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SCENE II.

Mutius.
Friendship but name—but an invented Cheat?
Where then is fix'd the Basis of our Cause,
If there be neither Trust nor Confidence?
Ha! where indeed?—I saw it not before—

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How dreadful is the Prospect!—where is Safety
When our first Principle avows Destruction?
This calls for Thought—but I am interrupted—

[Retires.