"Drynke now thy fyll of thy desired draught."
T. Sackville,
A Mirrour for Magistraytes
("The Complaynt," 1587).
Cythere'a, Venus; so called from Cythe'ra (now Cerigo), a mountainous island of Laco'nia, noted for the worship of Aphrodite (or Venus). The tale is that Venus and Mars, having formed an illicit affection for each other, were caught in a delicate net made by Vulcan, and exposed to the ridicule of the court of Olympus.
He the fate [
May sing
]
Of naked Mars with Cytherea chained.
Akenside,