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n, They shall be ransom'd: let it be at Millions. _Dem_. They are dead, they are dead. _Lieu_. When wou'd he weep for me thus? I may be dead and powder'd. _Leo_. Good Prince, grieve not: We are not certain of their deaths: the Enemy, Though he be hot, and keen, Yet holds good Quarter. What Noise is this? [_Great Shout within: Enter Gentlemen._ _Lieu_. He does not follow us? Give me a Steeple top. _Leo_. They live, they live, Sir. _Ant_. Hold up your manly face. They live, they are here, Son. _Dem_. These are the men. _1 Gent_. They are, and live to honour ye. _Dem_. How 'scap'd ye noble friends? methought I saw ye Even in the Jaws of Death. _2 Gent_. Thanks to our folly, That spur'd us on; we were indeed hedg'd round in't; And ev'n beyond the hand of succour, beaten, Unhors'd, disarm'd: and what we lookt for then, Sir, Let such poor weary Souls that hear the Bell knoll, And see the Grave a digging, tell. _Dem_. For Heavens sake Delude mine Eyes no longer! how came ye off? _1 Gent_. Against all expectation, the brave _Seleucus_, I think this day enamour'd on your Vertue, When, through the Troops, he saw ye shoot like lightning; And at your manly courage all took fire; And after that, the misery we fell to The never-certain Fate of War, considering, As we stood all before him, Fortunes ruines, Nothing but Death expecting, a short time He made a stand upon our Youths and Fortunes. Then with an eye of mercy inform'd his Judgment, How yet unripe we were, unblown, unharden'd, Unfitted for such fatal ends; he cryed out to us, Go Gentlemen, commend me to your Master, To the most High, and Hopeful Prince, _Demetrius_; Tell him the Valour that he showed against me This day, the Virgin Valour, and true fire, Deserves even from an Enemy this courtesie; Your Lives, and Arms freely. I'll give 'em: thank him. And thus we are return'd, Sir. _Leo_. Faith, 'twas well done; 'Twas bravely done; was't not a noble part, Sir? _Lieu_. Had I been there, up had I gone, I am sure on't; These noble tricks I never durst trust 'em yet. _Leo_. Let me not live, and't were not a famed honesty; It takes me such a tickling way: now would I wish Heaven, But e'n the happiness, e'n that poor blessing For all the sharp afflictions thou hast sent me, But e'n i'th' head o'th' field, to take _Seleucus_. I should do something memorable: fie, sad still? _1 Gent_. Do you grieve, we are come off? _Dem_. U
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