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SCENE IV.
Casimir alone in an Apartment.Cas.
She's false, insufferably false!
Then farewel Truth and Virtue;
Osmyn, restore me to my Chains again;
For my Amelia's Usage far exceeds
All the Barbarity you could invent.
[Goes to kill himself.
Enter Augusta.
Aug.
Why, Casimir, with sacrilegious Hands
Dost thou attempt what late thou didst condemn?
Cas.
O my dear Sister, Sharer of my Grief!
Can you forgive those passionate Expressions,
Which lately came from my unwary Tongue?
Aug.
It was the height of Love for lost Amelia,
Which caus'd the inconsiderate Resentment.
Cas.
But now—I find your Wish was just,
The causeless Passion makes me more uneasy.
Aug.
No more, my dearest Brother!
But let us now revenge the gross Offence.
Cas.
Augusta, your Advice I shall accept,
And put it in immediate Execution.
And put it in immediate Execution.
Just Heav'ns in my Resentments join,
The Cause is yours as well as mine;
And Vengeance, doubtless, is our due:
O let me, while I thus complain,
See both the Adulterers once again,
To vindicate myself and you.
The Cause is yours as well as mine;
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O let me, while I thus complain,
See both the Adulterers once again,
To vindicate myself and you.
[Exeunt.
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