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Does Panthea and Pergamus still wait at the Tomb of Verus , or Chabrias, and Diotimus, at that of Adrian? 15 That would be stuff indeed! And what if they were there, would those Princes be sensible of the Service? Granting they were, what satisfaction would it be to them? And suppose they were pleased, would these Waitors last always ? and be Immortal? Are they not doom'd to Age and Death, with the rest of Mankind? And when they are dead, what a pickle would the Royal Ghosts be in, for want of their Attendance? Alass! These Fancies have nothing in them; All this Ceremony must end at last in Stench and Dust.