Vpon the taking of Paris.
1
When Paris (happily) was wonne
With small or no endangering,
Such sudden common ioy begunne,
That one would say (t'haue seen the thing)
Th'King took not Paris, Paris took the King.
2
O rarest sight of ioyfull woe,
Adorned with delightfull dread;
When Henry with one selfe-same showe,
Conquer'd at once and triumphed!
3
Sith thee from danger and distress to free,
The King thus took, or rather entred thee;
Paris, it was not in stern Mars his Moneth,
But in the month that mild Astræa owneth.
