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Show _j.O Tloe Conque/i of Graaada. Almah. Though io^r^oS M caufe of Fear I 4* I fear the infolence of Victory : As vou are Noble, Sir, protect me then From the rude outrage of tff™fM% Almanz. W h o dares touch herI love Nay, I am Love ; Love (hot and fh He (hot himfelf into m y Breaft at fit. A ^ . You 11, you her who mould be C Since five is promis'd to Boabdelin. w r - . a T.ate _4/W*. Are you belov'd by him! O uie c,,d late, Firft, that I love at all; then, lov d too late! Yet. I muft love! Abmk Alas it is in vain; Fate for each other did not us ordain. The chances of this day too clearly fhow That Heav'n took care that it mould not be io. Almanz. Would Heav'n had quite forgot me this one Day, m^^mbSSS^k. [» ***.», ^difcompofedlyjludj^ I bring a Claim, which does his Right remove : You're his by Promife, but you're mine by Love. 'Tis all but Ceremony which is paft : The knot's to tie which is to make you talt. Fate gave not to Boabdelin that Pow'r: He woo'd you but as m y AmbalTadour. Almah. Our Souls are ty'd by Holy Vows above Almanz. He Sign'd but his; but I will Seal m y U < I love you better, with more Zeal than he. Almah. This day -- I gave m y Faith, 'to him, He his to me. Almanz. Good Heav'n, thy Book of fate before me lay, B t to tear out the journal of this day. Or, if thc Order ofthe World below Will not the gap of one whole day allow, Give me that Minute when (he made her Vow. 'That Minute, ev'n the Happy, from then Blifs might give, 'And thofe who live in grief, a thortertime would live. So fmall a Link, if broke, th' Eternal Chain Would, like divided Waters, join again. It wonnot be ; the Fugitive is gone, Preft by the Crowd of following Minutes on. That precious Moment's out of Nature fled, And in the heap of common Rubbifhlaid, Of things that once have been, and are decay'cL Almah. Your Paffion, like a fright, fufpends m y Pain; It meets, o'er Powers, and beats mine back again. But, as when Tides againft the Current flow, The Native Stream runs its own Courfe below; So, though your Griefs poflefs the upper part, M y own have deeper Channels in m y Heart. Almanz. Forgive that Fury which m y Soul does move ; 'Tis the Eflay of an untaught Firft Love. Yet rude, unfafhion'd Truth it does exprefs: 'Tis Love juft peeping in a hafty Drefs. Retire, fair Creature, to your needful Reft ; There's fomething Noble lab'ring in m y Breaft: This raging Fire which through the Mafs does move, Shall purge m y Drofs,and fhall refine m y Love. [ Exeunt Almahide ondECpcxmn* She goes; and I, like m y own Ghoft appear : It is not Living, when the is not here. [To him Abdalla, as King, attended. Abdal. M y firft Acknowledgments to Heav'n are due: M y next, Almanzor, let me pay to you. Almanz. A poor Surprize, and on a naked Foe. Whatever you Confefs, is all you owe. i And I no Merit own, or underftand That Fortune did you Juftice by m y Hand. Yet, ^ y o u Wl]1 that Iittlc Servjce W itbi a great Favour, I can fhew the way . Abdal. I have a Favour to demand of you • That is, to take the Thing for which you fue T f TZu "[hen'briefiy * u s ; when I th'Albayzyn won I found the beauteous Almahide alone • JJ ' Whofe fad Condition did m y Pity move: And that Compaflion did produce m y Love Abdal. This needs no fute; in Juftice, I declare bne is your Captive by the right of W a r Almanz. She is no Captive, then; I fet her free • And rather than I will her faylor be, 2 I'll Nobly loofe her in her Liberty. ' I Abdal. Your Generofity I much approve- But your excefs of that fhews want of Love' ThiZT^\' -S %?** °^ Love which ™nts fo high, That, feen far off, it M e n s to the Eye. Had I not lov'd her, and had fet her free, That, Sir, had been m y Generality: But tis exalted Paffion when I fhow I dare be wretched, not to make her fo. And, while another Paffion fills her Breaft, I'll be all Wretched rather than half Bleft.' Abdal. May your Heroick Act fo profperous be, That Almahide may figh you fet her free. Enter Zulema. Zule. Of Five tall Tow'rs which fortifie this Town, All but th'Alhambra yout Dominion own. N o w therefore boldly I confefs a Flame' Which is excus'd in Almahida's Name. If you the merit of this Night regard, In her pofleffion I have m y Reward. ' Almanz. She your Reward! W h y , fhe's a Gift fo <*reat . f hat I m y felf have not deferv'd her yet. And therefore, though I won her with m y Sword, I have, with awe, m y Sacrilege reftor'd. Zule. W h a t you deferve III not Difpute, becaufe I do not know. This only I will fay, fhe fhall not go. Jlmanz. Thou, fingle, art not worth m y anfwerin^. But take what Friends, what Armies thou canft brim W h a t Worlds; and when you are united all, Then, I will Thunder in your Ears,-She (half. Zulc. I'll not one tittle of m y Right refign; Sir, your implicate Promife made her mine. W h e n I in general terms m y Love did fhow, You fwore our Fortunes fhould together go. Abdal. The merits of the Caufe I'll not decide ; But, like m y Love, I would m y Gift divide. Your equal Titles, then, no longer plead ; But one of you, for love of me, recede. Almanz. I have receded to the utmoft line, W h e n , by m y free content, fhe is not mine. Then let him equally recede with me, And both of us will join to fet her free. Zul. Ifyou will free your part of her you may ; But, Sir, I love not your Romantique way. Dream on ; enjoy her Soul ; and fet that free ; I'm pleas'd her Perfon fhould be left for me. Almanz. Thou fhalt not wifh herjthine; thou flialt not dare To be [o impudent, as to defpair. F f f 3 |