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Smote fascination on me; whence I grew
Hoarse in my song, and for long time was mute.
The shepherds thought that I had seen a wolf;
And so I had; but then the wolf was he.
I tell thee this, to shew how little worthy
He is of thy belief. And now pray hope.
The more, because he would have kept thee hopeless.

AMYNTAS.
What thou hast told me, comforts me to hear:
To thee then I commit the only care
For which I live.

THYRSIS.
I will take care of it.
Do thou be here again in half an hour.