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SCENE III.

Enter Teraminta.
Ter.
Say, venerable Father,
Have you seen
Two Shepherds pass this way?

Cra.
Just by my Cave they parted;
Where unperceiv'd I heard
The different Stories of their Fortunes:
The one
Is gone a Virgin to espouse
Of high Degree, and rich Possessions;
The other, hapless Youth!
Scorn'd by the Fair he lov'd,
In deep Despair
Wanders, he knows not, cares not whither.
I weep for very Pity.

AIR.
Ter.
Shall Strangers weep, and shall not I,
The Cause of all his Woe?
I'd freely drain these Eye-strings dry,
Cou'd I his Grief forgo.
Why did I treat with such Disdain,
A Flame so pure and true?
Why love I still, yet love in vain,
Where Hate is only due?

[Exit.