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Poems upon several Occasions.
PELEUS and THETIS.
A Masque, Set to Musick.
The ARGUMENT.
Peleus, in love with Thetis, by the Assistance of Proteus obtains her Favour; but Jupiter interposing, Peleus in Despair consults Prometheus, famous for his Skill in Astrology; upon whose Prophecy, that the Son born of Thetis should prove greater than his Father, Jupiter desists. The Prophecy was afterwards verify’d in the Birth of Achilles, the Son of Thetis by Peleus.
Persons in the Masque.
| Jupiter. |  |
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Prometheus. |
| Peleus. |  |
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Thetis. |
Prometheus appears upon Mount Caucasus chain’d to a Rock, with a Vulture at his Breast. Peleus enters addressing himself to Prometheus.
Pel.
COndemn’d on Caucasus to lye,
Still to be dying, not to die,
With certain Pain, uncertain of Relief,
True Emblem of a wretched Lover’s Grief!
To whose inspecting Eye ’tis given
To view the Planetary Way,
To penetrate Eternal Day,
And to revolve the Starry Heav’n,
To
