Till that at last the gentle Amoret

Likewise assayd, to proue that girdles powre;

And hauing it about her middle set,

Did find it fit, withouten breach or let.

Whereat the rest gan greatly to enuie:

But Florimell exceedingly did fret,

And snatching from her hand halfe angrily

The belt againe, about her bodie gan it tie.

Yet nathemore would it her bodie fit; xx

Yet nathelesse to her, as her dew right,