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196 -- ''bows and arrows, then youths with spears; they present the weapons as if to slay them, retire, and bring in pine branches, which they hold over the English in form of a canopy. The English rise, the dancers form in two lines, the King, having ' and ' on each side of him, leads the way, the English follow, the Indians holding the pine branches over the train. Exeunt all but , who, during these ceremonies, stands apart, his arms folded, and looking sternly on. He comes forward.'')

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. (Reads.) "A panther lurks near the great oak, and will molest the gentle doe an' there be no lion to guard her on her way."—How's this, the princess menac'd; treachery abroad! her safety be my care. Lady, it behooves thee to return to Weorocomoco without delay, but