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Show m t •' 3« B U S I R I S, Breathes damp unwholfome Steams, and lives on Poifon, I am compel*' I to fuffer Ornaments, T o wear the Rainbow, and to blaze in Gems. T o put on all the fhining Guilt of D refs, W h e n 'tis almoft a Crime that I ftill live : Thefe Eyes, which can't diiTemble, pouring forth The dreadful Truth, are honeft to m y Heart. Thefe Robes / O Memnonl are Mandane's Chains, And load, and gall, and wring her bleeding Heart. [Exit Mandane. Enter Myron, Nicmor, Auletes, CsT<r. They take their Places. JNtc. Sound louder, found, and waft my Wifh to Heav'n Hear me, ye righteous Gods, and grant m y Pray'r, For ever fhmepropitioui on m y Daughter. Prorecl her, profper her, and when I'm dead, SMI blefs m e in Mandane'i Happinefs- . (The Bowl goes round. Muftch Hafte, call m y Daughter ,• none can tafte of Joy Till fhe, the Miftrefs of the Feaft, is with us. A Servant brings Nicanor a Letter, he reads it. The King's Commands at any Hour are welcome. Myr Not leave us, General ? JV>*\ H a ! The King here wrires me, Thedifcontented Popuhce, that held O'er Midnight Bowls their defperate Cabals, Are now in bold Defi mce to his Power. Amid the Terrors of this ftormy Night, Ev'n now they deluge all yon Weftern Vale, And form a W ^ r , impatient for the Day. T h e fpreading Poifon too has caught his Troop!, And the revolting Soldiers ftand in Arms Mix'd KING*/Egypt. 39 Mix'd with feditiout Citizens. Myr. Your Cill is great. Enter Mandane. Myron ftarlsfrcm lis Seat in •Diforder Mand. Oh Memnon ! H o w fhall I become a Ban quct, Supprefs my Sorrow, and comply with Joy ? Severeft Fate / Amldeny'd to grieve ' r srj V/t'A6 Tf°rttd my ChlJd> rJi f00° return/d'- % doft hoc-make me blufh ? I feel m y Tears Run tnckhng down m y Cheek. J Myr. I mult away : Her Smiles were dreadful, but her Te*r* « ~ r, .t can no morc: r fink befJ h£ J e ™ « * « b. ^d feel a deadly Sicknefs at my Heart ' *c. Your cheek it pale, I dzntit!0 Anht« ou are not we'll L 0t Jtt y°"part ^\ A fmall indifpofition, > You fhall not leave ourServpnt'i Rnni >.. * %. Nicanor, d^oclt.^ f Health returns, I fh^li n«* « "«' of diftancon'™*?'6!' »7 cooch, l a d d ™ T e r r o r " ; , < i f ^ " take' thee, *'• mean time. vn„ ... . ~ot of wa'- child, **• mean time, youVr7, A"Dt 0f war-f < > not mif, a Flther?„ Gaard,2n (° my ^ » »y Sou, h o f t e « ^ A b f e n c e/ ^0r^.fflM „ (*•»«* Pw fell Wo'™' Ml * te"d«rnef, .. w ^.^eonh'e^TirY'^^ " * ^ mother iff C n > * . F * t t U_ | ^y-cold Hand Prefrd 1 I " |