With that foul menace? Tyrant! dread'st thou not

Th' all-seeing eye of heav'n, its lifted thunder,

And all the red'ning vengeance which it stores

For crimes like thine?—Yet know, Zaphira scorns thee.

[crosses to R.

Though robb'd by thee of ev'ry dear support,

No tyrant's threat can awe the free-born soul,

That greatly dares to die. [Exit Zaphira, r.

Bar. (c.). Where should she learn the tale of Selim's death?

Could Othman dare to tell it?—If he did,