down his Head Forc'd at the last my shameful pain I tell Victo No more We know our mutual Love too well Both look up and meet each others Eyes Alph. Two Lines in reading had escap'd my sight Shall I go back and do the Poet right Victo Already we have read too far I fear But read no more than Modesty may bear Alphonso reading For I lov'd too and knowing not my wound A secret Pleasure in thy Kisses found He offers to kiss her and she turns her Head away May we not represent the Kiss we read Victo Alphonso no Brother I shou'd have said Alphonso reading again When half denying more than half content Embraces warm'd me to a full Consent Then with tumultuous Joys my Heart did beat And Guilt that made 'em Anxious made 'em Great She snatches the Book and throws it down then rises and walks he rises also Victo Incendiary Book Polluted Flame Dare not to tempt the Chast Victoria's Fame I love perhaps more than a Sister shou'd And Nature prompts but Heav'n restrains my Blood Heav'n was unkind to set so strict a Bound And Love wou'd struggle to forbidden Ground Oh let us gain a Parthian Victory Our only way to conquer is to fly Alph. No more Victoria tho my Love aspires More high than yours and fiercer are my Fires I cannot bear your looks new Flames arise From ev'ry Glance and kindle from your Eyes Pure are the Beams which from those Suns you dart But gather blackness from my sooty Heart Then let us each with hasty steps remove Nor spread Contagion where we meant but Love Victo Hear Heav'n and Earth and witness to my Vows And Love thou greatest Power that Nature knows This Heart Alphonso shall be firmly thine This Hand shall never with another joyn Or if by force my Father makes me wed Then Death shall be the Bridegroom of my Bed Now let us both our shares of Sorrow take And both be wretched for each others sake Alph. By those relentless powerâ— that rule the Skies And by a greater Power Victoria's Eyes No Love but yours shall touch Alphonso's Heart Nor Time nor Death my vow'd Affections part Nor shall my hated Rival live to see That hour which envious Fate denies to me Now seal we both our Vows with one dear Kiss Victo No 't is a hot and an incestuous Bliss Let both be satisfi'd with what we swore I dare not give it lest I give you more Exit Victoria looking back on him and he gazing on her Alph. Oh Raging Impious and yet hopeless Fire Not daring to possess what I desire Condemn'd to suffer what I cannot bear Tortur'd with Love and Furious with Despair Of all the Pains which wretched Mortals prove The fewest Remedies belong to Love But ours has none for if we shou'd enjoy Our fatal Cure must both of us destroy Oh Dear Victoria cause of all my Pain Oh Dear Victoria whom I wou'd not gain Victoria for whose sake I wou'd survive Victoria for whose sake I dare not live Enter Garcia with Attendants The two Princes salute but Alphonso very coldly Garci I come to shew my grief for your Distemper For if my Noble Brother saw my Heart There shou'd you find a Plain a Holy Friendship Unmixt with Interest equally partaking Of what affects you both of good and ill Alphon. I thank you but my Malady increases At your approach I have no more to say But wish you better health than I can boast And to my self a lonely Privacy Garci I find I am not welcome to your sight But know not from what cause Alphon. angrily My surest Remedy is in your absence 'T is hard my Lodgings cannot be my own But importun'd with Visits undesir'd And therefore I must tell you troublesom Garci 'T is an odd way of entertaining Friends But since I find you discompos'd with sickness That shall excuse your Humours where I go I hope for better Welcome Alphon. Sir I must ask whom you pretend to visit Garci My Mistress Prince Alphon. Your Mistress who 's that Mistress Garci What need I name Victoria Alphon. Who my Sister Garci Whom else cou'd you imagine Alphon. Any other Garci And why not her Alphon. Because I know not if she will admit you Garci Her Father has allow'd it Alph. But not she Or if both have yet my consent is wanting You take upon you in a Foreign Kingdom As if you were at home in your Navarre Garci And you methinks As if you had no Father or no King Farewell I will not stay Alphon. You shall not go Thus as I am thus single thus unarm'd And you with Guards attended Gar. You Teach me to forget the Rule of Manners Alph. I mean to Teach you better As Garcia is going to pass by him Alphonso runs to one of his Attendants and snatches his Sword away then steps between Garcia and the Door Enter Veramond and Ximena Attended Vera. What means this rude Behaviour in my Court As if our Arragon were turn'd to Thrace Unhospitable to her Guests and thou Alphonso a Lycurgus Alphon. He would pass Without my Sister's leave into her Lodgings By Heav'n if