_Cates._ You'll answer this at full--away with 'em. _Shore._ Is charity grown treason to your court? What honest man would live beneath such rulers? I am content that we should die together---- _Cates._ Convey the men to prison; but, for her, Leave her to hunt her fortune as she may. _Jane S._ I will not part with him----for me!--for me! Oh! must he die for me? [_following him as he is carried off; she falls._ _Shore._ Inhuman villains! [_breaks from the Guards._ Stand off! the agonies of death are on her---- She pulls, she gripes me hard with her cold hand. _Jane S._ Was this blow wanting to complete my ruin? Oh! let me go, ye ministers of terror. He shall offend no more, for I will die, And yield obedience to your cruel master. Tarry a little, but a little longer, And take my last breath with you. _Shore._ Oh, my love! Why dost thou fix thy dying eyes upon me, With such an earnest, such a piteous, look, As if thy heart were full of some sad meaning Thou couldst not speak?---- _Jane S._ Forgive me!----but forgive me! _Shore._ Be witness for me, ye celestial hosts, Such mercy and such pardon as my soul Accords to thee, and begs of heav'n to show thee; May such befall me at my latest hour, And make my portion blest or curst for ever. _Jane S._ Then all is well, and I shall sleep in peace-- 'Tis very dark, and I have lost you now---- Was there not something I would have bequeath'd you? But I have nothing left me to bestow, Nothing but one sad sigh. Oh! mercy, heav'n! [_dies._ _Bel._ There fled the soul, And left her load of misery behind. _Shore._ Oh, heavy hour! Fare thee well---- [_kissing her._ Now execute your tyrant's will, and lead me To bonds or death, 'tis equally indifferent. _Bel._ Let those, who view this sad example, know What fate attends the broken marriage vow; And teach their children, in succeeding times, No common vengeance waits upon these crimes, When such severe repentance could not save From want, from shame, and an untimely grave. [_the curtain descends slowly to music._ THE END. _Maurice, Fenchurch Street._ BOOKS TO BE HAD AT BAUDRY'S _English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German_ LIBRARY, No. 9, Rue du Coq-St. Honoré, Paris. fr. CAMPBELL's Poetical Works, consisting of the Pleasures of Hope, Gertrude of Wyoming, and other Poems: 1822, 1 vol. in-12. pap. fin, jolie édition, 4 0 LORD BYRON's Works, new edition, 5 vol. in-12. brochés, 12 50 SIR WALTER SCOTT's WORKS. The Lady of the Lake, 1822, 1 vol. in-12. pap. vélin, jolie édition, 4 50