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A TRAGEDY.
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Say, I do not—by what she has forbidden,
I know what should be done—then haste thee, brother;
Facilitate count Edmund's interview
With Adeliza; nourish their young passion—
Curse them—and if you can—why—join their hands.

MARTIN.
I tremble!

BENEDICT.
What can wDastard, tremble, if we fail.
What can we fear, when we have ruin'd them?
(A deep-toned voice is heard.)
Forbear!

BENEDICT.
Forbear!Ha! whence that sound!
What can we fear,(Voice again.) Forbear!

BENEDICT.
What can we fear, when we have ruin'd theAgain!
Comes it from heav'n or hell?
Comes it from(Voice again.) Forbear!

MARTIN.
Protect me!—Benedict, thy unholy purpGood angels,
Protect me!—Benedict, thy unholy purpose—

SCENE II.

BENEDICT, MARTIN, ADELIZA, Friars.

[A procession of friars, chanting a funeral anthem, and followed by Adeliza, advance slowly from a cloyster at the end of the stage.]
The Anthem.
Forbear! forbear forbear!
The pious are heav'n's care.

Lamentations

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