"Pol. Castalio! oh! Cast. "I come." Chamont, to thee my birth-right I bequeath; 620 [A casto faints into the arms of a servant. For I perceive they fall with weight upon him. And, for Monimia's sake, whom thou wilt find I never wrong'd, be kind to poor Serina. Now, all I beg, is, lay me in one grave Thus with my love. Farewel. I now am-nothing. [Dies. Cha. Take care of good Acasto, whilst I go To search the means by which the fates have plagu'd us. 'Tis thus that Heav'n its empire does maintain; It may afflict, but man must not complain. THE END. [Exeunt omnes. EPILOGUE. SPOKEN BY SERINA. YOU'VE seen one orphan ruin'd here; and I May be the next, if old Acasto die: Should it prove so, I'd fain amongst you find, Who 'tis would to the fatherless be kind. To whose protection might I safely go? Is there among you no good.nature? No. What shall I do? Should I the godly seek, And go a conventicling twice a week? Quit the lewd stage, and its profane pollution, Affect each form and saint-like institution; So draw the brethren all to contribution? Or shall 1, (as I guess the poet may Within these three days) fairly run away? No; to some city-lodgings I'll retire; Seem very grave, and privacy desire ; Till I am thought some heiress, rich in lands, Fled to escape a cruel guardian's hands: Which may produce a story worth the telling, Of the next sparks that go a fortune-stealing. A TRAGEDY. BY JOSEPH ADDISON, Esq. ADAPTED FOR THEATRICAL REPRESENTATION, AS PERFORMED AT THE THEATRES-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, AND COVENT-GARDEN. REGULATED FROM THE PROMPT-BOOKS, "The Lines distinguished by inverted Commas, are omitted in the Representation." LONDON: Printed for the Proprietors, under the Direction of JOHN BELL, British Library, STRAND, Bookseller to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. M DCC XCI. |