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A54404	Ariadne, or, The marriage of Bacchus an opera or a vocal representation / first compos'd by Monsieur P.P., now put into musick by Monsieur Grabut ... and acted by the Royall Academy of Musick at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden.; Ariadne. Libretto. English	Grabu, Louis, d. 1694.; Perrin, P. (Pierre), ca. 1620-1675. Ariane.; Cambert, Robert, ca. 1628-1677.	1673 (1673)	Wing P1593; ESTC R20472	15,261	71

then make our Grave I' th' bottom of some cool Wine-Cave Whilst they are singing Mars appears in the Clouds riding on a Chariot speaking to Bellona who rides on another SCENE VI. Mars Help Sister help and let weak Mortals now Thy dreadful rage and matchless-vallor know Bellona What Mortal nay What god is it that dare Provoke to wrath the mighty god of war Mars The Scithian-Monarch raises armes amaine And with his num'rous Force does fill the Plain Bellona O Mighty Jove Why proves thy wrath thus slow Why dost not thou thy fiery vengeance show And by thy Pow'r these mortal-rebels grind As small as dust that 's driven by the wind Mars Sister let 's fill the World with thousand harms Let nothing scape the furie of our Arms Le ts gods and men to our assistance call And in our quarrel let them stand or fall Bellona Break loose break loose ye grim Furies of Hell Come to our aid leave your Infernal Cel And to amaze our most audacious foe Bring Envy Death and horror from below SCENE VII Three Furies breaking forth from beneath flee up into the Aire to meet Mars and Bellona upon which they all come down Mars Victorious Bacchus will no longer fight But 's now resolv'd to taste Peace and Delight Of his great Soul let 's interrupt the calm VVith noise of Arms and hope of some new palme SCENE VIII Enter Silene and Corybants laughing and singing Ha! ha ha ha let Great Mars know Bacchus is far better imployed now All the VVar he 's resolv'd to make And sweetest pleasures he will take Is not to fight your bloody Battels But to encounter with Cups and Bottels Bellona seeing them draws her sword Bellona It 's you it's you Infernal Crue That his Great Soul to Vice subdue Flee flee be gon approach the god no more The Furies with their Whips drive away Silene and the Corybants First Interlude First Mask-Entrey Indian-Kings slaves to Bacchus glad to see themselves subdued by so charming a god dance round about his Statue erected upon an Altar in the middle of the Theater Second Entrey Whilst the Indian-Kings are dancing Enter Saliens Priests of Bacchus who joyning dance with them do skip and leap both upon the Altar and round the same ACT II. SCENE I. Enter Cloris and Philis after a Symphony of Flutes and Hoboyes Cloris holding a Fishing-Angle Cloris COme little Fishes come to me Catch at my baite it 's faire you see You 'l find it sweet if you 'l draw near Yet if that pleasure costs you dear Your Life I mean O let not me Be blam'd for too much crueltie My Shepheard thus I did inthral When he into my snares did fall And ever since that fatal day For what his Love could plead or say All the kindness he could ever obtain Of love and me hath prov'd torment and pain Phillis holding a Cage in her hand Come ye little Birds of the skie Into my Cage Why don't you flie Come little fools you may trust me Your loss will be but small You 'l feel no hurt at all But lose your liberty Flutes and Hoboyes again then Philis 2. A kind Mistress I 'll prove I 'm wholly made of Love A kind Mistress I 'l prove My heart is young and knows no cruelty Your loss will be but small You 'l feel no hurt at all But lose your Liberty Flutes and Hoboyes again SCENE II. Enter Damon Damon How kind how blest would prove my Fate If after all thy cruel hate I like these happy Birds could die Thy Prisoner to end my misery Cloris Hope Shepheard hope for better dayes Thy torments sure won't last alwayes Damon Ha! Cloris thou mayst end my grief Cloris My rigor should methinks prove thy relief Thy patience will be tir'd and that will cure