ell exprest,
But in her only name, the proud _Erota_.

Gaspero:

Alas, _Melitus_, I should guess the best
Success your Prince could find from her, to be
As harsh as the event doth prove: but now
'Tis not a time to pity passionate griefs,
When a whole Kingdom in a manner lyes
Upon its Death-Bed bleeding.

Melitus:

Who can tell
Whether or no these plagues at once
Hang over this unhappy Land for her sake
That is a Monster in it?

Gaspero:

Here's the misery
Of having a Child our Prince; else I presume
The bold _Venetians_ had not dar'd to attempt
So bloody an invasion.

Melitus:

Yet I wonder
Why (Master Secretary) still the Senate
So almost superstitiously adores
_Gonzalo_, the _Venetian_ Lord, considering
The outrage of his Countrymen--

Gaspero:

The Senate
Is wise, and therein just, for this _Gonzalo_,
Upon a Massacre performed at Sea
By the Admiral of _Venice_, on a Merchant
Of _Candy_, when the cause was to be heard
Before the Senate there, in open Court
Professed, that the cruelty the Admiral
Had shewed, deserved not only fine, but death;
238] For _Candy_ then, and _Venice_ were at peace:
Since when upon a motion in the Senate,
For Conquest of our Land, 'tis known for certain,
That only this _Gonzalo_ dar'd to oppose it,
His reason was, because it too much savour'd
Of lawless and unjust ambition.
The Wars were scarce begun, but he (in fear
Of quarrels 'gainst his life) fled from his Country,
And hither came, where (to confirm his truth)
I know, (_Melitus_,) he out of his own store,
Hath monied _Cassilanes_ the General.

Melitus:

What, without other pledges than _Cassilanes_
Bare promise of payment?

Gaspero:

No, it may be
He has some [pe]tty Lordship to retire to;
But thus he hath done; now 'tis fit, _Melitus_,
The Senate should be thankful, otherwise
They should annihilate one of those Laws
For which this Kingdome is throughout the World
Unfollowed and admired.

Melitus:

What Laws are those, Sir?
Let me so much importune you.

Gaspero:

You shall,
And they be worth your knowledge: briefly thus:
Who e'r he be that can detect apparently
Another of ingratitu