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Oh trusty servant, servant of surmounting faith, Worthy to attend the person of a God, Rather then daughter of poor Gobrias, This sacred service to a sillle dame, Shall be engraved in tables of my heart, with letters and characters so perfourmde That when this body is bestowed in graven, No time nor yet corruption shall deface, The print thereof from Alexandras breast. A Tragical partly I fear Libanio. I will dread Lord: Oh madam grant the gods These eyes once more may see your liberty. Oh from Antiochus that bloody king. Who when he herd my father served your grace, Besiege his fortress with his men at arms, Where only I and that Libanio stayed. By whom I live For when the hold was lost, He being bondman and of a baser birth, would needs constrain me to put on his weeds, And he disguised as I was wont to go, would be Gobrias daughter in my stead, And so was thought of king Antiochus. and all the nobles of his warlike camp, But I abondman and at his request, whose care was only to preserve my life, Sent hither as a messenger from him, To will my father whom they thought my Lord, To leave your camp, and come to Babylon, Or else Libanio his beloved child should die for his so traitorlike revolt, And die he must, least Gyrus give him life. And when they know how he deluded them, I fear theyle rate his ransom at his head. Libanio then I have not prayed in vain, Nor called upon the gods with frustrate vows, If thou once more be rendered to my sighed, The tears of whose supposed funerals, Did hour by hour bedew my blubbered face. And for thy sake their altars I will smoke. with sweet perfume of thankful sacrifice. Libanio now leave Alexandras weeds, That partisplaid and be your self again, That partly poor boy with danger thou hast played. My Lord the fortune of my father's hand, Becomes not his daughter to withstand. To please my Lord and father I am yours. Even as a dove late rifled by the Eagle, Whose breast is tainted with his forked talents, So stands poor Alexandra terrified. And almost dead to think of her escape, If thou be Cyrus of whom Asia rings, Rescue, Oh rescue poor Libanio.
Plot summary
Plot — The Wars of Cyrus, King of Persia
Cyrus has conquered the rulers of Lydia, Arabia, and Assyria, and now he divides the spoils with his men, accepting none for himself. Unwilling to serve the new King of Assyria, who murdered his son, Gobryas defects to Cyrus and is given a command in his army. Panthea is taken captive: the Persians propose to present her to Cyrus, but she is faithful to her husband, Abradatas, and Cyrus refuses the temptation to love her. Appointed Panthea’s keeper, Araspas falls in love with her. When she rejects him, he resorts to magic; but the charm fails, and she reports him to Cyrus. Antiochus, the new King of Assyria, seeks revenge on Cyrus for his father’s death, and sends Ctesiphon as a feigned defector to the Persian camp. He also has vengeful designs on Gobryas’ daughter, Alexandra, but she swaps clothes with her page Libanio, who persuades Antiochus to hold ‘her’ hostage while ‘her page’ goes to persuade Gobryas to return. However, these plans go awry: Ctesiphon is so impressed with Cyrus that he renounces Antiochus’ sovereignty, confesses his former King’s plot, and offers to kill him; and when Dinon attempts to seduce the false Alexandra, ‘she’ sings him to sleep, kills him, and absconds to the Persian camp. Gobryas randomly selects a Persian husband for his daughter using the custom of blindfold turf-throwing; the clod lands on Hystaspas. Cyrus sends Ctesiphon back to Antiochus with a letter purportedly offering peace terms; in fact, it tells the Assyrian king of Ctesiphon’s treachery, and the would-be murderer is executed. Though Araspas is pardoned when he confesses the impropriety of his amorous behaviour, Cyrus persuades him to pretend to desert in fear of his wrath, and sends him to Babylon to spy on the Assyrians. Panthea persuades Cyrus to send for her husband Abradatas, who defects to the Persians because Antiochus attempted to seduce her. Araspas returns with news of Antiochus’ preparations for battle, and the Persians draw lots for the honour of leading the vanguard. Abradatas wins, and goes into battle. Panthea prays to Bellona for his safety, but he is killed. The grieving Panthea kills herself, leaving Cyrus to promise them both a worthy funeral.