John Dryden

“ Exeunt Montezuma, Guyomar, and Alibech.
Odm. Lost and undone! he had my father's voice,
And Alibech seemed pleased with her new choice:
Alas, it was not new! too late I see,
Since one she hated, that it must be me.
——I feel a strange temptation in my will
To do an action, great at once and ill:
Virtue, ill treated, from my soul is fled;
I by revenge and love am wholly led:
Yet conscience would against my rage rebel——
—Conscience, the foolish pride of doing well ! ”

“ At the end of which Guyomar and his Indians enter, and, ere the Spaniards can recover their swords, seize them.
Guy. Those, whom you took without, in triumph bring;
But see these straight conducted to the king.
Piz. Vasquez, what now remains in these extremes?
Vasq. Only to wake us from our golden dreams.
Piz. Since by our shameful conduct we have lost
Freedom, wealth, honour, which we value most,
I wish they would our lives a period give:
They live too long, who happiness outlive. ”

“ Enter Vasquez, and Pizarro.
Spaniards, you see your own deplored estate:
What dare you do to reconcile your fate?
Vasq. All that despair, with courage joined, can do.
Odm. An easy way to victory I 'll show:
When all are buried in their sleep or joy,
I1l give you arms, burn, ravish, and destroy ”