Take ye the lady to the cell I shewed,

And bind her arms.

Pal.Who dares?

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Bl.Fool, stand aside!

Seest thou my sword?

Pal. Ho! villain, die!

Palicio springs on Blascosuddenly, and stabs him with dagger in his left. Seizing Blasco’s sword inhis right, which he has disengaged from the sling, he kills another with that;and when the rest fly is left standing with a bloody weapon in each hand.

Bl.God! I am slain. [Falls.

Pal.And thou,Thinking to find me here unarmed, go thou!

Soldier. Ah!

[Dies ... the rest fly.

Pal.Two are escaped.

Mar. And one was Livio.

Pal. What means this damnable design?

Mar.Giovanni,