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SCENE IX.
Eleonora.—Yes—I will adhere
To this ill-omen'd Honour! sacrifice
Life's promis'd Joys to its austere Decree;
And vindicate the Glories of my Race,
At the sad Price of Peace!—If Athol's Arms
(Which Heav'n avert!) to Treason add Success;
My Father's Death will join his Sov'reign's Fall!
And if the Cause of Royalty prevail,
Each languid Hope with Stuart must expire!—
From Thought to Thought, perplex'd, in vain I stray,
To pining Anguish doom'd, and fell Dismay!
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