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 * Oh, master, hear one word, I do implore you!


 * Remember Ruth, your Ruth, who kneels before you!

Yes, yes, remember Ruth who kneels before you.

Away ! you did deceive me I

Away! you did deceive him.

Oh, do not leave me!

Oh, do not leave her!

Away! you grieve me!

Away ! you grieve him!

I wish you'd leave me!

We wish you'd leave him!

Pray observe the magnanimity

We/They display to lace and dimity.

Never was such opportunity

To get married with impunity ;

But we/they give up the felicity

Of unbounded domesticity,

Though a doctor of divinity

Is located in this vicinity.

and go up rocks L. Group while Pirates indulge in a wild dance of delight on stage R. and R. C. The  produces a British flag, and the  ''(on arched rock R. C.) produces a black flag with skull and crossbones. Picture.'')

END OF ACT I