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Jupiter (Canada) (search for this): book 9, card 1
on, for I am come to plead your daughter's cause and mine—So you may make me son-in-law.,—’ no sooner was it said, than Hercules in such words also claimed the virgin's hand: all others quickly yielded to our claims. “He boasted his descent from Jupiter; the glory of his labors and great deeds performed at his unjust stepmother's wish. “But as he was not then a God, it seemed disgraceful if my state should yield my right; so I contended with these haughty words, ‘Why should this alien of a forescent is not so regal! This tremendous boast, that you, Alcmena's son, are sprung from Jove, falls at the touch of truth;—or it reveals the shame of a weak mother, who so gained your doubtful glory of descent from Heaven! Prove your descent from Jupiter is false, or else confess you are the son of shame!’ “But Hercules, unable to control the flame of his great wrath, scowled as I spoke. He briefly answered me, ‘My hand excels my tongue; let me now overcome in fight, and I may suffe