Since I have leave
To attempt my fires to kindle
In Justina's breast, one stroke,
Thus, two vengeances shall give me.
[Exit.
CYPRIAN. Never saw I such a man.
But since still my people linger,
I, the cause of so much doubt,
Will now strive to reconsider.
[He resumes his reading, without perceiving the approach of those who enter.
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SCENE IV.
Enter LELIUS and FLORUS.-- CYPRIAN.
LELIUS. Further let us not proceed;
For these rocks, these boughs so thickly
Interwoven, that the sun
Cannot even find admittance,
Shall be the sole witnesses
Of our duel.
FLORUS. Then, this instant
Draw your sword; for here are deeds,
If in words elsewhere we've striven.
LELIUS. Yes, I know that in the field,
While the tongue is mute, the glitter
Of the sword speaks thus.
[They fight.
CYPRIAN. What's this?
Hold, good Florus! Lelius, listen!--
Here until your rage is calmed,
Even unarmed I stand betwixt ye.
LELIUS. Thus to interrupt my vengeance,
Whence, O Cyprian, have you risen
Like a spectre?
FLORUS. A wild wood-god,
Have you from these tree-trunks issued?
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SCENE V.
Enter MOSCON and CLARIN.
MOSCON. Yonder, where we left our master,
I hear sword-strokes; run, run quickly.
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