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'Leave her, O Doubor!' answered Sadak, looking with wild extasy on his beloved wife; whom am I to leave?'

Brave and resolved chief!' interrupted Kalasrade, thy master wants thy wife, and 'thou must yield her to his furious will. Re'tire then, noble Sadak! for Amurath approacheth with the wild eye of lust, and passion heats his blood to fold Kalasrade ' with his warm embrace. Retire, my Sadak, some convenient spot, where, safely 'hidden from the flashes of thy sultan's amor'ous rage, thou mayest be a duteous and sub'missive witness of thy master's pleasures. 'Yes,' continued the distracted Kalasrade, ' thou shalt view my tender frame convulsed, and see these arms, which oft have folded

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Sadak, stretched beneath the imperial rack ' of righteous Othman's power!'

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O Sadak !' interrupted Doubor, one mo'ment more, and all is lost. O Kalasrade! "if Sadak ere deserved thy love, dismiss him hence; and save thyself, thy lord, and me, from instant ruin.'

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What!' replied the wild Kalasrade, folding her noble Sadak in her arms, wilt thou 'bereave me of this polished shaft on whom I

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twine, and after crush me with the ponderous mass of Amurath? No, base eunuch! it is here alone Kalasrade lives; and, Sadak 'lost, my own weak female arm will set me 'free from Amurath's embrace!'

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To leave thee now,' replied Sadak, were "to give thee up a prey to tyranny and lust: no, Kalasrade! let the tyrant come; we will disappoint his malice, and both at once 'seek peace beyond the gates of death.'

It was in vain that Doubor attempted to interrupt the vehemence of Sadak and Kalasrade: forgetful of themselves, or of the hazard of their friendly eunuch, they folded each other in mutual embraces, and seemed resolved that nothing more should part them.

The distressed eunuch, finding every remonstrance in vain, departed from the apartments of Kalasrade, and hastened to the chambers of the sultan.

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Sadak and Kalasrade, without perceiving the chief of the eunuchs had left them, continued entranced in each other's arms, and calling Alla and Mahomet to witness their mutual constancy and truth.

In the midst of these passionate expres

sions, the bird of Adiram entered the windows of the palace, and, perching on the shoulder of Sadak, thus delivered the message of his mistress to the astonished pair:

"To comfort the afflicted is the delight of 'our race, and the inhabitants of heaven stoop with pleasure to the children of ' earth when mercy calls them down; for this cause came the voice of consolation to Kalasrade when the evils of tyranny beset 'her: Adiram also, the servant of Mahomet, 'watched over the afflicted fair-one, and gave 'to Doubor the feelings of compassion. By 'his counsels was Amurath engaged in an in'violable oath to abstain from his base purpose till the waters of oblivion were obtain'ed; and Sadak, by his assistance, was again blessed with the sight of his Kalasrade.

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"How have ye, wretched pair! perverted ⚫ these kind purposes of Adiram! and where is that fortitude which first recommended 'you to the tutelage of our immortal race? By an ill-judged perseverance, you have changed a virtuous constancy into a vicious

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passion; and, neglecting both the bonds of friendship and the commands of Mahomet,

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Dean by WM.CRALE.

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