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AMPHITRYON. 61
Jup. O ft ay.
Merc. She’s gone; and feem’d to frown at parting.
Jup. Follow, and thou ftialt fee her foon appeas’d:
For I, who made her, know her inward ftate;
No woman once, well pleas’d, can throughly hate.
I gave ’em beauty, to fubdue the ftrong:
'A mighty empire, but it lafts not long:)
.'I gave’m pride, to make mankind their (lave ;
But, in exchange, to men I flattery gave :
Th’ offending lover, when he loweft lies,
Submits, to conquer, and but kneels, to rife.
ACT
IV.
Jupiter following Alcmena; Mercury and Phaedra.
JUPITER.
Stay, my dear Alcmena, hear me fpeak.
Ale. No, I would fly thee, to the ridge of
O
earth,
And leap the precipice, to ’fcape thy fight.
Jup. For pity.
Ale. Leave me, thou ungrateful man.
Jup. I cannot leave you: No; but like a ghoft
Whom your unkindnefs murder’d, will I haunt you.
Ale. Once more, be gone: I’m odious to myfelf
Tor having lov’d thee once,
i Jup. Hate not, thou beft and fairefl: of your kind:
Nor can you hate your lover, though you would:
Your tears, that fall fo gently, are but grief:
i There may be anger; but there muft be love.
The dove, that murmurs at her mate’s negledt,
I But counterfeits a coynefs, to be courted.
Ale. Courtlhip from thee, and after fuch affronts!
Jup. Is tins that everlafting love you vow’d
F Lafi: