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SCENE VI.
Phœnix, attended by Guards.
Fled, to a Man!—Orestes is not here!—
Triumphant Villains!—The base, giddy Rabble,
Whose Hands should all have have been employed with Fire
To waste the Fleet, flocked round the dying Princess:
And, while they stand agaze, the Greeks embark.
Oh, 'tis too plain!—This Sacrilegious Murder
Was authorised.—The Ambassadour's Escape
Declares his Guilt.—Most bloody Embassy!
Most unexampled Deed!—Where, where, ye Gods,
Is Majesty secure, if in your Temples
You give it no Protection!—See; the Queen.
Triumphant Villains!—The base, giddy Rabble,
Whose Hands should all have have been employed with Fire
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And, while they stand agaze, the Greeks embark.
Oh, 'tis too plain!—This Sacrilegious Murder
Was authorised.—The Ambassadour's Escape
Declares his Guilt.—Most bloody Embassy!
Most unexampled Deed!—Where, where, ye Gods,
Is Majesty secure, if in your Temples
You give it no Protection!—See; the Queen.
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