Led by the seeming saints unto the place

810Where sate Pazzella with a matron grace.

If Rivelezzo's presence frighted them,

Much more they at Bellama were amaz'd;

They called her Phoenix, beauty's only gem,

And all with fixèd tapers on her gazed:

Some had a mean, some curious were before,

But her first sight showed self-conceit the door.

For as when Tithon's bride breaks out afar,

And through th' expanse spreads forth her youngest light,