Classic Poem

Pigmalion whose chast mind
all the beauties in Cyprus
could not ensnare, yet at
the length hauing carued
in Iuorie an excellent pro-
portion of a beauteous wo-
man, was so deeplie enamored on his owne
workmanship, that he would oftentimes lay
the Image in bedde with him, and fondlie
vse such petitions and dalliance, as if it had
been a breathing creature. But in the end,
finding his fond dotage, and yet perseuering
in his ardent affection, made his deuout
prayers to Venus , that shee would vouchsafe
to enspire life into his Loue, and then ioyne
them both together in marriage. Where-
vpon Venus graciously condiscending to his
earnest sute, the Mayde, (by the power of
her Deitie) was metamorphosed into a liuing
Woman. And after, Pigmalion (beeing in
Cyprus,) begat a sonne of her, which was
called Paphus , wherupon, that Iland Cyprus,
in honor of Venus , was after, and is now, cal-
led by the inhabitants, Paphos .

Pigmalion whose chast mind
all the beauties in Cyprus
could not ensnare, yet at
the length hauing carued
in Iuorie an excellent pro-
portion of a beauteous wo-
man, was so deeplie enamored on his owne
workmanship, that he would oftentimes lay
the Image in bedde with him, and fondlie
vse such petitions and dalliance, as if it had
been a breathing creature. But in the end,
finding his fond dotage, and yet perseuering
in his ardent affection, made his deuout
prayers to Venus , that shee would vouchsafe
to enspire life into his Loue, and then ioyne
them both together in marriage. Where-
vpon Venus graciously condiscending to his
earnest sute, the Mayde, (by the power of
her Deitie) was metamorphosed into a liuing
Woman. And after, Pigmalion (beeing in
Cyprus,) begat a sonne of her, which was
called Paphus , wherupon, that Iland Cyprus,
in honor of Venus , was after, and is now, cal-
led by the inhabitants, Paphos .