Hurlothrumbo : $b or, The super-naturalJohnson, Samuel
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Hurlothrumbo : $b or, The super-natural
Johnson, Samuel
English drama -- 18th century
How can I bear to see that gloomy Day,
No, no, no, no, I’ll be a Soul, and fly away,
In merry Sounds, I will pour out my Pain,
And never think of Man again.
[_Ex._ Sem. _and_ Ser.
_Enter_ Primo.
_Hurlo._ Honest Solitary, what brings thee to Court to-day?
_Primo._ I am come in hopes to see our Lord and Master _Darony_.
_Hurlo._ He will be here instantly, and desires you will be Counsel to
him, as you was to _Soarethereal_.
_Primo._ When he is King, I will be his Subject; till then, I am
fervently so to my Soveraign.
_Enter_ Darony.
_Hurlo._ Much Joy to your Majesty; I perceive Heaven’s Frowns are
departed from your Dominions: what an Alteration in the Elements! and
all Nature seems to rejoice; _Phœbus_ till now hath ceas’d to shine upon
the foggy Globe for many Weeks.
_Dar._ This Morning I perceiv’d the bright Angel in the Sun, that water
and warms this lower World, drive away swiftly the Clouds from his
Presence; he open’d high the Casement of Heaven, and sweetly smiled upon
me.
_Hurlo._ _Primo_, what thinkest thou of that?
_Primo._ When I gaze upon the Sun, I sink into myself, full of Humility;
I also learn Lowliness of the Moon; when she looks over the Brow, and
begins to rise, she’s huge and dull; she swells like an outstretch’d
Hero; but as she climbs, she clears, she soars aloft diminutive, that
she may shine among the Stars.
_Hurlo._ Mr. Humility, your humble Servant.
_Primo._ Every one that petitions must be humble, or else his Petition
will not be granted.
_Dar._ Art thou a Petitioner?
_Primo._ In the Name of _Soarethereal_ I am, who fervently desires the
Life of _Theorbeo_.
_Dar._ He shall not perish by the Hands of Man; but I have sworn a
mighty Thirst of Revenge; he shall take his Chance in the Room of
burning Glass: be thou humble still, and petition Heaven; cry aloud in
Vocal Perspiration of thy Soul; thy Words, like Thunder, sound in the
Elements, and alarm the Angels on high; then if thou hast Power above,
let _Phœbus_ cease to shine, or _Theorbeo_ cease to live.
_Primo._ Then he must not live.
_Dar._ No, he shall not live.
_Primo._ Oh how Men condemn themselves!
[_Ex._ Primo.
_Dar._ Compassion is a Weakness in Man, it may become a Woman; not but I
feel the Failing in myself, tho’ I conquer it and keep it under, lest it
should appear to the World.
_Hurlo._ That’s true, my Lord.
_Dar._ I am inform’d _Soarethereal_ is in a Wood with 20000 Men, and
designs to conquer there or die; and I myself will be there present at
the Slaughter.
_Hurlo._ There is no danger of him, my Lord; he is surrounded with 60000
Men, and was he a Grashopper, he could not escape your Armour.
_Dar._ Then I’m at peace within; yet _Cademore_ still runs in my Mind:
let us haste to her Apartment, and if she will not consent to marry,
I’ll force her.
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