'Such majesty,' quoth he, 'is seld.

Such majesty, my mart may mar.

Perhaps this may a suitor be

To set Mars by his deity.'"

"In this surmise, he made with speed

An iron can, wherein he put

The thunders that in clouds do breed;

The flame and bolt together shut,

With privy force burst out again;

And so our Astrophil was slain."