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Period.The early eighteenth century.

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The action takes place in a glade of tall old trees just touch'd by Autumn. To the left is a gardenarchitecture, baluster, and slowly dropping fountain. Thro' a clearing to the right a blue lagoon melts into a background of misty peaks, and the gilded masts and half-furl'd rainbow sails of an otherwise unseen galley appear.

The Farandôle sweeps down and across the glade from right to left.