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LO N DO N: \ • , Printed for George Strahan at the Golden Ball, ag?' ; t£;a Royal Exchange^ in Cornhill -^ and Bernard Lim^, -At v?;^ ' Middh'TeMfk-Gateln Fleetftreet, 1704. . .^ * Price is, 6d, ':<^:'' J.-- ■'■:> ,J 'A :, v »■ .'i <-i V H T O ANTHONY HENLEY, Efq; SIR, THIS Play of Liberty Afferted , is by the right of Nature Yours, not only as You are a zealous Lover of Your Country, and a generous AiTertor of Liberty , but as it 'owes its Birth and its very Being to You. For it was You, Sir, who gave the happy Hintupon which this Poem was form*d ^ from You as from a Source of noble Sentiments it defcended to Me, and 'tis from Me that with a |uft Ambition it afccnds to You. If I had had the Ha|)pinefs to be nearer to You during the time that I was Writing this Tragedy ^ if^ as I at firft received the Hint from You, I could have. receiv*d Your Inftruftions about the Dcfign and the Working of the Scenes, the Faults in this Poem had then been fewer, and the Prefentmore worthy You, But I know that the Noblenefs of Your Engliih Priii- ciples will oblige You to excufe its Faults, on Coi> fideration of the juft Intention with the which it was ' writ, and that was no lefs than to do good to Youi Country ^ to open the Eyes of deluded Men, to in- fpire them with the Love of Liberty, and unite and animate them againft . the Common Foe of Europe, But yet, if at laftl did not flatter my felf that this T='»=-s«r' "fwvi* — -»*'r" • I ';! Epifile Dedicatory. Play had many more Beauties than Faults, You fliould be the very lafi: Pcrfon to whom I would chufe to iKlJrcft; it. h Vou appear to be of the fame Opinion, I have gain'd the chief Ends which I propofe to my fcif in W riting, and that is to do a little Good, to dilVmgiiiih my fclf by what I write, and by thofe to whom I addrefs my fclf 1 ihall look upon Your Approbation as a glorious Earncfl; of Fame, for Truth will be fure at lad: to prevail ^ and that which we .call Tafte in Writing, is nothing but a fine Difcern- ment of Truth. But as Truth muft be always one, and always the fmie to all who have Eyes to difcern it i he who pleafes one of a true Tafte at firft, is fine of pleaflng all the World at laft. But I who have fometimes had the Honour to hear You talk of Criticifm, have been a long time throughly con- vinc'd that from an Intimacy with the Ancients; and a juft Knowledge of the Moderns, You have form'd that fine and admirable Tafte, which is fo rarely found among us. But I ought to confider that while I commend it, I may perhaps difpleafe it, and ought in Difcrction to fay no more. I am, S IFv, 7oHr mojl humble^ and mofl obedient Serin, h>: had neither ktiown the Guilt of his AMicns, nor had he fdt ifjL' Punijhmcnt of them. As the Athenians had Liberty with a Common-wealth, the Eng- liiil L'f'Joy the very fame Liberty under the Government if the bcfi of ^teens, and in fo doing are the happiefi People in the IVorlcL if thought therefore that I could not do a thim^ that would be Ktore acceptable to all true Englifl?men, than to ea(l ift my Mite Powards the defending and fi^ppor ting of that Liberty.- . TKaP S. v^ II hi ■-•'r.v> « PREFACE. "Tljat the Liberties <)/ Europe, and cftpis JJlattd particular^, arc in vo fmall Ddfigcr at prcfent from tBe gromng Power of Fiance, mil be cafly grafttcd by all bntfuch who are cither Foots or Knaves too iticorrigible to be tall(d too. But this is plain^ tlhit they are not jo mtch in danger^ from what fome call the Grcah/cj'f of the trench, as from the Bafcftefs of the rcji ^/Eu- rope. If tvc were hut at true to Liberty ^ as the French are to Tyafit/y, they would foon be as defpicable in their Circumfiances as they arc now in their Principles. 'Tis the want of public^ Spi- rit that ruins us^ and the Defign of this Tragedy is to inculcate that, this being its impori t Moral -^ that the want of public k. Spirit in the Members of any Community makfis not only the publicity but very often thofeprtvate>Perfons who want ity very unhappy^ that whoever J: lis or betrays his Country cither to a foreign Tyrant, as fome of the Confederatesy or to a home-bred one, as the whole Bo- dy of the French do ^ whoever does this upon the account of ad- vancing his Family, which is the general Motive to fuch publicly Treafonsy is fure to have himfelfand his Family fuffer with the rcfl, and perhaps with the foremojl. And this Moral is provd by the Dramatick Action both ways. It Jhews a Man who maizes a Treaty with th French upon private Interejl, made by that Treaty the mojl wretched of Mankind, of the happieji that he was before •, and it Jhews the very Frenchman whobre^s it, about to beplung'd by the Breach ofit^ in the moji deploraple Calamity ^ andt it jhews fomething farther too^ that the French, who arc the Injlruments of promoting Tyranny upon a private Interejl, are fo only becaufc they are fo far blinded by their Pajjtons, that they k.now not what they do :, that is, they know not that they are facrijjcing to their lyrant their very Children and Families, for whoje Support they pretend to all :, that if their other Pajjions did not conceal this from them, all of them who have any thing of natural AffeUicn, TPOidd he fo far from being guilty of jo unnatural a Villany^ that they ivoidd immediately declare for Liberty, Some People may perhaps admire, that I who have been accused of repeating the fame thing in the Play, the Prologue and Epilogue^ pjould yet appear to be farther guilty of that very Fault in the Preface. To whom I anfwer. That fince after all the Care I had taken in the Play, the Prologue and Epilogue, to ajfure the World • . that u that PREFACE.' that ihh nv/ an EngUJJj and vol a Partj Play^ there xterc fowe malicioits enough to affirm that thh was a Plaji writ /;//;•« pofcly to oblige the Whigs ^ I thought it lay upon we to pro^e what I had affirm d before , that this was not a Whig but dti EngliJI) Plajj which I jlmll manifijily, I believe^ nM^c o> this, I have introduced the Charaifers of two Frenchmen, YtonttWdiQand Miramont, who tire both of them Men of Hoi/o.tr :^ but the difference between them is this, that Miramont, ivho de- dares agai/^ Arbitrary Poiv'r, is altogether mthout Blemi/h, and the Faults and DefeSls in FrontenacV CharaUcr, are plainly dc- *(■ rropjfdl for putting a Ipa'dy end tc) the War, {70. fold by Mrs. BaUwin. a 2 rivd 4 ' PREFACE. I: Wii *» ,# nvd from his Zeal for their prefent Governwent, The other Objection is this, that the Satyr in the Ambajfadorr Scene is too courfe for delicate Ears. I k,novp it very wellj and in comnlaifiwce to fonie Qefitlcmen whom I ejieem^ I order d it to be left out after the fir U NigM, bnt I have printed ii with the rcji bccaufc they rvho do not likfi it may turn over it, and hecanfe it is likely to be ftibfervicnt to the end for which this Poem rcas nrtt J and that is, to animate our Engliftl againji the French ^ for I believe it may not be unacceptable to fome honeji downright EngUJhmenj who while we and the French are cutting one anothers Throats^ will not takfi it illy that tve do it withsat Ceremony, The Scene of thk Tragedy lies at Agnie in Canada ^ which^ for thefal{e of the better found, I call Angle. Canada is a vaji TraBofLand z» Northern America,<7»Me BackofNew England and NewYork. As New England and NewYork, and the Coun- try about them belong to the Engliftl, a confiderable part of Ca- . nada is'pojfefs'd by the French 5 and as the Engliftl and French divide the Country, they divide the Natives, The moji copjide* Table Nation of Canada, next to the Iroquois, are the Hurons, who are Friends' to the French. But the five Warlike Nations of the Iroquois are oar Confederates -^ of thofe five Nations, Agnio^ or Angles is one ^ and the chief Place of the Nation is Agnie or Angie, and thut much I thought fit to premife for the Sake of ihofe who haye never read either Hennepin or la Hontan, . But now it will be convenient to fay a word concerning the Scenes as they are mark'd in the printed Play^ and here, by the word Scene, I do not n^ean fo much the Place, as t^e Number of Perfons who are in A^ion upon that Place at a time. I have therefore dijiinguiflj'd the Scenes in the following Play, as they have been always dijiinguip'd by the AtJcients and by the Moderns of other Countries, atnl by i?;/r rir;/ Ben. Johnfon. Any Perfon who comes upon the Place of Action, or leaves it, makes d different Scene, and that new Scene is n/ark'd by the FigJtre'-^ its rcjpe- ctive Number, and the Names of the Perjons who an upon the Place of A&ion. I thought that agreeable Delufion into which the Reader willingly and gladly enters, for the fake of his Pica- fare, would he both greater a^d eaper if he were not put in mind •V. - PREFACE, . • ■ '■ ■ W of d Stage by Entrances and Exits, vphkfj are nothing hut Diri^^ re&ions that are given to a Play Hoitfe Prompter, The Defign ofthisPlay was much improvd by the Remonjlrancet which I receivd from my valued Friend Mr, Southern, whtf befides his Zeal to do good to his Friends, and a noble Sincerity^ uncommon among the Writers of this Age, by the ex tempore Re- marks which he made upon my reading this Play to him in a very hajly manner, fijcrpd at. oncefo much penetrating ^icf^nefs, as well as fo much Solidity, andfo much fnrenefs, as could belong to no Man but one who has a thorough ZJnderJianding of Nature, and who has that admirable Talent for touching the Pajpons^ which he has Jhewn in his Tragedies, Imuji own the Obligation too which I have to Mr, Betterton for the Hints I received from- him, (tfx well as for his excellent A&ion, This Play indeed receivd all the Grace and Ornament of A- Cfion in moft of the principal Parts, and in all the Womens, But that of Sakia by Mrs. Barry was aUedfo admirably and inimita- bly, as that no Stage in Europe can boaji of any thing that eomes> near to her Performance j or if the Foreign Stages can fhew any thing li^e it , they are at leajl prodigioujly improvd fince I was upon the Continent, That incomparable A&refs cfoanpng like Nature which Jhe reprefents , from Pajfion to Pajjion, from Extream to Extream, with piercing Force, and with eafie Grace , changes the Fkarts of all who fee her with irrefijlible Pleafitre, - - .^m** )^' --^ ERRATA, Pjgc ^^. for commendi tad commarJf, p. ;&. for the ghrkus SphSiirs, r. that gkrhi(S Sphear. p. » There the diftraScd Native rends his Hair, > Andjhrieks and tarings his Hands in true Defpair. j While no vexatious Griefs to you are known,' But here you meet f attend our pleafing moan. And gently jigh with Sorrow nor your own. By grateful Turns, with Fear and Pity feiz'd. And when moft terrify d are then ntoft pleas d -, But Tragick Scenes may come where this Delight Shall yield to Uorrour and to mortal Fright : When impious MAisJhall with a drtadful Roar Defcend to i;//i/ /»a/^ Britannia x Shore. ., ; ; ;^ 'Already Treajon whifpers come away^ ''•.»!•< ^nd clamorous Diftord cries make no delay. ^ ■ That Hour would fhew a Tragedy indeed, Whofefad SpeSators would not weep but bleed. '\ Which to prevent all Tat riot sfljould contend, Thefe Scenes were wrought tofervefo juft an end:, Tojhew our inbred Toes ere "'tis too late That they and theirs muft JJmre the common Tate. Tor France its Blood exhaujis, its Wealth expends T'obtain its own and not our Plotters ends. They who their Country for themf elves enthrall. Will fee thcmfelves and Children with it fall. Would they refied on this labile yet they may Thcmfelves and Children they would ne^er betray^ As in the following Scenes we fhew to Day. . Tor what Remains To pleafe and to inflrud we^ve done our befl. Then boldly let us make this juft Re^ueft^ Withfilent cat e to the firft AS attend^ TJ?en you with Pleafurc may perhaps unbend. / tf I .Tf«- . 1'%'. 'i EPI- 'X % EPILOGUE, T Hm have wejhewn whatjp proposed toJJjevo. All would fall off from Tyrants Jid they MnotK\ That with their wretched Country they betray " Themf elves and Children to tyrannick Sway. They who placed haughty Lewis on the Tlwone Would have declared againji Him, bad they known That their SouPs Darlings by his dire Commands "^ In Torments Jhould expire by bloody Handr, Or live a banijijd Race in foreign Lands, Thejierceji Creatures that the Woods contain IVhat they bring forth with fleafifng Love maintain. That Love the Lyon foftens, and the Bear^ TheWorldsfupported by that tender Care, All Savages but Men their Offspring /pare. But Man, grown blind by Luft, ofPow^r or TelJ, Will fell his Darling Offspring andhimfelf To reclaim fuch our Author bad me fay He wrote this Englijh and no Farty Play : He minds not who's of Whig or Tory Clan But who for Lewis />. or who for ANN > Yor the fame Friends have Lawlefs Rage and He^. As ANN has the fame Foes with Liberty. Oh may foe long command thefe happy IJles ! Where fhe with Freedom Empire reconciles ! Lpng o^er your Hearts may yon bright Circle, Reign Oh m.iy you never feel a ruder Chain ! ' And of no other Tyranny complain ! But Beauties Reign on Liberty depends When the French Rei^n begins, the Reign of Beauty endi\ The French are Slaves to Man's Defpotick Sway ' But with Prophanefs ailed every Day T3}ey force Ccleftial Beauty to oiey. ■f; •H .t D rama. <-' i^'i #- , ^** ... •* -Y» .« ■ W-"*' "^ '_— Z^--. ..n J f. K- .• - ■J^ Dramatis Perfonse. '¥■ M e-n; "4. "... f ♦ Frontenac^ Oovernour of New France, By Mr. Bovpman, Miramont^ his Kinfman. By Mr. Betterton, Beaufirt, General of the E»gUJh that^ come to the Affiftance of the Iroquois \ By Mr. P(m>elL 3ig3iin(k the French. } Vlamar^ General of the five Nations of ^ g^Mr B* th the Iroquois, 5 / • ^^ • .; Zeikario, Head of the Angians, one of 7 «• • #^ r ^ _ le five Nations of the /..ji.,/. ^ ^^ ^' ^""'^- Arintat an Angian, * Two Ambafladors. .''^-^ ' * ?^ 40 Officers, Quards, Mejfengers, '- " ' ** • t • ' ' ■^ ■ »"* ' . * " WOMEN. .1- Sdkiay Mother to VUmar, Irene, Daughter to Zephario, Okfma, Confident to Sakia, . By Mrs. Barry, By Mrs. Bracegirdle. By Mrs. Porter, W SCENE Angle in Canada. '-#■ •» '^1^' Liberty ^tfi'. *^*£> -- . 's3'-n^> 5;^' .-■; uui.':.. r-VA' rf /; Liberty Afferted. A C T I. S C E N E I. ..3 .^.■y uii SCENE, Angle in Canada. .,:";;>'^ M. s :.;<■* SCENE I Sakia 4«^ Okima. ^' '-^'^ "f'-^l Peak on, Thy Looks feem big with fomething that's im- Okif». Then briefly thus : [portant. Beaufort, that jointly with your valiant Son, Led forth his Englifti, and our Iroquois, .rt-" .^n ,; To ftqp thMncurfions of the French and Hurons, -,> Is juft from our Confederate Troops arrived. *' ^^;, .} .y/ri^. Alas! how fares my Z^//f«r4r .