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Full speech
Where am I now? All things are silent here. What shall I do? Go on from place, to place, Not knowing what to trust, or whom to fear? Yet what should I not fear, that live to know Rights, Kingdoms, parents, all, my overthrow? Are these the specious Hope's of Princes heirs; Is Right still subject to aspiring wit? Have they that stand by Princes, more despairs, Than they that do supplant anointed heirs! Is expectation nothing else in me, But woes forerunner, to make deep impression, By these surprises, of adversity? Are these the glorious triumphs of this day? Absent, in presence; banished, in recalling; A Throne, a tomb; a Prince become a prey. Ah cruel, false, ambitious thirst of State! Bloody-like rage! but more revengeful still, Because their ends do more inflame their will. My rights, and Hope's I give, and do forgive: Wrong! take the world, let me enjoy my self. Scorned, blind, I cannot harm. Ah! let me live. Let power despise My needless, guiltless blood. The strength of fear The lose of all things, but of life, can bear. Make calm thy rage: pity a ghost distressed: My right, my liberty, I freely give: Give him, that never harmed thee, leave to live. Secure thy self. Exile me from this coast: My fault, suspicion is; my Judge, is fear; Occasion, with my self, away I bear. Help God! defend thine Altar! since thy might, In earth, leaves Innocence no other right.
Plot summary
Plot — Alaham
Before the start of the action, an oracle foretold that the kingdom’s security depended on the death of the King’s eldest son, Zophi; but the pashas, ruling during the King’s senility, merely banished him. Hala, wife of the younger son, Alaham, has had a series of affairs with pashas: first Muhammad, who was forced into exile as a result, then Cain. Seeking to secure his position, Alaham has recalled Muhammad, ===== PAGE 189 ===== 1600 but Muhammad has recalled Zophi in turn, cutting Alaham out of the succession. Hala seeks to make Cain king, and persuades him to murder Muhammad; but he changes his mind after Muhammad warns him of Alaham’s ambition: Cain will tell Alaham that Muhammad is dead, but in reality he will go into hiding. Meanwhile Alaham corrupts the guard, blinds his father and brother, and seizes power. When Cain tells him of Muhammad's death, he is sent for execution — if not for murder then for lying about it, as he is told when he tries to save himself. Alaham’s sister Caelica helps Zophi and their father to take sanctuary in the temple. Alaham has the city searched, finds Caelica, and arrests her. Her cries bring the old King out of hiding, and he too is arrested. The King, Caelica, and Zophi are all burned to death; as they die, their souls call out for vengeance. Seeking to avenge Cain’s death, Hala sends Alaham a poisoned robe, and plans to kill their son before his face, so that the other child, Cain’s bastard, will inherit the kingdom; but she mistakenly kills the wrong infant. The robe kills Alaham; Hala intends to kill herself too.