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OTHO THE GREAT.
 Gersa. Ho! ho, there! Guards!Your blessing, father! Sweet Erminia,Believe me, I am wellnigh sure—
 Erminia.Farewell![Enter Chiefs.Short time will show.Yes, father Ethelbert,I have news precious as we pass along.
 Ethelbert. Dear daughter, you shall guide me.
 Erminia.To no ill.
 Gersa. Command an escort to the Friedburg lines.[Exeunt Chiefs. Pray let me lead. Fair lady, forget notGersa, how he believed you innocent.I follow you to Friedburg with all speed.[Exeunt. 

ACT III.

Scene I.—The Country.

Enter Albert Albert. O that the earth were empty, as when CainHad no perplexity to hide his head!Or that the sword of some brave enemyHad put a sudden stop to my hot breath,And hurl'd me down the illimitable gulphOf times past, unremember'd! Better soThan thus fast-limed in a cursed snare,The white limbs of a wanton. This the endOf an aspiring life! My boyhood pastIn feud with wolves and bears, when no eye saw
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