, arise, arise, rise and come away,
My little pretty Spirit _Puncula_:
What, not appear at thy Mistresses call,
I'le surely torment thee; thou shalt not suck at all.
Arise then, I say--_
[Spirit within sings.
Spir. _I come, I come away,
The Wind it blows hard, and forces me astray._
_Witch._ Let's wait a little, he'l appear, my Lord.
_Anto._ Fear seizes me so fast, that all my Spirits
Retire, and leave an Ague in my Joynts.
_Enter a Spirit._
_Witch._ Come, have you done
What I gave you in charge,
If you have, I command you to tell it at large.
Spirit sings.
_As you bid, I did go to the Caverns below
Where the Spirits Inhabit that Govern the Wind.
And though in their motions they be,
And see
Far, far quicker than we,
Yet no Intelligence there I could find.
From thence, like Lightning, I shot to the Pole,
Where at a hole
I glided to the Region of the Air:
But the Spirits above
Do Mankind so love,
That they drove me from them with despair.
From thence, in a moment, to _AEtna_ I came,
Where the Spirits of fire that Inhabit that flame:
Told me, all that I sought for they knew;
Though to Spirits of Earth,
As I am by Birth;
They'd not tell it; yet hither they flew.
And hereabouts they stay, till you pray,
And attone them with Offerings to tell your desire;
For these from of Old
Have been Lovers of Gold,
The Mettles being Govern'd by Spirits of fire_.
[Exit.
_Witch._ It's necessary, Son, you throw them something,
For o're these Spirits I have no Command.
_Anto._ Oh, any thing; take this and throw it them;
But do release me of the fear I'm in,
And quickly solve my doubts, take all I have.
_Witch._ There is Gold, there is Gold to you Spirits of fire;
He does willingly offer what you do desire.
_Enter first Spirit, second Spirit Ascends. After some flashes
of fire they sing._
1. Spir. _What Spirit did _Lewis_ attend?_
2. Spir. _It was I._
1. Spir. _Declare to that Lord what you know._
2. Spir. _I need not, the cause he did dye
Was that truth to him known long ago._
Chor. _He's dead, he's dead, he's dead, and now
For hot desires,
In endless fires
Must Live, must now forever Live with us below._
Chor. _He's dead, he's dead, &c._
_Anto._ Horrid and wonderful.
1. Spir. _Who all _Caelia's_ Crimes does k
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