Enter Aminta like Glory, Alcander representing Honour.
They pass over and bow, and go out.
Glory and Honour wait on her.
Enter two more representing Mars and Pallas, bow and go out.
With Pallas and the God of War,
Enter Olinda like Fortune, a Page like Cupid, bow and go out.
Fortune and Love which ne’er agree,
Do now united bow to thee.
—Be wise, and of their Bounties share;
For if Erminia still was here,
Still subject to the toils of Life,
She never could have been thy Wife,
Who by the Laws of Men and Heaven
Was to another’s bosom given:
—And what Injustice thou hast done,
Was only to thy Prince alone;
But he has mercy, can redeem
Those Ills which thou hast done to him.
—But see, they all return again.
[All the Disguis’d enter again and dance, with Love in the midst, to whom as they dance, they in order make an offer of what they carry, which must be something to represent them by; which Love refuses with Nods, still pointing to Alcippus: the Dance done, they lay them at his feet, or seem to do so, and go out.
What think’st thou of thy Destiny,
Is’t not agreeable to thee?
Tell me, Alcippus, is’t not brave?
Is it not better than a Grave?
Cast off your Tears, abandon Grief,
And give what you have seen belief.
Dress all your Looks, and be as gay
As Virgins in the Month of May;
Deck up that Face where Sorrow grows,
And let your Smiles adorn your brows;
Recal your wonted Sweetness home,
And let your Eyes all Love become:
For what the Gods have willed and said,
Thou hast no power to evade.
What they decree none can withstand,
You must obey what they command.
[She goes out, he remains immoveable for a while.
Enter Pisaro.