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 Appeering to her cheerefully, even like as Phebus whan Hee having overcomme the clowdes that did withstand his myght, Dooth blaze his brightsum beames agein with fuller heate and lyght. He offred force, but now no force was needfull in the cace. For why shee beeing caught in love with beawty of his face, Was wounded then as well as hee, and gan to yeeld apace. Next Proca, reignd Amulius in Awsonye by wrong, Till Numitor, the ryghtfull heyre, deposed verry long, Was by his daughters sonnes restorde. And on the feastfull day Of Pale, foundation of the walles of Rome they gan to lay. Soone after Tacye, and the Lordes of Sabine stird debate: And Tarpey for her traytrous deede in opening of the gate Of Tarpey towre was prest to death according to desert With armour heapt uppon her head. Then feerce and stowt of hart The Sabines like to toonglesse woolves without all noyse of talke Assayld the Romanes in theyr sleepe, and to the gates gan stalke Which Ilias sonne had closed fast with lockes and barres. But yit Dame Juno had set open one, and as shee opened it Had made no noyse of craking with the hindges, so that none Perceyvd the opening of the gate but Venus all alone. And shee had shet it up, but that it is not lawfull to One God to undoo any thing another God hath doo. The water nymphes of Awsonie hild all the groundes about The Church of Janus where was store of springs fresh flowing out. Dame Venus prayd theis nymphes of help. And they considering that The Goddesse did request no more but ryght, denyde it nat. They opened all theyr fountayne veynes and made them flowe apace. Howbee't the passage was not yit to Janus open face Forclosed: neyther had as yit the water stopt the way. They put rank brimstone underneathe the flowing spring that day, And eeke with smokye rozen set theyr veynes on fyre for ay. Through force of theis and other things, the vapour perced lowe Even downe unto the verry rootes on which the springs did growe. So that the waters which alate in coldnesse myght compare Even with the frozen Alpes, now hot as burning furnace are. The two gate posts with sprinkling of the fyry water smoakt. Wherby the gate beehyghted to the Sabines quyght was choakt