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Show t V fi\ tf M U S T A P H A. SCENE IV. Roxolanay Zanger. Roxolana, after a paufe. Why art thou filent ? W h a t hath mov'd thee thus ? Zanger. I would have read m y fcntence in IT n l f V r $?*£*> e x P a n d •% views eyes , y lcnCence « yoi.To greatnefs, and deferve m y noble carts M U S T A P H A. Zanger. Be more juft to both. Nor would I fuffer, nor will he impofe, Such brutal treatment. O you k n o w hi'm not : A foul with every goodnefs, every warth, Enrich'd, accomplifh'd--- Roxolana. I will hear no more. A mother's fondnefs for thee bids m e pity What elfe m y heart would fcorn : And leave thy blindnefi to its due Portion of contempt and wrongs. Shake off this dull fimplicity of foul, Unworthy m e , defeating all m y fchemes For empire and for glory. EY e r y aim, The important travel of m y thoughts, is all For thee alone. Awake, expand thy views 57 ' eyes , Whether they d o o m your fon to life or death Roxolana. What wouldft thou fay ? Zanger. O hear m e ; hear and fave • Screen m y lov'd brother from the ihansdhl f, W e » Z ? ? I £h horror ! That hove'rs o'er him. Fly, preventTfalr ' O ?vIrtJ ^ I V ! ° be thc bane To vTal* ^ °f C°nfdCncC that "M goad hirAli gogodnefT' ' hUm™ th°U&htt > Zanger. O facred honour ! oes fome dire iliufion azle my fenfe >- Iview m y felf with horror » T o his laft hout Roxolana. Zander, I k n o w thy follies. i^eat to ambition's glorious calf, and blind T o fovereign power that fpreads Its dazling charms, the ruling Sceptre, ftarry diadem, before T h y fight and n o w within thy reach • Unfpinted and poor I ' T h o u would'ft depend for food A n d raiment on another's nod • G r o w bafely old, unadive, Joft to fame, InJrTI M-Cd m.??lfcci?re: D°t ftill unfafe, A n d trembling ftill, each fearful hour expefl, Th1 °f Capr,C^ gu,dcs thY tyrW* Willi I ne bowl or poniard. ' ) zmt Roxolana. T h o u haft learnt Of Muftapha I And art, I find, right apt Lo profit by fuch IefTons'- jfet be wife ; he w h o adopts hit -rimes m a y fhare his fate ! Zanger. W h a t are his crimes ? Roxolana. His birth-right. H e was born • 0 reign thy mafter: °fn *e might live to fee > flave in Roxolana- Zanger. Yet, 'tis heaven E 3 2M/ I I i i HIHI I^HHfl |