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Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881

"Count Alarcos; a Tragedy"


And will perform it, or my name is changed,
And I'm not Guzman Jaca.
III:3:12 ORAN.
You well know
The arm you cross is potent?
III:3:13 2ND BRAVO.
All the steel
Of Calatrava's knights shall not protect it.
III:3:14 3RD BRAVO.
And all the knights to boot.
III:3:15 4TH BRAVO.
A river business.
III:3:16 ORAN.
The safest sepulchre.
III:3:17 4TH BRAVO.
A burial ground
Of which we are the priests, and take our fees;
I never cross a stream, but I do feel
A sense of property.
III:3:18 ORAN.
You know the signal:
And when I boast I've friends, they may appear
To prove I am no braggart.
III:3:19 1ST BRAVO.
To our posts
It shall be cleanly done, and brief.
III:3:20 2ND BRAVO.
No oaths,
No swagger.
III:3:21 3RD BRAVO.
Not a word; but all as pleasant
As we were nobles like himself.
III:3:22 4TH BRAVO.
'Tis true, sir;
You deal with gentlemen.
[Exeunt BRAVOs.]
[Enter COUNT ALARCOS.]
III:3:23 ALAR.
The moon's a sluggard,
I think, to-night. How now, the Moor that dodged
My steps at vespers.


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