p. 93 Egil. Cease? Sooner shalt thou to live, than I to reign. ACT V. SCENE 1. Tent of Muza. Muza Muza. Tarik. Abdalazis. Muza Tarik Abdalazis Muza. To have first landed on these shores, appears Transcendent glory to the applauded Tarik. Tarik. Glory, but not transcendent, it appears, What might in any other. Muza. Of thyself All this vain boast? Tarik. Not of myself—’twas Julian. Against his shield the refluent surges rolled, While the sea-breezes threw the arrows wide, And fainter cheers urged the reluctant steeds. p. 94Muza. That Julian, of whose treason I have proofs, That Julian, who rejected my commands Twice, when our mortal foe besieged the camp, And forced my princely presence to his tent. p. 94 Tarik. Say rather, who without one exhortation, One precious drop from true believer’s vein, Marched, and discomfited our enemies. I found in him no treachery—Hernando, Who, little versed in moody wiles, is gone To lead him hither, was by him assigned My guide, and twice in doubtful fight his arm Protected me—once on the hights of Calpe, Once on the plain, when courtly jealousies Tore from the bravest and the best his due, And gave the dotard and the coward command: Then came Roderigo forth—the front of war Grew darker—him, equal in chevalry, Julian alone could with success oppose. Abd. I doubt their worth who praise their enemies.
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