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PELEUS and THETIS:
A
MASQUE.
Written by the late Lord Lanſdowne,
AND
Set to Muſick by Mr. Hayes.
The ARGUMENT.
Peleus, in love with Thetis, by the Aſſiſtance of Proteus obtains her Favour; but Jupiter interpoſing, Peleus in Deſpair conſults Prometheus, famous for his Skill in Aſtrology; upon whoſe Prophecy, that the Son born of Thetis ſhould prove greater than his Father, Jupiter deſiſts. The Prophecy was afterwards verified in the Birth of Achilles, the Son of Thetis by Peleus.
