Let me find Ozmyn dead, and killed by you.--
Gazul and Reduan, attend her still;
And, if she dares to fail, perform my will.
[_Exeunt_ SELIN _and_ HAMET.
[BENZAYDA _looks languishing on him, with her
sword down_; GAZUL _and_ REDUAN _standing
with drawn swords by her._

_Ozm._ Defer not, fair Benzayda, my death:
Looking on you,
I should but live to sigh away my breath.
My eyes have done the work they had to do:
I take your image with me, which they drew;
And, when they close, I shall die full of you.

_Benz._ When parents their commands unjustly lay,
Children are privileged to disobey;
Yet from that breach of duty I am clear,
Since I submit the penalty to bear.
To die, or kill you, is the alternative;
Rather than take your life, I will not live.

_Ozm._ This shows the excess of generosity;
But, madam, you have no pretence to die.
I should defame the Abencerrages race,
To let a lady suffer in my place.
But neither could that life, you would bestow,
Save mine; nor do you so much pity owe
To me, a stranger, and your house's foe.