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 1 1|     vengeance, wreaked upon my lord,~ 250~For Christian blood
 2 2|     life!~ ~ FABIAN. No—but—my lord——~ ~ SEV. Say on!~ ~ FABIAN.
 3 2|   FABIAN.Yes, Polyeucte is her lord.~55~He came, he saw, he
 4 2|          FABIAN. Yet think, my lord——~ ~ SEV.Oh, I have thought
 5 2|      see me?~ ~ FABIAN.Yes, my lord, but——~ ~ SEV.Cease!~ ~
 6 2|         While passion still is lord—the passion—swept is slave—~
 7 2|   father’s word, ‘Not this thy lord;~ ~Take one despised—nay,
 8 2|         Enter CLEON~~ CLEON.My lord, the altars burn~ ~With
 9 2| Nearchus, now!~ 295~For us our Lord was scourged, pierced, tortured,
10 2|  uphold!~ ~ NEAR. To tempt the Lord thy God were an offence.~ ~
11 2|    rack! The cross! I might my Lord disown!~ ~ POLY. From Him
12 3| outcast be!~ ~But insult to my lord is insult unto me!~ ~ STRAT.
13 3|      woe, for weal,~ ~He is my lord; the bond I owe I seal;~ ~
14 3|     doom I speak,—not his, thy lord.~ ~Though all unworthy he
15 3|        thou lovest an unworthy lord!~ ~ PAUL. Thou gavest him
16 3|    flame~ ~Most pure. Is he my lord alone in name?~ ~O, by my
17 4|     CLEON.Pauline would see my lord.~ ~ POLY. Ah, how my heart
18 4|     CLEON. On willing foot, my lord, do I obey.~ ~ POLY. Severus
19 4|      to Him who gave it—to the Lord!~ ~Oh, if to die for fatherland
20 4|        I call Jove and Jehovah—Lord?~ ~ PAUL. One moment feign.
21 4|   grief that I might soothe my lord!~ ~They say that love has
22 4|      to the realms above!~ 195~Lord, hear my call! My inmost
23 5|          Shall I, the rabble’s lord, obey the rabble’s will?~ ~
24 5|    know.~ ~ FELIX. Nay, to thy lord appeal. [PAULINE turns to
25 5|     fall!~ ~Oh, speed me to my lord—my love—my all!~ ~My husband
26 5|        my master been: another Lord~ ~Claims my obedience now;