As Vesta was from Latmos hill descending
She spied a maiden Queen the same ascending
Attended on by all the shepherd's swain
To whom Diana's darlings came running down a main
First two by two, then three by three, together
Leaving their goddess all alone, hasted thither
And mingling with the shepherds of her train
With mirthful tunes her presence entertain

Then sang the shepherds and nymphs of Diana :
Long live fair Oriana

Thule, the period of cosmography
doth vaunt of Hecla whose sulphurious fire
doth melt the frozen clime and thaw the sky
Trinacrian Etna's flames ascend not higher.
These things seem wondrous yet more wondrous I 
Whose heart with fear doth freeze, 
with love doth fry

The Andalusian merchant that returns
laden with cochineal and China dishes
reports in Spain how strangely Fogo burns
amidst an ocean full of flying fishes.
These things seem wondrous yet more wondrous I
Whose heart with fear doth freeze, 
with love doth fry

To shorten winter's sadness
See where the nymphs with gladness
Disguised all are coming,
Right wantonly a-mumming.
    Fa lala ...
Though masks encloud their beauty
Yet give the eye her duty
When heaven's dark it shineth
and unto love inclineth
     Fa lala ...
	

Whilst youthful sports are lasting,
To feasting turn our fasting;
With revels and with wassails
Make grief and care our vasals.
     Fa lala ...
For youth it well beseemeth
That pleasure he esteemeth;
And sullen age is hated
That mirth would have abated.
    Fa lala ...