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AMYNTAS.
AMYNTAS.
What can this be! What does this woman say?
What can this be! What does this woman say?
NERINA.
Oh Daphne!
Oh Daphne!
DAPHNE.
Whence, Nerina, this confusion?
Why speakest thou of Sylvia with a sigh?
Whence, Nerina, this confusion?
Why speakest thou of Sylvia with a sigh?
NERINA
Alas! her fate the deepest sigh demands!
Alas! her fate the deepest sigh demands!
AMYNTAS.
What dost thou mean? thou overwhelmest me;
My heart is freezing, and my life goes from me:
I dare not ask; yet say, doth Sylvia live?
What dost thou mean? thou overwhelmest me;
My heart is freezing, and my life goes from me:
I dare not ask; yet say, doth Sylvia live?
DAPHNE.
Speak; be explicit; let us know the worst.
Speak; be explicit; let us know the worst.
NERINA.
Why should I be a doleful messenger?
But now I must unfold the dreadful tale.
Sylvia came naked to my habitation;
Why she came so, I need not tell Amyntas.
As soon as she was dressed, she begged I would
Why should I be a doleful messenger?
But now I must unfold the dreadful tale.
Sylvia came naked to my habitation;
Why she came so, I need not tell Amyntas.
As soon as she was dressed, she begged I would
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