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AMYNTAS.
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You know, with all her art assists your love.

AMYNTAS.
Does she await me naked, says my Thyrsis?

THYRSIS.
Naked, I say, she doth await thee—but—

AMYNTAS.
That cruel but, and hesitation kill me.

THYRSIS.
She knows not that you are to find her there.

AMYNTAS.
Oh! galling end of a delusive tale!
It turns all the preceding sweets to bitter!
Inhuman Thyrsis, how dost thou torment me!
Thou shouldst pour balm into my bleeding wound;
Instead of that thou woundest me afresh,
Causing my former wound to smart, and fester.
Art thou my friend, or hast thou human nature?
Thou seest me overwhelmed with misery;
My load of misery seems to be thy sport;
Instead of striving to alleviate it,

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