Was, (O what now availeth that I was!)
Borne the sole daughter of an Emperour,[°]
He that the wide West under his rule has,
And high hath set his throne, where Tiberis doth pas.
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He in the first flowre of my freshest age,
Betrothed me unto the onely haire[°]
Of a most mighty king, most rich and sage;
Was never Prince so faithfull and so faire,