if Selindra were here with you Ordel. What means my Father by this Is she not a prisoner with Cecropius Ante. She was but is now missing at which Cecropius is half mad Enter Antillacus Antil Madam I come to let you know that by day-break Cleonel with Selindra past the Ports and about two hours after were met on that way that leads to his Castle Phillo Let them that love me follow me Phillocles snatches Antillacus his Sword and runs at his Guard who give way As Phillocles goes out he meets Lascares and Cecropius and wounds Cecropius in the arme Las. Traytor Villain stay all I do command you stay Antillacus See the Court-Gates lock'd that none go after him Cecropius do you retire and look to your hurt he meant it at thy heart Old Man may thy Sons good Sword revenge it on him if they meet and he fall under it Ordel. Oh Sir Let not your curses follow my Brother he has Afflictions enough without them Las. Peace Ordella thy tenderness doth too much nourish thy Brothers follies I would rather he should not be then be thus Effeminate I have fought many Battles and done great things to settle this Empire and think you it will be kept and Govern'd by a heart with a dart in it Ordel Good Sir let not my Brothers single errour put from your memory all his great Actions if you would speak mildly to him of his Love I do believe your Arguments may move him more then all this rigour can he has a Noble Spirit such as you did like and I know he Loves you Sir Las. Let me know when he returns Exeunt Lascares Ordel. Are any gone after Phillocles Enter to Ordella Armanthus Gillon Ladies Arman Yes Madam we think Antillacus is gone with Antenor Ordel. But can they overtake him time enough before he reaches Cleonel Gillon No doubt they may Enter to them Antillacus and Antenor Ordel. Not yet gone Antillacus Antil Madam all the Court-Gates are by thâ—… Emperours express command lock'd up anâ—… Guards set that no man now can passe Ordel. Is it not madnesse to hazzard him alonâ—… against Cleonel and his company My Lords 〈◊〉 you mean to give obedience to this rash command and suffer Phillocles to perish thus whâ—… my Fathers anger is allay'd he 'l curse your mâ—… desty if not punish it in case my Brother 〈◊〉 miscarry Antil Madam we have no way to follow the Prince unless your self command the Guards to let us passe Ordel. Come then with me I will stand my Fathers anger when it goes highest rather then let my Brother fall thus neglected Exeunt Omnes Enter Phillocles Phillo Those at the Castle do not hear of Cleonel nor expect him there sure Antillacus did mistake them or I him which way now to take I know not T is strange Antillacus and Antenor stay so long I must not quit this Road untill they come Hark I hear Men and Horses within the Wood my business is to search every where Love guide me to her Rescue or my Death Exit Phillocles Enter Cleonel leading Selindra followed by four Servants Cleo. How is it now Madam your Spirits seem to be return'd are you yet strong enough to ride on we have rested long Selin I hope I am 't was the blow which the bough gave my head makes me thus ill the bushes kept me from the ground so that my fall could not hurt me Cleo. The day is far spent Madam and we shall be no sooner mist then follow'd pray let us to horse there is a place near where we may rest for one night secure Selin My head grows diszey with this little motion I fear I cannot sit upon my Horse yet methinks you might hide me here in these thick bushes untill night and when t is dark find some better means to carry me away Cleo. 'T will not be safe to stay longer so near our Enemies Enter Phillocles Phil. 'T is Cleonel turn this way Traytor Cleonel holds up Selindra and sends his Men to Phillocles Cleo. Take the Prince without harm if you can Phil. Am I not worthy thy own Sword Ravisher They Fight Phillocles runs desparatly among the men passes them and comes up to Cleonel they all incompass him fighting Selindra runs amongst them Selin I beg your patience Sir and do command thine Cleonel but hear me speak I do conjure you both Phillocles brave Prince look on me with pitty and on Cleonel with justice my life being sought several wayes by Lascares and Cecropius I have endeavour'd to preserve by flight you must therefore look on Cleonel as trusted and imployed by me being ingaged by Oath to carry me to Belgrade to my Friends there Phil. Thou art betray'd Selindra lost for ever this is not the way to Belgrade you are now within a mile of his Castle this way leads to no other place thou perfidious Villain canst thou smile at such a treachery Cleo. Yes Phillocles and will be my own carver now I must be first serv'd here do you two carry her to Horse I 'le soon o're-take you He delivers Selindra to two off his Men. Selin To Horse Cleonel I 'le rather dye then stir a foot that way Cleo. Force her to Horse we have no time to talk Phil. Force her thou cursed slave I 'le Sacrifice thee ere she goes Cleonel and his two Men fight with Phillocles while the other two force off Selindra Selin The gods preserve the Prince help help murther treason treason Exeunt with Selindra Upon her cryes enter six Travetors Pollider the Chief Polli Let some help those that cry let others search the wood I 'le towards the clashing Swords how 's this three to one Pollider runs at Cleonel and diverts him just as Phillocles had kill'd one man at which instant the other man hurts Phillocles in the back and seeing this rescue he runs into the Wood Phillocles runs after him that fled believing it had been Cleonel whom he could not see because Pollider having run Cleonel through the heart was fallen himself upon him who being by Cleonel run into the throat lay also as dead covering Cleonel Enter to them the rest of the Travetors with Selindra very weak who when they see Pollider dead do let Selindra fall who lies on the ground while they take up Pollider and dress his wounds Tene Curs'd be that Woman accurs'd our â—…ate to loose our Prince thus They dress him as they talk Teck Now the blood issues at the wound it may prove not mortal Titi. The blood only choak'd him as he lay you see his eyes look chearfully Tene Ye Gods if any do take care of Hungary Kneels look down on Pollinesso and restore him to us Selin What 's that he said was it Pollinesso that he named She looks up Titius The King will live thanks to heaven for his deliverance Selin They call him King too Pollinesso's name Selindra creeps to look on the hurt man as they dress
my reach Queen If you oppose not but your ear will lend I doubt not but the Gods your heart will bend This way and your good nature in short time Will make you wish for what you judge my crime Ormas Although I cannot wish and must not chuse I would not Madam willingly refuse What you advise but boldly meet my Fate That no one thought may a vain fear Create Lest you should judge my slackness for neglect Because I graspe not what I cann't affect Queen Can you such pleasure tak in this disguise Be thus retir'd and all that 's good despise When offer'd do you fear or scorn to meet This Excellence now fallen at your feet Is your great heart Ormasdes onely made For dangerous attempts shall it be said This Parragon of all our Sex now dyes Because Ormasdes does her Love despise Ormas No Madam I do suffer more then she Does for her self hers is my miserie I dare not virtue with vain hopes abuse I cannot love and therefore do refuse To dally with so bright a Saint whose Shrine Compells all hearts to bow before 't but mine I am not capable of Love not blest That way my heart 's with other flames possest Queen All flames you feel would vanish did you see Valeriana in such misery As she endure now fetching her last breath Enquiring your health neglecting her own death Thus my compassion has her sorrows learn'd I weep her tears while you stand unconcern'd Ormas Madam your passion does my pitty move Though my dull heart cannot consent to Love My resolution is now fixt I 'le try My self to vanquish or her Martyr Dye I swear I did not hear that she was ill And now it does my soul with horrour fill For her concern no danger is so great But I will rather dye in 't then retreat Queen T is bravely said but dare you try the effect Of one short visit after such neglect Ormas Thus provok'd if your Majesty stands by I will not such a visit now deny Queen You speak and look as if you meant to fright Much rather then revive her by your sight Ormas Madam to Complement I have no skill Nor can be pleas'd if lov'd against my will Yet sensible and civil I can be Though it do prove unfortunate to me Queen When shall I bring this comfort to revive Her fainting soul if she be still alive Ormas Is she really so weak so soon grown Thus ill I have no skill in this unknown Mystery of love but will boldly try What I can do for her recovery Queen High passions do weak bodies sooner bring To the Graves mouth then any other thing Her despairs are of a much longer date Though suddain sickness do break out thus late When I your humour did at first reherse And shew'd how your whole life had been averse To Love she sigh'd and presently grew pale Despair that minute made her spirits fail And so transported by her fancy fell As if my doubts had rung her passing bell Orm. Though I cannot speak nor do yet know how To look I 'm ready to attend you now Queen I fear so suddain and so great a joy As your approach may equally destroy Let me her heart prepare that by degrees She may but hope retain before she sees The comfort that your visit brings and then Ormasdes may ere long prove best of Men. Ormas Madam I do my self to you submit Pray order me in all as you think fit Queen You shall then stand unseen while I do tell This welcome story which will make her well And then by what you 'l see you may observe How my true friendship will from both deserve Who have no wish beyond Ormasdes good When time shall make me rightly understand Ormas Madam I have now no more to say But that I will your Majesty obey Queen You shall not stir Ormasdes till I send Exit Queen and Train Enter to him Nearcus Ormas Did you not meet Cleandra going out Near. Yes but I have business of importance Pray let us withdraw and be more private Ormas Come this way then They go out and Re-enter Ormas Why have you drawn me to this inner room Is the secret of so piercing quality That fewer walls then these cannot contain't Near. It is my Lord of a high nature grown I must impart it to your self alone You and I must kill one another now Orma May not I live though you are pleas'd to die Near. No Sir since t is decreed that I must die I am resolv'd to have your Company There 's a sword the same w th mine defend you Ormasdes Hold a while May not I know the cause of this hatred Near. I have no hatred yet endeavor must That we together may revert to dust Though you by chance have rob'd me of my right I 'de not out-live Ormasdes if I might Or. From whēce dos this strange kindnes to me grow Say for I will not fight untill I know Near. This then will teach you to defend your self Runs at him he put his Sword by and holds him Ormas I shall call my Servants unless you now show The cause of this distracted fury Near. I will Lets him go Valeriana's my Quarrel She throws neglects on me and dotes on you Ormas You are mistaken sure and much abus'd It is not possible She dotes on me Who never Courted Lady in my life Near. By all that 's good she told me so her self Ormas This must be some design beyond my reach But if true from whence does my guilt arise Who never heard of your pretence till now Nor have a serious thought for hers to me If such a folly do her heart possess Am I to answer for her guiltiness Near. I do accuse you of no guilt at all But joy to think if by my hand you fall It will Create in her such miserie As will adorn my death with Victorie Ormas If such revenge and malice you intend Where is the Love that you so much pretend Near. We 'l talk of that as our two souls expire She flatter'd me with hopes that blew my fire She threw out vowes to marry me and now In hope of you disowns that holy vow Ormas Made vows to marry you and yet love me Pray shew me how this story does agree I swear I never had a thought of Love To Lady in my life and will now quit The intrest you pretend rather then fight For such imaginary Dreams as this Nearcus You must Fight Nearcus offers at him he rings a Bell Enter Servants Ormas No disarm him so now leave us alone Exeunt Nearcus I have lov'd you and shall still If you 'l permit what does this story mean Near. By Hea Valeriana did ingage To marry me if my birth equal'd hers But now repents in hope to marry you Ormas This story grows stranger and stranger still Does your birth equal hers on which you ground Your Title
Vertue nor so much lessen her great name by a mistaken passion to harm a man whose Endeavours were to serve her Sel. A mistaken Passion Phillocles are not my Father and my Brothers dead though not by thy hand Butchered yet by thy attempts they fell is not the glory of our name Extinguish'd the honour of men fall'n all lost in Pollinesso's death Phil. Astellas self is not more free then I was from intending evil to her friends they forc'd me to secure my self by which they were all lost their Plots and Perjuries pull'd this Ruine on them onely Pollinesso was not Guilty he would not comply with fierce Barzanes envious designes nor with his Fathers blacker purposes Pollinesso was a witness of my hazards in that Warr and did partake an equal share in them and in the Victory we often seal'd our vows of Amity in our best blouds together which did beget so mutual a Love that our souls moved ever one way I would rather have dyed with Pollinesso then live thus to lament his losse by these unfained tears I would Sel. Thou speakst a Language so pleasing to my ears that I could wish my vow to sacrifice thee to my brothers ghost had never past my lips for I can see and value all thy noble actions and judg the guilt of my own friends that sell and can beare the losse of all but Pollinesso he you say dyed Innocent free from the others Crimes full of Honour Rich in Vertue in the Blossome of his Age my onely Joy fell and you my onely hate shall dye so too your Worth your Youth your Innocence will make my oblation acceptable to those powers I have vowed you too vain man canst thou think Pollinesso's ghost will be appeased with words or tears if thou wert ever worthy my brothers love shew it now in couragious dying to his memory for by all our gods thou dyest a guard there She is interrupted by Ordella Or. T is bravely done Selindra thou madest me start and shake to see thee look and hear thee speak with such aweful majesty how is it Brother how do you think Astellas self will receive you when one so unconcern'd can use you thus doe you yield yet have we the better argument Phillocles and Selindra stands both amazed Phil. Yes you have Or. You 'l stay then Phil. I think I shall Or. My deer deer Selindra let me kisse thee thou hast oblidged me beyond my power to gratiâ—…ie beyond my expression to acknowledg the Emperour and the whole Empire shall thank thee for Phillocles his safety come my brother let us now finde my father this change will please him Exeunt Ambo Sel. How near lost was I on his fresh mention of Pollinesso's death how dangerous a work did I undertake and how happily brought off by the Princess Ordellas timely interruption I thought my self within my strengths at Belgrade and Phillocles in my power to punish I must noâ—… more of these games t is my disguise preserves mâ—… life and I doe care onely to live to be reveng'â—… on Phillocles the Author of all my sorrows Oh! but the Princess Ordella sits too neer my heart to suffer that she is my friend if I destroy her beloved brother I wound her to death aâ—… least give her the same intollerable grief for Phillocles I now suffer for Pollinesso Oh! horriâ—… ingratitude Oh miserable Astella my Obligations to Ardella doe infringe my vows to heaven yee gods direct me so that these differing passions may not distract me I would doâ—… what should become me best and please yoâ—… most though my own life in the attempt be loâ—… Exit Selindrâ—… THE SECOND ACT. Enter Emperour Lascares Cecropius and Cleonell Cecropious MIghty Sir what you have said was my thought when I first heard of the Prince his stay and had been now my Councel as the best way to secure his Interest in Hungary by which Astella must submit unto the will of him that has already woon the hearts of all her people Cleon. Sir you know I have long lov'd and long sought Selindra's Love and Lovers Eyes are quick to discover the like looks in others t is my duty as well as my own Concern to tell your Majestie that I have observed Selindra's good looks to â—…e the Orators that have put off the Prince his journey not his kinde sisters Importunity and when your own observation shall inform you better your Majesty will finde this no causelesse â—…ealousie in me Cecropious What he tell you sir is the whisper of the Court but I look on it slightly the Prince may have a minde to a Wench and Selindra is a pretty one but sir in my opinion you should â—…ake no notice of such youthfull passages the â—…rince cannot think her a fit Wife and then no matter who is his Mistresse Lascares Cecropious I doe think it worthy my care to prevent an evill the Crown of Hungary can be no way mine but by Astella we seâ—… Selindra is rich in Beauty and more rich in Virtue if not by Birth great enough to be his Wife she is too good to be his wanton Mistresse Phillocles is young and young men are apt to be in love He is as gallant as great and if his affectioâ—… should meet a repulse as it s most like from Selindra these sparks we now see may grow to sucâ—… a flame as neither we nor he can quench I wiâ—… observe him and set spies on them Aside some of my own spies Cleonell may be jealoâ—… without a cause I will sift Ordella too Enter Phillocles to them in rich cloathes with Ordella Selindra Lords Ladies and train all fine Lascares Daughter you have wrought a goâ—… work on your brother thy Interest I see has prâ—… vail'd beyond my intreaty or my Commanâ—… I thank thee for it Ordella and am glad Phillocâ—… to finde that your Ears are open unto reason iâ—… deed the journey would not have suited wâ—… your other great actions I like well thy gallaâ—… spirit but I like not to hazzard a Kingdome 〈◊〉 a Complement Phillocles Sir I doe thus low beg pardon for 〈◊〉 She kneâ—… first disobedience to your commands and 〈◊〉 confesse my sister wrought my consent to stâ—… yeâ—… I must tell you sir 't was because her Argâ—…ments complyed with your commands nor was your command her least Argument Las. Thus let me imbrace the greatest comfort of my life thou shalt set ever next my heart He holds their Armes under his and walks as he speaks give me thy hand Ordella and thine Phillocles What wealth is there beyond these what joyes beyond those I feel thus supported I am the envy of Princes may all the blessings Heaven can bestow fall on you both for this love and this obedience to your old dying Father tell me Phillocles how stands the affairs of Hungarie I have had late Intelligence that some Commotions doe appear there if so since you have thus discreetly laid aside the
