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Tancred and Sigismunda

A Tragedy
Thomson, James (1700-1748)
  
Tancred and Sigismunda.
  
[dedication]
  
ADVERTISEMENT.
  
PROLOGUE.
  
The Persons Represented.

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ACT I.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
 5. 
SCENE V.
 6. 
SCENE VI.
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ACT II.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
 5. 
SCENE V.
 6. 
SCENE VI.
 7. 
SCENE VII.
 8. 
SCENE VIII.
 9. 
SCENE IX.
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ACT III.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
 5. 
SCENE V.
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ACT IV.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
 5. 
SCENE V.
 6. 
SCENE VI.
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ACT V.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
 5. 
SCENE V.
 6. 
SCENE VI.
 7. 
SCENE VII.
 8. 
SCENE VIII.

  
EPILOGUE.
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SCENE III.

Siffredi
alone.
My Doubts are but too true—If these old Eyes
Can trace the Marks of Love, a mutual Passion
Has seiz'd, I fear, my Daughter and this Prince,
My Sovereign now—Should it be so? Ah there,
There lurks a brooding Tempest, that may shake
My long-concerted Scheme, to settle firm
The publick Peace and Welfare, which the King
Has made the prudent Basis of his Will—
Away! unworthy Views! you shall not tempt me!
Nor Interest nor Ambition shall seduce
My fixt Resolve—perish the selfish Thought,
Which our own Good prefers to that of Millions!—
He comes—my King—unconscious of his Fortune.

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