Since by the strong ascendant of his arm

Saturn his father fell: he to the gods

Appoints the laws, and he their honours names.

So sing the Muses; dwellers on the mount

Of heaven: nine daughters of the mighty Jove:

Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato,

Polymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia,

Urania, Clio, and Calliope:

The chiefest she: who walks upon the steps

Of kingly judges in their majesty: