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Show I •CH) PHOTINUS. Bur if Are dye your Ruine is forefeen. .VI PTOLOMY. W h o mines m e fhould on m y fall attend. PHOTINUS. T o mine her you muft your felf befriend. PTOLOMY. What? muft-^y Crown upon her Temples thine ? N o if m y Scepter I muft needs refign, The Conquerbur flialk rather it command. PHOTINUS. You'l fooner force it from a S ifters hand. H o w great fosver n o w his flames appear, He muft be gone, and leave You Mafter here. I ove in fuch'Men, feldom that room can find, Which to tneirlnt'reft will not be refign'd, Wirh JH bdy haspio, and with Pompey's Sons, . Spain, to Revenge, he knows, with Afnc\ runs: And while tbWParty are not yet o'rethtown, H e cannot fafety ball the .World his own. Cxfars too great a|Captain, to o'eriee The Purfuit oii.Phirfalia's Viftory : Aridlcave fuch fierce Hearts on revenge intent, T o rife from their fo late Aftonifhment. If he his ends :Obtain, and them o'ercome, He his gain'd Empire muft fecure at Rome : And there the fruit of his fuccefs enjoy, Whilft h<3 at pleafure does her Laws deftroy. Judge in that time, what great thinys you may do, See C.nfar then, and ftrive to pleafe him too. Refigfl'him all, but yet this Rule intend, That1 future things on accidents depend. Your Throne and Scepter give into his hand, And without murmur yield to his Command: He will bdreve that Juftice he fhall do If he your Father's Teftament purfue. Befides, this fignal fervice you have done, Will eive you'ftill fome Title to your Throne. - b J Entire (25) Entire fubmiffion to his Orders m e w Applaud his Judgment, but then let him go. That time for our Revenge will be moft fit W h e n we can A d , as well as think of it. With temperlet thefe Paffions then be born, Winch were exc.ted by your Sifters fcorn. ' Boafts are but A,r, and he revenges beft, W h o A & his braver Thoughts, "yet talks the leaft. PTOLOMY O thy Advice m y greateft Comfort brings A Prudent Counfellor's the blifs of King? ' C o m e dear Supporter of m y Throne, Ie't's go, And to fave all, on Cxfar all beftow S His Pr.de let's flatter with an empty State And with our whole Fleet on him hither wait. After the fecond Aft, this Song is to befung by two Egypnan Pnefts on the Stage, 1. S E E how Vicarious Caffar's Pride Does Neptune's Bofomfweepl And with Theffalian Fortune ride In Triumph o'er the Deep. 2. What Rival of the Gods is this Who dares do more than they ? Whofe Feet the Fates themfelves do kifs And Sea and Land obey. ' 1. What can the Fortunate withfland? For this refiftlefs He, • Rivers of Blood brings on the Land, I And Bulwarks on the Sea. H 2. Since Gods as well asMen fubmit, And Csfar's favour woo, Virtut |