The pain and smart thou dost endure Damon Faithful to thee Cruel I 'l live and die In spight of thy severity Cloris Thy own reason sure will one day The ardor of thy passion lay Damon No no! be thou n'er so unkind Constant to thee Death shall me find Cloris Prethee Shepheard be gon Thy Presence and thy moan Do scare the Fish away Pray thee go do not stay Whether thy love be true or fain'd My heart by thee 's not to be gain'd SCENE III. Enter Bacchus and Ariadne Clitton Silen Philis Cloris and Damon aside Ariadne He 's gon alas the Traytor 's leaves me here In this Desart possest with grief and fear His cruel soul could not in pity be Mov'd to resent my pain and misery He 's gone he 's gone and would not alass stay To bid me adiew before he sail'd away Here I am left on a most dreadful shoar Where horror dwels and Bears and Lions roar Both help and honorless Where shall I find Any succors Silene afar off shewing her a Bottle Silen In this Juice sweet and kind This precious Balm which heals the greatest pain When all remedies else prove vain It 's Wine it 's Wine that cures all grief And can alone give thee relief Ariana continues not minding him Ye dul and senseless gods How could you see This cruel wrong the Traitor hath done me And not on him a severe vengeance take Ah! ye 're unjust unless you quickly make These Rocks these Sands and these merciless Waves To prove at once his hangmen and his Graves And ye fierce Tygers far more kind than he It 's you that now must end my misery Come rend my heart and from these purple Veines Suck with my Blood my Soul and all my Paines Silene afar off Fairest of Princesses thy Blood VVas not made to be Tygers food Such dainty flesh deserves to be From VVolves and Dogs fierce hunger free Ariadne continues not seeing them But why should I alass compassion crave Of Gods and Monsters who no pity have No more than Pow'r to give me ' ny relief No no! my Rage alone must end my Grief But hold heaven methinks hath heard my moan 'T hath so my spirits fail one sigh one groan Then Death welcome my Soul now steals away She falls into a Trance Silene Despair and grief prevail Unhappy day Clitton She swouns help help Bacchus Alass Silene She 's dead Clitton She 's gon● Silene runs and offers her Wine If thou canst drink one drop the cure is done Ariadne coming to her self But I do live alas my hopes are vain I see these Rocks these Woods these Hils again I see the Sea and with prosperous Gales My Ravisher o'r the fierce Billow's sails My wretched eyes must still with horror see That dreadful Object caus'd my misery That Monster of men O grief O rage O pain Ariadne growing furious of a sudden rushes into the Woods SCENE IV. 〈…〉 remain f●ll where they lay bid Bacchus Silene and Clitton come forward Bacchus O! What a Pow'r do sighs and tears obtain Over a tender Heart A weeping Eye Can soon disarm the greatest cruelty Poor Ariadne alass thy fatal

love Do's in my soul a secret feeling move Far above reach of common pitty now If it be'nt Love what else I do not know Exit Bacchus very pensive SCENE V. Enter Clitton Cloris Silene Clitton What say'st thou pretty Shepherdess To this fine thing call'd tenderness Cloris To that and all Love do's I say None but weak souls will by 't be led away Silene Love's Pow'r alass Who can resist Cloris That Mind whom reason does assist Clit. and Sil. Tell true Shepherdess Is thine so Clor. I cannot tell but this I know If mine is not from Passion free Yet over tender it ' l never be Clit. and Sil. To win thee then What must be done Cloris That 's a secret needs not be known Exit Clit. and Sil. mocking her That 's a secret SCENE VI. Enter Bellona and Megere Cloris and Philis frighted at the sight Cloris Oh! Heavens What a dreadful sight Is this godess of War and Fight With her Internal Sister Fury Oh! dearest Philis let us flee SCENE VII Megere Victorious godess When wilt thou Command and I shall overthrow These Hils these Rocks these Trees these Plains I 'l make the Devils break their Chains I 'l sow