—â— Or some Divinity holds back my Arm. Why do I thus delay to make him Bleed Asiâ—â— Can I want Courage for so brave a Deed I 've shook it off my Soul is free from fear Comes againâ—â— And I can now strike any where but here His scorn of Death how strangely does it move A mind so haughty who could chuse but Love Goes off Plead not a Charm or any gods command Alas it is thy heart that holds thy hand In spight of me I Love and see too late My Mothers Pride must find my Mothers Fate Thy Country's Foe thy Brother's Murtherer For shame Almeria such mad thoughts forbear I w'onnot be if I once more come on coming on again I shall mistake the Breast and pierce my own Comes with her Dagger down Cort. Does your revenge maliciously forbear To give me Death till 't is prepar'd by fear If you delay for that forbear or strike Fore-seen and sudden death are both alike Alm. To show my Love would but increase his Pride They have most power who most their passions hide Aside Spaniard I must confess I did expect You could not meet your Death with such neglect I will defer it now and give you time You may Repent and I forget your Crime Cort. Those who repent acknowledge they did ill I did not unprovok'd your Brother Kill Alm. Petition me perhaps I may forgive Cort. Who begs his Life does not deserve to Live Alm. But if 't is given you 'l not refuse to take Cort. I can Live gladly for Cydaria's sake Alm. Does she so wholy then possess your mind What if you should another Lady find Equal to her in birth and far above In all that can attract or keep your Love Would you so doat upon your first desire As not to entertain a Nobler Fire Cort. I think that person hardly will be found With Gracious form and equal Vertue Crown'd Yet if another could precedence claim My fixt desires could find no fairer Aim Alm. Dull ignorance he cannot yet conceive To speak more plain shame will not give me leave Aside Suppose one lov'd you whom even Kings adore To him Who with your Life your Freedom would restore And adde to that the Crown of Mexico Would you for her Cydaria's Love fore-go Cort. Though she could offer all you can invent I could not of my Faith once vow'd repent Alm. A burning blush has cover'd all my face Why am I forc'd to publish my disgrace What if I Love you know it cannot be And yet I blush to put the case 't were me If I could Love you with a flame so true I could forget what hand my Brother slew Make out the rest I am disorder'd so I know not farther what to say or do But answer me to what you think I meant Cort. Reason or Wit no answer can invent Of words confus'd who can the meaning find Alm. Disordered words show a distemper'd mind Cort. She has oblig'd me so that could I chuse I would not answer what I must refuse Aside Alm. His mind is shook suppose I lov'd you speak Would you for me Cydaria's Fetters break Cort. Things meant in Jest no serious answer need Alm. But put the case that it were so indeed Cort. If it were so which but to think were Pride My constant Love would dangerously be try'd For since you could a Brothers death forgive He whom you save for you alone should live But I the most unhappy of mankind E're I knew yours have all my Love resign'd 'T is my own loss I grieve who have no more You go a begging to a Bankrupts door Yet could I change as sure I never can How could you Love so Infamous a Man For Love once given from her and plac'd in you Would leave no ground I ever could be true Alm. You consâ—rued me aright I was in Jest And by that offer meant to sound your breast Which since I find so constant to your Love Will much my value of your worth improve Spaniard assure your self you shall not be Oblig'd to quit Cydaria for me 'T is dangerous though to treat me in this sort And to refuse my offers though in sport Exit Almeria Cort. In what a strange Condition am I left Cort. solus More then I wish I have of all I wish bereft In wishing nothing we enjoy still most For even our wish is in possession lost Restless we wander to a new desire And burn our selves by blowing of the Fire We toss and turn about our Feaverish will When all our ease must come by lying still For all the happiness Mankind can gain Is not in pleasure but in rest from pain Goes in and the Scene closes upon him SCENE II. Chamber Royal. Enter Montezuma Odmar Guyomar Alibech Mont. My Ears are deaf with this impatient crowd Odm. Their wants are now grown Mutinous and loud The General 's taken but the Siege remains And their last Food our dying Men sustains Guy One means is only left I to this hour Have kept the Captive from Almeria's power And though by your command she often sent To urge his doom do still his death prevent Mont. That hope is past him I have oft assayl'd But neither threats nor kindness have prevail'd Hiding our wants I offerd to release His Chains and equally conclude a Peace He fiercely answer'd I had now no way But to submit and without terms obey I told him he in Chains demanded more Then he impos'd in Victory before He sullenly reply'd he could not make These offers now Honour must give not take Odm. Twice have I sallyed and was twice beat back What desp'rate course remains for us to take Mont. If either Death or Bondage I must chuse I 'll keep my Freedom though my life I lose Guy I 'll not upbraid you that you once refus'd Those means you might have then with Honour us'd I 'll lead your Men perhaps bring Victory They know to Conquer best who know to Dye Exeunt Montezuma Odmar Alib. Ah me what have I heard stay Guyomar What hope you from this Sally you prepare Guy A death with Honour for my Countries good A death to which your self design'd my blood Alib. You heard and I well know the Towns diâ—tress Which Sword and Famine both at once oppress Famine so fierce that what
Freedom Wealth Honour which we value most I wish they would our Lives a Period give They Live too long who Happiness out-live Spaniards are led out 1 Ind. See Sir how quickly your success is spread The King comes Marching in the Armies head Enter Montezuma Alibech Odmar Discontented Mont. Now all the gods reward and bless my Son Embracing Thou hast this day thy Fathers Youth out-done Alib. Just Heaven such Happiness upon him shower Till it confess it's will beyond it's power Guy The heavens are kind the gods propitious be I only doubt a Mortal Deity I neither Fought for Conquest nor for Fame Your Love alone can recompence my Flame Alib. I gave my Love to the most brave in War But that the King must Judge Mont. 