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Title: Amadis of Gaul, an opera

Author: Nicola Francesco Haym

Release date: January 1, 2006 [eBook #17440]

Language: English, Italian

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AMADIS

OF

GAUL.

AN

OPERA.

As it is perform'd at the

King’s Theatre

IN THE

HAY-MARKET.

LONDON:

Printed for Jacob Tonson, at Shakespear's-Head over-
against Catherine-Street in the Strand. 1715.

To the Right Honourable

RICHARD,

EARL of

Burlington and Corck,

Baron Clifford of Landesbrough, & c.

My LORD,

M MY Duty and Gratitude oblige me to give this Publick Testimony, of that Generous Concern Your Lordship has always shown for the promoting of Theatrical Musick, but this Opera more immediately claims Your Protection, as it is compos'd in Your own Family.

The particular Encouragement you have given to the liberal Arts, not only shows the Delicacy of Your Taste, but will be a Means to Establish them in this Climate, and Italy will no longer boast of being the Seat of Politeness, whilst the Sons of Art flourish under Your Patronage.

Your Lordship indeed has distinguished Your self this way, and every Science has raised it self under Your Auspicious Bounty. So true a Notion of Merit, and so nice a Discernment of what is Curious, is but rarely found among Persons of an advanced Age; but You my Lord, by an uncommon Felicity of Genius, do even in the Bloom of Youth make Your Entrance in the World with the most refin'd Taste and mature Judgment.

But I fear the Pleasure I take in Recounting Your Excellent Qualities will make me commit an Involuntary Errour, and that I shall be thought Troublesome, when I only designed to show with how much Respect I am,

My LORD,

Your Lordship's most Humble,

most Obliged, and most

Faithful Servant,

John James Heidegger.

Personaggi.

Dramatis Personæ

Amadigi di Gaula Eroe, amante di Oriana.
Sig. Cav. Nicolino Grimaldi.
Amadis of Gaul, a famous Heroe, in love with Oriana.
Sig. Cav. Nicolino Grimaldi.

Dardano, Prencipe di Tracia.
Sig. Diana Vico.
Dardanus, Prince of Thracia.
Sig. Diana Vico.

Oriana, Figlia del' Rè dell' Isole fortunate.
Sig. Anastasia Robinson.
Oriana, Daughter of the King of the Fortunate Islands.
Mrs. Anastasia Robinson.

Melissa, Maga Amante Di Amadigi.
Sig. Elisabetta Pilotta Schiavonetti, di S.A.R. la Principessa di Galles.
Melissa, an Enchantress, in love with Amadis.
Sig. Elizabetta Pilotta Schiavonetti, Servant to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales.

Amadigi di Gaula.

ATTO I. SCENA I.

Amadis of Gaul.

ACT I. SCENE I.

Giardino di Melissa.
Notte.
Amadigi, e Dardano.

SCENE Melissa's Garden.
Night.
Amadis and Dardanus.

Amadigi.

Or' che di negro Ammanto

E' ricoperto il Cielo, e ogn' un' riposa

Prencipe andiamo, oue l'honor c'Invita;

Abbandoniam' queste incantate Soglie,

Che gia' troppo contrarie

Furo' alla gloria mia, ed' al' mio Amore.

Amadis.

Now that the Heav'ns with sable Veil

Are cover'd close, and all Mankind repose,

Prince, let us go, where Honour us invites;

Let us abandon this enchanted Place,

Which too averse already hath prov'd

Both to my Glory, and my Love.

Dard.

Già d' Amadigi il nome

Fa' incredibil' le proue

Della forza dell' braccio, e del' valore:

Dopo tante vittorie

Tempo è dunque che ascolti,

Della vaga Melissa

Gl' Innamorati pianti.

Mira; come qui ride il fiore; e come

Verdeggia il prato; e Limpido il ruscello,

Qui come inriga il suolo:

Tutto con l'arti sue forma d'Incanti,

Per piacere à tè Sol', che sei sua vita.

Dard.

The Name of Amadis already makes

Incredible, th' amazing Proofs

As well of Valour as of Strength of Arm:

After so many Victories obtain'd

'Tis also time to lend an Ear

To beautiful Melissa's Sighs,

And listen to her kind Complaints.

See how the Flow'rs seem all to smile,

How green the Meadows, and how clear the Streams

Which seem to water all the pleasant Ground:

All this she forms by her enchanting Arts,

You, only you, to please, who are her Life.

Amad.

Più cerca ella piacermi, io più la sprezzo.

Amad.

The more she strives to please, the more I her despise.

Dard.

Ingrato dunque sei.

Dard.

The more ungrateful you.

Amad.

Mira; e poi dimmi Ingrato:

[Gli mostra il ritratto di Oriana.

Mira questi colori,

Che non sono ch' un' ombra al' par del' giorno,

E dì, se posso oh' Dio,

Per Melissa Lasciar, l'Idolo mio?

Amad.

View first this Piece, then call me Ingrate.

[He shews him the Picture of Oriana.

View but these Colours, which yet are no more

Than Shadows at the Day's approach,

And tell me, if I can, Oh Gods!

Leave, for Melissa's sake, this Idol of my Love?

Dard.

(Ah'! che rimiro ò stelle!

Questo è il mio ben' si finga.)

Ella ti corisponde?

Dard.

(Ah me! what is't I see? O Stars!

This is my Dear; but I'll dissemble)

And does answer thy Love.

Amad.

M'ama quant' Io l'Adoro.

Mà; che più qui si tarda? andiam ò Prence.

Amad.

She loves me as much as I do her adore.

But pray, why stay we here? Prince, let us go.

Dard.

Signor' più non m'oppongo, alle tue brame:

Resta; che intanto Io vado

Per ricercare, un opportuno calle.

Che celi a gl'occhi altrui il nostro scampo.

Dard.

I shall no longer, Sir, oppose your Will:

Remain you here; in the mean time I'll go

And try to find some secret Passage out,

Which may from ev'ry Eye conceal our Flight.

Amad.

Quiui t'attendo.

(Dard.)

(Ed' Io di sdegno auvampo.)

Pugnerò contro del' fato,

Vendicato il cor' sarà;

E il riuale mio spietato

Al mio pie vinto cadrà.

Pugnerò, &c.

Amad.

Here I'll attend.

(Dard.)

And I inraged burn.

Dardanus says, He will fight against Fate to revenge his Love; and that his Rival shall fall at his Feet.

SCENA II.

Amadigi solo.

SCENE II.

Amadis alone.

O' notte, ò cara notte;

Spiega il più oscuro velo:

E tù nume dei sogni

Soccorri un fido Amante

Con i silentii, e l'ombre;

Che già mai favoristi, con l'orror del tuo nero,

Un cor del' mio più fido, e più sincero.

Notte amica dei riposi

Deh' m'assisti, e riconforta,

Il mio sen' che stà penan——

O Night, O dearest, dearest Night;

Spread now thy thickest, darkest Veil:

And you great Deity of Dreams

Succour a faithful Lover once

With Silence and with deepest Shades;

You never yet help'd with your dismal Black

A Heart more true, nor more sincere than mine.

He invokes the Night to assist and comfort his troubled Breast, and stops abruptly.

Si schiarisce in un subito la Scena, Scaturiscono da terra vasi, fontane, e statue. ——ed' una truppa di Spiriti infernali, inuiati da Melissa, da tutti i Lati della Scena, si oppongono alla partenza di Amadigi.

The Scene grows Light on a sudden, and there arises confusedly from the Ground, Vasas, Fountains, and Statues. And a Troop of infernal Spirits (sent by Melissa) on both sides of the Scene, prevent Amadis's going off the Stage.

