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Scene XVI.
—Another part of the field.Enter Adherbal, riding up to Hannibal.
Adh.
All lost at last! The army is destroyed!
Carthage is ruined!
Han.
No, not whilst I breathe!
Adh.
O gods! what possible end to this despair,
Save to bound headlong 'gainst that wall of spears?
The thought is almost joy.
Han.
Hold! dare not waste
The life that's due to Carthage!
Adh.
Let me die!
Han.
I will not let thee die. Why, once I heard thee,
Forsaken by the woman thou didst dote on,
Swear with a smile to find another love
As lovely and more loving! Do, as then;
Smile at thy fate, and live!
Adh.
Live! live! For what?
Han.
Carthage, and vengeance! And to save what's left
Of the most glorious army in the world.
Come, snatch a moment yet from death and fate,
To gather a poor remnant from this field.
[Exeunt Hannibal and Adherbal.
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