my Daughter.
_Gal_. And, Sir, remember that I am your Daughter.
_Org_. And shall the Traitor live that murder'd her?
_Gal_. And will you by his Death, Sir, murder me?
In dear _Erminia's_ Death too much is done;
If you revenge that Death, 'tis two for one.
_Org_. Ah, Sir, to let him live's unjust in you.
_Gal_. And killing me, you more injustice do.
_Org. Alcippus_, Madam, merits not your Love,
That could so cruel to _Erminia_ prove.
_Gal_. If Lovers could be rul'd by Reason's Laws,
For this complaint on him we'ad had no cause.
'Twas Love that made him this rash act commit;
Had she been kind, 't had taught him to submit.
--But might it not your present Griefs augment,
I'd say that you deserve this punishment,
By forcing her to marry with the General;
By which you have destroy'd _Philander_ too,
And now you would _Alcippus'_ Life undo.
_Org_. That was a fault of duty to your Majesty.
_King_. Though that were honest, 'twere not wisely done;
For had I known the passion of my Son,
And how essential 'twas to his content
I willingly had granted my consent;
Her Worth and Beauty had sufficient been
T'ave rais'd her to the Title of a Queen.
Did not my glorious Father, great _Gonzal_,
Marry the Daughter of his Admiral?
And I might to my Son have been as kind,
As then my Father did my Grandsire find.
_Org_. You once believ'd that I had guilty been,
And had the Punishment, but not the Sin;
I suffer'd when 'twas thought I did aspire,
And should by this have rais'd my crimes yet higher.
_King_. How did _Philander_ take _Erminia's_ death?
_Gal_. My own surprize and grief was so extream,
I know not what effects it had in him;
But this account of him, I'm forc'd to give,
Since she is dead, I know he cannot live.
_King_. I'll know _Philander's_ fate e'er I proceed;
And if he die, _Alcippus_ too shall bleed.
[_Exeunt_.
SCENE VIII. _The Gallery_.
_Enter_ Falatius _and_ Labree.
_Fal_. Wert thou never valiant, _Labree_?
_Lab_. Yes, Sir, before I serv'd you, and since too: I
Am provok'd to give you proofs on't sometimes;
For when I am angry I am a very Hector.
_Fal_. Ay, the Devil when a body's angry, but that's
Not the Valour in mode; Men fight now a-days
Without that, and even embrace whilst they draw
Their Swords on one another.
_Lab_. Ay, Sir, those are Men that despise their lives.
_Fal_. Why, that's it, _Labree_, that I would learn
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