Sic quae nigrior est cadente moro,

Cerussata sibi placet Lychoris.

So toothless Aegle seems a pretty one,

Set out with new-bought teeth of Indy bone:

So foul Lychoris blacker than berry

Herself admires, now finer than cherry.

[4974]Soon could I make my brow to tyrannise,

And force the world do homage to mine eyes.

Stultus quando videt quod pulchra puellula ridet,

Tum fatuus credit se quod amare velit: