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Themistocles

Hoole, John (1727-1803)
  
THEMISTOCLES.
  
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ACT I.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
 5. 
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.
 10. 
SCENE X.
 11. 
SCENE XI.
 12. 
SCENE XII.
 13. 
SCENE XIII.
 14. 
SCENE XIV.
 15. 
SCENE XV.
 16. 
SCENE XVI.
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ACT II.
 1. 
SCENE I.
 2. 
SCENE II.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
SCENE IV.
 5. 
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.
 13. 
SCENE XIII.
 14. 
SCENE XIV.
 15. 
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.
 3. 
SCENE III.
 4. 
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.
 12. 
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 XIII.

Enter Roxana.
Rox.
I scarcely, Xerxes, can believe—

Xer.
Ah! princess,
Whoe'er could have believ'd it? In my palace,
Before the world Themistocles insults me.
He worships Athens still; he boasts for her
His faith unshaken; for her sake, with scorn
Foregoes the friendship and the gifts of Xerxes.

Rox.
[aside.]
My hopes revive— [to Xer.]
Who knows? Perhaps the daughter
May change his will.

Xer.
The daughter and the father
Alike to me are foes.—Yes, every Greek,
By natural instinct, bears to Xerxes hatred:
I will on both have vengeance.

Rox.
[aside.]
Happy change!
[to Xer.]
All have not, sir, the heart of your Roxana.

Xer.
I know it well, and blush at what is past.

Rox.
And yet I fear that if again Aspasia
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Should now return—

Xer.
Aspasia? O! she dares not
So far presume.

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