Blood and tumultuous slaughter are about us,
And Danger, in her ugliest forms, is here;
Nor will the pleasure of my heart be full,
Till all my fears are ended in thy safety.

[Exeunt AXALLA and SELIMA.

Enter TAMERLANE, the PRINCE OF TANAIS, ZAMA, MIRVAN, and SOLDIERS; with BAJAZET, OMAR, and the DERVISE, Prisoners.

Tam. Mercy, at length, gives up her peaceful sceptre,

And Justice sternly takes her turn to govern; "Tis a rank world, and asks her keenest sword, To cut up villany of monstrous growth.

Zama, take care, that with the earliest dawn,
Those traitors meet the fate their treason merits!
[Pointing to OMAR and the DERvise.
For thee, thou tyrant! [To BAJAZET.] whose op-
pressive violence

Has ruin'd those thou shouldst protect at home,
What punishment is equal to thy crimes?
The doom, thy rage design'd for me, be thine:
Clos'd in a cage, like some destructive beast,
I'll have thee borne about, in public view,
A great example of that righteous vengeance,
That waits on cruelty, and pride, like thine.

Baj. It is beneath me to decline my fate,
I stand prepar'd to meet thy utmost hate:
Yet think not, I will long thy triumph see:
None want the means, when the soul dares be free.
I'll curse thee with my last, my parting, breath,
And keep the courage of my life, in death;
Then boldly venture on that world unknown:
It cannot use me worse than this has done.

[Exit BAJAZET, guarded. Tam. Behold the vain effects of earth-born pride, That scorn'd Heav'n's laws, and all its pow'r defy'd,

That could the hand, which form'd it first, forget,
And fondly say, I made myself be great!
But justly those above assert their sway,

And teach ev'n kings what homage they should pay,
Who then rules best, when mindful to obey.

[Exeunt omnes.

THE END.