trarie, then discontented.

Notwithstandyng, none doth knowe her intent by her countenance, because
that sometime shee sheweth her selfe full of fauour, loue, and pleasant
dispositions. An other time shee is malignant, frowarde, disdainefull,
with vnstable incursyue passions. And shee it is that determineth such
euents as thou seekest after. And for her obscure condition, shee is
rightly called _Thelosia_.

Her residence is not in suche a stately Pallaice, as thou seest mee to
dwell in.

Therefore I would haue thee to vnderstande, that the chiefe woorkeman in
the creation of nature, did make no thyng comparable to mee, neyther can
the earth shew thee greater treasure then to come to my presence and
taste of my bountie, obtaine my fauour and participate of my qualitie.

And therefore esteeme of it according to the value, for that thou
findest in me, is a heauenly Tallent aboue all earthly Iewels, for I
haue not had my residence in man since his fall.

They may imagine of mee, but they knowe mee not, neyther doo I beare any
rule with them to the good of my selfe.

Nowe the Queene _Telosia_, shee dwelleth in a place of cloudie darkenes,
her house is kept close and shut, for that shee will not shew her selfe
vnto man, nor anothomise, discouer, and laye open her selfe vnto any as
shee is, and for this cause the euent of her variable determination is
kept secret.

But in a maruellous sort considerately, shee transformeth her selfe
against the haire, into diuers fashions, not manifesting her selfe,
although desired.

And when the auncient Gates shall be opened vnto thee, in euerie one
shall bee written what shall befall thee, but thou shalt not perceiue
the same, vnless that in some part thy vnderstandyng and wisedome
enigmatically and with a right and sincere iudgement looke vnto it, and
quickly consider of it, for because that shee ambyguously chaungeth her
selfe in habite and countenance, and through this doubtfull
anymaduersion, a man remaineth deceiued of his expectation without
remedie.

And therefore _Polphilus_, that which these my consigned trustie and
appoynted handmaydes by suggestion shall perswade thee vnto, and at what
Gate thou oughtest to enter in and remayne, euen which of those two it
shall best please thee to giue eare vnto, doo: for they haue some
vnderstanding of her.

And hauyng thus spoken, shee made a signe or becke with her head to the
two Nymphes _Logistica_ and _Thelemia_, who presently