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Show - 1 ' '^TkTimpefi: Or, ^ . I t h i n k he found us wlicn w e both were little, .nd g * W within the glZd'Why could he not find more of us ? Pray Shier let you and I look up and down one day, to find fome little ones for us to play w h. Mir Agreed; but now w e muft go in. 'I his is the houi Wherein m y Father's Charm will work, Which feizes all w h o are in open Air: Th' effed of his great Art I long to fee, Which will perform as much as Magick can. Dor. And I, methinks, more long to fee a Man. \txmm. ACT II. Enter Alonzo, Antonio, Gonzalo, Attendants. Gonz. T} Efeech your Grace be merry; you have caufe.,jo have we all, of J 3 joy for our ttrange fcape : then wifely, good Sir, weigh our for-row with our comfort. a _ , . Alonzo Prithee peace! you cram thefe words into m y Ears againft m y Stomach, how can I reioice, when m y dear Son, perhaps this very moment, is made a Meal to fome ftrange Fifh ? Ant. Sir, he may live, . • J faw him beat the Billows under him, and ride upon their Backs; he trod the Water, whofe enmity he flung afide, and breafted the moft fwoln forge that met him, his bold Head 'bove the contentious Waves he kept, and Oar'd himfelf with his ftrong Arms to fhore, I do not doubt he came alive to land. Alonz. N o , no, he's gone, and you and I, Antonio, were thofe w h o causd his Death. Ant. H o w could w e help it ? Alonz. Then, then, w e fhould have helpt it, when thou betrayedft thy Brother Profpero, and Mantua's Infant, Sovereign to m y Power: And when I, too ambitious, took by force another's right; then loft w e Ferdinand, then forfeited our Navy to this Tempeft. Ant. Indeed w e firft broke truce with Heav'n; You to the Waves an Infant Prince expos'd, And on the Waves have loft an only Son; I did ufurp m y Brother's fertile lands, and now • A m caft upon this defert Ifle. Gonz. Thefe, Sir, 'tis true, were Crimes of a black Dye, But both of you have made amends to Heav'n, By your late Voyage into Portugal, Where, in defence of Chriftianity, Your Valour has repuls'd the Moors of Spain. Alonz. 0 name it not, Gonzalo. N o act but penitence can expiate guilt, Muft we teach Heaven.what prize to fet on Murthers ? What rate on lawlefs Power, and wild ambition ? Or dare w e traffick with the Powers above, And fell by weight a good deed for a bad ? [Mufick within. Gonz. Mufick ! and in the air! fure w e are Shipwrackt on the Dominions of fome merry Devil. Ant. This Ifle's inchanted ground, for I have heard Swift Voices flying by m y Ear, and groans Of lamenting Ghofts. Alonz. I pull'd a Tree, and Blood purfu'd m y hand ; O Heaven! deliver me tiom this dire place, and all the after adions of m y Life fhall mark m y Penitence ana my Bounty. Thefounds approach us. ^ **$* "** M **""• i. />• Where does proud Ambition dwell ? 2. In the loweft Rooms of Hell. *• Of the damn'd who leads the Hoft ? Le who did opprefs the moft. i. Who The Enchanted I (land. 237 1. Who fuch Troops of damned brings ? 2. Moft are led by fighting Kings. Kings w h o did Crowns uniuftly get, Here on burning Thrones are fet. Chor. Kings w h o did Crowns, &c. Ant. D o you hear, Sir, h o w they lay our Crimes before us ? Gonz. D o evil Spirits imitate the good, In fhewing M e n their Sins ? Alonz. But in a different way, Thofe warn from doing, thefe upbraid 'em done. 1. Who are the Pillars of Ambition's Court ? 2. Grim Deaths and Scarlet Murthers it fupport. 1. What lyes beneath her Feet ? 2. Her footfteps tread, On Orphans tender Breafts, and Brothers dead. 1. Can Heaven permit fuch Crimes fhould be Rewarded with felicity ? 2. Oh no! uneafily their Crowns they wear, And their o w n guilt amidft their Guards they fear. Cares when they wake their Minds unquiet keep, And w e in Vifions lord it o'er their fleep. Cho. O h no ! uneafily their Crowns, &c Alonz. See where they come in horrid fhapes ! Enter the two that fting, infljape of Devils, placing themfelves at two Corners of the Stage. Ant. Sure Hell is open to devour us quick. 1. D. Say Brother, fhall w e bear thefe Mortals hence ? 2. Firft let us fhew the fhapes of their offence. 1. We'll Mufter then their Crimes on either fide: Appear! appear! their firft begotten, Pride. [Enter Pride. Pride. Lo! I a m here, w h o led their hearts affray, And to Ambition did their Minds betray. [Enter Fraud. Fraud. And guileful Fraud does next appear, Their wandring fteps w h o led, W h e n they from Virtue fled, And in m y crooked paths their courfe did fteer. [Enter Rapine. Rap. From Fraud to Force they foon arrive, Where Rapine did their aftions drive. [Enter Murther. Mur. There long they cannot ftay, D o w n the deep precipice they run, And to fecure what they have done, ¥ T o murder bend their way. After which they fall into a round emompaffing the Duke, &c. Singing. Around, around, we pace About this cur fed place, Whilft thus we compafs in Thefe Mortals and their fin. Dance. [AH the Spirits vomfh. Ant. Heav'n has heard m e ! they are vanifh'd. Alonz. But they have left m e all unman'd; I feel m y Sinews flacken'd with the fright, And a cold fweat trills down o'er all m y Limbs, As if I were diffolving into Water. O Profpero! m y Crimes 'gainft thee fit heavy on m y heart. Ant. And mine, 'gainft him and young Hippolito. Gonz. Heav'n have mercy on the penitent! Alonz. Lead from this curfed ground ; The Seas, in all their rage, are not fo dreadful. This is the Region of Defpair and Death. Gonz. Shall w e not feek fome food ? Alonz. Beware all Fruit but what the Birds have peid, The fhadows of the Trees are poifonous too: A fecret venom Aides from every branch. M v Confidence doth diftrad me, O m y Son! |