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A34588 Amorous orontus, or, The love in fashion; Amour à la mode. English Corneille, Thomas, 1625-1709.; Bulteel, John, fl. 1683. 1665 (1665) Wing C6322; ESTC R18783 36,172 107

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you serve her I 'le tell yee true But I 'm displeas'd more because she serves you Orontus Fool dost not thou thy own advantage see Whilst she receiveth homage thus from me Her Merits in an higher Orb do move My Passion more enobling thy mean Love Cliton That 's it I fear least by your courtship I Receive my Patent of Nobility I 've no ambition for it I confess I should do well without such Nobleness Orontus So great a Favour you but ill repay Cliton You do for me much more then I do pray Orontus Go never grieve thy self e're a Week's spent Perhaps I may leave her to thy content That time may Wonders work to satiate Me And then I 'le prove no obstacle to Thee Cliton Mean while t' oblige me till that happy day You will my Sove Enoble Sir you say I shall be much engag'd Orontus More then I 'le tell Cliton The favour will deserve the Chronicle Orontus Cliton I 'le tell thee without Raillery Lyset has Charms would tempt the chastest Eye Whose Beauty I above all else prefer She having all a heart can wish in her So that believe me I deal modestlie To borrow her only eight days of Thee Cliton Since you such treasures find there if you will But give me double wages keep her still As well I 'm quite disgusted with her now And you have puff'd her so with Pride I vow Out of meer Scorn the Baggage when I came Forgot or would not tell her Mistriss name Orontus Villain how dar'st thou so prophane to be As to mis-name who 's Worshipped by me Cliton Pardon me Sir But though such honour's due To this new Saint thus fam'd for blessing you And though at such a height she now doth stand I must not speak but with my Cap in hand If in some House alone we chance to meet Or Fortune lead me to her in the street May I not then with all humility And those respects due to her quality As a return of thanks for what I hear Give her in Love one or two Cuffs o th' Ear Orontus Consult with Reason then what that says chuse But here 's the place of my two Rendez-vous And if I am not much deceiv'd See there Lucia does at her Windore now appear Oh! how she pleases me Cliton But Lyset more Orontus Not for the present Cliton Wondring I 'le give o're Why butfair Dorothea Orontus Less then she Cliton Then cannot I guess what your heart can be Just now Orontus 'T is thus I love for Recreation And seldom feed on bare Imagination The greatest Beauty be it ne're so bright Tempts me no more as soon as out of sight A thousand lovely Charms may wound me when In thirty paces all is heal'd agen The present Beauty tho inferiour far Makes me forget the Sun t' adore a Star And since what ever object does me move Is lov'd by me only out of self-love It leaves my heart to all Impressions free And she still fairest seem's whom last I see Cliton Then Lyset ceasing in your Eve t' appear Orontus The next I meet will please me more I 'le swear But I must go and with an Am'rous Tone Tell Lucia that my heart loves her alone Cliton But whilst you tune your Tongue to speak her fair Do you remember that you Jealous were Orontus Thou mak'st me timely recollect my part I'●o shape my speech with a Complainants art ACT. III. SCEN. II. ORONTUS LUCIA CLITON Orontns calling up to Lucia at the Windore ARe you there Madam Lucia Is 't Orontus Orontus I. Who should reproach your Infidelity Did I not think you were so just withal Net to condemn were I not criminal Lucia Orontus this Allarm shows very ill Can I betray you I not love you still Orontus Oh! do not think that I shall dare complain My Tongue shall with respect its griefs refrain And though that must encrease my suff'rings too Yet they are welcome ' cause they come from you I glory'd to possess your Heart but then Not being worthy you resume't agen Now from your Mouth the Sentence I would hear And sacrifice what I do hold most dear Happy if ill Success no crime you deem And tho I lose your Love keep your Esteem Lucia What killing Accents do your Lips express Raving of Crimes and of Unhappiness Oh! do not hold me longer in suspence But pray unfold this Riddles dubious sence And that your Moans may Cause or Colour shew Declare this guilt and this Misfortune too Orontus A Rival's entertain'd in secret Lo That 's my Mis-hap my Crime I do not know Yet I must say since you love him and hate Me I'm as Guilty as Unfortunate For to suspect you of injustice I So hainous hold I should deserve to dye Oh! lay the cause then of your Change on me Which must bejust tho I no reason see Lucia This strange Reproach puts me into a maze Orontus Ah! why should Misery meet such delays Torments are but encreas'd that are defer'd Say then a Nobler Rival is prefer'd That my Defects adds glory to his name That his bright Lustre dimm's my dying flame That to inform me of this choice you here For the last time summon me to appear While afterwards to end this Amorus strife In absence I must linger out my life 'T is too severe will Love-sick Judges say Yet tho I perish Lucia I 'le obey With so much care that my sad presence sha Ne're mind you of your first-faith's Funeral To Cliton aside Did I Act well my Part Cliton Rarely indeed You 'd make a quaint Comedian for a need Lucia This Story so confounds me to say true I scarce have Reason left to answer you Nor can I plead my Faith to justify Which you accuse but nothing specify Yet if I freely may declare my sence Your grief Orontus speaks such Eloquence That I believe it less how e're it hit A Real grief then wantonness of Wit A Lover who with real sorrow 's strook Uses no Rhet'rique but a Dying Look Waves all fine words No Advocate will Fee Only deep Sighs whispers his Miserie Yet if you know I thus ungrateful prove Name me this Rival that usurps your love Leave nothing to Evince my breach of Faith Declare what Favours he received hath Orontus Those bosome Secrets long may keep at home If they must be conceal'd till Florame come Who though he fondly hugg his passion This night will fail your assignation Some Remora unlookt for keeps him hence To morrow you may know the consequence Lucia So so 't is this begets your Jealousie Florame was this night to have met with me Orontus He 's ravisht with the Joy he feels within Lucia You heard this from himself no doubt Orontus From him But ah how far would your blind Rigour go Must I have seen your Heart yield to my Foe Was 't not enough to satiate him with bliss But to Damn me too