The work also brings down the study of Mythology to the more common purposes of education. […] Fable says that the goddess revenged herself upon Atys, by binding Sangaris to a tree, which was cut down, and the nymph perished. […] Mercury threw her down into, a river, and changed her into a turtle (which her name signifies) that she might keep eternal silence. […] Diana is said to have become so enamoured of Endymion, that she came down every night from heaven to enjoy his company. […] He went down into hell by a cave on Mount Tænarus, and dragged the monster to the upper regions.