I do command you to suppress this thing I am asham'd a Cithereans heart Should entertain a thought of such a crime We bring our own Worth in question then When we asperse the Worth of other men Cle. They were but thoughts as rashly then tain up As now thrown out with no design to wrong The Innocent I wish her virtue may Our thoughts convince and she be justified Queen Keep firm there my Lord for all those who live Near Princes Eares should weigh how they let fall A word that may a Womans Honour blast If I were apt to credit your report And on your groundless jealousie affront Such virtue what a sin were it in you To make me guilty of so great a Crime Cleobulus I am sorry for my rash opinion Since it offends your Majesty so much Queen It is the baine of Courts when we permit Those near us to asperse the Innocent If our strict Laws for petty theft gives Death How much a greater punishment is due For Robbing a good name a sin so vil'd And so unknown no punishment was made By way of Prophesie for crimes to come If I did think this malice from your heart I would for ever banish you my Court. Cleobulus Your Majesty does raise your anger now Above my guilt which had no mischief in 't Queen I am no farther angry with you now But take occasion to declare my sence Against all such as defame Innocence 'T is a Prince his chief business to be Just The Gods impose on us no higher Trust We have no petty faults to answer for Universal Justice is our great work And those who shall divert it to destroy The Fame or Fortune of an Enemy Deserves to be thrown off with Infamy Exit Queen and Ladies Remains the Admiral and Cleobulus Admiral I have not seen the Queen in such a heat You have offended her some other way Cleobulus Not that I know of in this kind ever Admi. What Devil made you talk thus to her now You knowing that she is so good herself She makes a doubt that any of her Sex Can do amiss and t is great Nobleness Cleo. There is a kind of piâ—…e Devil dwells In many Courts that haunts our idle heads And prompts us when we know not what to say To Entertain great Princes with reports Of others so to please and pass the time This foolish spirit I think entred me Admiral You gave Cleandra cause for your reproof For how can Princes judge Malice for Mirth When cunningly thrown out with specious shews Of probabilities when those aspers'd Are never call'd to ansâ—… for themselves The Queen did Excellently well to chide You whom she loves that none may ere presume The like hereafter for if Princes be Born Credulous Malitious persons may Defame a Nation if they please this way Cleobulus I know I was to blame but from this day I 'le hold my peace till I know what to say Exeunt Enter Nearcus with Mariana and Servants at his House Mari. well Where are we now my Lord this house stands Nearcus It is my poor habitation Madam Here I must treat you by the Queens command 'T is the mid-way unto Coriola Mariana 'T is a Noble and a most pleasant Seat Has it no Mistris Sir Are you fingle Nearcus I am only that way happy Madam Mariana You have a Mistris then or do you call It happiness that you as yet have none Nearcus Will you please Madam to view the garden The rest of the Train stay looking on the Pictures and see them not go out Exit Nearcus with Mariana 1. Lady That piece methinks does look as if it liv'd 2. Lady I do prefer that smiling Figure first Whose hand is it my Lord Lord. I have not skill enough to know the hands Though I love Pictures pray observe the next Is â—…ot this sleeping â—…us rarely done See how that Cupid 〈◊〉 the Tree stands off 2. Lady T is rare indeed that Satyr and the rest Of the whole piece is excellently good 1. Lady Let us look into the next room my Lord Lord. This way they went this way must return They go out and return hastily Lord. The doors are lock'd and we can pass no way 1. Lady Is this by accident or on command Lord. Let us attend a while and we shall see From the next Chamber window where they be Exeunt Enter Nearcus with Mariana in the Garden Mariana I have no Argument for further talk And now am weary grown with this long walk Where is the beauty you so much admire Your praises have in me rais'd some desire To see this wonder of our Sex that I May judge your skill and with your choice coÌ„ply Nearcus locks the door and kneeles Nearcus She is here already oh she is here A brighter beauty never can appear Mari. Why d' ye lock the door my Lord why kneele To me you make my heart some tremblings feele By this surprise and I do doubtfull stand What of kind Treachery you have in hand It looks yet like a Lioâ—…ness betray'd Into the Toyles I scorn to be afraid Nearcus I have no Argument for either now But a distracted heart that knows not how T' excuse what I have done t is love has brought Me to this Precipis and too late taught That I from hence shall head-long tumble down If you disdain to save oh do not frown Offers his Sword Rather take this and while you may prevent Your own near ruine and my rash intent That angry look and those enraged Eyes Pierce like quick Lightning from the stormy skies They melt my heart make me â—…mbling stand To beg what Love and Nature may Command Mariana Love do the Cithereans by such Arts Such force and treachery win Ladies hearts Fie â—…e Nearcus this does not agree With Love nor with Cleandras trust to thee I shame to find such ills and blush to chide Repent and I thy Infamy will hide Oh! t is the basest of all crimes to be Justly condemn'd for infidelity And with a treachery my trust beguile Beyond the story of the Crocadile Ne. What dares not love attempt when it goes high Like mine your ships are ready oh to nigh The wind is fair and I no time but this To woe no other means to reach my bliss The Queens command and my desires here meet To throw my life and fortune at your feet That by this desperate course you now may see Your love or scorn I make my destenie Mari Nearcus how would you prevail my dreams Instruct me not to answer such extreams Nearcus I would have you Mistris of me and mine Before we part made so by vowes Divine Mariana T is a short warning to a work so great Is this Cleandras Love and this your Treat To strangers do you think my lips my heart Does hold so loose as at first sight to part With it to you what do you find in me So slight that looks like so much
protect Ormas If you 'l command I gladly will obey Queen You must submit to what she does appoint Ormas Most willingly Valeriana sighs aloud and weeps Qu. Does our discourse these sighs tears produce Vale. You have said nothing that will need excuse These tears flow from joy and gratitude To you great Queen who by this act include More pious pitty then past stories tell To make Ormasdes counterfeit so well This thought raisd those unruly sighs you heard And Madam now it makes my soul affraid To see so great a courage thus submit To flatter me because you think it fit At your command to put on this disguise In kindness unto one he does despise Queen Do you then think his kindness counterfeit Can his great soul consent to such deceit Vale. I can yet find no argument for ground To change so great contempt as I have found Into so high esteem as he does now By your advice in charity allow That my last minutes may some pleasure have He yields to send me smiling to my grave Queen You cannot judge so ill of him you love Nor can so brave a man so worthless prove Vale. I do confess I should be glad to find All real that I see and his great mind The same brave Character he had maintain Through his whole life and not that glory stain But if 't be real this comes now too late His kindness cannot change the course of Fate Queen Think not of Death for if you will endure The Tryall I will undertake the cure I see your sufferings do compassion move Which in most genrous hearts does turn to Love Ormas Madam I know not what you do call love Nor how in that fantastick Sphear to move I cannot talk the language Lovers use When they design fair Ladies to abuse Nor can I yet by this experience guess If Love or a distraction does possess My heart give me but leave to watch this night That while you sleep I may my heart invite To tell me what it aâ—…ls if it be â—…ove What all the World allows I shall approve And then I 'le rather dye then e're forsake What I avow or what I undertake Q Pray Madam give him leave to watch this night Some serious thoughts may set his fancy right He has lyen often on the frozen ground On less occasion and more danger found Vale. I shall not rest then though you think it fit I shall condemn my self if I submit Queen T is somewhat more then custome does allow I must confess but how to help it now Who knows you see he is resolv'd to beat Us all if we but mention his Retreat Ormas Pray let not this my first sute be deny'd But give me leave to â—…it on yonder side As silent as â—…leep self my body shall Be fixt as is that figure on the wall Queen Let him Valeriana pray consent 'T will prove his honor or his punishment Ormas Who can have more care who so fit as I To watch who am resolv'd with her to Dye Good rest unto your Majesty He leads off the Queen Queen He 'l turn me out if I refuse to go But why Ormasdes do you tremble so Ormas This shaking fit may to a Feavor turn And I e're day in Loves bright flames may burn Exeunt Omnes THE FIFTH ACT. Valeriana is discover'd asleep on a Couch with Doctors and Ladies all asleep about her Ormasdes rises from the ground at the Couch side ORMASDES ALl eyes are shut all hearts can rest but mine I 've somthing here that will not let me sleep T is Love I am bewitch'd or it is Love That thus disturbs my body and distracts My mind no other passion works like this Well then if it be Love where 's the wonder The wifest bravest and the greatest men Have been in Love as much or more then I But why then was I thus long without it Why did not bright Cleandras beauty burn Why was not this fire kindl'd untill now How comes Valeriana by this power To wound me deeper then Cleandra did My Kind Loving Heart how comes this to pass Valeriana sighs and groans aloud Ormas Ha! Her spirit by that sigh informs me That doubl'd groan struck through my wavring soul Oh thou Divinest power what ere thou art I do submit Valerianas groans Are all sufficient arguments for Love It seems my stony heart was proof against All charms but deep fetch'd sighs dying grons By which t is now made supple and so soft That it is ready to take any form That sick Valeriana shall direct Great God of Love forgive my past neglects And now restore this Lady to her health Then I with Insense will thy Altars load Thy Temple with those Trophies now adorn Which my whole life prepar'd for Mars and Jove Since they allow me to submit to love Valeriana wakes and calls Vale. Drusilla Ormas Madam your Servants do all sleep but I. Vale. I would not have wak'd you Ormasdes Ormas You have not Madam I have not slept yet Pray let your Servant know what t is you want Vale. I want assurance of a thing I doubt Ormas Can I give you that assurance Vale. Yes Ormas And will you not lay that command on me Vale. Do they all sleep Ormas They do Vale. Ormasdes I would know what I do fear You are pre-ingag'd never to tell me Ormas By your fair self I swear I 'm not ingag'd In any kind but may and will impart What ever in my knowledge you inquire Vale. My first doubts does still remain that the Queen Upon assurance of my suddain death Has won you thus to flatter my last hours Like glittering Sun-shine upon dying Flowers Ormas Madam by all that 's holy she has not What shall I say what do to gain your faith Vale. You have done it now I am satisfied And do believe all 's truth Ormasdes speaks But I do sear this truth appears too late Orm. Why Madam have you made yows against me Will no repentance nor no pennance serve To wash away my Sins against your Sex Will you that Universal quarrel wed And bring distruction on your Servants head Vale. Vows Ormasdes and those against you made Oh do not take away the Joy you gave By such a thought I never wish'd nor pray'd For blessing upon Earth beyond your Love Which you in charity so amply shew That I do doubt I dream what I injoy Ormas Madam you do now misjudge my passion To call that charity which may be love For ought I know this so late acquaintance With my new heart is short and my transports So great it must be madness if not love For give me leave to swear that I will know No other Joys then yours nor thoughts admit But with design to serve and honour you Vale. I do now wish the Gods my life would spare And make me worthy of Ormasdes care Ormas Madam you speak a Language of respect
love for love and then you will dispise me pray my Lord at your next visit bring my part in wrâ—…ng thâ—…t I may not erre in it Prince he is in the right Clearcus you now seem to seek such contradictions as all the Court will laugh at consult with Lonzartes against your next visit Exit Prince and Train Lon. If he will follow my advise he may do well Sir now we are alone tell me what crotchets next prethee make me understand what thou wouldest have Pandora do Cle. I think you were best release me the residue of my monâ—…h that I may go seek my wits where I last left them must I see none of my old Friends untill this month be over Lon. If you consider your promise not see one of them Cle. Then shall I be lost if those preservatives be all forbid me I do find already love will be Predominant Lon. The better for you if it be let us now talk seriously suppose Pandora may be won can you fancy a happiness on Earth beyond having her Cle. Yes I do fancy that having twenty is better then any one in Christendom Lon. Thou dost not love then else that one belov'd has more variety then a thousand Cle. Make but that good I 'le marry her to morrow Lon. You think then she is already at your dispose Cle. When she once sees that I am in earnest she will be what I will have her and the truth is Lonzartes I do like her best of all I ever talk'd with and have great fear that I shall be like other men who never value what they have which makes me covet what I cannot get Lon. Suppose some other do obtain her while you are thus long resolving Cle. Nay I am resolv'd no other shall ever have her Lon. And you resolve for her too Cle. Yes she cannot in Honour ingage to any while I pretend Lon. Art thou turn'd fool to think thus be more serious or thou wilt be dispis'd Cle. Why do you not allow me some relief then to live a whole month honest will put my blood into a flame I have tempted all I meet and all within these Walls prove honest Lon. By your own Experience then you will find that Courts are Nurseries of virtue and are onely scandaliz'd by such vilde persons as would have the clearest innocence aspers'd that their own guilts might be no wonder you find few virtuous persons amongst Censurers Cle. That 's true but take heed Lonzartes you do not lead me into snares that will destroy me for I already find some inclinations towards Pandora which I am asham'd to own least I be laugh'd it Lon. You have reason for there can none of us believe thee Cle. You have made me a fine Gentleman in a few dayes if Pandora be of your mind adiew to your Philosophical love Lon. I hope thou art too fast to free thy self Thou playest with flames which undiscover'd burn Untill they do thy heart to Ashes turn Exit Lonzartes Cle. Did ever man betray himself as I have done by putting fetters on in jest which already are become so fixt I cannot shake 'um off but must humbly beg to be allow'd to worship that