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SCENE IX.
SYLLA, FAUSTUS, Guards.FAUSTUS.
[Running up to him.
My father!
SYLLA.
Who's that? what would'st thou? who is he so rash
As to disturb my slumbers?
FAUSTUS.
Cries not far....
SYLLA.
I called not...but where am I? is it thou!
Hast dared without my orders to come hither!
You wake me, Faustus—I resume my power;
Resume the wonted empire o'er my heart:
Come then, let's finish what I have resolved,
For I can live no longer in this sad
Uncertainty—there but remains one effort
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Which this day brings before me—then let's see
Which can the most prevail, Sylla, or they.
Be ready, guards;—Ofella, bid the people,
Army, and senate, here alike assemble;
And, since they wish to learn their destinies,
Await my sovereign orders in the Forum.
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