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Show 7 ' Enter the Dnk of An •AArragon • me to you to d this Town : To • ir Juft and Rightful Claim is known. ight to it appears Son of Eight Hundred Years sftors from Ajhck. Saild, ;rh vour Gothiaue Title fail d. e Succeflors of Ztorttyte ftill remain ; And ever fince have held fome part of Spain. n in the midft < victorious Povv'rs s, and all Portugal were ours. ht,except you Force allow; t n was juft, fo ours is now. True, from Force the Nobleft Title fprings; I therefore hold from that, which firft made Kings. )en by Force you prove your Title true, rs muft be juft; becaufe we claim from you. hen with your Father you did jointly Reign, Invading with your Moors the South of Spain, I, who that day the Chriftians did Command, Then took, and brought you bound to Ferdinand. Boab. I'll hear no more; defer what you would fay : In -11 Difcourfe fome other day. Sir, you fhall hear, however you are loth, That, like a perjur'd Prince, you broke your Oath. To gain you Freedom, you a Contract Sign'd, By which your Crown you to m y King refign'd. From, thenceforth, as his ValTal holding it, And .paying Tribute, fuch as he thought fit: Contracting, when your Father came to dye, To lay afide all marks of Royalty : And at Pnrchena privately to live ; Which, in exchange, King Ferdinand did give. Boab. The Force us'd on me, made that Contract void. cos. W h y have you then its Benefits enjoy'd ? By it you had not only Freedom then, But fince had Aid of Money and of Men. And, when Granada for your Uncle held, You were by us Reftor'd, and he Expell'd. Since that in Peace we let you reap your Grain, Recall'd our Troops that us'd to beat your Plain, And more • Almanz. Yes, yes, you did with wondrous Care Againft his Rebels profecute the W a r, While he fecure in your Protecton flept, For him you took, but for your felf you kept. Thus, as fome fawning Ufurer does feed •it Sums th unwary Unthrift's need, You fold your Kindnefs at a boundlefs rate, .1 o'er-paid the Debt from his Eftate: Which mouldring piece-meal, in your hands did fall; Till now at laft you came to fwoop it all. Wrong you do m y King I cannot bear ; efs you would odioufly compare. his," which yet, fince you deny, ent in his o w n wrong to buy. And lie fhall buy it dear what his he calls : >t give one Stone from out thefe Walls. •c this for Anfwer, then - m Arms have Conquer'd of m y Land 111 for Peace refign to Ferdinand: To terms m y Mind I cannot bring; as I ftill have liv'd, will die a King The Conqueft of Granada. 391 Arcos. Since thus you have Refolv'd, henceforth prepare For all the laft extremities of W a r : M y King his Hope from Heaven's afliftance draws. Almanz. The Moors have Heav'n and me t'affift their Caufe. £Exit Ar« Enter Efperanza. Efper. Fair Almahide ( W h o did with weeping Eyes thefe Difcords fee, And fears the Omen may unlucky be) Prepares a Zambray to be Danc'cl this night, In hope foft Pleafures may your Minds unite. Boab. M y Miftrifs gently chides the fault I made: But tedious Bufinefs has m y Love delay'd; Bufinefs which dares the Joys of Kings invade. Almanz. Firft, let us Sally out, and meet the Foe. Abdal. Led on by you, w e on to Triumph go. Boab. Then, with the Day, let W a r and Tumult ceafe; The Night be Sacred to our Love and Peace: 'Tis juft, fome Joys on weary Kings fhould wait; 'Tis all w e gain by being Slaves to State. [ Exeunt omnef. A C T II. Abdalla, Abdelmelech, Ozmyn, Zulema, Hamet, as returning from the Sally. Abdal. "| 'His Happy Day does to Granada bring J_ A laftingPeace, and Triumphs to the King: The T w o fierce Factions will no longer jarr , Since they have n o w been Brothers in the W a r : Thofe, w h o apart in Emulation fought, The common Danger to one Body brought; And to his Coft the proud Caflillian finds Our Mooriffj Courage in united Minds. Abdel. Since to each others Aid our Lives w e owe, Lofe w e the name of Faction and of Foe ; Which I to Zulema can bear no more, Since Lindaraxa's Beauty I Adore. Zul. I a m oblig'd to Lindaraxa's Charms W7hich gain the Conqueft, I fhould lofe by Arms; And wifh m y Sifter may continue Fair, That I may keep a good, Of whofe Poffeflion I fhould elfe defpair. Ozmyn. While we indulge our common Happinefs, He is forgot by w h o m we all poffefs; The brave Almanzor, to whole Arms w e owe All that we did, and all that w e fhall do; W h o , like a Tempeft that out-rides the Wind, Made a juft Battle e'r the Bodies join'd. Abdalla. His Victories w e fcarce could keep in view, Or polifti 'em fo fait as he rough drew. Abdel. Fate after him below with pain did move, And Victory could fcarce keep pace above. Death did at length fo many flain forget, And loft the Tale, and took 'em by the great. $To them Almanzoi' wtth tbe Ffamet. See, here he comes, l Duke of Arcos prifoner. And leads in Triumph him w h o did C o m m a nd The vanquifh'd Army of King Ferdinand. [Almanzor to the Duke of Arcos. Almanz. Thus far your Matter's Arms a fortune find Below the fwell'd Ambition of his Mind : And Alha fhuts a Mis-believers Reign From out the belt and goodlieft part of Spain. Let Ferdinand Calabrian Conquefts make, And from the French contefted Milan take, |