Chapter 35 No.35

Venus, the goddess of the third heaven

(Mother of the archer blind, who conquers all),

She whose father is the head of Zeus,

And Juno, most majestic wife of Jove,

These call the Trojan shepherd to be judge,

And to the fairest give the ruddy sphere.

Compared with Venus, Pallas, and the Queen of Heaven,

My perfect goddess bears a