“The fruit were golden Apples glistering bright,
That goodly was their glory to behold;
On earth no better grew, nor living wight
E’er better saw, but they from hence[17] were sold;
For those which Hercules, with conquest bold,
Got from great Atlas’ daughters, hence began,
And planted there, did bring forth fruit of gold,
And those with which th’ Eubœan young man wan [won]
Swift Atalanta, when, through craft, he her outran.
“Here also sprang that goodly golden fruit