I melt to womanish tears, and if I stay,
I find my love, my courage will betray;
Yon tower will keep you safe, but be so kind
To your own life, that none may entrance find.
_Cyd_. Then lead me there.--[_He leads her_.
For this one minute of your company,
I go, methinks, with some content to die.
[_Exeunt_ CORTEZ, VASQUEZ, PIZARRO, _and_ CYDARIA.
_Alm_. Farewell, O too much lov'd, since lov'd in vain!
What dismal fortune does for me remain!
Night and despair my fatal footsteps guide;
That chance may give the death which he denied.
[_Exit_.
CORTEZ, VASQUEZ, PIZARRO, _and_ SPANIARDS _return again_.
_Cort_. All I hold dear I trust to your defence;
[_To_ Piz.
Guard her, and on your life, remove not hence.
[_Exeunt_ CORTEZ _and_ VASQUEZ.
_Piz_. I'll venture that.--
The Gods are good; I'll leave her to their care,
Steal from my post, and in the plunder share.
[_Exit_.
ACT V.
SCENE I.--_A chamber royal, an Indian hammock discovered in it_.
_Enter_ ODMAR _with soldiers_, GUYOMAR, _and_ ALIBECH
_bound_.
_Odm_. Fate is more just than you to my desert,
And in this act you blame, heaven takes my part.
_Guy_. Can there be gods, and no revenge provide?
_Odm_. The gods are ever of the conquering side:
She's now my queen; the Spaniards have agreed,
I to my father's empire shall succeed.
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