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Show (34) HftW i:ffie fame hath ever valu'd Kings, A n l m o e'than that, m e dreads Calphuruia's Love ; But both thefe Rubs your prefence will mnove, t d yo-focccfsfulH e ^1 Mifts wil break, If yoi vouchfafe ^j» ^ f° fpeaL Let's go then, and thefe needlefs fcruples quit, Shewing m y Heart to Her that wounded it: ComeletuSftaynolo,gero N i u5 But firft know, Cornelia is within your Power now: Septimius brings her,. boafting of his Fault And thinks by that he hath your Favour bought. B^t once afhore, your Guards (by Orders taught) N o notice took, but hither both have brought. rC.M /SF SAARR.. I www* T , Then let her enter; : A h unwelcome News Which m y Impatience does fo roughly ule ! O Heaven! and am I not allow'd to pay M y Love this fmall remainder of one day i --- SCEN. IV. C<efar, [Cornelia, Antonius, Lepidm, Septimius. SEPTIMIUS. c* """' CAESAR G o Septimius, for your Mafter look, Ctfar a Tray tors prefence cannot brook ; A Roman, who to ferve a King could be Content, when he h a d f ^ y f e r v d ^ a n d m . ^_ CORNELIA. Ufar that envious Fate which I can brave, Makes m e thy Prifoner, but not thy Slave: ^ 05) Fxpea not then m y Heart fhould e'er afford To pay thee omage, or to call thee Lord >. Ho v m d e foever Fortune makes her blow, hCrafus Widow once, and Pompey s n o w ; Great Saptos Daughter, (and what's higher yet) A > joman have a Courage ftill more great; * ' And ot all ftrokes her cruelty can give Nothing can make m e blufli, but that/l live, And have not iollow'd Pompey when he dy'd ; lor though the means to do it were deny'd And cruel Pity would not let m e have The quick aififiance of a Steel or W a ve * et I'm aiham'd, that aftet fuch a woe ' Gnef had not done as much as they could do i Death had been glorious, and had fet m e free, As from m y Sorrow then, fo now from thee Yet I muft thank the gods, though fo fevere, J hat fince I muft come hither, thou art here: That C<cfar reigns here, and not Ptolomy; And yet, O Heaven! what Stars do govern me? I hat fome faint kind of fatisfacrion 'tis, To meet here with m y greateft Enemies 5 And into their hands that I rather fall, Than into his that ow'd m y Husband all. But of thy Conqueft, Cafar, make no boaft, Which to m y fingle Deftiny thou ow'ft; I both m y Husbands Fortunes have defac'd, And twice have caus'd th' whole World to be difgrac'd 3 M y Nuptial Knot twice ominoufly ty'd, Banifh'd the Gods from the uprighter fide ; Happy in mifery I had been, if it, For Romes advantage, had with thee been knit; Ana on thy Houfe that I could fo difpenfe All m y own Stats malignant influence : For never think m y hatred can grow lefs, -mce I the Roman Conftancy profefs; And though thy Captive, yet a heart like mine, Can never ftoop to hope for ought from thine: I i Com- ' |
