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SCENE III.
Enter Cleonice.Cleo.
Alcestes, stay.
Alc.
Ye powers!
Olin.
Another bar
To his departure!
[aside.
Alc.
Wherefore, O! my queen,
Come you again to make my pains revive?
Cleo.
Phenicius and Olinthus, for awhile
Retire apart, and leave me with Alcestes.
Olin.
My duty bids me with my friend remain.
Cleo.
Thou may'st return to take thy last farewell.
Olin.
I will obey—but cannot now believe
Alcestes ever will depart.
[aside.]
[Exit.
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