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SCENE THE SECOND.

ARZACES
solus.
And yet methinks 'tis strange, that I, a soldier,
Bred up in camps, and train'd to deeds of blood,
Should by my dying father be call'd forth
As one most fit for this mysterious work!
Now too, when love warming my youthful heart
Stamps me his vot'ry, now do I deserve
To be the bearer of these holy off'rings,
To altars, priests, or our Assyrian gods?