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Show 1 •K mm sm 4* The Loyal BROTHER; or, And n o w a long farewel : Live to enjoy A better Fortune in your Prince's Favour. [Extt with Arbane i Ojf. Let's to the Army, Where noble Souls will not be wanting tor Affift oar Caufe, and turn the Prince's Fate. Ofm. I'll to Court, Where if kind Fortune favour m y Defigns, I may prove ferviceable. [Exeunt fevtrd SCENE the Palace. Enter Seliman and Ifmael. Sel. Since Fate has put the Traitor in m y Power; M y luftice fhall have Wings. Ifm. T h e harmlefs Beaft bows to the facred Knife, But 'tis to keep off Thunder from our Crimes, And to make Friends ita Heaven : But what ? Oh! wl Can you propofe by taking Tachmas' Life ? Thus you not only throw your Shield away From ycur unguarded Head, but do incite The long Forbearance of the Gods againft you. Sel Has he not dar'd m y Crown, as well as Love T i Has he not ioln into m y Armies Hearts ? Nay more, w h e n I had banifh'd him m y Court, Has he not countenanc'd Rebellion in M y difafTe&ed Captains ? Aiithis thouknow'ft, and yetwouki'ft have mefpareln Ifm Only, great Sophy, as he is your Brother: For, by the Gods, were he a private Man, M y Sword fhould reach the Villian in his Heart: But as he is the Prince, your Peoples Idol, And one that fhares your Blood, you may^ forgive. , Sel Since he is Great, and makes m y Lrowahis Aifl A politick Juftice does perfwade bis Death : A Bramble ne'er can fpring up to a Cedar ;. Rut a tall Pine, upon a Mountain's Top, M a y grow m y Rival, and perhaps oenook me. K s ro Night, by the bright God he does: A Scaffold (hS the Traitor'* Head receive i The PERSIAN PRINCE. 41 \ad publick Juftice fend him to his Grave. [Extt, Ifm. Becaufe I feem for Tachmas, therefore I love him j fhus he concludes ; but the Illation's faife. would as loath obtain the Suit I move for, Is Lawyers, brib'd againft the Caufe they plead : •But thus I'm unfufpe&ed ot his Death. •0 J there's the Pleafure, fo to work the Crowd, that their beft Thoughts may crown our Villanies, ad frame us hone/1 ev'n in the acl: of Mifchief. Enter Sunamire to him. \San. Thus far Succeis has led our Plots along, [nd Expectation been paid with Intereft.: ad fhould thefe fail (which would be vain to fear,) iy teeming Brain holds a Minerva ftill, [bat with unerring Mifchief would fupply me, \lfm. Madam, there needs no more; with wondrous Skill 3uVe rais'd the antick Machine up, and n ow >v'd by an inward Power, 'twill acl alone : Fhilft we, like Sailors tacking for the Wind, >unc on the Deck at hit, with full blown Sails rive onward to our Port, and proudly ride D dancing Billows down the foaming Tide, \Sun. H o w are m y Spirits haunted by Revenge f But I can more fuffain : iy, ftab this Breaft, to plague m y happy Rival, nd that rafh Scorner of m y proffer'd Love. ufn. Semiramis no more fhall be ador'd 1 Story ; female Spirit never mention'd more : K Sunamire fhall fill the Checks of Fame, in the Roll of W o m e n be the leading N a m e! ISun. The Hour grows big with Fate, But let's away £ place a Guard on every Courtier's Eye, Seamen watch ia Storms th' inconftant Sky. [Exeunt.. * SCENE drawn Jhews Tachmas on a. Scaffold, Guards, Spectators, &c. Knf ™ fhouldPri^ as thcbeftGiftof Nature; La «te inn, waere weary Travellers, Whe* 4 |
