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A sea-port in Sicilia.
[Enter CLEOMENES and DION]
CLEOMENES
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The cli|mate's del|icate,| the air most sweet,
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Fertile the | isle, the | temple | much
sur|passing
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The com|mon praise | it bears.
DION
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I shall | report,
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For most | it caught | me, the ce|lestial |
habits,
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(Methinks | I so | should term | them) and the |
reverence
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Of the / grave wear|ers. O,| the sac|rifice,
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How cer|emon|ious, sol|emn, and | unearth||ly
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It was | in the offe|ring?
CLEOMENES
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But | of all,| the burst
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And the / ear-deafe|ning voice | of the or|acle,
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Kin to Jove's thund|er, so | surprised | my
sense.
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That I | was noth|ing.
DION
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If | the event | of the journ||ey
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Prove | as success|ful to the queen | (O be | it
so)
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As it | hath been | to us, rare, pleas|ant,
speedy, ????
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The time is | worth the | use on it.
CLEOMENES
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Great A|pollo
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Turn all | to the best:| These^proc|lama|tions,
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So forc|ing faults | upon | Hermi|one,
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I lit|tle like.
DION
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The vio|lent car|riage of it
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Will clear,| or end | the bus|iness, when | the
ora||cle
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(Thus | by Apol|lo's great | divine | sealed^up)
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Shall the contents | discov|er: some|thing rare
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Even | then will | rush to | knowledge.|
|| Go: fresh horses,
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And grac|ious be | the issue.
[Exeunt]