Juſtly th’ impartial Fates conſpire,
Dooming that ſon to be the ſire
Of ſuch another ſon.
Conſcious of ills that I have done,110
My fears to prudence ſhall adviſe;
And guilt, that made me great, ſhall make me wiſe.
The fatal bleſſing I reſign;
Peleus! take the maid divine:Giving her to Peleus.
Jove conſenting, ſhe is thine.115
The fatal bleſſing I resign.Joins their hands.
PEL. Heav’n had been loſt had I been Jove.
There is no heav’n, there is ho heav’n, but love.
PELEUS and THETIS together.
There is no heav’n but love.
No, no, no;120
There is no heav’n but love.
JUP. to PROM. And thou, the ſtars’ interpreter,
’T is juſt I ſet thee free
Who giv’ſt me liberty;
Ariſe, and be thyſelf a ſtar.125
’T is juſt I ſet thee free
Who giv’ſt me liberty.
The Vulture drops dead at the feet of Prometheus, his chains fall off, and he is borne up to heaven with Jupiter, to a loud flouriſh of all the inſtruments.
