Almah. What! not one tender look, one passing word? 
Farewell, my much unkind, but still loved lord! 
Your throne was for my humble fate too high,
And therefore heaven thinks fit that I should die. 
My story be forgot, when I am dead,
Lest it should fright some other from your bed;
And, to forget me, may you soon adore
Some happier maid,—­yet none could love you more. 
But may you never think me innocent,
Lest it should cause you trouble to repent.

Boab. ’Tis pity so much beauty should not live;            [Aside.
Yet I too much am injured, to forgive.            [Goes to his seat.

  Trumpets:  Then enter two Moors, bearing two naked swords before the
  accusers ZULEMA and HAMET, who follow them.  The Judges seat
  themselves; the QUEEN and ABDELMELECH are led to the Scaffold.

Alabez. Say for what end you thus in arms appear; What are your names, and what demand you here?

Zul. The Zegrys’ ancient race our lineage claims;
And Zulema and Hamet are our names. 
Like loyal subjects in these lists we stand,
And justice in our king’s behalf demand.

Hamet. For whom, in witness of what both have seen,
Bound by our duty, we appeach the queen
And Abdelmelech, of adultery.

Zul. Which, like true knights, we will maintain, or die.

Alabez. Swear on the Alcoran your cause is right,
And Mahomet so prosper you in fight.
                        [They touch their foreheads with the Alcoran,
                         and bow.

  Trumpets on the other side of the Stage; two Moors, as before, with
  bare swords before ALMANZOR and OZMYN.

Selin. Say for what end you thus in arms appear; What are your names, and what demand you here?

Almanz. Ozmyn is his, Almanzor is my name; We come as champions of the queen’s fair fame.

Ozm. To prove these Zegrys, like false traitors, lie; Which, like true knights, we will maintain, or die.

Selin. [to ALMAH.] Madam, do you for champions take these two, By their success to live or die?

Almah. I do.

Selin. Swear on the Alcoran your cause is right;
And Mahomet so prosper you in fight. [They kiss the Alcoran.
                        [OZMYN and BENZAYDA embrace, and take leave
                         in dumb show; while LYNDARAXA speaks to her
                         Brother.

Lyndar. If you o’ercome, let neither of them live,
But use with care the advantages I give: 
One of their swords in fight shall useless be;
The bearer of it is suborned by me. [She and BENZAYDA retire.

Alabez. Now, principals and seconds, all advance, And each of you assist his fellow’s chance.