OLYMPIC DIALOGUE. 



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OLYMPIC DIALOGUE. 



BY MR. WIELAND. 



JUPITER, JUNO, APOLLO, MINERVA, VENUS, 

 BACCHUS, VESTA, CERES, VICTORIA, 

 ftUIRINUS, SERAPIS, MOML'S, 

 AND MERCURY. 



[Jupiter and Juno, with all the reft of the celeftials, fitting in a 

 fpacious hall of the Olympian palace, at feveral large tables. 

 Ganymede and Antinous prefenting the gods, and Hebe the 

 goddefTes with nectar. The Mufes forming the band of mufic ; 

 the Graces and Hours dancing patomime dances ; while Jocus 

 , charms the blifsfui deities, from time to time, with his quips 

 and quirks and caricatures, into peals of laughter. At the 

 moment of their greatefi mirth Mercury comes in flying ia 

 great hade.] 



Jupiter. 



Thou haft made it late, my fon. What news 

 haft thou brought us from below ? 



Venus, to Bacchus. ~] They feem to be heavy tidings ; 

 fee looks very weary with bringing them ! 



Mercury. ~] The neweft that I have to relate are 

 not much calculated to heighten the mirth that feems 

 to reign here amongft you. 



Jupiter.'] At leaft thy countenance, Mercury, is 

 not. What then can have happened fb fad as to dif- 

 turb even the mirth of the gods ? 



§>uirinus?\ Has fome earthquake overturned the ca- 

 pital ? 



Mer- 



