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SCENE XV.

Enter Sylvia.
Syl.
Hold Constantia,
In vain thou seek'st for thy Gernando there;
For even but now, in tender care for thee,
Hastening to yonder stream, a sudden force
Assail'd him and prevented his return.

[pointing to the right.
Cons.
Ye powers! Assail'd? By whom and why?

Hen.
Forgive me:
The fault is mine. Gernando thought thee dead,
And vow'd to dwell for ever here; and hence
I gave command to bear him off by force.

Cons.
Haste, let us set him free.

[going.
Syl.
Constantia, stay;
Already have I told them all the story.

Cons.
Must I still wait? Have I not waited long,
So many years endur'd of tedious sorrow?
'Tis time at length to find a happy period
To all my woes.

[turning to go, is received into the arms of Gernando, who enters at the instant.]