Che miro! inuido fato

Bramo la notte, e il sol' m' apporta il giorno?

Fuggirò, mà doue? forse di qui?

Ah' nò; ch' impedito è ogni passo

Allo scampo, alla fuga.

Ah' Melissa, Melissa! io son' tradito.

Mà che! s'apra col' ferro il varco.

[Mentre pone il pugno alla spada sopragiunge Melissa.

What do I see? O Envious Fate!

I wish'd for Night. Does Phœbus bring the Day?

Ill fly, but where? Can I from hence get free?

Ah no, all Passages are stopp'd,

All things combine to hinder my Escape.

Melissa, ah Melissa, I'm betray'd,

But with my Sword I'll hew my Passage out.

[Whilst he lays his Hand on his Sword, Melissa comes suddenly to him.

SCENA III.

Melissa, ed Amadigi.

SCENE III.

Melissa and Amadis.

Mel.

E tù cerchi fuggir? perfido; Ingrato.

Deh' Melissa t'arresti.

Mel.

Do you pretend t' escape? Perfidious and Ingrate

You're now arrested at Melissa's Suit.

Amad.

Nulla può ritenermi.

Amad.

There's nothing shall, nor can detain me.

Mel.

Ti piegherà il mio pianto.

Mel.

My weeping surely will prevail.

Amad.

Hò già risolto.

Amad.

I have resolved.

Mel.

I sospir;

Mel.

And my Sighs;

Amad.

Non gli apprezzo.

Amad.

Are things on which I set no value.

Mel.

Adoprerò Lusinghe.

Mel.

Will Flatt'ry, or will Fawning please?

Amad.

Solo l'ardor di Gloria, il cor mi tocca.

Amad.

Nothing but thirst of Glory ever touch'd my Heart.

Mel.

E pur' so' ch' Oriana, il sen' t'accende.

Mel.

And yet Oriana I know has fir'd your Breast.

Amad.

Dunque perche mi segui?

Amad.

Why is't that thus you follow me?

Mel.

Crudel; perche t'adoro.

Mel.

Because I adore you, cruel Man.

Amad.

E se sdegno il tuo foco,

Come farai, ch' Io t'ami?

Amad.

But seeing I disdain your Flames,

What can you do to make me love?

Mel.

Nella torre incantata, è gia il tuo bene.

Và dunque empio Spietato

Vanne à colei che t'arde il cor; mà pensa,

Che sdegnata Melissa,

Tutti i mostri d'Inferno,

Tutte l'Arpie più fozze,

Cerbero, furie, fuoco, e fiamme appresta;

E pria che la riuale al' sen' tù stringa,

Frà mille pene, Io ti vedrò perire.

Mel.

Your Dear's already in th' enchanted Tow'r;

Go impious, false and cruel, go

To her who has inflam'd your Heart, but know,

That now Melissa (justly enrag'd)

Will soon raise all th' Infernal Monsters up,

All ugly Harpies shall approach,

Cerberus and Furies, Fire and Flames appear.

And e'er you close my Rival in your Arms,

Replete with Anguish I shall see you expire.

Amad.

L'Arti tue non faranno

Che accrescere al mio petto, e forza, e ardire.

Non sà temere

Questo mio petto;

S'ardir l'Accende,

L'accende amor:

Saprà Vedere,

Odiò, e dispetto;

Strane vicende

Non teme il Cor'.

Non sà, &c.

[Parte.

Amad.

All your dire Arts this only Effect will have

To add new Strength and Courage to my Soul.

[He says that his Heart inflam'd with Love and Courage fears nothing.

[Exit.

SCENA IV.

Melissa sola.

SCENE IV.

Melissa alone.

Il' crudel' m'abbandona, e mi detesta;

Numi! e soffrire il deggio?

Ingrato; segui il foco, che t'arde

Segui l'amor, che ti consuma, ò Ingrato.

Mà in vano ti Lusinghi

Che l'arti mie sapran farti morire.

Mà cielo, e come!

Morir farò chi vita è di quest' alma?

Ah' che già sento in petto

Che l'Odio, e l'ira và cangiando aspetto.

The Cruel Wretch forsakes me and detests me,

Ought I, (ye Heav'ns) to suffer this?

Follow, Ingrate, the Fire that burns you,

Follow the Love, Ingrate, that now consumes you.

You flatter still your self in vain,

My Arts can never fail to kill you.

But then, O Heav'ns! How can I do't?

Can I kill him, who Life gives to this Soul?

Ah! Now I feel within my Breast

That Wrath and Hate begin to change their Looks.——

Ah' spietato, e non ti moue

Un affetto si costante

Che per tè mi fà Languir?

Mà crudel tù non sai come

Fai sdegnar' quest' alma amante

Che tu brami di tradir.

Ah' spietato, &c.

[Parte.

She asks him if the constant Affection which makes her languish, does not move him; and that he don't consider how much his Cruelty provokes her amorous Soul, which he desires to betray.

[Exit.

SCENA V.

Loggia infiammata, che impedisce l'entrata della torre di Oriana.

Amadigi, e Dardano.

SCENE V.

A Porch in Flames, which hinder the entring into Oriana's Tower.

Amadis and Dardanus.

Amad.

Risueglian' queste fiamme il mio Coraggio.

Abbattuti hò gli mostri, e tù il vedesti;

Or questa sola proua

Del' Braccio mio qui resta.

Ma! quai caratteri io veggio? Si legga.

[Dardano Legge.

Amad.

These Flames awake and urge my Courage.

The Monsters I've o'erthrown: You Witness are;

Now here this one and only Proof

Of my brave Valour still remains untry'd.

But! What Characters are those I see? Read.

[Dardanus reads.

Dard.

A un sol' le fiamme, è di passar concesso;

Ch' egli è l'Eroe più forte,

Cui Scelse amor fra tanti

Per' quiui vnir, i due piu fidi Amanti.

Dard.

To pass the Flames is granted but to one;

This one's the only valiant Heroe,

Which Love, 'mongst all Mankind hath chose

Here to unite the two most faithful Lovers.

Amad.

Prencipe; or' si concosco

Che felice mi vuol' amica stella;

Se dopo tante pene,

Stringer potrò al'mio sen' Oriana bella.

[Và per trauersar le Fiamme.

Amad.

Now, Prince, I evidently see

Kind Stars will me a happy Mortal make,

If after suff'ring so much Pain

I once enjoy fair Oriana's Arms.

[He makes as if he would pass the Flames.

Dard.

Amadigi t' arresta,

E meco pria fauella.

Dard.

Hold, Amadis,

And first discourse with me.

Amad.

Che mai!

Amad.

What can this mean?

Dard.

Io tuo riuale, e tuo Nemico sono,

Dard.

I am your Rival and your Enemy.

Amad.

Numi!

Amad.

Oh Heav'ns!

Dard.

D'Oriana invaghito

Mà Sprezzato da lei, di te geloso,

Cercai di Lusingarti

Nell' Amor di Melissa;

La tua fuga Scopersi; e in vano oprai:

Or ch' all' Estremo de miei mali io giunsi,

Finger più non si dee: Meco conuienti

Che tuo nemico, e tuo riual mi scopro

Prouar chi di noi sià più degno amante.

Dard.

In Love with Oriana, but

Despis'd by her, and jealous grown of you.

I try'd by Flatt'ry and by Craft

T'inspire you in Melissa's Love;

Your Flight I soon disclos'd; yet all in vain:

Now that my Ills are come to an Extream

No longer I'll dissemble; and to be plain,

Since I'm your Rival and declared Foe

We'll try which is most worthy of her Love.

