“How she received the sceptre of Cathay,

Some bard of defter quill may sing some day;

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“How she received the sceptre of Cathay, Some bard of defter quill may sing some day; 448

and this was no doubt a kind of prophecy, for poets are also called vates , that is to say diviners; and its truth was made plain; for since then a famous Andalusian poet has lamented and sung her tears, and another famous and rare poet, a Castilian, has sung her beauty.” 449