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THE ROYAL MISCHIEF: ACT 5, SCENE 1 by DELARIVIERE MANLEY

First Line: YOUR ORDERS, SIR, ARE PUNCTUALLY OBEY'D
Last Line: AND EMBRACES ON EVERY FATAL PIECE.
Subject(s): DEATH; KISSES; PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS; DEAD, THE;

@3Offic@1 Your Orders, Sir, are punctually obey'd
The Visier went undaunted to his Fate,
Nor at the horrid manner was concern'd,
But cry'd, 'twas glorious all he underwent
For @3Bassima@1, then as the Orders ran,
Alive we cram'd him in the Fatal Canon,
Which in a moment was discharg'd in Air,
His Carcass shattering in a thousand pieces.
Now dread and Horrour fell on all the Crowd,
At so unhear'd, and unimagin'd Death...
@3Enter an@1 Officer.
@3Offi.@1 My Lord, the Princess @3Selima@1, distracted
With her Griefs, ranges the fatal Plain,
Gathering the smoaking Relicks of her Lord,
Which singes, as she grasps them; now on the
Horrid Pile, her self had heap'd, I left her
Stretcht along, bestowing burning Kisses
And Embraces on every fatal piece.



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