'T is Guyomar Souldiers shout A Guyomar c. Mont. This day your Nuptials we will Celebrate But guard these haughty Captives till their Fate Odmar this night to keep them be your care To morrow for their Sacrifice prepare Alib. Blot not your Conquest with your Cruelty Mont. Fate says we are not safe unless they Dye The Spirit that fore-told this happy day Bid me use Caution and avoid delay Posterity be juster to my Fame Nor call it Murder when each private Man In his defence may justly do the same But private persons more then Monarchs can All weigh our Acts and what e're seems unjust Impute not to Necessity but Lust. Exeunt Montezuma Guyomar and Alibech Odm. Lost and undone he had my Fathers voice And Alibech seem'd pleas'd with her new choice Alas it was not new too late I see Since one she hated that it must be me I feel a strange Temptation in my will To do an action great at once and ill Vertue ill treated from my Soul is fled I by Revenge and Love am wholly led Yet Conscience would against my rage Rebel Conscience the foolish pride of doing wellâ— Sink Empire Father Perish Brother Fall Revenge does more then recompence you all Conduct the Pris'ners in Spaniards you see your own deplor'd Estate What dare you do to reconcile your Fate Enter Vasquez Pizarro Vasq. All that Despair with Courage joyn'd can do Odm. An easie way to Victory I 'le show When all are Buried in their Sleep or Joy I 'le give you Arms Burn Ravish and Destroy For my one share one Beauty I design Engage your Honours that she shall be mine Piz. I gladly Swear Vasq. And I but I request That in return one who has touch'd my breast Whose name I know not may be given to me Odm. Spaniard 't is just she 's yours who e're she be Vasq. The night comes on if Fortune bless the bold I shall possess the Beauty Piz. I the Gold Exeunt Omnes SCENE IV. A Prison Cortez discovered bound by one Foot Almeria talking wiâ—h him Alm. I come not now your constancy to prove You may believe me when I say I Love Cort. You have too well instructed me before In your intentions to believe you more Alm. I 'm justly plagu'd by this your unbelief And am my self the cause of my own grief But to beg Love I cannot stoop so low It is enough that you my passion know 'T is in your choice Love me or Love me not I have not yet my Brother's Death forgot Lays hold on the Dagger Cort. You Menace me and Court me in a breath Your Cupid looks as dreadfully as Death Alm. Your hopes without are vanish'd into smoak Your Captains taken and your Armies broke Cort. In vain you urge me with my miseries When Fortune falls high Courages can rise Now should I change my Love it would appear Not the effect of gratitude but fear Alm. I 'le to the King and make it my Request Or my Command that you may be releast And make you Judge when I have set you free Who best deserves your passion I or she Cort. You tempt my Faith so generous a way As without guilt might constancy betray But I 'm so far from meriting esteem That if I Judge I must my self Condemn Yet having given my worthless heart before What I must not possess I 'le still adore Take my devotion then this humbler way Devotion is the Love which Heaven we pay Kisses her hand Enter Cydaria Cyd. May I believe my Eyes what do I see Is this her Hate to him his Love to me 'T is in my Breast she sheaths her Dagger now False Man is this the Faith is this the Vow To him Cort. What words dear Saint are these I hear you use What Faith what Vows are these which you accuse Cyd. More cruel then the Tyger o're his spoyl And falser then the Weeping Crocodile Can you adde Vanity to Guilt and take A Pride to hear the Conquests which you make Go publish your Renown let it be said You have a Woman and that Lov'd betray'd Cort. With what injustice is my Faith accus'd Life Freedom Empire I at once refus'd And would again ten thousand times for you Alm. She 'l have too great content to find him true And therefore since his Love is not for me I 'le help to make my Rivals misery Aside Spaniard I never thought you false before To him Can you at once two Mistresses adore Keep the poor Soul no longer in suspence Your change is such as does not need defence Cort. Riddles like these I cannot understand Alm. Why should you blush she saw you kiss my hand Cyd. Fear not I will while your first Love 's deny'd Favour your shame and turn my Eyes aside My feeble hopes in her deserts are lost I neither can such power nor beauty boast I have no tye upon you to be true But that which loosned yours my Love to you Cort. Could you have heard my words Cyd. Alas what needs To hear your words when I beheld your deeds Cort. What shall I say the Fate of Love is such As still it sees too little or too much That act of mine which does your passion move Was but a mark of my Respect not Love Alm. Vex not your self excuses to prepare For one you love not is not worth your care Cort. Cruel Almeria take that life you gave Since you but worse destroy me while you save Cyd. No let me dye and I 'le my claim resign For while I live methinks you should be mine Cort. The Bloodiest Vengeance which she could pursue Would be a triffle to my loss of you Cyd. Your change was wise for had she been deny'd A swift Revenge had follow'd from her Pride You from my gentle Nature had no Fears All my Revenge is only in my Tears Cort. Can you imagine I so mean could prove To save my Life by changing of my Love Cyd. Since Death is that which Nat'rally we shun You did no more then I perhaps had done Cort. Make me not doubt Fair Soul your constancy You would have dy'd for Love and so would I. Alm. You may believe him you have seen it prov'd Cort. Can
all my former fury gone Once more I have Traxalla's chains put on And by his Children am in triumph led Too well the living have reveng'd the dead Alm. You think my brother born your enemy He 's of Traxalla's blood and so am I. Mont. In vain I strive My Lyon-heart is with Loves toyls beset Strugling I fall still deeper in the net Cydaria your new lovers Garland take And use him kindly for your Fathers â—ake Cyd. So strong an hatred does my nature sway That spight of duty I must disobey Besides you warn'd me still of loving two Can I love him already loving you Mont. How now Enter a Guard hastily You look amaz'd as if some sudden fear Had seiz'd your hearts is any danger near 1 Guard Behind the covert where this Temple stands Thick as the shades there issue swarming bands Of ambush'd men whom by their arms and dress To be Taxcallan Enemies I guess Another Enters 2 Guard The Temple Sir is almost compast round Mont. Some speedy way for passage must be found Make to the City by the Postern Gate I 'le either force my Victory or Fate A glorious death in arms I 'le rather prove Than stay to perish tamely by my Love An Alarm within Enter Montez Odm. Guy Alib. Orb. Cyd. Alm. as pursâ—ed by Taxallans Mont. No succour from the Town Odm. None none is nigh Guy We are inclos'd and must resolve to dye Mont. Fight for revenge now hope of life is past But one stroke more and that will be my last Enter Cortez Vasquez Pizarro to the Taxallans Cort. stays them just falling on Cort. Contemn'd my orders broke even in my sight To his Indians Did I not strictly charge you should not fight Ind. Your choler General does unjustly rise