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SCENE XIV.

Enter Thoas.
Ah prince!—my friend!

Jas.
My lord! am I awake?
Or art thou sovereign of the Lemnian land?

Tho.
At least I have been so.

Jas.
I'm all amazement!
How art thou risen again? Myself beheld thee
Stretch'd pale and lifeless in the regal palace:
Either I then but dream'd, or now I dream.

Tho.
Thou saw'st a murder'd wretch array'd like me,
In princely robes, whose semblance to myself
Deluded every eye: this pious fraud
Hypsipyle contriv'd for my defence.

Jas.
O Heaven! my love! and art thou guiltless then
Of each imputed crime!—Thoas, farewell,
This instant I'll return.

[going.
Tho.
Why would'st thou leave me?

Jas.
O! let me find the treasure of my soul;
Soon shalt thou know how I have injur'd her.

Tho.
Yet hear: what would'st thou do? The female bands,
Flush'd with their late success, scour every part;
And should'st thou thus unguarded venture forth,
Thou could'st not 'scape thyself, nor save Hypsipyle.

Jas.
To arms, to arms! awake, 'tis Jason calls—
Follow me, friends.

[going towards the tents.
Tho.
Myself will guide your steps.

Jas.

[while this air is singing, the Argonauts come out of the tents.]
[Exit Jason, with Argonauts.