Which Gs^eM: /ffffiitrom his ?ri/^/ gave^ '
(Whether iffilr^i^d by fome otbpr jCaw,
Qr that his Q»¥Vff Qodfi ijpeak i^ther Senfe)
BnDanauf Mailer of himielf, heqry'd,

B 4 His



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8 Love and Dvth: Or^

His idle Scruples let hitn lay afide :

From Laws which others bind. Kings arc exempt :

ril aofwer for the Gods, and for my Sons.*

So bafte, and bear this MeflTage once again -* ■ »

Yet bold : of all his Race (fo tells Report)

Fair Hyprmnejira is his chiefeft Care,

Her I befpeak for my moft favoured Son,

My LynceusyVfho^ as Letters <lo inform,

Already on your Coaft is fafe arrived :

My other Sons fliall your Companions be ^ ■ *

Together we embark'd, together put afhore. '

Dan. To be a King, and tamely bear fach Treats
ment! - . ',.
And fliall our Palace cccho to their Infults ?
Be menaced on pur Throne ? receive their Laws?
Our fclf ftand forth th' exalted Mark of Scorh ?
Contemptuous Majcfty! WitncfsthofcGodshebravfcs,
I'll fuit my Vengeance to the bold Aflxont.
ThePowV he thus contemns fliall crufli his Boysj
Egyptus then will learn who reigns in Argos.
Well doth the Holy Oracle advife,
And Death I merit well, if one ribare.
, -<ifr^. Their Perfons by the Guards fecur'd,
Your Juftice may be fatisfy'd at Plcafufe,

Dan. No : Invention fliall fupply the Place of
' Force,
And Friendfliip's Face will prove 1 fafe Difguae. '^
Teem quick, my Brain, with unfufpefted Arts,
And let approaching Danger haftd their Bitth.
JfbiSj bid Hypermnejlra ftrait attend. '

[£;^/VIphi$.
Now to cnfnarc thefe dreiSed Sons— If one efcape !
Why fhakes my Sbul?thefeomiiious Fears preiage
The Term preferibM by Fktt? Ilnow at hand.
