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SCENE II.

Enter Feraspe.
Fer.
Stand, Rebel, stand,
Receive thy Doom;
'Tis fit this Court should see
The Giant fall,
Who dares aspire so high.

Orm.
Inglorious Villain,
Words from thee
Move not a gen'rous Mind.
My Soul disdains so base a Foe:
But, since thou dost presume,
I scorn Advantage.
Delbo, take this.

[Gives him his Dagger.
Delbo.
If I dare approach it.

Orm.
This Scarf too.
[Gives him the Scarf.
And if I fall.

[Speaks to him in his Ear.
Delbo.
I'll do't, Sir.

Orm., Fer.
Feraspe,/Ormondo, fall on.

[Both.
Fer.
The Justice of my Cause take Place.

Orm.
No more:
We lose our Time.

Orm., Fer.
A hated Strife,/And Rebel's Life, this soon will end.

[Both.
[They engage, Ormondo disarms him.
Orm.
Deliver up thy Sword,
Thy Life is at my Mercy.

Fer.
I'll die first like a Man of Honour,
Though Fortune prove my Enemy,
I'll yield to none but Death.

Orm.
Feraspe, rise;
That Burden of a Life
I freely give thee.

Delbo.
Stick him, Sir, stick him;
Now he's on the Ground
Secure him there.

Fer.
O rather let me die,
Or, with my Life,
Restore my Sword

Orm.
I'll give it to Dorisbe,
Receive it from her.

Fer.
Ye Gods, I only wish to die;
Pity then, and take a Life
Scorn'd by Fortune,
Shunn'd by Death:
In Pity ease me! O, in Pity,
Ease me of a useless Breath.
Pity then, &c.

[Goes off.