Discord and War among Mortals And fill the World with bloody Funerals Bellona No no! it 's neither blood nor slaughter I ask My valiant Arm shall undertake that task Conque'ring Bacchus slights our Pow'rs above And for Ariadne burns with profane love Of his new flame thou must the progress stop If thou canst not destroy his groundless hope Of gaining hers Let all that deadly hate That she for Theseus hath become his Fate The Fury with her burning Torch in her hand flies up into the Aire with Dragons following her The end of the Second Act. 2. Interlude 1. Mask-Entrey The Bacchants abhorring the falsity of Theseus run Furies-like their burning Torches in their hands to burn him in his Ship as they see him sail on the Sea but the waves and billowes do force them back to the shoar during the Conflict Thetis the godess of the Sea who is of kin to Bacchus and sees their bold attempt surges up out of the Water and strives to oppose their Rage The Bacchants persisting in their design the Sea-gods enter Second Entrey A huge Sea-Monster swimming near the Shoar where the Bacchants are still striving against the Waves enters Combat with them the Bacchants leave their Torches and with Darts wound the Monster whereupon he vomits out of his Jawes several Sea-gods and plunges into the Sea These fall a wrastling with the Bacchants and do form a regular fight after which they grasp each other fast in their armes and precipitate themselves all into the Sea ACT III. The Theater is chang'd into a Desart SCENE I. Enter Bacchus and Silene Bacchus to himself WHat is thy thought alass my Heart What do we seek in this dreadful Desart And what reward can our fond load obtain From one of sense bereft ourhopes are vain In the same soul Who is 't could ever see The greatest hate with greatest love agrree SCENE II. Enter Ariadne follow'd by Euphrosine one of the Graces Bacchus and Silene Ariadne Ye cruel thoughts of Anger and of Love That I may breathe a little O remove Bac. Fairest Princess it 's time to drie those tears He that creates your grief mindes not your fears For a Perfidious man O sigh no more Ariadne I sigh for him whom my soul does abhor Bac. Heaven from thee with justice parts One that ne'r knew thy high Deserts Ariad. Alas alas Bac. If thou wilt ease thy Paines Change change thy Love Ariadne After I 've broke his chaines Him for whose love alas I did betray My dearest Friends my Honor my Countrey Him for whose sake I'ndure such cruel smart Bac. Banish banish that Tyrant from thy heart Ariad. O Heaven where do's thy loud thunder lay Bac. Love love the gods it's far the safer way Ariad. Sure faith and truth are from all mortals flown Bac. Seek them on heaven then there they are gon Ariad. If e'r I yield to foolish Love again May heaven Just ..... Bac. Fairest Princess refrain Ariad. May heaven's severe vengeance on me fall Bac. Change change thy mind Ariad. My mind I never shall My Torment 's great yet it doth still increase Bac. And shall those tears Ariadne never cease Ariad. No! thus I 'l weep and sigh until I die Since death alone can end my misery SCENE III. Enter Venus Euphrosine Cupids Bacchus and Silene Venus He sighs at last Our great subdu'r of Kings And to Loves throne his vowes and homage brings Euphrosine Invincible Bacchus is over-matcht Venus His stubborn heart in fine by Love is catcht Let 's load him still with heavier Chaines He deserves that and greater paines And let the World by his example know Both gods and men must to our Empire bow Little Cupids fluttering about Bacchus do charm him with chaines of Flowers Bacchus I yield I yield Cupid must have the Crown He is Conqueror I do my defeat own But hold thy Victory 's imperfect still Until th' hast made Ariadne thy stroaks feel Venus She will in time help thee to bear the smart Bacc. How can that be if rage possess her heart Venus and Euphro Love o're the greatest griefs gets victory And she that once did love love can't deny SCENE IV. Exeunt Venus and Euphrosyne Bacc. Against Love's pow'r what can all