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SCENE V.
HEROD, MARIAMNE, ELISA, ONE OF THE GUARDS.GUARD.
My lord, the people are in arms;
The scaffold raised by Salome's command
They have destroy'd, stain'd with the smoaking blood
Of th'executioners. Meanwhile Sohemus
Issues his orders to the multitude,
And even to thy troops, as sovereign master.
He comes this way, and rapidly advances.
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Hah! At the time when humbled at thy feet—
Couldst thou perfidious—
MARIAMNE.
O, my lord, thy thoughts—
HEROD.
And is my life thus coveted? Thy malice
Shall soon be amply satisfied. But know
That I will drag thee with me to the tomb,
Spite of thyself we there shall be united.
Guards! Watch your prisoner!
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