"When Pharamond of France possessed the throne, His son, prince Clodion, had a mistress rare;
And damsel in that ancient age was none More graceful, beauteous, or more debonair;
So loved of Pharamond's enamoured son, That he lost sight no oftener of the fair Than Io's shepherd of his charge whilere:
For jealous as enamoured was the peer.
