• ' i ~ • • ,.. ~'f - ,., ~. .. ~ ·· · · Seti ', 14. ' · ··-~: ·. ·· ) · _ ~ ..Jr ... , .. . .. . ....... ,. ( .. FOrtllwith te fadsfi e~he :Queens requcll-, :· ··;··'), ' . The King aadBAmttlf came:u.fito her F~art:,,. w ·,, Wherear the King, (what ~hen:qq bap.amifs ~ l Became her fuitor, that 'lVas ~timb'ly his> . · · , : And fairly thus intreiting., : ~his;be.fpake ! .. ,~ · .... 'What h~c ,~tee~ ejter would? andJqr ker fake ' What is•c the Kine; wool~ f10t. <prefer thy fuit . ·. 'Fair Queen : thofe that defpair; · lettJt~m be~ 111Ut.e•. ' Clear up th.ofe.clouded beam.s ( m.y fai~eft. B,ride ) .: ' My Kingdoms half ( requdl:ed) 1~11 divide. :.. Whereu the OEeen, half.hop!ng, half afraid,, ;, . Difclo!.'dher:ttem~ling li,ps,4nd thus !hefaid :·. . , ~If in the bounty of thy.rrincely Gf~Ce, : : ~ ' ' Thy fad petitjoneJ; R1ay tind a plac~ . , . ·· · c To fhrowd her moft unutterable' grief, ; · :;; , , 'Which if not there; may hop~ for·no relief; - :; . ' If in the treafure 9f thy gracious eyes, ' ( Whcre·mercy and relenting pity lies ) ' Thy hand-mai~ hath found favour ; l~r my Lorct 'Grant me my life ( n1y life (o much abhord, __ ' To do ·hinyfttvke ) an4.111y. pc9Ples life,~ ·.• ' Which n~w lie op,en to ~- tyrant~ knife : ,; ' Ot•r lives are fola, 'tis I, ,cis guilrJcfs .J, · \ 'Thy loyalSvoufe? rhyQueer1, an~ hers muft dk :· ~The fpot~is blo0dof me, thy faithful Bride, ~ ' Muft fwa~ejthe fwelling of atyrants priae : ,'Had we been fold for drudees,- rb atrcRd ' The bufie Spindle; or fodlive~""to fpend ~. ~ Ollr weary hours, to deferve -0ur bread, ' ·So asthe gainLl:ood bu.t my Lord in fiead, . 'I had been lilent, and nc'r fpend my bre1th ; 'But neither L1e t~at feeks i~, nor 'my dc:ah 'Can to himfc!f the leaft advantage briftg:, ' (Except revenge) nor to my Lord th: King, Like
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