the Duke; from which
Capricorns hang some festoons and masks of great beauty, and from
their lips issues the water from that basin, which is convex in the
middle, and has outlets at the sides; and all the water that overflows
pours away from the sides through the mouths of the Capricorns, and
then, after falling into the hollow base of the vase, flows through
the herb-beds that are round the walls of the garden of the labyrinth,
where there are fountains between the niches, and between the
fountains espaliers of oranges and pomegranates.

In the second garden described above, where Tribolo had intended that
there should be made the Monte Asinaio that was to supply water to the
Mugnone, there was to be on the other side, beyond the gate, a similar
figure of the Monte della Falterona; and even as this mountain is the
source of the River Arno, so the statue representing that river in the
garden of the labyrinth, opposite to the Mugnone, was to receive the
water from the Falterona. But since neither the figure of that
mountain nor its fountain has ever been finished, let us speak of the
fountain and figure of the River Arno, which were completed by Tribolo
to perfection. This river, then, holds its vase upon one thigh, lying
down and leaning with one arm on a lion, which holds a lily in its
paw, and the vase receives its water through the perforated wall,
behind which there was to be the Falterona, exactly in the manner in
which, as has been described, the statue of the River Mugnone also
receives its water; and since the long basin is in every way similar
to that of the Mugnone, I shall say no more about it, save this, that
it is a pity that the art and excellence of these works, which are
truly most beautiful, are not embodied in marble.

Then, continuing the work of the conduit, Tribolo caused the water
from the grotto to pass under the orange-garden and then under the
next garden, and thus brought it into the labyrinth, where, forming a
circle round all the middle of the labyrinth, in a good circumference
round the centre, he laid down the central pipe, through which the
fountain was to spout water. After which, taking the waters from the
Arno and the Mugnone, and bringing them together under the level of
the labyrinth by means of certain bronze pipes that were distributed
in beautiful order throughout that space, he filled that whole
pavement with very fine jets, in such a manner that it was possible by
turning a key