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Scene VII.]

NATHAN THE WISE.

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Scene VII.

Saladin, Sittah, and Recha.

SALADIN.

What is the matter, Sittah?

SITTAH.

She has swooned.

SALADIN.

Who is she?

SITTAH.

Don't you know?

SALADIN.

'Tis Nathan's child.

What ails her?

SITTAH.

Look up, Recha! 'tis the Sultan.

RECHA (crawling to Saladin's feet).

No, I'll not rise not rise, nor even look
Upon the Sultan's countenance, nor wonder
At the bright lustre of unchanging truth
And goodness on his brow and in his eye,
Before——

SITTAH.

Rise, rise

RECHA.

Before he promises——

SALADIN.

Come, come! I promise, whatsoe'er your prayer.

RECHA.

'Tis only this—to leave my father to me,
And me to him. As yet I cannot tell

seeks to be my father : who it is
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