this be suffer'd to proceed The next will be to Treat the Royal Maid As coursly as she were some Suburb Girl Gar. to Vera. Had I not your Permission Sir Vera. You had But these Alphonso are thy Ruffian Manners How dar'st thou Boy to break my Orders And then asperse thy Sister with thy Crime Alphon. She said his Presence was unpleasing to her Vera. Come thou bely'st her Innocence and Duty She did not durst not say it Alph. If she did not I dare and will maintain to all the World That Garcia is not worthy of my Sister Vera. Not worthy Alphon No I say once more not worthy Garcia Not in my self for who deserves Victoria But since her Royal Father bids me hope Not less unworthy than another Prince To Ver. And none with your permission Sir shall dare To interpose betwixt my Love and Me. Alph. Sure a less Price than our Infanta's Bed Might pay thee for thy Mercenary Troops Vera. Peace Insolent too long I have indur'd Thy Haughty Soul untam'd and turbulent But if I Live this shall not pass unpunisht Darkness and Chains are Medicines for a Madman Ximena My Lord I humbly beg you spare your Son And add not Fury to a Raging Fire He soon will recollect his scatter'd Reason Which Heat of Youth and Sickness and Fatigues Have dissipated in his boyling Blood Give him but time and then his Temperate Humour Will soon return into the Native Channel And unoppos'd be calm Vera. No never more The Moon has roul'd above his Head and turn'd it As Peals of Thunder sow'r the generous Wine To Alph. Hence from my Presence thou no more my Son Ximena If he be Mad be Madness his excuse And Pardon Nature's Error not his own Vera. Ximena you have fonded him to this I Prophesied and now 't is come to pass
a business Carl. You may depend on me Sancho because my dependance is on you You got Plunder in the Battel while I was hack'd and hew'd and almost laid asleep in the damn'd Bed of Honour Sanch. Nay I confess I am a lucky Rogue for I was born with a Caul upon my Head Carl. I 'm sure I came bare enough into the World and live as barely in it Sanch. Make me but lustily in love and I 'll adopt thee into my Fortune but thou stand'st shall I shall I till all the Ladies are out of sight Here take that Billet Doux which I have pull'd out by chance from amongst twenty that I always wear about me for such occasions Carl. But to which of 'em shall I deliver it Sanch. Even to her thou can'st first overtake Nay do not lose thy time in looking on 't there 's no particular Direction Man Fortune ever superscribes my Letters to the Fair Sex I let her alone to find me out a handsome Mistress and let me alone to make her kind afterwards Carl. But suppose I shou'd happen to deliver it to my own Mistress for she was in the presence with her Father Sanch. Then I suppose thou wilt be the first that shalt repent it for she will certainly fall in Love with me Lopez and Dalinda re-enter and walk softly over the Stage Look there 's one of 'em already my Heart beats at the very sight of her this must and shall be she by Cupid Carl. And by Venus the very she I love Sanch. Prithee no more words then for Fate will have it so Carl. aside I know it 's impossible for her Father to receive him or her to love him and yet his good Fortune and my Rascally three penny Planet make me suspicious without Reason But hang Superstition I 'll draw such a Picture of him as shall do his business Sanch. Now will I stand by Incognito like some mighty Potentate and see my own Embassy deliver'd Carlos overtakes Lopez and Dalinda just going off and salutes them Lop. Cozen Carlos you are welcome from the Wars I think I saw you in the Show to day Carl. The Ceremony hinder'd me from paying my respects but I made haste you see Lop. I hope you 'll no more be a Stranger to my House than you have been formerly Your Mistress here will be proud to entertain you and then you shall tell me the whole Expedition I love Battels wonderfully when a Man may hear 'em without Peril of his Person Sanch. aside Nothing of my Letter all this while Why when Carlos Whispering aloud to him Carlos aside Now I dare not but deliver it because he sees me Don Lopez I have a foolish kind of Petition to you To Lopez Lop. Why do you call it a foolish Petition Carl. Because I bring it from a Fool. There 's a Friend of mine of a plentiful Fortune that 's desperately in Love with your Fair Daughter Dalinda and has Commanded me by your permission to deliver this Letter to her Lopez A Rich Man's Letter may be deliver'd Carlos gives her the Letter Dalinda What 's here A Note without a Superscription She seems to Read As I Live a Bill of Exchange for 200 Pistols Charg'd upon a Banker and payable to the Bearer An accomplisht Cavalier I warrant him He writes finely and in the best manner Carlos aside There 's the