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OTHO THE GREAT.
Of any proof against the honorableness Of lady Auranthe, our new-spoused daughter?
 Albert. You chill me with astonishment. How's this? My Liege, what proof should I have 'gainst a fame Impossible of slur? [Otho rises.  
 Erminia.O wickedness!
 Ethelbert. Deluded monarch, 'tis a cruel lie.
 Otho. Peace, rebel-priest!
 Conrad.Insult beyond credence!
 Erminia. Almost a dream!
 Ludolph.We have awaked from! A foolish dream that from my brow hath wrung A wrathful dew. O folly! why did I So act the lion with this silly gnat? Let them depart. Lady Erminia! I ever grieved for you, as who did not? But now you have, with such a brazen front, So most maliciously, so madly striven To dazzle the soft moon, when tenderest clouds Should be unloop'd around to curtain her; I leave you to the desert of the world Almost with pleasure. Let them be set free For me! I take no personal revenge More than against a nightmare, which a man [Exit Ludolph. Forgets in the new dawn.
 Otho. Still in extremes! No, they must not be loose.
 Ethelbert. Albert, I must suspect thee of a crime So fiendish—
 Otho.Fear'st thou not my fury, monk? Conrad, be they in your safe custody
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