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SCENE VIII.

A Table. Ormondo feigns to Write.
Dor.
Foul Offspring of eternal Night
Hells darling Plague
Alecto rise
Rejoyce and see
With me
The fall of Proud Arsinoe.
Alecto rise, &c.

Orm.
The Paper's seal'd,
Dispatch it to the King of Thrace:

Dor.
First let me know
What it Contains?

Orm.
I ask for Arms,
And Succour in your Name.

Feraspe apart.
Heavens! they conspire.

Dor.
'Tis well, 'tis well
'Tis now resolv'd
Arsinoe shall Dye.

Feraspe.
Rebels is this the Love
(He comes boldly out.)
And Faith you show
To Queen Arsinoe.

(Ormondo drops the Letter.)
(Aside.)
Orm., Dor.
Betray'd/Dismay'd I am undone.

(Both.)
Feraspe.
Arsione shall live
And be reveng'd
Of both her Foes.

Orm., Fer.
Ungrateful!/Unfaithful! so to deceive me

(Both to Dorisbe.)
Orm.
Combin'd with a Rival
Your Witness employ.

Fer.
Design'd by a Villain
The Queen to Destroy.

Dor.
Then 'tis decreed
(She Weeps.)
Arsinoe must Live
Dorisbe bleed.

Orm., Fer.
And thou, bold Slave!/Bold Traytor thou! draw.

(Both)
Dor.
Soldiers forbear,
This Royal Place
Is not for War.

Orm., Fer.
Prepare. prepare/To meet elsewhere to thy Disgrace.

(Both.)
(Dorisbe and Ormondo go off seperately.)