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 The rest were long to tell, though far renown'd, Th' Ionian Gods, of Javans issue held Gods, yet confest later then heav'n and earth Thir boasted parents; Titan heav'ns first born With his enormous brood, and birthright seis'd By younger Saturn, hee from mightier Jove His own and Rhea's sonne like measure found; So Jove usurping reign'd: these first in Creet And Ida known, thence on the snowy top Of cold Olympus rul'd the middle air Thir highest heav'n; or on the Delphian cliff Or in Dodona, and through all the bounds Of Doric land; or who with Saturn old Fled over Adria to th' Hesperian fields, And ore the Celtic roam'd the utmost Iles. All these and more came flocking; but with looks Downcast and damp, yet such wherein appear'd Obscure some glimpse of joy, to have found thir cheife Not in despaire, to have found themselves not lost In loss it selfe; which on his count'nance cast Like doubtfull hew: but he his wonted pride Soon recollecting, with high words, that bore Semblance of worth not substance, gently rais'd Their fainted courage, and dispell'd thir feares.