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" ...]attended by_ VERTUMNUS, _god of trees and fruit, and by_ PALEMON, _god of the streams. Each of these gods conducts a troup of divinities; one leads in his train_ DRYADS _and_ SYLVANS, _and the other_ RIVER GODS _and_ NAIADS. FLORA _sings the following lines, to invite_ VENUS _to descend upon earth_: -- FLORA. The din of battle is stayed; The mightiest king of earth His arms aside has laid; Of peace'tis now the birth Descend thou, lovely Venus, And blissful hours grant us VERTUMNUS _and_ PALEMON, _and the divinities who attend them, join their voices to that of_ FLORA, _and sing the following words_.-- CHORUS OF DIVINITIES _of the earth and streams, composed of_ FLORA, NYMPHS, ...]."