Divine Nature I so much dispis'd in virtuous women and must now confess If I do neither Faith nor Favour find The god of Love is Just though he be blind Exit Note that all the Play through when Silvander and Lindamira speaks not they are to whisper as in private discourse Enter Theodocia and Lindamira Lin. If your Highness do consider Lonzartes's Worth and his great Birth as it deserves whose Ancestor was not many Ages since by yours put by this Dukedom on a nice point as I have heard so that to me Lonzartes's love looks like a Divine direction to his Restauration The. I am of Pandora's mind for single lise and have as small a value for that idle passion you call love as she Lin. Your Highness may as well judge what they do in China as guess at our Felicities that love I can â—…iss the ground that my Silvander treads on with more reâ—…ish then all other joyes can bring me The. You have high fancies that lead you on to hopes which you may never find Lin. These hopes are more delightfull then an Age of dull life without them if your Highness did converse as much with me as with Pandora I should convert you The. Why do you not then change her severity against men Lin. I had not the Honour to be known to her before her heart was set another way but yet I 'le try what I can do The. I wish Silvander may answer your expectation Lindamira but if such honour and such bliss accompany your loves why thus long carried on i th' dark and why not yet avow'd Lin. T is now avow'd unto the Duke though I took time to know my Gallant before I did admit his love and on long tryal found his silent looks did speak more truth then such loud noyses as most passions make The. You praise Silvander as if you meant to sell him Lin. He is no Prince Madam and is therefore safe from you The. The less safe if I so pleas'd do you believe his virtue and his love so great that I could not win him from you for a Friend of mine Lin. I do and shall not think him a loss who can be won from me by the greatest Princess of the World The. If I could once see such a man I might change my opinion Lin. Why don't you try Lonzartes The. He is too much concern'd to be play'd with you dare not venture your fine man then Lin. I dare and do desire it withall my heart and do voluntarily ingage not to work against your Highness The. And I am resolv'd to try his faith to you it may cure Lonzartes to see himself neglected when anothers chosen though but in jest for I can pitty though I do not love him Lin. And t is my desire to have Silvanders faithfull love made Eminent by this temptation Enter Lonzartes and Silvander to them The. In what humour left you Clearcus my Lords Lon. In such as does become his greatnesse Madam The. Most brave men are often puffed up with vain glory that does Eclipse those virtues which themselves do over-value Lin. Your Highness is severe to men but all are not so vain The. Most are when we do value them too much yet I confess I am well pleased when I find men worthy my Esteem Lin. How does that appear when your Highness does dispise mankind by your resolves against them The. To shew how much you are mistaken unpin this Jewel wear this Silvander for my sake I 'le own it to the World that I do value men of Worth Sil. Madam I understand not what this kind of favour meanes I hope your Highness does not chuse me for mirth The. Do you Silvander raise mirth from my Favour come with me Lindamira I do
command you to stand near us within hearing I will not run the hazzard of any Censure by this tryal to satisfie my curiosity concerning lovers such high Romantick lovers who soar above the reach of all temptations Lin. I shall obey you Madam though I desire it not Exeunt Ladies The Men stand amazed Sil. Can you guess Lonzartes what this tends to Lon. 'T is a Riddle far beyond my understanding Exit Lonzartes Lindamira Re-enters to Silvander Lin. Wake wake Silvander the Sun shines bright upon thee Theodocia dotes on thy virtues and will advance thy youth much faster then thy own wishes can propose Sil. How Lindamira have you so mean thoughts of me Lin. So high thoughts why may not the Princess neglect the Corinthian for you such things have been in story Sil. You speak as if you wish'd it Lin. Can I wish you well and not applaud it Sil. You cannot fancy me a greater curse unless your own heart be turn'd against me Lin The Princess desires your Company in the next Room I can stay no longer Exit Lindamira Sil. I have so much to think on that I know not what to say the Princess unexpected favours with Lindamira's no concern begets such wonder as does amaze me I will not go and yet I must or make my self Ridiculous by judging what I cannot guess at Exit Enter Lonzartes Lon. Have I thus long ador'd the Princess and still approach'd her with the same trembling I draw near the Altar for this scorn at last before my face to court a man she knows ingaged unto another a man of so much lower quality then I this I confess does make my Faith stagger Silvander was as much surpriz'd as I Lindamira too was out of Tune If Theodocia can go less this change will be more my admiration then her virtue was Enter Lindamira passing in as by him Lon. Now Madam whither so fast Lin. To see which way the wind blows pray my Lord where is your heart now Lon. In the Princess lodgings with yours or can you tell me better where your own is Lin. I change my mind so often that I know not where I left my heart last Lon. Are you no more concerned Suppose Silvander change his opinion Princess have mighty power to overcome mens hearts Lin. Why then his opinion will be chang'd I cannot value him that leaves to value me methinks my Lord the Princess favour to Silvanâ—…r should a bate your passion for her Lon. My desires go no higher then to look and â—…onder at her perfections my Esteem cannot be â—…ll'd love beyond what Duty and Obedience â—…oes allow but how does Silvander receive â—…his great Honour Lin. They are now in private you may judge â—…y his exalted looks when you see him next â—…am glad your Lordship is no more concern'd Lon. This is a forc'd discourse Lindamira pray do not mock me who have a true value of your â—…orth Lin. The truth is the Princess often angred at â—…y confidence in Silvanders love onely now 〈◊〉 if she can shake his faith by higher proposiâ—…ions and my hope is that his virtue may â—…eget in her some better thoughts for men â—…hich will do your business and confirm mine â—…or Silvander is above temptation and I think Lonzartes does deserve what he desires Lon. You oblige me to say your confidence â—…oes merrit the greatest faith from man but is Silvander of your Plot Lin No 't would then be none nor I no tryall have of his sincerity Lon. These are dangerous sports and we too â—…ate may find them so the Princess and you â—…re both too bold and do too much rely on your own beauties Lin. If Silvander can be won I can smile at such a loss Lon. 'T is easie to say so when you fear it not but I have seen stout hearts fall to pieces by such a blow you have setled my heart again and I advise you from these dangerous sports least they blow up your joyes when you are most secure we know our present minds but cannot fore-see what we shall like tomorrow Our Nature with such frailty is indow'd 'T is well if present moments be allow'd Exeunt Severally Enter Theodocia and Silvander two Ladies at a distance Lindamira is seen near observing them The. Is your heart my Lord so fixt on Lindamira that no Person nor any Argument can e're prevail with you to change Sil Our Souls Madam are so united that I hope death can onely make that separation The Can no Fortune nor any Quality invite you to Honours and Happiness beyond what you can ever hope from Lindamira Nor a greater beauty dis-iâ—…gage your heart from her Sil. None can ever move me to a thought of change Madam The. What if she have chosen higher and gives way for your preferment also Sil. I can smile at all this when your Highness is so merry Lindamira and I Madam do understand a happiness can never be dissolv'd we are above temptation The. Suppose my Father be her choice will you pretend to love and hinder her advancement by your claim Suppose my Dear Cousin Pandora have like affection unto you and puts on this severity to others in design onely to gaine you will you let such a beauty of so high virtue and extraction dye for you Sil. Your Highness sure does fancy what is impossible but if all this were so I could dye in gratitude to serve Pandora but do prefer Lindamira's love and virtue above the brightest beauty or greatest Empire this World has The. Can there be such worth in men how have I been mis-informed Princes who do not converse know not the World they live in but take all on trust from Aside others You believe that I am now in jest Silvander and do not deal so freely as I expect Sil. By all thats I am fixt past â—…ltering if your Highness knew the joyes which do accompany united hearts you would sooner undertake to pull down Stars from Heaven then hope a separation where true love Triumphs The. I am fully satisfyed that Lindamira has what she deserves a worthy Lover appear now Lindamira and call in Lonzartes with the â—…st I am converted Enter Lindamira with Lonzartes and Ladies The. Here Madam you are coupled by the gods Silvander does deserve your confidence Now wear that Jewel I before gave you in jest Sir as a mark of my Favour for your approv'd virtue Lin Has your Highness any better thoughts for Marriage then you had The. I have found an honest worthy man beyond my Expectation Lonzartes you look sad Lon My heart is not so full of feathers as it was but is of late become a lump of lead The. We have indeed been all too serious of late come Lindamira let us find some Entertainment to refresh us on the Sea this Evening Lonzartes you and Clearcus may go with us if you please Exeunt all but Lonzartes Lon. Your Highness does honour us what these various fancies tend to
is a subtile foe not to be compell'd t is reason only must prevail Selindra loves and dissembles her affection to Cleonel neglecting me how unworthy then am I that seek to separate united hearts how fond to Coveâ—… what another does Enjoy how much am I now fall'n below my self by this passion He throws himself on the Couch sadly Enter Ordella and Selindra Ordel. When went my Brother hence Selindra Selin He sits there Madam Ordel. My Father I fear has too much cause for what he said Prethee leave us a while Selindra and let none disturb us Ordella goes to Phillocles he starts at her approach Phillo Oh Selindra Ordel. She is not here why do you stare thus on me are you not well Phillo Onely a little dull for want of sleep Ordella but why sent the Emperour for you in such hast Ordel. To tell me that Phillocles does love Selindra and to enquire my thoughts of it I answered boldly that you were too Noble to dishonour Selindra and too wise to neglect Astella and a Crown for such an idle fancy I have confirm'd him that you have not such a thought because I saw him troubled at it but what is this that thus distracts you Phil. Ha! what sayes my dearest Sister Ordel. Ye Gods defend that I be not mistaken Brother what have you done with your self since I went hence Phillo My head is full of the Affairs of Hungary I was contriving how I should secure Astella in her Throne and thinking of a thousand other things but why did my Father send for thee Ordel. This is very strange I told you why and you regard me not it was about Selindra Phillo About Selindra prethee Ordella let us talk of something else thou weepest Ordel. How can I chuse but weep to see you thus distracted and all my hopes of future joyes dying in me Phillocles has left to Love me he dares not trust me with his heart he Loves and by dissembling seeks to hide his love from me that can dye for him Phillo I am guilty Ordella thy charms o'recome me and I do submit to thy severest Judgement I do love Selindra and would do more then thou canst fancy to gain her Love now my heart lyes open thou wilt find the wound is deep Ordella touch it gently my dear Sister Ordel. 'T will not be cured then Phillocles I must launce it to the quick and you must indure to hear that Cleonel and she have been long contracted and only do disguise their Loves because Cecropius seeks Selindra for himself t is only untill her Fathers return they thus dissemble it Phil. Contracted Ordella thou hast blasted all my hopes destroy'd me in the twinckling of an eye the gods have not a greater curse in store to throw upon me is this thy cure I shall sink under the burthen of this remedy fare-well Ordella fare-well for ever for I am undone for ever Or. Stay Phillocles I can cure thee yet I le stroke Phillocles going out in haste turns back thy wound and try how that will work they are not contracted that I ever heard it was my pure affection that thus abus'd your ears by my Fathers command I was in the bud to crush your love which by their pretended Contract I thought best to doe can my Brother pardon my Zeal to serve him this way and yet trust my love Phil. I can do both Ordella now thou haste restored me to life again come let us sit that I may at large declare my purpose concerning Selindra doe you remember Ordella that day you made Selindra act Astella how I was then convinc'd and overcome by her how she spake then and with what Majesty she appeaâ—…'d Methought then if Selindra were not born a Queen yet she was design'd to be one from that hour I lov'd her and you the occasion of my love I have since observed her strictly and well weighed all her perfections and considered Cleonells hopelesse suit to gain her if she can afford me love Ordella I would wade deep in blood it would look like vanity to tell thee how great things I would doe to win a value from her Or. When I consider Selindra's Beauty and her worth I cannot blame your admiration of her truly brother I do wish your desires upon you but know not how I can comply or how to serve you this way Phil. I have weighed all kinde of arguments Ordella and doe allow them to be good worldly thoughts fit for Princes that have no other heaven on earth then their Wealth and their Dominions I tell the Ordella to be Emperour of all the world is poverty without Selindra if thou lovest me thou wilt use thy interest to perswade her to cast off all thoughts for Cleonell and receive me who she yet shuns now my Sister speak comfort to my soul that must languish untill you ingage for me Ordella sits silent a while and he staring on her Or. I have been thus long silent Phillocles to consider how I might comply with your desires and not break my Fathers trust doe but shew me an honourable way and I will serve you with the same Zeal you wish it but if I should consent how can you avoid Cleonell or how disguise your love from my Father Phil. Wee 'l think of twenty wayes to blinde the old mans eyes and as for Cleonell I will so overload him with Wealth and Honours that he shall gladly give up his interest in Selindra if he have any but if he refuse I will become his Rivall publiquely I will either carry the faire prize or loose my self Ordella say now will you strain a Complement with my Fathers trust to save thy brothers life and honour Or. Pardon me heaven if I offend by varying from my Fathers trust to save my Brothers Life and Honour Phillocles now I am yours imploy me like a Sister that you love put me not to use artifices unworthy of that value the World now holds me at Phil. By all our gods I le rather perish then permit thee to act any thing unworthily Deerest Ordella lose no time to make known my affection to Selindra while I seek Cleonell to make him mine Or. Since no argument can prevail against your passion I am content to be directed by you Phil. Thou wilt make me happy then Ordella beyond all the State arguments The greatest Polititian can invent Or brightest messenger from Heaven's sent Leads her off Enter Cleonel Cleo. This falls out well for my designes upon Selindra the Prince his absence will give me opportunity to effect what his presence might prevent for 't is now most evident that Selindra slights my Professions in hope of Phillocles who is become my Rival by subtilties I must therefore compass what my power and credit cannot reach the Prince is too mighty for me to contest with but this New War will do my work see Enter Phillocles where he comes how full of thoughts he is of