Amad.

Troppo nel pregio mio tù parte hauesti.

Or sia del' fallo tuo pena bastante

Saper ch' Io sono il più gradito amante.

Vado, Corro, al mio tesoro,

Non apprezzo il tuo furor;

Per un vago, e bel crin' d'oro

Foco, e fiamme, e poco al' Cor.

Vado, &c.

[Trauersa le fiamme.

Amad.

Of all my Glories you have reap'd your Share,

For your Deceit, let it your Penance be

To know that I advance most in her Love.

He says he will fly to his Treasure in spight of Dardanus's Fury, and that to gain his Fair one Flames and Fires is the least a Heart can suffer.

[He passes through the Flames.

SCENA VI.

Dardano solo.

SCENA VI.

Dardanus alone.

Dard.

Deh ferma, oh' Dio! già penetrò la soglia;

Le seguirò nel' foco:

Mà; un Ignoto poter' me lo contrasta.

Si tenti ancor; non posso.

Dunque il vedrò gioir sù gl' occhi miei?

No; Melissa à te aspetta

Far sù L'empio per me, per te vendetta.

Agitato il cor mi sento,

Dall' affetto, e dal' furor;

Un riuale che pauento

Fà che peni questo Cor.

Agitato, &c.

[Parte.

Dard.

Hold, hold; oh God! the Threshold he has already enter'd;

Now through the Fire I'll follow him:

But; oh some unknown Pow'r detains my Steps.

I'll try again; I cannot stir.

Shall he rejoice before my Eyes?

No, no; Melissa, it ought to be thy Care

To see thy self and me, on this base Man reveng'd.

He says he finds his Heart disturb'd both by Love and Wrath; and that a Rival whom he fears, is the Cause of all he suffers.

[Exit.

[La Loggia incantata si spezza, e cade al' suono di strepitosa sinfonia; si oscura la Scena, con tuoni, e Lampi, e si rischiara all' apparire d' Oriana, la quale Comparisce circondata da Caualieri, e Dame incantate; e si cangia la Scena in un bellissimo colonnato.

[The Enchanted Porch splits asunder and falls at the Sound of a loud boisterous Simphony; the Scene darkens, and it thunders and lightens, but clears up again at the appearing of Oriana, who comes surrounded with enchanted Knights and Ladies; and the Scene changes into most beautiful Rows of Pillars.

SCENE VII.

Amadigi, Oriana, e truppa di Caualieri, e Dame incantate.

SCENE VII.

Amadis and Oriana, and a great Company of Knights and Ladies.

Ori.

Cieli che fia? qual' rumore improuiso

Agitò questo Luogo?

Ah' che veggio? Amadigi il mio bene.

Ori.

What can this mean? What sudden rambling Noise

Made all this Place both shake and move?

Ah what do I see? 'tis my dear Amadis.

Amad.

Io ti tolgo a gl'incanti

Ma il tuo bel volto Oriana

Fà che incantato io resti.

Amad.

Though from Enchantments I have set you free,

Yet, dearest Oriana, your fair Face

Makes me remain a quite enchanted Man.

Ori.

Temo che inganno sia, di qui mirarti.

Ori.

To see you here, I fear is some Deceit.

Amad.

Temer non dei mia Cara:

Della cruda Melissa

L'arte per me fù vana;

Bella al seno ti stringo.

Amad.

Dearest, you have no Cause to fear:

Cruel Melissa's direst Arts

By me have all abortive prov'd.

Fairest, I lodge thee in my Breast.

Ori.

S'Inganno egli è dolce, è per me l'inganno,

Amadigi; si pensi

Come da queste soglie tu mi torrai.

Ori.

If 'tis Deceit, 'tis sweet Deceit to me.

'Tis time, kind Amadis, to think

What Means you'll use to free me from this Place.

Amad.

Ostacol più non v' è, Libera sei.

Amad.

You're free; no farther Obstacle occurs.

Ori.

Dunque finiti sono, i pianti miei.

Gioie venite in sen'

Brillate nel mio Cor,

Che tutto il mio dolor,

Fuggì, sparì da me,

S' è meco il caro ben'

Altro non curo no,

E sempre goderò

Caro mio ben' con tè.

Gioie, &c.

Ori.

Why then, my Tears (at last) are at an End.

She invokes all Joy to her Breast, affirming that all her Sorrow is vanish'd, and that enjoying the Company of her Dear she can want nothing.

Amad.

In questo instante Io prouo

Di mia vita il piu grato, e bel Momento.

Amad.

I in this Instant gladly enjoy

The best and happiest Moment of my Life.

Ori.

Amor: basta, non piu: troppo è il contento.

Ori.

Love, 'tis enough, no more; the Pleasure is too great.

Amad.

La gioia opprime i sensi

E, à tè vicino à bella

Divien' dolce d' Amor l'aspra quadrella.

E si dolce il mio contento,

E si grato il mio piacer;

Che nel seno io già sento,

Che non v' è più che temer.

E si dolce, &c.

Amad.

Joys so compleat my Senses quite oppress,

And neighbouring now so near my Fairest,

The bitter Darts of Love, are all turn'd sweet.

He says, he feels sweet Pleasure and entire Content in his Heart; that for the future he shall have nothing to dread.

[Vanno a sedere e segue una Danza di Cavalieri, e Dame incantate.

[They sit down; and there follows a Dance of inchanted Knights and Ladies.

Ori.

Andianne ora mio ben', che più si tarda?

Ori.

Let's go, my Dear; what causes our Delay?

Amad.

Prima convien', che á preparar men' vada,

Quanto alla nostra fuga, ancor bisogna;

Attendi ò bella intanto

Nelle contigue stanze, il mio ritorno.

Amad.

'Tis fit I first should go and get prepar'd

What-ever may be needful for our Flight;

In the mean-time, my Fairest, wait

In the next Chamber my Return.

Ori.

Vado, ma tosto riedi,

Che Lontana da té duro é il soggiorno.

O Caro mio tesor

Deh' presto torna á mé,

E vieni á consolar

Quest' alma amante;

Che non puó questo cor'

Esser Lontan da té

Che bramo ogn' or mirar

Il tuo sembiante.

O Caro, &c.

[Parte.

Ori.

I go, but pray let your Return be soon,

For in your Absence no Abode can please.

She intreats him to return with Speed to comfort her loving Soul; because her Heart cannot be long from him, for whose Sight she is always longing.

[Exit.

SCENA VIII.

Melissa che sopragiunge, Dardano à parte, e detti.

SCENE VIII.

Melissa who comes in suddenly. Dardanus at a Distance, and the aforesaid.

Amad.

Cieli; numi, che miro?

Amad.

Oh Heav'ns! O Gods! What do I see?

Dard.

(Ecco la mia vendetta.)

Dard.

Now my Revenge draws near.

[Aside.

Mel.

Demoni, accorete

Qui si conduca Oriana.

[Vengono i Demoni, e portano Oriana.

Mel.

Haste Devils, run, or rather fly,

And instantly bring Oriana here.

[The Devils go and bring in Oriana.

Amad.

Che mai sará?

Amad.

What can this mean?

Dard.

(Se la toglie all' riuale Io son contento.)

Dard.

If she but takes her from my Rival I am content.

[Aside.

Mel.

Oriana si trasporti, oue il riual' l'attende.

Mel.

Transport Oriana where the Rival waits.

Dard.

(Or' si ch' Io son' contento.)

[Parte.

Dard.

So, this is right, and I am now content.

[Aside.

Ori.

Melissa oh' Dio!

Ori.

