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Supposing thou couldst quit thy passion for her;
Tell me, that passion wouldst thou quit to please her?

AMYNTAS.
 No, though I could, I would not cease to love her;
Love will not let me harbour such an image;
Oh! 'tis a cold, and bleak one! to my mind
It makes the universe a dreary waste.

THYRSIS.
 Then you confess in spight of her you'd love her;
Though in your power it were to cease your passion?

AMYNTAS.
 No—not in spight of her—yet I would love her—

THYRSIS.
 But as the case is put, you own you'd love her
Against her will?

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