LXXII.
[Oceanus not long agoe decreed]
In this Sonnet The Authour seemeth to specifie, that his Beloued
maketh her aboade in this our beautifull and faire Citty
of London, situate vpon the side of the Themse, called in latine
Thamesis. And therefore, whilst he faineth, that Thamesis
is honourably to be conueyed hence by all the Gods, towardes
the Palace of old Nereus, he seemeth to growe into
some iealosie of his mistres, whose beautie if it were as well
known to thē, as it is to him, it would (as he saith) both deserue
more to be honoured by thē, and please Tryton much
better, then Thamesis, although she be the fairest daughter
of old Oceanus.
Oceanus not long agoe decreed
To wedd his dearest daughter Thamesis
To Tryton Neptunes sonne, and that with speede:
When Neptune sawe the match was not amisse,
Hee prayde the Gods from highest to the least,
With him to celebrate the Nuptiall feast,
Ioue did descend with all his heau'nly trayne,
And came for Thamesis to London side,
In whose conduct each one imployd his paine
To reuerence the state of such a Bride:
But whilst I sawe her led to Nereus Hall,
My iealous heart begann to throbb withall.
I doubted I, lest any of that crewe,
In fetching Thamesis, shoud see my Loue,
Whose tising face is of more liuely hewe,
Then any Saintes in earth, or heau'n aboue:
Besides, I fear'd, that Tryton would desire
My Loue, and let his Thamesis retyre.
