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Acte II, sc. i

3. Ibid., 73: « But in sooth Endimion, without more ceremonies, is it not Cynthia? »

4, Ibid., 75 : « You know Tellus, that of the Gods we are forbidden to dispute, because theyr dieties come not within the compasse of our reasons; and of Cynthia we are allowed not to talke but to wonder, because her vertues are not within the reach of our capacities, etc. »

5. « Take heede Endimion, lest like the Wrastler in Olimpia, that striuing to lifte an impossible weight catcht an incurable straine, thou by fixing thy thoughts aboue thy reach, fal into a disease without al recure. But I see thou art now in loue with Cynthia » (II, i, 89-92).

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