Saints, altars, store of crucifixes gay,

880Whose stately worths my weak expression pass.

Scarce was there known a canonizèd saint

Which carving did not there beget, or paint.

With strong devotion all the virgins prayed

At the direction of the praying bead,

Their Ave-Maries, Santo, Salve's said,

Invoking ev'ry saint to intercede.

Piezza then, Bellama kneeling down,

Did wreathe her temple with the virgin-crown.