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^Hat fweetnefs of temper I llave had tHe Happinefs to diicover in the honour of your Company in the firft place t^i' and your favourable Opinion of my Play in the'^next^ gives me Incouragement to claim your Prote-

I am often told , and always pteafed when I hear it, that the Works not mine ; but oh I fear your Clofet view will too foon find out the Wo- man , the intiperfe^ Woman there. The ftory was true, and the adion gave it Life ; for I (hou'd be very rude not to own each maintain'd their Charader beyond my hopes. Then that pretty Ornament^ the ingenious Dialogue, thefe might divert you at the Theatre, but thefe avail not me ; the reading may prove tirefome as a dull repeated tale : Yet I have ftill recourfe to what I mentioa'd firft, your good nature, that I hope

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will pardon arid accept it. I only wifti my felf Miftreis of Elocjuence^ Rhetorick^j ail the Perfefti- ons of the Pen, that I might worthily entertain Mr. Aiwchdl ' n '\ \.^\\ ■ ~- ^^

Your Noble Family has been long the Glory of my Native Country, and you are what I think no other Nation equals , a true Englifhv Gentle- m^nt^ kind tp the diftreffed , a Friend to all. ,1 darenot proceed-— my Weaknefswou'd too plain- ly appear in aiming at a Chara61:er which I can never reach : Therefore, I conclude, once more asking your Pardon , and leave to fiibfcribe my felf;

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PREFACE.

I Did not intend to have troubrd the Reader with any thing of a Preface ; for I am mry fenjible thofe that will be fo unkind to Criticize upon what falls from a Womans Pen , may foon find more faults than I am ever able to anfwer. But there happens fo grofs a mifiake^ in calling it Ibrahim, the Thirteenth &c. that 1 cannot help taking notice of it, I read fome years ago^ at a Relations Houfe in the Country , Sir Paul Ricaut'/ Continuation of the Turkijh Hiflory ; / was pleas'* d with the fiory and venturd to write upon it^ but trufled too far to my Memory ; for I never faw the Book afterwards till the Play wofi Printed^ and then I found Ibrahim Wizs the Twelfth Em^ perour^^ I begPardon for the mifiake^ and hope the Good-Na^ tur^d World^wiU excufe that and what elfe Is amifs^ in a thing only dejignd for their Diverjion,

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To find a fault /m contradict the Fair ?

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And always when [he wrote, [he thoiight ofi yck.

Then Ladies own ity let not Detra^ers fay^

Tou^ll not proteSi one harmlefs^ modefi Flay,-

The Hero to our Sex is ftill inclin'dy

Securing youy we^re fure of aU Mankind*

If in that charming Circle you will oft appear^

An Empty Houfewjba^fft hdi^ caufe to fear.:

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IBRAHIM

THE

Thirteenth Emperour of the Turks.

ACT I.

At a diftance : The Mufti and Muftapha appear. Near the Audience Adimct and fevered Eunuchs Enter,

Ach. Ijf "Y Afte each Attendant to perform his feveral charge With ftrideft diligence, and moil obfervant care ; Burn the Sabaan Gums, and all thofe rich Perfumes Where our great Mafter pafles, till every Room

Smell fweet as Altars laden with Incenfe

To the Heathen Gods, fpread the gay Pery/rf» Carpets

For his Royal Feet, and you to the Apartments fly

Of thofe Incloifter'd Virgin Rofes, the feled and chofen

Beauties of the habitable World, bid 'em prepare.

Quick let 'em in all their brighteft glories be array'd.

For their Sun, the Mighty Ibrahim approaches.

[_Exit AchmQt^ the Eunuchs foUot^. The Mufti and Muftapha come forward. Mufti. Now, by our Prophet, what's all this but gaudy Pageantry^

111 aded Scenes of Pomp and Ihow, inftead of real greatnefs i

O my Friend it was not thus of old.

The great Forefathers of this degenerate Man,

Inftead of treading on /'^r/Ziiw Carpets,

Trod upon the Necks of Perfian Kings :

Whilft now (curs'd reverfe of time) foftnefs and eafe.

Flatterers and Women, fill alone our Monarch's Heart ^

Women enough to undo the Univerfal World

Are here maintain'd, whole ufelefs hundreds,

And with fuch a train of Pride and Luxury,

That Eyes before ne'er faw, nor can endlefs words defcribe i

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2 ibratiim we ""imrteenw tmperour

Wou'd you believe it? the Vultures deckt in Painted Plumes^,

So eager are for tbeir vain trappings,

That foon as a Merchant Ship j&lutes the Port,

His Goods areieiz'd, and brought to the Seraglio

Without Account, Value, or Juftice, yet at this

The Pander f^fter winks, whiift the poor Owner

Waits in vain for Anfwer or Redrefs. -

Muft. Moft juft Obferver, as well as Teacher of our Laws^, By me in Friendfhip like a Brother lov'd. In counfel like a Father honoured.

That what you have laid is moft undoubted truth, ~ \

The Impartial World mufb own. But thefe complaints Alas, avail not, our Lord hates us his faithful Servants, And whatever we fhou'd offer, wou'd certainly defpife. ::

Muft. You are too good, my Mufl. to be a Favourite here,. Though fo long Married to the Royal Sifter of our Emperour ^ ' l

Nay, in this bafe Court, your Son^ the God-Hke Amurat^ But coldly is received, becaufe his wondrous Youth

Has fb far out-ftrip"'d their lldathful Age ^ j

O / Pity / that the faireft branch of all the Ottoman Race,,

Sprung from a Female Root ^ yet Ifwear " ■:

Were he Lord of all that our Tyrannick Mailer holds,,

Icou'd not efteem him more, or love him better.

Few Kings his Courage e'er obtainM, or Vertues ^ ^

O 'tis Nobler far a Crown to Merit, than a Crowa

To wear.

U^ufi. Happy's my Son in fuch a Patron, Who never ceafes to oblige ; I know your kind Attendiance Now is on his behalf, to fpeak his Anions In the Sultans Ear, foas may obtain his Royal favoufv,.

Muft It is indeed my chief defign

But oh ! Manly Vertue, Courage unequall'd^ ^

Fortitude, and all thofe Graces that adorn ,

The glorious Amurat^ are truths difplealing , I '■ ^HM

To our Ifc)^^fc/w^ wnofe loft Soul deltrudive

Beauty charms into a deep too found ;

For the Report of Noble Deeds to wake, • ;

Mufl. The Vifier is the Minion Hangs the darling of his heart,. And with ill Counfel poyfons Every delign that tends towards Vertue.

Muft. Then that vile Woman, to whom ;

He hath given the fweet Name Of Sheker Para., Ihe, with the Vilier, joins to ruin Ibrahim

Mujt. Whilfl: he, contrary to our Countries Laws^, Expofes her to publick view, lets hcrconverfe.

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With Vifier, Bafliaws, or whom (he pleafes.

Muft, But that I have a Daughter, "Whofe early Vertue and linccre Obedience, Ties my Soul to dote upon : 1 for my Countries fake wou'd Curfe the Sex,

Mufi. That Daughter

Muft. No more, the Emperours Guards appear, And fee the Vifier, and the Woman at his Elbow.

£m€r Ibrahim, the Grand Vifier, Sheker Para, Achmet, md feveral Attendants.

Ibrah. 1 fay the Balhaw's Treafon is plain. Therefore Morat^ attend him with the Bow-firing,

And my fatal Order that without a murmur

He furrender Life for his Ill-gotten Wealth. 'Tis thine, my faithful, vigilant Az,ema,

Vtf. O facred Sir, whofe Juftice is Divine, And 'twould be Impious to affirm The Balhaw ofDamafcus hath one Grain of Innocence «, Yet let me beg you wou'd hold that bounteous hand. The only Wealth I covet is to be my Sultans Slave. Befides, I have many Eneniies, and thefe high favours Will I fear create me more.

Ibrak Who dares to be thy Enemy ? No, Vifier, Whilft I proted thee. Kings (hall for thy Friendftiip fue ^ And let thy Foes remember v/hat I commanded laft.

P^tf. O let me throw my felf beneath your Royal Feet, And killing your honour'd Robes, difclofe The Adoration that my heart is full of. ,

Muft. Fawning Sycophant ! \,Ajtd€,

Ibra. Rife, good Az.ema ! no more /

Muft. Great Sir, I have a Suit to you.

Ibra. What is't, my Religious Councellor ?

Muft. Not for my felf, but one much more deferving. Your Godlike General AwMr^t, who brings Your Conquering Forces back from vanquilht Babylon^ Now lies Incamp'd near this Imperial City : Next Spring, by your Commands, and his defires. He goes to Candia^ to punifh that fhibborn Town, Which dares refift the Ottoman Armies that are Invincible, By me he humbly prays your Royal Licenfe, That this Winter he may remain At his own Palace btrc in Conftantinople.

' Ibra. ril confider his defires but at this time

Let all, except my Eunuchs, and my Sheker Para^ r • A-

Leave me '— L^**f «<^«

B 2 Come,

4 Ibrahim the Thirteenth Em^erour

Come, my loved Shehr^ what haft thou prepar'd To calm and tune my Soul, which thefe affairs Have ruffled from its own Sphere of

£afe and Pleafure

Sheh To charm my Monarch is the only fludy and Bufinefs of your Slave, and to that end. Twenty fair Virgins, whom yet your Eyes ne'er faw, I have pick'd and chofen from a thoufand. And fet in order for your view.

Ihra. Thanks my good Girl, 'tis by thefe obliging turns .^ That thou fecur'lt the heart oi Ibrahim. Give me that grateful Miftrefs, Who when her Lover, fated with that high Lufcious Feaft, Enjoyment, fhe for his

Sickly Appetite ^ •

Generoufiy prepares frefh Viands ^; I but talt of them, my folid part, My Friendfhip that remains with thee.

^ch. Now let each Ambitious Maid difclofe the Gife Of Art and Nature, whether in Voice, or Tuneful Motion the taking beauty lies ^ V^ith Emulation let it be pradtis'd o'er To charm the Worlds great Lord.

Tibe Scene draws and difcovsrs the Ladies fet in Order for the Sultans Choice^ who tales out his Handkerchief \^ and walks round them -^ whilft Shektr Vara talks to Achmct. 7,

Sheker. How different, Achmet^ is this from the European llories^ r have read there, twenty Heroes for the Ladies Burn and die, here twenty Ladies for the Hero.

j4ch. It (hows that Mankind maintains his Charter Better here, yet lofes fure the fweetnefs Gf fubmiffive love •,. fee, he feems fixt.

Sheh No — the Handkerchief is not dropt yet, ,_, ^ ,.:

And fhe's left to ufe her own. .t^^i'^JcrfW .T.tv.\

Ach. Now 'tis refolved " * - ' ^ ^

£77;c Sultan drops his Handkerchief , which the Lady falling projirate-^ kijfes^ and takes up^ and is led off by tvoo Eunuchs ^ the Sultan foU- lowing^ the Scene Jhuts upon the rcfi. Sheh Oh Achmet ! O my faithful Slave / If e'er thou lov'ft thy generous Miftrefs Who has from nothing raifed thee .

And plac'd thee in the higheft Orb that thou caaft move. i^

For wanting Manhood, though thy Soul's all God-like,. Yet thou canfb not rife to greater honours. Help me now ^ thou know'lt my raging fires How Paffion like a Vultur preys upon my heart. And the hot flames of love drink up my Spirits,

All

Of we lures, ^

All this, I fay, thou know'ft, and yet bringft No Remedy.

