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Show ,4. M U S T A P H A. Of better times. But chief remark the arts H e puts in of to court the foldiers' love; A codrfe.fimpiicity of tafte and life, In their bard fare, grofi wit, and bmnt demeanour, Their fellow and com pernor* Mifchief oft, And murderous trealon lurk beneath fuch plain. nefs. Solyman. O wretchednefa of royalty! what thornt Weave their fharp points with empire's gaudy robe! N o w by m y fathef I foul, t iaft heard more. I read it i. that look- more than thy foftnefs jjares troft mine ear w i t h - Solymon, Roxolana, Ruftan. Solyman. Ruftan !-whence this hafte i* Rufian. M y ^.ord, the Prince approaches Solyman H a ! what fay'ft thou ? Rufian. And enters now the camp. Solyman. 'Tis well. Tbe troops H o w greet they his arrival I Ruftan With mad hafte They pour by thonfands o'er the tented plain, And fwarm around him. 'Tis all wonder, fondnefi, Each p>ffion, every folly, of the vulgar Expreflion heart-felt joy. Solyman. Indeed ! Ruftan. And h^rk / That uaiverfal fhout fpeaks loud their tranfport. Solymo* M U 5 T A P HA. Kthmn. Again' the traitors / i K « r What attendance brings he f ^SJSnAclmt will tell your Nighncfi. Solym**. Bid fain enter. M S C E N E VI. Solyman, Roxolana, Ruftan, Achmet. Prince Muftapha Solyman. Is come / Jchmet And by your fl**c> , n r erence. Implore, admiflion to 1™ £$**?£ provk.ee : Solyman. I fent thee to Am aft a, to his pro Savf* how he was employ'd "Achmet. Asa Prince fliouldbe : In all the nobler cares of peaceful 1W»Y» That make th. ruler lov'd, ^ ^ ^ ^ my Solyman. Didft thou remark how he recciv o my o^drr i* . . H o w look'd he ? what reply d he I Achmet. With fubm.ffion H e kifs'd th' imperial fignet : Then difmifc'd his numeroat court ; On each with inftance prefling inviolable duty to their Sovereign. 1 Solyman. This more : w w h what attendance .. he AchmT^l oaly thofe who wait about hi* perfon, And one fair flwe. Solyman |