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Themistocles

Hoole, John (1727-1803)
  
THEMISTOCLES.
  
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI.
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SCENE VII.
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SCENE VIII.
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SCENE IX.
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SCENE X.
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SCENE XI.
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SCENE XII.
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SCENE XIII.
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SCENE XIV.
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SCENE XV.
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SCENE XVI.
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ACT II.
 1. 
SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI.
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SCENE VII.
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SCENE VIII.
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SCENE IX.
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SCENE X.
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SCENE XI.
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SCENE XII.
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SCENE XIII.
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SCENE XIV.
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SCENE XV.
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SCENE XVI.
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SCENE XVII.
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ACT III.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI.
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SCENE VII.
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SCENE VIII.
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SCENE IX.
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SCENE X.
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SCENE XI.
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SCENE XII.
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SCENE XIII.
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SCENE XIV.
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SCENE LAST.

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SCENE V.

Enter Roxana.
Rox.
Whither goes my lord?
Do you then fly me!

Xer.
No! but other cares
Of high concernment call me now away.

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Rox.
And yet amongst those cares Roxana once
Has borne a part.

Xer.
But now they claim me wholly.

Rox.
'Tis true, and well I understand thee, Xerxes.
I see how far Themistocles must now
Employ thy thoughts; and just it seems, a guest
So noble should engross the heart of Xerxes.
Thy mind (nor strange I deem it) is perplex'd
Between the father's merits and—

Xer.
No more—
Princess, farewell.

[going.
Rox.
Yet, hear me, cruel man!

Xer.
[aside]
She must be undeceiv'd, [to her]
—attend Roxana;
'Tis time I should to thee disclose my thoughts.
Know then—

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