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 To cease theyr old displeasure quyght. And now he having layd Good ground wheron the growing welth of July myght be stayd, Was rype for heaven. And Venus had great sute already made To all the Goddes, and cleeping Jove did thus with him perswade: Deere father, whoo hast never beene uncurtuous unto mee, Now shewe the greatest courtesie (I pray thee) that may bee. And on my sonne Aenaeas (whoo a graundchyld unto thee Hath got of my blood) if thou wilt vouchsafe him awght at all) Vouchsafe sum Godhead to bestowe, although it bee but small. It is ynough that once he hathe alreadye seene the Realme Of Pluto utter pleasurelesse, and passed Styxis streame. The Goddes assented: neyther did Queene Juno then appeere In countnance straunge, but did consent with glad and merry cheere. Then Jove: Aenaeas woorthy is a saynct in heaven to bee. Thy wish for whom thou doost it wish I graunt thee frank and free. This graunt of his made Venus glad. Shee thankt him for the same. And glyding through the aire uppon her yoked doves, shee came To Lawrent shore, where clad with reede the river Numicke deepe To seaward (which is neere at hand) with stealing pace dooth creepe. Shee bade this river wash away what ever mortall were In good Aenaeas bodye, and them under sea to beare. The horned brooke fulfilld her hest, and with his water sheere Did purge and clenze Aenaeas from his mortall body cleere. The better porcion of him did remayne unto him sownd. His moother having hallowed him did noynt his bodye rownd With heavenly odours, and did touch his mouth with Ambrosie The which was mixt with Nectar sweete, and made him by and by A God to whom the Romanes give the name of Indiges, Endevering with theyr temples and theyr altars him to please. Ascanius with the dowble name from thence began to reigne, In whom the rule of Alba and of Latium did remayne. Next him succeeded Silvius, whoose sonne Latinus hild The auncient name and scepter which his graundsyre erst did weeld. The famous Epit after this Latinus did succeede. Then Capys and king Capetus. But Capys was indeede The formest of the two. From this the scepter of the Realme Descended unto Tyberine, whoo drowning in the streame