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reed. Syrinx had in her company the other Nymph, Pitys, likewise beloved
by Pan; but since the wind Boreas was also and in like manner enamoured
of her, it is believed that out of jealousy he hurled her over a most
cruel rock, whereupon, being all shattered, it is said that out of pity
she was transformed by Mother Earth into a beautiful pine, from the
foliage of which her lover Pan used, as has been shown above, to make
himself a gracious and well-beloved garland. Then after these was seen
coming Pales, the revered custodian and protectress of flocks, dressed
as a gentle shepherdess, with a great vessel of milk in the hands, and a
garland of medicinal herbs; and with her the protectress of herds, by
name Bubona, in a similar pastoral dress, with an ornate head of an ox
that made a cap for her head; and Myiagrus, the God of flies, dressed in
white, with an infinite multitude of those importunate little creatures
about his head and his person, with a garland of spondyl, and with the
club of Hercules in his hand; and Evander, who first taught men in
Italy to make sacrifices to Pan, adorned with royal purple and the royal
head-band, and with the royal sceptre in his hand, concluded with
gracious pomp the last part of that pastoral, indeed, yet pleasing and
most fair company.

SIXTEENTH CAR, OF PLUTO AND OF PROSERPINE.

Then followed infernal Pluto with Queen Proserpine, all nude, awful, and
dark, and crowned with funeral cypress, holding a little sceptre in one
of his hands as a sign of his royal power, and having at his feet the
great, horrible, and triple-throated Cerberus; but Proserpine, who was
seen with him (accompanied by two Nymphs, one holding in the hand a
round ball, and the other a great and strong key, denoting that one who
has once come into that kingdom must abandon all hope of return), was
shown clothed in a white and rich dress, ornate beyond belief. And both
were in the usual car, drawn by four jet-black horses, whose reins were
seen guided by a most hideous and infernal monster, who had with him, as
worthy companions, the three likewise infernal Furies, bloody, foul, and
awful, with the hair and the whole person entwined with various venomous
serpents. Behind these were seen following the two Centaurs, Nessus and
Astylus, with bows and arrows, and besides these arms Astylus carried in
the hand a great eagle; and with them the proud giant Briareus, who had
a hundred hands armed with sword and