Covetous Sex at the first Syllable The Fool 's good Planet begins to work already but I shall stop its Influence Lop. Good Cozen Colonel what manner of Man is my Son-in-Law that may be Carl. D' ye see that sneaking Fellow yonder Lop. Who that Gallant Cavalier Dalind I wish it were no worse Carl. Plague ye make me mad betwixt ye His outside 's Tawdry and his inside's Fool. He 's an Usurer's Son and his Father was a Jew Dalind No matter for all that he 's Rich. Carlos He was begot upon the Wife of a desperate Debtor Out of pure good Husbandry to save something He 's Covetous by the Father's side A Blockhead by the Mother's And a Knave by both Lopez I see nothing like your description of him at this distance Call him hither I wou'd fain speak with him Carl. Come hither Don Sancho and make good the Character I have given of you Sancho comes up and salutes 'em awkwardly Lop. Cavalier I shall be glad to be better known to you Sanch. to Carlos You see I have Luck in a Bag Carlos Carlos aside Ay in a Bag of Money I see it to my sorrow Try his Wit Signior you 'll find him as heavy as Lead Aside to Lopez Lop. to Sanch. So his Mony be Silver I care not Come Cavalier what say you to my Daughter Sanch. Why I say I was resolv'd to Love the first Fair Lady that I met Dalind Oh Lord Sir Carlos to Lopez Do but mark his Breeding Lop. I like him never the worse for his Plain-Dealing Dalin. Bluntness methinks becomes a Souldier Carlos aside How Naturally Old Men take to Riches and Women to Fools Lopez to Sanch. You have made a Noble Declaration of your Love Sir With a handsome Present of two hundred Pistols Sanch. What I hope I have not mistaken Papers and sent you my Letter of Exchange for 200 Pistols charg'd upon the Banker Porto Carrero Pray return that Letter Madam and I 'll look out for another that shall Treat only of dry Love without those terrible Appendixes Dalind Why did not ye intend this for me Cavalier Sanch. No you shall hear me rap out all the Oaths in Christendom that I am wholly Innocent of this Accusation Dalind Come you bely your Noble Nature look upon me agen Cavalier she makes the Doux Yeux to him And then Examine your own Heart If you meant it not to me Sanch. Nay I confess my Heart beats a charge towards ye To Carl. And yet Two Hundred Pistols is a swinging Summ for one kind Look Carlos Carlos to him A Damnable hard Penny-worth hold you there Don Sancho Dalinda looks upon him agen more sweetly Sanch. She has two Devils in her Eyes that last Ogle was a lick-penny Well Madam I Dedicate those fair Two Hundred Pistols to your more fair Hand And now you have Receiv'd 'em I meant 'em to you Dalind And in requital I receive you for my Servant Cavalier Carlos aside Damn him for his awkward Liberality he 's always Covetous But when 't is to do me a mischief Lopez to Dalind He 's come on again my Heart was almost at my Mouth Now Mrs. Minion let me take you to task in private Draws her aside a little What hope have you of the Conde Don Alonzo De Cardona Dalind Little or none a bare possibility You know what has pass'd betwixt us Lop. But suppose he shou'd renew his Love had you rather Marry that Rich Old Conde or this poor Young Rogue Don Carlos Dalind This Poor Young Rogue if you please Father Lop. I thought as much
good Madam but to come closer to the present Business betwixt Don Carlos and Don Sancho That is to say a Poor Young Wit and a Rich Young Fool put the Case Gentlewoman which of 'em wou'd you chuse Dalind If it were not for meer Necessity I have a kind of a loathing to a Fool. Lopez The more Fool you Madam Dalind Wou'd you have a Race of Booby Grandsons Lopez That 's as your Conscience serves ye I say only that your Husband shall be a Fool I say not your Childrens Father shall be one Sancho to Carlos This is a plaguy long whisper I do not like it And yet now I think on 't my left Eye itches some good luck is coming towards me Lopez to them I 'll be short and pithy with ye Don Sancho I think they call ye If out of my abundant Love I shou'd bestow my Dutiful Daughter on you what kind of Husband wou'd you make Sanch. Husband Sennor Why none at all None of my Predecessors were ever Marry'd My Father and my Mother never were and I will not be the first of my Family that shall degenerate I thought my 200 Pistols would have done my business with Dalinda and a little winking Mony with you Lop. What wou'd you make me a Pimp to my own Daughter Dalind And imagine my Chastity cou'd be corrupted with a petty Bribe Sanch. Nay I am not so obstinate neither against Marriage Carlos gave me this wicked Counsel on purpose to banish me and in revenge to him I will Marry Lop. I hope you 'll ask her leave first Sanch. Phoo I take that for granted no Woman has the power to resist my Courtship Lop. Suppose then as