Ack True, when thefe Convulfive Fits are on ye, I from your ravings learn you love the General Amuyaty Nor have I been unmindful , even of thofc Imperfed hints ^

But the Phylician that pretends to adrainifter a Cure, Muft each particular of the Diftemper know. •

Sheh O / I have told thee, o'er and o'er.. Repetition wrecks my Soul— - Yet thou ftialt hear't again,

Full well thou know'ft the Sultan gives me greater Privilege Than ever Woman had in the Ottoman Court ^ That has undone me, for there I have feen This Robber of my reft, this cruel charming ^w«r<?t.

jick Knows he his Happynefs ?

Shed. Yes, Yes, for I have ftole a thoufand burning Glances, And fent them to his heart Befidcs fweet herbs, and Amorous Flowers (Thofe Hieroglyphicks, and Emblems of our Countrys love/ In Boxes wrought with gold and fet in Jewels

Of unequall'd value, he hath oft received ; '^

Yet ftill he Ignorance pretends, nor meets my Eyes

But turns his own another way

Or elfe looks guilty down.

jich. What ftoickvertue rules in his cold Icy VeinSj And gives him power to refill thofe Eyes ? Or has another gain'd his heart ? '^ '^^^

Sheh Cou'd I find outthat, revenge wou'd take the plaee -^ ' ■■'■■'^.

Of Injur'd Love, and 1 ihou'd weep no more ^ ^

Revenge, fweet Revenge, Injuries, Antidote ,

Wronged Womens darling Joy

The Emperour thinks perhaps,

Becaufe 1 fhare him with a hundred Rivals ;

My Nature's tame. No, No !^

We ealily give what we defpife

But fliou'd another be ador'd by my .^4^«r^r

Whilft negleftedl defpair.

How wou'd I wrack her, how glut me

With the mine of their Loves, and them !

Ach, This I have obferv'd, that fince his Incamping near He often in difguife repairs to this great Town 5 But whether Ambition or Love bring him, I know Not, for I cou'd never learn his Counfels.

Shek That, dear Jchmet^ be thy future care. And name thy own reward. But how canft thou ettedt ic, Hath thy prolifick brain yet laid a form?

o Ibrahim the Thirteentb Emperour

j4ch. 1[ti^ thus •

You knowrt)ur Princes for State

Are ftill attended by their Mates, Who

Follow into all their Privaci6§ „ '

As being unable to divulge them'^ 6n6 of thefe

Is near ray Stature.

Him will I draw afide, knotl^ out his btains.

And in his habit watch the Princes Motions.

Sheh Now ! Amur at Excelltrit !

The time draws near to quench thefe raging fires.

In full poflefiion of my fierce defires^

Or elfe the ungrateful objed TU deftroy, jw uu ,

Which rob'd my Nights of reft, my Days of Joy. • ncrfT

ACT II.

Enter Atmnt, Solyttian.

Soly. 'T^His is not fure that Amur at

X Who foremoft fcaled the Walls of Bahyk%^ And cry'd aloud. Come on, who fears to die, ''

Deferves it yet at a Letter now paufes.

Stops, turns pale, and feems to grow upon the Earth he treads.

Am. Thou art no judge, my Friend, you never loved. Nor fure none ever loved like me. If I acquired glory, 'twas for MorencCs fake That file might not defpife me — — Nor have I more to do if (he is loft.

Soly. You terrify your felf with groundlefs fears. Nor can I from the Muftis Letter Difcern a danger threatning towards your love

Am. Oh Solyman ! forgive the frailty of your Friend, Forgive the follies that Imperious love creates. Here the Mufti writes, that on earneftl)ufinefs He craves my prefence, if hehath difcover'd The Adoration that I pay his beauteous Daughter, And then forbid it, hew loft a thing is Amur at .^ For 1 know well, though her poor Slave fhou'd fuffer A thoufand wracks , fhe'd tread the rigid paths of Duty, And let me die, rather than forfeit her obedience.

S''ly. The Guard our Country lays on that fair charming Sex Caufes my wonder, how you have lov'd thus long conccard.

Am. Kind Heav'n who faw my faithful fuffering heart, In pity thus difpofed it, a trufty Slave at the

Tranfportiiig;

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Tranfporting hours ©f filent Night ftill gave

Me admittance

To a Garden, which her Apartment overlook'd.

There, at that awful diftance, did I Kneel,

Sent np nay Vows with fuch an ardent zeal

Till at length I melted the heart of my fair

Liftening Goddefs ^

And (he from thence, as from an upper Orb of blifs

Sent down fwect words, and anfwering fighs.

The long expeded Manna, for which with fuch

AnEagernels,

1 had prayed Ah Souldier ! cou'd I impart

But one grain of this fierce paflion which invades

My Soul, to thee ^ youuo more wou'd wonder

If I almoft Conquered Impoflibilities to fee Afwe«* [

Mark, how the flufliing joy leaps to my Cheeks,

Oh ! if her very name cauies fuch boundings in my blood.

What wou*d her fight, what to prefs her in my Arms,

And tall her rofy Lips ! excefs of Joy wou*d work

The EfFeds of grief ^ and I fliou'd fall a Vidim

At her feet.

5o/y. Where Heaven gives the greateft hearts We ftill the greateft Paffions find. And *tis the brave alone love molt and beft.

u4m My Dear Indulgent Friend, ^ewdl. At the ufual Rendezvouz Til be Within few hours \ and we'll return Together to the Camp.

Soly. Profperity attend your Wiflies. t^XiMntfiveraUy,

Enter the Mufti, and Mufbapha , Amurat meits them attmdcd^ amongft bis u4ttmdims Achmet,

Muft. Welcome Noble Youth^ you're moft welcome here. Nor is your requefl forgot, though not obtaia'd. For your appearing publickly.

^m. Where ihall 1 pay my duty firft ? Or which way Kneel ? each is a Father, And each too good for Amurat,

Muft. Moft fure my Son, you never can Enough acknowledge the bounties Of this Reverend Man ; whofe early care

Shelter'd thy tender youth

From the rough Blafts of Tyranny And Fadion, and by his Eloquence Still render'd thee as now thou ftandeft,. Favourite to the Prince, and People.

Muft.

B Ibrahim the Thtrtemh Emperour

Muft. My Friends, ye over-rate my Endeavours lo fervc, and kindly take the will where power is wanting. No, 'tis not I, *tis our great Mafter, to whom Half the Earth bows down their fervile Necks : Who, with one Almighty nod, can give a little World Away, 'tis he fhou'd Amurat reward, and bellow A Kingdom, as his Valour due ^ yet lovely Pvoyal Warrior, if I have rightly found The fecret of thy heart, there is a prefent In my power, which equal to a Crown you'll prize.

Morena Entering,

Am, Ha !

Muft. Come forth, Morena^ my Ages Darling, And my hearts delight ; Joy of my Eyes, Lov'd objeft of all my Earthly hopes. Lend me thy hand, and fmile upon thy Father When he gives thee to thy Wifhes.

Am. Where am I ? Thou tranfporting Image that dances thus Before my dazled Eyes, art thou real ? Oh ! that at the emptying half my Veins, i were convinc'd this is no Dream.

Muft. I faw your fecret Love, watch'd the kindling fires. And blefl 'em as they fprang. Had I difapprov'd They had been prevented e'er rifen to a mutual flame. But take her. Son, and Eternal Bleflings Crown ye both.

Muji. He is already bleft, what Monarch wou'd not forego An univerfal fway for fuch a charming Maid ?

Am, Speak Goddefs, fpeak / Angel , fpeak ! Let your fweet Voice confirm my Happinefs, That my beating heart may force its paltage Through my Breafb, and fly to yours !

Mor. O Amur at \ fpare my Tongue and Cheeks >>f.

The (hame of owning what my Soul is full of ^ . - ' '

And by my pafl Love, judge my prefent Joy ! _ — ^

Ad). Afide. Thy future Mifery I can read.

Am. 'Tis fo, and I am bleft above ail humane kind : Reign, reign, ye unenvy'd Monarchs ! Fight for this Dunghil Earth, and let The blood of thoufand thoufand Wretches, Whom daily your Ambition Sacrifices, Lie heavy on your guilty heads, Whiift I, bleil: with this fair Heaven of Innocence, I'his matchlefs, lovely, charming Creature, More Worth than Indies joynM to Indies ^ Than all the Sun e'^ fees : am Happier

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Mor, Ceafe thefe tranCports, ?ny lov'd Lords Irfeaft fate grow angry at our Joys Excef^, And Daih them with Eternal Woes,

Muft. Make hafj, my Son, in your return To the Camp, fot fear the Emperour Shoii'd Difcover ovir private meeting. Within few days,

YoB will return with his Permiffion, And from ray Armsr^ receive the lovM iWo:^??^ Into yours ! {JE^xmnt Mufti md Muftapha,

Am. Oh Jldorena ! my Morena^ Kow permit me to approach, and fwear Upon thy fnowy bofom, how much I love thee^ till with warm fighs JVe thaw'd thy Virgin Icy Heart, And made it burn like mine.

A^or, What Maid can hear, and be unmov'd. The Man fhe loves talk at this charming rate ; But Oh ! iVe read, that Men are all by Nature Falfe i Stid this dear pleafmg tale of lovtf, ■ (

To which I liften with fuch rapture, Will hereafter be, perhaps, Word for Word Repeated to another,

Am. Never, Morena^ never. No, here kneeling in the Face of Heaven

I fwear, that though our Law allows Plurality of Wive? *5^|f^j And Miftrefles, yet I will neve»' pradife it ^ May Diflionour wrap my he^d with Ihame Inllead of Laurels •, may I be beaten Through the Array I command, and branded for a Coward, When I admit another Love into my Bed or Bofom ^ Let our great Mafler be Spedator of ray Infamy, And after that kt me live.

MoY. Hold, my dear Lord, fain wou'd I fay Ibmething tO(^ To anfwer all this wondrous love. Were there a Man Valiant, good like my Amurat^ And greater than our mighty Sultan, yet wou'd i Be torn in thoufand pieces, lather than Break my Plighted Faith.

Am. No move my Life, what need of Oaths V/hen Love Cemei»ts our Hearts, O ! let me tall a parting Kifs, The fweet memory of which Will wing my fwift return.

;^or. What mean thefe tremblings here ? Why come thefe fighs uncall'd ^

I o iDranim rioe y mrteenw sLmperour

I know^ I think I know

You wonnot break your Vow.

Am, Shall I fwear again^ Never yet clofer to thy heart.

By all thefe Virgin favours, never. _. ^ . _

Here I fet up my reft, and plant my Endlef? Joys -'^

On this fair work of Nature • ^ ""'

When thou was't form'd,curious Heavea Sniil'd at the Exad Creation, And every power was |)leas'd. Oh ! I am fix'd For ever, till glory^e# me from thy Arms, Then in all the H^t^sro^of tempeftuous War, Thoii, y<^^ufpicious Stsr^atni invoke, t^oretfah Name fhall guide m.y Sword to Conqueft,, And after thofe Laborious Toils, eager and longmg For my blifs, the Laurels I have gain'd.

At thy feet ril lay, Crown'd with thy love .

And reigning in thy heart ^ Such Raptures ray tranfported Soul will feize, I here Ihail tind our Mabotne.t\ Paradife. f^Exe(iniZ-(

Fnt€r Sheker Fara, and Mirva hsr Slave.

Shd. Now is fate at j^/ork tor met Achmet the buiy Engine, that darling ufeful Eunuch, Clofe as his genius triCes my Hero's fecret fleps. And on hisDifcovery my tortur'd Life depends. \,

If yimtirath afpirin^ Soul is only full of Plots To raife him higher, fixt above the Vifiers Power, And falter in our Empires Honours, I am happy. For I can furthev his Ambiiion ^ and he in gratitude Muft pay me back with Love, biit Oh ! I fear The V idorious Prince full of charms, and blooming youth^ U rather on the chafe of Beauty, then he obtains The glorious quarry, for though cafb in a Cceleftial Mould How cou'd a Nymph Divine relift him ?