To see your Friends pursue your Enemies The greatest and most cruel foes we have Are these whom you would ignorantly save By ambush'd men bâ—hind their Temple laid We have the King of Mexico betray'd Cort. Where banish'd Vertue wilt thou shew thy face If treachery infects thy Indian race Dismiss your rage and lay your weapons by Know I protect them and they shall not dye Ind. O wond'rous mercy shown to foes distrest Cort. Call them not so when once with odds opprest Nor are they Foes my clemency defends Until they have refus'd the name of Friends Draw up our Spaniards by themselves then Fire To Vasq. Our Guns on all that do not straight retire Ind. O mercy mercy at thy feet we fall Ind. kneeling Before thy roaring gods destroy use all See we retreat without the least reply The Taxallans retire Keep thy gods silent if they speak we dye Mont. The fierce Taxallans lay their weapons down Some miracle in our relief is shown Guy These bearded men in shape and colour be Like those I saw come floating on the Sea Mont. kneels to Cort. Mont. Patron of Mexico and god of Wars Son of the Sun and brother of the Stars Cort. Great Monarch your devotion you misplace Mont. Thy actions show thee born of Heavenly Race If then thou art that cruel god whose eyes Delight in Blood and Humane Sacrifice Thy dreadful Altars I with Slaves will store And feed thy nostrils with hot reeking gore Or if that mild and gentle god thou be Who dost mankind below with pity see With breath of incense we will glad thy heart But if like us of mortâ—l seed thou art Presents of choicest Fowls and Fruits I 'le bring And in my Realms thou shalt be more then King Cort. Monarch of Empires and deserving more Then the Sun sees upon your Western shore Like you a man and hither led by fame Not by constraint but by my choice I came Ambassadour of Peace if Peace you chuse Or Herauld of a War if you refuse Mont. Whence or from whom dost thou these offers bring Cort. From Charles the Fifth the Worlds most Potent King Mont. Some petty Prince and one of little fame For to this hour I never heard his name The two great Empires of the World I know That of Peru and this of Mexico And since the earth none larger does afford This Charles is some poor Tributary Lord. Cort. You speak of that small part of earth you know But betwixt us and you wide Oceans flow And watry desarts of so vast extent That passing hither four Full Moons we spent Mont. But say what news what offers dost thou bring From so remote and so unknown a King Whâ—lâ— Vasq. speaks Cort. 〈◊〉 the Ladies and goes to â—hem entertaining Cydaria with Courtship 〈…〉 Vasq. Spain's mighty Monarch to whom Heaven thinks fiâ— That all the Nations of the Earth submit In gracious â—lemency does condescend On these conditions to become your Friend First that of him you shall your Scepter hold Next you present him with your useless Gold Last that you leave those Idols you implore And one true Deity with him adore Mont. You speak your Prince a mighty Emperour But his demands have spoke him Proud and Poor He proudly at my free-born Scepter flies Yet poorly begs a mettal I despise Gold thou may'st take what-ever thou canst find Save what for sacred uses is design'd But by what right pretends your King to be This Soveraign Lord of all the World and me Piz. The Soveraign Priest Who represents on Earth the pow'r of Heaven Has this your Empire to our Monarch given Mont. Ill does he represent the powers above Who nourishes debate not Preaches love Besides what greater folly can be shown He gives another what is not his own Vasq. His pow'r must needs unquestion'd be below For he in Heaven an Empire can bestow Mont. Empires in Heaven he with more ease may give And you perhaps would with least thanks receive But Heaven has need of no such Vice-roy here It self bestows the Crowns that Monarchs wear Piz. You wrong his power as you mistake our end Who came thus far Religion to extend Mont. He who Religion truely understands Knows its extent must be in Men not Lands Odm. But who are those that truth must propagate Within the confines of my Fathers state Vasq. Religious Men who hither must be sent As awful guides of Heavenly Government To teach you Penance Fasts and Abstinence To punish Bodies for the Souls offence Mont. Cheaply you sin and punish crimes with ease Not as th' offended but th' offenders please First injure Heaven and when its wrath is due Your selves prescribe it how to punish you Odm. What numbers of these Holy Men must come Piz. You shall not want each Village shall have some Who though the Royal Dignity they own Are equal to it and depend on none Guy Depend on none you treat them sure in state For 't is their plenty does their pride create Mont. Those ghostly Kings would parcel out my pow'r And all the fatness of my Land devour That Monarch sits not safely on his Throne Who bears within a power that shocks his own They teach obedience to
I not gain belief how I have Lov'd What can thy ends Inhumane Creature be Can he who kill'd thy Brother live for thee A noyse of Closhing of Swords Vasquez within Indians against him Vasq. Yield Slaves or dye our Swords shall force our way within Ind. We cannot though o'â—e-powr'd our trust betray within Cort. 'T is Vasquez voice he brings me Liberty Vasq. In spight of Fate I 'le set my General Free within Now Victory for us the Town 's our own Alm. All-hopes of safety and of love are gone As when some dreadful Thunder-clap is nigh The winged Fire shoots swiftly through the Skie Strikes and Consumes e're scarce it does appear And by the sudden ill prevents the fear Such is my state in this amazing wo It leaves no pow'r to think much less to do But shall my Rival Live shall she enjoy That Love in Peace I labour'd to destroy Aside Cort. Her looks grow black as a Tempestuous wind Some raging Thoughts are rowling in her mind Alm. Rival I must your jealous Thoughts remove You shall hereafter be at rest for Love Cyd. Now you are kind Alm. He whom you Love is true But he shall never be possest by you Draws her Dagger and runs towards her Cort. Hold hold ah Barbarous Woman flye oh flye Cyd. Ah pity pity is no succour nigh Cort. Run run behind me there you may be sure While I have Life I will your Life secure Cydaria gets behind him Alm. On him or thee light Vengeance any where She stabs and hurts him What have I done I see his blood appear Cyd. It Streams it streams from every Vital part Was there no way but this to find his Heart Alm. Ah! Cursed Woman what was my design At least this Weapon both our Blood shall joyn Goes to stab her self and being within his reach he snatches the Dagger Cort. Now neither Life nor Death are in your power Alm. Then sullenly I 'le wait my Fatal hour Enter Vasquez and Pizarro with drawn Swords Vasq. He Lives he Lives Cort. Unfetter me with speed Vasquez I see you troubled that I bleed But 't is not deep our