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Niobe<br />
Mia cara Catena,<br />
à 2.<br />
M’è grato il morir.<br />
Mia, &c.<br />
Nerea<br />
Tu con Lingua si sciolta<br />
Resta, e impara à parlare un’altra volta.<br />
Scena XXIV.<br />
Tiresia, e poi Manto, e Tiberino.<br />
Tiresia<br />
Numi datemi aita, alla mia fede<br />
Spero da voi mercede.<br />
Manto (Non vedendo ancora Tiresia per terra.<br />
Signor vedi, & stupisci<br />
Ciò, che testè la Fama<br />
A noi recò: di Tebe alzò le Mura<br />
Anone col Canto.<br />
Tiberino<br />
Oh gran virtude, oh incanto.<br />
Tiresia<br />
Chi mi sovviene, ahi lasso?<br />
Manto<br />
Che a? Padre?<br />
Tiberino<br />
Tiresia?<br />
Tiresia<br />
Calpestato,<br />
Lacerato,<br />
Qui dolente,<br />
E languente,<br />
Arresto il passo.<br />
Chi mi sovviene, ahi lasso?<br />
Manto<br />
E’ chi fù si crudel?<br />
Tiberino<br />
Chi fù si rio?<br />
Tiresia<br />
Un Mostro di perdia,<br />
Una Furia Regnante,<br />
De gli Dei sprezzatrice: ahi doglia acerba,<br />
Fù Niobe, la superba.<br />
Niobe<br />
My precious Chain,<br />
à 2.<br />
Death is pleasing to me.<br />
My precious, etc.<br />
Nerea<br />
You with the loose Tongue,<br />
Stay, <strong>and</strong> learn to speak one more time.<br />
Scene XXIV<br />
Tiresia, then Manto, <strong>and</strong> Tiberino.<br />
Tiresia<br />
Gods, help me; by my faith<br />
I hope for mercy from you.<br />
Manto (Not yet seeing Tiresia on the ground.)<br />
Sir, see <strong>and</strong> be astonished by<br />
That which attested by Fame<br />
Is borne to us: Anfione has raised<br />
The Walls of Thebes with his song.<br />
Tiberino<br />
Oh great virtue; oh, enchantment!<br />
Tiresia<br />
Who comes to my aid, alas?<br />
Manto<br />
What has happened? Father?<br />
Tiberino<br />
Tiresia?<br />
Tiresia<br />
Trampled,<br />
Wounded,<br />
Here, sorrowing<br />
And languishing,<br />
I have halted.<br />
Who comes to my aid, alas?<br />
Manto<br />
And who was so cruel?<br />
Tiberino<br />
Who was so wicked?<br />
Tiresia<br />
A Monster of treachery,<br />
A Reigning Fury,<br />
A scorner of the Gods: alas, bitter sorrow,<br />
It was the proud Niobe.<br />
f e s t i va l o p e ra<br />
177<br />
2 0 1 1 b o s t o n e a r l y m u s i c f e s t i v a l<br />
NIOBE, REGINA DI TEBE
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