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Excerpt: ...favours all advent'rous Souls: I'll now to Philip; tell him my Success, And rouse up every Spark of Vigour in him: He will conceive fresh Hopes, and be more zealous. Scene II. Ponteach's Cabin. Ponteach , an Indian Conjurer , and French Priest . Ponteach. Well! have you found the Secret of my Dream, By all your Cries, and Howls, and Sweats, and Prayers? Or is the Meaning still conceal'd from Man, And only known to Genii and the Gods? Conjurer. Two Hours I've lain within the sultry Stove, While Floods of Sweat ran trickling from my Skin; With Howls and Cries and all the Force of Sound Have I invok'd your Genius and my own, Smote on my Breast, and beat against my Head,Pg 160 To move an Answer, and the Secret learn. But all in vain, no Answer can I have, Till I first learn what secret Purposes And great Designs are brooding in your Mind. Priest. At our pure Virgin's Shrine I've bowed my Knees, And there in fervent Prayer pour'd out my Soul; Call'd on Saint Peter, call'd on all the Saints That know the Secrets both of Heaven and Earth, And can reveal what Gods themselves can do: I've us'd the Arts of our most holy Mother, Which I receiv'd when I forsook the World, And gave myself to Holiness and Heaven; But can't obtain the Secret of your Dream, Till I first know the Secrets of your Heart, Or what you hope or wish to be effected. 'Tis on these Terms we learn the Will of God, What Good or Ill awaits on Kings or Kingdoms; And without this, St. Peter's Self can't tell, But at a Dream like yours would be confounded. Ponteach. You're well agreed
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- PublisherRareBooksClub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1153817640
- ISBN 13 9781153817646
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages38
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