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Show AS^S^? ^_______- . And to let drop the Soul, andTortures? Are thefe fit # £ ^ upon 'em? Where would you »;J™ / . , here 5 , , . plicc Pains on me , ^ ^ a n d Soul to bear em » , haVe both Youth, aud^Ogtn ^ And if they merit Dead , tnen Since Visforn^rufferr d tf* -- ; ZJm or worthlefs Lives, W e Ihould redeem our pains, or %T SS^wW Farewel, Si, ' °"lffmuch cCrnd for' him > then my Q m ,pt„ ,fc ^ ' S0lK°n He™ yc. mv laft Requeft, for poor U»*> i ^Su^h^inftantly: Give him not leifure to d.lcover it; Hti^v:t^'n«^^ods - - ^ fc ^ HO£a° ThoTatt^nllitor, 'tis not fit to hear tbee. ^ ^ , ^ ,,.,. I fay I am t h e - - - - r Aoain flopping his Mouth. p*& Duty and Love by turns poflefs my Soul, AndftruggleforafatalViaory: I will difcover he's the King , Ah, no. That will perhaps fave him '•> . BStthenlamg^ofaFa^Rume. What fhall I do, or not do ? either way I muft deftroy a Parent, or a Lover Break Heart, for that's the leaft of ills to me, ^^ And Death the only Cure. Arte. Help, help the Princefs. R/„ Bear her gently hence, where (he may £ ^ ^ / f c ^ Have more Succour. ^ ^ ^.^ ^ ^/tog ^ 6 W ^ Pal. What noife is that ? Enter Amalthea running. Amal. Oh, Gentlemen, if you have Loyalty, Or Courage (hew it now: Leonidas Broke on the fudden from his Guards, and matching A Sword from one, his Back againft the Scaffold, Bravely defends himfelf, and owns aloud He is our long loft King, found for this moment? But, if your Valours help not, loft for ever. Two of his Guards, mov'd by the Senfe of Virtue, Are turn'd for him, and there they ftand at Bay Againft an Hoft of Foes. ji;)0. -, Madam, no more, W e lofe time : my Command, or my Example, May move the Soldiers to the better Caufe. You'll Second me ? £ To I al. Pal. Or die with you : no Subject e'r can meet A nobler fate, than at his Sovereign's Feet. _ [ Exeunt, {Claflnng of Swords within, and Shouts. Enter Leonidas, Rhodophil, Palamede, Eubulus, Hermogenes, and thir Party, victorious. Polydamus and Argaleon difarm d. Leon. That I furvive the dangers of tlus day, Next • . • ASm^TXia^Moda kext to the Gods, brave Friends, be yours the H ^ T And et Heaven witnefs for me,' that^Tfov * Is not more great for this m y Right reitorV Than r,s, that I have power to rlonVpence' Your Loyalty and Valour. Let mean & Kto&^to^d^tA^ Rho. You make us blufh, we have deferv'd fo little lal. And yet mftruct us how to merit more W And as I would be juft in m y Rewards' So mould I ,n m y Punifhments, thefe two This thetlfurper of m y Crown,5 the other? w , l / 7 T r L o v e ' deferve that death .Which both defign'd for me. Pol. _ And we expect it. Arga. I have too long been Happy to live wretched Pol And I too long have Govern'd, to defire A Life without an Empire. Leon You are Palmyras Father, and as fuch Though not a King, fhall have Obedience paid From1 him who is one. Father, in that name, AH! Injuries forgot, and Duty own'd. ' r v , ,. TI J'r h , } kmwn y°u couId have ^ e n this Kintr C ****** W Thus God-hke, Great and Good, I fhould have^wifh'd S* Thave been Dethwn'd before! 'Tis now I live And more then Reign, now all m y Joys flow pure, Unmix d with Cares, and undifturbVby Confcience Enter Palmyra, Amalthea, Artemis, Doralice and Melantha Leon. See, my Palmyra comes ! the frighted Blood MelanUia< Scarce yet recall'd to her pale Cheeks, * Like the firft ftreaks of light broke loofe from Darknefs, And dawning into Blulb.es.-i-, Sir vou faid r T n 1 j I am but half-reltor'd without this Blefling A * v n \ J ^ ? ° d S t a n d m y ^ % ^ make you Happy, As you make me. J M- r»* 1 r t » Palm. Now all m v Pratfr. ,» u A *•G$ves kr ha«d *• LeonMafc T mo,r k n.-ri 1 my "wy'rs are heard ; I may be Dutiful, and yet may love. Virtue and Patience have at length unravell'd The knots which Fortune ty'd; Met. Let me die, but I'll congratulate his Majefty: How admirably well his Royalty Becomes him! Becomes! That is luyfied, but our damn'd Language exprefTes fuchl £g°uTe'of°aSMan?""* "" *"** ? '*"* bUt '^ n™ ^ faid he ™ Mel. True, m y Dear, when he was a private Man he was a Figure • but fine? fo Au "uft n§' ™ t K m k S ^ h3S airUm'd a"other%^ ' ^ Icoks^Grand, and" j£St¥i*ay'rl'U P^-;y^^aitismore ccmven£?T finfIS get her a Place at Court, and when fhe is once there, fhe can be no longer ridiculous, for fhe is young enough, and pretty enough, and fool enoufh, and Freneh enough to bring up a Fafhion there to be Affected. & [Leon to Rhodophil.-] Did fhe then lead you to this brave Attempt ? \lo Amaltha. ] To you, fair Amaltha, what I am, And what all thefe, from me, we jointly owe; Firft, therefore, to your great Defert we give Your Brother's Life, but'keep him under Guard, Till our new Power be fetled. What more Grace He may receive, fhall from his future carriage Be given, as he deferves. Arga. I neither now defire, nor wilgjk juef erve it 5 |