_Juno._ Why stay we then on earth,
When mortals laugh and love?
'Tis time to mount above,
And send Astraea down,
The ruler of his birth,
And guardian of his crown.
'Tis time to mount above,
And send Astraea down.
_Mer. Jun. Ir._ 'Tis time to mount above,
And send Astraea down. [MER. JU. _and_ IR. _ascend._
_Aug._ and _Tham._ The royal squadron marches,
Erect triumphal arches,
For Albion and Albanius;
Rejoice at their returning,
The passages adorning:
The royal squadron marches,
Erect triumphal arches
For Albion and Albanius.
_Part of the Scene disappears, and the Four Triumphal arches,
erected on his Majesty's Coronation, are seen._
ALBION _appears,_ ALBANIUS _by his Side, preceded by_ ARCHON,
_followed by a Train, &c._
_Full Chorus._ Hail, royal Albion, Hail!
_Aug._ Hail, royal Albion, hail to thee,
Thy longing people's expectation!
_Tham._ Sent from the gods to set us free
From bondage and from usurpation!
_Aug._ To pardon and to pity me,
And to forgive a guilty nation!
_Tham._ Behold the differing Climes agree,
Rejoicing in thy restoration.
Entry. _Representing the Four Parts of the World, rejoicing at the
Restoration of_ ALBION.
ACT II.
_The Scene is a Poetical Hell. The Change is total; The Upper Part
of the House, as well as the Side-Scenes. There is the Figure of_
PROMETHEUS _chained to a Rock, the Vulture gnawing his Liver;_
SISYPHUS _rolling the Stone; the_ BELIDES, _&c.
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