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Libretto texts that don't concerne the acting.

• To the marquis of Hallifax
• Prologue to the opera spoken by mr. Betterton

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Images to be used as background for computer screen.

• Come if you dare, our trumpets sound (♦) (♦) - 1280x1024, 1920x1024 pixel
• Hither this way, this way bend (♦) (♦) - 1280x1024, 1920x1024 pixel
• What power art thou, who from below (♦) (♦) - 1280x1024, 1920x1024 pixel
• For love every creature (♦) (♦) - 1280x1024, 1920x1024 pixel
• Cupid, from his fav'rite nation (♦) (♦) - 1280x1024, 1920x1024 pixel

      Incipit of pieces

Incipit of pieces set in alphabetical order.

• 'Tis I, 'tis I, 'tis I that have warm'd ye, Act the third, scene 2
• 'Tis here again, Act the third, scene 2
• 'Tis time to hasten our mysterious rites, Act the first, scene 1
• 'Tis too much bounty to a vanquish'd foe, Act the fifth, scene 2
• 'Tis true, he says; the footsteps yet are fresh, Act the second, scene 3
• A lazie pleasure trickles thro' my veins, Act the fourth, scene 2
• Alas, for pity, of this bloody field!, Act the second, scene 2
• Ambitious fools we are, Act the first, scene 1
• And what are these fantastick fairy joys, Act the fourth, scene 2
• At last the cheat is plain, Act the second, scene 3
• At length, at length, I have thee in my arms, Act the fifth, scene 2
• Beyond my hopes to meet 'em on the square, Act the fifth, scene 2
• Brave Oswald! We have met on friendlier terms, Act the second, scene 6
• Brave souls to be renown'd in story, Act the first, scene 1
• Break off your musick, for our foes are near, Act the third, scene 2
• Come follow, follow, follow me, Act the second, scene 3
• Come if you dare, our trumpets sound, Act the first, scene 3
• Come on, my surly slave; come stalk along, Act the fourth, scene 2
• Come, shepherds, lead up a lively measure, Act the second, scene 4
• Confess thyself o'ercome, and ask thy life, Act the fifth, scene 2
• Cupid, from his fav'rite nation, Act the fifth, scene 2
• Curse on her voice, I must my prey forego, Act the second, scene 3
• Fairest isle, all isles excelling, Act the fifth, scene 2
• For folded flocks on fruitful plains, Act the fifth, scene 2
• For love every creature, Act the fourth, scene 2
• Forbear, if thou hast pity, ah, forbear!, Act the fourth, scene 2
• Furl up our colours, and unbrace our drums, Act the third, scene 1
• Go on, auspicious prince, the stars are kind, Act the first, scene 2
• Good heav'n, what monstrous prodigies are these!, Act the fourth, scene 2
• Great Love, I know thee now, Act the third, scene 2
• Grimbald made prisoner, and my grove destroy'd!, Act the fifth, scene 1
• Ha! now my beauteous Emmeline appears, Act the first, scene 2
• Ha! what was that? Who spoke?, Act the third, scene 2
• Heav'n be my guard, I have no other friend!, Act the third, scene 2
• Help, help! a rape, a rape!, Act the second, scene 4
• Here, this way, Britons, follow Oswald's flight, Act the second, scene 3
• Hither this way, Act the second, scene 3
• Hither this way, this way bend, Act the second, scene 3
• Hold, poor deluded mortal, hold thy hand, Act the fourth, scene 2
• Hold, sir, and wait heav'n's time, th' attempt's too dangerous, Act the third, scene 1
• How blest are shepherds, how happy their lasses, Act the second, scene 4
• How happy the lover, Act the fourth, scene 2
• How sits the conquest on great Arthur's brow?, Act the second, scene 5
• I call ye all, Act the first, scene 1
• I cou'd be pleas'd with any one but thee, Act the third, scene 2
