The statue of Mars upon a cartë 580 stood Armed, and looked grim as he were wood, 581 And over his head there shonë two figúres Of starrës, that be cleped in scriptures, That one Puella, that other Rubeus. 582 This god of armës was arrayed thus: A wolf there stood before him at his feet With eyen red, and of a man he eat: With subtle pencil painted was this story, In redouting 583 of Mars and of his glory.

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