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SELIMUS: VENGEANCE IMPLORED by ROBERT GREENE

First Line: OH THOU SUPREME ARCHITECT OF ALL
Last Line: THAT EVER WAS DESPATCHED TO ANY KING.
Subject(s): EMOTIONS; HATE; VENGEANCE;

@3Prince Aga, his eyes put out and hands cut off by Acomat@1.

... Oh Thou supreme Architect of all,
First Mover of those tenfold crystal orbs,
Where all those moving and unmoving eyes
Behold Thy goodness everlastingly;
See, unto Thee I lift these bloody arms:
For hands I have not for to lift to Thee;
And in Thy justice dart thy smould'ring flame
Upon the head of cursèd Acomat.
Oh cruel heavens and injurious fates!
Even the last refuge of a wretched man
Is took from me; for how can Aga weep?
Or run a brinish shower of pearled tears,
Wanting the watery cisterns of his eyes?
Come, lead me back again to Bajazet,
The wofullest and saddest ambassador
That ever was despatched to any king.



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