«' ;;... ' Okim, Before the Sun which now declines is fett. You may expe^: to hear it from himfelf, ,, ■^^,, r_^ For Betfi(f//?r/ left him juft prcpar'd to follo^l^ ... y^ ...,j. Sak. Now the great Mind be praifed ! My Son has loft then, and the French are Vi<9:ors. Okifff' No, my Sakray f -H&jr r^vxInnHT^ the Ruler of the World is not (b partial, ,iiij,^, i ^,^i; j,;a Nor arc the Guardian Spirits fo remits, -, - --^--j !-- .. tg;; r Which hover with tjieir golden Wings o'er CaHada.;^^^ i ,. ^ Your lovely Son, th' aufpipious Vlatftar, ^ y,^^ ^^ob ^ of No lefs tlw Darling is of Heav'n than ours. ^ . oB ^^^ r A thoufand French and Hurons pale and breathleft^ ^ , , j ■ ill . I ..*.. m 1^ I'.il I': ii {s El I M 2 Liberty Afferted. Extended on yon Plafn proclaim himVidor, - >■ And in the bloody Bui'nefs of the Day^ « . . No fingic Arm dealt Fate fo much as TJlumar's. Suk> Ah I wretched me! thou haft rowz'd all my Griefe. -\ OkiM* How, my Sabia^ Is your Son's Triumph then become your Grief? • . His Death had been your Joy then } > > — 1 Sak. Ah no ! thou know'ft I dote upon my Vldmary * "^ And when the Graces of his Mind and Perfon, - With Reafon's Eye feverely I furvey, • - -y-y. — Re U;rJ illfov l Your Son at leaft has other Sentiments. ' . ' f#Jl» ' ^ *> ^ Sak. Howe'er alas, my Son may be deceiv'd, '-. ; < ; f am a Slave, a miferable Slavey ' ^ v- '- Who far removed from my fweet Native Soil, ! ••vX'^ Far from the dearer Partner of my Hearti f'i {' » - v« rr r Have for twelve tedious Years been now confin'd*- rujoF i- To drag the galling Yoke of loathfome Life, • * «vn^>r \c. In this accurl?d Place :^ - . \ •• ^-^ . ■1 > r J :ri rr.idW To the dear Partner of my faithful Heart : Thofe Hopes have lately been reviv'd and animatedly By the prophetick Vifions .of the Night, bj£ Aad .A mmm^ / ''fill Libert) Ajferted, g^^ And Expe^ation of this fetal Aftron^i h lOjairiT .;. But this Relation has overthrown them all : jj rljirl'i r .,/ My Sdi's raiftakcn Valour has undone us, ;. '} il* .avI And tliou, O Miramont^ art loft for ever ! . y\ . : - *.. . , Okim, Forget your Hurons»and become an Angian. jii :■ Sak, O may the whole accurfed Race by Fate i d i >vit Be rooted ev'n from Human Memory ! »,, Vniino . or Perifti their very Names too with their Perfons,": \ mH f)M/ Excepting thine, for thoa art wondrous good. .-^^^C, Okfm, Sakia, you forget, ' { >^.-(, To curfe your Bencfaftors thus is impious, nvuiioi iw> Sak* To curfe our mortal Enemies is jaft. •>' ^ '•! '^ r' O/^r')!^. The Angians are your Friends and your Defenders. Sak* My Countfw's mortal Enemies are mine. •- ' Oki>»* iroquian Aftgie is your Courwry now. r* Sak* My Frifon never can be calJ'd my Country. Okim, TheAngian^ gave you Liberty at firlt^ ^' The Hour that made you Captives, favv you free. Sak' Why am I then with my unhappy Son : .. -^ ^ Detairfd eer fince in this detefted Clime, Enjoying nothing but the Name of Liberty, '■ Which hourly brings the thing to my Remembrance, And makes the Yoke of Slav'ry wring me moreJl Know that Tm not deluded by a Word, i ^ . ' And ev'n this Shadow of the Angians Favour ' > ' '' Is due to the Requeft of generous Beaufort 5 For.he the fatal Expedition led, .-. /. To which I owe this long Captivity, s *; i •' ;' ■; r To which I owe a twelve Years mortal Woe .13 v ^ .',.-. ' Confin'd by barbarous Iroquois io Aftgie i, , ,' Which may juft Heav'n by fti irpeft Plagues revenge ! Okim. You curie the Vi^ftors, Heav'n has curft the vanquih'd. Sak* Now they are Conquerors I'll hate them ninrc. Oki»t* Think that our Conqueft to your Son we%wc, >v Then curfe us if you can. 'r:h - " ! ; . ' Sak* Therefore the barbarous Iroquois I curfe. '^? Okifff. Upon your Son's account you ought to blefs us, Think on our Bounties heapd upon his Head, j .. oT .wvM.'» B 2 Sak Think 'li .V I i Bi;: It ii I 'J' I.? i ' 11 ! fi 'ii I ! In t .'A 4 Liberty Afferted. Sakf Think on the Trophies by his Valour won^ 'i^? With which tenfold your Bounty he repays. * '" Okint, *Tis to our Favour that he owes his Glory, '' Which, tho' he fcarce has reach'd his twentieth Year, Surpailes that of all our ancient Warriours. Suk' *Tis by his Glory you exift, but be • vuri - .> To Fortune ami himfelf his Glory owes, ' • » -^ * '- ' And the Inftruftions of the generous Beanfort, '^ 'f'-« For caufing him to turn his faraL Sword -^ ' ''' -^^ Upon the bleeding Bowels of his Country, ' ' '"'' And its Confederate Friends the Warlike French 5 Who for (trong Reafons ought to be mod dear to him. OkfM, Poorly your partial Mind affcfts the French, While he detefts the falfe perfidious Race, - '• ■ And threatens to extirpate all tbofe gay, ' )' < But rank and filthy Weeds from Girtf<5^• Sak,. Time will inftruft him better. Ok'm, Yis, for our Augie will become to morrow • His Country by a ftrifter dearer tie. - Sak." What meaneft thou ? • . Okjm. A Tie that will for ever fix Irim ours. ' Sal{. Explain thy felf. ' i" ■iiu,! 'ii . ^. >\ ' OJ^m.To 4 '-*,■«■ 1 1 -r ! 1 H!.! ii(i.ir«ii^p«p .M ^ Libeny Afferted. 5 Okim* To morrow's Sun, will fee chat Beanty his, For whom the lovdieft of our Indian Swains Have Hgh'd and Ogb'd in vain. Sak, Thou mean'ft the blooming Daughter of Zepharh, Head of th' Iroquian Tribes. Okfttt* Who can be meant but bleft Irene, whom , Divided Canada confents to adore, And they whp come from diftant Climes admire? The Adoration of two Worlds, the Engliih, To whom uncommon Beauty is familiar, A(toni(h*d gaze at her amazing For/n^ As at a Wonder never feen before, r '^ Sak* Yes, the brave Beaufort too admires Irene, And to her lays an equal Claim with ZJlamar 3 And for that Reafon thou art wrong intbrm'd. For Angie dares not difoblige the £ngli(h. O^im, But when the rival Friends went out to Battel, . Thus faid the wife Zephario, Ye macchlefs Friends, thou Beaufort and thou VUntar, Ye great and fair Supports of Liberty, Ana Canada agait)ft a faithlefs Race, "Who have perfidioufly furpriz'd our Angians, And in full Peace with Sword and Fire attack'd them 3 . Ldad forth our Arms againft the perjur'd Foe, And know that he who for the common Caufe, Againft that Foe performs the nobleft Deeds, At his return (hall call /rew his. ♦, .; ^, The Father faid, the charming Daughter blulh'd, . '^^ r And to the juft Decree the Friends confented. ,1 Sak» My Vlamar is not return d from fight. How can that Diff'rencc be determia'd then ? Okjm. By the delation of impartial Beaufort^ . , .By which he owns that your unequall'd Son, ;\!r ,;'.' By his wife Conduft and his brave Example, ' % Sav'd both his Englifti and our Iroquois. Sak' That was the Modefty of generous Beanfort^ But when he own'd this was Irene prefent ? Okim, Yes, and in fpight of all her ihy Demurenefs, Joy v;;. - * / \'^ ■'.'J ll ■lei 1 n i Liberty Affertei. Joy lightcn'd on a fudden from licr Eyes, ^ ■ ..i.«;AO . Which ftriigling Qie fupprcft and blu(hing frown'd, j.. • •*. i Or I'm miftakcn, or (lie loves your VUmar, ^ ./' -v i Sak' Confufion ! 4 Aj^ v ; Oi^/w. Come, (lie is vorthy of the firft of Men. Sak' Tis true, lb fair a Creature I ne'er faw.. / a'» ICv'n I, whom povv'rful Rcafons force to hatcher, • v! xv'u 1 with Pleafu"-' gaze upon her Face, ' ;■ .., And viewing grow infenfibly her Friend. But may (he perifh e'er (he weds my VUmdr, Nay,4raay they pcri(h both. ^.. . / . ., OA»w. To lx)th you're cruel. Sa\. No, for if once their Hands arc join'd he's loft, ' To me and to the be(t of Fathers loft, Who lov'd him as the Darling of his Soul 5 . ,. , And to reftore him to whofe tender Arms, ; . I have "endur'd to live thus long a Slave. . ;; w Ol{iw. But fee, the noble Beaufort comes to attend you. SCENE II. Sakia, Okima, Beaufort. ; Sak. You're welcome, worthy jBe And all tlie Crimes of the perfidious French. Sak' They needs muft conquer for whom Heav'n declares, In fpightof all the Valour of their Foes. Beanf. Madam, their Valour much you over rate, ' They know themfelves, and to themfelves are juft, . While they are falfe to all the World befide. They feel themfelves too guilty to be brave. v"^^* ..)\v Tis a ftirewd Sign their Valour they miftruft, Who * J t.'Ti .<:is' r .1 Liberty Affertedl J^r Who ftiil on Trcafon or on Odds depend. But againft Odds and Trcifons both we conquer'd, Such Force deriv'd 've ff ii the juft Difdain That Honour, Innocence, and heavenly Truth, Should yield to Falftiood, and to Hell-born Crimes, That Thought alone fuftaiii'd our finking Troops, That Thought inflam'd them in extreme Diftrefs, When one of them cried fuddenly aloud. Lifting his wounded, wearied Arms to Heav*n, Thou Maker of the World to whom we bow. If it be Thou and not blind Chance that governs, To thee we appeal, here manifeft thy Juftice. Okittt* Now by that Pow'r thou haft fet my Soul on Fire, What followed } Bedufi Not the laft Trumpet that muft rowfe the dead. To them more fudden Vigour (hall convey, 9 Than did to our^ that animating Voice, "^ ' All thought that Heav'n declar'd it felf aloud. Strange Sights ^ere feen, .and wondrous Sounds were heard, *Tis laid a Flame defcended upon Vlamar, And round his Temples fprcad its lambent Glory ;, But this is fure, his Deeds were more than Human. And Conqueft lightning in his Eyes, and Thundring in bis Arm^ , Rows'd all our Vigour in our fainting Troops, • And ftruck a fatal Damp upon the Foe. Sak' 3eauforfy thou art too partial to thy Friend; Beauf. I am not partial, I an'barely juft. Sak. He who is fo magnanimoiifly juft, Mult have done greater Wonders of his own : Do Juftice to thy felf then. Beaftf, What I performed I did not in the dark^ But Earth and conlcious Heav'n were both S :ieftatorSj, I therefore need not fpeak. .,;,., Sak- Remember the Reward. ^ „ j Think on /re^e. "* , ... » Beaufi She's always in my Thoughts, . ' ' '. . , ^ Afi^. And do you love her? Beaufi Have I my fight ? To fee her is talovt her.^ 5^^. And- .M ■r ■\i 1 Jtfiff^- ', f m "^ :■. S 8 Liberty Afferted. V Sak' And can you poorly quit lier to another? j Bcauf. No, nor would I balely win her. ^ j 6'^^. Yet you exalt your Rival to the Skies. Beanf. That Rival is your Son and is my Friend. And ftill is partial when he mentions mc. Sal{. T hi r.k of what Love requires. Beauf. There is a Duty due to Friendihip tooj , A thonfand Lovers worlbip fair /;r»r, but who but I hys fuch a Friend as Dlamar . , ^ Who ftrives againft his Benefador's Blifs > Remind hin. of his Obligations. ,{ Beauf What Obligations } Sak. Fie well remembers tliem tho' you forget. Too generous Beaufort. Who fnatch'd the Dagger from his Infant Breaft, In that accurfed Hour that made us Capdves ? When only we of all the Slaves were fav'd. Who forc'd the Iroquois to give us Liberty, At leaft a (hew of Liberty ? Who fince inftrufted him in glorious Arms > Inftrufted him in European Arts ? To whofe dear F'riendrfiip is his Glory owing. His noble Afts, and his accomplilb'd Greatnels } Tell hjm atoud he owes all this to Emaufort *,... •> > ■:^;A >. ; ■JY. i\-^ .V, Beaufi Why Iv r-i- v\ a •) Liberty Afferted. Beauf. Why Qiould I tell him this > Sak Tq urge him, By the remembcance of thefe mighty Benefits, To quit his fond Pretenfions to Irem^ ; And not impeach his Happincfs, to whom, ' '■^■, Whate'er he has, whate'r he is he owes. .-^ Beauf, He owes his Greatnefs to himfelf alone, And carries an Inftruftor in his Breaft, • i Beyond what all the World can e'er fupply 5 For Vlamar feems fent exprefs from Heav'n, To civilize this rugged Indian Clime 5 : j ,'/ , .' But grant tome alone heow'd his Greatneli, '• , . How bale, how barb'rous would it be to upbraid him.?, ., Befides all this, how vain ? for know your Sons ^ l No vulgar Paffion is that force acquires, *: f;i,- , " By juft Degrees, and kindles into Flame 5 ., ' His the firft moment blafted him, like Lightning , ; ' , ^„ That falls from Heav'n when jf ' ^J ' ; Beauf. Immediately he had recourfe to me, Who (aw, and therefore lov'd Irene firft 5 Then Sorrow dreaming from his humid Eyes, That fparkled with Defire, my Friend, fays he, I come to take my leave, for I muft die, Since only Death can make me juft to Beaufort ^ For only his cold Hand can quench the Flame « That is injurious to my Friend, to whom . . The beft of Mothers and my felf I owe, ; ' . . .{, • And then I love, faid he, with faltring Tongue, And with a Heart about to break with Grief, I love Irene, and for Beaufort die. Sal{, And how receiv'd you this ? Beaitf With fome Surprife, but yet with firm Refolve, Vi height of Frlendftiip not to be furpafs'd. But ratlier chufe to hazard her than lofe ,,—? ;• < So faithful and fo brave a Friend as TJlannar. Sak" O noble FriendQiip! Unexanipl'd Rivalftiip ! . ■ .-.v'' C Wer-: 9 lO Liberty Afferted. 'Were all tliy Countrymen like thee, brave Beaufort^ '' - The Sun himlclf in all his (hining Round, £i;^e nrit his Progrefs from the Eaft began,*- ^ '•- Would ne'er have feen a greater nobler People. But ft ill my Soul from this difaftrous Love Forebodes much Milchief.* ^ .. ^i ;*-ie S C E N E ^ III. Sak. Okim. Beau£ Meffengcrs ' Shouts, i w ■ V :. . ■r bJMi.T li 'A \ l> I i; 4 4 ^'.■ Oi' -i't Bemf. What Shouts of Joy are thefe ? - _ ikfc^ Juii: now viftorious Vlamar's arriv'd, And with thefe Shouts the joyful Angians welcome him. Beauf. Kind Heav n be prais'd T • , Mejf, Within an hour the Angians meet in Council^ Mean while your Friend attends you at your Houle. Sak' O Heav'ns, my Son refuies then to fee me. Mejf. The French by Ambafladors now proffer PeacCi^ Concerning which he would confer with you Before the Council meets. Bemf' Tell him I come. ■ ' • .1;. • ! , V- SCENE IV. Sak. Okim. Beaufott. Beauf, This profFer'd Peace (hall be refus'd with Scorn, * if I have any Credit with the Angians.. They proiFer Peace ! Their frontlefs European Infolence I • -' s ' When Heav n Jagainft their Perjuries declares^ And halting Vengeance like a Blood-hound, flow, But ftanch overtakes them with his deep mouth'd Cry, ' Confounds their Treafure, and their Troops confumes 5- Fhft they fing Songs of Triumph for their LolTes, And then, forfooth, they give the World a Peace;. CHi 1 'tis a bleffed Peace that binds our HandSi , ' ' And leaves theirs loofe, whom neither plighted Faith, "• Nor Vows, nor folemn'ft Oaths could e'er< reftrain, StEong.Bonds^ if Bonds periidioua Men could tie \ . 