(Messenger goes.)

(Noah opens window; there is a loud roaring.)

Noah:

Peace! (The noise stills.)
Now forty days are fully gone,
Send a dove I will anon,
To see if aught of tree or stone
Be dry in any place.
And if this fowl come not again,
It is a sign God stops the rain,
And all is dry in hill and plain,
By God, his grace.
Go forth, O Dove, and quickly see
If this flood yet doth cease;
If so, return again to me
With the olive branch of peace.(He lets dove loose.)

Cries Within Ark: The dove! The dove!

THE ANIMALS LEAVE THE ARK

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