Assuredly it is just that we should adore like a god one who commands with wisdom.
His heart is profound and he has been given the knowledge of how to rule.
Thus his power increases, image of boldness divine and of justice that cannot be moved,
Like a tree above a well where men and herds come to drink.
And his spirit is like a marvellous fig tree
Together disclosing the flowers and the fruit.
The First Subaltern: As for the army that he has brought to this place—
The Standard Bearer: Never has such an army been seen! And one would think it was led by Love himself.
All see it from afar like a golden flower in the grass.
And, dearer than the face of his wife, each one of these gross men