54. Ah! Okima I I fink, I die with Grief, ^ On this Important now depends my all 5 For (liould my Vlamar obftru^ this Peace, And obftinately (hould efpoufe Inw:, Then name a Wretch that's fo accurft as I. •• ' OkJM, Come, you provoke th* indulgent Powers to leave yo.u. And lofe your Sons Advantage and your own 5 For both you'll in this happy Marriage find. Saki. Once more thou know'ft him not, nor he himfelf, For hitherto within this wretched Breaft, From all the World I've kept th' important Myftery^^ But now my Spirit groans beneath its Load And I would eafe my Qvej-burthen'd Soul. Okint, Difcharge it then upon this faithful Breaft; Sak» But firft by that eternal Spirit fwear. Swear by that awful, that all-feeing Mind, ^ * That confcious is alone to the dread Secret, -- To let no Time, nor Art, nor Force Extort it from thy Mind. Okj^f. By that eternal confcious Pow'r I fwear. Suk. Know then my Son, who thinks himfelf a Huron, And whom too thou believ'ft of Indian Birth, No Huron is, nor of Canadian Kind 5 ^ ' Know he defccnded of a Chriftian Sire, Young, valiant, beautiful, of noble Race. Okt»fi^ A Chriftian ! you amaze me! of what Nation ? Sa\. Confult my Palfions, and 1* thofe inform thee. i C 2 Okf'^. What * I' i •'(■;( "^. ■i! I II h 12 Liberty Afferted. Okiw. What fay 'ft thou ? Then by Nation he is French. Sak' French is his Nation, Miramont his Name. Okifff' Why is this Secret from your Son conceal'd I Suk' Let Time and Fate reveal it to him. i . ,;. Okjm. Why not his Mother ? ' i i • .v' Sak' I dare not. *■-■■, ^ i.- '•'v.O^. . . \ Qk}ni, What (hould deter you ? Sak* Know that my Guardian Spirit in my Dreams Has more than once with fearful Threats forbid me. Befides, th' important Secret (hould I tell, • • - Before my Son has feen and known his Father, So deadly is his Hatred to the French, The which, together wicn his Years grew up. It might a criminal Averfion caufe. To him who gave him Being ^ and befideSj All hopes of Peace it furely would deftroy : ■. r , For that upon hi§ Sentiment depends, But he who Angle to the World prefers, ' ' . Will do his utmoft to obftruft a Peace, That needs muft tear him from this curfed Clime. . , He'll know that Peace will foon divulge his Birth, j' And knows the Angians never will endure j;^ To have a Frenchman lead their Troops to Battel. Befides, (liould Ulamar this Secret hear Bp*bre he fees and knovvs his noble Father, It might produce an impious Thought of me.. •( . Okjw, Tiiis is but one of thofe fantaftick Fears ^ : - , To which long MelanchoUy makes you fubjeft 5 , For why (hould it produce that impious Thought ^ Sak' In fccret Miramont and I were match'd^ ■, And thrice three Years in Bonds clandeftine liv'd 5 In fecret too I brought forth Ulamar 3 ; '\'j . And for three Years in private was he nurft, r, >, And five I bred him with me as my Slave, By Miramont prefented to iiiy Father, And then your Angians made us real Captives. » When firft my Husband's Hands and xxik^Q were Join'd* No Soul was confdous to my plighted Troth, Rut Heav'n, and Miramont^ and the poor Prieft That ■*.^'\ v^'^,:. .■ ■'•im^ rr"^ Liheriji Afferted. ij That kindly tied th* indiffoluble Bond. ' • ^- • .'r Should Af»w«w»/, avert it Heav'n, be gone To that ftrange Land where Souls departed dwell. What Thoughts might fuch a Tale produce in VUmar . Sakf Know that my Miramont^ of noble Race,. Was yet a younger Brother of his Houfe, , . And therefore he depended on his King, Now with that King thofe haughty Priefts have Pow*r, Whoftile themfelves Companions of their God, And they, unlefs I would embrace their Faith,. Forbad all Nuptial League 'twixt me znd Miramont^ Upon the penance of his King's Difpleafure. OA/w. When yoi\ were taken where wsisMiramntJ , ^ Sa\. He then was in a diftant Fort befieg'd, Which for his Monarch bravely he maintain'd. 0^if», Have you ne*er fince had Tidings of him 5 . Sak* Ah ! there thou prob'ft me to the very Hearty ♦ ' I fince have never, never heard -of him. , Okif»' Perhaps by Fortune of that War lie fell. Sai^. Should I believe thee my fad Heart would break. And I, dear Miramont^ once more (hould join thee 5; But the great Mind is merciful and good, And may have Comfort yet for poor Sukia, , ,- . . That I from W,rammt have never heard. Proceeds from the vaft Trad of Land between us, Or want of Commerce 'tvvi'it the Fronch and you, ' Or from th* unufual Names your Nation gave us. When firft they brought us mourful Slaves to Angk ^: For I whom th* Augiatts now Sakid call, l^ikfii(i was thro* all th' Huronian Land, And TJlamar young Miramont was there. Ok}f». But (hould he live, you three can never mset, ' For as this Secret to the World divulg'd, • Ruins your Son with thefe five Warlike Nations 5 : ' So 'twill difgrace your Husband with the French, Their y y i I m ft! tioie > all. 14 Liberty Ajferted. Their Prices offended would incenfe their' King. $ak' My OkffMa^ know things are alter'd much I For by long Conferences here with Beaufort, My Son and I both ftrongly areinclin'd -• / T'embrace the Chriftian Faith. '' > '• OA/V«. Ye Pow'rs ! who ever in fo ftiort a Difplay'd fuch various Wonders ? . , ' . Yet Mirawoftt by ftrong Prefumptions dead,>' And 'tis your Safety to promote this Match. SaL What ! with my Husband's mortal Enemies Oki^. The dead have none, Death reconciles us Sak' But know that once My Miramont, when in a dangerous State, Upon the Bed of Languifhment be lay, Caus'd me to fwear by all fhat I rever'd. Even by the faored Bond that join'd our Hands, By Love, the facred Tie that join'd our Souls, And by the bright eternal Source of Love 5 That when my Vlantar arriv'd to Manhood, 1 I ne'er would wed him to an Indian Maidj - But would tranfport him to thofe happy Climes, That th' Ocean from our Canada divides. Befides, in the dread Vifions of the Night, I now for three fucceffive Nights have feen Miramont threatning with a dreadful Frown Jrene^ and the Love-fick TJlawar* Thefe Dreams are to my Son of dire Prefage, And here remind me e'er it be too late. To run and tear him from impending Fate. ACT 11. S C E N E I uAV -X) \m. Sakia, Beaufort. Sak- \ \ THen meets the Council > VV Beanfi Already they're aflembled. And now difpofe of mine and your Son's Fate, The be^tiful Irefte, .jy\ ' »■• ■ ■'». And ■ r '^■"^'■-. Liberty Ajjerte£ i And in an hour here we exped Zepharfo, ' v,\. Who muft impart their final Refolution to us. * Sal{. Have they debated yet of Peace and War ? Beaufi That the Angian Council have referr'd to me. And to your Son, and to the wife Zepharhk Sak'i When will piy Son vouchfafe to hear his Mother ^ Beanf: See, where he comes to attend you. ' ^ • ' ^. SCENE II. Sakia, Ulamar. I VUm. My Mother i Sak> My Son! Oh may the Bounty of th* eternal Mind Show'r down his choiceft Bleflings on my TJUmar / Vlam, Oh may he but prolong the prefcnt Bleffingt That I may long behold the beft of Mothers. Sak* And yet you could defert this Mother, VtamaWy And could refift her abfolute Commands, * And air her foft Entreaties could defpife J And I behold thee here in fpight of both, All difmal with the pretious Blood of Hurons And their Allies, Heav'n knc ,/s, alas, whofe Blood I Why would'ft thou thus againft my fofteft Pray'rs,, Do an unnatural Deed that thus fhould pierce The tender Bowels of the Wretch that bore thee > Ulam. And how could I avoid it ? liow refift Th*^ Almighty Voice of God, and the great CalK, Of Nature urging me to repel Force By Force, and to defend my lelf and you? '^ , Sak,, O name not me ! for me thou haft undone. . • Vk^f, And how could I refift my Country's Call ?■ That awful Call that in extreme Diftrefs Aloud implor'd my Aid > Sak' Thy Country! Ah! thou fought'ft againft it, ZJto<:r,, And haft embru'd thy Hands in its dear Blood. plam» My Hands are nobly painted with the Blood: Of Hufons and of French, its mortal Foes. , . , ^ 544* And canft thou then fo utterly forgets . ' ^ IhaC: i"*5 1^3 i6 Liberty Afjerted. i>. That thou vvcrt lx>;n upon th* Huronian Lake? .- ,; „/ Vliiw, No, but I know that I am an Angian riow, -, ,v» My Hand, my Heart, my Soul are Aiiglans all. ^.,^\ * /. Sak' And has a twelve Years Bondage fo e(lrang*d thee. That thou eftccm'li thy Countrymen thy Focs> , ^ ^. -^ VVcakiicfs to be pitied or defpis'd ! , ,. ^^ .^^% Via///, For cvcrbleflibe that eternal PowV, VJ'j ^ ,.- \ That gave me a human compreheniive'Soul, That can look down upon all narrow Principles. For every have Man's Country is the Univerfe, His Countrymen Mankind, but chiefly thofe Who vvilh the Happinefs of all the reft, . > '> And vvlio are Friends to all their Fellow Creatures : j And fuch are all the brave Iroquian Tribes, Such are th* unconquer'd Engli(h, free themfelves, . / And loving all who adually are free, And all who fadly figh for Liberty 5 , / / But hating Tyrants and their Slaves alike, - , , And equally contemning both as fall'n -I^.^V '' Below the Dignity of Human Nature. '^* " '^ '«K?t ' . ' Sak* Tyrants are odious, Slaves are to be pitied, / Our own fad Fate has told us fo. r ' . Vlam, To me all Slaves are odious as their Tyrants, ^ ; 1 mean all Slaves who are the Tools of Tyrants, ' "^ They are true Slaves, who have the Souls of Slaves, ' ' " And worfe than Beafts make ufe of their own Hands* To clinch the Chains which firft their Mafters tied. Such tame and wretched things are all your Hurons, No Countrymen for me who here difown them. Such are thofe Pefts of Human Race the French, Damn'd to eternal Slavery themfelves. And therefore would like Devils damn Mankind. Sal{, The Hurons thou difown'ft, difown them ftill. But know amongft them are thy dear Relations, Whom God and Nature charges thee to cheriQi : ■ How canft thou tell that in the late fought Field i Thou didft not meet thy Father in thy Foe } Yes, how canft thou be fure thou didft not lift ^ Thy ■ H 1 1 Liberty Ajferted. >7 Thy impious Head againft his facred Life, And dabbing me in bim in whom I live, .< Aft in one blowadouble paracidel "* %)Um. When e'er I cea(e to hearken to the Diftates Of the World's Ruler and his Servant Nature, '.^i. j I (hall deferve to be a thing accurft 5 In the late Fight that I might fpare my Kindred, I (hun d your Hurons and attack'd the French, > And urging thro* their troops my glorious Way, I made a (laughter of their bravelt Chiefs, Which they will long with bitter Woe remember. Sak, Ha ! have a care ! thou fayeft Mankind's thy Kindred, Among the French too thou might'ft find Relations. ^ ZJ/^iw. Tis true we were created Brothers all. And all defcend from one eternal Sire 5 _ / But whom the Father for his Sons difowns, ,^.. I own not for my Brethren 5 no, the Brave And Juftare only Brethren worthy me. And fuch 1 (hall refpeft where e'er I find them. .- * ' Sak' And canft thou fondly think there are no fuch Among the Squadrons of the warlike French > 2J/ I Vlam. Ma- *A s % Liberty Ajjerted. 19 Vhm. Madam, your Looks difcovcr great Diforder. . She hears mc not, nor fees me ^ now her Eyes « Seem deeply fix'd upon feme abfent objcdt j And n(^ they wildly rowl. What mean thefe Mufings, and thefe fudden Starts } And thefe Convulfions that thus (hake her Soul ! Heav'n long preferve my V^;)ther I Madam hear me, . Some body comes, retire betore they appproach, Andbenotfeeninthisextreni Diforder. ' ^ . [Leads her OH^, and rHums. SCENE III. Ulamar, Beaufort. : , Beauf, My Ulamar / ^ Vlam, My Friend. Ha I thou look'ft fad, whenever thou art gricv'd, Alas 1 find *tislmy felfthat fuffer^ What Thought difturbs my Friend?* * Beauf, Thy fympathizing Grief difturbs thy Friend, But when I think of lofing thee, oh then! Vlam. That lofs would quickly be repair'd, for thou, , Who mad'ft me what I am can'ft make another 5 And form him fit for Friendftiip and for thee. Beauf, Twas Heav'n alone could make thee what thou art, A Jewel of ineftimable Price, I added to thy Luftre, not thy Worth, And the fmall Pains I took to make thee (hine, , Makes thee more pretious in my joyful Eyes 5 ,,. , . ,, . r But when I think of lofing thee. - / yV Ulam, I will not think of lofing thee, ' ' I cannot bear the Thought. ~: .; ' ' . J3erf«/ Whofemuft^^webe? -J _^ .. , , Vlant, Heav'n only knows, ' _^ - But will alas in one half Hour declare. - 1 Beauf, Whofe is her Heart, for thou haft oft enquir'd. Vlant, But never yet could find. Beauf, To me (he ftill has too refpeftful been, ^ And much tocy^cold and too indifferent. Vlaift, And too uneafie and referv'^ to me. Da B r '. 11 i i 20 Liberty Afferted. ■ I o Bcaiff. Perhaps rome happier Man among the Crovv'd, Ot her Adorers while we (igh in vain, Potlcfies all her Soul^ 'lis hard to think, Th;it llie whole Beauty captivates all Hearts, Should be like Virtue, with her ielf content, And never know dcfire. Try l-er once more at this important Junfture, For I have fearch'd into her Heart in vain 5 *Tis true, my Soul is of her Beauty fond, As ev'n of Glory, with whofe noble fire. It twenty Years fnccesfiilly has burn'd^ Yet I who fee my fortieth Sun renew 'd ^ Will entertain no Pafiion that revolts, From Reafons fovereign and eternal Law. Tis true I vyould, for who would not be bleft ? But will not by her Mifery be bleft. VUm, Nor I by Heav'n I Beauf. But now let me conjure thee Vlamar, Ev'n by that charming Kope that makes us languifli. By holy Friendfhip's venerable Bond That now confines us in this ftridb Embrace, By the Remembrance of thofe happy Hours Which we have part exciting one another To elevated Thoughts and glorious Deeds 5 For whomfoever Fate referves Irene^ Oh let him not be bleft by halves, ^-^ Let him not lofe his Friend > May never any Coldnefs come till Death, ' Between our Loves and us ! VluM. Not Death himfelf Unkfs he qrite extinguiflies my Mind, ' ., Shall make me cold to Beaufort^ Beattf. But our Fate comes, and I muft difappcar. SCENE IV. Ulamar, Irene. .*f.. ii-y I x- Irpff, Was not that Beaufort ^ why does he avoid us > What makes him look fo fad ^ /' ■ ' . »""^ .^. i,t!j '^^ Liberty Ajferted. 21 [i^rfr/. VUm, By Hcav'n (he feems conccm'd for him. Thrice happy Beaufort! Whofe Sorrow ev'n in abfence has the force. To move your Soul, while I betorc your Eye« Unpitied can defpair. Jre«. Ah you mirtake me, U/4»tfr/ Oh that I had the Pow'ras I have the Will To bring foft Peace to ev'ry troubled B.eaft ! Ulam. And 'tis that Virtue that undoes me more, Tis not that Angel's Face, nor Angel's Form, ; » ^^ That Form furpafling all your lovely Sex 5 * f.- ' ".. Tis nottliat winning Pomp of outward Graces Which upon you, as on their Queen attend j But 'tis your mind that Captivates my Soul, Your Mind in Youth's firft Bloom with ev'ry Grace, And ev'ry Virtue fraught, as if that Heav'n And Nature's felf took pleafure to inftruft you. > Before I beheld thee my reftlefs Soul, To foraething high, to foraething.great afpir'dj But what 1 ne'er could tell, till feeing thee And knowing thee inform'd and fix'd my ravifti'd Soul, And (hew*d It what with blind and reftlefs fearch Before it fought in vain^ yes, (hew'd it Virtue:. Virtue it felf that by great Heav'ns Command^ AlTumes that lovely Form t'attrad Mankind, And draw them to it felf. ... * But while you captivate the gazing World v . You ftill remain ferene, as if that Heav'n : . Defign'd you not to love but be ador'd. Appearing not to know how very warm How (bar ply pointed are thofe fatal Eyes^ Smiling, you kill and know not that you ftrike, ^ And we with Pleafure die. Iren, Oh fond miftaken Dlamar! oh never more decciv'd f Know all the Extremities of Love I feel. Vlam, You love> Jr«». lam all Love, I burn, I die with Love. Ulattti Tis fure for fome immortal Being then, For mortal Man could ne%r conceal his Joy, Irm.. A^ V <. •^'^I. ^2 I* ■:>■. i ■K Nil Liberty Ajfertei. Inn, Alas he knows it not no more than Vtamitr, -* *^ VUfM. Let liim be told it e'er it be too late ^ Is it for Beaufort ^ I'll refign to Beaufort, For tbo* I love thee more than Life it felf, . . .