"Act I. Sc. 2.
Emperor. The haram's laws, which cannot be repealed,
Had not enforced me to pronounce your death,
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One chance, indeed, a slender one, for life,
All criminals may claim.
Parbaya. Aye, I have heard
Of this your cruel mercy;—'tis to seek
That tree of Java, which, for many a mile,
Sheds pestilence;—for where the Upas grows