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SCENE V.
GARCIA, with a Council of OFFICERS.FIRST OFFICER.
My valiant friends! the blazing sun is set.
Whose vital energy gave life and splendor
To Lusitanian glory:—mighty Castro,
With pain exhausted, sinks in heavy slumber,
That much, 'tis feared, must terminate in death:
Our grief and duty to as brave a leader
As ever soldier followed to the field,
The voice of justice, and the public safety,
All loudly call for signal, speedy vengeance
On the surviving traitor, deeply joined
In guilty compact with the base Carasco.
GARCIA.
Behold the victim you demand!
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