> :. - The/ 'fis impofllble to live without theej ' To tbevv thee liow much I prefer thy Happinefs Before my own, I will to make thee happy, 1 will leave thee the lovelieft ♦•hing in Nature, For Death the moft deteftable. Iren, Beaufort, affure thy felf has all my efteem, But 'tis another that has all my Heart. • ' ULwt. O Man whofe Happinefs, ev'n Gods might envy ! My Friend and I, for 1 for him dare anfwer, Will no advantage take of ";hat the Council, And wICq Zephario (hall anon detSirmirie ^ ^ But both, oh Gods, to him refign our Claim! Iren. [Afide.li O match lefs Love! O proofof Godlike Virtue ! While he fpeaks this behold with what Convulfions His ftruggling Pallion (hakes his generous Frame, With whofe cxcefs he trembles and- he dies. ' " Viam, But oh ! if ever thou could'ft be too blame, ' ■ Tliou would'it be fo in this, for why? oh why - ' ^ Haf\ thou fo long conceaVd the fatal Secret ? ''. ■^* • Jrcn. Becaufe I never could 'till now declare it Without expofing too much (hameful Weaknefs^ Therefore my raging Padion I conLa'd, Which burning inward prey'd upon my Life 5 ^ '; Dot from the Man I lov'd I hid it mo(t. ' ' In this alas 1 fympathize with you^ • ', ' Tis not my Lover's Form enfnares my Heart, Tho' his our Angian Virgins all adore^ But when I faw a Youth in his f^rft Bloom ' ' • Lead our brave Iroquois with more fuccefs • ' Than our moft ancient and experienc'd Warriors, Perform fuch Wonders for his Countrey's Safety, And lor the Libcrtys of Humankind j To which he facrifices his Repofe, ' ' And ev'n his Life, and Hazards the enjoyment ' ' ^' Of wlKit he loves much dearer ev'n than Life. ' Vl am. i-tn! r •H: Litrerty Ajferted. ar ^ Vtam, Oh Gods ! O Tranfport f whither is fhe going I . Ireu, When I beheld all this you may be fure, Th' Almighty Mind has giv'n to me a Soul, That could not fee a Lover wich thefe Virtues 5 Thefe Godlike Virtues, and remain infenfible, ' : The Joy that lightens from thy humid Eyes Informs me that thou underftand'ft me, Vlamap, And I defign'd thou (hould'ft 5 but then be fure Thy godlike Virtue which inflam'd my Heart Has in my Breaft produc'd the noble Pride Of imitating fo much Excellence. As thou haft facrifiz* d Repofe and Life, ' And hazarded t4i*en joyment ev'n of me. Whom thou lov'ft more than Life, for thy dear Countrey $^ I tho* a Woman nobly willatteuipt To emulate thy fingular Example. And tho' I love, nay doat, to Madnefs doat, • Tho* my Heart feels what never Tongue can utter. Yet if my Countrey once decrees me BeauyrUy Foj;£w«^r^ ru retrieve my Heart, And never fee thee more. Dlam, Oh too accompli(h*d Beaufirf! Oh my Friend ! What have I loft by thy tranfcendent Virtue > SCENE V. Zephario, Irene, Ulamar, Beaufort; Vlam What has Fate determined ? Beauf, See its Interpreter, enquire of him. TJlaw, Beanf. Hail to Zephario, Ztph, Ye matchlefs Friends, thou Beaufort^znd thou Vlamtr^ Are ye determind fully to confent To what the Angians here by me pronounce. Vlam, Beanf. We are. Zeph. In full Allcmbly then they vote you Th2.nkS' For all the Vv^onders ye this Day performed, In the Defence of Liberty and Ca^-ada 3 To thee particularly Thanks they pay, Brave Youth, who by the Boldnefs of thy Condu^ (Boklv- ^ 11 Liberty Afferted. r*- 24 (Boldnefs ia defperate Extreams is Wifdome) Rallying our routed Troops reftor'd the Day, And nobly rais'd us from Delpair to Conqueft: For which thejConfcience of the noble t)eed „, And everlafting Fame Reward the Doer 5 • But iince in the firft onfet of the French • " That fierce Attack that carry 'd all before it r Beaufort by wondrous Friendlhip mov'd prefer v'd ;'. , Thee, Vlamar^ by our own flying Troops ;'' As by a Torrent, overborn, o'erw I 'Im'd, Trampled by Friends, furrounded by the Foe, And ftood the Barrier betwixt thee and Fate, , That threatiied thee from Friends and Foes alike 5 The Council wifely have decreed, that he Who fav'd th'Heroick Youth to whom weowe j Our Conqueft, did with him prefervc the State 5 And therefore have decreed him for R< .vri : A Tride in ic felf, but dear to him My Daughter. ^ . . , ' Beatif. Madam do you confent ? Ireft, I do. .4'. Beanf, My VUmar doeft thou ? - VUffi. Oh take her while I have Voice to fay (he*s thine ! Beaufi Oh ftrange Confent ! Defpair is in her Eyes, and Death in his. ^ , Madam, your Tongue confents, your Soul dehys. IrcH. Tistrue, my Soul, hra.vQ Beaufort, is another's^ But foon, depend upon it, (hall be thine. And (hall as true and faithful prove to thee. As thou haft been to Liberty and Affgie: True, were my Affeftions mine, and 1 my own Then, VUntar, I had been only thine. But I was born for A»gie not my felf 5 And Angie, Beaufort, has decreed me thine. Thou, ulamar, polTefs fome happier Maid, Who may dcferve to live, to die with thee. And blefs the happy pair, all Bounteous Her^v'n When I ftiall be no more. Beauf Apart, Was ever fuch a fight, and luch ? Hearing? The ■/*> h % J * »' S \ a if m. liberty Affertect. 3/ The Accents dye upon her charminj; Tongue, And leave her lovely over-flowing Eyes , To pour out the abundance of her Soul, v '• ,^ ' ' * Iwhocou'ddye f owUiamar or het , # ^ /*' Shall I make both unhappy, nay my felf toO> •*? For I muft doubly Ihare in all their Woes. ' / ' ' ■ No, rouze thy felfmy Soul, and in one Aft Deliver three: I no\xr\am of an Age In which the Paflions Reafon's voice obey. And Rcafon tells me Heav'n and Nature form*d Irene for her Lovely Ulamafy And therefore made them equal in their Loves, Their Beauty and their Years : Rouze, rouze my Soul I Tis done, my Friend, and thou too charming Maid, x And wife Zephario hear, I thank the An^iam^ I thank them for th' Ineftimable Gift With which they have reWarded my poor Zeal, And I accept it, to beftow it Here. [Friend! Ul. Ha ! Gods / what mcan'ft thou ? Mock me not, my Beauf. No, take her, by th' Eternal Mind flie's thine j And know that when I firft beftow'd my Heart My very Soul upon thee I beftow'd, A Gift that was lefs dear to me. Iren, Is't pofOble! and is not this a Dream> Can there in Man be fuch a Godlike Mind .> Zeph, And is your final Refolution thisi? Bttitif. 'Tis fix'd as Natures Laws that ne'er can change. Zeph. Do you accept Irene for your Wife? Ul. Do I accept her> With greater Rapture than the Wretch that's freed From Deaths Convulfive Pangs embraces Heav'n : But oh the Man, who loves to that degree And can refign herj He alone deferves her. Zeph, The Deed is Noble, for 'tis Wife and Juf!» The Englijh always were a Gallant Nation, And Foes to Force, and Friends' to Liberty. They who without the Mind pofiefs the Bodyf , ,/: PolTefs by Force, and Ravifi^ not Enjoy i He who can abfolutely rule himfelf, y And can leave 4>thers free, is truly Noble: \ Young Man prepare, this Night fliall joyn your Handt^ %. £//. This very Nighti By the Immortal Powr'8> I'm fcarce myfelf, m ''I n if I 26 Uhnty AfferHd. A USf Fear, Hope, and Sorrow, and tranfporting Joy, ; And Wonder at this uncxpe^ed Blifs, ; ,.; Have all by turns fo much difturb'd my Soul : 1. < > This very Night, my Father! '^. .,. ' .- : Zeph, This Night, my Son: For an importailt Caufe, Frontenac, Viceroy of this Indiw Frmct^ . Difowns the Treafon of the late Attempt, \ Andpromifcs fevercly to chaftizc it: .?, Mean while a Murmur runs among our Angiani^ Which from their Prifonecs they derive they fay. That the late Damn'd Surprifc was firft defign'd By a French Officer who loves Irene i For every Band was charg'd to Seize on her: ? Thou art a valiant and fuccefsful Warriour, ^ And canft defend the Darling of my Age, .. _ / letter than her Father's feeble Arms. < ., Defend her! Yes, whsit Beoitforf has refign'd To me, I only will to Heav'n refign. Oh ^'^dufort, beft of Men, and bcft of Friends/ Shall I lefufe to die for fuch a Friend .? Shall ever I forget the boundlefs Debt I owe to thee > Oh what (hall I repay ! Thou haft my Soul already. \Zep, toUl,'] Come inftantly, we'll join your Hands,and then Sec what thefe MefTengers of Peace defign. And then UL And Immortality will then be mine. * ' mli y) ACT III. SCENE I. Sakia, Ulamar. Sak.yrwrUy haft thou ftaid fo long, ungrateful Ulamar} W 1 fent thee Word, that thy late drcadiul Tale Had rais'd fuch various Furies in my Soul, As left mc impotent of Thought or Speech, And fnatch'd me fo entirely from my felf. That the important Bufinefs was unmention'd. For which that Conference was firft defigrfd. Thou haft often faid, my Son, that thou defireft To know thy Father. VI. Yet you unHiadly kept him ftillconceal'd. Sak, U^ty Averted. 27 Sak, Believe it Son, there was a wondrous Caufe .* But wherefore would'ft thou knOw him ? UL That if he leads the Hurons out to Fightj \ I might in Battle (bun him. # Sak. Is that the only Caufe of thy Defire? Know that in Battle, (hou'dft thou meet thy Fathcff Great Nature whifp'ring with her Voice Divine, Would make thee flop thy eager murd'ring Hand, In fpight of all thy facred Third of Blood } Or elfe fome benius with no mortal Tone, Would thunder in thy Ears, Forbear, *tis He.' And wouldft thou only know him to avoid Hinat> Is that the only Caufe of thy Defirei^ Thou (houldft deflre to know him to embrace him 9 And to revere the Fountain of thy Life > , , . From which the Graces of thy manly Form, And all thy boafted Excellences flow. , UL Then name him. Sak, The naming him on thee, my Son, depends.' Yet thus far thou (halt know thy noble Feather j The befl and bravefl of Mankind is he ^ And, oh, he loves thee Son, he loves thee more Than his own lovely Eyes, he lives for theej And me he loves with fuch an Air and Meen, As if fome God came down to adore his Creature : Oh none can love but he/ Oh none can (how Such Majefty with fo much Swectnefs joyn'd, Such Tendernefs with Fury reconcii'd, So firm a Confiancy with fo much Flame, Such Rapture with inimitable Grace j And then a Wifdofr., and a Tongue might charm The Ears of liftening Angels : Know, mjr Son, Thou wilt be fond, be proud of fuch a Father. Ul. Madam, hisName> ' Sak, Once more^ the naming him on thee depends : Before thou hear'ft his Name, thou muft conclude This profer*d Peaces and muft renounce for ever — UL Whom ? Sak. The Daughter oiZepharia, UL Irent? Sak, What; doft thou ftart ? Yes, difobedient Boy, thou muft renounce Her. UL My Wife? i! ;* .' p -iS .Liberty AJJetted. Sak. Thy Wife? Irapofllble! • , . . ^ ■UL This hour our Hands were joyn'd, this very hour- With folemn Invocation I implor'd ^ Th* Eternal Mind; and every Power to Witnefs That nought but^Dcath ftiould part my Love and mc^ Sdk, To thee thy Father then for ever's loft. Ul, Wherefore f Sak, He bears to every Angian mortal Hate. ' ^^^ VL Let him but look on her, that Hate will ccafc;. Sak, He oft indulging his fond tender Thoughts* He oft would pleafe himfclf with Thoughts of thee, And of thy Fortune, and thy future Deeds, And of the Wife defign'd for thecj a Wife 0f quite a different Stamp, than thou haft chofe. Ul. One who has greater Beauty thzn Irene > Sak, No, to confefs a Truth, that cannot be. '■ .^ Ul, Of greater Ikitereft then, perhaps than (he? Sak, Of greater Intereft fay'ft thou? Ah no ! His generous Soul difdains the Thought,., The Wife that He defign'd for thee, was one Whom Education fliould with Nature join* To form her an Affociatc worthy theet " ri"! - '!v One fit t* affift thee in the ways of Virtue* * . '" f . And help to raife thy Soul to glorious AAs. Ul. What he defign'd then, Providence hasdonc,'. And joyn'd me to the very Lovely She, Whom had my Father known, he wou'd have chofe. Sak. Hai Ul. And has not i5^<««/^rf told you what 7r^w^ Did at that Conference, that made her mine ? Sak. He told me that, but kept the Match conccaFd,. Ul, Was ever any thing fo Great, fo Noble ? Sak. I muft confefs, it was no common Ad. •' Ul. Was ever fo much Greatnefs feen before ? ' '\ My Father will be pleas'd, will be tranfportcd,^ '[' • To be allied to fuch Tranfcendent Virtue. / , Ev'n il?«rtf/^/«»j, Amorous of themfelves. And their own ways, exalt it to the Skies. And generous Beaufort freely has declar'd He never heard of any thing fo great* . . ^ Among their Godlike Romans, )ofrible> e • UL My Father when he fees her will be chaCQPi'd] ^. Firttoteudiy, Witt pbe^^v^ »I Cte^v Sak. * , Jjberty AJjmed. ^9 r Sak. all yc Immortal Pow'rsi I am convinc'dj Remove one hindrance, whicTi thou can'ft remove. And thy poor Mother may be happy ftiJJ. Ul. Nameir. '■ Sak. This Marriage ties thee to a hatefullntercft. Repugnant to thy Father's: But the French Now proffer Peace, that Peace is in thy Pow'rj Conclude it, and your Intercfts will be one. U/. But that on me depends not. Sak. That on thee, On thee alone, affure thy felf, depends^ The Angians have inflated thee and Beaufort^ ^ And thy new Father, with unbounded Pow'r To make firm Peace, or to continue War. , ^ And two of you decide th' important Buiinefs. Zephario ftrongly is inclined to thee » And the Bnglipj Intercft is fo clearly known, As may make B^^«/ Sak. And yet bear Witnefs Heav'nand Earth, bear witncfs My cruel'ft Foes, with what a tender Care, With what an ardent Love, I've cherifli'd thee, Oh UlamoTy my Life's not fo Dear to me. For I have liv'd for thee alone \ Juft Heav*n ! ^^ _ For twenty Years I've plac'd my fole Felicity, ' ^, -* Nay all my Wiflies, all my Hopes of Happmefs, On two dear Objects, on a Son and Husband : From thy dear Father I have long been torn, And kept a mournful Widow and a Slave In infupportable Captivity, Difconfolate, forlorn, and defolate Among my barbarous and infulting Foes ; And have been forc'd to bear their Bloody Taunts, And all the Malice of their murdering Eyes: Yet thou for whom I have endur'd all this. For whom I groan away my wretched Hours, ♦ ^ Thou haft refus'd to dry thy Mother's Eyes, But prov'ft a cruel and a bitter Child to me, Untouch'd by all my Grief, unmov'd by all my Love. UL Once more you wrong me. Madam ^ I always have profeft exad Obedience to ycu. Beyond the Cuftom of our Indian Sons \ For fuch Obedience my beft Friend has taught me.