\/l^//r. Madam whiift yoH talk as if in dreams Of Heavenly, and Imaginary Beauty, You forget your own ; the Prince I dare Prefunie to affirm, fears to offer, doubting. What he wifhes, your Encouragement, and Dreading our Sultan. You, Madam, know ^Tis fafer far Razing Imperial Cities Than aiming at a Miitrefs poflefs'd, And valu'd by the mighty Ibrahim.

Shek, True, Mirva ^ I have charm'd the waiidring God More variable than the Heathens Jov€^

He

o/^fe Turks. H

■Be dartsbut like a Ming Star upon 'The yielding fair, dilTolves, and then To her is feen no more \ yet his Soul Ts rivetted to ipine, hangs on the Mufick Of my tongn^, najf late at my reqiieft Tor th€ ill ft blofibms of the early year, he gavfe The obliging donor, the rich Kingdom of JVatolia : I look down on the Sultana Queens, deipife Their Pregnancy, and want of power.

A'iir. The Altonifli'd World iees your amazing height^ And juflly pays to you their Adoration.

Skk. Ah Flatterer, to what haft thou betray'd me, Whilft my boafting tongue fwells with this Vain ftory ; my trembling foolifh loving heart Beats a fad Alarm, and prefages all ray hopes deftroyed.

Enter Achmet, in a Mutes Habit. Ha ! Achmet^ thy drefs, thy looks, thy haft,

Diftover thy Faith and Diligence Oh

Quickly eafe my tortur'd Soul !

Ach. Madam, yourlaft and Chief defire was To fee the Prince : if that's EfFeded You muft not ftay to hear what I have learnt ; He paffes this moment through the remoteft Gallery That leads towards the Bofphorus^ there I fuppofe his Galley waits him, this Key Shortens your walk, and you may Meet him in the open fpace.

Shek. Fly Achmet^ to my Cabinet, and fhift thee there

Then wait till ray return

1 dare not ask thee — —is he a Lover ?

Ach. Madam, he is j if you ftay to hear more ^

You cannot fee him.

SkL Yes, I will fee him •, though ten thoufand's ruine Hung upon the fatal Interview / Z^^xit.

Tloe Scene changes to the profpe^ of the Sea, Enter Amu rat tJ^ufled in ins Robe. ^' Am. to one Attend. See here abouts for Solyman. CSheker Para, meets him, Curft accident — hew frail 1 avoid her.

Skek. Ha / Mirva ? is not that our Coelebrated General ?

Mtr. Doubtiefs, Madam, his very motion Ihews him He cannot jhroud his Glories.

Am. Excofe me Ladies ^ ahulinefs Relating only to my felf, call'd me for fome Moinenis hither, withoufe our Lords Permiflion.

Sbek A ad is this the way we receive our Conquerours ? ^k C 2 '.Old

I a Ibrahim the Thirteenth Emprom

Old Rome granted Ovations Triumphs

To fuch exalted Vertue, drawn ia the .pudy Chariot

The Noble warriors march'd a long, l^indling

In the bright gazing Virgins loves foft fires.

And in the wandring youths Wars fierce

Martial Heats, if through our crowded ftreets-

Mounted high on Perfian ruines,

Succefsful Amurat were to pafs f Pardon

My blu(hes)when I fay I think not Rome's

Fam'd defar^ or her darling Pompey^ cou'd?'

Be more admir'd, efteem'd, or lov'd.

Am. When a Lady praifes^ I am Dumb. Sbou'd a Man fay this, I mult call it Flattery, and I'll refent it.

Shek. Fames Trumpet blows aloud, I . . . . .

Gatch but the Echo, and repeat it faintly^. Yet I cou'd wi(h my felf an Emulator In your glory, a Man, your Companionr In the War, for fomething I wou'd do To gain your Friendfiiip ^ prevent The lifted Arm of fate, and in my. Breaft Receive feme wound defign'd for you.

-^?w. War, with its rough Idea, ought not Madam^ To Diiluvb your gentler mind, by varying Nature ordered the fweet manfion of love And foft defiles.

Shek, But Almighty Nature fometimes fills Our Souls with both : as I Ambitious Look up to War, fo you methinks. Too Godlike Hero, miglit look down to love;

Am. 'Tis looking upwards. Madam, furely- When we think of love ^ for beauty The refemblance bears of Heaven, Love is a pleafing Theme, but I muft- Indulge my Ears no longer, lealt I forget my Duty, which in my fwift Return's exprefc. O'^gmi.

Shek. Fly not with fuch unwelcome haft; If you are pleafed with any thing

That 1 can fay, I'll take care for ^ -

Your excufe, or ftay.

Am. Madam, I have left the Army without Their necefiary Orders, I cannot now Accept your ofFer'd favour.

Shek. Let Confufion be Inltead of Order If your heart's like mine ^ for mine is all Tiimultuous, Oh General /

Awe

»3

^vipe me not with thy bkflits, For I have lov'd thee long-— «—. You Perhaps defpife the Jewel, becaufe 'tis offerM, Bpt know Vifier Baftaws, the greatefl Of our Port, in vain have begM a fmile.

Am, To the greateft in the Port, and Worlds Your fmiles are due, and I injure him "

When I hear this. Farewel. {JE^it.

Sheh Gone/ O Devil ! Keep down, thou fwelling Hea^rt/ Or higher rife, that I may tear Thee with my teeth ? -<W/y«/^ ! Brcalc all the flattering Mirrors ! Let me ne'er behold this rejeded Face ag^n ! Have r feen Scepter'd Slaves kneeling At my feet, forgetting they were Kings, *^ Forgetful of their Gods, cailing^lone on me %:- Paffing whole days and hours as if meafiir'd With a Moments Sand, and now refus'd By a Curft Beardlefs Boy ! my Arms too Open'd, an my Charms laid forth .' (for The Joys of Love are double, when our Sex defires) heedlefs and cold he flew From my Embrace \ fwift as I will do

To form his ruine Achrmt ! I come ! ^

^"^^ 'Tis he muft raile this raging Tempeft higher.

Though cold to me, his Bofom's fure on fire. IJExemt,

ACT iir.

^w^er Sheker Fara, /o//oi»e<i &/ Achmet.

Sheh TjNough, 0\\ Achfnet 1 Hold ! for I can bear no m^re,

Ci And yet the Inquifitive Soul, fet on mifchief, . And bent for ruine, hangs on the fatalitory. Though every Period gives me Death.

Was my Curft Rival Fair. ^ ^

For of her Beauty, you have nothing faid ^ Or elfe 1 left that part unheeded.

Achm. Fair ! not opening Flowery.

Not the firftftreaks of riling Day,

Not Painted Angels are half fo Charming/

Eternal fmiles ftill Grace her Cheeks, ' .

And Majefty h^r Eyes ^ a Thrilling Muiiclf^

U

f ^ Ibrahim the Thirteemh Emperour

Is in her Voice ; which touches every vital, And teaches hearts to dance.

Shek. I have it now ! Her Beauty then be her deftrudion \ But—Great Talkers feldom Ad, and mighty v;ords Are mighty nothings^ like the Crackling Thunder, Which makes Women fear but feldom harms : *Tis the thinking Mind that in her own dark Cell

Revolves, and then performs

Where's the Sultan and the Vifier ?

j4chm. The Sultan's retir'd to his Repofe ^ The Vificr in bis Apartment alone.

Shek. faithful Achmet ! take this Jewel

And think thy wretched Miftrefs loves thee. Though her thoughts are now too full

To Exprefs it

Thrown, like a negledkd Flower from the Bofom, Where I wou'd have flourifhed.

How quickly fhall I fade / Yet-

With the Firft Angels Expell'd ru try To draw Morem down, that Saint above. To my black Region of Defpair !

Achm. Though (he has Charms, wou'd Itopthe fury \

Ofour Barbarous Troops, when they take ^ ^,

A Chriftian Town ^ yet I cou'd fiea her lovely Face £'

With my Keen Dagger ; extinguifli thofe '"^^.

Shining Lights, her Eyes , to Revenge my Patronefs !

Shek, Yes, Rival!

Or thy Vow'd Conftancy, I'll tryal make ^ And thou Ihalt fufFer, for thy Lovers fake 1 \i Amur at Thou Loveft to that degree^ My fweet Revenge will then compleated be ; For ril take care to fpoil the Worlhipt Shrine, Aiad tear Thy Heart, as thou hall tortuv'd mine !

The nfier fitting by a Table^ whereon lie Booh of Account , Rifes. Vtf. What is't to amafs thefe mighty Aims of Wealth, To be daily crowded with prefents from European Kings, To Command on Land, and Sea, next to our Lord, -*"•

Whim yet I ftand unfafe between thefe Rocks Of Regulating the People , and a Tyrant Prince .' All thofe bitter curfes which they dare not Ihoot At Ibrahim^ fall thick on me, the Mufii^ And Mufiapha^ that Aga of the Janizaries ^ Are two i hate, the firil, becaufe Like other Churchmen, inllead of Prayers, He ftudies Politicks •, in vain they Preach Humility, and teach us to look up for Crowns above :

When

of the lurks. ^5

When we behold them fix'd on thefe below. And more ambitious than the Kings that wear *em. The Aga's Son, that hot-brain'd Youth, Amurat^ Who dares fight, and therefore fcorns to bow, ' Or feek my favour : Thefe have cenfur'd me. And on thefe Til be revcng'd —

Enter Sheker Para UUnd him,

Sheh On whom is't thou art ftudying revenge. Old Statefman ! would'lt thou have it bitter. Deep and feeure ^ take a Woman with thee/

Or Bloody, as thy remorfelefs Heart can frame, "

Still take a Woman's Counfel ! But-—— Say, Azjem^ who is mark'd for Vengeance ?

Vif. To yon, I think, I may difclofe For

All your Foes are mine, and mine are yours

. The Mufti and Mufiapha look awry on our Anions, Sowing Sedition inftead of wholfomc Dodrine.

Shek. By Heaven ! The very lame thefe are, •

Thofe I wou'd deltroy And for that purpofe

Sought you now I've laid a Train

Which wants but your alfiftance to overthrow 'em all.

f^f. Name it, fair Charmer, quickly !

Shek. This old Crafty Prieft conceals a Daughter, Whofe Beauty, I am told, without the help of Flattery,, (Excels her Sex^ to Ibrahim. The Charming wonders I'll relate ! And fet his Amorous Soul on Fire.

P^tf. Hold Madam / have you confider'd what you fay I

•^ — Is this the vow'd Revenge to make

His Daughter a Sultana Queen ?

Shek Short Sighted Politician !■

Had he defign'd her for our Lord, why was fhe

Thus clofe concealed ? Belldes ^ I know

The Mufti hates our Licentious Emperour ^ his late

Attempt upon the Relidt of Morat ; ^

His defpifing all his Queens when once enjoy'd ^

Three Sons already blefe the Imperial Line,

And make fucceffion fure. Therefore

Shou'd her Womb prove fertil ; the Royal Innocents

Are only Born for Sacrifice— thefe Reafon&

Weighed as foon he'd give his Daughter

To a Brothel, as the Sultans Arms.

P^tf. I yield. ^Let it but provoke him, or hisFriends

To Murmur,, and I'll ftrangle Rebellion in their Throats.

