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The Maids Tragedy Alter'd.
Lucippus apart to his Brother.Sir, you should wield a Scepter, not a Sword;Nor with your Weapon kill, but with your Word.The Gods by others execute their will.
K. Yet Heav'n does oft with its own Thunder kill:
And when Necessity and Right command,A Sword is Thunder in a Soveraign's hand.Let us dispatch, lest any find us here,Before we fight; or they grow less severe.
Here they all Fight.
Lucippus to the King. Hold Sir, they only guard, and still give placeTo them. Fight us, as Enemies, or ask for Grace.
Mel. I never thought I could expedient see,On this side death, to right our Family.The Royal Sword thus drawn, has cur'd a woundFor which no other Salve could have been found.

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