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before the Sun with the broom of his
rays had cleared away the soot of the
Night he set out for the chase; and, on
his way, he came to a wood where,
beneath the awning of the leaves, the
Shades has assembled to maintain their
sway, and to make a conspiracy against
the Sun. The ogre, seeing him coming,
turned himself into a handsome doe;
which, as soon as Candleaurum
perceived he began to give chase to her.
Then the doe doubled and turned, and
led him about hither and thither at such
a rate, that at last she brought him into
the very heart of the wood, where she
raisedsucha tremendous _______
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