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SCENE XIII.
Enter Roxana.[Asp.]
Ah! princess, hear,
In pity hear me, and protect my father
From angry Xerxes' vengeance.
Rox.
Say'st thou?—Father?
Asp.
O! yes—behold in me, immortal powers!
The wretched daughter of Themistocles.
Rox.
In thee? Can this be possible?
Asp.
No more
It aught avails to keep my birth conceal'd.
Rox.
[aside.]
Alas! my rival now has stronger charms.
Asp.
Go, generous princess, plead, implore his pardon.
Rox.
Pardon for him? Then sure thou know'st not all.
Asp.
I know my father here to angry Xerxes
Disclos'd himself: my brother, who in vain
Oppos'd his purpose, fled in terror hence.
He saw me since, and from his trembling lips
I heard the fatal truth.
Rox.
Now learn the rest:
Know then—
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