The best and bravest souls I can select,
And on their conquered necks my throne erect. [_Exeunt._


ACT V. SCENE I.

ABDALLA _alone, under the walls of the Albayzyn._

_Abdal._ While she is mine, I have not yet lost all,
But in her arms shall have a gentle fall:
Blest in my love, although in war o'ercome,
I fly, like Antony from Actium,
To meet a better Cleopatra here.--
You of the watch! you of the watch! appear.

_Sold._ [_above._] Who calls below? What's your demand?

_Abdal._ 'Tis I:
Open the gate with speed; the foe is nigh.

_Sold._ What orders for admittance do you bring?

_Abdal._ Slave, my own orders; look, and know the king.

_Sold._ I know you; but my charge is so severe,
That none, without exception, enter here.

_Abdal._ Traitor, and rebel! thou shalt shortly see
Thy orders are not to extend to me.