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SCENE SEVENTH.

MAHOMET, MUSTAPHA.
MUSTAPHA.
Sultan! the Christian Dervis is thy prisoner,
And waits without. The Christians still maintain
The fight, led by Corvinus.

MAHOMET.
Curse on his courage!
Ten thousand sequins shall reward the man
Who kills Corvinus. This proclaim. Return,
And here, before the Princess, say he's slain:
Or true, or false, I have a rich revenge:
But add such circumstance, as may gain credence
To what thou say'st.—
(Exit Mustapha.)
She must, she shall be mine.
What an exalted soul Agmunda owns:
My spirit never was so mated yet,
Envy and admiration both contend,
And love, and hate, alternate, swell my breast.

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(To the Guards at the side scene.)
Conduct the Christian Dervis to our presence,
He shall persuade the Princess.