"Astolpho that the Lombard sceptre swayed, Who was King Monacho, his brother's heir, By nature with such graces was purveyed, Few e'er with him in beauty could compare:
Such scarce Apelles' pencil had pourtrayed, Zeuxis', or worthier yet, if worthier were:
Beauteous he was, and so by all was deemed, But far more beauteous he himself esteemed.
