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" Naiades out of the fountains, and bringeth down five of the Hyades out of the clouds, to dance. Hereupon, Iris scoffs at Mercury, for that he had devised a dance but of one sex, which could have no life; but Mercury, who was provided for that exception,... "
The Descent of Liberty: A Mask - Page xxxviii
by Leigh Hunt - 1815 - 82 pages
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Love's cure; or, The martial maid. Women pleas'd. The night-walker; or, The ...

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 630 pages
...who was provided for that exception, and in token that the match should be blessed both with lov» and riches, calleth forth out of the groves four Cupids,...gold and silver to dance with the nymphs and stars: iu which dance, the, Cupids being blind, and the statues having but half life put into them, and retaining...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 4

Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 612 pages
...Mercury, who «a» provided for that exception, and in token that the match should be blessed both w th love and riches, calleth forth out of the groves four Cupids, and brings down from Jupiter's iiltar four statues of gold and silver to dance with the nymphs and stars: hi which dunce, the Cupids...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 4

Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1811 - 620 pages
...Mercury, who was provided for that exception, and in token that the match should be blessed both with lore and riches, calleth forth out of the groves four Cupids, and brings clown from Jupiter's altar four statues of gold and silver to dance with the nymphs and stars : in...
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The Works of Beaumont & Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New ..., Volume 2

Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1843 - 592 pages
...for that exception, and in token that the match should be blessed both with love and riches, calkth forth out of the groves four Cupids, and brings down from Jupiter's altar four Statuas c of gold and silver to dance with the Nymphs and Stars : in which dance, the Cupids being...
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The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher: The Text Formed from a New ..., Volume 1

Francis Beaumont - 1854 - 976 pages
...for thai exception, and in token that the match should be, blessed both with lore and riches, calleih forth out of the groves four Cupids, and brings down from Jupiter's altar four Statuas a of gold and silver to dance with the Nymphs and Stars : itt which dance, the Cupide being...
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English Masques

Herbert Arthur Evans - 1909 - 338 pages
...device,—for that rivers in nature are maintained either by springs from beneath or showers from above,—he raiseth four of the Naiades out of the fountains,...Cupids, and brings down from Jupiter's altar four Statuas'of gold and silver to dance with the Nymphs and Stars: in which dance, the Cupids being blind,...
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The Elizabethan People

Henry Thew Stephenson - 1910 - 552 pages
...but, as it were, in consort, like to broken music; and, preserving the propriety of the device, — for that rivers in nature are maintained either by...Cupids, and brings down from Jupiter's altar four Statuas of gold and silver, to dance with the Nymphs and Stars ; in which dance, the Cupids being blind,...
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The Elizabethan People

Henry Thew Stephenson - 1910 - 564 pages
...and, pre•ng the propriety of the device, — for that ^ in nature are maintained either by springs beneath or showers from above, — he raiseth four...Cupids, and brings down from Jupiter's altar four Statuas of gold and silver, to dance with the Nymphs and Stars ; in which dance, the Cupids being blind,...
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The Elizabethan People

Henry Thew Stephenson - 1910 - 568 pages
...riches, calleth forth out of the groves four Cupids, and brings down from Jupiter's altar four Statuas of gold and silver, to dance with the Nymphs and Stars...; in which dance, the Cupids being blind, and the Statuas having but half life put into them, and retaining still somewhat of their old nature, giveth...
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The Court Masque: A Study in the Relationship Between Poetry & the Revels

Enid Welsford - 1927 - 486 pages
...at Mercury, for that he had devised a Dance but of one sex, which could have no life; but Mercury... calleth forth out of the groves four Cupids, and brings...Dance, the Cupids being blind and the statues having but half-life put into them, and retaining still somewhat of their old nature, giveth fit occasion...
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