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Ax.'Tis but to lengthen Life upon the Rack.I am resolv'd already.

Sel.Oh! be stillNor rashly urge a Ruin on us both,'Tis but a moment more I have to save thee.$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$Be kind, auspicious Alla, to my Pray'r,More for my Love, than for my Self I fear,Neglect Mankind awhile, and make him all thy Care.[Exeunt Axalla and Selima.

Baj.Moneses!———Is that Dog secur'd?

Om.He is.

Baj.'Tis well—My Soul perceives returning Greatness,As Nature feels the Spring. Lightly she bounds,And shakes Dishonour, like a Burden, from her,Once more Imperial, awful, and her self.$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$So when of old Jove from the Titans fled,Ammon's rude Front his radiant Face bely'd,And all the Majesty of Heaven lay hid.$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$At length by Fate to Pow'r Divine restor'd,His Thunder taught the World, to know it's Lord,The God grew terrible again, and was again ador'd.[Exeunt.

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