Harpies and hydras, or all the monstrous forms.
'Twixt Africa and Ind, I'll find him out,
And force him to return his purchase back,
Or drag him by the curls to a foul death,
Cursed as his life.

Thyrsis, lead on apace,-I'll follow thee;
And some good angel bear a shield before us!

THE END.

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