The works of Moliere, French and English : in ten volumes . AMPHÎTRY. PROLOGUE. MERCURY upon a Cloud, NIGHT i?z aCha7iot dra^wn hy t^joo Horfes. Me r c u r , charming ISllght! vouchfafe toflop : a certain piece of Service is defirdof you : arid IVe a Word to fay to yo^from Jupiter. Night. Oh dear î ist you Mr. Mercury, whodhave imagind you there, in that Pollure ? Mercury. Troth, finding myfelf weary, andanable to execute the different Employments Jupiterputs upon me, I fat me down quietly on this Cloudto wait your coming. NtG-HT, You talk ftrangely. Mercury, and dontconFider the matter :
The works of Moliere, French and English : in ten volumes . AMPHÎTRY. PROLOGUE. MERCURY upon a Cloud, NIGHT i?z aCha7iot dra^wn hy t^joo Horfes. Me r c u r , charming ISllght! vouchfafe toflop : a certain piece of Service is defirdof you : arid IVe a Word to fay to yo^from Jupiter. Night. Oh dear î ist you Mr. Mercury, whodhave imagind you there, in that Pollure ? Mercury. Troth, finding myfelf weary, andanable to execute the different Employments Jupiterputs upon me, I fat me down quietly on this Cloudto wait your coming. NtG-HT, You talk ftrangely. Mercury, and dontconFider the matter : does it become the Gods to faydiey are weary ? Mercury- Are the Gods made of Iron? Night. No—^—-but we ought always to preferve the Decorum of the Divinity, There are certain Words the ufe whereof debafes that fublime Quality,. and which, on account ef tkeir Indignity, its prc= Ijser we fliould leave to Mortals» 12 AMPHITRION, Me Rcu RE. A votre aife vous en parlez ;Et vous avez, la belle, une chaife ù, par deux bons chevaux, en dame
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