5ki&b Come with me, and attend the Sultan j

As

I a iDmnim Wi 7 mrmnw t^mperow

As ws go, ril inftru^ you. bow

This Contrivance reaches the Aga, and his Son,

Breaking all their Meafures.

/^/. i wait upon you. ZB^cunt

ZThe Sultan upon a Couch, Achmqt by him.

Ibra. From troubl'd Dreams my tortur'd Fancy Starts : Sleep, meant nature's refreihing Friend, fits heavy On my Soul, as Death her moft inveterate Foe. jichma ! my faithful 3oy ! art thou there ! {^Sm Achmet

Achm. Dread Sirthe Mufick waits without !

Prepar'd by the Italian Mafters Their Melody

May Chafe thefe Melancholy Fumes away.

Ibr. Admit 'em.

A SONG.

IMperial Sultan^ Hall^ To whom Great Kingdoms bofp^ Whofe raft Dominion /hall prevail

O'er all below. Commanding Woman here An Humble rajfal/haU appear^ No thunder in her Voice vpe prixje. Or Lightning in her Eyes, WJjen mr Terrejlrial God draws near. Vnder our Prophets Influence Live,

While wondring Nations view *

The deeds your Conquering Armies do And Chrifiians to be made your fubjeifs firive.

A Dialogue Song.

r

Supposed to he betrveen An Eunuch B^y mi a Virgitu Made for Boyn and jMrs, Croffe, Written by Mr, D' U R F E'Y,

She 'V^LT from my Sight, fly far away ;

X^ My Scorn thou'lt only purchafe by thy Stay,"' Away, Fond Fool, away.

He Dear Angel no, no no no no^

Here on this Place VU rooted grow. Thofe Pretty Eyes have Charm' d mefo; I cannot Stir, I cannot go.

Sh<f

She ' Thou SiHy Creature, he advis'd

And do not ftay to be defpii'd i By all my Anions thou may fi fee My Heart can /pare no room for thee. He. ^hy do^fi thou hate me , Ah confefs : ■ '

Thoufweetdijpoferofmyjoys^ She The Reafoh is, I only guefSf -j.

By fomething in thy Face and Foice, C That thou art not made ltk$ other Boys, > He Why-, IcanKfff, and lean Vlay^

And tell a Thoufand Pretty Tales % And I can Sing the livelong JDaj 5 If any other Talent faih. She Boafi not thy Mufick^y for I fear

J hat Singing Gift has coft thee dearl Each warbling Linnet on the Tret

Has far a Better F ate than thee, Forthiy Lifes happy pleafures prove y -^ As they can Sing, fo they can LovK

Chorus of B9th»

He WhyfocanI,' J

She No »o, poor Boyl

He Andtafi Love's Joyl

She No no, poor Boy.

He Why cannot I f

She Vifhpifh OhFyel

He ^ray do but try?

She No nOf not L

^^" He Jknow, IknoWtmreafoftivhy.^

She Tou j^oiP, yoH know, you know Tou lyel

Enter V'ifier and Shekar Para.

Shekar kneeling. —Health to the Ruler of the World 5 Succefs attend his Armies: whilft His own happy Hours, with furprizing Joys , Are ever Crown d ; and long Life proves ' A Seraphick Cordial, without Alloy or Dregs.

Vifter. May all the mighty Ibrahim, and Our Prophet's Foe« fall beneath his Feet 5 And every Slave bear a Heart Gbediem:, and Fond as mine.

Suit. As Heaven hatti given me a Defpotick And unbounded Power : fo fhall my Pleafures bel Bat oh ] the Earth's too little ; and its Pleafures Xoo few i I cannot keep my mind

D fa

In a continued Frame of Joy 5 the' the Slaves

That ferve me, vie with the Stars for number i _ ,

Nay, f ho' you, my Charming Miftrefe,

Whofe wtvy conceptionSj like your ,Wit,,Di vine,

And like your Beauty pleafing : tho'you, I fay, , ;

^et your Inv^encion on the Wrack,, for my Div^non 5

Yet ftill, to day's like yeflerday : to morrow lik^ to day. ■ ;

And tho' my Paths lie all thro' Paradife :

Yet'beingftili the felf- fame Road, I grow uneafie.

Shtk, Alas I Dread Sir ! we've .been miftaken 5 -y ;

In vain we've fearcb'd Perfta^ and ^rmema^ and Ranfack'd Grtece in vain 5 Whiht within your own Royal Gates Of this 5er<i|/w, lives a //e/e»e, whofe , Lovely Face ftrikes Envy dumb. Late I faw her at the Baths 5 But, Heavens, fuch a Creature My aftonifli'd Eyes ne're yiew'd before.' A Skin, clear as the upper Region, Where Thickening Clouds can never mount: And firo w'd with Blufliesi like the glorious fpace - Of Summer's fetting Suns. Her large Black Eyes Ihot Rays intermingrd . . ,With becoming Pride, and taking Sweetnefs. . T^eMlt^n Kifes hafil^ ,

Shit. — -Here in cur Pallace — — impoffibie^^ :

■ Of what Name? what Quality? — %"

Shekf Morena^ only Daughter to-the Mufti^^\ii, For what caufe conceal'd I am ignorant, a ; ,

T;/: Had I Daughter, or Wife, whofe Attradions ^1

Cou'd draw the Sultans Eyes 5 how quickly (hou'd (lie be. offer'd i

Suit. By Heaven 1 Til fee her, fee her this very moment 1 And if fhe anfwers your Defcriptipn* She's mine -■, firft with Prayers, and Mildnefi We'il'proceed ; but,if the lurly. Fool denies 5" r

He foon (hall find tltat Prayers are '

Needlefs, when Power is Infinite.

Fip/^ I humbly beg to be excus'd, becaufe -The ^«/« bears me mortal bate*

Suit, Qovcitihoxx^my Shekar^Varat Thy Eloquence may be ufeful, I'V' , \xy'

Tho' few perfwafions fure will '' ^^^ '^

Prevail, to make a Woman Reign. \' Bacunt Attended,

The Scene changes to the- Mufti's ^p/irtmem i

He fits Reading. A Servant Enters hazily.

Serv. Oh I Sir —I faw the S«/r^>7 pafs the LongGalte] That parts the Old ?fr^£//o from the New J . .- - .

And

And bend his fleps dire<aiy hither— He's *eenat my Heels I

i^«/if. What can this yifit mean ? ' But I am arm'd with Innocence And therefore know no fear.

£fjter Ibrahim, Sheker Para Achmet, and feveral Atmdantil

Muft. Sacred Sir / I am amazed— *

At thefe unwonted Honours ; and if I fail In theexpreflions of my Joy 3 let my Confufion plead my excufe.

/^r- Tis all well, and the vific meant in kin3neis s I think when laft I faw you. You asked for Amurat% appearance at our Port— ^ Sdim go thou to the Imperial Camp And tell the Youth he ihali be Welcome There as foon as he pleafes.

Mufu Let me kifs your Sact-ed Robe, In thankfulnefs. — Oh I mighty SuUany Whodaigns thus to oblige his Vaffals*'

/^r. i^»/«— I hear thou haft a Daughter ^

.Why doft thou ftart, Old Man ?

If Fame may be believed thou need'ft not fliame To own the Beautious Maid - ■ ■ « Send for her hither, for I will fee her.

Mufp, Oh I Pardon me Emperour, the Girl is mod unfit For you to fee, Bred up in Cells, and Grotto's : Tho' fo near a Court, wholly unacquainted with its Glories. Heaven not Bleffing me with a Male, I have try'd To mend the Sex ; and ihe, inftead of ^coining looks) And learning little Arts to pleafe, hath Read ' Philofophy, Hiftory, thofe rough Studies : And will appear like a negle<aed Villager To thofe bright Beauties that attend the happy PortJ

Ibr. Ha ! Is this our entertainment — — ^-to be deny*d What we defire i go fome of you and fetch the Maid.

i;j<:f««^ two Eunuchs.

A^«/>. Tho* you are Lord of all, and may without controul Command, yet Emperor, Hemeinber, My Daughter is no Slave, and our holy Law JForbids that you fliould force the free, Therefore if the unhappy Girl thouM pleafe, And then refufe the offered Greatnefss our Prophets Cm-fe falls heavy, if you proceed to Violation. ,

Emer Morena FeWd,

Muft, Kneel Daughter, to the Commander of the World- i^r.Takeoffher Veil— -by Heavensr-—: A

20 Ibrahim tmmirteentb'nmperour

A charming Creatoi-e!'^*^^^^ ^•^^' ''-

Raife thee from the E^rth, and lift thy eyes to 'GIbrf, , . " • '_ *

A Crown V ill well becoir.e that Brow ; Deftiny '" '^'^^ ^J y"^^

Hath mark'd thee frrtommand — -I fee 13 bt/i

Prevailirg modeily.is in hereyes? -

The (hiaing Iprings are full o/ tears

rii urge no farther now •, but leave my "'

Shtkar Far ay to prepare for the Excelling !iQi!Ours i

I deiign her; Aiitftl^comt yoa with me, and \tt us ;"*

Farther confalt of this Important bufinefs. ■-'-^

Exeunt the Sultan Mufti and Ennuchi i except Achflf^^

Ski^. Hail I Happy Maid ! whomF^^fe has bleft 5 ' !

Whofe Illuftrioas Eyes have caught ■■'^:', ^.

(The Monarch of the Earth, Ibrahim ! '\ "^^'K^

Companion to the 5un, and Brother to the Stars.' , ^L. j—

His Sacred prelence ftrikes an univerfal aw 5 ' '!'

And next to the Immortals he is worfhipt here. What a long Train of glory is opening to your view. Mounting on (hining Thrones your beauties Merit I Whilft thoufand ready flaves ftand watching . . , ,, ,

The Motions of you r eyes, and e're you form / ; -^ ' ' ;-% v \ ' •

Your breath into command, 'tis done. '"-" '^^-^^^^^

Mor. Ceafc Madam, you ufe your Eloquence In vain, , ??? -.

Menaces, Prayers, and Promifes are loft on me. '

^Already I have Slaves, who wait on my defires, And fulfil whateve'r I command .* more is but fiiperfltiocis J Ho Crown I covet, but that which honour gives ; ' ^ - ' ' ^^ J, ^ ' i*^

And my Ambicloa terminates in the contented paths '--^^^. ""^''"'^U

Of virtue. All your Efforts to alter me^ -^i

Like waves againft a Rock, will daih themfelvesj 'V^r-. '^r'^

But ftirnot my Foundation. 'dOo.cIhU

Shek, Why do ye view me with that haughty Eegardlefs Air, as if I were your Enemy ? Wlien i fo long to be your Friend. ^^ .,

Mo>^ Oh / miftakemenot, — —If my looks «Uu/y.

Garry a difdain, 'tis on ths.Crowns you offer ; Not on you, Alas / you only can be my Friends And divert the Emperour from the purfuic Of this fliort-liv*d paiTion^ you do not know

The fecret pleafing caufe that will, I am fure, •

Infpire me rather to dye than yield-

Sk^fafidej Too welH'know it .^ .; , r.-«

—If I ccii'd alTid , tho' your defires are ftrange, ^ *'^^" **'• ■

Yet, you have fumething fo ingaging, Ifl cou'd. Hay, I wou'd.

^or. Oh / 'tis grenly in your powsr--'^ Jell the SW/^ff you h^ve difcoveredj, '' " j&i

->a^f.

1/ l^fJ-O JL WLlAVt?. ••*

As yoa eafily may a thoufand Imperfedions^) :. i??; . That I am {ickly, peeviih, ill Bred, and . siLed >: Of a hateful difpofition. '10 2^''b.

5kib 1 cannot fo deny your Excellencies ; .