before suppos'd what kind of Husband wou'd you make Sanch. Then to deal roundly with you I wou'd run a rambling my self and leave the drudgery of my House to her management All things shou'd go at Sixes and Sevens for Sancho In short Sennor I will be as Absolute as the Great Turk and take as little care of my People as a Heathen God Lop. Now Don Carlos what say you Carlos aside I 'll fit 'em for a Husband To Lopez Why Sennor I wou'd be the most careful Creature of her Business I wou'd inspect every thing wou'd manage the whole Estate to save her the trouble I wou'd be careful of her Health by keeping her within doors she shou'd neither give nor receive Visits nor kneel at Church among the Fops that Look one way and Pray another Dalind Oh abominable Lopez Why thou ungrateful Fellow wou'dst thou make a Slave of my Daughter And leave her no Business that is to say no Authority in her own House Dalind Ay and to call Fine Young Gentlemen Fops too To lock me up from Visitants which are the only Comfort of a Disconsolate Miserable Married Woman Lopez And 't were not for fear thou shou'dst beat me I cou'd find in my Heart to beat thee Don Sancho I have an Olla at home and you shall be welcome to it Farewel Kinsman To Carlos Exeunt Lopez and Sancho leading out Dalinda Carlos Now If I had another Head I cou'd find in my Heart to run this Head against that wall Nature has given me my Portion in Sense with a Pox to her and turn'd me out into the wide World to starve upon it She has given Sancho an empty Noddle but Fortune in revenge has fill'd his Pockets just a Lord's Estate in Land and Wit Well I have lost Dalinda and something must be done to undermine Sancho in her good Opinion Some pernicious Counsel must be given him He is my Prince and I am his States-Man and when our two Interests come to clash I hope to make a meer Monarch of him And my Hunger is somewhat in my way to quicken my Invention Want whets the Wit 't is true but Wit not blest With Fortune's Aid makes Beggars at the best Wit is not fed but sharpn'd with Applause For Wealth is solid Food and Wit but hungry Sause Exit ACT II. SCENE I. The Scene is a Bed-Chamber a Couch prepar'd and set so near the Pit that the Audience may hear Alphonso enters with a Book in his hand and sits reads to himself a little while Enter Victoria and sits by him then speaks Victo IF on your Private Bus'ness I intrude Forgive th' excess of Love that makes me rude I hope your sickness has not reacht your Heart But come to bear a suff'ring Sister's part Yet lest I shou'd offend you by my stay Command me to depart and I obey Alphon. The Patient who has pass'd a sleepless night Is far less pleas'd with his Physician 's sight Welcome thou pleasing but thou short Reprieve To ease my Death but not to make me live Welcome but welcome as a Winter's Sun That rises late and is too quickly gone Victo You are the Star of Day the publick Light And I am but your Sister of the Night Eclips'd when you are absent from my sight Alphon. Death will for ever take me from your Eyes But grieve not you for when I Sett you Rise Don Garcia has deserv'd to be your Choice And 't is a Brother's Duty to rejoyce Victo And yet methought you gave him not your Voice Alph. You saw a sudden Sickness left me weak I had no Joy to give nor Tongue to speak And therefore I withdrew to seek Relief In Books the fruitless Remedies of Grief Victo But tell me what Philosopher you found To cure your Pain Alph. The fittest for my Wound Who best the gentle Passions knows to move Ovid the soft Philosopher of Love His Love Epistles for my Friends I chose For there I found the Kindred of my Woes Victo His Nymphs the Vows of Perjur'd Men deplore One in the Woods and one upon the Shoar All are at length forsaken or betray'd And the false Hero leaves the faithful Maid Alphon. Not all for Linus kept his Constancy And one perhaps who more resembled me Victo That Letter wou'd I view in hope to find Some Features of the Fair that rules your Mind Alph. Read for the guilty Page is doubled down The Love too soon will make the Lover known Giving her the Book Read if you dare and when the Crime you see Accuse my cruel Fate but pity me Victo aside 'T is what I fear'd th' unhappy Canace Read you for to a Brother 't was design'd To him And sent him by a Sister much too kind Alphonso takes the Book and reads Why did thy Flames beyond a Brother's move Why lov'd I thee with more than Sister's Love He looks upon her and she holds down her Head He reads again My Cheeks no longer did their Colour boast My Food grew loathsom and my Strength I lost Still e're I spoke a sigh wou'd stop my Tongue Short were my slumbers and my Nights were long I knew not from my Love those Griefs did grow Yet was alas the thing I did not know She looks on him and he holds