Army I can head Vasq. You to a certain Victory are led Your Men all Arm'd stand silently within I with your Freedom did the work begin Piz. What Friends we have and how we came so strong We 'l softly tell you as we March along Cort. In this safe place let me secure your fear To Cydaria No Clashing Swords no Noyse can enter here Amidst our Arms as quiet you shall be As Halcyons Brooding on a Winter Sea Cyd. Leave me not here alone and full of fright Amidst the Terrors of a Dreadful night You judge alas my Courage by your own I never durst in Darkness be alone I beg I throw me humbly at your Feet Cort. You must not go where you may dangers meet Th' unruly Sword will no distinction make And Beauty will not there give Wounds but take Alm. Then stay and take me with you though to be A Slave to wait upon your Victory My Heart unmov'd can Noyse and Horrour bear Parting from you is all the Death I fear Cort. Almeria ' â—is enough I leave you free You neither must stay here nor go with me Alm. Then take my Life that will my rest restore 'T is all I ask for saving yours before Cort. That were a Barbarous return of Love Alm. Yet leaving it you more inhumane prove In both extreams I some relief should find Oh either hate me more or be more kind Cort. Life of my Soul do not my absence Mourn But chear thy Heart in hopes of my return To Cydaria Thy Noble Father's Life shall be my care And both thy Brothers I 'm oblig'd to spare Cyd. Fâ—te makes you Deaf while I in vain implore My Heart forebodes I ne'r shall see you more I have but one request when I am Dead Let not my Rival to your Love succeed Cort. Fate will be kinder then your Fears fore-tell Farewel my Dear Cyd. A long and last farewel So eager to imploy the cruel Sword Can you not one not one last look afford Cort. â— melt to Womanish Tears and if I stay I find my Love my Courage will betray Yoâ— Tower will keep you safe but be so kind To your own Life that none may entrance find Cyd. Then lead me there He leads her For this one Minute of your Company I go methinks with some content to Dye Exeunt Cortez Vasquez Pizarro Cydaria Alm. Farewel O too much Lov'd since Lov'd in vain Sola What Dismal Fortune does for me remain Night and Despair my Fatal Foot-steps guide That Chance may give the Death which he deny'd Exit Cortez Vasquez Pizarro and Spaniards return again Cort. All I hold dear I trust to your defence To Pizarro â—uard her and on your Life remove not hence Exeunt Cortez and Vasquez Piz. I 'le venture that The gods are good I 'le leave her to their care Steal from my Post and in the Plunder share Exit ACT V. SCENE I. The Chamber Royal an Indian Hamock discover'd in it Enter Odmar with souldiers Guyomar Alibech bound Odm. FAte is more just then you to my desert And in this Act you blame Heaven takes my part Guy Can there be Gods and no Revenge provide Odm. The gods are ever of the Conquering side She 's now my Queen the Spaniards have agreed I to my Fathers Empire shall succeed Alib. How much I Crowns contemn I let thee see Chusing the younger and refusing thee Guy Were she Ambitious she 'd disdain to own The Pageant Pomp of such a Servile Throne A Throne which thou by Parriâ—ide do'st gain And by mâ—st base submission must retain Alib. I Lâ—v'd thee not before but Odmar know That now I hate thee and despise thee too Odm. With too much Violence you Crimes pursue Which if I Acted 't was for Love of you This if it teach not Love may teach you Fear I brought not Sin so far to stop it here Death in a Lovers Mouth would sound but ill But know I either must enjoy or Kill Alib. Bestow base Man thy idle Threats elsewhere My Mothers Daughter knows not how to Fear Since Guyomar I must not be thy Bride Death shall enjoy what is to thee deny'd Odm. Then tâ—ke thy wish Guy Hold Odmar hold My right in Alibech I will resign Rather then see her Dye I 'le see her thine Alib. In vain thou would'st resign for I will be Even when thou leav'st me Constant still to thee That shall not save my Life wilt thou appear Fearful for her who for her self wants Fear Odm. Her Love to him shows me a surer way I by her Love her Vertue must betray Aside Since Alibech you are so true a Wife To her 'T is in your power to save your Husbands Life The gods by me your Love and Vertue try For both will suffer if you let him Dye Alib. I never can believe you will
'le thus Revenge thee with this Fatal blow Stabs her self Stand fair and let my Heart-blood on the flow Cyd. Stay Life and keep me in the chearful Light Death is too Black and dwells in too much Night Thou leav'st me Life but Love supplies thy part And keeps me warm by lingâ—ing in my Heart Yet dying for him I thy claim remove How dear it costs to Conquer in my Love Now strike that thought I hope will arm my Breast Alm. Ah with what differing passions am I prest Cyd. Death when far off did terrible appear But looks less dreadful as he comes more near Alm. O Rival I have lost the power to kill Strength 〈◊〉 forsook my Arm and Rage my will I must surmount that Love which thou hast shown Dying for him is due to me alone Thy weakness shall not boast the Victory Now thou shalt live and dead I 'le Conquer thee Souldiers assist me down Exeunt from above lâ—d by Souldiers and enter both led by Cortez Cort. Is there no dangâ—r then To Cydaria Cyd. You need not fear My Wound I cannot dye when you are neâ—r Cort. You for my sake Life to Cydaria give To Almeria And I could dye for you if you might Live Alm. Enough I dye content now you are kind Kill'd in my Limbs reviving in my Mind Come near Cydaria and forgive my Crime Cydaria starts back You need not fear my rage a second time I 'le bathe your Wounds in Tears for my Offence That Hand which made it makes this Recompence Ready to join their hands I would have joyn'd you but my Heart 's too high You will too soon possess him when I dye Cort. She Faints O softly set her down Alm. 