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DIALOGUE II. |
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DIALOGUE II.
------Quæ nec reticere loquenti,
Nec prior ipsa loqui potuit.
Nec prior ipsa loqui potuit.
Again I call; sweet Maid, come echo me.
Echo.
Eccomi!
Tell me, of what consists the heart of Gaul:
Echo.
Of gall.
Her mad caprices in her ancient shape;
Echo.
Ape!
Her present taste, for blood and riot eager.
Echo.
Tigre!
Tell, of what God her sons are now the votaries;
Echo.
Αρης.
And whose before, so wolvish grown and ravenous:
Echo.
Venus.
Wretches, as changeful as the changing ocean!
Echo.
O chiens!
Au roi, qui les aimoit, ils ont frappé le cou—
Echo.
Πελεκκου.
Ma sotto i ré erano sempre allégri.
Echo.
All agree.
Τις δε τοσην αυτοις ενεπνευσ' Υπατου θρησκειαν;
Echo.
Cayenne.
Aliquid mali molitur in nos consilî:
Echo.
Silly!
Cumque illo miles Batavus conjurat amicè.
Echo.
Rot 'em, I say.
Where would his Brest fleet in our empire land?
Echo.
Ireland.
Αλλοθι δ' (ο γ' ηπειλ' εισβαλειν διηνεκως.
Echo.
En Ecosse.
Quisnam illum à Scotis manet exitus, auspice Moirâ?
Echo.
Μοιρα.
Spem forsan nullam, Moirâ ibi jam duce, habet!
Echo.
Deuce a bit.
Εις Αγγλικον δ'ηκειν ισως νοει τοδι.
Echo.
To die.
How best shall we 'scape this invasion's alarm?
Echo.
All arm.
Then, Englishmen, rush to the field, 'tis your duty:
Echo.
Δευτε.
Be no longer the dupes of an Amiens truce.
Echo.
Ruse!
(Ην δολος, ου φιλια: του δ'εκ φρενος ηλυθεν αντος;
Echo.
Otto's.)
Furem ego contundam, qui te rapere audet, agelle:
Echo.
To a jelly.
Angliaque externos facilè opprimet ipsa latrones.
Echo.
At her own ease.
And dost thou wish the throne restored by Moreau?
Echo.
Oro.
Then from his height falls dread Napoleon;
Echo.
Apollyon!
(Scilicet hunc Anglus vocat, hunc Hebræus Abaddon!
Echo.
A bad one.)
And then the world, now scared, will laugh at him:
Echo.
Affatim
Il reste donc à souhaiter, que la France lui désobeît.
Echo.
So be it!
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