QVATORZAIN. 6. Thetis.
Thetis called also Amphitrite the wife of Peleus
King of Thessalie, daughter of Nereus and mother
of Achilles was esteemed Goddesse of the Sea: of
Nereus all the Nymphes were called Nereides.
From th'vnknowne kingdome of th' Antipodes,
And from the farthest bonds of th'Ocean maine,
Attended with troopes of Nereides,
And charming Syrens, that supporte my traine:
Mou'd with the gentle murmure of the streames,
That seeme for humane miseries to weepe,
I that doe kisse the Sunnes transplendent beames,
When he in Neptunes bosome falls asleepe;
Come to this famous land in waues of woe,
Like to a Queene in mourning weedes araide,
Crowned with cares, because mans mortall foe,
The Tyrant death, his tragick part hath plaide;
Sea more lamentes than all the worlde beside,
His true loues losse that late in England dyde.