'T is past In thy Lov'd Bosom let me breathe my last Here in this one short Moment that I Live I have what e're the longest Life could give Dyes Cort. Farewel thou Generous Maid ev'n Victory Glad as it is must lend some Tears to thee Many I dare not shed lest you believe To Cydaria I Joy in you less then for her I Grieve Cyd. But are you sure she 's dead I must embrace you fast before I know Whether my Life be yet secure or no Some other hour I will to Tears allow But having you can shew no sorrow now Enter Guyomar and Alibech bound with Souldiers Cort. Prince Guyomar in bonds O Friendship 's shame It makes me blush to owne a Victors name Vnbinds him Cydaria Alibech Cyd. See Alibech Almeria lyes there But do not think 't was I that Murder'd her Alibech kneels and Kisses her Dead sister Cort. Live and enjoy more then your Conquerour To Guyomar Take all my Love and share in all my power Guy Think me not proudly rude if I forsake Those Gifts I cannot with my Honour take I for my Country Fought and would again Had I yet left a Country to maintain But since the Gods decreed it otherwise I never will on its dear Ruines rise Alib. Of all your Goodness leaves to our dispose Our Liberty's the only gift we chuse Absence alone can make our Sorrows less And not to see what we can ne're redress Guy Northward beyond the Mountains we will go Where Rocks lye cover'd with Eternal Snow Thin Herbage in the Plains and Fruitless Fields The Sand no Gold the Mine no Silver yields There Love and Freedom we 'l in Peace enjoy No Spaniards will that Colony destroy We to our selves will all our wishes grant And nothing coveting can nothing want Cort. First your Great Father's Funeral Pomp provide That done in Peace your Generous Exiles guide While I loud thanks pay to the powers above Thus doubly Blest with Conquest and with Love Exeunt FINIS EPILOGUE BY A Mercury TO all and singular in this full meeting Ladies and Gallants Phoebus sends me greeting To all his Sons by what e're Title known Whether of Court of Coffee-house or Town From his most mighty Sons whose confidence Is plac'd in lofty sound and humble sence Ev'n to his little Infants of the Time That Write new Songs and trust in Tune and Rhyme Be 't known that Phoebus being daily griev'd To see good Plays condemn'd and bad receiv'd Ordains your judgement upon every Cause Henceforth be limited by wholesome Laws He first thinks fit no Sonnettier advance His censure farther then the Song or Dance Your Wit Burlesque may one step higher climb And in his sphere may judge all Doggrel Rhyme All proves and moves and Loves and Honours too All that appears high sence and scarce is low As for the Coffee-wits he says not much Their proper bus'ness is to Damn the Dutch For the great Dons of Wit Phoebus gives them full priviledge alone To Damn all others and cry up their own Last for the Ladies 't is Apollo's will They should have pow'r to save but not to kill For Love and He long since have thought it fit Wit live by Beauty Beauty raign by Wit
we account Cort. That seems more strong which could the first surmount But if you still continue thus unkind Whom I Love best you by my Death shall find Cyd. If you should dye my death should yours pursue But yet I am not satisfied you'r true Cort. Hear me ye gods and punish him you hear If ought within the World I hold so dear Cyd. You would deceive the gods and me she 's dead And is not in the World whose Love I dread Name not the world say nothing is so dear Cort. Then nothing is let that secure your fear Cyd. 'T is Time must wear it off but I must go Can you your constancy in absence show Cort. Mis-doubt my constancy and do not try But stay and keep me ever in your eye Cyd. If as a Prisoner I were here you might Have then insisted on a Conqu'rours right And stay'd me here but now my Love would be Th' effect of force and I would give it free Cort. To doubt your Vertue or your Love were sin Call for the Captive Prince and bring him in Enter Guyomar bound and sad You look Sir as your Fate you could not bear To Guyomar Are Spanish Fetters then so hard to wear Fortune's unjust she ruines oft the Brave And him who should be Victor makes the Slave Guy Son of the Sun my Fetters cannot be But Glorious for me since put on by thee The ills of Love not those of Fate I fear These I can brave but those I cannot bear My Rival Brother while I 'm held in Chains In freedom reaps the fruit of all my Pains Cort. Let it be never said that he whose breast Is fill'd with Love should break a Lovers rest Haste lose no time your Sister sets you Free And tell the King my Generous Enemy I offer still those terms he had before Only ask leave his Daughter to adore Guy Brother that Name my breast shall ever own He embraces him The Name of Foe be but in Battels known For some few days all Hostile Acts for bear That if the King consents it seem not fear His Heart is Noble and great Souls must be Most sought and Courted in Adversity Three days I hope the wisht success will tell Cyd. Till that long time Cort. Till that long time farewel Exeunt severally ACT III. SCENE Chamber Royal. Enter Odmar and Alibech Odm. THE gods fair Alibech had so decreed Nor could my Valour against fate succeed Yet though our Army brought not Conquest home I did not from the Fight inglorious come If as a Victor you the brave regard Succesless Courage then may hope reward And I returning safe may justly boast To win the prize which my dead Brother lost Enter Guyomar behind him Guy No no thy Brother lives and lives to be A Witness both against himself and thee Though both in safety are return'd agen I blush to ask her Love for vanquisht Men. Odm. Brother I 'le not dispute but you are brave Yet I was free and you it seems a Slave Guy Odmar ' tiâ— true that I was Captive led As publickly is known as that you fled But of two shames if she must one partake I think the choice will not be hard to make Freedom and Bondage in her choice remains Dar'st thou expect she will put on thy Chains Guy No no fair Alibech give him the Crown My Brother is return'd with high Renown He thinks by Flight his Mistress must be won And claims the prize because he best did run Alib. Your Chains were glorious and your Flight was wise But neither have o'recome your Enemies My secret wishes would my choice decide But open Justice bends to neither side Odm. Justice already does my right approve If him who Loves you most you most should Love My Brother poorly from your aid withdrew But I my Father left to succour you Guy Her Country she did to her self prefer Him who Fought best not who Defended her Since she her interest for the Nations wav'd Then I who sav'd the King the Nation sav'd You aiding her your Country did betray I aiding him did her commands obey Odm. Name it no more in Love there is a time When dull Obedience is the greatest Crime She to her Countries use resign'd your Sword And you kind Lover took her at her word You did your Duty to your Love prefer Seek your reward from Duty not from her Guy In acting what my Duty did require 'T was hard for me to quit my own desire That Fought for her which when I did subdue 'T was much the easier task I left for you Alib. Odmar a more then common Love has showâ— And Guyomar's was greater or was none Which I should chuse some god direct my breast The certain good or the uncertain best I cannot chuse you both dispute in vain Time and your future Acts must make it plain First raise the Siege and set your Country free I not the Judge but the reward will be Enter Montezuma talking with Almeria and Orbellan Mont. Madam I think with reason I extol The Vertue of the Spanish General When all the gods our Ruine have fore-told Yet generously he does his Arms with-hold And offering Peace the first conditions make Alm. When Peace is offer'd 't is too late to take For one poor loss to stoop to terms like those Were we