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9 I would not for more wealth than I enjoy, He should perceive you raging; he did hear You were at difference now, which hastned him.

Cal.Make room there.

King.Melantius, thou art welcome, and my Love Is with thee still; but this is not a Place To babble in; Calianax, join hands.

Cal.He shall not have my hand.

King.This is no time To force you to't. I do love you both: Calianax, you look well to your Office; And you Melantius are welcome home. Begin the Mask.

Mel.Sister, I joy to see you, and your Choice. You lookt with my Eyes when you took that Man; Be happy in him.

Evad.O my dearest brother! Your Presence is more joyful than this Day can be unto me.

Night.Our Reign is come; for in the raging Sea The Sun is drown'd, and with him fell the Day: Bright Cinthia hear my voice, I am the Night For whom thou bear'st about thy borrow'd Light; Appear, no longer thy pale Visage shrowd, But strike thy Silver Horn thorough a Cloud, And send a Beam upon my swarthy Face, By which I may discover all the Place And Persons, and how many longing Eyes Are come to wait on our Solemnities. How dull and black am I? I could not find This Beauty without thee, I am so blind; Methinks they shew like to those Eastern Streaks That warn us hence, before the Morning breaks; Back, my pale Servant, for these Eyes know how To shoot far more and quicker Rays than thou.

Cinth.Great Queen, they be a Troop for whom alone One of my clearest Moons I have put on; A Troop that looks as if thy self and I Had pluckt our Reins in, and our Whips laid by, To gaze upon these Mortals, that appear Brighter than we.

Night.Then let us keep 'em here, And never more our Chariots drive away, But hold our Places, and out-shine the Day. Cinth.