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SCENE FOURTH.
THE PRINCESS, MICHAEL ZILUGO, THE LORDS OF THE COUNCIL, PEOPLE.ZILUGO
(to the Princess).
We glory in your choice. And had we not
A lawful Prince, all here, I know, would think
Corvinus worthy of Hungaria's throne.
OLD OFFICER
(to the Council).
My Lords! we ask Corvinus for our Regent;
For him we will submit to war's dread hazard:
We'll fight like lions for our brave young Chief,
And trust some miracle from Heaven shall save us.
ZILUGO.
May favouring Heaven now grant its servants aid!
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Retire, my friends! in peace, each to his duty;
Exhort your fellow citizens to theirs.
(The crowd retires.)
Princess! we go the Ambassadors to answer:
Soon we'll return, and place you in the Castle.
This quarter of the City is unsafe,
Your Uncle's troops command it; much I fear,
That his mad rage, bent on revenge and power,
Will to some act of desperation tempt him.
(The Princess returns to the altar; the Governor and Council go out: the scene closes.)
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