attire
and dressings set with Pearle and stone, in an allowed, pleasant &
louely sort, as any can imagine or expresse. With these infinite riches,
supreame delightes, and immeasurable treasure, neither _Darius_,
_Cr[ae]sus_, or any other humane state, whatsoeuer might any way
compare.

And thus to conclude, being ouercome with the glorie of them, I know not
what more to say, but that I stood amazed, and as it were senceles, and
yet in great delight and without wearines, beholding those present
obiects, and casting with my selfe what fate and destinate should
conduct and leade mee into such a place.

But afterwardes finding my selfe in such an accumulation of glorie,
pleasant seate, happie Country, great contentment and tryumphant
company, such as _Clodius_ the Player in Tragedies neuer had seene. I
was but moderately conuerted, notwithstanding the promise of the Queene,
to fauour my amorous desire, accounting all, but as eye pleasures that
hitherto I had seene and had been presented vnto me, stil desiring a
greater happines.

For which cause, and for the greater setting out of the excesse and
abounding excellency, beyond all the rest of her royall magnificence,
euery one sitting in their place after the miraculous, wonderful, and
sumpteous banket, without any delaie, she commanded a game to be playd
by parsonages, not onelie woorthie the beholding, but of eternall
remembrance, which was a game at Chesse, in this sort as followeth.

By the entraunce of the curtaine there came in thirty two Nymphes,
whereof sixteene were apparrelled in cloth of gold (eyght vniformally
without difference of degrees) afterwards one of those sixteene was
apparrelled in princely robes lyke a King, and the other lyke a Queene,
with two tower-keepers or Rookes, as wee tearme them, two
counsell-keepers or Secretaries, wee tearme them Bishoppes, and two
Knights. In like sort were eight other in cloth of siluer, vnder the
like gouernement and magistracie as aforesaid.

Euerie one of these according to their duties, tooke theyr places vppon
the checkers of the pauement, that is, sixteene in golde of one side in
two rowes, and sixteene in siluer of the contrarie side.

The Musicke beganne vppon a sodayne with a rare inuention to sound a
charge with a pleasaunt concord, participating togeather a sweete and
thundering melodie, hauing in it a deuine furie.

At the measured sounde and time of the Musicke vppon their checkers,
as it pleased the