And all the world in state vnmoued stands,

As their Almightie maker first ordained,

And bound them with inuiolable bands;

Else would the waters ouerflow the lands,

And fire deuoure the ayre, and hell[187] them quight,

But that she holds them with her blessed hands.

She is the nourse of pleasure and delight,

And vnto Venus grace the gate doth open right.

By her I entring halfe dismayed was, xxxvi

But she in gentle wise me entertayned,