So to consecrate the tie
Now embrace in amity.
LELIUS. I am glad that, as of yore,
Florus is my friend to-day.
FLORUS. That thou'rt mine this act may show.
Here's my hand.
GOVERNOR. This being so,
You are free to go or stay:--
When I tell you of the sad
Fall of her you once admired,
Northing further is required.
* * * * *
SCENE XX.
The Demon, a crowd of People. -- THE SAME.
DEMON [within]. Ware! beware! He's mad! he's mad!
GOVERNOR. What is this?
LELIUS. I'll go and see.
[He goes to the door, and after a pause returns.
GOVERNOR. In this palace hall these cries,
From what cause can they arise?
FLORUS. Something serious it must be.
LELIUS. This confusion is occasioned
(Hear a singular adventure),
Sir, by Cyprian, who being absent
Many days again has entered*
Antioch completely mad.
[footnote] *Asonante in e-e which continues to the end.
FLORUS. It was doubtless the fine essence
Of his mind that thus has brought him
To this lamentable ending.
PEOPLE [within]. Ware the madman! ware the madman!
* * * * *
SCENE XXI.
CYPRIAN, half naked; People. -- THE SAME.
CYPRIAN. Never was I more collected;
It is you yourselves are mad.
GOVERNOR. Cyprian, what is all this ferment?
CYPRIAN.
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