_Phil_. Why, yes, thou lovest him--therefore--
Nay, you shall drink it, tho ‘twere o’th’ _Stygian_ Lake.
Take it--by Heaven, thoud’st pimp for him to my Mother--
Nay, and after that, give him another Sister.
_Alon_. ‘Tis well you are my Prince.
_Phil_. I’d rather be a Prince of Curs--come pledge me--
_Alon_. Well, Sir, I’ll give you way.
[_Drinks_.
_Phil_. So wou’dst thou any--though they trod on thee.
So--nay, Prince Cardinal, tho it be not decent
For one so sanctify’d to drink a Health;
Yet ‘tis your Office both to damn and bless--
Come, drink and damn the Moor.
_Men_. Sir, I’m for no carousing.
_Phil_. I’m in an Humour now to be obey’d,
And must not be deny’d--But see, the Moor
_Enter_ Abdelazer, _gazes on them_.
Just come to pledge at last--Page, fill again--
_Abd_. I’ll do you Reason, Prince, what’er it be.
[_Gives him the Glass_.
_Phil_. ‘Twas kindly said--Confusion to the Moor.
_Abd_. Confusion to the Moor--if this vain Boy,
See the next rising Sun. [_Aside_.
_Phil_. Well done, my Lad.
_King_. _Abdelazer_, you have been missing long,
The publick Good takes up your whole Concern,
But we shall shortly ease you of that Load--
Come, let’s have some Musick;
_Ordonio_, did I not call for Musick?
_Ord_. You did, Sir.
_Abd_. _Roderigo!_
_Rod_. My gracious Lord--
[Roderigo _whispers to_ Abd.
_Abd_. No more--the Prince observes us.
_Phil_. There’s no good towards when you are whisp’ring.
_Ord_. The Musick you commanded, Sir, is ready.
SONG.
Nymph.
_Make haste_, Amintas, _come away,
The Sun is up and will not stay;
And oh how very short’s a Lover’s_ Day!
_Make haste_, Amintas, _to this Grove,
Beneath whose Shade so oft I’ve sat,
And heard my dear lay’d Swain repeat,
How much he_ Galatea _lov’d;
Whilst all the listening Birds around,
Sung to the Musick of the blessed Sound.
_Make haste_, Amintas, _come away,
The Sun is up and will not stay;
And oh how very short’s a Lover’s Day_!
Swain enters, with Shepherds and Shepherdesses, and Pipes.
_I hear thy charming Voice, my Fair,
And see, bright Nymph, thy Swain is here;
Who his Devotions had much earlier paid,
But that a Lamb of thine was stray’d;
And I the little Wanderer have brought,
That with one angry Look from thy fair Eyes,
Thou may’st the little Fugitive chastise,
Too great a Punishment for any Fault.
Come_, Galatea, _haste away,
The Sun is up and will not stay,
And oh how very short’s a Lover’s Day_! [Dance.
_King_. How likes _Florella_ this?
_Flor_. Sir, all Delight’s so banish’d from my Soul,
I’ve lost the Taste of every single Joy.
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