A TRAGEDY.
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MAHOMET.
Dar'st thou belie me to my very face?
OTHORIC.
My hire was given to me by Petronius,
Told from a sable bag, on whose seal'd mouth
Thy scymitar and crescent were impress'd.
OTHUS.
OTHORIC.
MAHOMET.
OTHORIC.
Not for delib'rate murder. Tho' most wretched,
A stranger, grip'd by hard necessity,
The price he gave me ne'er had bought this arm
To such an act.
MAHOMET.
Which thou must needs delib'rate murder call?