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My noble Lords of Aragon, I know You wonder much what might the occasion be, That Laelius which erst did fly the field, Does egg you forward now unto the wars, But when you hear my reason, out of doubt Yowl be content with this my rash attempt. When first our King, Flaminius I do mean, Did set upon the Neapolitans, The worst of you did know and plainly see, How far they were unable to withstand The mighty forces of our royal Camp, Until such time as froward fates we thought, Although the fates ordained it for our gain, Did send a stranger stout, whose sturdy blows And force alone, did cause our overthrow. But to our purpose, this same martial knight Did hap to hit upon Flaminius, And lent our King then such a friendly blow, As that his gasping ghost to Lymbo went: Which when I saw, and seeking to revenge, My noble Lords, did hap on such a prize: As never King nor Caesar God the Like. Truth Noble Miles, these mine ears have herd, For certainty reported unto me, That old Carinus with his peerless son, Had felt the sharpness of the sisters sheeres, And had I not of late Alphonsus seen In good estate, though all the world should say He is alive, I would not credit them: But fellow soldiers weened you back with me, And let us lurk within the secret shade, Which he himself appointed unto us: And if you find my words to be untroth, Then let me die to recompense the wrong. Then friends and fellow soldiers, hark to me. When Laelius thought for to revenge his king, On that same knight, in steed of mortal foe, I found him for to be our chiefest friend. As for your king Miles, I hold with you, He bear no friendship to Flaminius, But hated him as bloody Attropos, But for your country, Laelius does a owe, He loves as well as any other land: Yea sure he loves it best of all the world: And for because, you shall not think that I Do say the same without a reason why, Know that the knight Alphonsus hath to name, Both son and heir to old Carinus, whom Flaminius sire bereaved of his Crown: Who did not seek the ruin of our host, For any envy he did bear to us, But to revenge him on his mortal foe, Which by the help of high celestial Jove, He hath achieved with honour in the field. And could the traitor harbour in his breast Such mortal treason gainst his sovereign, As when he should with fire and sword defend Him from his foes, he seeks his overthrow? March on my friends, I never shall joy at all, Until I see that bloody traitors fallen.
Plot summary
Plot — Alphonsus, King of Aragon
Twenty years before the action, Alphonsus’ branch of the royal family of Aragon was dispossessed of the crown through the Duke of Milan’s treachery, and banished, along with their supporters. Now, a generation later, the usurping King is making war on Naples. Alphonsus poses as a common soldier and is recruited to King Belinus’ defending army; he makes the condition that he will unconditionally own anything he wins by fighting. In battle he kills the usurping King of Aragon, and King Belinus grudgingly gives him the crown; he then claims sovereignty over Naples. After rescuing a follower from beheading by Belinus, he conquers Italy and crowns his followers. Albinius, his oldest ally, is made King of Aragon in his place, while he pursues Belinus, who has fled to the court of the Great Turk Amurack. Amurack promises Belinus military help, and summons armies from throughout his wide dominions. Encouraged by the anxious Empress Fausta, the enchantress Medea seeks supernatural information about the coming wars, and it comes in a vision to the sleeping Amurack: defeat, captivity, then release through Alphonsus’ love for his daughter Iphigina, and the expulsion of paganism. When Fausta speaks against this, she and Iphigina are banished from the court; encouraged by Medea to accept the inevitable, they go to gather their Amazon troops. The prophecy is also overheard by the god Muhammad, who withdraws his support from Amurack, but encourages his pagan allies to attack Alphonsus; when they do, they are killed in battle. Then Amurack himself gives battle, and is captured. Alphonsus woos Iphigina on the battlefield, but is scornfully rejected. Later, in defeat, she offers herself to save her father’s life, and he rejects her in turn. Alphonsus’ father, having met the dispossessed Duke of Milan, learned of Alphonsus’ success, and killed his old enemy, presents himself at court. He encourages his son to accept Iphigina after all and brokers a peace, reluctantly accepted by Amurack, which fulfils the prophecy; Alphonsus returns to Naples as heir apparent to the Turkish Empire.