"Act One

"On one side, mountain crags; on the other, a tower with SEGISMUNDO'S cell at the base. The door facing the audience, is half open. The action begins at dusk.

"Enter ROSAURA, dressed as a man, at the top of a crag and descends to level ground; CLARNN enters behind her.

"Rosaura. Where have you thrown me, mad horse,

"half griffin? You rage like a storm,

"then flicker like lightning

"outspeeding light, off in a flash

"like a fish without scales,

"or a white featherless bird

"in headlong flight. Beast, there's not

"one natural instinct in you—

"tearing your mouth to hurl

"and drag yourself through

"this labyrinth of tangled rocks!

"So stick to these heights like

"that fallen sun-driver Phalthon,

"and be a hero to all

"the wild animals, while I,

"desperate and blind, scramble down

"these rugged, twisting, barren crags

"where there is no...