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ACT 1.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

SCENE 1.1.—A MAGNIFICENT TEMPLE, BUILT OF THIGH-BONES AND

DEATH’S-HEADS, AND TILED WITH SCALPS. OVER THE ALTAR THE STATUE OF

FAMINE, VEILED; A NUMBER OF BOARS, SOWS, AND SUCKING-PIGS, CROWNED