late this love transforms us all Phil. I le share the Empire with him if he consent if he consent if he will not I 'le force my way He sees Cleonell Cleo. Sir The Emperour sent me to signify unto you the News from Belgrade that Astella is arriv'd there and is rejected by those you left to govern 't is his pleasure Sir that you prepare to march with all possible speed to her relief Phil. I have just now received an express from thence which informs me of a Faction there that did hope to have set up a Counterfeit Astella but those Tumults are alayed the plot being discover'd all the partakers fled the Country I therefore hold it fit to hear again from thence before I stirr but if my Father will needs have his Army march into Hungarie I shall advise him to conferr the honour of that War Cleonell on you Cle. On me Sir I am neither worthy nor capable of so great a charge your Highness does me much honour in this thought but I must not presume to accept the favour least the Emperour do think me so vain to seek it Phillo Why Cleonel thy forward youth promises great things and I know the Emperour will be pleas'd to see me joyn to heap honours on thy deserving head I will undertake it with my Father and shall not doubt to say thou wilt deserve the sole Command of all our Forces Cle. If the Emperour consent I am cozen'd Aside your Highness does o're-load me with your Favours I shall not live to express my Gratitude much less to merrit such honours Phil. I tell thee Cleonel t is in thy power to lay an Obligation on me such an Obligation Cleonel as half my Empire cannot recompence Say may I hope such kindness from thee but if it be not in thy heart do not flatter me into a hope of what I shall not find Cle. Sir as you are my Prince my duty binds me to serve you with the hazard of my life and fortunes Phill. I thank thee for thy love as I do all that will like thee say and do as much but I would have ingagements unto thee beyond the common complement of other Subjects Cle. Your many favours Sir have so much obliged me beyond all others that your Commands what ere they be shall make me happy Phil. Take heed Cleonel do not ingage too fast for I shall demand what thou hold'st dearer then thy life darest thou hear me now Cle. Speak boldly Sir I am yours and all that 's mine is so I hope he will discover his love to me Speaks aside Phil. Thou art indeed my fate or I am thine I would have thee give up to me thy interest in Selindra dissolve all ingagements between her and you my dearest friend thus thou mayest bequeath an Empire to me that I prize far above this I am born to start not at it for I will Phillocles Embraces him wear thee in my bosome thou shalt be the greaest and the richest man in Greece Cle. Without Selindra Phil. I without Selindra Cleo. What is all Greece worth without Selindra good Sir give me leave a little to consider on this matter sure he has solicited Selindra Aside for himself and receiv'd a repulse it may well be that she has express'd to him some value of me beyond what I my self can yet discern he would not else thus rashly nay thus madly tempt me 't is so Sir do I mistake or did you demand that I should give my interest in Selindra up to you Phil. Thou doest not mistake 't is onely that can make me happy Cleo. And onely that I cannot grant I can no more consent to part with the hope of such a happiness then with my interest in Heaven pray Sir find some other way to try my Faith Phil. The Gods cannot give thee a means to oblige me another way themselves cannot blesâ—… me with a gift that I can prize beyond Selindra Cleo. And you would have me debauch thiâ—… young Lady for your private pleasure Phill. By all that 's holy I would marry her Cleo. Marry her what shall then become 〈◊〉 Hungary and Astella Phill. Thou shalt have that Crown and her I 'le woe her for thee I 'le fight that Conquest o'â—… again and give it thee if she refuse Cleo. Will you get the Emperours consent 〈◊〉 this exchange Phill. Yes or I will do it without him Cleo. All this shall to the Emperour Asiâ—… but if you can do neither this inestimable jewel you would have me throw away Phill. Will it be thrown away if placed on me Cleo. I might have put my words into a Courtlier phrase I do confess but I can never mould my heart to such a form as shall consent to make my tongue betray it I swear by all that 's good I never can relinquish my interest in Selindra I do prize my weak hopes there above all the wealth and honours you can lay down to purchase it Phill. He has abus'd me all this while to get the secret out which shall now consume him since he will not consent his base treachery shall be my first step to climb unto Selindra Phillocles stands silent musing Cleo. I shall now perswade Lascares to believe that the Prince loves Selindra while he is musing I 'le steal off lest a tempest Aside do fall on me Cleonel is going out Phill. Stay Cleonel I have more to say I have considered my rash suit and cannot with Justice quarrel with thee for not parting with such a Treasure as Selindra is but I must call thee to account for thy late smiles and false fawning on me â—…nd for thy base treacherous kindness by which thou hast betray'd me to reveal a secret too great â—…o trust thee with Thus I lay by my greatness and as a private injured man I draw my sword to kill thee Cleo. But I must not lift up mine against my Prince I have been ever taught to draw my sword in your defence and shall be as glad to serve you with it as I should be proud to use it in this cause against any other man I dare scarce shew it you Sir He draws Phill. I have now made my self thy equal by my rivalship in love either defend thy self or by heaven I 'le kill thee They fight Phillocles hurts anâ—… disarms Cleonel as the Emperour comes in Phillocles throâ—… Cleonel his sword and goes out Enter the Emperour Cecropius and Attendants Lasc What insolence is this so near us Cleoâ—… this posture does not become you in this place Cleo. You will pardon it Sir when you shâ—… know I only drew to save my life not to offend tâ—… Prince who swelling with rage came like a ruiâ—… on me because I would not quit my Interest Selindra unto him to be his wife Sir Las. Is this true Cleonel Cleo. You 'l find it true Sir I could have hâ—… Astella and her Crown for my consent 't is soâ—… sure to deny
do get belief and by this means bring my designs to pass I shall find doors strong for Phillocles to force Love and Venus guide me Cleonel goes out and returns Selindra flying before him with a knife drawn which she holds at her brest Sel. Hold Cleonel if thou presumest to touch me this knife shall be my rescue Cleo. Will this distance with my obedience and my humility remove your fears by He steps back and kneels Selindra's self I swear my only business is to save that life you threaten does my heart and my looks so ill agree that you can fear harm from me Sel. Art not thou Ceeropius's son and does not his wild blood run in thy vains Cleo. No Madam I am no whit allied unto Cecropius the Ravisher he was a Man when he made me and is now become a Monster such as I dread to see Selindra under his Roof Sel. My Lord that posture does neither become you nor me pray come no nearer He rises and comes towards her Cleo. You will pardon my approach when you shall know the cause of this unseasonable Visite I have by accident o're heard the Emperour give my Father order to poyson you and he is providing to do it this next night Selin I am glad to hear they are grown so merciful death is less dreadful then his Rape but how can I credit this from you and how avoid it if I do Cleo. Can Selindra believe my love could ere conceal such a mischief or that I will omit any endeavour to preserve her from it Selin Were not Cleonel akin to the Ravisher I might believe he would detect a Poysoner Cleo. If I tell you a false word may suddain plagues seize on me and if you pleaâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…ake me the blest instrument of your escape the Honour will be ample recompence for any hazard I shall run I have Madam a strong Castle within the Forest about a League from hence thither I can convey you first and then whither you please Selin Pray my Lord leave me a few minutes Exit Cleonel that I may consider this great concern 't is very like that he who would have ravish'd may consent to poyson twenty such as I rather then lose his hopes of Hungary I like well to fly from this near death but I like not to trust my self to Cleonel there may be more danger at his Castle then in the death I would fly from if I discover my self unto Ordella she will solicite me for Phillocles who I must ever hate this will prove more desperate then all the rest I must trust Cleonel though he be of a fiery Spirit his honour was never yet tainted I will look gently on him and ingage him if I can to be true to me She calls Cleonel who enters My Lord I have weighed my dangers and your Counsel to avoid them and I will trust my self to you so you will swear to carry me directly unto Belgrad and not to your Castle I have friends in Hungary who will protect me and there I shall have time to consider of your hazzards for me Cleo. By our Houshold gods I swear to do it by this fair hand I will observe my Oath and what ever else you shall command me though it be late we must this night depart you must make ready while I take order for my Servants and my Horses Selin May I not see the Princess e're I go will not to morrow night be time enough Cleo. To morrow night brings death beyond all power to hinder we should be going while we talk Let no fears disturb you Madam I can command the opening of the Ports at any hour all shall be according to your wish Selin Heaven grant it Cleonel When I remember the strict vow you 've made It were impiety to be afraid Exeunt severally Enter Phillocles and Guard Phillo Leave me all Enter Ordella to visit him as in his chamber the Guard at the door appearing Phill. Thou art welcome Ordella let us sit and talk sadly Ordel. My coming is to divert this sadness which you too much indulge Phill. Does not my sorrow become me Ordella canst thou wish me merry when thou considerest my Condition who is there now in Greece more scorn'd then Phillocles Crdel Who more honour'd thy Victories shine bright upon thee thy vertues are unparallel'd thy self ador'd by thy own Subjects and by other Nations coveted let not my brother provoke the gods by his ingratitude Phill Thou art mistaken my dear Sister I am not that Phillocles thou meanest not he that chased the Germanes out of Hungary I am one that Cleonel dares Rival and with a single arm can check my force a poor contemn'd prisoner I am a man with half a soul thou seest do I not become my Goale Ordell I am sad my self to hear you talk thus but my Brother your affairs do require your present Counsel pray let us consider how Selindra may be secur'd from farther danger Phillocles starts up hastily Phill. Is Selindra in danger speak Ordella what danger who dares threaten her Ordel. You mistake me Brother I was about to tell you that in my opinion she will be safe at Ciprus and do think fit when she takes leave of me to let her know your Love and Resolution to marry her which will soon dash Cleonels hopes this I could not yet do by reason she was so suddainly committed to Cecropius your looks do fright me and your unquiet thoughts will ruine you Phill. Thou art my onely comfort thou shalt still direct and I 'le obey prithee Ordella chide me when I do amiss methinks thy looks speak good success I do approve her absence for a while at Ciprus because you like it and I will have patience too because you say 't is fit Ordel. Patience will become you best and beâ—… suit with your affairs Phill. Thou Councell'st well Ordella but canâ—… not fancy what a broken heart endures mâ—… whole soul labours under the burden of my Love and to that is added her neglects more weighty and to this double load my fathers unjust anger falls upon me as if I were not sinking fast enough before Ordel. My fathers anger will be soon over Phill. I wish it not Ordella may his fierce anger urge him on to my destruction it will be handsomer to fall so then to perish by Selindra's scorns Ordel. You raise imaginary evills that are not I am confident Selindra has no thought for Cleonel nor can I doubt but she will meet your love with as bright a flame as yours is Phill. Oh! that I could suffer such a hope or such a thought possess me I would then meet my fathers frowns and blow away his thunder did Selindra love me I would wage a second war with heaven to gain her and be more proud to fall her Martyr in so high attempt then fit next to Jove with her neglects upon me Enâ—…er Antenor Ante. Madam the Emperour sent me to see
way Ormasdes to remove These niceties must I for ever own Your benefits and make you no return How little do I seem to your great Eye Who scorn I should your service gratifie Ormas I have in Greece all my relations left To serve you Madam and am hither come With a fixt zeal to wish and to obey What ever you command and only fear My inclinations may my tongue direct To beg what you 'l deny though I affect Qu. Though I your sute dislike I will consent And from your happiness raise my content Or. With your permission Madam I would beg Leave to retire unto the little Lodge Within the Forrest half a League from hence Where after all my Travells I may find Ease for my body and refresh my mind With the soft solace of a private life Free from Affairs and Courts Eternal strife Qu. This is far beyond my fears Ormasdes T is no wonder you my favours slight When you do our society dislike But I will not your purpose now oppose Though I your councils your frindship lose Who in debates can speak in fight command And order all that in disorder stand Can nothing alter your desire from this Ormas Not unless troubles be prefer'd to bliss Queen Ormasdes it shall be as you desire And freely when you please you may retire Or. Though I a while absent my self from Court I shall be ready to lay by my Books When you do call me to put Armour on Stories tell that great men the like have don Qu. Though I know no example I believe What e're Ormasdes shall make choice to do May be a president that will ingage Brave men to follow in the future age content Ormas Your Majesty in this has given me more Then all the favours proffer'd me before Exit Ormasdes Y. Tit. Is this his humour or some fancy grown From passion for some Love to us unknown Qu. No Titus he has ever been observ'd A great contemner of Amores and does True friendship more esteem then idle Love Ti. The more like now to be so much concern'd When touch'd our mortal bodies are so frail That we may love and know not what we ail Why does your Majesty think friendship can With as much force as love transport a man Qu. Not to such frensies as wild brains Create When fancy cannot change the course of Fate When love to faces with the face decay A virtuous friendship will for ever sway I wish you Titus when he first retires To try how far your friendship can prevail To get the secret from Ormasdes soul T is for his good that he his griefs impart True friendship will allow a little Art When the design does nothing more import But bringing of Ormasdes back to Court Tit. I shall be joy'd and happy if I can Bring back to Court so Excellent a Man Enter An Officer and Ormasdes Officer The Embassadour attends your Majesty The Queen sits Queen Admit Him Enter Embassadour and his Train Embas. Madam my Master the Treconian King Salutes you in these Letters and by me Congratulates your Zelnian Victory But does lament that he no share acquir'd In that great Conquest he so much desir'd He was ambitious Madam to command In that near War and not as neuter stand When strangers merits do such Triumphs claim While he to you unknown sat still with shame But since Ormasdes conduct and his skill With such high Valour has fulfill'd your will He envies not so great a Souldiers praise But would have shar'd in his Triumphant rayes Qu. If I had known Valerianus mind He might my thanks have shar'd and not repin'd Emb. I have commission also to propose A League between your Kingdoms your selves Such as new Conquer'd Zelnia will secure That Cithereas peace may long endure Your beauty Madam more then Crowns invite Valerians wishes to unite Your hearts and then your Scepters may Be doubly fixt when both do love obey He begs that he in person may appear To plead his love and treat this great affair Qu. Valerianus friendship I approve But never shall consent to treat of love 'T would raise my dead Lords Ashes in his Urn If I should to a second Lover turn Your great Kings proffer'd League I do imbrace With fit Affection and a chearful face Declairing to the World how I respect His person though I must his sute reject Emb. I shall acquaint my Master and beg leave I may your Majesties commands receive Without the Ceremonies that belong To a State audience in a formal throng Qu. You shall have free access as you desire And now my Lord I must a Sutor be That fair Mariana will appear Who I am told is come to visit me quest Emb. That Madam should have been my next re That you my dearest Sister would permit To kiss your hand who does attend without Qu. Will you Ormasdes please to bring her in Exit Ormasdes If I had known that she had been so near She had been better treated for your sake Emb. You oblige me Madam Enter Ormasdes with Mariana and her Ladies the Queen Salutes Her Qu. You do me and my Country honour more Then any Lady ever did before Mari. I have done my self a favour Madam And t is your Majesty that honours me The fame of Citherea I confess May Princes hither bring but my address Is â—…o Cleandras self that I might see The virtue fam'd for such Divinitie Qu. Madam if you such flatteries throw out You will your welcome spoil and make me doubt You rather come to mock then to admire On such another word I shall retire Mari. I can be silent Madam while I live But mâ—…st speak truth when you this freedom give Qu. We then will change our argument place Least I do chide whom I intend to grace Exeunt all but Nearcus and Cleobulus Cleob. Did you observe with what forc'd modesty The Embassadour supprest his anger When his Masters sute so briskly was denied Nea. Yes and how suddain his sad looks change When bright Cleandra did so soon admit His private visits as if himself were struck And did no further press his Masters Sute Cle. I have other thoughts that made me believe The Lady he calls Sister is his Love Near. Such things have been and Mariana may His Mistris be whose beauty in my Eye Does far surpass Cleandras Majesty And now you put these thoughts into my head I did observe Marianus eyes and his Did a long practiz'd silent language shew While they by turns did entertain the Queen Cleob. But I had second thoughts led me to think I did sometimes perceive Marianas eyes On brave Ormasdes fixt and seem'd to take Such a survey as Purchasers do make Near. I doubt Mariana has not an estate To purchasâ—… him at great Cleandras rate Cleo. Let us observe them better next and see If it be Art or their simplicitie Exeunt Enter Embassadour and Mariana Emb. I have undone my self Mariana For