follow him What do you and I together Madam Countess Dalind Nay I know not Sanch. Nor I neither Dalind I hope you will not beat me She looks languishingly upon him Sanch. I can't tell that Thou hast a damnable kind of lear that wou'd provoke me to something I say not what Dalind Beat me with my own hand if I deserve it there 't is for you Gives him her hand and squeezes his Sanch. If I should beat thee now as thou hast deserv'd richly I cou'd make thee satisfaction Dalind Indeed they say an old Man shou'd never beat a young Woman because he cannot make her satisfaction Sanch. Abominable Chuck If I did not hate thee mortally I cou'd be content to love thee for a quarter of an hour or so Why what 's here to do You are at your old tricks again Prithee sweet Devil do not ogle me nor squeeze my Palm so feelingly thou dear Infernal do not Dalind Why do I hurt you Sanch. No but thou ticklest me to the very Heart-strings most wickedly Dalind You command me then to leave you Seems to be going Sanch. Not command you neither not absolutely Dalind I go then Sanch. Then I do command thee I mean to stay a little longer Thou hast fir'd my blood most horribly with that squeezing hast not thou the Itch speak Damnation I think I have got the Infection of thee He shakes his hands Dalind I 'll go and comfort my poor old Father for the Affront you gave him Sanch. No Perverseness I 'll make thee stay in very spight of thy proud Sex I 'll humble thee Dalind But was not you a grievous Man to use him so You shall tell me or I break your Fingers Sanch. Not a word to save thee from Perdition I am as dumb as a Heathen Oracle Dal. Then I must squeeze it out of you Pressing his hand again Sanch. Ah ah it runs through me like Wild Fire Panting Dal. Did not Carlos give you this naughty Counsel San. I shou'd not answer thee I know it Heartlykins this is just cramping a Man when he 's asleep to make him tell his Dream let go my hand and Carlos did not advise me but hold it and he did now will you be at quiet with me Dal. Not till you promise me to be Friends with my Father San. Well confound thee I am Friends with him Dal. And to banish Carlos for an Evil Counsellor San. Upon condition you 'l discharge the Count from seeing you Dal. No Conditions either surrender upon Discretion or I 'le put you to the Sword San. Pox on thee for being so Tyrannical but I can't help my self and therefore I totally submit Dal. Now then you shall perceive how Gracious a Princess I intend to be my Father dotes upon this Count but I despise him San. That 's a good Girl for Love of me I 'le warrant you Dal. You think I cokes you now San. No I know my own Merit too well for that Dal. Then do what I advise you my Father has not often seen this Count what if you shou'd pass for him San. Hum I do not apprehend thee Dal. A Man of your Wit and be so stupid you shall counterfeit the Count. Sanch. Counterfeit the Count that 's a pure quibble but I can make no more on 't Dal. He 's an Old Fellow and a Fool now you shall take upon you to be this Count to deceive my Father and I 'le keep your Counsel and Teach you how to Represent him San. Oh now I understand you but 't is impossible for me to counterfeit a Fool. Dal. I 'le warrant you trust Nature San. A Man of my Sense can never hide his Parts Dal. No but you may shew 'em go back to your Lodgings I 'le provide you Cloaths and send you Directions in Writing how to behave your self before my Father One word more be sure you manage this in private and shut out Carlos lest he should discover our Intriegue San. Well I will strive for once to get the better of my Wit and play the Natural as naturally as I can but you had better come your self and Teach me for you have put me in a pure way of taking your Instructions Exit Sancho Dalind alone When I consider what has pass'd between the Count and me there 's little Reason to believe a Man shou'd put on a foul Shirt again when he has put it off already and has change of Linnen by him however my Father shall know nothing of this Disguise for he that sold my first Maidenhead to the Lord may sell my second to the Fool and that wou'd be too much in Conscience that a Woman once in twice shou'd not have the Letting her own Freehold and therefore I will have the Selling of my self and Sancho shall have the refusal of the Bargain Wise Heav'n in pity to the Sex design'd Fools for the last Relief of Womankind Two Married Wits no quiet can enjoy Two Fools together wou'd the House destroy But Providence to level Humane Life Made the Fool Husband for the Witty Wife Exit Dalinda ACT III. SCENE I. The Scene Victoria's Chamber Enter Alphonso with Musick A Song is Sung when it is beginning Victoria Enters Song of Jealousie 1. WHat State of Life can be so blest As