And so before his Father, and the Court

Spiritual, with her a marriage made,

And grew in love the more they did consort.

She, slighted widow! reft of her first spouse,

More than eleven hundred years remained

Despised, obscure—no lover paid his vows

To her till this one her affection gained;

It naught availed (to move men in their choice)

To read how Cæsar found her undismayed

With poor Amyclas, hearing his dread voice;