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The REVENGE.
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Isab.But with more Temper, Zanga, tell your Story:
To see your strong Emotions startles me.
To see your strong Emotions startles me.
Zan.Yes, Woman, with the Temper that befits it.
Has the dark Adder Venom? So have I
When trod upon. Proud Spaniard, thou shalt feel me!
For from that Day, that Day of my Dishonour,
I from that Day have curs'd the rising Sun,
Which never fail'd to tell me of my Shame.
I from that Day have blest the coming Night,
Which promis'd to conceal it; but in vain;
The Blow return'd for ever in my Dream.
Yet on I toil'd, and groan'd for an Occasion
Of ample Vengeance; none is yet arriv'd.
Howe'er at present I conceive warm Hopes
Of what may wound him sore in his Ambition,
Life of his Life, and dearer than his Soul.
By nightly March he purpos'd to surprize
The Moorish Camp; but I have taken Care
They shall be ready to receive his Favour.
Failing in this, a Cast of utmost Moment,
Would darken all the Conquests he has won.
Has the dark Adder Venom? So have I
When trod upon. Proud Spaniard, thou shalt feel me!
For from that Day, that Day of my Dishonour,
I from that Day have curs'd the rising Sun,
Which never fail'd to tell me of my Shame.
I from that Day have blest the coming Night,
Which promis'd to conceal it; but in vain;
The Blow return'd for ever in my Dream.
Yet on I toil'd, and groan'd for an Occasion
Of ample Vengeance; none is yet arriv'd.
Howe'er at present I conceive warm Hopes
Of what may wound him sore in his Ambition,
Life of his Life, and dearer than his Soul.
By nightly March he purpos'd to surprize
The Moorish Camp; but I have taken Care
They shall be ready to receive his Favour.
Failing in this, a Cast of utmost Moment,
Would darken all the Conquests he has won.
Isab.Just as I enter'd an Express arriv'd.
Zan.To whom?
Isab.His Friend Don Carlos.
Zan.Be Propitious,
O Mahomet, on this important Hour,
And give at length my famish'd Soul Revenge!
What is Revenge, but Courage to call in
Our Honour's Debts, and Wisdom to convert
Other's Self-love, into our own Protection.
But see, the Morning Ray breaks in upon us,
I'll seek Don Carlos, and enquire my Fate. [Exeunt.
O Mahomet, on this important Hour,
And give at length my famish'd Soul Revenge!
What is Revenge, but Courage to call in
Our Honour's Debts, and Wisdom to convert
Other's Self-love, into our own Protection.
But see, the Morning Ray breaks in upon us,
I'll seek Don Carlos, and enquire my Fate. [Exeunt.
Enter Manuel and Don Carlos.
Man.My Lord Don Carlos, what brings your Express?
Car.Alonzo's Glory, and the Moors Defeat.
The Field is strow'd with twice ten thousand slain,
Tho' he suspects his Measures were betray'd.
He'll soon arrive. O, how I long to embrace
The Field is strow'd with twice ten thousand slain,
Tho' he suspects his Measures were betray'd.
He'll soon arrive. O, how I long to embrace
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