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Rh revives so imperceptibly, that it is hard to tell where the one ceases, and the other begins.

When he is going off from the Story of Apollo and Daphne; how happily does he introduce a Compliment to the Roman Conquerors.

Et conjux quoniam mea non potes esse, Arbor eris certè Tu Ducibus lætis aderis, cum læta triumphum Vox canet, & longæ visent Capitolia pompæ. Postibus Augtistis eadem fidissima custos Ante fores stabis; mediamque tuebere quercum. Met. B.

He compliments Augustus upon the Assassination of Julius; and, by way of Simile, takes the Opportunity from the Horror that the Barbarity of Lycaon gave.

Sic cum manus impia sævit Sanguine Cæsareo Romanum extinguere nomen, &c.

Julius is deify'd, and looks down on his adopted Son.

Natique videns benefacta, fatetur Esse suis majora, & vinci gaudet ab illo.

And immediately follows, Rh