powers do Force Valour Courage all must to him bow The most Valiant with greatest passion loves He that 's most free the greatest Captive proves The stoutest hearts alas in vain persist Victorious Cupid to resist SCENE V. Enter Mars Bellona Furies Souldiers Euphrosyne stays afar off a warlike Sympheny precedes Mars Bellona and Furies together Sound ye Trumpets ye Drums and Timbals beat To War to Arms let not our Foes retreat But ' stroy them all Bellona to the Furies Raise raise infernal Bands Charge charge them through it 's mighty Mars commands Mars Help Sister help Alecton Thesyphone Follow the god of War follow Bellone All three To arms to arms let 's all to th'Onset go This is the day we must confound our Foe Ritornella with Instruments Mars to Apollo and Diana Ye valiant Twins who from great Jove are sprung Who to revenge your thundring Father's wrong The daring Giants with your arrows slew Come to our aid and your great valour shew Bellon And thou whose mortal darts once purg'd the Earth Of dreadful Monsters come and shew thy wrath Apollo and Diana fly down from one side and Hercules from the other side of the Theatre to meet Mars and Bellona Here is danc't a warlike Dance of several Ensigns or Foot-Colours SCENE VI. Enter Bacchus Silene Symphonists of Mars Bellona Furies Souldiers Apollo Diana Hercules Mars Bellon To war to arms Apollo Dian. Hercul To war to arms all Ritornella as before Bellon Under our strokes let 's make our En'mies fall Apoll. Dian. Hercul March

valiant God! march march we 'll all follow Mars To our just wrath let 's sacrifice them now Bellon Let 's drench the Earth with streams of tears and blood As once Deucalion did by 's watry flood All them together To fight to fight to battel to arms Let 's fill the World with thousand harms SCENE VII Enter Bacchus Silene Euphrosyne who had stayed hid till then Mars to Bacchus Invincible Heroe great Bacchus thou Whose valiant Sword whole crops of Palms did mow Who o're the World such mighty Conquests made Wilt thou alone refuse to give us aid Euphrosyne runs to him O heavens what d'I hear help I 'm amaz'd To quench his Love they have his valor rais'd Poor Ariadne alas what is thy Fate Ariadne passes over the Theatre without speaking only sighs Aria Alas Bacchus spying her offers to run after her Bac. She 'l die she 'l die help e're it be too late She 's gone she 's gone alas He runs after her but is hindred by Mars Mars Wilt thou forsake Bacchus My soul alas which party canst thou take Shall Valour still or must the god of Love Over my heart this day triumphant prove Love I confess th' art sweet but Glory 's strong Bellon Follow Glory Love's Charms will lead thee wrong Euphro Love proves a guide more sweet more sure by far Bellon Honour and Triumph are the fruits of War Euphro O! follow follow Love Bellon O follow me Bacchus I 'le take thy counsel I 'le to glory flee Euphor runs to stop him What dost thou mean shall she perish alone Whom Heaven kind design'd to be thy own It 's done it 's done Cupid has got the day Let 's to her aid Euphrosyne lead the way Ex. Bacchus and Euphro Ritornella by Instruments Mars Well! since Bacchus will love let 'm please his mind Diana and Apollo More noble pleasures we will find To war to war arm arm let 's go Let 's extermine our daring Foe They all march away in order of battel Mars at the head of them Colours flying and Trumpets sounding SCENE VIII Enter Silene alone weeping Alas alas my chiefest joy My Foster-child my dearest Boy Must Love prevail then canst thou quit The sweet juice of the Grape to follow it What will become of thee dear Vine Now Bacchus for Love forsakes Wine And thou Bottle my secret friend Thy Pomp thy Glory 's at an end Bid adieu to all mirth and sport What man hereafter will thee court Since Bacchus for Cupid leaves Wine Thy Doom's now come as well as mine Ye Satyrs Fathers of the Grape Weep with me for this fatal Rape Bacchus alas is stoln away Come let 's in Earth poor Bottle lay Let 's mourn let 's sigh let 's grieve and