Melissa! Oh ye Gods!

Amad.

Io ti Soccorro.

Amad.

I, to your Aid and Succour come.

Mel.

Ritenetelo o' furie.

Mel.

Detain him Furies.

Amad.

Oh' Numi!

[Parte Oriana.

Amad.

Oh Heav'ns.

[Exit Oriana.

Mel.

Ora il furor, la rabbia, e l'ira mia

Distrugga queste mura, a tè si Care:

Vanne altroue à Lagnarti.

Il tuo riual gioisca al' tuo dolore,

E il Contento di lui, ti roda il Core.

Io godo Scherzo e rido

Crudel, nel tuo dolor;

Tù m' insegnasti infido

A dare affanni à vn Cor.

Io godo, &c.

[Parte.

Mel.

Now shall my Fury, Wrath and fiercest Rage

Destroy these Walls, to thee so dear:

Go to some other to bemoan thy Ills.

At all thy Grief thy Rival shall rejoice,

And his Content shall wound and gnaw thy Heart.

She says she rejoices and laughs at his Sorrows; and that his [U]nkindness to her has taught her to torment a Heart.

[Exit.

SCENA IX.

Amadigi solo.

SCENE IX.

Amadis alone.

Ferma, deh' ferma oh' Dio!

Cruda furia d'inferno

Nata per tormentar due fidi Amanti;

Ascolta li miei pianti,

Rendimi il mio tesoro,

Che Cosi troppo è fiero il mio Martoro.

O' Rendetemi il mio bene

Astri infidi,

O' pur' fatemi Morir;

Che non posso in tante pene

Io più Viuere, e Soffrir.

O' Rendetemi, &c.

Hold, hold, (Oh Gods!)

Hold cruel Furies of th' Infernal Lake,

Born to torment two faithful Hearts;

Listen this once unto my Tears;

Restore me back my only Treasure.

For thus; my Pains are much too great to bear.

He begs cruel Fate to restore him his Dear, or deprive him of Life, because he cannot live and suffer so much.

ATTO II. SCENA I.

ACT II. SCENE I.

La Scena rappresenta un Giardino con un bellissimo Palazzo in distanza nel' mezzo del' quale si vede la Fontana del' vero Amore.

Amadigi solo.

The Scene represents a Garden with a Magnificent Palace at a Distance; in the midst of it is the Fountain of True Love.

Amadis alone.

Io Ramingo men' vado

Per valli, e per foreste afflitto e solo,

Ne so doue mi volga incerto il piede.

Mà; quiui appunto Io scorgo

D'Amor l'antro incantato

L'acque del' quale i dubi amanti accerta:

Voglio in esse Specchiarmi,

Per veder s'il mio ben fida è in amarmi.

Sussurrate, onde vezzose

Limpidette consolate

Questo misero mio Cor;

E tu nume d'ogni affetto

Compatisci questo petto,

Ch' è ripieno di dolor.

Sussurrate, &c.

[Riguarda nella Fontana.

Thus wand'ring, I afflicted go

Through Vales and Forrests all alone;

Nor do I know how to direct my Steps.

But here this Instant I perceive

The fam'd inchanted Fountain of Love,

Whose Waters faithful Lovers undeceive:

In it I'll view my self, to see

Whether my Dear is faithful in her Love to me.

He invokes the pleasant Streams to comfort his miserable Heart, as also the God of Love to pity his tormented Mind.

[He stands viewing himself in the fountain.

Numi che veggio? Oriana

Accarezza il riuale, e mè disprezza!

Cruda, perfida, ingrata;

Mai più di donna ascolterò li pianti.

Ma gia m' opprime il core,

Della sua crudeltà l'atro dolore.

Io manco, io mo——

[Cade suenuto sopra un Sasso.

Ye Gods what do I see? Oriana

Courting my Rival, and despising me!

False, cruel and ungrateful Maid;

I'll never more believe a Woman's Tears.

But now my Heart is quite opprest

With Sorrow which her Cruelty hath caus'd.

I faint, I die——

[He falls in a Swoon upon a Rock.

SCENA II.

Melissa, e Detto.

SCENE II.

Melissa and Ditto.

Mel.

Suenne Amadigi dal' suo duolo oppresso:

Si risuegli dal' sonno.

[Fà i suoi Scongiuri.

Furie accorrete, e quiui

Oriana apportate

E premio all' loro amore

Sia lo sdegno, e rigor, odio, e dolore.

[Parte.

Mel.

Amadis faints and falls opprest with Grief,

I'll quickly rouse him from his Sleep;

Fly Furies, fly without Delay,

[She makes her Charms.

And hither Oriana bring,

And of their Love, th' only Reward that be

Sorrow and Rigour, Hatred and Disdain.

[Exit.

SCENA III.

Oriana ed Amadigi.

SCENE III.

Oriana and Amadis.

Ori.

Cieli, che' sarà mai?

Ecco il mio ben', mà! Oh' Dio!

Estinto è l'idol mio!

[Si auuicina ad' Amadigi.

Amadigi; sole degl' occhi miei

Chi dai sensi ti priua? oh' ciel' non odi!

Spietatissima sorte:

Ah' che Melissa hà dato à lui la Morte,

E per Maggior tormento

Vuole che estinto io miri il mio Contento.

S' estinto è l' Idol' mio

Morire io voglio ancor;

Che Viuer non poss' Io

Con tanti affanni al' cor'.

S' estinto, &c.

Ori.

O Heav'ns, what more am I to suffer?

I see my Love, but oh ye Gods!

The Idol of my Heart is dead.

[She draws near to Amadis.

O Amadis, thou Brightness of my Eyes,

Who hath deprived thee of Sense? Oh Heav'ns!

He does not hear! O cruel Fate:

Ah, 'tis Melissa has given him his Death;

And still my Torments to augment

She makes me Witness of my Joy's Decease.

She says if her Lover is dead, that she will die also, and is sure the great Sorrow of her Heart will deprive her of Life.

Mà qual' scampo al mio affanno?

Si prenda il proprio ferro

Dell' estinto Consorte;

[Và per prendere la spada di Amadigi.

Ed' Vnisca due Cori vna sol' Morte.

[Amadigi si risente.

But what can give Remission to my Grief?

I'll take the Sword

Of my departed Spouse—

[She goes to take Amadis's Sword.

And make Death unite two loving Hearts.

[Amadis recovers his Senses.

Amad.

Chi mi sueglia dal' sonno?

Amad.

Who is't that thus disturbs my Sleep?

Ori.

Amadigi mio ben? tù viui e Spiri?

Ori.

Dear Amadis, and dost thou live and breath?

Amad.

Chi sei? che chiedi?

Amad.

And who are you? What do you want?

Ori.

Non conosci Oriana?

Ori.

Don't you your Oriana know?

Amad. (Si Leua)

Oriana!

[U]n infida, che per altri m' abborre?

Amad.

Oriana!

[Rises.

A faithless Maid, who hates me for another's sake?

Ori.

Infida tù mi chiami?

Ori.

Faithless! is that the Name you give me?

Amad.

Si; perfida, e crudele.

Amad.

Yes; faithless, false, and cruel Maid.

Ori.

Che feci mai?

Ori.

What have I ever done?

Amad.

Và, chiedilo a tè Stessa e lo saprai.

Amad.

Ask but your self, and then you soon will know.

Ori.

Dunque quando credea

Che tù ingrato mi amassi,

Tù cosi mi disprezzi?

Ori.

Then I perceive that when I once believ'd

That you (ungrateful) bore me Love,

You even then despis'd me thus.

Amad.

