End of the Fifth and Last Act.
MARIAMNE
SCENE I.
SCENE I.
SCENE I.
SCENE I.
SCENE I.
DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.
Varus, a Roman Prætor, Governor of Syria.
Herod, King of Palestine.
Mariamne, Wife of Herod.
Salome, Sister of Herod.
Albinus, Friend to Varus.
Mazael, Idamas, Herod’s Ministers.
Nabal, an old Officer under the Asmonæan Kings.
Eliza, Confidante of Mariamne.
Herod’s Guard, Attendants on Varus, Herod, and Mariamne.
SCENE, Jerusalem.
This piece was produced in 1724, the part of Mariamne was played by Adrienne Lecouvreur.
ACT I.
SCENE I.
salome, mazael.
mazael.
It is enough: the power of Salome,
By all acknowledged, and by all obeyed,
On its firm basis stands immovable:
I fled to Azor, with the lightning’s speed,
Even from Samaria’s plain to Jordan’s spring,
And quick returned: my presence there indeed
Was needful, to cut off the aspiring hopes
Of Israel’s moody race: thy brother Herod,
So long detained at Rome, was almost grown
A stranger in his kingdom; and the people,
Ever capricious, turbulent, and bold,
Still to their kings unjust, aloud proclaimed,
