Qui est l’auteur de ces maux avenus?—Venus. Qu’étois-je avant d’entrer en ce passage?—Sage. Qu’est-ce qu’aimer et se plaindre souvent?—Vent. Dis-moi quelle est celle pour qui j’endure?—Dure. Sent-elle bien la douleur qui me point?—Point. In _The Progresses of Queen Elizabeth_ there is detailed a masque, which was enacted for her Majesty’s pleasure, in which a dialogue was held with Echo “devised, penned, and pronounced by Master Gascoigne, and that upon a very great sudden.” Here are three of the verses:— Well, Echo, tell me yet, How might I come to see This comely Queen of whom we talk? Oh, were she now by thee! By thee. By me? oh, were that true, How might I see her face? How might I know her from the rest, Or judge her by her grace? Her grace. Well, then, if so mine eyes Be such as they have been, Methinks I see among them all This same should be the Queen. The Queen. LONDON BEFORE THE RESTORATION. What want’st thou that thou art in this sad taking? a king. What made him hence move his residing? siding. Did any here deny him satisfaction? faction. Tell me whereon this strength of faction lies? on lies. What didst thou do when King left Parliament? lament. What terms wouldst give to gain his company? any. But thou wouldst serve him with thy best endeavor? ever. What wouldst thou do if thou couldst here behold him? hold him. But if he comes not, what becomes of London? undone. The following song was written by Addison:— Echo, tell me, while I wander O’er this fairy plain to prove him, If my shepherd still grows fonder, Ought I in return to love him? _Echo._—Love him, love him. If he loves, as is the fashion, Should I churlishly forsake him? Or, in pity to his passion, Fondly to my bosom take him? _Echo._—Take him, take him.