Princess Leonide, in disguise as a male, arrives in the garden of the philosopher, Hermocrate. She has come to try and win some time in his retreat for she has fallen in love, from afar, with Hermocrate's student, Agis, who is the 'legitimate' prince of the realm over which Leonide rules. She proceeds to woo all the people at the retreat depending on what they figure out about her/him In the end not only does Leonide reveal that she is a woman, but reveals to all that she is the illegitimate ruler - so often feared and reviled - and that she loves Agis and wants to abdicate the crown to him.

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