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SCENE V.
Enter Iarbas.Iar.
What means the great Æneas? Still I see
His face impress'd with marks of recent fear.
Æn.
Iarbas loos'd from bonds! Who set thee free?
Iar.
Osmidas gave me leave to range at large
The palace walls; but, to secure thy safety,
Without my trusty sword.
Æn.
Does thus Osmidas
Betray his sovereign's charge?
Iar.
What fears Æneas?
Lest I should steal in secret from these walls?
O no! I rather shall remain too long
For thy security.
Æn.
Thy present fortune
Excites Æneas' pity, not his fear.
Iar.
Indeed—thy mighty heart may spare its pity:
Go—to my ruin, o'er a queen and lover
Exert thy power; inflame her angry soul
To rage: such arms as these alone are us'd
By Phrygian heroes to revenge their wrongs.
Æn.
Read there—in that the royal dame has sign'd,
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And were Æneas one of Afric's sons,
Iarbas were no more—take this and learn
Discourteous, rude barbarian! how Æneas
Revenges injuries by him receiv'd.
[tears the paper and gives it to Iar.
Exit.
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