Hò magnanimo il core

E amar non sò chi altrui promise Amore.

T' amai quant' il mio Cor

Già seppe amarti;

Or' che tù cangi amor

Io ti disprezzo;

Se cangio il mio desir,

Di mè deb' non Lagnarti;

L' offese a non soffrir,

E il petto auvezze.

T' amai, &c.

Amad.

My Heart's too great to cherish Love.

For her whose Love is promis'd to another.

He says he has lov'd her as much as 'twas possible for a Heart to love; but since she has chang'd her Affection, he slights her; and that he ought not to complain, because he was never us'd to put up an Offence.——

Ori.

Chi mai creduto hauria

Ch' Amadigi il mio ben' fosse crudele?

Ori.

Who once cou'd ever have believ'd

That my Dear Amadis shou'd cruel prove?

Amad.

E chi creduto hauria

Che Oriana ver' mè fosse infedele?

Amad.

And who cou'd ever have believ'd

That Oriana wou'd prove false to me?

Ori.

Infida tù mi chiami,

Quand io t' adoro? ingrato;

Ori.

How can you call me false

When I adore you? O Ingrate.

Amad.

Sò che per' altri, è il seno tuo piagato.

Amad.

I know your Heart is wounded by another.

Oria.

Ti pentirai crudel'

D' hauermi offesa vn' di

Perfido, ingrato.

S' io ti seguii fedel

Saprò fuggirti ancor

Crudo Spietato.

Ti pentirai, &c.

[Parte Oriana.

Oriana calls him false and cruel, and says he shall yet repent the having offended her; and that if hitherto she hath follow'd him, she'll now fly from him.

[Exit Oriana.

SCENA IV.

Amadigi, e poi Melissa.

SCENE IV.

Amadis and afterwards Melissa.

Amad.

Dunque colei, da cui

Speravo ogni conforto al'graue affanno

Cosi mi sprezza, e fugge?

E nel medesmo istante

Che fede mi giurò, di fè mi manca?

Ed io viuo, e non moro?

Faccia pur' quest' acciaro

Ciò che non puote il duolo.

[Vuol' uccidersi, mà vien' trattenuto da Melissa, che Soprag'iunge.

Amad.

Does even she (from whom

I hop'd all Comfort in my greatest Grief)

Thus slight me, thus avoid my Sight?

And in that Moment in which she

Had promis'd Faith to me, break all her Vows?

And do I live, and don't I dye?

Let then this pointed Steel perform

That which my Sorrows ne'er cou'd do.

[He offers to kill himself, but is hinder'd by Melissa, who comes suddenly to him.

Mel.

Fermati, e viui.

Mel.

Hold, hold your Hand, and live.

Amad.

Cruda Melissa; Lascia

Ch'io dia fine al mio duol' con la mia morte.

Amad.

Cruel Melissa hold me not,

Let me by Death give End unto my Grief.

Mel.

Puoi tue pene finir' senza morire.

Mel.

Your Pains may end, and yet you need not die.

Amad.

Benche à mè sia crudele

Quella per cui sospiro

A Lei sempre qual' fui, sarò fedele.

Ne altro io da tè bramo,

Che mi Lasci Morir', già ch'io non t'amo.

Amad.

Although she cruel is to me,

For whom I breath such Storms of Sighs,

Yet as I ever faithful was, I'll so remain.

Nor do I greater Boon of you request,

Than (since I cannot love you) that you'll let me dye.

Mel.

Io più soffrir' nol posso.

Non sperar con la morte

Dar' fine alle tue pene;

Che prima ti conuien' alma spietata

Prouar quanto far' può donna sdegnata.

Diuenga in questo Loco

Ogni placido aspetto, orrore, e foco.

[La Scena si cangia in un antro orribile—

Mel.

This is too much for me to bear.

Hope not by Death

To end your Pains,

For e'er you end, 'tis just (you cruel Soul)

You taste how much offended Love can do.

Let all the pleasant Aspects that appear

Within this Place be Horror.

[The Scene changes into a horrible Cave.

E voi de miei furori.

Orridi essecutori

Accorrete à punir, chi mi disprezza.

[Dei Mostri Sortono dal' seno della terra, s'odono tuoni nell' aria—

And you my furious Fiends,

Horrid Executioners of my Wrath,

Hasten to punish him, who thus does slight me.

[Monsters ascend from the Bowels of the Earth; and Thunder is heard in the Air.

Amad.

L'anima, è troppo auvezza

Alle pene, a gl' affanni;

E se credi con' questo

D' amollire il mio cor', folle t'inganni.

Amad.

My Life has been too much inur'd

To Torments, Sufferings and Pains,

And if you think, with help of these

To mollifie my Heart, vain Woman, you're deceived.

Mel.

Cessate, omai cessate

Che più graui tormenti, a lui preparo.

Circondatelo ò furie

[Le Furie lo circondano.

Vedrà nelle mie soglie

Ciò che nel' fonte ei vide:

Vuò ch' il suo duolo, al mio divenga eguale

E colei che l'adora, ami il riuale.

Mel.

Cease then, O cease;

For him far greater Torments I prepare.

Surround him Furies ev'ry way:

[The Furies surround him.

He soon shall see within these bounds

That, which he in the Fountain saw:

I'll make his Grief full equal unto mine,

And she whom he adores, shall love his Rival.

(à due)

Crudel tù non farai

Ch' il tuo rigor già mai,

Perturbi la costanza;

They both sing a Duo: She threatens, and he seems void of Fear.

Amad.
Mel.
a 2
Ho' petto
Si hai petto
Da soffrire

Ogn' aspro, e rio Martire,

Amad.
Mel.
a 2
Non temo il tuo
Torro col' mio
rigor

Amad.
Mel.
a 2
Ne tua possanza
La tua speranza.

Crudel, &c.

[Partono.

[Exeunt Ambo.

SCENE V.

Palazzo di Melissa.

Dardano solo.

SCENE V.

The Palace of Melissa.

Dardanus alone.

Dard.

D' vn' suenturato amante

Prouo tutte le pene in questo petto.

Ama Oriana Amadigi, e me disprezza:

Mi promette Melissa

Conforto al mio tormento,

Mà tardi Veggio oh' Dio,

Ch' è vano ogni potere, al' duolo mio:

Pena tiranna

Io sento al core,

Ne spero mai

Trouar pietà;

Amor m'affanna

E il mio dolore

In tanti guai

Pace non hà.

Pena tiranna, &c.

[Mentre vuol' partire vien ritenuto da Melissa.

Dard.

In this my Breast too sensibly I feel,

Of an unhappy Lover, all the Pains.

Oriana adores this Amadis, and me she slights:

Melissa indeed doth promise me

To comfort my tormented Mind,

But now too late I see, Oh Gods,

That all her Pow'r can ne'er redress my Grief.

He says, he feels a Tyrannous Pain at his Heart, and never expects to find Pity, Quiet or Relief.

[As he is departing, he is detain'd by Melissa.

SCENA VI.

Melissa, e detto.

SCENE VI.

Melissa and Dardanus.

Mel.

Arresta ò Prence.

Quivi frà breui istanti

Vedrai quella che adori

Mite a gl' affanni tuoi,

Ne più qual' già solea aspra, e crudele.

Mel.

Stay Prince,

For here you instantly shall see

The Lady you adore

Made mild and pliant by your Grief,

And now no more (as formerly) severe.

Dard.

Com ciò sia?

Dard.

But how can it be brought to pass?

Mel.

Con Incantati giri

Cangiai tue forme; e à i Lumi d' Oriana

Non più di Tracia il Prence,

Mà, Amadigi parrai;

E inuisibili a lui ambi sarete.