possess but forward look And only find some pleasure in the way Towards the end we aime at which obtain'd Brings not those real joyes we did expect Only affords some relish which invites Our idle fancies to seek new delights How unhappy then is our best happiness When no fruitions can our fond hearts bless Still subject to unsatisfied desires That from quench'd Ashes does beget new Fires Thus all our Appetites do make us slaves And from our cradles lead us to our graves Young Titus Has the Gods only given us active souls And no objects fit for them to fix on Orma To think on those Gods will afford our hearts A full variety of lasting joyes VVith which our earthly fancies cannot mix VVhen on Coelestial happiness we fix Titus I shall e're long this argument revive And shew how you are buried alive Where is that valor and that virtue gon Whither that courage fled I doated on Though you can passion and desire sustain You must not quit the Court as if disdain Of all the glories that a Court can give Could not perswade you there again to live I must now leave you to attend the Queen Exit Titus Ormas A clearer virtue I have never seen Exit omnes severally Enter the Queen Embassador Mariana Old Titus and Train Embassador Madam shall I return without a hope No gratious answer to my Masters sute Queen My Lord I fully have declar'd that way Embassador Never to marry Madam Queen T is my opinion now Embassador Will you permit my Master to appear Whose person may bring Arguments to prove It necessary to allow his Love Queen By no means my Lord I shall not admit His visit if he come on that affair But must against his coming now declare Embass. How can you Madam thus declare against A person and a passion you see not Or prejudge what you will think hereafter His presence may change this severity Queen I have consider'd all that can be said Urge it no more The Embassador stands concern'd Exit Queen and Train Ma. Brother Sir what do you ail what strange looks Do you put on you will be discovered Emba I Mariana t is now my business To try if this Scene changing may not change Cleandras stubborn heart when she shall see This borrow'd habit thrown away if then She scorn my Love I will break off the League And in my own Right will a VVar declare For her so lately conquer'd Zelnian Crown And there will try if her conceal'd Gallant The great Ormasdes may once more be drawn From Sanctuary to defend her Right From my just rage I will now visit him Mari. This humour is not fit for complement Emb. Fear not Mariana I 'le not wrangle now My business is to bribe that mighty man And make him plead my cause to the fair Queen But if I find him rotten at the heart I shall unmask him spite of all his Art Mari. That is what I fear Exeunt THE SECOND ACT. Enter the Embassadour with Ormasdes who holds a Book in his hand they sit on Chairs by a Table ORMASDES YOur Lordship by this visit honours me Emb My visit brings you business of the State You must not take it for a Complement Ormas What is your business then Emb. I have observed Ormasdes the Queens sence Is yours in her Affairs of Consequence She moves by you this brings me to consult My Masters Marriage for a full result For I conceive Valerianus Name Of so great Credit and so high a Fame That our two Nations by our Princes joyn'd Though our surrounding neighbors were cōbind Our Territories would be safe and we Should thank the Gods for such Tranquilitie But when a Lady Rules they may presume And their Rebellious Principles assume If great Ormasdes shall be call'd away And fair Cleandra left alone to sway Ormasdes I know Sir that Cleandra does esteem The stout Treconians friendship as she ought And I know she honours your brave young King Whose martial acts have gain'd him through the A character so noble and so great world That she with joy this proffer'd League does treat Onely dislikes the Marriage you propose On good State Arguments as I suppose In judgement and affection to her Son She will not raise a Rival to his Crown And for her angry Neighbours she believes The late Zelnian war has such wisdome taught They will not suddainly unurg'd provoke A Queen so powerfull and so fortunate Embassador Suppose Valerianus take offence And look on this neglect as an affront Because he only did propose this League To introduce his sute which he conceives VVill both our Nations equally advance But if laid by with scorn suppose he then Do joyn with your old Enemies and claim His Fathers Title to the Zelnian Crown VVhat may the hazzards and the issue be If a new war dispute your Victory Ormasdes I will not Prophecy the sad event That so unjust a war may justly bring Upon so Gallant and so wise a King Embass. Suppose then that I have his Commission To ◅ay by the Treaty of this new League Untill the Marriage be agreed unto And if deni'd I must Proclaim his Right To Zelnia and your late Conquest bring To a new question with a Powerfull King Ormas If Valerianus be so fixt we must No h◅zzards fear in wars that are so just Embass. Your great success have high thoughts begot Above your Conquest which I value not But wish such evils as we now foresee May be avoided by our industry For 't will become your Wisdom and your Trust T' advise Cleandra to this happy Match Wherein if you prevail I have full power Now to confer on you the first and best Of our Treconian Principalities Ormas You do me wrong and are in this unjust To think that I will break Cleandras trust Which I do value 'bove your Masters Crown And therefore boldly will advise the Queen Not to admit his sute on Arguments Which must an evil consequence produce To her Sons Right if she Comply And by it lessen her own Dignity Embass. If my imployment anger did allow And my own Honour would permit to strike A-Book-man this rude language I 'de correct Orm. If the Queens honour were not more concern'd In a respect to your imployment due You soon should find how little I do value you The Book-man would not from your Master take This Insolence but for Cleandras sake I do forbear pray visit me no more Embassador Fear it not when Valerianus knows How little worth Cleandras honour is He will this League and her Alliance scorn Who puts Ormasdes into this Disguise To hide her Lover from her Peoples Eyes Ormasdes This is beyond sufferance Ormasdes Grapples with the Embassador Enter The Queen Young Titus and Train who part them Queen Hold Ormasdes I heard his Insolence Sir you have leave to go aboard your Fleet Where you only can be safe begon then Without reply be gone for if 't be
known What you have said my People may revenge My wrong before your Master do me right Exit Embassador in Anger Ormasdes you must in this my will obey Your wonted Judgement must your passion sway While I by a quick war with Fire and Sword Require such Justice as he must afford Ormas Madam the Conduct of that war I beg Queen If you this passion will lay by till then You shall But no more of this anger now I came to take the Ayre this After-noon But will defer it till another day Pray be pacifi'd you shall not stir out I do intreat and do command you stay Titus stay you till this heat be over Exit Queen and Train Ormas Titus my friend I have a flame within That will consume my heart if you help not Yo. Tit. Do you doubt my assistance to serve you In any way you can prescribe a friend Or. I 'le rather thank thee for 't then doubt thy love Th' Embassador can this night hardly reach Coriola where we in a swift Boat By break of day to morrow may Arrive Iâ—… some hours since we in the dark Imbarke Yo. Titus I guess your purpose and I will obey Yet I would gladly have an Argument To justifie what we intend to do Lest Forreign Princes should condemn our State That Laws of Nations rashly violate And so Cleandras honour suffer more Then by his Insolence she did before Ormas How can he justifie those words he spoke His rude language the Law of Nations broke For when a Publick Minister puts off That sacred shadow which should him protect And dares in such vil'd language give affronts To a much greater Monarch then his own That minute his Commission did expire When he his Cloak of Maâ—…esty laid by And like a Ruffen talk'd so lavishly Yo. Titus This I confess is reason for revenge But if the World our action not approve Pray think what we shall urge for our excuse In case we can no president produce Ormas A president Titus where will he show That Nations do Embassadors allow To be so barbarously base as he When he dares make his Act a president I will another shew and kill him for 't In the first Age no presidents were known And in ours this shall be my Creation T is not Cleandras work nor is it thine The glory or the shame is only mine Titus my heart would break if I permit That man to brag as he will do at home How he has brav'd Ormasdes to his face And on Cleandra thrown so foul disgrace Y. Tit. Since I your resolution cannot change Pray name the place and hour and I 'le not faile Ormas Some 3 hours hence we 'l at the Ferry meet Where a swift well-man'd Boat you must provide My motion may some jealousie beget Of what we do intend and must perform If our best speed can but this Mad-Man reach I shall his fury better manners teach Exeunt Enter Cleandra Mariana Old Titus Cleobulus and Ladies Queen Madam you are now got so near my heart That I am sad to think that we must part Mariana And I too soon do find that I too late Am now involved in my Brothers Fate We leave our hearts behind though we now fly This place by our impulsive Destiny My soul has not a wish can send me hence If I could stay on any just pretence Queen Why may you not stay here Mariana And let him go we will a friendship make Such as thy virtue justly may expect And my affection give if here you 'l live Mari. I am unhappy Madam who must be At his dispose has done you injurie So great that I must suffer while I live Queen Rather then you shall suffer I 'le forgive Mari. Your pardon is beyond your power I fear Unless you will admit his Master here Queen His pardon then is far beyond my reach If for his King his own concern be such And yours so much for him I must consent To part with both yet I could be content To see him for your sake I and forget What he so rashly has against me said Thy tears for him have satisfaction made Mari. My Brother is already on his way And has ordered Boats for me to follow Where I expect to find his rage to high To hearken to such mercy as I bring Unless Cleandra will admit his King Queen I have not seen such useless rage before Whom but himself can his mad fury harm Mari It is a Riddle I dare not expound Queen Dare not Mariana am I so low In your Esteem you daâ—…e not let me know What you dare do this secret I confess Has only power to make me love thee less Mari. I cannot I have sworn not yet to say What 't is to him I 'me doubly tied t' obey But since your goodness can so soon forgive So great a Crime I 'le try to bring him back And if I can prevail for his consent I 'le shew the cause of his distemperment Queen You have his pardon and may now persue Your own design to bring him back with you But if he chuse to go and set you free Your self shall be much welcomer to me Mar. Your words incourage me to take no leave But cherish hopes which may my heart deceive With present thoughts rather to smile then mourn As a good Omen to my quick return Queen You Nearcus shall conduct Mariana To Coriola and at your own house As you pass by pray treat her as my friend Nearcus I shall be carefull in it Madam Exeunt Nearcus and Mariana Queen I love her and am somewhat more concern'd To part with her then I can make you see Admiral She has by her behaviour gain'd esteem From all the Court and from the Nation to Queen I wonder Titus none of you lament When so great Beauty from the Court is sent Admi. Your Majesty has shew'd enough for all Queen I do mean Love Titus and did expect Her beauty should have fir'd a hundred hearts And by the powerfull charms of her bright Eyes O're-ruled our Citherean Destinies Admi. My heart Madam has been so often burnt There is no substance left that can take fire Indeed I wonder how the rest have scap'd Cleob. Nearcus and my self had other thoughts Of this great beauty which did secure us We do Mariana for his Mistris take Few Sisters Travel for a Brothers sake Queen How Cleobulus have you any ground For this to justifie so vile a thought Cle. Only the freedom which they daily us'd With this new way for Men who have no Wives To carry Sisters into Foreign Courts Queen Though not in use it does not sure deserve A censure so severe such Innocence In Mariana did to me appear That I should sooner judge her good if bad Then blemish such perfections by a thought It cannot be so Insolent a Guilt He durst not own nor such a scandal raise On his own Name and on his Country too
levitie Nearcus If you 'l afford more time I will proceed With caution and respect and shall take heed How I offenâ—… if you 'l resolve to stay Or to comply my passion will obey If not I must this desperate course persue And trust my ruine or success to you Who does in desperate attempts ingage Can seldome at first sight th' event presage Love led me on and reason comes to late Now to retreat this Fortune is my Fate Mar. Your language your looks do rather threat Then woe which does in me such scorn beget As to an Enemy that does invade That Innocence you have berest of aid And boldly dare impose on a free heart What should be won by Love not such base art Nearcus Give me but time to woe and I will fear And tremble in your sight with zeal appear And the same duty I approach the Gods When my offences make me fear their Rods It is not I as yâ—… affairs do stand But high necessity makes me command That all the remnant of my life you may Triumph for my ambition 's to obey Mariana Think you by force that I shall ere think fit To yield my self to such a counterfiet I am not born unto so mean a Fate As to submit unto the man I hate Nor will I be thus frighted to comply With so contemptable a destiny Nearcus I must confess I can by no disguise Lessen or hide the guilt of this surprize But by some greater crime more amply shew That a distracted passion may soon know To act such evills as I fear to think But do not set me in despair thus sink Speak so as that I may some hope retain And you 'l restore me to my self again Mari Stand by vil'd Man and let me pass who waits Near. None within call that now can help the fates Themselves have not the power to set you free Nor can you hope for safety but from me No storm at Sea nor in it ships on fire Creates more terrours then my wild desire Brings me here is a Tempest in this brest Above all them since raging Love possest My heart I am become a walking storm Reason and Virtue are both wrack'd no form Observ'd while this confusion bears the sway None knows to govern but must all obey If we cannot resist then to cry no Is madness when we must to ruine go Maria. I have no power but 〈◊〉 â—…st my Brothers will Obey I must his mind not yours fullfill Lest his great pride and anger may destroy What you 'd preserve and frustrate all your joy Nearcus If my high birth and quality do prove Less then your oâ—…n I will expect no love But hazzard all my hopes on his consent Let his denial sign my punishment Mariana If your birth equal mine and he consent To joyn our hands I have no argument Against your hopes but must be Mistris still Of my own heart not part with my free-will Yet now Nearcus I do promise you What truth and honour dictates I will do Nearcus Unless you both do ere you go comply You shall soon see that I know how to dye Mari. Pray call my servants down that I may see Your truth and find my self at Liberty He calls at the doorâ—… Nearcus Now Madam that my life 's at your dispose Your self secure I humbly do propose You will before the Gods confirm by vow What you have freely promis'd to me now Mari. By all those powers I 'le keep my promise made Andnever fail to own what I have said Nearcus It is enough a kiss of your fair hand Must satisfie the man you may command Nearcus has no soul cannot be blest Untill his love with love you do invest Enter Servants and all go off together THE THIRD ACT. Enter The Embassador as at Coriola with Cleon Erillos and Train EMBASSADOR THis Piazzo Cleon is Magnificent I have not seen any so Beautifull Cleon. It shews the Princes Treasure and their minds Are alike great who can so soon Erect So vast a City which in every part Deserves to be as much admir'd as this Emba We may walk through it ere my Sister comes Erillos You may the River side is your best view Cleon. There is a Boat now coming to the shore Erillos Those who land seem to be of Quality Embassador I see no Woman yet with them appear They are very brave and come towards us Do any of you know who these may be Cleon. Young Titus landed first but as I think It is Ormasdes who now leads the Troop Embassa. If so I must expect some angry words From the Offended Queen Enter Ormasdes and Young Titus with Servants who come up close to the Embassador without any respect Emb. What means this kind of rudeness Gentlemen Ormasdes It speaks my business who am hither come To scourge that pride you so much glory in And with this hand that insolence chastise Which boldly durst indeavor to defame By base surmises great Cleandras Name He turns to Titus Titus I beg as you love my Honour If I do fall let none come in to help To the Embassador Sir you shall have fair play that we may see How Insolence and Courage do agree Titus makes room Embass. I shall soon satisfie the doubt you make To his Followers Stand off he dyes that stirs to my relief Or by a word let fall does make me known They fight Ormasdes burts and disarms him Enter Mariana and servants who run in and part them Mariana Ormasdes hold it is a King you wound It is Valerianus you fight with Ormas My self a Prince of Greece of the same blood With our great Emperour will justifie What I have done and to the World declare If any man do wrong me in disguise I do his Titles and himself despise Exit Ormasdes Titus and Train Mari. Oh Gods my prophetick soul did long since Fore-see this Evil oh let not King Hold Valeriana there are no Gods Nor shall one Altar in my Kingdome stand To honour those we foolishly call Gods I will Erect new Temples unto Chance Which guiddely thus governs us below Val. Take heed Sir lest you do provoke those powers You now despise to punish your contempt King I will not own those Gods those empty names Who cannot shelter us from publick shames Vale. The Gods be just and you are much to blame 'T was not Ormasdes who the King ore-came It was his Virtue conquer'd your offence Your Guilt gave Victory to Innosence Kin. Will you become my Judge will you coÌ„demn My Life and Honour A fit Sacrifice To your belov'd Ormasdes fatal Sword Fool from this hour I do thy blood disclaim And will forget I ever knew thy Name Erillos let my goods be sent aboard I will not stay a minute longer here Then my necessity compells me to Vale I have prevail'd with the much injur'd Queen To lay her anger by and to forgive Those rash words you spoke and have her
