CHORUS PUERORUM. Vos lætam fluviis et nemorum comâ, Quæcunque aut gelido prominet Algido, Nigris aut Erymanthi Silvis, aut viridis Cragi: CHORUS PUELLARUM. Vos Tempe totidem tollite laudibus, UTERQUE CHORUS. Hic bellum lachrymosum, hic miseram famem Persas atque Britannos, Vestra motus aget prece. Second Concert. Chorus of Youths. 50 55 60 CONCENTUS TERTIUS. AD APOLLINEM ET DIANAM. Preces pro imperii et imperatoris incolumitate. UTERQUE CHORUS. PHOEBE, silvarumque potens Diana, Lucidum cœli decus, O colendi Semper, et culti, date, quæ precamur Tempore sacro: Quo Sibyllini monuêre versus, Virgines lectas puerosque castos, Dîs, quibus septem placuêre colles, CHORUS PUERORUM. Alme Sol, curru nitido diem qui CHORUS PUELLARUM. Ritè maturos aperire partus Genytellis. Bentl. 65 70 75 80 THIRD CONCERT. TO APOLLO AND DIANA. Prayers for the safety of the empire and emperor. CHORUS OF YOUTHS AND VIRGINS. PHOEBUS, and thou, Diana, sovereign of the woods, ye illustrious ornaments of the heavens, O ever-worthy of adoration, and ever adored, bestow what we pray for at this sacred season: at which the Sybilline verses have given directions, that select virgins and chaste youths should sing a hymn to the Deities, to whom the seven hills of Rome are acceptable. CHORUS OF YOUTHS. Oh genial sun, who in your splendid car draw forth and obscure the day, and who arise another and the same; may it never be in your power to behold any thing more glorious than the city of Rome! CHORUS OF VIRGINS. * Oh Ilithyia, who art of lenient power to produce the timely birth, protect the matrons in la-` bour; whether you choose the title of Lucina, or Ilithyia, Lucina, and Genytellis, other names for Diana. Diva, producas sobolem; Patrumque UTERQUE CHORUS. Certus undenos* decies per annos Nocte frequentes, Vosque veraces cecinisse Parcæ, Quod semel dictum est, stabilisque rerumt Terminus servet, bona jam peractis Jungite fata. Fertilis frugum pecorisque tellus CHORUS PUERORUM. Condito mitis, placidusque telo CHORUS PUELLARUM. Siderum regina bicornis audi, UTERQUE CHORUS. Roma si vestrum est opus, Iliæque 85 90 95 100 * Certus ut denos. Stabilis per ævum. Bentl. Genitalis. Oh Goddess, multiply our offspring; and prosper the decrees of the senate, in relation to the joining of women in wedlock, and the matrimonial law about to teem with a new race: CHORUS OF YOUTHS AND VIRGINS. That the stated revolution of an hundred and ten years may bring back the hymns and the games, three times by bright day-light resorted to in crowds, and as often in the welcome night. And you, ye fatal sisters, infallible in having predicted what is now established, and what the settled order of things preserves, add propitious fates to those already past. Let the earth, fertile in fruits and flocks, present Ceres with a sheafy crown: may both salubrious rains, and Jupiter's pure air, cherish the young brood. CHORUS OF YOUTHS. Apollo, mild and gentle with your sheathed arrows, hear the suppliant youths. CHORUS OF VIRGINS. Oh moon, thou horned queen of stars, hear the Virgins. CHORUS OF YOUTHS AND VIRGINS. If Rome be your work, and the Trojan troops arrived on the Tuscan shore, the part commanded by your oracles to change their homes and city by a successful navigation: For whom the pious Æneas, |