Love that warms a Lover's Breast Two Souls in one the same desire To grant the Bliss and to require But if in Heav'n a Hell we find 'T is all from thee O Jealousie 'T is all from thee O Jealousie Thou Tyrant Tyrant Jealousie Thou Tyrant of the Mind 2. All other ills tho sharp they prove Serve to refine and perfect Love ' In absence or unkind disdain Sweet Hope relieves the Lover's pain But ah no Cure but Death we find To set us free From Jealousie O Jealousie Thou Tyrant Tyrant Jealousie Thou Tyrant of the Mind 3. False in thy Glass all Objects are Some set too near and some too far Thou art the Fire of endless Night The Fire that burns and gives no Light All Torments of the Damn'd we find In only thee O Jealousie Thou Tyrant Tyrant Jealousie Thou Tyrant of the Mind Exeunt Musitians Alphon. 'T IS true my Tyrant Father has confin'd me But Love who traverses the World at will Who knows not Awe nor Law nor Parentage Has broke my Tedder and enlarg'd my bounds Vict. Retire betimes the Court is full of Eyes As Eagles sharp fatal as Basilisques Who Live on Looking and who See to Death Alphon. I come but to depart and go for ever Because denied the common Rights of Nature Which the First Brother and First Sister had Why were not you and I that Happy Pair But Nature doats with Age. Vict. What-e're it be 't is past redress Alphonso Alphon. But then shall Gareia take thee in his Arms Glutted with Joys which I wou'd dye to Tast No let me stab the Wretch in every Vein And leave him dry of Pleasure e're we part Vict. Alphonso no you
who Loves you not And Xime And she wou'd say you may behold who Loves you But Maiden Bashfulness has ty'd her Tongue Look on her Eyes they speak Celid. softly A Language which they never spoke before Xime Mark how she whispers like a Western wind Which trembles thro' the Forest she whose Eyes Meet ready Victory where e're they glance Whom gazing Crowds admire whom Nations Court And did her Praise become a Mother's Mouth One who cou'd change the Worship of all Climates And make a New Religion where she comes Unite the differing Faith of all the World To Idolize her Face Gar. And well she may Her Eyes her Lips her Cheeks her Shape her Features Seem to be drawn by Love's own Hand by Love Himself in Love but oh 't is now too late My Eyes have drank a Poison in before A former Basilisk has seen me first Yet know Fair Princess if there were a part In all my Breast that cou'd receive a wound Your Eyes cou'd only give it Celid. So helpless Friends when safe themselves a-shoar Behold a Vessel driv'n against a Rock They Sigh they Weep they Counsel and they Pray They stretch their unassisting Hands in vain But none will plunge into the raging Main To save the sinking Passenger from Death Xime Already see the Joyless Bride appears Grief Rage Disdain Distraction and Despair Are equal in my Daughters diff'rent Fates In one to be constrain'd to be your Wife In one to be refus'd Enter Veramond and Victoria led as to Marriage a Train follows and after it a Guard Celid. Great Nature break thy Chain that Links together The Fabrick of this Globe and make a Chaos Like that within my Soul Oh Heaven unkind That gives us Passions strong and unconfin'd And leaves us Reason for a vain Defence Too Pow'rful Rebels and too weak a Prince Garcia Ximena Celidea mix with the Train which walk as in Procession towards the Temple Enter on the sudden Alphonso and Carlos at the head of their Party the Souldiers attack the Guards and King and drive 'em off the Stage Alphonso fights with Garcia grapples with him and gets him under in the mean time Ximena Victoria and Celidea retire to a corner of the Stage when Garcia is fall'n Celidea runs and kneels to Alphonso Celid. Oh spare him spare the Noble Garcia's Life Or take the Forfeit in the loss of mine How happy shou'd I be to dye for him Who will not live for me Alph. to Garcia Rise and be safe If you have any Thanks to pay reserve 'em To give this Royal Maid Gar. rising You 'd been more kind To take my Life for I wou'd throw it off Dishonour'd as I am 't is worn to Rags Not worth a Prince's wearing Exit Garcia follow'd by Celidea Re-enter Veramond disarm'd and led by Carlos Vera. Ungrateful Traytor Alph. Hold thy peace Old Man I do not love t'insult on thy Misfortunes Tho thou hast brought this Ruine on thy self Vera. Avenging Heav'n Alph. I prithee curse me not Because I held thee for my Father once Vera. Then wou'd I were thy Father that my Curse Might take the surer place and Alph. Guard him hence But use no Violence to his Royal Person Call back the Souldiers Carlos from the Spoil I have my wish in having my Victoria And wou'd no more of him nor what is his Carlos restores to Veramond his Sword with Respect and conducts him off Ximena follows him Alphonso