Mel.

By my enchanting Lines and Circles

I've chang'd your Form; and unto Oriana's Eyes,

No more the Prince of Thrace,

But Amadis, you shall appear.

And both of you shall be invisible to him.

Dard.

E à che giouar ciò deue?

Dard.

Of what Advantage will this prove?

Mel.

Che t'merà colei, che tanto adori.

Mel.

That she shall love you, whom you so adore.

Dard.

Mà sott' altro sembiante.

Dard.

But in the Likeness of another.

Mel.

Ancor che per inganno,

Piace l'essere amato, à un' core amante.

Se tù brami di godere

Lascia pur' à mè il pensiere

Ch' Io contento ti farò;

Non haurai più tanti affanni

Ed' il fine de tuoi danni

Io con pace mirerò;

Se tù brami, &c.

[Parte.

Mel.

Though by Deceit it be perform'd,

Yet still a Lover's pleas'd in being lov'd again.

She bids him, if he aims at Joy, to leave the Management of all to her; and she will make him content; that he shall have no more Trouble of Mind, but that all shall end in Peace.

[Exit.

SCENA VII.

Dardano solo.

SCENE VII.

Dardanus alone.

Mà se questo non basta

A mitigar la pena mia crudele,

Altra strada si tenti.

Sarà di questo ferro,

Scopo, chi è la caggion' d'ogni mia doglia

E i Lacci del suo amor, lo sdegno scioglia.

But yet if this be not enough

To mitigate my cruel Pain,

I'll try another way:

He that occasions all my Grief

Shall be the Butt, at which this Steel shall aim,

My Wrath shall soon unloose his strongest ties of Love.

SCENA VIII.

Oriana, e detto, da essa creduto Amadigi.

SCENE VIII.

Oriana, and the aforesaid, who by her is suppos'd to be Amadis.

Ori.

Amadigi mio ben', deh' quando mai

Finirai di dar pene al' core amante?

Deh! dimmi, in che t'offesi?

Ori.

My dearest Amadis; Ah when will you

Finish the Anguish of my loving Heart?

Oh! tell me in what I have offended you!

Dard. (a parte.)

(In che t'offesi!

Da mè ciò non si seppe;

L'arte assista l'inganno, ò son' scoperto.)

Dard.

In what I have offended you!

I never thought of such a thing,

Let Art assist Deceit, or I'm discover'd.

[Aside.

Ori.

Contami la caggion dell'ira tua;

Ori.

Tell me the Reason of your Anger.

Dard.

Bella; i trascorsi dell' labro

Non giungono nel cor di chi ben' Ama.

Dard.

Fairest, the sudden Slips of Speech

Ne'er reach the Heart of him that loves.

Ori.

Se t'offesi perdona;

Fù inuolontaria colpa,

Se fù colpa la mia.

Ori.

If I've offended, pardon me;

'T was an involuntary Crime,

If Crime at all mine can be call'd.

Dard.

Il rammentarmi dei passati errori,

Arrossir fà le gote,

Più di ciò non si parli.

Dard.

The bare Remembrance of my former Faults

Into Vermillion turn my Cheeks;

And on this Subject, let's discourse no more.

Ori.

Cesse Melissa; e si compiace anch' essa,

Del reciproco affetto.

Ori.

Melissa is quiet, and seems now well pleas'd

At our reciprocal Amours.

Dard.

Dunque mio ben', sei mia?

Dard.

And are you then, my Dearest, mine?

Ori.

Ostacol' più non trouo à i nostri ardori.

Ori.

I see no farther hindrance to our Flames.

Dard.

Or' sian' dunque beati, i nostri amori.

Tù mia speranza,

Tù mio conforto,

Sei di quest'alma,

L' amato ben';

La mia costanza

E giunta in porto

Ed' hò la palma

Del' tuo bel' sen!

Dolce, &c.

Dard.

Then happy is our Love become at last.

He calls her the Hope and Comfort of His Soul, and that his Constancy is arriv'd at the desired Port, and has obtain'd the Victory of her Heart.

[Finita l'aria Amadigi attrauersa la Scena senza veder Dardano, da cui e però veduto, e lo segue adirato.

[At the End of this Air, Amadis crosses the Stage, without seeing Dardanus, tho' Dardanus perceives him and follows him in a Passion.

Dard.

Mà qui il riual? si vendichi l'offesa.

[Parte.

Dard.

My Rival here? I'll now revenge th' Offence!

[Exit.

Ori.

Cosi mi Lascia, e parte?

Sento strepito d'armi; e che sarà?

[Si sente rumore di armi.

Ori.

Does he depart, and leave me thus?

Clashing of Swords I hear; what can this be?

[Clashing of Swords is heard.

SCENA IX.

Melissa che sorte furiosa, e detta.

SCENE IX.

Melissa who comes in a Fury, and Oriana.

Mel.

Cieli; numi! Soccorso; astri crudeli.

Mel.

Heav'ns! Gods! some Succour send. O cruel Stars.

Ori.

Che t'affligge ò Melissa?

Ori.

O Melissa, what afflicts you?

Mel.

Ascota; quel che poc' anzi

Amadigi parea di Tracia, è il Prence;

Che veduto Amadigi

Corse per tor la vita al' suo riuale.

Mel.

Listen to what I say: He who just now

Appear'd like Amadis, is Prince of Thrace;

Who seeing Amadis approach

Ran to deprive his Rival of his Life.

Ori.

Numi; che ascolto!

Ori.

Ye Gods, what do I hear!

Mel.

Egli Amadigi assale

Il dì cui braccio inuitto

D'un colpo ch' il difende

Hà il suo riual' trafitto:

Mira colà; di Tracia il Prence estinto.

Mel.

He first assaulted Amadis,

Whose valiant and unvanquish'd Arm

With one bold Stroke preserv'd himself

And pierc'd his Rival through:

See there, the now deceased Thracian Prince.

Ori.

Or tu forse m'inganni;

Ori.

Perhaps in this you still deceive me.

Mel.

Più Ingannar non ti voglio.

Troppo sian' veri

Quelli che a voi preparo aspri tormenti.

Mel.

I never will deceive you more;

Too true the Torments shall appear,

And those most sharp, which I prepare for you.

Ori.

Barbara, e che ti feci?

Ori.

O barb'rous Wretch, what have I done to you?

Mel.

M'involasti un amante.

Mel.

You stole my Lover from me.

Ori.

Colpa mia gia non fù!

Ori.

That was no Fault of mine,

Mel.

Sia tuo l'affanno.

Mel.

But yet the Torment shall be yours.

Ori.

Ti puniranno i Numi;

Ori.

The Gods will punish you.

Mel.

Trema per me Cocito.

Mel.

I can make th'Abyss to tremble.

Ori.

Il' ciel' gl' empi condanna.

Ori.

Just Heav'n condemns the Wicked.

Mel.

Ma esseguisce l'inferno.

Mel.

But it is Hell that executes.

Ori.

Gioue per te s'adira.

Ori.

And Jove himself with you will angry be.

Mel.

Se non cessi d'amarlo.

[La Minaccia.

Mel.

And if you don't forbear to love him—

[She threatens her.

Ori.

L'amerò sin' che ho vita.

Ori.

I'll always love him whilst I live.

Mel.

Morrai, se non v' assenti,

Mel.

You'll surely die, if do not yield.

Ori.