But I will do my beft, that you (hall hear of this no more..

A/or. And now, fair Or^/r/AT, 'Who plead'ft too well for fuch a caufe i -- - . ■ ApplythyRhecorickto/^r^^?'w5 > «i.«no5\ rntw i .

And defend More^'^'s Life and Honour-

5k^. Reft fecur'd, I am wholly ydiJrs, Retire fair Innocence, for I fee This furprize has difcompofed ye. The Lively Red forfakes the charming Circle

Of your cheeks, and fainting palen^fs takes its piac0 :

Retire, and let this Ranconcre never trouble your repofeJ Exh\ Mmm]

Poor eafy Fool / bluih jimrat; *

At thy ill choice / — take me

For her Friend / yes to her deuruflioa --

ril prove a conftant one.

-^c^. Madam. - ^nhci - '.Idiiv/ .n^^.

Skk- 1 go to feek the Suttan, chufe fome Of the Eunuchs you command, and fetch r More;?^ tohim,if you meet refiOance, Bring herby force.* I faw /^y-^/^w Faften his Eyes upon her, and I know The present will be welcome, now if delay The roving defires of that unftedfaft Prince May fix eife where, and my defigns be lofc 5 Make hafte, her Facher is not yet returned! ■ And you may do it with much eafe

Mh. It (hall be done e're you have time to think the confequencei 'Exm

Sheki Revenge / how quick and lively are thy Joys ? Loveisafweernefs, that, butt 4fted> cloys J t. Love muft be fondled with a gentle hand . I

Revenge is God like all, arid (hov/S;G0ffHiiand*3 ■ zw-- ^^ffl

^ The Sultan Efjters ; the VlClQrfiltavpmg hm]

5«/#. VVou'd ft thou believe it -<4ze;«^—— • This crabbed Priefc do's in t^tdc Deny his Daughter 5 curies he denounces If I compel her will, and feems "

- To know (lie 11 provf unwilling. -

^//: In ibis his difljyalty coo plaJi? appears ^7 rto-^

What other Grandee o'th' happy Port ( nic .

But with open arms wou'd embrace the honour And lay his Daughter proftrace ac youx Royal k^ ■ Suiu

5«/f. True, therefore we'll on and fadirnn rnyri;

His Defigns, the Maidens Beau 7 .; ^?q ,'?!;; Has inflam'd me— who dares oppofe Violirr ii

Wh^n I refolve Enjoyment? ' -

What News, my Shek^r, haft thou brought her ? . ,)£9fq ^ -' v -

5k^. O no / with /?ow4» Courage, andmoft '/i \f': '

Unequall'd Refolution (he repuls'd ' jijr.j.-

Whatever I cou'd ofFer^ nor wou'd a Di^di^my^ f - ' Or the Crown Imperial tempt her. t.V'

Suit. How comes the lovely Maid to bear a Hearc Thus ftubborn i and look fofweetly mild ? ,

^//: 'lis her Father who has transferred His owp traiterni>$ Principles to her, i cin: 3^^ .jii rt

Taught her early Difobedience ,, .

(That Mive to fpeak it.') Taught her to abhor your Royal Perfon^

■S/^e^.But yourMajefty now may mould her as you pleafe, Within a moment (he'll be here J ^

I took the opportunity of her Fathers abfence. And or 6^tv'&Achmtt^ with his Fellows, to bring Her hither. /'-r;^

Suit. You have done well, ^lo^ ?

Shall my almighty Will Which half the Univerfe obeyss Without difpute be contradi^ed By a Woman?

5ki^ I hear 'em Coming- >

Achmet brings Moren^i khafpeaks Mrm,

Mor. Whither ? Ah / Whither ? -''^^^-^

Do ye drag me, Audacious Slaves Am I tobe thusufed?

^/". Madam, filence and awe beft becomes *' /

This place which the dread Majefty of all the Wor-ld- contains, Nay our Law's (b'ftria "^ ^'-"^ ' '-- *^« ^^oJ

That an outragious Noife near the Sacred prefehce ^ > '

Is punilh'd with immediate Death.

Mor, Death I defpife as I do thee, Who art not worth my anfwering. But to mine and my Countreys Lord I caft me with an obedient heart * Daign Mighty Snltan to hear with Mercy What your weeping Slave can fay i Far be it from your humble Handmaid To refufe the vaft Honour of your offefd Love Thro' pride Oh / no i Hoiy

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feUJ

isd 2i.3:)£iQ^iri<}fl

Hbly binding vows are pa ft already ; ,

And horrid imprecations, which if I brcafc Diftra(^ion, defpair> eternal mine Straight will feize me — — I know Your royal heart is fall of fofc humanity : And God like Jultice $ you cannot take Anothersright»— a thoufand willing beauties. VVill with Joy, Embiace thofe favours >

Imufteverfly- r-

Ibr. If thou haft vow'd, I cancel if, My Subjeds are my flaves, who er'e Pretends a right to what I defire Is a Tray tor, and (hall fo be puniflied If thus perverfe yoifmuft be forced To your own happinefs-r- — —

lAor. o fpare me Emperor 1 fpare me And all my future life Fll fpend

Inprayers. for J^-y^to / > -

Each morning as I blefs the rifing day Fll cry aloud, this id'e feen no more, Had not my God -like Mafter heard r : ril never eat, nor fleep, nor : - ?

Oaghc^of life enjoy, before I have pray'd M- . . r,fy,nu^^^d^ ,-,i ^£ t Andafterpraifed our Lord/.,; V ^^ ^ ^^ ^!^!^{^

/^r. ^fW«—bear her to theioyar bed: . l'^!:'^^ vf"'

Mon Hold/.yecamoment^-^— liold/^ '^V-Sr l^V

I have one thing more to fay ' ».,•:!'' .

As I have often heard my wretched Fatbef tell — When fierce Moir^^ your Predeceflbr Doom*d his brothers, even all the young Princes . Of the Imperial race, to (iiddaiii'death/ l£l^ ' ' V ^ *k

They dyed : my Father begged for you s . . ,;\lf' '*?; % . Begged till he prevailed : Oh I if this meri| paghCt f'^Z -J'2 !f !^ 1"' ,. Punilh mydifobedience with Wracks with GibBetSj '! ' *' "' With any thing but lofs of honour / •

Tear out my eyes, ftab, mangle my faces . Till it grow horrible to Nature i >li

And the amazed world gaze with terrors. .>.- ^'';*..^ f.'^' "

Not delight; burn me /heap torturfe^i^'c ■ r''~f^'

Upon torture 1 and; if I murmur a corhplaine ' " ' ^r a

Fulfil the bicterftcur(e-^~^--Releafe3 , >v)n*v

And bear me to your bed /

5kiSpeakr//w, he (cands confounded. ,.' ';

F^. Dread Sir, what ftops your vvilhes .^ Thisis nothing bat a guft of Paflionj ' -^ ^^!^!^^''\^r''

Plain Woman, her will is crofti , , ^^'i f ■' ^' And-

J14 iDranim tm iDirteentt) tmperour -

And fo ^e raves / e're while you mourn'd '

Your pleafures were too much alike 3 r ' ' " ^ .

Fate hath now obliged ye : .:.ioil£'n' .

This beauteous M^id refifts : and all . ; ^r}^^ ^""T s-ri s:;. :i '[ ^^' ' >

You ever had before, were willing."' - "' ] ! .'/ 'J^'^- .^"' - ^

Jbr. And there may be a new unkno^tn. delight ! " ■'-^*^"»- ^; '^v

To conquer all thele ftruglings, ' "'^'^ ;"'""*'

Something Poignant, that vvi:ireli(h Luxury^ I'^n^iu-''-'

Do as I Commanded

I of the Eunnchsi ■ Irv ^

Wou*d our worlliipc Lord free this ' '^ii ^m 3iij ;. .

Mourning Fair 5 Id'e fearch the : : ;.: ;03 idgnjs zo-^m^

Earth's bounds, to find another, "\^a - -^ •< - . ^^

That might pleafe as v^ ell. .lotsrs 1

Jbr. Taught by my 5]ave ! Take that, prefuming fool. .^ Stah him*

Mor.Murder, and Rapine/ .'if^^.^^^^^f^^ '

What a horrid place is here/ ^''^^ ^^ ^ sh. 5- mot jfti .1 i-:-^

My turn is next 5i5>emfk^/;o/^o/<tkSiWn^»IS^^^5ir^^'^r^^

/^r. Letgoradi Maid, ' -4

Or Ijhallhurc thee.

Mor. Never, never, Til leap, and . :^ ,

Fix it to ray breaft, while forae kind God T',^ '^^? ^'^ ''•^^^" ' '}

That fees the anguidi of my Soul '^ • ; ■ '; V";?, ''¥^.

Shall help my weaknefs, and fend it to my heart P^"* ?^^ J .,

Jbr. Some of you unlofe her hold ' 1 , '!^3?'\'^T^ l^^ '^ -y]

Mor. Then thus I quit it. Vr^Pit thn^hr h^df, ^

See Emperor, fee, are thefe hands ' * -

Fit to clafp thee? judge by this, My refolution— deathhatha /if r,x/"'t,«

^^'"h^^ dally ye thus?. " ' ^ ' ' 'l^ "iKl^cir^-t^"" By Heaven rage is mixt with love, , ..:..,....'^ ■''^'^^?^'''^^^^.- " ^'- And I am all on fire/ .':'':•:;: V^;.!^!'

Dragher toy ond Apartments/ . _,

Mor. Do Tyrant i but 'tis thy laftofmifcbiefe .,,^ If thou doft not kill me — ,^,.„, ,h;-^^l'vl^'{

With diftieveird hair, torn Robes, ^3 ' '^ ^" '^.L„ „., - . ,,i.:u^ -.l^ Thefe bloody hands, Til run thro' all thy Guards . \'^^^!^ , '^'^^^-^ AndjCamp, whilft my jufc complaints, compel rebellloAX^L* ^ J

Fi/; Yet here / force her way/ " ' -

Mor. I will not ftir, fixt upon Earth, I'll rend obdurate Heaven with piercing

Cry s 5 till I have forced their mercy 1 ,—

Help / help / open thou Earth to hide me / ,*r

Have my woes not weight enough to fink rac td

To the Cehter ? at kngtli 'tis come 5

My rpints are ^QCZf^-^ Oh Amur at !

Where arc thou? and where (alaUaml? SwcQm]

nf- She faints, convey her quickly in. Your Majefty Will foon revive her.

/i^r. Threatning Danger (hall never bar my way. Til ru(h thro' all, and leize the trembling prey ; Ride her fweets, till fenfe is fully cloy a •, Then take my turn to fcorn what I've enjoy'd-j Exiu

ACT IV.

Hhs Muft. Jpartment,

£tJt er Milk, and MuH^p. . ' -

Muft, TN vain you footh me with thefe promifesj X rU tear my facred Veftments ; make bare My hoary head, and of thsfe- Janiz^aries My felf beg prefent Aid, — was there but one In all this mighty Empire-, chaft, and muft The Licentious Tyrant feize her ?

^«/. I have not flattered ye — the Jamzmes As one man, are bent to right your wrongs A moment's patience— before to morrow's Sua The Seraglios forc'd—the Villain Vilier Torn limb from limb, and the fair unfortunate redor'd —Ha— lee where the lovely Mourner comes.

