Chapter 45

A phantom Figure of JUSTINA appears.

The Figure, CYPRIAN, and CLARIN.

FIGURE. Summoned, As I wander through these mountains, I obey a call so urgent. What, then, wouldst thou? what, then, wouldst thou, Cyprian, with me?

CYPRIAN. Oh, I shudder!

FIGURE. And since now....

CYPRIAN. I am astonished!

FIGURE. I have come....

CYPRIAN. What thus disturbs me?

FIGURE. To this place....

CYPRIAN. What makes me tremble?

FIGURE. Where....

CYPRIAN. Oh! whence this doubt that numbs me?

FIGURE. Love doth call me....

CYPRIAN. Why, this terror?

FIGURE. And the powerful spell thou workest Thus complied with, to this forest's Deepest depths I fly to shun thee. [Exit, covering her face with the cloak.

CYPRIAN. Listen, hear me, stay, Justina! But why linger spell-bound, stunned here? I'll pursue her, and this forest, Whither by my spells conducted She has flown, will be the leafy Theatre, the rude-constructed Bride-bed of the strangest bridal Heaven e'er witnessed. [Exit.

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