For so exceeding shone his glistring ray,

That Phœbus golden face it did attaint,

As when a cloud his beames doth over-lay;

And silver Cynthia[°] wexed pale and faint,

As when her face is staynd with magicke arts constraint.

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No magicke arts hereof had any might,

Nor bloudie wordes of bold Enchaunters call;

But all that was not such as seemd in sight,[°]