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SCENE, An Apartment in Abdalla's House.
Enter Pizarro and Selima.
Piz.
That tender Love, and soft Desires,
Fierce Jealousy, ungentle Scorn,
(Discordant Twins) should be the Guests
Of one fair Bosom!—
Never such Tumult shake again
The Region of thy Breast!

Sel.
You may forgive that Tempest,
Which rises from the Coast of Love.—
How fares it with your Friend?

Piz.
As with a Man, whom Fortune courts
With all her gayest Smiles.—
His Ransom paid, by Spanish Friends,
For so Abdalla deems—Gen'rous Zorayda!
He waits but my Approach
To lead him forth to Liberty and Love.

Sel.
Fly with the Wings of swiftest Friendship
To execute that pleasing Task.
I should accuse my savage Heart
Of stern Injustice, should he languish,
Thro' me, one Moment in his Bonds.

Piz.
Are all your ruffled Thoughts at Peace?

Sel.
They are—they are—Oh, stay not to reply.

Hastening him out, exit Pizarro.