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Show 64 GUSTAVUS FAS^f" Hafte thee* Trollio, detach a Thoufand ol our Datiifh Horfe T o rule their M o . i o n - W e will out ourfelf, And hold our Pow'rs in Rcadinefs .Lead on; [Exeunt, S C E N E V. Enter Criftina and Mariana. Mariana. Ha ! did you mark, my Princefs, did yon mark ? Shou'd fome Reverfe, fome wond'rous Whirl of Fate Once more return Guftavus to the Battle, N e w nerve his Arm, and wreathe his Brow with Corqueft ; Say, wou'd you not repent that e'er you fav'd This dreadful M a n , the Foe of your great Race ; W h o pours impetuous in his Country's Caufe T o fpoil you of a Kingdom t* Criftina. N o , m y Friend. Had I to Death, or Bondage, fold m y Sire, Or had Guftavus en our native Realms M a d e hoftile Inroad ; then, m y Mariana ! Had I then fay'd him from the Stroke of Juftice, I fhou'd n0r ceafe m y Suit to Heav'n for Pardon. Bur if, tho' in a Foe, to reverence Virtue, WitrftaniOpprcffion, refcue injur'd Innocence, fctcp boj D betwixt m y Sire and Guilt, And fa ^ m y Father, from Difhonour; t} lJ}# have fhook Hands wit ^Penitence, xirit, peri/h Crowns, Dominion, all the Shine And Framienceoithis World, 'ere Guilt mail ferve 1 o buy th<: vain Incumbrance. far. D o not think * fl- , m y Pn^cefs, to arraign your Virtues, How* ;£ li J-PENITENT. 0* A TRAGEDY. Written by N. ROWE, Efq; Ouin morere, ut merita es, fenoque amrte dolorem. Virg. iEn. Lib. 4. LONDON, Printed by the Brofritors, and fold by the Hawkers of T p w n and Country. M.DCCXXXY. |