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Recitative.
Thetis. Accurſed Jealouſy,
Thetis. Thou Jaundice in the Lover’s Eye,
Thetis. Thro’ which all Objects falſe we ſee,
Thetis. Accurſed Jealouſy!
Thetis. Thy Rival, Peleus, rules the Sky,
Thetis. Yet I ſo prize thy Love;
Thetis. With Peleus I wou’d chuſe to die,
Thetis. Rather than live with Jove.
[Jupiter appears deſcending.
AIR.
But ſee, the mighty Thunderer’s here;
Tremble, Peleus, tremble, fly;
The Thunderer! the mighty Thunderer!
Tremble, Peleus, tremble, fly.
CHORUS.
See, the mighty Thunderer’s here;
Tremble, Peleus, tremble, fly;
The Thunderer! the mighty Thunderer!
Tremble, Peleus, tremble, fly.
Recitative.
Jupiter. Preſumptuous Slave, Rival to Jove,
Jupiter. How dar’ſt thou, Mortal, thus defy;
Jupiter. A Goddeſs with audacious Love,
Jupiter. And irritate a God with Jealouſy?
Jupiter. Preſumptuous Mortal, hence—
Jupiter. Tremble at Omnipotence.
AIR.
Peleus. Arm’d with Love, and Thetis by,
Peleus. I fear no Odds
Peleus. Of Men or Gods,
Peleus. But Jove himſelf defy:
