Menippus
knew it by the Voice to be the Prayer of his Friend
Licander
the Philosopher. This was succeeded by the Petition of one who had just laden a Ship, and promised
Jupiter
, if he took care of it, and returned it home again full of Riches, he would make him an Offering of a Silver Cup.
Jupiter
thanked him for nothing; and bending down his Ear more attentively than ordinary, heard a Voice complaining to him of the Cruelty of an
Ephesian
Widow, and begging him to breed Compassion in her Heart: This, says