• I left all safe behind, Act the third, scene 2
• Let not a moon-born elf mislead ye, Act the second, scene 3
• Matilda, save me from this ugly thing, Act the third, scene 2
• My heart and vows go with him to the fight, Act the first, scene 2
• My sovereign, we have hazarded too far, Act the third, scene 2
• No danger yet, I see no walls of fire, Act the fourth, scene 2
• No news of my dear love, or of my father?, Act the second, scene 4
• No part of my dominion shall be waste, Act the third, scene 2
• Not so fast, master, danger threatens thee, Act the fourth, scene 1
• Now I am settled in my forceful sway, Act the fourth, scene 1
• Now look above, and in heav'n's high abyfs, Act the fifth, scene 2
• Now see to whose embraces thou wert falling, Act the fourth, scene 2
• Now there remains but this one labour more, Act the fifth, scene 2
• O father, father, I am sure you're here, Act the first, scene 2
• O pass not on, but stay, Act the fourth, scene 2
• O rebel, have I caught thee!, Act the third, scene 2
• O yonder, yonder she's already found, Act the third, scene 2
• Oh sight, the mother of desires, Act the third, scene 2
• Round thy coast, fair nymph of Britain, Act the fifth, scene 2
• Saint George, the patron of our isle, Act the fifth, scene 2
• See, see, we assemble, Act the third, scene 2
• Shepherds, shepherds, leave decoying, Act the second, scene 4
• So catch him, spell, Act the third, scene 2
• Some wicked phantom, foe to human kind, Act the second, scene 3
• Sound a parley, ye fair, and surrender, Act the third, scene 2
• The lot is cast, and Tanfan pleas'd, Act the first, scene 1
• The night has wilder'd us; and we are fall'n, Act the second, scene 4
• The white horse neigh'd aloud, Act the first, scene 1
• Then this is the deciding day, to fix, Act the first, scene 2
• There may be one black minute e'er tomorrow, Act the second, scene 6
• These who last enter'd are our valiant Britons, Act the fifth, scene 2
• This goodly tree seems queen of all the grove, Act the fourth, scene 2
• This way, this way, Matilda, Act the third, scene 2
• Thou doating fool, forbear, forbear, Act the third, scene 2
• Thus far it is permitted me to go, Act the fourth, scene 2
• Thus, thus I infuse, Act the third, scene 2
• To virtue with rapture I bear, Act the third, scene 2
• Two daughters of this aged stream are we, Act the fourth, scene 2
• We must work, we must haste, Act the third, scene 2
• Well hast thou wrought thy safety with thy wit, Act the third, scene 2
• What art thou, spirit? of what name or order?, Act the second, scene 2
• What ho, thou Genius of the clime, what ho!, Act the third, scene 2
• What news, my Grimbald?, Act the first, scene 1
• What power art thou, who from below, Act the third, scene 2
• Which way went th' alarm?, Act the second, scene 5
• Whom thou hast hurt, unkind and cruel, see, Act the fourth, scene 2
• Why, is not that a trumpet?, Act the first, scene 2
• Wisely you have, whate'er will please, reveal'd, Act the fifth, scene 2
• Woden, first to thee, Act the first, scene 1
• Ye blust'ring brethren of the skies, Act the fifth, scene 2
• You say, 't is love creates the pain, Act the fifth, scene 2
• Your hay it is mow'd, and your corn is reap'd, Act the fifth, scene 2

      Acts and scenes

Libretto acts' and scenes' list.

Act the first

• Scene the first
  Represents a gothic temple, being a place of heathen worship; the three Saxon gods, Woden, Thor, and Freya, placed on pedestals. Enter Oswald and Osmond.
• Scene the second
  A landskip. Enter Aurelius, Albanact, and Conon.
• Scene the third
  A camp, drums, trumpets, and military shouts.