Emer Morena kd by Aehmef, her hmr dom, and much diforderd in her drefs^

'Ach. The Emperour hath fent your Daughter back. You muft tutor her better, teach her A more complying Nature, then Perhaps he may again receive her.^

Mnft. Hence Pandar ! accurft by Heaven, Hence 1 left (tho' unarm'd) with My hands I throttle thee, tdl Thy ungrateful Mailer, the faving Of his life, is well rewarded-"^— •

—Tell him -I thank him

And he ihail hear it loud i f,xU Achmet.^

^ ' Mor,

Mor, Oh y\v[ — —

Mnft, My poor Girl i

^?^.* Ceafe Daughter, ceafe to mourn I

Here are your Friends- ^^Friends

That will revenge ye-

Mor. O violated Honour i Raine, Defpair, and Death's my Lot.

Muji. No Moren.t^ No, thy Fame's fecur'd 1 And fucceeding Ages fhall as a IVllracle . .

P elate thy Con fiancy yes, injur'd fair,

To the laii Periods of recording Time, Thy fragrant Name will blefs the World 1 Thou, the brighteU Star^ that Ever grac'd the Eafl !

Mnft, Anfwer me Prophet, Author of our La wi What have I done, what horrid crimes committed, . That my acliing Eyes are punKh^d With this doleful (ight 1

/''^V. The Gr3.vQ vyill hide me, Sir I Then you Oiall fee this Wretch no more I

Afe/f. Live, my belov*d unfortunate i Let death and ruine fail upon Thofe Feinds that thus have wrong'd.chee.

Mor. The Viiier, (my Father) The Devil- Vifier— -when my piercing prayers, Seem'd to flop the luflful Sultan: '

He blew again the hellifh fire - — -

And with his poifonous bieath^ Urged the fatal ad. • ~'y a : - .

Muft We'll drag the Infernal Dog" thro* the City While, in Howling, he furrender his hated life, Amid (1 the Injuries and Curfes of the People. ■

' Dear Friend, hade and encourage ^

Thy 'willing Jnniz.mes ! lead 'em

To force the Palace

For f his accurfed 5 I Autlioriz'd

By Heaven will fend a Summons to the cruel Emperourj

That he appear before our great Divan

And give account foi^ this uaexampl'd

Breach of our holy Law, the forcing of my Daughter*

Amuratj I know wrTl inflantly be here

Come in, my Dear, and I will inftru^

Thee to receive him ^

Mor. Oh I •

Muft. Why doft thou Ggh ? my Son know^ The Heroick virtue of thy fpotleS Soul,

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And will, I'm fare, to death adore thee.

Mor. Lend me your hands, fori am weak. And wane fupport Met me look up And thank remorflefs Heaven That I again behold the face of F.everend goodnefs 1 for I, (Alas) have been in Hell 1 .

Enter Amutat, Solyman, Attendants,

Sely, A Bridegroom's hafte is in your fteps^ And in your Eyes a Bridegroom's joy- ' > Now—we've reached the happy place I

jimur. The Sultan received me with a Noble Gondefcenfion, yet Skeker Vara ,^-^r-

That wretch, unworthy of her Sex, ; • ' Gaft a malicious fmile, and perplex'd me^ ;•.> With words 1 cannot comprehoii^'^'^-;^^'^ But why do I employ a thought on the * ^ Vile Creature, when I am fo near. My own Heaven of Perfei^ion ?

Ew^er Mufti.

Behold the bleft.f arent of my •Love/ At length ray Wiilfe are compleat, Icome, dear Sir, to pay my thrnkfol Vows, andteceive the only valued Treafare That the Earth contains— Howfares-my|jodde(!S'?v.s^; -u" /v

/i^t, -Oh n vvotidroas well ! -^-^ Young man— I think th' Ambition That fills thy veins, is oiilyr ; : How to ferve thy MaQer well, Nor wou'd ofler'd Crowns tempt thee To a Diiloyal ac5i: — ^—

Ar/}. My Father ! to merit this difcourfe, > What have I done ? by all my hopes I fwear—lliou'd Sultan /^r^^try Send the Bow-firing, Now, Now, when pleafure beats thick upon my heart, And the tranfporting Joys of yielding Love Are in my view ; yet on mf obedient knees ^ I'd fall J and \vhii(l' my breath cou'dform It lelf to words ; Dying blefs the Emperour^ • Ohl I know not wbetherL fhe Sultaa: .:- - - - Mod Revere^ or my Moreno, Love? : 2s>{^i fiii ititi^f - <^/%^?. 'Tis well :•— fuppoie ihm ' 1o'i3itsr> 2**^1.

Mm led.

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^'S Ibrahim the thirteenth Emperoav

This lov'd Morena Com from her

Helplefsaged Father's Arms dragg'd to

The prefence of your honoured Emperour, Whilft his Cheeks glow with Luft — - His fiery Eyes dart on the frighted Maid

His fatal refolution fuppofe

Her prayers, her tears, her cryes, Her wounding fupplications all in vain^ Her dear hands in the Confli(yt cutand mangled. Dying her white Arms in Crimfon GprCa The lavage RaviQier twifting his 1.;^.:^ In the lovely Trefles of her hairj Tearing it by the fmarting Root, Fixing her by that upon the ground:

Then Chorrour on horrour I ) «

On her breathlefs body perpetrate the hdl

Am. What alterations 1iere? Chilling Tremblings feizc^ throughout. And leave my heart as cold as Death ; Oh I Sir ! why have you fpoke this Horrid fuppofition, with fuch an Emphafii? ''

* — 'Suppofe it true —

Hot burning Bulls, not breaking Wheelisv

Not all the Cruelties, Witty Tormentors £

Cou'd pradife with Fire, Water, Steel, or ; : ^-

Poifon, Vv'ou'd equal half my Wracks. ~ " V

• The Scene dratiit and Sfcovers MofeoS

upon the ground diforder' d 4i bef0t4

Muft. Caft thy Eyes that way ,and there behold ' '^ 52/^^^,^' '' v>->^lft ^^'^ Thy wretched Face and mine i

Am. Oh i Friend I Is this the fight

I promised are thefe my .

Expe(5ted Joys my Eyes / .

Fix on the Obje(5t you have lov'd

Thus tenderly, and weep till you are blind l*-*X'*^Vv

Oh I cruel Emperour 1 have I for this ■•' ^^

Thought toil a pkafiire ? watching ■ "^

A delight ? Held it a crime to groati

When hundred Aching Wounds were drefs'd,

Becaufe I had *em in thy fervice ?

—And am I thus rewarded r.-

Soly. At this Scene the Souldier leaves my heart And I feel the Woman in my Eyes i

Am, Compaffion is a grief of little note,

Bat

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But I have Woes that tear my Lion heart, . . And drink the gufliing Blood i

Speak lovely Mourner, fpeak

To thy kneeling Skve 5 Hath Nature

Form'd a Monfter, who durft with viplence;

Approach thy Snow^y vertue ? v^hich ^

I with a Devotion pure as that we pay

To Heaven, have ever woriliip'd ?

Mot, Oh Prince \ No Tongue, .no Language,^ Not fevereft forrow, whofe broken accents Were all made up of (ighs, that rend the trembling Heart which form'd 'em, can exprefs Morenas fufFepngf^ Forc'd from my Heaven of Peace and Innocence, f-n^n^ Thro' what various Scenes of Woe I have pafled : ^ Raging Seas, devouring Flames, and. Peftilential Firsts . ,

May be the work of chance ; and Nobly born :

But mine's a Fate ftrips me of all Patience, ; t?i3aj- n^S ^ 5l h

Even of the lad, and deareft Comfort,^ Ho^ej^jy^""*^/ ^ubicd sdt oii?/ 'a 2^• Jji^ my Curie that ienfe remains,: .>i,irn jcijil ?irijch mm aBJl«^ = :T The Dire Viuon IS ever prefentmthme On this fide ghaOly Murder, on that Rapine drefs'd in Pomp, and Power, Ruinous refiftlefs Power I my head

Grows giddy with the Loath'd Refle^Slion^ : ^^ -^ ■ !'

Lead me, my Zdda 10 Darknefs, fblic^ .; , xitdi'ioi sl^iinil -T^k^a boA Thick, lubitantial Darkneis, wherie ' ' // -•^ Not one Ray of the all-cheering Light May peep upon me, prepare an Opiate Draught To lull my forrows, or fomedefperate compound That may turn my brain ■ — —

^41//^. Heaven calm tbefe fad diiquiets, and give,; The Beft of Woi^ieri Peace

Mot, Your Pardon, Reverend Sir, and thine I ask ^ Thou illuftrious Figure of unfeign'd Defpair, I am not ufed to rage, my Nature ever gentle, At but the reading of a difmal ilory, My Eyes wWd iSow, my Heart wou'd rife, .

And fympathetick forrow reign. ''-::, a But now I am by wrongs a Fury grpwa rnc'^hi .. Hoiy Prophet, is it a fin to heave tHefe Bleeding hands to thee, and^^^^r^r, for Juflice? Yes, yes, it is. for Juftice leads to iliarp revenge That to horrid Mifchiefs— away — away-- —

Give iiie Death, Diftra^Uon, any thingj but ThoegttJ . ^ - M»ih

TheScsne^HtsHponhsr] . -:

30 Ibrahim tkTbirteenth^Emperoiir

-^/«. Revenge rhee! yes— we'll fet ^.n^i.

This Royal City in a blaze, till its bright, riaraes mount high as thy Chaftity, And reach at Heaven ! -^— tear up The Foundation oF this ImperiaT Neft Of Luxury ; and in its Ruines overwhelm

The Worklj ^wilt

Thou not afllft me, Friend ?

Soly. Wliilil I wear this- ' ■ — Nor Shall 1 fear to purge the contagious Veins of Majefty in (uch a caufe.

A/«/^f. 'Tis not by Raving- we accompli(h Our Deiigns ; if, for my eonftaac Friendl])ip) I have ought deferv'd, In our honourable proceedings you will joyn : Come with me to your Father, who is now- confuItiBg With the Oiiicers— — there 1 11 inform ye

Who were the hateful Wretches, that fet Y.i. r The Sultan on to do this fatal mifchief. ^ .^Aw? . ^**"'* 5^

u^m.lgo ^ 5o/)/;«^», fly to the Camp, .,

And bring from thence my feled Troops, I'll take care at Night to give you fafe admittance?^'^^^^ ' Oh World [ uncertain always, falfe, and vain^ i

Thro' mighty Toils our wilhes we obtain^ I"

:. And hard we firuggle for the expe(Sted gain r ^

But when in view o'th'end of all our care. Some awkard Fate hurls back to deep De{p2ir« Thus to th'Abyfs, in fight of Heaven, lh\\, -^Andiof&my Lovsj my Honour, Life and all. Ext^fpt^-

Erf ter Tor Mm y the Vifier, Sheker Pars", Achoiets , , wha{esms talking to tW Suit <m,

'^fl?. He threatned me with Death, And faid, he'd tell his Wrongs aloud, Till Neighbouring Nations heard 'em.

lb. Saucy- and Arrogant I

5i^el. How long (hall the Imperial Racej : Whilft the mlftaken World deems then> Abfolute, be {ubje(a to the crafty

Priedhood? Do at once,

A juft bold z€t^ and fee by

Your Example the great SucceiTorsfreej

Sefid the Executing Mutes, and ...... ^

Strangle ^ihis Ambitious Mufti.

F}j\ Strangle the ^«/>;/ OhhorrourJ'

mi

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t'lJt/ A. C*JLAV«i»»

Ibr, Why thou Viper, whom my bread Has fofter'd, till the rank poyfon— - - ,

Hath made me all Infe(5lious' ' — i ^ sai4^'^.

VVas it not you that urged [—■'''

The cruel Rape Haft committed ?

