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Show 5s+ / £-- • ' ". i r~7 T ^ T l intend to appear to, when _ % . 1 have a lit.le B r o t h e r £ g £ * * » the p ^ Ten * ** ^_«fe «**>• fcfe Here's a Hen o_ theGa^^o, Du itcome Qut thepuror J'""- JS KSS 2f ntoonT Wound, cram Gunpowder into't, and When you have bunt me . ^^ c Englifh. Mow* Fifcal. £»ftr Julia to the Fifcal. >/. Oh, you have ruin'd me,'you have undone n.e in the Perfon of my "fiftf he will needs forfeit his Life to the Laws by joyning with .leg in a Plot, 'tis not in me to fave him, but deareft ?«/«, be fatisfied, you fhall %TSoyou Sill ever come into a Bed with him, who robb'd me of my dC¥|VeDryMup your Tears, I'm in earned, I will marry you, i'faith, I will, " jl^y^'Tb, my Deftiny : But I vow I'll ne'er be yours, but upon one Condition. Fife. Name your Defire, and take it. V . Then five poor Beamont's Life. ' - - Fife This is the moft unkind Requeft you cou'd have made; it fhews you Love him better: Therefore, in Prudence, I fhou'd hafte his Death Jul. Come, I'll not be deny'd ; you fhall give me his Life, or 111 not love you ; by this Kifs you fhall, Child. Fife. Pray ask fome other thing. __• :' '' . Jul. I have your word for this, and if you break it, how (hall I truft you for your marrying me. Fife. Well, I will do't to oblige you. . _ [Afide] But, to prevent her new Defigns with him, I'll fee him (nipt away for England ftreight. Jul. I may build upon your Promife then ? Fife. Moft firmly: I hear Company. Enter Harman, Van Hering, and the two Dutchmen, with Towerfon Prifoner. Harm. Now, Captain Towerfon, you have had the Privilege to be examin d laft: This on the fcorce of m y Old Friendfhip with you, though you have ill deferv'd it. But here you ftand accus'd of no lefs Crimes than Robbery firft, then Murder, and laft Treafon : W h a t can you fay to clear your felf? Towerf. You're interefted in all, and therefore partial; I have confider'd on't, and' will not plead, becaufe I know you have no Right to judge me : For the laft Treaty, 'twixt our King and you, expreflly faid That Caufes Criminal were firft to be Examin'd, and then Judg'd, not here, but by the Council of Defence; to whom I make Appeal. Fife This Court conceives that it has Power to Judge you; deriv'd from the moft High and Mighty States, who in this Ifland are Supream, and that as well in Criminal, as Civil Caufes. i Dutchm. You are not to queftion the Authority of the Court which is to Judge you. Towerf Sir, by your Favour, I both muff, and will: I'll not fo far betray m y Nation's Right: W e are not here your Subjects, but your Partners, and that Supremacy of Power you claim, extends but to the Natives, not to us. Dare you, who in the Britifh Seas ftrike Sayl ; nay more, whofe Lives and Freedom are our Alms, prefume to Sit and Judge your Benefactors > Your bafe new up-ftart Commonwealth (hou'd blufh, to doom thc Subjects of an Englijh King; the AMBOYNA. the meaneft of whofe Merchants wou'd difdain the narrow Life, and the Dome-ftick Bafenefs of one of thofe you call your Mighty States. Fife. You fpend your Breath in Railing; Speak to the Purpofe. Harm. Hold yet: Becaufe you fhall not call us cruel, or plead I wou'd be Judge in m y o w n Caufe, I fhall accept of that Appeal you make, concerning m y Son's Death; provided firft you clear your felf from what concerns the Pub-blick; for that relating to our general Safety, the Judgment of it cannot be de-ferr'd, but with our common Danger. Towerf. Let m e firft be bold to queftion you : What Circumftance can make this your pretended Plot feem "likely ? The Natives firft you tortur'd ; their Confeffion, Extorted fo, can prove no Crime in us. Confider next the Strength of this your Caftle; it's Garrifon above Two hundred Men, befides as many of your City Burghers; all ready, on the leaft Alarm, or Summons, to Reinforce the others; for Ten Englifej, and Merchants they, not Soldiers, with the Aid of Ten Japonners, all of 'em unarmd, except Five Swords, and not fo many MufquetS; th' Attempt had only been for Fools or Madmen. Fife. W e cannot help your want of Wit; Proceed. Towerf. Grant then we had been defperate enough to hazard this; we muft at leaft forecaft how to fecure Pofleffion when we had it. W e had no Ship nor Pinnace in the Harbour; nor cou'd have Aid from any Factory ; the neareft to us Forty Leagues from hence, and they but few in Number: You, befides this Fort, have yet Three Caftles in this Ifle amply provided for, and Eight Tall Ships riding at Anchor near; confider this, and think what all the World will judge of it. Harm. Nothing but Falfhood is to be expected from fuch a Tongue, whole Heart is foul'd with Treafon. Give him the Beverage. Fife 'Tis ready, Sir. , Harm. Hold ; I have fome Reluftance to proceed to that Extremity; he was m y Friend and I wou'd have him frankly to confefs: Pufh ope that Prifon Door, and fet before him the Image of his Pains in other Men. [The Scene opens, and difeovcres the Englifh Tortur'd, and the Dutch tormenting them. Fife. Now, Sir, H o w does the Object like you? Towerf. Are you Men or Devils? D Alva, w h o m you condemn for Cruelty did ne'er the like ! He knew Original Villany was in your Blood • Your Fathers a\*^*teM**W™> when they Rebel! a, dievwereal us^£ this • Thefe Tortures ne'er were hatch'd in Humane Breafts; but asyourCoan u y lieJ onfin'don Hell, juft on its Marches, your black^Neighbours taught ye; and juft fuch Pains as you invent on Earth, Hell has referv d for you, W But Ct If yT wou'd have me. I cou'd weep Tears of Blood to KSZSZ « P£n£^ "u, but as if Beafts, transfix'don Theatres, to make you cruel Sport. _ his Friend- let him behold his Harm. Thefe are but vulgar Objects: Bring his friend, ™ ^ . ^ -• ^^H^-ffif^tf-, wretched! ,i.dKSwn of.DW. «b';7^;nl] that i, has chofe F " e n d A ' ^ , r " ' C Z ^ f o u r Country with our Pains, ^Ae^^N^the^Wrf^fviieftof Mankind. Bean,. Courage, my Friend: and rath er pi^ T w o fuch as you and mc, who will n o n a ™ ° d de/ac.d perhaps, not but ftand like^Marble Statues « ^ ! £ w ? r f effit they can but burn melted down. So let ™ , b u ™ / ^ J e X m e and will ftand firm, Upright, m e naked to m y Soul, thats of a Nobler Hame, and Unconfum'd. _ «_j«ji W v o m » Shame. "o be Sav'd; but wood renounce a w ^ („ (hc E1. torn. Bring more Candles, and burn fain, from I bows. -F l a m e s like feWx; and when one's RoafteJ,g.ve areaManinowyoumuftlofe^hat e nais.cu iu my ^w«., <- id Unconfum'd. vnAn& fave vour friend. Fife. Confefs; if you .have Kindnefs, Ue;your he is f Towerf Yes, by m y Death I w o ^ J r ^ u 7 c e 7 F r i e n d m i p built on Sfat- Be wou'd not fo be Sav'd; but woud \ ™ ° * ™ *l0m thc drifts up to the Harm. Brin* more Candles, and burn him Beam. D o ; I'll enjoy die the other Hand. Towerf. Let me Embrace you while J OT |