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My fellow Priests of Mahounds holy house, What can you judge of these strange miracles, Which daily happen in this sacred seat? Hark what a rumbling rattleth in our cares. See flakes of fire proceeding from the mouth Of Mahomet that God of peerless power. Nor can I tell with all the wit I have, What Mahomet by these his signs does crave. O Mahomet, if all the solemn prayers Which from our childhood we have offered that , Can make thee call this sentence back again, Bring not thy Priest into this dangerous state: For when the Turk does hear of this repulse, We shall be sure to die the death therefore. You Kings of Turkey, Mahomet our God, By sacred science, having notice that You were sent Legates from high Amuracke, Unto this place, commanded us his Priests, That we should cause you make as much speed, As well you might, to hear for certainty, Of that shall happen to your King and you. Truth worthy king, and therefore you your self, With your companions, kneel before this place, And listen well what Mahomet does say. Muse not brave kings at Mahomets discourse, For mark what he forth of that mouth does say, Assure your self it needs must happen so. Therefore make hast, go mount you on your steeds, And set upon Alphonsus presently. So shall you reap great honour for your pain: And escape the scourge, which else the Fates ordain. Thrice ten times Phœbus with his golden beams, Hath compassed the circle of the sky, Thrice ten times Ceres, hath her workmen hired, And filled her barns with fruitful crops of corn, Since first in Priesthood I did led my life: Yet in this time I never herd before, Such fearful sounds, nor saw such wondrous sights, Nor can I tell, with all the wit I have, What Mahomet by these his signs does crave.
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.