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   1ST ATTENDANT. Where is the sovereign?

   2ND ATTENDANT.                  In his bed-chamber,

   Where he is closeted with some magician.

   1ST ATTENDANT. Ay; that's the kind of intercourse he loves;

   Sorcerers, fortune-tellers, necromancers.

   Ever he seeks to dip into the future,

   Just like some pretty girl. Fain would I know

   What 'tis he would foretell.

   2ND ATTENDANT.             Well, here he comes.

   Will it please you question him?

   1ST ATTENDANT.                How grim he looks!

   TSAR. (Enters.) I have attained the highest power. Six years

   Already have I reigned in peace; but joy