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Uela naricij ducis ¶Et vagas pelago rates ¶Eurus appulit insule Pulchra qua residens dea Solis edi∣ta seīe ¶Miscet hospitib nouis Tacta carmine pocula Quos vt in varios modos ¶Uertit herbipotens man{us}
••Vrus the winde ariued the sailes of Vlix••s Duke of the contreye of narice. & his wandring shippes by the see in the fair Ile there as circes the fair goddesse dough∣ter of the sonne dwellith that medleth to her newe gestes drinkes that be touchede & maked with enchantements. & after that her hand mighty ouer the h••rbes. had chaūged her gestes into diuerce maners. that one of hem is couered his face with the fourme of a bore / that other is chaūged into a lyon of the coūtre of marmorik & his teth waren. that other o•• ••em is newly chaūged into a wo••f & hewleth whan he wolde we••e / that other gooth debonarrly in to the hous as a tigre •• of ynde / but al be it so that the godh••d of mercury th••t is cleped the b••••d of a••chadie hath had mercy of vl••••es the due beseged with diue••ce euil•• & hath vn∣bounden him from pestilence of his os••e••se. Algates the ro∣we••s & the maron̄ers ••adden by this drawen into her mou∣thes & dronken the wicked drinkes. they that were waxen as swyne •• hidden by this chan̄ge her mete of bred for to eten accornes of okes. None of t••er lymmes ne dwelleth with hem ••ooll / but they han loste the voice and the body. onely her thoughte dwelleth with hem stable that wepeth and bewailleth the monstruous chaunge that they s••ffren O ••uer lighte hand as whoo seyth / O feble and lighte ys the band of Cyrcesse the enchaunteresse that chaungeth