By H^^ven 1 The only deed that

Ever moved my Soul to a Repentance J

And doft thou now (hrink back? ;

Thou whofe face Is ftamp'd fo plain :

V Vith Villain, every child may read it,

Canft thou draw thy Diftorted features ,

Into a look of pitty ? and, as if Murder » « -

VVere News, cry out, Oh Horror !

I tell thee, Vifier, and mark it well, " : 'iv4 yio! ■ '

VYatch the firft ri(ing of Rebellion, =

Forflioulditgrow toohighs thoiiart , ■ .

1 he ficceft Sacrifice to attone the Popular Fury.' . ^'^^ *^ /

rif. Sacred Sir, you cannot mean the

Cruel things you fay ^— muft

My Life pay for my fincere Obedience To your Royal Will?

Entenom of the Gnard^r^

G««jr^. A Meflenger from the Divan Rudely prefTes to your Prefence. Ibr. Admit him—

.,, , .. .Mnier AieJ/efJger]

2f^elf, Sttltan\ the Mufti and the

Whole Divan Affembled, have fent ^^ :^aW V

, To thee with the Mufti's Fatfa. That you inftantly appear to anfwer The breach our Holy Law has fuffered. In violating Morena^ A Free-born Maid.

Jhr. Is then the Mufti the Dervifes, and All the cantin? TrUp together met Hatching Tr^afon, and brooding in Their lov*d Element Rebellion ? Now every petty Pried ftruts, Looks big 5 tells a long tale Of grievances, Models Governments,]

and Cenfures Kiags-^ let your

Ring leader know, that I defpife His Trayterous Summons, and Trample it beneath my feet Yetj Hold— ^thou art not fit

, ^ To

To bear a Meffage back from Ibrahim^ who dareft to bring him -^ ■ - Such a one ; take hence the Villain,' -- And ftrangle him immediately.

M4. Oh 1 Mercy I Mercy !

Ihr. Away with him !• — — Vifier, Double our Guards, and ' :- -; • From the Army draw all, whofe Loyalty .

You think untainted-- be Vigilant --MTr?"bqir.Bti *u'j

For on thy Life depends thy care — -^-* - - ' biidD \^%^^

Weep not, my Sheker Para — :.f)iCI yfb vv.

We yet flial! brave this Storm— --^ditiM •- i.;i '4 'Oiiq ..:

By Heaven I— — — '. xo.ri".- /.. . J <-!UC/vid .ev-^.^ ■ ,

I to the LaR my glory will maintain, flbw n ium bnr,t3r1iV. -Msrij iT

Or? abfolutel'll be,or, ceafe to Reign /- '''^df 5; " •■ " That ea(ic King, whofe People gives h'mihw^ '^' ' Flatters himlelf with MajeftyarKiaw^ro^i 5th : The Royal 5lave the daring rout commands, .3,

And force his Scepter from his feeble Handso ■ 0 •» -ir.Exmm

" — *~'' — W!.VV L.^'oii'.gg,-,..

^#/f^ Ibrahim, Vifier, Slieker Fark^ Atf^hdirnts.

ibv. T'/TTHY Coward dod tkou-creebthus near me., V V Still leaving my Orders oaperforn^'d ? , Fiy: Oh 1 Sacred Sir I The Mutinous 5^4»k*inf*' "

Bar each Gate o'th' Palace, npr can I ^ ■ Psik wirh Life i

JEnter Achmet.'

^^ch. Oar woes redouble with the coming High& g| The Impetuous y<s«/^4Wi pour on us .. ^'

Like a devouring Flood, whilft your Faint-hearted Guards fcarce dare Re(i{l, Aloud they curfe the Vifier, and linanimoufly fwear his mine. •

//'r-. Poor trembling Wizard — — if ehca h^fl Raifed a Storm beyond thy Magick Power

To lay, it muft overwhelm thee-^ •

Here- throw to thefe Ravenous Hunters

The Baited Prey ; and let 'em gorge Their revengcfull Maws.

': rif.

rip, Hahi , ^ '" ?-;;: li

ihr. Stop his mouth, and bear him off

Vif. Sultan, Ibrahim

*^uel Lord 1 Wilt thou not hear me I fm^^of,

ihr, I, fiand next the mark of fate / i\\ Couacellors the plaafible pretence ,

f Rebels, colours their Treafon '-

it 'tis at Soveraign power they aim,

|)r will they ceafe, till they have bath'd

: Royal Gbre 5 ths Vi(5tim*s feiz'd ^-^

*uk how the Bloodhounds ring his Death ! A^m mhQuu

^hek Oh 1 That I were a Man to face lefe Devils, and fave my Lord J ^ck Retire Dear Sir, to fome more remote oartment, whilft I together draw ^^r Eunuchs 5 all whom Prayers ^ Promifes can engage,^ to fave jur precious Life, tho' I loofe my o^Dc Jbr. Faithful '^chmti I, who Jtyefterday commanded Armies,^ y^iofe numbers outftript x^ithmetick, nd left them unaccountable : .ave now but one poor truiiy flave .n Eunuch, who for his unhappy .

Mord, will venture Life J ■Mxsmt]

Enter Soiymm and SdHldiers.

Soly. Where is this Barbarous Prince — _

I warrant Feliow-Souldiers; — -Hid The cruel are ftill Effeminate i There's fcarce a Man left, that

Aflferts his caufe, I'll fearch him outj

And whilft my injur'd friend's preventing

The plunder o'th' City 5 do a deed,

At which his nicer vertue Shrinks. -Sxmm.

Ibrahim, 4«^ Sheker Para.'

Ihr. Flatterersv that curfe of Courts have]

Ruined me! thro' their falfe

Opticks, I view'd my greatnefs -—

And ^hen I thought my felf a God 5

Am more wrerched than my mc^neft Slave: •

Unregarded Now's the Frown, thai:

Mark't my foe for Slaughter 5 or the ' „

F Gracious '

Gracious fmlle which gave my kneeKng

Supplicant, a Kingdom •

Difobey*d, forfaken, friendlefs, and alone I Yet the inborn greatnefs of my Soul ren:iains ! And I ^vill dye with all my Majeliy about me,

— -Go wretched Woman Herdamongft

Thy Ses, and let that prptei^l thee i

syk. i will a while retire 5 watch this fear'd event, Acd if you laJl \ ^ boldly come forth and dye. Fxitl

Enter Solyniaa dnving in Achmet.

Soly, Eunuch \ Pandarl dlt'R thou (lop my Way?

That for thy impudence that for the poor Ahrmal

^c/j. O Sultan i our Prophet guard thee, I can no more DyesV

Ibr. What bold (lave art thou> who Throwing off the Sicred ties of Duty, Allegiance, darft with oflenfive Arms approach thy lawful Prince i

5o/)'. My Prince I — ^^ — -* Id'e fooner ferve a Ruffian Bear, Whofs inhuman paw, when I was Moft Affiduoas, mark'd me ftiii With Indignation — ■ — foch a M^nfier' So unaccouotable art thou i Oh \ Jbrcihim i Didil thoa bat hear Thy long ipjiir'd, and at length revoking

Peqple^hov they car fe thee, what-

A dire Catalogueof crimes repeat : Madft thou left one grain of Honour, Thou wouldil turn thy wounded ears away I And beg meu(e my Sword 5 but talk no more^

Ibr. Tray tors are ever loud — — — «» And to colour their own deteHed fin <, ^

Rebellion 3 with impudence, and calumoies- Befpatter the Throne, they dare attack.

So^. Was there a Slave throughout thy wide Dom/mJons, whom blind fate had curfed V/ith Wealth : His forfeit— Head Pay'd for his crinrie : V'/hilfl his extorted Treaiare fill'd th.y coffers, and fupply'd. New Luxury. Did vertue Reign in Any Man, a life Auilere 9 or ad^ive Valoui? Lik? our great Progenitors: Sfrait you, . And your Minions thooghr, this lookc

With •

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With a Refled^lng^e on your Debauches : DifpatchM the pious Wretch, and fent him To his Friends above ; then Women

You nvonopoliz'd ^ let her be Wife

Or Virgin, fair as Heaven, or niondrous as Heil : Witnefs your Armenim Miftrefs 5 all ferv'd As fuel to that confuming fire your Luft ; Hay, evea^the Relique of oyr late glorious Emperour, was not tree from your Attempt, Bet that her Lien Refolution made your Coward Heart (brink back.

Ibr. What! hoi

I5 there none to fecure this Traitor ?

Soly I tell thee, LoO: degenerate King? There's not a Soul will move a Tongue ^

Or Finger, in thy Defence ; thou ftandft Forfook by Heaven, and Human Aid — " Think now uponthe fair ^^oy^/^^i And if chy heart of Adamant unmov'd Cou'd bear an /ingel pray 5 if the angry Powers So punilh'd her fpotleis Innocence : What 'Horrours mufi remain for thee ; who bend'^l ■ Beneath the weight of thoufand thoufand Ills ?

Ibr. Come on, thou Rebel l

No Souldier fure thou S't •'

Thy Tongue's thy /barpeil Weapon— yet

If tfsou wer't j and did thy zdis excel the ' ^

Foremoftofmy Royal Race; thy Ignoble

Tomb mod bluOi to hold thee^the name of Rebel

Wou'd blot out the Hero^ and leave thy Fame

Deteft'd, to the honed World 5 as thou

Haft Reprefented mine!

Soly. My injur'd Friend^ and that unhappy Beauty Whom thy Luft haft ruin'd. gives Juftice to My Javelin's point, and fends ic to thy heart! Fight]

Ibr, T has reach'd it too, nor am I far from thine.

So/j/. Oh feeble Arm ! Oh ^/«^Mf ! • ' ,. MukfaS^

Cou'd I do no more for the® i

/^rc I amno longer now the fportof Fat€, This Atom which ourunfeen Rulers y"

Thus alternately have toft, now will reft For ever i my firft beft part of Life, Even all my Youth, to Dungeons, Dark And L-oathlom as my Grave, >a jealous Brother clofe confin'd : then flattered A while with Empire, Commec like,

Fa,.

4^ Ibrahim tbeTbirteenth Em^erour

1 made a glorious dreadful blaze; Yet thanks to my Niggard Stars, I Preft- The golden fruit of Power, and Drank. The very Quuitercence^ the Villon

Was too full of Rapture long- to h^i

In a sDoment the gjudy Scene isvsnilli'd,

And to my endkls Pr ifon, i in haOe return.' D^cs]

Enter Amurat, wh^o /peaks to his fcUomers Enttring^

Am. Sheath all your Swords, here Let Murder ceafe ; and whilit in fad complainings

1 move my Royal Matter's heart

Let no rude breath offend him

Ha I firetch'd on the floor 1 — — —

My Friend I haft thou dons this ? S^s W

Soly- To higher Judges I am (ammonM to appeal. Where I reward or puniiliment fliall find Tor this adt ; which excefiive friendihip forc'd i If thou in honour, as in valour ftill excell'ft? Forgive thy over- loving Friend: andwithafigh Remember all my faults, and Death. JD>'«,

Am, Ye inaufpicious Planets / whidi at my birtli Shot your intermingl'd F^ays ; and on ray lofaat,. Heav^ dropt the poifonous Influence : Oh ! that i could curfe ye from your Malignant Srheres i Was ever fuch a Wretch as Amurat ?-

My MiOrefs RavilL'dj ^Ehe cruel Ravifher

My Ernperour's dead,

My Friendj the Author 5 and paniOi'd too with death 1.

Bntir th£ Mufti <«»^ Muftapha, af7d feveral Cmm4»<ieri,_-

See Fathers, fee the ht^end of Our Commotions .'

