One lovely evening, while dancing on the green, they saw Mercury, Jupiter’s messenger, coming towards them. […] Jupiter could scarcely credit what he saw. […] The sun god drove rapidly on, glancing right and left, and taking note of all he saw. […] Under pretext of paying homage to the goddess, Leander entered her temple, and saw the young priestess, whose charms far surpassed all descriptions. […] Some pirates, sailing by, saw the handsome young sleeper, and noiselessly bore him off to their vessel, intending to sell him as a slave in Egypt.