SONG

OF A

SCHOLAR and his MISTRESS,

Who being cross'd by their Friends, fell mad for one another; and now first meet in BEDLAM.

[MUSIC within. ]

The Lovers enter at oppofite doors, each held by a Keeper.

For, like him, there is none :

'Tis the dear, dear man, 'tis thee, dear.

Amyntas. Hark! the winds war;

The foamy waves roar ;

I see a ship afar :

:

Toffing and toffing, and making to the

shore:

But what's that I view,

So radiant of hue,

St. Hermo, St. Hermo, that fits upon the

Ah! No, no, no.

St. Hermo, never, never shone so bright;

'Tis Phillis, only Phillis, can shoot fo fair

a light;

'Tis Phillis, 'tis Phillis, that faves the

ship alone,

For all the winds are hush'd, and the

storm is overblown.

Phillis. Letmego, let merun, let me fly tohisarms.

Amyntas. If all the fates combine,

And all the furies join,

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I'll force my way to Phillis, and break

thro the charm.

[Here they break from their keepers, run to each other, and embrace.]

Phillis. Shall I marry the man I love?

And shall I conclude my pains ?

Now bless'd be the powers above,

I feel the blood bound in my veins;

With a lively leap it began to move,

And the vapors leave my brains. Amyntas. Body join'd to body, and heart join'd to

heart,

To make fure of the cure,

Go call the man in black, to mumble o'er

his part.

Phillis. But suppose he should stay -
Amyntas. At worst if he delay,

'Tis a work must be done,

We'll borrow but a day,

And the better, the sooner begun.

Cho. of both. At worst if he delay, &c.

[They run out together band in band.]

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