Behold the rising radiance of Physics, whom, by ill fortune,
Dark barbarism had plunged into the waters of the Styx.
Physics sees the loss of her beauty and dowry so repaid
That she hopes to have more suitors.
O wonder! Whom does she not strike with marvellous love!
Venus did not rise more lovely from her native sea.
This golden lady thinks these writings do not restore her,
But give her birth from Jupiter’s brain in labour.
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