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Show 'att A 1 ^viTTv Pfincefs Am ah I :*\ And for the King, fte hhdnts fhe their -Vi n to rM » ™ft<; w h o betet D W • ,-nts even thc C h \ m i " ^ n o h i V t hitherto, mc-thinks, ^ & M f lY^ Sin^ *A- *** * but the Sun* tor, use mm, t0 P'lin, "rfeftft'e had need be P^^^K* a *2 *"* X No Lady ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^ S a s f t f t as any Bullion comes out St Jffl-S&SSB I am not fo ill a Painter, rhat I . find her, if you ™ V ^ J ,t W c to need write the Name beneath th ^^ ttur^ccdedinyonr Love? SfitM* 8PE£$fc *?fc rf *lra Vlfit5 Sdnst^^^ 1 S T & made hafte to be in Loyethen, for, if I am not miftaken, you are but this day amy d. , h has d,jrni'dme, feen L^sftSrsiffi^ * * m ttee-an Anfwer tte does not put me t J g W ^ , ^ , ^ , , , ,ny, rii h»TI von at more leifuremy aavenuncj.. iuv r % Howakl."s he the Kings ftvour wijh thefe ggta«£ - ,„ ^ M , ^ * ^ . * * " « f i ] £ Xrhetea'S,fel all his Irrcli- ^MfHis Sifter AnuUu, who, 1 ghefs, (lands by him, feems not to be of hi* '"K' O, (he's all Goodnefs and Generofity. asffas. s? ws^Sfei >>*wa;«d his retum from Hunting. Shall 1 attend your Lordfhip to him? r£ * ' M ». • Ana. N o $ I go firft another way. «- J Pala. He feems in hafte, and difcompos d . W . To Rhod. a/.er aflmtwifter. Your friend ? then he mult needs ^ln When he has Kifs d the King's Hand, I know he'll beg the Ho~ Kifs yours. Come, Palamede. [.Exeunt Rhodo. and Pala. bowing to Ama!. ^ c . Madam, you tell me moft furprinng News. Amal The fear of it, you fee, Has difcompos'd m y Brother h but to me All that can bring m y Country good, is welcome Arte. It feems incredible, that this old King, W h o m all the World thought Childlefs, . Should come to fearch the fartheft parts of Sicily, In hope to find an Heir. Amal. To leffen your Aftonimmcnt, 1 will Unfold fome Private Paflagcs of State, Of which you yet are ignorant: Know, firft, That Marriage A-la-Mode. 4.7 3 it this Polydanm, who Reigns, unjuftly Gain'd the Crown. Arte Somewhat of this I have confus'dly heard, Amal. I'll tell you all in brief: Thagenes, Our laft great King, Had, by his Queen, one only Son, an Infant Of three years old, call'd, after him, Thagenes. The General, this AolycUmas, then Marri'd : The publick Feafts for which were fcardy paft, W h e n a Rebelion in the heart of Sicily Call'd out the King to Arms. Arte. Polydamas Had then a juft excufe to ftay behind. Amal. His Temper was too Warlike to accept it \ He left his Bride, and the new Joys of Marriage, And follow'd to the Feild. In fhort, they fought3 The Rebels were o'reome : but in.the Fight The too bold King receiv'd a Mortal Wound. W h e n he perceiv'd his end aproaching near, He call'd the General, to whofe care he left His W i d o w Queen, a n d Orphan Son 3 then dy'd. Arte. Then falfe Polydamas betray'd his truft ? Amal. He did 3 and with m y Father's help, for which Heav'n pardon him, fo gain'd. the Soldiers Hearts, That in few clays he was faluted King: And when his Crimes had Impudence enough To bear the Eye of day, He march'd his Army back to Syracufe. But fee h o w heav'n can punifh W'icked Men, In granting their Defires: The News was brought him, That day he was to enter it, that Eubulus, W h o m his dead Mafter had left Governour, W a s fled, and with him bore away the Queen, And Royal Orphan 5 but, what more amaz'd him, His Wife, n o w big with Child, and much detefting Her Husband's Practices, had willingly Accompani'd their flight. Arte. H o w I admire her Virtue ! j{mal - What became Of her, and them, fince that, was never known 3 Only, fome few days fince, a famous Robber W a s ' taken with fome Jewels of vaft Price, Which, when they were delivered to the King, He knew had been his Wife's 5 with thefe, a Letter, Much torn, and fulli'd, but which yet he knew To be her Writing. , jrte.* -Sure from hence he learn d he had a Son. Amal.. •• It was not left fo plain: The Paper only faid, fhe dy'd in Childbed: But when it fhould have mention'd Son, or Daughter, Tuft there it was torn off. * ArH -Madam, the King. [To them, Polydamas, Argaleon, Guard and Attendants. Area. The Robber, though thrice Rack'd, confefs'd no more, But that he took thofe jewels near this place. Poly. But-yet the Circumftances ftrongly argue, That thofe, for w h o m I fearch, are not far off. Arga. I cannot eafily believe it. Arte. ' No> r^idie You would not have it fo. . k '„„._• Lj pely. Thofe I employ'd, have, in the Neighbouring Hamlet, P p P 2 AmGr |