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Show \ o6 The Rival Ladies. '" Enter the Servant, who appear'd in the firft AcT with Gonfalvo. Serv O m y dear Lord, Gonfalvo de Per alt a ! Rod. De Per alt a, faid you ? You amaze m e Gonf W h y , doyouknowthatFamiry-mowi/f Rod. I am m y felf the Elder Brother of it. Gonf Don Rod'rick de Per alt a I Rod. I was fo, Until m v Mother dy'd, whofe N a m e rfe \y/t/4 I chofe/(our Cuftom not forbidding it) Three years ago, when I return'dffom Flanders : I came'here topoffefs a fair Eftate Left by an Aunt; her Sifter, for whofe fake, I take that Name, and lik'd the place fo well, That never fince I have return'd to Sevtl, Go.'Twas then that change ofName wliich caus'd myLetters. All to mifcarry : What an happy Tempeft W a s this, which would not let m e reft at Sevtl, But blew m e farther on to fee you here. Amid. Brother, I come to clairh a Sifters fhafe J But you'r too near me, to be nearer now. Gonf In m y R o o m let m e beg you to recede D o n Manuel. Amid. I take it half unkindly, You give m e from your Self fo foon; D o n Manuel I know is worthy, and but yettef-day Preferv'd m y Life; but it will take'fome time T o change m y Heart : Man. I'll watch it patiently, as Cbymrfts do ' ' Their Golden Birth; and when'tis chang'd, receive it With greater care than they the rich Elixir. Juft paffing from one Vial to -Snoitier. Rod. Julia is ftill m y Brother's,- though I lofe her. Gonf. You fhall not lofe her; Julia-was born For none butyou ; And I for none but m y Honoria: Julia is yours by Inclination ; And I by Conqueft a m Honoria'- Hon. 'Tis the moft glorious one th'ar e'r was made: And I no longer will difpute m y Happinefs. Rod. Julia, you know m y peevifh jeafoufiek ^ I cannot promife you a better Husband Than you have had a Servant. Jul. I receive you with all yWF^ralts. Rod. And think, when Iamfroward, M y fullen Humour punifhes it felf^' I'm like a Day in March, fometimes o^-c&ft W ith Storms, but then the after Clearnefs is ' The greater: The worft is, where rL'oVerfiOrt, 7 he Tempeft falls moft heavy. Jul. Ah, A h ! What a little time to Love is Lent Yet half that time is in unkindnefs fpent. Rod. That you may fee fome hope of m y amendment, I give m y Friendfbip to D o n Manuel, e'r M y Brother asks, or he himfelf defines it. Man. I'll ever cherifh it. Gonf. Since for m y fake you become Fde'nds, m y care Shall be to keep you fo: You, Captain, fhall Command this Carrack, and with her m y Fortunes : V ou, m y Honoria, though you have am'Heart Which Julia left, yet think it not the worfe ; 'Tis not worn out, but polifh'd by the wearing. BYeoauurt mye rbiutt fghaailnls ,he Orb Bleiaguctmieesn tp koewe'prs r ofuerm dLvoev;e . T HE Indian Emperour: OR, THE CONQJJEST of MEXICO. - _ . 1 j^- TO THE Moft Excellent and Moll Illuftrious Princefs ANNE Dutchels of Monmouth and Bucclugb, Wife to the Moft Illuftrious and High-born Prince JAMES Duke of Monmouth. May it pleafe your Grace, T H E Favour which Heroick Plays have lately found upon Our Theatres, has been wholly deriv'd to them from the Countenance and Approbation they have receiv'd atCourt.The moft Eminent Perfons for Wit andHo-nour in the Royal Circle having fo far owned them, that they have )udg'd no w a y fo fit as Verfe to entertain a Noble Audience, or toexprefs a N o b L Paffion. And amongft the reft which have been written in this kind, they have been fo indulgent to this Poem, as to allow it no inconfiderable place. Since therefore to the Court I owe its Fortune on the Stage; fo, being now more publickly expos'd in Print I humbly recommend it to your Grace's Protection, who, by all knowing Perfons are efteem'd a principal Ornament of the Court. But though the Rank which you hold in the Royal Family, might direft the Eyes of a Poet to you, yet your Beauty and Goodnefs detain and fix them. High Objefts, tis true, attract the Sight; but it looks up with Pain on craggy Rocks and barren Mountains, and continues not intent on any Objed, which is wanting in Shades and Greens to entertain it. Beauty, in Courts, is fo neceffary to the Young, that thofe w ho are without it, feem to be thereto no other purpofe than to wait on the Triumphs^ ot the Fair; to attend their Motions in Obfeurity, as the M o o n and Stars do the Sim by Day or, at beft, to be the Refuge of thofe Hearts which.others have defpisd; and, by the unworthinefs of both, to give and take a miferable Comfort But a needful as Beauty is, Virtue and Honour are yet more : The Reign of it without S u w ^ S f c a n d f l i o r t , like that of Tyrants. Every Sun which looks on touty w S s it; and, when it is once decaying, the Repairs of Art are of as fhort LinLnce, ^ t r t n ^ is its ordinary Fate ; but yours, whtth ^ c w m p a m y , fa ^ vom Honour to make that perifhable Good more afting. And it Beauty, like Wnes could be pTeferv'd by being mix'd and embodied with others of their own N.mres then vomGrice's woulcfbe immortal, fince no part ot £«r^can afford J p S l t o Z r Noble Lord, in Mafculine Beauty, and in goodhnefs of fhape. ^^^VS^^^Y^WS,!^, you need only to be feen toge- |
