Mustapha A Tragedy |
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SCENE VI.
Solyman, Roxolana, Rustan,Achmet.
Prince Mustapha—
Solyman.
Is come!
Achmet.
And by your slave,
Implores admission to your royal presence.
Solyman.
I sent thee to Amasia, to his province:
Say how he was employ'd.
Achmet.
As a Prince should be:
In all the nobler cares of peaceful sway,
That make the ruler lov'd, the people happy.
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Didst thou remark how he receiv'd my order?
How look'd he? what reply'd he?
Achmet.
With submission
He kiss'd th' imperial signet: then dismiss'd
His numerous court; on each with instance pressing
Inviolable duty to their Sovereign.
Solyman.
This more: with what attendance is he guarded?
Achmet.
With only those who wait about his person,
And one fair slave.
Solyman.
Enough.—A croud of thoughts,
Doubting, discordant, tumult in my breast,
Unsettling my resolves—What should I think?—
Suspicion may enquire, but must not judge.—
'Tis now devotion's hour: invoke we then,
To guide our councils, that unerring Mind,
Whose goodness guards the majesty of Kings;
Whose justice each dark thought to judgment brings.
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