These, equal both in strength and years, shall join Their willing aid, and follow your design, With the first southern gale that shall present To fill your sails, and favour your intent.”

With such discourse they entertain the day; The evening pass’d in banquets, sport, and play; Then, having crown’d the night with sweet repose, Aurora (with the wind at east) arose. Now Pallas’ sons to Cephalus resort, And Cephalus with Pallas’ sons to court, To the king’s levee; him sleep’s silken chain And pleasing dreams beyond his hour detain; But then the princes of the blood, in state, Expect and meet them at the palace gate.