ORATIONS AND IMPASSIONED PIECES. 



same confidence and bravery you have hitherto displayed, 

 there will be no occasion for me to compare the number 

 of my troops with that of the enemy. 



Consider, soldiers, not only your glory but even your 

 SAFETY is at stake. Should we now retreat, it will be 

 supposed that we fly before our enemies, and from that 

 moment we shall appear as mean as the enemy will be 

 judged formidable. It is in my power to make use of 

 authority, and yet I employ entreaties only. Do* not 

 abandon, I conjure you, I do not say your King and 

 Master, but your Pupil and Companion in battles. Do 

 not break in my hand that glorious palm which will soon, 

 unless envy rob me of so great a glory, equal me to 

 Hercules and Bacchus. What !f do I then speak to the 

 DEAF ? Will no one listen to me, nor deigu to answer ? 

 Alas ! + I am abandoned, I am betrayed, I am delivered 

 up to the enemy. But I will advance still farther, 

 though I go alone. The Scythians and Bactrians, more 

 faithful than YOU, will follow wherever I lead them. 

 Return, || then, to your country, and boast, ye DESERTERS 

 of your king, that you have abandoned him. As^f for 

 myself, I will either meet DEATH or VICTORY. 



HAMILCAR'S SOLILOQUY.**. 



Iff hate their feastings ; 'twould have been my death 

 To stay in that close room ! This air is cool. 

 I felt my spirit choked. Gods ; was I born 

 To bear those drunkards' tauntings on my hue, 

 My garb Numidia's GARB ! My native tongue 



Here is a transition to a tone and manner of entreaty. 

 Here is another transition to a strong feeling of indignation. 

 Apparent apprehension. Most courageous manner. 



|| Most contemptuous disdainful manner. 

 f The highest degree of enthusiasm. 



** Hamilcar, a Moorish prince, is supposed to have just quitted, 

 through disgust, a Roman banquet. Revenge is the prominent feeling 

 throughout this piece. 



ft The utterance is slow and emphatic, and the deportment must 

 haughty, the eyes flashing with indignation. 



