`390 SAMSON AGONISTES. His errand on the wicked, who furpris'd 1285 'Lofe their defenfe difiraered and amaz'd. But patience is more oft the exercife Of faints, the trial of their fortitude, Making them each his deliverer, And victor over all 1290 That tyranny or fortune can infla, Either of thefe is in thy lot, Samfon, with might indued Above the fons of men ; but fight bereav'd May chance to number thee with thofe 1295 Whom patience finally mutt crown. This idol's day hath been to thee no day of reft, Laboring thy mind 'More than the working day thy hands. And yet pe!haps more trouble is behind, 1300 For I defery this way Some other tending, in his hand A fceptre or quaint ftaff he bears, Comes on amain, 1peed in his look. By his habit I difcern him now 13os A public officer, and now at hand, fiis meffage will be fbort and, voluble. Off. Hebrews, the pris'ner Samfon here I Peek. Cho. His manacles remark him, there he fits. Oj. Samfon, to thee our lords thus bid me fay ; This day to Dagon is a folemn feafT, 1311 With facrifices, triumph, pomp, and games ; Thy flrength they know furpaffing human rate, And now fome public proof thereof require To honor this great feat 't, nd great affernbly ; 1315 Rife therefore with all fpeed and come along, Where I will fee thee hearten'd and frefb clad To' appear as fits before th' illufirious lords. [them, Sam. Thou know'fi. I am an Hebrew, therefore C tell ur
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