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Show •J he Conqueft of Granada. 4.04. _j_i_ U - ]Ul>: ^^(tff^XoL Vour Pow'r.. ,,7^--:. ^f^^.^^yfdf.tway. ^ 1 am 7- »' r-Kt\'"> lk.fs w h a t both purfue; ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t u l d t a l l o n V o u. 1 grieve, m y friend, the cnancc BUT when vou hear w h a t o l « j l . *de cin piirge. ilfawb None, none that your ngra Reafons a Trick, when it no GramaHordS, ,l,11irs the face of Ma^ty °" ^ S . .,/,/,;/. Your Boldnefs tc, your ^ X ^ X S ^ - N o w rake it as your full Reward to live. Almanz. To live ! , IfframmyHandsalpne^Deat^canDt, I am Immortal ; and a God to thee. If { w o uld kill thee now, thy Fate* fokj That 1 muft ftoooe'r^cangve JteWow. But mine is fixd fofar above thy Crown, That all tin Men PiFd on thy Back can never pull it dowa. But at m y eafe thy Dcftiny 1 fend Bv fifing from this Hour to be thy Friend. LikeHeaVn, 1 need but only.to ftand ftill; And not cor.cuning to thy Lite, 1 kii 1, Thou canft no Title to m y ^ bvmg • I'm not thy Subject, and m y Soul s thy King. Farewel, when 1 am gone There's not a Star of thine dare ftay with thee. Ill whiffle thy tame Fortune after m e ; And whirl Fate with me wherefoeer I fty, ExiL As Winds drive Storms before cm in theSky. Zulema. Let not this Inlolent unpunifhd go; Give your Commands, your ^ ^ / X i a Hamet, and others are going after him. Abdal. Stay, and what part he pleafesle\hmuakc: 1 know m y Throne's tooftrong for him to fhake. But my fair Miftrifs I too long forget : The Crown 1 promis'd is not offer d yet. § Without her Prefence all m y Joys are vain ; ^^ Empire a Curfe, and Life it fell a Pain. L A C T IV. Boabdelin, Abenamar, Guards. Bod \ Dvife, or aid, but do not pity me; f\ No Monarch Born can fall to that Degree. Pity defcends from Kings to all below; But can no more than Fountains upward flow. Witnefs juft Heav'n, my greateft Grief has been I could not make vour Almahide a Queen. -,. 1 have too long th' effects ot Fortune known, Either to truft her Smiles, or fear her Frown. Since in their firft attempt you were not flain, v bodes you yet a fecond Reign. The People like a headlong Torrent go; And evevy Dam they break, or overflow But unoppos'd, they either lofe their force, Or Wind in Volumes to their former courfe. ,//;. In Walls we meanly muft our Hopes inclofe, lit our Friends and weary out out 1 ocs, • Almoin To 'ihe Conqueft of Granada. To lawlefs Rebels is expos'd a Prey, And fore'd the luftful Victor to obey Aben One of m y Blood in Rules of Virtue bred I Think better ot her; and believe fhe's dead. Boab. W e are betraid 5 the Enemy is here ; W e have no farther room to hope or fear. Almanz. It is indeed Almanzor w h o m you fee But he no longer is your Enemy. You were ungrateful, but your Foes were more • W h a t your Injuftice loft you, theirs reftore. Make Profit of m y Vengeance while you may M y Two-edg'd Sword can cut the other way.' I am your Fortune; but am fwift like her, And turn m y hairy Front ifyou defer: That Hour when you delib'rate is to late 5 I point you the white moment of your Fate. Aben. Believe him fent as Prince Abdalla sSpy • He would betray us to the Enemy. Alman. Were I, like thee, in Cheats of State crown old, ( Thofe publick Markets where for Foreign Gold The Pooreft Prince is to the Richeft fold ) Then thou might'ft think m e fit for that low part: But I am yet to learn the States-man's Art. M y Kindnefs and m y Hate unmask'd 1 wear • For Friends to Truft, and Enemies to Fear. ' M y Heart's fo plain, That M e n on every parting through may look, Like Fifties gliding in a Chriftal Brook : W h e n troubled moft, it does the bottom fhow, 'Tis Weedlefs all above, and Rocklefs all below. Aben. E're he be trufted, let him then be try'd, ; He may be falfe w h o once has chang'd his fide. Almanz. In that you more accufe your felves than m e: None w h o are injur'd can unconftant be. You were unconftant,; you w h o did the wrong ; To do m e Juftice, does to m e belong. Great Souls by Kindnefs only can be ty'd ; Injur'd again, again I'll leave your fide. Honour is what m y felf and Friends I owe ; And none can lofe it w h o forfake a Foe. Since, then, your Foes now happen to be mine, Though not in Friendfhip we'll in Intereft joyn. So while m y lov'd Revenge is full and high, I'll give you back your Kingdom by the By. That I fo long delaid what you defire W a s not to doubt your Worth, but to admire. Almanz. This Counfellor an Old Man's caution fliews, W h o fears that little he has left, to lofe : Age fets Fortune ; while Youth boldly throws. But let us firft your drooping Soldiers chear; Then feek out danger e'r it dare appear. This Hour I fix your Crown upon your Brow; Next Hour Fate gives it; but 1 give it now. SCENE II. Lyndaraxa alone. Lynd. O could I read the dark decrees of Fate. That 1 might once know w h o m to Love or Hate! For I m y felf fcarce m y own Thoughts can guefs. So much I find them varied by fuccefs. As in fome Weather-Glafs m y Love I hold; Which falls or rifes with thc Heat or Cold. 4.O5 [To them Alman. [ Boabdelin embracing him. f Exeunt. |