[_In a tone like a Spirit, and points to a Chair; soft Musick begins to play, which continues all this Scene_. To disobey, thy punishment shall be; To live in endless torments, but ne’er die. _Alcip_. Thou threatnest high, bold Rebel, [_He sits within the Scene, bows_. Er. Alcippus, _tell me what you see, What is’t that I appear to be_? _Alcip_. My blest _Erminia_ deify’d. Er. Alcippus, _you inform me true; I am thus deify’d by you; To you I owe this blest abode, For I am happy as a God; I only come to tell thee so, And by that tale to end thy Woe; Know, Mighty Sir, your Joy’s begun, From what last night to me was done; In vain you rave, in vain you weep, For what the Gods must ever keep; In vain you mourn, in vain deplore A loss which tears can ne’er restore. The Gods their Mercies will dispense, In a more glorious Recompence; A World of Blessings they’ve in store, A World of Honours, Vict’ries more; Thou shalt the Kingdom’s Darling be, And Kings shall Homage pay to thee; Thy Sword no bounds to Conquest set, And thy Success that Sword shall whet; Princes thy Chariot-wheel shall grace, Whilst thou in Triumph bring’st home Peace. This will the Gods; thy King yet more Will give thee what those Gods adore; And what they did create for thee_, Alcippus, _look, for that is she_. _Enter the_ Princess, _who goes over the Stage as a Spirit, bows a little to_ Alcippus, _and goes off_. _Alcip_. The Princess! [_He offers to rise_. Er. _Be still; ‘tis she you must possess, ‘Tis she must make your happiness; ‘Tis she must lead you on to find Those Blessings Heaven has design’d: ‘Tis she’ll conduct you, where you’ll prove The perfect Joys of grateful Love_. Enter _Aminta_ like Glory, _Alcander_ representing _Honour_. They pass over and bow, and go out. _Glory and Honour wait on her_. Enter two more representing _Mars_ and _Pallas_, bow and go out. _With_ Pallas _and the God of War_, Enter _Olinda_ like _Fortune_, a _Page_ like _Cupid_, bow and go out. _Fortune and Love which ne’er agree, Do now united bow to thee. --Be wise, and of their Bounties share; For if_ Erminia _still was here, Still subject to the toils of Life, She never could have been thy Wife, Who by the Laws of Men and Heaven Was to another’s bosom given: --And what Injustice thou hast done, Was only to thy Prince alone; But he has mercy, can redeem Those Ills which thou hast done to him. --But see, they all return again_. [All the Disguis’d enter again and dance, with _Love_ in the midst, to whom as they dance, they in order make an offer of what they carry, which must be something to represent them by; which _Love_ refuses with Nods, still pointing to _Alcippus_: the Dance done, they lay them at his feet, or seem to do so, and go out.