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And know, I think myself above reward. _Boab._ Then sure you are some godhead; and our care Must be to come with incense and with prayer. _Almanz._ As little as you think yourself obliged, You would be glad to do't, when next besieged. But I am pleased there should be nothing due; For what I did was for myself, not you. _Boab._ You with contempt on meaner gifts look down; And, aiming at my queen, disdain my crown. That crown, restored, deserves no recompence. Since you would rob the fairest jewel thence. Dare not henceforth ungrateful me to call; Whate'er I owed you, this has cancelled all. _Almanz._ I'll call thee thankless, king, and perjured both: Thou swor'st by Alha, and hast broke thy oath. But thou dost well; thou tak'st the cheapest way; Not to own services thou canst not pay. _Boab._ My patience more than pays thy service past; But now this insolence shall be thy last. Hence from my sight! and take it as a grace, Thou liv'st, and art but banished from the place. _Almanz._ Where'er I go, there can no exile be; But from Almanzor's sight I banish thee: I will not now, if thou wouldst beg me, stay; But I will take my Almahide away. Stay thou with all thy subjects here; but know, We leave thy city empty when we go. [_Takes_ ALMAHIDE'S _hand._ _Boab._ Fall on; take; kill the traitor. [_The Guards fall on him; he makes at the King through the midst of them, and falls upon him; they disarm him, and rescue the King._ _Almanz._ --Base and poor, Blush that thou art Almanzor's conqueror. [ALMAHIDE _wrings her hands, then turns and veils her face._ Farewell, my Almahide! Life of itself will go, now thou art gone, Like flies in winter, when they lose the sun. [ABENAMAR _whispers the King a little, then speaks aloud._ _Aben._ Revenge, and taken so secure a way, Are blessings which heaven sends not every day. _Boab._ I will at leisure now revenge my wrong; And, traitor, thou shalt feel my vengeance long: Thou shalt not die just at thy own desire, But see my nuptials, and with rage expire. _Almanz._ Thou darest not marry her while I'm in sight: With a bent brow thy priest and thee I'll fright; And in that scene, Which all thy hopes and wishes should content, The thought of me shall make thee impotent.
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