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SCENA II.

ISMENIA, THIMANTES, PARTHENIA, CLIDAMANT.
ISMENIA.
What strange news do we hear? is it true, Madam,
That by th'effects of fortune and inchantment,
Thesander and Diana dye by turns,
And live again to wail their miseries?

PARTHENIA.
Ismenia, tis too true, they are inchanted.

THIMANTES.
If I durst speak my thoughts, & what I've heard,
They impute this injustice to the Nymph.

PARTHENIA.
It is not to be doubted but she is'
The Author of it, and this cruel punishment
Denoteth that she studies high revenge,
When she's offended.

CLIDAMANT.
Whatso'er her power be
Which causeth fear, let us go presently
With our complaint unto her: in my judgement,
This is no way to make her self obey'd:
Fear is the parent not of love, but hate.
And that same fatal art which her revenge
Calls to her aid, establisheth her crime,
And not her power. But here J see she comes.