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The Maids Tragedy Alter'd.
Am. Repentance, which became Evadne so,Would no less handsome in Amintor show.She ask'd me pardon; but Aspasia I,Injur'd alike, suffer to pine and dye.'Tis said, that she this dangerous Forrest haunts,And in sad accents utters her complaints.If over-taken, e're she perish, IWill gain her Pardon, or before her dye.Not every Lady does from Vertue fall;Th' Injurious King does not possess them all.Well I deserv'd Evadne's scorn to prove,That to Ambition sacrific'd my Love.Fools that consult their Avarice or Pride!Exit.To chuse a Wife, Love is our noblest Guide.
Enter Aspasia alone, with a Bough full of fair Berries
Asp. This happy Bough shall give relief,Not to my hunger, but my grief.

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