Ovidius Naso, Publius; Banier, Antoine [Komm.]; Picart, Bernard [Ill.]: Ovid's Metamorphoses In Latin And English: [Two Volumes] (Band 1) (Amsterdam, 1732)

PHOSEON Lib. II. PHOSES. Book II. 57

Vitta coercuerat negleclos alba capillos, Now in her Hand a (lender Spear (he bore,

Et modo leve manu jaculum, modo fumffe- Now a light Quiver on her Shoulders wore

rat arcum ^° c^ia^e Diana fr°m her Youth inclin'd,

Miles erat Phoehs, ncc Maenalon Mint The fprightly Warriors of the Wood fl,c jom'd.

.. & Diana too the gentle Huntreis lov d,

u^a 4*5 Nor was there One of all the Nymphs that rov'd

^ratiorhacTriviae.Jednullapotentialongaeft. O'er Mcenalus, amid the Maiden Throng,

Xflterius medio fpatium Sol altus habebat; More favour'd once; but Favour lafts not long.
Cum fubit ilia nemus 3 quod nulla ceciderat The Sun now fhone in all its Sirength,and drove

aetas The heated Virgin panting to a Grove;

r\_ -.i t , , r. The Grove around a grateful Shadow caft :

^xuit hie humero pharetram, lentosaue retendit cuj.i a j i t» i » j

a . " (ff^fwwjttwwijw ^ She dropt her Arrows, and her Bow unbrac d j

frcus; mque fob, quod texerat herba, ja- She flung her felf on the cool grafly Bed;

c?bat, 42° And on the painted Quiver rais'd her Head.

Et piBam pofita pharetram cervice premebat. Jove (aw the charming Huntrefs unprepar'd,

Juppiter ut vidit fejfam, & cuftode vacantem; Stretch'd on the verdant Turf, without a Guard.

Hoc certe conjux furtum me a nefciet, mqmt: » Herc 1 fafe> ,he cnes> fa

Au+ r r ■ ■ r ^ r ' • >, Or fhou d my jealous Queen the There deicry,

^tfi refctmti funt 0, funt jurgia tanti. ^ ^ wou>d Vymxxa& ^ Theft ^

Frotinus indmtur faciem cultumque Dianae: ... And ftand her Rage for fu ch , for fuch a Blifs!

425 Diana's Shape and Habit ftrait he took, ~

■Atque ait , O comitum , virgo, pars una Soften'dhis Brows,andfmooth'd his awful Look, >

meamm, And mildly in a Female Accent {poke.

Tyj jMiiku f p c tipy,*** , > A. ft * • 3, How fares my GirhHow went the Morning Chafe?

/n qmbus esvenata jugis > de cefpte virgo »q whom theyVirgin, ftarting from the *Grafs>

te lev at: Salve numen, me judice, dixit, > All-hail, bright Deity, whom I prefer

Audiat ipje licet, majus Jove, ridet, & auditi . 3 To Jove himfelf, tho' Jove himfelf were here.

Et fibi praeferri fe gaudet, & ofcula jungit > The God was nearer than ihe thought, and heard

43 O Well-pleas'd Himfelf before Himfelf prefer'd.
A7„ 1 r • r s • A«*,A* He then folutes her with a warm Embrace-

Xec moderatafatis necfic a mrgme danda. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ™^ ,

^ -venata foret fdva narrare parantem m^ Loye enflam>d ^ and eager Qn ^

fopedit amplexu: nec fe fine cnmine prodit. Smother'd her Words, and ftop'd her with a Kifs %

Ma quidem contra, quantum modo femina His Kiffes with unwonted Ardour glow'd,

pojfit, Nor cou'd Diana's Shape conceal the God.

( Adfpiceres utinam, Saturnia, mitior effes !) The Virgin did whate'er a Virgin cou'd j

. 0 - (Sure Juno muft have pardon'd , had fhe view'd)

in . . r . r Tr' With all her Might againft his Force fhe ftrove -y

Ma qmdempugnat: fed quae Juperare pueUa, ^ how ^ moral u^ cQmend ^ Joqje ?

Quisve Jovem poterat? fuperum petit aethe- Po^ at iengm Gf what his Heart dehYd,

ra victor Back to his Heav'ns th' exulting God retir'd.

Juppiter: huic odio nemus eft, £^ confeia fiha. The lovely Huntrefs, rifing from the Grafs,

Vnde, pedem referens, pene eft oblita phare- With down-caft Eyes and with a blufliing Face,

1 j 1 j -t -Qy Shame confounded, and by Fear dismay'd,

tram P^ew £rom ^ Qovert Qf tne guilty Shade,

loUere cum telis , &, quern Juspenderat, And aimoft, in the Tumult of her Mind,

arcum. 44° Left her forgotten Bow and Shafts behind.

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