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SCENE THE FIRST.

Masinissa, Numidian Soldiers.
Ma.
Let all, obeying my commands, at night
Be ready with their steeds: and silently
Let them, oh Boccar, ambush where I told thee.—
Faithful Guludda, thou, at all events,
Meanwhile be ready with the fatal bowl.
Of every monarch 'tis the sole resource
Who would become the friend or enemy

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Of execrable Rome.—Go hence; and let
Nothing of this transpire.