Eri. But if I wished to consult you in this choice?
Sos. If you were to consult me, I should feel very much perplexed.
Eri. You could not tell me which of the two you think most worthy of preference?
Sos. If I were to be judge, I should find no one worthy of that honour. All the princes of the world would be too mean to aspire to you; the gods alone can pretend to you, and you would have from men but incense and sacrifice.
Eri. This is very kind, and I esteem you my friend. But I must have you tell me for which of the two you feel the greatest inclination, and which is the one you reckon your friend?
SCENE V.——ERIPHYLE, SOSTRATUS, CHORŒBUS.
Cho. Madam, the princess is coming to fetch you to go to the wood of Diana.
Sos. (aside). Alas! how seasonably you came in.
SCENE VI.——ARISTIONE, ERIPHYLE, IPHICRATES, TIMOCLES, SOSTRATUS, ANAXARCHUS, CLITIDAS.
Ari. You are asked for, my daughter, and there are some who are much pained by your absence.