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flattered there.—And why? because the thing is impossible.

Phanor's confidence and discourse made the courtiers' hearts shrink within them. After dinner, the genius sent to inform Learchus and Tarsis he was ready to receive them; and the former arriving first, Phanor interrogated him concerning Tarsis.

I hate him, replied Lenrchus, though the principle of my hatred obliges me to dissemble; I wish to seem equitable; secretly I calumniate, publickly I praise him, but in an artful manner; I have no intention to do him justice, but to persuade the world I do.

You hear said the genius, whispering Chrisel, with a smile of penetration; such is the envy of which I have just now spoke, and hence you may imagine whether I do not know the human heart.

Tarsis entered, and, after a moment's conversation, Phanor unfolded his manuscript: the two authors placed themselves opposite Philamir, and the courtiers by his side, and the genius thus began:

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