Gordon. O house of death and horrors!
[An officer enters, and brings a letter with the great seal.
Gordon (steps forward and meets him). What is this?
It is the Imperial Seal.
[He reads the Address, and delivers the letter to Octavio with a look of reproach, and with an emphasis on the word.
To the Prince Piccolomini.
[Octavio, with his whole frame expressive of sudden anguish, raises his eyes to heaven.
(The curtain drops.)
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