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SCENE V.

Knights.
(Almida at a distance, surrounded by guards.)
ALMIDA.
Gracious powers!
Forsake me not in these last dreadful moments!

ORBASSAN.
Leave us my friends.

[to the knights.
CATANIO.
Speak to her, but remember
Our altars, honours, and our laws are outrag'd;
The state demands unwillingly its victim.

ORBASSAN.
None more than I these truths important feel;
Retire.

[to the guards.
[Exeunt Catanio and Loredan.