And not forthwith enamour'd be!
[4947]Cujus a vertice ac nigricantibus oculis,
Tale quiddam spiral ac ab aurea Venere.
From her black eyes, and from her golden face
As if from Venus came a lovely grace.
Now last of all, I will show you by what means beauty doth fascinate, bewitch, as some hold, and work upon the soul of a man by the eye. For certainly I am of the poet's mind, love doth bewitch and strangely change us.
[4952]Ludit amor sensus, oculos perstringit, et aufert
Libertatem animi, mira nos fascinat arte.
Credo aliquis daemon subiens praecordia flammam
Concitat, et raptam tollit de cardine mentem.