waits on them to the Door and returns Vict. What have you done Alphonso Alph. What I ought Obtain'd the Glorious Prize for which I fought Redeem'd you from a Father's Tyranny And from a hated Rival set you free Remove my Fair from this unhappy place The Scene of Sorrows Suff'rings and Disgrace To my Victorious Camp with me remove The Scene of Triumph and Rewarded Love Vict. Mars has been present with your Arms to day But Love and Hymen have been far away You forc'd me from a Rival's Pow'r I know But then you forc'd me from a Father 's too Alph. What words are these I feel my Vital Heat Forsake my Limbs my curdl'd Blood retreat Too much amaz'd to speak in this Surprize With silent Grief on yours I fix my Eyes To learn the reasons of your Change from thence To read your cruel Doom and my Offence Vict. Your Arms and Glorious Action I approve Esteem your Honour and Embrace your Love Alph. My Soul recovers as a gentle Show'r Refreshes and revives a drooping Flow'r I 'm yours so much so little am my own Your Smiles are Life and Death is in your Frown Vict. But oh a hard request is yet behind Which for my sake endure with equal Mind Your Debt of Honour you have clear'd this day But mine of Duty still remains to pay Restore my Liberty and let me go To make a full Discharge of all I owe. Alph. What Debts but those of Love have you to clear Are you not free are you not Soveraign here And were you not a Slave before I broke Your fatal Chains and loos'd you from the Yoke Vict. 'T is trne I was but that Captivity Tho hard to bear was more becoming me A Slave I am but Nature made me so Slave to my Father not my Father's Foe Since then you have declar'd me Free this hour I put my self within a Parent 's Power Alph. Cruel Victoria wou'd you go from hence And leave a desolate despairing Prince Is this the Freedom you demand from me Are these the Vows and this the Constancy Put off the Mask for I too well perceive Whom you resolve to love and whom to leave Go teach me at my own Expence to find What change a day can make in Womankind Vict. Think not a day or all my Life can make Victoria's Heart her stedfast Love forsake I plighted you my Faith and I renew My Vows once more to love but only you Alph. You vow'd no time our Fortune shou'd divide And well 't was kept like all your Vows beside When ev'n this hour you went to be a Bride Vict. I went but was securely first prepar'd For this was my Redemption or my Guard Pulls out a Dagger Let this your causeless Jealousie remove And learn no more to doubt Victoria's Love Alph. That satal Proof I never did desire Vict. And yet a Proof more fatal you require Which wou'd with Infamy my Name persue To fly my Father and to follow you Alph. Your Love you forfeit if you go away Vict. I forfeit my Obedience if I stay Alph. You may transfer your Duty and be mine Vict. Yes when my Father shall his Claim resign For when the Nuptial Knot our Love assures All that was his before is after yours Alph. Then when you vow'd your Love you falsly swore Vict. I love you much but love my Honour more Alph. You hate my Rival yet you take the way To make you his inevitable Prey Vict. Beasts fear not more to be the Hunter's Spoil Alph. Then
a Feast So foreknowing the Cheat He escapes the Deceit And in spite of the Curse resolves to be Blest 2. If Children are Blessings his Comfort 's the more Whose Spouse has been known to be Fruitful before And the Boy that she brings ready made to his Hand May stand him instead for an Heir to his Land Shou'd his own prove a Sot When he 's Lawfully Got As when e're 't is so if he don't I 'le be hang'd Song for a GIRL 1. YOung I am and yet unskill'd How to make a Lover yield How to keep or how to gain When to Love and when to feign 2. Take me take me some of you While I yet am Young and True E're I can my Soul disguise Heave my Breasts and roul my Eyes 3. Stay not till I learn the way How to Lye and to Betray He that has me first is blest For I may deceive the rest 4. Cou'd I find a blooming Youth Full of Love and full of Truth Brisk and of a janty meen I shou'd long to be Fifteen Exeunt Omnes A Royal Chamber is discover'd by drawing the former Scene Veramond Garcia Ximena Victoria Celidea with a full Train of Courtiers and Guards amongst the Croud Ramirez Disguis'd with some of his Party Vera. to Vict. No more delays but go Ximen This is Inhumane To press her to a Marriage made by Force At least allow your self and her this day That each of you may think and one may change Vera. You mean the Times or Accidents may change And leave her for Alphonso Ximen Your Enemies are but without your Gates And soon they may return forbear for fear Vera. The sooner then I must prevent th' effect of their return What now remains but to compleat my Vows And Sacrifice to Vengeance Ximen Your own Daughter Vera. Even her my self and all the World together Vict. Can you refuse me one poor day to Live Vera. Obey me and be Blest if not Accurst A Father's Curse has wings remember that Thro this World and the next it will pursue thee And sink thee down for ever Vict. 