And at her feete a Crocodile was rold,
That with her wreathed[311] taile her middle did enfold.
One foote was set vppon the Crocodile, vii
And on the ground the other fast did stand,
So meaning to suppresse both forged guile,
And open force: and in her other hand
She stretched forth a long white sclender wand.
Such was the Goddesse; whom when Britomart
Had long beheld, her selfe vppon the land
She did prostrate, and with right humble hart,