The sumptuous Dalila floting this way: His habit carries peace, his brow defiance. SAMS. Or peace or not, alike to me he comes. CHO. His fraught we soon shall know, he now arrives. HAR. I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance, As thefe perhaps, yet wish it had not been, Though for no friendly intent. I am of Gath, That Kiriathaim held, thou know'ft me now 1080 1085 Of those encounters, where we might have try'd And now am come to fee of whom fuch noise 1090 SAMS. The way to know were not to fee but taste. HAR. Doft thou already fingle me? I thought Gyves and the mill had tam'd thee. O that fortune Had brought me to the field, where thou art fam'd To' have wrought fuch wonders with an afs's jaw; 1095 I fhould have forc'd thee foon with other arms, Or left thy carcafs where the afs lay thrown: So had the glory' of prowefs been recover'd To Palestine, won by a Philiftine, From the unforeskin'd race, of whom thou bear'ft 1100 The highest name for valiant acts; that honor Certain Certain to' have won by mortal duel from thee, I lose, prevented by thy eyes put out. [do SAMS. Boaft not of what thou wouldst have done, but What then thou wouldft, thou feeft it in thy hand. HAR. To combat with a blind man I difdain, And thou haft need much washing to be touch'd. SAMS. Such ufage as your honorable lords Afford me' affaffinated and betray'd, 1110 Who durft not with their whole united powers 1115 1120 Then And raise fuch outcries on thy clatter'd iron, Which long shall not withhold me from thy head, 1125 Thou oft fhalt wish thyself at Gath to boast HAR. Thou durft not thus disparage glorious arms, Which greatest heroes have in battle worn, Their ornament and safety, had not spells And black inchantments, fome magician's art, Arm'd thee or charm'd thee strong, which thou from Feign'dft at thy birth was giv'n thee in thy hair, 1135 SAMS. I know no fpells, ufe no forbidden arts; No less through all my finews, joints, and bones, Than thine, while I preferv'd thefe locks unfhorn, 1140 For proof hereof, if Dagon be thy God, 1145 Go to his temple, invocate his aid With folemnest devotion, spread before him How highly it concerns his glory now 1150 To fruftrate and diffolve these magic spells, To put out both thine eyes, and fetter'd fend thee Into the common prison, there to grind Of noble warrior, so to stain his honor, SAMS. All these indignities, for fuch they are 1165 1170 1175 Thine, or whom I with Ifrael's fons adore. HAR. Fair honor that thou doft thy God, in trusting He will accept thee to defend his caufe, 1180 A Murderer, a Revolter, and a Robber. SAMS. Tongue-doughty Giant, how doft thou prove me these? HAR. Is not thy nation fubject to our lords? Their magiftrates confefs'd it, when they took thee As a league-breaker and deliver'd bound Into our hands: for hadft thou not committed 1185 Notorious murder on those thirty men At Afcalon, who never did thee harm, Then like a robber stripp'dst them of their robes? Went Went up with armed powers thee only feeking, 1190 SAMS. Among the daughters of the Philistines I chofe a wife, which argued me no foe; And in your city held my nuptial feast : lords. Is well ejected when the conquer'd can. But I a private perfon, whom my country I was no private but a person rais'd 1195 1200 1205 1210 1215 With strength fufficient and command from Heaven Thefe |