For lo, the flower of the Pelasgian lords,

Whose sway Thessalia's far-extending plains

Acknowledge, seeks thy hand in lawful wedlock.

Great Tethys waits to claim thee for her own,

And Thetis, whose majestic deity

Doth rule the swelling sea, and all the nymphs

Who dwell within its depths. As Pyrrhus' bride880

Thou shalt be called the child of Peleus old,

And Nereus the divine.

Then change the garb