o'recome what could they worse impose Go go with homage your proud Victors meet Go lie like Dogs beneath your Masters Feet Go and beget them Slaves to dig their Mines And groan for Gold which now in Temples shines Your shameful story shall record of me The Men all crouch'd and left a Woman free Guy Had I not Fought or durst not Fight again I my suspected Counsel should refrain For I wish Peace and any terms prefer Before the last extremities of War We but exasperate those we cannot harm And Fighting gains us but to dye more warm If that be Cowardise which dares not see The insolent effects of Victory The rape of Matrons and their Childrens cries Then I am fearful let the Brave advise Odm. Keen cutting Swords and Engines killing far Have prosperously begun a doubtful War But now our Foes with less advantage Fight Their strength decreases with our Indians Fright Mont. This Noble Vote does with my wish comply I am for War Alm. And so am I Orb. And I. Mont. Then send to break the truce and I 'le take care To chear the Souldiers and for Fight prepare Exeunt Mont. Odm. Guy Alib Alm. 'T is now the hour which all to rest allow And Sleep sits heavy upon every brow In this dark silence softly leave the Town Guyomar return and hears them And to the Generals Tent 't is quickly known Direct your steps you may dispatch him strait Drown'd in his Sleep and easie for his Fate Besides the truce will make the Guards more slack Orb. Courage which leads me on will bring me back But I more fear the baseness of the thing
proceed To such a Black and Execrable Deed. Odm. I only threatn'd you but could not prove So much a Fool to Murder what I Love But in his Death I some advantage see Worse then it is I 'm sure it cannot be If you consent you with that gentle Breath Preserve his Life I 'le not behold his Death Holds his Sword to his breast Alib. What shall I do Guy What are your thoughts at strife About a ransom to preserve my Life Though to save yours I did my Interest give Think not when you were his I meant to Live Alib. O let him be preserv'd by any way But name not the soul price that I must pay To Odmar Odm. You would and would not I 'le no longer stay Offers again to Kill him Alib. I yield I yield but yet e're I am ill An innocent desire I would fulfil With Guyomar I one Chast Kiss would leave The first and last he ever can receive Odm. Have what you ask that Minute you agree To my desires your Husband shall be free They unbind her she goes to her Husband Guy No Alibech we never must embrace He turns from her Your guilty kindness why do you mis-place 'T is meant to him he is your private Choice I was made yours but by the publick Voice And now you leave me with a poor pretence That your ill Act is for my life's defence Alib. Since there remains no other means to try Think I am false I cannot see you dye Guy To give for me both Life and Honour too Is more perhaps then I could give for you You have done much to cure my Jealousie But cannot perfect it unless both Dye For since both cannot Live who stays behind Must think the other fearful or unkind Alib. I never could propose that Death you chuse But am like you too jealous to refuse Embracing him Together dying we together show That both did pay that Faith that both did owe. Odm. It then remains I act my own design Have you your wills but I will first have mine Assist me Souldiers They go to bind her she cries out Enter Vasquez two Spaniards Vasq. Hold Odmar hold I come in happy time To hinder my Misfortune and your Crime Odm. You ill return the kindness I have shown Vasq. Indian I say desist Odm. Spaniard be gone Vasq. This Lady I did for my self design Dare you attempt her Honour who is mine Odm. Your'e much mistaken this is she whom I Did with my Father's loss and Countries buy She whom your promise did to me convey When all things else were made your common prey Vasq. That promise made excepted one for me One whom I still reserv'd and this is she Odm. This is not she you cannot be so base Vasq. I Love too deeply to mistake the Face The Vanquish'd must receive the Victors Laws Odm. If I am Vanquish'd I my self am Cause Vasq. Then thank your self for what you undergo Odm. Thus Lawless Might does Justice overthrow Vasq. Traytors like you should never Justice name Odm. You owe your Triumphs to that Traytors shame But to your General I 'le my right refer Vasq. He never will protect a Ravisher His Generous Heart will soon decide our strife He to your Brother will restore his Wife It rests we two our claim in Combattry And that with this fair prize the Victor flye Odm. Make haste I cannot suffer to be long perplext Conquest is my first wish and Death my next They Fight the Spaniards and Indians Fight Alib. The gods the Wicked by themselves o'rethrow All Fight against us now and for us too Vnbinds her Husband The two Spaniards and three Indians kill each other Vasquez Kills Odmar Guyomar runs to his Brothers Sword Vasq. Now you are mine my greatest Foe is slain To Alibech Guy A greater still to Vanquish does remain Vasq. Another yet The Wounds I make but sow new Enemies Which from their Blood like Earth-born-brethren rise Guy Spaniard take breath some respit I 'le afford My Cause is more advantage then your Sword Vasq. Thou art so brave could it with Honour be I 'd seek thy Friendship more then Victory Guy Friendship with him whose hand did Odmar kill Base as he was he was my Brother still And since his Blood has wash'd away his guilt Nature asks thine for that which thou hast spilt They Fight a little and breath Alibech takes up a Sword and comes on Alib. My weakness may help something in the strife Guy Kill not my Honour to preserve my Life Staying her Rather then by thy aid I 'le Conquest gain Without defence I poorly will be slain She goes back they Fight again Vasquez falls Guy Now Spaniard beg thy Life and thou shalt live Vasq. I scorn to ask thee what thou canst not give My breath goes out and I am now no more Yet her I Lov'd in Death I will adore Dyes Guy Come Alibech let us from hence remove This is a night of Horror not of Love From every part I hear a dreadful noyse The Vanquish'd Crying and the Victor's Joys I 'le to my Father's aid and Countries flye And succour both or in their Ruine Dye Exeunt SCENE II. A Prison Montezuma Indian High Priest bound Pizarro Spaniards with Swords drawn a Christian Priest Piz. Thou hast not yet discover'd all thy store Mont. I neither can nor will discover more The gods will Punish you if they be Just The gods will Plague your Sacrilegious Lust. Chr. Priest Mark how this impious Heathen justifies His own false gods and our true God denies How wickedly he has refus'd his wealth And hid his Gold from Christian hands by stealth Down with him Kill him merit Heaven thereby Ind. High Pr. Can Heaven be Author of such Cruelty Piz. Since neither threats nor kindness will prevail We must by