_Mand._ And I, my lord, am Mandricard of Mexico, Whose climate, fairer than Iberia's, Seated beyond the sea of Tripoly, And richer than the plot Hesperides,[138] Or that same isle wherein Ulysses' love Lull'd in her lap the young Telegonus; That did but Venus tread a dainty step, So would she like the land of Mexico, As, Paphos and brave Cyprus set aside, With me sweet lovely Venus would abide. From thence, mounted upon a Spanish bark, Such as transported Jason to the fleece, Come from the south, I furrow'd Neptune's seas, North-east as far as is the frozen Rhine; Leaving fair Voya, cross'd up Danuby, As high as Saba, whose enhancing streams Cut 'twixt the Tartars and the Russians:[139] There did I act as many brave attempts, As did Pirothous for his Proserpine. But leaving these such glories as they be, I love, my lord; let that suffice for me. _Brand._ The bordering islands, seated here in ken, Whose shores are sprinkled with rich orient pearl, More bright of hue than were the margarites[140] That Cæsar found in wealthy Albion; The sands of Tagus all of burnish'd gold Made Thetis never prouder on the clifts[141] That overpeer the bright and golden shore, Than do the rubbish of my country seas: And what I dare, let say the Portingale, And Spaniard tell, who, mann'd with mighty fleets, Came to subdue my islands to their king, Filling our seas with stately argosies, Carvels and magars, hulks of burden great, Which Brandimart rebated[142] from his coast, And sent them home ballas'd with little wealth.[143] But leaving these such glories as they be, I love, my lord; let that suffice for me.