The honor of this great deed’s dignitie,
But to th’Olympian king’s great deitie,
Who 'boue the rest, that scepter’s states did weeld
Her as his chosen, did from danger sheeld.
288.
O matchlesse prince, though thy pure maiden breast
Retain’d that spirit of magnanimitie,
That only brau’d proud Rome’s world-brauing beast,
Yet didst thou not with vaunting vanitie
Abuse the glorie of thy victorie: