_Dido._ I, I, Iarbas; after this is done, None in the world shall have my love but thou. 290 [_They make a fire._ So leave me now; let none approach this place. [_Exeunt_ IARBAS _and_ Attendants. Now, Dido, with these relics burn thyself, And make Æneas famous through the world For perjury and slaughter of a queen. Here lie[562] the sword that in the darksome cave He drew, and swore by, to be true to me: Thou shall burn first; thy crime is worse than his. Here lie the garment which I cloth'd him in When first he came on shore; perish thou too. These letters, lines, and perjur'd papers, all 300 Shall burn to cinders in this precious flame. And now, ye gods, that guide the starry frame, And order all things at your high dispose, Grant, though the traitors land in Italy, They may be still tormented with unrest; And from mine ashes let a conqueror rise, That may revenge this treason to a queen By ploughing up his countries with the sword! Betwixt this land and that be never league; _Litora_[563] _litoribus contraria, fluctibus undas 310 Imprecor, arma armis; pugnent ipsique nepotes!_[564] Live, false Æneas; truest Dido dies; _Sic,_[565] _sic iuvat ire sub umbras_. [_Throws herself into the flames._ _Re-enter_ ANNA. _Anna._ O, help, Iarbas! Dido in these flames Hath burnt herself! ay me, unhappy me! _Re-enter_ IARBAS, _running_. _Iar._ Cursèd Iarbas, die to expiate The grief that tires[566] upon thine inward soul!-- Dido, I come to thee.--Ay me, Æneas! [_Stabs himself and dies._ _Anna._ What can my tears or cries prevail[567] me now Dido is dead! 320 Iarbas slain, Iarbas my dear love! O sweet Iarbas, Anna's sole delight! What fatal destiny envies me thus, To see my sweet Iarbas slay himself? But Anna now shall honour thee in death, And mix her blood with thine; this shall I do, That gods and men may pity this my death, And rue our ends, senseless of life or breath: Now, sweet Iarbas, stay! I come to thee. [_Stabs herself, and dies._ =END OF VOL II.= FOOTNOTES FOR: "THE JEW OF MALTA" [1] Heywood dedicated to Thomas Hammon the _Second Part_ of the _Fair Maid of the West_ (1631), and the _First Part_ of _The Iron Age_ (1632). [2] "Marlo." Marginal note in the old copy. [3] "Allin." Marginal note in the old copy. In the (old) Shakespeare Society's publications there is a memoir by J. P. Collier of the celebrated actor, the founder of Dulwich College, Edward Alleyn.