Clarin. mistake You lie under a But thou shalt never find what I can When night falls, veiling in its shadows | The enamelled tapestry of this mossy trary. Being a stranger there, I will even wait It be the true one, I will take the con- Cyprian. The offer gives me plea sure. I am now Debating with myself upon a passage You find delight and company, that Of Plinius, and my mind is racked with Are a great student; -for my part, I To understand and know who is the Cyprian. This reply will not satisfy Be well distinguished into persons, yet me, for Even in the minutest circumstance Such awe is due to the high name of His essence must be one. Dæmon. God To attain the end That i should never be imputed. The affections of the actors in the scene Must have been thus influenced by his Then, But supreme goodness fails among the Of the high Gods; in things of great Gods Without their union. Dæmon. Unfathomed by our intellectual beam. more importance They still appear unanimous; consider Is stamped with one conception. The battle's loss may profit those who If they are equal, might they not have lose, Than victory advantage those who win. (Falsehood is incompatible with deity) risen In opposition to the work, and being If equal in their power, unequal only On impossible Would not have given assurance of an And false hypothesis there can be built No argument. Say, what do you infer From this? Cyprian. end Never to be accomplished: thus, although The Deity may according to his attributes a mighty God That there must be So clear a consequence? My victory? Dæmon. Do you regret My master, I now hear the clash of Who but regrets a check And it is time that I should now pursue Cyprian. To study, I will wrap his senses up canst not [Aside and exit. Holds now my sword suspended, thou Cyprian. I never Met a more learned person. Let me now Revolve this doubt again with careful mind. [He reads. FLORO and LELIO enter. Lelio. Here stop. These toppling Impenetrable by the noonday beam, Floro. Draw! If there were words, here is the place for deeds. Lelio. Restore it to the slumber of the scabbard : Thou knowest more of science than the duel; For when two men of honour take the field, No counsel nor respect can make them friends But one must die in the dispute. Floro. I pray That you depart hence with your people, and Leave us to finish what we have begun Thou needest not instruct Without advantage. me; well I know That in the field, the silent tongue of steel Though you may Cyprian. imagine That I know little of the laws of duel, Floro. Would you for your Such is my confidence. Cyprian. And you? Lelio. To slur her honour? What would the world say If one should slay the other, and if she Should afterwards espouse the murderer? [The rivals agree to refer their quarrel to CYPRIAN; who in consequence visits JUSTINA, and becomes enamoured of her: she disdains him, and he retires to a solitary sea-shore. SCENE II Cyprian. O memory! permit it not Holds dominion o'er the will, And gazing, became blind with error; Weak ambition, which the awe Of her presence bound to terror! That, hear me, Hell! I now would give Damon (unseen). I accept it. [Tempest, with thunder and lightning. Cyprian. What is this? ye heavens for ever pure, Oh! would that I At once intensely radiant and obscure! could lift my hope Athwart the ethereal halls So high, for though she is extremely The lightning's arrow and the thunder |