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SCENE XI.

Proteus re-enters in the Shape of Eucharis, follow'd by Telemachus.
Tel.
To find thee here exceeds all other Pleasures,
But why dost thou retire?
Why with dejected Looks forbid my Joy?
O stay, thou brightest Fair!

[Proteus retires to the further part of the Scene, and as Telemachus advances towards him, sinks under the Stage: A Tree rises in his stead.]
Tel.
Amazing Change!—What do I see!
O fatal Loss! O wondrous Tree!
What envious Pow'r in this Disguise
Removes my Charmer from my Eyes?
Perhaps this Bark by Magick holds
Th'imprison'd strugling Beauty.
Assist me Gods to set her free!

[Telemachus goes to strike the Tree, which is suddenly chang'd into Fire, and vanishes.