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'Her tender . . . pledged—' 1817, 1828, 1829.

After [508] End of Act I 1817.

ACT II

Scene I

A savage wood. At one side a cavern, overhung with ivy. Zapolya and Raab Kiuprili discovered: both, but especially the latter, in rude and savage garments.

Raab Kiuprili. Heard you then aught while I was slumbering?

Zapolya. Nothing.
[[918]] Only your face became convulsed. We miserable!
Is heaven's last mercy fled? Is sleep grown treacherous?

Raab Kiuprili. O for a sleep, for sleep itself to rest in!
I dream'd I had met with food beneath a tree, 5
And I was seeking you, when all at once
My feet became entangled in a net:
Still more entangled as in rage I tore it.
At length I freed myself, had sight of you,
But as I hastened eagerly, again 10
I found my frame encumbered: a huge serpent
Twined round my chest, but tightest round my throat.