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ir God present 130 That flowre of faith and beautie excellent. The God himselfe, vewing that mirrhour rare,[*] Stood long amazd, and burnt in his intent; His owne faire Dryope[*] now he thinkes not faire, And Pholoe fowle when her to this he doth compaire. 135 XVI The woodborne people fall before her flat, And worship her as Goddesse of the wood; And old Sylvanus selfe bethinkes not, what To thinke of wight so faire, but gazing stood, In doubt to deeme her borne of earthly brood; 140 Sometimes Dame Venus selfe he seemes to see, But Venus never had so sober mood; Sometimes Diana he her takes to bee, But misseth bow, and shaftes, and buskins to her knee. XVII By vew of her he ginneth to revive 145 His ancient love, and dearest Cyparisse,[*] And calles to mind his pourtraiture alive, How faire he was, and yet not faire to this,[*] And how he slew with glauncing dart amisse A gentle Hynd, the which the lovely boy 150 Did love as life, above all worldly blisse; For griefe whereof the lad n'ould after joy,[*] But pynd away in anguish and selfe-wild annoy.[*] XVIII The wooddy Nymphes, faire Hamadryades,[*] Her to behold do thither runne apace, 155 And all the troupe of light-foot Naiades[*] Flocke all about to see her lovely face: But when they vewed have her heavenly grace, They envy her in their malitious mind, And fly away for feare of fowle disgrace: 160 But all the Satyres scorne their woody kind,[*] And henceforth nothing faire but her on earth they find. XIX Glad of such lucke, the luckelesse[*] lucky maid, Did her content to please their feeble eyes, And long time with that salvage people staid, 165 To gather breath in many miseries. During which time her gentle wit she plyes, To teach them truth, which worshipt her in vaine, And made her th' Image of Idolatryes[*]; But when their bootlesse zeale she did restraine 170 From her own worship, they her Asse would worship fayn. XX It fortuned a noble warlike knight[*] By just occasion[*] to that forrest came, To seeke his kindred, and the lignage right, From whence he tooke his w
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