World thinks fit Ormas Your pardon Madam is not all my sute I beg your interest to obtain like grace From this sad Lady my whole Soul is vext To see such innocence so much perplext Queen I can now secure you there Ormasdes She does discreetly Judge what you have done Was what a man of honour could not shun Is not this truth Valeriana speak Valeriana stands surpris'd Valeri Yes Madam I do think I did say so She sighs and weeps Q What suddain change is this can your soft heart Conceal a thought of ill towards the man You have excus'd and seem'd to smile upon Nearcus She does love Ormasdes and I am lost Aside Valeriana weeps Qu. Pray leave us all with-draw to the next room Exeunt What have I said that can disturb you thus Impart your griefs and I will share in them Valeriana I dare not shew 'um with an open face Queen And why you cannot have a guilt so great That I cannot forgive speak it freely Vale. Has not my face my guilty heart betray'd Queen I understand you not Vale. I am safe then and may my sorrow hide Aside Queen Madam what means this talking to your self While I stand by neglected is your trust So great that you can doubt I will be just Vale. I doubt my self great Queen and fears not you Aside She 's jealous of me and my thoughts too true She loves Ormasdes and most unhappy I Am forc'd to smile on my own Tragedy I know no way to hide my broken heart Unless I do immediately depart Madam I beg your Pardon and your Pass I must begon least I too late alass By my distempers here deserve your blame And raise my memory eternal shame Queen You are not well sure this distracted talk Requires Physitians to consult I 'le send Vale. Oh no! there needs no more consult for this You only can restore me unto bliss Queen And can you doubt that I will not Vale. I fear so Queen What I can do be you assur'd I will Vale. What I desire may be more priz'd by you Then is the Citherean Diadem Will you know now and if not grant forgive For I am desperate on the suddain grown And am resolv'd to make my weakness known Queen Speak it aloud or in my bosome breath Imbraces her The troubles of thy soul let not a thought Be hid but freely shew how much you trust My love and you shall find me kind and just Vale Do not you Madam value Ormasdes Person and his service above all mens Queen Yes I do Valeri You are Just and Worthy and I am Valeriana faints Queen Help help some help there Enter Ormasdes Titus Nearcus and Ladies who take up Valeriana Nearcus T is love upon my life Aside Queen Leave us again the dangers over now Ormas I beg your permission to retyre Queen My best wishes still attend Ormasdes Exit Ormasdes with the rest Valeria What can I say t' excuse what I have done Qu. Speak plainly your full thoughts I 'm your friend But if you longer dally with my love You will my friendship unto anger move Valeri I know you have discover'd by my words That your Esteem of him you boldly own Becomes the ground of my distraction Que. You love him then that look declares it now And so do I or I would ne're consent To give him unto you if this cure grow Within my reach Ormasdes shall be yours Valeri Is not your Majesty ingag'd to him Queen Indeed I am not so in love with him But I can second your desires and will With all my power endeavor to perswade Ormasdes that he meet with open armes So great a blessing by the Gods defign'd Though I must part with what I value most Your passion never shall by me be crost Valeri Madam your kindness to me flows so fast That I am now in danger to be lost By my abundant joy for this success You give of unexpected happiness Que. Remove these sullen clouds from thy fair Eyes And be thy self again for I will shew Ormasdes suddainly how great a bliss The Heav'ns prepare to Crown his Virtue with Valer. The Gods reward you with your highest wish That you may never want what you desire My spirits fail so fast I must retire Exit Her Maids lead her off leaning on them and shewing much weakness Queen Do so what 's this I have so rashly done Thrown off Ormasdes I depend on Must I perswade him quit that Interest here Which for my sake he purchased so deare How ill shall I repay his service past If I advise this banishment at last What a rash promise has my pitty made By thus proposing my improper Ay'd Though by the secret charms of sympathy Her passion won my reason to comply I must on this imployment Titus use My Honour will my active part excuse But if his Arguments should not prevail And by my nicety the business fail If she should perish so and I repent To late that ill which I may yet prevent I must about it then and loose no time Lest my nice complements do prove a crime My faith is past and I will now proceed Though bâ—…e Ormasdes do condemn the Deed Exit with Train Enter Nearcus with Valeriana in her Chamber her Ladies stand off but go not out Nea. Madam my desperate State and high transport You may complain of though not blame me for 't Your eyes like bright misguiding fires betray My wandring soul and make me lose my way T is now too late to see that I am lost â—…ed by those guides to this obdurate coast Where neither Rocks appear nor crossing Tides Yet this expected safety ruine hides But I must claim you by a solemn vow Made in the sight of Heav'n and am come now To prove my Birth which you will not deny Is with your own of equall Quality These are such Arguments for your consent I cannot think you dare your vowes repent Vale. It cannot well be thought and much less said That I repent a promise never made How could such hasty words strict vowes appear Which my surprise then made me speak in fear When you to seize me stretch'd those Lions paws And threatn'd 'gainst all Hospitable Laws Worse then Death to me what might I not do To get from such a Monstrous Beast as you Near. Did my humility such danger threat Or my submission with such horror treat Were it even so as you your self have said I might my own conditions then have made Vale. Did you not all my Servants first exclude And me into a loneness so delude As that no rescue could be had to free Me from your Trayterous Captivity When you with humble looks strong fetters laid And words let fall which made my soul afraid And caus'd me use some little Art to gain Your trust that I my freedom might obtain Near. T is true indeed and you reproach me well Or else you might another story tell For I
confess I did too much to prove The humble passion of a gentle Love And much too little now to justifie My high affections or my fact denie Had I with vigour my first step persu'd new'd You might have wish'd my vows with yours re Vale. You talk as now I at your mercy were As if you still might threat and I must fear But I shall make you know your self and me If you proceed not with more modesty And shall soon let Cleandra understand How well you Treated me on her command Near. Though I do shake and tremble at your frown Cleandras anger cannot bow me down For if my suffering no compassion move Nor your past vowes make you regard my Love You shall then see how little I esteem This Life you will not with a smile redeem Valeriana I am not thus ingratefull as you say So I may be secur'd another way I did not threat till you aspers'd my Name By this false promise you unjustly claim For though your Birth flow from a Noble Spring T is something less then Daughter to a King And more I must the secret now impart That brave Ormasdes long since had my heart Near. Madam I have no Plea beyond my Love If that do of too mean a value prove Think how your honour stands ingag'd by vow And that my all depends upon it now Yet here I do before the Gods profess To quit my Title if my birth be less Vale. From Nearcus the Gods will me protect Who boldly must a subjects claim reject Near. Which I am not but a Prince Nobly born As is Cleandra though you now do scorn The Man who lay'd his greatness at your feet Without a thought of Royalty to meet Your Virtue and your Beauty did engage My heart to Love and did create that rage You now so much condemn and makes me shaâ—… I did no more who was so much to blame Vale. You do amaze me knows Cleandra this Near. She yet does not but must do when I plead My Title to Valerianas Bed For Madam you can onely now be mine Made so by humane Lawes and by Divine Vale. What ere you are I do much scorn to think Of being compell'd and will strong poyson driâ—… Rather then be by such a trick betray'd Or of your scandalous reports afraid Your first attempt was base and now as vain Your hopes are you are a Prince I do disdain To have a thought for him who poorly can Demand what 's given to another man I must this Injury at last reveal And to the Queen for Justice now appeal Near. I am content then let Cleandra Judge Vale. I 'le hear no more Exit with Ladies Near. What a strange heat I feel that alwayes burn Yet do not wast cannot to Ashes turn But like a fire-flaming Statue stand To warn the World not to approach this Land Ye Gods how cruel is your doom that she Melts not but should an Icie Mountain be Of power to kindle such tormenting fires Where her own frozen heart has no desires Exit THE FOURTH ACT. Enter Cleandra with Ormasdeâ—… the Lords and Ladies stand off QUEEN I shall allow your Argument for War If the Treconian do provoke so far But how shall I Valeriana free From her fierce Brothers great barbaritie And how Estate her in her Mothers Land If her mad Brother should that right withstand Though she do now desire but what 's her own If he should dye She must Ascend that Throne Ormas I have heard so and that by my rash Act She suffers which makes me repent the Fact Queen Her virtues do her beauty far excell And in my judgement have no parallel What is your thought will not the man be blest Whom Cods with such felicities invest Ormas I doubt not Madam her perfections may In hearts of Men above her Scepter sway Queen She has won me to a concern so high As if my own were the same Desteny With hers my thoughts do labor where to treat A Marriage with some Prince worthy so great A Queen can you Ormasdes find me one To recommend will Greece afford us none Ormas Madam if Citherea can produce None fit for Greece there will need no excuse Queen I think so too unlesse Ormasdes will Himself thus my prophetick soul fulfill That does such glories and such joyes foresee As may indure unto Eternitie Ormas Me Madam does your Majesty think me A man worthy of so great Felicitie Alas I am too old now to begin To Love you may as soon learn me to spin My Sword and Armor into Needles turn As â—…each my Age in Youthful flames to burn Queen T is you Ormasdes are the man so blest Her love to you she has to me confest And me in honour has ingag'd to try If I can now perswade you to comply Ormas Madam I hope you do not thus abuse Your servant cause my nature does refuse Such correspondence with your Sex as might Ingage a braver Man Oh do not fight Against my weakness that must now confess I never unto Lady made Address And onely chose this solitary place That I might here some quiet thoughts imbrace Sure Madam you mistake how can it be That she should covet such Aâ—…tipothy Can the good Gods to her be so unkind To let such excellence become so blind Qu. Think you her self knows what her self desires Or that she has no sence of those quick fires That do consume her can you doubt such Love Which through dispair did then so mortal prove That but to name Ormasdes she did Dye Till you appear'd to change that destiny And when you all retir'd she did confess Her life depended on her good success Your Glorious Acts had raised so loud a Fame That she was first in Love with your great Name Which brought her hither with a full intent To Judge and Justifie that Argument Crmâ—…s Madam I must believe what you avow And do so far your Argument allow That it has rais'd in me a greater war Then I was ever in and am so far From slighting this affair that I descry My certain Ruine by this Victory The Gods cannot afford lesse punishment If I refuse to hear and if consent I 'm lost to all my joyes on Earth for Fate Has not in store nor can the Gods Create An evill I fear more then to deny What you command though a sad Desteny Can nothing less then my destruction save This Excellence from an untimely Grave Queen If I could see this danger you foretell Ormasdes harms should make no other well Though Valeriana do my pitty move Ormasdes friendship is before her Love In my esteem but if this match unite Your hearts it will our Children then invite To imitate our friendship and so tye Fast knots for everlasting Ametie Ormas My mind can move my body any way But my hard heart will not my will obey My utmost power my soul to mourn shall teach Cause my Affection is beyond
