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SCENE XIII.

Enter Osmidas.
Did.
Osmidas.

Osm.
All around the flames prevail.

Did.
I know it well—I ask thee of Æneas,
What hast thou gain'd?

Osm.
Æneas is departed.
Already now, at distance from the land,
He cuts the waves—I scarce arriv'd in time
To view his flying sails.

Did.
O! senseless Dido!
'Tis thou, thou art the accomplice of his flight,
Thou should'st have seiz'd him first—Return, Osmidas,
Fly swift to yonder shore, collect my fleets,
My arms, my warriors—O! pursue the traitor,
Burn, sink his vessels—bring him bound in chains,
Alive or dead, before me.

Osm.
Think'st thou now
Of vengeance when the threatening flames increase?

Did.
Then let us haste—O no—Osmidas, stay.
I know not where—my soul is all distraction.
Still art thou here?

Osm.
I fly to obey your will.

[Exit.