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Show Thy felffhalt be the Judge* Be this m y Portion, Wir* (a-knd Heaven reward thee if thy words are Truth. (tde) For fudden Fate is in the Secret Lodg'd. Iff** Say, and I dare thy utmoft Malice Thou W h o knowft the Actions of m y fpotlefs Life Say if they were not blamelefs. Luc- If you had ftill contmu'd th'js your Fame, Had been a bright example to our Sex. Iffa What by neceftity 1 fince have done, Is Jather m y Misfortune than m y Guilt. The day Emilia dy'd a Ship arriv'd Which brought the News of lOpano,s Death. I haften'd, with m y Sorrows, to my Bed, Where mourning o're the mem'ry of m y Lord. At dead of night I faw Phorfano enter, His Hands a Dagger and a Taper held .- H e figh'd and pray'd, he caught m e to his Arm And iwore fince, what oppos'd him was remov'd Iflrefus'dto be his Wife, by force That minute he wou'd feize the Marriage Joy, And as he ft rove to act as he had fworn. I, to prevent him, promis'd to be his, « Made him m y Husband and fecur'd m y Honour. LUCt W h o cou'd have thought, that you w h o m neither (Want, Nor chains,nor death cou'd Frighten fromyour duty. W h o cou'd have thought a night wou'd be too long For you to languifh on a Widow'd Bed And weep for One w h o lov'd you more than Life. Iffa. Compell'd to what I did, if I have finncd What canft thou fay in thy defence, what Plea Haft thou for wronging m e and him to w h om Thou art by iblemn Oaths Contracted Vir.(aftde) H a ! what has Hell be en doing here? W4' ™ l m llves> and comes to cIai'm ^ y Vow, ** ~ What canft thou Say to him and what tome. To meet m y Husband by thy felf, ofChoice In the dark Covert of a Grove atE vn Did |
