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Show 57^- AMBOlNA Tour merry Mates chear, with a lufty bold Spright ^ Now each Mm his Brindice, and then to the Eight, St. George, St. George we cry, The fejouiing Turks reply. Oh, now it begins, and the Gun-Room grows hot, Ph it with Culverin, and with fmall 6hot : Hark, does it not Thunder ? No, 'tis the Guns roar, Ihe neighbouring Billows are turn'd into Gore ; Now each Man muft refolve to Die, For here the Coward cannot fete. Drums and Trumpets toll the Knell, And Culver ins the Pajjing Bell,. Now, now they Grapple, and now Board amain, Blow up the Hatches, they're off all again: Give 'em a Brood Side ; the Dice run at all, Down comes the Mafe and Tard, and Tachfings fall; She grows giddy now, like blind Fortunes Wheel, She finks there, fee finks, fhe turns up her Keel. Who ever beheld fo Noble a Sight, As this fo Brave, fo Bloody Sea-Fight. Harm. Jun. See the Infolence of thefe Englifh; they cannot do a brave Aftion in an Age, but prefently they muft put it into Metre, to upbraid us with their Benefits. Fife. Let 'em Laugh that win at laft. Enter Captain Middleton, and a Woman with him, all pale and weakly, and in tatter d Garments. Towerf. Captain Middleton, you are arriv'd in a good Hour, to be partaker of m y Happinefs, which is as great this ctey, as Love and Expectation can make it. [ Rifing up to Salute Middleton. Middl. And may it long continue fo. Towerf. But h o w happens it, that fetting out with us from England, you came not fooner hither ? Middl. It feems the W inds favour'd you with a quicker PalTage : Y ou know I loft you in a Storm, on t'other fide the Cape; with which difabl'd, I was fore'd to put into St. Helens IJle$ there 'twas m y Fortune to preferve the Life of this our Country-woman, the reft let her relate. Tfab. Alas, flie feems half ftarv'd, unfit to make Relations. Van Her. H o w the Devil came fhe off? I know her, but. too well, and fear fhe knows m e too. r Afide. Towerf. Pray, Country-woman, fpeak. Eng.Wom. Then thus in brief: In m y dear Husband's company, I parted from our fweet Native Ifle: W e to Lantore were bound, with Letters from the States of Holland, gain'd for Reparation of great Damages, fuftain'd by us; when by the: intuiting Dutch, our Countrymen, againft all fhow of Right, were difpoffeft and naked fent away from that rich Ifland, and from Poleroon. Harm. Sen. W o m a n , you fpeak with too much fpleen ; 1 muft not hear m y Countrymen affronted. \ v j^nan. I wifh they did not merit much worfe of me, than I can fay of them : W e i we Sail d forward with a merry Gale, till near St. Helens Ifle we were oertaken, or rather way-laid by a Holland Veflel, the Captain of which Shio w h o m here I fee, the M a n who quitted us, of all w e hadin thofe ch Par* before now fearing to reftore his ill-got Goods, firft Hail'd and then invked w o n Board, keepinghimfelf conceal'd ; his bafe Lieutenant' ply^allour £ ^ tfh Manners with Wine, and when in dead of night they lay Fecure fafiSt S%"st dotnlyr?ordCd ^ ^ b£ *^« ^i Harm Sen. This is all falfe and fcandalous /^r/rpray^Sir, attend the Story. AMBOYNA gone on __ 57J of the W a v e s and W i n d ; fo fcap'd w e in the dark. To fum up all, w e cot to Shore, and in the Mountains hid us, until the barbarous Hollanders were r~ne. Towerf. W h e r e is your Husband, Country-woman. Woman. Dead with Grief; with thefe two Hands I fcratch'd him out a Grave ,j which I plac'd a Crofs, and every day wept o'er the Ground where all my Joys lay buried. The manner of m y Life who can exprefs! The Fountain Water was m y only Drink; the crabbed Juice and Rind of half-ripe Lemons, almoft m y only Food, except fome Roots; m y Houfe the widow'd Cave of fome wild Bea ft. In this fad State I ftood upon the Shore, when this brave Captain with his Ship approach'd; whence, holding up, and waving both my Hands, i ftood, and by m y Actions begg'd their Mercy; yet when they nearer came, I would have fled, had I been abie, left they fhould have prov'd thofe murderous Dutch, I more than Hunger fear'd. Harm. Sen. W h a t fay you to this Accufation, Van Herring} Van Her. 'Tis as you faid, Sir, falfe and fcandalous. Harm. Sen. I told you fo? All falfe and fcandalous. Tfab. O n m y Soul it is not: Her Heart fpeaks in her Tongue, and were fhe filent, her Habit and her Face fpeak for her. Beam. Sir, you have heard the Proofs. Fife. Meer Allegations and no Proofs: Seem not to believe it,Sir. Harm. Sen. Well, well; we'll hear it another time. Middl. You feem not to believe her Teftimony, but m y whole Crew can witnefs it. Van Her. Ay, they are all Englifljmen. Towerf. That's a Nation too gen'rous to do bad Actions, and too fincere to iuftifie 'em done ; I wifh their Neighbours were ofthe fame Temper. Harm. Sen. Nay, n o w you kindle, Captain, this muft not be; we are your Friends and Servants. • • Middl 'Tis well you are by Land ; at Sea you would be Mafters; there I m y felf have met with fome Affronts, which though I wanted Power then to return, I hail'd the Captain of the Holland Ship, and told him, he fhould dearly anfwer it if e'er I met him in the Narrow Seas: His Anfwer was, (markbut the Infolence) If 1 fhould hang thee, Middleton, up at thy Main Yard, and fink thy ShipVhere'sthatabout m y Neck, f pointing to his Gold Chain) would anfwer it when I came into Holland. Harm lun Yes, this is like the other. __-,_- , 1 1 1 . W I find w e muft complain at home; there's no Redrefs to be had here. TO C o m e Country-woman, I muft call you fo, fince he who owns my Hear is E M tern; Be not dejefted at your wretched Fortune; m y Houfe is y o t £ ^ S o t h c f toll Habit you, even thefe I wear, rather than fee you thUu c,„ rnme come no more Complaints; let us go in : I have Ten Harm. Sen &™*>f™id as many times fhall all our Guns d.fcharge, to Rummers ready to tne miae, as mc y fpeak the general Gladnefs of tins Day. I H lead ffijfg^ hy the hanl Towerf. A heavy Omen to my Nuptials ! M y Country-men oppreft by Sea and Land, And I not able to redrefs the V\ rong ; r£w//rf mfj:u So weak are we, our Enemies fo ftrong. < A C T IV. S C E N E I. AW00J. ^ H a r m a n Junior, ^ F i f c a l , with Swords, and dc,u,d with Vizard, J.^*»V T itrni Harm r * 7 E are dif.uis'd enough, .he Evening now grows d * . I - I d W^^^fe^^ln^ildwooayW3, ,StS^.K°&L he would fcave thc Company, £ meet me hngle here. ,M |