other means your minds assail Fasten the Engines stretch 'um at their length And pull the streightned Cords with all your strength They fasten them to the rack and then pull them Mont. The gods who made me once a King shall know I still am worthy to continue so Though now the subject of your Tyranny I 'le Plague you worse then you can punish me Know I have Gold which you shall never find No Pains no Tortures shall unlock my Mind Chr. Pr. Pull harder yet he does not feel the rack Mont. Pull till my Veins break and my Sinews crack Ind. High Pr. When will you end your Barb'rous Cruelty I beg not to escape I beg to Dye Mont. Shame on thy Priest-hood that such pray'rs can bring Is it not brave to suffer with thy King When Monarchs suffer gods themselves bear part Then well may'st thou who but my Vassal art I charge thee dare not groan nor shew one sign Thou at thy Torments doest the least repine Ind. High P. You took an Oath when you receiv'd your Crown The Heavens should pour their usual Blessings down The Sun should shine the Earth it's fruits produce And
nought be wanting to your Subjects use Yet we with Famine were opprest and now Must to the yoke of Cruel Masters bow Mont. If those above who made the World could be Forgetful of it why then blam'st thou me Chr. Pr. Those Pains O Prince thou sufferest now are light Compar'd to those which when thy Soul takes flight Immortal endless thou must then endure Which Death begins and Time can never cure Mont. Thou art deceiv'd for whensoe're I Dye The Sun my Father bears my Soul on high He lets me down a Beam and mounted there He draws it back and pulls me through the Air I in the Eastern parts and rising Sky You in Heaven's downfal and the West must lye Chr. Pr. Fond man by Heathen Ignorance misâ—ed Thy Soul destroying when thy Body's Dead Change yet thy Faith and buy Eternal rest Ind. High Pr. Dye in your own for our Belief is best Mont. In seeking happiness you both agree But in the search the paths so different be That all Religions with each other Fight While only one can lead us in the Right But till that one hath some more certain mark Poor humane kind must wander in the dark And suffer pains eternally below For that which here we cannot come to know Chr. Pr. That which we worship and which you believe From Natures common hand we both receive All under various names Adore and Love One power Immense which ever rules above Vice to abhor and Virtue to pursue Is both believ'd and taught by us and you But here our Worship takes another way Mont. Where both agree 't is there most safe to stay For what 's more vain then Publick Light to shun And set up Tapers while we see the Sun Chr. Pr. Though Nature teaches whom we should Adore By Heavenly Beams we still discover more Mont. Or this must be enough or to Mankind One equal way to Bliss is not design'd For though some more may know and some know less Yet all must know enough for happiness Chr. Pr. If in this middle way you still pretend To stay your Journey never will have end Mont. Howe're 't was better in the midst to stay Then wander farther in uncertain way Chr. Pr. But we by Martyrdom our Faith avow Mont. You do not more then I for ours do now To prove Religion true If either Wit or Suff'rings would suffice All Faiths afford the Constant and the Wise And yet ev'n they by Education sway'd In Age defend what Infancy obey'd Chr. Pr. Since Age by erring â—hild-hood is misled Refer your self to our Un-erring Head Mont. Man and not erre what reason can you give Chr. Pr. Renounce that carnal reason and believe Mont. The Light of Nature should I thus betray 'T were to wink hard that I might see the day Chr. Pr. Condemn not yet the way you do not know I 'le make your reason judge what way to go Mont. 'T is much too late for me new ways to take Who have but one short step of life to make Piz. Increase their Pains the Cords are yet too slack Chr. Pr. I must by force convert him on the Rack Ind. High Pr. I faint away and find I can no more Give leave O King I may reveal thy store And free my self from pains I cannot bear Mont. Think'st thou I lye on Beds of Roses here Or in a Wanton Bath stretch'd at my ease Dye Slave and with thee dye such thoughts as these High Priest turns aside and dyes Enter Cortez attended by Spaniards he speaks entring Cort. On pain of death kill none but those that fight I much repent me of this bloody night Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far And makes a Massacre what was a War Sheath all your weapons and in silence move 'T is sacred here to Beauty and to Love Ha Sees Moâ—tezuma Cort. What dismal sight is this which takes from me All the delight that waits on Victory Runs to take him off the Rack Make haste how now Religion do you Frown Haste holy Avarice and help him down Ah Father Father what do I endure Embracing Montezuma To see these Wounds my pity cannot Cure Mont. Am I so low that you should pity bring And give an Infants Comfort to a King Ask these if I have once unmanly groan'd Or ought have done deserving to be moan'd Cort. Did I not charge thou should'st not stir from hence To Pizarro But Martial Law shall punish thy offence And you To the Chr. Priest Who sawcily teach Monarchs to obey And the wide World in narrow Cloysters sway Set up by Kings as humble aids of power You that which bred you Viper-like devour You Enemies of Crowns Chr. Pr. Come let 's away We but provoke his fury by our stay Cort. If this go free farewel that discipline Which did in Spanish Camps severely shine Accursed Gold 't is thou hast caus'd these crimes Thou turn'st our Steel against thy Parent Climes And into Spain wilt fatally be brought Since with the price of Blood thou here art bought Exeunt Priest and Pizarro Cortez kneels by Montezuma and weeps Cort. Can you forget those Crimes they did commit Mont. I 'le do what for my dignity it fit Rise Sir I 'm satisfi'd the fault was theiâ—s Trust me you make me weep to see your Tears Must I chear you Cort. Ah Heavens Mont. You 're much to blame Your grief is cruel for it shews my shame Does my lost Crown to my remembrance bring But weep not you and I 'le be still a King You have forgot that I your Death design'd To satisfie the Proud Almeria's mind You who preserv'd my Life I doom'd to Dye Cort. Your Love did that and not your Cruelty Enter a Spaniard Span. Prince Guyomar the Combat still maintains Ouâ— Men retreat and he their ground regains But once incourag'd by our Generals sight We boldly should renew the doubtful Fight Cort. Remove not hence you shall not long attend To Montezuma I 'le aid my Souldiers yet preserve my Friend Mont. Excellent Man Exit Cortez c. But I by living poorly take the way To injure Goodness which I cannot pay Enter Almeria Alm. Ruine and Death run Arm'd through every Street And yet that Fate I seek I cannot meet What guards Misfortunes are Such is th' infectious strength of Misery Death that strikes all yet seems afraid of me Mont. Almeria's here oh turn away your Face Must you be witness too of my disgrace Alm. I am not that Almeria whom you knew But want that pity I deny'd to you Your Conquerour alas has Vanquish'd me But he refuses his own Victory While all are Captives in your Conquer'd State I find a wretched freedom in his hate Mont. Could'st thou thy Love on one that scorn'd thee lose He saw not with my Eyes who could refuse Him that could prove so much unkind to thee I ne're will suffer to be kind to me Alm. I am content in Death to share your Fate And dye for