careful to give him no incouragement for thoughts of that nature my undertaking is not beyond a common civillity as to all others of his Rank Lin. That will do it if I mistake not and catch you both I hope here he comes Enter Lonzartes and Clearcus Lon. Madam I have brought my Friend to kiss your hand Cle. Thus far Madam in order to my ingagement I have given you the trouble of the first visit I ever made against my will Pan. Your Lordship does me honour came you now from Court Cle. Yes Madam and left the Princess Theodocia in great complements with her kind Father who has now declared against the proud Corinthian and given Theodocia her free choice where she please Pan. You tell me News beyond my hopes this will raise the Princess drooping Spirits again I wonder she is not here by this time Lon. The Duke and she are not yet parted Madam how now Lindamira are you tongue-tyed no welcome for my Friend to encourage him to like of civil company You look as if you feared to loose your Gallant Cle. No no she knows she has too fast hold of my heart to part so easily Lin. T is Honour enough for me to be in the number of your Martyrs Sir She Sighes Pan. How long have you two been acquainted Lin. Ever since last night Madam She Sighes Pan. And dost thou sigh already Lin. 'T is onely to give you warning by my harmes Pan. I thank your care but I am arm'd against the World Cle. That 's good News Lonzartes there is some hope she has made firm resolves against Wedlock that I may assault her with security Aside Lon. You may you may Cle Madam You speak as if you held mankind at a defiance Pan. By way of Marriage I do but I can value all men that I see worthy Cle. He must be a bold man who does designe beyond the favours you allow but have you made vowes against marriage Madam Pan. No vowes but such resolves as are unchangable Lon. You are severe to men Lin. If all Women were of your opinion Madam how should the World be Peopled Cle. I marry Madam that was well urg'd Pan. I thought Lindamira you would have been on my side Lin. So I am when you are in the right this is our common cause Suppose you bring these two Lords and they bring twenty more to be of your judgement and this Heresie should spread what will become of us who think of nothing else but Marriage Lon. She tells you true Madam when her own concern is at stake you may excuse her Pan. I do and will make good my argument alone Cle. Never to Marry Madam Pan. Never my Lord is my full resolve Cle. You are the happiest and the wisest Lady living and I the joyfullest man if you 'l permit me to adore you at this distance for I am of your own opinion Madam Lin. Two Fannaticks well met Pan So long as your respects be free from love my house is open to you Cle. You are all witnesses that this Lady does adopt me her avow'd Gallant on the conditions before mentioned you give me leave Madam to talk of love and to carry up this jest as high as he who really does love Pan. I do so it be ever in Publick all private visits and all whisperings are excepted Cle. 'T is enough Madam This is a pretty kind of Entertainment I never thought of Lonzartes thou art in the right this will be sport beyond my hope Lon. But how does Lindamira like to see her new Gallant thus taken from her Cle. 'T is her own fault she might have fix'd me another way if she had been wise Pan Indeed Lindamira I thought not of your concern and did conclude too rashly but I will use my interest on your behalf Lin 'T will not be needfull Madam I know all his professions to you are meant to me Cle Very prettily contrived This is a new kind of wit I never heard of so then you are to love me in spite of your teeth and I you in spite of mine what will this come to at last Lon. Mirth man all the year a constant mirth Is not this better then spending your time in a smoaky house with your old Acquaintance Silvander and Lindamira do converse while the others talk Cle. I cannot tell you that till I have tryed this as long as I have the other Lin. Pray my Lord do not perswade your Friend all this earnest is a jest I allow you as much mirth as you please so the conclusion be serious Pan. We leave the success unto the Fates Clearcus may in time have pitty on you Lindamira he does not yet believe you are in earnest Cle. Nor ever shall do Madam till I see her heart break and then 't will be too late Lin. He dissembles well for so young a Schollar Madam Lon. We have done all well me thinks and now t is time that we retire Cle. How soon may I make my next visit to you Madam Pan. As often as you please my Lord at publique hours Exeunt Silvander and two Lords Lin. How did I perform my part Madam Pan. You fell too soon into your humour he sees you mock him Lin. That 's all I ayme at he has too much wit to be abused my onely business is to let him see that he cannot cozen me I believe you will see this Scene changed at his next visit if I have any skill you will be troubled with him Pan I am arm'd at all points against all men and him most Enter Theodocia and Ladies The. Oh Cousin I am freed from all my fears and come to rejoyce with you Pan. I have rejoyced already Madam and have begun a Scene of mirth will hold us long Had your Highness come a little sooner you had found the late Convert Lonzartes and his Friend Clearcus here who is become my avowed Gallant and looks as if he liked our company already The. Then you have hopes to cure him Pray order it so as I may come to your next meeting my heart is now so light that I could play with any thing Can I have no part in your Comedy Lin. For two reasons your Highness can onely be a looker on t is petty Treason to make love to you though in jest and then your beauty is too dangerous to be dallied with these be edge-tools too sharp for us to play with The. Why may not Princes participate in such innocent mirth we make stricter Rules then need true virtue will shine through such thin clouds without a prejudice and be above the reach of vile tongues Pan. I Madam if you could shew a rule to distinguish between Innocence and Guilt But we often see that Angelical virtues are aspersed by malicious tongues and no quality exempt from rude censures Lin. I differ in opinion Princes may enjoy harmless mirth as freely as we to be too much reserved does look like disguise
what would'st thou have me say when thou talk'st thus to me thou in love Ha ha Cle. What shall I say what do to beget faith in thee Pandora's resolution against Marriage which I so much rejoyc'd at is fatally become my scourge and I must dye or have her Lon. That 's the only way to obtain belief do but hang thy self and then a Printed Ballad The Dary Maids greatest Faith will make them swear thou dyedst for love Cle. Do my looks agree with so much jest does not my face declare my heart does love Lon. No nor ever can do to me would'st thou have me belye my self that thou mayest laugh at me these shallow Plots are lost on me Exit Lonzartes Cle. This is right had I been fool'd into the Platonick pound I might have knock'd my head against the walls and never been believed Thus I blow away those bubles those ayrie Lectures of chast love which lead silly mortals into slavery Ha Sanga Enter Sanga Sanga Your pleasure Sir Cle. Go presently and sum mon all that merry Crew who danc'd the other day to Sup with me this Night and bid the Musick come Exit Sanga Sanga I go Sir Cle. I will retreat while I am safe and be Arm'd against my Wise Virtuous Chast Friends with their Cob-web Netts so subtilly laid to catch me Thus I throw all their Inchantments off And now like the Grand Seignor after some great Victory atcheiv'd I will retire to my Seraglio Exit Enter the Duke with Theodocia Pandora Lindamira Teretia and Train and Silvander Duke You tell me a story beyond belief Theodocia Clearcus playes with you all this while he love The. If Pandora be mistaken he will triumph over Women kind for ever Pan. I wish it were no worse Sir t is I who now am to be pittied who for the common sport and for his good have brought an evil on my self I cannot bear Duke Why Pandora he is descended of our own blood and his Estate proportionable to his Birth so that if you can raise his virtues above his vices you 'l have no cause to murmur at his love Pan. True Sir if I were not ingag'd to a single life much might be said to set Clearcu's merrits above mine Lin. Is there no dispensation for such resolves Madam when it may be disputed whether the gods approve them They give us Lawes enough we need none of our own making Pan. My heart will ne're consent to alter my resolves Lin. We shall have enough to do then The. Let us all agree to laugh him out of it Lin. You will find little cause for mirth when you see Clearcus next Madam The. Can so few hours alter a man of his temper so much Lin. He is asham'd of his first Principles and is angry at that shame He hates himself for loving and loves so much he dares not wish it less This mixture of passions does beget such a confusion of thoughts that makes him look as if he had fed on nought but sighes and tears this twelve Month and I fear we shall have cause to turn our 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sorrow for him Duke I 'le give him Commands that shall divert him come with me Theodocia Exeunt Duke and Theodocia Lin. T is great pitty so brave a man should be so lost Pan. T is so Lindamira but how can it be help'd must I become mad because he is so 'T was not a rash word by chance let fall but on debate and mature judgement because I saw none so happy after Marriage as before Why may not I then live and dye as free as I was born Lin. You see why because the gods do not allow so great felicity on Earth as might keep us from ever wishing to be with them pray whoever heard of a pair of true Lovers that desir'd to be in Heaven if they might stay here till Doomsday T is therefore for our good that such united hearts are so rarely to be found on Earth take heed Pandora that you bring not more evils on your head then you fore see Pan. I must now bear my Fortune as I may Lin. Though you have not met with many happy Marriages I have heard of some who all their lives have had a constant spring of love their passions so high and joyes so great each striving to raise the others happiness above their own this I believe and hope for Methinks till I am married I am a thing laid by as if forgotten by the gods Pan T is not high passions nor great joyes I doubt to find but their continuance suppose the Gallant Lovers to the Wars be sent what terrours will possess their frighted Ladies till their return and if miscarry what will their whole lives have to joy at after Lin. Those who stay at home may have equall dangers these are anticipated dreams of evils that may never happen then you conceive not the joy those dangers bring when they are over this world affords us nothing to relish our delights by but such accidents as love with some fears and dangers bring T is sharps make sweet the sweeter Pan. But if I am satisfied with less joyes without those pains you find so useful why must I try to gain more happiness then I do wish for when I have joyes enough already Lin. Joyes enough Madam there is no such thing in Nature as enough of what we love Pan. I am weary of this idle talk Lin. And I know no better Entertainment Enter to them Lonzartes and Silvander Pan. How think you Silvander is Clearcus what he seems Sil. Lonzartes knows him best Madam Lon. I do believe he loves though I seem not to credit him and am now resolv'd to play with his passion as he has done with mine 't will entertain the Princess rarely to see how I shall anger him Sil. Is he enough fix't to be so abus'd for if neither Men nor Women have any faith in his budding love he may fly off for ever Lon. I am now going to see what humour he is in Sil. I 'le wait on you Pan. Pray do and let me know how I must behave my self that would not hurt him Lin. I can direct you best if you 'l trust your self to me Pan. I shall trust you as far as any in this affair let us consult within Exeunt Enter Clearcus and Sanga with Men and Women dancers Cle. Welcome my dear Friends I will be no more seduc'd by grave Lonzartes fooleries this night shall reunite us while we live Is the Musique come San. Not yet Sir Cle. I have broke through their Nets and now the day and night are ours to Revel in we will be so merry that our hearts shall seem much lighter then our heeles Enter Sanga Sanga Lonzartes and Silvander are without Cle. They are come as I could wish I 'le entertain 'um as they deserve they are my kind chast virtuous well-wishing spies pray retire all Exeunt Dancers into that Gallery while I dispatch
my Court-Friends Sanga shut the windows close then call 'um in and say that I am grown sad of late Exit Sanga monstrous sad Now for a grave face to suite with my disguise I have some fear my sides will burst with holding in my laughter He sits in a sad posture Enter Sanga with Lonzartes and Silvander Sanga Softly pray for a strange Melantholy has seiz'd him on the suddain He is now talking to Pandora Sil. She is not here San. He entertains her Idea in her absence with the same passion he would her the only sure way for a lovers happiness hark Cle. Blessed Angel turn not away these tears must be my daily Incence offer'd at your feet if you refuse this Tribute from my captiv'd heart you 'l turn the Elizium I enjoy to Hell Oh stay and take my Soul with thee that gentle look that Lon. Why so sad fond lover let not one repulse dismay so great a Conquerour thy next charge may prove more prosperous we come to councel thee Clearcus and to raise thy drooping Spirits by new hopes Cle Or to laugh at my affliction whose Soul is sunke so low by my dispair that all my Spirits are vanished I must submit to my Captivity Lonzartes He sighes Lon. That sigh had almost blown me over yet I am glad to see this and am now fully satisfied thou art in love in love Clearcus let me Imbrace my fellow-Prisoner we will now shake our shackles to the same sad tune Cle. I know you came to mock me but I must bear it Lon. Oh no! who can have so hard a heart we pitty you and have some fears Pandoras heart will break when we relate your mighty sufferings but if I should sit thus in the dark would it create the like Angelical Idea in my brain Clearcus Cle. This is barbarous to catch a Lion in your Toyles and bait him like an Asse thus to render my passion Rediculous will beget Pandoras scorn and may prove my destruction Lon. If she discern not your passion how can she proportion her favours to your merrit Cle. Do I deserve this mirth from you thus to highten my affliction Lon. Do you not all that I can do this Twelvemonth will not bring me on equal terms for thy abuses remember how you held me to the Ladies and made me your mirth by which scandal you destroy'd my credit with the Princess this is my revenge Cle. 'T was a great scandal indeed to procure you the Princess leave to love her by my means you have obtain'd a happiness beyond your hopes which all your whining Poetry or your Eternall sighes could ever reach for which speciall service prethee good sweet Lonzartes spare Hangs on him me by our old Friendship I do beg by thy own virtue and unparalel'd chast heart I do conjure thee not to raise a publique mirth out of my souls sorrow which you have brought me to Lon. Well then if I find you do continue thus humbly penitent and truly thus afflicted I will shew more mercy then I found from you come chear up we will sigh and condole together Embraces Clearcus and if possible so order our sad hearts that both may the same moment break and infect the world with such a sorrow as may fright the female Sex from like rigour unto men so shall we become a Noble Sacrifice to love for the good of a whole Nation or if you please we 'l send for some of our old Gang to dance and drink these Melancholly vapours from our hearts to let the Ladies see their beauties are not so destructive as we make them believe Clearcus Imbraces Lonzartes with great joy Cle. I marry Lonzartes now thou talkest like a Phylosopher now thou prescribest the onely remedy for our disease Sanga bid the Musick strike a chearfull Ayre and then call in those Friends in the next room Nay if you allow this way of cure I shall soon expell loves venome from my heart into my heeles Embraces Lonzartes Lon. What is all this Clearcus art thou mad still Lonzartes starts back Cle. I am wise and do not mean to quit my cool pleasant flowry paths for your consuming flames of restless love who walke on tops of Steeples and at that height plead that your chast desires are pleasing to the gods But I who know the end of such fair flashes as at first appear with such folded Armes and down cast looks are but steps to approach the Ladies fingers ends Then by degrees grown bolder you aspire Till nought but ruine quench the subtle fire Enter Dancers Lon. What doest thou mean by this misterious language Cle. I mean to follow thy advise to sigh only when I make love to Ladies their backs turn'd I mean to dance and sing as often as I can that their neglects may pierce no deeper then their eyes discern here Lonzartes this Girle will cure the bite of a Tarantula and drive the poyson from thy heart Lon. Out Hypocrite is this thy love unto Pandora was all thy passion counterfeit the other day Cle. No 't was fairly growing up to equal thine in all sincerity of Noble thoughts But the nice Lady would not permit it to take so deep root as yours before she blasted all my hopes and in a moment let me see that love is like a bitter potion which many tast and flying away rather chusing their disease then so ill a relish'd remedy This made me return to my old Antidotes Lonzartes what think you of a heat or two before you go call in the Musique Sil. Pandora was to blame to throw him off so rashly Lon. Let us retyre Silvander this Ayre is infected Exeunt Lonzartes and Silvander Cle. Go whine fond lover go whine I say go whine While we chear our hearts with Wenches and Wine I say go whine Exeunt Omnes Here they Dance Enter Lonzartes Lindamira and Ladies Lin. I do not wonder that he is fallen off t was what I feared when his passion went so high I saw Pandora was concern'd but we will bring it on again Lon. You are mistaken Madam all he said then was jest for he is now as mad as ever I left him Incirculed with six wild men and as many wanton Girles prepar'd to dance and Revel all the night Lin. There is no harm in dancing my Lord unless they do catch cold you judge Clearcus by what is past but when I see him with Pandora next I 'le give my opinion of his concern Lon. By what means may their meeting be procured Lin. We 'l think on 't Enter Theodocia and Ladies to them The. I am sorry Lonzartes that Pandora has cast off Clearcus which has occasioned his relapse when a little patience would have setled him in the way of virtue Lon T is every way what I expected not his love was as strange as his rejection and his relapse in the old humour beyond all the rest I know not what to think of him Lin. Let us
