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SCENE THE FIRST.
Rosmunda, Almachilde, Soldiers.Ros.
To the camp goest thou?
Al.
But I shall thence ...
Return ...
Ros.
And I expect thee from the camp
A conqueror here: here keep for thee thy victims.
Al.
Time now is wanting to reply to thee.
First would I shew myself to Ildovaldo.
Ros.
Go, fly, and fight: I have myself unloosed
His fetters. Thou, erewhile, in single combat
Didst wish to encounter him: but if his hands
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Released, already he expects thee; run
To triumph over him.
Al.
Thy trait'rous arts,
My rival, and the disaffected camp,
All equally I scorn. At length, for once,
Thou hast afforded me a valid reason,
Whence with good right I may appear to thee
A foe avowed: irrevocably now
Thou hast released me from thy interests.
Ros.
Go
Conquer, return; and menace afterwards.
Al.
I shall be victor; Heaven supports my cause:
Who, if I fall, remains to punish thee!
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