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.