The sisters heard these wonders with surprise, But part received them as romantic lies, And pertly rallied, that they could not see In powers divine so vast an energy. Part own’d true gods such miracles might do, But own’d not Bacchus one among the true. At last a common, just request they make, And beg Alcithoe her turn to take. “I will,” said she, “and please you if I can;” Then shot her shuttle swift, and thus began: