QVATORZAIN. 1 Berecynthia.
Berecinthia
alias Rhea Cybele Ops Vesta,
Tellus, &c. as Hesiodus faith was
the daughter of Cœlum and Terra the
wife of Saturne commonly called the
mother of the gods & goddesses of the
earth; whome Poets faine to be drawne by foure
Lions in a chariot with a crowne of Towres on her
head and a royall scepter in her hand, she is also reputed
the founder of Cities and Towres for defence.
Drawne in my Royall chariot, crownd with Torwes,
Through all the kingdoms of the centred earth
With a great Traine of the celestiall Powres
That from my wombe tooke their immortall birth,
Descend I as chiefe mourner from the skye,
To solemnize this Countesse funerall,
And crowne her fame with immortalitie,
Although her bodie now to death be thrall:
My daughter Cynthia whilome lou'd her deare,
Noble she was by vertue, birth, and match,
Match'd with a Peare, yet matchles without Peare,
For Peareles she, did others ouer match,
Wherefore the Fates growne enuious of her praise
For vertues sake, abridg'd her earthlie daies.
