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,