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SCENE VI.

Adrian, Osrhoes.
Adr.
I now begin
To live once more. Guards, from the Parthian king
Take off his chains.

[guards enter.
Osr.
Yet stay—I will not, Adrian,
Enjoy thy gifts ere thou hast tasted mine.

Adr.
Vain scruple! Execute my will.

Osr.
Forbear:
Depart my friends.

[guards go out.
Adr.
Fain would I see thee eas'd
Of that injurious load.

Osr.
I am so happy
Contemplating the future, that my limbs
Feel not their shackles.

Adr.
Yet the princess comes not.

[looking out.
Osr.
No less is my impatience than thy own.

Adr.
I go to hasten her.

Osr.
Behold, she's here.