Ascolta—

Perfida incantatrice, empia Megera

Tesifone d'Inferno, Arpia del' mondo;

Tù ben' veder potrai

Guizzar nell'aria i pesci;

Gl' augei volar nell'onde;

Farsi gelido il fuoco,

Brugiar il gelo, ed' appianarsi i monti,

E alle nubi salir, le valli, e gl'antri;

Mà far' già non potrai

Ch' il feruido desio

Mai si stanchi d'amar l'Idolo mio.

Ori.

Hear me

Perfidious Sorceress, impious Megera

Hell's Tesiphon, and Harpye of the World;

I full well know you can with Ease

Make Fishes swim and slide in th' Air,

All winged Birds to flye amidst the Waves;

Congeal the Fire and make it freeze,

Cause Ice to burn, and Mountains level make,

And raise up to the Clouds both Vales and Caves:

But you can never bring to pass

That th' ardent Longings of my Soul

Do ever cease to love the Idol of my Heart.

Mel.

Son sorda a i detti tuoi.

[Vuol partire ma Oriana la ritiene.

Mel.

I am quite deaf to what you say.

[She is going off, but is detain'd by Oriana.

Ori.

Affannami,

Tormentami,

E' vano il tuo rigor;

Si vago, è l'Idol mio

Che di cangiar desio,

Non ha potere il cor.

Affanni, &c.

[Parte.

Ori.

She says, though Melissa afflicts and torments her, yet all her Rigour is in vain, and that her Dearest is so lovely, that her Heart can never alter its Affection.

[Exit Oriana.

SCENA X.

Melissa sola.

SCENE X.

Melissa alone.

Mi deride l'amante,

La riuale mi sprezza;

Ed' io lo soffro ò stelle?

Nò; Non sarà già mai

Ch' Io perda il mio vigor frà pene, e guai.

Desterò dall' empia Dite

Ogni furia, a farui guerra

Crudi, perfidi si, si;

Ombre tetre, omai sortite

Dall' auello che vi serra

A' dar pene,

A colui che mi scherni.

Destero, &c.

My Lover now derides me,

And by my Rival I'm despis'd;

And do I suffer this, O Stars?

No, no, it ne'er shall be, that I

My Courage lose, opprest by Grief and Woe.

She says she'll raise every Fury to make War against Amadis and Oriana, whom she calls cruel and perfidious, and commands the blackest Ghosts to ascend from their Dungeons to torment those who slight her.

ATTO III. SCENA I.

Palazzo di Melissa.

Oriana condotta da Demoni.

ACT III. SCENE I.

The Palace of Melissa

Oriana brought in by Devils.

Doue mi guida il fato mio tiranno!

Qui Melissa mi vuol? qui mi condanna

A soffrir' pene, e affanni?

E che mai feci ò sorte?

Perche adoro Amadigi,

Deggio dunque hauer Morte?

Si, si, neri Ministri

D'una furia d' Averno,

D' una infida Megera

Conducetemi pur, doue v'addita,

Che per caggion' si cara

Troppo sia dolce à mè perder la vita.

Dolce vita del mio petto

Io per tè Morrò beata;

E più puro haurò L'affetto

Di quest' alma suenturata.

Dolce, &c.

[Parte.

Where am I hurry'd by my cruel Fate!

Is't here Melissa waits me? Is't here she condemns me

To suffer Sorrow, Pain and Grief?

What is't, O Fate, that I've committed?

Because I Amadis adore,

Must I therefore be put to Death?

Yes, yes, ye gloomy Ministers

Of that fierce Fury of th' avernal Lake,

Of that most faithless vile Megera,

Carry me now where she commands ye;

For, for so dear a Cause as this,

'Twill be a Pleasure to lay down my Life.

She says she shall be happy in dying for him who is the Life of her Heart; and that such a Death will heighten her Affection.

[Exit.

SCENA II.

Il Teatro rappresenta un Antro destinato a gl' Incanti di Melissa.

Melissa sola.

SCENE II.

The Stage represents a Cave appointed for the Enchantments of Melissa.

Melissa alone.

Mel.

Sento, ne sò che sia

Agitato il pensier, e mesto il core;

E ingombra l'alma mia pena, e timore;

Forse perche preparo

All' ingrato Amadigi acerba morte?

Mà che ci posso far, se più l'adoro

Quanto più m'abborrisce!

Egli a ciò mi costringe.

Amadigi qui venga,

E seco Oriana caggion del' mio tormento

Ch' oppressa dall' rigor' già l'alma lo sento.

Vanne Lungi dal' mio petto

Vano amor, ch' Io vuò vendetta;

Non darò mai più ricetto,

A un' amabile saetta.

Vanne, &c.

Mel.

I feel (but don't the Reason know)

My Thoughts disturb'd, my Heart grown sad,

And ev'n my Soul opprest with Grief and Fear,

Is it perhaps because I now prepare

For ingrate Amadis a cruel Death?

But yet how can I help it, when the more

He hates me; just so much the more I love him!

Thus he constrains me to proceed.

Let Amadis be hither brought,

And with him Oriana who causes all my Pains,

For now I feel my Soul opprest by Rigour.

She bids vain Love be gone from her Breast, because she will harbour nothing but Revenge, and will never more give Admittance to any amorous Dart.

SCENA III.

I Demoni Conducono Amadigi, ed' Oriana incatenati e detta.

SCENE III.

The Devils bring in Amadis and Oriana, both in Chains, and the abovesaid.

Ori.

Se t'offese Oriana

Ella sol' si punisca.

Ori.

If Oriana hath offended you

Let only her be punished.

Amad.

Se ti sprezza Amadigi

Egli sol' merta pena.

Amad.

If Amadis hath slighted you

He only ought to suffer pain.

Mel.

E pene, e morte haurai, da tè principio.

[Và per ferire Amadigi.

Mel.

Both pain and death you'll have; but I begin with you.

[She is going to wound Amadis.

Ori.

Numi, aita, soccorso.

Ori.

O Heav'ns, aid and succour us.

Mel.

Ma; che nuoua pietade

Mi passeggia nel' petto?

Perfido traditore

La tua morte vorrei, mà il cor nol' vuole.

Mel.

But what new Pity now invades

And takes Possession of my Breast?

Unfaithful Traytor,

I'd be thy Death, but that my Heart wont give me leave.

Amad.

Ah! che non gioua a mè la tua pietade,

Mentre ch' io temo oh' Dio

Per Oriana il mio ben', per l'Idol mio.

Amad.

Ah, but your Pity gives me no Relief,

So long as I'm in fear, Oh Gods!

For my dear Idol, Oriana's sake.

Mel.

Ed' ancor tù m' inriti!

T' ucciderò nel' cor di lei spietato.

[Và per' uccidere Oriana.

Mel.

And do you still my Passion irritate?

O cruel Man, I'll stab thee in her Heart.

[She offers to stab Oriana.

Amad.

Ah' ferma!

Amad.

Ah, hold your Hand!

Ori.

Nò Melissa

Salua il mio ben', ed' io contenta moro.

Ori.

No, no, Melissa,

Spare but my Dear, and I'll contented die.

Mel.

Mà, no; sia troppo breue

Questa pena à un ingrato;

Darò con' mille morti

A lei pene, a tè affanni, e a mè conforto.

Mel.

But, no that Agony would be

Too short for an ungrateful Man;

I, with a thousand Deaths will give

Pain to her, Grief to you, and Comfort to my self.

Amad. ed Ori. à 2

Cangia al' fine il tuo rigore

Senti oh' Dio di noi pietà;

Deh' ti muoua il mio dolore,

Troppo usasti crudeltà.

Cangia, &c.

Amad. and Ori. sing a Duo. Intreating Melissa to abate her Rigour, and take Compassion on them, and be mov'd at their Sufferings, having already us'd too much Cruelty.

