ACT I

Scene I.—A retired Grove near Antioch.

Enter Cipriano, Eusebio, and Julian, with books.

Cipr. This is the place, this the sequester’d spot

Where, in the flower about and leaf above,

I find the shade and quiet that I love,

And oft resort to rest a wearied wing;

And here, good lads, leave me alone, but not

Lonely, companion’d with the books you bring:

That while the city from all open doors