accedent.
The fourth alament made the Pallaice of suche like distribution as the
other, the doore except, whiche did occupie an emptie voyde interstice.
The other sixe with a regulate correspondence, and harmonye of the rest,
in the Iewelles to the opposite and symentriall congresse of the
Plannettes, with their vertuous inclinations, were expressed in the
shapes of elegant Nimphes, with the titles and signes of their natures.
The seuenth Mediane quarter, was the forefront directlye placed against
the seuenth Iewell, representing the Planet _Soll_, whiche was set vp
more higher then the rest, by reason of the Queenes Throne.
Euerie part of matter, number, forme, and lyneament, in distribution
equally correspondent to his Lybell, the right with the left, and here
and there, with an exquisite loue, and congresse agreeing.
Of whiche moste excellent Court, euerie side was eight and twentie
paces. In this sort stood this synarie open Court, all compassed about
with fine golde, a worke rather to bee wondered at, then spoken off.
The Pilastrelles were discrepant fowre paces one from an other, with a
iust partition of seuen (a number gratefull to nature) of fine and
orient Azure, Lazull stone, passing well coloured according to his
kinde, with a bewtifull bestowing of small glymces of gold. In the fore
part of which, betwixt the seuen pilastrels, there were appointed little
slender Pillers wrought about with leaues, copies, heades with haire
like leaues, boyes their hippes and legges proportioned into brawnches,
Birdes and copies, and vesselles full of flowers, with other woonderfull
inuentions and deuises, from the top to the bottome of the Anaglyph, as
if they had grown out of the foundation, making and diuiding in sunder
the spaces, their chapters were wrought of a fashion answerable to the
rest.
Ouer the whiche did extende a streight beame with grauen lineamentes
fitting the same. And ouer that a Zophor, conteining this woorke still
throughout, that is, the bonye scalpes of Oxen, with myroll bowghes full
of berries, tyed abowt theyr hornes by a towell of linnen.
Vpon either sides of them were Dolphines, with their gilles lyke leaues,
and their Finnes and their extreeme partes of a foliature, and vpon
theyr heades and backes certaine naked boyes, getting holde of theyr
lifted vp braunching tayles, with leaues and flowers, and bending them
downe.
The head of the Dolphine hauyng a Syme, whereof the one part tur
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