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Show a9r ^ F A T E O / C A P C A. Mag. Let >em not poffefs themfelves, S?1 'bv 'a S memorable Blow. ? o u woVd'edVem your Bafenefs to your Friends, y ou w u J compound with Rome. ^ T T K ^ * y<>uPr Party. They fall off, Mag Old Honefty isus'd to ftand alone. Ter. Here comes m y Father. Mai. Good young M a n retire: 1 mav fay fornething that you would not hear. Pacuvius with the Semters in their Robes, cnjfmg tbt &$ Tac Widen our Gates; let our encircling Wall* Sink in the Earth, that nothing may appear, Ev'n in a feeming Oppofition, T o ftand againft the conquering Hannibal: The Conqueror of Rome, but Capua's Friend, 4 &n. W e need no Ramparts now, no Bulwarks, W We're ftrongly Fortify'd in Hannibal. Mag. What are the Forces that he Wings along? Not only Africans, but Nations drawn From thc extrcameft Limits of the Earth; Hercules Pillars, and the Ocean's Bounds: W h o have no Knowledge of Humanity: And but in H u m a n Speech differ from Beads; Brutal, and Bloody: But their Leader has Advanc'd their natural Barbarity: Ere&ing Monftrous Bridges of the Dead, Oft H u m a n Bodies urging his proud Way % Sen. Nay, Decius Magius. Mag. And, as an abfolute Mafter of the War, JDefying Famine in his horrid Camp Has taught 'em to devour the Flelh of Men. i ^ N o w , Magias, you gr o w dan gerous* Mag. Are thefe to be our Friends? thefe our h¥ W h o that is but a Son of Italy, Can fee, and fuffer fuch dettfted Slaves, U h o m but to touch is a Pollution; cuch obictne Villains to become our Lords? What! ihJl we turn a * ^ » * - * + LWho would depend on Agmk for her Smiles, ( r^FATE^CAPUA . 2rv3 •That looks upon the fair- fre'd Italy ? Can you confent, that (he fhould rail at laft. A fober Matron, and unfully'd yer, With all her Graces" to the fwarthy Spoil Of hot Numidians, and luft-burnt Moors' Vac. We'll hear no more. Perolla, if thou art A Sone of mine, leave him, and follow mc, Forward, m y Lords. Mag. 1 have done with Hannibal: Afld now, Tacuvius, a word to thee. Ter. I k n o w m y Duty here, and will withdraw From what I fear, a Father's Infamy. [Exit Tac. This you muft anfwer. Mag. T o the Gods, and Men, I'll anfwer it5 would thou could'ft do as much, For what thou'ft done. Tac. I've f.-rv'd the Common-wealth-*-- Mag. Thou haft ferv'd thy felf. Tac. And 'tis thy Envy rails. Mag. O ! that there was no jufter Caufe to fpeak! But fure there's not fo reprobate a Wretch, To envy thee the Ruin of thy Country. Tac. The Ruin of thy Peevifhnefs and Pride. Mag. That Fame unenvy'd fhall be wholly thine, Thoi canft not as a free-born Citizen, But underftand, that true Profperity Lives in a c o m m o n Share of Liberty: Not in the Plunder of our Neighbour's Rights* Tac. W h o has invaded 'em ?| Mag. Tfiou wouldft be firft: And would thou hadft been fo, in Dignity Of honeft Deeds: But that was not enough. ?*c I find I a m arraign'd: What was there more? Mag. Thou haft long pradis'd on the Government: Poisnmg its wholefome Conftitutioii, By lawlcfs, bold Experiments of Power: And now they are broke out in Tyranny, To infect the Health and Life of Liberty. to. Becaufe I have appear'd the People's Friend Rv?{. T h o!i d m betraX the P e oPl e to themfelves, !V taking off their fafe reftraining Laws; N $ And |