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 COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA 385 �When, Sir, I disobey your order'd Silence, And haste to tell her 'tis a Prince adores her, That wou'd have sought her on the lowly Plains, And for her Favour quitted all Dominion. �Aristom. Then take her, thou most worthy Prince of Rhodes! [Giving her to him. �And know, Herminia, to encrease thy Passion, Thou hold'st that noble Hand, that sav'd thy Brother, And gives thy Father in this new Alliance, More Joy than when he first receiv'd and bless'd thee. 150 �Dema. Let all the Joys of Earth give place to mine, Whilst in deep, silent Raptures I possess them: �[Taking her from Aristomenes. For Demagetus is above Discourse, And will not wrong his Love with faint Expressions. �Herm. So let mine flow, and O Barina, see I smiling give my Hand now to a Shepherd, Yet fear not to offend my Mother's Ghost. �Bar. No ; that smiles too, and all that love and serve you. �Area. The Fate of Rhodes is clear and chearful now; And old Arcasius has outliv'd his Cares. 160 �Aristor. Now as a Brother, take this new Embrace; �[To Demagetus. Tho' all the Love, it shews, you had before. �Aristom. Conduct her, Demagetus, to her Tent: I'll soon be there, and see those Rites perform'd, That shall confirm her Yours ; be Kind and Happy. �[Exeunt Herminia and Demagetus leading her folloiv'd by Arcasius, Barina and others. Aristor is going too but is call'd back by his Father. �Come back Aristor, and the rest withdraw: For something I wou'd say to you in private. �[The Attendants go off. Free from the Croud, and unobserv'd my Transports, ��� �