Excerpt from The Devil Upon Two Sticks: Translated From the Diable BoiteuxTake this opportunity of acquainting you, that that is publifhed a new edition of the devil upon two flicks: Notwithfianding the antipathy that all mankind have conceiyed, ever fince the. Original fin pf. Adam, againfi the race of fallen angels, every body'loves Afmodeus. He is read, . He is care¿kd 5 never was devil fo fondled. True it is he might have appeared to Cleofas under a femewhat more gracious figure fuch as the poets reprefent'him, when she is introduced. Under the fpecious appellation of Cltpid. But he {corned to nfe any difguife to his deliverer, and fhewed him 5 original uglinefs, as a proof he had a mind to deal (mrely with him, and an in¿ame of fihcerjty it was not very common for how many lov¢ns are there, who never had once an opportunity of beholding the faces. Of their mi d'trefiies sully in their native, and without borrowed f shuns? Andoafter all, Inch 33 we &e, * him, he appease more like the god of pleafure, than: in all thofc beauties and graces theanciems have hefiow ed upon him, when they equip him as the god fnf 10m, and his mantle, with its ingenious emf blame, becomes him better than the fillet, thegild-f ed wings. And the [candies quiver.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.