Act the second

• Scene the first
  A general engagement between the Britons and Saxons, in which the Britons are conquerors.
• Scene the second
  Scene, a rural prospect. Enter Philidel.
• Scene the third
  A wood. Enter Grimbald in the habit of a shepherd, followed by king Arthur, Conon, Aurelius, Albanact, and Soldiers, who wonder at a distance in the scenes.
• Scene the fourth
  Scene, a camp and Emmeline's pavilion, with a bank. Enter Emmeline led by Matilda.
• Scene the fifth
  An alarm within; some soldiers running over the stage: Follow, follow, follow. Enter Albanact, Captain of the Guards, with soldiers.
• Scene the sixth
  Scene, a camp at a distance. Enter Arthur on one side attended, Oswald on the other with attendants, and Guillamar. They meet and salute.

Act the third

• Scene the first
  Scene, rocks and water. Enter Arthur, Conon, Aurelius, etc.
• Scene the second
  Scene, a deep wood. Enter Philidel.

Act the fourth

• Scene the first
  Scene, a grove. Enter Osmond solus.
• Scene the second
  Scene, a wood, with a large oak in the front. Enter Arthur, and Merlin at another door.

Act the fifth

• Scene the first
  Scene, a camp. Enter Osmond, as asfrighted.
• Scene the second
  Enter Arthur, Conon, Aurelius, Albanact, and soldiers.

      Changes of scene painting

All the scene paintings described in the libretto.

Act the first

• Scene 1: A gothic temple, being a place of heathen worship; the three Saxon gods, Woden, Thor, and Freya, placed on pedestals.
• Scene 2: A landskip.
• Scene 3: A camp, drums, trumpets, and military shouts.

Act the second

• Scene 2: A rural prospect.
• Scene 3: A wood.
• Scene 4: A camp and Emmeline's pavilion, with a bank.
• Scene 6: A camp at a distance.

Act the third

• Scene 1: Rocks and water.
• Scene 2: A deep wood.
• Scene 2: A stormy wintry country.

Act the fourth

• Scene 1: A grove.
• Scene 2: A wood, with a large oak in the front.

Act the fifth

• Scene 1: A camp.
• Scene 2: The scene discovers the British ocean in a storm.

      The acts in brief

For every act the synthesis of the scene paintings, of the pieces, of performers' entrance and leaving, of the main passages.

• Act the first
• Act the second
• Act the third
• Act the fourth
• Act the fifth

      Musical numbers

Score musical numbers and their incipit, with link to libretto.

• N. 1 - Overture

• N. 2 - Air

• N. 3 - Overture

Act the first

• N. 4 - Woden, first to thee (Woden, first to thee, scene 1)
• N. 5 - The white horse neigh'd aloud (The white horse neigh'd aloud, scene 1)
• N. 6 - The lot is cast, and Tanfan pleas'd (The lot is cast, and Tanfan pleas'd, scene 1)
• N. 7 - Brave soul to be renown'd in storry (Brave souls to be renown'd in story, scene 1)
• N. 8 - I call ye all to Woden's hall (I call ye all, scene 1)
• N. 9 - Military symphony
• N. 10 - Come if you dare, our trumpets sound (Come if you dare, our trumpets sound, scene 3)

Act the second

• N. 11 - Introduction
• N. 12 - Symphony (Alas, for pity, of this bloody field!, scene 2)
• N. 13 - Hiter this way, this way bend (Hither this way, this way bend, scene 3)
• N. 14 - Let not a moon-born elf mislead ye (Let not a moon-born elf mislead ye, scene 3)
• N. 15 - Hither this way (Hither this way, scene 3)
• N. 16 - Come follow, follow, follow me (Come follow, follow, follow me, scene 3)
• N. 17 - How blest are shepherds, how happy their lasses (How blest are shepherds, how happy their lasses, scene 4)
• N. 18 - Shepherds, shepherds, leave decoying (Shepherds, shepherds, leave decoying, scene 4)
• N. 19 - Horpipe
• N. 20 - Come, shepherds, lead up a lively measure (Come, shepherds, lead up a lively measure, scene 4)
• N. 21 - Second act tune: Air (Furl up our colours, and unbrace our drums, scene 1)