pine Since our god for Love forsakes Wine Satyrs dancing and singing end the third Act. The third Intermede A Mask of Satyrs These Satyrs covered with Mourning Crepe in dancing take the Bottle out of Sylene's hands and joyning Lamentation with him do bury the same in a Tomb covered over with Cypress-branches and sing at its Funeral a mournful Ditty ACT VI. The Theatre is changed again Venus's Garden and Grotto appears where an Eccho answers SCENE I. Enter Damon a Shepherd Damon FArewel perfidious Love my flame is gone Thy cruel pow'r I will for ever shun That Soul who lives under thy Tyranny Lives not alas but dies continually Too long too long I 've prov'd a slave to thee Reason alone methinks should make me free But yet alas who can those wounds e're cure Thy Arrows make or liberty procure To hearts by thee subdued or loose those chains Thou fastnest once No no! I 'l bear thy pains And should my Fate always thus cruel prove Yet I 'm resolv'd to live and die in Love SCENE II. A Symphony of Flutes and Hoboys is answered by the Echo Cloris Phillis Damon Clitton hid among the Trees Cloris For one single pleasure a thousand pains A silly Shepherdess obtains When she to Courtship gives her mind And then alas if she proves kind The silly Shepherdess obtains For that single pleasure a thousand pains A second concert of Flutes echoed as before Clitton at the Echo For one short grief a thousand joys A discreet Shepherdess enjoys If she to Amoret does yield After sh 'as once resign'd the field A discreet Shepherdess enjoys For that one grief a thousand joys Cloris and Clitton at the Echo Griefs and pleasures joys and pains Are the sure portions of Love Whatever heart bears its chains Will at length certainly prove That the sure portions of Love Are griefs pleasures joys and pains SCENE III. Damon Cloris Clitton Phillis Damon Am I design'd alas the only wretch Whose Martyrdom eternity must reach Clit. Clor. Change Shepherd change thy affections remove Dam. Thou wrongest me cruel thy Martyr I 'le prove Clit. Yield Shepherd yield there 's no revenge Does taste so sweet as that of a Love-change Dam. Shepherd thou wrong'st me much I 'le constant be Clor. and Clit. By often change thou 'lt find one may love thee SCENE IV. Enter Ariadne Phillis Cloris and Clitton Ariad. Weep weep my wretched eyes weep your selves blind Clitton Love love a god most charming and most kind Aria 'T was Love alas that made my cruel pain I 'le suffer death rather than love again Phillis When a Shepherd proves unkind He must be serv'd in his kind When a Shepherd proves unkind I 'd do so if th'case was mine I declare I 'm one of those Who could ten false Lovers lose And yet never grieve nor pine SCENE V. Enter Venus and the three Graces Venus presenting Ariadne a Girdle that hath the vertue to inspire Love Venus From the Goddess of Love this gift receive It hath a pow'r to charm the greatest grief It can inspire a heart with mirth and love Ariad. That very name my soul to wrath does move Venus Fear thou nothing Ariadne this new fire Shall in thy soul nothing but joy inspire Ariad. Who can who shall alas my faith secure That though a god his flame will still endure Venus Conjugal vows he 's now ready to give As soon as he thy consent shall receive Ariadne suffers the Graces to tye Venus's Girdle about her Cloris Fairest Goddess who can'st inspire With thine own charms the hottest fire What need hast thou t' use other ties Than the sweet glances of thine eyes Ariad. Good gods what blessed change is this I find What sudden joy d'I feel possesses my mind Transports of bliss you do by far exceed Those cruel ones of grief ye did preceed Thou charming God! the more I think on thee The more I love But Heavens this is he I blush SCENE V. Enter Bacchus Clitton and Coribants Bacc. O cruel Ariadne who is 't you love Aria My mortal hate for one I 'le ne're remove My heart my soul shall ever him abhor Bacc. And yet you love Aria That 's little I do adore Bacc. Who then alas

