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Dido and Aeneas

The sea.

(Phoebus rises in the chariot. The Nereids out of the sea.)

<- Phoebus, First nereid, Second nereid, Nereids
Phoebus, First nereid, Second nereid, Chorus
From Aurora's spicy bed

(Venus descends in her chariot. The Tritons out of the sea)

Phoebus, First nereid, Second nereid, Nereids
<- Venus, Tritons

(The Tritons dance.)

Phoebus, First nereid, Second nereid, Nereids, Venus
Tritons ->

Look down ye orbs and see

(The Nereids dance.)

Phoebus, Venus
Nereids, First nereid, Second nereid ->

The grove

Phoebus, Venus
<- Spring, Nymphs

See the Spring in all her glory

Spring, Nymphs
Phoebus, Venus ->

(Soft musick.)

(The Spring and Nymphs dance)

Spring, Nymphs
<- Shepherds, Shepherdesses

(The Shepherds and Shepherdesses dance)

(The Nymphs dance)

Shepherd, Shepherdess
Tell, tell me, prithee dolly

(The countreys maids dance)

Locandina The Prologue Scene: the sea Scene: the grove First Act Scene: the palace Scene: the baske Second Act Scene: the cave Scene: the grove Third Act Scene: the ships