Were  he  the  devil  himself,
Instead  of  being  but  his  deputy.
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To  rule  a  few  of  his  black  subjects  here,
I'd  not  regard  his  frowns —

POTOWMAC.
Provoke  him  not;
It  shall  go  hard,  but  I  will  find  some  means
For  your  escape; — by  taunts  he  may  be  rouz'd
To  sudden  outrage — and  ye  should  appear
Eesign'd  to  your  hard  fate,  or  else  my  aid
Will  scarce  avail.
FEKDINAND.
No  more— we  are  observ'd— -
I  will  rein  in  my  anger,  though  it  choak  me,

KOANOKO.
The  sun  hath  climb'd  above  the  morning's  mist;
'Tis  time  we  should  be  gone — Whence  this  delay?
Did  ye  not  hear?  —  Set  forward  on  your  march.
l_Exeunt.
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ACT      III.
SCLNE  I.
Enter  Roanohn  and  other  Indians,  looJnng  alout  —
among  them  is  Tliomas,  who  appears  noiv  in  an
Indian  dress.
KOANOKO.
This  is  Potowmac's  doing — He  it  is.
Hath  freed  these  captives  from  our  toils,  and  taught  them
To  screen  their  fliglit  from  observation — Well?
What  hear  ye  there?

FIRST    INDIAN.
No  creature  breathes  within.
SECOND    INDIAN.
Nor  seems  the  place  to  have  been  visited
Since  our  departure.
KOANOKO,

They  will  yet  return  j
In  time  the  foxes  will  regain  their  haunts.
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But  crafty  must  they  be,  to  'scape  my  eye;
For  in  these  woods  will  I  keep  watch  for  them.
\_Exeunt.
SCENE    II.
Enter  Potowmac  and  Ferdinand.
POTOWMAC.
Our  warriors  have  been  here — these  marks  are  fresh.
— I  led  you  round  on  purpose,  that  pursuit
Might  over-run  us,  and  complete  its  search.
Before  we  should  arrive.
FERDINAND,

Why  then  our  friends
May  enter  ?

[They  go  out,  and  return  with  Umfreville,  Jfulia,
and  Herbert,  who  is  supported  ly  Potowmac.
HERBERT.
Thanks,  kind  youth,  for  this  assistance.
