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Phaon.}. Thou art cruel. 



Nireus.] And thou underftandeft me not, 



Phaon.] I only afk, whether there be no means 

 whereby I may regain my former figure. 



Nireus.] Certainly fuch nieans there are. Here in 

 Elyfium are means for every thing ; for the incurables., 

 if fuch there be, come not to us. 



Phaon.] I adjure thee by the Graces, difcover it to* 

 me! I burn with impatience till thou tell me what 

 I muft do. 



Nireus.] For thee I know of but one remedy — Go 

 and find out ./Efop, admire him and gain his affection I 



Phaon.] What ! that little hump-backed, baldpated 

 dwarf, with the broad prominent forehead ! with the 

 deep-funk eyes 1 with the nofe of a faun, and the wide 

 jaws of a grampus ! — Who formerly attached himfelf 

 to the charming Rhodope, and fkulked away from, 

 me ! 



Nireus.] How thou defcribeft him ! He will ap- 

 pear to thee more handfome when thou art more inti- 

 mately acquainted with him. 



Phaon.] Thou art bantering me. I never could 

 endure that mifhapen wretch. Every one here feema 

 infecled with his uglinefs. I affure thee that in pairing 

 by, only one look that he carl upon me, made me 

 think for fome minutes that I was transformed into a 

 baboon. 



Nireus.] That is already a good fign, Phaon. 



Phaon, with fome wannth^\ The . advantage thou 

 thinked. thou hail over me, makes thee infolent. I do 

 not know what caufe I have given for this treatment 

 from thee, 



Ni- 



