Pactolus glistring with his golden flood,

And Tygris fierce, whose streames of none may be withstood.

Great Ganges, and immortall Euphrates, xxi

Deepe Indus, and Mæander intricate,

Slow Peneus, and tempestuous Phasides,

Swift Rhene, and Alpheus still immaculate:

Ooraxes,[206] feared for great Cyrus fate;

Tybris, renowmed for the Romaines fame,

Rich Oranochy, though but knowen late;

And that huge Riuer, which doth beare his name