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Show T/r Loiifiejtcf Granada. • ^ . ^ ' S r ' ^ f t . i ^ would own, I mult not fufter you to Fight alone: Twoto T w o in equal Coinbatepyn; You Vindicate her Perfon, I her Line. /,,./ Of all Mankind Abnanzor has leaft.Right In her Defence, who wrong'd his Love, to Fght AUaVz Tis'falft^eisnot^norcanlhebe; She mull be Chafte, becaufe Ihe s Lov d by me. ? , Hire vou what Senfe and Reafon prove, deny? fZi. When ihes in Queftion, Senfe and Reafonlye. Zulema. For Truth, and for m y injur d Sovereign, V, hat I have faid, I will to Death maintain. 0-m So foul a falfhood who e er juftihes Hamet. 1 take it; and defpife a Tray tor's Rag*. Boab. The Combate's yours; a Guard the Lifts furround ; Then raife a Scaffold in the incompafs'd Ground: And by it, Piles of W o o d ; in whofe juft Fire, Her 'Champions flain, the Adultrefs fhall expire. _ Aben. W e ask no Favour, but what Arms will yield. Boab. Choofe then T w o equal Judges of the Field. - Next morning lhall decide the doubful Strife, Condemn thc Unchafte, or quit the Virtuous W7ife- Almanz. But I am both ways curft. • For Almahide muft die, If I am flain ; Or for my-Rival, I the Conqueft gain. [Exeunt. A C T V. Almanzor Solus. T H a v e out-fae'd m y felf, and juftify'd Wha t I knew falfe to all the World befide. She was as Faithlefs as her Sex could be : And now I a m alone, fhe's fo to me. She's fain: and now where mall we Virtue find! She was the laft that ftood of Womankind. Could fhe fo Holily m y Flames remove; And fall that hour to Abdelmelech's Love? Yet her Protection I muft undertake; Not now for Love, but for m y Honour's fake. That mov'd me firft, and muft oblige m e ftill; M y Caufe is good, however hers be ill. I'll leave her, when fhe'$ freed; and let it be Her Punifhment, fhe could be Falfe to me. [To him Abdelmelech, guarded Abdelm. Heav'n is not Heav'n; nor is there Deities: There is fome N e w Rebellion in the Skies. All that was Good and Holy is dethron'd: And Luft and Rapine are for Jufticeown'd. Almanz. 'Tis true; what Juftice in that Heav'n can be Which thus affronts me with the fight of thee! W h y muft I be from juft Revenge debarr'd ! Chains are thy Arms, and Prifons are thy Guard. The Death thou dy'ft may to a Husbandvbe A Satisfaction; but 'tis noiie to me. M y Love would Juftice to it felf afford ; But now thou creep'ft to Death, below m y Sword. Abdelm. This th reaming would (how better, were I free Almanz. No, wcr't thou freed, I would not threaten thee. This Arm fhould t h e n - B u t now it is too late I could redeem thee to a nobler Fate. The Conqueft of Granada. ^ As fome huge Rock, Rent from its Quarry, does the Waves divide So I-- Would fowze upon thy Guards, and dalh 'em wide - Then, to m y Rage, left naked, and alone, Thy too much freedom ^hou fhould'ft foon bemoan : * Dar'cH like a Lurk, that on the open Plain, Pmfud and ciiff'd, fecks fhefter n o w in vain: So on thc g^und, would'ft thou expecting lye, Not daring to afford m e Victory., But yet thy Fate's not ripe; it is decreed, Before thou dy'ft, that Aim-abide be freed- M y Honour firft her Danger ihall revove, And then, revenge on thee m y injur'd Love. [ Exeunt feverally. The SCE NE changes to th Vivarambla; and appears fill dwith Spectators '. A Scaffold hung with Bl.uk, &C. Enter the Queen, guarded, with Efperanza. Almah. See how the gazing People croud the place ; v All gaping to be fill'd with m y Difgrace. [ A Shut within. That fhout, like the hoarle Peals of Vultures rings, W;hen over Fighting Fields they beat their Wings. Let never W o m a n truft in Innocence, Or think her Chaftity its o w n Defence; Mine has betray'd m e to this publick Shame : And Virtue, which 1 ferv'd, is but a Name. Efper. Leave then that Shadow, and for fuccour fly To him w e ferve, the Chriftians Deity. Virtue's no God, nor has fire Power Divine: But he protects it, w h o did firft en joy n. Truft then in him, and from his Grace implore Faith to believe what rightly w e Adore. Almah. Thou Pow'r unknown, if I have err'd, forgive: M y Infancy was taught what 1 believe. But if the Chriftians truly worfhip thee, Let m e thy Godhead in thy Succour fee: So lhall thy Juftice in m y Safety fhine, And all m y Days, which thou fhalt add, be thine. Enter the King, Abenamar, Lyndaraxa, Benzayda: then Abdelmelech guarded. And after him, Selin and Alabez, as Judges ofthe Field. Boab. You Judges of the Field, firft take your place: The Accufers and Accus'd bring Face to Face. Sot Guards, and let the Lifts be open'd wide, And may juft Heav'n ailift the jufter fide. Almah. W h a t , not one tender Look, one pafling W7ord! Farewel, m y much unkind, but ftill lov'd Lord. Your Throne was for m y humble Fate too high ; And therefore Heav'n thinks fit that I fhould die. M y Story be forgot when I am dead; Left it fhould fright fome other from your Bed: And, to forget me, may you foon Adore Some happier Maid ( yet none could love you mo: But may you neverthink me innocent, Left it fhould caufe you trouble to Repent. Boab. Tis pity fo much Beauty fhould not live ; [/ Yet I too much am injur'd to forgive. [Goes lo hif Scat. Irumpets: Then Enter Two Moors bearing Two naked Swords before the Acai- Zulcma and Hamet, who follow them. The Judges Seat themfelves, ; thc guecn and Abdelmelech *0'e kd to the Scaffold. Alabez. Say, for what end you thus in Arms appear : W h a t are your Names, and what Demand you here ? Ztdema. The Zegrys Ancient Race our Linage claims'; And Zulema and Hamet are our Names. Like Loyal Subjects in thefe Lifts we ftand, And Juftice in our Kings behalf, Demand. J N n n a Hamet. |