‘Most desperate thou, and by abetting bold,

That dost outwit me, prove thee as I can.

Yet this work is not thine: there is but one

Of all the gods who coud the thing have done.

Hast thou a friend too in the lusty Pan?

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‘I’ll give thee trial where he cannot aid.’

Which said, she led her to a torrid land,

Level and black, but not with flood or shade,

For nothing coud the mighty heat withstand,