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Show fhe Tempeft : Or, [Afide. [Exit Ferdinand. ^ T^ne^ri^nt^^ All that are fair: come. For I muft have her. Ferd. His fimp»c"y hc anary with him. Kl M you do not tove W ftc .g another Woma, Hip. I find already I ^ both tonCe ferd. You cannot l o v e w o w ^ ^ ^ V Sure'tis n ^ ^ n l ° \ C n liaVe as many as I can, Her whom « * ^ ^ S t f * as fine I love. That are fo good, and miy And will have yours. fm/. ^etty You h on ca j ^ #,. I can do any th V ° f reftrain you from it. Ferd. I may P J ^ ' ^ n B u t either promife me ^ W V o ° m an o'r yo? muft try your force. To love no W oman, o y fhall love "V'^ltn^Tel^Sffiee, or he will Swlet Yonth! <™e ^X*; « prKait 2? TErrSte nfait and eomes into my Wa^eSHeaverfy^iesfromme, Which I believe I am infpird to love, r d y e t he faid he did defirelb* one. r^tSXt'^evVse'nnling; J Z r when 1 e ftighted me from Woman-kind, Srfe preeious tilings he for himfelf defign d. ACT IV. Enter Profpero, and Miranda. Profp. \TOur fuit has pity in't, and has PrevaiPd ^ Y Within this Cave he lies, and you may fee him. But yet take heed; let Prudence be your Guide ; [She's going. You muft not ftay, your vifit muft be Ihort. One thing I had forgot; infinuate into his Mind A kindnefs to that Youth, whom firft you faw; I would have Friendfhip grow betwixt cm. Mir. You fhall be obey'd in all things. Profp. Be earneft to unite their very Souls. Mir. I fhall endeavour it. j„rt(T/M. ™V.irh m V art fore- Profp. This may fecure Hippolito from that dark danger ^ \ m y ^ rf bodes; for Friendfhip docs provide a double ftrength t ^ ^ ^ Profpera Fortune. ,. . Enter Ferdinand. . , c Ferd. To be a Pris'ner where I dearly love, is but a ^ i a ^ J Fortune join'd to the Chain of Love ; but not to fee her and vet to be fo near tier there's the hardfhip ; I feel m y felf as on a Rack , itretch'd out, and nigh the ground, on wliich I might have eafe, yet cannot reach u. Mir. Sir! my Lord ? where are you ? Ferd. Is it your Voice, my Love ? or do I dream ? _^ [Exit. The Enchanted ljland. 257 IM •! • I . llM«l I nil* • Mir. Speak foftly, it is I. Ferd. O Heavenly Creature! ten times more gentle, than your Father's cruel; how on a fudden all mv griefs are vanifh'd! Mir. I come to help you to fupport your griefs. Ferd. While I ftand gazing thus, and thus have leave to touch your hand, I do not envy freedom. Mir. Hark ! hark! is't not m y Father's Voice I hear ? I fear he calls m e back again too foon. Ferd. Leave fear to guilty Minds: 'tis fcarce a Virtue when it is paid to Heaven. Mir. But there 'tis mix'd with love, and fo is mine; yet I may fear, for I am guilty when I difobey my Father's will in loving you too much. Ferd. But you pleafe Heav'n in difobeving him, Heav'n bids you fuccour Captives in diftrefs. Mir. H o w do vou bear your Prifon ? Ferd. 'Tis m y Palace u liile you are here, and love and filence wait upon our wifhes; do but think fe it, and 'tis what we would chufe. Mir. I'm fure what 1 would. But how can I be certain that you love me ? Look to't; for T will dye v >u are falfe. I've heard m y Father tell of Maids, who dy'd, And haunted their falfe Lovers with their Ghofts. Ferd. Your Gholt mult I other form to fright me, This fliape will be too pic do I love you ? O Heav'n ! O Earth! bear witnets to this found, If I prove falfe Mir. Oh hold, you fhall not fwear ; For Heav'n will hate you if you prove forfworn. _ _ Ferd. Did I not love, I could no more endure this undeferved Captivity, than I could with to gain m y freedom with the lots of you. Mir. I am a Fool to weep at what I'm glad of: but I have a fuit to you, and that, Sir, fhall be now the only tryal of your love. Ferd. Y'ave faid enough, never to be deny'd , were it m y life; tor you liave far o'erbid the price of all that humane life is worth. Mir. Sir, 'tis to love one for m y fake, who for his own deferves all the reipect which you can ever pay him. Ferd. You mean your Father: do not think his ufage can make me hate m m , when fie gave you being, he then did that which cancell'd all thefe wrongs. Mir. I meant not him, for that was a requeft , which if you love I fhould not need to urge. Ferd. Is there another w h o m I ought to love f And love him for your fake ? Mir. Yes fuch a one, who for his fweetnefs and his goodly fhape, (it I, who am unskill'd in forms, may judge) I think can fcarce be equall'd : Tis a Youth, a Stranger too as you arc. Ferd? Of fuch a graceful feature, and muft I for your fake love ? Mir. Yes, Sir, do you fcruple to grant the firft requeft I ever rnade ? he s wholly unacquainted with the World, and wants your Converfation. Youfnould have companion on fo meer a Stranger. Ferd. Thofe need companion w h o m you difcommend, not w h o m you prate. Mir. I only ask this eafie tryal of you. Ferd. Perhaps it might have eafier been If vou had never ask'd it. Mir. I cannot underftand you; and methinks am loth To be more knowing. Ferd. He has his freedom, and may get accefs, when my Confinement makes me want that bleffing. I his compaflion need, and not he mine. Mir. If that be all you doubt, truft me for him. H e has a melting heart, and foft to all the Seals. •Of kindnefs; I will undertake for his compaflion. Ferd. O Heavens! would I were fure I did not need it. Mir. • Ferd .C oMmuef,t yIo fuo mruf yotu lrosv,e a hnidm cfaonrn moKty k f fora2k me :y y oouw ntl i.a ll. nuner |