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Show i6 E D W A R D and S C E N E VI. </ Eleonora, Theald, Daraxa. Daraxa. tim «* •sars^ffl * Alarm, _v„ ' , Thi. Noife of Murder and Affafunationf £/« Ala. ! the Prince i. wounded by a Rulan , And with a poifon'd D W ? « SThoaght- Yet none will eafe m e of thi. racKing i• "°"B N * y tell me, tffcaW, fince to knnw the worft ], oft a kind of miferable Comfort ; What has befal'n the Prince ? For *'• folK™™" Could never thu. o'ercaft the Brave with fe"or-i T l dare not Princefi, dally w.thyour Fate. Animpiou. Villain, from the Sultan Selein, Pretended to the Prince a fecret Mef'g'. . About the Peace in Treaty^ Dreading nought, H e left o. here, and to his Tent: retir a, wssressa&iSar W h o deem'd himfelf a Martyr in their Caufe, ^ E L,E O N O R A . 17 Boaft, ai he dy'd, the Pence's Wound was poi, f o n ' d - r u J £/**. Then all I fear'd is true! then am I wretched, Beyond even Hope ! Bar. A Villain frono the Sultan !- - Eleo. Ah tnc diffracting Thought ! And u m y Life! M y Love ! my Edward ! on the Brink of Fate ! Of Fate that may this moment fnatch him from m e ! Dar. What! Setim fend AfMins ? and beneath A Name fofacred ? Selim, whofe Renown Is Incenfe breaching o'er the fweeten'd Eaft ; For each humane, e.ch generous Virtue fam'd ; Selim \ the Rock of Faith ! and Sun of Honour ! Eleo. O complicated W o e ! The Chriftian Caufe Has now no more a Patron, and Reftorer ; England no more a Prince, in whom fheplac'd Her Giory, her Delight, her only Hope ; Thefe defolated Troopi no more a- Chief; N o more a Husband, a Protector, I, A Friend, a Lover ! and m y helplclt Children JNo more a Father ! Dar. Pardon, gentle Prince ft, If in this Whirlwind of revolving Paffions, That fnatch my Soul by tarns, I have forgot Tfcfcy ^ e Tribute which I owe thy S O I F O W I - But! myfelf, alas ! am more unhappy » & | g Woes can equal minef who lofe, thai T^Bev! ^Tfl Lovelicfl of Mankind J in the lull Bloom ol Fame and fpotlef. Honou* T o you, the Daughter of illuftr^us GrTef Yoouur w iTceia rsremain, and f,ri!v r * o «' ears remain, and ddly.fweet Rene'dtion , h bit Im„ge> with hi virtue* ft 11 ' AmidftthepenfiveGlnom m, V * 1 '' While *- Alt S ' may Gon*e'fe hold : * - - . A h • nothing m w , w v buft?(1 s. . - Bos'' |