XVII.
And to conclude, the gifts in her yfound,
Are all so noble, royall, and so rare,
That more and more in her they doe abound;
In her most peerelesse Prince without compare.
Endowing still her minde with vertuous care:
That through the world (so wide) the flying fame
(And name that Enuies selfe cannot impaire),
Is blown of this faire Queen, this gorgeous dame,
Fame borrowing al mēs mouths to royalize the same.
XVIII.
And with this sentence Iupiter did end,
This is the pricke (quoth he), this is the praies,
To whom, this as a Present I will send,
That shameth Cynthia in her siluer Raies,
If so, you three this deed doe not displease.
Then one, and all, and euery one of them,
To her that is the honour of her daies,
A second Iudith in Iervsalem,
To her we send this Pearle, this Iewell, and this Iem.
