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SCENE THE THIRD.

Manet Semiramis.
SEMIRAMIS.
The gods smile on me while I chuse Arzaces.
Thus I become the minister of Heaven.
How will this sudden, this unhop'd-for greatness,

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Fill his astonish'd soul with joy and wonder!
How will Assures and his minions droop,
When ev'n the man whom most they hate shall rule them!