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Show i \ I I 42 MUSTAPHA. Would wafh oat all. Ruftan. Y o u much amaze me, Prince, Is it for m e to trace the fecret fprings That act m y fovcreign's will ? or crofs its workings ? Be far that curious rafhnefs from m y thought. But what alarms you thus? I have not learnt What fate impends o'er Muftapha-and yet Suppofe 'twere death. Zanger. H a ! Vizir. Ruftan. Yours, m y Lord, Is all the gain. Zanger. O Prophet! Ruftan, H e remov'd, You are this empire's heir. Zanger. By that fole Being W h o governs all events / I would not reign, In wrong to him, the mafter of mankind. Ruftan. Fine air-built notions, Prince. The wife have thought, That power, howc'er acquired, isfovereign good. Devoted to your fervice, let m e fpeak With ufeful freedom. Be advis'd in time ; Renounce a friendfhip that avails not him, And may to you prove fatal. Zangtr.. Sore thou doft not, All-ftatefman as thou art, thoucanfl not mean T h e horrors thou haft utter'd ? Were I, Vixir, This empire's lord, m y firft, m y deareft care, Should be rewarding tbee, even to the full, For giving righteous counfel. Ruftan. M y advice Befpeaks roy hearty love, and merits not Such harfh and prood return. Zanger. Thou earth-born Have ! * . • I thought to have reftrain'd r u e - - b u t thy baft-nefs Arroufes m e beyond dilTcmbling.---No : T h y counfel perifh with thee*--Heaven / is Are fuch as he the men w h o m princes truft ? he, And M U S T A P H A. 43 "? -« * J a g S Than6 hlmS S $ S & fi!K oaewhom thou muft hate , O providence! Is human race no more The object of thy care ? W h y end I not, Even here, his life and crimes r Swelling and frantic, touch not, move not me. Yet know that but for her, m y royal mitt rets, W h o loves thee, and to w h o m my duty bends This threat might coft thee dear. S C E N E VI. Zanger. How could I hope T o melt a heart like his ? What now remains? Sa'dhc, m y mother loves me ? then I know Where even her breaft is vulnerable. Yes ; It is determin'd- If m y friend muft fall j This righteous fword, thro' mine, fhall reach her heart. D 4 SCEK* |