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SCENE VII.

Almida, Sophia.
ALMIDA.
I'll not be stopt—Tancred detests me, loaths me.
But haughty hero! taught by thy example,
I'll to the field and combat by thy side;
Brave all the darts that fly around thy head.
This bosom bar'd shall meet the vengeful steel

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Levell'd at thine. Thus, Tancred, will I quit
The mighty debt I owe. Yes I'll out-do thee,
Surpass thee far in exquisite revenge!
Gasp out my life, even in thy cruel arms!
Abhor and scorn thee, with my latest breath,
And dying plunge in thy unfeeling heart,
The dreadful sting the dagger of remorse!
The wild, the bitter agony of love,
Eternal grief, and unavailing anguish,
And all the horrors of my wretched fate!

Exeunt Almida, and Sophia.