Aben. Against thy life thou dost the sentence give;
Behold how short a time thou hast to live.
Selin. Make haste, and draw the curtain while you may;
You but shut out the twilight of my day.
Beneath the burden of my age I bend:
You kindly ease me ere my journey's end. [To them a Soldier with Ozmyn; Ozmyn kneels.
Aben. to Selin. It is enough, my promise makes you free;
Resign your bonds, and take your liberty.
Ozm. Sir, you are just, and welcome are these bands;
'Tis all the inheritance a son demands.
Selin. Your goodness, O my Ozmyn, is too great;
I am not weary of my fetters yet:
Already, when you move me to resign,
I feel them heavier on your feet than mine.
Enter another Soldier.
Sold. A youth attends you in the outer room,
Who seems in haste, and does from Ozmyn come.
Aben. Conduct him in.—
Ozm. Sent from Benzayda, I fear, to me.
To them Benzayda, in the habit of a man.