- Sab. Yes! Witnefs the Battel fought this bloody Morn, And the Clandeftine Match this Evening made. Ul. I thought you had been fatisfy'd in both. Sab. Why do'ft thou not Obey me, now Ingrate / When thy Obedience is moft necelTary. Thou know'ft the finking PrefTure under which I for twelve Years have bow'd my wretched Head, Have pafs'd my tedious Days in Tears and Wails, My Nights in fearful Dreams and broken Slumbers: Thou feeft my faded Cheek, my languid Eye, And hear'ft me breath the rueful Voice of Sorrow! Thou know'ft this Peace wou'd end ray killing Care, And drive all Sadnefs froramy Eyes for ever. For the bare Thought of feeing thy E)car Father, Makes Liberty Affertedl 3' Makes Joy like Lightning dart along my Soulj And raifes ev'ry Senfe to native Vigour. Oh yet thy Mothe|f might be bleft to envy J But her lov'd Son will have her wretched ftillj Thou know'ft this Peace is only in thy pow'r^ Yet knowing xhinh baft thou vouchfaf 'd to give One word of Comfort to revive my Soul > Yes, cruel) haft thou once vouchfaf 'd t'aiTure me That thou dctcrmin'ft to conclude this Treaty > Haft thou not ftood infenfible and dumb> Ul. But lirft 'tis rcquifite to hear the French^ And then in what I can you (hall be obey'd. Sak. In what thou can'ft ? in what thou wiltithoumean'fl: Yes, yes, my Son* thou (halt be foon difcharg'd Of all the Duty which thou ow'ft to me> But yet a while and thou wilt have no Mother» And then too late thou may'ft vouchfafe a Sigh For all the Mifery I've undergone, For all the Woe I yet muft undergo, In that ftrange Region of departed Souls, Where I muft languish out my woful Hours In Expedation of my deareft Husband, And of my cruel but my much-lovM Son. UL Canft thou hear this, my Soul, and not be mov'd? Sak. I never in this World (hall fee thee more. And here thou never wilt thy Father know \ Then to th' Eternal Mind, and his Proteftion, I leave thee, O my Son : Blefs, blefs him Heav'n^ I have born Wretchtdnefs enough for both 5 - I leave him to thy Care. Adieu, my Sonl A long Adieu in this Embrace receive. Ul, Madam, by all that's Sacred I adjure you Not to commit a ra(h and curfed Deedj Wait the Refult at leaft of this Debate. Sak, And doft thou give me Hope then? Ul. I do. Sak, Well then! Since thou wilt have it fo, I'll wait 5 . 6ut know, on that Refult depends my Fate. ■•' fl -,•*■ SCENE II. Ularaar. Ul. She's gone! Perhaps for ever: How! Forever! And canft thou name it? Canft thou bear the Thought? The kindeft, tender'ft, and the beft of Mothers? i<**' Liberty /IJferted. M ■ t,s; ■i^ K^' '■:! ' ■ 1 1 f'f 32 She who has liv'd for thcci for thee has born — - — Oh what has (he not born Yet her canft thou defert? Canft thou fee her die? By thy Unkindncfs die? O barbarous Son", Ungrateful Ulamar ! But then the Angians ! - . Canft thou abandon them? Betray their Caufc? The Caufe of Human-kind? Of Godlike Liberty? . -; What, canft thou give up that to thefe fly Traytors, Infidious Slaves, who infolently think «r- ». To fool thefe Nations, ar.' obtain by Truce What their bafe Fears reftrain them from purfuing By honourable War? Eternal Mind, . . Mafter of Life, great Mover of ajl Spirits* O guide my Will by thy unerring Light? And by that Light illuftrate my dark Rcafon: Do thou infpire me with expedient Ways, . .• That I may neither give up thy great CaufCf Nor yet betray my poor atflided Mother. But fee, the trench appear. ,^ {Flat Scene draws. SCENE III. Zephario, Ulamar, Beaufort, and two Embajfadors, »' Ze, Well Frenchmen^ here you come to treat of Peace > But firft this obvious Queftion muft be ask'd, » How comes it we have War? .v Ul. Becaufe the Truce they Treacheroufly broke, Tho' by themfelves propos'd, and firft begun. Beau. As they will this 5 for Peace is of no Ufe / To them, but to be broke. Five folemn Leagues in European Climes, Ev* n in our own Remembrance have they broke, Tho* by themfelves thofe Treaties were begun j And which with daran'd Perfidioufnefs they fwore, Ev'n by that Pow'i that fa^* their faithlefs Hearts, To keep eternally inviolate. UL It feems then, when they find themfelves too weak To hurt their Foes by honourable War, They oblige us then to Swear not to hurt them. Beau. Nay more, they mai:e us Swear to give them Time And Opportunity to urge our Fate •, That as falfe Friends, they may gain that by Treaty, ^ ^\- Which they could not by Enmity nor Force. : ' \ ' ' ... : ■ ■^ .... . lEmh, liberty '/^prted. 33 » * I >» ^ I Emh, The breaking Truce, wis a rafh private A£b, ^J^Thich Ffontenac our Governor difowns. a Emh, And which he fince fcvcrely has chaflis'd. I Bmb. Knowtjiat the mighty Monarch whom we fcrve, Has fent ftrift Orders to Count Frontenac^ To make a folid and a lafting Peace, With ali the warlike five European Tribesj A Peace fo firm, that 'tis his royal Will, *• That you» and all his Subjeds mould be one. Ul. That is, that we would be alike his Slaves. a Emh. Oh you miftake his bountiful Defign^ He fees and pities the Barbarity, In which fo brave a Nation now lyes plung'dj And he would civilize your rugged Waysj Therefore his faithful Subjects he conunands, ' To have one Heart, one Soul, one Dwelling with you^ UL But that Propofal we rcjcft with Scorn. Mel, Confider we (hall teach you our own Manners, Thofe plcafmg Manners, which the World admires. And which the wifeft Nations have embraced. Beau. The wifeft Nations! Yes, the Fools of all : ^ Oh Europtt Europe^ How haft thou been dull / To thy undoing.^ How thy heedlefs Magiftratcs Have fufFer*d poor unthinking Sots, to unlearn, Their Native Cuftoms, and their native Tongues, < To fpeak your Jargon, and aflTume your Ways. ■ .A/f-/. Which argues in us a Superior Genius. Btau. tmuft confefs it makes our Foofs bJieve (b; Inclines their groveling Souls to their worft Foes, And makes them obvious to yourfliameful Arts } Makes them admire you, makes them imitate you, ' =' * Tho* aukwardly our Afl^'S ape your Dog«:. Ul, What have you taught the Nations after all.* Wnat have you taught them but inglorious Artsj To cma/culate their Minos .? But curfcd Luxury, Which makes them needy, venal, bafe, perfidious,' Black Traitors to their country, Friends to you. Beau For you win Provinces, as Hell gains Soulsj *Tis by corrupting them you make them y jurs : They might dcfie your Malice were they faithful: But firft you enflave them to their own bafc PaHtonsi^''- And afterwards to yourSf •'' - -;^(^^'K\ .-\. F ■i-J^-'^i^-v^r.yv.c; s€li.NE \ ! A?7;:ir\^;?^rwt^ 'iw^'{ Ik ba/ V. W :^,' 34 Liberty AJferted. r i<£lA A W! SCENE IV. Zeph. Ula. Beaufort, 2 Emh, SUve, '^' C//.Ha!Mothcr's Slave! Whac wouldft thou ?l^part to him SI. Your Mother — U/, Wf 11 • *^ ■ SI. St?inds with her threatning Dagger in her Hand. UL Oh Horror! Horror! My Fancy cannot bear the murd'ring Thought, y^^ Tdl heri her harfli Command (hall be obeyxl. ,f , SCENE V. Zeph. Ula. Bcauf. 2 Em^. UL Now Gentlemen, we to our Budnefs come 3 Such a Community as you propofe We utterly rejcft, becaufe that Union Would firlt corrupt our AngianSi then enllave them; The only Treaty to which wc defcqid. Beauf. How Ulamar, - > • Mel. Oh Englijhmany your feparatc Intcreft here Is but too obvious. ;,,- ,-r , , oji. i ' ■ .. . f//. Hold Frenchman: My Friend, no more, anon thou (halt be fp ly'd. Beauf. In the mean while C7/. No more, by holy Friend(hip I adjure thee, Thou (halt be fatisfy'dj but to our Bu(iners i The Treaty to which we dcfcend is this> A Treaty of Commerce between us and youi And a PefTation of Ho(lilitik& between our fclvcs and you, And your Confederates ,. , The HuronSi and exchange of all the Captives: ^^^ To this you agree ? , 1,.. ,- Z^ph. I do, for this is 4ngies intere(l, y '^ ; ' , ., ^ UL And you? ...^ ■..^„ ^,. ,-p.u.. ; -. , -.-r \ ■.„; r \\:^ * ^ Fr. And we, • UL And this to obferye moft folemnly you fwear ; By all that's awful in yon glittering Sky, And all that's binding in the Worja below* . ; 2 Fr. We fwear: And you.^ rvo l t\i :- uvv- i / 1 , \ Zeph, We fwear. o ^ . j,.o, rr'' » -^ . , , I Emb, So then 'tis done ; The Engltfi arc diflodg'd? Beau, They need not fright thee i A League from hence they lye entrench'd to Night, Arid tovirards New-Tor k to Morrow take their Way. ^Emb, And all your Angians have laid down their Arms. un 'A^'y-'i r Ul. E'er wc began to Treat, the Englijh march'd, And ours di(i)crs'J according to our Words. I Emb. TheRcmnantofthcNightJet'swafteinJoythcn. £//. The publick Deputies in yon Apartment ,. Attend to entertain you. J I £«^. Wc wait on you. UL Wc follow you. SCENE VI. Ulamar 4»// Beaufort. lJ7.What turn'ft thou from thy Friend, O Beaufort fieaufort- Seau. What haft thou done, fond Youth > UL O look not with that m#urnful Goldnefs on me* Thou art my Bencfador, Father, Friend ; *Tis by thy generous Friendfhip I have liv'd ; Alas I cannot bear the freezing Gloom | ' . That's on thy Brow, it chills mc to the Heart. Beau, Refle£l on what thou haft done. ' UL Oh fpcak not Beaufort in that cruel Tone / Where is my Friend, my warm, my tender Friend, , For in thy after'd Meen I fee him not. Nor hear him in thy Voice. * Bea.u Thou haft bctray'd him, loft him. UL Not for the World, I would not lofe my Beaufort : What-c'er I Irene now is thine, and thou art hcrsi She ibon will c«mfbrt thee, for Beaufort* z Abfcnce^ But only Deah will drive away my Gricfi ~ ^ ' For I (haQ neycr never fee thee more. , , ,-f-, Liberty AJferted. VL Why then thou wilt not fure be gone to Nighti For I have ftill ten thoufand Things to fay. Beau, I muft be gone, cv'n now I muft be gone ; I doubt the French^ and dare no longer ftay, For my brave Troops may all ere Morn be loft. UL But 'tis a Gloomy and Tempeftuous Night i And thou haft a long League to march alone, And yet thou fay 'ft, there may be Danger near. Beau. Oh I have loft all that I held moft Dear j Th* entirely Wrenched need no Danger fear. 37 i^-ff ACT IV. SCENE I. .• ' ■• • • • U L A M A R. :- Ul^yrX Eaufort > thy Lofs fits heavy on my Soul I j) For I (hall never fee the like again; • In v/hom the Flam.e of Englijh Spirit flione, A Greatnefs that adorns thofe generous Nations, That never bafcly yet refigu'd their Liberty/ A Magnanimity unknown to Slaves.' Oh how unlike our new Confederates he.* But yet this Night I will have Truce with Grief} This Night I Confecrate to Love and Joy : Hafte then, my Faireft, my Efpous'd, O haftej And cheer thy Languifhing Impatienr Ulamar. SCENE 11. Sakia, Irene, Ulamar: Sak, *Tis late, and we will l.eave thee to thy Bride.' 111. Well Madam .' Now I hope you are fatisfy'd ! Sak, Not thou thy felf art more. J VL You own then, I have reafbn to be fatisfy'd. ; . Sak. Oh thou art Bleft above the Race of Men, Ij^;. PoflefTing all that's Good, and all that's Fair. Ul. You have heard Irene talk, which till this Day Your ftrange Averfion never would permit you : , Whst think you of her Mind? Sak. Oh 'tis the very Mind of all her Sex, ' That's fit to animate that lovely Perfon, /'| An Angel fit to inform the glorious SphearS} Prepare thy felf to Morrov/ for new Tranfports; For then thou fhalt behold the beft of Fathers* And I the beft pf Lovers in a Hu$bjmd. ! ii (1; 'iT ..■^ '•^■?£ o» < Liberty /Wertei C;/. He'll not refofc to ftc /rtf»f Aire, ,j :i^^^i .;^ Tho' born an -<^«r^/^». 7y^^v'X; ' iy<2/&. O no, my Son, he will not only fcc^ ^"^ \ ' j But will be Ravi(h'd with the Matchkfs Sight i>^'^. , ' \ For thou haft chofe cxaftly to his Wilhj ': ,^ " And thy Choice anfwcrs to the Fair Idea, ^ i,- ' The Lovely Image, and the perfeft Mind ,> r |^^^< . >; Which his rich Fancy form'd for thee ; ^ ',' 1 ' , H Once more, ten Thoufand Blcffings on you both. ^^^ .; SCENE III. Ulamar, Irene. ^^ ■ UU Come to my Arms, thou Charming Wifh of Souls f The happy Night, the Aufpicious Hour is come That I To long have wifti'd, fo long Defpair'd to fcC} Make but this Blifs perpetual, O ye Pow'rs I I ask no more, for 1 am Bleft as you. What's this? By all the Immortal Pow'rs in Tears! i And art thou griev'd, that thy poor Lover's bleft ? Is this thy Coiiftancy ? Is this thy Flame .>;, ., Ire. My Ulmar / Since I,dechr*d my Lo\rc ' When Decency almoft forbad the Sound : Now Heav'n has made it Duty, I muft own '^^^•'•^'^^ My Paftion is ray Darling Pride of SouU ^^"^ And never can 7r^»f more be pleas'd j"^' " ^ Than when her Lovely UUmaf is Bleft ; ^ ''- ;- '-^^ But ah, aSadnefsfits upon my Soul, ' -''! ''^ \' \''? A fatal Load, that weighs it down from Blifs, •"* "' ^■^'''^^' To which it would afpirc, a black Frefage * That wifpers to me, I muft loofe thee UUtnar, , Ul The Gods forbid, that I ftiould loofe hene^ Why (hou'd my Love give way to fuch a Thought .* he. Oh Ulamar \ My Happinefs! My Life! The blifsful Days and Hours that I expe£b, Ndw joyn'd in happy Nuptpl League with thee. Is furcly what offends th' Immortal row'rs ; Such Blifs is far above a Mortal State, For we ftiould Live and be as Gods, my Love, j , And that the Wrathful Pow'rs above deny. V )' UL This is meer MelanchoUy Fancy alL Ire, Ah me ! What dreadful Groan was that, as if A thoufand Wretches, in one Breath expir'd: j. The Demons of the Air fure catch my Grief, ,, Confirming my Prefage. i'r V.-K UL Liberty AJferud. ■* 39 .'\- VL *Tis Fancy all, or next to Fancy Wind, That raging makes the bending Forcft roar. No Dcarelt, if th' Immortal Fowrs are Angry, Tis not with thee, for (hou z.\t Spotlefs all, Ip whom not Earth, nor Heav'n a Fault can fcCj No, *cis with me who fee all Heav'n before me, And yet delay to taft of Immortality. For Oh/ I talk, I loiter out the Night, * . Too, too Ineftimable to be loft ' > In words •. If we muft talk, to Bed my Fair, Where I (hall whifper fomething to thy Soul That is a Secret for the Gods and thee. O thofe bewitching Blufiies ! How they dart Cxleftial Fire thro* all my Trembling Frame. If there is caufe to fear rh' Immortal Pow'rs Should fnatch thee from me, let us live to Night, ' '• This Blifsful Night whole Ages let us live. he, Blcfs me ye Pow'rs! What difmal Scrcem is that? Heard you not fomething ? UL Plainly I heard, and wonder what it means. ' Ire, Hark! hark! Another Shreek. " UL And now they Groan. . '»^ ' ' * \.\ . /r^. Now fliouts of Joy fucceed. And now a Noifu of Murder and of Fire. ' SCENE IV. Ulamar, Irene, Arimat ^Toaw^/^-^/. C//. i la I What art thou, thus Mangled, and thus Pale ? Can'ft thou be /irimat > jiri. The poor Remains of Arimat, £//. Alas! Thou art dy.ng. Art. Yes, there were two Things That I had left to do in this hail World j ' \ . ' ; To fave thee Ulamar^ and then to dye. ; .. .!^ j ^^ UL Surprife has fo confounded all my Pow'rs That I want force to ask I' ee, who has done this. Ari, Who but our nc AHics. UL The French? '^J' ' ^ " ' •/' Ari. Ths faithlefs /^r^»f^. ' *^^ ' .