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SCENE I.
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SCENE I.

Enter HANNO, the CARTHAGINIAN.
HANNO.
Ye gods and goddesses, who rule this region,
And its inhabitants, propitious all

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Attend, and make my journey to this place
End happily, and crown me with success;
The long desir'd success, to find at last
My two lost daughters, and my brother's son:
Antidamas, who liv'd here formerly,
Was once my guest—But he has paid his debt,
As common fame reports, and is no more.
But Agorastocles, his son, they say,
Inhabits here—This hospitable ticket—
And image of the hospitable god,
I bring along with me—I am inform'd

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He lives within this neighbourhood—I'll enquire
Of these two men, who now are coming forth—

[seeing Agorastocles and Milphio.]