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SEBASTIAN OF PORTUGAL.
'Tis to Sebastian, and his waste of life,
And power, and treasure, that we owe these bonds.
3d Cit. Talk not of bonds. May our new monarch rule
The weary land in peace! But who art thou?
Whence comest thou, haughty stranger, that these things,
Known to all nations, should be new to thee?
Sebast. (wildly.) I come from regions where the cities lie
In ruins, not in chains.
[Exit with Gonzal. and Zamor.
2d Cit.He wears the mien
Of one that hath commanded; yet his looks
And words were strangely wild.
1st Cit.Marked you his fierce
And haughty gesture, and the flash that broke
From his dark eye, when King Sebastian's name
Became our theme?
2d Cit.Trust me there's more in this