-..-, U/. Impoffible ! Thou rav'ft, poor dying Arimat. Ari, I would to Heav'n I did: The Perjur'd French Rallying their routed Troops, came back by Stealth, And for twelve Hours inlidioufly fat down Under the 3row of yonder Northern Mount, Aud •X "iVt. ;;*7^ V Liberty Ajferted. 4)^:.. 40 And there fat Brooding o'er their black DeHgn. UL How know'ft thou this? Art, Aloud they boaft it thro* our flaming 9treet9| And how with cafe by Night, they gain'd a Place, Trufting to folemn Oaths fo lately fworn^ Bury*d in Sleep, and quite diflblv'd in Luxury. v/; UL Confufion I Angta on the brink of Ruin, ''^■ And I ftand loitering here ! to Arms, to Arms, ^Ari, Hold, Ulamary I came not for that purpofej 'Tisnowtoo late to Fight 5 for all omt AngtaHs^ Except a few, are Fled, or JjMain, or Taken. ' . UL And why had I no fooncr Notice ? ^ri. Alas! All this has in few Minutes paft, | * For we were moft without Defence furpriz'd. Depending on this Night's fo folemn Treaty. Fly while thou can'ft, brave Ulatnar^ Oh fly / i A dauntlefs handful ftill, of our brave Warriors, With matchlefs Valour keep the Dogs at Bay j ^ Yet they but fight, to give thee time to fly s ^ Their Zeal to favc their wretched flnking Country, Againft vaft Numbers for a while fufta ins them, That they may fave in thee the Prop of Liberty, The great Support of all th* Iroquian Tribes, . The only Hope of Angia. My fjnting Limbs no longer will fupport mej Receive me Earth, the Refufe now of Nature. ;^ Fly Ulamart e'er yet it be too late, Y ^ Or thou and Angia are like me no more. Ire, He Dies. Be gone my Love, without delay be gone. ^ -^ UL And where alas wilt thou go? ' , Ire, To Life or Death I'll follow thee. "' '^ i UL To Life thou can*ft not, 'tis impofliblc. ^ • For I muft fcale the Palifades t'efcape. '-*' The French poflcfs the Gates 5 no Flight for me, -- No, I muft DiCi but will not tamely Fall> v '"'v' - Nor unreveng'd J to Arms, to Arms. '*•' • ^' • *' • '*-^ SCENE V. Uhmar, Irene, Zephario PFoundtd, Zep, O Horrour/ Horrour/ 'tis too late, my Son. Ire, My Father bleeding ? Stream my Eyes like Fountain. Zep, Angia has been, and we are now no more. Die Utamary and thou Irene Die : i If t^ "' Liberty AJferted. 41 If thou would'ft Die> as thou haft liv'd with Honour> Die quickly, while thy wretched Country-men The few Remains of ^/i^/4»X| fcarce defend The Entrance to this Place • I can no more. [©/>J. J'fe. He dies, he dies, and Heav'n looks calmly on. C//. Hark! hark/ they come, retire my Love retire: Now for the welcome that fuch Guefts deferve. SCENE VI. \}\2.\xt,YtQnxM\x,OfficersandSold'ur5,Flght, Front, Ha! Who art thou fo young, yet doft fuch Wonders ? Thou art truly brave, by Heav'n. Mir, So brave, that 'tis a inoft opprobrious Shame That he (hould poorly be opprcft by Odds: My Lord, give Orders that your Men retire, I am alone fufficient; {^Advancing, Front, Hold Kinfman, Miramont I charge thee hold. Ul. Ha! Miramont \ Mir. Yes, what haft thou to fay to Mifamont} Ul, Come on, and twice in one revolving Sun Receive thy Life from me. £ |. 4^;. Mir, Ha / my Preferver? - I ; I Thefe are the only Arms I'll ufe with theci Cj^' \_Embr " ' '■ 'I " - ' Front. Tis He's the furious Thunderbolt of War, That makes th' unconquer'd Iroquois fo dreadful, To us more Mortal than a general Plague, Confumes our Colonies, deftroys our Men, - . Slaughters our faithful Friends and our AUiesj Nay vows t* Extirpate all the Gal/ic Racej Their very Memories, and their Names from Canada. Ul. Doft thou know Him .' Front » His Deeds have made him too much ksown to France^ But for his Face, I never yet beheld it 5 ifet by the i^»^wwj obftinate Defence - . Before this Place, I thought to have found him here 1 Thou may 'ft difcover where he lies conceal'd, For the other Slaves are obftinately Dumb. UL, What would'ft thou with him ? Front. When I have got him in my Pow'r, he dies. For fo my Orders from the Court require, And I have Sworn he (hall not live an hour. > Ul, Then raftily haft thou Sworn, and thou art Perjur'd. Front, Prefumptuous Boy I (///Yes, thou art Perjur'd, For thou haft fworn to thy Relation there, The General of the Angians fliou'd be free. Front, Yet more prefumptuous / Wouldft thou, who art not old enough to ferve j Wouldft thou pretend to lead an Army UL Yesi ■ -:-••-. --^■ They whom the Gods Infpire are ne'er too young. And they have fet up rac, to fave my Country > And drive out Tyrants, from this Indian World. Front. I fee thou haft a Soul above thy Years, And that exalted Soul muft fcorn a Lye^ Thou art the General' then, fince thou haft faid it, . Here take him Guards, and lead him to his Fate. Mir. Confuiion! hold there/ What do you iQean^myl.ord? Front, I mean to take his Life. Mir. Qut that you mtft not. •-% Front, HcW i muft not f \:^:^. AV--" .iV Mir, Liberty /^Jferted _ ^ 43 Mir. N05 (hall not, dare not. v Frent. And who dares hiAder me > I here am Abfolute. ili/r. You have ^iven your folemnOath» and dare not break it. Front. I had given the King ray folemn Word befpre; Is't not the King's Command? • A//>. No, 'tis unjuft, the King can do no Wrong ; He who commands In juftice,. is no King) , ^ ^ , Nor are we bound t' Obey. Front. Always a Male- content / Mir. Am i alone ? Are there not Thoufands here in Canada? would you hearken to great Nature's Call. Front. Away f I hear thee not, But for this Angian^ infiantly he dies. Take him away there; Mir. The Dog who firft lays hold of him (hall perifh^ As long as I have Life, I will defend him. Front, Hold there! That Life is forfeited, if I vrou'd take it j But fondly thou prefum'ft upon my Love. Ungrateful Miramont I Art thou my Friend, Who feek'ft my Infamy, who feek'(l my Ruin ? Mir. I feek your Honour. Front. My Honour/ mind your own. Mir. I will, I do: Whofe Honour here is more concern'd than mine? > Depending on your Faith, I gave my Honour To fee this noble Youth both fafe and freei And 'twas the Truft that he repos'd in that» Made him deliver up his Sword to me: 1 have giv'n my Honour, and I will maintain itj And yours, tho' you negleft it. Front. Ha! have a care/ Mir. I will have no caret here take my Life. Tis that I know you thirft for, and 'tis yours. Front. I am but too tender of it. Mir. To Tendernefs thy Soul's an utter Stranger : He tender of my Li£e, who takes my Honour ! Front. Upon thy Life no more : Come yet, I am thy Friend Mir. You never were. Front. O thou wik roufe the Lyon till he tears thee. Mir, Here let him tear me I What's this wretched Breaft, ^ Without the unfuUifid Jewel, of the which , G z iou It i\ 1 44 Ubmy AJfetted. You bafcly would deprive it. Front. Ha/ Am I then dcfy'd? here fcize him Guards, Kill him ifherefifts: Hold, Gods he bleeds/ Mr. Yes, 'tis the Blood fo oft I've (hed for you. • Front, It is indeed > that Thought cools all my Rage : , What woulft thou have at laft ? My utter Ruin? Come, thou (halt have thy Wifli. But wilt thou then believe I am thy Friend? Mir, How can you think that he defires your Ruin, Who has fo oft fhcd his beft Blood to ferve you ? Nj, I will die before I will fee that ; Nay he (hall die too: But come my Lord, confider ere you A£t > ' Behold this noble »Youth with all your Eyes, Refleft upon his Worth, furvey his Perfon. Front. 1 have confider'd ail. A//>. Is not his Courage more than common .? Front » Heroick. ^ ^ iW/r. His Magnanimhy? Front. Godlike. # Mir, His Perfon? ^^ - Front, The Pleafure of my Eyes j- * - ^ : And were he not my Country's mortal Foe, ■'■- • . Howl could doat on fuch uncommon Worth. Mir, Come, come, my Lord, your Country's Foes are they, Who trample under Foot its Native Rights : Not they who Fight againft Tyrannick Sway % ' . But all this while this Fair One we negleA : Yet fhe is Fair "'^ Fr Ul. Oh thou haft found a way to break my Hearty This flubborn Heart which Fate could not fubdue ! ^ For when 1 think of what fhe undergoes, ->' •- ^ ' :^^ In my- tumultuous Breafl it finks and dies. - -"^t ' Mir. Is fhe thy Miftrefs, or thy Wife.? Nay fpcak. • UL Oh ciuel Fate ! Was ever Woe like mine i Alas Liberty AJferted. 4T Alas ! She's both my Miftrefs and my Wiffe A//>. Wc are no Strangers to the Pow'r of Love, Nor to the Grief that haplefs Love attends i We know how Cruel 'tis, to be thus torn From all that's precious to our bleeding Hearts 5 And (hall we inflift thofe piercing Woes on others? My Lord) my Lord, by powerful Love I charge you, Whofe Captive you have been, and yet remain, Or is the Objeft of your Flame forgot ? Front. O never, never (hall (he be forgot ! Mir, Then by great Love, whofe Captive you remain, I here conjure you, fparc this captive Pair; By the remembrance of that lovely Objeft, hy all the Blifs you enjoy'd with her fo long h^ all your bitter Woe for her fad' Lofs, And by thofe Sighs you now profoundly draw From your fad Heart, th'exhauftlefs fcource of Woe. Front, O Mitamont forbear, my Friend forbear) Thou haft rouz'd the Vulture ilumbring in my Breaft, That gnaws my Heart afunder. Mir, U Separation's hard to you my Lord, Who long polTeft the Darling of your Heart, And who from Life's Meridian now decline j What muft it be to him, whofe Youthful Blood Feels all the Stings of violent Defire ? To him my- Lord, to whom PofTcflion's new> He and his Wife, in their fird charming Bloom, Can never have enjoy'd each other long. How long ha(t thou been Marry 'd? UL Ye Godsi ye Gods, let me not think of it / Mir. Nay anfwer me, I ask it but to ferve thee. UL Thow feed that I am ready for my Fate i But let me dye, as I have liv'd, a Man, For thou wilt make a Woman of me. This very fatal Ev'ning joyn'd our Hands. Mir. This Night! this very Night.' O Earth and Heav'n, Is't po(rible ? No ne'er was Woe like thine / Thy Wife is then a Virgin, yet untouched. And that thou lov'ft her more than Life it felf. Thy ardent, and thy mehing Eyes declare: Thou for this Night perhaps haft langui(h'd longi Or long haft been upon the painful Wreck, Been toft alternately, from eager Hope \ Jt<: 4<5 Liberty Afferted. To mortal Fear ^ ^om Fear to Hope agaio> And we furpriz'd thee in the laft Impatience 5 Eager for Blifs, and panting to the Goal 5 And muft Death cut off all thy charming Hope, Ev'n in th'enclianting height of Expeftation? This is unheard of, this is monftrous Cruelty. ' Come, you muft inelt, my Lord, you (hall, you do, We (hall not elfe be look'd upon as Men 5 As Men ! the very Lion and the! yger Would be lefs barbarous, would be lefs inhuman, And here's a Sight that in their Savage Breafts Might raife a tender Scnfe of human Woe. Front. This is indeed deplorable. Mir, My Lord, my Lord, you utterly forget. That we our felves have Wives and Children too, That langui(h, if they live, in hard Captivity, Tho' where we know not 3 yet the Pow'rs above Behold them, and prepare with dreadful Plagues To vi(it our Crimes upon their Innocence, And all th'Injufticc, and the crying Cruelty Which we inflift on this unhappy Pair, On thofe poor Innocents will be reveng'd. Fr^w^. I'll hear no more J - For thou wilt melt me to iny Ruin, Mirammt i And thefe by my Deftru£lion thou wouldft fave j Thou know'fl the King's Commands are moft fever«. Mir, And moft unjuft. But arbitrary Kings are always Slaves To Intereft: their implicit grand Command To all their Subjeds, is to advance that. To which all Orders are fuppos'd to tend : But 'tis the apparent IntereA of the King, To fpare this valiant Ifouthj which wlwn you (hew— Front. But how can 1 (hew that? Mir, Why would the King deftroy him? Front. Once more I t«ll thee 5 Becaufe he is his Mortal Foe declar'd, A id is befides the univexfal Soul I'hat warms, and moves, and animates tfaefe Nation?, T'oppofe his vaft Dofigns, whom when they lofe, The very Spirit that fupports 'em's gone, Mir, If he declares for us, they lofe him more Than if he diesj becauCe we gain him then. & w. .^ Front. Uherty AJferted 47 Front, But he's too lofty, and too fierce for that, He*ll ne'er declare for u?. Mir, [apart!] I would not have him, but I muft gain time, Which if I compafs, I may yet preferve him. [To Front.'] Not inftantly j his Soul's too great for that 5 But give him Time, my Lord. ' Front. The Engii/b may return, the Angians rally, And then he may be wrefted from our Hands 5 How (hould I anfwer that? Mir. Before the Morning they can ne'er return ; / Give him 'till point of Day, and let this Fair one Try her perfuafive Pow'r. Front. Captain. Offi. My Lord. • Front. The Charge of thefe twoPrifoners muft be yours > But keep your Guard for half an hour at diftance, That their Difcourfe may not be overheard 3 If in that time he will decl9re for us. Let him be left here with his beauteous Bride ; But place a Guard without that may proteft them. If he refufes, bring him ftrait to me. And her convey to th' other Female CaptiveF. Now Angian^ Life or Death are in thy Choice 3 If thou wilt fwear t* embrace our Interefts, A glorious Inftrument thou mayft become To make thefe Nations fubjcft to our Sway, And then thou (halt be happy, (halt be great, And under us rule all xh'lroquian Tribes: If thou refufeft thou (halt furely die. S C E N E VI. Ularaar, Irene. Ul. Ah poor Irene! # Ire. Wretched (7/^«»i«r / UL We but juft are met Ire. And we mufl! part. Wouldft thou not tell me fo> C/V. We muft 5 for ever part. ir^. Who coutd have thought it! U/. Who could have believ'd it ? Ire. That wi(h*d-for Happinefs fliould be fo near. U/. And be fo foon, and fo entirely loft. Ire. Ah cruel Change I ^ ^ * UL O mortal Woe ! one Kifs, and then farewel. Ire. The Gods have giv'n to others to fare well. V .«M 48 Liberty /ifferted. O mifcrably mufl /r^f fare / Art thou in hafte to leave thy Bride for ever? Ul. My Life ! can I avoid it 7 I muft leave thee i Thou feefl the Spoufais cruel Fate prepares for us, Thefe are the Wedding Joys that Heav*n provides usj Farewel ! A longer Stay will quite unman tne» Eternally Farewel O Curfcd Parting / {Kijfes her. O charming Earned of Immottal Blifs> Which I muft ne'er enjoy I Ire. The Gods, the Gods reward this faithlefs Race. Ul, Me rather curfe, yes, curfe my damn'd Credulity j Foolj Fool, Fool, to be thus grofsly chous'd By thefe vile tricking Slaves / O I am loft/ » But juftiy, there's the Torment, juftly loft, • 1 poorly ran the hazard of my Country To fave my Houfe, and on my Houfe the firft, . : - The greateft, and moft difmal Vengeance falls. Ire, But loft Irene'^ moft of all undone. . . ^ Confider what I am, and what I was In the beginning in this fatal Nightie Was 1 not Happy \ UL Thou waft indeed. ..'