And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky-hard,

70 Where thou thyself dost air;—the queen o’ the sky,

Whose watery arch and messenger am I,

Bids thee leave these; [and with her sovereign grace],

Here on this grass-plot, in this very place,

To come and sport:—[her] peacocks fly amain:

IV. 1. 75 Approach, rich Ceres, her to entertain.

Enter Ceres.

Cer. Hail, many-colour’d messenger, that ne’er

Dost disobey the wife of Jupiter;