[She snatches the Book, and throws it down, then rises and walks; he rises also.

Vict. Incendiary book, polluted flame,

Dare not to tempt the chaste Victoria's fame!

I love, perhaps, more than a sister should;

And nature prompts, but heaven restrains my blood.

Heaven was unkind, to set so strict a bound.

And love would struggle to forbidden ground.

Oh let us gain a Parthian victory!

Our only way to conquer, is to fly.