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Show id c[he Conqueft of Granada. • Abenamy- [ Giving her Hand. Know, that as Selin was not won by thee, Neither will I by SelinS Daughter be. Leave her, orceafe henceforth to be m y Son : This is m y Will _ and this I will have done. Ozm. It is a Murd'ring Will! That whirls along with an impetuous fway ; And like Chain-fhot fweeps all things in its way. He does m y Honour want of Duty call; To that, and Love, he has no Right at all. Benz. No, Ozmyn, no, it is a much lefs ill To leave me, than difpute a Father's Will. If I had any Title to your Love, Your Father's greater Right does mine remove : Your Vows and Faith 1 give you back again ; Since neither can be kept without a Sin. Ozm. Nothing but Death m y Vows can give me back : They are not yours to give, nor mine to take. Benz. Nay, think not, though 1 could your Vows refign, M y Love, or Virtue, could dii'penfe with mine. 1 would extinguifh your unlucky Fire, To make you happy in fome new defire. I can preferve enough for me and you ; And Love, and be unfortunate for two. Ozm. In all that's Good and Great You vanquifh me fo faft, that in the end I fhall have nothing left mt to defend. From every Poft you force me to remove; But let me keep m y laft Retrenchment, Love. Benz. Love then, m y Ozmyn-^ I will be content To make you wretched by your own Confent: Live Poor, Defpis'd, and Banifh'd for m y fake, And all the burden of m y Sorrows take.' For. as for mc, in whatfoe'r eftate While I have you, I muft be fortunate. Ozm. Thus then, fecur'd of what we hold moft dear, ( Earth others love) we'll go,-I know not where. For where, alas, fhould we our Flight begin ? The Foe's without; our Parents are within. Benz. I'll fly to you, and you fhall fly to mej Our Flight but to each others Arms fhall be. To Providence and Chance commit the reft • Let us but love enough and we are Bleft. Enter Boabdelin, Abenamar, Abdelmelech, Guard Zulema andHametPrifoners. Abdel. They're Lyndaraxas Brothers; for her fake Their Lives and Pardon m y Requeft I make. Boab. Then, Zulemaand Hamet,live, but know Your Lives to Abdelmelech's Sute you owe. T, Z"i\ ,Th? GraCe recciv'd fo much m y H'°pe exceeds. That Words come weak and fhort to anfwer Deeds. You ye made a Venture, Sir, and Time muft fhow ft this great Mercy you did well beftow Boab You, Abdelmelech, hafte before 'tis Night And clofe purfue m y Brother in his Flight. ' < £ ™ * Abdelmelech, But fee, with J&,A,~' ***. - *™ ^ ^ The brave Almanzor comes, whofe conq'ring Sword The Crown it once took from me has refto?d How can I recompence fo great Defert? M B T * l bri J n§ y°u> Sir, perform'd in every part M y Promife made: Your Foes are Fled or SJaio P V\ «thout a Rival Abfolute you Reign. IYt eb ties gt thtoooou gglhiot, t lien t Jou fbtei cdeo,n teh ibsy emneo.u gh maYv b'e Where [ Exeunt. 7l* Conqueft of G r a n a d r " _J7? Where my own Courage and your Fortune calls, To chafe thefe misbelievers from our Walls I cannot breath within this narrow fpace •' M y heart's too big, and fwells beyond the place. Boab You can perform, brave Warriour, what you nleafe. Fate hftens to your voice, and then decrees Y P 5 N o w I no longer fear the Spanifh pow'rs; Already we are free and Conquerours. Almanz Accept, great King, to morrow, from m y hand The Captive head of Conquer'd Ferdinand. } ' You fhall not only what you loft regain, But, o'er the Bifcayn Mountains to the Main ? Extend your fway, where never Moor did reign C Aben. W h a t in another Vanity would feem Appearsbut noble Confidence in him. N o haughty boafting; but a Manly pride: A Soul too fiery, and too great to guide : He moves excentrique, like a wandring Star Whofe motion's juft, though 'tis not regular. Boab. It is for you, brave Man, and only you, Greatly to fpeak, and yet more greatly do. But, if your benefits too far extend, I muft be left ungrateful in the end': Yet fomewhat I would pay, Before m y Debts above all reck'ning grow; To keep-me from the Shame of what I owe'. But you Are confeious to your felf of fuch defert, That of your (Gift I fear to offer part. Almanz. W h e n I fhall have declar'd m y high Requeft So much Preemption there will be confeft, That you will find your Gifts I do not fhun; But rather much o'er-rate the Service done. Boab. Give wing to your Defires, and let 'em fly- Secure, they cannot mount a Pitch too high. So blefs m e Alha both in Peace and W a r, As I accord what e'er your Wifhes are. [ Almanz. putting one Knee to the Ground. Almanz. Embolden'd by the Promife of a Prince, I ask this Lady now with Confidence. Boab. You ask the only Thing I cannot grant. [The King and Abenamar look.amazedlvon each other. But, as a Stranger, you are ignorant Of what by publick Fame m y Subjects know : She is m y Miftrifs. Aben. And m y Daughter too. Almanz. Believe, old Man, that I her Father knew; What elfe fhould make Almanzor kneel to you ? Nor doubt, Sir, but your Right to her was known: p For had you had no Claim but Love alone, > I could produce abetter of m y own. -* Almahide foftly to hint Almanzor, you forget m y laft Requeft : Your Words have too much Haughtinefs expreft. Is this the humble W a y you were"to move ? [ Almanzor to her., Almanz. I was too far tranfported by m y Love. Forgive me; for I had not Iearn'd to fue To any Thing before, but Heav'n and you. Sir, at your Feet, I make it m y Requeft To the King kneeling. Though, without boafting, I deferve her beft; [Rifing. Vox you, her Love with gaudy Titles fought, But I her Heart with Blood and Dangers bought. [ Boldly. H hh Boab. |