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SCENE XII.

Enter Ardelia.
Ard.
O Villain, Villain!

Cra.
Is this your Champion,
Your Minion Shepherd?
Xarino left in time
So false a Creature.

Ard.
Cratander! more untimely left,
An injur'd constant Maid.

Cra.
Ha! dost thou brave me?
Now by my Love, nay, by my Rage,
Unarm'd I dare thy Fury.
[Disarms her.
Now busy Interrupter of my Bliss,
Thus I reward thy Insolence.

[Offers to kill her.
Ard.
Strike home, and pierce a Heart
You have already broken.
Ardelia from that Hand
Receives her Death with Pleasure.

Cra.
Ardelia!
Amazement seizes me!
Shame and Remorse confound me—
To both I kneel,
For I have injur'd both;
But if the strictest Penitence
Can merit Pardon,
Behold a Convert.
Here I swear,
I'll ne'er desist till I've restor'd
Xarino to his Teraminta.
Will that atone?

Ter.
It will, it will,
Lead me to my Xarino;
Unweary'd round the World I follow.

Cra.
Now, my Ardelia,
My future Constancy
Shall make amends for my past Falshood.

Ard.
O unexpected Blessing!

AIR for three Voices.
Cra.
No more I'll rove,
No more I'll range
But ever love,
And never change.

Ard.
No longer rove,
No longer range,
Give Love for Love
In sweet Exchange.

Ter.
Oh! who wou'd rove,
Oh! who wou'd range,
And constant Love for Falshood change.
If false or pure the Lover's Flame,
Their Joys as sure will prove the same.