And Iove in midst with awfull maiestie,

To iudge the strife betweene them stirred late:

Each of the gods, by his like visnomie

Eathe to be knowne; but Iove above them all,

By his greate lookes and power imperiall.

Before them stands the god of Seas in place,

Clayming that sea-coast Citie as his right,

And strikes the rockes with his three-forked mace;

Whenceforth issues a warlike steed in sight,

The signe by which he chalengeth the place;