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Book 9. Hebe submitted to her Husband's Pray'rs, Instill'd new Vigour, and restor'd his Years.

Now from her Lips a solemn Oath had past, That Iolaus this Gift alone shou'd taste, Had not just Themis thus maturely said, (Which check'd her Vow, and aw'd the blooming Maid. Thebes is embroil'd in War. Capaneus stands Invincible, but by the Thund'rer's Hands. Ambition shall the guilty Brothers fire, Both rust to mutual Wounds, and both expire. The reeling Earth shall ope her gloomy Womb, Where the yet breathing Bard shall find his Tomb. The Son shall bath his Hands in Parent's Blood, And in one Act be both unjust, and good. Of Home, and Sense depriv'd, where-e'er he flies, The Furies, and his Mother's Ghost he spies. His Wife the fatal Bracelet shall implore, And Phegeus stain his Sword in Kindred Gore. Callirhöe shall then with suppliant Pray'r Prevail on Jupiter's relenting Ear. Jove shall with Youth her Infant Sons inspire, And bid their Bosoms glow with manly Fire.

When Themis thus with prescient Voice had spoke, Among the Gods a various Murmur broke; Dissention rose in each immortal Breast, That one should grant, what was deny'd the rest. Aurora for her aged Spouse complains, And Ceres grieves for Jason's freezing Veins; Vulcan