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ACT I, TABLEAU I.

ROOF-TERRACE OF THE PALACE of HUR, JERUSALEM.
God ! Hast thou forsaken us ? Messala, by the memory
of our childhood ! If, indeed, thou wast witness, thou knowest
how guiltless I am. Speak the word of truth. Thou wilt not ?
Then acquit these and save them ! For thou canst. They, at
least, have never offended thee. Oh, in the name of thine own
mother- "

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