bring them once more together and I 'le undertake to guess at both their hearts it may be govern ' um Lon. I Madam but how shall they be brought together when both would rather see a Basaliske then one another Lin. You may be mistaken my Lord who judge by what you see when t is our business and our virtue not to shew our hearts till a full tryal that men are worthy of them then you forget that Clearcus conversion must be by one he cannot conquer The. But if he will neither conquer nor be subdued how can his conversion follow Lin. If your Highness can contrive an interview I have a fancy in my head that may reconcile them and effect what we all wish The. I will send presently for Pandora and intreat my Father to pretend some business to call Clearcus hither Lon. He will suspect Lin. Let him come no matter what he suspects The. Do you Lonzartes once more see what humour he is in We must endeavour and not fear to try But trust the Event unto their destiny Exeunt severally Enter Duke with Silvander and Lords Duke I ever thought Clearcus did but mock and laugh at their designs his brains is not yet ripe for serious love But how does Theodocia look on Lonzartes Sil. With much neglect Sir Duke That is not well have you Silvander instructed Lindamira that she may inform Theodocia of Lonzartes Title to this Dukedom and how much better then a Forraign Prince her Marrying him will be applauded by our people who are not ignorant of his pretence Sil. I have Sir and the Princess gives a serious ear to it though she yet makes no reply a little of your Councel and Authority I believe may incline her to a better value of him Duke That shall not be wanting Lonzartes is all that I can wish in a successor and his love looks so without design that I will cherish it and try to win my Daughter to comply Sil. Your Highness will gain a double interest in all your Subjects hearts by this honour to Lonzartes who has merrits proportionable to your favour and his birth all which his love gives Lustre to Duke I see it Silvander and will recompence his Faith and his Humility with my advice to Theodocia who yet knows not his story Sil. The Princess must needs hear what every body talks and all do wish Duke I shall now inform her fully of Lonzartes Right too long held from him bid him meet me at my Daughters Chamber I will no longer hide my purpose for him His Birth and Virtue with his constant love Declares he never can unworthy prove Exeunt THE FIFTH ACT. Enter Lonzartes and Clearcus Cle. NO I 'le never see her more Lon. Do you not love at all Cle. Nor ever will methinks love is like a smooth water that Invites men to Bath and tumble in it with delight untill they be destroyed by Serpents which in the bottom undiscover'd lye Lon. What means this similie Cle. This Serpents bite has Metamorphized you into a whining lover into the shaddow of a man of late become a shape without a Soul why must I busie my head with such Chymeras when I can please my self to my hearts wish my own way Prethee sweet suppress'd Prince do not forsake me thus for specious shewes of happiness or vainer hopes of better dayes then you will ever find in Court You are now safe but when you grow wise and serious it will in the Dukes head great jealousies create and to let him see your virtue may be dangerous and your pretence appear worthy of his fear Lon. That hazzard is better then what I now suffer in the opinion of my best Friends who believe this wildness is my Nature or such as may beget a habit in me which I can ne're put off and thus my security in this disguise may become my ruine I wish I could perswade you Clearcus to shew forth that virtue all the World would wonder at Cle. To what end I pray if the good Duke would give me imployment fit for his Kins-man and worthy of my Sword I could soon be my self But now I have nothing else to do and therefore play away my time in folly and t is a hard question which is best for we know that too much wisdome does undo more men then it advances or else begets eternal slavery to State Affairs where the wisest ever walk on needles points I have weighed these things and do believe 't is better to maintain the peace and the security I now live in unregarded Lon. But you will loose the Dukes favour and become contemptable to the whole Court if you continue thus Extravagant what designe can I have by my desire to see you great and glorious Cle. Have I not tryed and been misled yielded to your wise Maximes against my own better judgement and been rejected in the height of my Endeavours to be as you call it great and glorious is not this true Lon. Yes in part Cle. I will no more of your advice till you can cure your self Lon. I have an Honourable Argument for my love Cle. Who has not untill he be dispis'd Lon. Was it not your own desire to be neglected did you not declare against all women that you could conquer you left Pandora no way for victory but by rejecting you so that I can conclude a good success from what you raise dispaire Cle. Ha! think you Pandora did reject me in compliance with my humour only Lon. What else can she be angry with you for loving her too much Cle. You do surprize me with a discourse I look'd not for but I will be no more abus'd I will not see her Lon. How can you be reconcil'd then shall she make love to you Cle. No I abhor that thought beyond her anger a woman Wooe that were preposterous Lon. Will you treat by Embassadours and wed by Proxie Cle. Nor so that 's only fit for Princes who cannot meet to treat Lon. Will you have her if she declares she would have you Cle. I shall never like her change of mind Lon. Can you tell whether you would have her or not Cle. That 's a harder question then the other Lon. Will you have her by compulsion Cle. That were a Tyranny would make her hate me ever Lon. Shall the Duke by his Prerogative Power in spight of both your teeth compel you both to compliance Cle. Let me think on this alittle at first sight this looks likely to agree us if two impossibilities can make one possible this might do our business Lon. Well what do you resolve Cle. Nothing why do you tempt me to farther evils I know not what to resolve nor what to say but will no more of love my heart shakes at the thought of my last tryal I blush to think how much less then man I was and how much more then woman I created her in those few hours I lov'd Enter a
issue of this will be I cannot guess Now Theodocia I must remind you of Lonzartes who dares not approach you on his own behalf who is what you can wish to make you happy and I do again invite you to Crown his unparalell'd humility with a bliss he presumes not once to mention least it offend you I have also a State Argument you understand not Theodocia your two interests in this Dukedom thus united will make it flourish Lonzartes has been wrong'd The. I know his wrong Sir and have observ'd his sufferings or I had never dallied with his love Lonzarte's clear soul is adorn'd with more glories then this Crown will bring him Duke If then your hearts agree give me your hands here Lonzartes is the best reward I have to incourage modesty and worth when they do in one heart combine as now in thine Lon. Great Sir I am so much surprized so overloaden with my joyes that I have nought but blushes to express my gratitude nor know I how to welcome this unlook'd for honour from the Princess who dains to raise her humblest Servant from her feet to set me on a Throne incirculed with more joyes then that you now restore me to He kisses her hand The. Keep still your Character Lonzartes as I will mine high transports in love are not long liv'd I fear Lon. I shall be Madam whatever you direct though this unlook'd for happiness do raise my heart above my own command for such an excess of joy is hard to mannage Kisses her hand Enter Lindamira Lin. I may now wish your Highness Joy I hope now your Fannatick love conforms to the Law of Nations Now you may talk your pleasure against high passions Madam and methinks you Sir do look as if you lik'd this better then that wise Sect of ayrie lovers whose Phylosophy doth teach not to desire what they can never reach Lon. You are Madam the best Phylosopher I ever met and do deserve to have a Golden Statue in Loves-Temple set Duke But how have you disposed of your Fantastick couple 't is that great work must Crown all your undertakings Lindamira Lin. That goes on excellently well Sir I have left them sitting on a Couch with their hands still fixt eagerly gazing on each other eyes as if through them they could discern the inside of each others hearts by their no motion and their stedy looks I can foresee they will be of one mind suddainly The. Why could not we see this Experiment Lin. Oh Madam my charm will not work in company lovers will seemingly dispise what they like most onely to deceive observing eyes I believe they held off thus long for shame to owne what they had so publickly declar'd against and to themselves will hardly dare to let their hearts appear these two dayes they must look themselves into an Argument for no words can ever reconcile their first Principles If their hands do not their hearts discover I 'le no more pretend to charm a lover The. May we not peep at the hanging and stand unseen Duke Let us not turn this serious work into a jest unless Lindamira do approve it none shall stir that way Lin. I can place you so as you may see and hear too The. Pray Sir be pleas'd to look on them our Testimony may be of use Duke Come then Lin. Your Highness must stand silent or you 'l hinder my Projection The. We will we will Exeunt They all Re-enter behind the Couch and stand on each side of the Stage then is discover'd Pandora and Clearcus holding hands and sitting on a Couch a while silent looking on each other then Clearcus proffers to kisse that hand he holds she puts him back with her other hand and turns her face from him He sighes Cle. Turn not away those beautious lights have guided me to Heaven nor look as if you were in pain to see my heart thus chang'd from a rude Destraction to an Extasie of bliss from a deformed Satyr with a confus'd Chaos of dark thoughts and blacker actions by your glorious beauties and brighter virtues new form'd into the Figure of a man Emulating those Excellencies I admire in you Oh turn this way and own what is your own Creation by your perfections rais'd from what was worse then nothing to something now too worthy to be cast away I should this happy hour believe my self were in in Elizium did not this fair soft hand and those bright eyes assure me I yet live from whence some divine instinct teaches my rude nature to adore what I never understood before Pan. I do not like to be thus long left alone to be expos'd unto your passion and the worlds censure Lindamira has deceiv'd my trust I now see your plot and her design descover but will no longer suffer the abuse Offers to rise Cle. Be not so cruel unto your self and me think on the curse hangs over us if we remove our hands till she return Pan. 'T is too much foolery to give faith too Cle. Remember we complied to what she said by which her words are Registr'd in heaven and have ingaged the gods by our consent Pan. 'T was rashly done and I repent when will this subtle Sorcerress return my innocense will justifie my blind consent to which I was misled by my fidelity and trust and will no longer fear to take away my hand Offers to rise Cle. Oh take not your hand away untill the holy Charm have rectified your heart and therein created so much charity as in a moment may remove your scorns and teach you love for I who so long slighted your neglects and fled all civil favours from your Sex do now tremble at the thought of parting hands untill our hearts like them become united Pan. Do you believe Lindamira Mistris of such Magick that her words have power to reconcile dissenting hearts like ours Cle. Yes I find them work on me and hope same effect on you else why sit we here obeying those commands she left why fear we to offend those powers she did invoke when you consider this I hope you dare not stir a finger towards such impiety Pan. Though Lindamira's virtue be approv'd I was surprized by her inticing words and by the Duke compell'd to do I know not what and therefore will no longer now obey Offers to rise He holds her Cle. Stay oh stay and let the fatal curse strike me alone my guilts have merrited what e're can fall on me Do but command me to remove my hand and I 'le obey that you may see how much your power prevails above my fear of Lindamira's threats If so I may divert your harms I will against my Nature and my Faith destroy all hopes of future bliss to pull this ruine on myself which else may light on you Say must it be Pandora sits silent awhile Pan. If I command your hands remove and her curse should after follow you my unblemish'd Innocense may suffer more
then all your crimes can merrit I have no faith in charmes nor cause to apprehend her curses can reach me and yet My doubts and fears my reason does dismay I know not what to do nor what to say The Wonder is so great I am afraid Aside Some god this Serpent has an Angel made And now indow'd him with Coelestial Art To force obedience from my stubborn heart Cle. 'T is worthy your consult before you do destroy a body and soul here a ready Sacrifice to set you free for now I find that Lindamira's charm does higher work And now again that dazling light display Which did my heart inflame the other day Ye gods I do implore your power to move Aside The bright Pandora to allow my love 'T will be the same if now Clearcus dyes By Thunder struck or by Pandora's eyes Pan. Lindamira's virtue and her wit are much more powerful then her charms which I contemn but you my Lord have now by chance thrown out such words I shake to think on Your body and your Soul are now at stake you say and by your looks I read you think our Fortunes and our Fates depend on my reply and so do I this is then too great a work for so few minutes to dispatch we must look up Clearcus and from above seek ayde 'T is piety when we our hearts submit To undergo what e're the gods think fit Cle. 'T is so let us hasten to the Temple then there Celebrate They rise up This happy issue of so strange contest Wrought by the gods must by the gods be blest He Kisses her hand three or four times in Joy Cle. Where is this powerful Sibell gone whose Sacred Charms do dis-inchant fantastick hearts Lin. I am here Sir with witness enough to hold Pandora to her word Cle. Let me adore thy Divine virtue Lindamira who hath shew'd such skill to raise dead folks to life for we were dead in follies and are now become true converts Sir Duke This is great News you are both well come to your wits again which does declare Lindamira a great Artist The. What sayes Pandora for her self Pan. I have both waies done too much either to excuse or justifie my self silence becomes me Madam Lin. Let the clock strike twice before we credit what they say or else make all sure by I Clearcus take thee Pandora c. Duke Lindamira is my Oracle give me your hand Pandora and yours Clearcus May they most wretched live and cursed dye Who shall this knot endeavour to untye The. My prayers concur with yours Sir and now dear Cousin what I wish'd is come to pass that you and I might on the same day be Married Thus for our good we see the Gods fullfill What they designe though much against our will Pan. Your great Example Madam is sufficient to lead me from all my own resolves to follow you and if now Clearcus be reclaim'd we must own all our happiness to Lindamira's wit who has conquer'd both when neither of us could subdue the other And now Clearcus I hope will seek occasions to shew the World by his own actions the Noble Stock he is Descended from Cle. By your permission Madam I shall set my heart towards my Prince his and my Countries Service I beg imployment Sir on the next Gallies you send out least idleness corrupt my busie brain Lin. Mark that Sir he is already wavering Madam take heed how you take the spirit of uncertainty in the habit of a man Pan. You speak too late the uncertain man is now my certain fate Cle. Some diversions are necessary Madam to look on the same objects ever dulls and tyres the best eyes but Lindamira can say nothing I dare contradict Duke You shall command in Chief Clearcus to shew the world the vigour you have too long hid Lon. Joyes on joyes light on Clearcus head They Imbrace Cle. May those joyes be Multiplied on yours Sir my Redeemer and now become my Prince Duke We must conclude this happy day Lindamira by joyning Silvanders hand with yours if your mirth will give us leave to be so serious Lin. That is a serious jest Sir I have long look'd for Duke Come near Silvander which of you two is most pleas'd now Both. I Sir Duke Who spoke first Both. I Sir Duke This is a good Omen to a joyfull life may you be both as happy as ever love made any Sil. We are happy to our wish Sir Lin. He speaks for himself Sir on hopes of more then he may find Duke We 'l Celebrate these weddings suddainly and see that Lindamira's praise be in loud Hymenealls sung through all the City to incourage the like Virtuous and Noble undertakings Lin. I thank your Highness for your good opinion but shall love you for this gift of my Silvander above all your other favours Now Silvander Let us dwell Arme in Arme and dayly show Our loves increase that all the World may know Our hearts Now the fair Princess does confess That Wedlock may afford True Happiness EPELOGUE LADIES our Author has so great Respect To Your Fair Sex he fears some gross Defect In his best Characters may prove so short Of Your perfections he needs pardon for 't If such sad fate do now attend his Play In 's Cloak thus muffl'd he will sneak away But You like't he will on tip-toe go That all the World may the proud Author know FINIS