Fair nymphs I heard one telling
Diana's train are hunting in this chase.
To beautify the place
The fauns are running,
The shepherds their pipes tuning
To show their cunning.
The lambs amazed leave off their grazing,
And blind their eyes with gazing,
Whilst the earth's goddess doth draw near your places
Attended by the Muses and the Graces.
Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana:
Long live fair Oriana.