^- Ire. How am I fall'n \ UL Oh thou art plung'd in an Abyfs of Woe .' Ire, If I appear to upbraid thee UUmar^ Think there's a wondrous Reafon for't* who caus'd This dreadful Revolution in my Fate. UL Who but a Dog, who but a Dog? ' , / O I could tear my fell! Ire, Thine is the Fault, but whofe muft be the Pain? But whofe muft be the Horrour? UL Oh that it might be mine ! might all be mine / Ire, Thy Enemies will foon deliver thee, And Death will be thy Friend ; his Icy hand ^ '"^' Will foon convey thee to that Blifsful Land, Where thou ftialt fwim in everlafting Joy, Wbeie thou wilt foon forget thy lov'd Irene, UL Oh never / never / Ire. The tranfitory Pains of Death with thee Will foon be o'er, but I (hall feel them long i Of thy fad Death how long may I be dying. For I have neither Enemy, nor Friend . -r That will deliver me 5 but muft be left ^ ,^, ; ; Alone f J Uherty jijjifttd. 49 Alonet Oh all alone, I (hall be left Without my Country! and my dear Relatione, Without my faichfiil Friends, nay without thee, Whowcrt Relations, Country, all to me. O that thou wcrt ! O that thou vould*il be all / C//. Thou miferablcft of the Race of Women, What would'ft thou/ Ire, Thou fccft in what Condition I am left. In what perfidious, in what barbarous Hands i Say, what am I t* expedt when thou art gone, j, .• From fuch a cruel, fuch a faichlefs Rnce? Ul. Oh damn them— damn them, O Revenge, Revenge I I'd give the World that thou wcrt in my Pow'r Ire, Say Ulamar^ for thou haft known me long. Say, did 1 e'er appear thus mov'd before? Ul. No, never, never 5 Fate is on thy Brow, And thy Soul's teeming with fome wond*rous Birth, Let it be ne'er fo dreadful bring it our, The worft of Fate I have already felt. Ire, If e'er thou lov'dft me with a noble Pafllon, ' ris time to (hew it now. Ul. Whither art thou going? Ire. Once more tell me. Who brought this Load of Woe upon my Heal ,' 6^/. Oh Damnation! Oh! he. From whom (hould my Deliverance then proceed ? Ul. Light'ning this Moment blaft me ! muft I then Betray my Country, or abandon thee! Ire. Say, tho* a poor diftrefsful, widow'd Virgin, Yet am I not thy Wife? UL My deareft Wife f Dearer than is the Blood that warms my Hcarti But ruin'd Angia is my Country ftill. Ire, Wilt tliou do nothing for me, Ulamar^ Is not my Honour thine? - Ul. \ t is, and mine is thine. And therefore I'll preferve it, true to thee, To Hcav'n and Nature, and to ruin'd Angia, Ire, And I would have thee conftant to them all 1 For if thou prov'ft a Traitor to the reft. Thou wilt be fo to me. UL Hal h there another Way to thv Deliverance^ , ^' .. J .^.K. jd ^ Liberty Affertei. Y\\ flied the Blood that's dcarctt to my Heart T'obtain it. Ire. The Blood that's deafcft to thy Heart ? • 1 { Ul. By the great Mind I will. ri ;^ c. i Ire. Is not that Blood Iretie'sl ^» '^ '^ > '^ i ^ > Ul. Thy Blood! O Horror! What haft thoii propcs'd? Ire. Yes thou muft flied it, Ulamar^ and die. UL Am I a Devil? he. What, can'ft thou llay to expire in fearful Torments, Infulted o'er by thefe inhuman Slaves ? Thou baft a PonyarcJ, tho* thy Sword is gone. • ;• "J^ ■» Vl. I have, and thus I ufe it. [T^raws the 'Dagger^ offers toftab himfelf. Ire. Hold, by almighty Love I charge thee holdj O look upon me with an Eye of Mercy, ' ;}' [• ' And plunge it here*, let mc not fee thee die: ' --^ Have Mercy UliPiart and kill me firft. U/. What, give thee Death ? Upon this facred Night ? Is that a Bridegroom's Gift ? The Gods, the Gods Deliver thee, while thus 1 frecmy fclf [Ojf^rj to ft ab himfelf., he. Thou ftialt not die, inhuman as thou artj How could you have the cruel Heart t'attempt it.* To leave me here to this perfidious Race : ' •" ' I My Father, Country, Friends, all, all arc gone ; And canft thou leave me too, my Life? Can ft thou? Canft thou? Thou fiialt not. I will die before thee. [Snatches the 'Digger from him^ and 'offers to kill her felf Ul, Ohold! T hat difmal Blow I muft not, dare not fee. /rr.Thinkwhat thcFrench when thou art gone-come Death And free my Breaft from this diftra Befides that, I refped thy wondrous Virtue I There's fomething Co engaging in thy Perfon, That Pm inclin'd with Tendernefs to love thee 3 But think th'Jrrevocablc Moments fly ; . The Time approaches when thou muft refolvc. Ul. What, to betray my Truft ? To be a Villain / Front. Miftake me not, fond Youth.' A (lid us to fubdue thefe warlike Nations ^ And under us thou (halt command them all. U/. What Right have I to rule thefe warlike Nations? Front. The juftcft in the World, the Right of Nature: Thou (ingly ha(t more Virtue than them all 5 And therefore art by Nature form'd to rule them. U/. With bare Defert a gonfcrous Mind is fatisfy'd -, If I have Virtue give me leave to keep it: • Complying withthy Offer wo'^ld dcftroy it, .1 And I fliould then have more and blacker Crimes Than all the warlike Iroquois together 5 But thou miftak'/l thy Man, 1 have a Soul ' , TJwt icorns a Tyrant, and aSlave alike! , And thou wouldH have me both: .• . But (ince thy Offer kindly is dcfign'di .; rj . ^ In Gratitude J doubly will return it. ' ! :. . Front. Return it, fay 'ft thou? How? U/. Set me but free, and I'll in kind return it. Front . In kind? U/. Yes, roudc thy felf, and (hake off this vile Yoak, Under the which thou bow'ft thy Neck and groan'ft: I'll make thee King of all Canadian France^ And the brave Englijh, and the Warlike Iroquois Shall both fupport tby Claim. Front. I'll hear no more -, ifiiy;,' wilt thott live or die? I^ir. Nay, hear him out ^ 'tis barbarous to refufe it: Mechinks that I could hear him talk for ever. . Front. Yet be advised aind live. Ul. Not on tliy Termt, Pm not of Life fo fbad ; Weigh both our Offer«9 and >iidge which is jufter j i . Hi Tyrant til A ■'•> \^^i^■• •I .::■ iU- I i '* jt'i ; ■ IT ; iv • U-'i' 52 I/^m;^ /ijferted. Tyrant and Slave at once thou'dft have me turn, And weaken and dcbafc my free-born Mind, That*s liidt pendant now of all but Hcay'n j And a Supcriour in a Man difdairts ; <* "^* *' '-':■ The greareft, beft of Men are but my Equals > The guilty like thy Mafter my Inferiors. ' v Front. Thou haft a noble Soul, by Hcav n. i**' Mir, A Godlike one. Ul Oh. hqw unlike is what I ask of thee? I would eftablifh thee a lawful King, t • -'? ' And o'er a happy People (halt thou Reign j Would break thy ignoble Bonds, jind give thee means T' a(rert thy Liberty, t* aflert thy Virtue i i. For lurking in thy Breaft I-fee the Seeds ^ >4ii •'■ Of ev'ry noble Virtue j but by Cuftom And vain Opinion choak'd, and blind Obedience To the unjuft Ambition of thy Mafter. As thou art Man, thou art Generous and Brave, i rio. . ' True Maganimity adorns thy Mind. . :jffi b-\h And thou art as dearly awful to my Soul ;?i(i W\cj#/ v^^ V As if thou wert my Father. "'"> w r^<" ?v ; i if But as thou art French^ thou art Safe, Perfidious, Periur'd, And Sacrificeft to thy I'yrant's Will ' oiw u; f in; Thy very Honour, and thy very Virtue, r. .f 1 .i ..*.(; Mir. Mind that my Lord. II Vl. Thou would'ft have me betray my Tru^, my Country, The Solemn'ft and moft Sacred of all Trufts. u ..... 1 would have thee deliver thofe thou Rul'ft* • ' >n.l .5; J And free them from the Bonds that wring their Hearts^ And from the cruel Scourge that makes them roar: .;s\^i Should I comply with thte, and ftiould undo.:^^ ;.'*. Thefe generous Nations, who are hippy now '<. In Innocence and Freedom ^ but would then Be pluDg'd in Vice and endlefs Milery^ ,i.v How when I afterwards met woful Sights, Deplorable Misfortunes, melting Objeds; How would my Heart within my| Bofom diCy To think that I had done this? But thou who hitherto, miftaken Man, l >. Haft proftituted to thy Monirdh's Pride I The nobleft Talents of thy Mine and Perfon, . : - Thy Wifdom, and thy Courage haft cmploy'd ... .': ., To caft all other Nations into Chains» .,^ .^*^ .. jc . > And I -1 :* u * e,-i ■• - / . . . b;i; «?•■ Uberty Afferted. n And Clinch and Rivet thofe that bind thy own, Who haft been Induftrious to email Dcflrud^ion Upon theRace of Men, to all Pofterity, . :' Ev*n thy Fofterity, thy wretched Children, If thou haft Children ' ^ ' Front. What cruel Griefs has that Remembrance rou2*d ? UL How will thy Soul rejoyce, when thou flialt come To turn thofe Talents to their nobleft \J(t, ■^' ' ' - To bring the Nations round to happy Freedom, And make Attonement to our Indian World, For all the Woes thy curft Ambition caus'd! What inexpreflible Joy will feize thy Breaft, • When thou flialc every where meet happy Objcds, And think to thee that Happinefs they owe.' To hear the Shouts, the general Acclamations, Th' unnumber'd Blcffings pour'd upon thy Head ; O would'ft thou rouze thy f If, and break thy Chain, How would thy Virtue and thy Glory fliine/ - And to what height thy Happinefs would Soar! j Vwl ; >' ! Then impious Waj (hould here for ever ceafe Which never came among thefe happy Groves, T 'Till thy falfe Race firft landed on our Shoar. For 'tis for Libei-ty ^e War, not Empire i v V While at the Blood we fpill we hourly Sigh, ; . . And curfe the Falrtiood of detcfttd Slaves, ' i ' <• : " That rudtly force us to deftroy our Kind, i ; c " : i How (hamcful 'tis, that Men whom Hcav'n has form'd, Of this vaft U»fverfe the Fellow-Citizens, - ShouW thtrs wage Civil and unnatural War: : , All Creatures that have Life, but Men, agree; The fierceft and moft Savage of the Beafts, . » i '" That makes the Forcft tremble at his Roar, . / ^' • ' ' i /' Loves his own Figure in another Beaft, i • ^' r'ti i And with him like a Brother lives in Peace. • Ev*n Fiends themfelves with Fiends are not at Variance % But barbarous Man makes impious War on Man, i; > And Leagues with Fiends againft his Fellow- Creatures. Mir, O Godlike Youth! affift me all ye Pow'rs \^/lpart. Who love Mankind, and who delight in Mercy, . ,, Aflift my juft Dcfign. jr . ) UL But if the Juftice of the noble Caufe, The Freedom of the Indian World won't move thee, J , If giving lafting Happinefs and Peace i To ty ri 5. -A. n r- '»{ J4 I/^/jy /4Jferted. To all the Race of Men, won't rouze thy Bioodi If thy own Fame and Grcatnefs won't preysul* And if a Crown acquir'd fo brave a Way, Have no Temptations for thy groveling Mind, Haft thou a Son f inherit Blifs or VYoe? For fome will for their Children more perform, Than for thcmfelvcs j and all the World befides. •• -i Mir, A happy Thought, ay, urge that Motive home. ,. Ul. Nay, anfwcr me ! ...^, ,.^; Ir- Front, Alas/ thou hurt'ftme, probe that Wound no more. UL Nay, if thou haft, confider while 'tis time, . ? , , , | On thS Important Now depends his Fate, And by thy prcfent Choice he grows a King, (,; ,.,,.; Becomes a happy and a glorious King, ,,_ ... ?,,,,, Or lives and dies a miferable Slave; ; . r| ^ S^ Come, I can plainly iec thou baft a Son. » (Wiyes, Mir, Yes, yes, brave Youth, we have Children, nay a^d But fliamefuHy have been afraid to own them, /-. ,, ^,qi.\ For fear our mighty Monarch (hofild grow angry^ ']. j ^^^'^^ And that vile Fear ha^ loft thcmj if they live, v^q,^j .norlf They hngujfli io a rude Q^ptivity^ .,.^. '^ j.,^^^ And to retrieve them^ and to keep them ours, > .^jj j 7 •• We have no hope, but by thy generous Offer. - : . -r Come rouze my Lord, how long ftiall we have P^tiencjq:.; Have Patience] have Stupidity, I would faf !.., ;i,i,^ r.,.j ^ For Patience is a VirCue, this a Vilencf$,/_,-o> 7! jbr.n iiifT A very \Danc ^f Spirits in our Blood ; vjt* jr l^rnci! vfoH Come, how much loiter ftiall we eroueh and fawn, -u o Yes fawn like Dogs, the more, the more we*j?e fciourg^'d^jj^ But Dogs when fcreaccn only fawn on Men -riLyxJ \\i\ Who were to thfltn ftiperiour Creatures formld*.' r^^.,j> .j^j |; No Dog will fawn Hipori a Dog who tears himo-fp^r^ utft f Yes, 'tis a llgn we have Sacrificed our Virtue, , , i'li ..^vo.' Nay, and our very Reafon with our Virtue, . j ( rj.j ,, i-,, ;^- When wc can thus refolve to offer up >* j^;; j .j'. :;* Our Children to the Rage of lawlefs J way. • Viv ; ; -^ What is hei That he proudly thus commands us, ,j •,,, ^ Not only to commit the bafeft Crimes, .;: o .vv\f\ To grow the Scourge of God, and be the Plagues ^r\\ir Of Humane Race, while the French Name is grown, ,7, ^ A Horrour to each. Coriaor of the Earthy ,„,. ,-^y\ But that iike Devil® we our felves fliould feel ■ jj/i'i .jjr Doubly the Torments wfi inflift on others i fi';! r '\l _ Shbufa \ •» Liberty A(}ertteL 'i% Should on our Children endlcfs Woes entail, ' And grow the Curfe ev'n of our own Pofterity, For what? That he o'er Europe may infulr. k.i \^- Yes, by the Woes of us and ours Infulf. What is't to us who Reigns, if we are Wretched? And can we well be more? is this our Comfort, That with our felves we make Mankind too Wretched? A Comfort fit for Devils, not for Men. UL Ay, now thou arc my Friend indeed. «+ ? Mir. Pray where's his Pow*r that aws us into this? What Force has he, but what we fondly give him? ^ For what he wrongly calls his Pow*r is ours i ^ And (hall we ufc our Pow'r againft our felves ? Would any but a Wretch depriv'd of Reafon, Employ his Limbs to wound himfelf and Children, Becaufe another has the monftrous Cruelty To tell him *tis his Pleafure ? \ Front, IVe heard too much. S C E N E II. Ulamar, Froiifcnac, Miramont, Soldier, So!, My Lord, to Arms, to Arms.' Front. What fay 'ft thou? Sol, As we adyanc'd towards yonder Southern Gate» Upon the Mountain fronting it, we fpy'd A Light afcending to the Vault of Heav'n, Which ftrait expanding in a general Blaze, O'crflow'd the Mountain with a Flood of Flame, And then defcending with Impetuous Courfe Down to the Vale the fiery Torrent rowl'd, And now both Hill and Vale appear on Fire : 'Tis thought the routed Angians who efcap'd. Arc now returning with their Englijh Friends, And by thefe numerous Lights direii their Nightly March. Front. Ha! We too in our turn (hall be furpriz'dj And which way move they? Sol, Direftly towards the Southern Gate they advance. Front, Give Orders that my Forces be drawn up ; My felf will lead them to the Southern Gate, And warmly we'll receive this defperatc Foe : Take care another Band of Fuzileers Be planted at the entrance to this Place > They (hail receive my Pleafure as I pafs,. ->' SCENE 56 • Liherty Afjerted. ' SCENE III. Ulamar, Frontenac, Miramont; Front. Hold! Let me fee/ This ^«^/4w Captive yet Is in my Pow'rj how long he may remain fo Heav'n only knows! If he efcapes I am loit, My Orders from the Court are fo fevere. On this Alarm my Duty calls me hence, ,* \To Ula. Ten Minutes yet thou haft left thee to declare^ If before they expire thou wilt be ours. Thou may 'ft be Happy, clfe thou knqw'ft thy Doom. % SCENE IV. Ulamar, Miramont. Mir. The Time allow'd ftiee to refolve is Qiortj Then I entreat thee make thy deareft ufe of it. ^ UL I was about if. -•• Thou fay'ft thou art my Friend. .