Volume 14 / Act 5 — SCENE V
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ORESTES, IPHIGENIA, THOAS
Enter PYLADES, soon after him ARKAS both with drawn swords.
PYLADES
Do not delay! our friends are putting forth Their final strength, and, yielding step by step, Are slowly driven backward to the sea.— A conference of princes find I here? Is this the sacred person of the king?
ARKAS
Calmly, as doth become thee, thou dost stand, O king, surrounded by thine enemies. Soon their temerity shall be chastiz'd; Their yielding followers fly,—their ship is ours, Speak but the word and it is wrapt in flames.
THOAS
Go, and command my people to forbear! Let none annoy the foe while we confer. [ARKAS retires.]
ORESTES
I willingly consent. Go, Pylades! Collect the remnant of our friends, and wait The appointed issue of our enterprize. [PYLADES retires.]