AMYNTAS.
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A-hunting with her go to Elicetum.
Thither we went, and many nymphs we found
Assembled, by appointment, for the chace.
We had not long been there, when a fierce wolf
From covert rushed; enormous was his size;
And from his jaws a bloody foam distilled.
Forthwith the dexterous Sylvia took her aim,
And in the neck her arrow wounded him.
Howling he fled into the deepest wood;
And Sylvia, brandishing a dart, persued him.
Thither we went, and many nymphs we found
Assembled, by appointment, for the chace.
We had not long been there, when a fierce wolf
From covert rushed; enormous was his size;
And from his jaws a bloody foam distilled.
Forthwith the dexterous Sylvia took her aim,
And in the neck her arrow wounded him.
Howling he fled into the deepest wood;
And Sylvia, brandishing a dart, persued him.
AMYNTAS.
Dreadful is the beginning of thy story;
I'm on the rack; it bodes a horrid end.
Dreadful is the beginning of thy story;
I'm on the rack; it bodes a horrid end.
NERINA.
I likewise had a dart, and followed with it;
But soon in the persuit I lagged behind;
Sylvia's agility surpasses mine.
I lost my objects, but I still advanced;
And hoping to recover them, I wandered
Through many a winding of the thickest wood.
But in my search a dreadful sight alarmed me;
I likewise had a dart, and followed with it;
But soon in the persuit I lagged behind;
Sylvia's agility surpasses mine.
I lost my objects, but I still advanced;
And hoping to recover them, I wandered
Through many a winding of the thickest wood.
But in my search a dreadful sight alarmed me;
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