Jove's blacksmith was no privy counsellor,

[500]To marry Venus for the forehead flag;

The jolly huntsman sure did something err

To see a goddess, and become a stag.

Jove was no golden show'r: sure 'twas a gull,

Nor e'er transform'd himself into a bull.'

'Peace, good my lord,' Don Rivelezzo says,

'What uncouth passion doth your soul entrance?

Your words are like the Bacchanalian lays,

Wherewith the priests their god of wine enhance.