Princess: He is my boy, and I will call him Moses, for I drew him out of the water.

[Enter the mother and Miriam.]

Miriam: Here is the nurse, lady.

Princess: Will you take good care of this baby for me until he becomes a youth? I will pay you wages. I am the Princess, King Pharaoh's daughter. I will see that he is educated as a prince in my father's court.

[Princess and her maids go out.]

Mother: My boy is saved! My boy is saved!

Act III

SCENE I

Place: Pharaoh's palace.

Characters: King Pharaoh, Princess, Maids, Soldiers, Wise Men, Mother of Moses, Moses, Miriam, Aaron.