(Such honour's dictates) to discover spite;

And this she truly did, while in her mind,

To be revenged she fully was inclined.

FOR once, good reader, I should wish thee wife;

Or otherwise, thou never can'st in life,

Conceive the lengths a woman oft will go,

Whose breast is filled with wrath and secret woe.

A mortal was allowed these charms to view,

Which others' eyes could never dare pursue.

Such treasures were for gods, or rather kings