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of two flieep ,• but whilft (he fpread them on the 

 feats of the travellers, fhe burft into tears. Her 

 father faid to her : " My dear daughter, will yoii 

 *' remain for ever inconfolable about the lofs of 

 " your mother ? And can you never touch any 

 ** thing which (lie was accuftomed to ufe, without 

 " (hedding tears ?" Cyanea made no reply, buc 

 turning her head toward the wall, fhe wiped her 

 eyes. Tirtetis addreffed a prayer, and offered a li- 

 bation to Jiipter^ the patron of hofpitality; then, 

 having invited his guefls to fit down, they all be- 

 gan to eat in profound filence. 



When the meal was finiHied, 'Tirteus faid to the 

 two travellers; " My dear guefts, had you chanced 

 " to enter the habitation of fome other inhabitant 

 " of Arcadia, or had you pafTed this way, fome 

 *' years ago", you would have been much better 

 " received. But the hand of Jupiler has fmitten 

 ** me. I once poiTeffed, upon the neighbouring 

 ** hill, a garden, which fupp'.ied me, at all leafons, 

 " with pulfe, and excellent fruit : It is fwallowed 

 " up in the foreft. This folitary valley once re- 

 ** founded with the lowing of my oxen. Nothing 

 *' was to be heard, from morn to eve, in my dwel- 

 '^ ling, but fongs of mirth, and founds of joy. I 

 " have ïttn around ihis table three fons and four 

 *' daughters. The youngeft fon was arrived at an 

 " age capable of tending a flock of (heep. My 



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