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Show 10 E D W A R D and Iff w^^p S C E N E If. W ^ ' T W d , Glo^^. ^ w ^ tbe Prince. Officer. SS&fLte?of^« Sir>deraand* S f e ° f 0 n i t >"'Po»ant Meffage. ""'"' Conduct h:m to my Tent u.u- {°£iCerg°m cut, rC **' * ] ™Y y«" faithful Counfcl wa„» Tfce H want. S C E N E III. Theald, Glofter. Theald. StS ^a°/Iat i,hr d°"d'd ***" Oa Whofe H ^ r V 0 - 1 r h a t N ^ o n happy, whofe Horizon fm;Je8 a dawning PrinYe Of E L E O N O R A. II Qf Edward's Worth and Virtues. Gloft. True, m y Friend ; Edward .as great, ha- amiable Virtues, That Virtue chiefly which befits a Prince : He loves the People he muft one day rule ; With Fondnefi loves them, with a noble Pride ; Eft«ms their Good, efteems their Giory his. One Inftance it becomes m e to recount, That mows the genuine Greatncfs of his Soul. Tho' I have met him in the bloody Field, He fighting for his Father, I for Freedom ; Yet bears his Bofom no remaining Grudge Of thofe diffracted Time. : to m e his Heart Is greatly reconcil'd Virtue ! beyond The little unforgiving Soul of Tyrants ! N o w will I tell thee, Theald, whence I (loop T o wear the gaudy Chains of Court Attendance, At thefe grey Years, that fhould in caim Retirement Pafs the iofi Evening of a buttling Life, AnJ plume m y parting Soul for better Worlds. Amidft his many Virtues, youthful Edward Is lofty, warm, and abfolute of Temper : I therefore feek to moderate his Heat, T o guide hit fiery Virtues, that, milled, By dazlinj Power and flattering Sycophants, Might fiffifh what his Father's weaker Meafures Have try d in vain. And hence I here attend him, In Expeditions which I ne'er approv'd, In holy W a n your Pardon, Reverend Father- I rnuft declare I think fuch Wars the Fruit Of idle Courage or miftaken Zeal, Sometimes of Rapine and religious Rage T o every Mifcbief prompt. g ' Yon ZU' Y°uU W r°n&> n Y Lord, Thui, m a barba.ous Torrentjo b^ f«* All |