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The Maids Tragedy Alter'd.
The Wealth I bear from this exhausted Court, Which here my Bark stands ready to transport. In narrow Rhodes I'll be no longer pent; But act my part upon the Continent: Asiatick Kings shall see my Beauties Prize, My shining Jewels, and my brighter Eyes. Princes that fly, their Scepters left behind, Contempt or Pitty, where they travel, find: The Ensigns of our Power about we bear; And every Land pays Tribute to the Fair. So shines the Sun, tho hence remov'd, as clear When his Beams warm th' Antipodes, as here.[Exit.

Enter Melantius, with a Letter in his hand.
She's gone[errata 1] to perish, if the Gods be just; The Sea's not vast enough to quench her Lust. The standing Regiments, the Fort, the Town, All but this wicked Sister is our own.

Oh!

Erratum

  1. ↑ Correction: She's gone should be amended to She's gone!: detail
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