Mel.

Nò, nò; ho già risolto.

Ombra del suo riuale

Prencipe sfortunato,

In Virtù de miei detti

Sorti dal' Regno Oscuro

E qui meco t'unisci a far vendetta

Del' mio amor, del tuo amor, del' nostro oltraggio.

Mel.

No, no, I am resolv'd.

O you his Rival's Ghost,

Unhappy Prince,

In Vertue of these Words,

From the dark Kingdom, now come forth,

And here unite with me, that we may both

Revenge my Love, your Love, and both our Wrongs.

SCENA IV.

Ombra del' Prencipe di Tracia, e detti.

SCENE IV.

The Ghost of the Prince of Thrace, and the aforesaid.

Omb.

Han' penetrato i detti tuoi l'Inferno.

E i numi; nemici all' ingiustitia

Proteggon contro tè due fidi amanti;

E per' maggior mia pena

Voglion ch' io ti rammenti,

Ch' è giunta pur la fin' dei lor' tormenti.

[Sparisce l'ombra.

Ghost.

Thy Words have penetrated Hell.

And all the Gods (averse to what's unjust)

Protect, in spight of thee, these faithful Lovers;

And, for my greater Punishment,

Command that I should let thee know,

That all their Torments now are near their End.

[The Ghost disappears.

SCENA V.

Amadigi, Melissa, ed Oriana.

SCENE V.

Amadis, Melissa and Oriana.

Mel.

Cieli ingiusti, e inclementi

Dunque a voi soli sia

La vendetta concessa?

Mel.

O Heav'ns inclement and unjust,

And is the Pow'r then to revenge

Granted to none but you alone?

Ori.

A che mai si risolue?

Ori.

What more can she resolve to do?

Amad.

Io temo ancora.

Amad.

I'm still afraid.

Mel.

Mà che!

Muoia la mia riuale.

[Vuol' uccidere Oriana, mà si sente ritenere.

Mel.

But what!

Now let my Rival die.

[She offers to kill Oriana, but finds her self detained.

Chi il piè m' arresta, ò stelle?

Ah' che voi proteggete infidi numi

Una copia felice;

Io sola suenturata

Cielo, e Inferno mi aborre:

Morir si deè; si muoia.

[Si ferisce con un' stile.

What is't detains my Feet? Oh Stars!

Ah wicked Gods, 'tis you protect

This too too happy Pair,

I only am Unfortunate,

Both Heav'n and Hell abhor me:

I ought to die, and die I will.

[She wounds her self with a Ponyard.

Addio crudo Amadigi

Spira la tua nemica, anzi l'amante;

Godi del' mio morir barbaro ingrato.

Già il piè vacilla, e il Lume;

Ed' un freddo mortal già mi sorprende

Felice è la mia morte

S'un tuo sospir compiange la mia sorte.

Io già sento l'alma in sen'

Che da me partendo và—.

[Cade sopra un sasso e muore.

O cruel Amadis adieu,

Your Enemy (or rather Lover) dies.

Barb'rous, Ingrate, rejoice now at my Death;

My Feet do tremble and so does my Sight,

And mortal Cold my Members all doth seize:

Yet still my Death would happy be

If one kind Sigh of yours would but bemoan my Fate.

I feel my Soul within my Breast

Forcing its way, just ready to depart.

[She falls down and dies.

Ori.

Che Orrore.

Ori.

What Horrour!

Amad.

Infelice Melissa.

Amad.

Unhappy Melissa.

Ori.

Mà che ascolto!

Ori.

But what is this I hear!

Amad.

Che sento!

Qual' chiarore improviso abbaglia i Lumi?

Amad.

What is it I perceive,

What sudden Light is this, that dazzles thus my Eyes?

Ori.

Or' si che ci protegge il Cielo, e i Numi.

[L'antro si cangia in un bellissimo Palazzo, e dopo breue ed' allegra sinfonia discende un carro coperto da Nubi, nel quale si vede L'Incantatore Orgando Zio d'Oriana.

Ori.

Now I'm convinc'd that Heav'n and Gods protect us.

[The Cave changes into a beautiful Palace; and after a short, but pleasant Simphony, a Chariot descends covered with Clouds, in which appears the Enchanter Orgando, [U]ncle to Oriana.

SCENA VI.

Orgando, e detti.

SCENE VI.

Orgando and the abovesaid.

Org.

Son' finiti i tormenti, omai si goda;

Il' Ciel che vi protegge

Vuol' che cessin' gl' Incanti;

E con' dolci sponsali

S'Uniscan' con le destre i cori amanti.

Org.

Your Torment's ended, now you shall rejoice;

The Pious Heav'ns which protect you,

Command that all Enchantments cease;

And with sweet Matrimonial Rites

Let your Right Hands unite two loving Hearts.

Amad.

Cara la man' ti stringo.

Amad.

My dearest, thus I press thy Hand.

Ori.

Più dolce è inaspettato un gran' contento.

Ori.

Joy unexpected always is most sweet.

Amad.

Or' ti ringratio Amor del mio tormento.

Cara mia sposa adesso

Ogni nube spari d'atro dolore,

S'Orgando, e il Dio d'amore

Con più soavi incanti

Unisce i due più fidi, e casti amanti.

Sento la gioia

Ch' in sen' mi brilla

E già scintilla

Nel' ciel la stella

Del' Dio d'Amor;

Sarò beato

Con' tè mia bella,

E amico il fato

Già mi promette

Contento al' Cor.

Sento la gioia, &c.

Amad.

Now Love, ev'n for my Pains, I give the Thanks.

This present Instant, dearest Spouse,

All Clouds of cruel Grief are vanisht quite,

For, kind Orgando and the God of Love

With an Enchantment much more sweet,

Two chaste and faithful Lovers now unites.

He says that Joy sparkles in his Breast, as Cupid's Star does in the Heav'ns; and that he shall be happy with Oriana, because Friendly Fate promises him his Heart's Content.

[Orgando disceso dal suo carro.

[Orgando descended from the Chariot, says.

Org.

Godete omai felici

O fortunati sposi;

E qual già preparai

Danze campestri, e Magica Armonia

Qui del vostro goder preludio sia.

Org.

Rejoice at last and happy be,

O lucky Bridegroom and your Bride,

To celebrate your Nuptials I've prepar'd

A Rural Dance, and Magick Harmony,

To serve for Prelude to your future Joys.

CORO

Godete ò Cori amanti

Che non v'è più dolor;

Cangiato ha' i vostri pianti

In riso il Dio d'Amor.

CHORUS.

Rejoice O loving Hearts

For no more Grief remains,

The God of Love hath chang'd

Your Weeping into Smiles.

A 2 Amadigi ed' Oriana.

Or si m'alletti

Speranza del' mio sen';

Non piu' Velen'

Mà sol' diletti

Io prouo in questo Cor.

A Duo sung by Amadis and Oriana.

Yes now I am pleas'd,

Dear Hope of my Heart.

Enchantments are vanquish'd

All tends to Delight

To please our Hearts.

CORO.

Godete ò Cori amanti

Che non v'è più dolor;

Cangiato ha i vostri pianti

In riso il Dio d'Amor.

CHORUS.

Rejoice O loving Hearts

For no more Grief remains,

The God of Love hath chang'd

Your Weeping into Smiles.

Ballo di Pastori, e Pastorelle, e Finisce l'Opera.

A Dance of Shepherds and Shepherdesses.

End of the OPERA.

Italic U and V:
In general, the italic font used an unambiguous U and an unambiguous V.
On three occasions, marked [U] in the text, an anomalous form [U] was used.

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