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And after these, the Princely virgin Bride,
On whom all eyes were fastned, did diuide
Her gentle paces, being led betweene
Two Goddesses, the one arai'd in greene,
On which the curious needle vndertooke
To make a forest: here a bubling brooke
Diuides two thickets: through the which doth flie
The singled Deere, before the deepe-mouth'd Crie,
That closely followes: There th'affrighted Herd
Stands trembling at the musicke, and afeard
Of euery shadow, gazes to and fro,
Not knowing where to stay, or where to goe;
Where, in a Launskip, you may see the Faunes,
Following their crying mothers o're the Lawnes;
The other was in robes, the purer dye
Whereof, did represent the midday sky,
Full of black clouds; through which, the glorious beams
Of the obscured Sun appeares, and seemes
As 'twere to scatter; and at length, to shed
His brighter glory, on a fruitfull bed
Of noisome weeds; from whence, you might discerne
A thousand painfull Bees extract and earne
Their sweet prouision; and, with laden thighes,
To beare their waxy burthens: On this wise
The princely Bride was led betwixt these two,
The first, was she, that on Acteons brow
Reueng'd her naked Chastity; the other
Was she, to whom Ioues pregnant braine was mother
Through Vulcans helpe; and these did iointly hold
Vpon her head, a Coronet of gold;
Whose traine Dianas virgin crew, all crown'd
With golden wreathes, supported from the ground.