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have offerM to hold up a finger againlt me, till yo 1
went a trooping.
S4f. Then I am a conqueror; and laud my ow .
courage: This renown I have atchievM by fo
dierlhipand ftratagem. :Know your duty, fpouf«
henceforward to your fupream commander.
iStruttim *•
Enter Jupiter Phoedra, attended by vmftciat
and dancers.
Pheed. Indeed I wondred at your quick retun!*
Jup. Ev’n fo almighty love will have it, Phtedrd
And the flern goddefs of fweet-bitter cares, *
Who bows our necks beneath our brazen yoke.
I would have mann’d my heart, and held it out:'
But, when I thought of what I had pofTeft; l!:
Thofe joys, that never end, but to begin,
O, I am all on fire to make my peace : _ !!
And die, Jove knows, as much as I can die,
Till I am reconcil’d.
Pheed. I fear ’twill be in vain.
Jup. ’Tis difficult:
But nothing is impoffible to love:
To love like mine; for I prov’d his force,
And my Alcmem too his felt his dart.
If I fubmit, there’s hope.
Pheed. ’Tis poffible I may follieit for you.
Jup. But wilt thou promife me to do thy heft'
■Pheed. Nay, I promife nothing-—unlefs yoP
'begin to promife firft.-—=— [Cun’fyirtl
Jup. I will not be ungrateful.
Pheed. Well; I’ll try to bring her to the 'wii
•tfow: you Hull have a fair (hoot at her: if you ca
bring her down, you are a good marks-man.
Jup. That’s all 1 afk:
■And I -will fo reward thee, gerttle-?>/;<e^.
Phaet