Act the third

• N. 22 - We must work, wee must haste (We must work, we must haste, scene 2)
• N. 23 - Thus, thus I infuse (Thus, thus I infuse, scene 2)
• N. 24 - Oh sight, the mother of desires (Oh sight, the mother of desires, scene 2)
• N. 25 - Prelude
• N. 26 - What ho, thou Genius of the clime, what ho! (What ho, thou Genius of the clime, what ho!, scene 2)
• N. 27 - What power art thou, who from below (What power art thou, who from below, scene 2)
• N. 28 - Thou doating fool, forbear, forbear (Thou doating fool, forbear, forbear, scene 2)
• N. 29 - Great Love, I know thee now (Great Love, I know thee now, scene 2)
• N. 30 - No part of my dominion shall be waste (No part of my dominion shall be waste, scene 2)
• N. 31 - Prelude
• N. 32 - See, see, we assemble (See, see, we assemble, scene 2)
• N. 33 - 'Tis I, 'tis I, 'tis I that have warm'd ye ('Tis I, 'tis I, 'tis I that have warm'd ye, scene 2)
• N. 34 - Sound a parley, ye fair, and surrender (Sound a parley, ye fair, and surrender, scene 2)
• N. 35 - Third Act Tune: Hornpipe (Now I am settled in my forceful sway, scene 1)

Act the fourth

• N. 36 - O pass not on, but stay (O pass not on, but stay, scene 2)
• N. 37 - Two daughters of this aged stream are we (Two daughters of this aged stream are we, scene 2)
• N. 38 - Passacaglia
• N. 39 - How happy the lover (How happy the lover, scene 2)
• N. 40 - For love every creature (For love every creature, scene 2)
• N. 41 - Fourth Act Tune: Air (Grimbald made prisoner, and my grove destroy'd!, scene 1)

Act the fifth

• N. 42 - Trumpet tune ('Tis too much bounty to a vanquish'd foe, scene 2)
• N. 43 - Ye blust'ring brethren of the skies (Ye blust'ring brethren of the skies, scene 2)
• N. 44 - Symphony (The fishermen dance)
• N. 45 - Round thy coast, fair nymph of Britain (Round thy coast, fair nymph of Britain, scene 2)
• N. 46 - For folded flocks on fruitful plains (For folded flocks on fruitful plains, scene 2)
• N. 47 - Your hay it is mow'd, and your corn is reap'd (Your hay it is mow'd, and your corn is reap'd, scene 2)
• N. 48 - Fairest isle, all isles excelling (Fairest isle, all isles excelling, scene 2)
• N. 49 - You say, 't is love creates the pain (You say, 't is love creates the pain, scene 2)
• N. 50 - Trumpet tune Warlike Consort (Now look above, and in heav'n's high abyfs, scene 2)
• N. 51 - Saint George, the patron of our isle (Saint George, the patron of our isle, scene 2)
• N. 52 - Chaconne

      Significant pieces

Pieces that are pointed out from critics and musicologists.

Act the first

• Woden, first to thee (Aeolus, Honour, Chorus), scene 1
• Come if you dare, our trumpets sound (Honour, Chorus), scene 3

Act the second

• Hither this way, this way bend (Philidel, Chorus), scene 3

Act the third

• What power art thou, who from below (Cold genius), scene 2
• Thou doating fool, forbear, forbear (Cupid), scene 2

Act the fourth

• How happy the lover (One sylvan, Two nymphs), scene 2
• For love every creature (One sylvan, Two nymphs), scene 2

Act the fifth

• Ye blust'ring brethren of the skies (Aeolus), scene 2
• Fairest isle, all isles excelling (Venus), scene 2

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