Enter King, Thersander, Officers, and Soldiers.
King. Let me once more embrace my dear Thersander.
Amin. The Prince is wounded, Sir.
King. He is—but they look lovely on him.
Ther. They’re too slight Marks to give you of my Duty; Your Majesty has greater need of Care.
King. Thou art my best Physician, and thy sight
Heals all the Wounds I have: come in with me,
And let me lay thee to my panting Bosom,
Thou great Preserver of my Crown and Life.
Ther. I’ll wait upon you, Sir,
[Exeunt all but Ther. and Amin.
Now let me take thee to my Arms, my Friend;
For thou art half my self, my dear Amintas:
I have strange News to tell thee since we parted,
And need thy Counsel in an Affair of Love
—Thou know’st my business to the Dacian Court
Was to have set thee free; but oh, my Friend!
In lieu of that I’ve made my self a Captive.
Amin. Your Story, Sir, I know, but heard withal, The Princess did repay your grateful Flame.
Ther. I thought she did, for so a while she seem’d;
And when I thought my self the most secure,
Being fortify’d with all her new-made Promises,
My blooming Hopes were blasted e’er full-blown,
And I receiv’d her Orders for my Banishment,
Which I as soon obey’d: but by the way,
I did conceive a thousand Revolutions,
Sometimes to serve my Princess—then my Father;
Sometimes ‘twas Nature got the upper hand,
And then again ‘twas Love: in this Dispute
I met the Levies of the Isadons,
Who were the last of all our Cavalry,
To whom I made me known, and came so luckily,
As gain’d the yet-disputing Victory.
Amin. ‘Twas in an happy Moment.