can this blist Lover be Aria The best of gods the most charming that 's thee Bacc. Cruel Princess ye 're vext that you must owne My faithful passion is to your heart known Aria My looks my words will soon my soul betray Bacc. What bliss is mine Aria What honour Bacc. Happy day Ariad. O blessed change Bacc. How can 't possible be Aria So great a god should give himself to me Bacchus Can I believe my bliss is true Aria Dare I hope mine shall continue Clit. Euphro Hail happy pair of Lovers hail May your ardent Love never fail Long may you live under this sacred tie Till by Hymen you do each other enjoy SCENE VI. Enter Silene Coribants Venus and Graces Silene weeping Alas alas Venus What grief does thee possess Silene Prithee Venus thou canst my grief redress If thou'dst restore my Foster-Son again Venus to the Graces I will do so Pray Graces ease his pain Euphro He 's shrewdly hurt can he be kindlier us'd Silene How can he be by Love amus'd And court his dearest Bottle too Euphro Love well and drink well both Bacchus he may do Venus Good Father Silene let 's all agree Bacc. So he drinks brimmer still I 'le yield to thee All together His glory thus we 'l share in Wine 's delights He 'l spend the days in those of Love the nights Silen and Corib. repeat In Wine 's delights He 'l spend the days in those of Love all nights All the same again Satyrs dancing end the fourth Act. The fourth Intermede A Mask-Entry A Company of Satyrs having their heads crown'd with Ivy the Leaves of which are gilded their Horns twisted about with Chains of Flowers a Cup in their hand bring the Bottle which they buried before triumphantly out of the Tomb where it lay They set the same dancing on a little Throne made of green Turff strow'd with Flowers whilst other Satyrs are singing The Triumph ending a small Cloud comes down from above that steals away their Bottle up into Heaven leaving the Satyrs gazing with admiration ACT V. SCENE I. Enter Hoboys and Coribants drunk coming to the Feast the Hob●ys and Flutes joyn with the other Instruments A Corib. COme come see the new Bride Away Our god's Minion this is her day Blest be brave Theseus for his pain Who brought her hither Again again Another Corib. He leaves the Earth and with his Love Goes to live with the gods above O let 's all we his warlike Band Follow him thither glass in hand A third Corib. Let 'em drink Nectar and Ambrosie Their bliss I never shall envy Provided they send me good Wine Sweet Malvezy and Muscadine Ritornella with Instruments SCENE II. Enter Hoboys and other Coribants with Silene drunk Silene Hold is it day or is it night Every thing 's dark no! e're thing 's light It is day sure I hear the Swallows pratle It 's night I see a thousand Candles sparkle With o're thinking my thoughts distracted be My ears do tingle and buz what 's that I see What be these beasts or men here we may find Nymphs of all sorts and sizes some too kind Other too rough yet I 'm afraid Mong so many one scarce should find a Maid SCENE III. Enter Bacchus Ariad. Clitton with Hoboys Bacchus Ariad. both O sweetest pleasures blessed change From sighs and moans of madness and revenge To sighs and tears of greatest joy and bliss Ariad. My dearest god what happy change is this Bacchus My fairest goddess let 's now and ever live Under Love's Law and bliss on bliss receive My faith I pledge thee now here take my hand Ariad. For pledge of mine both life and soul command SCENE IV. Enter Phillis Clowns Hoboys Silene Coribants Clitton and Cloris Phillis Gather your Roses fair Nymphs do Gather Roses and Lillies too Bring whole heaps of Flowers newly born And strow the ways this glittering morn Let 's to our divinities pay Our joyful vows this happy day A Corib. Leave leave your Cells ye Sylvan gods With your shrill voices fill these woods With love with mirth and joy let 's all Celebrate this high Festival Cloris holding a Nosegay in her hand For an Offring here I have brought This fine Nosegay with my hands wrought Of Orange-flowers and Jasmies All I beg of your deities Is to keep