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Show 33 G USTAVUS VA SA While he fat planning private Scenes of Happiaefs, O well diffembled ! He, fent m e hither ; M y friendly, unfufpecling Heart a Sacrifice, T o make Death fure, and rid him of a Rival. Troll A Rival ! D o you then love Chrifterrii Daughter ? Arv. N a m e her not, Trollio ; fince the can't be mine : . .,• • Guftavus I how, ah ! how haft thou deceiv d me ! W h o could have look'd for Falmood from thy Brow? Whofe heav'nly Arch was as the Throne of Virtue, Thy Eye appear'd a Sun to chear the World, T h y Bofom Truth's fair Palace, and thy Arms, Benevolent, the Harbour for Mankind. Troll What's to be done f Believe me, valiant Prince, I know not which moft fways m e to thy Int'refts, M y Love to thee, or hatred to Guftavus. Arv'. Wou'd you then fave m e i Think, contrive it quickly ! Lend m e your Troops- by all the Pbw'rs of Vengeance, Myfelf will face this Terror of the North, This Son of Fame "this O Guftavus, What ? Where had I wander'd ?-Stab my bleeding Country! Save, fhield m e from that Thought. Troll. Retire, m y Lord -r For fee, the Princefs comes. Arv. Where, Trollio, where ? H a ! Yes, me comes indeed I her Beauties drive Time, Place, and Truth, and Corcumftance befort them ! Perdition pleafes there-pull tear me from her! Yet muft 1 gaze but one-but one Look more, And I were loft for ever. [Exeunt, The Deliverer of his Cotntry. J4 S C E N E :"M^M ^ S C E N E IX. Enter Criftina, Mariana, and Attendants. Criftina. Forbid it Shame ! forbid it Virgin Modefty ! No, no, my Friend, Guftavus ne'er fhajl know it* O I am over-paid with confeious Pleafure ; The Senfe but to have fav'd that wond'rous Man, Is ftiil a fmiling Cherub in my Breaft, And whifpers Peace within. Mar. I've heard, my Princefs, What Time Guftavus lay detain'd in Denmark, Your royal Father fought the Hero's Friendfhip, And offer d ample Terms of Peace and Ami-v Cbrtftina. He,did ; he offer'd that, m y Mariana For which contending Monarch, fu'd in vl,n? ' Heoffer>d hi, Darling, hh criftina] * But I was flighted, flighted by a Captive Ino Kingdoms fweii'd m y Dower. Mar. Amazement fix me, Rejected by Guftavus ' - Criftina. Ye,, Mariana ; , but pmimA A nobly. " Dut rejected Point. ,o h£ p" ard (hln'^ 9 hlS Erro". Mar. You w r Z V S S r C h . ™ " ^ 9eft'«*on. reconcile &Y ' Charms'w«ofePow'r,nigl,c h,ng' °PP°"tt in Nature ,H a d . f C 2 ~^-"ad he fcen y 0 n ! Crifiing. I |