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SCENE THE FIFTH.

ORESTES, PYLADES, MELISANDER, ARCAS, ÆTHON and Argian Nobles.
MELISANDER.
Princes, that all suspicion be prevented,
Back to the palace speedily repair,
And there let prudence regulate your conduct.
Mean time, myself and all this band of nobles,
Dispers'd throughout the city, will contrive
With numbers to augment our loyal host.
A moment stop—nor want one due precaution.
Remember that the place in which we meet
Is Io's grove, which, on the western side,
The Lycian forum skirts: from thence we'll issue,
Full of our cause, to try the great event—
Nor fear but we accomplish all we wish.