coulers of Grapes.

[Sidenote A: Topiaria, the feate of making Images or Arbours in
Trees.]

All which most rare deuises, of pryse incomparable, incredible, and past
imagination, did shine all ouer most pretiouslie: not so much to be
marueyled at for the costlinesse of the matter, but for the large
greatnesse of the worke.

For nor without great cause, from place to place, with a diligent and
iealous examination I did carefully consider the large extention of the
inmost intricate braunches, and their proportionate strength and
thicknesse, so cunninglie doone, by such an arte, boulde attempt, and
continued intent, they were so aptly led out, whether by sowdering,
or by the Hammer, or by casting, or by all three, mee thought it an
vnpossible worke to make a couering of such a breadth, and so twysted
and twyned together.

In the middle prospect, oppossite against our going in vpon a degreed
regall throne, set full of glystering stones in a maruelous order, farre
more excellent then the seat in the temple of _Hercules_ at _Tyre_, of
the stone _Eusebes_. The Queene with an imperiall Maiestie sitting vppon
it, goddesse like, and of a woonderfull magnanimitie in countenance:
gorgiously apparrelled in clothe of goulde, with a sumptuous and curious
attyre, vpon hir head of a purple couler, with an edging of Orient
Pearle, shadowing ouer hir large forhead, aunciently and princelike,
euer pressing hir plemmirrulate trammels of hayre, as blacke as iet
descending downe hir snowie temples, and the rest of the aboundance of
hir long hayre, fastned rounde in the hinder parte of her head, and
deuided into two partes or tresses, lapt about this waye and that waye,
behind hir small eares, ouer hir streight proportioned head, and
finished in the crowne, with a flower of great Orient, and rownd
Pearles, such as be found in the Indian promontorie _Perimula_.

The rest of hir long spreding hayre was not seene, but couered ouer with
a thinne vayle, edged with gould, hanging downe from the said flower and
knot of pearle, to hir delicate shoulders, and flingering abroade with
the ayre.

In the middle of the edging of hir dressing, vpon the highest parte ouer
the middest of hir forhead hoong a rare iewell. And about hir round and
snowie neck, went an inestimable Carkenet with a pendent ouer the
diuision of hir rownde brests, of a table Dyamond, in fashion of an
Egge, sparkling, and of a monstrous largenes, set in gould with wyer
w