Great was the press, and rich was the array Of Syrians and Romans met in fere. 1523 The mother of the Soudan rich and gay Received her with all so glad a cheer 1524 As any mother might her daughter dear: And to the nextë city there beside A softë pace solemnely they ride.

Nought, trow I, the triúmph of Julius Of which that Lucan maketh such a boast, Was royaller, or morë curious, Than was th’ assembly of this blissful host: But O this scorpion, this wicked ghost, 1525 The Soudaness, for all her flattering Cast 1526 under this full mortally to sting.