-,.;, - -; Mir, I fay I am thy Friend : Let Flatterers fay, .' , • Brave Vouth, for I have (hewn I am thy Friend^ . Live but an Hour and thou wilt find me fuch, Find I have boldly ventured all to favc thcej Done more for thee, than ever I would do Ev'n for my neareft and moft dear Relations » Thou to my Soul art dearer than them all. Related to me by a Nobler way j My Kindred they in Blood, but thou in Virtue. c7/. Then let me take my leave of my Irene, Mir, Thou know*ft not what thou ask'ft»thy timeisfliort, And fhould*ft thou fee her, thy few precious Moments ^^^ Would be in empty Lamentation j loft. UL Then bind thy felf by lolcmn Vows to guard her From all unworthy Ufage when I'm gon^. Mir, Come, I'll do more for thee > For thou (halt live, and be thy fclf her Guardian : What, can'ft thou poorly Die, and thy brave Friends So near, who come to free thee from thefe Bonds, To free us all from our infulting Tyrant? Can'ft thou dcfert the great Support of Liberty, And tamely Die? U!, Tamely? :'■ . Mir, Ay, Tamely/ Ul. Oh give me but a Sword, and thou (halt fee How T amely I will fall. Mir. How would'ft thou ufe it? p ■ liberty Afferted. 57 Ul. V\\ thro* thy numerous Sentries force my Way> And mounting o'er the Ramparts join my Friends. ^ Mir, Impomble I Thou would'ft betray thy fclf And me to Fate> and would'ft prevent thy Friends. • • Ul, What can 1 do befidcs ! Mir. Declare. UL What, for the Frenchl Againft whofc Crimes fo juftly thou inveigh'ft ? Mir. Do you think I ask you to declare for ever? Thy Sentiments diflembic but an Hour. -. (7/. Is Death fo dreadful.^ r* Mir. ConHder but the happy Confequencc. ^- Ut. The Confequencc is Guilt, Remorfe and Shame. ' You punifli with an ignominious Death» They who defert your falfe and guilty Caufe, And would have me a Fugitive from Truth, ' A Fugitive from Virtue? Mr. But for an Hour. Ui. But Virtue oft deferted for an Hour, Refcnts it deeply, and upon the Wing Is gone paft all Return. Mir. ThrecMinutes yet arc left thee to declare [Liberty. UL Then welcome Death the fourth, for that brings Mir. Think that the Happinefsofev'naWorld Depends upon thy Life. UL Know that World's Happincfs depends on one Who will not have it (av'd fo bafe a way. Mir. If thou art fo hard-hearted to thy fclf. Do fomcthing yet for me, who have done for thee More than thou know'ft, or would'ft with Eafc believe.* UL Thou art fo generous, I could die for thee, - Be fatisfy'd with that. Mir. Nay, but thou flialt not thus continue obftinate, Defcend to be intreated for thy felf. > UL *Tis they are obftinate, who are in the wrong: I never was more Right. Mir, *Tis paft j how vain 'tis to contenci with Fate. SCENE V. Ulamar, Miramont, Officer and Guards, Offi. Where is this Angtan > UL Here. . > Offi. Count Frontenac our Governour, has fent me T'enquire of thee for whom thou wilt declare. UL For Liberty. > ' ' - Offi'. Then Death fliall fct thcc free. -' ^ . ^ Here bind him. ' • ' - -. ^ / ^ >■.'■'■ :;;'i ,i i* UU.W Mir. 58 Liberty /Sjjerted. Mir. Stay ypt a Mpment. Off. I dare not ftay, i • Our General wiU l?e kcre immediately, , . ^. And when hcSfces, cxpefts to find bim dead. Ul. Fa»ewel my abfent Dear, pyptcft her Heav'n, And make this gentle tQ her tender Heart -, ■. \ Tis a fevere Divorce, but we muft bear it. >^ Mir. How my Heart bleeds for him. i ./ Off. Cpmp, away with him. UL Wilt thou be goodi and think of Ipft Jrfne ? i Mir. Had I an only Daughter, Fair a§ Virtue, She fliould be left my Care. ,i. ; ;i < C//. Farevqi my generous Friend. Mtr, Let me Eml^race thee, dearer than my Life, Dear as my Fame » thi$ Separation wounds me, And makes me blged, as if thqu wcrt a part of mc, ' Dear haplefs Youth, eteoially Farewell S C E N £ V. Ulamar^ Mirainont, Sakia, Officer xandGuj^ri^, Sak. He lives, and the eternal Pow'rfiarc Juft: • H^ liy??, (lanc^ pflf, and let a wretched Mather Embrace the Joy anc^ (Spmfort of her hik. Oli Uiam^r, thpu ^yling qf my SquU Off. W hat means this Woman with hct cIs^pCQUS fondflcfs I Prefent, difpatch km preftntly; Sak, Hurt him» apd thou (halt he ten Y^arft a dying. Where's Mirummtl ' illr;:. Hal Offi. ShpQ? him ye. Slavjjs •, hpw, dare ye. difobcy ? M/r. HoW.' Ou thy iife. forbear! She (hall bjc heard firft. Offi. With thiail Chil acquaint the Goyexnor, Do you remain, and guard your Prifoner w£U. SCENE VI. Ulamar, MiramPijit, Sakia, afif(Q,ti^r4s> Mir. Who a§ks for Mir/imonl ?: Sak. Sakia, Mir, Sakia i? • ^ Sak. Yes; fo th.e /^^^/^VJ" caU me •, butlkijd Another Name upon tti Huronjan Lake. Mir. Till now I never fa w thee. Sak, I tell thee 'tis for Miramont I ask. Mir. Men. call; me i|/frtf«|tf7«/, - -■ •^^ ^rf/fe. Thee ? I know thee not. ' •',.,.> How long haft thou been here in Canada ?, » Mir. The Sun has five tim^-S rowl*d about the Year, Since firft I Landed on your Indian Sho:ir. Ss^. I want another Captain of thy Name. . Mir. Libtrijl Affmed 5^ Mir, In Canada t\k^tc a tiod^kiMiriniiat. ^ ^. Sak. Thou art miftakcn > I hav6 6fc6n ftctf himi , ' And know him well. _ ^/r. Twelve Years ^go you may have fcen another » But then his cltfcr ftrothei' ihildUft dy'd^ And he returnM to Fy*^:^^. * Sak, Ye have utterly alSintlbh'd us, y^ Heav'A'^ I And what became of hftto ? Ai/y . In Fra^f ftV^h Ve^r^ v^i't^i Hoiibiirs cr6wn*d he liVd, And then he left it for i better V^'oHd, , ., , ^ , J'^yfc. Dead! Is he dead? Q ifhe robft lotf of ^omW! Mr. Hearmt. Sat Aiifwerme. Who wa'is that Miratnont that fought this Morn With my poor dying Son? . Mr. 'Twas I : But hear m<5 Madam: Jtf*. Horrdur and Diftraftion feize me / Henceforth V\\ be as d^af to all the World, As Heav'n has been to me. Mir, Hear me but a Word ! % Sak, At length (he\jr Mtrcy, ye affliftihg Pow*rs, And fend'more Wei^t tocruffi the Wi/etch you have made; Mir. Strange Prfepoflcflion ! Sak. This \(^ightof Woe I caiiiidt^ will not bear! I faint, I die, fupport thyVretched Mother, And leave her not in this extream Nec^effityl Ah Woe ! Thou art thy felf in dire Neceffity, , Hopelefs, forlorii, of all the' World miftaken : But who has brougjhr thee to this difmal find. Q Wretch, the moft accurft of Heav'il! Thus, tftiis 1 dafh agjiirift the Ground the fatal Gaufe^ ^Falls. And art thou gone, for ever gone my Mramht? Then all the World is goiie with wretched me j Here let me end ray milerable Life : My rmferable Life's already ended^ And I am in the number of thofe Things That were, and are no mOre. I come my Attramht { Methinks I fee thy awful dhoft appear. And beckon me away to that flraneeLand, From whence there*! no return: Yes now I fee thee, Juft with that monrnful Look, that fatal Frown, With which thou now for three fucceffive Nights Haft broke my dreadful Slumbers, t' upbraid me For my unkind delay : But I it feems, I 2 . : Flattcr'd i 6o Uhmy Ajferttd. Flattcr'd and cheated by f.'fc Hope, " ^ ; Miftook the mortal Summons. SCENE VII. Front. UI. Mir. Sak. Officer and Guards, Sak. Ha ! Gods / He comes, with the fame Frown he comes i Do you call this Fancy ! O I (hall be mad, I liiall bs mad with Joy, with Fear, with Wonder/ » thou who haft the Charms to make Death lovely. What would'ft thou with that pale aftonifli'd Look ? Such as the dying wear, or dead who arifc $ Com 'ft thou to call thy mifcrable Wife? She comes, in Life and Death thy own Nikaia. \l^rawsaDagger. front. Nikaial Sak. Ha/ More Aftonifliment/ He fpeaks, he calls; Do you hear? Do you fee? Or is this Madnefs all? > Front. Oh my aftonifli*d Soul/ It is Nikaia, Sak. Again in an aftiitted Tone he calls, 1 come. - Frons. O hold / [Lays hold on the dagger. Sak. Ah Gods! Helivco, I die; zh Miramontl Front. Thou (halt die here then in thefe longing Armsj Dear to my Heart, as the Lifc-Blood that warms it: Feel how \l^ith fprightly Heats it calls thee back To Life and Love agam. Sak, It iSi it is my Mirantontl Oh 'tis too much ye Powers, I cannot bear it, ' I die, the mighty toy devours my Life ^ My Love, my Life, my Miramont. Front, And doft thou live? And art thou in my Arms? Where haft thou paft fo many cruel Years ? O let thefe Tears of flowing Joy acquaint thee, How bitterly I've mourn 'd tliy fatal Lofs ! , : What haft thou fuffer'd in this rude Captivity ? O thou haft fufFer'd what no Tongue can ttll? How haft thou mmirn'd for thy afflidled Mate/ For fure thy Grief was equal to thy Love, : And never any Flame could equal thine. Sak No we will never, never part again! :- .: - Alas I had forgot our Miramont , . front. Ha! What of that dear Creature / how I tremble/ Thy Looks inform me, that my deareft Hope, .. ^ The Joy and Comfort of my Life is loft. Sak, He lives, but on the very Brink of Fate: Alas! They murder him/ Front. I m\ Liherty AJJerted 6f . Front. They? Who! ■ J^^. The barbarous Governor. m^^ ' Front, The Governor/ My Life! What Governor? Sak. The Governor of this New France. F/(?»r. Who hath deluded thee? . (> The Governor of France is in thy Arms. Sak. The Govcrnour of France is Frontenac i • And arc not thou my Miramont } Front, I always was» I always will be thine. And formerly I was thy Miramont^ But by my Brother's Death am Frontenac, Thus are our Names by Cuftom chang'd in France. Sak. OHorrourl Horrour! Wretch, what dreadful Guilt hafl thou efcap'd? Behold thy Son« whom thou arc about to murder / Front. Ha! Where ? Sak, There, there, behold him. Front. Ha, thy Wonder and thy Joy diftradl thee / He who (lands there, is General of the Angians. Sak. As Aire as he is General of the Angians^ L He is thy Son and mine, 'tis thy own Miramont. Front. O I am loft and fwallow'd up in Wonder I Ye Gods, ye Gods! Thefe are Eveigits furpading all Example ; Thcfe are th' amazing Miracles of Fate / Ha! PcriHi all Tyrants, and their black Commands! [Embrace s\}\, UL Ay, in that God like Voice I hear my Father. Front, Oh Miramont I My Son, my Son, forgive me/ U/. You gave me Life, and you may take it back. Front, That Life I gave thee to defend I'll die ; Dear to my Heart, and lovely to my Eyes! Come to my Arms once more, indulge thy Father's Fond- My Wife, and Son recover'd in an Hour j Qnefs, And fuch a Son! O I am bleft Above my fondeft Hope. 1 am a God, if nothing intervenes To interrupt this more than mortal Joy •, And thou brave Miramont, my generous Friend, Thou to whofe rare and unexampled Virtue, I owe the joy and Darling of my Life. Embrace the Worth thon haft lav'd, 'twas thy own Blood, [iVlira Embraces Uhi. Which to preferve, thou nobly didft contend. Sak, Dbirty AJferted. 6a Sak. Why wouldft thou drive me to defpiir, by fay ingV»ront. ttik, My Miramont was in another World. ^a?/?,*"* Mir. You would not hear m€ out. We eftcem this a World diftindl from ours. • [/^/»/3r/.] I muft be goncf th' appointed Minute's come. SCENE VIII. Frontenac, Ularaar, Sakia> Guitrds, Front. Lcfe !hee, I'll lofc my felf firft. VI. Your King will have it fok and I muft ^ F S C E N E XI. Frontenac, Ulamar, Sakia, Irene. Jre. She comes, (he flies to that enchanting Voice. UL O let me prefs thee to my very Heart i From which ev'n Fate had not the pow'r to tear thee. Sir, I us'd no entreaty for my Lifej But for ray Love thus low 1 humbly bow; [Kneels, That you'd confent to make it happy here. - Front. Lfhirty /Ifjertei Front, Take her, flic's tl^inoi but cherifli her like Lifcj She merits all thy Love j and more I prize hcr» . , - For the rich Dowry of her nfiatchlefs Virtue 5 Than if extended fcmpire were her Lot. Sak. O the mofl bliil$ful nour of all my Life / . My long Calamities be quite forgoti And let me give up a|i my Soul to Joy .' Ul. Where haft thou p^(l this doleful difmal Hour j In dreadful exoedatioii of what Fate Was terribly about to S^ecute i Ire, Among a Qowd 0/ miferable Slaves^ Where hearing of thy Death) in wild Defpaif I made a dire Attempt upon my Life* When gracious Heav'p by Mir Art thpv» within our W4J»,? Where haft thou left thy Englijb:t Beauf. The Englifjt, and your rallied Angians now Are moft within the Town^ UL More Miracles ! Aftonifl^ing, Event ! Front, Now by my Soul^ they're truXy welcome all> And this exaftiy tp my Wi(h has happen'd s But without Fighting, hpw could this be done/ Beauf. While on the South we made a falfe Attack, Brave Miramont upon th'appoiuted Signal Gave us admittance at the Northern Gate. Front. The appointed Signal! you amaze me. Sir. Beauf Two hours are fcarcq elaps'd fince this brave Man To me difpatch'd a Meffenger exprefs. Inviting me to come and fave Ulamar^ - And for my Entrance gave a certam Signal x I on the warmeft Wings of Friendfliip flew,, .%..-■ . ^- . / ' Yet 64 Liberty Afferted. Yet had arriv'd too late with all my Speed, Had not kind Heav'n in Mercy interpos'd By this fo wonderful Difcovery, With which brave Miramcnt has Entertain'd me.. ^ , Front. What fay our Soldiers, Miramonti .: ;^ '^^^^'*^ ^^^^ Mir, They with the, Englijh and the Angians smx}.,^^; : And Peace and Joy in all their Looks appear : 'i<% r^, r'<^^^. Impatiently they wait for your Affent, To ay HAl Fromenac, and Liberty. /'" Front, rhat (hall not long be waritingr i//. But now unanimoully. Thanks we payt ' '^ To thee brave Miramonty and thee my Beaufort^ O truly Great! O truly worthy Son, Of Great Britannia thio' the Worl4 rei^own'd» . ' iri -r^yiil^'fiu "\ %: ^ff/ U i\ -ri'- 'IT-I?:?'*; :;VJ,.^:.': vo ««' u-. '.^ ■ * ■! Tor propping falling Liberty't - ,^,--- ^.^^ - -, Supporting finking Nations If'-^*-''** < "■'P.^-^/'f^-tV^^'^'- ''^'^ There is more Eiccellence, more Godlike Greatnefs In refcuing one poor Wretch from dire Calamities, Than in fub verting and di^ftroying Empires^ ^. . And making Millions wretched. Beauf, 'To Heav'n unanimoufly Praifc return, - ■:'•"> ..\ And thankful for this wonderful Deliverance, ^ •/ ^^^^^rt Rcfdve that; Heav'n alone ftiall o'er you Rule, ^ '"-'*^ "l '{ And caft not off your Maker's Sway for Man's 5 7^ < , ^V',^ Be govern'd ftill by Reafon and by Law, 't^'^^'^'ir^^^ And let your Monarch ftill be Heav'ns Vicc-gerent, '■•^y^ And Execute his Matter's Will, not his: ^<'- -^^"^ Thus govern'ds we are abfoliitely Free, . • v ' '■':: ^•''- ■ '• Heav'n and good Kings give perfeft Liberty, ^'"^ And from this wonderous Night, let all Men learn. Never to facrifice the pubiick Good ^ Either to Foreign, or to Home-bred Tyrants, " ''' For the vile latereft of Themfelves and Families^ For that upon their Families and felves Brings certain Ruin: May all France like you Have their Eyes open'd, and with horror fee, How to their Tyrant's Will thy offer up Their Children, and their whole Pollerity, The thing which Heav'n and Nature molt abhors > ■'''^*"\.., May they fee this like you- like you dciteft it, "^5J / * 1 hen grow like you. Impatient to be Free, ^ ^'^^■"'^ -^.^ ■ I Wirli us alTerting Godlike Liberty. ' ' • '• t " ''■"' ... ^ -^i'-ii * FINIS, \To Front. , .\Ca:X\ ' r . s