me from hurtful fall From Wolves from Thieves and Love that 's worse than all She presents her Flowers to Ariadne who accepts them and gives the Girdle that Venus gave her The Shepherdess not knowing its vertue accepts and puts it on Ariadne Fair Shepherdess I do kindly receive Thy sweetest gift and in return I give This curious Gem to thee Silene presents his Bottle And as for me I give my Nurse my chiefest joy My kindest Miss my pretty Toy The object of my tenderest love Who did always my pain remove My Minion my sweet delight Whom I hug'd both day and night Ritornella Whilst the Instruments are playing the Ritornella Silene goes and fetches the honest Clowns his Neighbours whom be presents to the new married Couple Silene Please your godships divine These good Neighbours of mine Are come now To pay their vow SCENE V. Enter Clowns who being all drunk fall a dancing after their manner These Rusticks come to dance at Bacchus's Wedding bringing with them Presents of such things as their Village affords some bring in their Baskets Sausages others Eggs dy'd in several colours and other Truffs Old Silene while they are dancing changes their Baskets and gives them others where instead of Sawsages they find live Eels instead of Eggs Frogs and for Truff live Rats SCENE VI. Enter Damon Clitton Cloris Hoboys Clowns Damon What can alas a Shepherd to gods give Whose wretched heart does always pine and grieve What can a Lover full of trouble and fears Offer this day but only sighs and tears Clit. Cease Shepherd cease to trouble our joy Thou shalt e're long thy Love enjoy Heaven hath heard thy plaint and thou shalt see This joyful day thy Cloris kind to thee Every thing here both gods and mortals too Laughs loves and strives each other to outdo Dam. How does my Shepherdess From her levity cease Clit. This day this day of love Shall a day of wonders prove Dam. Thy cruelty is gone Cloris Sing sing thy work is done All together This is the day this day of Love This day of love Will a day of great wonders prove Ritornella with the Instruments SCENE VII All the Actors are seen in this last Scene Hoboys and Symphonists of Venus playing Shepherds Sheph rdesses and Clowns A glittering Palace comes down from Heaven on the middle of which is seen a Royal Throne over the Throne hands a Crown made of seven Precious Stones the Crown suspended by four little Cupids flying Venus with the three Graces sits on the Throne with Bands of Symphonists about her During the Symphony the Palace and Throne descend slowly upon the Theatre where being fixt Venus and the Graces come down from the Throne and taking the new married Pair lead them by the hand and place them on the same Bacchus in the middle Ariadne on his right Venus on his left hand and the Graces at their feet Symphonists play Venus Bacchus at last yields to our Arms A Beauty by her pow'rful Charms With my help makes his heart her own Little Cupids therefore give her the Crown Euphro Flie flie to this great Festival Ye little Loves flie thither all Ye were th' Authors of her desires Put on her your richest Attires Place on her head that glittering Crown She has deserved it it's her own The seven Gems which compos'd her Crown are inflam'd of a sudden and chang'd into so many bright Stars known in Heaven by the name of Ariadnes Hair Venus Euphro Hail Hail new goddess hail Silene Clitton Coribants Cloris Damon Damon Hail for ever fair Princess hail Cloris O may we like them spend our days Free from trouble and pain always Euphro In midst of loves and smiles and sports Silene In all pleasures the Table affords Let 's drink Venus Let 's love All together O let us love and drink and sing And let the Echo's ring Venus Euphro For ever hail our new goddess Silene Clit. Corib. Cloris Damon For ever live our most lovely Princess All together again with the Instruments Let 's drink let 's love and sing all day Let Love and Bacchus live alway The Clowns dance to the sound of voices and Instruments all the while the Palace is drawing up FINIS