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And vow to keep this peace inviolable!

ORCANES. By sacred Mahomet, the friend of God,

Whose holy Alcoran remains with us,

Whose glorious body, when he left the world,

Clos'd in a coffin mounted up the air,

And hung on stately Mecca's temple-roof,

I swear to keep this truce inviolable!

Of whose conditions 25 and our solemn oaths,

Sign'd with our hands, each shall retain a scroll,

As memorable witness of our league.

Now, Sigismund, if any Christian king

Encroach upon the confines of thy realm,

Send word, Orcanes of Natolia

Confirm'd 26 this league beyond Danubius' stream,

And they will, trembling, sound a quick retreat;

So am I fear'd among all nations.

SIGISMUND. If any heathen potentate or king

Invade Natolia, Sigismund will send

A hundred thousand horse train'd to the war,

And back'd by 27 stout lanciers of Germany,

The strength and sinews of the imperial seat.

ORCANES. I thank thee, Sigismund; but, when I war,

All Asia Minor, Africa, and Greece,