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and would have revenged themfelves by affaffination, 

 Iiad not the prince and the chamberlain difappeared 

 the next day. 



OLYMPIC DIALOGUE, 



Hecate, Luna, Diana, who meet at a concurrence 



of three roads. 



Hecate. 



Well, this is charming, that chance fhould 

 have fo unexpectedly brought us all three together ! 

 We may now once for all, fettle a point that has been 

 perplexing my head for a long while. 



Luna.] What may that be, Hecate ? 



Hecate?^ Look me full in the face, Luna ; confider 

 me from head to foot, from behind and before, and 

 tell me on thy virgin honour, whether thou fhould ft 

 have taken me for Diana, if I had met thee alone ? 



Luna.] I hardly think it. Your figure and cof- 

 tume are fo different, that it is impoffible for me to 

 mdftake the one for the other, even in my paleft light. 



Hecate.] But it muft have often happened to thee 

 and Diana that each has thought ihe faw herfelf, when 

 you have accidentally come acrofs one another ? 



Diana."] We ! what a curious fancy ! I take Luna 

 for myfelf ! She muft be turned into a looking-glafs for 

 rendering that poffible. 



Luna, fmiling ironically.] If the difference between 

 Diana and me were even lefs than I have always flat- 

 tered 



