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Show 33* The FATE of CAPUA. Bio. Fill all the Bowls at once, that w e may join In that moft noble Pledge ; let no M a n have Priority, or Place, in this laft Scene, But all unite in Honour of the Deed. Vib. Let us unite our Hands, as well as Hearts, In this great W o r k : And fince w e are to part, We'll part like Friends, lock'd in a ftrift Embrace. [They embrace in a Qrtk Enter M3gius as they are in the Ceremony, Mag. I mtft not be fhut out. I come to be Admitted to the gallant Fellowfhip O f your great Emerprize. I hear you are Determin'd and refolv'd. Give m e a C up A m o n g the reft. $ Sen. 'Tis Poifon Mag. Not to m e. [Servants gne each Mm Or if it ftiould be {o, I c o m e to die, 6 Sen. We'll (how you then the w&y. Mag. I'm old, and weak, And cannot follow faft, unlefs you ftay, T o take m e with you in your Company. 6 Sen. W e will. Vac. I'm forry to fee you reduc'd to die. Mag. I'm forry to fee you reduc'd to live. Tac. That would be Poverty of Soul indeed. 'Tis not fo poor with m e . Mag. I'm glad of it. 6 Sen. Tacuvius has drank his Cordial off. Mag. Secure m e mine, and then at leifure, I Will tell you the Particulars at large, O f what I went about j the Confuls Doom \ And Capua's Fate- . [Servant gives Magius a Bowl, they alUmki^ But this delivers me. $ Sen. And all of us. • Bio. N o w w e defie the Doom. Pronounce it in the threatning Confuls Words: Tho' it mould thunder from the Judgment Seat, It makes not us. W e have our Pardon icald. Mag. 7 ^ F A T E * / C A P U A . 333 Mag. I was not fuffer'd to approach their Camp But as a private Perfon, and.a Friend. P' They utterly refus'd the Prifoners, Difdaining to receive 'em, as a Bribe. And would not Hear m e upon any Terms, That I could offer ; all I could obtain, Was to inform m y felf what they defign'd To do with us. 6 Sen. It muft be terrible. Mag. W h y , fourfcore Senators are condemn'd to Death, Three hundred of our nobleft Families To be difpers'd into the Latin Towns, There to remain as Prifoners at large. Our Treafure all confifeated to Rome, Our Lands and publick Buildings forfeited : Capua to be disfranchise of her Rights, Her Liberties, and her chief Citizens : The Populace by Out-cry to be fold, Into the feveral States of Italy + And none permitted to inhabit here, But Slaves made Free, Strangers, and meaneft Trades: Never to be incorporated more In a Community, to have a Voice In free Election of its Magiftrates, But live enthralld under the Scourge of Rome Vib. More dreadful far than Fire or Sword could be. j Bio. It had been Mercy to extirpate quite The Name, and Memory of Capua. Mag. As to m y felf, 'tis true, they ofTer'd all, All honourable Terms for me, and mine. But what is Honour, Fortune, when w e have No Friends, no Country, to rejoice with us •? I could not think of Life after that Lofs, Therefore came timely to prevent it here. foe. O Magius / let m e witnefs to the Worth 1 always envv'd. W e have rival'd long For Capua's Love; but this laft Adt of yours Has fore'd m e to confefs it was your due , Has thrown all Emulation fo behind, The Honour of the Race is wholly yours. ftd I proceeded with that Opennefs, With |
