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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.
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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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SCENE XVII.
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ACT III.
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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 LAST.

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SCENE X.

A magnificent pavilion, open on all sides; a throne on the right hand adorned with military ensigns. View of a vast plain, with the Persian army drawn up.
Xerxes, Sebastes. A train of Satraps, Guards and People.
Xer.
Sebastes, is it true? Does then Aspasia
Reject my profferr'd nuptials?

Seb.
Every beauty
Is coy when first we woo: perhaps in secret
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Aspasia may have felt an equal passion,
But blushes to confess; and only waits
A father's sanction to declare her love.

Xer.
That sanction soon—

Seb.
Behold the illustrious exile;
And with him comes the ambassador of Athens.

Xer.
Sebastes, see that now to me be brought
The ensign of command.

[Xerxes ascends the throne, Seb. stands next him, and one of the Satraps brings the staff of military command, with which he stands near the throne.
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