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Scene. 4.
Enter the old King, Fidelio, and Amorpho.King.
The losse of my deare Queene afflicts me more
Then all Lapirus cursed trecheries: Inhumane monster!
Lap.
[in the pit.]
If you have humane formes to fit those voyces
And hearts that may be pierc'd with miseries groanes
Sent from a fainting Spirit; pitty a wretch,
A miserable man, Prisoner to darkenesse,
Your charitable strengths this way repaire,
And lift my flesh to the reviving Ayre.
Alas, some travelling man, by night out stript,
Missing his way into this danger slipt;
Set all our hands to helpe him; Come, good man,
They that sit high may make their ends below.
Lap.
Millions of thankes and prayses.
King.
Y'are heavie sir, who ere you be.
Lap.
There's weight within keepes downe my soule and me
King.
One full strength more makes our paines happie, poore strength helpes the poore.
So sir, y'are welcome to—Lapirus? oh.
(Lapi. fals downe.
We doe forgive thy Trechery, revive,
Tis pitty and not hate makes goodnesse thrive.
Lap.
Oh that astonishment had left me dead!
Shame, sitting on my brow, weighes downe my head:
Even thus the guilt of my abhorred sinne,
Flasht in my face when I beheld the Queene.
King.
Our Queene! oh where, Lapirus? tell the rest.
Lap.
Within this forrest with her Babes distrest.
King.
Which way? lead deare Lapirus.
Lap.
Follow me then.
King.
Not onely shall we quit thy soules offence
But give thy happy labour recompence.
Exeunt.
Dumbe shew.
Enter the old Queene weeping, with both her Jnfants, the one dead; she layes downe the other on a banke, and goes to bury the dead, expressing much griefe. Enter the former shepheards, walking by carelesly, at last they espie the child and strive for it, at last the Clowne gets it, and dandles it, expressing all signes of joy to them. Enter againe the Queene, she lookes for her Babe and finding it gone, wrings her hands; the Shepheards see her, then wisper together, then beckon to her; she joyfully runs to them, they returne her child, she points to her breasts, as meaning she should nurse it, they all give her money, the Clowne kisses the Babe and her, and so Exeunt severall wayes. Then enter Lapirus, the Old King, Amorpho, and Fidelio, they misse the Queene and so expressing great sorrow. Exeunt.
The miserable Queene expecting still
The Infants succour from Lapirus hand
Who wants himselfe; it chanc'd through extreame want
The youngest dyed, and this so neere his end
That had not Shepheards happily passed by
And on the Babe cast a compassionate eye,
And snatch't the child out of the armes of death
Where the sad mother left it, the same houre
Had beene his grave that gives his life new power.
Thus the distressed Queene to them unknowne
Was as a Nurse receiv'd unto her owne.
Whose sight Lapirus missing having led
The King her husband to this haplesse place,
They all depart in extreame height of griefe
To get unto their owne sad wants releefe.
Exit.
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