him I love with him I hate Mont. What shall I do in this perplexing streight My tortur'd Limbs refuse to bear my weight Endeavouring to walk and not being able I cannot go to Death to set me free Death must be kind and come himself to me Alm. I 've thought upon 't I have Affairs below Alm. musing Which I must needs dispatch before I go Sir I have found a place where you may be To him Though not preserv'd yet like a King dye free The General left your Daughter in the Tower We may a while resist the Spaniards power If Guyomar prevail Mont. Haste then and call She 'l hear your Voice and answer from the Wall Alm. My voice she knows and fears but use your own And to gain entrance feign you are alone Almeria steps behind Mont. Cydaria Alm. Lowder Mont. Daughter Alm. Lowder yet Mont. Thou canst not sure thy Father's voice forget He knocks at the door at last Cydaria looks over the Zoty Cyd. Since my Love went I have been frighted so With Dismal Groans and Noyses from below I durst not send my Eyes abroad for fear Of seeing dangers which I yet but hear Mont. Cydaria Cyd. Sure 't is my Father calls Mont. Dear Child make haste All hope of succour but from thee is past As on the sand the frighted Traveller Sees the high Sea come rolling from a far The Land grow short he mends his weary pace While Death behind him covers all the place So I by swiâ—t mis-fortunes am 〈◊〉 Which on each othâ—◠〈◊〉 â—ike Waves renew'd Cyd. Are you alone Mont. I am Cyd. I 'le strait descend Heaven did you here for both our safeties send Cydaria descends and opens the door Almeria rushes betwixt with Montezuma Cyd. Almeria here then I am lost again Both thrust Alm. Yield to my strength you struggle but in vain Make haste and shut our Enemies appear Cortez and Spaniards appear at the other end Cyd. Then do you enter and let me stay here As she speaks Almeria oevr-powers her thrusts her in and shuts Cyd. Oh Heavens Cort. Sure I both heard her voice and saw her face She 's like a Vision vanish'd from the place Too late I find my absence was too long My hopes grow sickly and my fears grow strong He knocks a little then Montezuma Cydaria Almeria appear above Alm. Look up look up and see if you can know Those whom in vain you think to find below Cyd. Look up and see Cydaria's lost estate Mont. And cast one look on Montezuma's Fate Cort. Speak not such dismal words as wound my Ear Nor name Death to me when Cydaria's there Despair not Sir who knows but Conquering Spain May part of what you lost restore again Mont. No Spaniard know he who to Empire born Lives to be less deserves the Victors scorn Kings and their Crowns have but one Destiny Power is their Life when that expires they dye Cyd. What Dreadful Words are these Mont. Name Life no more 'T is now a Torture worse then all I bore I 'le not be brib'd to suffer Life but dye In spight of your mistaken Clemency I was your Slave and I was us'd like one The Shame continues when the Pain is gone But I 'm a King while this is in my Hand His Sword He wants no Subjects who can Death Command You should have ty'd him up t' have Conquer'd me But he 's still mine and thus he sets me free Stabs himself Cyd. Oh my dear Father Cort. Haste break ope the door The Souldiers break open the first door and gâ—â—in We shall have time enough to take our way ' Ere any can our Fatal Journey stay Mont. Already mine is past O powers divine Take my last thanks no longer I repine I might have liv'd my own mishaps to Mourn While some would Pity me but more would Scorn For Pity only on fresh Objects stays But with the tedious sight of Woes decays Still less and less my boyling Spirits flow And I grow stiff as cooling Mettals do Farewel Almeria Dyes Cyd. He 's gone he 's gone And leaves poor me defenceless here alone Alm. You shall not long be so prepare to Dye That you may bear your Father Company Cyd. Oh name not Death to me you fright me so That with the Fear I shall prevent the blow I know your Mercy 's more then to destroy A thing so young so Innocent as I. Cort. Whence can proceed thy cruel thirst of Blood Ah Barb'rous Woman Woman that 's too good Too mild for thee there 's pity in that name But thou hast lost thy pity with thy shame Alm. Your cruel words have pierc'd me to the Heart But on my Rival I 'le revenge my smart Cort. Oh stay your hand and to redeem my fault I 'le speak the Kindest words That Tongue e're utter'd or that Heart e're thought Dear Lovely Sweet Alm. These words offend me more You act your kindness on Cydaria's score Cyd. For his dear sake let me my Life receive Alm. Fool for his sake alone you must not Live Revenge is now my Joy he 's not for me And I 'le make sure he ne're shall be for thee Cyd. But what 's my Crime Alm. 'T is Loving where I Love Cyd. Your own example does my act approve Alm. 'T is such a Fault I never can forgive Cyd. How can I mend unless you let me live I yet am Teâ—der Young and full of Fear And dare not Dye but fain would tarry here Cort. If Blood you seek I will my own resign O 〈◊〉 her Life and in exchange take mine 〈◊〉 The Love you shew but hastes her Death the more Cort. I 'le run and help to force the inner door Is going in haste Alm. Stay Spaniard stay depart not from my Eyes That moment that I lose your sight she dyes To look on you I 'le grant a short Reprieve Cort. O make your gift more full and let her Live I dare not go and yet how daâ—e I stay Her I would save I murder either way Cyd. Can you be so hard-hearted to destroy My ripening hopes that are so neaâ— to joy I just approach to all I would possess Death only stands 'twixt me and happiness Alm. Your Father with his Life has lost his Throâ—e Your Countries Freedom and Renown is gone Honour requires your Death you must obey Cyd. Do you dye first and shew me then the way Alm. Should you not follow my Revenge were lost Cyd. Then rise again and Fright me with your Ghost Alm. I will not trust to that since Death I chuse I 'le not leave you that Life which I 〈◊〉 If Death 's a pain 't will not 〈…〉 me And if 't is nothing 't is no more to thee But hark the noyse increases from behind They 're near and may prevent what I design'd Take there 's a Rival's giâ—t Stabs her Cort. Perdition 〈◊〉 thee for so Black a Deed. Alm. Blame not an Act that did from Love proceed I