'T is enough I know how far a Daughter owes Obedience But Duty has a bound like other Empires It reaches but to Life for all beyond it Is the Dominion of another World Where you have no Command For you Don Garcia You know the Pow'r a Mistress ought to have But since you will be Master take your Hour The next is mine Gar. I grant the Debt of Service which I owe you But 't is a Summ too vast to pay at sight If now you call it in I must be Bankrupt To all my future Bliss Vict. I find by you The Laws of Love are like the Laws of Heav'n All know but few will keep 'em To the Temple Where I my self am Victim Enter Alphonso Vnarm'd all seem Amaz'd Alph. Stay Veramond Vera. aside Alphonso here then all my Hopes are blasted The Town is his and I once more a Slave Alph. Dismiss thy fears and tremble not Old Man I neither come with purpose nor with Power T' avenge my wrongs but single and unarm'd This Head is necessary to thy Peace And to Victoria's violated Vows Who while I Live can never be Don Garcia's Take then this odious Life securely take it And glut thy Vengeance with Alphonso's Blood Behold the Man who forc'd thee in thy Strength In thy Imperial Town made thee a Captive Now give thy Fury scope Revenge th' Affront And shew more pity not to spare my Life Than I in sparing thine Ximen to Celidea Oh boundless Courage or extream Despair Celid. to her I tremble for th' event see the King reddens The Fear which seiz'd him at Alphonso's sight And left his Face forsaken of his Blood Is vanisht now And a new Tide returns upon his Cheeks And Rage and Vengeance sparkle in his Eyes Vera. aside All things are husht no noise is in the Streets Nor shouts of Souldiers nor the cries of Matrons To speak a Town in plunder Then I take To Alph. A Traytor 's Counsel once and thou shalt Die Condemn'd by thy own Sentence go to Death Nor shall thy seeming Generosity And feign'd assurance save thee 't is despair To see thy frustrate Hopes that brought thee hither To meet my just Revenge Alph. Yes I will Dye because I chuse to Dye Which had I not desir'd I had not come Unarm'd Unguarded and alone to tempt Thy known Ingratitude and barb'rous hate Boast not th' advantage which thou hold'st of me But know thy self for what thou art no more Than the mean Minister of my despair Vera. Whether to Heav'n's Jnstice or thy Choice I owe this happy Hour of sweet Revenge I 'le not be wanting to the wisht occasion Vict. You shall not Dye alone my dear Alphonso Tho much I blame this desp'rate Enterprize You shou'd have stay'd to see Th' Event of what I promis'd to perform For had I been so base to be another's That baseness might have cur'd your ill-plac'd Love But this untimely rashness makes you Guilty Both of your Fate and mine Alph. While I believ'd My Life was precious to my dear Victoria I valu'd and preserv'd it for her sake But when you broke from your Deliv'rer's Arms To put your self into a Tyrant's Power I threw a worthless wretched Being from me Abandon'd first by you Vict. Oh Cruel Man Where at what moment did that Change begin With which you tax my Violated Vows I left your Lawless Pow'r to put my self Into a Father's Chains my Lawful Tyrant If this be my upbraided Crime even this On that occasion wou'd I do once more But cou'd I with my Honour safe have stay'd In your dear Arms bear witness Heav'n and Earth Nor Threats nor Force nor Promises nor Fears Shou'd take me from your Love Alph. Oh I believe you Vanish my fears and causeless Jealousies Live my Victoria for your self not me But let th' unfortunate Alphonso Dye My Death will glut your Cruel Father's Rage When I am gone and his Revenge compleat Pity perhaps may seize a Parent 's Mind To free you from a hated Lover's Arms. Celid. to Ximen Speak Mother speak my Father gives you time He stands amaz'd irresolute and dumb Like the still Face of Heav'n before a Storm Speak and Arrest the Thunder e're it rowls Ximen I stand suspected but you Celidea The Favourite of his Heart his Darling Child May speak and ought your Int'rest is concern'd For if Alphonso Dye your hopes are lost I see your Father's Soul like glowing Steel Is on the Anvil strike while yet he 's hot Turn him and ply him set him straight betimes Lest he for ever warp Celid. I fear and yet wou'd speak but will he hear me Ximen For what is all this silence but to hear Bring him but to calm Reasoning and he 's gain'd Celid. Then Heav'n inspire my Tongue Sir Royal Sir He hears me not he lifts not up his Eyes But fixt upon the