TAMERLANE.
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Baj.Dispatch.
Sel.But for a moment, while I pray,That Heaven may guard my Royal Father.
Baj.Dogs!
Sel.That you may only bless me, e'er I die. [Shout.
Baj.Ye tedious Vilains! then the Work is mine.
As Bajazet runs at Selima with his Sword, enter Tamerlane, Axalla, &c. Axalla gets between Bajazet and Selima, whilst Tamerlane and the rest drive Bajazet and the Mutes off the Stage.
Ax.And I am come to save thee. Oh! my Joy!Be this the whitest Hour of all my Life;This one Success is more, than all my Wars,The noblest, dearest Glory of my Sword.
Sel.Alas, Axalla, Death has been around me,My Coward-Soul still trembles at the Fright,And seems but half secure, ev'n in thy Arms.
Ax.Retire, my Fair, and let me guard thee forth,Blood and tumultuous Slaughter are about us,And Danger in her ugliest Forms is here;Nor will the pleasure of my Heart be full,Till all my Fears are ended in thy Safety.[Exeunt Axalla and Selima.
Enter Tamerlane, the Prince of Tanais; Zama, Mirvan, and Soldiers; with Bajazet, Omar, and the Dervise, Prisoners.
Tam.Mercy at length gives up her peaceful Scepter,And Justice sternly takes her turn to govern;'Tis a rank World, and asks her keenest Sword,To cut up Vilany of monstrous growth.Zama, take care, that with the earliest dawn,Those Traytors meet the Fate, their Treason merits.[Pointing to Omar and the Dervise.
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