Muft. Twas Heavens will, and therefore grieve no more 5^

Af;/#. All Eyes are fixt on you, nor doth the Bmpire yield an honour, which you may not claimi-

Am. Oh/ miftakenot the heart of ^»3«r4^ / Think not Ambition led me oa/ no ; Had not Love forc'd my backward Hand, 'i his Breaft had been a Rampart to Guard' The Life of Ibrahim ; and my Sword Deilroy'd even you, my Father, had;-

Ye attempted it! On the

llluftri.ous Head of the young Mahometi Let's fix the Imperial Ci'own! May,

of the Turks. 3^7

It be larger, and happier than his Departed Fathers .' and %vith Hearts, ^ From whence this Voice proceeds, Ring our

The Acclamation^^ LongXiWQ Mahotret ^

The Fourth ! Emperour of the true Believers^ i

Omms. Long live Mahomet the Fourth, &g. Amarat our great Deliverer I

Aiufl. Bear the Body to the Royal Mofqae, vvhilft 1^.., Whh Mufaph^, wait on the Sultana Queens 5 Difpel their fears, and caufe the perturbed State To realTume a Face fereae. Exenntr Muft. ^nd Miaftaphia.

. Enter Sheker, Para.

Shek Turn, Traitor, Turn ! and here behold

Thy Fate I 'Twas J difclos'd the *^*

Cloifter'd Maid, and forc'd her on the King That good Turn I ow'd for your Difdain.

Then If you loved A^orew^, wreak -

On me your Vengeance 5 and (Iriice Your Ponyard to my Heart 1

u^tnur* There are things, which by Antipathy We hate ; and fuch wert ever thou. The contaminated Blood (hall never Stain the Sword oi^mnrat. Live ! Detefted Creature .' Loaded With Shame and Infamy ! Beit Thy Curfe to live ! whilft Pointing Fingers, and bufie Tongues Proclaim thee, if thou appear*ft, hunted Through the City like a Bsaft of prey 5 And fbunn'd by all, whoever heard The Name of Goodnefs!

Shtki Lock back! and-Teel how vain thy GurieS'>are .' Thus! —I defie thy Malice ! (Stahs her fef)

Oh • Ihrahm! if in the other World ^ ^^'^

The faithful Shelter can be ufeful :

Lo (he comes Difdaining Life^

When thou art gone !

Amnr. Bear the polluted Wretch away, Whift I^ek myaiHided Fair r Aud recount the Wonders Revenge has done* Mx^m^.

Enter Morena Brefi in White.

Mor. Dref^ in thefe Robes of Innocence, painwou'd Ibdieve my Virgin Purity remaiQS 5 Bu£-

58 Ibrahim the "Thirteenth Emperouv

But oh s Memory the wretched 'fl Plague, Stiilgoad? me with the hated Image of my wrong. My Soul grows weary of its polluted Cage, And longs to wing the upper Air, where UiKorrupted Pureneis dwells.

£nter Ziy^i,

Come near, my Zayda, why doft thou

Tremble fo? Oh ihadftthou known .

The HorrourS; thy poor Miftrifs has,

Thou woud'ft have left to fe<ir .' ■

Zayd. Who canexprefs the Ten'ours of this dlfmal Night .•■ The mad !7*iw£,mej up, and raging for R.€venge,.. Put private Broils upon the publickfeore, ■ ' •' )■- Murder and Rapine, with Fury oncontroli'd Rang through the City, and make the Devaftation Horrible, the mangled f^ifier they have

Piece-meal torn; nor has their Vengeance i ^at— H'^f^^f"

Stopt here? The Life of the Empire, the Man ^ - - ■ - ^ '^'^^'^'l ^"^^ ^O We worihipt like a God, for whom ... ni^H 701 03 In&vao^^l luo :' We ftill were taught to pray 5 eve^ {"i^'^'"'''; The mighty Ibrahim is no more ! .^^ '"^^ -' .

Mor. h Ibrahim dtzdt Oh j^nmr at \

T fear thou haA gone too far ; and left .

Our Prophet, Oiou'd punilh thy Difloyalty j - ,

1 will, of my (elf, an Offering make I -^ &ci iA>fns:: Morena, the unhappy cau(e of all thefe Woes ^^"'"

AVe«^ the Atonement -^ ' ^ '

Go to my Clofet', bring from thence The Golden Bowl— This News

Has much difcTdier'd me- ^-

There is in that a foveraign Cordial •' Exit Zayda^

Look down ye Roman Ladies : W^hofe tracks of Virtue I with care,

Have followed -Behold! a

Turkijh Maid — — —who to the laft, Your great Example imitates : Scorns to furvivewhen Honour's loft .'

Efifer Z^y dcimh the BowL • 'i-ffv'' •'

I know my avenging Friends will inftsntly • "''

Be here gay in their Purple Ruins, thinking to glad My Soul with the fatal ftory -■, but like a fad Wreccb, Whofe loft is irrepparable, I muft never aim Accoffiforcmore.' Deeply Til tafte this precious Juice,

And

oj iDd 1 uriiSe 35

And feek that found long deep, where forrow,

Tormenting care thofe relllefi^sxieties

That keep iii Dreams the mind avvakejsppfoach no more I Dmks ihefoyfonl

Enter Aoiurat.

'Amnr, Hall my belov'd and charming fair i

Oh ! I havebinj where Blood and Defolation Reign'ds

Where horror in a thoafaad lliapes appeared :

But 'tis pa(i :. And I am arrived at the defired Land

Of P^ace — — 'Tftoa the Dove-like Emblemj whofe-

Lcsg'd lor (ight Calms the rough Tempefts '

O] my Soul, and tunes my Heart to Joy !

Mor, That thou hadft (lay 'd fome moments longer,

Jnmr Why ! My lov'd dear one i

i^or. I fiiame to caO my eyes towards thine Wherewith fiich pleafare I was wont to MA A glance, my Revenge is now compleat ; I know it, and am yet alive Lucreti^ dy'd before 1

Ampir. Inhuman fair! Death in the Perfon of my Friend I Hath toucht my heart too near j And now, to crown my mifery, Cruelly you talk of yours .'

Bmsrthe Mufti, Muftapha and fever d others]

^^^///•.- 1 he wrongs that Tyrrannick/^r^f^iw Had heap'd on the Snltana Queens \,. Caufes 'em jointly to rrjoyce 5

They call you their preferver, ^ To Amurat.^

And fend by me the Empire's Seal ^ \

With the Title of Prime F'ifier .- . . \

Begging you wo^^d-pr oted the Infant . ^ '

King, whom you have fo juftly Rais'd. ^

^;?««r. All Honours, Titles, Giories,at the Feet Of mf Adored I lay, if flis Will blefs me With [he fweersof Love, lam, what Theypleafe, elfe nothing.

Mor. Can the great Ammat fubmit fo low^ To talk of Fruition when 'tis pafr, Or to his Arms receive pollution ?

Amur. Name it no more ! The Royal Blood Of the ofFsoder hath cleanfed and waihed cue Thy Honours Stains, and white as thy ■ ■ • - .■■ - RobiS

45 1 pranim ifjt i ometnn Empefcur

Robes, thy Innocence appears. Shall I forfake the Chriftal Fountain, Becaufe a Roagh-hewn Satyr there Has quenchf his Thirft ? No J The SprTiig, thy Virgin Mind was pure !

^or. Talk on, methinks I tafie oFHeaven, To hear thre ! Let thy kind Breath Proceed : VVaft me from one Paradice To another!

^f^tir, Diflradion feize me •' Either '-.^

My fight deceives me J or my Love . - v.';

Looks exceeding pale •, fne Staggers too! t-' .**.

Help! Help ! Reir.orflefs Powers drive not The Wretch you form'd to 4:he Blafphemous Sins Difpair may utter !

MuJ^. My Daughter! what haft thou done!

Zayd. Oh ! my unhappy Mil^rifs •' I fear thct fatal Cordial! ^ -

v^w«r. Inveterate Stars! Now yeVe (Iretchc Your power to the lad degree, and Ye can curfe no more ! Oh! Morena\ morefavage — - Than our Lord ! for ever thou

Hafl Robb'd my Life of Joy, deprived . • -

My Eyes of Happinefs} which, till They clofe, muft gaze on Thee ! What hath my Love defer v'd for fuch ApuniOiment? ^orenal unkind! Cru^l ! unkind!

Mor. My Father! draw near 5 forgive this Firft> laft ad of DifobedlenceJ

You taught me. Sir, that Life nolonger ^ ^'

Was a good, then a clear Fram.e attended it 5 My Diflionour Rings through the Univerfe — Pardon my quitting it ! — — — — < Now Amurat 1 To thee— Here wHl I Lean a Moment, where I thought to Raign

A whole contented Age 1 fear the Cordial

Will prove too (irong .' Antidote the Poifon, And let me live .'

Amur, Thou (halt live! iince this Barbarous Climate has wrong'd fuch worth ; . -

rie Raife another Empire large as this. And fix thee there !

MoY. Fix me in thy Heart! more dear to me Than gaudiell Thrones .' Bethac

The

The facred Urn, where thy Morena refts ;

Noi\.exer l^t th_e Face of new0- bjighter

Beauty drive her thence l-r-r—

Oh ! Farewel !— — — . ^ tVies,

Amur. Oh ! fpeak ! fpeak once again !— -— — * Open thofe rofy Doors ! Dart from The fair^It Eyes that ever blell the World,

One Ray though 'tis a dying one / — •

Oh/ 'Tis impoflible / Is there , •

A Dungeon, Galley, Bedlam, can Produce ought fo miferable as Amurat\

Mufl. Dead, my lov'd Daughter ! Angry Prophet / when will thy vengeance ceafe 1

Amur. Oh ! never let it ! now let Earthquakes fliake the Bafis of this Foundation^ And whirlwinds drive us like duft about /

Muft. Have Patience, Son / Honour was The Miftrefs of thy Youth / Fair >i/br^;^^ hath form'd the bright idea

To the Life, Copy her, and court only Glory, ■"

Now let the great Buiinefs of the Empire ) ' ^

Divert thy Sorrow ? — —

Amur. Ye fay I am. Vilier, Guardian to the ~ ■

Infant King ; with Power unlimitted *- *

Command a World, almoft as large as .

Alexander^ — Oh ! ' Morena ! once my "

Living Miftrefs, now my dead Saiiit,

My Ever Worfhipt Dear : I do reaiember

What I promifed ; no Crowns, Lawrels, nor

The greateft height Ambition raifes,«

Shou'd ever mount me above thy Slave-— «

. Thus-^— — thus I keep my word— ^ iStgks himfelf.

Slighting all offers here I proftrate ly -^

No life fo happy, as with thee to die /

t^^/w/r. Oh/ fatal deed/ .

Muft. Ralh Adi! v '

Mufi. Where ihall I hide me from ■ This Scene of Woe / —No forrow Equals that which to the Dead we pay I

Becaufe there's no Room, left for . •

Hope of Friend !

Mg//]!^. Let's not -through grief negled the publick care Since in the change we had fo large a fnare •, On the Empires charge let's our fad thoughts impioy. There mu|t be room for that, though none for joy. ZExemit,

G EPI-

EPILOGUE.

TH E Play is fafi^ the danger is to domey Criticksy in -pity give a gentle doom. To Conquer thofe who can their Caufe maintain Is Glorious ; here the labour wou^d he vain : By the great Rules of Honour all Men know They mufi not Arm on a Defencelefs Foe, The Author on her meaknefs, not her ftrength reliesy And from your Jufiice to your Mercy flies,.

FINIS.

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H E Inhuman Cardinal ^ or, Innocence betray"* d. A Novel, 12. Written by Mrs. Fix. Printed for John Harding and Richard-^

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