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ACT FIFTH.
SCENE I.
CHORUS AND ELPINO.
ELPINO.
Truly the law, with which imperial Love
Governs eternally, is not a harsh
Nor crooked law; and wrongly are his works
Condemned, being full of a deep providence.
Oh with what art, and through what unknown paths
Conducts he man to happiness; and when
His servant thinks himself plunged down to the depths
Of evil; lifts him with a sparkling hand,
Truly the law, with which imperial Love
Governs eternally, is not a harsh
Nor crooked law; and wrongly are his works
Condemned, being full of a deep providence.
Oh with what art, and through what unknown paths
Conducts he man to happiness; and when
His servant thinks himself plunged down to the depths
Of evil; lifts him with a sparkling hand,
