Boab. 'Tis pity so much beauty should not live; [Aside.
Yet I too much am injured, to forgive. [Goes to his seat.
Trumpets: Then enter two Moors, bearing two naked swords before the accusers Zulema and Hamet, who follow them. The Judges seat themselves; the Queen and Abdelmelech are led to the Scaffold.
Alabez. Say for what end you thus in arms appear;
What are your names, and what demand you here?
Zul. The Zegrys' ancient race our lineage claims;
And Zulema and Hamet are our names.
Like loyal subjects in these lists we stand,
And justice in our king's behalf demand.
Hamet. For whom, in witness of what both have seen,
Bound by our duty, we appeach the queen
And Abdelmelech, of adultery.
Zul. Which, like true knights, we will maintain, or die.
Alabez. Swear on the Alcoran your cause is right,
And Mahomet so prosper you in fight. [They touch their foreheads with the Alcoran, and bow.
Trumpets on the other side of the Stage; two Moors, as before, with bare swords before Almanzor and Ozmyn.
Selin. Say for what end you thus in arms appear;
What are your names, and what demand you here?
Almanz. Ozmyn is his, Almanzor is my name;
We come as champions of the queen's fair fame.