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The Tragedy of Locrine (Third Folio, 1664)
427Actus Secundus. Scena Prima .
428Enter Atey as before, after a little Lightning and Thun-
429dring, let there come forth this show: Perseus and An-
430dromeda, hand in hand, and Cepheus also with Swords
431and Targets. Then let there come out of another door
432Phineus, all black in Armour, with AEthiopians
433after him, driving in Perseus, and having taken a-
434wayAndromeda, let them depart. Atey remaining,
435saying.
436 Regit omnia numen.
437When Perseus married fair Andromeda,
438The onely Daughter of King Cepheus,
440And that his Kingdome should for aye endure.
441But loe proud Phineus with a band of men,
443By force of Armes the Bride he took from him,
444And turn'd their joy into a flood of teares.
445So fares it with young Locrine and his Love,
446He thinks this marriage tendeth to his weale,
447But this foule day, this foule accursed day,
448Is the beginning of his miseries.
449Behold where Humber and his Scythians
450Approcheth nigh with all his warlike train,
452What tragick chances fell out in this Warre.Exeunt.