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Show C4») And worthy him of w h o m you were a part! His Soul, which fees from its exalted State, H o w I endeavour to revenge his fate, Forects his hate, and is become fo kind, T o fave m y life, by what he left behind. Whatever Treafon could to Pompey do, Yet he does ftill fubfift, and aft in you : And prompts you to a thingjo brave, that he M a y vanquifh m e in generofity. CORNELIA. Cdefar, thou art deceiv'd in m y intent, If thou think'ft Hate yields to acknowledgment: No, Pompey s blood muft all commerce deny,' Betwixt his W i d o w and his Enemy. And I thy offer'd Freedom would enjoy, That to thy mine I might it employ. Nay, I fhall make hew bufinefs for thy Sword, If thou dar'ft be fo juft to keep thy Word. But though fo much pn thy deftruflion bent, Yet I thy Murther would as much prevent. I have thy death with too much juftice fought, That it fhould now be with a Treafon bought. W h o knows and fuffcrs does partake the guilt, Nor fhould thy blood be infamoufty fpilt. But when m y Husband's Sons, and Kindred do Attempt thy death, then I fhall wiih it too : And that fome brave Arm, which I fhall excite, May in the Field, and in thy Armies fight, C ffer thee nobly to that Hero's Ghoft, In whofe revenge thou fo much zeal beftow'ft. M y reftlefs t^rft for fuch a day as this, By thy untimely fall its end would mifs. But whatfoe'e^; hopes from abroad I may Receive, yet I m i;aqk'd by their delay. " For diftant faqsfa^on is half loft : " A n d long expefteefpys too dearly coft. I fhall not wander on dpe Africa-Strands, T o feek the vengga^" ready in thy hands, Which (49) Whirl: docs the head it dircatens beft befit I For I could thine have had inftcad of it- But that m y hatred faw the different great Betwixt m y Husbands murther and defeat'• And I an earlier Eitniihment would fee On their presumption, than thy Vi&orv This is fames wiih, whofe venerable brow To this affront, too juft a blufh would owe • ft her two Nobleft heads fhould ("after all * Her Triumphs) with fo much difhonor fall She, upon .whom thou never couldft impofe, Would fooner punifh Criminals than Foes • Her 1 iberty would a misfortune grow If upon Tiber Nile fhould it beftow. ' None but a Roman could her Mafter be And but a R o m a n none fhould fet her free Here thou wouldft fall to her unfacrihVd And wouldft be murther'd fo, but not chaftisU Nor would vfuccecding Tyrants frighted be, *or the Example too would die with thee Revenge her thou, on Egypts wrong, and I Will her revenge upon Pharfalia try. Adieu, no time in this fhould wafted be, Go then, and boaft I once made vows for thee. SCEN. V. Ctfar, Cleopatra, Antonim, Lepidns, Achorem, Charmion. C,£SAR. Her Virtue, and their Crime alike amaze. Queen, you p^ceive for w h o m your goodnefs prays. CLEOPATRA. inat now, no more againft your juftice fights, j^o (Sir; revenge all violated rights : M y ruine, they much more than yours defire : The |