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SCENE VIII.

Enter Mithranes.
Mith.
This instant,
In a small bark, Alcestes is arriv'd.

Cleo.
Ye powers!

Phen.
I breathe again.

Cleo.
Where is Alcestes?

Mith.
He comes from yonder port.

Cleo.
Phenicius, go;
And thou, Olinthus—O my fluttering heart!
Meet and embrace your now returning friend.
[rises, the rest rise at the same time.
I had almost forgot I was a queen.

[aside.
[resumes her seat.
[Phenicius and Mithranes go to meet Alcestes, who is seen to approach the shore in a small vessel; he lands, and they embrace.
Olin.
Unfortunate arrival!

[aside.
Cleo.
See Alcestes!
And dost thou throb, my heart, to view the conqueror
That binds thee in his chains?