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,