find themselves in the same cave. I will be there, and,

if I may count on your sanction, will unite her to him in

lasting wedlock, and consecrate her his for life. Thus

shall Hymen[172] give us his presence.” The Queen of

Cythera makes no demur, but nods assent, smiling at the 10

trick she has found out.

Meanwhile Aurora has risen, and left the ocean. Rising

with the day-star, the chivalry of Carthage streams

through the gates, their woven toils, and nets, and hunting-spears

tipped with broad iron, and Massylian horsemen 15