The eldest two, most sober, chast, and wise,
Fidelia[°] and Speranza virgins were,
Though spousd, yet wanting wedlocks solemnize:
But faire Charissa[°] to a lovely fere
Was lincked, and by him had many pledges dere.
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Arrived there, the dore they find fast lockt;
For it was warely watched night and day,
For feare of many foes: but when they knockt,